TONIGHT ` AN APOLOGY FROM OUR LONGEST-SERVING MP. WHY NICK SMITH'S FINAL ACT IN PARLIAMENT WAS TO SAY SORRY TO HIS SON. A DAMNING REPORT ON THE COUNTRY'S FAILING PRIMARY SCHOOLS SPARKS CALLS TO GET IT RIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND ONE OF OUR MOST DECORATED ATHLETES CALLS TIME ON HIS CAREER. THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST BOWS OUT. CAPTIONS BY LILLIE BALFOUR AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. PARLIAMENT'S LONGEST SERVING MP USED HIS FAREWELL SPEECH TO RIGHT A WRONG AND SAY SORRY TO HIS SON. NATIONAL MP NICK SMITH RESIGNED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK OVER A COMPLAINT FROM A STAFFER, BUT BOTH HE AND HIS LEADER ARE LIGHT ON DETAILS OVER HOW IT PLAYED OUT. THE VETERAN MP SAT DOWN WITH POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY FOR HIS FINAL INTERVIEW. A POLARISING POLITICAL CAREER IS OVER. I WANT TO PUT ON RECORD TODAY MY APOLOGY TO NEW ZEALAND'S LGBT-PLUS COMMUNITY. NICK SMITH SAYING SORRY FOR VOTING AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE IN 2013. HE SAT DOWN WITH 1 NEWS TO EXPLAIN WHY IT'S PERSONAL. MY SON LOGAN TOLD ME ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT HE WAS GAY. BY, ALREADY AT THAT TIME, I THOUGHT MY VIEWS WERE WRONG. I GAVE HIM A COMMITMENT THAT BEFORE I RETIRED FROM PARLIAMENT I WOULD GIVE THAT APOLOGY PUBLICALLY. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HIM. THE LAW STUDENT (20) SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIS DAD TO CORRECT THE RECORD. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN AND THEIR VIEWS CAN CHANGE. YOU ACTUALLY CAN BE PRO-FAMILY., THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE IN LIFE, AND STILL BE PRO THE LGBT-PLUS COMMUNITY. THEY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT IT WRONG. HE RESIGNED LAST MONDAY, SAYING A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN LEAKED AND WAS GOING TO BE MADE PUBLIC. IT WASN'T. WERE YOU PUSHED OR DID YOU JUMP LAST WEEK? I RETIRED. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY JUDITH COLLINS HANDLED THINGS LAST WEEK? I'M JUST NOT GETTING INTO THE ISSUES OF WHAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST WEEK. I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 31 YEARS. WHENEVER I HEAR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT AFFECT ADVERSELY OUR MPs, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO LET THEM KNOW. THAT'S THE REASON HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE ` BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT IT THRASHED OUT IN PUBLIC. THEN THERE WAS NO LEAK. SO, WHAT'S HAPPENED? WELL, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT'S NOT REALLY BEHIND IT ALL. OVER THOSE THREE DECADES, HE'S BEEN A MINISTER, DEPUTY LEADER, PART OF THE SO-CALLED BRAT PACK IN THE 1990s AND A COLOURFUL DEBATER. WHEN I CAME IN, I WAS THE BABY OF THE HOUSE; I'M GOING OUT AS THE FATHER OF THE HOUSE. AND HIS FINAL ACT AS AN MP FOCUSED ON HIS ROLE AS FATHER TOO. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. 'DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS' ` THAT'S HOW ONE WORKER HAS DESCRIBED MOVES TO CLOSE THE TASMAN MILL IN KAWERAU. 160 JOBS WILL GO WHEN THE PLANT WRAPS UP PRODUCTION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. TIME'S UP ON BRUCE HAPGOOD'S 39 YEAR CAREER. IT'S REALLY GUTTING. IT CAN BE SUMMED UP AS A MOURNING PROCESS FOR MOST PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE OR SKILL SET, THE REALITY IS THEY MAY NEVER WORK AGAIN. HE AND ABOUT 160 COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN MADE REDUNDANT WITH NORSKE SKOG DECIDING TO SHUT DOWN ITS MILL IN KAWERAU. IT'S GOING TO BE FEEL LIKE A DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS. THE MILL HAS BEEN HERE FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, EMPLOYING GENERATIONS OF WORKERS. THESE BIG COGS SPINNING AT 60KM/HR, PRODUCING 400 TONS OF PAPER A DAY, WILL GRIND TO A HALT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. IT REALLY IS THE COMMERCIAL NATURE OF IT THAT'S FORCED US TO TAKE THIS DECISION. WHEN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU MAKE IT CHEAPLY OR WHETHER YOU'VE GOT SUBTERFUGE OR WHATEVER IT IS, IF THERE'S NO DEMAND FOR THE PRODUCT THEN THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THAT. THE NORWEGIAN-BASED COMPANY WILL SELL ITS ASSETS, INCLUDING THE LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WHILE SUPPORTING STAFF THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'LL MEET ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS, BOTH FROM THE EMPLOYEES' POINT OF VIEW` OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL HONOUR THE REDUNDANCY PROVISIONS AND THE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS, OR THEIR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS IF THEY'RE STAFF. IT'S ALWAYS DEVASTATING WHEN YOU SEE A LARGE SCALE EMPLOYER MOVING ON, AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO COME IN AND SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE. LOCALS 1 NEWS SPOKE TO EXPRESSED THEIR SYMPATHY TO THOSE AFFECTED BUT SAY THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED. THEY ALL KNEW ABOUT IT ` THAT THE MILL WAS GOING TO CLOSE ` SO EVERYONE WAS` HAD TO BE PREPARED. NOT TO BE UNEXPECTED, BUT KAWERAU WILL SURVIVE, AND SURVIVE AND COME OUT STRONGER BECAUSE OF IT. IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING, BUT I DO FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S IN NEGOTIATION WITH PROSPECTIVE BUYERS, BUT THAT DETAIL IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE AND NO CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED. MEANWHILE, THIS SMALL COMMUNITY BUILT AROUND THE MILL IS HOPEFUL ANOTHER BIG BUSINESS WILL FILL THE VOID. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. JOE BIDEN HAS LANDED IN THE UK FOR THE G7 SUMMIT ` HIS FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP AS U.S. PRESIDENT. HIGH ON HIS AGENDA GLOBAL VACCINES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFRONTING RUSSIA. WITH MORE, HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S ALISON PETROWSKY. THE U.S. PRESIDENT PUMPED TO BE ON FOREIGN SOIL. A ROUSING RECEPTION FROM U.S. TROOPS AT MILDENHALL, THE START OF A JAM PACKED ITINERARY. THE FIRST LADY TO KEEP HIM IN CHECK. JOE, PAY ATTENTION. (LAUGHTER) FIRST THE G-7, THEN NATO. ...THEN TO MEET WITH MR PUTIN TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT I WANT HIM TO KNOW. (LAUGHTER, CHEERS, APPLAUSE) JOE BIDEN ARRIVES A NEW PRESIDENT, BUT NOT A NEW ENTITY. DECADES OF FOREIGN POLICY UNDER HIS BELT, HAVING VISITED MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES, CLOCKING UP ENOUGH KILOMETRES TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE 48 TIMES. THE NOW COMMANDER IN CHIEF WANTING TO PROVE THAT AMERICA IS HEADING IN A NEW DIRECTION. THE UNITED STATES IS BACK AND DEMOCRACIES OF THE WORLD ARE STANDING TOGETHER TO TACKLE THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OPENING MOVE ` A MAJOR VACCINE ANNOUNCEMENT, HALF A BILLION VACCINE DOSES TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES. HE'S ALSO HOPING TO UNDO THE MISSTEPS OF HIS PREDECESSOR. IN PREVIOUS TRIPS ACROSS THE POND, DONALD TRUMP DREW PROTESTERS AND BUTTED HEADS WITH OTHER WORLD LEADERS.... WELL, HE'S TWO-FACED. ...DAMAGING ALREADY STRAINED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. ON FRIDAY, LEADERS OF THE G7 WILL DITCH ZOOM AND GATHER ROUND THE TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS ` A HUGE SECURITY OPERATION UNDERWAY IN THE SEASIDE TOWN OF ST IVES, CORNWALL, WHERE EVEN PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY COVID RULES. DETAILS OF THE APEC CEO SUMMIT WERE REVEALED IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT TO BUSINESS LEADERS. THE HYBRID EVENT WILL SEE ATTENDEES IN AUCKLAND JOIN VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS THIS NOVEMBER. THE EVENT IS A PRELUDE TO THE APEC ECONOMY LEADERS MEETING. AS HOST, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ENSURE THAT THE REGIONS' TRADE AND ECONOMIC SETTINGS ARE INFORMED BY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE, PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPERIENCE. CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUSHING BACK AGAINST VACCINE NATIONALISM ARE OTHER ISSUES ON THE AGENDA. APEC WAS LAST HELD IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1999 IN AUCKLAND, INCLUDING WORLD LEADERS SUCH AS THEN US. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. BROKEN, RACIST, INADEQUATE ` JUST SOME OF THE LANGUAGE USED TO DESCRIBE PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFFING IN AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSIONED BY THE LARGEST EDUCATION UNION. THE REPORT RECOMMENDS URGENT AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO REDUCE CLASS SIZES, GRADUALLY PLACE TEACHER AIDES IN EVERY ROOM AND STRENGTHEN MAORI AND PASIFIKA EDUCATION. LAURA JAMES REPORTS. IN CLASSROOMS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TEACHERS WANT TO SEE EVERY STUDENT REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. AND WHO COMES FROM TONGA? BUT A REPORT'S FOUND, UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. WELL, I'M HOPING THAT THEY REALLY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE AS IT IS, WE'VE BEEN BANDAID-ING OVER FOR THE LAST 10 OR 20 YEARS. TEACHERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH TOO MANY STUDENTS, NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN, AND A LACK OF SPECIALIST SUPPORT. THE CORE OF ALL OF THIS WAS THAT WE HEARD THAT TEACHERS CAN'T TEACH AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO, AND PRINCIPALS CANT LEAD AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO. AND FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT'S A PROBLEM. MORE THAN 2600 WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS WERE MADE, MANY SAYING WHILE SOCIETY'S CHANGED, THE WAY WE RUN OUR SCHOOLS HAS NOT. THERE'S ENORMOUS FORCE IN THIS REPORT, BECAUSE THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF VOICES IN HERE WHO ARE SAYING THE SAME THING. THE REVIEW PANEL MAKING WIDE RANGING RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY 2030. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TEACHER AIDES BE PART OF STAFFING ENTITLEMENT, NOT FUNDED OUT OF THE OPERATIONAL GRANT. (APPLAUSE) WE RECOMMEND INCREASING CLASSROOM RELEASE TIME. WE RECOMMEND CHANGES TO THE TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS. AND CHANGES ARE BEING PUSHED FOR MAORI AND PASIFIKA LEARNING. FOR TOO MANY YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A SYSTEM PROVIDING EDUCATION THAT WAS MEANT TO RUB OUT OUR LANGUAGE, OUR CULTURE, AND OUR MANA. THE SYSTEM HAS NOT DONE WELL FOR THOSE CHILDREN, SO LETS GET IT RIGHT. THE EDUCATION MINISTER ALREADY DAMPENING EXPECTATIONS. I CERTAINLY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'D BE IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING IN THE REPORT IN THE TIMEFRAMES THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT IS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EXTRA FUNDING. THOSE EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION DESPERATE FOR A NEW PATHWAY FORWARD. THOSE EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION DESPERATE FOR A NEW PATHWAY FORWARD. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. LETTING FOREIGN WORKERS STAY LONGER IN NEW ZEALAND TO HELP PLUG OUR SEVERE LABOUR SHORTAGE IS BEING WIDELY WELCOMED, BUT SOME INDUSTRIES SAY IT'S NOT ENOUGH. ABOUT 10,000 MIGRANTS ON WORKING HOLIDAY AND SEASONAL WORK VISAS DUE TO EXPIRE FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER WILL NOW GET EXTENSIONS FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. THIS WILL HELP FILL JOBS AS COVID BORDER RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE. SEASONAL WORKERS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN OPEN WORK RIGHTS, ALLOWING THEM TO WORK IN ANY SECTOR. FOR EXAMPLE, FRUIT PICKERS WILL BE ABLE TO FIND JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION, GIVING BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS MORE OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY. HERE'S THOMAS MEAD WITH DETAILS AND REACTION. VISAS 6PM TME C1006 ENGLISH BACKPACKER ELLA KOHLMAN HAS BEEN WORKING TO A DEADLINE. WITH JUST 20 DAYS LEFT ON HER VISA, SHE QUIT HER JOB AT THIS CROMWELL ORCHARD, SOLD HER VAN, AND BOOKED A FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA, ONLY TO HEAR, THIS MORNING SHE'S ALLOWED TO STAY. THEY'D LEFT IT SO LATE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT ACTUALLY, THAT IT HAD COME THROUGH. AND THEN I WAS REALLY HAPPY, AND THEN I WAS VERY CONFUSED ABOUT 'NOW WHAT DO I DO? DO I CANCEL FLIGHTS?' THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR 10,000 VISITORS ON WORKING HOLIDAY AND SUPPLEMENTARY SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT VISAS. THE IDEA IS TO PLUG GAPS IN OUR LABOUR MARKET AT PLACES LIKE JACKSON ORCHARD. BUT THE BUSINESS SAYS IT'S COME SO LATE, THEY'RE ALREADY LOSING STAFF. TO BRING IT OUT ON THE 10TH OF JUNE, WHEN A LOT OF THESE BACKPACKERS ARE HAVING TO LEAVE BY THE END OF JUNE, IT'S... YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S STRATEGIC OR WHAT, BUT IT'S NOT IDEAL. EVERYONE I KNOW THAT'S IN THE SAME PLACE AS ME HAS DONE THE SAME. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE FLYING HOME TOMORROW. EVEN SOME BIG BUSINESSES, LIKE WATTIES, ARE STRUGGLING WITH NUMBERS. THERE REALLY IS A SHORT SUPPLY OF SEASONAL LABOUR AT THE MOMENT, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS, AND WE'RE HAVING TO REALLY WORK IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER DEFENDING THE DECISION, SAYING IT FOLLOWS AN EXTENSION SIX MONTHS AGO AND ANOTHER COULD COME DOWN THE TRACK. IT'S A BALANCE COS WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE JOB OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS, BUT THEY COULD POSSIBLY GET TAKEN UP. IN THE MEANTIME, WORKERS LIKE ELLA HAVE A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. OBVIOUSLY, I WON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY HERE AGAIN AND WORK HERE AGAIN, SO IT SEEMS SILLY TO BYPASS ON THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE ALREADY PUT EVERYTHING IN MOTION. LIVING LIFE SIX MONTHS AT A TIME. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. LOVE THEM OR LOATHE THEM, CYCLISTS AND CYCLE LANES ARE HERE TO STAY, WITH PLANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND ON YER' BIKES. NOW, A PROVOCATIVE BLOGGER'S SPARKED FURIOUS DEBATE BY CALLING FOR ACTION AGAINST BADLY BEHAVING CYCLISTS. YVONNE TAHANA HAS THE STORY. BEN CHAPPLE LAW'S BEEN OUT RIDING TO PROVE A POINT ` TRAVELLING DOWN AUCKLAND'S TAMAKI DRIVE TO HIGHLIGHT CYCLISTS' BEHAVIOUR. A SMALL MINORITY OF CYCLISTS ` I'LL JUST CALL THEM '(BLEEP) CYCLISTS'. THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS FULL LYCRA, SUPER HARDOUT ROAD BIKE, YET SOMEHOW DOESN'T MANAGE TO GO ABOVE 35Ks