TONIGHT, A CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH VAPING ` LABOUR'S PROMISE TO LIMIT THE GROWTH OF VAPE STORES AND PENALISE THOSE SELLING TO UNDER-18s. THE FALLOUT FROM LABOUR'S POOR POLLING, WITH CHRIS HIPKINS GOING INTO CAMPAIGN BATTLE MODE. AND WHY THIS NEW ZEALAND WORK OF ART COULD BE A RECORD BREAKER. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. LABOUR'S LATEST ELECTION PROMISE IS TO CRACK DOWN ON VAPE RETAILERS, A MOVE IT'S HOPING WILL HELP ARREST ITS SLIDING POPULARITY. IT INVOLVES CAPPING THE NUMBER OF STORES TO 600 NATIONWIDE, REDUCING THE CURRENT NUMBER OF SHOPS BY MORE THAN HALF. THOSE RETAILERS MUST ALSO HAVE A LICENCE TO SELL VAPING PRODUCTS. THERE'LL ALSO BE TOUGH PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO SELL TO YOUTH. IF LABOUR RETAINS POWER, FINES COULD REACH UP TO $15,000. VAPING PRODUCTS WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE LESS VISIBLE IN SHOP FRONTS. BUT DOES IT GO FAR ENOUGH? SAM OLLEY HAS REACTION. (HORN HONKS) IT'S BEEN A BURNING ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. A NEW VAPE STORE CLOSE TO A SCHOOL JUST THIS MONTH CAUSING OUTRAGE. THIS ONE, WE'LL BE PUTTING THE HORSE BACK IN THE STABLE. WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF RETAIL OUTLETS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SELL VAPES. A MOVE THAT'S ALREADY PROVING POPULAR. I DON'T THINK THAT THE CHILDREN OR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE, LIKE, ACCESS TO VAPING. THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND THEY'RE TOO AVAILABLE. I DON'T KNOW VERY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ALL VAPE. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, VAPE STORES HAVE POPPED UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THIS MAP SHOWS JUST THOSE IN AUCKLAND. THE VAPING INDUSTRY HAS` HAS GROWN. IT IS VERY HARD FOR REGULATION TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE TRENDS. VAPING IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESTRICTED TO THOSE AGED 18 AND OVER, BUT A SURVEY OF MORE THAN 20,000 SECONDARY STUDENTS LAST YEAR SHOWED THAT BY YEAR 10, ONE IN 10 WERE VAPING DAILY. THEY'RE MARKETED IN A REALLY CLEVER WAY. THERE'S FRUITY FLAVOURS. THEY TASTE NICE. THEY SMELL NICE. THEY LOOK LIKE TOYS, AND IT DRAWS THEM IN. AND WHILE VAPING MEANS CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION IS FALLING, IT'S CREATING ANOTHER ADDICTION. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS TAKING UP VAPING AT THE RATE THAT THEY ARE. WE'RE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. VAPE STORES NOW FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. THE ONLY THING YOU ARE GIVING ME IS STRESS. I'M SELLING PRODUCT, I'M MAKING MONEY, BECAUSE THIS IS` THIS IS A WAY OF MY INCOME. IF IT'S NOT RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU SHOULDN'T LET ME DO. BUT LABOUR SAYS IT'S TIME TO RESTRICT THIS FAST-GROWING INDUSTRY. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. AFTER A DISAPPOINTING SHOWING IN LAST NIGHT'S 1NEWS-VERIAN POLL, LABOUR SAYS IT'S DETERMINED TO FIGHT BACK, AND WILL SHOW VOTERS WHAT A NATIONAL-ACT COALITION WILL MEAN. OUR EXCLUSIVE POLL HAD THE GAP BETWEEN CHRIS HIPKINS AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON CLOSING TO JUST ONE POINT. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY REPORTS. FAR FROM THE BEEHIVE, LABOUR'S POOR POLLING IS CAUSING RIPPLES. YEAH, I THINK... THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT HAVE GONE IN THE PAST SIX TO 12 MONTHS WITH THE PARTY... TRICKY. YEAH, HE'S A NICE CHAP. (LAUGHS) SO, EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT BE A DECENT LEADER, SO, EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT BE A DECENT LEADER, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PULL THE PARTY OUT OF THE POOR RATINGS. OH, I THINK IT IS NATIONAL'S TO LOSE. LABOUR MPs TURNING UP TO WORK TODAY PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE. IT'S NOT A GOOD POLL FOR US. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING. BRING THE MONGREL TO THE FIGHT, RIGHT? YOU GOT ONE GUY WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO IT AND ANOTHER GUY WHO IS VASTLY INEXPERIENCED. WE'RE THE UNDERDOG, CLEARLY. OH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTING. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME STILL ON THE CLOCK. WITH THAT CLOCK TICKING LOUDLY, CHRIS HIPKINS IS VOWING TO MORPH INTO CAMPAIGN BATTLE MODE. WE'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING BACK. IT'LL BE A VIGOROUS ELECTION CAMPAIGN. STARTING BY HAVING A CRACK AT NATIONAL'S COALITION BUDDY, ACT ` AND ACT'S POLICY ON HOLDING A REFERENDUM TO RE-DEFINE THE TREATY PRINCIPALS. THE TREATY PRINCIPLES. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAID IT'S NOT NATIONAL POLICY. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I'M ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE I COMMUNICATE THE NATIONAL PARTY'S POLICIES. WHO WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH ACT. IN AN MMP ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S RIGHT. IN AN MMP ENVIRONMENT, THE VOTERS WILL DELIVER WHO THEY DELIVER, AND THEN WE WILL FORM A GOVERNMENT. MR LUXON` I'M VERY CONFIDENT I CAN WORK VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THAT. I'M VERY CONFIDENT I CAN WORK VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH ACT. THE FACT THAT THE ACT PARTY ARE PUTTING RADICAL POLICIES OUT THERE THAT CHRISTOPHER LUXON WON'T RULE OUT MEANS THAT THEY'RE VERY MUCH ON THE TABLE IF A NATIONAL/ACT GOVERNMENT GET ELECTED. SEYMOUR'S GOING DOWN THE SAME WAY AS TRUMP. YOU KNOW? PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE JUDGES, SO HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE LAW. DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS HE'S NOT THE ONE DRIVING DIVISION. WE'RE IN A CAMPAIGN WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS ENDLESSLY DIVIDED PEOPLE BY RACE. WE HAVE REAL CONCERNS AT ANY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS ACT LEADING IT, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING GOING ON. LABOUR IS STICKING WITH ITS MAN. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S SOMEBODY WHO'LL CAMPAIGN REALLY WELL. LOOK, HE'S GOT MY FULL SUPPORT. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE GOT ANY ALTERNATIVE, DO THEY? NO MORE LABOUR PAINS! THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF THE CAMPAIGN CRANKING UP. THE TWO MAIN PARTIES CAME OUT WITH VERY COORDINATED MESSAGES TODAY. LABOUR'S MESSAGE, WHEN WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF THEIR MPs, WAS THAT THEY'RE STILL IN IT AND WE'RE VERY EARLY ON IN THE CAMPAIGN. NATIONAL'S MESSAGE WAS THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT THEIR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH. WE SAW A SWITCH WITH CHRIS HIPKINS TODAY. HE SENT THE MESSAGE 'NO MORE MR NICE GUY' AND SWITCHED INTO THAT POLITICAL ANIMAL MODE. IT'S A MODE THAT HE'S REALLY COMFORTABLE IN, BECAUSE HE'S HAD SO MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS PLACE AND AS PART OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. WE ALSO SAW A SWITCH FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON AS WELL. HE WAS QUESTIONED A LOT MORE TODAY LIKE A PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING. THE PRESSURE WILL REALLY GO ON HIM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN A STRAIGHT WAY AND NOT JUST REVERT BACK TO THOSE ELECTION MESSAGES. AND THE FALLOUT FROM LABOUR'S POLL RESULT CONTINUES WITH A STINGING STATEMENT FROM THE GREEN PARTY. CO-LEADER MARAMA DAVIDSON SAYING ITS COALITION PARTNER NEEDS TO 'STEP UP'. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN HAS MORE REACTION FROM THE LEFT. LABOUR AND THE GREENS HAVE SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS TOGETHER ON THE GOVERNMENT BENCHES; NOW THEIR POSITIONS ARE UNDER THREAT, AND THE NICETIES ARE GONE. THE GREENS ARE PULLING OUR WEIGHT ` AND ABOVE OUR WEIGHT ` AND ABSOLUTELY, LABOUR NEED TO STEP UP. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BEAT AROUND THAT AT ALL. AND AGAIN, FOR EMPHASIS ` THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND DO BETTER. THERE'S NO DOUBT. LABOUR LASHING BACK. LOOK, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WHERE PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN PARTY BELOW THE 10% MARK. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT OURSELVES AT THE MOMENT. WE'LL TALK WITH THE GREENS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. WORRIED ABOUT THEMSELVES KNOWING LABOUR'S INTERNAL TURMOIL HAS ANKLE-TAPPED THE LEADER. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND TALKING TO NEW ZEALANDERS ABOUT MY VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND WHAT I HOPE TO ACHIEVE. THAT VISION, THOUGH, DOESN'T INCLUDE A WEALTH TAX ` ANOTHER SORE POINT FOR THE GREENS. IT SAYS THE MONEY WOULD PAY FOR FREE DENTAL CARE FOR EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. SO WE ASKED VOTERS IF THEY SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE GREEN PARTY POLICY. A MAJORITY 63% SAY THEY BACK IT, WHILE JUST 28% OPPOSE; THE REST DIDN'T KNOW OR REFUSED TO SAY. IT POTENTIALLY WOULD INVOLVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF WEALTH FLOWING OUT OF NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE WE'D BE ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO HAVE A WEALTH TAX. THERE MIGHT BE SOME LEAVING, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR HOUSES OVERSEAS. THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE WEALTH IS HELD. THE PUBLIC CHIPPING IN ON THE CONUNDRUMS TO THE LEFT. IF THE PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF WEALTH CAN AFFORD IT, THEN THEY SHOULD BE HELPING EVERYONE ELSE OUT. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, DENTAL TREATMENT. I THINK IF THEIR POLICIES DON'T MATCH, I COULD SEE WHERE THEY END UP GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. IN OUR POLL, 81% OF LABOUR'S OWN SUPPORTERS BACK THE WEALTH TAX DENTAL PLAN, RAISING QUESTIONS WHETHER CHRIS HIPKINS OVERLOOKED HIS CORE SUPPORTERS IN FAVOUR OF THE MIDDLE SWING VOTER. DOES CHRIS HIPKINS LACK BRAVERY? OH, I THINK THEY COULD BE BRAVER, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THEY COULD BE CLEARER ON WANTING A PROGRESSIVE AOTEAROA. I STAND BY THAT DECISION, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, A WEALTH TAX WOULDN'T BE IN NEW ZEALAND'S OVERALL BEST INTERESTS. WHAT'S NOT IN HIS BEST INTEREST ` SITTING IN OPPOSITION. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. LUCY LETBY, THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC CHILD KILLER IN MODERN TIMES, HAS RECEIVED 14 WHOLE LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDERING SEVEN BABIES AND TRYING TO KILL SIX MORE IN A HOSPITAL IN NORTH-WEST ENGLAND. THE NEONATAL NURSE IS ONLY THE FOURTH WOMAN IN BRITISH HISTORY TO BE TOLD SHE WILL NEVER BE RELEASED FROM PRISON. CHANNEL 9'S CARRIE-ANNE GREENBANK REPORTS. A CRUEL, CALCULATED AND CYNICAL CAMPAIGN OF CHILD MURDER ` THAT'S HOW THE SENTENCING JUDGE DESCRIBED LUCY LETBY'S ACTIONS. YOU HAVE NO REMORSE. THERE ARE NO MITIGATING FACTORS. THE (33) TOLD SHE WOULD DIE IN PRISON THE NURSE (33) TOLD SHE WOULD DIE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF SEVEN BABIES AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ANOTHER SIX IN THE NEONATAL WARD OF THIS HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WORKED. TODAY, A FINAL ACT OF COWARDICE. SHE REFUSED TO APPEAR IN THE DOCK TO HEAR THE FAMILY'S VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. THE MOTHER OF TWO VICTIMS TELLING THE COURT... ...AND SAYS HER SON WAS EVEN... ANOTHER MOTHER DESCRIBED HER LOSS. THERE WAS A DEEP MALEVOLENCE BORDERING ON SADISM IN YOUR ACTIONS. LUCY LETBY DELIBERATELY INJECTED BABIES WITH AIR, FORCE-FED OTHERS MILK AND POISONED TWO OF THE INFANTS WITH INSULIN BETWEEN JUNE 2015 TO JUNE 2016, FEIGNING CONFUSION WHEN FINALLY QUESTIONED BY DETECTIVES. FURY OVER LETBY'S ABSENCE HAS FORCED THE UK GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE LAW TO FORCE OFFENDERS TO FACE THEIR VICTIMS' LOVED ONES. I THINK IT'S COWARDLY THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH HORRENDOUS CRIMES DO NOT FACE THEIR VICTIMS. THE STAUNCH MAORI ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR WHO BARED HIS BUTTOCKS TO PRINCE CHARLES AND DIANA HAS DIED. TE RINGA MANGU MIHAKA, BETTER KNOWN AS DUN MIHAKA, HAD MANY BATTLES WITH POLITICIANS AND THE COURTS, BUT HIS ACTIONS ALSO HELPED MAKE TE REO MAORI AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF AOTEAROA. JACOB JOHNSON LOOKS BACK AT HIS COLOURFUL LIFE. A MAN WHO WASN'T AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR MAORI RIGHTS ` EVEN IF THAT MEANT PULLING HIS PANTS DOWN. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AN AUTHOR, POLITICAL CANDIDATE AND ACTIVIST, TE RINGA MIHAKA WAS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR MOONING PRINCE CHARLES AND DIANA WHEN THEY VISITED NEW ZEALAND IN 1983 ` AN ACT OF 'WHAKAPOHANE', A MAJOR INSULT IN MAORI CULTURE. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) HE DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM A SPECTACLE... OR SCUFFLES WITH POLITICAL RIVALS. HE'D HAD A HARD LIFE, AND HE GOT PRETTY MUCH OFFSIDE AND STAYED OFFSIDE MOST OF THE TIME AS HE GOT OLDER. HIS ACTIONS OFTEN LED TO ARRESTS. BUT HIS INSISTENCE ON SPEAKING TE REO MAORI BEFORE A JUDGE IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR CATALYST IN IT BECOMING AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN 1987. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) 1 NEWS SPOKE TO TE RINGA MIHAKA LAST AUGUST, 35 YEARS AFTER THE LANGUAGE BECAME OFFICIAL. A FEARLESS ADVOCATE WHO OFTEN PUT HIMSELF ON THE LINE IN THE NAME OF MAORI RIGHTS. HE WAS 81 YEARS OLD. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. A WORK OF ART FROM ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST ACCLAIMED ARTISTS IS ABOUT TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER FOR THE FIRST TIME ` AND THERE'S AN EYE-WATERING PRICE TAG ATTACHED. JESSICA MORRIS WENT FOR A SNEAK PEEK AT THE LATE BILL HAMMOND'S WORK THAT COULD BECOME THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF NEW ZEALAND ART EVER. BILL HAMMOND'S 1999 PIECE HAS BEEN TUCKED AWAY IN A PRIVATE AUCKLAND COLLECTION ` UNTIL NOW. THE WORK COMES FROM HIS REALLY COVETED PERIOD, THE LATE 1990S. AND THIS IS THE MOST MAJOR WORK FROM THAT ERA THAT'S EVER BEEN PRESENTED TO THE MARKET. THIS ARTWORK NOW VIEWED AS A POTENTIAL RECORD BREAKER. THIS PAINTING CARRIES A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF $1.5-$2.5 MILLION. AND IF IT REACHES THAT PRICE, IT'LL BE AOTEAROA'S MOST EXPENSIVE ARTWORK. THIS COLIN MCCANN WORK HOLDS THE CURRENT RECORD ` IT SOLD FOR $2.45 MILLION IN 2022. WE LOOK AT WORKS OF A SIMILAR SIZE, A SIMILAR SUBJECT MATTER, TO DETERMINE WHAT WE MIGHT PRICE THE WORK. LITTLETON ARTIST BILL HAMMOND, WHO DIED IN EARLY 2021, IS WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF OUR MOST INFLUENTIAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS A TOY MAKER, BEFORE TURNING TO PAINTING IN THE '80S. A LOT OF ARTISTS WERE INFLUENCED BY THE STYLE, YOU KNOW, THE DRIPPY PAINT. IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PEOPLE HAD SEEN BEFORE, AND IT'S REALLY BECOME SOMETHING THAT EVEN PEOPLE IN ART SCHOOL KIND OF LOOK TO AS INSPIRATION. 'MELTING MOMENTS ONE' IS PROBABLY THE CLEAREST EXAMPLE OF 'MELTING MOMENTS ONE' IS PROBABLY THE CLEAREST EXAMPLE OF BILL HAMMOND'S BIRD PEOPLE ` THE HALF-HUMAN, HALF BIRD-LIKE CREATURES BECAME A SIGNATURE OF HIS WORK AFTER A PIVOTAL VISIT TO THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS IN THE LATE 1980S. IT'S THE FOCAL PIECE OF THE UPCOMING WEBB'S AUCTION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES WORKS BY COLIN MCCANN AND GORDON WALTERS. PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR THESE ICONIC CORNERSTONE PAINTINGS FOR THEIR COLLECTION. BILL HAMMOND'S CLASSIC WORK SET TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER ON MONDAY, WHEN THE HIGHEST BIDDER COULD ALSO BE A RECORD BREAKER. JESSICA MORRIS, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GETS A RECORD-BREAKING DRENCHING FROM TROPICAL STORM HILARY. PLUS ` THE NEWS THAT HAS KIWI RUGBY FANS GOBSMACKED. WHY IS FORMER ALL BLACKS COACH SIR STEVE HANSEN WORKING WITH THE WALLABIES? WELCOME BACK. PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN SWAMPED BY FLOODWATERS AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING TROPICAL STORM MADE LANDFALL. BUT AUTHORITIES HAVE DECLARED THEY DODGED A WEATHER BOMB. CHANNEL 9'S LAUREN TOMASI REPORTS. HOME AFTER HOME STUCK IN THE MUD, AS CLEARER SKIES REVEALED A MESS OF THICK SLUDGE AND DEBRIS. PEOPLE ARE JUST DRIVING RIGHT INTO WALLS OF WATER. FROM THE COAST TO THE DESERT ` CALIFORNIA DRENCHED BY THE RARE TROPICAL STORM HILARY. DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECORDED ITS WETTEST AUGUST DAY ON RECORD. THE RAIN FROM THIS STORM FALLING THICK AND FAST. THERE WERE FEARS THIS EVENT WOULD BE DEADLY, AND WHILE IT CERTAINLY LEFT A MESS, THE STATE HAS MADE IT THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE ` FOR THE MOST PART, WELL INTACT. SOME WILL SAY THAT WE DODGED A BULLET. SOME WILL SAY THAT WE DODGED A BULLET. I WILL SAY WE DODGED A WEATHER BOMB. NO REPORTS OF MAJOR INJURIES, DEATHS OR SEVERE DAMAGE. BUT THERE IS A HUGE CLEAN-UP AHEAD, AND THAT BEGINS IN THE PROBLEM AREA ` THE DESERT. HERE, THE ARID LAND HAS HAD NO TIME TO SOAK THE RAINFALL IN, MEANING HIGHWAYS TURNED MUD FLATS, TRUCKS WERE LEFT BOGGED AND TODAY'S