TONIGHT ` THE G-7 LEADERS GEAR UP FOR THEIR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF THE PANDEMIC. WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA AND WHAT'S NOT. WE'RE LIVE TO CORNWALL WITH THE SUMMIT JUST HOURS AWAY. BACK HERE ` THE HEALTH MINISTRY WARNS COVID-19 VACCINE STOCKS WILL BE TIGHT. FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS THE EFFECT IT'LL HAVE ON THE COUNTRY'S ROLLOUT. AND CRITICISM FROM SURVIVORS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACK OVER A PLANNED HOLLYWOOD ADAPTATION OF THE EVENTS OF MARCH 15, HOW THE FILM MAKERS ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES. 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. COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE SET TO DOMINATE THE AGENDA AT THE G7 SUMMIT AS IT GETS UNDERWAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN A MATTER OF HOURS. US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAVE ALREADY MET IN CORNWALL WHERE THEY PLEDGED MILLIONS OF VACCINE DOSES TO THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA IS COVERING THE SUMMIT. DANIEL, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR TODAY? TODAY'S PLAN OFFICIALLY STARTS AT AROUND 3 AM NEW ZEALAND TIME. ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSIONS OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES AND ALSO HOW TO REBUILD AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIES DURING THIS PANDEMIC. BORIS JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE WILL INDIVIDUALLY MEET EACH LEADER AS THEY ARRIVE. AND IT WILL BE THE FAMILY PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH A WILL LINE UP ACROSS THE BEACH AND TAKE THE PHOTO. AFTER ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, YOU CAN EXPECT ALL LEADERS TO HAVE A DINNER RECEPTION WITH A CLEAN AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, THIS INCLUDES PRINCE CHARLES. AND WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS? WHAT ELSE IS ON THE AGENDA? SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, YOU CAN EXPECT MORE DISCUSSIONS AGAIN LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINES TO THE POORER COUNTRIES. A SOURCE HAS TOLD ME THERE MAY EVEN BE AN INVESTMENT IN VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND EDUCATION TO THE POOREST COUNTRIES. WE COULD SEE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT. THEN THERE WILL BE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS SUCH AS MELINDA GATES AND SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. ON THE FINAL DAY, WE CAN EXPECT FOR OTHER NATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN INVITED FROM SOUTH KOREA AND AUSTRALIA TO BE INVITED INTO THE SUMMIT AS WELL AS A ZOOM INVITATION. AT THE END of SUNDAY, IT WILL BE A WRAPUP FROM ALL THE LEADERS. WE CAN EXPECT ALL LEADERS TO ISSUE A STATEMENT ON WHAT THEIR CONCLUSIONS WILL BE FROM THE SCENE WHERE THEY GO FROM HERE AND WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD. FINALLY, JOE BIDEN AND HIS WIFE WILL BE HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE QUEEN AT WINDSOR CASTLE. HOW ARE LOCALS REACTING TO HAVING SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT HELD IN THEIR BACKYARD? IT'S FUNNY YOU ASK THAT BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF LOCALS. THERE IS HEIGHTENED SECURITY HERE WITH FENCES GOING UP AND FRIGATES OBVIOUSLY BEING SEEN IN THE SEA AND ALSO POLICE ON JET SKIS. 6 1/2 THOUSAND OFFICERS PATROLLING THE STREETS WITH FIREARMS. IT IS QUITE DAUNTING FOR LOCALS. IT'S ALSO FRUSTRATING FOR MANY WHO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE BEING CAGED IN THEIR OWN HOMES. SOME CANNOT GO INSIDE OR OUTSIDE YOUR OWN HOUSE WITHOUT POLICE PERMISSION. IT IS ALSO A HOLIDAY SPOT. MANY PEOPLE COME HERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE. WE