TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S AFFECTING MORE AND MORE KIWIS. CAMPAIGNER MIKE KING'S HIGHLIGHTED THE GROWING PROBLEM, NOW THE HEALTH MINISTER'S CONSIDERING A REVIEW. THE BUSY BODY OF WATER THAT'S PUT NEW ZEALAND ON THE SAILING MAP. NOW, A BIG MOVE TO PROTECT AND REJUVENATE THE POPULAR HAURAKI GULF. WILL IT AFFECT RECREATIONAL FISHING? AND ` OH, LORDE. FANS PRAYERS ARE FINALLY ANSWERED. SING IT! # SOLAR POWER # # SOLAR POWER # AFTER A 4-YEAR HIATUS, THE KIWI SONGBIRD IS BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM AND NEW TOUR. CAPTIONS BY STEFFI DRYDEN, LILLIE BALFOUR AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS IN FOR YET ANOTHER REVIEW. MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE ADMITTING HE'S FRUSTRATED AT THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS. IT'S BEEN A BIG FOCUS FOR THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS PUMPED ALMOST $2bn INTO THE SYSTEM. BUT TODAY, IT FACED A GRILLING ABOUT WHY IT'S NOT DELIVERING. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. MIKE KING CAME TO PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK TO HAND BACK HIS MEDAL FOR SERVICES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PLEAD FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE. DESPITE $1.9bn BEING PUMPED IN, THERE ARE ONLY 5 NEW BEDS AND 1 NEW FACILITY TO SHOW FOR IT. IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE INHERITED A SYSTEM UNDER CRISIS. SO FRUSTRATING THAT HE'S ANNOUNCED A REVIEW. THINGS SEEM TO TAKE A LONG TIME. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING. WE'RE NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAMME, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO A STOCKTAKE. I THINK THE PUBLIC IS SICK OF REVIEWS INTO REVIEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS THERE'S BEEN SLOW PROGRESS ON BEDS AND BUILDINGS, BUT POINTS TO OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS ` NEARLY 100,000 STUDENTS ACCESSING SERVICES AT SCHOOL, 520 NEW FULL-TIME WORKERS AND 10,000 COUNSELLING SESSIONS ON OFFER TO KIWIS EVERY MONTH. IS THE REVIEW INTO MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING JUST ANNOUNCED AN ADMISSION OF HER GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO DELIVER ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PROMISES OF 2019. MR SPEAKER, NO. I TOTALLY REJECT THE MEMBER'S SUGGESTION THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED IN THIS SPACE. IT IS, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD FROM NOTHING. MIKE KING SAYS MONEY ISN'T THE PROBLEM. LOGISTICS IS THE PROBLEM. I'D GO TO MAINFREIGHT. I'D HIRE 12 LOGISTIC ENGINEERS AND GET THEM TO WORK ON A CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY DELIVERY PLATFORM. THESE GUYS MOVE BILLIONS OF CONTAINERS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST REVIEW. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE LAST MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 2018 IF WE NOW NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER REVIEW? AS TYPICALLY HAPPENS, LABOUR GOVERNMENTS END UP PICKING UP THE PIECES, BUT THE PIECES WHEN A GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS MENTAL HEALTH ARE THE SHATTERED LIVES OF VULNERABLE NEW ZEALANDERS WHO WE ARE NOW DESPERATELY HAVING TO REPAIR A BROKEN SYSTEM. A BROKEN SYSTEM THAT'S TAKING TWO YEARS TO FIX AND COUNTING. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN FIJI NOW, AND THE PACIFIC NATION'S JUST REPORTED A NEW DAILY HIGH OF 180 NEW CASES AND TWO MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1600 ACTIVE CASES. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE ARRIVED IN NADI BUT WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A TEN-DAY QUARANTINE FIRST. 16 PEOPLE WITH CORONAVIRUS HAVE DIED IN THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE ONLY COUNTING SEVEN DEATHS, SAYING THE OTHERS HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES. NEW ZEALAND'S GIVEN $10m TO SUPPORT FIJI'S BATTLE AGAINST THE COVID. IT'S INEVITABLE THE MOST CONTAGIOUS COVID-19 VARIANT WILL HIT OUR SHORES AND OUR PREPARATION IS LACKING. THAT'S THE WARNING FROM A COVID EXPERT HERE AFTER SYDNEY RECORDED ANOTHER 10 CASES OF THE DELTA TYPE VIRUS. OUR GOVERNMENT'S MAKING A CALL TONIGHT ON QUARANTINE-FREE FLIGHTS FROM THE STATE. FROM SYDNEY, HERE'S OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE. SCHOOL'S OUT EARLY FOR THESE SYDNEY STUDENTS AFTER NEWS A CLASSMATE IS ONE OF THE LATEST COVID-19 CASES AND THEY'D CAUGHT IT FROM A COMPLETE STRANGER. I'M JUST A BIT SCARED COS WE DON'T KNOW` IT'S SPREADING TOO FAST. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THE CITY'S COVID CASELOAD HAS NEARLY DOUBLED. THERE IS NO DOUBT AN INCREASED LEVEL OF CONCERN GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF CASES. 21 PEOPLE HAVE NOW TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE DELTA VARIANT. GROUND ZERO, THIS BUSY BONDI SHOPPING CENTRE. THE DELTA VARIANT OF THE COVID VIRUS IS A GOLD MEDALLIST WHEN IT COMES TO JUMPING FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. IT'S A LONG JUMPER. WE DID EXPECT` GIVEN HOW CONTAGIOUS THE VIRUS IS, WE DID EXPECT HOUSEHOLDS CONTACTS ALREADY IN ISOLATION WERE LIKELY TO GET THE VIRUS. NO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN, HOWEVER MASK MANDATES COVERING THE GREATER SYDNEY AREA HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER WEEK. DESPITE NO FORMAL BORDER CHANGES, THE WARNINGS ARE COMING IN FROM OTHER STATE PREMIERS. IF YOU'RE A QUEENSLANDER, BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TO NEW SOUTH WALES AT THIS TIME. BUT WE'RE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON NEW SOUTH WALES. NEW ZEALAND'S STOPPED SHORT OF PAUSING THE TRAVEL BUBBLE AT THIS STAGE, SAYING THE RISK HAS BEEN DEEMED 'LOW'. NEW ZEALAND HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS THIS AFTERNOON. PROFESSOR MICHAEL BAKER SAYS IT'S INEVITABLE NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH DELTA AT SOME POINT. IT WILL BE VERY SERIOUS. I THINK IT WILL STILL BE CONTAINABLE, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE THAT MUCH HARDER. AND WE NEED TO DRAMATICALLY BOOST OUR PREPARATION. UNFORTUNATELY I THINK MOST OF OUR THINKING IS STILL A YEAR OUT OF DATE. IT'S STILL BASED ON IDEAS THAT YOU CAN GET IT FROM SURFACES AND SO ON, WHEN, IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST ALL RESPIRATORY AND IT CAN BE THESE AEROSOLS WHICH ARE HARD TO CONTAIN IN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT. AS THE TENTACLES OF THIS OUTBREAK CONTINUE TO SPREAD FURTHER. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. THE LATEST MOVE TO PROTECT AND REVITALISE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST USED COASTAL AREAS IN NEW ZEALAND IS BEING WIDELY WELCOMED. THE HAURAKI GULF-TIKAPA MOANA IS A 4000 SQUARE KM AREA THAT LIES FROM OFF THE WHANGAREI COAST, DOWN THE AUCKLAND REGION, GREAT BARRIER AND WAIHEKE ISLANDS, THE FIRTH OF THAMES RIGHT HERE, AND ACROSS THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE MARINE AREAS IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF FISHING, TOURISM, AQUACULTURE AND SHIPPING. 18 NEW PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED IN THE GULF, AND TRAWL FISHING WILL BE RESTRICTED TO SELECTED CORRIDORS. YVONNE TAHANA HAS REACTION. OUT TO CATCH A FEED, BUT INCREASINGLY, THE FISH AREN'T BITING AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE SIZE OF THE FISH, PARTICULARLY SNAPPER, AND ALSO THE ABUNDANCE. IT'S JUST NOT WHAT IT WAS. REPORT AFTER REPORT REINFORCING THE HAURAKI GULF'S UGLY TRUTH ` THAT CRAYFISH ARE FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT. WITH KINA COLONISING LARGE STRETCHES OF SEABED AND KELP FORESTS ` IMPORTANT BREEDING GROUNDS FOR FISH, DESTROYED. THAT'S LED TO AN ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, AND THAT'S NO EXAGGERATION. THE NEW STRATEGY AIMS TO RESTORE THE DELICATE BALANCE HERE. 18 NEW MARINE PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED, MEANING 17% OF THE GULF WILL BE UNDER SOME FORM OF PROTECTION FROM 2024. IS THIS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE? YES, IT WILL BE. 18 NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TRIPLING THE AMOUNT OF THE GULF THAT'S HIGHLY PROTECTED. THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BUT IN TERMS OF RESTORING THE MAURI, IT'S COMING BACK TO A POINT OF RESPECT, OF RELATIONSHIPS, OF WHAKAPAPA, OF WHANAUNGATANGA. THE PLAN ALSO RESTRICTS TRAWLING TO SELECTED CORRIDORS. TRAWLING IS THE PREDOMINANT WAY WE CATCH FISH TODAY. I'M ALL FOR WAYS OF DOING THINGS BETTER. IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT BETTER THAT MAKES A SUSTAINABLE FISHERY WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. WHAT DOES THE FISHING PLAN REALLY MEAN? WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTTOM DREDGING COMPLETELY GONE, FOR EXAMPLE. RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN ACCEPT THEY'VE PLAYED A PART IN THE GULF'S DECLINE. A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE THAN EVER BEFORE, AND IT'S PUT A LOT MORE PRESSURE IN RECREATIONAL STOCK. OVERFISHING ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUE FACING THE GULF. CONTAMINANTS WASH OFF THE LAND INTO THE SEA INCLUDING NUTRIENTS, SEDIMENTS, HEAVY METALS AND MICROBIAL PATHOGENS. SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH CAN SMOTHER HABITATS. SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. IT'S A QUESTION OF OUR WILL. WHAT DO WE CHOOSE TO DO? AND WE SHOULD CHOOSE TO TRY AND REACH THAT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. HOPING WHAT'S OUT OF SIGHT, REMAINS UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE NUMBER OF TEACHING JOBS ON OFFER AT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, REACHING 500 VACANCIES. THE UNION SAYS MANY CENTRES ARE STRUGGLING, PROVING IT'S NO LONGER A DESIRABLE CAREER FOR MANY PEOPLE. MEI HERON WITH THE STORY. SOME DAYS IT'S A BALANCING ACT. UH-OH. MANAGING THE KIDS IS ONE THING, ADD ON TOP OF THAT MANAGING STAFF... AS SOON AS ONE PERSON'S SICK, AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON A DAY IS GETTING SICK, AND I JUST CAN'T GET RELIEVERS. AND IT'S NOT JUST RELIEVERS. IT TOOK MEGAN WHITE SEVERAL MONTHS TO FILL A VACANT TEACHING SPOT. THE SHORTAGE A CRITICAL PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO RE-ADVERTISE TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES TO FIND TEACHERS. NOW SOME CENTRES ARE SAYING, 'LOOK, WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T POPULATE 'OUR CENTRE WITH THE RIGHT NUMBER OF ADULTS. 'WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHUT OUR DOORS.' THE UNION SAYS THERE'RE CURRENTLY 500 JOB VACANCIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, 48% MORE THAN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS NOT A DESIRABLE CAREER FOR PEOPLE, AND WE NEED TO TURN THIS AROUND. IT WANTS SMALLER TEACHER-TO-CHILDREN RATIOS, ALLOCATED NON-CONTACT TIME FOR ADMIN, AND BETTER PAY. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASED SALARIES, THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE AT THE LOWEST END OF THE PAY-BAND. IT WILL HELP ENTICE PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION, BUT IT'S NOT RETAINING PEOPLE, AND WE CAN'T HAVE CENTRES THAT RUN WITH JUST BEGINNING TEACHERS. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY SAYS IT'S AWARE OF THE SHORTAGE AND IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE PROFESSION TO RE-JOIN. IT'S ALSO OFFERING FINANCIAL HELP FOR THOSE STUDYING TOWARDS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT VALUED, IF YOU FEEL YOU'RE NOT GIVING YOUR BEST TO THE CHILDREN, WHY WOULD YOU STAY IN THE PROFESSION? WHY WOULD YOU BE AN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER? IT'S REALLY SAD. IT'S REALLY SAD, BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN. AND THESE GUYS ARE AMAZING. AMAZING TAMARIKI, WHO JUST NEED A HELPING HAND TO GROW. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. THE SEX ABUSE CASE AGAINST ARTHUR ALLAN THOMAS IS NOW ENTERING ITS FINAL STAGES. THE DEFENCE PRESENTED ITS EVIDENCE IN AUCKLAND TODAY, OPENING THE WAY FOR CLOSING ADDRESSES FROM CROWN AND DEFENCE LAWYERS TOMORROW. NICOLE BREMNER WAS IN COURT. THE DEFENCE TOOK TWO HOURS TO PRESENT ITS CASE. THE ACCUSED, ARTHUR ALLAN THOMAS, DID NOT TESTIFY. INSTEAD, THE 83 YEAR OLD SAT IN THE DOCK, FLANKED BY SECURITY, AS FOUR WITNESSES GAVE EVIDENCE. THEY INCLUDED MR THOMAS'S WIFE JENNIFER, HIS BROTHER DESMOND AND A LAWYER. THIS IS A COMPLEX CASE. MUCH OF THE EVIDENCE CAN'T BE REPORTED TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THE TWO FEMALE COMPLAINANTS. ARTHUR THOMAS HAS ALWAYS DENIED THE CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE WHICH WERE LAID IN 2019. IT'S NOW EXPECTED THE JURY OF EIGHT WOMEN AND FOUR MEN WILL RETIRE TO CONSIDER THEIR VERDICT ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A BILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS NOW UP FOR GRABS FOR DEVELOPERS, IWI AND COUNCILS WANTING TO BUILD HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. DETAILS OF ITS HOUSING ACCELERATION FUND WERE UNVEILED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY. AND WHILE IT'S BEING WELCOMED, IT CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH FOR MANY, AS KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. FIXING AND REPLACING PIPES WILL HELP SPEED UP MAJOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, FROM OUR SMALLEST TOWNS TO OUR BIGGEST CITIES. BUT IT'LL COST HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO THEY'RE GOING ALL THROUGH THIS RESERVE. THE GOVERNMENT PUT IN $8m TO REPLACE THESE STORMWATER PIPES. THAT ALLOWED AN EXTRA 500 HOMES TO BE BUILT IN THIS MT ROSKILL DEVELOPMENT. THE MINISTER WANTS TO SEE THAT REPLICATED NATIONWIDE. SO NOW COUNCILS, IWI AND DEVELOPERS CAN APPLY FOR A SHARE OF A BILLION-DOLLAR FUND TO JUMP-START DEVELOPMENTS. IT IS NOT A SILVER BULLET THAT WILL FIX DECADES OF UNDER-INVESTMENT AND SUPPLY BY SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. AFFORDABILITY AND SPEED ` KEY CRITERIA. PROJECTS MUST ENABLE AT LEAST 200 NEW HOUSES IN TIER ONE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS AUCKLAND, TAURANGA, WELLINGTON, AND CHRISTCHURCH WITH MINIMUMS OF EITHER 100 OR 30 IN SMALLER CENTRES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT NZ SURVEYED COUNCILS AND FOUND THOUSANDS OF EXTRA HOMES COULD BE BUILT IF THERE WAS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. A SMALL TOWN ` 30 TO 50 NEW HOMES WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. THE MINISTER SAYS SOME COUNCILS HAVE SIMPLY BEEN TOO SLOW TO ACT. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO, IT'S JUST THAT THEIR BALANCE SHEETS DOESN'T ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. SMALLER COUNCILS WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY ISN'T GOBBLED UP BY THE BIG CITIES. THAT'S ALWAYS THE CONCERN. YOU CAN PROBABLY THROW $5b AT AUCKLAND AND SCRATCH THE SURFACE. IWI AND DEVELOPERS READY TO GO. ANYTHING THAT HELPS WITH FURTHER HOUSING SUPPLY IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES AND GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE. INFRASTRUCTURE CAN ADD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON TO THE COST OF A NEW HOUSE, SO WE WOULD PASS THAT ON DIRECTLY TO THE HOME-BUYER. SO, FOR US, IT WOULD BENEFIT BY NOT HAVING INCREASED COST. BUT THE MONEY WILL ONLY GO TO NEW PROJECTS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT COMING IN AND PAYING INSTEAD OF. ANYONE WANTING A SLICE OF THE BILLION DOLLAR PIE FOR INSTRUCTURE, SUCH AS PIPES LIKE THESE, CAN APPLY FROM THE END OF THIS MONTH. DECISIONS WILL BE MADE TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH MEANS ANY WORK WON'T GET UNDERWAY UNTIL AT LEAST 2022. HOW QUICKLY WILL WE SEE THOSE HOUSES? AS SOON AS WE CAN, KATIE. IT'S JUST ONE PIECE OF THE VERY COMPLICATED HOUSING PUZZLE. WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET THE SPADE IN THE GROUND. FOR THOSE READY AND WAITING, THE FUNDING CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE TRUE EXTENT OF TORNADO DAMAGE IS STILL UNFOLDING ON THE STREETS OF PAPATOETOE, AS RESIDENTS GRAPPLE WITH THE FACT THEY MAY NOT BE RETURNING HOME FOR SOME TIME. MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE ARE IN EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, AND WITH DAMAGED HOMES SITTING EMPTY, THERE ARE GROWING FEARS OVER OPPORTUNISTIC CRIMINALS. JORDYN RUDD HAS THE LATEST. PACKING UP HIS LIFE, VINCE HEPERI'S NOW HOMELESS. HIS PAPATOETOE HOUSE, DEEMED UNINHABITABLE I THOUGHT A PLANE HAD CRASHED ON, AND AS IT VIBRATED... LOUDEST NOISE I'VE EVER HEARD. NEXT THING, THE ROOF TORE OFF. FORTUNATELY, HE HAS A PLACE TO SLEEP. I HAVE FRIENDS UP NORTH SAYING 'COME STAY WITH US, MAKE IT A HOLIDAY.' HE'LL BE ALLOWED BACK ONCE THE HOUSE IS FIXED, UNLIKE WIREMU WARUWAAHI. LOUD WIND ` VERY, VERY LOUD. IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY SCARY AT THE TIME. AND AFTER A MEETING WITH HIS LANDLORD... SHE BASICALLY SAID TO US THAT OUR TENANCY AGREEMENT GOT TERMINATED SO NOW WE'RE IN EMERGENCY HOUSING. SHE SAYS THE PLACE IS UNINHABITABLE, UNLIVEABLE, UNSAFE. WIREMU'S ONE OF 67 PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, MOTELS AND HOTELS ORGANISED BY CIVIL DEFENCE AND THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. NEARLY ALL BUILDING ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON AROUND 260 AFFECTED HOUSES SO FAR. MEANWHILE, CREWS ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH MOUNTAINS OF THIS STUFF, WITH SIX TRUCKLOADS OF BUILDING DEBRIS HAVE BEEN CLEARED SO FAR. THIS LOCAL PRINCIPAL SAYS IT'S AFFECTING STUDENT ATTENDANCE. SPREAD ALL OVER THE PLACE. I KNOW ONE FAMILY'S COMMUNICATED WITH US TELLING US THEY'RE TOO FAR AWAY TO MAKE THE COMMUTE INTO SCHOOL. THERE'S ANOTHER HALF DOZEN FAMILIES WHERE THE ABILITY TO COME TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED BY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BACK IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. LOOTING A TOP CONCERN FOR SOME. ONE OF OUR STUDENTS IS STAYING AT HOME TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY, FOR WANT OF A BETTER PHRASE, BECAUSE THEY DID HAVE SOMEONE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY AND STEAL SOME OF THEIR STUFF ON SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY WHILE THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF LOOTING, THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PRESENCE FELT IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S ALL ABOUT REASSURANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOUSE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF QUITE A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE WITH THE TORNADO. THE CLEAN UP SET TO CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET. JORDYN RUDD, 1 NEWS. AND NEARLY A MONTH ON FROM THE CANTERBURY FLOODS, FARMERS ARE STILL CLEANING UP THERE. JUST A BOMBSHELL. YEAH. LIKE SOMEBODY DROPPED A BOMB ON US. THEIR PLEA FOR MORE HELP, NEXT. AUSTRALIA S MOUSE PLAGUE HEADS TO PRISON, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF HUNDREDS OF INMATES. SEE THE DAMAGE THEY'VE CAUSED. # SO` # OH-OH` LORDE LOVERS, LISTEN UP. THE SINGER'S GOING ON A SUMMER TOUR. LATER, THE KIWI VENUES PREPARING FOR MUSIC ROYALTY. THEN AT 7 ` HOW TO COPE WITH SOMEONE'S ANNOYING HABIT. YES, DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S ALWAYS FIDGETING? THERE'S NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTING IT CAN HELP YOU THINK. PLUS ` THE FRESH DRIVE TO GET US WORKING A FOUR DAY WEEK. WHY MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES ARE SIGNING UP. AND IS TVNZ HAUNTED? WE INVESTIGATE SOME SUPER NATURAL GOINGS-ON. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER KIWI WEIGHTLIFTER LAUREL HUBBARD SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS HAS EVEN GOT OUR POLITICAL LEADERS WEIGHING IN. THE MEDAL HOPEFUL WILL BECOME THE FIRST TRANSGENDER ATHLETE TO COMPETE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. TO COMPETE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE WEIGHTLIFTER HAS SIMPLY FOLLOWED THE RULES. THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS FOLLOWED THE RULES BUT THEN IS DENIED THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO, ULTIMATELY, I LEAVE IT TO THOSE BODIES, AND THAT'S THE DECISION THEY'VE MADE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE LIKE ME HAVE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER WITH ANYBODY'S SEXUALITY, OR WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS TRANSGENDER. THE ISSUE COMES WHEN OTHER PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY ARE DISADVANTAGED. THE STORY HAS HIT HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE GROWING CONTROVERSY LATER IN SPORT. NERVES ARE STARTING TO FRAY AS ASHBURTON FARMERS STRUGGLE WITH THE DEVASTATING DAMAGE TO THEIR PROPERTIES, NEARLY A MONTH ON FROM THE FLOODS. THEY'RE PLEADING FOR MORE HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AS INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER THE WIDE REACHING DAMAGE TO THEIR LAND. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. THIS WAS ONCE RICH, GREEN DAIRY PASTURE. NOW FLOOD WATER HAS RECEDED, THE FARM'S BEEN LEFT BURIED BENEATH TONNES OF SILT AND STONE. ARMAGEDDON. (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST A BOMBSHELL. LIKE SOMEONE DROPPED A BOMB ON US. THE ROONEY'S SAY THEY AREN'T GETTING THE HELP THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED. WE'RE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND FOR EVERYBODY. I FEEL NOBODY GIVES A (BLEEP) ABOUT US. MPI HAS PAID OUT THE HARDEST HIT FARMERS FOR UNINSURABLE LAND DAMAGE, BUT THAT DOESN'T GO FAR ON A FARM THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. WE'VE HAD MORE HELP, WORTH TEN FOLD OF THAT, FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND WE GET A MISERABLE THREE AND A HALF GRAND FROM THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S A JOKE. MPI HAS ALSO EXPANDED EMERGENCY FEED SUPPORT, AND ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY IS HELPING CLEAR THE SILT HERE. BUT THE HARDEST HIT BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF ECAN HAD MAINTAINED STOPBANKS AND CLEARED DEBRIS. LOCAL FARMERS ROUND HERE HAVE BEEN BARKING ON AT ECAN. JUST OVER THE FENCE ` HIS BROTHER, WHOSE FARM IS 70% SILT-RIDDEN, AGREES. IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S JUST OVERGROWN. WHO MAKES SURE ECAN DOES THEIR WORK HERE? IF THIS WAS ALL CLEARED, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE WATER GETTING BACK INTO THE RIVER. THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMEBODY HELD RESPONSIBLE. ECAN IS YET TO RESPOND TO QUERIES FROM 1 NEWS ABOUT THE WORK, BUT THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS ON THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS ASHBURTON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. LAST NIGHT, THE DRAMATIC 13CM DIP IN ASHBURTON BRIDGE WAS FILLED IN. IT HAPPENED AFTER A PILE IN THE BRIDGE SLUMPED DURING THE FLOODS, BUT NOW THAT THE ROAD IS VIRTUALLY FLAT AGAIN, TRAFFIC CAN CROSS AT 50KM/HR ONCE MORE. HOWEVER, THE PRESSURE REMAINS FOR A BRAND NEW BRIDGE TO BE BUILT. AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE FLOODS THE RISK WHEN THERE IS SOME SORT OF EVENT THAT PUTS THE BRIDGE OUT, JUST HOW EXPOSED WE ALL ARE TO THAT. INLAND, THE BATTLE AGAINST THE NEVER-ENDING MUD CONTINUES... IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING KNOWING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. ...AS THEY SELL OFF PRECIOUS STOCK AND WAIT FOR HELP. THERE'S NO MAGIC WAND HERE. TO MAKE THE LAND THEY LOVE USABLE AGAIN. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S INVESTIGATING WHETHER THREE KIWI SOLDIERS SHOULD BE HONOURED FOR THEIR ACTS OF BRAVERY IN VIETNAM. 50 YEARS AGO, THE NEW ZEALANDERS SAVED THE LIVES OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WHOSE TANK HAD BEEN HIT BY A ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADE FIRED BY THE VIET CONG. THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE MEDALS AT THE TIME, BUT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT RECENTLY RECOGNISED THEIR GREAT COURAGE. JACINDA ARDERN SAYS SHE'S NOW LOOKING INTO WHETHER NEW ZEALAND NEEDS TO HONOUR THEM HERE TOO. THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN CHICAGO AFTER A POWERFUL TORNADO TORE THROUGH SEVERAL SUBURBS. THAT'S A TORNADO. IT'S DOWN. MORE THAN 130 HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE 200 KM AN HOUR WINDS. THIS FOOTAGE FROM ONE BACKYARD SHOWING THE FORCE OF THE STORM. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AND POWER WAS CUT TO 22,000 HOMES. THE STORM SYSTEM'S NOW MOVING NORTH EAST, WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS STILL IN THE FIRING LINE. AFTER RAVAGING FARMS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA'S MOUSE PLAGUE IS FORCING A PRISON BREAK OUT. MORE THAN 600 INMATES AND STAFF ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM A MAXIMUM SECURITY JAIL IN THE STATE'S WEST BECAUSE DEAD MICE ARE CAUSING A HEALTH HAZARD. THE RAMPANT RODENTS ALSO CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD AFTER CHEWING THROUGH CABLES AND SWITCHBOARDS. NOW INTO ITS NINTH MONTH, THE MOUSE PLAGUE HAS DESTROYED MORE THAN $1b WORTH OF WINTER CROPS. THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO, DESPITE THE HEALTH WARNINGS. WHAT FANS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO DO ONCE INSIDE THE VENUES. AND LORDE DELIGHTS HER FANS. I'M GLAD THAT THE TIMING WORKED OUT THAT I CAN DO A TOUR. IT SEEMS CRAZY. NEXT, HER STAR APPEARANCE ON A U.S. TALK SHOW. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` SOUNDS SPOOKY. IS TVNZ REALLY HAUNTED? THERE ARE PLENTY OF RUMOURS, AND WE'VE ALL HEARD STRANGE THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT SO WE'VE SENT OUT OUR OWN GHOSTBUSTER OUT TO INVESTIGATE. PLUS ` THE METAL BOXES WE JUST CAN'T DO WITHOUT. WE MARK THE SHIPPING CONTAINER'S SPECIAL MILESTONE. AND THE MUSICAL MAGIC CONTINUES WITH A HOME-GROWN KIWI STAR. WE REACH THE HALFWAY MARK ON HIS JOURNEY TO RECORD 10 ALBUMS IN 10 YEARS. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. KIWI MUSIC STAR LORDE'S HIBERNATION SEEMS TO FINALLY BE OVER. THE SINGER ANNOUNCING BOTH A DATE FOR HER NEW ALBUM AND, AND A WORLD TOUR. THE LOCAL SHOWS HAVE COME AS A COUP FOR SMALLER VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH ALL TO BE HELD OUTDOORS NEXT SUMMER. AND AS SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS, IT COULD MAKE FOR AN INTIMATE SHOW FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TICKETS. # SO- # OH-OH # OH-OH- # -LAR POWER. DUST OFF YOUR DANCING JANDALS. MUSIC ROYALTY IS HITTING OUR SUMMER STAGES. IT'S A HUGE GET FOR US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING 20 YEARS FOR ARTISTS LIKE THIS. A COUPLE MONTHS IN THE MAKING FOR BLACK BARN WINERY, SET IN IDYLLIC HAVELOCK NORTH. YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL WALL OF PEOPLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT THERE. SHE SAID IT HERSELF THAT SHE HAS CHOSEN TO RUN INTO SMALL EVENTS AND SMALLER SPACES WHICH ARE GREEN FIELD AND REALLY PLAYING TO WHAT SHE IS DOING AT THE MOMENT. THAT NEW FOUND ETHOS INVOLVES FIVE OUTDOOR SHOWS NEXT YEAR STARTING AT ELECTRIC AVENUE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND THEN ONTO NELSON. BOYS LOWER HUTT'S DAY'S BAY GETTING ONE OVER THE CAPITAL. I THINK IT REALLY MATCHES IN WITH HER ALBUM, WITH WHAT'S BEEN OF THE BEST PLACES IN NZ IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. THE SUN'S ALWAYS OUT. I KNOW AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE BAY THAT ARE ALREADY INVITING PEOPLE FOR A PARTY. LORDE WILL ROUND OFF HER LOCAL DATES IN NEW PLYMOUTH'S BROOKLANDS BOWL AND WESTERN SPRINGS. BUT FOR THOSE WANTING TO EXPERIENCE A MEGA STAR OF LORDE'S STATUS AT AN INTIMATE VENUE LIKE THIS ONE, BETTER GET IN QUICK WITH LESS THAN 2000 TICKETS AVAILABLE. THE AMERICAN LEG ANNOUNCED ON STEPHEN COLBERT'S LATE SHOW ` THE SONGSTRESS ITCHING TO GET IN FRONT OF AUDIENCES AGAIN. I'M REALLY EXCITED, YEAH. IT SORT OF DOESN'T SEEM REAL BUT I'M SUPER KEEN. I THINK THIS ALBUM WILL BE SO, JUST, JOYFUL AND BE SUCH A GOOD THING TO EXPERIENCE WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. SHE RELEASED HER NEW HIT TRACK 'SOLAR POWER' DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE. AND SOME EAGLE-EYED LORDE LOVERS SPOTTING A COINCIDENCE IN TODAY'S TIMING THE ONE CELEBRITY WHO HAS AN INSTAGRAM DEDICATED TO ONION RINGS ANNOUNCES A TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ON WORLD ONION RING DAY. THE VENUES ARE READY FOR THAT TOO. WE WILL BE BRINGING THE BEST HAWKE'S BAY ONIONS WE CAN BRING. NOW ALL WE NEED IS FOR THOSE SUMMER WEATHER GODS TO PLAY BALL. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. SOME SPECTATORS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES DESPITE SCIENTISTS WARNING THERE SHOULD BE NO FANS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. A MAXIMUM OF 10,000 LOCALS WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE ACTION UNFOLD IN TOKYO, WITH VENUES OPERATING AT UP TO 50% CAPACITY. FANS WON'T BE ALLOWED TO CHEER COMPETITORS ON THOUGH OR EVEN TO TALK LOUDLY. BUT AS THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD HAYES REPORTS, THE DECISION COULD BE REVERSED IF COVID CASES SURGE HIGHER. TO WATCH THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES NEXT MONTH, TOKYO. (CHEERING) REMEMBER IN THOSE PRE-COVID DAYS WHEN TOKYO WON THE 2020 OLYMPIC BID? AND PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE LIKE THIS. TOKYO! THOSE MASK-FREE TIMES NOW FEEL LIKE A VERY LONG TIME AGO. 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.' 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. SO HOW'S IT GOING DOWN WITH JAPAN'S GENERALLY SCEPTICAL PUBLIC? TRANSLATOR: I'M WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THE GAMES IN THE CURRENT SITUATION. TRANSLATOR: IF THEY ARE JUST WATCHING THE GAMES, THERE IS NO PROBLEM, BUT THEY ARE BOUND TO GO TO RESTAURANTS AND BARS AFTERWARDS. WHAT THAT YOUNG MAN SAID IS VERY PERCEPTIVE, BECAUSE 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. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WE HAVE NOT YET SUPPRESSED OR ELIMINATED COVID TRANSMISSION LOCALLY. AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, SEND AN INCONSISTENT SIGNAL THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE OLYMPIC, THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED. 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. STICKING WITH THE OLYMPICS, ANDREW'S HERE, AND THE LAUREL HUBBARD DEBATE INTENSIFIES. WE'LL DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ON THE PHYSICAL SIDE WITH ONE OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED SPORTS DOCTORS. ALSO TONIGHT, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SPORT LAID BARE. NIALL WILLIAMS OUT OF THE OLYMPIC SEVENS. IN COMPLETE CONTRAST, THE FOUR NEW ALL BLACKS AND THEIR UNIQUE STORIES, FROM GORE TO GLASGOW TO GOLDEN BAY. PLUS, SWEET TIMING FOR THE DANISH. THE DARLINGS OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL MAKE THE CUT. AND A QUIETER SPELL OF WEATHER TOMORROW BUT AN INCOMING HIGH MEANS A LONGER SHIFT TONIGHT FOR JACK FROST. AFTER SPORT, JUST HOW COLD WILL IT GET AT YOUR PLACE? NAU MAI KI NGA PUURONGO HAKINAKINA, MO TENEI PO. WELCOME TO SPORT, AND AS WE SAW EARLIER ON 1 NEWS, THE TOPIC OF WEIGHTLIFTER LAUREL HUBBARD'S INCLUSION IN THE OLYMPIC TEAM ISN'T GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. HER TEAMMATES FRONTED TODAY, CELEBRATING THEIR OWN SELECTION, BUT ALSO GEARING UP FOR THE INEVITABLE IN THE COMING WEEKS. GAMES REPORTER GUY HEVELDT HAS BEEN WITH THE WEIGHTLIFTERS TODAY. A CELEBRATION FOR FOUR KIWI WEIGHTLIFTERS OFF TO THEIR FIRST OLYMPICS. IT'S OVERWHELMING, EMOTIONAL, EXCITING. IT'S SO MANY THINGS. IT'S ACTUALLY A RECORD TEAM OF FIVE, ONLY ONE WAS A STARK ABSENCE AT THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. CAMERON MCTAGGART, MEGAN SIGNAL, KANAH ANDREWS-NAHU AND DAVID LITI ALL RECOGNISED FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. IT'S PRETTY EPIC ` IT'S BEEN A LIFELONG DREAM. EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN OLYMPIAN. HISTORY-MAKER LAUREL HUBBARD, THOUGH, CONTINUES TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE. IT'S UNLIKELY SHE'LL BE SEEN UNTIL SHE COMPETES IN TOKYO. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ABSENT TEAMMATE... SHE HAS A RIGHT TO BE PART OF THE TEAM, SO, YEAH. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT IT. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMMENTING ON THAT BECAUSE TODAY IS ALL ABOUT US. I DON'T FOCUS ON THAT STUFF JUST COS, YOU KNOW, MY TRAINING IS MY TRAINING. A FORMER KIWI OLYMPIC LIFTER SUSPECTS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO KEEP QUIET. IT'S VERY HARD FOR ATHLETES TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD, AND THEN NOT DEALT TO, IN A WAY, FOR IT. 'DEALT TO' MIGHT BE A BIT HARSH, BUT CONSEQUENCES. THERE'S BEEN NOTHING ABOUT TOEING THE LINE ` SHE'S PART OF THE TEAM. THE ISSUE'S GONE GLOBAL... NEW ZEALAND WEIGHTLIFTER LAUREL HUBBARD MAKES HISTORY. ...AND DRAWN THE IRE OF AN OUTSPOKEN BRITISH TALK HOST. PIERS MORGAN LABELLING HER INCLUSION AT THE GAMES A MISTAKE THAT 'DESTROYS WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS, 'AND WILL KILL THE OLYMPIC DREAM FOR FEMALE ATHLETES.' A RESPECTED SPORTS DOCTOR HERE IS VERY UNDERSTANDING OF HUBBARD'S SITUATION, AND ADMIRES HUBBARD'S TRAILBLAZING OLYMPIC SPOT BUT QUESTIONS THE SCIENCE. IT'S MORE THAN TESTOSTERONE. THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE STORY. IT'S ALSO THEIR FRAME, THEIR BONES AND THEIR LEVERS ` THEIR ARMS AND THEIR LEGS ARE LONGER. DR HELLEMANS SAYS CHANGE IS NEEDED. AND I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO SAY FOR STRENGTH AND POWER SPORTS, AND CONTACT SPORTS IN PARTICULAR, THAT TRANSGENDERS HAVE THEIR OWN DIVISION. THE ISSUE WILL LIKELY DIE DOWN FOR A MONTH BEFORE THE FULL WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM ARRIVES TWO DAYS BEFORE THEIR COMPETITION IN TOKYO, NO DOUBT TO AN INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. ONE ATHLETE WHO'S NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO FLY TO TOKYO ` INJURED BLACK FERNS SEVENS STAR NIALL WILLIAMS. THE 33-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WINNING THE PENALTY IN THE BUILD-UP TO THEIR FAMOUS GOLD MEDAL MATCH-WINNING TRY AT THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, HAS BEEN SIDE-LINED BY A NECK INJURY. WILLIAMS THIS AFTERNOON POSTING AN EMOTIONAL VIDEO OF THE MOMENT SHE REALISED HER TOKYO DREAMS WERE OVER. # I KNOW THE TASTE OF MY TEARS WHEN THEY RUN DOWN MY FACE, YEAH. # THE SQUAD OF 16 WILL BE NAMED NEXT WEDNESDAY, WITH THREE OF THOSE PLAYERS TO BE TRAVELLING RESERVES. THE ALL BLACKS HEAD INTO CAMP TOMORROW TO PREPARE FOR THE FIRST THREE TESTS IN A HUGE YEAR, WHICH, IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN, STARTS NEXT WEEK AGAINST TONGA. THE COACHING STAFF EAGER TO SINK THEIR TEETH INTO A FULL CAMPAIGN WITHOUT COVID ` TOUCH WOOD. EVEN FOR THE OLD HEADS, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT ALL BLACKS TEAM-NAMING ` EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU'RE THE NEW CAPTAIN. THOSE FIRST YEAR OR TWO, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITEMENT IS DEFINITELY THERE. AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER, JUST APPRECIATION ` THAT DEFINITELY GROWS. NOW FOURTH ON THE ALL TIME APPEARANCE LIST, WHITELOCK AND HIS SIDE HEADED TO CAMP TOMORROW FOR A BLOCKBUSTER YEAR. THE BUSIEST IN ALL BLACKS HISTORY ` 15 TESTS SET TO BE PLAYED AFTER THE SPECTRE OF COVID AND TWO RARE DEFEATS STRUCK IN 2020. THE HIGHS WERE REALLY HIGH AND THE LOWS WERE LOW. AND WE LEARNT LAST YEAR, IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT EVERY WEEK, THEN YOU GET SMACKED. ALL BLACK COACH IS ALWAYS UNDER PRESSURE. IS THERE MORE PRESSURE THIS YEAR? NO, I DON'T` I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT'S A BUSINESS THAT` YOU JUST KIND OF GET USED TO ALL THAT. IN LAST YEAR'S UNIQUE AND SURREAL SEASON, FOSTER ADMITS DISTRACTIONS FILTERED THROUGH THE TEAM. THAT'S BEEN SORTED. ALTHOUGH AS A FULL TEST SEASON ROLLS AROUND, THE SILVERLAKE STAND-OFF REMAINS A HOT TOPIC. ANOTHER MEETING IS SET FOR NEXT WEEK. SO WILL IT SEEP IN? I'M SURE IT WILL. BUT WILL THAT DISTRACT US? WELL, NO, IT CAN'T. IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO. OUT OF THE 36, THE SELECTORS ADMIT THE MIDFIELD GAVE THEM THE BIGGEST TEST. CRUSADER DAVID HAVILI A PRIME OPTION ` BACK AFTER FOUR YEARS. ONE OF SEVEN TASMAN PLAYERS IN THE SQUAD; THE MOST OUT OF ANY PROVINCE. HE'S A HELL OF A GOOD RUGBY PLAYER, DAVID. VERY VERSATILE, VERY STRONG IN ALL THE SKILL ASPECTS OF THE GAME. HAVILI AND OTHERS HAVE A CHANCE TO IMPRESS FROM TOMORROW AT THE ALL BLACKS' FIRST CAMP IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. AN INTRIGUING TEST SEASON AWAITS. INSTEAD OF CALLING THE NEW CAPS TO DELIVER THE GOOD NEWS, THE ALL BLACKS WOUND BACK THE CLOCK, KEEPING THEM IN THE DARK UNTIL THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MOMENTS OF SHOCK AND SURPRISE CAPTURED ON VIDEO. MATT MANUKIA HAS MORE. IT'S A MOMENT THAT STICKS WITH EVERY ALL BLACK ` QUINN TUPAEA. (APPLAUSE) LIKE YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, I SORTA JUST GOT A FEW CLAPS AND CHA-HOOS FROM THE BOYS. CHIEFS MIDFIELDER QUINN TUPAEA PLUCKED OUT OF MAORI ALL BLACKS CAMP. HE JOINS THE ALL BLACKS TOMORROW. AS DOES A BLUES NEWBIE WHO WATCHED THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE PUB. FINLAY CHRISTIE, BLUES AND TASMAN. THE BLUES RAPT FOR THEIR HALFBACK WHO SAYS HE ONLY TUNED IN FOR BLUES TEAMMATE TOM ROBINSON. I WAS MORE DOING IT FOR OLD TOM COS I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE IN IT. HONESTLY WASN'T EXPECTING ANYTHING, SO WHEN IT DID HAPPEN I WAS JUST` YEAH, PRETTY LOST FOR WORDS. THERE WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH NEWS THAT ETHAN BLACKADDER IS FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS ALL BLACK DAD, TODD. CANTERBURY THROUGH AND THROUGH RIGHT FROM THE START ` THEY BECOME THE ALL BLACKS' 21ST FATHER-SON COMBO. DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT JOURNEY. I WASN'T SORT OF INTO FOOTY MUCH AT SCHOOL. LITTLE STEPS AT A TIME, PROVINCIALLY, AND THEN SUPER AND, YEAH, THIS IS THE NEXT ONE, AND I'M STOKED TO BE SELECTED. AND SOUTHLAND NOW HAS A SEVENTH ALL BLACK FROM GORE ` A TOWN ETHAN DE GROOT IS PROUD TO REPRESENT, EVEN THOUGH HE MOVED THERE FROM AUSTRALIA AS A 2-YEAR-OLD.LIZZIE THERE IS A PATHWAY. IT IS TOUGH. AND YOU'RE NOT IN THE LIMELIGHT, BUT, YEAH, IT CAN BE DONE. SPEAKING OF PATHWAYS ` FOR A LONG TIME SCOTLAND, LOOKED TO BE THE GO FOR CHRISTIE, WHO WAS BORN THERE. SCOTTISH MEDIA SAD TO SEE HIM IN BLACK. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THEM LAST YEAR YOU SAID 'NEVER SAY NEVER' TO SCOTLAND. MY OLD MAN WAS DEFINITELY IN MY EAR A LOT ABOUT TRYING TO GET ME OVER THERE. UM, BUT EITHER WAY, I THINK HE'D BE PRETTY PROUD. FOUR PLAYERS WHO DIDN'T SEE THE NEWS COMING BUT ARE DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR THE CALL-UP. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. WARRIORS STAR REECE WALSH IS ADAMANT HE'S READY FOR HIS STATE OF ORIGIN DEBUT DESPITE HIS TENDER AGE. THE 18-YEAR-OLD'S COACH DISAGREES. EVEN WARRIORS CONSULTANT PHIL GOULD SAID IT WAS A, QUOTE, 'DISGRACEFUL DECISION' BY QUEENSLAND. BUT WALSH IS BACKING HIMSELF TO MAKE AN IMPACT AFTER JUST SEVEN NRL GAMES. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AS A FOOTBALLER. YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE THINKING YOU'RE NOT READY, OR, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HOLD BACK, COS YOU'RE PLAYING FOR YOUR MATES, AND YOUR STATE, AND YOUR FAMILY, MATE. YOU DON'T WANNA GO OUT THERE HALF-HEARTED. TIME IS TICKING FOR THE BLACK CAPS TO FORCE A RESULT HE IS THE LATEST QUEENSLANDER WITH MAORI ROOTS. TIME IS TICKING FOR THE BLACK CAPS TO FORCE A RESULT IN THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AGAINST INDIA AFTER RAIN WASHED OUT DAY FOUR IN SOUTHAMPTON. THE PLAYERS INSTEAD FINDING SOME COMPETITION AGAINST THEIR OWN TEAMMATES, KEEPING THEIR EYE IN WITH SOME TABLE TENNIS AND DARTS. HERE'S A REMINDER OF HOW THE MATCH IS PLACED. THERE ARE NOW JUST TWO DAYS AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE MATCH. WHEN, AND IF, PLAY STARTS AGAIN, THE BLACK CAPS WILL RESUME THEIR FIRST INNINGS ON 101 FOR 2, 116 RUNS BEHIND INDIA. FINGERS CROSSED PLAY STARTS ON TIME TONIGHT! NINE DAYS AFTER WATCHING THEIR TALISMAN SUFFER A CARDIAC ARREST ON THE FIELD, DENMARK HAVE ENGINEERED A STIRRING EUROS COMEBACK, TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE KNOCK-OUT STAGES. THEY MIGHT'VE NEEDED ANOTHER GAME TO GO THEIR WAY, BUT THE DANES MADE SURE THEY PLAYED THEIR PART TO PERFECTION. CHRIS CHANG HAS THE DRAMA FROM GROUP B. A CITY STUNNED JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, NOW SOARING IN A DANISH DREAMLAND. BRILLIANT! FOR DENMARK! BACK ON THE COPENHAGEN PITCH WHERE CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN TRAUMATICALLY COLLAPSED IN THE FIRST GROUP GAME, THE HOME SIDE INTENT ON TAKING CHARGE OF THE NARRATIVE. HERE'S A CHANCE! HERE'S A GOAL! THIS CITY OF STORIES, OF FAIRY TALES AND DREAMS. THIS COULD BE THE ULTIMATE PAGE TURNER. THE TOLL OF THE LAST NINE DAYS CLEAR TO SEE ON THE PLAYERS' AND FANS' FACES. DENMARK CERTAINLY DESERVE SOME LUCK, DESERVE A GIFT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN. EACH GOAL TRIGGERING AN OUTPOURING OF EMOTION. DENIED. OH! CHRISTENSEN! A FIRECRACKER! COPENHAGEN WORLD! BUT EVEN WITH THE THRILLING 4-1 SCORELINE AGAINST RUSSIA, THE DANES WERE RELYING ON BELGIUM DOING THEIR BIT IN THIS MORNING'S OTHER MATCH AGAINST FINLAND. SOME MORE LUCK FOR DENMARK, AS FINLAND'S KEEPER FUMBLED. OFF THE GOALKEEPER! CHRISTIAN ERIKSSON'S INTER MILAN TEAM-MATE SEALING THE DEAL. DENMARK KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT RESULT AFTER THEIR OWN FULL TIME WHISTLE, THE LIVE SCORE UPDATES AND THE FANS CONFIRMING THE FAIRY TALE COMEBACK. FROM DEFLATED TO DELIRIOUS, DENMARK'S EMOTIONAL JOURNEY AT THE EUROS CONTINUES. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. BUT ON THEM. AND THE GOAL FOR ALL OF US TO WORK A LITTLE LESS,ENGLAND AND CZECH REPUBLIC TOMORROW REPUBLIC TOMORROW THEY DON'T WANT TO WIN THIS BECAUSE THEY WILL FACE A TOUGH TEAM. COMING UP AT 7. YES, THE BENEFITS OF WORKING A 4-DAY WEEK ARE WELL KNOWN. BUT WILL IT REALLY CATCH ON? MEET THE KIWI BEHIND A PETITION TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. PLUS ` DOES IT REALLY ANNOY YOU WHEN SOMEONE FIDGETS? WHY THE HABIT MAY JUST HAVE SOME BENEFITS. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT SEVEN. HELLO, THERE. TOMORROW IS THE GOOD-LOOKING DAY FOR THE DOORS. NICE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE START SETTLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE SYSTEM GOES AWAY AND OF COURSE WITH OPENING ISOBARS IT IS GOING TO BE A COLD FROST TONIGHT, NOT JUST DOWN SOUTH. 1 OR TWO SHOWERS THAT OVERALL THE HIGH SITS IN. WE WILL GET A COUPLE OF DAYS OF NICE FINE WEATHER. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY CHANGES WILL ROLL IN. SETTING OFF OF THE FAR NORTH. TOP 10 BRIDGES APPEAR. THAT IS JUST THE ODD PASSING ONE THE MOST. THE WINDS WILL BE EASING BACK. IT WILL BE CHILLY IN AUCKLAND. SOME EXTRA LAYERS WILL BE NEEDED. A GREAT LOOKING DAY THOUGH WITH SOME SUNSHINE. HAMILTON, FROST VIEW. 13 INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME FINE LOOKING DAY SUNSHINE. SIMILAR SORT OF THING HERE. CLEAR SKIES AND LOOKING GOOD. YOU WILL BE -1. ALL LOOKING FINE, 10 TO 14 AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. NOT TOO BAD. LOOK AT THAMES, YOU'RE RIGHT IT TO. POSSIBLY FROSTY IN A FEW PLACES. DIFFERENT STORY ON THE EAST COAST. PICKUPS AND SHOWERS FIGURES BEEN, JUST THE CHANCE TO NAPIER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MASTERTON. A FEW SPOTS HERE COULD BE INTO THE LOWER FIGURES. SIMILAR SORT OF THING DOWN HERE, COLD. BUT OF EARLY CLOUD HERE AND THERE. THE FRONT WILL GO BY AND OTHERWISE WILL WORK ITS WAY THROUGH. THE WELLINGTON, YOU HAVE THE EARLY SHOWERS GO AWAY AND THEN THE NEXT ONE SLIDES IN. OTHERWISE OK. UP TOWARDS THE HUTT VALLEY, IT IS GOOD VEHICLE ONE AS WELL. OTHERWISE SHELTERED FROM THE SOUTHERLY IN KAPITI. THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. EVERYWHERE ELSE, NELSON TO WESTPORT, YOU ARE LOOKING FINE. CHILLY START IN BLENHEIM WITH -1 OR MAY BE -2. YOU ARE VERY COLD THIS MORNING SO YOU CAN EXPECT THAT. CLASSIC, 11 IN THE SAME FRONT FIX A FEW SHOWERS RIGHT OF THE COURSE OF THE DAY. THOSE ARE JUST PASSING REALLY, OTHERWISE NICE AFTER A FROSTY START. AT A SIMILAR. THE FRONT GIVES A FEW SHOWERS. LOOKING FINE FOR THE WEST. NOTICED THE STARTING TEMPERATURES. IT WILL BE A CHILLY START FOR MANY WITH FROST. FROST FURTHER SOUTH. THAT LOW CLOUD THIS MORNING AND TODAY WE ONLY GOT THREE DEGREES AND WANAKA. IF WE KEEP SOME OF THAT LOW CLOUD TOMORROW, IT WILL PROBABLY BE SINGLE FIGURES. YOU MAKE IT HELP BREAKING MCLEOD BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE IT IS LOOKING FINE IN A FROSTY START. IT IS PRETTY DECENT, SOME EARLY CLOUD. THE FLOW SOUTH-WESTERLY GOES WEST BY THE AFTERNOON. BY THE EVENING, SEEING SPOTS OF RAIN EVERYWHERE ELSE IN FINE. SHOWERS FADING AWAY. SHOWERS COME IN FOR THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. THURSDAY IS A RICH DAY, LOOKING FINE. FROSTY TO START. FRIDAY WE WILL START TO SEE THE CHANGES WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN ON THE WEST COAST AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THEY COULD EASILY BE A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLIMETRES, MAYBE MORE. HEADS UP EAST AND CANTERBURY.