SENIOR PASIFIKA MEMBERS OF THE GREENS HAVE QUIT THE PARTY OVER WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE APPALLING TREATMENT OF DARLEEN TANA AND OTHER MAORI WAHINE. YOU CAN BE GUTTED BUT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I JUST WISH IT WAS MORE TODAY HIGH EMOTION POOLSIDE AFTER NEW ZEALAND'S ERIKA FAIRWEATHER JUST MISSES OUT ON A MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS. AND DONALD TRUMP TELLS A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN AUDIENCE A VOTE FOR HIM MEANS THEY'LL 'NEVER HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN.' CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI, GOOD EVENING. THE GREENS' ANNUAL MEETING HAS ENDED WITH SENIOR PASIFIKA MEMBERS RESIGNING OVER PERCEIVED RACISM IN THE PARTY. ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS TO WORK OUT HOW TO GET DARLEEN TANA OUT OF PARLIAMENT, FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF MIGRANT EXPLOITATION AT HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS, BUT THREE SENIOR PASIFIKA MEMBERS HAVE WALKED OUT OVER WHAT THEY CALL HER 'APPALLING TREATMENT', AS WELL AS THAT OF OTHER WAHINE MAORI. ANNA WHYTE WATCHED AN EVENTFUL ANNUAL CONFERENCE UNRAVEL. PUTTING ON A UNITED FRONT OVER THE SAGA THAT'S DOGGED THE PARTY FOR MONTHS. WE WILL ONLY PROGRESS WITH THE USE OF THE LAW WITH THE BACKING OF OUR GREEN MPs AND OF OUR PARTY. CO-LEADERS CHLOE SWARBRICK AND MARAMA DAVIDSON ` WHO'S CURRENTLY ON SICK LEAVE FOR BREAST CANCER ` WROTE TO DARLEEN TANA TODAY, SAYING THEY BELIEVED THE MP HAD 'DISTORTED THE PROPORTIONALITY' OF PARLIAMENT. WE ALSO REITERATED OUR CLEAR REQUEST FOR THEM TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT AND, IN DOING SO, DRAWING THIS MATTER TO A CONCLUSION. IF TANA DOESN'T RESIGN, DELEGATES WILL VOTE IN A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING TO USE THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION ` SOMETHING THE PARTY HAS LONG OPPOSED. IN THIS INSTANCE, ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEBODY CONTINUING TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT WHO CAME IN ON OUR GREEN PARTY LIST, ON OUR VALUES AND OUR PRINCIPLES, WHO HAS SO CLEARLY BETRAYED THEM? WE FOUGHT VERY HARD AGAINST THE WAKA-JUMPING LEGISLATION. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS SITUATION IS VERY DIFFERENT. I THINK THE GREEN PARTY SHOULD FEEL THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT TO USE IT IN THIS SITUATION, AND IF I WAS STILL A GREEN PARTY MEMBER, I WOULD BE VOTING THAT WAY. IT'S QUITE RARE TO ACTUALLY USE THE ELECTORAL INTEGRITY ACT, AND IT MAY NOT BE EASY. THE GREENS STILL HAVE TO PASS THEIR FIRST HURDLE OF GETTING OVER 75% SUPPORT FROM MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE SPEAKER TO DECIDE IF IT PASSES THE THRESHOLD. BUT SWARBRICK SAYS THEY'RE HOPING FOR A UNANIMOUS VOTE ` IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT. I'M REASONABLY HAPPY, YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S... IT'S A TRICKY ISSUE, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I THINK THE WEEKEND WAS IN LINE WITH THE KAUPAPA OF THE GREENS. LOTS OF GREAT GREEN KORERO AND, YEAH, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HARD CONVERSATIONS. THERE WILL BE MANY IN THE GREENS WHO'LL BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THEM GOING BACK ON THEIR PREVIOUS OPPOSITION TO WAKA-JUMPING LAW. EQUALLY, THERE'LL BE MANY WHO'LL BE FURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED AND WHO MAY SAY, 'WE'VE GOTTA BE PRAGMATIC HERE AND ACT.' BUT THE PROBLEM THEY'VE GOT IS TIME. TIME THAT'S TICKING FOR THE GREENS. AND ANNA, LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THAT TIME BOMB BLEW UP. SO THIS LETTER ACCUSED LEADERSHIP OF