IT'S MIDDAY ` THE U.N. CALLS IT A FORM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE, SO WHY ARE HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS HERE STILL GOING THROUGH PROLONGED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT? PLUS, SUSPICIONS RAISED AFTER REPORTS THE LEADER OF A RUSSIAN MERCENARY GROUP IS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH. AND THE ALL BLACKS' FINAL CHANCE TO FINE TUNE AHEAD OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. CAPTIONS BY SEAN LYDIARD AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS IN AOTEAROA ARE STILL BEING PUT INTO PROLONGED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OR DIRECTED SEGREGATION EVERY YEAR, DESPITE THE U.N. CALLING IT A FORM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE. ONE PRISONER WHO EXPERIENCED THIS SAYS HE SUFFERED PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. JESSICA SWAN HAS MORE. TUPE MASINA WAS JAILED FOR FIVE-AND-A-HALF YEARS FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. DURING THIS TIME, HE SAYS, HE SPENT LONG STRETCHES IN A CELL BY HIMSELF, INCLUDING ONE PERIOD OF 74 DAYS IN A ROW. THE IMPACT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TRAUMA OF BEING ISOLATED AND HAVING NO HUMAN CONTACT. AND THEN WHEN I'M AROUND PEOPLE, LIKE WHEN I DO COME OUT OF ISOLATION AND I'M AROUND PEOPLE, I GET PARANOID, LIKE, ANXIETY, BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO BEING AROUND PEOPLE AFTER BEING IN A CAVE. HE'S SINCE RECEIVED A PAY-OUT FROM CORRECTIONS AFTER IT WAS FOUND TO BE UNJUSTIFIED. I WAS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK, WHEN TIMES GET HARD, AND YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR CELL, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO, EH? IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY, 'I'M SORRY, 'CAN YOU LET ME OUT NOW? I'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.' HE'S NOT THE ONLY PRISONER TO EXPERIENCE THIS CORRECTION PRACTICE; NEW FIGURES OBTAINED BY BREAKFAST SHOW MORE THAN 3500 PRISONERS SPENT LONGER THAN 15 DAYS IN DIRECTED SEGREGATION FROM JULY IN 2019 TO MAY IN 2023. NUMBERS PEAKED BETWEEN JULY OF 2021 AND JUNE OF 2022. CORRECTION SAYS THE HIGH NUMBERS WERE, IN PART, DRIVEN BY COVID CONTINGENCIES. THE 2023 DATA, ALTHOUGH INCOMPLETE, DOES SHOW A TREND DOWN FROM THAT SPIKE. THE USE OF SEGREGATION IS OFTEN A ONE OF A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES, OFTEN IT'S A LAST STRATEGY BECAUSE OF THE OFTEN EXTREME NATURE OF THAT, TO AGAIN, MAINTAIN SAFETY AND IN MANY WAYS ORDER WITHIN THAT PRISON COMPLEX. BUT I GUESS IT SITS WITHIN A NEST OF MORE COMPLEX ISSUES AS WELL ` HE MENTIONED STAFF SHORTAGE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE AT THE MOMENT, BUT ALSO HAVE AN INCREASING REMAND POPULATION AS WELL. SIX YEARS AGO, A UNITED NATIONS REPORT SLAMMED NEW ZEALAND'S WIDESPREAD AND CONCERNING USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN PRISONS. AND AGAIN, IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, CORRECTIONS CHIEF INSPECTOR EXPRESSED A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, DUE TO POOR RECORD KEEPING, INADEQUATE LEVELS OF CLINICAL INVOLVEMENT AND PLACEMENT, THE ABSENCE OF A ROBUST FRAMEWORK FOR THOSE SEGREGATED OR AT RISK AND DIFFICULTY IN ACCESSING RELIABLE DATA. IN A STATEMENT, THE CORRECTIONS MINISTER SAYS SEGREGATION USE HAS INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS AND POINTS TO A RISE IN GANG MEMBERS, AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE IN OUR PRISONS. KELVIN DAVIS SAYS AN OVERALL REVIEW IS NOT