IT'S MIDDAY. DOZENS ARRESTED AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SEIZED AS POLICE DEAL A HUGE BLOW TO GANGS. HOW THE OPERATION LINKS TO A MAJOR GLOBAL TAKE DOWN OF ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS. AND ` THOUSANDS OF NURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PREPARING TO WALK OFF THE JOB TOMORROW. AND IT'S NOT JUST MONEY THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT. PLUS ` THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN IS TRAVELLING OUT OF THIS WORLD. HOW YOU COULD JOIN HIM ON HIS BLUE ORIGIN SPACE MISSION. CAPTIONS BY JORDAN WAETFORD AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. 'A MASSIVE BLOW TO ORGANISED CRIME IN NEW ZEALAND AND OVERSEAS,' IS HOW POLICE ARE DESCRIBING A LARGE SCALE OPERATION WHICH HAS RESULTED IN 35 ARRESTS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. THOSE ARRESTED ARE FACING MORE THAN 900 CHARGES, INCLUDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERIOUS DRUG DEALING AND MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCES. LOGAN CHURCH HAS JUST ATTENDED A MEDIA BRIEFING WITH POLICE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH MORE. LOGAN WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE ARE CALLING THIS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TAKEDOWN OF ORGANISED CRIME INVOLVING AGENCIES RIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE INCLUDING THE FBI AND EURO POLL. TO UNDERSTAND NEW ZEALAND'S INVOLVEMENT WE HAVE TO WIND BACK THE CLOCK TO 2018 AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION THAN. THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE IMPORTATION OF METH AND COCAINE IN AUSTRALIA, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTEDIT WOULD THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE IMPORTATION OF METH AND COCAINE OPERATION TROJAN SHIELDS. OPERATION TROJAN SHIELDS. UNBEKNOWN TO THOSE CRIMINALS, IT WAS ACTUALLY SET UP AND RUN BY THE FBI THEMSELVES. REVEALING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THAT INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO NEW ZEALAND POLICE AND AUTHORITIES HERE. WE HAVE SEEN 37 SEARCH WARRANTS CARRIED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE SEIZED DURING THE COURSE OF THESE OPERATIONS ABOUT 8.6 KG OF METH THAT CAME IN THROUGH THE BORDER. YESTERDAY WE RECOVERED ABOUT 20 HOURS SINCE OF METH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CASH, WE RESTRAINED ABOUT $5.7 MILLION IN ASSETS TODAY. WARRANTS ARE OCCURRING TODAY AND WE EXPECT A NUMBER OF ARRESTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN. LOGAN, WHERE TO FROM HERE? 35 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR BUT THE POLICE SAY THEY EXPECT MORE TO BE ARRESTED IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. THOSE 35 WILL APPEAR IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURSE AND TAMIL TO DISTRICT COURT ON A RANGE OF CHARGES. OVER 900. POLICE EXPECT THE NUMBER OF CHARGES TO GO WELL ABOVE A THOUSAND. PLENTY MORE TO COME. IT'S MORE ABOUT TRYING TO REDUCE THE HARM THAT ORGANISED CRIME HAS ON OUR COMMUNITIES. THE POLICE POINTING TO THE USE OF METH AS THE REASON THEY ARE REALLY CRACKING DOWN HERE. LOTS OF WORK TO DO FOR NEW ZEALAND AUTHORITIES OVER THE COMING DAYS. THEY HAVE DEALT A SEVERE BLOW TO ORGANISED CRIME. THANKS, LOGAN. IN AUSTRALIA, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTEDIT WOULD IN CONNECTION TO THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL POLICE OPERATION. MORE THAN 300 SEARCH WARRANTS WERE CARRIED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY UNCOVERED 21 MURDER PLOTS AND SEIZED MORE THAN 3000 KILOGRAMS OF DRUGS AS WELL AS $35M DOLLARS IN CASH. PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON SPOKE TO