IT'S JUST A JUMP TO THE LEFT... OR IS IT A STEP TO THE RIGHT? ONE WEEK LEFT FOR BOTH SIDES TO AVOID A ROCKY HORROR SHOW OF POLITICAL LIMBO. A GROWING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROWDY TENANTS PUT A STOP TO KAINGA ORA SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. AND AUCKLAND'S MAYOR SIGNALS A MAJOR FUTURE CHANGE FOR HOMEOWNERS SEEKING COMPENSATION IN SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. CAPTIONS BY SALLY HARPER AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. ONE WEEK OUT FROM ELECTION DAY, NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS IS CLAIMING 'RURAL VOTERS' WILL BE DISADVANTAGED BY THE CLOSURE OF 'HUNDREDS' OF VOTING BOOTHS. THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER DENIES THAT NUMBER, AND IS ASSURING VOTERS THEY'LL 'ALL' HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH REPORTS. A GREAT DEMOCRACY DANCE-OFF IN OTARA ` EVEN CHRIS HIPKINS COULDN'T RESIST A BOOGIE AND A DREAM. WE'RE GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYBODY NEXT SATURDAY. ALL POLLS SUGGEST A LABOUR LOSS, BUT HIPKINS HOPING FOR A LATE SURGE OF SUPPORT. I THINK THE MOOD OUT THERE HAS SHIFTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE WILL BRING YOU THE REST OF THAT STORY WHERE WE CAN. A NUMBER OF KAINGA ORA SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AFTER OVERWHELMING PUBLIC CONCERN OVER 'ROWDY TENANTS'. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, POVERTY CAMPAIGNERS ARE URGING COMMUNITIES TO REMEMBER THERE ARE THOUSANDS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A HOME. OH, SHIT. (YELLING) SHOUTS: ALL SHE ASKED WAS FOR YOU TO TURN THE MUSIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT! CAITLIN PARK PUT UP WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR FROM HER NEIGHBOURS HOUSED BY KAINGA ORA FOR FIVE LONG YEARS. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HORRIBLE. AFTER COMPLAINING TO KAINGA ORA SEVERAL TIMES AND POSTING VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE TENANTS WERE FINALLY MOVED ON. 500m DOWN THE ROAD. THE ORDEAL PROMPTED CAITLIN TO START A FACEBOOK GROUP. IT NOW HAS 17,000 MEMBERS WHO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH HER. SCARED TO WALK UP THE DRIVEWAY... THE FEAR OF LIVING NEXT TO NEIGHBOURS LIKE THAT HAS SPARKED BACKLASH AGAINST SOME KAINGA ORA DEVELOPMENTS, AND DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY NEWSHUB SHOW IT COULD BE WORKING ` BECAUSE THE MOST COMPLAINED-ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN AUCKLAND WERE PUT ON ICE, INCLUDING ONE ON BONAIR CRESCENT IN MILLWATER. 37 PUBLIC HOMES WERE PLANNED FOR THE SITE, BUT DOCUMENTS SHOW KAINGA ORA RECEIVED 55 COMPLAINTS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO LACK OF CONSULTATION AND OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE AREA. THE DEVELOPMENT WAS PUT ON HOLD MID LAST YEAR UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE ABOUT ITS FUTURE. A DEVELOPMENT IN BLOCKHOUSE BAY WAS ALSO PUT ON HOLD. IT RECEIVED 37 COMPLAINTS ` AGAIN, OVER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE LAND WAS DONATED ON THE CONDITION IT PROVIDED ELDERLY HOUSING. THE DISPUTE LED TO A FIERY COMMUNITY MEETING IN APRIL, REMINISCENT OF A KAINGA ORA ENGAGEMENT EVENT LAST MONTH THAT ALSO GOT HEATED... (BLEEP) OVER CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE AUCKLAND BOTANIC GARDENS. LOCAL BOARD MEMBER MATT WINIATA WANTS THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE AIMED AT FIRST-HOME BUYERS RATHER THAN SOCIAL HOUSING. FRIDAY LAST WEEK, WE SENT OFF AN EMAIL WITH THE PETITION AND OUTLINING THE ISSUES THAT WE SAW THAT WE WERE FACING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARDS TO CONSULTATION. BUT IN AUCKLAND ALONE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 8000 ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING WAITLIST, AND AUCKLAND ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IS URGING COMMUNITIES TO WELCOME THEM. TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT` LIKE, IF I WAS ON THAT END, IF I WAS LIVING IN THOSE AREAS, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN UP FOR IT, LIKE, TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT CAITLIN THINKS THERE ARE TENANTS FAR MORE DESERVING THAN THE ONES SHE LIVED NEXT TO. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. RETURNING TO OUR LEAD STORY, ONE WEEK OUT FROM ELECTION DAY, NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS IS CLAIMING 'RURAL VOTERS' WILL BE DISADVANTAGED BY THE CLOSURE OF 'HUNDREDS' OF VOTING BOOTHS. THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER DENIES THAT NUMBER, AND IS ASSURING VOTERS THEY'LL 'ALL' HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. A GREAT DEMOCRACY DANCE-OFF IN OTARA ` EVEN CHRIS HIPKINS COULDN'T RESIST A BOOGIE AND A DREAM. WE'RE GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYBODY NEXT SATURDAY. ALL POLLS SUGGEST A LABOUR LOSS, BUT HIPKINS HOPING FOR A LATE SURGE OF SUPPORT. I THINK THE MOOD OUT THERE HAS SHIFTED AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE HUGE MOMENTUM IN THE NEXT WEEK. CHRIS HIPKINS IS OUT MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME, TRYING TO CONVINCE HIS SUPPORTERS THAT HE'S ON THE UP. HIPKINS THE HYPE MACHINE HOPPING TO ALL CORNERS OF AUCKLAND TODAY WITH THE SAME MESSAGE ` WE'RE GOING TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE ELECTION NEXT SATURDAY. DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? YEP I DO. YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO WIN ON SATURDAY NEXT WEEK? YEP, ABSOLUTELY. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? (LAUGHS) NEW ZEALANDERS WANT CHANGE. AT THE MOMENT, POLLING PUTS WINSTON PETERS IN CHARGE OF CHANGE, MEANING NO CLEAR WINNER ON ELECTION DAY, AND THE COUNTRY LEFT IN POLITICAL LIMBO. DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH WINSTON. FED UP WITH HELD TO RANSOM BY WINSTON PETERS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOOK HIS BIG BLUE BUS TO THE REGIONS TODAY, WHERE THE FORMER AIR NEW ZEALAND CEO GOT A THOROUGH DRESSING DOWNMY STRONG PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE AS FEW WHERE THE FORMER AIR NEW ZEALAND CEO GOT A THOROUGH DRESSING DOWN OVER CLOSING REGIONAL FLIGHT ROUTES. YOU CLOSE THE REGIONAL ROUTES, AND YOU WANT TO REPRESENT US? AND STRUGGLED WITH HIS DOLLARS AND CENTS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET $14 CHANGE. LUXON PULLED OUT A 10, A 5 AND A 1... OOPS. HANG ON, THAT'S 16. THAT'S 14, THERE YOU GO. UNFORTUNATE TIMING, GIVEN THE SERIOUS SCRUTINY ON WHETHER HIS TAX PLAN ADDS UP, AND WHETHER THEIR PROMOTION OF IT HAS BEEN MISLEADING. IT IS UP TO $250 FOR THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD. THAT FIGURE WILL ONLY GO TO 3000 FAMILIES. GRANT ROBERTSON LIKENING IT TO A TACTIC BRISCOES HAS USED FOR DECADES. THIS IS NOT A BRISCOES SALE, NICOLA. IT IS MEANT TO BE A TAX POLICY. YOU CAN'T SAY 'UP TO' $250. ARE YOU IMPLYING I AM SOMEHOW A BRISCOES' SALESWOMAN? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS UNFORTUNATE, MR ROBERTSON. BUT THOSE ARE NOT THE NUMBERS WINDING UP WINSTON PETERS. HE'S BOTHERED BY THE NUMBER OF VOTING BOOTHS. SOME RURAL BOOTHS WILL ONLY BE OPEN FOR ADVANCE VOTING, NOT ON THE DAY. ELECTION DAY IS THE 14TH, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO WILL FIND THERE IS NO BOTH AVAILABLE. WE HAVE AN ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO DO ONE JOB, TO SET US UP FOR FREE FAIR ELECTIONS. AS THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION UP TO THE JOB? I THINK THAT IS A APPRAISAL FOR AFTER THE ELECTION. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS THAT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. PETERS URGING HIM TO FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. WILL YOU RECOGNISE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IF IT ISN'T? WE HAVE TO. OTHERWISE WE ARE GOING TO WASTE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING MORE. PHEW... THAT'S A RELIEF. ALL RIGHT, JENNA, HOW'S VOTING GOING? AND DOES CHRIS HIPKINS STILL HAVE A SHOT? ABOUT 380,000 PEOPLE HAVE CAST THEIR BOAT. THAT IS PRETTY ON PAR WITH THIS POINT IN THE CAMPAIGN, BUT WELL BEHIND THE LAST ELECTION, TWENTY20 WAS AN ANOMALY. WE WERE BEING URGED TO EARLY VOTE AT THAT TIME. IT WAS A LANDSLIDE, JACINDA ARDERN HAD JUST SAVED LIVES, PEOPLE KNEW HOW THEY WANTED TO VOTE. HIPKINS HOPING THAT THE DROP BACK TO 2017 LEVELS IS AS SHOWING THAT THERE IS A LARGE CONSTITUENCY OUT THERE THAT HE CAN SURGE IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE CAMPAIGN, BUT ALSO THE LOWER EARLY TURNOUT COULD BE A SIGN OF LOWER TURNOUT IN GENERAL. THANK YOU, JENNA. AUCKLAND'S MAYOR IS DETERMINED THE COUNCIL'S $900 MILLION PAYOUT TO STORM-HIT HOMEOWNERS WON'T SET A PRECEDENT. THE MONEY, ALONG WITH A GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION, WILL HELP BUY OUT HOMEOWNERS SUFFERING SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGE. BUT WAYNE BROWN SAYS RATES SHOULDN'T BE USED AS INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY INSTEAD. NICK TRUEBRIDGE HAS THE STORY. THE MESSAGE FROM MR FIXIT IS CLEAR. DON'T EXPECT A CASH JOB WHEN THE NEXT WEATHER BOMB HITS. INSTEAD, MAYOR BROWN WANTS A NATIONAL SCHEME TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT FROM EVENTS LIKE GABRIELLE. CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS IT'S ON THE TABLE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO RUSH THROUGH IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT YES, WE WILL COMMIT TO THERE BEING A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN APPLY IN FUTURE EVENTS. AUCKLAND COUNCIL YESTERDAY CONTRIBUTED $900 MILLION TO A $2 BILLION COST SHARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP PREPARE AUCKLAND FOR THE NEXT EVENT AND PAY OUT THOSE WORST-HIT BY THE LAST ONE. MAYOR BROWN SAYS THE DEBT WILL TAKE DECADES TO PAY OFF, SO WE PUT HIS IDEA OF A NATIONAL SCHEME TO CHRISTOPHER LUXON. I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT'S BEEN SAID OR WHAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT THERE. INSTEAD MAKING A FAMILIAR POINT THAT HE'S THE MAN TO MAHI WITH THE MAYOR. WE ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH MAYOR BROWN AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE WE BUILD A REALLY GOOD AUCKLAND CITY DEAL THAT ACTUALLY DEALS WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT AUCKLAND HAS. BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY ASKING ABOUT THAT ` RATHER A BROADER PROBLEM STRETCHING BEYOND THE BOMBAYS. DUNEDIN CITY COUNCIL'S ASKING FOR CROWN CASH TO BUY OUT FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTIES IN ITS SOUTHERN SUBURBS. WE TRIED ASKING LUXON FOR A GENERAL POSITION ON GOVERNMENT BUYOUTS. WHILE HE WASN'T KEEN TO STICK AROUND... OK, THANKS SO MUCH. ...HIS COUNTERPART WAS. IT'S NEVER CLEAN CUT. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING INSURANCE COVERAGE. WE DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO BASICALLY BECOME THE DEFAULT FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T INSURED, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD SEND ALL OF THE WRONG MESSAGES AND IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY PENALISE PEOPLE WHO DO THE RIGHT THING BY GETTING INSURANCE. MEANWHILE, THE NATS' COALITION PARTNER IS CRYSTAL CLEAR ` PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRIVATE LAND. I THINK, IN THE LONG TERM, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S UP TO YOU TO PRIVATELY INSURE. AND IT'S ACTUALLY A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THINGS, BECAUSE INSURERS HAVE VERY GOOD RESEARCH AND VERY GOOD DATA ON WHERE THE RISK IS, AND INSURERS WILL START TO PRICE WHAT THE RISK OF INSURING SOMETHING IS. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY MUSIC TO THE EARS OF THOSE ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR PAYOUTS. WE DO HAVE CONCERNS AROUND THE ACT POLICY ON BUYOUTS. IT SEEMS THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOUR OF BUYOUTS. WE REALLY WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE EVERYTHING FLIP-FLOP NEXT MONTH, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE TRACK NOW THAT WE COULD FIND RESOLUTION HOPEFULLY FOR SOME PEOPLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT REVERSED. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S BUYOUTS FOR THE WORST-HIT. JUST DON'T BANK ON IT NEXT TIME. NICK TRUEBRIDGE, NEWSHUB. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A WOMAN THEY WERE SEEKING AFTER A FATAL SHOOTING ON AUCKLAND'S QUEEN STREET IN AUGUST. THE 23-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO MURDER, AND WILL APPEAR IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT ON MONDAY. MEANWHILE, POLICE CONTINUE TO SEEK DARIUSH TALAGI (24), WHO IS WANTED IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'DANGEROUS'. POLICE SAY HE SHOULD NOT BE APPROACHED, AND ARE WARNING ANYONE WHO MAY BE HELPING HIM EVADE POLICE. A WOMEN'S RIGHTS' ACTIVIST LOCKED UP IN ONE OF IRAN'S MOST NOTORIOUS PRISONS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. IN RESPONSE TO WINNING THE AWARD, NARGES MOHAMMADI WROTE FROM JAIL, SAYING, 'THE MORE OF US THEY LOCK UP, THE STRONGER WE BECOME.' ITV'S CHLOE KEEDY REPORTS. (CHANTING, CLAPPING) LED BY WOMEN AND SEEN BY THE WORLD ` THESE PROTESTS, WHICH BEGAN AFTER THE DEATH OF A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN CUSTODY, HAVE SHAKEN IRAN'S AUTHORITARIAN REGIME TO ITS CORE. (SPEAKS FARSI) BUT THE COUNTRY'S MOST PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HAS SPENT MOST OF THE PAST DECADE IN PRISON. NARGES MOHAMMADI HAS CONTINUED HER ACTIVISM FROM HER CELL, WHICH IS ALSO WHERE SHE WAS TODAY WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE HAD WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. HER BRAVE STRUGGLE HAS COME WITH TREMENDOUS PERSONAL COST. ALTOGETHER, THE REGIME HAS ARRESTED HER 13 TIMES, CONVICTED HER FIVE TIMES, AND SENTENCED HER TO A TOTAL OF 31 YEARS IN PRISON AND 154 LASHES. FROM HER PRISON CELL, SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES... BUT HER HUSBAND HASN'T SEEN HER FOR 11 YEARS NOW. HE'S EXILED IN PARIS WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN. HER 16-YEAR-OLD SON, ALI, HASN'T SEEN HIS MUM SINCE HE WAS NINE. (SPEAKS IN FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF MY MUM. AND THIS PRIZE IS NOT JUST FOR MY MOTHER. IT'S FOR THE STRUGGLE. IT'S FOR WOMEN, LIFE AND FREEDOM. THE AWARD IS DEDICATED TO A MOVEMENT, AND ITS LEADER NARGES MOHAMMADI SAID TODAY THAT SHE HOPED THIS RECOGNITION WOULD MAKE IT STRONGER. BRIAN TAMAKI FROM THE FREEDOMS NZ PARTY HAS ADMITTED HIS ATTEMPTS TO UNITE FRINGE PARTIES HAVEN'T WORKED. FREEDOMS NZ BROUGHT TOGETHER TWO PARTIES FOR THE ELECTION, BUT MANY MORE SMALLER PARTIES ARE GOING ALONE. AS NEWSHUB NATION'S SIMON SHEPHERD ASKS, WHY DO THEY BOTHER? WE ALL KNOW THIS GUY ` UNDERTAKING A 'DISRUPT' CAMPAIGN THIS ELECTION BECAUSE ` WE'RE STARVED OF ANY MEDIA ATTENTION AT THE BEST OF TIMES. THIS RECENT PROTEST WAS NOTHING LIKE LAST YEAR'S OCCUPATION OF PARLIAMENT'S GROUNDS. A MOMENT BRIAN TAMAKI HOPED WOULD INSPIRE AN UMBRELLA PARTY OF THE DISENFRANCHISED. IT ONLY UNITED HIS VISION NZ PARTY AND SUE GREY'S OUTDOORS AND FREEDOMS PARTY. THE NEGOTIATION SIDE OF GETTING PARTIES TO SEE THE CONCEPT OF COMBINING OUR PARTY VOTE TOOK A LOT OF HOURS` TIME, DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, AND AS WE SAID TODAY, IT DIDN'T QUITE DO WHAT I HOPED IT WOULD DO. SOME OF OUR SUPPORTERS HAVE SAID, IF WE WENT TOWARDS ONE OF THOSE OTHER PARTIES, THEY WOULD HAVE LEFT US. HELEN HOUGHTON LEADS THE NEW CONSERVATIVES ` WITH AN S. IT USED TO BE THE NEW CONSERVATIVE, WITHOUT AN S, PARTY, LED BY LEIGHTON BAKER. HE SPLIT TO FORM HIS OWN PARTY CALLED THE LEIGHTON BAKER PARTY. ...BE INFORMED. BAKER, LIKE TAMAKI, WAS AT THE PARLIAMENTARY PROTEST LAST YEAR. SO, TOO, OTHER WELL-KNOWN NEW ZEALANDERS, WHO HAVE ALSO GONE ON TO SET UP POLITICAL PARTIES. FORMER BROADCASTER LIZ GUNN HAS THE NEW ZEALAND LOYAL PARTY, AND IS EXPECTING A RECORD NUMBER OF VOTES. AND WE WILL HAVE 2 MILLION ` THAT'S THE NUMBER I HAVE IN MY HEAD. FORMER NATIONAL MP MATT KING HAS ALSO GONE OUT ON HIS OWN, WITH DEMOCRACY NZ. I'M A FARMER, SO I'M NOT REALLY A POLITICIAN. I'M A FARMER. AND ANOTHER FORMER NATIONAL MP, ALFRED NGARO, HAS SET UP THE NEW ZEAL PARTY. ANOTHER FREEDOM RIGHTS PARTY IS CALLED THE NEW NATION PARTY. THERE ARE ALSO SINGLE ISSUE PARTIES, LIKE THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS PARTY, THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY, AND THE LONG-RUNNING AOTEAROA LEGALISE CANNABIS PARTY ` STARTED AFTER THE 1996 SMOKE OUT AT PARLIAMENT. PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE, PERSISTENCE, AND WE THINK THAT WE WILL, IN FACT, MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IS ANYONE PLANNING ON VOTING FOR THEM? IN THE MOST RECENT NEWSHUB REID RESEARCH POLL, ALL THE SMALL PARTIES THAT RESPONDENTS MENTIONED TOGETHER TOTALLED 1.1%. THE NEW CONSERVATIVES DID BETTER ` POLLING 1.1% BY THEMSELVES. NO CHANCE OF GETTING INTO PARLIAMENT, AND A FAR CRY FROM WHEN COLIN CRAIG LED THE CONSERVATIVES TO ALMOST 4% IN 2014. WE'RE GOING TO GET CLOSER, WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR 2026. MICHAEL APPLEBY EMBODIES PERSISTENCE. HE HAS BEEN THE CO-LEADER OF THE LEGALISE CANNABIS PARTY FOR 27 YEARS. WE'RE NEARLY THERE. AND FOR BRIAN TAMAKI, IT'S ALL A MATTER OF FAITH. HEY, I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. THEY WILL ALL NEED A POLITICAL MIRACLE, COME OCTOBER 14TH. SIMON SHEPHERD, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER, AND A REASONABLY SETTLED DAY FOR MOST, MIKE. CALM ENOUGH FOR SOME MODEL BOAT RACING IN HAGLEY PARK THIS MORNING BEFORE SOME DRIZZLE KICKED IN, THERE WERE EVEN A FEW SNOW FLURRIES IN THE CANTERBURY SKI FIELDS. LOWER HUTT GOT SOME RAIN TODAY, BUT IT WAS GISBORNE WITH THE DAY'S HIGH OF 23 DEGREES. TOMORROW IS LOOKING A LITTLE MESSY WITH THUNDERSTORMS, WIND WATCHES AND HEAVY RAIN WATCHES, AND I'LL HAVE ALL THOSE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. E WHAI AKE NEI ` PARIS HAS AN EMBARRASSING PROBLEM, THAT'S BECOME A CRISIS ` BED BUGS. THE CITY IS UNDER SIEGE, AND THERE ARE FEARS THE INFESTATION WILL SPREAD THROUGH EUROPE AND BEYOND. HOW WHAT YOUR MUM ATE WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH YOU CAN AFFECT YOUR SUCCESS AT SCHOOL. AND ` WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES TO LOOK AT EFFORTS TO SOLVE AN 'ACCESS IMPASSE' ON A POPULAR WATERFRONT WALKWAY. A NEW REPORT FROM AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IS LINKING FOOD INSECURITY TO LOWER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PACIFIC ISLANDERS. THE STUDY LOOKED AT ACADEMIC RECORDS FOR OVER 600 STUDENTS, AND FOUND YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE MOTHERS DIDN'T EAT ENOUGH DURING PREGNANCY ARE FAR LESS LIKELY TO PASS NCEA LEVELS OR REACH UNIVERSITY. THE RESULTS SHOWED A DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH NUMBER OF PACIFIC HOUSEHOLDS WERE IMPACTED. THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING TODAY TO ADDRESS THE NATION'S BED BUG CRISIS. THE INFESTATION IN PARIS IS THREATENING TOURISM AND PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS. MANY SCHOOLS IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL HAVE HAD TO BE CLOSED, AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS AWASH WITH VIDEOS OF THE CREEPY CRAWLIES ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT. ITV'S AMY LEWIS HAS MORE. (SPRAYS) THE BED BUGS AREN'T JUST CRAWLING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES, BUT ALSO A NATION'S FEARS. WHEN THE NEIGHBOURING FLATS GOT INFESTED, THIS FAMILY CALLED IN THE FUMIGATORS, WORRIED THE PESTS HAD SPREAD TO THEIR APARTMENTS. TRANSLATOR: PSYCHOLOGICALLY, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. WE DON'T SLEEP. WE ARE SCARED EVERY NIGHT. JUST TALKING ABOUT IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. TOP MINISTRY OFFICIALS MET AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE TODAY TO COORDINATE A PLAN OF ACTION AS THE BEDBUGS AND HYSTERIA ABOUT THE INFESTATION SPREAD. BUT THIS HOTEL MANAGER IN PARIS BELIEVES THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN TOO SLOW TO ACT. POLITICIANS ALWAYS WAIT THE LAST MOMENT WHEN IT MAKES BIG NOISE. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY IN THE HOTEL, I THINK THE SUBWAY IS A BIG VEHICLE AS WELL. EUROSTAR HAS SAID TRAINS ARE BEING GIVEN EXTRA CLEANS AHEAD OF ENGLAND AND WALES' RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCHES THIS WEEKEND IN FRANCE. FIVE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN SHUT THIS WEEK AFTER THE PESTS WERE DETECTED, ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA. OF ONE SCHOOL IN PARIS THAT HAS REOPENED, SOME TEACHERS AND PUPILS ARE REFUSING TO ATTEND LESSONS. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE POST-COVID TRAVEL, CLIMATE CHANGE AND A RESISTANCE TO CHEMICALS ARE DRIVING THE INCREASE IN BEDBUGS. THE NATION FEARS THE INFESTATION IS DAMAGING ITS IMAGE, AND IN TURN, TOURISM. A DISPUTE OVER AN AUCKLAND PROPERTY'S HERITAGE STATUS HAS SPLIT ONE OF THE CITY'S GREAT WALKS IN TWO. WALKED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS, THE NORTH SHORE COASTAL ROUTE RUNS THROUGH MORE THAN 70 PRIVATE PROPERTIES. BUT AS PERRY WILTON REPORTS, ITS FUTURE IS NOW VERY UNSURE. ONCE A DOG WALKER'S DELIGHT, NOW THE NORTH SHORE COASTAL WALKWAY IS BLOCKED BY THIS WALL ` DIVIDING, NOT JUST A WALKWAY, BUT A WHOLE COMMUNITY. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO STOP AND TURN AROUND AND HEAD DOWN THE OTHER WAY. IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, TO BE HONEST. FULL ON. ISN'T IT? IT'S PRETTY CONFRONTING, ISN'T IT? OH, MY GOSH. PART OF THE MIGHTY TE AROHA WALK, AND LOVINGLY CALLED 'THE LAVA TRAIL' THE WALKWAY RUNS FOR KILOMETRES ALONG THE NORTH SHORE COASTLINE. IT PASSES THROUGH 72 PRIVATE PROPERTIES, BUT ONE IS TAKING A STAND. THE OWNERS WANT TO GIFT THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND THE WALKWAY, NO MONEY FOR IT. THEY WANT TO GIFT IT, AND ALL THEY WANT IN RETURN IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO LIFT THE HERITAGE LISTING OFF THE DERELICT OLD COTTAGE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FENCE IS THIS ` A PRE-WARTIME BATCH. IT HAS CATEGORY A HISTORIC HERITAGE STATUS, THE HIGHEST CATEGORY, REMINDING AUCKLANDERS OF HOW TAKAPUNA USED TO BE. ARCHIVE: YACHTSMEN FIND ENDLESS VARIETY IN THE DOZENS OF BAYS AND SHELTERED WATERS OUTSIDE THE HARBOUR. BUT AFTER A SERIES OF STALLED AND FAILED SALES NEGOTIATIONS WITH COUNCIL, THE OWNERS, REPRESENTED BY ALEX WITTEN-HANNAH, ARE DEMANDING COUNCIL LIFT THAT HERITAGE STATUS ` AND, IN RETURN, THEY'LL TAKE DOWN THE FENCE. THEY PUT IT ON, THEY CAN TAKE IT OFF. NO, IT'S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS THAT, UNFORTUNATELY. THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH, THERE, AND WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, IT'S DEPENDENT ON CRITERIA RELATING TO HERITAGE VALUES. WE JUST NEED A RESOLUTION. A PETITION, LED BY THE TAKAPUNA RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, IS DEMANDING A SPEEDY FIX. IT NEEDS TO BE A SAFE WALKWAY FOR PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH. A STAIRCASE DOESN'T CUT IT. PEOPLE` I CAN'T GO SCRAMBLING AROUND THE ROCKS. THOSE NOT WILLING OR ABLE TO SCRAMBLE AROUND THE BLOCKAGE OVER THE ROCKS NEED TO TAKE THIS DETOUR. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT... (FADES) WHICH IS HARDLY A LEISURELY STROLL ALONG THE SEASIDE. THERE'S 56` 57 STEPS. THIS DETOUR IS NO MEAN FEAT, IN A NEWSHUB JACKET, ON A SUNNY DAY. LOCALS CONCEDING, THOUGH, IT'S NOT ALL BAD. I'VE DONE THIS EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK, AND I'VE LOST A KG ALREADY. GOOD, EH? BUT WITH COUNCIL AND THE OWNERS STILL STRUGGLING TO STRIKE A DEAL, THE DOG DAYS FOR THIS COMMUNITY ARE FAR FROM OVER. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. MICHAEL'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND A NERVOUS WAIT FOR THE ALL BLACKS? YES, THEY'RE STILL SWEATING ON THE EXTENT OF TYREL LOMAX'S KNEE INJURY, AND WHETHER IT WILL RULE HIM OUT OF THE REST OF THE WORLD CUP. BUT WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT THEY FINISH SECOND IN POOL A AFTER FRANCE THRASHED ITALY THIS MORNING, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN HEADING INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS? AND WHY THIS SNACK WAS THE ONLY REAL BLEMISH FOR RYAN FOX AS HE REMAINS ON TRACK TO DEFEND HIS ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. MORE TROUBLE FOR DONALD TRUMP, OVER HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. HE'S ACCUSED OF LEAKING DETAILS ABOUT U.S. NUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE. AND THE DRAMATIC PACIFIC RESCUE OF A YOUNG ATHLETE, ENDING HIS RECORD-BREAKING ROWING ATTEMPT. RAP SONG: # I don't even care I ain't never had manners # No way, no way # Yo! # Sitting while you rap 'cause we just can't... # (CHAIR MECHANISM SQUEAKS) VOICEOVER: From $2.50, introducing the Subway Value Bites range. DONALD TRUMP IS IN MORE HOT WATER OVER CLASSIFIED INFORMATION HE WAS PRIVY TO WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT. THIS TIME, HE'S ACCUSED OF DISCLOSING SENSITIVE MATERIAL ABOUT AMERICAN NUCLEAR SUBMARINES TO AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE. CHANNEL 7'S DAVID WOIWOOD HAS MORE. A FORMER US PRESIDENT AND AUSTRALIA'S BILLIONAIRE CARDBOARD KING. ANTHONY IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN IN THE WORLD. THEY SHARE A FRIENDSHIP, AND IT'S NOW REPORTED A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALLEGEDLY SHARED DATA ABOUT THE NATION'S NUCLEAR SUBMARINE FLEET WITH A FOREIGN MEMBER OF HIS MAR A LAGO CLUB. ANTHONY PRATT, THE LONG TIME MEMBER OF TRUMP'S PRIVATE FLORIDA CLUB, IS SAID TO HAVE BROACHED THE TOPIC OF AUSTRALIA PURCHASING U.S. NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. TRUMP'S REPLIED WITH DETAILS OF THEIR WARHEAD CAPABILITIES, HOW MANY THEY CAN CARRY, AND HOW CLOSE THEY CAN GET TO RUSSIAN CRAFT WITHOUT DETECTION. IT'S ALL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THE AUSTRALIAN DOESN'T HAVE CLEARANCE FOR. THAT BILLIONAIRE ALLEGEDLY THEN SHARED THOSE US NUCLEAR SECRETS WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS. 45 OTHERS, INCLUDING FOREIGN OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS, EMPLOYEES AND THREE FORMER PRIME MINISTERS. YOU KNOW, LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS. IT'S MADE PRATT THE FOCUS OF MULTIPLE INTERROGATIONS FROM THE FBI AND PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING TRUMP'S HOARDING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, AND AGAIN RAISED QUESTIONS OVER THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF AMERICA'S DEEPEST SECRETS. ANTHONY, YOU'RE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TOM ROBINSON'S HOPES OF BECOMING THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW ALONE ACROSS THE PACIFIC HAVE BEEN DASHED. HE WAS RESCUED FROM THE HULL OF HIS UPTURNED BOAT OFF THE COAST OF VANUATU, DEHYDRATED AND SUNBURNED. CHANNEL 7'S ANNA MCGRAW HAS THE STORY. DEHYDRATED AND SUNBURNT AND WAITING FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. BRISBANE ROWER, TOM ROBINSON (24), STRANDED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH OF VANUATU OVERNIGHT AFTER ROUGH SEAS FLOODED HIS VESSEL. PUTTING AN ABRUPT END TO HIS ATTEMPT TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW AROUND THE WORLD. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP WAVING. HOPEFULLY, THEY COME. YES. YES. THERE'S A BOAT. (LAUGHS) SALVATION. THAT FEELING INTENSIFIED THIS MORNING, WHEN THE P&O PACIFIC EXPLORER CREW FOUND HIM ALL SMILES WITH THE CREW ON BOARD AND HANDED HIM A FRESH SET OF CLOTHES. HE'LL SAIL ON BOARD THE CRUISE TO AUCKLAND, WHERE THE CONSULATE HAS ARRANGED A FLIGHT HOME FOR HIM NEXT WEEK. THIS IS WHY YOU ROW ACROSS AN OCEAN. FOR THIS FEELING YOU GET RIGHT NOW. WHICH, HOPEFULLY, HE'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE AGAIN. MORE THAN $35,000 HAS BEEN RAISED TO HELP REPAIR A BUS THAT'S USED TO TACKLE METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION IN HARD-TO-REACH COMMUNITIES. FOUNDER OF THE 'ANTI-P MINISTRY' BRENDON WARNE SAYS HE WAS DEVASTATED WHEN THE BUS BROKE DOWN DURING ITS LATEST HIKOI TO PARLIAMENT. THE FULL ENGINE REBUILD IT NEEDS WAS EXPECTED TO COST AROUND $15,000, BUT AFTER A SHOUT OUT ON THE PROJECT LAST NIGHT, MORE THAN TWICE THAT AMOUNT HAS BEEN RAISED. BRENDON SAYS HE'S OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT. MY PHONE STARTS VIBRATING. AND THAT'S ALL I FELT, WAS VIBRATION, VIBRATION, VIBRATION. EVERY NOTIFICATION, IT WAS LIKE, UM... IT JUST WENT CRAZY. OVER 700 PEOPLE DONATED, YEAH. SO, CRAZY. IT MADE ME CRY LIKE A LITTLE BABY, YEAH. IT WAS COOL. BRENDON AND HIS TEAM OF RECOVERED P ADDICTS HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT THEIR WORK ACROSS NEW ZEALAND SINCE 2020. BRITISH CAR SHOW TOP GEAR IS GOING TO BE AXED AFTER 46 YEARS. BBC BOSSES MADE THE TOUGH DECISION FOLLOWING A CRASH WHICH ALMOST KILLED PRESENTER ANDREW FREDDIE FLINTOFF. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE BROADCASTER SAID 'IT WOULD BE IN BAD TASTE 'TO CONTINUE MAKING SUCH DANGEROUS MATERIAL.' THE TOP GEAR TRACK WAS FAMED FOR MYSTERY RACER THE STIG'S SUPERFAST LAPS AND THE 'POPULAR STAR IN A REASONABLY-PRICED CAR' SEGMENT WHICH FEATURED CELEBRITY GUESTS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` JUST AHEAD, TWO OF OUR FINEST YOUNG ACTORS MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A FILM SET IN DUNEDIN ABOUT THE TUMULTUOUS 1981 SPRINGBOK TOUR. AND WE SHOW YOU ANOTHER TALENTED YOUNGSTER, TAKING CARD CREATIONS TO NEW HEIGHTS. FRANCE ANNIHILATE ITALY TO SECURE TOP SPOT IN POOL A AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. SO WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR THE ALL BLACKS HEADING INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS? PLUS, A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE RACIAL INCIDENT THAT LED TO THE ALL WHITES ABANDONING THEIR MATCH WITH QATAR IN JUNE. AND SIMONE BILES SOARS TO HEIGHTS NO GYMNAST HAS EVER GONE BEFORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE FINISHED SECOND IN THEIR POOL AT A RUGBY WORLD CUP AFTER FRANCE, AS EXPECTED, BEAT ITALY THIS MORNING. IT WILL MOST LIKELY MEAN A QUARTER FINAL AGAINST WORLD NUMBER ONE IRELAND NEXT WEEKEND. BUT WHETHER PROP TYREL LOMAX WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT MATCH IS STILL UNCLEAR. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS THE LATEST FROM LYON. THE SIGHT OF TYREL LOMAX HOBBLING OFF IN THE ALL BLACKS' FINAL POOL MATCH GAVE IAN FOSTER A HEADACHE HE COULD DO WITHOUT. 24 HOURS ON, AND HE'S STILL SWEATING ON HIS TIGHTHEAD PROP'S FITNESS, BUT RELUCTANT TO JUMP THE GUN ON HIS AVAILABILITY GOING FORWARD. IF YOU JUMP IN EARLY, YOU CAN'T GET THAT PLAYER BACK. AND THAT'S VERY MUCH ON OUR MIND, BECAUSE CLEARLY IF IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT INJURY, BUT IT KEEPS SOMEONE LIKE TYRELL OUT FOR A GAME, WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LOATH TO MAKE THAT REPLACEMENT. LOSING LOMAX WOULD BE A BLOW FOSTER COULD DO WITHOUT IN A WEEK THAT WILL PRESENT ENOUGH CHALLENGES FOR THE ALL BLACKS. MCKENZIE KEEPS IT IN! WITH A LIKELY CLASH AGAINST WORLD NUMBER ONE IRELAND, THEY'RE ALREADY LASER-FOCUSED ON AVOIDING JUST A SECOND-EVER QUARTER FINAL DEFEAT. THIS IS WHAT WE WORK FOR. THIS STAGE IS ONLY ABOUT ONE THING ` IT'S ABOUT WINNING. WITH IRELAND FIRMING AS THEIR LIKELY QUARTERFINAL OPPONENTS, THE ALL BLACKS WILL NO DOUBT DIP INTO THE MEMORY BANK THIS WEEK. THEY WERE TAUGHT A LESSON IN A HISTORIC SERIES LOSS AT HOME LAST YEAR. REFLECTING ON THAT PERIOD, AS PAINFUL AS IT MIGHT BE, WILL FORM A LARGE PART OF THEIR QUARTER FINAL PREPARATIONS. BUT WHAT WE... KNOW IS THE BEAST THAT IRELAND ARE, AND IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO DICTATE UP FRONT AND PLAY THE WAY THEY WANT TO, THEY'RE A TOUGH TEAM TO STOP. A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERSITY NEVER HURT ANYONE IF YOU USE IT WELL. WHILE IRELAND MAY BE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD AND ONE OF THE FAVOURITES TO GO ALL THE WAY, HISTORY IS VERY MUCH AGAINST THEM. THEY'VE NEVER MADE IT PAST THE QUARTERFINAL STAGE OF A WORLD CUP. HISTORY IS OF COURSE MADE TO BE BROKEN, AND DESPITE THE ALL BLACKS HAVING A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS AT THIS STAGE OF THE TOURNAMENT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST. THERE IS NO AREA OF COMPLACENCY IN THIS GROUP WHATSOEVER. WE KNOW THE SIZE OF THE CHALLENGE. IAN FOSTER'S ONLY TASTED SUCCESS AGAINST IRELAND ONCE AS HEAD COACH. A WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL WOULDN'T BE A BAD TIME TO GET HIS SECOND IN. IN LYON, OLLIE RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. SO THE ALL BLACKS FINISHED SECOND IN POOL A BEHIND FRANCE AFTER THEY THUMPED ITALY 60 POINTS TO 7. EVEN WITHOUT INJURED SKIPPER ANTOINE DUPONT, THE HOSTS DISPATCHED THE ITALIANS WITH EASE, SCORING FOUR TIMES IN EACH HALF TO RUNAWAY TO THEIR LARGEST-EVER WIN AGAINST THEIR EUROPEAN RIVALS. JUST CLICKING THROUGH THE PHASES, LOOKING FOR THE SPACE. A LITTLE BIT OF FOOTWORK, THE ACCELERATION IS SUPERB. FRANCE COME AGAIN, AND MOEFANA ON THE END OF THE CHAIN. SO THAT MEANS IF IRELAND BEATS SCOTLAND TOMORROW, IT'LL BE FRANCE VERSUS SOUTH AFRICA IN ONE QUARTER AND THE ALL BLACKS AND IRELAND IN ANOTHER. THE WELLINGTON LIONS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO DEFENDING THEIR NPC TITLE, AFTER A THRILLING 32-28 WIN OVER WAIKATO IN THE QUARTER-FINAL JUST MOMENTS AGO. WELLINGTON HELD A 25-7 POINT LEAD AT HALFTIME, BUT THE MOOLOOS CLAWED THEIR WAY BACK TO TRAIL BY JUST 5 POINTS. AND WITH TIME UP, THEY WENT THROUGH 32 PHASES TO TRY AND CLINCH AN UNLIKELY WIN ` 32-28, THE FINAL SCORE. CAN'T GET A PLAYER... FINAU NOW COMING. AGAINST THE FENCE, CONTACT. AND LAST NIGHT, CANTERBURY BOOKED THEIR PLACE IN THE FINAL FOUR WITH A NARROW WIN OVER AUCKLAND 29-24, KEEPING THEIR HOPES OF A 10TH CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN ALIVE. FIFA HAVE THROWN OUT NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL'S COMPLAINT THAT A QATAR PLAYER RACIALLY ABUSED ALL WHITES DEFENDER MICHAEL BOXALL DURING A FRIENDLY BACK IN JUNE. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CONFIRMED FIFA'S INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR CLAIMS FOUND A 'LACK OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE'. AT THE TIME THE ALL WHITES ABANDONED THE MATCH, ALLEGING A 'SIGNIFICANT RACIAL SLUR' WAS MADE TOWARDS BOXALL, BUT NEVER REVEALED WHAT WAS SAID. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT FURTHER ON FIFA'S DECISION. RYAN FOX REMAINS IN CONTENTION TO DEFEND HIS ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AFTER A SOLID SECOND ROUND AT ST ANDREWS. FOX STARTED THE DAY AT 6 UNDER PAR AND MADE THREE BIRDIES ON HIS FRONT NINE, PLUS ANOTHER ON THE BACK. HE DID BOGEY THE PAR-5 16TH TO ENSURE HE FINISHED THE DAY AT 9 UNDER PAR, BUT PERHAPS HIS BIGGEST MISHAP WAS WHEN HE WENT TO EAT A HOT DOG MID-ROUND. OH DEAR. BIG MISTAKE. MUSTARD ON THE SHIRT ` ON THE JACKET. HE'S NOT AWARE OF IT YET. NO, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE GLOVE. NOW HE'S GONNA GET IT ON HIS SLEEVE. (CHUCKLES) OH, THIS IS GONNA GO FROM BAD TO WORSE. OH, THERE HE GOES. FOX IS CURRENTLY TIED FOR SIXTH, FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEADER MATT FITZPATRICK. LIAM LAWSON WILL START THE QATAR GRAND PRIX FROM 18TH AFTER A TOUGH QUALIFYING SESSION OVERNIGHT. BATTLING STRONG WINDS AND A DUSTY TRACK, THE KIWI FINISHED TWO SECONDS OFF THE PACE SET BY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER MAX VERSTAPPEN. ALPHA TAURI HAS CONFIRMED DANIEL RICCIARDO HAS RECOVERED FROM HIS BROKEN HAND AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE US GRAND PRIX, MEANING MONDAY'S DRIVE WILL BE LAWSON'S LAST FOR THE TIME BEING, ENDING A 5-RACE WHIRLWIND F1 EXPERIENCE FOR THE 21-YEAR-OLD. PAKISTAN HAVE GOT THEIR CRICKET WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN OFF TO A WINNING START, BUT NOT BEFORE SOME NERVOUS MOMENTS AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS. BATTING FIRST, PAKISTAN WERE DISMISSED FOR A BELOW-PAR 286. THE DUTCH THEN GOT THE RUN CHASE OFF TO A ROLLICKING START BEFORE THE PAKISTANI QUICKS TOOK CONTROL. WELL THAT'S A LOT BETTER, AND THAT'S GONE DOWN THE THROAT OF THE MAN AT SQUARE LEG. OH, BOWLED HIM! PAKISTAN WINNING BY 81 RUNS. THE MATCH BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND AFGHANISTAN HAS JUST GOT UNDERWAY. AND FINALLY TONIGHT, THERE IS NOW NO DISPUTING THAT SIMONE BILES IS THE GREATEST GYMNAST OF ALL TIME AFTER THE AMERICAN WON HER SIXTH CAREER WORLD ALL-AROUND TITLE THIS MORNING. IT NOW TAKES HER OVERALL MEDAL HAUL AT THE OLYMPICS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO 34, MAKING HER THE MOST DECORATED GYMNAST EVER, MALE OR FEMALE. NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS. ANOTHER COMPETITION, ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL FOR SIMONE BILES. (CHEERING) BILES MAKING HISTORY THIS MORNING AT THE WORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS AS SHE WON AN ALL-ROUND GOLD IN BELGIUM. AND IT IS AN ENORMOUS OPENING TO HER COMPETITION. ALTHOUGH HER PERFORMANCE WASN'T COMPLETELY ERROR-FREE... EVERYONE IN THE ARENA WAS SURPRISED WITH THAT STUMBLE. ...HER FLAIR ON THE BEAM, VAULT, FLOOR AND BAR WAS UNDENIABLE. (CHEERING) TODAY'S GOLD MEDAL COMING 10 YEARS FROM HER FIRST, PUSHING HER TALLY TO 34 ` THE MOST FOR ANY GYMNAST, MALE OR FEMALE, SURPASSING THE GREAT BELARUSSIAN VITALY SCHERBO. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD FOR THE 26-YEAR-OLD. I JUST FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO TAKE A BACK SEAT, WORK ON MY MINDFULNESS. AND I KNEW THAT THE GIRLS WOULD DO AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT JOB, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO RISK THE TEAM A MEDAL FOR, KIND OF, MY SCREW-UPS. BILES PULLED OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS AFTER SUFFERING FROM THE TWISTIES, WHICH AFFECTED HER SPATIAL AWARENESS WHILE IN THE AIR. SHE TOOK A BREAK FROM COMPETING, AND WHILE DOING SO, WAS A KEY WITNESS AGAINST CONVICTED ABUSER DR LARRY NASSAR. BUT TODAY, THAT SEEMED TO ALL BE BEHIND HER. THE SCORE IS ENORMOUS. INCREDIBLY, THERE COULD BE MORE TO COME, WITH THE AMERICAN QUALIFYING FOR FOUR MORE FINALS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. BUT RIGHT NOW, SIMONE BILES IS ALREADY THE GREATEST GYMNAST OF ALL TIME. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. THAT NUMBER SHORTER GROW. THE OLYMPICS NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SHE IS AN AMAZING ATHLETE. CINEMA AUDIENCES CAN CHOOSE TO SUPPORT LOCAL THIS WEEKEND, AND IN DOING SO, CAN SOAK UP THE PERFORMANCES OF TWO OF AOTEAROA'S FINEST YOUNG ACTORS. JULIAN DENNISON OF 'HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE' AND JAMES ROLLESTON OF 'BOY' FAME ARE TOGETHER IN A NEW FILM CALLED 'UPROAR'. THEY SPOKE TO KATE RODGER. SHE'S A BIT BUMPY AROUND HERE. SO, HOW'S THIS FOR A CLASSIC KIWI SITUATION? TWO HOUSEHOLD NAMES, TWO OF TAIKA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL YOUNG PADAWANS. KIA ORA. MY NAME IS BOY AND WELCOME TO MY INTERESTING WORLD. WHEN THEY ASK WHO DID THIS, TELL THEM IT WAS THE WILDERPEOPLE. 'BOY' BREAKOUT JAMES ROLLESTON AND 'HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE'S WUNDERKIND, JULIAN DENNISON ` YOU LOST? THEY'VE BEEN KICKING AROUND THE LOCAL FILM SCENE SINCE THEY WERE YEA-HIGH ` BACK UP, HOMIES. BUT THEY'D NEVER ACTUALLY MET. NOW, THEY'RE ON THE BIG SCREEN, PLAYING BROTHERS. IT'S DIFFERENT, SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE DIFFERENT. WE MET A FEW MONTHS BEFORE, EH. YEAH, YEAH. I SAID THIS IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW. LIKE, WE WERE OUT IN TOWN AND LIKE, MY FRIEND WAS PLAYING A GIG AND WE WERE BOTH THERE. I WAS LIKE, 'HEY, NICE TO MEET YOU, JAMES.' THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME PROPERLY MEETING HIM. AND I WAS LIKE, 'HEY'` I WAS A LITTLE BIT STARSTRUCK, I'M NOT GONNA LIE` WE WERE TALKING ABOUT` WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WORK AND ALL THAT, 'YEAH. NAH, NAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST SIGNED UP FOR THIS, 'YOU KNOW, THIS RUGBY FILM.' AND I WAS LIKE, 'OH, I JUST SIGNED ON FOR THE RUGBY FILM AS WELL.' AND THAT RUGBY FILM, IS THIS ` UPROAR. SHOT IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, AND SET AGAINST THE TUMULTUOUS BACKDROP OF THE 1981 SPRINGBOK TOUR. BROWN BOY, COME JOIN US. DENNISON'S JOSH WAKA IS THE BEATING HEART OF THIS STORY. HE'S A YOUNG MAORI TEENAGER OUT OF STEP WITH WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE BELONGS. I TOLD YOU, YOU'LL GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL` I HATE THAT SCHOOL. I'M A MAORI, SURROUNDED BY WHITE KIDS. AND FOR THIS TALENTED ACTOR, HIS 'JOSH' FELT A LOT LIKE HIM. YEAH, HE'S A YOUNG ACTOR. I WENT TO AN ALL BOYS SCHOOL, HE WENT TO AN ALL BOYS SCHOOL. BUT EVEN GROWING UP WITH, LIKE, ONE PARENT WHO'S PAKEHA AND ONE PARENT WHO'S MAORI AND HOW YOU NAVIGATE THAT, YEAH, I VERY MUCH RELATED TO HIM AND THAT ASPECT OF FEELING, KIND OF` A TENSION OF THE TWO WORLDS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE. DARLING, THEY'RE YOUR PEOPLE, TOO. TWO BROTHERS ON THE BIG SCREEN, FEELING A LOT LIKE IT, OFF-SCREEN. THE 'UPROAR' FILM WHANAU, CLEARLY, A SPECIAL ONE. WHEN ALL OF US CAST CAME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WAS` WE ALL JUST` YEAH, EASY, EH? YEAH. WE ALL JUST KIND OF CLICKED, YOU KNOW, AND` BUT IT DEFINITELY HELPS WHEN YOU'VE GOT A RHYS DARBY IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, JUST CRACKING A DAD JOKE HERE AND THERE. YOU ARE NOT CRAP, JOSH. WE WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB. AN INDIAN TEENAGER WITH A LOVE OF CARD-STACKING HAS PUT HIS PASSION TO THE TEST. HE BROKE THE WORLD RECORD, USING 143,000 PLAYING CARDS TO BUILD A MODEL OF HIS HOME TOWN. IT TOOK 41 DAYS OF CAREFUL PLACEMENT, WITH THE FINAL MASTERPIECE MEASURING IN AT 12m WIDE AND 3.5m HIGH. IN THE END, HE DESTROYED IT BY DOING A BODY ROLL FROM END TO END, SAYING, 'IT WAS JUST IN THE CARDS FOR ME TO DO'. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION IS ASSURING THE PUBLIC VOTER ACCESS WON'T BE COMPROMISED, AFTER NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS CLAIMED 'HUNDREDS' OF VOTING BOOTHS IN 'RURAL AREAS' WOULD BE CLOSED. COMPLAINTS OVER 'ROWDY TENANTS' HAVE LED TO A NUMBER OF KAINGA ORA SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BEING PUT ON HOLD. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER ` AND THE NORTH ISLAND GETS A MESSY SUNDAY, MIKE? YES, WE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN WATCH OUT THE WAIROA DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE TAIRAWHITI GISBORNE AREA FROM 6AM TOMORROW UNTIL 8PM. THERE'S ALSO A WIND WATCH OUT FOR THE FAR NORTH TOMORROW FROM 11, AND ALSO THE BAY OF PLENTY EAST OF WHAKATANE FROM 9PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL ARE IN THE MIX AS WELL, SO, A BIT GOING ON. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WITH THE FULL FORECAST, COMING UP NEXT. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. A LITTLE MORE RAIN TO GET THROUGH TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH ISLAND ` THAT RAIN BAND SPREADS ALONG THE EAST TONIGHT, WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN NORTHLAND. SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO COULD SEE SOME SNOW TO 600m. TOMORROW, GISBORNE AND WAIROA ARE UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH. THE FAR NORTH GETS SOME STRONG WINDS, AND ANOTHER FRONT BRUSHES SOUTHERN AOTEAROA. THE WEST COAST OF TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND STAYS MAINLY FINE TONIGHT, WHILE OVER THE ALPS, THE EAST GETS DRIZZLE WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH. TOMORROW, THE RAIN IN THE SOUTH EASES TO SHOWERS AND THOSE SHOWERS MOVE INTO OTAGO. BUT IT'S MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE, AFTER A CLOUDY MORNING, AND TE IKA A MAUI THE NORTH ISLAND, THOSE HEAVY SHOWERS EASE FOR NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT AS THAT RAINBAND MOVES TO THE EAST CAPE. TOMORROW, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BREW FOR AREAS NORTH OF TAUPO. WINDS PICK UP FOR THE FAR NORTH IN THE MORNING AND ALSO IN THE BAY OF PLENTY LATE AT NIGHT. THE WEST AND SOUTH STARTS TO FINE UP ` BREAKING THAT DOWN A BIT, KAITAIA GETS SOME STRONG WINDS. SHOWERS COULD BE HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH IN THE MORNING AND THEN EVERYWHERE ELSE AFTER LUNCH. FURTHER SOUTH, AND IT'S A MORNING OF LOW CLOUD HERE, BUT WHAKATANE GETS RAIN, SHOWERS DEVELOP AND AGAIN, THERE'S A RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON. INTO THE EAST ` RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY FALLS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. WHERE IT FINES UP, EVERYONE HERE GETS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND FOR THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND ITS A LITTLE BETTER HERE, WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND THEN IT STARTS TO FINE UP. TAUMARUNUI COULD SEE SOME FOG AND ALSO GET SOME HEAVY SHOWERS. OVER THE STRAIT WE GO, AND NELSON GETS A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON. EVERYONE ELSE GETS A FINE DAY WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER THE ALPS. KAIKOURA GETS A LITTLE SPRINKLE OF THE WET STUFF, BUT IT DOES FINE UP ` ASHBURTON AND TIMARU HAVE A FROSTY START, BUT PLENTY OF SUN AROUND UNTIL CLOUD RETURNS AT NIGHT. AND A MAINLY FINE DAY WITH A FEW FROSTS FOR SOUTHERN AREAS TOMORROW, INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND GET SOME FRESH WESTERLIES AND SOME RAIN, BUT IT DOES EASE. DUNEDIN GETS SOME SHOWERS. TIME FOR THE METROS, NOW. HELLO DUNEDIN ` YOU GET FINE SPELLS, BUT HAVE A JACKET HANDY AS THERE'S A SOUTHWESTERLY AND A FEW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 THE HIGH, BUT IT FEELS LIKE 8. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, JUST A HEADS UP FOR GROWERS, POTENTIALLY A FROST IN THE MORNING, AS WELL AS SOME CLOUD, BUT THEN IT FINES UP. STILL A BIT CHILLY WITH A SOUTHERLY. KIA ORA WELLINGTON, YOU GET SOME MORNING CLOUD BUT YOU WILL SEE MORE FINE BREAKS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. THOSE FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES EASE IN THE EVENING. HAWKE'S BAY GETS RAIN, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE WAIROA AREA WHERE IT COULD BE HEAVY. IT EASES TO SHOWERS AROUND DINNERTIME; HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 13/14 DEGREES. THERE'S SOME MORNING CLOUD, EVEN FOG, IN TAURANGA, TOMORROW MORNING. SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON, SOME WILL BE HEAVY, WITH THUNDER, WITH HAIL. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PATTERN FOR HAMILTON, AS WELL ` THOSE THUNDERY SHOWERS CLEAR IN THE EVENING. THERE'S A SOUTHERLY WIND AND A HIGH OF 17. AND TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, YOU GET SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY, WITH THUNDER AND HAIL NORTH OF ALBANY TOMORROW MORNING. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP SOUTH OF ALBANY IN THE AFTERNOON. LET'S HAVE A LOOK OVERSEAS NOW ` AUSTRALIA GETS A CLOUDY SUNDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN CAIRNS, AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE ` PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, WITH A FEW SHOWERS STILL IN THE COOK ISLANDS. BACK HERE NOW, AND IT'S A LOT MORE SETTLED FROM MONDAY, WITH NORTHERN AREAS SEEING SOME CLOUD. WHITIANGA HAS A NICE WEEK, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WELL FOR TAURANGA. GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY SEE SHOWERS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, AND FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND ` WHANGANUI GETS A WINDY START TO THE SCHOOL TERM, BUT IT'S MAINLY FINE ` PALMERSTON NORTH, HOWEVER, GETS A FEW MORE SHOWERS DURING THE WEEK. INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND GREYMOUTH HAS A COLD WEEK AHEAD, WITH HIGHS AROUND 13/14 AND IT CUTS UP A LITTLE ROUGH IN THE SOUTH. THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER. IN THE MEANTIME ENJOY THIS BRILLIANT PICTURE. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M ALICE WILKINS, PO MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY SALLY HARPER AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023