TONIGHT ` AN EXCLUSIVE ON ONE NEWS. WE CAN REVEAL THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO BAN THE EXPORT OF LIVE ANIMALS DESPITE WARNINGS IT COULD HARM A VITAL TRADE RELATIONSHIP. PLUS TIGHTENING OUR COUNTER TERRORISM LAWS. HOW PROPOSED CHANGES COULD HELP CATCH OFFENDERS WHO PREVIOUSLY FLEW UNDER THE RADAR. FIERY PROTESTS IN AMERICA AFTER A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP TURNS DEADLY. I JUST SHOT HIM! A BLACK MAN IS SHOT BY POLICE ` THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE THAT'S FUELLING A SECOND NIGHT OF PROTESTS. CAPTIONS BY KRISTIN WILLIAMS, PHOEBE UPTON, AND STEFFI DRYDEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE MANY HAVE LABELLED ANIMAL CRUELTY, BUT NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S ABOUT TO END THE LIVE EXPORT TRADE. IT COMES AMID A MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION BY TVNZ'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME INTO THE CONDITIONS ENDURED BY CATTLE AT SEA. SUNDAY REPORTER REBECCA WRIGHT JOINS US WITH THE DETAILS SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, HER EXCLUSIVE REPORT. OVER 4000 NEW ZEALAND CATTLE BOARDING A SHIP IN NAPIER ABOUT TO SPEND 17 DAYS AT SEA. THEY'RE ON THE WAY TO CHINA RIGHT NOW FOR BREEDING AS THE GOVERNMENT GETS SET TO BAN LIVE EXPORTS FROM THIS COUNTRY. IT'S A TRADE WHOSE TIME HAS COME, IT'S A TRADE WE SHOULD'VE GOT OUT OF YEARS AGO. THE INDUSTRY WAS THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE GULF LIVESTOCK CAPSIZED LAST SEPTEMBER IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. 41 CREW, INCLUDING TWO NEW ZEALANDERS ON BOARD, DIED, ALONGSIDE NEARLY 6000 CATTLE. FOLLOWING THAT, OUR GOVERNMENT TEMPORARILY BANNED EXPORTS OF LIVE CATTLE, BUT ALLOWED THEM TO RESUME LATE LAST YEAR WITH PROMISES OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESS. WE HAVE A VETERINARIAN ON BOARD. WE HAVE ANOTHER FIVE STOCK. PEOPLE FOR THESE ANIMALS WILL BE LOOKED AFTER, FEED APPROPRIATELY, AND WILL ARRIVE IN THEIR DESTINATION IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS WE CAN EXPECT. NOW THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR MINDS AGAIN, WITH PLANS TO SCRAP THE TRADE COMPLETELY. EXPORTER DAVE HAYMAN HAS BEEN SENDING LIVE CATTLE OVERSEAS FOR 20 YEARS AND HAS BEEN LOBBYING INTENSIVELY TO CONTINUE. EXPORT GIVES THE ANIMALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY WELL CARED FOR ENVIRONMENT. HE SAYS IT FULFILS A VALUABLE ROLE FOR THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. THAT FARMERS DO HAVE SURPLUS ANIMALS TO SELL, AND IF WE DON'T EXPORT THEM, THEN THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT THOSE ANIMALS WILL BE CULLED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO OUR FARMERS NOT TO HAVE THAT OPTION. BUT OPPONENTS SAY THERE ARE BIG QUESTION MARKS OVER THE WELFARE OF THESE ANIMALS DURING THE JOURNEY BY SEA AND ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN CHINA. WE TAKE ANIMALS FROM AN ENVIRONMENT IN NEW ZEALAND WHERE THEY HAVE A REASONABLY GOOD LIFE, AND SEND THEM TO PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE A PRETTY LOUSY LIFE. AND IN THE PROCESS, WE SUBJECT THEM TO A JOURNEY WHICH GETS INCREASINGLY STRESSFUL. LAST YEAR, NEARLY 110,000 CATTLE WERE EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND ` ALL TO CHINA. THAT'S A NEARLY THREE-FOLD INCREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. IN 2019, THE VALUE OF LIVESTOCK EXPORTS WAS $54m. THAT'S JUST 0.1% OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRIMARY PRODUCT EXPORTS. SINCE THE TRAGEDY, PROTESTS HAVE BEEN HELD AROUND PORTS FROM TARANAKI TO TIMARU. 1 NEWS/SUNDAY UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT WILL FINALLY MOVE TO BAN THE PRACTICE THIS WEEK, BUT WITH A WIND-DOWN PERIOD. FOR THOSE TWO YEARS, ANIMALS WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER. BOTH IN THE JOURNEY AND AT THE DESTINATION. BUT THIS EXPORTER IS SENDING A DIRE WARNING ABOUT WHAT THIS ALL COULD MEAN FOR OUR VITAL TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. THE GRAVE RISK IS THAT CHINA IS UNHAPPY, AND THEREFORE, THEY COULD CHANGE THE RULES AROUND THE SUPPLY OF MEAT AND DAIRY AND OTHER PRODUCTS. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SET TO END IN A MOVE THAT, FOR MANY, CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS. REBECCA JOINS US NOW FROM WELLINGTON. SO HOW WILL THIS BAN ROLL OUT, REBECCA? THIS IS THE BIG PLOT TWIST BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WIND DOWN. WE MENTIONED IN OUR STORY COULD BE SIGNIFICANT, IT COULD BE UP TO 2 YEARS. IT IS PROBABLY TO TRY AND COMPENSATE THE EXPORTERS WHO ARE ALREADY INVESTED IN THIS BUSINESS AND TRY TO SOFTEN THE BLOW I SUPPOSE AS WELL TO CHINA. BUT AS HE SAID IN THE STORY, IF THE GOVERNMENT IS MOVING TO BAN THE LIVE EXPORT INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER ANIMAL WELFARE, WHAT ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE POTENTIALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS WHO MAY BE SHIPPED TO CHINA IN THAT TWO YEARS? STAY RIGHT THERE, REBECCA. NEW ZEALAND'S HAD AN ON-AGAIN/OFF-AGAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH LIVE EXPORTS OVER THE DECADES. LIVESTOCK WERE FIRST SENT OVERSEAS IN THE 1860S. JUST OVER A CENTURY LATER, CONCERNS OVER ANIMAL WELFARE LED THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY TO STOP SHEEP EXPORTS. SHIPMENTS STARTED AGAIN IN 1985, AND BY THE '90S, BUSINESS WAS BOOMING ` THE INDUSTRY WORTH MORE THAN $100m A YEAR. IN 2003, THOUSANDS OF SHEEP DIED ONBOARD AN AUSTRALIAN SHIP AFTER BEING REJECTED BY SAUDI ARABIA. THAT LED TO THE END OF SHEEP EXPORTS FOR SLAUGHTER; THE GOVERNMENT EXTENDING THE BAN IN 2007 TO INCLUDE CATTLE. SINCE THEN, LIVESTOCK HAS ONLY LEFT OUR SHORES FOR BREEDING. THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME HAS A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIVE CATTLE EXPORT TRADE TO CHINA WHICH WILL SCREEN THIS WEEKEND HERE ON TVNZ 1. SO, REBECCA, WHAT EFFECT COULD THIS HAVE ON OUR VITAL TRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA? THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST DELICATE THING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO BALANCE YOU. IT WOULD NOT WANT TO PROVOKE A BACKLASH FROM BEIJING. REMEMBER, CHINA IS OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER. IT TAKES A LOT OF OUR RED MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO OFFEND THE CHINESE BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY CAN BE AND THAT WITH THIS IN THAT SITUATION. WE UNDERSTAND THEIR SITUATION HAS ALREADY BEEN FORESHADOWED BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THAT THEY WERE GIVEN A HEADS UP VIA LETTER THAT WAS DELIVERED ON 31 MARCH TO THE EMBASSY HERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY REACTION FROM CHINA. THE ONLY THING THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON ALL OF THIS TOMORROW. THANKS, REBECCA WRIGHT. AND THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME HAS A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIVE CATTLE EXPORT TRADE TO CHINA, WHICH WILL SCREEN THIS WEEKEND HERE ON TVNZ 1. IN OTHER NEWS ` A MOVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS HAS BEEN MADE TWO YEARS ON FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACK. PROPOSED CHANGES INCLUDE CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF A 'TERRORIST ACT' AND CREATING A NEW OFFENCE FOR ANYONE PLANNING OR PREPARING A TERRORIST ACT. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TO CARRY OUT TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO BE A CRIME UNDER THE NEW BILL, ALTHOUGH SOME SAY IT'S TAKEN TOO LONG. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY HAS MORE. THE ATTACK ON MARCH 15 2019 HIGHLIGHTED BIG HOLES IN OUR TERRORISM LAWS. THOSE AT THE CENTRE OF IT SAY IT'S TAKEN TOO LONG TO PLUG THOSE GAPS. THAT WAS THE FIRST AND BIGGEST TERRORIST ATTACK IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY, AND 2 YEARS AFTER, THIS PROPOSAL IS RELEASED TODAY, AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY SLOW. THE CHANGES INCLUDE CRIMINALISING PEOPLE FOR GOING OVERSEAS TO CARRY OUT A TERRORIST ACT. THE DEFINITION WILL NOW INCLUDE 'INDUCING FEAR', AND RULES FUNDING A TERROR GROUP WILL NOW BE STRENGTHENED. BUT IMPORTANTLY MAKING SURE THOSE WHO ARE PREPARING OR TRAINING OR GETTING WEAPONS FOR TERRORISM ACTS HERE IN NEW ZEALAND CAN BE PROSECUTED FOR THAT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THIS WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED THE CHRISTCHURCH GUNMAN. NO, SADLY THERE IS NO SUGGESTION THAT HAD THE LEGISLATION OR THE TERRORISM SUPPRESSION ACT BEEN ANY DIFFERENT THAT IT WOULD HAVE NECESSARILY LED TO A DIFFERENT SITUATION. I THINK WHAT THEY DO GIVE AUTHORITIES NOW IS MORE TOOLS. WE'VE HAD A MINISTER WHO, THE FIRST THING HE SAYS IS 'WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN RESPONSE TO MARCH 15', AND THE SECOND THING HE SAYS IS 'THIS WOULDN'T HAVE PREVENTED MARCH 15', AND I FIND THAT ASTONISHING. BUT OTHERS SAY IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT BIG TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS ANY MORE. TERRORISM IS CHANGING, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTOR, PRIMARILY NOW BEING THE EXTREME RIGHT, BUT IT'S ALSO IN TERMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTEMPT AND BEING ABLE TO MONITOR PEOPLE IN THE LONGER TERM WHO MAY BE PUT INTO INCARCERATION BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO. WHEN THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MARCH 15 REPORTED BACK IN DECEMBER IT MADE 44 RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN IMPLEMENTING JUST ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. IF THEY DO IT AT THIS SPEED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TENS OF YEARS. AND IT'S GONNA BE A VERY SLOW PROCESS. IT'S A DAY THAT'S STILL HAVING REPERCUSSIONS 2 YEARS ON. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. 'COME AND GET TESTED'` THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE TESTING STATION SET UP TO RESPOND TO OUR LATEST BORDER-RELATED COVID CASES. ITS STAFF ARE URGING MORE PEOPLE TO COME ALONG FOR A SWAB AFTER A SLOW START IN AUCKLAND'S MOUNT ROSKILL. LAURA JAMES HAS THE LATEST. IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT OFFICIALS WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS. I D LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE COME OUT AND MAKE AN ATTEMPT. IN THE HOUR AFTER OPENING, NO MORE THAN FOUR CARS WERE IN THE QUEUE AT THIS MOUNT ROSKILL SITE AT ANY ONE TIME. IF ANYONE HAS ANY SYMPTOMS OF ANY KIND ` FLU SEASON IS COMING AS WELL ` COME DOWN AND GET TESTED JUST TO BE SAFE; SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SAFE FOR YOUR FAMILY. THESE PEOPLE DOING JUST THAT. I'VE JUST HAD A FEW OF THE SYMPTOMS, AND SEEING AS WE LIVE IN ROSKILL, WE'RE TRYNA BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS. GET RID OF THAT LITTLE NIGGLE ` 'WHAT IF?' I'VE JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD. THERE ARE FIVE LOCATIONS OF INTEREST IN THIS SUBURB, VISITED BY ONE OF THE TWO SECURITY GUARDS AT THE GRAND MILLENIUM WHO'VE TESTED POSITIVE. THIS DAIRY AMONG THEM. YESTERDAY WAS VERY, VERY QUIET. THE NEWS WAS OUT AND ABOUT. MY SHOP NAME WAS THERE ON THE PAPER AND THE TELLY. THAT MUST HAVE SCARED MANY PEOPLE OFF. HE'S FRUSTRATED IT TOOK DAYS TO TRACK THE MOVEMENTS OF THE FIRST CASE. THE WORKER'S BUS ROUTE ONLY REVEALED YESTERDAY. IT IS A BIT WORRYING, COS THE LAST THING ANYONE WANTS IN AUCKLAND IS TO HAVE ANOTHER LOCKDOWN. ALSO SHOCKED OVER 500 BORDER WORKERS ARE STILL YET TO BE VACCINATED. WE JUST ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE GOT AT LEAST ONE JAB BY NOW! MOUNT ROSKILL LOCALS NOT TOO WORRIED. IT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION. I THINK THE OVERALL IMPRESSION... PEOPLE THINK IT IS UNDER CONTROL. I'M HOPING PEOPLE STILL ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION IN NEW ZEALAND, AND IT'D BE A SHAME FOR PEOPLE TO GET LAX, AND THE OUTBREAK TO REALLY TAKE OFF. THERE'RE NO NEW COMMUNITY CASES TODAY. AND OF THE 23 CONTACTS LINKED TO THE INFECTED BORDER WORKERS, NEGATIVE RESULTS ARE IN FOR ALL BUT TWO. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. PROTESTS OVER THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN ENTERED A SECOND NIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS. ANGER FLARING AFTER AN OFFICER WITH 26 YEARS' EXPERIENCE SHOT DAUNTE WRIGHT (20) WITH HER GUN INSTEAD OF HER TASER. THE SCENE OF WHAT POLICE SAY WAS AN ACCIDENT IS A SHORT DRIVE FROM THE TRIAL OF A FORMER OFFICER OVER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS WITH THIS. WHAT STARTED OFF AS A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP QUICKLY TURNED INTO ANOTHER REGULAR EVENT IN AMERICAN POLICING. THE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN. DUANTE WRIGHT (20) KILLED BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ` SPARKING A NIGHT OF PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE. (BOOM!) (PERSON COUGHS) THEY'RE OUT HERE TEAR GASSING US NOW. POLICE ARE CLAIMING THE OFFICER, DESCRIBED AS SENIOR, MEANT TO DRAW HIS TASER BUT PULLED HER GUN BY MISTAKE. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE OFFICER HAD THE INTENTION TO DEPLOY THEIR TASER BUT INSTEAD SHOT MR WRIGHT WITH A SINGLE BULLET. THIS APPEARS TO ME, FROM WHAT I'VE VIEWED AND THE OFFICER'S REACTION AND DISTRESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE THAT RESULTED IN THE TRAGIC DEATH OF MR WRIGHT. WITHIN HOURS OF THE SHOOTING, THE CROWDS TURNED TO CHAOS AS POLICE ARRIVED WITH TEAR GAS AND FLASH BANGS. IT WAS A TOTALLY PEACEFUL PROTEST. THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE, AND THEY STARTED TEAR GASSING US. THE NATIONAL GUARD CALLED IN AND A CURFEW PLACED OVER THE CITY. TENSIONS HERE WERE ALREADY HIGH ACROSS TOWN AS THE COURTHOUSE WHERE FORMER POLICEMAN DEREK CHAUVIN'S BEING TRIED FOR THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. ALL: NO JUSTICE! NO PEACE! AMERICANS TOOK TO THE STREETS IN DISBELIEF TODAY, UNCONVINCED BY A NARRATIVE THEY'VE HEARD BEFORE. FOR DUANTE WRIGHT'S MOTHER, IT'S ALL TOO MUCH. I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY OUT HERE CHANTING AND SCREAMING AND YELLING. I JUST WANT HIM HOME. (WEEPS) THE OFFICER HAS BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE. THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING FOR CALM WHILE AN INVESTIGATION IS CARRIED OUT. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE ANGER, PAIN, AND TRAUMA THAT EXISTS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THAT ENVIRONMENT IS REAL. IT'S SERIOUS, AND IT'S CONSEQUENTIAL. BUT IT WILL NOT JUSTIFY VIOLENCE AND/OR LOOTING. BUT FOR THOSE HEADING INTO A SECOND NIGHT OF PROTEST, HIS PLEA WILL FALL ON DEAF EARS FOR MANY ARE ASKING HOW POLICE, SUPPOSEDLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, COULD GET THE TWO WEAPONS MIXED UP AND WHETHER ANY OFFICER WHO DOES SHOULD BE SERVING ON THE FORCE. ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. POLICE ARE HOPING A $100,000 REWARD WILL HELP FIND NEW INFORMATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TODDLER AMBER LEE CRUICKSHANK NEARLY 29 YEARS AGO. THE TWO-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN ON THE SHORES OF LAKE WAKATIPU, NEAR KINGSTON, SOUTH OF QUEENSTOWN IN OCTOBER 1992. SHE WAS WITH HER FAMILY AT A HOUSE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS BEFORE SHE WENT MISSING. POLICE BELIEVE FOUL PLAY MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND SAY AFTER NEARLY THREE DECADES THE FAMILY WANT ANSWERS. WE'VE HAD CONTINUING CONTACT WITH NICKI CRUICKSHANK OVER THE YEARS. SHE'S DELIGHTED IN REGARDS TO THE REWARD. SHE HOPES THAT THIS PROGRESS THE CASE FURTHER SO THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY CAN GET SOME ANSWERS AND SOME CLOSURE AROUND WHAT HAPPENED TO AMBER-LEE THAT DAY. THE CASH REWARD WILL BE ON OFFER FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. AMBER LEE WOULD HAVE TURNED 31 NEXT MONTH. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ISN'T TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENTS FORCED TO LEARN FROM HOME NEXT TERM AT ONE OF WELLINGTON'S LARGEST SCHOOLS. AN ENTIRE BLOCK AT HUTT VALLEY HIGH'S BEEN CLOSED AND DEEMED UNSAFE DUE TO BLACK MOULD AND LEAKS. YEAR 12 AND YEAR 13 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE LESSONS REMOTELY TWICE A WEEK FROM NEXT TERM TO EASE SPACE CONSTRAINTS. THE MINISTER SAYS IT'S THE SCHOOL'S FAULT FOR NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE SOONER, BUT THE ACTING PRINCIPAL CLAIMS THEY ASKED FOR HELP AND WERE IGNORED. IT'S JUST REALLY SAD THAT THEY DISMISSED OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS AS BEING NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH. OUR JOB SHOULD NOT BE 80% PROPERTY. WE SHOULD HAVE SAFE, WARM, HEALTHY BUILDINGS FOR THE STATE EDUCATED STUDENTS OF NEW ZEALAND. MINISTRY OFFICIALS MET WITH THE SCHOOL TODAY, AND 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS PLANS TO GET TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS ON SITE ARE BEING FAST TRACKED. TRACES OF A DANGEROUS CHEMICAL HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN GROUNDWATER NEAR A MOUNT MAUNGANUI MARAE THAT'S BEEN FIGHTING POLLUTION PROBLEMS FOR DECADES. WHAREROA IS HOME TO NEARLY A HUNDRED RESIDENTS AND SITS NEXT DOOR TO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. AS SAM KELWAY EXPLAINS, THE LOCAL COUNCIL'S TRYING TO WORK OUT THE EXTENT OF THE CONTAMINATION. JOEL'S WHANAU HAVE LEFT THEIR HOME AT WHAREROA MARAE BECAUSE, HE SAYS, THE CHILDREN WERE STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. HEARTBREAKING. DEVASTATING FOR OUR WHANAU. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD TO FOCUS ON THE HEALTH OF OUR KIDS. THOSE LIVING HERE HAVE LONG CLAIMED AIR POLLUTION COMING FROM THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE NEXT DOOR IS DANGEROUS, AND THIS WEEK ANOTHER BLOW ` POSSIBLE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION. THE REPORTS TO US FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IS THAT IT'S REALLY UNSAFE FOR HUMAN HEALTH. HE'S TALKING ABOUT TRACES OF POLYFLUOROALKYL OR PFAS ` A COMPOUND FOUND IN MANY HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS AND DANGEROUS IN HIGH DOSES. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY A NEARBY BUSINESS WHICH DID SOME STANDARD TESTING AFTER APPLYING FOR RESOURCE CONSENT TO DEVELOP ITS SITE. LAWTER NZ DECLINED OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW. IT SAYS LOW LEVELS OF PFAS WAS FOUND, AND IT ALERTED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY. IT SAYS IT DOESN'T USE THIS SUBSTANCE ANYWHERE ON SITE OR IN ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS. COUNCIL SPRUNG INTO ACTION ` SENDING AN INVESTIGATION TEAM TO WORK OUT WHERE THE CONTAMINATION MIGHT HAVE COME FROM AND HOW MUCH IS OUT THERE. MEANWHILE, LOCALS ARE QUESTIONING HOW SAFE THE HARBOUR MIGHT BE. WE'VE GOT OUR KIDS AND OUR WHANAU SWIMMING OUT HERE BY THE MARAE, AND THEY COME OUT WITH STINGING SENSATIONS ON THEIR BODIES. THREE YEARS AGO, PFAS WAS FOUND IN THE GROUND WATER AT SOME AIR FORCE BASES BECAUSE IT USED TO BE AN INGREDIENT IN FIRE FIGHTING FOAM. THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SAYS WHILE HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERN, THE DISCOVERY OF PFAS IN THE AREA IS NOT UNEXPECTED. LITTLE COMFORT TO THOSE WHO REGULARLY PUT DOWN THEIR HANGI HERE. THE GREATEST CONCERN IS THAT IT'S IN THE SOIL RIGHT WHERE WE'RE STANDING. IT'S A BIG ISSUE, AND NOW THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT IT. THE ONLY BRIGHT SIDE ` THE MARAE'S DRINKING WATER IS ON TOWN SUPPLY, WHICH IS NOT CONTAMINATED. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING'S ROCKED THE U.S. NEXT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POLICE OFFICER WHO CONFRONTED THE TEEN GUNMAN. AND NOT EVEN A SPRING COLD SNAP COULD PUT ENGLAND'S POST-LOCKDOWN PARTY ON ICE. IT'S A MARVELLOUS DAY. (LAUGHS) WHY THE LATEST CONCERNING CASE NUMBERS SHOW THIS FREEDOM COULD BE SHORT-LIVED. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, TWO DREADED WORDS ` JURY SERVICE. YES, IT'S OUR CIVIC DUTY, BUT MANY DON'T BOTHER TO TURN UP. SO WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE TO ENCOURAGE A BETTER TURNOUT? PLUS, THE COMMUNITY-MINDED CAFE WHERE YOU CAN GET A PIPING HOT BREAKFAST AND SOME GREAT COMPANY FOR JUST $1. AND SIR RICHARD HADLEE RATES OUR CURRENT CROP OF CRICKETERS. WE'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT AT 7. A STUDENT WHO OPENED FIRE ON POLICE OFFICERS AT HIS TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN KILLED. OFFICERS HAD ORDERED THE STUDENT OUT OF A BATHROOM AT AUSTIN EAST MAGNET SCHOOL WHEN HE OPENED FIRE AND WAS SHOT DEAD BY POLICE. ONE OFFICER WAS WOUNDED AND REQUIRED SURGERY. THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY'S ALREADY BEEN ROCKED BY GUN VIOLENCE WITH THREE STUDENTS KILLED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE IN THE US, RIVALLING THE NATION'S 'SECOND WAVE' IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR. OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN AVERAGE OF 70,000 NEW CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED EACH DAY. DISEASE EXPERTS ARE CALLING FOR NEW LOCKDOWNS IN HOTSPOTS. MEANWHILE, AMERICA'S VACCINE ROLLOUT'S SET A NEW RECORD ` 4.6m DOSES BEING ADMINISTERED IN A SINGLE DAY. AND DESPITE ITS SUCCESSFUL VACCINE ROLLOUT, THE UK'S ALSO DEALING WITH AN UNEXPECTED SPIKE IN NEW CASES. IT CAME AS ENGLAND FURTHER EASED LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS OVERNIGHT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIT THE SHOPS, GET A HAIRCUT AND ENJOY A PINT AT THE PUB. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA HAS MORE. THREE, TWO, ONE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TAKE YOUR SEATS. HAVE YOUR FIRST DRINKS. WHEN THE NEW RULES KICKED IN A MINUTE PAST MIDNIGHT, THERE WAS NO TIME WASTED, AFTER FIVE LONG MONTHS OF LOCKDOWN ` IT JUST FEELS LIKE BEING RELEASED FROM A CAGE, BASICALLY. NOT EVEN A LATE WINTERY BLAST COULD FREEZE THE FESTIVE CHEER... ALL: CHEERS. ...AS PUB BEER GARDENS IN ENGLAND REOPENED. OH, LONG TIME WAITING. BIT OF NORMALITY. IT'S A MARVELLOUS DAY. (CHUCKLES) IN CAPEL, DORKING, THIS PUB OWNER FORMERLY FROM CHRISTCHURCH SAYS IT'S A MAJOR STEP ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. SO HOPEFUL. I JUST REALLY, REALLY WANT US TO, AS A COMMUNITY, AS AN ENVIRONMENT, AS A PLANET, TO COME OUT OF THIS. BACK IN FEBRUARY, SHE TOLD US THE REPEATED LOCKDOWNS SLASHED TRADING TO 20%. THESE ARE THE FIRST SETS OF GROUPS OF FOLK. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A SECOND SITTING AS WELL. TODAY WAS A NEW DAWN. BY LUNCHTIME, THE CITY CENTRES HEAVED WITH SHOPPERS. JUST NICE TO BE OUT AND SEE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AGAIN. OTHERS WANTED OUT ` THE NIGHTMARE OF BRITAIN'S COVID CRISIS STILL RAW. DO YOU THINK IT'S TOO BUSY, THEN? YES. BUT THIS WAS ENGLAND'S GREAT AWAKENING ` FROM PUBS TO GYMS, ZOOS TO THEME PARKS, AND A CHANCE TO SHED THOSE SHAGGY LOCKS. I'M GETTING QUITE DESPERATE. IT'S BEEN DEMORALISING, AND I JUST WANT IT BACK TO NORMAL NOW. WE WANNA GET BACK TO NORMAL, BACK ON OUR FEET AND JUST CRACK ON. BUT WITH NEWFOUND FREEDOM COMES A STARK WARNING ` IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, A SPIKE IN NEW CASES, MORE THAN 3500, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE DAY BEFORE. FOR NOW, CALLS TO BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY MAY STRUGGLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE OF NORMALITY. DANIEL FAITAUA, 1 NEWS, LONDON. PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY HAVE MADE LOVING, BUT SEPARATE, TRIBUTES TO THEIR GRANDFATHER AFTER HIS DEATH AT THE AGE OF 99. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE RELEASING THIS PHOTO OF HIS SON GEORGE WITH PRINCE PHILIP, SAYING 'I WILL NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED 'THE SPECIAL MEMORIES MY CHILDREN WILL ALWAYS HAVE 'OF THEIR GREAT-GRANDPA.' HIS YOUNGER BROTHER SAID 'HE WAS MY GRANDPA ` MASTER OF THE BARBEQUE, 'LEGEND OF BANTER AND CHEEKY RIGHT TIL THE END.' AND OUR MPS HAVE TAKEN A BREAK FROM POLITICAL DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT TODAY TO REFLECT ON THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S LIFE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE TODAY AND RECOGNISE AND GIVE THANKS FOR THE LIVE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, PRINCE PHILIP. PRINCE PHILIP WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH STYLE AND FORMIDABLE SENSE OF HUMOUR. SOMETIMES HIS DIRECTNESS CREATED CONTROVERSY, BUT HER NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM HIS SENSE OF DUTY. HE WAS COMMITTED TO SERVICE. HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE INSTITUTION OF THE MONARCHY. HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE COMMONWEALTH. I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE WORDS OF HIS GRANDSON, PRINCE WILLIAM, WHO SAID I KNOW THAT HE WOULD WANT US TO GET ON WITH THE JOB. (SINGS WAIATA) PARLIAMENT CLOSED WITH A RENDITION OF WHAKAARIA MAI, BEFORE MPS OBSERVED A MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND RUSSIA'S PAYING TRIBUTE TO COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN ` 60 YEARS SINCE HE BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO BLAST INTO SPACE. (ROCKET BOOMS) IN A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION'S SPACE RACE WITH THE US, THE 27-YEAR-OLD MADE A SINGLE ORBIT OF THE EARTH IN 108 MINUTES. LAST NIGHT IN RUSSIA'S WEST, 500 DRONES LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY IN THE SHAPE OF A ROCKET TO MARK THE DAY YURI GAGARIN'S SPACE FLIGHT MADE HIM A HERO BACK ON EARTH. STILL AHEAD ` JUDITH COLLINS DISMISSES FRESH GOSSIP ABOUT WHETHER SHE'S ON HER LAST LAP AS NATIONAL'S LEADER. HER POSSIBLE CHALLENGER WHO'S GIVING HIS PUBLIC PROFILE A REV-UP. AND FROM A MILD ILLNESS TO A COLLAPSED LUNG AND CRUSHING FATIGUE. I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. I ACTUALLY, REALLY, Y'KNOW, I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. WHY DIAGNOSING LONG COVID IS SO DIFFICULT. THEN AT 7, OUR OWN CRICKETING ROYALTY. YES, THE LEGEND HIMSELF, SIR RICHARD HADLEE DROPS BY AND LOOKS AT THE CURRENT BLACK CAPS. ARE THEY AS GOOD AS HE WAS BACK IN THE DAY? PLUS, IT'S IN TIP-TOP CONDITION AND RUNS ON TIME. THE CALL GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP KEEP THIS WEE BEAUTY CHUGGING ALONG. AND THE WOMAN WHO RECKONS SHE'S GOT THE SOLUTION TO OUR TIMBER SHORTAGE THAT'S BEEN 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER WELLINGTON ZOO EUTHANIZED ITS LAST TWO LIONS, THE REMAINING PAIR AT AUCKLAND ZOO HAVE ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. ELDERLY HALF BROTHERS ZULU AND MALIK WERE BORN JUST WEEKS APART IN 2004 AT THE ZOO AND SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES TOGETHER. BOTH LIONS HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE BONES AND JOINTS. THEY WERE EUTHANIZED THIS MORNING. THE DIRECTOR OF NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FOR CHILDREN, AT AUCKLAND'S STARSHIP HOSPITAL, SAYS IT'S REACHED PEAK CAPACITY WITH STAFF WORKING OVERTIME AND NON-EMERGENCY SURGERIES BEING DELAYED. WE ARE UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE, AND WE'VE GOT TO THE POINT NOW WHERE EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS WE ARE FULL OR NEARLY FULL. AND MOST OF THE TIME, ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME, THAT IS MANAGEABLE. OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND THAT MIGHT MEAN DEFERRING A PLANNED SURGERY. A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN'S BEEN LAUNCHED TO RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR AN EXPANSION PLAN WITH HOPES OF ADDING 10 NEW BEDS TO THE UNIT BEFORE NEXT WINTER. HE'S BEEN ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S GO-TO COVID EXPERTS ` DOING MORE THAN 2000 MEDIA INTERVIEWS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. NOW EPIDEMIOLOGIST PROFESSOR MICHAEL BAKER'S BEEN HONOURED FOR THAT WORK ` AWARDED THE PRIME MINISTER'S SCIENCE AWARD FOR COMMUNICATION. MANY OF HIS IDEAS, LIKE THE ELIMINATION STRATEGY, WERE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. PROFESSOR BAKER TOLD 1 NEWS THAT HIS WIN 'SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TO ALL SCIENTISTS 'TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU KNOW AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE?' AN URGENT STUDY'S SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS COVID-19'S HAD ON SOME NEW ZEALAND SUFFERERS. THE POST-VIRAL CONDITION, KNOWN AS 'LONG COVID', HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AS A 'GLOBAL BURDEN'. BUT AS THOMAS MEAD REPORTS, DIAGNOSING IT CAN BE TRICKY. IT ALL STARTED FOR KARL HEWLETT WITH A MILD ILLNESS THAT SOON PROGRESSED TO HEART IRREGULARITY, A COLLAPSED LUNG, CRUSHING FATIGUE, AND MUCH MORE. I'D WALK TO THE LETTERBOX, I'D STOP AND I'D REST, I'D COME BACK, AND THAT WAS IT. I'D STOP, AND I'D SIT DOWN FOR AN HOUR. HIS SYMPTOMS KICKING OFF DURING THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, LEAVING HIM TO SUSPECT 'LONG COVID', A DEBILITATING ILLNESS THAT CAN LINGER LONG AFTER A CORONAVIRUS INFECTION. I ACTUALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. EARLY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH HAS SHOWN AS MANY AS 30% OF COVID PATIENTS DEVELOP ONGOING COMPLICATIONS. A KIWI STUDY IS STILL WORKING ON THE RATES HERE. SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING FEELINGS OF BREATHLESSNESS. SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING ONGOING FEVERS. SOME PEOPLE'S STOMACH'S ARE UPSET. THEY'RE FEELING NAUSEATED OR THEY'VE GOT DIARRHOEA. SOME PEOPLE ARE FEELING JUST WIPED OUT AND FATIGUED. BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ON CAUSE OR CURE, AND THE W.H.O IS CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION. WORLDWIDE, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A WHOLE NEW DISEASE ENTITY THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING WITH THEM, AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG. AND AT THE MOMENT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO TREAT IT EITHER. THE WORRY IS IT CAN FOLLOW EVEN MILD CASES, SPARKING UP IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO IDEA THEY WERE EVER INFECTED. KARL WAS ONE OF THOSE TESTED LATE IN THE PIECE. AND WHILE HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A POST-VIRAL CONDITION, HE CAN'T DEFINITELY PROVE THAT IT WAS COVID-19. NOW THAT I'M DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE NO INFORMATION. AND I HAVE NOTHING TO HELP ME, NOTHING TO FOCUS ON, NOTHING TO KNOW AND THINK ABOUT. THAT LOSS OF CONTROL AND UNCERTAIN DIAGNOSIS FELT BY AN EVER-GROWING GROUP, ALL OVER THE WORLD. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. THE NATIONAL PARTY'S DISMISSING TALK OF A POSSIBLE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE, WITH JUDITH COLLINS SAYING SHE'S PAYING NO ATTENTION WHATSOEVER TO THE CHATTER. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. NATIONAL'S HAD THREE LEADERS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. NOW JUDITH COLLINS IS BATTING AWAY SPECULATION SHE COULD BE ABOUT TO BE CHALLENGED. I KNOW THAT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN WHISPERS, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CAUCUS IS FULLY BEHIND ME. HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THOSE WHISPERS? IGNORING THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE FALSE. SIMON BRIDGES IS ALSO DISMISSING GOSSIP THAT HE COULD TEAM UP WITH CHRISTOPHER LUXON TO TAKE BACK THE REINS. OH WHATEVER, IT'S JUST CHATTER, AND I SUPPORT JUDITH COLLINS AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DISCUSSING IT WITH HIM? I TALK WITH LOTS OF COLLEAGUES. I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING I SAY, BENEDICT. MEANWHILE MR LUXON'S SOCIAL MEDIA GAME... GIDDAY, EVERYONE. WE'RE OUT AT A BRIT AND EURO CLASSIC CAR SHOW TODAY. ...IS HITTING TOP GEAR. I LOVE IT SO MUCH I ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY DAD UP FROM CHRISTCHURCH. HE'S GOT SLICK VIDEOS, BUT IS HE LEADERSHIP MATERIAL YET? MAYBE CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE NATIONAL PARTY, MAYBE HE'S A POLITICAL NATURAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT POSSIBILITY. THERE'S A MUCH GREATER POSSIBILITY THAT HE'S NOT. NEVERTHELESS, SOME THINK A CHALLENGE IS AFOOT. I THINK THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK POOR OLD JUDITH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME, AND THEY'RE POSSIBLY TOSSING A COIN AT THE MOMENT. BUT GOOD ON SIMON. YOU KNOW, HE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE, YOU KNOW? HE JUST DOESN'T RESONATE WITH THE PUBLIC. BUT HE'S YOUNG ENOUGH. I SUPPORT JUDITH COLLINS AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME? OH LOOK, DON'T HANG OFF MY EVERY PHRASEOLOGY. I WISH YOU DID WHEN I WAS LEADER. NATIONAL MPs POOH-POOHING THE WHISPERS. IT IS NONSENSE. IF LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES WERE THE ANSWER TO NATIONAL'S WOES, WE WOULD HAVE DONE VERY WELL LAST YEAR. I THINK IT'S JUST ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. NO COMMENT AT ALL. IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION, IT STAYS IN CAUCUS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. THERE YOU HAVE IT. (WATER SPLASHES) (PEOPLE EXCLAIM) NATIONAL POURING COLD WATER ON TALKS OF A SPILL. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. HAYLEY'S HERE WITH A SNEAK PEEK AT TONIGHT'S CRICKET AWARDS. GUY HEVELDT IS THE MAN IN THE KNOW, AND WILL REVEAL ONE OF THE WINNERS AHEAD OF THE AWARDS CEREMONY. PLUS, THE NEW ZEALAND SAIL GP TEAM ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A COVID STORM. HOW WILL THEY NAVIGATE THEIR BUBBLE IN PARADISE? AND KIWI SLALOM SKIER ALICE ROBINSON WAS STUCK IN A COVID-RAVAGED EUROPE, AND ON THE BRINK OF GIVING IT ALL UP. INSTEAD, SHE'S COME HOME JINGLING HER MEDALS. AND A REAL MIXED BAG OF AUTUMN TOMORROW. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL FOR SOME, BUT MOSTLY DRY AND FINE FOR OTHERS. WHO GETS WHAT AFTER SPORT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S STUNNING SUMMER WILL BE RECOGNISED TONIGHT WITH ITS ANNUAL AWARDS, AND AMONGST THEM IS THE MEN'S DOMESTIC CRICKETER OF THE YEAR, WHICH HAS BEEN WON BY A PLAYER WHO'S FAST BECOME SOMEONE WHO'S HARD TO LEAVE OUT OF THE NATIONAL SIDE. GUY HEVELDT REVEALS THE WINNER AND WHAT'S PROPELLED HIM TO GET TO THIS POINT. PUT YOUR ARMS UP. (BOTH LAUGH) CHEESE! DARYL MITCHELL KNEW A MOVE SOUTH TO CHRISTCHURCH WAS THE BEST THING FOR HIS FAMILY. HI! (LAUGHS) IT'S BEEN THE BEST THING FOR HIS CRICKET TOO. A PROVINCIAL SEASON TO REMEMBER MAKING HIM A MUST-HAVE FOR THE BLACK CAPS ACROSS ALL FORMATS AND NOW REWARDED WITH MEN'S DOMESTIC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT TONIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AWARDS. I GUESS WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO LITTLE GIRLS, WHETHER YOU SCORE A DUCK OR A HUNDRED, THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE THE SAME WHEN YOU GET HOME. SO IT'S THE SAME WITH AWARDS. YEAH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MASSIVE HONOUR TO RECEIVE THESE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YEAH, YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO WIN GAMES OF CRICKET FOR WHOEVER YOU'RE PLAYING FOR. HE'S HELPED DO THAT PLENTY THIS SEASON. MITCHELL SHIFTED FROM NORTHERN DISTRICTS TO CANTERBURY SO HE AND WIFE AMY COULD BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY WITH THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTERS ADDISON AND LILY ` HIS BIGGEST FANS. CHEESE! IT'S EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS BEING BASED JUST AT HAGLEY OVAL AND IN RANGIORA THAT MAKES LIFE EASIER FOR THE MITCHELLS, AS OPPOSED TO THE REACH OF ND ` FROM NORTHLAND TO HAMILTON AND THE MOUNT. THE LOCKDOWN ACTUALLY HELPED REALISE HOW MUCH WE NEEDED THE TIME TOGETHER. WITH HIM BEING AWAY SO MUCH, IT'S BEEN NICE TO BE HOME AND HAVE ONE HOME GROUND AND, YEAH, SPEND SOME MORE TIME TOGETHER. TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP TO WORK EACH DAY AND THEN SORT OF THEN COME HOME AND BE A DAD EACH NIGHT HAS SORT OF, I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPED ME PERSONALLY. SO MUCH SO, HE'S IN WITH A CHANCE OF PLAYING ALL THREE TESTS ON THE TOUR OF ENGLAND THIS YEAR ` INCLUDING THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. FROM A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, IT'D BE REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S JUST NICE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE MIX. HE'S IN THE MIX, ALL RIGHT, AND HAS A TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY TO THANK FOR HIS RISE TO THE TOP. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN WATCH DARYL MITCHELL AND ALL THE OTHERS GET THEIR AWARDS ` THE EVENT LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE 1NEWS.CO.NZ FROM 7.30 TONIGHT. A TOUGH SEASON FOR THE HURRICANES JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT TOUGHER WITH THE NEWS THAT CAPTAIN ARDIE SAVEA IS OUT FOR UP TO TWO MONTHS. SAVEA WAS INSPIRATIONAL IN THEIR GOLDEN POINT LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS AT THE WEEKEND BUT NOW LOOKS SET FOR A LONG STINT ON THE SIDELINES AFTER PICKING UP A KNEE INJURY EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. I DID MY MCL, SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE ME OUT FOR SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GONNA MISS SOME FOOTY OVER THAT TIME. LIKE LIFE, YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT YOU'VE JUST GOTTA KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WHILE THERE'S A SMALL CHANCE HE MIGHT CATCH THE TAIL END OF ANY TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION, IT'S LIKELY HIS MAIN FOCUS WILL BE TO GET FIT FOR THE ALL BLACKS' JUNE TEST WINDOW. AMERICA'S CUP WINNERS PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE ARE ABOUT TO FLY STRAIGHT INTO A COVID STORM IN BERMUDA. THE SMALL ISLAND NATION IS TONIGHT BEING PLUNGED INTO A HARD LOCKDOWN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, AFTER A SURGE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES. BURLING AND TUKE'S NEW SAIL GP TEAM LEAVES FOR BERMUDA IN TWO DAYS. ANDREW SAVILLE HAS THE LATEST. THE IDYLLIC CLIMES OF BERMUDA HAVE NOW BECOME A NEW COVID-19 HOT BED. A POPULATION OF JUST 70,000 RETURNING OVER 100 POSITIVE TESTS A DAY, FORCING THE GOVERNMENT INTO A SEVEN-DAY LOCKDOWN FROM TONIGHT. EVERYTHING IS CLOSED FOR SEVEN DAYS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MIX AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. A NUMBER OF THE SAIL G.P TEAMS ARE ALREADY IN THE ISLANDS OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S., AND HAVE BEEN TRAINING THE PAST WEEK OR SO. THE VACCINATED NEW ZEALAND OUTFIT, LED BY PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE, WILL STILL DEPART FROM HERE IN 48 HOURS. OTHER KIWIS INVOLVED IN THE SERIES, LIKE SPAIN HELMSMAN PHIL ROBERTSON, ARE AWAITING LOCKDOWN TO KICK IN IN JUST A FEW HOURS. WE CAN'T EVEN SHARE A CHASE BOAT. WE CAN'T STAND NEXT TO ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S NOT IN OUR BUBBLE. OUR BUBBLE'S 12 PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. TRAINING COULD NOW BE RESTRICTED, COSTING ALL TEAMS CRUCIAL TIME. YOU MIGHT BE STUCK IN THERE FOR SEVEN DAYS, PAL! I KNOW. IT'S ALL RIGHT. I CAME PREPARED. QUITE RISKY TO TRAVEL AT THE MOMENT, SO I WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS POPS UP. I'M READY FOR IT. IF IT'S SEVEN DAYS IN THIS ROOM, THEN SO BE IT! THE SERIES HEADS TO ITALY NEXT IN JUST SIX WEEKS. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR LEADING SAILORS MIGHT BE GYBING JUST AHEAD OF COVID FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. ANDREW SAVILLE, 1 NEWS. KIWI MOTORSPORT STAR SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN'S ALREADY CAUSING A STIR IN INDYCAR CIRCLES BEFORE HIS FIRST FULL SEASON EVEN GETS UNDERWAY. THE TEAM PENSKE DRIVER'S BEEN AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN TESTING AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S RACING. ONE INDIANAPOLIS PAPER SAYING THE 3-TIME SUPERCARS CHAMPION IS ARGUABLY THE BEST ACQUISITION OF THE OFFSEASON. HIGH PRAISE CONSIDERING OTHER INDY ROOKIES INCLUDE THE LIKES OF F1'S ROMAIN GROSJEAN, WHO FAMOUSLY MADE IT OUT OF THIS CRASH ALIVE AT LAST YEAR'S BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX. TO REACH THE GREATEST HEIGHT OF ANY SPORT IS NEVER EASY ` SOMETHING KIWI SLALOM SKIER ALICE ROBINSON KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. STUCK IN LOCKDOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FOR MOST OF THE SEASON BATTLING SERIOUS HOMESICKNESS, SHE PUSHED THROUGH TO CLAIM HER THIRD WORLD CUP WIN. SHE SPOKE WITH JORDAN OPPERT ON THE SEASON THAT WAS FROM MANAGED ISOLATION. FOR ALICE