KIA ORA. IT'S MIDDAY ` A CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ACTIVIST IS SET TO TOUCH DOWN IN AOTEAROA. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE ATTEMPT TO BLOCK HER ARRIVAL. FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES WILL BE BANNED FROM TAKING PART IN INTERNATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS AS THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY TAKES A STAND. PLUS ` MORE STRIKES ARE ON THE WAY AFTER AN OVERWHELMING VOTE IN FAVOUR FROM SECONDARY AND AREA SCHOOL TEACHERS. CAPTIONS BY KRISTIN WILLIAMS AND EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 ANTI-TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST POSIE PARKER IS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN IN NEW ZEALAND. HER VISIT HAS SPARKED FIERCE DEBATE OVER FREE SPEECH, PROMPTING AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK HER ARRIVAL THROUGH THE HIGH COURT. TESSA PARKER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY AND JOINS US NOW FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM. TESSA, WHAT'S THE LATEST? A JUDICIAL REVIEW IN WELLINGTON'S HIGH COURT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THAT BEGAN AT 10 AM AND THERE IS CURRENTLY NO RULING. IT IS SEEN AS A LAST-MINUTE ATTEMPT TO STOP POSIE PARKER'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. ONE YEARS HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS FLYING OVER AUSTRALIA AND IS GOING TO ENTER LATER THAT EVENING. WHY WAS THIS JUDICIAL REVIEW ORDERED? POSIE PARKER DESCRIBES HERSELF AS A WOMEN'S ACTIVIST. AND PROTECTS THEM FROM TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. SOMEONE WE SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY SAYS THAT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE IN HARM'S WAY. THOSE PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND WHO OPPOSE POSIE PARKER'S ENTER AND SAY THAT SHE USES HER ADVOCACY TO PROMOTE ANTI-TRANSGENDER RHETORICAL. THERE'S A HISTORY OF BEING RACIST, OF BEING ANTI-MUSLIM, THERE'S ISLAMOPHOBIA THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING WHO IS NOT PREPARED TO LISTEN, WHO IS NOT PREPARED TO ACT RESPECTFULLY. IN NEW ZEALAND, IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND CAN BAN PEOPLE BASED ON CHARACTER AND THEIR ABILITY TO INCITE VIOLENCE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN 2014 WITH THE RAP GROUP ODD FUTURE, WITH THEIR HISTORY OF STARTING MOBS AT A FEW OF THE CONCERTS. THOSE PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND WHO OPPOSE HER ENTRANCE SAY THAT SHE DOES, ON RECENT ACTION, HAVE THE ABILITY TO STIR UP UNREST. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE WEEKEND? SHE WILL BE ATTENDING EVENTS IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. SHE SAYS SHE NEEDS SIX SECURITY GUARDS TO DO SO, AND THAT THIS COULD COST UP TO $10,000. COUNTER PROTESTS HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN MOST CENTRES, AND ORGANISERS HAVE EMPHASISED THAT THEY PLAN TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY. THE POLICE MINISTER SPOKE TO BREAKFAST EARLIER TODAY. THEY ARE CONSTANTLY DOING RISK ASSESSMENTS OF THE SITUATION AND THAT THEY WILL BE DEPLOYING POLICE STAFF AS NECESSARY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TESSA. WORLD ATHLETICS HAVE ANNOUNCED IT WILL BAN FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING AT INTERNATIONAL EVENTS. TRANSGENDER ATHLETES ARE NOW COMING TO TERMS WITH WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEIR FUTURE AMBITIONS. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS MORE. WORLD ATHLETICS TAKING A STAND. THE WORLD ATHLETICS COUNCIL HAS TODAY TAKEN THE DECISIVE ACTION TO PROTECT THE FEMALE CATEGORY IN OUR SPORT, AND TO DO SO BY RESTRICTING THE PARTICIPATION OF TRANSGENDER AND DSD ATHLETES. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES WON'T BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IF THEY'VE GONE THROUGH MALE PUBERTY. MANY BELIEVE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT TRANSWOMEN DO NOT RETAIN ADVANTAGE OVER BIOLOGICAL WOMEN AND WANT MORE EVIDENCE THAT ANY PHYSICAL ADVANTAGES HAVE BEEN AMELIORATED BEFORE THEY ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER AN OPTION FOR INCLUSION INTO THE FEMALE CATEGORY. THE ATHLETICS' GOVERNING BODY SAYS IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING FAIRNESS FOR FEMALE ATHLETES. THERE ARE NO TRANSGENDER ATHLETES COMPETING IN INTENTIONAL COMPETITION IN ATHLETICS. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE MADE ITS STANCE AND THERE'S NO TRANSGENDER FEMALE COMPETING CURRENTLY IS KINDA, LIKE, WHAT'S THE REASON? AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TO AN ERA WHERE SPORT'S IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS HELPS AT ALL. THE SAME DECISION WAS MADE BY THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF SWIMMING LAST YEAR. I THINK ALL SPORTING BODIES SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THEIR POLICIES IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY REVERSED POLICIES THAT ALLOW MALES TO COMPETE IN FEMALE SPORTS. IT'S THE RIGHT AND FAIR THING TO DO. BUT THIS 'NO' MAY NOT BE FOREVER. THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKING GROUP OVER THE NEXT YEAR THAT'S GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, SO THEY CLEARLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SCIENCE-BASED FACTS TO MAKE AN OUTRIGHT DECISION. SO IT'S REALLY PUZZLING. THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLE FOR ME IS WE WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT WE THINK IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR SPORT. THE DEBATE SURE TO CONTINUE. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. MORE DISRUPTIONS ARE COMING TO THE CLASSROOM, WITH SECONDARY AND AREA SCHOOL TEACHERS SET TO TAKE ANOTHER STRIKE. AFTER STRIKING WITH THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS LAST WEEK, PPTA MEMBERS HAVE VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR MORE ACTION, INCLUDING A NATIONAL-WIDE STRIKE NEXT WEDNESDAY. IF THERE'S NO RESOLUTION TO THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS ROLLING STRIKES WILL BEGIN FROM THE 8TH OF MAY. THE PPTA'S COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE LAST YEAR. ESK VALLEY RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR LEGISLATION THAT PRIORITISES TACKLING CRIME, FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTERS. BUT THE POLICE MINISTER SAYS SHE WON'T ATTEND A COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE ISSUE THERE THIS WEEKEND. LOCAL LOUISE PARSONS SAYS THERE'S ANGER AND ANXIETY FOLLOWING CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WITH THE THREAT OF CRIME ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF STRESS. PARSONS INVITED NEW POLICE MINISTER GINNY ANDERSEN TO A FORUM THIS SUNDAY. TALKING TO 1 NEWS, ANDERSEN SAID THE MEETING WAS POLITICAL, AND IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE IN HER ROLE AS MINISTER. WE ARE SITTING IN A VERY VULNERABLE SPOT. I LIKE TO CALL THEM BOTTOM FEEDERS, COME INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, TAKE YOUR STUFF. IT IS JUST NOT WHAT YOU NEED AT THAT TIME. ANDERSEN SAYS SHE HASN'T HAD TIME TO MEET WITH HER PREDECESSOR, STUART NASH, WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE MEETING AS EAST COAST MP. AN EXPERT ON CHINA SAYS THERE ARE LOTS OF CONCERNS TO BE RAISED AS OUR FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HER COUNTERPART IN BEIJING. NANAIA MAHUTA WILL DISCUSS TRADE, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, HUMAN RIGHTS AS WELL AS RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE. HER VISIT TO CHINA COMES JUST AFTER PRESIDENT XI JINPING'S TRIP TO MOSCOW. FOR NEW ZEALAND, THIS IS A ROUTINE MEETING. YOU KNOW, NORMALLY OUR MINISTERS WILL HAVE FACE TO FACE MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTERPARTS. IT HELPS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS IF THEY KNOW EACH OTHER AND HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. NO MEDIA WERE GRANTED VISAS TO TRAVEL WITH MAHUTA, WHICH BRADY SAYS IS UNUSUAL. U.S. LAWMAKERS HAVE GRILLED THE BOSS OF TIKTOK. SOME TELLING HIM DIRECTLY HIS APP SHOULD BE BANNED. IT FOLLOWS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE U.S, UK AND NEW ZEALAND, BANNING THE VIDEO SHARING PLATFORM FROM OFFICIAL DEVICES, FEARING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT COULD ACCESS PRIVATE DATA. THE ABC'S LINDSAY WATTS HAS THE LATEST. ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY, A TALE OF TWO TIKTOKS. CEO SHOCHU CHEW SAYING TIKTOK IS AN APP FOCUSSED ON FREE EXPRESSION FOR ITS MORE THAN 150 MILLION AMERICAN USERS. OUR APP IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE CREATIVE AND CURIOUS, AND WHERE CLOSE TO 5 MILLION AMERICAN BUSINESSES, MOSTLY SMALL BUSINESSES, GO TO FIND NEW CUSTOMERS AND TO FUEL THEIR GROWTH. BUT SEVERAL LAWMAKERS ON THE HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, WHERE CHEW APPEARED, SEE SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT ` A THREAT TO AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY. IT'S BEEN SAID IT'S LIKE ALLOWING THE SOVIET UNION THE POWER TO PRODUCE SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS DURING THE COLD WAR, BUT MUCH MORE POWERFUL AND MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. CHEW FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. WELCOME TO THE MOST BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS. THE BIGGEST CONCERNS ` OVER TIKTOK'S TIES TO CHINA. TIKTOK IS A WEAPON BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY TO SPY ON YOU, MANIPULATE WHAT YOU SEE AND EXPLOIT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CONGRESSWOMAN, I HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCESS TO THAT DATA. THEY HAVE NEVER ASKED US. WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED. I FIND THAT ACTUALLY PREPOSTEROUS. BUT PREVIOUSLY, BYTEDANCE, THE PARENT COMPANY OF TIKTOK, ACKNOWLEDGED SOME CHINA-BASED TIKTOK EMPLOYEES HAD ACCESSED AND MONITORED THE DATA OF A PAIR OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTS. THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE LATER FIRED. TIKTOK USERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION PACKED THE HEARING. SOME IN ATTENDANCE SAY LOSING THE APP WOULD DESTROY THEIR BUSINESSES. LIKE KELLY GOODWIN, WHO SELLS GREETING CARDS. I THINK THAT SO MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WAY THAT PEOPLE FIND US AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR SALES IS DRIVEN BY TIKTOK. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS DEMANDED TIKTOK'S CHINESE OWNER SELL ITS STAKE IN THE APP. AND NOW TODAY, CHINA IS RESPONDING, SAYING BEIJING WILL RESOLUTELY OPPOSE ANY SALE. AND A LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT SAYS IF YOU'RE USING A PHONE YOU'RE ALREADY GIVING AWAY YOUR INFORMATION. JESSICA MALONEY BELIEVES TIKTOK IS BEING GIVEN A BAD REP FOR THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AROUND ITS ALGORITHMS. ACCESS TO LOCATION AND IP ADDRESS DATA IS NOT UNUSUAL, AND SHE SAYS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE 'TAX' FOR BEING