TONIGHT ` OUR TRAVEL PAUSE WITH NEW SOUTH WALES IS EXTENDED, BUT NO NEW CASES HERE, AS COVID TESTING IN WELLINGTON RAMPS UP. THE BLACK CAPS STILL ON TOP OF THE WORLD AFTER THEIR MOMENTOUS WIN OVER INDIA. WHY THEIR VICTORY WAS SO SWEET. AND BRITNEY SPEARS' COURT BID FOR FREEDOM ` THE OPPRESSIVE LEGAL ARRANGEMENT THAT'S ALLEGED TO HAVE STOPPED HER FROM HAVING MORE CHILDREN. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND SOPHIE PEARCE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. BUT FIRST TO SOME DEVELOPING NEWS, AND A MAJOR RESCUE EFFORT IS UNDERWAY IN MIAMI AFTER A 13-STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING PARTIALLY COLLAPSED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE COMBING THE RUBBLE FOR THOSE TRAPPED. RESIDENTS IN THE REMAINING APARTMENTS IN THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE, NORTH OF MIAMI BEACH, ARE ALSO BEING EVACUATED. SO FAR, THE DEATH OF ONE WOMAN HAS BEEN REPORTED, AND AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. WITNESSES DESCRIBE SEEING THE BUILDING COLLAPSE LIKE A PANCAKE. IT'S NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE BUILDING BUILT IN 1981 TO SPLINTER APART. BACK HERE, THE PAUSE ON QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO NEW ZEALAND WILL CONTINUE FOR A FURTHER 12 DAYS. THERE ARE NOW 36 RECENT COMMUNITY CASES OF COVID-19 IN NEW SOUTH WALES INCLUDING FOUR NOT YET LINKED TO THE EXISTING OUTBREAK. MORE ON THAT SHORTLY, BUT FIRST KRISTIN HALL HAS MORE ON THE SITUATION HERE. WELLINGTON WAKING UP TO LEVEL 2, THE CITY'S STREETS, CAFES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT MUCH QUIETER THAN USUAL. YEAH, I FEEL ALL RIGHT. IT'S A BIT SCARY. IT WAS A LOT QUIETER ON THE TRAIN THAN IT IS NORMALLY. I WOULD'VE LIKED TO WORK FROM HOME, BUT THE ROLE THAT I'M IN AT THE MOMENT, I HAVE TO BE AT WORK. NO NEW CASES, BUT WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. WE REALLY HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO KNOW IF THIS PERSON WAS IN AN INFECTIOUS PHASE OF THEIR ILLNESS. NEW TESTING CENTRES HAVE POPPED UP, WITH PLENTY OF CARS AT THE HATAITAI CENTRE, AND IN PORIRUA. IT WAS SO LONG! NORMALLY, THEY JUST PUT IT IN THERE AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE PLAY AROUND AND THEN PULL IT OUT. (BOTH LAUGH) SHE WENT FOR A HOLIDAY, MAN. (LAUGHS) SOME WERE STILL GETTING TURNED AWAY WITHOUT A TEST IN THE CENTRAL CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO BOOK IT, YEAH. WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW. WHICH IS 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. DRIVING A SHUTTLE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GET ON BOARD. IF SOMEONE ISN'T SYMPTOMATIC OR HASN'T BEEN TO A LOCATION OF INTEREST, AND IS TESTED, THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON FOR THEM TO ISOLATE BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THE TEST RESULT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT REALLY BE GETTING A TEST IN THE FIRST PLACE. GPs 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'RE PROBABLY SEEING ANYWHERE FROM, SAY, 5 TO 10. TODAY THAT HAS GONE UP TO ABOUT 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. WHEN YOU'RE MOVING AT SPEED, TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OUT PUBLICLY AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, SOMETIMES THINGS WON'T HAPPEN IN A NICE, ORDERLY SEQUENCE. SO, 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. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. AND LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS AREN'T JUST LIMITED TO THE CAPITAL ` THEY'RE ALSO IN PLACE IN WAIRARAPA AND ALONG THE KAPITI COAST. IMOGEN WELLS VISITED ONE OF THE REGIONS TO GET REACTION. 