TONIGHT ` A GUILTY PLEA OVER A POLICE SHOOTING IN WEST AUCKLAND. CONSTABLE MATTHEW HUNT'S KILLER ADMITS TO HIS MURDER BUT DENIES ANOTHER CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS CO-WORKER. AS THE COVID CRISIS IN NEW SOUTH WALES ESCALATES, THE SCARE TACTICS TO TRY AND GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS. AND ENGLAND'S EURO 2020 HEARTBREAK AS ITALY BECOMES THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND KATE PARKINSON CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 THE MAN WHO GUNNED DOWN CONSTABLE MATTHEW HUNT IN MASSEY LAST YEAR HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER, AND WE CAN NOW SHOW YOU HIS FACE. WHILE ELI EPIHA HAS ADMITTED THE KILLING, HE DENIES THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THE OFFICER'S PARTNER WHO WAS ALSO SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. LOGAN CHURCH WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL. A YOUNG POLICEMAN, SLAIN IN THE LINE OF DUTY. CONSTABLE MATTHEW HUNT LEFT FOR DEAD, FOLLOWING A BURST OF BULLETS. THOSE SHOTS KILLED HIM. HE NEVER REALLY HAD A CHANCE OF SURVIVAL ` SUCH WAS THE DAMAGE DONE TO HIM INTERNALLY. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE CAN SHOW YOU THE FACE OF HIS KILLER ` 25-YEAR-OLD ELI EPIHA ` AND CAN REVEAL HE'S ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDERING CONSTABLE HUNT, AND RECKLESS DRIVING, CAUSING INJURY TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. I'M GUILTY TO RECKLESS DISCHARGE, CAUSING DEATH. NO, YOU ARE PLEADING TO A CHARGE OF MURDER, MR EPIHA, SO DO YOU PLEAD GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF MURDER? GUILTY. BUT HE DENIES ATTEMPTING TO MURDER MATTHEW HUNT'S PARTNER, CONSTABLE DAVID GOLDFINCH, WHO ESCAPED WITH SERIOUS GUNSHOT WOUNDS. WHEN MR EPIHA FIRED THOSE 10 SHOTS AT CONSTABLE GOLDFINCH WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM, HE WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM. THE CROWN CLAIMS THAT ELI EPIHA ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED TO KILL CONSTABLE GOLDFINCH, AND THE DEFENCE DISPUTES THAT ASSERTION, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. NATALIE BRACKEN (31) DENIES HELPING EPIHA ESCAPE THE SCENE. MISS BRACKEN CHOSE TO INVOLVE HERSELF IN THIS BY DRIVING MR EPIHA AWAY. THE FIRST DAY OF THE THREE-WEEK TRIAL SAW THE PUBLIC GALLERY PACKED WITH FAMILIES OF BOTH THE VICTIMS AND ACCUSED, AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS. THIS MORNING, THE JURY HEARD THE SHOOTING FOLLOWED A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP, AND BOTH THE TWO OFFICERS WERE UNARMED. JURORS WERE ALSO SHOWN CONFRONTING VIDEO OF CONSTABLE HUNT DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HEARD DIRECTLY FROM FIRST RESPONDERS. WE HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT AN OFFICER, MAYBE TWO, HAD BEEN SHOT AT. I ASKED HIM IF, 'YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, MATE? YOU'RE ALL GOOD?' NOTHING. A OFFICER (28) KILLED ON THE JOB; WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS NOW THE FOCUS OF THIS TRIAL. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. BORDER WORKERS ARE BEING TOLD, 'GET VACCINATED OR RISK LOSING YOUR JOB.' THE GOVERNMENT'S TOUGHER RESPONSE WAS REVEALED AFTER TOO FEW BORDER WORKERS WERE PROTECTED. AND AN INFECTED SHIP'S CREW ARRIVING IN WELLINGTON, HERE'S VANDHNA BHAN. THE VIKING BAY FISHING VESSEL DOCKED IN WELLINGTON TODAY AFTER SPENDING A WEEK OFF THE COAST OF TARANAKI. OFFLOADING 20 CREW MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWO THAT ARE COVID-POSITIVE. AFTER GETTING TESTED, 13 OF THEM HEADED INTO TWO WEEKS MANAGED ISOLATION, AND THE REST ARE ISOLATING ONBOARD. THERE WILL BE NO CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT INTO A PART OF THE PORT WHERE IT CAN BE FENCED OFF AND KEPT SEPARATE. THE RISE OF THE DELTA VARIANT LEADING TO STRONGER MEASURES. ALL FRONTLINE WORKERS, NOT JUST THOSE IN MIQ, MUST EITHER GET THE JAB OR RISK LOSING THEIR JOB. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY STEP TO MANDATE AND TO TELL SOMEONE WHO MAY, FOR INSTANCE, BE EMPLOYED BY A PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYER THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK IN THEIR JOB UNLESS THEY'RE VACCINATED. THAT IS A VERY BIG STEP. A BIG STEP LONG OVERDUE ACCORDING TO ONE EXPERT. WELL, I'M DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO OTHER WORKERS AT THE BORDER, AND IT'S A PITY AS THIS IS A KEY GROUP FOR PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVEALED 1766 BORDER WORKERS HAVEN'T RECEIVED A SINGLE DOSE OF THE VACCINE. THAT'S 14% OF OUR FRONTLINE WORKFORCE. AND UNDER THIS NEW MANDATE, MOST DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GET THEIR FIRST JAB FOR ANOTHER 2.5 MONTHS. ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE ORDER MUST HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE BY 26TH AUGUST. PRIVATELY EMPLOYED BORDER WORKERS MUST HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE BY 30TH SEPTEMBER. IT DOES SEEM VERY LONG TO ME BECAUSE ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE. WE KNOW WHO THE WORKFORCE IS. WE HAVE A SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING THE VACCINE. ALSO, THERE'S NO SURPRISES FOR THESE WORKFORCE GROUPS. THIS HAS BEEN THE EXPECTATION FOR MONTHS NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SHOULD TAKE LONG. WE DON'T WANT TO FIND THAT OUR PORTS, FOR EXAMPLE, SUDDENLY HAVE TO STOP OPERATING JUST COS THEY'RE TECHNICALLY UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. PRESSURE TO ACT FAST AGAINST A VIRUS THAT IS MOVING EVEN FASTER. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. KIWIS BEEN STUCK IN SYDNEY WILL FINALLY START RETURNING HOME FROM TOMORROW. SPECIAL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON AND MANAGED ISOLATION ROOMS SET ASIDE WHICH THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR. IT COMES AS NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDS ANOTHER MASSIVE DAY OF COVID INFECTIONS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE HAS MORE. AFTER WEEKS IN LIMBO, NEW ZEALANDERS CAN FINALLY ESCAPE AUSTRALIA'S COVID HOTSPOT. RELIEF, IMMENSE RELIEF. AIR NEW ZEALAND SELLING UP TO 540 TICKETS TODAY, LINKED WITH MANAGED ISOLATION ROOMS FOR KIWIS STUCK IN SYDNEY. SPOTS WERE SOLD OUT IN JUST 15 MINUTES. IT WAS THE LEAST FAVOURED OPTION, AND AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DOING LOCKDOWN IN SYDNEY, YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE ENOUGH ISOLATION. BUT THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. BUT HE'S GETTING OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME ` 112 NEW COVID-19 CASES DETECTED IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU GET THE VIRUS, THE NEXT PEOPLE WHO WILL GET IT WILL BE THOSE YOU LOVE THE MOST. THAT IS A FACT. MORE THAN TWO WEEKS INTO LOCKDOWN, AND SYDNEY'S RESTRICTIONS ARE YET TO SHOW SIGNS THEY'RE WORKING. THE RED ON THE BAR-GRAPH REPRESENTS NEW CASES THAT'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE INFECTIOUS ` A NUMBER THAT'S ONLY GROWING DAY BY DAY. THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO SEE AS CLOSE TO ZERO AS POSSIBLE, BEFORE HEALTH WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE LOCKDOWN CAN END. AUSTRALIA IS NOW USING SCARE TACTICS TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS. (GASPS, WHEEZES) THIS CONFRONTING 30-SECOND ADVERT BEAMED INTO SYDNEY HOUSEHOLDS AT THE FRONTLINE OF THIS COVID CRISIS. A PLEA TO STAY HOME, WHICH SOME SAY IS UNFAIRLY TARGETING YOUNG AUSTRALIANS, WHO AREN'T YET ELIGIBLE FOR A JAB. IT LEAVES PEOPLE IN NO DOUBT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH ISOLATING, GETTING TESTED AND GETTING VACCINATED. NOW AFTER WEEKS OF SAYING THIS VACCINE ROLLOUT ISN'T A RACE, IT APPEARS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED ITS TUNE. THE ASTRAZENECA, GET PFIZER, GET WHATEVER YOUR DOCTOR IS ADVISING ` WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. MAKING IT CLEAR VACCINATIONS ARE THE BEST WAY TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN. THE SITUATION HERE IN NEW SOUTH WALES HAS ONLY DETERIORATED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. TOMORROW, WE'RE EASILY EXPECTING ANOTHER 100-ODD COVID-19 CASES TO BE ANNOUNCED BY THE STATE PREMIER. THERE IS, THOUGH, SOME GOOD NEWS FOR KIWIS WHO ARE IN QUEENSLAND. THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER STATES WHICH HAS HAD QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL PAUSED OVER THESE LAST FEW DAYS. THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS WHO ARE THERE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW DECIDED THAT THAT OUTBREAK THEY WERE DEALING WITH IS NOW LOW-RISK FOR NEW ZEALAND. SO QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL IS OFFICIALLY BACK ON FOR THEM. THERE IS A SMALL CAVEAT TO THAT. PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO NEW ZEALAND FROM THAT STATE, THEY WILL HAVE TO RETURN A NEGATIVE PRE-DEPARTURE TEST. THAT IS BECOMING ONE OF THE BLANKET REQUIREMENTS NOW FOR THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. AND THOSE PRE-DEPARTURE TESTS, OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE AT THE BORDER WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE IN AOTEAROA. IN FACT, SINCE THIS MORNING, THEY SAID THAT THEY'VE HAD 50 PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL, OR 50 PEOPLE WHO HADN'T HAD ONE OF THOSE PRE-DEPARTURE TESTS, FORCED INTO MANAGED ISOLATION BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABIDING BY THOSE RULES. SO OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMEHTING YOU NEED IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT MAKING A TRIP ACROSS THE TASMAN. AS FOR PEOPLE HERE IN SYDNEY, THOUGH, THIS LOCKDOWN IS DUE TO END ON FRIDAY. THAT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY. A BIT OF A NERVOUS WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW'S CASE NUMBERS AT 1 O'CLOCK. CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD IS LIMITING VISITORS AT TWO OF ITS CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITALS. PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD NOT TO GO TO CHRISTCHURCH AND BURWOOD HOSPITALS UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, FOLLOWING THE INCREASE OF THE VIRAL RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, RSV, THAT'S PUT MANY INFANTS IN INTENSIVE CARE. VISITORS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE PER PATIENT. THEY'LL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK, AND CHILDREN ARE BEING TOLD TO STAY AWAY ALL TOGETHER. NEW VIDEO HAS EMERGED OF A SECURITY GUARD BEING PUSHED HEAD FIRST INTO THE SEA AS PROTESTS AGAINST WAIHEKE ISLAND'S CONTROVERSIAL MARINA HEATED UP AGAIN. THE KENNEDY POINT MARINA DEVELOPERS FACED CRITICISM AFTER FOOTAGE EMERGED OF A PROTESTOR BEING KICKED IN THE FACE LAST WEEK. THIS NEW VIDEO PAINTS A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE. PROTESTORS ARE TRYING TO STOP THE MARINA BEING BUILT, CONCERNED IT COULD IMPACT THE LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS NATURAL HABITAT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A DRAMATIC CAR CRASH IN PORIRUA AFTER A VEHICLE VEERED ACROSS SEVERAL PROPERTIES INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. A FAMILY OF FOUR WERE HOME AT THE TIME. AND AS JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS, THEY'RE STILL IN SHOCK. A