A DEFIANT DARLEEN TANA SAYS SHE'S STAYING PUT IN PARLIAMENT, BUT WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR THE GREENS? FORMER GLORIAVALE MEMBERS HAVE LAUNCHED A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT CLAIMING THEY WERE BORN INTO SLAVERY. KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE'D GOT ENOUGH DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE'S GOT ENOUGH DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES TO SECURE THE NOMINATION. AND WITH JUST FOUR DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE PARIS OLYMPICS OPEN, OUR SEVENS MEN TELL US HOW THEY HOPE TO IMPROVE ON THEIR SILVER IN TOKYO. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. A DEFIANT DARLEEN TANA RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT TODAY AND IS VOWING TO REMAIN ON AS AN MP DESPITE QUITTING HER PARTY. THE GREEN PARTY IS REITERATING ITS CALL FOR TANA TO RESIGN AND IS STILL UNDECIDED AS TO WHETHER IT WILL FORCE HER OUT. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH. STRUGGLING TO FIND THE NEW SEAT. IT'S WAY UP THE BACK THERE IN POLITICAL SIBERIA ` THE LONELIEST PLACE IN PARLIAMENT. BUT NOT FOR DARLEEN TANA. NOT AT ALL. MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY/THEM. I NEVER WALK ALONE, IN FACT. BACK IN THE HOUSE 130 DAYS AFTER BEING EXILED BY THE GREENS AND FINALLY REVEALING THEIR INTENTION. ARE YOU INTENDING TO STAY ON AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT? I CAME INTO PARLIAMENT TO DO SOME MAHI, SO I'M HERE TO DO THAT. THE REPEATED PLEAS FROM THE GREENS FOR A RESIGNATION CONTINUE... AND WE'VE MADE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT THE BEHAVIOUR AND THE ACTION OF DARLEEN TANA IS NOT BEFITTING NOT ONLY OF A MEMBER OF THE GREEN PARTY CAUCUS, BUT OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. ...AND CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED. SO I'M PLEASED TO BE BACK, AND I'M DETERMINED TO CONTINUE SERVING THE PEOPLE. CHLOE SWARBRICK TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH AGAIN THIS MORNING. I REQUESTED THAT SHE FINALLY, AS A MATTER OF BASIC DECENCY AND RESPECT, RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST UNANIMOUSLY FROM OUR CAUCUS FOR HER TO RESIGN. TANA WAS WELCOMED BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH A HONGI FROM TE PATI MAORI CO-LEADER DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH DARLEEN TANA ABOUT JOINING TE PATI MAORI? NO, NO. WE JUST SAW HER TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MIHI'D TO HER. THE GREENS HAVE THE OPTION TO KICK TANA OUT OF HERE USING THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION THEY FIERCELY OPPOSE. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE HERE, BUT THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION IS FOR DARLEEN TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AND TO RESIGN. I'M HERE NOW AND DOING THE MAHI FOR AS LONG AS THIS PLACE WILL ALLOW ME TO. THAT'S AT LEAST ONE OUTSTANDING QUESTION ANSWERED, BUT ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE MATTER, ALLEGATIONS TANA WAS INVOLVED IN MIGRANT EXPLOITATION AT THEIR HUSBAND'S BIKE BUSINESS, IT WAS BACK TO EVASIVE FORM. CAN YOU CATEGORICALLY SAY YOU HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN MIGRANT EXPLOITATION AT YOUR HUSBAND'S BUSINESS? WHAT I CAN CATEGORICALLY SAY IS THAT WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY WASTING TAXPAYERS' HARD-EARNED MONEY TO FIND OUT THAT I AM MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED TO GET BACK INTO THE HOUSE. DARLEEN TANA CATEGORICALLY NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. JENNA JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. JENNA, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FROM HERE? WILL THE GREEN PARTY USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION? THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS THAT THAT LEGISLATION CAN BE ENFORCED AND ONE WOULD BE DARLEEN TANA WRITING TO THE SPEAKER WHICH WE UNDERSTAND HAS NOT HAPPENED. THE BALL IS NOW IN THE GREEN PARTY'S COURT. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THEM SAYING THEY HAVE ONLY JUST HEARD THROUGH THE MEDIA THAT DARLEEN TANA INTENDS TO STAY ON AND THAT THE CAUCUS AND PARTY WILL BE TAKING NEXT STEPS WITH THIS IN MIND AND WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN DUE COURSE. THE GREEN PARTY DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT TAKING INTO THE WIDER PARTY, PARTICULAR WITH A PIECE OF LEGISLATION LIKE THIS THAT THEY ARE SO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO. THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE THE GREEN PARTY AGM THIS WEEKEND IN CHRISTCHURCH. TENA KOE. A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST GLORIAVALE AND FIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BY FORMER MEMBERS WHO CLAIM THEY WERE HELD AS SLAVES. AS SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY EXPLAINS, THE LAWSUIT COULD IMPACT NEARLY 1000 PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. THIS BROTHER AND SISTER SAY THEY GREW UP AS SLAVES. THEY TEACH YOU THAT IF YOU DON'T WORK, YOU SHOULDN'T EAT. SO IF YOU DON'T WORK FOR THEM, THEY WILL NOT FEED YOU. YOU'RE GONNA DO HEAVY MENIAL LABOUR. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE SLEEP-DEPRIVED. YOU'RE GONNA BE HUNGRY. AND THAT'S ALL PART OF GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU. THEY SAY IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY LEFT GLORIAVALE AND GOT EMPLOYMENT ON THE OUTSIDE THEY REALISED THE SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS THEY'D LIVED UNDER. AND YOU'RE BEING TOLD TO TAKE BREAKS AND... YEAH, AND BREAKS AND, LIKE... AND THEY'RE OFFERING YOU A COFFEE OR SOMETHING. WHAT? IT'S LIKE... YOU KNOW? JUST PEOPLE BEING NICE TO YOU. OUR LIFE WAS SCRIPTED OUT... WITH NO WAY TO CHANGE IT. THE SIBLINGS ARE PART OF THE LAWSUIT SEEKING DAMAGES IN THE MILLIONS. IN THE CLASS OF BORN INTO GLORIAVALE AND/OR SPRINGBANK, YOU'RE LOOKING AROUND 700 TO 800 PEOPLE. SO THIS IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE. THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS CASE... YEAH. ...JUST TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE IN THERE WHO ARE BEING HURT DON'T GET HURT ANY MORE. LIFE CAN BE MORE THAN JUST SERVITUDE AND, YOU KNOW, GRINDING. THE CLAIM FILED IN THE HIGH COURT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS BREACHED INTERNATIONAL TREATIES BY FAILING TO PROTECT GIRLS AND BOYS FROM THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR. THEY ARE SUING SEVERAL GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, ORANGA TAMARIKI, GLORIAVALE'S OVERSEEING SHEPHERD AND OTHER SENIOR LEADERS, AS WELL AS THE TRUST BEHIND GLORIAVALE. EVIDENCE IS ALREADY THERE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SURPRISING LEAVERS HAVE HAD TO BRING THIS, BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THEY WERE INVESTIGATING GLORIAVALE FOR SLAVERY, SERVITUDE AND FORCED LABOUR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND NOTHING'S HAPPENED. DO YOUR JOBS. YOUR JOB IS THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT, BECAUSE GLORIAVALE STILL EXISTS, AND PEOPLE IN THERE ARE STILL BEING ABUSED. THE LEAVERS SAY GLORIAVALE LEADERS RESTRICT THEIR FREE WILL RIGHT FROM WHEN THEY ARE BABIES. THEY SAY IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE FOR PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR HANDS OVER BABIES' MOUTHS TO STOP THEM CRYING. I HAD TO DO THAT TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN MEETINGS. LIKE, IF THEY WERE CRYING, MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE, JUST HAND ON THE MOUTH TILL THEY STOP CRYING. EVERYONE DOES IT... BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS IN THERE ARE SO SYSTEMIC. HOSEA COURAGE HAS A MESSAGE TO THE GLORIAVALE LEADERSHIP. THEIR CRIMES HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM, AND THEY WILL BE PUNISHED FOR THEM. IT'LL NOW BE UP TO THE HIGH COURT TO DECIDE IF THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED MODERN-DAY SLAVERY TO BE PRACTISED IN NEW ZEALAND. JULIET SPEEDY JOINS US NOW LIVE. AND JULIET, HOW HAS GLORIAVALE RESPONDED TO THIS? SAM, IN SHORT, THEY HAVEN'T. I WENT TO THEM THIS MORNING TO GET THEIR REACTION TO NEWS OF THIS LAWSUIT BEING FILED AND THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK TO ME. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THEY HAVE A SECTION ON THEIR WEBSITE SAYING THERE VARIOUS EXPERIENCES OF MEDIA DISTORTS THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY DON'T LEAVE THE MEDIA EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE TRUTH. I WENT TO POLICE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO GLORIAVALE AND THEY REPLIED TO SAY THEY ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING THE SITUATION AND THE EMPLOYMENT COURT, THAT THEY RETAIN OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE GLORIA VALE COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH SEVERAL PARTNER AGENCIES TO SUPPORT VICTIMS. DESPITE OVERSPENDING AT A RATE OF $130M A MONTH, HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT DOESN'T NEED MORE MONEY. YESTERDAY THE HEALTH MINISTER SACKED THE CENTRAL HEALTH BODY'S BOARD OVER AN ESTIMATED DEFICIT OF $1.4B. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, THE GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED COMMISSIONER IS BLAMING BUREAUCRATIC BLOAT. IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY LABOUR IN 2021. HEALTH NZ WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING 20 DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS TO BECOME OUR FIRST TRULY NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. BUT THREE YEARS ON, HEALTH NEW ZEALAND, OR TE WHATU ORA, IS OVERSPENDING AT A RATE OF MORE THAN A $100M A MONTH ` IS OVERSPENDING AT A RATE OF MORE THAN $100M A MONTH ` INFORMATION REVEALED YESTERDAY BY THE HEALTH MINISTER, SHANE RETI, AS HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOARD HAD BEEN SACKED. IT IS NOT A DECISION I HAVE TAKEN LIGHTLY, BUT NOTHING MATTERS MORE TO ME AS MINISTER THAN THE SYSTEM DELIVERING BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE HEALTH FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. FORMER TE WHATU ORA CHAIR LESTER LEVY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS A COMMISSIONER, TASKED WITH FINDING $1.4B IN SAVINGS. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TE WHATU ORA IS A BIG ORGANISATION, AND IN MY VIEW, IT IS QUITE A BLOATED, BUREAUCRATIC ORGANISATION THE GOVERNMENT EARMARKED MORE THAN $16B IN HEALTH SPENDING OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. LABOUR SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH. EVERY DAY, I GET EMAILS FROM FRONTLINE WORKERS SAYING THAT VACANCIES THEY DESPERATELY NEED FILLED ARE GOING UNFILLED. PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR MATERNITY LEAVE FILLED; SERVICES THAT ARE DESPERATELY STRETCHED CAN'T GET THE DOCTORS AND NURSES THEY NEED. ON TOP OF THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGE OF MERGING 20 DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS, TE WHATU ORA HAS BEEN ADDRESSING WORKFORCE SHORTAGES, MEETING THE DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION, AND UPDATING AGEING I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE. AND YET THE HEALTH BODY SAYS IT DOES NOT NEED MORE FUNDING. WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY. WE JUST NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT WE'VE GOT MORE WISELY. CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARGIE APA NOTED THAT TE WHATU ORA'S FINANCES WERE AFFECTED BY BIG-TICKET ITEMS LIKE THE HISTORIC PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT FOR NURSES. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THAT TRANSACTION, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH CLOSER TO BREAKING EVEN. SHE'S HOPING TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENCY BY GIVING REGIONS CONTROL OVER THEIR SERVICES. PUTTING IN PLACE REGIONAL DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVES. BUT FORMER TE WHATU ORA CHAIR ROB CAMPBELL ISN'T FILLED WITH CONFIDENCE. YOU MISS YOUR BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT THEY SAY THEY'RE MISSING IT BY ` THAT CAN BE LAX SPENDING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE YOU JUST GOT YOUR BUDGET WRONG. A BUDGET THAT'S EXPECTED TO CATER FOR A GROWING AND AGEING POPULATION. ZANE, SO, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MEET THOSE SAVINGS? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A $28 BILLION ORGANISATION WITH NEARLY 90,000 PEOPLE. IT IS MASSIVE. THE HEALTH MINISTER HAS TALKED ABOUT CUTTING BACK BUREAUCRACY AND HE HAS TALKED ABOUT UP TO 3000 ROLES, BUT IS NOT CLEAR IF THAT FIGURE INCLUDES THE 1600 ROLES THAT WERE SLATED FOR DISESTABLISHMENT AS PART OF THE MERGER. THE COMMISSIONER SAID HE WOULD HAVE MORE TO SAY IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW TE WHATU ORA WE'LL MEET ITS FINANCIAL SAVING GOALS BUT HE DID PROMISE IT WON'T INCLUDE CUTS TO CLINICAL. VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE HAS RECEIVED THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINEE. IN A STATEMENT, SHE SAID SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION SOON. IT COMES AFTER SENIOR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS LIKE NANCY PELOSI ENDORSED HER CAMPAIGN, ALTHOUGH BARACK OBAMA IS STILL TO OFFER HIS BACKING. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. THE WEATHER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH HER, BUT ALMOST EVERY OTHER DEMOCRATIC VOICE SEEMS TO BE. TONIGHT, KAMALA HARRIS APPEARS TO BE ASCENDING TOWARDS HER PARTY'S NOMINATION WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS COMPETITION. CROWD CHANTS: THANK YOU, JOE! THANK YOU JOE! JOE BIDEN'S EXIT FROM THIS ELECTION WAS GREETED WITH A MIXTURE OF GRATITUDE AND RELIEF OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE EARLIER. CROWD CHANT: THANK YOU, JOE! THANK YOU, JOE! IT HAS UPENDED THE POLITICS OF AMERICA. THE RACE IS ALMOST STARTING ANEW TODAY. SUDDENLY, THE CHOICE IS LOOKING LIKE IT WILL BE ONE OF STARTLING CONTRAST. (BRASS BAND FANFARE PLAYS) IN THE GROUNDS OF 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ENTER THE WOMAN WHO NOW SEEMS MORE AND MORE LIKELY TO FACE DONALD TRUMP. KAMALA HARRIS WAS MEETING YOUNG ATHLETES, BUT INSTEAD OF FIRING THE STARTING GUN ON HER CAMPAIGN, SHE SIMPLY PAID TRIBUTE TO JOE BIDEN. HIS HONESTY, HIS INTEGRITY, HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS FAITH AND HIS FAMILY, HIS BIG HEART AND HIS LOVE, DEEP LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY. AND I AM FIRST-HAND WITNESS THAT EVERY DAY, OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND WE ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR NATION. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALREADY, KEY FIGURES IN THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT ` INCLUDING, TONIGHT, FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ` HAVE ENDORSED HER, WITH SOME RELISHING THE PROSPECT OF COMPARING HER TO DONALD TRUMP. JUST CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ` A PROSECUTOR AGAINST A CONVICTED FELON. THE PARTY HEAVY-HITTERS ARE ALREADY LINING UP TO HEAP PRAISE ON HARRIS. VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS EXCITED THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S EXCITED THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, AND SHE'S EXCITING... THE COUNTRY. THE VOICES OF DISSENT ARE DWINDLING, BUT SOME ARE CRITICAL OF ANOINTING KAMALA WITHOUT DEBATE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WAS GONNA BE A CORONATION, YOU'RE SAYING, SHOULD BE MORE OF A` I THINK THERE SHOULD BE` THERE SHOULD BE A MINI-PRIMARY. LET THE CREAM RISE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND IT WOULD HELP KAMALA, TOO. IF SHE ENDS UP BEING THAT PERSON ON THE FRONT OF THAT TICKET, IT WOULD HELP HER STRENGTHEN, I THINK, AND MAYBE MODERATE SOME OF HER POSITIONS. BUT MOST RANK-AND-FILE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE NOW CALLING FOR UNITY, DISMISSING HARRIS'S QUESTIONABLE POLLING. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW DYNAMIC. NOW YOU'RE NOT SPECULATING, 'WELL, WHAT IF SHE WERE?' NO, SHE IS. NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, SHE'S NOT QUITE YET. WELL, SHE'S DE FACTO GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE. IT'S A DONE DEAL, DO YOU THINK? YEAH. AND, UH... OH, YEAH, IT'S A DONE DEAL. AND REPUBLICANS ALREADY HAVE THEIR ATTACK LINES WELL-REHEARSED. THE ONE THING YOU GOTTA REMEMBER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BIDEN'S TERRIBLE RECORD IS HARRIS'S TERRIBLE RECORD. KAMALA WAS IN ON IT. ALREADY, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR ATTACK ADS, ZEROING IN ON THE WOMAN WHO MAY NOW POSE A NEW CHALLENGE TO THEIR CAMPAIGN. LOOK WHAT SHE GOT DONE ` A BORDER INVASION. DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE SET OUT A NEW ACCUSATION TONIGHT OF A STITCH-UP. THE IDEA OF SELECTING THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S NOMINEE BECAUSE GEORGE SOROS AND BARACK OBAMA AND A COUPLE OF ELITE DEMOCRATS GOT IN A SMOKE-FILLED ROOM AND DECIDED TO THROW JOE BIDEN OVERBOARD ` THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. IT WAS A BOLT OF POLITICAL LIGHTNING WHICH HAS ELECTRIFIED THIS ELECTION AFTER A MONTH OF THE MOST TUMULTUOUS CAMPAIGNING IN A GENERATION. IN THE 24 HOURS SINCE JOE BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE, HARRIS' CAMPAIGN HAS SMASHED FUNDRAISING RECORDS ` PULLING IN MORE THAN $135M. IN A SURPRISE CALL TO CAMPAIGN STAFF, BIDEN ` WHO'S STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID ` SAID HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND VOWED TO CAMPAIGN ON HARRIS' BEHALF. IT IS SO GOOD TO HEAR OUR PRESIDENT'S VOICE. JOE, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL ON THE CALL, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING EVERY DAY. YOU PROBABLY` YOU GUYS HEARD IT FROM DOUG'S VOICE. WE LOVE JOE AND JILL. WE REALLY DO. THEY TRULY ARE LIKE FAMILY TO US. SO DO WE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) BIDEN ON SPEAKER: IT'S MUTUAL. (LAUGHTER) I KNEW YOU WERE STILL THERE. YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, JOE. I'M WATCHING YOU, KID. I'M WATCHING YOU, KID. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU, JOE. OOH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. ANOTHER DAY OF COLD AND QUICK-MOVING SHOWERS? AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND HAD SOME IMPRESSIVE CELLS MOVING OVER THEM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS FROM LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN MAKE OUT SOME OF THE STRUCTURE NICELY ` A LITTLE MAMMATUS ACTION UNDERNEATH THE ANVIL PART OF THE CLOUD. NO LIGHTNING FROM THIS ONE, THOUGH. THE SOUTH ISLAND HAD GREAT WEATHER TODAY ` FINE SKIES. BIT FROSTY, THOUGH. STORMY OVER THE CHATHAMS. THE LOW FROM THE WEEKEND IS CENTRED JUST SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS. I'LL BE BACK WITH THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STAY WITH US. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE IS GRILLED BY U.S. LAWMAKERS OVER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE TELL US WHAT THEY'RE HOPING FOR WHEN THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-RUNNING INQUIRY RELEASES ITS REPORT TOMORROW. AND FIND OUT WHICH KIWI TOWN'S WON THE HONOUR OF HOSTING THE FINAL SHOW OF SIX60'S GRASS ROOTS TOUR. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT STORY CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES AND IS UPSETTING TO WATCH. AT LEAST 70 PALESTINIANS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 200 OTHERS INJURED AFTER ISRAELI FORCES LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF KHAN YOUNIS. THE IDF HAS ORDERED AROUND 400,000 RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN A DESIGNATED HUMANITARIAN ZONE. CHANNEL 4'S SECUNDER KERMANI HAS MORE. WHERE TO RUN? WHERE IS SAFE? GUNSHOTS RING OUT. CHILDREN SCREAM IN TERROR. (CHILD WAILS) (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) THERE'S CHAOS, PANIC. (WAILS IN ARABIC) 'HELP US, GOD! HELP US!' HE SCREAMS. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: THIS IS MY GRANDSON. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS MOTHER IS. HE'S JUST 20 DAYS OLD. WHAT CAN I DO WITH HIM NOW? WHERE CAN I GO WITH HIM? WHERE CAN I FIND HIS MOTHER AND FATHER? PLEASE TELL ME WHERE TO SEARCH. WE'RE TIRED. WE CAN'T COPE ANY MORE. THE STREAM OF PEOPLE FLEEING LOOKS ENDLESS. CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION GAZANS ORDERED TO LEAVE THEIR ALREADY DESTROYED HOMES BY THE ISRAELI ARMY AS THEY LAUNCH A FRESH ASSAULT ON KHAN YOUNIS ` ACCUSING HAMAS OF FIRING ROCKETS FROM THE AREA. A BROTHER PULLS ALONG HIS SISTER ` TOO WEAK TO WALK. LITTLE LEGS STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP IN THE HEAT. AMONGST THE CROWD, THREE YOUNG SIBLINGS. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'WE SAW MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE DEAD IN FRONT OF US. 'THEIR STOMACHS WERE CUT OPEN,' HE SAYS. 'WE DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR PARENTS ARE NOW.' (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'ARE WE IN A SAFE PLACE NOW?' ONE ASKS. 'THANK GOD,' HE SIGHS. (GUNFIRE) BUT WHERE TO GO NOW? THE SO-CALLED HUMANITARIAN ZONE ISRAEL HAS TOLD THEM TO FLEE TO HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY TARGETED TOO. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) PRACTICALLY GAZA'S ENTIRE POPULATION HAS BEEN DISPLACED ` TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THIS IS THE FATE OF THOSE WHO COULDN'T ESCAPE IN TIME. PATIENTS SPRAWLED ON THE FLOOR OF AN OVERWHELMED HOSPITAL. HELPLESS PARENTS LOOK ON. JUST 70-ODD MILES AWAY, A DIFFERENT WORLD. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SETTING OFF FROM TEL AVIV FOR WASHINGTON DC. I WILL TELL MY FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE THAT REGARDLESS WHO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CHOOSE AS THEIR NEXT PRESIDENT, ISRAEL REMAINS AMERICA'S INDISPENSABLE AND STRONG ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. (CROWD CHANTS) BUT NETANYAHU FACES ANGER AT HOME ` PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND CALLING ON HIM NOT TO FLY OUT WITHOUT AGREEING A CEASEFIRE DEAL THAT WOULD SEE ISRAELI HOSTAGES RETURNED. THE HEAD OF THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE HAS BEEN GRILLED BY A U.S. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. KIMBERLY CHEATLE ADMITTED THE SHOOTING WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL FAILURE IN DECADES. BUT SHE INFURIATED MEMBERS BY REFUSING TO ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG. ITV'S ROHIT KACHROO REPORTS. THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. SHE BEGAN WITH AN ADMISSION... ON JULY 13TH, WE FAILED. ...THAT, YES, THE SECRET SERVICE, THE SERVICE WHICH SHE DIRECTS, DID GET THINGS WRONG IN PENNSYLVANIA. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SECURITY LAPSE OF OUR AGENCY. BUT AFTER THAT CONCESSION CAME THE HUMILIATION. I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD RESIGN. I THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED. MA'AM, YOU ARE A D.E.I. HORROR STORY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE MY FIVE MINUTES TO DRAFT YOUR RESIGNATION LETTER ` YES OR NO? IF YOU WANNA BE IN CHARGE, THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION OR STEP ASIDE. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THE NUMBER OF AGENTS, WHETHER OR NOT REQUESTS WERE DENIED ON ADDITIONAL SECURITY, WHETHER OR NOT LAW ENFORCEMENTS WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE BEFORE THE SHOOTING. JEERING, FURY... AND A HISTORY EXAM. WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS SECURITY LAPSE SINCE PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS SHOT IN 1981, OF THE SECRET SERVICE? YES, SIR, I WOULD. AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT STUART KNIGHT DID WHEN` HE WAS IN CHARGE AT THE TIME OF THE SECRET SERVICE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID AFTERWARDS? HE REMAINED ON DUTY. HE RESIGNED. HE RESIGNED. OK, WOULD YOU SAY LEAKING YOUR OPENING STATEMENT TO PUNCHBOWL NEWS, POLITICO'S PLAYBOOK AND WASHINGTON POST SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE YOU SENT IT TO THIS COMMITTEE AS BEING POLITICAL ` YES OR NO? I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MY STATEMENT GOT OUT. (CLEARS THROAT) WELL... THAT'S BULLSHIT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD... SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN AMERICAN POLITICS THAT THIS MOMENT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED` (GUNSHOTS) GET DOWN! GET DOWN! (SCREAMING) BUT DURING THE NINE DAYS SINCE THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP, QUESTIONS HAVE CONTINUED. WHY WASN'T THIS ROOFTOP SECURED, THE PLACE WHERE THE SHOOTER FOUND A POSITION? AND WHY WAS TRUMP EVEN ALLOWED ON STAGE HERE, GIVEN SOME OF THE KNOWN THREATS AGAINST HIM? THIS IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY TARGETED AND VALUED TARGETS INTERNATIONALLY. THIS IS LITERALLY THE WORST PERFORMANCE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN FRONT OF A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING. THIS WAS A MOMENT OF RARE CONSENSUS ON CAPITOL HILL. THE THREAT PICTURE IN THE U.S. IS WORRYING. IT OFFERS NO ONE A POLITICAL VICTORY, AND THE ELECTION IS NOW ONLY 15 WEEKS AWAY. A GUNMAN HAS OPENED FIRE IN A NURSING HOME IN CROATIA, KILLING SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIS MOTHER. THE SUSPECT FLED THE SCENE BEFORE BEING ARRESTED IN A NEARBY CAFE. SIX MORE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED AND ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN HOSPITAL. THE VICTIMS WERE MOSTLY IN THEIR 90S. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE ATTACK. PROTESTERS IN BANGLADESH HAVE GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT 48 HOURS TO RESPOND TO A LIST OF THEIR DEMANDS. CLASHES WITH POLICE WHICH HAVE LEFT MORE THAN 160 PEOPLE DEAD AFTER DAYS OF DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST A CONTROVERSIAL QUOTA SYSTEM FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS. THE DEMANDS INCLUDE THE RELEASE OF PROTEST LEADERS, THE LIFTING OF A CURFEW AND THE REOPENING OF UNIVERSITIES. STILL TO COME ` IT'S THE LONGEST-RUNNING INQUIRY IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY. WE HEAR FROM SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE HOPING FOR WHEN THE ROYAL COMMISSION REPORTS BACK TOMORROW. WE HAVE A WINNER ` FIND OUT WHICH TOWN WILL HOST THE LAST SHOW OF SIX60'S GRASSROOTS TOUR. AND LATER IN SPORT ` THE FIRST KIWI ATHLETES ARRIVE IN PARIS AS THE OLYMPICS EDGES CLOSER. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. FORMER GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA IS BACK AT PARLIAMENT, SAYING SHE WILL STAY FOR AS LONG AS THE PLACE WILL HAVE HER. THE NEW HEALTH NEW ZEALAND BOSS SAYS HE DOESN'T NEED MORE MONEY ` HE JUST NEEDS TO GET RID OF BUREAUCRATIC BLOAT. AND KAMALA HARRIS HAS REPORTEDLY SECURED ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES TO SECURE THE PARTY'S NOMINATION TO STAND FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENCY. AN AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANY HAS MADE A BID OF JUST UNDER $600M FOR THE WAREHOUSE RETAIL GROUP, WITH SUPPORT FROM FOUNDER SIR STEPHEN TINDALL. ADAMANTEM CAPITAL WANTS TO ACQUIRE ALL SHARES AT A PRICE RANGE OF $1.50 TO $1.70 PER SHARE. IF APPROVED, THE MOVE WILL SEE THE COMPANY DE-LIST FROM THE NZX AND RETURN TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. WAREHOUSE FOUNDER SIR STEPHEN TINDALL SUPPORTS THE TAKEOVER PROPOSAL, AND HE AND HIS ASSOCIATED TINDALL FOUNDATION WILL RETAIN A SHAREHOLDING THROUGH A REINVESTMENT SCHEME. TINDALL ALREADY OWNS A 27% STAKE IN THE COMPANY, AND THE TINDALL FOUNDATION A 21.3% STAKE. TRADE ME IS THE LATEST RECRUITMENT WEBSITE TO HIGHLIGHT THE TIGHTENING JOB MARKET. ITS LATEST DATA SHOWS FEWER JOB LISTINGS BUT MORE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THEM. SALES DIRECTOR MATT TOLICH SAYS THE FIGURES SHOW IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR JOBSEEKERS TO FIND NEW ROLES, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR BUSINESSES LOOKING FOR TALENT. THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS ABUSED IN STATE CARE WILL FIND OUT TOMORROW HOW THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PUT THINGS RIGHT. THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO HISTORIC ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE IS THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST AND COSTLIEST INQUIRY. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED HE WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY TO SURVIVORS. BUT AS THE HUI'S RUWANI PERERA REPORTS, WHAT THEY WANT MOST IS TO ENSURE NO MORE CHILDREN SUFFER AS THEY DID. SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN CARE ARE AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF THE SIX-YEAR INQUIRY WITH BOTH TREPIDATION AND HOPE. WE DIDN'T HAVE HOPE 5� YEARS AGO, SO YEAH, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN. A LOT MORE CAN HAPPEN. BUT YEAH, I'M FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT. IN 2018, THE COMMISSION BEGAN HEARING FROM SURVIVORS LIKE EUGENE RYDER. I FELT FREE AFTER THAT. I FELT LIKE A BURDEN WAS LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS BECAUSE NOW IT WAS OUT IN THE OPEN, AND THAT INSTIGATED OTHERS TO COME FORWARD. ...WHITI TE RA. OTHERS, LIKE HIS SISTER LORETTA, WHO FOUND THE COURAGE TO ALSO TELL HER STORY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. I MEAN, THAT I CAN SAY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. LORETTA'S WHANAU HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH AS A CHILD IN GIRLS' HOMES AND SEPARATED FROM HER SIBLINGS. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, EH. THE SYSTEM THAT TORE THEM APART HAS NOW BROUGHT LORETTA AND EUGENE TOGETHER. AND I LOOK AT MY BROTHER NOW AND ALL HIS MAHI THAT HE DOES, AND I'M IN AWE OF EVERYTHING HE DOES AND SAYS. THE EUGENE RYDER TODAY WALKS PROUD, LIKE MY SISTER ` PROUD THAT WE'VE UNCOVERED SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KEPT A SECRET FOR SO LONG, WITH THE SAME PURPOSE ` TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. HOW DO WE KEEP KIDS OUT OF THE SYSTEM? WITH LOVE. BY LOOKING AFTER THEM, BY FEEDING THEM, BY CARING FOR THEM. DO YOU THINK CHANGE WILL HAPPEN? WE ALL WANT CHANGE. IT CAN'T BE HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN. I JUST HOPE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SPEAKING ON DEAF EARS. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER TODAY. I'M ONLY GOING TO SAY ONE THING, AND THAT IS THAT YOUR WORDS HAVE NOT FALLEN ON DEAF EARS. SURVIVORS SAY NOW IT'S UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STOP ABUSE IN THE CARE SYSTEM FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. THEY HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY NOW. I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. MM. AND YOU CAN SEE, RUWANI PERERA'S FULL STORY ON THE HUI'S YOU TUBE CHANNEL AT 8.30 TONIGHT OR AFTER THE GOOD DOCTOR TOMORROW NIGHT ON THREE. AND WE'LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE OF THE LANDMARK REPORT TOMROROW AT 6. THE CAPTAIN OF NEW ZEALAND'S SHEEP DOG TRIALLING TEAM HAS DIED IN A QUAD BIKE ACCIDENT. NORTH CANTERBURY FARMER NEIL EVANS DIED AT HIS FAMILY'S OMIHI FARM ON MONDAY ` SHOCKING LOCALS AND THE TRIALLING COMMUNITY. FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING EVANS FOR HIS SENSE OF HUMOUR AND AS A MENTOR TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. AND OUR OLYMPIANS ARE GETTING READY TO GO FOR GOLD? THEY CERTAINLY ARE. TWO EARLY CHANCES. BOTH SHOULD BE STRONG MEDAL CHANCES. IT IS GETTING TIGHT AND CONGESTED IN THE WORLD OF SEVENS. NOTHING IS GUARANTEED. WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM BOTH SOON. WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM BOTH OUR SEVENS SIDES SOON. PLUS ` WHY A NEW EVENT AT THIS YEAR'S GAMES HAS BROUGHT RENEWED CONFIDENCE FOR LUUKA JONES. AND THERE'S PLENTY TO PLAY FOR IN NETBALL'S ELIMINATION FINAL, WITH ONE TEAM VYING FOR BACK-TO-BACK PREMIERSHIPS AND THE OTHER SEARCHING FOR A MAIDEN TITLE. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREENEWS SPORT. THEY'RE TWO OF NEW ZEALAND'S MAIN MEDAL HOPES AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS, BUT BOTH THE BLACK FERNS AND ALL BLACKS SEVENS ARE BRACING FOR WHAT THEY FEEL WILL BE ONE OF THE TIGHTEST GAMES EVER. COMING OFF A GOLD AND SILVER IN TOKYO RESPECTIVELY, EXPECTATIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN HIGH FOR THE TWO SIDES IN PARIS. BUT FOR ONE PLAYER, JUST GETTING THERE IS AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF. AS PARIS GETS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD, A LOVE AFFAIR WITH SPORT IS ABOUT TO REACH FEVER PITCH. THE OLYMPIC RINGS HANG ON THE CITY'S MOST ICONIC LANDMARK. TEMPORARY STANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SEINE. ACROSS TOWN AT STADE DE FRANCE, THE ICONIC STADIUM WILL SEE ACTION FIRST WHEN THE SEVENS KICK OFF ON THURSDAY. SIMPLY SETTING FOOT THERE WILL BE AN ALMIGHTY ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANDREW KNEWSTUBB. YEAH. CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN IT IN WORDS REALLY, EH. BUT JUST SUPER PUMPED, SUPER EXCITED HE HAS MORE REASON TO BE EXCITED THAN MOST. KNEWSTUBB HAS ENDURED A CHALLENGING PAST TWO YEARS. HE TORE HIS ACL, CARTILAGE DAMAGED FOLLOWED, AND DOCTORS WEREN'T SURE WHETHER HE'D PLAY AGAIN. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THAT FIRST RUPTURE, HE DID IT AGAIN. ANOTHER SURGERY. THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, A FURTHER SETBACK. KNEWSTUBB BACK IN HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTION ` THIS TIME ON A DRIP. HIS GOAL WAS SIMPLY TO BE BACK IN BLACK. ONCE THAT WAS TICKED OFF, PARIS WAS CALLING. IT WAS ALWAYS THE GOAL TO GET BACK HERE. SO TO ACTUALLY LIVE OUT THAT GOAL, IT WAS A PRETTY UNREAL FEELING. SO, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT ONE MORE GOAL, WHICH IS TO WIN THAT GOLD. SOMETHING THE ALL BLACK SEVENS FELL SHORT OF DOING IN TOKYO ` INSTEAD, FORCED TO SETTLE FOR SILVER. GOING ONE BETTER, THOUGH, IS NO SURE THING. THE MARGINS IN THIS GAME ARE FINE. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WORLD SERIES THAT'S ALREADY BEEN, EH. A LOT OF THE GAMES HAVE BEEN DECIDED ON A KICK OR ON A PENALTY CALL OR, YOU KNOW, ONE MISTAKE. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IT BACK-TO-BACK GOLD MEDALS. THE TIMELY RETURN OF INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN SARAH HIRINI, A HUGE BOOST AFTER AN ACL INJURY SIX MONTHS AGO THREATENED TO DERAIL HER OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN. IF THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT COULD DO IT, IT WOULD BE SARAH. SHE'S WORKED REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES. AND TO BE HERE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES POST-INJURY IS REALLY SPECIAL FOR HER. TOPPING IT OFF WITH A SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE ICING ON THE CAKE. A NEW EVENT AND A FRESH ENERGY IS PUSHING LUUKA JONES AS SHE EYES A SECOND OLYMPIC MEDAL IN PARIS. JONES WILL COMPETE IN THE NEWLY INTRODUCED KAYAK CROSS AS WELL AS HER REGULAR CANOE SLALOM ` THE EVENT SHE WON SILVER IN IN RIO EIGHT YEARS AGO. JONES SPOKE WITH MEDIA IN PARIS AS SHE GETS SET FOR HER FIFTH OLYMPIC GAMES. I'M FEELING GOOD, YOU KNOW? I'VE PREPARED REALLY WELL. I'VE BEEN ENJOYING THIS EXPERIENCE OF COMING INTO THE VILLAGE AND KIND OF THAT LAST FINAL PUSH TO RACE DAY. BUT YEAH, I'M FEELING REALLY POSITIVE, I GUESS. AND YOU'RE COMPETING IN CROSS AS WELL THIS TIME. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CROSS, AND HOW COOL IS IT TO GET TWO POPS AT IT, I SUPPOSE? YEAH. CROSS IS AN INCREDIBLE DISCIPLINE. IT'S SO DIFFERENT TO CLASSIC STYLE WHERE YOU'RE RACING YOURSELF AND THE CLOCK. YOU'RE RACING THREE OTHER PEOPLE. YOU'RE LAUNCHING OFF A START RAMP. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JOSTLING FOR POSITION, CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER. BUT I LOVE IT, AND I THINK I'M ONE OF THE MORE POWERFUL PADDLERS, WHICH REALLY SUITS ME IN THIS DISCIPLINE. AND FOR ME AS WELL, IT'S SPECIAL, BECAUSE IT'S A BIT OF A NOD BACK TO, YOU KNOW, HOW I BEGAN IN THE SPORT, WHICH WAS IN A PLASTIC BOAT ON THE RIVER. AND THEN TELL US ABOUT THE COURSE. DOES IT SUIT YOU? WHAT'S IT LIKE? AND YOU'VE SPENT HEAPS OF TIME HERE, HAVEN'T YOU? YEAH, WE KNOW THIS COURSE LIKE THE BACK OF OUR HAND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN SLALOM, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PADDLE THE GATE SEQUENCE THAT THEY SET FOR THE RACE. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE BANK AND VISUALISE IT. THE FIRST TIME YOU GO DOWN IS IN THE COMPETITION. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER YOU KNOW THE WHITEWATER, THE MORE OF AN ADVANTAGE IT IS. MEANTIME THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN PARIS IS CELEBRATING A SPECIAL FAMILY CONNECTION AS SHE GETS SET FOR OLYMPIC DEBUT. MILLY CLEGG WILL COMPETE IN THE FOOTBALL, FOLLOWING IN HER MUM KYLIE'S FOOTSTEPS, WHO WAS PART OF THE NEW ZEALAND HOCKEY TEAM AT THE SYDNEY GAMES IN 2000. THE 18-YEAR-OLD IS READY TO EMBRACE THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE ` JUST LIKE MUM. SUPER EXCITED, AND YEAH, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF SINCE I WAS LITTLE. AND, LIKE, KNOWING THAT MY MUM WENT TO ONE, I GUESS IT WAS ALWAYS A DREAM. SO YEAH, SUPER EXCITING. NEW ZEALAND OPEN THEIR OLYMPIC FOOTBALL CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANADA ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE CENTRAL PULSE HAVE SECURED A FIFTH MINOR PREMIERSHIP AND GRAND FINAL HOSTING RIGHTS AFTER A CLINICAL 58-44 VICTORY OVER THE MAINLAND TACTIX. THE PULSE DOMINATED MUCH OF LAST NIGHT'S MATCH TO PROGRESS TO THE DECIDER AND AVOID AN ELIMINATION FINAL AGAINST THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. KHIARNA WILLIAMS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON ANOTHER MILESTONE VICTORY FOR THE PULSE... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE, WHISTLE BLOWS) THE PULSE... ARE YOUR MINOR PREMIERS. ...SURGING TO VICTORY IN LAST NIGHT'S FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME AGAINST FELLOW COMPETITION LEADERS THE TACTIX IN WELLINGTON. IT'S BEEN A REALLY HARD SEASON. LOTS OF INJURIES AND, YOU KNOW, BATTLES WE'VE HAD TO FACE AS A TEAM. BUT I'M SO PROUD OF THIS GROUP. I REALLY CAN'T DESCRIBE IT. THE THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS TOOK CONTROL OF THE MATCH EARLY, SCORING FIVE UNANSWERED GOALS TO HELP THEM TO A 16-10 LEAD AT THE BREAK. GOOD WORK AGAIN BY SALMON. DESPITE A RAFT OF CHANGES FROM TACTIX COACH MARIANNE DELANEY-HOSHEK, THE PULSE MAINTAINED THEIR MOMENTUM THROUGH THE SECOND, EXTENDING THEIR ADVANTAGE OUT TO 31-22 AT HALF-TIME. NICE FINISH AGAIN BY WALMSLEY. THE VISITORS FOUGHT BACK IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH TO COME WITHIN FOUR, BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. ONE GOAL TURNED INTO THREE GOALS, AND A SIDE LIKE THE PULSE ` CAN'T QUITE AFFORD TO DO THAT. YEAH, THEY REALLY BROUGHT IT TO US TODAY. THE SIDE NOW FOCUSSED ON REGROUPING AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S HOME ELIMINATION FINAL AGAINST THE IN-FORM MYSTICS, WHO ARE VYING FOR BACK-TO-BACK PREMIERSHIPS. WATCHING THE STEEL BE ABLE TO DO IT AND THE PULSE A COUPLE TIMES, IT'S ALWAYS` YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT FEELING OF, 'I WISH I COULD HAVE THAT. I WISH I COULD FEEL THAT.' SO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE TEAM AND MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR WOULD BE AMAZING. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY THIS WEEKEND'S RIVALS, WHO ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT MAIDEN TITLE. FINALLY, TONIGHT THE ALL BLACKS ARE SET TO RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THEIR FIRST EVER DEFEAT TO IRELAND. STUFF UNDERSTANDS THE TWO SIDES WILL MEET AT CHICAGO'S SOLDIER FIELD IN 2025 BEFORE THE ALL BLACKS BEGIN THEIR END OF YEAR TOUR. THE 2016 TEST IN CHICAGO MARKED A FAMOUS WIN FOR IRELAND ` THEIR FIRST EVER OVER THE ALL BLACKS ` AND THE START OF ONE OF WORLD RUGBY'S GREAT RIVALRIES. I'M SURE THAT REDEMPTION IS ON THEIR MIND. THE SOUTH OTAGO TOWN OF BALCLUTHA HAS WON A COMPETITION TO HOST THE LAST SHOW OF SIX60'S GRASSROOTS TOUR, BEATING OUT THE LIKES OF RAGLAN, ROTORUA AND PALMERSTON NORTH. AND AS GRACE THOMAS FOUND OUT, FOR ONE OF THE BAND, IT'S A BIT OF A HOMECOMING. A FAR CRY FROM PERFORMING TO 100,000 PEOPLE AT WESTERN SPRINGS... # WHOA, WHOA... ...THIS YEAR, SIX60 HAVE BEEN PLAYING ACOUSTIC SHOWS IN SMALL VENUES ACROSS AOTEAROA FOR THEIR GRASS ROOTS TOUR. CROWD SINGS: # OH WHOA, OH WHOA-OH-OH! THEY'VE HIT KAITAIA, FEILDING, INVERCARGILL, EVEN STEWART ISLAND. BUT THERE WAS ROOM FOR JUST ONE MORE SHOW. IT WAS ALWAYS AN INTENTION OF OURS TO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS ENCORE SHOW. IF WE DANGLED THE CARROT OUT AND SEE... WHO WAS GOING TO KIND OF PUT UP THE BIGGEST FIGHT FOR US TO COME TO THEIR TOWN. AND THANKFULLY, BALCLUTHA` BALCLUTHA WON. SOMEHOW, IT WAS BALCLUTHA. YEAH. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE HOOT. COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. FOR OUR WEE CLUTHA ` WE THOUGHT WE WERE THE SMALLEST, SO WE WERE GONNA GET BLOWN AWAY. BUT TO COME THROUGH ` YAHOO! THE TOUR ENDING IN BALCLUTHA HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE FOR FRONTMAN MATIU WALTERS. THE TOUR STARTED IN TE KAO, WHICH MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY ARE FROM, AND MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY LANDED AND SETTLED IN THE CATLINS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT AREA. SO... REALLY, OUT OF PURE COINCIDENCE, A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. SO, YES, A MASSIVE THANK YOU. AND IT'S FULFILLED A DECADE-OLD PROMISE FOR BALCLUTHA'S MAYOR. I HAD A BEER WITH THEM IN THE OCTAGON, AND THEY SAID THEY'D COME; THEY DIDN'T. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GET THEM. (PLAYS LAID-BACK GUITAR RIFF) THE SHOW'S EXPECTED TO BE A SELL-OUT. THERE WERE MORE VOTES CAST FOR BALCLUTHA THAN THERE ARE SEATS IN ITS BRAND-NEW AUDITORIUM. WE HAVE DECIDED TO PUT ON A MATINEE SHOW, SO THERE'LL BE A 2.30 AFTERNOON SHOW, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL DO, LIKE, A 7.30. AND FOR THE TOWNS THAT MISSED OUT, RECORDINGS OF THE GRASS ROOTS TOUR ARE SET TO BE RELEASED AS THE BAND'S FIRST LIVE ALBUM. AOTEAROA IS AIMING TO TAKE FRANCE'S GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST HAKA, A FEAT ACHIEVED 10 YEARS AGO WITH 4000 PEOPLE. IN 2007, AROUND 7700 PEOPLE IN ROTORUA SHOWED UP FOR A MASS HAKA, BUT THE ATTEMPT WASN'T OFFICIALLY REALISED. DAME HINEWEHI MOHI IS LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THIS RECORD-BREAKING ATTEMPT, WHICH SHE HOPES WILL DRAW MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE TO EDEN PARK TO PERFORM 'KA MATE'. WELL, WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST HAKA WAS ACTUALLY STILL HELD BY THE FRENCH ALMOST 10 YEARS LATER, WE THOUGHT WE REALLY MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, AND WANTED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE ATTEMPT WILL BE HELD ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER AND WILL ALSO RAISE MONEY FOR THE RAUKATAURI MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE. HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AHEAD AT THE WEATHER. HOW'S THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKING? DECENT. THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS, AND IT'S STILL A LITTLE BREEZY TOMORROW, BUT THEN HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ` RIGHT UP TILL THE WEEKEND. THAT'S WHEN THE NEXT FRONT ARRIVES IN THE SOUTH, MOVING NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH ANOTHER ONE ON SUNDAY. THE UPSIDE TO THIS? IT'LL BE WARM-ISH. THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL BE UP TO 7 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE. NOT BAD FOR THE LAST WEEKEND OF JULY. TOMORROW'S A LITTLE CHILLY. FULL DETAILS NEXT. WELCOME BACK. IT'S THE RETURN OF THE FINE AND FROSTY WEATHER, BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE. WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER 24 HOURS OF THAT COOL SOU'WEST FLOW, BUT IT WILL START TO EASE ON THURSDAY. A COUPLE OF FRONTS BRUSH THE VERY TOP AND VERY BOTTOM OF US TONIGHT, THEN HEAD OFFSHORE TOMORROW, AND THAT LEAVES JUST HIGH PRESSURE TO SPREAD OVER FROM THURSDAY, RECEDING TO THE NORTH ISLAND FRIDAY, ALLOWING FOR THE NEXT FRONT TO ARRIVE. BUT BEFORE THAT DOES, MOST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL BE SLEEPING UNDER FINE SKIES TONIGHT, WITH FROST FORMING INTO THE MORNING. JUST CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE DEEP SOUTH ` ALL WITH THAT COOL SOU'WESTERLY BREEZE. TOMORROW, IT CLOUDS OVER FURTHER IN THE SOUTH, WITH SHOWERS FOR FIORDLAND. CLOUD DEVELOPS OUT WEST LATE IN THE DAY, WITH WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS, BUT FOR MOST, THEY'LL BE LIGHT. THE FRONT WE SAW EARLIER WILL DELIVER SHOWERS FOR THE UPPER NORTH LATE TONIGHT. SOME WILL BE HEAVY. EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THE ISLAND WILL HAVE JUST A FEW CLOUDS AND A SOU'WESTER. TOMORROW, THE SHOWERS UP TOP BECOME ISOLATED, WITH MORNING SHOWERS FOR WESTERN TARANAKI, COASTAL WAIRARAPA AND HAWKE'S BAY. THEN IT'S FINE, LEAVING A FROSTY MORNING FOR SOME. BUT NO FROST UP TOP ` LOWS OF 10 AND 11 NORTH OF THE BOMBAY HILLS. THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS ` BUT CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON AND GONE BY TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS A LITTLE FRESH, THOUGH. FINE WITH MORNING FROST HERE. NOT A LOT ELSE GOING ON. SKIES ARE CLEAR, WITH WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING GOOD OUT EAST. MORNING FROST FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MORNING CLOUD FOR MASTERTON. SOU'WESTERS FOR GISBORNE AND MASTERTON. WESTERLIES FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE MIDDLE. NOT A BAD MORNING ` JUST SOME CLOUD AND FROST AROUND, MAYBE THE ODD SHOWER FOR NEW PLYMOUTH. WINDS PICK UP IN THE AFTERNOON, MOST WITH A WEST OR SOU'WESTER. SOUTHERLIES TURN NORTHERLY IN THE SOUTH. EARLY FROST IN THE NORTHWEST, EARLY FOG FOR REEFTON. IT'S SUNNY UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN CLOUD ROLLS IN, BUT WINDS ARE LIGHT FOR THE DAY. JUST A SOU'WESTER FOR NELSON WHICH EASES IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE AND FROSTY OUT EAST, BUT THE SUN IS OUT FOR THE DAY, AND NOT A LOT OF WIND. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL NOTICE THE SOU'WESTERLY, EASING IN THE MORNING. AND FINE AND FROSTY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH CLOUD FOR THE DEEP SOUTH TO START. HIGH CLOUD LATE AFTERNOON FOR OAMARU, QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA, WITH LIGHT WINDS. SO, ANOTHER FINE DAY FOR YOU, DUNEDIN ` STILL WITH A WESTERLY. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPS FROM THE AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 17. BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU, CHRISTCHURCH. MORNING FROST, LIGHT WINDS AND PLENTY OF BLUE SKY. HIGH OF 15, FEELING LIKE 13. IT WILL FEEL A LITTLE COOLER FOR WELLINGTON. IT'S FINE, BUT YOU'LL START WITH A SOUTHERLY. THAT EASES AND IS REPLACED BY A WELCOMED NORTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MOST WILL HAVE CLEAR SKIES TOMORROW AROUND HAWKE'S BAY, BUT THERE WILL BE A FEW MORNING SHOWERS NEAR THE COAST. THAT'S ALSO WHERE THE WESTERLY WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST. GREAT DAY FOR TAURANGA. FINE, BLUE SKIES, VERY LITTLE CLOUD, SO NO SHOWERS, AND A SOU'WESTERLY. EXPECT A HIGH OF 16 IN THE CITY CENTRE. PARTLY CLOUDY AROUND HAMILTON. THE RISK OF MORNING SHOWERS IS THERE, BUT NOTHING TOO SIGNIFICANT. THE SOU'WESTERLY PICKS UP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND HEAVY SHOWERS SPREAD THROUGH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT. THEY'LL BE THERE IN THE MORNING BUT EASE IN THE AFTERNOON, ALL WITH A FRESH SOU'WESTERLY. ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWERS FOR PERTH. THEY'LL SPREAD TO ADELAIDE TOMORROW, AND IT'S WINDY FOR MELBOURNE. AND SHOWERS FOR THE WESTERN ISLANDS; OTHER THAN THAT, THE PACIFIC IS LOOKING GOOD. BACK TO US, AND IT'S THE LEAD-UP TO THE WEEKEND ` NOT BAD FOR THE NORTH, THE ODD SHOWER FOR NORTHLAND ON THURSDAY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AGAIN ON SATURDAY. THERE IS NO WEATHER HERE; IT'S IDYLLIC ` JUST SUN. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS OUT WEST ON THURSDAY. EVENING SHOWERS FRIDAY FOR KAPITI WHICH SPREAD AND DEVELOP INTO RAIN ON SATURDAY FOR WELLINGTON. TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS OK, WITH SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN ON FRIDAY IN THE WEST, AND A FEW SHOWERS SATURDAY IN THE NORTH. AND LATE RAIN HITS THE LOWER SOUTH ON FRIDAY NIGHT, EASING ON SATURDAY. SO, NOT A BAD FORECAST FOR THE START OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. MAKE THE MOST OF IT. LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF FRONTS WILL RUIN SUNDAY FOR SOME. NOT BAD TO HAVE ALL OF THE SUNSHINE. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU'D BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE HEALTH CARE YOU NEEDED THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ALMOST AN EVEN SPLIT, WITH 47% OF YOU SAYING YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE. FINALLY TONIGHT ` KENSINGTON PALACE HAS RELEASED A NEW PHOTO OF PRINCE GEORGE TO CELEBRATE HIS 11TH BIRTHDAY. THE PHOTO, TAKEN BY HIS MUM CATHERINE, SHOWS HIM WEARING A FRIENDSHIP BRACELET THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HIM AT THE TAYLOR SWIFT ERAS CONCERT. THAT IS THREE NEWS 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. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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