THE AUCKLAND FUEL TAX IS GONE, BUT ARE THE REGION'S MOTORISTS REAPING THE BENEFITS? THE GOVERNMENT IS TOLD IT NEEDS TO SPEND $100 MILLION TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S BEEN DUBBED THE CANCER OF THE SEAS. AND ELON MUSK'S TESLA COULD BE ABOUT TO HELP REVOLUTIONISE THE NATIONAL GRID. CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL-TAYLOR AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. THE BOSS OF PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY KAINGA ORA HAS RESIGNED AND IS LEAVING WITH A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. ANDREW MCKENZIE LED THE ORGANISATION FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HIS RESIGNATION COMES AFTER A HIGHLY CRITICAL REVIEW WRITTEN BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. JENNA, WAS THIS EXPECTED? THIS GOVERNMENT HAS MADE NO SECRET OF ITS DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT IN KAINGA ORA. THE BILL ENGLISH REVIEW EFFECTIVELY TOLD THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED TO HEAR TO SHAKE THE THING DOWN. THE GOVERNMENT REPLACED THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD LAST MONTH, AND TODAY KAINGA ORA ANNOUNCED ANDREW MCKENZIE WOULD BE GONE. MCKENZIE HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS ` SINCE IT WAS STILL CALLED HOUSING NEW ZEALAND. HE SURVIVED SCANDALS LIKE METH TESTING, WHICH SAW PEOPLE KICKED OUT OF STATE HOMES BASED ON JUNK SCIENCE, AND OUTRAGE AROUND KIDS LIVING IN CARS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WOULDN'T COMMENT ON MCKENZIE'S DEPARTURE SPECIFICALLY, BUT SAID A TURNAROUND PLAN WAS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. I WANNA BE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS. IT'S A $45 BILLION ENTERPRISE THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMING VERY BADLY. IT HAS RUN UP HUGE AMOUNTS OF DEBT AND WAS DUE TO RUN UP MORE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND WE DID A POWERFUL INTERVENTION TO STOP THAT. NOW, EVEN THOUGH MCKENZIE RESIGNED, HE'S TECHNICALLY STILL ELIGIBLE FOR A REDUNDANCY PAYOUT BECAUSE THE REASON FOR HIS RESIGNATION IS THE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNALLED THERE WILL BE MAJOR CHANGE RESULTING IN A REDUCTION IN THE AGENCY'S RESPONSIBILITIES. IN A STATEMENT, CHAIR SIMON MOUTTER SAID THOSE CHANGES WERE MATERIAL TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND NOT WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR; THEREFORE, HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR REDUNDANCY. MCKENZIE WAS ON A SALARY EQUATING TO $2000 A DAY AND HE GETS A SIX-MONTH PAYOUT, SO WHEN HE WALKS OUT THE DOOR VOLUNTARILY, HE'LL BE GETTING ` BRACE YOURSELVES ` $365,000. BUYING PETROL IN OUR BIGGEST CITY SHOULD COST AROUND $6 LESS PER TANK THAN YESTERDAY. THAT'S IF YOUR CAR HOLDS 50L AND YOU'RE BUYING 91. THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL FUEL TAX WAS LIFTED OVERNIGHT, SAVING COMPANIES AROUND 11.5C A LITRE. BUT AS JANIKA TER ELLEN FOUND OUT, ONE COMPANY HAS A VERY DIFFERENT STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO PASSING THOSE SAVINGS ON TO MOTORISTS. THERE'S CHEAPER AND THEN THERE'S CHEAPEST, AND COSTCO IN AUCKLAND'S NORTHWEST DEFINITELY TAKES THAT TITLE. HOW MUCH DO YOU RECKON YOU SAVE BY GETTING THE FUEL HERE? 13c A LITRE. I LOOKED ON PRICE SPY. I USUALLY GET ABOUT LIKE 400km FOR THE AMOUNT THAT I GET. COSTCO GIVES ME 500km. YEAH, JUST PAYING FOR IT IS JUST WAY EASIER. MEMBERS-ONLY COSTCO HAS THE CHEAPEST FUEL IN THE CITY BY QUITE A LONG WAY. IT'S $2.39 A LITRE HERE TODAY FOR 91, AND THAT'S 20-30c A LITRE CHEAPER THAN EVEN ITS NEAREST COMPETITORS HERE IN THIS AREA OF NORTH-WEST AUCKLAND. BUT CURIOUSLY, THE PRICE HERE IS THE EXACT SAME AS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE REGIONAL FUEL TAX WAS LIFTED OVERNIGHT. COSTCO GOT IN OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN PEOPLE WERE MORE AVAILABLE AND THEY SCOOPED UP SOME OF THOSE SALES. MOST COMPANIES HAD A MORE DIRECT STRATEGY. WE COMPARED PRICES AT 20 OTHER STATIONS AROUND AUCKLAND YESTERDAY AND TODAY, AND ALL THOSE WE MONITORED DROPPED THEIR PRICE BY AROUND 12c A LITRE FOR 91. BEFORE TODAY, THE CHEAPEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO BUY FUEL WERE TAURANGA, HAMILTON, THEN AUCKLAND, THOUGH THAT COULD NOW CHANGE IF COMPANIES DECIDE TO HOLD TODAY'S DISCOUNT EVEN AFTER THE PUBLICITY DIES DOWN. REGARDLESS OF THE TAX, LOOK AROUND FOR THE CHEAPEST. IT'S DOING EVERYONE A FAVOUR. IF WE ALL DO IT, WE'RE GONNA DRIVE THE PRICES DOWN. PRICES STILL VARY BY 50c A LITRE ACROSS THE CITY, SO HERE'S A FEW TIPS TO GET THE BEST DEAL. LOOK UP THE CHEAPEST SPOT IN YOUR AREA ON THE GASPY APP. THAT RUNS NATIONWIDE. AND IF YOU CAN FORGO THAT COFFEE OR BATHROOM BREAK, LOOK FOR THE CHEAPER, FORECOURT-ONLY OPERATIONS LIKE THESE. BUT JANIKA, OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY MAY HAVE NOTICED PRICES CREEPING UP AGAIN IN RECENT WEEKS. WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? MANY DRIVERS HAVE NOTICED THIS THOSE PRICES CREEPING UP OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO AND SOME DRIVE SUSPECTED THAT FEW COMPANIES WERE USING IT AS A PLOY TO KEEP MORE PROFIT ONCE THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL TAX WAS LIFTED. THE AA HAS COME OUT AND DEFENDED THEM. SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE REGIONAL FUEL TAX IT IS EATING UP SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS. NORTHLAND'S REGIONAL COUNCIL IS ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY PUMP MILLIONS INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INVASIVE SEAWEED CAULERPA, WHICH THEY CALL THE CANCER OF THE SEA. THE COUNCIL SAYS $100 MILLION IS NEEDED TO FIGHT THE PEST NATIONWIDE AND WARNS OUR FISH STOCKS AND SHELLFISH BEDS ARE BEING PUT AT RISK. ISOBEL EWING HAS THE STORY. THIS YACHTIE ARRIVED IN BAY OF ISLANDS AND DROPPED ANCHOR, UNAWARE OF THE BAN ON DOING SO, AND THIS IS WHAT HE PULLED UP ` AN ENORMOUS CLUMP OF THE INVASIVE SEAWEED CAULERPA SCOOPED FROM WHERE IT CARPETS THE SEAFLOOR. IT'S ACTUALLY A NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT'S GOING ON HERE, EH, AND PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNISE IT COS THEY CAN'T SEE IT. THE LOCAL HAPU, WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING BOATIES OUT, WERE THERE IN 10 MINUTES TO HELP. EVERYONE THAT SAW IT WAS` JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW THICK AND, UM, HOW QUICKLY IT HAD GROWN IN THIS AREA. THERE'S A FIGHT ON IN THE NORTH TO GET RID OF IT, AND ONE OF THE LOCALS MUCKING IN IS MARINE ENGINEER ANDREW JOHNSON, WHO'S WORLD-LEADING CAULERPA REMOVAL RIG FEATURES THESE DRUMS SOURCED WITH KIWI INGENUITY. WELL, THEY STARTED LIFE AS SOMETHING OUT OF A GOLD MINE AND STARTED LIFE AS SOMETHING OUT OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY IN INVERCARGILL, AND FRANTICALLY WE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PULLED ALL THIS EQUIPMENT TOGETHER. IT INCLUDES A SWEEPER ATTACHED TO A DIGGER HEAD TO SCOOP CAULERPA OFF THE SEAFLOOR. IT'S THEN FILTERED THROUGH ROTATING DRUMS TO EXTRACT THE SAND AND THE SACKS OF CAULERPA TRANSFERRED TO SHORE TO BE BURIED. DIVERS PATROL BEHIND, PICKING UP ANY LEFTOVER BITS. THEY'RE MANAGING TO REMOVE ABOUT 30 TONNES OF CAULERPA A DAY. THE PROBLEM IS, THOUGH, THERE'S ABOUT 18ha IN THIS BAY ALONE. ABOUT $6 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR IN NORTHLAND, AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL HAS JUST ALLOCATED ANOTHER $1 MILLION OF RATEPAYER MONEY, BUT ANOTHER $7 MILLION IS NEEDED TO REMOVE THE SEAWEED FROM OMAKIWI COVE. WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S ONLY A BUDGET OF $5 MILLION FOR THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE, AND THAT'S A REAL CONCERN FOR US. UM, WE NEED TO MOVE FROM OMAKIWI BAY DOWN TO THE BARRIER COS THAT'S WHERE THE MAIN CANCER IS. WE CALL IT CANCER OF THE SEA. AND WHILE IT'S THERE, IT'S SPREADING EVERYWHERE. IF THIS WORK DOESN'T CONTINUE, THEY SAY IT'LL EVENTUALLY COVER THE ENTIRE EAST COAST. WE REALLY THINK IT'S A $100 MILLION OPERATION. I'M QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT CAULERPA AND THE THREAT THAT IT REPRESENTS TO NEW ZEALAND IN PARTICULAR. I KNOW MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ERADICATE IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND USE SOME KIWI INGENUITY TO TRY AND SOLVE IT. WITHOUT MORE FUNDING, THIS WORK WILL BE UNDONE. ESSENTIALLY, IT'LL BE THE END OF THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO PACK THE EQUIPMENT UP. A SCARY THOUGHT WHEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE THEY'VE WORKED AND WHERE THEY HAVEN'T IS SO STARK. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB. THE REASON FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN WAS NOT ABLE TO ESCAPE A SHOPLIFTING CONVICTION HAS BEEN REVEALED BY HER SENTENCING JUDGE. SHE WAS FINED $1600 PLUS COURT COSTS LAST WEEK AFTER BEING CAUGHT STEALING CLOTHING FROM THREE HIGH-END RETAIL STORES. THE FORMER MP'S LAWYER HAD ARGUED IT HAPPENED AMID A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. IN HER JUDGEMENT, THE SENTENCING JUDGE SAID GHAHRAMAN'S MENTAL HEALTH DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHOPLIFTING, BUT WAS NOT CAUSATIVE. SHE WAS NOT SATISFIED A CONVICTION WOULD HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE ADVERSE IMPACT ON HER FUTURE CAREER PROSPECTS. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HAS BEEN FORCED TO APOLOGISE AFTER TWO OF ITS EMPLOYEES MADE DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT A RESEARCHER. ACADEMIC BARBARA SUMNER MADE A NUMBER OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS TO THE MINISTRY AS PART OF HER PHD RESEARCH INTO THE SYSTEMS AROUND ADOPTION. SHE THEN ASKED FOR ALL INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE MENTIONING HER NAME, AND IN THE 100 PAGES SHE GOT BACK, TWO STAFFERS CALLED HER THE B-WORD AND DESCRIBED HER REQUESTS AS A WASTE OF TIME. IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THERE'S A RESPECT FOR THAT LEVEL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH. I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS. THE MINISTRY APOLOGISED TO SUMNER IN A LETTER, SAYING IT WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME A PUBLIC ORGANISATION HAS GOT IN HOT WATER OVER COMMENTS AFTER PHARMAC'S CEO SENT DISPARAGING EMAILS ABOUT A JOURNALIST. FRENCH VOTERS HAVE DELIVERED A STINGING BLOW TO THE PARTY OF PRESIDENT MACRON. IT'S NOT EVEN SECOND, IT'S CURRENTLY THIRD ` FOLLOWING THE FIRST ROUND OF A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THAT IS BEING EASILY WON BY THE EXTREME RIGHT WING. WITH MORE ON MACRON'S HUMILIATION, HERE'S ITV'S JAMES MATES. IT'S ONLY THE FIRST ROUND, BUT EVEN SO, THE COUNTDOWN TO THESE RESULTS WAS BEING WATCHED ALL OVER EUROPE. THE LEAD FOR THE FAR RIGHT NATIONAL RALLY OF MARINE LE PEN WAS EXPECTED AND SUBSTANTIAL. MOST STRIKING WAS PRESIDENT MACRON'S PARTY COMING A DISTANT THIRD. (CHEERING) THE BIG CHEERS WERE COMING FROM A PARTY THAT COULD BE IN POWER IN JUST A WEEK'S TIME. MARINE LE PEN, WITH EYES FIRMLY ON THE PRESIDENCY IN THREE YEARS TIME, URGING THE CENTRE RIGHT TO GET ON BOARD AND PUT HER PARTY OVER THE LINE NEXT SUNDAY. DIMANCHE, EN VOTANT POUR LES CANDIDATS... 'ON SUNDAY BY VOTING FOR US,' SHE TOLD THEM, 'YOU'LL MAKE SURE THE COUNTRY REDISCOVERS ITS UNITY AND FRATERNITY AND THE ENERGY TO BRING US TOGETHER AS ONE.' FOR PRESIDENT MACRON VOTING THIS MORNING IN PARIS, IT'S A HUMILIATION. HE GAMBLED CALLING THIS ELECTION, AND MAY HAVE LOST CATASTROPHICALLY. TONIGHT, HE SIMPLY RELEASED A STATEMENT URGING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR ANYONE BUT THE FAR RIGHT NEXT WEEKEND. THE TROUBLE IS THAT THE ALTERNATIVE, IN MANY PLACES, IS GOING TO BE A COALITION LED BY THE FAR LEFT UNDER JEAN-LUC MELENCHON, CONSIDERED BY MANY JUST AS DANGEROUS AND EXTREME AS MARINE LE PEN. LITTLE WONDER VOTERS WE SPOKE TO WERE HORRIFIED AT THE NEAR-TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE CENTRE GROUND. I DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR THE EXTREMES, SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO VOTE NEITHER FOR THE LEFT WING OR THE EXTREME RIGHT WING. I'M SCARED. I CAN SAY I'M SCARED WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S A BIG MIS` MESS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE TONIGHT, THE INCUMBENT, IF ONLY FOR ONE MORE WEEK, CUT A LONELY AND DEFEATED FIGURE ` GABRIEL ATTAL, BEATEN AFTER JUST FIVE MONTHS IN OFFICE. BUT IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE DRAMATICALLY IN THE NEXT WEEK, NO AMOUNT OF SLOGANS OR CHANTING WILL KEEP THE FAR RIGHT OUT OF OFFICE. IN AMERICA, POLICE BODY CAMERA PICTURES ARE FUELLING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY NEEDED TO SHOOT A 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHO'D JUST POINTED WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A REPLICA GUN AT THEM. THE BOY WAS ALREADY ON THE GROUND, WITH AN OFFICER ON TOP, WHEN ANOTHER OFFICER FATALLY SHOT HIM. AND WE SHOULD WARN YOU, OUR STORY CONTAINS THE VIDEO TAKEN AT THAT MOMENT. CBS'S MICHAEL GEORGE REPORTS. UTICA POLICE SAY THEY STOPPED THIS 13 YEAR OLD AND ANOTHER TEEN FRIDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE THEY MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF ROBBERY SUSPECTS. I'LL JUST PATCH YOU DOWN AND MAKE SURE YOU GOT NO WEAPONS ON YOU. THE TEEN RUNS. POLICE SAY HE POINTED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GUN AT OFFICERS. (SHOUTING): GUN GUN GUN, GUN GUN GUN! IT WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO BE THIS PELLET GUN, POLICE SAY DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A GLOCK WITH A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE. ONE OFFICER WRESTLES THE TEEN TO THE GROUND AND PUNCHES HIM, ANOTHER OFFICER FIRES. HE'S PUNCHIN` OH MY GOD. YO, HE JUST` HE JUST SHOT HIM. THE TEEN, IDENTIFIED AS NYAH MWAY, DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS WITNESS, WHO ASKED US TO HIDE HER IDENTITY, RECORDED THE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. FROM WHAT YOU WITNESSED, DO YOU BELIEVE THE OFFICER WAS JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING? NO, NO. THAT'S SOMEBODY'S BABY. AND HE DIDN'T FIGHT BACK, EVEN WHEN Y'ALL LAID HIM ON THE GROUND AND WAS PUNCHING ON HIM AND STUFF. THAT BOY DIDN'T FIGHT BACK. THE OFFICERS ARE ON PAID LEAVE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THEY FOLLOWED PROTOCOL. AFTER THE SHOOTING, OFFICERS PERFORMED CHEST COMPRESSIONS. INITIALLY, THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT WHO WAS SHOT AND WHO FIRED. I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOT ME. CHECK HIM. BODY CHECK HIM. IS THERE ANY MORE SHOTS? JUST ONE. JUST ONE SHOT. IT WAS ME. MWAY WAS A REFUGEE FROM MYANMAR AND A PART OF THE KAREN ETHNIC MINORITY. AT A VIGIL SATURDAY NIGHT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRAYED FOR ME AND DEMANDED JUSTICE. FORECAST 6m SOUTHERLY SWELLS IN COOK STRAIT HAVE CAUSED THE CANCELLATION OF SOME FERRY SERVICES FROM TOMORROW NIGHT. ALL THE INTERISLANDER'S KAITAKI FERRY SERVICES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FROM 8.30pm TUESDAY UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. IT SAYS THE SAFETY OF STAFF AND CREW ARE ITS PRIORITY. THE ARATERE IS OUT OF ACTION FOLLOWING ITS GROUNDING NEAR PICTON LAST MONTH. A PACK OF BATTERIES FROM ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CAR MANUFACTURERS IS SET TO REVOLUTIONISE NEW ZEALAND'S ELECTRICITY GRID. CONTACT HAS TEAMED UP WITH TESLA TO BUILD A GRID-SCALE BATTERY THAT IT SAYS WILL HELP PREVENT THE COUNTRY FROM BURNING COAL AT TIMES WHEN WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF MORE POWER. PERRY WILTON REPORTS. THE COUNTRY'S POWER GRID HAS BEEN IN ROUGH SHAPE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT THESE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK COULD SOON TURN THINGS AROUND. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABOUT KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. THE GRID-SCALE 100-MEGAWATT BATTERY IS A FIRST FOR CONTACT ENERGY. IT WILL COST $163 MILLION AND WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO POWER 44,000 HOMES FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS. IT'S OUR FIRST FORAY INTO NEW TECHNOLOGY IN OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN GEOTHERMAL, THERMAL AND HYDRO. AND SO THIS IS AN EXCITING STEP FOR US TODAY. THE BATTERY BLOCK SET TO REPLACE TONNES OF COAL THAT CURRENTLY TOPS UP THE GRID DURING PEAK HOURS AND DURING EMERGENCIES. WE DON'T HAVE CHOICE ABOUT WHEN THE SUN SHINES OR THE WIND BLOWS, BUT BATTERIES ENABLE US TO HAVE THOSE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FORMS BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ENERGY WHEN PEOPLE NEED IT. THE BATTERIES WILL TAKE TESLA JUST TWO DAYS TO BUILD, BUT THE INSTALL WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER; THEY WON'T BE ONLINE UNTIL 2026. AND THIS IS WHERE THE BATTERIES ARE GONNA GO ` ON LAND LEASED BY NZ STEEL HERE IN GLENBROOK IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, THE OLD FINDING A PLACE FOR THE NEW. THE BATTERIES WILL CONNECT TO A SUBSTATION ALREADY NESTLED IN THE STEEL PLANT ` THIS GREEN MEADOW SET TO BE COVERED IN BATTERY BOXES. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. CONSUMER NZ HOPEFUL IT'LL CHARGE UP SAVINGS. AT PEAK TIMES, THEY HAVE TO DISPATCH QUITE EXPENSIVE COAL AND GAS FIRE GENERATION, AND THESE BATTERIES WILL MEAN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RELEASE LOWER-COST GENERATION INTO THE GRID AND HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL KEEP A LID ON PRICES. AND WHILE THE BATTERIES ARE NO SILVER BULLET... BATTERIES CAN ONLY FILL SHORT-TERM GAPS, SO IN THIS CASE, OF AROUND 2 HOURS. ...CARNEGIE SAYS COUPLED WITH EXISTING DIVERSITY BUILT INTO THE GRID, IT'S A VITAL STEP. WITHOUT INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS, OUR ENERGY SECURITY FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. MERIDIAN'S GOT A SIMILAR BATTERY PROJECT IN THE WORKS ` A SPARK OF HOPE FOR A SECTOR IN NEED OF A CLEANER, MORE RELIABLE, FUTURE. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER. A VERY, VERY WET DAY. DIDN'T START THAT WAY, BUT YES, IT HAS ENDED VERY WET. MT COOK VILLAGE THE WETTEST ` ALMOST 100mm. THE WIND HAS BEEN INTENSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY. AND YES, THERE HAS BEEN SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW WATCH HAS JUST EXPIRED. MOST OTHER WARNINGS EXPIRE BY 7pm. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THE UK GOES TO THE POLLS IN JUST FOUR DAYS, AND REFORM LEADER NIGEL FARAGE WAS NOT TOO IMPRESSED WHEN VLADIMIR PUTIN GATECRASHED ONE OF HIS RALLIES. A CHEMICAL EMERGENCY SEES FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLING IN AN AUCKLAND SUBURB. AND, UH-OH ` A ROCKET LAUNCH DOESN'T GO TO PLAN, LEADING TO A MIGHTY EXPLOSION. (ALL CHATTER AND LAUGH) OK, Andy, I've got those two flat whites and the caramel trim-milk latte. VOICEOVER: Getting quality coffee for the whole crew and helping a good cause. What's not to like? Thank you! (MEN LAUGH) 'Bye! Let's go! THERE ARE JUST FOUR FULL DAYS LEFT OF THE BRITISH ELECTION CAMPAIGN, AND BOTH THE CONSERVATIVES AND LABOUR ARE PULLING OUT ALL STOPS TO SWAY THE UNDECIDED, BUT A FAR-RIGHT POLITICIAN AND FORMER BREXIT CAMPAIGNER IS DOING MORE DAMAGE TO THE TORIES THAN ANYONE ON THE LEFT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. AS FAR AS ELECTION CAMPAIGNING GOES, SUPPORT FROM THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ISN'T EXACTLY A VOTES WINNER. NIGEL FARAGE'S LATEST RALLY INTERRUPTED BY A SURPRISE BANNER DROP, ARRANGED BY A LOCAL ACTIVIST GROUP PROCLAIMING HIM PUTIN'S FAVOURITE. RIP IT DOWN! THE REFORM UK LEADER HAS BEEN COURTING CONTROVERSY ALL CAMPAIGN; FORCED TO DISTANCE HIS FAR RIGHT PARTY FROM THREE OF ITS CANDIDATES AFTER A HIDDEN CAMERA CAUGHT THEM MAKING MISOGYNISTIC AND RACIST COMMENTS. A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SMEAR US. BUT STILL, POLLS HAVE REFORM UK SITTING AT AROUND 16%, STEALING A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF VOTES FROM THE CONSERVATIVES, WHO WERE WALLOWING AT 20%. LABOUR SITS COMFORTABLY AT DOUBLE THAT, BUT SIR KEIR STARMER IS URGING AGAINST COMPLACENCY. NOTHING IS DECIDED. NOT A SINGLE VOTE HAS BEEN WON OR LOST. UNLIKE FARAGE, SIR KEIR HAS HAD SOME HELPFUL ENDORSEMENTS, BASKING IN THE SUPPORT OF FELLOW SIR, ELTON JOHN. GFX ALL THE WHILE, RISHI SUNAK CONTINUES TO DO HIS BEST TO APPEAR LIKE A MAN NOT HEADED STRAIGHT FOR POLITICAL OBLIVION. WE BELIEVE IN HARD WORK. IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT AND MORE. LISETTE REYMER, NEWSHUB. A NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR OF THE EIGHT CHARGES HE IS FACING FOR INDECENT ASSAULT, INTIMIDATION AND INSUBORDINATE BEHAVIOUR. THE NEW ZEALAND ARMY SOLDIER IS FACING A COURT MARTIAL AT LINTON MILITARY CAMP IN MANAWATU. ALEXA COOK WAS THERE. THE ALLEGED OFFENDING TOOK PLACE AT A BAR HERE AT LINTON MILITARY CAMP IN AUGUST 2022. IT WAS AGAINST THREE CIVILIAN WOMEN WHO WERE WORKING AT AN EVENT, AND THE COURT HEARD HOW THE MAN, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME. DURING THE NIGHT, PRIVATE (CENSORED) CONSUMED ALCOHOL AND BECAME INTOXICATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE CIVILIAN BARTENDER, (CENSORED) REFUSED TO SERVE HIM ANY MORE ALCOHOL. SHE CUT HIM OFF. THE SOLDIER WAS CALM IN COURT TODAY AS HIS LAWYER PLEADED GUILTY TO HIM TOUCHING TWO DIFFERENT WOMAN'S BOTTOMS TWICE. PRIVATE (CENSORED) AGAIN PLACED HIS HAND AROUND THE BACK OF THE CHAIR AND SQUEEZED MISS (CENSORED) BOTTOM. SHE STOOD UP AND LEFT. GUILTY. HOWEVER, THE ACCUSED PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FOUR OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO TOUCH A WOMAN'S GROIN, INTIMIDATING ANOTHER WOMAN AND YELLING INSULTS AT A SUPERIOR OFFICER. NOT GUILTY. BUT THE CROWN SAYS HE DID. ROUGHLY TRANSLATED TO WOOLBAG AND MOTHER (CENSORED). HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND. THIS MAKES UP CHARGE EIGHT ON THE CHARGE SHEET ` INSUBORDINATE BEHAVIOUR. HOWEVER, THE DEFENCE DISAGREES. WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM MY LEARNED FRIEND AND THE PROSECUTION ARE JUST ALLEGATIONS. IT IS NOT EVIDENCE; THAT HAS YET TO BE HEARD. AND AT PRESENT, THE ACCUSED MUST BE PRESUMED INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES THAT HE HAS PLED NOT GUILTY TO. THE TRIAL CONTINUES WITH SENTENCING EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. ALEXA COOK, NEWSHUB. FIRE OFFICERS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN A CHEMICAL SPILL IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF EAST TAMAKI. EAST TAMAKI FENZ RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TRUCK LEAKING CHEMICALS JUST AFTER 1:20 THIS AFTERNOON. SIX FIRE TRUCKS AND SPECIALIST APPLIANCES WERE DEPLOYED AND FIRE OFFICERS WEARING HAZMAT SUITS WERE SEEN DEALING WITH THE SPILL. FENZ HASN'T REVEALED WHAT THE LEAKING CHEMICAL IS, BUT THOSE NEARBY SAID IT HAS A VERY STRONG SMELL. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND THE COUNTDOWN'S ON TO SCOTT ROBERTSON'S FIRST GAME IN CHARGE OF THE ALL BLACKS. DOWN IN DUNEDIN ON SATURDAY. THE TEAM'S BEEN PREPARING ALL WEEKEND IN UPPER HUTT. WE HEAR FROM THOSE INSIDE THE CAMP ABOUT WHAT SORT OF IMPACT RAZOR HAS ALREADY HAD ON THE GROUP AS THEY GET SET TO FACE ENGLAND. AND THE LATE, LATE DRAMA THAT'S KEPT ENGLAND'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMS ALIVE. THE FIRST POLLS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ARE COMING IN. THEY'RE BAD NEWS FOR JOE BIDEN, AND ARE PUTTING FRESH PRESSURE ON THE DEMOCRATS TO FIND A NEW CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP. AND WHY ALCOHOL COMPANIES ARE SPENDING UP BIG MAKING NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS. ONE MORE QUESTION, CHLOE, AROUND THE DARLEEN TANA INVESTIGATION. AND I KNOW WE HAVE ASKED YOU THIS MANY TIMES... IS IT TRUE THAT SHE'S NOW BEEN SUSPENDED LONGER THAN SHE WAS MP? THAT'S TRUE, RIGHT? YEAH. AN OPINION POLL TAKEN AFTER THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HAS FOUND ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF ALL VOTERS NO LONGER THINK JOE BIDEN HAS THE MENTAL AND COGNITIVE HEALTH TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT. BIDEN IS NOW SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, APPARENTLY UNDETERRED. CBS' SKYLER HENRY REPORTS. DEMOCRATS ARE HITTING SEVERAL SWING STATES AND THE AIRWAVES, TELLING THEIR VOTER BASE TO STAY THE COURSE FOLLOWING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DEBATE PERFORMANCE. THE PRESIDENT HAD A` HAD A DIFFICULT NIGHT, JUST LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US DO. BUT I THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET KNOCKED DOWN, WE GET BACK UP. HOWEVER, MARYLAND CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN SAYS RIGOROUS TALKS WITHIN THE PARTY ARE TAKING PLACE. WE'RE HAVING A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO. ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DECIDES, UM, OUR PARTY IS GOING TO BE UNIFIED. DEMOCRATS CALLED THE DEBATE BAD FOR BOTH PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEES, CRITICAL OF TRUMP'S LIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS. THOUGH JUST RELEASED, CBS NEWS POLLING SHOWS 46% OF REGISTERED DEMOCRATIC VOTERS THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD NOT RUN, UP 10% IN FOUR MONTHS. I WOULD NOT BE RUNNING AGAIN IF I DIDN'T BELIEVE, WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL, I CAN DO THIS JOB. THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S INSTEAD HIGHLIGHTING MOMENTS LIKE THE PRESIDENT ON THE TRAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA, AS THEY'RE CHARACTERISING THE RACE AS A BINARY CHOICE. REPUBLICANS SAY IT'S AN EASY DECISION. EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT, SHOULD JOE BIDEN EVEN STAY IN THE RACE? THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY. IT WAS SUCH A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THIS DEBATE. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS AT CAMP DAVID CELEBRATING THE FOURTH WITH HIS FAMILY. HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS THE MONEY KEEPS ROLLING IN, RAISING $33 MILLION SINCE THE DEBATE. APPLICATIONS FOR A SLICE OF SHANE JONES' REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND OPENED TODAY WITH NO SHORTAGE OF INTEREST. THE $1.2 BILLION FUND WAS PROMISED AS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST-NATIONAL COALITION AGREEMENT, LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. SHANE JONES' REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND WAIKATO IS AMONG THE FIRST TO PUT UP ITS HAND FOR A HANDOUT. THERE'S A LIST THAT COULD GET EVEN LONGER. LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTION, SUSTAINABLE FOOD, OBVIOUSLY. THE REGION'S REAPED THE REWARDS OF THE PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND OVER THE YEARS, WITH THE LIKES OF THE RUAKURA SUPER HUB IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY AND PROVIDING ONGOING ECONOMIC BENEFITS. THE RUAKURA DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN HUGELY SIGNIFICANT. YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE A QUIET DRIVE AROUND THERE AND YOU'D BE ASTONISHED. AND IT'S PROJECTS LIKE THIS THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING. FROM TODAY, GROUPS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP A REGION RESPOND TO SHOCKS AND SUPPORT GROWTH CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING, WITH MINISTER SHANE JONES SAYING HE WANTS TO INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS. BUT CANTERBURY BUSINESS CEO LEANNE WATSON KNOWS THE MONEY WILL BE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THERE'S BEEN A DEFICIT IN FUNDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO OF COURSE THERE WILL BE A MAD DASH FROM EACH REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET, I GUESS, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF SPEND. AND THE MINISTER'S MADE IT CLEAR THE MONEY WOULD BE ACCESSED PRIMARILY THROUGH LOANS AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS RATHER THAN GRANTS. I THINK YOU JUST TAKE WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN, BASICALLY. AND THESE` I MEAN, THEY'RE TIGHT ECONOMIC TIMES. BUSINESSES ACROSS THE REGION ARE REALLY PREPARED TO INVEST IN THEIR OWN FUTURE. YOU KNOW, WE SEE AND HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME. BUT WHAT THEY DO WANT IS THEY WANT CERTAINTY OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL. 200 MILLION FROM THE FUND HAS ALSO BEEN SET ASIDE FOR FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MAIN PRIORITY IS WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY, I.E. NEW ZEALAND, NOT JUST NECESSARILY ONE SMALL SECTOR OR ONE REGION. AND PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH. LUCY THOMSON, NEWSHUB. AS WE CRACK INTO THE START OF DRY JULY, DEMAND IS SOARING FOR LOW- OR NO-ALCOHOL DRINKS. IT REFLECTS A KIWI DRINKING CULTURE SHIFT THAT'S BEEN GAINING MOMENTUM OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. LOOKS LIKE WINE, TASTES A LOT LIKE WINE, MADE WITH GRAPES, LIKE WINE, BUT DOESN'T COME WITH THE EFFECTS OF TOO MUCH WINE. IT'S ALL ABOUT FINDING A PROCESS THAT STARTS WITH A GOOD REGULAR WINE AND REMOVING THE ALCOHOL AS DELICATELY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. GIESEN HAS UPGRADED TO A BIGGER AND BETTER SPINNING CONE TO ACHIEVE THIS. IT REMOVES THE AROMA FROM THE WINE. WE PUT THE WINE BACK THROUGH THE MACHINE AGAIN, AND THIS TIME WE REMOVE ALL OF THE ALCOHOL. OF COURSE, WE TAKE THE AROMA AND WE ADD THAT BACK INTO THE WINE. THE SPINNING CONE OPERATES 24/7 TO KEEP UP WITH INCREASING DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL-FREE BEVERAGES. WE'VE GROWN FROM PRODUCING NONE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO TO NOW MAKING JUST UNDER 2 MILLION LITRES PER YEAR. 15% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION. GLOBALLY, LOW- AND NO-ALCOHOL BEER AND WINE IS NOW A BOOMING BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY. MORE THAN 55% OF US HAVE HAD SOME NO- OR LOW-ALCOHOL IN THE PAST YEAR, AND THAT'S UP ABOUT 6% ON THE YEAR BEFORE, SO IT'S INCREASING ALL THE TIME. RECENT DATA REVEALED THE TOTAL VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION WAS DOWN 4.3%, OR 477 MILLION LITRES. THE VOLUME OF BEER FELL 4.4%, WINE FELL 2.4%, AND SPIRITS FELL THE MOST, DOWN 5.7%. MORE THAN 25% OF US ARE CONSUMING LESS ALCOHOL SINCE THE LATE 1970s. BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS THE HEALTH NEW ZEALAND DATA SHOWS THAT 84% OF US ARE DRINKING IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. EQUALLY, 16% ARE STILL DRINKING IN A HAZARDOUS WAY, BUT THE TREND IS TOWARDS SIP AND SAVIOUR BEHAVIOUR, BREATHING NEW MEANING INTO WINE O'CLOCK. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. A ROCKET BOUND FOR SPACE HAS GONE HAYWIRE. IT LAUNCHED ITSELF, AND IT ALL ENDED IN A VERY LARGE EXPLOSION. AND WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO SING IF YOU COME ACROSS THIS SCULPTURE IN AUCKLAND. A SENIOR ALL BLACK GIVES US AN INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST FEW DAYS UNDER NEW COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON. PLUS ` HOW ENGLAND'S HEAVILY SCRUTINISED FOOTBALL TEAM OVERCAME A STUTTERING PERFORMANCE AGAINST SLOVAKIA TO SNEAK INTO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP. AND IS THIS THE HORSE TO END NEW ZEALAND'S 23 YEAR DROUGHT IN THE RACE THAT STOPS TWO NATIONS? THE ALL BLACKS ARE EMBRACING SCOTT ROBERTSON'S RENOWNED CLARITY AND ENERGY AS THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS TO SATURDAY'S FIRST TEST AGAINST ENGLAND. THE TEAM'S PREPARING IN UPPER HUTT BEFORE TRAVELLING TO DUNEDIN TOMORROW EVENING, AND IT'S CLEAR THE NEW MAN IN CHARGE HAS HAD AN IMPACT ` BOTH FOR PLAYERS NEW TO THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT AND THOSE WHO'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. NEW ERA, SAME ENERGY. THE ALL BLACKS ARE READY TO THROW THEIR FULL FORCE AT THE WAITING ENGLISH. EVERY YEAR, YOU WANNA START OFF AND REALLY PERFORM AND SHOW, I SUPPOSE, THE NATION AND THE WORLD, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ALL BLACK. WHAT THAT MEANS IS NO DIFFERENT TO ANY OTHER YEAR, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING THERE'S CLEARLY A NEW ENERGY TO THIS GROUP, LED BY A NEW COACHING TEAM WITH FRESH IDEAS AND FRESH EXCITEMENT. THOSE MEN REALLY DIVE INTO WHAT THEIR ROLE AND JOB IS, AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE TURN UP AND GET WHAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BEAT ENGLAND. SCOTT HANSEN IS ONE OF THOSE. WHILE THE ALL BLACK ENVIRONMENT MIGHT BE NEW, THE HIGH STANDARDS SCOTT ROBERTSON DRIVES ARE CLEARLY CONTINUING, AND THIS GROUP ARE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS AS TO THE CHALLENGE CONFRONTING THEM. WE'RE EMBRACING THIS CHALLENGE. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S TEST MATCH. AND AT TEST MATCH, YOU GOTTA GET TO THE LINE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO STEP OVER IT. BUT WITH THE BLACK JERSEY COMES A CLEAR LEVEL OF EXPECTATION BOTH ON COACHES AND PLAYERS. THE PLAYERS HAVE MADE THAT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THEY EXPECT OF EACH OTHER ALSO. THEY'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT THOUGH, SO EXPECTATIONS, YES, BUT THE PERSPECTIVE AROUND THAT CAN BE, WHAT ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT TO PERFORM? AND THAT'S WHERE RAZE IS TAKING US. HANSEN FEELS ROBERTSON'S TRANSITION INTO THE ALL BLACKS TOP JOB HAS BEEN SEAMLESS AND WILL HELP TAKE THIS TEAM TO ANOTHER LEVEL. WE'RE REALLY CLEAR AROUND WHAT THE BOSS WANTS. HE GIVES US GREAT LANGUAGE, AND THE BOYS ARE ENJOYING HIS ENERGY. RAZOR IS SOMEONE WE WILL FOLLOW. THE ALL BLACKS ARE CONFIDENT WHAT WILL FOLLOW THIS WEEK IS A TEST VICTORY OVER ENGLAND ON SATURDAY. OLLIE RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. MEANWHILE, ENGLAND EXPECT SCOTT ROBERTSON TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE ALL BLACKS AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SERIES. THE TOURISTS HAVE BEEN TRAINING ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE AFTER ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY LAST WEEK, AND THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF ROBERTSON'S ABILITY TO GET THE BEST OF OUT HIS PLAYERS. AND A LOT OF THEM WOULD'VE WORKED WITH HIM BEFORE, SO WOULD PROBABLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH HIM, AND SO, YEAH, I IMAGINE HE'S IMPLEMENTED WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE DOING THEIR BEST TO GO AND PUT THAT IN THE PICTURE ON SATURDAY. FORD BOTH TEAMS WILL TRAVEL DOWN TO DUNEDIN LATER IN THE WEEK AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S GAME UNDER THE ROOF. TWO UNCAPPED PLAYERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE BLACK FERNS SQUAD FOR THIS WEEKEND'S TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA, WITH HOOKER ATALANTA LOLOHEA AND LOOSE FORWARD MIA ANDERSON INCLUDED FOR THE FIRST TIME. LOCK CHELSEA BREMNER'S BACK IN THE SQUAD AFTER MISSING THE PACIFIC FOUR SERIES EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE SAYS WITH MORE NEW FACES COMING INTO THE TEAM, THE BATTLE TO GET A START IS HEATING UP. I THINK THE COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE TEAM AND THE SQUAD HAS REALLY STEPPED UP A LEVEL, AND IT JUST SHOWS THE DEPTH THAT'S WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL AND REALLY BE CHALLENGED. THE BLACK FERNS FACE AUSTRALIA NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE THEY HEAD TO ENGLAND TO FACE THE ROSES AT TWICKENHAM IN SEPTEMBER. ENGLAND'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP DREAM IS STILL ALIVE, THANKS TO SOME LAST-GASP HEROICS IN THIS MORNING'S ROUND OF 16 CLASH WITH SLOVAKIA. TRAILING 1-NIL WITH LESS THAN 90 SECONDS LEFT, ENGLAND LOOKED DESTINED TO BE ELIMINATED, BUT THEY WERE RESCUED BY A MOMENT ON MAGIC FROM REAL MADRID STAR JUDE BELLINGHAM. ITV'S STEVE SCOTT HAS THE STORY. IT WAS FAST AND FURIOUS TO START ENGLAND AGAIN, DISJOINTED AND SLOVAKIA FRIGHTENING ON THE COUNTER. AFTER A COUPLE OF SCARES, THE THREE LIONS DEFENCE WAS FINALLY BREACHED. AND FALTERING, ENGLAND ARE ON THE BACK FOOT AGAIN! SUDDENLY, THIS WAS A REAL TEST OF CHARACTER, NOT JUST FOOTBALL. AND IF YOU THOUGHT THE OUTSIDE NOISE WAS LOUD BEFOREHAND... THERE WAS NOW 45 MINUTES TO SAVE THE TOURNAMENT AND FOR GARETH SOUTHGATE TO SAVE HIS JOB. 80 LONG MINUTES IN, 75% POSSESSION AND STILL NOT A SHOT ON TARGET. DECLAN RICE CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. COMES BACK TO KANE. IT'S GOING TO GO OVER. MORE AGONY FOR ENGLAND. WITH SECONDS LEFT, LITERALLY, AND WITH ENGLAND'S TOURNAMENT OBITUARY ALMOST WRITTEN, A LIFELINE. HERE'S THE OVERHEAD KICK FROM BELLINGHAM! YES! HEY, JUDE. JUDE BELLINGHAM HAS SHOWN WHY HE IS ENGLAND'S FAVOURITE SON. EXTRA TIME HAD BARELY GOT UNDERWAY WHEN THINGS GOT EVEN BETTER ` IVAN TONEY'S COOL HEAD FOUND HARRY KANE AND SOMEHOW IT WAS ADVANTAGE ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. SOMETIMES THINGS JUST CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. AND THAT'S THE WAY THIS NAIL BITING, MISTAKE-RIDDEN ENCOUNTER ENDED ` A FEW QUESTIONS ANSWERED, PERHAPS, BUT MANY MORE NOT. IT LOOKED TOUGH FOR A SECOND THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KEEP GOING. WE WORK ON SO MANY DETAILS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN A LONG THROW LATE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND WE SAID WE MIGHT NEED IT. BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY JUDE DOES. AND WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE GOAL. AND THEN, YEAH, HE'S KEPT THAT TOURNAMENT ALIVE. GARETH SOUTHGATE HAS BEEN HANDED A LIFELINE, BUT HE STILL HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT TO FIND A FORMULA THAT WILL MAKE HIS TEAM FEARED, RATHER THAN BE THERE FOR THE TAKING. SPAIN'S ALSO ADVANCED TO THE QUARTER FINALS, OVERCOMING AN EARLY SCARE IN AN ENTERTAINING CLASH WITH GEORGIA. AFTER A LIVELY START, THE TOURNAMENT DEBUTANTS TOOK A SURPRISE LEAD AFTER FORCING AN OWN GOAL, BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR SPAIN TO HIT TOP GEAR. AND RODREY, THERE HE IS! SPAIN'S PATIENCE IS REWARDED. INVITING BALL... SPAIN HAVE TURNED IT AROUND! NICO WILLIAMS TO SEND SPAIN THROUGH! 4-1 THE FINAL SCORE ` SPAIN'S WIN SETS UP A MOUTHWATERING QUARTER FINAL CLASH WITH HOSTS GERMANY. A KIWI HOPEFUL FOR THIS YEAR'S MELBOURNE CUP HAS HAD A SNIFF OF WHAT AWAITS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER. LEGENDARY JOCKEY AND CUP AMABASSADOR DAMIEN OLIVER'S TOURING NEW ZEALAND AND STOPPED BY CAMBRIDGE TO VISIT 'MARK TWAIN', WHO SECURED A GOLDEN TICKET INTO THE CUP WITH VICTORY IN ONE OF THE 'WIN AND YOU'RE IN' RACES EARLIER THIS YEAR. TRAINED BY ROGER JAMES AND ROBERT WELLWOOD, MARK TWAIN IS LOOKING TO BECOME THE FIRST KIWI-TRAINED HORSE TO WIN THE MELBOURNE CUP SINCE ETHEREAL IN 2001. THERE IS YOUR HOT TIP FOR NOV. A CHINESE SPACE ROCKET HAS LAUNCHED ITSELF BY MISTAKE AND THEN CRASHED AFTER QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. THE SKY DRAGON IS BEING DEVELOPED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT'S CHINA'S VERSION OF SPACEX. THE MOTORS WERE BEING TESTED, BUT AN ANCHOR FAILED AND THE ROCKET LEFT THE LAUNCHPAD. OFFICIALS SAY NOBODY WAS INJURED, BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID FOR THE DRAGON'S PRIDE. A NEW INTERACTIVE SCULPTURE HAS BEEN UNVEILED IN AUCKLAND'S CENTRAL CITY, WHICH RESPONDS IN WAIATA IF YOU SING TO IT. (SINGING) AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS WAIMAHARA IS THE FIRST SCULPTURE OF ITS KIND, AND WAS CREATED BY GRAHAM TIPENE AND TESSA HARRIS. THE 1.5-MILLION DOLLAR INSTALLATION IS PART OF A MAJOR UPGRADE TO MYERS PARK TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR VISITORS AND MORE RESILIENT TO WEATHER EVENTS. NOW, NEWS OF A SEX SCANDAL AT SYDNEY ZOO MAY HAVE YOU REACHING FAST FOR THE REMOTE, BUT WAIT ` IT'S JUST A RODENT ROMANCE WITH A VERY CUTE OUTCOME. THE BIRTH OF CAPYBARA TRIPLETS IS THE RESULT OF ZOE AND SANCHEZ GETTING TOGETHER. WHAT'S AWKWARD IS THAT SANCHEZ WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BREEDING WITH ZOE'S MUM. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEMONSTRATION OF A MULTIGENERATIONAL CAPYBARA HERD. THE BABIES WEIGH 1 AND A HALF KILOS EACH, AS CAPYBARAS ARE THE LARGEST MEMBERS OF THE RODENT WORLD, ALBEIT WITH QUESTIONABLE MORALS. A CHRISTCHURCH INSTITUTION IS ON THE MOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 140 YEARS. MCGREGOR'S FOOTWEAR HAS BEEN REPAIRING SHOES IN HILLMORTON SINCE IT OPENED IN 1880. BUT THE FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS HAS DECIDED IT'S OVERDUE A SPRUCE UP OF ITS OWN. MITCH REDMAN HAS THE STORY. FOR 144 YEARS, THIS HUMBLE ABODE HAS SET AND SERVED THE SAME PURPOSE AT 27 LINCOLN ROAD ` A SHOE REPAIR SHOP WHICH THE MCGREGORS HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED FOR THE PAST SIX DECADES. IT'S BEEN A GOOD OLD GIRL, BUT IT'S PROBABLY DONE ITS DASH. A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF OPENING DAY STILL HANGS ON THE WALL, SO DOES THE ORIGINAL KEY TO THE FRONT DOOR. IT STARTED IN 1880. BY A GUY CALLED GEORGE THOMAS, WHO LIVED HERE` WHO LIVED ACTUALLY IN HERE WITH THE SHOP OUT THE FRONT. IN 1956, ADAM'S FATHER, WHO WAS ALREADY A COBBLER, PURCHASED THE BUSINESS; A �500 LOAN FROM MUM SEEMS TO HAVE PAID DIVIDENDS. HE WALKED IN HERE ` GUY'S NAME WAS EDDIE BEECH ` AND SAID 'OH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS? I'M QUITE KEEN TO BUY.' AND EDDIE SAID, 'NO WAY, NO WAY.' WELL, LIKE A MONTH LATER HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND THEN HE DIDN'T DIE. UM, AND HE RANG DAD UP AND SAID... OR GOT HOLD OF HIM, NO CELL PHONES, AND SAID, DO YOU WANT TO BUY IT? DAD SAID, YEP. SO IT WAS MEANT TO BE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY INTENTION TO FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS. I WASN'T GOING TO STAY VERY LONG, BUT YOU KNOW, SAID TO THE OLD MAN, 'I'LL COME AND HELP FOR A WEE WHILE.' AND THAT WAS 43 YEARS AGO. AND WHILE THE BUSINESS MIGHT BE MOVING, THE BUSINESS WON'T BE STOPPING. EVERY YEAR, I THINK, 'OH, THAT MIGHT CHANGE.' IT'S GOING TO GET A BIT QUIETER, BUT IT NEVER DOES. IT JUST STAYS THE SAME. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BUSY THE WHOLE TIME. SUMMER'S A BIT QUIETER, I DON'T KNOW WHY. WHETHER YOU JUST WEAR HANDLES AND SANDALS... SO THE WAIT IS ABOUT A WEEK IN THE IN THE SUMMER AND THEN IT BLOWS OUT A MONTH IN THE WINTER. THE NEW PREMISES IN HORNBY MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AN UPGRADE IN SOME RESPECTS... IT'S GOT RUNNING HOT WATER, THAT'S A NOVELTY. AND A TOILET IN THE BUILDING, HAPPY DAYS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT'S IN STORE NEXT FOR NUMBER 27, BUT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN ITS LAST FOOT TRAFFIC JUST YET. WHAT'S IT GONNA FEEL LIKE LOCKING THAT DOOR FOR THE LAST TIME? SO I GUESS IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE OH, I HAVE SPENT 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE ON THIS BUILDING, BUT I AM HAPPY TO MOVE ON, DEFINITELY. THE CLOSING OF ONE CENTURY LONG CHAPTER, WITH POTENTIALLY ANOTHER SET TO SHINE ON. MITCH REDMAN, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE BOSS OF EMBATTLED PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY KAINGA ORA HAS RESIGNED AND IS LEAVING WITH A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE WORTH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. FORECAST 6 METRE SOUTHERLY SWELLS IN COOK STRAIT HAVE CAUSED THE CANCELLATION OF SOME FERRRY SERVICES FROM TOMORROW NIGHT. NORTHLAND'S REGIONAL COUNCIL IS ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY SPEND 100 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INVASIVE SEAWEED CAULERPA, WHICH THEY CALL THE CANCER OF THE SEA. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MOST WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE NOW EXPIRED, HEATHER? JUST ONE LONELY RAIN WATCH IN PLACE FOR THE EASTERN RANGES OF BAY OF PLENTY AND THE INLAND RANGES OF GISBORNE. THERE IS STILL SNOW, AND THAT'S IMPACTING THE USUAL ROADS, BUT ALSO THE DESERT ROAD IN THE NORTH, FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AND THERE ARE LARGE SWELLS, AGAIN - PARTS OF COASTAL WAIRARAPA UNDER A HEAVY SWELL WARNING FROM 6am TOMORROW TO 3am WEDNESDAY. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. IT'S ALL GO AT THE MOMENT ` HARD TO MAKE OUT NEW ZEALAND UNDER ALL OF THIS, BUT IT IS THERE, I PROMISE. THE FRONT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND WILL BE EAST OF EAST CAPE FROM EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL TAKE THE HEAVY RAIN WITH IT. THE LOW DOWN SOUTH WILL DEEPEN FURTHER AS IT SLIDES AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. THE STRONG COLD SOUWESTERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND, UP THROUGH THE NORTH ISLAND FROM THE MORNING. SO IT'S A STORMY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTH WITH RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST, AND SNOW TO 500 METRES IN THE SOUTH, AND 700 METRES FURTHER NORTH. THE STRONG NORWESTERS TURN TO STRONG COLD SOUWESTERS BEHIND THE FRONT. TOMORROW, THINGS ARE CLEARING WITH FINE BREAKS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON AS THE DAY TICKS ON, BUT THE COLD WIND WON'T START TO EASE TILL THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NORTH ISLAND WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, SO YOU CAN SEE THE MOVEMENT OF THAT RAIN BAND AND THE CLEARING SKIES BEHIND IT. THE STRONG NORTHERLY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TURN NORWESTERLY BEHIND IT. TOMORROW, PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL OUT WEST FROM WAITOMO TO WHANGANUI. SO IT'S PARTLY CLOUDY FOR ALL HERE TOMORROW, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SOMETIMES HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HAMILTON. THE WEST OR SOUWESTER WILL BE FRESH, EASING TOMORROW NIGHT. MOST WILL GET AT LEAST ONE SHOWER TOMORROW. WHAKATANE, YOU MAY REMAIN DRY. THERE WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS TOO FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO, AND WITH FRESH WESTERLIES BUT EASING TOMORROW NIGHT. RAIN CLEARS GISBORNE BEFORE DAWN, AND SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE MORNING IN THE SOUTH. HAWKES' BAY, SHOWERS TURN UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN RETURN TO GISBORNE TOMORROW NIGHT. SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, SOME HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL, AND WITH FRESH TO STRONG WINDS. THINGS DO IMPROVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY. SHOWERS EASE OR CLEAR IN THE MORNING FOR EVERYONE, BUT WESTPORT, YOU MAY HAVE THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THAT. EASTERLIES DEVELOP TOMORROW NIGHT SOUTH OF REEFTON. MORNING WILL BE A LITTLE CLOUDY AND WITH SHOWERS, BUT THEY ARE CLEARING. EVERYONE WILL BE FINE BY EARLY AFTERNOON, WITH SOUWESTERS FOR CANTERBURY. SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTH TOO, BUT THEY'RE EASING BACK DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUWESTERLY IS STRONG, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DEEP SOUTH, AND WILL EASE LATER IN THE DAY. SO DUNEDIN - JUST SHOWERS TONIGHT, AND THEY'LL LINGER ACROSS TUESDAY. THE STRONG SOUWESTERLY WILL EASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND IT'S COLD. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT AROUND CHRISTCHURCH, AND THEY'LL HANG OUT FOR THE MORNING. EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'S WINDY ALL DAY, WITH A STRONG SOUWESTERLY. ALSO COLD. STILL WINDY TOMORROW, WITH STRONG NORTHERLIES TURNING SOUTHERLY BEFORE MIDDAY. RAIN EASES TO ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE A.M TOO AND WILL CLEAR COMPLETLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. FINE AROUND HAWKE'S BAY TO START; IT CLOUDS OVER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON. THEY'RE GONE BY TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH A NORWESTER TURNING SOUWEST. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR TAURANGA, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS, BUT NOT TILL THE AFTERNOON. THE WESTERLY WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT AND IT'S CHILLY. PARTLY CLOUDY TOO FOR HAMILTON. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS, AND THEY'LL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOONM BUT WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. THE FRESH WESTERLY WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. RAIN TONIGHT AROUND AUCKLAND, WITH WINDS TURNING WESTERLY. THEN TOMORROW, THAT WESTERLY REMAINS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. TO OZ ` A TROUGH DISHES UP RAIN TO BRISBANE AND A SOUTHERLY FLOW IS SPREADING SHOWERS ONTO SYDNEY AND KEEPING MOST OF THE COUNTRY COLD. SHOWERS FOR TONGA, SAMOA, VANUATU AND RAROTONGA. BACK HOME - AND TERM 2 ENDS FINE BUT COLD UP TOP. FROST POSSIBLE TOO FOR THOSE SHELTERED SPOTS AROUND AUCKLAND AND COROMANDEL. A FEW SHOWERS OUT EAST AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT IT'S MOSTLY SETTLED. JUST AREAS OF CLOUD FOR HAWKES' BAY. A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE CAPITAL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, SPREADING TO MANAWATU. TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LOOKING GOOD. COLD, BUT GOOD. IT'S THE LOWER HALF THAT WILL HAVE SHOWERS, PLENTY OF CLOUD AND STILL SOME STRONG WINDS. BUT THAT'S OK, BECAUSE WE NEED SNOW FOR THE SNOW PARKS AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WHEN THE SNOW IS NATURAL AND NOT MAN MADE. AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WHEN THE SNOW IS NATURAL AND NOT MAN MADE. LOVE THE NATURAL SNOW. 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