TONIGHT ` A COMMUNITY AND FAMILY TRAGEDY IN SOUTHLAND. HOW RESCUERS PREVENTED MORE DEATHS AFTER A BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE RIVERTON BAR. AND HERE AT THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS, KIWI ROWER EMMA TWIGG CELEBRATES HER SINGLE SKULLS SILVER MEDAL WITH HER BIGGEST FAN, AS SHE REVEALS THE MAJOR HEALTH SCARE WHICH ALMOST FORCED HER OUT OF THE GAMES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024. NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS THIS EVENING. THE RIVERTON APARIMA COMMUNITY IN SOUTHLAND IS IN SHOCK TONIGHT AFTER THREE LOCALS DIED IN A RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCIDENT ON THE BAR. THE COASTGUARD WAS OUT TRAINING NEARBY YESTERDAY, MEANING THEY WERE ABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO PULL TWO SURVIVORS FROM THE SEA, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR A HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO WERE ON BOARD. JARED MCCULLOCH REPORTS. A SERENE MORNING IN RIVERTON ` A STARK CONTRAST TO LAST NIGHT. WE SAW A LOT OF AMBULANCES GOING PAST OUR HOUSE, AND WE REALISED SOMETHING BAD MUST HAVE HAPPENED. AND I COULD SEE A BOAT WAS OVERTURNED. EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE COASTGUARD AND LOCALS FROM THE SMALL SEASIDE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TODAY TO DEBRIEF AS THEY DEAL WITH THEIR LOSS. IT HURTS BECAUSE LOCAL PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, BUT WE GET ON AND WE DO THE BUSINESS, AND THAT'S JUST PART OF OUR DEAL. MAKING IT EVEN HARDER... THERE ARE RELATIVES ON THE BOAT THAT ARE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER ` UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A HUSBAND AND A WIFE WERE A PART OF THAT, SO IT'S TRAGIC ALL ROUND REALLY. RIVERTON COASTGUARD VOLUNTEERS WERE ON THE WATER JUST SIX MINUTES AFTER A MAYDAY FROM ANOTHER BOATIE WHO RESCUED ONE SURVIVOR. ONCE THE BOAT WAS LOCATED, WE FOUND ONE PERSON ALIVE HANGING ON TO THE CAPSIZED VESSEL. SHORTLY AFTER THIS, WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS CASUALTIES ON BOARD, AND WE WERE BRINGING THEM ON BOARD THE RUSSEL JOHN CHISHOLM. ONE PERSON WAS STILL MISSING, AND A HUGE TEAM EFFORT FROM THE RIVERTON AND BLUFF COASTGUARD, POLICE AND SEARCH AND RESCUE ENSURED THEIR BODY WAS FOUND LATE LAST NIGHT ON A FINAL SWEEP BY THE RESCUE HELICOPTER. I HEARD THE HELICOPTERS GOING LAST NIGHT, LOOKING FOR THAT LAST PERSON, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH HOPE, BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. IT WAS A CREDIT TO EVERYBODY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER EVERYBODY FROM THE BOAT AND BE ABLE TO BRING THE DECEASED HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES. MARITIME NZ RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING... OUR THOUGHTS AND CONDOLENCES DEVASTATING FOR THE COMMUNITY CLOSEKNIT COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY ` NOT THAT WE KNOW ALL THE NAMES YET. THE RIVERTON COASTGUARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1958, AFTER A DOUBLE DROWNING AT THE BAR, BUT TRAGEDY ON THIS STRETCH OF WATER IS RARE. WE'VE NEVER HAD A TRIPLE DROWNING IN MY TIME, AND I WAS BORN IN RIVERTON. YESTERDAY WITH THE NATURE OF THE BEAST IT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG, AND WE'RE JUST SO SADDENED FOR THE FAMILY. AS THIS TOWN SLOWLY LEARNS WHO IT HAS LOST TO THE SEA. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. NORTHLAND POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THEY SAY IS THE 'UNEXPLAINED' DEATH OF A MISSING WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND ON A LOCAL BEACH. SIMON MERCEP IS FOLLOWING THE STORY. HE'S WITH US NOW. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? WE CAN REPORT THE WOMAN WAS A LOCAL, JO, AND HER BODY WAS DISCOVERED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ON THE COAST NEAR DOUG BILL, ABOUT 5 KM NORTH OF THE BEACH. IT IS AN ISOLATED AREA. WE UNDERSTAND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DISCOVERED HER ON A WALK. HER VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT PUBLIC TOILETS NEAR THE BEACH SETTLEMENT. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE TEXTED THE WOULD HELP TO HER HUSBAND THE DAY BEFORE. THAT IS WHAT LED TO POLICE BEING CALLED ON. OVER THE WEEKEND, FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AS HAS A POST-MORTEM. WE AWAIT THE RESULT OF THE ENQUIRIES. FOR THE MOMENT, POLICE ARE TREATING THIS DEATH AS UNEXPLAINED. THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHO MAY HAVE SEEN HER WEARING A GREEN BUFFER JACKET NORTH OF THE BEACH SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. AN AUCKLAND SECURITY GUARD WAS HOSPITALISED THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER BEING CONFRONTED BY A GROUP OF ARMED OFFENDERS AT A MINI MALL IN MT ROSKILL THIS AFTERNOON. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS SEVERAL OFFENDERS ATTEMPTING TO SMASH THEIR WAY INTO A JEWELLERY STORE, SHORTLY AFTER ASSAULTING A SECURITY GUARD, WHO POLICE SAY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE STORE HAD SMASH-PROOF GLASS AND A SECURITY SCREEN THAT STOPPED THE OFFENDERS ENTERING THE STORE. POLICE HAVE LOCATED A CAR NEARBY AND ARE LOOKING FOR THE OFFENDERS. TO PARIS NOW, AND EMMA TWIGG ENDS HER OLYMPICS CAREER WITH A SILVER MEDAL, CHRIS? BONJOUR, MELISSA. THAT'S RIGHT, AND IT MAY JUST MEAN MORE THAN HER TOKYO GOLD. THE 37-YEAR-OLD, WHO JOINS AN ELITE CLUB AS A MULTIPLE MEDALLIST, HAS REVEALED TO 1 NEWS SHE ALMOST HAD TO END HER OLYMPIC BID LESS THAN A YEAR OUT FROM THE GAMES. OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT HAS THE DETAILS. THIS IS A SILVER MEDAL THAT HAS MORE MEANING THAN MOST WILL EVER KNOW. AND WHAT A PERFORMANCE, IN HER FIFTH OLYMPIC GAMES! EMMA TWIGG MOBBED BY LOCALS OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND HOUSE, THEN WELCOMED IN BY FELLOW ROWERS, OTHER ATHLETES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ADDING PARIS SILVER TO TOKYO GOLD. I THINK TOKYO WAS RELIEF AND A REAL THAT I'D ACHIEVED WHAT I KNEW I COULD, WHAT I KNEW THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF. IN THIS ONE, ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS SETBACKS, AND UPS AND DOWNS IN THE LAST YEAR, AND EVEN THE LAST MONTH. TWIGG ALWAYS SAT SECOND IN THE SINGLE SCULLS FINAL, CHASING DUTCHWOMAN AND TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION KAROLIEN FLORIJN, MAKING A CHARGE AT HER RIVAL OVER THE CLOSING STAGES. AND THE DUTCHWOMAN LOOKS TO BE UNDER REAL PRESSURE, MORE PRESSURE THAN SHE'S BEEN UNDER IN THE LAST TWO YEARS! IT WASN'T ENOUGH, BUT WHAT MOST DON'T KNOW IS DOCTORS TOLD TWIGG SHE WOULD NEVER MAKE IT TO THE START LINE, WARNING HER LATE LAST YEAR TO QUIT THE SPORT, DUE TO A HEART COMPLAINT. YEAH, WE HAD A BIT OF A RANDOM BLOOD READING, ACTUALLY. TURNS OUT I'M JUST AN ABNORMAL HUMAN BEING, WHICH IS GREAT IN ONE SENSE, BUT IT ALSO, FOR A MONTH OR SO, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE THE END OF ROWING FOR ME. SO, YEAH, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE THESE THINGS ARE PART OF THE STORY. THERE WAS ALMOST A QUESTION OVER, SORT OF, FORCED RETIREMENT, AND THAT REALLY TOOK THE WIND OUT OF HER SAILS, BUT THEN WHEN IT WAS ALL ON THE LINE AGAIN, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WORK AS HARD. YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT, REALLY, THE LAST NINE, 10 MONTHS, IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING ROLLER-COASTER RIDE. AND TO DO WHAT SHE DID TODAY IS JUST PHENOMENAL. EVEN THE LAST THREE WEEKS WERE BRUTAL ON THE 37-YEAR-OLD ` THE TEAM PHYSIO AND DOCTOR CONSTANT COMPANIONS. I'M GONNA NEED A ZIMMER FRAME VERY, VERY SHORTLY. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF SORE RIBS, I'VE HAD A SORE BACK ` I HAD A MASSAGE WITH A MASSAGE THERAPIST FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS YESTERDAY, TRYING TO GET ME TO THE LINE. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO IT THAN YOU THINK. THAT'S THE KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT MAKES EMMA TWIGG A NZ SPORTING LEGEND, ONE WHO BOWS OUT WITH ANOTHER MEDAL AROUND HER NECK. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. SO EMMA TWIGG'S SILVER, CHRIS, TAKES THE OVERALL MEDAL TALLY FOR OUR ROWERS TO FOUR. BUT THERE COULD BE MORE TO COME. HOPEFULLY. THE ROWERS HAVE BEEN DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THE METAL FRONT. OVER HALF THE MEDALS HAVE COME FROM THE ROWERS. THEY HAD A PRIVATE BASH LAST NIGHT, WELL DESERVED. THAT VENUE WILL PLAY HOST TO THE CANOE, SO ENTER THE NAMES FISHER AND CARRINGTON. THAT COULD BODE WELL FOR MORE MEDALS. HOPEFULLY THE WATERWAYS OUT THERE ARE AWASH WITH BLACK AND MAY BE CALLED. LOTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS USED THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE TO UNVEIL HIS PLAN TO STOP KIWI KIDS FALLING BEHIND AT MATHS. AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS AGAIN CALLED FOR THERE TO BE FEWER PERSONAL ATTACKS AT PARLIAMENT, AS CONCERN SWIRLS AROUND ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MINISTERS. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS MORE. NATIONAL'S BIG ON CUTTING WASTEFUL SPENDING, BUT THEIR SUPPORTERS MIGHT HAVE WISHED THEY'D STUMPED UP A BIT FOR MORE FOR HEATING AT THEIR ICEY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TRYING TO STAY WARM AS THEY WAITED FOR THIS. SO WHETHER YOU'RE A TEACHER, PARENT OF A PRINCIPAL OR A KID STILL WORKING OUT WHAT YOUR FUTURE WILL HOLD, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE YOUR BACK, I HAVE YOUR BACK, THE COUNTRY HAS YOUR BACK, SO LET'S GET EDUCAITON BACK ON TRACK. (CHEERING) GETTING EDUCATION BACK ON TRACK BY BRINGING CHANGES TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHS CURRICULUM FORWARD A YEAR. FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF OUR KIDS TODAY ARE NOT AT THE STANDARD THEY NEED TO BE ` THIS HAS TO CHANGE. I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHIFT FOR TEACHERS NEXT YEAR, I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHIFT FOR TEACHERS NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING IT FORWARD, BUT WE ARE THROWING EVERYTHING AT IT. BUT MANY NATIONAL MINISTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR COLLEAGUE KAREN CHHOUR, WHO SAID THIS WEEK SHE FEELS UNSAFE AND BULLIED AT PARLIAMENT. SO, BENEDICT, WHAT SUPPORT IS THE ACT PARTY GIVING KAREN CHHOUR? We got a statement from a press secretary saying she wants to move on from the subject. WE GOTTA STATEMENT FROM DAVID SEYMOUR SAYING SHE IS DOING IMPORTANT WORK, PUTTING HER SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AHEAD OF HER WELL-BEING. HER PARTY SUPPORTS. SHE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS AROUND THE CHANGES, AROUND THE MOVES THEY ARE MAKING WITH BOOT CAMPS. THIS IS GOING TO GO AWAY. TMP ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THEY SEE THE POLICIES AS HARMING PEOPLE. TWO DAYS AT THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF IT? I HAVE THOUGHT OUT A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THERE SEEMS TO BE ENERGY, BUT IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT. THE MINISTERS ADDRESS DIDN'T HAVE ENERGY AS PREVIOUS KEYNOTE ADDRESSES. PERHAPS PART OF THAT WAS TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER. WHILE IMPORTANT, THE ANNOUNCEMENT BEING AROUND CHANGES TO MATHS AT SCHOOL DIDN'T INSPIRE THE TROOPS. WE ARE 2 1/2 YEARS AWAY FROM THE NEXT ELECTION. THEY MAY HAVE TO KEEP SOME OF THEIR POWDER DRY. THE LATEST FIGURES SHOW THOSE SUFFERING WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS ARE WAITING A DECADE ON AVERAGE TO HAVE THEIR CONDITION DIAGNOSED. THE CHRONIC CONDITION, THAT AFFECTS THOUSANDS OF NZ WOMEN, CAUSES SEVERE PAIN AND CAN CAUSE FERTILITY PROBLEMS. HERE'S LISA DAVIES' EXCLUSIVE REPORT. PROOF OF THE PAINFUL JOURNEY MANY NEW ZEALAND WOMEN FACE HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. ISN'T THAT TERRIBLE TO WAIT THAT LONG? IT TOOK 14 YEARS ` HALF HANNAH MILSON'S LIFE ` TO CONFIRM SHE HAS ENDOMETRIOSIS. EVERYONE WAS SAYING, 'THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU,' AND I EVEN GOT SENT TO A PSYCHIATRIST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PAIN WASN'T ALL IN MY HEAD. FINALLY, A GYNAECOLOGIST GAVE HER THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. I BURST INTO TEARS, BECAUSE FINALLY THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT TOOK ME SERIOUSLY. AND THEN WE BOOKED IN FOR SURGERY NOT LONG AFTER THAT. SHE'S FAR FROM ALONE. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY AND ENDOMETRIOSIS NEW ZEALAND, THE DELAY TO DIAGNOSIS HAS INCREASED FROM 8.7 IN 2022 TO ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW. 1200 ENDOMETRIOSIS SUFFERERS TOOK PART IN THE STUDY. THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE COMING AFTER THEM. AND REDUCE THE DECADE-LONG DELAY. NOT ONLY WAS THAT AVERAGE SITTING ON 10 ` THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON DELAYS ` BUT ALSO THERE WAS QUITE A PEAK AT 20 YEARS. AND WE EVEN HAD PARTICIPANTS WHO HAD HAD DELAYS OF 40 YEARS. THIS GYNAECOLOGIST FINDS THE NUMBERS DISCOURAGING. THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE DELAY OF DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS, AND WE NEED TO DO MORE TO IMPROVE THIS. WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT WORRY THAT PATIENTS ARE BEING TOLD THAT PAIN IS IN THEIR HEAD, AND PAIN IS NEVER IN THEIR HEAD. AND, UH,... WE NEED TO IMPROVE THAT. HE SAYS RECENT INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS COULD HELP... AND WE CAN SEE SEVERE ENDOMETRIOSIS. ...USING ULTRASOUND AND MRIs INSTEAD OF SURGERY FOR A QUICKER DIAGNOSIS. THERE'LL BE A CURE SOON, HOPEFULLY, AND HOPEFULLY WAIT TIMES WILL GO DOWN, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL START TAKING IT MORE SERIOUSLY AND ACTUALLY LISTEN TO US. HER MESSAGE TO OTHER WOMEN... KEEP PUSHING. KEEP ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF. ...TO AVOID YEARS OF UNNECESSARY PAIN. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ` DOES THIS HAVE YOU SEEING RED? THOSE WHO ILLEGALLY PARK IN MOBILITY SPACES... THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING BLOODY LAZY. WELL, A CRACKDOWN COULD BE LOOMING. BRITAIN BRACES FOR MORE VIOLENT UNREST AS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR HUGE PROTESTS TO CONTINUE. # AND I DON'T WANNA MISS A THING. # PLUS WHY AEROSMITH FANS ARE ABOUT TO MISS OUT. Oh, Henry, my show's about to start. Henry. (GRUNTS) VOICE-OVER: Imagine if instead of the dog dragging you out the door... (SCREAMS) ..you dragged it. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. WELCOME BACK. POLICE IN THE U.K. ARE BRACING FOR MORE MASS PROTESTS IN THE COMING DAYS, AS THE VIOLENT UNREST SEEN THIS WEEK CONTINUES TO SPREAD. CHECK OUT THE LATEST SCENES ` THE CROWD CLASHING WITH OFFICERS, AS BRICKS AND FIREWORKS ARE THROWN AND FIRES STARTED IN THE STREETS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS, NOW IN EIGHT LOCATIONS IN ENGLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND, HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY FAR-RIGHT GROUPS. IT FOLLOWS FALSE INFORMATION SPREADING ONLINE ABOUT THE KILLINGS OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS AT A DANCE CLASS IN SOUTHPORT. SEVERAL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INJURED AND MORE THAN 90 ARRESTS MADE, WITH BRITAIN'S HOME SECRETARY PROMISING TO TAKE MORE ACTION. WE WILL GIVE THE POLICE ALL THE BACKING THAT THEY NEED IN THE ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE TAKING IN RESPONSE TO THIS CRIMINAL DISORDER AND THUGGERY, BECAUSE IT HAS NO PLACE ON BRITAIN'S STREETS. ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN THIS WEEKEND TO MAKE SURE THE COURTS ARE READY. BRITISH AND AMERICAN CITIZENS IN LEBANON ARE BEING URGED TO LEAVE NOW AS TENSIONS CONTINUE TO SOAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT COMES AS IRAN PROMISES SEVERE RETALIATION AGAINST ISRAEL AFTER THE KILLINGS OF HAMAS' POLITICAL LEADER AND A TOP HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER IN THE PAST WEEK. THE UK'S SENDING EXTRA MILITARY AND CONSULAR STAFF IN CASE OF EVACUATIONS, BUT CITIZENS ARE URGED TO GET OUT WHILE COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS ARE STILL RUNNING. MEANWHILE, AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON A SCHOOL IN NORTHERN GAZA, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-RUN GOVERNMENT'S MEDIA OFFICE. ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYS THE SCHOOL WAS BEING USED AS A COMMAND CENTRE TO HIDE MILITANTS AND MANUFACTURE WEAPONS, WHICH HAMAS DENIES. THE OUTGOING HEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERTAKING SAYS POLITICIANS NEED TO STOP INTERFERING IN LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS, BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO IT DRIVES UP COSTS. AUCKLAND'S CITY RAIL LINK HAS BLOWN OUT BY $2B, TO ALMOST $5.5B. THE TWIN TUNNELS ARE MORE THAN 40M BELOW THE CITY CENTRE AND AROUND 3.5KM LONG, RUNNING BETWEEN BRITOMART AND MAUNGAWHAU STATIONS. EVENTUALLY, IT'S FORECAST 54,000 PASSENGERS WILL USE THE TRAINS EVERY HOUR. THE LINK WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO OPEN IN 2021, BUT NOW THAT'S BEEN PUSHED BACK UNTIL 2026. DESPITE THE DELAYS, IN HIS ONLY INTERVIEW, THE CRL CHIEF EXECUTIVE TOLD BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD THE COUNTRY URGENTLY NEEDS MORE PROJECTS LIKE IT. FROM ABOVE IT LOOKS LIKE CHAOS AND DISRUPTION, BUT LET'S HEAD UNDERGROUND TO THE NEARLY-COMPLETED STATION BESIDE AOTEA SQUARE. PASSENGERS SHOULD BE RUSHING THROUGH THESE TUNNELS BY NOW, BUT AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE IN NEW ZEALAND, THE BUDGET AND TIME BLEW OUT. I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY. I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA, AND THEY THINK PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE ARE ACTUALLY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PRICE CORRECTLY, AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THE INDUSTRY. BUT WE HAVE A PARTICULAR PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND WITH POLITICIANS OF DIFFERENT STRIPES CANCELLING ONE PROJECT TO START ANOTHER. AUCKLAND'S LIGHT RAIL IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE. I'VE SAT IN ROOMS WHERE POLITICIANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE PIPELINE. THERE'S A VIEW THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT. THEY'RE ELECTED ON A MANDATE. I UNDERSTAND THAT VIEW. WHAT I DON'T THINK POLITICIANS OR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IS HOW EXPENSIVE THAT IS MAKING BUILDING IN NEW ZEALAND. IT'S COSTING US A LOT. WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, THE COUNTRY IS PAYING AN ENORMOUS PREMIUM, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THEM AS A SERIES OF ONE-OFFS. THIS IS THE PUBLIC PLATFORM WHERE... SEAN SWEENEY IS NOW HEADING TO DUBLIN TO HEAD ITS METRO PROJECT. HE SAYS IRISH POLITICIANS HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT DO THEY DO TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF POLITICIANS? WELL, I GATHER THAT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN LARGELY DEPOLITICISED. OUR LACK OF CERTAINTY ALSO CREATES HUGE WORKFORCE PROBLEMS. NEARLY ALL MY TUNNELLING GUYS HAVE GONE. THEY'VE GONE ALREADY? YEAH. THEY HAVE TO. LABOUR MP KIERAN MCANULTY SAYS HE'S ASKED NATIONAL TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY. WE'VE SAID TO CHRIS BISHOP, 'BRING US INTO THE MIX. WE'LL GIVE OUR FEEDBACK.' WE'LL TRY TO FIND A PLACE THAT WE'RE BOTH MORE OR LESS COMFORTABLE WITH SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT, WE DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO MIX IT UP TOO MUCH. IT'LL GIVE THE SECTOR CONFIDENCE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL DRIVE A BIT MORE INVESTMENT. NATIONAL'S CHRIS BISHOP SAYS, WELL, HE'S OPEN TO WORKING WITH LABOUR ON HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE TOO. SO AS SEAN SWEENEY DEPARTS THE COUNTRY, HE HAS THIS FINAL MESSAGE. I'D LIKE NEW ZEALAND TO HAVE A REALLY BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT TO BUILD IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AND WHAT SORT OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT TO BE? HE CAN NOW ONLY HOPE POLITICIANS SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. ABSOLUTE PESTS ` THAT'S HOW PORIRUA'S MAYOR IS DESCRIBING DRIVERS WRONGLY PARKING IN MOBILITY SPACES. THE GOVERNMENT'S LOOKING AT MAKING NATIONWIDE CHANGES TO CRACK DOWN ON RULE-BREAKERS, AS SAM OLLEY REPORTS. IN REGULAR PARKS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR MARY HUMPHREYS TO GET INTO HER CAR WITH HER ARTIFICIAL LIMB. I HAD TO ASK A COMPLETE STRANGER IF THEY WOULD MOVE MY CAR OUT, SO THAT I COULD GET INTO IT. AND, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY SCARY HANDING OVER THE KEYS. SHE CAN AVOID THAT BY USING MOBILITY SPACES, BUT SAYS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ILLEGALLY PARKED, AND CONFRONTING ONE DRIVER HAS LEFT HER TRAUMATISED. HE THREATENED TO KILL ME. IT WAS THE WORST THING EVER. I WAS SHAKING. HER CITY'S MAYOR IS ALSO FED UP WITH CULPRITS. I FIND THEM JUST ABSOLUTE PESTS. THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST BEING BLOODY LAZY. THERE'S A LOT OF IGNORANT PEOPLE. IN FACT, AS 1 NEWS LEFT THIS INTERVIEW, SOMEONE PULLED INTO THE CLOSEST MOBILITY PARK WITHOUT DISPLAYING A PERMIT. THEY ARE A NUISANCE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT. UNDER THE CURRENT LAWS, THE MAXIMUM FINE IS $150, BUT THAT WAS SET IN 2008. A SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT OUT LAST YEAR SAYS THE CHARGE SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. $150 FOR A FINE IS CHEAP. PEOPLE DON'T CARE. THEY JUST GO, 'GO AWAY.' THROW THE TICKET AWAY. THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT HAS REVIEWED THE FEES AND SENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TRANSPORT MINISTER, NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. THE PORIRUA CITY COUNCIL HAS ISSUED 93 INFRINGEMENT NOTICES IN THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR, BUT MOST PEOPLE AREN'T CAUGHT. PUTTING ADDITIONAL BARRIERS IN PLACE FOR A DISABLED PERSON TO ATTEND TO THEIR DAILY BUSINESS, TO GO OUT FOR COFFEE, TO ATTEND AN APPOINTMENT, IT MEANS THEY MAY HAVE TO LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT PLACE TO SHOP, AND IN A LOT OF CASES, IT MEANS THEY JUST SIMPLY GO HOME, BECAUSE IT'S TOO HARD. HOPING THE TRANSPORT MINISTER WILL PUT THE BRAKES ON RULE-BREAKERS. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. FRANCE IS ON TRACK TO SET AN OLYMPICS RECORD. IT'S SUPER, SUPER-AMAZING. WE WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT FOR PARIS. WHO'S FUELLING THE NATION'S SUCCESS, NEXT. PLUS ` MOVIE STARS IN THE MAKING; HOW A SOUTHLAND SCHOOL BROUGHT HOLLYWOOD TO THEM. AND LAST NIGHT'S COLD WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS, BUT WHO TOOK THE TITLE, AND HOW LONG ARE THESE CHILLY CONDITIONS STICKING AROUND? WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD AFTER SPORT. # I COULD SPEND MY LIFE IN THIS SWEET SURRENDER. # THAT IS, OF COURSE, THE DULCET TONES OF AEROSMITH'S STEVEN TYLER, WHO HAS JUST GIVEN FANS SOME BAD NEWS. THE BAND WILL NO LONGER TOUR AFTER TYLER'S VOICE WAS PERMANENTLY DAMAGED BY A VOCAL CORD INJURY LAST YEAR. IN A STATEMENT, THE U.S. ROCK GROUP SAID HE'D SPENT MONTHS TIRELESSLY WORKING ON HIS VOICE, BUT IT'S CLEAR IT WON'T MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. AEROSMITH'S WON FOUR GRAMMYS AND IS A ROCK AND ROLL HALL-OF-FAMER. TO AUSSIE ROCKER JIMMY BARNES, WHO HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED FOLLOWING HIS NEW ZEALAND TOUR THIS WEEK. THE 68-YEAR-OLD POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS HIP WHEN HE WAS LEAVING DUNEDIN, AND NOW REQUIRES A MEDICAL PROCEDURE. THE SIX-WEEK RECOVERY TIME MEANS THE AUSTRALIAN LEG OF HIS TOUR WILL BE IMPACTED. BARNES UNDERWENT A HIP REPLACEMENT IN 2022. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, FRANCE WAS IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TURMOIL. TODAY THE NATION FEELS UNITED IN CELEBRATION, ON THE BRINK OF A MODERN GAMES RECORD HAUL, AND WE'RE JUST HALFWAY THROUGH. SPEARHEADING THEIR SUCCESS ARE NEW SPORTING HEROES, LIKE SWIMMER LEON MARCHAND. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON GOT AMONGST THE MARCHAND-MANIA IN PARIS. THIS IS HOW THE FRENCH CELEBRATE THEIR MEDALLISTS. (CROWD CHANTS) ALL WEEK IT'S BEEN A PARTY AT CLUB FRANCE. IT'S SUPER, SUPER-AMAZING. WE WERE NOT EXPECT THAT FOR PARIS, BUT IT'S SUPER-GREAT EVERYONE IS ENJOYING EVERYTHING, SO... WELCOME TO FRANCE! OH, A LOT OF MEDALS ` I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SO MANY... IT'S CRAZY. HALFWAY THROUGH THE GAMES, FRANCE HAS ALREADY EQUALED ITS PREVIOUS MEDAL RECORD HAUL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEAFENING IN HERE, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE EVERY DAY THIS WEEK TO REVEL IN THEIR NATION'S SUCCESS. THE MAIN MAN CELEBRATED ` LEON MARCHAND, THE YOUNG 22-YEAR-OLD WITH FOUR GOLDS IN HIS FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES. SO POPULAR, OVER AT STADE DE FRANCE, ATHLETICS EVENTS WERE ACTUALLY PAUSED, AS RAUCOUS CROWDS HEARD THE NEWS OF A MARCHAND GOLD MEDAL. (CHEERING) FANZONES ACROSS THE CITY HAVE BEEN POPULAR, FANS HERE KICKING OFF WHEN FRENCHMAN TEDDY RINER, CONSIDERED THE GREATEST EVER JUDO FIGHTER, WON GOLD. THESE DAYS ARE JUST INCREDIBLE. I KNOW AND I HOPE ALL ATHLETES HAVE A PERFECT DAY LIKE THIS AT HOME. BMX BREAKING RECORDS TOO ` ALL THREE MEDALS GOING TO FRANCE. THE FIRST TIME A NATION'S ACHIEVED THAT IN A HUNDRED YEARS. IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE HYPE AND GLORY, IT'S EASY TO FORGET FRANCE CURRENTLY HAS A CARETAKER GOVERNMENT, THROWN INTO POLITICAL TURMOIL JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE GAMES BEGAN, BUT NOW THE COUNTRY'S ON TRACK FOR ITS BEST GAMES IN THE MODERN ERA, SPEARHEADED BY THIS RELUCTANT HERO. 'I THINK IT'S A HISTORIC MOMENT, THERE'S ALSO THE GATHERING, 'THE UNITY OF FRENCH PEOPLE BEHIND LEON MARCHAND, IN A MOMENT, A PERIOD 'TODAY WHEN THE COUNTRY NEEDS IT. FRANCE'S BIGGEST STARS LIFTING THEIR COUNTRY TO NEW HEIGHTS WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. AND NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL TALLY NOW STANDS AT SEVEN. THAT'S RIGHT, MELISSA. THE LATEST FROM A REMARKABLE ROWER. WHAT NEXT FOR EMMA TWIGG? AND WHAT ABOUT SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH AND SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS, WHO ENDURED PAINFUL PARIS EXITS? PLUS, PLENTY OF BRUISING ACTION IN THE NEW SPORT OF KAYAK CROSS, AND BEAUTY AFTER A BRUTAL RIDE AROUND THE STREETS OF PARIS. AND SPEAKING OF BRUISES, BLOOD ON THE COURT AT A FIERCE ANZ PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL ` BUT WHO MOPPED THE FLOOR AND CAME OUT ON TOP? EMMA TWIGG'S OLYMPICS CAREER HAS COME TO AN END, WITH THE KIWI ROWER JOINING AN ELITE CLUB IN THE PROCESS. HER SILVER MEDAL HERE IN PARIS THE CULMINATION OF AN 18-YEAR JOURNEY, THAT SUFFERED SO MUCH HEARTBREAK, BUT ULTIMATELY ENDS WITH HER BEING ONE OF THE SPORT'S GREATS. HERE'S OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT. A KISS,... A TOAST AND A LONG, MUCH DESERVED DRINK FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL CAREER. EMMA TWIGG AND SON TOMMY ENJOYING SOME TIME TOGETHER THAT MAY BECOME A BIT MORE REGULAR, WITH THE END OF HER FLATWATER ROWING CAREER. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ROWING A SINGLE FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, LET ALONE THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT SHE HAS, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL. TWIGG CALLING TIME WITH ONE LAST ACCOLADE ` AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL IN PARIS, ENDING A MAMMOTH 18-YEAR STINT IN ROWING THAT FOR HER FIRST FEW ATTEMPTS FINISHED IN HEARTBREAK, BUT WAS EVENTUALLY REWARDED WITH OLYMPIC GOLD AND NOW SILVER. IS YOUR OVERRIDING EMOTION RIGHT NOW? YOU ACTUALLY CAUGHT ME AT A GOOD TIME, COS WHEN I WAS WELCOMED BACK TO THE TEAM HOTEL I WAS A BLUBBERY MESS. I GUESS THAT'S A REFLECTION OF WHAT'S GONE INTO THIS CAMPAIGN. AS EMMA TWIGG LEAVES THE OLYMPICS FOR THE LAST TIME, SHE DOES SO AS A MULTIPLE GAMES MEDALLIST, ONLY THE SIXTH WOMAN IN SINGLE SCULLS HISTORY TO ACHIEVE THE FEAT. IT FEELS GOOD. SPECIAL, SHE'S JUST SIMPLY SPECIAL. I'VE SEEN IT ALL AND I'M GONNA BE PERFECRLY HONEST, I'M MORE EMPOTIONALLY CHARGED ABOUT THIS THAN I WAS IN TOKYO. BUT SUCH IS THE COMPETITOR IN THE 37-YEAR-OLD, SHE'S ALREADY EYEING UP THE NEXT CHALLENGE. OFF TO THE WORLD COASTAL CHAMPS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ACTUALLY. I'M GOING TO BE 40-PLUS THERE, AND I DON'T SEE MYSELF COMPETING WITH TWENTY-SOMETHING YEAR OLDS RUNNING UP A BEACH, SO I THINK IT'S THE END, IT COULD BE FOR TOM MACKINTOSH AS WELL, FIFTH IN HIS FINAL. HE'S OFF TO OXFORD TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ROWING CLUB. THE SINGLE SCULLS IS ABOUT TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT FOR NZ. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. TEARS ON THE TRACK FOR OUR KIWI ATHLETES ` IN A DISAPPOINTING FEW MINUTES, BOTH ZOE HOBBS AND TOM WALSH FALLING SHORT AT THE GAMES, A GROIN INJURY SEEING WALSH MISS A MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT DRAWING EVEN MORE HUNGER FOR THE NEXT OLYMPIC CYCLE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE.. IF THERE'S EVER A MANTRA FOR TOM WALSH, IT'S NEVER SAY DIE. SOMETHING'S WRONG THERE. WANTED TO GO OUT THERE TODAY AND JUST COMMIT AND GIVE IT A GO ` THAT'S WHAT I DID. THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST BROKEN, IN PAIN, FLARING A RECURRING GROIN INJURY.. IN HIS SECOND THROW OF THE MEN'S SHOT PUT FINAL. WHILE MANY WOULD GIVE UP, WALSH FOUGHT ON. YEAH, THERE IS A MAN WHO IS HOBBLED. BUT IN THE SPACE OF A FEW MINUTES, ANOTHER BLOW FOR KIWI FANS.. ZOE HOBBS' HOPES DASHED IN THE CAULDRON OF DREAMS, FINISHING SIXTH IN HER 100M SEMI FINAL. I FEEL LIKE I LET MYSELF DOWN TODAY, BUT JUST PROUD TO BE HERE, SO TOO FOR JAMAICA IN THE OTHER SEMI FINAL. VIDEO EMERGING OF THE EIGHT TIME OLYMPIC MEDALLIST TRYING TO GET INTO THE VENUE. BUT REFUSED ENTRY AS SHE DIDN'T ARRIVE WITH HER TEAM BUS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, SO THERE WAS A RULE CHANGE. I DON'T KOW THE PART OF IT, BUT IT DID CATCH KELLY CHAKARI, AND WHEN SHE STARTED TO WARM UP SHE DID FELT SOMETHING IN HER HAMSTRING. SO IT'S AN INJURY? YES. MAKING WAY FOR A NEW CHAMPION. THE HISTORY MAKER! SAINT LUCIA'S JULIEN ALFRED WINNING HER COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL, FROM STADE DE FRANCE TO THE CARRIBEAN, EVERYONE BROUGHT TO THEIR FEET MPON PARIS. WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF THE OLYMPICS HERE IN PARIS ` A GAMES THAT IS WELL AND TRULY DELIVERING. FROM NEW EVENTS TO HEARTSTOPPING RACES AND FINISHES, NEW ZEALAND'S IN THE THICK OF IT ALL TOO. JORDAN OPPERT WRAPS UP THE BEST OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. ONE OF THE OLYMPICS' NEWEST EVENTS LIVING UP TO THE HYPE. AS MUCH AS THERE IS CONTACT, THEY'VE SAID YOU CAN'T BASH SOMEONE IN THE FACE. LUUKA JONES FIRST UP IN THE KAYAK CROSS, FIGHTING HER WAY THROUGH TO ADVANCE IN THE WOMEN'S HEATS. FINN BUTCHER'S RACE MUCH SMOOTHER. THE BUTCHER, CARVING UP THIS COURSE TO START! THE OTAGO PADDLER COMFORTABLY BEATING SWISS WORLD CUP WINNER MARTIN DOUGOUD FINN BUTCHER "IT WAS A HARD ONE TO START OFF WITH BUT IT WAS A GOOD START AND I WAS BY MYSELF FOR THE REST. THAT'S ALL YOU WANT." THE KIWI SAILORS CHASING THE SAME IN MARSEILLE, ALTHOUGH NOT ALWAYS GOING TO PLAN. JOSH ARMIT NEEDING A TOP-TWO FINISH IN THE MEN'S WINDFOILING SEMIS TO GUARANTEE A MEDAL, MISSING OUT ON THE FINAL BY ONE SPOT. COMPETITION JUST AS TIGHT FOR TOM SAUNDERS, SITTING FIFTH IN THE ILCA-7 WITH FOUR RACES LEFT BEFORE THE MEDAL RACE. HOPEFULLY FIND THE NEXT GEAR. IT'S CLOSE TO CLICKING, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IT CLICKS AND I CAN PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY CLEAN SCORECARD. BACK IN PARIS, REMCO EVENEPOEL NEEDING TO FIND ANOTHER GEAR LATE IN THE MEN'S ROAD RACE. OH, NO, HE'S GOT A PUNCTURE! THE BELGIAN NAVIGATING THE DRAMA TO CLAIM HIS SECOND GOLD OF THE GAMES, CELEBRATING WITH THE PERFECT BACKDROP. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH! THE FINISH MUCH MORE DRAMATIC IN THE 4X400M MIXED RELAY, THE NETHERLANDS SUBBING IN 400M HURDLE RUNNER FEMKE BOL FOR THE FINAL AND SHOWING WHY. SHE'S RUNNING DOWN CAITLIN BROWN! AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE GOING TO TAKE THE FOUR BY FOUR AND UPSET THE U.S! GERMANY LEAVING THINGS JUST AS LATE IN THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL QUARTERFINALS, BEATING THE CONTROVERSIAL CANADIANS IN A SHOOTOUT. KEEPER ANN-KATRIN BOOT AS IMPORTANT AS HER GLOVES. CAN SHE PUT IT AWAY FOR GERMANY? SHE HAS! ANN-KATRIN BERGER IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE HEROINE OF TONIGHT! WEEK ONE IN PARIS COMING TO AN END, BUT PLENTY MORE HEROIC MOMENTS TO COME. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. SHE'S AFTER THE COMPLETE SET. KIWI GOLFER LYDIA KO'S CHASING OLYMPIC GOLD TO GO WITH THE SILVER AND BRONZE SHE'S ALREADY COLLECTED. ACHIEVE THAT, AND THE FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE MIGHT EVEN ADD SOME MORE INK. HENRY MCMULLEN EXPLAINS. OUR BEST-EVER FEMALE GOLFER ON A WHIRLWIND TRIP TO PARIS. YOU'VE ONLY JUST FLOWN IN, AND YOU'RE STRAIGHT OFF AGAIN. YEAH. IT HELPS TO BE 27. (LAUGHS) AND YET SHE'S GEARING UP FOR HER THIRD OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS IS A WIN, AND NOT EVERY ATHLETE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT THEY ARE AN OLYMPIAN. KO, THOUGH, LOOKING TO ADD AN ELUSIVE GOLD TO HER COLLECTION, HAVING CLAIMED BRONZE IN TOKYO AND SILVER IN RIO. THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE ARE JUST AS HIGH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME IN MY CAREER AS SOME OF MY WINS. AND IF I DO GET TO FINISH IT AND, YOU KNOW, WIN A GOLD AND BRING GOLD FOR NEW ZEALAND, IT'D MEAN A LOT. A TOTAL OF 60 WOMEN WILL TEE OFF IN PARIS. THE TOP 15 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD GUARANTEED A SPOT. FELLOW KIWI MOMOKA KOBORI WAS ALSO INVITED TO PLAY, BUT DIDN'T MEET THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CRITERIA. KO ALL FOR THE TEAM EVENT IN THE FUTURE, WHILE RIGHT NOW FOCUSED ON DRIVING HERSELF INTO THE GOLF HALL OF FAME. SHE'S JUST ONE POINT AWAY FROM ACHIEVING THE MILESTONE. IT WAS REALLY NEVER A GOAL OF MINE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK, LIKE, I COULD EVER GET THAT FAR. BUT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY IS GREAT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ENJOY MY GOLF, AND I KNOW A GOLD MEDAL HERE WILL SOLVE ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SO IT WOULD BE A PRETTY COOL WAY TO DO IT. THE HONOUR OF REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY CLEARLY A SHOT SHE TREASURES. AND THIS ONE IS PROBABLY MY MOST SPECIAL ONE. BUT IF I WIN GOLD, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO GET A NEW TATTOO. AND ANOTHER PERMANENT PLACE IN OLYMPIC HISTORY. HENRY MCMULLEN, 1 NEWS, PARIS. BACK HOME, AND THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL BETWEEN THE PULSE AND MYSTICS WAS WORTHY OF A TITLE DECIDER GOING DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS. THE MYSTICS SNATCHING A 54-53 VICTORY IN WHAT WAS OFTEN A BRUISING ENCOUNTER. KATE WELLS HAS THE ACTION. NOT LONG AGO THE NORTHERN MYSTICS WERE OUT OF THE FINALS PICTURE, BUT HONESTY, GRIT AND DETERMINATION HAS SEEN THEM BOUNCE BACK IN EMPHATIC FASHION - OH MY GOODNESS! THE MYSTICS HAVE WON IT IN THE MOST SENSATIONAL OF CIRCUMSTANCES I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR TEAM, THAT GAME WAS JUST CRAZY, THE WAY THE GIRLS CAME ON AND PLAYED, THE PRESSURE IN THAT CIRCLE, I THOUGHT WE'D LOST IT, I ACTUALLY CAN'T BELIEVE WE JUST WON THAT, I ACTUALLY CAN'T. THE VISITORS DEFENDING THEIR TITLE WITH A DRAMATIC ONE GOAL WIN IN WELLINGTON. IT TOOK BOTH TEAMS TIME TO FIND THEIR GROOVE, DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE THAT COMES WITH FINALS NETBALL. OH, FOOT WAS OUT OF COURT. PULSE CO-CAPTAIN KELLY JACKSON GETTING INTO HER WORK EARLY, ENSURING GRACE NWEKE WOULDN'T HAVE AN EASY RIDE. AGAIN, THE MISS, AND THE BOX FROM JACKSON, IT'S TWO REBOUNDS NOW SHE'S SNAFFLED. - SOMETHING THE PULSE DIDN'T NEED. LOSING MIDCOURTER WHITNEY SOUNESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER. - YEP, THAT'S A GOOD CUT. - BUT WHAT IT DID WAS SPARK A SHIFT IN MOMENTUM. - THE PULSE HIT THE FRONT FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES OUT FROM HALF TIME BUT WITH THE MYSTICS COMES AN ABILITY TO SCORE QUICKLY UP BY ONE HEADING INTO THE FINAL QUARTER. UNTIL PHOENIX KARAKA THREW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS. OH, NOW THIS IS A SUSPENSION FOR PHOENIX KARAKA. WHAT WILL THE MYSTICS DO HERE? DOWN TO SIX PLAYERS FOR TWO MINUTES, BUT IN NETBALL, IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER, THE MYSTICS POUNCING ON AN AMELIA WALMSLEY MISSED GOAL TO SEE THEM TAKE THE 2024 CROWN. CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN SETTING THE STANDARD IN AOTEAROA. THANKS, CHRIS. SEE YOU TOMORROW. STAY WITH US. ERIN'S HERE NEXT WITH ALL THE WEATHER DETAILS, INCLUDING HOW LONG THIS CHILLY WEATHER'S SET TO LAST. COMING UP ON GOODSORTS... IN JUST A SECOND... WE ARE WINTON SCHOOL... BUT GET THIS... NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. A VERY COLD NIGHT LAST NIGHT ` THE CLEAR SKIES MEANT FROSTS FROM THE PADDOCKS RIGHT TO THE BEACH ` MINUS-9 IN TEKAPO. BUT IF YOU HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING IN SOUTH CANTERBURY THIS MORNING, BURKES PASS RECORDING ` MINUS-13 AND WITH 6 BELOW IN CHRISTCHURCH. THAT'S YOUR SECOND COLDEST AUGUST NIGHT ON RECORD, AND ASHBURTON EQUALLING YOUR COLDEST NIGHT IN AUGUST. AND MANY ARE IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STARTING TOMORROW, LOTS OF CLEAR SKIES AND FROSTY STARTS. BUT WE SEE SOME POCKETS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY UP THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST.. AS WELL AS THE LOWER ISLAND. AND BRUSHING PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TOO. THE REST OF THE WORKING WEEK, IT'S HAS A TRUE WINTRY FEEL, WITH FROSTS AS FAR NORTH AS WAIKATO THROUGH UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUCKLAND MAY EVEN SEE FROST WEDNESDAY TOO. THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST HAS RAIN AND SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, HEAVIEST ON WEDNESDAY. AND THE RAIN ARRIVING LATE THURSDAY TO THE NORTH, SO A WET FRIDAY FOR YOU. SOME VERY COLD OVERNIGHT TEMPS, AVERAGE AUGUST DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THE RAIN'S FINALLY MOVED OFF FROM NORTHLAND ` THERE IS JUST THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER AND A BIT OF CLOUD ABOUT, WITH 14 OR 15 DEGREES. FINE TO START, TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, BUT TAKE THE BROLLY, AS SOME MAY SEE A SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON AND 14. A FINE AND FROSTY TO START ACROSS WAIKATO, THEN SOME CLOUD, FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND A TOP OF 14. JACK FROST VISITING ALL CENTRAL AREAS. CLOUD TO ARRVIVE HERE IN THE AFTERNOON TOO. TOKOROA AND TAUMARUNUI MAY EVEN SEE A SPRINKLE AND A COOL 11 FOR TAUPO. IT'S A PRETTY DECENT KIND OF DAY, TAURANGA ` MOSTLY FINE AND 15. A STUNNING MONDAY ON THE CARDS FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY. FROSTY STARTS FOR ALL IN THE EAST. BUT SOME CLOUD AFTER LUNCH FURTHER SOUTH AND 12 TO 14 DEGREES. A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY IN THE WEST ` THE ODD SHOWER IN THE MIX TOO AND 13 FOR MOST. MORNING CLOUD GIVES WAY TO A SUNNY AFTERNOON IN THE CAPITAL WITH A HIGH OF 12. FROSTY AND FINE, MAYBE A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD AROUND FOR MOST IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH. WESTPORT'S THE EXCEPTION WITH SHOWERS. THEY COULD BE HEAVY WITH SOME SMALL HAIL STONES AND 12 FOR YOU. WAKING TO A BALMY MINUS-4 COMPARED TO YOUR MINUS-6 THIS MORNING, OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` A SUNNY DAY, MAYBE WITH A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD AND 13. A SHOWERY DAY IN THE WEST CLEARING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND A FINE AND FROSTY DAY IN THE EAST ` 11 OR 12 DEGREES. A GREY MORNING, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN, MAYBE EVEN A SPRINKLE. A FROST STILL MANAGING TO FORM, THOUGH. IT DOES CLEAR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND 9 IS YOUR HIGH. OAMARU'S FINE. MILFORD SOUND'S RAIN EASES, BUT YOU COULD SEE THOSE HEAVY SHOWERS WITH HAIL THORUGH THE AFTENROON. OTHERS, IT'S A FEW MORNING SHOWERS AND 10 TO 12 FOR ALL. YOU START OFF GREY WITH A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN, OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. THE AFTERNOON'S AN IMPROVMENT. WITH A HIGH OF 13. TUESDAY, IT'S A VERY GOOD LOOKING MAP, A FEW LITTLE NOTES ` SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH ISLAND'S WEST. THEY EASE AND OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR FIORDLAND AND SHOWERS FOR BULLER . WEDNESDAY AGAIN IT'S THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND THAT SEES SOME CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS. AND THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY IN THE SOUTH ISLANDS WEST AND A BIT OF CLOUD CREEPING TO MANY OTHER SPOTS TOO. STAY WARM OUT THERE. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. OUR GOOD SORT TONIGHT IS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TURNED MOVIE SCRIPT WRITER. HERE'S HAYDN JONES. THESE WINTON LOCALS ARE MOVIE STARS. I WAS IN THE MOVIE. I WAS IN THE MOVIE TOO. YOU MIGHT NOT RECOGNISE THEM, BUT THEY ALL TOOK PART IN A FEATURE FILM. I WAS IN THE MOVIE. FINN TOO. THEY STARTED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. SO, YOUR SUNGLASSES... FANCY CAMERA GEAR, SWORDS AND ARROWS AT THE READY. I'VE MUCKED IT UP. TRY AND FIND THE AREA WHERE WE ACTUALLY FILMED HERE LAST YEAR. THEN THEY WERE OFF. THIS IS THE SPOT, ISN'T IT? QUICK TAPE JOB. ALL THE WAY UP. ROLLING. SOUND. TAKE ONE. AND IT'S TIME TO SHOOT. ACTION! BY THE WAY, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE IS. YEP. THAT EXACTLY. THE END RESULT... THE GREAT SWORD OF ISTHGAL. 38 DAYS OF SHOOTING, DOZENS OF LOCATIONS, JET BOATS, HELICOPTERS, YOU NAME IT. THE FILM IS 90 MINUTES LONG. I WANTED THE STUDENTS OF WINTON SCHOOL AT THE TIME TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. EDUCATION IS NOT ALL JUST ABOUT READING AND WRITING AND MATH. PRINCIPAL STEVE WADSWORTH WROTE THE MOVIE DURING A BREAK. I LOCKED MYSELF AWAY IN TE ANAU FOR MY SABBATICAL AND IT JUST FLOWED. HE ANNOUNCED HIS CUNNING PLAN AT PRIZE GIVING. THE KIDS WORKED BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMERA. WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT CAMERAS BEFORE THIS? LITERALLY NOTHING. SO YOUR EYESIGHT IS HERE. FORTUNATELY, THEY HAD HELP IN THE FORM OF SAM, A VIDEOGRAPHER. IT'S SUPER COOL TO WATCH A KID JUMP ON, JUMP ON THE TOOLS AND PICK IT UP WAY FASTER THAN I EVER PICKED IT UP. ALL 270 PUPILS AT WINTON SCHOOL WERE INVOLVED IN THE FILM. WATERFALL, WATERFALL. THE ONLY TEARS STEVE CRIED... I'M VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY. ...WAS WHEN IT FINISHED. THE LAST TIME SAYING CUT, AFTER ALL OF THOSE WEEKS AND MONTHS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF COLLABORATION FROM EVERYBODY, IT WAS A HUGE MOMENT AND ONE THAT WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF. THEY HAD A FILM PREMIERE, BUT STEVE COULDN'T WATCH THE SCREEN. BUT I WAS LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT AT ALL THE KIDS WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN, JUST GOING... THAT'S ME. WE DID THAT. MOST OF THE CAST ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW, SO TODAY'S REUNION IS SPECIAL. IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO US. SO ARE THE LESSONS THEY LEARNED FROM MAKING IT. I CAN DO THINGS LIKE THIS. FORGET FAME AND FORTUNE. THE BEST THING ABOUT MAKING A FEATURE FILM IN PRIMARY SCHOOL IS... ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. AND NOW STEVE WADSWORTH CAN HAPPILY GO BACK TO HIS DAY JOB. HAYDEN JONES, 1 NEWS. AWESOME. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SUNDAY. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. 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