TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` BRING ON THE DOUBLE BUBBLE. THE PUSH FOR PACIFIC WORKERS TO HELP KIWI BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH HANDS. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR OUR BUBBLE TO GROW. PLUS ` TURBO-CHARGING THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. THE PLAN TO GIVE THE JAB TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE JAB EVERY DAY, AS NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW THE PROGRAMME'S RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE. AND THE PERFECT STORM FOR THIS CARGO SHIP. WHY IT'S SAFER FOR WORKERS TO JUMP INTO THE CHURNING WAVES AROUND THEM THAN STAY ON THE VESSEL. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES, JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A DOUBLE BUBBLE IS WHAT WE WANT, AND THE COOK ISLANDS IS NEXT ON OUR CHECKLIST. BUT AN ISLAND HOLIDAY WILL HAVE TO WAIT, AS THE PRIME MINISTER TURNS TRAVEL AGENT WITH A ROUND OF AUSTRALIAN MEDIA INTERVIEWS AIMED AT CONVINCING PEOPLE TO CROSS THE TASMAN. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. COME ON OVER ` PITCHING TO AUSSIE TOURISTS. IF YOU DO GET A BIT OF DISRUPTION, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD TO SPEND AN EXTRA 72 HOURS. YOU ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD SALES PITCH. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE OF ME SINGING ALONG TO THIS TRACK RIGHT NOW. (LAUGHTER) DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER OF NZ? WHICH I WOULD EXPECT YOU TO, GOOD LUCK WITH THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS, WHO HAVE HAD NOWHERE TO GO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, COMING ACROSS THE DITCH. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APRIL 19TH OZ BUBBLE, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BOOKED FLIGHTS ` AN AIR NZ SALES RECORD. WITH 400,000 PASSPORTS EXPIRING IN THE LAST YEAR, APPLICATIONS HAVE GONE UP 45%. NOW THE COOK ISLANDS SAY IT'S OUR TURN. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY HAVE DRAWN THIS LINE IN THE SAND AND SAID, SO WE SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE OPEN AND TO HAVE THAT BUBBLE ESTABLISHED. WHEN THE COOK ISLANDS PRIME MINISTERS VISITED LAST WEEK, HE NAMED A START DATE. WE'RE PREPARED AND READY FROM THE 1ST OF MAY ` THAT'S THE DATE WE'VE PROVIDED. BUT JACINDA ARDERN STILL SAYS IT'S NOT READY. THE ABILITY TO DO PCR TESTING WITHIN THE COOKS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD CONTACT-TRACING SYSTEMS IN PLACE, QUARANTINE FACILITY. SO I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE THINGS BOTH SIDES ARE LOOKING FOR IN ORDER TO BE READY. STOP TREATING SOVEREIGN NATIONS AS THOUGH THEY CAN'T MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS, IT IS PATERNALISTIC ` IT IS WRONG. AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN TRAVEL FROM THE COOKS ISLANDS TO NZ QUARANTINE-FREE. THE COOK ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL BOTH WAYS, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TO FIND WORK. OUR WHOLE INDUSTRY, REALLY. ALL OUR GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS CLOSING ` JUDITH COLLINS LABELS IT CRUEL. THESE ARE NOT COUNTRIES WITH WELFARE SYSTEMS LIKE WE HAVE. SO THE PRESSURE'S GROWING FOR MORE BUBBLES. IN TERMS OF WHERE TO NEXT, SINGAPORE ` WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES. STARTING WITH THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE IN 12 DAYS. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. A PACIFIC BUBBLE WOULD ALLOW MUCH-NEEDED LABOUR TO ENTER NZ, AS BUSINESSES ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS SAY THE POOL OF LOCAL WORKERS HAS DRIED UP. UNTIL ONE OPENS, THEY ARE BEGGING FOR MORE WORKERS TO BE ALLOWED INTO MIQ SPACES FREED UP BY OUR NEW TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FRUIT ROTTING ON THE GROUND, THESE PICTURES REPEATED THROUGHOUT ORCHARDS IN HAWKE'S BAY, A RESULT OF A LACK OF WORKERS. WE HAD 20 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, AND TWO PEOPLE TURNED UP FOR THE INDUCTION. IT'S THE MOST CHALLENGING ONE I'VE EXPERIENCED IN 40 YEARS OF BEING IN BUSINESS. IN THE FACTORY ` THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUES ARE REALLY FELT. PROGRESSIVE MEATS HAS MISSED DEADLINES. ORCHARDS LEFT FRUIT ON TREES. AND THE FACTORY FLOOR AT WATTIES JUST CAN'T KEEP UP. THE STAFF THAT WE DID RECRUIT, THAT WE DID TRAIN TO COME ALONG AND WORK WITH US, THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WERE REALLY, REALLY HIGH AND VERY, VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND OR PREDICT. 2000 FRUIT PICKERS WERE ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST YEAR. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. THERE ARE NOW CALLS TO OPEN QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL WITH COVID-FREE PACIFIC ISLANDS. WHILE WE DON'T DIRECTLY EMPLOY ANY RSE WORKERS OR BACKPACKERS, THROUGH THEIR ABSENCE, THE HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR KIWIS WE EMPLOY. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYING TODAY THE FEELING ISN'T NECESSARILY MUTUAL. THEY'RE OPERATING, SOMETIMES, ONE FLIGHT EVERY SEVERAL WEEKS. THEIR QUARANTINE FACILITIES ARE LIMITED. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE CAN COME IN. IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET HOME. AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN. WHAT ALL INDUSTRIES ARE AFTER AT THE MOMENT IS SOME SORT OF CERTAINTY AROUND A PLAN FOR LABOUR, SO SITUATIONS LIKE THESE DON'T REPEAT. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO INTO ANOTHER YEAR WITH THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND LABOUR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY FEELING THE PINCH TOO ` MORE THAN 1100 ROLES VACANT NATIONWIDE. THEY WANT THE FREE MIQ SPACE USED FOR SPECIALIST FOREIGN WORKERS. NOW, WITH THE MIQ FREEING UP, AND FROM 1000 TO 1300 BEDS, NOW IS THE TIME TO FILL THAT SKILL SHORTAGE FOR THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THOSE PLACES CAN BE TAKEN BY OTHER LOW-RISK TRAVELLERS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE PACIFIC. THESE INDUSTRIES HOPING FOR A SOLUTION, BEFORE ANOTHER SEASON OF FRUIT ROTS. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. SMALL TOWNS WHICH HAVE BENEFITTED FROM DOMESTIC TOURISM ARE HOPING FOR A FURTHER BOOST FROM AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS. IMOGEN WELLS REPORTS. IN WAIRARAPA, THEY'RE GETTING THE WINE READY,... WE HAVE REALISED THAT PANDEMICS AND WINE DO GO TOGETHER QUITE WELL. ...GEARING UP TO CASH IN ON STRONG INTEREST FROM ACROSS THE DITCH. DURING COVID, THEY WERE THE ONES WE WERE SHIPPING TO. OUR MAIN MARKET IS THE AUSTRALIAN, IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL MARKET. MID-WEEK, ESPECIALLY, THE WHOLE PLACE CAN BE FULL OF AUSSIES. MARTINBOROUGH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REGIONS IN DRIVING DISTANCE OF A BIG CITY TO BENEFIT FROM MORE DOMESTIC TOURISM. AND THERE'S CONFIDENCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE TREND. WE WERE ABLE TO KINDA BE DISCOVERED BY NEW ZEALANDERS. WE'D BEEN THAT LITTLE REGION SORT OF HEARD ABOUT, NEVER CAME. AND PLACES LIKE US HAVE BENEFITTED HUGELY FROM IT. SO WE'VE GOT A BIGGER DEMOGRAPHIC, WE'VE GOT A BIGGER MARKET NOW. DOMESTIC TOURISTS ARE SPENDING MORE AND MORE IN THE WAIRARAPA EVERY YEAR, LAST YEAR SPENDING NEARLY $100M. AND THE REGION IS HOPING TO SEE EVEN MORE BENEFITS WHEN AUSSIES VISITORS ARE BACK TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY. WHILE HOTSPOTS LIKE QUEENSTOWN AND ROTORUA ARE SET FOR A GREATER ECONOMIC BOOST FROM THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE, THE BENEFITS IN PLACES LIKE THIS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. WE'D ALWAYS LOVE TO KEEP RIDING THAT WAVE. I THINK THAT TAUPO AND QUEENSTOWN ARE GONNA BE THE INITIAL BENEFICIARIES, BUT IT'LL SET THE REST OF THE COUNTRY UP AGAIN REALLY WELL. WE'RE ONE OF A HANDFUL OF REGIONS LAST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY GREW THEIR TOURISM BASE. AND SO YOU THINK NOW, WOW, SUCCESS. AND NOW, COMING BACK, OUR FAVOURITE AND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARKET. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. AUSTRALIANS ARE ALREADY BOOKING UP KIWI BACHES ` THE IN-DEMAND SPOTS RAGLAN, HANMER AND MARTINBOROUGH. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE WINTER. WE LOVE OUR WINE-LOVING NEIGHBOURS VISITING. A WARM WELCOME WAITING HERE WHEN THE BUBBLE OPENS IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. THE COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT IS ABOUT TO BE TURBOCHARGED, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS PROMISING THOUSANDS OF JABS A DAY. BUT THERE IS SCEPTICISM ABOUT THE CLAIM, WITH THE OPPOSITION SAYING THERE IS NO SIGN THE PACE IS PICKING UP. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. JUST A WEE SCRATCH THERE. ANOTHER GOVERNMENT MINISTER TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT FLAVOUR BISCUITS AND CUP OF TEA DO I GET? WE'VE GOT SOME LOLLIPOPS AT THE END. JOKES ASIDE, BEING ABLE TO GET THE JAB AT A MAORI HEALTH PROVIDER, LIKE HERE IN PORIRUA, IS SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE A LOT MORE OF. THIS IS HUGELY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR MAORI COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW THAT MAORI COMMUNITIES COME TO ORGANISATIONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY TRUST THE PEOPLE, THEY KNOW THE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. BUT THERE'S A HURDLE THAT NEEDS TO BE OVERCOME. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH BRINGING MAORI VACCINATORS ON BOARD, BUT WE'RE UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE. JUST OVER 90,000 KIWIS HAVE NOW RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE. 19,000 HAVE RECEIVED BOTH SHOTS. BUT THE NUMBER GETTING JABBED EACH DAY IS ABOUT TO GET TURBOCHARGED. WE ANTICIPATE DHBs WILL BE RAMPING UP FROM THIS POINT TO AROUND 35,000 PEOPLE BEING VACCINATED A WEEK. THERE HAVE BEEN 147 ADVERSE REACTIONS OBSERVED SO FAR, THREE OF THOSE DEEMED SERIOUS. ALL WERE MANAGED APPROPRIATELY ON THE SPOT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NURSING AND MEDICAL OVERSIGHT. AND NONE OF THESE PEOPLE REQUIRED HOSPITALISATION OR HAVE ANY ONGOING PROBLEMS. BUT NATIONAL SAYS IT HAS BEEN LEAKED A DOCUMENT SHOWING THE GOVERNMENT IS WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE. WHY HAS NZ ONLY ADMINISTERED 90,286 OF THE 390,413 OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS DOSES, WHICH IS WHAT THE MINISTRY SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED BY NOW, IN THIS LEAKED MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPORT FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR? MR SPEAKER, OF COURSE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PUT FORWARD IN THE EARLY PART OF THE THIS YEAR ` LATE LAST YEAR AND EARLY THIS YEAR ` A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MODELS FOR THE POTENTIAL VACCINE ROLL-OUT, WHICH, AT THAT POINT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION ON WHEN VACCINES WERE GOING TO BE ARRIVING. NATIONAL CLAIMING THE SLOW SPEED OF THE ROLL-OUT MEANS NEW ZEALAND RISKS BEING LEFT BEHIND. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. A BRAZILIAN DOCTOR HAS COMPARED THE COVID SURGE THERE TO AN UNCONTROLLED NUCLEAR CHAIN REACTION ` THE NATION RECORDING MORE THAN 4000 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS, ITS DEADLIEST DAY. ITS TOLL NOW NEARING 340,000 ` SECOND ONLY TO THE US. JUST BEHIND BRAZIL, INDIA ` RECORDING AROUND 100,000 CASES A DAY IN ITS NEW WAVE. 630 DEATHS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS THERE ` ITS HIGHEST SINGLE DAY TOLL SINCE LAST YEAR. THE TWO NATIONS SPEAR-HEADING A GLOBAL RISE IN CASES FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS. NEW MORE CONTAGIOUS COVID VARIANTS GETTING MUCH OF THE BLAME. KIM BAKER WILSON WITH THE LATEST. ANOTHER FAREWELL ON TOP OF SO MANY ` BRAZIL'S RAPIDLY RISING TOLL, SECOND ONLY TO THE U.S., BUT LIKELY NOT FOR LONG. (AMBULANCE SIREN WAILS) THE RATE OF DEATH COULD SOON SURPASS AMERICA AT ITS DARKEST TIME. 'POSSIBLY BEFORE JULY THE 1ST, 'BRAZIL WILL SURPASS THE HALF A MILLION MARK OF COVID-19 DEATHS,' THIS SPECIALIST SAYS. DRIVING IT, A MORE CONTAGIOUS LOCAL VARIANT CALLED P1. AROUND TWICE AS TRANSMISSIBLE, IT BREACHES THE BARRIERS OF THE YOUNG. HERE, POLICE RAID AN ILLEGAL NIGHTCLUB PARTY. DOZENS OF PEOPLE, AN ENCLOSED SPACE ` FUEL FOR BRAZIL'S OUT-OF-CONTROL SPREAD. TRANSLATOR: HERE AGAIN TODAY, WE CAN SEE THE CHAOS. MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE CRAMMED INTO A SMALL SPACE, ALL WITHOUT MASKS ` EASY PREY FOR THIS DEVASTATING VIRUS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT. JUST ONE OF THE MORE THAN 700 CLANDESTINE PARTIES POLICE HAVE CRACKED DOWN ON IN JUST ONE MONTH. HOSPITALS ARE AT BREAKING POINT; SO TOO ARE GRAVEYARDS ` BRAZIL'S BIGGEST CITIES RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO EMPTY OLD GRAVES TO MAKE WAY FOR A RECORD NUMBER OF BURIALS. MORE THAN EVER, VACCINES ARE VITAL. AND AWAY FROM SAO PAOLO, A CANOE WITH PRECIOUS CARGO, WITH VACCINES FOR SOME OF BRAZIL'S MOST VULNERABLE AND MOST REMOTE. THIS 66-YEAR-OLD CALLS IT A BLESSING FROM GOD. IN INDIA, AGE-OLD TRADITION IS AT ODDS WITH THE NEW AGE. PLEAS TO STAY HOME DURING HOLI GATHERINGS, IN THIS CASE WENT UNANSWERED. VACCINES ARE ALSO GOING OUT HERE IN AN EXPANDED DRIVE. BUT LIKE BRAZIL, CASE NUMBERS ARE ALSO SOARING. IT'S A FRIGHTENING NUMBER. INDIA HAS HIT 12.5M CONFIRMED CASES AND ITS BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. IT'S LIKE A TSUNAMI. AND INFECTIONS, AFTER EARLIER DROPPING, ARE BEING REPORTED FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. THIS IS NOT A SHORT-TERM AFFAIR. AND THESE VACCINES STILL HAVE TO GET TO ALMOST 1.5B PEOPLE. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. A SURGE IN WOMEN SEEKING OUT ADVICE ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER IS BEING COUNTED AS A WIN, BUT THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE TESTING OPTIONS TO ADDRESS HIGH RATES AMONG MAORI, A DAY AFTER GOVERNMENT MINISTER KIRI ALLAN REVEALED HER BATTLE WITH THE DISEASE. MADDY LLOYD REPORTS. A HIGH PROFILE CANCER BATTLE AND A WAKE-UP CALL FOR KIWI WOMEN. WE HAD A MASSIVE SPIKE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT CERVICAL CANCER ON OUR WEBSITE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE PAGES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS. KIRI ALLAN'S CERVICAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS A REMINDER TO GET CHECKED AND NOT IGNORE SYMPTOMS ` PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MAORI. THE CURRENT NATIONAL CERVICAL SCREENING PROGRAMME IS FAILING MANY MAORI. MAORI WOMEN HAVE TWO TIMES HIGHER INCIDENCE OF CERVICAL CANCER AND 2� TIMES THE MORTALITY RATE OF NEW ZEALAND EUROPEAN WOMEN. CERVICAL CANCER CLAIMS AROUND 50 LIVES HERE EVERY YEAR. TALEI MORRISON DIED IN 2018. NOW HER BROTHER IS TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS. THE REASON WHY MAORI WOMEN PUT OFF SMEAR TESTS IS THAT IT COMPROMISES THE TAPU. WHEN WE APPLY A MAORI WORLD VIEW TO THAT, THE SACRED PARTS OF THE WOMAN'S BODY, IT'S A REALLY INVASIVE PROCESS. AT THE MOMENT, SMEARS INVOLVE A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT, BUT THERE ARE CALLS TO INTRODUCE A SELF-TESTING PROGRAMME, WHERE WOMEN CAN TAKE THEIR OWN SWABS AT HOME. IT'S A MORE MANA-ENHANCING, I GUESS, PROCEDURE. THE CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH IS STUDYING THE SELF-TEST OPTION. SO FAR IT'S FOUND IT COULD ALMOST TRIPLE THE UPTAKE OF CERVICAL SCREENING AMONGST MAORI WOMEN. THE SCIENCE IS IRREFUTABLE THAT IT IS A BETTER TEST, AND THAT SELF-TESTING IS A WAY OF REACHING UNDER-SCREENED WOMEN. SOME WOMEN MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TAKING THE TEST IN THEIR OWN HOME THAN NEEDING TO GO AND GET UP ON A TABLE WITH A NURSE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO INTRODUCING HPV SELF-TESTING, AS INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE SHOWS IT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD. FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED, BUT THE SWITCH IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED. MANY HOPING KIRI ALLAN'S STORY IS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE. MADDY LLOYD, 1 NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF TORCHING A LARGE PILE OF TYRES IN NORTH CANTERBURY CAN NOW BE NAMED. NAME SUPPRESSION FOR GARRY GRIMMER LAPSED THIS MORNING WHEN HE APPEARED AT CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT. HE'S