TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS ` MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MINISTRY INTERVENTION. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FURTHER MEASURES TO ITS MATHS CURRICULUM OVERHAUL. WHAT SOME SCHOOLS FEAR ISN'T BEING ADDED TO THE EQUATION IN THE PUSH TO RAISE STANDARDS. PLUS, HERE IN PARIS ` THE LATEST ON THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM'S MEDAL HOPES, AND... CAN THE JAMAICAN DO IT? OH, IT'S SO, SO CLOSE. WHAT A RACE! HOW MANY THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND ENDED UP SEPARATING THE GOLD AND SILVER MEDALLISTS IN A DRAMATIC PHOTO FINISH IN THE MEN'S 100 METRES? CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL TAYLOR, BRIGIT KELLY AND JASON CONRAN. NAU MAI KI KARERE TAHI I TENEI PO. WELCOME TO ONE NEWS THIS EVENING. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED MORE CHANGES TO MATHS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS - CALLING POOR ACHIEVEMENT 'UNACCEPTABLE'. THERE'LL BE INCREASED OVERSIGHT FROM THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO PICK UP ON PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLS AND INTERVENE. BUT THE EDUCATION SECTOR'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAST PACE OF THE CHANGES SET TO BE IN PLACE BY NEXT YEAR. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. THE NUMERATOR WHICH IS... THE TOP NUMBER. THE TOP NUMBER, YEP... WHAT'S GOING ON IN MATHS CLASS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS FIRMLY UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. TODAY, IT'S THE EDUCATION MINISTRY AND EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE WHO'VE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE ACTION. THE MINISTRY WILL SHARPEN ITS APPROACH TO INTERVENING IN SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS AT RISK ` REDIRECTING AND TARGETING RESOURCES TO SCHOOLS WHO HAVE POOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND PROGRESS ATTITUDES. THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERHAUL PROMPTED BY NEW DATA, SHOWING LESS THAN A � OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS ARE MEETING NEW MATHS CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS. IT SHAVED A YEAR OFF THE ROLL OUT OF A NEW, STRUCTURED MATHS CURRICULUM THAT'LL NOW BE IN PLACE FROM NEXT YEAR. BUT THE SECTOR'S CONCERNED THIS WON'T WORK. WE KNOW FROM DECADES AND DECADES OF RESEARCH THAT THERE AREN'T SILVER BULLETS FOR IMPROVING MATHEMATICS EDUCATION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS, I MEAN, IT NEEDS TIME AND MONEY AND THAT'S MAYBE NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. STRUCTURED MATHS PITCHES AT THE MIDDLE. IT WILL NOT ADDRESS NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS. IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESS THE CHILDREN AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM ` THE GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS. THE GOVERNMENT S PLAN ALSO INCLUDES: $20M FOR TRAINING TEACHERS IN A STRUCTURED MATHS APPROACH; A REQUIREMENT TO PASS NCEA LEVEL 2 MATHS TO ENTER TEACHER TRAINING; A REQUIREMENT TO PASS NCEA LEVEL TWO MATHS TO ENTER TEACHER TRAINING; AND STRUGGLING STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE EXTRA SUPPORT IN SMALL GROUPS. THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IS CHRONIC UNDER-RESOURCING. ANYTHING THAT ADDS RESOURCING LONG TERM TO THE MIX WILL HELP. WE ASKED PARENTS IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON WHAT THEY THINK. I DONT HAVE A LOT OF HOPES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TURNING EVERYTHING AROUND. IT'S A TRICKY THING, THE WHOLE 'TEACHING MATHS TO KIDS'. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INVOLVE THE TEACHERS IN ALL THESE CONSULTATIONS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSITY OF LEARNING AIDS FOR KIDS AS WELL ` NOT JUST TO GO, 'EVERYONE HAS TO LEARN EVERYTHING IN THE SAME WAY'. THE GOVERNMENT NOW HAS TO PROVE WHY STRUCTURED MATHS WON'T BE ANOTHER FAILED ATTEMPT TO TURN OUR SERIOUS MATHS SLUMP AROUND. IT'S A CRISIS, THAT'S WHY I CALLED IN THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND KATE, MORE MATHS RESULTS HAVE BEEN SHARED TODAY. AFTERNOON THE STUDY WAS RELEASED AND FOR WHICH SHOWS THAT 1/5 OF YEAR FIVE STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING AT CURRICULUM LEVELS. YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW THIS RATE BECAME SO LOW. THIS IS WHERE THE DARTER CONTEXT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS CAME OUT WITH A DRAFT CURRICULUM THAT HASN'T COME OUT YET. IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOTHING IS CHANGING THE YEAR EIGHT STUDENTS. IT HASN'T SINCE 2018. MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST IWI, NGAPUHI, HAVE MARCHED TO PARLIAMENT DEMANDING AN END TO PLANS TO REMOVE SECTION 7AA FROM THE ORANGA TAMARIKI ACT. THE LEGISLATION COMPELS THE AGENCY TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MAORI CHILDREN AND CONSIDER THEIR ANCESTRY WHEN PLACING THEM IN CARE. MAORI AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI REPORTS. THE FAR NORTH IWI IS A LONG WAY FROM HOME. ANA, HI! ANA, HI! ARRIVING OUTSIDE THE HALLS OF POWER WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE... IF YOU DON'T STOP, WE'LL STOP YOU. ..LEAVE SECTION 7AA ALONE. STAND DOWN, MATE, STAND DOWN. THE LEGISLATION COMPELS ORANGA TAMARIKI TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MAORI CHILDREN, WORK ALONGSIDE IWI TO REDUCE INEQUITIES, AND CONSIDER A CHILD'S ANCESTRY OR WHAKAPAPA WHEN PLACING THEM IN CARE. WHAKAPAPA ` TO US, WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE'VE READ IN THE REPORT PUBLISHED RECENTLY ABOUT HISTORIC ABUSE IN CARE. THOSE SURVIVORS HAD THEIR WHAKAPAPA SEVERED. A THIRD OF MAORI CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM ARE OF NGAPUHI DESCENT. 827 MOKOPUNA. BUT CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR IS CONCERNED SECTION 7AA IS LEADING TO STAFF PRIORITISING A CHILD'S RACE OVER THEIR WELL-BEING. THIS SOMETIMES LED TO UNSAFE CARE DECISIONS AND DISRUPTION TO BOTH THE CHILDREN AND THE CAREGIVERS. AT AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INQUIRY, ORANGA TAMARIKI COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE BACKING UP THAT STATEMENT. KAREN CHHOUR DECLINED REQUESTS TO APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. WHAT ON EARTH IS ON THE MINISTER'S MIND? THE MINISTER ALSO UNAVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW TODAY AFTER GOING HOME SICK. HE AHA TO KARERE KI A MINITA KAREN CHHOUR? WHAKARONGO KI TO IWI! WHAKARONGO KI A NGAPUHI! STAND DOWN. STOP THE RACIST ATTACKS. STOP THE RACIST LEGISLATION. KARREN CHHOUR TOLD 1NEWS IN A STATEMENT SHE MET WITH NGAPUHI LEADERS EARLY THIS MORNING AND ASSURED THEM THE REPEAL WON'T AFFECT ANY FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE IWI. BUT THAT HASN'T ALLEVIATED THE CONCERNS OF ITS LEADERS. STOP YOUR ATTACK ON NGAPUHI AND TE IWI MAORI. A SELECT COMMITTEE IS UNDERWAY OVER THE REPEAL. WITH A LOT AT STAKE FOR OUR BIGGEST IWI. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE MEETING WILL BE HELD BY BRITISH POLITICIANS IN THE COMING HOURS AS VIOLENT UNREST CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RIOTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN SEVERAL ENGLISH CITIES OVER THE PAST SIX DAYS, FOLLOWING THE FATAL STABBING OF THREE YOUNG GIRLS. MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR BEEN ARRESTED AND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HURT AS THEY TRY TO RESTORE ORDER. IN ROTHERHAM, HUNDREDS SURROUNDED A HOLIDAY INN WHERE ASYLUM SEEKERS WERE BELIEVED TO BE STAYING ` SMASHING WINDOWS AND FORCING THEIR WAY IN. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S THOMAS MEAD. IT BEGAN UNDER THE SHADOW OF A BRITISH FLAG, WAVING AS POLICE TOOK A DEFENSIVE LINE AROUND A HOTEL HOME TO REFUGEES, SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE U.K. (CHANTING) SEND THEM HOME, SEND THEM HOME! THE TOWN OF ROTHERHAM SUDDENLY DROWNING IN HATRED ` (SCREAMING, SHOUTING) SO STRONG, IT COULD NOT BE CONTAINED... (YELLING) ...THE MOB SURROUNDING POLICE, THROWING PROJECTILES THEN CHARGING INSIDE. (CHEERING, SHOUTING) SOON, FIRES WERE BURNING ` THE CROWD CHEERING ALL THE WAY. I UTTERLY CONDEMN THE FAR RIGHT THUGGERY WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEKEND. UNREST HAS NOW BEEN SEEN IN MORE THAN 10 BRITISH CITIES AMID FALSE RUMOURS ABOUT THE HORRIFIC MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN AT A DANCE CLASS. ONLINE, FAR RIGHT ACTIVISTS CLAIMED THE SUSPECTED KILLER WAS A MUSLIM ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT. HE IS ACTUALLY THE SON OF RWANDAN IMMIGRANTS AND WAS BORN IN THE UK, BUT THE SITUATION HAS INFLAMED EXISTING ANTI-IMMIGRATION SENTIMENT LEAVING SOME IN DISBELIEF. I'M BORN AND BRED HERE. MY KIDS ARE BORN AND BRED HERE. WE'RE-WE'RE- WE'RE PART OF BRITAIN NOW, THEY'VE GOT TO ACCEPT IT. WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT, TAKE 'EM HOME AND SEND 'EM HOME? OTHERS RESPONDING WITH EVEN MORE VIOLENCE. (SHOUTING) IN BOLTON, WEST ENGLAND, AROUND 300 MEN OF ASIAN DECENT CHARGED ONE OF THE PROTESTS, CHANTING IN ARABIC, POLICE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO KEEP THE TWO GROUPS APART WITH BYSTANDERS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. (SHOUTING CONTINUES) SOON, SMOKE BOMBS WERE IN THE AIR, FIREWORKS SET OFF, PROJECTILES THROWN ` THE SITUATION EVENTUALLY CONTROLLED AS AUTHORITIES VOWED TO USE THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL REGRET TAKING PART IN THIS DISORDER ` WHETHER DIRECTLY OR THOSE WHIPPING UP THIS ACTION ONLINE. MEANWHILE, BACK IN ROTHERHAM, ORDER DID NOT COME EASILY. AT TIMES, AT THE HOTEL, THE RIOT REACHED TOTAL LAWLESSNESS... ...SOME OFFICERS LEFT WITH NO OPTION, BUT RETREAT. 10 WERE INJURED BUT POLICE EVENTUALLY GOT THE UPPER HAND. THE FIRES EXTINGUISHED... FOR NOW. THOMAS MEAD, 1NEWS. AUSTRALIA'S RAISED ITS TERROR THREAT LEVEL AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS OVER THE WAR IN GAZA. THE THREAT LEVEL'S NOW 'PROBABLE', WITH AUTHORITIES SAYING THERE'S A HIGHER CHANCE OF A VIOLENT EXTREMIST ACT. THE COUNTRY'S SECURITY AGENCY SAYS MORE AUSTRALIANS ARE BEING RADICALISED, AND MORE QUICKLY. AND WHILE THE GAZA CONFLICT ISN'T DIRECTLY BEHIND THE THREAT LEVEL GOING UP, IT IS BEING CALLED A 'SIGNIFICANT DRIVER'. NEW ZEALAND'S THREAT LEVEL REMAINS AT 'LOW'. TRIPLE MURDERER LAUREN DICKASON IS FIGHTING HER CONVICTIONS. LAST YEAR, THE SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTOR WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING HER THREE DAUGHTERS ` LIANE (6) AND TWINS (2) MAYA AND KARLA. SHE ADMITTED SMOTHERING THE CHILDREN IN 2021, BUT CLAIMED SHE WAS MENTALLY UNWELL SO COULD NOT BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE. DICKASON WAS GIVEN A FINITE SENTENCE OF 18 YEARS. BUT TODAY, 1 NEWS CONFIRMED HER LEGAL TEAM HAVE FILED A NOTICE OF APPEAL AGAINST HER CONVICTIONS. AT THIS STAGE, THE GROUNDS FOR APPEAL HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. IN WHAT UNIONS SAY IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THOUSANDS OF AMBULANCE OFFICERS TODAY VOTED TO STRIKE OVER A LONG-RUNNING PAY DISPUTE. OFFICERS WILL START SHIFTS LATER ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS LATER THIS MONTH. WHILE THE ACTION WILL DISRUPT SERVICES, THEY SAY IT WON'T AFFECT ESSENTIAL CALL-OUTS. SIMON MERCEP HAS MORE. (SIREN WAILS) AMBULANCE OFFICERS MADE A BIG CALL TODAY. IN AN OVERWHELMING VOTE, AROUND 2.5 THOUSAND UNION MEMBERS WILL SOON TAKE LIMITED STRIKE ACTION. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICE ST JOHN THAT WE'VE GONE THIS FAR. IT CERTAINLY WASN'T AN EASY DECISION FOR OUR MEMBERS, BUT THEY'RE AT BREAKING POINT WITH WHERE WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS AT THE MOMENT. ON AUGUST 20TH AND THEN AGAIN ON AUGUST 24TH, UNION MEMBERS WILL START THEIR SHIFTS FOUR HOURS LATE. IT'S A STEP UP FROM PREVIOUS ACTION USING MESSAGES LIKE THIS TO PUBLICISE THEIR CONCERNS. UNIONS SAY THEY DO EXPECT THEIR ACTION TO INCONVENIENCE ST JOHN, BUT THEY'LL BE TALKING TO THEIR BOSSES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE STRIKE, SO THAT NO ONE WHO NEEDS AN AMBULANCE IN AN EMERGENCY MISSES OUT. UNIONS SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO PUMP EXTRA FUNDS INTO THE SERVICE. WE RE JUST A FIRST YEAR INTO OUR TERM, BUT I D JUST SAY THE UNIONS AND ST JOHN ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BARGAINING AND IT S SORT OF INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO WADE INTO THAT. BUT UNIONS SAY PAY NEGOTIATIONS WITH ST JOHN ARE GOING NOWHERE. COS WE HAVEN'T GOT AN OFFER, BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLY SAYING, 'WE HAVE NO MONEY.' AND UNTIL HEALTH NEW ZEALAND GIVES THEM SOME MONEY, THEY HAVE NOTHING. TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER LEFT THE DOOR OPEN. WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THE CORE FUNDING IS APPROPRIATE AND WE LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. UNIONS SAY FUNDING IS NEEDED URGENTLY AS MORE PARAMEDICS ARE STRETCHED AND SOME ARE HEADING OVERSEAS. THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IS BROKEN AND THEY NEED TO STEP IN AND FIX IT. THEY HOPE THE STRIKE SHOWS HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN TO OPT OUT OF TRANS-TASMAN STANDARDS FOR INFANT FORMULA OVER CONCERNS IT'LL HARM OUR ONE BILLION DOLLAR EXPORT INDUSTRY. THE NEW STANDARDS WOULD HAVE PUT TOUGHER LABELLING REQUIREMENTS ON INFANT FORMULA, SEEING SOME SPECIALIST PRODUCTS ONLY ABLE TO BE SOLD IN PHARMACIES. DAIRY GIANT DANONE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN LOBBYING THE GOVERNMENT TO OPT OUT, THREATENING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF WE SIGNED UP. NEW ZEALAND WILL NOW HAVE TO DEVELOP ENTIRELY NEW REGULATIONS. WE'RE OPTING OUT OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT $1.8B WORTH OF INFANT FORMULA THAT WE SELL, UH, PREDOMINANTLY INTO CHINA, A LITTLE BIT INTO AUSTRALIA, UH, AND WE LOOKED AT THOSE TWO SMALL PARTS OF THAT OVERALL PACKAGE AND SAID, LOOK, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THOSE THINGS IF IT ENDS UP UNDERMINING OUR ABILITY TO SELL EXPORT SALES. THE COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTED BY THE DECISION TO OPT OUT OF THE NEW STANDARDS, BECAUSE MISLEADING LABELLING ON INFANT FORMULA PRODUCTS CAN RESULT IN PARENTS PURCHASING INAPPROPRIATE OR MORE EXPENSIVE PRODUCTS FOR THEIR BABY. TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS NOW, AND CHRIS, NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW CHASING ANOTHER MEDAL? BONJOUR SIMON. YES, JUST ALONG THE SEINE HERE OUR TEAM IS TAKING PART IN THE MIXED RELAY TRIATHLON WHICH IS JUST UNDERWAY AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE WATER QUALITY CONTINUES ` BELGIUM PULLING OUT WITH ONE OF THEIR ATHLETES FALLING ILL AFTER COMPETING IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENT. WHILE THE POLLUTION IN THE SEINE REMAINS A MAJOR ISSUE HERE, THE BIG TALKING POINT IN PARIS IS THE DRAMATIC FINISH TO THE MEN'S 100 METRES. MICHELLE, YOU WERE THERE ` TAKE US THROUGH THE SENSATIONAL FINAL FEW STEPS. THE TINIEST MARGIN SEPARATING GOLD FROM SILVER? CHRIS TRY 5000 THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND - THAT MARGIN. IT WAS A LIKE WALL OF MEN ACROSS THE LINE. NO ONE KNEW WHO WON. TAKE A LOOK HOW CLOSE IT WAS. CANADA JAMAICAN DO IT? OH, SO SO CLOSE. SO, MICHELLE, NOAH LYLES NOT BREAKING THE LINE FIRST BUT STILL WINNING GOLD. HOW DOES THAT WORK? THERE MIGHT BE A FEW PEOPLE AT HOME OR EVEN IN THE STADIUM THINKING THAT THEIR ATHLETE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT RUBBED BY THAT WITH NOAH LYLES AND SHANE FINISHING AT THE SAME TIME BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT WHOSE CHEST BREAKS THE BARRIER FIRST AND LAST NIGHT IT WAS NOAH LYLES. LYLE THOSE TOP THREE FINISHES WERE SEPARATED BY 0.3 SECONDS. NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY HAD ONE SPRINTER TAKE A MEDAL AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES, AND IN A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SYMMETRY IT WAS SIR ARTHUR PORRITT THAT TOOK BRONZE IN THE MEAN'S 100 METRES RIGHT HERE IN PARIS A CENTURY AGO. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIS SON TO DISCUSS SIR ARTHUR'S ACHIEVEMENT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. BEEN ASTONISHING BEING HERE IN PARIS AND I KEEP THINKING HOW MUCH OF THIS COULD HE POSSIBLY BELIEVE WOULD BE HERE? SUCH A DIFFERENT SORT OF OLYMPIC SPIRIT. LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THAT BUT IT'S BEEN SUCH A SPECIAL THING. HAS THIS FELT LIKE A PILGRIMAGE? I HAVE BEEN IN PARIS MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT MY LIFE BUT NEVER SPECIFICALLY TO CELEBRATE THAT PART OF MY FATHER'S LIFE SO FOR ALL OF THE FAMILY IT IS WONDERFUL TO COME BACK ESPECIALLY. PARIS IS AN AMAZING CITY BUT TO BE HERE FOR THAT REASON IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL. HIS NAME IS BEEN MENTIONED A FEW TIMES. DOES IT FEEL LIKE HIS STORIES BEING RETOLD IN A FRESH WAY WHERE IT MAY NOT HAVE FOR THE LAST WHILE? I THINK SO. I HAVE TWO REMIND MYSELF THAT IN THE UK THE BRONZE MEDAL OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN NEW ZEALAND ISN'T AS BIG OF A DEAL HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE FILM CHARIOTS OF FIRE. DATE FOR YOU ON THE RELAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK WITH MORE UPDATES SOON. AND THERE'S BEEN A SURPRISING STAR AT THE GAMES. I SAW HIM AT THE HORSES WITH THE, LIKE, THE FULL GET-UP. CHRIS REVEALS WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, A LITTLE LATER. PLUS, THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS LAID BARE. NEXT, THE RECORD NUMBER OF CHILDREN WAITING FOR SUPPORT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, ONE LAW FOR ALL? WHY THAT MAY NOT APPLY FOR PEOPLE LIVING ON THE WEST COAST. READS: 'RULE 11, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY POLICE 'TO RAID ANY HOTEL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF SUNSET AND SUNRISE.' WE MIGHT HAVE A LOOPHOLE TO EXPLOIT HERE AT SOME POINT. AND ` DO YOU FEEL GUILTY WHEN YOU HAVE TO CALL IN SICK? HOW TO FIX THOSE BLUES, TONIGHT AT 7. Subway's new Fiery Subs range is here. Subway does not accept responsibility for red faces, sweaty foreheads or tears. We know what you're thinking. "Couldn't be that hot. It's Subway." But trust us. It is. Why else would we be doing this legal-sounding disclaimer? Get 'em while they're hot, medium and mild. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. THERE HAVE BEEN FIERY PROTESTS IN BANGLADESH LEAVING AT LEAST 90 PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS. HUNDREDS HAVE ALSO BEEN INJURED AS CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS WORSEN. THE UNREST STARTED WITH STUDENTS DEMANDING QUOTAS FOR CIVIL SERVICE JOBS BE ABOLISHED, BUT HAVE MOVED ON TO DEMANDS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP DOWN. A NATIONWIDE OVERNIGHT CURFEW IS NOW IN PLACE. BACK HERE, AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF LEGAL WRANGLING, MIDWIVES GOT THEIR DAY IN COURT WITH THE START OF A SIX-WEEK HEARING OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS. ABOUT 1500 SELF-EMPLOYED MIDWIVES ARE INVOLVED IN THE CLASS ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, ACCUSING IT OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND BREACHING ITS CONTRACT. CUSHLA NORMAN HAS MORE. THIS IS WALTER, AND HE IS THREE WEEKS. AND THIS IS UNA, AND SHE'S THREE WEEKS TOO. RALLIES DON'T GET MUCH CUTER THAN THIS. BUBS AND MUMS OUT SHOWING SUPPORT FOR MIDWIVES IN WELLINGTON AS THEY TAKE THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS. WE HAVE AN AMAZING SYSTEM FROM THE MIDWIVES IN NEW ZEALAND AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED MORE SUPPORT. THEY'RE LIKE A MOTHER FIGURE, YOU KNOW? SO, YEAH, HAPPY TO SUPPORT. NEARLY 1500 SELF-EMPLOYED MIDWIVES ARE TAKING PART IN THE CLASS ACTION. THEY ARGUE THEIR PAY HASN'T KEPT UP WITH COSTS, OR THE DEMANDS OF THE JOB. THE JOB HAS GOT BIGGER. LIKE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS JOB 32 YEARS. NOW THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NEEDED TO COME INTO IT. YEAH, AND SCREENING, AND... YEAH. SO WE DO LOTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SELF-EMPLOYED MIDWIVES MAKE UP 40% OF THE PROFESSION. THEIR PAY AND CONDITIONS ARE SET BY THE CROWN. THEY CAN'T NEGOTIATE FEES TO COVER OVERHEADS OR STRIKE. THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY WANTS MIDWIVES TO HAVE MORE RIGHTS AND MORE OF A SAY OVER FUNDING. WE'VE TRIED REALLY HARD TO WORK WITH THE AGENCIES TO SEEK RESOLUTION, TO GET THESE ISSUES PROGRESSED. COS WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A BETTER ROUTE TO DO THAT. YEAH, GOING TO COURT IS A LAST RESORT. IT ALL STARTED IN 2015 WHEN THE COLLEGE TOOK THE HEALTH MINISTRY TO COURT, ACCUSING IT OF GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION. FOLLOWING MEDIATION, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED IN 2017. BUT MORE THAN A YEAR LATER IT WAS BREACHED. THE MINISTRY APOLOGISED AND A SECOND SETTLEMENT WAS AGREED. IN 2022 THE COLLEGE ACCUSED THE CROWN OF BREACHING IT, AND FILED TODAY'S CLASS ACTION. A CLEAR PATTERN AROSE IN SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN NZCOM AND MINISTRY. NZCOM RAISED QUESTION ABOUT WHY PROGRESS WAS NOT BEING MADE AND THE MINISTRY OBFUSCATED. OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS WE'LL HEAR FROM VARIOUS WITNESSES, INCLUDING FORMER HEALTH MINISTERS DAVID CLARK AND AYESHA VERRALL. ALSO THE FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH, DOCTOR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD. THE COURT WILL HEAR FROM THE CROWN TOMORROW. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. MANY KIWI FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN 'THIRD-WORLD CONDITIONS' IN OVERCROWDED HOMES, WITH A SHORTAGE OF FOOD AND CLOTHING. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE CHARITY KIDSCAN. IT CURRENTLY HAS 10,000 CHILDREN ON THE WAITLIST FOR SUPPORT, THE MOST IN ITS ALMOST 20-YEAR HISTORY. ISOBEL PRASAD REPORTS. THE LUNCHTIME BUZZ AT OPAHEKE SCHOOL. (LAUGHTER) BUT AS SOME TUCK IN TO THEIR SANDWICHES AND FRUIT, MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING WITHOUT. WE DO HAVE THE ODD FAMILY THAT DONT HAVE ADEQUATE CLOTHING, AND ENOUGH FOOD, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT TREND A LOT MORE NOW. THE SCHOOL REACHING OUT TO KIDSCAN FOR HELP. JUST TAKES ONE LESS THING OFF THE PLATE FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE FINDING THINGS A BIT TOUGH. JOINING THE QUEUE ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THE BIGGEST WAITING LIST THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE WE STARTED IN 2005, OVER 260 EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES AND SCHOOLS, AND THAT EQUATES TO MORE THAN 10,000 KIDS. REFLECTED IN THAT FIGURE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF MIDDLE-INCOME SCHOOLS WHO AREN'T RESOURCED TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING HARDSHIP. A BIT OF SHIFT IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT WERE JUST GETTING BY BEFORE, NOW PUTTING THEIR HAND UP. TO ADDRESS THE NEED, THE CHARITY HAS TODAY LAUNCHED AN URGENT APPEAL CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT FOR MORE SUPPORT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THIRD-WORLD CONDITIONS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR SOME FAMILIES. THERE'S A LOT OF OVERCROWDING, AN INABILITY TO PROVIDE ENOUGH FOOD IN THE HOME, CHILDREN COMING TO SCHOOL WITH SHOES TAPED TOGETHER. KIDSCAN RECEIVED $376K IN THE LAST BUDGET, WITH THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SAYING SHE'S CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE NEEDS AND REQUESTS OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. THESE KIDS ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND NO MATTER WHICH FAMILY THEY WERE BORN INTO OR WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER. TO ENSURE TAMARIKI LIKE THIS HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT LIFE. ISOBEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE NEI, TEACHING OLD DOGS A NEW TRICK. CHECK OUT THE PUPS WHO SURF. WHY, YOU MIGHT ASK? FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK. MEANWHILE, SNOOP DOGG IS RIDING THE OLYMPIC WAVE. HOW THE KING OF RAP HAS BECOME THE STAR OF PARIS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE BETTER WORK STORIES THAT COME FROM WORKING FOR OVER 60 YEARS BEHIND THE CAMERA. PLUS ` GOT THE GUILTS OVER TAKING A SICK DAY? HOW MUCH YOU REALLY NEED TO TELL YOUR BOSS. AND HAS AN OBSCURE PIECE OF LEGISLATION FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS? WHY WEST COASTERS ARE LOOKING CLOSELY AT A LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN IN 1864. THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF GORE THREE-YEAR-OLD LACHLAN JONES WILL RESUME IN INVERCARGILL TOMORROW. SOME OF HIS FAMILY DISPUTE THAT HE WANDERED OFF TO HIS DEATH IN 2019. JARED MCCULLOCH REPORTS. A POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO LACHLAN JONES' DEATH CONCLUDED THE TODDLER DIED BY ACCIDENTAL DROWNING, BY WALKING MORE THAN A KILOMETRE FROM HIS MUM'S HOME IN GORE TO THE TOWN'S WASTEWATER PONDS. THE THREE-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND FACE-UP IN THE WATER ON THE EVENING OF 29TH JANUARY 2019. BUT LACHIE'S FATHER, PAUL JONES, HAS LONG INSISTED IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL, AND HAS BEEN CALLING FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST TOOK PLACE AT THE INVERCARGILL DISTRICT COURT IN MAY, CORONER ALEXANDER HO HEARING FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, WITNESSES, AND THOSE WHO WORKED ON THE CASE. NOW, A SECOND PHASE OF THE INQUEST WILL TOMORROW, HERE IN INVERCARGILL, TALKING TO INDEPENDENT EXPERTS LIKE A DOCTOR, PATHOLOGIST, AND AN INTERNATIONAL FORENSIC DETECTIVE. THE INQUEST IS SET DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS. VIDEO OF A CAR COLLIDING WITH A TRAIN HAS BEEN RELEASED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR GREATER AWARENESS AROUND RAILWAY TRACKS. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS! (CRASH!) YOU CAN SEE THE CAR APPROACHING THE CROSSING AT SPEED, INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING TRAIN. A KIWIRAIL SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT'S LUCKY NO ONE WAS KILLED, BUT EVEN CLOSE CALLS TAKE A HUGE TOLL ON TRAIN DRIVERS. MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN COLLISIONS WITH TRAINS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. FORGET DOGGY PADDLE ` SOME CANINES PREFER TO CATCH SOME WAVES. POOCHES FROM NEAR AND FAR HAVE FLOCKED TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE WORLD DOG SURFING CHAMPS. LINDSAY DAVIS HAS ALL THE ACTION FROM THE WATER. THESE ARE THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER REIMAGINED. HUNDREDS GATHERED THIS WEEKEND AS PUPS TOOK OVER PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA, ON SURFBOARDS. THE WAVES WERE PRETTY POWERFUL TODAY. IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR DOG SURFING. WELCOME TO THE WORLD DOG SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHERE 20 DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS JAPAN COME TO CARVE THE WAVES. EISA, A FOUR YEAR OLD FRENCH BULLDOG, KNOWS HOW TO HANG TEN LIKE A PRO. THIS IS HER THIRD TIME COMPETING. FRENCH BULLDOGS DON'T SURF AND/OR SWIM EASILY. THEY KIND OF SINK. THIS ONE'S AN OVERACHIEVER. WHAT A WAVE. WHAT A RIDE. JUDGING IS SIMILAR TO REGULAR SURFING. I'M JUDGING IT ON THE WAVES THEY DO. IF THEY'RE STAYING ON THE BOARD LONG ENOUGH, HOW LONG THEY CAN MANAGE TO HOLD THEIR BALANCE? NO WIPE-OUTS FOR EIGHT YEAR OLD AVA, A BLACK LABRADOR. SHE LOVES IT. I THINK THE CROWD EXCITES HER. PROCEEDS FROM THE CONTEST SUPPORT LOCAL ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS. THE WAVES AND THE DOGS ALL LOOKING SWELL. FROM DOGS HANGING 10 TO SNOOP DOGG IN PARIS. THE KING OF RAP HAS BECOME AN UNLIKELY STAR OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. COME IN, CHRIS. QUELLE ARRIVE? WHAT'S GOING ON? YES, THE RAPPER'S ECCENTRIC APPEARANCES AT A RANGE OF SPORTS HAVE NOT ONLY CAPTURED ATTENTION OF THOSE HERE ON THE GROUND, BUT PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. - RAPS: # LA, DA, DA, DA, DA. # IT'S THE ONE AND ONLY D-O DOUBLE-G. # IN THE ONE AND ONLY PARIS. THE OLD DOG LEARNING NEW TRICKS AND FAST BECOMING A CULT HERO AT THESE GAMES. THE RAPPER (52) IS PROVING TO BE QUITE THE UNOFFICIAL MASCOT FOR TEAM USA. BONJOUR. OUI, OUI. VIVE LES JEUX OLYMPIQUES! VIVE LES JEUX LE PIQUE? MERCI BEAUCOUP, SNOOP DOGG. MERCI BEAUCOUP. NBC SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OFF THE LEASH. ROAMING PARIS AND THE LOUVRE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR. HASHTAG FOLLOW-THE-DOGG HERE AT THE OLYMPICS. CHECK OUT HIS LATEST APPEARANCE WITH MARTHA STEWART AT THE DRESSAGE. ALL THE GEAR MAYBE NOT QUITE THE IDEA, BUT HE'S NOT JUST A ONE-TRICK PONY, TURNING UP ACROSS THE GAMES' VENUES TO WATCH THE STARS WEARING HIS. ONE THING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS IS THAT IT BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER, ALL COUNTRIES TOGETHER, ALL PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH COMPETITION. BUT PEACE AND LOVE IS THE END GOAL. CHEERING ON THE GOAT, SIMONE BILES. EVEN SPOTTED OUTSIDE THE SWIMMING BY 1 NEWS. SNOOP, GIVE US A WAVE. I SAW HIM AT THE, UH, THE HORSES WITH THE FULL GET-UP AND, YEAH, YEAH, IT'S VERY, VERY FUNNY. HE'S AWESOME. I THINK HE'S, LIKE, BRINGING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. SO IT'S KIND OF COOL. HE'S KINDA` HE'S KIND OF OUTDATED NOW, I BELIEVE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PICKED HIM THOUGH. MAYBE THE IMAGE HE GIVES OF PEOPLE BEING INVITED TO THE OLYMPICS IS NOT THE BEST. YOU A FAN? I LIKE SNOOP DOGG FOR THIS MUSIC, BUT NOT FOR THE, UM... (LAUGHS) AN OLYMPIC TORCH-BEARER ` DON'T WORRY, HE DIDN'T DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT ` TO AMERICAN SUPERFAN. SNOOP DOGG IS MOST DEFINITELY LIVING THE BOSS'S LIFE. YES, GOOD TIMES FOR SNOOPY OLYMPICS. WE ARE HERE AT THE TRIATHLON. AND AN EPIC AT ROLAND GARROS. NOVAK DJOKOVIC OVERWHELMED AFTER WHAT HE'S CALLING THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER. PLUS, ARDIE SAVEA WILL GET HIS CHANCE TO CAPTAIN THE ALL BLACKS AS THE TEAM REVEALS WHO'S COMING IN TO BOLSTER THE RANKS. AND IN WEATHER, THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR TUESDAY FOR MOST OF US. THERE'S A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE COMING IN. BUT HEADS UP, THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS. THOSE ARE MAINLY INTO THE WEST. BUT AS YOU EXPECT ` IN THE MORNING, GRAB THE LAYERS. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PATCHY FROST IN THE MIX AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. 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. THE AMERICAN COMING OUT ON TOP IN THE PHOTO FINISH, AS FANS LUCKY ` OR PERHAPS WEALTHY ENOUGH ` TO BE IN ATTENDANCE, WATCHED ON IN AWE. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. AND NOW HE WAITS FOR NO ONE AND HE EXPECTS EVERYTHING. NOAH LYLES IS AN ATHLETE WHO THRIVES ON THE BIGGEST OF STAGES. SO, PUT HIM IN THE ICONIC STADE DE FRANCE ON SPORT'S MOST INTIMIDATING START LINE... IT'S TIME FOR THE MEN'S 100 METRE OLYMPIC FINAL. ...DRAMA AND THEATRE, LIKE NO OTHER. AN EXTRAORDINARY ATMOSPHERE FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY LINE-UP OF MEN. IT'S PRETTY EVEN AT THE MOMENT, KASHINE TRYING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. OH, IT'S SO, SO CLOSE. AFTER A LONG WAIT, HEART'S RACING... I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I CAME OVER, I WAS LIKE, I THINK YOU GOT THAT ONE BIG DOG. COULDN'T REALLY SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THERE. SO I JUST HAD TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, RUNNING LIKE I WAS GOING TO WIN IT. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SAID, I NEED TO LEAN, AND I WAS LIKE, I'MA LEAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THAT TYPE OF RACE. ALL EIGHT STARTERS FINISHING UNDER 10S WITHIN 0.12 OF LYLES. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST EPIC FINALS IN HISTORY, NOAH LYLES WINNING BY FIVE THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND. THIS PHOTO SHOWING THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT. (CHANTING) USA! USA! BY THIS MUCH. GOODNESS, MY HEART STOPPED FOR A MOMENT. I WAS IN SHOCK. I WAS SO NERVOUS. NO DOUBT, I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO WIN. IT WAS SO CLOSE THOUGH. IT WAS. THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THIS RACE WAS THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN. HOW MUCH DID IT STING YOU? A LOT. OH, I DON'T KNOW. I'VE LOST COUNT. UM, THESE ONES TODAY, I THINK, WERE E1,200 OR SOMETHING, FOR JUST TONIGHT. 75,000 FANS... TICKET. I NEED A TICKET. TICKET. ...BUT NOT EVERYONE COULD GET IN. NEVERTHELESS, THE MEN'S 100M, THE MOST WATCHED RACE IN THE WORLD ` THIS TIME WON BY THE CLOSEST OF MARGINS. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE? I WANT MY OWN SHOE. I WANT MY OWN TRAINER. I'M DEAD SERIOUS. A SNEAK? EXACTLY. OR SPIKE? NO, I WANT A SNEAKER. THERE AIN'T NO MONEY IN SPIKES. THERE'S MONEY IN SNEAKERS. THERE YOU HAVE IT. NOAH LYLES, THE NEW UNDISPUTED KING OF MEN'S SPRINTING. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS, PARIS. FROM ONE KING TO ANOTHER ` NOVAK DJOKOVIC MAY HAVE JUST CLOCKED TENNIS. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN'S PLAYER OF ALL TIME HAS ADDED OLYMPIC GOLD TO HIS INCREDIBLE RECORD, BEATING CARLOS ALCARAZ IN A MATCH BEING LAUDED AS ONE OF THE BEST EVER. HERE'S OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT. NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS NOW WON ALL THERE IS TO WIN IN MEN'S TENNIS. THE TEARS STREAMING OUT ON CENTRE COURT AT ROLAND GARROS FOR AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, A CAREER GOLDEN SLAM. AND JUST LOOK AT THAT. ON THIS VERY COURT WHERE HE MADE HISTORY A YEAR AGO, WINNING THE FOURTH OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAM TITLES. IT'S OLYMPIC GOLD. THE RECORD WILL READ A STRAIGHT SETS TRIUMPH OVER CARLOS ALCARAZ, BUT THE RECORD WOULD BE UNFAIR. TWO OF THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYERS RUNNING EACH OTHER ALL OVER COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER. 7-6, 7-6. THREE HOURS OF SOME OF THE BEST TENNIS THE FAMED VENUE ` NAY, ANY COURT ` HAS EVER SEEN. (CROWD ROARS) A VENOMOUS, RASPING DRIVE. ALL FANS OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS. THE WORLD NUMBER TWO'S GLAMOUR GOLD EVEN MORE REMARKABLE WHEN CONSIDERING HIS TUMULTUOUS RECENT TIMES. NOT EVEN SIX WEEKS AGO, DJOKOVIC SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY ON THIS EXACT COURT, UNDERGOING SURGERY, THEN LOSING THE WIMBLEDON FINAL TO ALCARAZ IN STRAIGHT SETS. TODAY, REVENGE. NOW, AT AGE 37, YOU KNOW, WITH 21-YEAR-OLD'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, WINNING ROLAND GARROS AND WIMBLEDON BACK-TO-BACK AND PLAYING INCREDIBLE TENNIS, UH... JUST WHEN... WHEN I TAKE EVERYTHING IN CONSIDERATION. THIS PROBABLY IS THE BIGGEST SPORTING SUCCESS I'VE EVER HAD IN MY CAREER. NOVAK DJOKOVIC, A 24 TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION, AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST. SURELY NOW, NO QUESTION, THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, THE NEW ZEALAND TRACK CYCLING TEAM OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN. IT'S A GROUP THAT'S TAKING CONFIDENCE FROM PREVIOUS SUCCESS AT THE VERSAILLES VELODROME, AND HEADLINED BY FLAG-BEARER AND FOUR-TIME OLYMPIAN AARON GATE. GAMES' REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT HAS MORE. KIA RITE! A CAMPAIGN THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING, ALL COMING DOWN TO THIS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN` WELL, PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME EVER THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE` WE'RE AT THE TRACK AND... EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE IS GOING THERE TO TRY AND WIN IT. PARIS A REDEMPTION OF SORTS FOR GATE AFTER CRASHING OUT IN THE TEAM PURSUIT IN TOKYO. I'M HERE TO DO MY JOB WELL FOR THE TEAM. AND WE HAVE A TRADITION WHERE THE BELL GETS RUNG FOR EVERY TIME A PB IS ACHIEVED IN TRAINING. AND THAT BELL WAS BEING RUNG QUITE A FEW TIMES IN OUR FINAL LEAD-IN. IT'S A BUSY, WEEK-LONG SCHEDULE FOR THE 12-STRONG SQUAD, WITH MEDAL OPPORTUNITIES ON SIX OUT OF SEVEN RACE DAYS. BUT THE VERSAILLES VELODROME HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PLACE FOR NEW ZEALAND IN THE PAST. THE LAST TIME I RODE THIS TRACK WAS IN 2022, WHEN I WON SILVER IN THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT. SO, UM, I LIKE THIS TRACK. (LAUGHS) AND, UM, YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A BIT MORE SUCCESS OUT OF IT. I WASN'T A MEMBER OF THE TEAM, BUT BACK IN 2015 IT WAS NEW ZEALAND MEN'S ONLY EVER TEAM PURSUIT WORLD TITLE WON ON THIS PARTICULAR VELODROME. SO IT'S, UM... YEAH, ONE THAT HAS SOME MEANING BEFORE WE EVEN GOT HERE. THE KIWIS LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE. HISTORICALLY, YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF GOOD LUCK WITH A LUSH MULLET. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S LOOKING LUSHER THAN EVER BEFORE. SO IS THAT A GOOD OMEN, PERHAPS? HOPEFULLY. THERE WAS SOME CHAT ABOUT THE AERODYNAMIC COMPROMISE OF THE MULLET, BUT MY WIFE WAS PRETTY ADAMANT THAT IT HAD TO REMAIN, COS ANY POSSIBLE TRIMMING MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAPPING CRUCIAL POWER STORES. SO WE'LL` WE'LL JUST GO IN GUNS BLAZING WITH THE MULLET AND JUST SEE WHERE WE LAND. ALL GEARED-UP AND READY TO LIGHT UP THE TRACK. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. THERE WAS ENOUGH OF A BREEZE IN MARSEILLE FOR OUR SAILORS TO FEEL THE WIND IN THEIR HAIR. IN THE MIXED MULTIHULL REGATTA. A MAJOR MECHANICAL ISSUE THAT LEFT HER ON HER FEET IN THE STREETS OF PARIS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WITH THE ACTION FROM DAY 10. WHO SAYS KIWIS CAN'T FLY? THEY'VE HAD A BLINDER ON THIS DOWN-WIND. A MIRACLE THE SAILORS STAY ATTACHED TO THE BOATS. MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON HARNESSED IN AND HARNESSING THE ELEMENTS. NEW ZEALAND COME IN AT PACE OVER THE LINE, GO ` ITALY FIRST, NEW ZEALAND SECOND. RECORDING 2.3S TO SIT 10 POINTS BEHIND LEADERS ITALY. THEY'RE THE CLASS OF THE FLEET, THEY'VE DOMINATED THE LAST FOUR YEARS, SO TO BE RACING THEM IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. NORMALLY THEY'RE LONG GONE IN THE DISTANCE. THE CHANCE OF A MEDAL LOOKING CLOSER TOO. WHAT A START! NKR PADDLERS STAY OUT FRONT AS THE FIRST EVER KAYAK CROSS MEDALLISTS ARE DECIDED OVERNIGHT. FINN BUTCHER LEADING FROM START TO FINISH, LUCA JONES SNATCHING VICTORY FROM HER GERMAN OPPONENT ` BOTH THROUGH TO THE QUARTERFINALS. BUT IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD FOR TWO KIWI CYCLISTS. THE ROAD RACE UNRAVELLING FOR NIAMH FISHER BLACK. NIAMH FISHER BLACK WANTS A REAR WHEEL. SHE WANTS A BIKE. SHE JUST SAID SHE WANTS A BIKE. NEW BIKE, NEW PROBLEMS. THE GEARS AREN'T CHANGING. THEN, ANOTHER OBSTACLE. (GASPS) BIG CRASH IN THE PELOTON. THIS HAPPENS SOMETIMES. IT'S NOT NICE THAT IT HAPPENS ON A RACE LIKE THIS, BUT YEAH, I JUST TRIED TO KEEP AS CALM AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS REALLY NOT IDEAL. FISHER BLACK AND FELLOW KIWI KIM CADZOW FINISHING WELL OUTSIDE THE MEDALS; GOLD GOING TO AMERICAN KRISTEN FAULKNER. ONE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE FLOOR AS ANOTHER IS RAISED. (AMERICAN ANTHEM) AN EMOTIONAL SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AFTER A REMARKABLE FINAL ROUND FOR THE WORLD NUMBER ONE TO GRAB OLYMPIC GOLD. RYAN FOX FINISHING IN A TIE FOR 35TH AND DANIEL HILLIER FURTHER DOWN IN 55TH. DOWN TO BELGIUM'S CLAIRE MICHEL OUT OF TONIGHT'S TRIATHLON MIXED RELAY. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THE 35 YEAR OLD, WHO COMPETED IN THE WOMEN'S EVENT, HAS CONTRACTED E.COLI, RAISING MORE QUESTIONS OVER THE WATER QUALITY OF THE RIVER SEINE AS ATHLETES FROM 16 NATIONS PLUNGE BACK IN. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IN OTHER SPORT NEWS, SOME BIG CHANGES TO THE ALL BLACKS FOR THEIR UPCOMING TESTS AGAINST ARGENTINA. ARDIE SAVEA WILL CAPTAIN THE SIDE WITH SCOTT BARRETT STILL RECOVERING FROM FINGER SURGERY. BLUES PLAYMAKER HARRY PLUMMER HAS JOINED THE SQUAD IN WELLINGTON AS INJURY COVER FOR STEPHEN PEROFETA. ASSISTANT COACH JASON RYAN SAYS PLUMMER IS READY FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOTY. HE'S REALLY GROWN AS A PLAYER AND THE BOYS GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HIM, SO... HE'S COME IN, HE'S BEEN SEAMLESS, HE'S GOT 'ROUND HIS DETAIL THAT HE NEEDS TO, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY HAD A DAY TOGETHER... YEAH, NO, HE'S EXPERIENCED NOW, TOO, YOU KNOW ` HE'S PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTY FOR THE BLUES. LOOSE FORWARD DALTON PAPALI'I HAS EXTENDED HIS COMMITMENT TO NEW ZEALAND RUGBY...RE-SIGNING THROUGH TO THE END OF 2027. WELCOME TO SPORT. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE RETURNED TO AUCKLAND WHERE THEY'LL CONTINUE CELEBRATING THEIR TITLE DEFENCE AFTER BEATING THE CENTRAL PULSE BY ONE GOAL IN LAST NIGHT'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP FINAL. BUT WITH THE COMPETITION'S CONTRACTING WINDOW OPENING TODAY IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT THEIR ROSTER WILL LOOK LIKE IN 2025. I'D LOVE TO STAY, UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER GIRLS, UM, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE A REALLY LONG TIME, AND I THINK AS WELL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO GROW THEIR OWN GAME. SO, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME CHANGES, YOU MIGHT SEE US ALL STAY, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW. IN OTHER NETBALL NEWS, THE SILVER FERNS TRIALLISTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW, AND THE SOUTHERN STEEL HAVE NAMED FORMER CAPTAIN WENDY FREW AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH, REPLACING REINGA BLOXHAM. UPDATES ON 1NEW.CO.NZ. THANKS CHRIS. STAY WITH US. DAN'S IN NEXT TO TELL US WHO'LL NEED SOME EXTRA LAYERS IN THE MORNING. SEE YOU SOON. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER? WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO CALL IN SICK. PLUS ` THE PACE MIGHT BE SLOW, BUT THESE WEST COASTERS RECKON THEY'VE GOT ONE OVER PARLIAMENT, AND IT'S ALL WRITTEN DOWN. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT SEVEN. COUPLE OF WEEK TROUGHS AND A SMALL AREA OF HIGH WIND. LOOKS TO BE SOME MORE RAIN AND LOWERING THE SNOW LEVEL. ONE BLOB THERE ` NEW SOUTH WALES. LOTS OF COLD AIR LOOKING TO THE SOUTH. THESE COMBINE TO MOVE TOWARDS US LATER IN THE WEEK, IN THE MEANTIME THE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. FOR SOME OF YOU YOU MAY NEED TO KEEP THE RAIN COVER AT HOME. KAITAIA ` 16 DEGREES. FOR MOST OF US WE WILL STAY AT DOUBLE FIGURES, EXCEPT FOR THE CENTRAL PLATEAU. -6 AND -7 AT PLACES LIKE MOUNT COOK. WATCH HOW THE FIRST ONE FADES AWAY IN THE SECOND CLUSTER THEIR MOVES ACROSS TARANAKI. YOU MAY NOTICE SOME SMALLS LOTS OF LUKE, THE ODD SHOWER. SLOWLY STARTS TOGETHER, COMING OFF THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS MOVING TO THE WEST AND PARTS OF NORTH. IT WILL BE CHILLY, THE ODD ONE THERE TO KAITAIA. AUCKLAND ` THEN MAYBE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MORE IN THE WEST. IN THE AFTERNOON THEY WILL FADE. A GOOD DAY FOR THE SOUTH AS WELL, AND 15. CHILLY IN HAMILTON, AND SOME FROST. LOOKING GOOD AND WAIKATO. 11 TO ABOUT 13 OR 14, ALL IN GOOD SHAPE. THERE MAY BE THE ODD SHOWER, BUT SMALL. CHILLY START, LOOKING FINE AS WELL. EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. CHILLY AND FROSTY TO SOME PLACES. DRY LOOKING DAY. FURTHER LOOKING WEST, SOME SHOWERS FLICKING BY, THE ODD ONE CREEPING TO WHANGANUI. FIVE AND 14 TO ABOUT 16. THEY NORMALLY PICK UP AROUND WEDNESDAY, SO TOMORROW IS A DECENT DAY, FINE OVERALL. NELSON AND BLENHEIM FROSTY TO START WITH. A SHOWER JUST NICKING PAST ON THE DAY. FROSTY AND FINE, 13 FEAR. TO THE EAST COAST ` CHILLY. EVERYONE ELSE FROSTY THEN FINE. MUSTER THE DEEP SOUTH LOOKING FINE. 14 FOR DUNEDIN. WHAT CHANGES LATER IN THE WEEK? LOTS OF CLOUD COMING. THAT TRACKS UP THE COUNTRY. WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ` SOME WET WEATHER DAYS, LOWERING SNOW.