AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO FLED TO NEW ZEALAND TO ESCAPE A VIOLENT HUSBAND SAYS A DEPORTATION NOTICE COULD BE A DEATH SENTENCE. THE AA WARNS FUEL COMPANIES WE'LL BE WATCHING, WITH AUCKLAND'S REGIONAL FUEL TAX ENDING TOMORROW. AND A NEW 150 BED SURGICAL BUILDING OPENS AT NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL, BUT IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR HOW IT WILL BE STAFFED. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ ABLE 2024 A TOP AMERICAN ANIMAL SCIENTIST IS PLEADING IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND TO LET HER AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER STAY IN THE COUNTRY. CHRISTINE MASTERS FLED TO AUCKLAND IN 2019 BECAUSE SHE FEARED HER EX-HUSBAND WOULD KILL THEM. BUT AFTER SHE SET UP A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE AND NEARLY SECURED HER WORK-TO-RESIDENT VISA, SHE WAS SERVED DEPORTATION PAPERS AND NOW FEARS BEING SENT TO HER DEATH. SHE SPOKE TO NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AMANDA GILLIES. BASKING IN THE WINTER SUN, SOAKING UP WHAT COULD BE HER FINAL WEEKS IN HER ADOPTED HOME, HER SAFE HAVEN. WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST FEAR IF YOU GET SENT BACK TO THE STATES? I USED TO BE THE MOST FEARFUL THAT MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE SHOT AND KILLED BY MY EX-HUSBAND. BUT I'M MORE FEARFUL IF HE DOESN'T BECAUSE HE WILL TORTURE HER LIKE HE DID ME. SCIENTIST CHRISTINE MASTERS FLED AMERICA FOR AUCKLAND WITH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER FAITH IN LATE 2019 LEAVING BEHIND, SHE SAYS, AN ABUSIVE MAN AND MARRIAGE. I GOOGLED 'SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN.' NEW ZEALAND CAME UP. AND WAS IT WHAT SHE HOPED FOR? I JUST GOT GOOSEBUMPS BECAUSE THERE WAS IMMEDIATE FREEDOM. BUT FIVE YEARS ON, THAT FREEDOM IS NEARLY OVER. SHE'S BEEN DEPORTED BACK TO AMERICA; SHE MUST RETURN HER DAUGHTER. SHE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. SHE SAYS HER EX WAR VETERAN HUSBAND ISN'T THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF HER DAUGHTER; SHE USED A SPERM DONOR AND HAS THE PAPERWORK TO PROVE IT. I WAS SUCCESSFUL AND I DIDN'T NEED HIM AND I WANTED A CHILD. IRONICALLY, I- I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND CONCEIVE HER ON MY BIRTHDAY. IT WAS AN AMAZING GIFT. BUT THIS IS WHERE IT GETS TRICKY, SHE SAYS. WHEN FAITH WAS BORN, HER EX PUT HIS NAME ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE WHILE CHRISTINE WAS BEING TENDED TO BY DOCTORS. SO WHEN THE COUPLE OFFICIALLY DIVORCED, HE WAS GIVEN VISITATION RIGHTS. SHE WAS TERRIFIED. I HAD ALREADY TURNED IN HIS AR-15 WITH THOUSANDS OF BULLETS TO THE POLICE. SHOTGUNS, PISTOLS. I KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. I KNEW THAT HE WOULD KILL MY DAUGHTER. WHERE COULD I GO? HOW COULD I KEEP HER SAFE? BECAUSE I COULD NOT PROTECT HER FROM BULLETS! THAT'S WHEN CHRISTINE MASTERS PACKED A COUPLE OF SUITCASES AND FLED TO NEW ZEALAND. BEFORE LONG, SHE SECURED A JOB AS AN ANIMAL LAB SCIENTIST AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY, MOVED INTO A NEW HOME IN MOUNT ROSKILL AND IMMERSED HERSELF INTO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, LIFE FOR MUM AND DAUGHTER WAS SAFE AND SECURE. TOTAL BLISS. BUT IN JUNE 2022, WHEN SHE HAD NEARLY SECURED HER WORK TO RESIDENT VISA, SHE AND HER DAUGHTER WAS SERVED THE DEPORTATION PAPERS. I REMEMBERED MY EX-HUSBAND SAYING, IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME... THERE IS NOWHERE ON EARTH THAT I WILL NOT HUNT YOU DOWN. NEWSHUB HAS SEEN COURT DOCUMENTS WHERE SHE ALLEGES HE FAKED HAVING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND HAD BEEN PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE. HE ARGUED HE HAD MADE PROGRESS IN THERAPY. THE DEPORTATION ORDER MEANT SHE LOST HER JOB, HEALTH BENEFITS AND HOME. SHE NOW HAS LESS THAN $10 IN THE BANK. HER LEGAL FIGHT TO STAY HERE HAS SO FAR FAILED, DESPITE APPLYING FOR A FAMILY VIOLENCE VISA, PLEADING WITH HER LOCAL MP AND SUBMITTING STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS FROM HER WORK. MUM AND DAUGHTER HAVE TO BE GONE BY SEPTEMBER ` BROKE AND BROKEN. WE GIVE SO MUCH ALREADY TO NEW ZEALAND AND BELIEVE ME, NEW ZEALAND GIVES BACK. BUT WE'RE AN ASSET TO THE COUNTRY. GREEN PARTY IMMIGRATION SPOKESPERSON RICARDO MENENDEZ MARCH SAYS THE SITUATION IS HEARTBREAKING AND WRONG AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE TWO KEY MESSAGES ` FIX THE FAMILY VIOLENCE VISA SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AGAIN. SECONDLY, INTERVENE SO THAT WE SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. WE ASKED IMMIGRATION MINISTER ERICA STANFORD FOR HER RESPONSE. I WAS REFERRED TO HER ASSOCIATE MINISTER CHRIS PENK, WHO IN A STATEMENT SAID: CHRISTINE MASTERS TOLD NEWSHUB SHE DID EXPLORE THIS OPTION, CHRISTINE MASTERS TOLD NEWSHUB SHE DID EXPLORE THIS OPTION, CHRISTINE MASTERS TOLD NEWSHUB SHE DID EXPLORE THIS OPTION, BUT AFTER IMMIGRATION HAD DENIED HER SO MANY TIMES, SHE FELT TOO INSIGNIFICANT FOR MINISTERIAL INTERVENTION. BUT NOW, SHE'S GOING TO TRY AGAIN. AMANDA GILLIES, NEWSHUB. THE AA IS WARNING AUCKLAND FUEL COMPANIES IT'LL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THEIR PRICES TOMORROW AS THE GOVERNMENT DITCHES ITS REGIONAL FUEL TAX. IT'S ONE OF A RAFT OF CHANGES THAT COME INTO EFFECT ON MONDAY, INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE BRIGHTLINE TEST FOR PROPERTY INVESTORS, LIFTING PAID PARENTAL LEAVE AND REDUCING CHILDCARE COSTS FOR SOME FAMILIES. ALEXA COOK REPORTS. GRINNING AT THE GAS STATION ` SOMETHING THE PRIME MINISTER EXPECTS MORE AUCKLANDERS TO SOON BE DOING. FROM TOMORROW, THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL FUEL TAX WILL BE ABOLISHED, SAVING MOTORISTS 11.5 CENTS PER LITRE EVERY TIME THEY FILL UP. THE SUPER CITY'S FUEL TAX HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2018. IT WAS MEANT TO LAST TEN YEARS TO HELP COVER INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, BUT THIS GOVERNMENT IS SCRAPPING IT. 11 CENTS IS A BIG SAVING. WELL, YES, IT IS A GOOD THING AS FAR AS MY POCKET GOES, YEAH. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE EFFECT. AND A GOOD ONE. VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. JUST BECAUSE 11 CENTS IS GOING TO COME DOWN, IS EVERY PETROL STATION GOING TO PLAY BALL WITH THAT? A CONCERN THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION ALSO HAS ` IT'S PUTTING FUEL COMPANIES ON NOTICE TO ENSURE THEY DROP PRICES BY 11.5 CENTS. THE AA AND OUR AUCKLAND MEMBERS WILL BE WATCHING THE FUEL PRICE AT THE PUMP, SO WE'RE KEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUEL COMPANIES FLOW THE REDUCTION AND TAX THROUGH TO THE PUMP PRICES IMMEDIATELY. IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S ONLY CHANGE ` FROM MONDAY, THE BRIGHT LINE TEST IS BEING REDUCED, MEANING INVESTORS WILL ONLY PAY TAX ON PROPERTY PROFITS IF THEY SELL WITHIN TWO YEARS. PRESCRIPTION FEES ARE ALSO BEING REINTRODUCED, MEANING MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PAY $5 PER PRESCRIPTION. AND SOME FAMILIES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 25% REFUND ON CHILDCARE COSTS, AND PAID PARENTAL LEAVE WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT $40 A WEEK TO A MAXIMUM OF $754. IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING, BUT TO BE HONEST IT'S ALREADY LOW AS IT IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COME FROM A GOOD PAYING JOB AND THEN YOU GO ON TO THAT. IT'S A BIG DROP. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S AIMED AT EASING COST OF LIVING PRESSURES. INFLATION IS STILL DOUBLE WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE; THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF PAIN. AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE THAT ISN'T ITSELF INFLATIONARY IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE ECONOMY HAS GOT TO BE WELCOMED. BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE CLEAR ` THE CHANGES THAT WILL COME THROUGH FROM THE 1ST OF JULY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAGICALLY MEAN THAT EVERYONE IS IN A GREAT SPACE AND THE ECONOMY IS FIXED. ANOTHER CHANGE ON THE CARDS THAT ISN'T SO WELCOME IS CONGESTION CHARGING; THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO SUPPORT IT IN VARIOUS CITIES, BUT IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A POLICY AND A TIMELINE. SO WE'RE DOING IT THIS TERM. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE POLICY DECISIONS AT THE MOMENT. WHICH MIGHT MEAN ANY FUEL TAX RELIEF AS SHORT LIVED. ALEXA COOK, NEWSHUB. THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST 150-BED HOSPITAL WAS PARTIALLY OPENED TODAY BY HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI. THE FOUR-STOREY STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE PROMISES TO CUT DOWN WAITING TIMES AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE PERFORMING 8000 SURGERIES A YEAR. BUT AS RUWANI PERERA FINDS, SOME SAY A SHORTAGE OF SURGEONS AND NURSES COULD MEAN THE NEW BUILDING IS A WHITE ELEPHANT. TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING, COSTING OVER $300 MILLION, THE OPENING OF THIS NEW HOSPITAL SHOULD BE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. THIS IS WELL` WELL THOUGHT OUT. BUT WORKFORCE SHORTAGES COULD MEAN THESE BEDS REMAIN EMPTY FOR SOME TIME. TOTARA HAUMARU WILL OPEN IN STAGES, AS CAPACITY ALLOWS, WITH THE FIRST FOUR OF ITS EIGHT OPERATING THEATRES UP AND RUNNING TOMORROW. IT'S HOPED THAT ONCE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THE HOSPITAL WILL INCREASE SURGICAL PROCEDURES BY 50%. WILL THAT TRANSLATE INTO A 50% REDUCTION IN THE WAITLIST ` THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE ARE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST, BUT OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT IT WILL REDUCE THE TIME TO GET YOUR SURGERY. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT OPERATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM ARE JUST BEING MOVED INTO THE NEW HOSPITAL AND NOTHING NEW IS BEING DONE. WHILE TOTARA HAUMARU BOASTS NEW FEATURES, LIKE ISOLATION AREAS AND NEGATIVE PRESSURE FACILITIES, IT NEEDS 250 STAFF TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. BUT THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS SAY WORKER SHORTAGES ARE PLAGUING THE SYSTEM. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 140 STAFF WHO WILL BE STARTING HERE TOMORROW ARE EXISTING EMPLOYEES. ONLY 36 FULL-TIME NEW RECRUITS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED. MINISTER RETI DENIES A HIRING FREEZE IN THE HEALTH SECTOR, AND SAYS HUNDREDS OF NEW STAFF WERE HIRED IN APRIL AND MAY, BUT CAN'T SAY HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE SURGICAL HIRES. OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO HAND. IN FACT, I DO IN MY FOLDER OUT THERE. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND CONFIRMED THAT THEY'VE EMPLOYED MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE NATIONALLY IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, MANY OF WHICH WERE NURSES ` NOT THE ANAESTHETISTS AND ANAESTHETIC TECHNICIANS MEDICAL STAFF SAY THEY URGENTLY NEED. WELL WHAT THERE IS ACTUALLY RESTRICTED HIRING AS WE MANAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF STAFF IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IN REAL TERMS, HEALTH IS FUNDED LESS UNDER THIS BUDGET THAN IT WAS UNDER OUR GOVERNMENT. THAT MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO GET THE STAFFING WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE SURGICAL WAITLIST. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAY THERE ARE ALMOST 80,000 PATIENTS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR TREATMENT. 13 OF THOSE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE NEW HOSPITAL TOMORROW. RUWANI PERERA, NEWSHUB. BOY RACERS HAVE BEEN OUT IN FORCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW, DESPITE A CRACKDOWN FROM POLICE. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO GATHERINGS IN WELLINGTON, CANTERBURY, BAY OF PLENTY AND AUCKLAND. 500 INFRINGEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED, MORE THAN 70 VEHICLES TAKEN OFF THE STREETS AND 11 PEOPLE ARRESTED. IT COMES AFTER POLICE DISRUPTED A NUMBER OF ANTI-SOCIAL VEHICLE EVENTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT TOO. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT STORY CONTAINS PICTURES OF DEAD CATS. NORTH CANTERBURY'S ANNUAL AND CONTROVERSIAL HUNTING COMPETITION WAS HELD TODAY, WITH MORE THAN A TONNE'S WORTH OF FERAL CATS HANDED IN. HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS AND A GROUP PROTESTING THE COMPETITION GATHERED IN ROTHERHAM, WITH ONE COMPETITOR KILLING 65 FERAL CATS ON A SINGLE PROPERTY. ORGANISER MAT BAILEY SAYS FERAL CATS ARE RAMPANT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TONIGHT 270,000 NATIVE BIRDS ARE GOING TO BE KILLED BY THESE FERAL CATS, SO WE'RE JUST UP HERE DOING OUR PART FOR CONSERVATION REALLY, GETTING THESE ANIMALS OF OUR FARMS AND THE DISEASES THEY BRING WITH THEM. PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS FUNDING A TEACHER FOR THE LOCAL SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE UPKEEP OF ROTHERHAM POOL. BARACK OBAMA IS THE LATEST BIG-NAME DEMOCRAT TO BACK JOE BIDEN TO STAY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. BIDEN'S FALTERING PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST DEBATE SPARKED PANIC IN THE PARTY, OVER WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS FIT TO STAND AGAIN. CBS'S TAUREAN SMALL REPORTS. WE'RE IN THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA. AMID CALLS TO BOW OUT, A DEFIANT PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DIGGING IN. IN NEW YORK, HE SPOKE TO LGBTQ VOTERS AT THE OPENING OF THE STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTRE. IT HONOURS THE UPRISING 55 YEARS AGO AGAINST POLICE RAIDS ON GAY BARS. WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT THE PRIDE, HOPE AND LIGHT THAT ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU BRING... I KNOW IT'S A BATTLE WE'RE GOING TO WIN. DESPITE POOR DEBATE REVIEWS, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS PROJECTING FINANCIAL STABILITY. THE CAMPAIGN SAYS IT RAISED $27 MILLION SINCE THE DEBATE, AND IT CLAIMS THE HOUR AFTER THE DEBATE WAS ITS BEST FUNDRAISING OF THE CAMPAIGN, EVEN AS PUNDITS WERE PANNING THE PRESIDENT'S PERFORMANCE. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS ALSO FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS DEBATE RESPONSES, WHERE HIS MANY LIES AND EXAGGERATIONS WENT UNCHECKED. THE ONLY JOBS HE CREATED ARE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. TRUMP TAUNTING BIDEN'S POOR SHOWING AT A VIRGINIA RALLY. HE GOT THE DEBATE RULES THAT HE WANTED. HE GOT THE DATE THAT HE WANTED. HE GOT THE NETWORK THAT HE WANTED, WITH THE MODERATES HE WANTED. NO AMOUNT OF REST OR RIGGING COULD HELP HIM DEFEND HIS ATROCIOUS RECORD. A RAHUI IS IN PLACE ON THE UPPER EASTERN SLOPES OF MOUNT RUAPEHU AFTER A CLIMBER DIED YESTERDAY. BUT ON OTHER PARTS OF THE MAUNGA THOUSANDS OF VISITORS FLOCKED TO BOTH TUROA AND WHAKAPAPA SKI FIELDS FOR THE OPENING WEEKEND OF THE NORTH ISLAND SKI SEASON. AND AS KAREN RUTHERFORD REPORTS, IT COMES JUST AHEAD OF A DECISION ON WHAKAPAPA'S NEW OWNER. ANY TALK OF A SHADOW OVER WHAKAPAPA S FUTURE WAS BLITZED BY SNOW GUNS TODAY, AS SKIERS AND SLEDDERS HIT THE LEARNER SLOPES FOR OPENING WEEKEND. LOVE THIS PLACE, IT S EXTRAVAGANT, IT S EXQUISITE, IT S THE BEST. IT S QUITE NICE, THE SNOW S ALRIGHT THIS YEAR SO, SO FAR SO GOOD. GOING GOOD, FIRST TIME ON THE SNOW, LEARNING A LOT. FROM TOURISTS SIGHTSEEING TO FIRST-TIMERS FINDING THEIR FEET... WHAKAPAPA IS ABUZZ WITH WELLINGTONIANS, HAMILTONIANS, AUCKLANDERS... EVEN AUSSIES. NUMBERS WISE WE ARE GOING TO HIT 12,000 SO AMAZING WEEKEND TO KICK OFF WHAKAPAPA. BOTH TUROA AND WHAKAPAPA HAVE BEEN RIDING A SLIPPERY SLOPE SINCE THEIR FORMER OWNER, RUAPEHU ALPINE LIFTS, WENT INTO VOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATION IN 2022. BUT TUROA S NEW OWNER IS ELATED WITH THE WEEKEND S CROWDS IN THIS, ITS INAUGURAL SEASON. IT S BEEN A FANTASTIC OPENING WEEKEND, BLUEBIRD DAYS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE UP THERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN THE SNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A STORM COMING UP THIS WEEK, WHICH WE ARE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT FOR A BIT MORE SNOWFALL. WHILE THE UPPER SLOPES ON BOTH SKIFIELDS AREN T EXPECTED TO OPEN UNTIL MID-JULY, BEGINNERS DOWN BELOW HAVE A HEAD START. WE LL KEEP MAKING SNOW DOWN THIS END AND HOPEFULLY BETWEEN OUR SNOW-MAKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP, MOTHER NATURE TOP DOWN WILL JOIN THE DOTS BY THE END OF THE HOLIDAYS. FOR DIE-HARD SKIERS, LIFE PASSES REMAIN CONTROVERSIALLY NULL AND VOID FOLLOWING THE SPLIT. TUROA HOPES TO TEMPT THEM BACK WITH A NEW-LOOK. EVERYTHING WILL BE SMOOTHER THIS SEASON. THE MOVENPICK AND PARKLANE CHAIRLIFTS HAVE HAD MASSIVE UPGRADES. GETTING YOUR RENTALS AND PASSES WILL JUST BE SMOOTHER IT S ALL BEEN RECONFIGURED. AND WHILE WHAKAPAPA STILL NEEDS AN OWNER... NEWSHUB UNDERSTANDS THE RECEIVER S DECISION IS NOT FAR OFF. WE HAD INTERESTED PARTIES AND INVESTORS COME THROUGH ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THERE WAS SOME DUE DILIGENCE THAT IS NOW SITTING WITH THE RECEIVERS, SO WE ARE ANXIOUSLY SITTING HERE TO WORK OUT WHERE THAT LEADS US. FOR PUNTERS, IT S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR NOW, WITH A PROMISE OF WARM PIZZA ON THE INSIDE AND BY THE LOOKS, PLENTY OF PIZZA SHAPES... OUT ON THE SLOPES. KAREN RUTHERFORD, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER, AND QUITE A BIT OF FOG AROUND THIS MORNING, MIKE? CERTAINLY WAS. THE NORTH ISLAND SEEING A BIT LIKE HERE ` AUCKLAND, TAUPO, HAMILTON, ROTORUA AND WHITIANGA. THE SOUTH ISLAND ALSO GOT FOG AND IN OAMARU, HIGH SEAS CAUSED A BOAT TO COME LOOSE FROM ITS MOORINGS. LARGE SWELLS ARE SET TO HIT TUESDAY BUT ITS THE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS TOMORROW FOR A LOT OF AOTEAROA. THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN IRAN IS GOING TO A SECOND ROUND, WITH A REFORMIST CANDIDATE AND A HARDLINER FIGHTING IT OUT FOR THE TOP JOB. IT'S 50 YEARS SINCE BARCODES CHANGED THE WAY WE SHOP, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THEY BE AROUND? AND HOW STARSHIP'S RADIO LOLLIPOP IS KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE, EVEN WITH THE STUDIO SHUT DOWN. (PHONE CHIMES) (BRIGHT MUSIC) Thank you, Sam. You're welcome, Wendy. Chillies. SONG: # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... # Here you go, mate. Thank you. (ENGINE REVS) MAN: OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Yeah, just...I'm teaching Samara how to drive. # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Hi! Could you do something for me? # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Thanks. # Ooh-ooh-hoo # Ooo-ooh # Oh, baby, you # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me # Oh, baby # You... # Hey, babe. I'm home. I made your favourite. # What I need # You've got everything I need # You're like medicine... # Too spicy? # To me, oh, baby... # I love it. Mm. VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. IRAN'S ELECTION TO REPLACE THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT WHO WAS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH LAST MONTH, IS HEADED TO A RUN-OFF. A REFORMIST CANDIDATE WON THE MOST VOTES IN THE FIRST ROUND AND WILL FACE-OFF AGAINST A CONSERVATIVE HARDLINER NEXT WEEK. SO IRANIANS WILL HAVE TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT WEEK IN A RUNOFF THAT PITS A HARDLINER, THE EX NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR SAEED JALILI, AGAINST A REFORMIST, FORMER HEART SURGEON, MASOUD PEZESHKIAN. WE ASKED OUR TEHRAN PRODUCER, SAED BATAI WHAT THE STAKES ARE. WHAT POWER DOES THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY HAVE. GIVEN THAT THE BIG NATIONAL STRATEGY IS SET BY THE SUPREME LEADER. IN IRAN, A PRESIDENT IS ALMOST EQUAL TO A VICE PRESIDENT. IT'S NOT EXPECTED THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT CAN GO AND MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE U.S, OR BE AN ALLY WITH THE WEST. BUT HE CAN SET THE TONE, FOR EXAMPLE, REFORMIST HASSAN ROUHANI STEERED IRAN INTO A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH THE WEST THAT DELIVERED SOME RELIEF FROM U.S. LED SANCTIONS. CONVERSELY, UNDER THE CONSERVATIVE EBRAHIM RAISI, A CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN'S HEAD COVERINGS LED TO VIOLENT UPRISINGS IN 2022. IN TEHRAN THIS PAST WEEK, WE HEARD TIME AND AGAIN CALLS FOR A BETTER ECONOMY. SO I DECIDED TO VOTE FOR A, MAYBE A BETTER FUTURE IN OUR COUNTRY. PEZESHKIAN HAS SUGGESTED HE'LL DELIVER CHANGE IN PART BY OPENING UP AND SEEKING BETTER RELATIONS WITH THE WEST. JALILI IS IN FAVOUR OF DOUBLING DOWN ON AUSTERITY AT HOME, WITH STRONGER TIES TO CHINA AND RUSSIA. NOW THAT THIS RACE HAS BEEN DISTILLED TO TWO CANDIDATES, VERY DIFFERENT` OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM, IS IT LIKELY TO PUSH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO THE POLLS FOR THE SECOND ROUND? I THINK THAT'S THE POINT THAT BOTH CANDIDATES ARE COUNTING ON. THIS WEEK MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE THE DEBUT OF THE BARCODE. IT CHANGED HOW WE SHOP, BUT NEW ZEALAND WAS A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY... INTRODUCING THEM IN 1981. HERE'S THE BACKSTORY FROM CBS'S BRADLEY BLACKBURN. COMPUTER VOICE: $1.39. FOR MANY, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A TIME WHEN WE DIDN'T BUY GROCERIES THIS WAY, WITH A SCAN AND THAT BEEP, TRIGGERED BY A BARCODE. COMPUTER VOICE: $2.49 BUT CECILIA MASOKA REMEMBERS BACK WHEN PRICES WERE KEYED IN BY HAND. THE BARCODE IS MUCH FASTER. 50 YEARS AGO, IN TROY, OHIO, THE FIRST BARCODE WAS SCANNED ON A PACK OF GUM... THE DESIGN FROM IBM BEAT OUT OTHER CONTENDERS, INCLUDING ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE A BULL'S EYE. THOSE VARIOUS LINES THAT YOU SEE IN THE BARCODE CORRELATE TO A NUMBER THAT'S ASSIGNED BY GS1. BOB CARPENTER IS THE CEO OF GS1, THE ORGANISATION THAT SETS GLOBAL STANDARDS THAT MAKE THE BARCODE POSSIBLE. TODAY, WE ESTIMATE THAT OVER 10 BILLION PRODUCTS ARE SCANNED WITH A BARCODE, EVERY SINGLE DAY, IN RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. BARCODES GO FAR BEYOND GROCERY STORES. THE TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN, HEALTH CARE AND AIRPLANE TICKETS. THIS ALSO HELPS FOR THE STORE TO KNOW WHAT ITEMS TO REORDER, AND IT'S BECOME PART OF THE CULTURE, FROM BARCODE TATTOOS.. TO CHILDREN'S TOYS. BUT THAT UBIQUITOUS BARCODE IS NOW GETTING AN UPGRADE. MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE SWAPPING OUT STRIPES FOR QR CODES, WHICH CAN CARRY A LOT MORE INFORMATION. ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY CAN INTERACT WITH THAT PACKAGE AND GIVES THE SHOPPER A WINDOW INTO ALL SORTS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT EVEN AFTER THE BARCODE GOES, THE REVOLUTION THESE LITTLE LINES LAUNCHED IS HERE TO STAY. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, KIWI CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN COMFORTED BY THE SOUNDS OF RADIO LOLLIPOP. BUT AT STARSHIP IN AUCKLAND, THE STATION IS OFF-AIR AFTER IT WAS DISMANTLED BECAUSE OF RENOVATIONS. SO AS DIANNA VEZICH REPORTS, VOLUNTEERS HAVE COME UP WITH A NOVEL WAY TO KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE. RADIO LOLLIPOP ON AIR... TONIGHT IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A REQUEST. IT'S A STATION THAT'S BEEN BRINGING JOY AND MAGIC TO KIDS IN HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. THERE WAS A CHILD IN THE STUDIO. HE HAD THE BIGGEST BANDAGE ON HIS HEAD. HE HAD OUR HEADPHONES ` BIGGEST HEADPHONES. OUR MICROPHONE WAS PRETTY BIG ON HIS LITTLE FACE. AND BEHIND THAT BIG MICROPHONE YOU COULD STILL SEE THE BIGGEST SMILE ON HIS FACE. FROM SHOUT-OUTS, TO COMPETITIONS, RADIO LOLLIPOP NOT ONLY MAKES SICK CHILDREN SMILE ` IT GIVES THEM A VOICE. THEY COULD PHONE IN TO THE STUDIO, THEY COULD TALK LIVE ON AIR, THEY COULD MAKE SONG REQUESTS... BUT WITH HUGE RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY AT STARSHIP, THE STUDIO HAS HAD TO BE DISMANTLED. STAFF AND CHILDREN COULDN'T BEAR THE SILENCE, SO... ENTER THE LOLLY TROLLEY, A PORTABLE MUSIC STATION THAT COMES WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES... LOOK WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE ROOF. IT'S MAKING THE CEILING LOOK BEAUTIFUL. ..AND BRINGING BEATS TO THE BEDSIDE. # THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SAY, AH AH, # THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SAY. # # HEY, IT'S OK, IT'S OK, YOU'RE WELCOME. # MUSIC ASIDE, IT'S ALSO A TROLLEY FILLED WITH TRICKS... AM I OK TO PUSH THIS GREEN BUTTON? YOU'RE OK TO PRESS. AH! CAN YOU GIVE ME A HIGH FIVE? (FART NOISE) THAT WAS A FART BUTTON? THAT WAS THE FART BUTTON. IT'S DISTRACTION. IT ALSO ENGAGES CHILDREN AND THEIR WHANAU IN WAYS THAT IT'S DIFFERENT TO JUST CONVERSATIONS AROUND CLINICAL CARE WHICH ACTUALLY HELPS THEIR PROGRESS. CLAIRE CHOE HAS VOLUNTEERED WITH THE STATION FOR 17 YEARS. YOU HEAR SO MANY PARENTS WHO JUST SAY 'THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS OR A WHILE THEY'RE SEEING MY- MY DAUGHTER OR MY SON SMILE.' MUSIC JUST TAKES YOU TO ANOTHER PLACE. A NATURAL PLACE FOR A TV REPORTER WHEN THERE'S A MICROPHONE IN SIGHT. BOTH: # MUMMY SHARK, DO DO DO DO DO, MUMMY SHARK, DO DO DO DO DO, THAT AUDIO ALLOWS THE CHILD TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THEY WANT. TRANSPORTING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THEIR HOSPITAL BED. DIANNA VEZICH, RADIO LOLLIPOP... SORRY, DIANNA VEZICH, NEWSHUB. # BABY SHARK, DO DO DO DO DO, BABY SHARK, DO DO DO DO DO, # BABY SHARK. # FROM PALMERSTON NORTH TO A NETFLIX NUMBER ONE, WE FIND OUT HOW HER KIWI ACCENT HELPED JESS HONG BECOME A STAR. COMING UP ON SUPER SPORT SUNDAY... A WORD OF WARNING FOR THE WARRIORS AFTER FOLLOWING UP ONE OF THEIR WORST PERFORMANCES EVER, WITH A MASTERCLASS AGAINST THE BRISBANE BRONCOS. AND THE INCREDIBLE CATCH THAT MADE INDIA WORLD CUP WINNERS AND LEFT SOUTH AFRICA HEARTBROKEN ONCE AGAIN. Well, this is a bit precarious. Yeah. If this was a film, the jacket would probably start to rip at this point. Yeah, but this is a Macpac. They have a sale on now, actually. How much off are we talking? A bit, I reckon. Let's...go after this. Yep. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK HAS MADE FOR THE WARRIORS IN THE NRL. SEVEN DAYS AFTER SUFFERING ONE OF THE WORST DEFEATS IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY, THEY'VE PRODUCED A BARNSTORMING PERFORMANCE TO BEAT THE BRONCOS 32-16 IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT MT SMART STADIUM. IN THE ABSENCE OF INJURED STAR SHAUN JOHNSON, TE MAIRE MARTIN ONCE AGAIN STOLE THE SHOW WITH AN IMPORTANT WIN THAT KEEPS THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE TOP EIGHT. BUT AS TIA MCDOUGALL REPORTS, THE WIN HAS COME WITH A WARNING FROM THE COACH. THE WARRIORS FAMILY BACK TO THEIR WINNING WAYS, AND LOVING IT. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD WEEK OF TRAINING AND WE CAME OUT AND PUT IT TOGETHER. I THINK THE CROWD HELPED A LOT. OBVIOUSLY COMING BACK TO MT SMART. YEAH, THE CROWD GOT BEHIND US AND UM, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME TOUGH PERIODS IN THE GAME, I THINK THEY REALLY HELPED US. THE 32-16 WIN OVER THE BRONCOS, THE PERFECT RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK'S 66-6 HAMMERING BY THE TITANS. BUT IT'S COME WITH A WARNING. I THINK WE NEED TO STAY GROUNDED HERE. THIS WAS, THOUGH, A PERFORMANCE WORTH CELEBRATING AS CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA GAVE THE BANDWAGON PLENTY OF REASONS TO KEEP THE FAITH. THERE'S A BALL. AND CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA. HE'S UNBELIEVABLE. HE JUST STEPPED INTO THAT FIVE-EIGHT ROLE REALLY WELL. AND, UM, YOU KNOW HE HASN'T PLAYED A LOT THERE THIS YEAR WITH SHAWNY BEING THERE. AND HE STEPS IN AND HE JUST KILLS IT EVERY TIME. HIS EFFORTS, WHICH PERFECTLY PAIRED WITH HIS HALVES PARTNER... MARTIN! (AUDIENCE CHEERS) HE SUCKED HIM INTO TAMARE MARTIN'S... ..MADE FOR A MASTERCLASS FIRST HALF. WHO'S THERE? THERE'S A SMILE NOW HARRIS-TAVITA'S FACE. THE PAIR HAD A HAND IN ALMOST ALL OF THE SIX TRIES IN A WARRIORS PERFORMANCE THAT WAS A COMPLETE TURNAROUND FROM THE GOLD COAST LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT THEY DID LOTS OF GOOD THINGS. I THOUGHT THEY NEED TO WORK ON THINGS. YEAH, I WAS HAPPY WITH THEM. BUT ANDREW WEBSTER'S WARRIORS WEREN'T PERFECT. BRONCOS WELL AND TRULY IN THIS MATCH NOW. CREDIT TO BRONCOS, THEY CAME BACK QUITE STRONG. UM, WE HAD TO SHOW A BIT OF RESILIENCE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WE STILL WEREN'T THE SMARTEST. BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS NEED SMARTS WHEN YOU HAVE RTS. TUIVASA-SHECK! AND THE MOUNT SMART MANA HELPED. WITH THE MANA WAVE. FEEL GOOD TO CROSS THE LINE? THE WARRIORS HOPING IT'S NOW A WINNING STREAK AS THEY LOOK TO DO IT AGAIN AGAINST THE BULLDOGS NEXT WEEK. TIA MCDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. SOUTH AFRICA'S ONCE AGAIN BEEN LEFT TO WONDER WHAT MIGHT'VE BEEN AFTER ANOTHER CHOKE AT A CRICKET WORLD CUP. INDIA'S BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO CLINCH THE TITLE WITHOUT DROPPING A GAME, WINNING THE DECIDER BY SEVEN RUNS AS THEY COMPLETED A REMARKABLE FIGHT BACK TO DENY THE PROTEAS THEIR MAIDEN GLOBAL TITLE. THE WIN SEEING INDIAN GREATS ROHIT SHARMA AND VIRAT KOHLI A MIDDLE ORDER REBUILD, THOUGH, ANCHORED BY MAN OF THE MATCH VIRAT KOHLI LED THEM TO 176 FOR SEVEN. HIS 76 MORE RUNS THAN HAD SCORED ALL TOURNAMENT, ..AND CAPTAIN AIDEN MARKRAM BACK IN THE SHEDS INSIDE TWO AND A HALF OVERS. QUINTON DE KOCK AND TRISTAN STUBBS THEN STABILISING THE INNINGS AS THE SCORE ROSE; INDIAN HOPES STARTED TO DRAIN. THE PLATFORM LAID FOR HEINRICH KLAASSEN TO LAUNCH... HE GOES AGAIN. HEINRICH CLAUSEN. EVEN WHEN HE FELL FOR 52 OFF 27, WITH JUST 26 NEEDED OFF 25, IT SEEMED HE'D DONE ENOUGH. EXCEPT INDIA'S PACEMAN HAD OTHER IDEAS. A PERFECTLY PLACED YORKER. WHAT AN OVER THAT WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM A YOUNG MAN. SUFFOCATING SOUTH AFRICA, JUST SIX RUNS CONCEDED IN THE 18TH AND 19TH OVERS COMBINED. WIDE. MANA GETS IT AND HE GETS PLENTY OF IT, DOES HE? WHAT A CATCH. OH MY GOD. SURYAKUMAR YADAV PLUCKING THE BALL AND SOUTH AFRICAN HOPES OUT OF THE AIR WITH HIS BEST BILLY ELLIOT EFFORTS THE ALL WHITES HAVE WON A RECORD SIXTH OCEANIA NATIONS CUP TITLE AFTER BEATING VANUATU 3-0 IN THE FINAL A SHOT TIME AGO. CAMERON HOWIESON OPENING THE SCORING IN THE SECOND MINUTE WITH A WONDERFUL STRIKE. IT STAYED THAT WAY UNTIL LATE IN THE GAME WHEN THE ALL WHITES FINALLY PUT THE GAME BEYOND DOUBT. IT STAYS IN THERE, AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE GOT THE SECOND GOAL. OPPORTUNITY OVER HERE... NEW ZEALAND! OPPORTUNITY OVER HERE... NEW ZEALAND! THEY'VE WORKED IT INSIDE THE BOX WELL. AND GOAL THERE FOR MAX MATA. THE ALL WHITES NEXT INTERNATIONALS ARE AGAINST MEXICO AND THE USA IN CALIFORNIA IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT AT THE ROUND OF 16 AT FOOTBALL'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. ITALY ONLY SCRAPED INTO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES AND WERE COMPLETELY OUTPLAYED BY SWITZERLAND, WHO OPENED THE SCORING LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, SEALING A 2-0 WIN LESS THAN A MINUTE AFTER THE BREAK WITH A RIPPER. AND THEY HAVE CLIMBED MOST OF THE MOUNTAIN. IN THIS MORNING'S OTHER MATCH, WILD WEATHER HALTED PLAY FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AS LIGHTNING, HAIL, AND HEAVY RAIN DESCENDED ON WESTFALENSTADION IN DORTMUND AS HOSTS GERMANY TOOK ON DENMARK IN THEIR ROUND OF 16 CLASH. WHEN PLAY EVENTUALLY RESUMED, THERE WAS HIGH DRAMA EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. JOACHIM ANDERSEN FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET FOR DENMARK BUT HIS EFFORT WAS RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE. LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, ANDERSON WAS IN THE THICK OF THE ACTION AS A HAND BALL AT THE OTHER END GAVE KAI HAVERTZ THE CHANCE TO GIVE GERMANY THE LEAD FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. 15 MINUTES LATER, ONE OF THE YOUNG STARS OF THE TOURNAMENT, JAMAL MUSIALA, WRAPPED UP A 2-0 VICTORY IN STYLE. HE'S GOING TO GET THERE WITH ROOM TO SPARE. GERMANY WILL FACE SPAIN OR GEORGIA IN THE QUARTER FINALS, WHILE SWITZERLAND WILL MEET THE WINNER OF TOMORROW'S MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SLOVAKIA. AND AS ENGLAND PREPARE FOR THAT MATCH, THE UK'S FOOTBALL POLICING UNIT HAVE CONFIRMED IT'S INVESTIGATING 26 COMPLAINTS OF SERIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE DIRECTED TOWARDS A NUMBER OF ENGLAND PLAYERS. MOST OF THE POSTS INCLUDE RACIST LANGUAGE OR IMAGERY, SPARKING FEARS THERE COULD BE A REPEAT OF THE RACIST ABUSE AIMED AT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM FOLLOWIING THEIR LOSS IN THE EURO FINAL FOUR YEARS AGO. BUT WE DID SEE IN 2022 IS THAT THE PENALTIES OF THE THREE BLACK PLAYERS BECAME AN OFFENCE WHICH ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR A BANNING ORDER. IN ALL, THE FOOTBALL POLICING UNIT HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 600 REFERRALS OF ONLINE ABUSE TOWARDS ENGLAND PLAYERS SINCE THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT. THERE WERE EMOTIONAL SCENES BEFORE THE MAORI ALL BLACKS CLASH WITH A JAPANESE 15 IN TOKYO. THE TWO SIDES PAID TRIBUTE TO MAORI ALL BLACKS WINGER CONNOR GARDEN-BACHOP, WHO WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN A STINT IN JAPAN BEFORE HIS PASSING LAST WEEK. WHILE JAPAN OPENED THE SCORING, THE MAORI ALL BLACKS DOMINATED THE REST OF THE MATCH RUNNING IN SIX TRIES TO WIN 36-10. MEANWHILE, THE BABY BLACKS HELD ON FOR A THRILLING 41-34 VICTORY OVER WALES, IN THEIR UNDER-20 WORLD CUP OPENER IN SOUTH AFRICA. DOWN BY 21, WALES CAME TO WITHIN A SINGLE SCORE BUT WERE UNABLE TO BREAK THE BABY BLACKS DEFENCE ONE MORE TIME TO STEAL THE WIN NEW ZEALAND TAKE ON DEFENDING CHAMPIONS FRANCE IN THEIR NEXT POOL MATCH. THE MYSTICS HAVE CREATED THE BOILOVER THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP SEASON... BEATING THE TABLE TOPPING TACTIX 61 - 49 IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS AFTERNOON. HE HOME SIDE HAD A TERRIBLE FIRST QUARTER AND WERE DOWN BY 11 POINTS AFTER 15 MINUTES. DESPITE WINNING THE SECOND AND LAST QUARTER, THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. WITH THE MYSTICS CRUSING TO VICTORY. GRACE NWEKE WON PLAYER OF THE MATCH, SLOTTING 41 GOALS IN JUST HER SECOND GAME BACK FROM INJURY. STILL TO COME ON SUPER SPORT, SUNDAY A MILESTONE DAY FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND IN BARCELONA, PLUS WHY THE NUMBER OF FEMALE RUGBY REFERESS IS ON THE RISE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT TO STOP. AND FROM A POST MATCH INTERVIEW THAT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG... TO SNOOP DOG, HIGH AND DRY ON THE TRACK ... IT'S OUR SPORTING MOMENTS OF THE WEEK. AND LATER IN NEWS... HOW A KIWI ACCENT AND A 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT' ATTITUDE HELPED JESS HONG LAND A ROLE IN ONE OF NETFLIX'S BIGGEST SHOWS OF THE YEAR. WELCOME BACK, WHILE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN PLAYING RUGBY IN NEW ZEALAND CONTINUES TO RISE ... SO AUCKLAND RUGBY HAS GONE ON A CHARM OFFENSIVE TO RECRUIT MORE WOMEN TO THE WHISTLE ... AND IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING. NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS. MAGGIE COGORE IS USED TO BEING THE ONLY FEMALE ON THE FIELD, BUT IT OFTEN WORKS IN HER FAVOUR. SOME OF THE BOYS, I THINK, ARE USED TO BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO BY THEIR MUMS, AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ME. THE 32 YEAR OLD IS AN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY REFEREE AND IS ALSO THE WOMEN'S REFEREE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AT NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. SHE'S BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE AUCKLAND RUGBY, WHO IN 2022 ONLY HAD THREE FEMALE REFS, BUT NOW HAVE TEN. A FLOW ON EFFECT FROM THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP. THROUGH THE EXPOSURE THAT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP GAVE FEMALES NOW THINKING, WELL, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GAME, WE WANT TO BE ACTUALLY ON THE FIELD, NOT BEHIND THE SCENES. AND COGORE HAS SHOWN WHAT OPPORTUNITIES AT CAN BRING. SHE'S OFFICIATED THE WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS, SUPER RUGBY AND HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE RUGBY SEVENS AT NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPICS. SHE BELIEVES FEMALES DON'T REALISE WHAT SKILLS THEY HAVE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, OFTEN A LOT OF ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN REFEREEING, LIKE EMPATHY, THE ABILITY TO SORT OF LIKE SEE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, KEEP PEOPLE CALM, OPERATE UNDER PRESSURE. BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF STIGMA SURROUNDING FEMALE REFS IN THE MEN'S GAME. A FEW HAVE REFFED THE HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP AND NPC BUT UNLIKE THE NRL, WHICH HAS HAD FEMALES INVOLVED SINCE 2019, SUPER RUGBY IS STILL PLAYING CATCH UP. IT'S JUST PROBABLY JUST OLD SCHOOL WAYS OF OF THINKING ABOUT HOW OF HOW IT USED TO BE DONE. SO WE REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. WHICH IS WHY PETRIE HAS SET UP PROGRAMS LIKE WAHINE WITH WHISTLES, CALLING ON WOMEN OF ALL AGES WHO WANT TO START LEARNING. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SORT OF SEE TEN YEARS FROM NOW WHEN I'M, YOU KNOW, WELL, WELL, GONE AND RETIRED TO SEE WHAT LIMITS OUR SORT OF NEXT GENERATION CAN PUSH BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE SOMEONE IN SUPER RUGBY. SUPER RUGBY, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN HIGHER. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. IT'S BEEN A MILESTONE DAY FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND IN SPAIN, SAILING THEIR AC75 'TAIHORO' FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE WATERS OFF BARCELONA. THE KIWI CREW HELD A BRIEF AFTERNOON SESSION ON WHAT WILL BE THE RACECOURSE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP. THEY TESTED SOME NEW ADDITIONS, INCLUDING TWO NEW FOILS WHICH UNTIL NOW HAD REMAINED UNDER WRAPS. TODAY'S FIRST HIT OUT FOLLOWS A MONTH-LONG TRIP TO GET TAIHORO TO THEIR TEAM BASE. TEAM NEW ZEALAND BEGIN THE DEFENSE OF THE AMERICA'S CUP ON OCTOBER 12. AND FINALLY, FROM POST MATCH INTERVIEWS GONE VERY WRONG TO SNOOP DOG STEALING THE SHOW AT AN ATHLETICS MEET, IT SURE HAS BEEN ANOTHER CRAZY SEVEN DAYS OF SPORT. SO TIA MCDOUGALL WRAPS IT ALL UP IN OUR SPORTING MOMENTS OF THE WEEK. A PIECE OF INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE THAT MADE INDIA T20 WORLD CHAMPIONS. WIDE.. MANAR GETS IT AND HE GETS PLENTY OF IT, DOES HE! WHAT A CATCH! OH MY GOD! SOUTH AFRICA ONCE AGAIN ASKING WHAT IF? WHILE ELSEWHERE, THE BULLDOGS MADE IT THREE ON THE TROT. JUST. PLAYS IT QUICKLY, BURTON AGAIN... HE LOOKS GOOD. PICKS IT UP IN FRONT AND GOES THROUGH! IT'S AN EMOTIONAL GAME, RUGBY LEAGUE. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO EXPRESS IT. HONESTLY, THE TOUGHEST 80 MINUTES I RECKON SO FAR IN MY CAREER. BUT YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS PLACE. I LOVE THIS CITY, THIS CLUB. I LOVE MY (CENSORED) BEST MATE HERE. OH SORRY. PLUS, THERE WERE PLENTY OF MAGIC MOMENTS IN GAME TWO OF STATE OF ORIGIN. IT'S A ONE ON ONE SCENARIO... LOMAX! REMARKABLE. IF YOU THOUGHT THAT CATCH WAS IMPRESSIVE... AND CAUGHT BY THE ONE GUY UP THERE WHO'S GOT A DRINK AND A PHONE IN HIS HAND! ELSEWHERE, ANOTHER FAN LEFT CRISTIANO RONALDO LESS THAN IMPRESSED AND A BIT CONFUSED, WHILE FANS ALL OVER EUROPE ARE STILL CELEBRATING THE EUROS. (PUMPING TECHNO) DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT, SNOOP DOG. LOOKS LIKE HE'S TRIALLING OUT FOR THE US OLYMPIC TEAM. PERHAPS SNOOP MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE SUITED TO 'HIGH' JUMP. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SUITED TO HIGH JUMP. SOME GREAT MOMENTS AS WE CAN THIS WAS A VERY APPROPRIATE WAY TO SIGNOFF. FROM PALMY NORTH TO NETFLIX STAR, IT'S BEEN QUITE THE RIDE FOR UP-AND-COMING KIWI ACTOR JESS HONG. THE LEAD ROLE IN HIT SCI-FI SERIES '3 BODY PROBLEM' HAS THRUST HER INTO THE BIG TIME. SHE STOPPED BY THE NEWSHUB STUDIO FOR A CHAT WITH KATE RODGER. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND MONSTER HIT GAME OF THRONES, SCI FI DRAMA 'THREE-BODY PROBLEM' HAS BEEN WINNING OVER AUDIENCES ACROSS THE GLOBE. BASED ON A BESTSELLING BOOK SERIES, THIS ADAPTATION TOPPED NETFLIX FOR WEEKS ON RELEASE. SEASON TWO THAT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GREENLIT BY THE STREAMING BEHEMOTH, HELPING TO LEAD THE CHARGE. JESS HONG. AS GENIUS PHYSICIST SCIENTIST JIN CHENG. I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING INSANE. PREPARE YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING VERY STRANGE. IT WAS SO COOL ONCE I FINALLY READ THE SOURCE MATERIAL, I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WILD. NO WONDER THEY WANTED TO DO THIS. DID IT BLOW YOUR MIND A BIT, READING THE SOURCE MATERIAL? YEAH, IT'S SO EPIC. IT'S SO VAST. AND IT'S KIND OF IT'S BEEN LABELLED LIKE UNADAPTABLE, BUT THEY'VE ADAPTED IT AND I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF GENIUSES. AN ADAPTATION ON A SCALE THAT THIS YOUNG ACTOR HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THRUST INTO A RIGOROUS NINE MONTH SHOOT. SEVEN MONTHS IN LONDON, ONE MONTH IN NEW YORK, ONE MONTH IN FLORIDA. SO NO PRESSURE THEN? NAH, SHE'LL BE RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE WHEN YOU COME ON TO THE BIGGEST SET YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE, AND, UM, EVERYONE'S EYES ARE ON YOU. BUT BECAUSE I HAVE THAT FOUNDATION, THAT GROUNDING OF BEING A KIWI, LIKE GROWING UP IN AOTEAROA, WHERE NOBODY REALLY CARES THAT MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHO YOU ARE, IT'S MORE ABOUT, UH, CAN YOU DO THE JOB? YOU KNOW, SO ALL I HAD TO DO WAS FOCUS ON DOING THE JOB. HOW WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED? SOMEONE WHO FOUGHT BACK. WE JUST LOVE A KIWI ACCENT ON A BIG GLOBAL HIT. BUT THIS WASN'T JUST A CASTING CHOICE. IT WAS A CREATIVE ONE. I MET WITH THE SHOWRUNNERS ON ZOOM, AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I STARTED READING LITTLE THINGS IN THE SCRIPT OF LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THOSE YEARS THAT I SPENT IN NEW ZEALAND, I WENT, WHAT? AND THEY SAID, YEAH, IT'S JUST A COOL, DIFFERENT ACCENT THAT WE DON'T REALLY HEAR THAT OFTEN. SO WE WANT TO PUT IT ON THE SHOW AND THEY WANT TO GLOBALISE IT AS WELL, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. KIWIS KICKING BUTT ON THE WORLD STAGE. IT'S TIME FOR HONG TO BUCKLE UP AGAIN, SEASON TWO HAS JUST BEEN CONFIRMED. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER. AND MIKE, THERE ARE A LOT OF WARNINGS AND WATCHES OUT FOR TOMORROW? AN ACTIVE FRONT SWEEPING OVER THE COUNTRY, THAT HEAVY RAIN ALREADY IN FIORDLAND SO WE WILL START WITH THE RAIN. AN ORANGE WARNING IS IN PLACE FOR THE WESTLAND FIORDLAND AND MOUNT TARANAKI WITH WATCHES IN THE NORTHWEST - STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN CANTERBURY AND TOMORROW IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK. IT'S ALL GO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WIND, RAIN, SNOW AND LARGE SWELLS ARE ON THE WAY. AN ACTIVE FRONT IS MOVING EASTWARDS OVER TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND, THEN CROSSES THE NORTH ISLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BEFORE THAT FRONT BRINGS STRONG WINDS AND BEHIND IT THERE IS A STRONG COLD SOUTHERLY CHANGE, SO QUITE AN ACTIVE FEW DAYS LIE AHEAD. HEAVY RAIN HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO INTO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE, SOME OF THAT RAIN SPREADS INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHERLY WINDS BECOME STRONG TOMORROW, THAT RAIN CONTINUES IN THE WEST, THEN SPREADS ELSEWHERE. SNOW LOWERS TO 600M IN THE SOUTH A COLD SOUTHERLY DEVELOPES IN THE AFTERNOON AND FOR TE IKA A MAUI - THE NORTH ISLAND, CLOUD INCREASES WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AREAS BUT SOUTHERN AREAS STAY FINE, ALTHOUGH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN... TOMORROW, ITS STARTS OFF WITH A FEW SHOWERS BUT THEN SOME HEAVY RAIN IS INCOMING, BUT DOES CLEAR. WINDS COULD REACH GALE FORCE AROUND WELLINGTON. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK NOW, AND IT'S CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN THE MORNING FOR NORTHERN AREAS, THEN RAIN ARRIVES FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE HEAVY PRETTY, MUCH THE SAME PATTERN HERE HERE WITH A FEW MORNING SHOWERS AROUND. THEN RAIN DEVELOPS BY THE END OF THE DAY, NORTHERLY WINDS BECOME FRESH INTO THE EAST AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, RAIN ARRIVES - PRETTY MUCH THE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. MASTERTON - YOUR NORWESTERS WILL BE STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON, AND FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND - SOME VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FOR TARANAKI KAPITI COAST AND WELLINGTON. EXPOSED AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS OF 100-120KM. SOME AFTERNOON RAIN COULD BE HEAVY, SO A FAIRLY ROUGH START TO THE WEEK. HERE OVER COOK STRAIT NOW, AND SHOWERS TURN TO RAIN IN THE MORNING SOME OF THAT RAIN COULD BE HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON, NORTHEASTERLY WINDS EASE WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 13 AND 15 OVER THE ALPS NOW AND IT'S CLOUDY START FOR YOU WITH SHOWERS, THOSE SHOWERS TURN TO OCCASIONAL RAIN LATE IN THE MORNING AND A WESTERLY WIND DEVELOPS AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, RAIN... POSSIBLY HEAVY... EASING THEN A COLD SOUTHWESTERLY DEVELOPS SNOW ROADFALL WARNINGS ARE ACTIVE FOR THE MILFORD AND CROWN RANGE ROADS AS WELL AS THE LINDIS PASS. KIA ORA OTIPOTI DUNEDIN - RAIN DEVELOPES IN THE MORNING BUT WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON - WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP - 12 IS THE HIGH. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH GETS RAIN DEVELOPING BEFORE LUNCH, FRESH NORTHEASTERLIES TURN A LIGHTER WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON HELLO WELLINGTON - ITS WINDY START TO JULY WITH SCATTERED RAIN AND THE ODD HEAVY FALL - NORTHWESTERLIES GUST UP TO 120KS IN EXPOSED PLACES, HAWKES BAY GETS A MAINLY CLOUDY DAY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING, NORTHERLIES BECOME FRESH 16/17 THE HIGH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR TAURANGA TURN TO RAIN WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE MIX INTO THE EVENING HAMILTON GETS A CLOUDY START. THEN SHOWERS - THEN SOME RAIN - POTENTIALLY HEAVY WITH NORTHERLIES AND A HIGH OF 16 TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AUCKLAND - YOU ALL CAN PROBABLY GUESS - CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS THEN RAIN SOME OF IT HEAVY LATE IN THE DAY - WARM THO - BACK HERE NOW AND AFTER THE ROUGH WEATHER MONDAY IT CALMS DOWN AGAIN WITH FINE WEATHER BACK ON THE CARDS CENTRAL AREAS CLEAR UP AFTER MONDAY AS WELL, AND JUST A FEW SHOWERS TUESDAY FOR THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND, KAIKOURA GETS SHOWERS, BUT IT'S MANILY FINE ELSEWHERE. AND SOME STRONG WINDS FOR CHRISTCHURCH TUESDAY WITH CLOUDY DAYS ELSEWHERE. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. MY LAST OFFICIAL DAY HERE - THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO SENDS IN THE PHOTOS, AND THANKS TO THE TEAM HERE AT NEWSHUB ` 9 YEARS I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THIS BUILDING; A PRIVILAGE TO BE PART OF PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH THE TELLY NEWS. IT'S VERY SPECIAL. AND TO QUOTE CROWDED HOUSE, I'LL ALWAYS TAKE THE WEATHER WITH ME. SEE YA 'ROUND. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT SIX FOR SUNDAY .. JOIN THE AM TEAM FROM 6AM YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MANAHAU.