IT'S MIDDAY ` NEW ZEALAND IS FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRESSIVE DRUG POLICY. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM A FORMER PRIME MINISTER AS CALLS CONTINUE TO DECRIMINALISE DRUGS. A CEASEFIRE IN SUDAN IS EXTENDDED AS LOCALS AND FOREIGNERS CONTINUE TO FLOOD OUT OF THE COUNTRY. PLUS, HE TURNED FIGHTING FAMILIES INTO DAYTIME TALK SHOW GOLD. JERRY SPRINGER DIES AT THE AGE OF 79. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. RENTERS ARE STILL FACING RECORD-HIGH COSTS, WITH THE AVERAGE PRICE SITTING AT $600. NEW 'TRADE ME' DATA ALSO SHOWS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SMALLER, CHEAPER HOMES TO FIGHT THE INCREASES. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL'S KNOCKED BACK CRITICISM OF ITS PROPOSAL TO BRING BACK 'NO CLAUSE' TENANCY TERMINATIONS, SAYING IT WILL HELP LANDLORDS TAKE A CHANCE ON RISKIER TENANTS. BUT GEORDIE ROGERS FROM RENTERS UNITED SAYS DESPITE WHAT NATIONAL SAYS, IT'S A PRO-LANDLORD MOVE. IF YOU WANT TO KICK SOMEONE OUT OF THEIR HOME, YOU SHOULD HAVE A REASON, AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT QUITE CLEARLY. THE FACT THAT NATIONAL HAS COME IN AND SAID WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KICK PEOPLE OUT WITHOUT ANY REASON INSTEAD OF PERHAPS SUGGESTING SOME EXTRA REASONS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO ADD, SUGGESTS TO ME THAT THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO KEEP A PROFIT THEN KEEPING PEOPLE IN HOMES. NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP SAYS THEIR POLICY WOULD HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO PRISON OR WITH BAD CREDIT HISTORIES GET INTO HOMES BY ASSURING LANDLORDS THEY CAN TERMINATE AN AGREEMENT IF NEEDED. IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEY CAN MOVE THE TENANT ON. BUT THEY WILL TAKE A CHANCE ON SOME OF THESE TENANTS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE MISS OUT ON THE RENTAL MARKET. AND SO, IT IS ALL ABOUT INCREASING SUPPLY. AND I ACTUALLY SEE IT AS A PROGRESSIVE, PRO-TENANT MOVE. A PROMINENT CHRISTCHURCH EYE SURGEON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS AND 10 MONTHS BEHIND BARS. IAN DALLISON (66) PLEADED GUILTY TO THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ALBERTO CECCARELLI AND WOUNDING THE VICTIMS WIFE, ANTJE SCHMIDT. A POLICE SUMMARY SAYS DALLISON FIRED A SHOT AT HIS FORMER LANDLORD'S HEAD, WHICH MISSED, BEFORE A DESPERATE STRUGGLE BROKE OUT, IN WHICH DALLISON EYE-GOUGED HIS VICTIM. POLICE ALSO FOUND NINE FIREARMS AND 167 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION IN HIS CAR. THE IMPACT STATEMENTS WERE READ BY THE CROWN. STEPPING INTO OUR HOME OR HAVING DINNER IN OUR HOME, IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED. A SECURITY HAS BEEN VIOLATED. I HAVE DIFFICULTY FALLING ASLEEP BECAUSE OF MY PAIN AND ANXIETY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PUT MY HEAD DOWN ON THE PILLOW TO SLEEP. TODAY IN COURT, IAN DALLISON EXPRESSED A HEARTFELT APOLOGY TO BOTH VICTIMS. ONE OF OUR FORMER PRIME MINISTERS SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS FALLING BEHIND WHEN IT COMES TO PROGRESSIVE DRUG POLICIES. HELEN CLARK IS CALLING FOR THE DECRIMINALISATION OF DRUGS TO HELP WITH NEW ZEALAND'S METHAMPHETAMINE PROBLEM. SHE SAYS THERE'S EVIDENCE IT'S ALREADY WORKED OVERSEAS. PEOPLE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PORTUGAL, WHERE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, THEY IN ESSENCE DECRIMINALISED USE OF POSSESSION AND DIVERTED PEOPLE TO SERVICES. THEY WENT FROM HAVING THE HIGHEST RATE OF DRUG-RELATED DEATHS IN WESTERN EUROPE TO THE LOWEST, SO I CAN CITE ANY NUMBER OF OTHER PRECEDENTS, BUT THERE ARE WAYS OF DEALING WITH THIS. THE DRUG FOUNDATION'S SARAH HELM SAYS THE 'WAR ON DRUGS' MESSAGING HAS LED TO A FALSE VIEW THAT DECRIMINALISATION IS THE SAME AS ENDORSING DRUGS. IMAGINE YOU HAVE A METHAMPHETAMINE USE ISSUE STARTING TO BREW UP IN YOUR LIFE. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TALK TO ABOUT IT? YOU WILL BE SCARED OF CRIMINALISATION, SCARED OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK OF YOU. AND SO, IT CAN MEAN THAT SOMEBODY SPIRALS INTO AN ADDICTION COMPLETELY UNNECESSARILY. COVID IS BEING BLAMED FOR A DROP IN REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYING IT SHOWS PEOPLE WERE FOLLOWING HEALTH ADVICE. NEW DATA SHOWS ONLY 50% OF SCHOOL AND KURA STUDENTS ATTENDED TERM FOUR FOR AT LEAST 90% OF THE TIME. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIP FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHICH HAD REGULAR ATTENDANCE UP ABOVE 60%. NATIONAL'S EDUCATION SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT SHOWS LABOUR IS FAILING TO GET ON TOP OF TRUANCY AND IS FAILING A GENERATION OF CHILDREN. THE FAR NORTH DISTRICT COUNCIL SAYS A SEVEN-YEAR WAIT TO GET A LEASE FOR KAITAIA AIRPORT APPROVED IS PUTTING THE FUTURE OF THE FACILITY AT THE RISK OF CLOSURE. THE AIRPORT SUPPORTS FLIGHTS FOR 'BARRIER AIR'. PLUS ` MEDICAL SPECIALISTS NIWA AND PRIVATE BUSINESS JETS. BUT THE RUNWAY IS IN NEED OF REPAIR, WHICH THE COUNCIL CAN'T COMMIT TO IT UNTIL LAND INFORMATION NEW ZEALAND GRANTS A LEASE. COUNCILLOR FELICITY FOY SAYS IF THE AIRPORT CLOSES, COMMUNITIES COULD BE CUT OFF. I HAVE TO ASK ` WHY HAVE WE BEEN FORGOTTEN? WE ARE THE FAR NORTH. WE SHOULDN'T BE THE FORGOTTEN NORTH. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY. KAITAIA IS THE NORTHERN-MOST AIRPORT IN NEW ZEALAND AND IS STILL A NEARLY TWO-HOUR DRIVE FROM THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY. FOY SAYS THE CROWN IS IN CONSULTATION WITH IWI OVER THE FUTURE OF THE LAND. OUR CURRENT HEALTH SYSTEM DOESN'T MEET THE NEEDS OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH AOTEAROA. IT'S CALLING FOR THE CREATION OF A TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE HUB TO MAKE SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE, WITH LIMITED CAPACITY AND LONG WAIT TIMES BEING THE CURRENT NORM. JAIMIE VEALE SAYS YOUNG TRANS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED. WE ARE JUST SEEING REALLY HIGH LEVELS OF UNMET NEED FOR THINGS LIKE GENDER-AFFIRMING HORMONES AND SURGERIES. AND WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE WHY, THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE JUST NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO TO ACCESS THIS CARE, NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO ACCESS IT, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SURGERIES, OR JUST BEING TOO AFRAID TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS CARE. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS MET WITH TRANSGENDER HEALTH AOTEAROA TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. ANOTHER 72-HOUR CEASEFIRE HAS TAKEN EFFECT IN SUDAN ` EXTENDING AN ORIGINAL TRUCE THAT WAS DUE TO EXPIRE THIS MORNING. LOCALS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS ARE RACING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY WHILE THE EVACUATION WINDOW REMAINS OPEN. BUT THOSE STILL IN SUDAN HAVE BEEN WARNED THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FURTHER EVACUATIONS IF THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES. THE BBC'S CAROLINE HAWLEY REPORTS. AT THE AIRFIELD IN KHARTOUM, DESPERATE CROWDS WITH JUST ONE HOPE TO ESCAPE. EVERYONE HERE HAS MADE A DANGEROUS JOURNEY. A MILITARY OPERATION DESCRIBED AS EVEN MORE COMPLEX THAN THE EVACUATION FROM AFGHANISTAN. AND NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THE LAST FLIGHT OUT WILL GO. LARNACA AIRPORT ` FIRST STOP TO SAFETY. HUNDREDS OF BRITISH NATIONALS AIRLIFTED OUT OF SUDAN HAVE NOW ARRIVED HERE FOR FLIGHTS BACK TO THE UK. JUST A VERY SAD AND VERY UGLY WAR. WE LOSE EVERYTHING THERE. I'M REALLY SORRY. SO WE ESCAPE FOR OUR LIFE. I SEE MYSELF, SO MANY PEOPLE DIE IN FRONT OF ME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO MANY GUNS. OLD AND YOUNG TRAUMATISED BY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH. EVERYBODY HERE HAS A STORY OF THE ABSOLUTE TERROR THAT THEY'VE LIVED THROUGH OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, AND OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE OUT AND TO BE SAFE. BUT MANY BRITISH NATIONALS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE PEOPLE THEY LOVE BEHIND BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE UK VISAS. THESE CHILDREN MADE IT TO THE AIRFIELD WITH THEIR AUNT, WHO PLEADED WITH A BRITISH OFFICIAL TO ALLOW THEM ON THE RAF FLIGHT. ONLY BRITISH CITIZENS WHO HOLD PASSPORTS WERE ALLOWED, AND I WAS BEGGING HIM, 'THIS IS IMMEDIATE FAMILY.' THIS IS WAR THIS IS A WAR ZONE. THOSE VULNERABLE KIDS, THEY SHOULD ALLOWED TO COME IN WITH ME. THEY WERE ALREADY, LIKE, 12M AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE. (BOOM!) THIS IS WHERE THEIR FAMILY ARE NOW STRANDED. THE SCARS ARE EVERYWHERE OF 10 DAYS OF A VICIOUS POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO SUDANESE GENERALS. A CITY WHERE FOOD, DRINKING WATER AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARE ALL PRECIOUS COMMODITIES, BUT WHERE FIGHTERS HAVE MADE LIFE CHEAP. AND SO, FROM VARIOUS POINTS IN SUDAN, AN EVER-GROWING EXODUS. A BRITISH WARSHIP HAS ARRIVED IN PORT SUDAN, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL AND WON'T BE USED TO EVACUATE BRITISH NATIONALS. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE FROM MANY COUNTRIES PROPELLED BY FEAR THAT ONCE THE CEASEFIRE ENDS, THE CONFLICT WILL ONLY INTENSIFY. ANOTHER OF RUPERT MURDOCH'S NEWS BRANDS HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR INACCURATE REPORTING, THIS TIME FOR BREACHING BROADCASTING STANDARDS. AUSTRALIA'S MEDIA WATCHDOG FOUND SEVERAL SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA SEGMENTS UNDERMINED CLIMATE SCIENCE AND DOWNPLAYED THE THREAT OF GLOBAL WARMING. ONE PRESENTER WAS CALLED OUT FOR DESCRIBING CLIMATE CHANGE AS A 'FRAUDULENT AND DANGEROUS CULT'. IT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER THE MURDOCH-OWNED FOX NEWS SETTLED A DEFAMATION CASE CENTRED ON UNTRUE CLAIMS AROUND THE RESULT OF THE 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND DONALD TRUMP HAS HELD HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY SINCE JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED HIS OWN BID FOR REELECTION. TRUMP IS CONSIDERED THE FRONTRUNNER FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, MEANING A REMATCH WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD BE ON THE CARDS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED HIS PROMISING POLL NUMBERS AT THE RALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND TOOK A SWING AT HIS LIKELY 2024 OPPONENT. WE ARE NOW A NATION, AND WE ARE A NATION, IN SERIOUS DECLINE, A NATION THAT HAS LOST ITS WAY. WE'RE LED BY A HOPELESS PERSON, BUT WE WILL WIN IN 2024 AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. WE CAN DO IT. IT'S NOT TOO LATE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) NEW HAMPSHIRE IS CONSIDERED A KEY STATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, THOUGH THE STATE'S VOTERS REJECTED TRUMP IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TALK SHOW AND ITS OFTEN OUTRAGEOUS GUESTS, AMERICAN BROADCASTER JERRY SPRINGER HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 79. 'THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW' RE-DEFINED THE DAYTIME TALK SHOW LANDSCAPE AND LASTED NEARLY THREE DECADES. THE BBC'S DAVID STILLITO LOOKS BACK AT HIS LIFE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALL CHANT: JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! WHEN IT BEGAN, THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW HAD ASPIRATIONS TO TACKLE THE SERIOUS ISSUES. THEY SOON REALISED WHERE THE RATINGS WERE, THOUGH. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) WHO ARE YOU? (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) MARQUIS SAYS HE'S SCARED THE TRUTH WILL GET HIM IN BIG TROUBLE. AND THERE IN THE MIDDLE, OBEYING, WITTY ` THE RINGMASTER, JERRY SPRINGER. OK, WELL, SHE DOES NOW. SHE'S WATCHING BACKSTAGE. CALM, CONFIDENT, AND COMPLETELY RELAXED ABOUT THE MADNESS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE SHOW'S STUPID. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SHOW'S STUPID. MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON MY SHOW, I REALLY KIND OF LIKE. NOT EVERYONE, BUT MOST OF THEM. THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THE BREAKS IN LIFE THAT I GET. THEY DIDN'T HAVE WONDERFUL PARENTS OR THEY WEREN'T BORN MAYBE WITH A GOOD BRAIN OR THEY WEREN'T BORN WITH THE LUCK THAT I'VE HAD. THE LUCK HE'D HAD ` THE SON OF JEWISH REFUGEES, WHO'D BEEN BORN DURING AN AIR RAID IN LONDON'S HIGHGATE TUBE STATION ` HAD TAKEN HIM TO AMERICA... I'M JERRY SPRINGER, AND I WANT TO BE YOUR GOVERNOR. ...AND A POLITICAL CAREER, WHICH WASN'T HELPED BY THIS REVELATION IN A CAMPAIGN AD. SOME NINE YEARS AGO, I SPENT TIME WITH A WOMAN I SHOULDN'T HAVE, AND I PAID HER WITH A CHEQUE. I WISH I HADN'T DONE THAT. THE FAILED POLITICIAN WHO BECAME A TV STAR WAS, TO SOME, A SYMBOL OF MORAL DECAY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALL CHANT: JERRY! JERRY! BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS WARMTH AND JOY HERE. AND EVERYONE HAS FLAWS ` EVEN JERRY. AND ALL WAS FORGIVEN BY THE TIME OF THE FINAL THOUGHTS. TILL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` BRITTNEY GRINER OPENS UP ABOUT HER TIME IMPRISONED IN RUSSIA. PLUS ` A DARRYL MITCHELL CENTURY ISN'T ENOUGH FOR THE BLACKCAPS IN THE FIRST ONE-DAYER AGAINST PAKISTAN. A NEW ZEALAND DANCE TEAM HAVE EARNED THEMSELVES A PAIR OF SILVER MEDALS ON THE WORLD STAGE. COMPETING AT 'THE DANCE WORLDS' IN ORLANDO FLORIDA, AUCKLAND'S 'MOUNT EDEN BALLET ACADEMY' BEAT OUT TEAMS FROM 39 COUNTRIES IN THE OPEN JAZZ AND SENIOR SMALL JAZZ CATEGORIES. IT'S NOT LIKE COMPETING AT HOME IN AUCKLAND, EVEN THOUGH THE COMPETITION THERE IS ALSO REALLY GOOD. WHEN YOU GET ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, YOU KNOW, THE NERVES AND JUST BEING UP AGAINST SO MANY DIFFERENT DANCERS; YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEARLY 3500 DANCERS WHO COMPETE IN THIS TEAM COMPETITION. MEBA HAS COMPETED AT WORLDS FOUR TIMES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A TEAM FROM AOTEAROA HAS WON A SILVER OR MULTIPLE MEDALS. THEY'RE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR APPS ON OUR PHONES, BUT THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON HOW THE LIKES OF TIKTOK, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM HANDLE THE INFORMATION OF USERS. AS NINE'S AIRLIE WALSH EXPLAINS, TIKTOK'S AUSTRALIAN ARM HAS RELEASED AN ANALYSIS ON ITS OWN DATA COLLECTION, COMPARING IT TO RIVAL APPS. IT'S THE TECH APP OF CHOICE FOR A SCREEN-OBSSESSED, TECH-SAVVY GENERATION. BUT WITH