SPOKE TO OTHERS EARLIER TODAY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT, OH, THE MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT ON THIS. BUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE EXCITED. IT'S REALLY SURREAL. I FEEL AS THOUGH I'M IN SOME KIND OF MOVIE. IT SEEMS TO BE DIVIDING BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE FOR IT AND THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST IT. MANY LOCALS REITERATED THAT IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE IN A JAMES BOND MOVIE. JUST HOW THE SUMMIT WILL UNFOLD WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. THANK YOU. THE HEALTH MINISTRY'S WARNING COVID-19 VACCINE SUPPLIES WILL BE TIGHT FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS AND IT'LL AFFECT THE ROLLOUT. THERE'LL BE NO CHANGES TO CURRENT BOOKINGS, BUT DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS WILL HAVE TO MANAGE THE RATE OF NEW BOOKINGS. VACCINATIONS PLANNED FOR PRISONERS AND SOME DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL WILL ALSO BE SLOWED. 1m DOSES OF THE PFIZER JAB ARE DUE IN THE COUNTRY IN JULY, AND HEALTH DIRECTOR GENERAL DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD SAYS THERE'LL BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 16 TO RECEIVE TWO DOSES BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ANOTHER PERSON WITH COVID-19'S BEEN TAKEN TO AUCKLAND'S MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL, MEANING THERE ARE NOW TWO PEOPLE BEING TREATED THERE. OUR REPORTER LARISSA HOWIE'S BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL AND SENT THIS REPORT. THIS LATEST CASE ARRIVED HERE FROM THE JET PARK HOTEL QUARANTINE FACILITY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OUR HEALTH MINISTRY HAS GIVEN LITTLE DETAIL EXCEPT TO SAY THAT THEY ARE IN A STABLE CONDITION. IT COMES AFTER ANOTHER PERSON WAS TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY ARE ALSO STABLE. DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD SAYS THAT STRICT PROTOCOLS ARE BEING FOLLOWED AND THERE IS NO RISK TO THE PUBLIC. SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED WITH THE VIRUS. THE LAST TIME MORE THAN ONE PERSON WAS IN HOSPITAL WITH COVID-19 WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY. FIJI'S PRIME MINISTER IS SET TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT AFTER THE COUNTRY RECORDED ANOTHER 51 NEW CASES OF COVID-19. IT'S AFTER A WARNING OF MORE CASES IN THE LAMI SUVA AREA AND AN INCREASE IN THE CLUSTER AT THE POLICE BARRACKS IN NAISINU. LAST NIGHT OFFICERS ARRESTED 55 PEOPLE FOR BREACHING HEALTH AND CURFEW MEASURES, MOST OF THEM GATHERING TO DRINK KAVA AND ALCOHOL. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY THREE WEEKS, THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA'S RECORDED NO NEW COMMUNITY CASES OF COVID-19. IT COMES AS MELBOURNE EMERGED FROM ITS TWO-WEEK LOCKDOWN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. THE SOURCE OF THE OUTBREAK IS STILL UNKNOWN. NEARLY 90 CASES HAVE BEEN LINKED TO IT. THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACK'S SET TO PLAY OUT ON THE BIG SCREEN, PROMPTING CALLS FOR A BOYCOTT AND ANGER FROM SOME SURVIVORS. THE FILM WILL FOCUS ON PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN'S RESPONSE TO THE EVENTS OF MARCH 15, BUT THERE'S CONCERN THE REAL HEROES OF THE TRAGEDY WILL BE IGNORED. THOMAS MEAD HAS MORE. THESE DAYS, AL NOOR MOSQUE IS FULL OF LIFE ` A COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD DESPITE UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. BUT NOW THEIR HORRORS WILL SOON BE BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND HEADED FOR THE BIG SCREEN. AFTER SEEING THAT MOVIE, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE AGAIN TRAUMATISED BECAUSE AFTER TOO QUICK. THE FILM, TITLED 'THEY ARE US' HIT THE HOLLYWOOD PRESS TODAY. ROSE BYRNE TO STAR AS JACINDA ARDERN IN A PIECE DEPICTING THE FIRST WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK, WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S ROLE. BUT SURVIVORS LIKE TEMEL ATACHOUGU, WHO WAS SHOT NINE TIMES, FEEL THAT'S THE WRONG STORY. THE MAIN SUBJECT SHOULD BE 51 MARTYRS WHO DIED ON THAT DAY AND 40 PEOPLE INJURED ON THAT DAY. THE MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY ADDED THAT THE TERROR ATTACK IS STILL VERY RAW HERE. THEY QUESTIONED THE TIMING, SAYING NEW ZEALAND STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO ADDRESS ISLAMOPHOBIA AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES BEFORE ANY BLOCKBUSTER FILM COMES OUT CONGRATULATING THE RESPONSE. THE SENTIMENT SPREAD QUICKLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY, WITH SOME CALLING ON THE LOCAL FILM INDUSTRY TO BOYCOTT THE PROJECT. THE FILMMAKERS DEFENDING THEMSELVES IN A STATEMENT TO 1 NEWS THIS AFTERNOON, SAYING THE FILM WILL 'ABSOLUTELY' PLACE HEROES, BOTH VICTIMS AND RESCUERS, IN THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT ADDING ` 'WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHAT WAS ACHIEVED 'BY MS ARDERN'S GOVERNMENT, 'PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF GUN CONTROL, WAS EXEMPLARY.' THERE IS SOME SUPPORT. SHEIKH HASAN RUBEL, WHO WAS SHOT THREE TIMES, SAYS THE PRIME MINISTER DESERVES THE ATTENTION. I THINK SHE WAS THE X-FACTOR. I CAN REMEMBER HER SPEECH, YOU KNOW. 'THEY ARE US' ` THAT ` THOSE THREE WORD BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. BUT SOME STILL QUESTION HOW TRUTHFUL THE FILM WILL BE. WILL IT CAPTURE THE FAILINGS OF POLICE AND THE SPIES? THERE'S STILL LOTS OF THINGS TO DEAL, AND WE'LL SEE. HOLLYWOOD COME CALLING FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S STILL GRIEVING. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A SUSPECTED FIREARMS INCIDENT IN PALMERSTON NORTH. SCHOOLS WERE LOCKED DOWN FOR A TIME THIS MORNING WHILE POLICE SEARCHED THE AREA. NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND POLICE SAY INQUIRIES ARE ONGOING. ANOTHER PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN RELATION TO A GLOBAL POLICE STING TARGETING TRANS-NATIONAL CRIME. HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN RAIDS ACROSS THE WORLD AFTER THE FBI OPERATION USING AN ENCRYPTED MESSAGING APP. NEW ZEALAND POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED 36 PEOPLE, AND SAY THAT NUMBER WILL INCREASE. THREE WAIKATO MONGREL MOB KINGDOM MEMBERS WERE AMONG THOSE CAUGHT. IT'S DEVASTATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS, AND IT'S ALWAYS A CONTINUAL WAKE-UP CALL FOR OUR MEMBERS TO KNOW THAT OUR WHOLE KAUPAPA IS ON THE LINE EVERY DAY FROM CHOICES THEY MAKE. ALL THOSE ARRESTED ARE DUE BACK IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. A HIGH TURNOVER OF NURSES IN WELLINGTON IS JUST A SYMPTOM OF A NATIONWIDE ISSUE, ACCORDING TO THE NURSING UNION. AS NEGOTIATIONS OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS CONTINUES, STAFFING ISSUES HAVE DEFERRED SURGERIES FURTHER SOUTH, AND THERE'S CONCERN IT'S NURSES WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCE WHO ARE LEAVING. KRISTIN HALL EXPLAINS. WELLINGTON HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATS THE SICKEST PATIENTS IN THE REGION. ALL THE CONFUSED PATIENTS, REALLY UNWELL PATIENTS IN CORRIDORS ` THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. AND IT'S HAEMORRHAGING STAFF. 22 OF 97 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSES HAVE LEFT SINCE THE START OF THIS YEAR ` MOST OF THEM EXPERIENCED, FOUR WERE SENIOR NURSES. CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL FACING PROBLEMS TOO. 54 SURGERIES WERE DEFERRED LAST WEEK DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES. THE CANTERBURY DHB SAYS IT WAS A LAST RESORT, AND BEDS WERE NEEDED FOR ACUTELY UNWELL PEOPLE. IT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE THAT'S NO ISOLATED` I'M AWARE IN ANOTHER LARGE ED DEPARTMENT THEY LOST 45 STAFF OVER THE LAST SIX OR SO MONTHS. IT'S A NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON UNFORTUNATELY. I HAVEN'T GIVEN ENOUGH CARE BECAUSE OF ED BEING UNDERSTAFFED ALL THE TIME. THIS CURRENT EXPERIENCED ED NURSE IS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION WHOSE MEMBERS MARCHED THIS WEEK, DEMANDING BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. SHE'S CONSIDERED QUITTING AT WELLINGTON HOSPITAL TOO. COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS PAINTING THE SAME PICTURE. IT IS COMMON TO BE ONE OR TWO NURSES DOWN EVERY SHIFT. THE CAPITAL AND COAST DHB SAYS IT'S NOT CERTAIN WHY IT'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSES HAVE RESIGNED, BUT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, FAMILY REASONS AND HOUSE AND RENT PRICES. IT SAYS IT'S DEVELOPING A PLAN TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN NURSES. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING NEW GRADUATES OR NEW-TO-THE-COUNTRY NURSES, THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT POOL OF EXPERIENCED NURSES WHO ARE THERE TO MENTOR, TO SUPPORT, TO GROW THESE NEW PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE GROUP WE ARE SADLY SEEING LEAVING. BARGAINING BETWEEN NURSES AND DHBS IS SET TO RESUME THE WEEK AFTER NEXT AS SOME QUESTION THEIR FUTURE IN THIS HIGH-PRESSURE INDUSTRY. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` SKI SEASON IS UPON US. RECORD CROWDS AT MOUNT HUTT'S OPENING AS IT REVEALS ITS SHINY NEW ADDITION. PLUS ` A LAST MINUTE RESHUFFLE FOR OUR OLYMPIC ROWING TEAM. THE SHOCK CALL TO DROP A TWO TIME WORLD TITLE HOLDER. FLOODS IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA HAVE NOW CLAIMED TWO LIVES AFTER A WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN WATERS SOUTH-WEST OF MELBOURNE. MEANWHILE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, THERE'S BEEN NO QUICK ESCAPE FROM THE BIG CHILL ` FOG COVERING MUCH OF SYDNEY TODAY WHILE SNOW IS STILL THICK ON THE MOUNTAINS. SKI FIELDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BURSTING THIS WEEKEND, AND AS CHANNEL NINE'S NATALIA COOPER REPORTS, IT'S PROMPTED A WARNING FROM POLICE. (HELICOPTER HUMS) OUR WIDE WHITE LAND ` THE SNOW STILL THICK ON THE FARMS, THE BUSH AND THE ROOFTOPS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES. THESE CRUSTY LITTLE DEVILS AT A WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PROJECT NEAR BARRINGTON TOPS HAVE NEVER LOVED THEIR THICK FURRY COATS SO MUCH. WHILE OVER SYDNEY, A BLANKET OF FOG THAT SHROUDED THE CITYSCAPE AND HAD THE CAUTIOUS HARBOUR FERRIES OUT OF ACTION TILL IT CLEARED. SLOWLY, SLOWLY ON THE BRIDGE AS WELL. TRAFFIC ALMOST INVISIBLE AND THE ARCH HIDDEN AWAY. AT OLYMPIC PARK, BICYCLE TAIL LIGHTS IN THE MIST AS A FEW KEEN RIDERS DID THEIR MORNING ROUNDS. THE BIG, PROUD STADIUMS HIDING OUT. BUT IT WAS WESTWARD, AMONG THE GUM TREES AND THE CLIFFS OF THE CHILLY MOUNTAINS, WHERE THE FALLOUT FROM THIS WEEK'S BIG COLD FRONT WAS STILL SPREAD FAR AND WIDE. AT KATOOMBA, BLAYNEY, OBERON. DOWN SOUTH, WHERE THE RESORT'S OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED SKI SEASON THIS WEEKEND, IT WAS SNOW TIME SHOW TIME TODAY, BUT WITH A WARNING. YOU NEED TO PLAN THAT JOURNEY. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AMPLE TIME. THE SLOPES ARE SURE TO BE BUZZING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. POLICE HOPING FOR A SMOOTH RIDE ON THE ROADS AS WELL. BACK HERE, THE FIRST OF THE MAJOR SOUTHERN SKI FIELDS OPENED TODAY ` MOUNT HUTT DRAWING RECORD CROWDS. AND IT WASN'T JUST THE WHITE STUFF THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE ` THE COUNTRY'S FIRST EIGHT SEATER CHAIRLIFT ALSO GETTING ATTENTION. DONNA-MARIE LEVER WAS THERE. THEY MAY BE A LITTLE COLD, BUT THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED. STAYED FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS SLEEPING ON THE NEW CHAIRLIFT. THAT'S RIGHT. HE SLEPT FOR TWO NIGHTS ON THIS. OH, IT DIDN'T GET TOO BAD. I THINK IT GOT DOWN TO ABOUT -2. WHILE ANOTHER PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER JUST TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST. YOU CAN'T SLEEP WHEN IT'S SO COLD SO I BROUGHT SOME PORTABLE SPEAKERS, A FEW BEERS ` WHO CARES? JUST CHILLED OUT ON THE CHAIRLIFT AND JUST CHAT. THEN IT WAS FINALLY OFFICIAL. I DECLARE IT OPEN. YEAH! (APPLAUSE) AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR ` WHOO! THE NEW NORWEST EXPRESS. A GAME-CHANGER WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING UP THE MOUNTAIN. WITH EIGHT SEATS RUNNING AT 5M A SECOND THIS LIFT WILL MOVE AROUND 3000 PEOPLE A HOUR. OUR OLD LIFT WAS AROUND 1200. IT'S ALSO SAFER AND EASIER TO DISEMBARK. IT'S GOT VERY HEAVY CHAIRS AND THEY ARE WIND RESISTANT, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN IN FAR WINDER CONDITIONS THAN NORMAL. AND THE VERDICT? IT'S REALLY COMFY. IT'S SMOOTH. IT'S NOT ROUGH. IT'S JUST PERFECT. IT WAS GREAT, SO MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. A RECORD CROWD MADE THE TRIP TO THE TOP FOR THEIR FIRST SLIDE DOWN THE SLOPES, BUT IT ALMOST DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE RECENT BAD WEATHER THAT HIT THIS REGION ALSO CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ACCESS ROAD, MEANING CONTRACTORS HAD TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK JUST TO HAVE IT READY IN TIME. AND JUST IN TIME, THE SKI VILLAGE BELOW IS CASHING IN. IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS IN METHVEN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. WE HAD THE FLOODS IN CANTERBURY AT THE END OF MAY THERE SO THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE STRUGGLING, IN THE FARMING FRATERNITY. BUT THIS IS ONE BIG POSITIVE FOR THE WHOLE AREA. AND AS FOR THIS STUFF... THE FRESH GROOMED STUFF IS REALLY NICE. OBVIOUSLY, REALLY ICY. REALLY, REALLY ICY. QUESTIONABLE. BUT STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO TAKE ON THE TERRAIN AGAIN. THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO RUN UNTIL MID-OCTOBER. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. THE HIGHLANDERS HOLD A 19-12 LEAD OVER THE BRUMBIES IN THEIR MUST-WIN LAST ROUND SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN MATCH IN CANBERRA. THE HIGHLANDERS CONCEDED EARLY BUT STRUCK TWICE THROUGH ASH DIXON AND AARON SMITH TO SEIZE THE ADVANTAGE. THEY'RE FIGHTING WITH THE BLUES, CRUSADERS AND HURRICANES TO MAKE UP THE FINAL. AS IT STANDS, THE HURRICANES ARE ON TOP OF THE LADDER AFTER THRASHING THE REDS 43-14, BUT IT'S UNLIKELY THEY'LL REMAIN THERE AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE FINALLY FINISHED OFF ENGLAND'S TAIL, GETTING THEM ALL OUT FOR 303 ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE SECOND TEST IN BIRMINGHAM. MATT HENRY GOT THE CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH TODAY ` REMOVING TAIL-ENDER MARK WOOD FOR 41 AFTER HE AND DAN LAWRENCE ADDED 66 FOR THE EIGHTH WICKET. LAWRENCE FINISHED THE INNINGS UNBEATEN ON 81. ROWING NEW ZEALAND HAS MADE A SHOCK CALL, CHANGING ONE OF ITS FAVOURED BOATS JUST OVER A MONTH OUT FROM THE OLYMPICS. OLIVIA LOE'S BEEN DUMPED FROM THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE, HAVING WON THE WORLD TITLE TWICE WITH BROOKE DONOGHUE. AS GUY HEVELDT REPORTS, THAT CHANGE THE TALKING POINT IN A 32-STRONG SQUAD. A GOLDEN MORNING ON LAKE KARAPIRO, AS THE GOLDEN QUEST BECOMES OFFICIAL. I THINK WE'RE TRACKING REALLY WELL, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR IT. THE SQUAD'S SPEARHEADED BY THE WORLD CHAMPIONS WOMEN'S 8, FEATURING SISTERS KERRI AND JACKIE GOWLER. GOWLER SISTERS AS OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS, HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE? YEAH, THAT'D BE AMAZING. THAT WOULD BE VERY SPECIAL, YEAH. BUT IT'S NOT ALL HAPPY FAMILIES IN THE GROUP. THERE'S A SHOCK CHANGE TO THE TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION DOUBLE ` OLIVIA LOE'S BEEN MOVED TO THE QUAD, WITH HANNAH OSBORNE REPLACING HER IN THE PREFERRED BOAT, JOINING BROOKE DONOGHUE. BROOKE IS A PHENOMENAL ATHLETE. UM... OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ACHIEVED, WE ACHIEVED TOGETHER. UM... I'M PRETTY... HURT. SO, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE HAD SOME IN-HOUSE RACING, AND IT WAS SORT OF NOTED THERE THAT THERE COULD BE MORE SPEED TO FIND, SO WE WENT THROUGH A TRIAL PROCESS AND YEAH, HAVE COME OUT WITH A CHANGE. LOE AND DONOGHUE WENT UNBEATEN IN 2017 AND 2019. BUT ON WEDNESDAY, LOE WAS DELIVERED THE NEWS. I AM SEEKING MORE JUSTIFICATION AT THIS STAGE. I'VE BEEN` I'VE BEEN TOLD, UM... INCONCLUSIVE AND OTHER INFO, SO IT'S HARD TO LAY IT TO REST WITHOUT HAVING A CLEAR ANSWER. SHE'S HAD A FEW BATTLES THIS SEASON THAT WE'VE BEEN HELPING HER WITH AND ALL OF THAT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SHE'LL BE... SHE'LL BE GUTTED WITH IT, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY. DESPITE THE OBVIOUS DISAPPOINTMENT LOE SAID TODAY HAS TO BE A DAY OF CELEBRATION, BECOMING AN OLYMPIAN WITH HER NEW TEAMMATES. IT IS INCREDIBLY HUMBLING HOW MUCH THEY WELCOMED ME AND MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS ALREADY PART OF THEIR TEAM. YEAH, NO, I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR LIV. LIKE, WE'VE GOT A HUGE HISTORY, THE PAST FIVE YEARS TOGETHER. MORE HISTORY COULD WELL BE MADE, BUT THIS TIME WITH A NEW PARTNER IN THE BOAT IN THE QUEST FOR OLYMPIC GLORY. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE FORECAST FOR YOUR WEEKEND. PLUS ` THE UNWAVERING BOND BETWEEN A WOMAN AND HER DOG. THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER DETERMINED TO BE WITH HIS OWNER WHEN SHE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL SOMETHING TO WARM YOUR HEART ON A FRIDAY ` A GOLDEN RETRIEVER'S DETERMINATION TO BE BY HIS OWNER'S SIDE WHEN SHE GOT ILL AND HAD TO BE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN TURKEY. STOPPED FROM ENTERING THE AMBULANCE, THE LOYAL PUP RAN NEXT TO THE VEHICLE ALL THE WAY TO THE ISTANBUL HOSPITAL. HE THEN WAITED OUTSIDE PATIENTLY, HOLDING VIGIL UNTIL EVENTUALLY HOSPITAL STAFF RELENTED AND LET HIM IN. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH THE NEW ONE FROM KIWI SUPERSTAR LORDE. HERE'S SOLAR POWER. (LORDE'S 'SOLAR POWER') # I HATE THE WINTER, CAN T STAND THE COLD. # I TEND TO CANCEL ALL THE PLANS. # SO SORRY, I CAN T MAKE IT. # BUT WHEN THE HEAT COMES SOMETHING TAKES A HOLD. # CAN I KICK IT? YEAH, I CAN. # MY CHEEKS IN HIGH COLOUR, OVERRIPE PEACHES. # NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, ONLY MY FEATURES. # MY BOY BEHIND ME, HE S TAKING PICTURES. # LEAD THE BOYS AND GIRLS ONTO THE BEACHES. # COME ONE, COME ALL, I'LL TELL YOU MY SECRETS. # I'M KINDA LIKE A PRETTIER JESUS. # FORGET ALL OF THE TEARS THAT YOU'VE CRIED, IT'S OVER. # OVER, OVER, OVER. # IT'S A NEW STATE OF MIND. ARE YOU COMING, MY BABY? THAT'S ALMOST ALL FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR SOLAR POWER OFF LORDE'S NEW ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME, WHICH WAS ALSO RELEASED TODAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND. CAPTIONS BY LILLIE BALFOUR AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021