TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A MESSAGE OF UNITY FROM DONALD TRUMP AFTER DODGING A BULLET. HE'S LANDED IN MILWAUKEE FOR A CONVENTION TO CONFIRM HIS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT HIM. PLUS... I DIDN'T EXPLOIT MIGRANTS, AND I HOPE THAT IS CLEAR FOR THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC. FORMER GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA FRONTS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER QUITTING THE PARTY. WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HER POLITICAL FUTURE IN AN EXCLUSIVE 1 NEWS INTERVIEW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024. TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. THE GUNSHOTS HEARD ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE LED TO A CALL FROM AMERICA'S POLITICAL LEADERS FOR CALM AND UNITY. A DAY AFTER SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, DONALD TRUMP CALLED FOR AMERICANS TO 'STAND UNITED.' RIVAL PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TODAY SAID IT'S TIME TO COOL DOWN POLITICAL RHETORIC, WITH DIFFERENCES RESOLVED AT THE BALLOT BOX, NOT WITH BULLETS. THE ATTACK DIDN'T DETER DONALD TRUMP. HE'S ARRIVED IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, WHERE HE'LL BE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND NAME HIS RUNNING MATE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. AND MORE DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT THE GUNMAN, THOMAS CROOKS (20), INVESTIGATORS FINDING EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL IN BOTH HIS CAR AND HOME. THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO FIND A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. A REVIEW'S ALSO UNDERWAY INTO HOW THE SECRET SERVICE FAILED TO STOP THE ATTACK, AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW SNIPERS TOOK OUT THE WOULD-BE ASSASSIN. WE'VE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE AGAIN TONIGHT. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH IS STANDING BY NEAR THE GUNMAN'S HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA. FIRST, HE HAS TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. TRUMP IS IN TOWN, FIST IN THE AIR, THE DAY AFTER THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE, AND A DAY BEFORE THE BIG REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. I'M LITERALLY, UM,... BEYOND WORDS AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE. (GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING) IT WAS A 20-YEAR-OLD FIRING... THOMAS CROOKS. ...NOT LONG OUT OF SCHOOL, AND WITH BOMB-MAKING GEAR IN HIS CAR. WE DON'T KNOW HIS OPINIONS OR AFFILIATIONS, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE HAD HELP OR SUPPORT, OR IF HE COMMUNICATED WITH ANYONE ELSE. BIDEN WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE, TRYING TO REASSURE A NERVOUS NATION. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN OUR POLITICS. AND REMEMBER, WHILE WE MAY DISAGREE, WE'RE NOT ENEMIES. WE'RE NEIGHBOURS. WE'RE FRIENDS. CO-WORKERS, CITIZENS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE ARE FELLOW AMERICANS. THE SPECTATOR SHOT DEAD ` A SMALL-TOWN FIRE CHIEF, SHIELDING HIS FAMILY FROM THE BULLETS. I JUST WISH IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. NOW, TO STOP IT HAPPENING AGAIN. TRUMP'S NEXT STOP IS HERE ` THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE, WHERE HE'S SET TO GET THE NOD TO RUN AGAIN FOR THE TOP JOB. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE SECURE AREAS ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND ALL OVER THE MIDWEST. THE SECURITY PLANNING'S A YEAR AND A HALF IN THE MAKING. BUT DESPITE THE SHOOTING, THE DEATH, THE INJURIES, THE SECRET SERVICE PLANS WILL STAY THE SAME. WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY CHANGES TO OUR OPERATIONAL SECURITY PLANS FOR THIS EVENT. EVERYTHING FOR THE CONVENTION IS GOING ON AS PLANNED ` THERE ARE NO MAJOR CHANGES. A DAY ON, AND THE AMERICAN FLAG STILL FLIES OVER THE SPOT ABOVE WHERE DONALD TRUMP WAS SPEAKING. TODAY, THOUGH, THE SHOWGROUNDS ARE A CRIME SCENE, WITH A LARGE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN BUTLER, AND INVESTIGATORS ON SITE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO TAKE SHOTS AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT OF MAJOR CONSEQUENCES ` THESE IMAGES AND THESE SOUNDS... (GUNSHOTS, SCREAMS) ...WILL BE SEARED ON PEOPLE'S MINDS FOR YEARS. IT'S THE MOST GRAVE ATTEMPT TO KILL A PRESIDENT OR CANDIDATE IN DECADES. (SCREAMS) LOGAN'S WITH US NOW. DONALD TRUMP HAS GIVEN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE SHOOTING TO A CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPER. WHAT'S HE HAD TO SAY? HE SPOKE TO THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER ON BOARD HIS PLANE TO MILWAUKEE. HE GAVE A SENSE OF JUST HOW CLOSE IT WAS. HE SAID IF HE TURNED HIS HEAD AT THE TIME THE SHOOTING BEGAN, EVEN TO HIS SIDE, THOSE BULLETS WOULD HAVE GONE ACCORDING TO HIM RIGHT THROUGH THE BACK OF HIS BRAIN AND HE WOULD BE NO MORE. HE SPOKE OF THE SURREAL EXPERIENCE OF FEELING AS HE WAS BEING DRAGGED OFFSTAGE BY THE SECRET SERVICE OF HE HAS BEEN SHOT, BUT HE WANTED TO KEEP SPEAKING, GET BACK ON THE PODIUM AND FINISH THE SPEECH THAT HE HAD STARTED. TALKING ABOUT SPEECHES, HE SAID THEY HAD THROWN OUT THE SPEECH HE WAS GOING TO MAKE AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IN THE HOURS AFTER THIS SHOOTING, THE SPEECH WAS REWRITTEN TO TALK ABOUT UNITY AND BRINGING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. HE WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT THE ASSASSINATION WOULD CHANGE THE PRESIDENCY, AND HE SAID YES. THANKS, LOGAN. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU SHORTLY. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SHOOTER (20) ACTED ALONE. A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, HE'D ALSO ONCE MADE A SMALL DONATION TO A DEMOCRAT-LINKED GROUP. CORAZON MILLER HAS MORE. WHY THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS GOT ON TO THIS ROOF TO SHOOT AT A FORMER PRESIDENT REMAINS THE UNANSWERED QUESTION. WE DON'T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. THE SLOWLY-DEVELOPING PORTRAIT OF THE GUNMAN WHO CAME WITHIN CENTIMETRES OF ASSASSINATING A FORMER PRESIDENT HAS SO FAR REVEALED LITTLE. THE 20-YEAR-OLD LIVED IN A QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE SITE OF THE RALLY AND WORKED AT A LOCAL NURSING HOME. HE HAD NO CRIMINAL RECORD, AND CLASSMATES FROM HIS TIME AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL DESCRIBE HIM AS BRIGHT BUT QUIET. HE WAS ALWAYS GETTING GOOD GRADES ON TESTS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY, BUT IT WAS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. HE WAS A NICE KID, AND I HAD NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH HIM WHERE I WAS, LIKE, HE, YOU KNOW, ISN'T NICE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD'VE THOUGHT THIS. IT'S CRAZY. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY THOMAS CROOKS' NEIGHBOURS, WHO WOKE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SCOURING THE STREETS AND SEARCHING HIS FAMILY HOME. I TRUST THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, I TRUST THE PEOPLE ` THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING HAPPENING THAT BROUGHT POLICE DOWN HERE. STATE POLICE CAME TO THE DOOR AND TOLD US THAT WE HAD TO EVACUATE ` THAT THERE WAS A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THEY SAID THERE'S A BOMB ON THE STREET. EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND IN HIS CAR PARKED NEAR THE RALLY, BUT OFFICIALS ARE YET TO CONFIRM IF ANY WERE FOUND AT THE SHOOTER'S HOME. WHAT'S YET TO COME NOW THE BIGGEST FEAR FOR MANY HERE. EVERYONE NEEDS TO GO AND TAKE A STEP BACK, RELAX. IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENCES WITH A CANDIDATE, YOU DO IT AT THE VOTING BOOTH. NOT, THEY SAY, THROUGH THE BARREL OF A GUN. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. BACK WITH LOGAN NOW, YOU'VE SPENT TODAY IN THE TOWN WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AND NEARBY PITTSBURGH, GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW THIS IS AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY? BUTLER, WHERE THIS HAPPENED, AS AN HOURS DRIVE NORTH OF WHERE I AM STANDING IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. IT IS HOME TO JUST OVER 13,000 PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE LOVE DONALD TRUMP. LAST ELECTION, THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR EVERY ONE PERSON WHO VOTED FOR BIDEN. WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THERE WAS ALMOST A SENSE OF NUMBNESS FROM THE LOCALS THERE, FROM THOSE I WAS TALKING TO, THAT SOMETHING HORRIFIC HAPPENED. WHAT IS NORMALLY SUCH ARE QUIET PART OF THIS AREA OF PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WERE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES, NOT ONLY IS THERE A MASSIVE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SITE, A CRIME SCENE UNDER INCREDIBLE SCRUTINY FROM LAW-ENFORCEMENT AND THE POWERS OF WASHINGTON DC, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I SPOKE TO HER WAITING TO GET THIS STUFF. MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTING, EVERYONE WAS RUSHED OUT OF THE AREA, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THREAT OF A POTENTIAL BOMB. PEOPLE WILL BAGS, OUR TV CREW LEFT CAMERAS. WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE COULD GET IT ALL. LOOKING AHEAD, DONALD TRUMP IS NOW IN MILWAUKEE FOR HIS PARTY'S CONVENTION. TALK US THROUGH WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN. IN MANY WAYS, ORGANISERS OF THE CONVENTION HAVE SAID, NOTHING WILL CHANGE. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THEIR JOB IS TO COME TOGETHER AND PICK WHO THE RESIDENTIAL NOMINATION WILL BE. THAT WILL STILL HAPPEN. IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO PICK DONALD TRUMP. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED IN REALITY. THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A BRIGHT SECURITY SPOTLIGHT ON THIS EVENT, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE. IT IS NOT JUST FOR DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY, BUT ALSO THE UPPER ECHELON OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS, AND POLITICIANS WILL BE THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. THEY WILL BE HOSTING EVENTS, ATTENDING EVENTS. THEY WILL BE WALKING AROUND THE TOWN. AS WE SPEAK, IT HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A FORTRESS CITY AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION. WE WILL BE LIFE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OVER THE COMING DAYS FOR THIS HISTORIC TIME IN AMERICA. THANKS, U.S CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH LIVE IN PITTSBURGH. AND THE SPECTATOR WHO DIED AT THE RALLY'S BEEN NAMED AS COREY COMPERATORE (50). HE REPORTEDLY THREW HIMSELF ACROSS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM FROM GUNFIRE. NEIGHBOURS IN SHOCK AT HIS DEATH SAY THEY'LL VOTE FOR TRUMP IN HIS MEMORY. IN MY ADULT LIFE, I HAVE NEVER REGISTERED TO VOTE OR VOTED, AND AS SOON AS I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED AND LEARNED THAT IT WAS FROM COREY` IT WAS TO COREY THAT IT HAPPENED, I SAID` I WENT UPSTAIRS AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND I REGISTERED TO VOTE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER VOTED, AND I THINK IT'LL BE IN HIS MEMORY. A FUNDRAISING PAGE SET UP FOR COREY COMPERATORE'S FAMILY HAS RAISED MORE THAN NZ$1.3M. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED IN THE CROWD REMAIN IN A STABLE CONDITION. THERE IS NOW INTENSE SCRUTINY ON THE SECRET SERVICE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS. THESE ARE LIVE SHOTS COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM OF THE CONVENTION CENTRE IN MILWAUKEE WHERE TRUMP'S DUE TO GIVE A SPEECH AMID TIGHTENED SECURITY, THOUSANDS OF REPUBLICAN PARTY MEMBERS IN THE CITY FOR THE FORUM. FORMER AGENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT SECURITY AT YESTERDAY'S RALLY AND HOW THE SHOOTER MANAGED TO GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT. YVONNE TAHANA HAS MORE. A LONE SHOOTER BLOODYING THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE REPUTATION OF THE SECRET SERVICE. THE ROOFTOP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT NOW DESCRIBED AS THE WORST BREACH OF PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY IN 44 YEARS. IT REALLY TROUBLES ME THAT THE GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO GET THAT CLOSE ON THAT SECOND FLOOR ROOF TO THE STAGE WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS GIVING HIS SPEECH. ABSOLUTELY A HORRIFIC SITUATION. (GUNSHOTS) ANOTHER FORMER SECRET AGENT TAKEN RIGHT BACK TO MARCH 30 1981 ` THE DAY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT. THAT WAS A FAILURE, BECAUSE IF A PROTECTEE OF THE SECRET SERVICE IS INJURED, IT'S NOT A VICTORY, IT'S A FAILURE. HE WAS ON DUTY OUTSIDE A WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTEL WHEN JOHN HINCKLEY, WHO WAS OBSESSED WITH ACTRESS JODIE FOSTER, FIRED OFF SHOTS, BELIEVING THE ACT WOULD IMPRESS HER. SO, THIS IS A FAILURE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT CAN BE CORRECTED SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WHEN YOU'RE READY! ON YOU! SECRET SERVICE TACTICS ARE NOW UNDER SCRUTINY. SO, IN THIS SITUATION, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LAYERED APPROACH AS TO HOW THE SECURITY PLAN WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT THIS OPEN FIELD AND THE OPEN STAGE WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS. BUT THERE WAS ALSO SUPPORT FOR AGENTS' ACTIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, INCLUDING THE BODY BUNKER FORMATION USED TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP. THE AGENTS TOOK THEIR QUICKNESS TO GET OVER TO HIM AND PUT THEMSELVES BETWEEN HIM AND ANY FUTURE HARM'S WAY, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SHOTS RINGING OUT. PROTECTION IS A VERY TOUGH ASSIGNMENT, COS ANY MISTAKE CAN BE FATAL, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND IT CAN DESTROY AN AGENCY, LITERALLY WHEN THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE. THE CHAOS OF THIS SHOOTING SET TO COME UNDER THE FBI MICROSCOPE. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. AND AMAZING IMAGES HAVE EMERGED FROM THE SHOOTING THAT TRULY ILLUSTRATE THE POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS ONE FROM NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG MILLS CAPTURES THE MOMENT A BULLET WHIZZES PAST DONALD TRUMP. THIS CLOSE UP SHOWS BLOOD STREAMING DOWN HIS CHEEKS AS SECURITY SERVICE AGENTS RUSH IN TO SURROUND HIM, A FEMALE AGENT GUN AT THE READY AMONG THE CONFUSION. AND THIS PICTURE HERE ` A DEFIANT TRUMP WITH RAISED FIST, THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE BACKGROUND ` SURE TO LEAVE A LASTING MEMORY OF A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN HISTORY. AND BREAKFAST WILL HAVE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING FALLOUT, INCLUDING CROSSING LIVE TO LOGAN CHURCH AT THE REPUBLIC CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW, FROM 6AM. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND EMBATTLED FORMER GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA HAS FRONTED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LEAVING THE PARTY. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN, SHE STRONGLY DENIES MIGRANT EXPLOITATION AT HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS. SHE ALSO SAYS HER POLITICAL WORK IS NOT YET DONE. DARLENE TANA SAT DOWN WITH MAIKI, WHO ASKED THE HARD QUESTIONS. DARLEEN TANA DEFIANT. I KNOW WHO I AM. I KNOW WHAT I DID AND WHAT I DID NOT DO. WHAT DIDN'T YOU DO? I DIDN'T EXPLOIT MIGRANTS. THE EMBATTLED FORMER GREEN MP FIRING BACK AT HER OLD PARTY. I'VE BEEN ISOLATED. THERE HAS BEEN NO DUTY OF CARE FROM THE PARTY TO ME. FOR NOW, SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THE EASIEST THING MAY WELL BE TO STEP AWAY. BUT EITHER WAY, THAT'S A DECISION THAT REQUIRES QUITE SOME CONSIDERATION. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'RE ENTITLED TO STAY ON AS AN MP? WHAT MANDATE DO YOU HAVE? IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT MANDATE AS ABOUT THE KAUPAPA. THE FIRST-TERM MP HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN ALLEGATIONS HER HUSBAND, CHRISTIAN HOFF-NIELSEN, EXPLOITED FORMER MIGRANT WORKERS AT HIS E-BIKE BUSINESS. SANTIAGO PALMA TOLD 1 NEWS HE ASKED DARLEEN TANA TO INTERVENE. I DIDN'T STEP IN TO HELP, AND I` WHY NOT? BECAUSE HE DID NOT ASK ME FOR HELP. YOU'RE SAYING HE'S LYING? I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE'S LYING, BUT I AM SAYING THAT... IF I HAD BEEN ASKED, I HELP. SHE CLAIMS IT WASN'T HER BUSINESS. LOOK, THAT'S AN ISSUE, FRANKLY, BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEES AND MY HUSBAND. BUT SHE DOES ADMIT TO CONFRONTING A SECOND MIGRANT WORKER AT HIS NEW WORKPLACE LAST YEAR. I WASN'T APPROACHING HIM ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS WAGES ` I WAS APPROACHING HIM ABOUT HOW... HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS ONLINE, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT IS STRANGE, THOUGH, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S YOUR HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU'RE CONFRONTING A MIGRANT WORKER AT HIS NEW PLACE OF WORK IN REGARDS TO YOUR HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, SO WHICH IS IT ` ARE YOU IN OR OUT? I AM OUT. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND IT WAS LIKELY DARLEEN TANA KNEW ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF EXPLOITATION. IT WAS ALSO ABOUT WHETHER YOU WERE COMPLETELY UPFRONT WITH YOUR PARTY. WERE YOU? I BELIEVE SO, YES. BECAUSE THE REPORT DOESN'T SAY THAT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE REPORT WHERE I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS OF. SHE CLAIMS KEY WITNESSES WEREN'T INTERVIEWED, INCLUDING ONE OF THE MIGRANT WORKERS, WHILE OTHERS WITH NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE EVENTS WERE. PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR EMPLOYING, WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PAYROLL AND WERE HELPING ONE OF THE CASES IN QUESTION WERE NOT INTERVIEWED. ONE OF THE MAIN CRITICISMS OF YOU IN THE INVESTIGATION IS THAT YOU HAD SHIFTING EVIDENCE. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? THESE EVENTS OCCURRED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND... I COULDN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING. SHE SAYS THERE WAS A PRE-DETERMINED OUTCOME, EVIDENT WHEN SHE FINALLY MET WITH HER CAUCUS. OUR CO-LEADERS OPENED WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THEY WERE SEEKING TO ASK ME TO RESIGN BEFORE ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND OR TO SPEAK. AS FOR THE 17-WEEK-LONG INVESTIGATION... $40,000-SOMETHING, HARD-EARNED MONEY, HAS BEEN WASTED ON AN INVESTIGATION WHICH HAS ULTIMATELY FOUND THAT I'M MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. WHILE THAT MARRIAGE REMAINS INTACT, DARLEEN TANA HAS WELL AND TRULY DIVORCED THE GREEN PARTY. MAIKI JOINS US NOW. WHEN WILL WE KNOW IF DARLEEN TANA'S GOING TO STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP? SHE SAID SHE WILL MAKE THE DECISION SOON. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE SHE MAY WELL STICK AROUND. THAT IS BECAUSE SHE IS, AS YOU SAW IN THE STORY, UNREPENTANT. SHE FEELS LIKE SHE HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG. SHE IS ALMOST PAINTING HERSELF OUT TO BE A VICTIM IN SOME WAYS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY HER PARTY, PERFORMER PARTY, HAS HANDLED IT. SHE SAYS WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE DRAFT REPORT BACK IN TERMS OF THE INVESTIGATION, SHE REACHED OUT TO THE GREEN PARTY TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH IT. THEY DENIED THAT REQUEST. SHE SAYS THAT WHEN SHE WENT INTO THAT FINAL CAUCUS MEETING, IT WAS CLEAR. THE COLEADERS HAD ALREADY DECIDED HER FATE SHE FELT BETRAYED. I SPOKE TO THE COLEADER, CHLOE FOR BRICK. SHE SAID THE PARTY DID NOT TAKE LIGHTLY THE PROCESS THEY FOLLOWED, WHERE THEY REQUESTED HER RESIGNATION UNANIMOUSLY. SHE ADDED, WE CONTINUE BEING FOCUS MINIMISING THE DAMAGE SO THAT NO APOLOGIES, NO BACK DOWN IS FROM ANYONE ON THIS TODAY. I WILL HAVE MORE FOR US TOMORROW EVENING. THANKS, MAIKI. FOR MORE, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE 1NEWS.CO.NZ AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO TVNZ+ TO WATCH MAIKI'S EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH DARLEEN TANA. IT'S ON OUR NEWS PAGE. TO FIND IT ON YOUR SMART TV, CLICK ON THE 'NEWS' TAB ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AS YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN. YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE LOADS OF OTHER NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS CONTENT WHILE YOU'RE THERE. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CELEBRATIONS IN SPAIN, ANGUISH IN ENGLAND AFTER THE SPANISH WIN THE EURO CHAMPIONSHIP. NEXT, HOW THE TOURNAMENT'S INSPIRED OUR NEXT GENERATION OF FOOTBALLERS. AND FLOODING FRUSTRATIONS IN WAIROA. WHAT LOCALS ARE CALLING FOR, FOLLOWING THE LATEST EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, PUTTING A PRICE ON SOMETHING MANY DO FOR LOVE. THE GRANDPARENTS GETTING PAID TO LOOK AFTER THE GRANDKIDS. PLUS... I'M SOMEWHERE IN NEW ZEALAND ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY THIS BRAND NEW MG3 HYBRID. WILL I BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR? PLUS, WHY SPENDING MONEY AT YOUR LOCAL SHOP IS DOING MORE GOOD THAN YOU THINK. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. THE POLICE UNION'S LOST ITS LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OVER OFFICERS' PAY. AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR SIDED WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF A 4% INCREASE THIS YEAR AND NEXT. POLICE WILL ALSO GET A $1500 LUMP SUM PAYMENT AND $5000 GENERAL WAGE INCREASE. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, OFFICERS WILL BE PAID OVERTIME ` BUT NOT UNTIL JULY NEXT YEAR. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION'S DISAPPOINTED BY THE RESULT, SAYING MEMBERS HAVE WAITED PATIENTLY AND LOST INCOME AS NEGOTIATIONS DRAGGED ON. WAIROA'S STILL REELING, FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S DEVASTATING FLOODING, WITH LOCAL FRUSTRATION TOWARDS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL MOUNTING FURTHER. EMAILS OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SUGGEST THE COUNCIL DISREGARDED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT HAD EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF INCORPORATING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RIVER MOUTH. HENRY MCMULLAN HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. WHEN A STORM STRIKES HERE, THIS RIVER CAN BE TRANSFORMED FROM A SOURCE OF JOY... HAVE YOU CAUGHT ANYTHING? NO. ...INTO A FORCE OF DESTRUCTION... SAD, REAL SAD. ...AND IT'S CONTRIBUTED TO A HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS EAST COAST TOWN. EVEN BEFORE CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WE WERE PROBABLY 150 HOMES DOWN, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE STILL GOT 70`80 HOMES THERE THAT AREN'T LIVEABLE. WE'VE NOW GOT ANOTHER 120 WITH THE RECENT FLOODS. LAST YEAR, THE MAYOR PLEADED WITH THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO DO A SPECIFIC REVIEW INTO THE FLOODING WAIROA EXPERIENCED DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE. FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF ACTION, HIS COUNCIL COMMISSIONED THIS $70,000 INDEPENDENT REVIEW WHICH CAME BACK IN APRIL, WELL IN ADVANCE OF LAST MONTH'S FLOODING. IT BASICALLY SAYS THE RIVER MOUTH HAS AND WILL REMAIN THE MOST FREQUENTLY-OCCURING FLOOD RISK FOR THE LOWER SECTION OF THE WAIROA RIVER. IT EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILISING AND TRUSTING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTAINING THE RIVER MOUTH. AND THIS WASN'T LISTENED TO? NO. NO, IT WASN'T. AND THAT IN THE INSIDE SECTION ON PAGE 28 SAYS IT ALL. EMAILS OBTAINED BY 1NEWS SUGGEST THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE DISREGARDED THE REPORT WHEN HE RECEIVED IT, SAYING IT... HE LABELLED SOME OF THE FINDINGS... CAN YOU EXPLAIN THESE COMMENTS? YEAH. LOOK, IT DIDN'T PROVIDE US WITH PARTICULARLY NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE DATA IT RELIED ON WAS DATA PROVIDED BY US, SO IT WAS A USEFUL SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S REALLY TIMELY, BECAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT MAY HAPPEN, DID HAPPEN. HE BELIEVES, HAD THE REPORT BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY, WAIROA WOULDN'T BE FACING THIS CLEAN UP. IN MY HUMBLE VIEW, IT'S ARROGANCE, REMEMBERING THAT THEY THINK THEY KNOW BETTER THAN US, LIVING PROBABLY TWO HOURS AWAY. WE HAVE WORKED OVER TIME WITH LOCAL CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE ALWAYS IN WAIROA AHEAD OF ANY FLOOD PREDICTIONS, BUT, LOOK, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP STRENGTHENING THAT LOCAL INVOLVEMENT. BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR LOCALS. THERE ARE CALLS FOR CONTROL OF THE RIVER TO SHIFT HANDS, AND FOR THE REGIONAL COUNCIL TO BE HELD LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY FINANCIAL LOSS. WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A FIGHT, BUT FROM DAY ONE I SAID, 'TELL US WHY YOU SHOULDN'T GO TO COURT,' BUT A CLASS ACTION I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER AND THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT. THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE THAT THE RUNNING OF THE COUNCIL IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF WAIROA REQUIRE OTHERWISE WE WILL GET MORE OF THIS. SOMETHING THIS TOWN IS DETERMINED TO AVOID. HENRY MCMULLAN, 1 NEWS. WELL, IT DIDN'T END THE WAY ENGLISH FANS WANTED ` SPAIN TAKING THE EURO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2-1, CONSIGNING ENGLAND TO ANOTHER NEAR MISS IN BIG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS. BUT NZ FOOTBALL SAYS THE EUROS HAVE BOOSTED THE SPORT HERE, AS SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. (ALL CHANT) WE KNOW HOW PASSIONATE THE GROWNUPS ARE, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUNGSTERS? AT AUCKLAND'S BIRKENHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB THIS MORNING, YOU COULDN'T MISS WHO THEY WERE SUPPORTING. ENGLAND. ENGLAND. ENGLAND. WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLAYER? BELLINGHAM. PALMER AND JUDE BELLINGHAM. HARRY KANE. HARRY KANE. PROBABLY HARRY KANE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HARRY KANE? EVERYONE SEEMS TO LIKE HARRY KANE. WELL, HE DID SCORE THE MOST GOALS IN HISTORY, AND I JUST REALLY LOVE HIM. ALSO IN LOVE WITH THE TOURNAMENT IS NZ FOOTBALL. THE EUROS HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. I THINK, PARTICULARLY, THE FACT THEY'VE BEEN FREE TO AIR, THAT EVERY KIWI CAN GET UP OVER BREAKFAST AND WATCH THEM. THE JOY OF FOOTBALL... SMASHING HIT! (CHEERING) CUCURELLA! ...AND THE PAIN OF IT ADD UP TO MORE PLAYERS. LAST YEAR, WE HAD PARTICIPATION FIGURES OF ABOUT 165,000 ` THE LARGEST SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15% TO 20% ON GROWTH. THAT POPULARITY BRINGS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. ONE OF THE OBSTACLES WE HAVE WITH GROWTH IS ENSURING THERE'S ENOUGH FIELD CAPACITY FOR OUR TEAMS. SPAIN, CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE. SO MORE HEARTACHE FOR ENGLISH FANS ` AND THE DAY'S MISERABLE ` BUT WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO BUT GET YOUR BOOTS BACK ON, GET ON THE FIELD AND GET READY FOR YOUR OWN SHOT AT FOOTBALL GLORY? WHO KNOWS? IN THIS GROUP, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER... WHAT WAS THAT ENGLAND PLAYER'S NAME AGAIN? KANE. KANE? HARRY. YEAH, HARRY, YEAH. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. FROM A FOOTBALL FRENZY TO A FAMOUS FLAME ` THE OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY ARRIVES IN PARIS. SO IS THE HOST CITY READY FOR AN INFLUX OF ATHLETES AND VISITORS? WAIT UNTIL THE CROWD SEE HER. AND A STANDING OVATION FOR PRINCESS KATE AS SHE MAKES JUST HER SECOND PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS YEAR. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHEN YOUR DAD IS A FAMOUS MUSICIAN, IS THERE ANY OTHER CAREER PATH FOR YOU TO TAKE? THERE WAS JUST ALWAYS MUSIC IN THE HOUSE, AND, YOU KNOW, MADE MY FIRST ALBUM AT AGED 6. FIND OUT HER LINK TO AUSTRALIAN ROCK ROYALTY. PLUS, IT'S MORE THAN JUST POPPA HELPING OUT ` HOW YOU COULD BE GETTING PAID TO PLAY WITH YOUR GRANDKIDS. AND HILARY'S GIVING AWAY A CAR LIVE AT 7. 'A FORCE OF NATURE.' THAT'S HOW ONE OF SHANNEN DOHERTY'S CO-STARS IS REMEMBERING HER TONIGHT. THE ACTRESS HAS DIED AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLES ON BEVERLY HILLS 90210 AND CHARMED, HER CAREER SPANNED MORE THAN FOUR DECADES. BRENDA, I TOLD YOU, MIXING THE TWO COLOURS TOGETHER IS WHAT BRINGS OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS. MY MOTHER IS GOING TO KILL ME. WHY? SHE'S THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING WITH HER HAIR. BRENDA, SHE DOES! (CHUCKLES) SHANNEN DOHERTY WAS 53. IN JUST HER SECOND PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS YEAR, THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS DELIGHTED TENNIS FANS BY TURNING UP AT WIMBLEDON. ACCOMPANIED BY HER DAUGHTER PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, THE PAIR MEET WITH PLAYERS BEFORE WATCHING THE MEN'S SINGLES FINAL, THE ROYAL RECEIVING A STANDING OVATION. (CROWD APPLAUDS) THE 42-YEAR-OLD, A PATRON OF THE ALL-ENGLAND CLUB, HAS BEEN UNDERGOING PREVENTATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR CANCER. WHILE WIMBLEDON AND THE EUROS MAY'VE BEEN DOMINATING SPORTS HEADLINES, THE OLYMPICS AREN'T FAR AWAY, AND THE FAMOUS TORCH RELAY HAS JUST ARRIVED IN PARIS. FOR MORE ON HOW THE BIG EVENT IS SHAPING UP, HERE'S OLYMPICS PRESENTER CHRIS CHANG. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE OLYMPICS IS ON, WITH THE BIG EVENT KICKING OFF IN PARIS LATER THIS MONTH. THE FRENCH CITY JUST THE SECOND TO PLAY HOST TO THREE SUMMER GAMES. SO LET'S HEAD INTO STADE DE FRANCE NOW, THE NATIONAL STADIUM, WHERE EVENTS LIKE THE ATHLETICS AND RUGBY SEVENS WILL BE HELD. THE NEARLY-80,000 CAPACITY VENUE LIKELY TO BE PACKED OUT WITH SPECTATORS WATCHING 10,500 ATHLETES COMPETE FROM 206 COUNTRIES. KIWI COMPETITORS WILL BE AMONG THEM, ALL BATTLING IT OUT TO BRING HOME GOLD. THE GAMES FEATURE 32 SPORTS ACROSS NEARLY 330 EVENTS. SO WITH MILLIONS OF TOURISTS EXPECTED TO FLOCK TO PARIS FOR THE OLYMPICS, HOW IS THE CITY PREPARING? EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. A DRAMATIC PARISIAN ENTREE 11 DAYS AWAY FROM THE OPENING OF THESE GALLIC GAMES, PASSING THE OLYMPIC FLAME FROM HALLOWED HISTORY TO THE FUTURE OF FRANCE. BASTILLE DAY IS WHEN THIS NATION CELEBRATES ITS DEMOCRATIC BIRTH, ITS CORE VALUES LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. THE COLLISION OF CUSTOMS ROUNDED OUT BY FRENCH SPORTING ROYALTY. OLYMPICS IN FRANCE, OBVIOUSLY IN PARIS, APART FROM SOME SPORTS, UM, IT'S JUST, UH... IT'S EMOTIONAL. IT'S SPECIAL. FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS, THE FLAME'S BEING CARRIED MORE THAN 12,000km THROUGH MORE THAN 450 FRENCH CITIES, TOWNS AND TERRITORIES. (BRASS BAND PLAYS) A JOURNEY HONOURED BY THE PUBLIC AND THE PROGRESSIVE, FROM FRANCE'S DEEPEST CAVES TO ITS LOFTIEST HEIGHTS, ALWAYS UNDER ARMED GUARD ` ANOTHER RING OF STEEL IN THIS MOST CAUTIOUSLY GUARDED GAMES. THE SECURITY OPERATION HERE WILL BE IMMENSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXTRA POLICE. A COP FOR EVERY SQUARE METRE, A SPECIAL OPS SNIPER FOR EVERY ROOFTOP. PREPARATIONS IN PARIS' PICTURE POSTCARD LOCATIONS ARE ALMOST COMPLETE, SOME 14,000 CARDBOARD BEDS AT THE ATHLETICS VILLAGE TRADE-TESTED. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S ALL RUNNING TO BUDGET, AND THE $2.5 BILLION DASH TO CLEAN THE SEINE, THE ARTERIAL VENUE FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY AND DISTANCE SWIMS, APPEARS TO BE WORKING. (MARCHING BAND PLAYS) ALL AN UPLIFTING DISTRACTION FOR A PRESIDENT UNDER SEARING POLITICAL PRESSURE ` THE CHALLENGE NOW TO CONVINCE A SCEPTICAL PARISIAN PUBLIC THAT THE DISRUPTION IS WORTH THEIR WHILE. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT, AND HAVE THE SPANISH FINISHED PARTYING YET? YEAH, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S BEEN TOO MUCH SLEEP. A FEW SORE HEADS TODAY, AND SORE ARMS FROM LIFTING THREE BIG TROPHIES. THE SPANISH DOMINATING IN THE EUROS, WIMBLEDON AND SAIL GP ` WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ACTION AND THE FIESTA. PLUS ` KIWI MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL IS SELECTED FOR THE OLYMPICS AFTER WINNING HER BATTLE AGAINST CYCLING NEW ZEALAND. AND IN WEATHER, TUESDAY'S GONNA BE A MIXED BAG SORT OF DAY AS A BAND OF RAIN HEADS SOUTH, SO THERE'LL BE SOME PATCHY FOG BEHIND IT. THAT RAIN, OF COURSE, WILL WORK ITS WAY SOUTH THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. AFTER IT, THERE WILL BE SOME SUNSHINE IN THE MIX AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. OR SHOULD WE SAY HOLA? WHAT A DAY TO BE SPANISH ` THEIR SPORTS MEN AND WOMEN PICKING UP THREE BIG TROPHIES TODAY, STARTING ON THE GRASS AT WIMBLEDON AND ENDING ON THE WATERS OF SAN FRANCISCO. BUT WE'LL BEGIN OUR COVERAGE WITH FOOTBALL, LA ROJA WINNING THEIR FOURTH EUROPEAN TITLE AND CONFINING ENGLAND TO AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS OF HURT. OUR RESIDENT SPANIARD, VICTOR WATERS, HAS MORE. THE BEST TEAM WON IT! AND THE BEST TO EVER DO IT IN EUROS HISTORY, SPAIN, THE KINGS OF EUROPE, LIFTING A RECORD FOURTH CROWN. THIS ZESTFUL FOOTBALL NATION HAS COME TO THE PARTY, AND DANCED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DANCE! THE SPANISH DIDN'T MISS A BEAT AT EURO 2024, WINNING AN UNHERALDED SEVEN STRAIGHT MATCHES. CUCURELLA! 2-1 SPAIN! OYARZABAL PROMPT, NEAT, TELLING! THIS IS HISTORY. WE BEAT FOUR CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD CUP, ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, ENGLAND ` THE MOST TOUGH ONE, AND WE DID IT. THANKS IN GREAT PART TO LAMINE YAMAL, THE YOUNGEST EVER TO WIN A EUROS OR WORLD CUP. WITH FOUR ASSISTS AND A GOAL, NO ONE WAS INVOLVED IN MORE GOALS THAN THE RECENTLY TURNED 17-YEAR-OLD. LAMINE YAMAL, AND WILLIAMS SCORES! AND SPAIN STRIKE FIRST! SCORCHED, THE THREE LIONS NEEDED TO KEEP COOL. UP STEPPED THEIR ICEMAN. SMASHING HIT! SMASHING GOAL! COLE PALMER! ENGLAND CONJURING UP YET ANOTHER LATE TWIST, AS THEY'D DONE ALL TOURNAMENT. BUT LIKE EVERY MAJOR TOURNAMENT SINCE 1966, IT WASN'T ENOUGH. REPELLED NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE! TO LOSE IN THAT WAY IS REALLY CRUEL. AGAIN, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T PLAY OUR BEST GAME, BUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME GOOD MOMENTS, AND TO BE SUCKER-PUNCHED WITH THE LATE GOAL IS HEARTBREAKING. THEIR 58-YEAR GRIEF SPAIN'S GLORY. GOAL! COME ON! THE SPANISH FIESTA STRETCHING FROM BERLIN TO BARCELONA AND BEYOND. (CHEERING) BUT JUDGING BY THIS SPANISH GENERATION, THE PARTY MIGHT JUST BE GETTING STARTED. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. BEFORE SPAIN WON THE EUROS, THE COUNTRY WAS CELEBRATING CARLOS ALCARAZ'S SECOND WIMBLEDON TITLE. THE 21-YEAR-OLD BEATING NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN STRAIGHT SETS, IN WHAT'S STARTING TO BECOME A FAMILIAR STORY.. HERE'S ZION DAYAL. WIMBLEDON'S CROWN STILL IN THE HANDS OF ITS KING. A MASTER CRAFTSMAN, AT 21 YEARS OF AGE. SPANIARD CARLOS ALCARAZ DEFENDING HIS ALL ENGLAND CLUB TITLE GAME. (CHEERING) THE YOUNG KING OF CENTRE COURT. THIS, ALCARAZ'S FOURTH MAJOR AND FURTHER PROVING THE DOMINANCE OF NOVAK DJOKOVIC, WHO WON THREE OF HIS 24 GRAND SLAM TITLES LAST YEAR, COULD BE FADING. IT IS A DREAM FOR ME, WINNING THIS TROPHY. IN AN INTERVIEW WHEN I WAS 12, 11 YEARS OLD, I SAID THAT MY DREAM IS TO WIN, UH, WIMBLEDON. NOT OFTEN DO YOU SEE DJOKOVIC DISMANTLED IN STRAIGHT SETS IN A WIMBLEDON FINAL OR IN ANY FINAL. I FEEL LIKE I'M, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT AT THAT LEVEL IN ORDER TO REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, I GUESS, BEAT THESE GUYS IN THE GRAND SLAM LATTER STAGES. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY MUCH BETTER THAN I DID TODAY. I'M NOT CONSIDERING MYSELF, UH, CHAMPION YET, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO, UH... I DON'T THINK THEY AGREE. NOT NOT NOT` THAT'S NOT NOT NOT. THAT'S THEM. ALCARAZ LOOKED EVERY BIT A CHAMPION. (CHEERING) THE SPANIARD COULDN'T MISS. DJOKOVIC UNABLE TO FIND AN ANSWER. SIX-TWO IN THE FIRST SET, THE WIMBLEDON CROWD AND ITS GUESTS WITNESSING THE SAME IN THE SECOND. (CHEERING) BUT PLAYING AGAINST SOMEONE OF DJOKOVIC'S CALIBRE, YOU NEED TO BE CLINICAL. HE'S THROWING IT ALL AT THE SPANIARD NOW... THE SERB SAVING THREE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS BUT UNABLE TO SAVE THE MATCH, ALCARAZ TAKING THE THIRD SET IN A TIE-BREAKER, BECOMING THE YOUNGEST MAN TO WIN BOTH THE FRENCH OPEN AND WIMBLEDON IN THE SAME YEAR. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TOURNAMENT, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COURT, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TROPHY. THE TROPHY ALCARAZ'S FOR ANOTHER YEAR AS HE CONTINUES TO CHANGE THE TENNIS LANDSCAPE. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. AND SPAIN'S THIRD LEG OF THE TRIFECTA SAIL GP, THEIR SAILORS EDGING THE WINNER-TAKE-ALL GRAND FINALE AND LEAVING NZ TO LAMENT ANOTHER NEAR-MISS. BRODYN KNUCKEY REPORTS. AND THEY WILL GET IT! VAMOS ESPANIA! SPAIN CLAIMS SEASON FOUR! A GOLDEN DAY FOR SPANISH SPORT WRAPPED UP UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, SPAIN STUNNING BOTH NZ AND THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS AUSTRALIA TO WIN THIS YEAR'S SAILGP TITLE; LAST YEAR'S WOODEN SPOONERS POCKETING A COOL $3.3M. WE WERE LUCKY, BECAUSE WE BROKE A RUDDER OR SOMETHING IN THE LAST DOWNWIND, YEAH, BUT WE MANAGED TO STAY IN FRONT, AND, YEAH, I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT ` IT'S AMAZING. THEY WERE IN SOME WAYS LUCKY TO EVEN BE IN THE FINAL IN SAN FRANCISCO ` FRANCE ON TRACK TO WIN THE LAST TICKET INSTEAD, BEFORE ABSOLUTE CHAOS. TOO CLOSE! TOO CLOSE! THEY'RE GONNA CRASH! OH NO! WE HAVE A COLLISION! LOSING THEIR WAY AND THEIR RUDDER AFTER THIS FOUL ON DENMARK. WE FOUND OUT THEY'RE GONNA GET EIGHT PENALTY POINTS FOR CAUSING DAMAGE, WHICH BASICALLY TAKES THEM OUT OF THE FINAL. ALL THE WHILE, AUSTRALIA LOOKING IN CHAMPIONSHIP FORM, WITH TWO WINS BEFORE THE FINAL RACE. THE KIWIS, ON THE OTHER, HAND OUT OF SORTS, UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE RACING THAT SAW THEM WIN FIVE REGATTAS AND OVER $1M IN PRIZE MONEY THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALL FEELING THE PAIN AT THE MOMENT. IT FELT LIKE WE WERE JUST STRUGGLING OUT OF PHASE, STRUGGLING TO SAIL THE BOAT AS WELL AS WE KNEW WE CAN. THOSE STRUGGLES EVIDENT IN THE FINAL, AS SPAIN'S FAST START GAVE THEM THE EARLY LEAD. THE KIWIS FADING; THE AUSSIES FALTERING. THAT'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY DISASTROUS. IS THIS THE CROWNING MOMENT FOR THIS SPANISH TEAM? IT WAS ` THE SPANIARDS WASTING LITTLE TIME STARTING CELEBRATIONS ON SHORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ASKED, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH NOISE, BUT WE'RE OVER THE MOON! (GIGGLES) SPANISH SAILING NOW UP THERE WITH THEIR OTHER SPORTING STARS. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. KIWI MOUNTAIN BIKER SAMMIE MAXWELL'S BEEN NAMED ALONG WITH SAM GAZE, TO COMPETE AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. IT COMES AFTER THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL UPHELD AN APPEAL BY MAXWELL AGAINST CYCLING NZ, WHO DIDN'T NOMINATE HER DUE TO NON-PERFORMANCE REASONS ` THE FINAL DECISION LEFT TO THE NZOC, WHO FOUND SHE'D MET THE CRITERIA OLYMPICS. REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT HAS THE STORY. AN 11TH-HOUR DECISION THAT WENT IN SAMMIE MAXWELL'S FAVOUR. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, THE UNDER-23 WORLD CHAMPION SAYING... BUT SHE, 'DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH HOW EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT SHOULD LOOK,' WHICH IS WHY SHE APPEALED TO THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL AGAINST CYCLING NZ WHEN THEY DIDN'T NOMINATE HER FOR SELECTION. THE APPEAL UPHELD, THE TRIBUNAL FINDING CYCLING NZ USED INACCURATE AND OUT-OF-DATE MEDICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO AN EATING DISORDER MAXWELL'S BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT. WE RESPECT THE TRIBUNAL'S DECISION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BASED OUR SELECTION ON. I THINK FOR US, WHAT THE TRIBUNAL ALSO DID SAY WAS CYCLING NZ HAD THE BEST INTERESTS OF SAMMIE AT HEART, AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO LEAVE IT FOR US. ONLY A FEW CASES RELATING TO OLYMPIC SELECTION HAVE BEEN UPHELD BY THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL IN ITS HISTORY. THERE'S A MIXTURE OF ISSUES IN THIS CASE, OF COURSE. THE NATURAL JUSTICE ISSUES THAT WENT WITH THE FACT THE KEY EVIDENCE THAT WAS RELIED UPON BY CYCLING NZ WASN'T GIVEN TO SAMMIE, AND THEN THE KEY FACT THAT KEY EVIDENCE WAS UNRELIABLE. ALL THE TRIBUNAL'S DONE HAS POINT THOSE THINGS OUT, AND IF THAT'S DAMNING, SO BE IT. ALL PARTIES CAN AGREE SELECTION IS COMPLEX. IT IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO WELLBEING ISSUES. WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. THERE SHOULD BE NEVER BE A SURPRISE IN SELECTION, AND IF THERE IS, THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION HASN'T TAKEN PLACE. THROUGHOUT, THE SPORTING BODY'S REFUSED AN INTERVIEW, BUT IN STATEMENT TODAY TOLD 1 NEWS... A DREAM THAT, FOR SAMMIE MAXWELL, WAS VERY NEARLY DASHED. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. TODAY'S OTHER BIG FOOTBALL FINAL, THE COPA AMERICA, WAS MARRED BY OFF-FIELD ISSUES THAT'S LEFT SOME CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNITED STATES' ABILITY TO HOST THE 2026 WORLD CUP. FANS DELAYED FROM GETTING INTO THE HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI, LEADING TO A CRUSH, OTHERS WITHOUT TICKETS TAKING THEIR CHANCES TO GET IN. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO COPA AMERICA THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? THE GAME BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND COLOMBIA DELAYED BY 80 MINUTES, SOME LEGITIMATE TICKET HOLDERS MISSING OUT. THOSE WHO DID GET INSIDE, SAW ARGENTINA EVENTUALLY SCORING THE GAME'S ONLY GOAL LATE IN EXTRA TIME. APPARENTLY THE HALF-TIME WAS EXTENDED TO 25 MINUTES SO SHAKIRA COULD PERFORM. THANKS JENNY, STAY WITH US, DAN'S HERE TO TELL US WHO'S IN FOR SHOWERS, AND WHO'S IN FOR SUNSHINE... NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` GET READY FOR A SURPRISE KNOCK AT THE FRONT DOOR. HILARY IS ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY A BRAND-NEW MG3 HYBRID. PLUS THE GRANDPARENTS GETTING PAID TO LOOK AFTER THE GRANDKIDS. THEY DO IT OVERSEAS ` SHOULD WE BE DOING IT HERE? AND THE EASY WAY TO SAVE MONEY AND SAVE JOBS. HELLO. IT AS A REAL SHIFT OF GEARS THIS WEEK. THE TASMAN SEA OPENS THE BUSINESS IN THE FORM OF SOME WET WEATHER. LOOK AT THAT BAND COMING IN. FROSTY CONDITIONS GOING AWAY. 70 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN TO THE PART OF THE FAR NORTH. COMPARE THAT TO IN THE COLD FROSTY STUFF. ALEXANDRA WITH A HIGH 0. MOUNT COOK, -9. COULD BE SOME WINTRY STUFF. IN PARTICULAR, THE MACKENZIE BASIN. MOSTLY UNDER THE MOUNTAINS. CHECKING TO SOUTHERN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY. THEN IT CLEARS. WITH CLEAR SKIES, MOIST AIR, MIST AND FOG. INCREASE THE CLOUD. AUCKLAND, HEADS UP AS A MORNING MIST AND SOME FOG. NEXT BAND OF RAIN COMES IN OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THEN THINGS IMPROVE. CHANGE THE DIRECTION, WE CHANGED FLOW. MOSTLY IN THE MORNING, CLEARING AWAY. SAME SORT OF THING FOR TAURANGA. THAT WILL CLEAR AWAY, AS DO MOST OF THE SHOWERS. 18DEGREES. TO THE EAST, SHOWERS FADE AWAY. TEMPERATURES COMPARED TO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A PRETTY WELL. 17 OR 18. SAME SORT OF THING FOR TARANAKI DOWN TO THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. ALSO INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. MORE LIKELY SHOWERS CLEARING THROUGH THE DAY. WELLINGTON, SHOWERS WITH YOU FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. AND 14. THE SOUTH ISLAND LOOK LIKE THIS. OTHERWISE OK, 13DEGREES. SOME SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. JUST A BIT WINTRY. IT'S MAINLY IN THE MORNING. ALL THAT COLD AIR IN THE VALLEY, TOO. LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN. YOU ARE GOING TO GET RAIN SHOWERS. HIRE SPOTS IN THE MORNING. LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF MORNINGS. LOOKING OKAY FOR INVERCARGILL. 9DEGREES IS WHERE YOU FINISH. AND THE DUNEDIN, SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT IS A REAL, JUST A MESS OF THINGS GOING ON. WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM. IT EVERY OTHER DAY. IT ISN'T TOO BAD. IT'S MOVING TOMORROW. ON WEDNESDAY WE BRING IN THAT NEW WEATHER SYSTEM TO THE NORTH. THAT OF COURSE WILL SLOWLY PINWHEEL AROUND, AND THEN WE WILL SEE MORE ACTIVE WEATHER COMING TOWARDS US.