TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` CHRISTOPHER LUXON UPBEAT. THE PRIME MINISTER RALLIES HIS SUPPORTERS WITH A PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES AHEAD. AS ONE COLOURFUL MP CALLS IT QUITS. SHAME ON YOU AS HUMAN, LOOK. CONFRONTATION OVER THE IRAN WAR ON THE STREETS OF AUCKLAND, AS A FRAGILE CEASEFIRE'S RENEWED IN LEBANON. BUSINESSES AT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S HOSPITALITY HOTPSPOTS SAY THEY'RE JUST HANGING ON IN TOUGH TIMES. HOW K ROAD IS BEING RESHAPED. AND SUPER RUGBY MEANS SUPER FANS ` THE CAPITAL RIDES A WAVE OF EXCITEMENT FOR TONIGHT'S GRAND FINAL. HURRICANES! HURRICANES! CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND BEN MOLLISON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. 'BRIGHTER TIMES ARE ON THE WAY.' THAT WAS CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S MESSAGE TO HIS SUPPORTERS AT THE START OF THE NATIONAL PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THE PRIME MINISTER'S RALLYING SUPPORTERS TO GET OUT AND FIGHT FOR THE PARTY VOTE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. MEANWHILE, ONE COLOURFUL MP IS CALLING IT QUITS. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WAS THERE. (APPLAUSE) WELL, HELLO. HOW ARE WE? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NATIONAL'S LEADER UPBEAT TODAY, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING WE'VE BEEN DOING IT TOUGH. WE KNOW THE RAIN DOESN'T LAST FOREVER, AND WE KNOW THE CLOUDS EVENTUALLY LIFT. THE SKIES ARE STARTING TO CLEAR. THE BRIGHTER DAYS ARE AHEAD. THE PARTY HOPING FOR BRIGHTER DAYS TOO. WE NEED TO KEEP ON THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON. THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR KEY MESSAGE GOING INTO THIS ELECTION. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR POLLING? MOST POLLS HAVE YOU SITTING AROUND 30. YEAH, WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO, BUT WE'VE GOT A BIG CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF US. WE'LL HAVE POLICIES THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT, AND WE'VE GOT A BIG ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE KNOCKING ON DOORS TALKING TO VOTERS. MEMBERS HERE CONFIDENT THERE'S TIME TO TURN IT AROUND. COME 7th OF NOVEMBER, PEOPLE WILL PUT THEIR HEADS ON A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THE POLLS SAY, AND THE POLLS ARE JUST POLLS. THE POLLS ARE SUGGESTING IT'S CLOSE AT THE MOMENT. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? I JUST THINK IT'S WINTER TIME, PEOPLE ARE DOWN IN THE DUMPS A BIT, IT'S BEEN HARD. THE FUEL PRICES ARE HURTING SOME PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO FIND POSITIVE THINGS IN LIFE, LIKE THE 'CANES TONIGHT. WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL NATIONAL WILL GET BACK IN. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT HAPPENS INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL. THIS MP COMMITTED A FEW POLITICAL MISSTEPS THIS TERM AND RESIGNED AS A MINISTER. TODAY CONFIRMING HE'S THROWN IN THE TOWEL. ANDREW BAYLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO BIG DEAL AND THAT HE'D LET NATIONAL KNOW A WHILE AGO THAT HE WOULDN'T BE SEEKING A SEAT ON THE LIST. HE SAID, 'MY WIFE AND I HAVE DECIDED TO PURSUE A DIFFERENT PATH.' IT'S FAIR TO SAY MANY HERE WERE FOCUSED ON A DIFFERENT BATTLE ` TONIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL. EW, I FEEL DIRTY. (LAUGHS) WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION FOR TONIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH GAME, BUT I'M HOPING THE CHIEFS CAN PULL OUT. HOW ABOUT THE ELECTION ` WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION THERE? SIMILAR VEIN. NATIONAL PARTY HAS A LOT OF STAR TALENT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONVERT IT AND GET OVER THE LINE. WE MUST WIN THE PARTY VOTE, BECAUSE A STRONG PARTY VOTE MEANS A STRONG NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT. FOR NATIONAL, IT'S GAME ON. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE INTERVENED TO KEEP RIVAL DEMONSTRATORS APART IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. ON ONE SIDE, A GROUP OF ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS; ON THE OTHER, LOCAL IRANIANS, ARGUING THIS WEEK'S PEACE AGREEMENT WILL ONLY SERVE TO KEEP A BRUTAL REGIME IN POWER. THE STAND-OFF CAME AS A CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF LASTING PEACE, REMAINS ON A KNIFE EDGE. SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. THE PHOTOS BEHIND HIM ARE OF IRANIANS KILLED IN JANUARY'S UPRISING IN TEHRAN. 45,000 PEOPLE KILLED BY THE IRGC. TODAY THESE LOCAL IRANIANS WAVED ISRAELI FLAGS, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ISRAEL FOR JOINING AMERICA IN ATTACKING THE REGIME. BUT IT PUT THEM AT ODDS WITH THESE ACTIVISTS, WHO DENOUNCE ISRAEL OVER THE CONFLICT IN GAZA. AFTER POLICE KEPT THE GROUPS APART, AROUND 500 PEACE ACTIVISTS MARCHED DOWN QUEEN STREET. MANY LOCAL IRANIANS CELEBRATED WHEN AMERICA AND ISRAEL FIRST ATTACKED IRAN, HOPING IT SIGNALLED THE END OF THE REGIME. THEY SAY THIS WEEK'S MEMORANDUM FAILS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT INVOLVES NEGOTIATING AND LEGITIMISING THE VERY REGIME THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OVER 40,000 INNOCENT IRANIAN PROTESTERS IN JANUARY. BUT OUR JOURNEY TOWARD FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY FOR IRAN DID NOT START WITH THIS WAR. AND IT WILL NOT END BY THIS DEAL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT. OVERNIGHT, FIGHTING CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND HEZBOLLAH, THE GROUP BACKED BY IRAN. 47 LEBANESE WERE REPORTED KILLED AS WELL AS SEVERAL ISRAELI SOLDIERS. LATER, ISRAEL AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE ` A KEY PART OF PEACE TALKS. BUT AFTER PREVIOUS CEASEFIRES FAILED, LOCALS ARE DOUBTFUL THIS ONE WILL SUCCEED. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CEASEFIRE, AND MANY PEOPLE HAD RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. THIS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES. IN THE STRAIT ON IRAN CRISIS-STRAIT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THERE'S ALREADY GOOD NEWS. THOSE SHIPS ARE FLOWING OUT OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT LIKE NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE. ACTUALLY, THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM, ABOUT 700 OF THEM. AND THEY ARE POURING OUT. IRAN SAYS IT WILL SUSPEND TOLLS IN THE STRAIT FOR NOW. BUT ONE EXPERT SAYS IT'S WISE TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS. 'SUSPENDED' IS AN INTERESTING WORD, ISN'T IT? IT MEANS THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY REIMPOSE THAT OPTION OR PUSH FOR THAT OPTION DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS. HOW THE CONFLICT ENDS AND TO WHOSE BENEFIT REMAINS UNCLEAR. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. THE NEW ZEALANDER DETAINED BY ICE SINCE APRIL, EVERLEE WIHONGI, HAS BEEN RELEASED. THE 37-YEAR-OLD'S LAWYER TOLD 1 NEWS SHE WAS FREED EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER HER 2016 CANNABIS CONVICTION WAS VACATED ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS. EVERLEE WAS FIRST ARRESTED BY ICE AGENTS AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT WHILE TRYING TO ENTER THE U.S. ON A GREEN CARD AFTER A THREE-WEEK NEW ZEALAND TRIP. SHE HAS BEEN DROPPED AT A REACCLIMATION HOUSE NEAR THE ARIZONA FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS HELD, WITH NO PASSPORT OR DOCUMENTS. HER FAMILY ARE HOPING TO REUNITE WITH HER THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN WHIPPING UP MULTIPLE FIRES IN CANTERBURY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN CREWS AND A HELICOPTER FIGHTING A FOREST FIRE IN THE HURUNUI DISTRICT. MEANWHILE, AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED BY A BLAZE NEAR SELWYN RD IN ROLLESTON. THIS FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN AT AROUND 4 THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE AND EMERGENCY DESCRIBING IT AS A SIGNIFICANT FIRE. 'IT FELT LIKE A BOMB EXPLOSION.' THAT'S HOW PASSENGERS DESCRIBE THE MOMENT TWO TRAINS COLLIDED NORTH OF LONDON, KILLING ONE AND INJURING DOZENS. A WARNING NOW ` THERE IS CONFRONTING IMAGES FROM THE START IN THIS REPORT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS NOW ON HOW THE MAJOR INCIDENT UNFOLDED. LUGGAGE STREWN, BROKEN SEATS, AND PEOPLE INJURED AND IN SHOCK. IT FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN IN A BOMB EXPLOSION. IT WAS, LIKE, A BOOM, SMASH! AND EVERYONE THAT WAS SAT DOWN WENT FLYING INTO ONE ANOTHER. TWO TRAINS COLLIDING NEAR BEDFORD, NORTH OF LONDON. ONE DRIVER KILLED, AND NEARLY 90 OTHER PEOPLE INJURED. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THEIR FACES BLOODIED, PEOPLE UNRESPONSIVE, ELDERLY PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR, SOME PEOPLE SCREAMING, CRYING. THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE CONFUSED AND THEY WERE SCARED. AND THERE WAS A WOMAN IN FRONT OF ME THAT HAD, LIKE, COMPLETELY, LIKE, SNAPPED HER LEG, AND THERE WAS A WOMAN BEHIND HER ` THEY WERE SORTA ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. SHE COULDN'T MOVE BECAUSE OF HER BACK. PASSENGERS EVACUATED AS EMERGENCY CREWS RUSHED IN, TAKING THOSE INJURED TO HOSPITAL BY CHOPPER AND BY BUS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE TWO TRAINS IN THE SAME PLACE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE. FROM THE SIGNAL DIAGRAM THAT I'VE JUST QUICKLY LOOKED AT ON MY PHONE, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE AIRPORT EXPRESS HAS GONE INTO THE EXPRESS TRAIN. THE CRASH TOOK PLACE ON THE EAST MIDLANDS MAIN LINE, WHICH CONNECTS SHEFFIELD TO LONDON ST PANCRAS. THE 3.50 TRAIN FROM NOTTINGHAM WAS TRAVELLING SOUTH, WHILE A LUTON AIRPORT EXPRESS, WHICH LEFT CORBY AT 4.40, WAS ALSO HEADING SOUTH FOR THE AIRPORT. THE TWO TRAINS COLLIDING JUST SOUTH OF BEDFORD AROUND 5pm. WE WILL MAKE SURE THERE'S A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION DONE TO ESTABLISH HOW THIS COLLISION HAPPENED AND TO ENSURE LESSONS ARE LEARNED SO WE DON'T HAVE AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN. THE UK RAILWAYS ARE CONSIDERED SOME OF THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD; NOW THERE'S TRAVEL CHAOS. SERVICES ALONG THE LINE CANCELLED FOR AT LEAST THE REST OF THE DAY. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. BUSINESS OWNERS IN ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MOST COLOURFUL SPOTS ARE FEELING THE ECONOMIC PINCH. KARANGAHAPE ROAD HAS LONG BEEN A VIBRANT COUNTER-CULTURE PIT STOP, WITH A MIX OF SHOPS, EATERIES AND MUSIC VENUES. BUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, TWO BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ANNOUNCED THEY WERE SHUTTING UP. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF CLOSURES AROUND K ROAD AND MIRRORS THE NATIONWIDE TREND. HOSPITALITY LIQUIDATIONS UP 49% IN THE YEAR TO MAY ACROSS THE MOTU AND RETAIL TRADE CLOSURES 37%. LAURA TUPOU REPORTS ON HOW SOME OWNERS SAY THEY'RE JUST HOPING TO HANG ON. LINING UP FOR THE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT AUCKLAND'S NECK OF THE WOODS. KARANGAHAPE ROAD'S NIGHT ECONOMY SLOWLY CHANGING. IT'S DIFFICULT TO PROCESS, COS THIS PLACE IS, LIKE, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT BRINGS NEW PEOPLE TOGETHER. K ROAD IS KNOWN FOR PUSHING BOUNDARIES AND EMBRACING DIFFERENCE. IT'S HAD A THRIVING RETAIL SCENE IN THE PAST TOO, BUT TODAY'S CHALLENGES TOO MUCH FOR SOME. NECK OF THE WOODS, A POPULAR VENUE FOR BOTH UP-AND-COMING AND MORE ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, SURVIVED 11 YEARS, SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEY'VE... AROUND THE CORNER, THIS INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOP OPENED FOR JUST AS LONG ALSO FORCED TO FOLD, SAYING... A STORM DIFFICULT TO WEATHER. AND VERONA, ANOTHER K ROAD INSTITUTION CLOSED. THERE'S A HUGE SADNESS ON THE ROAD AT THE MOMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A HUGE LOSS FOR A LOT OF CULTURE ON THE ROAD WITH ALL OF THESE CLOSURES. IT COMES WHEN RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY LIQUIDATIONS ARE UP YEAR ON YEAR, ACCORDING TO CETRIX, THOUGH SOME SIGNS THINGS MAY TURN. RETAIL CARD SPENDING RISING IN MAY, UP 1.7% FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING MORE PEOPLE IN THE SHOP ALREADY, AND THAT'S BEFORE THE TRAIN STATION OPENING ACROSS THE ROAD. I THINK THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY COMING UP, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT HAPPENING SOON ENOUGH OR AT THE RIGHT TIME OR IN THE RIGHT WAY FOR EVERYBODY. THE CITY RAIL LINK CONSTRUCTION ONCE A CURSE NOW COULD BE A LIFELINE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT WILL DO, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT SOME BUSINESSES HAVEN'T MADE IT THAT FAR TO SEE WHETHER IT HELPS THEM AT ALL. AFTER YEARS OF CLINGING ON, THESE BUSINESSES, HOPING TO HOLD OUT UNTIL OPENING DAY IN THE COMING MONTHS. LAURA TUPOU, 1 NEWS. FANS ARE BEGINNING TO ARRIVE IN CANADA AHEAD OF THE ALL WHITES' NEXT WORLD CUP GAME, TAKING ON EGYPT IN VANCOUVER. LEADING THE CHARGE IS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH. LOGAN, WHAT'S THE VIBE THERE AHEAD OF MONDAY'S GAME? NOTHING SAYS WELCOME TO VANCOUVER FOR FOOTBALL FANS THAN A GIANT 40 M WIDE FOOTBALL ON TOP OF THE LOCAL SCIENCE CENTRE. IT IS HUMONGOUS. APPARENTLY IT IS NORMALLY AN IMAX THEATRE, AND IT IS DRESSED UP FOR THE TOURNAMENT. FOR THE ALL WHITES, IT WILL BE ALL ABOUT NORMAL SIZED FOOTBALLS. BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, THEY WERE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GETTING BEYOND THE GROUP STAGE. AFTER THEIR DRAW WITH IRAN AND LOS ANGELES THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PERFORM EXTREMELY WELL IN THIS UPCOMING MATCH, WITH EGYPT AND THEN AGAIN AGAINST BELGIUM. MY COLLEAGUE HAS BEEN DOWN AT THE TRAINING CAMP WITH THE ALL WHITES BEFORE FLYING UP TO VANCOUVER TODAY. HE SPOKE TO 1 OF THE ASSISTANT COACHES. THESE GUYS ARE PRETTY EXPERIENCED. THEY'VE DONE IT ONCE NOW. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING AT THEIR CLUBS AT HIGH LEVELS, SO I THINK WE'RE USED TO THE, UM... THE SCRUTINY, THE PREPARATION, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE READY WHEN THE TIME COMES. I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH A CASE OF STEPPING UP AS IT'S STEPPING FORWARD. RIGHT? THE SKILL SET IS THERE. WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE FANS? WE HAD A DECENT AND LOUD KIWI CONTINGENT IN LOS ANGELES. WE ARE EXPECTING EVEN MORE KIWIS HERE IN VANCOUVER. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKING THE TRAIN UP TO VANCOUVER. IT IS AN ALMOST 40 HOUR TRAIN JOURNEY. A LOT OF DEDICATION FROM KIWI FANS. AS FOR BUSINESSES AND HOSPITALITY VENUES HERE IN VANCOUVER, THEY HAVE HAD SOME TRAINING WITH THE AUSTRALIANS HERE BEFORE US. APPARENTLY, THEY DRANK SOME BARS HERE DRY. HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE HAD SOME KIDS COME AND SINCE THEN. CERTAINLY A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM RING UP HERE IN VANCOUVER FOR THE MATCH AGAINST EGYPT MONDAY. JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS TIME. THANKS, LOGAN. IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR, THE CHIEFS AND THE HURRICANES WILL BATTLE IT OUT IN THE SUPER RUGBY FINAL IN WELLINGTON. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE THE CAPITAL'S HOSTED A FINAL, BRINGING A WELCOME ECONOMIC BOOST FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, PRIDE FOR HURRICANES PLAYERS AND IMMENSE JOY FOR FANS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. IT'S BEEN 10 LONG YEARS SINCE THE CAKE TIN HAS SEEN THIS KIND OF ACTION. WELLINGTON FANS GLAD THE WAIT IS OVER. UP THE 'CANES! IT'S OUR YEAR. GO, THE HURRICANES! CRAIG DROVE FROM TARANAKI TO SEE THE GAME. IT MEANS A LOT, ABBEY. I MEAN, 10 YEARS SINCE OUR LAST TITLE. 10 YEARS BEFORE THAT WAS THE FOG FINAL, SO TO SIGN THIS OFF TONIGHT, IT'S OUR YEAR. GO, THE CANES! I JUST WANNA GIVE PEOPLE IN WELLINGTON YOU KNOW SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF, AND IT'S A MASSIVE MOTIVATOR FOR SURE TO SEE PEOPLE AROUND THE STREETS BUZZING BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE TICKETS FOR TONIGHT'S GAME SOLD OUT IN JUST 15 MINUTES. THAT INFLUX OF FANS IS EXPECTED TO BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE CAPITAL. WE KNOW THAT WINTER IS NORMALLY A BIT OF A SLOWER TIME FOR TOURISM ACTIVITY, AND SO HAVING YOUR HOSPITALITY AND ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS WHO HAVE GOT SOME GOOD BOOKINGS, THAT'S CRITICAL FOR THEM. THIS WATERFRONT RESTAURANT PREPARING TO SERVE AT LEAST 1500 PUNTERS. IT'S GREAT FOR HOSPITALITY. IT'S GREAT FOR RETAIL. IT'S GREAT FOR WELLINGTON. HUNDREDS OF BOOKINGS AT THIS CENTRAL PUB TOO. WE ARE EXPECTING A REAL BIG CROWD. THE CAPITAL BUZZING WITH HYPE. WE'RE GUNNING FOR THE CHIEFS. BUT BEFORE ALL OF THIS NOISE... (COWBELLS, CHEERING) ...THIS CANES PLAYER SPENDS GAME DAY WITH THE MAFIA. WHY? I JUST LOVE MAFIA MOVIES, SO, YEAH, DAY OF THE GAME, I'LL ALWAYS BE PARKED UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE TV WATCHING THE GODFATHER I, II OR III. BEFORE PLAYING HIS HYPE SONG. (KODAK BLACK'S 'SKRILLA' PLAYS) YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH. PLAYERS AND FANS GEARING UP... UP THE CHIEFS! YEAH! GO, CANES! ...FOR A BIG NIGHT OF FOOTY. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. AND LUKE ROBINSON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM INSIDE THE CAKE TIN. LUKE, HAVE THE FANS STARTED TO ARRIVE? THEY CERTAINLY ARE. THEY HAVE ARRIVED, AND SO HAS THE WIND. IT IS ABSOLUTELY SWIRLING HERE. I HAVE BEEN DODGING THINGS ALL NIGHT IN ANTICIPATION. THE FANS DO NOT CARE. 30,000 ARE EXPECTED HERE. IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE BUILDUP THIS WEEK. A LOT OF CHAT HAS BEEN ABOUT THE RUGBY, BUT FOR THIS MATCH TONIGHT, IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE FAN BASE. THESE ARE TWO FAN BASES THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED SUCCESSFUL SO LONG. THE CHIEFS LAST WON THE TITLE IN 2013. THE HURRICANE IS, THEIR SOLE SUPER RUGBY TITLE CAME HERE AT THE CAKE TIN 10 YEARS AGO. THEY WILL BE LOOKING. THEY ARE DESPERATE TO END A DECADE OF DISAPPOINTMENT, BUT AS WE KNOW, ONLY ONE TEAM CAN WIN TONIGHT, SO THAT FAN BASE WILL CERTAINLY GET BRAGGING RIGHTS. IT WILL BE A CRACKING GAME. THANKS, LUKE, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN SPORTS. JUST AHEAD ` THE CONTROVERSIAL FISHERIES RULE CHANGES THAT CONSERVATIONISTS SAID SHOULD BE DEAD IN THE WATER. WHAT THEY AND THE INDUSTRY WANT TO HAPPEN NOW THAT THE BILL HAS BEEN DELAYED. 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... # 'DELIGHTED.' THAT'S THE REACTION FROM A CONSERVATION GROUP AFTER A SHANE JONES' BILL TO OVERHAUL FISHING RULES WAS DELAYED TILL NEXT YEAR. THE BILL CREATED DIVISION IN THE COALITION AND IN THE INDUSTRY, WITH THE MINISTER SAYING THE LAW CHANGES COULD DO WITH MORE 'PANEL BEATING'. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. 'A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WHITE WATER.' THAT'S HOW THE FISHERIES MINISTER DESCRIBED CHALLENGES TO HIS NOW DELAYED BILL. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HARMONY ABOUT THE BILL, SO I'VE GOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. I AM THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL, AND IF IT CAN BE IMPROVED BY SOME MORE PANEL BEATING, THEN I'M UP FOR THAT. A WIN FOR MARINE CONSERVATION GROUPS. LEGACY HELPED SPEARHEAD OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. OH, WE'RE DELIGHTED. THIS GIVES US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP AND ASK THE QUESTION ` WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT OUT OF A REFORM PACKAGE? BUT DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THE ORGANISATION REPRESENTING COMMERCIAL FISHING. THERE HAS BEEN MORE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT THIS THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND, FRANKLY, WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE IS BEYOND THE EMOTIONAL SENTIMENT REACTIONS TO THE FACTS OF THE MATTER AND THE FACTS AROUND THIS VERY, VERY POSITIVE SET OF PROPOSALS` PROPOSED REFORMS. AMONG THE PROPOSED REFORMS LIMITING LEGAL CHALLENGES, STOPPING ON BOARD CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM BEING PUBLICLY SHARED, AND GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH SETTING CATCH LIMITS. SEAFOOD NEW ZEALAND CALLS IT COMMON SENSE. SO, WHERE A FISHERY IS THRIVING THAT WE CAN EARLIER RAISE THOSE ALLOCATIONS, BUT WHERE IT IS NOT THRIVING, WE CAN REACT ACCORDINGLY. LEGASEA SAYS IT'S CYNICAL. IT FEELS GOOD. IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE COMMON SENSE. IT'S NONSENSE. IT'S JUST A MANIPULATION OF DATA IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A SHORT TERM GRAB FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE FISHERY. SHANE JONES' BILL HAS BEEN DELAYED TO MARCH. IT'S HIGHLY CONTESTED SPACE, AND MAYBE THE WHOLE ELECTION PROCESS WILL ENABLE EACH PARTY TO GO AND CAMPAIGN ON WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT FISHERIES, AND IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANNA DO, KA PAI. FISHERIES ON THE ELECTION MENU. HOW THE CHIPS FALL UP TO VOTERS COME NOVEMBER. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS UNVEILED THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE ` A $700 MILLION GIFT FROM QATAR. THE PENTAGON HAS SPENT A YEAR AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO REFURBISH THE BOEING 747 AND MAKE SECURITY UPGRADES. THE FUSELAGE COLOUR SCHEME CHANGING FROM THE TRADITIONAL SKY BLUE, SEEN FROM THE '60s ONWARDS. WE HAD IT ALL PAINTED UP. AND THESE ARE THE NEW COLOURS ` RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND WE LIKED THE BABY BLUE. BUT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE. BUT IT WON'T BE USED TO TRANSPORT THE PRESIDENT FOR LONG. WHEN TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE, THE PLANE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PRESIDENT'S LIBRARY, A PLANNED MUSEUM COMPLEX IN MIAMI. EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD BE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST OPPONENTS AT THIS FIFA WORLD CUP. CITIES SUCH AS MIAMI, HOUSTON AND DALLAS HAVE BEEN SOARING INTO THE mid-30s THIS WEEK. SO WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE EXERCISING? WE SENT ED O'DRISCOLL INTO A HEAT CHAMBER TO FIND OUT. STEP BY STEP, THE HEAT'S GOING ON. ISABELLA'S PUSHING THROUGH ` WIRED UP, MASKED UP AND PUT TO THE TEST. HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? FEEL GOOD? THE HEAT CHAMBER AT AUT'S DESIGNED TO MIMIC CONDITIONS PLAYERS COULD FACE AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP. WE TRIED TO REPLICATE THE KANSAS CITY CONDITIONS TODAY. SO, SOME OF THE HOTTER END OF THOSE WORLD CUP CONDITIONS. SO WE'RE TALKING 36 DEGREES, 70% HUMIDITY. THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. THE ROOF IS CLOSED. AT THOSE TEMPERATURES, THE BODY STRUGGLES TO COOL ITSELF, HEART RATES CLIMB AND FATIGUE SITS IN FAST. JUST HOW TOUGH IS IT OUT THERE? IT'S TOUGH. ISABELLA'S DOING AMAZING BEHIND US. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOT IT UNDER CONTROL. BUT IT'S` THESE ARE HOT ENVIRONMENTS. ACROSS A 90 MINUTE MATCH, THE AVERAGE MIDFIELDER WILL CLOCK OVER 10km ` THAT'S A LOT OF SWEAT ` AND IN THIS HEAT, HYDRATING IS VITAL. AND THAT TAKES US TO A HYDRATION BREAK. THAT'S WHY FIFA'S INTRODUCED MANDATORY DRINK BREAKS ` A FIRST AT THIS WORLD CUP. NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE STOPPAGES, BUT EXPERTS SAY THEY'RE ESSENTIAL. IF YOU DON'T HYDRATE, THEN YOU MIGHT BE IN A RISK FOR A HEATSTROKE, YOU KNOW, HEAT EXHAUSTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THEY HAVE THOSE HYDRATION BREAKS AROUND 30 MINUTES AND 70 MINUTES IN. IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE TO TRY AND KEEP THE PLAYERS FIT AND READY TO PERFORM. THERE MAY BE SOME RELIEF FOR THE ALL WHITES ` THEIR REMAINING GROUP GAMES ARE IN VANCOUVER, WHERE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH COOLER. BUT FOR MANY TEAMS, COPING WITH THE HEAT COULD BE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS TACTICS. BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE HEAT NOW, YOU HAVE TO SWEAT EVEN MORE, RIGHT? THE HEART RATE WILL GO UP AND YOU'LL FATIGUE FASTER AND THE BRAIN WILL WON'T WORK AS FAST WHICH WILL MAKE THEM DO WORSE DECISIONS ON THE GAME. FOR MANY PLAYERS CHASING FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST PRIZE... SHE'S A HEAT SPECIALIST. ...KEEPING THEIR COOL MAY BE HALF THE BATTLE. ED O'DRISCOLL, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES MOMENT THAT SHOCKED THE NATION. OH GOODNESS ME. HE HAS STOPPED. THIS IS A TRAGEDY HERE FOR CRAIG BARRET. THIS IS A TRAGEDY HERE FOR CRAIG BARRETT. NEARLY 30 YEARS ON, THIS KIWI SPEED WALKER SHARES THE HEARTBREAKING REASON HE PUSHED HIMSELF PASSED HIS LIMITS. THEN, AN ALL WHITES' PEP TALK FROM A KIWI NASCAR STAR. THE TEAM'S GEAR CHANGE AHEAD OF THEIR EGYPT MATCH. AND THE WIND AND RAIN CONTINUE TO TRACK UP THE COUNTRY. A MESSY NIGHT FOR SOME, AND RAIN FOR MANY IN THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW. PLUS, WHO SMASHED A LONG-STANDING WEATHER RECORD TODAY? WE'LL REVEAL ALL AFTER SPORT. THERE'A SAYING ` IT'S NOT HOW MANY TIMES YOU FALL, IT'S HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET BACK UP. OUR NEWSMAKER REVISITED THIS WEEK PERSONIFIES THAT SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE. CRAIG BARRETT CRASHED OUT WHILE HANDILY LEADING THE 1998 COMMONWEALTH GAMES WALKING RACE. HE TALKED WITH SIMON MERCEP ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AND THE MENTAL DRIVE HE HAS TO JUST KEEP GOING. I CAN JUST GO FOR DAYS BY MYSELF AND JUST BE HAPPY IN MY THOUGHTS AND, YOU KNOW. SO, I GUESS, YEAH, RACEWALKING IS GOOD FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LONELY TIME JUST, SORT OF, OUT THERE TICKING OFF THE KS. RACEWALKING'S AN UNUSUAL COMPETITION ` GO AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, BUT DON'T, WHATEVER YOU DO, RUN. COS IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE REALLY COMPETING ON THE EDGE OF THE RULES ALL THE TIME. YOU MUST HAVE ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND AT ALL TIMES. THE WEATHER TAKING ITS TOLL ` SOME FEARSOME OFFICIALS WERE WAVING THE WARNING PADDLES. YOU MUST KEEP A STRAIGHT KNEE WHEN YOUR WEIGHT'S GOING OVER IT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE IN A NICE, FREE FLOWING STYLE. STILL GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM FOR ARTISTRY THERE, I THINK. CRAIG BARRETT IS A MASTER OF THIS DEMANDING LONG-DISTANCE DISCIPLINE. HE'S COMPETED AT THREE OLYMPICS, FOUR COMMONWEALTH GAMES, MULTIPLE WORLD CUPS ` AND WITH SUCCESS. THERE'S THE MEDALS THERE, THE MANCHESTER SILVER, AND THE GRAND PRIX OF RACEWALKING SILVER. BUT WHEN YOU RACE ON THE EDGE, YOU RUN THE RISK OF FALLING. AND SUDDENLY IT LOOKS LIKE BARRETT MIGHT BE IN A BIT OF TROUBLE HERE. HE HAS STOPPED. THIS IS A TRAGEDY HERE FOR CRAIG BARRETT. LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN ATTACK OF THE CRAMPS. NOW, HE'S GOT SIX MINUTES TO TRY AND GET HIMSELF TOGETHER HERE. THIS WAS THE KUALA LUMPUR COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN 1998. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. THAT DAY, I HAD THE WOOD ON MY AUSTRALIAN COMPETITOR. I HAD CONTROL OF THAT RACE. WELL, HE'S GOT MORE THAN CRAMP, BRENDAN. THIS IS SHOCKING. I'M TO THE POINT WHERE I TOOK MY CAP OFF AND IT'S JUST LIKE MY TEMPERATURE JUST WENT OFF THE CHARTS AND LEGS GAVE OUT. MY AWARENESS WAS GONE PRETTY SOON AFTER THAT. HE HAS A SIX-MINUTE LEAD. HE IS IN TERRIBLE PAIN. HE HAS STOPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT APPEARS TO BE HIS RIGHT LEG THAT IS THE TROUBLE. CAN HE CONTINUE? HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY FINISH THIS RACE? AND SO THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER COMING AROUND, WAS WHEN THE MEDICAL PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AFTER ME AT THE VENUE. YOU KEPT TRYING TO GET TO YOUR FEET AND KEPT TRYING TO CONTINUE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS DRIVING YOU TO DO THAT? FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT RACE I QUESTIONED MYSELF, LIKE, WHY DID I NOT FINISH, YOU KNOW? DID I SELF-SABOTAGE THIS RACE? WAS I NOT AS WELL PREPARED AS I THOUGHT I WAS? HE LEFT THE NATION GRIPPED, SHOCKED, THEN DISTRESSED. AND THERE IT IS ` THE MOST TRAGIC SIGHT YOU'LL SEE AT THESE GAMES. BUT AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON, I'VE JUST REALISED THAT I SIMPLY PUSHED TOO HARD FOR MY DAD THAT DAY. SO, MY MUM AND DAD WERE BOTH AT THE RACE, BUT THEY NEVER TRAVELLED OVERSEAS AND THEY'D MAYBE GONE TO AUSTRALIA ONCE, BUT IT WAS A BIG TRIP FOR THEM. BUT DAD ONLY HAD WEEKS TO LIVE AFTER THAT RACE, AND THE DOCTORS WERE REALLY GOOD, AT SORT OF, MANAGING HIM AND GETTING HIM OVER THERE AND HE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AT THAT RACE. SO, I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY, I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE DRIVE THAT JUST KEPT ME GOING AND GOING AND GOING. SO, UM, HE WAS THE SORT OF GUY WHO WOULDN'T` HE WASN'T AN EMOTIONAL GUY, YOU KNOW, BUT HE INVESTED HIS EMOTIONS IN SPORT. WHAT DID YOUR DAD SAY TO YOU AFTER THE RACE? HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING, BUT THAT WAS DAD. HE WAS JUST THERE. HE WAS NOT A TALKER. YOU KNOW, WE` YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS JUST THE WAY DAD WAS. THE PUBLIC DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. I FEEL PROUD THAT I JUST GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT. PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T INTO SPORT WOULD CHAT TO YOU ABOUT IT. IT WAS LIKE A HUMAN THING. IT SUPERSEDED SPORT. CRAIG BARRETT PUSHED PAST THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF KUALA LUMPUR TO KEEP RACING, KEEP REPRESENTING HIS COUNTRY. I'M ALWAYS VERY PIGHEADED. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. I'M LIKE MY MOTHER. THAT STUBBORN STREAK DELIVERED A COMMONWEALTH SILVER AT MANCHESTER. WHAT A MOMENT FOR CRAIG BARRETT. IT'S JUST SO GOOD TO GET FINALLY GET A MEDAL. I JUST TOLD HIM THAT I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD OF HIM. COMMENTATOR: SILVER MEDALLIST REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND ` CRAIG BARRETT. THESE DAYS THE BODY IS IN GOOD SHAPE. I'M STILL ABLE TO GET OUT RUNNING. I'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY HIPS. PEOPLE MUST ASK YOU ABOUT THE HIPS BECAUSE IT LOOKS, ON THE TV IT LOOKS QUITE AWKWARD. IT DOES LOOK AWKWARD, YEAH. BUT, UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, BY DOING THAT HIP ACTION, IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT POUNDING WITH YOUR BODY WEIGHT. IN FACT, HE NOW WALKS A MARATHON ALMOST AS FAST AS HE RUNS ONE. MAYBE I'M JUST MADE TO WALK. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND CRAIG BARRETT IS AT PEACE WITH GETTING CLOSE TO GOLD, BUT JUST FALLING SHORT. WHAT DO THE KIDS SAY ABOUT IT ` YOUR SILVER MEDAL? NOTHING, REALLY. WE ALWAYS JOKE THAT I'M DESTINED TO COME SECOND. WE ALWAYS JOKE, AND THAT'S OUR LITTLE, YEAH. AND YOU CAN CATCH UP ON ALL OUR NEWSMAKERS REVISITED STORIES ON THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING FORMER ALL WHITES CAPTAIN RYAN NELSEN ON THE TEAM'S 2010 WORLD CUP RUN. HEAD TO 1news.co.nz. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT AND A HUGE WEEKEND, IN ALL PARTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC FINAL ` OFF TO WINDY WELLINGTON NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, A BIZARRE DAY AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP ` AUSSIE AND THE PLUCKY SCOTS STRUGGLE, A STRANGE SENDING OFF AS WELL. PLUS, AN EXTRA SPECIAL MOMENT FOR A RECALLED BLACKCAP IN LONDON. THE WARRIORS INDOORS AS THEY TAKE OVER CHRISTCHURCH. AND TONIGHT, THE TITLE WAIT IS NEARLY OVER FOR THE HURRICANES OR THE CHIEFS ` WE LOOK BACK WITH A COUPLE OF UNSUNG HEROES FROM THEIR LAST GLORY DAYS. ANEI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA ` WELCOME TO SPORT, WHERE TONIGHT, A NEW SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED. THE HURRICANES AND CHIEFS HAVE BEEN THE TOP TWO SIDES ALL SEASON LONG, FINALLY LOOKING TO CLINCH A LONG OVERDUE TROPHY. COVERING TONIGHT'S MATCH AT THE SOLD-OUT CAKE TIN ` LUKE ROBINSON. LUKE. FROM A VERY LOUD AND ALSO VERY WINDY WELLINGTON. IT IS THE BIGGEST MATCH FOR THE HURRICANE SINCE THE 2016 GRAND FINAL WIN. THE NUMBER EIGHT THAT NIGHT WAS VICTOR, WHO JOINS ME LIVE NOW. JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM A GRAND FINAL FOR THESE PLAYERS. FOR MANY, IT IS THE BIGGEST MATCH OF THEIR CAREER. WHAT ARE THEY FEELING? THEY WILL BE PRETTY CALM BY NOW. THE FACT THAT THEY CAN PUT THEIR BOOTS ON. EARLY IN THE WEEK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NERVOUS. IT IS REALLY JUST EXCITEMENT TO GET OUT AND PUT ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE. IN THESE FANS HAVE BEEN CRAVING A TITLE EVER SINCE YOU WON BACK IN 2016. WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST MEMORIES OF NOT ONLY THE FINAL BUT THE LEAD UP TO THE FINAL AS WELL? I DEFINITELY REMEMBER THE WEATHER BEING EQUALLY BAD. THERE WAS A BIT MORE RAIN. IT WAS THE WHOLE CITY GETTING BEHIND US. I THINK THAT SEASON, WE REALLY PRIDED OURSELVES ON BEING ABLE TO WIN GAMES WITHOUT THE BALL. DEFENCE WAS REALLY MASSIVE FOR US IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THESE TWO HAVE BEEN THE BEST TWO TEAMS IN THE COMPETITION ALL SEASON. A REALLY TIGHT GAME. WHERE DO YOU THINK THE KEY IS TO WINNING THE FINAL TONIGHT? IT WILL BE ABOUT DEFENCE. IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JOHNO GIBBS, IT WILL BE ABOUT THE SET PIECE AS WELL. THE BATTLE UP FRONT. WE BOTH HAVE GREAT BACKS, BUT THE FORDS HAVE TO PROVIDE THE PLATFORM. IN THE LINEOUT, THE DRIVES, IT IS JUST AROUND THE RUCKS, AND THE PERSON WHO HAS DOMINANCE AS THE ONE WHO WILL COME OUT ON TOP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL LET YOU GO AND ENJOY. JUST A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM KICK-OFF. THERE ARE 21 ALL BLACKS ON THE FIELD TONIGHT. THANKS, LUKE, LIVE ON A CLASSIC NIGHT IN THE CAPITAL. IT'S BEEN A BUMPER DAY AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP ` USA, SCOTLAND AND BRAZIL, THE FEATURE TEAMS. BUT IT'S AN INCIDENT IN THE LATE GAME GAINING MOST ATTENTION. DOWN 1-NIL EARLY AGAINST PARAGUAY, TURKIYE CLASHED WITH THE SOUTH AMERICANS IN STOPPAGE TIME AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. IN THE END, A PARAGUAY PLAYER WAS SENT OFF. THE PLAYER MAY RECEIVE A RED CARD. AFTER REVIEW ` NUMBER 10 PARAGUAY. THE DECISION IS ` RED CARD. AND IT IS A RED CARD. MIGUEL ALMIRON MARCHED FOR COVERING HIS MOUTH AND UTTERING WORDS, A NEW RULE ` THE BENCHES STILL AT IT AT HALFTIME. 10-MAN PARAGUAY HOLDING 1-NIL. A DAY TO FORGET IN SEATTLE FOR AUSSIE DEFENDER CAMERON BURGESS. AND IT'S ANOTHER OWN GOAL THE AMERICANS WINNING IN THE END 2-NIL. THE SCOTS TAKING OVER BOSTON AGAIN, ON THE BACK FOOT EARLY AGAINST MOROCCO AFTER A MINUTE. AND THROUGH IT GOES FOR MOROCCO'S FIRST CHANCE OF THE GAME! BRILLIANTLY TAKEN. MOROCCO 1-NIL. THE BRAZILIANS TURNING ON THE MAGIC AGAINST HAITI IN PHILADELPHIA ` THREE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF, 3-NIL THE FINAL SCORE. THERE'S BEEN A GEAR CHANGE IN THE ALL WHITES' PREPARATIONS FOR EGYPT ON MONDAY. THE TEAM TRACKING DOWN NASCAR'S KIWI STAR SHANE VAN GISBERGEN FOR A GET-TOGETHER AND PEP TALK IN AN UNLIKELY SETTING. WORLD CUP REPORTER ZION DAYAL WAS THERE. IF THERE'S ONE SOURCE OF FUEL SHANE VAN GISBERGEN CRAVES, IT'S A TASTE OF HOME. YEAH, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT. YEAH, YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT. TWO KIWI SPORTING WORLDS COLLIDING IN SAN DIEGO. THE ALL WHITES PAYING THE NASCAR DRIVER A VISIT ON TRACK. WE WISH YOU THE BEST FOR THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR BIG RACE. IT'S NICE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUT OF CAMP FOR A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE. IT'S COOL TO ASK HIM ALL THESE QUESTIONS, AND YOU GET TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING NEW. I WAS SO NERVOUS THE OTHER NIGHT WATCHING THAT GAME, AND I THOUGHT WE HAD IT, AND THEN THEY EQUALISED IT. IT WAS AWESOME TO WATCH, AND CERTAINLY BE WATCHING SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER THE RACE TOO. NASCAR STOPPING IN CALIFORNIA FOR SOMETHING A BIT NEW. THIS WEEKEND'S RACING WILL TAKE PLACE HERE AT NAVAL BASE CORONADO. A STREET COURSE HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE TARMAC. IT'S THE FIRST TIME AN ACTIVE U.S. MILITARY BASE IS BEING USED FOR NASCAR. IT'S ALL PART OF AMERICA CELEBRATING ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY. I WAS HERE LAST WEEK, AND THE TRACK DIDN'T EXIST. HALF THE TRACK DID, BUT HALF OF IT HAD JETS AND HELICOPTERS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THEY'VE TURNED IT INTO A RACETRACK WITH ALL THE GRANDSTANDS IN ONE WEEK. A PINCH-YOURSELF MOMENT TO RACE AT A PLACE LIKE THIS. YEAH. VAN GISBERGEN HAS WON JUST ONE RACE THIS SEASON AND SITS 14TH IN THE RANKINGS. (COMMENTATOR VOCALISES) HE'S COMING. BUT HE'S TIPPED BY MANY TO DOMINATE IN SAN DIEGO GIVEN HIS SUCCESS ON THE STREETS. HE'S JUST ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST ROAD RACERS, AND THAT'S THE END OF THE STORY. WITH YOUR STREET COURSE DOMINANCE, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN OF IT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WILL SUIT YOUR RACING? I HOPE SO, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY GET THE SETUP RIGHT FOR A TRACK LIKE THIS. IT LOOKS VERY HIGH GRIP, LOW GRIP, VERY BUMPY, AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMMITTED AND NOT AFRAID OF THE WALLS. SO YEAH, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GOOD CAR. OUT OF ALL THE KIWIS IN SAN DIEGO AT THE MOMENT... I THINK THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE GETTING OUT. I DON'T THINK I CAN. ...PERHAPS IT'S BEST THE ALL WHITES LEAVE THE DRIVING TO SVG. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS, SAN DIEGO. TO CRICKET, AND THE WHITE FERNS HAVE HELD THEIR NERVE TO SURVIVE AN IRISH SCARE AT THE T20 WORLD CUP IN THE UK. A BATTING COLLAPSE AND MORE POOR FIELDING APPLYING EXTRA PRESSURE. HERE'S BRODYN KNUCKEY. NEW ZEALAND HAVE DONE IT. DOWN, BUT NOT OUT. THE WHITE FERNS KEEPING THEIR T20 WORLD CUP TITLE DEFENCE ALIVE WITH A FOUR-RUN WIN OVER IRELAND. THE CHARACTER THAT THE GROUP SHOWED TO THE VERY LAST BALL, YEAH, SPEAKS VOLUMES OF THIS TEAM AND, SORT OF, OUR GRIT AND DETERMINATION. AN EARLY BATTING COLLAPSE LEAVING NEW ZEALAND 3/10 INSIDE FOUR OVERS. THE MIDDLE ORDER SALVAGING THE INNINGS, MAKING 140 WITH SOME LATE FIREWORKS BY SUZIE BATES IN HER FIRST APPEARANCE AT THIS TOURNAMENT. GETS IT, AND GETS IT BEAUTIFULLY. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH. SIX, IN FACT. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SCORE MORE RUNS AND TAKE MORE WICKETS, BUT WE CREATE A CHANCE, AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIELDING THAT LET US DOWN. YES, MORE DROPPED CATCHES, ALLOWING IRELAND'S GABBY LEWIS AND ORLA PRENDERGAST TO BUILD A 110-RUN PARTNERSHIP. CAPTAIN KERR FINDING THE ALL-IMPORTANT WICKET LATE. BOUNDARY DEEP MID-WICKET. CAN THEY TAKE IT? THEY CAN. WELL, WE LOVE BATTING TOGETHER. WE RUN WELL TOGETHER, AND I THINK BOTH OF US ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE GOT OUR TEAM OVER THE LINE. STILL IRELAND A CHANCE, NEEDING 15 OFF THE FINAL OVER. BATES, A LATE SUBSTITUTE FOR AN ILL SOPHIE DEVINE, DENYING THE IRISH THEIR FIRST-EVER WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND. TO FEEL LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY ONLY GOT ONE OPPORTUNITY AND THE WAY SHE WENT ABOUT IT WITH THAT BAT IN FIELDING AND EVEN WITH THE BALL AT THE END, SHE'S A CALM HEAD. INVALUABLE FOR A TEAM NEEDING TO PULL OFF THE IMPROBABLE, WITH A SEMI-FINALS BERTH RELYING ON BEATING SCOTLAND AND TOURNAMENT HOSTS ENGLAND AND OTHER RESULTS GOING THEIR WAY. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. MEANWHILE THE BLACKCAPS ARE IN FIRM CONTROL HEADING INTO DAY FOUR OF THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND, ENGLAND RESTRICTED TO 291 ALL OUT ON DAY THREE, MATT HENRY TAKING A FIVE-WICKET HAUL. HENRY NICHOLLS THEN SHOWING WHY HE'S TAKEN OVER FROM KANE WILLIAMSON AT NUMBER THREE. A DRAG DOWN, AND NICHOLS HELPS HIMSELF. LOVELY WAY TO MARK YOUR RETURN TO THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE. HENRY NICHOLLS BRINGS UP HIS 11TH TEST MATCH CENTURY. NICHOLLS WILL RESUME TONIGHT ON 119. NEW ZEALAND 252 FOR THREE, LEADING BY 352 RUNS. THE WARRIORS ARE PREPARING TO MAKE THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT AT CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW STADIUM IN FRONT OF MORE THAN 25,000 FANS. THE TEAM RELISHING A RARE CHANCE TO PLAY IN AN ENCLOSED ARENA WHERE THAT CHRISTCHURCH NOR-WESTER WON'T MATTER. TOMORROW'S MATCH AGAINST THE COWBOYS CRUCIAL IF THEY'RE TO STAY TOP FOUR. SO GOOD TO HAVE A STADIUM LIKE THIS IN NEW ZEALAND AND REALLY COOL, REALLY EXCITING FOR THE PLAYERS OFF THE BACK OF, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF LOSSES FOR US, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUR SEASON BACK ON TRACK AND GETTING OUR SKIPPER MITCH BARNETT BACK WITH US, YOU KNOW, GIVES THE BOYS A BIT OF CONFIDENCE. TOMORROW AN NRL TRIPLE HEADER, WITH THE WARRIORS WOMEN, NEW SOUTH WALES CUP AND FIRST GRADE TEAM ALL PLAYING BACK-TO-BACK. BACK TO TONIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL ` FOR BOTH SIDES THIS MATCH IS ALL ABOUT CLINCHING A LONG OVERDUE TITLE. THE HURRICANES AND CHIEFS, A 10-YEAR-PLUS DROUGHT FOR BOTH. WE CAUGHT UP WITH TWO UNLIKELY LADS WHO STOOD OUT IN THEIR TEAM'S LAST TASTE OF GLORY. WILLIS HALAHOLO NEVER LETS THIS MEMENTO TOO FAR OUT OF HIS SIGHTS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN STILL LOOKING AT THE JERSEY? I ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE THIS IS PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER. NOW COACHING AT HIS HOME CLUB, SUBURBS IN WEST AUCKLAND, HALAHOLO WAS ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES OF 2016. HE WAS A BACK-UP PLAYER WHEN THE 'CANES LOST THE FINAL TO THE HIGHLANDERS A YEAR EARLIER. THE FIRST WEEK OF PRESEASON IN 2016, WE KIND OF WATCHED THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT DISAPPOINTMENT. SORT OF MOTIVATED US TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN A BIT OF WORK, CORRECT THE WRONGS FROM THE YEAR BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER BEING BEHIND CONRAD SMITH AND MA'A NONU IN 2015, HALAHOLO BECAME A REGULAR STARTER IN '16. I ALWAYS HAD THAT GOAL, OK, I'M GONNA LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN OFF THESE GUYS AND THEN SEE IF I CAN PUSH ON AND GET THAT JERSEY THE FOLLOWING SEASON. HE WOULD GO ON TO PLAY EIGHT SEASONS FOR CARDIFF AND WALES AND NINE TESTS FOR HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY. A DEBUT FOR WILLIS HALAHOLO. LOOK WHO'S BACK HOME ON A BRIEF BREAK, AND BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. (CHUCKLES) HEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MATE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. BIG BEN TAMEIFUNA, FRESH OFF A EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WIN WITH FRENCH SIDE BORDEAUX AND HIS LENGTHY AT VIRAL VIDEO CELEBRATION. # THIS OPPORTUNITY COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME. # JUST TRY AND CHERISH THOSE MOMENTS AS BEST I CAN AND HAVE A LAUGH ALONG THE WAY. NOW 34 AND 10 YEARS IN FRANCE, TAMEIFUNA WAS BARELY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE PLAYED IN THE CHIEFS GRAND FINAL WINS IN 2012 AND '13. GROWING UP IN HAWKE'S BAY IN FLAXMERE AND ALL A SUDDEN YOU'RE RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE LIKES OF, YOU KNOW, SONNY BILL, AND, YEAH, LIKE, I REMEMBER BEING SAT DOWN FROM LIAM, RICHARD, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAID, 'HEY, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER.' YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT OF HERE. HE SEES THE SAME ATTITUDE IN TODAY'S BRUISING CHIEFS. LIKEWISE, THE FORMER 'CANES MIDFIELDER WHO CAN SEE 2016 IN THE CURRENT CROP. GOING INTO THE FROM THE QUARTERS, THE SEMIS AND FINALS. I THERE WAS A BUZZ IN THE TEAM WHERE WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE GOING TO LOSE. WILLIS HALAHOLO AND HIS WINNING JERSEY, EUROPEAN CULT HERO BEN TAMEIFUNA, BOTH HOPING THEIR OLD TEAMS CAN FINALLY GAIN A WINNER'S MEDAL AGAIN TONIGHT. UFC TOMORROW. GERMANY AND NETHERLANDS AS WELL. COMING UP ` ERIN'S HERE WITH DETAILS OF A WINDY NIGHT AND WET DAY TOMORROW FOR SOME. ON Q+A TOMORROW MORNING ` IS THE WAR IN IRAN REALLY OVER? FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK WITH HER VIEW ON WHAT COMES NEXT. Q+A, AT THE EARLIER TIME OF 8.55AM TOMORROW MORNING, ON TVNZ 1 AND TVNZ+. Don't take your eyes off this one. We could be in for an upset. VOICEOVER: Should've gone to Specsavers. Get 50% off lens options when you get two pairs from $169 or above. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. PARTS OF THE NORTH HELD ON TO THE SETTLED WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A VERY WINDY TIME FOR MANY OTHERS. IN CANTERBURY, YOU CAN SEE THE DUST WHIPPED UP IN THE GORGE. A VERY WARM TIME FOR CANTERBURY TOO. NOT ONLY RECORD BREAKING ` RECORD SMASHING. 25.1 DEGREES IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. NEW RECORDS ARE OFTEN A POINT OF A DEGREE HIGHER, BUT THE PREVIOUS RECORD HERE SMASHED. ASHBURTON, A NEW JUNE RECORD TOO. BUT THE COLD IS INVADING FROM THE SOUTH. LOOK AT TOMORROW'S TEMPERATURES ` CHRISTCHURCH ONLY MAKING IT TO 12. TODAY FROM THE SATELLITE, YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN PUSHING UP THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND THE TIGHTLY PACKED ISOBARS, THE VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE SOUTH. AND NOW, AS YOU SAW LUKE IN THE CAKE TIN EARLIER, THE LOWER NORTH IN THE FIRING LINE. SO, FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THE WIND WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND AND FOR WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA, RIGHT THROUGH TO THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY. WE SEE THE RAIN BAND CROSS TO THE LOWER NORTH OVERNIGHT AND TRACK UP THE ISLAND, BREAKING UP A BIT AS IT GOES. CLOUD BUILDS OVER NORTHLAND AND COROMANDEL. A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS FOR WHITIANGA ` POSSIBLY FURTHER NORTH TOO. AND 18 OR 19 DEGREES. JUST A FEW MORNING SHOWER POCKETS IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. THAT SPREADS ACROSS THE CITY AFTER LUNCH. AND A HIGH OF 19. STARTING OFF DRIZZLY, HAMILTON. BUT RAIN BUILDS TO SOME POSSIBLE HEAVY FALLS IN THE AFTERNOON. EASING UP THROUGH THE EVENING. AND 17 DEGREES. A RAINY TIME FROM AROUND LATE MORNING THROUGH TO AFTERNOON, TAURANGA. AND A HIGH OF 18 DEGREES. THE HEAVIER RAIN PUSHES NORTH, SO, TAUMARUNUI, IT'S HEAVY IN THE MORNING AND PUSHING UP THE ISLAND. 15 OR 17 DEGREES FOR ALL. THE ODD SHOWER FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, BUT WET AND WINDY FURTHER SOUTH, EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH. AND A WARM 20 FOR NAPIER. A WET NIGHT AND MORNING IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT EVENING SHOWERS AGAIN FOR LEVIN AND KAPITI COAST. 17 TO 18 DEGREES. A MESSY NIGHT IN TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON. 120km/h NOR'WEST WIND GUSTS. IT ALL EASES EARLY MORNING, LEAVING A FEW SHOWERS, AND A TOP OF 16. RAIN CLEARING BEFORE DAWN FOR MOST AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH. WESTPORT STILL IN FOR MORNING SHOWERS. BUT MORE SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 15 OR 16 DEGREES. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY AND A SOUTHERLY WIND MAKES. 25 TODAY, 12 TOMORROW. A DRIZZLY MORNING. THE AFTERNOON IMPROVES. A COOL DAY HERE TOO. SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE MORNING. THEY EASE OR CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. TWIZEL, FINE ALL DAY BUT A HIGH OF 9. THE FINE TIMES STRETCH LONGER THROUGH THE DAY, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. A HIGH OF JUST 10 DEGREES. A FEW SHOWERS FOR INVERCARGILL, OBAN AND GORE POSSIBLY TOO. BUT IT'S A DAY ON THE IMPROVE. A CHILLY 10 FOR MOST, THOUGH. A STUNNING DAY IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. FINE AND A TOP OF 12. MONDAY ` THINGS HAVE REALLY IMPROVED AS A HIGH SITS OVER US. JUST A FEW COASTAL SHOWERS REMAIN. TUESDAY ` IT WAS A SHORT-LIVED BREAK AS A WIND AND RAIN MAKER PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. AND A MESSY AND COLD BACK END TO THE WEEK FROM THERE. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND BEN MOLLISON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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