IT'S MIDDAY. BREAKING ` THE OVER-REPRESENTATION OF MAORI IN PRISONS. THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW STRATEGY THEY SAY IS BOLD AND NECESSARY. RAISING THEIR VOICES AGAIN ` A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF DEFIANCE IN HONG KONG, BUT A MUCH MORE SUBDUED PROTEST UNDER A SEA OF UMBRELLAS. PLUS ` A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR ONE OF OUR MOST COMMON ALLERGY-CAUSING FOODS FOR CHILDREN. IS A CURE JUST AROUND THE CORNER? CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND CHELSEA BRADY CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. 'BOLD, NECESSARY AND LONG OVERDUE' ` THAT'S HOW CORRECTIONS MINISTER KELVIN DAVIS HAS DESCRIBED CHANGES ANNOUNCED FOR THE COUNTRY'S PRISON SYSTEM. THE NEW STRATEGY, 'HOKAI RANGI', LAUNCHED THIS MORNING, AIMS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF MAORI REOFFENDING AND IMPRISONMENT BY SHIFTING ITS FOCUS TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH MAORI. REPORTER IMOGEN WELLS JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT WITH MORE DETAILS. IMOGEN, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR CHANGE? WE ARE GOING TO SEE A REAL SHIFT TO TREATING THE PERSON AND NOT THE CRIME THAT THEY COMMITTED. THIS IS AIMED AT ADDRESSING THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF MAORI IN OUR PRISONS. CURRENTLY, IT IS 52%. WE WILL LOOK AT TACKLING THIS BY FOCUSING ON PRISONER WELL-BEING. THERE WILL BE A HUGE EMPHASIS ON FAMILY AND MAINTAINING FAMILY CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PRISON PROCESS. MAKING SURE PRISONERS ARE PUT AS CLOSE TO FAMILY AS POSSIBLE AND BROADENING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY CAN CONTACT WITH OUR IN PRISON. THERE WILL ALSO BE A MAORI VOICE ADDED TO THAT TOP TABLE. THERE IS THAT EMPHASIS ON WORKING AT ALL LEVELS AND CORRECTIONS. WE WANT TO EXEMPLIFY MAORI-CROWN RELATIONS AND ACTION. AND CO-DESIGN WITH MAORI. THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO LOWER THE PROPORTION OF MAORI IN CORRECTIONS CARE TO A LEVEL THAT MATCHES THE MAORI SHARE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION. AND, IMOGEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THESE CHANGES? THEY ARE VERY BOLD. HE HAS SAID THIS WILL NOT BE A QUICK FIX. WE WILL NOT SEE CHANGE OVERNIGHT. THE STRATEGY ROLLS OUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND PLANS AND PLAYS INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S WIDER GOAL OF REDUCING THE PRISON POPULATION OF 30% OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. WE ASKED THEM HOW WOULD YOU TO FIND WHAT NUMBER DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THE STRATEGY? HE SAID IF WE CAN REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION BY 10% OVER FIVE YEARS, HE WILL DEEM IT A SUCCESS. TODAY CABINET'S DISCUSSING STRENGTHENING THE PROCESS AROUND PRISONERS SENDING AND RECEIVING LETTERS. IT COMES AFTER THE MAN ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACK WAS ABLE TO SEND LETTERS TO FAR-RIGHT GROUPS FROM PRISON. ONE OF THE LETTERS ENCOURAGING HIS FOLLOWERS WAS PUBLISHED ONLINE. THE CORRECTIONS MINISTER SAYS THE INCIDENT WAS A MISTAKE, AND STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT IT HAPPENING AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF THE LEGISLATION IS FIT FOR PURPOSE BUT ALSO LOOKING TO SEE IF OUR PROCESSES ` CORRECTIONS PROCESSES ` ARE UP TO SCRATCH OR NOT, AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THEY WEREN'T. ANOTHER INMATE, PHILIP ARPS, SENT OBJECTIONABLE LETTERS TO MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS, INCLUDING TVNZ. CORRECTIONS IS ALREADY MAKING SOME CHANGES AFTER BOTH INCIDENTS. POLICE ARE STILL WORKING TO LOCATE THE GUN USED TO KILL AUSTRALIAN MAN SEAN MCKINNON. THE 33-YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT DEAD IN A CAMPERVAN NEAR RAGLAN ON FRIDAY. HIS CANADIAN FIANCE SURVIVED THE ATTACK. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW APPEALING FOR DASH-CAM FOOTAGE FROM ANYONE WHO TRAVELLED BETWEEN GORDONTON AND WHITIKAHU THAT MORNING. THEY'RE ALSO SEEKING ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN HITCHHIKERS IN THE AREA DURING THAT TIME. THERE'S CALLS FOR THE COUNTRY'S BUILDING CODE TO BE UPDATED AS A NEW REPORT SHINES A LIGHT ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY'S HIGH EMISSIONS. IT'S REVEALED CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF NEW BUILDINGS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS COULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD EACH YEAR. THE GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL SAYS THE FOCUS HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN ON MAKING BUILDINGS ENERGY-EFFICIENT WITH THINGS LIKE ECO FRIENDLY LIGHTBULBS AND INSULATION, BUT NOW MORE ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE PAID TO THE EMISSIONS CREATED WHEN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ARE MADE. WELL, IF GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IN LOW CARBON, WHY DON'T THEY`? THEY'RE BUILDING HUNDREDS OF DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, CORRECTIONS, DEFENCE. THEY COULD BE SPECIFYING LOW-CARBON, HEALTHY BUILDINGS, AND LOW IN BODY CARBON. AN INSURANCE ADVOCATE'S CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY INTO SOUTHERN RESPONSE AFTER THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED COMPANY WAS SLAMMED AS DECEPTIVE BY THE HIGH COURT IN ITS SETTLING OF CLAIMS FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. THE FULL FIGURE OF REPAIR WORK WAS HIDDEN FROM THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES, AND IT WOULD COST UP TO $300M TO SETTLE CLAIMS. CHRISTCHURCH LAWYER GRANT CAMERON IS LEADING A CLASS ACTION AGAINST SOUTHERN RESPONSE AND SAYS THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS OWN COMPANY. WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO ENTER THE ELECTION YEAR, AND I THINK THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH WILL BE REALLY SCRUTINISING, YOU KNOW, 'WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?' IT'S ONE THING TO SAY IT'S AN OPERATIONAL MATTER, AS IF THIS IS ALL SOUTHERN RESPONSE'S FAULT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT OWNS THIS COMPANY, AND THE GOVERNMENT REALLY, ULTIMATELY, SHOULD BE DIRECTING WHAT IT SHOULD BE DOING. THEY'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FRONT UP, AND LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DO. PEACEFUL PROTESTS HAVE RETURNED TO THE STREETS OF