TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE AMERICA'S CUP OFF TO A FLYING START. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS ABSOLUTELY HISSING ON THIS DOWNWIND LEG. THEY ARE FLYING. BUT IT'S EVEN STEVENS AT THE END OF DAY ONE, WITH BOTH TEAMS CLAIMING THE ADVANTAGE. PLUS, WHEN YOU'LL BE GETTING YOUR COVID VACCINE. AS A FRESH BATCH IS DELIVERED ` THE CRITERIA TO GET TO THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE. AND CAN THE PALACE WEATHER THE STORM? AS REVELATIONS FROM HARRY AND MEGHAN'S INTERVIEW SINK IN, THE FIRST RESPONSE FROM THE MUCH MALIGNED FIRM. SIR, CAN I ASK ` WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE INTERVIEW? CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. DAY ONE OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND IT'S ALL LOCKED UP AT 1-1. TEAM NEW ZEALAND SHOWING OFF ITS RUMOURED SPEED IN RACE ONE BEFORE THE ITALIANS CAME OUT SWINGING. ABBY WILSON IS WITH US NOW. ABBY, TWO VERY DIFFERENT RACES TODAY. BREAK IT DOWN FOR US. THOSE OF US WHO HOPE TO TO KNOW HOW THE AMERICA'S CUP SERIES WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT BASED ON TODAY'S RESULT WILL BE SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED. ONE WHEN A PIECE. THIS REALLY IS GAME ON. TWO INCREDIBLY DIFFERENT RACES. IN RACE ONE, EVERYTHING WENT REALLY WELL FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND. THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THEM NOT BEING RACE READY HAVING NOT RACED SINCE DECEMBER, ABOUT HOW PETER BURLING WOULD REACT. HE WAS FLAWLESS OFF THE LINE AND THEY WERE ADHERED TO BEGIN WITH AND THEY STAYED AHEAD. LUNA ROSSA COULD NOT CATCH THEM. IN THE END THEY CROSSED THE LINE 31 SECONDS AHEAD. RACE TWO, THOUGH, ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT STORY. IT WAS LUNA ROSSA WHO STRUCK FIRST. THEY WERE THE FIRST OVER THE LINE, AND THEY HEADED OUT ONTO THE COURSE. TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAVING TO PLAY CATCH UP. THEY JUST COULD NOT CATCH THEM. AT ONE POINT, LUNA ROSSA HAD A LEAD OF 25 SECONDS. IN THE FINAL LEG, TEAM NEW ZEALAND MANAGED TO HUNT THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT, NARROWING THE LEAD TO 7 SECONDS, BUT TEAM NEW ZEALAND ACROSS THE LINE 2ND IN THE SECOND RACE. ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS MOST OF US HAD BEFORE TODAY WAS ABOUT THE SPEED OF TEAM NEW ZEALAND. THERE WAS LOTS OF SPEAKING LATER AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE FASTER BOAT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IN TODAY'S CONDITIONS, THE BOATS WERE RELATIVELY EVENLY MATCHED. IN THE END IT CAME DOWN TO THAT START. AS THESE TEAMS VIA TO BE THE 1ST TO 7 ONES, WE REALLY HAVE SOME INTERESTING RACING AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANALYSIS. IT WAS AN ANTICLIMACTIC START FOR THOSE WANTING TO WATCH THE RACING. WITH TAMAKI MAKAURAU STILL UNDER LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS, FANS WEREN'T ABLE TO GATHER AT THE AMERICA'S CUP VILLAGE. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS REACTION. (HORNS TOOT) KIWIS OUT SUPPORTING THEIR HOMETOWN HEROES, GETTING THE TICK OF APPROVAL FROM HELMSMAN PETER BURLING. THE PARTY WAS GETTING STARTED ON THE WATER, BUT ON SHORE, LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS PUT A DAMPENER ON CELEBRATIONS. IT'S NOT BUSY ENOUGH. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. WE ARE HOPING FOR MORE CROWD, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT. LUCKY WE'RE HERE, COS THERE ARE NOT MANY AUCKLANDERS HERE IN THE MEANTIME. (LAUGHS) TO MEET COVID PROTOCOLS, THE BIG SCREENS WERE TURNED OFF AND FANS TOLD NOT TO CONGREGATE. THE RESTRICTED CROWD, THOUGH, FINDING THEIR VOICE AS THE BOATS SAILED OUT. GO, TEAM NEW ZEALAND! HUGELY EXCITED. YEAH. I THINK THE TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS NOW FOR THE BEST PART OF THREE YEARS SEEING THIS ALL COME TO FRUITION. FORZA, LUNA ROSSA! (LAUGHS) LUNA ROSSA FANS OUT IN FORCE TODAY TOO. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE HERE COVID-FREE, SO WE HAVE TO RESPECT LAWS. BUT NOT EVERYONE'S IN HIGH SPIRITS. THOSE IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AGAIN TAKING A HIT. IT WAS PRETTY GUTTING, TO BE FAIR. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS GETTING READY FOR THIS. PUNTERS WHO MANAGED TO SNAG A PRIME SPOT IN THE BARS ENJOYING THE ACTION. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE COVID RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIFTED BY THE WEEKEND, BUT ORGANISERS ARE COUNTING ON IT. YOU WON'T GET A BETTER CHANCE. IN FACT, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THE EVENT WILL BE HERE AGAIN, SO THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF IT. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT QUIETER, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE VILLAGE NOT OPEN IT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. BAR OWNERS HOPING TO HAVE FANS IN THESE SEATS COME THE WEEKEND, WHILE OTHERS HAVE THEIR EYES ON A DIFFERENT PRIZE. DREAM OF US WITH THE CUP. (LAUGHS) EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. WE'RE JUST MONTHS AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF US BEING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 UNDER THE GOVERNMENT ROLL OUT PLAN RELEASED TODAY. IT SPLITS US ALL INTO FOUR GROUPS. GROUP ONE ` JUST OVER 50,000 BORDER AND MIQ WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. VACCINATIONS FOR THIS GROUP STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND SHOULD BE FINISHED THIS MONTH. JABS HAVE ALSO STARTED FOR GROUP TWO ` 480,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS. PEOPLE LIVING IN HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS ARE ALSO IN THIS GROUP, SUCH AS OLDER PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN COUNTIES MANUKAU, BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS. 'PRIORITY POPULATIONS' IS THE LABEL GIVEN TO GROUP THREE ` 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE AT A HIGHER RISK IF THEY CATCH THE VIRUS. THAT INCLUDES ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 65 WHO ISN'T IN GROUP TWO AND PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS MAKING THEM MORE VULNERABLE. IT'S HOPED THEY'LL START GETTING JABS IN MAY. AND THEN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ` AROUND TWO MILLION PEOPLE SHOULD START GETTING VACCINATED IN JULY. WITH MORE, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. A NEW BATCH OF 64,000 DOSES TOUCHING DOWN IN AUCKLAND. NOW MORE DETAILS ON WHO'LL GET THEM. IT'S A BALANCED PLAN THAT PRIORITISES REDUCING THE CHANCE OF FUTURE OUTBREAKS WHILST PROTECTING ELDERS, THOSE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW OUTBREAKS HAVE OCCURRED. PEOPLE OVER 65 LIVING IN SOUTH AUCKLAND WILL BE PRIORITISED FROM THE END OF THE MONTH. BUT YOUNG AND HEALTHY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE MASS ROLLOUT IN JULY. IT IS GOOD NEWS. YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HAVE IT AND IF IT SAVES LIVES, THEN WHY NOT? I THINK IT'S QUITE PLEASING. WE'RE RATHER PRIVILEGED HERE. IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE SOUTH AUCKLAND AND OVER 65, YOU'LL WAIT UNTIL MAY, AND THEN THE TWO MILLION LEFT WILL GET THE VACCINE BETWEEN JULY AND DECEMBER. WAITING THREE MONTHS IS NOT THAT APPEALING. CONSIDERING THE GOVERNMENT THINKS THAT I'M LOW PRIORITY, I TRUST THEM. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT EVERYONE GETS IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. THERE ARE FEW DETAILS ON THE MASS ROLLOUT. IT LOOKS VERY HALF-BAKED. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT PFIZER WAS ACTUALLY A BIT OF A FIZZER. AUSTRALIA HAS A WEBSITE ` TYPE IN YOUR POSTCODE AND FIND OUT WHEN YOU GET THE JAB. A NEW ZEALAND VERSION IS PROMISED, SO TOO AN UPGRADED I.T. SYSTEM. THE GOVERNMENT VOWING IT WON'T AFFECT THE ROLLOUT. WHY IS THE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY TRACKS WHERE THE PFIZER VACCINES ARE IN NEW ZEALAND NOT READY TO GO? MR SPEAKER, WE DO HAVE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. WE ALSO HAVE A SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED. WHAT WE ARE BUILDING IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM. WE'RE BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE TRY TO FLY IT, AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE. AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT PATIENT. EVERYTHING'S GOING AS FAST AS IT CAN. THERE'S STILL NO DECISION ON PRIORITY FOR PEOPLE LIKE OLYMPIANS OR CRICKETERS. IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE BAR TO ACCESS A VACCINE UNDER THOSE CRITERIA WILL BE A VERY HIGH ONE. IN THE SO-CALLED YEAR OF THE VACCINE, A FEW MORE DETAILS ON HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM AUCKLAND TO AUSTRALIA IS BACK ON, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN YET OF A TWO-WAY BUBBLE. THAT'S DESPITE NO COVID CASES CROSSING THE TASMAN IN MORE THAN SIX WEEKS, PUTTING THE PRIME MINISTER UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE. ANDREW MACFARLANE REPORTS. FOR QUEENSTOWN'S STRUGGLING TOURISM SECTOR, CASHED-UP AUSSIE TRAVELLERS WOULD BE JUST THE TICKET. THEIR TOURISM DOLLAR WILL CERTAINLY HELP US. 40% OF ALL OF OUR TRAVELLERS IN MIQ AT THE MOMENT ARE COMING FROM AUSTRALIA. WE'VE GOT KIWIS STRANDED IN SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT TRYING TO GET HOME. THIS TRAVEL AGENT'S ASKING WHY WE AREN'T WELCOMING THOSE FROM LOWER-RISK COUNTRIES. WE HAVE COVID TESTS THAT CAN ALLOW US TO TRAVEL IN WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A GREEN ZONE PATHWAY BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. IT'S A CALL ECHOED BY THE OPPOSITION. WE'VE GOT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ABLE TO TAKE NEW ZEALANDERS TO GO AND SPEND MONEY IN AUSTRALIA OR WORK IN AUSTRALIA, AND WE CAN'T DO THE SAME. AND WHAT I'M SEEING FROM SCOTT MORRISON IS A LEADER WHO KNOWS HOW TO LEAD. COS IT'S NO MORE DANGEROUS ACCEPTING SOMEONE FROM, SAY, QUEENSLAND THAN IT IS ACCEPTING SOMEONE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. FAVOURED KIWI DESTINATIONS ` NEW SOUTH WALES AND QUEENSLAND ` HAVE BOTH SEEN MORE THAN 50 DAYS WITHOUT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. SO DO OUR TRANS-TASMAN COUSINS WANT TO SEE THE TRAVEL DEAL RECIPROCATED? THAT'S A MATTER FOR THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT. WHILE SCOTT MORRISON'S STOPPED SHORT OF BLUNTLY DEMANDING THE BORDERS BE OPENED, HE'S MAKING HIS FEELINGS KNOWN. IF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WISH AUSTRALIANS TO VISIT AUSTRALIA` TO NEW ZEALAND AND SPEND MONEY IN QUEENSTOWN OR WELLINGTON OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THAT'S A MATTER FOR THEM. OUR PM NOT TAKING THE BAIT. I THINK REALLY IT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT. OF COURSE, NEW ZEALAND HAS A SAY IN WHEN WE OPEN UP OUR BORDERS. AS FOR A TIME FRAME... OH, YOU'LL KNOW THAT OF COURSE, WE DID HAVE SOME ASPIRATIONS IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS YEAR. OUTBREAKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN HAVE CURTAILED THAT. BUT OF COURSE, WE'LL MOVE AS QUICKLY AND AS SAFELY AS WE CAN. STILL NO CLEARER NEARLY ONE YEAR AFTER CLOSING THE BORDERS. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR MANAGED ISOLATION BOOKING SYSTEM IS UNDER QUESTION AGAIN AFTER MASSIVE DEMAND CRASHED THE SITE. THERE WERE A MILLION HITS ON THE SITE LAST FRIDAY ALONE, BUT THE HEAD OF MIQ SAYS SHE'S HAPPY WITH HOW THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS WORKING. KRISTIN HALL WITH THIS. THE MOMENT MONI JOWSEY'S BEEN WAITING FOR ` A MANAGED ISOLATION BOOKING FINALLY SECURED. THAT'S AMAZING. I'M SO EXCITED. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR HOURS! IT'S TAKEN MORE THAN A MONTH OF REFRESHING THE MIQ WEBSITE. LAST WEEK SHE GOT THIS MESSAGE AFTER THE SITE CRASHED COMPLETELY. SIX HOUR BLOCKS, THE NEXT DAY A 5 HOUR BLOCK, THEN I TRIED AT NIGHT, SO I WOKE UP AT ONE IN THE MORNING. COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS THE CURRENT SYSTEM WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE REFRESHING THE SITE REPLICATES A DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK, USUALLY USED BY HACKERS TO SHUT DOWN A WEBSITE. NORMALLY IT'S A CO-ORDINATED ATTACK AGAINST A SITE, BUT IN THIS CASE THEY'VE CREATED A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE FORCING EVERYONE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE FASTER YOU REFRESH THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO GET A SPOT. ANDREW CONNELL'S CREATED A BOT THAT SHARES VOUCHER RELEASE TIMES ON TWITTER. HE WANTS TO SEE USERS PUT IN A QUEUE RATHER THAN COMPETING FOR A VOUCHER AT THE SAME TIME. THESE DATES ARE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM ` THEY CAN BE ALLOCATED TO PEOPLE FIRST IN, FIRST SERVED WHICH WOULD BE THE FAIREST WAY, RATHER THAN PEOPLE WITH THE MOST TIME ON THEIR HANDS OR TECHNICAL SKILLS. I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE SYSTEMS WORKING. WE'VE HAD 100,000 PEOPLE GETTING VOUCHERS THROUGH THE SYSTEM. NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM? WE'RE WORKING ON CHANGES ALL THE TIME. THEY TAKE TIME TO WORK THROUGH. IN JANUARY, 1 NEWS REVEALED CODERS WERE CREATING PROGRAMMES TO BOOK VOUCHERS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME IT TAKES FOR A REAL PERSON. MBIE TWICE-REVIEWED IT'S SYSTEM TO STOP IT, BUT ONE PROGRAMMER WHO'S BOOKED MORE THAN 100 VOUCHERS FOR KIWIS SINCE THEN, SAID THE INTERVENTIONS HAVE IMPROVED HIS CHANCES. I'M NOT SEEING THAT HAPPENING NOW. I THINK THE CONTROLS WE'VE PUT IN PLACE HAVE MADE THAT VERY DIFFICULT. A SYSTEM SET UP IN A HURRY NOW BUSIER THAN EVER. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. THE QUEEN SAYS SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM IN THE ROYAL FAMILY, BUT WILL DEAL WITH THEM PRIVATELY. THAT'S DESPITE CALLS FOR AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS MADE BY THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA REPORTS. YET YOU CONTINUE TO TRASH HER. OK, I'M DONE WITH THIS. NO, NO, NO` SORRY, NO. AN ON AIR WALK OFF BY ONE OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL PRESENTERS, PIERS MORGAN, AFTER ATTACKING MEGHAN MARKLE AND HER ALLEGATIONS FOR DAYS. I THINK WE NEED TO JUST ALL TAKE A BREAK, LATER STEPPING DOWN FROM THE ITV'S 'GOOD MORNING BRITAIN' AMID A FLOOD OF COMPLAINTS. AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIVISION AND TENSION OVER THIS DEEPLY SENSITIVE ROYAL ROW. THEN, A FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THAT INTERVIEW FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES. SIR, CAN I ASK, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE INTERVIEW? AWKWARD SILENCE, THEN A SHARP EXIT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE LATER BREAKING THAT SILENCE, SAYING ` THE STATEMENT AS SOFT ` JUST 61 WORDS, AND THE PALACE SAYS IT'S THE ONLY ONE IT WILL MAKE. BUT WHETHER IT'S ENOUGH TO QUELL CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION IS YET TO BE SEEN. THERE IS NO HINT THE PALACE WILL INVESTIGATE ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM AND MENTAL HEALTH NEGLECT THAT MEGAN HAS PUT INTO THE PUBLIC SPACE, THIS DESPITE THE PALACE RECENTLY OPENING AN INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS MEGAN BULLIED HER ROYAL STAFF. THE ISSUE OF RACISM, AND THE CLAIM A ROYAL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW DARK BABY ARCHIE'S SKIN WOULD BE ARE STILL THE MAIN FOCUS HERE. SO HOW WOULD MEGHAN MARKLE'S FATHER REACT? I DON'T THINK THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY ARE RACIST. THE THING ABOUT 'WHAT COLOUR WILL THE BABY BE?' OR 'HOW DARK WILL THE BABY BE?' I'M GUESSING AND HOPING IT'S JUST A DUMB QUESTION. A CHARITABLE RESPONSE FROM A FATHER WHO, FOR FOUR YEARS, HAS NOT HEARD FROM MEGHAN, NOT MET HARRY NOR HIS GRANDSON, ARCHIE. THE RELATIONSHIP SOURING IN THE RUN UP TO THEIR WEDDING... BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS SHE'S PRETTY MUCH GHOSTED ALL OF HER FAMILY, BUT SHE REALLY HAD NO ONE TO REACH OUT TO. THE ROW PUTTING THE FUTURE OF TWO FAMILIES UNDER THREAT ` ONE OF THEM BEING BRITAIN'S OLDEST INSTITUTION. LET'S JOIN DANIEL FAITAUA, WHO'S OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE. DANIEL, NOW, THE PALACE HAS SPOKEN. IS THAT IT ` CASE CLOSED, SITUATION NORMAL? I DO NOT THINK SO. I THINK THE PALACE STATEMENT IS POTENTIALLY INFLAMING RATHER THAN CALMING THE SITUATION. MAINLY THE BIT ABOUT RECOLLECTIONS BEING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY THE PALACE IS SAYING THAT MEGAN'S ACCOUNT IS NOT ENTIRELY FACTUAL. THEN THIS IS THIS MENTALITY ABOUT THE PALACE GOING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO SORTED OUT SAYING TO BRITAIN DO NOT WORRY AND CARRY ON. THAT WILL NOT PLAY KATE CALLS FOR AN END VESTA GRATIAN. THE ROYAL EXPERTS, THE SO-CALLED ROYAL EXPERTS WILL STEP IN AND TRY TO FILL THE VOID AND APPLY THEIR BEST GUESSWORK. THEY WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL WENT SO HORRIBLY WRONG AND HOW TO FIX THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF RACISM AND HAVING NO COMPASSION FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN. THANKS, DANIEL FAITAUA IN LONDON. AND LATER ` FRACTURED OR FATAL. A LOOK AT WHETHER THE RACE ROW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE ROYALS. YOU'RE SEEING VERY, VERY YOUNG PEOPLE ` YOUNG INFLUENCERS, YOUNG THINKERS ` ACTUALLY SAYING, 'WELL, WHAT IS THIS INSTITUTION? 