TONIGHT ` THE CALL TO DOUBLE BUBBLE, AND EXPAND QUARANTINE FREE-TRAVEL TO OTHER PLACES AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TRAVELLERS SNAP UP TICKETS TO AUSTRALIA. IS OUR COVID JAB PROGRAMME BEHIND SCHEDULE ALREADY? THE TARGET FOR RAMPING UP VACCINATIONS. AND DRAMA ON THE HIGH SEAS ` WHAT SPARKED THIS EXTREME RESCUE MISSION OF A DOZEN CREW FROM A STRICKEN CARGO SHIP? CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THERE ARE GROWING CALLS FOR A 'DOUBLE BUBBLE' WITH THE COOK ISLANDS, JUST A DAY AFTER TWO-WAY TRAVEL BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO START ON APRIL 19. TOURIST DESTINATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ALREADY PREPARING TO WELCOME AUSSIES, WITH BOOKINGS FOR FLIGHTS FILLING UP FAST, AFTER A RECORD SALES DAY FOR OUR NATIONAL CARRIER. HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN, LIVE FROM THE BEEHIVE IN WELLINGTON. TAKING TO THE AUSSIE AIRWAVES TODAY TO SAY, 'COME ON OVER.' WE, I CAN HAND ON HEART SAY, HAVE HONESTLY MISSED YOU. YEAH. OH, WELL, THAT'S NICE. GOOD LUCK WITH THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS WHO'VE HAD NOWHERE TO GO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS COMING ACROSS THE DITCH TODAY TOO. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HERE'S ONE THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. # HER LOVE SHINES OVER MY HORIZON. SHE'S A SLICE OF HEAVEN. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE OF ME SINGING ALONG TO THIS TRACK RIGHT NOW. (LAUGHS) AND WITH THAT APRIL 19 DATE NOW ON THE HORIZON, TOURIST HOT SPOTS LIKE THE WAIRARAPA ARE GETTING READY FOR OUR TRANS-TASMAN NEIGHBOURS. THEY'RE PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL GUESTS, AS FAR AS NUMBERS GO. AND CERTAIN DAYS, MIDWEEK ESPECIALLY, THE WHOLE PLACE CAN BE FULL OF AUSSIES. THE REGION'S SEEN AN INCREASE IN SPENDING FROM KIWIS SINCE THE BORDERS SHUT. AND NOW THERE'S EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF AUSTRALIAN ARRIVALS. YOU THINK, WOW, SUCCESS. AND NOW COMING BACK, OUR FAVOURITE AND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL MARKET. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS AND AUSSIES HAVE ALREADY SECURED FLIGHTS ACROSS THE TASMAN, AN AIR NEW ZEALAND SALES RECORD, WITH APRIL SHAPING UP TO BE ITS BUSIEST MONTH YET, AND MAY COMING IN AT A CLOSE SECOND. THE INSURANCE COUNCIL IS URGING ANYONE HEADING ACROSS THE DITCH TO GET COVERED, BUT HAS A WARNING IF THERE'S BUBBLE TROUBLE. ANY DECISION THAT A STATE, FEDERAL OR EVEN THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT MIGHT MAKE THAT SAYS, 'HEY, YOU'RE IN LOCKDOWN,' THEN THAT WILL NOT BE COVERED. MEANWHILE, PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE COOK ISLANDS, BUSINESS LEADERS THERE KEEN FOR TWO-WAY TRAVEL TO THE PACIFIC. LAST WEEK, COOK ISLANDS PRIME MINISTER MARK BROWN SAID HE HAD GIVEN A START DATE OF MAY THE 1ST. BUT OUR PRIME MINISTER SAYS THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO. THE ABILITY TO DO PCR TESTING WITHIN THE COOKS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT GOOD CONTACT TRACING SYSTEMS IN PLACE, QUARANTINE FACILITIES. SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE THINK BOTH SIDES WILL BE LOOKING FOR. THE NATIONAL CARRIER ALREADY SETTING ITS SIGHTS EVEN FURTHER AFIELD. IN TERMS OF WHERE TO NEXT? SINGAPORE, WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. THE COUNTDOWN NOW ON FOR OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL BUBBLE IN 12 DAYS' TIME. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. A PACIFIC BUBBLE WOULD ALLOW MUCH-NEEDED LABOUR TO ENTER NEW ZEALAND, 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. THE COVID VACCINE ROLL-OUT IS ABOUT TO BE TURBOCHARGED, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS PROMISING THOUSANDS OF JABS A DAY. BUT THERE IS SKEPTICISM 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 NEW ZEALAND ADMINISTERED ONLY 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 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 HAVE 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. 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. AN EMERGENCY IS UNFOLDING OFF NORWAY'S COAST TONIGHT WITH A DUTCH CARGO SHIP ABOUT TO CAPSIZE, SPARKING FEARS OF AN OIL SPILL. RESCUERS SCRAMBLED TO SAVE THE CREW, HAULING SOME WORKERS FROM WAVES 10m HIGH. CHANNEL NINE'S CARRIE ANNE GREENBANK HAS THE STORY. THE DUTCH CARGO SHIP, ABANDONED BY ITS CREW, ADRIFT IN HIGH SEAS AND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO CAPSIZING. NORWEGIAN RESCUERS HAD PULLED OFF A REMARKABLE OPERATION JUST HOURS EARLIER, AIRLIFTING EIGHT CREW MEMBERS FROM THE TOSSING AND TURNING SHIP'S DECK, AND FOUR OTHERS FROM THE MONSTROUS SEAS, THE WORKERS FORCED TO JUMP CLEAR OF THE SHIP AS ITS MAIN ENGINE CUT, FLUNG ABOUT IN 10m-HIGH WAVES BEFORE BEING PLUCKED FROM THE OCEAN ONE BY ONE. AUTHORITIES FEAR THE EEMSLIFT HENDRIKA WILL SPILL ITS 400 TONS OF HEAVY OIL AND DIESEL INTO THE NORTH SEA, OR RUN AGROUND ON NORWAY'S COASTLINE. ONE OF THE BOATS ON BOARD THE SHIP HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERBOARD. SALVAGE CREWS ON THEIR WAY TO RIGHT THE VESSEL, THE SAME OPERATORS WHO STEERED THE EVERGIVEN TO SAFETY IN THE SUEZ CANAL. THE RESCUE MISSION A SUCCESS, THE RECOVERY OPERATION ONGOING. STILL TO COME, WE SCAN IN AND DONT GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT, BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A CONTACT TRACER? PLUS, WAS A NEW KIWI RECORD ENOUGH TO PRISE THE ROSE BOWL FROM AUSSIE HANDS? WITH THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE ABOUT TO OPEN, STAYING AHEAD OF THE VIRUS BY USING THE COVID TRACER APP IS EVEN MORE CRUCIAL. THE APP HOLDS VITAL CLUES IF WE HAVE TO ACTIVATE OUR CONTACT-TRACING TEAM. BUT WHO ARE THESE CONTACT TRACERS? AND WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO? HERE'S SEVEN'S SHARP'S CAROLYN ROBINSON. CONTACT TRACING. CONTACT TRACING. CONTACT TRACING. IT'S A JOB MOST OF US HAD NEVER HEARD OF A YEAR AGO. BUT BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, CONTACT TRACING WAS SOMETHING JUSTINE WAS DOING ALREADY. I WAS LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE AT HOME IN THE COMMUNITY WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SO TUBERCULOSIS OR MENINGOCOCCAL OR HEPATITIS. SO THOSE KIND OF ILLNESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. LOI WAS NURSING IN THE ACUTE WARD AT WAITAKERE HOSPITAL. I ACTUALLY HAD PLANS TO BECOME A FLIGHT ATTENDANT. WELL, THAT OBVIOUSLY WENT OUT THE WINDOW. NOW THEY'RE BOTH PART OF THE CONTACT TRACING TEAM ` A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF TURBULENCE. THIS IS LOI CALLING FROM AUCKLAND REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES. WE'RE JUST CALLING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR TEST RESULT. WE FOUND THAT YOU NEED TO BE QUITE STRAIGHT WITH PEOPLE. THERE'S NO POINT, SORT OF, DRAWING IT OUT. IT IS, I CAN IMAGINE, QUITE A SHOCK. DO YOU NEED TO STEP OUTSIDE FOR SOME FRESH AIR? GRAB A DRINK OF WATER? AS WELL AS THE HEALTH QUESTIONS,... HAVE YOU HAD A FEVER? SHORTNESS OF BREATH? ...THEY HAVE TO QUICKLY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE A POSITIVE CASE HAS BEEN. WE REALLY WANT TO ALMOST UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DID HOUR BY HOUR. THEIR BIGGEST CLUES COME VIA THE COVID TRACER APP. DO YOU USE YOUR COVID TRACER APP, AND DO YOU HAVE THE BLUETOOTH FUNCTION TURNED ON? BUT THEY CAN'T ACCESS IT WITHOUT CONSENT. CLICK 'SHARE MY DIARY', AND WE'RE GONNA FLICK YOU A CODE, AND YOU ENTER THAT IN. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCANNING, IT'S A HUGE HEAD START. IT CAN BE REALLY HARD. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SUCH BUSY LIVES. IF YOU TRY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE DOING TWO WEEKS AGO, HOUR BY HOUR, YOU KNOW, IT CAN SOMETIMES BE REALLY DIFFICULT. DID YOU HAVE ANY VISITORS? YOU COULD HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR EMAILS. DID YOU POST ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA? THE CONTACT TRACERS THAT WE'VE GOT ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE ACHIEVED WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED IN NEW ZEALAND WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK. I HAVE HAD SOME LATER NIGHTS, AND THAT HAS CERTAINLY IMPACTED ON MY CHILDREN. THEY ARE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT I'M DOING AND THE BIT THAT I'M ADDING, AND THEY SAY TO ME THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BIT. IT'S A HUGE PRIVILEGE. WE'RE HERE TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO SUPPORT YOU AND CARE FOR YOU. IT'S A JOB EVERYONE HOPES WON'T BE NEEDED LONG-TERM. SO THEN WHAT? MAYBE JOIN THE FBI. (LAUGHS) I'M GONNA FIND ANOTHER VIRUS TO FIGHT. MAYBE IN I.T. MAYBE. (LAUGHS) WE CAN SEE THAT YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH SCANNED EVERYWHERE YOU'VE GONE, SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, AND IT'S MADE OUR JOB SO MUCH EASIER. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE SUFFERED A HEAVY DEFEAT IN GAME TWO OF THEIR ODI SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA, THE VISITORS POSTED A COMMANDING TOTAL WHICH PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THE KIWIS TO CHASE DOWN. ZION DAYAL HAS THE ACTION. AFTER WINNING THE TOSS AND CHOOSING TO BOWL, THE AUSSIE OPENERS MAY HAVE HAD THE KIWIS SECOND-GUESSING THEIR DECISION. OH, THAT'S A QUALITY SHOT. AUSTRALIA'S OPENERS ALYSSA HEALY AND RACHAEL HAYNES PUTTING THEIR FOOT DOWN FROM THE GET-GO. BOWLING IN TANDEM WITH AMELIA KERR. COMING DOWN TO THIS ONE. AND A BIG HOICK, TOO. AND IT WILL GO OVER THE TOP FOR FOUR. LEIGH KASPEREK FINDING A MUCH-NEEDED BREAKTHROUGH IN THE 18TH OVER. AND IT COULD BE A CATCH. WILL BE A CATCH! BUT AUSTRALIA'S TOP ORDER CONTINUED TO FRUSTRATE THE KIWIS. THAT'S A GOOD SHOT. THE KIWIS GETTING CLOSE TO DISMISSING THE PAIR NUMEROUS TIMES. HERE'S A CHANCE. HAD TO BE A GOOD THROW. BEFORE MEG LANNING FINALLY CRACKED, ONE RUN SHY OF HER HALF-CENTURY. HERE'S A CHANCE NOW. TAKEN. AND NOT LONG AFTER KASPEREK DISMISSED HAYNES FOR 89 RUNS, SHE FINISHED THE INNINGS WITH 6 WICKETS FOR 44 RUNS ` THE BEST BOWLING FIGURES BY A WHITE FERN AGAINST AUSTRALIA. THAT'S AERIAL. THERE'S SOMEONE UNDERNEATH IT. WHAT A CATCH! THE FERNS CHASING 271 RUNS TO WIN. AND THIS WASN'T THE START THEY NEEDED. EDGED. GONE. LAUREN DOWN DISMISSED IN THE FIRST OVER. AND SHORTLY AFTER, AMY SATTERTHWAITE WAS GONE TOO. AMELIA KERR GAVE THE KIWIS SOME HOPE, TOP-SCORING WITH 47 RUNS, BUT THREW HER WICKET AWAY SOFTLY. IN THE AIR. NEW ZEALAND'S MIDDLE ORDER STAGED A SMALL COMEBACK, BUT IN THE END SOME IMPRESSIVE WORK IN THE FIELD DENIED NEW ZEALAND ANY CHANCE OF AN UPSET. HANNAH ROWE IS WELL OUT OF HER GROUND. AUSTRALIA, THE WORLD NUMBER ONES, WINNING BY 71 RUNS AND RETAINING THE ROSE BOWL. I THOUGHT OUR BOWLERS WERE OUTSTANDING TODAY. THE WICKET WAS PRETTY GOOD, TO BE HONEST, SO TO HOLD THEM TO AROUND 200 WAS A GREAT EFFORT. NO ONE LIKES TO BE THIS POSITION, BUT WE'VE GOTTA REMEMBER WE'RE PLAYING A REALLY QUALITY AUSTRALIAN SIDE. THE LAST GAME OF THE SERIES IS ON SATURDAY IN MT MAUNGANUI, WHERE THE FERNS WILL BE HOPING TO END THEIR SUMMER OF CRICKET ON A WINNING NOTE. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER AND THE ODD SHOWER ABOUT, BUT MOSTLY FINE STILL. AND 'NEIL DIAMOND: THE MUSICAL' TAKES SHAPE. WILL IT BE A BEAUTIFUL NOISE? CROWD SINGS: # BA, BA, BA! # ...TO BELIEVE THEY NEVER WOULD, # BUT... NOW... I... A NEW MUSICAL ON THE LIFE OF NEIL DIAMOND IS IN THE WINGS AND AIMING FOR BROADWAY. # SWEET CAROLINE... CROWD: # BA, BA, BA! # GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD. CALLED 'A BEAUTIFUL NOISE' THE MUSICAL WILL LAUNCH IN BOSTON NEXT YEAR, WITH PLANS TO THEN HIT NEW YORK. AND THERE'S A KIWI CONNECTION ` THE OSCAR-NOMINATED WRITER ANTHONY MCCARTEN WILL BE WRITING THE BOOK OF THE MUSICAL. MCCARTEN SAYS HE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY, SAYING A PHOTO OF DIAMOND LIVES ON THE MANTLE PIECE IN HIS HOME BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. NOW TO TOMORROWS WEATHER, WITH NEIL DIAMOND AND 'GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON'. # GIRL,... # YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON. # LOVE YOU SO MUCH, CAN'T COUNT ALL THE WAYS, # I'D DIE FOR YOU GIRL, AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS, # 'HE'S NOT YOUR KIND.' # THEY NEVER GET TIRED OF PUTTING ME DOWN # AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN I COME AROUND # WHAT I'M GONNA FIND. # DON'T LET THEM MAKE UP YOUR MIND. # DON'T YOU KNOW, GIRL... # YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON # PLEASE # COME TAKE MY HAND # GIRL # YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON. # SOON... THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021