SUNDAY NIGHT ENDING IN HORROR AFTER A CAR CAME CRASHING INTO THIS HOUSE WE THOUGHT IT'S A EARTHQUAKE. IT WAS REALLY TERRIFYING. AND YEAH, SO MY GIRLS JUST YELL OUT, AND THEY START CRYING. THE VEHICLE'S BEEN REMOVED, BUT DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT ARE STILL FRESH IN NIRAJ PRASAD'S MIND. HE WAS IN THE LOUNGE WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS JUST ABOVE THE POINT OF IMPACT. BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, I JUST ASKED TO THE GIRLS TO GO AND HAVE A... I MEAN, JUST GO AND SLEEP. AND THEN THERE'S A BIG BANG. THE VEHICLE CAME DOWN THIS ROAD AT AROUND 11.30 LAST NIGHT, SWERVED ON TO THIS PROPERTY AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE HOUSE HERE. POLICE SAY ENQUIRIES INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRASH ARE STILL ONGOING. RALENE AO LIVES NEXT DOOR AND SAYS THE CAR MUST HAVE BEEN GOING FAST. THEY MANAGED TO CUT THROUGH, TAKING OUT OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR'S MAILBOX AND THEN COME ALONG OUR LAWN... FRONT YARD. THE CAR HIT INTO OUR VAN, INTO THE FENCE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY STRAIGHT INTO THE NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE. SO OUR VAN ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN THEIR YARD, BUT FACING THAT WAY. NIRAJ'S HOUSE IS INSURED, BUT HIS FAMILY'S STILL REELING FROM WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FRIGHTENING. MY DAUGHTER (9) STILL IN SHOCK. SO, YEAH. SHE DOESN'T... I MEAN, SHE COULDN'T TAKE OUT OF HER MIND WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. OUR PROPERTY AND OUR VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY REPAIRABLE OR REPLACEABLE, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE LIVES OF THOSE THAT WERE LOST. A NEIGHBOURHOOD NOW PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DOUBLE FATALITY IN THEIR BACKYARD. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. IT'S THE DAWN OF A NEW SPACE AGE. SIR RICHARD BRANSON HAS BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO RIDE HIS OWN ROCKET TO THE EDGE OF SPACE. THE BILLIONAIRE CALLING IT AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME IN WHAT'S ALSO A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE PRIVATE SPACE INDUSTRY. U.S. CORRESPONDENT ANNA BURNS FRANCIS WATCHED THE HISTORIC FLIGHT UNFOLD IN NEW MEXICO. SIR RICHARD BRANSON AND HIS FELLOW CREW, WALKING TOWARDS HISTORY. FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED TO WATCH... 'IT'S ABOUT TIME', WAS THE THOUGHT THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND. ...THE BILLIONAIRE'S DREAM OF BEING THE FIRST SPACE TOURIST WAS A MOMENT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MISS. IF IT WERE EASY, EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT. THE THREAT OF RAIN ACROSS THE NEW MEXICO DESERT SKIES HAD DELAYED TAKE-OFF. BUT BRANSON WAS CONFIDENT. HE'D EVEN RIDDEN HIS BIKE TO THE SPACEPORT, PRE-FLIGHT. UNITY22 WOULD CARRY BRANSON'S CREW OF FOUR, TOWED UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BY A MOTHERSHIP, BEFORE BLASTING AWAY INTO SPACE. FOUR MINUTES OF WEIGHTLESSNESS, AND AN UNBEATABLE VIEW OF PLANET EARTH. TO ALL OF YOU KIDS DOWN THERE, I WAS ONCE A CHILD WITH A DREAM, LOOKING UP TO THE STARS. NOW I'M AN ADULT IN A SPACESHIP, WITH LOTS OF OTHER WONDERFUL ADULTS LOOKING DOWN TO OUR BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EARTH. TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF DREAMERS ` IF WE CAN DO THIS, JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN DO. YAY! SIR RICHARD BRANSON AND HIS TEAM HAVE MADE IT HOME, MADE HISTORY, AND MADE A BILLIONAIRE'S DREAMS COME TRUE. BUT CAN HE MAKE THOSE DREAMS COME TRUE FOR ORDINARY, EVERYDAY PAYING PASSENGERS? EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, HE ANNOUNCED