IT'S MIDDAY. NOT DONE YET. GREEN MP JAMES SHAW WILL CONTEST THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP, BUT DOES HE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM HIS PEERS? A PLEDGE TO MAKE THE INTERNET A SAFER PLACE. TECH COMPANIES INCLUDING META, GOOGLE AND TIKTOK SIGN A FIRST OF ITS KIND AGREEMENT IN AOTEAROA. PLUS ` JUST A WEEK OUT FROM THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES, A NEW ZEALAND ATHLETE IS SENT INTO ISOLATION. WHY THE CHEF DE MISSION SAYS WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD POSITION. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JORDAN WAETFORD CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 JAMES SHAW HAS CONFIRMED HE WILL CONTEST THE GREEN PARTY LEADERSHIP AFTER FAILING TO GAIN ENOUGH SUPPORT TO RETAIN THE POSITION DURING THE PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. SHAW SAID HE MADE THE DECISION AFTER TALKING WITH THE PARTY'S CAUCUS AND RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM PARTY MEMBERS. I'VE BOTH HAD DIRECT CONVERSATIONS, BUT I'VE ALSO HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM GREEN PARTY MEMBERS UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING FROM BRANCHES THAT DIDN'T CAST A VOTE ON SATURDAY. AND THAT HAS REASSURED ME THAT I HAD THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN THE LEADERSHIP. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS SHAW HAS HER SUPPORT AS CLIMATE CHANGE MINISTER AND HAS INTRODUCED IMPORTANT POLICY IN THE ROLE. DO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS A NATION, AS A WORLD? YES, OF COURSE. BUT I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE FOUNDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SET BY JAMES HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. DOES HE OFTEN WANT TO GO FURTHER? YES. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE GREEN PARTY. I WOULD EXPECT THAT. BUT THAT HASN'T, I DON'T THINK, DIMINISHES WHAT HE HAS DONE. POLICE ARE OFFERING UP A $100,000 REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MURDER OF ASHBURTON TEEN, KIRSTY BENTLEY, MORE THAN 2 DECADES BENTLEY'S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE RAKAIA GORGE TWO WEEKS AFTER SHE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING HER DOG ON NEW YEARS EVE 1998 POLICE SAY THAT AFTER 20 YEARS OF INVESTIGATING ALL LEADS, THEY'RE STILL COMMITTED TO BRINGING CLOSURE TO KIRSTY'S FAMILY, AND THAT SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS THE TRUTH. THE OFFER COMES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AVOIDING PROSECUTION FOR ANY ACCOMPLICE AND WILL REMAIN ON THE TABLE FOR SIX MONTHS. A PETITION TO STOP NEW ZEALAND EXPORTING PLASTIC WASTE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WILL BE DELIVERED TO PARLIAMENT TOMORROW. AOTEAROA EXPORTS 20 MILLION TONNES OF PLASTIC WASTE OVERSEAS EACH YEAR. LYDIA CHAI IS CALLING ON THE PRIME MINISTER FOR CHANGE AND SAYS OUR WASTE IS DUMPED AND BURNED IN HER HOMELAND IN MALAYSIA. BECAUSE WE'RE SENDING SUCH HUGE AMOUNTS OVERSEES, THE AMOUNT THAT INEVITABLY GETS BURNED IS A LOT. AND IT'S CAUSING A HUGE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. AS WELL AS BANNING SOME SINGLE USE PLASTICS, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS MOVING ON THE ISSUE. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THIS PRINCIPLE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPORTING OUR PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. WE SHOULD BE BUILDING OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE ARE. THE PETITION HAS HAD OVER 11,000 SIGNATURES. MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND HAS BEEN HIT WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GALE FORCE WINDS AS A FRONT MOVES DOWN THE COUNTRY. THE NORTHLAND TOWNSHIP OF KAEO HAS SEEN FLOODING AFTER THE RIVER BURST ITS BANKS. THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN THE REGION TOO, THE WEATHER CLOSING TWO SCHOOLS AND EIGHT ROADS. IN AUCKLAND, STRONG WINDS HAVE DOWNED TREES, INCLUDING ON THIS HOUSE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. SPEED LIMITS ON THE HARBOUR BRIDGE HAVE ALSO BEEN REDUCED AND FERRY SERVICES CANCELLED. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN A MAJOR WILDFIRE NEAR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS IN PLACE, WITH MORE THAN 6000 PEOPLE EVACUATED AND AT LEAST 10 HOMES DESTROYED BY THE BLAZE. THE ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD HAS THE LATEST. THE EXPLOSIVE OAK FIRE RAGING ACROSS MARIPOSA COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA. THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ON THE GROUND AS THE MASSIVE FLAMES SWALLOWED THE FOREST AND SWELL AS A RESULT. YOU CAN SEE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, THE FIRE REALLY STARTS TO INTENSIFY. THOSE TREES ARE ALL GOING TO BE COMING DOWN. WHAT WE SEE OVER HERE IS WHERE REALLY THE RESULT OF ALL THAT DEAD, AVAILABLE FUEL IS BURNING WITH A HIGH INTENSITY. SINCE SPARKING JUST SOUTHWEST OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ON FRIDAY, THE OAK FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 14,000 ACRES, MORE THAN A DOZEN BUILDINGS, AND THREATENING SOME 2000 MORE. ABC'S ALEX BRASHEAR IS THERE. LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THIS FIRE IS TO THE HOUSE BEHIND IT. AND THEN ALL OF THIS DRY FUEL DOWN HERE. CAL FIRE TELLS US ALREADY AT LEAST TEN STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THIS OAK FIRE. THE GIANT SMOKE PLUME EVEN SEEN FROM SPACE. THE FIRE ON THE GROUND FORCING HUNDREDS FROM THEIR HOMES, FAMILIES RUSHING TO SAFETY AS THE FLAMES RAVAGED THEIR LIVELIHOODS. JUST THE SOUND OF PROPANE TANKS EXPLODING IN THE DISTANCE, AND AS PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET THEIR STUFF TOGETHER NOW, IT'S` I DON'T KNOW. IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT. THE FIRES IN THE WEST RAGING AMID A MASSIVE HEAT WAVE THAT'S NOW BEARING DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST. MORE THAN 100 MILLION ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES, AS THE SWELTERING WAVE, DRIVEN BY CLIMATE CHANGE, SENDS TEMPERATURES SPIKING. EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED AFTER THE ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO IN SOUTHERN JAPAN. SAKURAJIMA IN THE KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE ERUPTED ON SUNDAY EVENING, SENDING ROCKS 2.5KM FROM THE CRATER. JAPAN'S METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY RAISED THE VOLCANIC ALERT TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL AND ORDERED ANY RESIDENTS WITHIN 3KM TO EVACUATE. THERE HAVE SO FAR BEEN NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE. RUSSIA HAS AGAIN DENIED CAUSING A GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS FROM ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE, BLAMING WESTERN SANCTIONS INSTEAD. THE ATTACK CAME JUST A DAY AFTER A DEAL BETWEEN THE TWO WARRING NATIONS IN WHICH RUSSIA PROMISED NOT TO DISRUPT THE EXPORT OF GRAIN FROM UKRAINE. THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE HAS MORE. UKRAINE'S GRAIN PROBLEM SUMMED UP BY VLODIMIR ON HIS FARM. (TALKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: PEOPLE ARE STARVING, BUT IT'S GETTING SPOILT HERE ` IT IS BREAD; IT'S SUCH A PITY. SO MUCH LABOUR WENT INTO THIS AND IT'S JUST LYING HERE SPOILING. HIS IS SOME OF THE 20 MILLION TONNES TRAPPED IN THE COUNTRY. TRANSLATOR: ALL OF THIS MADE THE