CHARGED WITH ARSON AFTER A PILE OF 160,000 TYRES CAUGHT FIRE NEAR AMBERLEY IN JANUARY. GRIMMER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND HAS BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL UNTIL JUNE. HE WAS SENT ACROSS THE US-MEXICO BORDER WITHOUT HIS PARENTS AND ABANDONED BY FELLOW MIGRANTS. SPEAKS SPANISH: NEXT ` THIS LITTLE BOY SHARES HIS BIGGEST FEARS AFTER SPENDING A NIGHT ALONE IN THE DESERT. AND A CARGO SHIP IN TROUBLE AFTER SUFFERING ENGINE FAILURE IN HUGE SEAS. WHY SOME CREW WAITING FOR RESCUE WERE FORCED TO JUMP INTO FREEZING WATER. AND THEN AT 7 ` ADVICE ON PLANNING THAT TRIP TO AUSTRALIA. YES, THOUSANDS OF US HAVE ALREADY BOOKED TRIPS ACROSS THE DITCH, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO IF THERE'S A SUDDEN LOCKDOWN? WHAT EXCATLY WILL INSURANCE COVER? PLUS ` THE SECRET TO BEING A TRULY GREAT NEIGHBOUR. A JUST REWARD FOR THE WOMAN WHO'S THE GLUE WHO KEEPS THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND REVEALING THE BOTTOM LINE TO AN EASY HEALTH TRICK FOR US ALL ` THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. A TRIAL TESTING THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE ON CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS HAS BEEN HALTED. OXFORD UNIVERSITY SAYS IT IS WAITING FOR MORE DATA ON RARE BLOOD CLOTTING ISSUES IN ADULTS WHO'VE RECEIVED THE JAB. IT'S JUST THE LATEST DRAMA TO HIT ASTRAZENECA, AS KRISTIN HALL EXPLAINS. FRANCE'S HOSPITALS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS, BUT SOME OF ITS VACCINATION CENTRES ARE EMPTY. TRANSLATOR: THE 600 DOSES THAT COULD NOT BE INJECTED ` BECAUSE NO ONE SHOWED UP FOR THE VACCINATION ` ARE STORED HERE. AMID A SURGE OF CASES, HUNDREDS OF ASTRAZENECA VACCINE DOSES ARE GOING UNUSED. AT THIS CLINIC IN CALAIS, FRESH FEARS CAUSING CANCELLED APPOINTMENTS. TOO MUCH RISK, THIS WOMAN SAYS. SHE'S TALKING ABOUT RARE REPORTS OF BLOOD CLOTS IN PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE THE OXFORD-DEVELOPED JAB. BRITISH FIGURES SHOW 30 PEOPLE OUT OF 18 MILLION WHO GOT IT DEVELOPED THE CLOTS, BUT IT'S NOT YET KNOWN IF IT'S A CONSEQUENCE OR COINCIDENCE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT PEOPLE REPORT BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN SHORTLY AFTER PEOPLE HAVE THE VACCINE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED ANYWAY. AHEAD OF AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT LATER THIS WEEK, A KEY EUROPEAN FIGURE CLAIMED A CLEAR LINK HAS BEEN FOUND. BUT GLOBAL HEALTH BODIES WERE QUICK TO JUMP IN AND CALL THE CLAIM PREMATURE. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE BENEFIT-TO-RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE VACCINE IS LARGELY STILL POSITIVE. BUT NATIONS ARE NERVOUS. GERMANY AND CANADA HAVE PAUSED THE VACCINE IN THOSE UNDER 60. BRITAIN HAS SUSPENDED A TRIAL ON CHILDREN. BUT IT'S STILL BACKING ITS USE IN THE WIDER POPULATION. THE BEST THING OF ALL IS TO VACCINATE OUR POPULATION. HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THE PFIZER BIONTECH VACCINE IS THE ONLY ONE CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR USE, WITH ENOUGH DOSES SECURED FOR EVERYONE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS MEDSAFE IS ASSESSING ASTRAZENECA'S APPLICATION, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE IT WILL PASS A CLINICAL TRIAL OR BE APPROVED FOR USE HERE. OUR PACIFIC NEIGHBOURS FIJI AND TONGA HAVE RECEIVED SHIPMENTS OF THE ASTRAZENECA JAB THROUGH THE GLOBAL COVAX PROGRAMME. EXPERTS SAY GETTING WHAT IS STILL A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE VACCINE IS STILL THE SMART MOVE. THE RISKS OF GETTING SICK OR DYING OF COVID, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DOSES ARE FAR AND AWAY GREATER THAN ANY SMALL THEORETICAL RISK THAT MAY EXIST. BUT IT'S PROVING A HARD SELL IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. THE MOMENT AN AMERICAN BORDER PATROL AGENT FOUND A TEARFUL YOUNG MIGRANT ABANDONED IN THE DESERT HAS BEEN CAPTURED ON CAMERA. HERE'S THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN, WITH THE 10-YEAR-OLD BOY'S HEART-BREAKING PLEA FOR HELP. THE FEAR ETCHED ON THAT 10-YEAR-OLD'S FACE AND THE HURT IN HIS VOICE. CAN YOU HELP ME? HE ASKS A BORDER PATROL AGENT WHO FOUND THE LITTLE BOY, THAT SOLITARY FIGURE, WANDERING ON A BARREN FIELD NEAR THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER IN SOUTHERN TEXAS. THROUGH THE TEARS, THE BOY EXPLAINS HE WASN'T TRAVELLING WITH HIS MOM OR DAD. HE WAS ABANDONED, DITCHED, IN HIS WORDS, BY THE MIGRANT GROUP HE WAS TRAVELLING WITH. SOBBING, THE BOY TELLING THE AGENT HE WAS SCARED OF GETTING ROBBED, OR WORSE ` KIDNAPPED. THANKFULLY, HE WAS FOUND BY AUTHORITIES AND TAKEN TO THIS CHILD DETENTION CENTRE IN DONNA, TEXAS. WE JUST RETURNED FROM TEXAS AFTER FLYING OVER THAT VERY SAME FACILITY, NOW RAPIDLY EXPANDING TO HANDLE THE THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL MIGRANT CHILDREN AND TEENS EXPECTED. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNT THERE ARE NOW OVER 19000 MIGRANT CHILDREN IN FEDERAL CUSTODY AND THE DONNA FACILITY, RECENTLY SO CROWDED, THAT CHILDREN WERE FORCED TO TAKE TURNS SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR. BORDER OFFICIALS SAY THE BOY WILL BE RELEASED TO FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE U.S. IN THE COMING WEEKS. JAILED RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY IS SERIOUSLY ILL, ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER. SUPPORTERS HAVE RALLIED OUTSIDE THE PRISON WHERE HE'S BEING HELD. CALLING FOR HIM TO RECEIVE PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT. NOW THEY TOO HAVE BEEN DETAINED. THE BBC'S SARAH RAINSFORD REPORTS. SHE CAME TO CALL FOR HELP FOR RUSSIA'S MOST FAMOUS PRISONER. DR ANASTASIA IS A CLOSE ALLY OF ALEXEI NAVALNY, AND HE'S COMPLAINING OF ACUTE PAIN, DEMANDING TO SEE A MEDIC HE CAN TRUST. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF OF THIS PRISON. SHE WALKED RIGHT UP TO THE PRISON GATES. BEYOND THEM, THE OPPOSITION POLITICIAN HAS BEEN ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR SIX DAYS NOW. (OFFICER SPEAKS RUSSIAN) EXTRA POLICE HAD BEEN DRAFTED IN. EVERY PERSON THERE, INCLUDING THE PRESS WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA. I AM REALLY VERY AFRAID OF HIS HEALTH AND HIS CONDITION. I JUST DON'T WANT TO LET... HIS HEALTH BE WORSE. AND JUST... THAT'S WHY I'M HERE NOW. DO YOU TRUST THE PRISON DOCTOR? NO. NO. IT WAS JUST LAST SUMMER THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC COLLAPSED ON A FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA. HE WAS TREATED IN GERMANY, WHERE DOCTORS FOUND TRACES OF A MILITARY-GRADE NERVE AGENT. ALEXEI NAVALNY RETURNED TO RUSSIA, ONLY TO BE ARRESTED AT THE BORDER. BUT IF THE KREMLIN HOPED HE'D BE SILENCED BEHIND BARS, HE HAS DEFIED THAT. SO LAST WEEK STATE TELEVISION SHOWED THESE IMAGES OF MR NAVALNY ` HE'S IN THE MIDDLE HERE. IT CALLS HIS COMPLAINTS OF BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN THE LEGS LIES AND ATTENTION-SEEKING. MANY RUSSIANS DO BELIEVE THAT, AND THE KREMLIN'S CLAIM THAT HE'S A TOOL OF THE WEST. BUT IN THE RUNDOWN LITTLE TOWN WHERE HE'S NOW LOCKED UP, ALEXEI NAVALNY DOES HAVE SOME SUPPORTERS. TRANSLATOR: I'M REALLY WORRIED, REALLY WORRIED FOR HIS HEALTH, HE IS SO SICK, AND THEY ARE TREATING HIM THIS WAY. AND THIS IS HOW THEY TREATED DR ANASTASIA. BUT CONCERN OVER ALEXEI NAVALNY'S HEALTH WON'T BE DISMISSED SO EASILY. HE HAS A FEVER NOW, TOO, AND HIS PRISON HUNGER STRIKE GOES ON. THE KREMLIN HAS RESPONDED TODAY, SAYING MR NAVALNY WILL RECEIVE THE NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE BUT NO SPECIAL TREATMENT. AFTER A THREE-DAY SEARCH, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS IN TAIWAN HAVE FINALLY FOUND PARTS OF A DASHBOARD CAMERA IN THE DEBRIS OF A DEADLY TRAIN CRASH. THE RECOVERED FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT THE PACKED PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK THAT HAD ROLLED ONTO THE TRACKS. 50 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 200 INJURED. OFFICIALS SAY THE TRUCK TUMBLED ON TO THE RAILS JUST A MINUTE BEFORE THE CRASH. 12 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM A DUTCH CARGO SHIP IN DANGER OF CAPSIZING IN ROUGH SEAS OFF NORWAY. THE VESSEL WAS LISTING SO BADLY SOME CREW MEMBERS HAD TO JUMP OVERBOARD INTO THE FRIGID WATERS TO GIVE RESCUERS A CHANCE TO REACH THEM. THE ABC'S IAN PANNELL HAS MORE. TONIGHT ` A DARING, DANGEROUS RESCUE MISSION ON THE HIGH SEAS. A DOZEN CREW MEMBERS STRANDED ON THIS DUTCH CARGO SHIP IN STORMY WEATHER OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY LATE MONDAY, AFTER ITS MAIN ENGINE LOST POWER. WATCH AS NORWEGIAN RESCUERS, HELMET CAMS ROLLING, SWOOP IN BY HELICOPTER, PLUCKING MOST OF THE CREW OFF THE DECK AND UP INTO THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF THE CHOPPER. THE VESSEL, SUPPOSED TO TRANSPORT YACHTS AND BOATS AROUND THE WORLD, NOW LISTING PERILOUSLY, TOSSED AROUND IN GIANT 50FT WAVES. THIS CREW MEMBER FORCED TO LEAP INTO THE ROUGH, FRIGID SURF ` LUCKY AND GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE. AND THERE ARE FEARS THE SHIP, WHICH IS CARRYING TONNES OF OIL AND DIESEL, COULD RUN AGROUND. STILL AHEAD ` IT'S AN AWE-INSPIRING SIGHT THAT MANY CITY DWELLERS NEVER GET TO ENJOY ` A STARRY NIGHT SEEN IN COMPLETE DARKNESS. WHY THE LIGHTS THAT OFTEN OBSCURE OUR VIEW CAN ALSO BE HARMFUL TO OUR HEALTH. THEN ` (INSTRUMENT BLOWS) A DAWN WELCOME FOR MOA BONES UNEARTHED DURING A ROADING PROJECT. WHAT CLUES THEY'VE ALREADY REVEALED ABOUT THIS MOA'S DEMISE. AND THEN AT 7 - A SIMPLE HEALTH FIX FOR EVERYONE. YES, WE ALL DO IT, AND IT TURNS OUT MOST OF US HAVE BEEN DOING IT WRONG. WHY YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT SQUATTING AND WHY IT'S GOOD FOR YOU. PLUS ` HOW TO BE PREPARED JUST IN CASE YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY TO AUSTRALIA TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE. AND COMEDIAN BILL BAILEY'S WORKING HARD TO KEEP THE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME MAJOR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMPANY TONIGHT AT 7. WITH CLOSE TO 90% OF NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING IN URBAN CENTRES, MANY OF US WILL NEVER HAVE EXPERIENCED A TRULY DARK NIGHT SKY. AND AS THE BBC'S JUSTIN ROWLATT EXPLAINS, LIGHT POLLUTION IS NOT JUST AFFECTING OUR VIEW OF THE STARS, IT COULD BE HARMING OUR HEALTH. THIS IS WHAT A TRULY DARK SKY LOOKS LIKE. BILLIONS OF STARS WHEEL ABOVE THE KIELDER OBSERVATORY IN NORTHUMBERLAND. SET DEEP IN A FOREST, THE OBSERVATORY ENJOYS THE DARKEST SKIES IN ENGLAND. AND THROUGHOUT LOCKDOWN, SENIOR ASTRONOMER DAN MONK HAS BEEN FILMING THE INCREDIBLE VIEWS. PEOPLE OFTEN DO GET EMOTIONAL WHEN THEY SIT UNDERNEATH THIS AMAZING DARK SKY, AND THEY REALISE HOW SMALL THEY ARE IN THE UNIVERSE. IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE PEOPLE CRY AT TIMES. IT GIVES US A SENSE OF OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE, THE AWESOME VASTNESS OF SPACE. BUT LOOK AT THIS. EVEN A TINY LIGHT IS ENOUGH TO EXTINGUISH THE STARS AND BRING US RIGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE NIGHT SKY HAS BEEN GETTING STEADILY LIGHTER ACROSS THE WORLD. CHANGES IN LIGHT HAVE BEEN LINKED WITH OBESITY, HEART DISEASE, DEPRESSION AND EVEN CANCER. YOU SEE, SHE'S SHAKING. AND SOME ANIMALS SUFFER EVEN MORE PROFOUNDLY. THERE ARE SUCH A RANGE OF ANIMALS WHICH ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED FROM THIS. WHEN YOU THINK OF MIGRATING BIRDS, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH ARE DRAWN OFF COURSE BY LIGHT. INSECTS, VAST NUMBERS OF MOTHS DRAWN TO THOSE LIGHTS, WHERE THEY BATTER THEMSELVES TO DEATH, OR WHERE THEY'RE PREDATED BY BATS, WHICH CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR TO VISIT THOSE LIGHTS. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE CAN TACKLE LIGHT POLLUTION RELATIVELY EASILY. SMALL MEASURES LIKE BUSINESSES MAKING SURE THEY'RE TURNING THEIR LIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT-TIME, WHEN THE BUILDINGS ARE IN USE. ALSO, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAKING SURE THAT STREET LAMPS ARE PROPERLY SHADED, AND THE LIGHT'S TARGETED, SO IT'S NOT SPILLING OUT THERE AND CREATING UNNECESSARY LIGHT BLIGHT. THAT WILL MEAN MORE OF US CAN SEE SIGHTS LIKE THIS. AND IT'S WORTH NOTING NEW ZEALAND IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST DARK SKY RESERVE ` A 4000km2 AREA IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S MACKENZIE BASIN. IWI HOPE THAT MOA BONES UNEARTHED DURING ROADWORKS LAST MONTH WILL EVENTUALLY BE RETURNED TO THE RUAHINE RANGES. THIS MORNING THE TAONGA WAS DELIVERED TO TE MANAWA MUSEUM IN PALMERSTON NORTH WHERE IT'LL BE KEPT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE BONES WERE FOUND DURING WORK ON A NEW HIGHWAY BETWEEN MANAWATU AND HAWKE'S BAY. AN ARCHAEOLOGIST SAYS THE BONES REVEAL THE MOA WE DIDN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF BUTCHERY MARKS. SO, AS THE BONES WERE BEING EXPOSED, I WAS CHECKING FOR CUT MARKS, SAW MARKS, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THAT. SO THEY'RE NOT ARCHAEOLOGICAL, BUT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, A NATURAL DEPOSIT. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY SAYS THE DISCOVERY OF THE BONES HASN'T DELAYED THE HIGHWAY PROJECT. HAYLEY'S HERE. SUPER RUGBY IS ALREADY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW TRAVEL BUBBLE. YES, THE TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION HAS THE GO AHEAD WITH SOME CHANGES TO THE FORMAT. WE'LL FILL YOU IN AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` OUR TOP SAILORS DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF RESTING ON YOUR LAURELS. JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THEIR AMERICA'S CUP TRIUMPH THEY'RE BUSY VYING FOR A SPOT AT THE OLYMPICS. AND WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY'D BE TALKING ABOUT PAVLOVA AT AUGUSTA? WE GET THE WEIRDEST HISTORY LESSON FROM AMERICAN GOLFER PHIL MICKELSON. AND MORE OF THE MOSTLY FINE AND WARM WEATHER FOR THURSDAY AS THE HIGH STICKS AROUND. SOME CHANGES UPSTREAM, THOUGH, AS A TASMAN RAINMAKER GETS READY FOR BUSINESS. HOW IT'S LOOKING AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. THREE WEEKS TO THE DAY SINCE TEAM NEW ZEALAND HELD ON TO THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND ALREADY KEY CREW MEMBERS ARE OFF ON THEIR NEXT MAJOR ASSIGNMENT ` OR SHOULD THAT BE ASSIGNMENTS? SEVERAL HEAD AWAY NEXT WEEK TO BERMUDA AND BEYOND, AND THEN THERE'S THAT GET-TOGETHER IN TOKYO IN JULY CALLED THE OLYMPICS. ANDREW SAVILLE MANAGED TO PIN DOWN TWO OF THE CUP-WINNING CREW FIGHTING FOR ONE OLYMPIC SPOT. FROM HIGH-TECH AC75S TO DINGHIES. CAN'T SEE ANY FOILS ON HERE, JOSH. NAH, NO FOILS. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING FOILED THESE DAYS. NO? NOT OUR BOAT ` NO. WE'RE BACK TO GOING... THIS IS REAL SAILING, RIGHT? THIS IS BACK TO REAL SAILING, YEAH. THIS IS THE HARD SLOG. AFTER A CUP BREATHER, JOSH JUNIOR AND ANDY MALONEY HAVE BEEN BACK IN THEIR OLYMPIC-CLASS FINN BOATS THE PAST FEW DAYS. DESPITE THE HARD SLOG TOGETHER, ONLY ONE WILL MAKE THE CUT FOR THE OLYMPICS, THE FINAL SELECTION AFTER THE WORLDS NEXT MONTH. WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS, AND WE SEE THAT AS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS AND WIN A GOLD MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY COME TO THE DECISION THAT WHOEVER DOESN'T GO TO THE GAMES WILL BE COACHING THE OTHER PERSON, SO THAT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WILL CONTINUE ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY END. APART FROM TRAINING IN THE DINGHIES, AND DIFFERENT PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, NEXT UP ` ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTRY TOMORROW WEEK. WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE GOT THE VACCINATION, AND I THINK IT'S COOL THE GOVERNMENT HAS GOT THE OLYMPIC ATHLETES GETTING VACCINATED, SO THEY CAN GET OVERSEAS AND START COMPETING. AFTER THE HEIGHTS OF THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND IN BETWEEN DINGHY OUTINGS ` JUNIOR AND MALONEY ARE BACK ON THE GRINDERS AND FOILS, FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2021 SAIL GP IN BERMUDA IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS. IT'S THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND TEAM EVER ENTERED, HEADED BY PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE. WE'RE GONNA GET THERE AND WE'RE GONNA BE FAST-TRACKED TRYING TO LEARN THE NEW SYSTEMS, AND TRY AND GET AS COMPETITIVE AS WE CAN WITHIN THE WEEK WE'VE GOT. THE NOW PROFESSIONAL SAILORS WILL BE AWAY UNTIL OCTOBER, IN NEARLY A DOZEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. A LONG WAY FROM WORSER BAY IN WELLINGTON FOR JUNIOR, AND KIRIKIRI IN THE FAR NORTH FOR MALONEY. THEY HAD REAL HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR US, AND THEY WANTED US TO DO IT AGAIN. THAT'S ME. THAT'S TEAM RACING DAYS. HE HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL, HAS HE? NAH, IF HE LETS HIS HAIR GROW OUT A LITTLE, HE'LL LOOK THE SAME. AMERICA'S CUP AND OLYMPIC VICTORY AND SAIL GP SUCCESS ` THAT WOULD BE A YOUNG SAILOR'S DREAM. ANDREW SAVILLE, 1 NEWS. WHITE FERNS BOWLER LEIGH KASPEREK HAS SNARED ALL BUT ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S WICKETS IN THE SECOND ODI MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN MT MAUNGANUI, THE AUSSIE OPENERS INFLICTING PLENTY OF DAMAGE BEFORE KASPEREK REMOVED BOTH ALYSSA HEALY, THEN DANGER-WOMAN RACHAEL HAYNES, WHO SMASHED 87. DOWN THE GROUND. IT'S HIGH UP. THEY'RE COMING IN. TWO CONVERGE. COULD BE ` YES, LAUREN DOWN TAKES THE CATCH, AND THE DANGEROUS RACHAEL HAYNES INNINGS COMES TO A CLOSE. KASPEREK FINISHING WITH 6/46, LEAVING THE FERNS TO CHASE 272 TO WIN. BUT IT WAS ANOTHER EARLY STRUGGLE WITH THE BAT. EDGED, GONE. ANOTHER ONE DOWN, SATTERTHWAITE. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE WHITE FERNS WERE 75/3 AFTER 14 OVERS. LEWIS CLAREBURT, THE RISING SWIMMER CONSTANTLY COMPARED TO DANYON LOADER, IS TURNING HEADS ONCE AGAIN. HE HAS ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS, AND HAS JUST SMASHED THE NATIONAL RECORD IN THE MEN'S 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. HE TOLD MATT MANUKIA THE STORY BEHIND IT. PA: 4:07, 4:08, 4:09 ` A NEW NEW ZEALAND RECORD. LEWIS CLAREBURT ` WITH THE WORLD'S SECOND-FASTEST TIME THIS YEAR. 4:09.87 ` BOY OH BOY. IT WAS THE BREASTSTROKE AND THE FREESTYLE WHERE YOU DROPPED THE MOST TIME. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? YEAH, I MEAN, LAST YEAR I WENT TO BUDAPEST, AND I HAD ONE OF THE BEST BREASTSTROKERS IN THE WORLD RIP ME OUT. RISKING COVID AND FORKING OUT THOUSANDS FOR QUARANTINE, HE TOOK OFF TO THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE IN HUNGARY LAST OCTOBER, WHERE HE WAS TOP THREE THROUGHOUT THE 400m MEDLEY BEFORE A TOUGH LESSON IN THE BREASTSTROKE DROPPED HIM TO FIFTH. TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THE TECHNIQUE AND THE TIMING PROPERLY, AND I TOOK IT HOME AND PRACTISED IT, AND I GUESS IT PAID OFF A LITTLE BIT. HOW BIG OF A CHANGE WAS IT FOR YOU? IT WAS ONLY A SECOND. BUT A SECOND MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE OVER THAT 400m. NOW HE HAS TAKEN MORE THAN TWO SECONDS OFF HIS OWN NATIONAL RECORD IN THE 400m IM, SET DURING HIS BRONZE-MEDAL PERFORMANCE AT THE WORLD CHAMPS TWO YEARS AGO. HE WAS THE ONLY MEDALLIST IN THAT RACE NOT FROM A DEDICATED HIGH-PERFORMANCE CENTRE. HE AND COACH GARY HOLLYWOOD HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR SWIMMING LANES AT PUBLIC POOLS IN WELLINGTON FROM THE START. HAS THAT CHANGED? NO. WE TRAIN IN A 33.3M POOL. WE HAVE THREE LANES. AND I'VE GOT 19 SWIMMERS TRAINING IN THOSE THREE LANES. AND LEWIS CLAREBURT IS ONE OF THOSE SWIMMERS. SO WE'RE AN EXAMPLE OF JUST WHAT TENACITY AND WHAT HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT CAN ACHIEVE. HOW MUCH MORE HAVE YOU GOT IN YOU? COS YOU'RE ONLY 21, RIGHT? YEAH, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE. BUT LOOK, I'VE GOT NO IDEA. COMING INTO A COMPETITION, YOU FEEL GOOD, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE GONNA RACE. AND HE'S GOTTA FEEL PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW, JUST TWO MONTHS OUT FROM TOKYO. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. SUPER RUGBY'S TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION HAS GOT THE GREEN LIGHT, WITH SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA AND ITS AUSTRALIAN EQUIVALENT SET TO BUBBLE-UP AFTER THEIR OWN FINALS IN MAY. BUT THE PROPOSED 'SUPER ROUND', WHICH WAS SET TO BE HELD ENTIRELY IN ONE CITY, HAS BEEN BINNED. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY'S CROSSING FINGERS THE SIX WEEK TOURNAMENT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, BUT KNOWS THERE'S ALWAYS THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF COVID DISRUPTIONS. THE BEAUTY OF THE COMPETITION START DATE, WHICH IS STILL OVER A MONTH AWAY, IS WE GET TO SEE THE BUBBLE OPEN. WE'LL GET TO LEARN A LOT OVER THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AND THAT WILL INFORM OUR CONTINGENCY PLANNING. THE QUARANTINE-FREE ARRANGEMENT ALSO INCREASES THE CHANCES FOR THIS YEAR'S RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE PLAYED IN BOTH COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH THOSE TALKS WITH SANZAAR ARE STILL TO TAKE PLACE. WE KNOW HOME ADVANTAGE COUNTS FOR HEAPS WHEN THERE'S A STADIUM FULL OF FANS BEHIND THEIR TEAM. BUT WHEN THAT STADIUM'S EMPTY ` DOESN'T COUNT SO MUCH, RIGHT? NOT IF THE OPENING QUARTER-FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. LIVERPOOL VS REAL MADRID, HISTORY VS DYNASTY. 