A PLATFORM WHERE PUBLIC DONATIONS WILL FUND A LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS. SO JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS, FROM ANYWHERE, OF ANY GENDER, OF ANY ETHNICITY, HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO SPACE. FRIEND AND FELLOW SPACE-ENTHUSIAST ELON MUSK HAS BOUGHT A TICKET, AND SO HAVE VIRGIN SUPER-FANS LIKE LINA BOROZDINA. SHE INVESTED WHEN THE COMPANY FIRST LAUNCHED ` MORTGAGING HER HOUSE FOR IT. I'M A HUGE SCI-FI NERD. I'M A SCIENTIST, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY DREAM OF CHILDHOOD. YOU KNOW? THAT AND GOING TO DISNEYLAND. SHE'S READY TO GO FOR VIRGIN'S COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY NORTH OF WELLINGTON TO REUNITE A BABY ORCA WITH HIS FAMILY. VOLUNTEERS ARE LOOKING AFTER THE CALF AFTER HE GOT STUCK TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORE NEAR PLIMMERTON. HE'S BEING HELD NEAR THE BOAT RAMP AND WILL BE ACTIVELY MONITORED OVERNIGHT. HE'S A LOT MORE PERKY AT THE MOMENT. HE'S HAD ANTIBIOTICS AND AN ELECTROLYTES DRINK. HE SEEMS TO BE DOING REALLY WELL, SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS CALLING ON THE PUBLIC TO HELP WITH THE SEARCH FOR HIS POD. STILL TO COME ` ENGLAND'S HALF-CENTURY WAIT FOR A MAJOR TITLE GOES ON. ITALY SNATCHES THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE REACTION HERE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. PLUS, THE FIGHT TO SAVE A RARE LITTLE BATTLER FOUND IN THE UNLIKELIEST OF PLACES. - Hi, you know that annual leave I was asking about? Can I take that in... 10 minutes? - You fly for some face time or for a... - ALL: Surprise! - You fly to get close to nature or to taste the world's finest cuisine. - Mmm! So good, Mum. - Thank you. (CHUCKLES) - Everyone has a reason for flying, and our reason is you. ENGLAND'S HOPES OF ENDING A 55-YEAR WAIT FOR A MAJOR FOOTBALL TITLE HAVE BEEN CRUSHED ONCE AGAIN AFTER A THRILLING PENALTY SHOOTOUT AT WEMBLEY STADIUM. THE ENGLAND SIDE AND MILLIONS OF FANS WATCHED ON IN DESPAIR AS THEIR TROPHY HOPES WERE DASHED IN THE FINAL NAIL-BITING MOMENTS. WITH MORE, HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA. PRESSURE ON A 19-YEAR-OLD. AND NOW ITALY WIN. A GUT-WRENCHING BLOW FOR ENGLAND FOOTBALL FANS. THE DREAM IS OVER, AND SADLY, IT'S NOT COMING HOME. EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT HOW CAN YOU BE? LOOK HOW FAR THEY'VE COME. AND ON PENALTIES? NO ONE WANTS TO LOSE ON PENALTIES. MASSIVELY HURTING. IT'S PENALTIES. IT'S A LOTTERY. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE WINNER AND ONE LOSER. THE PAIN OF THE LOSS FELT BY MILLIONS AS THEY WATCHED A PENALTY SHOOTOUT DASH THE HOPES OF THEIR NATIONAL SQUAD. THE SENSE OF FRUSTRATION REPLACE THE HAPPY ATMOSPHERE EARLIER. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! THE 60,000 LUCKY TICKET HOLDERS CONVERGED ON TO WEMBLEY. IT'S MADE MY LIFE, REALLY, TO BE FAIR. WE LOVE A FIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMPETITION IS FAIR. BUT CELEBRATION SOON TURNED INTO CHAOS, WHEN TICKETLESS ENGLAND FANS JUMPED PERIMETER WALLS AND BROKE THROUGH BARRIERS. IN LONDON'S LEICESTER SQUARE, FOOTBALL FANS CLASHED. BUT IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH LONDON'S KIRBY ESTATE, WHERE HUNDREDS OF ENGLAND FLAGS RAINED FROM THE BALCONIES. I THINK ENGLAND IS GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THEY... I THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN ITALY. I'M SO EXCITED, BUT I'M NERVOUS, BUT I'M EXCITED. SO IN ANTICIPATION LEADING UP TO THE GAME. DON'T WANT EXTRA TIME. WE DON'T WANT PENALTIES, ENGLAND, COME ON. JUST, LIKE, 90 MINUTES. 