TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` TAKING AIM AT OUR HOUSING CRISIS. THE GOVERNMENT IS SCREWING THE SCRUM AWAY FROM PROPERTY INVESTORS. NEW MEASURES TO COOL THE MARKET ARE REVEALED ` WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOU AND WHY SOME SAY THEY DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH. PLUS ` HEALTH OFFICIALS RELEASE A LOCATION OF INTEREST AFTER A BORDER WORKER WHO'S BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, JAMES BROWN AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IT IS THE ISSUE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ON, AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING BIG MOVES TO TRY TO FIX OUR HOUSING CRISIS. HERE ARE THE KEY CHANGES ` NEARLY $4B WILL GO TOWARDS BOOSTING OUR HOUSING SUPPLY. IT'S AIMED AT JUMPSTARTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW BUILDS BY FUNDING KEY INFRASTRUCTURE TO HOMES LIKE ROADS AND PIPES. THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST WILL DOUBLE. THIS APPLIES WHEN YOU SELL A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT ISN'T A FAMILY HOME. CURRENTLY, IF YOU SELL WITHIN FIVE YEARS, YOU'LL PAY INCOME TAX ON ANY PROFIT MADE ON THE INCREASE IN ITS VALUE; THAT WILL NOW APPLY FOR 10 YEARS. MORE FIRST-HOME BUYERS WILL QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WITH INCOME CAPS ON HOME GRANTS INCREASED. FOR SINGLES, IT'S GOING FROM $85,000 TO $95,000. FOR TWO OR MORE BUYERS, THE TOTAL INCOME CAN NOW BE $150,000, UP FROM $130,000. BUT WHILE THERE'S A BIG PUSH FOR MORE CONSTRUCTION, WE STILL NEED THE PEOPLE TO DO IT, SO THE APPRENTICESHIP BOOST SCHEME IS BEING EXTENDED BY FOUR MONTHS, WHICH COULD SEE UP TO 5000 NEW APPRENTICES. BUT DO THE MEASURES GO FAR ENOUGH? WE HAVE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE THIS EVENING, STARTING WITH POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MACKAY. WELCOME TO OUR BUS. WITH SKYROCKETING PROPERTY PRICES, PEOPLE ARE GETTING CREATIVE TO SECURE A PIECE OF PARADISE, THIS WELLINGTONIAN RETROFITTING A BUS AS A STEPPING STONE TO HER FIRST HOME. I'M A SINGLE MUM, SO I, KIND OF, CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GETTING A BUS AND LIVING IN THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF THE RENT TRAP. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THESE CHANGES WILL DAMPEN THE HOUSING MARKET. THE LAST THING OUR ECONOMY AND HOMEOWNERS NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS HOUSING BUBBLE. SO NOW THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST WILL DOUBLE TO 10 YEARS. IF YOU SELL AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY BEFORE THEN, YOU'LL BE TAXED ON THE PROFITS. NATIONAL SAY THAT'S A BROKEN PROMISE. THE LABOUR PARTY HAS LIED TO NZERS. LOOK, I CERTAINLY DON'T. YOU KNOW, LABOUR WAS SILENT ON THAT QUESTION. HER FINANCE MINISTER WASN'T SILENT, THOUGH, WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION RULING OUT CHANGING THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST IN A NEWSTALK ZB INTERVIEW. YOU'RE REFERRING TO A SPECIFIC INTERVIEW THAT I DID. I WAS TOO DEFINITIVE IN MY COMMENTS IN THAT INTERVIEW. IT'S A CAPITAL GAINS TAX BY STEALTH. THEY'VE TAKEN THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST, TURNED IT INTO A FULL-SCALE CAPITAL GAINS TAX. THE PRIME MINISTER HITTING BACK, QUOTING A FORMER LEADER. SIMON BRIDGES SAID THAT THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST IS, 'A WORLD AWAY FROM A CAPITAL GAINS TAX.' THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CLOSING A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS INVESTORS TO WRITE OFF INTEREST AGAINST THEIR RENTAL INCOME. THIS WILL START IN THREE DAYS. THERE'S ALSO THE $5000 FIRST-HOME GRANT. IN AUCKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAP WAS $625,000; IT IS NOW $700,000. AND IN WELLINGTON, $550,000 WAS THE CAP; IT'S GONE UP BY A HUNDRED THOUSAND. 1 NEWS TALKED TO THIS FIRST HOME HUNTER IN NOVEMBER. SHE'S STILL LOOKING AND NOW HOPING THESE CHANGES WILL HELP FEND OFF INVESTORS. WE'VE PUT IN SIX OFFERS NOW, AND WE ARE GETTING A LOT CLOSER, BUT WE ARE STILL GETTING OUTBID. FORTUNATELY WE'RE NOW GETTING OUTBID BY 30,000 INSTEAD OF 100,000. I WAS PRETTY UNDERWHELMED BY THE HOUSING ANNOUNCEMENT. IS THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL? THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT, BUT WE ARE ALSO VERY AWARE THAT THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET. JACINDA ARDERN'S FIRED A SHOT AT THE HOUSING MARKET TODAY AND HOPES IT'LL HIT THE MARK. JESS JOINS US NOW. JESS, THIS HOUSING PACKAGE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. HOW DID THE ANNOUNCEMENT GO DOWN? THIS WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG CHANCE TO TRY AND DEAL WITH HOUSING. IT WAS A MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE. IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENT, THERE HAS BEEN GROWING PRESSURE, , BECAUSE OF THE EXPLODING HEIST PRICES MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS TO GET INTO THE MARKET. THE BRIGHT LINE TEST, THAT IS HARDLY NEW. THE FIRST TIME GRANT, THAT WAS TWEAKING. THERE WASN'T THOSE INNOVATIVE EXCITING IDEAS. ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT IS PACKING A PUNCH IS CHANGING THOSE TAX LOOPHOLES. INVESTORS ARE SAYING IT WILL HIT THEM HARD, IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM. FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THAT IS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS, THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE LIFE HARDER FOR INVESTORS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT $3.8 BILLION AS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY. IN THE POST COVERT ERROR, WE ARE USED TO TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT IF THIS WORKS, THE GOVERNMENT COULD LOOK AT TOPPING UP THAT POT OF MONEY IN FUTURE BUDGETS. IT HAS BEEN A BIG AND BUSY DAY HERE AT PARLIAMENT. THANKS, POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE HOUSING MARKET IS SUPPLY. SO WHAT IMPACT WILL THE NEW POLICY HAVE ON CONSTRUCTION? KATIE BRADFORD WITH MORE. FROM RUNDOWN CARAVAN TO A COUPLE OF TEMPORARY HOMES, NOW IN EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, IT'S TOUGH IN NORTHLAND. WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HOMES. I KNOW THERE'S NONE OUT THERE, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, BECAUSE EVERY DAY, I SEE MY TWO CHILDREN MORE UNSETTLED, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOT A HOME TO CALL HOME. TO FASTTRACK HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS FOR PEOPLE LIKE TISH NOAH, BILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. A LOT OF OUR HOUSING STOCK IS DILAPIDATED AND OLD AND NOT HEALTHY TO LIVE IN ` SO I THINK ANY INFRASTRUCTURE'S GOT TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT. PIPES, ROADS, WATER AND TRANSPORT ARE ESSENTIAL. IT ESSENTIALLY UNLOCKS LAND THAT WASN'T ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED AND TURNS THAT INTO GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING GOOD URBAN COMMUNITIES, THAT HAVE A HIGH AMENITY AND A HIGH WILLINGNESS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE. SO IT IS ESSENTIAL. THE GOVERNMENT HOPES THE INVESTMENT WILL SEE UP TO 130,000 NEW HOMES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. BUT THAT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET ` WE'RE AN ESTIMATED 80,000 SHORT ALREADY. DETAILS ARE SCARCE AS TO JUST HOW TODAY'S PACKAGE WILL WORK, THE GOVERNMENT TELLING COUNCILS, IWI AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO WORK TOGETHER. AND COUNCILS ARE BEING TOLD IF THEY WANT FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY MUST MAKE LAND AVAILABLE AND ALLOW FOR INTENSIFICATION. IT'LL HELP BY THERE BEING A GRANT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH THAT COMES WITH COUNCIL CONSENTS ETC, WHICH HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME TO THE PARTY WITH THIS. A LACK OF TRADIES TO DO THE WORK AND LAND TO BUILD ON ALSO STICKING POINTS. WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POPULATION INCREASING IN PLACES LIKE AUCKLAND. WE'VE GOT LAND IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY ` CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, INVERCARGILL, CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND ` WE NEED TO BE ENCOURAGING POPULATION GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS. THE MESSAGE TODAY ` JUST DO IT. COME ON, JACINDA, YOU NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING. IT'S NOT JUST ME; THERE'S A LOT OF FRICKING HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE. HOMES DESPERATELY NEEDED NOW, SO ANY BUILDING CAN'T HAPPEN FAST ENOUGH. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. PROPERTY INVESTORS SAY THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THEM, AND THAT THOSE IN RENTAL ACCOMMODATION WILL END UP PAYING THE PRICE. POLITICAL REPORTER MAIKI SHERMAN EXPLAINS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING MARKET, PUBLIC OPINION ON PROPERTY INVESTORS IS CLEAR. I'D SAY THEY'RE MAKING IT HARDER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME TO BUY A HOME. I'M FINDING IT REALLY HARD TO JUST BUY MY FIRST HOME, AND I THINK I AM UP AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE. I WOULD SAY TO THEM, WHY ARE YOU SO GREEDY? INVESTORS NOW MAKE UP THE LARGEST CHUNK OF HOME BUYERS IN NZ. LAST YEAR, OF THOSE WHO BOUGHT A HOME, 15,000 ALREADY OWNED FIVE OR MORE. WE DEFINITELY ARE MADE TO FEEL LIKE THE ENEMY. WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A VITAL JOB. THAT JOB NOW A LOT HARDER, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SCRAPPING THE ABILITY TO CLAIM BACK INTEREST EXPENSES. FOR PROPERTY INVESTORS, THAT'S HUGE. SO FOR AROUND ABOUT A $600,000 PROPERTY, IT'S ABOUT $6000 PER YEAR THAT THE OWNER WOULD HAVE TO FIND ON THAT PROPERTY. THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON JUST WHAT IS THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR THEM ` HOUSING IS NO LONGER THE ONE THING THAT IS SOLID GOLD IN NZ. WITH THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST, FROM NEXT MONTH, IF YOU BUY AND SELL A PROPERTY WITHIN 10 YEARS, YOU'LL BE TAXED ON THE INCREASE IN VALUE. IF THAT'S $500,000, AND SAY YOU'RE TAXED AT 33%, YOU'D PAY $165,000 IN TAX. THE GOVERNMENT IS SCREWING THE SCRUM AWAY FROM PROPERTY INVESTORS AND TOWARDS FIRST-HOME BUYERS AT THE SAME TIME. BUT NOT ALL INVESTORS ARE WORRIED. IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO DETER PEOPLE, IN MY VIEW. THE NATIONAL MP OWNS SIX PROPERTIES. WHEN YOU SAY IT WON'T DETER PEOPLE, DO YOU AGREE, THOUGH, THAT INVESTORS ARE A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE? WELL, YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT IN THE END... DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? NOT NECESSARILY, NO. BECAUSE IF PEOPLE HAVE A PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT TO SELL, THEY WANT TO SELL TO A BUYER WHO CAN AFFORD IT; FIRST-HOME BUYERS CAN'T AFFORD IT. THE NATIONAL PARTY CLEARLY WANT TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY WEALTHY TO MAKE EVEN MORE WEALTH. PROPERTY INVESTORS ARE NOW WARNING TENANTS COULD PAY THE PRICE OF TODAY'S CHANGES. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO PUT UP THEIR RENTS, BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE JUST GOING TO INCREASE. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR ` THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, NO MATTER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY. PART OF THE JUGGLING ACT OF THE HOUSING MARKET. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. AND LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, WE LOOK AT WHAT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS FOR THE 1.5 MILLION KIWIS WHO ARE RENTING. TO OTHER NEWS, A POSSIBLE COMMUNITY COVID CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION TONIGHT. A FAMILY CONTACT OF A BORDER-RELATED CASE HAS RETURNED A WEAK POSITIVE RESULT AND IS BEING RETESTED. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN IS ACROSS DEVELOPMENTS. EMILY, YOU'VE GOT MORE ON A "LOCATION OF INTEREST". THAT IS RIGHT. ANYONE WHO VISITED THIS NONTROPICAL COUNTDOWN ON SATURDAY BETWEEN A SMALL WINDOW OF THREE AND 315 IN THE AFTERNOON IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED A CASUAL CONTACT. THAT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD MONITOR YOUR HEALTH. IF YOU ARE FEELING UNWELL, YOU SHOULD GET TESTED AND ISOLATE. THE LATEST CASE IS A CLEANER WHO WORKED AT THE GRAND MILLENNIUM IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. , FOR ROUTINE TESTING WHICH THEY CARRY OUT FORTNIGHTLY, THE CLEANER TESTED POSITIVE YESTERDAY AFTER BEING ASYMPTOMATIC. HIS FAMILY WERE TESTED. THREE HAVE COME BACK WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT, BUT ONE HAS RETURNED A WEEK POSITIVE. THEY ARE BEING RETESTED. ALL ARE ISOLATING AT HOME. THERE IS LOW RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE BORDER WORKER HAD HAD BOTH DOSES OF THE VACCINE. WHAT ARE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYING ABOUT THAT? THAT IS RIGHT. A FEW QUESTIONS TODAY AROUND THE HOW THIS PERSON BECAME INFECTED IF THEY HAD HAD BOTH JABS. THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VACCINATED AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IMMUNISED. IF YOU HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED, YOU HAVE HAD BOTH DOSES THREE WEEKS APART. IF YOU ARE IMMUNISED, YOU HAVE HAD BOTH DOSES AND THEN WAITING SEVEN DAYS TO PROCESS THE VACCINE. TODAY WOULD MARK A WEEK SINCE THAT CLEANOUT RECEIVED THEIR SECOND JAB. WE HAVE SEEN REPORTS WHERE SOME PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED BOTH JABS AND THEY ARE FULLY IMMUNISED, BUT STILL BECOME INFECTED. AT THIS POINT, HE SAYS THE KEY THING WE SHOULD BE TAKING AWAY IS THIS VACCINE HIS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS AND SEEMS TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY WHEN HIGHER RATES OF VACCINATION ARE ACHIEVED, AS WE ARE SEEING IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. JUST TO CLARIFY, AS THAT HERD IMMUNITY GROWS, THE CHANCES OF TRANSMISSION WILL LESSEN. AS FOR AUCKLAND IS TONIGHT, WHO MAY BE WORRIED ABOUT ALERT LEVELS, WE PUT THAT QUESTION TO THE MINISTER AND HE SAID THE CHANCES OF CHANGING ALERT LEVELS WERE VERY LOW. THANKS, EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN. A PROMINENT AUCKLAND RICH-LISTER'S POSSIBLY FACING JAIL AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY A SHORT TIME AGO OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING THREE MEN. THE BUSINESSMAN AND HIS MANAGER, WHO BOTH HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION, HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF TRYING TO DISSUADE A WITNESS FROM GIVING EVIDENCE. LOGAN CHURCH HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRIAL AND IS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. QUITE A COMPLEX CASE, LOGAN. A VERY COMPLICATED CASE INVOLVING A LARGE. CASE OF CHARACTERS IN MULTIPLE CHARGES THE JURY TOOK A DAY AND 1/2 TO WAIT ITS WAY THROUGH WEEKS AND WEEKS OF EVIDENCE. WHEN IT CAME TO ITS VERDICT, IT WAS ALL OVER IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A BUSINESSMAN AND HIS MANAGER ARE GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES. THE BUSINESSMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY ON THREE CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST THREE MEN ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, ONE IN THE 2000 AND THE OTHER IN 2008 1/3 IN 2016. THE BUSINESSMAN AND HIS MANAGER WERE FOUND GUILTY OF DISSUADING A COMPLAINANT FROM GIVING EVIDENCE. THEY HAD A PLOT TO GET THAT MAN TO DROP HIS COMPLAINT FOR JOB. OFFERS IN CASH DURING THE TRIAL, THE DEFENCE ARGUED THE INDECENT ASSAULT DID NOT HAPPEN. AND THE TWO MEN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY PLOT WHATSOEVER. THE JURY THROUGHOUT THOSE ARGUMENTS. THESE TWO MEN STILL HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION, BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED BACK HERE AT COURT FOR SENTENCING IN EARLY MAY. THANKS, LOGAN CHURCH. A FORMER SENIOR STAFF MEMBER AT DILWORTH SCHOOL HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO OVER THREE YEARS IN JAIL FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING YOUNG BOYS. IAN WILSON ADMITTED ABUSING FIVE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE 1970S AND 1990S, AND IS ONE OF NINE PEOPLE CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO THE SCHOOL. HERE'S LAURA JAMES WITH THE VICTIM WHO FACED HIS ABUSER IN COURT. THESE SCHOOL GROUNDS, A PLACE OF PROTECTION FOR YOUNG BOYS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. BUT AT THE HANDS OF THIS FORMER SENIOR MASTER, TOO MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE OPPOSITE. THIS IS SERIOUS AND ABHORRENT OFFENDING. FIVE BOYS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WERE INDECENTLY ASSAULTED BY IAN WILSON. STATEMENTS FROM SOME READ OUT IN COURT. THIS WENT ON FOR THE REST OF MY TIME AT DILWORTH ` 4� YEARS ` ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. IAN WILSON, AND IN LOTS OF WAYS DILWORTH SCHOOL, CHANGED MY ENTIRE LIFE AND SENT ME IN A DIRECTION THAT ALMOST ANYONE WOULD FAIL AT. I WAS ONLY TAKEN UNDER YOUR WING SO YOU COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME. THIS SURVIVOR SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE MAN WHO GROOMED HIM. WELL, THAT DAY HAS COME, MR WILSON. DID YOU NOT CONSIDER THAT I WOULD GROW UP AND REMEMBER YOUR ACTIONS? DO YOU REMEMBER? OR WAS I JUST ONE OF MANY? TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THAT, BUT SOMETHING I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO DO. NEIL HARDING FIRST WENT TO POLICE IN 1997. NOTHING HAPPENED. AND TODAY HE LEARNT THAT SAME YEAR WILSON WAS CONVICTED OF A SIMILAR CHARGE INVOLVING ANOTHER DILWORTH STUDENT. IT'S UPSETTING. AS THE 69-YEAR-OLD'S SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN, HE SAT QUIETLY, THE ONLY ONE IN THE COURTROOM WEARING A MASK. I FELT LIKE HE WAS HIDING BEHIND THAT. ILL HEALTH AND AN EARLY GUILTY PLEA CONTRIBUTED TO A SHORTER JAIL TIME. HIS LAWYER READING OUT AN APOLOGY FOR HIS PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR. 