TONIGHT ` A VACCINE SUPPLY CRISIS IS AVOIDED AS KIWIS GET A WAY OUT OF OZ, AND THE BURNING QUESTION OF WHY SO FEW WORKERS ARE GETTING SALIVA TESTS. A MIAMI APARTMENT BLOCK WHERE SO MANY LOST THEIR LIVES IS DEMOLISHED OVER SAFETY FEARS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM. AND A UNIQUE TRAINING REGIME FOR THIS THRILL-SEEKING WINTER OLYMPIAN. THE WANAKA WOMAN MAKING EVERY SINGLE DAY COUNT. CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND ELLEN SINCLAIR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. RELIEF ON TWO FRONTS IN OUR COVID BATTLE TONIGHT. KIWI TRAVELLERS TRAPPED IN AUSTRALIA WILL HAVE A ROUTE HOME AND OUR VACCINE SUPPLY IS BEING REPLENISHED JUST IN TIME. 150,000 PFIZER VACCINES TOUCHED DOWN YESTERDAY, AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL GET ANOTHER 150,000. THEN FOR THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF JULY, 350,000 DOSES WILL ARRIVE EACH WEEK, BRINGING THE TOTAL THIS MONTH TO A MILLION DOSES. BUT THERE'S STILL CONCERN OVER SALIVA TESTING AT OUR BORDER. WITH MORE ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, HERE'S VANDHNA BHAN. SALIVA TESTING ` AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NASAL SWAB TO HELP FIGHT THE COVID BATTLE. BUT THIS TESTING ROLLOUT IS SLOW. GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN STICKING WITH A WEEKLY NASAL SWAB OR GOING TO EVERY SECOND OR THIRD DAY SALVIA TEST, MANY OF THE WORKERS WHO THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED WITH HAVE INDICATED THEY'D PREFER TO STICK WITH THE ONCE-A-WEEK NASAL SWAB. THE REASONS FOR THAT WORKER RELUCTANCE? THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND SALVIA TESTING, INCLUDING THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE CIGARETTES FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD BEFOREHAND; YOU CAN'T EAT BEFOREHAND AND SO ON. BUT TONIGHT WE'VE RECEIVED LEAKED EMAILS FROM A BORDER WORKER SAYING THEY'RE DESPERATE FOR SALIVA TESTING AND HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY CLAIM MANY ARE SUFFERING FROM NOSE BLEEDS AND ANXIETY WITH THE NASAL SWABS. EXPERTS SAY THE SALIVA TEST HAS A SIMILAR ACCURACY RATE TO NOSE SWABS AND RIGHT NOW IT'S OFFERED VOLUNTARILY IN M.I.Q FACILITIES, BUT FIGURES OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SHOWS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS ONLY 38 SALIVA TESTS HAVE BEEN DONE. WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUSLY LOW. FOR SUCH A NON-INVASIVE WAY OF ACTUALLY COLLECTING SAMPLES TO TEST FOR COVID, IT SHOULD BE OUR MAIN GO-TO WAY OF COLLECTING SAMPLES. A HIGH-POWERED REPORT LAST SEPTEMBER ADVISED OUR GOVERNMENT TO HAVE SALIVA TESTING UP AND RUNNING URGENTLY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MORE WIDELY USED, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO LEAN ON THE TEAM IMPLEMENTING THAT TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THAT MORE WIDELY DEPLOYED FASTER. TODAY, A FRESH BATCH OF VACCINES ARRIVED JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME AS SUPPLIES WERE SET TO RUN OUT ON WEDNESDAY. WE ARE CUTTING IT FINE. IT COMES AS THE BUBBLE PAUSE SLOWLY LIFTS WITH MELBOURNE TRAVELLERS COMING IN FROM LAST NIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO CRY. IT'S BEEN SO STRESSFUL. EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HOLIDAY. WITH WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND NORTHERN TERRITORIES OPENING FROM 11:59PM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AS LONG AS THEY'VE HAD A PRE-DEPARTURE TEST. BUT FOR NEW SOUTH WALES,... WE HAVE NO CLEAR DATE IN MIND. HOWEVER, KIWIS TRAPPED THERE WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO COME HOME, DESPITE THE 'FLYER BEWARE' WARNING. BY THE TIME WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE NEW ZEALANDERS BACK TO NEW ZEALAND ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE HAD A LOCKDOWN IN PLACE FOR A 14-DAY PERIOD. WE'RE ALSO REQUIRING PRE-DEPARTURE TESTING, AND WE'RE ALSO SAYING TO THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY WAY LINKED TO A LOCATION OF INTEREST OR A CLOSE CONTACT THAT THEY CANNOT RETURN. ON WEDNESDAY, MINISTER'S WILL BE MAKING A DECISION FOR OPENING TO QUEENSLAND. BY THE WEEKEND WE SHOULD HAVE THE BUBBLE BACK EXCEPT FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. LET'S TURN TO AUSTRALIA NOW, WHERE THE VACCINE ROLLOUT THERE HAS BEEN LIKENED TO 'THE HUNGER GAMES', SUCH IS THE COMPETITION FOR VACCINES AND THE RESOURCES TO DISPENSE THEM. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE HAS THE STORY. A RACE TO GET NEEDLES IN ARMS. TENSIONS BOILING OVER AT THIS VACCINATION CLINIC. STAFF OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. A-K-L. OH, JESUS H. TAP-DANCING CHRIST. MATE, JUST` HEY, HEY, HEY. LOOK, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, ALL RIGHT? AND WE'LL GET YOU THERE. I'M JUST SAYING... LAST WEEK, PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON LAID OUT HIS PLANS TO GET AUSTRALIA OUT OF THE PANDEMIC ` A STRATEGY THAT CONTROVERSIALLY RELIED ON YET-TO-BE-DECIDED VACCINATION MILESTONES. THERE'S NOT GOING BE A SINGLE RIP OFF THE BAND-AID MOMENT THAT SAY'S WE'RE DONE. WE JUST MOVE TO COMPLETE RE-OPENING. NEW SOUTH WALES IS STILL A WHILE AWAY FROM RE-OPENING. GREATER SYDNEY'S JUST OVER HALFWAY THROUGH ITS LOCKDOWN ` 35 NEW CASES DETECTED TODAY ` NEARLY A THIRD HAD BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE INFECTIOUS. I KNOW EVERYBODY IS KEEN TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEYOND FRIDAY'S LOCKDOWN, AS AM I. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY IS THAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. ALSO OF CRITICAL CONCERN, MORE RESIDENTS AT THIS AGED CARE HOME TESTING POSITIVE. DESPITE 96% OF THE RESIDENTS BEING VACCINATED, FIVE HAVE NOW CONTRACTED THE VIRUS. MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE 13 YEARS OLD. LIKE, YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THEM. IF THIS IS THE END, THEY ARE GOING TO BE TOGETHER. UNTIL WE GET ENOUGH VACCINE AND ENOUGH GPs ACTUALLY AT THE FRONT LINE, ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT VACCINE INTO ARMS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE, EFFECTIVELY, THE HUNGER GAMES GOING ON HERE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, THE STATE IS LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS OFF THE BACK OF NEAR-RECORD TESTING. AND IN QUEENSLAND, THE STATE PREMIER'S SOUNDING POSITIVE, DESPITE FOUR NEW CASES. THEY'RE ALL LINKED, SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS. CONFIDENT ABOUT CLAMPING DOWN ON CASE NUMBERS AS AUSTRALIA WORKS TO STAMP OUT THIS VIRUS. ANDREW MCFARLANE, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. THE MIAMI APARTMENT BLOCK THAT COLLAPSED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AGO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAS NOW BEEN FULLY DEMOLISHED. OFFICIALS MADE THE URGENT DECISION DUE TO A TROPICAL STORM BEARING DOWN ON FLORIDA, AND SAY IT'LL MAKE THE RESCUE EFFORT SAFER. LAURA JAMES HAS THE LATEST. WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS SOUTH,... (EXPLOSION) ...BROUGHT CRASHING TO THE GROUND. LOCALS FILLED THE STREETS TO WATCH. SOME HOLDING CANDLES IN VIGIL FOR THOSE LOST OR STILL MISSING. THE SOMBRE SCENES MAKING FOR A VERY DIFFERENT 4TH OF JULY HERE. AS THE SITE STILLED AND DUST LINGERED, FIREWORKS SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. IT'S BEEN 11 DAYS SINCE THE INITIAL AND SUDDEN IMPLOSION OF THE SEASIDE BLOCK. IN CONTRAST, TODAY'S COLLAPSE WAS INTENTIONAL. BRINGING THE BUILDING DOWN IN A CONTROLLED MANNER IS CRITICAL TO EXPANDING OUR SCOPE OF SEARCH, AND ALLOWING US TO SEARCH IN THE AREA CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS CURRENTLY NOT BEEN ACCESSIBLE TO THE TEAMS GIVEN THE GREAT RISK TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, DUE TO THE INSTABILITY OF THE BUILDING. AND WITH A TROPICAL STORM CLOSING IN ON FLORIDA, OFFICIALS WERE FORCED TO ACT QUICKLY. THE 12-STOREY TOWER WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE EXISTING RUBBLE, THE AIM TO PRESERVE ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT. THE METHOD OF DEMOLITION IS KNOWN AS ENERGETIC FELLING. IT'S A PROCESS THAT USES SMALL, STRATEGICALLY PLACED EXPLOSIVES AND RELIES ON GRAVITY TO BRING THE BUILDING DOWN IN PLACE. RESCUE WORKERS ARE NOW SET TO GET RIGHT BACK INTO IT, ALTHOUGH SOME ARE LOSING CONFIDENCE. THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE SAW THE LAST FEW DAYS ARE TOO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SAY PROFESSIONALLY THAT I BELIEVE THERE'S A SOLID CHANCE TO FIND SOMEBODY ALIVE. BUT A SEARCH SITE FREE OF THE RISK OF FURTHER COLLAPSE GIVES THEM THE BEST CHANCE POSSIBLE. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. THE CULTURAL PRACTICE OF GIVING KOHA IS UNDER SCRUTINY, AFTER THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER MADE ONE TO THE MONGREL MOB'S WAIKATO CHAPTER. JUDITH COLLINS SAYS THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD RESIGN, BUT AS POLITICAL REPORTER MAIKI SHERMAN EXPLAINS, OTHERS ARE DEFENDING THE GIFT AND ACCUSE NATIONAL'S LEADER OF PLAYING POLITICS. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER DOING WHAT HE SAYS IS HIS JOB. BUT HIS ATTENDANCE AT THIS WAIKATO MONGREL MOB EVENT IN MAY, AND GIVING A KOHA, IS UNDER FIRE. HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO USE PUBLIC MONEY TO GIVE $200 TO THE MONGREL MOB. I'M IN THE BUSINESS OF NOT SOCIAL DIVISION BUT SOCIAL INCLUSION. THE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE $200 KOHA RESPECTED PROTOCOLS AND WAS GOOD MANNERS. NATIONAL CALLS IT A RESIGNING OFFENCE. THIS SAME GANG, THIS SAME CHAPTER, HAS HAD SEVERAL OF ITS MEMBERS ARRESTED RECENTLY AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME NETWORK. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, IN MY JUDGEMENT, CHURLISH TO HAVE SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS 'AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITIES WITH WAIKATO MONGREL MOB KINGDOM.' THE TRADITION OF KOHA IN AOTEAROA COMES IN MANY FORMS ` MONEY TUCKED UP INTO AN ENVELOPE AND EVEN KAI. THE IDEA OF GIFT-GIVING SHOWS MANA TO BOTH PARTIES. IF YOU DO NOT GIVE A GIFT, THEN YOU ARE DEPLETING THEIR MANA. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A GIFT, THEY ARE DEPLETING YOURS. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE NOTION OF RECIPROCITY. THE WAIKATO MONGREL MOB HAVE HOSTED HIGH PROFILE GUESTS BEFORE. HERE'S DAME TARIANA TURIA IN 2019, DISCUSSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OUR ORGANISATION COVERS OUR CHILDREN, OUR RANGATAHI, OUR WOMEN. IT'S A WHANAU, DESPITE THE LABELS. THE DAY THAT MAORI PEOPLE TAKE ADVICE FROM JUDITH ABOUT WHAT IS TIKANGA MAORI IS A DAY THAT WE WILL HAVE ENTERED THE TWILIGHT ZONE. NATIONAL'S DISDAIN FOR GANGS IS NOTHING NEW, BUT THE OPPOSITION'S ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ITSELF IS NOW GROWING, WITH BOTH NATIONAL AND ACT SAYING SCRAP THE LEADERSHIP OR SHUT IT DOWN COMPLETELY. I HAD NO DIFFICULTY WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WHEN I WAS ITS MINISTER. WHAT I'M SEEING NOW IS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, AND THE WHOLE DIRECTION NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. A CHILLING WARNING FROM THE OPPOSITION, WITH MORE THAN GANGS NOW ON ITS RADAR. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. KIRITAPU ALLAN SAYS SHE'S STOKED TO BE BACK AT PARLIAMENT FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR STAGE THREE CERVICAL CANCER. TODAY IS THE CABINET MINISTER'S FIRST DAY BACK SINCE APRIL. DESPITE CALLING THE TREATMENT PROCESS 'ROUGH', ALLAN SAYS HER RECOVERY WENT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, AND IT'S LEFT HER WITH FIRE IN HER BELLY TO GET BACK TO THE MAHI. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN PARTICULAR THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT I RECEIVED DURING MY TIME OFF. I WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS FREQUENTLY BY THE LOVE, CARE AND COMPASSION FROM PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THE EAST COAST MP WILL RESUME HER ROLES AS CONSERVATION MINISTER AND ASSOCIATE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE MINISTER, WHILE KRIS FAAFOI WILL HOLD ON TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO FOR NOW. MORE THAN A HUNDRED KINDERGARTENS IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A CYBER ATTACK THAT'S CRIPPLING COMPUTER SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ALSO SAYS NINE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, INCLUDING ST PETERS IN CAMBRIDGE. BUSINESSES HERE ARE ADVISED TO IGNORE ANY DEMANDS BY HACKERS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS CASES IS ORGANISATIONS HAVE GONE AND PAID THE RANSOM, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET THEIR FILES BACK AT ALL. AMERICAN IT SOFTWARE COMPANY KASEYA'S AT THE CENTRE OF THE HACK. EXPERTS BELIEVE A RUSSIA-BASED HACKING GROUP DEPLOYED RANSOMWARE THROUGH ITS SOFTWARE. PRISONERS MAY HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE ARTS, BUT TONIGHT THE PEOPLE PUSHING FOR MORE ARTS EXPOSURE INSIDE OUR JAILS HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED. AN ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN WELLINGTON CELEBRATES THOSE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE FACING BARRIERS TO THE ARTS. JACOB JOHNSON WAS THERE. FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS, JUANITA DAVIS HAS BEEN TEACHING MEN AT WHANGANUI PRISON ALL ABOUT TRADITIONAL FLAX WEAVING. I THINK IT'S VERY THERAPEUTIC. I THINK IT GIVES YOU THAT CULTURAL CONNECTION AND IT GIVES YOU THAT SENSE OF IDENTITY. SHE'S ONE OF 17 AWARD WINNERS TONIGHT RECOGNISED FOR THEIR WORK BRINGING ART TO THOSE WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS. SOMETIMES IT MEANS A THEATRE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES AUDIO DESCRIPTION FOR BLIND PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE SHOW. OTHER PLACES IT MIGHT MEAN ` IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THE PRISON SECTOR, IT MIGHT MEAN YOU'RE PROVIDING ART PROGRAMMES FOR REHABILITATION. ONE OF THE PROGRAMMES, RUN BY THE CHRISTCHURCH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HELPS PRISONERS PUT ON CONCERTS FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AS THE ORCHESTRA, WE'RE REDEFINING WHAT AN ORCHESTRA CAN BE, AND FOR THE MEN, OFTENTIMES THEY'RE REDEFINING THEIR OWN SELF CONCEPT OF WHO THEY CAN BE. AND SOME OF THE ART HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY HERE TO THE AWARDS TABLE TONIGHT, INCLUDING THESE TWO PIECES CARVED BY A MAN AT HAWKES' BAY REGIONAL PRISON. THE ARTS CAN QUICKLY GET TO THE HEART AND MIND OF SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO TURN THEIR LIFE AROUND. ARTS ARE ALL ABOUT WELLBEING AND BEING ENGAGED IN YOURSELF AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND SO IF YOU'RE CUT OFF FROM THE ARTS, IT MEANS YOU'RE MISSING OUT. CELEBRATING THE PEOPLE MAKING SURE NO ONE MISSES OUT ` AS WELL AS ART'S INCREDIBLE POWER TO HEAL. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE OLYMPICS ARE STILL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY, BUT DAME VALERIE ADAMS HAS ALREADY PICKED UP AN IMPRESSIVE TITLE. PLUS, SNOWBOARDER ZOI SADOWSKI SYNNOTT'S UNIQUE TRAINING REGIME AS SHE GEARS UP FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS. DAME VALERIE ADAMS HAS HAD A CONFIDENCE-BOOSTING WIN AT HER FIRST DIAMOND LEAGUE MEET IN THREE YEARS AS SHE CHARTS HER PATH TO TOKYO. GAMES REPORTER KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE DAME VALERIE ADAMS LAST WALKED INTO A DIAMOND LEAGUE SHOT PUT CIRCLE. IT'S MY FIRST DIAMOND LEAGUE SINCE 2018, AND SINCE 2018, I'VE HAD TWO KIDS. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THOSE THREE YEARS THAT THIS... THAT LOOKS BIG. ...IS ALMOST COMFORTINGLY FAMILIAR. VALERIE ADAMS RETURNS TO THE EUROPEAN CIRCUIT IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE FORMAT WITH A WIN. ADAMS WITH A BEST THROW OF 19.26M TO QUALIFY FIRST FOR A SUDDEN-DEATH SHOWDOWN FOR PODIUM SPOTS, FINISHING ON TOP THERE AS WELL TO CLAIM HER FIRST DIAMOND LEAGUE WIN SINCE 2016. I'M HAPPY. I'M HAPPY WITH THE WIN. I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP BUILDING TOWARDS TOKYO. THE RESULT IS ADAMS' SECOND BEST THIS YEAR AFTER PEAKING WITH WHAT WAS THEN A WORLD-LEADING THROW IN AUCKLAND IN FEBRUARY. HER DISTANCE DROPPED AS SHE WENT STRAIGHT INTO A HEAVY TRAINING PHASE. BUT YOU CAN NOW SEE SHE'S BUILDING AGAIN, ONE ATHLETICS SOURCE TELLING US SHE'S CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO HIT THE HIGH 19s OR EVEN BREAK 20M IN TOKYO. FOR CONTEXT, ONLY TWO OF HER COMPETITORS HAVE MANAGED TO GO OVER THAT DISTANCE SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE 36-YEAR-OLD WILL ALSO BE BUOYED BY THE FACT ALL OF HER SEVEN RIVALS IN THIS MEET WERE RANKED ABOVE HER ` MAKING A MAJOR STATEMENT NEARLY FOUR WEEKS OUT FROM HER EVENT IN TOKYO. ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL FOR ME. AS FOR THE ONLY SIGN SHE MIGHT STILL BE WARMING BACK INTO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION? LISTEN CLOSELY. SO WHO WON? IF YOU MISSED IT, ADAMS ASKED, 'SO WHO WON?' YOU DID, VAL. YEAH, SHE'LL TAKE THAT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. KIWI SNOWBOARDER ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT'S GEARING UP FOR HER MOST EXCITING, INTENSE AND CHALLENGING WINTER OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN YET. SHE'S GONE FROM BEING THE ROOKIE TO A SEASONED PRO AND THE ONE TO BEAT IN BEIJING EARLY NEXT YEAR. JORDAN OPPERT MET UP WITH ZOI IN HER HOMETOWN OF WANAKA. TOP OF THE MORNING AND IT'S STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF CARDRONA FOR ZOE SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT. YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO DO THAT. I LOVE BEING HOME AND TRAINING HERE. YOU JUST GET SO MUCH DONE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS KIND OF ON HOLIDAY. REALLY LONG DAYS. WE START EARLY. WE'RE UP THERE, YOU KNOW, FIRST LIFT. BY THE TIME LUNCH COMES AROUND, WE'VE DONE A LOT IN BIG TRICKS AND HIGH INTENSITY. AND FROM NOW, THEIR OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN REALLY RAMPS UP. WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE SPORT. THERE WILL BE SOME GNARLY STUFF COMING