RESCUE COMMITTEE CAME IN THE FORM OF A MUDDY RIDE ON MACHINERY TO DRY LAND. WITH THE CLOUDS CLEARING, THE CLEAN-UP IS NOW UNDERWAY. THIS IS AMONG THE WORST DAMAGE IN LOS ANGELES ` THE CITY FARING REALLY WELL WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT WAS HIT BY BOTH AN EARTHQUAKE AND A TROPICAL STORM. IT'S NO LONGER A TROPICAL STORM, BUT THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL PACKING A PUNCH, TODAY TRACKING OVER NEVADA. TO THE RUGBY NEWS THAT'S LEFT SOME PERPLEXED ` FORMER ALL BLACKS COACH SIR STEVE HANSEN'S HELPING THE WALLABIES AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS WITH THE ALL BLACKS IN LONDON. THIS WEEK SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT PREPARING FOR A TOUGH SPRINGBOKS CLASH, BUT SOMETHING ELSE IS CAUSING A STIR IN THE ALL BLACKS CAMP. YEAH? (LAUGHTER) WHAT, ACTUALLY?! A CLEARLY SHOCKED DANE COLES FINDING OUT FROM THE MEDIA ONE OF THEIR OWN IS GOING FROM BLACK TO GOLD. SHAG, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? (LAUGHTER) OH, THAT HURTS A LITTLE BIT, TO BE FAIR. YES, HIS FORMER COACH SIR STEVE HANSEN, WHO LED THE ALL BLACKS TO WORLD CUP GLORY IN 2015, LENDING A HAND TO RIVALS THE WALLABIES. HANSEN DOWNPLAYING THINGS 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 OF OBSERVING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. HE'S A BIT OF AN ICON IN THE ALL BLACKS SET-UP. AND... (LAUGHS) YEAH. NO. OH, I'M ACTUALLY A BIT SPEECHLESS. BUT, OH, A BIT DISAPPOINTING. (LAUGHS) YEAH. I'M ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED. I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE HAVING A BIT OF A LAUGH. ARDIE SAVEA ALSO SURPRISED ` BUT A BIT MORE PHILOSOPHICAL. EVERYONE'S GOTTA DO WHAT THEY GOTTA DO, SO, YEAH, GOOD ON HIM. AND AFTER A SHAKY START IN THEIR LAST TEST MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA, IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TO DO THIS WEEKEND. SOUTH AFRICA HAVE NAMED A STRONG SIDE FOR THE MATCH AT TWICKENHAM. THEY'LL WANNA COME OUT FIRING AND NULLIFY US. AND, YEAH, THE WAY WE STARTED WITH AUSSIE, IF WE GIVE THAT TO SOUTH AFRICA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LONG DAY AT THE OFFICE. IT'LL BE A GOOD TEST FOR THE WORLD CUP AHEAD. THE ALL BLACKS SPENDING THE WEEK HERE, AT THIS LUXURY RESORT IN LONDON. THE ALL BLACKS ALSO STAYED HERE DURING THE 2015 WORLD CUP, AND WE ALL MIGHT REMEMBER HOW WELL THAT WENT. STAYING HERE AGAIN MIGHT JUST PROVIDE THAT GOOD OMEN THAT'S NEEDED FOR WHAT'S AHEAD. THERE'S A FEW PHOTOS ON THE WALL, AND IT'S QUITE COOL TO COME BACK HERE, AND, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD FEEL. A GOOD FEELING THEY HOPE WILL STRETCH THROUGH TO THE NEXT GAME ` AND THEN RIGHT THROUGH THE TOURNAMENT IN FRANCE. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. JUST AHEAD ` MORE FINE AND DRY WEATHER, AND AN INCREDIBLY RARE ARRIVAL AT A TENNESSEE ZOO ` THE SPOTLESS BABY GIRAFFE. WELCOME BACK. THE PUBLIC IS NOW BEING ASKED TO HELP NAME A RARE SPOTLESS GIRAFFE IN THE U.S. STAFF AT A TENNESSEE ZOO BELIEVE THIS BROWN GIRAFFE, BORN ON THE 31ST OF JULY, IS ONE OF A KIND ` PERHAPS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD. THE ZOO SAYS THE LAST RECORD OF A SPOTLESS GIRAFFE WAS IN TOKYO IN THE EARLY 1970S. VOTES FOR THE NEW NAME ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE ZOO'S FACEBOOK PAGE. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH FINN ANDREWS AND 'STAIRS TO THE ROOF'. (FINN ANDREWS' 'STAIRS TO THE ROOF') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023