WITH THE COUNTING OF EARLY VOTES FROM THE PAST TWO WEEKSTHANKS HAVING STARTED THIS MORNING. POLLING BOOTHS HAVE BEEN BUSY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND SO HAS THE WEATHER, WITH STRONG WINDS AND RAIN IN SOME AREAS HOPEFULLY NOT PUTTING PEOPLE OFF FROM VOTING. BUCKLE UP ` WE'VE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE DURING THE NEWS HOUR AND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE 1 NEWS TEAM IS ON STANDBY TO GIVE YOU THE VERY LATEST FROM PARTY HEADQUARTERS ACROSS THE MOTU AS THE COUNTRY DECIDES WHO WILL GOVERN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. ALSO POISED AND READY ` OUR HOSTS FOR TONIGHT'S ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL RIGHT THROUGH THE EVENING ` JOHN CAMPBELL, JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY AND JACK TAME. COME ON IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH SIMON. YES THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN. AS YOU ARE SAYING UNDER AN HOUR NOW UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE. WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHO IS GOING TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY FOR NEXT THREE YEARS. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE YOU WANT TO BE THE SATURDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE REPORTERS AT ALL THE HEADQUARTERS IN THE KEY ELECTORATES. JACK TAME WILL BE POINTING OVER THE RESULTS AS THEY COME IN TO YOU AT HOME, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SEATS AT THE HOUSE. TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT YOU NEED 61 SEATS. SINCE NEARLY 1.1 MILLION OF YOU HAVE ALREADY CAST YOUR VOTES, COUNTING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. WE CAN'T WAIT YOU GO TO JOIN US TONIGHT. SEE YOU AT SEVEN. THANKS, AND WE'LL CATCH YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT LATER. NOW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS STILL ABOUT 56 MINUTES LEFT TO VOTE, BY LAW, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COVER ANYTHING THAT MAY INFLUENCE VOTERS. BUT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, THE PROCESS OF VOTING DIDN'T GO AS SMOOTHLY AS PLANNED. A COMPUTER GLITCH DELAYED VOTING FOR SOME. SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION COPPED SOME FLAK TODAY. IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, OK? IT'S THE COMMISSION'S FAULT. ...AT MANUREWA MARAE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, A COMPUTER GLITCH MEANT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN EASY VOTE CARD, YOU HAD TO BE IDENTIFIED MANUALLY, AND THAT SLOWED VOTING DOWN. I GOT GIVEN A LITTLE TICKET AND ASKED TO COME BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER TO WAIT FOR THE SYSTEM TO GET BACK IN. A BIG QUEUE. I'LL COME BACK AT 7 O'CLOCK. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION AREN'T PREPARED FOR THE MULTITUDES WHO ARE ARRIVING, SO NO, THEY AREN'T HAPPY, BUT THEY ARE PREPARED TO WAIT. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS THE GLITCH WAS FIXED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED BY IT. IT MIGHT HAVE MADE A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN SOME VOTING PLACES THAT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LINING UP, BUT WE'VE ALSO HEARD SOME VOTING PLACES DIDN'T HAVE BIG QUEUES THIS MORNING OR WERE GETTING THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLUY, THIS MORNING OR WERE GETTING THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY, SO WE THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUITE ISOLATED. IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, THIS WOMAN WAS GLAD SHE VOTED EARLY. YEAH, I FIND IT GETS EASIER AND EASIER EACH TIME WE VOTE. YOU LITERALLY DON'T NEED ID. YOU JUST ROCK UP. IN CHRISTCHURCH, HIGH WINDS DID PRESENT CHALLENGES ON VOTING DAY. PRETTY MUCH EVERY TREE HAS BEEN SNAPPED OUT. FIRE AND EMERGENCY SAID TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. THAT DIDN'T DETER THESE VOTERS IN NEW BRIGHTON. I REALLY ENJOYED THE DEBATES, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A REALLY CONSCIOUS DECISION TOWARDS THE FUTURE TODAY. WELLINGTONIANS ALSO BRAVED A WET ELECTION DAY. I JUST LIKE HAVING MY SAY EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT GREAT WEATHER. IT'S THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY, BASICALLY. MY DAUGHTER'S IN HOSPITAL. I'VE JUST COME DOWN HERE TO COLLECT HER VOTING PAPERS SO I CAN TAKE IT BACK UP TO HER TO VOTE, AND THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK DOWN AND DROP IT IN THE SPECIAL VOTES. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HAD THEIR SAY BEFORE TODAY. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS THERE'VE BEEN 1.3M EARLY VOTES, WELL AHEAD OF 2017, OUR LAST NON-COVID ELECTION. SOME ARE OLD HANDS AT THEIR DEMOCRATIC DUTY, AND FOR OTHERS, IT'S BRAND NEW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND HAPPY VOTING DAY! THIS AUCKLAND STUDENT VOTED WITH HIS FAMILY AS SOON AS HE COULD. HE TURNED 18 TODAY. OUR OPINION REALLY MATTERS IN THIS COUNTRY. I THINK THAT WE CAN DO A LOT TO CHANGE IT. IT'S NOT JUST, LIKE, ALL THE OLDER PEOPLE. WHOEVER THEY ARE, WHEREVER THEY VOTE, TODAY, MANY MADE THEIR VOICE HEARD. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. SO, STILL TIME TO VOTE AS WE COUNTDOWN TO 7 AND OUR ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL. TIME TO CHECK IN NOW WITH JUST SOME OF OUR TEAM WHO'LL BE WITH ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, STARTING WITH DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN AT NATIONAL'S ELECTION NIGHT HEADQUARTERS IN AUCKLAND. HOW'S IT LOOKING THERE, MAIKI? HAPPY ELECTION DAY TO EVERYONE. WELL LOOK THE BALLOONS ARE UP THE LIGHTS ARE ON, AND WE ARE SET FOR A BIG BIG EVENING HERE AT NATIONAL PARTY HQ. WE ARE EXPECTING AROUND 900 PEOPLE TO PACK OUT THIS VENUE THIS EVENING. THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PARTY WITH PRESIDENT SYLVIA WOOD AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN KEY. POLICE WERE JUST COMING THROUGH HERE CHECKING EVERYTHING WAS A-OK FOR THE NIGHT AHEAD. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IN THE AFTERNOON MET UP WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHERS THIS EVENING HE WILL BE WITH HIS TEAM AND HE WILL BE WATCHING THOSE RESULTS ROLL ON IN, AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE HERE WITH ALL THE DRAMA AND ANTICIPATION AT NATIONAL PARTY HQ THANKS ` MAIKI SHERMAN IN AUCKLAND. LET'S HEAD DOWN COUNTRY NOW TO SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS AT LABOUR HQ IN LOWER HUTT. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERE TONIGHT, BENEDICT? LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES AND SUPPORTERS WILL BE COMING HERE. TO ATOM SPICE TO THE EVENING, MANY MINISTERS AND MPS WILL HAVE TO FUTURES UP IN THE AIR TONIGHT. ELECTION NIGHT CAN BE A BIT OF A MOVABLE FEAST. THOSE ELECTION RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE NATURE OF CHRIS HIPKINS ADDRESS THANKS ` BENEDICT COLLINS IN LOWER HUTT. BACK TO OUR BIGGEST CITY, AND THE GREEN PARTY'S GATHERING IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND, WHERE CUSHLA NORMAN JOINS US FROM. WHAT HAVE GREENS GOT LINED UP FOR TONIGHT, CUSHLA? THAT'S RIGHT THE GREEN PARTY AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WILL BE GATHERING AT THIS AUCKLAND WATERFRONT BAR IS QUITE GREEN SO IT DOESN'T NEED DECORATING. MEMBERS WILL BE COMING IN THROUGH THE NIGHT. FUN FACT THE GREENS AND THE ACT PARTY MAY BE AT POLAR OPPOSITE END OF THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM, BUT THE HEADQUARTERS ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER TONIGHT YES IN FACT I CAN LOOK DOWN INTO THE GREENS HQ RIGHT NOW UP HERE IS WHERE THE ACT PARTY SUPPORTERS ARE STARTING TO GATHER. WERE EXPECTING DAVID SEYMOUR TO ARRIVE ABOUT 8 PM. LAST TIME HE ROCKED UP HERE ON A BOAT. TONIGHT HE'LL BE TURNING UP IN A GOOD OLD BORING CAR. PEOPLE ARE BLOWING UP BALLOONS AND SO FORTH. NO MATTER WHAT THE RESULT WE'RE IN FOR AN EXCITING NIGHT. WE'RE UP IN THE WINTERLESS NORTH IN RUSSELL. WILL BE HERE WHEN WE CAN TALK POLITICS AFTER SEVEN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY IN RUSSELL. WE SPOKE TO SOME TOURISTS WHO ARE COMING THROUGH. 50 MINUTES STILL TO GO THERE STILL TIME TO VOTE. I AM IN THE VERY WINDY SOUTHERN TARANAKI TOWN THIS IS WHERE MURRAY PARTY COLEADER DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER WILL SPEND TONIGHT THE REAL SURE THE NIGHT WILL BE THE PATEA MAORI CLUB IF YOU KNOW THE SONG POI E YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE I WILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE MY RECEIPTS LEAD ON THIS EVENING. AND I'LL HAVE MORE ON THE MAORI SEATS LATER ON IN THE NIGHT. HELLO FROM DUNEDIN. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS MUCH BETTER VOTING WEATHER YESTERDAY. THERE HAS BEEN SOME RAIN BUT HAS NOT STOPPED PEOPLE COMING IN AND CASTING THEIR VOTES. PEOPLE LIKE VOTING ON ELECTION DAY AS IT MAKES IT A BIT MORE OF AN EVENT IN THE EVENT WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THE EVENING. IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE OF DUNEDIN WILL BE KEEPING THEIR EYES PEELED FOR THOSE ELECTION RESULTS. THANKS ` JENNY SUO IN DUNEDIN. AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE ` 1news.co.nz ` FOR ALL THE LATEST ELECTION RESULTS AND A LIVE BLOG AS THE NUMBERS COME IN DURING THE NIGHT. TO THE OTHER BIG CONTEST NOW ` TOMORROW'S RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL BETWEEN THE ALL BLACKS AND IRELAND, WHICH MANY ARE TIPPING TO BE CLOSER THAN THE ELECTION RESULT. HORDES OF KIWI AND IRISH FANS ARE IN PARIS FOR THE KNOCKOUT GAME. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT CAUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THEM ON THE STREETS OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. IRELAND! (ALL CHEER) IT'S THOUGHT AT LEAST 60,000 IRISH FANS HAVE DESCENDED FROM THE EMERALD ISLE, BUT SOME HAVE COME EVEN FURTHER. I'VE TRAVELLED FROM WHANGAREI, NEW ZEALAND TO BE HERE FOR THIS GAME. BUT WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BE SUPPORTING ON SATURDAY? (GROWLS) IRELAND! HIGH HOPES THAT THIS IS THEIR MOMENT. MY DREAM WAS TO FINALLY GET TO A GAME WHERE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT THE ALL BLACKS IN A WORLD CUP. IT'S DEFINITELY THE BEST CHANCE IRELAND HAVE EVER HAD, AND THAT'S REALLY SURPRISING, AS AN IRISH FAN SAYING THAT. WE'RE PLAYING NEW ZEALAND IN A QUARTERFINAL AND IT'S THE BEST CHANCE WE'VE HAD TO GET THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL, SO THAT SAYS A LOT. AND WHILE KIWI FANS WILL BE OUTNUMBERED, MANY HAVE STILL MADE THE TRIP OVER. BUT PLANE AND TRAIN STRIKES HAVE PROVED PROBLEMATIC. THESE TWO HAD THEIR FLIGHT CANCELLED LAST MINUTE AND HAD TO TAKE AN OVERNIGHT BUS. TWO DAYS STRIKE RIGHT ON THE EVE OF RUGBY WORLD CUP. TWO DAYS STRIKE RIGHT ON THE EVE OF RUGBY WORLD CUP. YEAH, IT'S TERRIBLE, 'INNIT? BIT RIDICULOUS, I THINK, BUT WE TOOK THE COACH. YOU GET ANY SLEEP ON THE COUCH? NO, I DIDN'T, IT WAS HORRIBLE. IT WAS AWFUL, YEAH. IT WASN'T A GREAT EXPERIENCE. ATTENDANCE AT THIS WORLD CUP HAS BROKEN RECORDS ALREADY, SURPASSING JAPAN'S NUMBERS FROM 2019, AND EXPECT THAT HYPE TO CONTINUE, PARTICULARLY IN IRELAND, WHERE THIS WEEKEND'S ALREADY BEEN DUBBED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST SPORTING MOMENTS. THE ALL BLACKS KNOW THEY'RE UP AGAINST IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUARTER-FINALS, THERE ARE GONNA BE FOUR QUALITY TEAMS THAT WON'T BE THERE IN THE SEMI-FINALS, AND AND WE'RE PRETTY DETERMINED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM. DO YOU THINK THE ALL BLACKS WILL WIN? OF COURSE. MM, GONNA BE TOUGH. JAMES LOWE, BUNDEE AKI GOOD BOYS, GOOD PLAYERS. NAH, OF COURSE MATE, COME ON. GONNA BE TOUGH, BRO. GONNA BE TOUGH. THE IRISH HAVE NEVER WON A QUARTER. NOT LONG NOW TO FIND OUT WHO'S RIGHT. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. AND OUR VERY OWN ANDREW SAVILLE IS UP EARLY AND ALREADY AT THE STADIUM AHEAD OF THE BIG QUARTERFINAL CLASH. SAV, THIS GAME COULD GO EITHER WAY. HOW HARD IS IT TO PICK? LOOK THIS IS EXTREMELY HARD TO PICK. I'VE BEEN WRACKING MY BRAIN ALL WEEK TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT. ISLAND ARE WORLD NUMBER ONE, BUT THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PLENTY TO PROVE THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN PREPARING AWAY FROM THE STADIUM. I ASKED IAN FOSTER IF HE WAS RELAXED AND HE SAID HE WAS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AROUND THESE PARTS IS THAT THIS IRISH TEAM IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION TEAM, AND IF THEY DON'T WIN THE WORLD CUP THEY MAY NEVER WIN THE WORLD CUP, HOWEVER IF THEY CLICK THE ALL BLACKS ARE STILL IN WITH A CHANCE. KICK OFF AND JUST OVER 12 HOURS MERCI BEAUCOUP, ANDREW. STAYING IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS CONFIRMED ITS SPECIAL FORCES HAVE CARRIED OUT RAIDS INSIDE GAZA LOOKING FOR HOSTAGES AHEAD OF AN ANTICIPATED GROUND OFFENSIVE. THIS IS A LIVE SHOT RIGHT NOW OF GAZA CITY. ISRAELI MEDIA ARE REPORTING AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF BODIES OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE RECOVERED DURING A GROUND RAID IN GAZA OVERNIGHT OUR TIME. MEANWHILE, A 24 HOUR WARNING FROM ISRAEL FOR NORTHERN GAZA RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE HAS NOW PASSED. HAMAS HAS TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO LEAVE. ISRAEL SAYS THE MILITANTS WANT TO USE CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS. ISRAEL'S WARNED MORE THAN A MILLION GAZA RESIDENTS THAT THEY SHOULD MOVE TO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE GAZA RIVER, WADI GAZA. CORAZON MILLER REPORTS. GAZANS MOVING EN MASSE. SOME BY CAR, OTHERS BY FOOT, TRYING TO GET AS FAR SOUTH AS THEY CAN WITHIN THE 24 HOUR EVACUATION DEADLINE. THE WARNING FELL FROM THE SKY. LEAFLETS DROPPED OVER GAZA IN WHAT MANY SAW AS A CLEAR INDICATION OF ISRAEL'S PLANS TO SEND IN TROOPS. TRANSLATOR: WE ARE STRIKING AT OUR ENEMIES WITH UNPRECEDENTED MIGHT, I EMPHASISE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. OUR ENEMIES HAVE ONLY BEGUN PAYING THE PRICE. DESPITE THE WARNING, THERE WAS NO CEASEFIRE. AND AS PEOPLE FLED, PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS SAY SOME 70 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN THE CROSSFIRE. HAMAS FIRING ROCKETS BACK TOWARDS ISRAEL AS THEY TOLD GAZANS TO STAY PUT. FOR MANY, TODAY'S MASS EVACUATION HOLDS ECHOES OF THE PAST, WHEN THOUSANDS WERE FORCED TO FLEE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 1948 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR. TRANSLATOR: IT HAPPENED TO OUR GRANDFATHERS, AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING TO US. IT RAISES THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST. THE BIGGEST QUESTION NOW IS WHERE WILL THEY LIVE? MUCH OF GAZA'S POPULATION IS BEING FORCED INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER AREA WITH LIMITED FOOD, WATER AND ACCOMMODATION. 1 MILLION PEOPLE, NO FOOD, NO WATER, AND STILL THEY'RE BOMBING THEM AS THEY LEAVE. WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PUT THEM? WHERE ARE PEOPLE'S HEARTS IN THIS WORLD TO LET THIS HAPPEN? THE UNITED NATIONS DESCRIBING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA AS A NEW LOW. THIS IS A TIME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AROUND PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND FINDING A LASTING SOLUTION TO THIS UNENDING CYCLE OF DEATHS AND DESTRUCTION. THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL AND THE SUBSEQUENT RETALIATION HAS COST THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. BUT AS ISRAELI TROOPS GATHER ON GAZA'S NORTHERN BORDER WITH A VOW TO ERASE HAMAS, IT'S CLEAR THERE IS MORE TO COME. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. THERE ARE FEARS A NEW FRONT IN THE WAR COULD OPEN UP, WITH A HEZBOLLAH LEADER TELLING A RALLY IN LEBANON IT WAS FULLY PREPARING TO JOIN THE FIGHT 'WHEN THE TIME COMES'. THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARE NOW STATIONED AT THE COUNTRY'S NORTHERN BORDER, WITH SOME TOWNS EVACUATED. ROCKET ATTACKS FROM HEZBOLLAH HAVE SEEN ISRAEL RESPOND WITH SHELLING. A REUTERS CAMERA PERSON STATIONED NEAR THE BORDER WAS KILLED TODAY BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. MEANWHILE, OUR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAYS 10 NEW ZEALANDERS TRYING TO LEAVE ISRAEL HAVE MADE IT OUT OF TEL AVIV ON AN ETIHAD FLIGHT. A FURTHER 44 WILL BE ON ANOTHER FLIGHT OUT IN THE COMING HOURS. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` NASA'S ULTIMATE TREASURE HUNT. THE MISSION TO REACH A METAL ASTEROID THAT MIGHT JUST CONTAIN GOLD. AUSTRALIANS ALSO WENT TO THE POLLS TODAY IN AN HISTORIC REFERENDUM TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RECOGNISE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE CONSTITUTION. IN SYDNEY, VOTERS QUEUED AT BONDI BEACH TO VOTE 'YES' OR 'NO' FOR A 'VOICE TO PARLIAMENT'. THAT'S A BODY THAT WOULD GIVE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS GREATER INPUT ON GOVERNMENT MATTERS. VOTING WAS COMPULSORY, AND MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PEOPLE HAD ALREADY CAST EARLY VOTES AHEAD OF POLLING DAY. NASA'S LAUNCHED A SPACECRAFT ON A MISSION TO REACH AN UNUSUAL ASTEROID WITH A METALLIC SURFACE THAT MIGHT EVEN CONTAIN GOLD. NAMED PSYCHE, SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IT COULD BE THE REMNANTS OF AN ANCIENT PLANET. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE EXPLAINS. THREE, TWO, ONE... ENGINE IGNITION. LEAVING THE EARTH BEHIND. AND LIFT-OFF OF FALCON HEAVY AND PSYCHE ON A MISSION TO A METAL ASTEROID IN DEEP SPACE. THE START OF A 2-BILLION-MILE JOURNEY. AND THIS IS ITS DESTINATION ` A HUGE METALLIC SPACE ROCK CALLED PSYCHE. WE'RE GONNA GO SEE A KIND OF WORLD THAT HUMANS HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSE-UP PICTURES OF IT. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. TO ME, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF EXPLORATION, THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN YET. THE SPACECRAFT IS PACKED WITH HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS. IT WILL POWER ITS EPIC VOYAGE WITH SOLAR ARRAYS THAT ARE LONGER THAN A TENNIS COURT. ONCE IT ARRIVES AT PSYCHE, IT WILL ORBIT THE 170-MILE-WIDE ROCK TO WORK OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT'S MADE OF. PSYCHE IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING OBJECTS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. MOST ASTEROIDS ARE ROCKY, BUT UP TO 60% OF PSYCHE IS MADE FROM METAL ` ELEMENTS LIKE IRON AND NICKEL, AND PERHAPS SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLATINUM AND GOLD. AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CORES OF SOME PLANETS ` MERCURY, MARS AND THE EARTH. ONE IDEA IS THAT PSYCHE WAS A PLANETESIMAL ` THE BEGINNINGS OF A PLANET. BUT A COLLISION MAY HAVE BLOWN ITS OUTER CRUST OFF, SO IT NEVER BECAME A FULLY FLEDGED WORLD. THERE WERE PROBABLY LOTS OF PROTOPLANETS AND WHAT WE CALL PLANETESIMALS FORMING, BUT THEN NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE SURVIVED TO BECOME PLANETS. AIMING FOR... HERE IT COMES. THE ROCKET BOOSTERS LAND BACK ON EARTH, AND THESE ARE THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE SPACECRAFT BEING RELEASED. IT WILL ARRIVE AT PSYCHE IN 2029. NASA SAYS THE WAIT WILL BE WORTH IT. AND NASA'S SPACECRAFT WILL SPEND MORE THAN 2 YEARS ORBITING THE ASTEROID. THE LARGEST BUYOUT IN GAMING HISTORY HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD BY UK REGULATORS. MICROSOFT IS TAKING OVER THE MAKERS OF 'CALL OF DUTY', ONE OF THE BIGGEST-SELLING VIDEO GAMES OF ALL TIME. THE BBC'S MARK CHISLACK HAS MORE. BLOCKBUSTER GAMES DON'T COME ANY BIGGER THAN CALL OF DUTY, CANDY CRUSH AND WORLD OF WARCRAFT. ALL PRODUCED BY GAMES COMPANY ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, WHICH COULD SOON BE PURCHASED BY TECH GIANT MICROSOFT, WHICH MAKES THE XBOX CONSOLE. THE UK'S COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY HAS GREENLIT THE BIGGEST ACQUISITION IN THE HISTORY OF THE VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY, AFTER BLOCKING IT EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S A DEAL WORTH A STAGGERING �56 BILLION. EXECUTIVES AT RIVAL PLAYSTATION HAVE BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITION TO IT. ORIGINALLY, THE UK REGULATOR RULED THAT IF THIS ACQUISITION WENT AHEAD, MICROSOFT'S LEADING POSITION IN CLOUD GAMING MIGHT STIFLE COMPETITION. SO WHAT WE SEE NOW IS A MAJOR CONCESSION BY MICROSOFT. THEY FUNDAMENTALLY RESTRUCTURED THE DEAL. AND IMPORTANTLY, ACTIVISION IS NOW SELLING THE CLOUD STREAMING RIGHTS IN RELATION TO ALL OF ITS GAMES CONTENT THAT EXISTS NOW AND IS CREATED OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND PUTTING THAT IN THE HANDS OF AN INDEPENDENT COMPETITOR ` UBISOFT. NOW, THAT'S A GAME CHANGER. MICROSOFT HAS MADE ASSURANCES THAT GAMES SUCH AS CALL OF DUTY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON RIVAL PLATFORMS LIKE PLAYSTATION FOR ANOTHER DECADE. THIS WOULD DEFINITELY STRENGTHEN MICROSOFT'S POSITION IN GAMING AROUND ITS XBOX CONSOLE, AND WILL GIVE THEM ACCESS TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAMES IN THE WORLD WITH AN IMPROVED EXPERIENCE OR EXCLUSIVITY. A VICTORY, THEN, FOR THE UK REGULATOR STANDING UP TO BIG TECH... PERHAPS. BUT, ULTIMATELY, IF THIS DEAL GOES AHEAD, THE BIG TECH COMPANY STILL WALKS AWAY WITH ITS PRIZE. AND THE DEAL WILL MAKE MICROSOFT THE THIRD LARGEST GAMING COMPANY BY REVENUE BEHIND TENCENT AND SONY. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AS THE ALL BLACKS GEAR UP FOR THEIR BIG QUARTERFINAL, WE CATCH UP WITH ABs GREAT SIR MICHAEL JONES ON HIS MAGICAL WORLD CUP MOMENT. AND THE FIRST TRY! (CROWD ROARS) IT'S A BIT LIKE A DREAM. I'M FLYING. I'M FLYING. WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH HIS MIND AS HE SCORED THE VERY FIRST TRY IN THE FIRST EVER RUGBY WORLD CUP. THEN THE BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN BACK FROM INJURY... BEFORE THIS. OH, I THINK HE WAS GONE. I THINK HE WAS GONE. NOW HE'S BEEN HIT ON THE HAND AS WELL. WHAT NOW FOR KANE WILLIAMSON AFTER RETIRING HURT? AND THE HIGHEST RED WIND WARNING TO CANTERBURY HAS JUST LIFTED, WHAT NOW FOR KANE WILLIAMSON AFTER RETIRING HURT? AND THE HIGHEST RED WIND WARNING TO CANTERBURY HAS JUST LIFTED, BUT WE MAY SEE SOME WARNINGS CONTINUING INTO TOMORROW. A VERY WINDY DAY AGAIN FOR MANY. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. WE HAVE A VERY TIMELY 'NEWSMAKERS REVISITED' THIS WEEK, AND A GREAT QUESTION FOR QUIZ NIGHTS. WHO SCORED THE FIRST TRY AT THE FIRST RUGBY WORLD CUP? NONE OTHER THAN A 22-YEAR-OLD ON DEBUT FOR THE ALL BLACKS. IT WAS A MOMENT SIR MICHAEL JONES HAD DREAMT ABOUT AS A KID. MELISSA STOKES CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. (BRIGHT MUSIC) YEAH, THE REACTION AND THE RESPONSE TO THAT FIRST TRY... SHELFORD, ALAN WHETTON, FOX, AND PASS, AND THE FIRST TRY... ...IT WAS LOUD. ...SCORED BY AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE WORLD CUP GOES TO MICHAEL JONES. IT WAS HUGE. I CAN HEAR IT NOW, EVEN. (CROWD ROARS) IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SOUND. SIR MICHAEL JONES, OR JUST MICHAEL, AS HE PREFERS, BACK ON HIS GARDEN OF EDEN. THE SCRUM WAS PROBABLY, UH, I RECKON IT` YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT HERE. AND 35 YEARS JUST MELT AWAY. SHELFORD, TO WHETTON, TO FOX. SO FOXY WOULD HAVE JUST DONE HIS LITTLE DART. HOWEVER, FOX GETS IT HERE. I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY GOT THE BALL ABOUT HERE. NUMBER 7, MICHAEL JONES. I PROBABLY WAS JUST, FIND MY FASTEST TRACK HERE, AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, GUNNED IT, SPRINTED AS FAST AS I CAN. BUT I THINK WHEN I WAS ABOUT HERE... (LAUGHS) I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT GONNA RISK GETTING CAUGHT 'BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO GET STOPPED FROM SCORING. 'THIS IS MY DREAM COME TRUE, MY DREAM MOMENT, AND SO I LAUNCHED.' YEAH, AND NEXT MINUTE, I` YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A BIT LIKE THE DREAM. I'M FLYING, I'M FLYING. AND I PROBABLY FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING 100M, BUT I WAS ONLY FLYING A COUPLE. (LAUGHS) THEY LEFT HIM UNGUARDED, AND HE WAS ACROSS. A TRY ON HIS DEBUT MATCH. I FELT LIKE I'M RIDING ON THE CLOUDS, AND THEN... DOWN? DOWN. HISTORY BOOKS? HISTORY, YEAH. IT CERTAINLY WAS A HISTORY OF FIRSTS. AND MICHAEL JONES, A TRY ON HIS DEBUT. A ROOKIE SCORING THE FIRST TRY IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE FIRST EVER RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE RUGBY WORLD CUP PUBLICITY MACHINE HAS 9 WEEKS TO DRUM UP ENTHUSIASM FOR THE FIRST CUP TOURNAMENT. BUT BACK IN 1987 A RUGBY WORLD CUP WAS A NEW CONCEPT. THE CUP ITSELF HAS NOW ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND, READY TO BE FOUGHT OVER. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY WAS REBUILDING FROM SOME DARK DAYS. GOING BACK, I SUPPOSE, TO THE SPRINGBOK TOUR, YOU KNOW. WAS THERE A BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC AND OUR BELOVED GAME? REMEMBER WE HAD HAD THE CAVALIERS, THE BABY BLACKS, WE HAD THAT SORT OF TOUGH PERIOD OF NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. AND AS IF THE 22-YEAR-OLD NEWBIE WASN'T FREAKING OUT ENOUGH, STEP UP OLD PRO GARY WHETTON. HE'S SAYING, 'HELLO MICHAEL. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE HERE, WELL DONE. 'I KNOW IT'S YOUR DREAM COME TRUE. THE GAME'S GOING TO GO FAST. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S GONNA BE HALF TIME. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'S GONNA BE FULL TIME. BUT REMEMBER, IN THE ALL BLACKS WE HAVE A SAYING ` IF YOU WANT TO BE A GREAT ALL BLACK, SCORE A TRY IN YOUR FIRST GAME. (LAUGHS) AND I WAS LIKE, 'OH GREAT, THANKS, G.W. (!)' MICHAEL'S NOT ONE TO SHRINK FROM A CHALLENGE. I LOVE WHAT HE WAS SAYING TO ME AS A YOUNG ALL BLACK. HE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, 'MICHAEL, BE HAPPY, BUT DON'T BE SATISFIED.' THAT WORD THAT G.W. HAD IN MY MIND WAS, 'YOU'VE GOTTA SCORE A TRY, MICHAEL.' IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD OR GREAT ALL BLACK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA SCORE A TRY. AND I WAS LIKE, 'YES, I THINK I'M GONNA DO OK IN THIS GAME.' (LAUGHS) 'OK,' THERE'S A STATUE AT HIS MUCH-LOVED EDEN PARK PROVING HE DID BETTER THAN THAT. I'D NEVER GET USED TO IT, PUT IT THAT WAY. BUT IT'S` I FEEL VERY HUMBLED. UM, AND AS I SAID, IT'S VERY MUCH, TO ME WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT REALLY JUST REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THAT THAT 1987 TEAM ACCOMPLISHED. JONES! FOR MICHAEL, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO TEAMWORK. THEY MADE IT A DREAM RIDE IN, AND I DON'T THINK I EVER HAD IT AS GOOD. AND SO I'LL ALWAYS BE REALLY, REALLY, ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. AND FOXY GAVE ME THAT PASS. THANK YOU, FOXY. RETURNING TO OUR ELECTION DAY COVERAGE, AND WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THE MINUTES TO POLLS CLOSING AT 7 AND OUR ELECTION NIGHT TEAM BRINGING US THOSE FIRST RESULTS. JOHN CAMPBELL, JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY AND JACK TAME ARE STANDING BY. THAT'S RIGHT. IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR, POLLING BOOTHS WILL SHUT. EARLY BOATS STARTED COUNTED IN THIS MORNING. AS SOON AS WE GET THEM, WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU. THEY WILL BE FASCINATING. WE'VE GOT A TEAM OF REPORTERS LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOT ONLY BRINGING YOU REACTIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE WINNERS AND LOSERS. WE HAVE AN EXPERT PANEL TO HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL. JOIN US RIGHT AFTER THE NEWS HOUR. GUY'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE COUNTDOWN IS INTO THE HOURS. WE ARE NEARLY AT THE GAME AND GET THE NERVES OUT OF THE WAY. RUGBY'S FRESHEST FIERCE RIVALRY GETS ITS MOST ANTICIPATED CHAPTER TOMORROW. WE'RE AT STADE DE FRANCE, BUT THE ALL BLACKS AREN'T ` WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN NEAR THE VENUE IN THE BUILD UP TO THE QUARTER-FINAL. PLUS, FROM LOOKING AS GOOD AS EVER TO INJURED AGAIN ` BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON'S WORLD CUP JOURNEY IN DOUBT ONCE MORE. AND, OUR BEST FEMALE SWIMMER GOES BACK-TO-BACK WINNING AGAIN IN EUROPE. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS' WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN GOES ON THE LINE IN JUST OVER 12 HOURS TIME ` THEIR MUCH-ANTICIPATED QUARTERFINAL SHOWDOWN WITH IRELAND. THE VENUE ` THE ICONIC STADE DE FRANCE IN PARIS, WHICH IS WHERE ANDREW SAVILLE JOINS US FROM LIVE. SAV. VERY QUIET HERE IN THE STADIUM AT THE MOMENT. IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING. THAT WILL CHANGE AS THE HORDES DESCEND ON THE QUARTER-FINAL VENUE. I WILL TAKE A STAB IN THE PARISIAN DAWN AND SAY MOST WILL BE DRESSED IN GREEN. THE FAMILIAR FACES OF IRELAND STRETCHED THE LEGS TODAY ON A FIELD WHERE THEY'VE TASTED PLENTY OF SIX NATIONS SUCCESS. RELAXED, FOCUSED AND EAGER TO QUICKLY DEFLECT ANY SORT OF DISTRACTIONS. MARK TELEA DROPPED FOR THE GAME THROUGH DISCIPLINARY REASONS. HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU BY THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THIS IRISH TEAM WOULD DO AS WELL? I'M NOT SURE, TO BE HONEST. I DON'T KNOW ANY DETAIL ON THE BACK OF THAT, SO, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE GOT CERTAIN PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THE PLAYERS NEED TO ADHERE TO, AND THEY'VE DONE IT ACCORDINGLY. LIKE RUSH HOUR AROUND THE ARC IN PARIS, A FEW HOURS LATER, FRANCE TURNED UP TO TRAIN. THEY CAN'T USE THEIR HOME VENUE ON A GAME DAY, SO THEY APPEARED TODAY. ALL EYES ARE ON STAR HALF ANTOINE DUPONT. HE TRAINED FULLY WITHOUT ANY FACIAL PROTECTION AFTER SUFFERING THAT BROKEN CHEEKBONE A FEW WEEKS AGO. HE'LL PLAY MONDAY MORNING AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS. THE ALL BLACKS, ON THE OTHER HAND, DECIDED TO STAY AWAY. A LIGHT RUN NEAR THEIR HOTEL IN EAST PARIS, BEFORE HAVING TO FULFIL COMMITMENTS AT THE MATCH VENUE. YOU MENTIONED THE DRIVE HERE. WAS THAT ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY THE TEAM DIDN'T TRAIN HERE TODAY? YEAH, LOOK, THE HOTEL BASES THAT WE GET ALLOCATED ` OURS IS QUITE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM HERE. SO WE MADE A DECISION NOT TO DO OUR CAPTAIN'S RUN HERE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. THAT'S A REGULAR THING FOR US. FOR LEICESTER FAINGA'ANUKU, THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN A BLUR. CONFIRMED TO START AHEAD OF THE AXED MARK TELEA. EASILY THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE CAREER OF THE YOUNG POWERHOUSE WING FROM NELSON. OH, THAT EXCITEMENT HAS BEEN BUILDING RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEK, AND, YEAH, TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU'LL SEE A BIT OF THAT. WELL, HERE WE ARE, PERCHED UP AT STADE DE FRANCE, THE ALL BLACKS' POSSIBLE FIELD OF DREAMS. IF THEY WIN THREE TIMES OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, THEY WILL RECLAIM THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THIS MIGHTY VENUE WAS BUILT 25 YEARS AGO FOR THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. IT'S BEEN KIND TO ALL BLACKS ACROSS HISTORY. THEY'VE PLAYED FRANCE