IT'S MIDDAY. THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE TIPPED FOR ITS BIGGEST HIKE EVER. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MORTGAGE AS THE CENTRAL BANK KNUCKLES DOWN ON THE INFLATION RATE. FEELING STRESSED? YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN AOTEAROA. NEW RESEARCH REVEALS HIGH LEVELS OF DISTRESS AND DEPRESSION. SO WHY ARE OUR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH THE ROOF? PLUS ` THE SOCCER SHOCKER. SAUDI ARABIA STUN ARGENTINA AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP. A RESULT SO BIG THEY'VE DECLARED A PUBLIC HOLIDAY. CAPTIONS BY JORDAN WAETFORD AND KATE HARRIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 THE RESERVE BANK'S SET TO ANNOUNCE ITS LATEST UPDATE TO THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE, WITH MANY TIPPING IT COULD GET ITS BIGGEST EVER HIKE. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD IS IN WELLINGTON FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND JOINS US NOW. SO KATIE, HOW HIGH COULD IT GO? AND JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS WE WILL KNOW HOW HIGH THE RESERVE BANK ARE WILLING TO GO IN THAT FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION. IT IS WIDELY TIPPED TO GO UP BY 75 BASIS POINTS. THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST HIKE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE OCR. IT COULD GO UP BY JUST 50. THE RESERVE BANK IS TRYING TO FIGHT INFLATION HERE TODAY. IT COMES AFTER A SERIES OF BIG HIKES IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WHAT REACTION ARE WE LIKELY TO GET TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT? REACTION WILL BE SWIFT. IT HAS BEEN SO TIPPED. THE SURPRISE WILL BE IF THEY DID NOT LIFT IT BY THAT MUCH. THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED FACTORING RATE INTEREST RISES INTO THE RATES. THEY HAVE BEEN SLOWLY CREEPING UP BUT THE RESERVE BANK WANTS THOSE TO KEEP GOING UP HIGHER AND REALLY WAS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, OVER THE SUMMER HOLIDAY WHICH IS A BUSY TIME, THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE CONSIDERING THEIR SPENDING TO TRY AND BRING INFLATION DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW YEAR. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH INCREASING LEVELS OF STRESS AND DEPRESSION, ACCORDING TO NEW INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID STRESS HAD AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY TO COPE WITH THEIR DAILY LIVES. AS TESSA PARKER REPORTS, THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION PUTS IT DOWN TO A CRISIS IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM. FROM THE RISING COST OF LIVING AND THE ONGOING COVID THREAT TO SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE, THERE'RE PLENTY OF REASONS FOR STRESS. BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SAYS THERE'S ANOTHER REASON FOR THE DECLINING MENTAL WELL-BEING OF KIWIS. IT'S COME BECAUSE NO GOVERNMENTS HAVE TAKEN MENTAL HEALTH SERIOUSLY ` UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS, UNDERSTOOD SCALE, AND HAD PROPER RESPONSE. A SURVEY FROM MARKET RESEARCH COMPANY IPSOS HAS REVEALED LEVELS OF DISTRESS AND DEPRESSION ARE UP FOR ALL KIWIS AGED UNDER FIFTY. IT EXAMINED THE CURRENT STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH HERE, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, AND FOUND AOTEAROA'S MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. MORE THAN HALF OF NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE FELT STRESSED TO THE POINT THEY COULDN'T COPE WITH DAILY LIFE. IT'S WORSE IN YOUNG PEOPLE ` � OF THOSE AGED 18`34 HAVE FELT IMMENSE STRESS, AND 40% SAY THEY'VE CONSIDERED SUICIDE OR SELF HARM IN THE LAST YEAR. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IT HAS MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERY PART OF NZ. IT IMPACTS HOW PEOPLE RELATE, HOW THEY GO IN SCHOOL, IN THE WORKPLACE. THE STUDY FOUND THAT NEW ZEALANDERS SEE MENTAL WELL-BEING AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AS BEING OF EQUAL CONCERN, BUT ONLY ONE IN FIVE THINK THAT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM GIVES THEM EQUAL WEIGHT. THAT S BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN CINDERELLA IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, REGARDLESS OF EFFORTS IN LAST YEAR TO CHANGE THAT. HE'S CALLING FOR URGENT ACTION. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS AS A CRISIS OF PROPORTION TO COVID. LETS GET INNOVATION, BARRIERS OUT OF THE WAY AND TREAT THIS AS PRIORITY. AS THE UNDER-PRESSURE HEALTH SYSTEM REAPS WHAT HE CALLS, 'A WHIRLWIND OF NEGLECT.' TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. THE HIGH COURT HAS DISMISSED A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION'S PLAN FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS. THE GROUP 'LAWYERS FOR CLIMATE ACTION NEW ZEALAND' ARGUED THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS INCLUDED IRRATIONAL AND UNREASONABLE ADVICE. THEY CITED ERRORS IN LOGIC AND METHODOLOGY. BUT THE COURT DIDN'T FIND GROUNDS TO CONTINUE THE LEGAL DISPUTE AND THEIR REQUEST FOR A JUDICIAL REVIEW WAS DISMISSED THIS MORNING. RESCUERS ARE WORKING THROUGH A SECOND NIGHT IN INDONESIA IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO FIND SURVIVORS STILL TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE FROM YESTERDAY'S EARTHQUAKE. THE DEATH TOLL HAS SOARED TO 268 PEOPLE, MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN. THE BBC'S VALDYA BARAPUTRI HAS MORE. (SPEAKING LOCAL LANGUAGE) RESCUE WORKERS REMIND PEOPLE NOT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO A RUIN OF A HOUSE. THEY'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE A BODY OF A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN TRAPPED IN CONCRETE AFTER A THREE FLOOR HOUSE COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE AT THE TIME, BUT THE OTHERS SURVIVED. INTERPRETER: THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE ON THE HIGHEST FLOOR. THEY MANAGED TO BE RESCUED. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THE RUINS FELL ON HIM. THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATED THAT MOST VICTIMS ARE CHILDREN BECAUSE A NUMBER OF BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. MEANWHILE, MANY DESTROYED HOUSES ARE LEFT BY THE OWNERS WHO TOOK REFUGE IN MAKESHIFT TENTS. THE CLOSER TO THE EPICENTRE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, THE MORE VISIBLE THE DAMAGE ` SOME BEYOND REPAIR. PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOUSES. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SLANTED FLOORS ARE VERY PRONE TO COLLAPSING, EVEN WITH THE SMALLEST AFTERSHOCK. 151 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING ` MANY TRAPPED UNDER A LANDSLIDE TRIGGERED BY THE EARTHQUAKE. INTERPRETER: AS FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE STILL BURIED IN THE RUBBLE, I HAVE ORDERED THAT THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR EVACUATION MUST BE PRIORITISED. THE INDONESIAN GEOPHYSICAL AGENCY HAS LEARNED THAT THE EARTHQUAKE IS A ONCE IN 20 YEAR EVENT. FOR HUNDREDS OF INJURED PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL, THE EFFECT COULD LAST A LIFETIME. THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE HAS WARNED THE SITUATION IN IRAN IS 'CRITICAL', PUTTING THE DEATH TOLL AT MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE. THERE'S ALSO CONCERN AT REPORTS THAT BODIES AREN'T BEING RELEASED TO FAMILIES UNLESS THEY STAY SILENT OR GAVE FALSE STATEMENTS ON THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THE OFFICE HAS CALLED ON IRANIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE ALL THOSE DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND DROP CHARGES. ACCORDING TO A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP, MORE THAN 17,000 PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN DETAINED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UKRAINE'S NATIONAL GRID OPERATOR SAYS RUSSIAN DAMAGE TO ENERGY FACILITIES IS 'COLOSSAL'. THE CHIEF OF THE GRID OPERATOR IS WARNING UKRAINIANS COULD FACE LONG POWER OUTAGES THIS WINTER. BUT THEY'RE HOPING TO SECURE SPARE PARTS FROM ABROAD TO LESSEN THE EFFECTS. TO UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THOSE ATTACKS, PRACTICALLY ALL MAJOR POWER STATIONS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. WE CANNOT GENERATE AS MUCH ENERGY AS CONSUMERS WOULD LIKE TO USE. BUT HE HAS DISMISSED THE NEED TO EVACUATE CIVILIANS. THAT'S DESPITE AUTHORITIES BEGINNING TO MOVE RESIDENTS FROM PARTS OF THE RECENTLY LIBERATED KHERSON AND MYKOLAIV REGIONS DUE TO LACK OF POWER AND WATER. COULD ELECTRICITY BE BEAMED FROM SPACE TO POWER MILLIONS OF HOMES? THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IS SET TO APPROVE A THREE-YEAR STUDY THIS WEEK TO SEE IF HUGE SOLAR FARMS IN SPACE COULD ACTUALLY WORK. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. IT LOOKS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION. IMAGINE ROBOTS ARE BUILDING VAST SOLAR RAYS TO CAPTURE THE SUN'S POWER. IS ENERGY CONVERTED INTO MICROWAVES AND BEAMED TO EARTH. THEN COLLECTED BY ANTENNAS OVER A HUGE AREA AND TURNED INTO ELECTRICITY. IT IS NOT SCIENCE FICTION. IT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING ON PAPER IN THE . LAB IT IS READY TO BE DEPLOYED AT A SMALL SCALE. THE CHALLENGE WAS APPLYING THIS SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER IS EXTENDING THAT SCALE AND POWER BY A DRAMATIC AMOUNT. THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. IT IS A HUGE CHALLENGE. THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT THESE SCIENTISTS ARE TAKING UP HERE IN MUNICH. IN AN EXPERIMENT AT THE AIR BUS, 2 KW OF POWER WERE COLLECTED FROM SOLAR PANELS AND SENT WIRELESSLY FROM THIS TRANSMITTER TO A RECEIVER AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM. THAT ELECTRICITY LIGHTS UP A MODEL CITY. THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO FROM THE SMALL DEMONSTRATION DESCENDING BACK SOLAR ENERGY FROM SPACE. A MILLION TIMES MORE POWER NEEDS TO BE TRANSMITTED AND IT HAS GOT TO BE SENT A MILLION TIMES FURTHER. THE ENGINEERS HERE THINK IT COULD BE DONE. IF THE ENERGY SATELLITE CONCEPT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED, IT WOULD COLLECT SOLAR ENERGY 24 HOURS A DAY. SCIENTISTS HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR DECADES. UNLIKE SOLAR ENERGY ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS INTERRUPTED BY NIGHTTIME AND CLOUDS, OR GENERATES POWER AROUND THE CLOCK. THE US, CHINA AND THE UK HAD THEIR OWN RESEARCH PROGRAMS. AS ENERGY PRICES SOAR AND THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE BEING FELT, THE PRESSURE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO DEVELOP A NEW, RELIABLE SOURCE OF CLEAN ENERGY IS GREATER THAN EVER. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL ALLOW CONGRESS TO VIEW FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS. IT'S A MAJOR BLOW FOR TRUMP, WHO HAS FAMOUSLY REFUSED TO RELEASE THE RETURNS FOR YEARS. HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN 40 YEARS TO NOT MAKE HIS TAXES PUBLIC. TRUMP IS CURRENTLY UNDER A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS, BUT DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI, LARGELY THE FACE OF THE U.S. RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, HAS GIVEN WHAT'S LIKELY HIS FINAL BRIEFING BEFORE STEPPING DOWN AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HIS LAST MESSAGE ` GET YOUR BOOSTER. THE ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI REPORTS. FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT, DR ANTHONY FAUCI IS SPEAKING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM. HIS MESSAGE WAS CLEAR ` AMERICANS SHOULD GET UP TO DATE ON THEIR COVID AND FLU SHOTS AHEAD OF THE WINTER SEASON. MAYBE THE FINAL MESSAGE I GIVE YOU FROM THIS PODIUM IS THAT, PLEASE, FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, FOR THAT OF YOUR FAMILY, GET YOUR UPDATED COVID-19 SHOT AS SOON AS YOU'RE ELIGIBLE. FAUCI SAYS BOOSTERS WILL LIKELY BE A YEARLY OCCURRENCE DUE TO THE NATURE OF NEW VARIANTS INFILTRATING COMMUNITIES. IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR'S BAD FLU SEASON, FAUCI SAYS COVID ESSENTIALLY BUMPED THE FLU AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES OFF THE TABLE. BACK IN 2020 AND 2021, WE WERE HAVING THE LOWEST FLU SEASONS ON RECORD, SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT WE'RE SEEING IT RETURN BACK. FAUCI HAS BEEN A NEARLY CONSTANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION AT THE WHITE HOUSE SINCE THE ONSET OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. AT TIMES PUBLICLY AT ODDS WITH POLITICIANS CRITICAL OF HIS HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC. I HAVE NEVER MADE MYSELF OUT TO BE THE END-ALL AND ONLY VOICE IN THIS. I'M A SCIENTIST, A PHYSICIAN, AND A PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL. I GIVE ADVICE ACCORDING TO THE BEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. FAUCI HAS GIVEN OVER 50 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE ` A MILESTONE THAT ISN'T FORGOTTEN ON THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT. I'LL LET OTHER PEOPLE JUDGE THE VALUE, AND NOT OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ABOUT WHAT I'VE DONE IS THAT EVERY DAY FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS, I'VE GIVEN IT EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` TWINS BORN FROM EMBRYOS FROZEN FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. PLUS ` CRISTIANO RONALDO'S SECOND STINT AT MANCHESTER UNITED COMES TO AN END EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THEY'RE A GENETIC TIME CAPSULE WELCOMED INTO THE WORLD AFTER ALMOST THIRTY YEARS. TWINS LYDIA AND TIMOTHY HAVE BEEN BORN TO A COUPLE IN THE U.S. STATE OF OREGON FROM AN EMBRYO FROZEN IN 1992. 