NEEDED AT THIS STAGE. PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR SYSTEM DON'T TEND TO ENGENDER MUCH BY WAY OF PUBLIC SYMPATHIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THESE FOLK WILL ALSO BE RELEASED SOONER OR LATER, AND THE QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK, AS A SOCIETY REALLY, IS WHAT SHAPE AND CONDITION DO WE WANT THEM IN WHEN THEY COME OUT? PEOPLE LIKE TUPE, WHO IS STILL WORKING THROUGH WHAT HE EXPERIENCED. TRAUMA, EH? I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M IN JAIL SOMETIMES. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. 'YOU STOLE MY RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN MIND'. THAT'S WHAT ONE WOMAN TOLD THE TWO MEN AT THE CHRISTCHURCH'S DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING AS THE JAZ BROTHERS ARE SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE MAMA HOOCH DRINK SPIKING RING. THEY WERE BOTH FOUND GUILTY OF RAPE, COLLECTIVELY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 17 WOMEN, AND DRUGGING THE SAME NUMBER. NINE WOMEN HAVE READ VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS IN COURT TODAY, INCLUDING SOPHIE BROWN, WHO WAS STUPEFIED AND SEXUALLY VIOLATED IN OCTOBER 2017. NO MATTER WHO I BECOME, WHERE I GO, OR HOW I EVOLVE, I WILL ALWAYS BE THAT 19 YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS ASSAULTED BY DANNY JAZ THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 17, 2017. THE TWO BROTHERS WERE CONVICTED OF 68 CHARGES FOR OFFENDING BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018. AIR NEW ZEALAND IS BACK IN BLACK, IN A BILLION DOLLAR TURNAROUND IN PROFITS. THE NATIONAL AIRLINE REPORTED $412m IN NET PROFIT, UP FROM ITS NET $591m LOSS LAST YEAR. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT CORAZON MILLER REPORTS. THE BOSS OF AIR NEW ZEALAND WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP. THANK YOU, MATT, AND MORENA EVERYONE. GREG FORAN PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A RETURN TO PROFITABILITY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS TENURE. IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY, SO WE CAN INVEST MONEY. THAT SURPLUS $412 MILLION, HE SAYS, WILL BE USED TO BUY MORE PLANES AND INCREASE ITS CAPACITY. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT LIKE MOST BUSINESSES, WE ARE ALSO SEEING COST PRESSURES. PRESSURES, SOME FEEL, ARE BEING PAID FOR BY PASSENGERS THROUGH HIGHER PRICES. SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET CHEAPER FLIGHTS, ON GRAB-A-SEAT, BUT YOU GOT TO BE WELL ORGANISED FOR THAT, I GUESS. BUT EVEN THEN, FLIGHTS CAN BE COSTLY ` THESE TWO PAID ROUGHLY $600 RETURN PER PERSON TO FLY FROM AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON. PRETTY EXPENSIVE, YEAH, AND WE BOOKED QUITE IN ADVANCE AS WELL. OTHERS HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE NATIONAL AIRLINE ALL TOGETHER. BECAUSE AIR NEW ZEALAND IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE; WE ALWAYS GO JETSTAR. NONE OF US WANTS TO SEE AIR NZ DOING BADLY, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE REALLY WANT TO SEE AIR NEW ZEALAND REINVESTING THESE SIGNIFICANT PROFITS, SO, NEW ZEALAND IS GETTING GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, MORE CHOICE AND REASONABLY FAIR PRICES. FARES HAVE BEEN HIGHER AND THAT IS DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE FACT THAT DEMAND HAS COME BACK A LOT STRONGER. BUT HE SAYS AS THE AIRLINE CONTINUES TO BUILD BACK, PRICES SHOULD START TO FALL, BUT NOT TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. IT'S EXPECTED BUYOUT DETAILS FOR FLOOD` AND CYCLONE`DAMAGED PROPERTIES IN AUCKLAND AND TAIRAWHITI WILL BE CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH AUCKLAND AND GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCILS HELD MEETINGS THIS MORNING TO CONFIRM THE DETAILS. IT COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT AND COUNCILS IN HAWKE'S BAY AGREED ON A 50/50 COST SPLIT TO BUY OUT HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED UNSAFE TO LIVE IN. CYCLONE RESPONSE MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON HAS SIGNALLED A SIMILAR COST-SHARING ARRANGEMENT IS ON THE CARDS FOR ALL AFFECTED REGIONS. THE BOSS OF THE WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN IS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD. IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED HE WAS ON BOARD A PRIVATE JET THAT CRASHED IN RUSSIA THIS MORNING, LEAVING NO SURVIVORS. THE PLANE CRASH COMES AFTER PRIGOZHIN LED A FAILED REBELLION AGAINST THE KREMLIN IN JUNE. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG REPORTS. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THE FINAL SECONDS OF A PRIVATE JET. ON BOARD, REPORTEDLY THE HEAD OF THE WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN. (SPEAKING RUSSIAN) LOOK OVER THERE BY THE FARM, IT'S BURNING. THE EYEWITNESS CAN BE HEARD SAYING. IN THE DISTANCE, A GIANT CLOUD OF SMOKE. THE EMBRAER PLANE HAD CRASHED IN THE REGION OF RUSSIA, NORTH OF MOSCOW. THE EMBRAER PLANE HAD CRASHED IN THE REGION OF RUSSIA, NORTH OF MOSCOW. MR. PRIGOZHIN'S RIGHT-HAND MAN, WAGNER COMMANDER DMITRY UTKIN IS ALSO THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN ON BOARD. LATER, A WAGNER-LINKED TELEGRAM CHANNEL CONFIRMED THAT YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN HAD BEEN KILLED. IT CLAIMED IT WAS THE RESULT OF THE ACTIONS OF TRAITORS OF RUSSIA. IT'S TWO MONTHS TO THE DAY SINCE THE WAGNER CHIEF LAUNCHED WHAT HE CALLED HIS MARCH OF JUSTICE, HIS MUTINY, THE INSURRECTION BY WAGNER FORCES WHO'D BEEN FIGHTING ON THE KREMLIN'S SIDE IN UKRAINE. THEY'D ROLLED UNOPPOSED INTO THE CITY OF ROSTOV. THEIR DEMANDS, THE REMOVAL OF RUSSIA'S SENIOR MILITARY LEADERSHIP, WHO THEY BLAMED FOR SETBACKS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THERE WERE THESE EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AS THE PARAMILITARY CHIEF ADMONISHED RUSSIAN GENERALS. AND THEN THEY MARCHED ON IN THE DIRECTION OF MOSCOW IN A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THE AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE KREMLIN LEADER CALLED IT TREACHERY. RUSSIA, HE SAID, HAD BEEN STABBED IN THE BACK. THE MUTINEERS WOULD BE PUNISHED. BUT BY EVENING, A DEAL HAD BEEN DONE TO END THE INSURRECTION. EVEN THOUGH RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN HAD BEEN KILLED, THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGES AGAINST YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN AND HIS WAGNER TROOPS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE RUSSIA. BUT THE AGREEMENTS LEFT THE KREMLIN LOOKING WEAK. (CHEERING) THIS WAS VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY IN THE CITY OF KURSK, COMMEMORATING THE SOVIET VICTORY IN A FAMOUS WORLD WAR TWO BATTLE. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENT YET FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE PLANE CRASH. ON THE STREETS OF MOSCOW TONIGHT, THERE WAS A MIXED REACTION. I COULDN'T CARE LESS, HE SAYS. THIS WAS TO BE EXPECTED, SAYS DMITRY. SOME OF THE THINGS PRIGOZHIN DID OR DIDN'T DO NEEDED TO BE PUNISHED. HE HAD LOTS OF ENEMIES. LITTLE SURPRISE THEN, BUT MUCH SPECULATION ABOUT WHY THE JET CRASHED. WHO HAD TARGETED THE PLANE AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL PASSENGER? WAS THIS AN ACT OF REVENGE AGAINST THE MAN WHO HAD DARED TO HUMILIATE THOSE IN POWER IN RUSSIA? ACTRESS TE ATAMIRA JENNIFER WARD-LEALAND IS SET TO JOIN THE MAORI LANGUAGE COMMISSION BOARD. THE COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE GOVERNMENT'S MAORI LANGUAGE STRATEGY. WHILE WARD-LEALAND ISN'T OF MAORI DESCENT, SHE BEGAN LEARNING THE LANGUAGE IN 2008. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A NEW FRONTIER. INDIA MAKES SPACE EXPLORATION HISTORY. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE AMBITIOUS NATION? - Hey, Toyota. Got something that's not... new? - Yeah! Have you seen what's on Toyota.co.nz? - What are the chances you actually have what I'm looking for? - Pretty good! - Will it have any quirks? - Only if that's what you're into. - Uh, how do I know if it's any good? - Well, you are buying from Toyota, so there's that. - But I need something that comes with a warranty. - Well, Signature Class and Toyota Certified vehicles do. - That's a relief. INDIA HAS MADE SPACE EXPLORATION HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST COUNTRY TO MARK ITS TERRITORY ON THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE. THE ATTEMPT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER RUSSIA'S LUNA-25 SPACECRAFT CRASHED IN ITS BID TO GET THERE FIRST. THE BBC'S SAMIRA HUSSAIN HAS MORE. SIR, WE HAVE ACHIEVED SOFT LANDING ON THE MOON. INDIA IS ON THE MOON. (CHEERING) IT WAS A MOMENT SEVERAL DECADES IN THE MAKING. AND ON ITS THIRD ATTEMPT, INDIA STOPPED THE LINE. AS MISSION CONTROL CELEBRATED, SO, TOO, DID AN ENTIRE NATION. AS DID THESE SPACE ENTHUSIASTS. (CHEERING) THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT FOR INDIA AND EVEN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. INDIA IS NOW IN AN ELITE CLASS OF SPACE EXPLORERS, GETTING TO THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON, SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS MANAGED TO ACHIEVE. NEARLY 7 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THE LIVE STREAM ON YOUTUBE, AND THESE SPACE ENTHUSIASTS WERE FEELING ALL THE FIELD'S EXCITEMENT, RELIEF, EVEN TEARS. THEY'RE FLYING! IT WAS ONLY SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN THE LANDER LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT. ALONG WITH IT, THE HOPES OF AN ENTIRE COUNTRY. SPEAKING VIA VIDEO LINK FROM JOHANNESBURG, INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SAID THE LANDING WAS MORE THAN JUST A VICTORY FOR HIS COUNTRY. THE SUCCESS BELONGS TO ALL OF HUMANITY. AND IT WILL HELP MOON MISSIONS BY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE FUTURE. THESE GRAINY PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN AS THE LANDER MADE ITS DESCENT ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU SAW THE LANDER MAKE IT TO THE MOON? I CHEERED FOR ISRO, LIKE ISRO, ISRO! IT WAS A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR ME. IN FACT, I REALLY FELT THE PRIDE OF BEING AN INDIAN. INDIA'S AMBITIOUS SPACE PROGRAMME HAS DELIVERED THE COUNTRY A WIN AND HAS EMERGED AS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL SPACE RACE. A MAN (19) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOLLOWING A SUDDEN DEATH IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF EPSOM LAST NIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOTEL JUST BEFORE 7.30pm DUE TO REPORTS OF A PERSON WITH SERIOUS INJURIES, WHO LATER DIED AT THE SCENE. A MAN, WHO POLICE SAY WAS KNOWN TO THE VICTIM, IS APPEARING IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT TODAY. MEANWHILE, TWO OTHERS WILL BE APPEARING IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT TODAY DUE TO A SEPARATE DEATH. A MAN (35) AND A WOMAN (26) WERE ARRESTED AFTER A MAN (71) DIED ON UPPER QUEEN STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND POLICE ARE ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON 23-YEAR-OLD TIARI BOON-HARRIS, WHO THEY BELIEVE IS ASSISTING DARIUSH TALAGI. AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH FOR 24-YEAR TALAGI, WITH A WARRANT TO ARREST FOR MURDER AFTER A MAN WAS KILLED ON LOWER QUEEN STREET AT THE START OF THE MONTH. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE CABLE CAR THAT WAS LEFT DANGLING OVER A RIVER CANYON IN PAKISTAN YESTERDAY. ALL EIGHT PEOPLE LEFT STRANDED WERE RESCUED AFTER 15 HOURS IN THE BROKEN GONDOLA. THE BBC'S CAROLINE DAVIES HAS MORE. HANGING HUNDREDS OF METRES ABOVE THE GROUND. IMAGINE BEING HERE FOR MORE THAN 15 HOURS. OBTAINED BY THE BBC, THIS DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PRECARIOUSNESS OF THE RUSTING CABLE CAR ATTACHED BY ONLY ONE CABLE. RESCUERS TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE THEM. BELOW, CROWDS WATCH AND WAIT. MILITARY HELICOPTERS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO REACH THE CABLE CAR. THE WIND MADE IT DIFFICULT. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT MANY ON BOARD BECAME DESPERATE. PICTURED HERE ON THE PHONE, GUL FARAZ. TODAY, HE SPOKE ABOUT THE TERRIFYING MOMENT THE RESCUE WENT WRONG. TRANSLATOR: THE HELICOPTER'S WIRE GOT STUCK IN THE CABLE. AT THAT POINT, WE LOST ALL OUR HOPE. WE WERE ALL PRAYING. THEN, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THEY WERE ABLE TO FREE IT. THEN A RESCUE. ONE BOY IN WHITE HERE, HIS LEGS DANGLING AS HE SWUNG FROM THE END OF A ROPE. DAYLIGHT LOST, THE HELICOPTERS COULD NO LONGER OPERATE. INSTEAD, RESCUE WORKERS AND LOCALS USED ZIP WIRES TO TRY TO SAVE THOSE REMAINING; THEY WORKED LATE INTO THE NIGHT. RELIEF AS PERSON AFTER PERSON MADE IT BACK. THEN THIS AFTERNOON, POLICE ARRESTED THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE CABLE CAR. INVESTIGATED FOR ENDANGERING LIVES AND NOT HAVING A GOVERNMENT PERMIT TO RUN THE CABLE CAR. VILLAGERS STILL IN SHOCK. WITH NO WAY ACROSS THE VALLEY, THE ONLY ROUTE HOURS BY ROAD, REMOTE VILLAGES OUT OF REACH. THE EMPTY CHASSIS STILL DANGLES... A REMINDER OF HOW CLOSE DISASTER CAME. A NEW REPORT SHOWS WHILE SUPPLY CHAIN PAIN MIGHT BE EASING, EXPORTERS ARE STILL DEALING WITH RISING COSTS. IT FOUND NEARLY 90% OF EXPORTERS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE. 52% SAY THE COST AND AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE. WHILE 24% ARE STILL EXPERIENCING A DECREASE IN ORDERS. THEY GET HIT NOT JUST BY THE COST OF LOGISTICS. BUT BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND SUPPLY CHAINS, THEY'RE HOLDING ON TO A LOT MORE INVENTORY, AND SO THERE'S THAT ADDED COST AS WELL. BUT DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, MORE THAN 50% OF EXPORTERS SAY THEY'RE OPTIMISTIC THINGS WILL IMPROVE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NAMED A STRONG SIDE FOR THEIR UPCOMING BATTLE WITH THE SPRINGBOKS, THE LAST HIT OUT BEFORE THEY TURN THEIR FULL ATTENTION TO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS MORE. THE FINAL CHALLENGE BEFORE THE WORLD CUP KICKS OFF. WE THINK THE GAP BETWEEN THE LAST TEST AND THE FRANCE GAME WAS TOO BIG FOR US TO USE AS A COTTON WOOLLEN EXERCISE. IT'S A GREAT TEST MATCH TWO WEEKS BEFORE A WORLD