TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` COVID ALERT ` STAY VIGILANT. THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. BUT NO NEW CASES IN THE COUNTRY, AS WELLINGTON SEES A HUGE SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING COVID TESTS. HOWZAT! THE BLACK CAPS ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. THE ICC WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS ` NEW ZEALAND! THE NATION OF FIVE MILLION BEATS A NATION OF OVER A BILLION. SHIRTS OFF BOYS, WE'RE IN LONDON FOR THE VICTORY. AND IT'S A TOXIC BATTLE ` POP STAR BRITNEY SPEARS FINALLY GETS A VOICE IN COURT, AS SHE FIGHTS FOR HER FREEDOM, AND MILLIONS ` WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER FATHER. CAPTIONS BY STEFFI DRYDEN AND PHOEBE UPTON CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT OFFICIALS WARN IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS. THERE ARE NO COVID CASES IN THE CAPITAL LINKED TO THE INFECTED AUSTRALIAN VISITOR, AND NO NEW CASES ANYWHERE ELSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MORE GOOD NEWS ` THE PARTNER OF THE SYDNEY CASE HAS TESTED NEGATIVE, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR GENOME SEQUENCING TESTS TO SHOW WHETHER THE INFECTION IS THE MORE DANGEROUS DELTA VARIANT. THERE'S BEEN A HUGE DEMAND FOR COVID TESTING RIGHT ACROSS THE WELLINGTON REGION TODAY, AS THESE LINES SHOW, PROMPTING THE OPENING OF EXTRA TESTING STATIONS. 50 NEW SITES ARE BEING SET UP, AND THE WORD IS, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET TESTED UNLESS YOU WERE AT A LOCATION OF INTEREST OR HAVE SYMPTOMS. HERE'S KRISTIN HALL. WELLINGTON WAKING UP TO LEVEL 2, THE CITY'S STREETS, CAFES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT MUCH QUIETER THAN USUAL. I FEEL ALL RIGHT. IT'S A BIT SCARY. MASK I'M PERSONALLY QUITE COMFORTABLE COMING TO WELLINGTON. I'D LIKE TO WORK FROM HOME, BUT THE ROLE THAT I'M IN, I HAVE TO BE AT WORK. IT IS WHAT IT IS. NO NEW CASES, BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. WE REALLY HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO FIND OUT IF THIS PERSON WAS AT AN INFECTIOUS STAGE OF THEIR ILLNESS. NEW TESTING CENTRES HAVE POPPED UP, WITH PLENTY OF CARS AT THE HATAITAI CENTRE, AND IN PORIRUA. IT WAS SO LONG! USUALLY, THEY JUST PUT IT IN AND HAVE A LITTLE PLAY, BUT SHE HAD A HOLIDAY. SOME WERE STILL GETTING TURNED AWAY WITHOUT A TEST IN THE CENTRAL CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO BOOK IT, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW. IT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING. AND OTHERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE TESTING GUIDELINES. THIS SHUTTLE DRIVER WAS SWABBED TODAY, BUT SAYS HE'S STILL WORKING BECAUSE HE'S NOT SYMPTOMATIC AND DIDN'T GO TO A PLACE OF INTEREST. MY PROBLEM IS I'M A SHUTTLE DRIVER. I'M NOT SURE WHAT PEOPLE GET ON BOARD. IF SOMEONE ISN'T SYMPTOMATIC OR HASN'T BEEN TO A PLACE OF INTEREST, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON FOR THEM TO ISOLATE BEFORE THEY RECEIVE TEST RESULTS, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T REALLY BE GETTING A TEST IN THE FIRST PLACE. GP'S ARE BUSY TESTING THOSE WHO CAN'T GET BOOKINGS AT POP-UP CENTRES ` CALLS TO THIS PRACTICE UP 300%. ON AN AVERAGE DAY FOR SWABBING, WE'D SEE 5-10. TODAY IT WAS ROUGHLY 60. THOUGH ONE PRACTICE MANAGER TOLD 1 NEWS THEY WERE FRUSTRATED TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYDNEY CASE THROUGH THE MEDIA, INSTEAD OF BEING NOTIFIED BY PUBLIC HEALTH FIRST. COMMUNICATION'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU'RE MOVING AT SPEED, TRYING TO GET INFO OUT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN. HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT. FOR CAFES, BARS AND RESTAURANTS, IT'S BACK TO LEVEL 2 RULES, WHERE CUSTOMERS MUST BE SEATED APART WITH A SINGLE SERVER. IT IS A BIT FRUSTRATING ` WE'RE NOT USUALLY A TABLE SERVICE RESTAURANT. EVERYONE'S BEEN VERY COMPLIANT AND UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS NICE. A RETURN TO FAMILIAR RESTRICTIONS, WITH WELLINGTONIANS HAPPY TO PITCH IN. AND KRISTIN JOINS US NOW. AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, A BIG SURGE IN TESTING. WE ARE HERE AT THE TESTING CENTRE, ONE OF THE NEW ONES THAT HAS POPPED UP. IT IS OPEN UNTIL 9 PM. IT IS A BIT QUIET AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE HAVE JUST HAD WORD OF A NEW CENTRAL WELLINGTON TESTING CENTRE POPPING UP IN THE CAR PARK OF TE PAPA. OBVIOUSLY THE MUSEUM IS STILL CLOSED AS IT IS A PLACE OF INTEREST. BUT PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL CITY CAN HEAD TO THAT CAR PARK FROM 8 AM TOMORROW. AND KRISTIN, AN ISSUE WITH A FLIGHT TO RAROTONGA THIS MORNING? 13 PASSENGERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO FROM AUCKLAND TO RAROTONGA TODAY AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE FROM WELLINGTON OR HAD SPENT TIME HERE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COOK ISLANDS GOVERNMENT SAID THIS WAS A NECESSARY MOVE. THE COVID-19 SITUATION IN WELLINGTON IS STILL DEVELOPING. CHRIS HIPKINS WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS TODAY. HE WANTED TO ASSURE PEOPLE THAT THE TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH THE COOK ISLANDS WAS STILL OPEN. THANKS. KRISTIN HALL IN WELLNGTON. AND LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS AREN'T JUST LIMITED TO THE CAPITAL ` THEY'RE ALSO IN PLACE IN WAIRARAPA AND ALONG THE KAPITI COAST. IT MAY BE AN HOUR'S DRIVE AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON, BUT THE WAIRARAPA REGION S ALSO LIVING LIFE AT LEVEL 2. A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS ON SATURDAYS ARE FROM WELLINGTON. THIS MARTINBOROUGH VINEYARD'S PREPARING FOR A QUIET WEEKEND. WE WERE LOOKING OVER 200, BUT WITH ANY CHANGE IN ALERT LEVEL, WE DO SEE A FEW CANCELLATIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE OPEN. THE TOWN'S ONLY TESTING SITE SEEING LESS DEMAND COMPARED TO THOSE IN WELLINGTON. IN MASTERTON, LOCALS UNDERSTANDING OF WHY RESTRICTIONS HAVE REACHED THIS FAR. I'VE GOT FAMILY WHO ARE SELF ISOLATING CAUSE THEY WERE AT TE PAPA. WE ARE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FROM WELLINGTON, SO WE HAVE TO MINDFUL OF THAT. IT'S PROBABLY FAIR, BUT IT'S NO FUN. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MASTERTON AND WORK IN WELLINGTON, SO IT DOES MAKE SENSE. AND DESPITE A DIP IN FOOT TRAFFIC, THIS BAKERY FEELING THE SAME. SO MANY PEOPLE TRAVEL OVER TO WELLINGTON, AND PEOPLE COME OVER HERE, SO IT'S JUST PART OF IT, REALLY. BUT SOME ARE DISAPPOINTED. IT'S NOT NICE. A FUNDRAISER IN FEATHERSTON FOR THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION THIS WEEKEND, CALLED OFF. WOULD'VE BEEN PINK ` LOTS OF PINK CANDLES, BALLOONS. LOTS OF HAPPY PEOPLE. WE JUST FEEL IT'S THE MORAL THING TO DO. SO, THESE CHAIRS WILL REMAIN STACKED INSTEAD OF PACKED, AS PEOPLE IN THE WAIRARAPA STICK TO THE RULES TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. 'THIS IS PERHAPS THE SCARIEST PERIOD NEW SOUTH WALES IS GOING THROUGH.' THAT'S THE WARNING FROM THE STATE PREMIER, AS SYDNEY'S COVID-19 CLUSTER GROWS TO 42 CASES. LET'S CROSS TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE IN SYDNEY. ANY WORD ON TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS YET, ANDREW? THE STATE PREMIER TODAY SAID SHE MADE THE RIGHT CALL WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS, AND THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES YET DESPITE 11 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 BEING ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING. THERE IS JUST ONE CASE WHICH HAS NO CLEAR LINKS TO THE WIDER OUTBREAK. HOPEFULLY THE DOTS WILL BE CONNECTED IN THE COMING 24-HOUR IS. FOR BUSINESSES, THE IMPACT HAS BEEN SERIOUS. I TALK TO SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN A BAR ALONG HERE IN THE HARBOUR, AND HE SAID THERE WAS ONLY SIX CUSTOMERS IN TOTAL. THIS IS PERHAPS THE SCARIEST. THAT NEW SOUTH WALES IS GOING THROUGH. WE ARE OF EQUAL VIEW OF THAT. IT IS A VERY CONTAGIOUS VARIANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE AT THE STAGE COMFORTABLE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. BUT THAT IS SO LONG AS EVERYBODY DOES THE RIGHT THING. IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THINGS GOT A BIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR THE STATE PREMIER, WITH HER FELLOW COLLEAGUES, THE AGRICULTURE MINISTER, TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID. THEY HAVE BEEN LISTED AS CASUAL CONTACTS. SO THEY HAVE TO KEEP AND I AT FOR SYMPTOMS THEMSELVES. THE KIWIS HERE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAVEL BUBBLE. THANKS. ANDREW MACFARLANE IN SYDNEY. THE COUNTRY'S WEALTHIEST SCHOOL, DILWORTH, IS FACING NEW CLASS ACTION FOR FAILING TO PROTECT ITS STUDENTS. THE AUCKLAND SCHOOL'S ACCUSED OF KNOWING YOUNG BOYS IN ITS CARE WERE BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED, AND ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE, BETWEEN 1970 AND 2006. AS LAURA JAMES REPORTS, THE NEW CLASS ACTION'S COMING AT NO COST TO VICTIMS. IT WAS MEANT TO BE A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED AND IN NEED OF CARE. BUT DILWORTH SCHOOL LET STUDENTS DOWN. THEY FAILED THE BOYS IN THEIR CARE ` OVER 30 YEARS. FORMER BOARDERS, INCLUDING NEIL HARDING, FELL VICTIM TO SEX CRIMES. WOULD YOU SAY DILWORTH KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING? YES. YES, DEFINITELY. AND HE SAYS THEY COVERED IT UP. POLICE HAVE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN 150 FORMER STUDENTS. A TOTAL OF 11 MEN CHARGED WITH HISTORICAL SEXUAL ABUSE. TWO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED ALREADY, BUT MOST WILL GO TO TRIAL NEXT YEAR. THE PERPETRATORS ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AT THE MOMENT. THIS IS ACTUALLY ABOUT DILWORTH'S PART, AND FAILING ON MANY, MANY LEVELS TO PROTECT THE BOYS IN THEIR CARE. ALONG WITH ANOTHER CLAIMANT, NEIL'S FILED A NEW CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR ME THAT THEY APOLOGISE AND BE SADDENED FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOYS. A PREVIOUS CLASS ACTION WAS DROPPED LAST WEEK. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE LAWYERS INVOLVED DEEMED IT UNECONOMIC. THIS TIME, A LEGAL TEAM IS WORKING PRO-BONO, WITH EXPENSES BEING COVERED BY A LITIGATION FUNDING FIRM. WE ARE NOT CHARGING THE CLAIMANTS OR ANY OTHERS WHO COME FORWARD TO REGISTER THEIR INTEREST. NORMALLY, YOU'D WANT SOME COMPENSATION FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, BUT HERE, WE JUST WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THESE MEN. I'M JUST HOPING THAT ANY OLD BOY, PARTICULARLY LISTENING TO THIS, WILL FEEL THAT WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS SOMETHING THEY CAN REALLY BENEFIT FROM, IN FINALLY GETTING SOME JUSTICE. DILWORTH'S THE COUNTRY'S RICHEST SCHOOL, WITH ASSETS TOTALLING CLOSE TO $1bn. OUR SECOND WEALTHIEST WORTH NOT EVEN HALF THAT. THIS ACTION SEEKING MEANINGFUL COMPENSATION. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE JUSTICE THAT WE CONSIDER THEY DESERVE. DILWORTH, IN ORDER TO GET THEIR CREDIBILITY MOVING FORWARD, REALLY NEED TO FRONT FOOT THIS AND DO THE RIGHT THING HERE. IN A SHORT STATEMENT RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON, DILWORTH ACKNOWLEDGED THE COMPLAINT, BUT SAID IT WON'T BE MAKING FURTHER COMMENT. THOSE INVOLVED WITH THIS CLASS ACTION, IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL... I'M DETERMINED TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND GET JUSTICE. ...SEEKING TO HOLD THIS INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. AND A DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT AT THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO ABUSE IN STATE CARE. POLICE MAKING AN APOLOGY AND AN ADMISSION TO LAKE ALICE SURVIVORS. DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS JOHN FITZGERALD SAYS POLICE FAILED TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE ALL ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT THE CHILDREN'S UNIT. HE SAYS THE 8-YEAR INVESTIGATION THAT ENDED IN 2010 FACED UNACCEPTABLE DELAYS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES. HE ALSO ADMITTED VITAL INFORMATION WAS LOST, INCLUDING SEVERAL VICTIM STATEMENTS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL $4M IN AID TO HELP FARMERS AFFECTED BY THE CANTERBURY FLOODS. THE EXTRA MONEY COMING AS THE PRIME MINISTER TRAVELLED TO THE REGION TO SEE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE FIRST HAND. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. ENDLESS MUD, SILT AND FORLORN LOOKING STOCK WITHOUT ANY DECENT PASTURE IN SIGHT. THIS FARMER SHOWING THE PRIME MINISTER WHAT A SUDDEN WALL OF WATER HAS LEFT HIM WITH. YEAH, YOU TROD AROUND IN THE MUD ALL DAY, AND THEN YOU GO HOME AND PUT YOUR FEET UP, AND YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU OPEN IT UP, AND NO, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY. IT'S STILL THERE, AND IT'S STILL THERE UNTIL SOMEONE'S GOING TO HELP US TAKE IT AWAY. TO GET THAT HELP, FARMERS AND OFFICIALS SEIZED ON THE CHANCE TO SHOW THE PRIME MINISTER FIRSTHAND JUST HOW BAD IT IS. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? THERE WASN'T MUCH TIME FOR SMALL TALK, THE ASHBURTON MAYOR QUICK TO HAMMER HOME THE NEED FOR A NEW BRIDGE AFTER THIS ONE SLUMPED 13CM DURING THE FLOODS. WE'VE GOT THE FUNDING GAP OF 29% OF THAT BILL, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS OVER LUNCH. (CHUCKLES) WE CERTAINLY WILL. IN FACT, SIX MAYORS TOOK THE CHANCE TO PLEAD THEIR CASE IN PERSON. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE BRIDGE ON THE AGENDA AT THE BEHIND-CLOSED-DOOR MEETING. THE MAYORS WANT TO TALK TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT FUNDING TO FIX THE ROADS AFTER THE FLOODS AND ALSO TO HELP FARMERS FIX DAMAGED LAND THAT COULDN'T BE INSURED. TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING A FURTHER $4m OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO HELP WITH THE RECOVERY FROM THE ONE-IN-200-YEAR FLOOD. THE IMMEDIATE FOCUS FOR US IS TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME OF THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THE COMING DAYS SO WE CAN GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT'S BEEN WELCOMED BY FEDERATED FARMERS, WHO SEE JUST HOW TOUGH IT IS FOR THOSE DEALING WITH THE DAMAGE DAY IN, DAY OUT. THERE ARE FAMILIES IN CRISIS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO RECOGNISE THE SCALE OF THE IMPACT ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL FARMS. AND THE INDIVIDUAL FARMERS WHO ARE WAKING EVERY MORNING TO SCENES LIKE THIS. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEING HAILED AS ONE OF KIWI SPORT'S GREATEST VICTORIES ` NEW ZEALAND BEATING CRICKETING SUPERPOWER INDIA TO TAKE THE WORLD'S FIRST TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BLACK CAPS COMPLETING THEIR STEADY RISE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, DANIEL FAITAUA, WAS AT THE HISTORIC MATCH IN SOUTHAMPTON. BIGGEST MOMENT IN NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HISTORY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. PAYBACK! WE WON! PAYBACK, REVENGE, OR JUST PLAIN RELIEF? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WINNING CRICKET'S NEWEST BUT MOST COVETED TROPHY CAPS AN EIGHT-YEAR REVIVAL FOR NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, THE TASTE SWEETER AFTER BACK-TO-BACK ONE-DAY WORLD CUP FINAL DEFEATS. TOP NOTCH. YEAH, WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD NOW. THE TOWERING FRAME OF KYLE JAMIESON, ONE OF THE BLACK CAPS' NEWEST WEAPONS, KEY IN TOPPLING INDIA, FOR YEARS, THE KINGS OF THE LONG-FORM GAME. PLAYER OF THE MATCH ` NEW ZEALAND'S KYLE JAMIESON. BEFORE HANDING THESE BROTHERS, WHOSE PARENTS HAIL FROM DANNEVIRKE IN THE MANAWATU, AN UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT. THIS IS KYLE JAMIESON'S LEFT SHOE, AND I GOT IT BY HIM BEING NEAR ME, AND ME JUST SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS. THE BLACK CAPS' OLDEST WARRIOR GIFTING THEM ANOTHER. I GOT THE SHORTS BY ROSS TAYLOR CHUCKING THEM, AND IT WAS A FREE FOR ALL. THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND, AND I JUST STUCK MY HAND UP, AND IT LANDED IN MY HANDS. AND THEN HIS LEFT BOOT WAS GIVEN TO MY DAD BY ROSS TAYLOR PERSONALLY. THE SHORTS ARE GOING TO BE ON MY PERSON AT ALL TIMES. THE LEFT SHOE WILL BE UP ON MY MANTELPIECE. THE 37-YEAR-OLD SAMOAN COMBINING WITH CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON TO GUIDE HIS SIDE TO A STUNNING EIGHT-WICKET WIN ON THE GAME'S SPARE SIXTH DAY, INDIA FANS UNGRUDGING IN DEFEAT. NEW ZEALAND PLAYED BETTER TODAY, AND WILLIAMSON WAS A BETTER CAPTAIN UNDER PRESSURE. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL FEELING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHERE (CLEARS THROAT) WE'VE COME AWAY WITH A WORLD TITLE, SO IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF HARD WORK. AT THE START OF MY CAREER, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T THINK WE HAD THE SIDE THAT COULD DO THAT. BUT THE WAY THE TEAM HAVE BUILT OVER THE YEARS, STUCK TOGETHER. AN HISTORIC VICTORY BUILT ON YEARS OF UNITY, HARD WORK, AND PRIDE DANIEL FAITAUA IS AT LORDS' IN LONDON, THE HOME OF CRICKET. HOW'S THE WORLD OUTSIDE KIWI CRICKET REACTING? AT HOME, I HEAR SOME CELEBRATIONS ARE GEARING UP. FURTHER AFIELD IN INDIA, DEPRESS OUR GENEROUS IN DEFEAT. AND NEW ZEALAND HAS BEATEN A POWERHOUSE NATION. THIS WAS NO FLUKE. THE YEARS WERE BUILT OF GRIND. HERE IN ENGLAND, THIS WILL BE INTERESTING. THEY ARE CALLED THE NICE GUYS IN CRICKET, WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE A PATRONISING PAT ON THE BACK. WE ARE THE KIWI KINGS, THE KINGS OF CRICKET, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR. LATER IN SPORT, WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE MAN WHO HELPED PUT THE BLACK CAPS WHERE THEY ARE NOW, THANKS. DANIEL FAITAUA AT LORDS' IN LONDON. NEXT, THE FEARS FIJI'S COVID WAVE COULD BECOME A TSUNAMI, WITH 50,000 CASES PREDICTED WITHIN THE COMING MONTHS. A LEADING EXPERT ON WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO DO RIGHT NOW. AND 'ALL HANDS TO ACTION STATIONS' ON A BRITISH WARSHIP. (GUNSHOTS IN DISTANCE) AIRCRAFT OFFICIAL GREEN 150 TRACKING RIGHT, ALTITUDE LOW. WHY RUSSIAN FIGHTER JETS WERE FIRING SHOTS IN A TENSE STANDOFF. AND THEN AT 7 ` CALLING ALL NEW ZEALANDERS ` IT'S TIME TO SIT IN THE GARDEN? YES, IT'S THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR PART IN NEW ZEALAND'S BACKYARD BIRD CENSUS. PLUS, WE'RE SIFTING THROUGH THE REMAINS OF LAST NIGHT'S HOUSE FIRE. WHAT FIRE INVESTIGATORS WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT STAYING SAFE THIS WINTER. AND A SNEAK PEAK AT A VERY SPECIAL BLACK SINGLET AND GUMBOOTS WORN BY A KIWI COMEDY ICON. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. FIJI'S BRACING FOR WORSE TO COME, AFTER REPORTING A RECORD HIGH 279 CASES IN JUST 24 HOURS, AS WELL AS FOUR DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW CLOSE TO 2500 ACTIVE CASES, AND FIJI'S MEDICAL AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING ITS SYSTEMS ARE OVERWHELMED. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS. FIJI IS IN CRISIS, THE COUNTRY FACING A DISASTER ON AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. WHAT WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE NEXT WAVE ` THE WAVE OF PEOPLE WITH SEVERE ILLNESS REQUIRING HOSPITALISATION AND THE DEATHS THAT WILL COME WITH IT. WE'VE JUST STARTED TO SEE WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT WAVE RIGHT NOW. MEDICAL AUTHORITIES PREDICTING THEY COULD SEE UP TO 700 CASES A DAY AND, BY AUGUST, AS MANY AS 600 DEATHS AND 50,000 PEOPLE INFECTED. SERVICES ARE ALREADY OVERWHELMED, AND THERE ARE SIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE IS STARTING TO FAIL. WITHIN THE SUVA NAUSORI ZONE, IT'S LARGELY OVERWHELMED OUR CONTACT TRACING CAPACITY. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE WERE AFRAID AND WERE WARNED WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THIS OUTBREAK STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO IS HAPPENING NOW. THIS IS REALLY A GRIM SITUATION FOR FIJI. IF IT WERE IN THE NEW ZEALAND CONTEXT, WE WOULD HAVE DONE A VERY SHORT INTENSE LOCKDOWN BY NOW. BUT AS MEDICAL AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE, THE FIJI GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO RULE OUT A FULL LOCKDOWN. IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU ARE LEFT WITH BASIC MEASURES FOCUSING ON CASES OF TESTING CONTACT TRACING. THAT CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED ALREADY. THE RAPIDLY CLIMBING COVID NUMBERS REFLECT THAT. THE DAILY TEST POSITIVITY RATE STANDS AT 4.9%. AT 5%, TRANSMISSION IS CONSIDERED WIDESPREAD AND UNCONTROLLED. YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN, WHAT WE CALL, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF CROWDING, MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, SO THEY ARE VERY VULNERABLE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NINE COVID-POSITIVE CASES IN INTENSIVE CARE. THE FIJI GOVERNMENT IS RELYING ON VACCINATIONS TO SAVE LIVES, BUT HERD IMMUNITY IS A LONG WAY OFF. WE HAVE BROUGHT IN A FEW PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO COME AND HELP US STRENGTHEN THE HOSPITAL CARE SYSTEM AND ENSURE WE STRENGTHEN THE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO. IT'S CLEAR THAT WORST CASE SCENARIO IS APPROACHING. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. A BRITISH WARSHIP'S BEEN BUZZED BY RUSSIAN MILITARY JETS AND SHADOWED BY SEVERAL SHIPS IN AN ESCALATION OF TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED 20KM OFF THE COAST OF CRIMEA IN AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SHIPPING LANE THAT RUSSIA CONSIDERS IT OWNS. THE BBC'S JONATHAN BEALE WAS ONBOARD. (ALARM BLARES) HANDS TO ACTION STATIONS, HANDS TO ACTION STATIONS. ASSUME STAGE ONE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. COME IN. TAKE YOUR SEATS STRAIGHT AWAY. A BRITISH WARSHIP IN THE BLACK SEA ABOUT TO MAKE A POINT TO RUSSIA. AS H.M.S. DEFENDER COMES WITHIN 12 MILES OF THE COAST, THE RUSSIAN COAST GUARD MAKE A DANGEROUS MOVE. THIS RUSSIAN COAST GUARD VESSEL HAS COME UP RIGHT CLOSE TO THIS BRITISH WARSHIP, AND IS TRYING NOW TO FORCE IT TO CHANGE COURSE. IF YOU CROSS THE BORDER LINE, I'LL BE FIRE. IF YOU DON'T CHANGE THE COURSE, I'LL BE FIRE. DO YOU READ ME? THE CREW DON PROTECTIVE CLOTHING IN CASE THAT THREAT'S FOLLOWED THROUGH. SHOTS ARE FIRED, BUT THEY'RE WELL OUT OF RANGE. (GUNSHOTS IN DISTANCE) AIRCRAFT OFFICIAL GREEN 150 TRACKING RIGHT, ALTITUDE LOW. THROUGHOUT THE TRANSIT, H.M.S. DEFENDER DETECTS AT LEAST 20 RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT NEARBY, SOME FAR TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. (ENGINE BLASTS) THE RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY RELEASED THEIR OWN FOOTAGE OF THEIR JETS FLYING OVERHEAD, INCLUDING IMAGERY OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE BRITISH DESTROYER IN THEIR SIGHTS. REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT MILITARY BRINKMANSHIP. IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHO CAN WIN THE INFORMATION WAR. WITH THE U.K. AND THE ROYAL NAVY, OUR DEPLOYMENT IS HERE TO MAINTAIN INTERNATIONAL ORDER, AND UPHOLD THAT FOR THE GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY. AND THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE U.K. WILL ALWAYS CALL OUT STATES THAT DO NOT FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL ORDER, THAT'S OUR MISSION. WAS IT POKING THE BEAR? CONFIDENT, NONCONFRONTATIONAL. THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE UK'S WILLING TO CHALLENGE RUSSIA TO UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL LAW, BUT IT IS A HIGH RISK STRATEGY. BRITAIN'S DEFENCE MINISTRY DENIES THE CLAIM SHOTS WERE FIRED, INSTEAD SUGGESTING THE RUSSIANS WERE UNDERTAKING A MILITARY EXERCISE. $1.3m ` THAT'S HOW MUCH WILL BE PAID OUT FOR BELONGINGS LOTS IN THE WAIKERIA PRISON RIOT. NEXT ` THE MINISTER ON WHETHER THE INMATES BEHIND THE SIX-DAY STANDOFF WILL GET A SHARE. AND FROM POP HITS TO COURTROOM BOMBSHELLS ` BRITNEY SPEARS MAKES SHOCKING CLAIMS ABOUT WHO'S CONTROLLING HER LIFE, RIGHT DOWN TO HER CONTRACEPTION. AND THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` LISTENING TO OUR INNER VOICE. YES, IT'S MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK ` HAVING A CONVERSATION IN YOUR MIND. HOW YOU CAN HARNESS THOSE THOUGHTS AND USE THEM TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. PLUS ` CALLING ALL TWITCHERS. IT'S TIME TO START COUNTING THE BIRDS IN YOUR BACKYARD. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY SHORTLY. AND HE'S KNOWN TO BE A BIT OF A DAG. WHY EVERYONE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS KIWI TV HERO. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. TAXPAYERS WILL FORK OUT $1.3M TO PRISONERS WHO LOST BELONGINGS IN THE WAIKERIA PRISON RIOT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AS FOR THE INMATES RESPONSIBLE, IT LOOKS UNLIKELY THEY'LL HAVE TO REPAY A CENT. POLITICAL REPORTER MAIKI SHERMAN WITH THE STORY. FIRES SET BY INMATES LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION AT WAIKERIA PRISON, NOW RESULTING IN PAYMENTS FOR PRISONERS WHOSE POSSESSIONS WERE DAMAGED. IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY IN CORRECTIONS, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE PORTFOLIOS. A PORTFOLIO THAT JUST GOT A BIG NEW BILL. $1.3m WILL BE PAID OUT TO AROUND 844 PRISONERS. THAT'S AROUND $1500 EACH. WHILE AROUND $50,000 WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PRISON STAFF. IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR TAXPAYERS TO HAVE TO PICK UP THAT BILL? CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND THE PRISONERS WHO LOST PROPERTY ` IT WAS THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, SO I THINK, AS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS, THERE SHOULD BE SOME COMPENSATION. THE CURRENT APPROACH FROM THIS GOVERNMENT IS A 'GIVE THEM A HUG AND A CUP OF HOT MILO' APPROACH TO ESPECIALLY THE LOWER LEVEL ASSAULTS. THE PAYMENTS COVER DAMAGED PERSONAL ITEMS LOCKED IN STORAGE, LIKE PHONES, JEWELLERY, AND CLOTHING, AND OTHER ITEMS IN THEIR CELLS. MORE THAN 100 INMATES FROM OTHER PRISONS HAD THEIR POSSESSIONS STORED AT WAIKERIA TOO. SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WILL HAVE SENTIMENTAL VALUE THAT MONEY CAN'T REPLACE. SHORTLY AFTER THE DISORDER, PAYMENTS OF $100 WERE MADE TO NON-RIOTING PRISONERS MOST AFFECTED, TOTALLING $21,000. WHILE NOT LEGALLY OBLIGED TO COVER THE TOTAL LOSS, CORRECTIONS FELT THERE COULD BE MORE DISORDER IF IT DIDN'T. THE WRONG PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE AROHA UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT. HARD-WORKING, HONEST KIWIS JUST GET TO KEEP PAYING FOR IT. THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE GETTING THIS MONEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF THESE CRIMINALS, THESE CRIMES. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RIOTS WON'T BE PAID OUT, BUT IT'S ALSO UNLIKELY THEY'LL HELP PAY THE BILL. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. THE SOUTHERN SKI FIELDS ARE FACING A ROUGH START TO THE SEASON, WITH THE LATEST BORDER RESTRICTIONS ON SOME AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAYMAKERS. QUEENSTOWN'S SLOPES HAVE BEEN BANKING ON A GOOD WINTER, WITH STRONG BOOKINGS FROM ACROSS THE DITCH. AN INFLUX OF TOURISTS WAS EXPECTED FROM THIS WEEKEND FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T HOLD US BACK FOR TOO LONG. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE ALL GOT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, IT'S ABOUT GETTING RID OF COVID, IF EVERYONE SITS TIGHT AND PLAYS BY THE RULES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THE LONG RUN. SKI FIELDS ARE ALSO GRAPPLING WITH A LACK OF SNOW, WHICH HAS PUSHED BACK OPENING DAYS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, POP STAR BRITNEY SPEARS HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL CONSERVATORSHIP THAT CONTROLS EVERY ASPECT OF HER BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LIFE. SHE WANTS THE LEGAL ARRANGEMENT ` LED BY HER FATHER ` ENDED, DESCRIBING IT AS ABUSIVE. LOGAN CHURCH HAS MORE. # OH, BABY, BABY. A MEGASTAR TODAY BATTLING IN COURT. ALL: LET BRITNEY SPEAK! LET BRITNEY SPEAK! BRITNEY SPEARS SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A CONSERVATORSHIP THAT'S CONTROLLED HER LIFE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. I FEEL LIKE BRITNEY SPEARS IS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK FOR 13 YEARS, AND WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY. SHE'S CALLING FOR AN END TO THE LEGAL AGREEMENT WHICH GIVES POWER OVER HER LIFE AND FINANCES TO OTHERS, INCLUDING HER FATHER. THE ARRANGEMENT MADE IN 2008 DURING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, HER FATHER AND HIS LAWYERS SAYING IT'S NECESSARY TO PROTECT SPEARS AND HER $17m FORTUNE FROM EXPLOITATION. BUT IT'S TURNED TOXIC, SPEARS TODAY TELLING THE COURT IT WAS ABUSIVE, HAD DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD AND HAD DONE A GOOD JOB OF EXPLOITING HER LIFE. # IT'S GETTING LATE. SHE WENT ON TO SAY SHE WAS FORCED TO TAKE LITHIUM AGAINST HER WILL, AFTER REHEARSALS BROKE DOWN FOR A PLANNED LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY IN 2019. HER HOPES TO START A FAMILY WITH HER BOYFRIEND, SAM ASGHARI, ALSO DASHED, TELLING THE COURT SHE ISN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE AN IUD REMOVED. HER FATHER'S LAWYER RESPONDING, SAYING JAMIE SPEARS IS SORRY TO SEE HIS DAUGHTER SUFFERING AND MISSED HER VERY MUCH. SHE'S LOST 13 YEARS, AND SHE WANTED MORE CHILDREN, AND IT'S JUST` IT'S HEARTBREAKING THAT SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THEM. # MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME. ALL: FREE BRITNEY! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW! SPEARS' LEGAL BATTLE FOLLOWED BY A CIRCUS OF FANS OUTSIDE. ALL: FREE BRITNEY NOW! CONSERVATORSHIP HAS STRIPPED BRITNEY OF HER CIVIL RIGHTS. IT'S AN INJUSTICE THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CORRECTED WITHOUT PUBLIC OUTRAGE. SHE BASICALLY HAS DIFFERENCES OF OPINION WITH HER FATHER, FEELS LIKE HE'S NOT DOING HER JOB AND BELIEVES THAT HE IS NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE TO HER AND HAS MADE A DECISION TO TERMINATE HIM. MORE COURT HEARINGS ARE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH, AS BRITNEY'S BATTLE FOR FREEDOM CONTINUES. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A SPECIAL DAY IN KIWI SPORTS HISTORY. A LOT OF US ARE TIRED TODAY. THAT IS WHY WE LOVE THIS JOB. FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR, TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ` COMING UP, WE'LL HAVE THE SURREAL LAST DAY'S PLAY, AND A COUPLE OF OUR BEST EVER BREAK DOWN THE ACHIEVEMENT. PLUS ` TALK ABOUT EVERESTS ` TOKYO, HERE WE COME. THE VERY DIFFERENT PARALYMPIC DREAMS ABOUT TO BECOME REALITY. AND SOME BIG CHANGES TO COME IN THE WEATHER STARTING TOMORROW AND ROLLING RIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE GALES TO START WITH A POLAR BLAST TO FINISH. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER SPORT. NAU MAI KI NGA PUURONGO, HAKINAKINA MO TENEI PO. WELCOME TO SPORT, AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST-EVER WORLD TEST CRICKET CHAMPIONS, NEW ZEALAND. THE BLACK CAPS PULLING OFF THAT STUNNING VICTORY OVER INDIA IN ENGLAND, WHEN ALL HOPE LOOKED LOST AFTER RAIN SCUPPERED MORE THAN TWO DAYS' PLAY. IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS THE BLACK CAPS' GREATEST EVER TEST VICTORY. ABBY WILSON HAS AN UNFORGETTABLE FINAL DAY. WAIT FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT. (JUBILANT SCREAMING) REACTING TO THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF THEIR CRICKET CAREERS, FITTINGLY BROUGHT HOME BY TWO GREATS OF THE GAME, ROSS TAYLOR AND KANE WILLIAMSON, FINISHING THE JOB FOR THE BLACK CAPS TO BE OUT THERE AT THE END WITH KANE, WHO'S BEEN A FANTASTIC LEADER FOR THIS TEAM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND TO BE OUT THERE IN A PRESSURE SITUATION THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS... SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET. WILLIAMSON ESPECIALLY, NOT KNOWN FOR DISPLAYS OF EMOTION, BUT EVEN HE COULDN'T WIPE THE SMILE OFF HIS FACE. WE SAW A LOT OF HEART, A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR GROUP, AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE STYLE OF CRICKET, AND WE HELD STRONG, WHICH WAS GREAT. AND WE HAD TO, WE KNOW HOW STRONG THIS INDIAN SIDE IS. A WIN LOOKED ALMOST PREPOSTEROUS AT THE START OF THE DAY. INDIA STILL WITH EIGHT WICKETS IN HAND. THAT'S WHY KYLE JAMIESON'S EARLY BREAKTHROUGH WAS KEY, REMOVING CAPTAIN VIRAT KOHLI FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE MATCH. GAME ON. FIVE BALLS LATER, THE MAN OF THE MATCH STRUCK AGAIN. SUDDENLY, KIWI FANS COULD DARE TO DREAM. OUTSTANDING DELIVERY, OUTSTANDING SPELL. AT TIMES IT WASN'T PERFECT, BUT THE BLACK CAPS KEPT FIGHTING, SOMETHING THIS SIDE HAS DONE TIME AND TIME AGAIN. OH, BRILLIANT. RETIRING KEEPER BJ WATLING DISLOCATING HIS FINGER. HE DOESN'T USUALLY REACT LIKE THAT, DOES HE? BUT EVEN THAT COULDN'T KEEP HIM FROM THE JOB AT HAND. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S RETIRING ANYMORE, ACTUALLY. UM, NAH, HE'S A SPECIAL MEMBER, A LEADER IN OUR GROUP, AND REALLY EPITOMISES WHAT THIS TEAM IS ABOUT. ON THE HOME STRETCH, THERE WERE MOMENTS OF CONCERN. THAT'S CLOSE, THAT'S CLOSE. IT'S GIVEN! WILLIAMSON SAVED BY A SUCCESSFUL REVIEW, TAYLOR BY SOME JITTERY HANDS. THAT WAS A VERY EASY CHANCE. IN THE END, THOUGH, HISTORY WAS CALLING, REACHING THE 139 RUN TOTAL EASILY. WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. FINALLY, A WORLD TROPHY IN THE BLACK CAPS' HANDS. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. THE CHAMPIONSHIP WIN REVERBERATING THROUGH KIWI SPORT TODAY, AND CLEARLY THROUGH THE GENERATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND CRICKET. KANE WILLIAMSON AND ROSS TAYLOR EARNING SPECIAL PRAISE. IT'S TIMELY TWO OF OUR GREATS WERE TOGETHER TODAY, IN AUCKLAND TO LAUNCH THEIR NEW RADIO CAREERS. BLEARY-EYED, BUT CLEAR ON WHAT THE VICTORY MEANS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM THAT WE'VE SEEN. BRENDON MCCULLUM PAYING SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO TEAM LEADER KANE WILLIAMSON, THE MAN WHO TOOK OVER THE REINS IN 2016. THAT TEAM IS A REAL IMAGE OF THE SKIPPER, AND THEY'RE JUST SUCH AN EASY TEAM TO LIKE. THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM TO WATCH. LET'S NOT FORGET, EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE TEST TEAM HAD SUNK TO NEW DEPTHS, ALL OUT FOR JUST 45 ON A TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA. FOR GENERATIONS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING DIFFERENT FORMULAS AND DIFFERENT FABRICS, AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SEARCHING, AND IN 2013, OUR SEARCH WAS PRETTY BRUTAL. I THINK IT'S THE ULTIMATE SUCCESS BECAUSE IT'S IN THE HARDEST, THE LONGEST FORM OF THE GAME ` THE PUREST FORM OF THE GAME. SINCE 2015, THERE'S BEEN TWO WORLD CUP ONE-DAY FINALS. NOW A FIRST-EVER TEST TITLE. FOR PREVIOUS GENERATIONS, IT MEANS THE WORLD. OUR GREATEST EVER, SIR RICHARD HADLEE, PRAISING THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND PREPARATION, DESCRIBING THEM AS A COMPLETE PLAYING UNIT, THE BEST WE'VE EVER HAD. YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THIS VICTORY. OH, QUITE EMOTIONAL, REALLY. I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE SIR RICHARD HADLEE, LANCE CAIRNS, ALL THOSE GUYS WILL BE ENJOYING TODAY, REALLY, REALLY ENJOYING TODAY, RAISING A GLASS, PERHAPS, LATER, TO KEVIN WILLIAMSON AND HIS MEN, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. SMITH IS OVER THE MOON FOR ROSS TAYLOR, WHO STRUCK THE WINNING RUNS. ALL YOU REMEMBER, WAY, WAY BACK WHEN HE LOST THE CAPTAINCY, AND WE WONDERED WHETHER HE'D BOTHER, YOU KNOW. AND HE REBUILT HIMSELF. WE ALWAYS PLAY WELL AT HOME. NOW WE'VE PROVED WE CAN PLAY AWAY FROM HOME. NEXT STOP, AUSTRALIA, AND RIGHT THE WRONGS OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. KANE WILLIAMSON AND GARY STEAD'S SIDE GETS THAT CHANCE, IN ONE-DAYERS AT LEAST, NEXT SUMMER. ONE OF THE LAST BASTIONS AWAITS. AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY. CLIMBING YOUR WAY UP AND OUT OF GROUP 'F' IN EURO 2021 WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A MISSION. FINISHING TOP ` EVEN HARDER. FRANCE, PORTUGAL, GERMANY, HUNGARY ` SOMEONE HAD TO WAVE BYE-BYE, SO WHO WOULD IT BE WHEN THE TEAMS FACED UP THIS MORNING? THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL WAS WATCHING BOTH MATCHES. THE FINAL HOURS OF THE SO-CALLED 'GROUP OF DEATH'. AHEAD LAY A DIZZYING SET OF POSSIBILITIES. WOULD IT BE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS, FRANCE? WELL, THEY CAME INTO THIS GAME KNOWING THEY WERE ALREADY THROUGH, PERHAPS THAT'S WHY THEY TOOK THEIR EYES OFF THE BALL. THAT MEANT A PORTUGAL PENALTY WITH CRISTIANO RONALDO. THAT MEANT ONLY ONE THING. WAS IT EVER REALLY IN DOUBT? PORTUGAL, THE HOLDERS, WERE NOW TOPPING THE GROUP, BUT NOT FOR LONG. AS JUST BEFORE HALFTIME, MBAPPE TUMBLED, AND KARIM BENZEMA STOOD FIRM, HIS FIRST FRANCE GOAL IN SIX YEARS. AND FRANCE ARE LEVEL. AND HIS SECOND WASN'T FAR BEHIND. NOW, PORTUGAL, INCREDIBLY, WERE FACING AN EARLY EXIT. ANOTHER GOAL WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. STEP FORWARD, RONALDO. PORTUGAL 2, FRANCE 2. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER EUROPEAN SUPERPOWER, GERMANY, WAS PLAYING HUNGARY IN MUNICH. BUT JUST 10 MINUTES IN, THIS GAME, AND THE GROUP, TURNED ON ITS HEAD. A PERFECT CROSS WITH A FINISH TO MATCH FROM ADAM SZALAI. NOW, IT WAS GERMANY FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL. KAI HAVERTZ WOULD HEAD THEM LEVEL, BUT STRAIGHT FROM THE RESTART CAME ANOTHER DRAMATIC TWIST. HUNGARY NOW LED 2-1, GERMANY FACED ELIMINATION. EXTRAORDINARY! IT WAS THAT KIND OF NIGHT. GERMANY HAD 20 MINUTES TO SAVE THEIR TOURNAMENT. LEON GORETZKA BROUGHT THEM BACK FROM THE BRINK. GORETZKA! WITH WHAT COULD BE A GOLDEN GOAL. IT WAS SOME GAME, IT WAS SOME NIGHT, WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, AND YET EVERYTHING STAYED THE SAME. OK, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT HOW SOME OF THESE ROUND OF 16 MATCHES PLAY OUT. CRISTIANO RONALDO'S TWO PENALTIES MOVING HIM EQUAL TOP WITH THE MOST INTERNATIONAL MEN'S GOALS OF ALL TIME. PORTUGAL AS ONE OF THE BEST THIRD-PLACED TEAMS GO THROUGH TO TAKE ON WORLD NUMBER ONE BELGIUM ON MONDAY. FRANCE FINISHED TOP OF THE GROUP, SO THEY PLAY SWITZERLAND ON TUESDAY IN ROMANIA. AND ENGLAND VS. GERMANY, WEMBLEY STADIUM, NEXT WEDNESDAY MORNING ` A MATCH THAT CARRIES A TON OF HISTORY. THE NEXT CHAPTER IN TWO AMAZING LIFE STORIES HAS BEEN WRITTEN TODAY, WITH CANOE SPRINT PADDLERS SCOTT MARTLEW AND ROOKIE CORBIN HART CONFIRMED IN THE PARALYMPICS TEAM HEADING TO TOKYO, BOTH REACHING GOALS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. HAYLEY HOLT HAS BEEN WITH THEM TODAY. IT WAS ONLY A YEAR AGO CORBIN HART FIRST GAVE KAYAKING A GO, AND FOR THOSE 12 MONTHS, LAKE PUPUKE HAS BEEN HIS SECOND HOME. WHAT BETTER PLACE TO FIND OUT YOU'RE OFF TO THE PARALYMPICS. AH, IT'S WEIRD, I HAVEN'T... I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST WEIRD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MEAN GOING WITH SCOTT. SCOTT IS SCOTT MARTLEW, RIO PARALYMPIAN, WHO'S NOW MATE AND MENTOR. SINCE CORBIN, YOU'VE COME ON THE SCENE, YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTACT. LIKE, CORBIN'S VERY KEEN AND WANTS TO LEARN, AND, YEAH, SO I'VE SORTA BEEN TRYING TO HELP HIM OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN. WHILE HART IS NEW TO THE SPORT, HE AND MARTLEW HAVE PLENTY IN COMMON ` BOTH SUFFERED FREAK INJURIES THAT CLAIMED A LEG, BOTH WERE COMPETING, AND WINNING AS PARA ATHLETES WITHIN 10 MONTHS OF THEIR ACCIDENTS. I WAS ALREADY PADDLING WHEN I HAD MY ACCIDENT, MY RUGBY INJURY, AND THEN SO I WAS SORTA... JUST AS I HAD THE ACCIDENT, I WAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT, LIKE, WANTING TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS AND