THE PRESSURE ON TIKTOK BEING TURNED UP, THE AUSTRALIAN ARM HAS HIT BACK, COMMISSIONING A THIRD-PARTY REPORT TO ANALYSE ITS DATA COLLECTION COMPARED TO RIVALS. THE STUDY FOUND GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND TIKTOK ALL COLLECT USERS' PHONE CONTACTS, PRIVACY SETTINGS, IN-APP BROWSING HISTORY, AND LOCATIONS, WITH GOOGLE COLLECTING THE MOST. AND AT LEAST TWO OF THE BIG FOUR BANKS, ALONG WITH TELSTRA AND AFTERPAY, SHARE THEIR DATA WITH CHINA. THE TOP FINDING REALLY WAS THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ALL COLLECT AROUND ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. FINDINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN WELCOMED AND WEAPONISED BY TIKTOK'S AUSTRALIAN GENERAL MANAGER. BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO CHINA AND TIKTOK'S OWNERSHIP BY PARENT COMPANY BYTEDANCE, WITH LAWMAKERS AND REGULATORS INCREASINGLY EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERN THAT SENSITIVE USER DATA COULD END UP IN THE HANDS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. TIKTOK DENIES THESE CLAIMS, SAYING THE REPORT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS CRITICS WHO SAY THE PLATFORM POSES A GREATER RISK TO CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ACCESS. THIS IS TIKTOK'S WAY OF RESPONDING TO MONTHS OF CRITICISM. AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW IS THAT EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA APP COLLECTS A LOT OF DATA. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING RELEASED FROM A RUSSIAN PRISON, U.S. BASKETBALL STAR BRITTNEY GRINER HAS SPOKEN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT HER DETAINMENT. THE WNBA STAR THANKED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND HER FAMILY FOR HELPING SECURE HER RELEASE. THE ABC'S MELISSA ADAN HAS MORE. (APPLAUSE) WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STAR BRITTNEY GRINER SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HER DETAINMENT INSIDE A RUSSIAN PRISON. THE ATHLETE GETTING EMOTIONAL. YOU KNOW, I'M NO STRANGER TO HARD TIMES, SO JUST DIGGING DEEP, HONESTLY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH ADVERSITIES THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. GRINER SPENDING NEARLY 10 MONTHS IN RUSSIAN PRISON AFTER SHE WAS CAUGHT WITH HASHISH OIL, WHICH IS BANNED IN RUSSIA, AND WAS SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS. SHE WAS FREED IN DECEMBER IN A PRISONER SWAP WITH CONVICTED RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOUT. THE 32-YEAR-OLD THANKING HER WIFE AND ADMITTING HER RESILIENCE AND FOCUS SHE LEARNED THROUGH PLAYING BASKETBALL GOT HER THROUGH HER DETAINMENT. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SO SMALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, DYING IN PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, AND JUST HARD WORKOUTS, YOU FIND A WAY TO JUST GRIND IT OUT. GRINER, WHO WAS ENTERING HER 10TH SEASON WITH THE PHOENIX MERCURY, SAYS SHE DOES NOT PLAN ON PLAYING OVERSEAS AGAIN UNLESS SHE'S REPRESENTING THE U.S., OPENING UP ABOUT HER DECISION TO PLAY OVERSEAS. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE REASON A LOT OF US GO OVER, YOU KNOW, IS THE PAY GAP, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US GO OVER THERE TO MAKE AN INCOME TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES. GRINER ALSO URGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OTHER AMERICANS WHO ARE WRONGFULLY DETAINED OVERSEAS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP BRINGING AWARENESS TO EVERYONE THAT'S LEFT BEHIND RIGHT NOW. TO SPORT ` AND BOXER MEA MOTU IS NEW ZEALAND'S NEWEST WORLD CHAMPION, CLAIMING THE IBO SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST FEMALE BOUT TO HEADLINE THE 'FIGHT FOR LIFE' WENT THE FULL 10 ROUNDS. MOTU WINNING THE TITLE IN A UNANIMOUS POINTS DECISION, IMPROVING HER UNDEFEATED RECORD TO 16 WINS. FFN, PUKEPOTO IS MY HOME. AND WHEREVER MY BABY IS, LEILANI, YOU SAVED MUMMY'S LIFE. AND I THANK YOU TO MY COACH, AND ALINA, FOR GIVING ME THE POWER OF A FEMALE. AN EMOTIONAL MOTU SAYS BOXING SAVED HER FROM A BATTLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH. 'I'M ONLY HUMAN' ` THAT'S CRUSADERS ASSISTANT COACH SCOTT HANSEN'S RESPONSE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING THE HEAD COACH OF THE FRANCHISE. HANSEN WILL LEAVE THE CRUSADERS ALONG WITH SCOTT ROBERTSON, SEEING A MAJOR RESTRUCTURE AT THE CLUB. HE'LL JOIN FORMER CRUSADERS COACH JASON RYAN WHO LEFT THE FRANCHISE LAST YEAR. THE 47-YEAR-OLD IS HAPPY TO SEE SOME CHANGE AT THE CLUB. I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY TIME HERE AT THE CRUSADERS. I LOVE THIS PLACE, SO... THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT MY FUTURE LOOKED LIKE, AND THEY WERE CONVERSATIONS I NEEDED TO HAVE. THE EXCITING THING FOR THE CRUSADERS IS THEY WILL GET SOME NEW BLOOD IN WITH SOME NEW ENERGY, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO GROW THIS GROUP THE CRUSADERS NEW COACHING GROUP IS YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. THE BLACKCAPS ARE ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO GAME TWO AFTER DROPPING THEIR OPENING ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL TO PAKISTAN THIS MORNING. BATTING FIRST, THE TOURISTS REACHED 288/7; DARYL MITCHELL LEADING THE WAY WITH 113. THAT'S A GOOD SHOT. HE'S GOT ALL OF IT BEHIND THAT. AND JUST MISSES THAT AT WIDE LONG-ON. PAKISTAN CRUISED TO THE TARGET, CLAIMING THE FIVE-WICKET WIN WITH AN OVER AND A HALF TO SPARE. I THOUGHT, ALSO, THE WAY PAKISTAN BATTED TONIGHT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. THEY PUT US UNDER PRESSURE AT TIMES, AND ALWAYS KEPT THE RATE IN CHECK. YEAH, FAIR PLAY TO THEM. THEY WON THIS ONE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE IN ABOUT 20 HOURS' TIME. THE FIVE-MATCH SERIES CONTINUES TOMORROW NIGHT. MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE BLOWN A TWO-GOAL LEAD TO DRAW 2-2 WITH TOTTENHAM IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. THE RED DEVILS SCORED IN THE OPENING SEVEN MINUTES, AND ADDED A SECOND JUST BEFORE HALF TIME. BUT TOTTENHAM WERE SPURRED INTO LIFE AFTER THE BREAK. IN TOWARDS RICHARLISON. WILL IT BREAK FOR HARRY KANE? IT'S BLOCKED AWAY... AND THUMPED IN BY PEDRO PORRO FOR KANE. SLIDES IT IN. AND SURELY... SON FOR 2-2. TWO SECOND HALF GOALS FOR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR. THE DRAW MEANS UNITED REMAIN FOURTH ON THE TABLE, TWO POINTS BEHIND NEWCASTLE UNITED. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. SPAIN HAS RECORDED ITS HOTTEST-EVER TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL, HITTING 38.8 DEGREES TODAY. FOR DAYS, A SWELTERING HEATWAVE HAS OVERWHELMED THE COUNTRY, WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 10 TO 15 DEGREES WARMER THAN EXPECTED FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE EXTREME HEAT HAS DRIVEN SCHOOLS TO CHANGE THEIR TIMETABLE TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE PEAK TEMPERATURES. A BIT COOLER HERE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # TONIGHT # I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ALL TO YOU. # IN THE DARKNESS # THERE'S SO MUCH # I WANT TO DO # AND TONIGHT # I'M GONNA LAY IT AT YOUR FEET # BECAUSE I WAS MADE FOR YOU # AND YOU WERE MADE FOR ME...# THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.