A DEADLY MIX-UP ` A MAN HELPED AN ABANDONED CHILD BUT WAS KILLED WITH ONE PUNCH BY THE BOY'S SUSPICIOUS FATHER. PRESSURE GROWS ON THE GREENS TO USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION, TO FORCE DARLEEN TANA FROM PARLIAMENT. A MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEM ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND ` THERE HASN'T BEEN A PERMANENT DENTIST THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND LATER IN SPORT ` THE TENNIS WORLD'S GONE LA-LA FOR LULU, BUT THE KIWI STAR IS KEEPING HER COOL AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S HISTORIC QUARTERFINAL. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024. NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREENEWS. THE SON OF A MAN WHO WAS KILLED AFTER TRYING TO HELP AN ABANDONED CHILD AT A CHRISTCHURCH PARK SAYS HIS DAD WAS EXTREMELY CARING AND WOULD HELP ANYONE HE COULD. MEWA SINGH DIED AFTER BEING PUNCHED BY THE BOY'S FATHER, WHO MISTOOK HIS INTENTIONS. SAM SHERWOOD HAS THE EXCLUSIVE REPORT. (COOS, SPEAKS BABY TALK) THIS VIDEO SHOWS MEWA SINGH DOTING OVER HIS NEWBORN GRANDSON IN CHRISTCHURCH. VERY LOVELY, ALWAYS SMILING, VERY HAPPY MAN. HE WAS VISITING FROM INDIA FOR THE BIRTH OF HIS SON'S FIRST CHILD. THEY WERE LOVING IT. THEY WERE SPENDING TIME WITH THE KIDS, AND THEY'D GO FOR A WALK AND ENJOY BEING IN NZ. THEY WERE LOVING IT. BUT THE FAMILY'S JOY TURNED TO HEARTBREAK, WHEN SINGH TOOK HIS DAILY WALK ONE EVENING THROUGH LINWOOD PARK. HE CAME ACROSS A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO'D BEEN LEFT THERE BY HIS FATHER TO TEACH HIM A LESSON FOR MISBEHAVING. WHEN SINGH ARRIVED HERE AT LINWOOD PARK, HE FOUND A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO'D BEEN LEFT ALONE. HE TRIED HELPING THE YOUNG BOY, BUT WHEN HIS FATHER RETURNED, HE SAW SINGH HOLDING HIS HAND AND BECAME ENRAGED. THE KILLER WENT HOME, BUT SHORTLY AFTER RETURNED TO THE PARK, WHERE HE PUNCHED SINGH ONCE IN THE JAW. SINGH FELL BACK, HITTING HIS HEAD. TWO DAYS LATER, THE 60-YEAR-OLD DIED IN HOSPITAL. I SAW MY DAD LYING WAS ON THE BED WITH LIFE SUPPORT, AND I TRIED TO TALK, YEAH, NAH, NOTHING WAS THERE. THE FAMILY ARE DEVASTATED. I WAS VERY ANGRY. I'M STILL VERY UPSET AND ANGRY, BUT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. SOMEONE TOUCHED MY DAD, AND I'M SITTING HERE, AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING, MAN. SINGH'S SON AND FAMILY HAD LIVED IN NEW ZEALAND FOR 14 YEARS AND OWNED A BUSINESS, BUT AFTER HIS FATHER WAS KILLED, THEY MOVED BACK TO INDIA THIS YEAR TO SUPPORT HIS MOTHER. I HAD TO SELL EVERYTHING, LEAVE MY HOUSE AND MOVE BACK TO INDIA WITH MY MOTHER, COS I'M THE ONLY SON ` I CAN'T LEAVE HER ALONE JUST TO DIE. LOSING ONE PARENT IN THE MOST BRUTAL CIRCUMSTANCES WAS ALREADY TOO MUCH. WITH MORE ON THIS, WE'RE CROSSING NOW TO JULIET SPEEDY, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH SAM SHERWOOD ON THE STORY. SO, JULIET, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE KILLER? A 32-YEAR-OLD FATHER OF TWO HAS ADMITTED THE KILLING, PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER HERE AT CHRISTCHURCH HIGH COURT ON FRIDAY. WE CAN'T TELL YOU HE IS, BECAUSE HE HAS KEPT HIS NAME SUPPRESSION UNTIL HIS SENTENCING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER THIS YEAR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT ALTHOUGH THE KILLER IS ON RECORD SAYING HE BELIEVED SAYING HE WHO WAS TRYING TO ABDUCTORS SON, POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WAS INCORRECT AND HE WAS DOING NOTHING WRONG; HE WAS ON AN EVENING WALK TRYING TO HELP A LOST CHILD WHEN HE WAS VIOLENTLY KILLED. PRESSURE IS BUILDING FOR THE GREEN PARTY TO FORCE DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT. THREE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO THE WORKER WHO SPARKED THE INVESTIGATION INTO HER POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN ALLEGED MIGRANT EXPLOITATION, AND HE JUST WANTS AN APOLOGY. POLITICAL REPORTER GLENN MCCONNELL HAS THE STORY. SANTIAGO LATOUR PALMA SAYS WORKING FOR EX-GREEN DARLEEN TANA AND HER HUSBAND TURNED HIS NZ DREAM INTO A NIGHTMARE. FINANCIALLY, DESTROYED. EMOTIONALLY, DESTROYED. THE FORMER EMPLOYEE OF BIKES & BEYOND CAME FORWARD IN MARCH, CLAIMING HE WAS OWED $25,000 BY THE BUSINESS, OWNED BY TANA'S HUSBAND, CHRISTIAN HOFF NIELSEN. I ONLY CLAIM MY RIGHTS AND SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. BUT, REALLY, CHRISTIAN AND DARLEEN LIE TO ME. I HATE THAT. HIS STORY PROMPTED THE GREEN PARTY TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION, LED BY LAWYER RACHEL BURT, INTO WHAT TANA KNEW. YESTERDAY THE PARTY PUBLICLY CALLED ON TANA TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT. PLEASE RESIGN. I NEVER GET INTERVIEWED WITH RACHEL. I CONTACT HER, I CALL HER, AND I SEND TEXT MESSAGE TO GET INTERVIEW. TANA AGREED TO RESIGN AS A GREEN PARTY MEMBER, BUT SHE REMAINS AN MP. DARLEEN NEEDS TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN. WE DO NOT THINK THAT SHE IS FIT TO BE AN MP. ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS THE GREENS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION. THE GREENS RALLIED AGAINST THE WAKA-JUMPING BILL, CALLING IT AN ANTI-DEMOCRATIC DEAD RAT. BUT THE GREEN CAUCUS WILL, IF TANA DOSEN'T RESIGN, MEET TO VOTE ON WHETHER TO ASK THE SPEAKER TO REMOVE HER. TWO-THIRDS OF THE CAUCUS WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT THAT MOTION. IN A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, DARLEEN TANA DIDN'T SAY IF SHE WAS PLANNING TO STAY OR GO, BUT SHE HIT OUT AGAINST THE INVESTIGATION, SAYING... SANTIAGO SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH TANA OFFICIALLY QUIT THE BUSINESS, SHE WAS INVOLVED. SHE GAVE ME MY TRIAL, AND SHE APPEARS OFTEN, AND ALSO SHE MANAGED THE PAYMENTS. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM DARLEEN YET. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO HER, REGARDING BEING ABLE TO RELEASE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT, AND WE HOPE THAT SHE COMPLIES, SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT OUT IN THE PUBLIC. I ONLY WAIT FOR AN APOLOGISE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DENY AND DENY AND DENY. SANTIAGO IS STILL WAITING FOR HIS CASE WITH THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY TO BE RESOLVED. KIA ORA, GLENN. HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING MORE FROM DARLEEN TANA TODAY? NOT A WORD. FOR THE PAST 116 DAYS, DARLENE HAS BEEN MISSING IN ACTION, FIRST SUSPENDED AND SHE HAS RESIGNED FROM THE ACT PARTY. SHE REMAINS AN MP. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT GREEN PARTY INVESTIGATION. THE GREENS WANT EVERYONE NAMED IN THAT REPORT TO SIGN OFF ON ITS RELEASE. THAT INCLUDES TANA. IF SHE IS PLANNING TO STAY AT PARLIAMENT, SHE HAS SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM PARLIAMENT AND THE GREENS WHETHER THEY WILL USE THE LAW. NGA MIHI, GLENN. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT STORY IS CONFRONTING. RESCUERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE AFTER A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE IN KYIV HIT UKRAINE'S LARGEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. FIVE CITIES WERE ATTACKED IN STRIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LEAVING AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE DEAD AND DOZENS MORE INJURED. ITV'S NEIL CONNERY REPORTS. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) IN UKRAINE'S LARGEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THEY'RE SCRAMBLING TO SAVE LIVES. DOCTORS AND NURSES NOW RESCUERS AFTER A RUSSIAN STRIKE. THE EXPLOSION RIPPED THROUGH KYIV'S OHMATDYT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. INSIDE, CRIES FROM THE MOST VULNERABLE OF PATIENTS. (CHILDREN WAIL) MANY OF THOSE IN THIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ARE BEING TREATED FOR CANCER. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK, THEY HAD TO FIND SAFETY WHERE THEY COULD. MANY HEADED FOR THE BASEMENT AS THIS PLACE OF SANCTUARY WAS ENGULFED BY TRAUMA. 'MY DAUGHTER STARTED SCREAMING,' INNA SAYS. 'I RAN INTO THE WARD AND GRABBED HER, 'AND THERE WAS A SECOND EXPLOSION.' 'I CAN'T BELIEVE SUCH A THING COULD HAPPEN ` 'AN ATTACK ON A HOSPITAL WITH SICK CHILDREN. 'THERE ARE NO WORDS.' 'WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO CLEAR THE RUBBLE,' KYIV'S MAYOR, VITALI KLITSCHKO, SAYS. 'SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIED. 'THERE WERE ALSO STRIKES ON OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.' 'WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TAKING CHILDREN TO OTHER HOSPITALS.' THIS WAS THE MOMENT THE RUSSIAN MISSILE STRUCK THE HOSPITAL. (BOOMING EXPLOSION) THE DAYTIME ATTACK WAS ONE OF A SERIES ACROSS UKRAINE TODAY AND HAS RECEIVED WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION. THE INCIDENTS IN WHICH MISSILES HIT THE OHMATDYT NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SPECIALISED HOSPITAL IN KYIV, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PAEDIATRIC FACILITY IN UKRAINE, AND ANOTHER MEDICAL FACILITY IN KYIV, ARE PARTICULARLY SHOCKING. DIRECTING ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN AND CIVILIAN OBJECTS IS PROHIBITED BY INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, AND ANY SUCH ATTACKS ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST END IMMEDIATELY. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, HEADING TO THE NATO SUMMIT TO GET MORE SUPPORT, MET POLAND'S PRIME MINISTER ON THE WAY TO HIGHLIGHT MILITARY COOPERATION. TRANSLATOR: WE RECORDED IN OUR SECURITY AGREEMENT THE FORMATION AND TRAINING OF A NEW VOLUNTEER MILITARY UNIT, THE UKRAINIAN LEGION, ON THE TERRITORY OF POLAND. WE HAVE A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF THE UKRAINIAN, POLISH, LITHUANIAN BRIGADE. RUSSIA DENIES TARGETING CIVILIAN LOCATIONS, INSISTING THE STRIKES WERE AIMED AT MILITARY FACILITIES. BUT FOR THESE SICK CHILDREN, THE HORROR OF THIS WAR HAS REACHED NEW DEPTHS. MOVING TO AMERICA NOW, AND SINCE THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE, DOUBTS ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S ABILITY TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAVE PERSISTED. NOW, IN A LETTER TO FELLOW DEMOCRATS, BIDEN HAS EXPLICITLY STATED HE'S COMMITTED TO STAYING IN THE RACE AND WINNING IT. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. DESPITE GROWING CALLS FOR HER HUSBAND TO STAND ASIDE, TODAY, THE FIRST LADY WAS ECHOING THE PRESIDENT'S DEFIANT TONE. FOR ALL THE TALK OUT THERE ABOUT THIS RACE, JOE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE'S ALL IN. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT FOLLOWS JOE BIDEN'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND UNSCHEDULED CALL INTO THE APTLY NAMED MORNING JOE SHOW. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I WOULDN'T BE RUNNING IF I DIDN'T ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT I AM THE BEST CANDIDATE TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP IN 2024. BUT JOE BIDEN'S ATTEMPT TO SEIZE THE NARRATIVE, ALONG WITH A FORCEFUL LETTER TO HIS PARTY COLLEAGUES, DIDN'T IMPRESS SOME DEMOCRATIC STRATEGISTS. THIS IS THE MOST UNUSUAL THING MOST PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IN THEIR LIFETIMES ` THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD, CALLING UP PEOPLE AND BEGGING FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND SAYING, 'BY THE WAY, I'M REALLY OK'. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING WAS DOMINATED BY REPORTS A SPECIALIST IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE HAD VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES IN EIGHT MONTHS. BUT AMID INCREASINGLY ANIMATED EXCHANGES... WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM` ...QUESTION TO THE DOCTOR! WE HAVE TO KEEP THEIR PRIVACY. AND YOU WILL ALLOW THIS TO FESTER! THE WHITE HOUSE REFUSED TO CONFIRM WHO THE DOCTOR HAD SEEN. (OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS) I HEAR YOU. I` GUYS, GUYS, GUYS` HE'S LISTED THAT HE WENT TO` AND YOU ALLOW THIS TO FESTER LONGER, KARINE` ...GUYS, GUYS` ...UNLESS THE WHITE HOUSE ANSWERS` OVER THE WEEKEND, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY GOT OUT OF WASHINGTON TO HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN PENNSYLVANIA, BUT THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED THEM. ASKED IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS BEHIND HIM, HIS RESPONSE WAS EMPHATIC. YES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AT EVENT AFTER EVENT, THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE ` WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO, FOLKS, BUT WE CAN DO IT. HIS CAMPAIGN GOES ON. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, AND I, HONEST TO GOD, HAVE NEVER MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AMERICA'S FUTURE IF WE STICK TOGETHER. HIS AGE MIGHT BE A CONCERN FOR HIS PARTY, BUT IT'S BEING DISMISSED BY HIS ALLIES. DON'T LET ANYBODY TALK ABOUT YOUR AGE. YOU A YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER. THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL WEEKS IN JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY. NOT ONLY IS HE FACING CRUMBLING SUPPORT IN THE CORRIDORS OF POWER HERE IN CONGRESS, BUT HE'S ALSO GOT AN INCREDIBLY HIGH-PROFILE NATO SUMMIT WHERE HIS EVERY WORD AND MOVEMENT WILL BE CLOSELY ANALYSED. AND OUR PRIME MINISTER IS FLYING INTO WASHINGTON DC, FOR THE NATO SUMMIT HOSTED BY THE U.S. PRESIDENT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS HOPING FOR SOME ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH JOE BIDEN. CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOVA O'BRIEN IS THERE. TOVA, THE PM'S GOT HIS WORK CUT OUT THIS WEEK? DOES HE EVER! THE PRIME MINISTER LANDED IN WASHINGTON DC AT 2 AM. HIS ARRIVAL WAS DELAYED BY THE CUT OF POWER IN TEXAS. IT DELAYED THE BILATERAL MEETING WITH TED CRUZ. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TOMORROW. . IT WILL NOW BE THE FOLLOWING DAY CRUISE RAN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN 2016 FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. THE TWO HATED EACH OTHER, AND NOW CRUZ IS ENDORSING TRUMP. THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY BIG GETS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MANAGED TO SECURE THIS TRIP. AND TOVA, LUXON'S GOING TO BE HEADING INTO ANOTHER BIG STORM ` THE ONE SURROUNDING JOE BIDEN'S POLITICAL FUTURE. JOE BIDEN IS ON THE OFFENSIVE. HE IS TELLING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AS INTERACTIONS AT NATO TO PROVE HE HAS THE STRENGTH, THE FIGURE, THE STAMINA FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE. THERE ARE 31 OTHER LEADERS IN WASHINGTON DC, ALONGSIDE LEADERS OF PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES LIKE NEW ZEALAND. CHRISTOPHER LUXTON IS GOING TO BE ANGLING FOR MEETINGS WITH WORLD LEADERS. PEOPLE LIKE THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMANUEL MACRON. THE CHAT IS ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S COMPETENCE AND THE INCREASED RISK THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD END UP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS A NATO SCEPTIC. LUXTON'S CHANCE TO MEET BIDEN IS DIMINISHED. LUXTON IS HOSTING A MEETING JOE BIDEN WILL BE AT. THERE IS A WHITE HOUSE DINNER HOSTED BY THE BIDEN IS THAT LUXTON WILL BE ATTENDING. THIS WILL BE LUXTON'S BIGGEST DIPLOMATIC MEETING YET. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE, AND ON TOP OF THAT, THERE IS A PHENOMENAL POLITICAL SITUATION, WITH THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD IS FIGHTING FOR HIS POLITICAL SURVIVAL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER, AND JUDGING BY THE PHOTOS, IT LOOKED GOOD, HEATHER? A STUNNING DAY, UNLESS YOU WOKE TO FOG, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF IT, FOR THE WAIKATO, WAITOMO, WHANGANUI AND THE BULLER VALLEYS. ALSO FREEZING ` WITH HIGH PRESSURE COMES CLEAR SKIES, AND WITHOUT CLOUDS, WHICH ACT LIKE A THERMAL BLANKET, WE GET COLD AND FROSTY. MINUS-7 ` THE LOWEST FOR THE DESERT ROAD; MINUS-6 FOR MT COOK AIRPORT, TEKAPO AND TWIZEL. NOT MUCH CHANGES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS ` FOG IS ALREADY REFORMING FOR THE USUAL SPOTS. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. COMING UP, NEARLY 900 PEOPLE AND NO DENTIST ` IS THERE A FIX TO THE GAPING HOLE IN GREAT BARRIER ISLAND'S HEALTH SERVICES? THERE'S POLITICAL GRIDLOCK IN FRANCE JUST WEEKS OUT FROM THE OLYMPICS FOLLOWING THE COUNTRY'S SHOCK ELECTION RESULT. AND BOEING COPS A $400M FINE FOR MISLEADING REGULATORS DURING INVESTIGATIONS INTO TWO FATAL PLANE CRASHES. FRANCE'S NEW PARLIAMENT REMAINS IN POLITICAL LIMBO FOLLOWING THE SHOCK RESULT OF THE ELECTION AND THE LEFT'S TACTICAL VOTING WHICH KEPT THE FAR RIGHT OUT OF POWER. A WEAKENED PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS REJECTED THE RESIGNATION OF HIS PRIME MINISTER, ASKING HIM TO STAY ON TO PROVIDE SOME MUCH-NEEDED STABILITY. ITV'S JAMES MATES REPORTS. NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT TURN UP FOR WORK ON DAY ONE WITH NO IDEA IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OR THE OPPOSITION. IF GRIDLOCK FOLLOWS, THEY MAY NEVER KNOW. THE PRIME MINISTER, GABRIEL ATTAL, RESIGNED LAST NIGHT AND THEN PROMPTLY UN-RESIGNED THIS MORNING. FRANCE HAS, AFTER ALL, GOT AN OLYMPICS TO RUN, AND THEY NEED TO AT LEAST LOOK AS IF SOMEONE IS IN CHARGE. (CROWD CHANTS) AND IF A YEAR OF CHAOS BECKONS, THEY'LL ONLY BE ONE BENEFICIARY ` MARINE LE PEN AND THE FAR RIGHT, SHOCKED AT SLIPPING FROM FIRST TO THIRD PLACE, BUT PROMISING THERE'LL BE NO STOPPING THEM NEXT TIME. 'WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO WIN A MAJORITY MAYBE IN A YEAR,' SHE SAID, 'BECAUSE FRANCE IS GOING TO BE GRIDLOCKED. 'ANOTHER YEAR OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION, OF COST OF LIVING CRISIS, 'OF INSECURITY.' THE FRENCH PAPERS REFLECTED THE UNCERTAINTY. 'THE SLAP', SAID ONE, REFERRING TO THE BLOW DEALT TO THE FAR RIGHT, WHILE ANOTHER SAW FRANCE MOVING SEAMLESSLY FROM CRISIS TO CHAOS. A CENTRE-RIGHT POLITICIAN WHO FAILED TO GET ELECTED YESTERDAY SURVEYED THE MAKEUP OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT IN THIS MORNING'S PAPERS AND PREDICTED THINGS ARE GONNA GET COMPLICATED. WE ARE ENTERING A VERY STRANGE AND VERY, LET'S SAY, UNEASY TIME FOR FRANCE. IS MACRON GONNA BE ABLE TO GOVERN WITH THIS PARLIAMENT? NO, NO. I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL IN FRENCH A 'CRISE DE REGIME' ` REGIME CRISIS. WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WAS A TRIUMPH OF TACTICAL VOTING ` MILLIONS OF FRENCH MEN AND WOMEN HOLDING THEIR NOSES AND VOTING FOR WHOEVER WOULD DEFEAT THE FAR RIGHT. THE CELEBRATIONS LAST NIGHT BY THE LEFT AND THE FAR LEFT WERE ALL THE HAPPIER BECAUSE THEY WERE SO UNEXPECTED. BUT THEIR ALLIANCE IS FRAGILE, AND THEY HAVE NEITHER AN AGREED LEADER NOR A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY, AND LOOMING OVER THEM THE PROSPECT OF A VENGEFUL FAR RIGHT COMING FOR THEM AGAIN NEXT TIME IF THEY CAN'T MAKE THINGS WORK. SEVERE FLOODING IN BANGLADESH'S NORTHERN REGIONS HAS LEFT 16 PEOPLE DEAD AND 2 MILLION PEOPLE STRANDED AFTER THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER BURST ITS BANKS FOLLOWING HEAVY RAIN. VILLAGERS WADED IN KNEE-HIGH WATERS TO CROSS ROADS, WHILE THOUSANDS HAVE TAKEN REFUGE IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS. SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE BEEN CLOSED. FURTHER HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO HIT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REGIONS IN THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. AOTEA GREAT BARRIER ISLAND IS A JEWEL IN AUCKLAND'S HAURAKI GULF, A PARADISE LOVED BY LOCALS AND VISITORS, BUT A MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEM LOOMS. THERE HASN'T BEEN A PERMANENT DENTIST THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND IT'S CAUSING FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN FOR RESIDENTS. HANNAH MARTIN REPORTS. RUGGED, ISOLATED AND UNSPOILED, BUT LIVING IN PARADISE CAN COME AT A COST. WE HAVE NO DENTIST ON THE ISLAND. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DENTIST SINCE 2022. SEEING A DENTIST ANYWHERE CAN BE COSTLY, BUT WITH AUCKLAND MORE THAN FOUR HOURS AWAY BY FERRY OR 30 MINUTES BY AIR, THERE'S A REAL BARRIER TO GETTING OFF THE ISLAND. IT COULD BE AROUND $1000, WITHOUT EVEN PAYING TO SEE A DENTIST. SO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS ISLAND, IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE ` IT WON'T HAPPEN. INSTEAD, MANY PUT UP WITH INFECTIONS AND PAIN, LEAVING SOME LOCALS RESORTING TO DRASTIC DIY MEASURES. THEY WILL REMOVE A TOOTH IF THEY HAVE TO. WE GOT A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE ISSUE. GEOFFREY HILLS CAME INTO THE CLINIC NEEDING HELP AFTER HIS FALSE TEETH BROKE CHEWING A PIECE OF TOAST. WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER, YOU CAN SEE... ...THAT THERE'S A BIG CHIP OUT OF THEM. WELL, THERE'S A CHIP OUT OF THEM THERE. YEAH, SURE. AND THE CRACK STARTED ALL THE WAY BACK THERE. SO THEN YOU JUST BIT ON SOMETHING, AND IT BROKE IN HALF. THAT'S RIGHT. NOT HAVING AN ON-ISLAND DENTIST MEANS SOME RESIDENTS GO LONGER THAN THEY'D LIKE WITHOUT CARE. BARRY ILLINGWORTH RECENTLY NEEDED AN EXTRACTION IN AUCKLAND. OBVIOUSLY IF I'D HAD MORE REGULAR CHECK-UPS, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHTN'T HAVE GOT TO THAT STAGE ANYWAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A PROBLEM WITH HAVING TO FLY OFF THE ISLAND. HE NEEDS A FURTHER EXAM AND CLEAN, BUT IS PUTTING IT OFF. ON TOP OF YOUR DENTISTRY WORK, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY BIG COIN. AOTEA'S LAST ON-ISLAND DENTIST RETIRED IN LATE 2016, AND FLY-IN FLY-OUT SERVICES ENDED IN 2022. DESPITE EXTENSIVE ADVERTISING, THEY'VE NOT FOUND ANYONE TO DO THE JOB. BUT LOCALS AREN'T GIVING UP HOPE. THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN IN TALKS WITH AOTEA AUTHORITIES TO GET A VOLUNTEER SERVICE GOING, BUT IT'S LOGISTICALLY CHALLENGING. THE SOLUTION REALLY LIES WITH GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND FUNDING. INACCESSIBLE CARE BECAUSE OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS NEEDS INTERVENTION FROM GOVERNMENT. BUT THAT INTERVENTION IS UNLIKELY IN THE SHORT-TERM. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND AND THE HEALTH MINISTER SAY THEY'RE AWARE OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES PLACES LIKE THE BARRIER FACE AND ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL GROUPS TO HELP SOLVE THE ISSUES. STILL TO COME ` THE HOUSING MARKET'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS ICE COLD, WITH PRICES CONTINUING TO FALL, SO WHAT IMPACT WILL CHANGES TO THE BRIGHTLINE TEST HAVE? AND LATER WE MEET SAMUEL THE ONE-WINGED COCKATOO. HE GOES TO WORK EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEDNESDAYS ` THAT'S BATH DAY. AND IN SPORT, THE NRL HAS CONFIRMED A CRUCIAL WRONG CALL DURING THE WARRIORS' HEARTBREAKING LOSS TO THE BULLDOGS LAST WEEK. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE SON OF A MAN WHO WAS KILLED AFTER TRYING TO HELP AN ABANDONED CHILD AT A CHRISTCHURCH PARK SAYS HIS DAD WAS EXTREMELY CARING AND WOULD HELP ANYONE HE COULD. MEWA SINGH DIED AFTER BEING PUNCHED BY THE BOY'S FATHER, WHO MISTOOK HIS INTENTIONS. PRESSURE IS BUILDING FOR THE GREEN PARTY TO FORCE DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT, WITH ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYING THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION. RESCUERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE AFTER A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE IN KYIV HIT UKRAINE'S LARGEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. BOEING IS TO PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMINAL FRAUD CONSPIRACY FOR DECEIVING REGULATORS DURING INVESTIGATIONS INTO TWO FATAL PLANE CRASHES. THE CHARGE RELATES TO TWO 737 MAX CRASHES IN INDONESIA AND ETHIOPIA THAT KILLED 346 PEOPLE. THE PLEA DEAL, WHICH STILL NEEDS THE APPROVAL OF A JUDGE, WILL SEE BOEING FINED ALMOST $400M AND BRANDED A CONVICTED CORPORATE FELON. HOUSE PRICES ARE CONTINUING TO DROP, WITH AUCKLAND TAKING THE BIGGEST HIT. NOT ONLY THAT ` THE LATEST QUOTABLE VALUE FIGURES SHOW THE RATE AT WHICH THEY'RE FALLING IS INCREASING. MARLBOROUGH IS THE ONLY REGION WHERE HOUSES ARE GOING UP IN VALUE. IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE GOVERNMENT KEPT ITS PROMISE TO LANDLORDS TO CUT THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST FROM 10 YEARS TO TWO. THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST IS THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A CAPITAL GAINS TAX ` IF AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, TAX MUST BE PAID ON THE PROFIT. BUT TONIGHT, WE CAN REVEAL OFFICIALS HAVE NO RECORD OF HOW MUCH BRIGHT-LINE REVENUE HAS BEEN COLLECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. HERE'S ZANE SMALL. SARAH WILSON HAS REASON TO SMILE. AS A PROPERTY INVESTOR, SHE NOW HAS THE FREEDOM TO SELL UP TWO YEARS AFTER PURCHASING WITHOUT BEING TAXED ON THE PROFIT. BRINGING IT BACK TO TWO YEARS, IT'S GOOD IN THAT IT STILL CAPTURES THE PROPERTY SPECULATORS AND THOSE THAT ARE FLIPPING HOUSES. THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT INCREASED THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST TO 10 YEARS TO HELP FIRST HOME BUYERS INTO THE MARKET. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT HAS NOW RETURNED IT TO TWO YEARS TO ENTICE MORE LANDLORDS INTO THE MARKET TO INCREASE SUPPLY AND BRING DOWN RENTS. IT'S BEEN SUCH A POLITICAL FOOTBALL, YOU'D THINK POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST WAS GENERATING... BUT IT TURNS OUT NOT A LOT IS KNOWN. INLAND REVENUE DID TELL US THAT JUST OVER $200 MILLION IN BRIGHT-LINE PROFIT WAS DECLARED TO THEM IN THE YEAR TO MARCH 2023. BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY COLLECTED IN TAX BY THE GOVERNMENT? OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW. INLAND REVENUE SAID THAT'S BECAUSE PRIOR TO 2023... I AM A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED ABOUT THE FACT THEY CAN'T TELL US HOW MUCH TAX HAS BEEN COLLECTED FROM BRIGHT-LINE. YOU WOULD GUESS THAT MAYBE THESE THINGS WERE TRACKED. I THINK IT'S A BIT OF A SURPRISE, ACTUALLY, THAT THE REVENUE DIDN'T COLLECT THAT INFORMATION EARLIER, IN THE SENSE THAT THEY PROBABLY WANTED TO KNOW, AND CERTAINLY THE POLITICIANS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KNOW. IT DOES REALLY SURPRISE ME. INLAND REVENUE SAID ONLY... SO AT LEAST IN THE YEARS AHEAD, WE'LL HAVE SOME CLARITY ON HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT'S POCKETING FROM INVESTORS SELLING IT AT PROFIT. AND ZANE, HOME OWNERS AND INVESTORS WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN TOMORROW'S OFFICIAL CASH RATE REVIEW ` ANY CHANCE OF A CUT? NOT REALLY. MOST ECONOMISTS ARE PREDICTING IT WILL REMAIN AT 5.5%. THERE IS MOUNTING PRESSURE FOR RELIEF. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THAT SPENDING IS DOWN. THE INFLATION RATE IS LOWER. THE DOES NOT QUITE WITHIN THE TARGET BAND. ASB IS PICKING IT COULD BE NOVEMBER. GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL IS IN COURT, SEEKING AN ENFORCEMENT ORDER FOR A LARGE FORESTRY COMPANY, CHINA FORESTRY GROUP NZ, TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND SLASH FROM HILLS IN THE WAIMATA VALLEY. SLASH CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE, RIPPING THROUGH HOMES AS WELL AS COVERING BEACHES AND FARMLAND. THE REGION'S RATEPAYERS HAVE SPENT $1.2M, REMOVING FORESTRY DEBRIS FROM JUST TWO BEACHES SINCE THE CYCLONE HIT. GISBORNE COUNCIL SAYS HUGE FINES HAVE NOT DETERRED COMPANIES FROM OFFENDING AND IT WANTS ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO TACKLE THE ISSUE. A WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY SURVIVED A SHARK ATTACK IN AMERICA HAS DESCRIBED HOW HER INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY TURNED INTO A HORROR MOVIE. TABATHA SULLIVENT SAID SHE SAW SOMETHING HUGE AND GREY IN THE WATER, AND THEN IT ATTACKED HER. ITV'S SEJAL KARIA HAS THE STORY. THIS WAS THE SHARK LURKING IN SHALLOW WATER THAT OFFICIALS SAID ATTACKED FOUR PEOPLE NEAR A BEACH ON AN ISLAND OFF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF TEXAS ` ONE OF THEM, MUM TABATHA SULLIVENT, WHO SPOKE OF THE TERRIFYING MOMENT IT GRABBED HER LEG. THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR OF US IN THE WATER. I HAD SOME TEENAGERS WITH ME. MY DAUGHTER, 15, WAS WITH ME AS WELL. SORRY. ALL I SAW WAS SOMETHING GREY IN THE WATER, SO I JUST` I KICKED AT IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD, IT'S A HUGE FISH,' AND IT WAS COMING AT US, SO I KICKED AT IT, AND THAT'S WHEN I THINK IT GRABBED MY LEG. HER HUSBAND, CARY, SHE SAYS, JUMPED INTO THE WATER TRYING TO FIGHT OFF THE SHARK, BUT IT FOLLOWED THEM AND THEN ATTACKED HIM. HE FOUGHT THE SHARK. HE'S GOT TWO BITES ON HIM. HE'S ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM WITH ME. HE'S NEXT TO ME. IT WAS CRAZY. KIND OF SURREAL STILL. BEACHGOERS WENT TO TABATHA'S RESCUE, PULLING HER FROM THE WATER. SHE'LL NEED MULTIPLE OPERATIONS, BUT DOCTORS BELIEVE SHE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP HER LEG AND WALK AGAIN. AND THE COUPLE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES TO FALL VICTIM TO THE SHARK. IT ATTACKED AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND AUTHORITIES BEGAN PATROLLING THE BEACH, WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. AS I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW, WE HAD FOUR TOTAL ATTACKS. IT'S BELIEVED THAT IT PROBABLY WAS ALL WITH ONE SHARK THAT THEY ALL LOOK LIKE WHERE HE'S JUST TRYING TO FIND, OR IT'S TRYING TO FIND, SOMETHING TO EAT. HE TAKES A BITE, DOESN'T LIKE IT, AND HE MOVES ON. A HELICOPTER KEPT A TAB ON THE SHARK BY FLYING VERY LOW UNTIL IT SWAM AWAY TO DEEPER WATER. TABATHA SULLIVENT AND HER FAMILY SAY THEY FEEL LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. OLLIE'S IN SOON WITH SPORT, AND THERE'S BEEN A COACHING CHANGE AT THE HIGHLANDERS ALREADY? BIG MOVES AT THE HIGHLANDERS. THEY BROUGHT JAMIE JOSEPH BACK AS A DIRECTOR OF RUGBY. THEY WERE LUCKY TO GET SOMEONE BACK LIKE HIM. HE HAS COACHED INTERNATIONALLY. HE IS VERY HIGHLY REGARDED. WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE HIGHLANDERS DECISION SOON. PLUS ` WHAT ADVICE ONE KIWI TENNIS GREAT HAS FOR LULU SUN, AS SHE PREPARES FOR HER WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINAL. AND WE CATCH UP THE BOSS OF THE NZ OLYMPIC TEAM, AS KICK-OFF TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS EDGES CLOSER. THE PRAISE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S LATEST SPORTING SENSATIONCIVET IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN, WITH THE ONLY KIWI TO MAKE IT FURTHER THAN LULU SUN AT WIMBLEDON CONFIDENT SHE HAS THE POISE TO KEEP ADVANCING. CHRIS LEWIS, WHO MADE IT TO THE MEN'S FINAL IN 1983, SAYS SUN JUST NEEDS TO KEEP DOING WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AS SHE PREPARES FOR TONIGHT'S QUARTER-FINAL. AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS TAKING IT ALL IN HER STRIDE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HER DAY OFF, BUT LULU SUN WAS BACK WALKING INTO WIMBLEDON TODAY, THIS TIME AS A FAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RELAXING, BUT I DO WATCH THE OTHER MATCHES, UM, HERE AT WIMBLEDON. THE 23-YEAR-OLD DEFEATED BRITAIN'S EMMA RADUCANU YESTERDAY IN THE ROUND OF 16 TO BECOME THE BREAKOUT STAR OF THE TOURNAMENT. COME ON! GAME. NOW SHE HAS IT! AND NOW WE SEE WHAT IT MEANS. THE QUALIFIER MOVES ON. THE QUALIFIER THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF A GRAND SLAM. SHE'LL BE WATCHED BY KIWIS ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE WHO KNOWS JUST HOW MAGICAL WIMBLEDON CAN BE. WE'RE WATCHING A FAIRY TALE UNFOLD, AND WIMBLEDON IS ALWAYS... I'VE ALWAYS HELD THAT WIMBLEDON IS THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE, AND WE'RE WATCHING LULU'S DREAMS COME TRUE RIGHT NOW. AN UNSEEDED PLAYER BACK IN 1983, AUCKLAND-BORN CHRIS LEWIS MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE MEN'S FINAL AT WIMBLEDON. HE SAYS THE JOURNEY IS GREAT, BUT THE PRESSURE IS HUGE. SHE HAS GOT THE WORLD'S SPORTING PUBLIC LOOKING AT EVERY STEP SHE'S TAKING ON THAT COURT. BUT THE 23-YEAR-OLD IS FINDING WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT. UM, AND I READ A BIT, UM, OR WATCH, UH, YOUTUBE VIDEOS. HER CHILLED-OUT KIWI APPROACH HELPING HER STAY ALIVE AT WIMBLEDON. SHE'S JUST GOT TO KEEP DOING WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING, UNDISTRACTED OR NOT LETTING HERSELF GET DISTRACTED BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT LIES AHEAD OF HER. AND THAT'S CROATIA'S DONNA VEKIC. THE TWO GO FACE-TO-FACE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT... TOMORROW MORNING, I'M GONNA WARM UP AND PREPARE WELL ENOUGH BEFORE THE MATCH STARTS, YEAH. ...WITH KIWI TENNIS FANS HOPING HER ALREADY HISTORIC RUN CONTINUES. NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS LASHED OUT AT THE WIMBLEDON CROWD, AFTER CONSTANT BOOING THROUGHOUT HIS VICTORY OVER HOLGER RUNE. THE SERBIAN CRUISED PAST THE 21-YEAR-OLD IN STRAIGHT SETS IN THE ROUND OF 16. BUT WHENEVER DJOKOVIC SCORED A POINT, SOME OF THE CROWD BOOED, WITH THE TENNIS GREAT CALLING THEM OUT AFTER HIS WIN. HAVE A GOOOOOOD NIGHT. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) GOOOOOOOD NIGHT. GOOOOOD NIGHT. VERY GOOD NIGHT. YEAH. I PLAYED IN A MUCH MORE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. TRUST ME. YOU GUYS CAN'T TOUCH ME. THE SECOND SEED WILL FACE AUSTRALIAN ALEX DE MINAUR IN THE QUARTER-FINALS TOMORROW. THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE WASTED LITTLE TIME RINGING IN THE COACHING CHANGES, WITH INCUMBENT CLARKE DERMODY DEMOTED BACK TO AN ASSISTANT, IN FAVOUR OF JAMIE JOSEPH. JOSEPH RETURNS TO THE HEAD COACH ROLE, AFTER SPENDING THIS SEASON AS DIRECTOR OF RUGBY. STUFF SPORTS REPORTER PAUL CULLY JOINS US TO BREAK THIS DOWN. PAUL, WAS THIS MOVE A SURPRISE? I DON'T THINK IT WAS A SURPRISE, OLLIE. YOU KNOW, JAMIE HAD BEEN DOING ALL THE RECRUITMENT THIS YEAR. I MEAN, YOU DO FEEL FOR CLARKE DERMODY. AND JAMIE TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT IT WAS A TOUGH CONVERSATION WITH CLARKE, WHO I THINK WAS GROWING INTO THE ROLE. BUT JAMIE JOSEPH IS A WORLD CLASS COACH ` TEST EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, HE APPLIED FOR THE ALL BLACKS JOB AS WELL. I KNOW HE'S HIGHLY REGARDED WITHIN NZ RUGBY, SO IN THAT CONTEXT, NOT A REAL SURPRISE. OK, PAUL, WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHOSE CALL THIS WAS ` WAS IT PUSHED FOR BY THE BOARD OR DID JOSEPH INSTIGATE IT? WELL, I THINK AT THE END OF THE SEASON, THE BOARD AND CHAIRMAN PETER KEAN HAD A GOOD THINK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE. AND I SPOKE TO PETER THIS MORNING AS WELL. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, BOTH COACHES WERE CONSULTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THEY WERE VERY RESPECTFUL THAT IT WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR CLARKE. BUT THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THEY COULD GET THE BEST OUT OF BOTH JAIME AND CLARKE, WITH THIS NEW STRUCTURE. WHAT DO THE HIGHLANDERS GET OUT OF HAVING JAMIE BACK IN CHARGE? TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT, YOU KNOW, JAMIE JOSEPH'S A BIG ATTRACTION. IF YOU'RE A GUY THAT WANTS TO PROGRESS HIS CAREER, BECOME AN ALL BLACK. THEN JAMIE JOSEPH'S GOT A TRACK RECORD OF DOING THAT THROUGH THE YEARS ` WAISAKE NAHOLO, FEKITOA, AARON SMITH. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE HIGHLANDERS, WHO DO NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, THEY'RE FALLING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND CHIEFS, HURRICANES, BLUES, THEN, YOU KNOW, JAMIE JOSEPH'S THE GUY TO DO THAT, ISN'T HE? JUST OVER TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THE START OF THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES, PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT ARE RAMPING UP ` NONE MORE SO THAN FOR NEW ZEALAND CHEF DE MISSION NIGEL AVERY, WHO'LL LEAD OUR TEAM OF 190 ATHLETES. LUCY THOMSON CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AHEAD OF HIS DEPARTURE. THERE'S JUST 17 DAYS UNTIL THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES KICKS OFF. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM IS ALL BUT FINALISED, WITH A LOT OF THE ATHLETES ALREADY MAKING THEIR WAY TO FRANCE. WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF PARIS' READINESS FOR THE GAMES SO FAR? PRETTY GOOD. YEAH, PRETTY GOOD. THEY ONLY BUILT TWO PURPOSE-BUILT SPORTING FACILITIES. THEY'VE ALL BEEN HANDED OVER WELL LONG AGO, AND THE VILLAGE WAS HANDED OVER EARLY AND ON BUDGET. SO IT'S QUITE COMFORTING KNOWING THAT, COS IN PRIOR GAMES, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE. AND THIS IS SET TO BE A SMALLER NEW ZEALAND TEAM THAN WAS SELECTED FOR THE TOKYO GAMES. WHY IS THAT? A COUPLE OF THINGS ` SO THE ROWING DON'T HAVE A MEN'S OR WOMEN'S EIGHTS. THAT'S QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. AND THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY, UNFORTUNATELY, DID NOT QUALIFY. SO LARGELY FOR THOSE TWO THINGS IS THE REASON WHY. NOW, I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE UNREST IN PARIS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING AS A RESULT OF THAT SHOCK ELECTION RESULT. HOW ARE THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM APPROACHING THAT? WELL, I THINK FROM A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S` THEY'VE GOT THINGS DIALLED IN. I'M NOT SURE OF WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY HAD THAT AS A SCENARIO OR NOT, BUT WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT IN THE SECURITY, AND, LOOK, WE'VE JUST GOT TO PLAY OUR PART IN MAKING THIS AN AMAZING GAMES. SO WE'LL OBVIOUSLY STAY WITHIN THE BUBBLE AND ASK OUR ATHLETES TO DO THE SAME THING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SECURE. BUT I THINK BEFORE THE FIRST ATHLETE ARRIVES, WHICH IS THE 18TH, I THINK A LOT OF IT'S GONNA CALM DOWN, OR WE HOPE, ANYWAY. OF COURSE, LAST CAMPAIGN THE KIWIS BROUGHT HOME A RECORD 20 MEDALS. WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE MEDAL TALLY THIS TIME AROUND? I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT A TALLY, BUT I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY, EVERY ATHLETE, WILL SMASH IT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. WE KNOW THEY CAN'T ALL WIN MEDALS, AND I'M SURE SOME WILL, BUT WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM. IT'LL LIKELY BE COLD COMFORT FOR WARRIORS FANS, BUT THE NRL HAS ADMITTED THEY MADE AN ERROR IN NOT AWARDING A POTENTIALLY MATCH-WINNING PENALTY LATE IN THEIR 13-12 LOSS TO THE BULLDOGS. JAEMAN SALMON APPEARED TO MAKE LATE CONTACT WITH TE MAIRE MARTIN AS THE WARRIORS HALFBACK GOT A PASS AWAY WITH THE GAME TIED AT 12-ALL. HEAD OF FOOTBALL GRAHAM ANNESLEY SAYS A PENALTY SHOULD'VE BEEN AWARDED. THE BUNKER DID REVIEW THE INCIDENT, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF LATENESS. SO WE THINK THIS IS A MISS BY THE MATCH OFFICIALS, AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. SALMON HAS SINCE ACCEPTED A TWO-MATCH BAN FOR THE INCIDENT. NOT GOOD NEWS THEREFORE WARRIORS FANS. GOOD NEWS FOR DAMIAN MCKENZIE ` THEY ARE PUTTING IN A SHOT CLOCK IN AT EDEN PARK. ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN HAS APPEARED IN COURT FOR HIS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL. IT FOLLOWS THE 2021 FATAL SHOOTING OF A CINEMATOGRAPHER ON THE FILM SET OF THE MOVIE 'RUST'. LAST WEEK, THE JUDGE CLEARED THE WAY FOR CRUCIAL FIREARMS EXPERTS TO TESTIFY ABOUT BALDWIN'S HANDLING OF THE REVOLVER AND WHETHER THE GUN WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. BALDWIN HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HALYNA HUTCHINS' DEATH, SAYING THE GUN WENT OFF ON ITS OWN. THE CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER, TRISTAN, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF FAILING TO PAY TAX ON $44m OF REVENUE. UK POLICE ARE BRINGING A CIVIL CLAIM AGAINST THE BROTHER AND A THIRD PERSON, FOLLOWING CLAIMS THEY PAID NO TAX IN ANY COUNTRY ON EARNINGS FROM ONLINE BUSINESSES EARNED BETWEEN 2014 AND 2022. A SELF-DESCRIBED MISOGYNIST, TATE IS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RAPE, AND FORMING A CRIMINAL GANG TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT WOMEN. IT'S BEEN A WET SUMMER IN THE UK, BUT BEACH-GOERS WEREN'T EXPECTING EVEN THEIR ICE CREAMS TO BE FLOODED. AN ICE CREAM VAN IN CORNWALL WAS SWEPT OUT TO SEA AFTER BEING LEFT BY ITS OWNER. PASSERS-BY TRIED TO SAVE IT BEFORE THE TIDE CAME IN, BUT IT WAS WEDGED IN THE SAND. THE VAN WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED BACK IN ONCE THE TIDE RECEDED. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING WEATHER. SO FAR, THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ` IT'S BEEN LOVELY. NOTHING LIKE A HUGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO HELP KEEP THE KIDS OUTSIDE. AND IT'S NOT BUDGING, SO THE NEXT 48 HOURS WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HAD TODAY. ON FRIDAY, THE CENTRE HEAD SOUTHEAST. WE'LL STILL HAVE A RIDGE OVER US, BUT A SOUTHEAST FLOW FOR THE NORTH ISLAND WILL DELIVER A FEW SHOWERS OUT EAST, WHICH LINGER INTO SATURDAY. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST, AND MORE OF YOUR AMAZING WEATHER PHOTOS, UP NEXT. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE IN LINE FOR A CARBON COPY OF TODAY TOMORROW, WITH OUR MONSTER HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINING FIRMLY IN PLACE. A FEW WEAK FEATURES BRUSH THE COASTS IN THE NORTH WEST AND SOUTHEAST, SO A LITTLE CLOUDY THERE WITH A FEW SHOWERS. WHAT WEATHER MAPS LIKE THIS DON'T SHOW YOU, THOUGH, IS THE FROST AND FOG. AND WITH SUCH A STRONG HIGH IN PLACE, BOTH ARE ON THE CARDS. JUST LIKE THIS MORNING, FOG WILL FEATURE EARLY, CLEARING BY THE AFTERNOON. SO THE SOUTH ISLAND FIRST ` CLOUD OVERNIGHT ON THE WEST COAST, WITH THE ODD SHOWER TO FIORDLAND. THAT'S ABOUT IT, SO THAT LEAVES FINE SKIES WITH FROST TO FORM, ALL WITH LIGHT WINDS. TOMORROW, FROST, OBVIOUSLY, WITH MORNING FOG OR LOW CLOUD FOR CANTERBURY. THAT WON'T LIFT PROPERLY TILL THE AFTERNOON. THE CLOUD ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BREAK UP TOWARDS BULLER IN THE AFTERNOON, ALL WITH LIGHT WINDS. NORTH'S TURN, AND SIMILAR TO THE SOUTH ` NOT A LOT GOING ON. THERE'S THE ODD SHOWER OVER NORTHLAND, BUT THAT'S CLEARING, WITH AN EASTERLY. OTHER THAN THAT, FINE SKIES WITH FROST AND FOG FORMING INLAND WITH LIGHT WINDS. TOMORROW, MIGHT TAKE A BIT TO SHAKE THE MORNING FOG ` WHEN IT DOES, IT'S FINE. THE ONLY REAL CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE ALONG THE TARANAKI COAST, AND IN THE FAR NORTH. SO THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS SIT OVER NORTHLAND WITH EASTERLIES. MORNING CLOUD CLEARS EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH FOG AROUND FOR HAMILTON SHIFTING IN THE MORNING TOO. PLENTY OF BLUE SKY HERE TOO ` JUST SOME FOG OR LOW CLOUD EXPECTED IN THE MORNING FOR TOKOROA AND ROTORUA. WINDS ARE LIGHT ALL DAY ` TAURANGA THE WARMEST REGION WIDE WITH 15. A LITTLE FROSTY FOR MASTERTON ` OTHERWISE IT'S FINE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD FORMING AFTER MIDDAY FOR DANNEVIRKE, WITH LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL. THE CLOUD WILL WHIP UP IN THE MORNING, COMING IN FROM THE WEST ` MORNING FOG FOR TAUMARUNUI TOO. THE RISK OF SHOWERS INCREASES FROM LATE MORNING FOR TARANAKI, LATE AFTERNOON FOR KAPITI AND EVENING FOR WHANGANUI. NELSON ` YOU ARE DRY ALL DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS; EVERYONE ELSE IN THE NORTHWEST HERE WILL HAVE CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH THE ODD MORNING LIGHT SHOWER AND LIGHT WINDS. FOGGY AND FROSTY OUT EAST ` THE CLOUD MIGHT LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, HOPEFULLY AS LOW CLOUD AND NOT AS FOG, WHICH CAN BE DISRUPTIVE. SOU'WESTERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. AND DRY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, BUT WITH VARIABLE HIGH CLOUD AND MORNING FROST FOR THE USUAL SPOTS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ` JUST A SLIGHT WESTERLY FOR STEWART ISLAND. SO NOT A WHOLE HEAP GOING ON TOMORROW AROUND DUNEDIN ` FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD AND LIGHT WINDS. CHATHAM ISLANDS ` YOU MIGHT GET A SHOWER OR TWO. MORE RAIN HEADS YOUR WAY ON THURSDAY. FOG FORMS OVERNIGHT AROUND CHRISTCHURCH, WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY, BUT EXPECT LOW CLOUD TO LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON, THEN THE SUN RETURNS, THE SAME TIME THE SOU'WESTERLY DEVELOPS. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON. YOU'LL HAVE A NORTHERLY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THEN AFTER SUNSET, IT SHIFTS TO A SOUTHERLY. EXPECT SOME PATCHY MORNING FOG AROUND HAWKE'S BAY. NOT A LOT OF WIND TO HELP MIX IT UP, BUT IT WILL CLEAR, LEAVING A GOOD AFTERNOON. ANOTHER DAY OF THE SAME FOR TAURANGA. FINE, LIGHT WINDS, WITH A HIGH OF 14 OR 15. THE FOG RETURNS OVERNIGHT AROUND THE WAIKATO. MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE TO LIFT TOO IN THE MORNING, BUT THE AFTERNOON IS BETTER. WINDS ARE LIGHT AGAIN. LOOKING GOOD AROUND AUCKLAND ` ANY MORNING CLOUD CLEARS, LEAVING BLUE SKY WITH A HIGH OF 15 OR 16, WITH EASTERLIES. TO OZ ` RAIN FROM PERTH TO HOBART ` IT IS FINALLY IMPROVING UP THE EAST COAST. AND DECENT FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ` JUST SHOWERS FOR SAMOA. GETTING CLOSE TO THE WEEKEND, AND THERE IS LITTLE GOING ON UP TOP ` VERY CALM WEATHER. THERE WILL BE LATE SHOWERS DEVELOPING THURSDAY OUT EAST, THEN ISOLATED THERE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE SOUTH IS GOOD ` A FEW EARLY SHOWERS OUT WEST ON THURSDAY, THOUGH, BUT MOSTLY FINE. THURSDAY FOR THE ENTIRE SOUTH ISLAND IS FINE ` AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER DAY. IT WILL CLOUD OVER IN THE EAST LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY, BUT FINE AGAIN SATURDAY. SO THE VERY PLEASANT AND HOLIDAY-FRIENDLY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS, SO NO EXCUSE TO GET SNAPPING. SEND IN YOUR PHOTOS TO weatherpics@stuff.co.nz I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY WERE LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION, AND LET ME KNOW THE LOCATION ` SOME ARE OBVIOUS; SOME NOT SO MUCH. THANKS, HEATHER. NOW, EARLIER WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THOUGHT THE GREENS SHOULD USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LAW TO FORCE DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT. IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR RESULT ` 87% OF YOU SAYING YES. A ONE-WINGED COCKATOO HAS BECOME A CELEBRITY IN INVERCARGILL. SAMUEL IS WELL INTO HIS 40S AND GOES TO WORK WITH HIS OWNER, LANA OSBORNE, EVERY DAY EXCEPT WEDNESDAY ` MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. HE ALSO ORDERS MACCAS FROM HIS CUSTOMISED PERCH IN LANA'S CAR. HE'S 40 YEARS OLD. HE'S A BIRD RESCUE FROM UP IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HE'S SORT OF OUR TOWN MASCOT... (COCKATOO SQUAWKS) ...TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. LOTS OF PEOPLE LOVE COMING IN AND SEEING HIM, AND HE'S JUST A REAL GREAT SUPPORT. WHEN I LOST MY SON FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, SAMUEL HAS BEEN THERE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME, AND HE KNOWS WHEN THINGS ARE REALLY HARD, AND HE'S JUST BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT, AND HE COMES OVER AND JUST GIVES YOU THAT REAL GENTLE 'EVERYTHING'S OK'. UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, SAMUEL HAD A FREAK ACCIDENT WHERE HIS LADDER FELL ON HIM AT HOME AND SHATTERED THE BONE ON HIS WING, AND HE HAD TO HAVE HIS WING REMOVED. SAMUEL COMES IN THE CAR TO AND FROM WORK, SO HE'S AT WORK WITH ME EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAY, WHICH HE HAS A SHOWER AND STAYS HOME AND DRIES OFF. YOU DO TOO. AND IT'S QUITE FUNNY COS HE GETS A TREAT. EVERY SO OFTEN, WE GO TO MCDONALD'S AND GO THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH, AND HE'S ORDERING HIS SLICE OF CHEESE, AND THEY ALL GO RUNNING OUT AND GO, 'IS THAT THE BIRD? IS THAT THE BIRD?' AND THEY COME RUNNING OUT SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE HIM HIS CHEESE. SO HE'S QUITE WELL KNOWN AROUND TOWN. HOW ABOUT THAT? THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz, OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024.