WEAPONISING AND INFLAMING THE NARRATIVES AND INTENTIONALLY SMEARING DARLENE TANNER'S CHARACTER THIS WAS A HIGHLY CRITICAL LETTER, TALKING ABOUT THE DEEP HURT THAT EXPERIENCED THEY ALSO CALLED THE WAY ELIZABETH KEREKERE WAS TREATED AS DISAPPOINTING, ONE OF THEM WHO RESIGNED TODAY WAS MARRIED TO HER ANOTHER OUTSIDE THE NETWORK TOLD ME THAT MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY ANGRY OVER THE WAY THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN HANDLED, A VOTE BY MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED FIRST. IN A WHITE THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. AND THE WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE FINAL THIS MORNING WAS BILLED AS THE RACE OF THE CENTURY, AND THE COMPETITION PROVED A TOUCH TOO HOT FOR KIWI CONTENDER ERIKA FAIRWEATHER, WHO GAVE A TEARFUL INTERVIEW AFTER JUST MISSING OUT ON BECOMING NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST MEDALLIST AT THESE GAMES. IMOGEN WELLS IS IN PARIS. AND IMOGEN, HOW GUTTING FOR ERIKA FAIRWEATHER? THAT'S RIGHT, LAURA. AFTER WINNING THE WORLD TITLE IN FEBRUARY, ERIKA WAS CONSIDERED A CREDIBLE MEDAL HOPE. BUT THE FIELD WAS MUCH TOUGHER THIS TIME AROUND, AND FAIRWEATHER JUST MISSED OUT ON BAGGING A BRONZE. LEDECKY GETS INTO THIRD` 0.26 SECONDS WAS ALL THAT SEPARATED ERIKA FAIRWEATHER FROM BECOMING JUST THE SECOND KIWI FEMALE TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IN THE POOL, AFTER JEAN HURRING (NEE STEWART'S) BRONZE IN 1952. THAT'S OK. HAVE A MOMENT. IS IT JUST HITTING YOU? - YEAH. THE 20-YEAR-OLD, LIKE HURRING, FROM DUNEDIN, SHOT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS, AFTER QUALIFYING THIRD FOR THE FINAL. ALREADY, LOOK AT THIS, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER GOING OUT QUITE FAST. UP AGAINST THREE OF THE SPORT'S BIGGEST NAMES, SHE HELD ON FOR THE NEXT 300M ONLY TO NARROWLY MISS OUT ON A PODIUM POSITION. YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE CRYING RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, THAT DOES NOT MEAN I'M NOT PROUD OF MYSELF. YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THE OLYMPICS IS A MASSIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY HER FAMILY WHO WERE CHEERING HER ON AT NEW ZEALAND HOUSE. JUST GUTTED FOR HER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SHE REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE AND SHE REALLY WANTED TO DO WELL FOR... WELL, FOR NEW ZEALAND, FOR OTAGO, SOUTHLAND, FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN. REGARDLESS OF THE RESULT, FELLOW SWIMMERS AT THE NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPS IN AUCKLAND STILL INSPIRED BY HER ACHIEVEMENTS. TO BE AT THE OLYMPICS, IT'S REALLY GOOD. YEAH. AND TO GET FOURTH, ALMOST THIRD. IT WAS CRAZY. WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER, ALL SHE'S DONE. AND WITH TWO EVENTS LEFT, THERE'S STILL TIME TO SECURE THAT ELUSIVE MEDAL. SO IMOGEN, WHEN WILL ERIKA BE BACK IN THE POOL? IN JUST OVER TWO HOURS' TIME, SHE'LL LINE UP FOR THE HEATS OF THE 200M FREESTYLE. BUT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY KIWI IN ACTION TONIGHT. LEWIS CLAREBURT WILL SWIM FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. YOU'LL REMEMBER HE PLACED SEVENTH IN THE FINAL OF THE SAME EVENT THREE YEARS AGO IN TOKYO, SO HE'LL BE EXTRA HUNGRY TO MAKE IT ON TO THE PODIUM THIS TIME AROUND, AND HE LOOKS IN GREAT SHAPE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE UNDERSTAND HE'S BEEN SWIMMING CLOSE TO WORLD RECORD TIME IN TRAINING. THE HEATS TAKE PLACE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS' TIME. THE FINAL ` THAT'LL PLAY OUT AROUND 6.30AM NZT TOMORROW MORNING. NOW, ON TO THE SPYING SCANDAL ` AND CANADA'S FOUND OUT ITS PUNISHMENT? YES, THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM HAS BEEN DOCKED SIX POINTS, FINED NEARLY $400,000, AND ITS COACH AND TWO ASSISTANT COACHES HAVE BEEN BANNED FOR A YEAR. YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS ALL BEGAN LAST WEEK WHEN THEY ADMITTED FLYING A DRONE OVER A KIWI TRAINING SESSION. CANADA WENT ON TO WIN THAT GAME 2-1, AND WHILE THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS WELCOMED THE SANCTIONS, IT SAYS THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE DIRECT IMPACT ON THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM. AND FINALLY, THERE'S SOME SAD NEWS OUT OF THE SAMOAN CAMP? YES, VERY SAD. THE TEAM MANAGER OF THE TOP-SEEDED MEN'S HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER AT THE OLYMPICS HAS DIED AT THE ATHLETES VILLAGE IN SAINT-DENIS. THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS LIONEL FATU ELIKA DIED ON FRIDAY LOCAL TIME OF NATURAL CAUSES. THE SAMOAN OLYMPIC BODY SAYS LIONEL WAS ONE OF SAMOA'S TOP BOXING COACHES AND A GREAT BELIEVER IN THE OLYMPIC IDEAL. THANKS, IMOGEN. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN LATER IN SPORT. DONALD TRUMP FUELS DEMOCRATIC FEARS ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR THE PRESIDENCY, TELLING A CROWD OF CHRISTIANS THAT IF THEY VOTE FOR HIM THIS TIME, THEY WON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN. AND IS THE WAR ABOUT TO SPREAD? ISRAEL HAS BLAMED HEZBOLLAH FOR A STRIKE THAT KILLED 11 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THE MURDER TRIAL FOR RETIRED EYE SURGEON PHILIP POLKINGHORNE BEGINS TOMORROW AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE PAULINE HANNA, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN THEIR REMUERA HOME IN 2021. POLKINGHORNE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HANNA'S DEATH, WHICH POLICE HAD REPEATEDLY DESCRIBED AS "UNEXPLAINED". HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST 6 WEEKS. ISRAEL HAS BLAMED HEZBOLLLAH FOR A ROCKET STRIKE IN A DRUZE ARAB TOWN IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS THAT KILLED 11 CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS. THE DRUZE ARE THE LARGEST NON-JEWISH GROUP TO SERVE IN THE IDF. THE STRIKE HIT A FOOTBALL FIELD, INJURING AT LEAST 20 OTHER PEOPLE. AN ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESPERSON SAID IT WAS THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS SINCE THE HAMAS ASSAULT THAT SPARKED THE WAR IN GAZA. HEZBOLLAH HAS DENIED RESPONSIBILITY - BUT THE ATTACK HAS SPARKED FEARS THE CONFLICT WILL SPREAD. IT COMES AS AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 100 INJURED, AFTER AN 'ISRAELI' STRIKE ON A SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA. AND WE WARN YOU THE IMAGES ARE DISTRESSING. ISRAEL SAYS THE SITE, THAT HAD BEEN HOUSING DISPLACED PEOPLE, WAS ALSO BEING USED AS A HAMAS COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTRE. SEJAL KARIA REPORTS. GAZA IS NOW A PLACE OF DEATH OF DESPAIR AND OF GRIEF. IT IS IN THE ANGUISHED SCREAMS OF ITS PEOPLE, MOURNING THEIR LOVED ONES. THE VICTIMS OF ANOTHER ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE TO HIT A SCHOOL. IN A WAR THAT SPARES NO ONE... NO MATTER THEIR AGE. WE WERE SITTING HERE IN THE SCHOOL, THIS MAN SAID, WHEN SEVERAL MISSILES BEGAN FALLING. INSIDE, HUNDREDS WERE SHELTERING, INCLUDING THE VULNERABLE. AMONG SCENES OF CHAOS AND CARNAGE, MANY WERE DAZED, DISTRESSED... - (ANGUISHED WAIL) ...AND CONFUSED. AND AMONG THE RUBBLE AND RUIN OF CLASSROOMS, A SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS, AND AN ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE WHATEVER POSSESSIONS THEY COULD. 'EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN A SECOND,' THIS MAN SAYS. 'THE MAN NEAR ME WAS KILLED INSTANTLY. 'IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.' ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAID IT TARGETED THE SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA BECAUSE HAMAS OPERATIVES WERE HIDING INSIDE, AND, THAT IT TOOK STEPS TO REDUCE THE RISK TO CIVILIANS. MEANWHILE, IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF KHAN YUNIS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BEGAN TO FLEE WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE TO GO. A MASS EVACUATION ORDERED BY ISRAEL AS IT BEGAN STEPPING UP ITS ASSAULT AGAINST HAMAS IN THE SOUTH TOO. IN GAZA, THE END TO THIS WAR CANNOT COME TOO SOON. DONALD TRUMP HAS RAISED EYEBROWS WITH HIS LATEST SPEECH, TELLING A CROWD OF CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS THEY WON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN AFTER THIS ELECTION. AND AGAIN ` CHRISTIANS, GET OUT AND VOTE! JUST THIS TIME! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANY MORE! FOUR MORE YEARS, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'LL BE FIXED. IT'LL BE FINE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT TRUMP MEANT BY THE REMARKS. DEMOCRATS HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AFTER HIS ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN THE LAST ELECTION. TRUMP ALSO ACCUSED KAMALA HARRIS OF NOT LIKING JEWISH PEOPLE, DESPITE THE FACT HER HUSBAND IS JEWISH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIRES ON RECORD IN CALIFORNIA HAS BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 120,000HA. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES IN FOUR COUNTIES IN THE NORTH OF THE STATE. A MAN (42) HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF STARTING THE FIRE BY DUMPING A BURNING CAR. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT, WITH MORE ON A BRILLIANT FINAL FROM ERIKA FAIRWEATHER. YOU ABSOLUTELY, A BRILLIANT SWIM FROM ERICA FAIRWEATHER, YOU CAN SEE HOW EMOTIONAL SHE WAS EARLIER ON, BUT SHE IS UP AGAINST ABSOLUTE ROCK STARS IN THE 400 WORLD RECORD HOLDERS, FOR HERD AT AGE 20 TO BE AS CLOSE AS SHE WAS AS A STUNNING RESULT. WILL BE LIKE TO PARIS NEXT. A PERFECT START ON THE WATER FOR OUR ROWERS. AND SCOTT ROBERTSON'S MADE SOME BIG CALLS AS HE UNVEILS HIS ALL BLACKS SQUAD FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD... WITH SUZUKI AND THREE NEWS SPORT. THE HEARTBREAK OF FALLING SHORT IS LIKELY TO STICK WITH ERIKA FAIRWEATHER FOR SOME TIME. THE 20-YEAR-OLD WAS A QUARTER OF A SECOND OFF THE BRONZE MEDAL TIME ` WON BY AMERICA'S KATIE LEDECKY ` INSTEAD SETTLING FOR FOURTH. BUT WHILE SHE DIDN'T GET THE MEDAL SHE CAME FOR, FAIRWEATHER'S MORE THAN PROVEN SHE BELONGS WITH THE VERY BEST IN THE SPORT. IMOGEN WELLS IS WITH US FROM PARIS. IMOGEN, AN AMAZING EFFORT FROM FAIRWEATHER LAST NIGHT? OLLIE, THAT FINAL WAS DUBBED THE RACE OF THE CENTURY AND IT CERTAINLY LIVED UP TO THAT, ERICA HAD ONLY WROTE A PLAN THAT, THERE WAS CLEARLY AROUND IT AT MRS DAY FAIRWEATHER DID PUSH OR SHE COULD TO TRY AND CLOSE THE GAP WITH LEDECKY THAT SHE RAN OUT OF POOL TO DO THAT. BUT ALSO PROVING SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES. AFTER WINNING A WORLD TITLE IN THE 400M FREESTYLE IN FEBRUARY, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER WAS FULL OF HOPE AS SHE LINED UP IN THE FINAL. BUT THIS TIME, THREE OF THE SPORT'S BIGGEST NAMES WERE LINING UP TOO, AND AFTER THE FIRST LENGTH, THE KIWI WAS IN THIRD PLACE. BUT ALREADY, LOOK AT THIS ` ERIKA FAIRWEATHER GOING OUT QUITE FAST... SOON, IT WAS CLEAR THE 20-YEAR-OLD WAS BATTLING AMERICAN KATIE LEDECKY FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL. BUT IN THE LAST 100M, THE KIWI STARTED TO SLOW, AND LEDECKY POWERED AHEAD. AND WHILE FAIRWEATHER FOUND A BURST OF ENERGY IN THE FINAL LENGTH, IT WAS TOO LATE. LEDECKY GETS INTO THIRD. AUSTRALIAN ARIARNE TITMUS DEFENDED HER TITLE. CANADIAN SUMMER MCINTOSH (17) CLAIMED SILVER, AND LEDECKY WON BRONZE BY 0.26 OF A SECOND. THE KIWI JUST MISSING OUT. THAT'S OK. HAVE A MOMENT. IS IT JUST HITTING YOU? YEAH. THE 20-YEAR-OLD HEARTBROKEN, CONSIDERING SHE SET A NEW PERSONAL BEST AT THE WORLD CHAMPS, WHICH WAS 1.68 FASTER THAN HER TIME TODAY. IT WASN'T MY GREATEST PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. UM, NOWHERE HAPPY WITH THAT. I MEAN, YOU CAN BE GUTTED, BUT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I RECEIVED. I JUST WISH IT WAS MORE TODAY. BUT HER CHANCES AREN'T ALL OVER; SHE STILL HAS THE 200M AND THE 800M FREESTYLE TO GO. I'VE GOT A BIG PROGRAMME STARTING TODAY AND TOMORROW, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP BUILDING. THE KIWI STILL DETERMINED TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THESE GAMES REGARDLESS OF TODAY'S RESULT. OK, IMOGEN ` PLENTY MORE KIWIS IN ACTION TODAY? THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AND A VERY BUSY SHOW AT THAT, LEWIS CLAIRE BERT IS ALSO IN THE POOL TODAY OUR ROWERS ARE ALSO OUT ON THE WATER TODAY AND SAILING GETS UNDERWAY IN MARSEILLE AND FINALLY A WOMAN'S TENNIS PLAYERS ON THE COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER GETTING RAINED OFF ON THE FIRST DAY I CAN SEE SOME SUN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 48 HOURS, I'M EXPECTING GREAT THINGS TODAY HERE IN PARIS. THAT IS IMAGE AND WELLS IN PARIS. THE BLACKSTICKS MAY HAVE REASON TO FEEL AGGRIEVED AFTER THE CONTROVERSIAL AWARDING OF A GOAL TO GIVE INDIA THE LEAD IN THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE HOCKEY. THE KIWIS GRABBED THE EARLY ADVANTAGE IN THE FIRST QUARTER THANKS TO SOME SHARP WORK BY SAM LANE. BUT AT 1-1, IT WAS THIS GOAL TO PUT INDIA IN FRONT THAT CAUSED CONTROVERSY, WITH THE BLACKSTICKS SUGGESTING THE BALL HADN'T COMPLETELY CROSSED THE LINE. LET'S WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL CALL HERE. OOH, WAS IT ACROSS THE LINE? DID THAT GO OVER THE LINE? TARRANT DOES INCREDIBLY WELL. INDIA WINNING 3-2. THE BLACKSTICKS NEXT FACE BELGIUM OVERNIGHT. BOTH SAFFI VETTE AND BILLY STAIRMAND WILL HAVE TO FIGHT TO STAY IN THE OLYMPICS TOMORROW AFTER DAY ONE OF THE SURFING EVENT IN TAHITI. DAY ONE CONSISTED OF EIGHT THREE-PERSON HEATS, WITH ONLY THE LEADER BEING KEPT SAFE. STAIRMAND CAME LAST IN HIS HEAT, WHILE VETTE CAME SECOND, MEANING THEY'LL BOTH BE SENT TO AN ELIMINATION FINAL TOMORROW. VETTE WILL SURF AT 8AM NEW ZEALAND TIME, WHILE STAIRMAND WILL BEGIN AT 2PM. NEW ZEALAND HAVE MADE AN IDEAL START TO THEIR ROWING CAMPAIGN IN PARIS WITH A NEAR-PERFECT DAY ON THE WATER. TOM MACKINTOSH WAS FLAWLESS IN HIS SINGLE SCULL HEAT, BREEZING TO VICTORY AND COMFORTABLY ADVANCING TO THE QUARTER-FINALS. IT WAS A SIMILAR STORY FOR DEFENDING GOLD MEDALLIST EMMA TWIGG, WHO WAS HARDLY TROUBLED IN HER HEAT. THE WINNING CONTINUED FOR THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE, WITH LUCY SPOORS AND BROOKE FRANCIS VICTORIOUS IN THEIR HEAT. THE NEWLY FORMED MEN'S DOUBLE OF ROBBIE MANSON AND JORDAN PARRY FINISHED STRONGLY TO GRAB SECOND AND ALSO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL. FORMER ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN SAM CANE HAS EARNED HIMSELF A RECALL FOR THE UPCOMING RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. SCOTT ROBERTSON THIS AFTERNOON UNVEILED AN EXTENDED 36-MAN SQUAD FOR THE TOURNAMENT, WITH WILL JORDAN AND UNCAPPED HURRICANES FULLBACK RUBEN LOVE ADDED TO THE OUTSIDE BACKS. DAVID HAVILI RETURNS TO THE MIDFIELD FOLD, WITH CANE THE FOURTH TO BE ADDED FROM THE INITIAL SQUAD FOR THE ENGLAND AND FIJI TESTS. I SUPPOSE IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE... LIKE THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW? LIKE A DIFFERENT... NEW COACHING GROUP. I THINK WITH THE ALL BLACKS, ANYONE WHO'S BEEN AROUND AND PLAYED FOR THE ALL BLACKS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ` YOU NEVER CAN TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. ROBERTSON'S ALSO DROPPED FINLAY CHRISTIE IN FAVOUR OF CRUSADERS HALFBACK NOAH HOTHAM, WHILE EMONI NARAWA ALSO DROPS OUT OF THE SQUAD. UNTHINKING LEWIS CLAIRE BERT IS GONNA GET IT DONE. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. HIGH EMOTION POOLSIDE TODAY AFTER NEW ZEALAND'S ERIKA FAIRWEATHER JUST MISSED OUT ON AN OLYMPIC 400M FREESTYLE MEDAL. GREEN CO-LEADERS ARE GIVING DARLEEN TANA ONE LAST CHANCE TO RESIGN BEFORE PARTY MEMBERS VOTE ON WHETHER TO USE WAKA-JUMPING LAWS TO KICK THE DISGRACED MP OUT OF PARLIAMENT. AND DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD A CROWD OF CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS IF THEY VOTE FOR HIM, THEY WON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. AND A FEW WARNINGS TO START ` PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND SOUTH-EASTERLY GALES FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE THAT LOW WILL STAY OVER THE TASMAN SEA AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE THAT LOW WILL STAY OVER THE TASMAN SEA THROUGH MONDAY AND SET UP A BRANCH OFFICE EAST OF CANTERBURY. MEANWHILE, THE MAIN FRONTAL RAIN BAND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE SOUTH. A WET DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH HEAVY FALLS AS PER THE WARNINGS AND WATCHES. THOSE ISOLATED SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN, WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY WITH THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR MOST, POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN IN THE EVENING TOO, AND NORTHERLIES. KAITAIA, YOU'LL REACH 17 DEGREES. SIMILAR PICTURE FOR YOU HERE ` RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING, POSSIBLY HEAVY. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE, 16 FOR YOU BOTH. 12 DEGREES FOR TAUPO. A DIFFERENT STORY HERE ` FINE WITH INCREASING HIGH CLOUD FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH HIGHS OF 17. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE MORNING. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN NORTHERN AREAS. WELLINGTON 14 DEGREES. TO THE MAINLAND ` PERIODS OF RAIN HERE, BECOMING HEAVY IN THE MORNING FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. POSSIBLE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FOR WESTPORT. RAIN FOR BLENHEIM, POSSIBLY HEAVY WITH NORTHERLIES. SCATTERED RAIN AND CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. 12 DEGREES FOR CHRISTCHURCH. 15 FOR KAIKOURA. RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, POSSIBLY HEAVY FROM NOON. SOUTHEASTERLIES FOR DUNEDIN, AND EVERYWHERE STAYING IN SINGLE DIGITS FOR THE DAY. A FEW SHOWERS IN AUSTRALIA. BRISBANE WILL BE FINE. AND IN THE PACIFIC, 30 DEGREES FOR NADI IN FIJI. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LONG-RANGE FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF THE CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM SHOULD HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE OLYMPICS FOR SPYING ON NEW ZEALAND, AND YOU HAVE SAID YES ` ACCORDING TO 76% OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED. THAT'S 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 LAURA TUPOU. AND WE WILL LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH SOME GORGEOUS WEATHER PHOTOS TAKEN BY YOU OVER THE WEEKEND. KEEP THEM COMING. FROM US, POMARIE. GOOD EVENING. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024