IT'S MIDDAY. A UK COURT IS SHOWN THE MOMENT A NEW ZEALAND-BORN POLICE OFFICER IS SHOT AND KILLED. IT'S DAY TWO OF AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S BIG BUDGET DEBATE. CAN THEY SOLVE THE $325M QUESTION? PLUS ` WINTER IS HERE AND SO IS SKI SEASON. MOUNT HUTT PREPARES TO WELCOME PUNTERS TO THE SLOPES. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 IT'S DAY TWO OF AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S DEBATE OVER HOW TO SOLVE A $325 MILLION DEFICIT. YESTERDAY, COUNCILLORS OFF-LOADED THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY FOR SEVEN HOURS. THE HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION ` AIRPORT SHARES, WITH MAYOR WAYNE BROWN OFFERING UP A PARTIAL SALE INSTEAD OF THE FULL 18% STAKE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO AVOID RATES HIKES. LOGAN CHURCH HAS BEEN SITTING IN ON THE MEETING. LOGAN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY PROGRESS TODAY? JACK, THEY ARE CERTAINLY GIVING IT THEIR BEST GO, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS $325 MILLION BUDGET HOLE THIS MORNING, THE DEBATE HAS BEEN AROUND AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY A COUNSELLOR ` AND HER ALTERNATIVE BUDGET, THOSE AIRPORT SHARES WOULD STAY WITH COUNCIL FOR NOW, AND THAT WOULD BE MITIGATED BY INCREASED DEBTS. DEBATE HAS BEEN RAGING ON THAT THIS MORNING. IT IS CERTAINLY PROVING A CHALLENGE TO FORM A CONSENSUS AROUND THE COUNCIL TABLE. EARLIER THIS MORNING, FORMER WAITAKERE MAYOR BOB HARVEY WARNED THAT IF THAT UNITY CANNOT BE FOUND AT COUNCIL, THERE COULD BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES IN THE YEARS TO COME. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. WELL, IF THIS IS` THIS IS A BUGGER'S MUDDLE NOW, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE? AUCKLAND IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION RIGHT NOW. WE'VE LOST OUR 'WOW'. WE FEEL THAT. THE RAIN, THE STORMS, THE CYCLONES, HAVE TAKEN OUR ENERGY, AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO KIND OF HELP US BRING IT BACK. THE BIG QUESTION NOW OF COURSE IS HOW LONG WILL THIS TAKE? AND THE ANSWER IS, NO ONE KNOWS. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE YESTERDAY, THE DEBATE IS CONTINUING INTO TODAY. THAT MIA HAS INDICATED THAT HE IS HAPPY FOR THIS TO RUN AS LONG AS NEEDED, THAT COULD MEAN GOING INTO THIS EVENING OR PUSHING OUT INTO NEXT WEEK IF NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOGAN CHURCH. SOMETHING POETIC WITH THE BELLS CHIMING IN THE DISTANCE. AFTER WEEKS OF CRITICISM AND ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL HAS FINALLY SPOKEN OUT. IN A STATEMENT, STEPHEN PARRY HAS CALLED THE CLAIMS 'EXTREMELY HURTFUL AND STRESSFUL.' THE COLLAPSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MAYOR BEN BELL RESULTED IN A PETITION CALLING FOR PARRY'S RESIGNATION. HE ADMITS THE COUNCIL HAS FACED CONFLICT BUT STRESSED THERE IS A 'DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMATIC BULLYING.' CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE DEATH OF NEW ZEALAND-BORN BRITISH POLICE OFFICER MATIU RATANA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO A JURY IN THE UK. THE ACCUSED, LOUIS DE ZOYSA, DENIES FATALLY SHOOTING THE SERGEANT WHILE IN CUSTODY IN LONDON IN 2020. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. MOMENTS BEFORE THE SHOT WAS FIRED THAT KILLED NEW ZEALANDER AND METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICER MATIU RATANA. THE REVOLVER IN LOUIS DE ZOYSA'S HAND. HE'D BEEN STOPPED ON A LONDON STREET AT ABOUT 1.30 IN THE MORNING. POLICE FOUND SEVEN BULLETS ON HIM WHEN THEY SEARCHED HIM AND HIS BAG, BUT DID NOT FIND THE ANTIQUE REVOLVER THAT HE WAS ALLEGEDLY CARRYING. HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK AND PUT IN A POLICE VAN. THE PROSECUTION SAY THAT DURING THE JOURNEY TO THE STATION, LOUIS DE ZOYSA MUST HAVE GOT THE GUN OUT OF A HIDDEN HOLSTER. AT THE POLICE STATION, SERGEANT MATIU RATANA TOOK HIS TEMPERATURE TO MAKE SURE HE DIDN'T HAVE COVID SYMPTOMS. HE THEN MOVED HIM TO A HOLDING CELL WHERE HE ASKED AN OFFICER TO SEARCH THE SUSPECT AGAIN. THAT WAS WHEN LOUIS DE ZOYSA PULLED THE GUN FROM BEHIND HIS BACK. WHAT THE JURY SAW NEXT IS THE MOMENT SERGEANT RATANA WAS SHOT. INITIALLY, THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED. THEN 16 SECONDS LATER, A FOURTH. NOW, THE JURY'S BEEN TOLD THAT'S THE SHOT THAT CAUSED BRAIN DAMAGE TO LOUIS DE ZOYSA. IN COURT, HE WATCHED FROM A WHEELCHAIR. THE JURY'S BEING TOLD HE STILL HAS PROBLEMS TALKING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S SAID. HE ACCEPTS THAT HE FIRED THE GUN, BUT SAYS HE'S NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING SERGEANT MATIU RATANA BECAUSE HE WAS SUFFERING AN AUTISTIC MELTDOWN AT THE TIME THE GUN WAS FIRED. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. A 'KIWI BEST PRACTISE MANUAL' HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO AN AMERICAN ZOO ASSOCIATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. IT FOLLOWS THE MISTREATMENT OF 'PAORA' AT ZOO MIAMI, WHICH ALLOWED VISITORS TO HANDLE THE KIWI UNDER BRIGHT LIGHTS. DOC SAYS IT HAS MET WITH THE U.S ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS, OF WHICH ZOO MIAMI IS A MEMBER, AND ITS AUSTRALASIAN EQUIVALENT AGREEING ON A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO ENSURE THE RESPECTFUL CARE OF KIWI OVERSEAS. THE MANUAL LAYS OUT SPECIFIC STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING AND CARING FOR KIWI. MORE THAN 100 CUSTOMERS COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST YEAR HAS TRIGGERED A COMMERCE COMMISSION INVESTIGATION INTO MEAL KIT SERVICE 'HELLO FRESH'. THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS RELATE TO THE PRODUCT'S SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE GERMAN-OWNED COMPANY HAD FALSE OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS OF ITS PRODUCTS, POSSIBLY BREACHING THE FAIR TRADING ACT. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE ACT IS $600,000. LABOUR MP MARJA LUBECK SAYS A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN PARLIAMENT SUPPORTING HER BILL ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT SHOWS CULTURE IS CHANGING SINCE THE 'ME TOO' MOVEMENT. THE AMENDMENT MEANS VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE WILL HAVE A YEAR TO COME FORWARD INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS 90 DAYS. IT TAKES TIME FOR PEOPLE TO REFLECT ON ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THEN THERE ARE ISSUES OF FEAR AND` FEAR OF RETALIATION, OF SHAME, OF GUILT. AND SO, IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME FORWARD, IF THEY DO AT ALL. SO, THAT 90 DAYS IS JUST INSUFFICIENT TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND LAUNCH EVEN A GRIEVANCE OR GET ADVICE. SHE SAYS 12 MONTHS FELT LIKE A GOOD BALANCE TO ALSO GIVE EMPLOYERS CERTAINTY. FOUR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED AFTER BEING STABBED IN THE EASTERN FRANCE. THE INCIDENT AT A PLAYGROUND WAS CAPTURED BY ONLOOKERS BEFORE POLICE TOOK A SYRIAN MAN INTO CUSTODY. THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON REPORTS. (CHILD WAILS) TODAY IN ANNECY, TODDLERS WERE THE TARGETS. THE SAFETY OF A SUMMER PLAYGROUND SHATTERED BY A KNIFE ATTACK. THIS VIDEO GIVES A GLIMPSE OF THE HORROR. THE SUSPECT ROAMING AMONG THE SLIDES AND CLIMBING FRAMES, A KNIFE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN HIS HAND. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. FOUR CHILDREN, ONE OF THEM BRITISH, WAS STABBED HERE IN QUICK SUCCESSION. SOME ATTACKED IN THEIR PUSHCHAIRS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE TOLD US THAT ALL FOUR CHILDREN ARE NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION. THE SUSPECT, SAID TO BE A SYRIAN CHRISTIAN, WAS CHASED THROUGH THE LAKESIDE TOURIST SPOT BY WITNESSES BEFORE POLICE INTERVENED AND ARRESTED HIM. TRANSLATOR: ALL OF A SUDDEN, A LADY SAYS, 'RUN, RUN!' 'THERE IS A GUY WHO IS STABBING EVERYBODY ALL ALONG THE LAKE.' 'HE STABBED SOME CHILDREN. RUN, RUN.' (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: I TELL THE COPS, JUST SHOOT HIM. KILL HIM. HE IS STABBING EVERYBODY. THE SUSPECT HAD REFUGEE STATUS IN SWEDEN, AND ENTERED FRANCE LEGALLY LAST AUTUMN. THE FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AFP IS REPORTING THAT HE WAS RECENTLY DIVORCED WITH A YOUNG CHILD OF HIS OWN AND HAD BEEN LIVING IN A CHURCH. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: WE ARE DEEPLY SHAKEN BY THIS ODIOUS AND INDESCRIBABLE ACT. WHEN CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED, PEOPLE ARE TOUCHED TO THE CORE, AND TODAY OUR WHOLE NATION IS IN SHOCK. (SPEAKS FRENCH) FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STOPPED TO HOLD A MINUTE'S SILENCE THIS MORNING WHEN THE NEWS BROKE. TONIGHT, THAT SAME WORDLESS HORROR HANGS OVER FRANCE AS HERE IN ANNECY, THE TRIBUTES AND THE QUESTIONS GROW. IN A POST ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S BEEN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THE U.S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS YET TO CONFIRM THE INDICTMENT, BUT IT FOLLOWS A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION INTO HIS HANDLING OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOOK WITH HIM WHEN HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A FORMER AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS FACED FEDERAL CHARGES. IN THE 'TRUTH SOCIAL' POST, TRUMP CALLED IT A 'DARK DAY' FOR HIS COUNTRY. AND TRUMP'S SUCCESSOR, JOE BIDEN, HAS HOSTED RISHI SUNAK AT THE WHITE HOUSE ` HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE CAPITAL AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. IT WAS HOPED THE MEETING WOULD RESULT IN A NEW TRADE DEAL BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, BUT INSTEAD A DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP WAS ANNOUNCED ` THE 'ATLANTIC DECLARATION'. MR SUNAK SAYS THE AGREEMENT WILL INVOLVE BRITAIN AND THE U.S WORKING TOGETHER ON ISSUES LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA SHARING. IT'S UNDERSTOOD CHINA HAS REACHED A DEAL WITH CUBA TO ESTABLISH A SPY FACILITY ON THE ISLAND NATION. THE INTELLIGENCE INSTALLATION WOULD ALLOW BEIJING TO GATHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE U.S. THE FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED JUST 160KM FROM FLORIDA, WHICH IS HOME TO THE U.S' DEFENCE CENTRAL COMMAND. OFFICIALS SAY THE COUNTRIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH CHINA TO PAY CUBA SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS TO ALLOW THE STATION. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY HAS VISITED FLOOD-HIT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF A MAJOR DAM. UKRAINE AND RUSSIA HAVE ACCUSED EACH OTHER OF SHELLING THE AREA WHILE RESCUERS TRIED TO SAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL TRAPPED. A VISIT WITH DELIBERATE TIMING. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY ASSESSING ANOTHER UKRAINIAN TRAUMA. AN UNFOLDING DISASTER IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR. HE PRAISED MEDICAL STAFF AND PROMISED THEM KHERSON WOULD BE REBUILT. BUT THE RUSSIANS CAN DO DELIBERATE, TOO. (DISTANT EXPLOSION) A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, THE SAME AREA WAS SHELLED, WITH A NEAR MISS FOR VOLUNTEERS DOING AN ALREADY IMPOSSIBLE JOB. IT'S HARD TO PICTURE AN ESTIMATED FOUR CUBIC MILES OF WATER UNTIL YOU'RE IN IT. VIKTOR AND VITALI HAVEN'T STOPPED FOR TWO DAYS, SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO LEAVE? (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) (WOMAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) SO, THEY'VE SAID WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. THERE ARE OLDER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET AWAY. AND GIVE US YOUR POWER BANKS SO THEY CAN CHARGE DEVICES. WHILE THE WATER LEVELS HAVE STABILISED, THEY'RE STILL DAUNTINGLY HIGH. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) SO, WE'RE JUST NOW PASSING THROUGH TWO APARTMENT BLOCKS. IT FEELS LIKE A STRANGE THEME PARK RIDE... BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO WEAVE THROUGH. AND YET, VIKTOR IS ASKING PEOPLE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE EVACUATED. NO ONE YET HAS TAKEN HIM UP ON THAT OFFER. AND WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR HOME? UH... MAYBE PEOPLE STUPID, YOU KNOW? THEY THINK IT'S OK. EVERYTHING AFTER, OK. MAYBE ONE DAY, TWO DAYS. BUT NOT OK. EVERY TIME, WATER MORE AND MORE AND MORE. WHEN THIS FINALLY RECEDES, YOU WONDER WHAT WILL BE LEFT. A WAR` AN INVASION BY RUSSIA WHICH TAKES EVERYTHING. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` COMING UP ` HOW GETTING FEMALE LIFEGUARDS DRIVING IRBs COULD BE THE KEY TO IMPROVING WATER SAFETY. AND KIWI MICHAEL VENUS COMES UP JUST SHORT AT THE FRENCH OPEN. MT HUTT HAS DELAYED ITS OPENING DAY BY 24 HOURS, NOW EXPECTING TO WELCOME PUNTERS TOMORROW. THERE'S ALSO PLANS TO MARK WHAT WILL BE A PARTICULARLY SPECIAL OPENING. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HIT THE SLOPES AND SENT THIS REPORT. PREPARATIONS ARE WELL UNDERWAY HERE AT THE MOUNT HUTT SKI FIELD AHEAD OF THEIR OPENING TOMORROW, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE A PRETTY SPECIAL OPENING, BECAUSE IT MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE THE SKI FIELD OPENED THEIR DOORS. WE CAUGHT UP WITH JAMES MACKENZIE, WHO'S THE SKI AREA MANAGER HERE AT MOUNT HUTT, AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT SOME OF THE CELEBRATIONS THEY'VE GOT PLANNED. AS A NOD TO OUR 1973, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE TOP OF OUR MOUNTAIN UNGROOMED, DOWN FASCINATION. WE'LL HAVE ONE TRAIL OFF THE TOP WHICH IS GROOMED, BUT PEOPLE WILL BE EXPERIENCING WHAT IT WAS LIKE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, AND IT WAS PRETTY RUGGED. THE ROAD WASN'T AS GOOD. THE FACILITIES WERE PRETTY BASIC AND THERE WERE DRAG TOWS, SO YOU HAD TO BE DRAGGED UP THE MOUNTAIN BY A LIFT AS OPPOSED TO SIT ON A NICE, COMFORTABLE CHAIRLIFT. SO, YEAH, QUITE A LOT'S CHANGED. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SLEPT ON THE CHAIRLIFT LAST NIGHT AND THEY'LL DO SO AGAIN TONIGHT, AND THERE WERE ALSO A FEW PEOPLE WHO SLEPT IN BY THE FIRE IN THE CAFE AND THEY'RE ALL EAGER TO GET THOSE FIRST TRACKS TOMORROW MORNING. CORONET PEAK ` THEY OPEN ON THE 16TH OF JUNE, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY THE REMARKABLES AND CARDRONA WILL ALSO OPEN, AND LOOK ` PUNTERS WILL BE PRETTY AMPED TO GET UP THE MOUNTAIN. THE WEATHER FORECAST IS LOOKING FANTASTIC UP HERE AT MOUNT HUTT THIS WEEKEND. FEMALE LIFESAVERS ARE PUSHING TO GET MORE WOMEN RIVING IRBs SAYING IT'S KEY TO IMPROVING DOMESTIC WATER SAFETY. HALF OF NEW ZEALAND SURF LIFEGUARDS ARE FEMALE, BUT ONLY 28% DRIVE RESCUE BOATS. ACCORDING TO CHRISTCHURCH LIFEGUARD PHOEBE HAVILL, FEMALES NOT HAVING THIS KEY SKILL HOLDS THEM BACK FROM HAVING SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN SURF LIFE SAVING. I THINK IT'S JUST, LIKE, A HEAVILY MALE-DOMINATED AREA. RESCUE BOATS ARE PRETTY HEAVY AND FAST AND REQUIRE A BIT OF STRENGTH OR SKILL AND TECHNIQUE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THEM, AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR FEMALES OUT THERE ARE JUST INTIMIDATED. AN EVENT IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND ` 'WAHINE ON THE WATER' TO ENCOURAGE FEMALE DRIVERS. KAPA HAKA IS TAKING OVER AUCKLAND'S KIRI TE KANAWA THEATRE THIS WEEK FOR 'AUTAIA'. IT'S THE FIRST SHOW OF ITS KIND, MERGING TE AO HAKA AND PERFORMING ARTS. 400 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS TAMAKI MAKAURAU ARE INVOLVED. GRACE THOMAS CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THEM. (STUDENTS PERFORM HAKA) THESE STUDENTS ARE STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF HAKA THEATRE... (HAKA CONTINUES) BUT WITH A TWIST. ALL CHANT: # IT'S COLD IN HERE. # THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE ATMOSPHERE. # I'M, LIKE, GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS KAUPAPA COS, LIKE, WE ALL GET TO WHAKAWHANAUNGA, SEEING MULTIPLE SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER AND SEEING THAT WE'RE ALL UNDER THE KAUPAPA OF MAORI. CREATED BY HAWAIKI TU, AUTAIA SHOWCASES SECONDARY SCHOOL PERFORMERS, SHARING THEIR STORIES THROUGH MAORI PERFORMING ARTS. (STUDENT SINGS) AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE, I LOOKED DOWN AND THERE'S A HUGE PUDDLE OF TEARS SITTING THERE AND I'M TRYING TO PLAY THE MUSIC. IT'S JUST REALLY AN OVERWHELMING TIME. SIX KURA FROM AROUND AUCKLAND WILL BE PERFORMING ON THE NIGHT AFTER A MONTH AND A HALF OF HARD MAHI TO BRING THEIR PERFORMANCES TO THE STAGE. FOR AUCKLAND GIRLS GRAMMAR, THEIR PIECE DELVES INTO SOME OF THEIR SCHOOL'S HISTORY. (STUDENTS SING IN TE REO MAORI) SO, TALKS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE OLD GIRLS IN MAORI KURA THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE KAUPAPA AND THE OLD KAIAKO WHO HAVE REALLY INFLUENCED NGA TUMANAKO O KAHURANGI. (STUDENTS SING IN TE REO MAORI) IT'S COOL TO SEE THE MODERN ART FORM AND OUR... TIKANGA CONFORMED INTO ONE. JUST TO SHOW WHO WE ARE IN A MORE MAORI, KIND OF, OUR WAY. PERFORMING IN AUTAIA ALSO GIVES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN NCEA CREDITS. HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS MEANS THAT... ALL OTHER STUDENTS GET TO SEE IT. IT MEANS THAT OUR MAORI CAN SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE BEYOND HAKA. IT'S HOPED THE KAUPAPA WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND INTO MORE REGIONS. LIKE COMMUNITIES AND IWI. HAPU MARAE CAN CREATE THEIR OWN HAKA THEATRE PRODUCTIONS THAT SPEAK OF THEIR WHAKAPAPA, THEIR STORIES. TO KEEP INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MAORI PERFORMERS. GRACE THOMAS, 1 NEWS. STUDENTS SING: # HALLELUJAH. # TO SPORT, AND MICHAEL VENUS HAS MISSED HIS SHOT AT ANOTHER GRAND SLAM TITLE, COMING UP SHORT IN THE MIXED DOUBLES FINAL AT THE FRENCH OPEN. THE 2017 FRENCH MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMP AND HIS CANADIAN PARTNER BIANCA ANDREESCU STARTED WELL, CLAIMING THE FIRST SET. BUT THE PAIR FELL AWAY IN THE SECOND. THEY'VE GOT IT! TURN THAT POINT AROUND. THE TITLE DECIDED IN A SUPER TIE-BREAKER, WITH VENUS' ONE-TIME DOUBLES PARTNER TIM PUTZ AND JAPAN'S MIYU KATO COMING OUT ON TOP 10-6. IT'S THE FOURTH TIME VENUS HAS FINISHED RUNNER-UP AT A GRAND SLAM. AND THE MATCH-UP IS SET FOR THE WOMEN'S FINAL, WITH A SURPRISE IN ONE OF THIS MORNING'S SEMIS. WORLD NUMBER 43 KAROLINA MUCHOVA PUSHED SECOND SEED ARYNA SABALENKA TO THREE SETS. THE CZECH PREVAILING 7-5 TO REACH HER FIRST EVER GRAND SLAM FINAL. IT'S THE BACK HAND UP THE LINE AGAIN! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, A STAR IS BORN HERE. SHE'LL PLAY WORLD NUMBER ONE IGA SWIATEK FOR THE TITLE ` THE DEFENDING CHAMP PROGRESSING IN STRAIGHT SETS. MORE SPORTS EVENTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO AIR QUALITY ISSUES, BUT ORGANISERS OF NEXT WEEKEND'S FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX IN MONTREAL SAY THE RACE IS NOT AT RISK. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS OR WEAR FACE MASKS AS SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS CANADA DRIFTS OVER NORTH AMERICA. DESPITE 150 FIRES CURRENTLY BURNING IN QUEBEC, F1 OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS AT THIS STAGE, BUT WILL DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHEN TEAMS BEGIN ARRIVING NEXT WEEK. KIWI DRIVER BRENDON HARTLEY WILL START THIS WEEKEND'S 24 HOURS OF LE MANS FROM THIRD ON THE GRID. HARTLEY'S TOYOTA GAZOO HYPERCAR WILL LINE UP BEHIND TWO FERRARIS IN THE 100TH RUNNING OF THE FAMOUS ENDURANCE RACE. THE FORMER F1 DRIVER HAS THREE LE MANS TITLES TO HIS NAME, THE LAST IN 2022. AUSTRALIA'S TAKEN CONTROL OF CRICKET'S WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, BUILDING A 318-RUN LEAD OVER INDIA AFTER TWO DAYS. STEVE SMITH ADDED A CENTURY TO THE AUSSIE'S CAUSE AS THE SIDE REACHED 469 ` THEN THE BOWLERS RIPPED THROUGH THE INDIAN TOP ORDER. BOWLED HIM! ANOTHER ONE. ANOTHER ONE NOT OFFERING THE SHOT. THERE ` HE'S GOT HIM, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM LONG, BUT HE'S GOT THE OUTSIDE EDGE. INDIA WILL RESUME DAY THREE ON 151 FOR 5. THE GOLD COAST TITANS HAVE MADE LIGHT WORK OF THE WESTS TIGERS IN THE NRL. THE TITANS COMFORTABLY BEAT THE TIGERS 28-12. GOLD COAST CONTROLLING THE GAME FROM THE START. BIG BACK LINE SET AFTER THE SCRUM. CAMPBELL, KELLY... AJ WITH A BIG DUMMY, REACHES OUT AND SCORES. THERE IS NO ONE BACK THERE. FINDS A PATH, AND THEY'RE IN, IN GAME 100. THE WIN MOVES THE TITANS LEVEL WITH THE WARRIORS, WHO TAKE ON THE CANBERRA RAIDERS TONIGHT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (WEEZER'S 'SAY IT AIN'T SO' PLAYS) # OH, YEAH. # ALL RIGHT. # SOMEBODY'S HEINE' # IS CROWDIN' MY ICEBOX. # SOMEBODY'S COLD ONE # IS GIVIN' ME CHILLS. # GUESS I'LL JUST CLOSE # MY EYES. # OH, YEAH. # ALL RIGHT. # FEELS GOOD # INSIDE. # FLIP ON THE TELLY, # WRESTLE WITH JIMMY. # THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.