19 TIMES BETWEEN THEM THEY'VE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS. 13-6 TO THE SPANIARDS, IF YOU'RE KEEPING THAT SCORE. REAL REBUILDING THEIR STADIUM, PLAYING IN THEIR TRAINING COMPLEX RIGHT NOW, A PASS WITH ARCHITECTS' PERFECTION TO VINICIUS JUNIOR. AND IT'S THE FIRST GOAL TONIGHT. STAND BY FOR ANOTHER ` KROOS LOOPED OVER A SIMILAR PASS, AND LIVERPOOL COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT. THEY REALLY COULD NOT DEAL WITH IT. 2-0 BEFORE HALF TIME. WOULD LIVERPOOL WILT OR RESIST? WHAT THEY NEEDED WAS THIS ` MO SALAH, ONSIDE. LIVERPOOL GET THE AWAY GOAL. JUST ONE BEHIND. BUT TURN YOUR BACK FOR AN INSTANT, NOW FIRST LEG 3-1 ISN'T THE TIE WON, BUT THEY LOOKED LIKE THE GENUINE MADRID. ERLING HAALAND WAS PLAYING AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY. NEXT SEASON, HE MIGHT BE PLAYING FOR THEM ` OR ANYONE WITH MONEY. WELL, HE'S BORUSSIA DORTMUND'S FOR NOW. AND ANYWAY, DO MANCHESTER CITY REALLY NEED SOMEONE ELSE? HERE WAS THE KIND OF SLICK TEAM ATTACK WHICH HAS SWEPT BY ALL OPPONENTS RECENTLY, TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD AGAINST DORTMUND. NOW, HAALAND SHOWED HIS STRENGTHS ` NOT QUITE WITH THE SHOT ` BUT IT WAS HIS PASS WHICH SEEMED TO TURN THINGS, A LATE EQUALISER, NOT QUITE LATE ENOUGH. STILL TIME FOR CITY, FOR FODEN, FOR 2-1, AND FOR THAT FEELING. FOR DECADES THE ORIGIN OF PAVLOVA'S BEEN A DISH OF DISPUTE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. AND NOW, ITS BACK STORY'S BIZARRELY EMERGED AT THIS WEEK'S MASTERS IN AUGUSTA. PHIL MICKELSON RECKONS HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THE PAVLOVA'S HISTORY ` AND IT WON'T PLEASE KIWIS. HERE HE IS, REMINISCING ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS SERVED THE DELICIOUS DESSERT AT THE 2014 CHAMPIONS DINNER. OUT COMES DESSERT ` AND IT'S PAVLOVA. IT'S MERINGUE WITH SOME FRUIT AND SO FORTH. AND YOU CAN'T GOOGLE THIS STUFF, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CELLPHONES ALLOWED, RIGHT? AND I SAID, 'OH PAVLOVA, 'THAT'S INSPIRED BY THE GREAT RUSSIAN BALLERINA, ANNA PAVLOVA, 'WHO WAS TOURING NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, AND AN AUSTRALIAN CHEF 'WAS SO INSPIRED BY HER BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT AND TUTUS, 'HE ENDED UP NAMING A DESSERT AFTER HER.' JEREMY PAYNE LOOKING AT ME LIKE, 'WHAT KIND OF STUFF ARE YOU SPEWING HERE?' YOU KNOW? AND, 'NO, NO, THIS IS TRUE', YOU KNOW. ZACH JOHNSON'S LOOKING AT ME. 'I GOT $100 SAYS THAT'S NOT RIGHT.' YOU KNOW, SO EVERYBODY'S CALLING ME OUT MY BS, AND A LOT OF TIMES I AM BS-ING, HOWEVER` (LAUGHTER) HOWEVER, MY DAUGHTER WAS A DANCER AND SHE WROTE A BIOGRAPHY ON ANNA PAVLOVA, AND I MADE 32 PAVLOVAS FOR HER CLASS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, AND I KNEW THIS. AND I ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, BEING RIGHT, WHICH IS NOT OFTEN. AND I WAS RIGHT ON THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT. I AM NOT SURE HOW RIGHT HE WAS, BECAUSE HE DID SAY AN AUSTRALIAN CHEF MADE IT UP. THAT WAS IN 1935. AND IN 1929, AND THE DAIRY FARMERS ANNUAL, HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THERE IS A RECIPE FOR A MERINGUE CAKE THANKS, SPORT. AND THEN AT 7 ` ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THE GIGGLING OUT OF THE WAY. IT'S ABOUT NUMBER TWOS. YEP. EVERYONE DOES THEM, BUT MANY OF US ARE DOING OUR DO-DO'S WRONG. WHY IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO PRIVATE. PLUS ` THE NURSES-TURNED-COVID-DETECTIVES AS THEY WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS ON CONTACT TRACING. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. HELLO. WE SQUEEZE OUT A COUPLE MORE DAYS OF THE HIGH BUILDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEN THINGS CHANGE INTO THE WEEKEND. WE CAN SEE THE SIGNS OF CHANGE THERE. IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE THE HIGH. A FEW SHOWERS COURTESY OF THE FRONT STARTING AROUND US. TOP TEMPERATURE, 24 DEGREES. THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF LOW CLOUD AROUND THIS MORNING. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO OF INVERSION CLOUD IN THE MORNING. AS YOU GET THE WOMAN FROM BELOW, WARMING FROM BELOW, YOU GET TO SEE THE CLOUD RIPPLING. THE WEATHER FOR TOMORROW, THE HIGH IS MORE OR LESS THE PLAN. THE LITTLE DOT OF THE SHOWER TO THE FAR NORTH. MOST OF US LOOKING OTHERWISE FINE AND DRY. FRIDAY IS STILL FINE, WITH THE HIGH. YOU CAN SEE THAT WORKING IN. IT IS NOT A WASHOUT FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT IT WILL BE A RAINCOAT DAY SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY, MORE OF A SHOWERY DAY. MOTHER NATURE OPENS THE TOOLBOX, FOR MORE STOCK FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. TOMORROW, A DECENT LOOKING DAY. WANTED TO SHOWERS OVERNIGHT FROM AUCKLAND AND THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHLAND. THE ODD ISOLATED SHOWER. DON'T EXPECT MUCH FOR THE RAIN BUCKET. THE ODD ISOLATED SHOWER, MOST GETTING TO 22 FOR THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING PRETTY SIMILAR AS YOU TRACK FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. EARLY CLOUD THEN FINE. GETTING UP TO ABOUT 20 OR 23. HAMILTON, MAY BE SOME LOW CLOUD. THE CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. FOR MOST, FINE AND 23. SIMILAR FOR TAURANGA. A BIT OF EARLY CLOUD. 22 IS WHERE YOU FINISH. TRACKING FURTHER EAST, WE HAVE HAD THE ONSHORE FLOW THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. GISBORNE, MAYBE NAPIER, THE ODD SPOT OF RAIN. FOR MOST, JUST THE ODD SCATTERED CLOUD. FIND IN NEW PLYMOUTH, DOWN TO LEVIN. WELLINGTON LOOKING DECENT FOR THE DAY. 19 IS WHERE WE FINISH, SOME CLOUD BY THE END OF THE DAY. THE SOUTH ISLAND, GOOD SHAPE FOR THE MOST PART. BY THE AFTERNOON, BLENHEIM, 23. HEADS UP AGAIN FOR LOW CLOUD, MAYBE FOG FOR CHRISTCHURCH. DRIER, BRIGHTER FOR THE COURSE OF THE DAY. SOUTH AND WEST, SIMILAR THING. SOME EARLY LOW CLOUD, WEST COAST. MAY BE SOME DRIZZLE AND ONE OR TWO SPOTS. QUEENSTOWN, EARLY CLOUD. 19 IS WHERE YOU FINISH. THE REST OF THE SOUTHLAND, FINE SHAPE. STILL SOME SHOWERS WITH THAT FLOW. INVERCARGILL, DECENT DAY. FOR DUNEDIN EARLY CLOUD.