CAPTIONS BY HELEN CROWN AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A SYDNEY TOURIST'S HOLIDAY WEEKEND HAS LED TO 5 DAYS OF LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS IN OUR CAPITAL CITY, TO TRY AND STIFLE THE SPREAD OF THE HIGHLY INFECTIOS STRAIN OF COVID-19 THE INFECTED PERSON VISITED MORE THAN A DOZEN VENUES INCLUDING CROWDED INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS LIKE TE PAPA, AND WAS POTENTIALLY IN CONTACT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SO WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS PERSON'S VISIT AND MOVEMENTS? WELL, THE VISITOR FROM SYDNEY ARRIVED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT APPARENTLY DIDN'T START FEELING UNWELL UNTIL MONDAY MORNING, JUST BEFORE THEY LEFT. FOUR CLOSE CONTACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. ALL HAVE NOW TESTED NEGATIVE, BUT STILL NEED TO ISOLATE AND BE RE-TESTED. AND THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HOT SPOTS THE PERSON VISITED WHILE INFECTIOUS. HE AND HIS PARTNER STAYED AT THE RYDGES HOTEL ` HERE IN FEATHERSTON STREET FROM SATURDAY TILL MONDAY, VISITED THE UNICHEM PHARMACY JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN LAMBTON QUAY FOR AN HOUR ON SATURDAY MORNING, FLORIDITA'S RESTAURANT ON CUBA STREET, AND TE PAPA FROM ABOUT 3-6PM INCLUDING THE SURREALIST ART EXHIBITION. THEN THE HIGHWATER CAFE NEARBY, AND LATER THAT NIGHT, JACK HACKETT'S BAR FROM 8.45 TILL MIDNIGHT. THE NEXT DAY, THE PICKLE AND PIE CAFE IN THE MORNING, THE WETA CAVE SHOP ALL THE WAY OUT IN MIRAMAR, THE LIDO CAFE IN VICTORIA STREET IN THE AFTERNOON, NEARBY UNITY BOOKS, COUNTDOWN IN LAMBTON QUAY, AND ONE RED DOG ON THE WATERFRONT. IF YOU'D VISITED ANY OF THOSE PLACES ON THOSE DAYS, CALL HEALTHLINE OR CHECK THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE FOR ADVICE. WITH MORE HERE'S JACOB JOHNSON. WINING AND DINING AT A DISTANCE AS THE REALITY OF ALERT LEVEL 2 SINKS BACK IN. WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE A FULL HOUSE WITH A 100 PEOPLE PLUS IN HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A SCATTERING OF TABLES, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WORRYING. THIS CENTRAL TESTING STATION BUSY TODAY WITH RISING CONCERN ABOUT THE RISK OF COVID-19 TO THE COMMUNITY. I WAS JUST AT THE TE PAPA EXHIBITION ON THE WEEKEND, AND I HAD A PINT AT JACK HACKETTS, SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. THEY SPENT THE WHOLE WEEKEND IN INDOOR VENUES AND LITERALLY HAVE CONTACT WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SO THIS CAN CAUSE A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS. HEALTHLINE OVERRUN, BRINGING ON 70 EXTRA OPERATORS TO HELP... RECORDED MESSAGE: WE ARE EXPERIENCING ADDITIONAL CALL VOLUME AND CANNOT ANSWER YOUR CALL RIGHT NOW. ...WITH THREE TIMES MORE CALLS THAN YESTERDAY. THE MAN VISITED 15 LOCATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING SATURDAY NIGHT AT THIS PUB WHERE CROWDS GATHERED TO WATCH THE RUGBY AND LATER A LIVE GIG WAS HELD. IT'S JUST BEEN GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. SO IT'S A BIT OF A SHAME THAT IT'S HAPPENED NOW. ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE WORKING AT THE TIME THAT HE WAS PRESENT THERE ALL WENT STRAIGHT INTO ISOLATION. THEY'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TESTING NOW, WHICH IS PROVING PROBLEMATIC COS I THINK HALF OF WELLINGTON IS TRYING TO GET TESTED. I THINK WE'RE NOW AT THE STAGE WHERE IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY TO SCAN INTO HIGH RISK INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE MOVE TO LEVEL 2 WAS A CAUTIOUS APPROACH. YES, THERE ARE EXPOSURE SETTINGS, BUT WE WILL BE LEANING HEAVILY ON OUR CONTACT TRACING SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RING-FENCE ANY POTENTIAL CASES THAT MAY FLOW FROM THAT. A HOPE THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T BACK IN THE COMMUNITY. AND JACOB JOINS US NOW FROM DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON. JACOB, WHAT'S THE ADVICE FOR ANYONE NEEDING TO GET A COVID-19 TEST? WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HUGE DEMAND FOR TESTS IN THE CAPITAL HERE TODAY. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TURNED AWAY IF THEY WEREN'T SHOWING SYMPTOMS OR IF THEY HADN'T BEEN BOOKED IN FOR A TEST. ALREADY THE TESTING STATIONS HERE IN THE CBD IS FULLY BOOKED OUT FOR TOMORROW. THE DHB WANTS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS ARE STILL TAKING BOOKINGS, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TESTING STATIONS AROUND THE REGION INCLUDING IN JOHNSONVILLE, UPPER HUTT, LOWER HUTT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE BOOKINGS. THERE IS ALSO A POP-UP TESTING STATION THAT WILL BE OPEN FROM TOMORROW AS WELL. IN TERMS OF WHETHER YOU NEED TO GET A TEST OR OR WHEN, YOU CAN REFER TO THE LOCATIONS OF INTEREST ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION. THANKS, JACOB JOHNSON LIVE FROM WELLINGTON AND JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT LEVEL 2 MEANS FOR YOU IN THE WELLINGTON REGION, WHICH AS MENTIONED,ALL INCLUDES WAIRARAPA, KAPITI COAST AND OTAKI. BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS CAN STAY OPEN. YOU CAN TRAVEL TO REGIONS ALSO AT ALERT LEVEL 2 OR UNDER, MEANING TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. UP TO 100 PEOPLE CAN GATHER AT EVENTS, INCLUDING FUNERALS AND TANGIHANGA. THE SAME MAXIMUM NUMBER'S ALLOWED IN BARS AND OTHER HOSPITALITY VENUES. BUT DIFFERENT GROUPS OF CUSTOMERS MUST BE SEPARATED, SEATED, AND SERVED BY A SINGLE PERSON. SOCIAL DISTANCING OF 2m IS REQUIRED IN PLACES LIKE SUPERMARKETS AND RETAIL STORES. FACE MASKS SHOULD BE WORN WHEN PHYSICAL DISTANCING CAN'T BE ADHERED TO, AND THEY'RE ALREADY MANDATORY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EVENTS THIS WEEKEND? HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY WITH THE DETAILS ON THE DECISION. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS WON'T HAVE A CROWD, WHEN THEY PLAY MANU SAMOA AT SKY STADIUM. DRAX PROJECT CONCERTS ARE OFF AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THOSE TRAINING FOR THE WELLINGTON MARATHON WILL HAVE TO WAIT. I'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR ABOUT THE LAST THREE MONTHS, DOING THOSE LONG SUNDAY RUNS, 30 K'S SLOGGING IT OUT, IN THE RAIN SOMETIMES. THE AUSTRALIAN WHO VISITED WELLINGTON, WAS INTERVIEWED LAST NIGHT, BUT THE FIRST LOCATIONS OF INTEREST WEREN'T RELEASED UNTIL 8.55 THIS MORNING, AFTER MANY PEOPLE HAD TRAVELLED TO WORK. WE'RE 48 HOURS INTO THIS, BEFORE WE GET ANY ACTION. WE'VE GOT THESE NEW MODERN THINGS CALLED EMAILS, TEXTS AND OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION. AND I THINK IF THE AUSTRALIANS HAD THE INFORMATION, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD IT. THERE IS A NIGHT TIME IN BETWEEN THEN, THEIR CONTACT TRACERS. WE'RE WORKING INTO THE EVENING AND THEIR CONTACT TRACERS. WE'RE WORKING INTO THE EVENING AND AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING TO PUT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS OFFICIALS WORKED QUICKLY. ONE POSITIVE CASE INVOLVED HERE IS NO LONGER IN NEW ZEALAND. WE'VE GOT 48 HOURS WORTH OF LOCATIONS, WHERE WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS. IF WE AVOID A MAJOR OUTBREAK FROM THIS, IT WILL BE CHALKED DOWN TO LUCK AND WITH MULTIPLE CASES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO DEFENDING IT'S DECISION TO ONLY PUSH PAUSE ON THE BUBBLE LAST NIGHT. IF WE WERE TO REACT EVERY TIME THERE WAS A CASE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE IF WE WERE TO REACT EVERY TIME THERE WAS A CASE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE BORDER, THE TRANS TASMAN BUBBLE POTENTIALLY WOULD BE CLOSED MORE THAN IT IS OPEN. THE CIVIL DEFENCE PHONE ALERT, ECHOING THROUGH THE DEBATING CHAMBER. WE'LL JUST WAIT` FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL WAIT FOR DAVID SEYMOUR TO TUCK HIS SHIRT IN... AND THEN WE'LL` HAS IT STOPPED? AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING A CALL OUT FROM OFFICIALS. I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF WE DO ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, AND IF PEOPLE DO WHAT IS ASKED OF THEM, WE WILL REDUCE THE RISK, AND SO I'D ASK WELLINGTONIANS TO DO THAT. SO FOR NOW, NO CROWDS FOR THE PULSE, OR THE WELLINGTON SAINTS. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. THE COVID SCARE IN THE CAPITAL HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO KEEP USING THE COVID TRACER APP. BUT NUMBERS HAVE PLUMMETED, SINCE LAST YEAR. THE AUSTRALIAN VISITOR DID RECORD HIS WHEREABOUTS, BUT OTHER VISITORS, AS WELL AS PLENTY OF KIWIS, AREN'T FOLLOWING SUIT. HERE'S KRISTIN HALL. WHEN IT COMES TO SCANNING, SOME OF US ARE SCRUPULOUS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T MISSED A DAY. NO. WELL, IT'S EASY, ISN'T IT? SO WHY NOT? OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH. DID YOU SCAN IN HERE TODAY? I'M ABOUT TO GO AND DO THAT. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. JUST NOW. I DID THAT BEFORE AS WELL. AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DAYS BEFORE THAT? YES. NEED TO GET ONTO THAT. TIM NORRIS IS FEWER THAN 50 PER CENT OF HIS CUSTOMERS SCAN IN. DEFINITELY MORE PEOPLE DOING IT THIS MORNING. YEAH, BUT STILL PEOPLE NOT, FOR SURE. A SIMILAR STORY AT OTHER CENTRAL WELLINGTON BUSINESSES. THERE PROBABLY IS A DEGREE OF COMPLACENCY, THAT'S, THAT'S CREPT IN A LITTLE BIT. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE REALLY REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS. IT IS A FAMILY BUSINESS. SO, EVERYONE THAT WORKS HERE IS OBVIOUSLY FAMILY. AND SO IF PEOPLE DON'T SCAN IN AND SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, THEN WE'RE ALL IN JEOPARDY. AND IT'S NOT JUST WELLINGTON SLACKING OFF, ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR, THEY WERE JUST OVER 19,000 SCANS NATIONWIDE. NEW CASES, LINKED TO THE AUCKLAND CLUSTER, SAW SCANNING NUMBERS SKYROCKET TO 2.5 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER. BUT THE MOST RECENT FIGURES SHOW WE'RE NOW WAY BACK DOWN TO A DAILY AVERAGE OF ABOUT 470,000 SCANS. LESS THAN 10% OF PEOPLE ARE USING THE QR CODES OR MANUAL ENTRIES AT THE MOMENT. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE US CONFIDENCE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH AN OUTBREAK, WHEREVER IT IS IN THE COUNTRY. AND WHAT ABOUT OUR AUSTRALIAN VISITORS? THE POSITIVE CASE FROM SYDNEY WAS SCANNING, BUT THERE'S A MIXED RESPONSE FROM HIS FELLOW HOLIDAY MAKERS. I SHOULD BE, I'M NOT. WHY'S THAT? I DON'T KNOW, TOO LAZY, I SUPPOSE. CERTAINLY, WE WERE TOLD ON THE PLANE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOWNLOADED IT AND TO MAKE SURE WE USED IT AT EVERY SITE, ONCE WE CAME HERE. THE GOVERNMENT DID CONSIDER REQUIRING TOURISTS TO DOWNLOAD THE APP ON ARRIVAL, BUT AT THE MOMENT IT'S NOT MANDATORY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION OF WHERE THEY WILL BE WHEN THEY ARE IN NEW ZEALAND. A REMINDER FOR KIWIS AND VISITORS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO KEEP COVID OUT KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. TO THE PACIFIC NOW, AND FIJI HAS RECORDED ANOTHER DAILY RECORD FOR COVID 19 INFECTIONS WITH 279 NEW CASES AND 4 DEATHS. IT DWARFS YESTERDAY'S INFECTION RECORD OF 180 CASES. A TEAM OF KIWI AND AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL SPECIALISTS ARE IN FIJI BUT MUST QUARANTINE FOR ANOTHER 5 DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN ASSIST. OVER THE PAST EIGHT DAYS, TOTAL CASELOAD HAS DOUBLED, AND MOST OF THESE CASES ARE LOCATED IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS. THAT MEANS THE WORST OF THE OUTBREAK IS STILL YET TO COME. THANKS TO OUR DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, AND THE SUPPORT OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE ENOUGH VACCINES ON THE WAY FOR EVERY ADULT IN FIJI. NEW ZEALAND'S GIVEN $ 10 MILLION TO SUPPORT FIJI'S BATTLE AGAINST COVID. THE SITUATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE BANNED FROM LEAVING SYDNEY, AFTER 16 NEW COVID CASES WERE DETECTED. WITH MORE HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S CHRIS O'KEEFE. A COVID CLUSTER NO LONGER EXCLUSIVE TO BONDI. THESE NARELLAN TESTING CLINIC OVERRUN WITH NEWS THE DELTA VARIANT HAS MADE ITS WAY DOWN THE M5. THAT'S VERY CONCERNING HOW QUICK THIS IS SPREADING. LITTLE ZAKS CHILDCARE CENTRE AT NARELLAN VALE DEEP CLEANED AFTER A SATURDAY NIGHT BIRTHDAY PARTY IN WEST HOXTON SAW A TWO-YEAR-OLD INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS. MY DAUGHTER WENT TO THE DAY-CARE WHERE THE CHILD HAD A POSITIVE TEST. WHEN YOU GET THE TEXT OR THE EMAIL, IT'S QUITE WORRYING. A WORKER FROM BONDI JUNCTION ATTENDED THE CELEBRATION IN WEST HOXTON, NEAR LIVERPOOL. WITH NO SYMPTOMS, THEY INFECTED 10 OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE CHILD. WE GOT TO THIS GROUP VERY QUICKLY, AND THAT MEANT THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY INFECTIOUS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ONE DAY. OUR CONTACT TRACING HAS BEEN BETTER THAN I'VE EVER SEEN. BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE IS THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF THIS VARIANT OF THE VIRUS. WITH 16 NEW CASES RECORDED TODAY, GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN COULDN'T HOLD HER NERVE ANY LONGER ` IMPOSING THE MOST SERIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON SYDNEY SINCE CHRISTMAS. A VERY REAL AND PRESENT DANGER, NOT JUST IN A SHOPPING CENTRE, BUT RIGHT ACROSS SYDNEY. ANYONE WHO EITHER LIVES OR WORKS IN THE CITY OF SYDNEY, WAVERLEY, RANDWICK CANADA BAY, INNER WEST, BAYSIDE, OR WOOLLAHRA COUNCILS IS FORBIDDEN TO LEAVE SYDNEY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I DON'T LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE LGAs, BUT I WORK IN ONE OF THOSE LGAs. YOU CANNOT TRAVEL BEYOND METROPOLITAN SYDNEY. HOUSEHOLD GATHERINGS ARE CAPPED AT FIVE VISITORS, INCLUDING CHILDREN. ONE PERSON PER 4 SQUARE METRES HE'S BACK AT ALL VENUES, INCLUDING WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. CROWDS AT OUTDOOR EVENTS WILL BE CAPPED AT 50% CAPACITY. DRINKING STANDING UP IS BANNED. AUDIENCES CAN'T SING INDOORS AT CONCERTS OR PLACES OF WORSHIP, AND DANCING IS OFF TOO, EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDAL PARTY AT WEDDINGS. MASKS ARE NOW COMPULSORY EVERYWHERE INDOORS, INCLUDING IN THE WORKPLACE AND GYM AND DANCE CLASSES, AS WELL AS ORGANISED OUTDOOR EVENTS LIKE THE FOOTY. ALL OF THIS CAUSED BY AN UNVACCINATED LIMO DRIVER WHO WAS ALLOWED TO PICK UP INFECTIOUS AIRCREW. STILL TO COME ` JUST OVER FOUR WEEKS TO GO AND OUR OLYMPIC FLAG BEARERS ARE ANNOUNCED. PLUS ` WHY FORMER NATIONAL PARTY LEADER TODD MULLER IS CALLING IT QUITS. FORMER NATIONAL PARTY LEADER, TODD MULLER, IS LEAVING POLITICS, SAYING THE PERSONAL COST IS TOO HIGH. AFTER A SHORT-LIVED, BUT TUMULTUOUS TIME, AS THE PARTY'S LEADER LAST YEAR, HE REVEALED HE SUFFERED SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH STRAIN AND PANIC ATTACKS. POLITICAL REPORTER, MAIKI SHERMAN HAS MORE. AFTER A ROLLERCOASTER 2020, TODD MULLER IS CALLING TIME ON HIS POLITICAL CAREER, PERHAPS REALISING THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE. I REALLY LIKE TODD MULLER. IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY SORT OF A ROAD FOR HIM, I THINK. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A BIT OF PRESSURE THERE. PRESSURE AS OPPOSITION LEADER LAST YEAR SAW HIM QUIT THE ROLE, LATER REVEALING HE WAS SUFFERING FROM DEBILITATING PANIC ATTACKS. NOW THE MP FOR THE BAY OF PLENTY IS LEAVING POLITICS ALTOGETHER, IN A STATEMENT SAYING... I ACCEPT HIS DECISION AND, OBVIOUSLY, SUPPORT IT, AND I THINK IT'S` SHOULDN'T COME AS MUCH OF A SURPRISE TO PEOPLE. IT'S A LESSON FOR ALL OF US JUST TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE WHO IS HERE IS HUMAN. SOME, THOUGH, WERE SURPRISED. UH, I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST ` I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE HAD LEFT. TODD MULLER WAS A POLITICS JUNKIE. A FORMER ADVISOR TO JIM BOLGER, IN 2014, HE MADE HIS WAY TO PARLIAMENT. IT IS A REALISATION OF A CHILDHOOD DREAM. THAT ASPIRATION, MIXED WITH PURE NATIONAL PARTY CONFIDENCE, SAW HIM LAST YEAR SPARK A LEADERSHIP COUP, OUSTING SIMON BRIDGES AND PAULA BENNETT. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN OPPOSITION FOR OPPOSITION'S SAKE. BUT THE REALITY OF THE ROLE QUICKLY SEEPED IN. I JOINED THE LABOUR PARTY RATHER THAN THE LABOUR P` THE` I JOINED THE NATIONAL PARTY. (LAUGHTER) IN THE END, THE PRESSURE WAS OVERWHELMING. I` UH` LOOK, AGAIN, I-I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE` WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS. AFTER JUST 53 DAYS, HE RESIGNED. TODD MULLER WILL STICK AROUND UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION ` SOME WOULD SAY AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG NOTICE PERIOD AND YET ANOTHER NATIONAL MP HEADING FOR THE EXIT. TODD MULLER NOW HAS FIVE WEEKS' LEAVE TO CARE FOR HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, AS SHE UNDERGOES A MEDICAL PROCEDURE. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST ONE MONTH TO GO TILL TOKYO 2021 OLYMPICS, AND TONIGHT, IN AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY, WE BID FAREWELL TO OUR ATHLETES. BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT, THE GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT OF NOT ONE, BUT TWO FLAG BEARERS. VANDHNA BHAN WAS THERE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OLYMPICS HISTORY, NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE BOTH A MALE AND FEMALE FLAG BEARER, AT THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES. DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPION, HAMISH BOND, AND THE BLACK FERNS CAPTAIN,SARAH HIRINI. ROWER HAMISH BOND, WON GOLD IN LONDON AND RIO, AND IS NOW HOPING HIS FLAG BEARING DUTIES BRINGS LUCK, LIKE IT DID FOR THE LATE PETER SNELL. HE WAS THE FLAG BEARER AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS, AND HE WON 2 GOLD MEDALS THERE. SO I'M HOPING THAT... SEVENS CAPTAIN, SARAH HIRINI, LED HER TEAM TO A SILVER MEDAL IN RIO, AND GOLD AT THE GOLD COAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES, OH, IT MEANS EVERYTHING, LIKE, I'M FROM A SMALL TOWN, SO TO BE ABLE TO JUST SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY, DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE, AND POTENTIALLY BE A FLAG BEARER FOR NEW ZEALAND. THE 2 FLAGBEARERS, ALTHOUGH NEVER FORMALLY MEETING, SHARING SOME COMMON GROUND. MY SENSE IS THAT SHE'S A QUIET LEADER, OR LEADS BY EXAMPLE. I THINK THE, JUST THE WAY WE LEAD, WE'RE PRETTY QUIET, BUT JUST GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS, AND JUST DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. THIS MOVE, BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, IS SENDING A LOUD MESSAGE, ABOUT GENDER DISPARITY ONE THAT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED INTERNATIONALLY, WITH A LOT OF COUNTRIES JUMPING ON BOARD. IN FOR OUR FLAG BEARERS, NEW ZEALAND, THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE MAKING HISTORY. I CTIO CO CAPACITY WITH SARAH IS A GREAT REVOLUTION. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HELP THE YOUNGER GENERATION OUT. ONLY TWO NEW ZEALAND WOMEN HAVE PREVIOUSLY CARRIED THE FLAG DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY. BARBARA KENDALL AND BEATRICE FAUMUINA FLAG IN HAND WITH HAMISH BOND READY TO WAVE IN A NEW ERA IN THE OLYMPICS IN JUST ONE MONTH TIME. THE BLACK CAPS NEEDED QUICK WICKETS TO HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING THE FINAL DAY OF THEIR WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST INDIA. INDIA LED BY 32 RUNS AND WERE 64 FOR 2, WHEN PLAY RESUMED AN HOUR AGO. INDIAN CAPTAIN KOHLI WAS THE FIRST CASUALTY, BIG BIG WICKET. THAT CATCH BY BJ WATLING A BIG WICKET FOLLOWED A SHORT TIME LATER BY PUJARA. GONE AT THE HANDS OF JAMIESON, AND CAUGHT BY ROSS TAYLOR. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE SCORE WAS... 90 4. JUST AHEAD, YOUR FORECAST AND THE FINE WEATHER Dynamo Professional stain experts are testing the toughest stains to develop our best-performing stain removal. New Dynamo Professional Oxi Plus removes stains for a superior clean. Try new Dynamo Professional. ANCIENT EGYPT MEETS MODERN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THIS NEXT STORY. AN ITALIAN HOSPITAL'S CT SCANNER CARRYING OUT A VIRTUAL AUTOPSY AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DISCOVER HOW THIS MUMMY LIVED AND DIED. THIS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN THOUGHT TO BE A PRIEST CALLED ANKHEKHONSU DATING BACK TO AROUND 900-800 BC. STUDYING ANCIENT DISEASES AND WOUNDS CAN BE USEFUL FOR MODERN MEDICAL RESEARCH. HERE WE WILL DO ALSO SOME CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSES TO UNDERSTAND WHICH KIND OF PRODUCTS WERE USED TO MUMMIFY THE BODY, AND ALSO WE CAN DO THE RADIOCARBON DATING. THE FACE OF THE MUMMY WILL BE FORENSICALLY RECONSTRUCTED, SO IT CAN BE STUDIED. TO TOMORROWS WEATHER NOW WITH AURORA AND RUNAWAY # I WAS LISTENIN' TO THE OCEAN I SAW A FACE IN THE SAND # NOBODY KNOWS NOBODY KNOWS, # AND I WAS DANCING IN THE RAIN I FELT ALIVE AND I CAN'T COMPLAIN # BUT NOW TAKE ME HOME TAKE ME HOME WHERE I BELONG I CAN'T TAKE IT # ANYMORE I WAS PAINTING A PICTURE THE PICTURE WAS A PAINTING OF YOU # BUT NOW TAKE ME HOME TAKE ME HOME WHERE I BELONG I CAN'T TAKE IT # ANYMORE I WAS PAINTING A PICTURE THE PICTURE WAS A PAINTING OF YOU # I KEPT RUNNING. # FOR A SOFT PLACE TO FALL. # I KEPT RUNNING. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HELEN CROWN AND JESSIE PURU.