TONIGHT ON THREE NEWS ` THE CROWN ADMITS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AGAINST GAIL MANEY AND STEPHEN STONE WHO WERE BOTH CONVICTED OF MURDER. THE PRIME MINISTER'S IN WASHINGTON FOR THE NATO SUMMIT CONSIDERED A MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT FOR U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THE GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ITS FIVE-PILLAR CLIMATE STRATEGY, BUT CRITICS SAY THERE'S NO PLAN, JUST NICE WORDS. AND LATER, THEY'VE BEEN BRANDED 'RABBITS OF THE SKY'. NOW THERE ARE MOVES TO HAVE CANADA GEESE OFFICIALLY DECLARED A PEST. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED ITS CLIMATE STRATEGY, WHICH IT DESCRIBES AS 'COMPREHENSIVE' AND 'AMBITIOUS'. BUT CRITICS HAVE LABELLED IT EMBARRASSING, FARCICAL AND INSULTING. THE STRATEGY IS BASED AROUND FIVE PILLARS ` THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS RESILIENT AND COMMUNITIES ARE WELL PREPARED; CREDIBLE MARKETS SUPPORT THE CLIMATE TRANSITION, THEREFORE MAKING IT CHEAPER TO REDUCE EMISSIONS; CLEAN ENERGY IS ABUNDANT AND AFFORDABLE, WHICH INCLUDES DOUBLING RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2050; WORLD-LEADING CLIMATE INNOVATION TO BOOST THE ECONOMY ` THEY'RE PROMISING TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR BUSINESSES TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE; AND THAT NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, LIKE RESTORING HABITATS, ECOSYSTEMS AND NATIVE FORESTS. BUT AS GRACE THOMAS REPORTS, IT COMES AS OTHER CLIMATE-RELATED POLICIES ARE ROLLED BACK. THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO LONGER JUST ON THE WAY FOR PORT WAIKATO ` IT'S ALREADY HERE, IN THE COASTAL EROSION THAT'S BEEN EATING AWAY AT ITS SHORELINE FOR YEARS AND SWALLOWED WAYNE AND ROBYN GREEN'S DREAM RETIREMENT HOME. THE PROPERTY IS NOW BEING DEMOLISHED TO STOP IT TOPPLING ON TO THE FORESHORE. THIS IS A BIT MORE BEACHFRONT THAN WE EVER ENVISAGED. IT'S SAD AND STRESSFUL AND QUITE DISTRESSING. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO FEEL VULNERABLE IN TIMES LIKE THIS. IT'S IN PEOPLE'S FACES. THEY SEE IT. IT'S THAT VULNERABILITY THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S TRYING TO PREPARE COMMUNITIES FOR, ANNOUNCING A FIVE-PILLAR CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY AIMED AT BUILDING MORE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, BOOSTING CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE-MITIGATING TECHNOLOGIES AND INCREASING FORESTS. WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WILL HELP US ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT WE'RE IN BEST PLACED POSITION TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE FOR THE IMPACT AND RESPOND TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. IT'S A TOTAL CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMING IT HAS SOME KIND OF FIVE-POINT STRATEGY TO CUT EMISSIONS, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTUAL POLICIES, WHICH ARE TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE EMISSIONS, LOOK FOR MORE FOSSIL FUELS AND BURN THEM. SINCE COMING INTO POWER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ROLLED BACK SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, INCLUDING REVERSING A BAN ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION, REMOVING AGRICULTURAL GASES FROM THE COUNTRY'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME, AND PROPOSING A STREAM OF JOB CUTS AT NIWA AND THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ADVOCATE SAYS THE STRATEGY IS ALSO A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR MAORI AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, WHO WEREN'T MENTIONED ONCE IN THE THREE PAGES. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT FROM THIS STRATEGY THAT THE PRIORITY IS NOT ABOUT COMMUNITIES. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WHICH IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THIS GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS. THE MINISTER SAYS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2017 CLIMATE CHANGE COST AROUND $120M IN PRIVATELY INSURED FLOOD DAMAGE AND $720M IN DROUGHT-LINKED ECONOMIC LOSS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SIGNIFICANT COST ALREADY FOR THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY, AND THAT THESE COSTS, IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ARE GOING TO INCREASE. IT'S KIND OF TRUMPIAN IN A WAY, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, BLACK IS WHITE, WAR IS PEACE, CLIMATE DENIAL IS CLIMATE ACTION. I MEAN, IT'S FARCICAL. EXPERTS SAY FOR MEANINGFUL CLIMATE ACTION, A SUITE OF POLICIES TO SUPPORT THE STRATEGY IS NEEDED. BUT NOTHING LIKE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. AND LATER IN THE PROGRAMME, I'LL SPEAK TO LEADING KIWI CLIMATE SCIENTIST PROF TIM NAISH FOR IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW CLIMATE STRATEGY ` WHY HE THINKS THE PLAN IS INSULTING. THE PRIME MINISTER'S OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AN INFORMAL MEETING WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON DC, DESPITE THE ONGOING FALLOUT FROM JOE BIDEN'S FALTERING DEBATE PERFORMANCE. ANY CHANCE OF A FORMAL ONE-ON-ONE IN THE OVAL OFFICE IS NOW OFF THE TABLE. CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOVA O'BRIEN IS IN WASHINGTON DC WITH THE PM. TOVA, CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS DOING HIS BEST NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN US DOMESTIC POLITICS? THAT'S RIGHT. THE PRIME MINISTER IS A YANKOPHILE, A SELF-CONFESSED U.S. POLITICS GEEK, BUT NEVER HAS HE HAD FRONT-ROW SEATS LIKE THIS, NOT LEAST IN THE MIDDLE OF A POLITICAL CRISIS, BUT HE IS DOING EVERYTHING TO HOLD HIS TONGUE. WASHINGTON, DC, IN ALL HER BALMY, DEMOCRATIC GLORY, BUT THE IMPENETRABLE SECURITY SURROUNDING THE WHITE HOUSE AHEAD OF THE NATO SUMMIT CAN'T KEEP OUT THE WAILING SOUND OF ALARM ABOUT THE COMPETENCE OF ITS OFFICIAL RESIDENT. TODAY, NATO IS STRONGER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN IN ITS HISTORY. JOE BIDEN MUSTERED ALL HIS VERVE AND VIGOUR TO OPEN THE SUMMIT, KNOWING ALL EYES WERE WATCHING. ...AND A BILLION PEOPLE ACROSS EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA. EVERY WORD BEING SCRUTINISED LIKE NEVER BEFORE SINCE THIS ` ...WITH THE COVID` EXCUSE ME, WITH, UM... DEALING WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH... LOOK... IF... WE FINALLY BEAT MEDICARE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP? DID THAT DEBATE PERFORMANCE CONCERN YOU? UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT U.S. DOMESTIC POLITICS. I'M HERE AS PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, AND MY JOB IS TO` YOU'VE GOT ONE GUY LYING AND YOU GOT THE OTHER GUY DODDERING AWAY. BUT MY JOB IS TO WORK WITH WHOEVER THE LEADER IS. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR MOST OF THE YEAR FOR AN OVAL OFFICE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. BUT NOW THAT ALL HOPE IS DEAD, THE PM'S PLAYING IT DOWN. WE WON'T HAVE A FORMAL OVAL OFFICE MEETING AS SUCH. I'M SURE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THERE'LL BE A MOMENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CATCH UP. YOU'D BEEN ANGLING FOR THAT OVAL OFFICE MEETING, THOUGH, HADN'T YOU? NO, NO, THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUR FOCUS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SPENT HIS FIRST DAY MEETING REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL... PRIME MINISTER, HOW'S WASHINGTON SO FAR? IT'S GOING GREAT. ...FUELLED ON ZERO HOURS SLEEP, NOT EVEN A MINUTE'S KIP. LUXON RAMPED UP THE ENTHUSIASM. HELLO. HOW ARE WE? GOOD TO SEE YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU. AND I KNOW YOU'RE A GREAT NEW ZEALAND AFICIONADO AND FRIEND OF NEW ZEALAND AS WELL. SO FAR, HE SAYS, NO ONE HAS RAISED BIDEN'S FUTURE OR THE DEBATE WITH HIM. THE PM DETERMINED TO STAY OUT OF U.S. POLITICS. ARE YOU NOT EVEN REMOTELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THREAT THAT A PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD POSE? WELL, WHAT I JUST SAY TO YOU IS IT'S COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL, AND I'M NOT HERE AS CONNIE THE COMMENTATOR. I'M HERE AS PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. LUXON'S LUNCH DATE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR JON OSSOFF, JOINED THE CHORUS OF THOSE BACKING BIDEN. DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS WHAT IT TAKES FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE? I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU. BUT THAT SUPPORT ISN'T UNIVERSAL. THINGS ARE HEATING UP HERE ON CAPITOL HILL, NOT LEAST BECAUSE IT IS A LUDICROUS 38 DEGREES, BUT ALSO, HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON THE CAPITOL HAVE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT DEBATE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE? I'M NOT EVEN IN THE SAME BOOK. ULTIMATELY, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CAN DECIDE BIDEN'S FATE, AND THAT'S BIDEN, BUT HE AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE, DESPERATE TO SHIFT THE CONVERSATION TO PROJECT STRENGTH. TODAY, I'M ANNOUNCING THE HISTORIC DONATION OF AIR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT FOR UKRAINE. NEW ZEALAND FOLLOWED SUIT AHEAD OF LIKELY FACE TIME BETWEEN LUXON AND THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY. THE PM ANNOUNCING A FURTHER $16 MILLION IN MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT. I KNOW OUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT. IF THERE'S MORE THAT'S NEEDED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN HELP. NEW ZEALAND RECOGNISING THAT THIS IS NOT A PARTY YOU SHOW UP TO EMPTY HANDED. TOVA, HOW'S THE PRIME MINISTER MANAGING THE DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL BALANCE SO FAR? SHOWING UP WITH THAT CASHPOINT UKRAINE WHEN IT IS TOP OF THE NATO AGENDA IS A GOOD START ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT. NOT GETTING EMBROILED IN THE US POLITICS DOMESTIC LATE IS ABOUT THE ONLY COURSE FOR HIM. HIS RETICENCE TO CALL OUT DONALD TRUMP, DESPITE THE LIES IN THAT DEBATE, DESPITE HIS PROTECTIONIST, AND THE IMPACT IT COULD HAVE ON THIS GOVERNMENT, IT SPEAKS TO THE CALCULUS THAT LOOKS AND IS DOING AND THE REAL LIKELIHOOD THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD BE PRESIDENT AGAIN DURING HIS PRIME MINISTERSHIP. DURING THE TWO-DAY NATO SUMMIT LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO AGREE TO ENHANCED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. IT FOLLOWS RUSSIA'S DEADLY ATTACK ON A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN KYIV YESTERDAY. BUT WHILE WESTERN LEADERS MEET IN WASHINGTON, VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS FOLLOWED UP HIS RECENT MEETING WITH CHINA'S XI JINPING WITH ANOTHER BIG-HITTER ` INDIA'S NARENDRA MODI. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. THE DESTRUCTION ACROSS UKRAINE AND THE CHALLENGE OF CONTAINING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS ARE THE DARK CLOUDS GATHERING OVER THIS CRITICAL SUMMIT, TAKING PLACE 5000 MILES AWAY. (BOOM!) THE WAR RAGING ON ITS EASTERN FLANK IS THE BIGGEST CRISIS FACING NATO SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED 75 YEARS AGO. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS ALREADY HERE IN WASHINGTON AHEAD OF OTHER LEADERS, FRAMING THIS AS A MOMENT WHEN THE WESTERN ALLIANCE'S VERY PURPOSE IS AT STAKE. HIGH ON THE LIST OF UKRAINIAN REQUESTS IS THE PROVISION OF MORE PATRIOT ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCES, SEEN AS ESSENTIAL TO NEUTRALISE RUSSIA'S AIRSTRIKES. NATO WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE THESE, ALONG WITH BILLIONS OF POUNDS MORE IN FINANCIAL AID AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE. (MILITARY BAND PLAYS) BUT NATO IS STRUGGLING TO ACHIEVE ITS PARALLEL GOAL OF ISOLATING PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE RUSSIAN LEADER IS CURRENTLY HOSTING THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, REMINDING THE WEST THAT THE KREMLIN HAS OTHER MAJOR POWERS WHO ARE STILL HAPPY TO DO BUSINESS WITH MOSCOW. NATO'S SECRETARY GENERAL, MEETING HERE WITH THE US SECRETARY OF STATE, SAID THAT EUROPEAN ALLIES MUST ALSO RECOGNISE THEY MUST RAMP UP DEFENCE SPENDING, REFLECTING THE STRATEGIC REALITIES EVEN IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES. NOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING. WE FACE SERIOUS SECURITY CHALLENGES. AND THEREFORE WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR COOPERATION. WE NEED TO INVEST MORE, AND NOT LEAST, WE NEED TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY. AS NATO LEADERS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT, THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH TO SPEND ON DEFENCE AND HOW TO SUSTAIN SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS WILL DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION. AS THE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE SUMMIT ARE UNDERWAY, ANY SENSE OF CELEBRATION OF NATO'S 75th ANNIVERSARY IS TEMPERED BY THE HUGE UNCERTAINTY THAT LIES AHEAD. TO SOME DEVELOPING NEWS NOW OF A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN A LONG-RUNNING MURDER CASE. THE CROWN HAS MADE THE ADMISSION IN THE CASE OF GAIL MANEY AND STEPHEN STONE, GAIL MANEY WHO WERE CONVICTED OF THE 1989 KILLING IN THE CASE OF GAIL MANEY AND STEPHEN STONE, WHO WERE CONVICTED OF THE 1989 KILLING OF WEST AUCKLAND TYRE FITTER DEAN FULLER-SANDYS. GRACE THOMAS IS WITH US LIVE. GRACE, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US? THIS IS, AFTER A DECADE-LONG CONVICTION FOR THE MURDERS OF DEAN FULLER-SANDYS. CONCEALING THE GREAT PROBLEMS WITH THE EVIDENCE HEARD IN TWO TRIALS IN 1999 AND 2000, WHICH WE KNOW NOW HAVE LED TO A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. THEY WERE BOTH CONVICTED FOR THE MURDER OF THE WEST AUCKLAND MAN WHO WENT MISSING THE YEAR BEFORE. THE CROWN CASE WAS THAT GAIL HAD BELIEVED THAT DEAN BURGLED HER, AND ASKED EVEN TO KILL HIM. WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO DOCUMENTS THAT THE CROWN AGREED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED TO THE DEFENCE LAWYERS AT THE TIME. IF THEY HAD BEEN, THE OUTCOMES MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT. GAIL MANEY IS NOW ON LIFE PATROL, BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS PROTESTED HER INNOCENCE SINCE THE DAY OF HER ARREST. HER LAWYERS HAVE DESCRIBED THIS AS A BREAKTHROUGH, AND SAY IT COULD LEAD TO A SWIFT ACQUITTAL. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAS JUST ANNOUNCED IT'S CLEARED THE ARATERE TO RETURN TO SERVICE AFTER IT GROUNDED AT PICTON LAST MONTH. IT FOLLOWS REVELATIONS TODAY THE INTERISLAND FERRY WAS SENT OFF COURSE AFTER AN AUTOPILOT BUTTON WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED ON THE BRIDGE. A LEAKED INTERNAL MEMO SHOWS THE BRIDGE TEAM TRIED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SHIP WHEN IT MADE A TURN A MILE TOO SOON, BUT COULDN'T. STUFF SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER ANNA WHYTE HAS SEEN THE MEMO. ANNA, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THE LEAKED INTERNAL INTERNAL BRIEFING OBTAINED BY THE POST SAYS AS THE FERRY PASSED MABEL ISLAND OFF PICTON, THE AUTOPILOT WAS ON, BUT, AT 9.26pm 'THE EXECUTE BUTTON WAS INADVERTENTLY PRESSED.' THIS CAUSED THE SHIP TO VEER OFF COURSE. THE CREW TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL BUT WERE INITIALLY UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THERE WAS ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE STEPS COULD BE TAKEN TO SLOW THE SHIP. BUT BY THEN IT WAS TOO LATE, AND THE FERRY RAN AGROUND IN TITOKI BAY. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A KEY PART OF THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE WHETHER THE BRIDGE CREW KNEW HOW TO TURN OFF THE AUTOPILOT, AND WILL LOOK INTO CLAIMS NOBODY KNEW THAT TO OVERRIDE THE NEW AUTOPILOT, A BUTTON HAD TO BE HELD DOWN FOR FIVE SECONDS. WE HAVE HAD A RESPONSE FROM KIWI RAIL OVER THIS. THEY SAY THAT THE SAFETY BULLETIN THAT WAS ISSUED WAS A STANDARD MARITIME PROCEDURE. IT WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE CREW SHOW AWARENESS AFTER A SERIOUS INCIDENT. IT ALSO SAYS THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM IS NOT NEW. IT HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2007. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND ALL FACTORS INVOLVED OF THE INCIDENT. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IS UNDER PRESSURE TO GET MORE THAN 300 CLASSROOMS BUILT BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO CATER FOR AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS FROM OVERSEAS. RECORD MIGRATION NUMBERS ARE ADDING TO THE BUILDING TROUBLES AT SCHOOLS, WITH ONE PRINCIPAL TELLING US CHILDREN ARE LEARNING IN MAKESHIFT CLASSROOMS IN CORRIDORS AND STAIRWELLS. POLITICAL REPORTER BRIDIE WITTON HAS THE STORY. THE STUDENTS KEEP SHOWING UP, AND SCHOOLS NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO TEACH THEM. THERE ARE CASES WHERE THE HALL IS NOW BEING CHOPPED UP AND USED FOR CLASSROOMS, UNDER STAIRWELLS, CORRIDORS. AND THE PRESSURE IS ONLY BUILDING. THE LATEST STATS NZ MIGRATION DATA SHOWS NET MIGRATION HIT 82,800 IN THE YEAR TO MAY, AND NEARLY 22,000 OF THOSE WERE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. THERE ARE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE EMPTIED OUT THEIR LIBRARIES, PUT THE BOOKS ON TO CARTS, AND THE LIBRARY IS WHEELED AROUND THE SCHOOL. EVEN BASED ON LAST YEAR'S MIGRATION DATA, THE MINISTRY WAS SCRAMBLING TO BUILD ENOUGH CLASSROOMS. OF THE 195,000 MIGRANT ARRIVALS IN THE YEAR TO JUNE 2023, MORE THAN 20,000 WERE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, HALF OF WHICH SETTLED IN AUCKLAND. BUT THAT PRESSURE ALREADY EXISTED BEFORE THIS INCREASE IN MIGRANTS, SO IT'S EXACERBATING THIS ISSUE. SO WE REALLY NEED SOME SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO FIX THIS. BASED ON THE INFLUX, THE EDUCATION MINISTRY CALCULATED IT NEEDED 641 MORE CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH. 270 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN BUILT, LEAVING 371 TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. HOW THE MINISTRY BUILDS SCHOOL PROPERTY COULD ALSO BE CHANGING. ERICA STANFORD, THE EDUCATION MINISTER, ORDERED A MINISTERIAL INQUIRY INTO THE ISSUE IN MARCH. THE REVIEW IS NOW COMPLETE AND UNDER CONSIDERATION. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING SOME OF THE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WHO MANAGE PROPERTY, WHO MANAGE THE ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE, WHO MANAGE ALL THOSE SUPPORTS, LEARNING SUPPORT NEEDS, I DO WORRY ABOUT HOW THOSE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE MET. AT PAPATOETOE HIGH SCHOOL, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, FROM ABOUT 150 TO OVER 400 IN JUST ONE YEAR. WHEN YOU GET STUDENTS THAT ARE MIGRATING FROM OVERSEAS, NO DISRESPECT TO THEM, BUT THOSE ENROLMENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY EASY. THEY BRING WITH THEM COMPLICATIONS. BUDGET 2024 PLEDGED MORE THAN $45M TO CHILDREN WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE. EDUCATION AND IMMIGRATION MINISTER ERICA STANFORD'S OFFICE TOLD US LAST YEAR'S INFLUX OF CHILDREN WAS A ONE-OFF. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO REBALANCE THE IMMIGRATION SETTINGS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FROM TODAY. JUST AS PREDICTED ` FOGGY AND FROSTY? ALWAYS THE RESULT OF SUCH A STRONG WINTER HIGH. FROST FOUND IT'S WAY TO THE BEACH ` BRUCE CAPTURING IT THIS MORNING, BUT HE SAYS HE WAS STILL IN SHORTS AND T-SHIRT. SEVERE FROST HIT BOTH ISLANDS, WITH EASTERN RANGITAIKI THE COLDEST SPOT ` MINUS-8. THEN THERE WAS THE FOG ` VERY SLOW TO LIFT, AND IN SOME PARTS, IT DIDN'T LIFT AT ALL. THANKS TO THE FOG, ALEXANDRA AIRFIELD WAS STILL AT MINUS-1.1 DEGREES AT 1 THIS AFTERNOON. MORE FOG AND FROST TONIGHT, DETAILS, AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` THE OCR REMAINS UNCHANGED, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, THERE ARE SIGNS INTEREST RATES COULD SOON BE COMING DOWN. A HEALTHY YOUNG FARMER WAS TOLD HE HAD A VIRUS AND TO GO HOME AND REST. TWO WEEKS LATER, HE WAS DEAD. AND RELIEF FOR PARENTS, AFTER A MANAWATU CHILDCARE THAT WAS TO BE CLOSED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GETS A REPRIEVE. THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE HAS BEEN KEPT AT 5.5% FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN A ROW. BUT THERE ARE SIGNS A CUT COULD BE COMING SOONER THAN EXPECTED. IN A STATEMENT, THE RESERVE BANK SAID IT EXPECTED INFLATION TO RETURN TO WITHIN THE 1% TO 3% TARGET IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT BUSINESS ACTIVITY HAD WEAKENED. THAT HAS SEEN MORE ECONOMISTS PENCIL IN A RATE CUT FOR NOVEMBER. CONSTRUCTION ON ANOTHER 'ROAD OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE' IN THE WAIKATO IS SET TO BEGIN IN 2026. THE PROPOSED 16km FOUR-LANE EXTENSION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 FROM CAMBRIDGE TO PIARERE STILL NEEDS RESOURCE CONSENT, BUT OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL HAVE A BIG ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE REGION. I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S TREATING THIS MATTER WITH SOME URGENCY, AS A ROAD OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE A DEMONSTRABLE IMPACT IN ECONOMIC WELL-BEING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND ACTUALLY THE WIDER WAIKATO REGION. WHEN COMPLETED, STATE HIGHWAY 1 WILL FEATURE FOUR LANES ALL THE WAY FROM WARKWORTH, NORTH OF AUCKLAND, DOWN TO PIARERE IN THE WAIKATO ` A DISTANCE OF OVER 220km. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE COUNTRY'S BOOMING CANADA GEESE POPULATION TO BE DECLARED A PEST. NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY OF THE INTRODUCED SPECIES ARE NOW IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT IN PLACES LIKE CHRISTCHURCH, THEY'VE BECOME A SMELLY, DIRTY AND COSTLY PROBLEM. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. IN THE CITY... (ANIMAL CRIES) ...BY THE RIVERS... (QUACKING) ...AND IN THE PARKS... (MAN BARKS) ...YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO SEE CANADA GEESE. WE OFTEN GET THEM UP HERE AND, UH, POOING ALL OVER THE WALKWAY. MANY SAY THE POOPING, POLLUTING GEESE ARE TAKING OVER THE CITY. THEY CERTAINLY MAKE A MESS. AND WE PRAY WHEN IT RAINS SO IT CAN WASH IT ALL OFF. AND NOT GOOD FOR THE ANIMALS, NOT GOOD FOR THE HUMANS, CARRYING ALL THIS MUCK AROUND UNDER OUR SHOES, AND THAT POO IS TOXIC. A WHILE AGO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF DOGS AT THE DOG PARK THAT DIED FROM SOMETHING LISTERIA, THAT DIED FROM SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS. AND IT SORT OF MAKES ME WONDER NOW IF THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. BUT THEY'RE MORE THAN A PEST FOR FARMERS. THEY CAN DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. WHICH CAN COME AT A GREAT COST IT'S ABOUT $4000 A HECTARE OF DAMAGE THEY COULD DO, AND THAT COULD BE OVERNIGHT, AND YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE AT GROWING THAT CROP FOR THE YEAR. AND BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. THEY WILL COME INTO PADDOCKS AT NIGHT WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AND, UH, GRAZE OR DESTROY THE CROP. SO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, AND YOUR CROP OR YOUR GRASS HAS GONE. IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW BIG THE GROWING POPULATION OF THE GEESE IS. 'FISH AND GAME' SAYS THE 60,000 ESTIMATE IS PROBABLY TOO LOW. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE VOLUME OF BIRDS THAT ARE AROUND. SO THE KEY THING HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE MANAGE THOSE NUMBERS IN A PROPER WAY. FEDERATED FARMERS SAY THE BIRDS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS PESTS. ONCE IT'S ON A PEST LISTING, IT OPENS UP THE DOORS FOR A FEW OTHER MITIGATION OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. PESTS THAT EXCRETE AROUND A KILOGRAM A DAY. THAT IS A LOT OF SHIT, YEAH. (CHUCKLES) AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S RUFFLING FEATHERS RIGHT AROUND THE DISTRICT. SO JULIET, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION HERE? IT IS COMPLEX. FEDERATED FARMERS EXPLAINED THAT FISH AND GAME USED TO HAVE THE JOB OF CULLING THE GATE, BUT THEN THE FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS GOT FRUSTRATED THAT THEY WON'T DIG A GOOD ENOUGH JOB. THE TASK FELL BACK ON THE FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS TO CALL THE GEESE. THE FARMERS NEED TO GET PERMISSION FROM FISH AND GAME TWO: THE GEESE OVER BODIES OF WATER, WHICH SLOWS THE WHOLE PROCESS DOWN. FEDERATED FARMERS TOLD ME THAT A HYBRID APPROACH WILL BE BEST, WHERE BOTH FISH AND GAME AND FARMERS OR LANDOWNERS HAD THE JOB, MAKING IT, AND FORGIVE BEFORE THIS, SAM, ONE BIG WILD GOOSE CHASE. DAVE DAVIE WAS A HEALTHY FARMER ` YOUNG AND FIT ` WHEN HE STARTED TO GET CHEST PAINS. BUT WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HE WAS TOLD IT WAS JUST A VIRUS AND TO GO HOME AND REST. TWO WEEKS LATER, DAVIE WAS DEAD, AND NOW HIS PARTNER AND SON HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER. NADINE ROBERTS HAS THE STORY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DAVE DAVIE'S YEAR ` NEW JOB, NEW HOUSE AND A 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH HIS PARTNER. GOT HOME AT 5, AND I FOUND HIM COLLAPSED AND PASSED AWAY ON THE COUCH. AN AUTOPSY LATER REVEALED THE 46-YEAR-OLD HAD DIED FROM BLOOD CLOTS THAT HAD BEEN PRESENT FOR SOME TIME. TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, DAVIE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR. HE EXPLAINED HOW HE COLLAPSED AND HOW HE HAD CHEST PAIN AND HE HAD SHORTNESS OF BREATH. AND SHE SAID STRAIGHT AWAY, 'I THINK YOU HAVE A VIRUS. 'WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I'M GOING TO WRITE OUT A FORM 'FOR A COUPLE OF BLOOD TESTS, AND THEN YOU SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. 'GO HOME AND I THINK YOU'LL BE FINE WITH SOME REST.' DAVIE'S PARTNER, SHERRY WALKER, HAS NOW COMPLAINED TO THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER. SHE'S QUESTIONING THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED AND THE RULES AROUND FOREIGN DOCTORS WORKING TEMPORARILY IN NEW ZEALAND. HE DOESN'T HAVE A VIRUS. THE CORONER'S REPORT SHOWED THAT HE DIED FROM DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND A BLOOD CLOT TO THE LUNG. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. THE MEDICAL PRACTICE CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED WHILE THE MATTER IS BEING INVESTIGATED, BUT THE CHAIR OF THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL COUNCIL SAID THE DOCTOR IN QUESTION IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED. DR RACHELLE LOVE ADDED ALL DOCTORS, INCLUDING LOCUMS, WERE GIVEN PRACTISING CERTIFICATES, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE, THEIR EMPLOYER AND THEIR SUPERVISOR. IT'S MORE LIKE A BIG HOLE IN THE CENTRE OF YOUR CHEST THAT YOU JUST CAN'T FILL ANYMORE. SO WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER A LONG TIME, AND IT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE COMING HOME FROM WORK AND YOU KIND OF FORGET FOR A SECOND THAT HE'S NOT THERE, AND THEN YOU REMEMBER IT ALL OVER AGAIN, AND IT'S JUST DEVASTATING. A FAMILY LEFT BEHIND NOW HOPING TO GET ANSWERS. STICK WITH US, BECAUSE AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL BE TALKING TO LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST PROF TIM NAISH TO GET HIS VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE STRATEGY. AND THE BRAND-NEW WEAPON IN NEW YORK'S WAR ON RUBBISH IS WHEELED OUT ` TO WIDESPREAD RIDICULE. PLUS, LATER IN SPORT ` LULU SUN'S DEMANDING SCHEDULE CATCHES UP WITH HER, AND, BATTLING CRAMP, HER DREAM RUN AT WIMBLEDON ENDS. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE CROWN HAS ADMITTED A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN THE CASE OF GAIL MANEY AND STEPHEN STONE, WHO WERE CONVICTED OF THE 1989 KILLING OF WEST AUCKLAND TYRE FITTER DEAN FULLER-SANDYS. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON FOR THE NATO SUMMIT CONSIDERED A MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT FOR U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. SIMON WATT TODAY UNVEILED THE GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE STRATEGY AND SAID IT IS COMMITTED TO MEETING NEW ZEALAND'S EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS. WELL, FOR MORE ON THAT STRATEGY, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST PROFESSOR TIM NAISH. KIA ORA, TIM. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE BIG CLIMATE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY? I HAVE TO SAY, PRETTY UNDERWHELMING, TO BE HONEST. THERE WASN'T A LOT TO SEE THAT WAS NEW. MAYBE THE MINISTER WAS REMINDING US THAT HE HASN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. I'VE READ THE STRATEGY ` IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. IT'S THREE PAGES. IS THERE ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE IN THERE? LOOK, I THINK WHAT IT SIGNALS AS A STRATEGIC DIRECTION WHICH IS GREAT. THERE IS NOTHING PARTICULARLY NEW THERE THAT I WOULD THINK MOST GOVERNMENTS DON'T HAVE IN THEIR FRAMEWORK FOR DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. WHAT WE ARE ALL WAITING TO SEE IS WHAT OTHER CREDIBLE PATHWAYS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND HOW WE KEEP NEW ZEALANDERS SAFE? HOW WE PROTECT OUR OF THE STRUCTURING COMMUNITIES. TIME IS SHORT. WE HAVE GOT TO BE HAVING MORE DETAILED PLANS ON THIS. WATTS CALLED IT A COMPREHENSIVE AND AMBITIOUS PLAN. IS IT? NO. HONESTLY, THERE IS NOTHING AT THIS STAGE THAT THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT HADN'T ALREADY OUTLINED AND IMPLEMENTED. LIGHT ON DETAIL, BUT GOOD ON ASPIRATION. THERE WAS ALSO SOME SOBERING NEW RESEARCH OUT THIS WEEK. THE WORLD WAS 1.5 DEGREES WARMER OVER 12 MONTHS, THE THRESHOLD THE PARIS AGREEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE WORLD UNDER. CAN YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US? IT MEANS WE ARE ESSENTIALLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THE PARIS AGREEMENT HAS A 1.5 TARGET, TO KEEP GLOBAL WARMING BELOW 2 DEGREES. THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THRESHOLDS WHICH ONCE WE CROSS, THERE WILL BE IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES FOR THE PLANET. IT IS NOT GREAT READING. THE PLANET CONTINUES TO WARM. WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE GAS, SO TO SPEAK, WITH DEALING WITH MITIGATIONS COMMITMENTS. THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO URGENTLY START THINKING ABOUT A SYSTEMS-WIDE APPROACH THAT HAS LONG-TERM THINKING AND IT ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT NEW ZEALANDERS, MAKE NEW ZEALAND MORE RESILIENT. THEY ARE HITTING US. WE HAVE SEEN OVER RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS, AND THEY WILL ONLY GET WORSE. HOW ARE YOU AND OTHER CLIMATE SCIENTISTS FEELING ABOUT ALL THIS? TWO THINGS. IT IS FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE AS CLIMATE SCIENTISTS, THE EVIDENCE IS SO OVERWHELMINGLY CLEAR, AND IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME. GOVERNMENTS, ALL OF US ARE MORALLY OBLIGED TO ACT. WE HAVE TO GET ON WITH IT. IT IS ALSO CONCERNING, WHEN IN THIS COUNTRY WE ARE LOSING FUNDING IN KEY AREAS, KEY CAPABILITIES, KEY SCIENTISTS, AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS A CLEAR STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES, THE PRIORITIES THAT NEW ZEALAND FACES RIGHT NOW. A KINDERGARTEN IN MANAWATU WILL REMAIN OPEN AFTER PLANS BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO STRIP IT OF ITS LICENCE WERE HALTED. BUT COUNTRY KINDY HAS ONLY BEEN GRANTED A STAY OF 12 WEEKS. LAURA FRYKBERG HAS MORE. ON STATE HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN FEILDING AND PALMERSTON NORTH LIES COUNTRY KINDY ` A CENTRE THE PARENTS OF 22 CHILDREN RELY ON. TODAY THERE WAS RELIEF THAT, FOR NOW, IT WILL REMAIN OPEN. IT WAS SUCH A POSITIVE OUTCOME, NOT ONLY OBVIOUSLY FOR US AS PARENTS, BUT FOR THE CENTRE AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY WHO'S BEEN BEHIND IT AS WELL. SO REALLY GREAT NEWS. THE KINDERGARTEN WAS DUE TO LOSE ITS LICENCE ON MONDAY OVER WHAT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAID WERE CURRICULUM VIOLATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES. BUT AFTER AN APPEAL BY THE CENTRE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL, IT WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY VITAL, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T GO THERE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? IT IS HARD TO FIND COUNTRY-TYPE KINDERGARTENS LIKE THAT. THE APPEAL WAS FILED IN THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT, WHICH PREVENTS THE PARTIES INVOLVED FROM SAYING MUCH MORE. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SIMPLY SAID THE KINDERGARTEN CAN REMAIN OPEN FOR THE NEXT 12 WEEKS, ON THE CONDITION THERE ARE NO NEW ENROLMENTS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR MET MINISTRY OFFICIALS AFTER CALLING THE DECISION ACTING AGAINST THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY. TODAY HE SAID IT'S PART OF A WIDER ISSUE OF MINISTRY OVERREACH. THERE ARE SOME COMPLAINTS THAT THEIR REGULATION CAN BE HEAVY-HANDED AND EXCESSIVE. THAT'S WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS A SECTOR REVIEW OF REGULATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD GOING ON. FOR NOW, THOUGH, PARENTS ARE JUST HAPPY THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SEND THEIR KIDS. A BIG THING IS IF YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE HAPPY AND THRIVING AND FEEL SAFE, THAT'S ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR, AS A PARENT. BUT SOMETHING SHE MAY HAVE TO FIND ELSEWHERE, WITH CLOSURE STILL A POSSIBILITY. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NOW. AND LULU SUN'S DREAM RUN AT WIMBLEDON COMES TO AN END? UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS. YOU COULD SEE THOSE TIRED LEGS STARTING TO CATCH UP WITH HER. SHE GAVE IT HER BEST EFFORT. STARTED WELL. IT LOOKS SO PROMISING. YOU FELT LIKE THE LAST EIGHT MATCHES HAD CAUGHT UP WITH HER. SHE HAD TO PLAY QUALIFYING MATCHES TO GET INTO THE MAIN DRAW. HER RUN AT WIMBLEDON IS OVER. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON SUN'S INCREDIBLE RUN AT WIMBLEDON SOON. PLUS, SPAIN ADVANCE TO THE EURO 2024 FINAL ` WHY THEY MAY HAVE JUST UNEARTHED THE GAME'S NEXT STAR IN THE PROCESS. AND DAVID NYIKA EYES HIS ROAD TO THE CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE ` WHY HIS NEXT OPPONENT WILL BE HIS TOUGHEST YET. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD, WITH SUZUKI AND THREENEWS SPORT. LULU SUN'S DREAM RUN AT WIMBLEDON HAS COME TO AN END. AFTER WINNING THE OPENING SET IN HER QUARTER-FINAL WITH DONNA VEKIC, HER EIGHT-GAME STRETCH, WHICH INCLUDED THREE QUALIFYING ROUNDS, APPEARED TO CATCH UP WITH HER, BATTLING CRAMP AND EVENTUALLY LOSING THE FINAL TWO SETS. BUT AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS, IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL SHE HAS TWO MORE LIFELONG DREAMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. SHE HAS BEEN THE FEEL-GOOD STORY OF WIMBLEDON. BUT IN THE END, THE QUARTER-FINAL WAS A HURDLE TOO FAR. GAME, SET, MATCH VEKIC. DESPITE MAKING HER EXIT TODAY, LULU SUN HAS LEFT A PERMANENT MARK ON OUR TENNIS LANDSCAPE. HONESTLY, JUST REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT ` IN NEW ZEALAND, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE WATCH TENNIS MORE AND MORE. AMONG THE MANY TENNIS CLUBS THROWING WATCH PARTIES OVERNIGHT WAS TE ANAU, WHERE LOCALS GATHERED TO CHEER ON THEIR HOMETOWN HERO. AND THERE WAS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION EARLY ON, SUN GOING ON TO WIN THE FIRST SET 7-5. WHAT POISE. WHAT SKILL. THE FIRST SET GOES THE WAY OF SUN. BUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE ENCOUNTER WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY, VEKIC LEVELLING THE MATCH, WINNING THE SECOND SET 6-4. GAME AND SECOND SET VEKIC. SUN THEN CRUMBLING, AS EIGHT GRUELLING GAMES IN THE SPACE OF JUST 15 DAYS TOOK ITS TOLL. I HAD TROUBLES PHYSICALLY, WITH SOME CRAMPS. BUT THAT'S MAYBE THE ONLY REGRET I HAVE, IS I COULDN'T KEEP UP PHYSICALLY. DESPITE THE WIMBLEDON DREAM BEING OVER, THERE'S STILL PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT. HER RUN TO THE QUARTER-FINALS EARNS HER $780,000 IN PRIZE MONEY. A RISE IN THE WORLD RANKINGS FROM 123 TO NEAR 50 WILL ALSO SEE HER QUALIFY FOR THE MAIN DRAW AT NEXT MONTH'S U.S. OPEN. AND THERE'S ANOTHER FIRST TO LOOK FORWARD TO BEFORE THEN. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AT THE OLYMPICS WITH ERIN. IF SUN CAN CARRY HER FORM FROM WIMBLEDON, THE KIWI FLAGS MAY ALSO BE FLYING ON CENTRE COURT IN PARIS. SPAIN WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN BACK THE EURO TROPHY AFTER DEFEATING FRANCE IN THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL THIS MORNING. THEY HAD TO COME FROM BEHIND TO CLAIM A PLACE IN THEIR FIRST FINAL SINCE 2012, BUT TODAY IT WAS ALL ABOUT THEIR YOUNGEST PLAYER, WHO WROTE HIS NAME INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. NATASHA PAYNE WATCHED THE ACTION. THE REFEREE BLOWS THE FINAL WHISTLE, AND SPAIN ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE EURO 2024! JUBILATION FOR SPAIN, STILL ON TRACK TO WIN THEIR FIRST EUROS TITLE IN 12 YEARS. WE PLAYED AN AMAZING GAME ALL TOGETHER FOR THE WHOLE 90 MINUTES, SO WE REALLY DESERVED THIS. BOTH TEAMS HAD PLENTY TO PROVE, BUT IT WAS FRANCE THAT SCORED FIRST IN THE 8TH MINUTE. NAVAS DOESN'T WANT TO POUNCE. ITS A GREAT BALL IN! KOLO MUANI! (CROWD ROARS) BUT ONLY 13 MINUTES LATER, THIS HAPPENED. ITS A GOT A BEND ON IT. (CROWD ROARS) THAT IS SIMPLY... AMAZING! 16-YEAR-OLD LAMINE YAMAL EQUALISING WITH A STUNNING STRIKE, MAKING HIM THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO EVER SCORE IN THE TOURNAMENT'S HISTORY. PLAYERS IN THEIR MID-20S WOULD BE STOKED WITH THAT GOAL, INCREDIBLE INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE. THE YOUNGSTER PERHAPS ALWAYS DESTINED FOR GREATNESS. THIS PHOTO RESURFACING OF HIM AS A BABY WITH LIONEL MESSI AT A BARCELONA PHOTOSHOOT IN 2007. THE JOB WASN'T DONE, BUT SPAIN TOOK THE LEAD JUST FOUR MINUTES LATER. DANI OLMO! (CROWD ROARS) THEY'VE TURNED IT AROUND! THREE GOALS IN A THRILLING 25 MINUTES. THE REST OF THE MATCH WAS SLOW TORTURE FOR THE FRENCH; AND FOR SPAIN, JUST HOLDING ON. THE GOAL WAS TO REACH FINAL. NOW WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO GLORY. SPAIN WILL FACE EITHER ENGLAND OR THE NETHERLANDS, WHO PLAY TOMORROW MORNING, BUT FOR TODAY ITS ALL ABOUT SPAIN AND THEIR TEENAGE SENSATION. JUST A WEEK AFTER PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE ANNOUNCED HER INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT, TYLA KING HAS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE PARIS OLYMPICS WILL BE HER LAST IN THE BLACK JERSEY. THE 30-YEAR-OLD FIRST TOOK THE FIELD FOR THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS WHEN SHE WAS STILL AT HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE AGE OF JUST 17. FROM THERE, SHE HAS WON SIX MEDALS, INCLUDING OLYMPIC GOLD, AND HAS FEATURED IN 60 TOURNAMENTS ` THE MOST OF ANY WOMEN'S PLAYER. HONESTLY, THERE'S DAYS WHERE I WAKE UP, I'M LIKE, 'FAR!' LIKE, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE LIFE THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN AND I GET TO LIVE AND HAVE LIVED, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT SAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT IT IS COMING TO AN END, BUT THEN THERE'S SO MANY MORE THINGS, TOO, THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. KING WON'T BE HANGING UP HER BOOTS FOR GOOD, THOUGH. SHE'LL CONTINUE TO PLAY FOR THE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS IN THE NRLW FOR THE NEXT TWO SEASONS. IT'S SET TO BE THE BIGGEST TEST OF HIS YOUNG PROFESSIONAL BOXING CAREER, BUT DAVID NYIKA IS CONFIDENT HE HAS THE GOODS TO OVERCOME BLAKE CAPARELLO. THE AUSTRALIAN WAS CONFIRMED AS NYIKA'S NEXT OPPONENT TODAY, IN WHAT WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME HEADLINING A FIGHT, AND ONE HE HOPES CAN BE A LAUNCHING PAD FOR HIS CAREER. FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE MAN DAVID NYIKA HOPES TO GET PAST TO CONTINUE HIS RUN AT THE CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE. THIS MATCH-UP IS A STEP UP IN COMPETITION, THIS MATCH-UP IS A STEP UP IN COMPETITION, FIGHTING A GUY WITH 10 TIMES AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS ME IN THE RING. SO HE'S THE KIND OF GUY I NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT OUT OF. THAT STATEMENT WON'T COME EASY, THOUGH. IN THE SEVEN FIGHTS HE'S HAD A AGAINST KIWI OPPONENTS, BLAKE CAPARELLO HAS NEVER LOST. I WAS BEATING THOSE GUYS UP WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, YOU KNOW. LIKE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SCARES ME ABOUT BLAKE. CAPARELLO CLEARLY HAS THE EXPERIENCE. HE'S FOUGHT 267 ROUNDS, TO NYIKA'S 24. AND CRUCIALLY, THE AUSTRALIAN HAS GONE THE FULL 10 ROUNDS. NYIKA HAS NEVER GONE PAST FIVE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY GAS TANK. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MANAGING MY OWN ENERGY LEVELS AND NOT BLOWING MYSELF OUT TOO EARLY. NYIKA HAS DECENT PEDIGREE IN HIS CORNER TO ENSURE HE DOESN'T. JOSEPH PARKER IS ONE OF THE CO-PROMOTERS OF THE FIGHT, AND IS CONFIDENT NYIKA HAS WHAT IT TAKES. DAVID NEEDS TO BE SWITCHED ON. IN BOXING YOU JUST HAVE TO BE SWITCHED ON FOR EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY ROUND. YOU CAN'T DROP YOUR GUARD. YOU CAN'T DROP YOUR GUARD. YOU CAN'T GET COMPLACENT. THE BIG NAMES AREN'T JUST RESERVED FOR THE MAIN CARD, THOUGH, WITH HOLLYWOOD STAR POWER BACKING THE UNDERCARD. CLIFF CURTIS HAS LONG HAD A PASSION FOR BOXING AND HAS TEAMED UP WITH RICAIA WARREN, HOPING TO HELP LAUNCH THE SPORT'S NEXT BIG NAME. COMING FROM A SMALL TOWN LIKE MYSELF, SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A NUDGE. YOU JUST NEED A DOOR OR A WINDOW TO OPEN, AND YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT. THAT'S EXACTLY THE OPPORTUNITY AWAITING NYIKA. IF I CAN STOP HIM WITHIN THE 10 ROUNDS AND EVEN END HIS CAREER, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO. DAVID NYIKA IS ABOUT TO GET THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT TEST OF HIS BOXING CREDENTIALS. FINALLY TONIGHT, SAIL GP WILL HAVE A HOME IN NEW ZEALAND NEXT SEASON, WITH AUCKLAND ANNOUNCED AS THE HOST VENUE, TO REPLACE CHRISTCHURCH. ORGANISERS CONFIRMED THE EVENT WOULDN'T RETURN TO LYTTELTON HARBOUR AFTER DOLPHIN SIGHTINGS AND ECONOMIC ISSUES PLAGUED THIS YEAR'S RACE. AUCKLAND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DENIED HOSTING RIGHTS AFTER LAND AT WYNYARD QUARTER WASN'T CLEARED FOR SPECTATOR USE. GOOD TO SEE THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I WILL SEE YOU DOWN THERE FOR SOME REASON. GREAT NEWS, WITH THE AMERICA'S CUP. HOPEFULLY NO DOLPHINS IN THE WAY. NEW YORK'S ROLLED OUT ITS LATEST INNOVATION IN THE WAR AGAINST RUBBISH ` WHEELIE BINS. MAYOR ERIC ADAMS DEBUTED HIS 'TRASH REVOLUTION' BY STROLLING OUTSIDE WITH THE BIN AND DEMONSTRATING HOW TO USE IT. REACTIONS ON X HAVE BEEN PRETTY SCATHING WITH COMMENTS LIKE, 'WOW, NEW YORK REALLY IS LIVING IN THE FUTURE. 'WE'VE LITERALLY HAD THESE FOR DECADES,' AND, 'NEW YORK LEARNING ABOUT TRASH CANS IN 2024 IS AN INSANE FLEX.' SO IN NEW YORK 1, THEY ROLLED OUT THE TRASH BINS. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THEY TOLD US IT WAS GOING TO TAKE US FIVE YEARS TO DO; TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WE'RE DOING IT TO REMOVE 14 BILLION POUNDS OF TRASH BAGS OFF OUR STREETS THE BINS WILL COST NEW YORKERS $82 AND ARE AIMED AT GETTING RESIDENTS TO, QUOTE, 'CONTAINERISE' THEIR WASTE IN ORDER TO TARGET THE CITY'S RAT PROBLEM. I REMEMBER GETTING WHEELIE BINS WHEN I WAS A KID HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AHEAD AT THE WEATHER. WILL THE FINE WEATHER CONTINUE FOR THE WEEKEND? KIND OF ` COP-OUT ANSWER. BUT IT REALLY WILL DEPEND ON WHAT SIDE OF THE COUNTRY YOU'RE HANGING OUT IN. OUR BEAUTIFUL HIGH STARTS TO LEAVE US FROM TOMORROW. WE'LL HAVE A SOUTHEAST FLOW DIRECTING BACK CLOUD AND SHOWERS TO THE EASTERN REGIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THEN SUNDAY, WINDS RETURN, POSSIBLY GALE FORCE, FOR THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND, AND THEN THE RAIN ARRIVES ON MONDAY MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. TOMORROW'S GOOD, THOUGH. THE FORECAST IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY DOMINATED BY THE LARGE AND INTENSE HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF FROST AND FOG FOR THE MORNING. BUT THERE IS A SNEAKY LITTLE COLD FRONT HANGING OUT OFF SHORE, BUT TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL PUSH SOME CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS TO SOME, AS IT HEADS NORTH DURING THE DAY. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ANOTHER SETTLED 24 HOURS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. FROST FORMS AGAIN OVERNIGHT, WITH A SLIGHT SOUTHERLY UP TOP AND A FEW CLOUDS FOR THE WEST AND EAST COAST. THEN TOMORROW, FROST AND FOG FOR SUNRISE. AND LOW CLOUD MIGHT HANG AROUND IN THE EAST ` MOST LIKELY CLUTHA, DUNEDIN AND THE KAIKOURA COAST. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT, WITH THAT SLIGHT SOUTHERLY IN THE NORTH. LOOKING FINE TOO TONIGHT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, APART FROM CLOUDY PERIODS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAITOMO TO WAIRARAPA. ISOLATED SHOWERS TOO FOR THE SOUTHWEST, ROUGHLY FROM TARANAKI TO KAPITI, AND A FEW FOR EASTERN NORTHLAND. TOMORROW, PRETTY MUCH A REPEAT OF TODAY, BUT A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOP LATE MORNING ON THE EAST COAST. WELLINGTON WILL GET THE ODD SHOWER FROM MIDDAY. BUT REALLY IT'S ANOTHER CRISP AND BEAUTIFUL WINTER MORNING. FROSTY FOR HAMILTON AND THE COROMANDEL, AND EVEN FROST FOR SHELTERED SPOTS AROUND AUCKLAND. WINDS ARE LIGHT ` JUST A SOUTHEASTERLY FOR NORTHLAND. FINE AND FROSTY FOR EVERYONE, EVEN PARTS OF TAURANGA. ONCE THE SUN IS UP, IT'S A FINE AND CALM DAY, WITH A SLIGHT SOUTHERLY FOR THOSE NEAR THE COAST. A FEW MORE CLOUDS EXPECTED OUT EAST TOMORROW, WITH SHOWERS ARRIVING FROM LATE MORNING, AS THE WIND CHANGES FROM WESTERLY TO SOUTHERLY. FROSTY AND FOGGY AGAIN FOR THE MORNING, TAUMARUNUI. A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS FOR MANAWATU AND WHANGANUI, THEN AFTER MIDDAY FOR WELLINGTON. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. FROSTY PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE IN THE NORTHWEST FIRST UP. REEFTON, YOU WILL BE FROSTY AND FOGGY. THE SKY IS BLUE FOR THE DAY, WITH ZERO WIND AROUND. ANOTHER CRISPY MORNING UNDERFOOT OUT EAST. THE DAY IS FINE AND CALM, BUT CLOUD ROLLS IN TOMORROW NIGHT FOR SOME, WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING FOR KAIKOURA. ANOTHER LIKELY SEVERE FROST FOR SOME, LIKE ALEXANDRA, FORMING OVERNIGHT. I'M HOPING THE FOG DOESN'T RETURN, BUT THERE IS THAT RISK. AND IT'S NOT HELPED BY THE WIND, AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NONE. DUNEDIN, ANOTHER DAY OF CALM. YOU WILL GET CLOUDS, THOUGH, IF YOU'RE NEAR THE COAST. BUT WINDS ARE LIGHT. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS FOR THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. FOG RETURNS TONIGHT FOR YOU, CHRISTCHURCH. BUT IT SHOULDN'T HOLD ANYONE UP IN THE MORNING. THERE WILL BE A FROST, THOUGH, WITH CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGH THE DAY AND LIGHT WINDS. WINDS ARE ABOUT TO SHIFT AROUND WELLINGTON. AND AS THAT SOUTHERLY ARRIVES, IT WILL BRING WITH IT THE CLOUD, WHICH WILL HANG AROUND ALL DAY THEN PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CLEAR AND FROSTY FIRST UP FOR HAWKE'S BAY, BUT THEN IT CLOUDS OVER, ALL COMING IN FROM THAT COLD FRONT OFFSHORE. SHOWERS HIT LATE MORNING, MAINLY AROUND THE WAIROA DISTRICT, AS WESTERLY WINDS TURN SOUTHERLY. FROSTY FOR SOME AROUND BAY OF PLENTY FIRST UP ` THOSE IN SHELTERED SPOTS, ESPECIALLY. THERE'S A SOUTHERLY BREEZE, BUT NOT TOO STRONG, WITH BLUE SKIES ALL DAY. CALM, CLEAR AND COLD FOR YOU, HAMILTON. FROST IN THE MORNING, THEN WARMING TO 14, AND NO REAL WIND. AND PARTS OF AUCKLAND WILL WAKE TO FROST TOO ` AGAIN, THOSE IN SHELTERED AREAS. THE MORE RURAL SPOTS. THEN IT'S FINE, WITH NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT. TO OZ ` A FRONT IS RUINING THE AUSSIE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, WITH PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND RAIN FOR THE SOUTH. RAROTONGA AND NIUE ARE EXPECTING SEA FLOODING OF COASTAL AREAS TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE, WITH LARGE SWELLS OF UP TO 4m. LOOKING AHEAD, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WEST IS BEST. EVEN ON FRIDAY, WE WILL HAVE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LYING OVER THE COUNTRY. BUT THE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL BRING RAIN OR SHOWERS OUT EAST, WHICH WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. THEN WINDS PICK UP FOR THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. AND SIMILAR FOR THE SOUTH ` FINE AND FROSTY THROUGH TO THE END OF THE WEEKEND, BUT CLOUD AND SHOWERS HIT OUT EAST, MAINLY FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH. SO WEST IS BEST TILL MONDAY. THEN A REALLY LARGE TROUGH SWEEPS IN FROM THE TASMAN SEA, AND THEN IT PAYS TO BE OUT EAST. TYPICAL FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ` ONE WEEK GOOD, ONE WEEK AVERAGE. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL. HEATHER, THANK YOU. WE ASKED YOU EARLIER IF YOU BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING ENOUGH ON CLIMATE CHANGE. AND MOST OF YOU DON'T THINK IT IS ` 77% OF YOU, IN FACT. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz