CIVILIANS ON BOTH SIDES ARE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR PASSES 1000. WHY WAYNE BROWN'S WARNING AUCKLANDERS THEIR WATER BILLS COULD DOUBLE UNDER NATIONAL. AND A SHOCK LOSS FOR FIJI, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR AUSTRALIA TO AVOID AN EARLY EXIT FROM THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. PLUS ` THE AUSTRALIAN ROWER RESCUED BY A CRUISE SHIP EXPLAINS WHY HE WAS NAKED WHEN THEY PICKED HIM UP. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER, MAIA CARR HEKE AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL 'DO ANYTHING' TO FREE THE HUNDRED-OR-SO HOSTAGES TAKEN IN AN ATTACK BY PALESTINIAN HAMAS FIGHTERS. AND BY ANYTHING, IT MEANS GOING EVEN FURTHER THAN THE PROMISE IT'S ALREADY MADE TO DELIVER A 'MIGHTY VENGEANCE'. THE COMBINED NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI DEAD HAS ALREADY PASSED 1000, WITH ONE MASSACRE OF AT LEAST 260 ISRAELI YOUNGSTERS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL AMONG THE HORRORS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) REVENGE WAS SERVED UP LOUD AND DEADLY TODAY AND FOLLOWED BY A CHILLING SILENCE. ISRAEL HAMMERED GAZA WITH AIRSTRIKES, FORMALLY DECLARING WAR ON HAMAS AND MATCHING ITS WORDS WITH MISSILES. HAMAS WAS MORE BARBARIC AND MORE BRUTAL THAN ISIS. LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR; ISRAEL WILL RESPOND WITH DETERMINATION AND FORCE. IT IS A COMMITMENT LADEN IN BLOOD. SEVERAL ISRAELIS WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED DURING THE SHOOTOUT NEAR THE GAZA BORDER. SOLDIERS FIRING OVER CAR BONNETS AS MOTORISTS DUCKED FOR COVER. MILITARY MIGHT PROWLS THE HIGHWAYS HEADING SOUTH, BUT THE ROADS CARRY MORE THAN JUST THE THREAT OF WHAT'S TO COME. BODIES OF HAMAS MILITANTS LEFT ON THE TAR SEAL WHERE THEY FELL ` THE GRAPHIC REALITY OF THE BRUTAL BATTLES ALREADY FOUGHT. SATURDAY'S DAWN ASSAULT HAS TRIGGERED A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS VOLLEY OF ATTACKS. TRANSLATOR: THIS BUILDING, 80 FAMILIES LIVED HERE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD. GAZA IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PLACES IN THE WORLD. AND OUTSIDE THIS LOCAL HOSPITAL, A CROWD QUICKLY SURROUNDS AN INJURED MAN. HE HOLDS THE BODY OF HIS YOUNG CHILD, KILLED WHEN AN AIRSTRIKE HIT HIS HOME. THE ANGUISH IS HARROWING, AND IT'S BEING FELT ON BOTH SIDES. THE ANGUISH IS HARROWING, AND IT'S BEING FELT ON BOTH SIDES. (SPEAKS HEBREW) THIS FATHER, ALSO IN AGONY, A WRECK WITH WORRY THAT HE, TOO, WILL SOON BE BURYING HIS CHILD. HIS DAUGHTER, NOAH (25), WAS FILMED PLEADING FOR HELP AS SHE WAS CARRIED AWAY FROM A MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY. SHE IS ONE OF THE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE FEARED KIDNAPPED BY HAMAS MILITANTS, AND ISRAEL MEDICS SAY AT LEAST 260 BODIES HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND AT THE SITE OF THE FESTIVAL. HER BEST FRIEND LEFT FIGHTING AGAINST FADING HOPE. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M FEAR, THAT SHE'S BEEN HURT. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TO IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HER. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HER. THE CONCERN IS CONTAGIOUS. ORDINARY CIVILIANS ARE NOW OBSESSIVELY CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER, FEARING THE WORST WILL HIT THEM NEXT. JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE I LOVE IS OK ABOUT 30 TIMES A DAY. KIWI MAYA NETZER MOVED TO ISRAEL SEVEN YEARS AGO, KIWI MAYA NETZER MOVED TO ISRAEL SEVEN YEARS AGO AND SAYS THE LEVEL OF TERROR IS UNPRECEDENTED. JUST REALLY, REALLY ANXIOUS AND TERRIFIED AND KIND OF NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW SAFE WE ACTUALLY ARE, AND SEEING JUST A LOT OF HORRIFYING VIDEOS AND PICTURES COMING OUT FROM PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH. IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SCARY. HER FAMILY, WHO STILL LIVE IN AUCKLAND, HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S BEEN SLEEPING MUCH. CERTAINLY NOT HERE, WHERE THE SKIES ARE AWAKE AT ALL HOURS. LISETTE, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FATE OF THOSE HOSTAGES? OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE GRAVE CONCERNS FOR THOSE HOSTAGES. AT THE MOMENT IT'S PROVING DIFFICULT JUST TO GET THE MOST BASIC INFORMATION `. HOW MANY THERE ARE AND WHO ARE THEY. THERE ARE WOMEN, CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD AND THE ELDERLY AMONG THEM. HAMAS LEADERS HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE CAPTURED ENOUGH IS REALLY SOLDIERS TO BE ABLE TO FORCE THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE EVERY SINGLE PALESTINIAN PRISONER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS VOWED MIGHTY VENGEANCE, BUT THE FATE OF THOSE HOSTAGES IS NOW INCREDIBLY COMPLICATING HIS ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE, AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT HAMAS IS VERY AWARE OF THAT FACT. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THEY ARE NOW USING THE HOSTAGES AS A HUMAN SHIELD, SPREADING THEM OUT ACROSS GAZA SO THAT ANY ATTACK BY ISRAEL WILL RISK HARMING ONE OF THEIR OWN. OVER 400 PALESTINIANS KILLED AND 700 ISRAELIS `. THE HUMAN COST IS TOO GREAT. WESTERN LEADERS ARE CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS OF HAMAS, WHILE THE U.S. IS TAKING THINGS A STEP FURTHER. IT'S SENDING ITS MOST ADVANCED WAR CARRIER CLOSER TO ISRAEL. ON BOARD ARE 5000 SAILORS AND A FLEET OF WAR PLANES, READY TO ASSIST IF NEEDED. U.S. CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN REPORTS. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?! SHAME ON THEM! SHAME ON THEM! SHAME ON ALL THE TERRORISTS! NEW YORK CITY HAS THE LARGEST JEWISH POPULATION OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL, AND HOURS AFTER THEIR SPIRITUAL HOMELAND WAS ATTACKED... PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DESCENDED ON TIMES SQUARE, A MOVE ALREADY LABELLED 'ABHORRENT AND MORALLY REPUGNANT' BY THE GOVERNOR. I'M A STRONG BELIEVER THAT THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET ARE SUPPORTING TERRORISM. THIS HUGE CROWD HERE ACROSS THE STREET ARE HERE CELEBRATING THE MURDER OF OVER 600 ISRAELIS. PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE WORLD, AND FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, THIS ONE WAS ON THE MOVE, MARCHING THROUGH MANHATTAN. THE PROTESTERS ARE CHANTING 'FREE, FREE PALESTINE', AND IT'S A PROTEST THAT NEW YORK OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT TO HAPPEN TODAY. THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY TENSIONS TO BE INFLAMED. ALMOST 300 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, THIS YEAR ALONE, IN THE PAST 9 MONTHS, AND NO OUTRAGE HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSED! THE DEMONSTRATION TOOK PLACE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR EMERGED FROM THE MEETING WITH AN IPAD TO ILLUSTRATE THE ATROCITIES BEFORE COMPARING THE ATTACKS TO ONES ON THIS CITY 22 YEARS AGO. THIS IS ISRAEL'S 9/11. THIS IS ISRAEL'S 9/11. AMERICANS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE HAMAS ATTACK, AND TODAY, WASHINGTON STEPPED UP ITS RESPONSE. THE U.S. NAVY'S NEWEST AIRCRAFT CARRIER WILL SAIL TOWARDS ISRAEL, ARMED WITH WAR PLANES. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DIRECTION WAS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING ISRAEL EVERYTHING IT NEEDS IN THIS MOMENT TO DEAL WITH THE ATTACKS FROM HAMAS. ELSEWHERE, GLOBAL LEADERS JOINED THE CHORUS OF CONDEMNATION OVER THE WEEKEND'S ATTACKS. THIS IS INDISCRIMINATE ` CIVILIANS BEING TARGETED, KILLED AND MURDERED. WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HELP. TERRORISM WILL NOT PREVAIL. ITSELF AT WAR, BILLBOARDS IN UKRAINE'S CAPITAL WERE ILLUMINATED WITH THE ISRAELI FLAG. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, HAVING SPOKEN WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER, OFFERED HIS CONDOLENCES TOO. BACK IN NEW YORK, DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENED TO SPILL OVER AS THE DAY WORE ON ` (SHOUTING, CLAMOUR). (SHOUTING, CLAMOUR) ...A SIGN PERHAPS HOW FAR THE CONFLICT IS STRETCHING. IN NEW YORK, MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS TOLD NANAIA MAHUTA TO PREPARE THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE NEEDED IN THE CONFLICT. HE'S ALSO SPOKEN TO HIS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART, ANTHONY ALBANESE, WHOM HE SAYS IS ON THE SAME PAGE. IT COMES AS FAMILIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONFLICT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR NEWS OF THEIR LOVED ONES. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. ISRAELI-BORN GILAD WAGNER LIVES WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT HIS PARENTS' HOME'S LESS THAN A KILOMETRE FROM GAZA. AT 6AM TWO DAYS AGO, MILITANTS ENTERED THE TOWN AND HIS PARENTS' NEIGHBOURS WERE SHOT. MILITANTS ENTERED THE TOWN, AND HIS PARENTS' NEIGHBOURS WERE SHOT. TERRORISTS BROKE INTO THEIR HOUSE AND SHOT HIM AND HIS WIFE, KILLING HER. HE WAS WOUNDED AND CAME TO THEIR PLACE. THE PARENTS SURVIVED 24 HOURS IN THEIR SHELTER WITH THEIR WOUNDED NEIGHBOUR, BUT HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS DID NOT SURVIVE. TAKE THEM TO GAZA STRIP, KILL THEM, KIDNAP ` IT'S OUR WORST NIGHTMARE EVER. HALF A WORLD AWAY, GIL WAGNER SAYS HE FEELS HELPLESS. IT'S HARD BECAUSE, RIGHT NOW, EVERY HOUR OR TWO YOU GET ANOTHER MESSAGE, ANOTHER PERSON, THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM AND IT'S NOT HUMAN. PALESTINIAN AHMED SAADEH AND HIS YOUNG FAMILY HAVE BEEN IN WAIKATO FOR 12 YEARS, BUT RELATIVES IN GAZA ARE SUFFERING UNDER THE ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT. HE SAYS THERE'S RARELY POWER, WATER, INTERNET OR FOOD, BUT HIS AUNTY TELLS HIM IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW. WHEN I'M TALKING TO HER, I'M HEARING THE NOISE, I'M HEARING THE PEOPLE, EVEN SCREAMING IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, I'M HEARING THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE. FAIRLY WORRIED. THEY'RE AFRAID ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M HEARING ALSO THE AEROPLANES BOMBING OTHER PLACES. SAADEH SAYS THERE WAS A LOT OF SYMPATHY HERE FOR MUSLIMS AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT FEELING THAT NOW. WE NEVER HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT US AS PALESTINIANS. WE'RE JUST BEING PORTRAYED AS VIOLENT, AS BARBARIC, AS WAR-ADVOCATE PEOPLE, WHICH IS DEFINITELY WRONG. TENSIONS IN ISRAEL ARE BEING REFLECTED HERE, WITH SOME JEWISH LEADERS ADVISED TO TIGHTEN THEIR OWN SECURITY. WE ARE IN A HEIGHTENED SECURITY AWARENESS SITUATION, SHALL WE SAY, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE POLICE AND ADVICE FROM THE POLICE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE WANTS FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO BE POISED AND READY TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID AS SOON AS THE CALL GOES OUT. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. A BY-ELECTION HAS BEEN TRIGGERED BY THE DEATH OF ACT'S PORT WAIKATO CANDIDATE, NEIL CHRISTENSEN. THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THE PROSPECT OF A SECOND GENERAL ELECTION, RAISED BY THE NATIONAL PARTY IN CASE THEY CAN'T STRIKE A DEAL WITH NEW ZEALAND FIRST AND ACT. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH EXPLAINS. MAKING A LATE BREAK FOR THE LINE ` LET'S PICK UP THE PACE. CHRIS HIPKINS ABSOLUTELY GOING FOR IT. THE CLOCK IS RUNNING DOWN ` FIVE MORE DAYS TO GO. THE WORLD CUP OF NEW ZEALAND POLITICS DRAWING TO A CLOSE. IT'S QUITE HEAVY. EVERY PLAY MUST BE PERFECT. (ALL GROAN) THE MESSAGING FROM THE BLUE TEAM HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT, AS NATIONAL'S NERVES HAVE FRAYED, THEY'VE BEGUN DALLYING WITH DOOM MONGERING ` THREATENING TO SEND THE COUNTRY BACK TO THE POLLS FOR A SECOND ELECTION IF THEY CAN'T MAKE A DEAL. I THINK IT'S PRETTY UNLIKELY THERE WILL BE A SECOND ELECTION, BUT I THINK THE REALITY IS, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNCERTAINTY. I THINK THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYING, OR THREATENING A SECOND ELECTION I THINK THE NATIONAL PARTY SAYING, OR THREATENING A SECOND ELECTION BEFORE THIS ONE IS EVEN OVER SHOWS HOW UNPREPARED AND UNREADY TO BE GOVERNMENT THEY ARE. I SUPPOSE IT'S A PARAMETRIC MEASURE OF HOW THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING FOR THEM. BUT IN THE END, BUT IN THE END, YOU ARE THREATENING A SECOND ELECTION BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE ONE. NOT ONLY THE NATS ` THEIR PARTNERS IN PINK APPEAR TO BE PANICKING TOO, DAVID SEYMOUR RESURRECTING HIS THREAT OF WITHHOLDING FULL SUPPORT AND MAKING NATIONAL NEGOTIATE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF POLICY WITH HIM. WE WILL FIGHT HARD TO ENSURE REAL CHANGE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE DEMANDING WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S PLAYING AT? IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. DAVID SEYMOUR AND I HAVE A GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. AGAIN, IN MELTDOWN TODAY, WITH DAVID SEYMOUR THREATENING TO HOLD THE NAT PARTY TO RANSOM ON A DAILY BASIS. WHY ARE YOU STILL THREATENING A CONFIDENCE-ONLY ARRANGEMENT? I AM ACTUALLY NOT. AS HIS POTENTIAL PARTNERS HIT THE PANIC BUTTON, ENTER THE UNLIKELY STABILITY MERCHANT ` WINSTON PETERS. THERE WILL BE NO SECOND ELECTION AFTER OCTOBER 14. WE WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT. STOP BEHAVING LIKE CHILDISH SCHOOLBOYS. AND START ACTING LIKE ADULTS. THIS KIND OF SPECTACLE THIS CLOSE TO AN ELECTION IS WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS COULD EXPECT IF CHRISTOPHER LUXON COMES PRIME MINISTER. I THINK WE WILL SEE OUR NUMBERS GOING UP ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SCOOPING UP THE FINAL VOTES IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE. I'M NOT VOTING FOR YOU. YOU RE HEADING OUT TO VOTE, ARE YOU? WE'RE HEADING ON A CRUISE! A SUMMER HOLIDAY MUCH MORE DESIRABLE THAN A SECOND SPIN OF THE POLLS. JENNA, VOTERS IN PORT WAIKATO ARE GOING BACK TO THE POLLS EITHER WAY? YEAH, AN UNPRECEDENTED QUIRK OF DEMOCRACY. THE ACT PARTY CANDIDATE NEIL CHRISTENSEN HAS DIED, AND SO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION HAS RULED THAT NO MATTER THE OUTCOME OF THAT SEAT, THERE WILL NEED TO BE A BY-ELECTION TO ELECT A LOCAL MP. FOR PORT WAIKATO VOTERS, THE PARTY BOAT STILL COUNTS BUT THEIR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED AT THE BY-ELECTION. AND THE DATE IS YET TO BE SET FOR THAT. WE WILL HAVE A LARGER PARLIAMENT, SO THERE WILL BE 121 MPS RATHER THAN 120. IF THERE IS A DRAW, 60 EACH WAY, IT REMOVES THAT, BUT THERE COULD STILL BE A HUNG PARLIAMENT. THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY IS TALKING ABOUT AT THE MOMENT. IF NEITHER SIDE CAN COMMAND THE MAJORITY. SECOND ELECTION NOT TOTALLY OFF THE TABLE. AUCKLAND'S MAYOR IS RAMPING UP HIS PRESSURE ON THE NATIONAL PARTY TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT REPLACEMENT TO THREE WATERS, WARNING WATER BILLS COULD DOUBLE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS IF THEY DON'T. BUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON DOESN'T ACCEPT THEIR PLAN WILL INCREASE COSTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS. POLITICAL REPORTER AMELIA WADE HAS MORE. THE CITY OF SAILS SEEMS TO BE BECOMING THE CITY OF SINKHOLES. THIS ONE ON COLLEGE HILL OPENED UP ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. TODAY, THE FIRST OF THE SITE'S NEW PIPES WENT IN. THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFICULTIES WITH THE JOB. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LAYING NEW STORMWATER PIPE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE BUSY AUCKLAND ARTERIAL ROADS. THESE ONES ARE LOW-CARBON MORE CLIMATE FRIENDLY AND STRONGER. AUCKLAND'S GOING TO NEED A LOT OF THEM OVER THE NEXT DECADE. WE'D BE LOOKING AT A 60KM TO 70KM REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME. THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S SOLUTION TO WATER WOES LIKE THIS IS THE PLAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS THREE WATERS, NOW DUBBED ` AFFORDABLE WATER REFORM. HERE'S A REMINDER OF WHAT THEY ARE ` THE LATEST ITERATION CREATES 10 NEW ENTITIES WITH BOARDS, THOSE WILL BE APPOINTED BY GROUPS WHICH HAVE A 50/50 SPLIT OF COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES AND MAORI. THOSE 10 BOARDS WILL RUN ALL THE FRESHWATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE ENTITIES ` BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM COUNCILS ` WOULD BE ABLE TO BORROW MORE, MORE CHEAPLY, TO FIX THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE. BASICALLY, THROUGH GETTING ECONOMIES OF SCALE, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE. IT WAS NEVER GOING TO WORK, AND I'M QUITE HAPPY THEY'RE REPEALING IT. NATIONAL WOULD REPEAL THE WATER REFORMS, NATIONAL WOULD REPEAL THE WATER REFORMS AND GIVE THE ASSETS BACK TO COUNCILS, AND ESTABLISH A WATER QUALITY REGULATOR TO SET STANDARDS. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE COUNCILS TO RING-FENCE REVENUE FOR WATER SERVICES, PROMISING THEY'D BE LOCALLY RUN. YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT AND THINK YOU'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM IS A BALANCE SHEET ISSUE. BROWN'S WARNING IF THE WATER REFORMS ARE REPEALED WITHOUT REPLACEMENT, AUCKLANDERS WILL HAVE TO PICK UP THE TAB. A DOUBLING OF WATER RATES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. I DISAGREE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE BILLS DOUBLING AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN RATES. OH, NO. (LAUGHS HEARTILY) NO, OF COURSE, DEFINITELY NOT. DO YOU WANT YOUR WATER RATES TO DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS? ABSOLUTELY NOT, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD PARTY VOTE GREEN. WAYNE BROWN WANTS NATIONAL TO COMMIT TO THE CROWN THAT'S TAXPAYERS TO GUARANTEE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT. IT'S QUITE SIMPLE TO FIX. IT'S QUITE SIMPLE TO FIX. IT JUST NEEDS A GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF INCREASED DEBT. WE WILL SIT DOWN WITH THE MAYOR AFTER THE ELECTION AND ACTUALLY WORK OUT HOW WE MAKE SURE WE DELIVER SUSTAINABLE FINANCING FOR THE THREE WATERS ASSETS. NATIONAL PROMISING TO LOOK AT WATER DIFFERENTLY DESPITE THE WATER BILL WARNINGS. AMELIA WADE, NEWSHUB. FIJI SUFFERED A SHOCK 24-23 LOSS TO PORTUGAL AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP TODAY, BUT THEY'LL STILL MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS TO ENSURE THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE REPRESENTED. THAT MEANS IT'S OFFICIAL ` FOR THE FIRST TIME, AUSTRALIA WON'T MAKE THE KNOCKOUT STAGE. ANDREW GOURDIE'S IN FRANCE. UNCONVINCING FROM FIJI TODAY, ANDREW? BONJOUR, TEAM. WHAT A GAME THIS WAS. FIJI ONLY NEEDED A POINT AGAINST PORTUGAL TO SECURE A PLACE IN THE QUARTER-FINALS, AND JUST AS WELL THEY DID, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY GOT. FIJI LED BY SIX POINTS WITH TWO MINUTES TO PLAY BEFORE PORTUGAL SCORED A CONVERTED TRY AND CLOSED IT OUT TO SNATCH THEIR FIRST EVER WORLD CUP WIN. WHILE PORTUGUESE CELEBRATIONS GO ON, FIJI'S FOCUS SWITCHES TO A QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST ENGLAND IN MARSEILLE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE ALL BLACKS WILL RELOCATE TODAY FROM LYON TO PARIS, WHERE THEY'LL BE UNDERDOGS ON SUNDAY AGAINST IRELAND, THE NUMBER-ONE-RANKED TEAM IN THE WORLD, ON A 17-MATCH WINNING STREAK, WHO'VE WON THREE OF THEIR LAST FOUR MATCHES AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. COACH IAN FOSTER HAS BEEN QUIZZED ON THE ALL BLACKS' QUARTER-FINAL OPPONENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE MATCH WAS CONFIRMED. ON A MASSIVE WINNING STREAK, OBVIOUSLY GOT A CLEAR GOAL TO CREATE HISTORY FOR THEMSELVES THIS TOURNAMENT... AND PROBABLY ARE PLAYING ACCORDINGLY. SO IT'S WHAT YOU'D EXPECT. YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO A WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL, YOU EXPECT TEAMS TO KNOW THEIR GAME WELL, AND THEY DO, SO THEY'LL BE CONFIDENT, AND KINDA LOVE THAT CHALLENGE. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, TEAM. I'LL BE BACK LATER WITH AN UPDATE ON THE FITNESS OF TYRELL LOMAX, WHO SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY AGAINST URUGUAY AND SHAPES AS A KEY FIGURE AGAINST IRELAND THIS WEEKEND. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ANDREW GOURDIE, LIVE FROM PARIS ` THANK YOU. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, HEATHER? YEAH, BUT WINDY, ESPECIALLY ON STEWART ISLAND. SOUTHWEST CAPE RECEIVED A GUST OF 115KM/H AHEAD OF THE FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAIN OUT WEST. TEMPERATURES WEREN'T CRAZY HIGH EITHER THANKS TO THE SOU'WEST FLOW, AND THAT WILL KEEP THINGS COOL TOMORROW AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME SNOW. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THE TALIBAN SAYS AN EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN YESTERDAY HAS KILLED AT LEAST 2400 PEOPLE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MIRACULOUS RESCUES, INCLUDING ONE OF A TODDLER DUG OUT OF THE RUBBLE. AND A NEW REPORT SAYS THE INTERISLANDER'S RELIABILITY IS IMPROVING, THE INTERISLANDER'S RELIABILITY IS IMPROVING BUT STILL FALLING SHORT OF ITS OWN TARGETS. KITTY'S KITCHEN THRILLED THE NATION WITH HER LOCKDOWN SCROLLS. TONIGHT, SHE REVEALS WHAT MAKES A DISH GO VIRAL ` THE RIGHT KIND OF VIRAL. AND FOR ELECTION WEEK, WE'VE GOT LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS AS GUEST HOST ` AT 7. (YAWNS) (DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE) (YAWNS) (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV) (SOLEMN MUSIC) THE TALIBAN SAY MORE THAN 2400 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT THE COUNTRY'S NORTH-WEST. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID 10,000 MORE WERE INJURED IN THE WEEKEND'S 6.3-MAGNITUDE QUAKE THAT STRUCK NEAR HERAT. ONE VIDEO TO EMERGE ` A SMALL CHILD CAN BE SEEN BEING DUG OUT BY HAND FROM THE EARTH AND RUBBLE BY RESCUERS. SHE WAS BURIED SO DEEP SHE COULD BARELY BREATHE AND WAS STILL IN HER DEAD MOTHER'S ARMS. ITV'S CHARLIE FROST HAS MORE. LITTLE MORE THAN A DAY AGO, THESE RUINS WERE HOMES. A 6.3-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE REDUCED WHOLE VILLAGES TO RUBBLE. FOR THOSE LEFT, IT'S AN AGONISING SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. 'WE CAME HOME, AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT. 'EVERYTHING HAD TURNED TO SAND,' SAID THIS MAN. 'WE STARTED TO WORK WITH SHOVELS AND WHATEVER WE HAD 'TO TAKE OUT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM THE RUBBLE. 'WE HAVE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE WHO DIED. 'SO FAR, WE HAVE NOTHING ` NO BLANKETS OR ANYTHING ELSE.' BUT AID IS BEGINNING TO GET THROUGH, OVERCOMING DIFFICULT JOURNEYS TO REACH THE REMOTE VILLAGES IN HERAT PROVINCE THAT HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST. HUNDREDS ARE FEARED DEAD, THOUSANDS INJURED, WITH MORE THAN 400 HOMES DESTROYED ` MANY OF THESE MADE OF MUD, EASILY OVERPOWERED BY THE STRENGTH OF THE QUAKE AND ITS AFTERSHOCKS, LEAVING VILLAGERS WITH NOTHING. IN THOSE RURAL HOMES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED DO NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY, REALLY, TO ADDRESS THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS. THEY ARE TAKEN MANY, MANY YEARS BACK IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CAN SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. THE HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE'S CAPITAL CITY IS OVERWHELMED WITH THE INJURED ` AFGHANISTAN'S MEDICAL FACILITIES ALREADY DEPLETED BY YEARS OF WAR AND INTERNATIONAL AID CUTS ` NOW IT HAS TO REBUILD AGAIN AFTER YET MORE DEVASTATION. TWO TEENS, ONE AGED JUST 13, HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED FOLLOWING A RAID ON A 24/7 DAIRY IN OTARA OVERNIGHT. IT'S UNDERSTOOD UP TO SIX PEOPLE STORMED THE SUPERVALUE SUPERMARKET ON DAWSON RD JUST BEFORE 2 THIS MORNING. THE OWNERS ATTEMPTED TO DEFEND THE STORE USING A SHOPPING BASKET BEFORE THE OFFENDERS TOOK OFF WITH A NUMBER OF ITEMS. A 16-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A RANGE OF OFFENCES, WHILE THE 13-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN REFERRED TO YOUTH AID. MICHAEL'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND THE RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALISTS HAVE BEEN FOUND? THAT'S RIGHT, MIKE. ARGENTINA