90 MINUTES OF A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE, WHERE CELEBRATIONS ERUPTED, HIGH SPIRITS WERE DAMPENED AND THEN AGONY. BUT NOT FOR ENGLAND. THEY BROUGHT THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER LIKE WE HAVE ON THE KIRBY ESTATE. THEY'RE ONLY YOUNG KIDS. THEY'RE GOING TO COME AGAIN. BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE. SIMPLE. FOR NOW, ITALY SUPPORTERS ARE TAKING OVER LONDON AS CELEBRATIONS LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRANSLATOR: WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BRING THE VICTORY HOME. WE DESERVE IT. AFTER ALL THE WORK, WE ARE THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, AND WE ARE BRINGING THE TROPHY TO ITALY. LONG LIVE ITALY. IT'S NOT COMING HOME, BUT IT IS GOING TO ROME. DANIEL FAITAUA, 1 NEWS, LONDON. IN A LITTLE SOUTH AUCKLAND STREAM, SURROUNDED BY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, A RARE SPECIES OF WHITEBAIT HAS BEEN FOUND. AND NOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE 'STREAM TEAM', ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP IT ALIVE. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN WENT TO FIND OUT MORE. LATE AT NIGHT, ARMED WITH JUST A SPOTLIGHT AND A STICK, YOU'LL FIND MATT AND JULIA LOOKING FOR A FISH. THE EYES LOOKING BACK AT YOU. BUT IT ISN'T JUST ANY FISH. THERE IT IS. LOOK AT THAT GOLD SPECKLING. IT'S A RARE TYPE OF WHITEBAIT CALLED A GIANT KOKOPU. I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS, A, QUITE SURPRISED, BUT ALSO A WEE BIT DOUBTFUL THAT YOU WOULD CATCH A GIANT KOKOPU. COME DAYLIGHT, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY. A SMALL GROUP OF MANGERE LOCALS HAVE BEEN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE OVER THE TARARATA STREAM FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. THE STREAM TEAM STARTED IN 2004 WHEN WE HAD A MAJOR FLOOD. I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY TO PEOPLE, 'WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AFTER THE STREAM A WEE BIT BETTER.' AS WELL AS NEW PLANTING, THE STREAM TEAM DO REGULAR CLEAN-UPS. BUT WITH A THOUSAND HOMES UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THAT'S A BIG JOB. AND THE 2019 DISCOVERY MEANT CALLING IN EXPERTS. WE TEAMED UP WITH AUCKLAND COUNCIL TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER, NOT JUST A STANDARD STORM-WATER OUTFALL, BUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THEIR ECOLOGY WHILE WE'RE HERE. KAINGA ORA HAS INSTALLED LOGS AND ROOT WADS TO HELP IMPROVE THE STORM-WATER SYSTEM. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SORT OF SIGNS THAT ALREADY THESE WEE SORT OF SPACES ARE DEVELOPING UNDER THIS WOOD, AND IT'S THERE THAT THE FISH WILL GO. NOW, SOME OF YOU AT HOME MIGHT HAVE THE SAME QUESTION I HAVE, AND THAT IS ` HOW ON EARTH DOES A FISH OF THAT SIZE FIND ITS WAY INTO AN URBAN STREAM LIKE THIS ONE? THEY'LL BE MILLING AROUND OUT AT SEA FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, IN THE SPRING, THEY'LL START MOVING UP INTO THOSE STREAMS. IT COULD BE YEARS UNTIL THE TARARATA STREAM BECOMES A BREEDING GROUND. THAT'S IMPORTANT IN THESE DAYS, WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO NURTURE. A LITTLE FUSS FOR A BIG CAUSE. HOPE THAT LITTLE FUSS BRINGS RESULTS. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER, AND IT'LL BE COLD IN THE SOUTH, AND THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS. PLUS, THE SKYDIVING MODEL SHOWCASING FASHION WITH A SKY-HIGH PRICE TAG. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH BRYAN ADAMS AND LUCIANO PAVAROTTI 'O SOLE MIO'. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH AN OTHER-WORLDLY TASTE OF THE FASHION OF DUTCH DESIGNER IRIS VAN HERPEN. HER CLOTHES SELL FOR UP TO $100,000. BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE STARTLING IS HER MODEL ` A SKYDIVING WORLD-CHAMPION DOMITILLE KIGER. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MICHAELA CORNELIUS AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021