WE MEET A TAURANGA FATHER AND SON WHO'VE CAMPED FOR YEARS IN A PUBLIC PARK. HOUSING WILL BE A BIG ISSUE FOR INCOMING MAYOR MAHE DRYSDALE. WHY RED-STICKERED HOMEOWNERS SAY AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S FORCING THEM INTO FINANCIAL RUIN. AND RAZOR'S ROOKIES CONTINUE TO SHINE, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS STAKED HIS CLAIM FOR MORE MINUTES CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA, MALO E LELEI, GOOD EVENING. HOUSING INSECURITY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A TRICKY ISSUE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL IN TAURANGA. WE'VE SPOKEN TO A MAN WHO, FOR YEARS, HAS BEEN LIVING IN A TENT WITH HIS YOUNG SON AT A PARK IN MT MAUNGANUI. AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, THE FATHER GAVE UP AN EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT, SAYING IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS. FOR LOUIS MOEAU AND HIS 9-YEAR-OLD SON, ICE, THIS IS HOME ` A TENT AT CORONATION PARK IN MT MAUNGANUI, WHERE THEY'VE LIVED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. MY SON AND I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR THE LAST... SEVEN YEARS. THE FATHER SPOKE TO STUFF REPORTER ANNEMARIE QUILL ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF NOT HAVING A HOUSE. DUE TO HAVING NO HOUSE, IT'S BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE TO GET HIM INTO SCHOOLING. THEY HAVE NO HOT WATER, AND USE PUBLIC TOILETS NEAR THE PARK. WE NEED A HOUSE TO BE ABLE TO COOK, TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR LAUNDRY. THE PAIR WERE PLACED IN EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR A BRIEF PERIOD BUT FELT UNSAFE THERE. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SAID ` BUT CONSIDERING TIGHT SUPPLY OF SOCIAL HOUSING, AND THE FATHER'S REQUEST TO STAY IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI, THE MINISTRY SAID HE'S ` THE BIG PIECE HERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO IS HOUSING AND SCHOOLING FOR THESE TWO. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE'S A BIG HOUSING SHORTAGE IN TAURANGA. HOUSING IS SHAPING UP TO BE A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL. FOR THREE YEARS, TAURANGA WAS LED BY GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED COMMISSIONER ANNE TOLLEY. BUT YESTERDAY, DEMOCRACY RETURNED TO OUR FIFTH-LARGEST CITY, WITH VOTERS ELECTING TWO-TIME OLYMPIC ROWER MAHE DRYSDALE AS THE NEW MAYOR. I THINK THE FIRST THING FOR ME IS GETTING THAT TEAM TOGETHER AND FIGURING OUT THE BEST STRUCTURE TO DELIVER WHAT WE WANT TO DO. ADDRESSING THE CITY'S HOUSING ISSUES, PERHAPS A GOOD START. RED-STICKERED WEST AUCKLAND HOMEOWNERS SAY THE COUNCIL'S BUY-OUT SCHEME IS FORCING THEM INTO FINANCIAL RUIN. THEIR FLOOD-DAMAGED HOUSES ARE NOW IN NEGATIVE EQUITY, LEAVING THEM FACING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DEBT. THE COUNCIL SAYS CHANGES TO THE SCHEME WOULD REQUIRE CONSULTATION. LOCAL MP PHIL TWYFORD SAYS THAT'S ABSOLUTE BS. AMELIA WADE FROM THE SUNDAY STAR-TIMES HAS MORE. FOR SOME AUCKLANDERS WHO BECAME HOMEOWNERS AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET, LAST YEAR'S FLOODS DIDN'T JUST DESTROY THEIR HOUSES, BUT THEIR LIVES TOO. OPTION NUMBER ONE IS TO SELL TO THE COUNCIL AND WALK AWAY WITH APPROXIMATELY $100,000 IN DEBT ` BANKRUPT BY COUNCIL. ALEX YOUNG WAS A FIRST-HOME BUYER IN 2021 WHEN HOUSE PRICES WERE AT THEIR HIGHEST, BUT BY THE TIME THE FLOODS HIT, VALUATIONS HAD FALLEN. HE'S BEEN RED-STICKERED, BUT HAS NEGATIVE EQUITY, WHICH IS OWING MORE TO THE BANK THAN HE'S BEING PAID OUT. OPTION TWO IS NOT SELL TO COUNCIL, BUT THEN THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO LOSE INSURANCE COVER, BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY LABELLED MY PROPERTY CATEGORY 3, AND NO INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS TO COVER CATEGORY 3 PROPERTIES. THE SUNDAY STAR-TIMES HAS SPOKEN TO TWO OTHER COUPLES WHO ALSO BOUGHT AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET IN 2021 AND ARE ABOUT TO FIND THEMSELVES BOUGHT OUT AND BROKE OR NEARING BANKRUPTCY. ONE IS A COUPLE IN THEIR 30S WHO THINK THEY'VE LOST ABOUT $200,000. ANOTHER IS A COUPLE IN THEIR 50S WHO THINK THEY'VE LOST MORE THAN $370,000, AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EARNING YEARS LEFT TO RECOVER. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE INTENT FOR COUNCILS TO BE, OR THE GOVERNMENT, TO BE INSURERS OF LAST RESORT. SO THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS TO SUPPORT, AND I GUESS, I EMPHASISE SUPPORT ` PEOPLE MOVE ON FROM SITUATIONS OF INTOLERABLE RISK TO LIFE. THE COUNCIL IS SPLITTING THE COST OF THE BUYOUTS 50-50 WITH THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S NOW EXPECTED 900 HOMES POSE AN INTOLERABLE RISK TO LIFE. THEY'LL ALL NEED TO BE BOUGHT OUT AT A COST OF MORE THAN $900 MILLION. AFTER INSURANCE AND EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION PAYOUTS, RED-STICKERED HOMEOWNERS ARE OFFERED 95% OF THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES THE DAY BEFORE THE FLOODS. IF THE COUNCIL IS UNWILLING TO BUDGE ON INCREASING VALUES FOR FINANCIALLY RUINED HOMEOWNERS, ONE COUPLE SAID THEY WANTED IT TO WIPE THE 5% HIT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON THE PAYOUTS. WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO AUCKLANDERS AND CONSULT THEM ON THAT. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST INVOLVED IN THAT 5% CONTRIBUTIONS. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST INVOLVED IN THAT 5% CONTRIBUTIONS. PARDON MY FRENCH, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT. I DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD OBJECT IF THE COUNCIL MADE THIS EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY. AND REALLY, I JUST THINK` WELL, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNCIL IS MAKING IT SO COMPLICATED AND SO DIFFICULT. CYCLONE RECOVERY MINISTER MARK MITCHELL REFERRED THE DESPERATE HOMEOWNERS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, LEAVING THEM BACK AT SQUARE ONE AND WITHOUT HOPE. TE PATI MAORI MP TAKUTAI TARSH KEMP SAYS SHE'S TAKING LEAVE FROM PARLIAMENT FOR SIX WEEKS TO DEAL WITH HEALTH ISSUES. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, THE POLITICIAN SAID THAT AFTER UNDERGOING THOROUGH TESTING, SHE'D BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY DISEASE, AND BEGAN A TREATMENT PLAN TODAY. PRIOR TO HER ELECTION LAST YEAR, KEMP WAS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MANUREWA MARAE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. EARLIER THIS YEAR, FORMER STAFF AT THE MARAE CLAIMED THAT CENSUS DATA WAS COPIED AND USED TO HELP TE PATI MAORI'S 2023 ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THE PARTY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS AND WELCOMED AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON, WHICH IS ONGOING. WE WERE UNABLE TO GET HOLD OF TUKUTAI TARSH KEMP OR TE PATI MAORI TODAY FOR COMMENT. THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY CENTRE IS WARNING KIWIS TO BE VIGILANT AFTER IT OBSERVED AN INCREASE IN SCAMS SEEKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FRIDAY'S GLOBAL IT OUTAGE. AUSTRALIA'S CYBER SECURITY CENTRE IS ALSO AWARE OF FAKE WEBSITES CLAIMING TO HELP WITH RECOVERY FROM THE OUTAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY SOFTWARE UPDATE FROM CYBERSECURITY COMPANY CROWDSTRIKE. EXPERTS ARE NOW LOOKING AT WAYS TO PREVENT IT HAPPENING AGAIN. MAYBE WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE, BUT THE FACT THAT IT HAS, MAYBE IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE COMPANIES WHICH ARE PUSHING OUT THESE UPDATES JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME IN THAT PROCESS. MICROSOFT ESTIMATES THAT 8.5 MILLION COMPUTERS WERE AFFECTED. ISRAELI JETS HAVE ATTACKED A FUEL DEPOT AND REFINERY CONTROLLED BY YEMEN'S HOUTHI REBELS. ISRAEL SAYS THE AIRSTRIKES WERE IN RETALIATION FOR HUNDREDS OF HOUTHI ATTACKS, INCLUDING A FATAL DRONE ATTACK IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY. THE DEPOT WAS BURNING FOR HOURS AFTER THE STRIKES. MY FOOD BAG HAS ISSUED RECALL NOTICES FOR SESAME SEED PRODUCTS ACROSS THREE WEEKS OF ITS MEAL PROGRAMME DUE TO THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF SALMONELLA. THE WARNING CAME AFTER A BATCH OF CONTAMINATED SESAME SEEDS WENT OUT TO SUPPLIERS, WHICH THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES THEN ISSUED RECALL NOTICES FOR. IN AN EMAIL TO CUSTOMERS, MY FOOD BAG SAID 17 PRODUCTS WERE AFFECTED FROM THE 6TH OF JULY UP UNTIL THEIR LATEST DELIVERY. COMING UP ` THE WORKERS ARE UNHAPPY IN THE HAPPEST PLACE ON EARTH. WE'RE OFF TO DISNEYLAND, BUT NOT ALL IS WELL IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM ` WE WILL TELL YOU WHY. AND A BIG ROW OVER A TINY HOUSE ` WE'RE WITH A COUPLE AS THEY TRY TO RETRIEVE THEIR HOME. WELCOME BACK. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A HOUSE IN MANGERE LAST NIGHT. THE INCIDENT, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WAS A GANG-RELATED DRIVE-BY SHOOTING, TOOK PLACE JUST AFTER 9. IT COMES AFTER COMMUNITY GROUPS MET IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND OVER CONCERNS A GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF GUN SAFETY POLICIES WILL MAKE SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS MORE ACCESSIBLE. NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO WEAKEN THE BAN AND ALLOW MORE OF THESE WEAPONS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WE ARE COMING TOGETHER ACROSS FAITH COMMUNITIES, OTHER GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEND THEM A` THE GOVERNMENT A MESSAGE THAT WE DON'T WANT THESE WEAPONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, THE MEETING HEARD FROM A RANGE OF SPEAKERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACK. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, BUT NOT ALL IS WELL AT DISNEYLAND IN CALIFORNIA. 14,000 STAFFERS ` OR CAST MEMBERS, AS THEY ARE KNOWN ` HAVE VOTED TO GO ON STRIKE, AS ITV'S ANILA DAHMI REPORTS. WHEN WE FIGHT... ALL: WE WIN! CHANTS INSTEAD OF DISNEY SONGS BY THESE WORKERS, DISCONTENT WITH WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FAIR CONTRACT AND THAT WE ARE RESPECTED AS WE COME TO WORK. LET'S MAKE IT NOT ONLY THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH, LET'S MAKE IT THE HAPPIEST PLACE TO WORK. FOUR UNIONS REPRESENTING AROUND 14,000 DISNEYLAND RESORT EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS SINCE APRIL. BUT AS TALKS STALLED, WORKERS HAVE VOTED ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY TO AUTHORISE A STRIKE. WHILE THEY BRING DREAMS TO LIFE AND CREATE MAGIC FOR MILLIONS OF VISITORS, A SURVEY OF CAST MEMBERS SHOWS THEIR LIVES ARE FAR FROM A FAIRY TALE. NEARLY 28% REPORT EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY. DISNEYLAND OFFICIALS SAY THEY GREATLY APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT ROLES CAST MEMBERS PLAY, AND THEY REMAIN COMMITTED TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT THAT FOCUSES ON WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM, AND THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS. NEGOTIATIONS RESUME ON MONDAY. WORKERS HOPE THEY'RE HAPPY OUTSIDE THE CHARACTERS THEY PLAY. AN AUCKLAND COUPLE ARE LOCKED IN A SCRAP WITH THEIR FORMER LANDLORD WHO'S REFUSING TO RELEASE A HOUSE THEY OWN THAT'S SITTING ON HIS PROPERTY. FOR HIS PART, LANDLORD ADAM BUTTLING SAYS BECAUSE OF CONSENT ISSUES, THE COUPLE NEVER HAD A RIGHT TO LIVE THERE, AND THEY KNEW IT. STEVE KILGALLON REPORTS. VERY NERVOUS, VERY ANXIOUS. I JUST WANT TO HAVE MY HOUSE BACK. LET'S GET THE GATE OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORKING. GET IT OPEN FULLY. GET IN. DRIVE YOUR UTE DOWN ` NOW. THIS IS QUINN GILMORE AND RICHARD EDWARDS ON THEIR WAY TO A PROPERTY IN SWANSON, WEST AUCKLAND, TO TRY AND RECLAIM THEIR TINY HOUSE FROM THEIR LANDLORD AFTER GIVING HIM NOTICE THEY WANTED TO LEAVE AFTER A TURBULENT TENANCY. BUT TAKING THEIR HOME BACK ISN'T PROVING EASY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA GET IT OUT. (BLEEP) THAT'S RIGHT IN THE WAY. (BREATHES HEAVILY) HE'S PURPOSELY PUT THIS DIGGER HERE TO BLOCK US FROM GETTING OUR HOUSE OUT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO, UH... TO TAKE THIS FROM US. THE COUPLE SAY THAT LANDLORD ADAM BUTTLING HAD GIVEN THEM PERMISSION TO REMOVE THEIR HOUSE FROM HIS LAND. BUT AFTER A STANDOFF WITH BUTTLING'S PARTNER, THEY HAD TO CALL POLICE. YOU THINK IT'S OK TO DO THIS TO PEOPLE? ALL WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE OUR HOUSE AND GO. WE ARE LITERALLY HOMELESS BECAUSE OF THIS, OK? POLICE ARRIVED ON SITE AND CONTACTED BUTTLING, WHO WAS IN WELLINGTON, TO ASK HIM TO MOVE THE DIGGER. I'M NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING. I JUST WANT MY HOUSE. I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT MY HOUSE. BUT NO AGREEMENT WAS REACHED, AND INSTEAD EDWARDS AND GILMORE HAD TO LEAVE WITH WHATEVER POSSESSIONS THEY COULD CARRY. WE'VE BEEN NOW REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, AND THE LANDLORD'S PARTNER'S LOCKED THE GATE. I FEEL SICK TO MY STOMACH. I FEEL LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO THIS TO PEOPLE. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAY THAT TO LIVE IN A TINY HOUSE IN A BUSH SETTING LIKE THIS, YOU NEED BOTH A BUILDING CONSENT AND A RESOURCE CONSENT, AND THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING ANOTHER INSPECTION OF THE SITE. BUT BOTH THEY THE POLICE SAY THAT ULTIMATELY THE DISPUTE IS A CIVIL MATTER. ADAM BUTTLING SAYS HE'S NOT THE VILLAIN. HE SAYS HE WAS ONLY EVER OFFERING A STORAGE FACILITY, AND THE COUPLE HAD NO RIGHT TO LIVE THERE, AND THEY KNEW IT. AND HE'S HAPPY FOR THEM TO TAKE THE HOUSE BACK, BUT ONLY IF THEY GIVE THREE MONTHS' NOTICE AND WAIT FOR DRY WEATHER. GILMORE AND EDWARDS HAVE NOW TAKEN A ONE-YEAR RENTAL ON ANOTHER HOME. THEY THINK IT COULD TAKE THEM THAT LONG TO RESOLVE THIS DISPUTE. LANDLORD ADAM BUTTLING SAYS HIS TERMS ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD, INCLUDING WANTING AN INSURANCE GUARANTEE THE COUPLE WILL PAY FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO HIS PROPERTY BY REMOVING THE TINY HOME. HE BELIEVES THE COUPLE IS BEING UNREASONABLE AND IS USING THE MEDIA TO BACK HIM INTO A CORNER. WELL, OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. AND MOANA PASIFIKA HAVE ANNOUNCED A HUGE SIGNING? MASSIVE, MASSIVE SIGNING FOR THEM. ARDIE SAVEA WILL LEAVE THE HURRICANE'S AND JOIN THEM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT IS A MAJOR SIGNING FOR THEM FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. THEY GET THE ALLBLACKS VICE CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYER, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD DO FOR A STRUGGLING FRANCHISE, HAVING A PLAYER LIKE HIM. THAT IS A BIG DRAW CARD. THEY HAVE PULLED OFF A MAJOR SIGNING THERE. WE'LL, HAVE MORE ON SAVEA'S BOMBSHELL DECSION TO LEAVE THE HURRICANES NEXT. PLUS, HAMISH KERR TIMES HIS RUN TO PARIS TO PERFECTION, WINNING GOLD IN THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENT. AND JUST WHO'S CHANGED THE SELECTION PICTURE FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON, AS THE ALL BLACKS TURN THEIR FOCUS TO THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP? MOANA PASIFIKA HAVE PULLED OFF ONE OF THE BIGGEST SIGNINGS IN SUPER RUGBY HISTORY, WITH ARDIE SAVEA COMMITTING TO THE FRANCHISE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. SAVEA REVEALED THE NEWS LATE THIS AFTERNOON, INKING A NEW DEAL WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY AND MOANA PASIFIKA UNTIL 2027. THE ADDITION OF THE 83-TEST ALL BLACK IS A MAJOR BOOST THE ADDITION OF THE 84-TEST ALL BLACK IS A MAJOR BOOST FOR THE STRUGGLING FRANCHISE, WHO HAVE AMASSED JUST SEVEN WINS IN THEIR FIRST THREE YEARS IN SUPER RUGBY. SAVEA MADE 131 APPEARANCES FOR THE HURRICANES. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A DESIRE TO PLAY ALONGSIDE BROTHER JULIAN AGAIN WAS A BIG PART OF HIS DECISION. WITH THREE WEEKS UNTIL THEIR NEXT TEST, ALL BLACKS COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON ADMITS THE PERFORMANCES OF SEVERAL PLAYERS IN SAN DIEGO HAS GIVEN HIM AND HIS SELECTORS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AHEAD OF THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. ROBERTSON WILL NAME AN EXTENDED 36-MAN SQUAD NEXT WEEK, WITH ONE DEBUTANT IN PARTICULAR STAKING HIS CASE FOR MORE REGULAR MINUTES. JOB DONE IN SAN DIEGO, AND THE ALL BLACKS' FOCUS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE PUMAS TO START THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ` A GAME SEVERAL PLAYERS COULD NOW FIND THEMSELVES IN THE PICTURE FOR AFTER STANDOUT PERFORMANCES AGAINST FIJI. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT DEPTH, ISN'T IT? TO... FOR PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR THOUGHT, GO OUT, PERFORM. PLAYERS PICK THEMSELVES IF THEY'RE IN GOOD FORM. NONE MORE SO THAN BILLY PROCTOR NONE MORE SO THAN BILLY PROCTOR. AND PROCTOR'S IN FOR A TRY IN HIS FIRST TEST MATCH! THE 25-YEAR-OLD LOOKED RIGHT AT HOME AT TEST LEVEL, PAIRING COMFORTABLY WITH ANTON LIENERT-BROWN. AND ANNOUNCING HIMSELF AS A GENUINE ALL BLACK CENTRE. BILLY HAD SOME GREAT TOUCHES, HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MOMENTS. HE WAS WELCOMED, WASN'T HE? THERE WAS A COUPLE OF SHOULDERS ON HIM TO WELCOME HIM TO TEST FOOTBALL. WHETHER ROBERTSON STICKS WITH THE TRUSTED MIDFIELD OF JORDIE BARRETT AND RIEKO IOANE OR REWARDS PROCTOR WITH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WILL BE A CLEAR POINT OF CONTENTION. HAVING INTRODUCED SIX DEBUTANTS, ROBERTSON WILL BE RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HE GOT OUT OF THE SAN DIEGO EXPERIMENT. BUT THIS IS A COACH CHASING PERFECTION AND HE WANTS TO SEE MORE. WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AROUND OUR FINISHING, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE THING` KICK-OFFS AND FINISHING, IS WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE WEAK. GET THOSE TWO THINGS RIGHT... A FURTHER FOUR PLAYERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE SQUAD FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. TJ PERENARA AND PATRICK TUIPULOTU WILL BOTH RETURN, BUT THEIR REPLACEMENTS, NOAH HOTHAM AND SAM DARRY, COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING MORE TO PRESS THEIR CASES. REGARDLESS OF WHO'S PICKED, ROBERTSON'S PLEASED WITH PROGRESS. WE'VE LEARNT A LOT, LEARNT QUICKLY, AND WE CAN BE BETTER ` THAT'S THE EXCITING THING. SO, YEAH, VERY PLEASED. STILL PLENTY TO MULL OVER FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON ON THE FLIGHT HOME, WITH THE PUMAS HEADING HIS WAY IN THREE WEEKS. DANIEL HILLIER IS ONE OF THE BIG MOVERS HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. THE KIWI'S SIX SHOTS OFF THE LEAD AND ON TRACK FOR HIS BEST EVER FINISH AT A MAJOR. AT THE TOP, AMERICAN BILLY HORSCHEL LEADS BY ONE SHOT, WITH A WHOPPING SIX PLAYERS HOT ON HIS HEELS, INCLUDING THE FAIRYTALE STORY OF THE TOURNAMENT ` LATE QUALIFIER DANIEL BROWN, WHO WAS, QUITE LITERALLY, LIGHTING UP AT ROYAL TROON TODAY. GORDON FINDLATER WATCHED THE ACTION. IT'S A SIX. THE DOUBLE BOGEY AT LAST FOR DANIEL BROWN. HE MIGHT HAVE DROPPED THE LEAD ON THE FINAL HOLE, BUT DANIEL BROWN IS IN THE HUNT FOR WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF SPORT'S GREATEST UNDERDOG STORIES. JUST A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING WITH A FINISH THROUGH. NOT REALLY HITTING A BAD GOLF SHOT. UM... BUT, YEAH, THAT'S LINKS GOLF FOR YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WASN'T HARD TO SEE HE WAS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE MOMENT, THOUGH ` PROBABLY A COMMON SIGHT IN THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION HE'S USED TO PLAYING. BROWN, LIGHTING UP AT LEAST THREE TIMES DURING HIS ROUND. HE'S BEEN SMOKING HIS WAY AROUND TROON AND THEN HE SAYS, 'WHY NOT? 'HOW ABOUT A SELFIE BEFORE I TAKE ON THIS NEXT STANCE?' (LAUGHS) IT'S HIS, UH... THAT'S BEING IN THE MOMENT. HE'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE. BUT THE WORLD NUMBER 272 WASN'T JUST PUNCHING DARTS, HE WAS THROWING THEM TOO. OH-HO-HO, WELL... HE'S ONE OF SIX PLAYERS JUST A SHOT BACK FROM NEW LEADER BILLY HORSCHEL. HOW GOOD IS THIS? HOW GOOD IS THIS? THE AMERICAN FIRING AT TWO-UNDER-69 TO BE AT SEVEN-UNDER AND ON THE CUSP OF HIS FIRST MAJOR TITLE. TO BE AT FOUR-UNDER AND ON THE CUSP OF HIS FIRST MAJOR TITLE. STILL NOT OUT OF THE EQUATION, EITHER, SIX SHOTS BACK IS KIWI DANIEL HILLIER. BUT TOMORROW AT ROYAL TROON, THERE'S ONE MAN LOCALS WILL BE HOPING BRINGS THE SPARK. I DO BELIEVE I CAN DO IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T, UM, BUT, YEAH, WE'LL SEE. 501 TO ODDS BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, BROWN'S THE SMOKY NO MORE. HAMISH KERR HAS CONTINUED HIS PERFECT PREPARATION FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, LEAPING TO VICTORY AT THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE MEETING IN LONDON. AFTER CLEARING 2.26m WITH EASE, KERR THEN WENT 4cm BETTER TO CLINCH THE TITLE. THIS MAN LOOKS VERY FRESH INDEED ` HERE'S HAMISH KERRY GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. HE REALLY IS IN ONE OF THOSE PURPLE PATCHES AT THE MOMENT. KERR CLEARED EVERY HEIGHT AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT TURNED DOWN THE CHANCE TO GO ABOVE 2.30M. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE BOOKED A SPOT IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP ELIMINATION FINAL AFTER BEATING THE STARS IN AN AUCKLAND DERBY THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS A TIGHT FIRST HALF, WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS LEADING BY THREE GOALS AT THE BREAK. DESPITE THE STARS HANGING TOUGH, THE MYSTICS RAMPED IT UP IN THE FINAL QUARTER, THE MYSTICS RAMPED IT UP IN THE FINAL QUARTER, CLAIMING A 63-55 VICTORY. THE RESULT HAS KNOCKED THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY OUT OF PLAYOFF CONTENTION, WITH THE MYSTICS TO FACE EITHER THE PULSE OR TACTIX NEXT WEEKEND. HILLIER TEES OFF JUST BEFORE 1am NZT. IF YOU FEEL LIKE A LATE-NIGHT. MY HOUSEHOLD WILL BE OBLATE. UP LATE* TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING UP THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND THIS EVENING. PLENTY OF FINE, SETTLED WEATHER FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND AND LARGE PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE EAST OVERNIGHT. FINE FOR THE NORTH AND WEST ON MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE TOP HALF. MORNING RAIN THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE ISLAND. PACK YOUR RAINCOAT FOR DAY ONE OF TERM THREE ` POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR ALL EXCEPT HAMILTON. YOU'LL NEED YOUR WET WEATHER GEAR HERE TOO. THE SHOWERS SHOULD EASE IN THE AFTERNOON THOUGH AND CLEAR IN THE EVENING SHOWERS HERE. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE, BUT RAINING IN THE EVENING FOR MASTERTON AND DANNEVIRKE. PERIODS OF RAIN EASING IN THE MORNING FOR MOST. RAIN IN THE EVENING FOR THE CAPITAL. ALSO EXPECT SOUTHERLIES TOO TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BIT OF MORNING FOG FOR REEFTON, BUT OTHERWISE FINE FOR ALL HERE. WESTPORT, YOU'LL GET TO 15 MOSTLY CLOUDY HERE WESTPORT, YOU'LL GET TO 15. MOSTLY CLOUDY HERE WITH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE. SHOWERS FOR KAIKOURA. AND FRESH SOUTHWESTERLIES FROM KAIKOURA SOUTH. CLOUDY WITH A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN. PERIODS OF RAIN FOR DUNEDIN, CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLIES FOR MOST HERE TOO TO AUSTRALIA, FINE FOR SOME HERE. BRISBANE WILL REACH 21 DEGREES, AND IT'S MAINLY FINE IN THE PACIFIC. SHOWERS FOR PORT VILA. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. (CHILL MUSIC) (CHILL MUSIC CONTINUES) 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. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME WEATHER PHOTOS, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED. THESE ONES ARE BY GREER JACKSON (10), AND THIS VIDEO HERE FROM JOE CATHERWOOD IN DARFIELD WITH THE SNOWY SOUTHERN ALPS IN THE BACKGROUND THERE. 900 EWES BEING FED THEIR HOME-GROWN BALEAGE, MINUS-2 FROST AT 8AM. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE EMAILS. 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