TONIGHT, THE BATTLE TO SOLVE A HOUSING CRISIS ` THE GOVERNMENT TAKES AIM ON SEVERAL FRONTS, BUT WILL IT BRING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE FIRST-HOME BUYERS ARE DEMANDING? HEARTACHE IN AUSTRALIA'S FLOOD ZONE ` THE RIVER THAT'S TEARING APART HOMES, WITH THOUSANDS EVACUATED AND MORE RAIN TO COME. AND HOW DID A VACCINATED WORKER GET COVID-19 WHILE WORKING IN AN AUCKLAND MANAGED ISOLATION FACILITY? CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A LONG-AWAITED HOUSING PACKAGE HAS BEEN UNVEILED TO TRY AND DAMPEN OUR HOUSING MARKET, GIVE A LIFT TO FIRST-HOME BUYERS AND TAKE AIM AT PROPERTY INVESTORS. AMONG THE KEY CHANGES ` NEARLY $4BN WILL GO TOWARDS BOOSTING OUR HOUSING SUPPLY. IT'S AIMED AT JUMP-STARTING 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. THERE'S ALSO A BIG PUSH FOR MORE CONSTRUCTION, AND THE APPRENTICESHIP BOOST SCHEME IS BEING EXTENDED. WITH MORE, HERE'S IMOGEN WELLS. FOR THIS SINGLE MUM, THE FASTEST WAY TO GETTING HER OWN PROPERTY IS TO CONVERT A BUS INTO A HOME. I HAVE ACCESS TO A SMALL DEPOSIT. I WORK A LOT, BUT I STILL CAN'T GET INTO THE HOUSING MARKET. MY SON HAS LIVED IN 10 DIFFERENT HOUSES SINCE HE WAS LITTLE, AND THAT'S BEEN OCCASIONALLY MY CHOICE ` THAT I'VE DECIDED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE ` BUT MOSTLY IT'S BEEN FOR REASONS OUT OF MY CONTROL. UH, AND THAT'S REALLY HARD ON KIDS. THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY PROMISING TO MAKE IT EASIER. THE LAST THING OUR ECONOMY AND HOME OWNERS NEED RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS HOUSING BUBBLE. FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS, THE $5000 FIRST-HOME GRANT CAPS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED. IN AUCKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAP WAS $625,000; IT'S NOW $700,000. AND IN WELLINGTON, IT WAS $550,000; IT'S GONE UP TO BY $100,000, TO $650,000. ANYTHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING, BUT EVEN IN PORIRUA, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A HOUSE OUT THERE NOW IS 980,000. SO, UM, WHERE ARE THESE $650,000 HOUSES IN THE WELLINGTON REGION? ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES ` COMPETITION FROM INVESTORS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT PROPERTIES; WE JUST WANT A HOUSE THAT WE CAN CALL OUR OWN. LAST YEAR, 15,000 PEOPLE BOUGHT HOMES WHO ALREADY OWNED FIVE OR MORE. SO CHANGES TO THE BRIGHT LINE TEST ARE ON THE WAY ` 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 YOUR SALARY IS $70,000, YOU'D PAY JUST UNDER $200,000 IN TAX. THE GOVERNMENT IS SCREWING THE SCRUM AWAY FROM PROPERTY INVESTORS AND TOWARDS FIRST-HOME BUYERS AT THE SAME TIME. SOME CALLING THE MOVE A CAPITAL GAINS TAX IN DISGUISE. 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, QUOTE, 'A WORLD AWAY' FROM A CAPITAL GAINS TAX. (UPROAR) BUT FOR INVESTORS, IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER. WE DEFINITELY ARE MADE TO FEEL LIKE THE ENEMY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO SCRAPPING THE ABILITY TO CLAIM BACK INTEREST EXPENSES. FOR PROPERTY INVESTORS, THAT'S HUGE. SO FOR A ROUND-ABOUT- $600,000 PROPERTY, IT'S ABOUT $6,000 PER YEAR. THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO PUT UP THEIR RENTS BECAUSE THEIR COSTS ARE JUST GOING TO INCREASE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS PACKAGE THAT HELPS DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE RENTING. THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT RENTERS TODAY, AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO. FOR CHARLOTTE FIELDING, TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT DIDN'T QUITE HIT THE MARK. FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO SOMEONE LIKE ME. TIME NOW TO SEE IF THE NEW POLICIES CAN FINALLY TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE PROPERTY MARKET. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE HOUSING MARKET IS SUPPLY, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ANNOUNCING A $3BN PACKAGE TO BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE. 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. A POSSIBLE COMMUNITY COVID CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A FAMILY CONTACT OF A BORDER-RELATED CASE RETURNED A WEAK POSITIVE RESULT. A CLEANER AT AUCKLAND'S GRAND MILLENIUM HOTEL WAS IDENTIFIED AFTER A ROUTINE SWAB TEST YESTERDAY. THREE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE, ALL ARE SELF-ISOLATING AT THEIR AUCKLAND HOME. THE CLEANER HAD RECEIVED BOTH VACCINATION DOSES. NOW, FULL VACCINATION IS CLASSIFIED AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD BOTH DOSES THREE WEEKS APART AND A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS AFTER THEIR SECOND DOSE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT 95% OF PEOPLE TO BE PROTECTED ` IN OTHER WORDS, TO BE IMMUNISED, AS OPPOSED TO VACCINATED. AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFIRMED ONE LOCATION OF INTEREST ` A COUNTDOWN IN MOUNT ROSKILL, WHICH THE CLEANER VISITED FROM 3pm TO 3.15pm ON SATURDAY. PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE STORE AT THE SAME TIME ARE BEING URGED TO MONITOR THEIR HEALTH FOR ANY SYMPTOMS. AMERICANS ARE TONIGHT COMING TO TERMS WITH THE COUNTRY'S SECOND MASS SHOOTING IN LESS THAN A WEEK. AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WERE KILLED TODAY AT A SUPERMARKET IN COLORADO, THE GUNMAN OPENING FIRE IN THE CARPARK IN THE CITY OF BOULDER, SPARKING A TERRIFYING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WHICH LED TO HIS ARREST. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S AMELIA ADAMS. BODIES STREWN ACROSS A CAR PARK. INSIDE KING SOOPERS SUPERMARKET, A SHOOTER ON THE LOOSE. THIS WITNESS LIVE-STREAMED ON YOUTUBE AS THE GUNFIRE CONTINUED. POLICE, FBI AND SWAT TEAMS ARRIVED EN MASSE. WITNESSES DESCRIBED THEIR TERROR. IT WAS LIKE 'BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG!' AND I IMMEDIATELY SPRINTED OVER TO HER. AN HOUR AFTER THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED, THE SUSPECT, SHIRTLESS AND BLEEDING, WAS HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, LEAVING A TRAGIC TOLL. WE KNOW OF, (SIGHS) UH, 10 FATALITIES AT THE SCENE, INCLUDING ONE OF OUR BOULDER PD OFFICERS. THOSE CAUGHT UP IN THE NIGHTMARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW A TRIP TO BUY GROCERIES COULD COME TO THIS. I JUST NEARLY GOT KILLED FOR GETTING A... A-A SODA. MORE RAIN IN THE COMING HOURS IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN THE FLOODING DISASTER UNFOLDING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. HUNDREDS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED, AND 18,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. WE'LL GO LIVE TO OUR CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, THIS REPORT FROM CHANNEL 9'S MARK BURROWS. THE STILL WATERS AROUND PITT TOWN ARE RUNNING DEEP AND WIDE, SO DEEP THEY HAVE SWALLOWED HOME AFTER HOME. WE TOOK TO THE WATER WITH LOCAL DAVE MURPHY. WE FOUND WHAT'S LEFT OF HIS HOME. I'M ABSOLUTELY GUT-WRENCHED, LIKE, IT'S JUST` I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I'M LOOKING AT MY HOUSE FROM SITTING IN A BOAT. I ALWAYS EXPECTED SOONER OR LATER WE'D PROBABLY GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A FOOT OR A METRE WATER THROUGH THE HOUSE. WHEN I'D DONE THE RENOVATIONS I'D SORT OF ALWAYS HAD THAT IN MIND, BUT NEVER DID I EVER THINK THIS WOULD HAPPEN. HE MOVED IN WITH HIS FAMILY SIX WEEKS AGO, HIS $2M FOREVER HOME. THIS WAS IT BEFORE THE HAWKESBURY CLAIMED IT, AN IMMACULATE HOMESTEAD. NOW IT'S DROWNING IN 4M OF BROWN SOUP. HE'S LOST FARMING EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN WHEN HE TRIED TO FIND HIGH GROUND FOR HIS MOTORBIKE, THE RIVER CLAIMED THAT, TOO. ALREADY, PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE WATERS RECEDE. THAT COULD STILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. BUT LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE LEFT HERE ` CONTAINERS, RUBBISH. WE'VE EVEN JUST SPOTTED A CARAVAN THAT'S BEEN WASHED ASIDE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG, LONG TIME FOR ALL THIS DEBRIS TO BE CLEANED UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. AROUND 30KM DOWNSTREAM FROM PITT TOWN IS WISEMAN'S FERRY. A SHIPPING CONTAINER IS ADRIFT. IT FIRST TARGETS A CAR FERRY. NOW WATCH AS A BOAT HEADS STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE TWO TON STEEL BOX, DIVERTING IT AND AVERTING A COLLISION WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN HOUSEBOATS. SIMON MCQUILLAN WAS THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL. WE JUST GOT THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD GOT THE SAFETY GEAR ON, AND WE'RE READY FOR THIS KIND OF EVENTUATION. THERE ARE PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF HEROES AROUND THIS COMMUNITY. YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT. MANY HOMES AROUND WISEMAN'S FERRY ARE CUT OFF. TINNIES THE ONLY WAY TO GET SUPPLIES. OUT OF FOOD, OUT OF FUEL. GENERATORS, WE DON'T HAVE POWER. SO WE'RE RUNNING A GENERATOR, WE DON'T HAVE FUEL FOR THE GENERATOR. FOR MOST, THE ONLY WAY TO GET ESSENTIALS IS BY BOAT. 100 YEARS AGO, THIS IS HOW LOCALS MOVED THEIR CROPS TO MARKET. NOW THE HAWKESBURY HIGHWAY IS BACK, MOVING MEDICAL AND PHARMACY SUPPLIES. IT'S JUST LIKE THE FERRIES AT MANLY, MATE. IT'S WET, UNCOMFORTABLE, AND NOT WITHOUT ITS DANGERS. BUT EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, HAWKESBURY PEOPLE ARE TACKLING THE FLOODS WITH A SMILE. THEY KNOW THE REAL WORK CLEANING UP LIES AHEAD. JOINING US NOW IS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE, ANDREW, THERE'S DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RELIEF FROM THE RAIN IN SIGHT? HERE IN SYDNEY, THE ANSWER IS CERTAINLY YES. ACROSS THE CENTRAL CITY, THOSE WESTERN SUBURBS AND EVEN AS YOU HEAD UP THE COAST, THE RAIN IS STARTING TO STOP, WHICH WILL BE GOOD NEWS FOR THE RESIDENTS. IT IS ACTUALLY PASSING OVER THE BORDER TO QUEENSLAND NOW AND CAUSING HAVOC THERE. SIMILAR RAINFALLS ARE BEING RECORDED IN PARTS OF THE STATE ALREADY. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER AS WELL THAT THOSE RIVERS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO PEAK TO NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SEA LEVEL CHANGES, SO THERE IS RISK HERE FOR RESIDENTS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE FLOODING TO COME. DESPITE THAT, THERE WAS NO MORE RAIN FALLING FROM THE SKY. THESE ARE LOW-LYING AREAS. AS YOU HEARD ON THAT STORY, THAT WATER WILL SIT AND POOL VIA FOUR DAYS TO COME. RESIDENTS DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THEIR PROPERTY. SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE SCENES THEY'RE COMING OUT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. YES, GOOD NEWS ` THE WEATHER HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DRAW TO A CLOSE. BUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE DEALING WITH DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTIES AND HAVING TO REBUILD FROM SCRATCH. THANKS, ANDREW. ANDREW MACFARLANE, LIVE FROM SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER, SCOTT MORRISON, GOT EMOTIONAL TODAY, VOWING TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN ACROSS AUSTRALIA, DECLARING HIS DISGUST AT REPORTS OF COALITION STAFF SHARING EXPLICIT IMAGES OF SEX ACTS FILMED INSIDE PARLIAMENT HOUSE. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRIS UHLMAN HAS MORE. ALL GOVERNMENT STAFF IN PARLIAMENT WERE CALLED TO A MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER ANOTHER SEX SCANDAL AND THE DISMISSAL OF A STAFFER IN THE WAKE OF THE BROADCAST OF LEWD IMAGES OF MEN BEHAVING BADLY. I'M SHOCKED, AND I'M DISGUSTED. SCOTT MORRISON'S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN BATTERED BY A MONTH OF RAPE ALLEGATIONS, AND HE WANTS WOMEN TO KNOW HE'S LISTENING. WOMEN, WHO HAVE PUT UP WITH THIS RUBBISH AND THIS CRAP... FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER TRIED TO HIT RESET. CRITICISE ME, IF YOU LIKE, FOR SPEAKING ABOUT MY DAUGHTERS, BUT THEY ARE THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE. MY WIFE IS THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE. MY MOTHER, MY WIDOWED MOTHER, IS THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE. THEY MOTIVATE ME EVERY DAY ON THIS ISSUE. HE SAID HE APPRECIATED WOMEN'S FEAR OF VIOLENCE, INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT... STOP! ...BUT ALSO OF THE DAILY SLIGHTS OF BEING OVERLOOKED, OVER-TALKED AND MARGINALISED. HE PLEDGED TO MAKE CHANGE FOR ALL WOMEN ` AND FOR HIS DAUGHTERS. I SAY TO YOU GIRLS, I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS IS A BRUTAL ENVIRONMENT, AND TODAY, LABOUR WOMEN JOINED THE CHORUS OF THOSE SHOUTING, 'ENOUGH.' THERE'S THIS PERVASIVE SILENCE THAT ALLOWS THIS ABUSE TO CONTINUE. UM, WE'RE SPEAKING UP NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK IT. SCOTT MORRISON SAYS HE WANTS TO BE AN ALLY. I NEED WOMEN TO STAND WITH ME. THE LAST MONTH HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON THIS PRIME MINISTER AND HIS GOVERNMENT. STILL TO COME, BLACKCAPS BATSMAN TOM LATHAM STARS FOR THE BLACKCAPS IN CHRISTCHURCH AS THEY GO 2-0 UP IN THE SERIES. AND IS IT THE END OF A STELLAR CAREER? MAHE DRYSDALE IS LEFT OUT OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. 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 '90s 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. A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING THREE MEN AND ATTEMPTING TO COVER IT UP HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALL CHARGES. HE AND HIS MANAGER WERE ALSO FOUND GUILTY OF TRYING TO STOP ONE OF THE COMPLAINANTS GIVING EVIDENCE BY ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE THE MAN WITH MONEY AND JOB OFFERS. BOTH MEN HAVE CONTINUED NAME SUPPRESSION. AS THE VERDICTS WERE READ THE BUSINESSMAN STOOD SILENTLY IN THE DOCK, WHILE HIS MANAGER COULD BE SEEN QUIETLY CRYING. THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR INDECENT ASSAULT IS SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN TOM LATHAM'S UNBEATEN CENTURY HAS HELPED GUIDE NEW ZEALAND TO VICTORY AGAINST BANGLADESH IN CHRISTCHURCH. NEW ZEALAND WERE CHASING BANGLADESH'S FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 271 RUNS. DEVON CONWAY SCORED AN IMPRESSIVE 72 RUNS BEFORE RUNNING HIMSELF OUT, BUT AT THE OTHER END TOM LATHAM KEPT CHIPPING AWAY, FINISHING THE GAME NOT OUT ON 110 RUNS. HE HITS IT. HE HITS IT IN A GAP. WILL THIS GO? WILL IT GO? IT WILL GO, ALL RIGHT! THAT'S TOM LATHAM; HE IS SO GOOD IN THIS GROUND. IT'S ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL 100 NUMBER 5 FOR HIM. THE BLACKCAPS WINNING BY FIVE WICKETS, AND LEAD THE THREE GAME SERIES 2-0. THE FINAL ODI IS ON FRIDAY IN WELLINGTON. MAHE DRYSDALE'S CAREER APPEARS TO BE OVER FOLLOWING HIS OMISSION FROM THE NEW ZEALAND ROWING TEAM TODAY, THE 2012 AND 2016 OLYMPIC CHAMPION TELLING 1 NEWS HE NEEDS A FEW DAYS TO PROCESS THE DECISION. MEANWHILE, OUR REPORTER GUY HEVELDT CAUGHT UP WITH THE MAN WHO'S 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. 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. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. AND THE RIVER RESCUE THAT'S BEEN DUBBED THE CATCH OF THE DAY. FINALLY TONIGHT, THIS IS NO DOUBT THE CATCH OF THE DAY, MAYBE EVEN THE CATCH OF A LIFETIME FOR THIS UKRAINIAN FISHERMAN, REELING IN AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS DRIFTING ON A PIECE OF ICE. THE QUICK THINKING ANGLER THREW OUT HIS LINE ` MINUS THE HOOK OF COURSE ` PULLING THE BOY BACK TO SAFETY OF SOLID GROUND. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH 'BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES' BY MAROON 5. (MAROON 5's 'BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES') # IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S BITTERSWEET. # YOU'RE LIKE A BROKEN HOME TO ME. # I TAKE A SHOT OF MEMORIES AND BLACK OUT LIKE AN EMPTY STREET. # I FILL MY DAYS WITH THE WAY YOU WALK # AND FILL MY NIGHTS WITH BROKEN DREAMS. # I MAKE UP LIES INSIDE MY HEAD, # LIKE ONE DAY YOU'LL COME BACK TO ME. # NOW, I'M NOT HOLDIN' ON, NOT HOLDIN' ON; # I'M JUST DEPRESSED THAT YOU'RE GONE. # NOT HOLDIN' ON, NOT HOLDIN' ON. # BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES I MAKE INSIDE MY HEAD. # SHE'S NAKED IN MY BED, # AND NOW WE LIE AWAKE, MAKIN' BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES. # I WOULDN'T TAKE 'EM BACK. # I'M IN LOVE WITHT HE PAST. # AND NOW WE LIE AWAKE, MAKIN' BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES. # NA-NA-NA, IN MY HEAD. # NA-NA-NA, IN MY BED. # NA-NA-NA, HEY. # MAKIN' BEAUTIFUL MISTAKES. # YOU DID ME WRONG COS I LET YOU. # USUALLY, I LIKE MY SITUATIONS BENEFICIAL. # DOIN' SOMETHING DIFFERENT GOT ME LOOKIN' STUPID. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND JOHN GIBBS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.