IT'S MIDDAY, JUMP STARTING DEVELOPMENTS, A BILLION DOLLARS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING PACKAGE IS OPENED UP IN AN EFFORT TO SPEED UP NEW BUILDS. AND, A PLAN TO REVIVE A COASTAL AREA ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE GETS A MIXED RESPONSE. WHY THE STRATEGY TO PROTECT THE HAURAKI GULF MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO SAVE IT. PLUS, LORDE RETURNS AFTER A 4 YEAR HIATUS. THE POP SENSATION ANNOUNCES A NEW TRANS-TASMAN TOUR, HITTING A TOWN NEAR YOU NEXT SUMMER. CAPTIONS BY EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. $1 BILLION IS UP FOR GRABS FOR DEVELOPERS, IWI OR COUNCILS WHO WANT TO PUSH BIG HOUSING PROJECTS AHEAD. KATIE BRADFORD HAS BEEN AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY HOUSING MINISTER MEGAN WOODS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. KATIE, HOW WILL THIS HOUSING ACCELERATION FUND WORK? WELL THIS IS ONE PART OF THE BIG PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE BUDGET. IT'S MONEY UP FOR GRABS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE PIPES AND ROADS. IT'S ALL ABOUT ALLOWING MORE HOUSES BY BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THOSE. IT'LL BE A TIERED APPROACH, IF YOU'RE AROUND AUCKLAND OR WELLINGTON, YOU WILL NEED TO LOOK AT A DEVELOPMENT OF OVER 200 HOUSES. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT ONLY AND THE BIG CITIES, IT'S ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. IN THE SMALLER AREAS YOU MAY BE DEVELOPING 30 HOUSES. HOUSING MINISTER SAID AS ONE PIECE OF THE HOUSING PUZZLE. THE HOUSING SUPPLY CRISIS IS A PROBLEM DECADES IN THE MAKING THAT WILL TAKE TIME TO TURN AROUND. BUT THIS IS A FUND THAT WILL MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING BY ASSISTING AND OVERCOMING A KEY BARRIER TO BUILDING; ACCESS TO BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE STORM WATER PIPES AND ROADING. WE RECOGNISE THE CHALLENGES THAT COUNCILS FACE TO FUND MUCH OF THIS WORK THEMSELVES, MEANING IT'S A KEY BLOCKAGE TO GETTING MORE HOMES BUILT, AND MORE HOMES BUILT AFFORDABLY. THE BIG QUESTION, HOW FAST WERE PROJECTS GET UNDERWAY? NOT AS FAST AS MANY WOULD HOPE. THE MINISTER PROMISED TO HAVE A PROPOSAL BY THE END OF THE MONTH. A COMMITTEE WILL SET BE SET UP TO MAKE DECISIONS BY THE END OF THE. WORK WON'T BE MADE UNTIL 2022, HOUSES WILL NOT BE BUILT UNTIL 2023. IT IS BEING WELCOMED, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. THEY HAVE SAID THEY ARE HAPPY WITH HOW THIS FUND WILL WORK. THANKS. A PLAN TO AVERT THE 'TOTAL COLLAPSE' OF THE HAURAKI GULF'S ECOLOGY HAS BEEN REVEALED. NEW FISHING RULES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO FIX THE DAMAGE DONE BY YEARS OF OVER-FISHING. BUT THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES MINISTER DOESN'T THINK FISHING IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM. ISAAC GUNSON REPORTS. 4000 SQUARE KM ON THE VERGE OF TOTAL ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE. THE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE ACROSS HALF OF THE REEF SYSTEM NOW IS GOING TO KEEP ON ACCELERATING, AND THERE WILL BE NO FISH TO ARGUE OVER. TODAY, THE FIRST REAL STEPS TOWARD A HEALTHY HAURAKI. WE CERTAINLY NEED TO DO BETTER IF WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT THIS TREASURE. 18 NEW MARINE PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED. SO AROUND 17% OF THE GULF WILL BE UNDER SOME FORM OF PROTECTION FROM 2024. BUT ADVOCATES SAY STRICT NO-TAKE ZONES MUST BE ESTABLISHED IF IT'S TO RETURN TO ABUNDANCE. TRAWLERS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN 'CORRIDORS' BUT NOT BANNED OUTRIGHT. AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL WORK WITH MANA WHENUA AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL. MANY ARE ALREADY DOING THEIR PART. I'M SEEING MANA WHENUA RIGHT AROUND THE GULF IMPLEMENTING INDIGENOUS MODELS OF PRACTICE. WE'RE SEEING RAHUI TAPU, MAI TAITAI, TAI PURI. THESE ARE WONDERFUL CUSTOMARY PRACTICES THAT ENSURE RESTORATION. BUT THE MINISTER SAYS OVERFISHING IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE FACING THE GULF. IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO FISHING EFFORT. WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND-BASED POLLUTION FROM THE CITY, BUT ALSO RURAL AREAS ` LOTS OF SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE. I THINK FISHING IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO MODIFY. IF THAT WERE THE ANSWER, AND THE ONLY ANSWER, YOU COULD JUST BAN ALL FISHING. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. A FORMER CONSERVATION MINISTER BELIEVES IT'S CLEAR THE EFFECT YEARS OF OVER-FISHING HAS HAD ON THE GULF'S HEALTH. COMMERCIAL FISHING, EVEN NOW WITH A DEPLETED GULF, IS 30% GREATER THAN IT WAS IN 2000 WHEN I PUT THE LEGISLATION THROUGH. SANDRA-LEE VERCOE PASSED THE HAURAKI GULF MARINE PARK BILL 21 YEARS AGO, AND IN THAT TIME, SHE'S SEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN ACTION AND ATTITUDE. AN OVERLY PERMISSIVE AUCKLAND COUNCIL ALLOWING MARINAS TO DESTROY HABITAT OUT ON WAIHEKE ISLAND, WHERE THE ISLANDERS AND TANGATA WHENUA ARE GETTING ARRESTED BY 25 POLICEMEN FOR DARE SAYING SO IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND WHILE THE PLAN MAY DRAW CRITICS, A HEALTHIER GULF IN THE LONG RUN CAN ONLY BRING BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE. ISAAC GUNSON, 1 NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING FOUR PEOPLE AT A DUNEDIN SUPERMARKET HAS ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS TO FOUR COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE MAN (42) APPEARED IN THE HIGH COURT IN DUNEDIN THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AT COUNTDOWN IN MAY. HE'S SET TO APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN ON THE 3RD OF AUGUST. THE GOVERNMENT'S POORLY MANAGED MYCOPLASMA BOVIS RESPONSE INFLICTED SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING TRAUMA ON AFFECTED FARMERS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY, LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THE DISEASE IN 2017. AROUND 180,000 ANIMALS WERE CULLED ON MORE THAN 250 FARMS IN A BID TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE. THE STUDY FOUND THE INTRUSIVE, IMPRACTICAL AND INHUMANE NATURE OF THE ERADICATION PROGRAMME IGNORED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOUR OF INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WHICH UPSET FARMERS. A FIJIAN TOWN'S GONE INTO LOCKDOWN THIS MORNING, AFTER THE COUNTRY REPORTED ANOTHER 126 NEW COVID-19 CASES AND A FURTHER DEATH. THE QAUIA SETTLEMENT'S GONE INTO A 48 HOUR SNAP LOCKDOWN SO RESIDENTS CAN BE SCREENED AND TESTED. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1500 ACTIVE CASES IN THE ISLAND NATION. OUR GOVERNMENT'S GIVEN $10M IN SUPPORT. ULTIMATELY, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE, AND WHERE WE'VE PROVIDED EXTRA ASSISTANCE LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE $10m WE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. $5m WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESPONSE, AND $5m WILL GO DIRECTLY TO VILLAGES. AN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAM'S ARRIVED IN FIJI AND IS QUARANTINING FOR A WEEK. THE NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER'S SET TO EXTEND CURRENT COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SYDNEY TODAY. MASK-WEARING RULES ARE IN PLACE UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY, AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME. IT'S AS THE BONDI CLUSTER GROWS TO 11 CASES. GIVEN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED MORE BROADLY ACROSS OUR CITIES AND OUR STATE, THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, OR THE EXISTING SETTINGS WE HAVE IN PLACE, ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE INITIAL 5 DAYS WE HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO DO. THE NEW SOUTH WALES TRAVEL BUBBLE REMAINS OPEN, WHILE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRE-DEPARTURE COVID-19 TESTS FOR PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM VICTORIA WILL END AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN BRITAIN ARE SUFFERING FROM LONG COVID ` SYMPTOMS LIKE BREATHLESSNESS AND FATIGUE PERSISTING FOR MONTHS. BUT ONE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT CENTRE'S HELPING PATIENTS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. BBC'S GRAHAM SATCHELL REPORTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WHEN JOCELYN ALPAS LEFT HOSPITAL LAST YEAR, SHE HAD NO IDEA JUST HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO RECOVER. EVEN JUST TO TALK WAS AN EFFORT FOR ME. EVEN JUST TO STAND, I WAS REALLY BREATHLESS. VERY SHORT OF BREATH EVEN AT REST. I WAS SO FRAIL. I WAS SO ILL. I WAS SO EXTREMELY VULNERABLE, REALLY. (APPLAUSE) JOCELYN IS NOT ALONE. THIS IS RAJ METKAR LEAVING INTENSIVE CARE. BYE, RAJ. (CHUCKLES) I COULD NOT STAND. MY FOOT WOULD JUST DROP. THERE WAS NO STRENGTH. I COULD NOT STAND. AFTER CLOSING MY EYES, EVERYTHING, BODY WOULD JUST SHAKE. DOING SO WELL. AND DONE. I NEVER IMAGINED I HAD TO LEARN TO RE-WALK. OH, GOOD. WELL DONE. COVID LEFT RAJ WITH LONG-LASTING PROBLEMS. DAMAGE TO THE KIDNEY, DAMAGE TO THE HEART, AND NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE INTO MY LEGS. I STILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE WALKING STICK. JOCELYN AND RAJ HAVE BECOME FRIENDS. THEY WERE ON THE SAME WARD AT EPSOM HOSPITAL IN SURREY. THEIR STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL QUICKLY REALISED PATIENTS WOULD NEED SIGNIFICANT HELP WITH SO-CALLED 'LONG COVID'. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UK SUFFERING LONG-TERM AFTER EFFECTS OF THE VIRUS. I'VE SEEN IT DESCRIBED AS THE PANDEMIC AFTER THE PANDEMIC. I THINK LONG COVID IS UNDOUBTEDLY AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ` ONGOING FATIGUE, BREATHLESSNESS, LOTS OF IMPACT ON PATIENTS' MENTAL HEALTH, PROBLEMS WITH SLEEP, SOMETIMES CARDIAC ISSUES AND A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS. THE REHAB PROGRAMME RUNS FOR SIX WEEKS AT A TIME. A YEAR AFTER THEY LEFT HOSPITAL, JOCELYN AND RAJ ARE ALSO ON THE MEND. AND AFTER SIX WEEKS OF REHAB, INTENSE EXERCISE, I WAS ABLE TO WALK ON MY OWN. CAN YOU IMAGINE? I WAS SO HAPPY. (CHUCKLES) IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR RAJ AND JOCELYN. SOME MAY NEVER FULLY RECOVER. BUT JOCELYN IS NOW BACK AT WORK ON THE RESPIRATORY WARD AT EPSOM HOSPITAL, ONCE AGAIN HELPING PEOPLE TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS. BACK HERE, DAIRY OWNERS WHO FEEL THEY'RE BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETTED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS SELLING TOBACCO HAVE DELIVERED A PETITION TO PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING. AS PART OF PLANS TO MAKE AOTEAROA SMOKEFREE BY 2025, THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS ALLOWED TO SELL TOBACCO HAS BEEN RESTRICTED FROM 5000 TO 400. DAIRY OWNERS PROTESTED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING DELIVERING A 1400-STRONG PETITION OPPOSING THE MOVE. THE DAIRY AND BUSINESS OWNER'S GROUP CHAIR SAYS 30% OF REVENUE COMES FROM TOBACCO SALES. SLASHING 95% OF OUTLETS WOULD DESTROY A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT KIWIS ARE DEPENDING UPON IN PARTICULAR THE REMOTE AREAS. CIGARETTES KILL 5000 PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR, 14 TODAY, 14 TOMORROW. WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE AND TO ITS CREDIT THE GOVERNMENT IS. THE FIGHT FOR ANSWERS OVER CHILDREN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AS A RESULT OF CHINA'S TREATMENT OF ITS UIGHUR POPULATION IS PROVIDING LITTLE HOPE FOR FAMILIES. CHINA'S DENIED ALLEGATIONS IT'S DELIBERATELY SPLITTING PEOPLE FROM THEIR LOVED ONES. BBC'S JOHN SUDWORTH WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. THESE MOTHERS ARE MARCHING FOR THEIR MISSING CHILDREN BACK HOME IN XINJIANG. WALKING ALMOST 300 MILES ACROSS TURKEY WHERE THEY NOW LIVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE YEARS OF SILENCE FROM CHINA. 'I WANT THEM TO LET ME SEE THEM,' THIS WOMAN TELLS ME. TWO YEARS AGO, IN A MEETING HALL IN ISTANBUL IN DOZENS OF SIMILAR ACCOUNTS, UIGHURS FROM XINJIANG TOLD US HOW THEY'D LOST ALL CONTACT WITH THEIR CHILDREN. SHOWN THAT TESTIMONY, THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN LONDON AT THE TIME DENIED THE CLAIMS BUT PROMISED TO INVESTIGATE. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE GOT THEIR CHILDREN LOST, YOU GIVE ME NAMES. WITH OUR INTERVIEWEES PERMISSION, WE SENT HIM THE NAMES. IN 2016, FEARING CHINA WOULD FORCE HER TO HAVE AN ABORTION, THIS WOMAN AND LEFT XINJIANG TO GIVE BIRTH TO HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. LITTLE DID SHE KNOW, THE CAMPS DESIGNED TO REPLACE ETHNIC IDENTITY WITH LOYALTY TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY WERE BEING BUILT ON A MASSIVE SCALE. HER HUSBAND WAS DETAINED, AND SHE HASN'T SEEN HIM OR HER FIVE OLDER CHILDREN SINCE, EXCEPT FOR THIS ` A VIDEO SHE DISCOVERED ONLINE, FILMED IN A SCHOOL HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE FAMILY HOME. 'I'M SURE IT'S MY DAUGHTER,' SHE TOLD ME. AFTER THE PROMISE TO INVESTIGATE, UK EMBASSY OFFICIALS CONFIRMED RECEIPT OF OUR DOCUMENTS, SAYING THEY'D REPORTED THE MATTER TO CHINA. WE SENT FOLLOW UP EMAILS BUT WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO FEEDBACK FROM BEIJING. WE ALSO HANDED OVER DETAILS OF THE MISSING RELATIVES TO OFFICIALS IN XINJIANG, AGAIN WITHOUT SUCCESS. THEN, ONE YEAR AFTER HIS FIRST APPEARANCE, THE AMBASSADOR WENT ON LIVE TV ONCE MORE. I NEVER RECEIVE ANY NAMES. EARLIER THIS YEAR, LIU XIAMING LEFT THE UK WITH AN ONLINE FAREWELL RECEPTION AND HIS PROMISE STILL UNMET BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. 'NO PROGRESS,' SAID THE LATEST EMAIL FROM HIS OFFICIALS. AFTER TWO YEARS OF PROMISES TO HELP FIND THE MISSING, XINJIANG'S SHATTERED FAMILIES HAVE BEEN OFFERED ONLY SILENCE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` GOING AGAINST ADVICE FROM HEALTH OFFICIALS, THOUSANDS OF FANS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE TOKYO GAMES. AND, RAINED OUT AGAIN. THE BLACK CAPS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO WIN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. PLUS LATER, LORDE GETS READY TO RETURN TO THE STAGE. WHEN SHE'LL BE PERFORMING AT A TOWN NEAR YOU. THOUSANDS OF FANS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO VENUES TO WATCH THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES NEXT MONTH, BUT THEY'LL BE TOLD NOT TO CHEER OR TO EVEN SPEAK LOUDLY. ORGANISERS ARE LIMITING NUMBERS TO A MAXIMUM 10,000 SPECTATORS, AGAINST THE ADVICE OF SCIENTISTS. THE DECISION COULD BE REVERSED IF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS SURGE HIGHER. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES REPORTS. TOKYO. (CHEERING) REMEMBER IN THOSE PRE-COVID DAYS WHEN TOKYO WON THE 2020 OLYMPIC BID? AND PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE LIKE THIS. TOKYO! TOKYO! TOKYO! FOR A WHILE, IT SEEMED POSSIBLE THE TOKYO GAMES MIGHT ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE WITH STADIUMS LIKE THIS. BUT TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOKYO ORGANISING COMMITTEE, SEIKO HASHIMOTO, ANNOUNCED A COMPROMISE. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) 'IN LIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC EVENTS,' SHE SAYS, 'THE SPECTATOR LIMIT ON THE OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE SET AT 50% 'OF VENUE CAPACITY, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 10,000 PEOPLE.' THAT IS VERY MUCH NOT WHAT THE MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE BEEN ADVISING. JUST LAST WEEK, THEY SAID HAVING NO SPECTATORS WOULD BE MUCH THE SAFEST OPTION. THE WORRY ISN'T REALLY WHAT THE CROWDS DO INSIDE THE STADIUMS; IT'S WHAT THEY MIGHT DO AFTERWARDS. PEOPLE HERE IN TOKYO ARE ALREADY THOROUGHLY SICK AND TIRED OF THE PANDEMIC. YOU CAN SEE IN PLACES LIKE THIS ` PEOPLE DRINKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT IN BARS THAT ARE OPENLY FLOUTING THE COVID REGULATIONS. AND THE OLYMPICS WILL BE A SIGNAL TO EVERYBODY THAT IT'S OK TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE. THAT'S WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT KENJI SHIBUYA IS WORRIED ABOUT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE HAVE NOT YET SUPPRESSED OR ELIMINATED COVID TRANSMISSION LOCALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST LIFTED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, DESPITE WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE NUMBER OF CASES IN TOKYO STILL. THERE IS A LOCAL TRANSMISSION. AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, SEND AN INCONSISTENT SIGNAL THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE OLYMPIC, THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED, AND WE SEE A LARGER RISK OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION. THE HOPE IS THE OLYMPICS WILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOOTBALL MATCH ` THE STANDS HALF-FULL, SPECTATORS OBEYING THE RULES. BUT WITH INFECTION RATES RISING AGAIN IN TOKYO, THE NEXT BIG WAVE OF COVID MAY HIT JUST IN TIME FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY ON JULY THE 23rd. TIME'S RUNNING OUT FOR THE BLACKCAPS TO WIN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AFTER DAY FOUR WAS WASHED OUT. THE DAY'S PLAY ABANDONED WITHOUT A BALL BEING BOWLED AFTER PERSISTENT RAIN MEANT THE GROUND WASN'T FIT FOR PLAY. THE BLACKCAPS MANAGING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO OCCUPY THEMSELVES DURING THE DELAY. WHEN PLAY RESUMES TONIGHT, THEY'LL CONTINUE THEIR FIRST INNINGS WHERE THEY TRAIL BY 116 RUNS. IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING. TO BE FAIR, THE FORECAST WASN'T LOOKING VERY GOOD, SO I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WE HOPED` WE THOUGHT AFTER YESTERDAY IT MIGHT BE OCCURRING. BUT YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING HOPING IT'S GONNA BE BETTER, SO THE GUYS HAVE BEEN FILLING THE TIME PLAYING A BIT OF TABLE TENNIS, A BIT OF DARTS, MUCKING AROUND, REALLY. FORTUNATELY FOR THE BLACKCAPS, THERE IS A RESERVE DAY SET DOWN FOR WEDNESDAY. FOUR FRESH FACES HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS 36-MAN SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING THREE TESTS IN JULY. BLUES HALFBACK FINLAY CHRISTIE, CRUSADERS FORWARD ETHAN BLACKADDER, CHIEFS MIDFIELDER QUINN TUPAEA, AND HIGHLANDERS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR ALL BLACK DEBUTS AGAINST TONGA AND FIJI. I SORTA KNEW I WAS MAYBE IN THE PICTURE WHEN I HAD` WHEN HE COME DOWN AND WE SPOKE ABOUT SCRUMMING AND THAT, BUT NEVER THOUGHT I'D MAKE THE INITIAL SQUAD. SAM WHITELOCK'S BEEN NAMED AS CAPTAIN, TAKING OVER FROM SAM CANE, WHO'S RECOVERING FROM CHEST SURGERY. DENMARK HAS TURNED ITS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FORTUNES AROUND, THRASHING RUSSIA 4-1 TO REACH THE ROUND OF 16. WINLESS IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES, DENMARK NEEDED A VICTORY IN THEIR FINAL HOME GAME TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF PROGRESSING. OH, HOW ABOUT THAT! CHRISTIANSEN! A FIRECRACKER TO SEND COPENHAGEN WILD! EVEN WITH THE WIN, THEY STILL HAD TO RELY ON BELGIUM BEATING FINLAND IN THE GROUP'S OTHER GAME. THE TOP-RANKED TEAM IN THE WORLD LEFT IT LATE TO CLAIM A 2-0 WIN, LEAVING THE DANISH PLAYERS CELEBRATING SOON AFTER WITH THEIR HOME FANS. THE MAINLAND TACTIX HAVE PRODUCED A RECORD-BREAKING VICTORY OVER THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY. THE TACTIX PILED ON THE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE GAME TO WIN BY 17 GOALS. IT'S THE HIGHEST EVER WINNING MARGIN IN THE FRANCHISE'S HISTORY. JUST LIKE THAT. IT'S AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WITH CONFIDENCE. THE FINAL SCORE 68-51 AND PUTS THEM IN THIRD PLACE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER AND LORDE'S SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT. HOT OFF THE HEELS OF HER FIRST SONG IN FOUR YEARS, LORDE'S GETTING READY TO LIGHT UP THE STAGE ONCE AGAIN WITH 'SOLAR POWER'. THE POP QUEEN WILL BRING THE SHOW TO KIWI AND AUSSIE STAGES NEXT FEBRUARY AND MARCH. # BLINK THREE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL IT KICKING IN. # THAT SOLAR... # OLAR... # OLAR... # POWER. THE TOUR WILL KICK OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH AT NEXT YEAR'S ELECTRIC AVE, BEFORE CONTINUING THROUGH UPPER MOUTERE, LOWER HUTT, HAVELOCK NORTH, AND NEW PLYMOUTH. SHE'LL FINISH THE NEW ZEALAND PORTION OF THE TOUR IN AUCKLAND, BEFORE TAKING IT TRANS-TASMAN. TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM NEXT WEEK. AND TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER WITH THE REST OF LORDE'S LATEST TUNE. (LORDE'S 'SOLAR POWER') THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE AND JULIE TAYLOR. 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