YOU'VE HEARD OF A PUB WITH NO BEER ` WE ASK THE HEALTH MINISTER ABOUT A HOSPITAL RUNNING WITHOUT AN OVERNIGHT DOCTOR FOR TWO YEARS. THE GENDER ROW IN WOMEN'S BOXING HAS BLOWN UP AGAIN WITH ANOTHER COMPETITOR'S GENDER BEING QUESTIONED. THERE'S A SILVER MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND ON THE WATER, BUT ON THE TRAMPOLINE, DYLAN SCHMIDT BOUNCES HIMSELF OUT OF CONTENTION. AND THE 87-YEAR-OLD WHO'S HOME IS BEING SQUEEZED BY NEW ROADS BUT AUCKLAND TRANSPORT WON'T BUY HER OUT. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI, AND WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. ANOTHER NORTHLAND HOSPITAL HAS BEEN WITHOUT AN AFTER HOURS DOCTOR FOR TWO YEARS, DESPITE THE HEALTH MINISTER NEGLECTING TO MENTION IT WHEN ASKED BY THREE NEWS THIS WEEK SHANE RETI HAD INITIALLY BEEN UNABLE TO SAY HOW MANY HOSPITALS WERE OPERATING AT THE SAME ACUTE LEVEL AS DARGAVILLE. CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOVA O BRIEN HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE NATIONAL PARTY S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. A VERITABLE HUG-FEST ` HUGS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER FOR EVERYBODY AT THE FIRST BIG NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE SINCE GETTING INTO GOVERNMENT. WE PROMISED TO GET NEW ZEALAND... CROWD CHANTS ALONG: ...BACK ON TRACK. A HUG, TOO, FOR THE HEALTH MINISTER, AND EVEN MORE VALUABLE, HIS BACKING. PRIME MINISTER, VERY QUICKLY, CAN I JUST ASK YOU, DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR HEALTH MINISTER? YES I DO. THAT'S DESPITE SHANE RETI FAILING TO KNOW THIS WEEK HOW MANY HOSPITALS WERE OPERATING AT DIRE, DOCTORLESS LEVELS LIKE DARGAVILLE. SO HOW MANY HOSPITALS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO DARGAVILLE'S...? OH, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT HERE. NO, I SHOULDN'T, BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS, INCLUDING PERIPHERAL HOSPITALS. LIKE, I EXPECT MY HEALTH MINISTER TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY HOSPITALS WERE WITHOUT DOCTORS IS THAT A PROBLEM? UH, I AM SURE THAT HE WILL BE ONTO THAT. I'M SURE THAT HE'LL BE ON TOP OF THAT. WELL, HE'LL BE ON TO IT TOMORROW. THE PM'S RARK-UP APPEARED TO WORK. HOW MANY HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING WITHOUT DOCTORS OVERNIGHT? YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS DARGAVILLE IS STILL CHALLENGED. KENEPURU WAS ALSO... ON A SIMILAR MODEL. BULLER ROUNDED OFF HIS LIST. NO MENTION, THOUGH, RAWENE HOSPITAL IN HOKIANGA. IT SERVES AN EXTREMELY REMOTE, HIGH DEPRIVATION POPULATION OF ABOUT 7500 PEOPLE, AND IT HASN'T HAD A DOCTOR AFTERHOURS, LIKE DARGAVILLE, FOR TWO YEARS. DID YOU GET IT WRONG, NOT INCLUDING RAWENE? NO. THE QUESTION IS, UH, THE TELEHEALTH PROVISION OF DOCTORS IS DARGAVILLE, KENEPURU AND BULLER WAS THE QUESTION THAT I WAS ADDRESSING. EXCEPT THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION. HE WAS ASKED. HOW MANY HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING WITHOUT DOCTORS OVERNIGHT? AND REGARDLESS, RAWENE IS USING TELEHEALTH ALL THE TIME. NO, IF THEY WERE USING TELEHEALTH, THEN I WOULD EXPECTED HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TO HAVE PUT THAT INTO THE ANSWER TO ME. WOULD YOU BE SEEKING THOSE ASSURANCES FROM HEALTH NZ? I WILL. THE PRIME MINISTER HASN'T WASTED ANY TIME GETTING RID OF UNDERPERFORMING MINISTERS ` MELISSA LEE SACKED FROM BROADCASTING, PENNY SIMMONDS SACKED FROM DISABILITY ISSUES. WHEN HE WAS PM , SIR JOHN KEY ALSO HAD SHORT SHRIFT. AS CHRISTOPHER LUXON GOT A RUTHLESS STREAK, DO YOU THINK? HE'D HAVE TO. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF GETTING TO THAT JOB. BUT DESPITE SEVERAL MISFIRES IN SUCH A CRITICAL PORTFOLIO, RETI IS SAFE FOR NOW. DO YOU FEEL HE'S ACROSS HIS BRIEF? YES, I DO. HE'S WORKING IN AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX SYSTEM. YES, I AM OVER IT. ALL OVER HEALTH SERVICES IN NEW ZEALAND. THOUGH RAWENE HOSPITAL MAY BEG TO DIFFER. TOVA JOINS US NOW FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE. TOVA, HOW DOES RAWENE HOSPITAL FEEL ABOUT BEING LEFT OFF THE LIST? REALLY DISAPPOINTED ACTUALLY, WE SPOKE TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE THIS MORNING, SHE SAID SHE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO BE INCLUDED ON THAT LIST BY HEALTH NZ, BUT SHANE RETI SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, NOT ONLY IS HE FROM NORTHLAND, BUT HE IS ACUTELY AWARE OF THE START SHORTAGES AT THAT HOSPITAL, WHILE IN OPPOSITION HE HAD A MASSIVE GO AT LABOUR OVER THE ISSUE. THE HOSPITAL SAYS THE BULK OF THEIR FUNDING IS STILL PUBLIC, REGARDLESS, IF YOU ARE PATIENT IN NEED OF CARE, HOSPITAL AS A HOSPITAL AS A HOSPITAL AS A HOSPITAL. TO THE OLYMPICS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN A DAY OF BOTH INCREDIBLE SUCCESS AND CRUEL HEARTBREAK FOR NEW ZEALAND. 49ER SAILORS WILL MCKENZIE AND ISAAC MCHARDIE WON SILVER AT THEIR FIRST GAMES, WHILE TRAMPOLINIST DYLAN SCHMIDT BOUNCED OUT OF COMPETITION IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. IMOGEN WELLS IS IN PARIS. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEDAL... NEW ZEALAND CROSS THE FINISH LINE IN SECOND PLACE! ...ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE ` NOW NICKNAMED AS 'THE MCKIWIS' ` CLAIMING SILVER IN THE MEN'S 49ER EVENT. IT'S THAT FINISH LINE YOU DREAM OF, AND IT'S WHAT KEEPS YOUR HEAD DOWN AND KEEPS YOU WORKING HARD. THE PAIR HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE HEADING INTO THEIR FIRST OLYMPICS, FILLING THE SHOES OF PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE WHO WON GOLD AT RIO 2016 AND SILVER AT TOKYO 2020, AND THE WEEK WAS ANYTHING BUT SMOOTH SAILING. WE CAME OUT WITH A REALLY GOOD START IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF RACING, BUT DAY THREE WE FACED A LOT OF ADVERSITY AND REALLY STRUGGLED, BUT WE BOUNCED BACK THAT DAY WELL AND FOUGHT HARD TO SECURE A MEDAL. THE TWO HAVE BEEN TRAINING TOGETHER FOR 7 YEARS, ALMOST FINDING EACH OTHER BY COINCIDENCE. IT'S... BOTH OF US SORT OF SPLIT UP FROM OUR ORIGINAL CREWS AND GAVE EACH OTHER A CALL AND SAID WE SHOULD GIVE IT A GO, AND, YEAH, THE REST IS HISTORY. BUT AS SOME KIWIS EXPERIENCED INCREDIBLE HIGHS OVERNIGHT, OTHERS FACED THE LOWEST OF LOWS. OOH, I THINK IT'S OFF. YEP. TOKYO BRONZE MEDALLIST DYLAN SCHMIDT CRASHING OUT OF THE MEN'S TRAMPOLINE FINAL IN A HEARTBREAKING WAY. CHOKED VOICE: IT'S BEEN A HUGE CAMPAIGN. I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF. I'M JUST SO GUTTED THAT I COULDN'T DELIVER ON THE DAY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS LOOKING LIKE HE WOULD SECURE ANOTHER MEDAL THIS YEAR, BUT IT WASN'T TO BE. I PUT EVERYTHING INTO THIS, I WORKED SO HARD, BUT AS I SAID, I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF. UM... YEAH. DAY 7 REMINDING US THAT SPORT CAN BE KIND, BUT ALSO VERY CRUEL. SO IMOGEN, HOW MANY MEDALS DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE NOW? OUR COLLECTION IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THAT SILVER IN THE 49ERS TAKES US TO SIX ALL UP WITH TWO GOLD, THREE SILVER AND ONE BRONZE. WE ALSO CAME AGONISINGLY CLOSE TO NABBING ANOTHER BRONZE IN THE WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS. JACKIE KIDDLE AND SHANNON COX WERE LOOKING LIKELY FOR THIRD PLACE, ONLY FOR THE GREEK CREW TO BLITZ PAST THEM IN THE LATTER STAGES, AND THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR FOURTH. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT WATCH/ AND WHAT SPORTS ARE WE HUNTING FOR MEDALS IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING? WE ARE ALWAYS HUNTING FOR MEDALS HERE IN PARIS, AREN'T WE? WELL, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE MEDAL CHANCES IN THE ROWING AND THE SHOT PUT, WITH TOM WALSH AND JACKO GILL BOTH QUALIFYING FOR THE MEN'S FINAL LAST NIGHT. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT LATER IN SPORT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND ONE REMAINS MISSING AFTER A RECREATIONAL BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE RIVERTON BAR IN SOUTHLAND. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALERTED JUST BEFORE 3pm TO THE CAPSIZE ABOUT 100m OFFSHORE. THE BOAT WAS CARRYING FIVE PEOPLE. TWO WERE RECOVERED ALIVE FROM THE WATER AND TAKEN TO SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL. ANOTHER WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS UNABLE TO BE REVIVED, AND A FOURTH WAS FOUND DEAD. A FIFTH REMAINS MISSING AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL SEARCHING. A PENSIONER DESPERATE TO DOWNSIZE FEELS JILTED BY AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. SHE WANTS TO SELL HER HOME, BUT FUTURE ROADING PLANS ARE PUTTING BUYERS OFF, AND A.T.'S NOT INTERESTED EITHER. AND KAMALA HARRIS CLINCHES THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOUR AT THE TOP OF A MAJOR PARTY TICKET. OLYMPIC ORGANISERS ARE WARNING AGAINST A WITCH HUNT OVER TWO BOXERS GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR TO COMPETE AS WOMEN AT THE GAMES. ALGERIA'S IMANE KHELIF AND TAIWAN'S LIN YU-TING BOTH COMPETED AT THE TOKYO GAMES AND DIDN'T WIN MEDALS, BUT AT THE WORLD CHAMPS LAST YEAR, THEY FAILED INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION GENDER ELIGIBILITY TESTS. THE IOC IS QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THOSE TESTS, WHICH ARE FUELLING THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY. ITV'S STEVE SMITH HAS THE LATEST. ANNOUNCER: LIN YU-TING! WOMEN'S OLYMPIC BOXING IS ENGULFED BY A MAELSTROM. NOT THE SPORT ITSELF, BUT A BACKLASH AIMED AT TWO FIGHTERS, ONE OF WHOM ` LIN YU-TING ` COMPETED TODAY. (GRUNTS) TRYING TO JAB HERSELF. OFF COMES THE HEAD GUARD. DESPITE LOSING HER HEAD GUARD EARLY ON, LIN WENT THROUGH TO THE QUARTERFINALS RELATIVELY COMFORTABLY. TEAM OFFICIALS THERE TO WATCH THE BOUT ARE APPALLED BY THE VICIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HER, PARTICULARLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR YEARS. I MEAN, SHE'S A FEMALE, PERIOD, AND SHE PASSED ALL THE WADA TESTS, SO, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WHY` WHY THE ISSUE HAS EVEN EXISTED, I HAVE NO IDEA. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. YESTERDAY, IMANE KHELIF'S ITALIAN OPPONENT, ANGELA CARINI, QUIT INSIDE A MINUTE AFTER TAKING TWO BIG BLOWS TO THE HEAD. LAST YEAR, KHELIF AND LIN WERE THROWN OUT OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER UNDERGOING AN UNSPECIFIED TEST. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE DISPUTES THE VALIDITY OF THAT TEST, WHICH IT SAYS CLAIMED TO SHOW ELEVATED LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE. THE OLYMPICS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF YOUR PASSPORT STATES YOU'RE A WOMAN, THEN THAT'S THE CATEGORY YOU COMPETE IN. TODAY, OLYMPIC BOSSES CALLED FOR CALM IN THE FACE OF INCREASING CRITICISM FOR ALLOWING THIS CONTROVERSY TO DEVELOP. A TEST WHICH MAY HAVE HAPPENED OVERNIGHT ` IT WAS MADE UP TEST WHICH WAS NEW ` I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THAT ANY CREDENCE AT ALL. IF WE START ACTING ON EVERY ISSUE, EVERY ALLEGATION THAT COMES UP, THEN WE START HAVING THE KIND OF WITCH HUNTS THAT WE'RE` THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW. ALL CHANT: BEATING WOMEN'S NOT A GAME! IN PARIS, A LOW-LEVEL PROTEST UNDER THE BANNER OF 'SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS'; THE ANTAGONISM ON BOTH SIDES INCREASING BY THE DAY. CAUGHT UP IN THIS FURIOUS ROW AND THE LARGELY UNINFORMED FREE-FOR-ALL ONLINE ARE TWO BOXERS WHO'VE BEEN CLEARED TO COMPETE HERE, AND ANY NUMBER OF THEIR OLYMPIC OPPONENTS WHO ARE SUDDENLY BEING ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GENDER POLITICS AND WHETHER THEY FEAR FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. IMANE KHELIF FIGHTS AGAIN TOMORROW. ON INSTAGRAM, HER OPPONENT SHARED AND THEN DELETED AN IMAGE OF A BOXER FACING DOWN A MYTHICAL MONSTER. THAT IS WHERE OLYMPIC WOMEN'S BOXING FINDS ITSELF TONIGHT. KAMALA HARRIS HAS MADE HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOUR TO BE SELECTED AS A MAJOR PARTY'S NOMINEE. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS OFFICIALLY SECURED ENOUGH VOTES TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO WHO SHE WILL PICK AS A RUNNING MATE. SIX POTENTIALS ARE BEING INTERVIEWED, WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT DUE NEXT WEEK. A PENSIONER IN AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE IS STRUGGLING TO SELL HER PROPERTY BECAUSE OF FUTURE ROADING PLANS FOR THE AREA. TRISH HUTT (87) WANTS TO SELL HER LIFESTYLE BLOCK BECAUSE SHE CAN NO LONGER MAINTAIN IT, BUT THE PLANS MEAN BUYERS AREN'T INTERESTED, AND NEITHER IS AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. ERIN JOHNSON HAS THIS REPORT. WHEN TRISH HUTT AND HER HUSBAND ROYCE BOUGHT THIS 1.6-HECTARE PROPERTY 20 YEARS AGO, THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, BUT AS TIME HAS MOVED ON AND ROYCE HAS PASSED AWAY, IT'S BECOME TOO MUCH FOR THE 87-YEAR-OLD. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MOVE, AND YET I DO. IT'S THE WEIRDEST FEELING. TRISH SAYS THE HOUSE IS A FOCAL POINT FOR HER FAMILY. BUT IT'S BIG, AND IT'S BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A BURDEN. I HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO HELP ME WITH LAWNS OR WINDOW CLEANING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN I GOT THIS LETTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT PLANS TO BUILD A NEW ROAD JUST BEYOND THESE TREES WITHIN THE NEXT 25 YEARS, BUT IT'S ONLY ABOUT 20M FROM THE HOUSE, AND A WIDENED ROAD IS PLANNED FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS GOING TO BECOME NOISY. (CHUCKLES) BUSY. NOT WHERE I WANT TO BE, EVEN THOUGH I LOVE THE PLACE. BUT THE ROADING PLANS APPEAR TO BE PUTTING OFF POTENTIAL BUYERS. IN A REPORT FROM MARCH, A REAL ESTATE AGENT SAID ` I'VE GOT TO GET MY LIFE SAVINGS BACK. I DON'T WANT THAT ALL JUST FRITTERED AWAY BY BIG PEOPLE. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS SHOW ` AND TRISH AND HER DAUGHTER KATHERINE WERE TOLD SHE FIT THE CRITERIA FOR AN EARLY ACQUISITION. BUT A.T. DECLINED THEIR APPLICATION, TELLING US ` BUT THAT STRIP OF LAND IS ONLY 5 SQUARE METRES. A.T. ALSO SAYS IT WILL RENT 295 SQUARE METRES DURING CONSTRUCTION. IT SAYS ` LEAVING TRISH IN LIMBO. I JUST LOVE BEING HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO BE SENSIBLE AND I HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO BUY. COMING UP IN SPORT ` WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN, BUT IF YOU LAND IN THE WRONG PLACE, AN OLYMPIC DREAM COMES CRASHING DOWN WITH YOU. AND CAN REIGNING CHAMPS THE MYSTICS DEFEND THEIR ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE AND MAKE HISTORY IN THE PROCESS? ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILL MCKENZIE USED TO BE FIERCE YACHTING RIVALS, BUT A DECISION SEVEN YEARS AGO TO INSTEAD JOIN FORCES BORE FRUIT TODAY WHEN THEY WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 49ER EVENT AT THE OLYMPICS. BUT THERE WERE LOWS FOR KIWIS IN ACTION TODAY TOO ` PARTICULARLY FOR TRAMPOLINIST DYLAN SCHMIDT, AS IMOGEN WELLS REPORTS. AFTER WINNING A BRONZE MEDAL IN TOKYO, THERE WERE HIGH HOPES DYLAN SCHMITT COULD AT LEAST MATCH THAT EFFORT IN PARIS, BUT IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE. OOH, I THINK IT'S OFF. YEP. BUT HIS TRAMPOLINING TEAMMATE AND REAL LIFE PARTNER WAS HITTING A NEW PERSONAL HIGH. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, MADDIE DAVIDSON. THAT'S THREE COMPLETED ROUTINES. THE 25-YEAR-OLD FINISHING SEVENTH IN THE WOMEN'S FINAL, THREE PLACES HIGHER THAN IN THE LAST OLYMPICS. WE KIND OF TOOK TOKYO AS A LEARNING CURVE, AND THEN FOR THIS ONE, WE REALLY WANTED TO START PUTTING STUFF IN PLACE, SEE IF WE COULD HIT THAT TOP A, AND THEN WE'VE GOT EVEN BIGGER GOALS FOR L.A. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. BUT THE BIG KIWI SUCCESS STORY WAS 'THE MCKIWIS...' ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE TAKING OUT SILVER. ...CLAIMING ANOTHER OLYMPIC MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND IN THE 49ER EVENT. THEY'VE BEEN COMPETING TOGETHER FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, YOU KNOW, NECK AND NECK ALONE, AND THEN THEY JOIN FORCES, AND IT'S JUST PURE MAGIC. SOME PURE KIWI MAGIC ON THE FIRST DAY OF ATHLETICS, TOO ` ZOE HOBBS NOT ONLY CAME SECOND IN A 100M HEAT, BUT ALSO RAN HER BEST TIME ALL SEASON, GETTING GOOD CHASE FROM ZOE HOBBS. OH, REALLY COMFORTABLE. I'M HAPPY WITH HOW I EXECUTED AND LIVED TO SURVIVE ANOTHER ROUND, ...CLAIMING ANOTHER OLYMPIC MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND IN THE 49ER EVENT. WITH TWO TIMES BRONZE MEDALLIST TOM WALSH JOINING HIM RIGHT AFTER. WOW. HOW EASY IS THAT? CONFIDENCE BOOST FOR BOTH, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR GIL, WHO'S HAD AN ANKLE INJURY. I WAS DOING SOME BIRD WATCHING AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, SO LIKE I HAD A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN THAT'S BEEN, LIKE, REALLY PESKY FOR THE LAST, LIKE 2 OR 3 MONTHS, AND I'VE JUST BEEN LIKE, TRYING TO MANAGE THAT. TAURANGA-BASED SAM TANNER STRUGGLED IN HIS 1500 HEAT, AND WILL HAVE TO RUN IN THE REPECHAGE TOMORROW MORNING TO STAY ALIVE. SO IMOGEN, A WEEK IN, WE AS SPECTATORS HAVE TO START PACING OURSELVES. SO WHAT TIME DO WE NEED TO BE IN FRONT OF THE TV OVERNIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG, LAURA. AND JUST TWO HOURS WE HAVE OUR ROWERS IN THEIR SINGLE SKULL FINAL, LOOKING AT BACK-TO-BACK OLYMPIC GOLD. AND THE TWEAKS RACE STARTS AT 8:18 PM NEW ZEALAND TIME, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER RACE AT 8:30 PM. AT 530 ATM SAMUEL TANNER WILL BE RUNNING IN THE 1500 M REPECHAGE, JUST BEFORE 6 AM ZOE HOBBS WILL RACE HER 100 M SEMI/ HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WE'RE SPEAKING WILL HAVE MORE MEDALS TO CHECK OUT. I SAID THAT 5 AM ALARM. THE WARRIORS SEASON IS ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER GOING DOWN TO THE PARRAMATTA EELS 30-20 LAST NIGHT. MISSED TACKLES AND UNFORCED ERRORS HAMPERED THE HOME SIDE IN THE FIRST HALF, THE EELS TAKING A 14-POINT LEAD TO THE BREAK. IT ONLY GOT WORSE FORSE FOR THE WARRIORS AFTER HALF-TIME. HERE'S A CHANCE FOR PARRAMATTA, UP THE PARK! TALAGI SCORES UNDER THE POST. BROWN NEEDS SOME SUPPORT, BALL ON THE INSIDE, HERE'S CLINT GUTHERSON! HE'LL SCORE FOR PARRAMATTA. THE WARRIORS DID MANAGE A FIGHT BACK, SHAUN JOHNSON PLAYING A ROLE IN THREE LATE TRIES IN HIS RETURN FROM INJURY. I THINK ITS ONE OF THOSE THAT HURTS, REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT SO MUCH TO THE CONTEXT OF THE SEASON, JUST TO HOW MANY, LIKE, DUMB THINGS WE SAW TONIGHT. LIKE, THINGS THAT WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, THAT WEREN'T NRL STANDARD. THE WARRIORS NOW LIKELY NEED TO WIN ALL FOUR OF THEIR REMAINING GAMES IF THEY'RE TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS WILL ATTEMPT TO GO BACK-TO-BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE CENTRAL PULSE IN TOMORROW'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP FINAL IN WELLINGTON. AND, AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS, THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS BELIEVE THEY'VE HAD THE PERFECT PREPARATION. THINGS MIGHT HAVE LOOKED RELAXED AT TRAINING THIS WEEK, BUT THE MYSTICS ARE FEELING LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE AN EDGE FOR TOMORROW'S GRAND FINAL. I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN TRAINING HARD THIS WEEK AS MUCH AS WE HAVE, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE TEST IN LAST WEEKEND'S ELIMINATION FINAL, OVERCOMING A THREE-POINT DEFICIT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO DEFEAT THE TACTIX IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO BACK-TO-BACK NEXT WEEK IN WELLINGTON. IT WAS A REAL GRIND AND A GREAT PREPARATION FOR A FINAL. THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT ON THE ROAD AGAIN ` AN EVEN MORE VOCAL CROWD EXPECTED TO PACK OUT WELLINGTON'S TSB ARENA. I THINK WE'LL BE FINE. WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF REALLY PASSIONATE CROWDS. WE'VE DONE IT WEEK IN, WEEK OUT THIS WHOLE SEASON. IN SAYING THAT, IT'S GONNA BE A FIERCE SEA OF YELLOW (CHUCKLES) SO THAT'S` IT'S GONNA MAKE IT HARDER. THE CENTRAL PULSE ALSO GO INTO THE FINAL AS FAVOURITES, FINISHING TOP OF THE TABLE AFTER A 14-POINT DEMOLITION OF THE SECOND-PLACED TACTIX IN THE FINAL ROUND. DESPITE THE MYSTICS ONLY JUST SNEAKING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, THEY'VE BEEN IN RED-HOT FORM SINCE THE RETURN OF STAR SHOOTER GRACE NWEKE FROM A KNEE INJURY. THE BODY'S DOING ALL RIGHT. DEFINITELY A BIT SORE. I THINK I'VE BEEN HOLDING OUT FOR THE SEASON TO BE OVER TO GIVE MY KNEES A BREAK AND REALLY GET THAT REHAB, UM, GOING IN PREP FOR INTERNATIONAL SEASON. BUT REALLY EXCITED FOR ONE MORE GAME, AND I'LL GIVE MY ALL TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A FULL 60 AND ENJOY THAT MOMENT. IF SHE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE MATCH, YOU WOULDN'T BET AGAINST THE MYSTICS GOING BACK-TO-BACK. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` IT'S EMERGED A SECOND NORTHLAND HOSPITAL HAS BEEN WITHOUT AN AFTER-HOURS DOCTOR FOR TWO YEARS, A FACT NOT MENTIONED BY THE HEALTH MINISTER WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT THIS WEEK. AND OLYMPIC ORGANISERS ARE WARNING AGAINST A WITCH-HUNT OVER ITS DECISION TO ALLOW TWO BOXERS TO COMPETE AS WOMEN AS THEY GEAR UP FOR THE QUARTER FINALS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER ` AND THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR NORTHLAND THAT COULD BE UPGRADED FOR PLACES IN THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS LOW AND SLOW-MOVING FRONT IS THE CAUSE, AFFECTING THE NORTH THROUGH TOMORROW THEN MOVING TO THE EAST ON MONDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. FROSTS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, SEVERE IN SOME INLAND AREAS. DRIZZLE FOR FIORDLAND. RAIN NORTH OF ABOUT WHANGAREI WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE MIX. MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE; OCCASIONAL RAIN UP TOP. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. HAMILTON, YOU'LL HAVE A FROSTY START BUT THEN MAINLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. IT'LL BE A VERY CHILLY MORNING FOR MANY HERE. TAUPO, YOU'LL GET DOWN TO MINUS-4, BUT THEN MAINLY FINE BEFORE THOSE FROSTS RETURN IN THE EVENING. SPEAKING OF, MORNING FROSTS FOR THE MAJORITY HERE. MAYBE PUT AN EXTRA BLANKET ON THE BED TONIGHT. IT WILL BE A FINE A DAY THOUGH. A FRESH START FOR YOU HERE TOO, THEN FINE FOR ALL WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD IN NORTHERN AREAS. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL REACH 11 DEGREES. TO THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND MAINLY FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA WILL BECOME OVERCAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU'LL ALL GET TO BELOW FREEZING IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING HERE. ONCE THAT FROST IS GONE, IT'LL BE A FINE SUNDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. SIMILAR STORY HERE ` MORNING FROSTS THEN FINE. CLOUDY PERIODS FOR QUEENSTOWN AND THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY TOO. RIGHT, LET'S HEAD OVER THE TASMAN ` AND MAINLY FINE, A BIT OF CLOUD. BRISBANE 23. IN THE PACIFIC, SHOWERS FOR TONGA AND A FEW SHOWERS FOR FIJI. NOW CHECK OUT THE LONG-RANGE FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. EARLIER WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THINK THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS IMPROVING EARLIER WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THINK THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS IMPROVING UNDER THE NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT, AND A WHOPPING 80% OF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS IMPROVED. THAT'S 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 LAURA TUPOU. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024