TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` OLYMPICS ROCKED BY SPYING SCANDAL; OUR FOOTBALL FERNS THE TARGET. RIVALS CANADA CAUGHT BUZZING OUR PRACTICE WITH A DRONE BEFORE THE FIRST MATCH. EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE, NOT KNOWING TO WHAT EXTENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE OPPOSITION. AS THE GAMES' INTEGRITY IS QUESTIONED, WHAT THE KIWIS NOW WANT. NEW NUMBERS REVEAL MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING UPLIFTED BY ORANGA TAMARIKI AMID FALLOUT FROM THE ABUSE INQUIRY REPORT. AND JOE BIDEN ON WHY HE BOWED OUT. I REVERE THIS OFFICE, BUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY, OTO SEQUEIRA AND JASON CONRAN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI NGA PITOPITO KORERO O TE WA ` WELCOME TO 1 NEWS THIS EVENING. SPYING, DRONE RECONNAISSANCE, SENT HOME IN DISGRACE ` A SCANDAL'S ERUPTING THAT GIVES THE OLYMPICS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A MOVIE THRILLER. AT THE CENTRE, OUR FOOTBALL FERNS ` THEIR PRACTICE SESSIONS FILMED TWICE BY A DRONE. THE CULPRITS ` CANADA, THE REIGNING GOLD MEDALLISTS AND OUR FIRST-ROUND OPPONENTS. TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, A COACHING ANALYST AND AN ASSISTANT, HAVE BEEN SENT HOME, ONE RECEIVING A SUSPENDED SENTENCE FROM FRENCH AUTHORITIES. THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC TEAM BELIEVES 'THERE IS NO PLACE 'FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTION IN FOOTBALL', AND IT WANTS URGENT ACTION. WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THIS SCANDAL ROCKING THE OLYMPICS, WE'LL CROSS SHORTLY TO EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON; BUT FIRST, HER REPORT. FROM DEFENDING CHAMPS TO DAMAGE CONTROL. YOU KNOW, I'VE, AGAIN, BEEN OPEN, HONEST, UP-FRONT. CANADA'S WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM WILL START THEIR OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN WITHOUT THREE KEY STAFF AFTER USING A DRONE TO SPY ON THE FOOTBALL FERNS NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, WE'RE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AND VERY SHOCKED. CANADA'S HEAD COACH, BEV PRIESTMAN, WHO ONCE WORKED FOR NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL, SAYS SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACT AND WILL NOT TAKE PART IN TONIGHT'S GAME. I'VE DONE THAT BECAUSE I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT SPORTSMANSHIP, INTEGRITY AND, TO BE HONEST, THE PLAYERS WHO ARE TAKING THE FIELD. YOU KNOW, I THINK BOTH TEAMS HAVE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD. BEV PRIESTMAN HAD NO INVOLVEMENT, NO KNOWLEDGE IN THE INCIDENT, SO THOSE WHO HAD THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE INCIDENT WE REMOVED FROM TEAM CANADA. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THAT IN TEAM CANADA. CANADA HAS ONLY EVER LOST TO NEW ZEALAND ONCE AND ARE RANKED 20 SPOTS HIGHER. THE SKIES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PATROLLED HERE IN PARIS; YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FLY ANY DRONES AT ALL. AT LEAST SIX, THOUGH, ARE BEING INTERCEPTED EVERY DAY. NOW, THE FOOTBALL FERNS ARE BASED FURTHER DOWN-COUNTRY, IN SOUTH OF FRANCE, IN SAINT-ETIENNE, WHERE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RULES, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF QUESTIONS BEING RAISED AROUND SECURITY. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT INFORMATION WAS GATHERED, BUT IT'S BELIEVED THE FOOTAGE STAYED IN THE HANDS OF THE DRONE OPERATOR, WHO TODAY RECEIVED A SUSPENDED SENTENCE OF EIGHT MONTHS. EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE, NOT KNOWING TO WHAT EXTENT INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THEIR OPPOSITION FOR TOMORROW'S GAME OR NOT. UH, HAS BEEN VERY UNSETTLING. BUT THEY ARE... THE RESOLVE IS THERE TO OVERCOME THAT. THE FERNS DEALT ANOTHER BLOW TODAY ` CAPTAIN ALI RILEY RULED OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT WITH INJURY, PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON A TEAM ALREADY IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SPOTLIGHT. MEI, THE TEAMS ARE JUST NINE HOURS AWAY FROM FACING EACH OTHER. CAN WE EXPECT ANY FURTHER SANCTIONS FOR THE CANADIANS? GOOD EVENING. I THINK WE CAN EXPECT MORE. LIKE YOU SAY, WITH THE GAME CLOSE, IT IS UNLIKELY WE WILL GET ANY MORE BEFORE THE GAME STARTS. BUT THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF BODIES INVESTIGATING. IT IS A BIT OF A JURISDICTIONAL MAZE; YOU HAVE THE OLYMPIC INTEGRITY UNIT AND CANADA SOCCER BRINGING IN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS, BUT THE BIG ONE IS FIFA. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL ARE FURIOUS AND THEY HAVE ASKED FIFA TO EXPEDITE ITS ENQUIRY AND TO AWARD CANADA ZERO POINTS FROM THE MATCH EVEN IF CANADA WIN. OTHER PENALTIES COULD INCLUDE MORE SANCTIONS TO COACHES AS WELL AS FINANCIAL PENALTIES. BUT THIS IS A SHOCKING SCANDAL. SO EARLY ON AS WELL, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAINING. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF ATHLETES START LOOKING AT THE WAY THEY TRAIN, WHETHER IT IS INDEED PRIVATE OR WHETHER THEY SHOULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE PINNACLE FOR MANY WE ARE A LOT IS ON THE LINE. THANKS, MEI. AND WE RETURN TO PARIS FOR MORE OLYMPIC NEWS SHORTLY. 1 NEWS HAS OBTAINED FIGURES SHOWING MORE CHILDREN ARE BEING PLACED IN STATE CARE COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. IT GOES AGAINST THE ADVICE PUT FORWARD BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO ABUSE AND HAS SURVIVORS WORRIED, WARNING THE GOVERNMENT IT NEEDS TO ACT NOW. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. EVER SINCE THIS BABY WAS BORN , IT'S BEEN MONITORED BY THE STATE. I'M FIGHTING FOR MY KIDS. WHY CAN'T THEY SEE THAT? THE CHILD'S SIBLING WAS KILLED BY THEIR FATHER, WHO WAS SENT TO JAIL, CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. THE MOTHER STANDS BY HIM, SAYING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT SHE'S WORRIED HER BABY WILL END UP IN ORANGA TAMARIKI CARE. I CONSIDER THE FACT WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR LIFE, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEENAGERS. I DONT WANT TO END UP... MY KIDS TO BE A DRUG ADDICT. SHE'S BEING SUPPORTED BY ABUSE SURVIVOR GWYNETH BEARD, WHO'S TRYING TO KEEP CHILDREN OUT OF STATE CARE. OUR SYSTEM IS` IT'S JUST A TOTAL MESS. IT'S DESIGNED TO DISEMPOWER AND DESTROY WHANAU. THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOUND THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR ORANGA TAMARIKI. IT RECOMMENDED THE STATE HAND OVER POWER, FUNDING AND CONTROL TO CARE SERVICES AT A LOCAL LEVEL. ALL TOO OFTEN, CARE IS LACKING, AND WE NEED A FUNDAMENTAL RE-ENVISIONING OF CARE IN OUR COUNTRY. IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MID-2019, THERE WERE CLOSE TO 2000 ENTRIES INTO STATE CARE. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEING UPLIFTED SUBSEQUENTLY FELL, BUT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, THERE WAS A 20% INCREASE. ORANGA TAMARIKI SAYS EARLIER INTERVENTION AND WORKING WITH WHANAU AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY HAS RESULTED IN AN OVERALL REDUCTION. IF WE NEED TO UPLIFT COS THEY'RE UNSAFE, WE WILL DO IT, BUT WHEN WE DO UPLIFT, MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY ARE SAFE. JUST AS THE PIKE RIVER TRAGEDY LED TO WORKSAFE, THE ROYAL COMMISSION SAYS THE PERVASIVE ABUSE IT'S UNCOVERED MUST LEAD TO A NEW CARE SAFE AGENCY. I DON'T LIKE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BEING IN CARE AND PROTECTION, BUT WHAT I WOULD ALSO SAY YOU TO IS WE CAN'T CLOSE DOWN SOMETHING WITHOUT A SOLUTION. ORANGA TAMARIKI ADAMANT THAT FOR NOW, SOME CHILDREN ARE ONLY SAFE IF THEY'RE REMOVED FROM THE HOME THEY'RE IN. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S FINAL REPORT CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION ON THE ISSUE OF UNMARKED GRAVES AT FORMER INSTITUTIONS. PRELIMINARY WORK'S FOUND A LARGE NUMBER AT OR NEAR SITES OF ABUSE IN CARE. THIS INCLUDES LIKELY A THOUSAND IN CHRISTCHURCH PUBLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUNNYSIDE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, OVER 2000 AT PORIRUA CEMETERY, AND 500 AT TOKANUI IN WAIKATO, DUE TO FACILITIES NEARBY. IN MARTON NEAR LAKE ALICE, NEAR DUNEDIN, AND WAIKUMETE IN AUCKLAND, THERE ARE ALSO NUMEROUS UNMARKED GRAVES. IT'S BELIEVED MANY OF THESE MAY BE FROM BEFORE THE INQUIRY PERIOD ` THAT'S PRE-1950 ` AND ADULTS. AN INVESTIGATION'S BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT COULD LEAD TO WHANAU BEING CONNECTED. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN HAS MORE. THIS CEMETERY IS ONE OF MANY ACROSS CHRISTCHURCH WHERE OFFICIALS BELIEVE THERE ARE LIKELY A THOUSAND UNMARKED GRAVES BELONGING TO FORMER PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. WE AS A NATION, I FEEL WE HAVE GOT A VERY DARK PAST. AT AGE 13, TERRY KING WAS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN NELSON, AT AGE 13, TERRY KINGI WAS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN NELSON, WHERE HE SAYS ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT SAW HIM LOSE ALL OF HIS TEETH, WHILE OTHER CHILDREN SIMPLY VANISHED. THERE WAS TWO OTHER YOUNG MAORI BOYS IN MY WARD, AND WHEN I CAME BACK ONE DAY, THEY HAD DISAPPEARED. AND I KNOW THE POLICE, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, DID AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND WHERE THEY ARE. THEY VIRTUALLY HAD DISAPPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY WENT. THE REPORT RECOMMENDS ACC PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WE NEED TO STEP THROUGH THIS PROCESS CAREFULLY. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE HELPING, WHAT SORT OF HELP WE PROVIDE THEM, WHAT SORT OF REDRESS. ARE THEY JUST HOPING THAT MOST OF US WILL DIE OFF, LIKE MYSELF? I'M 72. UM, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE LONG ON THIS PLANET NOW, LET'S FACE IT. THE INQUIRY ALSO CALLS FOR POLICE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING TORTURE. THE PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN INVESTIGATION, IT CLEARS THAT OUT, AND IT VALIDATES THOSE SURVIVORS AGAIN. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE SWEEPING POLICY CHANGES GIVING EFFECT TO TE TIRITI O WAITANGI AND PARTNERING WITH MAORI ` SOMETHING CRITICS ARGUE IS THE POLAR OPPOSITE TO GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES, LIKE REPEALING SECTION 7AA OF THE ORANGA TAMARIKI ACT AND YOUTH MILITARY BOOT CAMPS. WE'RE DOING A POWERFUL, TARGETED INTERVENTION IN THE LIFE OF SERIOUS YOUNG OFFENDERS BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THEM GOING DOWN A PATHWAY INTO BIGGER CRIME AND INTO GANG LIFE IN PARTICULAR. WE CAN'T HAVE A PRIME MINISTER THAT SAYS, 'WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU,' AND THEN START TO SUPPORT BOOT CAMPS, SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF 7AA. AS FOR SURVIVORS, THEY'RE WAITING FOR COMPENSATION. I MEAN, IF WE'VE GOT $2.9b FOR THE LANDLORDS, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE SAME FOR SURVIVORS. A CALL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO GET ON WITH IT. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. AND LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL LOOK AT DEVELOPMENTS TODAY SURROUNDING ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE ABUSE CASES AT LAKE ALICE HOSPITAL. THE AGENCY THAT FUNDS MAORI TAKING FORESHORE AND SEABED CLAIMS IS ITSELF NOW AT THE CENTRE OF A LEGAL CHALLENGE. IT COMES AFTER 1NEWS REVEALED LAST MONTH THAT THE OFFICE OF MAORI/CROWN RELATIONS ` OR TE ARAWHITI, AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN ` HASN'T BEEN PAYING ITS BILLS. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. ON PAPER, THE OFFICE OF MAORI/CROWN RELATIONS HAS A SIMPLE JOB ` COVERING THE COURT COSTS FOR MAORI SEEKING CUSTOMARY RIGHTS OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED. BUT INVOICES JUST RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOW THE AGENCY OWES OVER $1m FOR COMPLETED WORK WHILE ALSO FACING A $19m FUNDING SHORTFALL. OFTEN WE'RE HAVING TO WAIT FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS TO GET PAID. YOU KNOW` YOU IMAGINE, TE ANIWA ` YOU DID SOME WORK LAST WEEK, AND THEN WAITING SIX MONTHS FOR PAYMENT. THE GOVERNMENT'S NOW FACING LEGAL ACTION THROUGH THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL FOR ALLOWING THE AGENCY'S FUNDING WOES TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. THE GOVERNMENT KNEW THAT THE '23/'24 FINANCIAL YEAR WAS GONNA BE BUSY, BECAUSE THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF COURT HEARINGS IN THAT FINANCIAL YEAR, AND DID NOTHING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET. THERE IS A $12m ANNUAL BUDGET SO FAR FOR SUPPORTING IWI TO MAKE THESE CLAIMS, AND THAT CONTINUES. TE ARAWHITI HAS NOW INTRODUCED FUNDING CAPS ` UP TO $140,000 FOR SUBSTANTIVE HEARINGS AND UP TO $25,000 FOR FOLLOW-UP HEARINGS. WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT'S EXCEEDED? SHE SAYS ONE HEARING CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, OVER THE WHANGAREI HARBOUR, IS IN THE MILLIONS; AND WITHOUT FUNDING, SOME ALREADY SCHEDULED HEARINGS ARE AT RISK OF BEING CANCELLED. IN DOCUMENTS RELEASED TO 1 NEWS, JUSTICE PETER CHURCHMAN WARNED THE AGENCY THAT THIS WILL BE 'CATASTROPHIC' TO THE HIGH COURT'S SCHEDULE OF CASES, SAYING IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO REPLACE THE DELAYED OR CANCELLED HEARINGS AT SUCH SHORT NOTICE. COURT TIME'S REALLY PRECIOUS. THE JUDGE IN OUR WHANGAREI MATTER DID SAY TO US, 'LOOK, WE CAN'T KEEP THIS TIME AVAILABLE TO YOU MUCH LONGER 'IF APPLICANTS CAN'T CONFIRM THEY CAN GO AHEAD.' AS HE PUT IT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WAITING ON BAIL WHO MAY BE INNOCENT WHO AREN'T GETTING HEARINGS. IF YOU WITHDRAW FROM A HEARING, YOU'RE` GOOD LUCK GETTING ANOTHER HEARING WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. A DATE FOR THE URGENT INQUIRY IS YET TO BE SET. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. AND TE ANIWA, THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGNALLED A CHANGE TO THE LEGAL THRESHOLD MAORI WILL NEED TO MEET IN COURT. TELL US MORE. YES. THE THRESHOLD THEY NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED A LIMITED OWNERSHIP RIGHTS OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEABED IS REALLY HIGH AND REALLY DIFFICULT TO MEET. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO SHOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IS EXCLUSIVE OCCUPATION AND USE OF SPECIFIC AREA OF THE BEACH SINCE 1840 WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL INTERRUPTION. THE COURT OF APPEAL SAID LAST YEAR THAT THAT CRITERIA WHEN READ LITERALLY IS SO HARD THAT VERY FEW GROUPS WOULD BE GRANTED RIGHTS. SO IT INTERPRETED THE CRITERIA INSTEAD IN LINE WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE ACT, AND ESSENTIALLY MADE THE CRITERIA EASIER. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO OVERTURN THE COURT'S DECISION. IT SAYS THE CRITERIA SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT ALONE AND IS DELIBERATELY DIFFICULT BECAUSE ALL NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE INTERESTS OVER OUR COASTAL AREAS. KIA ORA, TE ANIWA. TOKYO DELIVERED NEW ZEALAND'S MOST MEDALS AT A SINGLE OLYMPICS, WITH 20, INCLUDING A MAGNIFICENT SEVEN GOLD. SO WHAT'S IN STORE IN PARIS? FROM THE WATER TO TWO WHEELS AND BEYOND, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF BLACK UNIFORMS ON THE PODIUMS IN PARIS. LET'S START WITH THE PROBABLES. SHE IS NEW ZEALAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIAN OF ALL TIME! DAME LISA CARRINGTON. NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT HOW MANY ` ONE, TWO, OR THREE, FROM THE K1, K2 TO K4. IT COULD BE DAME LISA'S GAMES AGAIN. (MEDALS CLINK) I LAUGH WHEN THEY JINGLE. DON'T FORGET THOSE IN THE SADDLE, THOUGH, EITHER ` SPRINT SENSATION ELLESSE ANDREWS... ANDREWS TO THE LINE! ANDREWS ALL THE WAY! ...A GOLD-MEDAL CONTENDER IN THE KEIRIN, WHILE ALLY WOLLASTON AND THE WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT ARE GENUINE CHANCES FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS AS WELL. AND WHAT ABOUT AARON GATE? THE COMMONWEALTH CONQUEROR NOW AIMING FOR THE PRIZE PAIR IN BOTH THE OMNIUM AND MADISON; THE BLACK COULD HAVE A TINGE OF COLOURFUL METAL THERE. AND AARON GATE CRUISES OVER THE LINE TO TAKE GOLD! THEN THERE'S THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS, THE FUN, FANTASTIC DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ` JUST AS BIG A CHANCE OF GETTING A SECOND DOSE OF GOLD HERE IN PARIS. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE THE 2023 HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! AND HAYDEN WILDE ` AFTER THE BAFFLING BIKE DEBACLE IN BIRMINGHAM, HE'LL BE RAVENOUS FOR RETRIBUTION AND DESERVES HIS TIME AT THE TOP. AND HAYDEN WILDE IS HOME FOR GOLD! NOW TO THE POSSIBLES. AND I'LL GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE, COS BACK AT THE WATER, TOM MACKINTOSH FOR GOLD IN THE MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS; THROW IN THE MEN'S FOUR AND TOKYO GOLD MEDALLIST EMMA TWIGG AS POSSIBLE MEDAL COLLECTORS TOO. EMMA TWIGG IMPERIOUS OUT IN FRONT. THE FABULOUS FERN FROM NEW ZEALAND WINS THE GOLD! OTHERS IN THE MIX ` THE MEN'S SEVENS, HIGH-JUMP HUSTLER HAMISH KERR, ELIZA McCARTNEY IN THE POLE VAULT, SWIMMING HOPES LEWIS CLAREBURT AND ERIKA FAIRWEATHER, EQUESTRIAN COUPLE TIM AND JONELLE PRICE, PADDLER LUUKA JONES AT HER FIFTH OLYMPICS, WOMEN'S DOUBLES DUO LULU SUN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND RYAN FOX, DANIEL HILLIER OR LYDIA KO IN GOLF. THE LIKES OF TOM WALSH AND THE SAILORS ALL HAVE PREVIOUS SUCCESS BUT MAY FIND THESE GAMES DIFFICULT. SO HERE'S THE TALLY ` SEVEN GOLD, SEVEN SILVER, FIVE BRONZE ` 19 MEDALS IN TOTAL. BUT, HEY, IT'S LIKE DARTS AT A DARTBOARD, SO DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER. GUY, YOU'VE MADE SOME PRETTY BOLD PREDICTIONS THERE. ARE YOU GOING TO STAND BY THEM? AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THE SURPRISES MIGHT COME FROM? THEY ARE BOLD PREDICTIONS, I WILL ADMIT, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LISTEN TO FOREIGN OUTLETS LIKE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, WHO ARE SAYING NEW ZEALAND WILL WIN FAR FEWER THAN THEY DID IN TOKYO. BUT BEING AMONGST THE ATHLETES OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, PARTICULARLY OUT AT THE ROWERS', THERE IS JUST THIS REAL SENSE OF COMPETENCE. THEY ARE BEING TREATED AS UNDERDOGS, AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW THEY LIKE IT. I MENTIONED TOM MACKINTOSH. I AM TOLD HE IS GOING VERY WELL IN TRAINING AND TIMING HIS RUN PERFECTLY, AS OTHER MEN'S FOUR, WHO ARE FLYING IN TERMS OF THEIR TIME. THEY ARE TO WHO I THINK COULD JUST SURPRISE. THAT WHOLE TEAM IS DOWN ON THE GROUND HERE IN PARIS NOW. ONE OF THEM IS MICHELLE. BONJOUR TO YOU. WHO ARE YOU PREDICTING MIGHT WIN? I THINK WE WILL SEE A BUNCH OF NEW FACES BREAK OUT ONTO THE PODIUM. WITH THAT, MY PICK IS HAMISH KERR. HIS FORM LEADING INTO THE SCHEME HAS BEEN PRETTY INCREDIBLE. HE WON GOLD IN THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE HAS HAD THREE DIAMOND LEAGUE WINS THIS YEAR. HIS MOST RECENT LAST WEEKEND IN LONDON. AFTER THAT EVENT, HE SAID WINNING BREEDS WINNING. WITH RESULTS LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO BET THAT HAMISH WILL BE WINNING A MEDAL AT LEAST AT THE GAMES. LASYTLY, ONE OF THE OTHER TEAM IS DOING VERY WELL TO START A CAMPAIGN IS THE MEN'S SEVENS. I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT THEM LATER. MERCI BEAUCOUP. THANKS, GUY AND MICHELLE. AND WE'LL COME BACK TO PARIS LATER IN SPORTS. MAGNIFICENT THERE IN FRONT OF THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE. AND TO FIND OUT WHERE ALL THE KIWIS ARE IN ACTION AS THE GAMES GET UNDERWAY, HEAD TO 1NEWS.CO.NZ. JUST AHEAD ` JOE BIDEN SPEAKS LIVE ON U.S. TELEVISION, TALKING FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT WHY HE DECIDED TO PULL OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. I'VE DECIDED THAT THE BEST WAY FORWARD IS TO PASS THE TORCH TO THE NEW GENERATION. WHAT HE ALSO SAID AS HE REFERENCED HIS AGE. AND WHAT NEWLY RELEASED BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS RIGHT AFTER THE ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP'S LIFE AS THE FBI REVEALS WHICH PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION THE GUNMAN GOOGLED DAYS BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` LIFE-SAVING TIPS FROM A YOUNG KIWI WHO KNOWS. FLOATING MAKES YOU CALM, AND IF YOU RAISE YOUR ARM, SOMEONE WILL COME AND GET YOU. WHY YOU SHOULD JUST LIE BACK AND CHILL OUT. AND FIND OUT WHO MAKES THE BEST BACON IN THE LAND. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. SUBMISSIONS CLOSE SOON ON THE BILL TO ALLOW THE REINTRODUCTION OF CONTROVERSIAL CHARTER SCHOOLS. POOR FINANCIAL REPORTING WAS A PROBLEM LAST TIME AROUND, BEFORE ALL SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN, BUT DAVID SEYMOUR IS REJECTING FINANCIAL ADVICE THIS TIME, STRESSING SCHOOLS CAN'T BE 'OVER-REGULATED'. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. IT'S ALL ON AT TIPENE ST STEPHEN'S SCHOOL AHEAD OF THEIR RE-OPENING NEXT YEAR. IN THE MAIN BLOCK, THERE'LL BE... SENIOR TEACHING WILL HAPPEN ON THE TOP FLOOR. PART OF THE PREPARATIONS BECOMING A CHARTER SCHOOL. TO STOP CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS OF OUR KIDS, BUT RATHER IDENTIFY THE REAL POTENTIAL THAT THIS COHORT HAVE AND ALLOW THEM TO EXCEL. CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED, BUT UNLIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY'RE PRIVATELY RUN AND CAN MAKE A PROFIT. THEY HAVE FREEDOM OVER STAFFING, CURRICULUM AND SCHOOL HOURS IN EXCHANGE FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF MONITORING. $89m WAS SPENT ON THEM LAST TIME, BUT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH ACHIEVEMENT, FINANCES AND PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS TIME, $153m HAS BEEN SET ASIDE. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, EXPERIENCE ACROSS A RANGE OF AREAS, WHETHER IT BE FINANCE, POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND THAT GIVES US REAL CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL BE WELL MANAGED. IT'S OBVIOUS TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT SELF-REPORTING IS UNLIKELY TO LEAD TO GOOD OUTCOMES AND GOOD USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY FOR EDUCATION. THE ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER WANTS CHARTER SCHOOLS TO REPORT FINANCES EVERY SIX MONTHS ` A REDUCTION FROM LAST TIME. THERE'LL ALSO BE ANNUAL AUDITS. IN A MINISTRY PAPER ON HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULD BE MONITORED, DAVID SEYMOUR WARNED THE NEED FOR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY IN THE SECTOR 'CANNOT BECOME OVER-REGULATED', AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATORS 'PROVIDE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS', THE MINISTER DISAGREED, ASKING WHAT OTHER ORGANISATION HAS THAT OBLIGATION. THERE'S A DANGER THAT YOU DIG UP THE KUMARA SO OFTEN IT NEVER GETS TO GROW. YES, WE WANT FREQUENT AND RIGOROUS FINANCIAL CHECKS, BECAUSE IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY, BUT NOT MUCH HAPPENS IN A QUARTER. IT'S A REAL WORRY THAT THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER HAS IGNORED OFFICIAL ADVICE ON TRANSPARENCY AND PROPER USE OF PUBLIC MONEY IN EDUCATION. THE LAW CHANGES ARE BEING PROGRESSED URGENTLY IN PARLIAMENT. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN WARNED BY EDUCATION STAFF THE TIGHT TIMEFRAME LED TO PROBLEMS LAST TIME, BUT IT'S PUSHING AHEAD TO HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN PLACE FROM NEXT YEAR. WE'VE HAD MASSIVE INTEREST, HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO RUN CHARTERS. EVIDENCE IS MIXED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE MODEL. DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS IT SHOULD RAISE ACHIEVEMENT THIS TIME. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. 'PASSING THE TORCH TO A NEW GENERATION' ` THAT WAS PART OF JOE BIDEN'S BIG ADDRESS TO AMERICA TODAY, HIS FIRST SPEECH SINCE PULLING OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. DONALD TRUMP ALSO HOLDING A RALLY, THE FIRST SINCE KAMALA HARRIS EMERGED AS HIS ALMOST-CERTAIN RIVAL. HERE'S KIM BAKER WILSON. MY FELLOW AMERICANS... SPEAKING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYING WHY HE'LL WALK AWAY FROM IT. NOTHING CAN COME IN THE WAY OF SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY, AND THAT INCLUDES PERSONAL AMBITION. SO I'VE DECIDED THE BEST WAY FORWARD IS TO PASS THE TORCH TO A NEW GENERATION. (CROWD CHANTS) SUPPORTERS EMOTIONAL, WATCHING OUTSIDE THE GATES. THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 1968. I SHALL NOT SEEK, AND I WILL NOT ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR MY PARTY FOR ANOTHER TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT. SEEN AS A HISTORIC, SIGNIFICANT ADDRESS. THE PRESIDENT WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ADDRESS THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE ABOUT HIS DECISION TO END HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION. I REVERE THIS OFFICE, BUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE. HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND WIFE JUST OFF TO HIS SIDE. EXPLAINING HIS STEPPING AWAY FRONT OF MIND. THERE'S ALSO A TIME AND A PLACE FOR NEW VOICES, FRESH VOICES, YES, YOUNGER VOICES. CONCEDING, PERHAPS, HIS AGE MAY HAVE BEEN AGAINST HIM. THE NEW, YOUNGER VOICE HE'S ENDORSED FOR PRESIDENT... GOOD AFTERNOON! ...HAS BEEN IN INDIANA. JOE BIDEN IS A LEADER WITH BOLD VISION. HE CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE. HE THINKS ABOUT THE FUTURE. CROWD CHANTS: USA! USA! AND HER RIVAL IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO NOW WE HAVE A NEW VICTIM TO DEFEAT ` LYIN' KAMALA HARRIS. LYIN'. L-Y-I-N'. (CROWD BOOS) BACK IN THE OVAL OFFICE... I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME IDEA HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO ALL OF YOU. ...BIDEN VOWED TO WORK UNTIL HIS TERM IS UP ` AND HIS TIME IS UP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE DID WAS CONFIRM THAT THE STAKES IN THE ELECTION ARE VERY HIGH. HISTORY IS IN YOUR HANDS. BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID TO BE WELL AWARE ` IF KAMALA HARRIS LOSES COME NOVEMBER, HE COULD BE BLAMED FOR STAYING IN THE RACE TOO LONG. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. THE FBI DIRECTOR HAS REVEALED THAT 11 DAYS BEFORE THE ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP'S LIFE, THE SHOOTER GOOGLED THE 1963 ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY. IT'S ALSO BEEN DISCLOSED THAT THE GUNMAN REGISTERED TO ATTEND TRUMP'S RALLY ON THE SAME DAY AND HE'D SURVEYED THE AREA WITH A DRONE. ON JULY 6th, HE DID A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR, QUOTE, 'HOW FAR AWAY WAS OSWALD FROM KENNEDY?' AND SO THAT'S A SEARCH THAT OBVIOUSLY IS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF HIS STATE OF MIND. AND NEW VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED OF THE MOMENTS AFTER THE GUNMAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE DONALD TRUMP WAS HIMSELF SHOT. THERE WERE PROTESTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL HILL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON D.C. AS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ADDRESSED CONGRESS. WHILE THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WAS WELCOMED WITH HANDSHAKES AND APPLAUSE AS HE ENTERED, MANY DEMOCRATS WEREN'T THERE, CHOOSING TO BOYCOTT HIS SPEECH. THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS, WITH FIVE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AS THEY CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. NETANYAHU SAYS THE WIDER CONFLICT IS WITH IRAN. WHEN ISRAEL FIGHTS HAMAS, WE'RE FIGHTING IRAN. WHEN WE FIGHT HEZBOLLAH, WE'RE FIGHTING IRAN. WHEN WE FIGHT THE HOUTHIS, WE'RE FIGHTING IRAN. AND WHEN WE FIGHT IRAN, WE'RE FIGHTING THE MOST RADICAL AND MURDEROUS ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NETANYAHU ALSO TOLD THE CHAMBER ISRAEL WILL KEEP SECURITY CONTROL OVER GAZA FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` AFTER THE FIRST APOLOGY TO LAKE ALICE SURVIVORS WASN'T WELL RECEIVED, WHY A SECOND ONE HAS ALSO GONE DOWN SO BADLY. WE KIND OF HAVE A POWERADE SPORTS DRINK THAT'S IN THE FORM OF A SLUSHY. ALONG WITH DRINKING SLUSHIES, WHAT ELSE ATHLETES HAVE BEEN DOING TO COPE WITH THE HEAT AT THE OLYMPICS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` GIANT EAGLES AND MIDDLE EARTH ` HOW ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FAMOUS FILMS IS NOW A MUSICAL. PLUS, BACON AND HAM ` EASY TO COOK, EASY TO EAT, BUT HOW EASY IS IT TO FIND THE BEST IN THE LAND? AND THE HAT-MAKER TURNING UP THE HEAT IN HIS GARAGE. FIND OUT WHO'S MAKING THESE FURRY WONDERS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. THE CHILDREN OF LAKE ALICE WERE ABUSED AND TORTURED BY DR SELWYN LEEKS. STEVE WATTS, A LAKE ALICE ABUSE SURVIVOR, LISTENING TO THE MEDICAL COUNCIL ADMITTING IN AN ONLINE VIDEO IT FAILED TO HOLD DR SELWYN LEEKS TO ACCOUNT. I DEEPLY APOLOGISE FOR THESE FAILINGS. DO YOU ACCEPT THAT APOLOGY? WELL, SORT OF. IF IT WAS IN PERSON, IF SHE WAS TALKING TO ME PERSONALLY AND WE COULD` YOU KNOW, I COULD ASK HER QUESTIONS. BUT I CAN'T ASK THE WALL ANYTHING, CAN I? SO IT'S HOLLOW. LAKE ALICE WAS A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN THE MANAWATU. THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY FOUND MOST OF THE 362 CHILDREN SENT THERE DID NOT HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS. DR SELWYN LEEKS USED ELECTRIC SHOCK TREATMENT AND PARALYSING DRUGS TO PUNISH CHILDREN. SO INJECTED WITH PARALDEHYDE, LOCKED UP IN ROOMS NAKED FOR DAYS ON END. STEVE WITNESSED THE SHOCK TREATMENT AND COMPLAINED TO THE MEDICAL COUNCIL IN THE 1990s, BUT HE WAS IGNORED. HE'S DAMAGED A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AND HE SHOULD BE STRUCK OFF FOR THAT, BUT HE'S NOW DOING THE SAME THING TO AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN. LEEKS MOVED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1978 AND DIED THERE TWO YEARS AGO ` NEVER HELD TO ACCOUNT. I'M DEEPLY SORRY FOR THE FAILINGS OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, AND NOT JUST THE HISTORIC FAILINGS, BUT THE PRESENT-DAY FAILURE TO RECOGNISE THE IMPACT OF THE HARM. IT'S THE COUNCIL'S SECOND APOLOGY. SHE SAYS THE ONE IN 2021 WAS DEFENSIVE AND NOT SATISFACTORY. WE HAVE A DEEP SENSE OF WHAKAMA, OF SHAME, ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED ` HISTORICALLY, BUT ALSO HOW WE HAVE ACTED OR 'IN-ACTED'. THE COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES A FACE-TO-FACE APOLOGY IS MUCH MORE SATISFACTORY AND ASKS SURVIVORS TO GET IN CONTACT FOR ONE. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. THE LAST OLYMPICS IN TOKYO WERE THE HOTTEST IN HISTORY, BUT THERE ARE FEARS PARIS COULD RIVAL IT. WITH TEMPERATURES SET TO SOAR, TO PREPARE FOR IT, OUR ATHLETES HAVE BEEN TURNING TO HIGH-TECH TRAINING TECHNIQUES. IN PARIS, OLYMPICS REPORTER HENRY MCMULLAN EXPLAINS. KIDS: # ALLEZ LES BLEUS! # PARIS IS COOKING. AREN'T YOU HOT? YES! I'M SO HOT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HOT! BECAUSE YOU KNOW, INSIDE MASCOT, IT'S SO HOT. TOURISTS AND LOCALS DOING ALL SORTS TO KEEP COOL. A FEW COCKTAILS. A FEW COCKTAILS TO KEEP US COOL, BUT, YEAH, NO, IT'S GONNA BE... FANS, LOTS OF WATER. (CHUCKLES) HYDRATION IS THE KEY. LOTS OF WATER. THERE'S FREE WATER, WHICH IS NICE, EVERYWHERE. A TOUGHER TASK FOR THE ATHLETES TRYING TO STAY AT PEAK FITNESS. PARIS HAS A 'CLEAN, GREEN' GOAL, SO THERE'S NO AIR CONDITIONING IN THE ATHLETES' ROOMS; THEY GET A COOLING FLOOR SYSTEM AND A FAN INSTEAD. YEAH, I'VE GOT THE FAN BLASTING 24/7. LEVEL THREE. YEAH, THE NZ HOUSE HAS, UM, REALLY HOOKED IT UP FOR US. SO THEY'VE CHUCKED SOME AC UNITS, AND WE GOT FANS IN OUR ROOMS ` SOME BIG FANS. COS ORIGINALLY, OUR TEAM GAVE US, LIKE, THESE LITTLE SQUARE FANS, AND I WAS LIKE, 'HM, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA WORK.' TEAM NEW ZEALAND ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO BEAT THE HEAT AND KEEP THE EDGE COME COMPETITION TIME, UTILISING EVERYTHING FROM HIGH-TECH PREPARATION AND RECOVERY PODS IN THE ATHLETES' VILLAGE TO MORE SIMPLE MEASURES LIKE GOOD OLD SLUSHIE MACHINES. VODKA SLUSHIES. WAIT, IS IT ACTUALLY VODKA SLUSHIES? NAH, NAH. NAH. WE HAVE, LIKE, A` KIND OF LIKE A POWERADE SPORTS DRINK THAT'S IN THE FORM OF A SLUSHIE. PREPARATIONS STARTED WELL BEFORE PARIS, WITH A NUMBER OF ATHLETES TRAINING IN HEAT CHAMBERS. WE'VE HAD ATHLETES BEFORE THAT HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED, BUT THAT ONLY MEANS THAT WE HELP THEM PREPARE IN QUITE AN INDIVIDUALISED WAY. THEY SPEND MORE TIME IN THE HEAT CHAMBER; WE DO IT SLOWLY. ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FOR THOSE WHO SPEND HOURS IN THE ELEMENTS. SO WE NEED TO BE PRETTY WELL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT. IT'S JUST HARDER FOR US TO EXERT AS MUCH ENERGY, AND THEN IF WE OVERHEAT OR DON'T DRINK ENOUGH WATER ` LIKE, DEHYDRATION AND OTHER ASPECTS TO PERFORMANCE... IT CAN ALSO HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON COGNITIVE EFFECTS, WHICH IN A SPORT LIKE SAILING IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHERE THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE DECISIONS REALLY FAST. OLYMPIC OFFICIALS ALSO TAKING STEPS TO PROTECT ATHLETES BY ADJUSTING SCHEDULES AND ENSURING ACCESS TO COOLING FACILITIES ` TOOLS TO NOT ONLY FACE THEIR OPPONENTS BUT THE EXTREME SUMMER HEAT. HENRY McMULLAN, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A GOOD START FROM THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN PARIS? BACK TO THE FRENCH CAPITAL IN JUST A MOMENT. ALSO TONIGHT ` AN ALL-STAR LINEUP IS CONFIRMED TO HELP COACH THE KIWIS; ONE OF THEIR GREATS IS BACK ON EDEN PARK. BENJI MARSHALL ON HIS DEBUT NRL SEASON AS COACH. AND FROM MOUNT FUJI TO MARSEILLE AND MOUNT SMART ` A JAPANESE STAR SIGNS FOR THE NEW A-LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM. AND IN WEATHER, THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR FRIDAY ` NICE BIT OF HIGH PRESSURE COMING IN. THERE'LL BE SOME PATCHY FOG AND SOME FROST TO START WITH. SOME SUN, SOME CLOUD, COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN THE WEST, AND IT WILL FEEL MILD FOR A LOT OF US TOO. MAKE THE MOST OF IT; THINGS ARE CHANGING NEXT WEEK. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. (PHONE CHIMES) SONG: # You # You've got what I need... # Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA ` WELCOME TO SPORT. AND NEW ZEALAND'S MADE A WINNING START TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS, WITH THE MEN'S SEVENS AND MEN'S FOOTBALL SIDES WINNING THEIR FIRST MATCHES ON THE OPENING DAY OF COMPETITION. THE SEVENS TEAM ALREADY INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS. SOMEONE WHO WAS AMONG THE NEARLY 70,000 HOT AND STICKY FANS AT STADE DE FRANCE WAS OUR OLYMPICS REPORTER, GUY HEVELDT. GUY? OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SEEN A BIT OF HEARTBREAK FOR NEW ZEALAND FANS BY JUDGING BY HOW THOSE FIRST TWO GAMES WENT AND HOW THE FIRST DAY WENT SILKY-SMOOTH HANDS LEADING THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS STRAIGHT INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS AFTER ONLY ONE DAY OF COMPETITION. MOSES LEO CHOPPING AND WEAVING, BUT NEW ZEALAND AHVE GONE 80m. NEW ZEALAND BRUSHING ASIDE A PHYSICAL SOUTH AFRICA 17-5 TO BOOK THEIR PLACE IN THE LAST EIGHT, WITH ONE POOL GAME STILL REMAINING AGAINST IRELAND TOMORROW MORNING. OFFLOAD, STACKING PASSES, FLYING THE BALL, ZIPPING, AND NGAROHI McGARVEY-BLACK SCORES AGAIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. MAKES OUR MINDSET A HELL OF A LOT EASIER HEADING INTO TOMORROW, AND, UM, YEAH, NAH, WE JUST GOTTA BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. YOU PLAY NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW. DID YOU KNOW THAT? THEY'RE GOOD. LIKE, THEY'RE UP THERE WITH ONE OF THE BEST. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM ON. OH, THAT WAS AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE OUT THERE TODAY. IT WAS SUPER COOL. IT'S MADE THE SMATTERING OF BOISTEROUS KIWI FANS IN STADE DE FRANCE VERY SATISFIED ` INCLUDING THE FAMILY OF ANDREW KNEWSTUBB. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH ` ONLY HE KNOWS THAT ` BUT WE'VE WATCHED HIM FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND STRUGGLING WITH ALL SORTS OF INNER DEMONS AND OUTER DEMONS AND... AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD. SO, SO VERY PROUD. KNEWSTUBB'S HAD A TURBULENT LEAD-UP TO THE PARIS GAMES, OVERCOMING TWO ACL RUPTURES AND THEN ADDED COMPLICATIONS WITH INFECTIONS TO LINE UP IN BLACK. REAL TIGHT COMPETITION, AND TO GET TWO WINS OVER TWO GOOD SIDES IS, YEAH, REALLY PLEASING. AND SUCH IS THE LURE OF THE BLACK JERSEY, FANS STRETCH AS FAR AS THE NETHERLANDS AND POLAND. THEY'RE GONNA WIN GOLD, FOR SURE. NEW ZEALAND! NEW ZEALANDERS! YES! HOW THEY PLAY ` IT WAS BRILLIANT. YEAH. THAT... FOR ME, GOLD MEDAL. THE FIRST JOB DONE; AN EYE NOW ON THE BIGGER PRIZE OF A MEDAL. THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT CONCERN FOR ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S KEY PLAYERS WHO WENT DOWN HEAVILY WITH WHAT SEEMED TO BE A SERIOUS SOLDER INJURY HE DEADLOCK IN A BIT OF DISCOMFORT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY UPDATE ON THE ENTRY AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE ALL BLACKS JUMP ON THE BUS TO GET BACK ON THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE LAST NIGHT THE BUS RIDER TOOK THE WRONG ROUTE AND THEN BACK TO THE ATHLETES VILLAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT IF WE HEAR WILL GET YOU ON ONE NEWS THANKS, GUY. GUY HEVELDT, LIVE FROM PARIS. THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND SIDE TO GET THINGS ROLLING ` THE MEN'S FOOTBALLERS, BEATING GUINEA 2-1 IN NICE. MATT GARBETT OPENING THE SCORING MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF, JUST 60 SECONDS AFTER MISSING A PENALTY; BEN WAINE WITH THE SECOND-HALF WINNER. THE VICTORY NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND EVER IN MEN'S FOOTBALL AT THE OLYMPICS. I DON'T THINK THE PLAYERS WERE SURPRISED. YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WEREN'T. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE A DANGEROUS TEAM. YOU KNOW, STILL A BIT OF WORK TO DO, BUT, YEAH, WE` TODAY'S A GOOD DAY. THEY PLAY THE UNITED STATES ON SUNDAY BEFORE FACING HOSTS FRANCE IN THEIR FINAL POOL GAME. THERE WAS DRAMA OF A DIFFERENT KIND IN MOROCCO'S 2-1 WIN OVER ARGENTINA. THE GAME SUSPENDED FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS AFTER FURIOUS FANS INVADED THE PITCH AND THREW OBJECTS TO PROTEST WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ARGENTINE EQUALISER DEEP IN STOPPAGE TIME. THE GOAL EVENTUALLY RULED OFFSIDE, THE FINAL THREE MINUTES PLAYED OUT IN AN EMPTY STADIUM. CLOSER TO HOME, NEW A-LEAGUE CLUB AUCKLAND F.C HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR FIRST OVERSEAS SIGNING ` JAPANESE DEFENDER HIROKI SAKAI. THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAS REPRESENTED JAPAN IN TWO OLYMPICS AND THREE FIFA WORLD CUPS. HE'S ALSO HAD A DECADE'S EXPERIENCE IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL. SAKAI COMES TO AUCKLAND F.C AFTER THREE SEASONS IN JAPAN WITH THE URAWA RED DIAMONDS. TRANSLATOR: I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME OVER. THE TEAM JOINING THE AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE, THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR ME, AND ALSO MY FAMILY ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS WELL. WELL, WE'VE GOT A VERY YOUNG SQUAD AS WELL. WE NEED LEADERS IN OUR GROUP, AND HE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A LEADER. SAKAI MET HIS NEW TEAM YESTERDAY, WITH HIS FIRST TRAINING SESSION TOMORROW. THE OLD RUGBY LEAGUE BAND IS GETTING BACK TOGETHER, AND IT'S A BAND FEATURING SOME OF THE GAME'S BIGGEST NAMES. NEW KIWIS COACH STACEY JONES HAS CONFIRMED HIS COACHING TEAM FOR THE PACIFIC TESTS IN OCTOBER. THE LIST FEATURES THREE FORMER KIWI CAPTAINS. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE TODAY FOR ADAM BLAIR, IN THE NZRL MUSEUM. THESE ARE SPECIAL MEMOIRES. SOME REAL, YOU KNOW, GREATS OF OUR GAME. BLAIR NOW WANTING TO GIVE BACK TO THE SIDE HE PLAYED FOR ACROSS 50 TESTS AND 14 YEARS. MY ROLE AS PART OF THE ASSISTANT COACHING IS TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT AND CREATE THE BELIEF FOR OUR PLAYERS ON THE BACK OF WHAT WE'VE CREATED ALREADY. YOU CAN BE THE BEST PLAYER, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU BETTER. HEAD COACH STACEY JONES HAS ASSEMBLED AN ALL-STAR CREW ` ADAM BLAIR, FORMER KIWIS CAPTAIN NATHAN CAYLESS, AND, AS A SELECTOR AND ADVISOR, 2008 WORLD-CUP WINNING COACH KIWIS GREAT STEPHEN KEARNEY. THAT'S NEARLY 250 TESTS AND WELL OVER 1000 NRL GAMES PLAYED IN OR COACHED. IT'S LIKE THE BEATLES ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER, MATE. (LAUGHS) YEAH, I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT. WELL, WHERE DOES THAT`? WHO AM I, THEN? (LAUGHS) A RELAXED KEARNEY THESE DAYS BACK LIVING IN BRISBANE, MENTORING YOUNG FOOTBALLERS. HE'S ALSO CLOSELY MONITORING PLAYERS IN THE NRL AND BELOW WITH KIWI HERITAGE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BROUGHT UP IN THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMES, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE GIVE THEM THE PATHWAY TO WANT TO PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. IT HAS BEEN ASTOUNDING IN TERMS OF THE TALENT COMING THROUGH, AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO GROW. DO YOU MISS HANDS-ON COACHING? NO, I DON'T, TO BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, I SPENT A FAIR BIT OF TIME AWAY FROM THE FAMILY, SO, UM... IN MY COACHING CAREER. I WANTED TO KEEP THINGS AS FAMILIAR AS POSSIBLE, WHAT THEY SAW, AND ALSO KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WERE QUALITY COACHES. CRAIG BELLAMY ` ONE OF THE GUYS WHO TAUGHT YOU A LOT AS WELL? PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I KNOW. THAT'S WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ` I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS DOWN IN MELBOURNE. IF THE NEW ASSISTANTS CAN PASS ON THAT SORT OF KNOWLEDGE, THEN THE KIWIS SHOULD KEEP ON FIRING. THERE'LL BE NO LACK OF PASSION AND PRIDE. ANOTHER KIWIS LEGEND WHO'S FINDING OUT FIRST HAND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A HEAD COACH IS BENJI MARSHALL. IN AUCKLAND WITH THE WEST TIGERS FOR TOMORROW'S NRL GAME AGAINST THE WARRIORS AT MT SMART, MARSHALL PUTTING IN PERSPECTIVE THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS NEW JOB. ZION DAYAL CAUGHT UP WITH BENJI TODAY ON FAMILIAR FIELD. BENJI'S TIGERS HARDLY SNEAKING INTO TOWN, TRAINING TODAY ON EDEN PARK. BENJI, WELCOME BACK TO EDEN PARK. GOOD TO BE BACK HERE AND BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES? IT DOES. FUNNY TO SEE THE BOYS IN THE DRESSING ROOM, COS, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE HOME SHEDS, THEY'VE GOT THE NAMES OF FAMOUS ALL BLACKS AND PLAYERS AND THAT. BOYS ARE LOVING IT. A SMILE ON MARSHALL'S FACE UPON RETURNING HOME, BUT 2024 HAS BEEN FAR FROM POSITIVE IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS WESTS TIGERS HEAD COACH. IS THIS A ROCKSTAR WHO MAY REVOLUTIONISE COACHING, OR IS HE A PLAYER ` OR COACH, RATHER ` THAT WON'T PUT IN THE HOURS TO SUCCEED? A NUMBER OF NEGATIVE HEADLINES, MOSTLY ACROSS THE DITCH, CRITICISING HIS APPROACH TO BEING HEAD COACH AND HIS COMMITMENT TO THE JOB. BENJI, I KNOW IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE JOB, BUT YOU SEE A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR LOYALTY QUESTIONED A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN RESULTS AREN'T GOING YOUR WAY. I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU, AND HOW ARE YOU FINDING, I GUESS, THE FIRST YEAR OF BEING HEAD COACH? YEHA, THANKS FOR ASKING. EVERYONE THINKS, YOU KNOW, THAT RESULTS PLAY A PART IN THEY WAY LIVE MY LIFE OR THE WAY I DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT ME. I DO THIS JOB BECAUSE I LOVE COACHING THESE BOYS, AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN TEACH THEM THINGS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. THE TIGERS HAVE WON ONLY FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON AND SIT BOTTOM OF THE LADDER. AND STRESS IS ONE THING, BUT STRESS DOING THE JOB THAT YOU LOVE IS NOTHING. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT FRIENDS AND FAMILY STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND THEIR RENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT ` THAT'S STRESS. IF YOU'RE LOSING, YOU STILL GOTTA HAVE A PURPOSE AND A PASSION IN DOING WHAT YOU DO. SO, UM... THANKS FOR ASKING, BUT, YEAH, I'M ALL GOOD. PART OF REVIVING THE TIGERS IS FINDING A NEW FOUNDATION. FOUR PLAYERS IN THIS WEEK'S TEAM ARE IN THEIR TEENS. I THINK YOUR HALVES PAIRING, THEY WERE BORN IN 2005 ` THE LAST TIME THE TEAM WON A COMP. I KNOW. WITH THESE YOUNG FULLAS, IT'S HARD TO GET THEM OVER-AWED. YOU KNOW, LIKE, THEY` A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, AND IF THEY'RE GOOD ENOUGH, THEY'RE OLD ENOUGH. AND IF THE TIGERS ARE GOOD ENOUGH TOMORROW AGAINST THE WARRIORS, IT MIGHT JUST DIVERT SOME OF THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM BENJI MARSHALL. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. STAY WITH US; DAN SAYS TOMORROW'S WEATHER WILL HAVE A SPRING FEEL TO IT FOR MANY OF US. DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHY FLOATING COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU LEARN TO DO. PLUS, IT'S OFFICAL ` WE REVEAL WHO MAKES THE BEST BACON AND HAM IN THE LAND. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY, AT 7. THE WEATHER IS REALLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THE GEARS OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS WORK AND HAVE A PLEASANT LOOKING DAY WITH A WARMTH COMING FROM AUSTRALIA A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON A GOOD SURGE OF COLD AIR CAUSING WINTRY WEATHER THAT IS THE FLOW 21 IN NAPIER THIS TIME OF YEAR WE SHOULD BE 10 TO 15 ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONCEALER LET MY MID 15S TOMORROW RAIN WATCH, FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVERYONE ELSE GOOD DAY IS FINE A FEW SHOWERS SNEAK UP THE WEST COAST YOU MAY SEE AN ODD SPOT OF SHOWER ON THE WEST COAST BUT IT'S MOSTLY HIGH-PRESSURE BUT NOTHING LIKE WE'VE BEEN SEEING OF THE LAST FEW DAYS FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND NORTHLAND SHOWERS FADE AWAY BY LUNCH BETTER FROST IN HAMILTON WERE LOOKING GOOD HERE CHILLY IN THE BAM PLENTY AND CENTRAL PLATEAU FLOWS IN THE WEST AND NORTH-WEST DIRECTION A SEABREEZE COULD TAKE THE TOP OF THAT INTO THE AFTERNOON GOING WEST EARLY CLOUD IN NEW PLYMOUTH WILL SEE A 15 THINGS AREN'T BAD IN WELLINGTON CHILLY AND FROSTY AND ONE OR TWO PLACES CHRIST URGED FROSTY COULD BE OTHER SPOTS AROUND THE REGION IT'LL FEEL QUITE NICE CHECK OUT THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE AND ASHBURTON FROSTY FOR QUEENSTOWN SO MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF SPOTS AND RAIN COMING ACROSS THE ALPS RAIN WATCH GOING FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY DUNEDIN INCREASING THE CLOUD NORTH ISLAND STILL FINE ON SATURDAY THE ENERGY GOES OUT OF THE FRONT STILL LOITERING ON THE WEST COAST THE CALL ALIGNS WITH THE SNOW COMING IN.