HARRIS SAID IT'S HER INTENTION TO EARN AND WIN THE NOMINATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT MONTH. U.S. CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. FOR 24 DAYS, JOE BIDEN REFUSED TO BACK DOWN. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S MORE QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT OR WIN THIS RACE THAN ME. HIS DECISION WAS MADE, HE SAID, AND HE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE. AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE THE JOB'S NOT FINISHED. BUT IN THE END, BIDEN WAS FINISHED, ISOLATING WITH COVID-19 AND INCREASINGLY ISOLATED WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY. THE PRESIDENT, AMERICA'S 46TH, ENDED HIS BID FOR A SECOND TERM IN THE OVAL OFFICE, AND HE DID IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, REPORTEDLY JUST ONE MINUTE AFTER TELLING SOME OF HIS MOST SENIOR STAFF. HE SAID... BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN ALLIES, THEY ARE NOW EVALUATING THIS RACE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES ADS ARE BEING PREPARED AGAINST HARRIS IN CASE SHE EMERGES AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. IN A SEPARATE POST ONLY HALF AN HOUR LATER, BIDEN BACKED HIS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, SAYING... THERE IS SOME REAL SADNESS HERE AT HOW THIS HAS PLAYED OUT AND HOW THIS HAS OCCURRED, BUT I'LL ALSO BE HONEST, THERE IS SOME RELIEF HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THE GROWING CONSENSUS HAD BEEN THAT JOE BIDEN SIMPLY COULD NOT WIN THIS RACE. I... E-ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE, UH... WITH THE COVID` EXCUSE ME, WITH, UM, DEALING WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, LOOK... THE CNN DEBATE WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR BIDEN. AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE UNTIL WE GET THE TOTAL BAN ON THE-THE TOTAL INITIATIVE RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA 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. I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS JOB. (CHEERING) I KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. BIDEN KNEW THE DEBATE WAS A DISASTER AND CAME OUT FIGHTING THE NEXT DAY. WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, YOU GET BACK UP. (CHEERING) BUT DAYS LATER, ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC SLIP UP AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN FRONT OF THE WORLD AND POWERFUL WORLD LEADERS. AND NOW I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, WHO HAS AS MUCH COURAGE AS HE HAS DETERMINATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN. (APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT PUTIN? HE'S GONNA BEAT PRESIDENT PUTIN. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. FOR MONTHS, THE SIGNS OF HIS FRAILTY AND MENTAL DECLINE HAVE BEEN CLEAR TO SEE. HE PUSHED BACK AGAINST THE WITHERING CONCLUSIONS OF A REPORT BY SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HERR. IN HIS DESCRIPTION, YOU ARE A WELL-MEANING ELDERLY MAN WITH A POOR MEMORY. I'M WELL-MEANING AND I'M AN ELDERLY MAN, AND I KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M DOING. I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT AND I PUT THIS COUNTRY BACK ON ITS FEET. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS, MR PRESIDENT. (CHEERING) HE'S ALREADY THE OLDEST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT AT 81, FIVE DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL. JOE, YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. YOU ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION. YOU KNEW ALL THE FACTS. (CHEERING) ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT COULDN'T QUELL QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN'S ABILITY TO BEAT TRUMP, WHOSE SURVIVAL OF AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BOOSTED HIS POPULARITY. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. (GUNSHOTS POP) GET DOWN, GET DOWN, GET DOWN. (SCREAMING) STEPPING DOWN SEEMED INEVITABLE FOR BIDEN. HE DID THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS COUNTRY. HE DID THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS PARTY. ALL OF US ARE GONNA BE IN THIS SITUATION SOMEDAY, AND I HOPE THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOUR THIS MAN AND TO LOVE THIS MAN. I LOVE JOE BIDEN. WHILE ON THE SURFACE IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A WIN OF SORTS FOR THE REPUBLICANS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS DECIDED TO STAND ASIDE, IT DOES PRESENT A NEW CHALLENGE FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS. SOME IN THAT PARTY HAD HOPED THAT JOE BIDEN WOULD STAY ON UNTIL NOVEMBER'S ELECTION IN A FEW MONTHS TIME, BELIEVING HE WOULD BE EASIER TO BEAT THAN A YOUNGER, NEW DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. ALL EYES ARE ON THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HOW SHE WILL FARE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IF SHE SECURES THE NOMINATION. KAMALA HARRIS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING... JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY WILL BE AS THE MAN WHO DEFEATED TRUMP, BUT IN THE END, HAD TO MAKE THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION IN POLITICS ` WALKING AWAY EVEN WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD MORE TO GIVE. MITCH, IS VP KAMALA HARRIS GAINING ANY STEAM HERE? IS SHE RECEIVING MORE SUPPORT THAN BIDEN WAS? THE NEW YORK TIMES SAYS TONIGHT THIS IS A RACE REBORN. SO FAR IT HAS BEEN A SEAMLESS SUCCESSION TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET FOR HARRIS AFTER JOE BIDEN'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN FROM THE NOMINATION EARLIER TODAY. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT. THE FIRST ONE IS THE NUMBER OF ENDORSEMENTS THAT HARRIS IS RECEIVING FROM PEOPLE WERE THOUGHT THAT WOULD RUN AGAINST LIKE GAVIN NEWSOME, HE HAS DECIDED TO ENDORSE HARRIS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, SHE IS RAISING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. ONE OF THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING WEBSITE SAID BY 1 O'CLOCK NEW ZEALAND TIME THIS AFTERNOON, AFTERNOO HARRIS HAD RAISED AROUND US$50 MILLION. SHE IS GETTING A LOT OF ENDORSEMENTS IN CASH. THROUGHOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION, HARRIS HAS BEEN DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. IN MANY POINTS, PER POLLING WAS LOWER THAN JOE BIDEN'S. TONIGHT, THINGS MIGHT BE TURNING AROUND THE HARRIS. MITCH, JOE BIDEN ENDORSED HARRIS, THEN SAID, 'LET'S DO THIS.' IT'S A VERY FAMILIAR CATCH-CRY FOR KIWIS. IT WAS JACINDA ARDERN AND THE LABOUR PARTY'S CATCHPHRASE IN THE 2017 ELECTION. I'M NOT SURE JOE BIDEN KNEW THAT. THERE WILL BE AN INEVITABILITY PEOPLE COMPARE ARDERN AND HARRIS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE BOTH FEMALE LEADERS ASCENDING TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET OVER UNPOPULAR MALE LEADERS. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER HARRIS WILL HAVE THE SUCCESS JACINDA ARDERN HAD IN 2017. THANKS, MITCH. WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN SOON FOR MORE ANALYSIS. DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID HARRIS 'WILL BE EASIER TO BEAT THAN JOE BIDEN WOULD HAVE BEEN', WHILE SHE'S HIT BACK, CALLING HIM EXTREME. IN A STATEMENT, SHE SAID... PROJECT 2025 IS THE MANIFESTO OF CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS WANTING TO INCREASE TRUMP'S POWER AS PRESIDENT AND INFUSE THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY WITH WHAT THEY CALL 'CHRISTIAN VALUES'. ZANE SMALL EXPLAINS. JOE BIDEN, WHO WILL MAKE HISTORY BECAUSE OF HIS AGE... ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE AT JUST 29, JOE BIDEN'S AGE HAS COME TO DEFINE HIS CAREER, NOW BOWING OUT AT AGE 81. BUT HIS LIFE IS ALSO DEFINED BY TRAGEDY ` HIS FIRST WIFE'S CAR WAS HIT BY A TRUCK IN 1972. THE COUPLE'S 1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS KILLED; THE TWO SONS SURVIVED. BIDEN MADE SEVERAL BIDS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, IN 2008 LOSING TO BARACK OBAMA, BUT LATER SWORN IN AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT. THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. THEN AT AGE 77, HE WAS FINALLY ELECTED TO THE TOP JOB IN 2021, BUT HIS OPPONENT, DONALD TRUMP, WOULDN'T ACCEPT THE RESULT... (CROWD CLAMOURS) ...CULMINATING IN ONE OF AMERICA'S DARKEST DAYS ` THE JANUARY 6 ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION. USA! STEPPING ASIDE, BIDEN IS NOW PUTTING HIS FAITH IN VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THE HIGHEST-RANKING FEMALE OFFICIAL IN U.S. HISTORY AND A FORMER ATTORNEY-GENERAL, KAMALA HARRIS COULD BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I AM KAMALA HARRIS, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HER, AND I AM A WOMAN SITTING AT THE TABLE WEARING A BLUE SUIT. SO WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOST RUN AGAINST IF YOU'RE US, IF WE WANNA WIN? READY? KAMALA HARRIS. (BOOING) THE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD HAVE A PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO THINKS HE'S IMMUNE AND ABLE THEN TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH THAT OFFICE THAT INCLUDE WEAPONISING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES, OR BEING A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. HARRIS HAS VOWED TO... THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PROJECT IS A MANIFESTO OF AMBITIONS CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS HAVE FOR THE NEXT WHITE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION. IT PROPOSES DELETING TERMS LIKE 'GENDER IDENTITY' AND 'REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS' FROM EVERY PIECE OF LEGISLATION. IT ALSO SUGGESTS BANNING PORNOGRAPHY, SEALING THE BORDER AND ULTIMATELY, CONSOLIDATING EXECUTIVE POWER. 'HE'S INVOLVED IN PROJECT...' AND THEN THEY READ SOME OF THE THINGS AND THEY ARE EXTREME. I MEAN, THEY'RE SERIOUSLY EXTREME, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANNA KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE WILL NOT SIGN A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN. LOOK, ENOUGH WITH THE GAS-LIGHTING. (LAUGHTER) HARRIS ALREADY HAS SOME INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS. IN A STATEMENT, BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON SAID... ADDING... BUT OTHER BIG NAMES ARE YET TO ENDORSE HARRIS, INCLUDING OBAMA AND FORMER SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. BOTH HAVE VOICED SUPPORT FOR AN OPEN NOMINATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NEXT MONTH, WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT OFFICIALLY WHO GOES UP AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. MITCH, IT ALL MAKES YOU WONDER ` SHOULD BIDEN JUST RESIGN AND LET KAMALA TAKE POWER NOW? IT DOES MAKE YOU WONDER THAT, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY. JOE BIDEN DIDN'T WANT TO STEP DOWN FROM THE NOMINATION. IT ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF ALL THAT PRESSURE OTHER DEMOCRATS PUT ON HIM TO DO SO. THOSE SAME DEMOCRATS ARE NOT ASKING HIM TO RESIGN THE PRESIDENCY. HE HAS NO AILMENT, PHYSICAL AILMENT THAT WE KNOW OF, THAT WOULD FORCE THEM TO DO THAT. JOE BIDEN WANTS TO CONTINUE AND FINISH HIS TERM. SOME REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP, SAY HE SHOULD BE RESIGNING. AND HE SAYS HE SHOULD BE STEPPING OUT OF OFFICE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. DONALD TRUMP HAS SENT A FLOOD OF SOCIAL MEDIA POST TONIGHT THAT ARE OUT THERE. THAT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY. I WILL READ ONE NOW ABOUT JOE BIDEN STEPPING DOWN. HE SAID WHO WAS RUNNING OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? IT IS NOT CROOKED JOE. HE HAS NO IDEA WHERE HE IS. HE CAN'T RUN FOR OFFICE; HE CAN'T RUN OUR COUNTRY. THE SAME DONALD TRUMP THAT WAS CALLING FOR UNITY JUST SEVEN DAYS AGO. MARITIME NZ SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY IF IT'LL LODGE AN APPEAL AGAINST TODAY'S NOT-GUILTY VERDICT FOR THE ENCHANTER SKIPPER. LANCE GOODHEW WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CHARTER FISHING BOAT OFF THE NORTHLAND COAST WITH 10 MEN ON BOARD, WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A ROGUE WAVE, KILLING FIVE OF THEM. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES, DIRECTLY RESULTING IN THE DEATHS, BUT A JUDGE TODAY REJECTED THOSE CLAIMS. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. THE MOMENT THE FIVE SURVIVORS OF THE ENCHANTER WERE RESCUED, AFTER SURVIVING ALMOST FIVE HOURS IN THE OCEAN. RADIO: ONE ATTACHED, TWO ATTACHED. THE OTHER FIVE MEN ON THE CHARTER FISHING BOAT DIED THAT DAY, AFTER THE 16M VESSEL WAS HIT BY A ROGUE WAVE AT NORTH CAPE. WE HAVE RETRIEVED THREE SURVIVORS FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE VESSEL. SKIPPER LANCE GOODHEW WAS LATER CHARGED. THE PROSECUTION CASE IS THAT HE BREACHED THAT DUTY AND EXPOSED HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGERS TO RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. THIS VIDEO TAKEN FROM THE BOAT SHOWS THE SWELLS THE ENCHANTER WAS IN EARLIER THAT DAY. GOODHEW LATER OPTED TO LEAVE THE SHELTER OF THE THREE KNIGHTS ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS HAD EASED, MARITIME NZ ARGUED GOODHEW SHOULD HAVE KNOW THE SEA WAS STILL DANGEROUS. HOWEVER, THE JUDGE REJECTED THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AND SAID HE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN THAT GOODHEW, AN EXPERIENCED SEAFARER, COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE ROGUE WAVE AND FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY. GOODHEW WAS REPORTEDLY IN TEARS, HUGGING HIS LAWYERS AFTER THE VERDICT WAS DELIVERED. MARITIME NZ SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER IT'LL LODGE AN APPEAL... NONE OF THE SURVIVORS WERE IN COURT FOR TODAY'S DECISION, BUT SOME SPOKE TO KAREN RUTHERFORD IN TV3'S DOCUMENTARY, THE ENCHANTER TRAGEDY, DESCRIBING THE MOMENT THEY WERE HIT BY A HUGE ROGUE WAVE. AND NOW A JUDGE HAS DECIDED SKIPPER LANCE GOODHEW DIDN'T FAIL IN HIS DECISIONS THAT DAY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SACKED THE ENTIRE BOARD OF HEALTH NZ AND REPLACED IT WITH A COMMISSIONER, AMID WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS 'CONCERNS AROUND OVERSIGHT, 'OVERSPEND AND A SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION IN FINANCIAL OUTLOOK'. SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. JENNA, HOW BAD DID THE GOVERNMENT SAY THE BOOKS WERE LOOKING? $1.4 BILLION THAT. THE HEALTH MINISTER SAID HE WAS ALERTED BY HEALTH NEW ZEALAND IN MARCH THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SAVINGS THEY HAVE PROMISED. FROM THERE IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THEY ARE NOW OVERSPENDING AT A RATE OF $130 MILLION A MONTH HE SAYS. THE GOVERNMENT WAS SCATHING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS, ' BOTCHED AMALGAMATION OF THE DHB'S' THEY SAY ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS A LAYER OF MANAGEMENT WAS PUT OVER THE DHB'S BUT THE PROBLEMS REMAINED UNDERNEATH THEM. THERE ARE NOW 14 LAYERS OF STAFFING BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND THE TOP OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THEY SAY THAT SHOULD BE WHITTLED DOWN TO 6. THAT COULD LEAD TO UP TO 3000 JOB LOSSES. RETI SAYS A LACK OF OVERSIGHT ALL SPIRALLED INTO THE SITUATION, WHERE NO ONE HAD OVERSIGHT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. NO ONE HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY WATCHING AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY MONITORING THE GOVERNMENT'S SINGLE BIGGEST CROWN ENTITY. SHANE SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. HE THINKS THE AMALGAMATION WAS SOMEWHAT A GOOD IDEA, BUT HE WANTS A REGIONAL APPROACH. HE HAS ORDERED FOR REGIONALISED AREAS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, SO THERE IS A LOCAL LENS ON WHAT EACH AREA NEEDS. HE PROMISES THIS EXERCISE WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON FRONT-LINE SERVICES. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY ABOUT THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABUSE AND CARE. THAT REPORT IS SAID TO BE PUBLICLY DELIVERED ON WEDNESDAY. IT IS GOING TO BE A HARROWING, DIFFICULT READ, DETAILING THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN BEING ABUSED BY THE PEOPLE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AFTER THEM. THEY WERE ABUSED BY THE STATE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT IS A SHAMEFUL PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S HISTORY. HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE MAKING A FORMAL PUBLIC APOLOGY TO SURVIVORS AT PARLIAMENT ON NOVEMBER 12. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER. A WET START TO TERM THREE, HEATHER? IF YOU TIMED THE WALK TO SCHOOL WRONG, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN WET. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY HAS HAD PLENTY OF SHOWERS TODAY ` HEAVY, SQUALLY, SOME THUNDERY ` AS A COUPLE OF TROUGHS SCOOTED OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. MOST RAIN, THOUGH, WENT TO THE VERY SOUTHERN END OF 90 MILE BEACH WITH AROUND 26MM. AND IN THE SAME NEIGHBOURHOOD, ONE OF THE WARMEST SPOTS WITH 17 DEGREES. IT'S IMPROVING FOR THE REST OF THE WORKING WEEK. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` A CANADIAN MAN DUBBED 'THE MERCHANT OF DEATH' HAS BEEN LINKED TO THE SUICIDES OF FOUR NEW ZEALANDERS. AND WHY LOCALS IN MAJORCA HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS DEMANDING A CLAMP DOWN ON TOURISM. HOUSES ARE BEING EVACUATED NEAR LAKE PUKAKI THIS EVENING, AS FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE A SCRUB FIRE. THE FIRE IS COVERING 50 HECTARES OF LAND, WITH CREWS FROM TWIZEL, OMARAMA AND LAKE TEKAPO RESPONDING. POLICE ARE ASSISTING WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND EVACUATING AFFECTED RESIDENTS. A 22-YEAR-OLD APPEARED IN COURT TODAY ACCUSED OF STABBING A FATHER WHO WAS PICKING UP HIS DAUGHTER FROM TOWN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM'S WIFE SAYS HER HUSBAND (39) IS STILL IN HOSPITAL AFTER BEING CRITICALLY INJURED IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH AT AROUND 4am. SHE SAYS HE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE DAUGHTER RECEIVED CUTS TO HER HAND. THE SUSPECT IS CHARGED WITH WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. HE DID NOT ENTER A PLEA. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT STORY IS CONFRONTING. THE CORONER HAS LINKED FOUR NEW ZEALAND SUICIDES TO A CANADIAN MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SUPPLIED LETHAL PRODUCTS ONLINE. FORMER CHEF KENNETH LAW (58) FACES A MURDER TRIAL IN CANADA NEXT YEAR. BUT THE BROTHER OF A MAN WHO PURCHASED A LETHAL PACKAGE FROM LAW TOLD THREE NEWS THE TRIAL'S OUTCOME WILL BE OF LITTLE COMFORT TO DISTRAUGHT FAMILIES. NICK TRUEBRIDGE HAS THE STORY. THIS IS JAMES PLUNKETT, A DJ AND PERSONAL TRAINER WITH A BEAMING SMILE. HIS LIFE ENDED AGED JUST 40. HE WORKED AS A PERSONAL TRAINER. WAS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE KIND OF BECOME FIT AND, UH, IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH. JAMES'S DEATH IS ONE OF FOUR SUICIDES THE CORONER'S OFFICIALLY LINKED TO CANADIAN KEN LAW (58), THE SO-CALLED 'POISON CHEF' ALLEGED TO HAVE DISTRIBUTED HUNDREDS OF PACKAGES CONTAINING LETHAL SUBSTANCES VIA WEBSITES HE OPERATED TO AS MANY AS 40 COUNTRIES. HE FACES A MURDER TRIAL NEXT YEAR. WE ARE AWARE OF OTHER POLICE INVESTIGATIONS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, AND WE ARE AWARE OF OTHER INVESTIGATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. AS THE CASE AGAINST LAW COMES TOGETHER, FAMILIES IN CANADA AND ABROAD ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT. IN NEW ZEALAND, CORONER ALEXANDRA CUNNINGHAME HAS LINKED FOUR SUICIDES TO THE MAN DUBBED 'THE MERCHANT OF DEATH'. ONE OF THEM WAS JAMES PLUNKETT, WHO ORDERED AN ITEM ONLINE FROM A BUSINESS CONNECTED TO LAW IN JUNE 2022, A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH. HIS BROTHER JACK PLUNKETT TOLD US HIS FAMILY WANTED TO SEE BETTER REGULATION OF THE SUBSTANCE, PARTICULARLY AROUND IMPORTS, AS RECOMMENDED BY CORONER CUNNINGHAME. WE'RE REALLY SAD, REALLY, THAT HE WAS IN A POSITION AND THAT HE FELT HE NEEDED TO, UM, MAKE THIS ORDER, AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT UPSETTING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET HOLD OF IT SO EASILY. SUCH IMPORTS NEEDED TO BE BETTER REGULATED, HE SAID, AND IT SHOULD BE HARDER TO ACCESS WEBSITES LIKE THOSE CONNECTED TO LAW. YEAH, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY EXTREME` YOU KNOW, VERY SAD THAT UM, YEAH, WE CAN ONLY MAKE THESE CHANGES TOO LATE FOR JAMES AND FOR THOSE OTHER PEOPLE. ISPs NEED TO BE A BIT MORE VIGILANT ABOUT BLOCKING ACCESS TO THESE KINDS OF WEBSITES. CORONER CUNNINGHAME HAS IDENTIFIED THREE OTHER DEATHS LINKED TO THE ACTIVITIES OF KENNETH LAW, ALL OF THEM YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY ARE HAMILTON LIANA KIRK (21), OTAGO STUDENT CROW GRANT, AGED JUST 18, AND WELLINGTON 21-YEAR OLD NICHOLAS HEYWORTH. IT'S NOT KNOWN WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER CASES IN NEW ZEALAND WITH LINKS TO KEN LAW. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE AGAINST HIM, IT'LL BE OF LITTLE COMFORT TO THE PLUNKET FAMILY. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF AN INTEREST IN HIM. WE'RE REALLY KIND OF FOCUSSED ON HOW JAMES WAS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE WAS FEELING AT THAT TIME. A TRIAL OF GRIEF AND DESPAIR THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE. AND IF THAT STORY HAS RAISED ANY ISSUES FOR YOU, HELP IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY BY CALLING OR TEXTING 1737. NICK, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE DEATHS IN NZ? NONE YET. WHAT WE CAN SAY TONIGHT IS THOSE DEATHS IN NEW ZEALAND, THE FOUR OF THEM, OTHER TOP OF THE ICEBERG. THE CANADIAN NEWS OUTLET HAS REPORTED 126 IN TOTAL, NOT JUST A NEW ZEALAND; WE'RE TALKING GERMANY, UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM. NEW ZEALAND POLICE, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THEM ABOUT THIS. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SAYING ANYTHING, HAVEN'T EVEN CONFIRMED IF THERE ARE ANY LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS, HAVEN'T CONFIRMED THE EXTENT OF THE COOPERATION WITH CANADA. CANADIAN POLICE HAVE SAID THE SAME. THIS IS A LIVE INVESTIGATION. THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN SAY. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER DEATHS IN NEW ZEALAND POTENTIALLY CONNECTED TO KENNETH LAW. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF THERE ARE ANY. THAT MURDER TRIAL WILL START NEXT YEAR. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT UPDATES AS WELL. STILL TO COME ` MAJORCA LOCALS SAY OVER-TOURISM IS DESTROYING THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND DRIVING UP THE COST OF LIVING. IT'S BEEN REVEALED PRINCE PHILIP WAS NAMED IN FBI DOCUMENTS RELATING TO ONE OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST SEX SCANDALS. AND LATER IN SPORT ` WHY MOANA PASIFIKA LANDING ARDIE SAVEA IS BEING TOUTED AS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE STRUGGLING FRANCHISE. THIS IS THREE NEWS ` IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. JOE BIDEN HAS ENDED HIS BID FOR A SECOND TERM AS U.S. PRESIDENT, SAYING IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO STAND ASIDE. HE'S ENDORSED VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO REPLACE HIM AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. THE SKIPPER OF THE 'ENCHANTER' THAT CAPSIZED, KILLING FIVE MEN, WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF BREACHING HIS DUTIES. THE JUDGE SAID HE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN GOODHEW, AN EXPERIENCED SEAFARER, COULD HAVE PREDICTED A ROGUE WAVE WOULD APPEAR. THE CORONER HAS LINKED FOUR NZ SUICIDES TO A CANADIAN MAN, WHO ALLEGEDLY SUPPLIED LETHAL PRODUCTS ONLINE. POLICE HAVE PRAISED THE BRAVERY OF A FATHER WHO LOST HIS LIFE, TRYING TO SAVE HIS TWIN DAUGHTERS WHEN THEIR PRAM ROLLED ON TO TRAIN TRACKS IN SYDNEY. THE FATHER TRIED DESPERATELY TO LIFT THE DOUBLE STROLLER BACK UP ON TO THE PLATFORM AFTER IT HAD ROLLED ON TO THE TRACKS, BUT HE AND THE TWINS WERE HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAIN. ONE OF THE TWINS SURVIVED AND WAS PULLED FROM BENEATH THE TRAIN AFTER RESCUERS HEARD HER CRIES FROM UNDER THE WRECKAGE. BANGLADESH POLICE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO SHOOT AT SIGHT ANYONE BREAKING CURFEW FOLLOWING CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS THAT HAVE ALREADY LEFT AT LEAST 114 PEOPLE DEAD. WHAT BEGAN AS PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AGAINST A QUOTA SYSTEM FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS HAS NOW TURNED TO NATIONAL UNREST. AND A STRONG WARNING TO VIEWERS ` OUR REPORT BY CHANNEL 4'S EMILY WITHER CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES OF POLICE BRUTALITY. THE COUNTRY IS ALIGHT WITH ANGER. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CUT THE NATION OFF, SHUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET AND TEXT MESSAGES. ONE OF THE PROTESTERS KILLED WAS SHYKH AASHHABUL YAMIN (21). THE STUDENT WAS STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. IN ONE OF HIS LAST SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, HE WROTE HE WAS BOYCOTTING HIS STUDIES TO JOIN THE DEMONSTRATIONS. AND A WARNING ` WHAT HAPPENS TO SHYKH NEXT IS DEEPLY DISTRESSING. LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER, HE IS FILMED HERE. AFTER BEING SHOT DURING THE PROTESTS, HE IS CALLOUSLY AND BRUTALLY TOSSED ON TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BY THE BANGLADESHI POLICE. HE IS STILL ALIVE; BARELY. WHEN ANOTHER CAMERA CAPTURES THE MOMENT, SHYKH IS THROWN AGAIN, THIS TIME OVER A ROAD BARRIER AND LEFT FOR DEAD. BY THE TIME HE'S BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL, HE DIES FROM HIS INJURIES ` THE STORY OF JUST ONE PROTESTER GUNNED DOWN ON GOVERNMENT ORDERS. BANGLADESH FOUGHT A WAR OF INDEPENDENCE FROM PAKISTAN IN 1971. SINCE THEN, A THIRD OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR RELATIVES OF VETERANS. THE STUDENTS SAY THAT'S UNFAIR. BUT ANGER IS ALSO DIRECTED AT AN INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA, WHO'S BEEN IN POWER FOR 15 YEARS. WHETHER THIS ESCALATES FURTHER MIGHT DEPEND ON WHETHER THE MILITARY CONTINUES TO BE IN STEP WITH THE GOVERNMENT. TONIGHT, A STATEMENT FROM JUNIOR OFFICERS OF THE BANGLADESH ARMY SAYS THEY REFUSED TO SHOOT AND ARE STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THAT PRINCE PHILIP WAS NAMED IN TOP-SECRET FBI DOCUMENTS ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS SEX SCANDALS IN THE 1960s. FORMER FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER SUGGESTED THAT THE FORMER DUKE OF EDINBURGH WAS 'INVOLVED' WITH THE TWO WOMEN, CHRISTINE KEELER AND MANDY RICE-DAVIES, AT THE HEART OF THE PROFUMO SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN THE UK GOVERNMENT. PHILIP'S LINKS TO THE PROFUMO AFFAIR FORMED A KEY STORYLINE IN THE NETFLIX SERIES 'THE CROWN'. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT ` AND YOU'VE GOT MORE ON ARDIE SAVEA'S BIG MOVE TO MOANA PASIFIKA. WE HAVE HEARD FROM HIM TODAY. BIG PLAY. TWO KEY FACTORS ` FAMILY, HE IS KEEN TO LINK UP WITH HIS FAMILY, AND TO PAY RESPECT TO HIS SAMOAN HERITAGE. THIS IS A REAL CHANCE FOR HIM TO . BACK TO HIS HERITAGE. THERE IS A WINNER AND LOSER HERE. WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM BOTH MOANA PASIFIKA AND THE HURRICANES AS SAVEA GETS SET FOR A NEW CHALLENGE IN SUPER RUGBY. PLUS, THE TACTIX EYE A FIRST-EVER HOME FINAL IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP ` HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR PAINFUL PAST TO FUEL THEIR TILT AT THE TITLE. AND IT'S A MIXED DAY FOR THE KIWI CONTINGENT AT THE LATEST INDYCAR ROUND IN TORONTO. ARDIE SAVEA SAYS HE KNEW THE TIME WAS RIGHT TO MAKE A CHANGE, AS HE PREPARES TO FAREWELL THE HURRICANES AND START AFRESH AT MOANA PASIFIKA NEXT SEASON. SAVEA WILL JOIN THE AUCKLAND-BASED FRANCHISE ON A DEAL THROUGH TO 2027, IN WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE STRUGGLING SUPER RUGBY NEWBIES. PULLING ON HIS NEW COLOURS FOR THE FIRST TIME ` A MOVE TO MOANA PASIFIKA IS ONE ARDIE SAVEA FEELS IS RIGHT FOR HIM. I FEEL LIKE IN MY HEART, IT'S TIME TO TRY AND GIVE BACK, AND BE AROUND THE BROTHERS AND TRY SOMETHING NEW. AND BE AROUND THE BROTHERS AND TRY SOMETHING NEW. AT THE CORE OF THAT ` A CHANCE TO REPRESENT HIS HERITAGE. I THINK IT'S BEEN ON MY HEART TO TRY AND REPRESENT SAMOA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. MOANA HAVE BEEN EYEING A MARQUEE SIGNING FOR SOME TIME. CHAIRMAN SIR MICHAEL JONES COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED IT WOULD LAND THEM A PLAYER OF SAVEA'S QUALITY. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NEXT LEVEL. IT IS A GAME CHANGER FOR US. AND OUR WAVE IS RISING, AND THE TIDE HAS TURNED, BUT IT'S REALLY GONNA HAVE A TSUNAMI EFFECT, TO BE FAIR. THAT'S BECAUSE IN SAVEA, MOANA PASIFIKA NOT ONLY GET THE WORLD RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE GAME'S MOST MARKETABLE PLAYERS. WE CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE HOW BIG THIS IS ` HIS BRAND IS HUGE; WE'RE A FLEDGING NEW BRAND. AND IT FAST-TRACKS THAT WITH THE PRESENCE AND THE FACT THAT HE'S PART OF OUR FAMILY NOW. BUT NOT ALL ARE CONVINCED OF THE MERITS OF SAVEA'S MOVE. IS IT GOOD FOR ARDIE SAVEA IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER SEASON WHERE THEY'RE SECOND TO LAST? IS THAT GONNA HELP US AS ALL BLACK FANS, THAT ARDIE'S GONNA COME FROM POSSIBLY HAVING TO DO EXTRA, OR STRUGGLING? IT'LL BE A BIGGER WORKLOAD, YEAH. IT'LL BE A BIGGER WORKLOAD. WHILE THE HURRICANES ARE SUPPORTIVE, THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED TO LOSE THEIR MOST INFLUENTIAL PLAYER. TO BE HONEST, OLLIE, WHEN WE WENT INTO IT, I THINK PROBABLY ARDIE AND OURSELVES WERE WORKING TOWARDS A HURRICANES EXTENSION. BUT AFTER 11 YEARS IN THE CAPITAL, SAVEA KNEW THE TIME WAS RIGHT. IF I SWITCHED TEAMS, I DIDN'T WANNA COME AT THE END OF MY CAREER ` I WANTED TO COME WHEN I'M STILL GOOD AND STILL, YOU KNOW, CAN OFFER A LOT. HE'S SURE TO DO THAT, AS THE STARS FINALLY ALIGN FOR A TEAM WHO'VE HAD A TOUGH INTRODUCTION TO SUPER RUGBY. THE CENTRAL PULSE AND MAINLAND TACTIX WILL FACE OFF IN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCHES OF THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP THIS EVENING AS THEY FIGHT TO FINISH TOP OF THE TABLE. WHOEVER WINS TONIGHT'S FINAL ROUND ROBIN MATCH WILL NOT ONLY GO STRAIGHT INTO THE COMPETITION'S GRAND FINAL, BUT ALSO EARN HOSTING RIGHTS. AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, THERE'S ONE THING THAT'S MAKING THE TACTIX EXTRA HUNGRY. AS THE TACTIX PREPARE FOR THEIR LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THEY'RE UNDER NO ILLUSION OF HOW TOUGH IT WILL BE. WE BOTH WANT TO WIN THAT GAME, SO IT'S GONNA BE SPICY. THE SIDE WILL TAKE ON THE PULSE IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT, AND A VICTORY WOULD SEE THEM WIN A HOME GRAND FINAL. IT WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING. LIKE, WE... OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN IN FINALS BEFORE, BUT NEVER HAD THEM HERE. THE SIDE HAVE PLAYED IN TWO SINCE THE DOMESTIC COMPETITION STARTED, FALLING SHORT BOTH TIMES ` SOMETHING CAPTAIN KIMIORA POI HOPES WILL CHANGE IF THEY WERE TO HOST. HAVING 5000 PEOPLE CHEERING FOR YOU, OUR FAMILIES IN THE CROWD, YEAH, IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME. THAT CROWD HAS ALREADY BEEN A HUGE FACTOR FOR THE SIDE THIS YEAR, HELPING THEM WIN A NUMBER OF THRILLERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, INCLUDING THEIR LAST GAME AGAINST THE PULSE. BUT THEY WON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT TONIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING AWAY THIS WEEK, WE'VE GOTTA BE 5% BETTER THAN THEM. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STAY CALM WHEN WE NEED TO STAY CALM. AND WHEN WE HAVE THE... THEM FOOT DOWN ON THE THROAT, THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF ACCELERATE ON AND PUSH ON. AND WITH THE REGION BEING ONE TROPHY DOWN THIS YEAR ALREADY, THE TACTIX ARE HOPING TO FILL THAT SPOT. THE CRUSADERS DIDN'T DO WELL THIS YEAR, SO WE KIND OF JUST KINDA TAKEN THAT ROLE, AND HOPEFULLY THEIR SUPPORTERS CAN KIND OF BACK US ALONG THE WAY. THE SIDE HOPING THEY BOOK THEIR SPOT IN THE FINAL DANCE FOR ALL FANS TONIGHT. AFTER AN UNDERWHELMING QUALIFYING RESULT, SCOTT DIXON HAS RECOVERED IN BRILLIANT FASHION TO FINISH THIRD AT THE LATEST INDYCAR ROUND IN TORONTO. DIXON STARTED THE DAY WAY BACK IN 15TH, BUT WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY PEEL OFF THE DRIVERS IN FRONT OF HIM, THANKS IN PART TO SOME EARLY RACE CHAOS. THE PODIUM FINISH MOVES DIXON UP TO THIRD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. WE'LL KEEP AT IT. YOU KNOW, 50 POINTS. I THINK AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, I WAS, LIKE, 100 AND SOMETHING ELSE. SO WE CLOSE THAT GAP BY ABOUT 50 POINTS, SO WE'LL TRY, MAN. IT WASN'T SUCH AN ENJOYABLE DAY FOR FELLOW KIWI SCOTT MCLAUGHLAN, FORCED TO WITHDRAW WITH EIGHT LAPS TO GO, AFTER TEAMMATE WILL POWER CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO THE WALL. AUSSIE F1 DRIVER OSCAR PIASTRI HAS CLAIMED AN INAUGURAL GRAND PRIX VICTORY IN HUNGARY, BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME MCLAREN TEAM DRAMA. THE 23-YEAR-OLD LED FOR MUCH OF THE RACE, BUT APPEARED TO LOSE OUT WHEN TEAMMATE LANDO NORRIS PITTED FIRST DURING THE SECOND ROUND OF STOPS AND TOOK THE LEAD. NORRIS RELUCTANTLY HANDING THE POSITION BACK TO PIASTRI ON LAP 68, WHO WENT ON TO CLAIM HIS FIRST-EVER VICTORY. XANDER SCHAUFFELE HAS ADDED A SECOND MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TO HIS NAME AFTER SURGING TO VICTORY AT THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. THE WORLD NUMBER THREE CARDED A FINAL-ROUND SIX-UNDER 65 TO PULL AWAY FROM A TIGHTLY-PACKED LEADERBOARD AND CLINCH THE FINAL MAJOR OF THE YEAR. LUCY THOMSON HAS THE ACTION. A COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED XANDER SCHAUFFELE MAKING HIS WAY DOWN THE 18TH, SOON TO BE CROWNED CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR AFTER A STRESS-FREE PAR-4 ON THE FINAL HOLE PUT VICTORY AT ROYAL TROON BEYOND DOUBT. (CHEERING) BRILLIANT FROM XANDER SCHAUFFELE. IT MEANS A LOT. IT'S SOMETHING ALL OF US PLAY FOR, AND IT REALLY IS A DREAM COME TRUE TO BE HOLDING THIS, AND IT DEFINITELY HASN'T SUNKEN IN YET. THE WIN MAKES HIM THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN TWO MAJORS IN A SEASON, SINCE BROOKS KOEPKA IN 2018. HIS VICTORY AT MAY'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP FILLING HIM WITH CONFIDENCE. AND IT ACTUALLY DID ` I HAD THIS SENSE OF CALM, A CALM I DIDN'T HAVE WHEN I PLAYED EARLIER AT THE PGA. I WAS TELLING AUSTIN, MY CADDY, ON THE 18TH HOLE THAT I FELT PRETTY CALM COMING DOWN THIS STRETCH, AND HE SAID HE WAS ABOUT TO PUKE ON THE 18TH TEE. AND WHO COULD BLAME HIM, ON A DAY WHEN SEVEN GOLFERS STARTED THE FINAL ROUND WITHIN ONE SHOT OF LEADER BILLY HORSCHEL. (CHEERING) WHAT A START! SCHAUFFELE EVENTUALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LIGHTER CONDITIONS, SETTING UP THIS BIRDIE ON ONE OF ROYAL TROON'S HARDEST HOLES, THE PAR-4 11TH. THAT'S JUST ABOUT PERFECT FROM SCHAUFFELE. BEFORE BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES ON THE 13TH AND 14TH GAVE HIM A TWO-SHOT LEAD AT 7-UNDER AND HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF A SECOND MAJOR TITLE. OH, HE'S FOUND ANOTHER. SCHAUFFELE STRIKES AGAIN. THAT IS THREE BIRDIES ON THIS BACK NINE. A LATE SURGE FROM ENGLAND'S JUSTIN ROSE ON THE 16TH NOT ENOUGH TO CATCH SCHAUFFELE, WHO HELD A THREE-SHOT LEAD WITH JUST ONE HOLE TO PLAY. I TOLD MYSELF TO HIT IT DOWN THERE LIKE YOU HAVE ALL DAY AND REALLY JUST KEPT MOVING ALONG. ROSE AND HORSCHEL FINISHING IN A TIE FOR SECOND, AS SCHAUFFELE WENT ON TO CLAIM A TWO-SHOT VICTORY AND MAKE HIS WAY BACK INTO THE WINNERS CIRCLE, CLARET JUG IN HAND. FINALLY TONIGHT, TADEJ POGACAR HAS CLAIMED A SENSATIONAL TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORY, WINNING THE FINAL TIME TRIAL IN NICE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD SEALED HIS THIRD TOUR DE FRANCE WIN BY OVER SIX MINUTES, TAKING SIX STAGE WINS IN THE PROCESS. DEFENDING CHAMPION JONAS VINGEGAARD PUT IN A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE TO FINISH SECOND AFTER A NASTY CRASH THREE MONTHS EARLIER HAD HIM IN INTENSIVE CARE. FINISHING IN NICE THIS YEAR, NO ICONIC FINISH IN PARIS. I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME ICONIC PARIS SITES SOON. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE MARCHED IN THE SPANISH ISLAND OF MAJORCA CALLING FOR AN END TO MASS TOURISM AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ORGANISERS SAY THE SHEER VOLUME OF TOURISTS ` AND AIRBNB OPERATORS ` ARE SUFFOCATING THE REGION AND DRIVING UP THE COST OF LIVING FOR LOCALS. ITV'S JAMES MATES REPORTS. FIRST IT WAS TENERIFE, THEN BARCELONA, NOW MALLORCA INSISTING IT'S NOT FOR SALE, THAT REAL PEOPLE LIVE HERE, THAT THE SUMMER TOURIST INVASION IS TOO MUCH. (SHOUTS IN SPANISH) MORE THAN 10,000 SNAKED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NARROW COBBLED STREETS OF PALMA OLD TOWN. (CHEERING) THEIR SIGNS WRITTEN OFTEN IN ENGLISH TO MAKE CLEAR THE TARGET OF THEIR PROTEST. BUT THERE WAS ONE NAME ON THE LIPS OF EVERYONE HERE AS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE. (ALL CHANT IN SPANISH) 'AIRBNB, GET OUT,' THEY SHOUT AS PEOPLE LOOK DOWN FROM BALCONIES OF APARTMENTS, THOUSANDS OF WHICH ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY'S WINDOWS FILLED WITH HOLIDAY LETS WERE A PARTICULAR TARGET. IF THERE'S ONE THING DRIVING THESE PROTESTS, IT'S SKY-HIGH RENTS FOR ORDINARY MALLORCANS. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS AN ANGRY AND GROWING MOVEMENT, NOT JUST ACROSS SPAIN, BUT RIGHT ACROSS EUROPE FROM OVERCROWDED TOURIST ISLANDS TO OVERFLOWING CITY CENTRES. THERE IS AGREEMENT ON WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THERE IS NO CONSENSUS, THOUGH, ON A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. ALL THE PRICES HERE ARE SO HIGH TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? I DON'T KNOW. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO MAKE SOMETHING. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO THIS? THE SOLUTION? MORE CONTROL. I WOULD FORBID THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS OR VACATIONAL HOMES, AND PUT, LIKE, A LIMIT PRICE FOR THE RENTS AND FOR THE PRICE OF THE HOUSES. ALMOST AS MANY SUGGESTIONS AS PROTESTERS. TOURISTS SPENDING MONEY IN PAVEMENT CAFES WATCHED ON IN SOME BEMUSEMENT, JUST WANTING TO ENJOY THEIR HOLIDAYS. BUT THIS SUMMER OF RAGE AGAINST OVERTOURISM STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO RUN, AND BEFORE LONG, A GOVERNMENT SOMEWHERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO ACT. HEATHER'S IN NOW WITH THE UPCOMING WEATHER. THE LOW OUT EAST IS STILL CAUSING HEADACHES? IT'S VERY FAR OFF SHORE NOW, BUT IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO OUR STRONG AND COLD SOU'WEST FLOW AND OUR RAPIDLY RISING SOU'WEST SWELL. IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO LARGE, BUT THESE WAVES HAVE A LONG PERIOD AND ARE CARRYING A LOT OF ENERGY, SO HAZARDOUS COASTAL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. A FEW MORE SNOW FLURRIES EXPECTED TONIGHT. JUST TWO ORANGE ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE ` PORTERS PASS TILL 9 O'CLOCK AND LEWIS PASS TILL MIDNIGHT. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK. THE WEATHER IS STARTING TO IMPROVE, WITH THE LOW OUT OVER THE CHATHAM ISLANDS WEAKENING TOMORROW. THIS IS GOOD FOR THE MAINLAND, AS THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THAT STRONG AND COLD SOUTH TO SOU'WEST FLOW. THERE ARE A PAIR OF WEAK FRONTS OUT WEST ` THEY'LL MOVE NORTH TOMORROW, BUT FORTUNATELY, REMAIN MOSTLY OFF SHORE. BUT THERE IS STILL RAIN OR SHOWERS, FALLING AS SNOW TONIGHT, DOWN TO 900M FOR CANTERBURY. THE RAIN CLEARS OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND TOO, WITH JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS CLINGING TO THE RANGES. THAT SOU'WESTERLY WILL STILL BE STRONG, EVEN GALE FORCE ALONG THE EAST COAST, BUT WEAKEN ACROSS TOMORROW. MOST OF THE SHOWERS CLEAR FOR THE ISLAND, WITH JUST CLOUDY PERIODS LEFT ` MAYBE JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, MOST OF THE SHOWERS EASE, WITH JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS LEFT FOR NORTHLAND. BUT THE SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH ` SO WELLINGTON, KAPITI AND HOROWHENUA ` YOUR SHOWERS TURN TO RAIN TONIGHT. THE SOU'WESTERLY IS STRONG TOO, BUT WILL EASE LATER TOMORROW. STILL A FEW SHOWERS TOMORROW AROUND THE WHOLE ISLAND, BUT IT IS CLEARING, WITH A FEW LEFT FOR THE WAIKATO AND COROMANDEL. SO STARTING UP TOP, A MIX ` SOME CLOUD, SOME SUN AND SHOWERS ON AND OFF. THE SOU'WESTERLY WILL BE FRESH, ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THAT WILL KEEP THE AIR CHILLED IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE. FINE WITH MORNING FROST FOR INLAND SPOTS. ANY EARLY CLOUD OVER TAUPO CLEARS QUICKLY, WITH A DEVELOPING MORNING WESTERLY; EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE SOU'WESTERS. NOT BAD OUT EAST ` A FEW SHOWERS FOR MASTERTON AND DANNEVIRKE WITH STRONG SOU'WESTERS, BUT IT'S DRY, JUST CLOUDY FOR HAWKE'S BAY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXED FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH FINE SKIES, SOME CLOUD, AND PATCHY LIGHT RAIN. THE AFTERNOON IS BETTER, BUT WITH A NOTICEABLE SOU'WESTERLY. SOUTHERLIES IN THE SOUTH, STRONG FOR THE CAPITAL. MORNING FROST OR FOG FOR REEFTON. SHELTERED SPOTS EVERYWHERE MIGHT GET FROST, THEN IT'S OK. CLOUD HITS REEFTON AFTER MIDDAY AND WESTPORT MIGHT HAVE A FEW SHOWERS, WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. EARLY RAIN FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH ` THAT'S CLEARING, THOUGH. THE STRONG SOU'WESTER EASES IN THE AFTERNOON TOO, WITH AN AFTERNOON EASTERLY FOR BLENHEIM. FINE AND FROSTY FOR THE USUAL SPOTS; CLOUDY TO START FOR THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, THE AFTERNOON CLEARS WITH A DEVELOPING WESTERLY. SO OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, YOU WILL HAVE DRY WEATHER, BUT A LITTLE CLOUDY AT TIMES. THE WESTERLY HANGS AROUND FOR THE DAY, WITH A FEELS-LIKE HIGH OF 8. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` RAIN FOR YOU, EASING TO ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE am, THEN CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND IS CRUEL ` FRESH SOU'WESTERS THAT WILL DROP THE TEMP DOWN. WINDY FOR WELLINGTON; ISOLATED SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EAST. THEY'LL CLEAR IN THE MORNING, BUT THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WON'T EASE UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. TE MATAU A MAUI HAWKE'S BAY LOOKING GOOD TO START, BUT CLOUD INCREASES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A WESTERLY AND A FEELS-LIKE HIGH OF ONLY 11. THE SOUTHERLY DEVELOPS TONIGHT AROUND TAURANGA, SHIFTING SLIGHTLY TOMORROW TO COME FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE DAY IS FINE, BUT THE WIND PICKS UP DURING THE AFTERNOON. MORNING FROST, BUT FINE FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, THEN CLOUDS RETURN, WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND A SOU'WESTERLY. THE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS WILL EASE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, LEAVING ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT CLEARING LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE SOU'WESTER IS FRESH ` YOU'LL NEED A COUPLE OF LAYERS IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE. TO OZ ` LOOKING GOOD. MOST ARE DRY, BUT A COLD FRONT IS DELIVERING SHOWERS FOR PERTH. AND CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE PACIFIC, TONGA AND NIUE THE BEST SPOTS. AFTER A BIT OF AN UNSETTLED LAST WEEK, IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` A GOOD WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY; JUST A FEW SHOWERS SPREADING DOWN FROM SOUTH WAIKATO TO THE KAPITI COAST. SAME FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE TOP HALF GOOD THROUGH TILL FRIDAY, WHEN RAIN FROM FIORDLAND SPREADS NORTH UP TO GREYMOUTH. IT'S JUST THE LOWER SOUTH THAT HAS A BIT MORE WEATHER THIS WEEK. ISOLATED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY, CLOUDY THURSDAY AND SHOWERS AGAIN FRIDAY. SO THE SOU'WESTERLY TOMORROW KEEPS THINGS WINTRY, BUT THE FLOW TURNS NOR'WEST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THAT WILL LIFT TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST, IN SOME SPOTS UP TO 6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THOUGHT KAMALA HARRIS COULD DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE. 64% OF YOU BELIEVE SHE CAN. AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT TODAY'S DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATES, HEAD TO STUFF.CO.NZ FOR ANALYSIS FROM OUR POLITICAL TEAM. THAT IS 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 SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.