TONIGHT ` THE FBI STING INVOLVING AN EAVESDROPPING APP THAT'S LED TO THE ARREST OF HUNDREDS OF ACCUSED CRIMINALS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING HERE. NEW ZEALAND'S COVID VACCINE STOCKS ARE SET TO BE BOOSTED BY ANOTHER MILLION DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE. AND NURSES NATIONWIDE WILL BE WALKING OFF THE JOB TOMORROW FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR STRIKE OVER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. CAPTIONS BY LILLIE BALFOUR AND EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. BUT FIRST TO BREAKING NEWS, AND WE'RE GETTING REPORTS OF A NETWORK OUTAGE AFFECTING A NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE SITES, INCLUDING GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA AND NEW ZEALAND WEBSITES LIKE TRADE ME AND OUR OWN TVNZ ON DEMAND. WITH MORE, HERE'S OUR REPORTER JACOB JOHNSON IN WELLINGTON. WE HAVE ONLY JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS REALLY IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES.AS YOU SAY, IT IS AFFECTING A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE NEWS WEBSITES AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE TALKING WORDS LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES, CNN AND ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER HIGH-PROFILE SITES LIKE REDDIT AND TWITCH. ALSO SOME NEW ZEALAND WEBSITES ARE BEING AFFECTED AS WELL, RADIO NEW ZEALAND AS YOU SAY, TRADE ME, TO VISIT ON DEMAND.IF YOU TRY TO GO ONTO THESE PAGES, OR YOU GET IS AN ERROR CODE AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE PAGE.AS I SAY, THIS IS VERY EARLY STAGES AND WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT HAPPENED AND WHETHER THIS IS A CYBER ATTACK BUT WE WILL BRING YOU ANY FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE BULLETIN. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A WORLDWIDE HI-TECH STING LED BY THE FBI AND INVOLVING NEW ZEALAND POLICE HAS EAVESDROPPED ON CRIMINAL CONVERSATIONS AND LEAD TO HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS. OPERATION TROJAN SHIELD INCLUDED BIG INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ` AMERICA'S FBI, THE DEA, OR DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, EUROPOL, THE EU'S CRIME-FIGHTING AGENCY, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND POLICE AND OTHER PARTNERS IN MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES. IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ORGANISED CRIME OPERATIONS, UNDERWORLD FIGURES AND CRIME GANGS WERE TRICKED INTO COMMUNICATING USING AN ENCRYPTED APP DEVELOPED BY THE FBI. THIS INCLUDED PLANNING EXECUTIONS, DRUG SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING. WITH MORE ON THE OPERATION HERE'S LARISSA HOWIE. POLICE RAIDS AROUND THE WORLD ALL PART OF A STING THAT COULD'VE BEEN RIPPED FROM A HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT. THE ARRESTS MADE AFTER A JOINT OPERATION INVOLVING THE FBI AND AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES. THE THREATS WE FACE ARE TOO DIVERSE AND TWO COMPLEX FOR ONE ORGANISATION TO TACKLE ALONE. THE OPERATION INVOLVED AN APP CALLED ANOM WHICH ENABLED CRIMINALS TO SEND AND RECEIVE ENCRYPTED MESSAGES AND VIDEOS. BUT THOSE USING IT HAD NO IDEA IT WAS BUILT AND CONTROLLED BY THE FBI. OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS THEY'VE INTERCEPTED OVER 27 MILLION MESSAGES, INCLUDING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE 35 PEOPLE APPEARING IN COURT TODAY FACE OVER 900 CHARGES. FROM HEAD HUNTERS GANG MEMBERS IN AUCKLAND TO SENIOR LEADERS OF THE MONGREL MOB, AND COMENCHEROS IN THE WAIKATO ` NEW ZEALAND POLICE SWOOPING IN, CARRYING OUT RAIDS, FINDING DRUGS, CARS, BOATS, MOTORBIKES AND STACKS AND STACKS OF CASH. TODAY WE'VE SEIZED, DURING THE COURSE OF OPERATIONS, ABOUT 8.6KG METH THROUGH THE BORDER. YESTERDAY RECOVERED ABOUT 20 OUNCES OF METH, OVER $1M CASH, FOUR FIREARMS, MULTIPLE KILOS OF IODINE AND RESTRAINED ABOUT $3.7M IN ASSETS TO DATE. EUROPE'S CRIMINAL UNDERGROUND ALSO TARGETED ` POLICE IN SWEDEN ARRESTING 155 SUSPECTS AND CLAIMING TO HAVE PREVENTED MORE THAN TEN PLANNED MURDERS. THESE INDIVIDUALS COMMIT TERRIBLE CRIMES AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE AND PROFIT ON OTHER PEOPLE'S WEAKNESSES. HAKIN AY YIK, AN AUSTRALIAN DRUG LORD BASED IN TURKEY, WAS ENTICED TO USE THE APP BY UNDERCOVER AGENTS, AND THEY USED HIM TO DISTRIBUTE THE DEVICES TO HIS CRIMINAL NETWORKS. A NUMBER OF THE DEVICES MAKING THEIR WAY HERE. THERE ARE LOTS OF ELEMENTS TO PULL TOGETHER ` FROM HAVING THE RIGHT SOFTWARE, HAVING THE RIGHT PLATFORM TO CAPTURE THESE MESSAGES, THROUGH TO ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES IMAGERY TO CONVINCE CRIMINALS TO USE THE APP. IN AUSTRALIA, MORE THAN 4000 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, ARRESTING 224 OFFENDERS ON 526 CHARGES. THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS THE WORLD HAS LED TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OPERATION IN POLICING HISTORY HERE IN AUSTRALIA. ANOM IS NOW OUT OF ACTION BUT POLICE SAY MORE ARRESTS ARE LIKELY. BUT INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AS WELL. AND THE SIZE OF IT IS CLEARLY REALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE TOOLS TO FIGHT INTERNATIONAL CRIME REACHING NEW TECHNOLOGICAL HEIGHTS. LARISSA HOWIE, 1 NEWS. THE OPERATION WAS GLOBAL, BUT IN AUSTRALIA, SYDNEY WAS AT THE HEART WITH MULTIPLE RAIDS AND ARRESTS STILL TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY. HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S CHARLES CROUCHER. A CORNER BLOCK IN FAIRFIELD IN THIS BRICK HOME HIDES A SINISTER SECRET. POLICE REMOVE THIS RESIDENT AND BAGS OF WHITE POWDER. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME REACHING INTO OUR SUBURBS. NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN DETECTIVES WORKING IN THE OPERATION IRONSIDE TEAM, TAPPING THE ANOM APP, GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR UNDERWORLD. HAVING ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM WAS LIKE PEERING THROUGH A CRYSTAL BALL AND SEEING THE WAY THE MINDSET IS OF ORGANISED CRIME IN NEW SOUTH WALES. GO, GO, GO. IN MALABAR, THIS MAN CAUGHT WEARING A TOWEL AS DOZENS OF OFFICERS RAIDED HIS HOME. IN MARRICKVILLE, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BURIED UNDER A GARDEN SHED. IN MACQUARIE PARK, POLICE WERE UP BEFORE THE SUN. AND IN MUDGEE, THIS MAN ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF A MILITARY GRADE SNIPER RIFLE. HIS LUXURY CAR SEIZED. HIS LUXURY KICKS LEFT BEHIND. THERE WILL BE REPRISALS. THERE WILL BE DEBTS OWED. THERE WILL BE CONFLICT, AND THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TRYING TO STEP UP TO FILL THAT GAP. AMONG THE HAUL, A $380,000 GEM-LACED RAINBOW ROLEX. THE OPERATION MAY HAVE BEEN NATIONWIDE, BUT THE BULK WAS HERE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. OVER 1000 POLICE CARRYING OUT 33 SEARCH WARRANTS AND HELPING WITH 57 OTHERS. ALMOST ALL OF THE ARRESTS HERE TO DO WITH THE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THE LARGEST STATE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN VULNERABILITIES IN OUR BORDER AND THROUGH THE AIRPORTS PREVIOUSLY. AND WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH OUR COMMONWEALTH PARTNERS TO TRY AND CIRCUMVENT THAT. SYDNEY REMAINS A POPULAR TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL DRUG SYNDICATES, BUT MANY OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE FLED NEW SOUTH WALES, ADDING AN EXTRA CHALLENGE FOR AUTHORITIES. WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF OUR HIGH LEVEL CROOKS GO TO SAFE HAVENS OVERSEAS AND ESCAPE PROSECUTION AND LIVE A HIGH LIFE AND STILL DIRECT THEIR CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES FROM OVERSEAS. NEW ZEALAND'S SECURED ANOTHER MILLION DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE, DUE TO BE DELIVERED NEXT MONTH. IT'LL BE ENOUGH TO FULLY VACCINATE ALMOST 1 MILLION KIWIS WITH TWO SHOTS EACH, AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS SUPPLY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WITH MORE, HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. A BOOST TO OUR VACCINE STOCK, JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN I GOT A MESSAGE FROM MINISTER HIPKINS TELLING ME WHAT JULY WAS LOOKING LIKE, SO IT WILL STILL TAKE PLANNING, BUT WE DONT HAVE QUITE THE SAME ANXIETY WE HAD PREVIOUSLY THAT WE WERE RAMPING UP MAYBE TOO QUICKLY. THE SHIPMENTS, COMING WEEKLY FROM JULY, TOTALLING A MILLION BY THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN VACCINATIONS ARE PLANNED FOR THE WIDER PUBLIC. THESE CONSIGNMENTS WILL DOUBLE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PFIZER DOSES WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR. I WAS A BIT CONCERNED BECAUSE WE SEEMED TO BE STUTTERING A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOW WITH ONE MILLION WE SHOULD COVER MOST OF OUR VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND REALLY START TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WE FEEL MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. SO FAR, MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE IN HIGH-RISK GROUPS HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. BUT WE NEED TO STEP UP THE PACE. AT THE MOMENT AROUND 20,000 DOSES ARE BEING ADMINISTERED PER DAY - IT'S HOPED THAT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THAT CAN INCREASE TO 50,000. SO THEY'RE RAMPING UP IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DELIVERING TO US IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY, SO BY THE END OF JULY THEY'RE NOT SUDDENLY GONNA SAY, OH YOU'RE GONNA GET LESS IN AUGUST THAN YOU GOT IN JULY. THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS, ONE MILLION DOSES, BUT WE NEED MORE. MORE TO COVER EVERY NEW ZEALANDER - CABINET EXPECTED TO MAKE FURTHER DECISIONS ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY. WE WILL THEN SHARE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE DECISIONS PUBLICLY NEXT WEEK. WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE AT THAT POINT A BIT MORE DETAIL ON HOW THE BOOKING SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO WORK FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO PLANNING TO HAVE HER FIRST VACCINATION NEXT WEEK, AS WORK ON THE PUBLIC ROLL OUT RAMPS UP. JACOB JOHNSON, ONE NEWS. FIJI HAS REPORTED ITS HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL OF COVID INFECTIONS, WITH 94 CASES REPORTED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 28 OF THE CASES ARE FROM SUVA'S HOSPITAL CLUSTER. THE HOSPITAL IS NOW CLOSED AND A COVID CARE FACILITY. THE COUNTRY'S VACCINATION ROLLOUT IS CONTINUING, WITH THE LATEST FIGURES SHOWING ALMOST 219 THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF A COVID-19 VACCINE. 'FIX STAFF SHORTAGES NOW, OR THERE'LL BE NO NURSES LEFT IN NEW ZEALAND.' THAT'S THE DRASTIC WARNING FROM NURSES WALKING OFF THE JOB TOMORROW, FIGHTING FOR BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. JORDYN RUDD REPORTS. FOR NURSE DEENA CARDON, SIGNING THIS PETITION IS AN EASY DECISION. WE ARE JUST EXHAUSTED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT IN US WHEN WE GET HOME FOR OUR FAMILIES. SHE'S ONE OF 30,000 DHB NURSES SWAPPING OUT THEIR SCRUBS FOR PICKET SIGNS IN TOMORROW'S NATIONWIDE STRIKE. AND WE'VE WATCHED OTHER PROFESSIONS RECEIVING FAIR PAY, AND THE NURSES ARE ALWAYS LEFT BEHIND. NZNO MEMBERS VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF THE 8-HOUR STRIKE AFTER THE DHB'S LATEST PAY OFFER. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. WE THOUGHT THAT THE THIRD OFFER WE MADE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE MEMBERS COULD ACCEPT AND WITHDRAW THE STRIKE NOTICE. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE. WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THIS LATEST OFFER HAS JUST ENRAGED THEM. THE LAST NURSES STRIKE WAS IN 2018 ` THE GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN FACING CALLS TO BOOST WAGES TO HELP RETAIN STAFF AND LIGHTEN THE WORKLOAD. WE'RE TOTALLY COMMITTED TO LIFTING THEIR STATUS, THEIR PAY, THEIR CONDITIONS AND MAKING THE PLACE THEY WORK A PLACE THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO WORK AND FEEL SAFE IN. BUT AS FOR HOW MUCH PAY... THE NURSES' EXPECTATION, OR AT LEAST THE ASK, HAD BEEN FOR A 17% INCREASE. WE'RE JUST NOT IN THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT, BUT WHAT WE ARE OFFERING MAKES A REAL EFFORT TO LIFT THOSE ON THE LOWEST PAY BANDS. NATIONAL SAYS THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEN NOT TO BE LISTENING TO THEM BUT INSTEAD MORE FOCUSSED ON SPENDING MONEY ON RESTRUCTURING A HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW, OTHERWISE THERE WON'T BE ANY NURSES LEFT. DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS SAY THEY'RE READY FOR TOMORROW'S STRIKE. HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NZNO MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LIFE-PRESERVING SERVICES, AS THEY ARE CALLED, ARE IN PLACE. WE'VE BEEN POSTPONING ELECTIVE AND PLANNED SERVICES OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE USING HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE STRIKE BEGINS AT 11am ` AN ATTEMPT TO SECURE A BETTER FUTURE FOR KIWI NURSES. JORDYN RUDD, 1 NEWS. THE FIRST DRUG IN ALMOST 20 YEARS TO TREAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE HAS BEEN CONDITIONALLY APPROVED IN THE US. THE DECISION TO GIVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT'S BEEN HAILED A LANDMARK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DEVASTATING DISEASE, BUT THERE'S NO INDICATION WE'LL BE GETTING IT HERE ANY TIME SOON. HERE'S IMOGEN WELLS. ALISTER ROBERSTON'S BEEN LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S FOR SEVEN YEARS. YEAH, I TEND TO SORT OF FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO RATHER THAN WHAT I CAN'T DO. ALZHEIMER'S IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA. CURRENTLY THERE'S NO CURE. AROUND 70,000 KIWIS HAVE THE DISEASE. THAT NUMBER'S EXPECTED TO NEARLY TRIPLE BY 2050. IT'S FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES JUST BECAUSE OF THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ME TWO TO THREE TIMES LONGER TO DO SOME OF THE NORMAL DAILY ACTIVITIES. PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA ARE AMONGST THE MOST VULNERABLE. AND NOW THE U.S. HAS APPROVED A DRUG WHICH PROMISES TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMER'S. IT'S CALLED ADUCANUMAB AND IS A MONTHLY INJECTION TREATING NOT JUST THE SYMPTOMS BUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. SOMEONE WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER'S WILL HAVE A BRAIN THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE RED AREAS SHOW A BUILD UP OF AMYLOID ` A PROTEIN WHICH CAN FORM TOXIC DEPOSITS. AFTER A YEAR OF ADUCANUMAB, THAT SAME BRAIN LOOKS LIKE THIS ` SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF AMYLOID HAVE BEEN CLEARED. THE U.S. APPROVAL IS CONDITIONAL ON FURTHER CLINICAL TRIALS WHILE IT'S BEING USED. BUT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, MEDSAFE ` THE COUNTRY'S MEDICINE REGULATOR ` IS YET TO RECEIVE AN APPLICATION TO APPROVE ADUMANUCAB, AND THERE'S CONCERNS OVER THE COST, TIPPED TO BE MORE THAN $70,000 PER PATIENT PER YEAR. REACTION'S BEEN MIXED ` SOME EXPERTS CALLING THE DRUG A MILESTONE. OTHERS SAYING THE BENEFITS ARE MARGINAL. IT'S ALSO ONLY SUITABLE FOR THOSE WITH MILD ALZHEIMER'S. THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA. THEY GET TOLD THAT THERE'S A BRAND NEW CURE, AND THEN VERY, VERY QUICKLY AFTERWARDS THEIR HOPES ARE DASHED. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE RECOGNISE THAT EARLY DAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA STILL TO BE COLLECTED. ALISTER SAYS HE'D TAKE THE DRUG IF IT WAS AVAILABLE. BUT FOR NOW, THE BEST TREATMENT IS COGNITIVE THERAPY AS THE WORLD WAITS TO SEE IF ADUCANUMAB REALLY IS A WONDER TREATMENT. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN SOPHIE DEVINE, THE LATEST SPORTS STAR TO OPEN UP ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. PLUS ` TWO MEN HOPSITALISED AFTER A BREACHING WHALE LANDS ON THEIR BOAT. - What if we gave you free power... to use however you like whenever you like, just for being a customer? WELCOME BACK AN AUSTRALIAN FISHERMAN IS IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE AFTER A WHALE LANDED ON HIS SMALL FISHING BOAT ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES SOUTH COAST. POLICE HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AMID AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WHALES MIGRATING ALONG AUSTRALIA'S COAST LINE. CHANNEL 9'S LAURA TUNSTALL REPORTS. IT'S A MIRACLE THIS RUNABOUT MADE IT BACK TO SHORE AFTER 30 TONNES OF AIRBORNE WHALES SMASHED INTO THE SIDE. MARINE RESCUE NEW SOUTH WALES RECEIVED A MAYDAY CALL FROM THE BOAT JUST AFTER 9AM ON SUNDAY, AROUND TWO NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST OF NAROOMA. THEY WERE TRAVELLING ON ABOUT 20 KNOTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES AN HOUR WHEN, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AT THE MOMENT, A WHALE HAS BREACHED IN FRONT OF THE BOAT OR RIGHT OR THE BOAT, AND LANDED PRETTY MUCH ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BOAT. ON BOARD, 18-YEAR-OLD NICK MAIHILL AND HIS STEPDAD, MATT PRICE. BOTH WERE INJURED BY THE WHALE, BUT NICK APPEARS TO HAVE BORNE THE BRUNT OF IT, AIRLIFTED TO CANBERRA HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. HE'S NOW UNDERGONE BRAIN SURGERY AND REMAINS IN AN INDUCED COMA. HIS FAMILY SAYS MATT AND NICK ARE SEASONED FISHERMEN, AND THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE. DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING HIMSELF AND HIS SON AND THAT BOAT BACK TO SHORE. IT'S BELIEVED THE WHALE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED. A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS BLUBBER CAUGHT UP IN THE WRECKAGE. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHALES MIGRATION TO WARMER WATERS, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THEM, AND THEY'RE SWIMMING CLOSER TO THE COAST. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS, MASS SUPERGROUPS OF 20 TO 90 WHALES FEEDING IN JUST ONE AREA. A GO FUND ME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO SUPPORT NICK AND HIS FAMILY. THE KEEN YOUNG FISHERMAN WAS DUE TO START A NEW JOB THIS WEEK. HE'S NOW IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN SOPHIE DEVINE HAS SPOKEN PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR HER TO TAKE A BREAK FROM CRICKET TO LOOK AFTER HER MENTAL HEALTH. THE 31-YEAR-OLD SAYS IT'D BEEN BUBBLING AWAY FOR 'SOME TIME' ` A MIX OF THE SPORT'S HEIGHTENED EXPOSURE SOPHIE DEVINE BACK IN HER HAPPY PLACE WITH THE WHITE FERNS TODAY, TWO MONTHS AFTER SHE TOOK A BREAK FROM CRICKET TO FOCUS ON HER MENTAL HEALTH. WELL, I DON'T MEAN TO GO INTO, SORT OF, THE COVID LINGO, BUT I PRETTY MUCH HAD MY OWN LITTLE, WEE BUBBLE FOR PROBABLY TWO MONTHS. I NEEDED TO GET BACK TO WHAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AS A PERSON. AND THE 31-YEAR-OLD ADMITTING SHE'D BEEN STRUGGLING MENTALLY FOR SOME TIME. A LACK OF FORM ON THE CRICKET FIELD AND HAVING TO DO MULTIPLE MANDATORY QUARANTINES DIDN'T HELP. IT'S THE SAME THING AS IF I BROKE MY LEG OR IF I PULLED MY HAMSTRING. IF I CAN'T COMPLETE THE JOB TO 100%, THEN I NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK IF I'M WORTHY OF BEING IN THAT TEAM. AND AT THAT STAGE, I COULDN'T, I GUESS, LIVE UP TO MY ROLE AND WHAT I EXPECT OF MYSELF AS WELL AS WHAT MY TEAM-MATES EXPECT. DEVINE'S ONE OF SEVERAL FEMALE ATHLETES TO SPEAK OUT IN RECENT MONTHS. SILVER FERNS CAPTAIN AMELIARANNE EKENASIO AND BLACK FERN KENDRA COXHEAD BOTH PULLED BACK ON THEIR SPORTING COMMITMENTS. AND JUST LAST WEEK, JAPAN'S NAOMI OSAKA TOOK A STAND AND SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDREW FROM THE FRENCH TENNIS OPEN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED, THAT THERE IS THAT PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE TO BE HONEST AND OPEN IN WOMEN'S SPORT. AND THAT'S EXCITING FOR ME. WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, WE CAN GET THAT STUFF OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY HELP PLAYERS IN THE FUTURE. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND WE'RE GONNA GET A HIGH LEVEL OF SCRUTINY. AND I DON'T WANT TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT. THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR ME TO KEEP REMEMBERING IS THAT WE ARE HUMANS TOO. (CHUCKLES) WE ARE HUMANS FIRST AND ATHLETES SECOND. DEVINE ADAMANT IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEAM CULTURE AND SHE REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE CAPTAINCY. BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH NAT HOGG, WHO'S THE PSYCHOLOGIST HERE, AND AS WELL WITH THE REST OF THE NEW ZEALAND CRICKET CREW AROUND, I GUESS, STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES IN PLACE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IT MIGHT. AND HOPEFULLY I'M IN A BETTER POSITION TO DEAL WITH THAT IF THOSE SORT OF THINGS DO COME UP. AND I CAN SHARE MY STORY WITH OTHERS TO KNOW THAT IT'S OK TO BE ABLE TO STEP AWAY. SOPHIE DEVINE ` THE WHITE FERNS LEADER, ONLY NOW IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. RETURNING TO OUR BREAKING NEWS, AND THE NETWORK OUTAGE AFFECTING WEBSITES BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS. THE AMERICAN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK FASTLY APPEARS TO BE DOWN, DISCONNECTING MAJOR WEBSITES SUCH AS THE BBC, CNN, AND NEW ZEALAND WEBSITES LIKE TRADE ME AND TVNZ. WITH MORE, HERE'S OUR REPORTER JACOB JOHNSON IN WELLINGTON. THIS IS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE LAST HALF AN HOUR AND AS YOU SAY, FASTLY IS BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THIS OUTAGE.THE RA CLOUD-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY WORK THAT HELPS USERS . NEW DIGITAL CONTENT ON WEBSITES QUICKLY IT'S BELIEVED THE HOST A HUGE CHUNK OF WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET, AS MUCH AS 4%.FASTLY HAS JUST COME OUT AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE AND THEY ARE WORKING TO FIX IT SO HOPEFULLY THIS OUTAGE WILL BE OVER SOON AND ALL THE WEBSITES WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER. AND IT'S LOW CLOUD AND FOG FOR SOME, BUT IN THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND THE WIND AND RAIN SHOULD EASE. THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN'S PLANNING TO GO TO SPACE NEXT MONTH IN WHAT'S BEING LABELLED A NEW ERA OF SPACE TOURISM. JEFF BEZOS AND HIS BROTHER WILL FLY 100km ABOVE EARTH AND EXPERIENCE THREE MINUTES OF WEIGHTLESSNESS. IT'LL BE THE FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT LAUNCHED BY THE AMAZON FOUNDER'S COMPANY BLUE ORIGIN. YOU SEE THE EARTH FROM SPACE. IT CHANGES YOU. IT CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PLANET, WITH HUMANITY. IT'S ONE EARTH. ALL GOING WELL, THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO PAY TO GO UP IN THE ROCKET SOON. TICKETS ARE EXPECTED TO SELL FOR MORE THAN $290,000, THOUGH EXPERTS SAY THE COST SHOULD COME DOWN. FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY, PARTICULARLY, IT WILL BECOME A REALITY THAT THEY COULD SAVE UP LOTS OF MONEY AND CHOOSE TO GO TO SPACE ` NOT EVERY DAY BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE TO SPEND A CHUNK OF YOUR SAVINGS ON. JEFF BEZOS' FLIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 20, THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH PHONY PEOPLE AND 'WHY I LOVE THE MOON'. # THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE MOON, # EVERY NIGHT IT'S THERE FOR YOU, # IT'S CONSTANT UNLIKE THESE HUMAN BEINGS # WHO LIE ABOUT WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE, # YOU THINK THE EARTH IS WHERE YOU STAND, # YOU'RE IN THE PALM OF SOMEONE'S HAND, # AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE MOON # 'CAUSE ITS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME # EVERY NIGHT ABOUT MY WINDOW # AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE MOON # 'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THERE FOR ME THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY LILLIE BALFOUR AND EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE.