IT'S MIDDAY. CROWDS GATHER OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND, AS HEALTH AUTHORITIES TAKE THE PARENTS OF A SICK 4-MONTH-OLD TO COURT OVER TREATMENT. THE U.S. BANS SOME NEW ZEALAND SEAFOOD IMPORTS. ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE ENDANGERED MAUI DOLPHIN? PLUS, IS FOOTBALL COMING HOME? ENGLAND BOOK THEIR PLACE IN THE LAST 16; WHO ELSE IS MOVING ON, AND WHO'S GOING HOME EARLY FROM QATAR. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND JORDAN WAETFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE WOMAN FACING CHARGES OVER THE DEATHS OF HER TWO CHILDREN WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND INSIDE SUITCASES HAS APPEARED IN COURT. SHE ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND YESTERDAY, AFTER BEING EXTRADITED FROM SOUTH KOREA. CORAZON MILLER'S OUTSIDE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT AND JOINS US NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY THIS WOMAN HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE IN COURT SINCE SHE WAS ARRESTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IN SOUTH KOREA. NEW ZEALAND POLICE HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE THE SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPARTS. TODAY'S COURT APPEARANCE WAS RATHER BRIEF. THE JUDGE ORDERED SHE BE REMANDED IN CUSTODY UNTIL HER NEXT APPEARANCE IN DECEMBER. HER NAME AND HER CHILDREN'S NAMES WILL BE REPRESSED. THE WOMAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE DEATH OF THE TWO CHILDREN WHOSE BODIES WERE FOUND IN SUITCASES AND CLENDON. A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PARENTS OF A BABY AND TE WHATU ORA HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN HEARD IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. LOGAN CHURCH IS AT THE COURT AND SENT THIS UPDATE A SHORT TIME AGO. THIS IS A CASE ABOUT A FOUR-MONTH OLD BABY WHO DESPERATELY NEEDS HEART SURGERY. HOWEVER, THE PARENTS DO NOT WANT ANY BLOOD TO BE USED IN THE SURGERY THAT COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED. AND IT'S THAT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN HEALTH NEW ZEALAND AND THESE PARENTS WHICH HAS LED HERE TO THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. HEALTH NZ HAVE APPLIED OR MADE AN APPLICATION UNDER THE CARE OF CHILDREN'S ACT SO THE SURGERY CAN GO AHEAD. NOW, TODAY'S HEARING WAS PURELY ADMINISTRATIVE. IT WAS TO SET A HEARING DATE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK, WHERE ARGUMENTS CAN BE HEARD ON BOTH SIDES. BUT NEVERTHELESS, A LARGE CROWD HAS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURTS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY. WE HAVE SEEN SIGNS. WE'VE SEEN SPEECHES. JUST BEFORE, THERE'S BEEN SOME SONGS. HOWEVER, THESE PARTIES WILL HAVE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT OR THE COURTS WILL DO IT FOR THEM. THE FINNISH PRIME MINISTER AND JACINDA ARDERN HAVE HELD THEIR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. SANNA MARIN WAS WELCOMED ON TO THE GROUNDS OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE WITH A POWHIRI. (HAKA RINGS OUT) MARIN IS LEADING A DELEGATION INCLUDING THE FINNISH TRADE MINISTER. BOOSTING FREE TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WAS HIGH ON THE AGENDA FOR THE BILATERAL TALKS HELD TODAY. THERE IS HUGE POTENTIAL BETWEEN US. THE EUFTA AS A LAUNCHPAD FOR THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF A RATIFICATION. AS INDIVIDUAL NATIONS, WE LOOK TO BUILD ON THE ECONOMIC AGREEMENT. PRIME MINISTER MARIN ALSO MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR BOTH COUNTRIES TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF THE UKRAINIAN CONFLICT. FINLAND SHARES A 1300km BORDER WITH RUSSIA, EARLIER THIS YEAR BIDDING FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP WITH SWEDEN. UKRAINE THESE WEAPONS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THEY NEED MILITARY SUPPORT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE REFUGEES FLEEING FROM UKRAINE ARE WELCOMED. THE WAR AND UKRAINE FEELS VERY... IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT FROM A FINNISH PRIME MINISTER TO AOTEAROA. AN AMERICAN COURT HAS PLACED AN IMMEDIATE BAN ON THE IMPORTS OF SEVERAL FISH SPECIES FROM NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE ENDANGERED MAUI DOLPHIN. UNDER U.S. LAW, AN IMPORT BAN CAN KICK IN IF THE COURT AGREES A COUNTRY IS NOT APPLYING SIMILAR PROTECTIONS TO THOSE IN PLACE IN THEIR OWN WATERS. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS MORE. THE IMPORT BAN WILL APPLY TO NINE FISH SPECIES CAUGHT OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR A WHILE. THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY BAN. CONSERVATIONIST GROUP 'SEA SHEPHERD' ASKED THE U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE TO BRING IN THE BAN. IT SAYS CERTAIN PRACTICES USED BY FISHING COMPANIES IS THREATENING THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NATIVE DOLPHIN. REALLY THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE. WE HAVE TRIED ALL THE OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDING OTHER NGOs. WE HAVE DONE SUBMISSION, PETITIONS, TALKED TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE FISHING INDUSTRY JUST APPEARS TO DO WHAT IT LIKES. THE BAN APPLIES SPECIFICALLY TO SET NET AND TRAWL FISHING IN MAUI DOLPHIN HABITATS. WE NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT THESE DOLPHIN. WE NEED TO NOT BE INDUSTRIAL FISHING IN THEIR HABITAT. SEAFOOD NEW ZEALAND ARGUES CAMERAS INSTALLED ON FISHING VESSELS SHOW NO SIGHTINGS OF MAUI DOLPHINS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THEIR BOATS. THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS PUT IN COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS IN THE AREAS ON THE WEST COAST IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WHERE THE SEABED INDUSTRY CAN FISH. HE SAYS THOUSANDS OF DAYS OF OBSERVER COVERAGE HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON VESSELS FISHING IN THOSE AREAS. MORE OR LESS WE DO NOT FISH IN MAUI DOLPHIN HABITAT ANYMORE. BUT SEA SHEPHERD DISAGREES. WE'RE BEING TOLD WE NEED TO REMOVE OURSELVES, INDUSTRIAL FISHING, FROM THEIR HABITAT WHICH IS OUT TO THE 100m DEPTH CONTOUR. WE ARE NOT DOING THAT. THE BAN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THE U.S. FINDS NEW ZEALAND'S REGULATIONS FOR THE FISHERIES ARE COMPARABLE WITH AMERICAN STANDARDS, OR UNTIL THE COURT CASE IS FULLY RESOLVED, WHICH COULD TAKE YEARS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE JUST 54 MAUI DOLPHINS LEFT OVER THE AGE OF 1. DIGBY WERTHMULLER, 1 NEWS. FOLLOWING A SPATE OF CRIME IN NEW ZEALAND, INCLUDING THE TRAGIC MURDER OF DAIRY WORKER JANAK PATEL LAST WEEK, NATIONAL WANTS TO REINTRODUCE THE THREE STRIKES LAW. THE LAW WAS INTRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN 2010, MEANING AFTER THREE OFFENCES, AN OFFENDER HAD TO BE GIVEN THE HARSHEST PENALTY. LABOUR REPEALED THE LAW EARLIER THIS YEAR. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S KHYLEE QUINCE SAYS IT'S CLEAR THE LAW DOESN'T WORK. THERE IS NO OFFENCE. IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OR NATURE OF OFFENCES THAT PEOPLE COMMIT, SO, IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE 11 OR SO YEARS THAT OUR THREE STRIKES LAW WAS, YOU KNOW, OPERATING IN AOTEAROA, THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF SERIOUS OFFENCES WAS NOT IMPACTED BY THE THREE STRIKES LAW AT ALL. KHYLEE QUINCE SAYS THE RULE TAKES DISCRETION AWAY FROM JUDGES AND PUTS IT INTO THE HANDS OF PARLIAMENT. CHINA'S TOP SECURITY AGENCY HAS CALLED FOR A CRACKDOWN ON 'HOSTILE FORCES', AFTER ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTESTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT CHINA THIS WEEK. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE STREETS, DEMONSTRATING AGAINST CHINA'S STRICT ZERO-COVID STRATEGY. AUTHORITIES ARE CLAMPING DOWN ON PROTESTERS, PUTTING ON A SHOW OF FORCE AT NOW EMPTY PROTEST SITES. SOME OFFICERS HAVE REPORTEDLY CONTACTED PROTESTERS TO SEEK INFORMATION ON THEIR WHEREABOUTS. AND JUST A DAY AFTER THE PROTESTS, CHINA'S HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE RAMPED UP THEIR COVID VACCINATION ROLLOUTS FOR THE ELDERLY. THE NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION SAYS VACCINATIONS WILL BE TARGETED AT PEOPLE OLDER THAN 80, AND THE THREE-MONTH GAP BETWEEN JABS WILL BE REDUCED. THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FORCED TO SCRAP MORE THAN 33,000 COVID-19 FINES. THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL NUMBER ISSUED BY POLICE FOR BREACHES OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS DURING 2020 AND 2021, LIKE CARPOOLING AND ATTENDING PUBLIC GATHERINGS. NINE NEWS' CHRIS O'KEEFE EXPLAINS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BREASTFEEDING YOUR BABY OR SITTING ON A BENCH IN COOGEE... ...RELAXING IN THE SUN OR EVEN GOING FOR A SWIM AND SURF, WERE ALL ILLEGAL IN THE CRAZY WORLD OF COVID. BUT THANKS TO A COURT CHALLENGE, MORE THAN 30,000 COVID FINES HAVE TODAY BEEN DECLARED INVALID. THIS CASE HAS SET A PRECEDENT THAT ALL THOSE FINES ARE INVALID AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ISSUED. 33,121 FINES OF BETWEEN $1000 AND $3000 HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED. THAT'S HALF OF ALL FINES ISSUED DURING THE PANDEMIC, WITH EVERYBODY TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK OR HAVE THE FINES CANCELLED. IN THE VICINITY OF $10 MILLION HAS BEEN PAID CURRENTLY, SO WE'LL BE IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING THAT MONEY TO INDIVIDUALS. THE TEST CASE WAS ROHAN PANK, A 30-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS FINED $1000 FOR SITTING IN A PARK 1km FROM HIS HOME. WE KNEW THAT SITTING IN PARKS, OUTDOOR RECREATION, WAS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WAS ALLOWED AT THE TIME AND A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS CAME OVER AND FINED US. POLICE CLAIMED HE WASN'T ACTIVELY EXERCISING. SO AFTER TRYING TWICE TO HAVE THE FINE OVERTURNED, ROHAN TOOK THEM TO COURT. I BELIEVED IN MY INNOCENCE AND I LOOKED INTO THE RULES AND I WAS CERTAIN I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. THE TICKETS WERE SCRAPPED ON A TECHNICALITY BECAUSE THE COURT FOUND THEY DIDN'T ACCURATELY DESCRIBE WHAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY DOING WRONG. THESE WERE TO SEVERAL VERY SPECIFIC INSTANCES THAT SPOKE TO EVENTS OF GATHERING AND TRAVELLING AT A PARTICULAR TIME. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE CANTERBURY UNI STUDENTS FOLLOWING IN THE TRACKS OF THE LEGENDARY BURT MUNRO. IN THE WORLD RECORD THEY ARE GUNNING FOR. PLUS ` WHY TURKEYS MIGHT BE OFF THE MENU THIS CHRISTMAS IN THE UK. AND ALL THE DRAMA AS THE FINAL GROUP MATCHES GET UNDERWAY IN QATAR. THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS TURKEY MIGHT BE OFF THE MENU IN THE UK THIS FESTIVE SEASON. MORE THAN A MILLION BIRDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CULLED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS DUE TO AN OUTBREAK OF THE AVIAN FLU, AND ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST SUPPLIERS HAS TOLD MPS THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE SHORTAGE FOR CHRISTMAS. THE BBC'S CLAIRE MARSHALL EXPLAINS. THESE ARE SCENES OF CHRISTMAS PAST. THIS YEAR IN ENGLAND, NO TURKEYS ARE BEING REARED OUTDOORS. AVIAN FLU IS RIPPING THROUGH WILD AND CAPTIVE BIRD POPULATIONS. (TURKEYS GOBBLE) THIS IS THE NEW REALITY ` ALL POULTRY HAVE BEEN KEPT INSIDE SINCE THE START OF NOVEMBER. IT'S SUCH A CRISIS THAT TODAY THOSE AFFECTED SPOKE OUT. IT WAS TRAUMATIC. YOU KNOW, COME OCTOBER THE FIRST, THE END OF SEPTEMBER, ACTUALLY, WE'VE SEEN AN OUTBREAK IN THE UK LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WE'VE HAD MORE OUTBREAKS IN THE PAST MONTH THAN WE HAVE IN THE ENTIRETY OF LAST YEAR, SO IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING THROUGH EAST ANGLIA. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A STUFFED TURKEY CROWN. THIS YEAR, PETER MILTON'S PROVIDING AROUND 700 BIRDS FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER. AVIAN FLU HAS GIVEN HIM SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, BUT HE'S TAKEN PRECAUTIONS. I'VE MADE SURE THAT THE TURKEYS, THE GEESE, THE DUCKS AND EVERYTHING, WERE COMING FROM DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS, JUST IN CASE WERE SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO ONE, THEN WE COULD OBVIOUSLY` THERE'S ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE. I KNOW OF OTHER BUTCHERS WHO HAVE HAD TO ANNOUNCE TO ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT NO TURKEYS THIS YEAR, NO GEESE, NO DUCKS AND THAT'S NOT A ROUTE WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GO DOWN. THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON. DETAILS OF THE CRISIS WERE HEARD IN THE COMMONS TODAY. THE CHIEF VET MAKING IT CLEAR JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BRING THE DISEASE UNDER CONTROL. THE RISK REMAINS VERY LOW, BUT IF YOU LEFT AND DIDN'T CONTROL THE INFECTION AND IT WAS PASSING THROUGH LOTS OF BIRDS AND LOTS OF HUMAN CONTACT, THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE RISK OF THE VIRUS CHANGING MORE QUICKLY AND CREATING A HUMAN OUTBREAK. FARMERS SAY THEY NEED BETTER COMPENSATION. OR FOR SOME BUSINESSES, THIS COULD BE THEIR LAST CHRISTMAS. A FLURRY OF EXPLOSIONS HAS ERUPTED IN THE U.S. STATE OF FLORIDA, SET OFF BY A VEHICLE THAT SLAMMED INTO A FIREWORKS STORE. THE RESULTING BLAZE CREATED A CHALLENGE FOR EMERGENCY CREWS. CHANNEL NINE'S AMBER CUNEEN REPORTS. (FIREWORKS BOOM, WHISTLE) THAT IS THE SOUND OF DOZENS OF FIREWORKS ALL DETONATING AT ONCE. THIS FLORIDA STORE A TINDERBOX IGNITED BY AN OUT-OF-CONTROL DRIVER. WITHIN SECONDS OF THE IMPACT, IT'S ENGULFED. (FIREWORKS BOOM) CONSTANT BLASTS DRAW A CROWD, IGNORING THE DANGER TO WATCH IT UNFOLD. OH MY GOSH. (FIREWORKS BOOM, SIRENS) FIREFIGHTERS AT FIRST FORCED TO HANG BACK, THE FLAMES THE LEAST OF THEIR CONCERNS. THEY WERE BATTLING FIREWORKS COMING AT 'EM THE WHOLE TIME. WE HAD A PROJECTILE JUST LIKE` ALMOST LIKE A GUN WOULD COME, AND THEY WERE SHOOTING THE GUYS FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES. ALL EMPLOYEES ESCAPED, BUT THE CONDITIONS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE THE DRIVER. AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE FOR CREWS, WHO TOOK HOURS TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE. A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY STUDENTS ARE AIMING TO BREAK A WORLD LAND-SPEED RECORD IN A ROCKET-SHAPED ELECTRIC CAR WHICH THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT. THEY'RE TAKING THEIR CREATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA TO COMPETE IN THE 'DRY LAKES RACERS AUSTRALIA SPEED WEEK' NEXT MARCH. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS MORE. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) (ENGINE REVS) IT INSPIRED THE 2005 FILM 'THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN'... NOW THESE CANTERBURY STUDENTS ARE HOPING TO TAKE THE LEGACY OF BURT MUNRO TO NEW SPEEDS. WE KIND OF REFLECTED ON THE WHOLE BURT MUNRO STORY IN 'THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN' AND KIND OF REFLECTED ON HOW KEY THAT WAS IN QUITE A LOT OF OUR LIVES. THE WORLD E1 LAND-SPEED RECORD IS CURRENTLY HELD BY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IN THE STATES. THEIR RECORD SITS ABOUT 329KM/H, SO A BIT OF A CHALLENGE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY HAS EVER ATTEMPTED A LAND-SPEED RECORD AT THE EVENT AND ONLY THE SECOND TIME A UNIVERSITY TEAM FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD HAS ENTERED THE ELECTRIC COMPETITION CLASS. WE'LL BE TESTING THIS VEHICLE OVER THE NEXT MONTH HERE AT WIGRAM AIR FORCE MUSEUM, AND THEN IN EARLY JANUARY, WE'LL SHIP THE CAR OFF TO AUSTRALIA. BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP, THE VEHICLE IS 7.5M LONG. WE HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE DESIGN. YOU KNOW, WE MANUFACTURE THE CASING; HOW ALL THE SYSTEMS WORK INSIDE THE CAR. ALL THE BODY PANELS THAT YOU SEE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE THOSE FROM SCRATCH. ALL THE SPACE FRAMES. THE RIMS OF THE WHEELS EVEN HAVE BEEN DONE BY US. IT WAS A BIT OF WORK AND KIND OF STRESSFUL, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CALCULATIONS AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE CHECKING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY BUT APPLYING IT IN A DIFFERENT FIELD TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE. SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. UC DESIGN ENGINEER BRUCE ROBERTSON MENTORS THE MOTORSPORT TEAM AND SAYS THE PROJECT OFFERS STUDENTS MORE THAN JUST A TEXTBOOK EXPERIENCE. I KIND OF THINK OF IT AS BEING A LITTLE BIT BATTLE HARDENED. I MEAN, THEY FIND OUT THE REALITIES OF A COMPLEX PROJECT AND LEARN A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY REALLY CAN'T LEARN IN A LECTURE THEATRE OR JUST THROUGH STANDARD ASSIGNMENTS. THE DRIVER IS YET TO BE CHOSEN FROM THE TEAM, WHO WILL ALL TRAVEL TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA FOR THE SPEED WEEK EVENT NEXT YEAR. (SIREN WAILS) FUELLED BY A LEGACY; DRIVEN BY THEIR OWN AMBITIONS. TO SPORT ` AND ENGLAND'S SAFELY THROUGH TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGE OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP IN QATAR, ENDING WALES' TOURNAMENT 3-0. THE U.S., NETHERLANDS AND SENEGAL ALL JOINING THEM IN THE LAST 16. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE ACTION. FROM QATAR... TO LONDON. ENGLAND'S FOOTBALLERS GIVING THE FANS PLENTY TO CHEER ABOUT. OHH! YES! MAGNIFICENT! THE THREE LIONS ONLY NEEDED A POINT TO ADVANCE TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGE, 3 GOALS GIVING ENGLAND A MUCH NEEDED CONFIDENCE BOOST. ...PRETTY MOUNTAINOUS TO CLIMB. KANE. AND FODEN! TWICE, ENGLAND STRIKE. RUSHFORD THREE. HE HAS SPEARED IT THROUGH. THE US CHASED A WIN TO PROGRESS. PULISIC IS IN THEIR. THE AMERICANS WERE DENIED ANOTHER ON HALF-TIME AND HELD OFF ANOTHER BARRAGE TO FINISH SECOND IN THE GROUP. AND THAT IS THAT. THE FINAL WHISTLE IS GREETED BY A HUGE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SIGH OF RELIEF. AND GROUP A, SENEGAL NEEDED A WIN TO JUMP AHEAD OF ECUADOR. NO PROBLEM. THE SOUTH AMERICANS LEVELLED THE SCORE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO GET THEM THROUGH BUT SENEGAL HIT BACK. CAPT FANTASTIC. MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THE NETHERLANDS WITH A TWO NIL WIN OVER QATAR. QATAR DIDN'T SCORE A SINGLE POINT. THE BLACKCAPS WILL LOOK TO EXTEND A NEARLY FOUR-YEAR LONG UNBEATEN RUN AT HOME WHEN THEY TAKE ON INDIA IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS AFTERNOON. THEY HAVEN'T LOST A ONE-DAYER IN AOTEAROA SINCE EARLY 2019 AND LEAD THE SERIES 1-0. VETERAN TIM SOUTHEE SAYS THE TEAM AREN'T FOCUSING A WHOLE LOT ON THE ODI RECORD. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S NICE WHEN YOU HAVE A RECORD AT HOME THAT IS STRONG. BUT I THINK OUR FOCUS DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE TOO MUCH. WE COME TO TRAINING TODAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AS PREPARED AS WE CAN BE FOR TOMORROW. SO, YEAH, THAT GIVES US OUR BEST CHANCE OF GOING OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY HAVING ANOTHER WIN. BUT, YEAH. THE GUYS` I GUESS YOU HEAR AND YOU SEE IT, BUT DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH NOTICE OF IT. THE GUYS ARE JUST LOOKING TO GET THEMSELVES READY FOR ANOTHER GAME TOMORROW. THE MATCH IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY AT 2.30 ` WEATHER PERMITTING. THE NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX HAVE KEPT THEIR SOFTBALL WORLD CUP HOPES ALIVE, DISPATCHING THE PHILIPPINES 8-1. THE PHILIPPINES HELD AN EARLY LEAD, BUT NEW ZEALAND TOOK CONTROL AFTER THE THIRD INNINGS. THE BLACK SOX ENDING THE GAME EARLY, THANKS TO THE MERCY RULE. TANE MAHUTA MATAU. KA HOKI MAI KI TE KAINGA. THE BLACK SOX NEED TO WIN THEIR FINAL POOL MATCH AND RELY ON OTHER RESULTS TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (MELLOW GUITAR MUSIC) THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. PLUS YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE ` THAT'S 1NEWS.CO.NZ BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 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