AN HOUR. (CHUCKLES) HE'S MADE A FILM CALLED 'CYCLISTS ARE THE REAL PANDEMIC', AND HE'S FAR FROM HAPPY ABOUT A RECENT PROTEST, WHICH SAW CYCLISTS CROSS THE HARBOUR BRIDGE DEMANDING A CYCLE LANE. IF WE SAW THAT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, AND THESE WEREN'T PRIVILEGED WHITE MALES AND FEMALES THAT WERE FROM PONSONBY, HERNE BAY AREA ATTACKING POLICE, THEY WOULD BE PEOPLE ARRESTED, MAYBE EVEN TASERED. NO MATTER HOW PRIVILEGED SOMEONE IS IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE, IF THEY'RE ON A BIKE ON THE ROAD IN NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN A MINORITY AND THEIR LIVES ARE BEING THREATENED EVERYDAY. A PROTEST NOW ORGANISED FOR SUNDAY ASKING PEOPLE TO WALK ALONG THE POPULAR CYCLE ROUTE IN THE CYCLE LANE. BEN CHAPPLE LAW'S FACING A BACKLASH. ALLEGATIONS ONLINE THAT THE EVENT'S REALLY ABOUT MAIMING CYCLISTS. AND AN ORIGINAL POST SEEMED TO SUGGEST DRIVING IN THE CYCLE LANE. THE EVENT ALSO DRIVING FURIOUS DEBATE ONLINE ` SOME SAYING IT WOULD INCITE VIOLENCE, OTHERS LAYING OUT THE BENEFITS OF CYCLING. THE CAR VERSUS BIKE DEBATE NEVER ENDING IN THE CITY OF SAILS. THOSE MASSIVE GROUPS IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, WITH 50 PLUS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS. JUST SHARE THE ROAD. GET ALONG. POLICE HOPING FOR THE SAME WHEN THE EVENT KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE OLYMPIC DREAM IS OVER FOR ROWING GREAT MAHE DRYSDALE. WE TALK TO HIM AT KARAPIRO. PLUS ` THE KIWI TIES TO THE HOTTEST NEW SHOW ON NETFLIX. ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED CAREERS IN NEW ZEALAND SPORT IS OVER. TWO-TIME OLYMPIC AND FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MAHE DRYSDALE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM ROWING, HAVING FALLEN SHORT IN THE LAST BATTLE WITH JORDAN PARRY FOR THE SINGLE SCULLS SEAT FOR TOKYO. GUY HEVELDT SPOKE WITH HIM AT LAKE KARAPIRO. MAHE DRYSDALE S SPENT NEARLY EVERY DAY OF THE LAST 19 YEARS ON LAKE KARAPIRO, BUT THIS MORNING, HE TOLD HIS ROWING NEW ZEALAND TEAMMATES TIME'S UP. YEAH, THERE WERE PROBABLY MORE TEARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 12 HOURS THAN THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THE LAST 20 YEARS COMBINED. HARD CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HAD, AND HE KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE IN THE SQUAD FOR TOKYO BEING NAMED TOMORROW. I'M VERY REALISTIC OF WHAT I HAD TO DO THIS YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T ACHIEVE THAT. SO, I WALK AWAY WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH. NO OTHER OARSMAN'S ACHIEVED MORE AT THE OLYMPICS ` TWO GOLDS, FIRST IN LONDON... TWO MORE STROKES TO THE LINE. HE IS THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION! ...THEN THE PHOTO FINISH IN RIO. OOH! JUST ACHIEVING THAT GOLD MEDAL. THAT WAS ALWAYS MY DREAM ` TO WIN AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. IT WAS MADE ALL THE MORE SWEETER FOLLOWING THE BRUTALITY OF BEIJING ` THE LASTING IMAGE OF DRYSDALE COLLAPSED OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, SEVERELY ILL AND DEHYDRATED. 100% DEDICATION. WE TRAINED ALONGSIDE HIM A FEW TIMES IN THE SINGLE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT, EH. (CHUCKLES) JORDAN PARRY WILL BE NAMED IN THE SINGLE TOMORROW. HE BEAT DRYSDALE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE 42-YEAR-OLD TRIED ONE LAST TIME TO CONVINCE SELECTORS HE WAS THEIR MAN. JUST THE FINALITY, I GUESS, WAS LIKE, 'WOW, IT'S OVER.' SO, IT WAS VERY EASY. THERE WASN'T EVEN A DECISION TO MAKE. THE PAIR HAVE RACED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WHILE DRYSDALE'S CLOSED THE GAP, HE CONCEDES PARRY MORE THAN DESERVES HIS SPOT. I NEARLY WON ONE RACE ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK. YEAH, I LED THE WHOLE WAY AND GOT ROWED DOWN IN THE END. AND HE HAD AN ANSWER TO EVERYTHING THAT I THREW AT HIM. NOW IT'S TIME FOR FAMILY AS HE DECIDES HIS NEXT STEP ` WATCHING THE GAMES FROM AFAR AND CELEBRATING A SQUAD HE BELIEVES COULD MAKE HISTORY. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. NOT ONLY IS IT THE MOST POPULAR SHOW ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW, BUT THE STREAMING PLATFORM'S NEW SERIES 'SWEET TOOTH' HAS SEVERAL TIES TO NEW ZEALAND. THE SHOW WAS FILMED HERE AND, AS JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS, SOME OF THE CAST AND CREW ARE ALSO KIWIS. WITH THE SOUTHERN ALPS STARRING AS A BACKDROP, THE NETFLIX SERIES 'SWEET TOOTH' IS THE STORY OF A HALF DEER, HALF HUMAN BOY NAMED GUS WHO'S PART OF A NEW RACE OF CHILDREN. THEY CALL THEM HYBRIDS. IT WAS ALL SHOT HERE IN AOTEAROA, AND INCLUDES SOME LOCAL TALENT. ...HAVE MADE IT THEIR MISSION TO ELIMINATE HYBRIDS. WE'VE NEEDED OURS TO PROTECT THEM. WHEN I TURNED 4, WE MOVED TO NEW ZEALAND. YEAH, MY SISTERS AND I WERE RAISED JUST IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, SO WE WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, DID ALL OUR SCHOOL YEARS HERE, SO WE WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, DID ALL OUR SCHOOL YEARS HERE, AND THEN WE VISIT BACK AND FORTH. SEEING ALL OF THESE KIWIS COME TOGETHER AND BUILD THESE INCREDIBLE SETS AND THE MOST AMAZING PROSTHETICS. AND THE WHOLE TEAM ` I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY THAT THIS IS LIKE RIGHT AT HOME. THAT INCLUDES TOA FRASER, AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE SHOW, AND STEFAN KNIGHT WHO HELPED BRING THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE. I DESIGNED THE HAIR, MAKEUP AND PROSTHETICS FOR ALL OF THE, UM... THE HUMAN CHARACTERS. AND THEN, AT THE VERY END OF THE SHOW, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF HYBRIDS. MOST OF THE SERIES WAS FILMED LAST YEAR AS COVID-19 WAS RAGING AROUND THE WORLD. COINCIDENTALLY, IT'S SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. THE SHOW IS BASED ON A COMIC THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 2000S. SO JEFF LEMIRE, THE WRITER OF THE COMIC, HE'S GOT SOME JUJU GOING ON. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ENDED UP BEING IN THE SHOW WAS DEFINITELY... WAS DEFINITELY INFORMED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT OF THIS SERIES? IT'S A GREAT SHOW FOR FAMILIES AND FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND... AND, YEAH, FEEL INSPIRED. ALL EIGHT EPISODES ARE NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A MOSTLY FINE FRIDAY. PLUS ` A ROYAL COLLECTION UP FOR SALE. HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR THIS PHOTO? - People fly for all kinds of different reasons, like going to work, and going on leave. You fly for a hug... - Hi, Dad. - ...or a hug-shake? - Hey, that's my bag. - (MAKES ROBOTIC NOISES) - And to see your best friends. - (COOS EXCITEDLY) (DOGS BARK) - Everyone has a reason for flying, and our reason is you. WELCOME BACK. AN ONLINE AUCTION OF ARCHIVAL PHOTOS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY VISITING NEW ZEALAND RAISED $75,000 TONIGHT. THE COLLECTION INCLUDING IMAGES FROM PRINCESS DIANA AND PRINCE CHARLES' VISIT BACK IN 1983. A STAGGERING $22,000 WAS SPENT ON THIS PHOTO, FEATURING CHARLES, BY AN UNNAMED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER. ALSO ON SALE ` THESE IMAGES, DATING BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REIGN. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH GUS DAPPERTON AND 'PRUNE, YOU TALK FUNNY'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY LILLIE BALFOUR AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.