SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN CARE MARCH ON PARLIAMENT AS A SIX-YEAR INQUIRY LABELS THEIR EXPERIENCES A NATIONAL DISGRACE. WE'RE STILL THREE DAYS AWAY FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY, AND ALREADY NEW ZEALAND'S INVOLVED IN AN OLYMPIC SPYING SCANDAL ` WE'LL GO LIVE TO PARIS FOR THE DETAILS. A RAPTUROUS RECEPTION FOR KAMALA HARRIS IN HER FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH SINCE JOE BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE. PLUS ` THE HUMBLE SCOBY ` TURNS OUT IT'S NOT JUST GOOD FOR MAKING KOMBUCHA ` IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND LENA ERAKOVICH 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 NATIONAL DISGRACE.' MORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED, THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO ABUSE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED CARE HAS RELEASED ITS FINDINGS IN A HARROWING 3000-PAGE REPORT. IT ESTIMATES THAT OF AROUND 655,000 PEOPLE IN CARE FROM 1950 TO 2019, 200,000 WERE ABUSED AND EVEN MORE WERE NEGLECTED. THE INQUIRY ` WHICH HEARD FROM MORE THAN 2300 SURVIVORS ` FOUND PHYSICAL ABUSE WAS PREVALENT, SEXUAL ABUSE WAS COMMONPLACE, AND THE ABUSE AND NEGLECT ALMOST ALWAYS STARTED FROM THE FIRST DAY A PERSON WAS PLACED IN CARE. IT SAYS IF THIS INJUSTICE IS NOT ADDRESSED, IT WILL REMAIN AS A STAIN ON OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER FOREVER. SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. A WARNING THAT THE DETAILS ARE CONFRONTING. A DAY OF NATIONAL SHAME SYMBOLISING DECADES OF NATIONAL SHAME. (SING WAIATA) SURVIVORS, VICTIMS, SUPPORTERS WATCHED ON AS PARLIAMENT RECOGNISED THAT THEY WERE INTENTIONALLY, SYSTEMATICALLY, BRUTALLY HURT BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO CARE. IT HAS AFFECTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. I'VE GONE THROUGH LIFE DONE LOTS OF JAIL, NEVER HAD MANY JOBS, AND IT IS DUE TO THIS. WE'VE GOT VERY LITTLE LIFE LEFT TO LIVE. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS SINCE I WAS 20 YEARS OLD. ABUSE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S ALSO STILL CONTINUING TO THIS DAY. FOR YEARS, THESE SURVIVORS HAVE FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. FOR YEARS, THEY HAD TRAUMA IGNORED, AND WORSE ` COVERED UP BY INSTITUTIONS. TODAY, THEIR PAIN WAS LAID BARE IN DEVASTATING DETAIL. I CANNOT TAKE AWAY YOUR PAIN BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS. YOU ARE HEARD AND BELIEVED. THE STATE WAS SUPPOSED TO CARE FOR YOU, PROTECT YOU, BUT INSTEAD IT SUBJECTED DUE TO UNIMAGINABLE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. THIS WHANAU TRAVELLED FROM NAPIER - THEIR DAD AND KORO DIED IN MAY. HE WAS ABUSED AND NEVER HEARD JUSTICE. THEY'RE HERE FOR HIM. I CAN'T SAY ON CAMERA WHAT HE WOULD SAY IF HE WAS HERE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR THE SYSTEM. WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROTECTED AS A KID, HE WASN'T. HE HAD A BROTHER THROUGH THAT AND THAT IS ALL WE HAD. MALCOLM RICHARD ESCAPED LAKE ALICE. HE TOOK A CASE TO THE UN TO PROVE HE WAS TORTURED. THE GOVERNMENT IS COMPLICIT IN THE MURDER OF CHILDREN, AND THEY WON'T EVEN SEE US UNTIL TODAY. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF SOME CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT LAKE ALICE HOSPITAL DID AMOUNT TO TORTURE. THE ABUSE WAS INFLICTED UPON OUR MOST VULNERABLE ` CHILDREN, THE DISABLED COMMUNITY, THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ` PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T FIGHT BACK - AND AT THE HANDS OF THOSE THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD TRUST. THE COMMISSION FOUND AMONG INSTITUTIONS, STAFF WENT TO 'EXTREMES TO INFLICT AS MUCH PAIN AS POSSIBLE 'USING WEAPONS AND ELECTRIC SHOCKS'; THAT 'SURVIVORS WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, 'RAPED AND FORCED TO PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS. 'SEXUAL ABUSE WAS USED TO PUNISH AND INTIMIDATE.' THE EVIL... THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT ` I DON'T EVEN THINK PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND. IT FOUND MAORI EXPERIENCED HARSHER TREATMENT - OVERLAID WITH RACISM. IT FOUND WOMEN AND GIRLS WERE AT THE BOOT CAMPS, YOUNG PEOPLE WERE THREATENED WITH DEATH THROUGH MOCK EXECUTIONS, AND WERE SUBJECT TO 'SEVERE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, 'SOMETIMES INFLICTED WITH WEAPONS AND TO THE GENITALS.' I WANT A BETTER LIFE FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANYTHING THAT I WENT THROUGH. THERE WAS WIDESPREAD NEGLECT. 'BABIES WERE LEFT IN COTS WITH NO HUGS, 'PHYSICAL INTERACTION OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF CARE.' SURVIVORS WERE 'DENIED BASIC NECESSITIES 'SUCH AS ENOUGH FOOD AND SUITABLE CLOTHING." WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN, AND ALL WE WANTED WAS A HUG, AND TO FEEL LOVED. THE ABUSE, FOR MANY, BEGAN THE VERY FIRST DAY. FOR MOST IT CONTINUED FOR YEARS, DECDES, LIFETIMES. FOR SOME IT WAS A LIFETIME; FOR OTHERS IT LED TO AN UNMARKED GRAVE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT DIDN'T SURVIVE, WHO DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY AND TALK TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THEY DIED ONLY KNOWING THE WORLD IT WAS CRUEL. THOSE WHO DID NOT SURVIVE. AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS - APOLOGIES FROM MULTIPLE FAITH LEADERS, INCLUDING THE POPE, A CALL TO REMOVE HONOURS FOR ABUSERS, A RECOMMENDATION FOR POLICE TO SET UP A SPECIALIST UNIT TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE, TO INVESTIGATE UNMARKED GRAVES AT SOCIAL WELFARE AND PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES AND A NATIONAL APOLOGY. A TERRIBLE INJUSTICE WAS DONE IN THE NAME OF STATE CARE AND IT IS NOW THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATE. AS ASSERTS SOCIETY AND AS A COUNTRY, WE ARE SORRY. AN APOLOGY IS ONE THING, BUT STOPPING HARMFUL LEGISLATION IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING THIS GOVERNMENT CAN DO. AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THEY ARE MAKING IT WORSE. SORRY DOESN'T CUT IT. BECAUSE THERE IS STILL THE QUESTION OF HOW THE STATE WILL COMPENSATE IT IS A START OF A NEW FIGHT. REDRESS FOR EVERYBODY. REDRESS FOR THE LOST LIVES, THE LOST YEARS TO TRAUMA. JENNA JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. JENNA, IS THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS? IT'S NOT COMMITTED TO THAT YET. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS BECAUSE THE REPORT TOOK SIX YEARS, AND NEEDS TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND CARE. IT CAN'T BE RUSHED INTO HIS SUBSET UP A MINISTERIAL GROUP LED BY ERICA STANFORD TO ADHERE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE ONE THING THEY HAVE AGREED TO AS THE NATIONAL APOLOGY. WE EXPECT THEY WILL HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS TOWARDS THE REST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE QUESTION HERE IS COMPENSATION. THE ENQUIRY HAS RECOMMENDED A SCHEME SIMILAR TO AUSTRALIA'S AWARE SOME SURVIVORS WERE PAID OUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS MAY COST THE STATE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT DOLLARS IT IS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING. THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE REINTRODUCTION OF BOOT CAMPS AND ITS POLICIES AROUND GANGS. THE REPORT LAYS BARE THAT GANGS ARE A BYPRODUCT OF STATE ABUSE. THIS IS A HORROR STORY. AS A NATION WE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO ATROCITIES FOR DECADES. IT SHOULD BE A COMPULSORY READING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RUN FOR A POSITION OF POWER IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT SIMPLY CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND LATER IN THE PROGRAMME WE'LL BE TALKING TO KEITH WIFFIN ` A SURVIVOR OF ABUSE IN EPUNI BOYS COLLEGE ` TO FIND OUT HIS REACTION TO THE REPORT. AND IF THIS STORY HAS BROUGHT UP ANY ISSUES FOR YOU, HELP IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY BY CALLING OR TEXTING 1737. TO THE OLYMPICS NOW, AND OUR WOMEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN EMBROILED IN A SPYING SCANDAL THREE DAYS OUT FROM THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PARIS GAMES. IMOGEN WELLS IS OUR REPORTER THERE ON THE GROUND. IMOGEN, WHAT ARE THE FOOTBALL FERNS SAYING? SOME PRETTY STARTLING NEWS FOR ANY TEAM FROM ANY COUNTRY LET ALONE OUR OWN. THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING A DRONE FLEW OVERHEAD DURING OUR TRAINING SESSION. IT WAS REPORTED TO POLICE AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PERSON OPERATING THE DREAM WAS A SUPPORTING MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S TEAM. CANADA BEING THE FIRST IN NEW ZEALAND WILL FACE. THEY SAY THEY ARE DEEPLY SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME SECURITY SCARES? SOME VERY SHOCKING AND SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS ARE COME TO LIGHT OF THE LAST FEW DAYS INVOLVING AUSTRALIANS. A 25 YEAR OLD AUSTRALIAN WOMAN SAY SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A GROUP OF MEN OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT CLAIM IS BEING INVESTIGATED. TO INCIDENTS THAT HAVE LEFT MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TEAM AUSTRALIA ON END. AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES HAVE BEEN VIES TO WEAR THE OFFICIAL KIT WHILE OUT IN PUBLIC PLACES. OUR FIRST ATHLETES ` THE MEN'S SEVENS AND MEN'S FOOTBALLERS ` ARE IN ACTION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THAT'S AHEAD OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING ON SATURDAY MORNING OUR TIME. TECHNICALLY THIS IS DAY MINUS TWO OF THE OLYMPICS AS YOU SAID. THE MEN'S FOOTBALL AND RUGBY SEVENS ARE PLAYING POOL PLAY TODAY. TOMORROW WE HAVE SOME MORE RUGBY SEVENS POOL MATCHES WHICH IS EXCITING BECAUSE THAT MEANS FOR THE TIME WE GET TO SATURDAY WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY DAY ONE OF THE OLYMPICS, THAT SEVENS COMPETITION WILL BE AT THE MIDDLE STAGES WHICH COULD MEAN NEW ZEALAND GET ON THAT MIDDLE TABLE ON DAY ONE OF THE GAMES. DOES PARIS APPEAR TO BE READY FOR ACTION? WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT YESTERDAY, THINGS ARE PRETTY BUSY AND BUSTLING. WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD TO HAVE WAITED THREE HOURS. WHEN WE GOT TO THE CITY CENTRE, IT WAS PRETTY CALM AND COLLECTED. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THEY OLYMPICS WAS GOING ON. THERE'VE GOT POLICE TO MY RIGHT, THERE ARE PLENTY MORE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. THIS FLEXIBLE WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY GETTING BUSIER. POLL QUESTION GRAPHIC HERE. THE DEMOCRATS' PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS BURST BACK INTO LIFE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. KAMALA HARRIS TURNED A PRE-ARRANGED STOP IN A SWING STATE INTO HER FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH, CHEERED ON BY A RE-ENERGISED AND NEWLY OPTIMISTC CROWD. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. WITH ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF A PRESIDENT, TODAY, KAMALA HARRIS EMBARKED ON HER CAMPAIGN FOR THAT OFFICE. (HAMMERING, BANGING) MILWAUKEE IS A CITY STILL DISMANTLING THE SIGNS OF DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY LAP HERE. STEP IN LINE OVER HERE, WE WANT TO KEEP IT MOVING. BUT TODAY, HARRIS DREW EXCITED CROWDS AND REMINDED THEM OF HIS PAST, AND HERS AS A PROSECUTOR. # FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU? IN THOSE ROLES, I TOOK ON PERPETRATORS OF ALL KINDS ` (CHEERING, EXCLAMATIONS) PREDATORS WHO ABUSED WOMEN, FRAUDSTERS... (CHEERING) WHO RIPPED OFF CONSUMERS. (CHEERING) CHEATERS... (CHEERING) WHO BROKE THE RULES FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. (CHEERING) SO HEAR ME WHEN I SAY... I KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S TYPE. (WILD CHEERING) BUT HER STRONGEST LINE OF ATTACK WAS ON ABORTION, CLAIMING DONALD TRUMP WOULD BRING IN A NATIONWIDE BAN. WE TRUST WOMEN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN BODY... (CHEERING, WHISTLING) AND NOT HAVE THEIR GOVERNMENT TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. HER ASCENT TO THE TOP HAS HAPPENED SO FAST THE BRANDING HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE NEW POLITICAL REALITY ON THE GROUND. HER CLOSING RHETORIC DELIVERED WHERE JOE BIDEN'S OFTEN FAILED. ARE YOU READY TO GET TO WORK? CROWD: YEAH! DO WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM? YEAH! DO WE BELIEVE IN OPPORTUNITY? YEAH! DO WE BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA? YEAH! AND ARE WE READY TO FIGHT FOR IT? YEAH! AND WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! WE WIN! AS KAMALA HARRIS SAID, THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH WISCONSIN. AS SHE SET OUT HER AGENDA HERE TODAY, THERE WAS A PALPABLE SENSE OF EXCITEMENT. THERE'S A REAL FEELING THAT SUDDENLY THIS ELECTION HAS COME ALIVE. GOSH, SHE'S THE WOMAN. YES, YES. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS INSPIRATIONAL. UM, I HAD TEARS.... IT WAS JUST HONESTLY BEAUTIFUL. YOU THINK SHE CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP? I THINK SHE CAN DO IT. I THINK SHE CAN DO IT. SHE NEED US TO BE BEHIND HER TO DO IT, THOUGH. JOE BIDEN EMERGED FROM HIS COVID ISOLATION TODAY, THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AROUND HIM TRANSFORMED. THE CURRENT INCUMBENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS HIS DAYS IN IT ARE NOW NUMBERED. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW HAS IDENTIFIED MAJOR FAILINGS IN HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL'S FLOOD PREPAREDNESS. IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE AFTERMATH OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE, WHICH CAUSED $5B WORTH OF FLOOD DAMAGE. THE REVIEW FOUND THAT ACROSS THE REGION THERE WERE 'VERY FEW EFFECTIVE WARNINGS AND EVACUATIONS, 'AND THIS RESULTED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO DEATHS'. IT SAID THE 'LACK OF PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS FOR EVENTS EXCEEDING 'THE CAPACITY OF STOPBANKS WAS ALSO APPARENT'. AND NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN AREAS OF KNOWN FLOOD RISK 'SUGGESTS THAT LESSONS FROM THE PAST HAVE NOT BEEN LEARNT'. IT MADE 47 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE COUNCIL SAYS IT HAS ALREADY STARTED IMPLEMENTING THEM. WE KNOW THAT 22 OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED. AND THE REMAINDER ` WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE UP AS A COUNCIL, WORK THROUGH, PRIORITISE THOSE AND IMPLEMENT THEM OVER TIME. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THEM, WE NEED A CO-DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH THE PANEL RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, THE REST OF OUR LOCAL TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES, AS WELL AS MANA WHENUA. HINEWAI ORMSBY, CHAIR OF THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL. AN AUCKLAND WOMAN WHOSE DOG WAS SO OBESE IT COULD BARELY MOVE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS IN PRISON. THE DOG, NAMED NUGGI, WEIGHED NEARLY 54kg, AND WAS SO OVERWEIGHT VETS COULDN'T HEAR HIS HEART WITH A STETHOSCOPE. IN 2021, NUGGI WAS TAKEN INTO SPCA CARE AND LOST 9kg, BUT DIED TWO MONTHS LATER FROM LIVER COMPLICATIONS. THE OWNER TOLD SPCA INSPECTORS THAT SHE FED NUGGI UP TO 10 PIECES OF CHICKEN PER DAY, PLUS DOG BISCUITS. ON TOP OF THE TWO-MONTH PRISON SENTENCE, SHE WAS FINED $1200 AND BANNED FROM OWNING A DOG FOR A YEAR. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER, WHICH LOOKED LIKE IT ENDED BEAUTIFULLY, HEATHER? SUNSET LOOKING WEST FROM TEKAPO ` THE MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE ARE PART OF THE BEN OHAU RANGE, AND TWO OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS ARE CAUSING THE SHADOWS ACROSS THE CLOUDS. IT WAS PRETTY FROSTY THERE THIS MORNING ` MOST OF THE SOUTH WAKING UP IN THE NEGATIVES, AND THE LOWER SOUTH HAD A FEW COLD SHOWERS ACROSS THE DAY. IN THE NORTH, FOGGY FOR HAMILTON - AND SET FOR A REPEAT OF THAT FOG TOMORROW. PLUS ` MORE FROST ` DETAILS ON WHERE AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` A DAY AFTER ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS IN DECADES, THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE HAS QUIT OVER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND AT AN AUCKLAND BEACH. AND THE MOMENT A RELAXING DAY'S FISHING WAS INTERRUPTED BY AN ACROBATIC WHALE. A DAY AFTER HER EXCRUCIATING APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF A U.S. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, THE HEAD OF AMERICA'S SECRET SERVICE, KIMBERLY CHEATLE, HAS RESIGNED. CHEATLE ADMITTED THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP WAS THE AGENCY'S WORST FAILURE IN DECADES. BUT SHE WAS BERATED BY LAWMAKERS FOR REFUSING TO ANSWER SIMPLE QUESTIONS, AND NOT RESIGNING SOONER. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. IT WAS THE GREATEST SECRET SERVICE BLUNDER SINCE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1981. (GUNFIRE) GET DOWN, GET DOWN, GET DOWN! (SCREAMING, GUNFIRE CONTINUES) HOW A GUNMAN GOT ON THIS SLOPING ROOF UNDETECTED... AND WAS ABLE TO OPEN FIRE AND WOUND A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE... (SCREAMING) ...IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION. I'M STANDING IN APPROXIMATELY THE SITE... IT LED TO ONE CONGRESSMAN CLAMBERING ON TO THAT SAME ROOF, RIDICULING THE SECRET SERVICE'S CAUTION. FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME THAT SECRET SERVICE AGENTS COULDN'T BE IN HERE ` THAT'S CRAZY. PERHAPS INEVITABLY, AFTER YESTERDAY'S FIERY HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL, THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR, KIMBERLY CHEATLE, HAS RESIGNED. THE HOSTILITY SHE FACED IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL. HAVE YOU PROVIDED ALL AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS IN YOUR POSSESSION TO THIS COMMITTEE, AS WE ASKED ON JULY 15TH? YES OR NO? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU` THAT IS A NO. YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT TODAY. YOU'RE JUST BEING COMPLETELY DISHONEST. MR CHAIRMAN, MR CHAIRMAN. SHE JUST RESIGNED. AND TODAY'S NEWS FILTERED OUT THAT THE DIRECTOR HAD STEPPED DOWN, IT WAS WIDELY WELCOMED. WELL, SHE MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING OUR PRESS CONFERENCE. I'M GLAD SHE DID THE RIGHT THING. UM, LOOK, OUR REACTION` THE IMMEDIATE REACTION TO HER RESIGNATION IS THAT IT IS OVERDUE. SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AT LEAST A WEEK AGO. CROWD CHANTS: USA! USA! WHAT HAPPENED 10 DAYS AGO IN THAT RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA HAS RAISED REAL FEARS THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE MAY BECOME A FEATURE IN THIS WILDLY UNPREDICTABLE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. TRUMP IS SHIFTING THE BLAME ON TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WRITING IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ` BY BLAMING THE ADMINISTRATION AND NOT THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE, DONALD TRUMP IS GALVANISING SOME OF HIS MORE CONSPIRACY-MINDED SUPPORTERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE STILL WONDERING HOW ON EARTH A LONE GUNMAN OUTWITTED THE BEST-TRAINED BODYGUARDS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AT AN AUCKLAND BEACH. A MAN OUT FOR HIS MORNING RUN SAW THE BODY FACE-DOWN IN THE SAND AT LADIES BAY. POLICE WRAPPED THE BODY IN PLASTIC BEFORE TAKING IT AWAY BY BOAT. THE DEATH IS BEING TREATED AS UNEXPLAINED. A SOLO MOTHER HAS BEEN JAILED FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS FOR CAUSING THE DEATH OF HER 4-WEEK-OLD BABY AND ASSAULTING HER SON (2) IN 2022. THE CHILDREN AND THE WOMAN ` WHO WAS 19 AT THE TIME ` ALL HAVE PERMANENT NAME SUPPRESSION. CATRIN OWEN WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. THE YOUNG MOTHER APPEARED TEARFUL AND HELD HER HEAD DOWN AS THE JUDGE OUTLINED THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO THE 4-WEEK-OLD'S DEATH. THE COURT HEARD HOW SHE'D REACHED OUT TO THE FATHER OF THE BABY MULTIPLE TIMES, SAYING THAT SHE WASN'T COPING AND WAS STRUGGLING MENTALLY. WHILE ON A VIDEO CALL TO A FRIEND, SHE WAS SEEN SHAKING THE BABY. SHE THEN SHOOK THE BABY AGAIN DAYS LATER, CAUSING A SEVERE BRAIN BLEED. DESPITE REACHING OUT TO HEALTHLINE TWICE, SHE HUNG UP BEFORE GETTING THROUGH. SHE THEN TOOK THE BABY TO STARSHIP HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY. JUSTICE GEOFFREY VENNING SAID THAT, DESPITE HER TRAGIC UPBRINGING AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH, HE HAD TO SENTENCE HER TO A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. A MAN WITH MORE THAN 100 CONVICTIONS IS ON THE RUN IN WEST AUCKLAND, AND POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO FIND HIM. REGAN MCKINLEY (34) HAS A DISTINCTIVE FACE TATTOO OF THE WORD 'EVIL', AND IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. HE'S WANTED FOR BREACHING HIS COURT RELEASE CONDITIONS. APOLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE IN THE HELENSVILLE AREA TO CALL 111 IF THEY SEE HIM. STILL TO COME ` THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-RUNNING INQUIRY HAS LABELLED ABUSE IN CARE A NATIONAL DISGRACE. AFTER THE BREAK, WE SPEAK TO A SURVIVOR ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO HAPPEN NOW THE REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED WHALE, HELLO THERE! WE MEET THE ONE THEY WISH HAD GOT AWAY. AND LATER IN SPORT, WHY OUR TOP SWIMMERS FEEL THEY'RE WELL PLACED TO END NEW ZEALAND'S 28-YEAR OLYMPIC MEDAL DROUGHT IN THE POOL. THIS IS THREE NEWS ` IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE IS OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY HAS DESCRIBED ABUSE IN CARE AS A NATIONAL DISGRACE. IN A HARROWING 3000-PAGE REPORT, THE COMMISSION ESTIMATED AROUND 200,000 NEW ZEALANDERS WERE ABUSED IN CARE FROM 1950 TO 2019. IT SAID SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE WAS COMMONPLACE, AND IF THIS INJUSTICE IS NOT ADDRESSED, IT WILL REMAIN AS A STAIN ON OUR NATIONAL CHARACTER FOREVER. KEITH WIFFIN SURVIVED ABUSE AT EPUNI BOYS' HOME IN WELLINGTON AND FOUGHT FOR DECADES TO HAVE HIS ABUSER, AND THE GOVERNMENT, HELD TO ACCOUNT. HE WORKED WITH THE ROYAL COMMISSION TO ENSURE SURVIVORS WERE HEARD, AND SPOKE TO GLENN MCCONNELL ABOUT WHAT SURVIVORS HOPE WILL COME FROM THIS SIX-YEAR INVESTIGATION. WELL, THE EXPECTATIONS NOW WILL BE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL WELL, THE EXPECTATIONS NOW WILL BE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL WILL BE DONE IN TERMS OF REDRESS, AND SOMETHING URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE GETTING MUCH OLDER NOW. AND WE ARE DYING AT A PRETTY RAPID RATE. ALSO, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ABSOLUTE FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE APPALLING RATES OF ABUSE NOW. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST HISTORICAL, IT'S ALSO CONTEMPORARY. IT'S NOW, AND IT'S NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER FACED UP TO THE PROBLEM. WHAT WILL REDRESS LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT WILL SURVIVORS WANT THERE? DOES THIS MEAN THERE SHOULD BE SETTLEMENTS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SURVIVOR OF ABUSE? YES, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE. AND EACH INDIVIDUAL IS DIFFERENT. AND SO THAT MEANS AN INDEPENDENT REDRESS PROGRAMME, WHICH WAS DESIGNED BY THE SURVIVORS LAST YEAR. AND THAT PROPOSAL SITS WITH GOVERNMENT NOW TO BE IMPLEMENTED. IF THAT'S IMPLEMENTED, THERE WILL BE WHAT'S BADLY NEEDED IN TERMS OF SUPPORTS FOR SURVIVORS, TO ANSWER THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. DO YOU THINK NEW ZEALAND UNDERSTANDS HOW WIDESPREAD THIS ABUSE HAS BEEN? NO, I DON'T THINK THEY DO. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL START TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS REPORT, AND IT WILL GIVE THEM SOME IDEA, BUT WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY ABOUT THAT` AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT THIS, THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY COULD HAVE GONE FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS, AND STILL WOULD NOT HAVE GOT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS IN TERMS OF STOPPING HISTORY REPEATING, IS THERE AN IMMEDIATE STEP YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT COULD TAKE? WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FINAL REPORT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ` THE FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEY NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU WILL SEE EFFECTIVE CHANGE. YOU TOOK MANY MEASURES TO TRY AND GET ACCOUNTABILITY OUT OF THE STATE. YEAH. HAVE THEY BEEN EFFECTIVE, AND ARE THERE STILL ORGANISATIONS, PEOPLE WHO YOU THINK HAVE TRIED TO HIDE FROM THAT ACCOUNTABILITY? WELL, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THERE'S BEEN ALMOST ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RESISTED THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME ` SENIOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL THERE, PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HANG THEIR HEAD IN SHAME TODAY ` THEY HAVE RESISTED FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. FOR THEM AND THEIR ORGANISATIONS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT DENIAL, MINIMISING AND COVERING UP AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT. FROM HERE ON IN, THAT NEEDS TO BE SEEN AS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NEVER FORGET WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICE BREAKS: IT'S ABOUT THE SERIOUS ABUSE OF OUR CHILDREN. THE NEW ZEALAND PASSPORT HAS BEEN NAMED THE FOURTH MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD. UP TWO PLACES IN THE ANNUAL RANKINGS, THE KIWI BLACK BOOK GRANTS VISA-FREE ACCESS TO 190 STATES AND COUNTRIES. THE LIST WAS TOPPED BY SINGAPORE, WHICH BOASTS VISA-FREE ACCESS TO FIVE DESTINATIONS MORE THAN AOTEAROA. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS IN WASHINGTON DC TO ADDRESS CONGRESS AND MEET PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE'S ALSO BEEN MET BY ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS, URGING U.S. LAWMAKERS TO STOP SELLING ARMS TO ISRAEL. ITV'S JOHN IRVINE REPORTS. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS FLOWN TO WASHINGTON TO MAKE HISTORY. TOMORROW, HE WILL BECOME THE FIRST FOREIGN LEADER TO ADDRESS CONGRESS FOR THE FOURTH TIME. BUT WHAT'S FAR FROM CLEAR IS, WHETHER OR NOT ON THIS OCCASION, ANYONE WILL ACTUALLY BE LISTENING. AMERICANS WON'T PAY HIM MUCH ATTENTION, GIVEN THE TURMOIL IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, AND BACK HERE IN ISRAEL, MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH ALREADY. THE POLLS SHOW THAT TWO-THIRDS OF ISRAELIS WANT HIM TO LEAVE POLITICS AND NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. ONE OF HIS MOST VOCAL CRITICS IS THE MAN HE SUCCEEDED AS PRIME MINISTER IN 2009. EHUD OLMERT SAYS MR NETANYAHU IS FAR TOO UNPOPULAR TO BE REGARDED AS REPRESENTING ISRAEL ON THIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON. HE ONLY CARES FOR HIS STATUS IN ISRAEL AND HIS ABILITY TO SOMEHOW UPGRADE HIMSELF AS A RESULT IN APPEARANCE. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS A PR CAMPAIGN TO SAVE HIM POLITICALLY. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. WHILE MR NETANYAHU WAS TRAVELLING, THOUSANDS OF GAZANS WERE ALSO ON THE MOVE ` ORDERED TO LEAVE A SUPPOSEDLY SAFE ZONE THAT THE ISRAELI ARMY SAYS IT MUST ATTACK BECAUSE HAMAS HAVE RE-EMERGED THERE. HERE, PEOPLE WERE ON THE VERGE OF PANIC BECAUSE OF THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE NEARBY. (GUNFIRE, SCREAMING) THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY CLAIMS THAT NEARLY 100 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED IN THE ISRAELI OPERATION. IN GAZA, THE IDF ARE GOING AROUND AGAIN, AND IT'S NO VICTORY LAP. HAMAS REMAIN UNDEFEATED, AND ISRAEL'S TOP BRASS WANT A CEASEFIRE, AT LEAST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES. BUT ISRAELIS CLAMOURING FOR A TRUCE THAT WOULD SEE THOSE CAPTIVES COME HOME ARE AFRAID THAT MR NETANYAHU HAS PRIORITISED THE SURVIVAL OF HIS HAWKISH GOVERNMENT OVER ANY PEACE DEAL THAT MIGHT BRING ABOUT THAT GOVERNMENT'S COLLAPSE. MUDSLIDES IN ETHIOPIA HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 229 PEOPLE IN THE DEADLIEST SUCH DISASTER IN THE COUNTRY'S RECORDED HISTORY. MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE TRYING TO DIG OUT SURVIVORS TRAPPED BY A PREVIOUS MUDSLIDE WHEN ANOTHER ONE HIT, BURYING THE RESCUE TEAMS. AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROWN INTO THE OCEAN AFTER A WHALE LANDED ON THEIR BOAT OFF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COAST. TEENAGE BROTHERS WYATT AND COLIN YAGER WERE OUT FISHING AND SPOTTED THE HUMPBACK JUST AS IT BREACHED. ONE OF THE TEENS JUMPED AND THE OTHER WAS THROWN OVERBOARD AS THEIR BOAT FLEW UP IN THE AIR AND CAPSIZED, BUT LUCKILY, NEITHER OF THEM WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT, AND IT'S ALMOST GO TIME FOR OUR KIWI ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPICS? HOW WERE THEY NOT INJURED AFTER THAT? WE'RE LIVE TO PARIS AHEAD OF A BIG DAY FOR THE KIWIS AT THE OLYMPICS. HOW WERE THEY NOT INJURED AFTER THAT? ALSO NOT LONG BEFORE OUR SWIMMERS ARE IN ACTION - BUT TONIGHT IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SEVENTH, WE ARE LIVE TO PARIS AHEAD OF A BIG DAY FOR THE KIWIS AT THE OLYMPICS. PLUS ` WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER GOES INTO BAT FOR HIS UNDER-PRESSURE HALFBACK. AND WE'RE WITH THE OVER-70S CRICKET TEAM AS THEY GET SET FOR A SPECIAL WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREENEWS SPORT. IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE FIRST OF THE KIWI ATHLETES WILL OFFICIALLY KICK OFF NEW ZEALAND'S OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN, WITH THE MEN'S FOOTBALL AND MEN'S SEVENS TEAMS BEGINNING COMPETITION. IT'S THE START OF A BUMPER TWO AND A HALF WEEKS IN PARIS, WITH MEDAL HOPES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE GAMES, INCLUDING THE SWIMMERS, WHO ARE OUT TO END A NEARLY 30-YEAR MEDAL DROUGHT IN THE POOL. IMOGEN WELLS REPORTS FROM PARIS. WITH THE FINAL TOUCHES BEING APPLIED TO THE VENUES, AND THE OLYMPIC RINGS HANGING PROUDLY, PARIS IS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD. AND THE KIWIS CAN'T GET ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST ON AN EXTENDED HOLIDAY AWAY FROM NEW ZEALAND WINTER, IN A BIT OF SUMMER. IT'S BEEN SO COOL JUST TO BE PART OF THE TEAM, TO BE WELCOMED IN, JUST TO BE CRUISING OUT FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE START RACING. WHEN THAT DOES START, LEWIS CLAREBURT WILL QUICKLY BE OUT OF HOLIDAY MODE. HIS STRONGEST EVENT ` THE 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY ` IS UP FIRST, AND IS HIS BEST CHANCE OF A MEDAL. IF I GET ON THE PODIUM... THAT'S BEEN MY GOAL FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE ` IF I CAN DO THAT, THEN BOOYAH, LET'S DO IT! BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF COMPETITION STANDING IN HIS WAY ` INCLUDING LOCAL HOPE AND WORLD RECORD-HOLDER LEON MARCHAND. THE FRENCHMAN DETHRONED MICHAEL PHELPS' RECORD LAST YEAR, AND IS THE ODDS-ON FAVOURITE FOR GOLD. WELL, I'M GUESSING WHEN I WALK OUT THERE'S EITHER GONNA BE BOOS, OR... LIKE, NOT DRINK 'BOOZE', BUT BOOS-BOOS... (LAUGHS) GONNA BE SHOUTED AT EVERYONE APART FROM LEON. ALONGSIDE CLAREBURT, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH IN THE POOL. THE 20-YEAR-OLD ANNOUNCED HERSELF EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD IN THE 400M FREESTYLE. HISTORY IS BEING MADE. SHE WINS FOR THE KIWIS! AND AFTER MAKING HER OLYMPIC DEBUT AS A 16-YEAR-OLD, SHE FEELS MORE EQUIPPED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. SINCE THE LAST OLYMPICS, I'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL RACING EXPERIENCE AND I'VE KIND OF GROWN AS AN ATHLETE, BUT THE MAIN PART IS FOCUSING ON YOUR OWN RACE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN 50M LANE ` IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING. THE KIWIS ARE FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES AS THEY SEEK NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST SWIMMING MEDAL SINCE 1996. IMOGEN IS WITH US NOW FROM PARIS. IMOGEN, A BIG DAY FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM OVER THERE, AND A BIG TEST FOR THE MEN'S SEVENS EARLY ON? BONJOUR, INDEED, THE SECOND POOL MATCHES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA AND THAT COULD BE A TRICKY ONE, SOUTH AFRICA CAN BE A HUGE THREAT AND HAS MANAGED TO BEAT NEW ZEALAND IN THE PAST, BUT IT MAY NOT BE TOO DISASTROUS IN TERMS OF MEDAL CHANCES, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITHOUT, BECAUSE THERE IS ALSO IRELAND IN THE POOL. AND, IMOGEN, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE ATHLETES VILLAGE FOR THESE GAMES. WHAT'S THE STORY? THIS IS MASSIVE, THERE IS NO MCDONALD'S IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE AFTER HAVING BEEN A FAVOURITE, 1000 NUGGIES AFTER WINNING GOLD ` THERE WILL BE NONE OF THAT ACTION BECAUSE MCDONALD'S IS OUT, AND A SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT APPROACH TO FOOD IS BEING OFFERED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEANWHILE, THE BLACK STICKS MEN HAVE ARRIVED IN PARIS AHEAD OF THEIR FIRST POOL MATCH AGAINST INDIA ON SUNDAY MORNING. DESPITE CURRENTLY BEING RANKED A LOWLY 10TH AND QUALIFYING FOR THE GAMES AT THE LAST CHANCE, THE SIDE ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR MEDAL CHANCES. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLOSEST OLYMPICS. IN TERMS OF HOCKEY, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SO ANYONE CAN REALLY MEDAL. FOR US, IT'S JUST ABOUT GETTING EARLY POINTS, SO HOPEFULLY, TICK THAT OFF AGAINST IDEA; GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD SO HOPEFULLY, TICK THAT OFF AGAINST INDIA; GET SOME POINTS ON THE BOARD AND THEN KEEP PUSHING. THE BLACK STICKS ALSO PLAY AUSTRALIA, ARGENTINA, BELGIUM AND IRELAND IN POOL B. BACK HERE, WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER HAS LEAPT TO THE DEFENCE OF CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA AFTER THE HALFBACK HAD A NIGHT TO FORGET OFF THE TEE IN THEIR 20-18 LOSS TO THE RAIDERS LAST WEEK. HARRIS-TAVITA HAD THE CHANCE TO TIE THE GAME, BUT PULLED HIS CONVERSION WIDE, DESPITE IT BEING ALMOST IN FRONT OF THE POSTS. IT WAS ONE OF FOUR CONVERSIONS HE MISSED IN THE LOSS. BUT WEBSTER SAYS IT SHOULDN'T DENT HIS CONFIDENCE. IT'S GOING TO MAKE HIM STRONGER, MATE. YEAH, WE... THERE'S SO MANY THINGS IN THAT GAME THAT WE GOT WRONG PRIOR TO THAT, AND... THERE'S A MILLION GOAL KICKERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY THEY'VE MISSED IN THAT SITUATION. WEBSTER IS CONFIDENT THE WARRIORS HAVE THE DEPTH TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST THE TIGERS THIS WEEK, DESPITE ADAM POMPEY AND TAINE TUAUPIKI BEING ADDED TO THEIR INJURY LIST. THEIR BEST DAYS IN THE SPORT MIGHT BE WELL AND TRULY BEHIND THEM, BUT FOR A GROUP OF CRICKETING TRAGICS, GETTING OLDER HAS ONLY ENHANCED THEIR LOVE OF THE GAME. A SQUAD OF 16 ARE ON THEIR WAY TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND AT THE OVER-70s CRICKET WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND STARTING THIS WEEKEND. GORDON FINDLATER CAUGHT UP WITH THEM. THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS SPRIGHTLY AS THEY ONCE WERE, BUT IN TERMS OF NATIONAL HONOURS, THEY'RE PEAKING IN THEIR LATER YEARS. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE THRILL. ANY TIME YOU REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY, IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. YES, THESE BOYS ARE ABOUT TO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND AT THE OVER-70s CRICKET WORLD CUP. WE CAN COMPETE WITH AUSTRALIA. ENGLAND... WE'RE GOING TO FIND VERY TOUGH. THEY'VE GOT 15,000 REGISTERED OVER-70 PLAYERS. WOW. WOW. (LAUGHS) SO TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR TOES, WE CALLED IN SOME RECENT UNDER-19 REP PLAYERS. EHH, JUST ABOUT AS QUICK AS OUR STUFF. (LAUGHTER) MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE, THE OLD BOYS HELD THEIR OWN IN THE NETS. THE NEXT GENERATION EVEN HAPPY TO LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM THEIR EXPERIENCED COUNTERPARTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BOWLING TECHNIQUE THERE? YEAH, VERY GOOD LINE LENGTH AND SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE PACE. I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK EVEN I COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO. WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS MAN OUT? THE SLOWER THE BETTER. OK. SLOWER THE BETTER. JUST LOOPY. THEY HATE SLOWER, LOOPY STUFF. OK. THEY LOVE IT COMING ON, SO THE SLOWER THE BETTER. OH! I RECKON THAT'S CAUGHT. CAUGHT CORNER. THAT'S NO WAY THAT'S GONE FOR SIX. I WAS RIGHT DOWN TO THE SCREWS. JEREMY WAS PROBABLY RIGHT. IT GOT ME WONDERING, WHAT'S THE TRICK TO BEING THIS GOOD AT 70? UH, EXERCISE EVERY DAY. I'M AT THE GYM FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK. WHAT'S THE TRICK TO AGE LIKE FINE WINE, I GUESS? YEAH, AND A FEW BEERS. BUT I'M ASSURED THE TRIP TO ENGLAND ISN'T JUST A PARTY. NO, MOST OF US TAKE OUR WIVES THESE DAYS. WE'VE GONE PAST THE BOYS' TRIPS. WITH SIX POOL GAMES OVER 12 DAYS, LET'S HOPE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS A PHYSIO. GOOD LUCK TO THOSE GUYS, I BET THEY WILL STILL FIND TIME FOR SOME BEERS. BUT BACK TO THE IDEA OF NO MACCAS AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. YOUR BODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TEMPLE YOU HAVE WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS. HAVEN'T YOU EARNED A REWARD? THERE WILL BE A SOY-BASED OPTION. I WAS STARTING TO WORRY. THE MAGIC MIX OF BACTERIA AND YEAST THAT'S KEY TO MAKING KOMBUCHA ` THE SCOBY ` IS TAKING ON A WHOLE NEW LIFE AT WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. THIS THICK, RUBBERY SUBSTANCE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF REPLICATING HUMAN FLESH THAT DOCTORS ARE USING IT TO PRACTISE LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURES. RACHEL THOMAS REPORTS. A SCOBY IS NORMALLY A BY-PRODUCT OF THE HYPED HEALTH DRINK KOMBUCHA, BUT HERE, IT IS THE HERO ` DOCTORS ARE USING IT TO PRACTISE WHAT TO DO IN A RARE SITUATION CALLED 'CICO', WHEN A PATIENT'S AIRWAY IS OBSTRUCTED, WE NEED TO PRACTISE THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, BECAUSE THESE WILL ESSENTIALLY SAVE THE PATIENTS' LIVES. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO PERFORM THIS ` ONE WITH A CANNULA, AND THE OTHER WITH A SCALPEL. HOLD ON TO THE NECK OR THE LARYNX, AND WE USE A SCALPEL TO TRY AND GET DOWN THROUGH THE CRICOTHYROID MEMBRANE. AND THEN WE PASS A BOUGIE THROUGH IT AND THEN WE PASS A TUBE THROUGH IT, AND THEN WE CAN GIVE OXYGEN TO THE PATIENT THROUGH THAT TUBE. THIS EXERCISE PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A COMMERCIAL MODEL WITH A $900 PRICE TAG. BUT THE SCOBY ALTERNATIVE ISN'T ONLY PREFERRED BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER... IT'S MUCH MORE REALISTIC. IT'S BIODEGRADABLE, IT'S REUSABLE, AND ESSENTIALLY IT GIVES ACCESS WITH IT TO ANYONE IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE NOW 50 SCOBIES BREWING IN THIS ROOM ` THE FARM ` AND EVEN PUNCTURED SCOBIES CAN BE REUSED. I'LL PUT THEM BACK IN TEA, AND THEY WILL START TO GROW OVER, SO I CAN JUST REPURPOSE THEM. SO THE SCOBY GROWS TO THE SHAPE OF THE CONTAINER THAT YOU PUT IT IN, AND IT GROWS FROM THE SURFACE DOWN. WHICH MEANS THEY CAN SIMULATE DIFFERENT BODY TYPES. WE HAVE 3D-PRINTED MODELS WITH DIFFERENT ANATOMY AND WE CAN CUSTOMISE THE PATIENT AND THE DEPTH OF THE MODELS. THE ONE DOWNSIDE... THERE IS A VINEGARY SMELL IN THIS AREA, THE SCOBY FARM, AND THAT IS, I SUPPOSE, A BYPRODUCT OF THE BREWING PROCESS. A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR HUGE SAVINGS AND INVALUABLE PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORS. A GEYSER AT YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK'S BISCUIT BASIN HAS EXPLODED, SENDING PARK GUESTS RUNNING FOR SAFETY. THE HYDRO-THERMAL EXPLOSION DESTROYED PART OF THE BOARDWALK. THE EVENT IS RELATIVELY COMMON IN YELLOWSTONE, BUT IT CERTAINLY GIVES TOURISTS A FRIGHT. HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING WEEKEND ` AND IT'S A BIT WET IN THE SOUTH ISLAND? THE NORTH ISLAND WON'T HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT ON FRIDAY, FRONT NUMBER ONE MOVES ON TO SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND, LIKELY TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE NEXT ROUND OF WEATHER WARNINGS. ON SATURDAY, IT WEAKENS, BUT STILL DISHES UP A DECENT AMOUNT OF RAIN. ON SUNDAY, FRONT NUMBER TWO ARRIVES, PROBABLY BRINGS WITH IT ANOTHER ROUND OF WARNINGS. THEN MONDAY, COLD SOUTHERLIES KICK IN AND SNOW'S EXPECTED TO RELATIVELY LOW LEVELS IN THE SOUTH. THE FULL FORECAST ` NEXT. WELCOME BACK. I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HIGH PRESSURE IS RETURNING ` A RIDGE BUILDS IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FROM THE TASMAN SEA, AND THAT WILL HELP CALM THAT SOU'WESTERLY FLOW. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FRONTS APPROACHING SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND FROM THE SOUTHWEST, SO EXPECT THE WESTERLIES TO RAMP UP THERE AHEAD OF THEM. ON FRIDAY, THE RIDGE RECEDES TO THE NORTH ISLAND, ALLOWING THOSE FRONTS TO GRADUALLY MOVE UP THE SOUTH ISLAND. BUT THERE IS STILL TIME BEFORE THEY ARRIVE, AND IN THE LEAD-UP, CLOUD WILL SIT OVER THE DEEP SOUTH WITH A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE SOUTH WILL BE FINE. SO EXPECT ANOTHER MORNING OF FROST, WITH THE WEST CONTINUING TO CLOUD OVER, AND WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. THEY'LL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER FIORDLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. NOW, FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` NOT BAD OVERNIGHT, JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AND SOME PATCHY CLOUD OUT WEST. NOW, THE SOU'WESTERLY WIND WILL EASE FOR EVERYONE. TOMORROW, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME MORNING FROST AND PATCHY FOG. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD AND MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH AND WEST, BUT CLEARING NORTHLAND IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A NORTHERLY DEVELOPING FOR WELLINGTON. SO ANOTHER MORNING LIKE TODAY FOR YOU, HAMILTON ` FOG. EVERYONE ELSE CAN EXPECT SOME MORNING CLOUD TOO. COUPLE OF SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON WITH WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS. NOW, MORNING FOG OR FROST OR FOG AND FROST, THEN IT'S MOSTLY FINE HERE. CLOUD DOES DEVELOP FROM LATE MORNING FOR TAURANGA, AND THERE IS THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR TOKOROA, WITH SOU'WESTERS. A FINE AND FROSTY MORNING OUT EAST ` EVEN SHELTERED SPOTS OF GISBORNE. COULD GET FROST. SUN'S OUT FOR THE DAY, WITH WESTERLIES EASING BEFORE MIDDAY FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND DANNEVIRKE. THE USUAL FOG OR FROST EARLY FOR TAUMARUNUI. MORNING FROST TOO FOR THE HUTT VALLEY. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS FOR TARANAKI UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON, WITH A SOU'WESTERLY BREEZE THERE, AND NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH. NELSON, YOU ARE FINE, WITH YOUR SOU'WESTERLY DYING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE CLOUDY PERIODS AND SHOWERS, BUT MOST GONE BY THE AFTERNOON, ALL WITH LIGHT WINDS. IT'S A GREAT DAY OUT EAST ` FINE AND POSSIBLY FROSTY, THEN THE SKY STAYS CLEAR FOR THE DAY, WITH LITTLE TO NO WIND. JUST A SLIGHT WESTERLY FOR TIMARU. AND MOSTLY FINE WITH MORNING FROST HERE. THE ODD SHOWER FOR THE DEEP SOUTH SHOULD CLEAR BY SUNRISE, CLOUD RETURNS THERE TOMORROW NIGHT, AND WITH A NOR'WESTERLY. LOOKING GOOD, DUNEDIN. APART FROM MORNING CLOUD, YOUR WEDNESDAY IS FINE, WITH A NOR'WESTER AND A BALMY 16 DEGREES. CHRISTCHURCH ` A REPEAT OF TODAY TOMORROW, WITH FINE SKIES, JUST LIGHT WINDS, AND A FEELS-LIKE HIGH OF 11. NOW, YOU MAY GET SOME FROST FIRST THING IN THE HUTT VALLEY. THEN ALL OF WELLINGTON IS FINE AND CALM ` JUST LIGHT WINDS WITH A NORTHERLY DEVELOPING TOMORROW NIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPS DROPPING AGAIN AROUND HAWKE'S BAY, SO EXPECT FROST IN THE MORNING. BUT THE DAY ITSELF IS LOVELY AND FINE, WITH A WESTERLY EASING IN THE MORNING. TAURANGA, YOUR MORNING STARTS WITH CLEAR SKIES AND A SOU'WESTERLY. BUT CLOUD WILL ROLL IN FROM LATE MORNING ` ALL WITH A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES. ANOTHER FOGGY MORNING AROUND THE WAIKATO. IT WILL LIFT BUT STAY PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS. SOU'WESTERS EXPECTED TOO FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND SIMILAR TOMORROW TO WHAT YOU HAD TODAY, AUCKLAND ` A FEW CLOUDS, ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, CLEARING IN THE EVENING, ALL WITH A SOU'WESTERLY KEEPING THAT AIR CHILLED. MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW FOR OZ ` PERTH AND ALL THE SOUTH-EASTERN CITIES. FINE FROM SYDNEY NORTH. AND MOST OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS WILL HAVE A MIX TOMORROW - SUN AND SHOWERS. WEEKEND TIME, AND IT'S ALL GOOD UP TOP ` A REALLY LOVELY AND CALM FEW DAYS. ALL GOOD OUT EAST TOO, JUST A CLOUDY DAY FOR TAUPO ON SUNDAY. ANY SHOWERS WILL BE OUT WEST, ISOLATED ON FRIDAY, FROM TARANAKI TO HOROWHENUA IN THE EVENING. THEN A FEW MORE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NOW, FOR THE SOUTH, A DIFFERENT STORY. THOSE FRONTS WILL DELIVER RAIN IN THE WEST ON FRIDAY. THEN HEAVY RAIN OUT WEST FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THOSE SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE LOWER SOUTH. EVERYONE WITH SCATTERED RAIN ON SUNDAY. SO, CHRISTCHURCH, YOU WILL BE IN FOR ANOTHER DAY TOMORROW LIKE TODAY ` A BEAUTIFUL CRISP WINTER'S DAY ` STARTED WITH A STUNNING SUNRISE. THIS TAKEN AT 7.30 FROM LINCOLN ROAD. THIS TAKEN AT 7.30 FROM LINCOLN ROAD. BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS, I'M SURPRISED. MOST OF YOU ` 59% OF YOU ` SAID YOU ARE NOT. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THAT CHANGES ONCE THEY GET UNDERWAY. AND FINALLY TONIGHT ` STAFF AT A UK RAIL STATION HAVE BEEN LEFT SHELL-SHOCKED BY A SLOW-MOVING TRESSPASSER. BY A SLOW-MOVING TRESPASSER. SOLOMON THE TORTOISE WAS SPOTTED ON THE TRACKS AFTER ESCAPING HIS NEARBY HOME. AFTER CAUSING A SHORT DELAY, RAIL STAFF HELPED SOLOMON HITCH A RIDE ON THE NEXT TRAIN TO BE COLLECTED BY HIS OWNER AGAIN. 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. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. 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