IT'S MIDDAY ` A DAMNING REPORT FINDS A LACK OF TRAINING AND PROCEDURES IN THE RESPONSE TO LANDSLIDES ON AUCKLAND'S WEST COAST. AND THE DEATHS OF TWO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. A DISTRACTION FROM LEARNING OR A HELPFUL DEVICE. THE DEBATE OVER PHONES IN CLASSROOMS CONTINUES. PLUS, THE TECH TITANS ESCALATE THEIR RIVALRY, BUT HAS META BROKEN THE RULES WITH IT'S NEW RIVAL TO TWITTER? CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS DIED IN THE MURIWAI LANDSLIDE ON AUCKLAND'S WEST COAST HAS FOUND THERE WAS NO PROCEDURE OR TRAINING AROUND HOW LANDSLIDES SHOULD BE MANAGED. CRAIG STEVENS AND DAVE VAN ZWANEBERG BOTH DIED IN THE SLIP. CORAZON MILLER IS ACROSS THE FINDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND JOINS US NOW. CORAZON, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WHILE LOCKED THE KEY CONCLUSION OF 40 PAGE REPORT IS THAT THERE SIMPLY WASN'T ANYTHING IN FOAM REGISTER NEW ZEALAND'S RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY LANDSLIDES AS A HAZARD THIS MEANT THAT THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WORKING IN THIS DIFFICULT CONDITIONS THAT NEVER ENOUGH TRAINING PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO ASSESS WHETHER A LANDSIDE WAS IMMINENT THAT IS SOMEWHAT SURPRISING LANDSLIDES AT A NEW THING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND THE BIGGER QUESTION WHY POLICY WASN'T ALREADY IN PLACE UNFORTUNATELY THE RESERVES AND AS INVESTIGATORS STILL ONGOING THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT ` IT'S ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE SORROW, THE LOSS, THE PAIN, BUT ALSO THE HEALING THAT THOSE IMPACTED BY THE TRAGEDY ARE GOING THROUGH. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WHANAU OF DAVE AND CRAIG AS THEY CONTINUE TO LEARN TO LIVE THROUGH THE LOSS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MURIWAI VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE AND THOSE IN THE MURIWAI COMMUNITY. DUNEDIN'S MAYOR SAYS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR DIRECTED TOWARDS A SYRIAN FAMILY IN MOSGIEL WON'T BE TOLERATED. IT COMES AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A SUSPICIOUS FIRE. IT OCCURRED AT A MURRAY STREET PROPERTY ON MONDAY AT 6PM. A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP AND SAYS THE REFUGEE FAMILY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO SEVERAL HATE CRIMES. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO IDENTIFY THIS MAN IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT WHO WAS SEEN AT THE ADDRESS TWO NIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FIRE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, RESEARCHERS ARE SET TO QUANTIFY THE BURDEN OF LONG COVID. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY HAS LAUNCHED A REGISTRY AND WANTS PEOPLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE CONDITION. RESEARCHER JENENE CROSSAN SAYS SHE HOPES THIS WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH 'HARD DATA', AS RIGHT NOW IT'S A BROAD TERM. LONG COVID IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACROSS AOTEAROA. OUR GUESSTIMATES IS IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SORT OF 3-400,000 PEOPLE. OF THAT, I'D SUGGEST LESS THAN HALF ARE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE IT. I HAVE PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE WEEK THAT'LL COME UP TO ME AND SAY, 'I JUST WORKED OUT THAT I HAVE LONG COVID'. AND BECAUSE IT'S AN UMBRELLA TERM, AND THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ANY DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS YET. PEOPLE CAN FIND THE REGISTRY ON AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S WEBSITE. MORE THAN A THOUSAND MIDWIVES WORKING FOR TE WHATU ORA ARE GETTING A PAY BOOST. THEY'LL RECEIVE A 15% PAY INCREASE, WHICH WILL BE BACK DATED TO APRIL LAST YEAR. THE MORE THAN 1100 MIDWIVES WILL ALSO RECEIVE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT'S HOPED THE IMPROVED WAGES WILL GO SOME WAY TO ADDRESSING A CRITICAL WORKFORCE SHORTAGE. NZ KIDS ARE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THEIR PHONES THAN EVER BEFORE. THAT'S THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY THAT MONITORED THE DAILY LIVES OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED CHILDREN. RESEARCHERS SAY THEIR DEVICE USE IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. TESSA PARKER HAS MORE. PARKING UP AND GOING FOR A SCROLL ` A POPULAR AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY. THEY'RE SPENDING 22 MINUTES EVERY HOUR AFTER SCHOOL ONLINE, ON SCREENS. NEW RESEARCH FROM OTAGO UNIVERSITY SHOWS ONCE THE BELL RINGS, 12-YEAR-OLDS ARE SPENDING A THIRD OF THEIR SPARE TIME ON A DEVICE. AFTER 8PM, THAT INCREASES TO MORE THAN HALF. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON DEVICES ALL THROUGH THE DAY, BOTH AT SCHOOL AND HOME. SHE SAYS THAT INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE NEGATIVE EFFECT EVIDENT ONCE KIDS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM. WE HAVE SAID IT'S OK ` GO INTO YOUR ROOM, GO INTO THE LOUNGE, WHATEVER ` NETFLIX WILL LOOK AFTER YOU WHILST WE GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. THERE'S BEEN A REAL BREAKDOWN IN SOME OF OUR STUDENTS' SOCIAL SKILLS, THEIR ABILITY TO INTERACT EFFECTIVELY WITH EACH OTHER. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS WE'VE SEEN OF AN OVERUSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PARTICULARLY SMART PHONES, HAS BEEN QUITE DISTURBING. STUDENTS BECOMING MORE ISOLATED, MORE WITHDRAWN... THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CURB OVERUSE. COME OCTOBER, SMART PHONES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A STEP ALREADY TAKEN IN LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THIS HELPS CHILDREN ENGAGE WITH OTHER CHILDREN IN PRODUCTIVE WAYS AND CERTAINLY ENGAGE WITH THEIR TEACHER IN WAYS THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING. DESPITE PHONES BEING AN ACKNOWLEDGED DISTRACTION IN NEW ZEALAND CLASSROOMS, PRINCIPALS SAY A BLANKET BAN ISN'T REALISTIC WITHOUT BUY-IN FROM STUDENTS AND PARENTS. WE'RE CREATING A SITUATION WHERE CONFLICT WILL OCCUR, WHERE WE'RE TAKING RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE DEVICES OFF YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT US TO DO THAT. INSTEAD, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON 'SELF-REGULATION'. SO, AT MY SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, PHONES AWAY DURING CLASS TIME. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO POLICE THAT. BUT RESEARCHERS WANT MORE DONE TO CONTROL WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO. THEY SAY THERE'S TOO MUCH EXPOSURE TO SEXISM, RACISM AND BULLYING ON THE WEB. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONLINE SPACE IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. WITH LITTLE HOPE WE'LL SEE A DOWNWARD TREND IN SCREEN TIME ANY TIME SOON. TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. JUST A DAY AFTER ITS LAUNCH, NEW SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM 'THREADS' IS PROMPTING THREATS OF A LAWSUIT FROM TWITTER. THE APP WAS LAUNCHED BY META, WHOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARK ZUCKERBERG OPENLY BILLED IT AS A RIVAL TO ELON MUSK'S MICRO-BLOGGING PLATFORM. NOW ITS LAWYERS CLAIM META VIOLATED TWITTER'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. FORGET THE MEMES AND MENTIONS, TWITTER IS CALLING IN THE