IT'S MIDDAY — MORE QUESTIONS FOR KIRITAPU ALLAN AS THE MINISTER RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT. WE'RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST. STILL A LONG ROAD AHEAD FOR LOWERING THE ROAD TOLL AS NEW DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ROAD DEATHS INVOLVING ALCOHOL HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. PLUS, THE FIRST PIECES OF WRECKAGE FROM THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE ARE BROUGHT ASHORE, INCLUDING 'PRESUMED HUMAN REMAINS'. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK FOR LABOUR MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN. SHE'S RETURNED TO WORK TODAY AFTER TAKING LEAVE TO ADDRESS HER MENTAL HEALTH. PLUS, 'CONCERNS' ABOUT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN HER OFFICE DATING BACK A YEAR HAVE RESURFACED, AND IT'S NOW BEEN REPORTED THAT ALLAN HAS SEPARATED FROM HER PARTNER, FORMER RNZ BROADCASTER MANI DUNLOP. REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY AND JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. BENEDICT, WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS MORNING AT PARLIAMENT? KIRI ALLAN HAS COME BACK FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH BREAK. SHE FRONTED MEDIA TO TRY AND EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HER OFFICE BUT WE HAD THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAYING THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS IN HER OFFICE. WE WORK HARD AND RUN THE BALL HARD. NEW ZEALANDERS RIGHTLY CAN EXPECT THAT US AS MINISTERS GETS RESULT AS MINISTERS. AND BENEDICT, THERE WERE QUESTIONS FLYING BACK AND FORWARD THIS MORNING REGARDING A MYSTERIOUS TEXT MESSAGE. IF YOU THINK IT'S UNCLEAR ABOUT THESE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS, THINGS GET REALLY MURKY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TEXT MESSAGE. ON 10 MARCH, ONE OF THE TOP BOSSES AT THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND APPOINTMENTS INTO MESSES TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS TEXT MESSAGE SAYS EXACTLY, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT WAS IN RELATION TO MINISTER ALLEN'S BEHAVIOUR OR CONDUCT THAT DAY. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL WE KNOW. AT THE SELECT COMMITTEE, SIMEON BROWN TRIED TO HONE IN ON THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON WHAT THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID. SHE IS WITHHOLDING IT UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT YOU RECEIVED A TEXT ON 10 MARCH IN RELATION TO THE BEHAVIOUR OR CONDUCT OF YOUR MINISTER. THE QUESTION THEN IS — WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THAT TEXT? WHILST I CAN ENTERTAIN BLOOD SPORT FOR A TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY THAT THESE FUNDS HAVE TRANSFORMED THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONS LIKE TE TAIRAWHITI. YOU HAVE OIA'D EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, AND THEN YOU ARE STILL YET TO CHURN ANYTHING UP, SO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS ME AS A MINISTER FROM DOING MY JOB THAT THE PUBLIC ENTRUST ME TO DO. WE HAVE HAD THE NATIONAL PARTY REALLY TARGETING KIRI ALLAN ON HER RETURN TO PARLIAMENT AND IT IS REALLY UNCLEAR NOT ONLY WHAT THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID BUT ALSO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS IN HER OFFICE. THE MINISTER SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT THOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVES SAYING THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND HER OFFICE HAVE NEVER RAISED ANYTHING DIRECTLY WITH HER. THE STORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED FURTHER SUPPORT FOR GROWERS, FARMERS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THIS YEAR'S WEATHER EVENTS. UNDER THE NORTH ISLAND LOAN GUARANTEE SCHEME, LOANS AGREED TO BY BUSINESSES AND BANKS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT, WHICH INCLUDES REFINANCING OF EXISTING LOANS. AGRICULTURE MINISTER DAMIEN O'CONNOR SAYS IT WILL HELP PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET BEFORE RE-ENGAGING WITH LENDERS AT A LATER DATE. CYCLONE GABRIELLE ALONG WITH HAIL AND THE AUCKLAND FLOODS, BUT IN PARTICULAR GABRIELLE, IT'S THE BIGGEST WEATHER EVENT THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER EXPERIENCED. NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE HAD A WEATHER EVENT THAT'S GONE ACROSS SO MANY REGIONS. THE PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES A 'PRIMARY PRODUCER FINANCE SCHEME', TO HELP GROWERS AND FARMERS ACCESS LENDING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO THE RESPONSE TO THE WEATHER EVENTS IN THE NORTH ISLAND. DEATHS ON NEW ZEALAND ROADS INVOLVING DRUNK DRIVERS HAVE REACHED A 10-YEAR PEAK. AFFECTED FAMILIES WANT HARSHER PENALTIES TO STOP THE UPWARDS TREND. JESSICA SWAN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK. EMMA HANDS HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MUM. WE WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE — ABSOLUTELY LIKE BEST FRIENDS. BUT THEIR TIME TOGETHER WAS CUT SHORT AFTER A DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED INTO HER MUM'S CAR LAST YEAR. IT'LL STILL ALWAYS BE THERE — THE PAIN AND THE HURT. IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE. IT'S JUST TRYING TO MANAGE IT INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE. IT'LL NEVER GET BETTER. SHE'S NOT THE ONLY FAMILY MEMBER GRIEVING A LOVED ONE. MORE LIVES ARE BEING LOST, AND MORE BREATH LIMITS ARE BEING EXCEEDED. NEW ZEALAND IS SADLY LOSING THE BATTLE ON DRUNK DRIVING. NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CLIMBING SINCE 2013, WHEN THE TOTAL ROAD DEATHS INVOLVING ALCOHOL WAS AT 82. OF THOSE, 53 INVOLVED DRUNK DRIVING. SINCE THEN, THE NUMBER HAS FLUCTUATED BEFORE HITTING A DECADE HIGH LAST YEAR. IN 2022, THE TOTAL ROAD DEATHS INVOLVING ALCOHOL WERE UP AT 163. 111 WERE DRUNK-DRIVING DEATHS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALMOST ONE EVERY THREE DAYS. WE NEED TO TRY AND FIND SOME SOLUTIONS, SOME QUICK FIXES TO TURN THAT AROUND AND LOOK AT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE FOR PEOPLE. IF WE COULD DO IT A DECADE AGO, IF WE COULD HAVE HALF THE DEATHS A DECADE AGO, WE CAN GET BACK TO HAVING HALF THE DEATHS NOW. THE AA BELIEVES ONE OF THOSE FIXES IS BREATH-TESTING CHECKPOINTS. NEW ZEALAND POLICE'S TARGET IS THREE MILLION OF THESE EVERY YEAR. THAT LEVEL HASN'T BEEN REACHED SINCE 2014. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUT THERE ON THE ROAD AND BE VISIBLE AND BREATH TEST AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN. WE WERE IMPACTED BY THE COVID ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO GET OUT THERE AND BREATH TEST PEOPLE. BUT WE ARE DOING A LOT BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR. WE CERTAINLY THINK WE NEED TO GET THOSE TESTING NUMBERS BACK UP, BECAUSE THEY ACT AS A REALLY BIG DETERRENT. EMMA HANDS ALSO WANTS HARSHER PUNISHMENTS. MORE JAIL TIME, LOSING LICENCES FOR LONGER, THAT SORT OF THING. THEY NEED TO BE REALLY SCARED FROM IT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET A GOAL OF REDUCING THE ROAD TOLL BY 40% BY 2030. THESE NUMBERS ARE A REMINDER THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS IS DUE TO SIT DOWN IN SHANGHAI. ONE OF THE KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS AS MORE FLIGHTS BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA. FROM NOVEMBER, DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN CHRISTCHURCH AND GUANGZHOU WILL RESUME THREE YEARS AFTER THE SERVICE WAS DISCONTINUED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. IT'S HOPED THE INCREASED CAPACITY WILL BOOST TOURISM, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, TO HELP NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY. OH, THE CHINA SOUTHERN ANNOUNCEMENT IS GREAT FOR NEW ZEALAND. IT'S MORE AIR CAPACITY, MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND REPRESENTS WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER'S HERE ABOUT THAT NEW ZEALAND'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS, SO VERY EXCITING FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE. THREE ADDITIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND GUANGZHOU HAVE ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED. 'PRESUMED HUMAN REMAINS' HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE. IT COMES AFTER DEBRIS FROM THE SUB WAS BROUGHT BACK TO SHORE. FIVE MEN ON BOARD THE VESSEL DIED AFTER IT IMPLODED ON A DIVE TO THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC. THE BBC'S JONATHAN AMOS HAS MORE. A SOMBRE MOMENT AT QUAYSIDE AS THE DEBRIS FROM THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE WAS UNLOADED. SHIP WORKERS ATTEMPTED TO COVER THE FRAGMENTS, BUT SOME PIECES WERE STILL CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE. A TITANIUM END CAP FROM THE CYLINDER-SHAPED CARBON FIBRE SUB WITH A LARGE HOLE WHERE A VIEWING WINDOW WAS ONCE POSITIONED. THE REAR EQUIPMENT BAY THROWN CLEAR IN THE VIOLENT IMPLOSION THAT OCCURRED NEARLY 4KM DOWN... AND THE LANDING FRAME THE SUB USED TO SIT ON A FLAT SURFACE. THE QUESTION NOW IS WHETHER INVESTIGATORS HAVE ENOUGH MATERIAL TO RECONSTRUCT WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK THE KEY PARTS TO LOOK AT ARE THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE ACRYLIC WINDOW AND THE TITANIUM HEMISPHERICAL DOMES, THE END CAPS, AND ALSO THE AREA WHERE THE CARBON FIBRE WOULD HAVE BEEN BONDED TO THE TITANIUM FLANGES. SO I COULD SEE FROM THE FOOTAGE THAT BOTH OF THOSE COMPONENTS WERE RECOVERED, WHICH IS AS MUCH AS WE CAN HOPE FOR. SEEING THE DEBRIS COME ASHORE WILL HAVE BEEN A PAINFUL SIGHT FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE FIVE MEN WHO DIED — BRITISH EXPLORER HAMISH HARDING, THE BRITISH-PAKISTANI BUSINESSMAN SHAHZADA DAWOOD AND HIS SON SULEMAN ALL PERISHED, ALONG WITH FRENCH DIVER PAUL-HENRI NARGEOLET AND STOCKTON RUSH, THE CEO OF OCEANGATE. RECENT DAYS HAVE SEEN CONCERNS HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT WHETHER THE SUB WAS BUILT TO THE BEST STANDARDS AND WITH SUFFICIENT TESTING. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES NOW THAT THE U.S. AND CANADIAN AUTHORITIES WILL PROBE AS THEY EXAMINE THE DEBRIS. SOMEWHERE IN THIS TANGLED MESS MAY BE CLUES TO WHAT WENT SO TRAGICALLY WRONG. DONALD TRUMP IS SUING THE WOMAN A JURY RULED THE FORMER PRESIDENT SEXUALLY ABUSED. IN THE CIVIL TRIAL IN MAY, A JURY DECIDED TRUMP SEXUALLY ABUSED BUT DID NOT RAPE E. JEAN CARROLL. IT WAS DETERMINED TRUMP ALSO DEFAMED THE FORMER MAGAZINE COLUMNIST. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOW ALLEGING CARROLL DEFAMED HIM WHEN SHE ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE AFTER THE VERDICT WAS DELIVERED. TRUMP IS SEEKING A RETRACTION AS WELL AS COMPENSATION AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES. A TOP RUSSIAN GENERAL THOUGHT TO BE MISSING FOLLOWING THE WAGNER COUP HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN ARRESTED. SERGEI SUROVIKIN IS THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE LINKS TO WAGNER BOSS YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. U.S. INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS HE KNEW ABOUT THE WAGNER REBELLION IN ADVANCE AND HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE THE ARMED MUTINY UNFOLDED OVER THE WEEKEND. PRIGOZHIN'S WHEREABOUTS ARE NOW ALSO BACK IN QUESTION, WITH REPORTS HIS PLANE HAS LEFT BELARUS. AN EXPERT ON MERCENARY GROUPS INSISTS THE ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION IS NOT OVER YET. PRIGOZHIN IS AS SLIPPERY AS PUTIN. I MEAN, THINK OF THESE AS, YOU KNOW, ANCIENT ROME, WITH ONE SLIPPERY GENERAL TAKING ON THE EMPEROR, MARCHING ON THE EMPEROR. BUT ALSO, WE GOTTA REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT OVER YET. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PREMATURELY CONCLUDING THAT THE WAGNER GROUP HAS LOST. UNTIL THE WAGNER GROUP LAYS DOWN ITS ARMS, IT'S NOT OVER. PRIGOZHIN WAS BANISHED TO BELARUS AS PART OF A DEAL TO END THE WAGNER REBELLION. RIOTS HAVE BROKEN OUT ON THE STREETS OF PARIS AFTER POLICE SHOT AND KILLED A 17 YEAR OLD WHO FAILED TO STOP FOR OFFICERS. IT'S THE SECOND PERSON TO BE KILLED BY POLICE AT A TRAFFIC STOP IN FRANCE THIS YEAR. 31 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED DURING THE PROTESTS AND 24 INJURED. THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON REPORTS. LAST NIGHT, ONE SPARK SET NANTERRE ALIGHT AND THE GOVERNMENT ON EDGE. THE SHOOTING OF 17-YEAR-OLD NAEL HERE YESTERDAY IGNITING THE LONG COLD WAR BETWEEN FRENCH SUBURBS AND FRENCH STATE. THE POLICE TRAFFIC CHECK WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, A BRIEF DISCUSSION AT GUNPOINT. THEN, AS NAEL DRIVES OFF, THE OFFICER APPEARS TO SHOOT HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW AT POINT BLANK RANGE. HIS MOTHER SAID IN AN ONLINE VIDEO THAT THEY'D TAKEN HER BABY AWAY. HE WAS STILL A CHILD. HE NEEDED HIS MOTHER. HE KISSED ME GOODBYE IN THE MORNING AND SAID, I LOVE YOU, MUM. AN HOUR LATER, I WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE SHOT MY SON. WHAT SHALL I DO? HE WAS MY LIFE. HE WAS EVERYTHING TO ME. THE DEATH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE HANDS OF POLICE HERE IN THE PARIS SUBURBS HAS SPARKED RAGE AND RIOTS AGAINST THE STATE BEFORE. WHAT'S ADDING TO THE ANGER THIS TIME ARE INITIAL CLAIMS BY POLICE THAT NAEL DROVE INTO OFFICERS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. A NARRATIVE THAT'S CONTRADICTED BY THE VIDEO THAT'S EMERGED. PRESIDENT MACRON AND HIS GOVERNMENT HAVE COME OUT STRONGLY AGAINST THE POLICE ACTIONS. A TEENAGER HAS BEEN KILLED. THIS IS INEXPLICABLE AND INEXCUSABLE. AND THE FIRST THING IS TO EXPRESS AFFECTION, SHARED SORROW AND SUPPORT FOR HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. FRANCE'S STAR FOOTBALLER, KYLIAN MBAPPE, WAS AMONG THOSE REACTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING HIS FRANCE WAS HURTING FOR THE LITTLE ANGEL NAEL, WHO LEFT MUCH TOO SOON. FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HELD A MINUTE'S SILENCE TODAY AS THE COUNTRY HELD ITS BREATH. PARLIAMENT AND SUBURBS, THE TWO SIDES OF FRANCE, MARKING THE DEATH OF A TEENAGER IN THEIR OWN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — BIG NEWS FOR SWIFTIES AFTER 800,000 TRY TO GET THEIR HANDS ON TICKETS TO HER AUSTRALIAN SHOWS. SPOILER ALERT... SHE'S STILL NOT COMING HERE. PLUS, AUSTRALIA DEAL TO THE ENGLISH ATTACK AS ENGLAND DEAL WITH PITCH INVADERS AT LORD'S. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAKE UP A YEAR OR TWO YOUNGER? THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR SOUTH KOREANS TODAY. A NEW LAW IS BRINGING THE COUNTRY'S TWO TRADITIONAL AGE-COUNTING METHODS IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. THE LAW SCRAPS ONE SYSTEM THAT DEEMS SOUTH KOREANS 1 YEAR OLD AT BIRTH AND ANOTHER THAT AGES EVERYONE BY A YEAR ON 1 JANUARY INSTEAD OF ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS. BEFORE THE CHANGE, A PERSON BORN ON 31 DECEMBER WOULD BE 2 YEARS OLD THE VERY NEXT DAY. AROUND 70,000 STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA ARE BEING DISADVANTAGED IN SCHOOLS, AND ONE ADVOCATE BELIEVES IT SETS THEM UP FOR FAILURE IN LIFE. ORAL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE HEARD IN PARLIAMENT AT 3PM TODAY FOLLOWING AN INITIAL PETITION WHICH HAD OVER 8000 SIGNATURES. 