CUP, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GO INTO THIS IS FULL THROTTLE. IAN FOSTER HAS NAMED A STRONG SIDE TO PLAY THE SPRINGBOKS. THE ALL BLACKS AWARE OF THE CHALLENGE SOUTH AFRICA BRING UPFRONT. THE REALLY GREAT TEST AS A FORWARD IS GOING UP AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS. WE KNOW THEIR DNA AND HOW THEY TRY AND WIN THE SAME, AND THEIR SET PIECE IS A BIG PART OF THAT. SIX FORWARDS HAVE BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH AND JUST TWO BACKS SELECTED, ANTON LIENERT-BROWN GETTING THE NOD OVER DAVID HAVILI. THEY'RE BOTH VERSATILE, BUT ANTON'S BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A WHILE. HE'S IN THE GROOVE. I THOUGHT HE HAD SOME GOOD TIME IN DUNEDIN. SO HE'S MORE ACCUSTOMED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THE FACT THAT HE COULD HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROLE OFF THE BENCH BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE ONLY GOING WITH TWO BACKS. IT JUST MADE IT A PRETTY OBVIOUS DECISION. I MEAN, DAVE'S ONLY HAD 40 MINUTES SINCE HE CAME BACK. THE AB'S WON THEIR LAST ENCOUNTER WITH THE BOKS BUT WEREN'T SATISFIED. WITHIN THAT GAME, I THINK WE STARTED REALLY WELL. THE BOKS, THEY ACTUALLY WRESTLED BACK INTO THAT GAME, PUT A BIT OF PRESSURE ON OUR BREAKDOWN. SO YEAH, THEY'LL LEARN FROM THAT, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THAT FROM THE START. ALL THREE BARRETT BROTHERS WILL START AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS, A FEELING THAT NEVER GETS OLD FOR THE TRIO. LINING UP IN THE ANTHEM IS ALWAYS A MOMENT WHERE YOU, I GUESS, THINK ABOUT YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILY BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY. FOSTER'S FOCUS SQUARELY ON THE UPCOMING TOURNAMENT, THE ALL BLACKS' COACH NOT INTERESTED IN ANY DISTRACTIONS. JEEPERS, SURELY WE'VE GOT A BETTER TOPIC TO TALK ON THAN STEVE HANSEN GOING INTO THE AUSSIES FOR A COUPLE OF BEERS WITH EDDIE. I'M HAPPY TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, BY THE WAY, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH IN IT. THE RUGBY WORLD CUP NOW WELL TRULY ON THE HORIZON. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. THE MAN BEHIND THE KIWI CLASSICS 'DOMINION ROAD' AND 'ANCHOR ME', IS GOING TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME. # ANCHOR ME. ANCHOR ME... # # ANCHOR ME. ANCHOR ME... # DON McGLASHAN PENNED THOSE HITS AND MANY OTHERS AS PART OF THE BAND 'THE MUTTON BIRDS'. HE WAS ALSO ONE HALF OF THEATRICAL GROUP 'THE FRONT LAWN', A FILM COMPOSER, AS WELL AS AN ACTIVIST. JUST TO SHARE THAT HALL OF FAME WITH ALL THE PEOPLE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HISTORY AND CURRENT MUSICIAN FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES I'VE GOT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING I NEVER WOULD'VE DREAM OF GROWING UP IN MUSIC. McGLASHAN WILL BE INDUCTED AT THIS YEAR'S SILVER SCROLL AWARDS IN OCTOBER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAYS WEATHER. (THE MUTTON BIRDS' 'DOMINION ROAD') # DOMINION ROAD IS BENDING UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT, # SHINING LIKE A STRIP CUT FROM A SHEET METAL PLATE, # 'CAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN RAINING. # JANE EVEN REACHED THE POINT WHERE SHE KNEW, # WHAT HE MEANT BEFORE HE OPENED HIS MOUTH. # HE COULDN'T SAY THE SAME OR HE'D HAVE GUESSED # SHE WAS MOVING SOUTH, WITH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. 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 SEAN LYDIARD AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.