EVERYTHING FOR KAYAKING. AND THEN, YEAH, I HAD THIS ACCIDENT, AND YEAH, IT SORTA CHANGED TO PARALYMPIC DREAMS BASICALLY. WHILE MARTLEW'S PARALYMPIC DREAMS INCLUDE COMING HOME WITH A MEDAL, HIS PROTEGE IS STILL JUST TAKING IT ALL IN. YEAH, I'M EXCITED CAUSE I'M, LIKE, THE UNDERDOG. IT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S COOL. (CHUCKLES) I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE. WHEN YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, IT'S NO WONDER FEAR OF FAILURE DOESN'T EVEN REGISTER. IT'S JUST FULL SPEED AHEAD TO TOKYO. HAYLEY HOLT, 1 NEWS. QUIET BUT COMMANDING ` OUR TWO OLYMPIC FLAGBEARERS MAY COME FROM SPORTS A WORLD APART, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR LEADERSHIP STYLES, SARAH HIRINI AND HAMISH BOND ARE PEAS IN A POD. AS GAMES REPORTER CHRIS CHANG EXPLAINS THEIR MUTUAL RESPECT COULDN'T BE GREATER. TE POU HAPAI TANE ME TE POU HAPAI WAHINE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A MALE AND FEMALE FLAGBEARER FOR AN OLYMPIC GAMES. I DON'T KNOW SARAH WELL. I HAVEN'T MET HER. BUT ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS COME ACROSS, BOTH WHEN I HAVE MET HER AND ALSO IN THE MEDIA IS JUST, I GUESS, MANA AND RESPECT THAT SHE HAS AMONGST HER TEAMMATES AND THE SEVENS TEAM AND THE RUGBY COMMUNITY. IT OOZES OUT OF HER, THE LEADERSHIP THAT SHE HAS. MY SENSE IS THAT SHE'S A QUIET LEADER OR LEADS BY EXAMPLE. JUST THE WAY WE LEAD ` WE'RE PRETTY QUIET, BUT JUST GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS AND DO AS BEST THAT WE CAN, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE IN OUR TEAM WILL FOLLOW. SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO STAND ALONGSIDE HIM. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BE SO SUCCESSFUL ON THE ROWING. TO BE ABLE TO THEN BE ALONGSIDE HIM AS A TEAMMATE IS REALLY MASSIVE. AND DESPITE THEIR EXPERIENCE ` TWO GOLDS FOR THE ROWER, A SILVER FOR RUGBY STAR HIRINI ` THIS WILL BE A FIRST OPENING CEREMONY FOR BOND AT THE FOURTH TIME OF ASKING. BECAUSE WE'VE TYPICALLY BEEN COMPETING ON THE FIRST DAY AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE BEST BIT ABOUT THE RIO CLOSING CEREMONY WAS THE PROMO VIDEO FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. SO I KNOW THEY CAN PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) FANTASTIC. A SHOW WITH THESE TWO FRONT AND CENTRE. (PERFORMS HAKA) CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. CERTAINLY TO FINE ATHLETES, AND TO FIND PEOPLE. AN EARLY NIGHT TONIGHT. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE BECAUSE THERE IS MORE ON THAT BLACK CAPS THIS MORNING. YES, I STILL HAVE A WARM GLOW IN MY STOMACH. WE TRACE THE BLACKCAPS EIGHT-YEAR JOURNEY FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE CRICKETING WORLD WITH FORMER COACH MIKE HESSON. PLUS ` HOW THIS SMOULDERING WRECKAGE HOLDS THE KEY TO STAYING SAFE A BIT OF EVERYTHING THROWN AT US OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOTHER NATURE WILL THROW ALL OF IT AT US. THIS IS THE MASSIVE CLOUD STREAMING INTO THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. A HIGH FURTHER NORTH WILL TRACK IN. RAIN WARNINGS, THE ORANGE. WATCH OUT FOR SPILL OVER. STRONG GALES TO THE COOK STRAIT. THAT IS TRACKING THROUGH. A POLAR BLAST HITS IN FORM AND A. IT IS NOT TOO BAD FURTHER NORTH, JUST INCREASING HIGH CLOUD. MORE OF A BREEZE BUT NOT AS CHILLY. WE HAD THREE DEGREES FOR AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. EIGHT DEGREES TOMORROW. THE TROUGH TO THE SOUTH-WEST MIGHT FLICK IN, OTHERWISE DRY. INCREASE OF CLOUD THROUGH THE DAY, AND MIGHT SEE THE ODD SHOW AND HAMILTON IN THE AFTERNOON. NOTICED TEMPERATURES HERE ARE NOT AS CHILLY. -3 THIS MORNING AND HAMILTON. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS IN ROTORUA. IT IS NOT TOO BAD FOR TAURANGA. INCREASING HIGH CLOUD BUT OTHERWISE DRY. FOR THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, LOOKING FINE. HEADS UP FOR STRENGTHENING WINDS TO MASTERTON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. LOOKING FURTHER WESTTHE SAME TROUGH PROVIDES ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. NORTHERLY CLOUD FOR LEVIN. THE WINDS STARTS TO PICK UP IN WELLINGTON. UPPER HUTT WILL SEE THE ODD SPOT OF RAIN FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING, MORE LIKELY EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE IT THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY. THE WINDS WILL CRANK UP WITH THE NORTHERLY GOING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. IT IS MORE LIKELY AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. THAT IS THE RAIN WATCH FOR WESTPORT. EVERYONE ELSE WILL SEE IT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH WILL SEE SPELLS OF RAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY. EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL SEE INCREASED CLOUD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRANKING UP. FURTHER SOUTH, FURTHER WEST, THERE IS YOUR RAIN COMING IN. HEAVY AT TIMES FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. IT IS SPELLS OF THE RAIN WITH A DECENT AMOUNT COMING ACROSS IN QUEENSTOWN. THAT IS MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVERYWHERE ELSE SHOULD SEE SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THAT, YOU EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS FOR THE LIKES OF MILFORD SOUND. EVERYWHERE ELSE, THAT ZONE OF RAIN IS A SOMEWHAT FOR INVERCARGILL. YOU SEE THAT WET WEATHER COMING AND FOR THE AFTERNOON FOR DUNEDIN. IT STARTS TO CRANK AND AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY, HEAVY PERSISTENT RAIN MOVES UP TO THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SUNDAY, THAT TRACKS AND. NORTH ISLAND, RAIN ON SUNDAY. WHERE IS THE COLD AIR? MONDAY. THAT IS SNOW TO SEA LEVEL ON A MONDAY.