TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` TWO GOLDEN MOMENTS FOR FINN BUTCHER HERE IN PARIS. OH MY GOODNESS! HE'S BEATEN THE THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION! FIRSTLY, WHEN HE WON THE MEN'S KAYAK CROSS, AND THEN WHEN HE GOT TO SHOW OFF HIS PRIZE TO HIS BIGGEST FANS. BACK HERE ` A MOTUEKA FATHER SHARES WHAT A LOSS THE DEATH OF HIS SON, GLEN MALCOLM CONNING, IS TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY, AFTER THE KIWI PILOT'S KILLED BY SEPARATISTS IN INDONESIA'S PAPUA REGION. PLUS ` HOW OUR STOCK EXCHANGE HAS REACTED AFTER MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD TUMBLE ` ONE OF THEM MORE THAN THE 1987 CRASH. WHAT'S TRIGGERING THE MELTDOWN? CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE, JOHN GIBBS AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA. AND BONJOUR FROM PARIS. AFTER GIVING KAYAKING A CRACK AS A 9-YEAR-OLD ON A LOCAL RIVER NEAR ALEXANDRA IN CENTRAL OTAGO, 20 YEARS LATER, FINN BUTCHER IS NOW AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION. HE CLINCHED GOLD IN THE KAYAK CROSS, A DEBUT SPORT FOR THE GAMES DUBBED 'A DEMOLITION DERBY ON WATER'. HERE'S OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT. ALL CHANT: THERE'S ONLY ONE FINN BUTCHER. AN AGE-OLD ANTHEM FOR ONE OF THE GAME'S FRESHEST FACES IN ITS NEWEST SPORT WITH A GOLD MEDAL ON OLYMPICS DEBUT. OH, I'M SO STOKED. STILL CAN'T REALLY BELIEVE IT, BUT YEAH, IT'S EPIC. IT'S EPIC. LIKE, ESPECIALLY HAVING THESE GUYS HERE, IT MAKES` LIKE, THEY'VE BEEN WITH ME, LIKE, FOR SO LONG. FINN BUTCHER CELEBRATING WITH A BOISTEROUS THRONG OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE... OH, NO WAY! ...MOST NOTABLY MUM WENDY AND DAD DALE. IT FEELS PRETTY BLOODY HEAVY... IT IS HEAVY, EH? ...WORTH EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF THE JOYFUL RIDE WE'VE HAD WITH THIS BOY. YOU KNOW, HE'S A` HE'S A GOOD KID. WENDY, HOW PROUD OF YOU OF YOUR BOY? OH, BEYOND BELIEF, BEYOND BELIEF. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. WE MADE THE FINAL. I JUST THOUGHT, 'OH, IT'S OK, IT'S FINE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HE COMES LAST. IT'S OK,' BUT FIRST ` WOW. 'IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HE COMES LAST. IT'S OK,' BUT FIRST ` WOW. BUTCHER DOMINATING THE DECISIVE DAY OF THIS FRENETIC DISCIPLINE, CRUISING IN THE QUARTER-FINAL SEMI-FINAL THE ONE THAT MATTERED WITH EASE. THE BUTCHER TAKES GOLD! WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE DEDICATION THAT FINN'S PUT IN TO GET TO THIS POINT? OH, SO MUCH. I MEAN, I DO THE SPORT AS WELL, SO WE TRAIN TOGETHER EVERY DAY, AND I SEE ALL THE EFFORT HE GOES INTO` LIKE, PUTS IN EVERY DAY OFF THE WATER, ON THE WATER. IT'S JUST.. I MEAN, IT'S` IT'S GREAT. WHAT'S ON THE CARDS TONIGHT, MATE? I'VE JUST BEEN FIZZING TO SPRAY SOME CHAMPAGNE, SO... I HOPE THERE'S SOME ONE ICE. YEAH, I HOPE SO. YEAH. I HOPE THERE'S SOME ON ICE. YEAH, I HOPE SO. YEAH. I RECKON WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME SOMEWHERE. GOLDEN SCENES FOR FANTASTIC FINN. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. FROM VAIRES-SUR-MARNE TO VERSAILLES, WHERE THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S SPRINT TEAM CLAIMED SILVER, THE PERFECT START TO WHAT'S HOPED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN FOR OUR KIWI TRACK CYCLING TEAM. OLYMPICS REPORTER JORDAN OPPERT WAS THERE. TALK ABOUT PEAKING PERFECTLY FOR PARIS. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. OUR TEAM, WITH A PREVIOUS BEST OF 6TH, OUR TEAM, WITH A PREVIOUS BEST OF SIXTH SPRINTING THEMSELVES INTO THE OLYMPIC HISTORY BOOKS. I THINK IT'S PRETTY HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. UM, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PROCESS THIS DAY. WE CAME INTO IT CONFIDENT AND HOPING TO DO A GOOD TIME. UM, BUT YEAH, LIKE SILVER MEDAL IS, LIKE, YEAH, SUPER SPECIAL. SURPASSING THEIR WILDEST EXPECTATIONS, OBLITERATING THE NATIONAL RECORD, AND AT ONE STAGE HOLDING THE WORLD RECORD EN ROUTE TO CLAIMING SILVER. WE THOUGHT THAT FOURTH WOULD BE ALL RIGHT. BUT THEN TO GET A SILVER, IT'S... NO WORDS, REALLY. WHEN THEY DID THEIR FIRST ROUND, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE TIMER HAD BEEN BROKEN. (LAUGHS) IT WAS THAT FAST. LOOKED SO RELAXED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY, JUST, YOU KNOW, FIST PUMPING, AND IT WAS JUST SO GOOD TO SEE. SOMEONE KEY IN MAKING IT HAPPEN ` RESERVE RIDER OLIVIA KING, WHO HELPED THE TEAM QUALIFY FOR THE GAMES, WHEN ELLESSE ANDREWS WAS OUT WITH A BROKEN COLLARBONE. I WAS IN TEARS AFTER EVERY ROUND. JUST SO PROUD OF THEM AND WE'VE ALL WORKED SO HARD TO GET HERE. UM, AND I THINK WALKING AWAY WITH THE SILVER MEDAL JUST... IS THAT CHERRY ON TOP. A TRUE TEAM EFFORT AND SOMETHING THAT COULD JUST BE THE START. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IT WAS A CONCERN LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS IT WAS A CONCERN LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS, AND IT'S BEEN AN ON-GOING ISSUE DURING THE GAMES ` WHETHER THE SEINE IS SAFE TO SWIM IN. DESPITE AROUND $2.5b BEING SPENT ON CLEANING IT UP. NOW, KIWI TRIATHLON SILVER MEDALLIST HAYDEN WILDE HAS REVEALED TO 1 NEWS, HE SUFFERED FROM E.COLI-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN THE 48 HOURS AFTER HIS RACE LAST WEEK. AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED, WITH TEAMS HIT IN THE MIXED RELAY. TWO OF THE BIGGEST NAMES... POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE OFF THE PODIUM, SO EARLY ON HERE. A CRASH LEAVING HAYDEN WILDE BLOODIED AND BRUISED, AND THE RELAY TEAM'S CHANCES IN THE BALANCE. I WAS ACTUALLY IN POLE POSITION COMING INTO IT, AND THEN I GOT CUT OFF BY AUSTRALIA, UM, AND UM... AND THEN I GOT CUT OFF BY AUSTRALIA, UM, AND, UM... YEAH, I HAD TO RE-CORRECT MY LINE AND I WAS GOING TOO HOT FOR THAT SECOND LINE, AND JUST MY FRONT WHEEL SLID OUT A LITTLE. A TOUGH BREAK FOR THE NEW ZEALANDERS, EVENTUALLY FINISHING 14TH, SECOND TO LAST, BUT OTHERS NEVER MADE THE START LINE. REPORTS SOME ATHLETES WITHDREW ILL FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S RACE IN THE SEINE. WILDE THEN REVEALING HE TOO WAS SICK FOR 48 HOURS AFTER HIS SILVER MEDAL-WINNING RACE. I RAN FOR AN HOUR AND, UH... THERE WAS A COUPLE LOOSE STOPS WITHIN THAT HOUR, UM, AND THEN WENT TO THE POOL. I WAS PRETTY DEPLETED. I WAS REAL TIRED, AND THEN I WAS JUST LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO EAT REALLY WELL. I THINK WE WERE JUST LUCKY THAT THERE'S FIVE DAYS BETWEEN THE RACES, AND IT GAVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER A BIT MORE. INTERNALLY, WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MEDICAL PROTOCOLS, PROBIOTICS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE OF THAT AS MUCH AS WE COULD. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORLD TRIATHLON'S CALL, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF HAD TO MAKE IT, RIGHT, OTHERWISE THE EVENT DOESN'T GO AHEAD. NO EXCUSES FROM THE TEAM TODAY. BUT THE SEINE ISSUE CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE PARIS GAMES. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS ON OUR SIDE, UM, WITH ALSO DIFFERENT LABORATORIES THAT ARE USED IN ORDER TO HAVE SEVERAL MEASURES AND THAT EVERYTHING IS DOING IN A TRANSPARENT WAY. TRANSLATOR: THE ATHLETES HEALTH IS THE MAIN CONCERN. FORTUNATELY, THANKS TO THE GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE SUCCESSFULLY ORGANISED THESE TRIATHLON EVENTS IN GOOD CONDITIONS, AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT IT TURNS OUT THAT THIS CONTAMINATION IS GOING TO BE AN ISOLATED CASE. THEY'LL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT LEAST, SOME GOOD NEWS FOR WILDE AFTER TODAY'S CRASH. THE NOSE IS STRAIGHT, SO HAPPY DAYS. WE CAN CONTINUE MY MODELLING CAREER AFTER MY, UH, MY TRIATHLON CAREER, AND, UH, HAPPY DAYS. THE OTHER TRIATHLETES NO DOUBT HOPING THEY'RE IN THE CLEAR, EVEN IF PARIS'S FAMOUS RIVER IS NOT. WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM PARIS AND THOSE WONDERFUL MIDDLE MOMENTS ARE LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN SPORT. THE BODY OF MOTHER-OF-EIGHT JOANNA SIONE-LAUAKI HAS BEEN RETURNED TO HER WHANAU IN DARGAVILLE, WHERE FAMILY HAVE SPOKEN OF THEIR GRIEF, BUT ALSO THEIR DETERMINATION TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. THE 38-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD ON A REMOTE STRETCH OF BEACH ON FRIDAY AFTER SENDING A TEXT TO HER HUSBAND SAYING 'HELP'. NORTHLAND REPORTER HELEN CASTLES MET WITH HER WHANAU. SOMEONE TOOK MY WIFE'S LIFE. I KNOW THAT 100%. MARRIED FOR 21 YEARS, JARED SIONE-LAUAKI IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE. SHE'S BEEN MY ROCK SINCE DAY ONE. ONE OF EIGHT SIBLINGS, HARMONY (14) IS CLINGING TO MEMORIES OF HER MOTHER. (SOBS) SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HER FACE. EVEN IF SHE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY. SHE WOULD PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, MAKE SURE WE WERE OK AFTER SCHOOL AND STUFF. JOANNA WENT TO OMAMARI BEACH ON THURSDAY EVENING A 30-MINUTE DRIVE FROM DARGAVILLE. HER BODY WAS FOUND WET ON THE BEACH FRIDAY MORNING. I'VE BEEN WITH THAT GIRL 21 YEARS, BUT IN THAT 21 YEARS, SHE'S NEVER STEPPED IN THE (BLEEP) OCEAN. JARED, A FARMER, HAD GONE TO BED EARLY. HE COULDN'T REACH HER IN THE MORNING. I JUST KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. IF YOU KNEW HER, THEN HER PHONE WAS NEVER OFF. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR SIGHTINGS OF JOANNA'S BLACK MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, WHICH WAS LEFT HERE AT OMAMARI BEACH. POLICE TURNED DOWN OUR REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THEY ARE LOOKING TO SPEAK TO A MAN WHO WAS SEEN WITH JOANNA IN THE LEAD-UP TO HER DEATH. THE MAN IS KNOWN TO POLICE. WE KNOW SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. WE KNOW SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO OUR SISTER, AND AFTER THIS IS ALL DONE, THOSE ARE THE ANSWERS WE'RE GONNA TRY AND FIND. FOR NOW, DAD AND AUNTIE ARE HOLDING THIS WHANAU TOGETHER IN THEIR GRIEF. IF YOU WALK INTO A QUIET ROOM, SHE WAS THE TYPE OF` SHE WAS THE TYPE OF WAHINE WAHINE THAT WOULD LIGHT IT UP. SHE WAS THE TYPE OF WAHINE THAT WOULD LIGHT IT UP. HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND JOANNA'S TANGI IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HELICOPTER PILOT GLEN MALCOLM CONNING HAS BEEN KILLED BY SEPARATISTS IN THE INDONESIAN PROVINCE OF PAPUA. JESSICA RODEN HAS SPOKEN TO HIS FATHER IN MOTUEKA, AND JOINS US FROM THERE NOW. JESS, WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? I SPOKE TO HIS FATHER A SHORT TIME AGO, AND HE SAYS THAT HIS SON WAS A WELL RESPECTED AND A WELL KNOWN PILOT. HIS FATHER ACTUALLY TAUGHT GLENN TO FLIGHT HERE AT THE MOTUEKA AIRPORT. HE WAS A WELL-KNOWN PILOT, HE FLEW IN THE PORT HILLS FIRES. ALSO FLEW IN PAPA NEW GUINEA BEFORE THIS, AND HE WAS FLYING IN INDONESIA FOR ABOUT A YEAR. SO, JESS, WHAT EXACTLY UNFOLDED? THAT INFORMATION IS STILL COMING OUT. THE LOCAL POLICE HAVE SAID THAT HE WAS FLYING MEDICAL PERSONNEL INTO THIS VERY REMOTE AREA THAT CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY HELICOPTERS. THERE WAS FOR ON-BOARD, FOR PASSENGERS, WHO ALL UNINJURED. HIS FATHER HAS SPOKEN TO THE COMPANY THAT EMPLOYED GLEN. THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE SENDING A NUMBER OF HELICOPTERS INTO THAT AREA TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED. HIS FATHER IS HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BRING GLENN'S BODY . HOME HE ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASISE THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE SPECULATING ON EXACTLY WHAT HAS OCCURRED HERE. GLENN WAS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. THE MINISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE ORDERED OFFICIALS TO REMOVE MAORI GREETINGS AND THE WORD 'AOTEAROA' FROM AN OFFICIAL INVITATION TO A FOREIGN DIGNITARY FOR MATARIKI CELEBRATIONS. PAUL GOLDSMITH SAYS BECAUSE THE INVITE WAS GOING TO AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN, HE WANTED TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS... NO REIRA, TENA KOUTOU, TENA KOUTOU, KIA ORA TATOU KATOA. ...TO THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE... NAU MAI, HAERE MAI... ...TE REO MAORI IS BEING USED MORE AND MORE. TE REO MAORI IS A TAONGA. IT IS INTRINSIC MAORI IDENTITY, CULTURE, HISTORY. IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT OUR PAST, BUT IT'S ABOUT OUR FUTURE. OUR NEWEST PUBLIC HOLIDAY IS FOR CELEBRATING THE MAORI NEW YEAR, BUT OUR CULTURE MINISTER BELIEVED THERE WAS TOO MUCH TE REO IN OFFICIAL INVITATIONS. KIA ORA, MINISTER, HI. WHY DID YOU ASK OFFICIALS TO TAKE 'AOTEAROA' AND MAORI GREETINGS OUT OF THESE MATARIKI INVITES? AS I RECALL, IT WAS IN RELATION TO SENDING AN INVITE TO AN AUSTRALIAN MINISTER, AND I DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED A LOT OF TE REO IN HIS INVITATION, COS HE'S AN AUSTRALIAN. IT'S HARDLY THE SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. OF ALL TIMES TO USE MAORI, WOULDN'T IT BE AN INVITE TO MAORI NEW YEAR, TO MATARIKI? OH, YEAH, BUT (STAMMERS) WHEN I SEND AN EMAIL OR AN INVITATION TO AN AUSTRALIAN MINISTER, I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT NEEDED TE REO IN IT. THAT WAS ALL. EMAIL CHAINS RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOWED THE INVITATION OFFICIALS INITIALLY PROPOSED, WENT FROM 'TENA KOE' TO 'DEAR'. AND 'AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND' TO SIMPLY 'NEW ZEALAND.' THE SIGN-OFF REPLACED WITH 'YOURS SINCERELY'. AN OFFICIAL NOTING THE MINISTER WANTED 'ALL TE REO MAORI SALUTATIONS' WANTED 'ALL TE REO MAORI SALUTATIONS' AND 'REFERENCES MADE TO AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND ' REMOVED. LOOK AT OUR COALITION AGREEMENT IT SAYS UNLESS THERE'S BEEN A REFERENDUM CHANGING THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY, THE NAME IS NEW ZEALAND. IT'S AN INSULT, NOT JUST TO MAORI PEOPLE, BUT TO THIS COUNTRY. HERE WE ARE TRYING TO CELEBRATE THIS LANGUAGE, AND YOU'VE GOT A MINISTER ACTING CONTRARY TO THAT. OTHERS JUST PERPLEXED. THE KARAKIA ARE ALL IN MAORI, ALL THE SONGS ARE ALL IN MAORI, THE WAIRUA WAS WAIRUA MAORI. AND YET CAN'T HAVE MAORI ON THE INVITATION LETTERS? THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER. IN TERMS OF SENDING A MESSAGE TO AN AUSTRALIAN MINISTER, I JUST THOUGHT, 'LETS KEEP IT SIMPLE.' THE MINISTER INSISTING IT'S NO BIG DEAL. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. IS IT A CORRECTION, OR IS IT REACTION TO FEARS THE U. .OULD BE HEADING FOR A RECESSION? THE U.S COULD BE HEADING FOR A RECESSION? WHAT EVER THE ANSWER IS, INVESTORS HAVE BEEN DUMPING SHARES, TRIGGERING STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD TO PLUNGE. THE NEW ZEALAND STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO AFTER FALLING 1% ON OPENING. IT'S GRADUALLY CLAWED IT'S WAY BACK TO CLOSE DOWN QUARTER OF A PERCENT. ASIA'S MARKETS DIVED YESTERDAY ` JAPAN'S NIKKEI HAD ITS BIGGEST DROP IN HISTORY ` WORSE THAN THE 1987 BLACK MONDAY CRASH, DOWN OVER 12%. BUT THIS IS HOW IT'S TRACKING RIGHT NOW ` THE NIKKEI REBOUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY SO FAR TODAY, RECOUPING MOST OF YESTERDAY'S LOSSES. ALL EYES NOW ON THE U.S., AFTER THE DOW JONES PLUMMETED MORE THAN 1000 POINTS ` DOWN 2.6%, WHILE THE S&P500 CLOSED 3% DOWN, AND THE TECH-HEAVY NASDAQ FELL MORE THAN 3% ` SHAVING OVER $900M OFF ITS MARKET VALUE. SHAVING OVER US$900M OFF ITS MARKET VALUE. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT THIS ALL MEANS HERE, INCLUDING THE IMPACT ON KIWISAVER ACCOUNTS. PANIC ON THE TRADING ROOM FLOOR. ARGUABLY, YES, IT IS A PANIC. IT STARTED IN ASIA AND REVERBERATED AROUND THE WORLD ` JAPAN'S MARKET COLLAPSING TO ITS BIGGEST LOSSES SINCE THE 1987 CRASH. IT BOUNCED BACK THIS AFTERNOON, BUT INVESTORS ARE JITTERY. THE DIP WAS SPARKED BY FIGURES SHOWING RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S, SHOWING RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S., RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND POTENTIAL RECESSION. (BELL RINGS) AS SOON AS THE U.S. MARKETS OPENED, THE SELL-OFF BEGAN... ...BEFORE CLOSING WELL DOWN. THE MARKET'S REACTION TODAY HAS BEEN OVEREXAGGERATED. IT'S NOT JUST RECESSION FEARS; THERE'RE WARNINGS THE BILLIONS BEING POURED INTO AI MAY HAVE CAUSED A BUBBLE. THE 'MAGNIFICENT SEVEN' BIG TECH STOCKS ` THINK NYVIDIA, APPLE, MICROSOFT, META ` ALL FELL HEAVILY YESTERDAY. THEY WERE HIGHLY OVERVALUED, IN OUR OPINION. SO I THINK YOU'RE JUST COMING BACK TO SOME MORE REASONABLE VALUATIONS. EVERYONE NOW WAITING TO SEE IF THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE CUTS INTEREST RATES TO RELIEVE PRESSURE. IN OUR OPINION, IS THE ECONOMY SLOWING? YES. IS THERE ANY NEED FOR AN EMERGENCY FED CUT? DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, IN OUR OPINION. BACK HERE, OUR CENTRAL BANK'S OFFICIAL CASH RATE DECISION IS NEXT WEEK. WHILE IT'LL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYES ON THE SITUATION OVERSEAS, THE KEY DATA COMES OUT TOMORROW, WHEN THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS REVEALED. IT'S EXPECTED TO SHOW IT RISING, BUT IF IT'S HIGHER THAN FORECAST, IT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO A CUT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. OUR MARKETS REMAINED CALM, SPENDING MOST OF THE DAY LESS THAN 1% DOWN. NEW ZEALAND MARKET'S VERY DIFFERENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. IT'S LARGELY INTEREST RATE-DRIVEN. 70% OF OUR MARKET IS UTILITIES, PROPERTIES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, SO WE NEVER HAD THE BIG RUN-UP OF THE TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN STOCKS. BUT THE BIG SHIFTS IN THE SHAREMARKET WILL IMPACT KIWISAVER BALANCES. IT WILL BE DOWN ` 3%, 4% DOWN ` IF YOU'RE IN A GROWTH FUND. IT'S NOT MATERIAL. THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA RECOUP THOSE LOSSES IS IF YOU STAY INVESTED. SO DON'T PANIC, YOU STAY THE COURSE, AND IT'LL ALL COME BACK, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OVER TIME, MARKETS RECOVER. THE MESSAGE? KEEP CALM AND HOLD YOUR NERVE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THOUSANDS OF SPECIALIST POLICE OFFICERS STAND AT THE READY TO RESPOND TO THE UK RIOTS. NEXT ` HEAR FROM A MAN INSIDE THIS HOTEL AS AN ANGRY MOB TRIES TO BREAK IN. PLUS, PROTESTERS VICTORIOUS IN BANGLADESH AS THE PRIME MINISTER FLEES THE COUNTRY, BUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW AS CHAOS ON THE STREETS CONTINUES? THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT'S ON THE BACK FOOT THANKS TO A VERY BUSY CAT BURGLAR. PLUS, WORRIED THAT HOUSE PRICES ARE OUT OF REACH? WE REVEAL THE BARGAINS THAT ARE SHAKING UP THE MARKET. AND JUST HOW DO YOU CLEAN HUNDREDS OF FILTHY OVERALLS EVERYDAY? FIND OUT TONIGHT AT 7. VOICEOVER: New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch with protein, fiber... hey! Whole grains. What are you doing? and choc... chocolatey, chocolatey choc pieces. (CLEARS THROAT) New Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch Choc... (CRUNCH SOUND) Choc Full of Goodness. 'BABIES' LIVES WILL BE PUT AT RISK' ` THAT'S THE WARNING FROM A TRUST CAUGHT UP IN ORANGA TAMARIKI'S FUNDING CUTS. 'FAMILY START' IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH SAYS THE SLASHED SUPPORT COMES DESPITE HAVING A WAITING LIST. JESSICA RODEN HAS MORE. HELPING WHANAU HAS BEEN SHELLY WILSON'S MISSION FOR 23 YEARS. TO ENABLE THE NEW BABIES TO HAVE, HOPEFULLY, A BIT OF A BETTER EXPERIENCE IN THE GAME OF LIFE THAN, PERHAPS, THEIR PARENTS DID. HER ROLE TAKING HER INTO THE HOMES OF THE BABIES WHO'RE MOST AT RISK. SHE'S SEEN IT ALL, AND YET DIDN'T SEE THE LATEST MOVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT COMING. OH, I WAS HORRIFIED. IT'S BRUTAL, IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL. LAST WEEK, 1 NEWS REPORTED ORANGA TAMARIKI HAS SLASHED FUNDING TO THE FAMILY START PROGRAMME BY $14m A YEAR. AT THE NELSON BRANCH, ALMOST THREE FULL-TIME ROLES GOING, BUT BECAUSE MANY ARE PART-TIME... WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT UP TO THE LOSS OF SIX WORKERS. THAT WOULD REDUCE OUR CAPACITY TO SERVICE OUR WHANAU ` AROUND 50 WHANAU. IN JUNE, ORANGA TAMARIKI TOLD THEM THERE WASN'T ANY MORE FUNDING FOR TRANSLATORS, LIMITING SUPPORT FOR MIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES. NOW, FUNDING FOR TRAVEL TO THE LIKES OF MURCHISON AND PICTON GONE TOO. NOW FUNDING FOR TRAVEL TO THE LIKES OF MURCHISON AND PICTON GONE TOO. ORANGA TAMARIKI BELIEVES THE MONEY FAMILY START GETS IS ENOUGH TO COVER RURAL VISITS. AND IT SAYS THE NELSON BRANCH IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR DELIVERED LESS THAN THEY WERE FUNDED FOR. NO, OUR SERVICE IS ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A WAIT LIST. OUR WHANAU WORKERS ARE ON FULL CASE LOAD. WE HAVE A WAIT LIST. OUR WHANAU WORKERS ARE ON FULL CASE LOAD. A REPORT IN 2021 FOUND THE NATIONWIDE PROGRAMME SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE CHANCE OF BABIES DYING IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF LIFE, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS LONG MAINTAINED CUTS WON'T HURT THE FRONTLINE. THAT'S A BLATANT LIE. WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. THEY ARE QUITE RIGHT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS ` ARE THOSE PROGRAMMES AND THOSE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY DELIVERING ARE THOSE PROGRAMMES AND THOSE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY DELIVERING FOR THE CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE? THE BOTTOM LINE... COULD BABIES LIVES BE PUT AT RISK? YES. I HATE TO SAY IT LIKE THAT, I REALLY DO, BUT YES. THE TRUST'S CONTRACT IS NOT YET CONFIRMED, AS STAFF REMAIN HOPEFUL REASON WILL STILL PREVAIL. JESSICA RODEN, 1 NEWS. A TOP BRITISH POLICE OFFICER HAS DESCRIBED THE CURRENT SOCIAL UNREST THERE AS THE WORST HE'S EXPERIENCED IN MORE THAN A DECADE. NEARLY 400 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN ARRESTED AS THE VIOLENT RIOTS SPREAD TO MORE CITIES. ISOBEL PRASAD REPORTS. CROWD CHANT: SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU! ANGER ERUPTING ON THE STREETS OF PLYMOUTH ` FAR-RIGHT PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH AN ANTI-RACISM RALLY. MORE THAN 150 POLICE OFFICERS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL... (CROWD CLAMOURS) ...AS THE UK ENTERS A SEVENTH DAY OF WIDESPREAD ANTI-MIGRANT RIOTS AND SOCIAL UNREST. THIS IS SOME OF THE MOST TERRIBLE VIOLENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR PROBABLY MORE THAN A DECADE. IN ROTHERHAM, POLICE PAINSTAKINGLY COLLECT EVIDENCE AFTER SUNDAY'S ATTACK ON A HOTEL HOUSING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS. CROWD CHANT: GET THEM OUT! GET THEM OUT! GET THEM OUT! A HOTEL IN TAMWORTH ALSO TARGETED ` A MAN INSIDE AT THE TIME SPEAKING OF THE HORROR. I WAS TERRIFIED. I ESCAPED DEATH MYSELF FROM MY HOME COUNTRY AND FOUND REFUGE, AND NOW HERE, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE LAST NIGHT. THE RIOTING SPARKED BY THE FATAL STABBING OF THREE GIRLS IN SOUTHPORT LAST WEEK AND FUELLED BY FALSE CLAIMS ONLINE THE TEENAGER RESPONSIBLE HAD ISLAMIST LINKS. WE'RE SEEING VIOLENT MOBS ATTACKING THE POLICE, ATTACKING MUSLIM RESIDENTS, ATTACKING MUSLIM BUSINESSES, AND OF COURSE, ALL BASED ON DISINFORMATION, WHICH IS ITSELF A UNIQUE, MODERN FEATURE OF THE WAY THAT VIOLENCE IS MOBILISED. THE PRIME MINISTER HOLDING EMERGENCY TALKS AND RAMPING UP THE POLICE RESPONSE. WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICERS WE NEED WHERE WE NEED THEM TO DEAL WITH THIS DISORDER, AND THAT IS WHY THE STANDING ARMY HAS BEEN SET UP ` SPECIALIST OFFICERS READY TO BE DEPLOYED. THE ONGOING RACIAL TENSION LEAVING IMMIGRANTS FEARING FOR THEIR SAFETY. PEOPLE ARE SCARED GOING TO MOSQUE. I DON'T WANT TO BE MADE TO FEEL LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M PART OF THIS COUNTRY AS WELL, JUST AS MUCH AS THEY ARE. CALLS FOR UNITY IN A COUNTRY NOW GRIPPED BY DIVISION. ISOBEL PRASAD, 1 NEWS. THE ARMY'S TONIGHT IN CONTROL IN BANGLADESH, AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER FLED THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING DEADLY UNREST THERE. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS, CALLING FOR SHEIKH HASINA TO STEP DOWN. SHE REPORTEDLY ARRIVED IN INDIA SHORTLY BEFORE DEMONSTRATORS STORMED HER OFFICIAL RESIDENCE. THE BBC'S SAMIRA HUSSAIN HAS THE LATEST. DEMANDING JUSTICE, THEY CAME BY THE THOUSANDS, CALLING FOR SHEIKH HASINA TO LEAVE... (CROWD CHANTS) ...AND TODAY THE PROTESTERS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED. (SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE) IN AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION, THE ARMY CHIEF SAID THE PRIME MINISTER HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY AND THAT AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE. (EXPLOSION) FOR WEEKS, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN MIRED IN VIOLENCE, A SWIFT AND DEADLY CRACKDOWN ON ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS BY POLICE ` HUNDREDS LEFT DEAD, MANY MORE INJURED. SHEIKH HASINA'S TENURE WAS MARRED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, ELECTION RIGGING, THE MURDER AND JAILING OF POLITICAL RIVALS. JUBILATION NOW THAT HER IRON GRIP ON BANGLADESH HAS ENDED, BUT THAT QUICKLY TURNED TO VANDALISM. HUGE CROWDS STORMING AND LOOTING HER OFFICIAL RESIDENCE. WE LOST OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WE COULD NOT SPEAK OUR MIND, AND TODAY YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE IS OUT HERE. SO I AM HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS WIN, AND WE MUST BELIEVE, AND WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH, YOU SHOULD NEVER FEAR. DESPITE PLEADING FOR CALM, CHAOS REMAINS. THE AUTOCRATIC LEADER MAY BE GONE, BUT BANGLADESH'S TROUBLES ARE FAR FROM OVER. AND THE PRESIDENT OF BANGLADESH SAYS NEW ELECTIONS WILL BE CALLED AND A NATIONAL CURFEW LIFTED. TROPICAL STORM DEBBY HAS SLAMMED INTO FLORIDA, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. AND FORECASTERS ARE WARNING THE WORST IS YET TO COME. THE STORM WAS DOWNGRADED FROM A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE THE STORM WAS DOWNGRADED FROM A CATEGORY-ONE HURRICANE AS IT REACHED AMERICA, BUT STILL BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THIS TRUCK DRIVER LOSING CONTROL IN THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE THEN SLIPPING INTO A CANAL. DEBBIE IS NOW BARRELLING TOWARDS GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH RESIDENTS THERE TOLD TO BRACE FOR WHAT COULD BE RECORD FLOODING. WARRIORS STAR SHAUN JOHNSON'S RETIRING. JUST AHEAD ` HOW HE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO END HIS RUGBY LEAGUE CAREER. PLUS, SMITH AND CAUGHEY'S SAVED ` THE NEW PLAN TO KEEP THE FAMOUS STORE OPERATING. AND OPEN TO INTERPRETATION? SECRETIVE STREET ARTIST BANKSY STRIKES AGAIN. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE THEATRE THAT'S TURNING A NIGHT OUT INTO AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. PLUS, THE SNEAKY SHOE THIEF THAT TERRORISING A NEIGHBOURHOOD ` HOW TO STOP THIS FELINE FELLON. AND IT'S A FAMILIAR SCENE TO FANS OF TASKMASTER, BUT WHAT'S IT REALLY LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES? THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. (MOWER ROARS) Ahh! Ohhh, yeah! (DYNAMIC MUSIC) VOICEOVER: See near and far with a complete pair of progressives from $169. Must've gone to Specsavers. THE SECOND PHASE OF A CORONER'S INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF GORE TODDLER LACHIE JONES HAS BEGUN, WITH EXPERT EVIDENCE ABOUT HOW HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED. BUT QUESTIONS TOO, AROUND HOW HE GOT INTO THE TOWN'S WASTEWATER PONDS. JARED MCCULLOCH REPORTS FROM INVERCARGILL. LACHIE JONES WAS JUST 3-YEARS-OLD WHEN HE DIED. A DEATH THE POLICE SAY WAS A RESULT OF THE TODDLER WANDERING MORE THAN A KILOMETRE, AND DROWNING IN AN OXIDATION POND IN 2019. HOW HE GOT THERE ` A KEY FEATURE OF TODAY'S EVIDENCE. THE CORONER WILL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH TWO MAIN POSSIBILITIES ` ONE IS THAT YOUNG LACHIE WENT OVER THE FENCE AND ALONG THE PATHWAY AND ALONGSIDE THE POND AS WE DESCRIBED. THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT, IN FACT, THE YOUNG BOY DID NOT FOLLOW THAT PATH AND ARRIVED AT THAT POINT IN THE WATER IN SOME OTHER WAY. THAT STATEMENT DIRECTED TO THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL POLICE DOG CO-ORDINATOR, WHO SAID IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR POLICE TO ESTABLISH THAT FACT. THERE WAS NO TRACK LOCATED, LACHIE'S OR ANYBODY'S. SO WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IT HAD DISPERSED, OR IT WASN'T THERE... LACHIE'S FATHER DISPUTES THE OFFICIAL THEORY ` HIS LAWYER CHALLENGING THE IDEA THE CHILD WALKED THE DISTANCE BY HIMSELF. A DOG COULDN'T PICK UP SCENT ` POSSIBLY BECAUSE LACHLAN DIDN'T WALK WHERE THE DOG TRACKED. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? OH YEAH, POTENTIALLY. YEAH. LATER IN THE DAY, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST DOCTOR MARTIN SAGE TOLD THE HEARING THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO SAY CATEGORICALLY, THAT LACHIE DROWNED BECAUSE OF THE WAY HIS AUTOPSY WAS CARRIED OUT. HIS FAILURE TO EXAMINE THE INTERIOR OF THE HEAD AND BRAIN MEANS THAT THERE IS NO EXCLUSION OF THE REASONABLE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS CHILD HAS ACCIDENTAL OR INFLICTED INJURIES. DR SAGE SUGGESTING THE EXAMINATION NEEDED MORE SPECIALIST INPUT. ...AND I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE THAT THIS KIDDIE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CHRISTCHURCH AND THAT I DID HIS POST-MORTEM AND CT SCAN. A SECOND FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, AND A U.S. BASED FORENSIC DETECTIVE, WILL BE HEARD TOMORROW. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. THE CROWN HAS DELIVERED OPENING REMARKS IN THE CASE BEING BROUGHT AGAINST IT BY MIDWIVES, SAYING IT WAS NEVER LEGALLY BOUND TO PAY A FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE FOR THEIR SERVICES. A CLASS ACTION BY 1,500 SELF-EMPLOYED MIDWIVES ALLEGES THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BREACHED A CONTRACT TO IMPROVE PAY AND CONDITIONS, BUT THE CROWN SAYS THE CONTRACT NEVER IMPOSED SIGNIFICANT OBLIGATIONS ON THE MINISTRY. IT SAYS IT WAS A 'PROCESS CONTRACT' WHICH REQUIRED SPECIFIC STEPS BEFORE FURTHER AGREEMENT WAS REACHED. IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF THE COURT TO SAY THE GOVERNMENT STRUCK THE WRONG BALANCE. TO DO THAT WOULD HAVE UNDESIRABLE FLOW-ON EFFECTS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THE CASE HAS BEEN SET DOWN FOR 6 WEEKS. A NATIONWIDE CRUSADE TO PROTECT RESIDENTS OF RETIREMENT VILLAGES HAS BEEN LAUNCHED. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR CHANGE FOR YEARS, ALLEGING RETIREMENT VILLAGE CONTRACTS HAVE MISLEADING AND UNFAIR TERMS. BUT THEY ARE FRUSTRATED AT A LACK OF PROGRESS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, DESPITE A REVIEW OF THE SECTOR BEING UNDERWAY. UNITED SENIORS ORGANISER DI SINCLAIR SAYS HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS ARE BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN. I WANT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTERS TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND TO REALLY PUSH FOR A FULL LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT. UM, WE'LL ONLY GET ONE CHANCE AT THIS. IN A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE TO THE GROUP, PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DISCUSS THE NEXT STEP OF THE REVIEW SHORTLY, BUT NO TIMEFRAME WAS GIVEN. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST WELL KNOWN BUSINESSES WILL NOT CLOSE AFTER ALL. AUCKLAND'S SMITH AND CAUGHEYS DEPARTMENT STORE SAYS IT'LL KEEP TRADING ON A REDUCED SCALE. IN MAY, IT SAID TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES MEANT IT MIGHT SHUT ALTOGETHER. BUT IT SAYS EARLY NEXT YEAR, ITS QUEEN STREET STORE WILL CONTINUE ON ONE FLOOR ONLY, KEEPING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED JOBS. THE NEWMARKET STORE WILL STILL CLOSE. BANKSY HAS BEEN BACK AT IT ` THIS TIME THE ELUSIVE STREET ARTIST STAMPING HIS DISTINCTIVE MARK IN SOUTHWEST LONDON. THE STENCIL DRAWING OF A GOAT PERCHED ON A LEDGE CONFIRMED AS AUTHENTIC ON BANKSY'S INSTAGRAM, BUT THERE WAS NO CAPTION, LEAVING ROOM FOR PERSONAL INTERPRETATIONS. COULD THEY BE OLYMPIAN GOATS? WE'RE BACK TO PARIS NOW WITH SOME NEW KIWI SPORTING HEROES. YES, SIMON, LOTS TO CELEBRATE AFTER AN EPIC DAY IN PARIS FOR OUR ATHLETES. TWO MORE MEDALS TO ADD TO THE TALLY, AND A TRIPLE TREAT FOR OUR POLE VAULTERS. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS NEXT. PLUS, SHAUN JOHNSON TO RETIRE FROM RUGBY LEAGUE ` THE WARRIORS STAR ON THE MOMENT HE REALISED THE TIME WAS RIGHT. AND IN WEATHER, WE'RE STILL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR WEDNESDAY, BUT THINGS START TO CHANGE. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SUN, SOME CLOUD, OF COURSE, SOME PATCHY FROST AS WE START THE DAY, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF A WEATHER SYSTEM COMING IN FROM THE TASMAN SEA ` RAIN INTO THE SOUTH AND WEST. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. IT'S LIKE BMX ON RAPIDS, AND NEW ZEALAND NOW HAS THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION ` FINN BUTCHER WINNING GOLD IN KAYAK CROSS ` A SPORT THAT QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AT THESE GAMES. IT WASN'T QUITE THE ENDING FOR ANOTHER OF OUR PADDLERS, THOUGH. OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT HAS MORE. T'S FAST, FRENETIC AND FIERCE... OH, FANTASTIC START FOR THE BUTCHER! ...AND ITS FIRST EVER MALE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IS IN NEW ZEALAND HANDS. KAYAK CROSS ` A SPORT THAT MAY JUST HAVE THE INGREDIENTS TO CAPTURE A NEW GENERATION OF KIWIS. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PLASTIC BOATS, RUNNING RIVERS. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE KIWI, KIND OF, LIKE, 'RIP INTO IT AND JUST GET IT DONE' THAT SUITS KAYAK CROSS A BIT. KIWIS, IT'S KIND OF` A LITTLE BIT IN OUR DNA. LIKE, THEY GROW UP, THEY DO SLALOM, DO WHITEWATER. YOU JUST GO WITH YOUR MATES AND GO PADDLING DOWN THE RIVER. FINN BUTCHER SHOWING HIS COUNTRY HOW IT'S DONE, FROM THE WATERS OF THE DEEP SOUTH... (WATER GURGLESE) ...ALL THE WAY TO SPORT'S BIGGEST STAGE ` THIS YEAR, THE NAUTICAL OLYMPIC STADIUM ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS. HERE COMES THE BUTCHER. I HOPE IT ENCOURAGES MORE PEOPLE TO KAYAK AT A MORE KINDA LOCAL, COMMUNITY LEVEL. KAYAKING'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD SPORT IN A COUNTRY THAT'S FULL OF REALLY GOOD RIVERS. BUT BUTCHER ISN'T TAKING ALL THE CREDIT ` IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE, HIGHLIGHTING THE LEGACY OF TEAMMATE AND NOW-RETIRING OLYMPIAN LUUKA JONES. ...AND A FAULT FOR LUUKA JONES. JONES'S FIFTH AND FINAL GAMES ENDING IN BRUTAL FASHION ` GIVEN A PENALTY TO MISS OUT ON THE FINAL. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE ACHIEVED IN YOUR CAREER? YEAH, I'M PROUD. (CHUCKLES) YEAH. UM... YOU REALLY SHOULD BE. YEAH,.IT'S SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IN SPORT YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT, AND, YEAH, I'LL FOCUS ON THOSE HIGHS. YEAH, IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. SHE'S AN ABSOLUTE WEAPON AND A GREAT KIWI. HAS PUT A LOT OF EYES ON THE SPORT, HER MEDAL IN RIO, BUT ALSO, LIKE, HOW SHE CONDUCTS HERSELF AND HER PROFESSIONALISM ` AND SHE'S PRETTY INSPIRING. ONE INSPIRING ATHLETE DEPARTS, THE OTHER MAKES HIS MARK ON KAYAKING'S ELECTRIC NEW SCENE. AND ANOTHER MEDAL SOON FOLLOWED, NEW ZEALAND'S NINTH AT THESE GAMES SO FAR, TO LIFT US TO 12TH OVERALL ON THE MEDAL TABLE. THE WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT COLLECTING SILVER IN WHAT WAS A RECORD-BREAKING DAY. HERE'S JORDAN OPPERT. THE KIWI FLAG FLYING ON A HISTORY-MAKING NIGHT. NEW ZEALAND CAN BE PROUD TO TAKE THE SILVER MEDAL HOME FOR THEIR NATION. THIS TRIO BECOMING THE FIRST KIWI OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS IN THE WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT. THEY WENT PRETTY CLOSE TO BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD IN TRAINING, 10 DAYS AGO. AND WE KNEW THAT IF THEY COULD DELIVER THAT TONIGHT, THEY'D BE REALLY COMPETITIVE. NEW ZEALAND OBLITERATING THE NATIONAL RECORD, AS THEY SHATTERED THE WORLD RECORD. IT'S ALL ABOUT ELLESSE ANDREWS HERE FOR NEW ZEALAND! SHE CLOCKS A WORLD-RECORD TIME! ONLY FOR GREAT BRITAIN, WHO WON GOLD, TO BREAK IT AGAIN IN THE FINAL. YEAH, THE TIMES THAT WE DID, ESPECIALLY IN THAT FIRST ROUND, EXCEEDED. I GUESS THAT, KIND OF, LIKE WENT INTO DREAM TERRITORY. IT'S JUST SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT, LOOKING UP AT THE SCREEN AND SEEING THAT TIME. IT'S A REMARKABLE RESULT FOR THE WOMEN'S SPRINT TEAM, WHO WERE WITHOUT A COACH JUST 10 MONTHS AGO, BEFORE JOHN ANDREWS, FATHER OF ELLESSE, CAME ON BOARD. THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AS YOU KNOW, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM IN THIS WAY IS JUST AWESOME. SO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP GUIDE THEM AND LEAD THEM THROUGH THAT IS REALLY SATISFYING. I THINK IT'S JUST SO SPECIAL AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE JUST, YEAH... REALLY HELPING THAT JOURNEY OF THE ONES COMING AFTER US, AND REALLY HONOURING THE ONES THAT CAME BEFORE. IT'S THE PERFECT START TO WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE A FRUITFUL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TRACK CYCLISTS. I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT THE WEEK. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S ON GOOD FORM. I THINK IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND PROBABLY COME AWAY WITH SOME MORE MEDALS. AND THESE WOMEN HAVE SHOWN RECORDS ARE THERE TO BE BROKEN. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IT'S SET TO BE A WOMEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL LIKE NO OTHER, AND KIWIS WILL FEATURE STRONGLY ` ELIZA MCCARTNEY, IMOGEN AYRIS AND OLIVIA MCTAGGART ALL QUALIFYING ` THE MOST ENTRANTS OF ANY COUNTRY. IT COMES AFTER A DRAMATIC QUALIFYING SERIES WHEN SOME BIG NAMES MISSED OUT. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WITH THE ACTION. WELCOME BACK TO THE OLYMPIC STAGE, ELIZA MCCARTNEY. THAT'S HIGH ENOUGH, AND IT'S OVER. THE RIO BRONZE MEDALLIST STRONG IN HER FIRST GAMES IN EIGHT YEARS, ONE OF 11 COMPETITORS CLEARING 4.55m. QUALIFIERS ARE REALLY CRAZY EVENTS AS YOU CAN` AS YOU CAN SEE AS TO WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED TODAY. CRAZY AND AT TIMES CONFUSING, AFTER NINE ATHLETES QUALIFIED FOR JUST ONE SPOT IN THE FINAL. IN THE END ORGANISERS ALLOWING THEM ALL TO COMPETE, GIVING FELLOW KIWIS IMOGEN AYRIS AND OLIVIA MCTAGGART A LIFELINE. HOW WAS YOUR HEARTRATE AFTER THAT? YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY HIGH. I MEAN, IT WASN'T UNTIL RIGHT AT THE VERY, VERY END THAT WE KNEW, UM, THAT WE'D HAVE ALL THREE THROUGH TO THE FINAL. UM, SO UP UNTIL THAT POINT, I WAS` I WAS PRETTY UNCERTAIN. A TOTAL 20 ATHLETES HAVE QUALIFIED THROUGH TO THE FINAL, A BIGGER THAN USUAL FIELD, WHICH COULD POSE SOME CHALLENGES, WITH START TIMES BROUGHT FORWARD AND ATHLETES HAVING TO WAIT LONGER BETWEEN ATTEMPTS. HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT? YES, IT DOES CHANGE THE DYNAMICS A LITTLE BIT. WE WILL KIND OF PLAN FOR THAT AND STRATEGIZE FOR THAT, AND LIKE I SAY, I'M JUST DELIGHTED THAT WE'VE GOT THREE IN THERE, AND LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE MAKE OF THINGS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BUT NOT ALL OF SCOTT SIMPSON'S VAULTERS DID WELL TONIGHT. HE ALSO TRAINED GREAT BRITAIN'S MOLLY COWDREY. AND SHE CANNOT BELIEVE IT. THE WORLD LEADER OUT, ALSO GONE ` HIS FORMER ATHLETE TOKYO BRONZE MEDALLIST HOLLY BRADSHAW. GUTTED FOR BOTH OF THEM. YOU KNOW, SEEING AN ATHLETE WITH NO HEIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE HIGHLY RANKED, IS DEVASTATING. FOCUS NOW TURNING TO THE FINALS. THREE KIWIS ` THE MOST OF ANY COUNTRY ` ALL GUNNING FOR LOFTY HEIGHTS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS, PARIS. THERE WAS PLENTY OF DRAMA IN THE MEN'S POLE VAULT AS WELL ` SWEDEN'S ARMAND DUPLANTIS SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD. OTHER ATHLETES ALSO REACHING NEW HEIGHTS, FROM SPEED CLIMBING TO SURFING. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WITH THE DAY 11 ACTION. WHILE THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS IS LONG-STANDING, TODAY THE GAMES TURNED A NEW LEAF. AND IT'S A CLEAN START IT'S AN EXCELLENT START FOR THE POLISH ATHLETE, KALUCKA ` DEEP INTO THIS RHYTHM, AND AN EXCELLENT TIME OF 6.47 SECONDS! KIWI SARAH TETZLAFF PART OF SPEED CLIMBING'S BIG DAY, BUT MISSING OUT ON A SPOT IN THE QUARTERFINALS. AT THE VELODROME, THE MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT GOT THEIR CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY, QUALIFYING SIXTH. THE BEST THEY CAN ACHIEVE IS BRONZE. AND IN MARSEILLE, THERE'S ANOTHER CHANCE AT SOME SAILING SILVERWARE ` MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON SITTING THIRD IN THE MIXED MULTIHULL CLASS, WITH THREE QUALIFYING RACES REMAINING BEFORE THE MEDAL RACE. BUT THE MOMENT OF THE DAY BELONGED TO ARMOND DUPLANTIS. THIS FOR THE WORLD RECORD... (CROWD ROARS) YESSSS! MAGNIFICENT! CLEARING 6m TO WIN THE POLE VAULT ` BUT THE SWEDE WASN'T FINISHED ` BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE 9TH TIME, SETTING A NEW STANDARD OF 6.25M. (CROWD ROARS) THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO TO PLAN THOUGH... (GASPS) SHE'S OFF! (CROWD GROANS) CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SIMONE BILES MISSING THE MEDALS IN THE BEAM, BUT CAPPING OFF A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN WITH THREE GOLDS AND A SILVER. AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SAY AU REVOIR TO SURFING... LOOK AT THAT YOUNG MAN ` ONLY 22 YEARS OF AGE, AND HE'S DONE IT ` OLYMPIC GOLD FOR KAULI VAAST AND FRANCE. TAHITI'S OWN KAULI VAAST WINNING ON HIS HOME BREAK ` AN OPENING SCORE OF 9.5 POWERING HIM TO GOLD, RIDING THE WAVE OF FRENCH SUCCESS AT THESE GAMES. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. THE WARRIORS SEASON IS COMING TO AN END, AND WITH IT THE CAREER OF SHAUN JOHNSON. THE HALFBACK CONFIRMING HE'LL RETIRE FROM RUGBY LEAGUE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN. ZION DAYAL TAKES A LOOK BACK AT HIS STORIED CAREER. THE BOY FROM THE HIBISCUS COAST, WITH THE FAST FEET AND QUICK HANDS... (CROWD WHOOPS, CHEERS) ...TURNING HIS TOUCH RUGBY TALENTS INTO SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC PLAYS IN RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORY. ...THAT IS AGAIN JOHNSON! OH, YES! GETS IT AWAY! AFTER 14 SEASONS IN THE NRL, THE WARRIORS FOURTH MOST CAPPED PLAYER, SHAUN JOHNSON CALLING TIME ON HIS CAREER. PENNY DROP MOMENT IS PROBABLY WHEN I RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM THE CLUB. THEY CAME THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING I WANTED. AND IT PROBABLY DIDN'T HIT HOME HOW IT SHOULD HAVE. YOU KNOW? OR HOW CONTRACTS HAVE IN THE PAST. IS IT HARD? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S HARD. I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE. YEAH, THESE DECISIONS, YOU'RE NEVER, OBVIOUSLY, GONNA TAKE LIGHTLY. AS SOON AS JOHNSON STEPPED ONTO THE NRL STAGE IN 2011, HE WAS AN INSTANT SUPERSTAR... BUT HAS JOHNSON GOT THE LEGS?! HE CERTAINLY DOES! ...GUIDING THE WARRIORS TO THEIR SECOND GRAND FINAL IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR. IF YOU TOLD THE KID BEFORE I WALKED INTO THE DOORS HERE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO ON AND PLAY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED GAMES FOR THE CLUB, AND OVER 250 IN THE NRL ` NAH, THERE'S NO WAY. (CHUCKLES) IT'S COME WITH PLENTY OF CHALLENGES THOUGH. DON'T PUT UP INSTAGRAM UNTIL WE WIN. UM... THAT WOULD SORT OF, MAYBE, TAPER OFF A BIT OF THE HATE. ...BEARING THE BRUNT OF BAD PERFORMANCES, ENDURING INJURY SETBACKS. LEAVING THE CLUB TO JOIN CRONULLA IN 2019, HE'D EVENTUALLY RETURN TO THE WARRIORS TO END HIS CAREER. I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY CLOSE TO RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN REDCLIFFE. 'AND I WAS JUST LIKE, MATE, IF YOU'RE GONNA PLAY, 'AND YOU'RE HAPPY TO PLAY, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE MOTIVATED, 'THEN YOU'RE A HALFBACK.' THROUGH IT ALL, HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS A PRODIGIOUS TALENT... JOHNSON TO SCORE! SHAUN JOHNSON! ...IN BOTH THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA AND NRL. IT'S SO SPECIAL, THESE MOMENTS, AND IT ALWAYS HASN'T BEEN LIKE THIS, SO... THE MOUNT SMART FAITHFUL FOREVER GRATEFUL, TOO ` SCENES LIKE THIS FIT FOR ONE OF THEIR FAVOURITE SONS. THE GAME OUT HERE WE PLAYED AGAINST NEWCASTLE LAST YEAR, IN THAT FINAL ` THAT'S GONNA BE HARD TO FORGET ANY TIME SOON. JUST ONE IN A LONG LIST OF UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. ONE CHAPTER CLOSING THOUGH, BUT PLENTY MORE OLYMPIC HISTORY TO COME HERE IN PARIS. THANKS, CHRIS. STAY WITH US. DAN SAYS A WEATHER SYSTEM'S ON THE WAY ` FIND OUT WHO'S IN FOR SOME RAIN, NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WORRIED HOUSE PRICES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF? WE REVEAL WHERE THE BEST BARGAINS ARE. PLUS ` WHEN A DAY AT WORK IS REALLY HARD WORK ON YOUR CLOTHES, TOMORROW MORE LIKELY INCREASING CLOUD, BUT CHANGES ARE IN COMING. BECAUSE THAT LUMP OF CLUB IS CHANGING THE WAY THE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE. THE COOL AIR HAS BEEN LURKING AND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, THAT WILL STAY TO OUR SOUTH. SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THAT HIGH PRESSURE MAY BE COMING IN OF THE WEEKEND. AUCKLAND AND ASHBURTON AT 17 TODAY, AS WELL AS SOME SINGLE FIGURES THERE, AS LOW AS -7 IN NORTHERN PARTS OF NELSON. THAT IS A BLUE LINE SNOW LEVEL OF 1000 M THE RAIN JUST WORKING INTO FUEL LINE, A FEW OF THE WEST COAST. THAT FRONT GETS CLOSER, SPELLS OF RAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT SNOW LINE PUSHING FORWARD, THAT IS A MUCH MUCH WARMER FLOW COMING FROM THE SOUTH. -6 TO THE CHILE SPOT, IT'S FINE TO NORTH. FIVE THIS MORNING, FIVE TOMORROW MORNING, AFTER SOME LOW CLOUD AND FOG GIVE A FINE LOOKING DAY. CENTRAL PLATEAU, MAYBE SOME LOW CLOUD MAY BE SOME FROST. A 15 FOR TAURANGA WITH SOME CHILLY WIND AS THE CLOUD WORKS INTO THE PATH OF TARANAKI, MAY BE SQUEEZING OUT A SPOT OF RAIN, MAY BE A LATE DAY SHOWER FOR LIVING. LEVIN* A CHILLY START FOR WELLINGTON. MAYBE BY THE EVENING THERE WILL BE A SPOT OF RENT FOR NELSON OR BLENHEIM. -3 TO CHRISTCHURCH, BUT IT IS A DRY DAY. SPOTS OF RAIN SETTING IN ON THE WEST COAST, FURTHER EAST IT IS FROSTY WITH HIGH CLOUD. A DRY WANT FOR DUNEDIN, INCREASING CLOUD FOR THE SOUTH. THINGS DO CHANGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THERE MAY BE SNOW BELOW THOUSAND METRES.