500,000 NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE DYSLEXIA, AND MIKE STYLES, WHO LED THE PETITION, SAYS MAORI ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED. THE ULTIMATE FRUSTRATION IS THAT DYSLEXIC PEOPLE ARE OFTEN OUR MOST TALENTED AND CREATIVE KIWIS, AND THEY ARE BEING LEFT IN THE SHADOWS, AND AS A NATION, WE ARE NOT USING THE ECONOMIC... THE POTENTIAL THAT PEOPLE WITH DYSLEXIA HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. MIKE STYLES WANTS TO SEE THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AMENDED TO INCLUDE DYSLEXIA AND NEURODIVERSITY. TO SPORT, AND AUSTRALIA HAVE MADE A SOLID START TO THE SECOND ASHES TEST AT LORD'S. A BRIEF DISRUPTION NOT STOPPING THE VISITORS, WHO FINISHED 339/5 AT STUMPS. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON HAS THE DAY'S PLAY. HERE ARE 11 MEN TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND IN A SPORT FAILING TO ACHIEVE REPRESENTATION. OUT THROUGH CRICKET TRADITION TO RESUME THE ASHES, LORD'S IS PART OF A WIDER WORLD, AND CRICKET IS A SPORT INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO CLIMATE. JUST STOP OIL INTERRUPTED THE MORNING SESSION. IT WAS BRIEF, THE POWDER WAS CLEARED, BUT NOT ONLY DID THEY GET TO THE PLAYERS, IT WAS THE PLAYERS WHO TOOK THEM FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE BOUNDARY. JONNY BAIRSTOW IS FAMED FOR HIS STRENGTH. HE IS A BATTER, HE'S A WICKET KEEPER... HE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE SECURITY. WELL, THE ACTIONS OF THE PROTESTERS WERE CONDEMNED IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS BY THE MCC, WHICH OWNS THIS GROUND. I UNDERSTAND THAT ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES WILL NOW BE IN PLACE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TEST TO TRY AND AVOID ANOTHER INCURSION. IN TERMS OF THE CRICKET, AUSTRALIA WERE PUT INTO BAT AND THEN BATTED THEMSELVES INTO A DOMINANT PLACE, INITIALLY THANKS TO DAVID WARNER. IT TOOK ENGLAND'S NEW ASHES RECRUIT, JOSH TONGUE, TO STUN USMAN KHAWAJA. NOTE THAT EXPRESSION. YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN ON DAVID WARNER'S FACE, BOWLED BY TONGUE FOR 66... THERE. BUT NOW ENGLAND FACED STEVE SMITH. ANY AUSTRALIANS IN THE CROWD? COME ON, DON'T HIDE. MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE WAS WITH HIM. THESE TWO ARE SERIOUSLY GOOD, AND ENGLAND SERIOUSLY KNEW IT. LABUSCHAGNE FELL FOR 47. OLLIE ROBINSON WAS QUITE PLEASED. BUT TRAVIS HEAD BATTED WITH INCREASING FLUENCY. ALL GOOD FUN IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE AUSTRALIAN. WHEN ENGLAND SEEMED FLAT, JOE ROOT LATE STRUCK TWICE. HEAD OUT HERE — STUMPED. AUSTRALIA 339/5 ON A DAY WHEN JONNY BAIRSTOW DEALT WITH FAR MORE THAN HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE EXPECTED. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS HAVE FINISHED THEIR 'PRO LEAGUE' CAMPAIGN ON A HIGH, UPSETTING GERMANY IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT WIN THIS MORNING. NEW ZEALAND GETTING THE EDGE IN THE SHOOTOUT 3-1. SHE WILL TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE. SHE HAS COMMITTED... OH, DOESN'T GET HOLD OF IT. BUT THIS TIME, SHE SCORES... AND GIVES NEW ZEALAND THE WIN IN THE SHOOTOUT 3-1. WE'LL TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN HERE. DESPITE THE RESULT, THE BLACK STICKS FINISH THE LEAGUE SECOND-TO-LAST WITH TWO WINS FROM 16 GAMES. THE WARRIORS HOST THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS AT A SOLD-OUT MT SMART STADIUM TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH TICKETS IN HOT DEMAND. THE WARRIORS HAVEN'T PLAYED AT HOME IN FOUR WEEKS. EVEN ALL BLACKS COACH IAN FOSTER TRYING HIS LUCK FOR TICKETS. I THINK SOME OF THE BOYS ARE PRETTY KEEN TO GO AND TRY AND WATCH THEM ON FRIDAY BUT CAN'T GET TICKETS. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE, THERE'S A FEW ALL BLACKS WHO ARE KEEN. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPARE TICKETS FOR IAN FOSTER? (LAUGHS) SHOULD'VE ASKED ME A BIT EARLIER. THE LAST TIME THE BUNNIES PLAYED IN NEW ZEALAND WAS 2019. A 13-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN SKATEBOARDER HAS MADE HISTORY BECOMING THE FIRST FEMALE TO LAND A 720 IN COMPETITION. THAT'S TWO COMPLETE SPINS. NEXT, ARISA TREW HAS HER SIGHTS FIRMLY LOCKED ON QUALIFYING FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THE BBC'S EMMA VARDY REPORTS. THIS IS THE END OF THE RIDE HERE, IS SHE GOING TO GIVE IT ALL? YEAH! THE REACTION OF THE CROWD SAYS IT ALL. A 720 PULLED OFF BY 13-YEAR-OLD ARISA TREW MAKES SKATEBOARDING HISTORY, AND ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SKATEBOARDERS OF ALL TIME, TONY HAWK, WHO ORIGINALLY COINED THE TRICK, WAS THERE TO GIVE HER SOME COACHING. IT REALLY CHANGES THE GAME AND IT OPENS IT UP TO WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ACHIEVED BY THIS SORT OF LEVEL OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT ARE COMPETING, THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AT THE MOMENT. THERE IT IS. OOH, WOW. THAT IS CRAZY. YEAH. AND ARISA TREW'S PERFORMANCE WAS ALREADY IMPRESSING THE AFTER SCHOOL CROWD HERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND. LANDING A TRICK LIKE THAT MEANS IT'S NOW INSPIRING OTHER RIDERS IN SKATEPARKS ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT WAS LIKE, UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING. I COULD NEVER WORK UP TO THAT, I THINK. A MILE AND GRAB ON ITS OWN IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF, BUT A 720 ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S— IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. SINCE SKATEBOARDING BECAME AN OLYMPIC SPORT, IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY PROFESSIONALISED. BUT AT ITS HEART, IT'S STILL ABOUT LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AT PARKS LIKE THIS ONE. YOU'D GET PEOPLE DOWN HERE ALL THE TIME TEACHING EACH OTHER AND PLAYING GAMES WITH EACH OTHER AND JUST BASICALLY TRYING TO HELP EACH OTHER IMPROVE. I JUST, I LIKE THE FEELING OF DROPPING. IT'S JUST, I LOVE IT. HOW DO YOU PSYCH YOURSELF UP FOR A REALLY HARD TRICK? STANDING THERE, LIKE, AM I GOING TO DO IT? AM I NOT GOING TO DO IT? AM I GOING TO DO IT? OK, LET'S GO. AND WITH NEW ROLE MODELS LIKE ARISA TREW, EXPECT TO SEE MORE YOUNG FEMALE RIDERS PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN FUTURE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WELCOME BACK. MUSIC ICON MADONNA'S WORLD TOUR IS ON HOLD THANKS TO A SPELL IN HOSPITAL. HER MANAGEMENT SAYS THE 64-YEAR-OLD SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER A SERIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTION. SHE'S OUT OF HOSPITAL BUT STILL UNDER MEDICAL CARE AND EXPECTED TO FULLY RECOVER. THE 84 DATE 'CELEBRATION' TOUR WAS SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF IN VANCOUVER ON JULY 15TH. BETTER NEWS FOR SWIFTIES — MORE SHOWS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TAYLOR SWIFT'S WORLD TOUR. # SWEET LIKE HONEY, KARMA IS A CAT # PURRING IN MY LAP COS IT LOVES ME. # EXTRA SHOWS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO HER STOPS IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY FOLLOWING 'UNPRECEDENTED' DEMAND. MORE THAN 800,000 FANS, SOME WAITING AS LONG AS SIX HOURS, TRIED TO GET PRE-SALE TICKETS YESTERDAY WITH MORE TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW. THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF ANY NEW ZEALAND DATES BEING ADDED TO THE TOUR. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (COVER OF TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'WILDEST DREAMS') THAT'S ALL FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. 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