TONIGHT ` AUCKLAND HEALTH AUTHORITIES HAVE APOLOGISED AFTER SOME BORDER WORKERS STRUGGLED TO GET VACCINATED. THE BIG DRIVE TO KNOCK AN ANNOYING FISH OFF ITS WELLINGTON ECO SANCTUARY PERCH. AND THE HURRICANES SAVE THE BEST TO LAST, AS THEIR ALL BLACK STARS OVERWHELM THE HIGHLANDERS IN THE CAPITAL CLASH. CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND SOPHIE PEARCE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 SOME BORDER WORKERS HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO GET VACCINATED EVEN THOUGH THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW. THAT'S FORCED AUCKLAND'S DHB'S TO APOLOGISE AND START URGENTLY VACCINATING. AS LAURA JAMES REVEALS, THERE'S CONCERN SOME SMALL BUSINESSES AND CONTRACTORS ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. ENSURING BUILDINGS HAVE WORKING WATER AND AIR CONDITIONING IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, AND IT'S WORK THIS TEAM CARRIES OUT AT OUR BORDER. ONE OF THE MIQ FACILITIES ` WE'RE THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH AT LEAST, AND THEN WE PROVIDE SPECIALIST SERVICES TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER JOBS, THEY'RE TOLD TO GET TESTED, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO INVITATIONS TO BE VACCINATED. MY SITE CONTACT GAVE ME THE VACCINATION HOTLINE NUMBER. I RANG THEM; THEY PASSED ME ON TO THE MINISTRY; THEY PASSED ME BACK. I THEN FOLLOWED UP A WEEK AND A HALF LATER. THEY GAVE ME THE SAME RING AROUND. IT'S JUST BEEN A MATTER OF PASS-THE-BUCK. 1 NEWS PUT HIS CONCERNS TO THE HEALTH MINISTRY AND AUCKLAND'S DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS LAST WEEK. THE COMPANY'S NOW HAD AN APOLOGY, AND VACCINATIONS HAVE BEEN BOOKED IN. I HAD MINE THIS MORNING. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE FOLLOW UPS THAT YOU GUYS HAD MADE THINGS ACTUALLY GOT ACTIONED. AND HE BELIEVES THERE ARE OTHERS WORKING AT THE BORDER FACING THE SAME PROBLEM. SPEAKING WITH THE PERSON WHO HANDLED OUR VACCINATION BOOKINGS IN THE END, SHE WAS SAYING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT THE FIRST COMPANY TO GO THROUGH THIS. THE SYSTEMS AREN'T IN PLACE. THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY GROUP FOR VACCINATION IN NEW ZEALAND ARE, OF COURSE, THE BORDER WORKERS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFY THIS GROUP FULLY AND ENSURE THEY'RE BEING VACCINATED, AND ALSO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS NEED TO BE VACCINATED. AUCKLAND'S DHBs SAY SOME COMPANIES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT VACCINATIONS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T WORKING AT THE BORDER WHEN THE PROCESS BEGAN, ASKING THOSE THAT THINK THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO CALL THE VACCINATION HELPLINE. FROM TOMORROW, ANYONE WHO'S UNVACCINATED WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK AT THE BORDER, CONTRACTORS INCLUDED. IT WILL BE A MATTER OF ENSURING THAT ANY CONTRACTOR WHO COMES ON SITE ON A REGULAR BASIS, JUST ENSURING THAT EQUALLY THEIR VACCINATION STATUS IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. THIS BUSINESS OWNER SAYS, IN HIS LINE OF WORK, THAT COULD POSE A BIG ISSUE. IF WE PROVIDE AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, AND THEY LOSE WATER TO HALF A BUILDING OR HEATING TO A BUILDING, AND IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE MAINTAIN, HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET THAT SORTED? HIS MISSION TO GET VACCINE ACCESS IS NOW SORTED, BUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SYSTEM REMAIN. WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S CRACKS; I THINK THERE'S HOLES. AND HE HOPES THOSE HOLES ARE PLUGGED SOON. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. MORE THAN 40 NATIONS HAVE NOW PLEDGED MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR INDIA ` THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCING IT'LL SEND $1M WORTH. INDIA'S GOVERNMENT HAS PRAISED WHAT IT CALLS AN 'OUTPOURING OF SOLIDARITY.' THE COUNTRY'S POSTED ANOTHER RECORD DAILY RISE IN CASES, WITH 386,000 NEW INFECTIONS AND JUST ON 4000 DEATHS. MEDICAL EXPERTS BELIEVE THE TRUE NUMBERS COULD BE FIVE TO TEN TIMES HIGHER. THE SHORTAGE OF OXYGEN IS STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM. THE GOVERNMENT'S COMING UNDER INCREASING CRITICISM, WITH ELECTIONS CONTINUING IN WEST BENGAL DESPITE THE SURGE IN CASES. AND IN BREAKING NEWS, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS TONIGHT BEEN ADVISED BY QUEENSLAND HEALTH AUTHORITIES OF A CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION FOR SOME PASSENGERS WHO FLEW FROM BRISBANE TO NEW ZEALAND YESTERDAY. THOSE TRAVELLERS WHO WERE IN TWO LOCATIONS OF INTEREST AT SPECIFIED TIMES, WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL, ARE NOW DEEMED CASUAL PLUS CONTACTS. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS ALMOST HALF OF PARENTS STILL USE PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE AGAINST THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THE NUMBER'S DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SMACKING WAS OUTLAWED IN 2007, AND TODAY'S FIGURES COME FROM A STUDY OF MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE TRACKED SINCE THEIR BIRTH IN CANTERBURY. DONNA-MARIE LEVER REPORTS. THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. IT'S ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S STILL A BIG PART OF HOW WE DEAL WITH OUR LITTLE ONES. SOME PARENTS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, CHOKED THEIR CHILD OR THEY HAVE SCALDED THEM, OR THEY HAVE DONE SEVERE THINGS. AROUND 750 PARENTS AGED 25 AT THE TIME WERE QUESTIONED OVER 15 YEARS, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER ANTI-SMACKING LEGISLATION BECAME LAW. BACK IN 2002, PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT WAS COMMON AT ALMOST 80%. 15 YEARS ON, THAT'S DROPPED TO JUST OVER 40%. THE RATES OF SEVERE PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT HAVE DECREASED BY TWO THIRDS OVER THAT SAME 15 YEAR TIME PERIOD. A REALLY ENCOURAGING DOWNWARD TREND. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT STILL A PROPORTION OF FAMILIES USING THIS. IT'S MORE PREVALENT IN LARGER FAMILIES, YOUNGER PARENTS, MAINLY MOTHERS, AND THOSE IN VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS. ATTITUDES ON THE STREET SUPPORT ALTERNATIVES. MORE WORD THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOUR PARENTING STYLE AND HOW YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KIDS. I MEAN, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMACKING AND ACTUAL PHYSICAL ABUSE. HERE'S WHERE IT GETS MURKY, BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE COMES DOWN TO INTERPRETATION, WITH MANY SAYING THEY USE SMACKS ON THE HANDS OR A TAP WITHOUT FORCE. THE BIG WALLOP. THEY'RE NOT TALKING A WALLOP. IT WAS DESCRIBED TO ME ONE TIME AS A TAP ALONG ` JUST A TAP UP THE WAY, YOU KNOW. BUT SOME ARGUE SEVERITY IS NOT THE POINT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE MOST HELPFUL CONVERSATION IS, YOU KNOW, 'IS THIS OK AND THIS NOT OK?' I DON'T THINK WE WANT PARENTS THINKING, 'OH, WELL, IT'S ALL RIGHT IF I DO THIS AND NOT THIS.' INSTEAD, SHE WANTS TO SEE MORE USEFUL TOOLS MADE AVAILABLE AROUND TIME OUT AND TEACHING PARENTS HOW TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN CALM. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. A TEAM OF DOCTORS HAS HIT OUT AT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD AFTER RUNNING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REGION'S CANCER PROGRAMME. THEY CLAIM PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE CANCER SYMPTOMS WERE IGNORED IN FAVOUR OF A NEW EARLY-DETECTION SCREENING SERVICE. THOMAS MEAD EXPLAINS. TODAY IS A SPECIAL TRIP FOR PAUL COSGROVE. THE TERMINAL CANCER PATIENT IS RELISHING EVERY MOMENT, SOBER-DRIVING THE BOYS FOR THE DUCK SHOOTING SEASON. I'VE PROBABLY GOT TWO MONTHS, WHICH I'VE USED UP PROBABLY SIX WEEKS OF THAT ALREADY. BUT I STILL BELIEVE I'LL PROVE THEM WRONG. HE'S HAD A ROUGH ROAD ` DENIED A COLONOSCOPY TWICE BY THE SOUTHERN DHB, DESPITE BEING REFERRED BY A DOCTOR. BY THE TIME IT WAS FINALLY PICKED UP, THE CANCER HAD SPREAD. WHEN THEY REFUSED ME, THEY SENTENCED ME TO DEATH. AND TODAY, DR PHIL BAGSHAW PUBLISHED A DAMNING INVESTIGATION, COLLATED THROUGH THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT, CLAIMING THAT WHILE THE DHB WAS REFUSING COLONOSCOPIES TO PATIENTS LIKE PAUL, THEY WERE APPLYING TO TAKE ON EVEN MORE WORK, JOINING THE NATIONAL SCREENING PROGRAMME. THERE WAS A NEED TO PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD SYMPTOMS OF BOWEL CANCER. THEY WEREN'T MANAGING TO DO THAT. THEY WERE WAY BEHIND WITH THAT. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY TOOK ON SCREENING, WHICH THEY WERE NOT READY FOR. HE CLAIMS THE HEALTH MINISTRY LOST ITS MORAL COMPASS BY ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. ETHICS OF MEDICINE IS VERY SIMPLE ` OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS. IN RESPONSE, THE TWO AGENCIES ISSUED STATEMENTS, SAYING MORE THAN 230 CANCERS HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE PROGRAMME. THE DHB CLAIMING... BUT FOR THOSE REFUSED AROUND THAT TIME, THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAY DIFFERENT. WITH THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WAS IN MY BOWEL, CANCER MUTATES. AND THE ORDER IT NORMALLY GOES IN, IT GOES TO YOUR LIVER, AND IT GOES TO YOUR LUNG, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME. COSIE, AS HE'S KNOWN TO HIS MATES, JUST HOPES NO ONE ELSE ENDS UP IN THE SAME SITUATION. WE JUST NEED EVERYBODY TO KEEP BANGING ON THE DOOR, AND TELL 'EM, 'ENOUGH'S ENOUGH.' MAKING THE MOST OF THE TIME HE HAS LEFT. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST ECO-SANCTUARY IS BEING DRAINED TO GET RID OF A PESKY FISH IN WHAT'S THOUGHT TO BE THE BIGGEST PROJECT OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. THE LOWER RESERVOIR, AT WELLINGTON'S ZEALANDIA, HAS BEEN LOWERED 6M TO ERADICATE THE PERCH FISH, WHICH IS THROWING THE SANCTUARY'S ECOSYSTEM OFF BALANCE. HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. IT'S INNER CITY WELLINGTON'S NATURE ESCAPE, BUT THIS MONTH, ZEALANDIA'S LOOKING A LITTLE DRIER THAN USUAL, ALL TO GET RID OF 22,000 OF THESE EUROPEAN PERCH HERE. HERE, WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, THEY'VE BUILT UP SUCH HIGH NUMBERS THAT THEY PREDATE ON OUR NATIVE FISH, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE OUT A LOT OF OUR INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY. NOW, THE INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY NORMALLY EAT THE ALGAE, SO WITHOUT THE INVERTEBRATES, WE END UP WITH AN ALGAL BLOOM. JUST LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH FORMED BEFORE THE PROJECT BEGAN. ALGAL BLOOMS CAN PRODUCE TOXINS, PUTTING THE SANCTUARY'S OTHER FISH IN DANGER. THE WATER'S BEING PUMPED OUT ACROSS A SPILLWAY, WHICH SHOULD MAKE ERADICATING THE PERCH AN EASIER JOB. WE'VE DONE SOME NETTING OF FISH. WE'VE ALSO USED SOMETHING CALLED ELECTRIC FISHING, WHICH IS WHERE, BASICALLY, YOU PUT A ZAP OF ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE WATER AND STUN THE FISH AND REMOVE THEM. BUT NOW THIS LAST STAGE IS ABOUT USING A SUBSTANCE CALLED ROTENONE, WHICH WE APPLY TO THE WATER, AND THAT KILLS THE FISH VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AT THIS END OF THE RESERVOIR, THE WATER LEVEL WOULD USUALLY BE SITTING JUST ABOVE MY KNEE. OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS, IT'S BEEN DRAINED 6m AND IT'LL START FILLING BACK UP FROM NEXT MONTH. HOW FAST THAT HAPPENS IS RELIANT ON THAT VERY RELIABLE WELLINGTON RAINFALL. (LAUGHS) SHE SAYS THE ECO-SANCTUARY'S ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO ENSURE ITS OTHER SPECIES AREN'T AFFECTED. WE'VE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS REMOVING AS MANY OF THOSE FISH AS POSSIBLE AND MOVING THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY, AND TO BE MOVED BACK INTO THE SYSTEM ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. A FRESH START FOR ZEALANDIA SO ITS WILDLIFE CAN CONTINUE TO FLOURISH. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST COMPETITIVE MAORI PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL CELEBRATED A BIG MILESTONE TONIGHT. THE DRAW FOR TE MATATINI, THE OLYMPICS OF KAPA HAKA, TOOK PLACE AT EDEN PARK. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. NAU MAI PIKI MAI E NGA IWI E. A SWEET-SOUNDING WARM UP. AUCKLAND'S BEST KAPA HAKA MEN AND WOMEN PRACTICING FOR MAORIDOM'S BIGGEST STAGE ` TE MATATINI. EXCITED, NERVOUS, AS WELL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S IN FRONT OF US. WE HAVE HAD A DROUGHT OF KAPA HAKA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS MAYBE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN HELD THIS YEAR, BUT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID. IT'S NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR AT EDEN PARK. IT'S NOT BEEN IN THE SUPER CITY FOR TWO DECADES. THIS IS PART OF REBUILDING OUR NATION, COMING BACK TOGETHER AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER AS A NATION. BUT TONIGHT, A BIG MILESTONE ` THE OFFICIAL DRAW FOR THE 50 TEAMS. TE MATATINI CHAIRMAN WILL BE MAKING THE PICKS. SUCH POWER TONIGHT. ALL EYES ON YOU, EH? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT POWER. (LAUGHS) NO POWER. EVERY TUTOR, EVERY KAPA HAS THEIR PICK ON THE DAY THEY'D LIKE TO BE ON ` WHILE WE'RE WATCHING THE LIVE DRAW, CAN WE NOT BE ON THE FIRST DAY? A NEW RULE WILL SEE THE THREE POOLS SPILT AND JUDGED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME ACROSS THE THREE DAYS, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT TOUGHER JUDGING IN THE MORNING. SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING, OH, JUST A LITTLE BIT HARSH, AND NOT REALLY EAGER TO GIVE THAT 100, AND MORE LIKELY TO GIVE A 98 OR A 99. THE JUDGES ARE JUDGING THE THREE DISCIPLINES ON THE SAME DAY, SO IT'S FAIR ACROSS THE THREE POOLS. IN 2019, WEST AUCKLAND'S NGA TUMANAKO TOOK HOME TOP HONOURS. THEY'D LIKE TO KEEP THE DUNCAN MCINTYRE TROPHY IN TOWN. TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND ON THAT STAGE IN FRONT OF YOUR IWI MAORI... OH, IS AMAZING. TONIGHT THE FIRST STEP IN THAT JOURNEY TOWARDS KAPA HAKA GLORY. STAYING WITH ENTERTAINMENT, AND COMEDIANS ARE