TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE HANGOVER FROM OUR SHOCK POLITICAL POLL. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT DEFENDS ITS FALL IN POPULARITY, AS KIWIS REVEAL WHICH LEADER THEY THINK HAS THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON DECISION-MAKING. MORE PAIN AT THE PETROL PUMP, AND RENTS RISE TO A NEW HIGH. KIWIS CONTINUE TO FEEL THE PINCH ` WHAT ELSE IS ALSO SET TO COST MORE? AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS RAISED TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY OF A RUGBY-PLAYING DAD WHO DIED AFTER A HEAD KNOCK. THE SPECIAL BLESSING AT HIS HOME GROUND. # HAERE RA, E HIKA... # CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER, FRANK GORE AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI KARERE TAHI I TENEI PO. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS THIS EVENING. THERE'S DEFIANCE AND DENIAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT AFTER OUR LATEST 1NEWS VERIAN POLL REVEALED IT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO BE IN POWER IF AN ELECTION WAS HELD. WHILE THE RESULT IS BEING DISMISSED BY THE COALITION, CRITICS SAY THE POLL SHOWS A LACK OF EMPATHY AND VISION FROM ITS LEADERS. AND TONIGHT WE CAN REVEAL WHO KIWIS THINK IS REALLY PULLING THE STRINGS AROUND THE CABINET TABLE. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. POLITICIANS ROLLING UP TO PARLIAMENT... JUST FORGIVE ME WHILE I TAKE MY BALACLAVA OFF SO YOU DON'T MISTAKE ME FOR A BANK ROBBER. ...TAKING IN THE NEWS OF A GRIM POLL RESULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. DID YOU SEE THE 1 NEWS LAST NIGHT? I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING A LOT RECENTLY, VERY WELL. FAIR ENOUGH. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE SKIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE HONEYMOON INTO THE DIVORCE PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW. PEOPLE ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED. I THINK THAT'S AN UP-AND-DOWN OF POLLS. WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. I THINK THE NEW GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A SHAMBOLIC START. THE ACT PARTY WASTING NO TIME ` ISSUED A NEWSLETTER LAST NIGHT TO SUPPORTERS SAYING, 'WHAT'S BECOME CLEAR TODAY IS THAT LABOUR, 'WHO SHOULD BE BANISHED, COULD BE BACK.' AH, LOOK, WE SAID THAT ACTUALLY IT'S IMPORTANT YOU RECOGNISE THAT IF PEOPLE WANT THE KIND OF POLICIES THAT ACT'S PUTTING FORWARD, THEN YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT US. WINSTON PETERS CLAIMS HIS SUPPORT IS SOLID... WHY DON'T YOU TURN UP AT MY MEETINGS. THEY'RE WALL TO WALL. THEY'RE PACKED OUT. IT'D BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. ...RUBBISHING THE POLL RESULTS. YOUR POLLS ARE NOT WORTH THE AIR OR THE WORDS THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN ON. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE DIDN'T TUNE IN FOR THE NUMBERS. I GET MY NEWS FEED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I JUST HADN'T ACTUALLY SEEN YOUR REPORT LAST NIGHT. ONE FORMER MINISTER SUGGESTED THAT'S A MISTAKE. WELL, THIS IS ONE POLL, AND ONE POLL DOESN'T MAKE AN ELECTION OUTCOME. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY WOULD BE FOOLISH TO IGNORE SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS IN HERE ABOUT THE LOSS OF SUPPORT AND SOME OF THE ANXIETY THAT'S COMING THROUGH FROM THE PUBLIC. IN OUR LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL, WE ALSO ASKED, HALF OF RESPONDENTS SAID THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT AROUND A QUARTER THOUGHT WINSTON PETERS AND 10% SAID DAVID SEYMOUR. THE REST DIDN'T KNOW OR WOULDN'T SAY. OF COURSE THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN CHARGE. DEPENDS WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ISSUE. THE PRIME MINISTER IS ALWAYS IN CHARGE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE, COS WINSTON SAYS WHATEVER HE LIKES, SEYMOUR SAYS WHATEVER HE LIKES. AND WHILE COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL, FORMER NATIONAL PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN KEY WAS AT PARLIAMENT OFFERING MORAL SUPPORT. LOOK, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR CONCERN. I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING EXTREMELY WELL AS A UNIFIED GROUP AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD. A POLL THAT'S GOT EVERYONE TALKING. SO MAIKI, STRONG AND MIXED REACTION TO THE POLL RESULTS. WHAT'S YOUR TAKEAWAY? THIS POLL HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A LOT FOR EVERYONE TO DIGESTS. THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLL RESULTS WE HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IT IS JUST ONE POLL AND IT IS TO ENTER HAVE YEARS OUT FROM THE ELECTION BUT THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT SO SIGNIFICANT. TO LOSE SUPPORT FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE BATTED AWAY. THE REAL TEST OF COURSE WILL BE WHETHER THIS BECOMES A TREND FOR THE GOVERNMENT. ONE NEWS POLLS CONSISTENTLY SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, AND DOES NO FAVOURS TO THE GOVERNMENT TO DISMISS THE POLL RESULTS AND THE CONCERNS AND ANXIETIES OF VOTERS. THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING TO VOTERS, TRUST ME, WE KNOW BEST. IT IS NOT A SALES PITCH THAT WILL WORK ANY LONGER. THANKS, POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. WE'VE BEEN ASKING WHAT'S BEHIND THE DROP IN SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. WHILE SOME BELIEVE IT'S DOWN TO A NEGATIVE AGENDA, OTHERS ARE STILL WILLING TO GIVE THEM TIME TO PUSH THROUGH THEIR PLANS. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. ON THE BACK OF A HAIRY POLL FOR THOSE IN POWER, WE ASKED FOLK IN NAPIER FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT REPORT CARD. THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS QUICKLY, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL THEY KEEP PEOPLE ON THE JOURNEY AND FOR THE RIDE. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE THROUGH A LOT OF THE EMPTY PROMISES THESE DAYS. ONE THING THEY COULD REALLY WORK ON IS JUST BEING KIND. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH UNKINDNESS IN THERE, AND IT SPREADS LIKE A DISEASE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WHILE IN MT ROSKILL... WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME TIME, SOME PATIENCE, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. I FEEL CONFIDENT THE GUY AT THE HELM OF THINGS WILL STEER THE SHIP IN THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO GO. BUT BACK AT PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT MPs NOT SO KEEN TO TALK ABOUT OUR POLL... LOOK, NO ONE CARES ABOUT A POLL AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. YOU'RE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, THOUGH, EH. NOT AT ALL. IT'S JUST A ONE-OFF POLL. ...AND NICOLA WILLIS CLEARLY NOT A HAPPY CAMPER. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE DRAWN INTO THIS SILLINESS, FRANKLY, TWO AND A HALF YEARS OUT FROM THE ELECTION ` TWO AND A HALF YEARS OUT FROM THE ELECTION. YEP. MINISTERS UNSURPRISINGLY NOT ON BOARD WITH THE IDEA OF BEING VOTED OUT. WE MAY AS WELL ALL GET A ONE-WAY TICKET TO AUSTRALIA BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT ANYONE LIKE ME IS GOING TO STAY UNDER THAT. THE SHORT-TERM, POLL-DRIVEN FRUIT CAKE BUSINESS, I'M SORRY. BUT WHAT'S BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT'S DROP IN SUPPORT? THEY'RE CUTTING THINGS. THEY'RE PULLING BACK ENTITLEMENTS. THEY'RE BRINGING IN QUITE NEGATIVE ` AT LEAST FROM AN OPTICS POINT OF VIEW ` LAW AND ORDER POLICIES. THERE'S NOT A LOT TO BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT. THOSE CUTS CLEARLY ON THE MINDS OF THOSE IN DUNEDIN TODAY. IT'S ALL VERY WELL CUTTING THE COSTS, BUT I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE IMPACT IT HAS ON PEOPLE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST DISAPPOINTING PART FOR ME. WELL, THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING OTHER THAN CANCEL EVERYTHING OUT THAT WAS GOING ON. THEY'VE DESTROYED SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO NEW ZEALANDERS AND THEIR WELL-BEING. THE GOVERNMENT GETTING A LUKEWARM RECEPTION JUST MONTHS INTO THE JOB. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, MPs COULD BE GETTING A PAY RISE FOLLOWING A REVIEW INTO THEIR SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES. THE REMUNERATION AUTHORITY'S RECOMMENDED A BUMP OF AROUND 2% PER YEAR, INCLUDING BACKPAY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S SALARY WILL INCREASE BY $50,000 PER YEAR BY 2026, BUT HE'S INDICATED HE'LL DONATE IT TO CHARITY. THE RECOMMENDATION'S STILL TO BE APPROVED. IT COMES AS THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS FACE JOB CUTS AFTER MINISTRIES WERE ASKED TO FIND COST SAVINGS OF 6.5%. THE PRICE OF DAILY LIVING KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP, WITH RENTS REACHING RECORD HIGHS, PETROL PRICES CLIMBING, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES ENDING. THAT LIST COMES AS THE 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL SHOWS CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR OUR ECONOMY. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. JUMPING ON A BUS TO UNI HAS BEEN A BREEZE, BUT THE COST OF THIS RIDE IS REVVING UP. ALWAYS TRICKY WHEN YOU'RE A STUDENT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. IT CAN COST ME EVEN UP TO $15 INTO UNI EACH DAY, AND THAT REALLY ADDS UP. DEFINITELY A BIT HARDER TO STOMACH UP THE BILL WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING UP. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ENDED THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT HOW MUCH FARES RISE WILL DEPEND ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY. GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR GRANDKIDS CATCH THE TRAIN TO SEE THEM MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF THESE FARE DISCOUNTS. BUSING WAS THE CHEAPER OPTION. IT'S JUST NOT ANYMORE. BUT IF ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT HOPPING OFF THE BUS AND INTO THE CAR, RISING OIL PRICES AND THE WEAK KIWI DOLLAR MEAN FUEL PRICES ARE ONCE AGAIN CREEPING UP. A COMMERCE COMMISSION STUDY FOUND PETROL IS CHEAPER AT UNMANNED STATIONS. WHEN WE LOOK AT A DIFFERENCE IN AN AREA WHICH HAS UNSTAFFED SITES TO ONE WHICH ONLY HAS STAFFED SITES, WE FIND ABOUT A $0.06 A LITRE DIFFERENCE. HE SAYS ITS COMPETITION WORKING. BUT SOME OF THE INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS ARE NOW FINDING IT EASIER TO ACCESS FUEL FROM THE IMPORTERS, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TEND TO BE OPEN, OPENING MORE OF THE UNSTAFFED SITES. IT'S NOT JUST TRANSPORT AND PETROL ` TRADEME DATA SHOWS RENTS ARE UP 8%. AND IT'S UP $50 YEAR-ON-YEAR, UM, PER WEEK. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT ACROSS A FULL YEAR, IT'S ABOUT $2600 THAT RENTERS ARE PAYING, UM, MORE IN RENT THAN THEY WERE 12 MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS PRETTY TOUGH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. WHILE OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW INFLATION IS FALLING, THE WEEKLY COSTS FOR MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RISE. AND THAT MAY BE WHY THE LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL SHOWS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THINK THE ECONOMY WILL BE IN A WORSE SHAPE IN 12 MONTHS TIME. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BRING PRESSURE OFF INFLATION SO THAT IT CAN COME DOWN, SO THAT OUR INTEREST RATES COME DOWN, AND TO PROVIDE COST OF LIVING RELIEF. BACK TO THE COMMUTE, AND THESE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AREN'T SHY ABOUT SHARING THEIR FEELINGS. IT'S BAD. PARENTS PROBABLY WON'T BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT EITHER, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT'S STUPID. I THINK KIDS SHOULD HAVE IT FOR FREE. TURNS OUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE RIDE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AS WE MENTIONED THERE, SUBSIDISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR SOME KIWIS IS ENDING. BUT HOW MUCH FARES WILL RISE? WELL, DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE. WE HAVE OUR REPORTERS STATIONED AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. LET'S START WITH KIM BAKER WILSON IN AUCKLAND. ABOUT 200,000 TRANSPORT CARDS ARE USED FOR THESE CHEAPER YOUTH FARES. THE ADVICE FROM ONE AUCKLAND COUNSELLOR TODAY WAS MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSPORT CARD IS TOPPED UP WITH ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS INCOMING JOLT. THIS IS ACROSS-THE-BOARD IN AUCKLAND ON TRAINS AND FERRIES AND BUSES. THE MOST EXPENSIVE BUS FARES FOR SOME YOUNG PEOPLE IS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO ALMOST $13. HOW MUCH A PERSON PAYS DEPENDS ON HOW OLD THEY ARE. UNDER FIVES REMAIN FREE. HAVE PRICED FARES ARE OVER UP TO 25. AT SAID WOULD HAVE KEPT COST UP TO $60 MILLION TO KEEP. FREE KIDS WEEKENDS FOR THOSE AGED 5 TO 15 IS KEPT. IN WELLINGTON, IF YOU ARE CATCHING A TRAIN FROM HERE TO PORIRUA THAT WILL FROM TOMORROW COST YOU NEARLY 3 DOLLARS. THAT HAS BEEN HEAVILY DISCOUNTED. IT WILL SOON BE HALF-PRICE OF THE ADULT FARE. HAVE PRICED FARES FOR UNDER 25S WILL BE GONE, AND IT WILL BE COSTING AROUND $5.50 TO GET TO PORIRUA. ADULT MOBILITY CONCESSIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. METLINK BELIEVES IT WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS BUT THEY DON'T THINK IT WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THERE WILL BE A 10% FEAR HIKE FROM JULY. HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH BETWEEN AGE 5 AND 12, FREED TRAVEL WILL BE ON BUSES COMING TO AN END. FROM TOMORROW, FOR THAT AGE GROUP, THEY WILL BE PLAYING ONE DOLLAR PER TRIP WHEN USING A METRO CARD. 13-24 FEE IS UNCHANGING. AFTER THE OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL VOTED TO KEEP FUNDING THE INITIATIVE. FOR CARD REGISTERED USERS, THEY WILL HAVE TWO PAY BETWEEN $1.20 AND TWO DOLLARS DEPENDING ON THE CITY OR THEIR AGE. ACROSS BOTH REGIONS, CHILDREN UNDER 5 WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE FOR FREE. AND FOR MORE ON THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS FOR KIWIS, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE 1news.co.nz OR DOWNLOAD OUR APP. THE RE-OPENING OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 OVER THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS WILL BE DELAYED BY SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER ACTIVE SLIP THAT'S BEEN SLOWLY MOVING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE BUSY ROAD NORTH WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN CYCLONE GABRIELLE AND WAS DUE TO OPEN IN TWO WEEKS AFTER EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. BUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT HAPPENED TODAY, WHICH WILL NEED URGENT GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS TO STABILISE. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW WILL BE HELD INTO THE SERVICES FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DISABLED PEOPLE ` WHAIKAHA. IT COMES AFTER THE MINISTRY LAST MONTH SUDDENLY CUT FUNDING TO DISABLED PEOPLE, AND WARNED IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. THAT LED TO PENNY SIMMONDS BEING STRIPPED OF THE DISABILITY ISSUES PORTFOLIO. NEW MINISTER LOUISE UPSTON SAYS THE REVIEW SHOULD BE FINISHED AROUND SEPTEMBER. A 'CHEEKY PERSONALITY' WITH A 'ZEST FOR LIFE'. THAT'S HOW AUCKLAND RUGBY PLAYER CORY HEATHER'S FAMILY IS REMEMBERING HIM TONIGHT. THE FATHER OF THREE DIED AFTER RECEIVING A SEVERE HEAD KNOCK DURING A GAME OVER THE WEEKEND. HIS DEATH PROMPTED AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT ` MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE AND GROUPS DONATED OVER $130,000 TO A GIVEALITTLE APPEAL FOR HIS FAMILY. SIMON MERCEP HAS THE STORY. (IWI SING) HE WAS A DAD, A BUILDER AND A RUGBY PLAYER. (IWI SING SOLEMNLY) AND TODAY, IWI SANG FOR CORY HEATHER AND MARKED HIS LOSS ON THE EAST AUCKLAND FIELD WHERE A RUGBY INJURY CLAIMED HIS LIFE. IT'S A MEASURE OF RESPECT TO THE DECEASED AS WELL AS WE REMEMBER HIM IN OUR KARAKIA. ON SATURDAY AT TE PURU PARK, CORY HEATHER WENT DOWN IN A TACKLE AND SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY. HIS PARTNER AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WERE ON THE SIDELINES. WE KNOW THE WHANAU AND THE CHILDREN AND THAT, SO, YEAH, WE'RE REALLY THINKING OF THEM AT THIS TIME AND HERE TO SUPPORT IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. IN A STATEMENT, THE FAMILY'S THANKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. OF CORY HEATHER, THEY SAID... I KNOW NATIONWIDE, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS THROUGH RUGBY, IT SORT OF WAKES EVERYONE UP AND PUTS IT ALL BACK IN PERSPECTIVE. A GIVEALITTLE PAGE IS FULL OF TRIBUTES. A FRIEND SAYS... A MOTHER OF RUGBY PLAYERS SAYS THE LOSS IS UNIMAGINABLE. TE TAI TOKERAU RUGBY PLAYERS SAY THEY... A CLIENT SAYS CORY WAS... AS RUGBY CONTINUES TO WORK ON PLAYER SAFETY, ONE PERSON SAYS... IT'S A SENTIMENT SHARED BY OTHERS. IF YOU LOVE THE SPORT, THEN LOVE YOURSELF MORE AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF SO YOU'RE AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS FOR YOUR OWN WHANAU. THE CHARITY 'THE RUGBY FOUNDATION' IS NOW WORKING WITH THE FAMILY, OFFERING A RANGE OF MEASURES INCLUDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT. IT'S ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE PLAYERS AND THE REFEREE WHO WERE HERE LAST SATURDAY, OFFERING THEM ANY COUNSELLING THEY MAY REQUIRE. CORY HAS GONE AWAY TOO SOON. HE HAS LEFT ` TAITI MOANA I E, HE HAS LEFT OUR SHORES. HE REMAINS IN HIS FAMILY'S HEARTS AND IN THE MINDS OF MANY IN RUGBY. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. TO THE DEFIANT DEMONSTRATORS IN NEW YORK NOW. PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS REJECTING ANOTHER ORDER FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO LEAVE. A MID-AFTERNOON DEADLINE CAME AND WENT WITH THE THREAT OF IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION NOT ENOUGH TO CLEAR THESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OUT. 1 NEWS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THE CLASHES WITH POLICE OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS AS TENSIONS SOARED. TONIGHT, THOSE SUSPENSIONS HAVE STARTED TO AVOID ANY DISRUPTION TO UPCOMING GRADUATION CEREMONIES. THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAR IN GAZA BEGAN AT COLUMBIA, BUT HAVE QUICKLY SPREAD TO AT LEAST 22 OTHER STATES. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH WAS RIGHT THERE AS IT ALL UNFOLDED. PROTESTERS PICKED UP AND CARRIED AWAY... (PROTESTERS CLAMOUR) ...ARRESTED AND PUT IN A POLICE VAN.... (PROTESTERS CLAMOUR) THIS WAS JUST ONE OF THE SCENES OUTSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TODAY AS STUDENTS PUSHED DOWN POLICE LINES... (PROTESTERS CHANT INDISTINCTLY) INSIDE, THE CAMP VILLAGE REMAINS AFTER A 2 O'CLOCK DEADLINE CAME AND WENT. INSTEAD, A MASS OF STUDENTS AND EVEN SOME MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY RACED TO THE PROTEST SITE. WE WILL NOT BE MOVED BY THESE INTIMIDATION TACTICS. YOU CAN SEE OUTSIDE YOU NOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE MOBILISED. THEY WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO CUT TIES WITH ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE LINKS TO ISRAEL AND ITS WAR EFFORTS ` A DEMAND IT HAS TODAY REJECTED, INSTEAD MAKING ITS OWN DEMANDS TO PROTESTERS ` LEAVE OR BE SUSPENDED. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE PROTESTERS ON CAMPUS TO MOVE, INCLUDING SENDING IN ARMED POLICE, BUT THAT'S JUST RESULTED IN MORE PROTESTS THAT ARE BIGGER AND LOUDER. (PROTESTERS SHOUT) MEANWHILE IN TEXAS, ARRESTS BY RIOT POLICE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN AUSTIN. CROWD CHANTS: WHY ARE YOU INVITED HERE? THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STUDENT- LED PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN DECADES, MANY COMPARING IT TO ANTI-VIETNAM WAR RALLIES ABOUT HALF A CENTURY AGO. THIS FOOTAGE IS FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN 1968, PROTESTING THE WAR AS WELL AS SEGREGATION. POLICE AT THE TIME CRITICISED FOR USING HEAVY-HANDED TACTICS TO DISPERSE THE CROWDS. AT COLUMBIA TODAY, STUDENTS I SPOKE TO WERE SURE THEY WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. THE DEMANDS ARE QUITE SIMPLE ` FOR COLUMBIA TO DISCLOSE AND DIVEST, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, AND FOR AMNESTY FOR THE SUSPENDED STUDENTS AS WELL. THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE THE CHILDREN OF POLITICIANS IN OUR CITY. THESE ARE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE THE CHILDREN OF REALLY IMPORTANT LAWMAKERS IN OUR CITY. SO FOR THEM TO BE THE ONES TAKING THE STAND IS REALLY AN EYE-OPENER FOR EVERYBODY, AND I THINK THAT THE RESPONSE FROM COLUMBIA IS PRETTY EMBARRASSING. COLUMBIA, FOR ITS PART, SAYS IT WANTS THE LAWN CLEARED AHEAD OF ITS COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY NEXT MONTH. THESE PROTESTERS, THOUGH, SAY THEY ARE STAYING PUT. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. AND AS THOSE DEMONSTRATORS HOLD FIRM, DETAILS FROM THE LATEST CEASEFIRE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS ARE REVEALED. WHY NEGOTIATORS ARE HOPEFUL THEY'RE CLOSE TO BROKERING A LENGTHY TRUCE. PLUS ` WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY NEEDS TO BE URGENTLY ADDRESSED, AS THEY ARE WARNING NZ COULD BE CLOSE TO A MAJOR MEASLES EPIDEMIC. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, SHE'S TRAVELLED THE WORLD TO TELL THE STORY OF A FRUIT THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN KIWI HEARTS. I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD'VE DONE THE SAME BOOK ABOUT A TAMARILLO OR, LIKE, ANY OTHER FRUIT. LIKE, I THINK THE FEIJOA'S PARTICULARLY RICH IN STORIES AND INTERESTING CONVERGENCES. AND WHY IT'S OK TO GIVE, AND RECEIVE, COMPLIMENTS. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. THERE'S RENEWED HOPE OF A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN THE GAZA CONFLICT, WITH HAMAS NOW DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT A NEW ISRAELI OFFER THE U.S. IS CALLING 'VERY GENEROUS'. THE CLOCK IS TICKING, THOUGH, WITH GAZA ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE, AND ISRAEL SET FOR A GROUND OFFENSIVE ON THE PACKED REFUGE OF RAFAH. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS SINCE IT BEGAN, THE WAR HAS BEEN RELENTLESS. (WAILING) ANOTHER DAY, BRINGING MORE DEATH AND MORE DEVASTATION IN GAZA. AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX WOMEN AND FIVE CHILDREN, KILLED IN THREE SEPARATE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY OF RAFAH. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE 10 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO WERE KILLED. THEY'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. ALL OF THEM WERE GIRLS AND WOMEN. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, THESE REAL HOPE FOR A CEASEFIRE, AS TOP GLOBAL OFFICIALS GATHERED IN SAUDI ARABIA. HAMAS HAS BEFORE IT A PROPOSAL THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY, EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS ON THE PART OF ISRAEL. AND IN THIS MOMENT, THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND A CEASEFIRE IS HAMAS. FRANKLY, ALL THE PRESSURE IN THE WORLD AND ALL THE EYES OF THE WORLD SHOULD BE ON THEM TODAY SAYING, TAKE THAT DEAL. IT'S BELIEVED THE LATEST PROPOSAL MEETS A NUMBER OF HAMAS DEMANDS, INCLUDING THE PROSPECT OF A LONGER LASTING CALM ON TOP OF A 40-DAY CEASEFIRE. IN EXCHANGE, 33 ISRAELI HOSTAGES FOR HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, AND ALLOWING DISPLACED GAZANS TO RETURN TO HOMES IN THE NORTH. ISRAEL'S ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE AROUND 130 REMAINING HOSTAGES BY FORCE HAVE BEEN LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THERE'S MOUNTING DOMESTIC PRESSURE ON PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL. THERE IS PROGRESS, OF COURSE, ON CERTAIN ISSUES, BUT STILL THERE IS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THAT THERE MUST BE A SORT OF COMPROMISE. BUT TIME IS TICKING. WITH ISRAEL PLANNING A MAJOR ATTACK ON RAFAH, WHICH THE US HAS WARNED STRONGLY AGAINST, SAYING THERE IS NO PROVEN PLAN TO PROTECT CIVILIANS. THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY, DESPITE MORE AID NOW GETTING IN, GAZA IS ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. A REMINDER WHO IS AT THE HEART OF THIS WAR, AND WHO SUFFERS, THE LONGER IT DRAGS ON. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. IN THE U.S., FOUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND KILLED AND FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED DURING A SIEGE AT A HOME IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. GUNFIRE ERUPTED AS POLICE APPROACHED THE PROPERTY TO SERVE A WARRANT TO A FELON WANTED FOR POSSESSING A FIREARM. AFTER AROUND THREE HOURS, POLICE STORMED THE BARRICADED HOUSE, WHERE ONE OF THE TWO SUSPECTED ATTACKERS WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE FRONT YARD. DOZENS MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN KENYA, AFTER A DAM BURST ITS BANKS. THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW WELL OVER 100, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S FEARED THE NUMBER WILL RISE FURTHER, WITH MANY MORE BURIED UNDER DEBRIS. THE BBC'S BARBARA PLETT USHER REPORTS. THE TIDE OF WATER WOKE PEOPLE UP WITH ITS ROAR OF DESTRUCTION. NO TIME TO SCRAMBLE OUT OF THE WAY. THIS RUSHING RIVER USED TO BE A STREAM. RESCUE TEAMS WORKED LONG AFTER DISASTER STRUCK. SAVING THOSE THEY COULD. FINDING AND COUNTING THE DEAD. A VILLAGE THAT WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN AN INSTANT. THE WATER CAME FROM THAT DIRECTION, CRASHING THROUGH THE VILLAGE, GOUGING OUT THE VALLEY, AND THE RIVER BURST ITS BANKS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DAMAGE ` THE CARS DESTROYED. TREES WERE UPROOTED, HOUSES SWEPT AWAY, HOUSES DESTROYED. PEOPLE WERE CARRIED AWAY BY THE FLOODWATERS. DOZENS OF PEOPLE DEAD. BUT THEY'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR BODIES OF THE MISSING. AND THERE WERE OTHER HOUSES WHERE THE CARS PARKED. PETER'S HOUSE SURVIVED, BUT NOT HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. HE SPENT THE NIGHT PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER AND OUT OF THE MUD. THERE ARE LITTLE BABIES IN THE WATER, ALL THE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THINGS- THINGS ARE BEING SWEPT AWAY. ACTUALLY, IT WAS A VERY BAD, VERY BAD SCENARIO. PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING, PEOPLE ARE CRYING. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES, AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, STILL NOW. THE RAINY SEASON HAS BEEN PUNISHING THIS YEAR, BRINGING RUIN HERE, ELSEWHERE IN KENYA, AND THE REGION. DEDEN MUIRI WAS UP TO HIS NECK IN WATER BEFORE HE HAD TIME TO THINK. HE SAW THE FLOOD TAKE HIS WIFE. IT TOOK HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE GRABBED A TREE BRANCH AND HUNG ON TO LIFE. SO DID SHE. BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. NO HOME. JUST BITS OF FURNITURE. THERE'S HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT DAYS. MORE DAMS ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM. MAYBE MORE DISASTERS TO COME. AND MAKING THE SITUATION WORSE, THE DRY, HARD SOIL IS LESS ABSORBENT FOLLOWING YEARS OF DROUGHT. SCOTLAND'S FIRST MINISTER HUMZA YOUSAF HAS QUIT AFTER BARELY A YEAR IN THE JOB. THE DECISION COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER THE HEAD OF THE PRO-INDEPENDENCE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY HAD A COALITION AGREEMENT SPAT WITH THE GREEN PARTY OVER CLIMATE POLICY. WITHOUT THE NUMBERS TO SURVIVE A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE, HE RESIGNED, SAYING SOMEONE ELSE WILL NEED TO TAKE OVER IN ORDER TO 'REPAIR OUR RELATIONSHIP ACROSS THE POLITICAL DIVIDE.' THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH HAS BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY TO VISIT UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA'S INVASION. SHE MET WITH THE FIRST LADY, BUT BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS THE PURPOSE OF SOPHIE'S VISIT IS TO DEMONSTRATE SOLIDARITY WITH THE WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN IMPACTED BY THE WAR. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS CALLING FOR FASTER DELIVERY OF WESTERN WEAPONS AS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS ON THE FRONT LINE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE BEING PROMISED AFTER A MINE GETS THE GO-AHEAD ON THE WEST COAST. WHY SOME LOCALS SAY THE IMPACT WON'T END UP CREATING GREENER PASTURES. PLUS, AFTER RUNNING ALMOST HALF OF HIS 50 MARATHONS IN ROTORUA, WHAT'S THE SPECIAL OCCASION THAT'S ENTICED THIS 100-YEAR-OLD TO RETURN YET AGAIN? THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHY GOOGLE IS CONSTANTLY TEMPTING US WITH ADVERTISING YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR, AND HOW TO GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT. PLUS, DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO ACCEPT A COMPLIMENT? HOW THESE YOUNGSTERS CAN TEACH US ALL A THING OR TWO. AND THE KIWI MUSIC INSPIRED BY A TRAGIC EVENT THAT'S ABOUT TO BE PERFORMED BY THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICIANS. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. WE'RE CLOSE TO THE TIPPING POINT OF UNVACCINATED CHILDREN THAT'S SET OFF MEASLES EPIDEMICS IN THE PAST. THAT'S THE STARK WARNING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, WHO ARE SAYING THE NEXT OUTBREAK COULD BE MUCH WORSE, IF IMMUNISATION COVERAGE DOESN'T INCREASE. LAURA FRYKBERG REPORTS. PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE ISN'T ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE... (CHILD CRIES) ...BUT DOCTORS SAYS IMMUNISATIONS LIKE THIS ARE THE BEST DEFENCE AGAINST HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES LIKE MEASLES. IT OFTEN STARTS WITH COLD-, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS CAN PROGRESS TO EYE INFECTION, COUGH, FEVER AND OBVIOUSLY THE RASH. AS IT CAN LEAD TO DEATH, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE WHO ARE NOT IMMUNISED. THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE WARNS WE'RE NOW CLOSER TO A NEW MEASLES EPIDEMIC, WITH IMMUNISATION COVERAGE AT ITS LOWEST SINCE THE 1980s, AND THE NUMBER OF AT-RISK CHILDREN INCREASING BY AROUND 1000 EVERY MONTH. SO THE POTENTIAL IS TO HAVE TENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH MEASLES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, IN 2019, NEARLY A THIRD OF THOSE WITH MEASLES ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL. THE 2019 OUTBREAK KILLED DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN SAMOA, BUT NONE IN NEW ZEALAND, SOMETHING DOCTORS PUT DOWN TO HIGHER VACCINATION RATES AT THE TIME. DOCTORS WARN THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION HAS NOW DWINDLED, WITH MIS- AND DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF VACCINES LIKE MMR PUTTING PEOPLE OFF. THERE IS STILL CONTINUING BELIEF THAT THE VACCINE CAUSES AUTISM. THERE IS REALLY GOOD EVIDENCE THAT IT DOESN'T. THE GOVERNMENT'S TARGET IS FOR 95% OF CHILDREN TO HAVE HAD ALL THE IMMUNISATIONS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR BY AGE 2. WHILE COVERAGE GOT CLOSE IN 2016, REACHING OVER 93%, AS OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, ONLY AROUND 80% OF THE AGE GROUP HAD RECEIVED ALL THEIR VACCINATIONS. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF. MANY YOUNG ADULTS WHO THINK, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE PROTECTED, AND THEY THINK THEY ARE. EXPERTS' RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE BETTER CHECKS AT THE BORDER AND A CATCH-UP CAMPAIGN FOR KIDS, SAYING A LITTLE DISCOMFORT NOW WILL PROVIDE GREATER DEFENCE IN THE FUTURE. LAURA FRYKBERG, 1 NEWS. A WAIKATO PA SITE, WHERE THE BATTLE OF ORAKAU WAS FOUGHT 160 YEARS AGO, IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING RETURNED TO MAORI. DESCENDANTS OF THOSE KILLED IN THE CONFLICT ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON EARLIER TODAY, AHEAD OF THE FIRST READING OF THE O-RAKAU REMEMBRANCE BILL. THE LEGISLATION WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF THE SITE NEAR KIHIKIHI, TO NGATI MANIAPOTO AND NGATI RAUKAWA. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE, INCLUDING THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED MAORI. PARLIAMENT IS BEING ENCOURAGED, IF NOT FORCED, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR PAST, THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. BECAUSE IN THAT UNDERSTANDING, WE CAN LOOK TO A BETTER FUTURE. THE BATTLE OF ORAKAU WAS THE FINAL CONFLICT DURING THE CROWN INVASION OF WAIKATO. THE DECISION TO LET A MINERAL MINE ON THE BARRYTOWN FLATS GO AHEAD HAS COASTERS DIVIDED. WHILE SOME ARE CELEBRATING THE PROSPECT OF MORE JOBS THANKS TO THE OPERATION JUST NORTH OF GREYMOUTH, OTHERS ARE GUTTED SAYING THE VENTURE WILL DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT, AND DISTURB THEIR PEACEFUL EXISTENCE. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. CHANGE IS ON THE WAY FOR THE BARRYTOWN FLATS, BUT NOT EVERYONE WELCOMES IT. THE COMMUNITY IS GUTTED. WE PUT SO MUCH ENERGY INTO, UM, PUTTING FORTH AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS AREA. SOME LOCALS FEAR FOR THE WESTLAND PETREL THAT ONLY NESTS HERE AND FOR THEIR OWN PEACE AND SERENITY. WE DO KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE 50 EXTRA TRUCKS A DAY GOING ALONG THE SCENIC COAST ROAD, ONE OF THE TOP TEN DRIVES IN THE WORLD. THE MINING COMPANY TIGA WELCOMES THE DECISION BY THIS INDEPENDENT PANEL TO ALLOW ITS WEST COAST OPERATION TO GO AHEAD HERE, WITH MITIGATION TO ENSURE THE ENVIRONMENT IS PROTECTED. IN A STATEMENT, TIGA SAYS THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE COMPANY AND ITS INVESTORS, WHO HAVE WANTED TO MINE THIS AREA FOR TWO DECADES. IT ALSO SAYS IT'S A GREAT BOOST FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE THINK IT IS A GREAT THING FOR THE GREY DISTRICT. IT IS GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT WILL BE LOOKING AT CREATING ABOUT 50 TO 60 NEW JOBS. BUT THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER JUST YET. IT'S BEEN A DAVID AND GOLIATH KIND OF SITUATION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIE DOWN AND JUST SORT OF LET THIS HAPPEN IN OUR BACKYARD. THOSE OPPOSED PLAN TO APPEAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT TO KEEP THEIR BACKYARD JUST LIKE THIS. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE WITH SPORT AND A STRONG SWIMMING TEAM HEADING TO THE OLYMPICS. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. SIX NEWCOMERS, AND FOR ONE OF THEM IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. PLUS, A NERVOUS WAIT FOR THE MYSTICS AS THEIR STAR SHOOTER IS SIDE-LINED AGAIN. I WILL BE LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. AND IN WEATHER, THINGS SHIFT TO HIGH GEAR TOMORROW WITH WET AND WINDY WEATHER MOVING IN. THERE COULD BE SOME THUNDER IN THE MIX AS WELL, AND IN SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS, HEADS UP FOR SOME SNOW AS WELL. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. WORLD CHAMPIONS ERIKA FAIRWEATHER AND LEWIS CLAREBURT ARE CONFIRMED FOR THEIR SECOND OLYMPIC GAMES, HEADLINING A NINE STRONG NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOR PARIS. BUT ALONGSIDE THEM WILL BE SIX MAKING THEIR OLYMPIC DEBUTS, AND FOR SOME IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. OLYMPICS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE. IF EVER THERE IS A REMINDER OF WHAT A KIWI SWIMMER CAN ACHIEVE AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES, TRAINING WITH THE GREAT DANYON LOADER WATCHING OVER, IS A GOOD START. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF NEW ZEALAND, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD HERE, HE WAS ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING GREAT OUT OF THIS POOL AND JUST THIS COUNTRY. SO, WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME? IT WAS ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, LOADER WON NEW ZEALAND'S LAST OLYMPIC SWIMMING MEDALS. NOW THE PARIS TEAM TRAINING IN THE SAME DUNEDIN POOL HE DID, BUT OUT TO CREATE NEW HISTORY. I'M GOING INTO THIS OLYMPICS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE TO WHERE I WAS LAST TIME, YOU KNOW? MAKING THE FINAL WAS A SURPRISE AND HOPEFULLY THIS TIME I'LL MAKE THE FINAL WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IMPACT, I GUESS. WORLD CHAMPIONS ERICA FAIRWEATHER AND LEWIS CLAREBURT LEAD THE KIWIS CHARGE FOR THEIR SECOND GAMES, WHILE SIX MAKE THEIR OLYMPIC DEBUTS. I'VE WANTED THIS EVER SINCE I WAS, LIKE, IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG DREAM OF MINE. YEAH, IT'S A BIG PINCH YOURSELF MOMENT. WHEN THEY WERE TALKING BEFORE WE GOT NAMED, I WAS GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER THE BODY. IT'S SPECIAL FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS FOR KANE FOLLOWS. HIS PARENTS MAKING A SURPRISE TRIP DOWN FROM AUCKLAND. BUT THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AT 27, HE'S NEVER MADE A NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SWIM TEAM... KANE FOLLOWS. ...UNTIL TODAY. WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT YOU THOUGHT THIS- THIS DREAM IS JUST OUT OF REACH? YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOSE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ALARM GOES OFF AT QUARTER TO FIVE IN THE MORNING, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE, 'WHY AM I STILL DOING THIS?' MISSED A FEW TEAMS, YOU QUESTION WHY YOU'RE DOING IT. BUT HIS PURPOSE CONFIRMED EARLIER THIS MONTH, BREAKING A 12 YEAR NATIONAL 200M BACKSTROKE RECORD, AND GOING UNDER THE OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TIME. HE DOES! I'M JUST SO PROUD OF WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, HE'S MISSED SO MANY TEAMS AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE GUY THAT STUCK AT IT AND ACTUALLY JUST KEPT GOING. THE KIND OF DETERMINATION THAT DEFINED ONE OF OUR GREATS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. THE CHANCES OF WELLINGTON WINNING THE A-LEAGUE'S PREMIERS PLATE ARE SLIM, BUT THERE'S STILL PLENTY FOR THE PHOENIX TO CELEBRATE AFTER THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL REGULAR SEASON IN HISTORY. AND JOINING US LIVE FROM THE CLUB'S ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT IN WELLINGTON IS VICTOR WATERS. VICTOR. EVENING JENNY. A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT HERE FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX. THEY HAVE HAD A VERY SPECIAL REGULAR-SEASON. PARTICULARLY PERFORMANCES FROM THIS MAN. 26 GOALS CONCEDED, THREE PENALTY SAVES. THE SEASON HAS BEEN HISTORICAL FOR THE CLUB. I THINK IT HAS BEEN GREAT. , JUST BECAUSE THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAD ON OURSELVES WERE LOW. TO HAVE THOSE GOALS, WE NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR THE ELIMINATION FINALS. NOW TRYING TO COMPETE FOR POTENTIALLY WINNING THE PREMIERSHIP IS FANTASTIC YOU NEED ADELAIDE UNITED TO BEAT THE MARINERS AND YOU WILL BE THE PREMIERS. DO THE PLAYERS HAVE ANY PLANS TOMORROW NIGHT> THE BOYS HAVE ORGANISED TO GET TOGETHER TOMORROW NIGHT. IT WILL BE FANTASTIC, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WATCH THE GAME AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THE RESULT WE WANT. WHAT IS THIS TEAM CAPABLE OF? EVERYBODY EXPECTED US TO COME LAST. HEADING INTO THE SEMIFINALS WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. WE KNOW THE POTENTIAL WE HAVE WITHIN THE TEAM, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH AND OUR TEAM. WE WILL GO IN WITH A LOT OF CONFIDENCE. FUN NIGHT TONIGHT BUT NERVOUS TOMORROW. THANKS VICTOR, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. AS THE CRUSADERS RELISH A RARE SUPER RUGBY WIN, ETHAN BLACKADDER'S CELEBRATING FINALLY BEING BACK ON THE PARK. THE FLANKER PLAYED JUST HIS THIRD GAME OF THE SEASON DURING THE CRUSADERS 39-0 VICTORY OVER THE REBELS LAST WEEKEND. BLACKADDER WAS PLAGUED BY A SHOULDER INJURY LAST YEAR BEFORE PICKING UP CALF AND QUAD NIGGLES ON HIS RETURN. YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK. STRUNG THREE GAMES TOGETHER, WHICH HAS BEEN HARD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO, YEAH JUST LOVING PLAYING FOOTY WITH MATES. AND, IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL GONNA HAPPEN, I FEEL. NEXT UP, THE CRUSADERS PLAY THE SIXTH-PLACED REDS IN CHRISTCHURCH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEW ZEALAND TEAMS MIGHT FEATURE STRONGLY AT THE TOP OF THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC TABLE, BUT NOT WHEN IT COMES TO GOAL-KICKING. AND THIS COUNTRY'S BEST HAS SOME ADVICE, DAN CARTER RETURNING TO EDEN PARK FOR A 60-MINUTE CONVERSION CHALLENGE, RAISING MONEY FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER IN THE PACIFIC. MANY KIWI SUPER RUGBY TEAMS STRUGGLING WHEN IT COMES TO GOAL KICKING. YOU KNOW, THE LIKES OF JORDIE BARRET AND DAMIAN MCKENZIE, AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG TALENT COMING THROUGH AS WELL. SO, GOING FROM MY EXPERIENCE IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST TURN UP AND DO. IF YOU WANT TO PERFECT YOUR CRAFT YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME AND EFFORT OUT ON THE TRAINING PITCH. CARTER MANAGING 273 SUCCESSFUL KICKS IN AN HOUR TODAY, KIWIS NOW TASKED WITH BEATING THAT NUMBER IN A FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE. THE MYSTICS HOPE TO HAVE GRACE NWEKE BACK ON COURT SOON AFTER THE STAR SHOOTER RE-INJURED THE SAME KNEE THAT RUINED HER WORLD CUP LAST YEAR. IT COMES AS THE TACTIX PULLED OFF A BIG UPSET JUST THREE ROUNDS INTO THE DOMESTIC NETBALL COMPETITION, BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS 62-59. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. IT WAS A CONTEST WHERE THEY'D EITHER SINK OR SWIM. THE TACTIX STUNNING THE COMPETITION FAVOURITES. IT WAS REALLY CONFIDENCE BUILDING, TO BEAT A TEAM LIKE THE MYSTICS AT THIS STAGE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SORT OF PINNACLE GAMES THAT YOU TRY AND BUILD TOWARDS, BUT TO GET IT THIS EARLY. THE TACTIX NOW TOP OF THE TABLE EQUAL WITH THE PULSE, AFTER A 60 MINUTE THRILLER. THE MYSTICS IN CONTROL IN THE FIRST HALF. AND JUST LIKE THAT, IN THE HANDS OF GRACE NWEKE. FINDING GRACE NWEKE UNDER THE POST WITH EASE, HOLDING A HANDY FOUR GOAL LEAD. BUT FINDING THINGS A LOT TOUGHER IN THE SECOND SPELL. THE TACTIX HERE HAVING TO FORCE ALONG, BUT THAT'S BRILLIANT. THE TACTIX MOVING GREER SINCLAIR FROM WING DEFENCE TO CENTRE IN THE FINAL QUARTER. IT WASN'T LIKE. JUST A THROW IN. IT WAS ACTUALLY- WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THAT. WE JUST THINK WITH HER HEIGHT AND VISION THAT IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPTION FOR OUR TEAM. WHAT DIDN'T HELP THE MYSTICS, NWEKE LEAVING THE COURT LATE IN THE FINAL QUARTER, WITH WHAT THEY SAY IS A MINOR NIGGLE ON THE SAME KNEE THAT ENDED HER INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP. AN AGONISING WATCH FROM THE BENCH, AS THE TACTIX KEPT FIRING THE BALL INTO ELLIE BIRD, WHO'S BACK IN RED AFTER AN 18 MONTH ABSENCE PLAYING ABROAD. YEAH, LOOK, IT FELT REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I BEAT THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS YEAH, REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF THAT. THAT NOT DECIDED UNTIL THE FINAL SECONDS. TOEAVA IN. BRILLIANT! OH! OH DEAR! VUI PUTS IT THROUGH. WE'VE GOT A ONE POINT GAME. IN THE END, THE TACTIX WINNING BY THREE GOALS. I KNOW IT'S EARLY DOORS, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON TO SOMETHING GOOD IN 2024? YEAH WE DO. WE- WE'VE GOT THE REAL BELIEF IN OURSELF AS A TEAM. THE TACTIX CIRCLING FOR A MAIDEN TITLE. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. 1 NEWS VIEWERS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH COLIN THORNE WHO'S RUN AS MANY AS 50 MARATHONS AFTER TAKING UP RUNNING AT THE AGE OF 64. NOW HE'S REACHED TRIPLE FIGURES AND STILL TAKING PART IN HIS FAVOURITE EVENT, THE ROTORUA MARATHON. KATE WELLS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM BEFORE SATURDAY'S BIG RACE. COLIN THORNE'S DONE A FAIR FEW MILES AND DOESN'T PLAN ON STOPPING NOW HE'S 100. I MIGHT EVEN RUN. SHUFFLE. (LAUGHS) WHILE HIS RUNNING DAYS ARE BEHIND HIM, THORNE HAS TAKEN UP WALKING, AND WILL LINE UP IN THE 5.5KM RACE AT THIS WEEKEND'S ROTORUA MARATHON. IT'S THE EVENT'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY AND HE HAD TO BE PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS, HAVING COMPLETED 22 OF HIS 50 MARATHONS THERE. IT'S JUST THE ATMOSPHERE THERE, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING BACK AGAIN, PROBABLY FOR THE LAST TIME, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO JUST SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE AGAIN. WHILE FEW CAN COMPREHEND A STRICT EXERCISE REGIME IN LATER YEARS, LET ALONE AT 100, THORNE CAN'T IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT IT. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE TAKING UP RUNNING IN HIS 60S. WHY DO YOU STILL DO IT? OH, IT'S JUST IN THE BLOOD, IN THE GENES, I THINK. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE FARM AND WORKED HARD. IT'S JUST ADDICTED, I SUPPOSE YOU'D CALL IT. BUT A GOOD ADDICTION. AND HE'S KEPT TRACK OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. I GOT QUICKER AS I WENT ALONG. YOU SEE, I'VE GOT 3 HOURS FOR A WHILE. THEN AFTER THAT I GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER. NO MATTER HOW FAST OR SLOW, COLIN'S FAMILY HAVE BEEN BESIDE HIM ALL THE WAY. GO COLIN! ALTHOUGH ONE PERSON WILL BE MISSING FROM HIS SUPPORT CREW THIS WEEKEND. I JUST MISS MY PARTNER. AND SHE'D BE PROUD OF YOU? OH, HUGE. HIS POSITIVITY ` INFECTIOUS. DOING EVERYTHING WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE. AS FOR PRE-RACE RITUALS, ONE THING HASN'T CHANGED. THE NIGHT BEFORE FISH AND CHIPS. JUST A HABIT, I THINK. BUT YOU'VE GOT THE PROTEINS AND EVERYTHING IN IT, YOU KNOW. FUELLING HIM FOR HIS NEXT TEST. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. THANKS JENNY. STAY WITH US. DAN'S HERE TO TELL US WHO'S IN FOR THUNDER AND RAIN TOMORROW. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE NEW PROGRAMME THAT'S TEACHING KIDS IT'S OK TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING. PLUS IT'S THE POLARISING AUTUMN FRUIT THAT KIWIS LOVE AND HATE. BUT HOW FAR WOULD YOU LET AN OBSESSION WITH FEIJOA GO? WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7.00. HELLO MOST OF US WILL WANT TO GRAB A RAINCOAT TOMORROW. EXTRA LAYERS WILL COME IN HANDY AS WELL. THE MAIN STRIP OF YELLOW THERE IS THE FRONT WE ARE LOOKING AT. THE YELLOW AREA THERE HAS DUMPED ABOUT 10 MM ON INVERCARGILL. TEMPERATURE WISE, FOR MOST OF US ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. INVERCARGILL YOU HAD 17, CURRENTLY SITTING AT NINE. WE HAVE A SNOW RISK AS WELL. TOWARDS PARTS OF CANTERBURY AND EVEN THE DEEP SOUTH. A COLLECTION OF FRONTS, AND IT BENDS AS IT COMES ACROSS. THAT HAS ALL THE ENERGY BARRELLING IN. THAT IS DYNAMICS AND ATMOSPHERE. THAT YELLOW BOX IS A RAIN WATCH. FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF CANTERBURY. THE SOUTHERLY WILL TAKE AND ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW. THAT BLOB OF WHITE IS THERE WILL BE THUNDER FOR THE WEST COAST TOO. DRY DAY FOR AUCKLAND. SOME RAIN IN THE NIGHTTIME CLOUDED SECONDS UP IN THE AFTERNOON. BY THE EVENING WE ARE ALL SEEING THAT WET WEATHER COME AND OVERNIGHT. SOME INCREASING CLOUD FOR THE END OF THE DAY. HEADS UP FOR THE WIND IS PICKING UP IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. COULD SEE SOME THUNDER IN TARANAKI AS WELL. LIVE IN HAS GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. IT WILL BE A GUSTY ONE OVERNIGHT IN WELLINGTON. ON THE WEST COAST THERE IS RAIN AND THUNDER. ON THE WEST COAST THERE IS RAIN AND THUNDER. FURTHER SOUTH IT IS MORE LIKELY OCCASIONAL RAIN. REMEMBER THE SNOW AS WELL. ONLY 11 FOUR INVERCARGILL. THURSDAY, IT LOOKS A MESS. IT WILL BE A CHILLY FROSTY ONE.