9NEWS' JONATHAN KEARSLEY EXPLAINS. LYDIA RIDGEWAY'S CRY IS ALMOST 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING. HER ARRIVAL WITH BROTHER TIMOTHY MADE HISTORY. WE WANTED TO CHOOSE CHILDREN THAT, IN OUR EYES WERE THE MOST UNWANTED, THE MOST NEEDY, THE ONES IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED. THESE TWINS, BORN FROM THE WORLD'S OLDEST KNOWN FROZEN EMBRYO, FROZEN IN 1992 ` WHEN ACHY BREAKY HEART TOPPED THE AUSTRALIAN CHARTS, KIEREN PERKINS WAS KING OF THE POOL, AND THESE BABIES' PARENTS, RACHEL AND PHILIP, WERE JUST CHILDREN. WE WEREN'T LOOKING TO GET THE OLDEST EMBRYOS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN THE LONGEST IN THE WORLD. WE JUST WANTED THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING AT THE NEDC THE LONGEST. THAT'S THE FAITH-BASED NATIONAL EMBRYO DONATION CENTRE, WHICH RECEIVED LYDIA AND TIMOTHY'S EMBRYOS, WHICH CAME FROM A MARRIED COUPLE ` A MAN IN HIS FIFTIES AND A WOMAN AGED 34. WHAT MAKES THE EMBRYO A GOOD QUALITY OFTENTIMES IS THE AGE OF THE WOMAN AT THE TIME THAT SHE DONATED EGGS. AND SO THE YOUNGER THE WOMAN, THE MORE LIKELY THAT EMBRYO IS GOING TO BE CHROMOSOMALLY NORMAL. LYDIA AND TIMOTHY HAVE CREATED A BUZZ IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE AND AT HOME, WHERE THEY HAVE FOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND A RECORD TO THEIR NAME. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HAVE AGREED TO RELEASE FORMER BLACKCAP MARTIN GUPTILL FROM HIS CONTRACT, FREEING HIM TO PLAY ELSEWHERE. GUPTILL MISSED OUT ON SELECTION FOR NEW ZEALAND'S WHITE BALL SERIES AGAINST INDIA. THE BLACKCAPS NOT SEEING HIM IN THEIR FUTURE PLANS. THE 36-YEAR-OLD IS NEW ZEALAND'S HIGHEST RUN SCORER IN THE T-20 FORMAT. DEVON CONWAY SAYS GUPTILL HAS THE BACKING OF HIS FORMER TEAMMATES. IT'S NOT REALLY SURPRISING PERSONALLY TO HEAR THIS NEWS. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT A GUY LIKE MARTIN GUPTILL WHO HAS PLAYED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE BLACK CAPS HE'S PROBABLY EARNED THAT RIGHT TO PICK AND CHOOSE HIS PLAYING CONDITIONS MOVING FORWARD. WE AS A GROUP FULLY SUPPORT HIS DECISIONS. GUPTILL SAYS PLAYING FOR NEW ZEALAND STILL REMAINS HIS ULTIMATE GOAL. AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE BEEN SAVED BY THE WEATHER, TYING THEIR THIRD T20 INTERNATIONAL AGAINST INDIA. THE KIWIS WERE ON TRACK FOR A BIG SCORE UNTIL A MIDDLE ORDER COLLAPSE, LOSING 7 WICKETS FOR ONLY 30 RUNS, ALL OUT FOR 160. OH, HE'S GOT IT. HAS HE GOT ENOUGH OF IT. I DON'T THINK HE HAS. NO, HE HASN'T. ISHAN KISHAN TAKES THE CATCH. OH! KNOCKED HIM OVER! KNOCKED HIM OVER. IT'S THE PERFECT YORKER. IT'S MIDDLE STUMP. INDIA REACHED 75 FOR 4 BEFORE RAIN INTERRUPTED, THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD DETERMINING THE SCORES LEVEL. THE SERIES NOW MOVES TO THE ONE-DAY FORMAT KICKING OF ON FRIDAY. A NATIONAL HOLIDAY'S BEEN DECLARED IN SAUDI ARABIA TO CELEBRATE ITS FOOTBALL TEAM'S VICTORY OVER ARGENTINA AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. IT'S JUST THE FOURTH TIME THE SAUDI ARABIANS HAVE EVER WON A MATCH AT A WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE ACTION. ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP. AND THERE IT IS! A GROUP STAGE START BEYOND SAUDI ARABIA'S WILDEST DREAMS. SAUDI ARABIA STUNNING ARGENTINA, ENDING A 36-MATCH UNBEATEN RUN BY ONE OF THE PRE-TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES. THE RESULT SENDING SAUDI FANS INTO DELIRIUM. (CHEERING) A VERY DIFFERENT FEELING FOR ARGENTINA'S SUPPORTERS. THE MATCH HAD STARTED SO WELL FOR THE SOUTH AMERICANS ` LIONEL MESSI GIVING THEM AN EARLY LEAD. LIONEL MESSI. ALWAYS CENTRE STAGE. OFTEN SEEN WITH SILVERWARE, BUT THIS IS THE TROPHY HE REALLY WANTS TO WIN. THE MATCH TURNED ON ITS HEAD IN THE SECOND HALF ` SAUDI ARABIA LEVELLING AFTER THE BREAK... ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SAUDI ARABIA ` AND IT'S TAKEN. ...THEN SENDING THE STADIUM INTO A FRENZY. WELL, THAT'S A BRILLIANT EFFORT, AND THEY'VE TURNED IT RIGHT AROUND. THE SECOND-LOWEST TEAM AT THE TOURNAMENT, PULLING OFF THE UPSET OVER THE WORLD'S THIRD HIGHEST RANKED SIDE, AS THE PARTY CONTINUES IN SAUDI ARABIA. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. SAUDI ARABIA'S AT THE TOP OF THE GROUP C STANDINGS THANKS TO A 0`0 DRAW BETWEEN POLAND AND MEXICO. ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI HAD A CHANCE TO PUT POLAND AHEAD FROM THE PENALTY SPOT BUT WAS DENIED BY MEXICO'S KEEPER GUILLERMO OCHOA (37). AND IT'S SAVED! GUILLERMO OCHOA MAKES THE SAVE, MAKING IT 0`0. DENMARK AND TUNISIA ALSO PLAYED OUT A GOALLESS DRAW IN THEIR GROUP D CLASH. AND AUSTRALIA SURPRISED DEFENDING CHAMPIONS FRANCE IN THEIR OPENING GAME. THE SOCCEROOS HIT THE FRONT THE NINTH MINUTE BEFORE FRANCE SHOWED THEIR CLASS. AND THEY GIVE THE POSITION HERE TO RABIOT. SETS HIM UP FOR A POINT. IN TOWARDS... MDAPPE! LOVELY HEADER! THERE'S THAT CHANGE OF PACE ` AGAIN! 4-1 FRANCE. OLIVIER GIROUD SCORING A DOUBLE IN THE 4-1 VICTORY. FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR CRISTIANO RONALDO IS LEAVING OLD TRAFFORD AGAIN. MANCHESTER UNTIED ANNOUNCING THEY'VE MUTUALLY PARTED WAYS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. IT FOLLOWS AN INTERVIEW WITH PIERS MORGAN WHERE RONALDO CLAIMED HE WAS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE CLUB. UNITED THANKED RONALDO FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION. HE'S CURRENTLY CAPTAINING PORTUGAL IN QATAR. THE SCARS OF HAVING HIS COMMONWEALTH GAMES APPEAL DISMISSED WILL DRIVE HAYDEN WILDE TO A QUEST FOR WORLD TRIATHLON SUCCESS THIS WEEKEND. WILDE'S IN THE PERFECT POSITION TO BECOME THE FIRST KIWI TO WIN THE WORLD TITLE SINCE BEVAN DOCHERTY WAY BACK IN 2004. GUY HEVELDT SPOKE WITH HIM. 2022'S HAD IT ALL FOR HAYDEN WILDE. YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS ` WILDE HAS A 10 SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR UNCLIPPING HIS HELMET BEFORE RACKING THE BIKE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE. THAT COULD COST HIM THE GOLD MEDAL. FROM THAT CRITICAL AND CONTROVERSIAL PENALTY AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES, TO SUCCESS ACROSS THE GLOBE. WILDE WINS FOR NEW ZEALAND. JUST ABOUT THE PERFECT RACE. NOW THE CHANCE TO BE WORLD CHAMPION. IT KIND OF HITS DIFFERENTLY, I THINK. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT OVER FIVE RACES, NOT JUST ONE RACE. WILDE LEADS THE SERIES STANDINGS. A TOP-TWO PLACING WOULD SECURE THE CROWN. AND IT'S A RACE THAT SHOULD SUIT ` THE SWELTERING HEAT OF THE DESERT IN ABU DHABI SIMILAR TO THIS IN THE SUPER LEAGUE, PLAYING TO WILDE'S STRENGTHS. HE'D BE THE THIRD KIWI IN HISTORY TO WIN A MEN'S OR WOMEN'S TITLE, AND THE FIRST SINCE BEVAN DOCHERTY 18 YEARS AGO. I THINK IT'S DOCHERTY ` YES, DOCHERTY! HE IS A MAN THAT HAS NEARLY DONE IT ALL. HE HAS A BRONZE AND A SILVER AT THE OLYMPICS. TO WIN A WORLD TITLE IS ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO DO. WHILE HE'S TRYING TO MOVE ON FROM THE BIRMINGHAM BURN, THAT IS HARD TO CALL, THAT IS. DEFINITELY HARSH. HE'S DEFINITELY USING IT AS EXTRA INCENTIVE FOR REVENGE ON BRIT ALEX YEE. IT WILL BE NICE TO RACE HIM AGAIN. TO DO THAT SHOWDOWN AGAIN AND PROPERLY GET IT RIGHT. THE DETERMINATION IS CLEAR ` NOTHING LESS THAN WORLD CHAMPION WILL DO FOR HAYDEN WILDE. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER WITH SOAKED OATS AND 'HEADLINE OPINION'. THAT'S ALL FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US, AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JORDAN WAETFORD AND KATE HARRIS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.