'WHY DOES IT EXIST?' AND THEY MAY BE EMPTY NOW, BUT SOON THE SEATS WILL FILL UP WITH MORE THAN 300 RESIDENTS WHO ARE HUNGRY FOR ANSWERS. AND IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT IT COULD TELL US HOW OUR UNIVERSE WAS BORN. IT'S LIKE A TIME CAPSULE. HOW THIS FOUR-BILLION-YEAR-OLD ROCK ENDED UP ON A BRITISH DRIVEWAY. THEN AT 7, YOU'VE BEEN OUT ON THE HAURAKI GULF, JEREMY. YES, I HAVE, BUT I WASN'T WATCHING THE AMERICA'S CUP. I'VE BEEN TESTING A GROUND-BREAKING KIWI INVENTION. PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD TO SAVE YOUR COLLEAGUE'S LIFE? HOW SOME QUICK-THINKING WORKMATES CAME TO THE RESCUE. RESIDENTS IN THREE EAST OTAGO TOWNS ARE TONIGHT HOPING TO FIND OUT HOW THEIR LOCAL WATER SUPPLY WAS CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD. IN DECEMBER, TESTING SHOWED 40 TIMES THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL, FORCING DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A 'DO NOT DRINK' NOTICE. JOHN MCKENZIE IS IN WAIKOUAITI, WHERE A COMMUNITY MEETING IS BEING HELD. JOHN, WILL RESIDENTS GET ANSWERS TONIGHT? THERE ARE THREE MAIN QUESTIONS RESIDENTS WANT ANSWERS FOR. THE FIRST BEING WHERE HAVE THE HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD COME FROM? THE SECOND WILL BE AROUND HEALTH CONCERNS. THE THIRD WILL BE AROUND HOW MUCH LONGER ALL THE RESTRICTIONS BE IN PLACE AROUND THE WATER SUPPLY? HERE WE ARE EXPECTING ROUGHLY 300 OR 500 RESIDENTS TO COME AND LISTEN TO A PANEL OF EXPERTS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD THAT THEY WILL BE AIMING TO INFORM RESIDENTS TONIGHT HOW THE BLOOD LEAD LEVELS COMPARE WITH THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL STUDY AND WHETHER THIS DOES SUGGEST LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO LEAD FROM THE WATER. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO AIM TO EXPLAIN EVEN USE THE DC SEA HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED TO FIND EXPIRATION FOR INTERMITTENT LIKES AND LEAD LEVELS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT RESIDENTS WHO DID RECEIVE A BLOOD TEST, THEY HAVE RECEIVED THOSE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS. TONIGHT IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE BROADER EXPLANATION TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY RECURRING PATTERNS ACROSS THE THREE TOWNSHIPS. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO START IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS A FULL RECAP ON THE LATE NEWS. THANKS, JOHN. IT'S 'A PENDING DISASTER' ` THAT'S HOW ONE HAWKE'S BAY APPLE ORCHARDIST DESCRIBES THE UPCOMING HARVEST SEASON AS LABOUR SHORTAGES BITE. IT MEANS FRUIT WILL ROT ON THE TREES AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE HITTING GROWERS, AND THE REGION'S ECONOMY HARD. HERE'S SEAN HOGAN. IT'S A RACE AGAINST THE CROP. WE GET ONE SHOT. AND IF WE MISS THE BOAT, WE MISS THE BOAT. AS THE FRUIT RAPIDLY MATURES, GROWERS ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP. USUALLY WE ARE AHEAD OF IT, AND WE'VE GOT A BIT OF TIME AND WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT EXCELLENT QUALITY. THIS YEAR WE ARE STILL KEEPING THE QUALITY, BUT ONLY JUST. AS A SMALL GROWER, HIS YEAR'S WORK RELIES ON THE HARVEST. THERE'S THE JUICE FACTOR, BUT YOU'RE WELL BELOW YOUR COST OF PRODUCTION, AND IT'S NOT ECONOMICAL. IT'S A SITUATION CAUSING STRESS FOR ALL PLAYERS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY. I WAS SPEAKING TO A GROWER EARLIER TODAY. THEY THINK THIS WILL BE THEIR LAST SEASON. AND MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY'LL PULL THE BLOCK OUT. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MANAGERS REPORT THE LEVEL OF STRESS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ALREADY. IT'S STRESSFUL EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR IS REALLY INTENSE. ROWS AND ROWS OF THIS ORCHARD WON'T BE PICKED. THE OWNER DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA. THEY TOLD ME THIS IS ONE OF SIX OF THEIR BLOCKS THAT WILL GO TO WASTE, DESCRIBING IT AS A TRAGEDY UNFOLDING. USUALLY, THEY NEED AROUND 40 STAFF FOR THEIR HARVEST. THIS YEAR, THEY'VE ONLY MANAGED TO FIND 12. DESPITE RECRUITMENT DRIVES AND 80 WORKERS FROM THE PACIFIC; YUMMY FRUIT SAYS APPLES WILL ROT ON THE TREES. OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE HIDEOUS. I MEAN, $500 MILLION, APPLES ARE WORTH TO THIS REGION, AND I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT LOSING AT LEAST 100 MILLION OF THAT. THERE'S A TWO DEGREE OF SEPARATION WITHIN HORTICULTURE, WITHIN HAWKE'S BAY. THERE WOULDN'T BE MANY BUSINESSES IN TOWN THAT HAVEN'T GOT SOME CONNECTION TO THE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY. THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGES THE PINCH POINT ` SAYING HELP IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE RURAL SUPPORT TRUST. A NUMBER OF THE TRUSTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THIS STAGE DO HAVE CASH RESERVES FROM MONEY WE HAVE SUPPLIED THEM. IF THEY COME TO US AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY, THEN WE WILL SUPPLY THAT. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T HAD A REQUEST. A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE COULD SEE MORE WORKERS BROUGHT IN WITH INCREASED MIQ CAPACITY, BUT THAT'S TOO LATE FOR SOME, WITH CRUNCH TIME JUST AROUND THE CORNER. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. AND, TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THE INITIATIVES AND INNOVATIONS GROWERS ARE USING TO COMBAT THE SHORTAGE OF PICKERS. A SNAKE FOUND AT AN AUCKLAND CONSTRUCTION SITE IS NOW BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ALIVE WHEN FIRST DISCOVERED. THE JUVENILE CARPET PYTHON WAS MORE THAN A METRE LONG, AND IT'S NOT VENOMOUS. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE COME IN FREIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA IN A PIPE SEALED AT BOTH ENDS, BUT BIOSECURITY NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE SNAKE'S A MALE SO CAN'T HAVE LAID EGGS. MORE THAN $11,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON PUBLICITY VIDEOS FOR A GOVERNMENT SCHEME WHICH HAS ONLY HOUSED 12 FAMILIES SO FAR. FIVE VIDEOS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, INCLUDING THIS ONE, FEATURING HOUSING MINISTER MEGAN WOODS. NATIONAL TODAY RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PR SHOOT. IS SHE PLANNING ON GUEST-STARRING IN ANY MORE SLICK VIDEOS PROMOTING GOVERNMENT HOUSING SCHEMES? (LAUGHTER) MR SPEAKER, I THINK THAT MEMBER IS BETRAYING HER TRUE COLOURS IN THE FACT THAT SHE BELONGS TO A PARTY THAT HAS NO AMBITION TO HELP PEOPLE LOCKED OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP. MINISTER WOODS' VIDEO COST TAXPAYERS $1300, AND SHE SAYS IT TOOK HER JUST THREE MINUTES TO FILM. NEW SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE THE JANUARY RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON. IT SHOWS THE PERSON SUSPECTED OF PLANTING TWO PIPE BOMBS NEAR THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS. THE FBI'S CALLING ON THE PUBLIC TO HELP IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED, SNAPPED ON CAMERA IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, WITH A BACKPACK. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY'S ALSO CONFIRMED THE BOMBS WERE VIABLE AND COULD HAVE KILLED. A CHUNK OF ROCK THAT'S MORE THAN FOUR BILLION YEARS OLD HAS BEEN FOUND ON A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY IN BRITAIN. SCIENTISTS SAY ITS ADVANCED AGE COULD PROVIDE FRESH INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM WAS FORMED. HERE'S THE BBC'S VICTORIA GILL. THE NIGHT SKY WAS SET ALIGHT BY A FIREBALL THAT STREAKED ACROSS THE DARKNESS, AND WHILE THAT LIGHT SHOW WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAPTURED ON SECURITY FOOTAGE, AN ARRAY OF SPECIAL CAMERAS FROM THE UK FIREBALL ALLIANCE MANAGED TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE IN THE COUNTRY THE DEBRIS WAS LIKELY TO HAVE LANDED. THIS CHARRED PATCH OF TARMAC ON A GLOUCESTERSHIRE DRIVEWAY WAS THE FINAL CLUE, AND THE WINCHCOMBE METEORITE HAS NOW BEEN FOUND. NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS ROCK EVER BEEN FOUND IN THE UK BEFORE. AFTER TRAVELLING FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS THROUGH SPACE, IT'S NOW IN THE EXPERT CARE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN LONDON. THIS IS A CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE TYPE METEORITE, SO IT CONTAINS ALL THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. SO POTENTIALLY THIS METEORITE CONTAINS THINGS LIKE SIMPLE ORGANICS AND AMINO ACIDS THAT CAN TELL US ABOUT HOW LIFE GOT STARTED ON OUR EARTH. IT ALSO PROBABLY CONTAINS WATER-BEARING MINERALS. WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHY WE HAVE THE OCEANS ON THE EARTH AND WHY WE MAY HAVE HAD OCEANS ON OTHER PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. AND LIFT-OFF OF OSIRIS-REX. WHILE THIS DISCOVERY WEIGHS IN AT ALMOST HALF A KILO, NASA AND THE JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY BOTH PREVIOUSLY SENT PROBES TO ASTEROIDS AT HUGE COST TO RETURN JUST A FEW GRAMS OF PRISTINE SPACE ROCK. SOME 65,000 METEORITES HAVE FALLEN TO EARTH AND BEEN COLLECTED AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ONLY 1200 HAD EYEWITNESSES TO THEIR FALL. AND OF THESE, ONLY 51 ARE RARE CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES, LIKE THIS ONE. AND RESEARCHERS HOPE THE CHUNK IS PART OF A LARGER ROCK WHICH BROKE APART AS IT ENTERED OUR ATMOSPHERE, MEANING MORE SAMPLES MIGHT SHOW UP. IT'S AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE AMERICA'S CUP. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SHED AND RETHINK IT. SO WHAT CAN TEAM NEW ZEALAND LEARN HEADING INTO RACE 3? PLUS, AFTER WIDESPREAD CRITICISM LAST YEAR, WHY NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2021 BAFTA AWARDS ARE BEING PRAISED. AND FINALLY, A CUTESY ANIMAL STORY AT 7. YES, AND THIS ONE WILL MELT YOUR HEART. HOW A KITTEN DODGING TRAFFIC CAUGHT THE EYE OF A MOTORWAY COP. PLUS, THE SCHOOL TV CHANNEL THAT ENDED UP WITH THE BEST SCOOP IN THE COUNTRY. AND WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES TO CAPTURE THE OTHER AMERICA'S CUP RIVALRY BETWEEN A BOAT AND A HELICOPTER. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. THE HUNT IS ON TO FIND 16 IMPARTIAL JURORS FOR THE TRIAL OF THE FORMER U.S. POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD. THERE WERE MONTHS OF PROTESTS AFTER DEREK CHAUVIN WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA KNEELING ON MR FLOYD'S NECK FOR ABOUT NINE MINUTES LAST MAY. POTENTIAL JURORS ARE BEING INDIVIDUALLY ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THEY'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO AND IF THEY TOOK PART IN SUBSEQUENT DEMONSTRATIONS. YOU'VE NOT SEEN ANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS OR NEWS STORIES WITH CLIPS OF THE VIDEO OR ANYTHING? OK. JUST THREE JURORS WERE SELECTED TODAY, WITH THE PROCESS SET TO TAKE UP TO THREE WEEKS. OPENING ARGUMENTS AREN'T DUE UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. OPINIONS ON OPRAH'S INTERVIEW WITH THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX ARE DEEPLY DIVIDED ALONG RACIAL AND GENERATIONAL LINES. THERE'S LITTLE DOUBT THE ALLEGATIONS LEVELLED AT THE ROYALS WILL BE DAMAGING, AND AS THE BBC'S MARK EASTON EXPLAINS, THEY COULD THREATEN THE VERY EXISTENCE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. (ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS) EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, THE QUEEN ATTENDED THE COMMONWEALTH DAY SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY, HARRY AND MEGHAN'S LAST ROYAL ENGAGEMENT. 'IT'S ALWAYS INSPIRING TO BE REMINDED OF THE DIVERSITY 'OF THE PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES THAT MAKE UP OUR WORLDWIDE FAMILY,' THE QUEEN SAID, SPEAKING AS HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH THAT DAY. (DRUM MUSIC PLAYS) SUCH A BLEND OF TRADITIONS SERVES TO MAKE US STRONGER, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. BUT AS THE ROYALS GATHERED IN THE ABBEY, THERE WERE HINTS OF TENSIONS AND TROUBLES TO COME. OVER THE COURSE OF 70 YEARS, THE QUEEN HAS GUIDED THE MONARCHY, FROM EMPIRE TO BLACK LIVES MATTER. IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SHE REPRESENTS THE UNITING FIGUREHEAD FOR PEOPLE OF ALL CULTURES. ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM AT THE HEART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY COULD REPRESENT AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FOR THIS ANCIENT INSTITUTION. NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'RE SEEING VERY, VERY YOUNG PEOPLE ` YOUNG INFLUENCERS, YOUNG THINKERS ` ACTUALLY SAYING, 'WELL, WHAT IS THIS INSTITUTION? 'WHY DOES IT EXIST?' YOU KNOW, THEY'RE QUESTIONING THINGS THAT I'VE NOT SEEN THEM QUESTION BEFORE. THIS IS AN ANACHRONISM IN THIS DAY AND AGE, AND NOT JUST ON THE BASIS OF RACE. WE'RE CERTAINLY LOTS OF YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, BUT ALSO YOUNG WHITE PEOPLE. AND THE THRONE PASSES TO KING EDWARD VIII'S YOUNGER BROTHER AND HIS WIFE. TODAY'S CRISIS MANAGEMENT AT THE PALACE CONTAINS ECHOES OF THE ABDICATION CRISIS IN 1936 WHEN KING EDWARD VIII GAVE UP THE THRONE TO MARRY WALLIS SIMPSON. LIKE MEGAN, SHE WAS AN AMERICAN DIVORCEE, AN OUTSIDER WHO FELT SHUNNED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY. THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA IN 1997 ALSO SAW THE ROYALS ACCUSED OF FAILING TO SUPPORT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO THEY'D INVITED INTO THEIR GILDED CAGE, SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO COMPREHEND PUBLIC ANGER AT HER TREATMENT AND GRIEF AT HER LOSS. NOW THE ROYAL PR DEPARTMENT IS ONCE AGAIN FIRE-FIGHTING ACCUSATIONS OF A BRAND OUT OF TOUCH WITH CONTEMPORARY ATTITUDES AND VALUES. IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST A SYMBOL OF HISTORIC OPPRESSION, BUT AS WE SEE WITH HARRY AND MEGHAN, THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION OF THE DISCRIMINATION AND THE RACISM THAT MADE BRITISH EMPIRE. A NEW YOUGOV POLL SUGGESTS A GENERATIONAL DIVIDE. FOUR TIMES AS MANY 18- TO 24-YEAR-OLDS THOUGHT HARRY AND MEGHAN HAD BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY BY THE ROYAL FAMILY COMPARED WITH THE OVER-65S. IT SUGGESTS A LOOMING CHALLENGE FOR THE MONARCHY. WHILE HARRY AND MEGHAN PRAISED THE QUEEN IN THEIR INTERVIEW, PRINCE CHARLES WAS PORTRAYED AS UNSUPPORTIVE AND DISTANT. REPAIRING THE REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE WILL REQUIRE A RESPONSE THAT REACHES ACROSS NOT JUST ETHNICITIES, BUT GENERATIONS. THIS YEAR'S BAFTA AWARDS NOMINATIONS ARE BEING HAILED AS THE MOST DIVERSE EVER. 16 OF THE 24 ACTING NOMINEES ARE NON-WHITE, AFTER LAST YEAR'S LINEUP OF ALL WHITE NOMINEES SPARKED WIDESPREAD CONTROVERSY. A RECORD FOUR FEMALE DIRECTORS AND A RECORD FOUR FEMALES ARE AMONG THE SIX FINALISTS FOR BEST DIRECTOR. WE CAN ONLY JUDGE WHAT'S ENTERED, BUT WHAT WE DID DO IS MAKE SURE THERE WAS MORE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, THAT MORE FILMS WERE WATCHED BY MORE MEMBERS, AND THEREFORE A GREATER VARIETY AND RANGE OF FILMS AND PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED. THE BAFTAS WILL BE AWARDED IN APRIL. INAIANEI KO HAKINAKINA ` SPORT NOW. EVERYONE'S LEFT THE BUILDING; ANDREW'S DOWN AT THE VIADUCT AS WELL. A SMATTERING OF FANS HERE TODAY UNDER LEVEL 2 POST RACING AND POST WORK. THOSE FANS SEEM SLIGHTLY SURPRISED BY THE SCORELINE TODAY. TO THE RACING ACTION IN JUST A MOMENT, AS TEAM NEW ZEALAND LAYS DOWN THE CHALLENGE EARLY ON. PLUS, MORE MAGIC IN THE WATER. THE SPECIAL DEAL BETWEEN THE WORLD TITLE-WINNING SWIM COACH AND THE CANTERBURY NETBALL TEAM. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA ` WELCOME TO SPORTS NEWS. AND WELCOME BACK TO AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT. ITALIANS LUNA ROSSA HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE GOING TO BE A TOUGH OPPONENT FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND AFTER THE OPENING DAY OF THE AMERICA'S CUP MATCH. THEY'VE STORMED BACK AFTER A FIRST RACE DEFEAT TO LEVEL THE BEST OF 13 SERIES 1-ALL. WE'LL HAVE LIVE REACTION IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, GUY HEVELDT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE ACTION. THE PRE-MATCH REGATTA RUMOURS WERE ALL THE SAME. TEAM NEW ZEALAND THE FASTER, BETTER BOAT ` MANY SAYING THE ONLY TEST WOULD BE THE START. THEY'VE PUT THE HAMMER DOWN. THEY'RE BOW FORWARD. GREAT START BY THE KIWIS! PETER BURLING AND CO SHAKING OFF AN EARLY LUNA ROSSA DUEL AND SAILING OUT TO A COMFORTABLE 14-SECOND LEAD AT THE FIRST MARK. AND ON TO THE FIRST DOWNWIND LEG OF THE CUP, WHERE THE KIWIS FLEXED THEIR MUSCLES. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS ABSOLUTELY HISSING ON THIS DOWNWIND LEG. FLYING SO MUCH, IN FACT ` BY THE TIME THEY ROUNDED THE SECOND MARK, THE LEAD EXTENDED AGAIN. BUT THAT DOMINANCE STALLED. DESPITE THE ITALIANS NEEDING ANOTHER MANOEUVRE JUST TO GET ON TO THE THIRD LEG, THEY PROVED THEY CAN MATCH TEAM NEW ZEALAND FOR SPEED. LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI WON'T BE TOO UPSET, BECAUSE THEY ARE STAYING WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND. ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, THEY WERE ALWAYS PLAYING CATCH-UP. AND WHILE IT WASN'T ALL SMOOTH SAILING FOR THE KIWIS... OH, BIT OF A TRIP THERE! ...THEY LED AT EVERY MARK FOR A 31-SECOND VICTORY. AND THEY HAVE REMINDED EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE THE DEFENDER OF THE AMERICA'S CUP. BUT HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE. REMEMBER THOSE STARTS BEING THE BIG TEST FOR THE KIWIS? WELL, RACE TWO HIGHLIGHTED EXACTLY THAT. (BLEEP). TEAM NEW ZEALAND RUING THE TACTIC OF TACKING AWAY AND GIVING UP THE ADVANTAGE TO THE ITALIANS. THIS IS A BIG RACE FOR EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND. BUT PERHAPS AN EVEN BIGGER RACE FOR LUNA ROSSA WHO SHOWED THEY AREN'T HERE TO FINISH RUNNER-UP AGAIN. IN FACT, TELLING THE KIWIS IT'S GAME ON. THIS RACE IS GETTING AWAY. LUNA ROSSA PRADA PIRELLI BY THE FOURTH MARK, LEADING BY 24 SECONDS, TEAM NEW ZEALAND NEEDING A MIRACLE. AND FOR A GLIMPSE, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT MAY COME. THE HOLDERS EATING INTO THE LEAD ROUNDING THE LAST MARK. BOTH TEAMS MAKING MOVES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LAST LEG. THE ITALIANS CLINGING ON BY JUST SEVEN SECONDS. IT IS GOING TO BE ONE APIECE! I AM PROUD OF YOU. MADE A FEW MISTAKES WITH TACKS AND STUFF, WHICH YOU COULD SAY IS RUST OR JUST A MISTAKE, BUT PRETTY HAPPY. WE'VE GOT A TOOL HERE THAT WE CAN WIN THIS THING WITH. FIGHTING WORDS FROM TEAM NEW ZEALAND WHO SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES UNDER PRESSURE. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. RIGHT. LET'S GET SOME MORE REACTION NOW. ABBY WILSON HAS BEEN HERE AT THE VIADUCT FOLLOWING THOSE OPENING RACES CLOSELY. ABBY, YOU'RE STATIONED RIGHT OUTSIDE TEAM NEW ZEALAND. WHAT'S THE MOOD LIKE AFTER THAT SECOND RACE? BEHIND ME, YOU WILL SEE THE BOAT AND ALL HER GLORY. THE BOAT DOCKED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO. A SMALL CROWD HAS GATHERED TO WELCOME THEM IN. THERE WAS CHEERING AND FLAGS BEING WAIVED. THERE WEREN'T CELEBRATIONS. IT'S VERY MUCH BUSINESS AS USUAL. THEY STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO. WHILE THEY WIN ONE RACE, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS WINNING TWO. THEY WILL ALL BE HEADING INSIDE NOW AND DOING A DEBRIEF ABOUT HOW TODAY PLAYED OUT. THEY HAVE THAT AHEAD OF THEM. THEN THERE WILL START LOOKING AHEAD TO FRIDAY'S RACING. THE CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING RATHER LATE FOR FRIDAY. THAT COULD POSE SOME DIFFERENT CHALLENGES FOR THE TEAM. PETER BURLING WAS SAYING HE WAS UNCERTAIN HOW THEY WOULD BE GOING IN LIGHT CONDITIONS. HE SAID THE AD MADE IMPROVEMENTS BUT IT WAS STILL A CONCERN. ALL OF THOSE PREDICTIONS THAT HAD TEAM NEW ZEALAND MILES OUT IN FRONT HAVE PROVEN TO BE INCORRECT. THE BOATS LOOKED EVENLY MATCHED IN THE CONDITIONS WE SAW TODAY. AS THEY CHASE THAT SEVEN MATCH TOTAL, THERE WILL BE CLOSE RACES. WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? THANKS, ABBY. AND ABBY WILL HAVE MORE REACTION FROM TODAY'S RACING IN THE LATE NEWS AT 10.30. TO OTHER SPORT, AND HOT FAVOURITES AVAYA HAVE CARRIED ON THEIR GODZONE DOMINANCE, TAKING OUT THE GRUELLING ADVENTURE RACE FOR A FIFTH TIME. AVAYA WERE ONE OF THE LAST TEAMS TO SET OFF ON THE 666KM COURSE AROUND ROTORUA DUE TO A COVID-STAGGERED START, BUT THE SIX-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONS TOO GOOD IN THE END, THIS MORNING RACING TO THE FINISH AND CLOCKING A TOTAL FIVE DAYS, 23 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES. QUITE SURPRISED WHEN WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE FRONT OF THE FIELD QUITE QUICKLY, SO THAT WAS A PRETTY PROMISING SIGN TO TELL US EARLY ON THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CATCH UP, AND WE DID. TRADITIONAL HOT PIES WERE ON HAND, STARTING THE CELEBRATIONS. MORE THAN FIVE HOURS BEHIND IN SECOND, RICHIE MCCAW AND HIS iSPORT TEAM. AFTER BEING STUCK OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND DURING LAST WEEK'S LOCKDOWN, THE BLUES ARE READY FOR THEIR FIRST SUPER RUGBY GAME OF THE YEAR AT EDEN PARK ` BUT WILL THEIR FANS BE ALLOWED IN? A DROP DOWN TO LEVEL ONE COULD COME JUST HOURS BEFORE SUNDAY'S KICK-OFF AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS. MATT MANUKIA HAS MORE. REMEMBER THIS AT EDEN PARK LAST YEAR. A CELEBRATION OF FINALLY BEING BACK OUT TOGETHER AGAIN. (CHEERING) NINE MONTHS LATER, HOW DO THE BLUES FEEL ABOUT CROWDS POTENTIALLY BEING LOCKED OUT? NO, WE'RE SAYING TO PEOPLE JUST IGNORE THAT. GET YOUR TICKET AND GET DOWN HERE. WE WON'T BE IN LEVEL TWO. WE WILL BE PLAYING IN FRONT OF A FULL CROWD IN LEVEL ONE SO LET'S GET ON WITH IT. THE EARLIEST INDICATION SHOULD COME ON FRIDAY AFTER CABINET MEETS. LEVEL ONE, AND CROWDS, COULD BE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT ON SUNDAY MORNING, JUST HOURS BEFORE THE BLUES' CLASH WITH THE HIGHLANDERS. IF NOT, TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDED. THE TEAM IS JUST GRATEFUL TO BE BACK IN AUCKLAND AT ALL, AFTER A STINT AT AN OLYMPIC TRAINING FACILITY IN CAMBRIDGE WAITING FOR ALERT LEVELS TO DROP. IT WAS A LOVELY HOLIDAY DOWN IN CAMBRIDGE. A HOLIDAY? WELL IT WAS FOR SOME. BUT, NO IT WAS AN INTERESTING WEEK, AND I THINK THE ORGANISATION COPED WITH IT REALLY, REALLY WELL, AND WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE GOT OUT OF IT IN THE END, AND WE'RE BACK NOW. LOOKING TO A FULL HOUSE HERE ON SUNDAY. DESPERATE FOR A FULL HOUSE, ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES, SOME BARELY GETTING BY. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO AUCKLAND LOCKDOWNS SINCE WE INTRODUCED YOU TO CAFE OWNERS PHIL AND MARINE ` TODAY STRUGGLING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM. INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL. LAST WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME I HAD A MIGRAINE FOR SIX DAYS IN A ROW. YEAH IT'S REALLY STRESSFUL, JUST A LOT GOING ON. SO, YEAH IT GETS A BIT MUCH. WHILE EVERYONE'S INVITED TO THE PARTY THIS SUNDAY ` IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY CAN GET IN. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. IN TERMS OF SPORTING TRADE-OFFS, WE'VE FOUND ONE OF THE MORE SPECIAL ONES YET. FOR THE LAST FEW SEASONS, THE MAINLAND TACTIX HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SWIMMING LESSONS FROM ROLY CRICHTON, THE MAN WHO HAS COACHED SOPHIE PASCOE TO PARALYMPIC GLORY. JORDAN OPPERT HAS THE STORY. GOOD, STRONG KICK. I WANNA SEE SOME WHITE WATER. THE TACTIX ONCE AGAIN BEING THROWN IN THE DEEP END. AND PULL YOURSELF OUT OF THE POOL AT THE OTHER END. NOT LIKE AN OLD LADY; LIKE AN ATHLETE. IT'S WHAT THEY'VE GOT USED TO BEING TAUGHT BY WORLD RENOWNED SWIMMING COACH ROLY CRIGHTON. THE FIRST TIME THEY CAME TO ME, THEY HAD TOWELS WRAPPED ROUND THEM AND BLOODY GOD KNOWS WHAT. THEY WERE PROBABLY SCARED OF THIS OLD MAN. AND, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THEY JUST RUN UP AND BIKINIS AND GOING, 'GIVE IT TO US.' YOU KNOW? AND, YEAH, NO, THEY'RE A GREAT BUNCH. THEY WORK HARD, AND I THINK I'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF RESPECT FROM THEM. HE TAKES LESSONS WEEKLY, WORKING HIS PROGRAMME IN WITH THEIR TACTIX COACH. HE'S REALLY GOOD AT THE MENTAL SIDE OF IT AS WELL. SO WHEN THEY'RE SWIMMING, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING IN THE POOL AND SWIMMING. HE SORT OF RELATES IT TO NETBALL AND HE RELATES IT TO OUR MINDSET. IT'S LAST-QUARTER STUFF. SO IT'S ABOUT YOUR BREATHING AND IT'S ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU WANT TO STOP AND GIVE UP ` NO, YOU KEEP GOING. AND HE DOES IT ALL FOR FREE. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE IMPROVED? I'D LIKE TO SAY I HAVE. ROLY TRIES TO GET ME TO, IN THE OFF-SEASON, SIGN UP FOR TRIATHLONS COS HE THINKS I HAVE. SO AS A WAY TO SHOW THEIR THANKS, IT'S BECOME A TRADITION FOR THE FULL SQUAD TO GO TO HIS PLACE AND CLEAN. WE JUST HELP HIM IN AREAS THAT HIM AND HIS FLATMATE SNOWBALL AREN'T SO UNABLE TO REACH, AND, YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT AND HELP THE WINDOWS AND CLEAN THE CAR. BUT THERE'S ONE MORE JOB ROLY NEEDS DONE. BOTH SNOWBALL AND MYSELF ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS. AND WE NEED THE BOYS, THE CRUSADERS, TO BE CHALLENGED TO COME AND PUT OUR RAISED GARDEN. AND AS FOR SPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, ONES LIKE THIS ARE HARD TO BEAT. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. WE WERE HOPING TO SPEAK TO AMERICAN MAGIC SKIPPER. THERE IS BEEN A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE WATER TODAY. FUNNY THAT, FOR AUCKLAND. A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING FOR MANY AROUND HERE THAT IT IS ONE ALL. FINGERS CROSSED FOR THESE ESTABLISHMENTS BEHIND US THAT AUCKLAND DROPS DOWN TO LEVEL 1 THIS WEEKEND. A VERY QUIET DAY FOUND WISE. RACING RESUMES AT 4 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY. BUILD UP FROM 3 PM. THANKS, SAV. AND THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` A UNIQUE BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AMERICA'S CUP. YES, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN UNUSUAL RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS BATTLING TO BRING YOU THE BEST PICTURES FROM ON THE WATER. PLUS, IS IT A SWISS ARMY KNIFE OR A FISHING ROD? THE KIWI INVENTION THAT COULD CHANGE HOW WE FISH. HELLO. I AM COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM AUCKLAND VIADUCT. WE HAVE SEEN A PROCESSION OF BOATS COME IN SLOWLY. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE TEAM NEW ZEALAND BOAT SITTING BEHIND. IT IS QUITE A PROCESS. THEY ARE TAKING THE MAST OFF. THEN IT GOES IN THE SHED. NO REASON FOR TOMORROW, BUT FRIDAY. WEATHERWISE, MOTHER NATURE GAVE AN HONEST DAY OF WIND TODAY. THE REAL RAIN COMES IN AFTER MIDNIGHT HERE. TOMORROW IS KIND OF A YUCK DAY. FRIDAY WHEN RACING GETS GOING AGAIN, AN AREA OF PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT THROWS A SPANNER IN TERMS OF A DEAD AREA OF WIND. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GOT SOME DECENT WIND ON FRIDAY. AS A SOUTHEAST GET INTO 10. WE GET A NORTHERLY AND A NORTH-EAST INTO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LET'S LOOK AT THE BROAD PICTURE. THAT'S THE SYSTEM MOVING IN. THAT SOME 56 MM OF RAIN IN FRANZ JOSEF. THAT IS GOING TO TRACK ITS WAY THROUGH. WE ARE GETTING THE HIGH CLOUD. THAT MASS OF CLOUD AND RAIN, GREY MORNING. FURTHER EAST TO HAWKE'S BAY, HUGH HAVE GOT A RAY AND WATCH. SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN THERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RAIN TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. THEY COULD BE SOME SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL BE A FEW LEFT OVER SHOWERS ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. YOU WOULD THINK THE SYSTEM WOULD MOVE THROUGH. IT WILL SLOW THE FRONT DOWN. WE WILL SEE SOME PERSISTENT RAIN ON THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. EVERY ELSE, THINGS ARE IMPROVING. ON SATURDAY, THINGS ARE IMPROVING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTRY. THAT PUTS US MORE AND TO THE EAST AND NOR EAST WIND. BY SUNDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT A NEW FRONT TO TOUCH ON THE SOUTH. I IMAGINE IT IS A RAINCOAT DAY TOMORROW. THAT'S GOT SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN IT. IT MOVES ACROSS AUCKLAND. WE TRACK AWAY DOWN TO THE BAY OF PLENTY. SPELLS OF RAIN, HEAVY, THUNDERY. THAT WILL SLOWLY EASE BACK BY THE END OF THE DAY. HEADING FURTHER EAST, IT IS THE SAME SORT OF THING. YOU HAVE GOT SPELLS OF RAIN. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON TURNS SHOWERY. TARANAKI DOWN TOWARDS THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND, WE HAVE GOT THE SAME THING. LET'S GO TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. THINGS ARE IMPROVING. WE STILL HAVE THE SOUTHERLY. WEST, YOU ARE LOOKING FINE. FURTHER SOUTH, MUCH OF CANTERBURY, YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME SHOWERS. THE REST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, YOU HAVE GOT THE FINE LOOKING WEATHER MOVING IN. THERE WILL BE SOME MORNING CLOUD. THE TEMPERATURES, A LITTLE BIT COOL. THAT'S HOW IT IS LOOKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYONE GETTING THEIR PARKING SPOTS BACK. THIS PLACE WAS EMPTY WHEN WE CAME HERE. NOW EVERYONE IS HEADING BACK IN. TEAM NEW ZEALAND BOAT HAS GONE BACK INTO THE SHED NOW. WEATHERWISE, IT IS GOING TO BE A BIT YUCKY TOMORROW.