IT WAS SPORTING HEARTBREAK OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, BUT NEW ZEALAND'S LATEST OLYMPIC MEDALLIST IS TAKING COMFORT IN THE KNOWLEDGE HE DID ALL HE COULD IN THE TRIATHLON. HAYDEN WILDE WAS PIPPED FOR THE GOLD MEDAL WITH JUST 200m TO GO ON THE RUNNING LEG, INSTEAD SETTLING FOR SILVER IN ONE OF THE GREAT OLYMPIC RACES. BUT THE WAY IN WHICH WILDE HANDLED THAT MOMENT HAS SEEN WORLDWIDE PRAISE FOR THE KIWI MEDALLIST. IMOGEN WELLS IS WITH US NOW FROM PARIS. THAT WAS A BRUTAL WATCH, WASN'T IT? AS HAYDN WILDE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN SECOND PLACE, KIWIS ALL OVER THE WORLD FELT GUTTED. WILDE, WHO WAS IN FRONT FOR SO LONG WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SILVER. BUT WILDE HIMSELF LOOKED ANYTHING BUT AS HE EMBRACED HIS FRIEND AND GOLD MEDALLIST ALEX YEE MOMENTS AFTER THE BRIT HAD OVERTAKEN HIM JUST BEFORE THE FINISH LINE. THIS PHOTO INSTANTLY GOING GLOBAL. WE ARE GREAT FRIENDS BUT ALSO WE'RE HUGE RIVALS AND I THINK WE PUSH EACH OTHER EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT WAS JUST, UH, WRAPPING AROUND HIM AND SAY, 'HEY, WE FINALLY DIDN'T CHOKE.' THE TWO MET ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN COMPETING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER EVER SINCE. BOTH WENT ONE BETTER THAN TOKYO, WHERE YEE CLAIMED SILVER AND WILDE BRONZE. BUT FOR WILDE, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON THIS OLYMPICS HAS TOPPED THE COVID GAMES. MY PHYSIO AND MY COACH, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T THERE. MY PARTNER WASN'T THERE, MY FAMILY WASN'T THERE. SO I HAD ZERO PEOPLE IN MY CORNER. HE MADE SURE IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME, FLYING HIS FAMILY TO PARIS TO WATCH HIM COMPETE OVERSEAS FOR THE FIRST TIME. YEAH, IT WAS JUST SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT. I KNEW MY FAMILY WAS THERE WATCHING AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY NICE COMING TO THE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE AND GETTING A HAKA AND A KARAKIA. WILDE'S SILVERWARE BRINGS NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL COUNT TO TWO, BUT IT'S HIS SPORTSMANSHIP THAT'S CAPTURED THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM, OF HIS` JUST HIS GRACEFULNESS, AND HE'S JUST SO HUMBLE WITH EVERYBODY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WIN OR LOSE. HE'S ALWAYS THERE. ALWAYS THERE TO EITHER HELP YOU UP OFF THE FLOOR OR, YOU KNOW, JUST` HE'S JUST A GOOD KID. A GOOD KIWI KID WITH A SECOND OLYMPIC MEDAL AROUND HIS NECK. SO IMOGEN, TWO MEDALS NOW. DO WE DARE DREAM OF MORE OVERNIGHT? SAM I THINK WE CAN WE DO HAVE SOME GOLD-MEDAL CHANCES COMING UP THE NEXT FEW HOURS AROUND MIDNIGHT NEW ZEALAND TIME OUR MEN'S ROWERS FIVE POTENTIAL MEDALS THAT KIWI ATHLETES WILL BE CHASING DOWN OVERNIGHT. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR ISN'T UP TO THE JOB. IT COMES A DAY AFTER CHHOUR BROKE DOWN IN TEARS, SAYING SHE FELT PERSONALLY TARGETED AT PARLIAMENT. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH. THE MOMENT KAREN CHHOUR FINALLY SNAPPED. I AM STILL A PERSON. I AM STILL A PERSON, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING THAT STRIPPED AWAY FROM ME DAY BY DAY IN THIS PLACE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THREE NEWS YESTERDAY... SORRY. ...BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS SAYING SHE FELT UNSAFE AT PARLIAMENT. PEOPLE TALK CONSTANTLY ABOUT WANTING SOMEONE WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE. CHHOUR AS CHILDREN'S MINISTER FEELS PERSONALLY TARGETED. OUR CAUCUS GOT TOGETHER LAST NIGHT TO ASK HOW DO WE SUPPORT KAREN. AND WE LEARNED THAT SHE SAID, 'I HESITATE TO ACTUALLY WALK AROUND 'BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY AND SNIPE ME.' THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. SHE SAYS SHE COMPLAINED TO THE SPEAKER. THIS FROM TE PATI MAORI'S MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI... (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) ...CALLING HER A PUPPET OF THE PARTY, AND NEVER GOT AN APOLOGY. I ASKED FOR AN APOLOGY, AND I NEVER GOT ONE. THAT IS SO DISRESPECTFUL. PUPPET FOR YOUR PARTY? THAT IS NOT THE WORST ALLEGATION. THEY'RE HAVING FAR WORSE TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS HER. IT IS A DAMN DISGRACE. I MADE A VERY CLEAR TO THE TEAM THIS MORNING AFTER LAST NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THAT STORY LAST NIGHT THAT I DON'T WANT US TO BE ENGAGING IN THAT DEBATE AT ALL. WE NEED TO KEEP FOCUS ON THE POLICY TODAY THE MINISTER WAS INTERVIEWED BY STUFF'S TOVA PODCAST AND IMPLIED SHE'D BEEN INTIMIDATED IN HALLWAYS. SOMEONE HASN'T TERMINATED YOU IN THE HALLS OF PARLIAMENT? I'M NOT GOING INTO SPECIFICS. BUT WHEN, AS SHE WISHED, THE INTERVIEW TURNED AWAY FROM PERSONAL TOWARD POLICY, THE MINISTER WENT FROM TEARY TO TERSE. OF COURSE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY DISCIPLINED, THESE QUESTIONS ARE QUITE REVOLTING. WONDER PEOPLE ARE GETTING SO TRAUMATISED PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF ARE MAKING APPLICATIONS LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS PILING IN SAYING SHE WAS NOT UP TO HER JOB. I THINK IT IS CLEAR SHE IS NOT COPING. KAREN IS NO VICTIM> SHE IS A SURVIVOR, I COOK TALK TO HER A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY I BELIEVE SHE IS TOTALLY FIT FOR THE JOB SHE IS NOT UP FOR THE PERSONALISED ABUSE AROUND HER RACE. I THINK THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT A WOMAN IN THE WORKPLACE HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF THE KIND OF ABUSE AND HARASSMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY IS FRANKLY DESPICABLE. THE SPEAKER SHIELDING THE MINISTER FROM INTERJECTIONS TODAY, DEMANDING HER ANSWERS IN PARTICULAR