'I'M SORRY, DEEPLY AND COMPLETELY SORRY, FOR WHAT I DID YO YOU 'AND THE HARM I CAUSED YOU. 'NONE OF IT IS YOUR FAULT.' IF HE WAS SORRY, HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT. DILWORTH SCHOOL HAS CALLED WILSON'S OFFENDING A GROSS BREACH OF TRUST AND HAS SAID SORRY TO THE FORMER STUDENTS WHO ENDURED HIS ABUSE. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. NEXT ` IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS 'A TRAGEDY AND A NIGHTMARE'. 10 PEOPLE ARE SHOT DEAD AT A COLORADO SUPERMARKET. AS OTHERS RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, SOME LIVESTREAMING WHAT THEY SAW. PLUS ` TWO 'CATASTROPHIC' WEATHER FRONTS COLLIDE NEAR SYDNEY DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON A REGION ALREADY REELING. I'M ON THE BANKS OF THE HAWKESBURY RIVER, AND WHILE THE RAIN MIGHT'VE STOPPED FOR NOW, LOCALS ARE BEING WARNED ABOUT JUST HOW HIGH THESE FLOODWATERS WILL STILL RISE. THEN AT 7 ` THE FORGOTTEN BUILDING CRISIS. YES, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES WITH BASIC MATERIALS, SO HOW DO WE BUILD NZ'S FUTURE WITHOUT THEM? PLUS THE NEW TAKE ON MAN'S BEST FRIEND. WHY PIGS MAKE BETTER PETS THAN DOGS. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. TWO HUGE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE COLLIDING OVER NEW SOUTH WALES DELIVERING MORE FLOODING TO THE STRICKEN STATE. SOME REGIONS RECEIVING THEIR HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN 50 YEARS. OFFICIALS SAY THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE CRITICAL. IT'S FEARED RISING FLOODWATERS WILL FORCE A FURTHER 15,000 RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE ON TOP OF 18,000 ALREADY DISPLACED. SOME COMMUNITIES ARE CUT OFF IN A REGION WEST OF SYDNEY WITH TALK OF AIRLIFTING IN FOOD, WATER AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES. THE ARMY'S DUE TO DEPLOY IN NEW SOUTH WALES TODAY AS THE DISASTER GOES INTERSTATE, WITH QUEENSLAND AND THE A.C.T ALSO NOW AFFECTED. WE'LL JOIN OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE IN WINDSOR SHORTLY ` FIRST HIS REPORT. RESIDENTS ALONG THE COLO RIVER GETTING OUT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. SHE'S CERTAINLY A BIG FLOOD. THE COMMUNITY COMPLETELY CUT OFF. THE DEFENCE FORCE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES USING HELICOPTERS TO EVACUATE THOSE TRAPPED BY RISING FLOODWATERS. ARE YOU NERVOUS AT ALL? YEAH, NEVER BEEN IN A CHOPPER. THE COLO FEEDS INTO THE HAWKESBURY RIVER, WHICH PEAKED IN THE EARLY HOURS, CAUSING FURTHER HAVOC FOR THOSE NORTH-WEST OF SYDNEY. PLEASE GET TOGETHER YOUR PRECIOUS BELONGINGS, MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY TO LEAVE. THIS IS OUR KITCHEN AND LIVING AREA, CURRENTLY 1.2m UNDERWATER. ALREADY SODDEN HOMES COPPING EVEN MORE FLOODING, AS THIS MEGA-STORM DRAGS OUT FOR THE FIFTH DAY. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO SAY TO YOURSELF, 'LET'S COME BACK IN A FEW DAYS AND CLEAN IT UP.' THE SCALE OF THIS DISASTER HAS TAKEN OFFICIALS BY SURPRISE. THIS BRIDGE IN WINDSOR WAS CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR, AND WAS DESIGNED TO BE FLOOD-PROOF. THIS SOUTHERN END WAS BUILT 6m HIGHER, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN TOTALLY OVERWHELMED. DESPITE THE RAPIDLY RISING WATERS, PEOPLE ARE STILL TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. HELP! MAN: I'VE CALLED THE POLICE! FOR THOSE PARTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES WHERE FLOODWATERS ARE RECEDING, THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND IS DEVASTATING. IT'S GUT-WRENCHING, WHEN IT'S ALL YOU HAVE. WOMAN: OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT! EARLY ESTIMATES PUT THE COST AT $2 BILLION. FROM HOMES TO BRIDGES, THE RAINS ARE RUINOUS, MANY NOW FACING A LONG AND CHALLENGING RECOVERY. WE WON'T BE DOING BUSINESSES FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND HAVE TO REBUILD IT ALL ALL OVER AGAIN. EVEN WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, IN SOME OF THESE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, THE RIVERS WILL KEEP RISING. THERE IS MASSIVE WATER FLOWS WHICH ARE IMPACTING CATCHMENTS. RESIDENTS BRACING FOR THE FINAL HOURS OF THIS WEATHER EVENT THAT HAS BROUGHT PARTS OF THE STATE TO ITS KNEES. LET'S JOIN ANDREW NOW NEAR THE SWOLLEN HAWKESBURY RIVER NORTH-WEST OF SYDNEY. ANDREW, ANOTHER TOUGH NIGHT AHEAD FOR LOCALS? IN THE LAST HOUR, I HAVE SEEN AROUND SEVEN RESCUE HELICOPTERS, HEADING UP THE RIVER, WHICH IS ISOLATED DUE TO THOSE RISING FLOODWATERS. WE HAVE HEARD OF SOME STUNNING RESCUES COMING OUT OF THAT PART OF THE STATE. THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RAINFALL HERE IN SYDNEY AND THESE WESTERN SUBURBS AND FURTHER UP THE COAST. WE ARE EXPECTING THE RAIN TO PETER OUT. ENTIRELY. THAT WILL BE A REPRIEVE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HURT SO HARD. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE DAM, WHICH HAS BEEN FUELLING THIS FLOODING BEHIND ME; THAT SPILLOVER HAS HALVED TO 240 GIGA LITRES THIS AFTERNOON. STILL A LOT OF WATER, WHICH COULD TRIGGER RISING FLOODWATERS HERE. THERE ARE EVACUATION ORDERS TO UP-AND-DOWN THE STATE. OFFICIALS ARE SAYING DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE WEATHER IS STARTING TO MOVE ON. AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, QUEENSLAND IS IN THE FIRING LINE. THANKS, AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE. THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER ON THE SCENE OF A SUPERMARKET SHOOTING IN THE US STATE OF COLORADO IS AMONG THE 10 PEOPLE KILLED. AFTER AN HOURS-LONG STANDOFF WITH POLICE, THE INJURED SUSPECT WAS FINALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. A WARNING ` THERE ARE DISTRESSING MOMENTS IN THIS REPORT BY OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS. THOSE FIRST ON THE SCENE AT THIS COLORADO SUPERMARKET... COULD BE IN THE STORE? HE WENT IN THERE. HE WENT IN THE STORE? ...WALKED STRAIGHT INTO A HORROR SCENE AND STRAIGHT INTO DANGER. LOOK, THERE` (GUNSHOTS) (GUNSHOTS) HOLY (BLEEP!) THE GUNMAN INSIDE THE STORE IN BOULDER STILL FIRING. THERE'S A SHOOTER! ACTIVE SHOOTER! GET AWAY! BODIES ON THE GROUND, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. (SIRENS WAIL) EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES OF THE FIRST CALLS ` STILL UNSURE WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS. INSIDE! INSIDE! FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE INSIDE ` RELIEF THEY WERE RESCUED SAFELY. AND THEN THE COPS CAME IN THROUGH THE ROOF. THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY HARD FOR THEM TO LIVE WITH, I THINK. SWAT TEAMS ARRIVING EN MASSE, ARRESTING THE SUSPECT BELIEVED TO BE THIS MAN. THE ONLY INJURED PARTY WE ARE AWARE OF ` SIGNIFICANT INJURY, WAS THE SUSPECT. MEANING EVERYONE HE SHOT, HE KILLED. POLICE REVEALING THAT INCLUDES ONE OF THEIR OWN. ERIC TALLEY, WHO'S BEEN ON THE BOULDER POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2010. HE WAS, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING OFFICERS AT THE BOLDER POLICE DEPARTMENT. WITNESSES NEARBY STUNNED THIS COULD HAPPEN IN A CITY LONG CONSIDERED ANTI-GUN. PEOPLE MY AGE, MY GENERATION WERE 'USED TO THIS', AND IT'S JUST NEVER SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD EVER HAPPEN IN MY TOWN. A DAY HE AND OTHERS IN THIS CITY WILL NEVER FORGET. ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. BACK HERE, THE RELIGIOUS ORDER THE MARIST BROTHERS HAVE ADMITTED MULTIPLE FAILINGS, AS THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY HEARS FROM ITS FIRST CATHOLIC WITNESSES. THE RELIGIOUS ORDER HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN $500,000 COMPENSATION TO NZ VICTIMS SINCE THE MID-'90S, AS KRISTIN HALL REPORTS, THERE ARE NOW CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO INVESTIGATE ABUSE CLAIMS. AT JUST 5 YEARS OLD, FRANCES TAGALOA WAS ABUSED BY A MAN SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRUST - A MARIST BROTHER. IT WAS SUCH A RELIEF THAT BOTH MY PARENTS BELIEVED ME, BUT THAT MUM WOULD BE ANGRY ENOUGH TO GO TO THE CHURCH AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. SHE GAVE EVIDENCE TO THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY LATE LAST YEAR. TODAY AN APOLOGY. AS A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR THESE ACTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE FOR THE MARIST BROTHERS' SHORTCOMINGS, FAILINGS AND MISTAKES. THE BROTHERS ADMITTED PRIOR TO 2016 THERE WAS NO CLEAR POLICY FOR DEALING WITH THOSE RESPONSIBLE, AND THEIR PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS DELAYED SETTLEMENTS. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT OUR LACK OF PROMPTNESS HAS FAILED THESE COMPLAINANTS. AND THAT THE CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF BROTHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY MAY HAVE HELPED HIDE THEIR OFFENDING. PEOPLE, SADLY, WERE ABUSED, WHEN THIS ABUSE WAS AVOIDABLE. SURVIVORS SAY THEY DON'T WANT APOLOGIES. THIS APOLOGY DOESN'T HELP AT ALL. IT'S HOT TAR ON THE SOUL OF VICTIM SURVIVORS. THEY'RE SICK OF THEM. THERE ARE STILL CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS, BACKED BY THIS EXPERT WITNESS, AN ORDAINED PRIEST HIMSELF. IT'S NECESSARY. THIS MYTH THAT AN INSTITUTION CAN INVESTIGATE ITSELF IS A MYTH. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT DEMOCRATIC BY NATURE. IF IT WERE, THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY. AN ADMISSION OF FAILING,... FOR THE SUFFERING, YOUR MEMORIES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES THE ABUSE HAD IN YOUR LIVES, I APOLOGISE AND I AM SORRY. BUT FORGIVENESS MIGHT NOT COME SWIFTLY. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. STILL AHEAD ` AS THE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON PROPERTY INVESTORS, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER THE MEASURES WILL HELP OR HURT KIWI RENTERS. WE SPEAK LIVE WITH A RENTERS ADVOCATE. AND THE RARE WHIO PREPARING TO MOVE TO A NEW HOME. WHY CONSERVATIONISTS PLAN TO RELEASE THESE NATIVE BLUE DUCKS IN A LOCATION NEVER TRIED BEFORE. THEN AT 7, THE NEVER-ENDING RUN. YES, WE'RE RIGHT THERE AS ONE RUNNER BEGINS AN EPIC JOURNEY. WHY HE'S HOPING TO RUN FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS, LAP AFTER LAP, OF THE SAME PARK. PLUS, LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE ` HOW BILLBOARDS ARE BEING MADE INTO REUSABLE BAGS. AND AN 82-YEAR-OLD STYLE ICON'S TOP TIPS FOR WHAT YOU SHOULD KEEP IN YOUR WARDROBE. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. TODAY'S BIG HOUSING ANNOUNCEMENT AIMS TO MAKE HOMES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS BY CRACKING DOWN ON PROPERTY INVESTORS. BUT COULD THE MOVE END UP CAUSING RENTS TO RISE AND A SHORTAGE OF HOMES FOR RENT? JOINING ME NOW FROM WELLINGTON IS GEORDIE ROGERS FROM ADVOCACY GROUP RENTERS' UNITED. WOULD YOU CALL THE ANNOUNCEMENT GOOD NEWS FOR RENTERS, GEORDIE? I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE SURPRISING. THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF IS DISTRESSING FOR RENTERS. YEAR ON YEAR WE SEE VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MATERIAL WAY WE LIVE. ONE THING THAT SHOCKED ME ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY WAS THE EXPECTATION YOU CAN SAVE FOR A MORTGAGE WHEN ALMOST ALL OF YOUR MONEY GOES TO RENT SO, WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS?AND YOU ARE SKIPPING MEALS WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS? THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS PACKAGE THAT HELPS PEOPLE CURRENTLY RENTING. THEY WERE EQUIPPED WITH TOOLS TO HELP RENTERS TODAY, AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO. PROPERTY INVESTORS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DEDUCT THEIR INTEREST EXPENSES. DOES THAT MEAN RENTERS WILL END UP PAYING MORE? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER EXPENSES INCREASE FOR LANDLORDS, THEY INCREASE RENTS. WE ARE CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CRACKDOWN ON UNJUSTIFIED RENT INCREASES. WHY SHOULD SOMEONE GET MORE MONEY IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING HARDER FOR IMPROVING THE PROPERTY? THE GOVERNMENT IS POURING MORE RESOURCES INTO BUILDING NEW HOMES ` IS IT TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? CERTAINLY. WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THERE HAS BEEN UNDERINVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC HOUSING FOR DECADES. 1400 HOMES THAT ARE PROMISED IS NOT ENOUGH. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD'VE DONE? SPECIFICALLY, I THINK RENT INCREASES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EITHER INFLATION OR JUSTIFYING THE RENT YOU ARE ASKING OF YOUR TENANT IS BECAUSE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE TO THE PROPERTY. MANY COUNTRIES DO THIS, AND IT IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE. THINK ABOUT HARD-WORKING FAMILIES THAT ARE SCRAPPING MEALS JUST TO PAY RENT. THEY HAVE TO JUSTIFY TO THEIR BOSS WHY THEY GET AN EXTRA ONE DOLLAR AN HOUR. LANDLORDS SHOULD HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE SAME. THE ENDANGERED NATIVE BIRD PICTURED ON OUR $10 NOTE IS ABOUT TO GET A BOOST TO ITS POPULATION. THE WHIO, OR BLUE DUCK, IS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION. AND AS MADDY LLOYD REPORTS, SAVING IT COULD HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. PRECIOUS TAONGA ONCE COMMON ON OUR RIVERS ` THE WHIO, OR BLUE DUCK, IS NOW IN TROUBLE. WHIO ARE RELATIVELY ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. THERE'S REALLY ONLY 3000 LEFT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE 13 CAPTIVE BREEDING CENTRES FOR WHIO AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THIS ONE IN CHRISTCHURCH. ALL THE CAPTIVE BIRDS PRODUCE EGGS, WHICH ARE THEN ARTIFICIALLY INCUBATED, AND THEN ALL DUCKLINGS ARE HAND-REARED. THEY'RE THEN RAISED IN AVIARIES. NOW THREE MONTHS ON, THESE BIRDS ARE READY TO BE RELEASED INTO ARTHUR'S PASS NATIONAL PARK. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. WE DO A NUMBER OF RELEASES EACH SEASON, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL BE RELEASING WHIO ON THIS SIDE OF THE DIVIDE IN THE ARTHUR'S PASS NATIONAL PARK. BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAMME, IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE COULD START BRANCHING OUT TO DIFFERENT PLACES. THE RELEASE OF THESE WHIO LATER THIS WEEK WILL BE THE FIRST OF A NUMBER PLANNED ACROSS NEW ZEALAND OVER THE COMING MONTHS, AND WILL EXPAND THE RECOVERY PROGRAMME THAT HELPS THIS SPECIES TO GROW AND MAINTAIN ITS POPULATION. AND BOOSTING NUMBERS COMES WITH A BONUS. WITH INDICATOR SPECIES SUCH AS THE WHIO, IF THE CONDITIONS AREN'T RIGHT, THEN THEY JUST WON'T THRIVE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. SO ITS A GOOD WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHETHER OUR WATERWAYS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SUITABLE AND IS THRIVING. BECAUSE IF NOT, THE BIRDS JUST WON'T BE SEEN THERE. HELPING THIS ENDANGERED SPECIES, ALSO HELPING US. MADDY LLOYD, 1 NEWS. CHRIS IS HERE NEXT WITH SPORT. AND MAHE DRYSDALE'S QUEST FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC GOLD IS ALL BUT OVER. YES, CONFIRMATION THIS AFTERNOON HE HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE NEW ZEALAND MEN'S ROWING TEAM. WE TALK TO THE MAN WHO HAS SNAPPED UP HIS SINGLE SCULL BERTH. PLUS, BANGLADESH BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE DUNEDIN HORROR SHOW, TO SET THE BLACK CAPS A HAGLEY OVAL RECORD TOTAL TO CHASE IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND MEET THE PARA SHOTPUTTER GUNNING FOR TOKYO, WITH A COUPLE OF BIG HITTERS IN HER CORNER. AND ANOTHER STUNNING DAY THANKS TO THE HIGH ` CHRISTCHURCH IS CURRENTLY ON 17 DEGREES. BUT SOME COASTAL CLOUD HANGS AROUND, DUNEDIN ON A COOLER 15. SO WHEN DOES THE BIG HIGH MOVE ON? I'LL TELL YOU AFTER SPORT. MAHE DRYSDALE'S CAREER APPEARS TO BE OVER, FOLLOWING HIS OMISSION FROM THE NEW ZEALAND ROWING TEAM TODAY. THE 2012 AND 2016 OLYMPIC CHAMPION TOLD 1 NEWS HE NEEDS A FEW DAYS TO PROCESS THE DECISION. MEANWHILE, OUR REPORTER GUY HEVELDT CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN WHO HAS NOW REPLACED HIM IN THE MEN'S SINGLE SCULL. WE'RE DOWN HERE AT ROWING NEW ZEALAND HQ ON LAKE KARAPIRO, AND I'M JOINED BY THE MAN WHO HAS TAKEN THE SINGLE SCULLS SEAT, JORDAN PARRY. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO BE NAMED IN THE ROWING ELITE NATIONAL SQUAD IN OLYMPIC YEAR? IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. I MEAN, THIS WILL BE MY FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES AND MY FIRST REGATTA IN THE SINGLE, SO EVERYTHING IS JUST QUITE EXCITING FOR ME AT THE MOMENT. AND YOU HAVE TAKEN THE SEAT OF, I SUPPOSE, A NEW ZEALAND LEGEND IN MAHE DRYSDALE. WHAT'S THAT LIKE? IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. I MEAN, BOTH OF US HAVE GONE TO TAURANGA BOYS COLLEGE, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE PASS THE BATON. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LEGEND AND HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE SPORT, SO I'M JUST PRETTY HAPPY TO BE IN HIS SHOES, AS TO SPEAK, I GUESS. AFTER THE DUNEDIN DEMOLITION OF BANGLADESH IN THE FIRST ODI, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF PUNTERS EXPECTING THE SAME IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. WELL, ON A HARD, FAST WICKET, THE VISITORS PUT UP MORE THAN A DECENT FIGHT AGAINST THE BLACKCAPS. DEWI PREECE HAS THE FIRST INNINGS ACTION. GOOD OR BAD, KYLE JAMIESON JUST CAN'T KEEP OUT OF THE ACTION. OH! HOW ABOUT THAT FROM JAMIESON?! WHAT LOOKED TO BE ONE OF THE CATCHES OF THE KIWI SUMMER... HE'S 6'8". HOW HAS HE GOT THAT?! ...NOW THE TOPIC OF CRICKET CONVERSATIONS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. I'VE GOT THE BALL ON THE GROUND, AND THE PLAYER IS NOT FULLY IN CONTROL. JAMIESON CERTAINLY NOT IMPRESSED, AS THIRD UMPIRE CHRIS GAFFENEY RULED HE DIDN'T HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THE BALL. HE'S GOT HANDS THE SIZE OF BASEBALL MITTS. TO THINK HE WASN'T IN FULL CONTROL OF THAT IS QUITE A LEAP. THAT INCIDENT SPARKING THE SECOND ODI INTO LIFE, AFTER THE BLACKCAPS FAILED TO CAPITALISE ON MATT HENRY'S EARLY BREAKTHROUGH. THAT'S PULLED STRAIGHT TO SQUARE LEG. BANGLADESH LEARNING FROM THEIR WOEFUL BATTING DISPLAY IN DUNEDIN. DOWN THE PITCH THIS TIME. SOUMYA'S GOT ALL OF THAT. THE TIGERS POUNCING WHEN THE BLACKCAPS STRAYED, SKIPPER TAMIM IQBAL LEADING THE WAY WITH A 50TH ONE-DAY HALF-CENTURY, UNTIL HIS INNINGS CAME TO A PRETTY SPECTACULAR END. THEY'LL SCAMPER THROUGH. OH, HE'S KICKED IT! THAT COULD BE OUT. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOOK. THAT FANCY FOOTWORK NOT QUITE KICKING THE BLACKCAPS INTO GEAR, THOUGH, A FLAMBOUYANT 50 FOR MOHAMMED MITHUN BOOSTING BANGLADESH TO 271, SETTING THE BLACKCAPS A RECORD INTERNATIONAL RUN CHASE AT HAGLEY OVAL, TO SEAL A SERIES WIN. DEWI PREECE, 1 NEWS. AND AS REPORTED BY 1 NEWS LAST WEEK, RISING STAR FINN ALLEN HAS WON A CALL-UP TO THE BLACKCAPS, WITH HIS SELECTION CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON, THE 21-YEAR-OLD INCLUDED IN THE T20 SQUAD TO FACE BANGLADESH, AFTER MAKING A BIG IMPRESSION IN THIS SEASON'S SUPER SMASH. SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN SIGNED ON TO LEAGUES IN INDIA AND ENGLAND AND COULD NOW MAKE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND. WHO DOESN'T WANNA PLAY FOR THEIR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW? IT'S AWESOME, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT'S COMING UP ` GETTING TO DO THIS FIRST, AND, YEAH, I WAS ECSTATIC. ALSO INCLUDED ` FAST BOWLER ADAM MILNE, WHO'S CLOSE TO COMPLETING A STUNNING COMEBACK FOLLOWING A LENGTHY RUN OF INJURIES. MILNE'S AIMING TO PLAY HIS FIRST MATCH FOR THE BLACKCAPS SINCE 2018. THE SILVER FERNS CAPTAIN HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO FOLLOW SUIT AND ASK FOR HELP. AMELIARANNE EKENASIO POSTING TO SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DESPITE HER ON COURT SUCCESS, THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM ON THE OUTSIDE. EKENASIO ADDING SHE HOPES SHARING HER EXPERIENCE WILL HELP NORMALISE THE CONVERSATION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY PLEASING FOR ME IS A LOT OF OUR TOP ATHLETES ARE COMING OUT AND SAYING, 'LOOK IT'S OK TO STRUGGLE. 'JUST BECAUSE I AM THIS SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUAL PHYSICALLY, 'AND I PERFORM ON THE WORLD STAGE, 'DOESN'T MAKE ME IMMUNE TO THE DAILY STRUGGLES 'THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS.' THE 30-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN INUNDATED BY MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC AND HER SILVER FERNS TEAMMATES. IT'S NOT FAR OFF D-DAY FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX AS THEY DESPERATELY TRY AND CLIMB UP THE A-LEAGUE LADDER WITH FINALS FOOTBALL BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT PROSPECT. SO WHAT BETTER TIME FOR COACH UFUK TALAY TO CALL ON FORMER CAPTAIN STEVEN TAYLOR TO MAKE HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE SIDE. THE VETERAN DEFENDER IN LINE TO START AGAINST MELBOURNE VICTORY TOMORROW NIGHT. I'VE SAID TO HIM HE CAN START THE GAME AND SEE HOW FAR HE CAN GO, AND HIS ANSWER STRAIGHT BACK TO ME WAS 'I'M NOT COMING OFF THE PARK'. I'M HOPING HE COMES OUT AND PLAYS WELL AND GIVES THE TEAM THE MASSIVE BOOST WE NEED IN OUR BACKLINE. THE PHOENIX ALSO HAVING TO JUGGLE TRAINING AROUND THE MASSIVE RAINFALL THAT'S HIT NEW SOUTH WALES THIS WEEK, BUT TALAY'S CONFIDENT TOMORROW'S FIXTURE WILL GO AHEAD. THE LEGENDARY SCHUMACHER NAME WILL RETURN TO FORMULA 1 THIS WEEKEND. MICK SCHUMACHER, SON OF SEVEN-TIME F1 CHAMPION MICHAEL, IS SET TO DEBUT AT THE SEASON OPENING BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX, THE 21-YEAR-OLD READY TO CARVE OUT HIS OWN PATH IN THE SPORT. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAN ROAN. HE IS A ROOKIE LIKE NO OTHER. NICK SCHUMACHER HAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN MOTORSPORT. THE YOUNGSTER IS PREPARING TO CONTINUE A REMARKABLE LEGACY. WITH HIS FIRST RACE JUST DAYS AWAY, HE TOLD ME WHAT IT MEANT TO FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. IT IS A LIFELONG DREAM TO BE HERE, AND WALKING INTO THE PADDOCK WAS AN AMAZING FEELING, BEING WITH THE TEAM, KNOWING THIS IS IT. I GOT MY PASS, AND IT IS THE PROPER RED PASS. IT IS AMAZING. I MEMBER SEEING MY DAD HAVING ONE. I HAVE ONE NOW AND IT IS AMAZING. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF HIS FATHER, HE BEGAN HIS RACING CAREER AGED NINE. HE WENT ON TO WIN THE FORMULA TO TITLE LAST SEASON, EARNING A DRIVE AT THE TOP OF THE SPORT. HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE INEVITABLE COMPARISONS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR FATHER? IT IS MOTIVATION AND PRIDE, REALLY. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE BROUGHT BACK THE SCHUMACHER NAME. WE HAVE PROVEN I AM ABLE TO DRIVE A RACECAR. I DON'T FEEL A BLINK OF PRESSURE. SCHUMACHER SENIOR DOMINATED F1. THEN CAME THE TRAGIC SKIING ACCIDENT WHICH LEFT HIM WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURIES. HIS FAMILY WON'T DISCUSS HIS CURRENT CONDITION. BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OF THIS WEEKEND IS NOT LOST ON HIS SON. IT IS 30 YEARS SINCE MY DAD DROVE HIS FIRST RACE. IT WILL BE AN EMOTIONAL WEEKEND. HE IS PREPARING TO DEFY THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION. FROM NECK STRENGTHENING EXERCISES TO BEING MEASURED FOR HIS NEW CAR. FEW DEBUTS WILL HAVE BEEN QUITE SO EMOTIVE. FOR MANY OF OUR TOP TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES, THERE IS A LOT RIDING ON NATIONALS IN HAWKE'S BAY THIS WEEKEND. FOR SHOTPUTTER CAITLIN DORE, IT'S HER FINAL CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS. AND AS JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS, SHE'S GOT THE WORLD'S BEST, AS SUPPORT CREW. CAITLIN DORE'S A GLASS-HALF-FULL KIND OF PERSON. I AM ACTUALLY DOING QUITE WELL TODAY. (LAUGHS) BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, IT'S NEVER STOPPED THE 24-YEAR-OLD FROM FOLLOWING HER DREAMS. YOU WAKE UP PRETTY SORE MOST DAYS, BUT I LOVE IT. THAT CAN-DO ATTITUDE TOOK HER TO THE RIO PARALYMPICS IN 2016 FOR JAVELIN. NOW SHE HOPES TO CRACK TOKYO FOR SHOTPUT. TO BE GUARANTEED A SPOT, CAITLIN NEEDS TO THROW 10.24m THIS WEEKEND. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I GOT A SNIPPET OF IT LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, WHERE I WAS 20cm OFF. SHE DOES HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF STRENGTH. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD FOOT IT WITH ANY ABLE-BODIED ATHLETE. RAELENE HAS COACHED HER IN DUNEDIN SINCE 2015 AND SUPPORTED HER RECENT MOVE BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH TO BE WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND WORLD-CLASS TRAINING PARTNERS. I THINK IT'S AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN WITH VAL AND TOM. IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE ARE JUST SHOTPUTTERS, AND WE ARE JUST ATHLETES, AND WE'RE ALL FIGHTING FOR THE SAME GOAL, WHETHER IT'S THE PARALYMPICS OR THE OLYMPICS. IT'S THE SUPPORT IN TRAINING SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF TRAINING, BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. IRONICALLY, VALERIE'S YOUNGER SISTER LISA IS CAITLIN'S BIGGEST COMPETITION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO GO TO THE PARALYMPICS AS POSSIBLE. MY SISTER IS, YOU KNOW, THE BEST. BUT FOR ME, I SUPPORT BOTH OF THEM EQUALLY. I REALLY, REALLY HOPE I GET THERE, COS I WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT I CAN DO. ALL SHE NEEDS IS DISTANCE TO GO HER WAY ON SATURDAY. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. AND A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BLACKCAPS ` A SHORT TIME AGO, THEY WERE 43/1 AFTER SEVEN OVERS, IN PURSUIT OF BANGLADESH'S 271. THANKS, CHRIS. AND ON SEVEN SHARP, A DIFFERENT KIND OF HOUSING CRISIS? YES, WHILE THE DEMAND FOR HOMES IS BEING ADDRESSED, HOW DO WE BUILD NZ'S FUTURE WHEN THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES? PLUS ` THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND RUNNING SIX DAYS STRAIGHT, LAP AFTER LAP OF THE SAME PARK, THE EQUIVALENT OF 15.5 HALF MARATHONS. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. HELLO. WE FINALLY SEE A BREAK IN THE LOGJAM OF WHETHER. BUT NOT LIKE A BATTERING RAM. IT WILL BE ONE LOG AT A TIME. THERE IS THE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. ONE FRONT SITTING TO THE SOUTH. NOTICED THE CENTRE OF THE HIGH SITTING THERE. TOMORROW THE FRONT SLIDES UP THE EAST COAST. A FEW SHOWERS TO THE RANGES OF THE UPPER SOUTH. THE HIGH STARTS TO MOVE THROUGH AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LATER IN THE WEEK. WE SHIFT THE FLOW AROUND. A FEW SHOWERS TO GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY BY THURSDAY. LOOK AT THAT FRONT TOWARDS US FROM SYDNEY. THAT LOW GOES SOUTH, BUT AS A WEAKENING FRONT. FOR MANY IT WILL BE A DRY MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. A SPOT OF SHOWER TO KAITAIA. AUCKLAND, ANOTHER FINE DAY. AROUND THE REGION, THE SAME THING. AS WE MOVE SOUTH, THE SAME SORT OF THING. A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERGENCE, THE WINDS COMING TOGETHER, AND CLOUD BUBBLES UP. YOU MAY SEE THE ODD AFTERNOON SHOWER TO HAMILTON. OTHERWISE FINE. AND ISOLATED SHOWER, MAYBE FOR CAMBRIDGE. TAURANGA, YOU HAVE A FINE DAY. A DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. FINE AROUND THE REGION. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FURTHER EAST. YOU START OFF ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT LOW WORKS AND MORE CLOUD FOR THE DAY. AT NIGHT, YOU GET SPOTS OF RAIN. HEADING WEST, STILL PRETTY DECENT. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LEVIN. 22 SEEMS TO BE THE POPULAR NUMBER. WELLINGTON, YOU WILL GET A SOUTHERLY CHANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IT IS NOT MEAN, JUST A BIT MORE CLOUD. AS WE TRACK TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, YOU HAVE THAT CLOUD MOVING ACROSS THE EAST. AND MAY HAVE SOME DRIZZLE JUST IN THE MORNING. WEST COAST, SUNSHINE FOR THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, THE SKY SLIGHTLY BRIGHTENING UP AS YOU SLOWLY LOSE THE CLOUD. TRACKING SOUTH, AND WEST, SIMILAR. LOW CLOUD FURTHER EAST, SUNSHINE FURTHER WEST AFTER THE MORNING. QUEENSTOWN, IT IS MORE LIKELY MORNING CLOUD. MAY BE A SPOT OF RAIN AROUND THE REGION. THE REST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND LOOKS DECENT AS WELL. LOW CLOUD, SOME DRIZZLE HERE AND THERE. DUNEDIN, IT IS A BIT OF DRIZZLE. CLEAR THAT AWAY AND THEN YOU ARE FINE.