IT'S MIDDAY. THE ALL WHITES TAKE A STAND, REFUSING TO PLAY ON AFTER ALLEGATIONS FLY OF RACIAL ABUSE DURING A MATCH AGAINST QATAR. WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE MOMENT AN AXE-WIELDING MAN STORMS A RESTAURANT IN ALBANY. AND A RESCUE EFFORT IS LAUNCHED TO FIND A MISSING SUBMARINE CARRYING TOURISTS TO THE SHIPWRECK OF THE TITANIC. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM FOLLOWING AN AXE ATTACK IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ALBANY LAST NIGHT. THE MAN IS WAITING TO BE HEARD IN THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT COURT TESSA PARKER HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT AND FILED THIS REPORT. POLICE ARRIVED JUST AFTER 9 PM LAST NIGHT. THEY HEARD REPORTS OF SOMEONE ENTERING RESTAURANTS AND STRIKING PEOPLE. WE SPOKE TO WITNESSES OF THE EVENT. THEY SAID THEY WERE CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS AND WERE SITTING NEAR THE DOOR. SOMEONE SLOWLY WALKED IN, AND THE WEAPON WAS AT FIRST CONCEALED. THEY SAW AN AXE MOVING AT THEIR FRIENDS HEAD. THEY DESCRIBE THE ATTACKER LUNGING FOR THEM. THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. TO A PEOPLE ARE IN MODERATE CONDITION OF MINOR INJURIES. THE THIRD HAS BEEN MOVED TO AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL. POLICE REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THEY ARE NOT PURSUING ANYONE ELSE IN RELATION TO IT. IF THEY ASK WITNESSES FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE ARE RESPECTED TO BE PRESENT ALL DAY AS THEY CONTINUE INVESTIGATING. A SCENE EXAMINATION IS ALSO UNDERWAY AT A PROPERTY IN HALF MOON BAY IN AUCKLAND'S EAST AFTER AN UNEXPLAINED DEATH. A PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD AT THIS CASUARINA PROPERTY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY SCENE GUARDS WILL REMAIN AT THE ADDRESS UNTIL A POST MORTEM EXAMINATION IS COMPLETE. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ON THE DEATH IS URGED TO CONTACT POLICE. THE ALL WHITES HAVE TAKEN A STRONG STANCE AGAINST ALLEGED RACIAL COMMENTS MADE DURING THEIR FRIENDLY AGAINST QATAR. THE PLAYERS MADE THE DECISION TO ABANDON THE MATCH AFTER NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE FALL-OUT. THE MOMENT THE FRIENDLY TURNED UGLY. DIDN'T LOOK TOO MUCH AND THAT. NEW ZEALAND WERE LEADING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED MINUTES BEFORE HALFTIME. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT RACIAL SLUR DIRECTED AT ONE OF OUR PLAYERS. ARE TEAM DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. IT WAS LOUD AND CLEAR TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE. FOOTBALL SHOULDN'T CONTINUE IN THIS LIGHT. WITH NO ACTION TAKEN BY OFFICIALS, THE PLAYERS DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO THE PATCH AFTER THE BREAK. THE ACTION IS TO BACK THE TEAM ON THIS. IT IS A LEADERSHIP POSITION, AND OUR PLAYING GROUP MADE IT. AS WILL RESONATE AROUND THE WORLD AND GLOBAL FOOTBALL. QATAR'S COACH MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION. TO PLAYERS ON THE PICTURE EXCHANGE WORDS. WHO WAS FIRST OR SECOND IS BETWEEN THEM. THEY DECIDED TO ABANDON THE GAME WITH NO WITNESSES. THE REFEREE DID NOT LISTEN, NO ONE LISTENED. IT WAS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO PLAYERS. RACISM CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN GLOBAL FOOTBALL. A RACISM TASK FORCE WAS SHUT DOWN IN 2016, BUT WAS BROUGHT BACK LAST WEEK. THERE IS NO SOCCER IF THERE IS RACISM. WITH RACISM, WE MUST STOP THE MATCH. THE ALL WHITES WEREN'T THE ONLY MATCH ABANDONED. IRELAND WALKED AWAY FROM OUR MATCH WITH KUWAIT. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR RACISM IN THE SPORT. I AM PROUD OF THE BOYS. IT IS MASSIVE TO GO AND MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE ARE NOT PLAYING. FULL CREDIT TO THEM. WITH THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP A MONTH AWAY, PRESSURE IS ON TO CLEAN UP THE GAME. THE FATE OF FUTURE OPERATIONS ON MT RUAPEHU IS CURRENTLY BEING DECIDED. RUAPEHU ALPINE LIFTS, THE COMPANY THAT OPERATES THE WHAKAPAPA AND TUROA SKI FIELDS WENT INTO VOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATION IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. OUR REPORTER HENRY MCMULLAN IS OUTSIDE THE MEETING. WHAT OPTIONS ARE BEING VOTED ON, HENRY? I AM HERE IN OHAKUNE AT ONE OF THE WATERSHED MEETINGS TODAY, ALSO IN WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND TODAY. WE ARE GETTING A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO LEARN THE FATE OF MOUNT RUAPEHU. OPTION ONE WILL RETAIN THE CURRENT COMPANY STRUCTURE, WHERE LIFE PASS HOLDERS WILL CROWDFUNDING TO GENERATE CAPITAL. OPTION TWO WILL SEE LIQUIDATION, WHERE THE COMPANIES ARE SOLD SEPARATELY. A LOT OF LOCALS COMING TO THE MEETING TODAY ARE ON THE FENCE AROUND HOW THEY WILL VOTE. HERE IS WHAT THEY SAID. A BIT APPREHENSIVE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL COME OUT OF IT. WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A WINTER. IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE GOT MORE INFORMATION. WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. THERE YOU GO. BIG QUESTIONS, BUT THE MEETING WILL LAST FOR TWO HOURS. STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE 1 NEWS WEBSITE, WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT TO YOU. BRILLIANT WORK, HENRY. FOLLOWING ANOTHER ROUND OF HUGE PROFITS ` $10 BILLION DOLLARS BEFORE TAX ` THE BANKING INDUSTRY IS SET FOR AN INSPECTION. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT WILL TODAY ANNOUNCE A MARKET STUDY AND WRITE TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. FUND MANAGER SAM STUBBS SAYS AUSTRALIA DID A SIMILAR INVESTIGATION FOUR YEARS AGO WITH MANY OF THE SAME BANKS THAT OPERATE HERE. THEY STARTED OUT LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, AND THEN THEY ENDED UP FINDING SOME BIG PROBLEMS WITH INSURANCE BUSINESSES, WITH THEIR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, AND SO ON, SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND, BUT YOU WANT TO LIFT THE LID ON AN INDUSTRY WHICH IS SO PROFITABLE. SO YOU ARE WHOLE-HEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT? LOOK, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A PROPER, INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE, DEEP DIVE INTO THIS INDUSTRY. THE STUDY'S LIKELY TO TAKE A YEAR WELL PAST THE ELECTION DATE. THE CHIEF OMBUDSMAN HAS FOUND FORMER MINISTER STUART NASH WAS WRONG IN REFUSING TO RELEASE HIS EMAILS WITH POLITICAL DONORS TO A JOURNALIST. IT COMES AFTER PETER BOSHIER REOPENED HIS INVESTIGATION INTO AN OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT COMPLAINT A JOURNALIST MADE IN 2021. NASH HAD CHOSEN TO WITHHOLD 14EMAILS IN RELATION TO THE REQUEST BECAUSE HE SAID THEY WERE IN HIS ROLE AS AN MP RATHER THAN A MINISTER. BUT THE OMBUDSMAN FOUND 11 SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED AS OFFICIAL INFORMATION. HE ALSO FOUND THE OFFICE OF THEN PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN DID NOT SUPPORT NASH'S REFUSAL. THE RACE IS ON TO FIND A SUBMARINE THAT'S GONE MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC. THE SUB WAS CARRYING FIVE PEOPLE WHEN CONTACT WAS LOST AS IT HEADED FOR THE WRECK SOME 12,500FT BELOW THE SURFACE. THE BBC'S JESSICA PARKER HAS MORE. DESIGNED TO PLUNGE THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN, THIS IS THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE ` NOW MISSING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AFTER CONTACT WITH THE VESSEL WAS LOST. IT SPARKED A FRANTIC BUT COMPLICATED SEARCH. IF IT'S ON THE BOTTOM, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S VERY DEEP, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO RESCUE IT. NONE OF THE CONVENTIONAL SUBMARINE RESCUE METHODS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED MAINLY FOR NAVAL SUBMARINES, WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE DOWN AT THE DEPTH OF THE TITANIC. EVEN IF IT COULD GET DOWN THERE, THE HATCHES WOULD NOT MATCH ON TO` WOULD NOT MATE ON TO THE SUBMERSIBLE. A SHIP CARRYING THE SUB LEFT NEWFOUNDLAND AND ARRIVED AT THE WRECK SITE ON SUNDAY, WHERE IT THEN BEGAN ITS JOURNEY TOWARDS THE SEABED. BUT AFTER AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, CONTACT WAS LOST. THE SUB ITSELF IS 7M LONG AND CAN CARRY UP TO FIVE PEOPLE ` TYPICALLY A MIX OF CREW AND PAYING PASSENGERS. THERE'S SAID TO BE ENOUGH OXYGEN FOR FOUR DAYS. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO CONDUCT A SEARCH IN THAT REMOTE AREA, BUT WE ARE DEPLOYING ALL AVAILABLE ASSETS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LOCATE THE CRAFT AND RESCUE THE PEOPLE ON BOARD. IN A STATEMENT, OCEANGATE SAID IT'S EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO BRING EVERYONE BACK SAFELY. THE BRITISH BUSINESSMAN AND EXPLORER HAMISH HARDING IS BELIEVED TO BE AMONG THOSE ON BOARD. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. IT'S JUST IN FRONT OF US. THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE PAY THE COMPANY OCEANGATE EXPEDITIONS NEARLY �200,000 FOR ` A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY VIEW OF THE TITANIC, WHICH HAS SAT NEARLY 4000M BENEATH THE OCEAN'S SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. NOW, AN EXPEDITION TO FIND THIS HIDDEN HISTORY HAS ITSELF GONE MISSING. CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE AGREED TO KEEP WORKING TO IMPROVE RELATIONS. IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED DURING A VISIT TO BEIJING BY THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN. HE'S MET PRESIDENT XI IN WHAT'S BEEN BILLED AS A HIGHLY SYMBOLIC MEETING. THE BBC'S STEPHEN MCDONELL REPORTS FROM BEIJING. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST A HANDSHAKE, THEN A MEETING WHICH CARRIED GREAT HOPES THAT COLLAPSING SUPERPOWER RELATIONS COULD BE RESTORED OR AT LEAST STABILISED. AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE, CHINA'S LEADER TOLD THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE THEY OWED IT TO THE WORLD TO TRY TO GET ALONG. INTERPRETER: STATE TO STATE INTERACTIONS SHOULD ALWAYS BE BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT AND SINCERITY. I HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS VISIT, MR SECRETARY, YOU WILL MAKE MORE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO STABILISING CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS. BECAUSE CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS HAVE BEEN SO TOXIC, EVEN MODEST PROGRESS IS BEING CELEBRATED. I WOULD EXPECT ADDITIONAL VISITS BY SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS TO CHINA OVER THE COMING WEEKS, AND WE WELCOME FURTHER VISITS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS TO THE UNITED STATES. THEIR PREVIOUS COOPERATION ON TRADE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROSS-BORDER CRIME HAS ALL DISAPPEARED BECAUSE OF GEOPOLITICAL RIVALRY. MOST CRUCIALLY, MANY MILITARY-TO-MILITARY COMMUNICATION CHANNELS HAVE STOPPED OPERATING. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NEAR MISSES AS THE AIRCRAFT OF CHINA AND THE U.S. CHALLENGE ONE ANOTHER IN CONTESTED WATERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. ANALYSTS SAY THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR IS NO LONGER REMOTE. INTERPRETER: CHINA IS ACTUALLY BECOMING MORE POWERFUL. UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH CHINA AND THE U.S. COULD HAVE CONFLICTS, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WAR COULD HAPPEN. IF IT DID, NOTHING GOOD WOULD COME OF IT FOR BOTH COUNTRIES AND FOR THE REGION. LEADERS OFTEN SAY THEY'VE HAD FRANK DISCUSSIONS, BUT OFFICIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TALKS SAY THAT ANTHONY BLINKEN AND HIS CHINESE COUNTERPARTS REALLY SPOKE THEIR MINDS IN MEETINGS WHICH WENT HOURS LONGER THAN EXPECTED. THERE'S MUCH AT STAKE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD IF RELATIONS BETWEEN BEIJING AND WASHINGTON CONTINUE TO COLLAPSE, AND THESE GOVERNMENTS KNOW IT. YET WHILE THE U.S. AND CHINA ARE TALKING UP THE BEST, THEY'RE ALSO BOTH PREPARING FOR THE WORST. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HOW GOVERNMENTS ARE HANDLING THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. PLUS ` THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN FOR GAME TWO OF STATE OF ORIGIN ` SOME THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FAMILY HOME. AS A PETITION TO RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY TO 16 GATHERS SUPPORT, ONE PSYCHIATRIST SAYS CHANGE IS OVERDUE. CURRENTLY PEOPLE CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER AT AGE 10 ` MEANING CHILDREN COULD BE GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES. PSYCHIATRIST ENYS DELMAGE SAYS THIS PUNITIVE RESTRICTION IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HEALTHY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. IF WE LABEL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AS YOUNG OFFENDERS, AND PUT THEM IN THE MIDST OF OTHER OFFENDERS, WE'RE REALLY DOING THEM A DISSERVICE. AND THIS APPROACH REALLY MAKES NO SENSE ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, ON A SOCIETAL LEVEL, AND EVEN ON AN ECONOMIC LEVEL. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS SET AN INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM OF 14-YEARS-OLD. THE RISE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS QUICKLY DEVELOPING ABILITIES IS SPARKING CONCERNS AMONG INDUSTRY EXPERTS. IT'S ALSO PROMOTING POLICY MAKERS TO MAKE A START ON REGULATION. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. THE RACE IS ON TO REIN IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE METEORIC RISE OF THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY ALARMING EVEN SOME OF ITS EARLIEST CREATORS, PROMPTING CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. IF YOU USE IT POORLY, IT CAN BE TERRIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A QUESTION OF BEING OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT WHO SETS THE RULES, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE RULES ARE THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO, AND THEN AN AI IS A LOGICAL ABSOLUTE. IAN WARREN IS A CO-FOUNDER OF A COMPANY THAT USES AI TO IDENTIFY DENTAL DISEASE IN ANIMALS. I AM BOTH DELIGHTED AND TERRIFIED ALL AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT THE CAPACITY TO DO GREAT GOOD. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE INDUSTRY'S HYPE AND FEAR ARE LAW MAKERS. THE EUROPEAN UNION THE LATEST GOVERNING BODY TO PASS DRAFT LEGISLATION. AND IT IS ADOPTED. CONGRATULATIONS. (APPLAUSE) WE'RE AMONG THE FIRST TO TACKLE THE FAST MOVING AND EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY WITH A CONCRETE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL ON HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE POWERFUL FOUNDATION MODELS TO BUILD TRUST AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT OF THESE SYSTEMS. BUT PUTTING RULES AROUND AI IS PROVING DIFFICULT. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET LEGISLATION THAT CAN MOVE WITH THE TIMES, AND THAT IS REALLY HARD, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE VAGUE ENOUGH TO BE RELEVANT IN THE FUTURE, BUT DETAILED ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY CONTROL THINGS. THE HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS AGREES. BUT THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THINGS MOVE SO QUICKLY, THAT IF YOU ESTABLISH A SET OF NORMS TODAY THEY WILL PROBABLY BE OUTDATED TOMORROW. THE ELEMENT AT THE CORE OF CONCERNS IS GENERATIVE AI. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS IT CAN CREATE ` PICTURES OF THE POPE IN A PUFFER JACKET, AND A WORK OF ART THAT SCOOPED PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS. UNDER THE EU'S PROPOSED LAW, THIS KIND OF AI WOULD FACE TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. IT MUST BE CLEAR THAT THIS CONTENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE BY A HUMAN. WITH THE TECHNOLOGY'S NEW ABILITIES EMERGING FASTER THAN POLICYMAKERS CAN ADDRESS THEM, TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO GET AHEAD. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. THE WARRIORS AREN'T ENTERTAINING THE THOUGHT OF BLUES MIDFIELDER ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK JOINING THE CLUB THIS YEAR. TUIVASA-SHECK WASN'T SELECTED FOR THE ALL BLACKS OR ALL BLACKS XV SQUADS, BUT IS SET TO JOIN THE WARRIORS NEXT SEASON. AN EARLY RETURN TO MOUNT SMART LOOKS UNLIKELY. HONESTLY, I` I HAVE NOT MENTIONED THAT TO ANYONE, THAT ROGER WILL BE COMING. NO ONE HAS EVEN MENTIONED THAT TO ME, BARRING` BARRING PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA, I HAVEN'T HEARD IT FROM ANYWHERE INTERNALLY, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO ROGER ABOUT THAT. THE WARRIORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS WEEK AGAINST THE DRAGONS ON FRIDAY. THE MEN'S BLACK STICKS HAVE DRAWN 2-2 AGAINST ARGENTINA IN THE PRO LEAGUE SERIES. NEW ZEALAND CONTROLLED THE FIRST HALF, TAKING A 2-1 LEAD INTO THE BREAK. NOT SETTING HIMSELF UP IN THE MIDDLE ` SETTING` OOH, AND A TOUCH AND IN! THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HAYDEN PHILLIPS. ARGENTINA FINDING AN EQUALISER IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THE FIRST ASHES TEST BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA IS HEADING FOR A TIGHT FINISH. THE TOURISTS NEED JUST 174 RUNS TO WIN WITH SEVEN WICKETS IN HAND. THE BBC'S PATRICK GEAREY REPORTS. MONDAY MORNING, EITHER AN OPPORTUNITY OR A CHORE. SUNDAY'S RAIN CLEARED TO LEAVE A TEST POISED PERFECTLY OR PRECARIOUSLY. ENGLAND ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. PRESSURE WON'T CHANGE THAT. JUST WATCH JOE ROOT. THIS TEAM ARE FLIPPING THE CONVENTIONS OF TEST CRICKET ONE SHOT AT A TIME. BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES IT'LL WORK EVERY TIME. ROOT FOOLED, STUMPED OFF NATHAN LYON FOR 46. BIG WICKET, BIG MOMENTS. TIME FOR LEADERSHIP. CAPTAIN BEN STOKES GUIDED HIS SIDE FURTHER AHEAD. ENGLAND'S PICTURE IMPROVING WITH EVERY RUN, BUT THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS CONTINUE TO SCRAMBLE THINGS. WHEN STOKES WAS OUT, THEY WERE BACK IN IT. OLLIE ROBINSON HAS BEEN PROVING AN IRRITANT TO THE AUSSIES WITH CHAT AND NOW BAT. TOGETHER WITH THE TAIL, HE LIFTED ENGLAND UP TO A TOTAL OF 280 BEFORE THEY WERE BOWLED OUT AT TEA. SO, HOW ARE YOUR NERVES? THE LAST INNINGS AUSTRALIA'S INNINGS AND THEY BEGAN IT WELL. THERE WERE 61 WITHOUT LOSS WHEN ROBINSON HAD HIS SAY AGAIN. DAVID WARNER GONE, EDGBASTON UP. SIR STUART BROAD HAD SOMETHING TO FEED OFF. AS A CRICKETER, THIS IS WHO HE IS, WHAT HE DOES. THAT WAS MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE BEST IN THE WORLD. STEVE SMITH IS NUMBER TWO, GONE TO BROAD ` TWO IN AN EVENING OF ADRENALINE. AFTER OPENING THE SERIES IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY, THE BLUES AND MAROONS HEAD TO BRISBANE FOR GAME TWO OF STATE OF ORIGIN. 9 NEW'S MIKE DALTON VENTURED NORTH OF THE BORDER WHERE SOME BATTLE LINES ARE DIVIDING FAMILIES. IT'S THE SORT OF STUFF A BLUES FAN BEHIND THE BANANA CURTAIN HAS TO PUT UP WITH 24/7, 365, AS DOES LOYAL BLUE, LYDIA PRATER. FROM THE MINUTE I WAS CONCEIVED, YOU KNOW, NEW SOUTH WALES. GEE, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD MEMORY. YEAH. (LAUGHS) MOVING FROM COFFS HARBOUR AT AGE EIGHT, LYDIA HAS BEEN FORCED TO CONFRONT MAROON IN THE FAMILY HOME. IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT YOUR STATE OF ORIGIN, WHICH FOR ME IS NEW SOUTH WALES. SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK LIKE THAT. NO. THAT ONE. YES, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. THAT WOULD BE DAD, MARTIN ` BORN IN THE RIFF. THERE'S MANY THINGS IN LYDIA'S LIFE THAT I'M SUPER PROUD OF, BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE IN HER CHOICE OF FOOTBALL TEAM, IT PROBABLY SHOWS A BIT OF A LACK OF DISCERNMENT. DAD AND DAUGHTER DUKING IT OUT IN FRONT OF THE TELLY OR IN THE CRUCIBLE OF SUNCORP. WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME GOING TO GAMES. YOU HAVE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT UP WITH IT, MATE. DOWN THE ROAD FROM BRISVEGAS AT IPSWICH, LINCOLN ISON HAS BEEN BLUE THROUGH AND THROUGH SINCE MOVING TO IPPY ALMOST THREE DECADES AGO. YOU'RE A BIG KNIGHTS FAN. WHAT GAVE IT AWAY? DO YOU WEAR THE COLOURS OUT AND ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY, MATE. I DON'T TAKE THEM OFF. YOU'VE GOT TO BE A VERY RESILIENT HUMAN BEING TO FLY THE BLUE, MATE, THIS TIME OF YEAR IN ENEMY TERRITORY LIKE IPSWICH. THANK YOU, LINCOLN, AND THANK YOU, LYDIA. MAY THE MAROON BALLOON BE TRULY PRICKED THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. (BANG!) BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THEY'LL NAME ANOTHER BLOODY ROAD AFTER THEM. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (GENTLE ROCK MUSIC) THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023.