TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` AN INFLATION DROP IS ON THE WAY; THE OCR STAYS PUT, WITH INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED AND FOOD BANKS BUSY. AS A RECORD NUMBER OF KIWIS HEAD OVERSEAS, WE ASK ` WHEN'S THE RELIEF COMING? MR LUXON GOES TO WASHINGTON ` THE HANDSHAKES AND THE HOBNOBBING, WHILE JOE BIDEN'S IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE WESTERN WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHTS HOLD COURT. WHAT POISE! WHAT SKILL! LULU SUN'S STUNNING WIMBLEDON IS OVER, BUT THE FAN-WINNING RUN IS SET TO BE REMEMBERED. WHAT A BRILLIANT YOUNG PLAYER WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WITNESS. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY, LELE SIMEON AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI NGA PITOPITO KORERO O TE WA ` WELCOME TO 1 NEWS. INFLATION IS SLOWLY COMING UNDER CONTROL, BUT DON'T EXPECT RELIEF FROM HIGH INTEREST RATES JUST YET. THE RESERVE BANK'S KEPT THE OCR AT 5.5% ` IT'S BEEN UNCHANGED SINCE MAY 2023. THE HOLD WAS WIDELY PREDICTED BY ECONOMISTS, WITH MOST NOW ANTICIPATING A CUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. MEANWHILE, MORE KIWIS ARE LEAVING IN RECORD NUMBERS ` 85,000 IN THE YEAR TO MAY. THAT EXCEEDS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF ROUGHLY 72,000 FROM 12 YEARS AGO. THE NET MIGRATION LOSS IS OVER 60,000, AGAIN BEATING THE 2012 NUMBER. AND IT ISN'T JUST KIWIS LEAVING; NET MIGRATION OVERALL IS FALLING ` IT WAS 82,800 TO MAY, COMPARED WITH MORE THAN 97,500 THE PREVIOUS YEAR. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD TAKES A LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. OVERWHELMED BUDGETING SERVICES, JOB LOSSES, RISING MORTGAGEE SALES, SLUGGISH TOURISM, KIWIS FLEEING THE COUNTRY, STRUGGLING BUSINESSES ` EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE HURTING PEOPLE. EVERY WINTER BRINGS ITS PRESSURE FOR ALL OF US ` SO IT'S COLD; THERE'S EXTRA HEATING BILLS. EVERYDAY NZERS ARE SUFFERING FROM INCREASED INTEREST RATES. FOR SOME OF HER CLIENTS, THAT MEANS CHOOSING BETWEEN HEATING OR EATING. THEY'VE LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PRESSURE. EVERYDAY KIWIS THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE ON THEIR SECOND, THIRD ATTEMPT TO ACCESS KIWISAVER FUNDS ` THAT'S A REAL THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE TOO ` BEN SCOTT SPOKE TO SEVEN SHARP JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE FINANCIAL HELP HE NEEDED TO KEEP HIS DREAM OF THIS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX ALIVE. THAT WILL BE TO FINISH OFF THE PROJECT AND GET THE DOORS OPEN, AND A LITTLE BIT OF WORKING CAPITAL, TO GET US THROUGH THE FIRST LITTLE LEGS OF OPENING. BUT TOO LATE ` IT'S LIQUIDATORS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR INSTEAD. THE WIDER ECONOMIC PAIN INFLICTED BY THE RESERVE BANK'S SINGLE-MINDED FOCUS ON CONTROLLING INFLATION. AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. IN MAY, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL CASH RATE HIKE, BUT HERE'S ITS LANGUAGE TODAY. WHILE IT SAYS IT'S NOT TIME TO LOOSEN MONETARY POLICY YET, THAT MAY CHANGE IF INFLATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE AT ITS CURRENT RATE. BUT... INTEREST RATES ARE STILL PLAYING BY HAVING A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY MARKET. THE NATIONAL-AVERAGE ASKING PRICE HAS DROPPED TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL THIS YEAR. WHILE MORTGAGEE SALES REMAIN LOW, LISTINGS ARE UP 35% ANNUALLY. JUST SHOWING SOME OF THAT STRESS IN THE MARKET AT THE MOMENT. THE ACTING FINANCE MINISTER WAS CHECKING OUT SOME GRANNY FLATS TODAY. THAT'S QUITE GOOD, EH? HE SAYS WHILE TIMES ARE TOUGH, FALLING INFLATION WILL TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF FAMILY BUDGETS. ACROSS TOWN, THE LABOUR LEADER WAS MEETING WITH BUDGETING AND YOUTH GROUPS. SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING, BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING, BECAUSE OF ISSUES AROUND HOUSING AND SO ON. THE HOPE OF LOWER INTEREST RATES HAS SEEN MORE PEOPLE JUMP ON A SIX-MONTH RATE, AND THE BANKS, IN TURN, PUSHING THOSE RATES UP - IT'S NOW WELL OVER 7%. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S JUST TO HUNKER DOWN AND GET THROUGH PROBABLY A TOUGH-ISH 90 DAYS, BUT THINGS WILL PICK UP AT THE BACK OF THE YEAR. FOR SO MANY, SUPPORT NEEDED WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE DAYS TO GET BETTER. SO, KATIE JOINS US NOW. WHAT HOPE DID THE RESERVE BANK GIVE? NO CHANGE TO THE OCR. IT WAS ONLY A WHILE AGO I SAT HERE AND SAID THE RESERVE BANK HAD CONSIDERED HIKING RATES; NOW WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THAT, THERE WAS SOFTENING OF LANGUAGE. THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE CLOSE TO GETTING THE JOB DONE, CLOSE TO GETTING INFLATION UNDER CONTROL AND INTO THE 1% TO 3% BAND. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH JOB. EVERYBODY IS FEELING THE PAIN. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA SOON ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE DONE THAT OR HOW CLOSE THEY ARE. TOMORROW WE GET DATA ABOUT FOOD AND MEAT. NEXT WE, THE FULL FIGURES. EXPECTED TO KEEP DROPPING. IF THAT KEEPS HAPPENING AND WE CAN KEEP INFLATION DOWN, ECONOMISTS ARE NOW PREDICTING NOVEMBER FOR THE NEXT OFFICIAL CASH RATE HIKE. WE HAVE TO COPE NO MAJOR GLOBAL OR DOMESTIC EVENT GETS IN THE WAY. WHAT WILL CHANGE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON? WHAT WILL THEY SEE? IT WON'T BE A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR EVERYBODY. IT IS NOT JUST FOR MORTGAGE HOLDERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS; IT IS THE COMPETENCE AND THE ECONOMY AND FEELING LIKE PRICES ARE COMING DOWN. HAVING THE ABILITY TO PUT MORE FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN, TAKE THEM ON HOLIDAY, PAY MORE OF YOUR MORTGAGE. SUPPORT THOSE STRUGGLING RETAILERS. THAT WILL HELP THOSE BUSINESSES. WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RISING, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS. IT DOESN'T HELP THOSE PEOPLE. BUT PEOPLE MAY HAVE MORE CASH IN THEIR POCKET. WE HAVE TO RELY ON BANKS TO PUT RATES DOWN. WE HAVE SEEN THEM VERY HAPPY TO PUT THEM UP, PARTICULARLY ON THE SIX MONTH RATE. BANKS NEED TO DO THEIR BIT TO. AS KIWI BANK SAID TODAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE FEELING THAT SENTIMENT. HOPEFULLY SOME CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM. OUR PRIME MINISTER'S SPENT HIS FIRST DAY IN AMERICA'S CAPITAL TIP-TOEING THROUGH POLITICAL TURMOIL; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S ABILITY TO WIN THE UPCOMING ELECTION ARE OVERSHADOWING A CRITICAL NATO SUMMIT. BUT AS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS, CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S TIGHT-LIPPED ON WHAT ANOTHER TRUMP TERM COULD MEAN FOR NEW ZEALAND. HELLO. HOW ARE WE? THE PRIME MINISTER ON A MISSION TO MAKE FRIENDS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE ON CAPITOL HILL. I AM LOOKING FORWARD, PRIME MINISTER, TO A GREAT DISCUSSION OVER LUNCH ABOUT ISSUES KEY TO THE U.S./NZ ALLIANCE. IT'S TEXTBOOK POLITICKING AHEAD OF AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, BUT THIS ONE HAS MIRED THE U.S. IN POLITICAL TURMOIL, WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN ON THE ROPES AS CONCERNS SOAR ABOUT THE 81-YEAR-OLD'S CAPACITY TO LEAD. THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL... FULL, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL REPORT ON THE WEBSITE, whitehouse.gov. (PATRIOTIC MUSIC BLARES) AN ISSUE OVERSHADOWING ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE AT THIS YEAR'S NATO SUMMIT... PUTIN WANTS NOTHING LESS, NOTHING LESS THAN UKRAINE'S TOTAL SUBJUGATION. DESTROY URAINE'S` URAINE` UKRAINE'S CULTURE. ...WHERE WESTERN LEADERS, ESPECIALLY ON THE ALLIANCE'S 75th ANNIVERSARY, ARE SUPPOSED TO PROJECT STRENGTH. MR LUXON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT TIMES. MEANWHILE, SOME POLLS NOW HAVE ` DONALD TRUMP FIRMLY IN THE LEAD MEANWHILE, SOME POLLS NOW HAVE DONALD TRUMP FIRMLY IN THE LEAD DESPITE BEING A CONVICTED FELON AND HIS REPEATED CLAIMS, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, THAT HE WON THE PREVIOUS ELECTION. HE WANTS BIG CHANGES ` NOT JUST FOR AMERICA, BUT ALSO FOR HOW THE UNITED STATES INTERACTS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL NATO WAS TOO MUCH BEFORE, AND THE FIRST THING I FIGURED OUT WAS THEY WEREN'T PAYING. THEY SAID, 'SIR, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 'IF WE DON'T PAY OUR BILLS, WILL YOU PROTECT US FROM RUSSIA?' I SAID, 'NO, I WILL NOT PROTECT YOU FROM RUSSIA.' PART OF TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE IS CHANGES TO FOREIGN TRADE... ONE OF HIS POLICIES IS TRYING TO PUT 10% ON ALL FOREIGN IMPORTS, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA LIKE AUSTRALIA DOES. ...AND SUGGESTIONS TRUMP MIGHT CUT OFF AMERICA'S SUPPLY OF WEAPONS TO COUNTRIES SUCH AS UKRAINE. IF MR TRUMP DECIDES TO PUSH FOR THE PEACE DEAL, THAT'S GONNA SPLIT NATO, BECAUSE THE EUROPEANS ARE NOT OF THE VIEW THAT THE UKRAINE SHOULD BE DIVIDED UP FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE. BUT MR TRUMP IS SOMEWHAT OF A MAVERICK WITH THE WAY HE THINKS, AND HE MAY TRY TO FORCE IT ON OTHER COUNTRIES. THE PRIME MINISTER IS TRYING TO SHOW HE CAN WORK WITH ANYONE. I'M NOT GOING TO INTERFERE IN U.S. DOMESTIC POLITICS. THAT IS ULTIMATELY A DECISION FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO MAKE ABOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND WHO REPRESENTS THEM AS PRESIDENT. MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE I CAN WORK TO THE VERY BEST OF MY ABILITY WITH WHOEVER IS IN POWER AFTER NOVEMBER THE 5th. WITH WHOEVER IS IN POWER AFTER NOVEMBER THE 5th. A VOLATILE ELECTION... (CLANK!) ...THAT WILL HAVE RIPPLES ACROSS THE WORLD. AND, LOGAN, UKRAINE'S A BIG FOCUS FOR THE NATO SUMMIT; HOW'S MR LUXON GETTING INVOLVED THERE? THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAS USED THE VISIT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANNOUNCE A FURTHER $60M OF FUNDING TOWARDS THE WAR EFFORT, BRINGING NEW ZEALAND'S TOTAL CONTRIBUTION UP TO ABOUT 130 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES 10 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN HELP FOR IMMUNITIES, WHILE THE REMAINING 6 MILLION WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN HEALTHCARE FOR UKRAINE'S ARMED FORCES AND BOOSTING THE DRONE CAPABILITY. THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL LIKELY MEET AT THE NATO SUMMIT DURING A GATHERING OF NATO SPECIFIC PARTNERS, ONE OF WHICH IS NEW ZEALAND. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT IS IN WASHINGTON DC. HE IS ON HIS OWN MISSION TRYING TO GET MORE SUPPORT FOR HIS COUNTRY IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA.. ARE THERE PLANS FOR BIDEN AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON TO MEET? WELL, CHRISTOPHER LUXON CERTAINLY WANTS TO MEET JOE BIDEN, BUT AT THIS STAGE, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL MEETING SCHEDULED. THERE IS QUITE A GOOD REASON FOR THAT, AND MATTERS THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPETING WITH 32 OTHER LEADERS FROM NATO MEMBER STATES, AND NEW ZEALAND, AS CHRISTOPHER LUXON TOLD US A BIT EARLIER ON, IS TECHNICALLY HERE AS A GUEST. WE ARE NOT PART OF NATO. WE ARE CONSIDERED A PARTNER COUNTRY. SO THE MOST IN TERMS OF THE MEETING WILL LIKELY BE A QUICK HELLO IN THE CORRIDOR. IN THE BACKGROUND, JOE BIDEN IS IN THE FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE RIGHT NOW. SO HE IS CERTAINLY A MAN IN A VERY HOT DEMAND THIS WEEK. TENA KOE, LOGAN. THERE'S A BEEN A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WITH A WEST AUCKLAND MURDER CASE, WITH THE CROWN ADMITTING A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. GAIL MANEY AND STEPHEN STONE WERE CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF DEANE FULLER-SANDYS IN 1999, A DECADE AFTER HE WENT MISSING. MANEY'S LAWYER TOLD 1 NEWS THE CROWN NOW SAYS THE CONVICTIONS ARE UNSAFE DUE TO EVIDENCE NOT BEING DISCLOSED. LAWYERS FOR THE PAIR WILL NOW SEEK AN ACQUITTAL OF THEIR CONVICTIONS IN THE COURT OF APPEAL NEXT MONTH. THE ARATERE'S BEEN CLEARED TO SAIL AGAIN, BUT IT'LL BE A WHILE BEFORE PASSENGERS GET ON BOARD, THIS AS THE UNION DENIES SPECULATION FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST THAT THE REASON IT RAN AGROUND LAST MONTH WAS DUE TO A CREW COFFEE BREAK. THREE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY INTO WHAT HAPPENED. WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO JESS WITH THE LATEST ON THE FERRY IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, HER REPORT. IT'S CLEAR THE ARATERE WASN'T MEANT TO END UP HERE, BUT EXACTLY WHY IT DID IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS WHO ARE ON THE BRIDGE HAVE DONE THAT TRANSIT THOUSANDS OF TIMES. AND WHEN SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG, THEY JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE TO CORRECT IT. IN THIS CASE, THEY DIDN'T GET THERE IN TIME. NEW ZEALAND FIRST YESTERDAY PUBLICALLY ASKING IF IT WAS TRUE THAT THE FERRY RAN AGROUND WHEN SOMEONE PUT AUTOPILOT ON AND WENT FOR A COFFEE. I SUSPECT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE FABRICATED OR IT'S A RUMOUR THAT THEY'VE HEARD IN THE PUB SOMEWHERE. THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS, BUT IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENT SITUATION, THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, AND FOR ME, AS THE SHAREHOLDING MINISTER, I WON'T BE SAYING ANYTHING MORE. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND SAYING CONJECTURE IS UNHELPFUL, AND KIWIRAIL CONFIRMING THE RIGHT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE WERE ON THE BRIDGE AT ALL TIMES. THERE WAS NOBODY AWAY HAVING A NESCAFE BREAK. WINSTON PETERS ON RADIO TODAY GIVING NO EXTRA DETAIL, BUT CRITICAL OF KIWIRAIL'S RESPONSE. I THOUGHT, 'CRIKEY, THAT'S NOT A DENIAL. 'THAT'S SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT AN INQUIRY.' WHY WOULD YOU NEED AN INQUIRY FOUR WEEKS LATER INTO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT? THE PROBLEM FOR KIWIRAIL IS CONSISTENTLY REFUSING TO CONFIRM EXACTLY SAY WHAT HAPPENED HAS LEAD TO WEEKS OF SPECULATION, WHICH IS ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE, UNTIL THOSE INVESTIGATIONS COME BACK. THIS IS THE ROUTE THE SHIP TOOK THAT NIGHT FROM PICTON. SO, THE STEERING FAILED, THOUGH? WE DON'T KNOW THAT. AND HERE WAS THE MINISTER AFTER MEETING WITH KIWIRAIL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHICH WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED; THERE'S SOME QUESTION MARKS AROUND HOW IT RESPONDED. THE SHIP HAD RECENTLY UNDERGONE AN UPGRADE. THERE WAS A NEW STEERING SYSTEM PUT IN, 7km OF CABLING PUT IN AND A NEW AUTOMATED APPROACH. KIWIRAIL NOT CONFIRMING TODAY WHETHER THAT NEW AUTOMATED APPROACH WAS IN USE AT THE TIME. SO, JESS, THE ARETERE COMING BACK INTO SERVICE ` BUT THERE ARE CONDITIONS? THAT IS RIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE LEARN FROM MARITIME NEW ZEALAND THAT FINALLY, THAT DETENTION ORDER WAS LIFTED. IT COMES AFTER MARITIME NEW ZEALAND INSPECTOR TO THE VESSEL ENTERED A SERIES OF TESTS EARLIER THIS WEEK. KIWI RAIL HAS TOLD ME THEY ARE HOPING TO GET THE VESSEL BACK TO WELLINGTON TOMORROW, BUT IT WILL BE A REALLY GRADUAL APPROACH IN TERMS OF GETTING PASSENGERS BACK ON BOARD. INITIALLY, ONLY CREW AND RAIL WILL BE ALLOWED ON BOARD. IT WILL ALSO NEED TO BE PILOTED IN AND OUT OF PICTON AND WELLINGTON HARBOURS. IN THE COMING WEEKS, MARITIME NEW ZEALAND SAYS THAT ITS INVESTIGATORS WILL BE UNDERTAKING A FOCUSED AUDIT ON THE INTERISLANDER FLEET. THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE PROCESSES AND IT WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT HOW STAFF ARE TRAINED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. SEPARATE TO THIS, MARITIME NEW ZEALAND IS UNDERGOING AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED WHETHER THAT GROUNDING. IT SAYS IT IS STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES AND WILL BE MONTHS BEFORE IT CAN REPORT BACK, BUT ITS PRELIMINARY FINDINGS HAVE FOUND THAT THE GROUNDING WAS NOT DUE TO A CREWMEMBER LEAVING THE BRIDGE TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE. THANKS, JESS. KIWI TENNIS STAR LULU SUN'S HISTORIC RUN WILL BE IMMORTALISED AT WIMBLEDON, WITH THE VENUE'S MUSEUM TO SHOWCASE HER RACQUET. SUN'S TOUGH ROAD TO THE QUARTER-FINALS CATCHING UP WITH HER, FALLING TO CROATIA'S BEST PLAYER IN THREE HARD-FOUGHT SETS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WAS AT WIMBLEDON FOR THE MATCH. AS THE RAIN CAME DOWN AT WIMBLEDON, SO TOO THE CURTAINS TO THIS EPIC RUN. (CHEERING) GAME, SET AND MATCH VEKIC. TWO SETS TO ONE. I DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST PLAYED A BETTER MATCH. SUN WON THE FIRST SET AND LOOKED COMPOSED IN THE SECOND DESPITE LOSING IT, BUT IN THE DECIDING SET, HER PREVIOUS SEVEN MATCHES CAUGHT UP TO THE YOUNG STAR. AN HOUR AFTER THE MATCH, LULU WAS STILL IN PHYSIO WITH SEVERE CRAMPS. TOWARDS THE END OF THE SECOND SET, I GUESS MY BODY JUST GAVE OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND I JUST STARTED MOVING SLOWER, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO GET AS MANY SHOTS AS I WAS IN THE FIRST SET. SUN IS THE FIRST KIWI WOMAN TO MAKE IT THIS FAR ` REMARKABLE, GIVEN SHE CAME INTO THE TOURNAMENT RANKED 123rd IN THE WORLD. WIMBLEDON IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS IN THE SPORTING WORLD, BUT WITH THAT PRESTIGE COMES EXTRA PRESSURE. I WOULD SAY THE PROBLEM WAS MENTAL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T REALLY PLAY LOOSE. IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR HER ` SO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST NOT PLAYING WITH CONFIDENCE, AND KNOWING EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS COMING, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT COST HER MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ENERGY. JUST AROUND THE CORNER, SUN WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO REPRESENT NZ ` THIS TIME AT THE OLYMPICS, PLAYING DOUBLES WITH U.S. OPEN DOUBLES WINNER ERIN ROUTLIFFE. I JUST FEEL SUPER GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS AND, YOU KNOW, TO GROW TENNIS IN NZ, AND AS WELL AS FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME ` JUST SUPER HAPPY. THANK YOU, GUYS. IS THIS THE START OF HER RISING CAREER? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK SHE'S ALREADY ROSE. YOU KNOW? LIKE, COME ON. (CHEERING) WE'RE GONNA SEE AN AWFUL LOT MORE OF THE NZER LULU SUN. NO SUNSET YET, THEN, ON A CAREER THAT'S SURE TO BE VERY BRIGHT. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, WIMBLEDON. AND THAT BRIGHT CAREER IS ONE THAT TE ANAU IS PROUD OF FOSTERING. LULU SUN WAS BORN THERE, AND WHILE IT'S A TINY TOWN, THERE WAS HUGE SUPPORT LAST NIGHT FOR ITS RISING TENNIS STAR. JARED MCCULLOCH JOINED IN ON A SPECIAL HOMETOWN VIEWING. (CHEERING) TE ANAU BRINGING ITS A-GAME. HERE WE GO! IT MIGHT BE HALF A WORLD AWAY FROM WIMBLEDON, BUT THIS CROWD WAS WITH LULU SUN, THE TENSION BUILDING EVERY SINGLE SHOT. ALL: OOH! IT'S BEEN BUZZING ` THE WHOLE TOWN'S BEEN BUZZING THE WHOLE WEEK. YEAH. YEAH. LULU'S BEEN THE TALK OF THE TOWN. (CHEERING) WELL, IT'S PRETTY TIGHT ` IT'S TIGHTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, CONSIDERING THEY'RE SO FAR APART IN RANKING. THE CATERING ` WE JUST BOUGHT THEM, INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM. A SOUTHLAND TAKE ON THE CUCUMBER SANDWICH. I'M GONNA PUT SOME BUTTER ON THERE, AND THEY WILL BE DELICIOUS. THE SMALL HOURS TOOK THEIR TOLL ON THE SMALLEST FANS, THE RESULT NOT DIMMING THE SUPPORT FOR LULU SUN ONE BIT. OH, IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. IT WAS GUTTING. WE THOUGHT SHE HAD IT. SHE'LL PRESS ON FROM HERE, I THINK, AND SHE'LL DO GREAT THINGS. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SAD, BUT STILL AN EPIC GAME, AND WE'RE STILL SUPER, SUPER PROUD OF LULU. SHE'S DONE INCREDIBLE WELL. THEIR ADULATION MUCH APPRECIATED. I KNOW TE ANAU'S NOT THAT BIG OF A TOWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPER-HAPPY TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, ENERGY OUT OF EVERYONE. (LAUGHS) WHILE HER WIMBLEDON JOURNEY MAY HAVE COME TO AN END THIS TIME ROUND, WHAT'S GUARANTEED IS THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM HERE. THERE'S NO RUSH TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN, WITH FANS READY TO CHEER LULU SUN ON IN HER NEXT TENNIS CHALLENGE. WE'LL SUPPORT HER FOREVER, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE U.S. OPEN. WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN AS SOON AS THOSE OLYMPICS ROLL AROUND. WE'LL HAVE THIS ROOM SET BACK UP, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING HER RIGHT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. TE ANAU'S HOPES FOR THEIR LOCAL HERO WON'T BE ECLIPSED. (CHEERING) JARED MCCULLOUGH, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WITH RESOURCES AT BREAKING POINT, NURSES IN NORTHLAND HAVE GRAVE FEARS ABOUT THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS. I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING THAT EVENTUALLY, SOMEBODY WILL DIE. THE HEALTH MINISTER RESPONDS. AND A TEMPORARY FIX FOR SUMMER ` HOW THE GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING REPAIRS TO THE CYCLONE-GABRIELLE-SMASHED TRACK LEADING TO THE COROMANDEL'S POPULAR CATHEDRAL COVE. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` IT'S POWER CUT SEASON; WE'LL TELL YOU HOW TO PREPARE SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING COLD DINNERS. PLUS ` IS YOUR BAD BACK REALLY THAT BAD? WHY WE'VE BEEN TREATING BACK PAIN WRONG ALL THIS TIME. AND SHE SHONE ON CENTRE COURT, INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PLAYERS; WE LOOK AT THE GROWING LEGACY OF LULU SUN. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. NURSES ON THE FRONTLINE ARE WARNING CONDITIONS FOR PATIENTS AND STAFF IN NORTHLAND HOSPITALS ARE DETERIORATING UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT, AND THEY FEAR THE CUTBACKS BEING MADE WILL COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. OUR HEALTH MINISTER SHARING SOME GOOD NEWS. I'M HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE A MASSIVE MILESTONE FOR THE NATIONAL BOWEL SCREENING PROGRAMME. TWO MILLION BOWEL SCREENING KITS SENT TO NEW ZEALANDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE LIFESAVER. SINCE IT BEGAN, THE PROGRAMME HAS DETECTED 2495 CANCERS. BUT ELSEWHERE, SOME ARE FEELING LESS POSITIVE ABOUT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM, LIKE AT WHANGAREI HOSPITAL. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'VE GONE INTO 'CODE BLACK' MOST DAYS AT SOME POINT. 'CODE BLACK' IS HOSPITAL SLANG FOR THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BEING COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. I THINK THE WHOLE GROUP OF DELEGATES ARE FEELING REALLY FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY ABOUT THE AUSTERITY MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT IN PLACE RECENTLY. WE'RE ALL FEELING SOMEONE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE AS A RESULT OF THESE MEASURES. IT'S A SIMILAR STORY AT BAY OF ISLANDS HOSPITAL. THIS WEEK WE'VE BEEN SHORTSTAFFED A NURSE EACH SHIFT AT NIGHT. WE CAN'T GIVE THAT QUALITY OF CARE, AND I'M SCARED SOMETING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAVE ASSURED ME THAT` PARTICULARLY IN NORTHLAND THAT PATIENTS ARE SAFE AND THAT STAFF ARE SAFE. THESE NURSES' ORGANISATION DELEGATES SAY VACANCIES ARE NO LONGER BEING FILLED. BEING FILLED AND THAT STAFF SHORTAGES EXTEND BEYOND THE HOSPITAL TO DISTRICT NURSING TOO. THEY'RE SCREWING US DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM, BASICALLY. THEY'RE