THE HANGOVER FROM THE WORST I.T. OUTAGE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN COULD LINGER FOR DAYS. TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION MAHE DRYSDALE APPEARS TO HAVE SWEPT TO VICTORY IN TAURANGA'S MAYORALTY RACE. THE GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ITS NEW BOOT CAMP FACILITY, BUT IT COMES WITH A WARNING FROM A PAST PARTICIPANT. AND WHILE THE ALL BLACKS CANTERED TO VICTORY, FIJI STILL PRODUCED SOME STUNNING MOMENTS OF ISLAND FLAIR IN SAN DIEGO. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. MALO E LELEI. GOOD EVENING. A LEADING CYBERSECURITY CONSULTANT HAS CALLED IT 'THE LARGEST I.T. OUTAGE IN HISTORY' ` A ROUTINE UPDATE THAT CAUSED MICROSOFT COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD TO BE OVERTAKEN BY THE INFAMOUS 'BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH', WHICH MEANS THE SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE. IT GROUNDED THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS GLOBALLY AND AFFECTED ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, RETAILERS, GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, AND TOOK TV CHANNELS OFF AIR. AND WHAT'S MOST ALARMING ABOUT IT IS THAT A CYBER SECURITY COMPANY MOST OF US HAVE NEVER HEARD OF, CROWDSTRIKE, MANAGED TO THROW THE WORLD INTO SUCH DISARRAY BY ACCIDENT. HERE'S ZANE SMALL. PANDEMONIUM AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE GLOBE, ALL CAUSED BY A FAULTY SOFTWARE UPDATE SENT OUT BY CYBERSECURITY COMPANY CROWDSTRIKE, WHICH FOR AIRLINES WAS MORE LIKE BIRD STRIKE. IT GROUNDED THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS ACROSS THE WORLD. WHAT THIS INCIDENT SHOWS IS JUST HOW DEPENDENT WE ARE ON I.T. SYSTEMS. THE OUTAGE ALSO HIT RETAILERS, HEALTH SERVICES AND EMERGENCY CALL CENTRES. THE 911 SYSTEM FAILED ACROSS SEVERAL U.S. STATES. IT EVEN BLACKED OUT SCREENS AT TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK, WHILE SKY NEWS VIEWERS TUNED IN TO AN ERROR MESSAGE. FLIGHTS ARE GROUNDED, TRAINS HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED, AND ONE MAJOR TV NETWORK IS OFF AIR. CYBERSECURITY EXPERT TROY HUNT DESCRIBED IT AS 'THE LARGEST I.T. OUTAGE IN HISTORY'. THIS IS QUITE FASCINATING THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE END POINTS, ON THE PCs THEMSELVES, AND THAT SO MANY OF THEM HAVE JUST SIMULTANEOUSLY GONE OFFLINE. ALL CHARACTERISED BY THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH, AN INDICATION THAT CROWDSTRIKE'S SOFTWARE UPDATE HAD FAILED. WHILE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD OF CROWDSTRIKE, IT'S A BIG PLAYER IN THE CYBERSECURITY SPACE, MAKING UP ABOUT 24% OF THE MARKET. THE COMPANY'S ANTIVIRUS PRODUCTS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING AUTO-UPDATED TO RESPOND TO EMERGING CYBER THREATS, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE ROUTINE UPDATES THAT WAS FAULTY, AFFECTING MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEMS. CROWDSTRIKE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE CONFIRMED IT WAS... ...AND SAID IT WAS... HE SAID THE ISSUE WAS... BUT NOT BEFORE THE BLUE GLITCH SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE, INCLUDING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. WHILE THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS INCONVENIENCE TO SO MANY NEW ZEALANDERS, I BELIEVE NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS NOT A MALICIOUS ATTACK; IT DID NOT AFFECT ANY CRITICAL LIFE-PRESERVING SERVICES. SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEMS WERE COMPROMISED AT WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKETS; CUSTOMERS WERE WARNED THAT SOME PAYMENT METHODS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE PROCESSED. A SIMILAR MESSAGE WAS GIVEN TO SHOPPERS AT BUNNINGS. ASB SAID... WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED NOT TO USE CASH, AND THEN THIS HAPPENS. A GLOBAL POPULATION AT THE MERCY OF COMPUTERS, LEFT WONDERING WHAT TO DO WHEN ALL THE SCREENS TURN BLUE. HE'S A TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL ROWER; NOW MAHE DRYSDALE IS SET TO BECOME A WINNER IN LOCAL POLITICS TOO. PROGRESS RESULTS RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON, BASED ON 82% OF THE VOTE, HAVE DRYSDALE IN LINE TO BECOME TAURANGA'S MAYOR ` WHICH MEANS HE MAY NEED TO MOVE THERE FROM WAIKATO. TAURANGA, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE BAY OF PLENTY, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, AND COMMISSION CHAIR ANNE TOLLEY HAS BEEN IN CHARGE IN RECENT YEARS. I THINK THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESSION WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF DEBATE, SO, YEAH, I THINK IT'S BEEN MOSTLY GOOD. MISS TOLLEY. GET MRS TOLLEY BACK. OH, YOU THINK THE COMMISSIONER DID A JOB, YES? CERTAINLY DID A BETTER JOB THAN THE, ER... THE INCUMBENT BEFORE. SOME LOCALS ARE HUNGRY FOR CHANGE. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD. IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO VOTE AND ELECT WHO THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO HAVE. IT SHOULD BE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANT, NOT WHAT, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS WANT. BUT NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED BY WHO'S PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD. THEY'VE GOT IDEAS OF GRANDIOSE, BUT THEY'VE GOT NO IDEA WHO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I DID VOTE, BUT NO FAITH IN ANY OF THEM, TO BE HONEST. SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA TAKE TAURANGA? COS IT'S NOT BEEN MOVING. WITH RECENT ISSUES OF LOSS OF BUSINESS IN ITS CBD, HOUSING SHORTAGES, CAR-PARKING PROBLEMS, TRAFFIC WOES, LOCALS KNOW WHAT CHANGES THEY WANT TO SEE. THEY TEND TO SPEND MONEY ON... FRILLY THINGS AROUND THE CITY INSTEAD OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL HAS THE HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL RATES IN THE COUNTRY, AND` OF ANY CITY COUNCIL, AND, UM... AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SERVICES WE'RE OWED FOR THAT MONEY. PROGRESS RESULTS SHOW LOCALS ARE PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN THIS MAN ` TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD-MEDAL ROWER MAHE DRYSDALE LOOKS SET TO BECOME TAURANGA'S NEW MAYOR. I JUST THINK THIS IS A GREAT CITY, AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANNA WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY MUCH THE STRATEGY; I'VE GOTTA GET THE OTHER COUNCILLORS ON BOARD SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER FOR THE RATEPAYERS. ...BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING A YEAR BEFORE OTHER AREAS VOTE IN THE LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME A MAYOR WILL HAVE A FOUR-YEAR TERM. WE'RE CERTAINLY A BIG SUPPORTER OF FOUR-YEAR TERMS WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW ZEALAND. WE THINK THAT IT ALLOWS COUNCILS TO THINK LONGER-TERM, WASTE LESS TIME. NEXT TIME TAURANGA LOCALS VOTE WILL BE WHEN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TAKES TO THE POLLS TOO. FRUSTRATED NORTHLANDERS ARE FACING LENGTHY DELAYS AFTER A NIGHT OF HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERED MULTIPLE SLIPS THROUGH THE TROUBLED BRYNDERWYN HILLS. THE HIGHWAY, WHICH IS THE MAIN LINK BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND WHANGAREI, HAD ONLY JUST REOPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO. DETOURS ARE IN PLACE, AND WAKA KOTAHI SAYS THEY ARE UNSURE WHEN THE ROAD WILL BE CLEARED. WORK HAS BEGUN TO MODERNISE NINE BRIDGES AS THE GOVERNMENT TRIES TO STRENGTHEN INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND NEW ZEALAND. THE PEPE STREAM BRIDGE ON STATE HIGHWAY 25 IN TAIRUA ON THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA WILL BE THE FIRST TO GET UPGRADED. THE 81-YEAR-OLD BRIDGE IS BEING UPGRADED FROM ONE LANE TO TWO TO EASE CONGESTION. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN SAYS THIS IS JUST THE START OF MANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS. WE'VE STOPPED WORK ON 'AUCKLAND LIGHT FAIL' AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER SORT OF GHOST PROJECTS THE LAST GOVERNMENT WAS GETTING DISTRACTED BY SO THAT WE CAN BE FOCUSING ON CORE BUILDING AND MAINTAINING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT TO REPLACE ALL NINE BRIDGES WILL TAKE UP TO THREE YEARS. THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED THAT ISRAEL'S OCCUPATIONS OF THE WEST BANK AND EAST JERUSALEM ARE ILLEGAL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE HAS WEIGHED IN ON THE ISSUE THAT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF U.N. DEBATES FOR DECADES. IN A NEARLY UNANIMOUS RULING, THE JUDGES SAID ISRAEL HAD NO RIGHT TO SOVEREIGNTY IN THE TERRITORIES AND WAS VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL LAWS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS CALLED THE OPINION 'ABSURD'. A RUSSIAN COURT HAS SENTENCED AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST TO 16 YEARS IN A MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON FOR SPYING. EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS FOUND GUILTY OF GATHERING INFORMATION FOR THE CIA AFTER A SPEEDY THREE-WEEK TRIAL THAT'S BEEN DENOUNCED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AS A SHAM. U.S. OFFICIALS BELIEVE RUSSIA IS GOING TO USE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER AS A BARGAINING CHIP FOR A POSSIBLE PRISONER EXCHANGE. THE 32-YEAR-OLD IS THE FIRST U.S. JOURNALIST TO BE ACCUSED OF SPYING SINCE THE COLD WAR. THE PUBLIC IS GIVEN A SNEAK PEAK OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW BOOT CAMP FACILITY. WE SPEAK TO ONE PAST PARTICIPANT WHO SAYS HE WENT ON TO BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MONGREL MOB. AND FOUR YEARS ON FROM FALLING CRITICALLY ILL FROM LISTERIA IN RAROTONGA, MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS HOW A KIWI TEACHER CONTRACTED THE DANGEROUS BACTERIA. POLICE HAVE NAMED THE WOMAN FOUND CRITICALLY INJURED AT A PALMERSTON NORTH HOUSE. SHE'S 23-YEAR-OLD AALIYAH PHILIPS WILSON, WHO DIED AT THE KAINGA-ORA OWNED HOME ON EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A HOMICIDE INQUIRY AND SAY THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT WHAT LED TO THE WOMAN'S DEATH. IN JUST NINE DAYS' TIME, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS, ITS NEW BOOT CAMP PILOT WILL BE READY FOR THE FIRST INTAKE OF 10 SERIOUS YOUNG OFFENDERS. THREENEWS VISITED THE FIRST BOOT CAMP TODAY AND HEARD CONCERNS THAT THIS PROGRAMME COULD DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, AS GLENN MCCONNELL REPORTS. THIS IS THE BOOT CAMP WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEND NEW ZEALAND'S TOUGHEST YOUNG CRIMINALS. IT'S AT ORANGA TAMARIKI'S PALMERSTON NORTH YOUTH JUSTICE FACILITY, SET TO OPEN ON JULY 29. WHILE IT'S MILITARY-STYLE, THE MINISTER ADMITS IT'S UNLIKELY THAT YOUNG OFFENDERS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE DEFENCE FORCE. WHAT'S THE POINT IN THE MILITARY STYLE...? WHY HAVE THAT IF, ACTUALLY, THE DEFENCE FORCE WILL NOT WANT THESE CHILDREN? IT'S ABOUT ROUTINE AND STRUCTURE. BUT THIS WON'T BE THE FIRST BOOT CAMP NEW ZEALAND HAS SEEN. SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE WORRY THE GOVERNMENT IS REPEATING MISTAKES OF THE PAST. BACK IN THE EARLY '70s, I WAS IN A BOOT CAMP. WELL, THE BOOT CAMP OF THAT DAY ` UH, DETENTION CENTRES I THINK THEY WERE CALLED. BASED ON A MILITARY-STYLE, UM... PROGRAMME, IF YOU LIKE. AS A TEENAGER, PAORA SWEENEY WAS SENT HERE, TO KOHITERE BOYS' TRAINING CENTRE. IT WAS MEANT TO GIVE HIM SKILLS NEEDED TO LEAVE HIS LIFE OF CRIME; INSTEAD, HE FACED HORRENDOUS ABUSE AND BECAME A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE MONGREL MOB. WE WERE FITTER, UM, MORE DISCIPLINED, AND WE BECAME BETTER CRIMINALS, I SUPPOSE. THIS IS DIFFERENT TO ANYTHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. THIS IS FOCUSING ON THE TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T READY FOR THE PILOT. THEY HAVEN'T GOT THESE MENTORS IN PLACE YET. THE PROGRAMME STARTS IN JUST FIVE WORKING DAYS. THEY HAVE ALLOCATED $100,00 PER MENTOR; THIS IS A VERY COSTLY EXPERIMENT. I DON'T THINK ANY GOOD'S GONNA COME OUT OF THE BOOT CAMP. YOU COULD END UP WITH A WHOLE LOT OF BOOT-CAMP GANGS. THE ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT INTO GENERATIONS OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE, WHICH INCLUDES PREVIOUS BOOT CAMPS, IS DUE TO BE PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS A CONFLICT THAT SAW PRIVATE LEONARD MANNING KILLED IN AN AMBUSH BY PRO-INDONESIAN MILITIA, AND NOW, 25 YEARS AFTER THEIR PEACEKEEPING MISSION, THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY ARE HEADING BACK TO EAST TIMOR. IT'S ALL PART OF A DOCUMENTARY BEING PRESENTED BY MIKE McROBERTS. SOLDIERS WILL VISIT AREAS WHERE THEY SERVED, REVISIT OLD FRIENDS AND REMEMBER COMRADES WHO DIED THERE. FOR SOME, MAY BE HEALING. UM, BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, SEEING SMILES ON THEIR FACES TODAY, NOW, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING OVER, AND SEEING THEM SMILE MEETING THE VILLAGERS THAT THEY LOOKED AFTER, AND THE PEOPLE, WILL BE WHAT I GET OUT OF IT THE MOST. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FOR THE FALLEN, INCLUDING PRIVATE MANNING. A KIWI TEACHER WHO BECAME CRITICALLY ILL FROM LISTERIA IN RAROTONGA FOUR YEARS AGO STILL DOESN'T KNOW HOW SHE CONTRACTED IT. A REVIEW OF THE FOODS GRACE ARCHER ATE OFFERED 'NO CLUE' AS TO HOW SHE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BACTERIA, AND THERE WERE NO LISTERIA CASES ON THE ISLAND FOR A DECADE BEFORE HERS ` OR ANY SINCE. CAROLINE WILLIAMS REPORTS ON ARCHER'S INCREDIBLE COMEBACK. IN 2020, GRACE ARCHER WAS A TEACHER IN RAROTONGA. SHE FELT SHE WAS LIVING IN PARADISE. BUT ONE DAY, AFTER WEEKS OF FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER, SHE WOKE UP WITH DOUBLE VISION, CONFUSION AND SLURRED SPEECH. SHE STILL HAS SPEECH DIFFICULTIES, SO HER MOTHER, KELLY O'CONNELL, SPOKE ABOUT THE ORDEAL. I KNEW SHE WAS UNWELL, BUT I HAD NO IDEA... BUT THEN I DON'T THINK SHE HAD ANY IDEA TO THE EXTENT OF HOW BAD IT WAS EITHER. GRACE MAY HAVE ENJOYED PLENTY OF SUN AND SEAWATER IN RAROTONGA, BUT THE ISLAND DIDN'T HAVE A CT MACHINE, SO DOCTORS DECIDED TO GET HER ON AN EMERGENCY FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND. I KNEW THAT IF SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT SHE NEEDED IN RAROTONGA, THAT WAS PRETTY SERIOUS THAT SHE HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, FLOWN. AT AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL, GRACE WAS PUT INTO A COMA, AND TESTS REVEALED SHE HAD LISTERIA. SHE WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE ABSCESSES ON HER BRAINSTEM, WHICH LEFT HER WITH BRAIN DAMAGE. IN MY HEART, I NEVER HAD ANY DOUBT THAT GRACE WOULD NOT... PUSH THROUGH. WHEN GRACE WOKE FROM HER COMA, SHE COULD MOVE HER EYES BUT WAS OTHERWISE COMPLETELY PARALYSED. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS 'HELL ON EARTH', LIKE SHE WAS LOCKED IN A ROOM WHERE NO ONE COULD HEAR HER SCREAMING. AFTER WEEKS OF BEING LOCKED IN, GRACE WAS GIVEN AN ALPHABET BOARD, ALLOWING HER TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE SPELLED OUT, BY BLINKING, 'HI, MUM.' AND AGAIN. SO IF YOU JUST GO BACK... FAST FORWARD TO 2024, AND DESPITE THE LOW HOPES DOCTORS HAD FOR HER QUALITY OF LIFE, GRACE IS LEARNING TO WALK AND TALK AGAIN. GRACE WANTS TO BE SEEN AS, YOU KNOW, A COMPETENT PERSON WHO HAS A DEGREE, WHO IS INTELLIGENT. SHE'S ALSO WORKING ON A BOOK AND WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY. SCOTT ROBERTSON'S BABY BLACKS HAVE PUT ON A SHOW IN SAN DIEGO. WITH SIX DEBUTANTS AND OTHER NEWBIES, THERE WAS PLENTY TO LIKE IN TODAY'S WIN OVER FIJI. AND THE WARRIORS FIGHT BACK VALIANTLY AGAINST THE RAIDERS, BUT ANOTHER CLOSE ONE SLIPS AWAY. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREENEWS SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PUT ON A SHOW STATESIDE, DEFEATING FIJI 47-5 IN SAN DIEGO. WITH WHOLESALE CHANGES MADE TO THE TEAM FOLLOWING THE ENGLAND SERIES, THERE WAS PLENTY TO LIKE ABOUT SCOTT ROBERTSON'S 2024 EDITION OF THE BABY BLACKS. GORDON FINDLATER WATCHED THE ACTION. THE ALL BLACKS ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THEY HOPED TO IN CALIFORNIA. SO THE ALL BLACKS ` THEIR TRIP TO SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN A SUCCESS. DRAWN A CROWD OF AROUND 30,000. HOW GOOD DOES AMERICA DO SPORTS? AND THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST THE ATMOSPHERE FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON TO LIKE. IT'S ON NOW FOR THE ALL BLACKS! CALEB CLARKE! AND AS ANTON LIENERT BROWN` LOOK AT THAT CARRY FROM HIM! RATIMA HAS A GO! HE'S OVER! A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR CORTEZ RATIMA, SCORING HIS MAIDEN TEST TRY. IT WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC, THOUGH, FIJI TURNING ON THE STYLE IN SAN DIEGO. THAT'S A BETTER ONE! RIGHT ON THE MONEY FOR HIM. SENDS IT BACK INFIELD, AND BOTITU SCORES! BUT THE ABs WOULD TAKE BACK CONTROL WITH TWO MORE TRIES BEFORE HALFTIME. AND PROCTOR'S IN FOR A TRY IN HIS FIRST TEST MATCH! AND AFTER THE BREAK, MORE OF THE YOUNG GUNS WERE GIVEN THEIR CHANCE. AND NOW BREAKING THROUGH ON DEBUT IS PASILIO TOSI! GETS IT BACK TO SITITI! HE'S STOPPED JUST A METRE SHORT OF THE LINE, AND DE GROOT IS IN! (WHISTLE TRILLS) WELL, THE DEBUTANTS GETTING INVOLVED, AND IN THE END, IT'S A TRY TO ETHAN DE GROOT. HOOKER GEORGE BELL THEN MATCHING BILLY PROCTOR'S EARLIER ACCOMPLISHMENT. HE'S IN! ON DEBUT. IT'S A TRY TO GEORGE BELL! THE DEBUTANTS' IMPACTS IN THE 47-5 WIN GIVING CONFIDENCE AS ROBERTSON BUILDS TOWARDS THE 2027 WORLD CUP. REALLY PROUD, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT THE GUYS DID. A KEY POINT ` SCRAMBLED BACK, PUT THEIR HEAD ON THE BALL, TURNOVERS ` SOME BIG MOMENTS. SCRUM PENALTIES WHEN WE NEEDED THEM. YOU KNOW, 32-MAN SQUAD ` WE'VE USED EVERYONE. WITH THEIR NEXT TEST AGAINST ARGENTINA THREE WEEKS AWAY, THE YOUNG GUNS HAVE GIVEN THE COACH PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT. CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA MISSED THREE CONVERSIONS IN THE WARRIORS' 20-18 LOSS TO THE CANBERRA RAIDERS LAST NIGHT, BUT COACH ANDREW WESBSTER REFUSED TO BLAME HIS STAND-IN KICKER. NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS. THIS IS THE KICK IN THE 73rd MINUTE THAT WOULD HAVE GOT THE WARRIORS BACK ON LEVEL PEGGING WITH THE RAIDERS. (CROWD ROARS) YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT. BUT AFTERWARDS, COACH ANDREW WEBSTER WAS VERY PROTECTIVE OF CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS TO PUT IT DOWN TO, NOT GOAL-KICKING. THE WARRIORS' DEFENCE WAS A SHAMBLES EARLY ON, BUT ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK KEPT THE VISITORS IN THE MATCH WITH A BRILLIANT EFFORT JUST BEFORE HALF TIME. ...AND A TRY TO TUIVASA-SHECK! BUT WHEN ADAM POMPEY LIMPED OFF AT THE BREAK, OUT FOR THE REST OF THE GAME, IT WAS AN OMINOUS SIGN. NEVERTHELESS, THE WARRIORS WERE A DIFFERENT SIDE IN THE SECOND HALF. OH-HO! GAME ON IN CANBERRA. CLOSING IN. OH! BARNETT CRASHES OVER! THE RAIDERS LOOKED TO HAVE SEALED THE DEAL IN THE 70th MINUTE. IT'S A TRY TO SAVAGE! HOWEVER, TWO MINUTES LATER, ADDIN FONUA-BLAKE DID WHAT HE'S DONE ALL YEAR. BUT REPLACEMENT KICKER HARRIS-TEVITA'S RADAR WAS OFF ALL NIGHT. AND THAT ONE` OOH, GOODNESS, THAT'S SWINGING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY. OH, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER, BUT IT'S STILL NO GOOD. THE GOAL-KICKING IS NOT THE THING THAT DEFINED US TONIGHT. LIKE... WE'VE GOTTA START BETTER. 14-0 IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AND WE'RE JUST CHASING THE GAME FOR THE REST OF IT. SO DESPITE A BRAVE FIGHT-BACK, THE WARRIORS ULTIMATELY FELL SHORT BY TWO ` ANOTHER VERY CLOSE GAME THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THEIR FINGERS AND TOES. SHANE LOWRY HAS PUT HIMSELF IN A STRONG POSITION TO WIN A SECOND BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, LEADING AFTER THE SECOND ROUND AT ROYAL TROON. THE IRISHMAN FIRED A TWO-UNDER ROUND OF 69 AND FINISHED IN STYLE, BIRDYING THE 18th TO MOVE TO SEVEN UNDER AND HOLD A TWO-SHOT LEAD. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WOW. THAT IS QUITE BRILLIANT, ISN'T IT? TWO BIRDIES IN THE LAST THREE HOLES FOR THE IRISHMAN. HE'S TWO SHOTS CLEAR OF BOTH JUSTIN ROSE AND OPENING-ROUND LEADER DANIEL BROWN. RYAN FOX IS THE BEST OF THE KIWIS, AT FOUR OVER. THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC HAVE KEPT THEIR ANZ PREMIERSHIP PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE, DEFEATING THE SOUTHERN STEEL 55-44. NEEDING A WIN IN THEIR FINAL REGULAR-SEASON MATCH TO MOVE INTO THIRD, THE MAGIC TOOK CONTROL EARLY AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. THE MAGIC WILL NEED TO RELY ON ANOTHER RESULT, THOUGH; THE NORTHERN MYSTICS CAN MOVE INTO THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT IF THEY DEFEAT THE STARS TOMORROW. THIS IS THREENEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. A CYBERSECURITY FIRM HAS APOLOGISED FOR TRIGGERING WHAT ONE CONSULTANT CALLED 'THE LARGEST I.T. OUTAGE IN HISTORY'. TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL ROWER MAHE DRYSDALE HAS THANKED TAURANGA RESIDENTS AFTER TAKING THE LEAD IN THE MAYORALTY RACE. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNVEILED ITS NEW BOOT CAMP PILOT PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL HOUSE ITS FIRST INTAKE OF SERIOUS YOUNG OFFENDERS IN NINE DAYS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. LOTS OF RAIN TODAY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. SKIES DID CLEAR OVER THE FAR NORTH THIS MORNING, WHILE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ALSO SAW SOME SUN. A FEW SHOWERS OUT WEST AND SOUTH TOMORROW, SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST. SHOWERS CLEARING BAY OF PLENTY THIS EVENING; MORNING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER NORTHLAND. SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING HERE, WITH SOME SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR ALL ` EXCEPT HAMILTON, ON 16 DEGREES. SHOWERS MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST HERE, SOME POSSIBLY HEAVY. TAURANGA, YOU HAVE THE TOP TEMP HERE, AT 17. MAINLY FINE FOR ALL HERE. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING; THOSE WESTERLY WINDS WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY HERE, WITH THE ODD SHOWER; RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` MAINLY FINE HERE, WITH LIGHT WINDS. STRONG EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING FOR GREYMOUTH. NOW, IT'S A SIMILAR PICTURE HERE, WITH EARLY FROSTS FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. BLENHEIM, YOU'LL GET TO 15; 14 FOR KAIKOURA. FINE FOR MOST. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY, AND SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN DUNEDIN. TO AUSTRALIA ` FINE FOR SYDNEY; SHOWERS FOR MELBOURNE. MAINLY FINE IN THE PACIFIC. A FEW SHOWERS FOR NADI. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. THAT'S THREENEWS 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 LAURA TUPOU. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024