HERE NINE TIMES ` WINNING SEVEN AND LOSING TWICE. HOWEVER, THEY'VE NEVER PLAYED A NEUTRAL OPPONENT IN THIS MAGNIFICENT SPORTING CITADEL. ARE YOU RELAXED HEADING INTO TOMORROW NIGHT? YEAH. I'M ALWAYS RELAXED WHEN WE'VE PREPARED WELL. FROM THE IRISH ON THE VERGE OF WORLD CUP HISTORY TO THE ALL BLACKS SEEKING CUP REDEMPTION, A CLASSIC IS BREWING BETWEEN RUGBY'S NEW ARCH RIVALS. WE SAW SOME PICTURES THERE OF IRELAND TRAINING. VERY IMPRESSED BY THEM ` VERY PRECISE. YOU GET THE FEELING DURING THIS WEEK THAT THE MORE TIMES IRELAND I TALKED UP AS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM AND THE FAVOURITES, YOU FEEL THE ALLBLACKS WILL BE USING THAT AS MOTIVATION. IN THE PAST WHEN OTHER TEAMS HAVE BEEN TALKED UP... LET'S SEE IF MOTIVATION WORKS. IF THE GAME IS DRAWN AND FULL TIME, THERE WILL BE TO 10 MINUTE PERIODS OF EXTRA TIME, AND THEN AN EXTRA GOLDEN POINT TIME, AND THEN A PENALTY STYLE GOAL SHOOT KICKED OUT. THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GAME COMPLETED AN 80 MINUTES. WHAT AN 80 MINUTES IS GOING TO BE. AS OPEN DOESN'T GET TO THAT POINT. THANKS, SAV. ANDREW SAVILLE LIVE FROM PARIS AHEAD OF A VERY BIG DAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007, IT WILL BE AN ALL-NORTH ISLAND NPC FINAL, AFTER TARANAKI DOWNED CANTERBURY 23-16 LAST NIGHT. IT WAS AN ARM WRESTLE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES IN NEW PLYMOUTH. THE BULLS THE FIRST TO CROSS THE CHALK IN THE ONLY TRY OF THE FIRST HALF, BUT IN THE SECOND HALF, CANTERBURY STRINGING PHASES TOGETHER TO TAKE THEM WITHIN ONE POINT. LITTLE SHORT PASS THIS TIME. HE'S GONNA REACH! HE'S GONNA SCORE. CANTERBURY FINAL CRACK THE TARANAKI DEFENCE. TWO LATE PENALTIES AND THE BOOT OF STEPHEN PEROFETA ENDED THE 14-TIME CHAMPION'S CHANCES. TARANAKI WILL MEET THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S SEMIFINAL BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND HAWKE'S BAY NEXT WEEKEND. TO THE CRICKET WORLD CUP, AND THERE'S MIXED NEWS FROM THE BLACKCAPS' THIRD WIN IN INDIA. LET'S START WITH THE GOOD ` CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON'S KNEE SURVIVED THEIR MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH, BUT IN A CRUEL TWIST, HE NOW NEEDS AN X-RAY ON HIS THUMB. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. KANE WILLIAMSON'S RETURN WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION, WITH QUESTIONS. WOULD HE BE RUSTY? AND THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY WEIGHTED. THAT'S A NO. WOULD HIS KNEE IMPEDE HIS SHOT-MAKING? ALSO NO. THE SKIPPER BRINGING UP A HALF CENTURY AS FLUID AS EVER. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S RELIEF OR SATISFACTION. MAYBE BOTH FROM THE CRICKET-WIDE POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND AND THE GLOBE. SO FAR, SO GOOD. UNTIL CIRCUMSTANCES CONSPIRED TO THROW ANOTHER TWIST INTO HIS WORLD CUP TALE. OH, I THINK HE WAS GONE. I THINK HE WAS GONE. NOW HE'S BEEN HIT ON THE HAND AS WELL. WILLIAMSON COPPING ONE ON THE THUMB. THE PAIN IN HIS FACE IMMEDIATE, AS WAS THE MEDICAL ATTENTION. GOT A BIT FAT AND COLOURFUL STRAIGHT AWAY, SO JUST MADE HOLDING THE BAT A BIT DIFFICULT. RETURNING TO BAT A FEW MINUTES MORE BEFORE CALLING IT A DAY ` RETIRING HURT ON 78. THE SKIPPER NOW SAID TO GET AN X-RAY. ALL FINGERS AND AVAILABLE THUMBS ARE CROSSED. AS FOR THE KNEE... SECONDARY TO THE THUMB. NAH, IT WAS GREAT TO GET THROUGH ACTUALLY FROM A KNEE PERSPECTIVE. AND ANOTHER GREAT RESULT TOO. THE BLACKCAPS NOW THREE AND ZERO AFTER A BOWLING ATTACK LED BY LOCKIE FERGUSON'S THREE WICKETS RESTRICTED BANGLADESH TO 245. WHILE TRENT BOULT BECAME THE SIXTH NEW ZEALANDER TO SNARE 200 ONE-DAY SCALPS. YEAH, I'M VERY PROUD OF IT. THIRD FASTEST, I HEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING. THE BATTERS NEVER UNDER MUCH PRESSURE ` WILLIAMSON AND DARYL MITCHELL ANCHORING THE CHASE. MITCHELL WITH A BLAZING 89 OFF 67 BALLS, GUIDING THE KIWIS HOME WITH EIGHT WICKETS AND 43 DELIVERIES TO SPARE. AND ONE LAST MESSAGE FROM INDIA ` BACK THE BLACKCAPS, AND GO THE ABs, BASICALLY. BACKING BLACK, BUT THEY WOULDN'T MIND SOME LUCK OF THE IRISH AS THEY ONCE MORE AWAIT AN INJURY VERDICT ON THEIR CAPTAIN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. ERIKA FAIRWEATHER HAS CLAIMED BACK-TO-BACK WORLD CUP WINS IN THE WOMEN'S 400m FREESTYLE. HER LATEST RESULT IN ATHENS THIS MORNING FOLLOWS GOLD IN BERLIN LAST WEEK, WHERE SHE BROKE THE SERIES RECORD. THE 19-YEAR-OLD FENDING OFF AUSTRALIA'S LANI PALLISTER IN ANOTHER CLOSE FINISH. SHE'LL BE IN AND AROUND FOUR NOW. IS SHE GONNA BREAK THAT WORLD CUP RECORD? NOT QUITE. THERE'S SOMETHING REAL BENEFICIAL IN FINISHING STRONG IN THE LAST 50 ESPECIALLY, SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN MY GAME PLAN, I GUESS. FAIRWEATHER'S BACK IN THE POOL TONIGHT IN THE 200 FREESTYLE HEATS. PAUL COLL IS THE THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE U.S. SQUASH OPEN, THE FIRST KIWI MAN TO DO IT IN NEARLY FOUR DECADES. COLL BEATING DEFENDING CHAMPION DIEGO ELIAS IN HIS SEMIFINAL IN PHILADELPHIA, COMING BACK FROM TRAILING TWO GAMES TO ONE. THE KIWI CREDITING A TWO-MONTH OFF SEASON FOR FEELING THE BEST HE HAS IN THREE YEARS. I AM PLANNING MY SEASON BETTER AND TRYING TO HAVE TRAINING BLOCKS FOR THESE BIG EVENTS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. HE'LL PLAY WORLD NUMBER ONE ALI FARAG IN TOMORROW'S FINAL. CHRIS WOOD HAS RESCUED THE ALL WHITES WITH A STOPPAGE TIME PENALTY TO SALVAGE A DRAW WITH THE DEMOCRACTIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN THEIR FOOTBALL FREINDLY IN SPAIN. THE AFRICANS TOOK THE LEAD JUST AFTER HALFTIME, WITH NEW ZEALAND NEEDING EVERY SECOND OF THE MATCH TO LEVEL. IT'S A SHAME, THE GOAL, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UNUSUAL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT I THOUGHT WE BOUNCED BACK REALLY WELL, YOU KNOW, AND FULLY DESERVED TO NOT LOSE THE GAME AND PROBABLY DESERVED TO WIN THE GAME TOWARDS THE END. NEW ZEALAND'S NOW EYEING TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS AUSTRALIA IN LONDON ON WEDNESDAY. IN THE PAST HALF HOUR, THE RICHEST RACE ON TURF HAS BEEN RUN AT ROYAL RANDWICK IN SYDNEY. KIWI HOPES AT THE EVEREST ALL PINNED ON WAIKATO STUD GELDING 'I WISH I WIN', BUT HE WAS ULTIMATELY UPSTAGED. 'I WISH I WIN' IS RUNNING BEHIND THEM. 'THINK ABOUT IT' TAKES THE LEAD, NARROWLY. 'PRIVATE EYE,' 'THINK ABOUT IT' IN FRONT FROM 'I WISH I WIN.' 'THINK ABOUT IT!' 'I WISH I WIN' FINISHING SECOND. THINK ABOUT IT'S VICTORY EARNING IT PLENTY OF ACCOLADES, NOT TO MENTION A COOL $7M. IF HE HAD HAVE GOT A RUN... YOU CAN'T MAKE EXCUSES. CONDITIONAL. YOUR PUNDITRY IS A LITTLE SKEW WHIFF. I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GREEN MACHINE WIN. COMING UP, WIND, SNOW, THUNDER, HAIL AND HEAT ALL IN TOMORROW'S FORECAST. ERIN'S HERE WITH DETAILS NEXT. THIS SUNDAY ON Q+A THE RESULT WILL BE IN. WE'LL BE LIVE WITH THE WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THIS YEAR'S ELECTION. WHAT WILL IT ALL MEAN FOR YOU? JOIN US FOR A 2-HOUR Q+A SPECIAL SUNDAY AT 8AM ON 1 AND TVNZ+. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK. IT WAS CLEAR SOMETHING WAS BREWING LAST NIGHT IN THE EAST, AND TODAY, OUR LAKES WERE LOOKING MORE LIKE OUR OCEANS. VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER CANTERBURY ` A WHOPPING 110 KNOTS ` MORE THAN 200K'S IN BANKS PENINSULA AND THE PLAINS. AND THE WIND DRIVING TEMPERATURES UP IN THE EAST TODAY AND FOR THE COMING DAYS TOO. IT WAS 26 IN HASTINGS. HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST, BUT THERE ARE THOSE TIGHTLY PACKED ISOBAR LINES ` THE CLOSER TOGETHER, THE STRONGER THE WIND. AND THEY CONTINUE TOMORROW. NOTE THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ` HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST, WIND IN THE EAST. THEY SLOWLY LIFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A RAIN BAND PASSES OVER THE UPPER NORTH TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW MORNING TOO. TE TAI TOKERAU STARTS WITH SHOWERS, BUT THEN FINES UP. WHITIANGA LOOKING GOOD ALL DAY. AND 21 FOR YOU. AIM TO GET OUT AND ABOUT AFTER LUNCH IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AUCKLAND, WITH A HIGH OF 20. WET OVERNIGHT, KIRIKIRIROA, HAMILTON, THEN IT'S A BIT OF A GREY SUNDAY. WITH A HIGH OF 20. RAIN CLEARS TO A FINE MORNING IN BAY OF PLENTY, WHILE YOU CAN EXPECT A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS TO TAUPO AND TAUMARUNUI, AND 17 TO 20 FOR ALL. THE RAIN IS EARLY, TAURANGA, BUT IT RETURNS IN THE EVENING, 21 IS YOUR HIGH. WIND PICKING UP FOR ALL HERE, ESPECIALLY STRONG IN DANNEVIRKE AND FOR MASTERTON, WITH A WATCH FOR YOU THROUGH UNTIL 8PM. A WARM 24 IN HAWKE'S BAY. GET OUT AND ABOUT IN THE MORNING IN THE WEST. A FEW SHOWERS FROM AFTERNOON, A WINDY DAY, AND 19 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. A 35-HOUR LONG WIND WARNING TO THE CAPITAL NOT LIFTING UNTIL 8PM. SEVERE GALES, GUSTING 120KMPH IN EXPOSED PLACES. A FEW SHOWERS AND A HIGH OF 15. THE WIND WARNINGS CONTINUE IN THE EAST COAST OF TE WAI POUNAMU ALL DAY, WHILE IT'S A RAIN WATCH TO WESTPORT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. 15 FOR YOU. YOU MAY SEE SOME WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS EXTENDED, OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH A BIT OF CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS AND 20 DEGREES. AN INDOOR DAY IN THE WEST ` SOME HEAVY RAIN, THUNDER AND HAIL LIKELY, WITH GUSTS OF 100KMPH. WHILE IT'S FINE, WARM AND WINDY IN THE EAST. 19 AND 20 DEGREES. A WINDY NIGHT, TAHUNA, QUEENSTOWN, AND SOME HEAVY FALLS TOMORROW, PARTICULARLY IN THE MORNING. AND A ROAD SNOW WARNING TO THE CROWN RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND 12 DEGREES. WIND WATCHES LIFTING ABOUT BREAKFAST TIME, BUT MOST ARE LOOKING AT A VERY COOL, WET AND WINDY DAY, WITH SOME THUNDER IN THE MIX TOO. AND 12 FOR MILFORD SOUND AND INVERCARGILL. YOU'RE IN FOR SOME POSSIBLE HEAVY, THUNDERY FALLS TOO, OTEPOTI, DUNEDIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. IT EASES TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT THE WIND PICKS UP, AND 16. LOOKING AT MONDAY, NOT BAD IN THE NORTH. GALE WINDS IN THE LOWER ISLAND. AND SOME HEAVY RAIN UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND TUESDAY, IT'S RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR ALL APART FROM THE EAST OF TE-IKA-A-MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND. AND FINALLY TONIGHT, A QUICK GLIMPSE AT PARIS FOR THEIR SATURDAY EVENING ` LOOKING MOSTLY DRY, AND MUCH COOLER THAN WE'VE SEEN WITH JUST MID-TEENS BY EVENING.