TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS ` A MEDAL BLITZ ON THE WATER. KIWI ROWERS COLLECT THE SET IN PARIS. IT'S GONNA BE THE KIWIS. NEW ZEALAND HAVE THAT STAMINA! IT'S A ROWING ROMP IN THE BLACK BOATS. WE MEET THE HEROES BEHIND THE DAZZLING GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE OLYMPIC HAUL. THE THING ABOUT OUR NEW ZEALAND ROWING TEAM IS ONE WHEN THE CREW'S GOING GOOD, EVERYONE'S GOING GOOD. BACK HOME, A ROW OVER BABY FORMULA LABELLING THAT COULD THREATEN A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY, AND SEE SOME PRODUCTS ONLY SOLD IN PHARMACIES. PLUS ` BIRD SPOTTING WITH A DIFFERENCE. A NEW TRIAL IN WELLINGTON TO SAVE LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS FROM OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS. CAPTIONS BY LELE SIMEON, TUI TIPENE AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 WELCOME TO PARIS. WHERE OUR OLYMPIC ROWERS HAVE COLLECTED MEDALS LIKE THE LOUVRE COLLECTS ARTWORKS. A LOT OF THEM... AND ALL PRICELESS. IN WHAT'S BEEN DUBBED "THE POWER HOUR" THE TEAM NETTING A BRONZE, SILVER, AND GOLD ON THE WATER. OLYMPIC REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WAS WATCHING ON. A HERO'S WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND HOUSE. JUST HOURS AFTER OUR KIWI ROWERS REIGNED SUPREME ON THE WATERS OF VAIRES-SUR-MARNE. IT WAS THE WHOLE LAST... MORE THAN 18 MONTHS, REALLY, THE WHOLE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE DAYS THAT, FOR ME, NOBODY HAS SEEN IN THE DAYS THAT I'VE REALLY HAD TO RELY ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPED ME, THOUGH, IS HAVING LUCY HERE ALONGSIDE ME. I THINK THERE'S POWER IN SEEING THE HIGHS AND LOWS THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING. THE DOUBLE SCULLERS CREATING HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST ALL-MUM CREW TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OH, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO US, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAD US IN FLOODS OF TEARS ALL DAY. AT THE START OF THIS CAMPAIGN, WE SET OUT AND SAID, 'YES, WE WANTED TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD', BUT WE WOULD NEVER DO IT AT THE COST OF THE KIDS. SO TO STAND UP HERE WITH AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, BUT TO KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GOOD MUMS AND GIVING ALL WE CAN TO THE KIDS IS... THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING ME TODAY. THE WAY THEY WON. EQUALLY INSPIRING. IT'S GOING TO BE THE KIWIS! THE RACE COMING DOWN TO THE FINAL 200M, WHERE THEY MANAGED TO BEAT ROWING POWERHOUSE AND DEFENDING OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ROMANIA TO TAKE GOLD. THEIR FIRST WIN SINCE BECOMING MUMS 18 MONTHS AGO. NO, I... (LAUGHS) REALLY MOVING, REALLY. NO, I... (LAUGHS) REALLY MOVING, REALLY. WE CAME INTO IT NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT. THEY WERE IN THE HUNT, BUT REALLY? UH, YEAH, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. LOST FOR WORDS. YEAH. THEY'RE THE FIRST LOT TO COME BACK FROM HAVING HAD BABIES AND WHAT YOUR BODY GOES THROUGH AND THEY WERE JUST... AND TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN, OH, ABSOLUTELY. IT DOESN'T HOLD YOU BACK. PHENOMENAL. I MEAN IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT KIWIS CAN DO, CAN'T WE. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO EVERYTHING, AND THOSE GIRLS HAVE REALLY SHOWN THEIR TRUE COLOURS TODAY. (EVERYONE CHEERING) UP THE WAHINE! THEIR MANA SPURRING ON AN HOUR OF PURE KIWI POWER. IN THEIR WAKE, THE WOMEN'S COXLESS FOUR WITH BRONZE. HOW MANY MORE RACES LIKE THAT CAN THE OLYMPICS SERVE UP FOR US? THEN, SILVER FROM THE MEN'S COXLESS FOUR. YOU KNOW, FOR A COUNTRY OF WHAT, 5 MILLION? NOT TOO BAD. PUNCHING ABOVE OUR WEIGHT OR ROWING ABOVE OUR WEIGHT. ONE THING ABOUT OUR NEW ZEALAND ROWING TEAM IS THAT WHEN ONE CREW IS GOING GOOD, IT MEANS EVERYONE'S GOING GOOD. A COUNTRY WITH A RICH ROWING HISTORY DELIVERING ONCE AGAIN. (EVERYONE CHEERS) GO KIWIS! WOO! JORDAN JOINS ME NOW, AND JORDAN, YOU WERE AMONG THE SUPPORTERS AS WE WERE WINNING ON THE WATER. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? IT ACTUALLY GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE. , RIPPLING OVER WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE THE FIRST RACE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN LUCY'S SISTER PHOEBE WAS IN THE WOMAN'S FOR GOING UP TO THE START LINE WE SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS TOGETHER ALL DAY HAS JUST BEEN A WHIRLWIND. YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE RACING AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT A JOB TO DO, YOU NEVER WANT TO LET YOURSELF GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE MOMENT. SO I'VE SPENT THE LAST WEEK JUST BEING IN THE MOMENT AND THINKING MAYBE THIS IS POSSIBLE, BUT TO BE HERE NOW IS UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TOGETHER? UH, IT'S CRAZY. COOL, YEAH. TO HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM, YOU KNOW` TO HAVE TWO FOURS AND A WOMEN'S DOUBLE, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT THE PROGRAMME EVEN WORKS OUT LIKE THAT. SO TO BE SHARING THIS TOGETHER` I MEAN, I MADE IT CLEAR AT THE FINISH LINE. I WAS YELLING MY HEAD OFF FOR PHOEBS AND THEN AGAIN FOR THE MEN'S FOUR. SO IT'S BEEN SUCH A COOL DAY. HOW HARD WAS IT FOR YOU TO KIND OF GO, OK, LIKE, 'MY SISTER'S THE GOAT, BUT I'VE GOT TO JUST FOCUS ON 'WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO FOR MY RACE,' SINCE IT WAS SO SOON AFTER? YEAH, I DID, I HAD SORT OF THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF HOW THE TIMINGS WOULD WORK, SO I WAS PREPARED FOR IT. BUT, UM, IT WAS EMOTIONAL. IT WAS ACTUALLY` I SAW THEM COMING DOWN AND I WAS THINKING, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, AND I SAW THEIR COACH CELEBRATING ON THE BANK AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S` THEY'VE WON. WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE MOMENT WITH YOUR MOST SPECIAL PEOPLE, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU BOTH? THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME NOW THAN EVER, BECAUSE, UM, IT'S QUITE CLEAR TO ME THAT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS CAMPAIGN WITHOUT THEM. I'VE NEEDED TO LEAN ON PEOPLE MORE HAVING RUPERT THAN... THAN MY PREVIOUS OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN, AND THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING, NOT JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS, MY PARTNER AND MY FAMILY, BUT THE WHOLE ROWING NEW ZEALAND TEAM. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE HOLD THEM UP AND SHOW THE CAMERAS AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME. CHECK THOSE OUT! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THEY LOOK GOOD DON'T THEY? REALLY SPECIAL FOR THEM IS COME BACK TO NEW ZEALAND WITH THEM TOGETHER. WHERE THEY ARE BASED THEY ARE OUT OF PARIS, IT IS A HECK OF A TOUR WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE JUST YET IT WAS A HECK OF A CELEBRATION. BACK IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH THREE OF THE MEDALLISTS ARE FROM FROM THE AVON RIVER TO THE OLYMPIC PODIUM THANKS. AND ANTICIPATION LEVELS WERE HIGH BACK IN CHRISTCHURCH WHERE THREE OF THE MEDALLISTS ARE FROM. (SHOUTING) ...THEN THE REALISATION AS THEIR HOPES BECAME A REALITY. (CHEERING) OUR OWN CLUB WIN ON THE WORLD STAGE. IT'S AWESOME. MUMS CAN DO ANYTHING THEY PUT THEIR MINDS TO, AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF THEM. YEAH THE GIRLS. IT'S SO COOL TO SEE SOMEONE FROM CRC PERFORMING ON THE WORLD STAGE. AND HAVE TWO MEDALS COME HOME? GOLD IN THE DOUBLE! THE MEDAL-WINNING SISTERS TOUCHED TO SEE THE SUPPORT FROM BACK HOME. SO THIS IS THEM THIS MORNING... YEAH. ...WATCHING YOU GUYS. LATE AT NIGHT FOR THEM. YEAH, SUCH A FAITHFUL WEE CLUB, AND WE ONLY GET TO SEE THEM REALLY ONCE A YEAR. YOU DON'T KNOW AT THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE ROWING THROUGH SCHOOL AND FOR CLUB, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S GOING TO LEAD YOU. SO THEY'RE SUCH A RELATABLE GROUP TO US BECAUSE THAT USED TO BE US. THIS COACH OVERSAW COXLESS FOUR ROWERS PHOEBE SPOORS AND DAVINA WADDY AT HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS PROUD TO SEE HOW FAR THEY'D COME. AND IT SHOWS WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE THAT IT REALLY PAYS OFF. FROM TRAVELLING RESERVES AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS TO A PLACE ON THE PODIUM ALONGSIDE JACKIE GOWLER AND KERRI WILLIAMS. YEAH, I'M REALLY STOKED FOR THEM. THEY'LL INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROWERS. AND, THEY HOPE, MEDAL-WINNING OLYMPIANS AT THAT. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. A FULL WRAP UP LATER ON AND SUPPORT THANKS, CHRIS. TO OTHER NEWS NOW ` A STOUSH IS BREWING OVER INFANT FORMULA, WITH ONE MANUFACTURER THREATENING TO PACK UP AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF THE GOVERNMENT SIGNS UP TO NEW STANDARDS. IT'S ALL CONCERNED WITH A CHANGE TO WHAT'S BEING CALLED 'PLAIN PACKAGING', WITH THE DECISION SET TO BE MADE ON MONDAY. HERE'S BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD WITH WHAT IT COULD MEAN. INFANT FORMULA IS A $1b INDUSTRY... ENRICHED WITH 16 VITAMINS AND MINERALS, OMEGA 3, DHA... BUT UNDER PROPOSED TRANS-TASMAN STANDARDS, THOSE PERCEIVED ADDED BENEFITS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO BE SPLASHED ACROSS THE FRONT OF TINS.THIS IT'S IN LINE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL CODE TO RESTRICT THE PROMOTION OF FORMULA AND PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING AS BEST WHERE POSSIBLE. WE DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM THAT'S TRYING TO BE SOLVED BY THESE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS. INFANT FORMULA IS ONE OF OUR MOST HEAVILY REGULATED PRODUCTS. FROM COLOUR TO THE WORDING ON THIS TIN, EVERY PART OF IT MUST MEET STRICT RULES. THE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN 11 YEARS IN THE MAKING, RUN TO OVER 400 PAGES LONG. THERE'S BEEN 36 REPORTS RELEASED, FIVE CONSUMER STUDIES, 40 WORKSHOPS ` THE LIST GOES ON. A LIST ALMOST AS LONG AS THAT OF THE INGREDIENTS ON THE BACK OF THIS TIN. REGULATORS SAY UPDATING THE EXISTING 20-YEAR-OLD STANDARD IS ABOUT MAKING SURE CONSUMERS HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE. IT WOULD PUT US OUT OF STEP WITH HOW INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS ` THE EUROPEANS, FOR EXAMPLE ` HOW THEY LABEL FORMULA. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT MARKETING RATHER THAN ACTUAL HEALTH BENEFITS. IN A LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER, DAIRY GIANT DANONE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, SAYING IT BELIEVED NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORT PRODUCTS WOULD BECOME 'UNATTRACTIVE', MAKING ITS NEW ZEALAND OPERATIONS 'UNVIABLE'. AND PUTTING NEARLY 450 JOBS ACROSS AUCKLAND AND BALCLUTHA AT RISK. FOOD SAFETY MINISTER ANDREW HOGGARD SAYS WHILE THERE'S SOME GOOD IN THE CHANGES, THEY THREATEN THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF OUR PRODUCTS OVERSEAS. THE FOOD STANDARDS BODY SAYS PRODUCTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE OF THE TRUST IN OUR REGULATIONS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FAMILIES TO HAVE ACCESS TO FORMULA, BUT SOME OF THE MARKETING PRACTICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ROUTINE IN THIS COUNTRY AND ELSEWHERE, DON'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE. THE PROPOSALS WOULD ALSO RESTRICT SPECIALIST FORMULA, SUCH AS THOSE USED FOR SICK BABIES, TO PHARMACIES ALONE AND NOT SUPERMARKET SHELVES. MONDAY IS D-DAY FOR ANDREW HOGGARD. WHATEVER DECISION HE MAKES IS CERTAIN TO SPARK CONTROVERSY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE TERROR ATTACKS ON THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUES HAS ENDED, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT DOESN'T MEAN WORK TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WILL STOP. THE LEAD MINISTER SAYS 36 OF THE 44 RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE ADOPTED. THEY INCLUDE NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIREARMS SAFETY AUTHORITY, AND A MINISTRY FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW THE 51 PEOPLE WHO DIED ON MARCH 15 2019 WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THE ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY BROADCAST OF THE ADHAN, THE CALL TO PRAYER. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A MEMORIAL TO HONOUR THE SHUHADA. WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS. SHE SAYS THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF EVERY DECISION. MATT DOOCEY HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE MARCH 15 COMMUNITY. POLICE HAVE TONIGHT CONFIRMED A BODY FOUND ON FARMLAND IN CANTERBURY IS THAT OF MISSING REAL ESTATE AGENT YANFEI BAO. THE 44-YEAR-OLD DISAPPEARED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. ON TUESDAY, POLICE DISCOVERED A SHALLOW GRAVE ON A FARM IN THE GREEN PARK AREA. POLICE SAY THE NEWS BRINGS TO A CLOSE A KEY ASPECT OF THE INVESTIGATION, AND YANFEI WILL NOW BE RETURNED TO HER FAMILY. A 53-YEAR-OLD WILL STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER IN OCTOBER. 'THEIR BRUTAL ORDEAL IS OVER.' THAT'S PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BLUNT ASSESSMENT AFTER THE BIGGEST PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST SINCE THE COLD WAR. 16 PEOPLE FREED FROM RUSSIA, INCLUDING WALL STREET JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS FOR SPYING JUST LAST MONTH. AND EIGHT RUSSIAN PRISONERS WERE WELCOMED BACK TO MOSCOW AS HEROES BY PRESIDENT PUTIN, ALONG WITH TWO CHILDREN OF A PAIR OF THEM. 26 PEOPLE EXCHANGED IN TOTAL. THE EXCHANGE, 18 MONTHS IN THE MAKING, TOOK PLACE AT TURKEY'S ANKARA AIRPORT, WITH PLANES FLYING IN FROM MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. RUSSIANS WERE RELEASED FROM PRISONS IN AMERICA, NORWAY, GERMANY, POLAND AND SLOVENIA. PRESIDENT BIDEN THANKED THE MANY COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS, CALLING IT A 'FEAT OF DIPLOMACY.' AND WITHIN THE LAST FEW HOURS THE AMERICANS HAVE ARRIVED HOME. HERE'S U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH. HOME AT LAST. (CHEERING) PRISONERS HELD BY RUSSIA NOW BACK IN AMERICA AND GREETED BY THE MAN WHO MADE IT HAPPEN. IN A BLOCKBUSTER PRISONER EXCHANGE, PEOPLE HELD BY RUSSIA LED BY PLANE AND BUS TO TURKEY. AMONG THEM, WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH AND FORMER U.S. MARINE PAUL WHELAN, BOTH ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE, BOTH ALWAYS MAINTAINING THEIR INNOCENCE. AS THEY LEFT, RUSSIAN PRISONERS HELD BY THE WEST RELEASED IN TURN. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD AFTERNOON. THEIR BRUTAL ORDEAL IS OVER, AND THEY ARE FREE. TODAY... EXCUSE ME. TODAY WAS A VERY GOOD DAY. IT TOOK A DELICATE WEB OF DIPLOMACY BETWEEN SEVEN COUNTRIES TO MAKE THIS PRISONER SWAP HAPPEN, BUT IT'S A POLITICAL WIN FOR JOE BIDEN, WHO HAS LONG PLEDGED TO GET THIS DEAL ACROSS THE LINE. NOTHING ON THE SCALE OF THIS SIZE WAS EXPECTED. IN RUSSIA, A HERO'S WELCOME BY THEIR PRESIDENT, IN RUSSIA, A HERO'S WELCOME BY THEIR PRESIDENT, WHO TREATING THIS AS A POLITICAL VICTORY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE MORAL ASYMMETRY AND THE TYPE OF PRISONERS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED. ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE, IT'S CYBER HACKERS, SLEEPER AGENTS, AND IN ONE CASE, A PRISONER WHO WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN GERMANY AND WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE. ON THE SIDE OF PRISONERS BEING RELEASED FROM RUSSIA, IT'S PRIMARILY JOURNALISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS. (APPLAUSE) THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NEWSROOM ERUPTING INTO APPLAUSE WHEN NEWS OF THEIR REPORTER'S RELEASE LANDED. IT FEELS ALL WRONG TO BE TRADING PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTIRELY INNOCENT FOR, YOU KNOW, A CONVICTED CRIMINAL, AN ASSASSIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED OUR MAN BACK. THAT WISH TODAY FINALLY COMING TRUE, WITH BOTH SIDES CLAIMING A POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC WIN. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. IF YOU'RE FEELING AN EXTRA CHILL IN THE AIR, THERE'S A REASON, AND IT COULD SIGNAL MORE SEVERE COLD ON THE WAY. DAN'S HERE TO EXPLAIN. DAN? THE POLAR VORTEX LOOKING TOP-DOWN LOOKING AT THAT, BUT HAS BEEN WARMING ON EITHER SIDE IS GETTING A BLOWTORCH ON EITHER SIDE, AND IT'S GETTING STRETCHED THAT WILL HAVE A FEW EFFECTS DOWN LOWER THIS GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT LUMP OF WHITE AND THAT COLD IF EYES ARE MANUAL GET THE IDEA LOOK AT THAT LOW TUNNELLING AROUND THE ICE SHELF SOME OF THAT BLUE COULD SURGE TOWARDS US OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, MORE FOR US TO COME ANOTHER COLD SURGE TO COME WARM MEETING COLD CREATES WHETHER IT COULD BE AN ACTIVE SPRING COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THANKS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WITH INCREASING NUMBERS OF LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS FALLING VICTIM TO DOGS, A TRAINING TRIAL'S UNDERWAY. WHY IT'S A PAINFUL LESSON TO LEARN. THEN.. LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A SPY NOVEL. THE ASTONISHING NEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW THIS TOP HAMAS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP.. GETTING SAVVY WITH THE SHARE MARKET. HOW A YOUNG KIWI IS FAST BECOMING A GAME-CHANGER IN THE FINANCE WORLD. PLUS, THE MYSTERY THAT'S HAUNTED THE CANTERBURY HILLS FOR YEARS... PREVIOUS LABOUR CABINET DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED PUBLICLY TODAY AS THE DEBATE CONTINUES OVER NEW ZEALAND'S INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY. THE GOVERNMENT'S CLAIMING LABOUR LED THE WORK OF EXPLORING THE CONTROVERSIAL TECHNOLOGY SHARING AGREEMENT KNOWN AS AUKUS PILLAR TWO, BUT CRITICS ARGUE THERE'S NO SMOKING GUN. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN REPORTS. FROM CLOSER DEFENCE TIES WITH THE PHILIPPINES, CURRENTLY EMBROILED IN A FIGHT WITH CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, TO INCREASED DEPLOYMENTS ALONGSIDE JAPAN. CRITICS ARGUE THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S SUGGESTION NEW ZEALAND IS A 'FORCE MULTIPLIER' FOR COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENSURING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PULLING OUR WEIGHT IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN WE SHOULD BE PULLING OUR WEIGHT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PREPARATIONS. WE HAVE PUT THE MILITARY HARDWARE INTER OPERABLE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, THEN HE COULD BE RIGHT ON THAT SCORE, MOST CERTAINLY. THAT SEEMS TO US TO BE PRETTY OBVIOUS LANGUAGE, THAT THERE IS A REALIGNMENT BEING PROPOSED FOR NEW ZEALAND'S LONG INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY. LABOUR ARGUES CHINA ISN'T A THREAT TO NEW ZEALAND AND WE SHOULDN'T BE PICKING A FIGHT. IF CHINA WAS TO SET UP MILITARY BASES IN THE PACIFIC, I WOULD BE CONCERNED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T. THE POSITION OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM IS THAT PACIFIC NATIONS SHOULD BE FRIENDS TO ALL, AND ENEMIES TO NONE. IT'S ALSO ARGUED NEW ZEALAND'S ISOLATION IS A STRENGTH, BUT PETERS DISAGREES. WE'RE NOT ISOLATED AND WE HAVE TO REALISE THAT WE NEED RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUNTRIES THAT ARE LIKE-MINDED WHO BELIEVE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT FLOWER OF HISTORY, I THINK, CALLED DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, HUMAN RIGHTS. CABINET PAPERS RELEASED TODAY SHOW IN MARCH LAST YEAR THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT WELCOMED THE AUKUS ALLIANCE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO REGIONAL SECURITY AND THAT IT REFLECTED THE INTERESTS OF THE REGION. A FEW MONTHS LATER DURING A VISIT BY U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, NEW ZEALAND AGAIN REGISTERED ITS INTEREST IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR CO-OPERATION UNDER PILLAR TWO. ALL THOSE MONTHS, ALL THE WAY TO THE 2023 ELECTION, THERE WAS NOT A WORD, NOT A MUTTER, NOT A SYLLABLE, NOT A SOUND FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TELLING YOU THAT'S ALL WRONG NOW. BEFORE THE ELECTION, CHRIS HIPKINS SAID THAT HIS PREFERENCE WAS FOR SOME OTHER ARRANGEMENT, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THERE'S NO CONCLUSIVE DECISION MADE BY THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A FINAL POSITION ON IT, BUT WE KEPT SAYING, 'MAKE THE CASE FOR IT. WE'RE NOT CONVINCED.' PLENTY OF DEBATE YET TO COME ON NEW ZEALAND'S SECURITY ALLIANCES. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. ISRAEL'S CONFIRMED THAT IT KILLED HAMAS MILITARY CHIEF MOHAMMED DEIF IN AN AIR STRIKE IN GAZA LAST MONTH. ISRAEL RELEASED FOOTAGE OF THE STRIKE, TARGETING A COMPOUND IN KHAN YOUNIS ON JULY 13th. HAMAS IS YET TO CONFIRM HIS DEATH. THE NEWS COMING AFTER HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER ISMAEL HANIYEH WAS KILLED DURING A VISIT TO IRAN THIS WEEK. U.S. MEDIA IS REPORTING THE EXPLOSION THAT KILLED HIM WAS SET OFF BY A REMOTE-CONTROLLED BOMB, SMUGGLED INTO HIS ROOM AT A TEHRAN GUESTHOUSE TWO MONTHS AGO. THE 17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF MURDERING THREE GIRLS AT A DANCE CLASS IN THE ENGLISH TOWN OF SOUTHPORT HAS BEEN NAMED. AXEL RUDAKUBANA APPEARED AT A COURT IN LIVERPOOL AMID HIGH SECURITY. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE TEENAGER HAS A DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. POLICE HAVE ONCE AGAIN CONTENDED WITH ANTI-IMMIGRATION RIOTERS IN SEVERAL TOWNS AND CITIES IN ONGOING VIOLENCE SPARKED BY THE SOUTHPORT KILLINGS. NEW SIGNS OF LIFE ARE EMERGING FROM THE STUMP OF A LANDMARK TREE IN THE UK THAT WAS CUT DOWN LAST YEAR. THE SYCAMORE GAP TREE HAD STOOD AT HADRIAN'S WALL FOR NEARLY 200 YEARS. ITS FELLING SHOCKED THE NATION AND TWO MEN WERE LATER CHARGED. NOW A PARK RANGER HAS DISCOVERED FRESH SHOOTS POPPING UP AT THE STUMP. A FENCE HAS BEEN PUT UP TO TRY AND PROTECT THE NEW GROWTH. A WARNING ` OUR NEXT STORY INCLUDES MEDICAL IMAGES. THE CASES OF THREE CANTERBURY MEN WHO SWALLOWED BEER BOTTLE TOPS WHILE DRUNK HAVE FEATURED IN THE NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL. TWO MEN IN THEIR 30s AND ONE IN HIS 50s ALL SOUGHT TREATMENT AT CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL LAST YEAR AFTER INGESTING THE METAL CAPS. THE COUNTRY'S BINGE DRINKING CULTURE AGAIN UNDER SCRUTINY. ALCOHOL IS INCREDIBLY AVAILABLE. IT IS MARKETED QUITE GLAMOROUSLY AND AGGRESSIVELY THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA AND THROUGH TV, AND THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE RESTRICTION ON MARKETING ALCOHOL. SO IT IS NO REAL WONDER TO ME WHY WE HAVE A PROBLEMATIC DRUNKEN CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE TRIO ALL EVENTUALLY RECOVERED AFTER TREATMENT, BUT NONE OF THEM REMEMBERS SWALLOWING THE CAPS IN THE FIRST PLACE. A TRAINING COURSE DESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE DOGS FROM ATTACKING LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS IS BEING TRIALLED IN THE CAPITAL. IT COMES AFTER A SPATE OF KORORA DEATHS THERE CAUSED BY DOGS. AND A NOTE ` THERE ARE PHOTOS OF DEAD PENGUINS IN ABBEY WAKEFIELD'S STORY. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS. THERE'S OUR DEAD PENGUIN. IN THIS CASE, IT'S TEACHING K9s TO STEER CLEAR OF PENGUINS. I GUESS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH AN ELECTRIC COLLAR. WITHOUT IT, HE SAYS THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THE COURSE WOULD WORK. THE COLLAR USES A VIBRATION OR MILD SHOCK TO DISCOURAGE DOGS FROM GOING CLOSE TO KORORA. IT'S CALLED AVIAN AVOIDANT TRAINING. SCENTS, DECOYS AND DECEASED BIRDS ARE ALL USED TO KEEP DOGS UNDER CONTROL WHEN NEAR LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU REALLY NEED BOTH. YOU NEED THE OWNER AND THE DOG TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO THIS. SINCE DECEMBER 2023, OF THOSE REPORTED TO D.O.C., EIGHT LITTLE BLUE PENGUINS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY DOGS IN THE WELLINGTON REGION. OVERALL, THEIR POPULATION IS DECLINING. IF A PENGUIN'S CROSSING A BEACH, AND A DOG GOES UP TO IT, AND THE PENGUIN GOT TERRIFIED, IT COULD CHOOSE NOT TO RETURN TO THAT NEST. THE TRAINING IS BRIEF, ONLY TAKING ABOUT 15 MINUTES. EVERY PENGUIN DEATH IS ONE PENGUIN DEATH TOO MANY. DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT COMPULSORY, THAT'S ANOTHER THING. IT'S JUST REALLY VOLUNTEER. IF YOU WANNA DO IT, THEN BRING YOUR DOG. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION SAYS IF ENOUGH DOG OWNERS SHOW INTEREST IN THIS PILOT COURSE, IT'LL PUT ON MORE TRAINING SESSIONS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A GOLDEN HOMECOMING FOR OUR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS, TOUCHING DOWN IN AUCKLAND TODAY. WHY SOME OF THESE TEAM MATES ARE ABOUT TO BECOME RIVALS. THEN... USING ART TO PROCESS YEARS OF ABUSE IN CARE. HOW THESE SURVIVORS FINDING STRENGTH TOGETHER WANT TO TAKE THEIR MESSAGE FURTHER AFIELD. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP... 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SIR STEPHEN, WHO IS A MAJOR SHAREHOLDER, WANTED TO PRIVATISE THE COMPANY AND TURN IT INTO THE COUNTRY'S THIRD SUPERMARKET CHAIN. BUT WAREHOUSE CHAIR JOAN WITHERS SAYS THE BID DOESN'T HAVE THE CRITICAL SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT NEEDED AND THAT TALKS WON'T PROGRESS UNLESS THAT CHANGES. SURVIVORS WHO WERE ABUSED IN FAITH-BASED AND STATE CARE INSTITUTIONS HAVE LAUNCHED AN ART EXHIBITION IN WELLINGTON TODAY. THE AIM OF HE KURA TOIORA IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT OCCURRED, AS THE GROUP CONTINUES TO HEAL. KATE NICOL WILLIAMS REPORTS. SURVIVORS TAKING ANOTHER STEP FORWARD TOGETHER. THIS FOR ME HAS BEEN LIKE A... REALLY EASY WAY TO BE, LIKE, THIS WAS IT, OR RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT ANYTHING OR DISCLOSE ANYTHING TO ANYONE. FROM MEMORIES OF DIFFERENT HOMES TO HER HEALING JOURNEY, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE IMPACT OF ABUSE IN STATE CARE. YOU'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE ` HOW DOES THAT FEEL? IT FEELS HUGE. I FEEL REALLY HONOURED TO BE ABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS KAUPAPA AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE EVERYONE AS WELL, CAUSE THEY'RE SUCH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, AND TO BE INVOLVED WITH SOMETHING THAT IS SO FOCUSSED AROUND HEALING. JUST LAST WEEK, THEY WERE WATCHING AS THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY LAID BARE THE HORRORS THAT OCCURRED IN CARE. NOW AS A COLLECTIVE, TE ROOPU TOIORA, WANT TO KEEP THAT SPOTLIGHT SHINING IN PURSUIT OF SHAKING UP THE SYSTEM. FOR A LOT OF OUR SURVIVORS BATTLING THIS ON THEIR OWN FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND SO NOW WE WANT THEM TO COME OUT AND USE YOUR VOICES, BE HEARD, YOU KNOW. ALL I WANTED WAS TO HAVE A NORMAL LIFE WHERE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS WALKING ON GLASS. THEIR EXPERIENCES EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT FORMS. SOME WANTING TO BE SEEN AS THEY WERE BEFORE THEY WENT INTO CARE, OTHERS USING MUSIC, DOCUMENTARY AND SPOKEN WORD. IT'S AN HONOUR TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HOPE WOULD BECOME PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER FOR THE TRUST. THE EXHIBIT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. A SHOWCASE SURVIVORS ARE NOW FUNDRAISING TO TAKE AROUND THE COUNTRY. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS OUR WOMEN'S SEVENS GOLD MEDALLISTS HAVE ARRIVED BACK IN NEW ZEALAND, AND WHILE SOME ARE PLANNING TO ENJOY MUCH DESERVED COUCH TIME, OTHERS WILL BE PREPARING TO TAKE ON THEIR OLYMPIC TEAMMATES. REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA WAS AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT, BUT A SPECIAL HOMEMADE MEDAL CEREMONY WAS IN THE WORKS FOR AUNTY TYLA KING. OH, WOW. A BIT TIGHT. (CHUCKLES) WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVOURITE, TYLA? OH, THESE TWO. THIS PROUD FAMILY MEMBER WAS ALL OVER THE STATS. WHOLE CAREER AND WHAT A PERFECT WAY TO END IT UP ON THE LIKE... OH, ALL TIME POINT SCORER AND THEN A GOLD. BY THE WAY, I'VE NAMED MY MEDAL SHELLY. OKAY, THIS IS SHELLY. IT'S IN HONOUR OF JAMAICAN SUPERSTAR SPRINTER SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE, WHO BLYDE FAN-GIRLED AND MET AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. WHEN SPEED MEETS SPEED! BLYDE PLANNING A REST, A WEDDING AND TO BE CHEERING ON THE SPRINTERS INCLUDING A KIWI MATE. CHEERING VERY LOUDLY FOR ZOE HOBBS. MY 'NAKI COMPANION. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE CHEERING FOR HER AS WELL, BUT ALSO SECRETLY BE CHEERING FOR SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE. STACY WAAKA'S OLYMPIC RUN WAS PUNCTUATED BY SIX EMPHATIC TRIES, BUT ALSO THAT FAMOUS SMILE. HAVE YOU GOT A COLGATE COMMERCIAL YET, WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE? I WISH. COLGATE, COME ON MAN, SPONSOR ME. NAH, JOKES. SHE'S SHORTLY OFF TO COMPETE IN THE NRL WOMEN'S PREMIERSHIP. ALL GOING WELL. I MEAN, IF I LEARN THE GAME FAST ENOUGH, AND IF I DO WELL AND MY BODY'S READY, HOPEFULLY DEBUT NEXT WEEK. AS IS KING, WHO SIGNED TO THE DRAGONS. SO STACY WAAKA WITH THE BRONCOS. WE'VE GOT TENIKA WILLISON, MY OTHER TEAM MATE, GOING FOR THE KNIGHTS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUNNY, NO DOUBT, PLAYING AGAINST THEM. BUT I ALREADY SAID TO THEM, 'BRING IT ON,' BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING EASY ON YOU AT ALL. WHOEVER WINS, THEY'VE GOT BRAGGING RIGHTS. SO A FRESH CAMPAIGN FOR THESE TWO CHAMPIONS... UP THE BRONCOS NOW. UP THE DRAGONS. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. AND CHRIS IS PROBABLY STILL ON A HIGH AFTER YESTERDAY'S MEDAL RUSH. YES... A SPECIAL DAY... ROUNDED OUT BY THE MEN'S FOUR. WE RECOUNT THAT REMARKABLE RACE NEXT AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF MORE SUCCESS, INCLUDING FOR OUR SAILORS IN MARSEILLE. PLUS...AT A SPECIAL DAY ROUNDED OUT BY THE MEANS FOUR. AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF MORE SUCCESS FROM OUR SAILORS IN MARSEILLE. PLUS, HE WOULD'VE LOOKED GOOD HERE IN PARIS, BUT IT'S A CLUB GROUND IN CHRISTCHURCH WHERE WILL JORDAN MAKES HIS RUGBY COMEBACK. WE WERE WITH THE ALL BLACKS STAR FOR A SPECIAL OUTING. AND IN WEATHER, WE'RE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A BIT OF A MIXED BAG. JACK FROST ` HE'S BUSY TONIGHT, QUITE A BIT OF FROST, AND IT COULD BE A SEVERE FROST FOR SOME OF US. SUN AND CLOUD THROUGH THE DAY, BUT SOME GRAB THE RAIN COATS, PARTICULARLY UP NORTH. IT WAS THE TRI-COLOUR FOR THE ROWERS IN THE BLACK SINGLETS ` THREE MEDALS, ALL OF DIFFERENT COLOURS, WON IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. AND ROUNDING IT ALL OFF ` SILVER FOR THE MEN'S FOUR. JORDAN OPPERT WRAPS UP ALL THE ACTION FROM THAT MEMORABLE RACE, ON AND OFF THE WATER. THE MOMENT THE KIWI ROWERS COMPLETED THE FULL SET. THE KIWIS ARE GONNA COME IN SECOND. GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, ALL IN THE SPACE OF AN HOUR. HOW WERE YOU FEELING DURING THE RACE? OH, SICK AS A DOG. SICK AS A DOG. I SHOUT. IT REPLACES A GIN AND TONIC AND SEVERAL PACKETS OF FAGS ` THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN THE OLD DAYS. BUT HOW'S THIS ONE? YEAH, I WAS GETTING TOLD OFF A BIT COS I WAS GETTING A BIT CARRIED AWAY AND EXCITED AND CRAZY. YOU CAN FORGIVE THEM. AFTER ALL, IT WAS TRUE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT RACING. WHAT A MOVE FROM THE KIWIS. LOCKED IN AN INTENSE BATTLE FOR THE LEAD WITH THE UNITED STATES FROM THE GET GO. THE BOWS OF NEW ZEALAND GETTING EVER CLOSER. ONLY TO BE PIPPED IN A SPRINT FINISH. I GUESS, LIKE, WE, UM, WE ALMOST EXECUTED THE PERFECT RACE. SO LIKE, THE GAME PLAN WENT RIGHT, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT RACE, WHICH MIGHT HAVE GOT US IN FRONT, MIGHT NOT'VE. BUT WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THE RACE WE DID DO. TERRIBLY EMOTIONAL. I THINK YOU SPEAK TO THE ATHLETES, THE PARENTS, ANYBODY ` IT'S INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL. I MEAN, AND WHEN I GET A DRINK IN MY HAND LATER ON, I'LL BLUB AWAY. I JUST THINK IT WILL BE... WHOA. YES, IT WAS EMOTIONAL. I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE MARCH, AND YEAH, IT'S A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT. AND HE'S BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. A CREW THAT TOOK COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE FROM FELLOW KIWI OLYMPIANS. WE WATCHED THE NZ SEVENS TOGETHER, AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. THAT WAS A HUGE MOTIVATION FOR US. WATCHING THE TRIATHLON YESTERDAY, HE WAS EPIC. WE HOPE THAT HAS THE SAME INSPIRATION FOR THE CREWS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND FOR THE REST OF THE NZ TEAM HEADING INTO THE REST OF THE OLYMPICS. ALL: CHOO! AN OLYMPICS THAT'S REALLY ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE END OF MEDALS FROM THE ROWING, WITH THREE MORE BOATS INTO FINALS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION. JOINING ME AGAIN IS JORDAN OPPERT. JORDAN, WHAT CHANCE ARE THE LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN'S DOUBLE IN THEIR FINAL TONIGHT? THEY ARE DEFINITELY IN THE HUNT. THEY ARE THE FOURTH FASTEST QUALIFIER GOING INTO THIS FINAL, BUT THEY PUT UP A GOOD SHOWING IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL AGAINST THE FAVOURITES, GREAT BRITAIN. I WAS TALKING TO JACKIE KIDDLE AS SHE WAS SAYING THAT THEY CAN TAKE REAL CONFIDENCE THAT THEY TOO ARE PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME. THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME TRAIN SCHEDULE. AND THEN THERE'S THE SINGLE SCULLS FINALS TOMORROW WITH EMMA TWIGG AND TOM MACKINTOSH. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THEM? THIS IS THE TALK OF THE VENUE OUT THERE. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT EMMA TWIGG OUT THERE. THE GOAT ON THE BOAT. SHE IS THE FAVOURITE GOING OUT INTO THAT RACE. SHE IS THE FASTEST QUALIFIER SHE ABSOLUTELY BLITZED HER SEMI-FINAL YESTERDAY. THEN THERE IS THOMAS MACKINTOSH. HE IS THE SIXTH FASTEST QUALIFIER, BUT HE IS A GUTSY ROW. AND IS LOOKING TO GIVE EVERYTHING. THANKS, JORDAN. HERE'S HOPING FOR MORE MEDAL SUCCESS AWAY FROM THE ROWING, PLENTY OF OTHER KIWIS ARE STANDING OUT AT THESE OLYMPICS. SAILING, BMX AND GOLF ALL IN THE HUNT, BUT IT WAS AN ITALIAN BOXER'S DECISION TO QUIT THAT GRABBED THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. RACING TO KEEP HIS OLYMPIC DREAM ALIVE. RICO BEARMAN SHOWING NO FEAR. IT'S BEARMAN! THE 21-YEAR-OLD SETTLING HIS OLYMPIC DEBUT NERVES TO WIN THE LAST-CHANCE RACE, NOW ADVANCING TO TONIGHT'S BMX SEMI-FINALS. JUST BE AGGRESSIVE AND RIDE LIKE I BELONG HERE AND BE CONFIDENT. CONFIDENCE PICKING UP IN MARSEILLE TOO, EVEN IF THE WIND WASN'T. FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY AT THE SAME POSITION IN THE RACE, WE'VE HAD IT ABANDONED. THE 49ER MEDAL RACE CALLED OFF TWICE DUE TO LIGHT WINDS, THE SECOND WHEN NEW ZEALAND'S ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE WERE IN GOLD MEDAL POSITION. DESPITE THE DELAY, SPIRITS STILL HIGH IN THE KIWI CAMP. IT'S AN AWESOME, REAL TIGHT SQUAD THAT WE HAVE. EATING MEALS TOGETHER AND ALL THAT, IT'S BEEN GREAT SUPPORT. WINDSURFER JOSH ARMIT ALSO A CONTENDER FOR A MEDAL, A TOP TWO FINISH IN TONIGHT'S FOUR-BOAT SEMIFINAL GUARANTEEING HIM A PODIUM SPOT. IT WAS TRICKY CONDITIONS AGAIN BUT WE JUST KEEP CHIPPING AWAY. SPEAKING OF CHIPPING AWAY... (SCATTERED APPLAUSE) WOW. WOW. GOLDEN TOUCH FROM WHERE HE WAS! GOLFER RYAN FOX IN A TIE FOR SIXTH AT FOUR UNDER AFTER THE OPENING ROUND. FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. MEANWHILE IN THE BOXING, IT TOOK JUST TWO SHOTS TO THE FACE TO SEND SHOCKWAVES AROUND PARIS. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) TRANSLATOR: I SAID STOP. IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE MATCH OF MY LIFE BUT I NEED TO PROTECT MY LIFE AS WELL. ITALY'S ANGELA CARINI ABANDONING HER WELTERWEIGHT FIGHT AFTER 46 SECONDS AGAINST ALGERIA'S IMANE KHELIF. KHELIF'S PRESENCE CONTROVERSIAL AFTER BEING DISQUALIFIED FROM THE 2023 IBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FAILING AN UNSPECIFIED GENDER ELIGIBILTY TEST. EVERYONE COMPETING IN THE WOMEN'S CATEGORY IS COMPLYING WITH THE COMPETITION ELIGIBILITY RULES. KHELIF, WHO LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS AT THE TOKYO GAMES, UNWAVERING. I'M HERE FOR THE GOLD. I FIGHT EVERYBODY. A BOLD STATEMENT AMID THE CHEERS AND TEARS OF THE OLYMPICS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. IT WAS REDEMPTION FOR SIMONE BILES TWO DAYS AGO WITH TEAM GOLD. TODAY IT WAS TIME TO REJOICE. THE AMERICAN GYMNAST BECOMING THE THIRD WOMAN TO BE A TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN THE INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND, AND AT 27, THE OLDEST SINCE 1952. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WAS THERE. RESTORED TO THE VERY PINNACLE OF WORLD GYMNASTICS, AND FORGING HISTORY ON THE WAY. (CHEERS) WE'VE JUST SEEN GREATNESS IN REAL TIME. JUST THE THIRD WOMAN TO WIN THE SPORT'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS TITLE MORE THAN ONCE, AND THE OLDEST SINCE 1952. I MEAN, IT'S HISTORY MAKING. I MEAN, THIS IS FANTASTIC. YOU CAN'T BEAT IT. IT'S AMAZING. WHOO! LET'S GO. YEAH! USA! HOW GREAT WAS IT TO SEE SIMONE BILES? I MEAN, THAT WAS AMAZING. SHE'S THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. I THINK EVERYONE GETS TO SEE HER ON TV, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY EXPERIENCE IT LIVE IN PERSON, IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD. AND THAT'S COMING FROM AN ATHLETE THAT'S IN THE SPORT. BILES HAD A WOBBLE ON THE UNEVEN BARS, HER WEAKEST DISCIPLINE, BUT IN THE END, THE CRYSTAL-CLAD START ` TOO STRONG. 48 HOURS AGO HERE, SIMONE BILES WON GOLD WITH TEAM USA. SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN. AND ALONGSIDE HER TEAM-MATE SUNI LEE PICKING UP BRONZE. A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ATHLETE, WHO'S ALREADY HAD FIVE SKILLS NAMED AFTER HER, SHE MAKES THE EXTRAORDINARY LOOK EFFORTLESS. SIMONE BILES NOW HAS 13 MEDALS TO HER NAME, SIX OF THEM GOLD. SHE'S A COMPLETE POWERHOUSE, BUT I THINK THAT WHAT REALLY MAKES HER AMAZING IS THAT SHE'S INCREDIBLE ON EVERY EVENT, AND SHE'S DOING AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR SPORT, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY JUST AN INCREDIBLE PERSON. AN INCREDIBLE PERSON WHO HAS A CHANCE TO PICK UP THREE MORE GOLDS IN THE COMING DAYS. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. TO OTHER SPORT ` AND THE WARRIORS HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP THEIR TOP EIGHT HOPES ALIVE TONIGHT AGAINST PARRAMATTA AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM. THE WARRIORS SIT THREE POINTS OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT, WHILE THE EELS ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE WOOD SPOON, SITTING SECOND TO LAST. THEY'VE JUST GOT QUALITY EVERYWHERE. AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR TEAM ON PAPER AND YOU THINK, 'I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE SITTING WHERE THEY'RE SITTING.' LIKE, WE CAN'T DANCE AROUND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ONE LOSS AWAY, PROBABLY FROM NOT MAKING THE EIGHT. BUT, UM, WE SPOKEN ABOUT IT. WE'VE GOT IT CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO BE A WEEK-TO-WEEK TEAM ` DAY-TO-DAY TO GET BETTER. SHAUN JOHNSON WILL START AT HALFBACK, HAVING RECOVERED FROM AN ACHILLES INJURY AND CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD RETURNS TO FULLBACK. ALL BLACKS STAR WILL JORDAN HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO RUGBY, PLAYING FOR TASMAN THIS AFTERNOON IN A PRE-SEASON GAME. OUT OF RUGBY FOR NINE MONTHS, JORDAN'S NOW IN LINE TO PLAY FOR THE ALL BLACKS NEXT WEEK AGAINST ARGENTINA. ANDREW SAVILLE REPORTS. IT'S THE BIGGEST CROWD AT CHRISTCHURCH RUGBY CLUB FOR A DECADE. RICHIE MCCAW PLAYED BACK THEN. TODAY IT WAS THE TURN OF WILL JORDAN. (APPLAUSE) CHRISTCHURCH BORN-AND-BRED JORDAN PLAYING FOR TASMAN IN THEIR NPC WARM UP WIN OVER SOUTHLAND ON HIS OLD CLUB GROUND, HIS FIRST FULL RUN SINCE THE WORLD CUP FINAL LAST NOVEMBER. FIRSTLY, GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE TASSIE COLOURS. IT'D BEEN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS SINCE I LAST PLAYED. PRETTY OPEN GAME, UM, SO PROBABLY A BIT MORE RUNNING FOR THE LEGS AND CONTACT FOR THE SHOULDER, BUT, NAH, WENT THROUGH WELL. IT'S FEELING REALLY GOOD. THE ALL BLACKS ATTACKING WEAPON HAD SHOULDER SURGERY ALMOST SIX MONTHS AGO, MISSING THE ENTIRE CRUSADERS SEASON, CERTAINLY NOT LOSING THAT ABILITY TO GLIDE INTO GAPS. I THINK PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, UM, BEING IN THE ALL BLACK ENVIRONMENT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY, YOU DO MISS BEING OUT THERE. IT WAS SPOT THE FACE AT CHRISTCHURCH PARK, OFF THE FIELD AND ON IT. AN ALMOST ALL-STAR TASMAN OUTFIT ` A CHANCE TODAY FOR TEST CANDIDATES AND ALL BLACK SQUAD MEMBERS TO STRETCH THE LEGS, INCLUDING NEW HALFBACK NOAH HOTHAM AND FLANKER ETHAN BLACKADDER. EXPERIENCED MIDFIELDER DAVID HAVILI SAW GAME TIME FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW. DEFINITELY DIDN'T PLAY THE WAY I WANTED TO PLAY THROUGH SUPER RUGBY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO IMPROVE ON AFTER THIS LAST 50 MINUTES AND THE LAST 40 MINUTES LAST WEEK. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IN CAMP AND, UM, GETTING STUCK IN. 60 MINUTES FOR WILL JORDAN AND CO TODAY. CERTAINLY FEEL READY IF NEEDED TO GET BACK AMONGST IT. BACK IN THE ALL BLACKS CAMP ON SUNDAY, EAGER FOR TEST MATCH TIME NEXT WEEKEND. LOOK OUT, ARGENTINA. ANDREW SAVILLE, 1 NEWS. THAT'S IT FOR US HERE IN PARIS. OUR ATHLETES WILL CONTINUE TO GO FOR GOLD TODAY. STAY WITH US ` DAN SAYS SOME OF US ARE IN STORE FOR A WET WEEKEND, DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` SOME HOME-GROWN TECH WIZARDRY. HOW A KIWI COMPANY IS BRINGING HUMAN AVATARS TO LIFE. PLUS, A HOLLYWOOD HEAVY HITTER HUNTS THE CANTERBURY CAT, AND THE INTERESTING LINK TO SEVEN SHARP. AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR KIWI OLYMPIANS? WE'VE GOT THE INSIDE SCOOP WITH OUR CHEF DE MISSION. JOIN US AT 7. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. (GURGLING MONSTER ON TV) DAD: Hey, hey, guess what? I just got another scam text from the 'power company'... ...saying I need to pay my bill. $156.32. MOM: What Grant?! Final notice... What? Threatening to cut my power... ...think I came down on the last... (ELECTRICITY CUTS DOWN) Oh, is that a fuse, Grant!? JADE: That might be real Dad. Yes it might. VOICEOVER:We're blocking more scams than ever before. One New Zealand, let's get connected. That bit might be real, Dad. WELCOME BACK. BY NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY USED TO THE EXTRA LAYERS. KEEP THEM HANDY. LOW PRESSURE IS JUST SITTING AND SPINNING ITS WHEELS TO THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN SEE THE AIR OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THERE. IT'S BEEN AS LOW AS -10, TO MOUNT COOK, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. IS WE START OFF HERE. A REAL HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT PLACES. -10 THIS MORNING, AND FOR SOME SPOTS IN THE DEEP SOUTH ` 7, ALEXANDRA. IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THERE WILL BE FROST. AS I SAY, -8, -10, THOSE REALLY CHILLY SPOTS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. WE HAD 39 MM OF RAIN IN KAIKOURA. THE HIGH IS GOING TO JUMP THE QUEUE AND THAT IS GOING TO SIT ON THE COUNTRY. IT IS FINE AFTER THAT FROSTY START. JUSTIN CLOUD FOR WHITIANGA. THE ODD SHOWER FOR WHANGAPARAOA. COLD AND FROSTY FOR YOU HAMILTON. ALL LOOKING FINE, BUT IT WILL BE A CHILLY START. TAUPO, YOU WILL BE DOWN AT -1 TO START OFF SATURDAY. EARLY CLOUD, AND FROSTY IN A FEW PLACES. LOVELY DAY IN WELLINGTON, AFTER SOME EARLY CLOUD AND WINS. IT WILL BE A COOL START FOR YOU IN HUTT VALLEY. SOME OF THE CHILLIER SPOTS TOWARDS MCKENZIE. IF YOU'RE GOING SKIING, LOVELY CONDITIONS, TAKE THE LAYERS. YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE CHILLY. WHAT GOES ON FOR SUNDAY, ANY BIG CHANGES? WELL, NOT REALLY. AS THIS NEXT TROUGH WORKS IN, DUSTS THE SKI FIELDS WITH THOSE. A SLICE OF THE WEEKEND ` CALLED FOR SOME, BUT FIRED FOR MANY. TIME NOW FOR SEVEN SHARP WITH SACHA AND DANIEL.