MORE THAN 6500 RETAILERS WOULD BE STOPPED FROM SELLING VAPE PRODUCTS IF LABOUR'S RE-ELECTED. THE PRIME MINISTER CALLS ON FORESTRY OWNERS TO CLEAN UP THEIR MESS AFTER A RIVER OF LOGS BURSTS ACROSS AN EAST COAST HIGHWAY. ARE KIWI WORKERS PULLING MORE SICKIES? A GROWING NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS THINK SO WITH SICK DAYS ON THE RISE. AND SHAG, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? A SHOCKED DANE COLES RESPONDS TO THE NEWS HIS FORMER ALL BLACKS COACH HAS AGREED TO HELP THE WALLABIES. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS, SEAN LYDIARD AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA KOUTOU KATOA. LABOUR'S VOWING TO VAPORISE THE VAPING INDUSTRY BY STOPPING MORE THAN 6500 RETAILERS FROM SELLING VAPE PRODUCTS. THEY'D CAP THE NUMBER OF TOTAL RETAILERS TO JUST 600 ` A DRAMATIC CUT FROM THE CURRENT 7130. A 'VAPING RETAILER LICENCE' WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN ORDER TO SELL THE PRODUCTS, AND THE FINE FOR SELLING VAPES TO UNDER-18-YEAR-OLDS WILL BE INCREASED TO $15,000. LLOYD BURR REPORTS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF VAPE SHOPS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SHOPS, BUT RETAILERS WITHIN EXISTING SHOPS WITH A SEPARATE NAME AND ENTRANCE. SHOPS SEEMINGLY SO HELLBENT ON SELLING ADDICTION. ACROSS THE ROAD ANOTHER DAIRY SKIRTING THE RULES WITH THE SAME THING, ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE TRENDS. SO LABOUR'S PROMISING TO DRASTICALLY CUT THE NUMBER OF RETAILERS TO JUST 600. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 7130. ALL OF THEM WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A LICENCE. THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH WOULD ISSUE THEM, AND THOSE WITHIN 300m OF SCHOOLS AND MARAE WOULD BE AT THE BACK OF THE QUEUE. THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO WITH IT. IT'S A WELCOME POLICY FOR ADVOCACY GROUP VAPE FREE KIDS NZ, WHICH JUST LAST WEEK WAS PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT FOR ACTION. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THEY'RE FINALLY LISTENING TO THE HEALTH EXPERTS AND EDUCATORS AND US AS PARENTS. BUT DAIRY AND VAPE SHOP OWNERS ARE NOT HAPPY. THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES ` THEY WILL GO OUT OF JOB. THERE WOULD BE HUGE JOB LOSSES. THERE WOULD BE A HUGE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES GOING TO BE CLOSED. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY JOB LOSSES THERE WILL BE? UNLIKE... UH, NO. NO, BUT MANY OF THE VAPE STORES WE HAVE DON'T JUST SELL VAPES. THERE'D ALSO BE A $15,000 FINE FOR ANY RETAILER SELLING TO THOSE AGED UNDER 18, UP TO 10 GRAND. I'D LIKE TO THINK IT'S A MUCH STRONGER DETERRENT THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE. VAPES HAVE BEEN R18 FOR SOME, VAPES HAVE BEEN R18 FOR SOME TIME, AND YET RETAILERS HAVE CONTINUED TO SELL TO UNDERAGE PEOPLE. THESE CORNER DAIRIES ARE NOT SELLING TO THE YOUNGER POPULATION. IT'S LABOUR POLICY, NOT GOVERNMENT POLICY, SO IT DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION. THE HORSE HAS BOLTED? UM, THIS ONE ` THIS ONE, WE'LL BE PUTTING THE HORSE BACK IN THE STABLE. WE'RE ACTUALLY BROADLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WITH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S PUT ON THE TABLE. LOOKS LIKE NATIONAL WILL HELP ROUND UP THE BOLTED VAPE HORSE TOO. LLOYD, HOW DO YOU EXPECT THE INDUSTRY TO RESPOND? IT'S FAIR TO SAY THEY WON'T BE HAPPY. THE LAWYERS WILL BE HAPPY, FOR HER BUSINESS OWNERS THEMSELVES WON'T BE HAPPY. THE GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO ANNIHILATE THIS INDUSTRY. THERE IS A 91% DROP IN THE NUMBER OF STORES. THIS IS A VERY LITIGIOUS INDUSTRY. EVEN NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE COURTS TO TRY AND REPLACE THE GOVERNMENT'S EARLIER REFORMS. THEY NOT AFRAID TO DIP INTO THE COURTS AND PULLED OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY LEGAL CHANGES THEY MAKE ARE INCREDIBLY WATERTIGHT OTHERWISE THIS WILL DRAG ON AND ON AND ON THROUGH THE COURTS CHRIS HIPKINS IS SHARPENING HIS KNIVES ` PREPARING TO CAMPAIGN ON THE DANGERS OF A NATIONAL-ACT COALITION. AND IT ALL STARTED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY, WITH LABOUR ACCUSING ACT OF RACISM. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH. THE BRAVEST OF FACES... AS HE FACES DOWN A POTENTIAL BEATING. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE GO INTO THIS ELECTION POLLING BEHIND THE OPPOSITION. IT'S PLUMMETED ` NEWSHUB UNDERSTANDS LABOUR'S OWN INTERNAL POLLING HAS IT ON 30%, WHILE NATIONAL'S INTERNALS HAVE LABOUR ON 27%. SO NO MORE MR NICE CHIPPY ` HE'S READY TO ATTACK THE NATS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS NEGATIVE OR AS CRITICAL ABOUT THEIR APPROACH, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE. TURNING THE ELECTORAL STRATEGY DIAL FROM HOPE TO FEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING BACK. SHOW THE PUBLIC HOW DANGEROUS THE ACT-NATIONAL PARTY ARE. THE PARTIES ARE BEING VERY DISHONEST ABOUT WHAT THEIR POLICIES MEAN, SO THE NATIONAL AND THE ACT PARTY ARE REFUSING TO SAY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR STUFF. THEY ARE PROMISING ALL SORTS OF CUTS. THE RIGHT HAS COTTONED ON. DOES THAT MEAN THE PRIME MINISTER IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A CAMPAIGN OF RUNNING ON FEAR OF THE OPPOSITION? WHEN IT COMES TO CAMPAIGNING ON FEAR, I WOULD AGAIN INVITE THE MEMBER TO HAVE A LONG, HARD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND CONSIDER THE WAY HE IS TRYING TO DEMONISE A LARGE SEGMENT OF NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY, A SEGMENT OF NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY WHICH HAVE, FOR TOO LONG, BEEN KICKED AROUND FOR POLITICAL BENEFIT. THE PM POUNCING ON DAVID SEYMOUR'S SO-CALLED JOKE ABOUT THE PACIFIC PEOPLES MINISTRY, SPARKED BY WASTEFUL SPENDING ON A LEAVING PARTY. SEYMOUR'S SAID HE'S BEEN MISREPRESENTED. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE JOKE. WHAT'S FUNNY? WHAT'S FUNNY... PEOPLE ARE ENORMOUSLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT GOVERNMENT WASTE. AND SOMETIMES, IT'S A BIT OF FUN TO SAY IF ONLY, IT WILL ALL GO AWAY, MAYBE WE COULD GET GUY FAWKES TO BLOW IT UP. OTHER PARTIES BEG TO DIFFER, ACCUSING THE ACT LEADER OF RACISM. I THINK DAVID SEYMOUR IS DELIBERATELY PLAYING THE RACE CARD IN THIS ELECTION. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT ACT SEES THEIR PATHWAY TO ELECTORAL SUCCESS AS BEING OPENLY RACIST. WELL, IT'S JUST DISGRACEFUL. ANDREW LITTLE NEEDS TO GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID THAT'S OPENLY RACIST. DOES HE BELIEVE THE ACT PARTY LEADERS COMMENTS REGARDING THE MINISTRY FOR PACIFIC PEOPLES, THAT HE WOULD SEND A GUY CALLED GUY FAWKES IN THERE, AND IT WOULD ALL BE OVER HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCITE VIOLENCE AGAINST PACIFIC PEOPLE AND THE MINISTRY ITSELF? I DON'T THINK THAT MAKING STATEMENTS ` EVEN IF THEY WERE POORLY INTENDED IN HUMOUR ` ABOUT BLOWING PEOPLE UP IS THE SORT OF THING THAT RESPONSIBLE POLITICAL LEADERS SHOULD DO. RACE RELATIONS REACHING BOILING POINT, AND POLITICAL ATTACKS BECOMING PERSONAL. JENNA, HOW MUCH OF LABOUR'S CAMPAIGN WILL BE ABOUT FEAR OF THE OTHER SIDE? LATER WILL TAKE A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH FOR THIS. ONE OF THOSE IS TO SO THAT DOUBT OF WHAT WILL BE CUT UNDER A NATIONAL ACT GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS ON THE COST OF LIVING. THEY WANT TO PUT OUT THERE INTO A NICE PACKAGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS. THEIR POLLING IS SHOWING ONLY 1/3 OF THE POPULATION IS AWARE OF THEIR BIG BANG POLICY THE GST OF FRUIT AND VEGGIES FOR PRIMUS TO PROPERLY HAS ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME NEW ZEALAND WORKERS TOOK A RECORD NUMBER OF SICK DAYS LAST YEAR, COSTING THE ECONOMY NEARLY $3B ACCORDING TO A NEW SURVEY. IT POINTS TO A GREATER EMPHASIS ON WELL-BEING POST-COVID, WITH EMPLOYERS BEING ENCOURAGED TO STAY HOME IF THEY'RE UNWELL. BUT AS LEIGHTON HEIKELL REPORTS, EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO BECOMING MORE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT STAFF PULLING SICKIES. THE CAPITAL'S LAMBTON QUAY IS A BUSTLING PLACE AT LUNCHTIME, BUT IT USED TO BE BUSIER. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME. SO IT'S TWO DAYS FROM HOME IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT AND THREE DAYS FROM THE OFFICE. COVID HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE WORK, PLACING A MUCH BIGGER FOCUS ON STAFF WELL-BEING. A BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY A COMPANY OF PEOPLE, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND THRIVE, THEIR PEOPLE NEED TO. AND PART OF WELL-BEING IS STAYING HOME WHEN SICK. ITS LATEST WORKPLACE WELL-BEING SURVEY FOUND A RECORD NUMBER OF KIWI WORKERS ARE TAKING SICK LEAVE. IN 2022, WORKERS TOOK AN AVERAGE OF FIVE AND A HALF DAYS OFF, A JUMP FROM 2020 WHEN IT WAS 4.2 DAYS AND 2018, WHICH WAS 4.7 DAYS. AND 2018, WHICH WAS 4.7 DAYS. I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IS ENSURING THEIR STAFF AREN'T IN THE WORKPLACE WHEN THEY'RE SICK COS THAT HAS OTHER IMPACTS ON THE BUSINESS. 89% OF EMPLOYERS AGREE THAT STAFF SHOULD STAY HOME WHEN SICK. I'VE BEEN OFF MYSELF ` I'VE GOT A COLD. I'M FEELING BETTER NOW. IT'S MORE ACCEPTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE TIME OFF AND FOR LONGER. DEFINITELY STAY HOME. NO ONE WANTS IT. THOUGH THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND A GROWING CONCERN AMONG EMPLOYERS THAT THEIR STAFF ARE PULLING SICKIES. A BIG WORRY WHEN ABSENCES COST THE ECONOMY AROUND $2.86B LAST YEAR. IT IS A REALLY TIGHT LINE TO WALK. IT IS A REALLY TIGHT LINE TO WALK. MAKE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES STAY AT HOME SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE WELL-BEING, BUT ALSO TOO AT THIS TOUGH TIME, PRODUCTIVITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES, SO IT'S A REAL BALANCE FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE. A BALANCE EMPLOYERS AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE AS WE DISCOVER OUR NEW NORMAL POST-COVID. LEIGHTON HEIKELL, NEWSHUB. A VIDEO SHOWING A RIVER OF LOGS SURGING ACROSS A HIGHWAY NEAR OPOTIKI HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER. CHRIS HIPKINS GAVE THE FORESTRY SECTOR A DRESSING DOWN TODAY, TELLING THEM TO CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, THE SECTOR SAY THEY DID. (BLEEP). OH MY GOD. THIS SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO CAPTURES THE SHOCKING MOMENT A RIVER OF LOGS AND DEBRIS CASCADED DOWN A HILL, BLOCKING A SECTION OF SH35 EAST OF OPOTIKI. IT WAS CLOSED OVERNIGHT ON SUNDAY, RE-OPENING YESTERDAY, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF WAKA KOTAHI. BUT THIS FOOTAGE HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BEEHIVE. I FOUND THE IMAGES JUST AS SHOCKING AS EVERYBODY ELSE. IT COMES JUST MONTHS AFTER FORESTRY DEBRIS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PARTS OF THE EAST COAST DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE, REIGNITING POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE FORESTRY SECTOR. SHOULD THE FORESTRY COMPANY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT ROAD? I THINK THE FORESTRY SECTOR SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CLEAN-UP EFFORT. I THINK THE COMMENTS ARE UNFAIR AND SHOWED A TOTAL LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OR TRYING TO EVEN GET KNOWLEDGE. THAT'S BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO THE FORESTRY INSTITUTE, THE UNNAMED OVERSEAS OWNERS OF THE LAND HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO CLEAN-UP EFFORTS. THE OWNERS ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST OWNERS IN THE COUNTRY AND ARE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY WERE OUT ON THE ROAD HELPING CLEAR UP THE SITE STRAIGHT AWAY. THE SUBJECT OF ROGUE FORESTRY LOGS CLEARLY STILL A VERY STICKY ISSUE. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. CALIFORNIA IS FACING A MAJOR CLEAN-UP AFTER A DRAMATIC 24 HOUR THRASHING FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE HILARY. THE STATE HAD ITS WETTEST DAY ON RECORD, WITH PALM SPRINGS ` FAMOUS FOR ITS SUNNY CLIMATE ` ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS. US CORRESPONDENT MITCH McCANN REPORTS. BY EARLY EVENING HILARY HURLED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CAUSING HAVOC. TUMBLING BOULDERS, FLASH FLOODING, AND LANDSLIDES LEAVING THE STATE IN A STATE IN EMERGENCY. THE RESORT CITY PALM SPRINGS ` KNOWN FOR SPECTACULAR SCENERY ` WAS ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED. WE HAVE FLOODING ON ALL OF OUR ROADS. THERE IS NO WAY IN OR OUT OF PALM SPRINGS AND THAT IS THE CASE, FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. PALM SPRINGS RECEIVED THE SAME AMOUNT OF RAIN IT'S USED TO IN AN ENTIRE YEAR. NEARBY, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND A CREATIVE SOLUTION FOR SENIORS UNABLE TO WALK OUT OF THEIR RETIREMENT HOME. THEY HIRED A BULLDOZER, AND CAREFULLY LOADED THEM INTO THE MACHINE'S BUCKET TO MOVE THEM OUT. FOR SOME, THOUGH, IT WASN'T THE RAIN BUT THE MUD THAT MADE THE GOING SO TOUGH. GOING THROUGH THE TOWN YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE ALL THE DEVASTATION. KYLE'S FATHER OWNS THIS BUILDING IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF OAK GLENN. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO TURN IT INTO A RESTAURANT, BUT THAT NOW SEEMS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE ON THE INSIDE? 10 TIMES WORSE THAN THE OUTSIDE. THERE'S A TREE THAT'S PROBABLY 20 FOOT LONG. THAT BAD, HUH? I DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIX IT. THIS WAS ALSO SAW THE WETTEST DAY LOS ANGELES HAS EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST. OFFICIALS RACED FROM RESCUES TO ROADING RISKS LIKE THIS HIGHWAY INUNDATED WITH WATER. (TIRES SCREECH) IT LEFT DRIVERS STRUGGLING TO STAY IN CONTROL, AND OTHER CARS IN THE FIRING LINE. DESPITE THESE SCENES OF DEVASTATION, THERE WERE NO STORM DEATHS REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA. A SILVER LINING AFTER A SERIOUS EMERGENCY IN AMERICA'S MOST POPULATED STATE. IN NEW YORK, MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. NEW ZEALAND'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FELL AGAIN LAST YEAR. THAT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? WELL, AS ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS, IT DEPENDS WHO YOU TALK TO. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FELL GLOBALLY DURING COVID. IN COMPARABLE COUNTRIES IT'S NOW GOING BACK UP, BUT IN NEW ZEALAND THEY KEEP FALLING, BY 3.9% LAST YEAR. BUT WE'VE BENT THE CURVE IT SEEMS. IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE ANNUAL GROWTH IN EMISSIONS, THEY ARE STARTING TO TREND DOWN. THEY'VE GOT TO GO MUCH STEEPER BUT THIS IS A GOOD START. TWO BIG FACTORS ARE THE FALL IN COAL USE AT HUNTLY POWER STATION ` HYDRO HAD A GOOD YEAR, WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY NOW ACCOUNTING FOR 87% OF OUR OUTPUT. MORE RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, LESS COAL, LESS EMISSIONS. AND THEN THERE WAS THE CLOSURE OF THE OIL REFINERY AT MARSDEN POINT. AND THEN THERE WAS THE CLOSURE OF THE OIL REFINERY AT MARSDEN POINT. ADD THAT TO THE DROP IN CAR USE, ALONGSIDE THE COVID-LINKED TREND OF WORKING FROM HOME. IT'S PARTLY THAT, IT'S PARTLY THE INCREASE IN CYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN MANY TOWNS AND CITIES, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING BY BUS AND BY RAIL, BUT ALSO WE'VE ALSO GOT MORE ELECTRIC CARS. WE HAVE A GREEN CLIMATE MINISTER IN JAMES SHAW, WHOSE CO-LEADER CLAIMS CREDIT FOR THE PARTY. IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF HAVING A GREEN MINISTER, THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE STRONGEST ACTION IN FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THREE DECADES, BUT THERE IS A HECK OF A LOT MORE TO DO. BUT GREENPEACE SAYS THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THE REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES WILL BE SUSTAINED AND ENDURING. WE'VE GOT TOO MANY COWS, AS WELL AS TOO MANY CARS, SO WE NEED DIRECT ACTION FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THIS ELECTION AND INTO THE FUTURE TO REDUCE THAT SIGNIFICANT EMISSION FROM BIG DAIRY, GIVEN THAT AGRICULTURE IS A HALF OF NEW ZEALAND'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION. IF WE REDUCED PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND, WE RISK UNDERMINING OUR ECONOMY AND POTENTIALLY INCREASING GLOBAL EMISSIONS, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS GLOBAL WARMING NOT NEW ZEALAND WARMING. BUT GREENPEACE SAYS WITH THE GROWING NUMBER OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS BOTH GLOBALLY AND DOMESTICALLY, SOMEONE NEEDS TO LEAD THE WAY, AND IT MAY AS WELL BE US. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. THE COST OF PARKING YOUR CAR IN AUCKLAND IS ABOUT TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE. FROM NEXT WEEK, ON-STREET PARKING PRICES AND AT COUNCIL-MANAGED BUILDINGS WILL INCREASE BY A DOLLAR AN HOUR. LUCY THOMSON HAS MORE. IT'S A DAILY STRUGGLE FOR MANY AUCKLANDERS, AND IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE TOO. COUNCIL PARKING PRICES ACROSS THE REGION IS GOING UP A DOLLAR AN HOUR. HARD TO SAY IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO ME PERSONALLY. I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE THE BUS. WE'LL PROBABLY WORK FROM HOME MORE, RATHER THAN COME INTO THE OFFICE. ABSOLUTELY ` IT HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EFFECT ON THE WAY YOU TRAVEL ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE. THE NEW HOURLY RATES KICK IN ON MONDAY, ALONGSIDE CHANGES TO PRICE CAPS FOR THE 'DOWNTOWN CAR PARK'. THEY WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE DURING THE WEEK TO ADDRESS LOW USAGE, BUT INCREASE SLIGHTLY DURING THE WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS. IT'S THE FIRST REGION-WIDE CHANGES TO PARKING CHARGES IN OVER A DECADE AND FOLLOWS A LETTER OF EXPECTATION FROM MAYOR WAYNE BROWN TO AUCKLAND TRANSPORT IN DECEMBER. IN THE LETTER HE SAYS AT SHOULD LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE EXTERNAL INCOME AND REDUCE RELIANCE ON RATES. HE SAYS A.T. IS CURRENTLY UNDERCUTTING MARKET RATES FOR PARKING WHICH IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. TRANSPORT COMMENTATOR MATT LOWRIE SAYS PARKING PRICES ARE NOW DISPROPORTIONATE TO INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES. IT MAKES PUBLIC TRANSPORT LESS INVITING TO USE AND IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DRIVE AND WHAT THAT THEN DOES IS MAKE MORE CONGESTION AND MAKES IT HARDER TO FIND A PARK WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO NEED ONE. HEART OF THE CITY'S VIV BECK SAYS SHE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON HOW IT AFFECTS VISITOR NUMBERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHERE THEY LIVE SO IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GET HERE AND AFFORD TO GET HERE. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL ALSO NOTICE THE CHANGE; IT'S STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S MORE MONEY STUDENTS SIMPLY DON'T HAVE. SOCIETY IS DOING IT TOUGH BUT STUDENTS BEAR THE BRUNT OF THAT. HE SAYS HIKING PARKING PRICES ISN'T THE WAY TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTS. OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN AUCKLAND SIMPLY ISN'T UP TO SCRATCH. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS STUDENTS WILL NOT COME INTO UNI. AUCKLAND BUS, TRAIN AND FERRY NETWORK HAS BEEN RIDDLED WITH DISRUPTION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, DUE TO DRIVER STRIKES, BAD WEATHER AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. AND LOWRIE SAYS THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT. RUNNING MORE BUSES WOULD BE GOOD. BUT FOR NOW IT'S NOT JUST PAIN AT THE PUMP, IT'S PAIN AT THE CARPARK. LUCY THOMSON, NEWSHUB. A SERIAL KILLING NURSE IS SENTENCED TO SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE BEHIND BARS. BUT LUCY LETBY REFUSED TO BE IN COURT WHEN THE PARENTS OF THE BABIES SHE KILLED READ THEIR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. WHY A SWING BRIDGE OFFERING SPECTACULAR WEST COAST VIEWS WILL BE CLOSED IN OCTOBER. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS VISITED HAWAII, AND PROMISED TO REBUILD FIRE-RAVAGED MAUI THE WAY THE PEOPLE OF MAUI WANT IT REBUILT. HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR JEANS? EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR? A SCIENTIST HAS THE ANSWERS. AND THIS MAN BECAME A FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHEN HE WAS JUST 16. WE'LL ASK HIM WHY, AT 7. SERIAL KILLER NURSE LUCY LETBY WILL SPEND HER WHOLE LIFE BEHIND BARS FOR MURDERING SEVEN NEWBORN BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL SIX MORE. THE COURT WAS FILLED WITH THE BABIES' PARENTS WHO READ HEARTBREAKING VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS, BUT LETBY WAS NOT THERE TO HEAR THEM. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. THE PRISON VAN ARRIVED, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF KILLER LUCY LETBY IN THE COURTROOM. THE 33-YEAR-OLD REFUSED TO FACE THE FAMILIES OF THE BABIES SHE MURDERED, YET ANOTHER CRUEL BLOW INFLICTED BY ONE OF THE UK'S MOST PROLIFIC MURDERERS. IN HER VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT, THE MOTHER OF BABY E, WHO DIED, AND F, WHO SURVIVED, TOLD THE JUDGE... LUCY, IS IT? YES. LUCY LETBY WAS ARRESTED IN 2018, THREE YEARS AFTER THE FIRST SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL. IT TOOK A FURTHER FIVE YEARS TO CONVICT HER. AND TODAY, EVEN AS SHE HID IN THE CELLS, THERE WAS NO HIDING FROM THE ENORMITY OF HER CRIMES. THE ORDER OF THE COURT, THEREFORE, IS A WHOLE LIFE ORDER ON EACH AND EVERY OFFENCE, AND YOU WILL SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PRISON. SOME JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILIES, BUT LITTLE COMFORT FOR THE MOTHER OF BABY A, WHO DIED, AND B, WHO SURVIVED. ...OR THE MOTHER OF BABY C, ONE OF THE SEVEN CHILDREN KILLED. THE JUDGE ORDERED THAT LUCY LETBY BE GIVEN A COPY OF ALL THE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM PARENTS. IT HAS TAKEN A 10-MONTH TRIAL TO GET TO THIS POINT, ONE OF THE LONGEST, MOST GRUELLING, MOST HARROWING IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY. SHE IS ONE OF JUST FOUR WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY TO RECEIVE A WHOLE LIFE SENTENCE. WE WILL LIKELY NEVER KNOW WHAT MOTIVATED LETBY'S EVIL, BUT AN INQUIRY WILL WORK TO DETERMINE WHY SHE WASN'T STOPPED EARLIER. (SIREN WAILS) LITTLE LIVES THAT WILL FOREVER BE NEWBORN AS THEIR KILLER GROWS OLD BEHIND BARS. IN LONDON, LISETTE REYMER, NEWSHUB. A WEST COAST TOURISM OPERATOR IS CONCERNED FEWER PEOPLE WILL VISIT HOKITIKA WITH PART OF ITS MAIN ATTRACTION BEING CLOSED. INSTEAD OF FIXING THE LOWER SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE HOKITIKA GORGE, WESTLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE IT MAKING THE PICTURESQUE GORGE LESS ACCESSIBLE. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. THESE TURQUOISE WATERS ARE POSTCARD PERFECT AND A MAJOR DRAWCARD FOR VISITORS TO THE WEST COAST. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. IT IS. IT REALLY IS. I THINK IT'S THE NUMBER ONE ATTRACTION. BUT COME OCTOBER, THE HOKITIKA GORGE LOWER SUSPENSION BRIDGE, WHICH PROVIDES THE EASIEST ACCESS TO VIEWS OF THE RENOWNED HOKITIKA RIVER, WILL BE CLOSED, AFTER ENGINEERS SAID IT WAS STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE. PRETTY MUCH UNBELIEVABLE THEY'RE THINKING OF CLOSING IT BECAUSE THIS BRIDGE` I THINK KIWIS ARE EXCELLENT AT BUILDING BRIDGES LIKE THAT, AND THEY SHOULD JUST SORT IT. BUILT IN 1933, ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE COUNCIL-OWNED BRIDGE HAS BEEN REPLACED OVER THE PAST 90 YEARS, BUT ITS LATEST MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN FULFILLED, AND DESPITE FUNDING PROMISES OF $200,000, THE LOCAL COUNCIL SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE PAY A LOT OF RATES AND WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT THE COUNCIL TO DO THEIR JOB AND DO IT PROPERLY, PROFESSIONALLY. AND REALLY, IF THIS WAS COMING UP, THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. VISITORS NORMALLY START FLOODING TO THE COAST FROM NEXT MONTH. POTENTIALLY, LESS PEOPLE WILL GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS ATTRACTIVE. IN A STATEMENT, WESTLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL SAID IT'S... ...BUT ITS DECISION TO CLOSE IS FOR VISITOR SAFETY, ...BUT ITS DECISION TO CLOSE IS FOR VISITOR SAFETY, AND WHEN IT DOES, DOC WILL TEMPORARILY REROUTE THE WALK. NEXT MONTH, A REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, INCLUDING OPTIONS FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND DEMOLITION OF THE BRIDGE. WHETHER THAT'S TO MAKE WAY FOR A REPLACEMENT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND AN ACT OF TREASON FROM SIR STEVE? YEAH, OUR 2015 WORLD CUP WINNING COACH STEVE HANSEN'S LINKED UP WITH THE WALLABIES AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP. IT'S LEFT SOME OF HIS FORMER PLAYERS GOBSMACKED, WHILE THE NEWS HAS GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY TOP, SO WHAT'S THE EXPLANATION FROM THE MAN HIMSELF? AND SCANS REVEAL THE SHOCKING IMPACT OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT IN THE WARRIORS WIN OVER MANLY. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S VISITED LAHAINA, THE TOWN IN HAWAII RUINED BY WILDFIRES. HE'S PROMISED TO HELP REBUILD IT, AND TO RESPECT CULTURE AND TRADITIONS WHEN THE REBUILDING TAKES PLACE. AND THE MAN ONCE TASKED WITH PUTTING TOOTH PASTE ON KING CHARLES'S TOOTHBRUSH, WON'T BE CHARGED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF SELLING KNIGHTHOODS. DECISION 2023 IS COMING RIGHT HERE TO A.M. WHAT WORRIES YOU ABOUT CHRIS LUXON? NOTHING AT ALL, REALLY. NOTHING AT ALL, REALLY. THAT IS SO DEEPLY PATRONISING. ...THE DICTATOR. RIP IT UP. WHAT A NASTY LITTLE COMMENT. A.M., WEEKDAYS ON 3. THE INTER-ISLANDER FERRY WHICH HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS HAS BEEN STOPPED FROM SAILING AGAIN. THREE SERVICES ON THE PASSENGER FERRY KAITAKI WERE CANCELLED TODAY BECAUSE OF MINOR WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE TO THE BOW DOOR. HIGH WINDS AND MODERATE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL TONIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN TO MAUI TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION AT LAHAINA FROM THE WILDFIRE. HE AND THE FIRST LADY PROMISED AID TO REBUILD, AS THEY STOOD BY THE BURNED REMAINS OF THE TOWN'S FAMOUS BANYAN TREE. TODAY, IT IS BURNED, BUT IT IS STILL STANDING. TREES AND SURVIVE FOR A REASON. I BELIEVE IT IS A VERY POWERFUL SYMBOL OF WHAT WE CAN AND WILL DO TO GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS. 850 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING, WITH A CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL NOW AT 114. THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN OF A KIWI TRANSGENDER SEX WORKER ACCUSED OF MURDERING AN AUSTRALIAN FARMER IN DUBBO. KYLIE SO WAS EXTRADITED TO AUSTRALIA TWO YEARS AGO, AFTER POLICE ARRESTED HER FOR KILLING ROBERT DICKIE (71). HIS BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND AND KYLIE SO DENIES KILLING HIM. THE JURY IN THE DAVID BENBOW MURDER RETRIAL HAS BEEN DISCHARGED AND SENT HOME, ONLY A DAY AFTER IT WAS SELECTED. BENBOW IS ON TRIAL FOR MURDERING HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND, MICHAEL MCGRATH IN 2017. NEITHER MCGRATH'S BODY NOR A WEAPON HAVE BEEN FOUND. THE SECOND TRIAL SET DOWN FOR 8 WEEKS STARTED YESTERDAY, BUT AFTER A JUROR FELL ILL LAST NIGHT, JUSTICE EATON DISCHARGED THE ENTIRE JURY AND A NEW ONE WILL BE SELECTED TOMORROW. BENBOW'S FIRST TRIAL EARLIER THIS YEAR ENDED IN A HUNG JURY. POLICE HAVE APOLOGISED FOR MISTAKES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO A FATAL VAN CRASH IN SOUTHLAND 6 YEARS AGO. THEY'VE TOLD THE VICTIM'S WHANAU THEY'VE MADE CHANGES TO ENSURE THE SAME ERRORS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT POLICE SAY IT'S NOW TOO LATE TO CHARGE THE PERSON FOUND BY THE CORONER TO HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSED THE FATAL CRASH. THE HUI'S RUWANI PERERA HAS MORE. KURA WIJNSCHENK WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL WHEN THE CAMPER VAN SHE WAS DRIVING WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR, KILLING HER AUNT IN 2017. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH CARELESS DRIVING, CAUSING DEATH, BUT THIS WAS WITHDRAWN IN 2018, WHEN JURA'S DEFENCE CASE EXPOSED CRUCIAL ERRORS IN THE POLICE CRASH INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY I'M NOT AT FAULT ` IT WAS THE OTHER PERSON WHO CAUSED THE ACCIDENT ` BUT NO ONE CAN BE CHARGED. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. JUST LAST YEAR, THE CORONER FOUND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FATAL ACCIDENT. A DRIVER WHO CAN NEVER BE CHARGED. THEY WILL NEVER BE ACCOUNTABLE, THAT STILL DOESN'T SIT RIGHT. I DON'T FEEL THERE'S BEEN JUSTICE YET FOR MY AUNTY, THAT'S SOMETHING I CARRY. THE CRASH INVESTIGATORS REPORT WAS SERIOUSLY FLAWED. DISTRICT COMMANDER FOR THE SOUTHERN REGION, PAUL BASHAM, WAS THE COP IN CHARGE DURING THAT TIME. DO YOU THINK YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE HARM, THE LEVEL OF TRAUMA, THIS HAS ACTUALLY CAUSED THIS FAMILY? I GET A SENSE OF IT, ABSOLUTELY, IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THIS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, OF COURSE. BUT I'M HERE TO APOLOGISE AND EXPRESS OUR REGRET WHERE WE GOT IT WRONG, AND PROVIDE A DEGREE OF REASSURANCE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THESE SHORTCOMINGS. WE WERE AWARE OF SOME ISSUES THAT WERE OF CONCERN. WE DID TAKE ACTION. POLICE TOLD THE HUI THEY LOOKED INTO TRYING TO REOPEN KURA'S CASE TO SEE IF THEY COULD CHARGE THE OTHER DRIVER. BUT THE SIX MONTH STATUTE OF LIMITATION TIME PERIOD HAD ALREADY EXPIRED. THE LEGISLATION, I'M ADVISED, DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO IT? YES, TAKEN ADVICE ON THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD. HE SAYS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS CRASH. WE INTRODUCED A FOURTH INVESTIGATOR TO SPREAD THE LOAD. WE HAVE INTRODUCED A SERGEANT INTO THAT WORK GROUP, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THE MISTAKES OR THE ERRORS THAT CAN OCCUR, PUTTING IN MORE CHECKS AND BALANCES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PREVENT THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. DISTRICT COMMANDER BASHAM PLANS TO MEET KURA TO DISCUSS COMPENSATION FOR HER LEGAL COSTS. MY WHANAU WANT ME TO GET THE CLOSURE I NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. I WISH I COULD. I REALLY DO, I WANT TO. AND I DON'T WANT IT TO CONSUME ME. BUT I JUST AM NOT SATISFIED YET. SHE'S MAKING A SUBMISSION TO THE INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS AUTHORITY ABOUT THE CRASH INVESTIGATORS HANDLING OF HER CASE. RUWANI PEREIRA, NEWSHUB. AND YOU CAN CATCH RUWANI'S FULL STORY ON THE HUI'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON OUR NEWSHUB WEBSITE. STILL TO COME, A NEWSHUB AND PROBABLY A WORLD EXCLUSIVE ` A WETA AND A WETA, TWO SIMILAR WORDS WITH VERY DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN THE SAME STORY. SIR STEVE HANSEN EXPLAINS WHY HE'S JOINED THE WALLABIES AHEAD OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. PLUS ` SPAIN'S WORLD CUP WINNERS TOUCH DOWN ON HOME SOIL, AS THE FEDERATION BOSS ADDRESSES THIS ACT OF 'FOUL PLAY' IN THE WAKE OF THEIR VICTORY IN THE FINAL. AND HE MANAGED TO AVOID FACING CHARGES OF RAPE AND ASSAULT, WHY FOOTBALL STAR MASON GREENWOOD WON'T GET THE CHANCE TO RESUME HIS CAREER WITH MANCHESTER UNITED. NEW DATA OUT TODAY SHOWS YOU MAY BE BETTER OFF RENTING A HOME THAN PAYING A MORTGAGE. AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU REALLY NEED TO WASH YOUR CLOTHES? WE'VE GOT THE ANSWERS THAT CAN SAVE YOU MONEY AND TIME, ON THE PROJECT AT 7. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE REACTED IN DISBELIEF TO NEWS THEIR FORMER COACH HAS AGREED TO JOIN ONE OF THEIR OLDEST RIVALS. SIR STEVE HANSEN WOULD ACT AS AN ADVISOR TO THE WALLABIES IN THE BUILD UP TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, A MOVE THAT'S LEFT VETERAN HOOKER DAN COLES SPEECHLESS, NO DOUBT ADDED TO THE TEAM'S DESIRE TO ENSURE THEY ARRIVE IN FRANCE READY TO GO. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE IS WITH THE ALL BLACKS IN LONDON. DANE COLES IS SELDOM LOST FOR WORDS, BUT HE COULDN'T FIND MANY WHEN HE LEARNED SIR STEVE HENSON WOULD BE JOINING EDDIE JONES AS AN ADVISER AT THE WALLABIES AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP. WHAT, ACTUALLY? SHAG, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? OH, IT HURTS A LITTLE BIT, TO BE FAIR. YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED. YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY A BIT SPEECHLESS. OH, BIT DISAPPOINTING. COLES WON'T BE THE ONLY ONE, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT THE FIRST TIME A FORMER ALL BLACKS COACH HAS JOINED A RIVAL NATION, WITH SIR GRAHAM HENRY HELPING THE PUMAS IN 2012. ARDIE SAVEA IS SOMEWHAT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION. EVERYONE'S GOT TO DO WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO, AND YEAH, GOOD ON HIM. DOES IT STING A LITTLE, GIVEN WHAT HE'S BROUGHT TO THE ALL BLACK JERSEY? YEAH, IT DOES KIND OF A BIT, EH? LIKE, YEAH, HE'S A GREAT MAN, YEAH, I ACTUALLY GOBSMACKED ` I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE HAVING A BIT OF A LAUGH. IF HE BES RESPECTFUL AND WHICH I THINK HE WILL, TO THE ALL BLACKS, I THINK THERE'D BE NO PROBLEMS. YEAH, THAT'S JUST ME TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID. WHAT SHOULD THE PUNISHMENT FOR STEVE HANSEN BE FOR ACCEPTING A JOB WITH WALLABIES? I THINK WE SHOULD CANCEL HIS CITIZENSHIP. NO, THAT'S A JOKE. JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR. (LAUGHS) JUST LIKE TO PUT EVERYBODY'S MIND AT REST, THAT I HAVEN'T JOINED THE WALLABIES FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP ` I'M ONLY HERE FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 DAYS AT THE REQUEST OF EDDIE, GOOD MATE OF MINE, AND JUST TO GIVE HIM SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT HE'S DOING, AS OPPOSED TO ANYTHING ELSE. THE ALL BLACKS WON'T BE WORRIED ABOUT HANSEN'S NEW GIG FOR MUCH LONGER WITH THEIR OPENING WORLD CUP GAME JUST 18 DAYS AWAY. SATURDAY'S SHOWDOWN WITH THE SPRINGBOKS PROVIDES A TIMELY TEST ` THE ULTIMATE LAUNCHING PAD WITH FRANCE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MENTALLY PREPARED FOR THAT. SO, YEAH, I THINK PLAYING THIS GAME AGAINST AFRICA, LEADING UP TO WHAT'S NEXT IS IMPORTANT. IT CREATES A GOOD INTENSITY THROUGH THE WEEK, AND LIKE THE WORLD CUP'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT JUST PUTS A REAL CLEAR FOCUS FOR US TO ACTUALLY WORRY ABOUT PLAYING THE BOKS AT TWICKENHAM AND THEN WE CAN WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD CUP AFTER THAT. ARRIVING THERE ON THE BACK OF A FIFTH WIN IN A ROW, THE SOLE FOCUS THIS WEEK. IN LONDON, OLLIE RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. VETERAN PROP JOE MOODY HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MISSING SELECTION IN THE ALL BLACKS RUGBY WORLD CUP SQUAD. THE 34-YEAR-OLD WAS OVERLOOKED, HAVING ENDURED AN INJURY-PLAGUED YEAR. MOODY IS NOW LINKED UP WITH CANTERBURY FOR THIS YEAR'S NPC, BUT STILL FEELS HE CAN PLAY AT THE TOP LEVEL. IN THE BLACK JERSEY ` UM, YEAH, 100%, I THINK I'VE STILL GOT A LOT MORE TO GIVE THERE. UH, IT'S JUST` YEAH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR. UMM, SO I JUST HAVE TO BE ON MY A-GAME. MOODY HAS PLAYED IN TWO RUGBY WORLD CUPS. HE WASN'T ORIGINALLY NAMED IN THE 2015 SQUAD, BUT JOINED THE TEAM AS INJURY COVER AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE LATTER STAGES OF THE TOURNAMENT. JUST DAYS AFTER RUGBY AUSTRALIA WAS SLAMMED OVER ITS TREATMENT OF THE WALLAROOS COMPARED TO THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS, THE SAME ORGANISATION HAS APPOINTED A NEW WOMEN'S HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER. IN A COORDINATE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OVER THE WEEKEND, THE WALLAROOS OPENLY QUESTIONED RUGBY AUSTRALIA'S ATTITUDE TO THE WOMEN'S GAME, WHEN WOMEN'S SPORT ` LED BY THE MATILDAS ` IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH. THEY CITED HOW THE WALLABIES TRAVELLED TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP IN BUSINESS CLASS, WHEN THE WALLAROOS ROUTINELY FLY IN ECONOMY, AND ALSO TOOK AIM AT THE DECISION TO FLY SOME OF THE WALLABIES' WIVES AND PARTNERS TO SYDNEY BEFORE THEY LEFT. IT'S ALL TIMING, I GUESS, WHAT THE MATILDA'S HAVE DONE, IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE PLATFORM FOR PLAYERS IN DIFFERENT SPORTS TO LAUNCH OFF, AND THEY JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S THEIR TIME TO GET A LITTLE MORE RECOGNITION, FROM RUGBY AUSTRALIA THEMSELVES, INTO THAT SPORT, INTO THE GRASSROOTS. RUGBY AUSTRALIA ACCEPTS IT HAS WORK TO DO, BUT TODAY CONFIRMED JAIME FERNANDEZ ` AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST IN ROWING ` AS THEIR NEW WOMEN'S HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER. THE BOSS OF SPANISH FOOTBALL HAS MADE AN APOLOGY OF SORTS, AFTER HE KISSED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-WINNING PLAYERS ON THE LIPS DURING SUNDAY'S TROPHY PRESENTATION. THOUSANDS TURNED OUT IN THE SPANISH CAPITAL OVERNIGHT TO WELCOME THE TEAM HOME, AFTER THEY BEAT ENGLAND IN THE FINAL. THE WIN'S BEEN WIDELY CELEBRATED BUT THE ACTIONS OF LUIS RUBIALES HAVE NOT, AFTER HE GRABBED JENNI HARMOSO'S FACE AND KISSED HER AS SHE WENT TO RECEIVE HER WINNERS MEDAL. TRANSLATOR: WE SAW IT AS SOMETHING NATURAL, NORMAL, AND AS I SAID, WITH NO BAD FAITH AT ALL. BUT OUTSIDE IT SEEMS THAT A COMMOTION HAS FORMED, AND OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FELT DAMAGED BY THIS, I HAVE TO APOLOGISE, I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. HERMOSO, WHO WAS A KEY PLAYER FOR SPAIN DURING THE TOURNAMENT, TOLD ONE SPANISH TELEVISION NETWORK SHE DID NOT ENJOY THE KISS. THE CAREER OF A RISING ENGLISH FOOTBALL STAR IS NOW IN SERIOUS DOUBT AFTER HIS CLUB CHOSE MONEY OVER MORALS WHEN DECIDING HIS FUTURE. MASON GREENWOOD HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACCUSED OF RAPE AND ASSAULT, BUT WHILE THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED BY POLICE, MANCHESTER UNITED HAS CONFIRMED THE STRIKER WILL LEAVE THE CLUB, SAYING THAT WHILE AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED HE DID NOT COMMIT THE ALLEGED OFFENCES, IT WAS BEST TO PART WAYS. NATASHA PAYNE HAS THE STORY. 18 MONTHS AGO, MASON GREENWOOD HAD THE WORLD AT HIS FEET... GREENWOOD CAN SUPPLY THE EQUALISER! ...A RISING STAR AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS ON THE PLANET. MASON GREENWOOD! BUT SCENES LIKE THESE WOULD SOON BE A DISTANT MEMORY. IN JANUARY 2022 PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS WERE POSTED ONLINE BY A WOMAN WHO ACCUSED GREENWOOD OF ASSAULT. I DON'T GIVE A (BLEEP) WHAT YOU WANT, MASON. SHUT UP! THE STRIKER WAS ARRESTED AND LATER WAS CHARGED WITH RAPE, ASSAULT AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOURS, BUT THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED EARLIER THIS YEAR AS KEY WITNESSES WITHDREW FROM THE INVESTIGATION. MANCHESTER UNITED BEGAN THEIR OWN INQUIRY AND TODAY RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING ` ALL THOSE INVOLVED, INCLUDING MASON, RECOGNISE THE DIFFICULTIES I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. IT'S SURPRISING TO ME LOTS OF US WOULD HAVE HEARD THE AUDIO THAT WAS PLAYED, SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR VIEWS, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS MAN IS NO LONGER FACING CHARGES. GREENWOOD HAS ALWAYS DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS, BUT TODAY SAID HE ACCEPTS THAT HE HAS MADE MISTAKES. HE'LL ALSO HAVE TO ACCEPT HE'LL NEVER WEAR THE RED OF MANCHESTER UNITED AGAIN. AND IF THAT STORY BROUGHT UP ANY ISSUES FOR YOU, THERE IS SUPPORT AVAILABLE ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT ON THE NATIONAL HELPLINE, THAT'S 1737. SCANS HAVE REVEALED THE SHOCKING IMPACT OF A SPECTACULAR AND CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT IN THE WARRIORS WIN OVER MANLY ON FRIDAY. WITH THE GAME IN THE BALANCE, SEA EAGLES FULLBACK REUBEN GARRICK WAS SENT CRASHING TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING CLIPPED BY HIS OPPOSITE NUMBER CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD. GARRICK CONTINUED TO PLAY THROUGH THE PAIN, BUT IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE IN HIS BACK. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE SPECIFIC LOCATION OF THE INJURY MEANS THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE OF CAUSING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE AND HE'S KEEN TO LINE UP FOR MANLY AGAINST THE BULLDOGS THIS WEEKEND. NGAPUHI HAS CONFIRMED THAT LONG-TIME MAORI ACTIVIST TE RINGA MANGU MIHAKA, KNOWN TO MANY AS DUN MIHAKA, HAS DIED. MIHAKA DEVOTED DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO MAORI RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING THE TAKAPARAWHAU BASTION POINT OCCUPATION. IN 1983, MIHAKA THE PERFORMED WHAKAPOHANE, BARING HIS BUTTOCKS, TO THEN-PRINCE CHARLES AND THE LATE PRINCESS DIANA ON THEIR ROYAL TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND. DUN MIHAKA WAS 81 YEARS OLD. A NEVER-BEFORE-AUCTIONED PAINTING BY A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST COULD FETCH UP TO $2.5 MILLION WHEN IT GOES UNDER THE HAMMER NEXT WEEK. BILL HAMMOND'S 1999 PAINTING CALLED 'MELTING MOMENTS' WILL BE AUCTIONED AT WEBB'S IN AUCKLAND ON MONDAY. THE PAINTING FEATURES THE LATE ARTIST'S DISTINCTIVE 'BIRD PEOPLE' AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS VISIT TO THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS. IT COMES FROM, REALLY, WHAT'S REGARDED AS THE KEY ERA IN HIS WORK, THE LATE 1990s, AND EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THESE WORKS ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE THEY'VE BECOME SO ICONIC, SO ENMESHED IN THE NATIONAL LEXICON, THEY ARE ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY RARE. IF THE PURCHASE PRICE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, IT WILL SET A NEW RECORD FOR A NEW ZEALAND ARTWORK. IN WHAT'S POSSIBLY A WORLD FIRST, A WETA HAS DEFECATED ON LIVE TELEVISION. THE GIANT WETA IS PART OF AUCKLAND ZOO'S BREEDING PROGRAMME THAT HAS PRODUCED 7000 OFFSPRING TO HELP REPOPULATE EIGHT ISLANDS. AND ON AM THIS MORNING SHE PERFORMED ON CUE... THERE WE GO, ON CAMERA, A WETA POO. THERE WE ARE. AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES NUTRIENTS TO ALL OUT SOIL. AND THAT IS A GOOD REASON WHY WE ARE RESTORING THESE ANIMALS BACK, FOR THAT VERY REASON. AND AS ALL TE REO SPEAKERS KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WETA AND WETA ` THE MAORI WORD FOR FILTH OR EXCREMENT ` IS A COUPLE OF MACRONS. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` LABOUR'S VOWING TO STOP MORE THAN 6500 RETAILERS FROM SELLING VAPE PRODUCTS. THEY'D CAP THE NUMBER OF TOTAL RETAILERS TO JUST 600, A DRAMATIC CUT FROM THE CURRENT 7,130. BUSINESSES ARE WORRIED, WORKERS ARE PULLING MORE SICKIES WHEN THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SICK. IT COMES AS NEW DATA SHOWS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS KIWIS TAKE OFF EACH YEAR. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND HOW'S THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKING, HEATHER? WELL, WE HAVE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD START. EXPECT SETTLED AND CLEAR CONDITIONS ` AND YES, THAT MEANS FROST ` ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SATURDAY WE SEE THE RETURN OF SHOWERS, BUT MOST WILL HAVE DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MORE NEXT. THEN ON THE PROJECT, BIG NEWS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME. RIGHT, NEW RESEARCH SAYS, RIGHT NOW, IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE BETTER TO RENT THAN BUY. AND THE WHAKATANE MAN LIVING HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM, AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. AS A KID HE HAD ONE TASTE OF AN ASPARAGUS ROLL AND SAID 'GIMME SOME MORE OF THAT, THANKS.' THE PROJECT IS NEXT. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. TODAY'S COLD SOUTHERLY FLOW FINALLY DIES AWAY BY TOMORROW THE LAST PIECE OF EVIDENCE OF THE WEEKEND'S LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOW WELL OUT TO THE EAST. WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW DYING OUT, THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS STEADILY IN FROM THE TASMAN, AND WILL DRIVE OUR CALM AND SETTLED WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE NEXT FRONT HITS SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. KI TE WAI POUNAMU, TO THE SOUTH ISLAND - LOOKING FINE TONIGHT, ANYWHERE WITH FINE SKIES MAY WAKE TO FROST. THE EXCEPTION, OUT WEST, WHICH WILL HAVE CLOUDY PERIODS, AND OVER FIORDLAND WHERE THERE IS SOME DRIZZLE. THOSE SAME CONDITIONS CONTINUE TOMORROW, HARMLESS CLOUD IN THE NORTH AND WEST, WITH A NORTHERLY FOR THE SOUTH, AND NOR'EASTERS IN THE EAST. KI TE IKA A MAUI, TO THE NORTH ISLAND. NOT A LOT GOING ON OVERNIGHT. IT'S VERY CALM, WITH THE SOUTHERLY DYING OUT, AND CLEAR SKIES, SO EXPECT FROSTS. TOMORROW, JUST SOME COASTAL CLOUD HERE AND THERE, AND IF YOU'RE UNLUCKY AT THE TOP OF THE ISLAND, YOU MAY GET AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO. WINDS ARE LIGHT FOR THE WHOLE ISLAND. SO PARTLY CLOUDY FOR SOME TO START ` FROSTY FOR THE COROMANDEL AND WAIKATO. THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS THAT HIT NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND , WITH SOUTHERLIES THERE TOO, BUT EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE AND FROSTY TO START HERE. EVEN IN TAURANGA SHELTERED SPOTS COULD SEE SOME FROST. A STUNNING DAY THOUGH, WITH SUN, LIGHT WINDS AND WARMING TO 14 FOR ALMOST EVERYONE. LOOKING OK OUT EAST. IT'S FINE AND FROSTY FROM DANNEVIRKE SOUTH, AND CLOUDY FURTHER NORTH, BUT THAT BURNS OFF IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A SOUTHERLY TURNING WESTERLY LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. AND IT'S FINE AND FROSTY, OR FINE WITH A LITTLE MORNING CLOUD. DEPENDS WHETHER YOU'RE INLAND OR NEAR THE COAST. BUT IT ALL BURNS AWAY LATER IN THE DAY WITH A LIGHT BREEZE. SIMILAR OVER THE STRAIT, WITH A FINE MORNING, JUST A FEW CLOUDY SPOTS. POSSIBLE EARLY FROST FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, THEN GOOD FOR THE AFTERNOON, WITH A LIGHT BREEZE. BLUE BIRD DAY OVER THE DIVIDE. FROSTY, BUT FINE, THEN FINE ALL DAY LONG. THERE WILL BE A NOR'EASTER. THAT DEVELOPS LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S NOT TOO STRONG. AND A SIMILAR START TO THE DAY FOR THE LOWER SOUTH. IF YOU'RE INLAND, EXPECT SOME FROST, NEAR THE COASTLINE THERE WILL BE CLOUD. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPS EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE DAY. OTEPOTI, DUNEDIN, A GREAT WEDNESDAY FOR YOU. AREAS OF MORNING FROST, BUT MELTS QUICKLY. A NOR'EASTER DEVELOPS LATE MORNING AROUND THE PENINSULA, THEN JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH, FINE FOR YOU, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORNING FROST. NOREASTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. ALSO, AND LAST FOR THE DAY, TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA, WELLINGTON - YOU'VE GOT A GREAT DAY AHEAD. MORNING CLOUD BURNS OFF, LEAVING FINE SKIES, LIGHT WINDS. TE MATAU A MAUI, HAWKE'S BAY, THE PARTLY-CLOUDY CONDITIONS BURN OFF FOR THE AFTERNOON, BUT WILL STICK TO THE RANGES. SOUTHERLIES EASE FURTHER BY THE EVENING. A COLD MORNING TAURANGA, SO SOME AREAS AROUND BAY OF PLENTY WILL HAVE MORNING FROST. IT'S SUNNY ALL DAY, AND NOT MUCH WIND AT ALL. THE SOU'WESTER EASES TONIGHT, HAMILTON, AND TOMORROW, YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH WIND AT ALL. THE MORNING STARTS WITH THE STANDARD WINTER FROST, AND THE DAY ITSELF IS FINE. TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AUCKLAND, YOU'LL HAVE A PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY. CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER TOO. THE SOUTHERLY DIES OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. FINALLY, DRY ACROSS ALL OF THE MAIN AUSTRALIAN CITIES TOMORROW. JUST SOME PATCHY CLOUD HERE AND THERE. AND ALMOST DRY FOR THE PACIFIC. NIUE HAS A BLEAK AND SHOWERY DAY, AND VANUATU WON'T SEE A LOT OF SUN EITHER. BACK HOME, AND IT'S GREAT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND FOR THE NORTH, JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR AUCKLAND ON THURSDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING OUT EAST FROM FRIDAY. BUT MAINLY FOR GISBORNE. AND THE REST OF THE NORTH IS ALSO IN FOR CALM WEATHER, JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR WELLINGTON ON FRIDAY. THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL ALSO HAVE A SETTLED REST OF THE WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARRIVE IN THE WEST ON SATURDAY. BUT IT'S SOUTHLAND THAT MISSES OUT THE SUPER FINE SKIES, SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOP FROM THURSDAY AND SPREAD NORTH SATURDAY. SO, AS WE INCH CLOSER TO THE LAST WEEK OF WINTER, WE HAVE SOME FINE WEATHER TO ENJOY IT ALL. GET OUT AND SOAK SCENES LIKE THIS. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. REBECCA WRIGHT AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9:35.