SITUATION FOR THE FARMERS VERY HARD, EVEN UNBEARABLE. I AM 72- YEARS-OLD. AND IN OVER 70 YEARS, I DO NOT REMEMBER SUCH A DIFFICULT YEAR LIKE THIS ONE. HERE IN THE ODESSA REGION, AROUND 4000 FARMERS WORK THESE FIELDS ` MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S HOPED A GRAIN DEAL INVOLVING UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WILL SEE 5 MILLION TONNES SHIFTED EVERY MONTH THROUGH THE BLACK SEA ` A PRE-WAR LEVEL. (WHIRRING) FARMERS LIKE VLODIMIR NEED THIS AGREEMENT TO WORK FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS; UKRAINE NEEDS IT TO WORK FOR ITS ECONOMY, AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NEED IT TO WORK TO SURVIVE. AND IT IS THOSE FORCES WHICH ARE KEEPING THIS DEAL GOING, FOR NOW IT COULDN'T BE MORE FRAGILE ` MOSCOW'S RELEASED THIS FOOTAGE ADMITTING TO A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE PORT OF ODESSA YESTERDAY, A DAY AFTER AGREEING TO LEAVE IT ALONE. IT CLAIMS A MILITARY SHIP AND WAREHOUSE FULL OF WESTERN-SUPPLIED MISSILES WERE THE TARGETS. THE KREMLIN'S LIKELY DEFENCE ` THAT IT DIDN'T VIOLATE THE DEAL. RUSSIA DENIES BEING THE CAUSE OF THIS FOOD CRISIS. ITS FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, IS ON A CHARM OFFENSIVE IN AFRICA TRYING TO GATHER SUPPORT. FIRST STOP, EGYPT, ONE OF UKRAINE'S BIGGEST GRAIN CUSTOMERS. TRANSLATOR: FOOD CRISIS DIDN'T START YESTERDAY OR IN FEBRUARY; IT STARTED WITH THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF SERIOUS MISTAKES THAT WESTERN STATES MADE REGARDING FOOD AND ENERGY. REGARDLESS OF BLAME, IF VLODIMIR DOESN'T SELL HIS GRAIN, THERE WON'T BE A NEXT HARVEST. UKRAINIAN CLUB GOERS HAVE TURNED TO 'CLEAN UP RAVES' IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY THE RUSSIAN INVASION. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THIS TECHNO MUSIC PARTY IN THE RUINS OF A BOMBARDED BUILDING IN NORTHERN UKRAINE. SHOVELS IN HAND TO CLEAR PILES OF DEBRIS WHILE A DJ PLAYS NEARBY. (RAVE MUSIC PLAYS) LAST SUMMER IT WAS EVERY WEEKEND THERE WERE FESTIVALS HERE. IN UKRAINE, I MEAN. IN KYIV. SO WE MET AND WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO NORMAL LIFE. BUT OUR NORMAL LIFE IS, NOW, IS VOLUNTEERING. UKRAINE'S NIGHTLIFE SCENE CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT AFTER THE RUSSIAN INVASION, WITH NIGHTIME CURFEWS IN PLACE FOR MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` FLOOD, MUD, AND QUEUES THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE NIGHTMARE SCENE AT THIS NEW SOUTH WALES MUSIC FESTIVAL. PLUS ` ANOTHER FORMULA 1 BLOW OUT FOR CHARLES LECLERC HANDS MAX VERSTAPPEN THE CHEQUERED FLAG IN FRANCE. FIVE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HAVE TEAMED UP TO IMPROVE ONLINE SAFETY ` META, GOOGLE, TIKTOK, AMAZON, AND TWITTER, ALONG WITH NETSAFE AND TECH NZ, HAVE SIGNED A 'FIRST OF ITS KIND' AGREEMENT TO ACTIVELY REDUCE HARMFUL CONTENT. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS MORE. HARASSMENT, BULLYING, GRAPHIC CONTENT, MISINFORMATION. IT'S DIGITAL HARM, AND IT'S ON THE RISE. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE, REPORTS OF SUCH CONTENT HAVE SPIKED. I THINK CERTAINLY SINCE COVID AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PEOPLE ARE MORE ONLINE. WHERE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE, LIKE I SAID, 20%-25% FOR OUR SERVICES AND SO I THINK THEY ARE NOW MAKING MORE COMPLAINTS AND SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IN AN EFFORT TO TACKLE THIS, FIVE OF THE BIGGEST TECH COMPANIES IN THE WORLD HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH NETSAFE TO BETTER DELIVER FOR ITS USERS. SO THEY'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO PUBLISHING THEIR MODERATION POLICIES, THEIR PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS. AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY AN ANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT, SO WE AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND USERS CAN ACTUALLY HOLD THEM TO ACCOUNT. THE AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ONLINE SAFETY AND HARMS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. THE FACT THAT 5 KEY STAKE HOLDERS IN THIS HAVE COME FORWARD AND ARE SAYING WE ARE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO GOOD BEHAVIOUR ON OUR PLATFORMS, FOR ME, IS VERY EXCITING ` I THINK THAT IT HAS TEETH. PRIVACY LAW EXPERT KATHRYN DALZIEL SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT THE COMPANIES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR USERS. IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING HORRIBLE ABOUT YOU SAID TO YOU JUST ORALLY, GENERALLY THAT ` THAT YOU CAN RISE ABOVE. BUT WHEN IT'S IN WRITING, IT'S THERE FOREVER AND THEN IS BEING COMMENTED ON AND PERPETUATED ` IS REALLY, REALLY NOT GOOD FOR PEOPLE. NETSAFE CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRENT CAREY SAYS THE AGREEMENT WILL BE MONITORED BY A GOVERNANCE GROUP. IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOT AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE MULTI-STAKE HOLDER, AND THEY'LL BE GUIDING HOW THAT NEXT COMPLAINTS PROCESS WILL WORK IN THE NEXT STAGE OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NZ. BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF ONLINE TROLLS AND HARMFUL BEHAVIOUR? WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. I SAY TO THE CRITICS ` GET INVOLVED. THE FIVE SIGNATURES THAT COULD BECOME MANY MORE. AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN MODERATING AN AUDIENCE OF MILLIONS. DIGBY WERTHMULLER, 1 NEWS. MUSIC FANS HAVE DESCRIBED THE NIGHTMARE SCENE AT THE 'SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS' FESTIVAL IN BYRON BAY AS 'UNBELIEVABLY AWFUL.' THE FOUR-DAY EVENT WRAPPED UP LAST NIGHT, BUT ORGANISERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF UNDERPLAYING THE CONDITIONS, WHICH INCLUDED A FLOODED CAMP SITE, A LACK OF FOOD AND WATER, AND LONG QUEUES FOR BUSES HOME. CHANNEL 9'S HAYLEY FRANCIS HAS MORE. A HEAVING HEARD OF FESTIVAL GOERS WHO JUST WANT TO GO HOME. THESE WERE THE QUEUES FOR BUSES OUT OF BYRON BAY'S SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS ` SOME WAITING MORE THAN 7 HOURS. EVERYONE WAS JUST HURTING; EVERYONE WAS` PEOPLE WERE PUSHING. NO ONE COULD SIT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ANKLE DEEP MUD. THREE YEARS SINCE THE LAST EVENT, IT'S BEEN A HORROR COMEBACK. PLAGUED BY WET WEATHER, THE GROUNDS TURNED TO SLUDGE. CAMPERS STUCK IN MUD ` DAY ONE SCRAPPED. FINALLY, YESTERDAY SPELLED A BETTER SPLENDOUR AHEAD ` LAST NIGHT, HOPE WAS LOST. JESSE AND ALANA, WHO IS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT, LEFT EARLY AFTER THEY COULDN'T GET WATER AT THE BAR. IT WAS SAD AND EMBARRASSING BECAUSE WE ALL WANTED TO COME BACK TO LIVE MUSIC, AND COME BACK TO FESTIVALS. BUT THAT WASN'T THE WAY TO DO IT. THERE WAS NO CLEAR ORGANISATION; EVERYONE WAS EVERYWHERE. FESTIVAL ORGANISERS DENIED OUR REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW TODAY, INSTEAD RESPONDING TO THE BACKLASH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY SAY A 'SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS IS WHAT LED TO THE DEBACLE', AND THAT '90% OF PUNTERS WERE OFF-SITE WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF OF GATES CLOSING AT 2AM.' THAT'S JUST FLAT OUT GASLIGHTING, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEOS ON SOCIALS. LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY THE NUMBERS MATCH WHAT THEY'VE SAID. SOME JUMPING IN ANY MODE OF TRANSPORT IN SIGHT JUST TO GET OUT. SOME PEOPLE WERE GETTING ON THE LAST BUS AT LIKE 6AM. ORGANISERS SAY EXTRA BUS SERVICES ARE BEING SECURED TO AVOID MORE MAYHEM TONIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS OF DELAYS, QUEUES ARE BEGINNING TO CLEAR ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. BUT OFFICIALS ARE WARNING BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKERS THAT THEY COULD SEE SIMILAR SCENES IN THE FUTURE. THE BCC'S VISHALA SRI PATHMA REPORTS. THE NOT SO QUICK HOLIDAY GETAWAY CONTINUED, BUT A THIRD DAY OF MAJOR DISRUPTION AND DELAY FOR THOSE CROSSING THE CHANNEL. IT BEGAN WITH POSITIVE PROGRESS IN DOVER AS THE QUEUES GOT SHORTER, BUT THE FRUSTRATION IN FOLKESTONE CONTINUED AS CARS AND LORRIES STRUGGLED TO GET TO THE EUROTUNNEL ENTRANCE. SOME FAMILIES EVEN SPENT LAST NIGHT IN THEIR CARS. WE ARRIVED AT FOLKESTONE AT ABOUT 9AM YESTERDAY MORNING FOR A TRAIN AT 10.30, AND THEN WE'VE SLOWLY BEEN CRAWLING ALONG FOR THE PAST 21+ HOURS. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF FREIGHT, BUT LORRIES ARE NOW COMPETING WITH CARS AS BRITONS QUEUE TO TAKE THEIR FIRST HOLIDAY AFTER THREE YEARS OF COVID RESTRICTIONS, AND THE BORDER CHECKS REQUIRED BY BREXIT HAVE SLOWED EVERYONE DOWN. AROUND 600 LORRIES PASSING THROUGH FOLKESTONE TODAY. SOME HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 15+ HOURS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STRETCH OF ROAD THEY'RE ON, ON THE M20, HAS BEEN PARTIALLY CLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, ESSENTIALLY BECOMING A LORRY PARK. AND THEY'RE COMPETING WITH FAMILIES FOR SPACES WHO WANT TO GET AWAY ON HOLIDAY. DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES, THINGS IMPROVED DURING THE DAY, BUT EXPERTS BELIEVE THESE DELAYS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. WE'RE CONCERNED THAT WE ARE PURELY HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON.A WE'RE CONCERNED THAT WE ARE PURELY HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON.A FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS ARE THE MAIN HANDOVER DAYS FOR HOLIDAY LETS. SO WE THINK THAT WE COULD SEE A REPEAT OF THIS COME NEXT WEEKEND, AND INDEED THE REMAINING WEEKENDS OF THE SUMMER HOLIDAY. THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT SAYS IT'S INVESTING MORE THAN �30 MILLION TO IMPROVE LORRY PARKING FACILITIES ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL, BUT EUROTUNNEL SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. EVERYONE AGREES THAT THE SUMMER MONTHS WILL BE CHALLENGING, BUT DESPITE THESE WARNINGS, FAMILIES ARE NOT GIVING UP THEIR DREAMS OF A FOREIGN SUMMER HOLIDAY. TO SPORT ` AND WITH LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES GET UNDERWAY, A NEW ZEALAND ATHLETE HAS BEEN SENT TO ISOLATION. CHEF DE MISSION NIGEL AVERY SAYS THE ATHLETE IS ASYMPTOMATIC AND DOING WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN AN ISOLATION HOTEL. SO THEIR CT SCORE WAS JUST DEEMED NOT TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO RELEASE THEM INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION. SO THEY'RE IN AN ISOLATION HOTEL. THEY'RE BEING VERY WELL SUPPORTED BY THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAM. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I'VE SPOKEN TO THIS ATHLETE TWICE NOW AND HAD A FEW JOKES. I THINK HE'S RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE CATALOGUE OF NETFLIX. THE TALL BLACKS HAVE FINISHED ON THE PODIUM AT THE ASIA CUP, CLAIMING BRONZE OVER JORDAN. NEW ZEALAND LOOKED STRONG THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, BEFORE RUNNING AWAY IN THE FINAL MINUTES. POWER FORWARD TOHI SMITH-MILNER FINISHING THE TOURNAMENT WITH A GAME TO REMEMBER, TOP SCORING WITH 25 POINTS. INDEED. GO! NEW ZEALAND ` SOMEHOW, SOME WAY ` HAVE BATTLED BACK TO TAKE THE LEAD. AUSTRALIA TOOK THE GOLD MEDAL, BEATING LEBANON 75-73 IN THE FINAL. RED BULL DRIVER MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS TAKEN OUT THE FRENCH FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX THIS MORNING. THE WIN EXTENDS VERSTAPPEN'S LEAD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. FERRARI'S CHARLES LECLERC HAD SET THE PACE, BEFORE CRASHING OUT AND LETTING THE DUTCHMAN THROUGH. CHARLES LECLARC! CHARLES LECLARC IS OUT OF THE RACE! AND FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON, CHARLES LECLARC, WHEN LEADING A RACE, WON'T GO ON TO FINISH IT. HAS HE JUST DROPPED IT AT TURN 11. MERCEDES PAIR LEWIS HAMILTON AND GEORGE RUSSEL ROUNDED OUT THE PODIUM. LECLERC ADMITS HE NEEDS TO BE BETTER. I'M PERFORMING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MY CAREER, BUT IF I KEEP DOING THOSE MISTAKES, THEN IT'S POINTLESS TO PERFORM AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. I'M LOSING TOO MANY POINTS. I MEAN, SEVEN, I THINK. 25 HERE BECAUSE, HONESTLY, WE WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST CARS ON THE TRACK TODAY. SO, YEAH, IF WE LOSE THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY 32 POINTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON, I WILL KNOW FROM WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THE FERRARI DRIVER SITS 63 POINTS BEHIND VERSTAPPEN. JONAS VINGEGAARD HAS BEEN CROWNED TOUR DE FRANCE CHAMPION. VINGEGAARD CRUISED OVER THE FINISHED LINE WITH HIS TEAM MATES IN PARIS, HEADING THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION BY 3.5 MINUTES. HE'S JUST THE SECOND DANE TO WIN THE YELLOW JERSEY. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. I MEAN, NOW I FINALLY WON THE TOUR, NOW NOTHING CAN GO WRONG ANY MORE. AND NOW I'M SITTING WITH MY DAUGHTER WITH ME. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. LYDIA KO HAS BOUNCED BACK TO FINISH TIED FOR THIRD AT THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP. THE WOMAN'S MAJOR ALSO PRODUCED THIS INTERESTING SCENE. AMERICAN NELLY KORDA'S APPROACH INTO THE SIXTH GREEN LANDED IN THE TREES, AND THE PATH OF A FAN EXCITED FOR SOME MEMORABILIA. THAT'S A BIG MISS BY KORDA. WHOA! NO! IT'S NOT A SOUVENIR. IT'S NOT A SOUVENIR. OH, SHE IS IN BIG TROUBLE NOW. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT` IT HAD JUST STOPPED ROLLING TOO! THE BALL WAS PUT BACK AND KORDA CONTINUED WITHOUT A PENALTY. MEANWHILE, HUNDREDS HAVE HIT THE FAIRWAYS, OR SHOULD THAT BE SANDTRAP, AT A UNIQUE TOURNAMENT IN QUEENSLAND. THE OUTBACK MASTERS IN BIRDSVILLE IS PLAYED ON THE EDGE OF THE SIMPSON DESERT, WITH A MILLION DOLLARS UP FOR GRABS FOR A HOLE IN ONE. HERE'S 9 NEWS' EVE SHARPE. HOPING TO STRIKE IT RICH ` (CROWD CHEERS) YOU BEAUTY! WITH $1,000,000 HOLE-IN-ONE AT BIRDSVILLE. I'D ENJOY MY RETIREMENT. WE'LL BE SHOUTING THE BAR AND DONATING. I SAID, 'GET THE BOTTLES OF GRANGE READY IF IT GOES OFF' ALL PART OF THE OUTBACK MASTERS GOLF SERIES, THE RICHEST AND MOST REMOTE, WHERE GRASS IS A HAZARD AND THE ENTIRE 18-HOLE-COURSE IS ONE HUGE BUNKER. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ON THE EDGE OF THE SIMPSON DESERT HERE. IT'S ALL ABOUT HITTING THE SAND. AND, YEAH. STAY OUT OF THE SHRUBS. AND DODGING THE WILDLIFE. WHAT HAPPENED? BEAUTIFUL DRIVE UP, UP THE MIDDLE. CROW'S TAKEN IT. THE END... THE MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY GOING UNCLAIMED. NEVER REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET IT ANYWAY, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE A GO. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. HERE'S LUCA GEORGE AND RUIN MY LIFE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JORDAN WAETFORD