TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A SUDDEN CHANGE OF MIND, AFTER WEEKS OF PRESSURE TO WITHDRAW. WHO WERE ONLY NOTIFIED ONE MINUTE BEFORE JOE BIDEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HE'S PULLING OUT OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE? ANIMAL WELFARE STAFF ARE SENT TO CHRISTCHURCH'S ORANA WILDLIFE PARK, FOLLOWING OUR EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF MISTREATMENT. WHAT THE LATEST UNDERCOVER FOOTAGE REVEALS. PLUS, A MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE CORRIDORS OF POWER. WHY THE HEALTH NZ BOARD HAS BEEN SACKED, AND REPLACED WITH A COMMISSIONER. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE, JASON CONRAN AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. 'I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY PARTY 'AND THE COUNTRY... 'FOR ME TO STAND DOWN.' WITH THAT, JOE BIDEN TODAY ANNOUNCING HE'S DROPPING OUT OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE. MANY CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AFTER THE 81-YEAR-OLD INSISTED HE'D FIGHT ON, FOLLOWING WHAT WAS WIDELY DESCRIBED AS A DISASTROUS DEBATE FULL OF STUMBLES AND GAFFES AGAINST REPUBLICAN RIVAL DONALD TRUMP A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND TRUMP TODAY JUMPED ON THAT THEME SAYING, QUOTE, 'CROOKED JOE BIDEN WAS NOT FIT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, 'AND IS CERTAINLY NOT FIT TO SERVE - AND NEVER WAS!' BIDEN WILL SEE OUT HIS TERM, SAYING HE'LL SPEAK LATER IN THE WEEK ABOUT HIS CHOICE. BUT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST SENT AROUND 20 MINUTES AFTER HIS INITIAL STATEMENT, BIDEN ENDORSED WHO HE WANTS TO TAKE HIS PLACE ` VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, SAYING WHEN HE CHOSE HER TO BE HIS SECOND-IN-COMMAND, IT WAS 'THE BEST DECISION I'VE MADE'. SHE IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED, PRAISING BIDEN FOR HIS 'SELFLESS AND PATRIOTIC ACT', SAYING SHE'LL DO EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND NATION 'TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.' BUT WITH JUST 15 WEEKS UNTIL AMERICANS GO TO THE POLLS THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE, WITH TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN TEAM ALREADY RELEASING ATTACK ADS AGAINST HER. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH JOINS US IN A MOMENT TO TAKE US THROUGH BIDEN'S POLITICAL CAREER. BUT FIRST, MORE REACTION TO HIS DECISION TO STEP ASIDE. REPORTER: HOW ARE YOU FEELING? MR PRESIDENT, HOW DO YOU FEEL? HOW DO YOU FEEL? THAT QUESTION DOGGING THE 81-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENT EVERY STEP OF HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME BIDEN WAS SEEN, BEFORE HE WENT INTO COVID ISOLATION AT HIS HOME IN DELAWARE, AND ONLY DAYS BEFORE HE QUIT THE RACE. IT ALL STARTED UNRAVELLING AFTER WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE WORST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE PERFORMANCE EVER. EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH... LOOK... IF WE FINALLY BEAT MEDICARE. DESPITE DAMAGE CONTROL INTERVIEWS... IF THE LORD ALMIGHTY CAME DOWN AND SAID 'JOE, GET OUT OF THE RACE' I'D GET OUT OF THE RACE. THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS NOT COMING DOWN. ...AND PASSIONATE RALLIES... I AM RUNNING AND GONNA WIN AGAIN! ...WITH MUCH OF HIS PARTY IN OPEN REVOLT, THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL. HE PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST, WHICH IS SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER DONE. I THINK THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT ANOTHER PRESIDENCY WITH, UH, DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE A DISASTER, AND HE WANTS TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS. VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND POLITICAL SPECTRUM, NOT AT ALL SURPRISED. I'M A DEMOCRAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TRY TO BEAT TRUMP. I WAS SECRETLY HOPING THAT HE WOULD DROP OUT. I THINK ANYONE THAT'S WORKING NEEDS TO KNOW WHEN THEIR TIME'S COME AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON, LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE A CHANCE. THERE'S SO MANY OTHER BETTER PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, VERY FEW MONTHS LEFT, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. TRIBUTES FOR BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY FLOWED IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I THINK IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR POLITICS, THE REALITY IS THIS IS A LEADER THAT'S GIVEN 50 YEARS OF SERVICE IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN AMERICA, AND THERE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. HE IS SOMEONE WHO, IN JANUARY, WILL BE ABLE TO RETIRE FROM PUBLIC LIFE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RECORD. IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, THOUSANDS OF DEMOCRATS WILL COME HERE TO CHICAGO FOR THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE THEY'LL CONFIRM THEIR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. THEY ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO APPEAR UNITED AND ORGANISED IN THE FACE OF A VERY CONFIDENT REPUBLICAN PARTY. WITH ONLY MONTHS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE REIGN OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL SOON COME TO A CLOSE, BEFORE THIS RACE HEATS UP EVEN MORE, WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW CONTESTANT. LOGAN JOINS US NOW FROM DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. HOW WILL THIS AFFECT BIDEN'S LEGACY? WHILE SIMON FOR A COUNTRY WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEW PLACE CALLED TWIST EVERY HOUR, WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS SWORN IN AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ONLY A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO HE WAS THE OLDEST MAN IN THE JOB HE SAID HE WOULD BE A TRANSITIONAL PRES, WASN'T TIDY CLEAR WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT. WE HAVE A THOUSAND TRILLIONAIRES IN AMERICA. I MEAN BILLIONAIRES IN AMERICA. THE TOTAL INITIATIVE RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH MORE BORDER PATROL AND MORE ASYLUM OFFICERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP? I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE. I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAID EITHER. THE DISASTROUS DEBATE PERFORMANCE IGNITING CALLS FOR THE 81-YEAR-OLD TO QUIT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. A STARK CONTRAST TO THEIR LAST MATCHUP IN 2020 AMIDST A RAGING COVID PANDEMIC. THE WAY THIS PRESIDENT HAS RESPONDED TO THIS CRISIS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC. IT WAS BIDEN'S VISION FOR MANAGING THE VIRUS THAT BOOSTED HIM TO AN ELECTION RECORD, WINNING THE VOTES OF MORE THAN 81 MILLION AMERICANS. (CROWD CHEERS, BELLS RATTLE) A VICTORY... FOR WE THE PEOPLE. BUT IT WAS A TUMULTUOUS TRANSITION. DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T CONCEDE FOR TWO MONTHS. IF YOU DON'T FIGHT LIKE HELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A COUNTRY ANY MORE. HIS SUPPORTERS STORMING CAPITOL HILL IN A DEADLY RIOT... WE'RE BREAKING THE WINDOW! HIS BASELESS CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD DISMISSED BY THE COURTS. WE'VE LEARNED AGAIN THAT DEMOCRACY IS PRECIOUS. DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE. AND AT THIS HOUR, MY FRIENDS, DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED. FINALLY, ON HIS THIRD TRY, THE SON OF A CAR SALESMAN FROM DELAWARE CROWNED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF NEARLY 50 YEARS AFTER BEING ELECTED TO THE SENATE AT JUST 29. IF HE STAYS IN THE SENATE TILL THE END OF THIS CENTURY, HE'LL BE 57. THE AVERAGE AGE OF SENATORS NOW. ONLY LEAVING THE SENATE TO BECOME BARACK OBAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT IN 2009. THE PAIR SIDE BY SIDE FOR EIGHT YEARS. THIS ALSO GIVES THE INTERNET ONE LAST CHANCE TO... (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) ...TALK ABOUT OUR BROMANCE. BUT AWAY FROM THE CAMERAS, BIDEN SUFFERED IMMENSE PERSONAL LOSS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. JUST WEEKS AFTER BEING ELECTED A SENATOR, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER DIED IN A CAR CRASH. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I UNDERSTOOD HOW SOMEONE COULD CONSCIOUSLY DECIDE TO COMMIT SUICIDE. THEN, IN 2015, ONE OF HIS SONS, A POLITICIAN HIMSELF, DIED OF BRAIN CANCER. (BAGPIPES BLARE) AS PRESIDENT, BIDEN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR PUMPING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO AMERICA'S COVID RECOVERY, THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT. ALSO, SPLASHING CASH TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUPPORT UKRAINE IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA. UKRAINE WILL NEVER BE A VICTORY FOR RUSSIA. NEVER. BUT HE'S COPPED PLENTY OF CRITICISM, TOO. DERIDED FOR ORCHESTRATING A CHAOTIC US TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN AND, MORE RECENTLY, OVER THE VAST AMOUNTS OF WEAPONS THE U.S. SENDS TO ISRAEL. (ARTILLERY ROARS) HIS LIFELONG STRUGGLE WITH STUTTERING IS WELL-DOCUMENTED, AND VERBAL GAFFES HAVE MARRED BIDEN'S CAREER. BUT ON ISSUES LIKE INEQUALITY AND RACIAL DIVISION, HIS VOICE WAS STRONG. SPEAKING HERE AFTER A MASS SHOOTING. WHITE SUPREMACY IS A POISON. IT'S A POISON. JOE BIDEN DEPARTS THE RACE WELL-LOVED AND RESPECTED AMONG HIS PARTY RANKS, BUT WHERE HIS YOUTH WAS ONCE THE FOCUS... I EXPECT THESE FELLAS ARE GOING TO... EVENTUALLY JUDGE ME ON MY MERIT, NOT ON MY AGE. IT'S HIS SENIORITY THAT HAS BEEN HIS UNDOING. LOGAN'S WITH US AGAIN. BIDEN HAD SEEMED DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE RACE. WHAT CHANGED? WHAT SITES ARE ORDINARY ABOUT THIS IS JUST HOW FAST THAT CHANGE HAS BEEN, CONSIDERING THIS GUY WAS ALL IN A FEW SHORT DAYS AGO. HE'S BEEN HOME IN DELAWARE, RECOVERING FROM COVID AND STARTED THINKING IF HE WAS THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB TO LEAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN NOVEMBER. WITH A MADHOUSE HAS BEEN A CLOSE CIRCLE OF ADVISERS, HE'S BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT BY PHONE WITH THE VP, JOE BIDEN ONLY GAVE HIS WIDER STAFF A ONE MINUTE HEADS UP BEFORE HE TWEETED TO THE PUBLIC JOE BIDEN, , IS OF COURSE IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE NATION AND WE WILL GET MORE OF AN INSIGHT INTO HOW HE BECAME TO THIS DECISION. FOR A MAN WHO ONLY A FEW SHORT DAYS AGO SAID QUITE CLEARLY I'M STAYING IN THE RACE. THANK YOU LOGAN. DESPITE BIDEN ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, HER POSITION AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET IS STILL FAR FROM GUARANTEED, WITH OTHER POSSIBLE CONTENDERS WEIGHING UP THEIR OPTIONS. WE BEAT DONALD TRUMP ONCE AND WE GON' BEAT HIM AGAIN. KAMALA HARRIS ON THE BRINK OF MAKING HISTORY AGAIN. ALREADY THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, SHE'S NOW FIRMLY IN CONTENTION FOR THE TOP JOB. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN, THE FIRST BLACK PERSON, THE FIRST PERSON OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. OPTICALLY, I THINK THAT... THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS POINT CAN'T SAY TO THE SMART, WELL-EDUCATED, ACCOMPLISHED AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S TIME FOR THE WHITE GUY.' SUPPORT FOR HARRIS FLOWED IN THE AFTERMATH OF JOE BIDEN'S ENDORSEMENT, FROM EVERYDAY PUNTERS... I WANTED HER TO BE THE NOMINEE. ...TO PARTY ROYALTY, INCLUDING THE CLINTONS AND A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE SENATORS. NOTABLY ABSENT FROM THAT LIST ` FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HER SORT OF SHAKY PERFORMANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF HER TENURE AS VICE PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE U.S.'S HISTORY OF RACISM AND SEXISM. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON KAMALA AND WHAT HER POLICY IS GOING TO BE. QUESTIONS TOO ABOUT WHETHER HER NOMINATION IS A DONE DEAL. HIGH-PROFILE POSSIBLE CHALLENGERS, LIKE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER AND KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, STAYING NEUTRAL FOR NOW. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ON A BARRIER-BREAKING, HISTORIC VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE SITTING PRESIDENT? DO YOU WANT TO PICK THAT FIGHT? THE PARTY'S BIG NAMES ALSO ACUTELY AWARE THAT, IF HARRIS SECURES THE NOMINATION, SHE ALSO GETS TO CHOOSE HER NEW VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE. IF HARRIS SECURES THE NOMINATION, SHE ALSO GETS TO CHOOSE HER NEW VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE. THE PATH AHEAD NEITHER EASY NOR OBVIOUS. THE PATH AHEAD NEITHER EASY NOR OBVIOUS. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. AND WE HAVE MORE ON THE RACE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONTHIS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, ON OUR WEBSITE, onenews.co.nz TONIGHT, WE CAN TAKE YOU UNDERCOVER INSIDE ORANA WILDLIFE PARK, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST ZOOS, IN THE SECOND PART OF OUR EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION. AND A WARNING, SOME VIEWERS WILL FIND THIS STORY UPSETTING. THE CHRISTCHURCH ATTRACTION CLAIMS ITS ANIMALS ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND THAT ITS STAFF ARE SAFE. BUT 1 NEWS HAS OBTAINED FOOTAGE THAT TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. AND AS THOMAS MEAD REPORTS, THE MINISTRY IN CHARGE OF ANIMAL WELFARE IS NOW MAKING URGENT CHECKS. FIVE WEEKS AGO, IT WAS ANOTHER BUSY DAY AT A WILDLIFE PARK. THE ZOOKEEPERS OUT IN THEIR TRUCKS. MANAGEMENT HERE HAS REFUTED ALLEGATIONS THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS ` BUT TAKE A LOOK INSIDE. SOME WHO DRIVE THEM DON'T FEEL SAFE. WINDSCREENS THAT ARE CRACKED, MISSING HANDBRAKES, HANDBRAKES THAT DON'T WORK IF THEY ARE THERE. IT'S ONE OF MANY ISSUES 1 NEWS HAS UNCOVERED AT THE OPEN-RANGE ZOO, WHICH HOUSES MORE THAN 1000 ANIMALS ACROSS 90 SPECIES. LAST NIGHT, WE REVEALED SEVERAL ANIMAL DEATHS FROM OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. NOW, TWO CURRENT ZOOKEEPERS SHARING THEIR PLIGHT ` WE'VE REPLACED THEIR VOICES FOR THIS STORY. JUST CONSTANTLY SEVERELY UNDERSTAFFED. SO YOU'VE GOT ONE PERSON DOING 2 TO 3 PEOPLE'S WORK IN A DAY. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING IN A RAT WHEEL. EMAILS WE'VE OBTAINED SHOW THE ZOO HAS HAD ISSUES WITH UNDERSTAFFING. AT ONE POINT IN APRIL 2023, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LYNNE ANDERSON, REFERRING TO LONG-TERM SHORTAGES LEAKED ENTRIES FROM ZOO DIARIES WRITTEN BY KEEPERS, GIVE A SENSE OF THE PRESSURES WITH ANIMALS SOMETIMES LEFT AROUND THEIR FAECES ALL DAY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES LIKE THESE, ALL BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE THIS YEAR, SHOWING WHEN ENCLOSURES WEREN'T CLEANED. IN THE LAST YEAR, THE ZOO HAS SEEN SEEING TWO DEATHS RELATED TO BACTERIA. ONE EXPERT SAYS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP BACTERIA SPREADING ENTIRELY, AS IT CAN HAPPEN NATURALLY IN SOIL, BUT DEATHS ARE NOT SOMETHING SHE'S SEEN OFTEN. I WOULD THINK IT'S NOT VERY COMMON, BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. IN RESPONSE, THE ZOO SAID IN ITS LARGE PADDOCKS, GOING A FEW DAYS WITHOUT CLEANING ISN'T A HUGE ISSUE. IT SOMETIMES HAS TO PRIORITISE OTHER TASKS. ...ADDING IT DOES TAKE PREVENTATIVE STEPS TO MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF PARASITE INFECTION. ANOTHER ESSENTIAL PART OF ZOOKEEPING IS PROVIDING ANIMALS WITH INTERESTING ACTIVITIES. THE PRACTICE IS CALLED ENRICHMENT, AND WITHOUT IT, ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY CAN START TO SELF-HARM. BUT KEEPERS SAY THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TIME, SO THEY CAN'T DO ENOUGH. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IT MAKES ME FEEL JUST TERRIBLE FOR THE ANIMALS BECAUSE THE PARK HAS CHOSEN TO HAVE THESE ANIMALS. IT'S NOT THE ANIMAL'S FAULT THEY'RE THERE, YET WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH WHAT THEY NEED. IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR INTELLIGENT SPECIES LIKE GORILLAS. LAST MONTH, A VISITOR SENT IN BY 1 NEWS FILMED MALES FUZU AND FATAKI PLUCKING THEIR OWN HAIR, LEAVING ENTIRE PATCHES BALD. FIVE DIFFERENT KEEPERS TOLD US THE GORILLAS HAVE BEEN DISPLAYING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR AT VARIOUS TIMES SINCE 2015. THEY WERE... IN RESPONSE, ORANA PROVIDED THESE VIDEOS REFUTING CLAIMS THE ENRICHMENT OFFERED IS INADEQUATE. THE PROGRAMME INCLUDING SMELLS, DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD ` EVEN MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. (FRENCH HORN PLAYS) THE ZOO SAYS IT MONITORS THEIR BEHAVIOURS AND NONE OF THEM ARE EXCESSIVE ` INCLUDING THE EATING OF FAECES. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, HAD NO CONCERNS WHEN WE SPOKE TO THEM LAST WEEK, SAYING ITS LATEST ASSESSMENT IN DECEMBER FOUND NO ISSUES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EXOTIC ANIMALS TEAM IS APPROPRIATELY STAFFED FOR THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS. BUT NOW THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC AS PART OF OUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION, THE MINISTRY SENT AN ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM HERE TO THE ZOO TO CARRY OUT WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A 'RAPID ASSESSMENT'. THEY'RE INSIDE RIGHT NOW, AND SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ANIMALS ARE HEALTHY AND WELL. THE ZOO ALSO ON THE RADAR OF WORKSAFE ` IN JUNE, WE WERE FILMING AS INSPECTORS MADE CHECKS, ESCORTED BY ORANA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. ALL WHILE THE TWO STAFF WE SPOKE TO WORRY ABOUT DRIVING THEIR VEHICLES NEAR THE PUBLIC. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE I'M NOT SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IN TIME IF A CHILD HAD RUN OUT IN FRONT OF ME. ZOOKEEPERS FEELING UNHEARD AND ALONE AS ORANA GOES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. SO, THOMAS ` TWO AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW VISITED THE PARK ` WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO? SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSESSMENT YOU JUST SAW WORK SAFE ISSUE THE PARK WITH AN IMPROVEMENT NOTICE IT COULDN'T SHOW IT HAD A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT THE VEHICLES WERE UNSAFE WORKING ORDER. THEY MUST IMPLEMENT THIS CHANGE AND CONSULT WITH STAFF. THEY WERE GENUINELY AFRAID TO DRIVE THOSE VEHICLES. THOSE TRUCKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE HAVEN IF A DANGEROUS ANIMAL ESCAPES AS ENCLOSURE. SOME TRUCKS DID NOT HAVE WINDOWS THAT WOUND UP OR DOWN, IS NOT GOING TO HELP OF A LINE ESCAPES. MPI ARE MOVING QUICKLY, THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO REPORT BACK WITHIN TWO DAYS, GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY FIND. VERY LIKELY THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF UNDERSTAFFING, WHETHER OR RUN A PARK REALLY HAS THE STAFF THEY CLAIM THEY DO HAVE ENOUGH TO OFFER THINGS LIKE FEEDING AND ENRICHMENT, THAT SORT OF THING. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION THESE CLAIMS ARE NOT NEW. WERE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR REPORTING TOMORROW NIGHT. 'S HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A DECADE. E WHAI AKE NEI, TRAGEDY AT A SYDNEY TRAIN STATION. A DAD AND HIS DAUGHTER ARE KILLED AFTER A PRAM ROLLS ONTO THE TRACKS. HOW HIS OTHER DAUGHTER MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED UNHARMED. PLUS ` A 'NOT GUILTY' VERDICT FOR THE SKIPPER OF THE FISHING BOAT 'ENCHANTER', THAT CAPSIZED, KILLING FIVE MEN. WHAT THE JUDGE SAID ` NEXT. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` IT'S CALLED THE SILENT STRAIN ` WORRYING ABOUT DEBT. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW TO GET SOME BALANCE BACK. PLUS THE TINY TOWN THAT'S PUMPING OUT A WORLD-CLASS PRODUCT THAT EVERYONE NEEDS ` ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND WHY SO MANY KIWIS DON'T LIKE THEIR OWN NAME. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. IN A MAJOR SHAKE-UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON, NAU MAI HOKI MAI. IN A MAJOR SHAKE-UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SACKED THE BOARD OF HEALTH NZ. PROFESSOR LESTER LEVY, WHO WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED CHAIR, IS NOW COMMISSIONER. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WAS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT. BENEDICT, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE MOVE? THE PRIME MINISTER IS BLAMING THIS MOVE SQUARELY AT THE FEET OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT WHO HE SAID BOTCHED HEALTH SECTOR REFORMS. THOSE OF THE TOP OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAVE VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT OF WHAT'S GOING ON FURTHER DOWN THERE'S SO MUCH MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AT HEALTH NZ THEY ARE BLOWING THEIR BUDGET BY MORE THAN $130 MILLION A MONTH. HAVING 14 LAYERS BETWEEN THE CEO AND A FRONTLINE DOCTOR WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A LOT OF MANAGEMENT MUSH ARE YOU NOT GETTING A LOT OF CLARITY AND ANSWERS. PRIME MINISTER IS BASICALLY BEEN AROUND THE WORLD TALKING TO FOREIGN LEADERS AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS HE DOES. WE GET A LOT OF ACCESS TO APPLICA LEADERS IN NEW ZEALAND CHRIS LUXTON REALLY WANTS TO SCALE THIS BACK NOW, HE'S PLANNING ON REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF MEDIA HE'S DOING EACH WEEK BUT I TOOK TO OPPOSITION POLITICIANS TODAY AND A FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARTY AND THEY THINK WHAT HE'S DOING IS DANGEROUS. PRIME MINISTER, WHY HAVE YOU DECIDED TO U-TURN ON KIWISAVER? PRIME MINISTER, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF LABOUR'S WATER POLICY? IT'S CALLED THE BRIDGE OR TILE RUN, AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT'S GOING ON. HE'S DECIDED IT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIMSELF TO STAND DOWN FROM PARLIAMENT AT THE END OF THIS TERM. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNMENT'S BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. BUT NOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS DECIDED HE WANTS TO DITCH THE BRIDGE RUN ON TUESDAYS. WE'RE GOING TO DROP ONE OF THE MEDIA ROUNDS ON A TUESDAY. ESSENTIALLY, IN A 24-WINDOW PERIOD, YOU GET ME TODAY AT A POST-CAB FOR 40 MINUTES OR SO, YOU GET ME ON MEDIA TOMORROW MORNING DOING MY MEDIA ROUND, YOU GET ME ON THE CAUCUS RUN AT 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK. YOU DON'T SEE IT AS AN OPPORUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC? I DO, BUT I THINK THERE'S HEAPS OF OPPORUNITIES TO DO THAT. A NUMBER OF PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTERS HELD THE SAME SCHEULDE OF INTERVIEWS WITH MEDIA. YOU'RE DIALLING IT BACK. WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? ALL YOU'RE LOSING IS MY TILE RUN, WHICH IS FIVE MINUTES ON THE WAY INTO THE HOUSE. THIS FORMER PRIME MINISTER SUPRISED AT THE MOVE. ULITMATELY, IF YOU'RE THE PRIME MINISTER AND YOU'RE ON TOP OF YOUR BRIEF AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING, THEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU. THE ONLY REAL CONCLUSION THAT WE CAN KIND OF DRAW FROM THIS VERY ODD AND UNPRECEDENTED MOVE IS THAT HE'S LOOKING TO ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY. OTHERS JUST THINK HIS MOVE IS SHORT-SIGHTED. THE LESS HE DECIDES TO SPEAK, THE MORE DANGEROUS IT IS FOR HIM. CONVINCED HE'S MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO VOTERS. AS SOON AS YOU START DOING THAT YOU GET ISOLATED, BECAUSE ANY GOOD LEADER WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OVER THE HEADS OF THE JOURNALISTS AND GO THROUGH TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAITH IN HIM AND WHO WANT TO HEAR HIS STORY. OTHER POLITICIANS WILL NO DOUBT BE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR RECKONS. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. HOME OWNERSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND IS AT ITS LOWEST RATE IN ALMOST EIGHT DECADES, AND IT'S SET TO DROP FURTHER, FEWER THAN 60% OF PEOPLE ARE NOW HOMEOWNERS, AND THAT'S JUST THE LATEST FIGURE IN A DOWNWARD TREND. SINCE THE 1990s, THE RATE OF HOME OWNERSHIP HAS DROPPED BY MORE THAN 15%, AND IT'S FORECAST TO FALL ANOTHER 10% PERCENT BY 2048. SOME OF THE KEY CONTRIBUTORS, THE GROWTH OF HOUSING AS AN INVESTMENT VEHICLE, CHRONIC SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS, TAX-FREE CAPITAL GAINS AND AN INCREASING POPULATION. SO WHAT'S BEING DONE TO SLOW THE DECLINE, AND ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THOSE HOPING TO GET ON TO THE PROPERTY LADDER? 53-YEAR-OLD CORLENE GREENWOOD THOUGHT SHE'D NEVER OWN A HOME, ESPECIALLY IN AUCKLAND. IT WASN'T FEASIBLE... BUT NOW THIS PLACE IS HERS, OR AT LEAST, PART OF IT IS, AFTER A LOCAL COMMUNITY HOUSING PROVIDER HELPED HER SECURE A DEPOSIT. IT'S A 60-40 HOME OWNERSHIP PLAN WHERE YOU OWN 60% OF THE HOME, AND THEY OWN 40%, AND THEN YOU PAY THEM OUT. THE NEW DELOITTE FIGURES, COMMISSIONED BY WESTPAC, FINDING 150,000 HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR OPTIONS LIKE THIS, BUT THEY ALSO SHOW HOME OWNERSHIP RATES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP. THE COST OF HOMES VERSUS WHAT WE EARN ALSO MAKES IT PRETTY CHALLENGING TOO AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED TO START TO LOOK AT HOW DO YOU REDUCE THAT COST. PART OF THE PROBLEM... NEARLY HALF OF ALL RENTERS SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME ON RENT, MAKING IT HARDER TO SAVE FOR A DEPOSIT. IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE TO BUY A HOME AT THIS TIME, 'COS NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE US THE LOAN. VERY DIFFICULT AT THE MOMENT. IT'S KIND OF UNREALISTIC TO GET THERE. WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE YOUR FAMILY HAS TO BE RICH TO GET INTO THE HOUSING MARKET OR YOU HAVE TO BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO MARRY INTO WEALTH. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY, ANNOUNCING A RANGE OF MEASURES EARLIER THIS MONTH TO FREE UP LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT. BERNARD HICKEY SAYS SHARED OWNERSHIP SCHEMES LIKE CORLENE'S COULD BE A SMALL PART OF THE SOLUTION... BUT COME WITH FISH HOOKS. ONCE YOU BRING IN MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO AREN'T RELATED TO EACH OTHER, PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHARE ANY SORT OF LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS TO BE TOGETHER, IT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE FOR A BANK TO LEND. WE'RE USED TO LENDING OVER MORE TRADITIONAL HOUSING MODELS, SO THERE'S MORE THAT THE BANKS CAN DO. NEW SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO WHAT'S BECOME A DECADES-OLD PROBLEM. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. A SYDNEY DAD IS BEING HAILED A HERO AFTER HE DIED TRYING TO SAVE HIS TWIN DAUGHTERS WHEN THEIR PRAM ROLLED ON TO TRAIN TRACKS. ONE OF THE TWO-YEAR-OLDS WAS ALSO KILLED, WHILE HER SISTER MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED, THEIR MUM FRANTICALLY WATCHING ON AS THE DEVASTATING ACCIDENT UNFOLDED. CHANNEL NINE'S ERIN RAMSAY REPORTS. CARLTON TRAIN STATION, THE SCENE OF A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. I KNEW... IT WAS BAD. STRAIGHT AWAY. A MOTHER, FATHER AND THEIR TWIN TODDLERS ON A SUNDAY FAMILY OUTING WHEN THEIR PRAM, WITH THE GIRLS ONBOARD, ROLLED ONTO THE TRACKS JUST AFTER MIDDAY. THE FATHER'S JUMPED DOWN TO GRAB THE CHILDREN...THE PRAM AND AS HE'S GONE TO PICK IT UP AND LIFT IT UP ONTO THE PLATFORM, THE TRAIN HAS JUST COME` I HEARD THE TRAIN GO PAST AND A LADY SCREAMED FOR HER LIFE. 'PLEASE, PLEASE, STOP, STOP!' THE TRAIN COULDN'T STOP. THE TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRLS AND THEIR 40-YEAR-OLD FATHER, HIT AS THE TRAIN PULLED INTO THE STATION. THEY WAS LAYING ON THE PLATFORM, SCREAMING THE HUSBAND'S NAME. YEAH, AND WE COULD ONLY HEAR ONE KID CRYING. NOT TWO. ONE LITTLE GIRL, INCREDIBLY, ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY AFTER FALLING BETWEEN THE TRACKS. POLICE CLIMBED UNDER THE TRAIN AND RESCUED ONE OF THE CHILDREN, WHO WAS THANKFULLY UNHARMED AND REUNITED HER WITH THE MOTHER. BUT HER SISTER AND HERO FATHER DIDN'T SURVIVE. IN THE FACE OF A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, HE GAVE HIS OWN LIFE TO TRY AND SAVE HIS CHILDREN. THE YOUNG FAMILY ARE ST. GEORGE LOCALS. SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWS THEM JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, RELAXED AND WALKING, THE MOTHER GLANCING INSIDE A SHOP, THEN WAITING TO CROSS THE ROAD. MOMENTS LATER, THEY GOT OUT OF THE LIFT ON THE PLATFORM. THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR HANDS OFF THE PRAM FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WHETHER IT'S A GUST OF WIND OR... WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE PRAM HAS INSTANTLY STARTED TO ROLL. THE TRAIN WAS HEADING FROM CRONULLA TO THE CITY AND WASN'T DUE TO STOP AT CARLTON. POLICE WILL NOW INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING HOW FAST IT WAS GOING. AND IT'S BELIEVED THE FAMILY ONLY MOVED TO AUSTRALIA FROM INDIA LATE LAST YEAR. THE LOCAL INDIAN COMMUNITY IS NOW RALLYING AROUND THEM. A NEW REPORT FINDS THE AGEING INTERISLANDER FERRIES ARE IN BETTER CONDITION THAN EXPECTED. NEXT ` HOW MUCH LONGER THEY COULD RUN FOR? PLUS ` WHAT'S GOT F1 DRIVER MAX VERSTAPPEN ALL RILED UP? THIS IS A SPORT, YOU KNOW? IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT, THEN STAY HOME. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` FORGET CHANGING JOBS OR CHANGING COUNTRIES ` HOW ABOUT CHANGING YOUR NAME? IT'S MORE POPULAR THAN YOU THINK. PLUS FROM DONKEYS TO DUCKS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN ` HOW A SANCTUARY FOR PETS HELPS FAMILIES WHO ARE REBUILDING THEIR LIVES. AND THE NEW FIGURES SHOWING HOW MANY NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT MONEY ` WHY IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO STRUGGLE IN SILENCE. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. THE SKIPPER OF 'ENCHANTER', THE CHARTER BOAT THAT SANK IN THE FAR NORTH, KILLING FIVE MEN, HAS SAID HIS HEART GOES OUT TO THE VICTIMS AFTER BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY OVER THE TRAGEDY. LANCE GOODHEW HAD BEEN CHARGED BY MARITIME NZ WITH FAILING IN HIS DUTY AS A SKIPPER, AND WAS VISIBLY EMOTIONAL TODAY AS THE VERDICT WAS READ OUT. HELEN CASTLES WAS AT WHANGAREI DISTRICT COURT. SKIPPER LANCE GOODHEW LEAVING COURT TODAY WITH A SENSE OF RELIEF. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE JUDGE'S DECISION I THINK IT WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT. HE SORT OF REALISED IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, AND I'M GLAD HE'S SEEN IT THAT WAY. MY HEART STILL GOES OUT TO THE ONES WE DIDN'T BRING HOME IN MARCH 2022, LANCE GOODHEW'S BOAT, THE ENCHANTER, WAS ON A FISHING CHARTER WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE WAVE OFF CAPE BRETT WITH 10 PEOPLE ON BOARD. TRAGICALLY, FIVE OF THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT SURVIVE ` THEY WERE MARK WALKER, MICHAEL LOVETT, MARK SANDERS, RICHARD BRIGHT AND GEOFFREY ALLEN. MARITIME NZ CHARGED MR GOODHEW WITH FAILING IN HIS DUTIES AS A WORKER, SAYING HE SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE SHELTER OF THE THREE KINGS ISLANDS TO HEAD BACK TO THE MAINLAND. BUT AFTER CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE, THE JUDGE SAID HE COULDN'T BE SURE ANOTHER EXPERIENCED MARINER WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. IN MY DECISION, I FOUND THE ENCHANTER WAS CAPSIZED BY A SIGNIFICANT ROGUE WAVE THAT CAME WITHOUT WARNING. BASED ON THE OBSERVATION OF THE SURVIVORS GIVEN IN EVIDENCE AND EXPERT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, I CANNOT BE SURE THAT THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH A WAVE WAS REASONABLY FORESEEABLE. ACCORDINGLY, I FIND MR GOODHEW NOT GUILTY AND THE CHARGE IS DISMISSED. LANCE GOODHEW WAS SEATED IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ. HE TEARED UP AND EMBRACED HIS PARTNER, WHO HAD BEEN WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THE NEAR-FOUR-WEEK TRIAL. IN A STATEMENT, MARITIME NZ EXTENDED ITS SYMPATHY TO THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES, AND SAID THE DECISION TO CHARGE MR GOODHEW WAS A CONSIDERED ONE. IT SAYS IT'S TOO SOON TO SAY IF IT WILL APPEAL. FOR LANCE GOODHEW, THE VICTIMS REMAIN FRONT OF MIND. I STILL FEEL FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS DOESN'T GIVE THEM MUCH HAPPINESS AT ALL, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOSURE. TODAY'S VERDICT A BITTERSWEET CONSOLATION FROM A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. THE AGEING INTERISLANDER FERRY FLEET CAN SAFELY RUN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS ` ACCORDING TO A REVIEW RELEASED BY KIWIRAIL. BUT THE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE NEEDED WILL COST AN EXTRA $7 MILLION A YEAR AND THE MARITIME UNION HAS SOME CONCERNS. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. A STRING OF INCIDENTS WITH OUR INTERISLANDER FERRIES HAVE PROMPTED CALLS FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT. BUT NOW A REPORT'S BOUGHT KIWIRAIL MORE TIME. WE CAN SAFELY OPERATE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS THROUGH TO 2029. AFTER THE GOVERNMENT PULLED THE PIN ON THE IREX FERRY REPLACEMENT PROJECT, INTERNATIONAL MARITIME EXPERTS WERE BROUGHT IN TO REVIEW THE SHIPS, FINDING THAT THOUGH THE FERRIES ARE EACH NEARING 30, THEIR PROJECTED HULL AGES ARE AROUND A THIRD OF THAT. AND WE THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF RUNNING IN COASTAL WATERS IN THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS AND IN HARBOURS. AND ALSO BECAUSE` WE DON'T FILL THEM UP AND RUN IN HEAVY, HEAVY SEAS. USING A SCALE FROM 'GOOD' THROUGH TO 'UNSERVICEABLE' THE KAITAKI S CONDITION WAS RATED AS 'GOOD TO FAIR', MEANING IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE. THERE S SOME CORROSION AND HULL CRACKS, WHICH AREN T SERIOUS, AND SOME SYSTEMS ARE OBSOLETE. THE KAIARAHI WAS ALSO 'GOOD TO FAIR' BUT HAS THE MOST PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CORROSION, A HIGH NUMBER OF MINOR DEFECTS, AND MORE OUT-OF-DATE SYSTEMS. THE ARATERE WAS THE ONLY SHIP IN 'GOOD' CONDITION. IT TOO HAS SOME CORROSION, SOME MINOR CRACKS WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN REPAIRED AND SOME OBSOLETE SYSTEMS. THERE IS A REAL HISTORY OF TECHNICAL ISSUES AND BEEN SOME VERY SERIOUS INCIDENCES THAT DOESN'T REALLY FILL US WITH CONFIDENCE. WHILE THE PUBLIC HAS MIXED VIEWS ON HOW REASSURING THE FINDINGS ARE... I WOULDN'T GET ON THERE. PROVIDED THEY MAINTAIN THE FERRIES AND THAT'S THE EMPHASIS, I'M COMFORTABLE. I JUST HOPE THAT THE STANDARD THAT THE FERRIES ARE KIND OF BEING MEASURED AGAINST ARE GOOD AND TRUSTWORTHY, SO IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN YES, I AM REASSURED. MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN RAMPED UP, BUT WILL BECOME MORE COSTLY AND FIXES COULD TAKE LONGER. THE PRICE THE GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC, WILL HAVE TO PAY UNTIL THE FERRIES ARE REPLACED. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT ` AND WE HEAR FROM ARDIE SAVEA. YEAH, THE ALL BLACKS VICE CAPTAIN BEAMING OVER HIS DECISION TO LEAVE THE HURRICANES AND JOIN MOANA PASIFIKA. I'M, LIKE, AT PEACE WITH THE DECISION. BEING HERE, IT'S... I'M REALLY HAPPY. HE TELLS JOHN CAMPBELL THE REASONS BEHIND THE BIG MOVE. PLUS ` AS A COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED XANDER SCHAUFFELE NABS THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, A CHAOTIC AND FURIOUS MAX VERSTAPPEN UNLEASHES AT HIS OWN TEAM AT THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX. AND WEATHER ` LOOKS LIKE FOR TUESDAY, BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE MOVING AWAY AND A TROUGH SLIDING UP THE COUNTRY, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THAT RAINCOAT. THERE WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MIX. COULD BE SOME SUN AND SOME CLOUD AS WELL, BUT HEADS UP FOR THAT GUSTY WIND TOO THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA, WELCOME TO SPORT. IN SPORT, FAIRY TALES ARE NORMALLY ABOUT PLAYERS MAKING A TEAM, BUT THIS FAIRY TALE IS ABOUT A TEAM GETTING A PLAYER. MOANA PASIFIKA SIGNING ARDIE SAVEA, IN A MOVE THAT COULD TRANSFORM NOT ONLY THE STRUGGLING FRANCHISE BUT ALSO PASIFIKA RUGBY GLOBALLY. JOHN CAMPBELL WAS THE ONLY PALAGI AT A VERY SPECIAL MEDIA CONFERENCE. YEAH, LIKE MY MY HUMILITY SIDE SAYS IT'S JUST ANOTHER DECISION. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WERE SAYING THIS IS MASSIVE. SAVEA'S THERE...ARDIE SAVEA! IT WAS MASSIVE AND ALSO...SMALL. PASIFIKA MEDIA INVITED, PASIFIKA JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM STUDENTS, RUGBY AS IDENTITY. IT'S A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDPARENTS AND MY PARENTS. AND JULES, GETTING TO JOIN THE BUS. THE BUS IS RATHER JULIAN, ANOTHER FORMER HURRICANE BLOWN NORTH. AND THE BIG WINGER IS IN FOR THE FIRST TRY! BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT... OR EVEN THIS. IF IT CAN RAISE ANOTHER GENERATION OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, EVENTUALLY, WHO, UH, WANT TO PLAY FOR SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS THEIR PACIFIC ROOTS AND THEIR IDENTITY, THEN THAT'S A POWERFUL THING. BUT SAVEA IS ONE OF RUGBY'S GLOBAL SUPERSTARS. THIS IS JAPAN, AND HAULING HIM IN FELT LIKE A LONG SHOT, EVEN FOR ANOTHER SUPERSTAR. HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, 'MOANA, HOW'S IT GOING?' 'OH IT'S ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.' AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW, 'DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.' HOW DOES THIS FEEL, ARDIE? IT FEELS VERY HUMBLING. UM, IT'S LIKE, AT PEACE. SOMETHING WAS BURNING INSIDE HIM AS HE TALKS ABOUT, TO REPRESENT HIS PARENTS, HIS HERITAGE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, WITHIN A LOT OF OUR PACIFIC ISLAND PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP WITH. WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THE WAVE RISING IN MOANA PASIFIKA, AND I SUPPOSE IT'S BECOME A LOT MORE OF A TIDAL WAVE, A TSUNAMI. AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MUCH MORE OF THAT TRANSFORMATION, EMPOWERMENT, MORE OPPORTUNITY AND MORE HOPE. WHICH IS A LOT TO LOAD ON ONE PLAYER... BUT YOU FIGURE HE CAN HANDLE IT. ARDIE SAVEA SCORES THE WINNING TRY. THIS IS HIM IN 2013, BEFORE HIS FIRST GAME FOR THE CANES. 11 YEARS LATER, NEW TEAM, BIG DREAMS, SAME ATTITUDE. THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE. BUT JUST TO REALISE THAT, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. LIKE WE HAVE TO WORK, YOU KNOW. THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ITSELF. YOU'VE GOT TO WORK, UM, MOVE FORWARD, CHALLENGE EACH OTHER, CHALLENGE OURSELVES... TO BE GREAT. AT THE START OF THE YEAR, XANDER SHAUFEELE WAS REGARDED AS THE FINEST GOLFER OF HIS GENERATION NEVER TO WIN A MAJOR. NOW HE HAS TWO ` THE AMERICAN WINNING THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROYAL TROON IN SCOTLAND BY TWO SHOTS. KATE WELLS HAS THE ACTION FROM THE FINAL ROUND. WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING A GOLF MAJOR, COMPOSURE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS A GOOD SHOT GAME, SOMETHING XANDER SCHAUFFELE HAS MASTERED THIS YEAR. I HAD THIS SENSE OF CALM, A CALM I DIDN'T HAVE WHEN I PLAYED EARLIER AT THE PGA. I WAS TELLING AUSTIN ON THE EIGHT` MY CADDIE ON THE 18TH HOLE THAT I FELT PRETTY CALM COMING DOWN THE STRETCH, AND HE SAID HE WAS ABOUT TO PUKE ON THE 18TH TEE. THE AMERICAN OVERCOMING RAIN, WIND AND A DIFFICULT LINKS COURSE TO WIN THE 152ND OPEN, JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER WINNING HIS FIRST MAJOR, THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT IS THREE BIRDIES ON THIS BACK NINE. TALK ABOUT TIMING YOUR RUN. A SIX UNDER PAR 65 FINAL ROUND TAKING HIM TO NINE UNDER OVERALL, TWO SHOTS CLEAR OF JUSTIN ROSE, TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS TO WIN THE CLARET JUG. COME ON, IN YOU COME, ROUND YOU COME. THERE YOU GO, JUSTIN. (CROWD APPLAUDS, CHEERS) TAKE A BOW. A SECOND MAJOR TITLE OUT OF REACH FOR THE 43-YEAR-OLD, A BOGEY ON THE PAR FOUR 12TH COSTLY. (CROWD GROANS, APPLAUDS) OH, THAT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS NEVER GONNA MISS. IT ROUNDS OUT A DOMINANT YEAR FOR U.S. GOLFERS, THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1982 AMERICANS HAD WON ALL FOUR MAJOR TITLES. JUST HOW SPECIAL IS IT TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THIS FAMOUS TROPHY, THE CLARET JUG? I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO DRINK OUT OF IT. KIWI DANIEL HILLIER IMPRESSED AT HIS THIRD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, TIED FOR 19TH. OH, BRILLIANT SHOT. (CROWD APPLAUDS) AND THAT WIND CERTAINLY HELPED MAKE THAT SHOT EASIER. RYAN FOX NOT FAR BEHIND, TIED FOR 25TH, JUST ONE OF 13 PLAYERS MAKING THE CUT AT ALL FOUR MAJORS THIS YEAR. BUT 2024 BELONGS TO XANDER SCHAUFFELE, AND AS THE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPION, HE MIGHT NOT BE DONE YET. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. A HIGH-STAKES NETBALL MATCH IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY IN WELLINGTON ` THE PULSE HOSTING THE TACTIX IN THE FINAL ROUND-ROBIN MATCH OF THE DOMESTIC SEASON. BOTH TEAMS ARE EQUAL ON 34 POINTS, WITH THE WINNER EARNING HOSTING RIGHTS FOR NEXT MONTH'S GRAND FINAL. WE HAVE TO WANT TO WORK FOR THAT 60 MINUTES. THEY BRING A REALLY PHYSICAL D, SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO BE BRAVE AND ENJOY IT, AND GET ANY LITTLE ADVANTAGE WE CAN. THE LOSER WILL TAKE ON THE NORTHERN MYSTICS IN THIS WEEKEND'S ELIMINATION FINAL. RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN HAS REFUSED TO APOLOGISE FOR A SERIES OF EXPLETIVE-LADEN OUTBURSTS AT HIS TEAM DURING THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX ` THE 26-YEAR-OLD FUMING OVER HIS 5TH PLACE FINISH. BUT THERE WAS ALSO UNHAPPINESS AMONG MCLAREN'S DRIVERS DESPITE A 1-2 FINISH. 'MAD MAX' BROUGHT OUT THE 'MAD' AT THE FIRST CORNER OF THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX. AS VERSTAPPEN GOES WIDE! AND INTO THE LEAD GOES OSCAR PIASTRI! THE RED BULL DRIVER DEFIANT... THE TONE OF THE RACE SET ` VERSTAPPEN ALSO UPSET ABOUT HIS CAR. ...THEN HIS TEAM. IN A RACE DOMINATED BY MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI AND LANDO NORRIS, THE F1 CHAMPION WAS SEEING EVEN A PODIUM FINISH SLIP AWAY. CLOSING, UNDERBRAKING ` HE'S GOING TO FORCE HIS WAY` AND IT'S LEWIS HAMILTON WHO BREAKS! WATCH VERSTAPPEN COME STEAMING DOWN THE INSIDE. HE'S BEEN PASSED BY CHARLES LECLERC AS WELL. RELEGATED TO 5TH ` A MCLAREN 1-2, MERCEDES' LEWIS HAMILTON IN THIRD. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO APOLOGISE ` WE JUST NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S` WHY PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU CANNOT BE VOCAL ON A RADIO. IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT, THEN STAY HOME. IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH DEBRIEF WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE AWKWARD ` RED BULL'S, OR McLAREN'S. STARTING ON POLE, NORRIS'S TEAM ASKED HIM TO SURRENDER HIS LEAD TO PIASTRI, SAYING NORRIS HAD BENEFITED FROM THE TEAM'S STRATEGY AT PIASTRI'S EXPENSE. LANDO! HE CAN'T CATCH YOU UP. YOU'VE PROVED YOUR POINT. THEN THEY PLEADED... LANDO, THERE ARE 5 LAPS TO GO. THE WAY TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP IS NOT BY YOURSELF ` IT'S WITH THE TEAM. NORRIS EVENTUALLY FALLING BACK TO HAND PIASTRI HIS FIRST RACE WIN. WHEN YOU'RE LEADING THE RACE AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK, IT HURTS. FROM A DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, EVERY POINT HELPS. STILL ` POINTS GAINED ON VERSTAPPEN, AND THE GAP NARROWED BETWEEN RED BULL AND MCLAREN IN A RACE YOU HAD TO HEAR TO BELIEVE. SCOTT DIXON WAS THIRD IN TODAY'S INDYCAR RACE IN TORONTO ` THE 141ST PODIUM FINISH OF HIS CAREER TO EQUAL THE GREAT MARIO ANDRETTI FOR THE MOST OF ALL TIME. THE KIWI DRIVER STARTING FROM 15TH, WORKING HIS WAY TO THE FRONT IN A SOMETIMES CHAOTIC GRAND PRIX AVOIDING A HORROR LATE CRASH THAT BROUGHT RACING TO A STANDSTILL. OH! OH MY GOODNESS! SANTINO FERRUCCI... LAUNCHES, INVERTED... AND JUST ABOUT A THIRD OF THE FIELD HAS BEEN COLLECTED! SANTINO FERRUCCI WALKING AWAY UNSCATHED, BUT THE DRAMA NOT OVER ` SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN'S RACE ENDED BY TEAMMATE WILL POWER ` THE KIWI WAITING TRACKSIDE TO SEND A MESSAGE. I DON'T THINK HE'S CHEERING HIM ON FOR A STRONG FINISH. IT'S A LOW-PERCENTAGE MOVE WHEN PROBABLY WE WERE BOTH GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DAY, BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S CONTACT WITH A TEAMMATE ` YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THAT. MCLAUGHLIN DROPPING TO SIXTH IN THE DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP, 30 POINTS BEHIND DIXON IN THIRD. THANKS, JENNY. STAY WITH US ` GUSTY WINDS ARE ON THE WAY FOR SOME ` DAN HAS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NEXT. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP, WHAT'S IN A NAME? A LOT, APPARENTLY ` AND THAT'S WHY A HUGE NUMBER OF US WANT TO CHANGE THEM. PLUS ` IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS LOSING YOUR SOCKS. THIS SMALL TOWN HAS YOU COVERED. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. HELLO. FEEDING LOW PRESSURE AND A PASSING LOW TROUGH FOR MOST OF US. GRAB THAT RAINCOAT. WE COULD BE SEEING CLOSE TO 20 AGREES TO THE USED OF THE SOUTH ISLAND BY FRODO. WE GET SOME WARM AREA AND A BIG BUILDING HIGH, THAT BRINGS US MILDER AIR. SOME FROSTY NIGHTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FROST AGAIN TONIGHT. ROAD SNOW AT LEWIS AND PORTER'S PASS. SOME SHOWERS YOU SEE WITH THE VARIOUS DRAFTS, DOES TEND TO FADE AWAY. SHOW IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE EAST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. SOME SHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDER IN THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND PARTS OF THE FAR NORTH. GRAB THE RAINCOAT IN THE MORNING IN AUCKLAND. MAY BE SOME THUNDER. MAYBE THE ODD SHOWER BUT DRY. CHILEAN FROSTY HERE AND THERE. GUSTY WINDS, STRONG FOR MASTERTON. EARLY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. DRIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS FADING BACK BY THE END OF THE DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH. COLD AND FROSTY ON WEDNESDAY.