LAWYERS. THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THREATENING LEGAL ACTION LESS THAN A DAY AFTER THE LAUNCH OF 'THREADS'. I'M NOT SAYING IT WILL KILL TWITTER, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BECOME A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. CREATED BY THE BRAINS BEHIND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, THREADS HAS ALREADY BEEN DOWNLOADED MORE THAN 30 MILLION TIMES. USERS CAN SIGN UP WITH THEIR EXISTING INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. INSTAGRAM HAS 2 BILLION USERS COMPARED TO AROUND 250 MILLION OF TWITTER, SO IT'S ABOUT 10 TIMES BIGGER ALREADY. SO IF ONLY ONE IN 10 INSTAGRAM USERS TRIES USING THREADS, IT'S OVERTAKEN TWITTER IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. TWITTER IS ALLEGING META UNLAWFULLY MISAPPROPRIATED TRADE SECRETS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. IN A LETTER TO BOSS MARK ZUCKERBERG, IT CLAIMS THE TECH GIANT HIRED FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEES TO DEVELOP WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A COPYCAT APP. SO HOW DO THE APPS COMPARE? BOTH OFFER A MICRO-BLOGGING EXPERIENCE. USERS CAN POST, REPOST AND REPLY. BUT THREADS CAN RUN UP TO 500 CHARACTERS, NEARLY DOUBLING TWITTER'S NEARLY 200-CHARACTER THRESHOLD. AND THREADS USERS CAN POST FIVE-MINUTE VIDEOS, WHILE TWITTER LIMITS NON-VERIFIED USERS TO LESS THAN HALF THAT. ON TWITTER, USERS CAN FILTER THEIR FEEDS I THINK TWITTER HAS HAD ITS DAY. I THINK ANYTHING CAN BASICALLY RIVAL TWITTER NOWADAYS. I FEEL LIKE INSTAGRAM IS REALLY TAKING OVER, KIND OF. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY INSTAGRAM IS QUITE A BIG COMPETITION. THREADS IS THE LATEST CHAPTER IN THE RIVALRY BETWEEN ZUCKERBERG AND MUSK, ESCALATING TO A CAGE FIGHT CHALLENGE JUST LAST MONTH. THE FEUD'S NOW LIKELY TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURTROOM FOR NOW. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. THE COMPANY BEHIND THE SUBMERSIBLE THAT IMPLODED WHILE CARRYING PASSENGERS TO THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC HAS SUSPENDED ITS OPERATIONS. 5 PEOPLE DIED WHEN OCEANGATE'S 'TITAN' SUB WENT MISSING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LAST MONTH, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S CEO STOCKTON RUSH. DEBRIS FROM THE WRECK HAS BEEN RECOVERED. OCEANGATE'S WEBSITE SAYS IT'S NOW SUSPENDED ALL EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED INTO WHAT LED TO THE IMPLOSION. THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE LEADER OF A MUTINY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MILITARY TWO WEEKS AGO ARE UNKNOWN. YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN WAS EXILED TO BELARUS AFTER LEADING THE WAGNER MERCENARIES INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY, BUT BELARUS' PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S NO LONGER THERE. IT COMES AS PRIGOZHIN'S HOME WAS RAIDED. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG HAS THE LATEST. THERE ARE STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RUSSIAN REBELLION. WOULD HE HAVE THE ANSWERS? THE LEADER OF BELARUS, ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, HAD BROKERED THE AGREEMENT THAT ENDED THE MUTINY... SO WE'RE TOLD. UNDER A DEAL WITH THE KREMLIN, WAGNER MERCENARY CHIEF YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN WAS SUPPOSED TO MOVE HERE TO BELARUS WITH SOME OF HIS FIGHTERS. BUT NO SIGN YET. TRANSLATOR: AS OF THIS MORNING, THE WAGNER FIGHTERS, AND VERY SERIOUS ONES, ARE STILL IN THE CAMPS THEY'D WITHDRAWN TO AFTER FIGHTING IN BAKHMUT. AS FOR YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, HE'S IN ST PETERSBURG. OR MAYBE HE FLEW TO MOSCOW THIS MORNING OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT HE'S NOT IN BELARUS. YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC FOR DAYS, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SEEN INSIDE WHAT IS PURPORTED TO BE HIS ST PETERSBURG MANSION. THESE IMAGES LEAKED ONLINE, REPORTEDLY TAKEN DURING A RAID BY RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES. THEY SHOW WEAPONS, GOLD BARS... AND LOTS OF WIGS. EVER SINCE THE WAGNER MUTINY, THE MAIN QUESTION WE'VE BEEN ASKING IS WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON? AND NEARLY TWO WEEKS ON, WE STILL DON'T KNOW. THE DEAL THAT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED WAS PRETTY CLEAR ` YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN GOES TO BELARUS AND WAGNER FIGHTERS WHO WANT TO JOIN HIM ALSO GO TO BELARUS. BUT WE SEE NO SIGN OF THAT. FROM MUTINY TO MISSILES AND THE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WARHEADS THE KREMLIN SAYS IT'S MOVING TO BELARUS. WOULD MR LUKASHENKO HAVE A SAY IN WHETHER TO LAUNCH THEM? TRANSLATOR: IN UKRAINE, A WHOLE ARMY IS FIGHTING WITH FOREIGN WEAPONS, WITH NATO WEAPONS, BECAUSE THEY'VE RUN OUT OF THEIR OWN. SO WHY CAN'T I FIGHT WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S? BUT THESE ARE NUCLEAR. WE'RE NOT TALKING PISTOLS. TRANSLATOR: YES. NUCLEAR. THEY'RE WEAPONS TOO. AND MAKE SURE YOU MENTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS HERE. THE LOGIC OF A LEADER, WHO WITH AN IRON FIST AND THE KREMLIN'S BACKING, HAS HELD POWER FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` NEW ZEALAND'S BEST YOUNG FARMING TALENT SHOWS THEIR STUFF AT THEIR BIG GRAND FINAL. ANOTHER KIWI ATHLETE CRACKS THE OLYMPIC QUALIFYING STANDARD PLUS ` WHO'S GOT THE NOD AT 10 FOR THE ALL BLACKS' FIRST TEST OF THE YEAR? - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # WELCOME BACK ` PEOPLE MAY SOON BE ABLE TO BUY CREDITS TO PROTECT NATURE WITH CONSULTATION ON A BIODIVERSITY CREDIT SCHEMES ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY. CLEARER RULES, TIGHTER REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTRICT COUNCILS AND CO-FUNDING FOR NEW PILOT PROJECTS ARE ALSO ON THE TABLE AS PART OF A BIODIVERSITY PACKAGE. STAKEHOLDERS HAVE WELCOMED THE MOVE. 63% OF NEW ZEALAND'S NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS ARE THREATENED, AND A THIRD OF NATIVE SPECIES ARE THREATENED OR AT RISK OF EXTINCTION. THE 55TH NEW ZEALAND YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR GRAND FINAL IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS BEEN ACROSS THE EVENT THIS MORNING AND SENT IN THIS REPORT. SEVEN GRAND FINALISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY HERE TO WINCHESTER, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF TIMARU, AND IT'S HERE THAT THEY'RE HOPING TO TAKE OUT THE TITLE OF NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN COMPETING SINCE 7.30 THIS MORNING IN A NUMBER OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHALLENGES, AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE A SHORT WHILE AGO WHO SAID THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS PRETTY POSITIVE. I MEET PREVIOUS WINNERS ALL THE TIME, AND THEY TELL ME ABOUT HOW WINNING YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR ACTUALLY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR CAREER IN TERMS OF THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEIR PROFILE. WE SEE A LOT OF THESE WINNERS GOING ON TO BE YOUNG LEADERS OR TO BE LEADERS IN THE SECTOR. EMMA POOLE AND LISA KENDALL ARE THE ONLY TWO FEMALE CONTESTANTS IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION, AND IT'S ALSO THE LAST TIME THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THAT TITLE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH EMMA'S BROTHER, TIM DANGEN, WHO WON YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. OH, IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING, MATE. YEAH, IT REALLY HAS. JUST THE NETWORKING THAT'S COME THROUGH IT BECAUSE THE SECTOR HOLDS IT IN SUCH HIGH REGARD, THEN I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. I'VE MET THE PRIME MINISTER AND DAMIEN O'CONNOR SEVERAL TIMES. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. ALL UP, THERE ARE 98 CONTESTANTS COMPETING TODAY, 14 OF WHICH ARE IN THE JUNIOR YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY, AND THEN THERE ARE 21 SCHOOLS THAT HAVE COME TO COMPETE IN THE AGRI KID SECTION. THOSE TWO SECTIONS ` THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, AND THE NEW ZEALAND YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW NIGHT. ALL BLACKS COACH IAN FOSTER BELIEVES HE'S NAMED A STRONG TEAM AHEAD OF HIS TEAM'S FIRST RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASH AGAINST ARGENTINA. DAMIAN MACKENZIE WILL START AT FIRST FIVE AHEAD OF RICHIE MO'UNGA, THE CHIEF'S UTILITY'S FIRST START SINCE 2021. FOSTER SAYS IT'S A GREAT CHANCE TO LET HIS CONFIDENCE FROM SUPER RUGBY FLOW INTO THE BLACK JERSEY. YOU KNOW, BEAUDIE AT FULLBACK, RICHIE AT 10, SO YOU KNOW, LITTLE BIT OF A LUXURY THERE AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT'S JUST A NICE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN DAMIEN. WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF THE ALL BLACKS FOR A WHILE, THERE'S ALWAYS A BIT OF NERVES, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR HIM TO COME IN AND HOPEFULLY PLAY FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH. CHIEFS WINGER EMONI NARAWA WILL DEBUT ON THE RIGHT WING, WHILE BEAUDEN BARRETT WILL START AT FULLBACK IN HIS 113TH ALL BLACKS APPEARANCE. THE BLACK FERNS HAVE NAMED A STRONG STARTING 15 AHEAD OF THE SECOND MATCH OF THEIR PACIFIC FOUR SERIES AGAINST CANADA. LOOSE FORWARD LUCY JENKINS HAS BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH TO MAKE HER FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE BLACK JERSEY. THE SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI MVP FINALLY REWARDED FOR HER HARD WORK. WEARING THE BLACK JERSEY FOR ME ` IT'S` LIKE, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF MINE SINCE I WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD, SO, MAN... IT'S GONNA BE A SUPER SURREAL MOMENT WHEN I PUT ON THAT JERSEY AND JUST EVERY MOMENT ABOUT THAT DAY, I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE LAST TIME THE BLACK FERNS PLAYED CANADA WAS IN 2005. POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY HAS MET THE QUALIFYING MARK FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, DESPITE STARTING HER LATEST COMPETITION WITHOUT HER POLES. AT HER FIRST EVENT SINCE THE QUALIFYING WINDOW OPENED, MCCARTNEY HIT 4.73m, SETTING A RECORD FOR THE MEET IN BARCELONA. THE RIO BRONZE MEDALLIST TOOK THE WIN WITH FELLOW KIWI OLIVIA MCTAGGART THIRD, HER BEST VAULT 30cm OFF THE QUALIFYING MARK. MEIKAYLA MOORE HAS WITHDRAWN FROM HER ROLE HELPING THE FOOTBALL FERNS PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP. THE EXPERIENCED DEFENDER MISSED OUT ON THE SQUAD FOR THE TOURNAMENT BUT WAS ASKED TO BE A TRAINING PARTNER FOR THE TEAM. SHE'S NOW WITHDRAWN FOR PERSONAL REASONS. COACH JITKA KLIMKOVA SAYS SHE HASN'T SPOKEN TO HER YET. BUT THE BEST THING FOR HER IS TO BE AROUND FAMILY. THE FOOTBALL FERNS START THEIR WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. MICHAEL VENUS HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE DOUBLES AT WIMBLEDON, WINNING HIS OPENING MATCH WITH PARTNER JAMIE MURRAY IN THREE SETS. IN THE GENTLEMAN'S SINGLES, SIR ANDY MURRAY WAS LEADING TWO SETS TO ONE OVER FIFTH SEED STEFANOS TSITSIPAS BEFORE PLAY