OUT, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME GNARLY THINGS IN THE PLAN, AND IF WE EXECUTE IT, THEN YOU GUYS WILL SEE IT WHEN SHE DOES IT. THAT'S WHY A LARGE CHUNK OF ZOI'S TRAINING RIGHT NOW IS DONE AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAIN... AT THE SNOWSPORTS HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACE. (LAUGHS) HOW DICEY OR RISKY CAN TRYING TO PRACTISE SOME OF THESE MANOEUVRES GET? DO YOU FEEL THE FEAR? YEAH, FOR SURE. FEEL THE FEAR. BUT FOR ME, I USUALLY PRACTISE ON THE TRAMP, MAYBE TRY IT INTO THE AIRBAG A FEW TIMES UNTIL I'M READY, AND THEN PICK A NICE DAY UP CARDIES TO HUCK IT. BY LATE AFTERNOON, IT'S TIME FOR RECOVERY. FOR AN ACTIVE RELAXER LIKE ZOI, THAT'S USUALLY SKATING... OR SURFING... AT THIS HIDDEN GEM ON THE HAWEA RIVER. IT'S FREEZING. THE WATER IS FREEZING, AND YOU'RE STILL OUT THERE. HOW DO YOU ENJOY THINGS LIKE THAT? (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST FUN, I GUESS. I THINK THEY CALL IT TYPE-A FUN, WHERE IT'S... BEN, IS IT TYPE-A FUN? WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S IMPORTANT. THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS NOW, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. YOU WANT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE GOING INTO THE GAMES AND YOU WANT EVERYONE TO` YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THAT TARGET ON YOUR BACK. I'VE DREAMT OF WINNING THE OLYMPICS SINCE I STARTED SNOWBOARDING, AND, YEAH, TO SEE, LIKE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I GUESS. UM, COMING UP FROM A, LIKE, UNDERDOG TO WHERE I AM NOW, IT WOULD JUST BE SO SICK. SO, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WHILE THEY'RE HOME, IT'S ABOUT MAKING EVERY SINGLE DAY COUNT. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR FORECAST, AND THE WET WEATHER ROLLS IN. PLUS, FACEBOOK FOUNDER MARK ZUCKERBERG'S FOURTH OF JULY STUNT. SURFING HIS WAY INTO THE FOURTH OF JULY, FACEBOOK'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARK ZUCKERBERG POSTED THIS VIDEO IN CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE US. THE BILLIONAIRE IS SEEN FOIL SURFING WHILE HOLDING AN AMERICAN FLAG AS JOHN DENVER'S 'TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD' PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. # TAKE ME HOME # TO THE PLACE # I BELONG # NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH DAVID BOWIE AND 'YOUNG AMERICANS'. (DAVID BOWIE'S 'YOUNG AMERICANS') # THEY PULLED IN JUST BEHIND THE BRIDGE. # HE LAYS HER DOWN. # HE FROWNS. # GEE, MY LIFE'S A FUNNY THING. # AM I STILL TOO YOUNG? # HE KISSED HER THEN AND THERE. # SHE TOOK HIS RING, TOOK HIS BABIES. # IT TOOK HIM MINUTES, TOOK HER NOWHERE. # HEAVEN KNOWS, SHE'D HAVE TAKEN ANYTHING. # BUT... # ALL NIGHT. # SHE WANTS THE YOUNG AMERICAN. # YOUNG AMERICAN, YOUNG AMERICAN. # SHE WANTS THE YOUNG AMERICAN. # ALL RIGHT. # SHE WANTS THE YOUNG AMERICAN. # SCANNING LIFE THROUGH THE PICTURE WINDOW. # SHE FINDS THE SLINKY VAGABOND. # HE COUGHS AS HE PASSES HER FORD MUSTANG. # BUT HEAVEN FORBID, SHE'LL TAKE ANYTHING. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH A LOOK AT FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE U.S. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. PO MANAHAU. (JAMES BROWN'S 'LIVING IN AMERICA') # SUPERHIGHWAYS # COAST TO COAST # EASY TAKIN' ANYWHERE # ON THE TRANSCONTINENTAL # OVERLOAD # JUST SLIDE BEHIND THE WHEEL. # HOW DOES IT FEEL # WHEN THERE'S NO DESTINATION THAT'S TOO FAR # AND SOMEWHERE ON THE WAY YOU MIGHT FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE... # CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND ELLEN SINCLAIR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021