OF RACIST LEGISLATION THAT THIS MINISTER IS PUSHING. AND I WON'T ALLOW HER TO HIDE BEHIND THAT. THE MINISTER DIDN'T FRONT FOR PROTESTORS TODAY. I JUST FEEL REALLY DISAPPOINTED FOR THEM, THAT THAT MINISTER CHOSE TO IGNORE THEM. TODAY THE MESSAGE CLEAR THAT REPEALING THIS SECTION OF THE ACT WON'T FIX IT ` IT'LL MAKE IT WORSE. THE UK HAS BEEN ROCKED BY A FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY OF RIOTING. MASKED THUGS ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS AND TRIED TO SET FIRE TO A HOTEL HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS NEAR THE TOWN OF ROTHERHAM. THE VIOLENCE HAS BEEN FUELLED BY FAKE REPORTS THAT A TEENAGER WHO KILLED THREE YOUNG GIRLS WAS AN IMMIGRANT. ITV's PETER SMITH REPORTS. AFTER A WEEK OF TROUBLE ON BRITISH STREETS, THESE RIOTS OF ROTHERHAM ESCALATED THE VIOLENCE TO A NEW, HORRIFYING LEVEL. A GROUP ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS WITH FURNITURE STOLEN FROM THE HOTEL THEY HAD MANAGED TO SMASH THEIR WAY INTO. THIS MOB WAS CHANTING 'YORKSHIRE'. CROWD CHANT: YORKSHIRE! YORKSHIRE! MASKED MEN TARGETED THIS HOTEL BECAUSE IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS. AT TIMES, THE POLICE APPEARED OVERWHELMED, DEFINITELY OUTNUMBERED. PEOPLE WERE SEEN AT THE WINDOWS OF THE HOTEL, BUT, INCREDIBLY, THIS MOB STILL TRIED TO SET FIRE TO IT. SHORTLY AFTER THESE SCENES, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR THE RIOTERS. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL REGRET TAKING PART IN THIS DISORDER, WHETHER DIRECTLY, OR THOSE WHIPPING UP THIS ACTION ONLINE AND THEN RUNNING AWAY THEMSELVES. THIS IS NOT PROTEST; IT IS ORGANISED, VIOLENT THUGGERY. IN MIDDLESBROUGH THERE WAS MORE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH THE CITY, OSTENSIBLY PROTESTING AGAINST THE SOUTHPORT MURDERS, BUT IN FACT SMASHING WINDOWS, DAMAGING CARS AND AGAIN ATTACKING THE POLICE. ALARMINGLY, SOME GROUPS OF ASIAN YOUTHS THEN TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO START FIGHTING BACK. THERE HAVE BEEN 147 ARRESTS TODAY. AND THE LEAD OFFICER FOR PUBLIC ORDER IN ENGLAND AND WALES SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE. THIS ISN'T PROTEST. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR. THIS IS VIOLENT THUGGERY, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WILL DEAL WITH IT. WE'VE MADE ARRESTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE ARRESTS. AND I WANT A REAL MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE ` JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CAUGHT YET, WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU. WE'RE LOOKING AT CCTV. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE WE'VE GOT. AND EXPECT A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, BECAUSE WE WILL PUT YOU IN FRONT OF THE COURTS. WITH THE RIOTERS IN ROTHERHAM PUSHED BACK, WE MANAGED TO GET CLOSE TO THE HOTEL. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HERE WERE BEING ESCORTED BACK IN, VISIBLY SHAKEN. SOME INSIDE WAVED TO US IN RELIEF, AFTER EVERYTHING THEY'VE SEEN TODAY. THERE WERE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THIS HOTEL WHO WERE PUT HERE BY THE UK GOVERNMENT TO BE SAFE. TODAY THAT HAS FAILED. THIS IS NOW A CRIME SCENE. POLICE SAY EVERYTHING HERE, ALL OF THESE WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ATTACK, ARE NOW CONSIDERED EVIDENCE. POLICE VANS ARRIVING ON THE SCENE WERE ALSO ATTACKED BY MASKED MEN. REINFORCEMENTS WERE BROUGHT IN TO PUSH THE CROWD BACK, BUT THE VIOLENCE CONTINUED. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SECOND OFFICER FROM THE MIDDLE HERE. SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE SAY AT LEAST 10 OFFICERS WERE INJURED, INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. THE GROUP OF RIOTERS HAVE NOW BEEN SPLIT UP. THE MAIN GROUP ARE STILL HERE. BUT THERE'S A SPLINTER GROUP WHO HAVE SEPARATED INTO THE HOUSING ESTATE HERE, AND I'M WATCHING ADULTS INSTRUCTING CHILDREN ON WHERE TO THROW THE ROCKS AND WHO TO TARGET. AFTER A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM, TONIGHT POLICE ARE STILL OUT, TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF BRITAIN'S BURNING STREETS. WHEREVER THEY MANAGE TO PUT OUT ONE FIRE, ANOTHER IS BEING LIT. ST JOHN AMBULANCE OFFICERS HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE, IN WHAT'S JUST THE LATEST CRISIS IN THE OMNICRISIS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM. TODAY IT WAS REVEALED HEALTH NZ TOLD ONCOLOGISTS NOT TO ADMINISTER KEYTRUDA TO CANCER PATIENTS AS PART OF AN EARLY ACCESS PROGRAMME AHEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CANCER-DRUG FUNDING KICKING IN. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH. THE CONSTANT PRESSURE ON OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS LEADING TO CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. IT MEANS DECLUTTERING THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND REDUCING OVERCROWDING. DR MARK GILBERT HOPES IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL TOO ` BY NOT ADMITTING PATIENTS UNNECESSARILY. IN HOSPITAL ` IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE IF YOU DON'T NEED TO BE HERE. BUT THE OVERCROWDING, OVERWORKING HAS GOT TOO MUCH FOR THOSE THAT GET US TO THE HOSPITAL ` THE AMBOS ARE GOING ON STRIKE. THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY DEFEATED. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THIS ACTION, BUT THEY KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE, OTHERWISE THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IS GOING TO CRUMBLE. THE STRIKE ACTION WILL TAKE THE FORM OF STAGGERED FOUR-HOUR SLOTS ON THE 20TH AND 24TH OF AUGUST. IT WILL ALSO SEE AMBULANCE OFFICERS CEASE MANNING THE WAITING AREAS OUTSIDE HOSPITALS, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH OTHER STRIKE ACTIONS, WE'VE GOTTEN NOWHERE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, SO THIS IS WHAT WAS NEEDED TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD. EVERY FACET OF THE CRIPPLED HEALTH SYSTEM IS CAUSING THE GOVERNMENT PAIN. PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY MSD, WHICH PROVIDES KEYTRUDA, WROTE TO HEALTH NZ ON SATURDAY RAISING AN URGENT ISSUE ` THEY HAD OFFERED TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE CANCER PATIENTS FREE EARLY ACCESS TO THE DRUG BEFORE GOVERNMENT FUNDING KICKS IN DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S CANCER DRUG FUNDING IN OCTOBER, BUT THE LETTER STATES ONCOLOGISTS WERE INSTRUCTED NOT TO PUT ANY OF THEIR PATIENTS ON TO THE EARLY ACCESS PROGRAMME BY HEALTH NZ. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING ` YOU HAVE A DRUG OFFERED FOR FREE BY THE COMPANY BEFORE IT IS OFFICIALLY FUNDED. WE CAN ADMINISTER IT ACROSS NEW ZEALAND IN OCTOBER AND OUR PUBLIC HOSPITALS. THE REALITY IS IS THE IF THERE ARE ANYTHING ELSE TO ACCELERATE IT, THE MINISTER WILL WORK WITH OFFICIALS. AND TONIGHT THREE NEWS CAN REVEAL HOW THE CANCER DRUG PROMISE WAS BROKEN AND FIXED. THE PUBLIC WERE SUPPORTING ME THROUGH A GIVE A LITTLE PAGE OR ELSE I WOULD BE DEAD. WE'VE OBTAINED ALL THE INTERNAL GOVERMNENT COMMUNICATIONS ON THE MATTER, AND THEY SHOW SHANE RETI TRIED TO GET THE DRUGS FUNDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT THE FINANCE MINISTER TURNED HIM DOWN. THE DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY THREE NEWS REVEAL RETI WAS INVITED TO MAKE A BUDGET BID FOR THE CANCER DRUGS, WITH A CAVEAT THAT HE SHOULD CONSIDER PHASING OF HEALTH INITIATIVES AND ONLY PROGRESS PRIORITY INITIATIVES. ON FEBRUARY 27, IT'S NOTED THAT HEALTH WAS REQUESTING $443M TO FULFIL THE PROMISE, BUT TREASURY RECOMMENDS AGAINST IT. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE HEALTH AND FINANCE MINISTERS MEET AND AGREE NOT TO GO AHEAD WITH IT THIS BUDGET. ANOTHER TWO WEEKS LATER AT A MEETING OF BUDGET MINISTERS, CONCERNS ARE RAISED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS RISK OF NOT DOING IT, THE DECISION WAS POLITICAL. HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMPLEXITIES ABOUT PROPERLY FUNDING. IN THE DAYS AFTER THE BUDGET, THE PM INSISTED THEY WERE WORKING ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE OPTIONS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHY DID YOU SAY WORK HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS? IT HAS BEEN. THERE HAS BEEN A SERIES OF MEETING SINCE WE CAME TO POWER. THE PANIC SET IN THE DAY AFTER THE BUDGET. NICOLA WILLIS SENT A TEXT TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AT 8AM SAYING, 'WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME RAPID ACTION ON THE CANCER DRUG PLAN ` 'BUDGET 25 OR BUST!' THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. THERE WAS NO SCRAMBLE POST BUDGET? WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE FROM DAY ONE, WHEN WE CAME INTO GOVERNMENT. IT HAS BEEN ENDLESS MEETINGS. JENNA JOINS US LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. JENNA, JUST HOW MUCH OF A SCRAMBLE WAS THERE? THE GOVERNMENT IS MAINTAINING THEY ARE ONLY FAILING IN THE CANCER DRUG PROMISE ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, BUT THEY DIDN'T ADEQUATELY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC THEY HAD WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. THE PROBLEM FOR THEM AS THESE DOCUMENTS PAINT A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE. ALL OF THE WORK STOPS IN MARCH, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED NOT TO GO AHEAD WITH FUNDING THE PROMISE. THE FIRST NUMBER THAT WAS EVER PUT TO THE FINANCE MINISTER ON THIS WAS THE 600 MILLION THAT THEY ENDED UP BORROWING FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THE EXACT SAME POLICY WAS PROPOSED AND REJECTED FOR THIS YEAR. IN THE END, THE CANCER DRUG SCOTT FUNDED, WHICH IS GREAT FOR EVERYONE, BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE COUNTERFACTUAL AS TO IF THEY HAD BEEN FUNDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WITH THESE CANCER PATIENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS DRUGS SOONER? CHRISTOPHER LUXTON SAID WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER PATIENTS, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. THE OLYMPIC 100M HAS PROVIDED ONE OF THE TIGHTEST FINISHES EVER ` THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST AND SEVENTH WAS JUST 0.9 OF A SECOND; THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND A MIND-BOGGLING FIVE-THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND ` YOU COULD FIT THAT INTO THE BLINK OF AN EYE 20 TIMES. THE WINNER WAS AMERICAN NOAH LYLES IN 9.784 SECONDS. JAMAICAN KISHANE THOMPSON WAS SECOND. IT WAS SO CLOSE, AFTERWARDS, LYLES ` THE WINNER ` WENT OVER TO THOMPSON AND SAID, 'I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS BIG DOG.' HE WAS WRONG, BUT ONLY JUST. HERE'S IMOGEN WELLS FROM PARIS. NINE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST MEN AND A PACKED STADIUM, EIGHT OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST MEN AND A PACKED STADIUM, ALL WAITING FOR ONE SOUND. (STARTING GUN FIRES) THE SPRINTERS NECK-AND-NECK FROM THE START, BUT IT WAS THE FINISH THAT KEPT EVERYONE IN SUSPENSE. OH, IT'S SO, SO CLOSE! NOAH LYLES AND KISHANE THOMPSON LOOKED TO CROSS THE LINE AT THE SAME TIME, WITH NEITHER CELEBRATING AS THE OFFICIALS REVIEWED THE ENDING OVER AND OVER. PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP. EVERYBODY'S WAITING. IT TOOK 30 SECONDS TO GET A RESULT, BUT IT FELT AN ETERNITY. IT'S LYLES! THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN EXACTLY THE SAME TIME! THAT TIME WAS 9.79 SECONDS, BUT THE AMERICAN'S CHEST WAS JUST OUT IN FRONT BY 0.005 OF A SECOND. WE WERE WAITING FOR THE NAMES TO POP UP, AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST. I CAME OVER AND I WAS LIKE, 'I THINK YOU GOT THAT ONE, BIG DOG!' THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN AMERICAN, MALE OR FEMALE, HAS WON THE EVENT SINCE 2004. SOMETHING SAID I NEED TO LEAN, AND I WAS LIKE, 'I'M-A LEAN.' BECAUSE IT WAS THAT TYPE OF RACE. A LEAN THAT THAT'S MADE HIM A GOLD MEDALLIST, BUT BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED AN OVERHAUL OF THE EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE, AS PART OF ITS PLAN TO STRENGTHEN MATHS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS. THE PRIME MINISTER AND EDUCATION MINISTER SAY THEY'LL MAKE CHANGES TO HOW THE ERO REPORTS, TO FOCUS ON PROGRESS, ACHIEVEMENT AND ASSESSMENT. ERICA STANFORD SAYS THE EDUCATION MINISTRY WILL ALSO SHARPEN ITS APPROACH TO INTERVENING IN SCHOOLS WHEN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS AT RISK. LAUREN DICKASON, THE SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTOR JAILED FOR THE MURDERS OF HER THREE LITTLE GIRLS, IS APPEALING HER CONVICTIONS. DICKASON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE TIMARU KILLINGS OF LIANE (6) AND TWINS MAYA (2) AND KARLA (2), AFTER A HIGH-PROFILE TRIAL AT THE HIGH COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST YEAR. DICKASON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS, BUT IS BEING DETAINED IN A SECURE MENTAL-HEALTH FACILITY. FOOTAGE OF A NEAR-FATAL COLLISION WITH A TRAIN AND CAR HAS LEFT KIWIRAIL OFFICIALS URGING THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE AWARE AROUND RAILWAY TRACKS. THE FREIGHT TRAIN'S HORN SOUNDS AS IT APPROACHES THE UNIDENTIFIED CROSSING IN THE NORTH ISLAND. BUT JUST METRES FROM THE CROSSING, A BLACK CAR SPEEDS INTO VIEW. JESUS! JESUS! JESUS! JESUS! (CRASH!) KIWIRAIL SPOKESPERSON DAVID GORDON SAYS WHILE THIS ACCIDENT WASN'T FATAL, EVEN CLOSE CALLS AT LEVEL CROSSINGS CAN TAKE A HUGE TOLL ON TRAIN DRIVERS AND THOSE WHO NARROWLY AVOID DEATH. IN THE LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 19 COLLISIONS AND ANOTHER 173 NEAR MISSES AT CROSSINGS ACROSS AOTEAROA. NIWA HAVE RELEASED THEIR MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY. SO, HEATHER, WAS JULY ANOTHER WARM ONE? THE EIGHTH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. JUNE WAS 1.1 DEGREE ABOVE AVERAGE; JULY JUST UNDER A DEGREE WITH 0.9 ` STILL ABOVE AVERAGE, THOUGH. RECORDS WERE BROKEN, MEAN SEA LEVEL AIR PRESSURE THE HIGHEST WITH 1046.5 HECTOPASCALS. OF COURSE THERE WERE THE EXTREMES ` ON THE 27TH, NORTH CANTERBURY WARMED TO ALMOST 22 DEGREES. AUGUST HAS STARTED COLD, BUT UNLIKELY TO REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. MORE IN THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` MIDWIVES HAVE LAUNCHED A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, ALLEGING BROKEN PROMISES OVER RIGHTS AND PAY. WE SPEAK TO THE FATHER OF LACHIE JONES, AS THE INQUEST INTO THE TODDLER'S DEATH IN GORE GETS SET TO RESUME TOMORROW. ALMOST 1500 MIDWIVES HAVE TAKEN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO COURT, ALLEGING BROKEN PROMISES OVER RIGHTS AND PAY. AS LAURA FRYKBERG REPORTS, THE CASE FOLLOWS ALMOST A DECADE OF NEGOTIATIONS. WHANAU NEED MIDWIVES. ALL: MIDWIVES NEED WHANAU! A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY BY WOMEN WHO SUPPORT OTHERS THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST LIFE-CHANGING OF EXPERIENCES, AS MIDWIVES TAKE THEIR BATTLE WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO THE HIGH COURT. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OUR VOICES ARE COMPLETELY HEARD. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOLUTIONS, AND WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THOSE SOLUTIONS HAPPEN. WE JUST NEED SUPPORT. FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF, LAWYERS WILL ARGUE COMMUNITY MIDWIVES FACE GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE BILL OF RIGHTS ACT, SOMETHING FIRST RAISED IN 2015. THEY'LL ALSO ARGUE A BREACH OF CONTRACT, AGREED IN 2018, THAT INCLUDED FAIR AND REASONABLE PAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MIDWIVES ARE WORKING HAVE BEEN REALLY NEGLECTED AND ERODED FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RAISE THESE ISSUES WITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW FOR ALMOST A DECADE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE IT TO THIS LEGAL PROCESS TO GET FINAL RESOLUTION. INSIDE COURT, LAWYERS FOR THE MIDWIVES ARGUED THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE SELF-EMPLOYED, THEY HAVE LITTLE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THINGS LIKE PAY, DESPITE INFLATION AND THE WORK THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DO INCREASING. THEY SAID THE CROWN OR THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAD REPEATEDLY BREACHED ITS OBLIGATIONS TO ADDRESS THIS AND BROKEN PROMISES, AND IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, GIVEN THE WORK MIDWIVES DID DELIVERING BABIES SAFELY IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT WORK STILL CLEARLY APPEALS TO STUDENT MIDWIVES, THOUGH, WHO CAME OUT TODAY TO WATCH THE HEARING. VERY PROUD OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL MY FUTURE COLLEAGUES AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PROFESSION. JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THE MIDWIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WHAT WE NEED. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TODAY. TOMORROW LAWYERS FOR THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, THE GOVERNMENT DEFENDANT IN THE CASE, WILL MAKE THEIR OPENING ARGUMENTS IN A DISPUTE THAT HAS GONE ON FOR NINE YEARS. THE FATHER OF LACHIE JONES HOPES INFORMATION FROM A NEW WITNESS COULD SHED MORE LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS 3-YEAR-OLD SON. THE TODDLER'S BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING IN AN OXIDATION POND IN GORE FIVE YEARS AGO, AND A CORONER'S INQUEST INTO HIS DEATH RESUMES TOMORROW. RACHAEL KELLY REPORTS. A ROAD CONE ON THE SIDE OF A WASTEWATER POND MARKS THE SPOT WHERE LACHIE JONES' (3) BODY WAS FOUND FLOATING FACE-UP MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO. AN INQUEST INTO HIS DEATH RESUMES IN INVERCARGILL TOMORROW, AND HIS DAD, PAUL, HOPES IT WILL BRING SOME ANSWERS. MY SON, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, RAN AWAY FROM TWO ADDRESSES DOWN HERE ON SALFORD ST, COME TO THIS CORNER, AND THEN GONE ANOTHER KILOMETRE FURTHER DOWN HERE, NOT ONLY PAST ONE POND, BUT TWO PONDS, AND THE POLICE EVENTS ARE TELLING ME THAT AT THE END OF THE SECOND POND, IS WHERE HE'S DROWNED. THERE'S NO MARKS ON HIS FEET, HE HAD A HEAVY SOILED NAPPY, THE DOGS NEVER GOT ANY SCENT OF HIM, YEAH, 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ` IT'S NEVER ADDED UP TO ME. AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH BEGAN IN INVERCARGILL IN MAY. IT'S JUST BEEN EVERYONE TRYING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES OR POINT THE FINGER AT SOMEONE ELSE; I NEED SOME PEOPLE TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY NOW. GORE POLICE ADMITTED THAT ON THE NIGHT LACHIE DIED, THEY QUICKLY CONCLUDED THAT HE HAD DROWNED. THEY DIDN'T LOCK THE SCENE DOWN, IT WASN'T CLEAR WHO WAS IN CHARGE, AND IN SOME CASES, THEY WAITED MORE THAN A MONTH TO INTERVIEW KEY WITNESSES. JONES IS HOPING A NEW WITNESS WHO HAS COME FORWARD WILL PROVIDE HIM WITH THE ANSWERS HE NEEDS. IT'S EXCITING THAT FINALLY, SOMEONE HAS COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL AND COULDN'T LIVE WITH IT AND HAS DECIDED TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE ME SOME EVIDENCE TO PROVE WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR FIVE YEARS IS ACTUALLY TRUE, THAT MY SON DIDN'T WALK OUT THERE. EVIDENCE FROM TWO PATHOLOGISTS, A RETIRED FORENSIC DETECTIVE AND TWO NEW WITNESSES WILL BE HEARD IN THE INVERCARGILL DISTRICT COURT DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. COMING UP ` SOARING POWER COSTS COULD FORCE THE CLOSURE OF A PULP AND TIMBER MILL WITH THE LOSS OF UP TO 300 JOBS. AND IN SPORT ` THE KIWIS KEEP CHARGING ON THE WATER IN PARIS, WITH ANOTHER STRONG DAY IN THE KAYAK CROSS AND SAILING. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. OUR BELEAGUERED HEALTH SYSTEM HAS SUFFERED ANOTHER BLOW, WITH AMBULANCE OFFICERS TO STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS. AN IWI WITH 827 CHILDREN IN STATE CARE HAS PROTESTED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT OVER PROPOSED LAW CHANGES AFFECTING ORANGA TAMARIKI. MASKED THUGS IN THE UK HAVE ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS AND TRIED TO SET FIRE TO A HOTEL HOUSING ASYLUM SEEKERS. 29 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE REGISTERED AS STILL BEING IN LEBANON AND FIVE IN IRAN, AFTER THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT URGED CITIZENS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRIES IMMEDIATELY AMID RISING TENSIONS. LAST WEEK THE POLITICAL CHIEF OF HAMAS WAS KILLED IN IRAN AND A TOP HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER WAS KILLED IN LEBANON, WHICH HAVE SPARKED FEARS OF AN ALL-OUT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO ASKING THE MORE THAN 100 NEW ZEALANDERS REGISTERED AS BEING IN ISRAEL TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEY NEED TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN RUAPEHU IS CONSIDERING SHUTTING ITS DOORS, AS SOARING ELECTRICITY COSTS MAKE IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE. UP TO 300 WORKERS AT THE TIMBER AND PULP MILLS IN TANGIWAI RISK LOSING THEIR JOBS, A HUGE BLOW TO THE SMALL TOWNS NEARBY. POLITICAL REPORTER GLENN McCONNELL HAS MORE. RUAPEHU, AND ITS FAMILIES, ON TENTERHOOKS. THE WORKERS OF WINSTONE'S PULP AND TIMBER MILLS ` ALMOST 300 OF THEM ` HAVE BEEN TOLD TO LAY DOWN THEIR TOOLS. THE COMPANY SAYS THE SOARING PRICE OF ELECTRICITY MEANS IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO KEEP THE MILLS RUNNING. THEY NOW HAVE TWO WEEKS TO TRY AND FIND A PLAN TO REMAIN IN OPERATION. FOR OHAKUNE, HOME TO ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE, THE LOSS OF UP TO SO MANY JOBS HAS LOCALS WORRIED. IT WILL SEND SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. IN SMALL TOWNS LIKE THIS, IT MEANS EVERYTHING. YEAH, IT JUST BASICALLY AFFECTS EVERYONE, IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN. THERE ARE TRICKLE-ON EFFECTS FOR EVERYONE. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR REGION, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VITAL PART. WINSTONE CEO MIKE RYAN SAYS THEY CAN'T GO ON, WITH ELECTRICITY NOW 600% MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS IN 2021. IN SEPTEMBER 2021, A MEGAWATT-HOUR COST $100; IT'S NOW $700. LAST WEEK, THE COST OF ELECTRICITY IN NZ WAS THE HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN WORLD. WINSTONE'S BOSS SAID IN A STATEMENT HIS TEAM HAD DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS. THIS INVOLVED INVESTING IN NEW EQUIPMENT AND CUTTING ELECTRICITY USE BY 30%. BUT HE SAID THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, WHEN OVERSEAS COMPETITORS WERE STILL PAYING LESS THAN $100 MEGAWATT PER HOUR. MINISTERS WILL MEET WITH WINSTONE AT THE BEEHIVE LATER THIS WEEK, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO STEP IN TO SAVE THESE JOBS. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SHANE JONES THINKS PRESSURE, POTENTIALLY AN INQUIRY, IS NEEDED TO PUSH DOWN POWER PRICES. THE DIRECTIONS OF THE GENTAILERS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT AND ENSURE THEY DON'T DESTROY NZ BUSINESSES IN THE PROCESS. FOR THE MILL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IT IS AN ANXIOUS WAIT TO SEE IF THE POWER BROKERS WILL SAVE THEIR LIVELIHOODS. A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER WHO HELPED CREATE THE CRIMINAL PROFILING UNIT AND CAPTURE JOSEPH THOMPSON AND MALCOLM REWA SAYS THE ADAGE 'GIVE ME A BOY UNTIL HE'S 7, I'LL GIVE YOU A MAN,' RINGS TRUE. DAVID HENWOOD SAYS ALL THE SERIAL RAPISTS AND MURDERERS HE HAS INVESTIGATED WERE ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED AS CHILDREN. AND AS LAURA TUPOU REPORTS, HE FEARS THAT COULD MEAN MORE 'BAD PEOPLE' IN THE FUTURE. HE WAS ONE OF TWO POLICE WHO ARRESTED SERIAL RAPIST JOSEPH THOMPSON IN 1995, KNOWN AS 'THE GHOST', BECAUSE IT TOOK POLICE MORE THAN A DECADE TO GET HIM. EVERY TYPE OF INQUIRY THAT WE MADE TO LOCATE HIM RESULTED IN A BIG ZERO. THOMPSON ATTACKED UPWARDS OF 40 VICTIMS, SOME GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 10. DAVID HENWOOD, KNOWN AS 'CHOOK', SAYS THE POLICE TRIED EVERYTHING TO IDENTIFY THE OFFENDER, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE EVEN ADOPTING LEARNINGS FROM THE FBI'S BEHAVIOURAL UNIT,... IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONCEIVED ON THE TROT. ...IDENTIFYING SEXUAL OFFENDERS' PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR. AND IT CARRIED ON THROUGH OPERATION HARVEY, AND WE FINE-TUNED IT RIGHT THROUGH TO THE CRIMINAL PROFILING UNIT, WHEN WE DEVELOPED IT A FEW YEARS LATER. OPERATION HARVEY WAS THE INVESTIGATION INTO A SERIES OF RAPES, MAINLY IN AUCKLAND. BY IN 1996, EVIDENCE POINTED TO MALCOLM REWA. THESE INCLUDED PROOF THE HE RAPED SUSAN BURDETT AT HER HOME IN PAPATOETOE IN 1992. AND THAT RAISED THE LIKELIHOOD OF A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. I KNEW PRETTY WELL STRAIGHT AWAY WHEN I HAD DONE THAT THAT TEINA PORA COULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THAT CRIME SCENE. AND THAT'S WHAT I BASED MY VIEW ON, AND I MADE THAT CLEAR ENOUGH. BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW. PORA'S CONVICTION WASN'T OVERTURNED UNTIL HE HAD SERVED 21 YEARS. PORA'S CONVICTION WASN'T OVERTURNED UNTIL HE HAD SERVED 21 YEARS. HENWOOD'S WHISTLEBLOWING CONTRIBUTED TO HIS RELEASE. WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING, AND A LOT OF US KNEW IT WAS WRONG. IN 2019 REWA WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING BURDETT. WHILE HENWOOD ANALYSED THE UNIQUE BEHAVIOURS OF THESE MONSTERS, HE FOUND, AS YOUNG CHILDREN, THEY WERE ALL ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED. WE THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR VULNERABLE YEARS WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS. BUT IT'S THOSE FIRST FORMATIVE YEARS THAT CAN CAUSE A PERSON TO GO DOWN THIS TRACK. HE PONDERS WHAT SOME CHILDREN'S FUTURES WILL BE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE BAD PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT. AND THOSE TASKED TO CURB CRIME, THE POLICE, ARE UNDER ALL SORTS OF PRESSURE NOW. YOU CAN DEAL WITH STRESS IN ONE PLACE ` ON THE WORK FRONT, IF YOU LIKE ` BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WORKING IN A STRESSFUL PLACE ON THE STREET AND GO HOME AND NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS. IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME FROM WHEN HENWOOD WAS IN THE FORCE. HE'S PENNED HIS REFLECTIONS IN A MEMOIR. BUT IT'S A CHAPTER HE HAS MOVED ON FROM IN HIS RETIREMENT, OUT OF SOUTH AUCKLAND TO A SMALL TOWN, RECONNECTING WITH HIS OTHER PASSIONS. SOUNDING THE HORN IN OTHER WAYS NOW. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT, AND, MY GOSH, WHAT A RACE THAT WAS THIS MORNING! I WAS WANDERING AROUND GOING, WHO WON? COULD YOUR CHILDREN ANSWER FOR YOU? IT WAS CHAOS IN MY HOUSE. I SPILLED MY MUESLI. WHAT A RACE THAT WAS. THE HUNDRED METRES SPRINT IS SO WELL LOVED, ALWAYS HYPED UP. IT REALLY WAS INCREDIBLE TO WATCH. KIWIS COMING UP AS WELL. WE'RE LIVE TO PARIS NEXT, WHERE OUR LATEST KIWI ATHLETES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY IN TRIATHLON'S MIXED TEAM RELAY. PLUS ` WE CATCH UP WITH ELIZA McCARTNEY, WHO'S READY TO MAKE HER MARK AT THE OLYMPICS ONCE AGAIN. AND THE ALL BLACKS LOSE CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT FOR TWO WEEKS, BUT THE INJURY CONCERNS DON'T END THERE. SHE STOLE THE LIMELIGHT IN RIO EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, ELIZA MCCARTNEY WILL AT LONG LAST MAKE HER OLYMPIC RETURN. SINCE HER BREAKTHROUGH BRONZE IN RIO, MCCARTNEY'S BEEN PLAGUED BY INJURIES AND ILLNESS, BUT NOW TWO OLYMPIC CYCLES ON FROM THAT MAGIC MOMENT, AND IN ENCOURAGING FORM, THE 27-YEAR-OLD IS READY TO MAKE HER MARK ONCE AGAIN. IMOGEN WELLS IS WITH US NOW FROM PARIS. IMO, MCCARTNEY ISN'T JUST HERE TO MAKE UP NUMBERS, IS SHE? SHE CERTAINLY IS NOT. WHILE SHE MIGHT BE CELEBRATING JUST BEING BACK, SHE ARRIVES IN PRETTY GOOD FORM. SILVER AT THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPS. PERFECT PREPARATION FOR THESE GAMES. WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A SLOWER THAN HOPED-FOR START TO OUR ATHLETIC SCREW, SHE COULD BE THE SHAKEUP WE NEED. ELIZA MCCARTNEY SOAKING IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN PARIS, AHEAD OF HER OLYMPIC RETURN. MY ROOM'S A BIT OF A BOMBSITE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT ALL OF THIS AMAZING NZ KIT, AND I'M, LIKE, 'WOW,' LIKE, THIS IS SO COOL TO BE BACK, TO JUST HAVE THAT FEELING OF BEING AT THE PINNACLE AND DESERVING TO BE BACK AGAIN. IT'S BEEN EIGHT LONG YEARS SINCE THE BUBBLY THEN TEENAGER CAPTURED THE NATION'S IMAGINATION WITH BRONZE. WHOA! OVER SHE GOES AND INTO THE LEAD! SHE'S HOPING THE SAME DEMEANOUR CAN BRING SUCCESS IN PARIS. SOME PEOPLE NEED, LIKE, THAT REAL COMPETITIVE, LIKE, ALMOST ANGER, WHEREAS I SIT AT QUITE A DIFFERENT SCALE, WHERE I DON'T EVEN ALMOST KNOW WHAT MY COMPETITORS ARE DOING. I JUST AM IN MY OWN WORLD LOVING WHAT I'M DOING, AND THAT SEEMS TO BRING THE BEST OUT OF ME, SO THAT'S WHAT I TRY AND TAP INTO. STAYING POSITIVE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY FOR MCCARTNEY, THOUGH. YEARS OF BATTLING INJURY AND ILLNESS SAW HER MISS THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. BUT SHE'S DETERMINED TO GET HER CAREER BACK ON TRACK ` SILVER AT THIS YEAR'S WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS THE PERFECT START. (CHEERING) (SCREAMS) STILL JUST 27, IT HAS HER EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE NEXT FOUR YEARS JUST FEELS LIKE A REEL OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. I FEEL LIKE I'VE FOUND MY WAY AGAIN. SHE'S NO LONGER ALONE ON THE JOURNEY ` FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NZ HAS THREE WOMEN POLE VAULTERS COMPETING AT AN OLYMPICS, MCCARTNEY JOINED BY IMOGEN AYRIS AND OLIVIA MCTAGGART. YEAH, I FEEL PRETTY PROUD THAT WE'VE MAXED OUT OUR FIELD. I MEAN, THREE IS THE FULL NUMBER THAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR A NATION. LIKE, LITTLE OLD NEW ZEALAND WITH POLE VAULT ` LIKE, NO ONE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING MISSING ` HER PARTNER, LUKAS WALTON-KEIM, WON'T BE THERE TONIGHT TO CHEERING HER ON. HE'S MORE THAN 600KM AWAY IN MARSEILLE, CONTINUING HIS OWN OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN, IN KITE SURFING. HOW ARE THE TWO OF YOU GONNA STAY IN CONTACT? I KNOW. IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNFORTUNATE THAT WE BOTH, LIKE, WEIRDLY MADE IT TO THE SAME OLYMPICS, AND THEN WE'RE LITERALLY AT THE SAME TIME. (LAUGHS) IF ALL GOES WELL, IT COULD BE A GOLDEN REUNION. IMOGEN, THE ACTION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY OVER THERE? IT IS. IT FEELS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY WE CELEBRATED HAYDEN WILDE'S SILVER. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING AGAIN, THIS TIME IN THE MIXED TEAM RELAY. THERE HAS BEEN DRAMA ON THE COURSE. WILDE SLIPPED DURING THE CYCLING LEG. HE CRASHED. HE GOT BACK UP ON THE BIKE, BUT LOST AROUND 30 SECONDS. IT IS NOT THE START THE TEAM WERE LOOKING FOR. WOULD YOU BELIEVE THE RIVER IS BACK IN THE HEADLINES FOR THE WRONG REASONS? THE BELGIAN CREW PULLED OUT AFTER ONE OF THEIR ATHLETES FELL ILL. SHE COMPLETED AND THE WOMEN'S TRIATHLON. THAT INCLUDED A SWIM. REGARDLESS OF TODAY'S RESULT, HE IS HOPING OUR ATHLETES COME AWAY HEALTHY. IT'S THE GLAMOUR RACE OF THE OLYMPICS, AND THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 100m HAS MORE THAN LIVED UP TO THE HYPE IN PARIS, DESCRIBED AS THE GREATEST 100m FINAL IN HISTORY. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, NOAH LYLES CLAIMED THE GOLD BY JUST 0.005 OF A SECOND ` ONE OF NARROWEST MARGINS OF VICTORY IN OLYMPICS HISTORY, IN WHAT WAS OFFICIALLY A SEVEN-WAY PHOTO FINISH. IT'S PRETTY EVEN AT THE MOMENT. KISHANE TRYING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. CAN THE JAMAICAN DO IT? OH, IT'S SO, SO CLOSE! IT'S CLOSE. IT'S VERY CLOSE. PEOPLE ARE STANDING UP. EVERYBODY'S WAITING. THE RESULT IS STILL UNCONFIRMED. IT'S LYLES! THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN EXACTLY THE SAME TIME! RESULTS ARE JUDGED ON WHOSE CHEST CLEARS THE LINE FIRST. IT WAS THE FASTEST 100m RACE IN HISTORY, WITH ALL EIGHT RUNNERS GOING UNDER 10 SECONDS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. A STUNNING FINAL ROUND FROM SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS SEEN THE WORLD NUMBER ONE ADD OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST TO HIS ALREADY STUNNING LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS. IT LOOKED AS THOUGH GOLD WAS JOHN RAHM'S FOR THE TAKING. THE SPANIARD WAS FOUR SHOTS CLEAR AT THE TURN, BUT A DISASTROUS BACK NINE SAW ANY HOPES OF A MEDAL SLIP AWAY. SCHEFFLER, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAD SIX BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE, SHOOTING A FINAL-ROUND 62, EQUALLING THE COURSE RECORD AND WINNING GOLD ON HIS OLYMPICS DEBUT. RYAN FOX FINISHED TIED FOR 35th, SHOOTING THREE OVER FOR HIS FINAL ROUND. SPEAKING OF IMPRESSIVE RESUMES, NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS ALSO ADDED OLYMPIC GOLD TO HIS. DJOKOVIC OVERCAME CARLOS ALCARAZ IN STRAIGHT SETS, 7-6, 7-6, WITH NO BREAKS IN SERVE, ADDING A GOLD MEDAL TO HIS 24 GRAND SLAM TITLES. LUUKA JONES AND FINN BUTCHER HAVE BOTH POWERED INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE KAYAK CROSS, WITH DOMINANT WINS IN THEIR HEATS. BUTCHER WAS THE FIRST OF THE KIWI DUO TO GET RACING UNDERWAY, AND HIS LEAD WAS NEVER IN DOUBT, AFTER POWERING TO THE FRONT OF THE FOUR-PERSON FIELD. JONES WAS JUST AS STRONG. AND WHILE HER VICTORY WASN'T QUITE AS DOMINANT, SHE DID MORE THAN ENOUGH TO ADVANCE. BOTH QUARTER-FINALS ARE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH A TOP-TWO FINISH NEEDED TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI FINALS. THE KIWI DUO OF MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON HAVE CONTINUED THEIR STRONG START IN THE MIXED MULTIHULL, CURRENTLY IN SECOND PLACE AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE REGATTA. WILKINSON AND DAWSON FINISHED SECOND IN TWO OF THE THREE RACES OVERNIGHT AND THIRD IN THE OTHER. THEY TRAIL OVERALL LEADERS ITALY BY 10 POINTS, WITH SIX RACES TO GO BEFORE THE MEDAL RACE. JUST THREE TESTS INTO THE SEASON, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORCED TO INTO A RESHUFFLE, WITH A NEW CAPTAIN, AND ADDITIONAL CAVALRY CALLED IN FOR THE NEXT TWO TESTS. SCOTT BARRETT WILL MISS BOTH PUMAS TESTS WITH AN FINGER INJURY, MEANING ARDIE SAVEA WILL TAKE OVER THE CAPTAINCY, WHILE HARRY PLUMMER HAS BEEN CALLED IN AS INJURY COVER FOR STEPHEN PEROFETA. SCOTT BARRETT MIGHT STILL BE IN CAMP WITH THE ALL BLACKS, BUT REHAB WILL BE ABOUT THE EXTENT OF HIS PARTICIPATION FOR THE NEXT FORTNIGHT, RULED OUT OF THE OPENING TWO TESTS AGAINST THE PUMAS, ARDIE SAVEA HANDED THE CAPTAINCY. HE'S IN OUR LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND HE'S AN OBVIOUS CHOICE. HE'S A LEADER ANYWAY, SO, YEAH, NO, WE'VE GOT FULL SUPPORT IN ARDS. HE'LL BE GREAT. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CHANGE, WITH HARRY PLUMMER CALLED IN FOR THE WEEK, AS STEPHEN PEROFETA NURSES AN INJURY. HE'S BEEN REALLY CONSISTENT FOR THE BLUES THIS YEAR. AND HE'S REALLY GROWN AS A PLAYER. MEANWHILE, IT WAS HANDSHAKES AND SMILES FOR ANOTHER LOOSE FORWARD, WITH DALTON PAPALII INKING A NEW DEAL WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY THROUGH TO THE NEXT WORLD CUP, AND INTENT ON MAKING UP FOR THE LAST ONE. COMING UP SHORT IN THAT GAME AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, LOSING A WORLD CUP FINAL IS PRETTY HARD. AND IS A BIG PART OF HIS DECISION TO SIGN THROUGH TO THE END OF 2027. IT'S GONNA BE IN ME FOR A WHILE, THAT LOSS. SO THAT WAS ALWAYS THE DREAM, WAS TO WIN A WORLD CUP FINAL. AND I THINK THAT OPPORTUNITY IS NOW THERE. THERE'S PLENTY OF RUGBY TO GO BEFORE THEN, THOUGH, STARTING WITH THE PUMAS ON SATURDAY. THE SIDES LAST MET IN LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY'LL PRESENT ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR THIS ALL BLACK GROUP. ONCE THEY GET INTO THE FLOW OF THE GAME, THEY'RE QUITE A HARD BEAST TO STOP. WE'VE DEFINITELY GOTTA BUILD UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE LEFT OFF PRETTY QUICKLY, AND, YOU KNOW, ARGENTINA, THEY BRING A DIFFERENT INTENSITY TO THE FIRST THREE TESTS THAT WE'VE HAD. A DIFFERENT INTENSITY, BUT THE ALL BLACKS ARE STILL PUSHING FOR THE SAME RESULTS. HOPEFULLY HAYDEN WILDE HAS MADE UP SOME OF THE TIME ON THE RUN PART OF THE COURSE. IT IS A TEAM RELAY, SO MORE COMPETITORS TO GO. I CAN'T BELIEVE HE IS DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN, A NEW BOOK FROM BRITAIN'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SAYS SAME SEX COUPLES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN MORE THAN 1500 ANIMAL SPECIES. HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PENGUINS, GIRAFFES, ANTEATERS, MONKEYS AND MANY MORE ANIMALS. BUT SOME SCIENTISTS SAYING IT'S WRONG TO USE HUMAN TERMS LIKE 'GAY' OR 'BISEXUAL' TO EXPLAIN THIS BEHAVIOUR. ITV's CHRIS CHOI HAS MORE. TWO PENGUINS IN THE PENGUIN HOUSE WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE TRUE STORY OF TWO MALE PENGUINS, ROY AND SILO, AT CENTRAL PARK ZOO, NEW YORK, BECAME A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK. BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BANNED IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS. THESE TWO CUDDLING ANTEATERS AT A ZOO IN WASHINGTON, USA, BONDED SO CLOSELY, STAFF WERE SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THEY WERE BOTH MALE. AND IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, BILLY AND ELLIOT, TWO MALE BLACK SWANS, ENTERED INTO COURTSHIP AND PAIRED UP IN THE ABSENCE OF FEMALE ALTERNATIVES. BUT THESE RELATIONSHIPS WERE NOT ALWAYS SO WELL DOCUMENTED. IN THE PAST, REPORTS WERE SOMETIMES ERASED FROM NATURAL HISTORY. OF COURSE, SCOTT'S EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS, AND ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS OBSERVED HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY AMONGST PENGUINS. BUT WHEN THIS ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION WAS PUBLISHED IN 1915, ALL REFERENCES TO THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED. (HONKS) NOWADAYS, THE RANGE OF PAIRINGS IN ZOOS IS RECORDED AND EVEN CELEBRATED. HERE ON THE ISLE OF MAN, SAME-SEX PENGUIN COUPLES PROVE TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AT REARING CHICKS. WE CAN SHOW ALL THAT WONDERFUL DIVERSE BEHAVIOURS THAT ANIMALS HAVE, AND THEN I THINK OUR VISITORS CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AND INTERPRET THAT IN THEIR OWN WAY, TO REALISE THAT THIS DIVERSITY OF BEHAVIOURS IN ANIMALS IS COMPLETELY NATURAL. ON ALMOST EVERY BRANCH OF THE TREE OF LIFE, HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, ACCORDING TO A NEW BOOK FROM THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. HOMOSEXUALITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN AT LEAST 1500 SPECIES OF ANIMALS, AND THIS IS LIKELY A MASSIVE UNDERESTIMATE. FROM BUTTERFLIES AND LIZARDS AND GORILLAS TO MONKEYS AND APES, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S PROBABLY FOUND IN MOST SPECIES THAT WE KNOW OF, EFFECTIVELY. GIRAFFES ARE QUITE WELL KNOWN, I GUESS, IN THIS CONTEXT ` THEY FORM THESE BACHELOR GROUPS. AND WITHIN THOSE BACHELOR GROUPS, THEY BASICALLY JUST ENGAGE IN A LOT OF SAME SEX BEHAVIOUR. BUT IT IS HOMOSEXUAL MONKEY BEHAVIOUR, LOTS OF IT, IN THIS COLONY THAT IS NOW AT THE CENTRE OF A MAJOR STUDY BY UK ZOOLOGISTS. I WORK NEAR PUERTO RICO ON A SMALL ISLAND WHERE THEY HAVE 2000 MONKEYS. THE MALES THAT HAVE SEX WITH EACH OTHER ALSO FIGHT TOGETHER AGAINST OTHER ANIMALS. THE FACT THAT THEY DO A LOT OF HOMOSEXUAL SEX, THEY ARE IN EFFECT BISEXUAL AND GET SOME ADVANTAGE, EVEN POSSIBLY ON THEIR OWN REPRODUCTION. DESCRIBING ANIMALS BY USING HUMAN TERMS LIKE GAY IS QUESTIONED BY MANY SCIENTISTS, AND EVEN THOSE THAT USE THE WORD CONCEDE THERE CAN BE A RANGE OF REASONS FOR THIS BEHAVIOUR. FUNDAMENTALLY, WE CAN'T ACTUALLY KNOW IF ANY INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL IS GAY OR BISEXUAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T ASK THEM. SO IT COULD BE THAT SEX IS PROVIDING SOME OTHER ROLE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ALLIANCES OR REDUCING STRESS OR JUST FOR PLEASURE, TO BE HONEST. HOW THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE DESCRIBED MAY RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET THE WHOLE STORY. HEATHER'S HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING WEATHER. HOW'S THE WEEK LOOKING? A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, REALLY. TOMORROW IS SET TO BE THE BETTER DAY OF THE WEEK ` IT'S FAIRLY CALM AND DRY. ON WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A FEW FRONTAL RAIN BANDS, WITH A STRENGTHENING NOR'WESTER SET TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. THEY CONTINUE THURSDAY, IN ADDITION TO THE LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM AND FRONT THAT MOVES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AT THE SAME TIME. THAT SYSTEM HANGS AROUND INTO THE WEEKEND. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST FOR TOMORROW UP NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. PLENTY OF GOOD WEATHER TOMORROW, THANKS TO THE HIGH OUT OVER THE TASMAN THAT'S SPREADING A RIDGE OVER MOST OF US. A COUPLE OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL SPREAD CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE WEST OF THE COUNTRY AND NORTH ` MORE LIKELY TO BE CONCENTRATED OVER FIORDLAND, THOUGH. SOUTHERLIES FOR THE TOP, WITH A NORTH-TO-NORWEST FLOW FROM WELLINGTON SOUTH. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE SHOWERS BUBBLING AWAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST. THEY'LL CLEAR NORTH OF THE GLACIERS TONIGHT, WITH NORTH-TO-NORWEST WINDS. FROM DUNEDIN UP AND AROUND TO NELSON, IT'S FINE. TOMORROW THOSE FINE SKIES WILL LEAD TO MORNING FROST, BUT THE BLUE SKIES FOLLOW FOR THE DAY. JUST AGAIN, SOME CLOUDY PERIODS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE WEST AND EVEN STEWART ISLAND. NOT BAD FOR THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT ` CLOUDY PERIODS, THOUGH, WITH A FEW SHOWERS NORTH OF HAMILTON AND IN THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT TILL TOMORROW, WHEN A SOUTHERLY PICKS UP OVER THE NORTH, WITH NORTHERLIES OVER WELLINGTON. THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE SHOWERS TOMORROW FOR NORTHLAND, PARTS OF WAIKATO AND AUCKLAND; JUST CLOUDY PERIODS EXPECTED FOR THE GISBORNE COAST. SO FROST FOR HAMILTON ` EVERYONE ELSE STARTS EITHER FINE OR WITH A FEW CLOUDS. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS ACROSS THE DAY, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE STAY DRY FOR THE COROMANDEL, WITH SOUTH-TO-SOU'WEST WINDS. FINE AND FROSTY HERE, THEN MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE DAY ` JUST THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR TOKOROA. WINDS START FROM THE SOUTH OR SOU'WEST AND WILL TURN NORTHERLY ALONG THE COAST. FINE AND FROSTY, EVEN FOR YOU, GISBORNE. THERE WILL BE SOME MORNING CLOUD TOO, BUT BLUE SKIES SET TO DOMINATE IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH DYING WESTERLIES FOR HAWKE'S BAY. MORNING CLOUD FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND ` MAYBE FROST FOR TAUMARUNUI. ANY SHOWERS SHOULD CLEAR BEFORE DAWN, BUT RETURN FOR TARANAKI AND TAUMARUNUI LATER IN THE DAY, WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS. NELSON ` YOU'LL BE FINE ALL DAY, WITH NOT A LOT OF WIND AT ALL. EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE CLOUD AND THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS ` WINDS, THOUGH, WILL STAY LIGHT. FINE SKIES, MORNING FROST AND LIGHT WINDS. BLENHEIM TAKES THE TOP HIGH, WITH 15. FROSTY IN THE MORNING FOR THOSE THAT GET COLD ENOUGH ` SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY FOR THE MAINLAND. SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF STEWART ISLAND, WITH NOR'WESTERLIES FOR SOUTHLAND. DUNEDIN ` YOU'LL START TUESDAY FINE, WITH AREAS OF MORNING FROST AND WITH A NOR'WESTER. THE DAY LOOKS GOOD, WITH THE WIND EASING TOMORROW NIGHT. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` YOU'LL ALSO START THE DAY FINE WITH FROST, AND WITH A NOR'EASTERLY. THAT PICKS UP IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A FEELS-LIKE HIGH OF 10. TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON ` YOU ARE IN FOR A CRACKER DAY. I EXPECT PHOTOS ` IT WILL BE FINE ALL DAY WITH A NORTHERLY, AND A HIGH OF 15 FOR THE HUTT VALLEY. TE MATAU A MAUI HAWKE'S BAY, YOU'LL WAKE TO FROST, THEN THE DAY IS CLEAR WITH A SLIGHT WESTERLY. THAT DIES DOWN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SOU'WESTERLY THAT WHIPPED UP THIS AFTERNOON AROUND TAURANGA HANGS OUT TILL TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WHEN THE WIND TURNS NORTHERLY, BUT ALL WITH FINE SKIES. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` YOU'LL START TUESDAY FINE WITH FROST AND WITH LIGHT WINDS. THEN AFTER MIDDAY THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARRIVES, WITH THE AFTERNOON SOU'WESTER. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` ANOTHER STANDARD DAY, PARTLY CLOUDY, ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SOU'WESTERLY. THE SHOWERS WILL CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT, THOUGH. OVERSEAS ` OZZY HAS A TROUGH, THAT'S DISHING UP SHOWERS TO SYDNEY AND BRISBANE. AND FOR THE PACIFIC, MOSTLY FINE ` JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTHERN COOKS. BACK HOME FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, AND IT'S A LITTLE ALL OVER THE SHOW. THURSDAY LOOKS TO HAVE SHOWERS RETURN TO THE UPPER PART OF THE COUNTRY, DEVELOPING INTO RAIN FOR MOST OF THE ISLAND, BUT DRY IS GISBORNE. THERE'S RAIN TOO FOR THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND FOR THE END OF THE WEEK ` NOT TOO COLD, THOUGH, THANKS PARTLY TO THE CLOUD COVER. A LITTLE MORE WEATHER HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH, WITH RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE WEST WEDNESDAY. IT'S HEAVY, THEN EVERYONE IS IN FOR A WET THURSDAY, FOR ALL OF THE ISLAND, THEN IMPROVES JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. FINALLY, ANOTHER GLORIOUS SOUTHERN LIGHTS DISPLAY. THIS WAS LAST NIGHT AT OWHIRO BAY IN WELLINGTON. I'M NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES ON ACTIVITY TONIGHT, BUT SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR. YOU JUST NEED A BIT OF LUCK. IN LIGHT OF THE INCREDIBLY CLOSE FINISH IN THE MEN'S 100M FINAL AT THE OLYMPICS, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THOUGHT A FIRST EQUAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED, AND LIKE THIS RACE, THIS IS CLOSE ` 54% OF YOU SAY YES. I AM WITH YOU ` IT WAS TOO CLOSE. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING NEWSROOM@STUFF.CO.NZ OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.