WAS SUSPENDED. THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS REPORTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HERE WE GO AGAIN ` CENTRE COURT, ANDY MURRAY. EXCITED? WELL, JUST ASK THEM. HIS OPPONENT THE FLAMBOYANT STEFANOS TSITSIPAS, AND COME A FIRST-SET TIEBREAK, IT WAS TSITSIPAS THAT TOOK IT. OH, IT'S WONDERFUL AGAIN. BUT AT 36 WITH A METAL HIP, MURRAY ONCE AGAIN SET ABOUT DEFYING LOGIC. ONE SET ALL. THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME FOR. AND FROM THERE ` AGAINST THE WORLD NUMBER FIVE, REMEMBER ` MURRAY RAMPED UP THE DECIBELS. (LOUD CHEERING) THERE WAS, THOUGH, A MOMENT OF CONCERN. MURRAY SLIPPING... (YELLS) ...AND IN PAIN, BUT HE GOT UP AND DID THIS ` HE LED TWO SETS TO ONE WHEN PLAY WAS HALTED, IN SIGHT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WIN. WELL, THE FANS HERE ON CENTRE COURT HAVE CERTAINLY HAD THEIR MONEY'S WORTH BECAUSE EARLIER A 29-YEAR-OLD FROM STOCKPORT SPRANG PERHAPS THE SHOCK OF THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS. LIAM BROADY ` WORLD NUMBER 142 ` AGAINST FOURTH SEED CASPER RUUD. ON PAPER, NO CONTEST, BUT ON GRASS, WELL, GUESS WHAT. CHEERED ON BY HIS SISTER, FORMER PLAYER NAOMI, BROADY CAME BACK FROM TWO SETS TO ONE DOWN FOR THE WIN OF HIS LIFE. (LOUD CHEERING) AND HOW'S THAT FOR A CELEBRATION? AFTER A VICTORY THAT WAS, WELL, ALMOST PRICELESS. WELL, I SAID TO MY MUM THIS MORNING ` SHE DON'T LIKE WATCHING ` I SAID, LOOK, I'VE ALREADY WON 80 GRAND THIS WEEK, SO YOU CAN CHILL OUT A BIT. (LAUGHS) AND ALSO THROUGH HIS KATIE BOULTER. SHE'LL NEXT FACE DEFENDING CHAMPION ELENA RYBAKINA. BUT SO FAR, SO VERY GOOD. AUSTRALIA HAVE STARTED POORLY ON DAY ONE OF THE THIRD ASHES TEST, BOWLED OUT FOR JUST 268. ENGLISH PACE BOWLER MARK WOOD RIPPING THROUGH THE TAIL END. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. THE CRICKET'S MOVED NORTH; THE MOOD HAS NOT YET MOVED ON. HEADINGLEY REMEMBERED LORD'S. (CHEERING AND BOOS) AUSTRALIA'S ANTHEM FADED TO BOOS. WELL, OK, BUT THIS IS A MATCH ENGLAND MUST WIN. MARK WOOD FAST START ` 95 MILES AN HOUR FAST. BUT ENGLAND'S PROGRESS WAS SLOWED BY THEIR OWN FAILURE TO HOLD ON TO CHANCES. NEXT WATCH, MITCHELL MARSH DROPPED ON 12, AND THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT. BEFORE LONG, MARSH WAS MOTORING. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AUSTRALIAN SUPPORTERS HERE FELT COMFORTABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES HOWEVER THEY WANTED TO. GOT IT. MARSH BELTED A BRILLIANT 118. BY THE TIME JOE ROOT CAUGHT TRAVIS HEAD, HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH PREVIOUS DROPS, HE COULD NOT CELEBRATE. NOW WHO'S THIS? (BOOING) AUSTRALIA'S CAPTAIN PAT CUMMINS DISMISSED FOR NONE. LBW ` HEADINGLEY LOVED IT. THE DIFFERENCE WAS MARK WOOD. HIS FIFTH WICKET ` AUSTRALIA 263 ALL OUT. YOU CAN'T BEAT PACE. AUSTRALIA AGREE. PAT CUMMINS HIMSELF ROARED IN, AND ENGLAND WERE 68/3 AT THE CLOSE. THE ATMOSPHERE HERE TODAY WAS CERTAINLY BOISTEROUS. THE BOOING AT TIMES MIGHT HAVE SEEMED INAPPROPRIATE, BUT PROBABLY EVERYTHING THAT AUSTRALIA EXPECTED. WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY AT LORD'S WAS DIFFERENT. THE CHAIR OF THE MCC TODAY HAS TOLD MEMBERS WHO CONFRONTED AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS IN A PRIVILEGED LONG ROOM THAT THEY'VE BROUGHT SHAME ON THE MCC. WELL, HERE AND TOMORROW, ENGLAND BAT ON. AND JONNY BAIRSTOW WAS ONE NOT OUT. JUST TO CONFIRM ` DEFINITELY NOT OUT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (STEVIE NICKS' 'EDGE OF SEVENTEEN') THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. PLUS, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1news.co.nz. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY DREW WELSH AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023