TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` 'BE RESPONSIBLE'. DONALD TRUMP'S BLUNT MESSAGE TO ISRAEL AT THE G7 SUMMIT AS HE LASHES OUT OVER HIS ALLY'S MILITARY ACTION IN LEBANON. WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THERE WOULD BE NO ISRAEL. WHEN HE SAYS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL OPEN. PLUS ` LEAKED DETAILS OF THE SECRETIVE PEACE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN. THE FLOOD RISK THAT COULD FORCE THOUSANDS OF SOUTH DUNEDIN RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOMES. THREE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE TO TRANSFORM THE AREA THAT ARE SET TO COST BILLIONS. THEN, HE WAS JUST... JAW-DROPPING. WHY ALL WHITE STAR ELIJAH JUST'S WORLD CUP GOALS COULD CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. PLUS ` MESSI MAGIC. ANOTHER MAJESTIC MOMENT FOR LIONEL MESSI. THE ASTOUNDING START TO HIS SIXTH WORLD CUP APPEARANCE. CAPTIONS BY LAURA YOUNG, BEN MOLLISON AND KATE MCCULLOUGH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 BUT FIRST TO BREAKING NEWS ` A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OUT FROM THE GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH GAMES, THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVE BLOCKED BOXING NEW ZEALAND'S HEAD COACH BILLY MEEHAN FROM GOING. 1 NEWS FIRST REVEALED BOXING NEW ZEALAND AND MEEHAN WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SPORT INTEGRITY COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING, FAVOURITISM AND INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. MEI HERON JOINS ME FOR MORE ON HER EXCLUSIVE STORY. MEI, WHAT IS THE LATEST? GOOD EVENING. WELL AS ONE SOURCE CLOSE TO THE STORY DESCRIBED TO ME, IT CERTAINLY IS MESSY ISN'T IT. S CONFIRMED THE MEDIA TODAY THE BILLIONAIRE WILL NOT BE GOING AS PART OF THE DELEGATION. WHILE THERE IS AN ONGOING SPORT INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION ANY FUTURE POINTS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION. IT'S UP TO THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO MAKE THESE FINAL DECISIONS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ATHLETES HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY BEEN TOLD THAT HE WON'T BE GOING AS THEIR COACH. AS YOU ARE SAYING, THE GAME IS ONLY FIVE WEEKS AWAY. UP UNTIL NOW, HE'S BEEN PART OF THESE GAMES PREPARATIONS. AND MEI, ARE WE ANY WISER AS TO WHEN THIS SPORT INTEGRITY COMMISSION INVESTIGATION WILL BE COMPLETE? I THINK THAT REALLY IS THE BIG QUESTION HERE. THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. THE COMMISSION SAID THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. AND TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THAT, IT COULD NOT COMMENT ON WHEN IT WOULD BE COMPLETE. IN APRIL THEY HAD MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS, AND THEY WERE IN THEIR OWN FINAL STAGES. NOW BEING TOLD, THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY FRUSTRATED AT THE LENGTH IT'S TAKEN FOR THIS INVESTIGATION. IT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS. THANKS, MEI. 'TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED' ` THE WORDS OF DONALD TRUMP, AS HE PUBLICLY SCOLDED ISRAEL FOR CONTINUING STRIKES ON LEBANON AND RISKING HIS IRAN DEAL. THE RARE MOVE UNDERSCORES A GROWING RIFT WITH HIS CLOSE ALLY OVER THE PEACE AGREEMENT. WHICH IS STILL TO BE OFFICIALLY SIGNED THIS WEEKEND. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. THE DIRECT AFTERMATH OF ONGOING ISRAELI STRIKES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON. ISRAEL SAYS ROCKETS WERE FIRED BY THE IRAN BACKED GROUP HEZBOLLAH. IT'S THREATENING DONALD TRUMP'S FRAGILE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN, PROMPTING HIS MOST PUBLIC DRESSING DOWN OF ISRAEL YET. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. ISRAEL'S BEEN FIGHTING HEZBOLLAH TOO LONG AND TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN AN APARTMENT HOUSE EVERY TIME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY. AT THIS MEETING OF THE WORLD LEADERS IN FRANCE, TRUMP URGING HIS CLOSE ALLY TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY ISRAEL HAS HANDLED THEMSELVES, WITH LEBANON AND WITH HEZBOLLAH. IT JUST GOES ON FOREVER. UNDER RISING POLITICAL PRESSURE, HE NEEDS IT TO END NOW. THE POSSIBLE CONCESSIONS REVEALED AN WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE A LEAKED COPY OF THE IRAN DEAL, INCLUDING LIFTING ALL SANCTIONS ON TEHRAN AND CLEARING THE WAY FOR A $500B PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUND TO HELP IRAN REBUILD. ALL FOR IRAN TO REITERATE THAT IT WILL NEVER PRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. TRUMP SAYS THE FULL DETAILS WILL BE SHARED WHEN THE AGREEMENT IS OFFICIALLY SIGNED THIS WEEKEND AT THE SWISS RESORT, THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TO FULLY OPEN THE SAME DAY. THE SHIPS ARE STARTING TO MOVE NICELY. OIL IS STARTING TO GO, AND THE PRICES ARE COMING DOWN RAPIDLY. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT FLYING TO FRANCE TO SEIZE THE MOMENT. EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE NOW TRYING TO CONVINCE U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO FOCUS AGAIN ON ENDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THEIR MESSAGE ` UKRAINE'S NOT LOSING ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND IT'S RUSSIA THAT'S HOLDING UP PROGRESS ON PEACE. I THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN DO IT, OR ONLY MAYBE ONLY HIM. HE'S NOT THE ONLY LEADER ON RED ALERT OVER RUSSIA TONIGHT. A RUSSIAN WARSHIP IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL FIRING WARNING SHOTS AT A YACHT, WITH THE BRITISH COUPLE ON BOARD CLAIMING IT GOT TOO CLOSE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, IF TRUE, A DANGEROUS ESCALATION, THE ENGAGEMENT OF A CLEARLY CIVILIAN VESSEL IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER BRITISH COMMANDOS INTERCEPTED ONE OF RUSSIA'S SO-CALLED SHADOW FLEET VESSELS IN THE SAME WATERS. AS EFFORTS TO END ONE CONFLICT CRESCENDO, A REMINDER AN OLDER, DEADLIER ONE IS STILL PLAYING OUT. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS, LONDON. AND THE TENTATIVE PEACE DEAL'S RESULTED IN OIL PRICES FALLING TO THE LOWEST IN THREE MONTHS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BRENT CRUDE OIL PRICES, THE BENCHMARK FAIRLY STEADY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEN SOARING AFTER THE WAR AGAINST IRAN BEGAN, HITTING JUST UNDER USD $113 IN APRIL. AN UP-AND-DOWN ROLLERCOASTER RIDE AFTER THAT, BEFORE EDGING DOWN AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE PEACE DEAL. TODAY, DROPPING BELOW USD $80 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE EARLY MARCH. WALL STREET AND OTHER GLOBAL MARKETS SURGING AMID HOPES OF PEACE AND THE OPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE BOSS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAS GUARANTEED MPS TODAY THAT THE IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WHO MISLED MINISTERS AND MANIPULATED RULES WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. SIR BRIAN ROCHE IS LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR CONDUCT, RELATING TO A BOTCHED BORDER SECURITY PROJECT THAT WASTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS HAS MORE. TOP OF MIND FOR MPS TODAY ` THE INVESTIGATION INTO IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WHO MISLED MINISTERS ABOUT A BUNGLED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE. THIS HAS RAISED DOUBTS ACROSS THE PUBLIC SECTOR, ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE CAPABLE OF BEING RELIED UPON. YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID PUBLICLY, IT'S AN INTOLERABLE POSITION WHEN OUR INTEGRITY IS QUESTIONED, AND WHEN CONFIDENCE AND TRUST CANNOT BE GIVEN. CERTAINLY, MINISTERS ARE TAKING THE WHOLE SITUATION EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. IS IT IN THE LIMIT OF YOUR STATUTORY POWERS TO BE ABLE TO LAY CRIMINAL CHARGES AT THE END OF THE REVIEW? IS THAT A POTENTIAL OUTCOME FROM THIS? I'M NOT GOING TO CONSTRAIN IT AT THIS POINT. I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY JUST SEE WHAT COMES OUT. SOME HAVE CALLED FOR HARSH PENALTIES. OF COURSE THEY SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS. THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN PRISON AS WELL. I THINK THE COURTS DETERMINE WHO GO TO PRISON. I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, LET'S GET THE INVESTIGATIONS DONE, AND WHATEVER FLOWS FROM THAT WILL FLOW. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER UNDER SCRUTINY OF HIS OWN. A REVIEW WAS LAUNCHED IN RELATION TO FACEBOOK ADS HE RAN CRITICISING UNIONS AND WORKER STRIKES. WHERE IS THAT REVIEW, AND WHY HAS IT COST SO MUCH MONEY, AND WHEN WILL IT BE RELEASED PUBLICLY? IT IS NEAR COMPLETE, AND I APOLOGISE TO THE COMMITTEE. IT'S TAKEN LONGER THAN WE WOULD HAVE WANTED. IT'S COSTING A PRETTY PENNY. IT COULD GET AS HIGH AS $60,000. IS IT A BIT CONVENIENT THAT IT'S NOT OUT IN TIME FOR SCRUTINY WEEK FOR YOU? I WANTED IT OUT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE ONGOING QUESTIONING AND THE QUESTIONS THAT IT GIVES RISE TO. DID THE DRAFT REVIEW RAISE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL NEUTRALITY AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION? THE REPORT IS NOT YET FINALISED. ELSEWHERE, LABOUR'S POLICY OF THREE FREE DOCTORS VISITS WAS GETTING EXAMINED. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE EARNING AROUND $300,000, LIKE MYSELF AND CHRIS HIPKINS, SHOULD GET FREE GP VISITS, I THINK THAT IS AN UNTARGETED POLICY. YEAH, WE'RE NOT MAKING POLICY FOR THE 1%. BECAUSE OF YOUR CONCERN ABOUT A HANDFUL OF HIGH-INCOME EARNERS, YOU'RE PREPARED TO LET 650,000 NEW ZEALANDERS BE UNABLE TO ACCESS CARE, AS IS CURRENTLY THE CASE? WHAT OUR FOCUS IS ON DOING IS MAKING IT EASIER TO SEE A DOCTOR IN NEW ZEALAND ` NOT CLOGGING UP THE SYSTEM. THE SCRUTINY GOING BOTH WAYS AT PARLIAMENT TODAY. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. RESIDENTS OF AT LEAST 1100 FLOOD-PRONE SOUTH DUNEDIN PROPERTIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE FORCED TO LEAVE IF NEW COUNCIL PLANS PROGRESS. THE AREA'S BEEN HIT BY TWO MAJOR FLOODS SINCE 2015. WITH SOME HOMES ONLY HALF A METRE ABOVE SEA LEVEL, A SHALLOW GROUNDWATER TABLE AND FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISES POSE BIG RISKS. MODELLING OUT TODAY ESTIMATES THAT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, $212m OF DAMAGE WILL BE CAUSED BY FLOODING IN SOUTH DUNEDIN EVERY YEAR IF COUNCILS DON'T ACT NOW. WHILE NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE YET, SAM OLLEY HAS MORE ON THE THREE OPTIONS TO REDUCE THE FLOOD RISK. REX JOLLY HAS OWNED THIS HOME FOR 12 YEARS, BUT NEWLY PROPOSED COUNCIL PLANS SHOW BUILDINGS IN THIS SOUTH DUNEDIN STREET ARE SOME OF THE MOST LIKELY TO BE DEMOLISHED. I ONLY READ ABOUT IT THIS MORNING ON FACEBOOK, ACTUALLY. SO THAT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK. SPECIFIC PROPERTIES ARE NOT YET LISTED. THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION ` MOST OF IT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR IN THE FIRST 25 YEARS. TO AVOID REPEATED SCENES LIKE THIS... SAVING MY HOUSE. FOR SOME PEOPLE, AS SOON AS THERE'S A RAIN EVENT, THERE'S ANXIETY. THE SOUTH DUNEDIN FUTURE PROJECT HAS DRAFTED THREE OPTIONS TO REPLACE BUILDINGS WITH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OPTION, PROTECT, WOULD COST JUST OVER $2bn, WITH NEW PIPES, PUMPS AND GREEN SPACES. CLOSE TO 1200 BUILDINGS WOULD GO. ANOTHER, RESTORE, WOULD COST JUST OVER $1.6bn. PLANS FOCUS ON WETLANDS AND CANALS ` CLOSE TO 1160 BUILDINGS PROPOSED FOR DEMOLITION. AND FINALLY, RESHAPE COMBINES THE TWO. CLOSE TO 1800 BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED WITH A COST OF $2.4bn. SCHOOLS AND PART OF A GOLF COURSE TO POTENTIALLY MOVE TOO. BUT THE PLANS ALL PROPOSE NEW BUILDINGS BE ADDED ON SAFER LAND, RANGING FROM 840 TO MORE THAN 2100. THERE'S LOTS OF AREAS ACROSS THE WORLD THAT ARE BEING PROACTIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVEN'T FOUND AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER LOCATION THAT'S DOING IT AT THIS SCALE. CURRENTLY THE REGIONAL AND CITY COUNCILS EXPECT TO TAKE THE BULK OF THE BILL. EQUALLY OVER THE HUNDRED-YEAR PERIOD, IT'S 8% OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR AROUND 10% OF THE POPULATION. HOPING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TOO FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS. WE'RE ALSO` THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPERS, BANKS AND INSURERS. THE CITY AND REGIONAL COUNCILS SAY PROPERTY ACQUISITION WOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAWS LIKE THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, PAYING MARKET VALUE, IDEALLY IN A VOLUNTARY PROCESS. SOME WANT THEIR HOMES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I'M NOT SELLING UP TO ANYONE. IT'S AN OLD VILLA. 1910, IT WAS BUILT. IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE CONSULTATION PLAN, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK WILL START IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY. SAM OLLEY, ONE NEWS. POLICE HAVE REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM HAMPERING THE SEARCH FOR ROWENA WALKER, WHO DISAPPEARED IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST YEAR. THE MOTHER OF FIVE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE ON AUGUST 15th. THERE'VE BEEN EXTENSIVE SEARCHES FOR HER SINCE, WITH INVESTIGATORS NOW SUSPECTING FOUL PLAY. TODAY, ON HER 40th BIRTHDAY, THE LEAD OFFICER IN THE CASE REVEALED ROWENA'S PARTNER IS REFUSING TO TALK TO POLICE. NO PERSON CAN BE COMPELLED TO SPEAK TO THE POLICE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IT IS THAT PERSON'S RIGHT TO MAINTAIN HIS SILENCE. HOWEVER, AS THE LAST PERSON KNOWN TO HAVE SEEN ROWENA ALIVE, HIS ASSISTANCE IS CRUCIAL TO OUR INVESTIGATION. POLICE NOW URGING THE MAN TO 'DO THE RIGHT THING', SAYING HER FAMILY DESERVES TO KNOW MORE. IRAN'S CRYING FOUL AT THE WORLD CUP, CLAIMING IT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO MEXICO RIGHT AFTER ITS DRAW AGAINST THE ALL WHITES INSTEAD OF A PLANNED RECOVERY NIGHT IN L.A. U.S. OFFICIALS DENY THERE WERE LAST-MINUTE CHANGES. IRAN SAYS IT'S THE TOURNAMENT'S MOST OPPRESSED TEAM AND IS CALLING ON FOOTBALL'S GOVERNING BODY, FIFA, FOR HELP. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS. WHILE PROTESTS AGAINST IRAN'S REGIME WENT INTO THE NIGHT OUTSIDE THE STADIUM... (PROTESTERS YELL) ...FURY BOILED IN THE IRANIAN PLAYERS AS WELL ` NOT WITH THE GAME ITSELF, BUT WITH THEIR TREATMENT. THEY CLAIM LAST NIGHT'S ORDER TO LEAVE AMERICA AND RETURN TO MEXICO STRAIGHT AFTER THE GAME WAS EARLIER THAN PLANNED. FIFA TOLD US YOU HAVE TO GO BECAUSE IT'S OUR PREPARATION. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AS I SAID, TOMORROW MORNING RECOVERY. THIS AFTER A GAME WHERE MUCH OF THEIR SUPPORT STAFF HAD TO STAY IN MEXICO AFTER AMERICA REFUSED TO GIVE THEM VISAS. WE DON'T HAVE OUR MEDIA, WE DON'T HAVE OUR PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION, WE DON'T HAVE VICE PRESIDENT AND NO ONE ` SOME STAFF ALSO, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US. THE U.S. INSISTS THESE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS WERE ALWAYS IN PLACE, BUT AS MUCH AS THE IRANIANS FEEL VILIFIED ON THE WEST COAST... (BAGPIPES PLAY) ...THE SCOTS ARE GLORIFIED IN AMERICA'S EAST. THE TARTAN ARMY A REGIMENT OF TRAVELLING SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FANS MARCHING EN MASSE TO BOSTON'S HISTORIC FENWAY PARK. # SCOTLAND WILL PARTY. # FILLING THE TIME BETWEEN WORLD CUP MATCHES BY PACKING THE RED SOX STADIUM WITH SCOTTISH ANTHEMS... CROWD: # I WILL WALK 500 MILES. # AND I WILL WALK 500 MORE. # ...BEFORE BELTING OUT AN AMERICAN CLASSIC... CROWD: # ...NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD. # SO GOOD! SO GOOD! ...GIVING THE NORMALLY PLACID AMERICAN BASEBALL FANS SOMETHING THEY'LL NEVER FORGET. JUST A BRILLIANT GROUP OF PEOPLE. AS FOR THE ALL WHITES, WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY LEFT LOS ANGELES AND ARE BACK IN SAN DIEGO AT THEIR TRAINING CAMP, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ANALYSING EVERY MOMENT OF THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER. ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, BEFORE TWO VERY CHALLENGING UPCOMING MATCHES IN VANCOUVER. FIRST UP, EGYPT ` 30TH IN WORLD RANKINGS. THEN BELGIUM, WHO ARE 10TH. THE PHARAOHS AND THE RED DEVILS ALSO ENDING THEIR FIRST GAME YESTERDAY IN A 1-1 DRAW, MEANING ALL FOUR TEAMS IN OUR GROUP ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A WIN. THE PRESSURE MOUNTING ON THE ALL WHITES AHEAD OF NEXT MONDAY'S MATCH. LOGAN CHURCH, 1NEWS, LOS ANGELES. HE'S THE LATEST KIWI WORLD CUP HERO. NOW ALL WHITES WINGER ELIJAH JUST IS SITTING AMONGST FIFA FOOTBALL GREATS AS ONE OF THE TOP GOAL-SCORERS OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR. SO WHO IS THE PLAYER FROM PALMERSTON NORTH? JORDYN RUDD HAS MORE ON THE RISING STAR. ALL IT TOOK WAS SEVEN MINUTES... OH BOY, THEY ARE IN! ...BEFORE HIS NAME WAS ON EVERYONE'S LIPS. ELIJAH JUST! HIS TWO GOALS PUTTING HIM IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING WORLD CUP GOAL-SCORER. I SAID TO HIM BEFOREHAND, 'SOMEBODY HERE'S GONNA HAVE A MOMENT TODAY 'THAT'LL LIVE FOREVER.' ELI'S HAD TWO. YOU KNOW, GREAT GOALS. WE'VE NOT BEEN TO TOO MANY BEFORE NOW, AND YEAH, I THINK IN THE FUTURE WILL BE AT A LOT MORE, SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL SURPASS ME QUITE EASILY. BORN IN NEW ZEALAND, WITH GERMAN AND CHINESE HERITAGE, THE 26-YEAR-OLD NOW RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH SOME OF FOOTBALL'S GREATEST IN THE GOLDEN BOOT STANDINGS ` CURRENTLY AHEAD OF SUPERSTARS KYLIAN MBAPPE AND ERLING HAALAND, HAVING PLAYED FEWER MINUTES. WHAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY IN THAT GAME WAS A PLAYER WHO WAS FREE AND PLAYING WITH SOME CREATIVITY, AND HE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PROBABLY DIDN'T CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT ANYONE ELSE THOUGHT. IN ELIJAH'S HOMETOWN OF PALMERSTON NORTH, HIS OLD SCHOOL IS STILL BUZZING. HE WAS OUTSTANDING AS A YOUTH PLAYER. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE ANYWHERE NEAR AS GOOD. IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO DO IT, IN TERMS OF PLAYERS I'VE SEEN FROM THE MANAWATU REGION, IT CERTAINLY WAS HIM. YOU THINK YOU CAN'T MAKE IT WHEN YOU'RE FROM A SMALL TOWN LIKE PALMY, BUT YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT WAS AN OLD BOY THAT SAT IN THE SAME SEATS AS I DID` AS WE DID, SCORING ON THE WORLD STAGE. IN HIS SHORT CAREER, HE'S ALREADY PLAYED FOR TEAMS IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING DENMARK AND AUSTRIA, BEFORE JOINING SCOTLAND'S MOTHERWELL LAST YEAR, BECOMING THEIR PLAYER OF THE SEASON. HE GETS STUCK RIGHT IN ABOUT IT, PHYSICALLY, ALBEIT HE LOOKS SMALL, IT DOESN'T AFFECT HIM ONE BIT IN WHAT IS A VERY PHYSICAL AND FAST LEAGUE. SPECULATION BREWING OVER WHERE HIS NEWFOUND FAME COULD TAKE HIM NEXT. I'VE GOT NO DOUBT, ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST NIGHT. I WAS PRETTY GUTTED THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE HIM AT MOTHERWELL NEXT SEASON. SOMEWHERE LIKE SPAIN, I THINK, WOULD REALLY SUIT HIM. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, ELIJAH'S FOCUSED ON THE ALL WHITES, AND LOVING IT, DESCRIBING THE MATCH TO HIS INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS AS A WORLD CUP 'DEBUT TO REMEMBER'. JORDYN RUDD, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` THE MOST ACCIDENT-PRONE SPOT AT YOUR HOUSE. WATCH YOUR STEP. KIWIS' ACC INJURY COSTS SOAR, WITH MILLIONS OF WORKING DAYS MISSED. PLUS ` IT WAS AN ACTIVE PLOT, AND IT'S ONGOING. THE TIP WHICH LED TO THE ARREST OF HEAVILY ARMED TIKTOKERS PLANNING TO ATTACK DONALD TRUMP'S UFC EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE "TEMU TAX" THAT WAS MEANT TO PUSH US TO BUY LOCAL, BUT IS IT HURTING SMALL BUSINESS INSTEAD? PLUS, A SPECIAL DELIVERY TO A SPECIAL VIEWER. OH MY WORD AND THE KIWI BOAT BUILDER TURNING HEADS IN THE USA. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. $14.99 for all this. Save money. Move out of your parents place. It's more of a flatting sitch. Sooo... You're on your 'flatmates' phone plan? Your 'flatmates' fold your undies. VOICEOVER: Dinner done for $14.99. Just like new. Yeah, tell them what happened to the car. That was a mystery. Who is this reversing prodigy from Ranui? Some say a generational talent. generational talent. Where did that come from? A total mystery. Oh no, who put that there? He's such a mystery. Such a mystery. But I had already made the big switch to Tower, car's good as new. VOICEOVER: Why switch? INJURED NEW ZEALANDERS COST THE ECONOMY AN ESTIMATED $8.7bn LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO ACC. THAT'S BECAUSE OF NEARLY 21 MILLION WORK DAYS MISSED. THE INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME PAYING OUT $3.1bn OF WEEKLY COMPENSATION IN 2025 TO MORE THAN 160,000 KIWIS WHO NEEDED TIME OFF WORK AFTER AN ACCIDENT. HALF OF THE INJURIES LAST YEAR HAPPENED AT HOME. NEARLY A QUARTER WHILE PLAYING SPORT, INCLUDING A BIG JUMP IN ACCIDENTS AT THE GYM. AND ABOUT 8% OF INJURIES HAPPENED AT WORK. JASON WALLS HAS MORE ON THE ACTIVITIES MOST LIKELY TO LEAVE KIWIS NURSING AN INJURY. THIS PHYSIO'S SEEN IT ALL. SPRAINS AND STRAINS, FRACTURES, DISLOCATIONS, THAT TYPE OF THING ` ANKLES, SHOULDERS, BACKS, HIPS, KNEES, ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH YOU GET TO SEE FROM PEOPLE LIFTING SOMETHING THAT'S TOO HEAVY, FALLING OVER ` SPORTS FIELD, THAT TYPE OF THING. ACC'S ANNUAL INJURIES REPORT SHOWS THAT ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS REMAINS SIMILAR TO THE YEAR PRIOR, THE CORPORATION PAID OUT ROUGHLY $364m MORE IN COMPENSATION THAN IT DID THE YEAR PRIOR. I'M NOT SURPRISED, BUT I AM CONCERNED FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. ACC HANDLES MORE THAN TWO MILLION CLAIMS A YEAR. SO THAT'S A LOT OF INJURIES. AT HOME, 18% OF INJURIES HAPPEN IN THE BEDROOM. 12% ARE IN THE KITCHEN WHILE COOKING. ANOTHER 12% ARE IN THE BATHROOM AND 6% ARE IN THE LOUNGE. BUT ALMOST HALF OF ALL HOUSEHOLD INJURIES OCCUR ON THE DECK AND IN THE GARDEN. NEW ZEALANDERS ARE KEEN GARDENERS. WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR GARDENS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THEIR GARDENS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN THEIR GARDENS. SO GARDENING INJURIES ARE A GROWING PROBLEM. SPORTS AND RECREATION INJURIES MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ACC PAY-OUTS, WITH GYM-RELATED CLAIMS UP ON AVERAGE AROUND 11% A YEAR OVER THE LAST HALF-DECADE. RUGBY KNOCKS ACCOUNTED FOR A COLLECTIVE ALMOST 490,000 ACC-RELATED DAYS OFF WORK LAST YEAR, FOLLOWED BY FOOTBALL AT NEARLY 200,000, THEN NETBALL AT JUST OVER 115,000. IT'S REALLY HIGH, AND WE NEED TO HAVE MUCH BETTER, NIMBLE SERVICE PROVIDED BY A-C-C. PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE WORKING AT THE COAL FACE WITH THE EMPLOYERS, AND YET WE CAN'T SIGN OFF THEIR WORK CERTIFICATE. SO IF WE HAD LESS RED TAPE, IF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS COULD SIGN OFF THE WORK CERTIFICATES, GET PEOPLE BACK IN A REALLY TIMELY FASHION, THAT WOULD REALLY SPEED THE PROCESSES UP. MEANWHILE, THE MINISTER WITH A PLEA. JUST BE CAREFUL. HOPING THAT MESSAGE GETS THROUGH TO KIWIS. JASON WALLS, 1 NEWS. TO SOME NEWS JUST BREAKING ` AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S DEAD AFTER A PRIVATE JET CRASHED ON TO A MOTORWAY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS. AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE SMALL PLANE WHEN IT CAME DOWN IN THE CITY OF LAREDO NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER. PASSING MOTORISTS JOINED POLICE IN AN EFFORT TO SMASH THE COCKPIT WINDOW AND FREE THOSE INSIDE AS FLAMES SPREAD. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE PERSON WHO DIED WAS ON THE PLANE OR THE GROUND. THE FBI SAYS IT FOILED AN ALLEGED PLOT TARGETING THE 'UFC' CAGE-FIGHTING EVENT ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN EARLIER THIS WEEK. PART OF THE PLAN INVOLVED STRIKING NEARBY BUILDINGS WITH AN AERIAL ATTACK TO SPARK A MASS EVACUATION. THE ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS REPORTS. TONIGHT, THE FBI SAYS THE UFC EVENT, WHICH DREW THOUSANDS TO THE WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN TO CELEBRATE TRUMP'S 80TH BIRTHDAY, WAS A TARGET. AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS A CHILLING PLOT, ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING EXPLOSIVE-LADEN DRONES AND SNIPERS MEANT TO SHOOT POLITICIANS AND WEALTHY PEOPLE, FORCED A MASS EVACUATION AND SPARKED CHAOS ACROSS THE NATION'S CAPITAL. FIVE PEOPLE NOW UNDER ARREST. IT WAS A SERIOUS THREAT. IT WAS AN ACTIVE PLOT, AND IT'S ONGOING. 19-YEAR-OLD TYCEN PROPER FROM KNOX COUNTY, OHIO, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS RIFLE AND TACTICAL GEAR AMONG MULTIPLE WEAPONS SEIZED FROM HIS HOME. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SAYING THE PLOT ORIGINATED FROM OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, WITH OTHER SUSPECTS FROM CALIFORNIA, NEBRASKA AND MISSOURI, ALL CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE OF THEM SEEN HERE, ALLEGEDLY CONDUCTING FIREARMS TRAINING. THE ALLEGED PLOT, DISCOVERED AFTER POPPER'S MOTHER CONTACTED POLICE... NOTING CONCERN ABOUT HER SON'S RECENT CONDUCT... THE CHARGES ALSO LAY OUT... AND AUTHORITIES SAY THEY DISCOVERED A SIGNAL GROUP ON POPPERS CELL PHONE, CALLED HUNTERS, CONTAINING DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK, INCLUDING PLANS TO SAFELY ESCAPE. THESE SCREENSHOTS DISCUSSING A DRONE LAUNCH POINT AND SNIPER'S NEST VICE PRESIDENT VANCE SAYS THE PLOT WAS NOT THAT ADVANCED AND WAS BROKEN UP BEFORE IT MATERIALISED, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE EMPHASISING THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, WITH AS MANY AS 23 POTENTIAL SUSPECTS, AND OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE STILL SUSPECTS AT LARGE. ACCORDING TO U.S. MEDIA REPORTS, THE SECRET SERVICE IS ANNOYED WITH FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL FOR PREMATURELY POSTING ABOUT THE ARRESTS. A QUEENSLAND MOTHER IS RELIEVED HER BABY IS SAFE AND WELL AFTER HER CAR WAS STOLEN WITH THE 2-MONTH-OLD STILL INSIDE. SARAH HILL WAS CLEANING THE VEHICLE AT HER TOWNSVILLE HOME WHEN SHE SAYS SOMEONE JUMPED IN AND DROVE OFF. SHE CHASED AFTER THEM, SCREAMING. THE ALLEGED OFFENDER PLACED THE UN-HARMED BABY ON A GRASS BERM A FEW HUNDRED METRES AWAY. 10 PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 21 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` A REOPENING DATE AND BIG SHOW REVEALED. WE GET A SNEAK PEEK INSIDE THE WELLINGTON TOWN HALL, FOLLOWING ITS TROUBLED REBUILD. PLUS ` WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO SLEEP IN OUR HOMES. TASMAN LOCALS CALL FOR MORE COUNCIL SUPPORT AFTER REPEATED DAMAGE FROM FLOODS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE NORTHLAND BOAT BUILDER FINDING SUCCESS IN THE WATERS OF AMERICA. WE'RE THE ONLY BUILDER IN THE WORLD THAT DOES A CAROLINA FLARE IN AN ALUMINIUM BOAT THIS SIZE. PLUS ` THE GARAGE TURNED INTO A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. WHO'S LINING UP TO LEARN HOW TO COOK? THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need SOME TASMAN RESIDENTS ARE CALLING FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET REAL ON RIVERS. THE REGION SUFFERED FURTHER DAMAGE AFTER HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MONTH, A YEAR AFTER MAJOR FLOODS. THEY SAY NOT ENOUGH IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT FUTURE DESTRUCTION. JAMES FLEURY HAS MORE. THIS FATHER AND SON STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH DAMAGE TO THEIR FARMS. THE BRIDGE ON THEIR PROPERTY WAS REINSTATED AFTER LAST YEAR'S FLOODS, THEN WASHED OUT AGAIN JUST WEEKS AGO. IF ANYBODY HAS TRIED TO GET SHEEP THROUGH A RIVER... AND CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE A BRIDGE. THE FAMILY HAS ALREADY SPENT $70,000 TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY... WE'VE PAID FOR A CONTRACTOR WITH THREE MACHINES TO PUSH RIVER ROCK OR RIVER GRAVEL BACK. ...SAYING SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL HAS BEEN LIMITED. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF RIVER PROTECTION, RIVER WORK FOR... IF I SAID 10, 12 YEARS, REALLY. A FEELING FELT BY MANY, LIKE THIS TAPAWERA MAN. WE GAVE AWAY ABOUT 5HA OF HIGHLY FERTILE LUCERNE LAND, AND THEN WE BUILT A STOP BANK TO PROTECT ALL THE LAND INSIDE THAT. THE WAKEFIELD HALL PACKED WITH LOCALS EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ON MONDAY. AND WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO SLEEP IN OUR HOMES. THIS WAS ROSE RENTON'S SPRING GROVE PROPERTY A YEAR AGO. THAT'S REALLY UNHEALTHY FOR US RATEPAYERS TO FEEL SO UNHEARD ON SUCH A MASSIVE ISSUE. STARTING A PETITION AND LAUNCHING REGULAR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I DON'T WANT TO START LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR INCORPORATED SOCIETIES, BUT IF WE'RE CONTINUALLY FOBBED OFF, I WILL PUSH. THE MAYOR SAYS HE'S LISTENING. THERE'S BEEN APPROXIMATELY $7m SPENT IN THE RIVER SYSTEM, AND THAT COVERS A SIGNIFICANT AREA. AND THAT'S INVOLVED A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ` GRAVEL EXTRACTION, GRAVEL RELOCATION, ROCK WORK AND THE ASSOCIATED PLANTING, ETC. BUT HE SAYS GRAVEL EXTRACTION DOESN'T WORK EVERYWHERE. I CERTAINLY GET CORRESPONDENCE FROM PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN RIVERS JUST AS I GET FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE UNHAPPY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH. THIS FARMER SAYS THE STOCK BANK NEAR HIM ISN'T ENOUGH. WHEN IT BREAKS OVER THAT IT WILL GO THROUGH A METRE AND A HALF THROUGH THE VILLAGE. COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE AS RESIDENTS MEET AGAIN THIS EVENING. JAMES FLEURY, 1NEWS. WELLINGTON'S TOWN HALL FINALLY HAS A REOPENING DATE 13 YEARS AFTER IT WAS CLOSED FOR QUAKE STRENGTHENING. THE RESTORATION PROJECT HAS BEEN HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL DUE TO ONGOING DELAYS AND COST BLOWOUTS. THE COUNCIL IS CALLING IT A LANDMARK MOMENT, AS DAVINA ZIMMER REPORTS. THE OPENING DATE IS SET. 20th OF FEBRUARY 2027. IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING. AND WITH DRAX PROJECT AND BRET MACKENZIE SIGNED ON, THE OPENING SHOW IS ALSO CONFIRMED. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC LANDSCAPE. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A VENUE REOPENING THAT DESERVES SOMETHING MORE THAN... THIS GUY. (LAUGHS) JUST A SAXOPHONIST. ONE NEWS WAS GIVEN A TOUR SHOWING HOW THE HISTORIC VENUE IS ALMOST READY TO GO. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF VISION AND A LOT OF ASPIRATION FOR WHAT IT CAN BE, AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT IS IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD ROAD AND AN EXPENSIVE ROAD, BUT WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THERE, AND I THINK THE ASPIRATIONS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, AND IT WILL BE AMAZING. GETTING THE TOWN HALL BACK UP AND RUNNING HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE CHALLENGE. BACK IN 2013, THIS TOWN HALL WAS CLOSED AFTER BEING DEEMED AN EARTHQUAKE RISK. THE COUNCIL BACK THEN OPTING TO REPAIR INSTEAD OF REBUILD. REPAIRS WERE INITIALLY EXPECTED TO COST $43m. THE FINAL PRICE TAG IS MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES THAT. SO THIS BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE` WILL COME IN AT ABOUT $285m. AND THEN WE'RE BUILDING AN ANNEXE NEXT TO IT, WHICH IS THE FRONT OF HOUSE FACILITIES FOR THE BUILDING. THAT'S ANOTHER 28. SO OVERALL, IT'LL COME IN ABOUT $313m. PEOPLE INVOLVED CONFIDENT ALL THAT SPENDING WILL PAY OFF. IT'S GOT UNIQUE ACOUSTICS IN THIS BUILDING. IT'S THE HOME OF THE NZSO FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. THEY'VE GOT THE AMAZING FACILITY DOWN IN THE BASEMENT FOR RECORDING, WHICH IS WORLD-CLASS. THIS WILL BE A WELL USED FACILITY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S INTERNATIONAL INTEREST ALREADY IN RECORDING HERE. I THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO WELLINGTON CITY. WITH THE OPENING ACT SET, IT'S JUST A TASTE OF WHAT'S TO COME. THERE'S EVERYTHING FROM GIGS, INDIE, POP MUSIC, ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, THEATRE. YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THIS SPACE IS A TOWN HALL FOR ALL, AND THAT'S REALLY REFLECTED IN THE PROGRAMME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR` WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON. A TOWN HALL ALMOST READY TO BE RETURNED TO ITS PEOPLE. DAVINA ZIMMER, ONE NEWS. AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, CAPE VERDE'S 40-YEAR-OLD GOALKEEPER, LIKE ALL WHITE TIM PAYNE BEFORE HIM, HAS BECOME AN OVERNIGHT VIRAL SENSATION. VOZINHA'S INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS HAVE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 5.5 MILLION AFTER HE STARRED IN HIS TEAM'S SHOCK DRAW WITH FOOTBALL HEAVY WEIGHTS SPAIN. 27 SHOTS COMING HIS WAY, MAKING SEVEN CRUCIAL SAVES AND HELPING THE ISLAND NATION, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 500,000, HOLD SPAIN TO A NIL-NIL DRAW. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT AND ` LIONEL MESSI! IN HIS SIXTH WORLD CUP, HE'S BEEN GOING FOR 20 YEARS AND IS STILL ABLE TO BAMBOOZLE OPPONENTS AND CAPTURE THE WORLD'S ATTENTION, WITH SOME FOOTBALL MAGIC. PLUS ` DAME NOELINE'S BACK, WITH HER COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM ALL LOCKED IN. AND FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO LONDON, OUR CRICKET TEAMS HAVE PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. AND IN WEATHER ` WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, THE DAY IS NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. THERE'S A COUPLE OF FRONTS THAT'LL WORK THROUGH. SO WITH THAT, IT'S GONNA BE A FROSTY START. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS ` THEY'RE MAINLY IN THE SOUTH AND MAINLY IN THE WEST, BUT THROUGH THE DAY THERE'S SUNSHINE AND CLOUD. BUT HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE ` AFTER SPORT. VOICEOVER: The new Subway Korean-style BBQ Steak Sub. Loaded with tender steak. Freshly cut salad. Sweet, spicy BBQ glaze. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT. AND TONIGHT, FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST NAMES HAVE COME OUT TO PLAY ON DAY SIX OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP. KYLIAN MBAPPE, ERLING HAALAND AND LIONEL MESSI ALL STANDING OUT IN THEIR COUNTRY'S FIRST OUTINGS OF THE TOURNAMENT, BREAKING MORE RECORDS IN THE PROCESS. BONNIE JANSEN HAS THE ACTION. THE WORLD CUP'S POSTER BOY HAS ARRIVED. LEO MESSI! HIS 200TH CAP, HIS SIXTH WORLD CUP. ANOTHER MAJESTIC MOMENT FOR LIONEL MESSI! IT WAS ONLY EVER GOING TO BE THE ARGENTINIAN MAESTRO ENSURING THEIR TITLE DEFENCE KICKED OFF IN STYLE. BUT OF COURSE, THE 38-YEAR-OLD WASN'T DONE THERE. THAT'S TWO FOR MESSI! AND ARGETINA'S TAILSMAN DELIVERS YET AGAIN. NO, BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. MESSI! (VOICE BREAKS) COMMENTATORS AND FANS ALIKE LOSING IT AS ARGETINA'S SKIPPER FOUND HIS FIRST WORLD CUP HATRICK IN THEIR 3-NIL WIN OVER ALGERIA. HE'S ALSO NOW THE JOINT LEADING GOAL SCORER IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT ` 16 TO HIS NAME. ONE OF ONE, NEVER TO BE REPLICATED. OTHERS BUILDING THEIR OWN LEGACY. MBAPPE! THERE'S A GOAL FOR THE WORLD! THE FRENCH FORWARD SENDING A MESSAGE, SCORING TWICE IN THEIR 3-1 WIN OVER SENEGAL. AND NO FRENCHMAN HAS NOW SCORED MORE GOALS FOR HIS NATION THAN THE GREAT KYLIAN MBAPPE! TRANSLATOR: I PLAY TO MAKE MY MARK ON MY COUNTRY'S HISTORY, TO ENSURE MY TEAM REACHES THE FINAL AND WINS THE WORLD CUP. THE REST WILL SIMPLY BE PART OF WHO I AM AND MY CAREER. EERLING HALAAND'S CAREER ON A SIMILAR TRAJECTORY ` HIS FIRST MATCH AT FOOTBALL'S PINNACLE OFF TO A FLIER. AND THERE IS HALAAND. IT'S TAKEN HIM LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR TO SCORE HIS FIRST EVER WORLD CUP GOAL. BAGGING A SECOND 14 MINUTES LATER, HELPING NORWAY TO A 4-1 WIN OVER IRAQ. THE SEAFEARING VIKING ANCESTORS THAT IS DESIGNED TO SAY 'KEEP GOING'. FOOTBALL'S BIG STARS' BIG PLANS ARE IN MOTION. THE QUESTION NOW, WHO WILL PREVAIL? BONNIE JANSEN, 1NEWS. AND REMEMBER, ALL THE WORLD CUP MATCHES ARE LIVE ON TVNZ. FOUR GAMES TOMORROW MORNING, INCLUDING ENGLAND TAKING ON CROATIA ` ALL ON TVNZ+. DAME NOELINE TAURUA HAS A TON OF WORK AHEAD TO PULL THE SILVER FERNS TOGETHER FOR NEXT MONTH'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES. THEIR OPENING GAME AGAINST HOSTS SCOTLAND WILL BE THE COACH'S FIRST IN CHARGE IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. ADDED INTO THAT, TWO PLAYERS NAMED IN THE SQUAD ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM INJURY. KATE WELLS WAS AT TODAY'S TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT. PLAYING AT A COMMONWEALTH GAMES BONDS YOU FOREVER. YEAH, THAT'S THE GOLD MEDAL! NEW ZEALAND PUT THE BALL IN THE RING. THIS YEAR, SOME NEW FACES WILL GET THAT CHANCE. I REMEMBER JUST SOBBING, CRYING. I DON'T THINK I COULD EVEN HAVE... SHARED ANY WORDS WITH NOELS, BECAUSE I WAS JUST IN SHOCK. JUST BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE NZ TEAM AND TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY, MY FAMILY IS... MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. MARTINA SALMON ONE OF NINE SILVER FERNS MAKING THEIR COMMONWEALTH GAMES DEBUT. ANOTHER, CATHERINE HALL. OOH. THE 22-YEAR-OLD DEFENDER IN TOP FORM BEFORE SUFFERING AN ANKLE INJURY LAST MONTH, REQUIRING SURGERY. MIDCOURTER KIMIORA POI ALSO NAMED, DESPITE BEING SIDELINED WITH A CALF INJURY. BOTH PLAYERS AT THE MOMENT ARE ON A RETURN TO PERFORMANCE PLAN. THE INTENT IS FOR THEM TO BE THERE. WE'RE EXCITED BY EVERY DAY AND THE PROGRESSION THAT'S MADE. HOW ARE YOU TRACKING INJURY-WISE? GOOD. YEAH, I'M MAKING PROGRESS EVERY DAY, AND I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD SUPPORT TEAM BEHIND ME. EACH DAY, I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING SOMETHING NEW UNDER MY BELT. PULSE DEFENDER PARRIS MASON WILL TRAVEL TO GLASGOW AS COVER SHOULD HALL OR POI NOT RECOVER IN TIME. AS FOR THE AUSSIE-BASED FERNS, TAURUA'S PICKED FIVE OF THEM. PICK UP FROM KARIN BURGER. KARIN BURGER WILL CAPTAIN THE SIDE ` KATE HEFFERNAN HER DEPUTY. AND THEY'RE ALL IN GOOD FORM. LAST NIGHT, KELLY JACKSON SWEEPING THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS' END-OF-SEASON AWARDS. THE GREAT THING ABOUT ALL OF THEM IS THEY'VE GOT THAT EXPERIENCE, THEY'VE BEEN IN A FULL-TIME PROGRAM, AND PLAYING AGAINST WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES THAT WE'RE GONNA COME UP AGAINST IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES. THEIR EXPERIENCE CRUCIAL. THIS TEAM'S FIRST TRAINING CAMP WILL BE EARLY NEXT MONTH. THEN, IT'S OFF TO THE UK. KATE WELLS, 1NEWS. THE WHITE FERNS' T20 WORLD CUP TITLE DEFENCE IS BARELY HANGING ON AFTER ANOTHER POOR FIELDING DISPLAY. THEY'VE SUFFERED THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT DEFEAT, LOSING TO SRI LANKA BY FIVE WICKETS ` THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THEY'VE BEATEN THE WHITE FERNS AT A WORLD CUP. MICHELLE BANKS HAS MORE. AND THAT IS IT. SRI LANKA HAD PULLED OFF A VERY FAMOUS VICTORY. ANOTHER LOSS FOR THE WHITE FERNS AND ANOTHER ONE SUMMED UP SIMPLY. I GUESS CATCHES WIN MATCHES, AND NO ONE MEANS TO DROP THEM. BUT THAT'S TWO GAMES IN A ROW WE HAVEN'T BEEN UP TO A HIGH ENOUGH STANDARD. TWO GAMES, TWO DISPLAYS OF POOR FIELDING... THEIR WORLD CUP DEFENCE NOW ON THE BRINK. DOWN. ANOTHER ONE GOES DOWN. WE PRACTICE, AND WE TAKE A LOT OF CATCHES. WE WORK HARD ON IT, AND YEAH, THERE'S NO REAL EXCUSE FOR THE REASON BEHIND IT. AND I THOUGHT TODAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOUNCE BACK AND SHOW OUR CHARACTER AND HOW GOOD WE ARE AS A FIELDING GROUP. WHILE THERE WERE GLIMPSES OF THAT... WHO'S UNDER THIS? ANYONE? A NATION HOLDS ITS BREATH. AND YES! IT'S TAKEN. ...IT WASN'T ENTIRELY CONVINCING. (COMMENTATOR LAUGHS) NEW ZEALAND HAS TAKEN A CATCH WITH THEIR LEGS. WHO CARES? THEY'VE DONE IT. BUT MORE CATCHING MISHAPS HAUNTING THEM. SOMEONE'S GOTTA GET THIS, SURELY. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. NILAKSHI DE SILVA DROPPED ON ONE RUN. THE MIDDLE ORDER BATTER GOING ON TO SCORE A HALF CENTURY AND CHASED DOWN NEW ZEALAND'S HEALTHY TOTAL OF 150/6 WITH TWO BALLS TO SPARE. AND NEW ZEALAND NOW, THEY'RE IN DEEP, DEEP TROUBLE. THE WHITE FERNS SIT FIFTH IN THEIR POOL IN DANGER OF MISSING THE FINALS. FOUR WINS GETS YOU THROUGH TO A SEMI-FINAL, AND THREE MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER, BUT THERE'S STILL A POSSIBILITY. SO WE'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IN THAT AND TRUST THAT. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS TURN UP FOR THE NEXT THREE GAMES. AND THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE NOW. IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND TO COME ` THREE FROM THREE WON'T BE EASY. MICHELLE BANKS, 1NEWS. A COUPLE OF VETERAN BLACKCAPS FROM CANTERBURY ARE EXPECTED TO FEATURE WHEN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND STARTS IN A FEW HOURS AT THE OVAL IN LONDON. BOWLER MATT HENRY IS TIPPED TO PLAY, OVERCOMING BACK ISSUES FROM THE OPENING LOSS AT LORD'S. TOP ORDER BATTER HENRY NICHOLLS WILL FILL THE LARGE SHOES OF THE SUDDENLY RETIRED KANE WILLIAMSON. I GUESS FOR HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE'S NOT QUITE RIGHT, OR HE CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE THAT 100%, I THINK IS TESTAMENT TO THE PLAYER HE IS, BUT ALSO THE PERSON HE IS AS WELL. NICHOLLS IS EXPECTED TO BAT AT NUMBER THREE, JUST HIS THIRD TEST THAT HIGH UP IN THE ORDER. FOR ENGLAND AND THEIR KIWI COACHES, ALL THE TALK SURROUNDS SUSPENDED CAPTAIN BEN STOKES, STOOD DOWN AFTER A LATE NIGHT ALTERCATION LAST WEEK. SO YOU'D LIKE HIM TO RETURN AS CAPTAIN THEN? I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR ME TO MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS AND ANSWER THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS. AND ON SUNDAY ` WERE YOU OUT BEFORE THE CURFEW WITH THE GUYS? YES. AND DID YOU SENSE ANYTHING WAS GOING TO GO ON ` WAS GOING ON WITH BEN? NO, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO DISCUSS THAT KIND OF STUFF RIGHT NOW. BLACKCAPS OPENER DEVON CONWAY IS BACK IN LONDON AFTER A QUICK MATERNITY LEAVE VISIT HOME. WITH SERENA WILLIAMS BACK ON COURT, IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SHE COMBINED WITH HER SISTER AGAIN. HER AND VENUS GIVEN A WILD CARD ENTRY TO WIMBLEDON'S DOUBLES DRAW. THE SIX-TIME WIMBLEDON DOUBLES CHAMPIONS HAVEN'T PLAYED TOGETHER AT THE ALL-ENGLAND CLUB SINCE 2016. SERENA REVEALING, AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA. MY DAUGHTER OLIVIA TOLD ME I SHOULD PLAY WITH VENUS AT WIMBLEDON. SHE'S ALWAYS RIGHT, SO I WAS LIKE, 'OK'. SHE CAME UP AGAINST KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE LAST NIGHT, THIS TIME AT THE BERLIN OPEN, A WEEK AFTER QUEENS IN LONDON. THE NEW ZEALANDER EMERGING VICTORIOUS THIS TIME. ROUTLIFFE AND HER MEXICAN PARTNER WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS. THE BLACK STICKS MEN AND WOMEN ARE ON TRACK TO DEFEND THEIR NATIONS CUP TITLES ` BOTH THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINALS. WITH A GAME TO SPARE, THE TWO TEAMS SO FAR TOPPING THEIR POOLS. THE MEN IN CAPETOWN, PUTTING ON A GOAL SCORING CLINIC AGAINST MALAYSIA THIS MORNING TO WIN 5-1. IT'S A GREAT CHANCE AND THAT IS A BRILLIANT FINISH FROM THE NEW ZEALANDERS. THOMAS ` OH, LOVELY FINISH. AND IT'S FINISHED OFF BY JONTY ELMES AT THE BACK. MEANWHILE THE WOMEN COMING BACK TO BEAT CHILE 3-2. THEIR VICTORY IN FRONT OF AN AUCKLAND CROWD. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A MAJOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENT'S BEEN PLAYED AT HOME IN NEARLY 10 YEARS. OUR LATEST UFC STAR NAVAJO STIRLING IS ALL SET FOR THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER THIS SUNDAY. STIRLING IS THE CO-MAIN EVENT IN LAS VEGAS, UNBEATEN ACROSS NINE FIGHTS IN THE LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. HE ARRIVED IN THE STATES FROM HIS AUCKLAND BASE A FEW DAYS AGO. IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND TWO YEARS SINCE STIRLING TASTED SUCCESS LOCALLY. IT'S TIME TO GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SEPARATE MYSELF FROM THE REST OF THE UFC PROSPECTS AS THE BEST. AND THIS IS THE FIGHT. THIS IS THE GATEKEEPING FIGHT FOR ME TO HIT THE NEXT LEVEL OF THE UFC. THE 28-YEAR-OLD TAKES ON EXPERIENCED MOLDOVAN ION CUTELABA, WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN 20 UFC BOUTS ACROSS THE PAST 10 YEARS. AND DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE ON ALL OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES. HEAD TO OUR NEWS PAGE ON TVNZ+ OR OUR WEBSITE, 1news.co.nz. THAT'S IT FROM ME. DAN HAS YOUR WEATHER NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE KIWI BOAT BUILDER WHOSE DESIGN IS WANTED AROUND THE WORLD. SO, TELL US HOW YOU DO DO IT? OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE YOU SOME CONCRETE GUMBOOTS. PLUS HOW SEVEN SHARP'S GENEROUS VIEWERS MADE DREAMS COME TRUE. THAT'S COMING UP AT SEVEN. COLOURFUL SKIES OUT THERE. WINDS, RAIND, AND MILDER AIR. 18 DEGREES HASTINGS. FAR SOUTH A DIFFERENT STORY. COLD, FROSTY ONE DOWN SOUTH. ONE FRONT TO THE FAR SOUTH. WEST COAST MORE CLOUD, SPOT OF RAIN. REALLY CLOUD, ONE OR TWO SPOTS OF RAIN. TAURANGA SIMILAR - SOME CLOUD. COUPLE OF SHOWERS COME THROUGH. CHILLIER START. EAST COAST - FINE, SOME CLOUD. CLOUD FURTHER WEST, FEW SPOTS OF RAIN. WELLINGTON - SOME CLOUD WILL COME THROUGH. BUT FINE, DRY. CHRISTCHURCH- FROSTY START. FURTHER EAST YOU'RE FINE. GREAT LOOKING DAY IN QUEENSTOWN. DEEP SOUTH- CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. NOT LOADS OF MOISTURE. A CHILLY START PERHAPS. FRIDAY IS WHEN WARMER WEATHER COMES IN. WE START SEEING HEAVIER RAIN TO THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND.