TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` FIERY EXCHANGES IN MANGAWHAI, AS THE FUTURE OF THE REGION'S MAORI WARD IS VOTED ON. THEY JUST TOOK AWAY THE RIGHTS OF MAORI! WITH PROTESTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TENSE MEETING, WHAT THE KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL ENDED UP DECIDING? THESE GUYS ARE CREEPY, AND YES, JUST WEIRD AS HELL. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. WHY USING THE WORD 'WEIRD' HAS BECOME TIM WALZ'S CATCHPHRASE, WHILE FOR MANY, KAMALA HARRIS' CHOICE OF PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING-MATE IS ANYTHING BUT. PLUS, AT THE OLYMPICS HERE IN PARIS ` AS DAME LISA CARRINGTON HELPS POWER THE WOMEN'S K-2 AND K-4 CANOE SPRINT TEAMS TO WINS, WHAT'S UP WITH THE MEN'S C-2 500 CREW? DEAD LAST, CLOSE TO A MINUTE BEHIND THE REST OF THE FIELD. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH, FAITH HAMBLYN AND JASON CONRAN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. THERE WERE POLICE ALTERCATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS OF RACISM AS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTED TODAY ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL'S MAORI WARD. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE GOVERNMENT PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL LAW CHANGE COMPELLING COUNCILS THAT'VE ESTABLISHED A MAORI WARD WITHOUT A REFERENDUM TO REMOVE THEM OR PUT THEM TO A PUBLIC VOTE. KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL COVERS A HUGE AREA NORTH OF AUCKLAND, AND INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DARGAVILLE AND MANGAWHAI. MAORI AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TE ANIWA HUIRIHANGANUI REPORTS. OUTSIDE, THE TENSION WAS PALPABLE. IT STOPS TODAY, WHANAU! DON'T YOU DO THIS TO TE AO MAORI AGAIN! PROTESTERS FIRED UP, AS THE KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL GATHERED TO VOTE ON THE FUTURE OF ITS MAORI WARD. (KIDS DOING THE HAKA) THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING LAST WEEK, JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THE GOVERNMENT'S LAW CHANGE WAS CONFIRMED. THAT'S DESPITE THE COUNCIL HAVING UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO MAKE A DECISION. BUT MINUTES BEFORE THE HUI EVEN BEGAN, AN UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE JUST HANDED SOME DOCUMENTS TO THE KAIPARA DISTRICT COUNCIL, IN TERMS OF A COURT INJUNCTION. THE LEGAL ACTION ADDING EVEN MORE DRAMA TO THE HEATED DEBATE INSIDE. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MAORI WARDS RELIES ON A FALSE NARRATIVE. THAT NARRATIVE IS THAT MAORI HAVE NO VOICE. NZ IS RACIST AS A DUCK ` YOU KNOW, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK AND IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, IT'S A DUCK. AS PROTESTERS CHANTED... (PERFORMS HAKA) ...THE BLINDS WERE OPENED. MAORI WARD COUNCILLOR PERA PANIORA DETERMINED TO ENSURE THEY WERE SEEN AND HEARD. POLICE FORCED TO STEP IN, THE COUNCILLOR GIVEN MULTIPLE WARNINGS. THEY WERE URGED TO POSTPONE IT TO A LATER DATE. IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE TO CONSULT WITH THOSE IT AFFECTS... IT WAS REJECTED, THE DOOR SWINGING OPEN A SECOND TIME. THE MAYOR'S POSITION WAS CLEAR FROM THE OUTSET. PERSONALLY I'VE NEVER BELEIVED IN DIVISION BY RACE AND FORMING VOTING BLOCKS BASED ON RACE. AND IN THE END, THE COUNCIL VOTED FOR THE MAORI WARD TO GO. TODAY IS A GOOD DAY, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER, IT UNIFIED US IN OUR FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE. MANY HERE DISAPPOINTED... SHAME! SHAME! ...BUT DETERMINED TO FIGHT ON. KA WHAWHAI TONU MATOU, AKE AKE AKE! TE ANIWA HUIRIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK, WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT. STATS NZ REVEALING TODAY IN THE MARCH QUARTER THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS RISEN FROM 4.4% TO 4.6%. LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO JUNE, THE YOUTH RATE FOR 15 TO 19-YEAR-OLDS HAS INCREASED FROM A TOUCH OVER 15% TO CLOSE TO 21%. OVERALL, OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK HAS JUMPED FROM 33,000 TO 143,000, AND THAT FIGURE INCLUDES MORE MAORI NOW JOBLESS ` THE RATE INCREASING FROM JUST OVER 7% A YEAR AGO TO MORE THAN 9%. IT'S ALL FURTHER SIGNS OF OUR DETERIORATING ECONOMY, AS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. AT AN EARLY MORNING MEETING, MILL WORKERS HANDED THE NEWS NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR. OJI FIBRE IS PROPOSING TO SHUT ITS PENROSE PULP MILL PLANT DOWN, AXEING 75 JOBS. STUNNED SILENCE, I THINK. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE A BIT SHOCKED. IT CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD. A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T EXPECTING IT. OJI FIBRE BLAMING RISING ENERGY PRICES, MAKING IT SIMPLY TOO EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE HERE. OJI IS GONNA BE A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE ENERGY PRICES AS THE WAY THEY ARE AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, IT'S GONNA BE A KEY PROBLEM FOR THEM TO CARRY ON. IN DUNEDIN, CALLUM STEELE WAS AMONG THOSE MADE REDUNDANT AT ONE NZ. THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THAT, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THAT ` IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD ON EVERYONE. ON THE LONG LIST OF CLOSURES, LIQUIDATIONS AND BUSINESS FAILURES, THE LATEST IS POPULAR AUCKLAND RESTAURANT MADAME GEORGE. ALL THAT MEANS INCREASING JOB LOSSES, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALSO HIT HARD. THERE ARE 6000 FEWER PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION NOW, COMPARED TO WHEN THEY BECAME THE GOVERNMENT, AND THEIR ROLLING BACK OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS IN THAT AREA, I.E. GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN THAT AREA, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST RISING UNEMPLOYMENT ` THE UNDERUTILISATION RATE IS CREEPING UP TOO. THAT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE IN WORK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO WORK MORE HOURS. AGAIN, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE HARDEST HIT. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING YOUR BIT TO GET A JOB ` TO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND TO PURSUE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND WE AS A GOVERNMENT WILL DO OUR BIT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN ECONOMY WHERE BUSINESSES CAN OFFER YOU JOB OPPORTUNITIES. LITTLE COMFORT FOR THOSE SEEKING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT I HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR EVERY SINGLE JOB THAT COMES UP ON, YOU KNOW, TRADE ME AND SEEK. I'M REALLY WORRIED, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. LIKE, I GET THE CONES, RIGHT ` I UNDERSTAND THERE'S TOO MANY CONES ON THE ROAD. I GET THAT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE'RE LOSING JOBS. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT ` CONES ON THE ROADS OR PEOPLE HAVING JOBS? WE JUST HOPE IT KIND OF RESOLVES ITSELF IN A GOOD WAY, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY THROUGH ALL THIS, AND IF THE WORST COMES TO THE WORST, THEN LET'S HOPE PEOPLE FIND NEW JOBS. ALL THESE WORKERS CAN DO IS WAIT FOR A FINAL DECISION. SO, KATIE, WHAT DO THESE FIGURES TELL US ABOUT WHERE THE ECONOMY'S AT? IT IS PRETTY GRIM. THE ECONOMY IS BUCKLING UNDER PRESSURE. THAT IS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS LIQUIDATION, AND ENERGY PRICES, AS YOU HEARD. THOSE ENERGY PRICES ARE HURTING NOT JUST CONSUMERS, BUT MANUFACTURERS AND BIG BUSINESSES. IT IS BECOMING REALLY EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE ON A DAILY BASIS. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN FORECAST, BUT IT WILL KEEP GOING UP ABOVE 5%, AND IT IS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK AND BUSINESSES CLOSING. MISSING LIQUIDATIONS PILE UP. AND THE RESERVE BANK WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY. COULD WE NOW SEE A RATE CUT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK? PROBABLY STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NEXT WEEK. KIWIBANK ECONOMISTS HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS. THEY SAY THE JOB IS DONE, TIME TO CUT. OTHERS ARE JOINING IN, SAYING NEXT WEDNESDAY, LET'S DO IT. IT IS MORE LIKELY IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. WHAT IS ALMOST CERTAIN NOW IF THINGS DON'T CHANGE IS THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF CUTS, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A DOMINO OF CUTS OVER THE NEXT YEAR THAT MIGHT TAKE THE RIGHT DOWN TO 2.75. THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF. THANKS, KATIE. TO THE U.S., WHERE KAMALA HARRIS HAS PICKED HER RUNNING MATE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. BEFORE TODAY, THE STRAIGHT-TALKING FORMER TEACHER AND MILITARY VETERAN HAD ALREADY CAUGHT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S ATTENTION WHEN HE CALLED DONALD TRUMP A, QUOTE, 'STRANGE, WEIRD DUDE.' U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH HAS MORE. (DRUMMING) MARCHING TO A NEW BEAT ` A FRESHLY-ENERGISED DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SO EXCITED. TURNING UP IN THEIR THOUSANDS, BRAVING THE HEAT AND RAIN FOR THEIR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, KAMALA HARRIS. (CROWD CHEERS) QUALIFIED TO DO THE JOB. DOESN'T STEAL, DOESN'T RAPE ` THINGS LIKE THAT, YEAH. I WANT TO SEE CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO WIN. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK! NO, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK. SHE'S NOT` SHE'S NOT THE FELONIST THUG. I BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM. (LAUGHS) THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE. INSIDE THIS 10,000-SEAT ARENA, THE VICE PRESIDENT INTRODUCING HER OWN REPLACEMENT ` IF SHE WINS THE PRESIDENCY. GOOD EVENING, PHILADELPHIA! THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR IS CONSIDERED A MODERATE AMONGST DEMOCRATS, THE KIND OF POLITICIAN WHO TURNS UP TO EVENTS IN A T SHIRT AND CAMOUFLAGE CAP. TO HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS, HE WAS 'COACH'. THE NATION WILL KNOW 'COACH' WALTZ BY ANOTHER NAME ` VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. DEMOCRATS HOPE HE'LL APPEAL TO RURAL AMERICA, WHO COULD BE CONSIDERING TRUMP. THESE GUYS ARE CREEPY, AND YES, JUST WEIRD AS HELL. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. WHILE KAMALA HARRIS' RISE TO BECOME THE PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HAS REINVIGORATED HER PARTY, HER CHALLENGE WILL BE CONVINCING THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND SMALL TOWNS IN RURAL AREAS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BECOME HARDER IN RECENT YEARS. I'M STILL A CONSERVATIVE, BUT I WILL SUPPORT THE HARRIS TICKET 100%. WE HAVE TO PURGE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE CRAZY PEOPLE. I'M SORRY. I KNOW SOME OF YOU WILL BE OFFENDED BY THIS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. SHE'S ABOUT TO START AN AGGRESSIVE TOUR OF STATES THAT COULD FLIP EITHER WAY. (COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYS) HOT ON HER HEELS, TRUMP'S VP PICK JD VANCE, HOLDING HIS OWN COMPETING RALLY DOWN THE ROAD EARLIER IN THE DAY. TIM WALZ'S RECORD IS A JOKE. DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THEY ARE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS. WE GOTTA GET THIS FIXED BEFORE THESE NUTTIES TAKE IT. IT IS NOW JUST 90 DAYS UNTIL THE U.S. ELECTION, THOSE HERE EXPECTING IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL IN MODERN HISTORY. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, PHILADELPHIA. THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER IS UNDER GROWING PRESSURE OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL REPEAL OF SECTION 7AA OF THE ORANGA TAMARIKI ACT, WHICH SETS OUT TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MAORI CHILDREN. AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF SUBMITTERS SAY THERE'S A LACK OF EVIDENCE BEHIND THE MOVE, WHILE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE HAVE ALSO RAISED CONCERNS. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN REPORTS. WITH PROTEST AT PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK AND EXPERT AFTER EXPERT APPEARING BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE, THE GOVERNMENT IS FACING INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER ITS REPEAL OF WHAT MANY CLAIM IS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF LAW AIMED AT PROTECTING CHILDREN. WHY? WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS? KIA ORA. 7AA RECOGNISES THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF MAORI CHILDREN. WE KNOW IT WORKS ` 7AA HAS WORKED FOR BARNADOS. AND THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE. AND WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S ABOUT SAFETY. MY EVIDENCE COMES FROM COURT CASES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, AND IT ALSO COMES FROM BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS. STARSHIP, THE COUNTRY'S DEDICATED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, DISAGREES. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE REMOVAL OF 7AA HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE HOSPITAL FLOOR. SINCE 7AA, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRIORITISE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HOW WE CAN CARE FOR MOKOPUNA. BEFORE 7AA, THAT WASN'T A THING WITHIN STARSHIP. I'M ACTUALLY REALLY CONCERNED THAT STARSHIP HOSPITAL WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT. THE HOSPITAL IS NOT HAVING AN OBLIGATION UNDER 7AA, AND I DON'T SEE 7AA HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH STARSHIP HOSPITAL. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE BROKE DOWN AT PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK, SAYING SHE'S UNDER CONSTANT PERSONAL ATTACK. AND EVERYBODY HAS A BAD DAY ` YOU PICK YOURSELF UP, AND YOU CARRY ON. CAN YOU HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF THE ROLE? OH, OF COURSE I CAN. BUT IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING, THE MINISTER WENT TO GROUND... I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE UNWELL THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS ` I'VE GONE HOME EARLY YESTERDAY, AND I WENT HOME EARLY THE DAY BEFORE. ...REFUSING MULTIPLE INTERVIEW REQUESTS. WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, ARE YOU UP TO YOUR JOB? OF COURSE I AM. I CAME HERE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THESE KIDS' LIVES. SOME OF THOSE KIDS WHO NOW REPRESENT YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES TODAY. MY CAREGIVERS, THE ONES ENTRUSTED WITH MY CARE, REFUSED TO LET ME ATTEND A MAORI SCHOOL. THEY DELIBERATELY KEPT ME AWAY FROM MY CULTURE, ISOLATING ME FROM THE RICH HERITAGE THAT IS MY BIRTHRIGHT. WE WANT TO SEE A FOCUS ON IMPROVING PRACTICE AND NOT CHANGING THIS LEGISLATION. AS FOR CRITICISM OVER FUNDING CUTS TO ORANGA TAMARIKI PROVIDERS, THE MINISTER SAID HER MINISTRY IS SIMPLY NO LONGER FUNDING THOSE WHO DON'T DO THE WORK. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. AND BREAKFAST WILL BE SPEAKING WITH CHILDREN'S MINISTER KAREN CHHOUR LIVE TOMORROW MORNING. THAT'S FROM SIX. THE PRIME MINISTER'S WEIGHED INTO THE DEBATE ABOUT THE MINISTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE REMOVING TE REO MAORI FROM OFFICIAL INVITATIONS TO MATARIKI CELEBRATIONS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYING, IN HIS EXPERIENCE, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH AUSTRALIANS, IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BE INCREDIBLY SIMPLE. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. WHEN 1NEWS REVEALED THE CULTURE MINISTER ORDERED WORDS LIKE AOTEAROA TO BE DELETED FROM OFFICIAL MATARIKI INVITES, HERE WAS HIS RESPONSE. HARDLY THE SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. NEVERTHELESS, TODAY THE OPPOSITION HAD QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM WITH SAYING TENA KOE, WHICH MEANS HELLO, IN HIS OFFICIAL INVITATION? WELL, MR SPEAKER, I WAS WRITING TO A MINISTER FROM AUSTRALIA, AND I WAS ENCOURAGED TO SIGN IT OFF 'NAKU NOA NA', AND I THOUGHT 'YOURS SINCERELY' WOULD BE MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE AUSTRALIAN. THE MINISTER POINTING OUT THE OFFICIAL INVITE DID HAVE SOME TE REO... AND YOU'D KNOW THIS IF HE CHECKED WITH HIS LEADER, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHRIS HIPKINS, WHO RECEIVED ONE OF THE INVITATIONS AND DECLINED TO COME. EVEN THE PRIME MINISTER WADING IN... WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY TO THAT MEMBER, WE VALUE TE REO IN THIS GOVERNMENT. ...POKING FUN AT OUR AUSTRALIAN NEIGHBOURS. IN MY DEALINGS WITH AUSTRALIANS, IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BE INCREDIBLY SIMPLE AND CLEAR AND USE ENGLISH. IF TE REO MAORI IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR KING CHARLES TO USE IN HIS MATARIKI` OFFICIAL MATARIKI GREETINGS, WHY IS IT NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT? AGAIN, I'D JUST SAY THE MINISTER MADE A DECISION TO SAY THAT HE WANTED THE COMMUNICATION TO BE IN ENGLISH, SO THAT THE AUSTRALIAN MINISTER COULD UNDERSTAND IT. THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO TE REO MAORI IN THE SPOTLIGHT YET AGAIN. BENEDICT COLLINS, ONE NEWS. TO THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS NOW, AND CHRIS, QUESTIONS AND EYEBROWS BEING RAISED ABOUT OUR MEN'S C-2 CANOE SPRINT TEAM. WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT? BONJOUR, SIMON. YES, WELL, WITH ALL DAME LISA CARRINGTON'S OLYMPIC SUCCESS, WE'RE PROBABLY ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING OUR CANOE SPRINT PADDLERS NEAR THE FRONT OF THE FIELD, BUT THE MEN'S C2 500 CREW WERE A DISTANT LAST ` 45 SECONDS OFF THE PACE. MAX BROWN AND GRANT CLANCY, PADDLING IN LANE ONE, HAVE BEEN LEARNING THE DISCIPLINE FOR ONLY THREE MONTHS, A C2 500 COMBINATION EARNING QUALIFICATION AS A WAY TO ALLOW NEW ZEALAND TO ENTER A MEN'S K4 CREW, WHO FINISHED SECOND IN THEIR RACE TO PROGRESS TO THE SEMIFINALS. BROWN AND CLANCY DUBBED NEW ZEALAND'S ERIC THE EEL, STILL DOING ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR THE B FINAL. MEANWHILE, ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES HAS BEEN NAMED AN 'OLYMPIAN FOR LIFE' AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY HERE IN PARIS. BARBARA KENDALL RECEIVING THE HONOUR FOR PROMOTING OLYMPIC VALUES. THE FORMER BOARDSAILOR WAS THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE AT THE GAMES. TO KNOW THAT I'VE MADE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO MANY, MANY ATHLETES AROUND THE WORLD WITH ALL THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING, IT'S PRETTY COOL TO BE RECOGNISED FOR IT. AND FORMER OLYMPIANS JESSE OWENS AND LUZ LONG WERE ALSO RECOGNISED, FOR SHOWCASING THEIR INTERRACIAL FRIENDSHIP IN FRONT OF ADOLF HITLER AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS. DURING THESE GAMES, THE FRENCH CAPITAL MAY APPEAR TO BE BUSTLING. BUT AWAY FROM THE EVENTS, THE CITY'S RESTAURANTS AND STREETS ARE RELATIVELY QUIET. FEARS OF PRICE HIKES AND LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES HAVE KEPT TOURISTS WHO AREN'T OLYMPICS FANS AWAY, AND SENT MANY LOCALS PACKING. BUT THE KIWI OWNER OF A PARIS BIKE TOUR COMPANY SAYS IT MAY JUST BE THE BEST TIME TO VISIT, AS OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON FOUND OUT. FROM FIXING HUMANS TO FIXING BIKES. ONCE AN AUCKLAND PARAMEDIC, NIKI RENDALL NOW TAKES TO THE STREETS IN A VERY DIFFERENT MANNER ` AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD ` BY STARTING A BOUTIQUE BIKE TOUR WITH HER HUSBAND. THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVOURITE SPOTS IN PARIS, PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST REALLY UNEXPECTED. BUT THE FRENCH CAPITAL, NOW HOST TO THE OLYMPICS, IS LOOKING VERY DIFFERENT. YOU'VE GOT THE EIFFEL TOWER, THE BACK OF LES INVALIDES, AND THEN THE ARCHWAY. AND THIS ROAD IS NORMALLY HECTIC, LIKE, ABSOLUTE CHAOS. THE HEART OF PARIS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. UNLIKE OTHER GAMES BEFORE IT, MOST VENUES ARE IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN, TEMPORARY STADIUMS ALLOWING FOR EXTRAORDINARY BACKDROPS. IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. THERE'S STADIUMS AT ALL OF THE MAJOR MONUMENTS. THERE'S ROAD CLOSURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT FOR US BIKING, THE CITY IS WIDE OPEN. AND SO IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE. PLACES THAT ARE NORMALLY FILLED WITH TRAFFIC ` WE'RE CRUISING DOWN THE CENTRE OF ROADS. YOU'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO MONUMENTS AND HEARING THE CHEERS OF THE CROWDS, AND IT'S JUST GOT THIS REALLY, LIKE, REALLY SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE. LOCALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS FLEEING THE DISRUPTION... SO THIS IS WHERE EVERYONE COMES FOR THEIR PERFECT INSTAGRAM SHOT. ...CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T MIND THE OLYMPIC FEVER. PARIS, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON PEOPLE'S BUCKET LIST FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE. AND THEN TO, LIKE YOU SAY, TO COMBINE THAT WITH THE OLYMPICS IS INCREDIBLE. MAKING THIS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR NIKI RENDALL TOO. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. IF YOU CAN HEAR THE HELICOPTER ABOVE ME, THERE ARE SOME LOCKDOWN AREAS. THIS MORNING IN PREPARATION FOR THE MARATHON WALK MIXED RELAYS. SECURITY IS ON FAIRLY HIGH ALERT, AND ALWAYS BUSY HERE FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT. WILL BE BACK LATER FOR MORE IN SPORT. MERCI. E WHAI AKE NEI ` CHARGES OF TERRORISM ARE BEING CONSIDERED AGAINST FAR-RIGHT DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED IN THE UK, AS A WAVE OF NEW PROTEST PLANS SEE THOUSANDS MORE RIOT POLICE DEPLOYED. NEXT ` THE TECH BILLIONAIRE CRITICISING THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE. THEN, THE POLICE INTERVIEW WITH A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE IS PLAYED IN COURT AS MORE IS REVEALED ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ESCORT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, DO YOU FEEL LIKE A CHANGE? MAYBE A NEW LIFE IN A NEW TOWN? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SOLUTION. I THINK IT NEEDS A COUPLE WHO ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE COAST AND WHO LOVE PEOPLE. THE HISTORIC PUB THAT NEEDS NEW OWNERS. AND THE ALL BLACK LEGEND SHARING HIS VIEW FROM THE SECOND ROW. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. BRITISH RIOT POLICE ARE BEING STATIONED IN VANS CLOSE TO MOTORWAYS AS THEY PREPARE TO DEPLOY TO UP TO 40 PLANNED FAR-RIGHT PROTESTS TONIGHT UK TIME. THE WORST OF LAST'S NIGHT UNREST WAS IN BELFAST, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF RIOTING. THERE ARE FEARS OF FURTHER ESCALATION, WITH IMMIGRATION CENTRES AND CHARITIES AMONG THE NEW TARGETS LISTED ONLINE. MORE PRISON PLACES ARE BEING OPENED UP TO KEEP MANY OF THE 400 PEOPLE ARRESTED SO FAR BEHIND BARS WHILE THEIR CASES MOVE THROUGH THE COURTS. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS OFFICE IS CONSIDERING TERRORISM CHARGES IN SOME CASES. MEANWHILE, ELON MUSK HAS CRITICISED THE WAY THE UNREST IS BEING POLICED ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM X. HE'S PREDICTED CIVIL WAR, AND HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THE FAR-RIGHT PERCEIVE AS A TWO-TIER POLICING SYSTEM. AFTER PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAID ATTACKS ON MUSLIM COMMUNITIES WOULDN'T BE TOLERATED, MUSK POSTED, 'WHY AREN'T ALL COMMUNITIES PROTECTED IN BRITAIN?' THE JUSTICE MINISTER CALLING OUT THE POSTS TODAY AS UNACCEPTABLE. HAMAS HAS NAMED YAHYA SINWAR, THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE MASTERMINDED THE DEADLY OCTOBER 7th ATTACK ON ISRAEL, AS ITS NEW OVERALL LEADER. THE HARD-LINE MILITANT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE HIDING IN TUNNELS IN GAZA, WHERE HE HOLDS CONTROL OVER THE ESTIMATED 120 ISRAELI HOSTAGES THERE. HIS APPOINTMENT COMES AFTER POLITICAL LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH WAS KILLED IN A BOMBING IN IRAN LAST WEEK. ISRAEL DESCRIBES SINWAR AS AN 'ARCH TERRORIST'. A PAKISTANI MAN WITH ALLEGED TIES TO IRAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE U.S OVER A PLOT TO KILL POLITICAL FIGURES, REPORTEDLY INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP. ASIF MERCHANT HAD SPENT TIME IN IRAN BEFORE FLYING TO THE U.S IN APRIL. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE DEFENDANT MET WITH SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN NEW YORK WHO HE THOUGHT WERE HIT MEN, BUT WHO WERE IN FACT UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE WAS ARRESTED THE DAY BEFORE A GUNMAN, UNRELATED TO HIS APPARENT SCHEME, OPENED FIRE ON DONALD TRUMP AT A RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA. SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS WERE STATIONED ON TWO ROOFTOPS THERE AT THE LAST MINUTE DUE TO A HEIGHTENED THREAT LEVEL. A WARNING ` OUR NEXT STORY TALKS ABOUT SELF-HARM. JURORS HAVE HEARD THE START OF AN INTERVIEW PHILIP POLKINGHORNE GAVE POLICE THE SAME DAY HIS WIFE DIED. HE'S ACCUSED OF MURDERING PAULINE HANNA AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE. KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS. ACCUSED MURDERER PHILIP POLKINGHORNE... SO, PHILIP, YOU'VE COME TO TALK TO ME TODAY ABOUT YOUR WIFE WHO'S PASSED AWAY. ...IN HIS OWN VOICE. MY NAME IS PHILIP JOHN POLKINGHORNE. AFTER DAYS OF EVIDENCE ABOUT FORENSICS AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATION, NOW THE POLICE INTERVIEW, ALMOST THREE HOURS LONG. I SAW PAULINE... YEAH. AND SHE WAS SLOUCHED, AND THERE WAS A CHAIR THERE. HIS DEMEANOUR, IN WHAT JURORS HAVE SEEN SO FAR ` RELAXED. AND I KNEW SHE WAS DEAD STRAIGHT AWAY. YEAH. AND... (SIGHS) JURORS ALSO HEARING TODAY HIS WIFE, PAULINE HANNA, HAD CONTACTED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR THE YEAR BEFORE. SHE WANTED TO ARRANGE A MEETING, TO CONDUCT AN INFIDELITY INVESTIGATION ON HER HUSBAND. AND THEY HEARD FROM LOCALS FROM AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE, LIVING NEAR WHAT ONE BELIEVED TO BE A SEX WORKER. THE DAY WE WENT TO LEVEL THREE, HE APPEARED ON THAT DAY. IT WAS DEFINITELY THE DAY AFTER, COS IT'S, LIKE, 'OH, YEAH, THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG,' SORT OF THING. HE SAYS HE NOTICED POLKINGHORNE'S REPEAT VISITS. SO DID ANOTHER NEIGHBOUR. I SAW HIM THE FIRST TIMES HE CAME, BECAUSE HE WAS A TERRIBLE DRIVER, TERRIBLE AT PARKING, AND NEARLY RAN INTO ME. SO THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS LOOK AT THE NUMBER PLATE. AND AFTER HIS WIFE'S DEATH, THE COURT WAS TOLD POLKINGHORNE WAS HERE, A SOUTH ISLAND RETREAT, WITH ESCORT MADISON ASHTON. AND POLICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT. SO, I EXPLAINED TO MR POLKINGHORNE THAT WE WERE THERE TO SEIZE THE PHONES BELONGING TO MADISON ASHTON. THERE WERE TWO ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE. SO IT WAS REQUESTED OF MADISON TO PROVIDE THE PIN NUMBER FOR HER PHONES UNDER SEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE ACT. SHE DECLINED. THE PAIR'S STAY A MATTER OF WEEKS AFTER PAULINE HANNA DIED. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. AN INTERNATIONAL FORENSIC DETECTIVE HAS TOLD A CORONER'S INQUEST SHE BELIEVES THERE WERE STEPS MISSED IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A GORE TODDLER. POLICE CONCLUDED LACHLAN JONES (3) WANDERED OFF AND DROWNED IN THE TOWN'S OXIDATION POND, MORE THAN A KILOMETRE FROM HIS MUM'S HOME. AN EXPERT SAID NOT ENOUGH PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN, AND MORE WITNESSES WERE NEEDED. THE LACHLAN JONES CASE FAILED IN 10 OUT OF 10 AREAS CITED AS THE MOST COMMON ERRORS IN DEATH INVESTIGATIONS. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE. A FULL AUTOPSY WASN'T COMPLETED, BUT A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST TOLD THE HEARING THE EVIDENCE LINES UP WITH AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. HE'S WEARING THE SAME DIAPER HE WAS LAST SEEN IN. IT'S FULL OF STOOL. HE'S WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES HE WAS SEEN IN. THE HAT IS FLOATING IN THE POND. THERE IS NOTHING TO ME TO INDICATE ANY KIND OF STAGING. THE INQUEST ENTERS ITS THIRD DAY TOMORROW. POLICE HAVE NAMED THREE PEOPLE WHO DIED AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED CROSSING THE RIVERTON BAR ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE VICTIMS ` FORMER FARMERS RICHARD KING (80) AND HIS WIFE, HEATHER (79) AND JOHN MCCULLOCH (75), A SOUTHLAND ARCHITECT. TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE BOAT HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL AND ARE RECOVERING AT HOME. JUST AHEAD ` A TOWN'S WATER CONTAMINATION SCARE FORCES A SCHOOL TO TURN OFF THE TAPS, AND RESIDENTS TO RESORT TO EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ` THE TOXIC METAL DETECTED IN THEIR DRINKING WATER. PLUS TEACHING A LESSON FOR LIFE ` HOW THIS TOOTH-BRUSHING CLASS IS WINNING OVER SCHOOLKIDS WITH A SIMPLE SONG. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, WOMEN'S HEALTH WEEK IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF ` FIND OUT WHY THIS HEALTH CAMPAIGN IS MAKING HISTORY. PLUS WE'LL BREAK DOWN WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT A SIMPLE COLOUR AND A SIMPLE WORD. AND ALL BLACKS LEGEND SAM WHITELOCK LET'S US IN ON SECRET ` THE ONE THING THAT'S TOUGHER THAN PLAYING IN A WORLD CUP. THAT'S COMING UP 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. VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS TWO APPARENT ARSONISTS ON FIRE AFTER SETTING AN AUCKLAND BARBER SHOP ABLAZE. THE EAST TAMAKI BUSINESS 'ONE TWO UPPER CUTS' WAS TARGETED EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING. ONE PERSON CAN BE SEEN ENGULFED BY FLAMES AS THEY RUN FROM THE BUILDING. MOMENTS LATER, A SECOND PERSON IS ALSO SEEN ON FIRE. POLICE SAY THE PAIR MAY HAVE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. TRACES OF LEAD HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE DRINKING WATER OF A HOROWHENUA TOWN, FORCING RESIDENTS TO RELY ON TANKER SUPPLIES INSTEAD. IT'S AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS IN TOKOMARU, JUST SOUTH OF PALMERSTON NORTH, AFTER TESTS SHOWED UNSAFE LEVELS OF THE TOXIC METAL. SAM OLLEY WAS THERE TODAY. THIS TANKER THE ONLY WATERING HOLE IN TOWN, NOW THE VILLAGE SUPPLY'S DEEMED POTENTIALLY UNSAFE. WELL, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU JUST PUT UP WITH. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT'S CLEAN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. IT'S TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. EVEN THIRSTY PETS RELIANT ON SUBSTITUTE WATER. DON'T DRINK IT, BUT NOT ONLY THAT; DON'T CLEAN YOUR TEETH WITH IT. OR YOU'RE ALLEGEDLY SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO WASH AND BATHE IN IT, BUT, REALLY, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE EITHER. THE COUNCIL SAYS ROUTINE TESTING SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF LEAD, DESPITE THE WATER PLANT HERE BEING RECENTLY UPGRADED. WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL TESTING IN JULY, JUST AS PART OF THE FINAL COMMISSIONING PROCESS. A RESULT IN JULY IN THE NETWORK INDICATED LEVELS OF LEAD IN THE WATER SUPPLY. EXTRA TESTS WERE DONE TO DOUBLE-CHECK. A TEST RESULT THAT WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY CONFIRMING THE POTENTIAL TRACES OF NON-COMPLIANT LEAD IN THE RESERVOIR. RESIDENTS TODAY HAVING TO MAKE DO, INCLUDING THE LOCAL SCHOOL, WHICH TURNED ITS DRINKING FOUNTAINS OFF. A BIT MORE PLASTIC RECYCLING TODAY WITH THE BOTTLED WATER... (LAUGHS) THAN USUAL. THE RECYCLING KIDS WILL BE BUSY. THE COUNCIL IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. IS SOMETHING HAPPENING WITHIN THE TREATMENT PLANT ITSELF, OR IS THERE A SAMPLING ERROR AND SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON? IN THE MEANTIME, THE COUNCIL SAYS SO FAR, NOBODY HAS FALLEN ILL FROM THE WATER, AND RESIDENTS ARE NOT TAKING THE RISK. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. THE REBUILD OF CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL IS GETTING A $7m BOOST. CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO PAY A SECOND INSTALMENT OF A $10m GRANT IT PLEDGED IN 2017 FOR STRENGTHENING WORK. THE TRUST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESTORATION PROJECT HAS SIGNALLED IT COULD BE MOTHBALLED IF $30m MORE FUNDING ISN'T SECURED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. CREATING A HABIT FOR LIFE ` THAT'S THE AIM OF A PILOT PROGRAMME UNDERWAY AT A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL, GETTING 6- AND 7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN TO BRUSH THEIR TEETH IN CLASS TWICE A DAY. IT'S HOPED IT'LL HELP THEM AVOID THE FATE OF MANY KIWI KIDS, WITH THOUSANDS SUFFERING FROM DECAY. THOMAS MEAD WENT ALONG. # BRUSH ROUND AND ROUND, UP AND DOWN... IT'S JUST AFTER MORNING TEA AT ROWLEY SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH, AND THESE YOUNGSTERS ARE CRANKING SOME TUNES... # BRUSH ROUND AND ROUND, UP AND DOWN... ...AS THEY MAKE SURE THEIR TEETH ARE CLEANED VERY, VERY THOROUGHLY. HOW DO YOU REMEMBER? YOU CAN` IF YOUR TEETH... IF YOU` IF YOU... YOU HAVE TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH WHEN` WHEN` AFTER YOU EAT. TOOTHBRUSHES AND TOOTHPASTE HAVE BEEN DONATED BY THE CHARITABLE TRUST BYTE, WHICH IS BACKED BY DENTISTS, IN THE HOPE KIDS WILL KEEP UP THE HABIT FOR LIFE. THE MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE INDICATES MANY NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TEETH BY THE TIME THEY START SCHOOL. IN 2022, JUST OVER 33,000 5-YEAR-OLDS WERE EXAMINED. DENTISTS FINDING 66,000 DECAYED, MISSING OR FILLED TEETH ` THE EQUIVALENT OF ALMOST TWO FOR EVERY CHILD. RATES WORSE AMONG MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLAND CHILDREN, WITH AN AVERAGE OF THREE AFFECTED TEETH. WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN ACROSS THE MOTU, SOMEWHERE AROUND 8000 KIDS EVERY YEAR ARE HAVING GENERAL ANAESTHETIC TO GET THEIR TEETH FIXED. THE TEACHERS SEE THE TOLL IT TAKES. I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL SOMETIMES WITH SORE MOUTHS FROM SORE TEETH, AND THAT'S NOT NICE TO SEE CHILDREN IN PAIN. SO WHAT'S THE SECRET? THE KIDS CAN SHOW YOU ` BRUSH TWICE A DAY FOR TWO MINUTES AND SPIT THE TOOTHPASTE OUT, BUT DON'T RINSE. IS IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANY GERMS IN YOUR MOUTH? AFTER YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH, HOW DOES IT FEEL? SHINY. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, PEOPLE ` STAY SHINY. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. LET'S HEAD BACK TO PARIS NOW, AND A BIG DAY LOOMING FOR THE KIWIS, CHRIS? YES, A NUMBER OF OUR ATHLETES ARE IN WITH CHANCES OF A MEDAL, AND ONE OF OUR GREATEST HELPS HER TEAMS TO THE PERFECT START ON THE FIRST DAY OF CANOE SPRINT COMPETITION. PLUS, ONE OF THE SOUTH'S BEST TAKES ON A NEW NETBALL ROLE. AND ARGENTINA'S IN TOWN. SO WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FIRST TEST OF THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP? AND IN WEATHER, THINGS ARE REALLY GOING TO CHANGE FOR THURSDAY. GRAB THE RAINCOATS ` COULD BE A RISK OF SOME SHOWERS, MAYBE EVEN SOME THUNDER. AND HEADS UP DOWN SOUTH ` EVEN SOME SNOW ON THE HILLS. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. NO MEDALS FOR NZ THE LAST 24 HOURS AT THESE OLYMPICS, BUT GOOD SIGNS FROM OUR CANOE SPRINT TEAM, LED, OF COURSE, BY DAME LISA CARRINGTON. AND KIWIS ARE TO THE FORE ELSEWHERE, FROM A YOUNGSTER CLIMBING UP THE STANDINGS TO A PAIR OF SAILORS, HEADING INTO THE RACE OF THEIR LIVES. GUY HEVELDT WRAPS UP THE BEST ACTION FROM DAY 11. ON THE GLASSY WATERS OF VAIRES SUR MARNE, OUR OLYMPIANS SHATTERING THE COMPETITION. AND IT WAS A SENSATIONAL START FROM THE KIWIS, ALMOST FROM THE FIRST STROKE. LOOK AT THAT LEAD! STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE FINAL ` THE FIRST TICK ON THE TO-DO LIST. NO GREAT SURPRISE HERE ` CARRINGTON AND HOSKIN ARE LAYING IT DOWN. THE K2 SEMIS LOCKED IN TOO ` OUR FEMALE PADDLERS ISSUING A STATEMENT OF INTENT. YEAH, WE KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE. REALLY STOKED THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO DO THE JOB SO FAR. WE STILL HAVE FOUR MORE DAYS. THE MEN'S K2 500 EARNING AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY, SQUEEZING INTO THE SEMIFINALS ON A PHOTO FINISH. BOY, OH BOY, THAT WAS CLOSE. TAURANGA TEEN SPEED-CLIMBER JULIAN DAVID WON'T NEED A PHOTO TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT, STUNNING A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION WITH A PB SO QUICK, THERE'S TIME TO SHOW IT ALL. VERY QUICK TIME IT WAS FROM JULIAN DAVID, AND HE'S GONE NECK AND NECK, AND HE'S GOING TO HIT THE BUTTON, AND JULIAN DAVID! HE'S TAKEN OUT THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION! AND THROUGH TO THE QUARTERFINALS. A MEDAL'S WITHIN REACH OF OUR SAILORS ` MICAH WILKINSON AND ERICA DAWSON ONE OF THREE CREWS DUKING IT OUT FOR SILVER AND BRONZE IN THE MIXED MULTIHULL CLASS, ITALY ALREADY LOCKED IN FOR GOLD. WE'RE IN JUST THE PERFECT POSITION TO JUST GO OUT, SAIL OUR BEST, AND THEN IF WE CAN CRACK ON TO THE PODIUM, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC, BUT OVERALL WITH THE WEEK, WE'RE STOKED. AND A TRIP UP ON THE TRACK AS MAIA RAMSDEN SECURED A SEMIFINAL SPOT IN THE 1500M. MAIA RAMSDEN'S TRYING TO CLOSE THAT DOWN. DOES MAIA HAVE ENOUGH ROOM? I THINK SHE DOES. EMPTYING THE TANK TO SURGE PAST HER IRISH OPPONENT. SO COMING DOWN THOSE LAST 200M, LIKE, I'VE NEVER WANTED ANYTHING MORE, SO I JUST WENT FOR IT. THE SAME THOUGHT LIKELY IN THE MIND OF AMERICAN COLE HOCKER ` THE MEN'S 1500M FINAL BILLED AS A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SCOTLAND'S JOSH KERR AND NORWAY'S JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN. NEITHER COUNTED ON THIS LAST-MINUTE NARRATIVE CHANGE. JOSH KERR BELIEVES HE'S GOING TO WIN, BUT HE'S GETTING PUSHED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! AND IT'S HOCKER! AFTER WEEKS OF TRASH TALK BETWEEN THE TWO LEADING CONTENDERS, SILENCE IS GOLDEN. AND WHAT'S BETTER THAN ONE GOLD? FIVE GOLD MEDALS! CUBAN WRESTLER MIJAIN LOPEZ NUNEZ BECOMING THE FIRST OLYMPIAN TO WIN FIVE GOLD MEDALS IN AN EVENT. THE 41-YEAR-OLD ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT, BUT NOT BEFORE ONE LAST WRESTLE, FLOORING HIS COACH. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, PARIS. ANOTHER MEDAL COULD BE COMING IN TRACK CYCLING, WITH NZ'S WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT SETTING THE FASTEST TIME IN QUALIFYING. ON HAND AT THE VELODROME TO WATCH IT WAS JORDAN OPPERT, WHO JOINS ME NOW. JORDAN, WHAT DO THE TEAM NEED TO DO TO NOT ONLY SECURE A MEDAL, BUT WIN GOLD? WE ALL KNOW THAT KIWIS CAN'T FLY, BUT HERE AT THE VELODROME, THEY SEEMS TO BE GETTING CLOSE. THIS WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT QUALIFIED IN TOP POSITION, HEADING SPEEDS OF AROUND 60 KM AN HOUR ON AVERAGE. THAT PUT THEM IN THE TOP POSITION. THAT WAS ALSO A NATIONAL RECORD. THEY SHATTERED THAT BY MORE THAN FOUR SECONDS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEY ARE THROUGH TO ANOTHER HEAT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A SEMI. IF THEY WIN THAT, THEY ARE THROUGH TO A GOLD MEDAL RACE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE GUARANTEED A MEDAL, EVER GOLD OR SILVER. THERE ARE AGAINST ITALY WHO THEY ALSO BEAT. FROM ECSTASY TO AGONY, THAT WASN'T TO BE FOR OUR MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT, WHO WALK AWAY DISAPPOINTED HERE IN PARIS. THEY HOPE TO COME HERE AND BE ON THE PODIUM. THEY WERE 0.5 SECONDS OFF THE PACE OF BEING A BRONZE MEDAL FINAL. AND ELLESSE ANDREWS IS BACK IN ACTION AFTER HELPING THE TEAM SPRINT TO SILVER. WHAT ARE HER CHANCES IN THE WOMEN'S KEIRIN? THE WOMEN'S TEAM SPRINT MEDAL AS A BONUS. THEY HOPE TO BE IN BRONZE, BUT TO WIN SILVER WAS A NEW LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT SHE CAME FOR. SHE IS OUR SPRINT CHAMPION. LAST YEAR SHE WON NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST WORLD TITLE IN THE DISCIPLINE. SHE IS THE ONE TO WATCH AND BEAT HERE AT THE VELODROME. THERE IS OTHER KIWI SPRINTERS IN ACTION TODAY TO. REBECCA IS ALSO LINING UP IN THE KAREN. SHE WAS PART OF THE SILVER. SAM IS OUR SOLE MAIL SPRINTER. WE WILL BE HOPING TO CONTINUE THE KIWI DOMINANCE ON THE TRACK. THANKS, JORDAN. IN A FEW HOURS, GORE'S TORI PEETERS WILL MAKE HER LONG-AWAITED GAMES DEBUT, THIS COUNTRY'S FIRST OLYMPIC JAVELIN THROWER IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS HER STORY TO THESE GAMES. (LAUGHS) GIVE 'EM A WAVE, TORI. THERE YA GO. THERE'S JUST ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE TORI PEETERS FEELING RIGHT NOW ` CHUFFED. I THINK BACK TO ALL THE COACHES THAT HAVE HELPED ME GET TO THIS POINT. EVERYONE'S PLAYED SUCH AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE, RIGHT FROM DAY DOT OF LITTLE TORI PICKING UP THE JAVELIN IN GORE. FROM CHASING RIBBONS TO OLYMPIC MEDALS, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO FINALLY REACH HER FIRST GAMES. 1 NEWS WAS THERE WHEN SHE MISSED OUT ON TOKYO, BUT OMISSION TURNED TO OPTIMISM. BEAUTY. NOW RANKED NINTH IN THE WORLD AND WITH PODIUM FINISHES AT DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENTS. HAS THINGS WORKED OUT BETTER THAN YOU EXPECTED, DO YOU THINK? YEAH. LOOK, I THINK AT THE TIME, IT'S HARD NOT TO BE DISAPPOINTED. BUT, YEAH, FIRM BELIEVER THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW I'M EXACTLY WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 30 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND LAST HAD A JAVELIN THROWER AT THE OLYMPICS. THAT ATHLETE WAS KIRSTEN HELLIER, WHO JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE PEETERS' COACH. SHE CAME OUT AND WARMED UP WITH ME AND SHE DOES THROW A FEW JAVELINS EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. BUT I SAID TO HER, I SAID, OH, THE LAST TIME YOU DID THIS WAS IN 1992. YOU KNOW, LIKE THROWING JAVELINS AT THE OLYMPICS. BUT NOW THERE'S A NEW KIWI THROWER TO CHEER FOR. ALL: GO, FLOSSY! FLOSSY. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE WAS EVEN BOSSY, SO WE JUST MADE IT A BIT MORE PC. THE PEETERS' CLAN HAVE TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM GORE. SHE'S A TAURUS, MATE. SHE'S A BULL. SHE'S STUBBORN. SO, YEAH. YEAH, ABOUT EVERYTHING. IF SHE GETS TO THE FINAL, IT'S` SHE'S ANYBODY'S GAME, MATE. FROM SOUTHLAND TO STADE DE FRANCE, TORI PEETERS IS READY TO LOCK HORNS. ALL: GO, FLOSSY! MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS, PARIS. ONE OF OUR LAST ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN PARIS WILL BE WEIGHTLIFTER DAVID LITI. THE SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT FINISHED JUST OFF THE PODIUM IN TOKYO, BUT WILL NEED TO LIFT A NEW PERSONAL BEST TO GET CLOSE AGAIN. HE'S NOT BOTHERED BY THE BAR BENDING CHALLENGE AHEAD. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON. KNOWN FOR HIS BIG HEART AND PERSONALITY, DAVID LITI'S BROUGHT HIS CHEEKY SPIRIT TO THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE. I THINK I'VE MANAGED TO, LIKE, CONVINCE, LIKE, TWO PEOPLE THAT I'M A SPRINTER. (BOTH CHUCKLE) AND WHAT ABOUT TINA ` DO YOU TELL THEM THAT TINA'S HERE FOR A SPORT AS WELL? YEAH, I TELL THEM THAT SHE'S HERE AS THE OLDEST ATHLETE IN THE VILLAGE. (BOTH LAUGH) THERE'S AN UNDENIABLE BOND BETWEEN COACH TINA BALL AND THE TWO-TIME COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLIST. I THINK IT JUST NATURALLY BUILDS ON ITSELF; WE DON'T GO, 'OK, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL?' IT HELPS WHEN, LIKE, YOUR GOAL IS THE SAME THING. THAT GOAL ` GOLD. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, TRAINING WITH TOP BRITISH WEIGHTLIFTER EMILY CAMPBELL, A TOKYO SILVER MEDALLIST AND FOUR-TIME EUROPEAN CHAMPION. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF. AND IT'S MADE OUR TRANSITION FROM NZ HERE INTO THE VILLAGE REALLY SMOOTH, ABLE TO FOCUS ON OUR TRAINING AND HAVE HAD WHAT WE NEEDED AT OUR FINGERTIPS. BUT LITI WILL NEED EVERY ADVANTAGE HE CAN GET FOR THE EVENT, WITH ALL THREE MEDALLISTS FROM THE TOKYO GAMES BACK THIS TIME AROUND, INCLUDING GEORGIAN GIANT LASHA TALAKHADZE, WHO WON GOLD WITH A COMBINED 488KG ` 74KGS MORE THAN WHAT THE FIFTH-PLACED KIWI PRODUCED. HE'S NOT SCARED OF WORTHY OPPONENTS, AND THAT GIVES US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE. I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND, LIKE, A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SHE SAID THAT, 'NOBODY OWNS WINNING,' SO WHY NOT? IT WOULD BE A BIG WIN, TO MATCH AN ALREADY WINNING PERSONALITY. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, PARIS. AND IN OTHER SPORTS NEWS, THE TACTIX HAVE APPOINTED FORMER DUAL INTERNATIONAL DONNA WILKINS AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH. WILKINS REPLACING LONG-TIME COACH MARIANNE DELANEY-HOSHEK AFTER THREE YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT. THE PROUD CANTABRIAN, WHO PLAYED 56 TESTS FOR THE SILVER FERNS AS A SHOOTER ALONG WITH 95 CAPS FOR THE TALL FERNS, ALREADY HAS A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT SHE WANTS TO BRING TO THE SIDE. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ` I WAS AS A PLAYER AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE AS A COACH. A LOT OF THE TEAMS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AS A PLAYER IN THE PAST, THE TEAM HAS GOT US THROUGH, NOT THE INDIVIDUALS. IT'LL BE WILKINS' FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER LATE COACHING GREAT ROBYN BROUGHTON AS WELL. IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN, THERE'S AN ALL BLACKS TEST ON THIS WEEKEND, AGAINST ARGENTINA IN WELLINGTON. LOS PUMAS TRAINING IN PORIRUA TODAY, PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST TEST MATCH IN THE CAPITAL IN MORE THAN A DECADE. I THINK THAT THE ALL BLACKS, HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, ARE FAVOURITE. THEY ARE COMING FROM A VERY GOOD TWO MATCHES AGAINST ENGLAND, SO IT IS GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH. ALWAYS, A GAME HERE IS LIKE A BATTLE, AND... FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY AND WIN ONE OF THE GAMES OR BOTH. THE NEW 30-SECOND SCRUM AND LINEOUT SHOT CLOCK WILL BE USED THIS WEEKEND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TESTS. THE ALL BLACKS TEAM TO PLAY ARGENTINA IS CONFIRMED TOMORROW AT LUNCH TIME. THE AMOUNT OF NEW ZEALANDERS AND FRENCH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED ABOUT ALL BLACKS WILL BE INTERESTED. WE WILL BE BACK ALIVE TOMORROW MORNING ON BREAKFAST FROM 6 O'CLOCK WITH ALL OF THE WRAP UP AND THE ACTION. HOPING FOR MORE MEDALS TONIGHT. THANKS, CHRIS. STAY WITH US ` DAN SAYS GRAB THE RAINCOAT; IT'S ALL CHANGE TOMORROW. DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, ALL BLACK LEGEND SAM WHITELOCK ON LIFE, RUGBY AND AN ODD ENCOUNTER WITH A PRIME MINISTER. PLUS ` IT'S A SMALL TOWN WITH A BIG HEART AND THREE PUBS, AND NOW BLACKBALL IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE NEW TO MOVE IN. TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE THE DAY WERE YOU GRAB THE RAINCOAT. IT MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY. THERE IS A COUPLE OF LUMPS OF CLOUD WORKING TO THE SOUTH. THERE IS ENERGY TO CAUSE THE LOW-PRESSURE LINGER. MOST OF US INTO DOUBLE FIGURES TODAY. TWICE ALL WAS -6. THAT IS THE SYSTEM WORKING. WITH CLEAR SKIES, THERE WAS FOG. THIS IS MOUNT EDEN. THERE IS A FOG BANK LURKING. FINE DOWN SOUTH, LOOKING PLEASANT. THE INCREASING CLOUD WAS A SIGN OF SOME CHANGE FOR SOME OF US. THAT SYSTEM WORKS IN WITH COLD AIR. THE SNOW LEVEL IS A THOUSAND METRES. ANYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS COLD AIR KICKING AND. THE FIRST LUMP OF WET WEATHER HAS THUNDER IN IT AND THE NORTH ISLAND THROUGH THE LATE PART OF THE MORNING. THE COLD AIR WORKS IN. THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS DOWN TO 7 OR 800 M. OTHERS PAST FROM 1 O'CLOCK. THAT IS IT RAIN BAND FOR A WET DAY. MORNING RAIN TOWARDS THE DEEP SOUTH THEN SHOWERS. GRAB A RAINCOAT FOR THE AFTERNOON. HEAVY BURST HERE AND THUNDER OVER PARTS OF NORTHLAND. SAME THING FOR AN AUCKLAND. YOU MAY GET AWAY WITH IT IN THE LATE MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON GRAB THE RAINCOAT. GUSTY WINDS AND NORTHERLY. HAMILTON THE SAME THING. SHOW IS GOING TO RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON. WITH SOME CLOUD, NOT AS CHILLY, JUST A RAINCOAT SORT OF DAY. ALSO INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR THE RAIN. BAY OF PLENTY TO THE CENTRAL PLATEAU GETTING TO 12 TO 15. HEAVY BURST INTO THE AFTERNOON AS THE RAIN WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH. EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, FURTHER EAST TAKES LONGER. OCCASIONAL RAIN TO SPOT BY THE END OF THE DAY. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STORY FURTHER WEST. THUNDER FOR PLACES LIKE NEW PLYMOUTH. THAT WILL TRACK ITS WAY IN FROM THE MORNING TO THE AFTERNOON. THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND SEES 14. WELLINGTON IS GUSTY. SPELLS OF RAIN TO YOU. THAT WILL TURN INTO A SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT. IT IS A RAINCOAT DAY HERE. 13. BELOW LINGERS ON. WESTPORT, THAT WILL WORK IN. HERE, IT IS ABOUT 800 M OF SNOW. CHRISTCHURCH, SPELLS OF RAIN TO WORK THROUGH. YOU COULD SEE ANOTHER SEARCH GOING INTO THE OVERNIGHT EARLY FRIDAY. THAT IS THE BEST WE CAN DO. THE SOUTHERLY SLIDES THROUGH. RAIN ON THE WEST COAST EASES BY THE END OF THE DAY. ASHBURTON, YOU GET SNOW AS WELL. ARTHUR'S PASS, SNOW. QUEENSTOWN, YOU HAVE RAIN. GOING TO THE SKI FIELDS THIS WEEKEND, THEY WILL GET A TOP UP AS WELL THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS WITH A SYSTEM. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU HAVE SPELLS OF RAIN MAINLY IN THE MORNING. LINGERING SHOWERS TOWARDS THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT IT SLOWLY IMPROVES. DUNEDIN, RAIN. SHOWERS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND THE SOUTHERLY KICKS THROUGH. GOING INTO FRIDAY, IT IS A MESS, PARTICULARLY UPPER SOUTH ISLAND. COOL AIR WITH THAT SYSTEM. HIGH-PRESSURE TRIES TO COME INTO THE SATURDAY. LEFTOVER SHOWERS FOR THE WEEKEND.