IT'S MIDDAY ` LABOUR'S NEW MOVE TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VAPING STORES. WHY SOME ARE SAYING IT'LL MAKE OUR SMOKE-FREE GOALS HARDER TO REACH. HOW CANADA'S MILITARY IS NOW FIGHTING WILDFIRES CAUSING HAVOC ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLUS, STREWTH! SIR STEVE HANSEN LENDS A HAND TO THE WALLABIES, SO ARE THE ALL BLACKS' TRADE SECRETS UNDER THREAT? CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 LABOUR HAS PROMISED TO CRACK DOWN ON VAPING IF RE-ELECTED. IN NEW POLICY ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING, IT'LL MORE THAN HALVE THE NUMBER OF VAPING STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT ONE SMOKE-FREE ORGANISATION IS CONCERNED IT'LL MAKE OUR SMOKE-FREE GOALS HARDER TO ACHIEVE. GRACE THOMAS HAS MORE. LABOUR IS LOOKING TO SNUFF OUT VAPING IN OUR RANGATAHI. WE RECOGNISE THAT WE'VE SEEN A REAL GROWTH IN THE VAPING INDUSTRY. SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT, WE'VE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO TRY AND GET A LID ON THAT. THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE VAPING DAILY IN AOTEAROA MORE THAN TRIPLED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. THE PARTY ANNOUNCING A RAFT OF NEW RESTRICTIONS TO CURB IT. IT IS OUR POOREST COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SEEING THE PROLIFERATION OF VAPES, OFTEN IN AREAS LIKE WHERE SCHOOLS ARE, WHERE PARKS ARE, AND SO ON. SHOULD LABOUR RETURN TO GOVERNMENT, IT WOULD REQUIRE STORES TO HOLD A LICENCE TO SELL VAPES AND TO MAKE PRODUCTS LESS VISIBLE, WITH HARSHER PENALTIES FOR THOSE THAT SELL PRODUCTS TO YOUTH. AND IF YOU ARE CAUGHT BREAKING THE RULES, I.E. SELLING TO UNDER-18s, THEN YOU'LL LOSE YOUR LICENCE, SO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT WILL BE QUITE HIGH. A LIMIT OF 600 SPECIALTY VAPE STORES NATIONALLY IS ALSO PROPOSED. THAT'S LESS THAN HALF THE CURRENT NUMBER, BUT ONE SMOKE-FREE ORGANISATION CLAIMS THAT'S AT ODDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S SMOKE-FREE POLICY. WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS MAKE IT MUCH, MUCH HARDER FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE QUIT SMOKING WITH VAPING TO ACCESS THE PRODUCT THAT'S KEEPING THEM OFF CIGARETTES. THE PRIME MINISTER MAINTAINING THE PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS AREN'T ABOUT HINDERING THOSE TRYING TO QUIT. VAPING IS A LEGITIMATE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE UP SMOKING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT VAPING IS STILL AVAILABLE TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET OFF CIGARETTES BECAUSE VAPING IS LESS HARMFUL THAN CIGARETTES, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING UP VAPING. NATIONAL IS STILL YET TO ANNOUNCE ANY VAPING-SPECIFIC POLICY. GRACE THOMAS, 1 NEWS. LABOUR'S NEW VAPING POLICY FOLLOWS ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING POLL RESULT FOR THE PARTY, WHICH SHOWS NATIONAL AND ACT COULD COMFORTABLY FORM A COALITION. THE 1 NEWS-VERIAN POLL HAS LABOUR SLIDING TO ITS LOWEST POPULARITY IN SIX YEARS, WHILE NATIONAL HAS CLIMBED UP TO 37%. FORMER CABINET MINISTER KRIS FAAFOI SAYS THE CAMPAIGN IS HEATING UP, AS LABOUR, AND CHRIS HIPKINS, FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES WHEN HE FIRST BECAME PRIME MINISTER, HIS POLL RATINGS AND THE PARTY'S POLL RATINGS WERE SOMETHING LIKE 38%. HE NEEDS TO GET BACK IN TO THAT SPACE, SO THAT NEW ZEALANDERS KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT IT CAN MAKE ENDS MEET. KRIS FAAFOI SAYS ALL EYES WILL NOW BE ON CHRISTOPHER LUXON AS A BETTER POLL RESULT COMES WITH MORE SCRUTINY. 'WE'RE NOT AN ELECTION ISSUE.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM A CANCER PATIENT CALLING ON POLITICIANS TO HELP FIGHT THE DISEASE YEAR ROUND. IT FOLLOWS NATIONAL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW HEALTH POLICY THAT WOULD ROLL BACK THE GOVERNMENT'S SCRAPPING OF A $5 PRESCRIPTION FEE IN ORDER TO FUND 13 CANCER TREATMENTS. STUART JOHNSTONE, WHOSE WIFE DIED OF CANCER AND WAS DIAGNOSED HIMSELF LAST YEAR, SAYS POLITICIANS SHOULD BE PUSHING FOR BETTER HEALTH CARE EVERY DAY, NOT AS A WAY TO GET VOTES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TREATMENT FOR CANCER FUNDING IN NEW ZEALAND BECOME JUST PART OF EVERYDAY BUSINESS. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOT ANY... IT SHOULDN'T BE IN AN ELECTION CYCLE. IT SHOULDN'T BE USED TO BUY VOTES. JOHNSTONE MOVED TO AUSTRALIA TO ACCESS BETTER HEALTH CARE. HE SAYS THE RADIATION TREATMENT HE RECEIVED WOULD HAVE COST $100,000 IN AOTEAROA BUT WAS FREE IN AUSTRALIA. THE INTERISLANDER HAS CANCELLED ALL SAILINGS ON ITS KAITAKI FERRY TODAY AFTER WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO THE BOW DOOR. BOTH COOK STRAIT FERRIES ARE WARNING DELAYS COULD BE ON THE CARDS TODAY, AS JESSICA SWAN EXPLAINS. THE DAMAGE TO THE DOOR WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE WAVE AS THE KAITAKI FERRY WAS TRAVELLING FROM PICTON TO WELLINGTON. IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE SHIP, BUT DURING THE PRE-DEPARTURE PREPARATION LAST NIGHT, THE DOOR COULDN'T ALIGN BEFORE CLOSING. SO ALL THE KAITAKI SAILINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY AS THEY ASSESS THE DAMAGE IN MORE DETAIL AND REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. NOW, THIS COMES AS THE KAIRAHI FERRY IS IN SINGAPORE, UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE. AND SO THE LAST REMAINING FERRY, THE ARATERE, IS PICKING UP ADDITIONAL SAILING TODAY. BOTH COOK STRAIT FERRY SERVICES ARE WARNING THE WEATHER IS ALSO SET TO DETERIORATE TODAY, AND DELAYS COULD BE ON THE CARDS. BLUEBRIDGE SAY ALL THEIR SAILINGS WILL BE RUNNING, IT JUST MIGHT BE A ROUGH RIDE. A TRUCK ON FIRE IS BLOCKING STATE HIGHWAY 29 NEAR THE KAIMAI SUMMIT. THERE ARE NO INJURIES REPORTED, BUT MOTORISTS ARE ASKED TO DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED. WILDFIRES ARE CAUSING HAVOC ACROSS CANADA, FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO DEPLOY ITS MILITARY TO HELP BATTLE THE BLAZES. MEANWHILE IN THE PACIFIC, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS MAKING HIS FIRST TRIP TO HAWAII FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FIRES THAT TORE THROUGH THE ISLAND OF MAUI. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS THE LATEST. CANADA'S WILDFIRE SEASON TAKING ANOTHER TURN FOR THE WORSE. THIS IS A SCARY AND HEARTBREAKING TIME FOR PEOPLE. TENS OF THOUSANDS FORCED TO EVACUATE AS THE FLAMES GROW MORE FIERCE. PEOPLE ARE FACING HORRIFIC SITUATIONS. PEOPLE ARE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES. THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND CANADIANS FROM COAST TO COAST TO COAST ARE WATCHING IN HORROR THE IMAGES OF APOCALYPTIC DEVASTATION. THE MILITARY NOW ON A MISSION TO HELP FIREFIGHTERS CONTAIN HUNDREDS OF BLAZES. IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, AS FLAMES ENGULFED ROADS, YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS WERE AIRLIFTED TO SAFETY. IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY GOT EVERYBODY OUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20, 21,000 PEOPLE. IT'S NOT THAT BIG A PLACE, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE ROAD SOUTH FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION. MIRACULOUSLY, IT ALL WORKED. THE AIRLIFT WORKED. SOME LONG-AWAITED RAIN NOW OFFERING REPRIEVE. THERE'S BEEN RAIN, ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING, A LOT OF RAIN, AND WE'RE JUST HEARING IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO FROM THE NWT'S FIRE AGENCY THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY DIRECTLY ATTACKING THE FIRE TODAY, WHICH IT HAS BEEN TOO EXTREME FOR THEM TO DO RECENTLY, SO THAT'S A REAL POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. AND HUGE THANKS TO YOUR GUYS FROM NEW ZEALAND FOR COMING AND HELPING OUT. YOU CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGING HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM EVERY COUNTRY WHO'VE COME HER TO HELP US. IN HAWAII, THE FLARE-UPS ARE MOSTLY UNDER CONTROL. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ARRIVED IN MAUI FOR HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT SINCE THE DEADLY BLAZE. TODAY IS BURNED, BUT IS STILL STANDING. TREES SURVIVE FOR A REASON. I BELIEVE IT'S A POWERFUL, A VERY POWERFUL SYMBOL OF WHAT WE CAN AND WILL DO TO GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS. AND FOR THIS, FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WE'RE GONNA BE WITH YOU. THE WHOLE COUNTRY WILL BE WITH YOU. BUT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN MET WITH A WARM WELCOME. FRUSTRATIONS OVER HIS ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER MOUNTING. WE LOSE HOUSES, WE LOSE EVERYTHING, WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING. AND WE DON'T HAVE HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND I THINK THAT BALL IS VERY SLOWLY STARTING TO ROLL. I WANT TO SEE CHANGES. THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER EMERGENCY SYSTEM HERE PUT IN PLACE. THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE FIRES HAS REACHED 114. BUT WITH 850 PEOPLE STILL MISSING, THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE DRIEST AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOW FLOODING THANKS TO EX-HURRICANE HILARY. LAST MONTH, DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK WAS THE HOTTEST PLACE ON THE PLANET. NOW THE PARK IS CLOSED WITH HISTORIC LEVELS OF RAINFALL, MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR VISITORS. YOU DO HAVE AN EXTRA LEVEL OF CONCERN, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IN 2015, WE HAD A MAJOR FLOOD WHERE WE WERE STILL JUST SAT OVER THE GRAPEVINE CANYON IN THE SCOTTY'S CASTLE AREA AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ANDLER SAYS DEATH VALLEY COULD EXPERIENCE MONSOON STORMS IN THE NEXT WEEK, DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE GROUND. DONALD TRUMP HAS AGREED TO A $337,000 BOND, AMONG OTHER RELEASE CONDITIONS, IN HIS LATEST CRIMINAL CASE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. THE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN THIS WEEK. HE'S FACING 13 CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATING TO EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. THE NEW BAIL AGREEMENT COMES AFTER A MEETING BETWEEN TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THIS MORNING. LUCY LETBY, THE UK'S WORST CHILD SERIAL KILLER, WILL SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. THE NURSE (33) WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX OTHERS. THE JUDGE CALLING HER ACTIONS 'CRUEL' AND 'CALCULATED. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SENT THIS REPORT. THIS IS A CASE THAT'S REALLY SHOCKED THE NATION AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. LUCY LETBY'S KILLING SPREE REALLY STARTED IN 2015, EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND AFTER A 10-MONTH TRIAL, SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY JUST A FEW DAYS AGO OF KILLING SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX OTHERS. AND TODAY THE JUDGE HANDED OUT HIS SENTENCE ` LIFE IN PRISON, NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. THIS IS ONLY THE FOURTH TIME A WOMAN HAS BEEN HANDED SUCH A HARSH SENTENCE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE JUDGE HAD TO SAY. THERE WAS PREMEDITATION, CALCULATION AND CUNNING IN YOUR ACTIONS. YOU SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TWINS, AND LATTERLY TRIPLETS. SOME BABIES WERE HEALTHY. OTHERS HAD MEDICAL ISSUES OF WHICH YOU WERE AWARE. EARLIER IN THE DAY, MUMS AND DADS OF THE BABIES WHO HAD DIED AND HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF LUCY LETBY SPOKE IN COURT, GAVE THEIR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. AND THIS WHOLE CASE, THIS WHOLE 10-MONTH TRIAL HAS BEEN REALLY HARROWING FOR THESE PARENTS WHO'VE COME IN DAY AFTER DAY TO HEAR EVIDENCE OF HOW THEIR BABIES SUFFERED. BUT WHO WASN'T IN COURT TODAY WAS LUCY LETBY. SHE REFUSED TO LEAVE HER CELL. SHE REFUSED TO FACE UP TO THE SENTENCE THAT WAS HANDED DOWN, REFUSED TO FACE HER VICTIMS. THE UK PRIME MINISTER, RISHI SUNAK, SAYS THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND HE'S LOOKING AT CHANGING THE LAW. I THINK IT'S COWARDLY THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH HORRENDOUS CRIMES DO NOT FACE THEIR VICTIMS AND HEAR FIRST HAND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR CRIMES HAVE HAD ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. THERE ARE MANY INQUIRIES THAT ARE ONGOING, QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SHE WAS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS FOR SO LONG. SENIOR DOCTORS HAD RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT LUCY LETBY AND ASKED FOR HER TO BE SUSPENDED JUST MONTHS AFTER SHE KILLED HER FIRST BABY, BUT HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT REFUSED AND THEY SIDED WITH LETBY INSTEAD. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY MORE BABIES LUCY LETBY MIGHT HAVE KILLED. POLICE ARE REVIEWING 4000 CASES. THEY'RE NOT RULING OUT THAT THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS OUT THERE. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE THEFT OF GOLD, JEWELLERY AND GEMS FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM WAS KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATED. SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE FOUND ON E-BAY, AND ONE STAFF MEMBER HAS BEEN SACKED. THE BBC'S KATIE RAZZALL HAS MORE. FIVE DAYS ON AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ITEMS ARE MISSING FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTION OR HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SOLD ONLINE. BUT TREASURES, SOME OF WHICH DATE BACK TO THE 15TH CENTURY BC, HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM A STOREROOM, AND THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THE MISSING ITEMS ARE SAID TO BE SMALL AND INCLUDE JEWELLERY FROM THIS COLLECTION ACQUIRED IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. ONE ITEM LISTED ON E-BAY THREE YEARS AGO AND SOLD TO A DEALER ALERTED TWO ROMAN GEM EXPERTS. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ONE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE DEALER GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE MUSEUM. THE OBJECT GOT RETURNED, BUT THAT WAS REALLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY FRIEND, OR INDEED FOR ME, BECAUSE CLEARLY THINGS WERE DISAPPEARING. AND WHEN YOU WENT TO THE MUSEUM, WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE? THE RESPONSE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN 'WE'LL LOOK INTO IT', REALLY. IT WAS IT WAS A SORT OF BRUSH OFF. THE MUSEUM HAS NOW DISMISSED A MEMBER OF STAFF LIKE THE SURVIVING. HE HAS BEEN NAMED AS DR. PETER HIGGS, A SENIOR CURATOR IN CHARGE OF GREEK COLLECTIONS. THE BBC HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO HIM. HIS SON HAS DENIED HIS FATHER HAS DONE ANYTHING WRONG AND SAYS IT ISN'T FAIR. ONE EXPERT TOLD US SPEED IS VITAL IN THIS CASE. WE KNOW THINGS ARE BEING SOLD ON E-BAY. WE KNOW THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD ON E-BAY. HOW DO WE GET THOSE OBJECTS BACK? WE JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR A POLICE INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED. OVER THE WEEKEND, GREEK TV HAS REPEATEDLY LINKED THE STORY TO THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES OR ELGIN MARBLES. IF THE MUSEUM CAN'T LOOK AFTER OTHER ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION, SUGGEST THE GREEKS, IT REINFORCES THEIR COUNTRY'S DEMAND FOR THE RETURN OF THE CLASSICAL SCULPTURES. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER. IMPORTANT TREASURES HAVE GONE MISSING FROM STORAGE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. BUT IT'S NOT THE HEIST OF THE MONA LISA, AS THE GREEKS ARE TRYING TO RAMPING IT UP TO BE. I UNDERSTAND THE POLICE ASKED THE BRITISH MUSEUM NOT TO DISCLOSE FURTHER DETAILS OF WHAT'S MISSING. BUT IN THE COMING DAYS OR WEEKS, THE BBC EXPECTS THE MUSEUM WILL REPORT THE LOSSES TO INTERPOL AND THEN WE WILL KNOW WHAT TREASURES ARE GONE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` INDIA CLOSES IN ON ITS GOAL OF LANDING ON THE MOON. BUT CAN IT DO WHAT RUSSIA COULDN'T? PLUS ` THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE IN SPAIN AS THE FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPS RETURN HOME. ALL EYES ARE ON INDIA AFTER THE RUSSIANS' MISSION BACK TO THE MOON FAILED. INDIA'S SPACECRAFT IS NOW MOVING CLOSER TO THE LUNAR SURFACE, SEARCHING FOR A SAFE LANDING SPOT. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TO LAND AT THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE. THE INDIAN SPACECRAFT, WHICH LAUNCHED OVER A MONTH AGO, IS DUE TO LAND ON THE MOON TOMORROW NIGHT. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL DECIDE TODAY WHEN IT WILL BEGIN DISCHARGING TREATED WATER FROM THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AROUND 1.3M TONS OF WATER, ENOUGH TO FILL MORE THAN 500 OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOLS, HAS BEEN STORED AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SINCE IT WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE 2011 TSUNAMI. THE UN'S ATOMIC WATCHDOG HAS GIVEN ITS APPROVAL TO THE PLAN, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPOSITION. TRANSLATOR: WE LIVE HERE AND CAN'T LIVE HERE, BECAUSE WE ARE FISHERMEN. THE SEA IS WHERE WE WORK AND DOESN'T ONLY BELONG TO US. IT IS NOT A POSSESSION OF JAPAN, BUT IS IN FACE SHARED BY ALL HUMAN BEINGS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. POLITICIANS CANNOT MAKE HASTY DECISIONS. THE FACILITY'S OPERATOR SAYS THE WATER, WHICH WAS USED TO COOL THE PLANT'S REACTORS, HAS BEEN TREATED, DILUTED AND FILTERED TO REMOVE NEARLY ALL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES. ECUADOR HAS VOTED TO HALT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL NEW OIL WELLS IN A PROTECTED AREA OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. IN A HISTORIC REFERENDUM, NEARLY 60% OF VOTERS SUPPORTED THE BAN WHICH WILL KEEP ABOUT 726 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM BEING DRILLED. ECUADOR HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO SET LIMITS ON RESOURCE EXTRACTION THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC VOTE. THE REFERENDUM WAS PART OF A SNAP GENERAL ELECTION OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED VOTES FOR THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENCY. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN SHOCKED BY THE NEWS SIR STEVE HANSEN IS ASSISTING ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST RIVALS. HANSEN'S CONFIRMED HE WAS APPROACHED BY EDDIE JONES TO HELP AUSTRALIA. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE FALLOUT. THE MOMENT THE ALL BLACKS FOUND OUT THEIR FORMER COACH IS IN BED WITH THE WALLABIES. YEAH? ACTUALLY? LIKE A CAMP KIND OF SETUP? YEAH? WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? IT HURTS A LITTLE BUT. DANE COLE SEEMINGLY UNAWARE SIR STEVE HANSEN IS HELPING EDDIE JONES. HE'S A GREAT MAN. I'M NATURALLY GOBSMACKED. HOPEFULLY HE DOESN'T TELL EDDIE ALL OUR SECRETS. HOPEFULLY HIS RESPECTFUL. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEMS. HANSEN IS WITH THE AUSTRALIAN CAMP AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE NEWS DIVIDING A NATION, BUT ALL BLACK ARDIE SAVEA'S HAPPY TO BACK HIM. HE TOLD ME JUST THEN. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO DO WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO. GOOD ON HIM. HANSEN DOWNPLAYED THE SITUATION TO 1 NEWS, SAYING HE'S IN EUROPE FOR WORK AND HIS FRIEND ` AUSSIE COACH EDDIE JONES ASKED IF HE COULD FIT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS OBSERVING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THE TWO-TIME WORLD CUP WINNING COACH NOT THE FIRST TO LEND A HAND OVERSEAS. IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S THE NEW ZEALAND SPIRIT. GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. AND HIS GOOD MATE JONES NO STRANGER TO STIRRING THE POT. NOTHING, MATE. WE'RE TERRIBLE. WORST PRESS CONFERENCE HAVE EVER HAD. IT APPEARS NEW ZEALAND'S RUGBY SECRETS ARE SAFE... FOR NOW. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. KIWI SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS HAS NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON A PLACE IN THE FINAL OF THE 100 METRES AT THE ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUDAPEST THIS MORNING. HOBBS FINISHED FOURTH IN HER SEMI FINAL HEAT WITH A TIME OF 11.02 SECONDS. THAT LEFT HER ONE PLACE OUTSIDE THE QUALIFYING SPORTS, MISSING THE CUT 1/100TH OF A SECOND. ARSENAL HAVE BEATEN CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0 IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING. MIDFIELDER MARTIN ODEGAARD FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET IN THE SECOND HALF. ROLLS THEM IN FRONT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SMOOTH, SERENE, CERTAIN. THE WIN PLACES THE GUNNERS IN THIRD BEHIND MANCHESTER CITY AND BRIGHTON. SPAIN'S WORLD CUP PARTY HAS CONTINUED AFTER RETURNING TO HOME SOIL, DESPITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION APOLOGISING FOR HIS ACTIONS AFTER THE FINAL. THE BBC'S JENNY HILL REPORTS. WELCOMING THEIR HEROES HOME. FANS PARTYING IN MADRID TONIGHT. THE CELEBRATIONS EXPECTED TO LAST WELL INTO THE EARLY HOURS. TOUCHING DOWN EARLIER, THE NATIONAL TEAM STILL FLUSH WITH VICTORY. THEIR JOURNEY TO WORLD CUP GLORY NOW THE STUFF OF LEGEND. THE VICTORY WAS OVERSHADOWED TOO BY THIS MOMENT ` THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPANISH FOOTBALL FEDERATION KISSING ONE OF THE PLAYERS ON THE MOUTH AFTER THE MATCH. IT'S FUELLED FURIOUS DEBATE, AND HE'S NOW APOLOGISED. BUT THE SPANISH SIDE HAS MADE HISTORY. AND AT THIS CLUB IN MADRID, THEY BELIEVE IT COULD CHANGE THE FUTURE. TRANSLATOR: IT'S A BIG PUSH FOR WOMEN'S FOOTBALL BECAUSE THEY WON THE WORLD CUP AND THAT'S HUGE. I SUPPOSE FROM NOW ON, MORE PEOPLE WILL WATCH WOMEN'S FOOTBALL. TRANSLATOR: I FELT A LOT OF JOY BECAUSE THEY SPENT SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO GET TO THE FINAL AND WE FEEL VERY PROUD OF THEM TO HAVE THEM AS OUR ROLE MODELS. THEY'RE ROLE MODELS. YOU DO SENSE A REAL ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. THIS WORLD CUP HAS REALLY GOT PEOPLE TALKING HERE, NOT JUST ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WOMEN'S FOOTBALL, BUT MORE GENERALLY, TOO, ABOUT THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN SPANISH SOCIETY. SO EVEN AS THEY CELEBRATE, THEIR GLORY FUELS AND NEW AMBITIONS. JENNY HILL, BBC NEWS, MADRID. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. 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 SAM BAKER AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023