TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` SUPPRESSED UNTIL TODAY, SHOCK DETAILS EMERGE OF A GUILTY PLEA BY A PROMINENT EYE SURGEON TO SEPARATE CHARGES, JUST BEFORE HIS TRIAL FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE AND STAGING THE SCENE AT THEIR UPMARKET AUCKLAND HOME. CONCERNS PATIENTS AREN'T GETTING CRUCIAL CARE, WITH A DOCTOR SHORTAGE AT A NORTHLAND HOSPITAL. # I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET, # AND I WEAR IT ALL THE TIME. # THE CHILLS FRONTMAN MARTIN PHILLIPS LOVED HIS LEATHER JACKET, AND MUSICIANS LOVED THE BAND'S SONGS. TRIBUTES POUR IN AFTER HIS DEATH, AS HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MUSIC SCENE HERE AND OVERSEAS IS REMEMBERED. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE, JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. HE TOLD POLICE SHE ENDED HER OWN LIFE. THE CROWN SAYS HE STAGED HER DEATH AFTER KILLING HER, FUELLED BY METH. AND THE JURY WERE TOLD IT'S NOT A CASE OF MORALS. MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER SHE DIED, THE TRIAL'S UNDERWAY FOR EYE SURGEON PHILIP POLKINGHORNE, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE. KIM BAKER WILSON WAS IN COURT. FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, PAULINE HANNA'S DEATH HERE WENT UNEXPLAINED. BUT THEN HER HUSBAND, PHILIP POLKINGHORNE, WAS CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. NOW HE'S ON TRIAL. DR POLKINGHORNE WAS LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE. HE WAS SPENDING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON SEX WORKERS AND ENGAGING IN A NUMBER OF EXTRAMARITAL ENCOUNTERS AND RELATIONSHIPS. HE HAD A PROBLEMATIC METHAMPHETAMINE HABIT. EASTER MONDAY 2021, IT WAS POLKINGHORNE WHO CALLED POLICE. THE DEFENCE MAINTAINS IT WAS A SUICIDE; THE CROWN SAYS HE STRANGLED HER AND STAGED THE SCENE. THIS REPORTED SUICIDE DID NOT ADD UP. PAULINE HANNA WAS 63, A HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR AT A DHB. THEY LIVED ALONE IN A SPRAWLING HOME IN UPMARKET REMUERA. THE JURY WAS TOLD POLKINGHORNE WAS CONTROLLING, AGGRESSIVE, SEXUALLY DEMANDING AND THAT HANNA, WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FINANCES, HAD THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING. A RELATIONSHIP THAT MAY, AT ONE TIME, HAVE BEEN CLOSE AND LOVING HAD COMPLETELY FALLEN APART, THE CROWN SAYS. AND IT SAYS POLKINGHORNE'S DOUBLE LIFE WAS GETTING TOO HARD TO KEEP FROM HIS WIFE. THE CROWN KNOWS THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ARGUING, DISAGREEMENT OR AN ASSAULT, LET ALONE A FATAL ASSAULT. BUT THERE WERE TWO GUILTY PLEAS THIS MORNING BEFORE THE TRIAL STARTED ` TO HAVING METHAMPHETAMINE AND A PIPE, WHICH THE CROWN SAYS ARE KEY. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD TAKEN METHAMPHETAMINE. THE COURT WAS TOLD POLKINGHORNE WAS ALSO IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS WOMAN ` MADISON ASHTON, A SYDNEY SEX WORKER, SEEN HERE IN AN EARLIER AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY. MARRIAGE WAS FAR FROM PERFECT ` IT WAS FAR FROM QUITE GOOD. I SUGGEST YOU WILL HOLD A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE FACTS BY THE END OF ALL OF THE EVIDENCE. HIS LAWYERS SAY THERE IS NOTHING TO SHOW THE COUPLE WASN'T HAPPY AND NOTHING TO SHOW PHILIP POLKINGHORNE MURDERED HIS WIFE. SO, KIM, A LOT OF DETAIL TO GET THROUGH ` HOW LONG IS THIS TRIAL SET DOWN FOR? SIMON, AT LEAST SIX WEEKS TO VERY DIFFERENT DISTINCT CASES BEING BROUGHT FORWARD, THE CROWN SAYS HOCKING HORNE STRANGLED HIS WIFE, THAT HE DID SO WHILE HE WAS HIGH AND ANGRY, AND STRUCK OUT TRAPPED IN A CYCLE OF INFIDELITY AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS WELL. THE CROWN SAYS THIS DEATH WAS NO ACCIDENT, THE DEFENCE THOUGH SAYS THOSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. THIS WAS A HAPPY COUPLE, IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS NORMAL AND NOT MARRED BY ANY VIOLENCE. THE DEFENCE SAYS THIS CASE STEMS FROM A DESPERATE NEED FOR EMOTIVE IT'S FEARED THERE ARE MULTIPLE FATALITIES AFTER A SERIOUS CRASH NEAR HUNTERVILLE IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. IT INVOLVED TWO VEHICLES, INCLUDING A TRUCK. THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR PUTORINO RD ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S CLOSED A STRETCH OF SH1. DIVERSIONS ARE IN PLACE BUT THEY'RE NOT SUITABLE FOR HEAVY VEHICLES. NORTHLAND'S DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL IS SO SHORT-STAFFED, IT NO LONGER HAS AN OVERNIGHT DOCTOR, PUTTING PRESSURE ON ALREADY STRUGGLING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ELSEWHERE. TO FILL THE GAPS, THE HOSPITAL IS NOW RELYING ON AMBULANCE SERVICES TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO WHANGAREI OR FOR THEM TO CONTACT TELEHEALTH. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI REPORTS. WHEN A PATIENT AT DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AFTER HOURS LAST WEEK, THE CLOSEST AVAILABLE DOCTOR WAS IN WHANGAREI, A 50-MINUTE DRIVE AWAY. YOU'VE GOT A NERVOUS, WORRIED, CONCERNED NURSE THERE TRYING TO MANAGE A CARDIAC ARREST. AND THERE'S NO DOCTOR IN THE WHOLE HOSPITAL. AND THEY'VE GOTTA RELY ON A VIDEO LINK TO A DOCTOR THAT'S 40km AWAY. THAT'S NOT THE CARE THAT NEW ZEALANDERS EXPECT. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE RURAL TOWN MUST NOW ACCEPT, UNTIL THE HOSPITAL CAN HIRE MORE STAFF. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO RECRUIT INTO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT. I'VE WORKED IN SOME OF THESE PLACES. I WORKED AT DARGAVILLE. DARGAVILLE'S CRITICALLY ILL ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO WHANGAREI BY AMBULANCE. BUT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THERE IS STRUGGLING TO MEET ITS OWN LOCAL DEMAND, WHICH TELLS YOU OUR ENTIRE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS FULL. WHICH TELLS YOU OUR ENTIRE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS FULL. AND THERE'S ANOTHER ENTIRE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT'S FULL OF PATIENTS IN THE WAITING ROOM AS WELL. AND THOSE PATIENTS MAY END UP IN THE HALLWAYS. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS SHIFTING THE PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND YOU'RE SHIFTING IT ON TO AMBULANCE, WHO THEN SHIFT IT ON TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE BIGGER HOSPITAL. THE HEALTH MINISTER TOLD MEDIA EARLIER TODAY THAT UNTIL VACANCIES ARE FILLED, ONLINE CONSULTATIONS THROUGH TELEHEALTH ARE AVAILABLE. BUT I AM DISGUSTED BY THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD REPLACE AN ACTUAL DOCTOR AT DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL CARING FOR THAT WIDE AND RURAL COMMUNITY WITH A VIDEO LINK. TE WHATU ORA SAYS THE PATIENT WHO SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST AT DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL LAST WEEK DIED, BUT THIS WAS UNRELATED TO STAFFING LEVELS. IT SAYS IT'S WORKING ON STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGES, INCLUDING REVIEWING ITS ROSTERS. FOR EVERY 83 PATIENTS THAT YOU DELAY BY SIX TO EIGHT HOURS, THERE WILL BE ONE EXCESS DEATH. SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS HARMING PATIENTS. A WARNING THAT THE CRITICAL WORKFORCE SHORTAGES HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. AND THE SITUATION AT DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL WAS A BIG TOPIC AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S POST-CABINET PRESS CONFERENCE. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WAS THERE. BENEDICT, WHAT DID CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAVE TO SAY? THAT'S RIGHT THE PROMISED WAS REALLY GRILLED ON WHETHER IT'S GOOD ENOUGH THAT DARGAVILLE HOSPITAL DOES NOT HAVE A REGULAR DOCTOR HE REFUSED TO SAY WHETHER THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE HE ONLY SAID IT WAS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. WHETHER THIS HOSPITAL IS SAFE WAS A MATTER FOR THE HEALTH MINISTER, HE DID SAY THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT AND THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO GET MORE WORKERS INTO THE SYSTEM. FOR CHRIS HIPKINS SAID THESE ANSWERS WERE APPALLING. HE SAID THE REALITY IS OUR HOSPITALS NEED TO BE PROPERLY STAFFED AND FUNDED. THERE'S BEEN MORE DRAMA FOR THE GREENS, AS THREE OF ITS PASIFIKA MEMBERS RESIGNED THEIR PARTY MEMBERSHIPS, THE SAY THEY WERE BLATANTLY DIREGARDED BY THE PARTY AT THE DEATH OF ITS LATE MP FA'ANANA EFESSO COLLINS. THEY ALSO CRITICISED THE PARTY'S TREATMENT OF ITS FORMER WAHINE MAORI MPs DARLEEN TANA AND ELIZABETH KEREKERE. THE RESIGNATIONS WERE TABLED AT THE PARTY'S AGM, HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN HAS MORE. THE GREENS HAD TOUGH DISUCSSIONS TO FACE UP TO AT ITS AGM, BUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, IT'S NOW CLEAR THEY WERE MUCH MORE SERIOUS, THREE PASIFIKA MEMBERS RESIGNING, VOICING MUTLIPLE CRITICISMS, INCLUDING WHAT THEY SAY WAS THE PARTY'S BLATANT DISREGARD TOWARDS THE GREENS' PASIFIKA BRANCH, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF FORMER MP FA'ANANA EFFESSO COLLINS. BETWEEN US, WE SAMOANS COLLECTIVELY CARRY SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, YET WE WERE NOT CALLED UPON FOR ADVICE OF GUIDANCE ` NO WELFARE CHECKS FOR US OR AN INVITATION TO STAND WITH THE PARTY. PEOPLE DON'T WRITE A LETTER LIKE THIS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE ANNOYED. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOING ON. THE GREEN'S DUNEDIN COUNCILLOR, MARIE LAUFISO, SIGNED THE LETTER AND READ IT ALOUD AT THE AGM. ALOFA AIONO, CO-CONVENER OF THE PASIFIKA BRANCH, ALSO SIGNED AND IS THE WIFE OF FORMER GREEN MP ELIZABETH KEREKERE. KEREKERE QUIT THE PARTY AFTER SENDING AN ACCIDENTAL MESSAGE TO THE GREEN GROUP CHAT SAYING, 'CRYBABY,' AS CHLOE SWARBRICK SPOKE IN THE HOUSE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE GREENS HAVE HAD ISSUES DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT, FOR WANT OF A BETTER TERM, ANGLO-CENTRIC OR EUROPEAN. THE WOMEN ALSO SPOKE OF DARLEEN TANA, SAYING THEY COULDN'T WATCH ANOTHER WAHINE MAORI BE CANNABILISED BY THE PARTY. GREENS CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK REFUSED OUR INTERVIEW REQUEST. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE PARTY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE STORY MORE OXYGEN THAN IT DESERVES, LATER ADDING THE PARTY'S PRIORITY HAS BEEN THE WELLBEING OF EFESSO COLLINS' FAMILY, AND NOT PROVIDING FURTHER COMMENT IS IN KEEPING WITH THAT. AS FOR THE WOMEN BEHIND THE LETTER... ALL: GREENS! PLENTY OF INTERNAL WORK NEEDED FOR THE GREENS. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO, DAN, HOW SEVERE IS THIS LOOKING? WELL IT'S GOT DIFFERENT PARTS THIS OMINOUS SWIRL OF CLOUDS COMING IN THERE HAS COLD AIR TUCKING IN FROM THE BOTTOM, THAT IS A PERFECT RECIPE FOR SOME HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN. LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL MORNING HEAVY SNOW FOR MANY SPOTS ONE PARTICULAR ONE IS ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF A TIGER LOOK AT THOSE AREAS OF THEIR, THAT'S MOISTURE COMING IN OVER THE ALPS ALSO THE HILLS OF DUNEDIN, DOWN 2 TO 400 M. SOUTH CANTERBURY THAT TRACKS TO NORTH, THERE'S A LOT TO GET THROUGH. MORE DETAILS LATER. SOME DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL ARE LIVING IN FREEZING HOMES WITH BLACK MOULD ON THE WALLS. THE ISSUES AT MANY OF THE 1800 HOUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN A NEW CAMPAIGN, AS SOME FAMILIES SAY THEY'RE GETTING SICK. THE DEFENCE FORCE'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING THEIR FAMILIES, THERE ARE CLAIMS GOVERNMENT HOUSING IS MAKING THEM SICK. IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT. AND I GENUINELY BELIEVE IT'S A NATIONAL DISGRACE. THESE PHOTOS, SUBMITTED AS PART OF A CAMPAIGN CALLED MISSION HOMEFRONT, SHOWING THE SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ` WHO WEREN'T IDENTIFIED ` SHARING THEIR STORIES OF HOUSING. ANOTHER SAYING THIS YEAR'S PAY RISE WAS... THE CAREER AND EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY PROVIDE ARE SECOND TO NONE. BUT AT THE MOMENT, THEIR FOUNDATIONS ARE WRONG. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MAKE URGENT IMPROVEMENTS. CLEARLY THE CONDITIONS ARE PRETTY CONFRONTING. NOT GOOD AT ALL. NOT GOOD ENOUGH, IN FACT, FOR OUR SERVING PERSONNEL, SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AVIATORS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TOO. $143M HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING IN RECENT YEARS. BUT THE LAST GOVERNMENT FOUND IT WILL COST $3.1B OVER 25 YEARS TO GET THE JOB DONE. WHILE HEALTHY HOMES STANDARDS ARE BEING MET, THE MINISTER WANTS THE SITUATION REVIEWED. WE CAN'T JUST TAKE A MINIMALISTIC APPROACH IN TERMS OF WHETHER ANY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY IS JUST INSIDE OR JUST OUTSIDE THOSE BOUNDS. BECAUSE MORE GENERALLY, IT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. AS THE COLD NIGHTS BITE, THE ASSOCIATE DEFENCE MINISTER IS THANKING PERSONNEL FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR PATIENCE, AS HE WORKS ON A FIX. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. TO THE OLYMPICS NOW, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR OUR FIRST MEDAL OF THE GAMES. LET'S BRING IN CHRIS CHANG IN PARIS. MORE DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE POOL, CHRIS, BUT SOME OPTIMISM THERE TOO. WHAT'S THE LATEST, AS OUR ATHLETES CHASE PODIUM SPOTS? BONJOUR SIMON. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S ONLY DAY TO. LEWIS CLAREBURT CAME SIXTH IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. HE MATCHED HIS POSITION FROM THE TOKYO GAMES, BLITZED BY THE FRENCHMAN. MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THE HOME CROWD, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER IS THROUGH TO THE 200m FINAL. THIS COMES JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER HER AGONISINGLY CLOSE 400 M FREESTYLE. WHO ELSE IS A MEDAL PROSPECT IN THE COMING DAYS, CHRIS? HAYDEN WILDE IS IN THE TRIATHLON TOMORROW. A PRACTICE SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WATER QUALITY LEVELS, BUT IT'S STILL LIKELY TO GO AHEAD, ALSO THE BLACK FERNS. BY THE TIME WE SPEAK TO YOU TOMORROW, THEY COULD BE INCREMENTAL IF THEY GET THROUGH TO THE FINALS. I'LL BE BACK LATER IN SPORT. THANKS, CHRIS. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` FUNERALS ARE HELD FOR THE CHILDREN KILLED IN A ROCKET ATTACK IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS. NEXT ` WHO ISRAEL IS BLAMING AND HOW IT MIGHT RESPOND. PLUS THE NEW SOUTHERN SATELLITE DISHES THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER AT AIRPORTS AND FOR OUR FARMERS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` COMEDIAN ED BYRNE ON THE INSPIRATION FOR A SHOW THAT IS CREATING THE BEST REVIEWS OF HIS CAREER. I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO DARK A JOKE FOR A 7 O'CLOCK SHOW. (LAUGHS) IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. AS I SAY, IT IS THE STORY OF THE DARKEST JOKE I EVER TOLD. PLUS ` WHO'S SINKING THEIR TEETH INTO SOME TASTY GOODNESS AT THE PIE AWARDS? JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. THERE ARE CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY ROCKET ATTACK ON A FOOTBALL PITCH IN THE ISRAELI OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS. ISRAEL IS BLAMING HEZBOLLAH FOR THE STRIKE, BUT THE LEBANESE MILITANT GROUP STRONGLY DENIES RESPONSIBILITY. FUNERALS HAVE BEGUN TO BE HELD FOR THE 12 PEOPLE WHO DIED, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS HAS THE LATEST. (SOLEMN CHANTING) THROUGH THE STREETS OF MAJDAL SHAMS, THE COFFINS CAME ONE BY ONE. A TOWN REELING IN SHOCK, CONSUMED BY COLLECTIVE GRIEF, TERRIFIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. FOR MONTHS THEY FEARED A DISASTER, BUT THEY NEVER IMAGINED IT WOULD TAKE AWAY THEIR CHILDREN. AT THE FOOTBALL PITCH WHERE THEY ALL DIED, MOMENTS OF SILENT REFLECTION. EFFORTS TO COMPREHEND THE SPEED OF THIS TRAGEDY. A PLAYGROUND TRANSFORMED IN AN INSTANT INTO A PLACE OF JAGGED METAL, DISCARDED BELONGINGS, AND IN THE CORNER, THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIMS. WE'RE TOLD THAT A SIREN SOUNDED JUST SECONDS BEFORE THE ROCKET LANDED HERE AND BLEW THE FENCE RIGHT BACK. AND LOOK. JUST OUTSIDE THE PITCH, METRES AWAY, THERE'S A BOMB SHELTER. BUT THE CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN ON THE PITCH, THOSE WATCHING, THOSE ON THEIR BIKES AND SCOOTERS, THEY HAD NO TIME TO REACT. THE MOOD CHANGES, AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARRIVE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THERE'S REAL ANGER NOW, EVEN FROM ONE MAN IN UNIFORM. 'THEY'VE BEEN BOMBARDING US FOR 10 MONTHS,' HE SHOUTS. 'MY CHILDREN ARE CRYING EVERY DAY.' AFTER THOUSANDS OF HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS SINCE LAST OCTOBER, PEOPLE HERE JUST WANT IT ALL TO END. THE GOVERNMENT HAS YET TO DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND. THE ARMY SAYS IT JUST NEEDS THE WORD. WE ARE READY. WE SAID WE ARE READY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS AND WE CONTINUE TO BE READY, AND EVERY DAY THAT IS PASSING, WE ARE PREPARING MORE AND MORE AND MORE. BUT IN THIS DRUZE MINORITY TOWN, CAPTURED FROM SYRIA IN 1967, SUCH TALK IS CAUSING ANXIETY. I'M AFRAID FOR THE CONSEQUENCES. IF THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY, WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? IF IT HAPPENS, LIKE, IF IT GETS TO AN ALL-OUT WAR? THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY TOUGH. AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE, ON ALL SIDES. MILAD ALSHA'AR WAS 10 YEARS OLD, THE YOUNGEST VICTIM, HIS UNCLE AND COUSINS STRUGGLING TO COMPREHEND THEIR SUDDEN LOSS. HE IS LOVED BY EVERYONE. HIS FAMILY SAYS THE WAR WHICH KILLED HIM HAS TO END. ISRAEL'S SECURITY CABINET HAS HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING WHERE MEMBERS AUTHORISED THE PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENCE MINISTER TO DECIDE THE MANNER AND TIMING OF THE RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK. FRESH EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN CALIFORNIA AS MASSIVE WILDFIRES RAGE ON. THE PARK FIRE ONE OF A HUNDRED BURNING IN AMERICA'S WEST, IS THE LARGEST SO FAR THIS YEAR. FIRE FIGHTERS ARE FACING TOUGH CONDITIONS AS THEY TRY TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL. WITH THE BLAZE JUST 12% CONTAINED, A 42-YEA- OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ARSON. BACK HERE, THE HIGH COURT TRIAL OF A CHRISTCHURCH MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING AND FILMING SEXUAL OFFENDING AGAINST 15 WOMEN HAS BEGUN. HIS ALLEGED SEX CRIMES, IN CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND, SPAN OVER 12 YEARS. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. PLEASE PLACE JOHN HOPE MUCHIRAHONDO BEFORE THE COURT. AN ALLEGED SERIAL RAPIST ACCUSED OF MORE THAN 30 SEX CRIMES. SEXUALLY VIOLATED THE NAMED COMPLAINANT BY RAPE. HOW YOU PLEAD ` GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? THE SAME RESPONSE ` NOT GUILTY ` 32 TIMES FROM ZIMBABWE-BORN JOHN HOPE MUCHIRAHONDO. MR MUCHIRAHONDO IS CHARGED WITH 22 COUNTS OF SEXUAL VIOLATION BY RAPE AND NINE COUNTS OF SEXUAL VIOLATION BY UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONNECTION. IT'S ALLEGED THE 38-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S WELL KNOWN IN NEW ZEALAND'S FOOTBALL COMMUNITY, PREYED ON WOMEN AT BARS AND PARTIES IN CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND OVER A PERIOD OF 12 YEARS. THE TRIAL JUDGE ADDRESSING THE JURY. OUR EMOTIONS HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS TRIAL. YOU MUST NOT MAKE A DECISION ON YOUR INTUITION OR ANY FEELINGS OF SYMPATHY FOR OR PREJUDICE AGAINST ANYONE IN THIS TRIAL. THE JURY OF SIX MEN AND SIX WOMEN HAS BEEN TOLD THE TRIAL COULD RUN FOR UP TO 10 WEEKS, WITH THE CROWN CALLING OVER 100 WITNESSES, INCLUDING THE 15 ALLEGED VICTIMS. IN EACH CHARGE, YOU WILL WANT TO ASK YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE TO BE TRUE? THE CROWN WILL OPEN ITS CASE AGAINST THIS ALLEGED SERIAL SEX OFFENDER TOMORROW. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. AUSTRALIAN CASINOS HAVE HAD THEIR FEET HELD TO THE FIRE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH MASSIVE MONEY LAUNDERING AND HOST RESPONSIBILITY BREACHES EXPOSED IN MULTIPLE ROYAL COMMISSIONS. SKYCITY AUCKLAND HAS ADMITTED TO SIMILAR BREACHES, SOME NOW LOBBYING FOR A CLOSER REVIEW OF CASINO PRACTICES HERE. YVONNE TAHANA HAS MORE. A DAY-ONER ` THAT'S HOW ONE PROBLEM GAMBLER DESCRIBES HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SKY CITY, WHICH BEGAN THE DAY IT OPENED. HE ESTIMATES HE LOST $2 MILLION OVER 22 YEARS, AND MUCH MORE. SKYCITY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WILL CLOSE FOR FIVE DAYS FOR BREACHES OF HOST RESPONSIBILITY, ONE CUSTOMER ALLOWED TO GAMBLE UNINTERRUPTED FOR STRETCHES OF UP TO NINE HOURS, LOSING A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE POKIES. I THINK THE HOST RESPONSIBILITY FAILURE IS PROBABLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, AND THAT WE'VE HAD ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT A RANGE OF PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CASINO. HE WANTS A WIDE-RANGING INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FOCUSED ON PREVENTING HARM. AUSTRALIA HAS ALREADY SEEN MAJOR BLOODLETTING, MULTIPLE ROYAL INQUIRIES AND COMMISSIONS INTO CASINO CONDUCT. FROM THE DAY IT OPENED, MELBOURNE'S CROWN CASINO HAS ATTRACTED THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL. IT'S ALSO BEEN A MAGNET FOR ORGANISED CRIME. SYDNEY'S THE STAR CASINO ` IN THE LAST 14 YEARS, THE MOSTLY UNEMPLOYED MAN PUMPED AN EYE-WATERING $175 MILLION THROUGH ITS MACHINES. THE INSTITUTIONAL ARROGANCE OF THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN BREATHTAKING. IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY WERE MAKING VERY SIGNIFICANT PROFITS OUT OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND EXPLOITING VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT NEW ZEALAND CASINOS WOULD BE ANY BETTER. IT'S RESULTED IN A BEEFED-UP REGULATORY SYSTEM, PLUS MASSIVE PENALTIES. IN VICTORIA, CASINOS CAN FACE FINES OF UP TO A BILLION DOLLARS. DESPITE SKYCITY AUCKLAND ALSO FACING A COURT DATE FOR MONEY-LAUNDERING BREACHES, THE MINISTER SAYS SHE'S CONFIDENT INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS HOLDING CASINOS AND OTHER GAMBLING LICENCE HOLDERS TO A HIGH STANDARD OF COMPLIANCE. HE HASN'T VISITED SKYCITY SINCE 2018. HIS EYESIGHT SO MUCH BETTER NOW ` NO LONGER BLURRY FROM HOURS OF GAMING, CLEAR-EYED, TOO, ABOUT HIS ADDICTION. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE CHILLS' MARTIN PHILLIPPS IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS WAY WITH LYRICS. # I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET. # CRAZY GENIUS, YOU KNOW, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED POET AND MUSICIAN. # I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET. # NEXT ` HIS NEW MUSIC, STILL SET TO HIT THE AIRWAVES. AND HOW THE BEST DAY AT THE OFFICE... THIS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR GEORGE RUSSELL AND MERCEDES! ...QUICKLY TURNED INTO THE WORST FOR THIS F1 DRIVER. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, TAX CUTS ARRIVE THIS WEEK. SO HOW DO YOU MAKE THE MOST OF THAT EXTRA COIN IN YOUR POCKET? PLUS ` THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY TO TASTE-TEST THE BEST PIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND THE COMEDIAN WITH A CONTROVERSAL PAST IS BACK. FIND OUT WHY HE'S STILL THE TALK OF THE TOWN. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. # AND IT ALL SEEMS # LARGER THAN LIFE TO ME. # I FIND IT RATHER HARD TO BELIEVE. # THAT IS THE UNMISTAKEABLE SOUND OF THE CHILLS' SONG 'HEAVENLY POP HIT', ONE OF SEVERAL THAT CAME TO DEFINE WHAT WAS CALLED 'THE DUNEDIN SOUND'. MUSIC LOVERS HERE AND OVERSEAS ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF THE BAND'S FRONTMAN AND SONGWRITER, MARTIN PHILLIPS. SIMON MERCEP HAS MORE. (PLAYS 'I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET') MARTIN PHILLIPPS' SONGS WERE DRIVEN BY GUITAR,... (THE CHILLS' 'PINK FROST') # I WANNA STOP MY CRYING. # ...MELODIC, OFTEN HAUNTING,... IT'S BEEN MADE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. IT'S MEANT TO SOUND LIKE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC, AND THAT'S HOW IT IS. ...IN BOTH THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR WORDS. 'THE WEAKEST CURRENT BRUISES, SOME DAY, I MAY LOSE THIS' ` YOU KNOW, THE GUY COULD WRITE. HE WAS JUST SO GIFTED. PHILLIPS DIED LAST NIGHT, AGED 61. IT'S BEEN OVERWHELMING. WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES COME THROUGH. NEIL FINN'S CALLED HIM... DON MCGLASHAN SAID HE WAS A BEACON, AND ONE OF THE FIRST TO SHOW... I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM IT. I'VE MET PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GOT THEM THROUGH FAMILY BREAKUPS. # EACH EVENING, THE SUN SETS IN 5 BILLION PLACES. # AND MARTIN PHILLIPPS' SONGS WERE ADMIRED BY HIS MUSICAL HEROES. THEY WERE AWARE OF HIS MUSIC ` DAVID BOWIE, LOU REED, IGGY POP, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT GAVE HIM SUCH SATISFACTION. BRITAIN'S NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS ACKNOWLEDGED HIS DEATH, AS DID ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, WHILE THE L.A. TIMES NOTED HE WAS... WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA RULE THE WORLD. THE CHILLS TOLD THEIR TALE IN A 2019 DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS LIFE. HE WAS A CRAZY GENIUS, YOU KNOW, SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED POET AND MUSICIAN. THE FILM ALSO DETAILED HIS BATTLE WITH HIS HEALTH. THERE'S A LOT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THERE'S SUCH AN UNCERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME NOW. HE HAS ONE MORE RECORD TO SHARE ` AN ALBUM OF EARLY SONGS RECORDED RECENTLY WITH THE LIKES OF NEIL FINN, SHARON O'NEILL AND TROY KINGI. HE WAS A VERY HUMBLE GUY, SO WHEN HE SAID IT SOUNDS GREAT, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. A RELEASE DATE HAS YET TO BE CONFIRMED FOR MARTIN PHILLIPPS' LAST GIFT TO THE MANY FANS OF THE CHILLS. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. FEWER FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS, FENCELESS FARMS AND RESCUE HELICOPTERS ARRIVING FASTER. THEY ARE JUST SOME OF THE POSSIBILITIES, THANKS TO A NEW, MORE ACCURATE GPS SYSTEM. TWO SATELLITE DISHES IN SOUTHLAND HAVE NOW BEEN SWITCHED ON AS PART OF A COLLAB BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. OUR REPORTER IN THE SOUTH, JARED McCULLOCH, HAS MORE. CONTACTING MISSION CONTROL. PLEASE POINT THE ANTENNA TOWARDS THE SATELLITE. OVER. THIS GROUND STATION NEAR INVERCARGILL OFFICIALLY ACTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION IN GPS TECHNOLOGY. IT'S GONNA PROVIDE A LOT MORE CERTAINTY OF NAVIGATION, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELPFUL FOR AVIATION, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, CONSTRUCTION. IT'S GONNA BE A REAL GAME CHANGER. THE NEW SYSTEM IS A JOINT TRANS-TASMAN VENTURE, PROVIDING MORE ACCURATE GLOBAL POSITIONING. THE PRECISION IS TIGHTENING FROM ROUGHLY 5 TO 10 METRES TO AS LITTLE AS 10cm. SOUTHLAND HOUSING THIS CONTROL CENTRE FOR OUR SIDE OF THE TASMAN; THE TWIN SITE IS A NEW SOUTH WALES. THE GPS SYSTEM OR GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE'S REALLY IMPORTANT, SO UBER EATS KNOWS WHERE TO DELIVER YOUR PIZZA, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE INTERNET ALIVE. IT'LL ALSO HELP THE LIKES OF RESCUE HELICOPTERS TO GET TO SCENES FASTER. AND THE TECH CAN ASSIST WITH DOMESTIC TRAVEL TOO, SPECIFICALLY REGIONAL AIRPORTS LIKE INVERCARGILL, OR HERE IN MOUNTAINOUS QUEENSTOWN, THE ADDED UPGRADE MAKING IT SAFER FOR PLANES TO LAND WHEN VISIBILITY IS POOR. THIS WILL MEAN THAT IN BAD WEATHER AIRCRAFT CAN STILL LAND, WHEREAS PRESENTLY THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, ULTIMATELY REDUCING DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS FOR FLIGHTS. AND ON THE FARM. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE LIVESTOCK MOVING AROUND AN AREA WITH PERHAPS AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING, RATHER THAN PHYSICAL FENCES, IN LARGE AREAS, AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE POSITION TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW AS WELL, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENORMOUS. CONSTRUCTION HERE STARTED LAST YEAR, THE WHOLE PROJECT COSTING AROUND $1.5B, NEW ZEALAND STUMPING UP $700M, WITH AN ECONOMIC RETURN OF AROUND $900M EXPECTED IN 20 YEARS. IF WE THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED YET, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. THE REST OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE ONLINE IN THREE YEARS, WITH UPDATED GPS COMING TO A LOCATION NEAR YOU. JARED McCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT, AND BIT OF A DISAPPOINTING RUN FOR OUR KIWIS AT THE OLYMPICS. NO MEDALS ON THE BOARD ` YET. STILL PLENTY ARE CELEBRATING, THOUGH. ONE OF THEM SAMMIE MAXWELL. SHE TOOK COURT ACTION TO EVEN GET TO THE START LINE. IT WAS A WHIRLWIND. I THINK I FOUND OUT LAST MONDAY THAT I WAS COMING HERE, PACKED MY BAGS, LIKE, RAN TO THE CAR. NOW SHE HAS CLAIMED HER BEST EVER RESULT AT ELITE LEVEL. WHILE THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS CRUISE THROUGH POOL PLAY. PLUS ` A THIRD HEAD COACH LEAVES THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP. NORTHERN STARS COACH KIRI WILL'S PARTING SHOT AT THE DOMESTIC COMPETITION. AND IN WEATHER, LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW COULD BE WILD DAY OF WINTER WEATHER. A BIT OF EVERYTHING THROWN INTO THE MIX. THERE'LL BE SOME RAIN AT TIMES. COULD BE SOME SOUTH ISLAND SNOW. SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME SCENES LIKE THIS AND SOME THUNDER IN THE MIX AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. THE PARIS GAMES IS IN FULL SWING, AFTER THREE DAYS OF COMPETITION, BUT NEW ZEALAND IS YET TO REGISTER ON THE MEDAL TABLE. JAPAN IS THE SURPRISE LEADER AT THIS STAGE ` FOUR GOLDS, INCLUDING THEIR IMPRESSIVE 14-YEAR-OLD SKATEBOARDER. AUSTRALIA IS SECOND, AWASH WITH FOUR GOLDS TOO, FROM THEIR TRADITIONAL STRONG START IN THE POOL PLUS THE CANOE SLALOM. UNITED STATES IS THIRD ` PLENTY OF MEDALS, 12 IN FACT, BUT JUST THREE GOLDS, INCLUDING FOR FENCING. AND WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO ROCKET UP THE TABLE SOON. CHRIS CHANG JOINS US LIVE IN PARIS, WITH THE LATEST FROM OUR ATHLETES. THANKS, JENNY. WELL, HE WAS FEELING CONFIDENT GOING IN, BUT SWIMMER LEWIS CLAREBURT HAD TO SETTLE FOR SIXTH IN THE 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, HIS SPECIALIST EVENT. HOMETOWN HERO LEON MARCHAND BLITZED THE FIELD AND MICHAEL PHELPS' OLYMPIC RECORD, WITH A TIME OF 4:02.95. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. A PICTURE SO PERFECTLY SUMMING UP A NUMBING FEELING FOR LEWIS CLAREBURT. OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THIS POSITION, STANDING HERE SAYING THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY SPORT GOES. SOMEONE HAS TO LOSE, AND TODAY IT WAS ME. THE MEN'S 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY, HE WAS FULL OF CONFIDENCE, AS WERE HIS GREATEST FANS, FROM NZ HOUSE TO HIS FAMILY POOLSIDE. EVERYONE HOPING, BELIEVING CLAREBURT WOULD BE THE ONE TO BREAK A NEAR-30-YEAR KIWI MEDAL WINNING DROUGHT IN THE SWIMMING POOL. HOW WERE YOUR NERVES GOING INTO THAT? IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER. I TELL YOU, IT'S TERRIBLE. I CAN'T EAT. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. YEAH, I'M A MESS. CLAREBURT'S TASK TOUGH, THOUGH ` RACING IN THE OUTER LANE ONE, ALSO FIGHTING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE. THE 25-YEAR-OLD HOLDING ON TO FIFTH NEAR THE END, BUT THE WORLD CHAMPION ADMITTING HIS BREASTSTROKE LEAD HIM DOWN, EVENTUALLY FALLING BACK TO SIXTH. SOMETHING JUST DIDN'T CLICK TODAY. THAT'S SPORT, RIGHT? LIKE, YOU TRAIN YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS ONE MOMENT, AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT, THEN THAT THING HAPPENS. CLAREBURT FINISHED JUST TWO SECONDS OFF THE PODIUM IN A RACE THAT WAS DOMINATED BY FRENCH FAVOURITE AND WORLD RECORD HOLDER LEON MARCHAND, THE ARENA DEAFENING AS THE LOCAL HERO WENT ON TO BREAK AN OLYMPIC RECORD. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY REALISE THAT THE GUY HAD BEATEN MICHAEL PHELPS' RECORD. SO, LIKE, OBVIOUSLY HE'S PRETTY GOOD, COS MICHAEL PHELPS IS PROBABLY, LIKE, THE GOAT OF SWIMMING. CLAREBURT'S GAMES NOT OVER, THOUGH. WITH TWO MORE EVENTS, HE STILL HAS THE BACKING. YOU'RE STILL JUST LEWIS TO US. AND HE'S DOWN, BUT YEAH, WE'RE STILL REALLY PROUD OF HIM. JUST SO PROUD, REGARDLESS OF THE RESULT. AND, I MEAN, SIXTH IS INCREDIBLE. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM LEWIS IN THE COMING DAYS? BRING THE SPARKLE BACK. YEAH. WITH CLAREBURT, YOU KNOW HE'LL BE BACK OUT THERE SHINING. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS, PARIS. OUR ROWERS HAVE HAD ANOTHER STRONG DAY ON THE WATER WITH BOTH THE MENS AND WOMENS FOUR INTO THE FINALS, THE WOMEN FINISHING SECOND, EDGED OUT BY GREAT BRITAIN, THE FAVOURITES FOR THE GOLD. THE MEN TOO, IN COMPETITION WITH G.B, BUT LED FROM THE GET GO, FLYING TO CLAIM THE VICTORY. NEW ZEALAND AND GREAT BRITAIN FIRST TOO. KIWIS KILLING IT AGAIN HERE. OUR WOMEN'S LIGHT WEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLERS IN A SPRINT WITH HOME FAVOURITES FRANCE, POWERING INTO THE SEMIS AS THE FASTEST QUALIFIERS. IT WASN'T EASY FOR THE MEN'S PAIR EITHER, FIGHTING TO CROSS THE LINE, SECOND THROUGH TO THE SEMIS. SAMMIE MAXWELL'S HAD AN IMPRESSIVE OLYMPIC DEBUT, AFTER A TUMULTUOUS FIGHT TO RIDE IN THE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE. SHE WON A LAST-MINUTE APPEAL AGAINST CYCLING NEW ZEALAND, WHO DIDN'T PICK HER DUE TO HER STRUGGLES WITH AN EATING DISORDER. SHE SPOKE PUBLICLY ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH GAMES' REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT. SAMMIE MAXWELL'S GOT QUITE THE FOLLOWING. THEY'RE MY FANS! I GAVE THEM THE LOLLIES. TRADING TREATS FOR CHEERS AHEAD OF HER OLYMPIC DEBUT. I GOT THE WHOLE CROWD, LIKE, CHANTING MY NAME AND THERE WERE LIKE 2 OR 3, LIKE, PARTS IN THE COURSE WHERE EVERYONE'S JUST LIKE, 'SAMMIE, SAMMIE.' THAT SUPPORT HELPING THE UNDER-23 WORLD CHAMPION TO HER BEST-EVER ELITE RESULT. IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS, TO BE HONEST. YEAH, IT'S JUST AMAZING. IT'S NOT MY SACRIFICES, IT'S THE SACRIFICES OF MY SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT SO MUCH ENERGY INTO GETTING ME HERE AND BACKING ME, SO IT MEANS SO MUCH TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. IT BEGS BELIEF THAT SAMMY MAXWELL HAD TO FIGHT TO BE HERE, TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CYCLING NEW ZEALAND, TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST CYCLING NEW ZEALAND, WHO ORIGINALLY CHOSE NOT TO SEND HER TO PARIS OVER NON-PERFORMANCE RELATED REASONS. THE SPORTS TRIBUNAL OVERRULING THAT DECISION, THE NZOC MAKING THE FINAL CALL TO SEND HER. IF SOMEONE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT, I'M SO GLAD IT WAS ME BECAUSE` AND NOT SOME YOUNG GIRL WHO'S JUST FIGHTING TO GO TO NATIONALS, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I HAD THE BEST SUPPORT NETWORK AND IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO GET THROUGH IT, IT WAS GOING TO BE ME. SO I'M GLAD IT WAS, AND YEAH, NOW EVERYONE'S LEARNED AND WE'RE SO MUCH STRONGER FROM IT, I THINK. MAXWELL'S PERFORMANCE TODAY, INSPIRING ON MANY FRONTS. A LOT TO FOR AN ATHLETE TO GO THROUGH, THAT, A LOT TO FOR AN ATHLETE TO GO THROUGH, THAT, BUT HOW SHE'S ACTUALLY USED IT AS MOTIVATION MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS WHAT'S PROBABLY MADE ME THE MOST PROUD. CYCLING NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE SO MUCH BRIGHTER WITH SAMMIE MAXWELL IN IT. RIGHT. RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET. - I WILL. SEE YA! - BYE GUYS. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. OVER AT STADE DE FRANCE, THE WOMEN'S SEVENS COMPETITION IS UNDERWAY, WITH SOME STUNNING RESULTS ALREADY COMING IN. THE KIWIS AVOIDED ANY UPSETS WITH TWO COMFORTABLE VICTORIES. BUT ELSEWHERE IN THEIR POOL, CHINA SHOOK THINGS UP WITH A DEMOLITION JOB ON FIJI. THAT IS SOME UPSET. THE 12th SEEDS PUTTING ON A DISPLAY. THEY HAVE DOMINATED THE BRONZE MEDALLISTS FROM TOKYO. THE 40-12 WIN MEANS CHINA EFFECTIVELY PLAY CANADA FOR A SPOT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS TONIGHT. NEW ZEALAND ARE ALREADY LOCKED IN, THANKS TO THEIR TWO WINS. TO ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SETTINGS AT THE PARIS GAMES, AND NEW ZEALAND'S EVENTING TEAM WILL NEED A MINOR MIRACLE TO GET THE ROYAL MEDAL TREATMENT. IN THE GRANDEUR OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES, NEW ZEALAND HAS FALLEN TWO PLACES TO SIXTH, A TOUGH DAY FOR JONELLE PRICE AND HER MOUNT HIARADO LEAVING THE TEAM 24 POINTS ADRIFT OF THE PODIUM, WITH SHOWJUMPING TO COME. WE HAVE THREE VERY GOOD SHOWJUMPERS. WE'RE GONNA FRONT UP TOMORROW AND JUMP THREE CRISP, CLEAR ROUNDS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAVE US CLIMBING NICELY UP THE LEADERBOARD. JONELLE'S HUSBAND, TIM, AND TEAMMATE CLARKE JOHNSTONE BOTH WENT CLEAR OVER THE FENCES IN CROSS COUNTRY, ACCRUING JUST SMALL TIME PENALTIES. HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR TOM CRUISE WAS JUST ONE OF THE MANY CELEBRITIES ON HAND TO WITNESS U.S. GYMNAST SIMONE BILES' RETURN TO THE OLYMPIC STAGE, WOWING THE CROWD WITH A YURCHENKO DOUBLE PIKE. AND WE WILL WITNESS THE HARDEST VAULT OUT THERE. BILES AND HER AMERICAN TEAM WINNING THE QUALIFYING ROUND OF THE TEAM EVENT. THAT IS US FOR SPORT. PLENTY MORE TIME FOR THE FIRST MEDALS. PATIENCE REQUIRED. THANK YOU, CHRIS. BACK HERE, AND THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP HAS LOST A THIRD HEAD COACH IN THE SPACE OF FIVE WEEKS, WITH THE STARS REVEALING KIRI WILLS IS HEADING TO AUSTRALIA. WILLS SIGNED ON TO COACH THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS IN SUPER NETBALL, AN OPPORTUNITY TOO GOOD TO TURN DOWN. THE SUNCORP SUPER NETBALL LEAGUE IS THE BEST DOMESTIC COMPETITION IN THE WORLD, HANDS DOWN. I'VE OFTEN WONDERED, 'COULD I FOOT IT OVER THERE?' SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITH THE STARS, WILLS BELIEVES DRASTIC CHANGES ARE NEEDED FOR THE NEW ZEALAND DOMESTIC COMP. I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC THAT IT HASN'T DONE THE JOB IT'S NEEDED TO DO TO GET US TO WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND I KNOW THAT THE OTHER ANZ PREMIERSHIP COACHES ARE REALLY KEEN TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AND TALK THAT THROUGH WITH NETBALL NEW ZEALAND. THE PREMIERSHIP FINAL BETWEEN THE MYSTICS AND THE PULSE IS THIS WEEKEND. TO FORMULA 1, WHERE GEORGE RUSSELL HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS BELGIAN GRAND PRIX VICTORY, AFTER HIS CAR WAS FOUND TO BE UNDERWEIGHT POST-RACE. MERCEDES HAD CLAIMED A ONE-TWO AT THE FAMOUS SPA, WITH LEWIS HAMILTON SECOND. BUT THAT ALL CHANGED, OVER A COUPLE OF LITRES OF FUEL THAT HADN'T BEEN DRAINED FROM RUSSELL'S TANK. COME ON! WHOO! THEY THOUGHT THEY'D PULLED IT OFF, A GRAND PRIX WIN ON A ONE-STOP STRATEGY, RUSSELL TAKING THE CHEQUERED FLAG JUST AHEAD OF TEAMMATE LEWIS HAMILTON. WE ROLLED THE DICE, BUT IT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS FEELING REALLY GREAT AND THE PACE WAS THERE. THE PACE WAS THERE, PERHAPS BECAUSE THE WEIGHT WASN'T. SOME FUEL HADN'T BEEN DRAINED FROM RUSSELL'S CAR BEFORE WEIGHING ` 1.5kg ALL IT TOOK TO CRUSH A CHAMPION. AND AWAY WE GO. I THINK LEWIS HAMILTON GOT A REALLY GOOD START. HAMILTON LED THE CHARGE TO START. I THOUGHT CHARLES LECLERC COULD BE IN TROUBLE. LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN TROUBLE. LOOKS LIKE HE'S LOST THE LEAD. LEWIS HAMILTON LEADS THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX. RUSSELL PITTED EARLY AND LOOKED OUT OF VICTORY CONTENTION, UNTIL... FINALLY HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FOR IT, AND HE DID. RUSSELL'S UP TO THE FOURTH NOW. AS HAMILTON CALLED FOR A SECOND STOP, A BOLD SUGGESTION. THINK ABOUT THE ONE STOP. SO GEORGE RUSSELL ASKING THE TEAM TO CONSIDER EXTENDING. COULD HE NURSE HIS TYRES ALL THE WAY TO THE END? OSCAR PIASTRI IS COMING IN, WHICH MEANS GEORGE RUSSELL WILL BE THE LATEST DRIVER TO LEAD THIS BELGIUM GRAND PRIX. COULD BE A MERCEDES ONE-TWO. JUST MAKE SURE YOU GIVE EACH OTHER PLENTY OF SPACE. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO RACE. BUT YOU GET THE FEELING GEORGE RUSSELL HASN'T QUITE GOT THE GRIP TO FEND IT OFF. CALLED THE 'TYRE WHISPERER' FOR A REASON... THIS HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR GEORGE RUSSELL AND FOR MERCEDES! IT'S A ONE-TWO! THAT SURELY IS GEORGE RUSSELL'S BEST VICTORY SO FAR IN FORMULA 1. THINK AGAIN ` MERCEDES BOSS TOTO WOLFF LATER CONCEDING THEY'D MADE A MISTAKE AND ARE INVESTIGATING. HAMILTON UP TO FIRST, McLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI SECOND, FERRARI'S CHARLES LECLERC THIRD. IT'S STILL MERCEDES' THIRD VICTORY IN FOUR RACES. COLD COMFORT TO RUSSELL, THOUGH ` JUST 2.8 LITRES OF FUEL WEIGHING HEAVILY ON A WOULD-BE F1 CHAMPION. THE WARRIORS HAVE BECOME THE FIRST CLUB IN NRL HISTORY TO SELL OUT EVERY HOME GAME IN A SEASON, THE SOLD-OUT SIGN GOING UP FOR THEIR FINAL TWO HOME MATCHES, DESPITE THEIR TOP EIGHT HOPES FADING. THIS FRIDAY'S GAME AGAINST PARRAMATTA EELS AT CAPACITY, SO TOO THE BULLDOGS GAME AT THE END OF AUGUST. THIS YEAR, WE HAVEN'T ACHIEVED WHAT WE WANTED TO ON THE FIELD YET, THIS YEAR, WE HAVEN'T ACHIEVED WHAT WE WANTED TO ON THE FIELD YET, AND THEY HAVE STUCK SOLID. JUST SO PROUD OF THEM AND GRATEFUL. THE WARRIORS CURRENTLY SIT IN 12TH POSITION. THANKS JENNY. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE FOR THE COMEBACK. KEEP THE FAITH. STAY TUNED, DAN WILL BE BACK WITH MORE ON THE WEATHER WARNINGS IN PLACE OVERNIGHT THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, SPRING IS KNOCKING AND TAX CUTS ARE ABOUT TO BLOOM. WHY NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FINANCES. PLUS, FIND OUT WHO'S THE REAL PROFESSIONAL TASTER AT THE PIE AWARDS. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. (LASER BUZZES) (CLANK!) (LASER HITS TARGETS) (DOORBELL RINGS) (CRICKETS CHIRP) HELLO. THE WEATHER THROWS A BIT OF EVERYTHING AT US TOMORROW. BE PREPARED FOR DISRUPTION FROM RAIN AND SNOW AND WIND. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WINDS ITS WAY THROUGH. MOISTURE COMING OUT OF THE TASMAN. COLD AIR BENEATH THIS THING. IT GETS TRICKY, BECAUSE SNOW LEVEL DROPS LOWER. 17 AUCKLAND TODAY. THE LUMPS OF CLOUD KEEP RINGING MOISTURE FROM THE TASMAN, AND THE COLD AIR. SOME HIGHS. SINGLE FIGURES DOWN SOUTH. LOW TO MIDDLE SINGLE FIGURES. MOISTURE FEEDS IN. COLD AIR WILL WIN OUT THE DAY TOMORROW. A LOT OF MESSY THINGS, BUT THE SNOW, PARTS OF SOUTH CANTERBURY, HEAVY SNOW WARNING, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE HILLS OF DUNEDIN, PARTS OF OTAGO. EASTERN PARTS OF OTAGO, HEAVY RAIN. SNOW LEVELS, 200 M TO 300 M. THE RAIN COULD BE A MONTH'S WORTH. THE BAY OF PLENTY, RAIN IS A LOT. AS THIS COMES IN, IMAGINE TAKING MOISTURE FROM THE TASMAN. THE SNOW LEVEL, TYPICAL 1000 M, 500 M, BRING THE MOISTURE, IT MAKES SNOW MORE READILY. COULD BE 300 M LOWER. DOWN SOUTH, TO THE FAR SOUTH, 200 M TO 300 M. RISK OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. OVERNIGHT RAIN IN THE FAR NORTH CLEARS. THE SHOWERS GO THROUGH. MORE, POSSIBLY THUNDERY BY THE END OF THE DAY. OVERNIGHT RAIN FOR AUCKLAND CLEARS. DRY SPELLS, A FEW SHOWERS, MORE RAIN LATER IN THE EVENING. SAME FOR HAMILTON. OVERNIGHT RAIN CLEARS. THE BAY OF PLENTY, THE FIRST AREA OF OVERNIGHT RAIN WILL CLEAR. DRY PATCHES. 12 OR 16 IN MANY PLACES. TAURANGA, KEEP THE RAINCOAT HANDY. SPELLS OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. A DRYER., IT WILL NOT RAIN ALL THE TIME IN THE NORTH ISLAND. FURTHER WEST TOWARDS NEW PLYMOUTH, RAIN COULD BE THUNDERY, ALL THE WAY TO THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. SECOND BATCH COMES IN. WELLINGTON, SOUTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY. FRESH AT TIMES. RAIN SETS UP ACROSS THE UPPER SOUTH. THAT SNOW GOOD EASILY COULD BE 600 M. 10 DEGREES, CHRISTCHURCH. THAT IS THE SNOW INLAND. MCKENZIE BASIN. 10 CM OR 20 CM. WEST COAST, WATCH FOR STRONG EASTERLIES. RAIN OR SNOW. IT COULD EVEN BE SNOW. BE PREPARED OVER THE PASSES. THE REST OF THE DEEP SOUTH, THERE IS THE RAIN, SNOW TO 200 M TO 300 M. ALL THE REST LOOKING CHILLY. DUNEDIN, WATCH ON THE HILLS. COULD BE SNOW. 8 DEGREES WITH RAIN. IT WILL BE YUCKY. WHEN DOES IT CLEAR? WEDNESDAY, TRACKS NORTH. BY THURSDAY, END IN SIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE MAY SETTLE IN FOR THE WEEKEND.