IT'S MIDDAY. THE GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT ITS PLAN TO HELP THE AILING HEALTH SECTOR, THE 6 AREAS IT'S FOCUSING ON... CALLS TO SCRAP YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITIES ALL TOGETHER, SO WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE? AND IT MIGHT BE KEEPING THE KIDS WARM IN WINTER, BUT IS THAT PUFFER JACKET COMPROMISING THEIR SAFETY? CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH BELIEVES GROWTH AND EXPANSION WILL BRING IMPROVEMENT TO OUR CRIPPLED HEALTH WORKFORCE. AYESHA VERRALL HAS ANNOUNCED A SERIES OF INITIATIVES THIS MORNING OUTLINING 6 PRIORITY AREAS. THEY INCLUDED SUPPORTING AND RETAINING CURRENT STAFF, GROWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES, AND DRIVING LOCALLY-LED TRAINING. LABELLED 'NEW ZEALAND'S HEALTH WORKFORCE PLAN' IT CONSISTED OF INPUT FROM FRONTLINE CLINICAL STAFF, PROFESSIONAL BODIES, AND UNIONS. OUR WORKFORCE IS UNDER PRESSURE, WITH SHORTAGES, SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN OUR SYSTEM NOW AND PROMOTE THEIR WELL-BEING. THAT MEANS EVERYTHING FROM WHEN YOU'RE ON NIGHT DUTY, WE'LL NOW MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NUTRITIOUS FOOD AVAILABLE FOR YOU. IT MEANS THAT WHEN SOMETHING DISTRESSING HAPPENS AT WORK, WE NEED TO BE THERE WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEBRIEF FOR YOU. IT COMES AS THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS MORE THAN 6000 NEW OVERSEAS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE JOINED THE WORKFORCE SINCE THE BORDER RE-OPENED A YEAR AGO. THERE'S NO DATE SET FOR WHEN LABOUR MINISTER KIRI ALLAN WILL BE BACK IN PARLIAMENT. ALLAN IS TAKING LEAVE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS. SHE WAS FIRST ON LEAVE TO ADDRESS HER MENTAL HEALTH. ON HER RETURN TO PARLIAMENT, ALLAN FACED ALLEGATIONS ABOUT HER INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF AND PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT MAINTAINED NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS WERE MADE. KIRI IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPETENT AND TALENTED PERSON, WHO'S THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS ALLAN IS A 'COMPETENT AND TALENTED PERSON' WHO'S HAD A ROUGH RUN OF LATE. AND 'OPEN TO WHATEVER'S NEEDED.' THAT'S HOW PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS DESCRIBED POSSIBLE CHANGES NEEDED TO IMPROVE YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITIES. IT COMES AFTER 5 TEENS SPENT MORE THAN 30 HOURS ON THE ROOF OF AN ORANGA TAMARIKI FACILITY IN AUCKLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. YOUTH WORKER AJ HENDRY BELIEVES THESE FACILITIES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN, AND WANTS TO SEE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENTS USED INSTEAD. OUR CURRENT JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT VICTIM-CENTRIC. YOU KNOW, THE PUNITIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE DOES NOT HONOUR VICTIMS, DOES NOT HONOUR THEIR VOICES. IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE THAT THESE SYSTEMS DON'T WORK, IT'S IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT COME OUT OF THESE SYSTEMS AND CONTINUE TO REOFFEND, OR CONTINUE TO GO INTO REALLY UNSTABLE HOUSING, AND THEN END UP IN REALLY POOR AND UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS. THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES A REVIEW OF THE FACILITIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO "SIGNIFICANT CHANGE." THESE ARE KIDS WHO OFTEN COME FROM INCREDIBLY TROUBLED BACKGROUNDS. THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE THEIR OFFENDING IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCE INTO GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO RESET. OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO END UP ON A PATHWAY TO A LIFE OF CRIME, WHICH IS IN NO ONE'S BEST INTERESTS. THE PM SAYS HE WANTS THESE FACILITIES TO ALLOW TROUBLED KIDS TO 'RESET' THEIR LIVES. 'PEOPLE AGAINST PRISONS AOTEAROA' ARE DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT MAKE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO NEW ZEALAND'S JUSTICE SYSTEM. A DIGITAL LAUNCH IS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN 'CARE NOT CAGES'. THEY ARE ARGUING CURRENT JUSTICE POLICIES AREN'T FAIR ON MAORI, YOUTH AND OTHER MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES. THEY'RE CALLING FOR A PRISON ALTERNATIVE FOCUSING ON HARM PREVENTION AND PROMOTING HEALING AND RESTORATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. POLICE HAVE YET TO CONFIRM THE CONDITION OF A PERSON INJURED IN A CRASH IN UPPER HUTT THIS MORNING. THE TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 8am AND INVOLVED A MOTORBIKE. THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS STILL ON-SITE AT WHAKATIKI ST. FEWER MORTGAGES ARE BEING HANDED OUT AND MANY WHO ALREADY HAVE THEM ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEM BACK. THAT'S THE LATEST DATA FROM CREDIT AGENCY 'CENTRIX' WHICH SHOWS ARREARS ARE RISING, HITTING A 4 YEAR HIGH WITH 11.7% OF THE ACTIVE CREDIT POPULATION BEHIND ON REPAYMENTS. THAT'S AROUND 429 THOUSAND KIWIS. THAT'S LARGELY ACROSS ALL SECTORS, BUT PERSONAL LOANS IN PARTICULAR HAVE CLIMBED. OVER 10% OF PERSONAL LOANS ARE NOW IN ARREARS. THAT TENDS TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SHORT-TERM BORROWING TO TRY AND BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THEY NEED IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE. SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING. THE DATA ALSO FOUND ALMOST 20,000 MORTGAGE ACCOUNTS REPORTED PAST DUE. MORTGAGE LENDING IS ALSO DOWN 27%. THE HEAD OF THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG IS VISITING JAPAN TODAY, AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF TREATED RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC. JAPAN HAS BEEN STORING OVER A MILLION TONS OF NUCLEAR WASTEWATER FROM THE DAMAGED PLANT IN TANKS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO REACH CAPACITY NEXT YEAR. JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT IS HOPING THE APPROVAL OF THE NUCLEAR WATCHDOG WILL ADD CREDIBILITY TO ITS DISCHARGE PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN STRONGLY CONDEMNED BY NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SOME PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS, OVER SAFETY CONCERNS. SO, THE PACIFIC FEELS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HANDED A BIG BUCKET OF RADIOACTIVE VOMIT, AND THEY'VE BEEN TOLD TO DRINK IT. AND JAPAN ARE SAYING IT'LL BE FINE. THAT'S HOW MANY OF THEM ARE FEELING. SOME REALLY TOP EXPERTS ARE SAYING WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH, WE DON'T KNOW THE DATA, AND WE NEED TO KNOW MORE. THE POWER PLANT OPERATOR IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A PERMIT IN ABOUT A WEEK TO BEGIN THE DISCHARGE, THOUGH THE STARTING DATE IS UNDECIDED. ISRAEL HAS LAUNCHED A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK, TARGETING A REFUGEE CAMP WHERE IT IS THOUGHT PALESTINIAN MILITANTS ARE BASED. IT'S ISRAEL'S BIGGEST INCURSION ON PALESTINIAN TERRITORY IN 20 YEARS. THE BBC's YOLANDE KNELL HAS MORE. THE DAY ENDED AS IT HAD BEGUN IN JENIN, WITH WITH BATTLES RAGING. THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAD USED A SURPRISE DRONE STRIKE IN THE EARLY HOURS, TO TARGET WHAT IT SAID WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF LOCAL MILITANTS. ARMED PALESTINIANS BEGAN FIGHTING BACK FROM INSIDE THE CITY'S CROWDED, DECADES-OLD REFUGEE CAMP. HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARE ON THE GROUND. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS THEY'RE SEIZING WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES. THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SAID ACTION WAS OVERDUE. (SPEAKS HEBREW) TRANSLATOR: THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE OPERATION LAST NIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IN JENIN. IN RECENT MONTHS, JENIN HAS BECOME A HAVEN FOR TERRORISM. WE'RE PUTTING AN END TO IT. (SIRENS WAIL) PALESTINIAN MEDICS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO REACH THE DOZENS OF INJURED. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S ACTING ON PRECISE INTELLIGENCE AND DOESN'T SEEK TO HARM CIVILIANS. BUT MANY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. (GUNFIRE) YOU GET THOSE CRACKS OF GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THE JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, WHICH IS JUST UP THERE ON THE HILL. SOMETIMES WE GET LOUD EXPLOSIONS AS WELL. EVEN THOUGH THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS SAID THIS IS A CLOSED ZONE — WE'RE NOT ALLOWED, AS JOURNALISTS TO GET ANY CLOSER — YOU CAN REALLY GET A SENSE FROM HERE OF JUST HOW INTENSE THE FIGHTING IS. ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES RELEASED THESE PICTURES, SHOWING THEM ROUNDING UP SUSPECTED MILITANTS. IN RECENT MONTHS, MANY PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT DEADLY ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS HAVE COME FROM THIS AREA. OTHERS HAVE HID HERE. AND EVEN BEFORE TODAY, JENIN HAS SEEN REPEATED DEADLY ISRAELI ARMY RAIDS. PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. TRANSLATOR: WE ARE AGAIN CALLING THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD TO PROVIDE URGENT INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION TO OUR PEOPLE AND IMPOSE PENALTIES AGAINST THE OCCUPATION REGIME. AND TONIGHT, WHILE THIS MILITARY OPERATION ISN'T OVER YET, THERE WAS A REPRIEVE FOR SOME PALESTINIAN FAMILIES — THE ISRAELI MILITARY ALLOWING THEM TO LEAVE THE CAMP, SOME RAISING THEIR HANDS OR WAVING MAKESHIFT WHITE FLAGS IN A GESTURE OF SURRENDER. RIOTS IN FRANCE APPEAR TO BE CALMING, AFTER FIVE DAYS OF VIOLENT PROTESTS SPARKED BY THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A TEENAGER BY POLICE. 150 PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED OVERNIGHT — DOWN FROM MORE THAN 2000 THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DESPITE THE VIOLENCE SUBSIDING, PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS ORDERED ABOUT 45,000 POLICE OFFICERS TO REMAIN ON THE STREETS. BUS AND TRAM SERVICES HAVE ALSO BEEN PAUSED. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS ADMITTED UKRAINE'S COUNTEROFFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIA HAS BEEN SLOW. MINEFIELDS LEFT BEHIND BY THE RUSSIANS ARE KILLING MANY UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS OR LEAVING THEM SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE BBC's ANDREW HARDING REPORTS FROM THE FRONT LINE. A FLIMSY PONTOON BRIDGE, AS WE HEAD TOWARDS UKRAINE'S SOUTHERN FRONT. IN A LANDSCAPE BLASTED BY ARTILLERY AND ROCKET FIRE, A DIFFERENT DANGER NOW FACES UKRAINIAN TROOPS, AS THEY FIGHT TO RECOVER TERRITORY. RUSSIAN MINES — THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. SOLDIERS STUMBLING ACROSS YET ANOTHER ON THE ROADSIDE. IS THAT A CLASSIC CLAYMORE? AND IT'S STILL LIVE. YEAH, THIS IS A CLAYMORE MINE THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED. STILL ACTIVE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY MOVE AWAY. MOVE BACK. WELL BACK. WELL BACK. AS WE PULL BACK, UKRAINIAN ENGINEERS MOVE IN CAUTIOUSLY TO DEFUSE IT. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) 'DETONATED,' HE SAYS, 'AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 30 OR 40 CASUALTIES.' WE'RE HAVING TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHERE WE WALK HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF RUSSIAN MINES LEFT BEHIND AND IN THE FIELDS ALONG THE FRONT LINES — VAST ACRES OF RUSSIAN MINEFIELDS. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE MINES, UKRAINIANS SAY, THAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE THE KIND OF STRATEGIC BREAKTHROUGH THEY NEED TO, IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS WAR. BUT COULD A UKRAINIAN BREAKTHROUGH BE IMMINENT? INTERCEPTED RUSSIAN RADIO MESSAGES HINT AT COLLAPSING MORALE. (RUSSIAN RADIO CHATTER) '50 OF OUR MEN RAN AWAY,' THIS RUSSIAN SOLDIER IS CAUGHT SAYING. FOR UKRAINIAN FORCES, EVERY STEP FORWARD HERE REMAINS A RISK. BUT THEY ARE ADVANCING THROUGH THE MINEFIELDS NONETHELESS, FILMING THEMSELVES, AS THEY LIBERATE THEIR COUNTRY, FIELD BY FIELD, TRENCH BY TRENCH. PARENTS ARE BEING WARNED THAT WHAT THEIR KIDS WEAR IN THE CAR COULD PUT THEM AT RISK DURING A CRASH. PUFFER JACKETS MIGHT BE WARM IN THE WINTER MONTHS, BUT THEIR BULK CAN HIDE JUST HOW TIGHTLY A CHILD IS STRAPPED IN. CHANNEL 9's ALICE MONFIRES EXPLAINS. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS, THE PUFFER JACKETS COME OUT. BUT WHILE THEY KEEP OUR KIDS SNUG OUTDOORS, THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN DANGER IN CARS. IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP, THE CHILD MAY BE FLUNG OUT OR EJECTED FROM THE CHILD CAR RESTRAINT. THIS CRASH TEST VISION SHOWING THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCE OF A SIMPLE MISTAKE MADE BY SO MANY PARENTS. CHILDREN WEARING A PUFFER JACKET OR VEST IN THEIR CAR SEAT ARE AT HIGH RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR WORSE, WITH AN ACCIDENT EVEN AT LOW SPEED CAUSING THE AIR IN THE PUFFER TO COMPRESS, CREATING DANGEROUS SLACK IN THE HARNESS. SO WE DON'T WANT ANY AIR POCKETS OR PADDING IN BETWEEN THE HARNESS STRAPS AND THE CHILD'S BODY. KIDSAFE DEMONSTRATING WITH 4-YEAR-OLD LEXIE THAT THE TRAP FOR PARENTS IS THE STRAPS APPEAR TIGHT, UNTIL SHE IS BACK IN HER SEAT — THE STRAPS LEFT THE SAME, WITHOUT HER JACKET. YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW LOOSE HER HARNESSES ARE, NOW THAT WE'VE REMOVED HER PUFFY JACKET. ANOTHER REASON JACKETS AND CARS DON'T MIX IS THEY CAN CAUSE CHILDREN TO OVERHEAT, WITH THEIR SNUGLY FITTING CAR SEATS ALREADY ADDING AN EXTRA LAYER OF INSULATION. BUT IF YOU FEEL YOUR CHILD DOES NEED TO BE WARMER, CRANK THE HEATER, PUT THEIR JACKET OVER THEIR KNEES, OR EVEN ON BACKWARDS AFTER THEY'RE STRAPPED IN — BUT ONLY IF THEY'RE FORWARD-FACING. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT BABIES AND TODDLERS WHO ARE IN THAT REARWARD FACING POSITION HAVE THEIR HEAD AND FACE UNCOVERED AT ALL TIMES. AND EVERY TIME YOU BUCKLE THE STRAPS, CHECK THEY'RE TIGHT, NOT TWISTED AND ADJUSTED TO SIT ABOVE THE CHILD'S SHOULDER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — HOW THE NEW 'BARBIE' MOVIE'S CREATING AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT. PLUS — THE ALL WHITES UNVEIL A FAMILIAR FACE AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH. THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 'BARBIE' MOVIE WHICH HITS SCREENS IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS HAS ALREADY BEEN BANNED IN VIETNAM. THE MOVIE, STARRING MARGOT ROBBIE AND RYAN GOSLING FEATURES A MAP SHOWING CHINESE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA THAT VIETNAM DISPUTES. IT'S UNCLEAR WHICH SCENE SHOWS WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE 'NINE DASH LINE' TYPICALLY SEEN ON CHINA'S MAPS, BUT A VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL HAS LABELLED IT 'OFFENSIVE'. A MAN WHO WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY KEVIN SPACEY HAS DESCRIBED THE DISGRACED ACTOR AS A 'PREDATOR'. SPACEY IS ON TRIAL IN LONDON, FACING 12 COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST FOUR MEN, ALL OF WHICH HE DENIES. THE BBC'S HELENA WILKINSON REPORTS. KEVIN SPACEY ARRIVING AT COURT FOR THE SECOND DAY OF HIS TRIAL, CHARGED WITH 12 SEXUAL OFFENCES, ALL OF WHICH HE DENIES. TODAY THE JURY WOULD HEAR FROM ONE OF HIS FOUR ACCUSERS. INSIDE COURTROOM ONE, THE AMERICAN ACTOR WAS BACK IN THE GLASS DOCK. HE LISTENED AS THE JURY WAS PLAYED A RECORDING OF THE ACCUSER'S POLICE INTERVIEW. DURING THE POLICE INTERVIEW, THE MAN DESCRIBED KEVIN SPACEY AS A SLIPPERY, SNAKY, DIFFICULT PERSON. HE CLAIMED THE HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ASSAULTED HIM UP TO 12 TIMES. HE SAID KEVIN SPACEY WOULD TOUCH HIM ON AND OFF, AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS 'ALMOST LIKE GROOMING'. THE ACCUSER ALSO CLAIMED THAT ON ONE OCCASION THE ACTOR GROPED HIM SO FORCEFULLY WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, THAT HE WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. KEVIN SPACEY'S ACCUSER ALSO CAME TO COURT TODAY, TO GIVE EVIDENCE FROM BEHIND A CURTAIN. JURORS WERE TOLD IT WAS SO THE WITNESS COULD CONCENTRATE BETTER ON HIS EVIDENCE. UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION BY DEFENCE BARRISTER PATRICK GIBBS KC, THE COMPLAINANT SAID HE FELT ASHAMED ABOUT WHAT HE ALLEGES KEVIN SPACEY DID TO HIM. KEVIN SPACEY LEAVES COURT AFTER A DAY OF HEARING EVIDENCE FROM A MAN WHO IS ACCUSING HIM OF SERIOUS SEXUAL OFFENCES, ALLEGATIONS THE ACTOR DENIES. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOUR WEEKS. A NEW REPORT IS DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT PUT BETTER HEALTH FOOD POLICIES ON THE TABLE WITH NEW ZEALAND FALLING BEHIND OTHER COUNTRIES. THE WORK FROM THE HEALTH COALITION COMES OUT TOMORROW. IT ARGUES BETTER POLICY IS NEEDED TO PREVENT POOR HEALTH AND OBESITY. FOOD RESEARCHER SALLY MACKAY SAYS MARKETING IS ONE AREA WHERE RESTRICTIONS IS NEEDED. THERE'S COUNTRIES LIKE CHILE THAT HAVE HAD MARKETING RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THE RECENT RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT IT IS REDUCING CONSUMPTION, AND IT ALSO CAN LEAD TO REFORMULATION OF FOODS, SO THAT FOODS BECOME HEALTHIER, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS ON THEIR ADVERTISING. WITH AN ELECTION APPROACHING, MacKAY WANTS PARTIES TO ADD SPECIFIC KAI POLICIES TO THEIR CAMPAIGNS. TO SOME SPORTS NEWS NOW, AND DARREN BAZELEY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE ALL WHITES HEAD COACH, DROPPING THE INTERIM TITLE. BAZELEY WILL LEAD THE NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP AND THE UNDER-23 SIDE FOR THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS. THE 50-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE IS PROUD OF HIS NEW POSITION. I FEEL LIKE THIS PROPERLY NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST WEEK OR THE LAST WINDOW MOVING FORWARD SOME SORT OF UNDOING THE ROLE BUT YES IT'S NICE TO NOT HAVE THAT INTERIM TAG INTO NOW BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD BUT WON'T BE A BIT MORE SETTLED BAZELEY FIRST TOOK OVER THE INTERIM ROLE IN MARCH.BUT WHAT ATHLETICS NZ HAS BANNED OLYMPIC POLE VAULT COACH JEREMY McCOLL FROM THE SPORT FOR 10 YEARS. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND McCOLL HAD HARASSED AND MADE SEXUAL REMARKS TO ATHLETES WHO WERE MINORS. McCOLL COACHED ELIZA MCCARTNEY TO BRONZE AT THE RIO OLYMPICS IN 2016 AND HAS WORKED WITH TOP VAULTER OLIVIA McTAGGART. HE HAS NOW RESIGNED FROM HIS ROLE AS COACH. KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE IS THE FOCUS FOR THE ALL BLACKS, AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST TEST OF THE YEAR, AGAINST ARGENTINA IN MENDOZA. NEW ZEALAND SUFFERED A HISTORIC LOSS TO LOS PUMAS IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST YEAR, BEFORE TURNING THAT RESULT AROUND IN HAMILTON, WINNING BY 50 POINTS. IT'S A LESSON TO BE REMEMBERED AS THEY PREPARE THIS WEEK. YOU KNOW, PLAYING ARGENTINA IN ARGENTINA, AND IN MENDOZA, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED PLAYING AFRICA AT ELLIS PARK. THIS IS A RUGBY CITY. THE ARGENTINIANS ARE PUMPED TO BE PLAYING HERE, AND I THINK THEY DESERVE ALL THE RESPECT THEY GET. THEY'VE BEATEN THE ALL BLACKS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. A HUGE WIN AGAINST ENGLAND AT TWICKENHAM. EVERY YEAR, THEY'RE JUST IMPROVING. THE ALL BLACKS PLAY ARGENTINA SUNDAY MORNING NEW ZEALAND TIME. WIMBLEDON'S OPENING DAY HAS LEFT SOME FANS WAITING IN THE RAIN FOR HOURS, JUST TO GET IN THE GATE. MEANWHILE ON THE COURT, SOME BIG NAMES HAVE ALREADY PACKED THEIR BAGS FOR DEPARTURE. THE BBC's ANDY SWISS REPORTS. STEWARDS, PLEASE OPEN THE GATES. FOR TENNIS FANS, THE WAITING WAS OVER. WELL, ALMOST. WIMBLEDON IS FAMOUSLY ABOUT QUEUING AS MUCH AS PLAYING. BUT AMID HEIGHTENED SECURITY, JUST GETTING IN WAS SOME TEST OF STAMINA. AFTER SORTA SIX, SEVEN HOURS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN THE SAME FIELD, IT'S GOT A BIT HECTIC. AND THE TOILETS ESPECIALLY — THEY'RE NOT FLUSHING ANY MORE. I GOT HERE AFTER NINE HOURS. (LAUGHS) I GOT HERE AFTER NINE HOURS. AND IT WASN'T JUST THE FANS GETTING DELAYED. NOVAK DJOKOVIC EMERGED IN SUNSHINE TO FACE PEDRO CACHIN. BUT AFTER WINNING THE FIRST SET, ON CAME THE COVERS. BUT THE COURT WAS LEFT SLIPPERY. COULD ANYONE DRY IT OUT? DJOKOVIC TRIED TO WITH A TOWEL, BEFORE AN ARMY OF GIANT HAIRDRYERS ARRIVED. THE NEAR HOUR-AND-A-HALF DELAY CHALLENGED EVERYONE'S PATIENCE. SO WHEN PLAY FINALLY RESUMED, NO SURPRISE DJOKOVIC SEEMED IN A HURRY. GAME SET AND MATCH, DJOKOVIC. HIS 29th WIN IN A ROW AT WIMBLEDON. YOU SUSPECT THERE MAY BE A FEW MORE TO COME. FOR ANOTHER LEGEND, THOUGH, THERE WAS ONLY AGONY. VENUS WILLIAMS, NOW 43, TOOK A HORRIBLE TUMBLE AGAINST ELINA SVITOLINA. SOMEHOW SHE LIMPED ON AND DESPITE LOSING IN STRAIGHT SETS, EARNED A STANDING OVATION. JODIE BURRAGE IS THROUGH, BEATING KATIE McNALLY. AFTER AN INJURY-RAVAGED CAREER, AT LAST A WINNER AT WIMBLEDON. I MEAN, I'M SHAKING LIKE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE. THAT ONE MEANT A LOT. (SOBS) AND ALSO THROUGH ARE LIAM BRODY AND YANN KRINSKY. THE FANS HERE WILL BE HOPING THERE'S MORE CELEBRATIONS TO COME. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY... OR I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST GIANT PANDAS HAS CELEBRATED HER 33rd BIRTHDAY. XIN-XIN WAS BORN IN MEXICO IN 1990. TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE, XIN-XIN WAS SERVED A SPECIALLY MADE APPLE CAKE, TOGETHER WITH A PANDA-SHAPED PINATA FILLED WITH MORE APPLES — HER FAVOURITE. GIANT PANDA'S USUALLY HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AROUND 20 YEARS IN THE WILD, AND 30 IN CAPTIVITY. NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (SOULFUL FUNK MUSIC) THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY 1 NEWS AT 6. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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