DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WAS SAVED BY GOD AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SHOOTER WHO TRIED TO KILL HIM. FURIOUS POLICE OFFICERS ARE THREATENING TO WALK AFTER THE GOVERNMENT WINS A LONG-RUNNING PAY DISPUTE. MORE BACKROOM HELP FOR KIWI JOBSEEKERS IS ANNOUNCED, BUT IT COMES WITH A CAVEAT ABOUT ANSWERING THE PHONE. AND FRESH HEARTBREAK FOR ENGLAND FOOTBALL FANS, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY CONVINCED IT'S DEFINITELY COMING HOME NEXT TIME. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD A REPORTER, 'I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.' IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE COMING WITHIN MILLIMETRES OF DEATH FROM AN ASSASSIN'S BULLET, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID HE'S NOW DETERMINED TO UNITE THE COUNTRY. IT'S A SENTIMENT ECHOED BY HIS SUCCESSOR AND PRESIDENTIAL RIVAL JOE BIDEN, WHO CALLED ON AMERICANS TO 'LOWER THE TEMPERATURE' IN THEIR POLITICS. U.S. CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. THERE WAS LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE, LIKE, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. SO THEN WE'RE SITTING THERE AND I'M LIKE, 'WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?' PEOPLE WERE CRYING AND DOWN ON ALL FOURS. I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE PART OF DIED AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE PART OF ME DIED AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. IN A FEW STUNNING MOMENTS, DONALD TRUMP ESCAPED DEATH BY MILLIMETRES. (GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING) TRUMP, WHO LAST NIGHT RAISED HIS FIST WHILE BLOOD POURED FROM HIS EAR, TODAY SAID IT WAS, 'GOD ALONE WHO PREVENTED THE QUOTE, "UNTHINKABLE".' HE WROTE ONLINE ` PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, TRUMP'S POLITICAL ENEMY, TOLD THE COUNTRY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, TRUMP'S POLITICAL ENEMY, TOLD THE COUNTRY IN A RARE ADDRESS FROM THE OVAL OFFICE HIS FAMILY WERE PRAYING FOR TRUMP'S, AND IT WAS TIME FOR EVERYONE 'TO TONE IT DOWN'. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE NEED FOR US TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE IN OUR POLITICS. BIDEN DESCRIBED THIS MOMENT AS A 'TIME OF TESTING' AND TOLD AMERICANS THIS IS MORE THAN ONE ISOLATED INCIDENT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE. HE SPOKE OF PAUL PELOSI, THE FORMER SPEAKER'S HUSBAND, BASHED WITH A HAMMER IN HIS SAN FRANCISCO HOME; THE PLOT TO KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, AS WELL AS THE JANUARY 6 RIOTS AT THE US CAPITOL. ALL CHANT: USA! USA! USA! YOU KNOW, THE POLITICAL RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY HAS GOTTEN VERY HEATED. IT'S TIME TO COOL IT DOWN. WHILE WE MAY DISAGREE, WE ARE NOT ENEMIES. WE'RE NEIGHBOURS, WE'RE FRIENDS, COWORKERS, CITIZENS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE FELLOW AMERICANS. WE MUST STAND TOGETHER. MORE DETAILS ARE NOW EMERGING YEAR THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS (20), MORE DETAILS ARE NOW EMERGING ABOUT THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS (20), THE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL THE FORMER PRESIDENT, SEEN HERE FINISHING SCHOOL TWO YEARS AGO. (CROWD APPLAUDS) HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS AT THE RALLY. OFFICIALS LATER FOUND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN CROOKS' CAR AT HIS HOME NEAR PITTSBURGH ` AND THE FBI IS WORKING TO ACCESS HIS PHONE, BUT THE MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK REMAINS A MYSTERY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED AS WE WORK TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. A SINGLE FRAME FROM A PHOTOGRAPHER NEAR THE STAGE SHOWS THE BULLET JUST MISSING TRUMP, BUT TWO PEOPLE AT THE RALLY WERE CRITICALLY INJURED, AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, IDENTIFIED AS COREY COMPERATORE ` A FORMER FIRE CHIEF FROM THE AREA. I ASKED COREY'S WIFE IF IT WOULD BE OK FOR ME TO SHARE THAT WE SPOKE. SHE SAID YES. SHE ALSO ASKED THAT I SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT COREY DIED A HERO... THAT COREY DOVE ON HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM LAST NIGHT AT THIS RALLY. DONALD TRUMP HAS TONIGHT TOUCHED DOWN IN MILWAUKEE, THE CITY HOSTING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ` HIS BANDAGED RIGHT EAR JUST VISIBLE AS HE DEPARTED THE PLANE. THE CONVENTION WILL BE WATCHED BY MILLIONS, AS DONALD TRUMP ` WHO YESTERDAY ESCAPED ASSASSINATION ` CONTINUES HIS ROAD BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. MITCH, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING? KIA ORA, SAM. IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT CONVENTION ORGANISERS ARE HOPING THAT SPEAKERS TAKE THE PODIUM THIS WEEK WILL DIAL THINGS DOWN AS OPPOSED TO DIALLING THEM UP IT COMES TO INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE. WE ARE ALSO TOLD IT WILL LIKELY FOCUS LESS ON DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS ON JOE BIDEN AND MORE ABOUT TRUMP'S RESILIENCE. HE HASN'T DONE ANY INTERVIEWS TODAY AND HAS ONLY PUT THOSE POSTS UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE ALLUDED TO IN THAT STORY, BUT HE HAS DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER NEWSPAPER ON HOW LUCKY HE WAS TO BE ALIVE ` BUT HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO SAY IN THE SPEECH THIS WEEK WHEN HE EXCEPTS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, SAM, THAT WE MIGHT SEE A VERY DIFFERENT DONALD TRUMP COME FRIDAY AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. AS A FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS SOME OF THE BEST SECURITY IN THE WORLD, BUT THAT DIDN'T PREVENT THE GUNMAN FROM GETTING ON TO A ROOF JUST 150M AWAY ` A SECRET SERVICE FAILURE THAT IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF INTENSE CONTROVERSY. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. OH MY GOD. HE'S GOT A GUN! ONE IMMEDIATE QUESTION FOR INVESTIGATORS IS HOW ON EARTH A MAN WITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE... (GUNSHOTS) ...MANAGED TO GET ON TO A ROOF AND FIRE A VOLLEY OF SHOTS AT DONALD TRUMP. DON'T GO OVER THERE. HE'S ON THE ROOF, BUDDY. SECRET SERVICE AGENTS PRE-DEPLOYED AS COUNTER SNIPERS SUCCEEDED IN KILLING THE GUNMAN, BUT THIS IS STILL SEEN AS A MAJOR SECURITY BLUNDER. THE RALLY WAS HELD ON LAND ADJACENT TO A FARM, AND THOMAS CROOKS WAS JUST 150m AWAY FROM THE STAGE. IT'S ON THE SECRET SERVICE. NOT TO BLAME IT, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES PROTECTING IT. NOW WE'LL LOOK AT THE FBI FOR THE INVESTIGATION, BUT I REALLY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK HARD. WHY WEREN'T THOSE ROOFTOPS COVERED PHYSICALLY WITH SOMEBODY, UM, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THAT RANGE WHERE YOU KNOW, UH, A WEAPON, UH, THAT IS EASILY, UH, AVAILABLE AND CAN BE FIRED EVEN BY A NON-TRAINED SNIPER, SOMEONE WHO JUST KNOWS HOW TO USE A GUN? PRESIDENT BIDEN ARRIVED BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE OVERNIGHT. POLITICAL VIOLENCE NOW A HORRIFYING REALITY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. BUT IN RECENT APPEARANCES, BIDEN HAS SHARPENED HIS RHETORIC AGAINST TRUMP, LINKING HIM TO FASCISM AND DICTATORSHIP. I KNOW AMERICANS WANT A PRESIDENT, NOT A DICTATOR. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AND SOME TRUMP SUPPORTERS SUGGEST SUCH WORDS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LAST NIGHT'S HORROR. CERTAINLY, CONSPIRACY THEORIES ONLINE ` AND AMONG TRUMP LOYALISTS ` ARE RUNNING RAMPANT. THEY DON'T WANT HIM IN OFFICE. THEY DON'T WANT HIM IN OFFICE, AND TONIGHT WAS PROOF THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO ANY LENGTH TO TAKE HIM OUT. IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS STAGE WHAT IMPACT THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION WILL HAVE ON THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF. CERTAINLY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL NEED TO RECALIBRATE HIS ATTACKS, AND PERHAPS THERE WILL BE AN OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY FOR DONALD TRUMP. CERTAINLY, THOSE VIDEOS OF HIS DEFIANCE AFTER THE SHOOTING WILL BE ICONIC IMAGES HE CAN USE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. POLICE OFFICERS ARE THREATENING TO QUIT EN MASSE AFTER LOSING THEIR LONG-RUNNING PAY DISPUTE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE FINAL ARBITRATION RULING WAS RELEASED TODAY AND WILL SEE POLICE OFFICERS ACCEPT A $5000 PAY RISE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER ALONG WITH A $1500 LUMP SUM PAYMENT. SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH HAS THE DETAILS. SOCIETY'S SAFETY NET IS FRAYING. MANY POLICE OFFICERS ARE FEELING UNDERVALUED, BURNT OUT, FED UP, AND TODAY GOT A FURTHER KICK IN THE GUTS; THE GOVERNMENT WON ITS PAY DISPUTE WITH THE FORCE. DID POLICE PUSH GOVERNMENT HARD ENOUGH TO GET THE MONEY THAT YOU NEEDED TO PAY COPS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH? I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN A REALLY FAIR PACKAGE FOR THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE TO WORK WITH, OFFERING WHAT WE DID. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION HAD BEEN LOCKED IN A STAND-OFF WITH THE GOVERNMENT. FINAL ARBITRATION WAS THE LAST STEP; POLICE OFFICERS LEGALLY CANNOT STRIKE. THE ARBITRATOR CHOSE THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OVER THE UNIONS. LOOK, IT IS REALLY GUTTING, TO BE HONEST. WE'VE PUT IN A REALLY GOOD CASE. IT'LL SEE OFFICERS GET A $5000 PAY RISE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER WITH AN EXTRA 4% BACKDATED TO THE START OF THIS MONTH. THERE WAS ALSO A $1500 LUMP SUM PAYMENT AND OVERTIME PAY OF TIME-AND-A-HALF. YOU THINK IT IS FAIR? WELL, I THINK NEW ZEALAND POLICE IS A REWARDING PLACE TO WORK. OUR JOB IS EXCITING. WE KNOW THAT AS WE DO MORE ADVERTISING, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO JOIN ` AND THEY JOIN FOR MORE THAN JUST PAY. WOULD YOU JOIN THE POLICE TODAY, ON THAT SALARY? ABSOLUTELY. MY SON HAS JUST JOINED THE LAST FEW WEEKS. ONE OFFICER TOLD THREE NEWS ` ANOTHER SAID ` WHILE A THIRD TOLD US ` THE OFFICER WARNED IT WOULD LEAD TO 'PEOPLE QUITTING EN MASSE.' RESIGNATIONS EN MASSE ` ARE YOU SCARED THAT YOU MIGHT SEE THAT? SURELY, THAT IS A CONCERN. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE OFFER IS A FAIR OFFER IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT NEW ZEALAND FINDS ITSELF IN. A LEAKED EMAIL FROM COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER TO STAFF SUGGESTS HE SAYS THEY'RE CONSIDERING LETTING OFFICERS STOP PAYING THEIR MANDATORY 7.5% CONTRIBUTION. ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. TO US, IT IS TRYING TO GET THE MEMBER TO INCREASE A FUND IN PAY. UH, IT IS NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL; IT IS REALLY ABOUT GIVING THEM SOME FLEXIBILITY. TONE-DEAF. AN END TO THE PROTRACTED ARBITRATION PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO EASE FRUSTRATION IN THE FORCE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IN JENNA FROM PARLIAMENT. JENNA, WHAT'S THE POLICE MINISTER HAD TO SAY? WE'VE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE MINISTER. HE DIDN'T MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW TODAY. THE POLICE ARE PLEASED THAT ARBITRATION HAS ENDED, THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SOME CERTAINTY AND HE IS PLEASED THAT THE OFFICERS NOW HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR PAID OVERTIME. BUT ALL OF THAT 'PLEASE' RHETORIC REALLY DOESN'T MATCH WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE FRONT LINE AND THAT IS EXACERBATED BY THIS GOVERNMENT WITH THIS CRIME CRACKDOWN, PUTTING MORE EXPECTATIONS AND WORK ON OFFICERS AND THEN OFFERING UP A PAY RISE THAT MANY OF THEM FIND DISAPPOINTING. AND JENNA, ON ANOTHER STORY ` DAVID SEYMOUR IS GOING TO RELEASE HIS NEW LETTER OF EXPECTATION TO PHARMAC TOMORROW, BUT YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE DETAILS TONIGHT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THIS COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT PUMPED THAT RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO PHARMAC. DAVID SEYMOUR IS GOING TO OUTLINE HIS EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT. ONE ` HE IS GOING TO INSTRUCT THAT THEY NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT MEDICINES FUNDING AND INSTRUCTING MEDICINES FUNDING BY THE BENEFITS ACROSS THE ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM AND EVEN THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PHARMAC CAMPAIGNERS HAVE LONG CALLED FOR, A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MEDICINES FUNDING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT DAVID SEYMOUR WILL INSTRUCT PHARMAC THAT THEY NO LONGER NEED TO EMBED THE TREATY OF WAITANGI INTO DECISION-MAKING. HE SAYS DECISIONS SHOULD BE BASED ON EVIDENCE AND HE SAYS THAT DOING SO SHOULD SERVE ALL NEW ZEALANDERS BASED ON ACTUAL NEED WITHOUT ASSIGNING BACKGROUND AS A PROXY OF NEED. AND SOME BREAKING NEWS, WE HAVE HEARD THAT IMMIGRATION STAFF HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN. WHAT'S HAPPENED? INFORMATION ARE STILL COMING TO HAND ON THIS BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND HAVE STOOD DOWN EIGHT STAFF AND WHAT IT CALLED ' A SERIES OF UNPROFESSIONAL TEAMS CHATS.' WHAT WAS SAID IN THOSE MESSAGES HAS NOT COME TO LIGHT YET BECAUSE OF LEGAL PROCESSES AND EMPLOYMENT PROCESSES, BUT THE HEAD OF IMMIGRATION HAS LABELLED THEM SERIA'S AND CONCERNING AND SAID THEY APPEAR TO BE A BREACH OF MBIE'S CODE OF CONDUCT. ERICA STANFORD HAS SENT US A STATEMENT SAYING MBIE ADVISES THERE IS NO PLACE FOR DISCRIMINATORY AND OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR. THEY WILL PROPERLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE. NGA MIHI, JENNA. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS CASE WORKERS WILL BE HITTING THE PHONES TO REACH 4000 MORE JOB SEEKERS UNDER 25. BUT IF THEY DON'T PICK UP, THEY COULD BE SANCTIONED ` AS SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY EXPLAINS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THESE OLD THINGS ARE THE TICKET TO GETTING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO WORK. WE'VE INTRODUCED PHONE-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT FOR YOUNG JOB SEEKERS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE MORE CONTACT WITH THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING INTO EMPLOYMENT. THE MINISTER SAYS PHONE CONTACT WILL PROVIDE 4000 MORE JOB SEEKERS AGED UNDER 25 WITH ONGOING SUPPORT, AND IMPROVE THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING A JOB. IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR A JOB SEEKER TO MEET THAT WORK OBLIGATION. THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL INTO A MSD OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IF PHONE CALLS ARE MISSED WITHOUT GOOD REASON, THERE COULD BE SANCTIONS. FOR MANY PEOPLE, COMMUNICATION OVER THE PHONE ` THEY MAY FACE SOME OF THE SAME BARRIERS THEY DO WITH ONLINE COMMUNICATION, AND THAT CAN BE AROUND THINGS LIKE HAVING AN UNRELIABLE OR BROKEN PHONE, NOT WANTING TO TAKE A CALL FROM AN UNKNOWN CALLER. SHE SAYS THERE CAN'T BE A NARROW APPROACH. THE KEY THING IS COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. AND FOR US, IN OUR WORK AROUND DIGITAL EXCLUSION, WE'VE FOUND THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL. THE GOVERNMENT SURE HAS A REASON TO ENGAGE; THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE JOBSEEKER SUPPORT BENEFIT HAS RISEN BY THOUSANDS FROM LAST YEAR. THAT FIGURE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP RISING. HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN ANY EVIDENCE THAT PHONE MANAGEMENT IS BETTER THAN CASE MANAGEMENT FACE-TO-FACE, AND A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THE REAL REASON THEY'RE DOING THIS IS THE MASSIVE INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON BENEFIT. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S ALL PART OF ITS COMMITMENT TO HELP SOME PEOPLE BACK INTO WORK. OUR BELIEF IS IF PEOPLE CAN WORK, THEY SHOULD. AND THAT, THEY SAY, MIGHT START WITH A PHONE CALL. IF FOOTBALL IS COMING HOME, IT'S SURE TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET THERE, WITH ENGLAND AGAIN FALTERING AT THE FINAL HURDLE. THEIR HEARTBREAKING 2-1 LOSS TO SPAIN IN THE FINAL OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP HEAPED MORE MISERY ON THEIR LOYAL FANS, WHO ` AS OLLIE RITCHIE REPORTS ` ARE ALREADY CERTAIN IT'S DEFINITELY COMING HOME AT THE NEXT WORLD CUP. A PICTURE SHOW DOES PAINT A THOUSAND WORDS. FOR ENGLAND FANS THIS MORNING, THERE WERE NO WORDS NEEDED. ANOTHER FINAL, ANOTHER LOSS. BEING AN ENGLAND FAN IS JUST PAIN, BUT... TWO YEARS' TIME, WE'LL BE HERE AGAIN, SUPPORTING THEM AGAIN. THAT PAIN WAS FELT ACROSS THE FOX PUB IN AUCKLAND AS THE THREE LIONS FELL SHORT IN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT EURO FINAL. SPAIN ` CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE YET AGAIN! BUT DESPITE THE AGONY, FANS REMAINED SURPRISINGLY UPBEAT. IT'S PRETTY TOUGH, BUT IT'S BEEN A GOOD TOURNAMENT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DRINKS FLOWING, SO... IT'S ALL GOOD, MATE. WE CAN DRINK OUR GERMAN BEER... (LAUGHS) ...AND HAVE AN INDIAN CURRY OR A KEBAB ON THE WAY HOME. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL ENGLISH, AREN'T WE? THIS MORNING, EVERYONE WAS. EVEN THE KIWIS SUPPORTING ENGLAND JOINED IN THE HEARTBREAK. IT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING. LIKE, WHEN THEY GOT THAT SECOND GOAL, I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT THE HELL?' I JUST WANTED THAT EXTRA GOAL TO HAPPEN FOR US TO TIE IT. A LOYAL FAN BASE RODE EVERY MOMENT THIS MORNING ` EVERY CLOSE MISS... (FANS EXCLAIM) ...EVERY SPAIN GOAL... ON TV: AND SPAIN STRIKE FIRST! ...EVERY STUNNING ENGLAND EQUALISER. (RAUCOUS CHEERING) BUT WHEN SPAIN WENT AHEAD AND STAYED AHEAD, THE CHEERS AND DANCING SUBSIDED. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS ANOTHER MORNING TO FORGET. BUT WITH EVERY POUR AND EVERY SIP OF BEER, THE OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE GREW. IT'LL COME HOME ONE DAY. IT'S GOTTA HAPPEN, RIGHT? IT CAN'T ALL BE HEARTBREAK. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A WRAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER ` WHICH HAD EVERYTHING? IT REALLY DID. HEAR ME OUT. IN THE SOUTH, IT WAS FINE AND COLD WITH FROST AND FOG. ALL DAY, TOO, FOR SOME, LIKE ALEXANDRA HERE. MINUS-7 THE LOW. THEN THEY DIDN'T THAW AT ALL. HIGHEST TEMP THERE TODAY WAS ZERO. IN THE NORTH ` WET, WINDY, THUNDERY AND MILD. KAITAIA 3 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH 19. AUCKLAND'S HARBOUR BRIDGE RECORDED AN 85 K NOR'EASTERLY GUST. THERE'S BEEN THUNDERSTORMS OUT OVER THE HAURAKI GULF IN THE LAST FEW HOURS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WEATHER YET TO PLAY OUT. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THANKS, HEATHER. STAY WITH US. THE HOUSING MINISTER SAYS KAINGA ORA HAS RAMPED UP EFFORTS TO EVICT ANTISOCIAL TENANTS BUT CAN'T SAY IF ANY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MADE HOMELESS AS A RESULT. AND A STANDING OVATION FOR PRINCESS CATHERINE AS SHE MAKES A RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE ` AT WIMBLEDON. IT'S BEEN REVEALED TONIGHT THAT THE GREEN PARTY HASN'T RELEASED THE FINDINGS OF ITS INVESTIGATION INTO MP DARLEEN TANA BECAUSE SHE IS REFUSING TO SIGN OFF ON ITS RELEASE. TANA WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE GREENS IN MARCH WHEN STUFF REVEALED LINKS BETWEEN HERSELF AND ALLEGED MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. POLITICAL REPORTER GLENN MCCONNELL IS LIVE WITH MORE. GLENN, DOES THE PARTY NEED HER PERMISSION? IT APPEARS THAT IT DOES. THE GREEN PARTY WANTS TO CONSULT EVERYONE NAMED IN THAT INVESTIGATION BEFORE IT RELEASES IT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED OFF ON ITS RELEASE ARE DARLEEN TANA AND HER HUSBAND. RICARDO MENENDEZ MARCH CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE ONCE AGAIN WRITTEN TO HER PLEADING WITH HER TO PLEASE RESIGN BUT NO RESPONSE. DARLEEN TANA HAS SAID TO 1 NEWS THIS AFTERNOON THAT SHE PLANS TO STAY ON, THAT HER POLITICAL BUSINESS IS NOT YET COMPLETE. BUT SHE IS REFUSING TO TALK TO THE GREEN PARTY OR ANSWER STUFF'S QUESTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING HER FOR DAYS TO COMMENT ON WHETHER SHE WILL CONTINUE IN THIS ROLE. AS WINSTON PETERS SAYS, IF SHE PLANS TO JOIN TE PAATI MAORI. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. NEW FIGURES SHOW RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SALES IN JUNE FELL TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE THE 2008 GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE REPORTED JUST OVER 4300 SALES, THAT'S DOWN 25.6% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. THE NATIONAL MEDIAN PRICE DECREASED BY 1.3% TO $770,000, WHILE LISTINGS INCREASED BY 25%. CHIEF EXECUTIVE JEN BAIRD SAYS IT REFLECTS THE WIDER ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S LIVING UP TO ITS PROMISE OF CRACKING DOWN ON UNRULY KAINGA ORA TENANTS. IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE'S BEEN NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS COMPARED TO ALL OF LAST YEAR. BUT THE HOUSING MINISTER DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE GONE OR IF ANY CHILDREN ARE NOW HOMELESS AS A RESULT. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS LONG VOWED TO CRACK DOWN ON KAINGA ORA TENANTS. MINISTERS ASKED THEM TO REPLACE THEIR SUSTAINING TENANCIES FRAMEWORK IN MARCH THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE NOW DONE THAT, AND THEY'RE TAKING A TOUGHER APPROACH TO UNRULY AND ANTISOCIAL TENANTS. THE HOUSING MINISTER SAYS LAST YEAR THERE WERE EIGHT EVICTIONS, BUT IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN 14. A FURTHER 25 ARE BEFORE THE TENANCY TRIBUNAL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN 80 FORMAL WARNING NOTICES ISSUED IN RECENT MONTHS COMPARED TO JUST 13 FOR THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. I DON'T WANT TO EVICT ANYBODY, BUT I ALSO WANT THERE TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE WHO ABUSE THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND DON'T LOOK AFTER THEIR PROPERTIES. THREE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO FRUSTRATED KAINGA ORA TENANTS LIVING NEXT TO UNRULY BEHAVIOUR WHO WANTED TOUGHER RULES. WHY WASN'T SHE TAKEN AWAY? BECAUSE SHE'D BEEN OUTSIDE. SHE'D BEEN ABUSING ME. SHE WAS SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO SMASH MY EFFING HEAD IN. BUT THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SAYS THERE ARE OFTEN COMPLEX PROBLEMS AT PLAY, LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, AND THE HOUSING MINISTER CAN'T SAY WHETHER ANY CHILDREN ARE NOW HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT SPATE OF EVICTIONS... DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU POTENTIALLY. ALL I KNOW IS THERE'S 14 TENANCIES. ...OR WHERE THEY'VE GONE. THEY WILL HAVE GONE INTO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEIR TENANCIES HAVE BEEN TERMINATED, AND THEY'VE BEEN TERMINATED FOR GOOD REASON. JUST, HE SAYS, AS A PRIVATE LANDLORD WOULD. STILL TO COME ` FIND OUT THE EYE-WATERING AMOUNTS PAID TO CONSULTANTS FOR THE NOW-DEFUNCT THREE WATERS PROJECT. AND A 20-YEAR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ` THE SON OF A KIWI WOMAN MURDERED IN MIAMI WANTS POLICE TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE A PRIME SUSPECT. AND LATER IN SPORT ` ENGLAND FALL SHORT YET AGAIN. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON SPAIN'S STUNNING EUROS VICTORY. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT ` DONALD TRUMP HAS ARRIVED IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION A DAY AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY. POLICE OFFICERS SAY THEY ARE SHOCKED AND VERY DISAPPOINTED AFTER THE GOVERMENT WON ITS PROTRACTED PAY ROW WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION. AND A NEW WAY OF MANAGING YOUNG JOB SEEKERS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. THE CATCH IS ` CANDIDATES HAVE TO ANSWER THEIR PHONE. DOCUMENTS RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOW THE PHENOMENAL SUMS PAID TO CONSULTANCY FIRMS FOR WORK ON THE NOW DEFUNCT THREE WATERS PROPOSAL. PWC ALONE WERE PAID $35 MILLION. GLENN MCCONNELL HAS MORE. $63.8 MILLION DOWN THE DRAIN ` THAT'S THE EYEWATERING AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSULTANTS FOR THREE QUARTERS. THAT'S THE EYEWATERING AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSULTANTS FOR THREE WATERS. NOW IT CAN BE REVEALED WHICH COMPANIES CASHED IN, BANKING MILLIONS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO MERGE THE COUNTRY'S WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCIES DOCUMENTS RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REVEAL PWC TOOK THE LION'S SHARE OF THE MONEY ` $35 MILLION FOR ACCOUNTING, CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND ` AMONG OTHER THINGS ` ORGANISATION DESIGN DATA MAPPING. POLICY CONSULTANTS MARTIN JENKINS GOT 4 MILLION. E.Y. GOT 9 MILLION FOR A RANGE OF WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS COMPREHENSIVE EXPERTISE, INCLUDING DATA AND DIGITAL; AND A LOBBYING FIRM, SENATE COMMUNICATIONS, RECEIVED 1.2 MILLION. YOU'VE GOT TO ASK, WHAT ACTUALLY DID THEY DELIVER FOR NEW ZEALANDERS? IN A STATEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH ITSELF HAD 450 STAFF WORKING ON THREE WATERS, SAID IT NEEDED A TEAM TO PROVIDE ADVICE, SURGE CAPACITY, AND TO COORDINATE WITH ALL THE COUNCILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LABOUR SAYS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MONEY WELL SPENT. THE ACTUAL COST OF CONSULTANTS IN THE OVERALL REFORM PROCESS WAS VERY MINIMAL. THE ENTIRE COST WAS 1.3 BILLION, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THAT ` AROUND 800 MILLION ` WAS ON GRANTS TO BUILD THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE REASON WHY THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING THIS MONEY THE REASON WHY THE NEW GOVERNMENT ISN'T SPENDING THIS MONEY IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING. IT'S CHEAPER FOR THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WON'T HAVE TO INVEST. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO DO DEALS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCILS. IN AUCKLAND, SIMEON BROWN SAYS THE WATER DEAL COST JUST 350,000. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SAVINGS, AND SO THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE WATER REFORM IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. THE MINISTER CHASTISED LABOUR FOR THE COST OF THREE WATERS AND FOR ITS RELIANCE ON CONSULTANTS, BUT LABOUR SAYS IT'S NOT GETTING ANY EASIER TO MAINTAIN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO COST MANY MORE MILLIONS TO GET IT DONE. HUNDREDS OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN LEFT IN LIMBO BY ORANGA TAMARIKI. AS ANNA WHYTE REPORTS, THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY HAS DISCONTINUED CONTRACTS WITH LITTLE NOTICE. THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY HAS DISCONTINUED OR NOT UPDATED CONTRACTS WITH LITTLE NOTICE. SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ` COUNSELLING, YOUTH PROGRAMMES ` THESE ARE ALL THE SERVICES IN LIMBO AFTER MORE THAN 1000 CARE CONTRACTS HAVE EITHER BEEN DISCONTINUED OR NOT YET UPDATED BY ORANGA TAMARIKI. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF HOURS HERE UNTIL SERVICE` SERVICES WERE DISCONTINUED. PROVIDERS TOLD US THEY FOUND OUT HOURS BEFORE THE MATARIKI LONG WEEKEND THAT THEIR CONTRACTS WOULDN'T BE RENEWED, OR WERE SENT A GENERIC EMAIL WITH NO MENTION OF WHAT THE NEW CONTRACT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SOME REALLY HARD DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE IN PRETTY TINY WINDOWS, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE CHOICES WILL RESULT IN CHILDREN HAVING TO... BE MOVED TO ANOTHER SERVICE. BUT IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, THERE IS NO OTHER SERVICE TO GO TO. I THINK THIS IS DISRESPECTFUL, AND ORANGA TAMARIKI IS LETTING THE PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY DOWN. ORANGA TAMARIKI WOULDN'T TELL ME HOW MANY CONTRACTS HAD BEEN CUT, SO I WENT DIRECTLY TO 150 PROVIDERS TO ASK WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE ONE THAT HAD SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT. THEY'RE CALLING IT SHAMBOLIC, UNPROFESSIONAL, AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THEY WORK WITH. ONE PROVIDER THAT WORKS WITH VERY, VERY VULNERABLE CHILDREN IS FACING A 15% TO 20% FUNDING CUT. ORANGA TAMARIKI TOLD US ` THEY SAY, 'WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH FINALISING THE NEW TERMS 'AND CONDITIONS.' AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT CHILDREN. AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A THRIVING, FLOURISHING FUTURE IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AFTER OUR CHILDREN FIRST AND FOREMOST. THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRACTS HAVE AN ANXIOUS FEW WEEKS AHEAD AS THEY WAIT FOR ORANGA TAMARIKI NEXT MOVE WHILE THEY CARRY ON CARING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED. EMERGENCY SERVICES TRIED TO REVIVE THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF A HOKITIKA HOUSE THAT CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT, BUT THE MAN DIED AT THE PREMISES. A SCENE GUARD WAS STILL IN PLACE THIS MORNING AT THE PROPERTY ON HOFFMAN ST AFTER THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE FIRE IS BEING TREATED AS UNEXPLAINED. THE SON OF A KIWI WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING IN MIAMI MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO IS RAMPING UP HIS MISSION TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. ADRIAN HOFFMANN SAYS HIS MOTHER WAS INVOLVED IN THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE, INCLUDING PARTYING AT JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ISLAND. NOW HOFFMAN WANTS POLICE TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE A LAWYER SHE FILED A POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST DAYS BEFORE SHE VANISHED. KATIE HAM HAS THE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. ALYSHA HANIN WAS JUST 24 WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED. AN INTELLIGENT YOUNG WOMAN AND LOVING MOTHER, SHE DOTED ON HER ONLY SON, ADRIAN. IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, AND HE'S JUST ONE YEAR AND A FEW DAYS OLD. BUT LIFE WASN'T ALL IT SEEMED. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER PARTNER, ALYSHA WAS LEFT A SOLO MUM, LIVING THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES FROM HOME. IMMERSED IN LIFE'S DARKER SIDE, SHE TOLD FAMILY SHE WAS USING DRUGS AND PARTYING ON PLACES LIKE SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ISLAND. THROUGH ME AGEING AND KNOWING ABOUT MY LIFE, I'M ABLE TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH WHAT SHE WAS DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, UM, REALLY EMPATHISE WITH HER SITUATION. BUT ALYSHA'S PARTYING ENDED ABRUPTLY WHEN SHE VANISHED ON THE 6TH OF JANUARY 2002. SHE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING A HOTEL AT ABOUT 4am. HER PASSPORT, ID AND CREDIT CARDS WERE ALL FOUND INSIDE THE ROOM. WITHIN MONTHS, LOCAL POLICE DEEMED THE CASE COLD. I DON'T FEEL LIKE, UM, IT WAS PROPERLY DONE ALL THAT TIME AGO, UM, AND I WANT TO DO IT FOR MYSELF. I WANT TO DO IT FOR MY MUM. I WANT TO DO IT FOR MY.. MY GRANDMOTHER. ADDING TO THE MYSTERY, ALYSHA RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND WITH ADRIENNE A MONTH BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED. WITH ADRIAN A MONTH BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED. SHE TOLD HER MUM SHE WAS GOING BACK TO MIAMI TO TIE UP LOOSE ENDS BUT WOULD BE BACK HOME SOON TO START AFRESH. HER MUM AND SON NEVER SAW HER AGAIN. GOT A PHONE CALL FROM... HER FRIEND, WHO SAID SHE'S MISSING. IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE FEELING, YOU KNOW. WHERE IS SHE? SHE'S LOST. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HER? UM, SO THERE WAS JUST FRANTIC CALLS TO MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT. CILLA'S HEARTBREAK WAS SOON MADE WORSE. THEY SORT OF PAINTED A PICTURE THAT SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL, AND SHE WASN'T REALLY WORTH LOOKING FOR. BUT ADRIAN AND CILLA BELIEVE THEY'RE CLOSER THAN EVER TO FINDING THE TRUTH. ALYSHA WAS IN AN 'ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN' RELATIONSHIP WITH A NOW DISBARRED FLORIDA CRIMINAL LAWYER WHO WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO NAME. CRUCIALLY, SHE FILED A POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE SHE WENT MISSING. BUT WHEN ALYSHA FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT AS A WITNESS, THE ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST HIM WERE DROPPED. ALYSHA'S FAMILY BELIEVE HER BOYFRIEND WAS ONLY EVER SPOKEN TO BY MIAMI POLICE ONCE, ALTHOUGH HE WAS MARKED AS A SUSPECT ON HER MISSING-PERSONS REPORT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HASN'T RESPONDED TO REPEATED REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. THERE'S PLENTY OF UNPAVED TERRITORY IN TERMS OF FINDING INFORMATION. THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TALKED TO, UM, AND NOT ENOUGH TIME AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PUT INTO FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. ADRIAN WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WHEN HE LOST HIS MUM, LEAVING HIM WITH A LIFE OF QUESTIONS. HE HOPES INCREASED PUBLIC SCRUTINY WILL FORCE MIAMI POLICE TO REOPEN THE CASE AND ANSWER SOME OF THEM. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. AND THE PAINFUL WAIT GOES ON FOR ENGLAND FOOTBALL FANS? THE WAIT GOES ON. I'M BEGINNING TO THINK FOOTBALL DOESN'T KNOW THE WAY . HOME IT HAS BEEN THAT LONG. ANOTHER MORNING OF PAIN FOR THEIR FANS. YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO SPAIN. ENGLAND THREW EVERYTHING AT IT, BUT SPAIN WERE DESERVED CHAMPIONS. WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW SPAIN BROKE ENGLISH HEARTS TO CLAIM A FOURTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THE GLORY DOESN'T END THERE FOR THE SPANIARDS, WITH CARLOS ALCAREZ WINNING A SECOND CONSECUTIVE WIMBELDON CROWN. AND WHY HAVE TWO WINNERS IN A DAY, WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THREE? SPAIN ARE ON TOP AGAIN, THIS TIME IN SAILGP, AND IT'S THE KIWIS WHO FALL SHORT. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING NEWSROOM@STUFF.CO.NZ OR HEAD ENGLAND'S WAIT FOR ANOTHER MAJOR TROPHY CONTINUES TO DRAG ON, AND FOOTBALL IS NO CLOSER TO COMING HOME AFTER A HEARTBREAKING 2-1 LOSS TO SPAIN IN THIS MORNING'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. IT LEFT THE THREE LIONS TO AGAIN PONDER WHAT COULD'VE BEEN, LOSING THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT EURO FINAL, LEAVING SPAIN TO CELEBRATE A RECORD FOURTH CROWN. SPANISH JUBILATION, ENGLISH COMMISERATION ` SO CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR AGAIN FOR THE THREE LIONS. THEY COULDN'T HAVE GIVEN ME ANY MORE. THEY COULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THE COUNTRY ANY MORE. NO ONE CAN DENY SPAIN ARE WORTHY CHAMPIONS, PEELING OFF POWERHOUSES CROATIA, ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE AND, THIS MORNING, ENGLAND ON THEIR WAY TO THE TITLE. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED, I THINK. UH... YEAH. THEY'RE NOT EASY TO GET TO, THESE FINALS. WE'VE SHOWN UNBELIEVABLE RESILIENCE AND CHARACTER TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE TO TAKE` YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT WHEN IT COMES, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT AGAIN. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF SPAIN KNEW WHAT WAS TO COME FOR ENGLAND FANS. EARLY TAUNTS IN A GOALLESS FIRST HALF, BUT THEY ONLY NEEDED A MINUTE IN THE SECOND TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK. AND WILLIAMS SCORES! (CROWD ROARS) AND SPAIN STRIKE FIRST! ENGLAND HAD THEIR BACKS FIRMLY AGAINST THE WALL, BUT COLE PALMER'S EQUALISER MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF IGNITED BELIEF. SMASHING HIT! SMASHING GOAL! THE DECISION TO BRING PALMER ON APPEARED A MASTER STROKE FROM GARETH SOUTHGATE. ENGLAND HAD THEIR CHANCES ON GOAL ` JUDE BELLINGHAM PUTTING HIS WIDE OF THE NET ` BUT SPAIN WERE DOMINATING POSSESSION, AND A WINNER SEEMED ALMOST INEVITABLE. CUCURELLA... 2-1, SPAIN! DESPITE APPEALS FOR OFFSIDE, SPAIN'S WINNER STOOD, AND EVEN WITH THE TROPHY ALMOST ON ITS WAY OUT OF BERLIN AND HEADING TO MADRID, ENGLAND HELD ON TO HOPE. A SPANISH FOREHEAD GOT IN THE WAY OF ENGLAND AND EXTRA TIME. REPELLED ` NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE! ENGLAND LEFT TO RUE THE PAIN OF ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A MAJOR TROPHY HOME, GONE BEGGING. WE HAVE NOW BEEN CONSISTENTLY BACK IN THE MATCHES THAT MATTER, SO IT'S, UM... IT'S THE LAST STEP THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. THEIR NEXT CHANCE TO DO THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE WORLD CUP IN TWO YEARS. MEANWHILE, THE COPA AMERICA FINAL BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND COLOMBIA WAS DELAYED ALMOST TWO HOURS AS CHAOS ERUPTED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. THOUSANDS OF FANS WITHOUT TICKETS ATTEMPTED TO BREACH THE SECURITY GATES AND FORCE THEIR WAY INSIDE, SOME EVEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THROUGH VENTILATION SHAFTS. IT LEFT POLICE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO REMOVE SMALL CHILDREN FROM THE STAMPEDE, WHILE OTHERS WERE LEFT BLOODIED AND INJURED. WHEN THE GAME EVENTUALLY GOT UNDERWAY, ARGENTINA WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS WITH A 1-0 VICTORY. CARLOS ALCARAZ HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED HIS WILMBLEDON TITLE AND MADE IT BACK-TO-BACK GRAND SLAM TITLES FOLLOWING UP HIS WIN AT ROLAND GARROS BY DEFEATING NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN STRAIGHT SETS THIS MORNING. THE 21-YEAR-OLD SPANIARD MADE EASY WORK OF THE OPENING TWO SETS. DESPITE THROWING AWAY THREE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS IN A ROW, HE WOULD LATER HOLD HIS NERVE IN A THIRD SET TIEBREAKER. HE WOULD LATER HOLD HIS NERVE IN A THIRD-SET TIEBREAKER. THE YOUNG KING OFF CENTRE COURT RETAINS THE CROWN. THE YOUNG KING OF CENTRE COURT RETAINS THE CROWN. IT'S A HUGE HONOUR FOR ME TO BE PART OF THE OF THOSE PLAYERS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED ROLAND-GARROS AND WIMBLEDON IN THE SAME YEAR. REALLY GLAD TO` TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME TABLE AS NOVAK, TO DO IT. ALCARAZ IS HOPING FOR SIMILAR SUCCESS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS LATER THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT ROLLAND GARROS. AND THE BIGGEST SURPRISE ON A DREAM DAY FOR SPANISH SPORT HAS COME AT THE EXPENSE OF NEW ZEALAND, WITH THE BLACK FOILS FORCED TO SETTLE FOR THIRD IN TODAY'S SAIL GP GRAND FINAL IN SAN FRANCISCO. SPAIN WERE LUCKY TO EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE WINNER-TAKES-ALL $3.2 MILLION RACE. STARTING THE DAY OUTSIDE OF THE TOP THREE, THEY ONLY MANAGED A SPOT IN THE FINAL WHEN FRANCE CRASHED IN THE PENULTIMATE FLEET RACE. GORDON FINDLATER HAS THE ACTION. IT WAS MEANT TO BE THE BLACK FOILS VERSUS AUSTRALIA, BUT NO ONE TOLD SPAIN. VAMOS A ESPANA! SPAIN CLAIMS SEASON FOUR! SAILGP'S WOODEN SPOONERS LAST SEASON COMPLETING THE ULTIMATE TURNAROUND TO PUT AN END TO THREE YEARS OF AUSTRALIA DOMINANCE. WE WON THE EUROCUP IN FOOTBALL, WE WON WIMBLEDON IN TENNIS, WE WON LIV GOLF ` SERGIO GARCIA IN GOLF ` AND NOW WE WIN SAILGP. I THINK IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WILD CELEBRATIONS FOR SPAIN. PETER BURLING'S BLACK FOILS ONCE AGAIN LEFT TO SETTLE FOR BEATEN FINALISTS. WE'RE ALL FEELING THE PAIN AT THE MOMENT, UH, BUT YEAH, REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY THE GROUP'S GONE ABOUT THEIR` THEIR BUSINESS ALL SEASON. AT THE START OF THE DAY, SPAIN LOOKED LIKE THEY WOULDN'T EVEN QUALIFY FOR THE BIG RACE. FRANCE FAVOURITES TO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL UNTIL THE CRASH WITH DENMARK IN THE PENULTIMATE FLEET RACE. IT'S GOING TO CRASH. OH, WE GOT COLLISION. YOU CAN SEE THE RUDDER! THEY'VE SNAPPED THE BOTTOM OF THEIR RUDDER! IN THE GRAND FINAL, THE TWO FAVOURITES JOSTLED FOR POSITION AT THE START LINE. NEW ZEALAND ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE MORE BIG PUSH AT THE AUSTRALIANS! BUT WHILE HEAVYWEIGHTS BURLING AND TOM SLINGSBY WERE LOCKED IN THEIR OWN CHESS MATCH, IT WAS DIEGO BOTIN FIRING THE UNLIKELY SPANISH INTO POLE POSITION. IT'S GOING TO BE SPAIN! THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD AT BAR ONE! IT'S A LEAD THEY WOULDN'T RELINQUISH. THE BLACK FOIL IS CHOOSING TO ROLL THE DICE WITH AN ALTERNATE STRATEGY THAT QUICKLY PUT THEM OUT OF CONTENTION. SUPER, SUPER GOOD SEASON FOR US, BUT SHAME NOT TO BE ABLE TO WRAP IT OUT WITH A` WITH A WIN HERE. SAILGP HAS NEW CHAMPIONS, JUST NOT THE ONES KIWI FANS HAD HOPED FOR. THERE WAS MORE KIWI PAIN IN THE UNDER-20 WORLD CUP THIS MORNING, WITH NEW ZEALAND COMFORTABLY BEATEN 55-31 BY FRANCE IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL. IT TOOK THE FRENCH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO OPEN THE SCORING, AND IT WAS CLEARLY GOING TO BE THEIR DAY AS THEY HARDLY LOOKED TROUBLED. A TOUGH NIGHT WAS MADE WORSE WHEN WINGER STANLEY SOLOMON HAD HIS YELLOW CARD UPGRADED TO RED FOR DANGEROUS CONTACT. NEW ZEALAND CONCEDED THEY WERE HARDLY IN THE FIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE DISAPPOINTING NOT GETTING THE RESULT WE WANTED, BUT, UM, I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO FRENCH` TO THE FRANCE SIDE. THEY PLAYED WELL TODAY. THEY DIDN'T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, AND, UM, I THINK THAT SHOWED TODAY IN TODAY'S GAME. FRANCE WILL MEET ENGLAND IN THE FINAL ON SATURDAY. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAS FOLLOWED UP HIS FIRST OVAL WIN YESTERDAY WITH A THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN THIS MORNING'S SECOND RACE AT INDYCAR'S DOUBLE-HEADER ROUND IN IOWA. DESPITE STARTING FROM POLE, MCLAUGHLIN WAS PIPPED BY TEAMMATE WILL POWER AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER ALEX PALOU. THE RACE FINISHED IN CHAOS. WILL POWER VICTORIOUS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT IOWA SPEEDWAY FROM 22ND ON THE GRID, AND STINGRAY RUM IS UPSIDE DOWN! MASSIVE CRASH AT THE END OF THIS RACE! WOW! DID ROSSI RUN OUT OF GAS? OH MY GOSH. AIRTIME. STING RAY ROBB SOMEHOW ESCAPING WITHOUT INJURY. SCOTT DIXON FINISHED THE RACE IN FOURTH. THE TWO KIWIS FOURTH AND FIFTH IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. GOOD FOR THEM. I THINK TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT SPANISH SPORT ` FOOTBALL, TENNIS, SAILING. THE INITIAL FUNDS LOOK LIKE THEY HAD A GOOD DAY AT THE PUB THAT YOU SPOKE TO. HANGOVERS JUST HITTING NOW. SHANNEN DOHERTY, BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLES ON 'CHARMED' AND 'BEVERLY HILLS 90210', HAS DIED. WHAT I WOULD DO TO GO OUT WITH DYLAN MACKAY. I DON'T KNOW. EVERYONE SAYS HE'S TROUBLE. WELL, HE CAN TROUBLE ME ALL HE WANTS. 90210 MADE HER A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN THE '90s, BURNING UP THE SCREEN OPPOSITE COSTAR LUKE PERRY, WHO PLAYED HER LOVE INTEREST, DYLAN MCKAY. DOHERTY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN 2015 AND WENT INTO REMISSION BUT, IN 2020, ANNOUNCED THE CANCER HAD RETURNED AND SPREAD TO HER BRAIN. SHE WAS 53. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS MADE ONLY HER SECOND PUBLIC APPEARANCE FOLLOWING HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS. PRINCESS KATE IS THE PATRON OF WIMBLEDON AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HER DAUGHTER, PRINCESS CHARLOTTE; AND HER SISTER, PIPPA MATTHEWS. ARRIVING AT THE ROYAL BOX TO A STANDING OVATION. SHE WATCHED THE MEN'S FINAL BEFORE PRESENTING THE WINNER'S TROPHY TO CARLOS ALCARAZ. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THREE NEWS WEATHER ` WITH A FEW WEATHER WARNINGS STILL IN PLACE, HEATHER? FORTUNATELY, NORTHLAND'S WIND WATCH IS OVER, BUT THERE'S STILL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SPOTS. THE GOOD THING IS ` BEHIND THE CURRENT FRONT IS A CLEARANCE, SO AS THIS FRONT HEADS OFFSHORE LATE TOMORROW, FINE WEATHER REPLACES IT. BUT NOT FOR LONG ` WAVE AFTER WAVE OF RAIN HITS ALL WEEK WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY TO BE SATURDAY. NOT GREAT FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. TOMORROW'S FORECAST IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. THAT FRONT OVER THE UPPER NORTH KEEPS SLIPPING AND SLIDING EAST TONIGHT BEFORE HEADING OFFSHORE TOMORROW. A NARROW RIDGE FOLLOWS BEHIND, AND THIS SETTLES THINGS AGAIN FOR A MINUTE BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN ARRIVES. THAT WILL BE FROM A TROUGH, A PRODUCT OF THE LOW PRESSURE SITTING OUT OVER THE TASMAN SEA. IT ARRIVES LATE TOMORROW, SPREADING MORE RAIN ON TO THE FAR NORTH LATE IN THE EVENING. SO, THE SOUTH ISLAND IS SPLIT INTO TWO TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTH SPREADING SOUTH AND FINE SKIES WITH FROST FOR THE LOWER REGIONS. TOMORROW, THAT RAIN IN THE WEST EASES TO SHOWERS, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH OF CHRISTCHURCH CLEARING ALSO AND RAIN SOUTH OF CHRISTCHURCH CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS LINGER FOR THE VERY SOUTHERN SPOTS WITH NOR'EASTERS. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, RAIN CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT FRONT, WITH BRISK NOR'EASTERS AHEAD OF IT AND WESTERLIES WITH CLEAR SKIES BEHIND IT. TOMORROW, IT CLEARS WITH A SHORT BREAK ` A GOOD TIME TO GET THE KIDS OUTSIDE BEFORE CLOUD RETURNS FROM THE NORTH WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF RAIN ARRIVING IN THE EVENING. SO, RAIN AND SHOWERS CLEAR OVERNIGHT, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE FOGGY FIRST THING FOR AUCKLAND AND MAYBE NORTHLAND. HIGH CLOUD ARRIVES IN THE AFTERNOON AND CREEPS SOUTH AGAIN, SIGNALLING THE NEXT RAIN BAND. HEAVY RAIN LINGERS BUT CLEARS EARLY, JUST LEAVING THE ODD SHOWER FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE DAY. NOR'EASTERLIES EASE EARLY IN THE DAY. THE MORNING STARTS WET WITH RAIN OUT EAST, BUT IT IS CLEARING. IT WILL BE DRY BUT CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. NOR'EASTERLIES FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT WILL SHIFT SOUTHERLY FOR YOU, GISBORNE, LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. RAIN EASES TO SHOWERS AND THEN CLEAR OUT FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND TOO. WINDS ARE A LITTLE ALL OVER THE SHOW ` NORTHERLIES, EASTERLIES AND NOR'EASTERS ` BUT THE COMMON THEME IS THAT THEY ALL EASE EARLY. FOR THE SOUTH, THE RAIN REMAINS FOR THE NORTHWEST, BUT EASING. IT WILL BE MOSTLY FINE FOR THE AFTERNOON. WINDS EASE, MOSTLY CALM BY LUNCHTIME. MORNING STARTS WET TOO OUT EAST BUT BACK TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. AND DRY IN THE AFTERNOON. NOR'EASTERLIES EASE TOO AND TURN NORWEST FOR BLENHEIM BEFORE MIDDAY. ANOTHER FROSTY MORNING FOR THE LOWER SOUTH, BUT IT'S ALSO CLOUDY, THEN SHOWERS SWEEP THROUGH FROM THE MORNING WITH EASTERLIES FOR THE DEEP SOUTH AND LIGHT WINDS INLAND. NOR'EASTERLIES FOR OTAGO, AND FOR YOU, DUNEDIN, THEY'LL EASE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WHOLE DAY IS CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. MORE MILD OVERNIGHT, THANKS TO THOSE CONDITIONS. SHOWERS TURN TO RAIN TONIGHT, CHRISTCHURCH, EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. IT DOES CLEAR EARLY AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A DYING NOR'EASTER. RAIN DEVELOPS TONIGHT TOO FOR YOU, WELLINGTON, THEN EASES TO SHOWERS TOMORROW MORNING. AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE NORTHERLY DEVELOPS. A CLOUDY, BLEAK AND WET MORNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY, BUT IT STARTS TO FINE UP DURING THE AFTERNOON. JUST SOME CLOUD WHICH CLINGS TO THE COAST. NOR'EASTERS EASE AFTER MIDDAY. YOUR WEATHER IS IMPROVING, TAURANGA. HEAVY RAIN REMAINS TONIGHT, BUT IT EASES TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, AND THAT NOR'EASTERLY ALSO EASES FIRST THING. THE HEAVY RAIN EASES TONIGHT AROUND HAMILTON, LEAVING SHOWERS FOR THE MORNING BUT BECOMING FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. WINDS ARE LIGHT. THE STRONG NOR'EASTER TURNS TO A LIGHTER WESTERLY TONIGHT AROUND AUCKLAND. IT'S SO LIGHT THAT FOG MIGHT BE THERE WHEN YOU WAKE. IT WON'T LINGER FOR LONG. HIGH CLOUD RETURNS TOMORROW NIGHT. OVER IN OZ ` A COMPLEX TROUGH OVER THE TASMAN IS GIVING THE SOUTHEAST RAIN. AND APART FROM A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR FIJI, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS LOOK VERY APPEALING. SHOWERS RETURN LATER IN THE WEEK IN THE NORTH, WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY FOR NORTHLAND. RAIN MIDWEEK HERE WILL RETREAT TO THE EAST COAST ON THURSDAY, BUT THEN SHOWERS OR RAIN RETURNS FOR EVERYONE ON FRIDAY. THE LOWER PART OF THE ISLAND LOOKS TO HAVE THE BETTER WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. THURSDAY'S GOOD IN THE SOUTH, BUT RAIN DEVELOPS IN THE WEST FRIDAY, AND LATE FRIDAY FOR THE NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR SOUTHLAND AND COASTAL OTAGO WEDNESDAY, THEN FOR A TIME ON FRIDAY. SO, FRIDAY FOR NORTHLAND LOOKS LIKELY TO BE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE NEXT ROUND OF WEATHER WARNINGS AFTER TONIGHT'S FRONT CLEARS OUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I AM SURE YOU WILL KEEP WAS ACROSS IT. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF POLICE OFFICERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STRIKE FOR MORE PAY. IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO DO SO, BUT MOST OF YOU, 73%, THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS RELEASED NEW OFFICIAL PHOTOS OF KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA WEARING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND DECORATIONS AND INSIGNIA. IT COMES AFTER DATES WERE ANNOUNCED FOR THEIR ROYAL TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AND SAMOA. A VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HAD BEEN PLANNED INITIALLY, BUT THE KING'S DOCTORS ADVISED HIM TO KEEP THE TOUR SHORT. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024