BE HEARD IN SILENCE. IT'S NOT A PERMANENT THING. ...SAYING PARLIAMENT MUST CHANGE THE SAME DAY THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE RULED THIS FROM JULIE ANNE GENTER IN MAY... WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? ...AMOUNTED TO A CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT. SHE'S DONE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING, BUT HASN'T LOST ANY OF HER GREEN PARTY ROLES. I AM FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE PLUG PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE THE CALL ON WHAT PORTFOLIOS ARE HELD BY WHO IS FOR OUR ENTIRE CAUCUS. DE-ESCALATION ACROSS THE HOUSE MAY BE JUST WHAT THE SPEAKER ORDERS. JENNA, HAS TE PATI MAORI RESPONDED TO ANY OF KAREN CHHOUR'S CONCERNS? WE REACHED OUT TO THEM THIS MORNING THEY SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT TO MAKE THEY ALSO SAID SHE HAD NOT BEEN ASKED BY THE SPEAKER TO APOLOGISE THE SPEAKER DIDN'T WANT TO DO AN INTERVIEW EITHER LEAVING HIS ACTIONS IN THE HOUSE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. DAVID SEYMOUR IS REALLY UPSET ABOUT THE SITUATION HE IS EVEN CALLING INTO QUESTION HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE SPEAKER GERRY BROWNLEE'S ACTIONS IN THE HOUSE TODAY MAKING THAT SPACE FOR KAREN SURE TO BE HEARD HAS GONE SOME WAY TO MITIGATE THAT TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON HERE ONE IS THE PERSONAL ATTACK ON THE OTHER IS A QUESTION AROUND POLICY THE MINISTER GOT REALLY FIRED UP AROUND QUESTIONS OF POLICY, AND THE TWO CANNOT BE MIXED. MALACHI'S MOTHER WAS IN PRISON WHEN HE WAS MURDERED BY HIS CAREGIVER, WHO HAD ALREADY SUBJECTED HIM TO PROLONGED AND HORRIFIC ABUSE. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY JOINS US NOW. JULIET, WHAT DOES THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR'S REPORT SAY? BLUNTLY, IT SAYS THAT TAMATI COFFEY OR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NO SAFER IN THIS COUNTRY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF PRIORITY GIVEN BY SIX GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, IN THE WAKE OF MALACHI'S DEATH YOU MAY REMEMBER DAME KAREN BHUTTO SHE LABELLED HIM THE INVISIBLE CHILD THEY OFFERED 15 RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS NEW REPORT SAYS THAT THE PATTERN OF A CHILD DIAL DYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT ARE NEVER IMPLANT MENTORED NOW THE SIX CHIEF EXECUTIVES CRITICISE IN THIS REPORT PUT OUT A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD ABUSE IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CHILDREN SYSTEM. DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD A CONVENTION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAD 'ONLY RECENTLY BECOME BLACK'. IN A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HARRIS WAS CHOSEN BY DEMOCRATS SOLELY BECAUSE OF HER RACE, TRUMP SAID SHE HAD ALWAYS PROMOTED HER INDIAN HERITAGE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TURNED BLACK. HARRIS HAS DESCRIBED TRUMP'S REMARKS AS 'THE SAME OLD SHOW OF DIVISIVENESS AND DISRESPECT'. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. (HEAVY HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS) THIS BITTER US ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS TONIGHT TAKING ANOTHER WILDLY CONTROVERSIAL TURN. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN ASKED A QUESTION SO` IN SUCH A HORRIBLE MANNER, A FIRST QUESTION. DURING A DISCUSSION WITH A GROUP OF BLACK JOURNALISTS, DONALD TRUMP OPTED TO ATTACK VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS NOT JUST ON HER RECORD, BUT ON HER VERY ETHNICITY AND RACIAL IDENTITY. SHE WAS ALWAYS OF INDIAN HERITAGE AND SHE WAS ONLY PROMOTING INDIAN HERITAGE, I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS BLACK UNTIL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN SHE HAPPENED TO TURN BLACK, AND NOW SHE WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS BLACK. SO I DON'T KNOW, IS SHE INDIAN OR IS SHE BLACK? SHE HAS ALWAYS IDENTIFIED AS A BLACK WOMAN` SHE WENT TO AN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE. I RESPECT EITHER ONE BUT SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T, BECAUSE SHE WAS INDIAN ALL THE WAY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE MADE A TURN AND SHE WENT` SHE BECAME A BLACK PERSON. JUST TO BE CLEAR` KAMALA HARRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF A JAMAICAN ECONOMIST AND AN INDIAN DOCTOR, AND SHE HAS LONG IDENTIFIED AS BOTH BLACK AND ASIAN-AMERICAN. JOURNALIST: SHE HAS ALWAYS` AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALREADY WEIGHED IN TONIGHT ON TRUMP'S INCENDIARY COMMENTS. WHAT HE JUST SAID, WHAT YOU JUST READ OUT TO ME, IS REPULSIVE, IT'S INSULTING. AND, YOU KNOW, NO ONE HAS ANY RIGHT TO TELL SOMEONE WHO THEY ARE, HOW THEY IDENTIFY. THAT IS NO ONE'S RIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS SIGNIFICANT MOMENTUM ON HER SIDE. AT A RALLY LAST NIGHT IN ATLANTA, SHE RELISHED THE PROSPECT OF A DEBATE WITH TRUMP. BECAUSE, AS THE SAYING GOES, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY` (CROWD ROARS) `SAY IT TO MY FACE. I HAVE BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENT FOR THE BLACK POPULATION SINCE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THAT'S MY ANSWER. BETTER THAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON? TRUMP'S COMMENTS TONIGHT AND THE AUDIBLE JEERS FROM THE CROWD. A TERRIBLE NETWORK... MAY BECOME A DEFINING MOMENT IN A CAMPAIGN IN WHICH MINORITY VOTERS ARE SEEN AS CRITICAL TO VICTORY. I LOVE THE BLACK POPULATION OF THIS COUNTRY. I'VE DONE SO MUCH` TE TUINGA WHANAU SUPPORT SERVICES TRUST HAS RUN HOUSING, YOUTH, AND OFFENDER PROGRAMMES IN TAURANGA FOR DECADES, BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING. BUT LAST YEAR ITS LONG-TIME, HIGH PROFILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEPPED ASIDE, AND THIS MONTH THE TRUST ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING, BUT DIDN'T SAY WHY. INVESTIGATIONS JOURNALIST PAULA PENFOLD HAS UNCOVERED COMPLAINTS ABOUT FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT, ALONG WITH CLAIMS OF NEPOTISM, BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION. SHE FILED THIS REPORT. FOR 30 YEARS, TE TUINGA WHANAU SUPPORT SERVICES OR TTW TO ITS STAFF, HAS BEEN WEAVING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BRINGING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, HEADED UP BY` - KIA ORA. MY NAME IS TOMMY KAPAI WILSON, A.K.A KORO KAPAI. TOMMY WILSON STEPPED DOWN LAST YEAR. AND THE DAY I TOOK THAT JOB ON, WE WERE BROKE. AND LAST MONTH, THE TRUST ANNOUNCED IT WAS SHUTTING ITS DOORS. I'M ANGRY AS HELL. GEORGE AND GAYNOR KAHIKA WERE HOUSE PARENTS, KAITIAKI, AT WHARE TUHUA, A YOUTH REMAND HOME RUN BY THE TRUST. THEY'VE LOST NOT ONLY THEIR JOBS, BUT THEIR HOME, TOO. IT'S WORSE THAN THAT. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE HELPING, THE KIDS THEY WERE HELPING HERE, THE PEOPLE` THE HOMELESS THAT WE WERE HELPING, THOSE THAT HAD SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE HELPING. HE'S BLUNT AS TO WHAT WENT WRONG. OOH, MISMANAGEMENT. AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR IT WAS MADE AWARE OF SERIOUS CONCERNS AND HAD THE TRUST ASSESSED. THAT ASSESSMENT FOUND TE TUINGA WAS NOT COMPLYING WITH REQUIRED STANDARDS AROUND GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT, FINANCES AND STAFFING. FORMER STAFF HAVE DETAILED EXTENSIVE CONCERNS ABOUT FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, BULLYING, AND EVEN THE USE OF PATCHED GANG CONNECTIONS TO INTIMIDATE CRITICS INTO SILENCE. THEIR WORDS ARE VOICED. EVERYBODY WAS WELL AWARE THAT ANYBODY COULD GAS UP THEIR CAR. SOMETIMES IT WASN'T EVEN STAFF OR EMPLOYEES, THE CARD WAS KEPT BEHIND THE COUNTER AND EVERYBODY KNEW THE PIN. MONEY WAS BLEEDING FROM THE PLACE. THERE WAS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND INVOICING. THE CURRENT BOARD CHAIR DID NOT WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED, BUT WILSON WAS HAPPY TO TAKE OUR QUESTIONS ON FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. RECEIPTS, GRABBED THEM WHEN I COULD. MY WHOLE FOCUS WAS JUST FEEDING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AND KEEPING THE STAFF ENGAGED, YOU KNOW? ALL THE OTHER STUFF, I LET EVERYONE DOWN, I GUESS, AS FAR AS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY, WHATEVER THEY CALL IT. ON THE TRUST PAYING FOR HIS GOLF CLUB MEMBERSHIP... BEST THING THEY EVER DID FOR ME, I ESTIMATE WE'VE PROBABLY PULLED ABOUT 600K OUT OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. AND ON CLAIMS OF INTIMIDATION BY PATCHED GANG MEMBERS... THAT'S JUST BULLSHIT. NO, THESE PEOPLE ARE LOYAL AND LOVING, AND I'D STAND BY THEM BEFORE I'D STAND BY MOST POLITICIANS AND SOME POLICE. AFTER BEING TOLD IT WAS NOT MEETING ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS, TE TUINGA WAS ASKED TO TAKE 11 CRITICAL ACTIONS. THE TRUST PROVIDED EVIDENCE TO ADDRESS THOSE, BUT IT WAS STILL FOUND NON-COMPLIANT, AND SO IN APRIL, ITS SOCIAL SERVICES ACCREDITATION WAS SUSPENDED. NO ACCREDITATION MEANS NO FUNDING. MSD, CORRECTIONS AND ORANGA TAMARIKI ALL TERMINATED CONTRACTS. BUT THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES AREN'T OVER YET. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS MONITORS COMPLIANCE UNDER THE CHARITIES ACT, AND IT TOO HAS RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRUST, AND IS DECIDING WHETHER IT WILL ACT. AM I PISSED OFF? YEAH I AM. BECAUSE WE'VE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS AND TO BUILDING THIS WHARE. WE CAN'T NOW. TGW MANAGEMENT MADE SURE OF THAT. SO AM I PISSED OFF? YES I AM. WILSON BELIEVES THE TRUST CAN COME BACK. I DON'T APOLOGISE FOR ALL THE AMAZING STUFF THAT WE DID IN THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HELPED, THAT ARE CARRYING ON, HELPING OTHERS. THAT'S THE LEGACY THAT WE'RE LEAVING. NOT THAT WE GOT CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE 'CORPORATE' WORLD. BUT CALLING YOURSELF 'CHIEF IMAGINATION OFFICER' DOES NOT ABSOLVE YOU OF THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH THAT POSITION, THAT'S HEADING UP THAT TRUST. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ABSOLUTION. I'M NOT ASKING TO BE ABSOLVED, BUT I'M NOT APOLOGISING FOR WHAT WE ACHIEVED EITHER. A LOT WAS ACHIEVED, BUT THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS TO COME OVER WHY IT ALL CAME CRASHING DOWN. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER, AND IT'S BEEN A WET 24 HOURS HEATHER? WE'VE HAD ALOT OF WEATHER THIS WEEK, AND IT HASN'T FINISHED. BUT TODAY'S RAIN STARTED UP THE VERY TOP AND ENDED OUT EAST. GISBORNE PUT ON WATCH WITH HEAVY RAIN, AND PICKED UP ALOT OF IT, THE AIRPORT COLLECTED 40ML. VERY COLD OVER NIGHT IN THE SOUTH, VERY WINDY DURING THE DAY THROUGH COOK STRAIT, AND VERY WARM UP TOP WITH 17 DEGREES. ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED I'LL TELL YOU WHERE AND WHEN AFTER SPORT. COMING UP, IRAN IS VOWING REVENGE AND THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF 'CHALLENGING DAYS AHEAD'. CONCERNS ARE GROWING THE LATEST ATTACKS ON LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WILL CAUSE A WIDER CONFLICT. THE BBC'S HIGHEST-PAID NEWS PRESENTER PLEADS GUILTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CHILD SEX ABUSE IMAGES. AND MORE THAN 20 YEARS SINCE THE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' MOVIES, ELIJAH WOOD IS BACK IN THE WILDERNESS OF AOTEAROA, WITH HIS NEW FILM. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER HAS VOWED REVENGE AFTER HAMAS' POLITICAL LEADER WAS KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE IN TEHRAN. ISMAIL HANIYEH'S DEATH, AND THE RECENT ISRAELI STRIKE ON A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER, ARE FUELLING GROWING FEARS THE MIDDLE EAST COULD BE PLUNGED INTO FURTHER CONFLICT. ITV'S EMMA MURPHY REPORTS. (CROWD CHANTS) ON THE STREETS OF TEHRAN PROTESTS AFTER THE KILLING OF ISMAIL HANIYEH. (CROWD CHANTS) TO CHANTS OF 'DEATH TO AMERICA' AND 'DEATH TO ISRAEL', THE HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER WAS MOURNED JUST HOURS AFTER ISRAEL ASSASSINATED HIM ON IRANIAN TERRITORY. A STRIKE AS AUDACIOUS AS IT WAS SHOCKING. YESTERDAY, THE MAN WHO WAS NEAR THE TOP OF ISRAEL'S HIT LIST WAS MEETING IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. THEY WERE ALLIES AND FRIENDS, AND THOUGH HIS KILLING IS UNLIKELY TO UNDERMINE HAMAS, IRAN'S RESPONSE RISKS UNDERMINING STABILITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION. (SIREN WAILS) HANIYEH WAS NOT THE ONLY ENEMY OF ISRAEL TO BE TARGETED IN A FOREIGN CAPITAL LAST NIGHT. JUST HOURS BEFORE IN BEIRUT, A SENIOR HEZBOLLAH MILITARY COMMANDER WAS ASSASSINATED IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS. THE ATTACK ON FUAD SHUKR IN THIS APARTMENT BLOCK WAS RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING OF 12 CHILDREN IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, AND HAD ALREADY RAISED FEARS OF A REGIONAL WAR. THIS EVENING, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT MAY BE TO COME. TRANSLATOR: THERE ARE CHALLENGING DAYS AHEAD OF US. SINCE THE ATTACK IN BEIRUT, THREATS HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM ALL SIDES. WE ARE PREPARED FOR ANY SCENARIO AND WILL STAND UNITED AND DETERMINED AGAINST ANY THREAT. TONIGHT, THE YOUNGEST VICTIMS OF THE BEIRUT STRIKE WERE BURIED. CHILDREN WHO PLAYED NO PART IN THE POLITICAL CHOICES OF ADULTS, YET DENIED A FUTURE, HOWEVER UNCERTAIN THAT FUTURE MAY HAVE BEEN. POLICE ARE 'LOOKING AT OPTIONS' FOR A PERMANENT STATION IN AUCKLAND'S CBD AND PLAN TO MAKE THE FEDERAL ST PATROL BASE 24/7 AFTER THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WANTED OFFICERS TO BE MORE VISIBLE ON THE CITY'S STREET. BUT EMAILS SENT BEFORE THEN SHOW A SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL DISMISSING THE CBD PATROL BASE AS A 'WASTE OF MONEY' AND DESCRIBING CALLS FOR A DOWNTOWN STATION AS 'POLITICKING'. HERE'S ZANE SMALL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON, OUT ON THE CENTRAL CITY BEAT LAST FRIDAY... DOING VERY WELL. ...PROMOTING THE PRESENCE OF MORE OFFICES IN AUCKLAND'S CBD. YEAH, IT'S BEEN GREAT. I MEAN, JUST HAVING MORE VISIBILITY ON THE STREETS. POLICE USED TO HAVE A DOWNTOWN STATION ON FORT ST. IT WAS CLOSED IN 2013, AND THE CLOSEST STATION TO THE CBD IS COLLEGE HILL. BUT THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 50 OFFICERS ON THE CENTRAL CITY BEAT WORKING FROM A PATROL BASE, AND POLICE SAY CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IS REDUCING. WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING A DOWNWARD TREND IN CRIME, BUT THIS IS A LONG-TERM THING. WE NEED TO SEE A SUSTAINED REDUCTION. THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ARE WORKING OUT OF A BASE HERE ON FEDERAL ST. POLICE SAY TEAMS CONTINUE TO REPORT THE BENEFITS OF BEING BASED AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS QUITE A CHANGE OF TUNE FROM THESE RESURFACED EMAILS THAT SHOW A SENIOR AUCKLAND POLICE OFFICIAL SAYING A BASE HERE WOULD BE A 'WASTE OF MONEY'. ...THE OFFICIAL WROTE IN MID 2022. ANOTHER SAID... AND IN ANOTHER EMAIL, AN OFFICIAL SAID... ...DISCUSSING CALLS FOR A DOWNTOWN STATION. THAT ADVICE INDICATES THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAD, THAT JUST OPENING A POLICE STATION ALONE WON'T ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. LABOUR SAYS THIS SHOULD BE MORE FOCUSED ON DRUG REHAB SERVICES. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING ANTISOCIAL ISSUES AND ALSO DRIVING RETAIL CRIME TO FEED ADDICTION. BUT FORMER MAYORAL CANDIDATE LEO MALLOY, WHO EARLIER THIS YEAR CONFRONTED A MAN WITH A GUN AT HIS VIADUCT BAR, SAYS IT'S ABOUT TIME POLICE LISTENED TO CALLS FOR MORE OFFICERS IN THE CBD. IF THEY REACHED OUT TO ME TOMORROW. I'D BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE AND TO FORM SOME SORT OF COMMITTEE WITH THEM SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK. I THINK A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THEY CURRENTLY GET IS PROBABLY NOT MEANINGFUL. POLICE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE RESURFACED EMAILS, BUT SAID THEY PLAN TO MAKE THE FEDERAL ST BASE 24/7. THE MINISTER, MARK MITCHELL, TOLD US POLICE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR A CBD STATION AND SAID THE PRIORITY IS TO KEEP INCREASING POLICE VISIBILITY IN OUR LARGEST CITY. ZANE, ARE WE SEEING A BIT OF A CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF THE POLICE? LAST WEEK WE SAW THAT ANDREW COSTER RULED OUT A SECOND TERM AS POLICE COMMISSIONER AND WILL BE LEAVING AT THE END OF HIS CONTRACT NEXT YEAR, WHICH MAY SIGNAL A CHANGE IN DIRECTION AT THE TOP. I REACHED OUT TO THE POLICE ASSOCIATION ABOUT THESE EMAILS. THE PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAID THE OFFICIALS QUOTED IN MY STORY HAVE EITHER MOVED ON OR TRANSFERRED OUT OF AUCKLAND. AND HE SAID IN HIS VIEW, THE 'WHOLE ENVIRONMENT' HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. ALL JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` IT'S BEEN REVEALED AN 'INEXPERIENCED' REPAIR CREW WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE BOLTS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO A NORTH AUCKLAND PYLON FALLING OVER. AND IF YOU THINK YOU'VE EVER NEEDED A BIG CLEAN-UP AFTER A PARTY, WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS CHRISTCHURCH FLAT. AND LATER ON IN SPORT HOW THE SELFLESSNESS OF HIS TEAM MATE HELPED PROPEL HAYDEN WILDE INTO MEDAL CONTENTION. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. TRIATHLETE HAYDEN WILDE HAS BEEN PIPPED FOR THE GOLD MEDAL WITH JUST 200m TO GO ON THE RUNNING LEG, BUT A PHOTO OF WILDE EMBRACING THE WINNER ALEX YEE HAS EARNED HIM THE RESPECT OF FANS AROUND THE WORLD. A DAY AFTER CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR BROKE DOWN IN TEARS FROM FEELING PERSONALLY TARGETED AT PARLIAMENT, LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS ACCUSED HER OF NOT BEING UP TO THE JOB. DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD A CONVENTION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAD ONLY RECENTLY BECOME BLACK. TRANSPOWER SAYS IT 'CANNOT COMPREHEND' HOW A CREW WITHOUT SUFFICIENT TRAINING WAS TASKED WITH WORK ON THE NORTH AUCKLAND PYLON THAT ULTIMATELY TOPPLED, CUTTING POWER TO 100,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TRANSPOWER'S INDEPENDENT REPORT, RELEASED TODAY, CONFIRMED NUTS ON THREE OF THE FOUR LEGS HAD BEEN REMOVED WHILE UNDERTAKING MAINTENANCE, WHICH CAUSED THE PYLON TO FALL. THE CONTRACTOR OMEXOM'S STANDARD PRACTICE IS TO REMOVE NUTS FROM ONE LEG AT A TIME. BUT THE INVESTIGATION FOUND TWO OF THE WORKERS THAT DAY WERE INEXPERIENCED AND STILL RECEIVING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THEY WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY SUPERVISED BY THE TEAM LEADER AT THE TIME, WHO WAS DISTRACTED WITH OTHER TASKS WHILE ONE OF THE WORKERS REMOVED THE NUTS FROM THE SECOND AND THIRD LEGS. MUCH OF THE POWER WAS RESTORED LATER THAT DAY, WITH ALL OPERATIONS AT FULL CAPACITY A WEEK LATER. REPORTS FROM INVESTIGATIONS LED BY OMEXOM AND ONE BY THE ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY ARE YET TO BE PUBLISHED. THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED TRYING TO FLEE THE COUNTRY AFTER A WOMAN'S BODY WAS PULLED FROM AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR EARLIER THIS YEAR CAN NOW BE NAMED. IN MARCH A FISHERMAN REELED IN THE WOMAN'S BODY WRAPPED IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF BLACK BIN BAGS. ON JULY 1ST, POLICE ANNOUNCED A MAN AND WOMAN HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH IMPROPERLY OFFERING AN INDIGNITY TO THE DEAD HUMAN BODY. THE 36-YEAR-OLDS CAN NOW BE NAMED. THEY ARE LANYUE XIAO AND KAIXIAO LIU. THE PAIR ARE NOT CHARGED WITH CAUSING THE WOMAN'S DEATH. POLICE STILL DO NOT KNOW HER IDENTITY. FORMER BBC NEWS PRESENTER HUW EDWARDS HAS PLEADED GUILTY ON THREE COUNTS OF MAKING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN. THE MAN WHO HOSTED ELECTION COVERAGE FOR THE BBC, AND ANNOUNCED TO THE NATION THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN, FACES UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HAVING 41 INDECENT IMAGES ON THE MESSAGING APP WHATSAPP. GERAINT VINCENT WITH THIS REPORT. UP UNTIL JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, HUW EDWARDS WAS ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST RESPECTED BROADCASTERS, A NATIONAL FIGURE WHO GUIDED MILLIONS OF VIEWERS THROUGH STATE OCCASIONS. MAKE WAY! THIS MORNING OUTSIDE WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT, POLICE OFFICERS GUIDED HIM THROUGH A CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS AS HE WALKED TOWARDS HIS DISGRACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. INSIDE, THE HEARING BEGAN, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, WITH THE ACCUSED CONFIRMING TO THE COURT PERSONAL DETAILS ` NAME, AGE AND ADDRESS. HUW EDWARDS APPEARED ALONE IN THE DOCK, MUCH AS HE USED TO APPEAR ON OUR TELEVISION SCREENS. DRESSED VERY SMARTLY, HE SAT STILL AND COMPOSED, AND HE LISTENED CAREFULLY AS THE CHARGES WERE READ TO HIM. ASKED FOR HIS PLEA TO THREE COUNTS OF MAKING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN, HE ANSWERED CLEARLY EACH TIME WITH THE WORD 'GUILTY'. THE COURT WAS THEN TOLD THAT EDWARDS HAD COMMUNICATED WITH AN ADULT MAN WHO'D SENT HIM HUNDREDS OF SEXUAL IMAGES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY INCLUDED... ...OF WHICH SEVEN WERE SO-CALLED 'CATEGORY A' IMAGES ` THE MOST SERIOUS CLASSIFICATION AMONG THEM A VIDEO CLIP OF A CHILD AGED BETWEEN 7 AND 9. EDWARDS ADMITTED TO MAKING THE IMAGES BETWEEN DECEMBER 2020 AND AUGUST 2021. IT IS AN OFFENCE WHICH INCLUDES OPENING AN ATTACHMENT IN AN EMAIL, ACCESSING PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITES AND CLICKING ON POP UPS OR, IN EDWARDS CASE, RECEIVING IMAGES AS PART OF A WHATSAPP CONVERSATION. SO HERE WE ARE. WE ARE JUST SECONDS AWAY. FOR DECADES, WHEN THE BBC NEEDED SOMEONE WHO COULD HANDLE THE BIG OCCASION, THEY TURNED TO HUW EDWARDS. HE WAS AT THE HELM ON ELECTION NIGHTS, AND HE WAS THE MAN CALLED IN TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN. IN A STATEMENT, THE PALACE SAID THE QUEEN DIED PEACEFULLY AT BALMORAL THIS AFTERNOON. THE BBC'S TOP NEWS PRESENTER, AND UP UNTIL JUST THREE MONTHS AGO, ITS HIGHEST PAID. A STELLAR CAREER HAS ENDED WITH A CONFESSION TO A TERRIBLE CRIME. (REPORTERS CLAMOUR) HUW EDWARDS WILL BE SENTENCED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. GOSH, THAT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR HAYDEN WILDE. WE ALL BECAME TRIATHLON EXPERTS BY THE END. HEARTBREAKING IS THE PERFECT WORD TO SUM IT UP. I TOOK IT HARDER THEN HAYDEN DID. EVEN FOR HIM TO GET INTO THAT POSITION, HE WAS ONE MINUTE BACK COMING OUT OF THE SWIM, SO WE HAD A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP, TO GET INTO MIDDLE CONTENTION... ANOTHER SILVER FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE LIVE TO PARIS NEXT WHERE OUR LATEST OLYMPIC MEDALLIST REFLECTS ON AN INCREDIBLE RACE AND HOW THE HEARTBREAK OF FALLING SHORT OF GOLD IS ALREADY FUELLING ANOTHER TILT IN FOUR YEARS. AND THE MEDAL CHANCES CONTINUE FOR THE KIWIS. WE'VE GOT THE LATEST FROM OUR CREWS ON THE WATER NEXT. IF NARROWLY MISSING OUT ON OLYMPIC GOLD IS WEIGHING HEAVILY ON HAYDEN WILDE, THEN THE KIWI TRIATHLETE CERTAINLY ISN'T SHOWING IT, FILLED WITH NOTHING BUT PRIDE AT WINNING ANOTHER MEDAL FOR HIS COUNTRY. WILDE LOOKED TO HAVE THE GOLD MEDAL SECURED IN PARIS, BUT WITH 200m TO GO, HIS TIRED LEGS ABANDONED HIM, AND GREAT BRITAIN'S ALEX YEE SOARED PASS TO CLINCH GOLD. WHILE IT WAS A HEARTBREAKING FINISH TO ONE OF THE GREAT OLYMPIC RACES WILDE HAS NO REGRETS. IMOGEN WELLS IS WITH US NOW FROM PARIS. IMO, WHAT A RACE THAT WAS. IT WAS CERTAINLY ONE WAY TO GET MY OWN HEART RACING. HAYDEN WILDE DID SO WELL TO GET HIMSELF INTO MEDAL CONTENTION. HE HAD PLENTY OF GROUND TO MAKE UP ACROSS THE BIKE AND RUN, BUT WITH SOME HELP FROM HIS TEAMMATE, HE TOOK THE RACE BY STORM. BUT THIS IS THE OLYMPICS, AND THERE ARE NO FAIRYTALE ENDINGS. WILDE, WHO WAS IN FRONT FOR SO LONG, WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SILVER. AS CLOSE TO A GOLD MEDAL AS YOU COULD GET. HAYDEN WILDE CROSSING THE LINE FOR SILVER, HIS SECOND OLYMPIC MEDAL IN A ROW AFTER GOING SO PAINFULLY CLOSE TO GOLD. THE BETTER MAN WON, AND I GAVE EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD HAVE TO GET THAT GOAL. BUT IT JUST WASN'T MEANT TO BE. FOR 9.8km OF THE 10km RUN, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS, WILDE PUTTING RIVAL ALEX YEE TO THE SWORD WITH A RUN OF CLASS AND COMPOSURE. BUT WITH 200m TO GO, YEE MADE HIS MOVE. WHERE HAS HE FOUND THIS FROM? AND ALEX YEE GOES IN FRONT NOW. AND IN THE BRUTAL PARIS HEAT, WILDE'S LEGS HAD NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE. FORCED TO WATCH HIS GREAT RIVAL AND FRIEND CLAIM OLYMPIC GOLD. BUT WILDE HOLDS NO ILL FEELINGS. WHILE HE MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED, HE IS NOW A TWO-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALLIST. DEFINITELY A COUPLE TEARS FOR SURE. SO IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO BE WELCOMED AND TO BRING ANOTHER MEDAL HOME FOR NEW ZEALAND. AND HE HAS TEAM-MATE DYLAN MCCULLOCH TO THANK FOR THAT TOO. AFTER A TOUGH SWIM THAT HAD WILDE NEARLY A MINUTE BEHIND THE LEAD GROUP, HE HAD TO MAKE UP GROUND ON THE BIKE. HE HAS GOT A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB NOW. WILDE, IN THE CHASING PACK, HAD A 30 SECOND GAP TO CLOSE ON THE LEADERS. MCCULLOCH, WHO WAS PART OF THAT LEAD GROUP, SACRIFICED HIS OWN RACE, DROPPING BACK AND HELPING WILDE CONSERVE ENERGY. WHEN HE CAME BACK AND HE PULLED US BACK UP LIKE, YOU KNOW, I SAW HIM IN THE RACE, AND I SLAPPED HIM ON THE BUM, AND I SAID, 'MATE, THAT WAS EFFIN' AWESOME.' IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD FOR ME TO GET TO WHERE I WAS. I SAW THE WHITEBOARD ON LAP THREE OR FOUR SAYING, 'DROP BACK DYLAN' IN CAPITAL LETTERS. AND YEAH, THAT WAS ME OUT THE BACK, AND I JUST KILLED MYSELF IN THE FRONT. TO DO` YEAH, HELP A LITTLE BIT FOR HAYDEN, WAS PRETTY COOL AS WELL. WILDE GIVEN A HERO'S WELCOME BACK AT NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, GREETED BY FAMILY, BY FANS AND BY FELLOW MEDALLISTS. THE SUPPORT IN PARIS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. IT WAS THE GOLD HE CAME FOR, AND IT'S A GOLD HE STILL WANTS. IDEALLY WASN'T REALLY LOOKING AT L.A., BUT I GUESS I KIND OF HAVE TO FINISH THE SET. (CHUCKLES) THE LURE OF OLYMPIC GOLD LOOKS SET TO FUEL HAYDEN WILDE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. OK, PLENTY MORE MEDAL CHANCES TO COME FOR THE KIWS TONIGHT? THE ACTION SIMPLY DOES NOT STOP HERE. WE HAVE THOSE FIVE SHOTS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO EMMA TWIGG AND TOM MACKINTOSH ON THE WATER. THAT WILL MEAN THAT THEY BOOKED THEIR TICKETS TO THE FINAL. IT IS TEE-TIME FOR THE GOLFERS. IT WILL BE ALL ABOUT OUR ROWERS TODAY. HE IS HOPING SOME MORE MEDALS ARE ON THE WAY. THE MEDAL HOPES CONTINUE FOR THE KIWIS OVERNIGHT, WITH ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE ON COURSE FOR A PODIUM FINISH IN THE MEN'S 49ER. THE PAIR BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING'S DOUBLE-POINTS MEDAL RACE IN THIRD OVERALL. AFTER A 15TH-PLACE FINISH IN THEIR LAST RACE SAW THEM RELINQUISH THE LEAD AND DROP THREE POINTS BEHIND THE IRISH AND EIGHT ADRIFT OF LEADERS, SPAIN. THE TOP SEVEN COULD WIN GOLD, SO I THINK, TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE ON SIX BOATS IS GOING TO BE QUITE DIFFICULT. IF WE GO OUT THERE AND WIN THE RACE THEN WE'LL LET THE BOATS BEHIND US` SEE WHERE THEY FALL, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S FOR THE BEST. A TOP THREE FINISH IN THE DECIDER WILL BE ENOUGH TO SECURE THE PAIR A MEDAL. MEANWHILE, JO ALEH AND MOLLY MEECH HAVE ALSO ADVANCED TO THE 49ERFX MEDAL RACE, BUT ARE TOO FAR BACK TO GET ON THE PODIUM. IN THE ROWING, JACKIE KIDDLE AND SHANNON COX ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE. THE KIWIS FINISHED SECOND IN THEIR SEMIFINAL BEHIND THE BRITISH CREW, QUALIFYING WITH THE FIFTH BEST TIME OVERALL. THEY'LL RACE FOR A MEDAL LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. TO EQUESTRIAN, AND MELISSA GALLOWAY HAS SET A NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC BEST, DESPITE MISSING OUT ON THE WOMEN'S DRESSAGE FINAL. ON BOARD WINDERMERE J OBEY (JOEY FOR SHORT), GALLOWAY FINISHED WITH A SCORE OF 68.913, ABOUT 5% SHY OF THE QUALIFYING MARK. WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAYDEN WILDE'S BRILLIANT TRIATHLON RESULT HAS DONE TO THE MEDAL TABLE NOW. AND WITH THAT SILVER MEDAL IT MOVES NEW ZEALAND UP TO 14TH ON THE OVERALL TABLE WITH ONE GOLD AND ONE SILVER. CHINA HAS MOVED PAST JAPAN TO THE TOP, WITH NINE GOLD MEDALS. RAFAEL NADAL HAS DROPPED HIS BIGGEST RETIREMENT HINT YET AFTER BOWING OUT OF THE MEN'S DOUBLES IN PARIS. NADAL AND PARTNER CARLOS ALCARAZ SUFFERED A STRAIGHT SETS QUARTER-FINAL LOSS TO AMERICAN FOURTH SEEDS AUSTIN KRAJICEK AND RAJEEV RAM. IT WOULD BE A FITTING END TO NADAL'S OLYMPIC CAREER AT A STADIUM THAT'S LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR HIS SUCCESS. WHEN ASKED IF IT WOULD BE HIS LAST MATCH AT ROLAND GARROS, THE 38-YEAR-OLD REPLIED, 'MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.' BACK HERE NOW, AND THE CRUSADERS SAY SACKING COACH ROB PENNEY WAS NEVER A CONSIDERATION DESPITE MISSING THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2015. HAVING WON SEVEN TITLES IN A ROW UNDER SCOTT ROBERTSON, THE CRUSADERS COMPLETELY FELL APART THIS YEAR, WINNING JUST FOUR GAMES AND PUTTING OUT THEIR WORST SEASON IN ALMOST 20 YEARS. THE CLUB UNDERTOOK A THOROUGH REVIEW IN THE WAKE OF THIS SEASON AND NONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO DISMISS PENNEY. IT WOULD BE A KNEE-JERK... OR... IT WOULD BE A KNEE-JERK REACTION TO TAKE OUT A COACH AS A RESULT OF THE SYSTEM THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH, IS THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT IT. MANSBRIDGE WOULDN'T COMMENT ON PENNEY'S FUTURE BEYOND NEXT SEASON, SAYING IT FORMED NO PART OF THE REVIEW. ANOTHER MASSIVE NIGHT OF THE OLYMPICS. I THINK WE WILL BECOME ROWING EXPERTS TONIGHT. IT COULD BE A LATE ONE. ARE YOU GOING TO BE OK? YOU ARE STILL FEELING UP FROM LAST NIGHT. I AM FEELING IT, I WILL GET THERE. PROPERTY VALUES HAVE FALLEN FOR THE FIFTH MONTH IN A ROW. CORELOGIC DATA SHOWS THE NATIONAL MEDIAN VALUE SITS AT JUST OVER $827,000, A DROP OF ABOUT $21,000 FROM FEBRUARY. THERE WERE FALLS IN MEDIAN VALUES IN EACH OF THE MAIN CENTRES IN JULY. CORELOGIC SAID THE RESULTS WERE NOT UNEXPECTED GIVEN ECONOMIC GROWTH IS SUBDUED. 'LORD OF THE RINGS' STAR ELIJAH WOOD JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM NEW ZEALAND. HE'S BEEN IN THE COUNTRY SHOOTING 'BOOKWORM', ABOUT A WASHED-UP AMERICAN ILLUSIONIST WHO RECONNECTS WITH HIS ESTRANGED DAUGHTER, PLAYED BY BREAKOUT KIWI STAR NELL FISHER. GRACE THOMAS CAUGHT UP WITH THE PAIR. WHEN STRAWN WISE COMES BACK INTO HIS DAUGHTER MILDRED'S LIFE AMIDST A FAMILY CRISIS, HE'S PROBABLY THE LAST PERSON SHE WANTS TO SEE. IS THAT YOUR CARD? I CAN LIE AND SAY YES, IF IT HELPS. STRAWN WISE, THIS MAGICIAN COMES TO HIS DAUGHTER'S AID WHILE HIS DAUGHTER'S MOTHER IS IN A COMA IN HOSPITAL. SORT OF ARRIVES IN NEW ZEALAND WITH ALL THIS SORT OF BLUSTER OF, 'I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU, THE GREAT HERO.' AND ULTIMATELY SHE SEES RIGHT THROUGH IT. BUT MILDRED'S LIFELONG DREAM HAS BEEN TO CAPTURE PROOF THAT THE MYTHOLOGICAL BEAST KNOWN AS THE 'CANTERBURY PANTHER' EXISTS. SO THAT MISSION TAKES THEM ON A CAMPING ADVENTURE LIKE NO OTHER. STICK WITH ME, WE'LL BE FINE. AND YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT, THE TALE OF THE FABLED 'CANTERBURY PANTHER' REALLY HAS MADE IT TO THE BIG SCREEN. I THINK BOTH OF US HAD THE SAME REACTION, WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT, I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS FAKE, LIKE A FICTIONAL IDEA BASED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON NOTHING. WHEN WE WERE FILMING, LIKE AROUND THE CANTERBURY REGION, WE MET PEOPLE WHO HAD SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE LIKE, 'OH, I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND I SAW THIS BIG HIND LEGS AND TAILS 'DISAPPEARING INTO THE BUSH.' CANTERBURY'S LANDSCAPES TAKE A STARRING ROLE IN THE FILM, TOO, DURING MILDRED AND STRAWN'S CAMPING ADVENTURES. WOW. YOU THINK IT'S EASY MAKING A HUNDRED BALLOON ANIMALS WITH VIN DIESEL'S KIDS? AND ELIJAH WOOD HAS LONG BEEN KEEN TO GET BACK INTO THE NEW ZEALAND WILDERNESS. IT WAS A JOY TO COME BACK, I HADN'T BEEN TO NEW ZEALAND IN ALMOST NINE YEARS. DIRECTOR ANT TIMPSON EVEN WROTE THE ROLE OF STRAWN WITH ELIJAH IN MIND. BEING A FATHER NOW TOO, AND BEING OF AGE TO PLAY A FATHER WAS REALLY FUN AND UNIQUE. AND IT WAS AN INSTANT CONNECTION WITH NELL FISHER PLAYING MILDRED, WHO WASN'T AFRAID TO TAKE ELIJAH DOWN A FEW NOTCHES. YOUR WEAKNESS PUT US IN GRAVE DANGER, AND NOW WE'RE TWO OF THE 8000 PEOPLE WHO GO MISSING IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR. WHEN WE MET, YOU KNOW, WE HIT IT OFF INSTANTLY. AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE, ON SCREEN, IT'S FUN TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF, UM, BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER AND KIND OF KNOCK HIM DOWN A BIT. IT'S ALL RIGHT TO BE SCARED. I'LL LOOK AFTER YOU. GO! GO! GO! KIWIS CAN FOLLOW THE ADVENTURES OF MILDRED AND STRAWN WHEN 'BOOKWORM' HITS CINEMAS NATIONWIDE NEXT WEEK. LOOKS FANTASTIC. HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE WEEKEND'S WEATHER. NORTHLAND'S GETTING THE RAIN? THEY WILL SIT UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR 57 HOURS. AND GIVEN THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN, THERE'S A DECENT CHANCE THIS WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. HERE'S WHY ` THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITTING JUST ABOVE NORTHLAND IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY. IT'S DIRECTING A LOT OF SHOWERS BACK OVER THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY. THE GOOD NEWS? LOOK AT THE SOUTH ` CLEAR, CALM, COLD, BUT LOOKING PERFECT TO HIT THE SKI FIELDS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE NEW SNOW. FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. PINCH AND A PUNCH, CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE NOW INTO THE FINAL MONTH OF WINTER! AFTER SUCH AN ACTION-PACKED WEEK IN THE SOUTH, IT ENDS TOMORROW WITH ALL THE ACTION POSITIONED OVER THE NORTH. THE LOW OUT EAST HEADS FURTHER OFF SHORE TONIGHT, DRAGGING THE HEAVY RAIN AWAY FROM GISBORNE. TOMORROW, ANOTHER LOW OUT OVER THE TASMAN HEADS NORTH, DRAGGING A FRONT WITH IT. IT WILL LIE NEAR CAPE REINGA TOMORROW NIGHT. A STRONG SOU'EAST FLOW THEN EASES FOR THE SOUTH, WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST, SO CLOUDY PERIODS TONIGHT IN THE EAST, WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTHEAST AND IN THE DEEP SOUTH. TOMORROW, STILL A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND FOR MARLBOROUGH AND CANTERBURY, BUT WILL CLEAR SOUTHLAND AND CLUTHA IN THE MORNING. IT WILL BE FREEZING AGAIN, COLD AND FROSTY FIRST UP, WITH THE SOUTHERLY DYING OUT. INTERESTING SET UP FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH NORTHLAND SITTING RIGHT UNDER THE EDGE OF THE LOW TO THE NORTH. IT'S SLOW MOVING, SO BOUTS OF OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN THERE STARTING OVERNIGHT AND ALL DAY TOMORROW. MORE SHOWERS OUT EAST AND SOUTH. AND ALSO FOR SOUTHERN TARANAKI AND TAIHAPE. FROST POCKETS FOR WESTERN SPOTS AND BRISK EAST TO SOU'EAST WINDS. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY UP TOP TOMORROW. AUCKLAND, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP ` COULD BE HEAVY, MIGHT NOT TOO. THERE WILL BE FRESH EAST TO SOU'EAST WINDS EVERYWHERE. CLOUD CLEARS AND FINE SPELLS ARE ON THE INCREASE. FROST IN THE MORNING TOO FOR TAUPO. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOU'EAST. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR ALL OUT EAST. THE SHOWERS DECREASE FROM THE SOUTH FROM THE AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLIES ALSO EASING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HAWKE'S BAY. MORNING FROST FOR YOU, TAUMARUNUI. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS WILL HANG AROUND TOMORROW FOR MOST HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, WITH STRONG SOUTHERLIES FOR THE CAPITAL, AND STRONG SOUEASTERS OUT WEST. OVER THE STRAIT ` AMAZING DAY! MORNING FROST COS IT'S FREEZING AND FINE, THEN THE DAY STAYS CLEAR WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. JUST A SOUEASTERLY FOR GREYMOUTH EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. A MIX HERE WITH A FEW SHOWERS LINGERING. MAINLY FOR KAIKOURA AND AROUND BANKS PENINSULA. MAYBE ASHBURTON TOO. THE SOUWESTERLY WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. ANOTHER VERY COLD MORNING INLAND WITH SEVERE FROST ON THE CARDS. SHOWERS EARLY FOR SOUTHLAND WITH SOUWESTERLIES EASING ALONG THE EAST COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT. DUNEDIN, SHOWERS FOR YOU, MAINLY AROUND THE COAST. BUT CLEARING IN THE MORNING, WITH A DRIER AFTERNOON. ALL WITH SOUWESTERLIES. CHRISTCHURCH, QUITE CLOUDY STILL WITH SHOWERS. BUT MOSTLY CONFINED TO BANKS PENINSULA. THE SOUWESTERLY AND SHOWERS WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. ANOTHER GREY, WINDY AND QUITE LIKELY WET DAY FOR WELLINGTON. PLENTY OF SHOWERS, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE STRONG SOUTHERLY EASING TOMORROW NIGHT. HAWKE'S BAY, A REPEAT OF TODAY, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD AND PLENTY OF SHOWERS ALL WITH A SOUTHERLY, AND A HIGH OF 13. CLOUD CLEARS AROUND TAURANGA, AND IT WILL BECOME FINE IN THE MORNING. SOUEASTERLY WILL STILL STRIP THE AIR OF ANY HEAT. YOUR HIGH OF 15, FEELS LIKE 11. CLOUD CLEARS AND THE SUN IS OUT EARLY FOR HAMILTON. YOU SHOULD ESCAPE FROST AND FOG ALL WITH A SOUEASTERLY. AUCKLAND, COULD BE HIT AND MISS FOR YOU. HEAVY SHOWERS LIKELY NORTH OF WHANGAPARAOA. BUT IF THE LOW UP OVER NORTHLAND DIPS FURTHER SOUTH. THOSE HEAVY SHOWERS MIGHT HIT THE CITY TOO. TO OZ ` ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWERS FOR SYDNEY. AND NOW ADELAIDE AND CAIRNS. AND SUNNY FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH THE ONLY THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL BE FOR A VERY CLOUDY VANUATU. BACK FOR THE WEEKEND, AND NORTHLAND WILL SIT UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH THROUGH TILL SUNDAY NIGHT, ALSO WINDY. SHOWERS OUT EAST CLEAR EARLY SATURDAY BUT MIGHT RETURN SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NOT BAD FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH A FEW SHOWERS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OUT WEST ON MONDAY. FOR THE UPPER HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, IT'S A GREAT WEEKEND. COLD OVERNIGHT, KAIKOURA. YOUR LOW OF MINUS-2 ON SUNDAY WILL BE 8 DEGREES LOWER THAN YOUR AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND LOOKS GOOD TO HIT THE SKI FIENDS FOR THE LOWER SOUTH JUST BE WARY OF ICE ON THE ROADS. SHOWERS HIT SOUTHLAND FROM SUNDAY. I'M ENDING TONIGHT WITH TWO SHOTS WITH ANIMALS. THIS IS ONE COOL LOOKING CHUBBY FANTAIL! BUT MY FAVOURITE IS FRY THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER, 2 YEARS OLD AND FIRST TIME IN THE SNOW. HE IS LOVING IT, ISN'T HE? BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE ENJOYING A BEER IN FRONT OF THREE NEWS,I'M SURE YOU'LL MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR CAN IN THE RECYCLING BIN, UNLIKE THE TENANTS OF THIS PROPERTY, WHO PILED UP OVER 14,000 EMPTY CANS OF DOUBLE BROWN. THAT'S ABOUT $22,000 WORTH OF BEER. THE VIDEO POSTED ON FACEBOOK SAYS THESE TWO MEN FOUND THE EMPTY CAN MOUNTAIN ON A PROPERTY THEY WERE CLEANING UP. AND TOMORROW, THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. AND TOMORROW, LLOYD BURR LOOKS AT SOMETHING A BIT MORE REFINED THAN CAN MOUNTAINS OF DOUBLE BROWN ON STUFF EXPLAINED. HE FINDS OUT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS FACING OUR CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY AND WHETHER IT'S TURNED A CORNER. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING NEWSROOM@STUFF.CO.NZ OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND KATE HARRIS.