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 COS 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. THE COOK ISLANDS GOVERNMENT IS ASKING FOR WELLINGTONIANS WHO VISITED LOCATIONS OF INTEREST TO ISOLATE AND GET TESTED BEFORE FLYING TO RAROTONGA. OTHER TRAVELLERS FROM WELLINGTON ALREADY IN RAROTONGA ARE BEING CONTACTED TO GET TESTED AND ISOLATE UNTIL THEY HAVE RECEIVED A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT. TO AUSTRALIA, WHERE NEW SOUTH WALES MPs HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ISOLATE AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN AN EXPOSURE SITE, BUT AS YET THE CITY HASN'T BEEN PLUNGED INTO LOCKDOWN. WITH MORE HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S CHRIS O'KEEFE. HUNDREDS OF VENUES EXPOSED, TENS OF THOUSANDS IN ISOLATIONS, STATE PARLIAMENT NOW A HOTSPOT ` A GROWING CLUSTER THAT'S, SO FAR, UNDER CONTROL. THE PREMIER HOLDING THE LINE AGAINST A CITY-WIDE LOCKDOWN. THIS IS PERHAPS THE SCARIEST PERIOD THAT NSW IS GOING THROUGH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE, AT THIS STAGE, COMFORTABLE THAT THE SETTINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE ARE THE APPROPRIATE SETTINGS. 11 NEW CASES FROM 48,000 TESTS ` ONE A HAIRDRESSER FROM WESTERN SYDNEY WHO WORKS AT A SALON IN DOUBLE BAY WITH NO LINKS TO THE BONDI CLUSTER. WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION MODE FOR THE HAIRDRESSER. THE HAIRDRESSER INFECTED THREE WOMEN AT THE DOUBLE BAY SALON, WHILE HE ALSO WORKED AT CROWN HAIR IN KINGS CROSS ON TUESDAY ` A FRESH VENUE OF CONCERN. MY LEVEL OF CONCERN IS MEDIUM TO HIGH ACROSS NSW. ESPECIALLY GIVEN DELTA HAS HIT VERY CLOSE TO HOME WITH ONE OF THE PREMIER'S MINISTERS TESTING POSITIVE. I'M JUST SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS COULD BE FOR THEM AND THE PARLIAMENT ITSELF. AND I FEEL, TO BE FRANK, PRETTY LOUSY ABOUT THE SITUATION. MINISTER MARSHALL WENT TO A PIZZA JOINT IN PADDINGTON ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH THREE COLLEAGUES. SOMEONE WITH COVID WAS ALSO IN THE RESTAURANT. WITH THE BUDGET TUESDAY, HE HAD MEETINGS WITH COLLEAGUES ALL DAY, SITTING IN QUESTION TIME WHILE POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS. A POP-UP TESTING CLINIC WAS SET UP IN PARLIAMENT FOR ALL MPs WHILE MINISTERS WERE QUICK TO ISOLATE AND GET A TEST. AT THE MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A TRICKY SITUATION WHICH I AM TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. NSW HEALTH WANTS TESTING RATES OVER 50,000 A DAY, AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE BECOME QUITE ILL. FIJI IS WARNING ITS SYSTEMS ARE OVERWHELMED AFTER REPORTING A RECORD HIGH 279 CASES IN JUST 24 HOURS, AS WELL AS FOUR DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW CLOSE TO 2500 ACTIVE COVID CASES, BUT THE WORST IS YET TO COME, AS MEDICAL AUTHORITIES PREDICT THAT BY AUGUST THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 600 DEATHS AND 50,000 PEOPLE INFECTED. WITHIN THE SUVA-NAUSORI ZONE, IT HAS LARGELY OVERWHELMED OUR CONTACT TRACING CAPACITY. WHAT WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THIS 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 BEGINNING OF THAT WAVE RIGHT NOW. WITH NO LOCKDOWN PLANS, THE FIJI GOVERNMENT'S RELYING ON VACCINATIONS TO SAVE LIVES, WITH 43% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION HAVING RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE. IT'S BEING HAILED AS ONE OF KIWI SPORT'S GREATEST VICTORIES ` NEW ZEALAND BEATING CRICKETING SUPERPOWER INDIA AND WINNING THE WORLD'S FIRST TEST CHAMPIONSHIP. AND AS JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS, IT MARKS A STEADY RISE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP FOR THE BLACK CAPS. # IN YOUR HEAD... # A CELEBRATION LIKE NO OTHER. (SCREAMING) WINNING CRICKET'S NEWEST, BUT BIGGEST ACCOLADE. BREAKOUT BLACK CAPS STAR KYLE JAMIESON KEY IN TOPPLING INDIA, WITH TWO GREATS, ROSS TAYLOR AND KANE WILLIAMSON, FINISHING THE JOB. A STUNNING EIGHT-WICKET WIN ON THE GAME'S SPARE SIXTH DAY. AND 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 FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET. WE HELD STRONG, WHICH WAS GREAT. AND WE HAD TO. WE KNOW HOW STRONG THIS INDIAN SIDE IS. A FORMER CAPTAIN HEAPING PRAISE ON WILLIAMSON'S LEADERSHIP. THIS IS PROBABLY THE GREATEST NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM THAT WE'VE SEEN. 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. IT'S A COMEBACK EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING. THE TEST TEAM AT THAT TIME SINKING TO NEW DEPTHS, ALL OUT FOR 45 ON A TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA. BUT NOW THAT'S ALL CHANGED. A FEW LUCKY FANS LEAVING THE GROUNDS IN SOUTHAMPTON WITH MORE THAN JUST HIGH SPIRITS. THIS IS KYLE JAMIESON'S LEFT SHOE, AND I GOT IT JUST BY HIM BEING NEAR ME, AND ME SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS. I GOT THE SHORTS BY ROSS TAYLOR CHUCKING THEM, AND IT WAS A FREE FOR ALL. THERE WERE PEOPLE AROUND. AND I STUCK MY HAND UP, AND THEY LANDED STRAIGHT IN MY HANDS. # WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS... # THE BLACKCAPS NOW THE NEW CHAMPIONS AFTER AN HISTORIC VICTORY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. 'I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK.' THOSE WERE THE WORDS FROM BRITNEY SPEARS AS SHE BROKE HER SILENCE TODAY OVER A STRICT CONSERVATORSHIP HANGING OVER HER. THE MEGA-STAR GAVE AN EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY IN COURT, CLAIMING HER FATHER ENJOYS CONTROLLING HER CAREER, MONEY, AND HER RELATIONSHIPS. CHANNEL NINE'S ALISON PIOTROWSKI WAS THERE. CROWD CHANTS: HEY, HEY. HO, HO. CONSERVATORSHIP HAS GOT TO GO. WEARING PINK AND WAVING PLACARDS, THE FREE BRITNEY MOVEMENT SENSING AN UPHEAVAL. WHAT DO WE WANT? CROWD: FREE BRITNEY! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? CROWD: NOW! DIALLING IN REMOTELY TO THE LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT, BRITNEY SPEARS UNLOADED IN A DAMNING 20-MINUTE TESTIMONY. THE POP STAR ALLEGED SHE WAS HELD IN A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AND PLACED ON LITHIUM AGAINST HER WILL, THAT SHE WAS FORCED TO PERFORM IN LAS VEGAS EVEN AFTER SHE PLEADED FOR A BREAK... ...AND THAT SHE IS DEPRESSED AND CRIES EVERY DAY. SPEARS HAS BEEN UNDER THE STRICT CONSERVATORSHIP SINCE 2008 AFTER A MENTAL HEALTH BREAKDOWN, LEAVING HER FATHER, JAMIE SPEARS, IN CONTROL OF HER CAREER, HER FINANCES, EVEN MEDICAL DECISIONS. THE POP STAR CLAIMS SHE WAS PREVENTED FROM HAVING ANOTHER CHILD AND BANNED FROM REMOVING HER IUD. THE CASE SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON CONSERVATORSHIP ARRANGEMENTS IN AMERICA, NORMALLY LIMITED TO THE ELDERLY AND THOSE SUFFERING DEMENTIA. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE CONSERVATORSHIP WOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEF, MAYBE ONE OR TWO YEARS, IN ORDER FOR HER TO BE PROTECTED, GET HELP AND THEN RESTORE HER FREEDOM. INSTEAD, IT'S LASTED 13. IN THAT TIME, THE POP STAR STILL MANAGED TO CHURN OUT FOUR FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS... # ALL EYES ON ME IN THE CENTRE OF THE RING JUST LIKE A CIRCUS. # ...APPEAR AS A JUDGE ON REALITY TV SHOWS AND HAVE A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RESIDENCY IN LAS VEGAS, BRINGING IN MORE THAN $180m. BRITNEY MAY NOT PHYSICALLY BE HERE IN COURT TODAY, BUT HUNDREDS OF HER SUPPORTERS HAVE GATHERED. THEY ALL SAY SHE DESERVES THE CHANCE TO TAKE CONTROL OF HER LIFE. BEING THE POWERFUL WOMAN THAT SHE IS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO EVEN LOOK AT HER PHONE. THE STAR PLEADED FOR AN END TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP, CALLING IT ABUSIVE, STATING, 'I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK.' THE SINGER HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO FILE A FORMAL PETITION, THE FIRST STEP OUT OF THIS TOXIC RELATIONSHIP. E HAERE TONU NEI, STILL TO COME ` HOW DILWORTH SCHOOL IS NOW FACING COURT ACTION FOLLOWING SEXUAL ABUSE COMPLAINTS BY FORMER PUPILS. AND A MONTH ON FROM THE DEVASTATING FLOODS, ASHBURTON FARMERS PLEAS FOR HELP ARE ANSWERED. TO AN UPDATE NOW ON OUR DEVELOPING STORY ` THE COLLAPSE OF A 12-STOREY RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING IN MIAMI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE COLLAPSE IN THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE HAS SPARKED A HUGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ONE WOMAN HAS DIED AND AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE ARE INJURED. CREWS ARE LOOKING FOR OTHERS WHO MAY BE TRAPPED, AND NEARBY BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. IT'S NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE COLLAPSE. THE COUNTRY'S WEALTHIEST SCHOOL, DILWORTH, IS FACING A NEW CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT 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 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 THAT 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 THAT THEY COULD 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. YOU KNOW, 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. 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 FIRSTHAND. 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? ALL THE MASKS ON. 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. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR FORECAST AND THE WIND AND RAIN BLOW IN FROM THE SOUTH. PLUS ` WHAT HAPPENED WHEN 40 COWS FLED A MEAT PROCESSING PLANT. (TINKLY MUSIC) (CRICKETS CHIRP) You haven't been brushing your little one's baby teeth, have you? That can mess up their adult teeth, eh. Pretty easy to avoid, really ` just a little bit of fluoride toothpaste, Open up. Just gentle brushing morning and night ` to protect their smile. Spit! Good man. I'm gonna now. Nigh-nighs. - People fly for all kinds of different reasons, like going to work, and going on leave. You fly for a hug... - Hi, Dad. - ...or a hug-shake? - Hey, that's my bag. - (MAKES ROBOTIC NOISES) - And to see your best friends. - (COOS EXCITEDLY) (DOGS BARK) - Everyone has a reason for flying, and our reason is you. A QUICK ESCAPE FROM A SLAUGHTERHOUSE ENDED UP IN A WILD POLICE CHASE FOR THESE COWS IN CALIFORNIA. NEARLY 40 OF THEM MADE A RUN FOR IT FROM A MEAT PROCESSING PLANT. ONE COW WAS FATALLY SHOT BY POLICE AFTER INJURING A PERSON IN THE STAMPEDE. AFTER TWO HOURS OF THIS BIZARRE POLICE CHASE, THE FUGITIVES WERE ROUNDED UP IN A CUL-DE-SAC, BUT NOT BEFORE MAKING ONE FINAL DASH FOR FREEDOM. WHOA, IT'S GOING RIGHT AT THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR ESCAPE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 3 OF THEM OR MORE. HORRIFIED, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OFF THROUGH THE COP CARS DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS CALICO. NOTHING'S GONNA STOP THEM. ALL LIVESTOCK WERE ACCOUNTED FOR, EXCEPT FOR ONE LONE RANGER STILL ON THE MOVE. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH FRANK OCEAN AND 'IVY'. (FRANK OCEAN'S 'IVY') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND SOPHIE PEARCE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.