MEDIA A SHORT TIME AGO, CALLING THE OPERATION A WATERSHED MOMENT. OPERATION IRONSIDE HAS NOW CHARGED HUNDREDS OF ALLEGED OFFENCES, SEIZED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDS, REMOVED WEAPONS FROM OUR STREETS AND SAVED LIVES AND WILL CONTINUE TO. IT IS AN ONGOING OPERATION. THE OPERATION PUTS AUSTRALIA AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS FIGHT AGAINST DANGEROUS ORGANISED CRIMINALS WHO PEDDLE IN HUMAN MISERY, AND ULTIMATELY, WILL KEEP OUR COMMUNITES AND AUSTRALIANS SAFER. MORE THAN 4000 POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS OPERATION. THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES PAST WHEN I AM NOT THANKFUL FOR THE WORK OF ALL OF OUR POLICE. ALL OF OUR POLICE, NURSES ARE READY TO TAKE MORE STRIKE ACTION IF DHBs DON'T LISTEN TO THEIR DEMANDS FOR BETTER PAY AND STAFFING LEVELS. THAT'S THE WARNING FROM NURSES AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S EIGHT-HOUR WALK OUT. IT COMES AFTER UNION MEMBERS REJECTED THE LATEST DHB PAY OFFER, SAYING IT ISN'T SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST. THE DHB SAYS IT TRIED TO MEET DEMANDS TO PREVENT THE STRIKE. AFTER THE STRIKE, WE'LL GO BACK INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DHBs, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL CHANGE THEIR POSITION, OFFER US SOMETHING THAT WILL RETAIN AND AT OUR NURSES THAT WILL HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEM WHEN THEY PUT US AT RISK AND PATIENTS AT RISK. WE'VE HAD A VERY STRONG MESSAGE FROM OUR MEMBERS THAT, IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT MORE STRIKE ACTION IS REQUIRED. THE STRIKE WILL BEGIN AT 11AM TOMORROW. EMERGENCY AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES WILL REMAIN OPEN. THE FIRST NEW TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN NEARLY TWO DECADES HAS BEEN APPROVED BY AMERICAN REGULATORS. ADUCANUMAB TARGETS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ALZHEIMER'S, THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA, RATHER THAN ITS SYMPTOMS. BUT SOME SCIENTISTS ARE DIVIDED OVER TRIAL RESULTS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS HERE SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, BBC'S FERGUS WALSH WITH DEVELOPMENTS. THIS IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT IN THE BATTLE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A DRUG HAS BEEN APPROVED WHICH TACKLES NOT JUST THE SYMPTOMS, BUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THIS DEVASTATING DISEASE. ADUCANUMAB NOT YET LICENCED IN THE UK AND AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF A CLINICAL TRIAL LIKE HERE AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY IN CENTRAL LONDON. ALDO CHAURASIA (68) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S 10 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO STOP WORKING AS A SURGEON. HE RECEIVES ADUCANUMAB EVERY MONTH VIA INFUSION AND IS CERTAIN IT'S HELPED HIM. I FELT THAT I WASN'T GETTING SO MIXED UP. MY COGNITIVE TESTS WERE IMPROVING QUITE, QUITE MARKEDLY. TWO YEARS AGO, ADUCANUMAB WAS WRITTEN OFF AS A FAILURE, AND THE TRIAL ALDO WAS TAKING PART IN WAS ABANDONED. BUT THE MANUFACTURERS, BIOGEN, ANALYSED MORE DATA AND CONCLUDED THOSE ON THE HIGHEST DOSES HAD BETTER COGNITION, MEMORY AND LANGUAGE. THIS IS THE BRAIN OF SOMEONE WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER'S. THE RED AREAS SHOW A BUILD UP OF AMYLOID, A PROTEIN WHICH CAN FORM TOXIC DEPOSITS. THIS IS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL AFTER A YEAR OF ADUCANUMAB. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF AMYLOID HAVE BEEN CLEARED. THIS IS THE FIRST POTENTIAL TREATMENT THAT CAN TACKLE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE DISEASE. AND SO FOR THIS REASON, THIS REALLY IS QUITE A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. IN RECENT YEARS, OVER 100 PROMISING ALZHEIMER'S DRUGS HAVE FLOPPED. SO TO NOW HAVE A MEDICINE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY SLOW THE DISEASE IS A HUGE MOMENT AND WILL ENCOURAGE SCIENTISTS TO REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS AND FIND EVEN BETTER TREATMENTS. ADUCANUMAB IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR THOSE WITH MILD ALZHEIMER'S, WHEN DAMAGE TO BRAIN FUNCTION IS STILL LIMITED. AND ALZHEIMER'S NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ADUCANUMAB, BUT IS AWAITING MORE CLARITY AROUND ITS EFFECTS. 1 NEWS HAS CONTACTED PHARMAC AND MEDSAFE TO SEE WHEN THE DRUG COULD BE AVAILABLE HERE. AROUND 70,000 KIWIS ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA TODAY, MEANING 80% OF NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW OR HAVE KNOWN SOMEONE WITH THE ILLNESS. IT'S PROJECTED MORE THAN 170,000 OF US WILL HAVE DEMENTIA BY 2050. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY ON 1 NEWS AT 6. FIJI'S RECORDED ANOTHER 64 CASES OF COVID-19 OVERNIGHT AS THE OUTBREAK THAT STARTED IN APRIL SWELLS TO 681 CASES IN TOTAL. 83 NEW INFECTIONS WERE REPORTED ON SUNDAY. THERE ARE CONCERNS THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD FAR, WITH CLUSTERS EMERGING OUTSIDE CONTAINMENT ZONES. THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA'S REPORTED ANOTHER TWO COVID-19 CASES TODAY, TAKING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE INFECTIONS TO 83. NEW ZEALANDERS IN LOCKED DOWN MELBOURNE ARE PREPARING TO RETURN HOME WITH GREEN ZONE FLIGHTS ABLE TO RESUME FROM TONIGHT. ANYONE BOARDING WILL NEED A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST LESS THAN THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY DEPART. TWO FLIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED FROM MELBOURNE TO AUCKLAND TOMORROW. AIR NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S SEEN HIGH DEMAND FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK HOME. RESTRICTIONS IN MELBOURNE ARE SCHEDULED TO EASE FROM FRIDAY. IT'S FRUSTRATING. PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE THREE DAYS FROM NOW, BUT WE SEE DIFFERENT CHANGES EVERY DAY. AND THAT CAN SOMETHING FROM LEFT FIELD. THE PAUSE ON QUARANTINE FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND NEW ZEALAND'S SET TO LAST UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A REVIEW DUE TOMORROW. GREECE SAYS PEOPLE LIVING ON ITS ISLANDS ARE BEING PRIORITISED FOR COVID JABS, AS IT PUSHES TO WIN BACK HOLIDAYMAKERS TO ITS MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS. THE COUNTRY AIMS TO VACCINATE ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE BBC'S NICK BEAKE REPORTS. REACHING THE SERENITY OF THE GREEK ISLANDS HAS BEEN A DISTANT DREAM DURING MUCH OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT MILOS IS NOW WAKING UP, AND SPRUCING UP, GETTING READY TO WELCOME BACK VISITORS WITH OPEN ARMS. FOR YANNIS, A DIVING INSTRUCTOR, THERE WILL BE CUSTOMERS ONCE MORE, DESCENDING TO THIS SHIPWRECK HE DISCOVERED. THESE ANCIENT FOOD JARS THOUGHT TO BE MORE THAN 2000 YEARS OLD, STILL VISIBLE. BUT IT'S MODERN MEDICINE IN THE FORM OF THE COVID VACCINE THAT'S RAISING HIS SPIRITS. TRANSLATOR: THIS YEAR, THERE IS THE VACCINATION. WE ARE VACCINATED, MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE VACCINATED. WE ALSO HAVE THE TESTS AND WE ARE NOT AFRAID. WE KNOW IF SOMEONE HAS THE VIRUS OR NOT. AND THIS IS HOW WE GO ON. THEY'VE NEARLY VACCINATED ALL OF THE LOCALS ON MILOS, AS WELL AS THE SUMMER WORKERS FROM THE MAINLAND. BUT ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT VISITORS FROM FURTHER AFIELD, BRINGING WITH THEM NEW COVID VARIANTS? IF THEY ARE