TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` HOW THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR IS NAVIGATING ON-GOING COST OF LIVING CHALLENGES, WITH KIWIS LOOKING FOR LESS FILLING AS SPENDING HABITS CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE. BOYRACER CARS TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AS POLICE CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL STREET RACING. PLUS ` I JUST WISH IT WAS MORE TODAY BUT IT'S OK. ERIKA FAIRWEATHER MISSES OUT ON BRONZE BY LESS THAN HALF A SECOND IN THE RACE DUBBED 'THE SPLASH OF TITANS'. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024. TENA TATOU KATOA I TENEI PO. GOOD EVENING. SURVIVE TILL '25 - THAT'S BECOME THE CATCH PHRASE ACROSS MANY SECTORS AS BUSINESSES DO THEIR BEST TO HOLD ON UNTIL NEXT YEAR. WHILE IT REMAINS TOUGH, THERE'VE BEEN SLIGHT SIGNS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IS EASING, WITH INFLATION FINALLY DROPPING AND INTEREST RATES PROJECTED TO EVENTUALLY FALL. HOSPITALITY IS A SECTOR THAT'S BEEN HURTING, AS MANY KIWIS CHOOSE TO KEEP THEIR WALLETS FIRMLY IN THEIR BACK POCKETS. SOME HAVE STARTED TO SLOWLY SPEND AGAIN; THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS SALES UP TO THE END OF MARCH CLOSE TO 5% SHOWS SALES UP TO THE END OF MARCH CLOSE TO 6% TO NEARLY $16B, BUT IT'S FEARED THAT'S PLATEAUED. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. LUNCHTIME SPECIALS ARE HELPING KOL POWER THROUGH THE HOSPITALITY CRISIS. IF PEOPLE ARE STUCK TO THEIR DESK OR THEY DON'T WANNA SPEND $50 A HEAD, THEY CAN COME AND GET A SANDWICH ` AND IT'S ABOUT GIVING THEM THE BEST KIND OF FLAVOUR. HOSPO OWNERS TOUGHED IT OUT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, ONLY TO BE HIT BY ANOTHER BLOW, IN THE FORM OF THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS. IN '24, THE TOP CHALLENGE CURRENTLY FOR BUSINESSES IS CUSTOMER DOWNTURN. SO THAT'S SORT OF A STARK CONTRAST WITH LAST YEAR, IT WAS RISING COSTS. SO IT MEANS IF PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT, THEY ARE MAKING DIFFERENT CHOICES. THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING OUT LESS. THEY PROBABLY WON'T SPLURGE ON THE SAME WINE OR, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T HAVE THAT EXTRA COCKTAIL. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. THE YEAR KICKED OFF WITH HOSPO SALES PICKING UP, BUT HIGH INTEREST RATES SINCE HAVE KEPT PEOPLE AT HOME. A RECENT SURVEY FROM OUR MEMBERS AROUND HOW THEY'RE FARING IN 2024 TOLD US THAT AROUND 78% OF THEM ARE WORSE OFF THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S HITTING THE BOTTOM LINE HARD. WHEN KOL OPENED, WE USED TO DO 60K A WEEK. AND NOW IT'S DOING 25K, 30K A WEEK. FOR DECADES, AUCKLANDERS HAVE ENJOYED A LONG LUNCH IN THE SUN AT PONSONBY INSTITUTION SPQR, BUT NOW THE DOORS ARE SHUT, AND IT'S IN LIQUIDATION, OWING CREDITORS OVER $2M ` YET ANOTHER CASUALTY OF RISING COSTS AND PEOPLE KEEPING THEIR WALLETS FIRMLY SHUT. CUSTOMERS OUT FOR A LONG ITALIAN LUNCH HAVE NOTICED THE CHOICES PEOPLE ARE MAKING. MAYBE YOU JUST CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE ORDERING, OR ORDER SLIGHTLY LESS OR MAYBE HAVE LESS DRINKS WITH YOUR MEALS, BUT IT'S STILL REALLY NICE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT. SOME DAYS, FOR SOME REASON, YOU'RE GETTING REALLY BUSY. AS WELL AS PIVOTING, IT'S NOW ALL ABOUT SURVIVE TILL '25 AND HOW FAST INTEREST RATES WIL FALL. AND HOW FAST INTEREST RATES WILL FALL. WHEN IN 2025 THINGS WILL START TO GET BETTER? WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING BUSINESSES IN OUR COUNTRY, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS TRYING A BIT TO KEEP IT ALIVE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMERTIME. AN INDUSTRY USED TO THE UPS AND DOWNS DOING WHAT IT DOES BEST ` KEEPING PEOPLE FED, FULL AND HAPPY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. ARRESTS, INFRINGEMENT NOTICES AND VEHICLES IMPOUNDED ` IT'S BEEN ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND FOR POLICE AS THEY CONTINUE TO CRACKDOWN ON ANTI-SOCIAL ROAD USERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ABBEY WAKEFIELD JOINS US NOW. POLICE WERE OUT IN FORCE ACROSS THE WELLINGTON REGION OVERNIGHT DEALING WITH BOYRACERS. WHAT HAPPENED? POLICE INTERCEPTED BOY RACER EVENTS IN THE HUTT VALLEY AND PORIRUA. WITNESSES OR CONVOYS OF HUNDREDS OF CARS ARE BOY RACES. THEY HEARD THEM LITTLE FIREWORKS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. THE POLICE CHECKPOINTS RESULTED IN THREE DRIVERS GETTING SUSPENDED, 11 VEHICLES BEING ORDERED OFF THE ROAD, ONE DRIVER CAUGHT DRINK-DRIVING AND ANOTHER DRIVER ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO STOP. HE WAS LATER SPIKED ON THE ESPIONAGE. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE BAILIFFS WERE OUT ASSISTING POLICE WITH SEIZING VEHICLES. AND ARRESTS IN AUCKLAND AS WELL. WHAT HAPPENED THERE? FOR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN EAST TAMAKI. WITNESSES SAID THERE WERE 50 ANTISOCIAL ROAD USERS GATHERING NEAR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. THEY STARTED SMASHING WINDOWS AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY. ONE SOURCE I SPOKE TO WHO LIVES NEAR THE AREA SAYS IT HAS BEEN OUTGOING FOR ABOUT 12 MONTHS AND IT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK, OFTEN MULTIPLE TIMES AT MULTIPLE NIGHTS A WEEK. THANKS, ABBEY. THE GREEN PARTY HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEP TO INVOKE THE WAKA-JUMPING LAW, SENDING A FORMAL LETTER TO THEIR EX-MP DARLEEN TANA. THE PROCESS TO EXPEL HER FROM PARLIAMENT HAS TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL MORE STAGES, AND GREEN PARTY MEMBERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO PRESS AHEAD, AT A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING IN A MONTH'S TIME. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN HAS THE LATEST. GREEN-PARTY MEMBERS BRAINSTORMING CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESSES; TIMELY, GIVEN THEY'VE HAD TWO FORMER MPS' FALL FROM GRACE. LET ME BE REALLY CLEAR ` THIS SUCKS. THIS IS NOT A SITUATION THAT I THINK ANY ONE OF US OR OUR PARTY WANTED TO BE CONFRONTED WITH. TODAY THE PARTY TOOK THE FIRST STEP IN THE WAKA-JUMPING PROCESS, WRITING TO DARLEEN TANA, PUTTING HER ON NOTICE AND GIVING HER 21 DAYS TO RESPOND. GIVEN DARLEEN TANA'S LACK OF ENGAGEMENT TO DATE, DO YOU REALLY EXPECT HER TO RESPOND? THE BALL'S IN THEIR COURT. THE NOW-INDEPENDENT MP'S MOVED IN ALONGSIDE TE PATI MAORI, RAISING EYEBROWS WITH THE GREENS. I DON'T KNOW IF I... TE ANAU,... YEAH, I'VE HAD A CHAT WE SIT RIGHT NEXT TO THEM AS WELL. NOT AWKWARD AT ALL. I MEAN, SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND THEM, SO I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND THEM, SO I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW. SO YOU LEANED OVER AND WERE, LIKE, 'HEY'. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. IF I CAN JUST KIND OF UNDERSCORE THAT POINT ` WE'RE NOT FOCUSED, AND WE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE MUSICAL CHAIRS. SO DO THE MEMBERS WANT TO WAKA JUMP DARLEEN TANA? PROBABLY YES. I'M A BIT AMBIVALENT. PERSONALLY, YES. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING FURTHER AND THE FINAL STEP OF WRITING TO THE SPEAKER TO TRIGGER THE PARTY-HOPPING PROVISIONS UNLESS WE HAVE THE CLEAR BACKING OF OUR PARTY TO DO SO. THE GREENS HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER THIS WEEKEND THE GREENS HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE A PARTY FORGED IN FIRE. AND WHILE THEY'VE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR IN THE POLITICAL PRESSURE COOKER, IT'S CLEAR THEIR MEMBERS ARE RESILIENT, AND CHLOE SWARBRICK IS ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED. LUXON AND HIS GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO STAY DISTRACTED, WHILE HE OPENS THE WAY FOR MINING CEOS TO PUT OUR NATIVE SPECIES AT RISK AND POLLUTE OUR RIVERS. SHE'S EVEN GALVANISING THE GREENS TO TAKE IT TO LABOUR. WE NEED TO RECOGNISE THAT NO POLITICAL PARTY IS ENTITLED TO ANYTHING. IT FEELS LIKE WE COULD OVERTAKE THE LABOUR PARTY OR AT LEAST RIVAL THE LABOUR PARTY. THE GREENS FIRED UP AND COMING OUT FIGHTING. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. TO THE OLYMPICS ` AND THERE'S BEEN MORE FALL OUT FOLLOWING THE DRONE SPYING SCANDAL. LET'S BRING IN CHRIS CHANG FROM PARIS. HI, MELISSA. THAT'S RIGHT. CANADA HAVE NOW HAD POINTS DEDUCTED, AND THREE OF THEIR COACHES HAVE BEEN HANDED LONG-TERM BANS. THEY BEAT THE FOOTBALL FERNS 2-1 A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER BEING CAUGHT FLYING A DRONE ABOVE THE KIWIS' TRAINING SESSION. OLYMPIC REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT HAS MORE DETAILS. JORDAN, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL US? THIS DECISION HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE OLYMPICS, BUT IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE SERIOUS NATURE OF OFFENDING. THE GOVERNING BODY FOR THE SPORT HAS DEDUCTED THEM SIX POINTS FROM THIS TOURNAMENT, WHILE BANNING THEIR COACH AND TWO SENIOR STAFFERS INVOLVED IN THE DRONES BUYING OVER THE FOOTBALL FIRMS, BANNING THEM FOR A YEAR. CANADA FOOTBALL HAVE A HEFTY FINE TO PAY OF AROUND $400,000 NEW ZEALAND. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THE DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS NOW HAVE TO WIN THE NEXT TWO FULL MATCHES AND HOPE THEY CAN SCRAPE INTO THE FINAL. AS IT STANDS, THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON NEGATIVE POINTS. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPACT ON PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN BLINDSIDED BY THE COACHES. THEY MADE IT CLEAR THIS DOESN'T ADDRESS THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL FIRMS. SO WHAT HAVE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS, JORDAN? WHILE THEY ARE GLAD SWIFT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN, THEY SAY THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE ISSUE IS THAT CANADA HAD AN UNFAIR PLAYING ADVANTAGE OVER THEM BY FILMING KEY TACTICAL SESSIONS. THEY ONE BY ONE GOAL. THIS HAS BEEN A BIG DISTRACTION FOR THE FOOTBALL FERNS. NEWS OF THIS DECISION BROKE DURING THE OLY WHITE'S GAME LAST NIGHT. IT IS LIKELY THEY WILL APPEAL THE DECISION. THANKS. THAT'S OLYMPIC REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT IN PARIS. THE TRIATHLON IS AT RISK OF BEING REDUCED TO A DUATHLON ` A BIKE AND RUN ` WITH NO SWIMMING LEG AFTER RECENT POLLUTION TESTING HAS REVEALED THE RIVER SEINE IS BELOW OLYMPIC WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. BUT WITH JUST DAYS UNTIL THE RACE, ORGANISERS ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN DRAG IT BACK, WHILE KIWI TRIATHLETES SEEM UNFAZED. HERE'S OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON. IT PUT A DAMPENER ON THE OPENING CEREMONY, AND NOW THE RAIN COULD BE TUMULTUOUS FOR TRIATHLETES, WITH WATER QUALITY STRONGLY TIED TO THE WEATHER IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY COMFORTABLE, EH. LIKE, I'VE DONE A FEW MANUS IN THE RIVER AND IT'S SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT AVERAGE, BUT, HEY, I'M READY FOR THE SEINE. EVERYONE'S ASKING, BUT WE SWAM IN THERE LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS ALL GOOD, NO ISSUES. SO I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL BE SWIMMING IN THERE IN A FEW DAYS TIME. BUT IF IT ISN'T, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE WATER COURSE. THE TRIATHLON WOULD BE JUST A RUN, THEN BIKE. THE DAILY TESTS MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF FAECAL BACTERIA KNOWN AS E.COLI, WITH THE MOST RECENT RESULTS SHOWING UNSAFE LEVELS WHICH NEED TO BE LOWERED BY THE BACKUP RACE DAY. WE HAVE TILL NEXT FRIDAY FOR THE TRIATHLON COMPETITION, SO THE TEAM IS VERY CONFIDENT. CANCELLING THE 1.5KM SWIM WOULD BE AN EMBARRASSING DISASTER FOR THE PARIS GAMES. ORGANISERS HAVE BEEN ADAMANT THIS WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, EVEN TAKING A DIP THEMSELVES JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE GAMES TO PROVE IT WAS SAFE. THE SEINE NOW` THE SEINE QUALITY IS PERFECT. BUT IT WASN'T ` TURNS OUT BACTERIA LEVELS WERE TOO HIGH THEN AS WELL. THE SEINE HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC FOR MANY YEARS NOW. THE RIVER HASN'T BEEN SWIMMABLE FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, BUT AS PART OF THE CITY'S LEGACY PLAN, IT WANTS TO MAKE IT SWIMMABLE NOT JUST FOR ATHLETES, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF PARIS TOO. I WOULD PROBABLY ASK AN EXPERT BEFORE DOING IT, BUT IF THEY SAY YES, WHY NOT? WHAT ABOUT YOU? WOULD YOU SWIM? I WOULDN'T. WHY WOULDN'T YOU? I DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS KIND OF DIRTY. THE QUALITY OF WATER, I THINK... NOT VERY GOOD. YES. MY SON SWIMS ALL THE TIME. SINCE 2015, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT ON CLEANING THE RIVER. ORGANISERS, ATHLETES AND SPECTATORS ALIKE HOPING ALL THAT WORK DOESN'T GO TO WASTE. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. IT'S THE QUESTION THAT CASTS A SHADOW OVER EVERY OLYMPIC GAMES ` WILL THERE BE DOPERS? WITH SWIMMING UNDERWAY IN PARIS, THERE'RE STILL CONCERNS ABOUT BOTH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TESTING AND THE PARTICIPATION OF SOME OF CHINA'S SWIMMERS. OUR OLYMPICS REPORTER, GUY HEVELDT, EXPLAINS. THEY WON SIX SWIMMING MEDALS IN TOKYO. CHINA STRIKE GOLD! BUT IN SPORT, IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, SOMETIMES IT ACTUALLY IS ` 23 OF CHINA'S SWIMMERS FROM THE 2021 GAMES TESTING POSITIVE FOR BANNED AND PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING HEART MEDICATION TMZ; THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, WADA, ACCEPTING CHINA'S EXPLANATION THAT THE KITCHEN AT THEIR HOTEL WAS CONTAMINATED. 11 OF THOSE 23 WILL COMPETE IN PARIS. I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED, BUT, LOOK, I THINK WE'VE JUST GOTTA HAVE FAITH IN THEIR PROCESSES, AND THEN HOPE THAT THEY COME AT IT THE RIGHT WAY. COS ALL I WANNA DO IS HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. THERE'S CRITICISM FROM SOME QUARTERS THAT WADA DIDN'T PENALISE CHINA AT ALL AND THAT THE FULL INVESTIGATION FINDINGS ARE STILL UNDER WRAPS. IT DOESN'T ANSWER THE SMELL TEST. THE ORGANISATION IS A VERY GOOD ONE, BUT IT PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING TRANSPARENT AND INDEPENDENT, AND, IN MY MIND, TRANSPARENCY MEANS 'SHOW US THE DOCUMENTS.' IT WAS CLEARLY CONFIRMED BY THE INDEPENDENT PROSECUTOR THAT THERE WAS NO WRONGDOING FROM OUR SIDE, NO BIAS TOWARDS CHINA. FORMER WADA BOSS DAVID HOWMAN IS QUICK TO POINT OUT JUST BECAUSE ATHLETES FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES MAY HAVE CHEATED PREVIOUSLY, NOBODY SHOULD JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. BUT SOME ARE DEMANDING CHANGES TO CURRENT TESTING PRACTICE, WITH EACH COUNTRY TESTING THEIR OWN ATHLETES, UNTIL THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY TAKES OVER AT THE GAMES; TWO OF AMERICA'S GREATEST SWIMMERS TAKING IT TO CAPITOL HILL. I WANT TO STAND UP AT THE BLOCK WITH SOMEBODY NEXT TO ME AND BE, LIKE, 'ALL RIGHT, COOL, THIS IS ME VERSUS YOU; 'IT'S NOT ME VERSUS YOU AND SEVEN OTHER DRUGS.' TO TRY TO REDUCE SUSPICIONS ABOUT CHINA'S SWIMMERS IN PARIS, THEY'LL BE TESTED TWICE AS MUCH AS OTHER ATHLETES. QUANTIFICATION OF TESTING IS NOT THE ANSWER. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE DATA THAT IS GATHERED AND CARRY OUT WHAT I WOULD CALL A QUALITY-TESTING PROGRAMME, SO THAT THE ATHLETES WHO WE KNOW OR SUSPECT MIGHT BE TAKING SHORTCUTS ARE TESTED AT THE RIGHT TIME AND FOR THE RIGHT SUBSTANCES. AND IF KIWI ATHLETES SUSPECT ANYTHING, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. IF ATHLETES DO HAVE CONCERNS, WE HAVE A SPEAK-UP PROGRAMME THAT THAT PROVIDES AN AVENUE WHERE ATHLETES CAN, KIND OF, SUBMIT INFORMATION AND WE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT UP. 10,500 ATHLETES ACROSS 32 SPORTS ` ONE BIG ISSUE LOOMING LARGE OVER PARIS 2024. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. THAT'S IT FROM ME, MELISSA, FOR NOW. I'LL BE BACK A LITTLE LATER IN SPORT, WITH PLENTY OF KIWIS IN ACTION. THANKS, CHRIS. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. AND THERE'VE BEEN PLENTY OF THRILLS AND SPILLS IN OLYMPIC COMPETITION TODAY AS THE WOMEN RIDERS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF PARIS. COMING UP ` HOW THE TIME TRIAL TURNED IN TO A SLIP-SLIDE SURVIVAL TEST. AND HOW DONALD TRUMP'S LATEST PLEA TO VOTERS LEFT MANY CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT HE REALLY MEANT. ORANGA TAMARIKI HAS APOLOGISED TO ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING EVERYTHING FROM SEXUAL HARM CARE TO SUPPORT FOR TEEN PARENTS WHOSE CONTRACTS EXPIRED AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. THIS COMING DAYS AFTER THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S FINAL REPORT INTO ABUSE IN CARE WAS RELEASED. AND AN ORGANISATION THAT REPRESENTS MORE THAN 230 SERVICE PROVIDERS TOLD JOHN CAMPBELL ON Q&A THAT WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PAST IS CRUCIAL, THE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY ALSO HAS TO DO BETTER NOW. IS ORANGA TAMARIKI, AS IT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING, FIT FOR PURPOSE? I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE HAD TWO YEARS OF... CHAOS. THAT'S NOW, THE PRESENT. OF COURSE, THE ABUSE AND CARE SURVIVORS WHO ARRIVED AT PARLIAMENT ON WEDNESDAY HAVE LIVED THE CHAOS FOR DECADES ` DAMAGE THE PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSED IN HIS SPEECH TO THEM. WE LIKE TO THINK THAT ABUSE LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE IN AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND,... BUT IT DID. HORRENDOUS. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS IN THE WORLD FOR WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WHEN I READ THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN'S MONITORS REPORTS, THE THING THAT STICKS WITH ME IS WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THAT THIS IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN. REMEMBER NIKKI HURST'S USE OF THE WORD CHAOS? WELL, THIS IS A LIST FROM MARCH OF ROUGHLY 1000 CONTRACTED SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO ORANGA TAMARIKI THAT WERE DUE TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF JUNE ` 4 WEEKS AGO. CURRENTLY, THEY'RE ALL WAITING. AND IF THEIR CONTRACTS EXPIRED A MONTH AGO... FOR SOME PROVIDERS, ALL OF THEIR FUNDING COMES FROM ORANGA TAMARIKI, AND FOR SOME PROVIDERS, ALL OF THAT FUNDING HAS GONE. WE ARE PROCESSING CONTRACTS NOW AS WE SPEAK, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE MAJORITY OF THEM OUT BY THE 31ST OF JULY. WHICH IS WEDNESDAY, A MONTH AFTER THESE CONTRACTS EXPIRED. AND IF I LOOK AT THE LIST, IT'S FOR EVERYTHING FROM TEEN PARENT SUPPORT TO SEXUAL HARM CRISIS SUPPORT TO HIGH INTENSITY FAMILY WRAPAROUND. SO WE DO APOLOGISE FOR AROUND THERE, BUT I DON'T APOLOGISE FOR TRYING TO THINK ABOUT MAKING GOOD DECISIONS AND TO USE MONEY EFFECTIVELY. IT'S UNTENABLE. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE CHILDREN? EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR BEST. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER ANY OF THE EXPENSES AND COSTS THAT'S BEING PUT TO THOSE PROVIDERS AS A RESULT OF THE ANY DELAYS THAT WE HAVE MADE. BUT IN THE WEEK THE ROYAL COMMISSION DETAILED SO MUCH DAMAGE TO SO MANY, MULTIPLE PROVIDERS HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS ORANGA TAMARIKI IS STILL A LONG WAY FROM BEING ABLE TO MEANINGFULLY GUARANTEE CHILD SAFETY. JOHN CAMPBELL, 1 NEWS. THERE ARE FRESH FEARS THE NINE-MONTH OLD GAZA WAR IS SET TO ESCALATE, AFTER A FATAL ROCKET STRIKE ON THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS OVERNIGHT. AT LEAST 12 TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN WERE KILLED WHEN MULTIPLE ROCKETS SLAMMED INTO A FOOTBALL FIELD IN THE NORTHERN BORDER TOWN. IT'S PROMPTED ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO CUT SHORT HIS U.S. TRIP TO RETURN HOME FOR SECURITY TALKS. THE TERRORIST GROUP HEZBOLLAH HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK WHICH CAME JUST HOURS AFTER ISRAELI AIR STRIKES ON A SCHOOL IN GAZA KILLED DOZENS OF PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY TO EXPLAIN COMMENTS HE MADE AT A CHRISTIAN RALLY IN FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE URGED CHRISTIANS TO GET OUT AND VOTE WHILE THEY STILL COULD. YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANY MORE! FOUR MORE YEARS, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'LL BE FIXED, IT'LL BE FINE ` YOU WON'T HAVE TO VOTE ANY MORE, MY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIANS. I LOVE YOU CHRISTIANS. I'M A CHRISTIAN. I LOVE YOU. GET OUT ` YOU GOTTA GET OUT AND VOTE. MR TRUMP NOW SAYING HIS COMMENTS WERE MEANT TO CONVEY HE WAS UNITING THE COUNTRY. AS WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAGE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE BORDER THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF AN HISTORIC TOWN IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES HAS BEEN EVACUATED. JASPER IN RUINS; EMERGENCY CREWS DOUSING THE REMAINS OF A THIRD OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. ALMOST 5000 PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO FLEE TO SAFETY. THE ALBERTA TOURIST TOWN, OR WHAT'S LEFT OF IT, DATES BACK TO 1813. WE'RE NEARING CRISIS POINT ` THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM SAMOAN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES GRAPPLING WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES. (CHILDREN SING IN SAMOAN) WHY CHANGE IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE LANGUAGE ALIVE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. AND SOME VERY SENIOR MPS TURN THE CLOCK BACK TO GET INVOLVED IN THE 'RUMBLE FOR RUSSELL'. AND THE WIND, RAIN AND SNOW-MAKER IS APPROACHING. LOTS OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. WE BREAK IT DOWN AFTER SPORT. CALLS ARE MOUNTING FOR LANGUAGE COMPETENCY TESTS TO BE SCRAPPED FOR IMMIGRANTS LOOKING TO TEACH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD IMMERSION CENTRES. SAMOAN LANGUAGE ECE'S CLAIM THEY'RE REACHING CRISIS POINT, WITH CURRENT REQUIREMENTS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR ASPIRING TEACHERS TO ENTER THE PROFESSION. ISOBEL PRASAD REPORTS. KEEPING THEIR NATIVE TONGUE ALIVE HAS BEEN A'OGA FA'A SAMOA'S MISSION FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS. I REALLY WANT TO HELP OUR SAMOAN CHILDREN TO LEARN, TO BE ABLE TO GROW UP AND TO KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM. BUT DOING SO CAN BE A STRUGGLE ` THIS A'OGA ONE OF MANY IMMERSION CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY GRAPPLING WITH STAFF SHORTAGES, LACK OF FUNDING AND AN AGING SECTOR. WE SOMETIMES WANT TO TAKE A DAY OFF, BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE SHORT STAFF. I'D SAY WE'RE NEAR CRISIS AT THE MOMENT. HAVING THAT GAP BETWEEN OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE MOSTLY IN THEIR 50S AND ABOVE, YOU KNOW, WITH REALLY NO ONE COMING THROUGH, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US? YOU KNOW, CENTRES ARE GOING TO SHUT DOWN. LOW PAY'S ONE OF THE ISSUES PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE WORKFORCE. BUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS LANGUAGE-COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ASPIRING IMMIGRANT TEACHERS MUST COMPLETE TO SHOW THEIR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH. THAT'S BEEN A HUGE BARRIER, BECAUSE IF YOU CANNOT PASS, THEN YOU CANNOT GO ON INTO TRAINING. PASIFIKA EARLY LEARNING SERVICES HAVE DEBATED FOR A LONG TIME AS TO WHY THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS WHO ONLY WANT TO TEACH PASIFIKA EARLY LEARNING SERVICES. SHE'S ONE OF MANY PUSHING FOR THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE SCRAPPED ENTIRELY; THE TEACHING COUNCIL REVIEWING ITS POLICY TO SEE HOW IT CAN BEST RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS. THE CONSULTATION AROUND THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES ONLY CLOSED VERY RECENTLY ` WE'RE STILL WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE FEEDBACK. TAKE AWAY THE FENCE, TAKE AWAY THE BARRIER, SO THAT WE ARE TRUE TO EQUITY. A MOVE SHE SAYS WILL ENSURE THE SAMOAN LANGUAGE IS PASSED ON. ISOBEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. PARAMEDICS WERE ON STAND BY IN THE FAR NORTH AS SEVERAL FORMER ALL BLACKS TACKLED THE PARLIAMENTARY TEAM IN A CHARITY MATCH IN RUSSELL. THE LIKES OF POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL AND LOCAL CABINET MINISTER SHANE JONES LACED UP THEIR BOOTS AND MIXED WITH SOME YOUNGER NORTHLAND AND VISITING IDENTITIES. ONE, TWO, THREE. ALL: PENGUINS! THE ADRENALINE WAS HIGH ` FORMER ALL BLACK TINE RANDAL CAPTAINED THE NORTHLAND SIDE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HUNDREDS TURNED UP TO WATCH THE RUMBLE FOR RUSSELL. I'M STILL LOOKING FOR NEHE MILLNER SKUDDER. HE'S HERE. THE POPULAR EX ALL BLACK SKIPPER WAS UP AGAINST SOME FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE BEEHIVE. SHANE, DOES YOUR WIFE KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING? WHAT GOES ON TOUR... THE ANSWER'S NO. THE EVENT WAS RUN BY NORTHLAND CHARITY 'RUGBY FOR LIFE', WHICH WORKS TO HELP GROW AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY RUGBY. IT'S JUST A REAL NICE TIME TO HAVE UP HERE, COS, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY DOWN AND OUT LATELY, SO WHAT A COOL WAY TO COME TOGETHER THIS WEEK! THEY PLAYED THE FULL 80 MINUTES. FORMER ALL BLACK IAN JONES MADE HIS COACHING DEBUT WITH THE NORTHLAND SIDE. I WANNA SEE SOME TRIES, MAN. BANG, BANG! FORMER BLACKCAPS BOWLER KYLE MILLS WAS IN THE MIX. HE MISSED HIS FIRST TACKLE, BUT IN HIS SECOND TACKLE, HE MADE UP FOR IT AND SET UP A TRY. I THINK THE INTENSITY WAS A BIT MORE THAN THE GOLDEN OLDIES, HOW IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, THE LAST FEW WEEKS. IT WAS VERY COMPETITIVE. OLD SAV, HE GOT HIT PRETTY HARD, AND I THINK HE'S STILL ON THE GROUND OUT THERE. HE MIGHT NEED ST JOHNS. OH, JEEZ, HE'S BLEEDING. GOOD TO SEE SOME SEASONED PLAYERS THAT ARE GIVING IT ALL. THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY FIT OR WELL TRAINED, BUT THEY BROUGHT A FIGHTING ATTITUDE. THE RUGBY FOR LIFE TEAM'S PLAYING AWESOMELY. THE PARLIAMENTARIANS ARE PLAYING DIRTY ` RUCKING, PUNCHING, BITING, SQUEEZING. IN THE END, THE NORTHLAND TEAM PROVED TOO STRONG FOR THE PARLIAMENTARIANS. THOSE CLOSE TO SAM SAYS SHE SUFFERED TWO INJURIES, A BROKEN FINGER AND SORE FOOT. HE ASKED ME TO LOOK AFTER THE KIDS THIS WEEKEND. AND TEARS FROM ERIKA FAIRWEATHER, BUT PLENTY TO BE PROUD OF TOO. OUR KIWIS HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM; FROM THE 'RACE OF THE CENTURY' TO 'THE POOL OF DEATH', THE BLACK STICKS MEN TAKE ON THE TOKYO BRONZE MEDALLISTS, AS THE OLYMPIC HOSTS NOTCH THEIR FIRST GOLD MEDAL. PLUS ` IT'S EVERYTHING I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. IN THE NAME OF LOVE ` OUR NEWEST ALL BLACK ON WHY HE OWES SO MUCH TO HIS WHANAU. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. WE'LL BRING YOU THE FRESHLY ANNOUNCED ALL BLACKS TEST CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD DETAILS SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, CHRIS CHANG IS LIVE FOR US IN PARIS AFTER A DAY OF DRAMA AND HEARTBREAK FOR OUR KIWI ATHLETES. KIA ORA, JENNY. YES, WE'LL START AT THE POOL AND A TEARFUL BUT PROUD ERIKA FAIRWEATHER. AFTER COMING FOURTH IN THE 400M FINAL THAT HAD BEEN DUBBED, 'THE RACE OF THE CENTURY,' THE 20-YEAR-OLD WAS UP AGAINST A TRIO OF SWIMMING SUPERSTARS ` AUSTRALIAN DEFENDING CHAMPION ARIARNE TITMUS, CANADIAN TEEN SENSATION SUMMER MCINTOSH AND LEGENDARY AMERICAN KATIE LEDECKY. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WAS AT THE POOL. THE MOMENT OF REALISATION FOR ERIKA FAIRWEATHER ERIKA FAIRWEATHER. YOU OK? YUP. SORRY. NO, SHE MAY NOT BE AN OLYMPIC MEDALLIST, BUT THERE'S A NATION STILL BEHIND HER. YEAH, I CAN BE GUTTED, BUT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I RECEIVED. I'M JUST SORRY IT WASN'T MORE TODAY. THE WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SHOWDOWN. ONLY A FEW FEMALE SWIMMERS HAVE BROKEN THE FOUR-MINUTE BARRIER IN THIS EVENT ` FAIRWEATHER ONE OF THEM. ERIKA FAIRWEATHER GOING OUT QUITE FAST. BUT GOING UP AGAINST THREE OUTSTANDING SWIMMERS, OLYMPIC CHAMPS, FORMER WORLD RECORD HOLDERS, FAIRWEATHER UNABLE TO KEEP UP THE PACE AFTER A STRONG START, FALLING BACK AS FAR AS SIXTH, BUT EVENTUALLY FINISHING FOURTH ` 26 ONE-HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND OFF THE PODIUM. IT WASN'T MY GREATEST PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, NOWHERE NEAR HAPPY WITH THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SPORT. BEING WATCHED AROUND THE WORLD FROM HER SWIM DUNEDIN TRAINING PARTNERS AT THE NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPS IN AUCKLAND. WE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WAS GONNA COME BACK FAST, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON IN TRAINING, MAINLY. AND DEFINITELY HER TRAINING'S COME IN AND DEFINITELY WORKED FOR HER. TO HER FAMILY POOLSIDE ` PRIDE THE OVERALL THEME. TO COME ALL THIS WAY TO DO WHAT SHE'S DONE, IT'S INCREDIBLE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH, BUT SHE IS BACK IN THE POOL TOMORROW, AND SHE'LL WIPE THIS OFF. ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE FOR FAIRWEATHER, THIS WAS A RACE FEATURING FOUR OF THE FASTEST ALL-TIME SWIMMERS IN THE WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE, GOING DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE RACE OF THE CENTURY. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE REALLY GONNA SEE THAT RACE, THAT KIND OF PACKED RACE ANY TIME SOON EVER AGAIN. THAT'S, LIKE, YOU'VE GOT THE TOP FOUR ATHLETES OF ALL TIME IN ONE RACE, AND TO HAVE A KIWI TOP FOUR IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! AN ACHIEVEMENT FAIRWEATHER MAY NOT RECOGNISE YET, BUT ONE FUTURE KIWI OLYMPIANS WILL REMEMBER FOR SOME TIME. TOUGH RESULT TO TAKE, MICHELLE. BUT WE ARE STRAIGHT BACK INTO WORK TODAY. FAIRWEATHER DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO DWELL ON THAT RESULT. SHE'S RACING IN THE WOMEN'S 200 M FREESTYLE. SHE CAN STILL PULL OFF A MEDAL WITH THIS ONE, SHE'S GOT THE HEATS AND SEMIFINALS TODAY AND THEN WE'RE BACK. HE IS RACING IN THE MEN'S 400 M AND HE GOES INTO THIS IS THE REIGNING CHAMPION. THERE ARE RUMOURS THAT HE IS HEADING SOMEBODY REMARKABLE TIMES. LAST YEAR HE SAT IN ON LEON MARCHANT'S TRAINING AND IS BROUGHT THIS BACK TO NEW ZEALAND AND IS TRYING TO HIT THOSE WORLD-RECORD TIMES. WORD IS THAT HE'S HITTING IT IS NOT BEATING IT. IF HE CAN HE WILL BE THE FIRST KIWI IN ALMOST 30 YEARS TO END UP WITH A MEDAL IN OLYMPIC SWIMMING RACE. SPILLS AND THRILLS GALORE IN THE WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL WHERE SHE VERY NEARLY WROTE HERSELF INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS BUT THEN FELL IN WET AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, THE 22-YEAR-OLD KEPT HER SEAT AND WITHSTOOD TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. THE 22-YEAR-OLD HOT OUT THE BLOCKS... KIM CADZOW FROM NZ, WELCOME TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES. ...IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK. WHILE NOT HEAVY, THE RAIN'S BEEN PERSISTENT ` THE SLIPPERY SHEEN COVERING THE ROAD CAUSING ALL SORTS OF HAVOC, EVEN FOR THE WORLD'S TOP RIDERS. MULTIPLE CRASHES OUT ON COURSE, SOME RIDERS HITTING THE PAVEMENT SEVERAL TIMES. EVERY TIME SHE WENT ROUND A CORNER AND WE SAW ONE OF THOSE OTHER RIDERS COME OFF, WE WERE JUST LIKE, 'OH MAN. DON'T EVEN WANNA WATCH IT.' HOW TOUGH WAS IT TO STAY UPRIGHT IN THESE CONDITIONS? IT WAS LIKE ICE SKATING OUT THERE, I THINK. (LAUGHS) ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, YOU JUST HAD TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESERVED ON THROUGH THE CORNERS. FINDING HERSELF IN THE GOLD MEDAL POSITION WITH JUST EIGHT RIDERS REMAINING. IF YOU ARE WATCHING IN NZ, STAND ON YOUR FEET FOR THE NZER, BECAUSE SHE IS ABSOLUTELY FLYING. AN ASTOUNDING ACHIEVEMENT, GIVEN CADZOW'S REVELATION POST-RACE ` SHE RODE THE LAST KILOMETRE WITH A FLAT TYRE. I COULD FEEL THAT I WAS A BIT SOFT ON THE BACK, BUT I KNEW THAT I WOULD MAKE IT, SO, YEAH, LUCKILY I GOT ROUND THE LAST K AND IT HELD UPRIGHT. WE WERE HOLDING OUR BREATHE THE WHOLE TIME. LIKE, WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS JUST SO EXCITING TO WATCH THAT. AND RELIEF THEIR KIM FINISHED THE RACE IN ONE PIECE. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. FRENCH RUGBY STAR ANTOINE DUPONT HAS PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN GETTING FRANCE ITS FIRST GOLD MEDAL OF THE GAMES ` DUPONT SETTING UP FRANCE'S SECOND TRY BEFORE SCORING TWO OF HIS OWN TO BEAT REIGNING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS FIJI 28 -7. ...STARTS TO TICK. 90 SECONDS OF PLAY. ANTOINE DUPONT! TIME IS UP. AND ANTOINE DUPONT! THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS BEATING ARGENTINA 17-12 TO COLLECT FIFTH PLACE. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS START THEIR CAMPAIGN TONIGHT. IT'S NOT BEEN A SUCCESSFUL FIRST DIP INTO THE 'POOL OF DEATH' FOR THE KIWI MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM, GOING DOWN TO TOKYO BRONZE MEDALLISTS INDIA 3-2. ONE A PIECE IN THE SECOND HALF, THIS ATTEMPT FROM INDIA TO TAKE THE LEAD A SOURCE OF CONTENTION ` THE VIDEO UMPIRE UNABLE TO DECIDE WHETHER THE BALL CROSSED THE LINE. LET'S JUST WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL CALL HERE. OH, WAS IT ACROSS THE LINE? CONTINUE WITH YOUR DECISION, AND AWARD THE GOAL. OK. (BLOWS WHISTLE) THE KIWIS LEVELLED IT UP; INDIA ULTIMATELY PREVAILED WITH A LATE PENALTY. WE SOAKED UP A LOT OF PRESSURE AND THEY HAD QUITE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES BUT I THINK WE` WE ACTUALLY HIT BACK AS WELL. WE THREW A FEW PUNCHES IN THERE. NEW ZEALAND WILL MEET BELGIUM OVERNIGHT. WITH THE OPENING CEREMONY OUT THE WAY, THE SEINE IS NOW CLEAR FOR ITS FIRST EVENT AT THIS GAMES, THE MEN'S TRIATHLON ON TUESDAY EVENING. AND WHILE THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF CHAT AROUND THE RIVER'S WATER QUALITY, KIWI MEDAL FAVOURITE HAYDEN WILDE IS MORE FOCUSED ON WHAT HE'LL DO IN IT. HERE'S OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT. CRISP, CLEAN, WHITE NEW ZEALAND TEAM SHIRTS. YOU WELL? GOOD, MATE. YOU? YEAH, GOOD, MATE. A CONTRAST TO THE DIRTY, MUDDY TOPIC THAT'S DOMINATING THE MEN'S TRIATHLON. A POOR QUALITY OF WATER OR NOT, HAYDEN WILDE IS DETERMINED TO DIVE INTO THE RIVER SEINE AND SHOW HIS RIVALS HE'S FIGURED OUT THE SWIMMING LEG. OVER 150m IN THE SWIMMING POOL, I'M SWIMMING ABOUT 10 SECONDS QUICKER. THAT'S SUPER CRUCIAL ` ESPECIALLY IN THE TRIATHLON, YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUICKER OFF THE MARK. IT'S ALL COMING FROM A CHANGE IN BIOMECHANICS IN HIS STROKE. BUT IF THE TRADITIONAL FIRST LEG GOES AHEAD, WHICH WILDE WANTS, IT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE SEINE THAT COULD PROVE CRITICAL ` THE RIVER'S CURRENT. LOOKED AT SOME STATS IN TERMS OF RIVER FLOW, AND IT'S THREE TIMES STRONGER THAN IT WAS AT THE TEST EVENT LAST YEAR. THREE TIMES SEEMS A LOT. YEAH, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE POSITIONING ON THE FEET OR ON THE HIP OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU, AND HOW CLOSE YOU CAN STAY TO THEM. AND ANY KIND OF GAP WILL SEPARATE A GROUP REALLY QUICKLY. AND WHILE IT'S A STACKED FIELD THAT'LL LINE UP ON TUESDAY NIGHT, MOST ARE PREDICTING ONE THING ` A TWO MAN SHOWDOWN AGAIN BETWEEN WILD AND BRITAIN'S ALEX YEE. AND ALREADY THE BIG TWO ARE OUT FRONT. SINCE TOKYO, YEE BEATEN WILDE IN ALL BUT ONE OF THEIR RACES OVER THE OLYMPIC DISTANCE. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT IF IT COMES DOWN TO A RUN LEG BETWEEN YOU TWO, THAT YOU CAN NAB HIM THIS TIME? YEAH, LIKE, WE HAD A RACE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN CAGLIARI. IT WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. AND I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO SHOW ALL OF MY CARDS. I FELT LIKE I HAD A LOT MORE IN THE TANK THERE. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A BIT OF BAD JUJU TO WIN IN FRONT OF THE OLYMPICS, SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE ACTUALLY CRACKED THE CODE. WE'VE PREPARED HIM FOR THAT OUTCOME IF IT COMES TO IT, AND I THINK HE'S READY FOR IT. BUT ALEX IS JUST A QUALITY ATHLETE, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO BEAT. THE WATER'S GRIM. THE RACE ITSELF IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. KIWI TENNIS STAR LULU SUN'S GOT A SURPRISE CALL-UP TO THE OLYMPIC SINGLES DRAW, THE 23-YEAR-OLD NABBING A SPOT AFTER A LAST MINUTE WITHDRAWAL AND WILL PLAY 12TH SEED MARIA KOSTYUK OVERNIGHT. SHE'LL GO INTO HER FIRST MATCH WITH MORE ENTHUSIASM THAN NOVAK DJOKOVIC DID ` THE MEN'S WORLD NUMBER TWO UP AGAINST AUSTRALIAN DOUBLES PLAYER MATTHEW EBDEN, ANOTHER REPLACEMENT. EBDEN HADN'T PLAYED A SINGLES MATCH IN TWO YEARS, BUT DID AVOID THE HUMILIATION OF A DOUBLE BAGEL. AND THERE WE GO ` MATTHEW EBDEN RAISES HIS HANDS. AFTER THE 6-0, 6-1 DRUBBING, DJOKOVIC CRITICISING THE SITUATION, SAYING IT WASN'T A GOOD IMAGE FOR THE SPORT. FROM MISMATCH TO MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN ` SPANISH DUO RAFAEL NADAL AND CARLOS ALCARAZ EARNING THE NAME "NADALCARAZ", PUTTING AWAY THEIR ARGENTINIAN OPPONENTS IN THEIR DOUBLES OPENER. FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE THERE. THE CROWD CERTAINLY LOVING HAVING THEIR ADOPTED HOMETOWN HERO RAFAEL NADAL BACK ON HIS HOME COURT. WILL HAVE PLENTY MORE ON BREAKFAST TOMORROW FROM SIX. WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THANKS, CHRIS. AND BACK HERE THE ALL BLACKS 36-MAN SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP'S BEEN REVEALED. IT FEATURES FOUR NEW FACES WHO WEREN'T A PART OF THE INITIAL JULY TEST SERIES ` FORMER CAPTAIN SAM CANE AND OUTSIDE BACK WILL JORDAN OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER RECOVERING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE INJURIES; MIDFIELDER DAVID HAVILI RETURNS, WHILE UNCAPPED HURRICANES FULLBACK RUBEN LOVE'S EARNED HIS FIRST SELECTION. LOCK JOSH LORD COMES IN AS INJURY COVER FOR INJURED CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT; SELECTORS PICKING HALFBACK NOAH HOETHAM WHO MADE HIS DEBUT AGAINST FIJI ALONGSIDE CORTEZ RATIMA AND TJ PERENARA, WHO RETURNS AFTER SUFFERING A LOWER LEG INJURY IN THE DUNEDIN GAME. MISSING OUT THIS TIME ` FINLAY CHRISTIE DROPPED. WITH MORE, HERE'S ZION DAYAL. DIGESTING THE NEWS IN HIS UPPER HUTT FLAT, REUBEN LOVE IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN THE ALL BLACKS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. IT'S EVERYTHING I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. HIS SELECTION RUNS DEEPER THAN HIMSELF. I'M JUST FEELING PROUD OF HIM. HE DOESN'T EAT CHOCOLATE AND STUFF, SO HE WORKS HARD. AMAZING ROLE MODEL. WORKS REAL HARD. EVERY TIME I TRAIN, EVERY TIME I MAKE A DECISION TO EAT GOOD, TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND. FINDING OUT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, HIS FAMILY FLOCKED TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW ALL BLACK. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL MOMENTS OF MY LIFE, HAVING YOU GUYS HERE AND, YEAH, JUST SEEING ALL THE JOY, SEEING THE YOUNG ONES. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT I'VE DREAMED OF MY WHOLE LIFE. ALL HE'S EVER WANTED TO DO WAS BE AN ALL BLACK, SO WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM THAT HE'S ACHIEVED HIS GOAL. THE ENVIRONMENT'S NOT FOREIGN TO THE 23-YEAR-OLD, HAVING TRAINED WITH THE SQUAD THROUGH JULY. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. I GREW SO MUCH ON THE FIELD, AS A LEADER AND LEARNING OFF THE PLAYERS LIKE BEAUDEN, D-MAC AND STEVEN AS WELL. THE HURRICANES FULLBACK EARNING A CALL-UP OFF THE BACK OF AN IMPRESSIVE SUPER RUGBY SEASON AND WAS EARMARKED AS A RISING STAR, HAVING PLAYED FOR THE ALL BLACKS 15. THINKING BACK TO ALL THE TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND MY FAMILY WOULD COME WATCH ME PLAY UNDER-5S, UNDER-10S AND THE TIMES MY PARENTS WOULD BUY ME RUGBY BOOTS ` ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. JUST HAVING THE MEMORIES FLOW THROUGHOUT MY HEAD IS PRETTY, PRETTY SPECIAL. YEAH. WHILE IT'S LOVE'S FIRST RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CALL-UP, IT'LL BE SAM KANE'S LAST. WELL, I HADN'T EXPECTED TO BE NAMED AT ALL. THE 95-TEST ALL BLACK BACK IN THE JERSEY IN HIS LAST INTERNATIONAL SEASON. HE TOO TRAINED WITH THE TEAM THROUGH JULY, NOW FULLY RECOVERED FROM BACK SURGERY IN MARCH. YEAH, I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND BEND OVER AND TOOK OUT MY SON, NO WORRIES, WITHOUT ANY SECOND THOUGHT AND THAT SORT OF THING. IT'S REALLY GOOD. THE THOUGHT NOW ` PUSHING FOR HIS 96TH ALL BLACK JERSEY. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. YEAH, LOTS AND LOTS OF OLYMPIC ACTION OVERNIGHT. OBVIOUS LEWIS CLEAR BACK COOKING OFFERS CAMPAIGN. SO JUST CALL IN SICK TOMORROW GUYS. THANKS, JENNY. COMING UP ` ERIN'S HERE WITH DETAILS OF THE LARGE SYSTEM ON THE WAY. TONIGHT ON GOOD SORTS ` WE ARE UP CHIMNEYS, DOING LOTS OF BUSY THINGS WITH PETER DAVY, WHO AFTER FORTY... SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS. ...IS RETIRING. AU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. IT'S TIME TO BID FAREWELL TO THE CLEAR SKIES AND EXPECT A BIG TOP-UP OF SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS AND EVEN LOWER. IT'S THIS LARGE YELLOW MASS ` A WIND, RAIN AND SNOW-MAKER ON ITS WAY TOWARDS US, BRINGING SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TOO. SO THE RAIN ARRIVES IN THE EARLY HOURS TO THE SOUTH ISLAND; IT'S AFTERNOON OR EVENING FURTHER NORTH. THERE'S THE BLUE SNOW LINE ` SNOW TO 1000M. THE FIRST RAIN WATCH, 6AM TO WESTLAND ` SEE THEM POP ON FROM THERE; 3PM FOR MT TARANAKI. THE HEAVY SNOW WATCHES FROM 9AM ` INLAND OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND, THEN FURTHER NORTH FROM MIDNIGHT. THE WIND ARRIVING A LITTLE LATER ` ABOUT THIS TIME TOMORROW. AND ROAD SNOWFALL WARNINGS TO THE MILFORD ROAD, CROWN RANGE AND LINDIS PASS ALL DAY. THIS RAINY SYSTEM IS WITH US THROUGH UNTIL THURSDAY, WITH A STRONG, COLD SOU'EASTER OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM LATE MONDAY, AND EXPECT THE COLD SHIFT ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. MIGHT SEE SOME SNOW ON THURSDAY TO THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. DAY-TIME TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTH ARE MOSTLY SINGLE DIGITS. TOMORROW UP TOP ` STARTING OFF GREY AND A BIT WINDY, THEN RAIN ` THAT COULD BE HEAVY BY AFTERNOON OR EVENING, WITH 16 OR 17. A FEW WILL SEE A MORNING SHOWER IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` THAT WIND YOU'LL NOTICE TOO. AGAIN IT'S AFTERNOON OR EVENING RAIN, WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY FALLS, 16 DEGREES. GREY, MAYBE A SHOWER UNTIL EVENING RAIN, KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, AND 15. THE SAME STORY ACROSS CENTRAL SPOTS ` EVENING'S WHEN THE RAIN THAT COULD BE HEAVY ARRIVES. AND 13 FOR ROTORUA AND TOKOROA. GREY AND MAYBE A SPRINKLE HERE AND THERE THOROUGH THE DAY, TAURANGA. WIND AND RAIN FROM EVENING AND 16. GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY CLOUD OVER. FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'LL GET THE RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE EVENING, AND 15 TO 17 DEGREES. THE DAY DETERIORATES IN THE WEST ` WINDY AND RAINY BY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND 17 IN WHANGANUI. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND THROUGH THE MORNING, TE WHANANUI A TARA WELLINGTON, WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY, THEN RAIN ARRIVES IN THE AFTERNOON AND 15. WET FOR ALL IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, NOT ARRIVING TILL AFTERNOON IN KAIKOURA. WESTPORT MAY EVEN HAVE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND 14 FOR MOST. A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN TO START, THEN IT'S BACK AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON, OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH WITH A HIGH OF 12. VERY WET AND WINDY IN THE WEST ` A RAIN WATCH FOR HOKITIKA AND POSSIBLE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS, AND THE LIGHT RAIN TO START AND THEN RETURN FOR THE EAST, WITH A COOL 10 FOR TIMARU. RUG UP, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN, THE HEAVY SNOW WATCH AND A WARNING TO THE CROWN RANGE ` THEY'RE IN PLACE ALL DAY AND INTO TUESDAY FOR THE HEAVY SNOW AND A HIGH OF JUST 8. IT'S A RAIN WARNING FOR OAMARU. MILFORD SOUND, A SNOW WARNING FOR THE MILFORD ROAD FROM 6AM, WIND FROM 6PM. GORE ` RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW WATCHES FROM 9AM. INVERCARGILL ` A RAIN WATCH ALSO FROM 9. BUT A VERY COLD MESSY DAY FOR ALL ` DO TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS. OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, YOUR RAIN WARNING FROM LUNCHTIME ` A RISK OF FLOODING AND A STRONG WIND FROM EVENING. 9 IS YOUR HIGH. TUESDAY IS STILL WET FOR MOST ` JUST GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY ARE DRY. AND THE SNOW FALLING TO 400M OR 500M FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND. WEDNESDAY ` CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN OR SHOWER IN THE NORTH ISLAND. IT'S DRY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST; JUST SHOWERS AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM, BUT RAIN EVERYWHERE ELSE ` THAT COULD FALL AS SNOW TO 400M AGAIN. BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK LOOK AT A VERY DIFFERENT FORECAST. THIS IS PARIS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO STAY COOL IN PARIS, STAY WARM AT HOME ` HAVE A GREAT WEEK. GOOD SORTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CADBURY. TONIGHT'S GOODSORT HAS SPENT NEARLY 50 YEARS WITH HIS HEAD UP WELLINGTON CHIMNEYS. IT'S A DARK AND DIRTY JOB, BUT PETER DAVEY SAYS HE DID IT FOR THE PEOPLE HE MET. NOW HE'S GIVING IT ALL AWAY FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL PERSON IN HIS LIFE. HADYN JONES EXPLAINS. PETER DAVY HAS DONE THIS THOUSANDS OF TIMES. WELL, WE'LL JUST GET THE GEAR OUT. HE STARTS INSIDE WITH THE FIREBOX. PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT SEAL BE CHANGED. THEN OUTSIDE UP THE LADDER. IT'S A GLORIOUS PLACE. THIS IS THE OFFICE ` THE LONG FORGOTTEN CHIMNEY SWEEPER. IT'S PART OF THE PERKS OF THE JOB. GOOD CUP OF TEA ` PETER'S THIRD AND FINAL STEP IS A CUPPA. I SURVIVE ON COFFEE AT PRESENT. PETER ALWAYS STOPS AND REHYDRATES, SOMETIMES ADDING A SIDE OF CHAT. WOW, YEAH, COS THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED. WHICH JANINE DOESN'T MIND. IT'S SUCH SMALL CHATS EACH, YOU KNOW, EACH TIME YOU SEE HIM. IT'S 14 YEARS SINCE THEY FIRST DID THIS. PROBABLY LOOKED UP IN THE YELLOW PAGES AT THE TIME. HE'S THE ONLY CHIMNEY SWEEPER WE'VE EVER EMPLOYED. DAVID IS NEXT. FIRE A QUICK CHECK. HE HIRED PETER WHEN HE WAS STARTING OUT 43 YEARS AGO. WHEN I CAME TO WELLINGTON, THERE WAS ONLY TWO OTHER CHIMNEY SWEEPS, AND THEY WERE ALL BOTH IN THEIR 70S, AND I WAS 18, SO I TOOK WELLINGTON BY STORM. THEY DO HAVE A SIDE BRICK. HE SAYS IT WAS THE CAREER CHOICE THAT RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS. I WAS ACTUALLY THE DUX IN MY COLLEGE, SO I THINK THE TEACHERS EXPECTED ME TO GO ON TO MUCH GRANDER THINGS. BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT I'VE DONE WITH MY LIFE. BACK AT DAVID'S, THE JUGS ON, AND THE BILL'S BEEN SETTLED. DEBITS THE CREDIT CARD WHILE HE'S STANDING NEXT TO ME DRINKING COFFEE; AMAZING. TODAY PETER'S GOT HIS WIFE, SUSAN, WITH HIM. WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT THE FACT OF PETE DOING CHIMNEYS TO START WITH. NOT BECAUSE OF THE JOB ITSELF, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ODD APPLIANCES THAT NEVER CAME HOME. VACUUM CLEANERS DO TEND TO DISAPPEAR. (LAUGHS) BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I STARTED WITH THE SHAKING, WHICH I'M DOING NOW. SUSAN HAS PARKINSON'S. SHE'S BEEN HAVING FALLS OF LATE, AND I NEED TO BE WITH HER. AND PETER IS HANGING UP HIS BRUSHES FOR HER. IT'S TIME NOW TO TO PUT THE BRUSHES DOWN. SO THIS CUPPA IS CLOSE TO HIS LAST. THIS PHASE OF LIFE, EH, YOU KNOW. YEAH. TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO A JOB, WHERE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. YOU DO A LOT WITH FEEL. AND OTHER TIMES, YOU HAVE THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST THE HUTT VALLEY, AT YOUR FEET. AMAZING VIEWS. (LAUGHS) HAYDEN JONES, 1 NEWS. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SUNDAY. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.