RESCUING SHORTLAND STREET, BUT THEY'RE NOT RESCUING US. SOME SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES. DR RETI HAS PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER TE WHATU ORA. THAT MEANS THEY CAN'T HIRE THE PEOPLE THEY NEED TO HIRE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. IN APRIL AND MAY, AT LEAST 1000 NURSES WERE RECRUITED BY HEALTH NEW ZEALAND. BUT BACK IN NORTHLAND, NURSES SAY THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH WARDS WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING. THEY SAID, 'WHAT DO I DO IF SOMEBODY COMES AT ME?' AND THEY SAID, 'JUST RUN.' THAT WAS THEIR ADVICE. SO WHO TO BELIEVE ` NURSES OR OFFICIALS? LOOK, I ALSO LISTEN TO ALL MY FRONTLINE COLLEGAUES. IT WOULD BE FOOLISH NOT TO. BUT I ALSO SEEK REASSURANCES FROM MY OFFICIALS, AND THAT'S THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME. IT'S DISGRACEFUL, TO BE HONEST. WE DON'T FEEL HE'S THERE TO STAND UP FOR US. A CLEAR DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT OFFICIALS AND THOSE ON THE FRONTLINE ARE SEEING. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. A TEMPORARY WALKING TRACK TO COROMANDEL PENINSULA'S PICTURESQUE CATHEDRAL COVE WILL BE OPENED FOR SUMMER. THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCING $5m WILL GO TOWARDS A SHORT-TERM FIX TO THE CYCLONE-GABRIELLE-DAMAGED PATHWAY FROM NEARBY HAHEI. THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY. A FAVOURITE WITH TOURISTS IN THE A FAVOURITE WITH TOURISTS, IN THE PAST, CATHEDRAL COVE HAS ATTRACTED UP TO 300,000 VISITORS A YEAR. A LARGE CHEMICAL EXPLOSION HAS SPARKED A MAJOR FACTORY FIRE IN MELBOURNE THAT'S STILL BURNING. HERE'S THE MOMENT THE FIRST EXPLOSION SENT A MUSHROOM CLOUD INTO THE AIR. SPECIALIST AIR CREWS AND AROUND 50 FIRE TRUCKS ARE CURRENTLY FIGHTING THE INFERNO AS FIREBALLS CONTINUE TO THREATEN SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. AS YET, NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. A WARNING ` SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND IMAGES IN THIS NEXT STORY UPSETTING. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE STRIKE ON A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN KYIV WAS A DIRECT STRIKE FROM A RUSSIAN MISSILE, BUT MOSCOW CONTINUES TO DENY IT TARGETS CIVILIAN SITES. AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND ALMOST 200 MORE WOUNDED, AND AS THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE REPORTS, THE SEARCH FOR LOVED ONES IN THE RUBBLE HAS BEEN AGONISING. SHE FINDS HER ` ALIVE, WITH A FEW SCRATCHES. AFTER BEING REUNITED, WE MEET THEM AT THE HOSPITAL SOLOMIYA WAS TRANSFERRED TO, WHERE THEY RETURN TO THOSE HAUNTING MOMENTS. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: I HAD DEBRIS FALLING ON ME IN THE BASEMENT, AND MY CHILD WAS UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER. IT SEEMED WOULD BE BURIED ALIVE. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: I FAINTED. WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, I SAW CEILING RIGHT NEXT TO MY FACE. I WAS PRAYING MY MOTHER WAS ALIVE. KYIV HAS STRONGLY REJECTED MOSCOW'S CLAIM THIS WAS CAUSED BY A UKRAINIAN AIR DEFENCE MISSILE, SAYING IT HAS EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS RUSSIAN ` AND DELIBERATELY LAUNCHED. THIS ATTACK HAS POSED DIFFICULT QUESTIONS FOR UKRAINE. SEVERAL CRUISE MISSILES HIT THEIR TARGETS IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY, AND AS FAR AS KYIV IS CONCERNED, THE NEED FOR AIR DEFENCES HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER. MISSILES DO TERRORISE, BUT THUS FAR, THEY HAVEN'T WEAKENED UKRAINIAN RESOLVE; BUT IF THE RISK TO LIFE INCREASES, THAT WILL ONLY IMPACT MORALE. VALENTYNA, A NURSE, WAS WORKING HERE WHEN THE ATTACK HAPPENED. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) SHE TELLS US SOME OF THE HOSPITAL'S 600 OR SO PATIENTS NOW CAN'T ACCESS CRITICAL CARE. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: HERE, WE HELP CHILDREN WITH COMPLICATED DISEASES. IT'S A HORROR FOR UKRAINE AND FOR EVERYONE. WE ASKED THE WORLD TO STOP THIS WAR, TO STOP THIS NIGHTMARE, WE ASK THE WORLD TO STOP THIS WAR, TO STOP THIS NIGHTMARE, FOR OUR CHILDREN NOT TO SUFFER. LARGE-SCALE MISSILE STRIKES ARE COMMON IN WARTIME UKRAINE, BUT THIS ONE HAS ESPECIALLY CAUSED POLITICAL SHOCKWAVES BECAUSE OF WHO AND WHAT IT HIT. AND DURING HIS NATO SPEECH, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PROMISED NEW AIR DEFENCE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` A BIG WIN FOR ALEC BLADWIN AHEAD OF HIS TRIAL, AND WHAT ONLY THREE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW DURING JURY SELECTION AS THE ACTOR FACES CHARGES IN A FATAL PROP-GUN SHOOTING DEATH ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE 'RUST'. AND AN UPDATE ON THE REASON AUCKLAND MISSED OUT ON SAIL GP LAST TIME. AS THE CITY OF SAILS IS FINALLY CONFIRMED AS A HOST VENUE. AHEAD ` WHEN RACING GETS UNDERWAY. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` HAVE YOU GOT A PLAN IF THERE'S A POWER CUT? HOW TO AVOID COLD DINNERS AND COLDER NIGHTS. PLUS, WE MEET THE ADULT WHO WAS THRASHED BY LULU SUN WHEN SHE WAS JUST 13. THE TALENT THEY SAW ALL THOSE YEARS AGO IN TE ANAU. PLUS, THE MORNING RITUAL THAT'S PUTTING A SMILE ON THE DIAL OF EVERYONE AT THE LOCAL MALL. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL FOR THE FATAL PROP-GUN SHOOTING ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE 'RUST'. THE ACTOR FACES AN INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IN THE 2021 DEATH OF THE FILM'S CINEMATOGRAPHER, WHICH HE DENIES. LAWYERS TODAY WORKING TO WHITTLE DOWN AROUND 70 POTENTIAL JURORS TO THE 12 REQUIRED, ONLY THREE SAYING THEY HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE CASE. ABC'S MOLA LENGHI REPORTS. THIS MORNING, ALEC BALDWIN RETURNING TO COURT AS JURY SELECTION IN HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL BEGINS FOR THE FATAL SHOOTING ON THE FILM SET 'RUST' NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO; THE 66-YEAR-OLD ACTOR FACING AN INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE, ACCUSED OF FIRING A PROP GUN HE SAYS HE DIDN'T KNOW CONTAINED A LIVE ROUND, KILLING CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. AT A PRE-TRIAL HEARING MONDAY, THE JUDGE DECIDING THAT VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWING BALDWIN HANDLING THE FIREARM CAN BE SHOWN TO THE JURY... ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE. ...WHILE VIDEOS OF HIM URGING CREW MEMBERS TO HURRY UP ON SET CANNOT. RELOAD! IN A BLOW TO THE PROSECUTION, THE JUDGE ALSO RULING THAT THE STATE CANNOT ARGUE THAT BALDWIN WAS NEGLIGENT IN HIS ROLE AS A CO-PRODUCER ON THE FILM, ONLY IN HIS ROLE AS AN ACTOR. EXCLUDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT ALEC BALDWIN BEING A CO-PRODUCER IS GONNA TO HAMPER THE STATE A BIT, BECAUSE A PART OF THEIR CASE IN CHIEF WAS THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE SAFETY DEFICIENCIES, AND THAT HE WAS EVEN MORE AWARE OF HOW THESE ACTIONS COULD HAVE LED TO THIS TYPE OF AN EVENT. BALDWIN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, INSISTING HE NEVER PULLED THE TRIGGER, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH OUR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. I WOULD NEVER POINT A GUN AT ANYONE AND PULL THE TRIGGER AT THEM. NEVER. NEVER. THAT WAS THE TRAINING THAT I HAD ` YOU DON'T POINT A GUN AT SOMEBODY AND PULL THE TRIGGER. BUT PROSECUTORS ALLEGE BALDWIN DISREGARDED INDUSTRY RULES FOR HANDLING FIREARMS ON MOVIE SETS. LAST MARCH, FILM ARMOURER HANNAH GUTIERREZ WAS CONVICTED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN HUTCHINSON'S DEATH AND SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON. SHE IS NOW APPEALING THAT CONVICTION. THE TRIAL IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, NEAR WHERE THE MOVIE WAS BEING FILMED IS SCHEDULED TO LAST 10 DAYS. LYTTELTON'S LOSS IS AUCKLAND'S GAIN, WITH THE CITY SET TO BE THE NEXT HOST OF THE SAILGP REGATTA. ORGANISERS ARE TIPPING UNPRECEDENTED SPECTATOR DEMAND WHEN THE SPECTACLE HITS THE CITY OF SAILS FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER TWO BOUTS OF TROUBLE IN THE PAST. THE BIG EVENT DREW BIG CROWDS IN LYTTELTON. (CHEERING) THE CITY OF SAILS IS BANKING ON BIGGER. OH, YEAH, I THINK IT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE, YOU KNOW, HUGE DEAL, AND I THINK THE FANS ARE IN FOR A REALLY FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) IN LYTTELTON, THERE WAS DRAMA OFF THE WATER AS WELL AS ON IT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR ` AND POSSIBLY NOT, YOU KNOW, EVER. CONCERNS AROUND COLLISIONS WITH VULNERABLE DOLPHINS CAUSED RACE CANCELLATIONS AND A FALLING-OUT ` AND ALL OF THAT WAS AFTER PROBLEMS BACK IN AUCKLAND. IT HAD TO GIVE THE EVENT UP BECAUSE THIS OLD INDUSTRIAL LAND WASN'T READY FOR SPECTATORS. I THINK THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE EXTRA TIME WAS THAT IT'S GIVEN US AND THE EVENT OWNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE EXACT SITE THAT THEY WANT. (CHEERING) IN LYTTELTON, THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF FANS, BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND THE HOPES IN AUCKLAND? OH, THE EVENT WAS WAS BASED ON A FORECAST OF 5.2 MILLION GDP AND OVER 10,000 BED NIGHTS COLLECTIVELY FOR THE EVENT. RUDDERS HIT THE WATER IN THE CITY OF SAILS MID-JANUARY ` THE SECOND LEG AFTER DUBAI. ...RACE NUMBER TWO! PETER BURLING SAYS THERE'S NOTHING LIKE RACING IN FRONT OF A HOME CROWD. COME ON! THEY'RE GONNA SEE SOME SUPER-FAST BOATS ROARING FROM A TO B OUT HERE ON THE WATER, YOU KNOW, A HUGE NUMBER OF SPECTATOR FLEET AS PART OF THE EVENT DELIVERY, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST A REALLY ` A HARBOUR THAT'S ALIVE WITH THE BEST OF RACING AND THE BEST OF WHAT OF AUCKLAND AND THE WAITEMATA HABOUR HAVE TO OFFER. TICKETS FOR ALL OF THAT GO UP FOR GRABS IN SEPTEMBER. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT. AND A SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR KIWI CYCLING? YES ` AS ONE KIWI RIDES HERSELF INTO THE RECORD BOOKS IN ITALY, ANOTHER IS FIGHTING TO BE SELECTED FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. PLUS, THE 16-YEAR-OLD BEHIND THE WONDER GOAL THAT HELPED SECURE SPAIN A SPOT IN THE FINAL OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND A CHANGING OF THE GUARD ` WHO'S STEPPING UP AT THE BLACK CAPS AS A KIWI BOXER STEPS OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE FOR HIS BIGGEST FIGHT YET. AND IN WEATHER, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE COUNTRY. IT'S GONNA BE A CHILLY START ` SOME PATCHY FROST IN A FEW PLACES; A LOVELY LOOKING DAY AND LOTS OF FINE SPELLS. BUT THERE'LL BE MORE CLOUD WITH A TROUGH SLIDING UP THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY ` THAT COULD BRING A FEW SHOWERS AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA ` WELCOME TO SPORT. KIWI TENNIS PLAYER LULU SUN'S WIMBLEDON RUN HAS COME TO AN END, THE 23-YEAR-OLD LOSING HER QUARTER-FINAL IN THREE SETS. BUT NOT MANY WOULD'VE PREDICTED SUN TO HAVE EVEN MADE IT SO FAR ` FROM SAVING MATCH POINT IN QUALIFYING TO REACHING THE TOP EIGHT, IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE FEW DAYS, AS ZION DAYAL EXPLAINS. LULU SUN ENTERED THE ALL-ENGLAND TENNIS CLUB AS AN OUTSIDER. WHAT A BRILLIANT YOUNG PLAYER WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WITNESS. THIS MORNING, SHE BOWS OUT OF WIMBLEDON, HAVING CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE TENNIS WORLD. I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE AND... AND, UH, FOREVER HAVE IT. SUN'S LEARNT A LOT THIS WEEK. TODAY'S LESSON ` THE GRUELLING NATURE OF A SECOND WEEK AT A GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT, ESPECIALLY HAVING TO PLAY THREE GAMES IN QUALIFYING BEFORE ROUND ONE. I HAD TROUBLES PHYSICALLY WITH SOME CRAMPS, BUT THAT'S MAYBE THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE, UM, IS I COULDN'T KEEP UP PHYSICALLY. NOT THAT YOU COULD TELL IN THE FIRST SET ` SUN MATCHING THE INTENSITY OF DONNA VEKIC, A PLAYER RANKED 86 PLACES ABOVE HER... IT'S NOT THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. ...BREAKING SERVE, WINNING THE FIRST SET 7-5. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) WHAT POISE! WHAT SKILL! BUT WHAT FOLLOWED WAS ULTIMATELY TOO TOUGH, THE IMPACT OF A LONG FORTNIGHT TAKING A TOLL AS VEKIC'S POWER BECAME TOO MUCH FOR THE KIWI TO OVERCOME. (APPLAUSE) SUN LOSING THE NEXT TWO SETS, BRINGING AN END TO AN INCREDIBLE RUN. I'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGHOUT THESE MATCHES THAT I'VE HAD, SO I THINK I CAN... I CAN TAKE FROM IT INTO THE NEXT TOURNAMENTS. NEXT UP ` THE PARIS OLYMPICS, ALONGSIDE ERIN ROUTLIFFE IN THE WOMEN'S DOUBLES. GOOD VOLLEYING FROM ROUTLIFFE THERE. THE WORLD'S THIRD-RANKED DOUBLES PLAYER INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS... JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. ...SHE'S ALSO THROUGH TO THE MIXED DOUBLES ROUND OF 16 ALONGSIDE FELLOW KIWI MICHAEL VENUS. VENUS TOO THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS ` OF THE MEN'S DOUBLES. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) WHOA! THEY TAKE THE POINTS. WHILE ONE KIWI TENNIS STAR'S TIME IN LONDON IS UP, THE KIWI FLAG STILL VERY MUCH FLYING HIGH. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. IN WHAT'S AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL HAS OVERRULED CYCLING NEW ZEALAND'S DECISION NOT TO NOMINATE MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL FOR THE UPCOMING PARIS OLYMPICS. IT HASN'T YET BEEN REVEALED WHY THE SPORTING BODY DIDN'T PUT HER FORWARD, ALTHOUGH IT'S UNDERSTOOD NOT TO BE PERFORMANCE-RELATED. BUT FOLLOWING AN URGENT APPEAL BY MAXWELL, THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL WAS SATISFIED THERE WERE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS. IT'S NOW UP TO THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO DECIDE WHETHER SHE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN PARIS. MAXWELL WAS LAST YEAR'S UNDER-23 WORLD CHAMPION, FINISHING THIRD ON THE WORLD CUP CIRCUIT. KIWI CYCLIST NIAMH FISHER-BLACK'S RIDDEN HERSELF INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS, WINNING STAGE THREE OF THE WOMEN'S GIRO D'ITALIA, AFTER MORE THAN 100km ON THE FLAT, THE 23-YEAR-OLD MAKING A MOVE ON THE FINAL STEEP CLIMB, CHASING THE STAGE LEADER DOWN WITH LESS THAN 2km TO GO AND HANGING ON TO BECOME THE FIRST KIWI WOMAN TO WIN A STAGE OF A GRAND TOUR. YEAH, SUPER SATISFIED. I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE LEGS WOULD COME INTO THIS, TO BE FAIR. IT WAS, YEAH, EXTRA CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. I ALWAYS HAD TEAM-MATES COMING TO ME WITH ICE AND BOTTLES AND, UH... YEAH, YOU JUST HAVE TO REALLY KEEP ON TOP OF IT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT STAYING COOL. FISHER-BLACK'S NOW FIFTH OVERALL AND WILL WEAR THE BLUE JERSEY FOR THE TOUR'S BEST CLIMBER. TWO WEEKS AGO, LAMINE YAMAL WAS FINISHING EXAMS WHILE IN CAMP FOR SPAIN AT EURO 2024. TODAY, THE 16-YEAR-OLD PASSED HIS BIGGEST FOOTBALLING TEST WITH FLYING COLOURS, THE TEENAGER MAKING HISTORY AS SPAIN PROGRESSED TO THE FINAL OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. VICTOR WATERS HAS MORE. AT 16 YEARS AND 362 DAYS OLD, LAMINE YAMAL PROVING IF YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH, YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. LAMINE YAMAL GOT IT. THAT IS SIMPLY AMAZING! THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY IN THE SEMIFINAL OF A MAJOR TOURNAMENT HAS JUST DELIVERED A GOAL FOR THE AGES! THE BIRTH OF A SUPERSTAR TOUCHED BY THE FOOTBALLING GODS, SORT OF. THAT IS A MOMENT OF PURE GENIUS FROM EL NINO! PICTURES RESURFACING OF A 6-MONTH-OLD YAMAL CAPTURED WITH A CERTAIN LIONEL MESSI AS PART OF A CHARITY CALENDAR FOR UNICEF IN BARCELONA. WHO WOULD'VE PREDICTED NEARLY 17 YEARS LATER, HE'D OVERTAKE PELE, TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST GOALSCORER AT A MAJOR TOURNAMENT? TRANSLATOR: I DON'T KNOW IF I'M AN ICON OR NOT. AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP ANYTHING ON THE PITCH. I NEED TO HELP MY TEAM ` THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO. THE SCHOOLBOY DID MORE THAN THAT, RESCUING SPAIN FROM AN EARLY SEMI-FINAL SETBACK AGAINST FRANCE. IT'S A GREAT BALL IN! KOLO MUANI! THAT GOAL THEIR FIRST FROM OPEN PLAY ALL TOURNAMENT. BUT SPAIN ARE THE COMPETITION'S TOP SCORERS FOR A REASON. DANI OLMO! THEY'VE TURNED IT AROUND! FRANCE MIGHT NOT HAVE SET EURO 2024 ALIGHT, BUT THEY STILL POSSESSED MORE THAN ENOUGH TALENT. KYLIAN MBAPPE! CAN'T KEEP IT DOWN! EVEN WITHOUT THE PROTECTIVE MASK, KYLIAN MBAPPE COULDN'T BE FRANCE'S HERO THIS TIME ROUND,... AND SPAIN ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL! ...THEIR OPPONENT EITHER ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS, WHO PLAY TOMORROW; SPAIN HOPING TO HAVE SKIPPER ALVARO MORATA FOR MONDAY'S FINAL, HURT DURING A SCUFFLE WITH A PITCH INVADER. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. AND WE'VE GOT THAT SECOND SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE NETHERLANDS LIVE ON DUKE AMD TVNZ+ FROM 6.50am TOMORROW MORNING. THE MEN'S FOOTBALL SIDE FOR THE OLYMPICS IS MISSING FOUR FIRST-CHOICE PLAYERS, ALL PREVENTED FROM PLAYING IN PARIS AFTER NOT BEING RELEASED BY THEIR CLUBS. THE OLYMPICS ISN'T IN AN OFFICIAL FIFA WINDOW, MEANING CLUBS DON'T HAVE TO RELEASE PLAYERS. NEW ZEALAND MISSING OUT ON CHRIS WOOD, MARKO STAMENIC AND LIBERARTO CACACE, ALONG WITH MATT DIBLEY-DIAS. ALL THE PLAYERS WANTED TO COME. THEY WANTED TO PLAY. BUT THE CLUBS HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT RELEASE PLAYERS. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT. THE GOOD THING IS WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PLAYERS THAT ARE NOW IN DEMAND AT TOP CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES US DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. ONE PLAYER IN THE SQUAD IS BEN OLD, WHO TODAY CONFIRMED A $1m MOVE FROM THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TO FRENCH LEAGUE-ONE CLUB SAINT ETIENNE. THE BLACK CAPS ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, RACHIN RAVINDRA AND THE PACE-BOWLING TRIO OF WILL O'ROURKE, BEN SEARS AND JACOB DUFFY EARNING THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS ` A PERIOD OF CHANGE AFTER SOME POOR RESULTS AND AS SOME PLAYERS MAKE THEMSELVES UNAVAILABLE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE REPORTS. FROM UNIVERSITY STUDY TO FULL-TIME BLACK CAP, DAY TO DAY LIFE CERTAINLY SET TO CHANGE FOR WILL O'ROURKE. YEAH, I THINK... HOPEFULLY MY LECTURERS AREN'T WATCHING, BUT I'VE SORT OF BEEN SLOWLY PUSHING THE PRIORITY OF THAT TO THE SIDE. IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND 12 MONTHS FOR THE 22-YEAR-OLD, MAKING HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT ACROSS ALL THREE FORMATS. OH, THAT'S A BEAUTY! HIS 9-93 AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND'S BEST TEST MATCH FIGURES ON DEBUT. OH, I THINK A FAST BOWLER OF HIS CALIBRE IS SOMETHING YOU BUILD A TEAM AROUND. I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER GREAT TALENT COMING THROUGH AS WELL, AND THAT'S THE THING ` THE STANDARD OF THESE GUYS, I THINK, IS SO HIGH. BUT, YEAH, HE WILL BE AN INCREDIBLY BIG ASSET. O'ROURKE AMONG A GROUP OF RISING TALENT SPEARHEADING THE FUTURE OF THE BLACK CAPS. THAT MEANS YOU'RE PART OF THE MIX EVEN MORE. AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS DREAM OF YOURSELF` YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THOSE LISTS GOING` AS YOU GROW UP THROUGH TEENAGE YEARS, LIKE, 'OH, I'D WONDER` IT'D BE COOL TO BE ON THAT LIST ONE DAY.' AND FOR IT TO SORT OF EVENTUATE NOW, IT'S A PINCH-YOURSELF MOMENT. KANE WILLIAMSON, LOCKIE FERGUSON AND ADAM MILNE MAKING THEMSELVES UNAVAILABLE FOR A CENTRAL CONTRACT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IN A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TRANSITION. OVER THE LAST 12, 18 MONTHS OR SO, THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A CHANGING OF THE GUARD. WE'VE HAD SOME AMAZING PLAYERS PLAY FOR US FOR A LONG, LONG TIMEM AND NATURALLY, UH, THAT THAT COMES TO AN END FOR SOME OF THEM, AND THAT'S` THAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN. A BIG DIET OF TEST CRICKET COMING UP HOME AND AWAY AS THE BLACK CAPS TRY TO REVIVE THAT GOLDEN PERIOD. I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CROWD IN 2019, WATCHING IT AT LORD'S ` YOU KNOW, THE HEARTBREAK. UM, MAY HAVE SHED A FEW TEARS. NAH, I THINK YOU JUST GROW UP LOVING THE TEAM AND LOVE WATCHING IT, AND IT WAS AWESOME SEEING THEM GO SO DEEP FOR SO LONG. YEAH, YOU'RE JUST ITCHING TO HOPEFULLY GET A CHANCE ONE DAY. A CHANCE NOW TO BUILD THE BLACK CAPS' FUTURE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS HAS SEEN NEW ZEALAND'S GAME AGAINST SPAIN AT THE UNDER-20 RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH AFRICA CALLED OFF AT HALF TIME. THE BABY BLACKS RUNNING IN SEVEN FIRST-HALF TRIES DESPITE THE TORRENTIAL RAIN. OFFICIALS DECIDING THE WATERLOGGED PITCH IN STELLENBOSCH WAS UNSAFE, CALLING OFF THE MATCH AT HALFTIME AND DECLARING NEW ZEALAND THE WINNERS. FAR OUT, YEAH, THAT WAS TERRIBLE CONDITIONS OUT THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE. NEVER PLAYED A GAME LIKE THAT, PROBABLY, IN SUCH WET CONDITIONS, BUT, YEAH, THE BOYS MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH. NEW ZEALAND WILL NOW PLAY FRANCE IN THE SEMI-FINALS ` A TEAM THEY BEAT BY ONE POINT IN POOL PLAY. KIWI BOXER DAVID NYIKA'S TAKEN HIS QUEST TO THE TOP QUITE LITERALLY TODAY, ANNOUNCING ON AUCKLAND'S SKY TOWER HE'LL TAKE ON THE MAN DUBBED 'THE KIWI-CRUSHER'. AUSTRALIAN BLAKE CAPARELLO HAS 32 WINS, INCLUDING KIWIS ROBBIE BERRIDGE AND DAN MACKINNON. CAN YOU BEAT 'EM? YEAH. YEAH, I WILL BEAT 'EM. IT'S NOT MY FIRST RODEO, BUT, UH, THERE WILL BE ADDED PRESSURE FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE I'M THE HOMETOWN FIGHTER AND I'M THE` I'M THE HEADLINE ACT, YOU KNOW? THERE'LL BE SOME HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR IN HIS CORNER, THOUGH ` ACTOR CLIFF CURTIS BACKING THE OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST. AS AN ACTOR, I'M GOOD AT MY CRAFT. I LIKE SEEING A BOXER WHO'S GOT CRAFT. WHEN HE'S IN THE RING, HE'S, UH` HE KNOWS WHERE HE IS, AND HE KNOWS` HE'S READING HIS OPPONENT. THE SEPTEMBER BOUT IS NYIKA'S FIRST TIME HEADLINING A MAJOR BOXING PAY-PER-VIEW CARD. THANKS. STAY WITH US ` WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE, NEXT. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` GOT A BAD BACK AND THINK RESTING IT WILL HELP? THINK AGAIN. THE RESEARCH THAT SHOWS YOU'VE GOTTA GET MOVING. PLUS ` SHE PLAYED IN TE ANAU AS A TEEN AND BEAT THE GROWN MEN WHO TRIED TO KEEP UP; HOW LULU SUN'S WORKED HER WAY INTO LOCAL HEARTS IN SOUTHLAND. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY, AT 7. THAT BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE STILL DOMINATING THE WEATHER JUST MOVING SOME CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS VERY HIGH PRESSURE MEANING LOTS OF DOWNWARD PUSH MAIN AREA OF HIGH-PRESSURE PEAKS AT 1040 AND UPPER TROUGH COLD AIR THAT HIGH THEN GOES TO THE SOUTH THAT IS RAIN SETTING OUT TO THE NORTH-WEST BY SUNDAY BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S ENJOY THE QUIET WEATHER ALEXANDRA THIS MORNING 3 THERE WILL BE MORE FROST TONIGHT WE USE EITHER BLUE AREAS THE WEST COAST URINE TO THE AUCKLAND YOU'RE IN FINE SHAPE AS WELL THIS FROST ABOUT, AND A BIT MORE OF THAT BREEZE IT WON'T STOP THE CHILL TAURANGA FROSTY IN SOME SPOTS TO SOME SHOWERS ON THE EAST COAST AND GISBORNE THE SHOWERS DO GET INTO WELLINGTON IN THE AFTERNOON THE CLOUD REALLY HUGS THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND CHRISTCHURCH SOME EARLY CLOUD QUEENSTOWN FROSTY THEN FINE FOR YOU MILFORD SOUND IS LOVELY WITH SOME SUNSHINE FRIDAY THE SHOWERS TO THE EAST ARE GOING AWAY