AND A VERY RELIEVED FIJI HAVE LOCKED IN THE LAST TWO PLACES IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. WE'LL HEAD TO PARIS TO KICK OFF QUARTER-FINAL WEEK AND HEAR HOW THE ALL BLACKS ARE LOOKING TO MUSCLE UP AGAINST IRELAND. AND A FITTING FAREWELL AND A COURAGEOUS COMEBACK FOR THE KIWIS WHO CONQUERED MOUNT PANORAMA. THE INTERISLANDER FERRIES HAVE HAD A BAD RUN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT A NEW REPORT SAYS THEY MAY HAVE TURNED THE CORNER AND ARE BECOMING MORE RESILIENT. AND NEARLY 10,000 STROKES ARE EXPERIENCED IN NEW ZEALAND EACH YEAR, BUT A NEW GAME COULD HELP PLAYERS RECOVER MORE QUICKLY. ARMED HAMAS MILITANTS CROSSED THE BORDER BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL AND RAIDED COMMUNITIES. HILA SEHTEM LIVES 700M AWAY. THE VICIOUS MONSTERS ATTACK INNOCENT CIVILIANS. YEAH, IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH. THE INTERISLANDER'S LATEST PERFORMANCE REVIEW SHOWS ITS ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY ARE IMPROVING, BUT IT'S STILL FALLING SHORT OF ITS TARGETS. IT COMES AFTER WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A 'HORROR YEAR' FOR THE COOK STRAIT OPERATOR. WILLIAM TERITE REPORTS. IN THE PAST YEAR, NEWSHUB HAS HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO'VE BEEN LEFT STRANDED BY CANCELLED INTERISLANDER FERRIES. WE HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL BOOKINGS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO GET BACK. SO FAR, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $1200, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ABOUT $1200 ON ACCOMMODATION STAYING HERE. THE COOK STRAIT OPERATOR HAS HAD TO NAVIGATE SEVERAL MAJOR ISSUES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING IN JANUARY, WHEN ITS KAITAKI FERRY LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS FORCED TO ISSUE A MAYDAY CALL. THEY'VE HAD A VERY BAD RUN, AND WE KNOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD A VERY BAD TIME WITH THE INTERISLANDER. BUT IN THE INTERISLANDER'S LATEST REVIEW BY KIWIRAIL, IT FOUND PERFORMANCE IS ACTUALLY IMPROVING. THE REPORT SAYS THE INTERISLANDER'S ON-TIME PERFORMANCE HAS INCREASED TO 83%. THAT'S A 10% INCREASE ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT ALSO FOUND THE SERVICE'S RELIABILITY IS NOW UP TO 87%. THE INTERISLANDER SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S INCREASED ITS FOCUS ON MAINTAINING ITS AGING FLEET. WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE'D LIKE TO SEE BETTER THAN 83%, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEY ARE CLEARLY TAKING THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY. BUT THE INTERISLANDER'S RELIABILITY IS STILL WELL SHORT OF KIWIRAIL'S 98% TARGET. TRANSPORTING NZ AND ITS MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY REALLY DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED BY THE CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE. INTERISLANDER SAYS IT CONTINUES TO TAKE A SAFETY-FIRST APPROACH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE RELIABILITY OF ITS AGING FLEET UNTIL THE NEW FERRIES ARRIVE IN 2025. WILLIAM TERITE, NEWSHUB. NEARLY 10,000 STROKES ARE EXPERIENCED IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR, BUT NOW A GAME THAT HELPS PATIENTS RECOVER IS BEING TRIALLED. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AMANDA GILLIES SPOKE TO AN 81-YEAR-OLD STROKE PATIENT TAKING PART. LAURIE MATTHEWS LOOKS LIKE HE COULD CONDUCT AN ORCHESTRA. HARD TO BELIEVE JUST THREE WEEKS AGO, HIS LEFT ARM WAS BASICALLY PARALYSED. THERE WAS A TENDENCY FOR ME TO FALL OVER. NOW I CAN... BALANCE MYSELF WITH THIS ARM. THE AUCKLANDER (81) HAD A STROKE LAST MONTH. HE'D JUST HAD AN ANGIOGRAM AND NOTICED HIS LEFT ARM GOING NUMB. VIRTUALLY JUST TURNED INTO A PIECE OF MEAT THAT I COULDN'T MOVE. IT WAS VERY WEIRD, BECAUSE I WAS PUTTING A LOT OF ENERGY INTO MY ARM, AND NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. WAS IT SCARY? IT WAS. THE TOLL HAS BEEN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL. I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL. IT'S BEEN TOUGH. IT WAS HIS FIRST AND WHAT HE HOPES IS HIS LAST STROKE. BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER ` WHAT IS A STROKE? WELL, A STROKE NORMALLY HAPPENS WHEN A BLOCKAGE LIKE A CLOT STOPS THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN, OR WHEN A BURST BLOOD VESSEL BLEEDS INTO THE BRAIN. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A BRAIN ATTACK. PEOPLE CAN BE LEFT WITH A DROOPING FACE, WEAKNESS IN THE ARMS OR LEGS OR SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES. NEARLY 10,000 STROKES ARE EXPERIENCED IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR. THAT'S ABOUT ONE EVERY 55 MINUTES. AND STROKE IS OUR SECOND-BIGGEST KILLER AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF SERIOUS ADULT DISABILITY. IT CAN BE COMPLETELY DEBILITATING. YEAH, YOU READY? YEP. THAT'S WHERE THIS $1.5M, FOUR-YEAR TRIAL CAN REALLY HELP. PATIENTS LIKE LAURIE PLAY THIS SPECIALISED VIRTUAL REALITY GAME, WHICH HELPS REWIRE THEIR BRAINS AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM. TALK US THROUGH THIS. HOW DOES THIS WORK? HOW IT WORKS IS THE CAMERA, WHICH IS MOUNTED JUST BELOW THE PROJECTOR, CAN TRACK LAURIE'S MOVEMENTS. THE ONES MADE BY HIS AFFECTED LEFT ARM DIRECTING THE DOLPHIN TO CATCH THE FISH. SO, IT CAN BUILD A MODEL OF HIS WHOLE BODY, AND IT USES THAT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE HOW WELL LAURIE IS MOVING, HIS WEAK SIDE, AND HOW TO CREATE THE GAME SO THAT HE MAKES THE BEST, HIGHEST-QUALITY MOVEMENTS POSSIBLE. SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE. LAURIE NOW HAS TO DO 90 MINUTES OF UPPER LIMB THERAPY EACH WEEKDAY AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY FOR THREE WEEKS. IT'S INTENSE, BUT HE SAYS IT'S WORTH IT. WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED, HIS ARM WAS A DEAD WEIGHT WHICH HE COULD BARELY MOVE; TODAY, WELL, THE PICTURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I WANT TO GET BACK TO WHAT I CAN NORMALLY DO, OR COULD DO. YOU CONFIDENT? I AM. I AM, DEFINITELY. 60 PATIENTS HAVE NOW TAKEN PART IN THE TRIAL; IT'S HOPED ANOTHER 20 WILL COMPLETE IT BEFORE NEXT YEAR. PATIENTS CAN START AS EARLY AS ONE WEEK AFTER THEIR STROKE AND FINISH, LIKE LAURIE, REHABILITATED AND WITH HOPE. HOW'S HE DOING? HE IS A STAR. AMANDA GILLIES, NEWSHUB. THE AUSTRALIAN ROWER RESCUED BY A NEW ZEALAND-BOUND CRUISE SHIP IS BACK ON DRY LAND WITH THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION EVERYONE'S ASKING ` WHY WAS HE NAKED? WE'RE LIVE TO PARIS WHERE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL MIND GAMES HAVE BEGUN AS THE ALL BLACKS EYE THE IRISH. PLUS, A FAREWELL AND A COMEBACK ` THE EMOTIONAL WIN FOR THE KIWI DOUBLE-ACT AT BATHURST. AND SMASHING THE OLD ADDAGE THAT IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT ` A ROOKIE OBLITERATES THE MARATHON WORLD RECORD. THOUSANDS OF KIWIS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION CALLING FOR A FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEK. BUT, WOULD IT WORK IN AOTEAROA? 30 YEARS AGO, A KIWI NURSE SAVED THE LIFE OF A DESPERATELY ILL WOMAN. TONIGHT, SEE THEIR TEARFUL REUNION, AT 7. FIJI HAS COMPLETED THE RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL LINEUP, SECURING A LOSING BONUS POINT FROM A SHOCK 24-23 DEFEAT TO PORTUGAL IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE POOL STAGE. IT MEANS AUSTRALIA'S OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. THE QUEST FOR THE FAMED WEBB ELLIS CUP SEES FOUR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE NATIONS EACH FACING A NORTHERN OPPONENT AS THE KNOCKOUT STAGES BEGIN THIS WEEKEND. POOL C WINNERS WALES WILL MEET POOL D RUNNERS UP ARGENTINA ON SUNDAY. LOS PUMAS BOOKED THEIR QUARTER FINAL BERTH OVERNIGHT ` OUTLASTING JAPAN 39-27. THEN THERE'S THE BIG ONE FROM A NEW ZEALAND PERSPECTIVE WITH TOP RANKED IRELAND, WINNERS OF POOL B TO SQUARE OFF AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS, RUNNERS UP IN POOL A. THE VICTORY TO FACE EITHER WALES OR THE PUMAS IN THE SEMI FINALS. THE PRIDE OF THE PACIFIC ` FIJI ` WILL PLAY JUST THEIR THIRD EVER WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL WHEN THEY MEET ENGLAND IN MARSEILLE ON MONDAY MORNING. AND THE LAST OF THE KNOCKOUT GAMES ` ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST OF THEM ALL ` THE HOST NATION FRANCE AGAINST THE DEFENDING CHAMPION SPRINGBOKS, WITH THE WINNER TO PLAY EITHER ENGLAND OR FIJI FOR A SPOT IN THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL ON OCTOBER 29. ANDREW GOURDIE HAS MADE HIS WAY TO PARIS. ANDREW, THE ALL BLACKS-IRELAND QUARTER FINAL IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR? YES, EVER SINCE THE POOLS WERE SET MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO, THERE'S BEEN A STRONG FEELING THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER CHAPTER ADDED TO WHAT'S TURNED INTO A FASCINATING RIVALRY IN RECENT TIMES. NOW, ALL BLACKS FANS MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT AN IRISH TEAM THAT'S BEATEN THEM IN FOUR OF THEIR LAST SIX ENCOUNTERS. WELL, IAN FOSTER'S NOT ` HE'S WELCOMING THE CHALLENGE, BUOYED NO DOUBT BY SOME POSITIVE NEWS AROUND THE FITNESS OF ONE OF HIS KEY PLAYERS AHEAD THIS DO OR DIE CLASH. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. ONE FINAL WORKOUT IN LYON BEFORE THE ALL BLACKS HEAD NORTH TO PARIS. AWAITING THEM THERE, A RED-HOT IRISH OUTFIT AND A SCINTILLATING QUARTERFINAL SHOWDOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF US WHO ARE PRETTY KEEN TO GET ONE UP ON THEM. AND YEAH, STILL HURTING FROM WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. ON A MASSIVE WINNING STREAK, OBVIOUSLY GOT A CLEAR GOAL TO CREATE HISTORY FOR THEMSELVES THIS TOURNAMENT. BUT IT'S HISTORY THE ALL BLACKS ARE INTENT ON STOPPING. HAVING FIRST CHOICE TIGHTHEAD TYREL LOMAX WOULD CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT. IAN FOSTER TODAY LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN FOR LOMAX TO OVERCOME A TROUBLESOME KNEE INJURY IN TIME FOR SUNDAY'S SHOWDOWN. I COULDN'T DEFINITIVELY TELL YOU HE'S IN NOW, BUT HE'S DEFINITELY NOT OUT YET EITHER, SO... I'LL TAKE THAT AS A POSITIVE. BUT WITH OR WITHOUT LOMAX, FOSTER'S HAD HIS EYE ON THIS QUARTERFINAL MATCH UP FOR SOME TIME. HE ATTENDED VARIOUS SIX NATIONS MATCHES EARLIER THIS YEAR, INCLUDING IRELAND'S TO GET AN EARLY READ ON WHAT HIS KNOCKOUT PICTURE MAY LOOK LIKE. WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING THEM 100%, YOU'RE WORKING OFF, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEIR TRENDS THE LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND PULLING ALL THAT APART AND TRYING TO SEE HOW IT FITS WITH WHAT WE KNEW EARLIER. WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IS THAT IRELAND IS RIDING A WAVE OF CONFIDENCE. THEY'VE SET THE STANDARD IN FRANCE. LAST NIGHT'S DEMOLITION OF SCOTLAND JUST THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF A TEAM WHO KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT TO PLAY AND ARE EXECUTING IT TO PERFECTION. AND FOSTER IS HAPPY TO HEAP THE PRESSURE ON THE MEN IN GREEN. THIS IS PROBABLY THEIR MOMENT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE EVER GOING TO WIN A WORLD CUP, THEY'LL PROBABLY FEEL LIKE IT'S NOW. BUT KNOCKOUT RUGBY IS DIFFERENT. QUARTER FINALS HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS FOR IRELAND, HAVING NEVER MADE IT PAST THIS JUNCTURE BEFORE. IT'S CLEAR MANY EXPECT THEM TO THIS TIME, THOUGH. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. I'M NOT BIG ON CLAIMING UNDERDOGS OR CLAIMING FAVOURITES. I KNOW WE BELIEVE. THEY'LL NEED MORE THAN THAT TO OVERCOME THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD AND AVOID AN EARLY FLIGHT HOME. OLLIE IS WITH US NOW. LET'S TALK ABOUT TYREL LOMAX. WE DON'T OFTEN TALKS ABOUT PROPS BEING IMPORTANT FIGURES, BUT HE IS FOR THIS ONE ISN'T HE? HE IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO THAT TEAM. YOU SAW THE LOSS PARTICULARLY AT SCRUM TIME, HAS COME INTO HIS OWN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THEY WILL GET EVEN DE GROOT BACK FROM SUSPENSION AS WELL. THEY WOULD DO EVERYTHING TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO FEATURE IN THE QUARTER-FINAL, TYREL LOMAX. LET'S TALK ABOUT IAN FOSTER. HE SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CHALLENGE. DID HE REALLY WANT IRELAND AND THE QUARTER-FINAL? IS TO DRAW THEY HAVE GOT. THEY HAVE HAD SOME HEAVY DEFEATS IN RECENT YEARS. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT GAME FOR THIS TEAM. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT JUNCTURE FOR IAN FOSTER. REMEMBER, WHEN HE WAS RETAINED, HE TOLD NEW ZEALAND RUGBY THAT HE HAD THE TEAM AND THE MECHANISM TO DO WELL AT A WORLD CUP. THE PRESSURE IS KNOWN HIM TO DELIVER IT. ANDREW, THANK YOU. THE BATHURST 1000 MAY HAVE BEEN A FITTING FAREWELL FOR ONE SUPERCARS DRIVER, BUT IT WAS WELCOME BACK FOR ANOTHER. SHANE VAN GISBERGEN AND RICHIE STANAWAY CREATED HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST KIWI PAIRING TO WIN THE RACE IN 24 YEARS. AND AS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER FOUND OUT, INSPIRATION CAME FROM A KIWI MOTORSPORT LEGEND. AFTER THE FANFARE HAD GONE, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT HAD BEEN ACHIEVED AT BATHURST WAS STILL SETTING IN. THIS IS THE HARDEST RACE TO WIN. SO TO DO SO WELL IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, I CAN'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. IT WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO SAY GOODBYE. SHANE VAN GISBERGEN IS NOW A THREE TIME WINNER OF THE GREAT RACE. BOWING OUT OF BATHURST AS ONE OF THE GREATS, ENDING AN ERA OF DOMINANCE FOR SHANE VAN GISBERGEN. I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS IT. I LOVE THIS PLACE, AND I'LL BE BACK. OFF TO RACE IN NASCAR NEXT YEAR, HIS WIN ALONGSIDE RICHIE STANAWAY GIVES NEW ZEALAND ITS FIRST ALL-KIWI BATHURST VICTORY SINCE GREG MURPHY AND STEVEN RICHARDS IN 1999. AND HE IS GOING STRAIGHT TO POLE POSITION. IT WAS MURPHY WHO HAD CONVINCED STANAWAY TO SUPERCARS. HE RETIRED IN 2019 AFTER STRUGGLING WITH THE MENTAL PRESSURES OF FULL TIME RACING. IT WAS A PRETTY, PRETTY ROUGH TIME, TO BE HONEST. WHEN I STOPPED RACING. HIS RACING RENAISSANCE THANKS TO TWO KIWI LEGENDS. THE DRIVE WITH GREG LAST YEAR WAS, I GUESS.... YEAH, I NEEDED THAT INSPIRATION TO COME BACK. AND THEN SAME AGAIN THIS YEAR, DRIVING WITH SHANE. STARTING SIXTH ON THE POLE, WHAT THE PAIR PULLED OFF TO TOP THE PODIUM WAS REMARKABLE. IF I COULD PICK ANY RACE IN THE WORLD TO WIN, IT WOULD BE THIS ONE. THE BATHURST PODIUM IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL ONES YOU CAN GET. SO WHILE ONE SUPERCARS CAREER DRAWS TO A CLOSE, ANOTHER IS STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. IT'S TAKEN MORE THAN 10 YEARS, BUT LUUKA JONES FINALLY HAS A WORLD CUP VICTORY. THE KIWI WHITE WATER PADDLER'S WON THE WOMEN'S KAYAK CROSS FINAL AT THE PARIS CANOE SLALOM WORLD CUP REGATTA, THE SAME DISCIPLINE AND VENUE FOR NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPICS. KAYAK CROSS IS AN EVENT WHERE FOUR PADDLERS RACE DOWN THE COURSE AT THE SAME TIME ` DIFFERENT TO THE SLALOM THAT JONES CLAIMED SILVER AT IN RIO IN 2016. FINALLY TONIGHT, KENYA'S KELVIN KIPTUM HAS SMASHED THE MEN'S MARATHON WORLD RECORD IN CHICAGO, IN ONLY HIS THIRD RACE AT THAT DISTANCE. THE 23-YEAR-OLD CROSSED THE LINE IN JUST 2 HOURS AND 35 SECONDS, SHATTERING OLYMPIC LEGEND ELIUD KIPCHOGE'S OLD MARK BY 34 SECONDS. KIPTUM RAN AN AVERAGE RATE OF TWO MINUTES 50 PER KILOMETRE. NOT BAD FOR SOMEONE WHO ONLY TOOK UP MARATHON RUNNING 12 MONTHS AGO. WHAT I TAKE FROM THAT IS THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR US ALL. WHAT AN AMAZING TASK. A YOUNG ROWER GUNNING TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS NOW JUST HAPPY HE'S STILL ALIVE AFTER HE WAS RESCUED NAKED FROM THE HULL OF HIS UPTURNED BOAT. AS JANIKA TER ELLEN REPORTS, A CRUISE SHIP WENT 200KM OUT OF ITS WAY TO PICK HIM UP NEAR VANUATU AFTER A ROGUE WAVE TIPPED HIS BOAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. TOM ROBINSON WAS HAPPY TO BE BACK ON DRY LAND IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING AFTER THE MOST TERRIFYING 14 HOURS PERCHED ON THE HULL OF HIS FLIPPED ROWBOAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF ADRENALINE AT THE TIME, AND THIS SORT OF SENSE OF 'OH MY GOD, THE WORST NIGHTMARE HAS COME TRUE.' THERE'S THE ISLAND JUST THERE. HE'D BEEN NEARING THE END OF HIS MISSION TO ROAM ACROSS THE PACIFIC. (CHUCKLES) WE'RE THAT CLOSE. AND WAS SITTING IN WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS CALM WATER NEAR VANUATU, THINKING ABOUT DINNER, WHEN A MASSIVE WAVE CAME FROM NOWHERE AND UPENDED HIS BOAT. THERE WAS PROBABLY HALF AN HOUR OF DESPERATION AND DOUBT, AND NOT KNOWING, AND THEN I SORT OF MADE THIS DECISION THAT I HAVE TO, UM, I HAVE TO STAY STRONG. HE SPENT AN ENTIRE NIGHT, 14 HOURS, CLINGING TO HIS BOAT WHILE BEING BATTERED BY HUGE WAVES. BUT HE'D MANAGED TO ACTIVATE ONE OF HIS THREE EPIRBS, AND A JET FROM NEW CALEDONIA EVENTUALLY HONED IN ON HIS POSITION. FINALLY, TOM SAW THIS COMING TOWARDS HIM, THE GINORMOUS PACIFIC EXPLORER. HUNDREDS OF HER PASSENGERS WERE WAVING WILDLY AT HIM, AND HE KNEW HE WAS SAVED. I WAS SO HAPPY. I WAS SO RELIEVED. BUT AS HE CLIMBED THE RESCUE LADDER, HE DID HAVE ONE CONCERN. OFTEN WHEN I'M ROWING, I'M ROWING IN THE NUDE, BECAUSE CHAFE IS A REAL ISSUE. AND SO NO CLOTHES MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. AND HE WAS NOW STUCK THAT WAY, BECAUSE HIS CLOTHES HAD SUNK. AS I MADE MY WAY UP THE LADDER, I KIND OF GOT HALFWAY UP TO THE DOOR AND SAID, I'VE GOT NO CLOTHES ON. AND SO THESE PEOPLE GAVE ME TOWELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SOME OF THESE KIWI FELLOWS ARE VERY FUNNY, AND SO NOW THEY'RE CALLING ME TINY TOM. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? (LAUGHS) TOM IS NOW SOMETHING OF A ROCK STAR AMONG HIS FELLOW PASSENGERS, EVEN THOUGH THE PACIFIC EXPLORER HAD TO SKIP AN ISLAND TO RESCUE HIM. A LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ME TOUCHING SAND. THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAD ALREADY SPENT A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS TRYING TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN. SO WHAT'S THE CHANCE TOM WILL RESUME HIS MISSION? TOM, ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH YOUR MISSION? YEAH, OVER 50%. OVER 50%. MAYBE 51. YEAH. BUT FOR NOW, WEARING CLOTHES DONATED BY KIND PASSENGERS, HE'S SAFELY BACK IN AUSTRALIA WITH HIS VERY RELIEVED MUM AND DAD, JANIKA TER ELLEN, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` CIVILIANS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR PASSES 1000. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL 'DO ANYTHING' TO FREE THE HUNDRED OR SO HOSTAGES TAKEN IN AN ATTACK BY PALESTINIAN HAMAS FIGHTERS. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER ` AND IT'S A RETURN TO WINTER, HEATHER? JUST A LITTLE BLAST OF FROST AND SNOW THANKS TO A COLD SOU'WESTERLY CHANGE BEHIND THESE FRONTS. THERE IS AN ORANGE ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING IN PLACE FOR LEWIS AND PORTERS PASS, AND STRONG WIND WATCHES ARE IN FORCE TOO FOR PARTS OF BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND. MORE NEXT. THEN ON THE PROJECT ` YOU'RE LEANING INTO ELECTION WEEK? THE BIG DAY IS THIS SATURDAY. CHRIS HIPKINS IS HERE, AND WILL TAKE A SPIN IN OUR HOT SEAT. I BELIEVE I WAS PROMISED A COKE ZERO? OH, SORRY. TAKE THIS ONE, I ONLY LIPPED IT. THE PROJECT IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. A COLD START TO THE TERM ` A TERM MOST START IN A SUMMER UNIFORM. THE GOOD NEWS, IS THAT THIS COLD BLAST IS SHORT LIVED. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUPLE OF FRONTS MOVING UP THE SOUTH ISLAND, REACHING THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, AND WEAKENING AS THEY HEAD NORTH. BEHIND THOSE FRONTS, A COOL SOU'WEST FLOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE ANOTHER FRONT, WHICH WILL JUST CLIP THE DEEP SOUTH OVERNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY. BUT FIRST ` TONIGHT, AND SCATTERED RAIN CLEARS THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY FALLS FOR THE WEST. TOMORROW, FINE OUT EAST WITH FROST. THE SHOWERS DO CLEAR, BECOMING ISOLATED FOR THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT NOT TILL TOMORROW NIGHT. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE SNOW. IT'S EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE 900 METRES. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH AND WEST TONIGHT. THE WESTERLY WIND WILL BE BRISK. TOMORROW, THOSE SHOWERS CONTINUE IN THE NORTH AND WEST, SPREADING INTO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN EAST IN THE EVENING. SO, UP TOP ` AND THE DAY WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER EVERYWHERE. THE SOU'WESTERLY IS FRESH, AND WILL BE STRONG FOR AUCKLAND IN THE AFTERNOON, NOT EASING TILL TOMORROW NIGHT. THE CLOUD CLEARS IN THE MORNING, LEAVING A MOSTLY FINE DAY. TOKOROA - YOU MAYBE UNLUCKY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. EVERYONE WILL HAVE A FRESH WEST TO SOU'WEST WIND WHICH EASES IN THE EVENING. THE MORNING STARTS FINE, BUT SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WESTERLIES TURN SOUTHERLY IN THE SOUTH ` TURNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE IN THE EVENING. AND A MIX OF FINE SPELLS, WITH CLOUDY PERIODS, AND THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. IT'S ALSO WINDY, WITH WINDS EVENTUALLY COMING FROM THE SOUTH.. AND STRONG TOO FOR WELLINGTON. OVER THE STRAIT ` SHOWERS SOUTH OF NELSON ` BUT THEY CLEAR LATE MORNING OR AROUND LUNCHTIME. EXPECT A FRESH WEST OR SOU'WESTER, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH. NOT BAD OVER THE DIVIDE, MOSTLY FINE. BUT CLOUD INCREASES IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE ODD SHOWER CREEPING IN TOO. SOUTH TO SOU'EAST WINDS DEVELOP, EASING IN THE EVENING. AND ALEXANDRA ` YOU MAY GET A FROST, CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO, AND WITH STRONG SOU'WESTERLY WINDS. THEY'LL EASE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. OTEPOTI DUNEDIN ` CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOUR TUESDAY. THE SOU'WESTER IS STRONG; GALE FORCE IN EXPOSED PLACES, BUT THE SHOWERS AND WIND EASES TOMORROW NIGHT. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` YOU'RE IN FOR A FINE MORNING, WITH A SOUTH TO SOU'EAST WIND DEVELOPING. CLOUD INCREASES IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON ` CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NORTHERLY WILL TURN SOUTHERLY AT AROUND MIDDAY, AND IT WILL BE STRONG. LOOKING FINE AROUND TE MATAU A MAUI HAWKE'S BAY ` BUT ISOLATED SHOWERS ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY TOMORROW NIGHT. GALE WESTERLIES, SOUTH OF HASTINGS. TAURANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A FINE DAY. JUST A FEW MORNING CLOUDS, BUT THEY CLEAR. IT'S WINDY THOUGH, WITH A SOU'WESTERLY WHICH WILL EASE, BUT NOT TILL THE EVENING. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` YOU'LL HAVE A MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUDS TOMORROW. THE SOU'WESTERLY IS A LITTLE FRESH, BUT WILL DIE OUT TOMORROW NIGHT. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` YOU'LL HAVE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS. THE SOU'WESTERLY WIND BECOMES STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. OVER TO OZ ` A FEW SHOWERS FOR SYDNEY AND DARWIN, BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR ALL THE OTHER MAJOR CENTRES. AND A MIX OF CLOUD AND SUNSHINE FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF SAMOA. HOME AGAIN ` APART FROM SOME SCATTERED RAIN ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH, IT'S A FAIRLY DECENT RUN UP TO THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED RAIN IN THE EAST TOO ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT CLEARS, WITH THURSDAY LOOKING BEAUTIFUL FOR EVERYONE. RAIN CLEARS THE SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY, BUT RETURNS ON FRIDAY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. A COOL DAY MIDWEEK FOR THE CAPITAL TOO. SHOWERS CONTINUE FOR THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WITH THE NORTH AND EAST IN FOR A LOVELY FEW DAYS. TEMPERATURES DEFINITELY BUMPING BACK UP BY FRIDAY FOR ALL, WITH A WINDY COUPLE OF DAYS AHEAD FOR INVERCARGILL. AND FINALLY ` THANKS TO CATHY, SENDING THROUGH A GREAT SHOT OF LENTICULAR CLOUDS FORMING TODAY NEAR LAKE DUNSTAN. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. ALICE WILKINS AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.30.