GLORIAVALE HEAD HOWARD TEMPLE'S TRIAL ON 24 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS IN GREYMOUTH. THE GOVERNMENT IS SCRAPPING CREDIT CARD AND PAYWAVE SURCHARGES, WHICH IT SAYS COST KIWIS AROUND $150M A YEAR. DESPITE HORRIFIC EVIDENCE ON THE GROUND, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS DECLARED THERE IS NO STARVATION IN GAZA, SO HE'S LETTING IN 'MINIMAL' AID. AND IN SPORT, DISAPPOINTMENT FOR DEFENDING CHAMP ERIKA FAIRWEATHER ` WHY SHE WAS DENIED THE CHANCE TO RACE IN THE 400M FINAL. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025. NAU MAI, HAERE MAI ` WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. A WARNING ` OUR LEAD STORY CONTAINS DETAILS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND DISTRESSING. THE TRIAL OF THE HEAD OF GLORIAVALE BEGAN TODAY IN GREYMOUTH, WITH HOWARD TEMPLE FACING 24 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT. THE CHARGES ALL RELATE TO INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING OF WOMEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE DEFENCE SAYS IT WAS ALL PART OF TEMPLE'S PASTORAL CARE. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY WAS IN COURT. HOWARD TEMPLE (85) ARRIVING AT COURT THIS MORNING TO FACE 24 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT. PLEASE PLACE HOWARD WENDELL TEMPLE BEFORE THE COURT. GLORIAVALE'S OVERSEEING SHEPHERD DENIES EVERY CHARGE AGAINST HIM. HOW DO YOU PLEAD ` GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? NOT GUILTY. IT'S ALLEGED TEMPLE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED NINE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN INSIDE GLORIAVALE OVER A 25-YEAR PERIOD, THE YOUNGEST VICTIM ALLEGEDLY 9 YEARS OLD. WHILE THE GIRLS WOULD STAND CLOSE TO THE DEFENDANT, AND SERVE HIM HIS DRINK OR FOOD, THE DEFENDANT WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH A COMPLAINANT'S BODY. THE CROWN ALSO TOLD THE COURT, FOLLOWING ONE COMPLAINANT COMING FORWARD, POLICE VISITED HOWARD TEMPLE IN 2018 AND WARNED HIM HE COULDN'T INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCH WOMEN. IN SPITE OF, AND THE CROWN SAYS, THIS VERY CLEAR WARNING BY POLICE, THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED WITH THE SAME PATTERN OF TOUCHING. ALL OF THE COMPLAINANTS ALL HAVE PERMANENT NAME SUPPRESSION. ONE OF THEM TOLD THE COURT ABOUT VARIOUS OCCASIONS WHEN HOWARD TEMPLE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED VARIOUS PARTS OF HER BODY. SHE SAID THAT AFTER SHE GOT MARRIED, TEMPLE WOULD ASK HOW HER SEX LIFE WAS GOING AND WHETHER SHED TRIED DIFFERENT POSITIONS. SHE SAID THAT HE LSO TOLD HER THAT ORAL SEX WAS OK AND NOT AGAINST THE BIBLE. SHE SAYS HE ASKED ABOUT ANAL SEX. TEMPLE'S DEFENCE LAWYER TOLD THE COURT GLORIAVALE LEADERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL LIVES OF THE GIRLS IN THE COMMUNITY. EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION BETWEEN LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS HUGS, AN ARMS AROUND THE WAIST OR COMMENTS OF CARE WERE COMMON AND OFTEN ENCOURAGED AS PART OF A PASTORAL AND FAMILIAL DYNAMIC. TEMPLE DENIES ANY SEXUAL MOTIVATION IN HIS ALLEGED CONDUCT AGAINST ANY OF THE COMPLAINANTS. HE REGRETS AND IS SADDENED THAT THIS IS HOW THEY NOW CONSIDER HIS ACTIONS. ONE COMPLAINANT, WHO HAS NOW LEFT GLORIAVALE, SAID THE POWER IMBALANCE BETWEEN LEADERS AND YOUNG GIRLS WAS VAST. SHE SAID TEMPLE AND OTHER LEADERS HAD THE POWER TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. JULIET, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST SEX-CRIME TRIAL TO COME OUT OF GLORIAVALE? THAT IS RIGHT. HOW A TEMPLE MIGHT BE THE CURRENT LEADER OF GLORIA VALE, BUT HE IS NOT THE 1ST TO FACE CHARGES LIKE THIS. GLORIA VALE'S FOUNDER AND FORMER LEGAL WHO WENT BY THE NAME HOPEFUL CHRISTIAN WAS CONVICTED OF SEX CRIMES IN THE 1990S. DICKIES ON, HIS SUCCESSOR AS FACING CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT WHICH HE DENIES. THIS TRIAL IS SET DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS. OTHER COMPLAINANTS WILL BE BACK HERE TO GIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST TEMPLE TOMORROW. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED BAN ON VOTER ENROLMENTS IN THE FINAL 13 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION IS IN BREACH OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND COULD AFFECT AROUND 100,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO JUDITH COLLINS, A MINISTER WHO, AS ATTORNEY-GENERAL, REVIEWS LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BILL OF RIGHTS. BUT PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON INSISTS IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE THAT VOTERS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO ENROL EARLY, BECAUSE IT WILL MEAN ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN EARLIER. HERE'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL. DO YOU WANT YOUR VOICE TO COUNT, TO BE PART OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT? IT'S EASY. ENROL TO VOTE TO HAVE YOUR SAY IN NEW ZEALAND'S FUTURE. BUT TO HAVE YOUR SAY, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ENROL ON ELECTION DAY, UNDER CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE TO ASK PEOPLE TO BE ENROLLED 13 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. HOWEVER, HIS OWN ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JUDITH COLLINS, HAS WRITTEN A LEGAL ASSESSMENT, SAYING... THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAS LOOKED AT THIS PROPOSAL THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAS LOOKED AT THIS PROPOSAL AND HAS FOUND THAT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE EFFECT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE VOTING RIGHTS OF NEW ZEALANDERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CHANGE IS THAT OVER TIME THERE HAS BEEN SUSTAINED GROWTH IN SPECIAL VOTES, WHICH TAKE MORE TIME TO PROCESS, AND DELAYS IN COUNTING THE VOTE CAN CREATE UNCERTAINTY AND AFFECT PARTY NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT, WHICH CAN LEAD TO EXTENDED PERIODS OF A CARETAKER ADMINISTRATION. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS ON BOARD. FRANKLY, I'M A BIT SICK OF DROP-KICKS THAT CAN'T GET THEMSELVES ORGANISED TO FOLLOW THE LAW, WHICH REGISTERING TO VOTE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. IT'S ESTIMATED AROUND 100,000 PEOPLE COULD BE AFFECTED. AND, AS JUDITH COLLINS POINTS OUT... THOSE GROUPS ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR PARTIES OF THE LEFT ` TE PATI MAORI, THE GREENS AND LABOUR. SO BY MAKING IT HARDER FOR THOSE GROUPS TO VOTE AND SAYING THEIR VOTES WILL NOT BE COUNTED, THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY THE VOTE FROM A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR THEIR OPPONENTS. I THINK EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT THE SPECIAL VOTE ANALYSIS AND SEE THAT THE SPECIAL VOTES DISPROPORTIONATELY WENT IN OUR DIRECTION, NOT THEIR DIRECTION. IT CREATES THE PERCEPTION, THOUGH, THAT YOU'RE STOPPING YOUR OPPONENTS' SUPPORTERS FROM VOTING. NO, I DISAGREE COMPLETELY. IT'S A PERCEPTION THE GOVERNMENT COULD DO WITHOUT, AFTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WAS BOOED AT THE ANZ NETBALL FINAL AT THE WEEKEND. WE ARE HONOURED TO BE JOINED ON COURT BY PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON, (CROWD BOO) ASTRID BURGESS, ANZ CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, AND JENNY WILEY, NETBALL NZ CHIEF EXECUTIVE. (BOOING CONTINUES) I THINK IT SHOWS THAT HE'S OUT OF TOUCH WITH NEW ZEALANDERS. THERE'S ALWAYS ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE FRUSTRATED WITH GOVERNMENT. I GET THAT. THAT GOES WITH BEING A POLITICIAN. THE RISK FOR THE GOVERNMENT IS THAT VOTERS MIGHT EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATION AT THE BALLOT BOX IN 2026. AND ZANE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON THAT MAY BE RECEIVED MORE POSITIVELY. THAT IS RIGHT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A BAN ON SURCHARGES FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS. IT WILL ONLY APPLY AT PHYSICAL STORES AND ONLY VISA AND MASTERCARD. IT WILL SAVE CONSUMERS AROUND HUNDRED $50 MILLION A YEAR. THE REASON RETAILERS APPLY SURCHARGES IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE, SCOTT SIMPSON, ACKNOWLEDGED RETAILERS MAY JUST PASS ON THE COST TO CUSTOMERS WITH THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT. HE SAYS THIS IS HOW TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS TO CONSUMERS. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. BY MAY NEXT YEAR, THOSE PESKY LITTLE COFFEE STAINED STICKERS AT THE CAFE THAT SAYS SURCHARGE 1%, 2% OR 3%, OR THEY DON'T SAY WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE GONE. THAT IS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY FOR CONSUMERS, CONSUMERS KNOWING THE PRICE THEY ARE GOING TO PAY WHEN THEY HAVE A LOOK AT THE PRICE ON THE SHELF, THAT IS WHAT THEY PAY UNTIL. AS YOU CAN SEE THE GOVERNMENT IS FAILING THIS IS A WIN FOR CONSUMERS. IT APPEARS THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO RECLAIM THE NARRATIVE OF THE COST OF LIVING AFTER THOSE RECENT SPIKE IN INFLATION IN FOOD PRICES. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, NICOLA WILLIS, SPENT ABOUT 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE TO HELP WITH THE COST OF LIVING. SHE HIGHLIGHTED THAT IT IS ONE YEAR SINCE THE GOVERNMENTS TAX CUTS, WHICH SHE SAYS SAVED KIWIS $30 A WEEK ON AVERAGE. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS DECLARED THERE IS NO STARVATION IN GAZA. BUT IN THE FACE OF INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION, HE HAS ALLOWED A DAILY PAUSE IN FIGHTING TO LET WHAT HE CALLS A 'MINIMAL' AMOUNT OF AID INTO THE TERRITORY. SOME AIR DROPS HAVE ALSO BEGUN, DESPITE AID AGENCIES WARNING THEY WON'T SOLVE THE HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. MEANWHILE, MORE PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED TRYING TO REACH AID SITES. AND A WARNING ` OUR REPORT FROM CHANNEL 4'S ANDREW MISRA CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES. IN KHAN YUNIS, NADEEN CRIES FOR HER BROTHER AND HIS CHILDREN, AMONG DOZENS KILLED IN GAZA OVERNIGHT BY ISRAELI STRIKES. SOME OF THESE BAGS HOLD MULTIPLE SMALL BODIES. THEY WERE WAITING FOR AID WHEN THE MISSILES HIT, ACCORDING TO PALESTINIAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES. # ALAHU AKBAR. FOR RELATIVES OF THOSE KILLED, ISRAEL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF PAUSES IN FIGHTING IS HARD TO BELIEVE. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: THERE MUST BE A CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO THE BLOODSHED. CIVILIANS ARE DYING. TODAY WE HAVE SIX MARTYRS. AND YESTERDAY WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW HOW MANY. WE WANT AID ALONGSIDE AN END TO THE WAR. ISRAEL IS PRESENTED AS THOUGH WE ARE APPLYING A CAMPAIGN OF STARVATION IN GAZA. WHAT A BOLD-FACED LIE! THERE IS NO POLICY OF STARVATION IN GAZA. AND THERE IS NO STARVATION IN GAZA. OVERNIGHT, THE IDF RELEASED FOOTAGE OF AID DROPS INTO GAZA, A SCATTERING OF PACKAGES FOR A POPULATION OF 2 MILLION FACING MASS HUNGER. AT LEAST 133 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED FROM MALNUTRITION SINCE THE START OF THE WAR, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY. TRANSLATOR: WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE ALLOWING MINIMAL HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES. WE HAVE DONE THIS UNTIL NOW. AID AGENCIES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE IN GAZA SAY AIRDROPS ARE A DISTRACTION AND CAN'T BRING IN ENOUGH FOOD TO STOP STARVATION. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: THE WAY OF AID DISTRIBUTION IS VERY HARMFUL AND DANGEROUS. BUT WE GO OUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN, BECAUSE A CHILD CRIES, TELLING YOU, 'UNCLE, I WANT A LOAF OF BREAD.' IT BREAKS YOUR HEART. IT FEELS LIKE A MILLION KNIVES INTO YOUR HEART. A MILLION KNIVES INTO YOUR HEART. AND WHAT HAS INTERDICTED THE SUPPLY OF HUMANITARIAN AID IS ONE FORCE ` HAMAS. AGAIN, THE REVERSAL OF TRUTH. HAMAS ROBS, STEALS THIS HUMANITARIAN AID AND THEN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF NOT SUPPLYING IT. THIS AID WORKER IN GAZA CITY SAYS IT'S LONG OVERDUE. THIS IS THE INFURIATING THING ABOUT IT. DO WE WELCOME AID NOW COMING IN? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THAT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STARVING BECAUSE OF A DELIBERATE POLICY, ONE, TO NOT ALLOW AID TO ENTER, TO NOT ALLOW ENOUGH FOOD TO ENTER, AND ONCE AGAIN TO SHOOT AT, TO KILL AND MAIM PEOPLE IN THE FEW PLACES WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET AID. ISRAEL SAYS THE AID CORRIDORS ARE BEING SET UP TO REFUTE THE FALSE CLAIM OF INTENTIONAL STARVATION. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN RECENT WEEKS TRYING TO REACH FOOD AT DISTRIBUTION POINTS. (GUNFIRE) AND INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM IS GROWING. (RAPID GUNFIRE) WE'VE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT FORMALLY. HERE ARE SAFE CORRIDORS. AND THE UN HAS NO EXCUSES LEFT. NO EXCUSES LEFT. STOP LYING. STOP FINDING EXCUSES. DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND STOP ACCUSING ISRAEL, DELIBERATELY, OF THIS EGREGIOUS FALSEHOOD. KEIR STARMER IS SET TO TAKE THE UNUSUAL STEP OF RECALLING HIS CABINET FROM SUMMER RECESS, AS PRESSURE BUILDS ON THE UK TO FOLLOW FRANCE'S PLAN TO RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE. MEANWHILE, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS HE'LL CONTINUE TO ALLOW AID IN BY WHATEVER PATH IT TAKES ` A LIFELINE FOR SOME. FOR OTHERS, IT COULD BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. THE U.S. AND THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVE AGREED TO A TRADE DEAL, AFTER MAKE-OR-BREAK NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND EU PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN. TARIFFS OF 15% WILL BE PLACED ON ALL EU GOODS IMPORTED INTO THE U.S. ` HALF THE RATE TRUMP HAD THREATENED TO IMPOSE IF A DEAL WASN'T REACHED. ITV's BEN CHAPMAN REPORTS. THERE WAS ONE BIG QUESTION THAT FOLLOWED PRESIDENT TRUMP AROUND THE GOLF COURSE THIS MORNING. IS THE DEAL DONE? NO ONE COULD QUITE HEAR HIS REPLY. BUT AS HE COMPLETED HIS ROUND, NEGOTIATORS WERE STILL HAMMERING OUT WHAT EVEN HE SAID WOULD BE HIS BIGGEST EVER DEAL. DONALD TRUMP FAMOUSLY LIKES DOING DEALS ON THE GOLF COURSE. BEFORE HE CAME HERE TO TURNBERRY, HE'D PUT THE CHANCES OF GETTING ONE OVER THE LINE WITH THE EU AT AROUND 50-50. AND WHEN THE EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT ARRIVED TO MEET HIM THIS AFTERNOON, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE GOLF HAD MADE HIM ANY MORE AMENABLE. I'M ACTUALLY NOT IN A GOOD MOOD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU... IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS SOME NEGOTIATING STILL TO DO. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A VERY ONE-SIDED TRANSACTION, VERY UNFAIR TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU ARE KNOWN AS A TOUGH NEGOTIATOR AND DEAL MAKER. BUT FAIR. AND FAIR. BUT WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING IT RESOLVED. WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW IN ABOUT AN HOUR. ON THAT, HE WAS RIGHT, THE LEADERS RETURNING A SHORT TIME LATER TO ANNOUNCE A LANDMARK AGREEMENT. WE HAVE GOOD NEWS. WE'VE REACHED A DEAL. I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST DEAL EVER MADE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. (APPLAUSE) THE EU HAS AGREED TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON AMERICAN ENERGY, WITH A UNIVERSAL IMPORT TARIFF OF 15% ` HALF WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A DEAL. WE HAVE A TRADE DEAL BETWEEN THE TWO LARGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD. IT WILL BRING STABILITY. IT WILL BRING PREDICTABILITY. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR BUSINESSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. DEAL DONE, NEXT UP AT TURNBERRY TOMORROW WILL BE KEIR STARMER TO REFINE THE TRADE DEAL HE AGREED WITH DONALD TRUMP IN MAY, AND PERHAPS HOPING TODAY'S SUCCESS WILL HAVE PUT THE PRESIDENT IN A BETTER MOOD. EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTRES ARE BEING SET UP IN THE TASMAN AREA, AS IT PREPARES FOR 16 HOURS OF RAIN. THE REGION IS UNDER AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING, WITH THE LOCAL COUNCIL SAYING WIND DIRECTION WILL INFLUENCE WHERE FLOODING OCCURS. A SHORT TIME AGO I ASKED HEATHER KEATS, HEAD OF WEATHER NEWS AT METSERVICE, WHAT THAT ORANGE WARNING MEANS. WELL, IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GETTING MORE OF THE SAME, RIGHT? THEY'VE HAD THIS QUITE A BIT THIS WINTER. THEY'VE HAD THIS WARM, MOIST NORTHERLY FLOW PUSHING HEAVY RAIN INTO THE REGION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAN EXPECT, STARTING, REALLY, FROM THE EARLY HOURS OF TOMORROW MORNING, AS IT PROGRESSES THROUGH. WE DO HAVE A HIGH CHANCE OF UPGRADING TO A RED WARNING FOR TASMAN EAST AND SOUTH OF MOTUEKA. SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE REGIONS WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ORANGE IS SERIOUS? ORANGE IS SERIOUS. AND IT'S HITTING LATER TONIGHT. YEAH, SO EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING ` THAT IS WHEN THE WARNING KIND OF COMES INTO PLACE. BUT WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THE RAIN STARTING TO FALL TONIGHT, AS THOSE FRONTS START TO GET CLOSE. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME OF THE CLOUD MOVING IN OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, THE STRONG WINDS PICKING UP IN THE UPPER NORTH AS WELL. AND THEN THE RAIN FOLLOWS THE WIND AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS. SO TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A VERY WET DAY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BUSY ON THE GROUND FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND IT'S A BIT LIKE DEJA VU, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE IT'S YET ANOTHER OF THESE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS HITTING THE REGION. AT WHAT POINT DO RESIDENTS THERE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THIS MIGHT PERHAPS BE THEIR NEW NORMAL? WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY THEIR NEW NORMAL FOR THIS YEAR. IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE HAPPEN IN WINTERS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER. BUT IT HAS BEEN RELENTLESS. THIS IS THE FIFTH OR SIXTH EVENT OF THIS NATURE. AND IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKELY THAT IT'S GONNA BE THE LAST ONE, EITHER. WE STILL HAVE FIVE WEEKS LEFT OF WINTER, THEN WE HAVE SPRING. THE THING WITH THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM IS THAT IT IS DEPENDENT ON THAT WIND. AT THE MOMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE NORTHERLIES FOR THAT REGION. THERE IS A CHANCE IT COULD SHIFT SLIGHTLY MORE NORTHEAST, AND THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING OF CONCERN. OK, SO WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY? IS ANYBODY ELSE ON HIGH ALERT AT THE MOMENT? YEAH, WE DO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, AS WELL. WE'RE KINDA FOCUSED ON BAY OF PLENTY ` THAT'S CURRENTLY SITTING UNDER AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING. SO TOO ARE OTHER AREAS IN THE NORTH ISLAND AS WELL. BUT THERE IS A BIT OF CONCERN WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT COULD FALL FOR ROTORUA. THERE'S A MODERATE CHANCE OF AN UPGRADE THERE. THEIR RAIN WILL BE SLIGHTLY LATER THAN, SAY, AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND, TARANAKI AND THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AS THOSE FRONTS MOVE ACROSS. SO FOR THEM, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT AND EARLY HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMOGEN'S HERE TO TALK A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE WARNINGS AND WATCHES. KIA ORA, IMO. KIA ORA, SAM. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ` 19, TO BE EXACT ` ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS'VE BEEN ISSUED TOMORROW FOR COROMANDEL PENINSULA, BAY OF PLENTY, TARANAKI MAUNGA, AND THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND MOUNTAINS. IN THE SOUTH, IT'S TASMAN, NELSON, WESTERN MARLBOROUGH, THE RANGES OF WESTLAND, AND THEN THE HEADWATERS OF THE OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS, AND CANTERBURY LAKES AND RIVERS SOUTH OF ARTHURS PASS. 130MM TO 180MM OF RAIN IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TOP OF THE SOUTH TOMORROW. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` TEMPERATURES TOPPING 50 DEGREES ARE FUELLING DEADLY WILDFIRES IN TURKEY, AS FIREFIGHTERS IN GREECE BATTLE A BLAZE THREATENING ATHENS. THE RESIDENT DOCTORS ASSOCIATION SAYS THERE'S A STAFFING SHORTAGE AT TIMARU HOSPITAL AND IS WORRIED ABOUT BURNOUT. VOICEOVER: So, when my Scotlandish Mum was travelling around New Zealand, she got a part in a television advertisement. Aye! That's where I met your Da. I tried so hard to find him. I loved you... but I knew I couldn't give you the life you deserved on my own. Did you get a good Ma and Da? GRANT! (STARTLED NOISES) (LAUGHS) You have his eyes. Maybe... maybe we can try to find him? (LAUGHS) (INDECIPHERABLE SCOTTISH ACCENT) HEALTH BOSSES AT TIMARU HOSPITAL ARE BEING ACCUSED OF BURYING THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND OVER A CRUCIAL STAFF SHORTAGE. THE NEW ZEALAND RESIDENT DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION SAYS CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY 16 RESIDENT DOCTORS WORKING ON A ROSTER WHICH REQUIRES 27 TO FULLY STAFF IT. BRIE-ELLEN HARDING HAS MORE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) HI THERE. I'M MATTHEW STAUNTON. I'M A PGY2 FROM IRELAND WORKING IN TIMARU HOSPITAL. TIMARU HOSPITAL'S SEARCH FOR MEDICAL STAFF IS INTERNATIONAL, THIS RECRUITMENT WEBINAR BACK IN 2021 TELLING PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES HOW GREAT THE AREA IS TO LIVE AND WORK IN. IS NO TRAFFIC IN TIMARU, SO YOUR DAILY COMMUTE IS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, AND I LIVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TOWN TO THE HOSPITAL, SO, YOU KNOW, MORE SLEEP-INS. AND FOUR YEARS LATER, THE HUNT FOR STAFF IS EVEN MORE URGENT, WITH JUST 16 DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO FILL A ROSTER MEANT FOR 27. THEY'RE HAVING TO COVER THE DUTIES OF TWO OR EVEN THREE OTHER DOCTORS. THEY'RE OFTEN BEING ASKED TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MORE JUNIOR DOCTORS, HAVING TO LOOK AFTER MORE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. AND, QUITE FRANKLY, THEY'RE RUN OFF THEIR FEET ` THEY'RE JUST EXHAUSTED. AND TIMARU IS NOT THE ONLY ONE FEELING THE STRAIN. RIGHT NOW, THE ISSUES IN TIMARU ARE FRONT AND CENTRAL, BUT WE HEAR, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES AT NELSON HOSPITAL AND SEVERAL OTHERS. AND JUST LIKE THE 2021 WEBINAR, TE WHATU ORA'S BID TO FIX THE ISSUE IS ONCE AGAIN INTERNATIONAL. IT USED TO TAKE OVER SIX MONTHS TO GET A DOCTOR FROM OVERSEAS. ACTUALLY, WITH THE BEST WILL IN THE WORLD, IT DOES TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE DOCTORS COMING IN FROM LATE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER ONWARDS. SO THIS IS A SHORT-TERM PRESSURE, WHICH WE HOPE WILL EASE. BUT UNTIL REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE, THE PRESSURE REMAINS FIRMLY ON THE FEW DOCTORS KEEPING TIMARU'S HOSPITAL RUNNING. HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED NEAR ATHENS, AS HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE WILDFIRES BURNING JUST A FEW KILOMETRES FROM THE CITY. THE BLAZE SPREAD QUICKLY THANKS TO HIGH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES SOARING UP TO 44 DEGREES CELSIUS. FIRES HAVE ALSO BEEN SPREADING THROUGH FORESTS IN NORTHWEST TURKIYE, WITH ONE OFFICIAL DESCRIBING THE SCENE AS 'AN APOCALYPSE'. CHANNEL 4'S ALEX THOMSON REPORTS. CLIMATE CHANGE ` IF IT ISN'T THE FLOODS, IT IS THE FIRES. THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN HEATWAVE DELIVERING A RECORD 50.5 CELSIUS IN TURKIYE, ALONGSIDE POWERFUL WINDS, CREATING FIRESTORMS YOU CAN'T FIGHT WHILST THE WINDS LAST ` YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO GET OUT. A VAST AREA AROUND TURKIYE'S FOURTH LARGEST CITY, BURSA, CURRENTLY ABLAZE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TOWNS AND VILLAGES EVACUATED. AT LEAST 10 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. YES, FOREST FIRES AND HEATWAVES ARE COMMON ENOUGH HERE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS WORSE DROUGHT, HIGHER TEMPERATURES, AND THUS MORE INTENSE FIRES. AERIAL FOOTAGE SHOWING WHERE CHANGES IN WIND PATTERNS PERHAPS ALLOWED EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING AND SOME VERY LUCKY SETTLEMENTS, WHICH SURVIVED THIS TIME ` JUST. GREECE, ALSO UNDER THE PUNISHING WIND-DROUGHT HEATWAVE COMBINATION. THIS IS JUST A FEW MILES NORTH OF ATHENS. TOO LATE TO SAVE MANY HOUSES. OTHERS GETTING OUT WHILST THEY STILL CAN. TRANSLATOR: THE WIND IS TERRIBLE. YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, THE SPEED. ONE MOMENT IN THE FIRE'S HERE, THE NEXT IT'S OVER THERE. EVERYTHING'S SO FAST. ONE WOMAN DECIDED TO STAY PUT ` THIS TIME. TRANSLATOR: AT THIS MOMENT, IF WE HAD LEFT OUR HOUSE, IT WOULD HAVE BURNED COMPLETELY, LIKE THE OTHER TIME, WHEN WE LEFT BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED. TODAY WE STAYED, BECAUSE IN SECONDS THE FIRE WAS TO OUR RIGHT, TO OUR LEFT. IT SURROUNDED US. THE GREEK WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 44 CELSIUS THIS WEEKEND, WITH NO LET-UP IN THE WINDS. INSTEAD OF HORIZONTAL RAIN IN A HURRICANE, THINK HORIZONTAL SPARKS IN A FIRESTORM, AND YOU BEGIN TO SEE HOW FAST AND RANDOMLY THESE FLAMES SPREAD. (SIREN WAILS) SOUTHERN ALBANIA TOO. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MOVED OUT OF THEIR HOMES NEAR THE TOWN OF DELVINE. AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD, SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND, DEPLOYED TO TRY AND CONTAIN THE BLAZE AS THE COUNTRY ENTERS ITS THIRD HEATWAVE OF THE SUMMER. WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL REPORT AFTER THE BREAK INTO WHAT'S BEEN CALLED THE WORLD'S UNSEEN MIGRANT CRISIS. WHY IS IRAN FORCING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES TO RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN? AND LATER IN SPORT ` HOW THE BLACKFERNS ARE ENSURING THE WORLD CUP NEWBIES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE IN FOR. VOICEOVER: Protect your home and contents with AMI. Get a $200 Prezzy Card when you insure both before the end of July. Visit ami.co.nz or call 0800 100 200. VOICEOVER: THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE TRIAL OF THE HEAD OF GLORIAVALE BEGAN TODAY IN GREYMOUTH, WITH HOWARD TEMPLE FACING 24 CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST WOMEN. AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SCRAPPING CREDIT CARD AND PAYWAVE SURCHARGES, WHICH IT SAYS COST KIWIS AROUND $150M A YEAR. THE WORKPLACE RELATIONS MINISTER SAYS NEW RULES AROUND SCAFFOLDING AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ON THE WAY, IN A BID TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY. BROOKE VAN VELDEN SAYS CONSULTATION WILL BEGIN ON SIMPLIFYING SCAFFOLDING RULES TO MAKE THEM MORE ALIGNED WITH THE LEVEL OF RISK. BUT THE MINISTER WAS VAGUE ON DETAILS. WHAT CHANGES ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE IN THE SCAFFOLDING AREA? WELL, WE DON'T KNOW YET, AND THAT'S THE EXCITING PART ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BUILDER, I DON'T GO OUT THERE PUTTING UP SCAFFOLDING MYSELF, BUT WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY ` PEOPLE WHO ARE PAINTERS, ROOFERS, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, BUILDERS, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THAT PROPORTIONATE HIERARCHY OF NEED, WHEN WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE JUST TO USE A STEP LADDER, A LADDER, A HARNESS OR FULL SCAFFOLDING. VAN VELDEN SAYS THE CHANGES WILL SAVE TIME AND MONEY AND MAKE IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS. TO A REPORT NOW ON WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE WORLD'S UNSEEN MIGRANT CRISIS. AMID HEIGHTENED MIDDLE-EAST TENSIONS, CULMINATING IN THE RECENT ISRAELI AND U.S. ATTACKS ON IRAN, TEHRAN HAS DEPORTED 1.5 MILLION AFGHANS THIS YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 400,000 FORCIBLY SENT BACK TO AFGHANISTAN IN THE PAST MONTH ALONE. WHY? IRAN SUSPECTS AFGHAN REFUGEES MAY HAVE HELPED ISRAEL PLAN THE ATTACKS. HERE'S ITV's RAGEH OMAR. THIS IS THE DAILY SCENE ON IRAN'S BORDERS, AS IT SENDS MILLIONS OF AFGHAN REFUGEES IT'S HOSTED FOR DECADES BACK HOME, MANY OF THEM BORN HERE. FIRST CAME THE FORMALITIES OF THE PAPERWORK, SENDING THEM BACK TO THE COUNTRY THEY FLED BUT HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OF. THEN CAME THE SHOCK OF CONFRONTING THE EMOTIONAL REALITY OF BEING FORCIBLY DEPORTED. (SPEAKS PASHTO) GUL KHAN BREAKS DOWN AS HE CLAIMS THAT HIS YOUNG SON WAS BEATEN, AS THEY WERE FORCED ACROSS THE BORDER. DEPORTATIONS OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IS A GLOBAL TOPIC, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST. BUT THE STARK NUMBER OF AFGHANS IRAN IS DEPORTING IS STARTLING ` 1.5 MILLION SENT BACK SO FAR THIS YEAR. MAULVI ABU LAIS IS THE TALIBAN COMMANDER OF A TEMPORARY REFUGEE CAMP IN THE AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL, WELCOMING RETURNEES. SO WHY IS IRAN DOING THIS NOW? BECAUSE OF THIS. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) IN JUNE THIS YEAR ISRAEL CONDUCTED A DEVASTATING STRIKE ON IRAN'S CRITICAL MILITARY AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND ASSASSINATED SENIOR IRANIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ISRAEL COULD HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT INTERNAL HELP. IRAN'S SUSPICION IS THAT ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE RECRUITED DESPERATE AND POOR AFGHAN REFUGEES TO BE AGENTS AND GUIDE ISRAELI STRIKES INTO THEIR TARGETS. THIS WAS A VIDEO PRODUCED BY THE IRANIAN MILITARY, SHOWING WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BUNKER NEAR A MILITARY SITE, WITH AFGHANS HIDING INSIDE IT. AND NOW MANY, LIKE MARYAM, RETURN TO A COUNTRY, AFGHANISTAN, RULED BY THE TALIBAN. (SPEAKS PASHTO) HER STORY IS THE SAME FOR MILLIONS OF AFGHANS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, RETURNING TO A COUNTRY WHERE VIRTUALLY NO HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES ARE ALLOWED TO WORK, AND MANY FEMALE RETURNEES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EDUCATED OR GO OUTSIDE UNACCOMPANIED BY A MALE RELATIVE. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT, AND IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE BLACK FERNS' WORLD CUP DEFENCE? WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST OUT OF THE BLACK FERNS CAMP IN WELLINGTON NEXT. PLUS ` THE TACTIX CONTINUE THEIR CELEBRATIONS, AFTER FINALLY ENDING THEIR DROUGHT IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP. AND LIAM LAWSON FINISHES IN THE POINTS FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON AT THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX. THREE NEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! WITH A BLEND OF YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE FOR THIS YEAR'S RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE BLACK FERNS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THE NEWBIES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO WALK INTO. 14 MEMBERS OF THE BLACK FERNS SQUAD WILL BE PLAYING AT THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP, AND SOME HAVE NEVER FEATURED IN A PINNACLE EVENT BEFORE, BUT THEY'RE CONFIDENT THERE ARE ENOUGH WISE HEADS IN THE GROUP TO ENSURE NO ONE IS OVERAWED. THEIR BASE IN UPPER HUTT IS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE PRESSURE THEY'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND, BUT THE BLACK FERNS ARE MAKING THEIR FINAL CAMP ON HOME SOIL AS MUCH LIKE A WORLD CUP AS POSSIBLE. NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY, BUT ALSO MENTALLY, PUTTING THEM IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS THAT WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE AT THE WORLD CUP. WHILE YOU CAN'T QUITE REPLICATE THE PRESSURE, THOUGH, AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR THE BLACK FERNS, ARRIVING AS DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, THEY'RE CONFIDENT THE BALANCE IS RIGHT TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS. WE'VE GOT GIRLS HERE WHO'VE WON PINNACLE EVENTS, WHETHER IT BE WORLD CUPS OR GOLD MEDALLISTS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME YOUNG PLAYERS WITH SOME REAL FLARE AND A REAL HIGH-RISK ATTITUDE, WHICH WE LOVE IN THIS TEAM. ONE OF THOSE IS HALFBACK MAIA JOSEPH, WHO'S BRACING FOR HER FIRST WORLD CUP. WHILE NOT NEW TO THE BLACK FERNS ENVIRONMENT, HAVING MADE HER DEBUT LAST YEAR, JOSEPH HAS STILL FOUND PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE TO LEAN ON. I'VE HAD REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH KELLY BRAZIER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY HER FOURTH WORLD CUP. SO, YEAH, I GUESS SHE'S JUST KIND OF EXPLAINED TO US HOW DIFFERENT IT IS, IN TERMS OF THE PRESSURE AND THE STAKES, AND, I GUESS, THE EXPECTATION ON US AS THE BLACK FERNS. NO EXPECTATION IS LIKELY TO BE GREATER THAN WHAT THE TEAM PUT ON THEMSELVES. FOR THOSE GOING TO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP, WATCHING THE TEAM'S SUCCESS AT HOME THREE YEARS AGO HAS LIT THE FUSE. WATCHING THEM, I GUESS, WIN IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT EDEN PARK I GUESS, DEFINITELY, WAS A HUGE, I GUESS, PIVOTAL MOMENT IN ME WANTING TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. THE SAME WINNING FEELING WOULDN'T BE BAD EITHER. SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND HAVE ACCEPTED THE DISQUALIFICATION HANDED DOWN TO ERIKA FAIRWEATHER FOR A FALSE START IN THE HEATS OF THE 400m FREESTYLE AT THE WORLD CHAMPS. THE DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION WAS DISQUALIFIED DUE TO AN EARLY MOVEMENT ON THE STARTING BLOCKS. FAIRWEATHER COMPLETED THE RACE, FINISHING FOURTH, AND WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL IF SHE HADN'T BEEN DISQUALIFIED. SWIMMING NEW ZEALAND STAFF REVIEWED THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND ACCEPTED THE DECISION. FAIRWEATHER IS NEXT IN ACTION IN THE 200m FREESTYLE TOMORROW. THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUED IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY FOLLOWING THE TACTIX' HISTORIC ANZ PREMIERSHIP TRIUMPH. IT'S THE REGION'S FIRST TITLE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF A NATIONAL COMPETITION IN 1998. YESTERDAY'S 58-46 WIN OVER THE MYSTICS IS ALSO LIKELY BE THE LAST TIME THE CORE OF THE TACTIX SIDE TAKE THE COURT TOGETHER. GORDON FINDLATER EXPLAINS. CHRISTCHURCH IS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY FOR THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN DOMESTIC NETBALL. TO ACTUALLY FINALLY GET IT DONE FOR CANTERBURY IS MASSIVE. YOU KNOW, I STARTED MY NETBALL HERE. I MAY HAVE BEATEN THEM A FEW TIMES WHEN I PLAYED FOR THE STING, WHICH PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP. ALMOST THREE DECADES OF AGONY NOW OVER. HISTORY MADE! THE TITLE IS GOING TO CANTERBURY. THE TACTIX FINALLY GETTING OVER THE HURDLE AT THEIR THIRD GRAND FINAL APPEARANCE. THE WAIT FOR THE REGION GOES AS FAR BACK AS THE BEGINNING OF THE FORMER NATIONAL BANK CUP IN 1998. THE CANTERBURY FLAMES WERE FOUR-TIMES BEATEN GRAND FINALISTS. I THINK IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. THERE'S BEEN A CORE GROUP THAT HAVE REALLY STUCK TOGETHER. A BIT LIKE THE WARRIORS, WE'VE KEPT THE FAITH AND HAVE KEPT COMING BACK. YESTERDAY IT WAS THAT CORE GROUP THAT STOOD UP. TOEAVA CHASES, AND IT FALLS FOR BURGER. FIRST TURNOVER OF THE FINAL. JANE WATSON AND KARIN BURGER AT THEIR DEFENSIVE BEST. BURGER AGAIN. THE INTENSITY MATCHED AT THE OTHER END OF THE COURT. ERIKANA PEDERSEN, TE PAEA SELBY-RICKIT AND ELLIE BIRD ALL PART OF THE TACTIX' TWO PREVIOUS GRAND FINAL LOSSES. BIRD WINS IT BACK. THEY'VE JUST BEEN ON EVERYTHING, THE TACTIX. OH, IT'S SO EXCITING WHEN A GOAL SHOOTER GETS INTERCEPTS. AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. SHE ACTUALLY HAD THREE, BUT ONE GOT TAKEN OFF FOR AN OBSTRUCTION CALL. LOOK, SHE'S BEEN GREAT THIS YEAR. BIRD IS ONE OF MANY SENIOR PLAYERS UNLIKELY TO RETURN NEXT YEAR, THOUGH I'M PICKING THAT YOU MIGHT SEE HALF OF THEM GO. IT'S A BIT OF AN END OF AN ERA, I WOULD SAY. WHICH IS SAD, BUT ALSO, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. SOME OF THEM MIGHT WANNA GO OVER TO AUSSIE, OR SOME MIGHT WANNA STOP PLAYING NETBALL. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY WANNA DO? THERE'S ONE THING THE TACTIX ARE SURE OF ` CELEBRATING IN STYLE. IS THERE A DRESS-UP THEME FOR MAD MONDAY? THERE MIGHT BE. THERE MIGHT BE, ACTUALLY. WHAT'S YOUR COSTUME? I'M WILLY WONKA. (LAUGHS) WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. SOMEONE'S COMING AS AN OOMPA-LOOMPA IN MY TEAM. WE'RE THE MANAGEMENT GROUP, CLEARLY. SO WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. SO WE'VE GOT PRIESTS AND JESUS AND NUNS. YOU'LL BE THE WELL-BEHAVED ONES. YES. (GORDON LAUGHS) IT WILL BE ONE TO REMEMBER, IF IT IS INDEED THIS GROUP'S LAST TIME TOGETHER. LIAM LAWSON CONTINUED HIS IMPRESSIVE WEEKEND AT THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX, COMING HOME EIGHTH AND COLLECTING TWO CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. LAWSON STARTED THE RAIN-AFFECTED RACE IN NINTH, BEFORE MOVING UP ONE SPOT ON LAP 12, PASSING TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR. LAWSON WAS AMONG SOME OF THE FIRST TO SWITCH ON TO DRY TYRES, AND THE MOVE WORKED OUT WELL. IT'S ALWAYS TRICKY, WHEN YOU HAVE TO CROSS OVER ON TO A DRY TYRE WHEN IT'S DAMP, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WAS QUITE EARLY TODAY. LIKE, TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS READY, BUT WE MADE THE CALL, AND BY THAT POINT, I THINK LEWIS HAD ALREADY DONE ONE OR TWO LAPS ON A DRY TYRE, SO, YEAH, TRICKY TO SURVIVE THAT STINT, AND FROM THERE, THE CAR WAS VERY FAST, SO, YEAH, VERY HAPPY. THE RACE WAS WON BY OSCAR PIASTRI, WHO EXTENDS HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD OVER McLAREN TEAMMATE LANDO NORRIS TO 16 POINTS. THE YOUNG AUSSIE MADE A DECISIVE MOVE ON THE OPENING LAP, WHICH PROVED TO BE THE WINNING OF THE RACE. HE MIGHT'VE HAD HOPES OF FINISHING THE TOUR DE FRANCE WITH A STAGE VICTORY ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES, BUT EVEN A FOURTH PLACE FINISH CAN'T DENT THE PRIDE OF WINNING A FOURTH TOUR DE FRANCE FOR TADEJ POGACAR. THE FINAL STAGE OF THE TOUR WAS AS MUCH A TIKI TOUR OF PARIS AS IT WAS A CYCLING STAGE, AS IT TOOK IN ALL THE LANDMARKS OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. DESPITE POGACAR DOING HIS BEST TO CAP OFF HIS TOUR VICTORY WITH A WIN ON THE FINAL STAGE, THE DAY BELONGED TO WOUT VAN AERT, WHO DROPPED POGACAR ON THE MONTMARTRE CLIMB AND HELD ON FOR VICTORY. HE'S ATTACKED POGACAR IN THE YELLOW JERSEY AT THE TOP OF THE FINAL CLIMB, AND WOUT VAN EART HAS PULLED OFF AN INCREDIBLE STAGE WIN. BOTH HANDS UP. 10 STAGE WINS IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE. POGACAR FINISHED THE TOUR MORE THAN FOUR MINUTES CLEAR OF JONAS VINGEGAARD IN SECOND. THEY NEEDED EVERY AVAILABLE MINUTE ON THE CLOCK TO GET THERE, BUT THE LIONESSES HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE. THEIR VICTORY OVER SPAIN IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT WENT SOME WAY TO HEALING THE HURT OF THEIR WORLD CUP FINAL DEFEAT TWO YEARS AGO ` A DISTANT MEMORY NOW, AS ENGLAND SOAK UP EUROPEAN GLORY. ITV's STEVE SCOTT REPORTS. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS ARE THE INDOMITABLE LIONESSES! A NATION'S PRIDE. THESE LIONESSES HAVE SHOWN RESILIENCE FOR WEEKS NOW. THIS EVENING THEY ADDED EXCEPTIONAL SKILL, COURAGE AND DEADLY CALM WITHIN THE CHAOS. HEROES, EACH AND EVERY ONE. STARTING ON THAT RIGHT-HAND SIDE. THEY REVEALED THEIR INTENTIONS AT THE OUTSET ` A LIGHTNING START. RUSSO ` WILL SHE GO HERSELF? ALESSIA RUSSO AT FULL PACE. ACROSS COMES STANWAY. ENGLAND WERE LOOKING LIVELY, BUT THE WORLD CHAMPIONS HAVE MAGIC IN THEIR BOOTS. AND THAT TRICKERY PUT THEM AHEAD. MARIONA CALDENTEY ON THE END OF SOME INTRICATE TEAMWORK. HER ANKLE. LAUREN JAMES WAS STRUGGLING. TIME FOR A CHANGE ` CLUTCH CHLOE GETTING AN EARLY RUN-OUT. IN THE SECOND HALF, ENGLAND BADLY NEEDED INSPIRATION. GUESS WHERE IT CAME FROM. KELLY'S RIGHT FOOT. THE QUALITY OF THE BALL IN. RUSSO EXPERTLY DOING THE REST. JUST A CUSHIONED HEADER FROM RUSSO. CALDENTEY. WE KNOW HER THREAT. IT WAS END-TO-END, HANNAH HAMPTON'S HEROICS KEEPING SPAIN AT BAY, ENSURING EXTRA TIME, AGAIN. THERE WERE A FEW SCARES BUT NO NEAR MISSES IN THE ADDED HALF-HOUR, SO THE TORMENT OF A SHOOTOUT WOULD DECIDE THE CHAMPIONS. IT'S HER TURN NEXT. CALDENTEY. HAMPTON! AS WE'RE GETTING SO USED TO, HAMPTON TWICE THWARTED LA ROJA'S BEST, SETTING UP HOTSHOT KELLY. A HOP, SKIP AND A THUNDERBOLT. IT'S STAYING HOME! AND THE LIONESSES HAD DONE IT. (CROWD ROARS) TO BE PART OF TODAY, I'M JUST SO HAPPY FOR EVERYBODY. BUT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE SAYING SOMETHING REALLY SORT OF MONUMENTAL, AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THE WORDS. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE. I DON'T THINK I CAN PUT IT INTO WORDS, WHEN I DREAMED ABOUT WINNING SOMETHING FOR ENGLAND. I'M SO PROUD OF PLAYING FOR ENGLAND. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. I THINK I'VE SHOWN THAT IN THIS TOURNAMENT. I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR THIS TEAM TO WIN. SO TO HAVE WON TWO MAJOR TOURNAMENTS, HONESTLY, LIKE, THERE ARE JUST NO WORDS. WHEN SWEDEN WERE RUNNING RINGS AROUND THEM WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO, MOST ASSUMED IT WAS TIME TO PACK THE BAGS. THE LEGENDARY LIONESSES! EXCEPT, THESE LIONESSES ARE NOT BUILT LIKE THAT. CHAMPIONS AGAIN, AND THIS TIME AWAY FROM HOME. NOT ONLY SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL, BUT UNIQUE TOO. KICK OF THE GAME FROM THE GOALIE. IT JUST FEELS SO ROUGH. TO RACE THE WHOLE THING. THE WORD 'CADAVER' CAN SEND A SHIVER UP THE SPINE. AND CONFRONTING ONE EARLY ON IN MEDICAL TRAINING HAS BEEN A TURN-OFF FOR MANY A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO HAS FOUND A WAY AROUND THAT, WITH NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST DIGITAL DISSECTION TABLE. THE TECHNOLOGY WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY'S NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND PHARMACY PROGRAMMES, AND WILL PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE DIGITAL-FIRST APPROACH OF THE PROPOSED MEDICAL SCHOOL. SO HISTORICALLY, WHEN PEOPLE DID DISSECTION, THERE WAS JUST A BODY AVAILABLE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS A WEEK. AND EVEN WITHIN A GROUP OF SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 STUDENTS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE GOT DIFFERENT ACCESS TO THAT. SOME PEOPLE PUSHED TO THE FRONT. THERE ARE NEVER ANY LABELS ON ANYTHING. WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS THESE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. THERE'LL BE SCREENS ON THE WALL AS WELL AS THE BIG SCREENS ON THE FLOOR AND THEY CAN TAKE THIS KNOWLEDGE HOME WITH THEM TO REVISE WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED DURING THE DAY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, GOING INTO CLINICAL PRACTICES, WHEN THEY LEARN ABOUT SORE SHOULDER OR SOMEONE HAVING ANGINA, THEY CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ANATOMY PROGRAMME, WHEN THEY'RE AT HOME OR WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, TO TRY AND REALLY CEMENT THAT IN. STUDENTS CAN ROTATE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES, REMOVE TISSUE LAYERS, EXAMINE PATHOLOGY AND PRACTISE VIRTUAL DISSECTIONS, ALL WITH THE SWIPE OF A FINGER. IMO'S BACK. AND TOMORROW ALSO SEES SWELL WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THAT'S RIGHT, SAM. SWELLS OF 3m TO 4.5m IN THE MORNING ARE EXPECTED FOR THE BAY OF ISLANDS, SPREADING DOWN ALONG THE COAST AS THE DAY GOES ON. YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT 2m SWELLS AROUND WAIHEKE AND ALSO THE NORTH SHORE. AND THOSE BIG 4.5m WAVES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO HIT WHAKATANE TOMORROW EVENING. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRAMPOLINES AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO. WE'VE SAID IT ALREADY THIS EVENING, BUT BRACE YOURSELVES. TUESDAY WILL BE VERY WET AND VERY WINDY, WITH LARGE SWELLS FOR PARTS OF THE MOTU. IT WILL BE THE WIND HITTING FIRST, WITH GALE NORTHEASTERLIES HITTING THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY THIS EVENING, BEFORE THE FRONT MAKES LANDFALL OVERNIGHT. NOW, THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THE ORANGE RAIN WARNINGS IN THE TASMAN DISTRICT COULD GET UPGRADED TO RED, METSERVICE'S HIGHEST WARNING ` SOMETHING WE COULD ALSO SEE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY AROUND ROTORUA. AND ALONG WITH THE WIND AND RAIN, OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO RISE, WITH MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND STAYING ABOVE 10 DEGREES TOMORROW NIGHT. RAIN AND NORTHEAST WIND WATCHES ALL DAY FOR EVERYONE HERE. THE HEAVIEST FALLS WILL BE IN THE MORNING, HOPEFULLY EASING BY EVENING. THERE COULD ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS IN WHANGAREI AND THE COROMANDEL. IT'S SHOWERS TURNING TO HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHEASTERS EVERYWHERE HERE AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THE CHANCE WE COULD SEE THINGS RAMP UP AROUND ROTORUA. NOW, THIS IS WHERE THE WEATHER SYSTEM IS PUSHING TOWARDS ALL DAY TOMORROW ` OUT EAST. SO IT'LL JUST BE SPOTS OF RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, BEFORE BECOMING MORE PERSISTENT IN THE EVENING FOR GISBORNE AND MASTERTON. TARANAKI MAUNGA COULD SEE UP TO 180mm OF RAIN TOMORROW. THE RAIN WILL HIT THE REST HERE FROM LATE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON. AND THERE WILL BE STRONG NORTHEASTERS AROUND FOR ALL HERE. RAIN, WITH HEAVY FALLS ACROSS THE BOARD. THINGS SHOULD EASE UP FROM AFTERNOON FOR THE BOTTOM HERE. BUT IN TASMAN, THE RAINFALL WILL INTENSIFY MID-MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON, BEFORE EASING AT NIGHT. THERE COULD ALSO BE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTPORT. RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES FOR BLENHEIM. AND THEN IT SHOULD BE THE ODD SHOWER FOR THE REST IN THE MORNING. NORTH AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, WHICH WILL BE GUSTY AND STRONG IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. IT WILL BE A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH TOMORROW, WITH THE ODD SHOWER AROUND. RAIN FOR OBAN, BUT IT WILL CLEAR BY AFTERNOON. NORTH AND NORTHEASTERS HERE AS WELL. DUNEDIN, TOMORROW WILL BE CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER, NORTHEASTERLIES TURNING WESTERLY AT NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR YOU TOMORROW TOO, CHRISTCHURCH, WITH A SHOWER OR TWO. YOUR NORTHERLIES WILL BE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES. WELLINGTON, OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE MORNING, BECOMING MORE PERSISTENT IN THE EVENING. STRONG NORTHERLIES TOO. A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY. NORTHEASTERS BECOMING STRONG THEN TOO. TAURANGA, YOUR SHOWERS WILL TURN TO RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS AS THE MORNING GOES ON, WITH NORTHEASTERS GUSTING TO 80km/h IN THE MORNING AS WELL. THE SAME FOR HAMILTON ` SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN, WITH HEAVY FALLS IN THE MORNING. STRONG NORTHEASTERS, EASING AT NIGHT. IN AUCKLAND, PERIODS OF RAIN, WITH HEAVY FALLS FROM MORNING, WHICH WILL EASE IN THE EVENING.. GALE NORTHEASTERS HERE TOO, GUSTING TO 90km/h IN EXPOSED PLACES. CLOUD AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE DITCH IN AUSTRALIA TOMORROW. AND A FEW SHOWERS TO GO AROUND IN THE PACIFIC, AS WELL. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL LEAVE OUR SHORES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, HEADING OFF TO THE COUNTRY'S EAST. BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK, WE SEE A DEEP LOW TO THE EAST OF US DIRECTING A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ON TO THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, WITH A SECOND LOW EXPECTED TO MOVE PAST THE FAR NORTH AS WELL. BOTH OF THOSE MEAN WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER BOUT OF UNSETTLED WEATHER, BUT AT THIS STAGE THE RISK OF ANYTHING BECOMING SEVERE IS MINIMAL. WE'LL OF COURSE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND BRING YOU ALL THE UPDATES YOU NEED TO KNOW. BUT PLEASE DO ALSO KEEP UP-TO-DATE ONLINE. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JAMES BROWN.