TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` ECONOMIC PROGRESS. INFLATION HITS A THREE-YEAR LOW AND PRICE RISES SLOW DOWN, GIVING NEW HOPE OF AN END TO THE ECONOMIC PAIN. WHAT IT MEANS AS SOME KIWIS STILL FACE BIG BILLS. TRUMP MANIA GETS THE NOD IN MILWAUKEE... 'I'M VOTING FOR THE CONVICTED FELON.' EVERYBODY LOVES THAT SHIRT. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT OF IT. ...AS ONE-TIME RIVALS TURN INTO CHEERLEADERS. PLUS, RISING CONCERNS ABOUT RISING WATER ` THE FLOOD WE GET EVERY HUNDRED YEARS, THE BIG COASTAL FLOOD, WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT. THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE COASTLINES IS REVEALED. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN, LELE SIMEON AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI NGA PITOPITO KORERO O TE WA ` WELCOME TO 1 NEWS. INFLATION'S CONTINUING ON A DOWNWARD SLIDE, HITTING A THREE-YEAR LOW, AND THAT'S GIVING HOPE THAT INTEREST RATES CUTS WON'T BE FAR BEHIND. IT'S FALLEN TO 3.3% IN THE YEAR TO JUNE ` THAT'S DOWN FROM 4% IN THE 12 MONTHS TO THE MARCH QUARTER ` AND INCHING CLOSER TO THE RESERVE BANK'S TARGETED 1% TO 3% RANGE. BUT IT'S STILL TOUGH OUT THERE, WITH THE BIGGEST COST INCREASES ALL RELATED TO HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES. INSURANCE UP 14% ` THAT'S NEARLY DOUBLE THE LAST HIGH, IN JUNE 2009; RATES UP NEARLY 10%, AND RENTS NEARLY 5%. THEY'RE STICKY DOMESTIC MEASURES THAT THE RESERVE BANK CONSIDERS AND ARE FELT BY MANY OF US. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND INTEREST RATES. PAYING FOR YOUR HOUSE, KEEPING IT WARM AND INSURED, FUNDING SERVICES LIKE RUBBISH AND RECYCLING ` ALL OF THOSE COSTS GOING UP AND UP AND UP. THE THING THAT REALLY BENDS PEOPLE'S BACK POCKETS IS HAVING TO PAY EXTRA IN THEIR POWER BILLS. THE CAR INSURANCE HAS GONE UP. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE MOMENT ON INSTALLING A SOLAR... SYSTEM JUST TO GET THE BILLS UNDER CONTROL, REALLY. INFLATION DATA SHOWS ENERGY COSTS ROSE NEARLY 3% ` THE LARGEST QUARTERLY RISE IN THE LAST DECADE. IT'S WINTER, BUT IT'S ALSO DUE TO LOW USER CHARGES BEING REMOVED. WE WERE MEANT TO SEE LOWER CHARGES GENERALLY AS THE LOW FIXED USER CHARGES CAME OFF, AND WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT AT ALL. ELECTRICITY RETAILERS HAVE TO LOOK REALLY CAREFULLY AT THEIR DIVIDENDS AND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY ARE CHARGING CONSUMERS FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY. THERE ARE AREAS WHERE INFLATION IS FALLING, INCLUDING FRUIT AND VEGES, ACCOMMODATION AND FUEL... WE'RE TURNING THE CORNER. ...AND NOW REAL HOPE THERE'LL BE INTEREST RATE CUTS SOON. WE'VE TAKEN ADVERTISED STANDARD RATES FROM THE FIVE MAJOR BANKS. CHEAPER OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON FACTORS LIKE A DEPOSIT SIZE. AT ALL BANKS, THE SIX-MONTH RATE IS THE HIGHEST ` A SIGN BANKS THEY THINK RATES WILL FALL SOON. THE TWO-YEAR RATE SLIGHTLY CHEAPER, BUT STILL TOUGH FOR HOMEOWNERS. I THINK ONE LOAN LAST YEAR PRIOR TO BEING REFIXED WAS ON 2.55%, AND THEN IT INCREASED TO 7.19%, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. FOR THE RESERVE BANK TO CUT THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE, IT NEEDS TO BE CONFIDENT DOMESTIC FACTORS ` THAT'S THOSE SKYROCKETING RENTS, INSURANCE AND RATES ` ARE FALLING ENOUGH. AND I'D JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL COUNCILS TO DO THEIR BIT, TO SHOW THE SAME DISCIPLINE IN THEIR BUDGETS AS NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE BEEN SHOWING IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. SURELY LANDLORDS NEED TO SHOW A BIT MORE DISCIPLINE TOO? THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS INCREASE COMPETITION IN THE RENTAL PROPERTY SPACE SO THAT LANDLORDS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO MODERATE THOSE RENT INCREASES. THE EARLIEST RATE CUTS COULD HAPPEN IS AUGUST. EVEN SORT OF $50 A WEEK ` IF WE COULD SAVE THAT, THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW? THAT'S HALF A GROCERY SHOP SOME DAYS. A SENTIMENT SHARED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. KATIE JOINS ME NOW. AND KATIE, WHAT DOES THE RESERVE BANK NEED TO SEE? THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE INFLATION IS TAMED. INTERNATIONAL INFLATION IS LOOKING GOOD. IT IS THOSE DOMESTIC FACTORS THAT REALLY ARE A HEADACHE. THEY NEED TO KNOW IT IS OK. THEY ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVEN'T OVERSHOT. THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE ECONOMY, THE CONCERN INTO GO TOO FAR, KEEPING RATES TOO HIGH FOR TOO LONG. HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES HAVE DONE IT TOUGH. WE HAVE TO THINK, MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR INSURANCE AND ELECTRICITY COMPANIES, COUNCILS AND LANDLORDS TO DO THEIR BIT. AND HOW SOON COULD WE SEE RATES COME DOWN? ANZ DROPPED THEIR RATE ACROSS THE BOARD. WESTPAC DID IT LAST WEEK. MOST BANKS WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE SAW TODAY, THE OCR AND INFLATION DATA, AND CUT RATES. THE RESERVE BANK, WITH THE OCR, THEY HAVE THREE MORE MEETINGS THIS YEAR. MOST ECONOMISTS, WE HAVE HAD A FLURRY OF EMAILS, MOST THINK NOVEMBER. EMAIL MOST THINK NOVEMBER 1 OF THE REASONS IS THEY WILL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE TAX CUTS. THERE WILL BE MORE DATA BY NOVEMBER. THERE IS A CHANCE OF AUGUST, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HOPE FOR. MOST ECONOMISTS THINK WE MIGHT SEE TWO CUTS THIS YEAR. HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH LONGER TO WAIT. AND BREAKFAST WILL HAVE MORE ON FOOD PRICE INFLATION BEFORE SPEAKING WITH FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS. THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING FROM 6. RIVALS WHO ONCE THREW INSULTS AT DONALD TRUMP ARE SHOWERING HIM WITH PRAISE TODAY, THE LOVE-IN OCCURRING ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENTION. TAKING IT ALL IN, OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH, WHO SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S WHITE HOUSE CONFIDANTES. THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ` PART POLITICAL RALLY, PART CONCERT.... # LIKE A BAND OF PATRIOTS, WE WILL COUNT THE RIGHT WAY. ...WITH MERCH AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. 'I'M VOTING FOR THE CONVICTED FELON.' EVERYBODY LOVES THAT SHIRT. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SOLD OUT OF IT. HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANYTHING? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BUY? I GOT... THE ICONIC SHIRT, I'M GONNA PICK OUT A HAT, AND I'VE GOT A PAIR OF TRUMP SOCKS. I LOVE IT. SOME SELLERS GETTING CREATIVE. WE'VE GOT THE CEREAL BOXES. WE ALSO SELL THE BOXES WITHOUT THE CEREAL IN 'EM. THE STAR OF THE SHOW IDOLISED, BELOVED AND STUCK ON EVERY T-SHIRT, MUG AND BOBBLEHEAD IN SIGHT. HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG MORAL LEADER. HE'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR ECONOMY, AND DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND BUILD A WALL. THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SECURITY STILL OF GRAVE CONCERN. A MAN WAS ARRESTED TODAY APPROACHING THE CONVENTION WEARING A SKI MASK. IT'S REPORTED THERE WAS A GUN IN HIS BAG. THIS PLACE HAS BEEN LOCKED DOWN LIKE A FORTRESS, WITH THOUSANDS OF ARMED POLICE BROUGHT IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOT EXPECTED TO SPEAK UNTIL THE END OF THE CONVENTION; IT WILL BE HIS FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH SINCE THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. THAT DAY STILL FRONT OF MIND FOR MANY, INCLUDING MAGA ROYALTY KELLYANNE CONWAY. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN THE OVAL OFFICE A DAY AND A HALF AGO CALL FOR CALM AND TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE, AND THAT LASTED ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF, BECAUSE TODAY HE'S BACK OUT THERE ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP. THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW HOW TO ATTACK TRUMP AND TRUMP'S VOTERS. INSIDE THE BUBBLE OF THE CONVENTION, EVERY REPUBLICAN I SPOKE WITH TODAY SAID THE MEDIA WERE HYPING UP HOW BAD THE DIVISIONS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE. BUT OUTSIDE ON THE STREETS... # TRUMP'S A LOSER ` WHINY, RAPIST LOSER. I COULD'VE RAN FOR PRESIDENT! NO, YOU COULDN'T. YOU CAN'T EVEN SPEAK. I COULD'VE... TRUMP REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL FIGURES OF OUR TIME. PICK ANYBODY, BUT YOU HAD TO PICK A PERSON WHO GOT 34 FELONIES. (CAR HORN BLARES) YES, I'M VOTING FOR A FELON. ALSO THROWING THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND A CONVICTED CRIMINAL, PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT TO STOP HIM BEING IN THIS POSITION. DONALD TRUMP HAS MY STRONG ENDORSEMENT, PERIOD. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN DEMONISED. HE'S BEEN SUED, HE'S BEEN PROSECUTED, AND HE NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE. WE CANNOT LET HIM DOWN. WE CAN DISAGREE AGREEABLY. REPUBLICAN FAITHFUL TRYING TO SHOW EVERYONE ELSE THEY KNOW WHAT DIRECTION IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY. LOGAN, DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE CROWDS TODAY. NO CONVENTION SPEECH YET, BUT HE'S ALREADY ANNOUNCED HIS FIRST PUBLIC RALLY SINCE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHEN DONALD TRUMP WOULD HOST RALLIES AGAIN. THEY ARE A KEY PART OF HIS STRATEGY. HE WILL HOLD ONE THIS WEEKEND, ONE WEEK SINCE THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. HE WILL HOST THIS EVENT IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. AT HIS SIDE, VP PICK JD VANCE. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON SECURITY. THIS KICKS OFF EARLY SUNDAY YOUR TIME. WE WILL BE THERE LIVE ON Q+A. AND LOGAN, MORE DETAILS ABOUT THREATS TO DONALD TRUMP'S LIFE, THIS TIME INVOLVING IRAN? A BIZARRE TWIST TODAY. THE SECRET SERVICE HAD BEEN TIPPED OFF RECENTLY ABOUT A PROPOSED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE DONALD TRUMP. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THEY HAD BEEFED UP SECURITY. WHEN THE NEWS CAME OUT, OFFICIALS WERE QUICK TO SAY THERE WAS NO LINK BETWEEN THE SHOOTER IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THIS PLOT. BUT MANY PEOPLE I SPOKE TO HAD QUESTIONS AS TO WHERE WAS THE SECURITY WHEN THOMAS CROOKES WENT TO BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA AND TOOK THOSE SHOTS? THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR INQUIRIES AND EVEN JOE BIDEN HAS CALLED FOR A REVIEW OF SECURITY. MIGHT BE TIME BEFORE WE GET ANSWERS. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP HAS DERAILED THE TOUR OF HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JACK BLACK'S COMEDY ROCK BAND 'TENACIOUS D'. WHILE ON STAGE IN SYDNEY, AS PART OF A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, BLACK'S BANDMATE, KYLE GASS, COMMENTED THAT HE HOPES ANY FUTURE ATTEMPTS ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LIFE ARE SUCCESSFUL. HE HAS SINCE APOLOGISED, BUT NOT BEFORE JACK BLACK CANCELLED THE REST OF THE TOUR WITH HIM AND PUT THE BAND'S FUTURE ON HOLD. THE PAIR WERE TO HAVE PERFORMED IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. NEW ZEALAND'S CLIMATE GOALS ARE IN JEOPARDY, UNLESS TARGETED ACTION IS TAKEN AND NEW TECHNOLOGY COMES ON LINE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO LATEST PLAN TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. FIGURES SHOW THERE IS CONFIDENCE WE'LL MEET THE BUDGET TARGETS OF 2025 AND 2030, BUT WE'RE TRACKING TO MISS THE THIRD IN 2035 BY 17 MEGATONS, OR 17 MILLION TONS OF EMISSIONS. NOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE NUMBER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? ONE TON OF EMISSIONS IS ROUGHLY NINE AVERAGE CAR TRIPS FROM AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON, SO ONE MEGATON IS NINE MILLION TRIPS. KEY GOVERNMENT GOALS INCLUDE DOUBLING RENEWABLE ENERGY BY REDUCING RED TAPE TO INCREASE INVESTMENT; NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ` THAT'S FORESTRY; AND CLIMATE INNOVATION, EXPECTING BETTER PRACTICES AND NEW TECH WILL EMERGE. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE CLEAR IS THAT IT'S TAKING A 'LEAST COST' APPROACH. WITH WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, AND REACTION TO IT, HERE'S ABBEY WAKEFIELD. IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR EMISSIONS TARGETS, WE'LL HAVE TO IMPROVE ACROSS ALL OF THESE AREAS, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED NEW SOLUTIONS ` FAST. IN THIS LAB, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE HOLY GRAIL IN METHANE REDUCTION. WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL SEE A VACCINE FOR FARMERS AT SOME STAGE. IT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTING HEAVILY IN TO HELP REDUCE AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS. THE VACCINE ITSELF WOULD PRODUCE ANTIBODIES THAT GO IN THE SALIVA THE VACCINE ITSELF WOULD PRODUCE ANTIBODIES THAT GO IN THE SALIVA OF THE ANIMAL, AND THEN THAT GOES INTO THE RUMEN AND AFFECTS THE METHANOGENS, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THE METHANE. WE NEED A BREAKTHROUGH. BUT SOME SAY RELYING ON IDEAS LIKE THIS COULD BE A RISKY STRATEGY. IT'S NOT AMBITIOUS. IT'S RELYING ON TECHNOLOGIES THAT DON'T EXIST YET AMONG THE OTHER IDEAS, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BOOST EV CHARGERS TO 10,000 BY 2030, ALONG WITH RESEARCHING MORE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS AND DOUBLING NEW ZEALAND'S RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION. THE PLAN ITSELF ` OR THE SO-CALLED PLAN ` IS RIDDLED WITH A LOT OF WISHFUL THINKING AND UNFORTUNATELY MOVING AWAY FROM THE STRATEGY TO STOP POLLUTION AT THE SOURCE. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO WANTS TO PLANT MORE TREES TO HELP OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS. WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ADVICE AT THE MOMENT IN REGARD TO OPPORTUNITIES AROUND LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE CROWN. THIS WAS ALWAYS ONLY A TEMPORARY MEASURE TO BUY US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT NOW IT'S BECOME THE SORT OF DOMINANT REDUCTION POLICY. THE OVERALL AIM ` TO REACH NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY THE YEAR 2050. CURRENTLY, THE FORECASTING SHOWS US THAT WE'RE 3 MEGATONS OFF, IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING THAT. THE REALITY IS THAT MOST COUNTRIES HAVEN'T BEEN AMBITIOUS ENOUGH. NEW ZEALAND'S CERTAINLY NOT A LEADER, IT'S A LAGGARD. CONSULTATION ON THE GOVERNMENT'S SECOND EMISSIONS BUDGET OPENS TODAY; IT'LL CLOSE IN JUST OVER A MONTH. CRITICS SAY THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING BY 2040 A ONCE-IN-A-CENTURY STORM COULD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR SOME OF OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES, AS SEA LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. ON AVERAGE THEY'RE INCREASING BY ABOUT 3.5mm A YEAR, LARGELY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING, BECAUSE AS ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS MELT, THE OCEAN WATERS EXPAND. BUT IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND. TECTONIC MOVEMENT IS ALSO A BIG FACTOR, AS IT CAUSES OUR LAND TO SHIFT UP AND DOWN. IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN DURING A LARGE SEISMIC EVENT. SMALLER SHIFTS CAN OCCUR CONTINUOUSLY. AND WHEN THE LAND SINKS, IT EXACERBATES ANY INCREASE TO SEA LEVELS. SO LET'S ZERO IN NOW ON ONE OF OUR MORE VULNERABLE AREAS, PETONE, IN LOWER HUTT, TO SEE THE IMPACT BASED ON THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY. THE 'NZ SEA RISE' PROGRAMME ESTIMATES BY 2050 LEVELS THERE COULD INCREASE BY 40cm, AND BY THE END OF THE CENTURY WE COULD SEE A RISE OF 91cm. THE REALITY OF THIS WILL BE FELT WHEN AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT HITS, LIKE WE'VE SIMULATED HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMES CRASHING OVER ON TO THE ROAD TOWARDS HOMES. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS BASED ON SCIENTIFIC FORECASTS. SO ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO FUTUREPROOF AT-RISK COMMUNITIES? SAM OLLEY LOOKS INTO IT. THE PETONE FORESHORE, ON THE DOORSTEP OF THESE HOMES. IT ENCOURAGES YOU TO GET OUTSIDE AND GO WALKING. IT'S A NICE SPOT. IT'S GREAT HERE. IT'S NICE AND CENTRAL. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. RISING SEA LEVELS ARE NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM HERE. THE SHORELINES ARE ACTUALLY SINKING AT 3mm TO 4mm PER YEAR. THAT EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE AMOUNT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE AND THE RATE OF SEA-LEVEL RISE. SOME RESIDENTS NOT SO WORRIED. NOT SHORT-TERM, ANYWAY. I DON'T THINK THE IMPACT WILL BE THAT GREAT. THAT'S THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR LIVING HERE. BUT WHAT DOES THAT PRICE LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING DECADES? A NEW REPORT PREPARED FOR WELLINGTONS COUNCILS ESTIMATES THAT IN LOWER HUTT ALONE 4690 BUILDINGS ARE AT RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING. THAT ROAD ROUND TO EASTBOURNE AND THE PETONE FORESHORE WILL BE EXPERIENCING... THE FLOOD WE GET EVERY HUNDRED YEARS, THE BIG COASTAL FLOOD, WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT. INSURANCE COMPANIES WELL AWARE. BOUGHT A BUILDING PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO I BOUGHT A BUILDING PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO ON THE ESPLANADE AND I GOT REFUSED INSURANCE. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST INSURANCE UPTAKES IN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. AND WE HAVE PROBABLY, IN THE PAST, RELIED QUITE HEAVILY ON HOPING THAT INSURANCE IS ALWAYS GOING TO COVER US. BUT THEY'RE LOOKING QUITE CLOSELY AT WHETHER THEY CAN CONTINUE AFFORD TO CARRY ON DOING THAT. TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON NEW SEAWALLS TO PROTECT COASTAL ROUTES EITHER SIDE OF PETONE. IS THAT ENOUGH? THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF SEDIMENT, AND IT'S QUITE A WIDE, SANDY BEACH. SO THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEM THERE THAT WILL PROVIDE A DEFENCE MECHANISM. THERE'S THE BIG RIVERLINK PROJECT THAT'S LOOKING TO UPGRADE THE STOPBANKS IN LOWER HUTT AS WELL. CLIMATE SCIENTISTS SAY CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ACT URGENTLY NATIONWIDE, EXPANDING WETLANDS, EXTENDING MANGROVE PLANTATIONS, AS WELL AS MANMADE MEASURES. PROTECTION BY SEAWALL AND A COMBINATION OF ULTIMATELY MOVING COMMUNITIES, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOT PUTTING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN DANGEROUS PLACES. RISING SEAS DRIVING UP THE COSTS FOR COASTLINE COMMUNITIES. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. AND FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE IMPACT OF RISING SEA LEVELS, HEAD TO onenews.co.nz. NEXT, THE COMMERCE COMMISSION WEIGHS IN ON AUCKLAND AIRPORT'S FUTURE PLANS. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE COST OF DOMESTIC TRAVEL. PLUS THE NEW LEAD IN THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF SIX PEOPLE AT A BANGKOK HOTEL. AND A DASH FOR CASH AT THIS FAMOUS LAS VEGAS CASINO. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` DO YOU ENJOY YOUR OWN COMPANY? WE REVEAL THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF SOLITUDE. PLUS ` WHY THESE KIDS ARE JOINING THE JET-SET AND FLYING HIGH IN A PRIVATE PLANE. AND WE FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE $80 OF GROCERIES GO A LONG WAY. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. WELCOME BACK. EMBATTLED FORMER GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA HAS KEPT A LOW PROFILE AT PARLIAMENT TODAY, AS THE REPORT INTO HER CONNECTION TO ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION IS MADE PUBLIC. BUT IN A FRESH TWIST THIS AFTERNOON, CONFIRMATION THE BUSINESSES OWNED AND OPERATED BY HER HUSBAND ARE IN LIQUIDATION. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. THE BUSINESSES AT THE CENTRE OF A POLITICAL SCANDAL, CLOSED. CONFIRMATION TODAY THE COMPANY BEHIND BIKES AND BEYOND, WHICH RUNS THIS STORE AND TWO OTHERS IS IN LIQUIDATION. THEY'RE OWNED BY CHRISTIAN HOFF-NEILSEN, THE HUSBAND OF DARLEEN TANA. NOW PART OF THE REPORT WHICH SPARKED HER RESIGNATION FROM THE GREENS HAS BEEN PUBLICLY RELEASED. IT SHOWS IN PRETTY CRYSTAL CLEAR FACTS HOW IT IS THAT DARLEEN TANA HAS FALLEN FAR SHORT OF THE BEHAVIOUR THAT WE WOULD EXPECT NOT ONLY OF A GREEN MP, BUT OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ENTIRELY. IT DETAILS MULITPLE INCIDENTS OF WORKERS WHO SAY THEY WEREN'T PAID PROPERLY AND FOUND DARLEEN TANA'S EXPLANATIONS OFTEN WEREN'T CREDIBLE. IT SAYS DARLEEN DISTANCED HERSELF FROM THE COMPANY IN 2023 AS SHE RAN FOR PARLIAMENT, TELLING ONE WORKER 'IT'S NOT MY PIG, NOT MY FARM.' SHE TOLD THE INQUIRY HER HUSBAND WAS SO DISORGANISED HE WAS KNOWN AS CAPTAIN CHAOS. THE MP HIT BACK AT THE REPORT ON 1 NEWS THIS WEEK. NATURAL JUSTICE WASN'T SERVED IN THAT REPORT. IT WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE, IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE VOICES OF KEY WITNESSES. WHETHER DARLEEN TANA PLANS TO STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP OR WHETHER SHE'LL THROW IN THE TOWEL IS STILL THE BIG UNANSWERED QUESTION. SHE WAS AT PARLIAMENT TODAY BUT SOME ARE UNEASY WITH THE IDEA OF THE GREENS POTENTIALLY BOOTING HER OUT. I'M A VERY STRONG BELIEVER THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE I'M A VERY STRONG BELIEVER THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE AN ELECTED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OUT OF PARLIAMENT, ARE VOTERS AT THE ELECTION. THE GREENS CLEARLY HOPING DARLEEN TANA FALLS ON HER SWORD AND SAVES THEM THE TROUBLE. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. MIGRANT CHILDREN STUCK IN LIMBO AS THEY AWAIT THEIR PARENTS' RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS ARE BEING GIVEN A CHANCE TO WORK. UNTIL NOW, THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO EARN OR STUDY AFTER LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY'S NEWS WELCOMED EVEN AS SOME ASK WHETHER ENOUGH IS BEING DONE TO ENSURE THE BURDEN OF EARNING A LIVING FOR THE FAMILY ISN'T SHIFTED TO THE CHILD. CORAZON MILLER WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. NOT MANY COULD HOLD BACK TEARS AT THE NEWS THEIR FUTURE'S ON HOLD. EVERYTHING I WAS PLANNING WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. HERE, HE'S JUST FOUND OUT BECAUSE HE'S NOT A RESIDENT YET, HE COULDN'T ACCEPT A UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP. IT'S A BIG MESS, REALLY. SIX MONTHS ON... I'M JUST SITTING AT HOME DOING NOTHING. AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE... IT SOUNDS GOOD TO THEM, TO HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. HIS RESIDENCY IS DEPENDENT ON HIS DAD'S ` A CASE 1 NEWS HAS FOLLOWED, WHICH IS BEFORE THE IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL. THE FARMER'S FIGHTING A DECISION THAT RULED HIS KIDNEY CONDITION MEANS HE'S NOT HEALTHY ENOUGH TO STAY. BUT TODAY, SOME GOOD NEWS. I SAW IN OPPOSITION FAR TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY WERE STUCK AT HOME ON A VISITOR VISA, AND SO IT WAS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. BY OCTOBER, YOUNG MIGRANTS WHO'VE LEFT SCHOOL AND HAVE ALREADY LODGED AN APPLICATION AS A DEPENDENT CHILD RESIDENT VISA OR A SKILLED MIGRANT VISA WILL BE ABLE TO WORK. FOR NOW, IT'S ONLY PART TIME UP TO 20 HOURS OR FULL-TIME DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WHILE IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ARE WELCOMING THE MOVE, QUESTIONS REMAIN. THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE SUPPORTING THEIR WHOLE FAMILY. WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING... THEY'RE IN SAFE WORKPLACES AND NOT BEING EXPLOITED? IDEALLY, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THEM HAVE RIGHTS AT UNIVERSITIES OR TERTIARY EDUCATION WITHOUT NEEDING TO PAY INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FEES AS WELL. STILL, IT'S AN OPTION PETE KINNEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. IF I'M ABLE TO WORK PART TIME, THEN MAYBE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY. GIVING HIM THE HOPE HE'D BEEN STRUGGLING TO FIND. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. A WAIROA BUSINESS IS TAKING HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL TO COURT, ACCUSING IT OF NEGLIGENCE FOR NOT OPENING THE RIVER BAR SOONER TO HELP PREVENT LAST MONTH'S FLOODING. THE CASE FILED IN THE NAPIER HIGH COURT IS BEING TAKEN BY DIANNE DOWNEY, THE OWNER OF A LIME GROWING AND PROCESSING BUSINESS. SHE SAYS HER COMPANY HAS LOST VALUE, INCOME AND SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM THE FLOODING THAT AFFECTED MORE THAN 500 PROPERTIES. HER LAWYER HOPES THE CASE BECOMES A CLASS ACTION. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CASE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE QUITE CLEAR DEFAULT BY A COUNCIL, AND HOPEFULLY THIS ENABLES HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO BE COMPENSATED PROPERLY, AND IT MAY WELL SET THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE CLAIMS. HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROCEEDINGS, SAYING IT TAKES THE MATTER SERIOUSLY AND WILL TAKE PART IN THE LEGAL PROCESS. THERE'S MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE DEATHS OF SIX PEOPLE THE THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN, ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS, WERE FOUND DEAD IN A LUXURY SUITE IN THAILAND'S CAPITAL. IN THE PAST HOUR, LOCAL POLICE CONFIRMED THEY'VE FOUND TRACES OF CYANIDE IN EMPTY CUPS IN THE ROOM. AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR A SEVENTH PERSON IN CONNECTION TO THE INCIDENT. AN EXTREME HEATWAVE CONTINUES TO GRIP PARTS OF EUROPE. IN ROMANIA, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 42 DEGREES WITH THOUSANDS OF LOCALS ALREADY CALLING EMERGENCY SERVICES WITH HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. MEANWHILE IN MACEDONIA, THERE ARE FEARS THE EXTREME WEATHER WILL CAUSE WILDFIRES TO SPREAD. HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO TACKLE THE BLAZES THAT AREN'T YET THREATENING VILLAGES. COMING UP ` THE GREAT BRAIN DRAIN ` WE REVEAL JUST HOW MANY OF OUR NURSES ARE HELPING TO FILL AUSTRALIA'S SHORTAGE. THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING OF NEW ZEALAND APPLICANTS. AND WHY THIS FAMOUS LAS VEGAS CASINO HAS TO GIVE AWAY MORE THAN $2M THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LONELINESS AND SOLITUDE AND WHY A LITTLE BIT OF "ME" TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU. PLUS IF YOU RECKON FLIGHTS COST A LOT MORE THESE DAYS, YOU'D BE RIGHT. THE REASONS BEHIND THE PRICE HIKES. AND THE FRESH APPROACH TO MEAL PLANNING THAT'LL SAVE YOU MONEY. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. FEARED PRICE HIKES AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT MAY NOT BE AS HIGH AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED AFTER THE COMMERCE COMMISSION FOUND THEY WERE UNREASONABLE. THE EXTRA COSTS FOR AIRLINES WILL HELP PAY FOR A MULTI-BILLION- DOLLAR INVESTMENT PLAN. BUT THE SCALE OF THE CHARGES REMAINS UP IN THE AIR FOR NOW. ISOBEL PRASAD REPORTS. A COMBINED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL ` JUST ONE OF THE PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN THE MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR OVERHAUL OF AUCKLAND AIRPORT. ENSURING AUCKLAND IS RESILIENT, HAS GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAS CAPACITY TO GROW CONNECTIVITY AND EXPAND SPACE FOR AIRLINES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS FOUND WHILE THE AIRPORT'S REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE APPROPRIATE, PROPOSED PRICE INCREASES TO PAY FOR IT ARE NOT. SO, THE AIRPORT SETS A TARGET RATE OF RETURN. IT SET THAT TARGET RATE AT ABOUT 8.7%, WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE ABOVE A REASONABLE RATE. THE AIRPORT CHARGES AIRLINES FOR LANDINGS AND USE OF THE PASSENGER TERMINAL. AT ITS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED RATE, IT WOULD HAVE EARNED AN EXCESS PROFIT OF MORE THAN $200M OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AIR NEW ZEALAND SAYING IT WOULD HAVE SEEN ITS TICKET PRICES INCREASE BY UP TO $40. IT'S A DISCUSSION WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH AUCKLAND AIRPORT. AND OUR CONCERN IS THAT WHEN THEY MAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS, THAT GOES STRAIGHT ON TO AIRLINE CUSTOMERS. WHILE DOMESTIC AIRLINES HAVE WELCOMED THE REPORT'S FINDINGS, THERE ARE CONTINUING CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO AIRPORT REGULATIONS. IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN WHAT IT IS AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS SIMPLY CONSULT. WE COULD DO BETTER FOR NEW ZEALANDERS, AND WE COULD IMPOSE FURTHER REGULATIONS ON JUST AUCKLAND AIRPORT. AUCKLAND AIRPORT DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT SAYS IT'S REVIEWING THE COMMISSION'S REPORT AND WILL CONSIDER LOWERING PRICES ONCE THE FINAL COPY IS RELEASED. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT SHOWS THE SYSTEM IS WORKING AND THAT THE AIRPORT IS TAKING THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. SUBMISSIONS ON THE REVIEW WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL AUGUST, WITH THE FINAL REPORT SET TO BE RELEASED IN EARLY 2025. ISOBEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND IS EXPERIENCING A RECORD EXODUS, WITH MANY PROFESSIONALS MOVING TO AUSTRALIA FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. IN PART TWO OF OUR SERIES, THE GREAT BRAIN DRAIN, WE FOCUS ON THE NURSING SECTOR AND WHY SO MANY ARE HEADING ACROSS THE DITCH TO WORK. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN REPORTS. AUCKLANDER LUKE FOWLIE MOVED TO SYDNEY AFTER GRADUATING AND NOW WORKS AS A REGISTERED NURSE. THE PROCESS WAS A LOT EASIER THAN I WAS EXPECTING. THEY WERE VERY WELCOMING OF NEW ZEALAND APPLICANTS. AND IF YOU'RE REGISTERED IN NEW ZEALAND AS A NURSE, YOUR REGISTRATION ACTUALLY GOES OVER TO AUSTRALIA QUITE EASILY. HE'S NOT ALONE. FIGURES JUST RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOW NEARLY 24,000 KIWIS WHO WERE REGISTERED AS NURSES IN NEW ZEALAND ARE NOW REGISTERED AND WORKING IN AUSTRALIA. 11,000 HAVE REGISTERED HERE IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE. WHEN I WORK AN AFTERNOON SHIFT, I GET PENALTY RATES. THE PENALTY RATES ON WEEKENDS ARE A LOT NICER COMPARED TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BACK IN NEW ZEALAND. AND ALSO I GET SIX WEEKS OF ANNUAL LEAVE. AUSTRALIA FEARS IT COULD BE 100,000 NURSES SHORT BY 2025, SO IT'S RECRUITING HARD. WE CARE ABOUT YOU. JOIN US TODAY. IT'S HURTING HEALTHCARE IN AOTEAROA, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS AROUND 4000 NURSING VACANCIES. BUT WORKING AS A NURSE IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PEOPLE COMES WITH ITS OWN ISSUES. THEY'RE NOT FEELING VALUED. AND THEY ARE SEEING THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS, THE ACUITY OF THE PATIENTS THEY'RE LOOKING AFTER, JUST INCREASING ON A REGULAR BASIS. SYDNEY, LIKE AUCKLAND, IS ALSO AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES TO LIVE. ALL REASONS WHY NURSES IN NEW SOUTH WALES ARE THREATENING TO STRIKE AGAIN IF THEY DON'T GET A 15% PAY RISE. BUT THE STARTING SALARY FOR NURSES HERE IS ALREADY $20,000 MORE THAN IN NEW ZEALAND. WHERE NURSES RECENTLY NEGOTIATED A PAY DEAL FAR LESS THAN 15%. SO THE REALITY IS, IF IT'S THE SAME ISSUES, I MIGHT AS WELL BE PAID MORE TO DEAL WITH THEM. LUKE'S MOTHER, SHEILA, WHO'S WORKED AS A SENIOR NURSE IN AOTEAROA FOR 20 YEARS, CONVINCED HIM TO GO. EVEN WITH THE COST OF LIVING, IT'S STILL SO MUCH BETTER FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY GO TO AUSTRALIA. I REMEMBER MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY SAYING, 'GO. JUST GO. JUST GO'. WHEN I TOLD HER I GOT THE JOB HERE, HER FIRST WORDS WERE, 'SO, YOU'RE TAKING IT, RIGHT?' SHE SAYS WHILE THAT WAS HARD, IT WAS IN HER SON'S BEST INTEREST. BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, BETTER PAY, BETTER WORK CONDITION. SO WHY NOT? IN FACT, HE WAS ACTUALLY TELLING ME, AND SAID, 'MUM, JUST JOIN ME HERE.' AND LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH LUKE'S EYES, THAT MAY BE AN EASY CHOICE TO MAKE. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. POLICE HAVE LOOSENED REQUIREMENTS TO JOIN THE FORCE, AMIDST A GOVERNMENT TARGET TO HIRE 500 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. PEOPLE CAN NOW APPLY ON THEIR RESTRICTED DRIVER'S LICENCE, BUT WILL STILL NEED A FULL LICENCE BEFORE STARTING TRAINING. THOSE WHO HOLD A RESIDENCY VISA ALLOWING THEM TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND CAN ALSO NOW APPLY. THE AGENCY SAYS THE HIGH STANDARDS FOR BEING SELECTED REMAIN THE SAME. A FAMOUS LAS VEGAS HOTEL IS SHUTTING ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. AND THAT HAS SOME HOPING THEY'RE ABOUT TO WIN BIG. PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO THE CASINO AT THE MIRAGE, WITH MORE THAN $2.6M UP FOR GRABS. ABC's DAVID MUIR EXPLAINS WHY. TONIGHT THE DASH FOR CASH IN LAS VEGAS, THE SCRAMBLE TO GIVE AWAY $1.6M AT THE MIRAGE HOTEL AND CASINO. PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO THE CASINO BEFORE IT CLOSES. AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES ON THE VEGAS STRIP, THE MIRAGE NOW CLOSING TOMORROW. BUT BEFORE THEY DO, NEVADA STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THEY MUST HAND OUT THE BIG CASH PRIZES IN THEIR UNCLAIMED JACKPOTS FROM SLOT MACHINES AND GAMES. # ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. # ALWAYS SOMETHING TO SEE. THE MIRAGE OPENED IN 1989 ` 3000 ROOMS, A 40ft VOLCANO ATTRACTION, AND FOR DECADES THE HOME OF SIEGFRIED & ROY AND THEIR WHITE TIGERS. BUT NOW THE MIRAGE IS CLOSING TO MAKE WAY FOR A BRAND NEW HARD ROCK HOTEL, OPENING IN 2027. TONIGHT THE CLOSEOUT SIGNS, AS SO MANY NOW HOPE FOR A LITTLE LUCK, GETTING ONE LAST GLIMPSE OF THE ICONIC HOTEL BEFORE IT BECOMES PART OF LAS VEGAS HISTORY. JUST DAYS OUT FROM ATHLETES ARRIVING IN PARIS, THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE HAS FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED. THE SITE WILL WELCOME MORE THAN 20,000 ATHLETES OVER THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. THE VILLAGE INCLUDES A HUGE FITNESS CENTRE, A DOPING-CONTROL CENTRE, AND A CLUB FOR ATHLETES TO RELAX WITH EACH OTHER. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT, AND THE STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES DECIDER IS JUST HOURS AWAY NOW. YEAH, THE MATCH THAT WILL PIT TWO WARRIORS AGAINST EACH OTHER ` AND WHICH ONE MISSED THE BIRTH OF HIS SECOND CHILD FOR THIS MOMENT. PLUS, THE OLD HANDS AND THE YOUNG GUNS ` A BIG KIWI CONTINGENT AT ROYAL TROON. AND... IF YOU SAID TO ME TWO YEARS AGO THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LAUGHED. THE YOUNG MAORI OLYMPIAN DIGGING DEEP FOR RANGATAHI. AND IN WEATHER, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ANOTHER MIXED-BAG SORT OF DAY. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME LOW CLOUD, SOME FROST IN THE MIX AS WELL, SOME FOG, OF COURSE. THEN THROUGH THE DAY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE, BUT HEADS UP ` COULD BE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN THE MIX AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. FOR JUST THE SEVENTH TIME IN HISTORY, NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE AT LEAST FOUR GOLFERS AT A MAJOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ` LED BY RYAN FOX, THE WORLD NUMBER 64, JOINED BY DANIEL HILLIER, MICHAEL HENDRY AND YOUNG HOPE KAZUMA KOBORI AT THE OPEN IN SCOTLAND. GUY HEVELDT HAS MORE. THIS IS FOUR KIWIS AT A MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP ` THE FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED IN 15 YEARS. WE'VE GOT A FULL KIWI PRACTICE ROUND GROUP TODAY, SO, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR A WHILE. I MEAN, YEAH, WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM HOME WHEN WE'RE OUT IN EUROPE, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE A FEW MORE KIWI FACES THIS WEEK. SO ME AND FOXY THE OLD BOYS TOOK ON THE YOUNG FULLAS. I HAD A 15-FOOTER ON 18 FOR BIRDY TO WIN THE MATCH, AND I CHOKED MY GUTS OUT AND WE ENDED UP HALVING IT, UNFORTUNATELY. I DUNNO ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT HE HAD A PRETTY GOOD PUTT, TO BE FAIR. WE GOT BEATEN UP PROPERLY ON THAT BACK NINE TODAY. RYAN FOX WILL LEAD THE CONTINGENT ` THIS YEAR'S EDITION AT ROYAL TROON HIS SEVENTH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ` BUT IT WILL BE AND ALREADY IS AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ANOTHER OF HIS COMPATRIOTS. MICHAEL HENDRY HAD TO FORGO A SPOT IN LAST YEAR'S OPEN FOLLOWING HIS LEUKAEMIA DIAGNOSIS. THE R&A WERE SO GRACIOUS AND EXTENDED ME THE EXTENSION FOR THIS EVEN BEFORE LAST YEAR'S EVEN HAD BEEN PLAYED. THIS WAS A HUGE MOTIVATOR FOR ME, AND IT REALLY GOT ME THROUGH MY RECOVERY. AND THERE'S ONE THING MAKING THE EXPERIENCE EVEN BETTER. THIS ONE, FOR ME, IS MOSTLY SPECIAL BECAUSE MY FAMILY'S THERE TO ENJOY IT WITH ME. HAVING MY DAUGHTER MADISON WALKING THE COURSE WITH ME TODAY DURING THE PRACTICE ROUND WAS GREAT. SHE DOESN'T GET TO TRAVEL WITH ME VERY OFTEN. AT THE OTHER END OF THE EXPERIENCE SPECTRUM ARE DANIEL HILLIER AND KAZUMA KOBORI ` HILLIER IN HIS FOURTH MAJOR, KOBORI'S SECOND. MY FIRST OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, AND, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THINGS UNDERWAY. IT'S AWESOME. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. PRETTY SPECIAL PLACE. MORE THAN USUAL TO WATCH FOR KIWI GOLF FANS, WITH A QUARTET OF OUR PLAYERS CHASING THE SPORT'S OLDEST PRIZE. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. IT'S STATE AGAINST STATE TONIGHT ` AND, IN THE CASE OF TWO WARRIORS, TEAMMATE AGAINST TEAMMATE; KURT CAPEWELL AND MITCH BARNETT LINING UP IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN DECIDER IN BRISBANE. AND AS ZION DAYAL REPORTS, BARNETT MISSED AN IMPORTANT DAY TO GET HIS DEBUT. IT'S UNCOMMON TO FIND 30-YEAR-OLD ORIGIN ROOKIES. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SORT OF MATURED A LOT. I'M THE MAN I AM TODAY FROM MAKING THE MISTAKES I HAVE, AND I'VE LEARNT. TONIGHT, HARD-WORKING WARRIORS FORWARD MITCHELL BARNETT WILL REALISE HIS ORIGIN DREAM ` ONE THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKELY BEFORE SIGNING WITH THE NEW ZEALAND CLUB. I'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WISH I SORT OF DIDN'T DO BACK IN THE DAY, AND THIS OPPORTUNITY MIGHT HAVE COME EARLIER. PROUD OF HIM. ALL THE BOYS ARE. THE WHOLE CLUB IS. IT'S A REAL REFLECTION ON THE WHOLE... THE WHOLE TEAM, BUT MOSTLY BARNEY. JUST` HIS LEADERSHIP'S BEEN OUTSTANDING. NAMED IN THE EXTENDED SQUAD FOR THE OPENING TWO GAMES, HE KEPT THE BIRTH OF HIS SECOND CHILD QUIET AROUND BLUES COACH MICHAEL MAGUIRE IN THE BUILD-UP TO THE LAST GAME TO SHOW HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS STATE. I DIDN'T TELL HIM WHEN I ORIGINALLY GOT PICKED. I WANTED TO BE PICKED, YEAH. I SPOKE TO MY WIFE, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO... LIKE, I` IT WAS OUR SECOND BUB, AND UNFORTUNATELY, JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, I COULDN'T LET IT GO. LOOKING AT SOMEONE ELSE, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE, 'OH MY GOD, THAT'S`' LIKE, 'HOW HAS SHE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN?' AND I KNOW THIS IS MITCH'S ABSOLUTE DREAM, AND, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE 16, SO I'VE` YEAH, RIDDEN THE HIGH AND LOWS TOGETHER. IT WILL MAKE WHAT IS A BIG OCCASION EVEN BIGGER, THE BLUES TRYING TO WIN THEIR FIRST ORIGIN SERIES IN THREE YEARS. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY; IT'S A GREAT TEST, A GREAT MOMENT OF OUR CAREERS ` YOU KNOW, TO GET TO PLAY IN A DECIDER UP HERE. HISTORY IS AGAINST THEM ` NEW SOUTH WALES WINNING A DECIDER IN QUEENSLAND ONLY TWICE BEFORE, THE LAST ONE 19 YEARS AGO. IT'D BE A DREAM COME TRUE TO WIN A STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES, ESPECIALLY AS CAPTAIN, AND... IN GUESS, YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT TO DO IT UP HERE. WE'VE EARNT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN A DECIDER, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MORE SECOND CHANCES FOR BOTH TEAMS. THERE'S LITTLE BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS AS RUGBY LEAGUE'S GREATEST CHALLENGE AWAITS. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. THE BLACK CAPS WILL LOOK FOR A LONG-TERM LIMITED-OVERS SKIPPER AFTER KANE WILLIAMSON DECLINED A CENTRAL CONTRACT, RELINQUISHING THE CAPTAINCY. THE FULL SUMMER SCHEDULE WAS CONFIRMED TODAY, STARTING WITH A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TEST SERIES AGAINST BRENDON McCULLUM'S ENGLAND. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WHOEVER IS IN PLACE WE WILL WANT IN PLACE FOR PROBABLY THROUGH TO THREE YEARS OR SO LEADING TOWARDS THAT NEXT WORLD CUP. AND THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE, I GUESS, IMPORTANT DECISION-MAKING FACTORS THAT WE SORT OF DISCUSS. TIM SOUTEE, TOM LATHAM, DARRYL MITCHELL AND MITCHELL SANTNER ALL LIKELY TO BE MENTIONED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WHITE-BALL CRICKET DOMINATES THE SUMMER SCHEDULE, WITH THE WHITE FERNS AND BLACKCAPS HOSTING SIX SERIES, AS DOUBLE-HEADERS RETURN. THE DOMESTIC NETBALL COMPETITION WILL SEE SOME CHANGES NEXT SEASON, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A TWO-POINT SHOT LIKELY. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND IS TRIALLING RULE CHANGES IN THREE AUCKLAND MEN'S MATCHES THIS MONTH, WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOTH PLAYERS AND FANS. KATE WELLS EXPLAINS. THIS IS WHAT'S GETTING NETBALL FANS EXCITED. YES, HE CAN! LOOK AT THAT PASSION, AS WELL. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. AND NETBALL NEW ZEALAND IS TAKING NOTE, LOOKING TO BRING TWO-POINT SHOTS INTO THE DOMESTIC PREMIERSHIP FROM NEXT YEAR. THE TWO-POINT SHOT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT. WE'VE PUT IT INTO THESE MEN'S GAMES JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, AND PUT IT INTO THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT IT'S PLAYED OUT IN AUSTRALIA. THE MYSTICS AND STARS MEN'S SIDES TESTING IT OUT IN THEIR THREE-MATCH SERIES, TWO-POINTERS HELPING THE MYSTICS TO A DOMINANT VICTORY IN GAME TWO. I THINK IT IMPROVES CONFIDENCE TO GO TO THE POST FROM A DISTANCE. ACCURACY CAN BE A DIFFERENT THING. BUT IT OPENS IT UP. I THOUGHT IT KEPT THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL UP, AND ANY TEAM COULD COME BACK AT ANY TIME. BUT HOW LONG THE TWO-POINT ZONE IS UTILISED HAS YET TO BE DECIDED ` THE MEN USING IT FOR THE ENTIRE MATCH, BUT IN AUSTRALIA ONLY THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF EVERY QUARTER. HERE GOES LILY GRAHAM. THE MEN ALSO TRIALLING UMPIRES BEING HEARD IN THE VENUE. (WHISTLE BLOWS) CONTACT, GOAL DEFENCE, IN THE TWO. I THINK IT REALLY HELPS FOR THE AUDIENCE, IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE RULES AND SOME OF THE RULE CHANGES, AND A BIT OF CLARITY AROUND WHAT GETS CALLED, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING ON TELEVISION, YOU CAN KIND OF, 'WHAT WAS THAT CALL? OR WHAT HAPPENED THERE?' AND WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDBACK ON THESE CHANGES, NEW ZEALAND ARE CASTING THE NET WIDE. THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES ARE ENGAGED, AS ARE OUR UMPIRES. WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH OUR FANS AND FINDING OUT WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. IN A BID TO KEEP THE GAME POPULAR IN NEW ZEALAND. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF SPECULATION OVER WHO MIGHT REPLACE GARETH SOUTHGATE, AFTER THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL MANAGER ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION TWO DAYS AFTER LOSING THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. SOUTHGATE HAS FACED PLENTY OF CRITICISM IN HIS EIGHT YEARS IN CHARGE, DESPITE TAKING THE SIDE TO A WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL AND TWO EUROS FINALS, BUT ALSO EARNED PRAISE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT AN ENGLAND SQUAD GOING INTO A TOURNAMENT AND ACTUALLY BELIEVE ` AND I MEAN GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF WINNING IT, HE GOT MOST OF THE NATION INTO THAT POSITION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER ENGLAND MANAGER HAS DONE. THE RESULT HE'S GOT WITH THE TEAM, THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF. ENGLAND WOMEN'S COACH SARINA WIEGMAN IS TIPPED TO BE A CONTENDER FOR HIS REPLACEMENT, ALONG WITH FORMER CHELSEA BOSS GRAHAM POTTER AND NEWCASTLE'S EDDIE HOWE. FOR CHRISTCHURCH'S TAIKO TOREPE-ORSMBY, THE PAST THREE MONTHS HAVE BEEN A BLUR, FROM BECOMING THE FASTEST KIWI TO EVER SWIM 50m FREESTYLE AT THE NEW ZEALAND TRIALS, TO RUSHING BACK TO COLLEGE IN WISCONSIN TO PACK AND PREPARE FOR HIS FIRST OLYMPICS. GAMES REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. IT'S SAID THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. I FIRST STARTED COMPETING AT AGE 7 HERE AT WHARENUI. AND I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE, SO THIS PLACE IS A SPECIAL PART OF ME. BUT SESSIONS HERE ARE RARE FOR TAIKO TOREPE-ORSMBY THESE DAYS. THE 20-YEAR-OLD IS BASED IN THE UNITED STATES, STUDYING AND SWIMMING AT WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY. HOW HAS THAT MOVE TO COLLEGE HELPED YOU WITH YOUR SWIMMING? I THINK THE UNITED STATES HAVING ALL THEIR RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. I'VE GOT SIX COACHES TO HELP ME OUT, WHEN HERE I'D HAVE ONE COACH FOR THE WHOLE CLUB, BASICALLY. THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE PHYSIOS, THE ACADEMIC HELP THAT I'M GETTING AS WELL. AND IT'S PAYING OFF, CREATING HISTORY IN APRIL. 21.86! FIRST MAN TO EVER GO UNDER 22 FROM NEW ZEALAND. FAST ENOUGH TO AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, WITH A TIME THAT WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE FINAL IN TOKYO. IF YOU SAID TO ME TWO YEARS AGO THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LAUGHED. I DEFINITELY THINK I CAN BE A LITTLE FASTER. BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S ALL FOCUSING ON MYSELF AND MY RACE. THE 50m FREESTYLE WILL BE HIS SOLE EVENT IN PARIS. I THINK HE'S ONLY NOW JUST STARTING TO BELIEVE IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE. IF HE CAN GET INTO THE SECOND ROUND, IF HE CAN MAKE THE SEMIS IN AN EVENT LIKE 53, IT BECOMES SUCH A HEAD GAME ` YOU KNOW, AND WHO CAN HANDLE THE PRESSURE AND WHO CAN PUT THEIR RACE TOGETHER. AND SO ONCE YOU'RE IN THE SEMI, WHO KNOWS? BUT TOREPE-ORSMBY'S KAUPAPA GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN JUST SWIMMING. SWIMMING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SPORT THAT MAORI KIDS ARE GETTING INTO. SETTING THIS EXAMPLE FOR THOSE YOUNGER RANGATAHI IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BE DOING. IF I CAN DO IT, THEN SO CAN THEY. AND HE'S READY TO REPRESENT ON SPORT'S BIGGEST STAGE. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. THANKS, JENNY. STAY WITH US. DAN WILL BE HERE, AND FOG IS ON THE WAY FOR SOME. WHO'S GETTING IT? DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THINKING OF A HOLIDAY BUT FRUSTRATED AT THE PRICE OF FLIGHTS? WHY THE COST OF FLYING IS SKY HIGH. PLUS, THE PRIVATE JET EXPERIENCE THAT'S GOT THESE KIDS PUMPED. AND THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A BIT OF TIME ALONE. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY, AT 7. TO MAIN SPIKES THERE ARE TWO MAIN DRAFTS THERE'S A LOT TO COME THAT LOT OF BLUE THERE THAT COULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND LOOK AT THIS, GAS GOING INTO NEXT WEEK IT'S A REAL MESS OF SORTS DOWN TOWARDS THE DEEP SOUTH, -54 MOUNT COOK SHELLS TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY, THEY SLIDE DOWN THE EAST SO NORTHLAND, AFTERNOON SHOWERS AUCKLAND, HEADS UP THERE SOME FOG IN THE MORNING DITTO FOR HAMILTON THERE IS SOME FOG THE BAY OF PLENTY AND CENTRAL PLATEAU, THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD TAURANGA DRY ONE FOR YOU OVERALL CLOUD DRIZZLE FOR WELLINGTON NELSON, BLENHEIM YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THAT LOW CLOUD DOWN THE EAST COAST THE FROST MORE LIKELY INLAND IN CHRISTCHURCH ON THE WEST COAST YOU COULD HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER AND GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA THAT FOG BREAKS OUT IN QUEENSTOWN DUNEDIN YOU'VE GOT SOME LOW CLOUD THERE MIGHT BE SOME DRY PATCHES LAST WEEK WAS LOVELY