ROBINSON, BEING STUCK INSIDE FOUR WALLS BRINGS BACK BITTERSWEET MEMORIES. FEELING A LITTLE BIT LONELY IN A HOTEL ROOM ` IT'S KIND OF A FAMILIAR SCENE FOR ME. BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY MONTHS AGO SHE WAS STUCK IN EUROPE ` LOCKED DOWN HALF A WORLD AWAY FROM HOME. THERE WAS DEFINITELY TIMES I DIDN'T KNOW IF I HAD THE STRENGTH TO STILL BE THERE, AND THERE WERE TIMES I REALLY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE. I JUST WANTED TO BE HOME. AND I'D HAD ENOUGH. I WAS SICK OF TRAVELLING. I WAS SICK OF ALL THE COVID TESTS, ALL MASKS AND I WAS SICK OF MISSING FAMILY. THROWN IN WITH THE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY BE THERE AT CERTAIN TIMES, IT'S` YEAH, ALWAYS HARD, AND IT JUST FELT LIKE SHE WAS SO MUCH FURTHER AWAY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. PHYSICALLY, ALICE FELT SHE WAS FALLING OUT OF FORM TOO, HAVING MISSED A CRUCIAL THREE MONTH TRAINING BLOCK. IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THESE COMPETITIONS FEELING ILL-PREPARED, BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO BE FEELING BEFORE YOU'RE THROWING YOURSELF DOWN THESE DIFFICULT RACE PIECE, AND I JUST FELT A BIT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF TOUCH WITH HOW I SHOULD'VE BEEN SKIING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY. AND I THINK IT WAS JUST COS I HADN'T HAD ANY MILEAGE, AND I HADN'T HAD TIME TO WORK ON MY SKIING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAD. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AND THE HUGE MENTAL HURDLES THE 19-YEAR-OLD'S OVERCOME ` TO COME BACK AND WIN HER THIRD WORLD CUP TITLE IS NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRATIONAL. IT'S JUST BLOWN US AWAY, TO BE HONEST. IT'S INCREDIBLE. ONE OF HER COACHES SAYS 'YOU WON'T RECOGNISE HER WHEN SHE GETS BACK', JUST WITH HER MATURITY THAT SHE'S ADOPTED. YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE, AND I THINK I'VE LEARNT A LOT THIS YEAR ON HOW TO HAVE SELF-BELIEF AND HOW TO TRUST YOURSELF AND THAT YOU CAN GET THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY GOING TO HELP ME MOVING FORWARD. ALICE ROBINSON! LIFE LESSONS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AS SHE EMBARKS ON WHAT COULD BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL WINTER OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. THE A-LEAGUE'S CENTRAL COAST MARINERS MIGHT BE SET FOR A CLUB-DEFINING SEASON IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, THE MARINERS STILL HOLDING ON TO TOP SPOT ON THE LADDER. AND ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS ACROSS THE DITCH, THEY MIGHT BE IN LINE FOR A HUGE CASH INJECTION FROM MANCHESTER UNITED. THE RED DEVILS REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO BUY THE MARINERS' A-LEAGUE LICENCE, WITH SPECULATION THE CLUB MIGHT BE MOVED AWAY FROM THE GOLD COAST TO SYDNEY. UNITED'S RIVALS MAN CITY BOUGHT THE MELBOURNE HEART'S A-LEAGUE LICENCE IN 2014. TO THE NBA ` WHERE GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR'S GOLDEN BOY STEPH CURRY HAS DONE IT AGAIN, BECOMING THE FRANCHISE'S MOST PROLIFIC SCORER IN BLISTERING FASHION ` CURRY BAGGING 21 POINTS IN JUST THE FIRST QUARTER AGAINST THE DENVER NUGGETS TO BECOME THE WARRIORS' ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER, PASSING THE LEGENDARY WILT CHAMBERLAIN. AND LOOK. HE KNOWS. HE KNOWS. STEPH CURRY JUST GOT HIMSELF THE RECORD. UNREAL. AND HE DID IT IN THE FIRST QUARTER. (CHUCKLES) TO BE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST ` SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY SUNK IN, BUT I'M GOING TO ENJOY THAT ONE. CURRY PASSING CHAMBERLAIN'S PREVIOUS RECORD OF 17,783 POINTS. CURRY DROPPING 53 POINTS ON THE NIGHT, AS THE WARRIORS HELD ON FOR A 116-107 WIN. HE SHOULD BE A SHOE IN FOR MVP THANKS, HAYLEY. AND ON SEVEN SHARP ` LOOKING AFTER THE BEST TRAIN RIDE IN TOWN. YES, SHE'S BEEN ENTERTAINING ADULTS AND KIDS FOR DECADES, ALL FOR A COUPLE OF BUCKS. AND IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO DRIVE IT YOURSELF, NOW IS THE CHANCE. PLUS ` ONE OF OUR GREATEST CRICKETERS LOOKS AT THE FORM OF OUR CURRENT BLACK CAPS TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM WE'VE EVER HAD. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. HELLO, WE SWITCH THE TABLES ON THE WEATHER TOMORROW GRAB YOUR UMBRELLA TODAY SWIRLING THING THERE JUST MOVING ACROSS THE OCOUNTRY LETS ZOOM IN CLOSE TO THIS THING WARMER AIR KEPT IT THERE A REAL CONTRAST OF TEMPERATURES SOME 50MMS OF RAIN JUST A SPRINKLE OF SNOW THE WEATHER FOR TOMORROW A BIT LUMP OF PORRIDGE TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAMD RAINCOAT DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND SOUTH ISLAND SAYING WHAT ABOUT US? A FEW FLICKS OF SHOWERS THAT HAS THE NEXT SURGE OF WIND AND RAIN ITS REALLY CHRUNED UP THE OCEAN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK CROPPING THE COLD AIR IN TOO THAT YELLOW IS NOT SNOW - THAT IS THE WAVES BY THE WEEEKEND WE'VE GOT HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOME STRONG WAVES FOR THE WEST SO ITS A RAINCOAT DAY HEAVY RAIN, THUNDERY A REAL BLUSTERY DAY SAME FOR AUCKLAND MAYBE SOME HAIL IN THE MIX FURTHER SOUTH THE SAME SORT OF THING HERE IT IS. RAIN. NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES TOO! IT IS HEAVY, IT IS THUNDERY. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AT FIRST. TRACKING OUR WAY EAST. NOT AS MANY SHOWERS. ALL THE WAY FURTHER SOUTH YOU GET THAT COOLER FRESHER AIR IMPROVING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON SOUTHERLY COMES IN AND CLEARS THAT UP[ THINGS NOT TOO BAD FOR SOUTH ISLAND EARLY SHOWERS, THAT IS IT DRIER AND BRIGHETER FOR THRE AFTERNOON BACK TO THE SUNSHINE TOMORROW GUSTY OLD SOUTHEWESTER MORNING CLOUD, THEN BRIGHTENS THINGS UP RAIN AND SPOTS OF RAIN CLEARS AWAY GUSTY OLD WINDS FOR DUNEDIN THAT IS HOW WE'RE LOOKING THINGS STARTING TO CHANGE