CAREFUL, THEY DO THEIR TESTS BEFORE THEY COME HERE, THEY ARE VACCINATED AND THEY WERE THEIR MASKS AND PUBLIC PLACES, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. WE DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, BE SUPER STRESSED. IN 2020, GREECE WELCOMED ONLY A QUARTER OF ITS USUAL VISITORS, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS BOUNCING BACK. MILOS' GOAT'S CHEESE PRODUCERS WOULD BE IN BUSINESS AGAIN. AS THE HOTELS REOPEN, THE ORDERS COME IN. AT MILOS PRIMARY SCHOOL, THESE YOUNG GREEK PHILOSOPHERS HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING THE PANDEMIC. 'OUR HEARTS HURT', THE LYRICS GO. EVERYONE'S HOPE IS THAT FREEDOM RETURNS. THE GREEK ISLANDS HAVE STARTED THEIR SUMMER SERENADE, BUT MANY VISITORS WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE THEY CAN COME HERE AND SURRENDER THEIR HEARTS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A TRAIN COLLISION IN PAKISTAN'S RISEN TO 50. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE INJURED AS FINGER POINTING BEGINS AROUND WHO TO BLAME. BBC'S SECUNDER KERMANI HAS THE LATEST. A BABY LIFTED TO SAFETY AMIDST THE CHAOS. STANDING ON TOP OF AN OVERTURNED CARRIAGE, PASSENGERS DESPERATELY TRY TO HELP OTHERS CLAMBER FREE. A TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM THE CITY OF KARACHI CAME OFF THE TRACKS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. THEN ANOTHER GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION PLOUGHED INTO IT. TRANSLATOR: THAT'S OUR CARRIAGE OVER THERE. WE WERE GETTING DOWN. THE CHILDREN WERE TOO. THEN THE OTHER TRAIN SLAMMED INTO US, RIGHT INTO OUR CARRIAGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT. MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTER AND MY FRIEND ALL DIED. SOME OF THE INJURED REMAIN TRAPPED BY THE WRECKAGE, WHILST HELICOPTERS HELPED CARRY OTHERS AWAY. MANY OF THE MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS HOSPITAL, INCLUDING ZENERA (6). BOTH HER LEGS ARE FRACTURED. BOTH HER PARENTS ARE STILL MISSING. IT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S INCOMPETENCE, SAYS THIS RELATIVE. THEY NEED TO ENSURE DRIVERS AND RAILWAY STAFF ARE PROPERLY TRAINED. ACCIDENTS IN PAKISTAN ARE COMMON. THIS IS AT LEAST THE FOURTH MAJOR RAIL DISASTER IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY ALONE, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OFFICIALS AND PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN'S GOVERNMENT HAVE BLAMED THEIR PREDECESSORS. HE'S PROMISED TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO RAILWAY SAFETY IN THE COUNTRY. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TRAVELLING ON PAKISTAN'S RAILWAYS COME FROM POORER BACKGROUNDS. THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING THAT AWFUL PRICE FOR YEARS OF NEGLECT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HOW NEW HELMET TECHNOLOGY COULD ALERT CYCLISTS TO DANGER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AND IN SPORT ` A TEENAGER'S BECOME THE YOUNGEST FEMALE TO REACH A GRAND SLAM QUARTER FINAL IN MORE THAN DECADE. PLUS LATER ` BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS GETS READY FOR A TRIP TO SPACE. (ENGINE REVS) Assertive ` that's how I describe my driving. On the open road, you're aiming for about 10 to 15 above the road sign. Nah, nah, passengers don't get to call the shots. I'm the one driving, so I choose the speed. (WEATHER REPORT PLAYS ON RADIO) (ENGINE REVS) If you wanna drive, then you can drive. That's what I always fire back. They just don't understand how you can drive quickly and safely. If anyone tells me to slow down, I give them the same response every time ` my car, my rules. (ENGINE REVS) - I was seven months' pregnant, and I contracted COVID at a tangi. We spent 34 days in isolation. I couldn't breathe well on my own. I ended up contracting COVID pneumonia. I was the first hapu mama in Jet Park. It was really terrifying for us. I don't want other whanau to have to go through what I've been through. If there's a way that that can be prevented, I would 100% take it. CYCLISTS CAN USE THEIR HEAD LIKE NEVER BEFORE, WITH A WORLD FIRST INVENTION BY A SYDNEY COMPANY. HELMETS FITTED WITH 5G TECHNOLOGY, ALERT RIDERS TO DANGER, GIVING THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CHANNEL NINE'S MIKE DALTON WENT FOR A TEST RIDE. IT WOULD START AS A VANITY PROJECT FOR SELFIE-SNAPPING CYCLISTS, BUT HAS NOW QUICKLY EVOLVED INTO WHAT COULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL GAME-CHANGER FOR CYCLIST SAFETY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SAVING LIVES AND THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THIS HELMET IS REALLY EXCITING, WHICH IS WHY I GOT INVOLVED. PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL TECH START UP COMPANY ARENBERG, ALONG WITH TELSTRA'S 5G NETWORK DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW HELMETS CAMERA CAN SEE DANGER BEFORE THE RIDER EVER DOES. THE VISION THAT'S BEEN CAPTURED USING THE CAMERA IS SENT VIA THE SMARTPHONE AND 5G UP TO THE CLOUD. USING THE RIDERS MOBILE PHONE AS A HUB. IT THEN FINDS FEEDS FROM OTHER CAMERAS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND IN OTHER VEHICLES TO LOOK AHEAD. THEN WHAT THE CLOUD PROCESSING CAN DO IS TO BRING ALL THAT DATA TOGETHER AND FORM A PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN` EVEN AROUND A CORNER OR OVER THE HORIZON. AUTOMATED VOICE: ROADBLOCKS AHEAD. THE WARNINGS DELIVERED NOT THROUGH THE EARS, BUT VIA THE SKULL. THE HEADPHONE DOESN'T SIT IN YOUR EAR. IT SITS ON THE BONE JUST IN FRONT. AUTOMATED VOICE: CAR DOOR OPENING. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 44 CYCLIST DEATHS EACH YEAR ON AUSTRALIAN ROADS, A FATALITY AND A SERIOUS INJURY FROM BIKE ACCIDENTS JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION WHO KNOWS THE SEVERITY OF A SPILL ON TWO WHEELS, BELIEVES THIS AUSTRALIAN-MADE TECH HAS WORLDWIDE POTENTIAL. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NEARLY 3 MILLION AUSSIES ON A BIKE EVERY WEEK, THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE LIVES FOR THOSE RIDERS IS EXCITING. TO SPORT NOW. COCO GAUFF (17) HAS BECOME THE YOUNGEST WOMAN TO REACH A GRAND SLAM QUARTER-FINAL SINCE 2006. GAUFF IS YET TO DROP A SET IN THE TOURNAMENT AND CRUISED HER WAY TO VICTORY THIS MORNING OVER TWENTY FIFTH SEED ONS JABEUR. SUPERB APPROACH. SHE'S THINKING SO CLEARLY OUT THERE. MEANWHILE IN THE MEN'S DRAW NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS COME BACK FROM BEING TWO SETS DOWN TO BEAT ITALY'S LORENZO MUSETTI. THE SERB DROPPING JUST ONE GAME IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH SET BEFORE MUSETTI RETIRED WITH CRAMPS AND BACK PAIN IN THE DECIDING SET. AND RAFAEL NADAL'S QUEST FOR HIS 14TH FRENCH OPEN TITLE CONTINUES. THE SPANIARD FIGHTING OFF ITALIAN JANNIK SINNER IN STRAIGHT SETS TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTER FINALS. CRUSADERS HALF-BACK MITCHELL DRUMMOND HAS EXTENDED HIS STAY AT THE CLUB UNTIL 2024. THE 27-YEAR-OLD BROUGHT UP 100 GAMES FOR THE CLUB EARLIER THIS SEASON, BUT ASSISTANT COACH TAMATI ELLISON SAYS DRUMMOND STILL HAS SOME WORK TO DO IN THE RED BLACK KIT BEFORE HE CAN LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE NUMBER NINE JERSEY. HE'S DEFINITELY PART OF THE FABRIC AROUND HERE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT HE'S INVESTED AGAIN TO STAY HERE FOS SUCH A LONG PERIOD AND REALLY LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE FUTURE. HE COME UNDER SOME GREAT HALF-BACKS, ANDY ELLIS AND JUSTIN MARSHALL, AND IT'S GONNA BE COOL TO SEE WHAT HE DOES IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE CRUSADERS PLAY THEIR FINAL ROUND ROBIN GAME OF THE SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION AGAINST THE REBELS ON SATURDAY. INDIAN CRICKET COACH RAVI SHASTRI IS CALLING FOR THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE A BEST OF THREE SERIES. IT COMES JUST OVER A WEEK BEFORE NEW ZEALAND FACES INDIA IN THE FINAL OF THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. BEFORE THAT THOUGH, THE BLACK=CAPS ARE IN BIRMINGHAM AHEAD OF THEIR FINAL TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AT EDGBASTON, AND IT'S STILL TAKING SOME TIME FOR TEST DEBUTANT DEVON CONWAY TO PROCESS HIS MAIDEN DOUBLE CENTURY. I CERTAINLY HAD TO PINCH MYSELF. I COULDN'T HAVE DREAMT OF A PERFECT START. IF YOU SAID TO ME, '200 BEFORE YOUR TEST DEBUT,' I'D SAY YOU'RE ON SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON. THE SECOND TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` HOW YOU COULD JOIN THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN ON A TRIP TO SPACE. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST ` THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS SET TO BECOME THE RICHEST MAN IN SPACE. AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS HAS ANNOUNCED HE'LL TRAVEL TO SPACE WITH HIS BROTHER ON HIS ROCKET COMPANY'S FIRST SUB-ORBITAL SIGHTSEEING TRIP. A THIRD SEAT ON THE SPACE-CRAFT IS ALSO BEING AUCTIONED OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE WITH THE STORY. HEADING TO THE EDGE OF SPACE, THIS IS THE NEW SHEPHERD ROCKET. SO FAR, IT'S ONLY FLOWN WITH MANNEQUINS. NOW IT'S READY FOR ITS FIRST REAL PASSENGERS. AND JEFF BEZOS, WHO OWNS THE SPACE CRAFT, HAS ANNOUNCED HE'LL BE ON BOARD ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER. CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PLANET, WITH HUMANITY. IT'S ONE EARTH. I WANT TO GO ON THIS FLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE THING I'VE WANTED TO DO ALL MY LIFE. THE ROCKET SYSTEM WILL REACH 100km ABOVE THE EARTH, WHERE PASSENGERS WILL EXPERIENCE ABOUT THREE MINUTES OF WEIGHTLESSNESS AND SEE THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE AND EARTH'S CURVED HORIZON. IN THE FUTURE, ANYONE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A RIDE FOR AROUND �150,000 A TICKET. AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY COMPANY TO TEST IF SPACE TOURISM IS COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. SIR RICHARD BRANSON'S VIRGIN GALACTIC SPACE PLANE IS EXPECTED TO CARRY PAYING CUSTOMERS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. DRAGON SPACEX ` SEPARATION CONFIRMED. AND SEATS ON ELON MUSK'S SPACEX CAPSULE COST MILLIONS TO GO INTO LOW-EARTH ORBIT. FOR NOW, THESE TRIPS ARE ONLY FOR THE SUPER WEALTHY. BUT EXPERTS SAY PRICES SHOULD DROP. FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY, PARTICULARLY, IT WILL BECOME A REALITY THAT THEY COULD SAVE UP SOME MONEY AND CHOOSE TO GO TO SPACE. NOT EVERY DAY, BUT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE TO SPEND A CHUNK OF YOUR SAVINGS ON AND EXPERIENCE A FEW MINUTES OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. LANDING. THE NEW SHEPARD FLIGHT IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY. THE CAPSULE CARRYING JEFF BEZOS AND HIS BROTHER WILL DESCEND BACK TO EARTH WITH PARACHUTES MARKING THE START OF A NEW ERA IN SPACE TOURISM. TIME NOW TO SEE HOW THE WEATHER'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE. (ELTON JOHN'S 'ROCKETMAN') THANKS FOR JOINING US. (ELTON JOHN'S 'ROCKETMAN') THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT SIX. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JORDAN WAETFORD AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.