HITTING THE STAGE ONCE AGAIN FOR NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST COMEDY EVENT OF THE YEAR. LAST YEAR'S LOCKDOWN MEANT BOTH PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES MISSED OUT, SO THEY'RE PLAYING CATCH UP. LARISSA HOWIE WENT ALONG FOR A SNEAK PREVIEW. (SINGS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD... (SINGS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) ...TO THE COMEDY STAGE. EMMA WOLLUM'S SHOW IN THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FEST IS THE FIRST FICTIONAL LANGUAGE SINGALONG THIS GALAXY'S EVER SEEN. POP SONGS THAT ARE TRANSLATED INTO KLINGON, WHICH IS FROM STAR TREK, DOTHRAKI, WHICH IS FROM GAME OF THRONES, AND ALSO QUENYA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ELVISH LANGUAGES FROM LORD OF THE RINGS. EMMA'S ONE OF 150 COMEDIANS ALL EAGER TO GET BACK INTO IT AFTER COVID CANNED LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL JUST WEEKS OUT FROM THE OPENING. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE ONE STRAIGHT MALE COMEDIAN TONIGHT? (CHUCKLES) JUST FOR A REFRESHER. JUST A PALETTE CLEANSER. I NEED TO HEAR ABOUT TINDER AGAIN! CHRIS PARKER SAYS IT WAS HARD GETTING A LAUGH WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM. I FOUND THAT HARD, JUST THE GAP OF PERFORMANCE. WE'RE PERFORMERS. WE LOVE BEING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE IN A ROOM TOGETHER. IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE. ELI AND CHRIS BOTH FOUND WAYS TO KEEP THE COMEDY ALIVE OVER LOCKDOWN. I DID ONE WHICH WAS, LIKE, A WAITER AT A RESTAURANT ORDERING IN LOCKDOWN FOOD, AND IT WAS ALL THE STUFF WE'VE GOT AT THE BACK OF OUR CUPBOARDS, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS THIS PERSON WHO IS MUCH HOTTER THAN ME LIP-SYNCED TO IT, AND IT POPPED OFF. TONIGHT ELI'S GONNA BE TELLING HIS SET FROM BACKSTAGE. AND THEN ART GREEN` YEAH, ART GREEN... (LAUGHS) IT'LL BE ME. THE GALA KICKS OFF IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT, WITH OVER 100 ACTS BOTH HERE AND IN WELLINGTON OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH. BUT WITH TRAVEL STILL RESTRICTED, THERE ARE ONLY TWO ACTS FROM OVERSEAS. WE'RE INCREDIBLY LUCKY IN NEW ZEALAND TO HAVE SUCH A WEALTH OF TALENT. FOR OUR POPULATION SIZE, WE REALLY KICK SERIOUS GOALS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. COMEDIANS WITH NEW MATERIAL DRAWN FROM OUR SHARED EXPERIENCES OF LOCKDOWN. LIKE A BUNCH OF 'INSIDE' JOKES. GET IT? IN THE WORLD, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMEDY EVENTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IN MANY WAYS, WE ARE SIX60. THIS IS THE SIX60 OF COMEDY. WHICH MAKES THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL THE NEXT BIG GIG. LARISSA HOWIE, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON OUR FRIDAY NIGHT SPORTS SEGMENT ` SUPER RUGBY'S BATTLERS SQUARE OFF, AS DANE COLES TRIES TO RALLY HIS HAPLESS HURRICANES. AND HE'S ALREADY BEING HAILED 'TOUCHDOWN JESUS', BUT CAN THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE DRAFT PROVE A SAVIOUR FOR THE NFL'S WORST TEAM. TO SPORT, WHERE THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE SIDES WRAPPED UP THEIR SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA CAMPAIGNS IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. THE HIGHLANDERS OPENED UP A 10-POINT LEAD IN THE FIRST HALF, BEFORE THE HURRICANES' SKIPPER STEPPED UP. AND OVER HE GOES. AND WE TALK ABOUT MOMENTUM. GOING IN THE SHED, THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HAPPIER WITH THAT. CAMPBELL. SLIPS AWAY. NOW THE KICK. AND... RACING AFTER IT, LAUMAPE! NGANI LAUMAPE. AND HE THEN TURNED PROVIDER AS THE CANES CLEARED AWAY TO WIN 41-22, JUST THEIR SECOND VICTORY OF THE SEASON. SUPER SUB, LOOSE FORWARD BRAYDEN IOSE ABSOLUTELY STOKED WITH THAT, BUT THEY STILL FINISHED LAST BEHIND THE HIGHLANDERS. BLACKCAPS SPEARHEAD TRENT BOULT IS DOING HIS BIT TO PUSH GREATER COVID-19 AWARENESS IN INDIA. THE PACE BOWLER, WHO'S ENJOYING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL STINT WITH THE MUMBAI INDIANS, HAS APPEARED IN A STAR STUDDED PROMOTIONAL VIDEO. STAY SAFE, STAY AT HOME, KEEP SANITISING YOUR HANDS, WEAR A MASK, AND JUST BE CAREFUL WHEREVER YOU ARE. BOULT'S TAKEN SEVEN SCALPS SO FAR TO LIFT THE 'INDIANS' TO FOURTH ON THE LADDER. IT WAS DRAFT DAY IN THE NFL, AND AS EXPECTED, TREVOR LAWRENCE WAS THE NUMBER ONE PICK. THE BLOND-HAIRED QUARTERBACK, WITH THE NICKNAME TOUCHDOWN JESUS, IS HEADED TO THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, AND BOY, DO THEY NEED A SAVIOUR. HERE'S CHRIS CHANG. WITH THE FIRST PICK IN THE 2021 NFL DRAFT, THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS SELECT... TREVOR LAWRENCE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) QUARTERBACK. REMEMBER THE NAME. ONE OF THE MOST HYPED QUARTERBACKS EVER IS TAKING HIS PRODIGIOUS TALENTS AND LUSCIOUS LOCKS TO EAST COAST FLORIDA. (EPIC MUSIC) 'TOUCHDOWN JESUS' THEY CALL HIM, SO CAN HE SAVE A FRANCHISE THAT'S NEVER WON THE SUPER BOWL? THE JAGS LOST 15 TIMES LAST SEASON WITH JUST ONE WIN. (WHIMSICAL MUSIC) AFTER YEARS OF PAIN, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR LUCK. THIS IS A FRANCHISE-TURNING MOMENT, IT FEELS LIKE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL IT 'BT ` BEFORE TREVOR' AND 'AD ` AFTER THE DRAFT, THE DRAFT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING'. AT 6'5, HE'S GOT ALL THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES TO BECOME AN ELITE QUARTERBACK. LAWRENCE GENERATED 90 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS COLLEGE CAREER, NOW HOPING TO USE HIS MIDAS TOUCH ON A FRANCHISE THAT BADLY NEEDS IT. IT'S REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN, HONESTLY. I WAS, LIKE, SUPER NERVOUS BEFORE AND JUST SO EXCITED. SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY. TREVOR LAWRENCE, FROM COLLEGE PRODIGY TO GRIDIRON GODSEND. THE JAGUARS' PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. JUST AHEAD ` CHINA'S MAKING BIG MOVES IN THE SPACE RACE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST PART OF A NEW SPACE STATION. CHINA'S BID FOR A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN SPACE HAS TAKEN A GIANT STEP FORWARD WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE FIRST PART OF A NEW SPACE STATION. THE CORE MODULE WILL BECOME THE LIVING QUARTERS FOR THREE CREW ON THE STATION, SET TO BE COMPLETED BY 2022. THE NEW FACILITY MEANS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, RUN BY THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, EUROPE, JAPAN, AND CANADA, WILL NO LONGER BE THE ONLY HOME FOR HUMANS IN SPACE. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW, WITH DAVID BOWIE AND 'STARMAN'. THAT'S ALMOST ALL FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR, WHICH KICKED OFF IN QUEENSTOWN THIS WEEK AND IS MAKING ITS WAY UP THE COUNTRY. THE FESTIVAL FEATURES A COLLECTION OF ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ADVENTURE FILMS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. (THE NAKED AND FAMOUS' 'PUNCHING IN A DREAM') CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND SOPHIE PEARCE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021