HONG KONG, WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TAKING PART IN DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. THOSE MARCHING BRAVED BOTH THE WEATHER AND WARNINGS FROM BEIJING. THE BBC'S JOHN SUDWORTH IS IN HONG KONG. (CROWD CHANTS) BENEATH AN OCEAN OF COLOUR, HONG KONG RAISED ITS VOICE AGAIN. (CROWD CHANTS) EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED, THERE WERE UMBRELLAS, HELD ALOFT IN A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF DEFIANCE. WHY ARE YOU MARCHING TODAY? FOR HONG KONG. FOR HONG KONG, OF COURSE. YEAH, FREEDOM. YES. IT'S A FAR CRY FROM THIS ` THE VIOLENT SCENES AT HONG KONG'S AIRPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHICH SOME THOUGHT RISKED UNDERMINING PUBLIC SUPPORT. THE TURNOUT TODAY WAS SEEN AS A VITAL TEST. GIVEN THE MONSOON CONDITIONS, THIS SEA OF UMBRELLAS WILL BE SEEN AS CONFIRMATION THAT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IS FAR FROM LOSING MOMENTUM. WARNINGS FROM CHINA ALSO APPEAR TO BE HAVING LITTLE EFFECT. SHORTLY BEFORE THE RALLY, THE AUTHORITIES RELEASED NEW FOOTAGE OF TROOPS REHEARSING CROWD CONTROL TECHNIQUES JUST ACROSS THE BORDER. IN MUCH OF THIS CITY, AWAY FROM THE PROTESTS, IN WORKING CLASS NEIGHBOURHOODS LIKE THIS ONE, THERE'S THE APPEARANCE OF NORMALITY. BUT OPINION IS DEEPLY DIVIDED. 'OF COURSE IT'S NOT GOOD,' THIS WOMAN TELLS ME. 'HONG KONG'S A MESS.' THIS MAN SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE PROTESTS, BUT HE HAS A PESSIMISTIC VIEW ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. 'IT'S IN XI JINPING'S HANDS,' HE TELLS ME. 'THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS SO STRONG. IT'S UP TO THEM.' THIS IS A SPONTANEOUS MOVEMENT, A MASS ACTING AS ONE WITH NO REAL LEADERS. ON THE ONE HAND, SHEER WEIGHT OF NUMBERS. ON THE OTHER, AN UNCOMPROMISING GOVERNMENT AND NO END IN SIGHT. AND MEDICINE SHORTAGES AND MONTHS OF DISRUPTION AT THE COUNTRY'S PORTS ` THAT'S THE WARNING FROM A LEAKED GOVERNMENT REPORT ON A POSSIBLE NO-DEAL BREXIT. THE LEAK COMES AHEAD OF PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS THIS WEEK. THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR NO-DEAL PREPARATION SAYS THE DOCUMENT OUTLINES A 'WORST-CASE SCENARIO'. IF WE DO HAVE A NO-DEAL EXIT, THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE SOME DISRUPTION, SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THAT'S WHY WE WANT A DEAL. BUT IT IS ALSO THE CASE THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT IS FAR MORE PREPARED NOW THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST. BRITAIN'S SET TO LEAVE THE EU ON OCTOBER 31ST, WITH OR WITHOUT A DEAL. TERROR GROUP ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A BOMB BLAST AT A WEDDING IN KABUL. BURIALS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE AFGHAN CAPITAL FOR THE 63 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. MORE THAN 180 WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACK OVER THE WEEKEND. AN OUTBREAK OF HIV IN GLASGOW'S THE WORST THE UK's SEEN SINCE THE 1980'S, ACCORDING TO LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS. THERE'S BEEN A STEEP RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES AMONG DRUG USERS AND THE HOMELESS IN THE SCOTTISH CITY. THE BBC'S SARAH SMITH REPORTS. JUST ONE TINY DROP OF BLOOD CAN TEST WHO'S BEEN INFECTED BY THE RAPIDLY-SPREADING OUTBREAK OF HIV IN GLASGOW. SO, IF IT'S ONE LINE, IT MEANS THERE'S NO HIV ANTIBODIES IN THE BLOOD, AND IF IT'S TWO LINES, IT MEANS THERE IS. AYE. BUT WE'LL SET THAT ASIDE JUST NOW. IN JUST MINUTES, ROBBIE GETS THE NEWS HE'D HOPED TO HEAR. I'M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THERE'S ONE LINE,... AYE. ...WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE HIV. AYE. SLEEPING ROUGH AND INJECTING DRUGS, HE KNOWS HE'S AT HIGH RISK OF INFECTION, SO ROBBIE SAYS HE ALWAYS TAKES CARE TO GET CLEAN NEEDLES AVAILABLE FREE FROM VARIOUS CHEMISTS AND CHARITIES. DO YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT DO SHARE NEEDLES? AYE. (MAN MUMBLES INDISTINCTLY) WAVERLEY CARE IN GLASGOW ARE THE FIRST AND ONLY TEAM ANYWHERE IN THE UK TAKING HIV TESTING ON TO THE STREETS. HIYA. IT'S MARIE HERE, AT WAVERLEY CARE. THEY GAVE US AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THEIR ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE GROWING HOMELESS POPULATION IN GLASGOW. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO KNOW SOMEONE WITH HIV BUT WEREN'T AWARE OF THE OUTBREAK. SOME PEOPLE` AND THE NUMBERS. YEAH. THEY'RE MAYBE AWARE OF ONE, TWO, THREE PEOPLE IN A CLOSE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, BUT NOT AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL HUNDRED-PLUS THAT THERE ARE CONNECTED TO GLASGOW CITY CENTRE WHO ARE HIV-POSITIVE. THE REALLY WORRYING THING IS THAT THE SPREAD OF THE INFECTION IN GLASGOW SEEMS TO BE RAPIDLY ESCALATING, WITH AROUND A 100% INCREASE IN NEW CASES THIS YEAR SO FAR. LIVING ON THE STREETS WITH HIV IS NOT EASY. I'VE TRIED THIS ONE. NOT EVERYONE TAKES THEIR MEDICATION EVERY DAY ` NOT WHEN HEROIN IS A HIGHER PRIORITY. THAT'S WHY HALTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION IS SO URGENT AND SO DIFFICULT. EGG ALLERGIES AFFECT ALMOST ONE IN 10 INFANTS, BUT A CURE MIGHT NOT BE FAR AWAY. INSTEAD OF AVOIDING EGG, RESEARCHERS IN AUSTRALIA WANT TO INTRODUCE IT TO PATIENTS IN A TRIAL FOLLOWING A METHOD THAT'S ALREADY WORKED ON PEANUT ALLERGIES. CHANNEL NINE'S MADELINE SLATTERY REPORTS. FOR THE PARENTS OF LITTLE CHARLIE, AVOIDING EGG CAN BE TRICKY. IF WE'RE AT A PARTY, EITHER BRING OUR OWN FOOD FOR HIM OR ASK IF THERE ARE EGGS IN THERE. THE 2-YEAR-OLD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN EGG ALLERGY WHEN HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD,... AND HE GETS HIVES AROUND HIS MOUTH. ...BUT NOW A CURE COULD BE AROUND THE CORNER. RESEARCHERS ARE RECRUITING CHILDREN ALLERGIC TO EGGS FOR AN ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPY TRIAL, FEEDING THEM THE FOOD THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO ALONG WITH A DOSE OF GOOD BACTERIA. THIS BACTERIAL ADJUVANT SPEAKS TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND INSTRUCTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO RESPOND DIFFERENTLY TO THE ALLERGEN NOW. THE EGG PROTEIN POWDER WOULD BE MIXED THROUGH FOOD AND EATEN ALONGSIDE A MIXTURE OF BACTERIAL ADJUVANT AND WATER. THE EGG DOSAGE WOULD INCREASE EVERY TWO WEEKS OVER 18 MONTHS. THE SAME TEAM HAS DONE A SIMILAR TRIAL WITH PEANUTS, WITH GREAT SUCCESS. FOUR OUT OF FIVE CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED THE PEANUT ALLERGY TREATMENT WENT HOME EATING PEANUT. OF ALL THE FOOD ALLERGIES AMONG CHILDREN, EGG IS ACTUALLY THE MOST COMMON. IT AFFECTS ALMOST 10% OF BABIES, AND OF THOSE CHILDREN, ONLY HALF OF THEM WILL GROW OUT OF IT BY THE TIME THEY GO TO SCHOOL. IF THE TRIAL WORKS, IT COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR OTHER FOOD ALLERGIES. I THINK A LOT OF FAMILIES WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF LITTLE PEOPLE ` THEN THEY CAN EAT ALL THE DELICIOUS THINGS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE MURDERS THAT PARALYSED A CITY. A HALF CENTURY ON, THE MANSON MURDERS COME BACK TO LIFE IN THIS STAR-STUDDED MOVIE GETTING RAVE REVIEWS. AND IN SPORT ` THE BLACK CAPS ON THE BACK FOOT AS SRI LANKA CRUISE TO VICTORY IN THE FIRST TEST. I'm 16 kilos down thanks to Jenny Craig. See how it can work for you too. At the end of the day, when you lose 32 kilos it is fantastic. VOICEOVER: Join today with a free 10-week membership plus free food delivery - cost of food additional. Call now. THE SHOCKING 1969 KILLING OF U.S. ACTRESS SHARON TATE AND SIX OTHERS IS BEING REMEMBERED THIS MONTH. IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE THE MANSON MURDERS, WHICH ARE NOW BEING REIMAGINED ON THE BIG SCREEN. QUENTIN TARANTINO'S 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD' IS RECEIVING HIGH PRAISE, AS CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES. A HALF CENTURY ON, THE MANSON MURDERS ` THE BRUTAL MASS KILLING OF SEVEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING PREGNANT MOVIE STAR SHARON TATE. IT'S COMING BACK TO LIFE IN 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD'. THE MOVIE IS GETTING RAVE REVIEWS AND ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AS AN OSCAR FAVOURITE. THE KILLINGS THEMSELVES WERE WEIRD. BACK THEN, LINDA DEUTSCH WAS THE COURT REPORTER FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THERE WERE SCRAWLINGS IN BLOOD ON THE WALLS. THE KILLINGS WERE HORRIBLE, GRUESOME. PEOPLE WERE STABBED AND SHOT. THE MANSON MURDERS REMEMBERED AS A DOORWAY FROM THE SWINGING, STARRY-EYED '60S TO A MORE DRUG-ADDLED '70S. QUENTIN TARANTINO'S PICTURE BRINGS IT ALL BACK, TEAMING BRAD PITT AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO ON SCREEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. ACTORS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A LOT OF DANGEROUS STUFF. (GUNFIRE, MEN GRUNT) AND MARGOT ROBBIE, PUTTING ON HER BEST AMERICAN ACCENT TO PLAY THE DOOMED MOVIE STAR VICTIM. I PLAY MS CARLSON, THE KLUTZ. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) IVOR DAVIS CHASED THE STORY FROM DAY ONE. HIS BOOK 'MANSON EXPOSED' HIGHLIGHTS THE VISITS HE MADE TO THE RUN-DOWN RANCH, WHICH PLAYS A BIG PART IN THE MOVIE, AND WHERE MANSON AND HIS FOLLOWERS LIVED. IT WAS A SHOCKING, CHILLING PLACE. TARANTINO CAPTURES THE SPAHN MOVIE RANCH, WHICH WAS A DECAYING, CESSPIT OF A PLACE. THE WOMEN HE DISCOVERED THERE HAD FALLEN UNDER THE SVENGALI-LIKE SPELL OF CHARLES MANSON. CHARLIE'S GONNA DIG YOU. ONE OF THEM SAYING TO ME, 'HEY, IVOR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD 'FEEL LIKE TO HAVE A KNIFE SLIPPED DOWN YOUR THROAT?' THE MOVIE PROVIDES A VIVID REMINDER OF THE PARALYSING EFFECT THE MURDERS HAD ON AN ENTIRE CITY UNTIL MANSON AND HIS FOLLOWERS WERE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT FOUR MONTHS LATER. THERE WAS FEAR; THERE WAS TERROR; THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY. PEOPLE THOUGHT, 'WELL, MY GOD, IF IT CAN HAPPEN HERE IN A VERY POSH 'NEIGHBOURHOOD IN BEVERLY HILLS, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.' TO SPORT, AND NINE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO PLAY IN THE MITRE 10 CUP THIS WEEKEND. RECENTLY-DROPPED WINGER RIEKO IOANE HEADLINES THE GROUP AS HE RETURNS TO THE FOLD FOR AUCKLAND. VAEA FIFITA AND BRAYDON ENNOR WILL FACE OFF WHEN WELLINGTON HOST CANTERBURY. ATU MOLI AND JACKSON HEMOPO WILL COME HEAD TO HEAD WHEN TASMAN FACE MANAWATU. WHILE OTAGO'S STOCKS WILL BE BOOSTED BY THE RETURN OF LIAM COLTMAN AND JOSH IOANE, WHO PLAY BRAD WEBER'S HAWKE'S BAY. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE STARTED THE INAUGURAL WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP WITH DEFEAT TO SRI LANKA. NEW ZEALAND WAS OUTPLAYED BY THE HOSTS, WHO COMFORTABLY CRUISED TO A SIX-WICKET WIN. VICTOR WATERS EXPLAINS. A BLACK CAPS DEFEAT RIDDLED WITH CONSEQUENCES ` THIS MORNING'S 6-WICKET LOSS NOT ONLY ENDS NEW ZEALAND'S 5-MATCH WINNING RUN BUT DENIES THEM A CHANCE TO CLAIM TOP SPOT ON THE WORLD TEST RANKINGS. BUT DENIES THEM A CHANCE TO CLAIM TOP SPOT ON THE WORLD TEST RANKINGS. CHASING 268 IN THEIR SECOND INNINGS, SRI LANKA WERE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE NEW ZEALAND'S WINLESS RECORD IN GALLE. DIMUTH KARUNARATNE LED THE WAY FOR THE HOSTS DESPITE A LATE FLURRY OF WICKETS, THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE. NEW ZEALAND'S SKIPPER REFUSED TO BLAME THEIR RAIN-AFFECTED PRE-MATCH PREPARATION FOR THE LOSS. I MEAN, LOOK, YOU CAN'T PINPOINT ANYTHING, AND IT PROMISES ANYTHING ELSE. FOR US, THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER. IT WAS JUST ABOUT MENTALLY PREPARING, SRI LANKA CLAIMED THE FIRST 60 POINTS ON OFFER FOR THE NEW TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WILL BE THE BLACK CAPS' ONLY CHANCE AT AVOIDING A SERIES DEFEAT. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. AN ENTHRALLING SECOND ASHES TEST HAS ENDED IN A DRAW AT LORD'S. THE RESULT MEANS AUSTRALIA STILL LEAD THE SERIES 1-0, THOUGH ENGLAND SHOWED SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. MEANWHILE, AUSSIE BATSMAN STEVE SMITH REMAINS IN DOUBT FOR THE THIRD TEST AS HE RECOVERS FROM CONCUSSION. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON HAS THE ACTION. IT WAS PAST MIDDAY WHEN THE SUN GOT ITS ACT TOGETHER AND ALLOWED ENGLAND'S BATSMEN TO PLAY. BEN STOKES WAS READY. OH, BIG SHOT. HIS 100 WAS A QUICK-SCORING CLASSIC, AND IT ALLOWED ENGLAND'S CAPTAIN TO MAKE HIS DECISION. 266 AHEAD ` 'LET'S TRY TO WIN. LET'S BOWL.' SO, ARCHER, TO WARNER, TO BURNS. CAUGHT OUT. ENGLAND WERE OFTEN RUNNING AT JOFRA PACE. ARCHER WAS THE GAME-CHANGER ` TOO QUICK FOR USMAN KHAWAJA. NEXT AT BAT, MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE, REPLACING STEVE SMITH, WHO'D WOKEN UP WITH A HEADACHE AND GROGGINESS. SO LABUSCHAGNE BECAME CRICKET'S FIRST CONCUSSION SUBSTITUTE, AND NOW HE FACED ARCHER. THESE BLOWS ARE WORRYING, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, AGAIN, THERE WAS IMMEDIATE CONCERN FROM ENGLAND, AND BOTH TEAMS KNOW IT'S PART OF TEST CRICKET. SO IS SLOW BOWLING. WITH SPIN, JACK LEACH DECEIVED CAMERON BANCROFT LBW. LABUSCHAGNE HAD DEFIED ENGLAND WITH A 50 WHEN JOE ROOT GRABBED A FINGERTIP CATCH, CONFIRMED BY THE UMPIRES. MORE DRAMA WHEN JOE DENLY PULLED OFF SOMETHING SPECTACULAR. THAT CATCH LEFT AUSTRALIA SIX WICKETS DOWN, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT STOPPED. ENGLAND FINALLY RAN OUT OF TIME, BUT THEY TAKE INSPIRATION. SO, THE SERIES STAYS AT 1-0, BUT WITH JOFRA ARCHER NOW INVOLVED, THE WHOLE DYNAMIC HAS CHANGED, HASN'T IT, JOE? IT SEEMS SO. HE'S COMING IN, AND HE'S REALLY MADE A MASSIVE IMPACT, ADDED A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC TO OUR BOWLING GROUP. SO IT'S REALLY PLEASING TO SEE SOMEONE COME IN ON TEST DEBUT AND REALLY SHAKE UP THINGS. ENGLAND GO TO LEEDS WONDERING JUST WHAT JOFRA ARCHER MIGHT DO IN HIS SECOND TEST MATCH. NOELINE TAURUA WILL REMAIN AT THE HELM OF THE SILVER FERNS FOR THE UPCOMING CONSTELLATION CUP SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. AFTER THEIR WIN OVER THE MELBOURNE VIXENS, THE SUNSHINE COAST LIGHTNING'S COACH CONFIRMED SHE'LL REMAIN IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR OCTOBER'S SERIES. BUT TAURUA ADMITTED HER FUTURE BEYOND THIS YEAR REMAINS IN THE AIR. KIWI DRIVER SCOTT DIXON'S KEPT HIS INDY CAR HOPES ALIVE AFTER ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE IN PENNSYLVANIA. DIXON KEPT HIS COOL IN THE WEATHER-DELAYED RACE, EVEN AVOIDING THIS FIRST LAP CRASH. OH! HUGE CRASH. HUNTER-REAY, SATO. OH NO, AND ROSSI IS IN IT. A LOT OF CARS. UP IN THE FENCE IS ROSENQVIST. THIS IS DISASTROUS FOR ROSSI IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. HIS TEAMMATE WAS INVOLVED, LIKE HE WAS LAST YEAR. THE KIWI EVENTUALLY NAVIGATED HIS WAY TO SECOND PLACE, JUST BEHIND AUSTRALIAN WILL POWER, WITH 72 LAPS TO GO. BUT WITH THE THREAT OF APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS, OFFICIALS CALLED THE RACE OFF WITH THOSE STANDINGS HELD. CHELSEA COACH FRANK LAMPARD'S HOME DEBUT IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE HAS BEEN RUINED AS THE BLUES REMAIN WINLESS. THAT'S DESPITE OPENING THE SCORING AGAINST LEICESTER CITY, THANKS TO THIS MISTAKE FROM FOXES MIDFIELDER WILFRED NDIDI. BUT THE NIGERIAN WOULD MAKE AMENDS IN THE SECOND HALF. NDIDI! (CROWD ROARS) ATONES AND EQUALISES FOR LEICESTER CITY! THAT HEADER EARNED THE FOXES A ONE ALL DRAW. ELSEWHERE, NEWLY-PROMOTED SIDE SHEFFIELD UNITED BEAT CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE GOVERNMENTS ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO OUR PRISON SYSTEM TO HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF MAORI REOFFENDING AND IMPRISONMENT. AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS HAVE RETURNED TO THE STREETS OF HONG KONG, WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TAKING PART IN DEMONSTRATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER WITH NIRVANA. (NIRVANA'S 'SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT') (NIRVANA'S 'SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT') THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE 1 NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON.