APPLAUSE TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` DAME JOOLS TOPP'S FINAL FAREWELL. AN UNTOUCHABLE GIRL, AN UNFORGETTABLE TALENT. MUSIC AND LAUGHTER RING OUT AS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF ONE OF OUR MOST BELOVED ENTERTAINERS. # WE'RE STROPPY, WE'RE AGGRESSIVE WE'LL TAKE OVER THE WORLD. # WE'RE UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS. # WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE MOMENT A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASHES DOWN IN METHVEN. IT WAS SCARY. JUST PRAYING THAT THEY NOT GONNA TIP OVER, AND THEY GONNA GET SAFELY DOWN. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE U.S. PEACE DEAL AS CRITICISM MOUNTS. NOW NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF. AND FANCY FOOTWORK ` PLAYERS IN THE PINK THIS WORLD CUP. WE SPEAK TO FOOTBALL FASHION-FORWARD FANS ABOUT WHAT'S DRIVING THE COLOURFUL BOOT CRAZE. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR, BEN MOLLISON AND KATE MCCULLOUGH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. 'SURROUNDED BY ABSOLUTE LOVE.' THAT'S ONE WAY DAME JOOLS TOPP WAS REMEMBERED AS MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE GATHERED TO FAREWELL THE LEGENDARY AND BELOVED TOPP TWIN. THE 68-YEAR-OLD DIED LAST MONTH AFTER LIVING WITH BREAST CANCER FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. DONNA-MARIE LEVER WAS THERE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENT WAS BILLED AS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, BUT IT WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. A CONCERT, PRODUCTION, A SPECTACULAR SHOW, OR LIVE STREAMED AROUND NEW ZEALAND AND AROUND THE WORLD AND ALL PART OF HER FINAL WISHES. A PRIVATE WEIGHT WAS HELD AT HER WEST AUCKLAND FARM IN MARCH WHILE SHE WAS STILL ALIVE, AND IT WAS THERE THAT SHE MADE THE REQUEST THAT THE DOORS HERE BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHEN SHE WAS GONE. IT IS A WAY FOR HER TO INCLUDE ALL KIWIS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WAY FOR HER TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. (BAGPIPES PLAY 'AMAZING GRACE') UNITED IN LOVE, DAME JOOLS' FAMILY, FAMOUS FRIENDS AND HER BIGGEST FANS TOGETHER TO MARK A LIFE WELL LIVED. MEMORIES WERE SHARED AS DAME LYNDA SPOKE OF HER TWIN'S FINAL MOMENTS. SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY TOTAL, ABSOLUTE LOVE, AND WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET THAT MOMENT WHEN WE HELD HER AND SHE PASSED AWAY IN OUR ARMS. A MOMENT THAT WE WILL CHERISH. WHEN THE TWINS ARRIVED HOME FROM THE HUNTLY MATERNITY HOSPITAL, JOOLS IMMEDIATELY SAT ME DOWN AND SAID, 'LOOK... 'WE'RE ALL THREE OF US GONNA BE GAY...' (LAUGHTER) 'I'M GONNA GET A PONY, 'AND WHEN LYNDA'S 16, SHE'S GONNA LEARN TO YODEL, 'AND ALL HELL BREAK LOOSE.' (LAUGHTER) THEN JOOLS TOOK CENTRE STAGE ONE LAST TIME. AND ALL THE TIMES YOU CLAPPED AND CHEERED AND BOUGHT ALBUMS AND KEPT US ALIVE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. TRIBUTES FLOWED AND MUSIC WAS MADE AT AN EVENT TO REMEMBER. # LAST NIGHT I WOKE FROM A DREAM # YOU AND ME # WERE TOGETHER. JOOLS IS BOTH THE FOUNDATION THAT I STAND ON AND THE STANDARD TO WHICH I STRIVE. THE UNIQUE PRODUCTION PULLED TOGETHER BY LOVED ONES AND SUPPORTERS, WITH KIWIS FAR AND WIDE WATCHING ` NEIL FINN BEAMING IN FROM GREECE. # SADDLE UP AND RIDE TOO HIGH... # A WILD AND WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF AN ICONIC KIWI. SHE DESERVES I THINK AS MUCH LOVE AND CELEBRATION WHICH THIS EVENT IS SORT OF ORGANISED TO PROVIDE. SHE'S DONE SO MUCH FOR NEW ZEALAND ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS. FROM MUSIC ROYALTY, TO COMEDIANS AND PAST PRIME MINISTERS. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A SEND-OFF LIKE THIS, AND WHAT A TRIBUTE IT IS TO JOOLS TOPP AND TO LYNDA. WE ALWAYS THINK OF THEM TOGETHER, AND TO THINK OF THEM SEPARATED NOW, IS JUST INCONSOLABLE, REALLY. CROWDS CAME TOGETHER TO LAUGH, CRY, CELEBRATE AND SING. # TILL I REACH THAT GOLDEN SHORE... HONOURING AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND THE MANY MARKS SHE LEFT. MORE THAN A THOUSAND FREE TICKETS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC TO REFLECT ON HER LIFE. THEN, THE FINALE, A POWERFUL TRIBUTE FROM HER OTHER HALF. ...TO SING WITH ME ONE LAST TIME, UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS. ...THEIR SIGNATURE SONG, BUT THIS TIME SUNG WITHOUT HER SIDEKICK. # WE'RE UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE, UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS. DAME JOOLS TOPP, HER JOURNEY REMEMBERED TODAY AND ALWAYS BY THOSE SHE HELD CLOSE, AND A NATION THAT ADORED HER. SO THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA FOR NEW ZEALAND ENTERTAINMENT. DONNA-MARIE, YOU WERE THERE. WHAT WAS THE LASTING IMPRESSION? IT REALLY IS THE END OF AN ERA. 40+ YEARS OF THE TOP TWINS COMING TO AN END. WHEN WE HEARD IN HER OWN WORDS TODAY, SHE IS IN MY VEINS, SHE IS MY BLOOD, TALKING ABOUT HER SISTER, WHO TODAY VOWED TO CARRY ON HER LEGACY TO CONTINUE GIVING HER A VOICE FOR EVERYTHING THEY STOOD FOR AND EVERYTHING THEY BELIEVED IN. THANKS, DONNA-MARIE. AVIATION AUTHORITIES ARE MAKING ENQUIRES AFTER ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH IN CANTERBURY THIS MORNING. THE BALLOON TOOK OFF IN METHVEN, SOUTHWEST OF CHRISTCHURCH, AS PART OF A PROMOTION FOR THE TOWN'S UPCOMING FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL, BUT RAN INTO TROUBLE, SUDDENLY FALLING OUT OF THE SKY AND INTO A BUSY ROAD. THOMAS MEAD EXPLAINS. WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT OVER METHVEN THIS MORNING... WHOA! ...SUDDENLY TURNING UGLY. OH (BLEEP), ONE JUST HIT THE (BLEEP) TREE. A HOT AIR BALLOON COMING DOWN, MAKING CONTACT WITH A TREE. THE BASKET LANDING HARD ON THE ROAD. IT WAS SCARY. I WAS JUST PRAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TIP OVER. THE WHOLE INCIDENT PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TELEVISION. HOT AIR BALLOONS, LASER LIGHTS, PLENTY OF WINTER MAGIC. THE BALLOONS WERE PUT UP TO PROMOTE METHVEN'S FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL. THE SCENERY AROUND HERE'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 10 BALLOONS TAKING OFF IN ALL, A SMILE ON EVERY FACE. ALL IN THE AIR NOW. BUT WITH THE CAMERA STILL LIVE, THINGS TOOK A TURN. THE BALLOON IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF FRAME HERE, IN BLACK, GOING DOWN. EMERGENCY SERVICES THERE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, CHECKING THE HEALTH OF TWO PEOPLE. AND BREAKING NEWS NOW, A HOT AIR BALLOON HAS JUST CRASHED. CRASHING THROUGH THESE TREES AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND US. THE FESTIVAL ORGANISER WAS STILL IN THE AIR WHEN IT HAPPENED. ONE OF THE BALLOONS HAD A ROPE CAUGHT ON A TREE AND IT PULLED HIM DOWN ONTO THE GROUND, AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW UNTIL I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM. AND THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED? OH YES, COMMERCIAL PILOT, VERY MUCH SO. THIS LOCAL SAW IT ALL HAPPEN ON HER COMMUTE. THEY GOT STUCK WITH THE LINES THAT, KIND OF, COMING OFF THE BALLOON, SO THEY GET STUCK IN THERE, SO I SAW THE BALLOON WAS STILL TRYING TO FLY AWAY. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SAYS IT'S MAKING 'INITIAL ENQUIRIES' TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY, SO IT CAN DETERMINE WHETHER ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED ` WHILE THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION SAYS IT WON'T BE INVESTIGATING. THE ORGANISER STRESSING BALLOON OPERATORS DO FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES. WE ALWAYS DO A FULL PRE-FLIGHT CHECK BEFORE WE GO AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S RIGHT. ONE PERSON CAME AWAY WITH MINOR INJURIES, THE FESTIVAL STILL TO GO AHEAD THIS SUNDAY. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. THE WHANAU OF A GIRL (11) WHO WAS MISTAKEN FOR AN ADULT MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT AND INJECTED WITH ANTI-PSYCHOTIC DRUGS LAST YEAR HAS SPOKEN OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY'VE DESCRIBED THE TREATMENT OF THEIR AUTISTIC AND LARGELY NON-VERBAL LOVED ONE AS SICKENING. IT COMES AS TWO REPORTS, ONE BY THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ANOTHER BY THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER, WERE RELEASED TODAY, OFFERING THE FIRST DETAILED INSIGHT INTO WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. HERE'S WHAT UNFOLDED. ON THE MORNING OF MARCH THE 9th LAST YEAR, THE 11-YEAR-OLD WANDERED FROM HER HOME IN CENTRAL HAMILTON. SHE WAS PICKED UP BY POLICE AFTER A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEEING A WOMAN IN HER EARLY 20s WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NEAR THE FAIRFIELD BRIDGE. CONCERNED FOR HER WELL-BEING, OFFICERS DROVE HER TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL. DESPITE INITIAL OBSERVATIONS BY MEDICAL STAFF THAT SHE RESEMBLED A CHILD, POLICE LATER MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED HER AS A 20-YEAR-OLD MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING. THE CHILD WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RESTRAINED AND MEDICATED TWICE. THE IDENTIFICATION ERROR ONLY DISCOVERED MANY HOURS LATER THAT NIGHT. THE REPORTS' CENTRAL FINDING ` A FAILURE TO CONDUCT A FORMAL IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. THE CHILDS RIGHTS WERE NOT ONLY SEVERELY COMPROMISED, BUT SOME OF THE TREATMENT SHE RECEIVED WAS UNLAWFUL. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE FAMILY AND FILED THIS REPORT. THIS WAS THE HAMILTON BRIDGE, WHERE AN 11-YEAR-OLD WITH AUTISM AND LIMITED SPEECH WAS FOUND BY POLICE. WHEN THE FAMILY HAD DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD LEFT THE HOUSE, THEY STARTED SEARCHING. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A HARROWING DAY. WHERE A TAMARIKI MAORI WITH A DISABILITY ENDED UP RECEIVING COMPULSORY TREATMENT IN A MENTAL HEALTH WARD. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THE CHILD MISTAKEN FOR A MISSING MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT ALMOST TWICE HER AGE, WAS HANDCUFFED AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THIS MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. WHEN SHE REFUSED TO TAKE MEDICATION ORALLY, SHE WAS RESTRAINED AND TWICE INJECTED WITH DRUGS ONLY EVER ADMINISTERED TO ADULTS. HER SISTER NOW SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I REMEMBER BEING SO DISGUSTED AND I FELT SICK TO MY STOMACH, LEARNING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN I REMEMBER BEING ANGRY, LIKE REALLY ANGRY. TWO INDEPENDENT REPORTS HAVE FOUND THERE WERE DOUBTS ABOUT THE CHILD'S IDENTITY FROM THE START. THE HOSPITAL'S CRISIS TEAM AND A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, INITIALLY OBSERVING THAT SHE WAS CLEARLY A CHILD AND AUTISTIC. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT ENDED THE WAY IT DID. I DON'T KNOW WHY SO MANY THINGS WERE IGNORED. A PHOTO OF THE 11-YEAR-OLD AND THE MISSING 20-YEAR-OLD WERE COMPARED BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS. NEITHER BELIEVED THEY WERE THE SAME PERSON. THE BREAKDOWN OCCURRING WHEN THE CHILD'S PHOTO WAS SENT TO THE NGO WHERE THE MISSING ADULT HAD BEEN STAYING. IN THE REPORT, POLICE SAY THE NDO WAS CONFIDENT IT WAS A MATCH. THE BEST INDICATION THAT THEY HAD AT THE TIME THAT, YES, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE AND THE SAME PERSON. BUT THE NGO DISPUTES THIS, SAYING IT TOLD POLICE IT COULDN'T BE CERTAIN. HOSPITAL STAFF ACCEPTED POLICE INFORMATION WITHOUT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING WHO SHE WAS. I THINK THE MAJOR FAILINGS WERE THAT WE TOOK THE WORD OF ANOTHER PARTY AND THEN DIDN'T FOLLOW OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. DEVASTATION REALLY, ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF THAT WERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ` HELP A PERSON THAT NEEDED CARE ` AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAD GOT IT WRONG. THE USE OF RESTRAINT AND MEDICATION WAS FOUND TO BE UNLAWFUL, EVEN IF THE CHILD HAD BEEN THE 20-YEAR-OLD PATIENT. IT'S TOUGH TO READ THAT AND TO TAKE THAT IN. THE CHILD'S RIGHTS WERE BREACHED, TOO, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DIGNIFIED CARE. REALLY, JUST SINCERE APOLOGIES ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TO THIS YOUNG PERSON AND THEIR WHANAU. POLICE HAVE SINCE MET WITH THE CHILD'S MUM. IT WAS HARD, LIKE, I TOOK OUR AREA COMMANDER HERE TO MAKE AN APOLOGY FOR THE HARM AND THE HURT THAT THIS HAS CAUSED TO HER AND HER CHILD. MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT WHILE IN HOSPITAL, THE CHILD APPEARED DISTRESSED, CURLING UP INTO A BALL, COVERING HER EARS, AND AT ONE POINT, HIDING IN A CORNER. HOW HAS THIS AFFECTED YOUR SISTER? SHE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE FEELING SAFE GOING OUTSIDE AGAIN. WE NEED LEADERSHIP AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THIS COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T END UP IN THE SAME POSITION AS THIS. A POSITION WHERE THE SYSTEM FAILED A VULNERABLE CHILD AND HER FAMILY. THIS WAS CLEARLY A TRAUMATIC EVENT, TE ANIWA. COULD THIS HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? WELL, THE INQUIRY COMMISSIONED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH WAS CLEAR ` THAT EXISTING HOSPITAL POLICIES DO CONTAIN PROCESSES AND SAFEGUARDS THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CHILD BEING MIS-IDENTIFIED. BUT THERE WERE THREE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT LED TO THIS MISTAKE. ONE, THAT HOSPITAL STAFF UNANIMOUSLY RELIED ON INFORMATION BY POLICE WITHOUT INVESTIGATING FURTHER; TWO, THAT NONE OF THEM UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEIR DEPARTMENT TO UNDERTAKE THE FORMAL IDENTIFICATION PROCESS; AND THREE, THAT STAFF DIDN'T KNOW KEY PARTS OF THE HOSPITAL'S POLICY. THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSION ALSO SAY THIS MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE CHILD HADN'T BEEN DISABLED AND NON-VERBAL, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO A GENERAL LACK OF AWARENESS OF HOW TO CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX NEEDS. WHAT OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE? THERE WERE 17 RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS THE TWO REPORTS. THEY INCLUDE CLEARER PROCESSES FOR CONFIRMING WHO PATIENTS ARE, STRONGER COMMUNICATION AND RECORD KEEPING, AND BETTER TRAINING FOR FRONT LINE STAFF. HEALTH NZ AND POLICE HAVE ALREADY ACTIONED MANY OF THESE THINGS. POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE A NEW DISABILITY AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS ALERT ATTACHED TO THEIR DATABASE. IT GIVES OFFICERS AN INDICATION OF HOW BEST TO APPROACH AND COMMUNICATE WITH CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THE FAMILY WANT TO SEE SOME CONCRETE ACTION THE FAMILY WANT TO SEE MORE CONCRETE ACTION LIKE THIS. THEY ARE GLAD THEY HAVE A MORE CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. THANKS, TE ANIWA. TALKS PLANNED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A PEACE AGREEMENT WILL NO LONGER TAKE PLACE NOW ACCORDING TO SWISS FOREIGN MINISTRY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER THE U.S. VICE PRESIDENT PULLED OUT OF A TRIP TO MEET IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS. MEANWHILE, JD VANCE HAS BEEN PUBLICLY DEFENDING THE DEAL AS CRITICISM OF IT MOUNTS. ED O'DRISCOLL REPORTS. AMERICA'S PRESIDENT, PRESENTING MEDALS OF HONOUR TO COMBAT VETERANS. I WANTED TO GIVE IT TO MYSELF, BUT I WAS INFORMED I COULDN'T DO IT AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WHERE I WAS ACTUALLY WORTHY. CRITICS OF HIS IRAN DEAL MAY AGREE. EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT TRUMP'S BOOK, THE ART OF THE DEAL, OUGHT TO ASK HIM FOR A REFUND, BECAUSE WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE IN IRAN IS THE ART OF THE DISASTER. THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP'S POSITION THREE MONTHS AGO. IN THE DOCUMENT HE SIGNED YESTERDAY, NO MENTION OF REGIME CHANGE, NOTHING ON IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR ALLIES DEEMED TERRORISTS, LIKE HEZBOLLAH, WORK ON NUCLEAR LIMITS KICKS DOWN THE ROAD, AND ACCESS TO HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ALBEIT CONDITIONAL ON GOOD BEHAVIOUR. GIVING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THEOCRATIC LUNATICS WHO WANT TO MURDER US IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY BAD IDEA. THE JOB OF DEFENDING IT TODAY, LEFT TO JD VANCE. LAST NIGHT, 12.5m BARRELS OF OIL WENT THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THAT IS A HIGH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT. OIL PRICES ARE DOWN NEARLY AT THEIR LEVEL FROM THE PRE-WAR CONFLICT. ACTUALLY, ALL IT'S DONE SO FAR IS GET THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE THE DAY BEFORE THE WAR STARTED. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE SIGNED TO PREVENT ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER, IN COMMENTS READ ON STATE NEWS, CALLED IT AN ACT OF DESPERATION. DISCORD, TOO, IN ISRAEL ` AMERICA'S KEY MIDDLE EAST ALLY. IT JUST SUCKS FOR US. WE ARE STILL IN THE SAME SITUATION. THE DEAL'S FIRST POINT INCLUDES ENDING THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON ` HEZBOLLAH FIRING MORE ROCKETS INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL, TODAY. ISRAEL'S LEADER REPEATING HIS REFUSAL TO WITHDRAW TROOPS. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT NOT JUST THE EXERCISE OF POWER, BUT THE LIMITS ON YOUR POWER AS A RESULT OF THE CONFLICT? THERE ARE NO LIMITS. NO LIMITS? NO, NONE. I HAVEN'T LEARNED THAT LESSON YET. I KNOW THERE ARE. BEYOND THE THOUSANDS KILLED; THE BILLIONS SPENT KILLING THEM. EXPOSING THE LIMITS TO AMERICA'S POWER MAY BE TRUMP'S COSTLIEST MISTAKE. ED O'DRISCOLL, 1 NEWS. HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE SAYS SHE'S STICKING WITH TE PATI MAORI AFTER SPECULATION SHE COULD FOLLOW TWO OF HER COLLEAGUES IN LEAVING. LAST MONTH TE TAI TOKERAU MP MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI LAUNCHED HER OWN PARTY TO CONTEST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, AND TAKUTA FERRIS IS NOW AN INDEPENDENT. HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARKE SAYS WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHALLENGES, INCLUDING DIVISION WITHIN THE PARTY AND FEELING ISOLATED, UNITY IS THE MAIN REASON SHE'S DECIDED TO STAY. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE SEEING SO MANY MAORI CANDIDATES ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN WANTING TO DO POLITICS, BUT AT THE MOMENT EVERYONE'S CONFUSED, AND PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED. AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY MAORI ENGAGED IN POLITICS EVER BEFORE, SO WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF MAORI MPS IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. THE 23-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE HAS A LOT OF TIME FOR PARTY CO-LEADER RAWIRI WAITITI, SAYING HE WAS THE REASON WHY SHE WAS INSPIRED TO GET INTO POLITICS. AND YOU CAN CATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ON 'MARAE'. 10am ON SUNDAY. IF YOU THINK JUNE'S BEEN TOASTIER THAN USUAL, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. METEOROLOGISTS SAY THE MONTH'S OFF TO A EXCEPTIONALLY WARM START. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY'S RUNNING AT ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR JUNE. FOR WHAT'S CAUSED IT AND HOW THE REST OF WINTER COULD PLAY OUT, LET'S BRING IN DAN. DAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? TEMPERATURE WISE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. JUNE IS RECORD-BREAKING AT THIS POINT. LOOK AT AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. WELL ABOVE 13 DEGREES FOR THE MEAN. CHRISTCHURCH, NORMALLY SIX AND A HALF DEGREES. WHAT IS CAUSING THIS? WHY ARE WE ON THAT RECORD-SETTING TRACK? EL NINO HAS NOT REALLY ARRIVED. THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE BEEN SEEN ` A LOT OF AREAS OF HIGH PRESSURE. A LOT OF WARMTH IN THE ATMOSPHERE. DOWN TO THE SOUTH, THE OLD POLAR VORTEX. IT HAS BEEN STAYING DOWN THERE AS IT OF OOZING ITS WAY TOWARDS US. IT IS BEEN KEPT VERY STABLE. EL NINO STARTS TO BITE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IT'S US TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING. WE WILL HAVE MORE WEATHER. E WHAI AKE NEI, COMING UP ` RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE HITS HOME FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MOSCOW. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S CAPITAL. AND THE KIWI FOOTBALLER MAKING WORLD CUP HISTORY. THE OTHER GLOBAL COMMUNITY SARPREET SINGH IS REPRESENTING. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` HOW A COMMUNITY-LED APPROACH IS UNLOCKING MORE THAN JUST JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG DRIVERS. PLUS, THE DYNAMIC DUO WHO PICKED UP THE WHISTLE IN TARANAKI AFTER THEY WERE FORCED TO GIVE UP PLAYING THE GAME THEY LOVE. AND THE JOB THAT PAYS IN THE CURRENCY OF FEELING GOOD. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. Morning team. Morning boss. Sunrise any moment. Hurry guys! Heads! (SONG): 'OUR HOUSE' BY CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG Morning Steve. Morning. # By the evening # Sunshine through them... 3, 2, 1. New boots? Yeah! What a beautiful morning. It's gorgeous. We're gonna need more flour. On it. Grandma! Darlings... # Our house is a very, very, very fine house. Let's get the band into position. # Cats in the yard. # Life used to be so hard. # Now everything is easy 'cause of you... Table three, ready for mains. # La la la la la la... Wait! Clara doesn't like basil. # La la la la la la la... # THE LARGEST DRONE STRIKE BY UKRAINE ON MOSCOW SINCE THE START OF THE WAR HAS BOUGHT THE CONFLICT TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DOORSTEP LIKE NEVER BEFORE. NEARLY 200 DRONES HIT TARGETS AROUND THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL. SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS SHOWING DRONES IN THE AIR AND EXPLOSIONS DESPITE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES BANNING PUBLICATION OF IMAGES OF THE AFTERMATH OF DRONE STRIKES. AN OIL REFINERY IN SOUTH EAST MOSCOW TOOK MULTIPLE HITS. IT SUPPLIES 40% OF MOSCOW'S PETROL AND 50% OF ITS DIESEL. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSSENBURG ON THE IMPACT OF THE LARGE SCALE ATTACK. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MOSCOW FEELS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL. A CITY RELAXED, AT PEACE, FAR AWAY FROM ANY FRONT LINE, WHERE LIFE GOES ON AS NORMAL. BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL THE FRONT LINE RIGHT HERE. UKRAINE HAD LAUNCHED AN EARLY MORNING DRONE ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL. AMONG THE TARGETS WAS AN OIL REFINERY. THE PLUMES OF SMOKE WERE VISIBLE ACROSS THE CITY. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'IT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU'D SEE IN THE MOVIES,' SLAVA SAYS. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'WE'RE JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE,' SHE SAYS. 'THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS. THAT'S UP TO OUR GOVERNMENT.' THIS IS BY NO MEANS THE FIRST UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON MOSCOW, BUT THE SCALE OF THIS IS MUCH LARGER THAN NORMAL. THE MOSCOW AUTHORITIES SAY THAT AIR DEFENCES SHOT DOWN AROUND 200 DRONES, BUT THEY COULDN'T PREVENT DAMAGE ON THE GROUND. ONE OF THE DRONES RAMMED INTO THIS APARTMENT BLOCK JUST OUTSIDE MOSCOW. THE RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED. MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER RUSSIA'S MASS INVASION OF ITS NEIGHBOUR, LONG-RANGE UKRAINIAN DRONES ARE BRINGING THE WAR BACK TO RUSSIA. ON RUSSIAN TELEVISION, THE LARGE-SCALE DRONE ATTACK WAS NOT HEADLINE NEWS. IT DID GET A MENTION IN THE BULLETINS, BUT ONLY A BRIEF ONE. STILL, THAT WAS MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT IT. FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN AT THIS REGIONAL SUMMIT, NO COMMENT ABOUT THE DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S CAPITAL, BUT ALSO NO SIGN THAT RUSSIA IS ABOUT TO END ITS WAR UNDER PRESSURE OF DRONE STRIKES. THE KREMLIN DENIES THAT ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THE TIDE HAS TURNED IN FAVOUR OF UKRAINE. (ARTILLERY FIRE) PRESIDENT PUTIN STILL SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT RUSSIA WILL WIN. UKRAINE WILL ARGUE THIS PICTURE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. UKRAINE'S BOMBARDMENT LEFT AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE INJURED AND WAS PART OF A LARGER ATTACK ACROSS RUSSIA. TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP NOW, AND ALL WHITES PLAYER SARPREET SINGH HAS MADE WORLD CUP HISTORY AS THE FIRST SIKH FOOTBALLER TO COMPETE AT THE TOURNAMENT. ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WITH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE HAVE EVER PLAYED AT A MEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP, BUT THAT'S SET TO CHANGE, AS LOUISE TERNOUTH REPORTS. NOT JUST REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND, BUT THE GLOBAL SIKH COMMUNITY. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT MEANS A LOT TO, I GUESS, MY PEOPLE, MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY, SO IT'S A REAL PROUD MOMENT. SARPREET SINGH'S THE FIRST SIKH PLAYER TO APPEAR AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP. HE'S ALSO THE FIRST WITH THE SURNAME SINGH, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR SURNAMES, WHICH ALL BAPTISED SIKH MEN USE. THERE ARE OVER 30 MILLION SIKHS AROUND THE WORLD, JUST TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW ZEALANDER WHO WOULD WALK THE ARENA AS THE FIRST OF INDIAN PUNJABI SIKH BACKGROUND TO IN FACT REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND. ACCORDING TO NZ FOOTBALL, PLAYERS OF ASIAN HERITAGE ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING GROUPS IN THE GAME, UP 10% IN THE LAST YEAR. I THINK VOLUNTEERS AND CLUBS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SEEING CLUBS IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OPENING DOORS TO ALL COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST SOUTH ASIANS, AND WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION ACTUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM OTHER SPORTS TO FOOTBALL. ONLY A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WITH SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PLAYED AT A MEN'S WORLD CUP. THIS YEAR, SINGH IS ONE OF FIVE. THE WOMEN'S FOOTBALL FERNS SEEING THE GROWTH TOO ` MIDFIELDERS MAYA HAHN AND EMMA PIJNENBURG ENCOURAGING OTHER ASPIRING SOUTH ASIAN ATHLETES. THE FLOW ON EFFECTS OF THAT ARE EXPONENTIAL IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE INSPIRED TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. SPORT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS` IT REFLECTS THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN, AND IT SHOWS YOUNGER PEOPLE AND YOUNG GIRLS THAT THEY BELONG. SINGH'S DEBUT ON THE WORLD STAGE HOPING TO SET THE TONE. AND I HOPE TO SEE MANY MORE SINGHS AND SIKH AND PUNJABI FOOTBALLERS COMING THROUGH ` AND INDIAN HERITAGE FOOTBALLERS. A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THROUGH A TOUGH TIME IN RECENT YEARS. HEARING A LOT OF, I GUESS, NEGATIVITY AGAINST A COMMUNITY WHICH IS VERY HUMBLE AND HARDLY REACTS TO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING. FINALLY CHEERING ON ONE OF THEIR OWN ON FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE. LOUISE TERNOUTH, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` FOOT FASHION AND FOOTBALL. WHY ARE PINK BOOTS SO POPULAR AT THE WORLD CUP? THERE IS A REASON FOR THE FANCY KICKS. WE EXPLAIN. AND FROM KICKS TO KNICKS, KING OF THE HILL, TOP OF THE HEAP ` IT'S NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AS MILLIONS CELEBRATE THE KNICKS' FIRST NBA WIN IN FIVE DECADES. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` A CHANCE TO THANK ALL THOSE KIWIS WHO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, AND EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN. PLUS, MORE THAN 90,000 K'S AND COUNTING ` THE RURAL TOWN INITIATIVE NAVIGATING TEENS TO INDEPENDENCE. AND FIND OUT WHAT WRESTLING STAR JOHN CENA AND JONATHAN THE 194-YEAR-OLD TORTOISE HAVE IN COMMON. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. WORK IS UNDERWAY TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR LOCAL MEDIA APPS TO BE PRE-INSTALLED ON TELEVISIONS SOLD HERE. THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ANNOUNCED REQUIREMENTS WILL BE APPLIED TO MANUFACTURERS IMPORTING TVS TO NEW ZEALAND, MAKING APPS EASIER TO FIND. AUSTRALIA HAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED SIMILAR LEGISLATION. PAUL GOLDSMITH SAYS IT WILL GIVE LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH INTERNATIONAL PROVIDERS. THE STARTING LINE-UP OF APPS WILL INCLUDE TVNZ+, THREE NOW AND MAORI PLUS, WITH POTENTIAL FOR MORE TO BE ADDED LATER. WHILE THE FIFA WORLD CUP HAS BEEN FULL OF SPORTING GOLD, ANOTHER COLOUR HAS GOT FOOTBALL FANS TALKING. BRIGHT PINK BOOTS HAVE BEEN A MATCH MAINSTAY THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT, WITH PLAYERS FROM MOST COUNTRIES WEARING THEM. BUT IT'S NO COINCIDENCE, AS JORDYN RUDD EXPLAINS. AN OPENING HERE. (CROWD ROARS) THE ONLY THING LOUDER THAN THE FANS AT THE WORLD CUP ARE THE BOOTS. THE FINISH WAS THERE. THE PINK TREND CATCHING ON FAST TO LOCAL CLUBS HERE. COS THEY JUST LOOK SO CONFIDENT WEARING THAT COLOUR. PINK HAS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE, A GIRL'S COLOUR, BUT NOW THAT'S IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE MEN WEARING IT AS WELL, AND NOW IT'S KIND OF JUST A COLOUR FOR EVERYONE. THE COLOUR OF BOOTS DOESN'T MATTER AS MUCH ` IT'S JUST IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, BUT IT'S COOL THAT EVERYONE'S GOING ALONG WITH PINK. I'M MORE OF A CLASSIC BLACK AND WHITE FOOTBALL BOOT KIND OF WEARING KIND OF GUY. IF OUR PLAYERS ARE LOOKING AT THE COLOURS OF THEIR BOOTS AND THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO GO AND BUY SOME AND THEN GET ON THE GRASS AND PLAY FOOTBALL, IT TICKS ALL THE BOXES. THE BOOT BUZZ IS KEEPING THIS ONLINE RETAILER BUSY. I BOUGHT IN A LOT OF PAIRS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN FLYING OUT. I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. THE PINK WAVE SUGGESTING MAJOR BRANDS ARE TAKING THEIR INSPIRATION FROM THE SAME PLACE. A COMPANY CALLED WGSN, WHO` THEY ARE LIKE THE BIGGEST COMPANY, WHERE THEY PREDICT FASHION TRENDS. AND THEY PREDICTED BACK IN 2024 THAT THE SUMMER OF 2026, PINK IS GONNA BE THE TRENDING COLOUR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THE GRASS` THE GREEN GRASS, IT'S VERY PROMINENT AND STANDS OUT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THE BRANDS WOULD, I'M SURE, WOULD CONSIDER AS WELL. EVERYONE MIGHT THINK IT'S QUITE COINCIDENTAL THAT EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW, DROPPING THESE PINK BOOTS, BUT IN ACTUAL FACT IT'S NOT. OUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM ARE CREATING THESE BOOTS YEARS IN ADVANCE. BRANDS WORKING TO CATCH THE EYE AND REFLECT CHANGING PLAYER ATTITUDES. FOOTBALL BOOTS WERE SO TRADITIONAL, AND YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THIS NEW GENERATION COMING THROUGH NOW, THEY'RE SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENT, THEY'RE OPEN. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, HEAD TO TOE. THEY WANT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR PERSONAL STYLE. THAT STYLE SHOWCASED LONG BEFORE THE FIRST WHISTLE. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TURNED HEADS AT HOUSTON AIRPORT WITH LEOPARD PRINT SUITS AND MATCHING LUGGAGE. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) WHILE COUNTRIES LIKE ENGLAND, CROATIA AND NETHERLANDS OPTED FOR A MORE CASUAL LOOK. THE TOURNAMENT TURNING INTO A FASHION SHOW AS THE BEAUTIFUL GAME GETS A LOT MORE COLOURFUL. JORDYN RUDD, ONE NEWS. AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLOUR IN THE BIG APPLE... MANY IN THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, NO DOUBT, STILL PARTYING OR IN DEEP SLUMBER WITH SMILES AS BIG AS THE SPRAWLING METROPOLIS. START SPREADING THE NEWS ` AN ESTIMATED TWO MILLION PEOPLE TURNING OUT TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO CELEBRATE THEIR BASKETBALL TEAM ` THE KNICKS' FIRST NBA WIN IN 53 YEARS. HERE'S MORE ` WITH THE EMPIRE CITY'S ANTHEM FROM ALICIA KEYS AND JAY Z. KICK IT! # THREE DICE, CEE-LO, # THREE-CARD MONTE. # LABOR DAY PARADE, REST IN PEACE, NON MARLEY. # STATUE OF LIBERTY, LONG LIVE THE WORLD TRADE. # LONG LIVE THE KING, YO. # I'M FROM THE EMPIRE STATE THAT'S... # IN NEW YORK. # CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF. # THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO. # NOW YOU'RE IN NEW YORK. # THESE STREETS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BRAND NEW. # BIG LIGHTS WILL INSPIRE YOU. # LET'S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK, # NEW YORK, NEW YORK. # LIGHTS IS BLINDING. # GIRLS NEED BLINDERS SO THEY COULD STEP OUT OF BOUNDS QUICK. # THE SIDELINES IS LINED WITH CASUALTIES # WHO SIP THE LIFE CASUALLY # THEN GRADUALLY BECOME WORSE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS, ALL EYES ON WELLINGTON... TO THE CAPITAL IN A MOMENT, THE TWO TEAMS CAME FACE TO FACE. 10 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WAITING ` THE CANES AT HOME IN A GRAND FINAL, ONE LAST CHANCE TO EYE UP THE CHIEFS. PLUS ` A HORROR INJURY AT THE WORLD CUP, RED CARDS, GOALS GALORE, EVEN SOME MEXICAN MADNESS. AND KNOCKOUT NETBALL, THE PREMIERSHIP GETS SET FOR A DERBY SHOWDOWN IN THE DEEP SOUTH. AND IN WEATHER, WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND ` GRAB YOUR RAINCOATS AND YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO HANG ON TO YOUR HATS AS WELL. ACTIVE RAINMAKERS MOVING IN. BUT THE FURTHER NORTH YOU ARE, IT ISN'T TOO BAD ` SUNSHINE. THEN INCREASING CLOUD - IT'S DOWN SOUTH. THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THE ACTIVE FRONT, WIND AND RAIN. BUT WITH THAT FLOW, IT'S GONNA BE MILD. 20 DEGREES OR BETTER TO SOME EASTERN AREAS. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. VOICEOVER: Every day Spark stops millions of online threats from reaching their customers. Click my link. Click my link. (WOLF HOWLING) Click my link. Click my link. (SCREAMS) Join the network working hard to keep you safe. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT, AND TONIGHT, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN IS ON TO THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC GRAND FINAL. ALL SET IN WELLINGTON ` 10 YEARS SINCE THE HURRICANES LAST HOSTED AND WON A TITLE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. THE CANES AND CHIEFS HAD ONE LAST MEETING TODAY, BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO EACH OTHER TOMORROW NIGHT. LUKE ROBINSON REPORTS. THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM FOR THE HURRICANES... (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) ...ONE OF THOSE DAYS IN THE CAPITAL. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS. (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE MUCH FOR THESE TWO SIDES, WHO HAVE BEEN THE BENCHMARK OF THE COMPETITION ALL SEASON. I'M SURE BOTH TEAMS HAVE ENJOYED NOT TRYING TO ANALYSE OPPOSITION FOR THE WEEK AFTER. THE COACHES HAVE HAD A COUPLE EASIER NIGHTS. IT FEELS LIKE THE WORK'S DONE. NOTHING TO PREPARE FOR NEXT WEEK, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST BE PRESENT, ENJOY IT. A RARE GRAND FINAL APPEARANCE FOR THE CANES, STRETCHING OUT THEIR SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016. FOR THIS GROUP, WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND DOING REVIEWS AFTER SEASONS THAT HAVE JUST FALLEN SHORT, SO IT'S USUALLY SATISFYING TO, UM, YEAH, GET AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE MORE WEEK. THE TWO MET ONCE THIS SEASON ` A TENSE GOLDEN POINT WIN FOR THE CHIEFS. HE'S IN! THIS IS SOMETHING QUITE UNBELIEVABLE. THEY CAN WIN TIGHT, PUT PRESSURE ON YOU WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A WHILE AGO THAT WE PLAYED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GUESSING THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED HOPEFULLY FROM THOSE GAMES OR THAT GAME IN PARTICULAR STILL RINGS TRUE. AROUND 35,000 EXPECTED TOMORROW AT THE CAKE TIN ` TICKETS GONE IN MINUTES. YEAH, I'M HOPING THAT A LOT OF THOSE IP ADDRESSES WERE BASED OUT OF WAIKATO. SO WE'LL SEE HOW WE GO TOMORROW. LOYAL SUPPORTERS HOPING TO SEE THEIR TEAM'S NAME ENGRAVED ON THE TROPHY, BREAKING A LONG DROUGHT FOR BOTH FRANCHISES. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME FOR BOTH OF US BETWEEN DRINKS. SO YEAH, THE MOTIVATION WILL BE HIGH FOR SURE. THAT SUPPORT AND LOYALTY YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO BE IN A POSITION TO REWARD THAT. THE BIGGEST REWARD TO PLAY FOR TOMORROW. LUKE ROBINSON, ONE NEWS. AUCKLAND F.C. FOOTBALL COACH STEVE CORICA IS OFF TO JAPAN, DESPITE A YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT HERE. AFTER HELPING START F.C. THEN WINNING SILVERWARE IN THE FIRST TWO SEASONS, CORICA DECIDING TO HEAD TO YOKOHAMA, IN THE J-LEAGUE. HE WAS ALSO VERY OPEN WITH US ABOUT WANTING TO GO OVER AND LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES OVERSEAS AFTER HIS CONTRACT ENDED. IT HAPPENED A YEAR EARLIER. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT'S NOT A MASSIVE SURPRISE. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS F.C. ASSISTANT COACH DANNY HAY WILL FOLLOW CORICA TO JAPAN. MEANWHILE, THE PHOENIX HAVE CONFIRMED MAN OF THE MOMENT TIM PAYNE HAS SIGNED TO PLAY IN PARAGUAY. WELLINGTON RECEIVING A SIX-FIGURE TRANSFER FEE. YEAH, LOOK, FOR A 32-YEAR-OLD FOOTBALLER, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANYTHING IN THE A-LEAGUE LIKE THIS PREVIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A PREMIUM THAT'S BEEN PAID GIVEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING HE HAS IN SOUTH AMERICA. MONEY FROM PAYNE'S REPLICA SHIRT SALES ALONE THOUGHT TO BE A MAJOR ATTRACTION. ANOTHER DRAMATIC AND ACTION-PACKED DAY AT THE WORLD CUP. SHOCKING SCENES IN CANADA'S GAME AGAINST QATAR IN VANCOUVER ` MIDFIELDER ISMAEL KONAY BREAKING HIS LEG IN THE SECOND HALF. UM, THE QATAR PLAYER IS WAVING THE MEDICAL TEAM ON. THIS LOOKS SERIOUS. QATARI ASSIM MADIBO RED-CARDED FOR THE INCIDENT ` HIS SIDE'S SECOND SENDING-OFF IN THE GAME. KONE'S REPLACEMENT NATHAN SALIBA GOING ON TO SCORE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS INJURED TEAMMATE; CANADA WINNING 6-0. MEXICO HOSTING KOREA IN GUADALAJARA; BOTH WINNERS IN THEIR FIRST GAMES. TARGET WAS JIMENEZ. KIM... SPRAWLING OUT! HE'S BOLTED! HE'S GONE IN! LUIS ROMO, WHO PLAYS FOR THE LOCAL GUADALAJARA CLUB, THE NEW HERO, WITH THE MATCH'S ONLY GOAL. MEXICO ALREADY ASSURED OF A PLACE IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGE. MEANWHILE, THE ALL WHITES' FOCUS HAS SHIFTED TO MONDAY'S GAME AGAINST EGYPT, KEEN TO BUILD ON THEIR OPENING PERFORMANCE. WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL HAS MORE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ALL 48 TEAMS HAVE NOW HAD A TASTE OF WORLD CUP FOOTBALL... MESSI! ...AND AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF MATCHES, ALL WHITES MIDFIELDER ELIJAH JUST IS MIXING IT WITH THE BEST. YOURSELF, ERLING HAALAND, HARRY KANE, KYLIAN MBAPPE ARE SECOND ON THE GOALSCORERS LIST AT THE WORLD CUP AT THE MOMENT; ONLY MESSI IS AHEAD OF YOU. PRETTY SPECIAL COMPANY. YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. REALLY NICE FEELING. IT IS SURREAL TO SEE MY NAME UP THERE. AND, YEAH, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS THE REST OF THE GAMES. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T MIND IF IT'S NOT ME DOING THE SCORING, AS LONG AS SOMEONE'S DOING IT. JUST SCORING TWO GOALS ON WORLD CUP DEBUT... VERY NICE! THE KEY NOW FOR THE ALL WHITES TO KEEP THE GOALS COMING. I WOULD SAY WE'VE STAYED PRETTY GROUNDED. WE'VE NOT LET, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD RESULT OR GOOD PERFORMANCE KIND OF FOOL US INTO THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA TURN UP AND, YOU KNOW, ROLL OVER ANY TEAMS. THIS IS THE FIRST PROPER TRAINING SESSION FOR THE ALL WHITES SINCE THAT NIGHT IN L.A.; EGYPT UP NEXT IN VANCOUVER. THE LAST TIME THE TWO SIDES MET, EGYPT WON 1-0. BUT THEY WERE WITHOUT STAR MO SALAH. AS A GOALKEEPER, HOW BIG OF A THREAT IS MO SALAH THIS WEEKEND? YEAH, OF COURSE, I MEAN, LIKE, ONE OF THE BEST ATTACKERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL. WATCHED HIM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT, AS YOU KNOW, IN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL, YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE ELSE AND CAN'T FOCUS ON ONE PLAYER ALL TOO MUCH. KIWIS ARE ALWAYS THE NICE GUYS. DO YOU ALMOST NEED TO TAKE A STEP UP AND REALLY GET STUCK IN NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A TASTE OF WHAT WORLD CUP FOOTBALL IS LIKE? YEAH, I THINK WE LIKE TO CONSIDER OURSELVES A NATION THAT'S VERY FAIR AND HUMBLE AND RESPECTFUL. BUT, NAH, WE'RE NASTY WHEN WE NEED TO BE. OF COURSE, WE WANNA GET MORE AND MORE RUTHLESS AS THE GAMES PROGRESS. NO MORE MR NICE GUY. CRUNCH TIME FROM HERE ON OUT FOR THE ALL WHITES. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS, SAN DIEGO. IT'S KNOCKOUT TIME IN THE NETBALL PREMIERSHIP, WITH THE STEEL HOSTING THE TACTIX IN SUNDAY'S ELIMINATION GAME. A SELL OUT CROWD EXPECTED IN INVERCARGILL, AS THE TWO SIDES, COACHED BY SOUTHLAND GREATS, BATTLE IT OUT FOR A SPOT IN THE GRAND FINAL. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. IN 2026, THE STEEL HAVE GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. I THINK WE'RE PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER. WE KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER NEED IN MOMENTS, AND HOW WE WANT TO PLAY ON THE COURT. AND I THINK IN KEY MOMENTS THAT'S SHOWN. GEORGIA HEFFERNAN RESTING A TIGHT HAMSTRING, AFTER PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN LAST WEEKEND'S TWO POINT WIN OVER THE TACTIX WHICH SECURED THEM HOME ADVANTAGE FOR SUNDAY. WELL, I'M IN MY SIXTH SEASON WITH THE STEEL AND THIS IS THE FIRST FINALS SERIES I'VE BEEN A PART OF, SO TO GET THE STEEL BACK IN THE FINALS ` IT'S SUCH A SUCCESSFUL REGION. BUT IT'S A REGION THAT HASN'T BEEN TO A GRAND FINAL IN EIGHT YEARS. STANDING IN THEIR WAY ` THE TACTIX, ANOTHER SIDE COACHED BY A SOUTHLAND LOCAL... LOVE A DERBY. IT'S SUCH A COOL GAME AT THE MOMENT. YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH ISLAND TEAMS ARE DOING SO WELL. DONS IS A GREAT MATE OF MINE. I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL WHAT SHE DONE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG PLAYER COMING THROUGH. THEY PLAYED TOGETHER IN WHAT WAS THEN THE SOUTHERN STING, INHERITING A VERY PARTICULAR COACHING PHILOSOPHY... WE PROBABLY COACH SIMILAR BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME COACH FOR SO LONG WITH ROBYN BROUGHTON. BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND NICE TO SEE WENDY HAVING SUCCESS THIS YEAR. FOR THE TACTIX TO HAVE SUCCESS, THEY NEED TO TURN AROUND THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES. THEY'VE SHOWN THEY'RE CAPABLE. IT'S WHETHER WE CAN PUT IT FOR A FULL GAME. THAT'S THE AIM. AND I KNOW THAT IF WE DO THAT, THERE'LL BE NOTHING STOPPING US. THIS TEAM RELISH A CHALLENGE, HAVING REBUILT THEIR ROSTER THIS YEAR. THE ONLY SIDE WITHOUT A CURRENT SILVER FERN... IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IN OUR TEAM. WE WORKED HARD IN OFF-SEASON AS WELL AS PRE-SEASON. PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT US TO BE HERE, BUT WE'RE HERE. AND READY TO FIGHT IN A BATTLE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. JORDAN OPPERT, 1NEWS GLENN PHILLIPS HAS RACKED UP A MAIDEN TEST CENTURY TO PUT THE BLACKCAPS IN A STRONG POSITION HEADING INTO DAY THREE OF THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND. PHILLIPS DEDICATING THE KNOCK TO HIS LATE FATHER ROLAND, AFTER REACHING THE MILESTONE A DAY BEFORE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DAD'S DEATH. AND A LIFETIME MEMORY TO GLENN PHILLIPS, WHO HAS REGISTERED HIS MAIDEN TEST MATCH HUNDRED. HE'S BEEN A BIG ROLE IN MY LIFE FOR CRICKET GOING FORWARD, AND, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE HERE TO SEE THAT, AND TEST CRICKET WAS HIS FAVOURITE FORMAT. PHILLIPS' 100 OFF 135 BALLS HELPING THE BLACKCAPS TO A FIRST INNINGS SCORE OF 391. GOING ON TO MAKE A GOOD START WITH THE BALL ` ENGLAND 222/6, RESUMING AT THE OVAL IN LONDON IN A FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE, THE WHITE FERNS' T20 WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN CONTINUES TOMORROW MORNING AGAINST IRELAND. AFTER TWO LOSSES, THEY MUST WIN THEIR REMAINING THREE MATCHES TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF MAKING THE SEMIS. WE CAN'T GET CARRIED AWAY WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK OUT NET RUN RATES AND POINTS AND IF THEY BEAT THEM AND WHATEVER. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'VE GOTTA WIN GAMES OF CRICKET. WE JUST GOTTA HAVE SOME REAL PRIDE AND INTEREST AND REAL CHARACTER ABOUT STEPPING UP. DISMAL FIELDING LETTING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS DOWN SO FAR. DEVINE SAYS IT'S BEING ADDRESSED. THE BLACKSTICKS WOMEN ARE ON TRACK TO DEFEND THEIR NATIONS CUP TITLE, WITH SEMI-FINALS IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW, THE TEAM HAS ALSO HAD A RARE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE SOME MAJOR MILESTONES AT HOME. MICHELLE BANKS REPORTS. A NIGHT THE CROWLEY FAMILY WON'T FORGET. IT'S INCREDIBLE. I MEAN, I DON'T GET TO SEE MY PARENTS OFTEN, SO TO HAVE THEM BOTH HERE FOR MY 50th, IT MEANS A LOT. CASEY CROWLEY, DAUGHTER OF FORMER ALL BLACK AND ITALY COACH KIERAN REACHING A BLACKSTICKS MILESTONE. TOMORROW, IT'LL BE CAPTAIN OLIVIA SHANNON BRINGING UP TEST 100. A BIT OF A SHOCK. I REMEMBER HAVING AN INTERVIEW, PROBABLY WITH YOU EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHEN I VERY FIRST MADE THE TEAM, WHEN I WAS 17. SO TO PLAY A HUNDREDTH AT HOME, I THINK EVERYONE DREAMS ABOUT PLAYING A MILESTONE AT HOME. SO IT'S SUPER, SUPER SPECIAL. ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT THE WOMEN ESPECIALLY PLAYED I THINK 50 TESTS IN ONE YEAR, WHEREAS WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. WE'RE PROBABLY MAXING OUT AT 15 AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH. IT'S THE NEVER-ENDING BATTLE FOR HOCKEY. THE SPORT'S FUNDING HAS HALVED, WHILE THE COST OF TRAVELLING TO PLAY THE WORLD'S BEST HAS SKYROCKETED, WHICH IS WHY THIS NATIONS CUP MATTERS. SHANNON MAKES IT COUNT! THE FIRST TIME NEW ZEALAND HAS HOSTED A TOP-LEVEL TOURNAMENT IN ALMOST A DECADE. WHILE IT IS TIER-TWO COUNTRIES HERE... IT'S A GOAL. ...THEY'RE GETTING VALUABLE GAME TIME AS THEY PREPARE FOR AUGUST'S WORLD CUP IN BELGIUM. WE'RE GONNA BE BASED IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE WINTER. WE'RE GOING OVER THERE TO SUMMER. WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE BEST IN THAT LITTLE PERIOD AFTER THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO ARRIVE IN EUROPE, THEY'RE PHYSICALLY READY TO GO, AND, YEAH, WE JUST DO THE BEST WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. RIGHT NOW, THAT'S SEIZING A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND THEIR NATIONS CUP TITLE AT HOME. MICHELLE BANKS, 1 NEWS. COVERAGE ON PLUS. THAT'S IT FROM ME. DAN HAS YOUR WEATHER NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, YOU GET PAID IN SMILES AND FEEL-GOOD MOMENTS. COULD YOU FIND TIME TO VOLUNTEER? PLUS, HOW AN INJURY LED TO A WHOLE NEW PATHWAY FOR A TARANAKI TEENAGER WHO'S PICKED UP THE WHISTLE AND LOVING IT. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT SEVEN. ACTIVE FRONT ROLLING IN THIS WEEKEND. MOST INTO THE TEENS. DAMAGING WINDS - CANTERBURY AND HIGH COUNTRY. FURTHER NORTH, INCREASING CLOUD. FINE, MAYBE FROSTY. SIMILAR IN TAURANGA. BOP - DAY NOT BAD OVERALL. CLOUD INCREASE OVER THE DAY,. INCREASING CLOOUD. BREZZE PICKS UP. FURTHER WEST - MORE CLOUD AND SPOTS OF RAIN. WELLINGTON - 80-100km GUSTS. NELSON - WET WEATHER WORKING IN. FURTHER EAST IN CHRISTCHURCH - WARM FLOW. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS THOUGH. FURTHER EAST - SCATTERED FALLS. STRONG GUSTRY WINDS IN AFTERNOON. DEEP SOUTH - MAYBE SOME SNOW ON THE RANGES. BETTER DAY FOR SOUTH ISLAND.