TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` EMBARRASSING BIDEN BLUNDER. AND NOW I WANNA HAND IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, WHO HAS AS MUCH COURAGE AS HE HAS DETERMINATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN. AND THAT'S NOT HIS ONLY STUMBLE TODAY. WILL THESE GAFFES FINALLY END HIS RE-ELECTION BID? SHOPPING SLUMP ` NEW FIGURES SHOWS KIWIS ARE SPENDING LESS; THE PRODUCTS HIT HARDEST AND THE ONLINE GIANT MAKING A HUGE DENT ON WALLETS. AND CONES, CONES, EVERYWHERE ` THE DRIVE TO DITCH EXCESSIVE USE OF THE ORANGE PLASTIC MARKERS. HOW THE CRACKDOWN WILL WORK. CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA, BRIGIT KELLY AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA ` GOOD EVENING. A GAFFE THAT MADE THE WORLD GASP HAS POURED JET FUEL ON CALLS FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENT TO STAND ASIDE. AND IT WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. AT A MAJOR NATO NEWS EVENT, JOE BIDEN INTRODUCED THE LEADER OF UKRAINE, VOLODYMR ZELENSKYY, AS 'PRESIDENT PUTIN'. BY THE TIME HE'D CORRECTED HIMSELF, THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. BUT IT WASN'T OVER. IN A NEWS CONFERENCE JUST HOURS LATER, HE REFERRED TO HIS NUMBER TWO, KAMALA HARRIS, AS 'VICE PRESIDENT TRUMP'. CONCERNS ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL SHARPNESS NOW SOARING TO WHOLE NEW LEVELS. THE DAY PROVING ANOTHER SPLIT-SCREEN FOR OUR PRIME MINISTER, PUTTING NEW ZEALAND AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NATO SUMMIT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WARNING 'UKRAINE COULD HAPPEN IN OUR REGION' AND TAKING AIM AT CHINA FOR SUPPORTING RUSSIA AFTER MEETING BIDEN AND ZELENSKYY. LUXON ALSO INSISTING BIDEN WAS MENTALLY SHARP AND 'ON TOP OF HIS BRIEF' ` ALBEIT BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S PRESSER AND ZELENSKY ZINGER. 1 NEWS U.S CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH HAS BEEN AMONG THE ACTION DURING ANOTHER DRAMATIC DAY IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR A PRESIDENT UNDER THIS MUCH PRESSURE IT WAS A GAFFE WITH GRAVE IMPLICATIONS. NOW I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, WHO HAS AS MUCH COURAGE AS HE HAS DETERMINATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN. PRESIDENT PUTIN? HE'S GOING TO BEAT PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE COLLECTIVE GLOBAL GASP ALL BUT DROWNING OUT HIS HURRIED CORRECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN, ZELENSKY'S EFFORT TO PUSH PAST BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE VERY MAN HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING HIS NATION. AND IT WAS FAR FROM OVER. I WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED VICE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE VICE PRESIDENT IF SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT. WITH A MOUNTING LIST OF HIS OWN PARTY AND LONG-TIME FRIENDS BESEECHING HIM TO STAND ASIDE, BIDEN FORCED TO THROW HIMSELF TO THE WOLVES. HASN'T THIS NOW, FRANKLY, BECOME DAMAGING FOR AMERICA'S STANDING IN THE WORLD? LOOK FOLKS, THIS IS UH, WELL ANYWAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE I VE ATTENDED IN A LONG TIME. THAT CONFERENCE ` A NATO SUMMIT AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THE WORLD ` ALMOST RELEGATED TO SIDE SHOW STATUS. PRIME MINISTER LUXON, OF NEW ZEALAND. (CLAPPING) BUT NEW ZEALAND WAS GIVEN MORE THAN A MOMENT ON ITS MAIN STAGE, CHRISTOPHER LUXON ASKED TO CHAIR A GROUP OF INDO-PACIFIC POWER-BROKERS. ZELENSKY INVITED FOR SOLIDARITY AND TO UNDERSCORE THAT SOVEREIGNTY IS UNDER THREAT IN OUR REGION TOO. WE HAVE POTENTIAL FLASHPOINTS IN OUR REGION - UKRAINE COULD HAPPEN IN OUR REGION. LUXON LEAPING FROM THINLY VEILED TO OPENLY CRITICAL ON CHINA'S SUPPORT OF RUSSIA. AND CHINA'S ROLE IN REBUILDING RUSSIA'S INDUSTRIAL BASE, DEMONSTRATES THE INDIVISIBILITY OF SECURITY CONCERNS BETWEEN EUROPE AND OUR PART OF THE WORLD IN THE PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND IS NOT A NATO MEMBER IT'S A PARTNER, BUT TODAY IT FELT EVER CLOSER TO THE WESTERN ALLIANCE INCREASINGLY FEARFUL OF ALL OUT WAR. SECURITY IS NOT REGIONAL SECURITY IS GLOBAL - WHAT HAPPENS IN EUROPE IT MATTERS FOR PACIFIC AND ASIA PACIFIC. OUR P.M. HAVING SEVERAL CHATS, TOO, WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENT. LUXON ` LIKE OTHER LEADERS HERE ` NOT EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT HIS MENTAL ABILITY. MY INTERACTIONS WERE VERY POSITIVE AND VERY ENGAGING. WORLD LEADERS ARE NOW LEAVING WASHINGTON D.C. ` INCLUDING OUR PRIME MINISTER, HE'S HEADING TO SAN FRANCISCO ` BUT WHAT'S STAYING PUT HERE, IS THE POLITICAL NIGHTMARE FOR JOE BIDEN. NOW THE NATO SUMMIT IS COMING TO A CLOSE, ALL OF HIS ENERGY WILL GO INTO TRYING TO SAVE HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. I GOTTA FINISH THIS JOB, I GOTTA FINISH THIS JOB, BECAUSE THERE S SO MUCH AT STAKE. BUT THERE'S TALK BIDEN'S OWN TEAM IS FURIOUSLY ASSESSING WHETHER HIS VICE PRESIDENT SHOULD STAND INSTEAD. IF YOUR TEAM CAME BACK AND SHOWED YOU DATA THAT SHE WOULD FAIR BETTER AGAINST FORMER PRESENT DONALD TRUMP, WOULD YOU RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION TO STAY IN THE RACE? NO. UNLESS THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THERE S NO WAY YOU CAN WIN . WHETHER IT'S SHEER DETERMINATION OR DOWNRIGHT DENIAL, THIS PRESIDENT FACING COLOSSAL PRESSURE, IS NOT GIVING UP YET. LOGAN, YOU WERE IN THE ROOM WITH JOE BIDEN. WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS? LOOK SIMON, TWO THINGS ARE. JOE BIDEN'S HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE HE CLEARLY CARES ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE US PRESIDENCY AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR. JOE BIDEN IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY OLD MAN, HE TAKES A LONG TIME TO WALK ANYWHERE HE CLEARLY HAS STAGE MAKE UP TODAY IT WAS ALL A BIT SAD. HOWEVER, WHAT EVER GOES FORWARD WITH YOUR BIDEN THE ANSWER INDIRECTLY CAME FROM CHRISTOPHER LUXTON HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE IN WASHINGTON DC ON CAPITOL HILL BEHIND ME HE SAID THE PURPOSE OF THOSE VISITS AND MEETINGS TO SHOW THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS THAT NEW ZEALAND IS A COUNTRY THAT ATE EITHER PARTY COULD WORK WITH IF YOU RECOGNISE THE NAME HAD CRUISE THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR SENATOR RAN AGAINST DOWNTIME IN THE 2016 ELECTION HE COULD POTENTIALLY HOLD A SENIOR ROLE IN A FUTURE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I HAD A MEETING WITH TED CRUZ AND ASKED HIM WHY HIS WAS DONALD TRUMP AND WHAT HE THINKS A SECOND ON-TIME PRESIDENCY COMMISSION I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GONNA BE RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. I THINK HE WAS A STRONG PRESIDENT; I THINK THE WORLD WAS SAFER; I THINK WE HAD PROSPERITY AND WE HAD SECURITY, UH, ACROSS THE GLOBE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY HAS GONE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. DONALD TRUMP OBVIOUSLY HAS HAS PROBLEMS CHIEF AMONGST THOSE AS HE IS ONE OF THE WORST LAYERS IN AMERICAN POLITICS ALL THIS JUST SHOWS THE SITUATION THAT AMERICA FINDS ITSELF IN WHAT IS UPCOUNTRY AND POLITICAL TURMOIL. LOGAN CHURCH IN WASHINGTON D.C. GET SOME REST, BUSY BOY. AND YOU CAN SEE MUCH MORE OF LOGAN'S PERSONAL TAKE FROM BEING AROUND THE DRAMA SURROUNDING PRESIDENT BIDEN ON OUR WEBSITE, 1news.co.nz. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, WHERE A RUSSIAN-BORN COUPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SPYING FOR RUSSIA. THE 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WORKED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN BRISBANE. FOR MORE, LET'S GO TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN IN SYDNEY. WHAT HAVE THE AUTHORITIES REVEALED? GOOD EVENING SIMON WE KNOW THAT THIS WOMAN WORKED AS AN INFORMATION ASSISTANT SPECIALIST FOR THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE POLICE ALLEGE THAT SHE TRAVELLED TO RUSSIA AT SOME STAGE THIS YEAR AND INSTRUCTED HER HUSBAND IN AUSTRALIA TO LOG INTO A WORK PROFILE AND SEND TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS TO PASS ON TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES A NATIONAL SECURITY BREACH OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL THE ASPEN EYES IS REAL AND THERE ARE COUNTRIES OR UNDERWORLD TRYING TO US SEAL AUSTRALIA'S SECRETS OUR FIVE EYES PARTNERS AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT THE ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE COUNTER FOREIGN INTERFERENCE TASKFORCE MEAN WE WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY AND DISRUPT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE ACTIVITY. WHAT HE WASN'T CONFIDENT ABOUT IS IF IN FACT INFORMATION HAD BEEN PASSED ON AT ALL A LARGE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT HOW THIS ONE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE SECURITY CLEARANCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAS BEEN CHARGED UNDER THE ASPEN LAW THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO AUSTRALIA IN 2018 FDR FOUND GUILTY THEY COULD SERVE EIGHT PENALTY OF 15 YEARS TO DEVELOPING NEWS NOW ` AN I.T. BOTCH UP AT IMMIGRATION NZ HAS LEFT 500 EMPLOYERS AND POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYERS WITHOUT THE CORRECT MIGRANT ACCREDITATION. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW. SO, KATIE, WHAT'S GONE WRONG? THIS IS ALL TO DEAL WITH THE ACCREDITED WORK VISA EMPLOYERS HAVE TO BE ACCREDITED TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN AND IT IS QUITE A RIGOUROUS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN IT BOTCH UP AT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT MEANS THAT 500 EMPLOYERS HAVE BASICALLY BEEN LEFT IN LIMBO THEY CANNOT SUBMIT NEW APPLICATIONS FOR JOB JACKS THEY CANNOT BRING IN PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS THERE JOB TOKENS HAVE BEEN EXPIRED THEY SAID THEY WANTED THE IMMIGRATION THAT A LOT OF APPLICATIONS WERE GOING TO BE COMING IN AT ONCE AND THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS WERE READY FOR IT THEY HAVE LET THEIR EMPLOYERS WORKERS AND MIGRANTS DOWN EMIGRATION ARE WORKING WITH MIGRANTS ANY MIGRANTS COMING AND WITH THIS VISIT CAN STAY HERE IN THE MEANTIME, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WORKERS ARE AFFECTED BACK HERE ` MONEY'S TIGHT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, AND CONSUMERS CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR WALLETS SHUT, WITH SPENDING FALLING YET AGAIN. FIGURES SHOW PEOPLE ARE SWIPING THEIR CARDS LESS, WITH RETAIL SPENDING DOWN 3.7% PERCENT IN THE LAST QUARTER ` THAT'S A DROP OF $740m. THE BIGGEST FALL, OF NEARLY 10%, WAS IN MOTOR VEHICLES; CLOTHES DOWN 0.8 TO $2.4m, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND; DURABLES SUCH AS ELECTRONICS OR HOUSEHOLD GOODS DOWN $8.2m, OR 0.5%; AND RETAILERS SAY ABOUT 70% HAVE FAILED TO MEET THEIR BUSINESS TARGETS THIS QUARTER, AS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. # FEELS LIKE A DREAM, FEELS LIKE MAGIC. THE PRICES SEEM MAGICAL TO SOME... # OOH, OOH, TEMU. ...BUT A NIGHTMARE FOR RETAILERS, BIG AND SMALL, WHICH HAVE HIGH OVERHEADS AND DIMINISHING CUSTOMERS. THE LIKES OF TEMU AND SHEIN HAVE POSITIONED THEMSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE LOW PRICE, AND CONSUMERS ARE FINDING THAT TO BE QUITE AN ATTRACTIVE VALUE PROPOSITION. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE THE LIKES OF KMART IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO IS DOING QUITE WELL, WHILE THE WAREHOUSE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING. THE SALE SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE AS CONSUMERS STOP SPENDING. LOTS OF REDUNDANCIES; LOTS OF BUSINESSES FACING REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES; LOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE ` SO YOU WRAP ALL THOSE TOGETHER AND PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY KEEPING THEIR WALLETS SHUT. MULTIPLE JOB LOSSES ARE EXPECTED AT THE WAREHOUSE GROUP'S HEAD OFFICE NEXT WEEK; IN THE WAKE OF FALLING PROFITS AND SALES, THE COMPANY DOING WHAT IT CAN TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AT ITS MEGA STORES. THEY HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEIR PRODUCT IS AND WHAT THEIR PRICE IS AND WHAT THEIR VALUE IS TO CONSUMERS, AND IF THEY CAN GET THOSE THINGS RIGHT, IT'S STILL A SOLID BUSINESS MODEL. PART OF THE PROBLEM ` THE MIGHT AND THE MILLIONS OF CHINESE-OWNED ONLINE BARGAIN GIANT TEMU. IT'S TAKEN OFF IN POPULARITY SINCE LAUNCHING HERE LAST YEAR, HELPED BY A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SPEND SATURATING THE ONLINE ADVERTISING MARKET. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AS A CONSUMER; YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED TO THE DOWNSIDE WHEN THE PRODUCT COMES AND IT MAYBE DOESN'T LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS, BECAUSE YOU'VE PAID LESS FOR IT. HAVE YOU EVER USED TEMU BEFORE? NO. JUST NOT INTERESTED. NOPE. IT LOOKS TOO SCARY. (CHUCKLES) BEAUTY GIANT SEPHORA'S CLOSING ITS QUEEN ST STORE NEXT MONTH ` AMONG THE RETAILERS MOVING ONLINE TO CUT COSTS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR STRUCTURE ` MAYBE IN ONE LOCATION, THEY DON'T RENEW A LEASE; IF STAFF RESIGN, THEY MAY NOT REPLACE THEM. THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE LEVERS THAT THEY CAN PULL THAT CAN MINIMISE COST. THE HOSPITALITY SPEND IS ALSO CONTINUING ITS SLIDE; THE LATEST CASUALTY AUCKLAND INSTITUTION SPQR. WE WERE JUST COMING IN TO HAVE A QUICK LUNCH TODAY AND` TO OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'VE TURNED UP TODAY AND IT'S SHUT, COS I'VE NEVER, EVER KNOWN SPQR TO BE SHUT. A BIT OF SHOCK TO SEE IT. IT WENT INTO VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION YESTERDAY; THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN TAKING YET ANOTHER VICTIM. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AFTER WEEKS OF FRUSTRATION, SOME HOPE ON THE HORIZON TONIGHT FOR THOUSANDS OF LOWER HUTT PATIENTS STRUGGLING TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE HIGH STREET HEALTH HUB STOPPED FACE-TO-FACE CONSULTATIONS WITH GPs DUE TO A CHRONIC STAFF SHORTAGE; IT'S NOW MANAGED TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF. AS CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS, THE SHORTAGE ADDED EXTRA STRAIN TO AN ALREADY STRUGGLING HEALTH SERVICE. THEY START QUEUING FROM 4.30, DESPERATE TO SEE A DOCTOR. THE DOORS OPEN EARLY JUST TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE COLD. THIS LOWER HUTT AFTER-HOURS CLINIC IS UNDER PRESSURE AS THE GP SHORTAGE BITES. DID YOU TRY TO GET A GP APPOINTMENT? UM, I CAN'T REALLY TAKE THE TIME OFF OF WORK TO GET ONE, BUT LAST TIME I TRIED, IT WAS LIKE A THREE-MONTH WAIT. THE QUEUES ARE LONGER THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN YEARS. PROBABLY 15% TO 20% MORE PATIENTS COMING THROUGH, SO WE'RE EXPERIENCING NUMBERS WHICH ARE` WHICH GO BACK 15, 16 YEARS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN MADE WORSE BY THE MASS WALK-OUT OF DOCTORS AND NURSES FROM THIS CLINIC SINCE IT WENT INTO CORPORATE OWNERSHIP ABOUT A YEAR AGO. NOW OWNED BY GREEN CROSS HEALTH, 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THERE'S JUST ONE DOCTOR ON STAFF WHEN THERE NEED TO BE ABOUT SIX. WHILE GREEN CROSS RECRUITS, ONLINE APPOINTMENTS ARE OFFERED. SHIRLEY IS ONE OF THE CLINIC'S 9000 PATIENTS. SHE SAYS VIDEO CONSULTS ARE NOT IDEAL. I'M COMING 81. I HAVE A CHRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEM, WHICH I MANAGE VERY WELL, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I HAVE TO SEE A DOCTOR SOMETIMES AND NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE A BUNCH OF DOCTORS AND NURSES LEAVE A PRACTICE AND LEAVE THOUSANDS OF HUTT PATIENTS IN LIMBO. BUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WAS A SIGN OF HOPE. AS OF MONDAY, WE HAVE A SECOND FULL-TIME GP JOINING THE TEAM, AND WE'RE ALSO RECRUITING FOR MORE GPs, SO WE EXPECT WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS WE'LL HAVE FIVE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT GPs. I'M GONNA MAKE SURE WE HOLD GREEN CROSS TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT, TO MAKE SURE THEY DELIVER ON THAT. GREEN CROSS SAY IT HASN'T MET ITS USUAL HIGH STANDARDS. WE APOLOGISE TO THE PATIENTS FOR FEELING THEY'VE BEEN LET DOWN BY THEIR PROVIDER. ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALL LEARNT FROM ALL THIS IS THAT OPENING YOURSELF UP TO VIRTUAL CARE SUPPORT EARLIER, BEFORE THE WHEELS FALL OFF IS GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. VIRTUAL CARE THE BACK-UP, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SEE A DOCTOR. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE ` AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS WE'VE GOT TOO MANY. TODAY WE'RE ANNOUNCING A CRACK-DOWN ON ROAD CONES. REDUCING THE COST OF TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CAUSING LESS INCONVENIENCE TO MOTORISTS. IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS 'A NEW, RISK-BASED APPROACH'. IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT'S GOING TO MOVE US AWAY FROM WHAT WAS A HIGHLY PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ` FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH SET OUT HOW CONES SHOULD BE PLACED AND HOW SITES SHOULD BE SET UP. NZTA CARRIED OUT A REVIEW IN FEBRUARY AT 800 WORKSITES ON THE STATE HIGHWAY NETWORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT FOUND AT 145 OF THOSE SITES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WASN'T ACTUALLY NEEDED. THE FIRST THING I ASKED WHEN I WAS THE MINISTER, 'WAS HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT ON TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT? AND THE ANSWER WAS, 'OH, WE DON'T CALCULATE THAT. 'WE DON'T RECORD THAT.' WELL, THAT'S FRANKLY UNACCEPTABLE. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO REPORT QUARTERLY ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT SPENDS ON TEMPORARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AND NZTA SAYS IT'LL BE MONITORING SITES CLOSELY TO ENSURE CONES AND SIGNS ARE USED EFFECTIVELY AND AREN'T OUT FOR ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY. PROTECTING ROAD WORKERS STILL KEY. THE FOCUS ON ROAD CONES IS A DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE, AND THE REAL ISSUE WAS WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR WORKERS AND WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC SAFE AT ALL TIMES. SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE, BUT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING THAT OUT ` NOT JUST A 'SAFETY AT ANY COST' APPROACH; BUT A SAFETY AT REASONABLE COST, THE GOVERNMENT'S WAR ON ROAD CONES ONLY JUST BEGINNING. KATIE STEVENSON, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` A STARK WARNING ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY AFTER A PHONE REPAIR MAN IS RUMBLED ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO ACCESS INTIMATE PICTURES. WHY ARE YOU EVEN IN HER PHOTOS? WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT HER PHOTOS? AND BIG CATS WITH BIG GOALS ` FIND OUT WHY TWO LIONS RISKED CROC-INFESTED WATERS ON A RECORD-BREAKING SWIM. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE UNSUNG HEROES OF EDEN PARK ` WE'RE WITH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT RACING TO GET THE STADIUM'S NEW UPGRADE READY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST. PLUS ` IT'S THE UPGRADE YOU NEVER KNEW A MCLAREN HYPERCAR NEEDED, PLUS ` IT'S THE UPGRADE YOU NEVER KNEW A MCLAREN HYPERCAR NEEDED, COURTESY OF A KIWI DRIFT LEGEND. ALL THAT AND THE FRIDAY COUNTDOWN TONIGHT AT 7. Subway's new Fiery Subs range is here. Subway does not accept responsibility for red faces, sweaty foreheads or tears. We know what you're thinking. "Couldn't be that hot. It's Subway." But trust us. It is. Why else would we be doing this legal-sounding disclaimer? Get 'em while they're hot, medium and mild. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. ORANA WILDLIFE PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TASK THE INCIDENT, CAUGHT ON VIDEO. RAISING QUESTIONS OVER HOW MUCH INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHEN HANDING OVER DEVICES. ISOBEL PRASAD REPORTS. MOBILE PLANET IN SYLVIA PARK. KRISSY MORRISON TOOK TO TIKTOK WITH THIS STORY ABOUT HER FRIEND'S SHOCKING EXPERIENCE WITH THIS MOBILE REPAIR SHOP IN A POPULAR AUCKLAND MALL. SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRDROP FAILED. THIS IS A PHOTO OR A NUDE PIC OF HERS THAT SHE HAD SENT TO HER BOYFRIEND YEARS AGO. THE PAIR CONFRONTING STAFF AT THE SYLVIA PARK BRANCH, ACCUSING AN EMPLOYEE OF ATTEMPTING TO SEND THE EXPLICIT IMAGES TO HIMSELF. I WAS JUST SWIPING THE PHOTOS AND I ` WHY WERE YOU EVEN IN HER PHOTOS, WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS? SHE WAS ASKED FOR HER PASS CODE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO CHECK THE SETTINGS ON HER PHONE. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED, I THINK IT'S A HUGE VIOLATION OF CUSTOMER PRIVACY. THE INCIDENT, SPARKING WARNINGS FROM ORGANISATIONS LIKE NETSAFE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURITY WHEN HANDING OVER OUR DEVICES TO OTHERS. TO GIVE SOMEBODY UNFETTERED ACCESS COULD BE A FAIRLY BIG INVASION OF PRIVACY IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T RESPECT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THAT. HE SAYS THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE LOGGING OUT OF ACCOUNTS AND UNCLICKING THE REMEMBER MY PASSWORD PART OF IT. IT MIGHT BE PUTTING CERTAIN THINGS INTO LOCKED FOLDERS OR ARCHIVES OR PASSWORD PROTECTING IN SOME WAY. MOBILE PLANET WEREN'T AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT IN A STATEMENT SAID AN INTERNAL REVIEW'S UNDERWAY. IT SAID THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS A "CASUAL" EMPLOYEE AND SINCE BEEN SUSPENDED. THE COMPANY ALSO STATING IT'S REACHED OUT TO THOSE AFFECTED. WE'VE ACTUALLY NOT HEARD FROM A MOBILE PLANET. THEY'VE NOT REACHED OUT, NO APOLOGIES. THE TIKTOK SHOWS THE ACCUSED WORKER "FAINTING" AFTER BEING CONFRONTED. POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND ARE NOW INVESTIGATING. I JUST WANTED TO WARN YOU GUYS - DO NOT GO TO MOBILE PLANET IN SYLVIA PARK AS THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU TOO. ISOBEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. ACTRESS SHELLEY DUVALL, WHO TURNED IN A UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE AS THE BESIEGED WIFE IN 'THE SHINING', IS BEING REMEMBERED AS A UNIQUE SCREEN PRESENCE. (THUD!) (SCREAMS) (THUD!) (SCREAMS) SHE ONCE SAID STANLEY KUBRICK HAD HER CRYING 12 HOURS A DAY WHILE MAKING THE 1980 HORROR CLASSIC. THE TEXAS-BORN ACTRESS' FIRST ACTING ROLE CAME A DECADE EARLIER, IN A ROBERT ALTMAN MOVIE; SHE WENT ON TO WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR SEVEN TIMES ` INCLUDING THE LIVE-ACTION 'POPEYE' ADAPTATION, OPPOSITE ROBIN WILLIAMS. SHE WON THE BEST ACTRESS AWARD AT THE 1977 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FOR '3 WOMEN'. DUVALL DIED FROM DIABETES COMPLICATIONS. SHE WAS 75. NOW TO A PAIR OF LIONS THAT'VE HAD ROARING SUCCESS IN THE MOST TRYING OF CONDITIONS. IT'S THE STORY OF A PREDATOR-INFESTED AFRICAN RIVER, AN AMPUTEE BIG CAT, AND A QUEST FOR LOVE. AND A RECORD-SMASHING SWIM THAT'S STUNNED RESEARCHERS. HERE'S KIM BAKER WILSON. IT'S A TREACHEROUS UGANDAN RIVER TEEMING WITH DANGEROUS HIPPOS AND CROCODILES, AND, LOOK CLOSER, THAT'S A LION. I WAS JUST, SORT OF, FLABBERGASTED BY WHAT WE WERE SEEING. NOT LEAST BECAUSE THE LION, 10 YEAR OLD JACOB, HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT AFTER NEARLY LOSING A LEG TO A SNARE, HE WASN'T SO LUCKY THE NEXT TIME. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THAT, HE ACTUALLY- IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE, BUT THAT SAME LEG THAT WAS SAVED A YEAR EARLIER GETS CLEANLY AMPUTATED OFF. AND THEN GORED AND CUT OPEN BY A BUFFALO, LATER LOSING HALF HIS PRIDE TO POACHERS. YEAH, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT, AFRICA'S MOST RESILIENT LION. WHICH MAKES THIS ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE IN A POPULATION WITH TWO MALES FOR EVERY FEMALE. I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING THESE GUYS TRYING TO SORT OF TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO FIND LIONESSES. IN THE WAY - THE KAZINGA CHANNEL, AND A COLOSSAL, ALMOST 2KM SWIM. KIND OF JUST LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CROSSING AN OCEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT DISTANCE, IRONICALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY AN OLYMPIC DISTANCE TRIATHLON SWIM. ONE NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. MASSIVE CROCODILIANS THAT GET TO, YOU KNOW, SIX, 5-6M IN SIZE, SO THEY CAN EASILY DISPATCH A LION. AND A HIPPO WILL BE QUITE AGGRESSIVE TO ANY LION THAT IT ENCOUNTERS, ALSO THAT COMES TOO CLOSE TO IT. THE BRAVERY PAID OFF, TIBU WAS SPOTTED WITH A LIONESS. LIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN SEEN SWIMMING JUST A FEW METRES TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED. THIS IS JUST ONE MORE SORT OF BEHAVIOURAL CUE THAT WE'RE SEEING GLOBALLY AS THE WORLD CHANGES AND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM CHANGING WITH IT. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1NEWS. A MURI AKE NEI ` WHEN YOUR 'I DO'S' COME WITH A FIRE HAZARD. IT'S CATCHING FIRE! A STUNNED BRIDE AND QUICK-THINKING GUESTS ` WHAT CAUSED THIS WEDDING TO GO UP IN FLAMES. AND COMING UP, I DON SOME ICE SCATES FOR SOME HOLIDAY FUN IN THE NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP - IT'S THE MOST TALKED ABOUT CLOCK IN THE COUNTRY; WE MEET THE I.T. TEAM AT EDEN PARK WHO'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER. PLUS ` ANYONE WHO'S PLAYED WITH LEGO KNOWS HOW THERAPEUTIC IT CAN BE; NOW ONE YOUNG KIWI IS TAKING THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND IT'S GUARANTEED TO GO UP A LEVEL EACH WEEK ` THE FRIDAY COUNTDOWN. TONIGHT, WE FEATURE ONE VERY BAD DOG. BAD DOG. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. ONE HAPPY BY-PRODUCT OF THE COLD SNAP GRIPPING THE COUNTRY IS AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY TO LACE UP THE ICE SKATES. IT'S WHAT LOCALS AT ST ARNAUD ON THE EDGE OF NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK ARE DOING. IT'S RARE FOR THE LOCAL POND TO COMPLETELY FREEZE OVER, AND THEY'RE MAKING THE MOST OF IT. NEVER ONE TO MISS OUT, OUR NELSON-BASED REPORTER JESS RODEN HEADED ALONG. FREEZING TEMPERATURES DIDN'T DETER THE MOST HARDY FROM DONNING THE ICE SKATES THIS MORNING ` EVEN IF IT WAS A GENTLE START. SO FAR I'M ONLY GOING REALLY SLOW. I'M BASICALLY JUST WALKING. IT'S REALLY FUN, IT'S ONLY MY SECOND TIME. SOME WITH A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN OTHERS. YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED IT ` EMMY IS A FIGURE SKATER FROM NELSON AND SHE TRAVELS TO CHRISTCHURCH EVERY THREE WEEKS TO TRAIN AND COMPETE. IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT FROM IN THE ICE RINK BUT YEAH, SOME ROUGH PATCHES AND STUFF BUT IT'S STILL AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. YES, UH, LET'S ALL BLAME THE CONDITIONS. IT IS NOT AS EASY AS I REMEMBER. OH! IT WAS A BALMY -6 IN ST ARNAUD THIS MORNING, THE TOWN ` ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY'S ` BEEN IN THE GRIP OF A SUSTAINED HIGH PRESSURE WEATHER SYSTEM THIS WEEK, MEANING CLEAR SKIES AND PLENTY OF FROST OFTEN LASTING LONGER THAN USUAL. WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS, IS THAT SOME WINTERS THE POND DOESN'T ACTUALLY FREEZE OVER AT ALL ` OR JUST FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS AT A TIME ` THIS WEEK, IT'S BEEN FROZEN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE WEEK. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SEE THIS POND BEFORE, EVER, BUT I HAVE LIVED LOCALLY FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY ICE SKATING HERE IN THAT TIME, SO IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. THE COLD SNAP GREAT TIMING FOR THE ROBINSON SISTERS WHO RECENTLY SET UP A SKATE HIRE BUSINESS. YEAH. IT'S BEEN REALLY CRAZY. LIKE WAY MORE THAN WE EXPECTED. WE'VE HAD SEVENTY PAIRS OF ICE SKATES AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN SELLING OUT LOTS. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM BULLER GORGE, MURCHISON, HAVELOCK. THE GOOD NEWS ` THE POND IS LIKELY TO STAY FROZEN THIS WEEKEND; THE BAD NEWS ` IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS. JESSICA RODEN, 1 NEWS YOU ALWAYS EXPECT A SPARK BETWEEN A BRIDE AND GROOM. CATCHING FIRE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE THOUGH, IS TOO MUCH HEAT. BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE BRIDE IN CHICAGO. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD HAS THE STORY. FOR LUPE AND LOUISE QUIJANO THEIR WEDDING DAY WAS PURE MARITAL BLISS. THAT IS, UNTIL LUPE'S WEDDING DRESS SUDDENLY CATCHES FIRE. IN THIS NOW VIRAL VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE FEET LONG FLAMES ERUPTING AT THE CENTRE OF THE AISLE AS GUESTS RUSHED TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL WE STOPPED KISSING, AND I LOOKED UP AND I SAW TWO OF MY FRIENDS RUNNING TOWARDS ME, AND I TURNED BACK TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY VEIL AND MY DRESS HAD CAUGHT FIRE. AT A CLOSER LOOK, THOSE SMALL FIRES BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM OF LUPE'S DRESS AND VEIL BEFORE SLOWLY SPREADING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT, BUT I STARTED TO NOTICE THERE WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH CHAOS GOING ON. I HEARD A SCREAM THAT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A CHEER, IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A PANIC. THE FAMILY BELIEVES THE BRIDAL BLAZE WAS CAUSED BY FLOATING CANDLES PLACED ALONG THE AISLE, AFTER REAMS OF PAPER STREAMERS WERE THROWN AT THE HAPPY COUPLE, IGNITING THE FLAMES FROM THE CANDLES BELOW. THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING FROM THE FRONT TO THE CENTRE OF THE AISLE. IT WAS THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK THAT STILL HADN'T REALLY SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON, SO THE STREAMERS KEPT BEING THROWN. FOR LUPE, IT WAS HER QUICK THINKING GUEST WHO SAVED THE SPECIAL DAY. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT, OH, WE GOTTA INVITE MILITARY, FIREMEN, A SEAMSTRESS ` IT JUST HAPPENS THAT THOSE ARE THE IMMEDIATE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES. THEY LITERALLY JUST JUMPED INTO ACTION TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE EVERYONE IN THOSE SITUATIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW, IT KIND OF MAKES ME FEEL REALLY LOVED. THE BRIDE SAYS SHE HOPES HER SITUATION WILL BE A CAUTIONARY TALE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND ALL SET FOR THIS MOUTH-WATERING TEST MATCH? WE WERE WITH BOTH TEAMS IN THE SUN AT EDEN PARK ` A FIRST FOR MOST OF THE ENGLISH SIDE AS THEY LOOK TO A NEW ZEALANDER FOR SOME DIRECT ADVICE. VARIATIONS OF THE SAME WORD. VARIATIONS OF THE SAME WORD. CREATIVE WAYS TO USE IT. ONES YOU CAN'T SAY ON AIR, OR...? OH... NO COMMENT. NOT JUST 30 YEARS' HISTORY WOUND INTO THIS MATCH, BUT A 100-YEAR COMMEMORATION. PLUS ` A WIMBLEDON CLASSIC FOR THE AGES. AND AS YOU TUCK INTO YOUR FRIDAY FISH AND CHIPS, SPARE A THOUGHT FOR TWO OF OUR BEST ADVENTURE RACERS EMBARKING ON A KAYAK ODYSSEY. AND IN WEATHER WE'RE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND ` WEATHER-WISE, THINGS ARE CHANGING SLIGHTLY BUT THE BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND THAT FROST, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE STICKING AROUND. SO, ANOTHER FROSTY NIGHT TONIGHT. SUN, SOME CLOUD THROUGH THE DAY BUT CHANGES MORE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS TOMORROW WITH A TROUGH WORKING IN THE EAST. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA, O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT. AND TONIGHT A SETBACK FOR THE ENGLAND RUGBY TEAM ` OR IS IT? THEY'VE LOST FULLBACK GEORGE FURBANK TO INJURY, BUT WILL START FREDDIE STEWARD INSTEAD ` A VETERAN OF OVER 50 TESTS. HE'LL FACE AN ALL BLACKS SIDE LOOKING TO IMPROVE UNDER THE NEW COACHES, ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT THAT FAMOUS WINNING RECORD ON EDEN PARK. A FIRST STEP ONTO A SUNNY, PRISTINE EDEN PARK FOR MANY OF THE ENGLAND TEAM TODAY, HOPING TO END A 30 YEAR STREAK. IT'S NOT OUR RECORD TO PROTECT. IT'S NEW ZEALAND'S RECORD TO PROTECT. BUT IT'S A GOOD PITCH. UM. SAME DIMENSIONS? YEP. ENGLAND DOING IT THEIR OWN WAY, THAT'S FOR SURE, SEVERAL HUDDLES ALL AROUND THE FIELD ` AND THAT'S IT; NO RUNNING THROUGH MOVES TODAY. A TALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A BIT OF A VISUALISATION. UH, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT CLARITY. GET MESSAGES FROM SORT OF KEY LEADERS. ONE LEADER WATCHING ON INJURED VETERAN, THE COLOURFUL JOE MARLER, HAS IT ALL WORKED OUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WIN TOMORROW NIGHT. SO IT DRAWS THE SERIES. AND THEN THE FINALE WILL BE AT TWICKENHAM. IN NOVEMBER? YEAH. ANOTHER GURU TYPE FIGURE BACK ON EDEN PARK FAMILIAR TO KIWIS, ANDREW STRAWBRIDGE ` AN ALL BLACKS ASSISTANT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, NOW IN ENGLAND COLOURS. STRAWS, HE'S A ` HE'S A MAN OF FEW WORDS. CERTAINLY HELPED ME MASSIVELY WITH MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME. NO, NO, I'VE LEARNED SOME NEW WORDS FROM HIM. DIFFERENT WORDS. I WOULDN'T HAVE USED ` VARIATIONS OF THE SAME WORD. VARIATIONS OF THE SAME WORD. CREATIVE WAYS TO USE IT. ONES YOU CAN'T SAY ON AIR, OR...? NO COMMENT. (LAUGHTER) THE ALL BLACKS DIRECT AND TO THE POINT AS WELL AFTER THEIR RUN THIS AFTERNOON. THE CONTEST AND EVERY DIMENSION OF THE GAME ` KICK; BREAK DOWN; SET PIECE... SO, UM, TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'LL BE NOTHING SHORT OF THAT AGAIN. A NEW SHOT CLOCK IN THE DISTANCE TODAY AT EDEN PARK ` AN INNOVATION, FINALLY, 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING. THIS WEEKEND THE GAME CELEBRATES A CENTURY SINCE THE FAMOUS INVINCIBLES TOUR. A 100 YEAR OLD COIN WILL BE USED FOR THE TOSS; A 1925 WHISTLE TO START THE TEST. IT'S A GREAT NOD TO THE PAST, ISN'T IT? IT'S POWERFUL. I MEAN, WE LOOK AT THE RECORD OF THE ALL BLACKS NOW AND WE THINK THEY'RE INVINCIBLE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY STARTED FROM THE 1920S. IAN JONES PLAYED 30 YEARS AGO, YES, IN THAT LAST EDEN PARK DEFEAT AGAINST THE FRENCH. I'VE WATCHED THE REPLAY MULTIPLE TIMES AND... (SIGHS) THE ALL BLACKS TODAY, THEIR FANS AND NEXT GENERATION HOPING THE EDEN PARK RECORD DOESN'T FALL ON THEIR WATCH. WHILE A FOCUSSED GROUP OF ENGLISH RUGBY PLAYERS ARE HOPING TO STAMP THEIR OWN MARK IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. A RETURNING FACE AND A DEBUTANTE HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE BLACK FERNS SIDE FOR THE O'REILLY CUP TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN BRISBANE ON SUNDAY. WITH THE TROPHY ALREADY SAFELY LOCKED AWAY AFTER MAY'S 67-19 TRASHING, COACH ALLAN BUNTING LOOKING TO DEVELOP PLAYERS AND STRATEGY AHEAD OF PLAYING ENGLAND AT TWICKENHAM IN SEPTEMBER. MIDFIELDER MONICA TAGOAI WILL PLAY HER FIRST TEST SINCE 2018, AND HOOKER ATLANTA LOLOHEA IS IN LINE TO RECEIVE HER FIRST BLACKFERNS CAP. POWERFUL, ELECTRIC, REALLY PHYSICAL AROUND THE FIELD, AND BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AROUND HER SET PIECE, AND SHE REALLY DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M FEELING REALLY EXCITED. UM, I'M GETTING JITTERS ALREADY, AND IT'S NOT EVEN GAME DAY, SO... HAPPY TO BE HERE. LOLOHEA IS THE SISTER OF WINGER MARTHA MATAELE; HER INCLUSION WILL MAKE THEM THE SIXTH SET OF SISTERS TO HAVE REPRESENTED THE BLACK FERNS. CYCLING NEW ZEALAND HAS GONE TO GROUND OVER A DAMNING DECISION BY THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL OVERRULING THEIR CALL NOT TO NOMINATE MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL FOR THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS. IT FOLLOWS A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL BY MAXWELL WHERE THE TRIBUNAL FOUND CYCLING NZ BASED THEIR DECISION OFF ` QUOTE ` 'OUT-OF-DATE AND INACCURATE MEDICAL INFORMATION'. THE TRIBUNAL IS ALSO CONCERNED THE SPORTING BODY'S TAKING 'A DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDE' TOWARDS ATHLETES WHO HAVE EATING DISORDERS. IT WAS ONLY IN MAY MAXWELL SPOKE TO BREAKFAST'S CHRIS CHANG ABOUT HER STRUGGLES TO MARK 100 DAYS TILL PARIS. I'M STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME EATING DISORDER, LIKE, CHALLENGES, AND I'VE TAKEN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS SEASON OFF, BUT I'M IN A REALLY SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AT THE MOMENT, AND I'M ALREADY SEEING, YOU KNOW, BIG CHANGES TO MY SUSTAINABILITY IN MY CAREER. THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE'S CONFIRMED TO 1 NEWS IT'S RECEIVED THE TRIBUNAL'S DECISION AND IS WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO CONSIDER MAXWELL'S SELECTION. LYDIA KO'S EQUALLED HER BEST-EVER OPENING ROUND AT A MAJOR WITH A STRONG START AT THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN EASTERN FRANCE. SEVEN BIRDIES HELPING KO FIRE A SIX-UNDER PAR 66, HER ROUND PUTTING HER JUST ONE OFF THE LEAD. THIS IS WHERE I HAD MY FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WIN, SO IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME. SO FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE, WE'RE HEARING 42FT. COMPATRIOTS RYAN FOX AND DANIEL HILLIER HAVE ALSO STARTED WELL AT THE EUROPEAN TOUR'S SCOTTISH OPEN. HILLIER'S OPENED WITH A FOUR-UNDER 66, WITH FOX A SHOT BACK AFTER A BOGEY FREE THREE-UNDER. IS IT GONNA COME DOWN THAT BANK? AND YES, IT DOES. LOOK AT THE RESULT OF THIS. JUDGING BY THE SMILES, THE INTENTION WAS TO USE THE SLOPE ` BUT NOT QUITE THAT MUCH. AMERICAN JUSTIN THOMAS LEADS THE FIELD AT EIGHT-UNDER. IT'LL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINING MATCHES IN WIMBLEDON HISTORY. JASMINE PAOLINI BECOMING THE FIRST ITALIAN WOMAN TO REACH THE FINAL, BEATING DONNA VEKIC IN THE LONGEST WOMEN'S SEMI-FINAL IN THE TOURNAMENT'S HISTORY. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. A MATCH OF PURE GRIT, RAW EMOTION. FOR ALMOST THREE HOURS, JASMINE PAOLINI AND DONNA VEKIC FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. THERE IS NO PLACE BETTER THAN HERE. WHERE TO FIGHT EVERY BALL, EVERY POINT. THIS MATCH I WILL REMEMBER FOREVER, I THINK. ONE SURE TO GO DOWN IN THE WIMBLEDON HISTORY BOOKS ` NOT JUST THE LONGEST WOMEN'S SEMI-FINAL EVER ` BUT ONE OF THE BEST EVER. OH! IT HAD STARTED SO WELL FOR THE CROATIAN, TAKING THE FIRST SET CONVINCINGLY ` THE SECOND, AN ITALIAN FIGHT BACK. PAOLINI MAY BE SMALLER IN STATURE BUT GROWING IN CONFIDENCE WITH EVERY WINNER. IT'S JUST FABULOUS. THE TENSION ONLY INTENSIFYING IN THE DECIDER, VEKIC ON THE BRINK OF MAKING A VITAL BREAK, ONLY FOR HAWK-EYE TO SHOW OTHERWISE. THE CROATIAN IN TEARS ` THE PAIN OF A DREAM SLIPPING AWAY, FIGHTING TO A THIRD SEAT TIEBREAK BUT WATCHING PAOLINI MARCH ON. IT'S TOUGH TO BE POSITIVE RIGHT NOW IT WAS SO CLOSE AND I HAD A LOT OF CHANCES. AND, UH... PAOLINI THREW TO HER SECOND GRAND SLAM FINAL OF THE SUMMER AND HER CAREER. UP AGAINST SOMEONE WITH A SIMILAR DOGGED DETERMINATION ` BARBORA KREJCIKOVA, STUNNING 2022 CHAMPION ELENA RYBAKINA. COMING BACK FROM A SET DOWN TO REACH HER FIRST WIMBLEDON FINAL ` A FEAT INSPIRED BY FORMER COACH AND 1998 CHAMPION, THE LATE JANA NOVOTNA. WHEN I STEP ON THE COURT HERE, I'M JUST FIGHTING FOR EVERY SINGLE BALL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK SHE WOULD SHE WOULD WANT ME TO DO. FIGHTING FOR THEIR IDOLS AND THEIR COUNTRY, WITH A NEW WOMEN'S CHAMPION TO BE CROWNED. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. AND KIWIS ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND MICHAEL VENUS ARE THROUGH TO THE MIXED DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS, THE DUO BEATING THEIR SIXTH-SEEDED OPPONENTS IN STRAIGHT SETS. THEY FACE THE SEVENTH SEEDS FOR A SPOT IN THE FINAL.. AND HE'S DONE IT. BEAUTIFUL FOREHAND. BUT THE PAIR WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR FORM INTO NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPIC GAMES; VENUS, WHO WON BRONZE IN TOKYO WITH MARCUS DANIEL, FAILING TO QUALIFY, AS THEIR COMBINED RANKING WASN'T HIGH ENOUGH. I WAS REALLY HOPING TO BE BACK THERE, AND OBVIOUSLY NOW, IF I HAD GOT BACK, WOULD'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MIXED DOUBLES WITH ERIN, AND SEEING HOW WELL WE'RE PLAYING HERE I, THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO. ROUTLIFFE AND VENUS PLAY THEIR WIMBLEDON SEMI-FINAL TOMORROW MORNING, WITH WIMBLEDON COVERAGE LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+. TWO OF OUR BEST ADVENTURE RACERS ARE TAKING ON A NEW CHALLENGE THIS WEEKEND ` THE LONGEST PADDLE RACE IN THE WORLD. THE YUKON 1000 IS 1600KM LONG FROM CANADA TO ALASKA. AS JESSICA RODEN FOUND OUT, THE DISTANCE ISN'T THE ONLY CHALLENGE THEY'LL FACE. LAST MINUTE PREPARATION FOR A RACE AND ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME. THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY FULL BOAT. A COLD MORNING ON THE PELORUS RIVER IN MARLBOROUGH, A GOOD TEST BEFORE THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS. WHEN WE GOT ACCEPTED, I WAS SURPRISED, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT THEY GENERALLY DON'T LET TEAMS IN ON THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY APPLY. THOUSANDS OF TEAMS APPLY FOR THE ANNUAL RACE, BUT ONLY 30 ARE ACCEPTED. THIS PROMO VIDEO SHOWING WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ARDUOUS RACE. THE RACE STARTS IN WHITEHORSE IN CANADA, EVENTUALLY CROSSING INTO ALASKA, FINISHING INSIDE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. IT IS JUST THAT, THE LURE OF THE KIND OF CHALLENGE AND BEING REMOTE AND OFF GRID FOR A WEEK, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. ONCE THEY'RE ON THE WATER, THEY'LL HAVE NO HELP AND WILL BE PADDLING FOR 18 HOURS A DAY. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY'LL BE ALONE, THOUGH. COMING FROM NEW ZEALAND, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY IF WE SEE A POSSUM OR A BIRD. THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT A LOT IS THE WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, BEARS. UM, MY EXPERIENCE WOULD BE ZERO. NATHAN'S AN ADVENTURE RACING LEGEND, AND ALONG WITH SOPHIE, WON GOD'S OWN LAST YEAR. WHILE THEY'VE GOT TEN DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS RACE, THEY WON'T BE TAKING THEIR TIME. OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND WIN THE RACE. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IF CONDITIONS ARE GOOD AND WE HAVE A GREAT RACE, THAT WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF BREAKING THE RECORD. FIGHTING WORDS, GIVING THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE AGAINST THE COMPETITION AND THE WILDERNESS. JESSICA RHODEN, 1 NEWS. THANKS SPORT. STAY WITH US. DAN SAYS THERE ARE CHANGES COMING TO THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND, DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED IF YOU CAN USE ASPARAGUS TO PREDICT SPORTS RESULTS WE'VE GOT THE ANSWER ` AND IT MAY SURPRISE YOU. PLUS... (ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING) THE SUPRISINGLY SATISFYING SOUND OF A ROTARY ENGINE IN A MCLAREN. WE'LL SEE YOU WITH THAT AND SNAIL RACING, AT SEVEN. IF YOU HAVE A LONG LIST OF OUTDOOR PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND I WOULD SAY START GETTING IT ON. THE WEATHER STARTS TO DRIFT AWAY. STARTS FINE. THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN YOU GET THE WINTER HIGHS YOU GET THE HOAR FROST. -7, -8 IN THE MORNING. THE COLLIE DRAINS DOWN AT NIGHT, YOU SEE THE CLOUD SITTING IN THE VALLEYS. THE HIGH PRESSURE IS NOW DRIFTING AWAY. GOING INTO THE WEEKEND IT WILL BE THAT SWELL ON THE EAST. KAITAIA, AUCKLAND, TAURANGA WHAKATANE... -7, -84 THE TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING. COULD EASILY BE -6, -7 DOWN SOUTH. COLD ABOVE ` THAT UPPER LOWER SENDS A SURGE OF ENERGY ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. NOTICE THE SHOWERS, SPECKLES OF SHOWERS. THEY MOVED DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH, ACROSS THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. COULD SEE MORE SHOWERS AND A BIT OF BREEZE. IT'S GOING TO BE COLD AND FROSTY. YOU COULD SEE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN RUSSELL. I WOULD SAY TAKE LAYERS WITH YOU TO KEEP WARM. HAMILTON IS FROSTY. MORE CLOUD COMING ACROSS THE RANGES ` TAUPO, WHAKATANE. EVERYONE ELSE FROSTY BUT FINE. JUST SOME SCATTERED CLOUD IN TAURANGA. BY THE EVENING THE RAIN DOES EASE, THINNING OUT. NEW LIMITS, DRY. KEEP THE RAINCOAT HANDY IN WELLINGTON. NO PROBLEMS FOR NELSON. WEST COAST, WESTPORT ` FINE. CHRISTCHURCH COULD PICK UP SOME SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE MACKENZIE BASIN -6. QUEENSTOWN, FROSTY AND THEN FINE. KEEPING THAT LOW CLOUD ` JACK FROST WAS HOAR FROST MACHINE. INVERCARGILL -4 TO 8 DEGREES. GOING THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND I MENTIONED THINGS WILL CHANGE ` THE SHOWERS CHANGE, BUT ARE STILL THERE IN THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND THE TASMAN SEA, IT'S LIKE OPENING THE DOOR ` BUT SUNDAY IS AN OKAY DAY. MONDAY, THAT THING TRACKS THROUGH. FROST WILL SLOWLY START TO EASE TO THE INTERIOR VALLEYS. NEXT WEEK, THE TASMAN SEA IS COMING.