ONLINE. SO THERE WAS THAT KIND OF CONCERN THERE, WE HAD THAT DATA IS POTENTIALLY OWNED OR HELD IN CHINA. TIKTOK HAVE COME OUT AND SAID THAT IT ISN'T. YOU KNOW, THEY DID A BIG DEAL WITH THE U.S. A FEW YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA WAS HELD LOCALLY. THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST A POLITICAL MOVE TO TRY AND MAKE SOME NOISE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN CHINA AT THE MOMENT. MALONEY SAYS PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS NERVOUS ABOUT ORGANISATIONS WITH TIES TO CHINA. THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT SCENES ACROSS FRANCE AGAIN, AS PROTESTS OVER PENSION REFORM STRETCHED INTO A NINTH NIGHT. MORE THAN A HUNDRED POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND 33 PROTESTERS ARRESTED AS TEAR GAS AND WATER CANON WERE USED ON THE CROWDS. THE ANGER COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT PUSHED FORWARD WITH PLANS TO LIFT THE RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62 TO 64. THE STRIKES ARE NOW CAUSING DISRUPTIONS TO SCHOOLS, FRENCH AIRPORTS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT. RUSSIAN FORCES ARE EXHAUSTED. THAT'S WHAT UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE MONTHS LONG FIGHT FOR BAKHMUT. KYIV CLAIMS RUSSIAN FORCES ARE SUSTAINING HEAVY LOSSES ALONG THE FRONT LINES IN THE EASTERN CITY IN ONE OF THE LONGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLES OF THE CONFLICT. A UKRAINIAN GENERAL SAYS THE DEPLETION OF MOSCOW'S FORCES WILL ALLOW KYIV TO LAUNCH A COUNTER-OFFENSIVE 'VERY SOON'. BUT THE NEARBY CITY OF DONETSK IS BEING HEAVILY BOMBARDED BY RUSSIA. A LOCAL UKRAINIAN LEADER SAYS THERE'S CONCERNS IT COULD BE THE NEXT BAKHMUT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HOW A NIGERIAN POLITICIAN LURED A 21-YEAR-OLD TO THE UK WITH A PLAN TO STEAL HIS KIDNEY. PLUS ` SWAPPING THE WHITES FOR THE GLAD RAGS. NEW ZEALAND'S BEST ARE CELEBRATED AT THE CRICKET AWARDS. WELCOME BACK. MEDICATION IS A COMMON TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN, BUT A MAJOR REVIEW ACROSS THE TASMAN HAS FOUND THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE EFFECT. RESEARCHERS ARE NOW LOOKING AT ONE TREATMENT THAT MAY HOLD THE ANSWER. NINE'S GABRIELLE ROGERS HAS MORE. ONE OF THE MAIN COMPLAINTS TO GPs ARE PROBLEMS WITH LOWER BACK PAIN. IT CAN BE SO DEBILITATING IT'S DIFFICULT TO FUNCTION. IT STOPS ME FROM INTERACTING WITH MY KIDS IN A PHYSICAL WAY THAT I'D LIKE TO IN TERMS OF PLAY. SURVEYS SUGGEST 61% OF SUFFERERS TURN TO PAIN-RELIEVING MEDICATIONS. HALF THE TIME I'LL ACTUALLY NEED TO GO TO MEDICINES JUST TO GIVE ME THAT EXTRA BIT OF HELP. AND MY GO-TO HAS ALWAYS BEEN IBUPROFEN. BUT EVIDENCE OF THE OVERALL BENEFITS ISN'T CLEAR. RESEARCHERS SPENT THREE YEARS REVIEWING TRIALS RELATING TO 69 MEDICINES, INCLUDING COMBINATIONS. THE LIST INCLUDED PARACETAMOL, NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES, OPIOIDS AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS. THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY FOR MEDICINES FOR ACUTE LOWER BACK PAIN. OUR MAIN FINDINGS ARE THAT WE HAVE LOW OR VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE EFFECTS OF THESE MEDICINES COMPARED TO PLACEBO. THAT'S DESPITE 60 YEARS OF RESEARCH. THAT'S WHY EXPERTS CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND MORE SIMPLE STRATEGIES FIRST UP. RETURNING TO YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AS YOU CAN, BUT ALSO USING THINGS LIKE MASSAGE OR A HEAT PACK THAT PEOPLE REPORT RELIEF WITH. THE LARGE REVIEW DID UNCOVER CLUES. ONE NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CALLED KETOROLAC SHOWED PROMISING BENEFITS. THEY NOW WANT TO TEST A TABLET FORM OF THE DRUG AGAINST PLACEBO. THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IN OUR RESEARCH. IN THE MEANTIME, DOCTORS AND PATIENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS. A SAMPLE OF 45 SPONGES TAKEN FROM WELLINGTON HARBOUR FOUND EVERY ONE OF THEM CONTAINED MICROPLASTICS. RESEARCHERS TOOK THE SAMPLES ACROSS THREE SITES IN THE CAPITAL'S HARBOUR. THE STUDY FOUND SPONGES CLOSEST TO URBAN AREAS AND STORMWATER PIPES HAD THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION. IT SUGGESTS THAT THE MICROPLASTIC ABUNDANCE IS MAINLY DUE TO PLASTIC IN THE ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN THE SPECIES. THERE'S A WARNING A DEADLY DRUG-RESISTANT FUNGAL BUG SPREADING IN THE U.S. IS LIKELY TO MAKE ITS WAY TO AOTEAROA. THE FUNGUS, CANDIDA AURIS, CAUSES SEVERE ILLNESS IN THOSE WITH WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEMS. A THIRD OF PEOPLE WHO BECOME SICK DIE. PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, KURT KRAUSE, SAYS AOTEAROA NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR THE DANGEROUS BUG AS IT'S HARD TO GET RID OF. IT HAS A TENDENCY TO GET EMBEDDED IN NURSING HOMES AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AND STAY THERE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ERADICATE, SO IT CAN SPREAD THROUGH THOSE. AND IT GETS ON BED SURFACES, BED RAILINGS, WINDOWS, AND GETS PICKED UP AND GETS TRANSMITTED. SO THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM. INFECTIONS ARE INCREASING IN THE U.S. TO AROUND 6000 INFECTIONS LAST YEAR, WITH CASES ALSO NOW IN AUSTRALIA. A NIGERIAN POLITICIAN AND HIS WIFE, ALONG WITH A MEDICAL MIDDLEMAN, HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRING TO EXPLOIT ANOTHER PERSON FOR HIS KIDNEY. THEY LURED THE 21-YEAR-OLD TO THE UK WITH THE PLAN TO REMOVE THE ORGAN AND TRANSPLANT IT TO THE POLITICIAN'S DAUGHTER, WHO HAS A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION. THE BBC'S TOM SYMONDS REPORTS. A YOUNG NIGERIAN MAN WALKS INTO A WEST LONDON POLICE STATION WITH A REMARKABLE STORY. HE'S RUN AWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE HIS KIDNEY. WEEKS BEFORE, DANIEL ` NOT HIS REAL NAME ` HAD BEEN SELLING MOBILE PHONE ACCESSORIES IN THE MARKETS OF LAGOS. AT THE OTHER END OF THE NIGERIAN SOCIAL SCALE, IKE EKWEREMADU, A POWERFUL SENATOR, AND HIS WIFE, BEATRICE. THEIR DAUGHTER SONIA HAS A DEBILITATING KIDNEY CONDITION. SHE NEEDS A TRANSPLANT. FOR HELP, EKWEREMADU TURNED TO THIS MAN, DR OBINNA OBETA... I'M FINE. I'M OK. ...WHO'D POSTED HIS OWN TRANSPLANT ON FACEBOOK AFTER FINDING A YOUNG NIGERIAN DONOR. OBETA SUGGESTED HIS DONOR'S FRIEND DANIEL. IN LAGOS, THE YOUNG MARKET TRADER WAS TOLD TO GET SOME TESTS. HE THOUGHT A WEALTHY MAN WAS HELPING HIM TRAVEL TO BRITAIN FOR A BETTER LIFE. HE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME FORM OF EMPLOYMENT FOR HIM. IN A MANNER, SOME FORM OF ASSISTANCE. WAS HE TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE A KIDNEY? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT WAS NEVER A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION. HE FLEW TO BRITAIN. THERE WAS NO JOB. WHILE WAITING FOR MEETINGS WITH DOCTORS, HE SLEPT ON A SOFA AT A FLAT WHERE DR OBETA LIVED HERE IN SOUTH LONDON, AND HE WAS TAKEN FOR LUNCH AT THIS RESTAURANT. AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT. SONIA EKWEREMADU WAS THERE, AND HER PICTURE WAS TAKEN WITH DANIEL. WHILE SHE WAS ACQUITTED, THE COURT HEARD HER PARENTS AND OBETA WERE FALSELY CLAIMING DANIEL AND SONIA WERE COUSINS. WHEN DANIEL MET DOCTORS HERE, HE SUDDENLY REALISED WHY HE WAS IN BRITAIN. THE DOCTORS CALLED A HALT TO THE TRANSPLANT. THE SENATOR, HIS WIFE AND THE MIDDLE MAN CONVICTED IN A CASE WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, THOUGH INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INTO WHETHER OTHERS WERE INVOLVED. TO SPORT, AND THE HEAD OF WORLD ATHLETICS SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLOW FEMALE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO COMPETE. FOLLOWING THE DECISION TO BAN TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY SAYS IT WANTS TO PROTECT THE FEMALE CATEGORY. WHERE THE SCIENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY MAINTAINING TESTOSTERONE SUPPRESSION FOR TRANSGENDER ATHLETE, THE COUNCIL AGREED IT MUST BE GUIDED BY OUR OVERARCHING PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE FEMALE CATEGORY. THE BAN WILL COME INTO PLAY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. OUR TOP CRICKETERS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT THE CRICKET AWARDS; DARYL MITCHELL AND AMELIA KERR BOTH AWARDED PLAYER OF THE YEAR. KERR WAS ALSO NAMED THE TOP T20 CRICKETER, WITH MITCHELL RECEIVING THE FIRST CLASS BATTING AWARD. OH, LOOK, I THINK, FOR ME, I'M JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP AND TO BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT WE GOT SOME WORLD CLASS PLAYERS IN OUR TEAM THAT, FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS BEEN IN THE TEAM ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO LEARN OFF EVERY DAY. SUZIE BATES AND MICHAEL BRACEWELL WALKED AWAY WITH THE TOP ODI HONOURS, WHILE TOM BLUNDELL TOOK HOME TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AFTER SIX MONTHS OFF THE PITCH, THE ALL WHITES HAVE SURVIVED A RED CARD TO HOLD CHINA TO A 0-0 DRAW. CAPTAIN TOMMY SMITH'S 50TH INTERNATIONAL ENDED ON A SOUR NOTE, SENT OFF WITH JUST UNDER HALF AN HOUR TO PLAY. BUT THE ALL WHITES WENT ON THE DEFENCE TO KEEP CHINA SCORELESS. OLI SALE BELIEVES THE TEAM ROSE TO THE OCCASION. THERE WAS ASPECTS THAT WE CAN BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH. SOME OF THE BUILD-UP, THE PRESSING, THE AGGRESSION WITH WHICH WE PLAYED, THE WAY WE KEPT POSSESSION FOR LARGE CHUNKS, THE CHANCES WE CREATED, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIRST HALF AND PROBABLY ONE OR TWO IN THE SECOND HALF. WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY THE GAME SHIFTS WHEN YOU LOSE A MAN, AND WE HAD TO HANG ON A BIT, SO THAT'S FOOTBALL. THE SIDES NOW HEAD TO THE CAPITAL FOR THE FINAL MATCH ON SUNDAY. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS FOUND HIMSELF IN A STICKY SITUATION AT THE WORLD MATCH PLAY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS. FOX HAD THE LEAD HEADING INTO THE FINAL HOLES OF HIS SECOND MATCH, UNTIL A BOGEY ALLOWED AMERICAN ANDREW PUTNAM TO SNATCH A TWO AND ONE WIN. FOX NOW NEEDS TO BEAT SEVENTH SEED WILL ZALATORIS AND HAVE OTHER RESULTS GO HIS WAY TO PROGRESS. THE PARRAMATTA EELS HAVE BEATEN THE PENRITH PANTHERS IN GOLDEN POINT ` 17-16. IN A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S GRAND FINAL, THE EELS PULLED OUT TO AN EIGHT-POINT LEAD. BUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS CLAWED IT BACK TO SEND THE GAME TO GOLDEN POINT. PETER VLANDYS IS AT HOME AND SAYING, 'THIS IS MY RULE.' CLEARY. WHAT A STRIKE! CLEARY'S KICK! THAT IS AMAZING! (WHISTLE TRILLS) A PIECE OF MAGIC! BUT EELS STAR MITCHELL MOSES PUT A HALT TO THE COMEBACK, SLOTTING HIS OWN DROP GOAL TO SEAL THE ONE-POINT VICTORY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (SAM AND DAVE'S 'HOLD ON I'M COMING') AND A QUICK UPDATE ` THE ATTEMPT TO BLOCK ANTI-TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST POSIE PARKER FROM ENTERING NEW ZEALAND HAS JUST BEEN REJECTED BY THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. FROM THE MID-DAY CREW, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY EMMA BARTOSZEWICZ POOLE AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS.