TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A MILESTONE IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND THE PARTY LEADERS ARE HAMMERING HOME THEIR CAMPAIGN MESSAGING. FROM HOISTING HOARDINGS TO THE AI ADS FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA, WE LOOK AT THE MONEY BEHIND ELECTION ADVERTISING. WHY POLICE SAY A CRACKDOWN ON VIETNAMESE CANNABIS-GROWING SYNDICATES OPERATING IN NEW ZEALAND IS FAR FROM OVER. MORE POWER THAN PROBIOTICS. THE GUT-BOOSTING TRIAL UNDERWAY ON KIWI TODDLERS TO COUNTER THE POTENTIAL HEALTH ISSUES CAUSED BY ANTIBIOTICS. AND AHEAD OF THEIR HISTORIC DOUBLE-HEADER IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE ALL BLACKS AND BLACK FERNS UNITE FOR A HEARTWARMING TRAINING SESSION. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND CAITLIN PENROSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. A QANTAS FLIGHT HAS LANDED SAFELY AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A MID-AIR EMERGENCY. FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM ONE ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM QUEENSTOWN. OUR REPORTER IN QUEENSTOWN, JARED MCCULLOCH, JOINS US NOW. JARED, YOU WERE FILMING NEAR THE AIRPORT WHEN THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED. WHAT YOU CAN TELL US? I WAS JUST METRES AWAY WHEN THE PLANE WAS TAKING OFF FROM QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT AND WHILE IT WAS TAKING OFF, I HEARD A BANG AND SAW SOME FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AS IT DESCENDED OVER LAKE WAKATIPU HEADING TO THE WEST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND. WHEN I WAS FILMING AT THE TIME, I SAW FLAMES REPEATEDLY COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. THERE WERE OTHER SENDING ME FOOTAGE SAYING THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG AND ALSO WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER. THE PLANE WAS THEN DIVERTED LOOKING LIKE IT WAS HEADED TO INVERCARGILL BEFORE BEING DIVERTED TO CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT AT AROUND 5 O'CLOCK ` IT LANDED SAFELY. WE CONTACTED QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT AND CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT TO GET SOME DETAILS. THEY REFERRED AL ENQUIRIES TO QANTAS ITSELF. THEY SENT US A STATEMENT. THEY SAY OUR PILOTS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED TO MANAGE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, IN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. WE KNOW THIS WILL BE DISTRESSING FOR PASSENGERS AND WE WILL BE CONTACTING PASSENGERS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE INJURIES ON THE FLIGHT OR THE CAUSE BUT ONCE WE KNOW WE WILL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE HERE ON THE NEWS HOUR AS WELL AS ON OUR WEBSITE. POLITICAL HOARDINGS HAVE GONE UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY AS ELECTIONEERING STEPS UP A GEAR. PARTY LEADERS LENDING THEIR MUSCLE TO THIS MILESTONE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS THEY COUNT DOWN TO ELECTION DAY ON NOVEMBER 7TH. BUT IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S INCREASINGLY BEING USED TO GRAB VOTERS' ATTENTION, WITH NATIONAL ROLLING OUT POSTS ON INSTAGRAM CREATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WITH JUST HOW MUCH POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE IN THE COFFERS FOR THEIR BIG ADVERTISING SPEND-UP, HERE'S JASON WALLS. AS THE CLOCK STRUCK 12, DAVID SEYMOUR WAS HITTING THE TOOLS IN TAMAKI, HAMMERING HOME ACT'S MESSAGE WHILE THE COMPETITION WAS SOUND ASLEEP. TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY IN MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT POLITICAL PARTIES ARE ALLOWED TO PUT UP HOARDINGS, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN OUT IN FORCE. FEELS REALLY REAL NOW. ONLY NINE WEEKS TO GO. SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL SPRINT. AS YOU SEE EVER SINGLE ELECTION YEAR, POLITICIANS DO LOVE TO HOLD A HAMMER. IN THE HUTT, IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR HIPKINS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THANK YOU! (LAUGHS) AND OUT IN BOTANY, IT WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR ` LUXON DRILLING HOME THE MESSAGE WITH HIS SON AND DAD. THERE WILL BE CLOSE TO 170 SIGNS UP AND DOWN BOTANY, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. AND NATIONAL CAN CERTAINLY AFFORD IT. ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC REGISTER OF DONATIONS OVER $20,000, NATIONAL HAS BROUGHT IN THE SECOND-MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY SO FAR, WITH $1.93m RAISED SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR. THEY'RE BEHIND ACT WITH $2.04m. LABOUR'S A DISTANT THIRD WITH $869,000, THEN NEW ZEALAND FIRST WITH $573,000, OPPORTUNITY WITH $491,000, GREENS WITH $343,000, AND $114,000 FOR TE PATI MAORI. CLEARLY, THE PARTIES ON THE RIGHT ARE SUPPORTED BY VERY WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO WOULD PREFER TO HAVE A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT IN PLACE. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S BIG DONORS OR SMALL DONORS, AS WE FOUND LAST CAMPAIGN AS WELL, WHO REALLY BELIEVE IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. MEANWHILE, NATIONAL'S BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW TYPES OF MEDIA... WHY DOES THAT KID KEEP LOOKING AT OUR COINS? A BOY WHO JUST WANTED TO TAX. YOU HAVE TO STOP TAKING OTHER KIDS' MONEY, CHRIS. ...PUMPING OUT AI ATTACK POSTS. YOU CAN FEEL THE IMMERSION OF BEING TAXED AT EVERY TURN. LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE BANK, NOW CHRIS HIPKINS WILL TRY TO TAKE YOUR CREDIT CARD. THIS EXPERT SAYS AI IS SIMPLY THE NEXT STEP IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING. THE MID-1970S, WE DID THE DANCING COSSACKS CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL. WELL, OBVIOUSLY NOT AI, BUT IT WAS JUST CARTOONS. THE AI ITSELF IS JUST THE NEW VERSION OF, YOU KNOW, GENERATED ADS. BUT HIPKINS IS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE TACTIC. THE NATIONAL PARTY ARE JUST DESPERATE, AND THEIR CLUTCHING AT STRAWS, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO MAKE UP LIES, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO MAKE UP PEOPLE. WE USE EACH AND EVERY CHANNEL WE POSSIBLY CAN TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE. BUT THAT CHANNEL TODAY WAS THE HUMBLE HOARDING. JASON WALLS JOINS US NOW ` A BIG DAY TODAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT AN EVEN BIGGER DAY TOMORROW, POLICY-WISE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? ABSOLUTELY. HAPPY HOARDING DAY/ THEY HAVE GONE UP ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TESTING THEIR METTLE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER, DRILLS... IF YOU THOUGHT TODAY WAS A BIG DAY POLITICALLY, HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT BECAUSE TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE EVEN BIGGER FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS GOING TO BE A PLETHORA OF POLITICAL POLICIES THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BEHIND ME FOR THE CAMPAIGN NO DOUBT, STARTING WITH THE ACT PARTY WHO HAVE A COST OF CLIMATE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT WILL BE SEEING THE GREEN PARTY ` TO BRING GROCERY PRICES DOWN. PETERS WILL BE DOWN IN WELLINGTON WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL BE ATTENTION GRABBING. WE WILL LET YOU GET ON YOUR BIKE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND WERE JOLTED AWAKE BY A MAGNITUDE 4.9 EARTHQUAKE THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO GEONET, THE EARTHQUAKE HIT JUST AFTER 6.30 THIS MORNING. IT STRUCK ABOUT 30km NORTH-WEST OF PARAPARAUMU ON THE KAPITI COAST, AT A DEPTH OF 26km ` WELLINGTONIANS LEFT FEELING RATTLED. I WAS STILL HONESTLY ASLEEP WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, THEN IT JUST RATTLED MY ENTIRE ROOM, A LOT OF THINGS FELL OFF MY WALLS, AND IT WAS JUST HONESTLY A LOT WORSE THAN I THINK IT WAS RECORDED TO BE. JUST KIND OF LIKE WOKE UP, UH, WAS SHAKING, I'M IN A TWO-STOREY HOUSE, SO IT WAS, LIKE, YOU KIND OF HEARD THINGS OVERHEAD JUST CREAKING A BIT. QUITE SCARY. FOUND IT HARD TO GO BACK TO SLEEP. NEARLY 22,000 PEOPLE REPORTED FEELING THE EARTHQUAKE ON GEONET. A SECOND PATIENT HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN A BATHROOM AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL WITHIN MONTHS. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TOLD 1 NEWS ` THE MAN DIED IN A SURGICAL WARD IN MID-AUGUST, AND ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ARE WITH THE FAMILY. IT SAYS THE WARD WAS FULLY STAFFED, AND A REVIEW IS NOW UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. IN JUNE, A MAN DIED IN A TOILET AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AFTER WAITING MORE THAN NINE HOURS TO BE SEEN. TWO MAJOR RAIDS IN RECENT WEEKS HAVE SHUT DOWN SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST CANNABIS OPERATIONS, WHICH POLICE SAY WERE BEING RUN BY VIETNAMESE ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS ` BUT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SEVERAL SYNDICATES REMAIN ACTIVE, WITH POLICE NOW TARGETING NOT ONLY SECRET GROW HOUSES, BUT THE ORGANISERS AND BUSINESSES THAT KEEP THE OPERATIONS GOING. ED O'DRISCOLL REPORTS. POLICE SEARCH WARRANT. OPEN THE DOOR NOW! CRACKING DOWN ON CANNABIS... (THUD!) ...HIDDEN INSIDE SUBURBAN HOUSES. THIS RAID IN AUCKLAND LAST YEAR UNCOVERING HUNDREDS OF PLANTS, BUT AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE WON JUST LAST WEEK ` A MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION, INTO WHAT POLICE SAY WAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST VIETNAMESE CANNABIS SYNDICATES. THE ALLEGED KINGPIN ` ARRESTED. WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO NOW IS MOVE UP INTO THE SYNDICATE LEADERS AND IDENTIFYING THEM. POLICE HAVE ALSO SHUT DOWN A WELL-ESTABLISHED NETWORK OPERATING OUT OF RENTAL HOMES AND COMMERCIAL SITES ACROSS WAIKATO, AS AUTHORITIES HONE IN ON A PERSISTENT PROBLEM. WE THINK PROBABLY IN NEW ZEALAND WE'VE GOT ABOUT SIX SYNDICATES RUNNING HERE ` FULL NOISE. WE'RE PROBABLY HALFWAY THROUGH WHERE WE NEED TO BE WITH THIS FOCUS, BUT I THINK WE'RE HAVING SIGNIFICANT WINS. POLICE GLOBALLY ARE FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE. GREG WILLIAMS SAYS VIETNAMESE SYNDICATES ARE OPERATING IN AROUND 20 COUNTRIES. HERE, PROFITS FROM THE CANNABIS TRADE ARE ALSO FLOWING TO LOCAL GANGS, HELPING FUND THE IMPORTATION OF HARDER DRUGS, INCLUDING METHAMPHETAMINE. YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, ALL OF THE MAJOR GANGS OPERATING IN AUCKLAND WILL BE RECEIVING SOME OF THIS CANNABIS, COS IT'S QUITE A GOOD INCOME-EARNER FOR THEM AS WELL. POLICE BELIEVE PROFITS ARE BEING LAUNDERED THROUGH SEEMINGLY-LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. AN AUCKLAND NAIL SALON WAS AMONG THE PROPERTIES RAIDED RECENTLY. INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO TRACKING THE IMPORT OF SPECIALIST SUPPLIES USED TO GROW CANNABIS ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE. SOME OF THE GARDEN SUPPLY COMPANIES THAT ARE, WE THINK, ARE NOT ONLY SUPPORTING THEM. WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE A LOOK AT THOSE. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S DEPORTED 279 VIETNAMESE NATIONALS LINKED TO ORGANISED CRIME. MANY MAY HAVE ARRIVED DEEP IN DEBT, AFTER PAYING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR DODGY VISAS AND FALSE PROMISES OF RESIDENCY. THEY'RE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE. THAT'S HOW THEY GET INTO THE EXPLOITATION OR THE ORGANISED CRIME. HE SAYS THESE CASES ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AND ANYONE IN THE IMMIGRATION INDUSTRY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT ` GETTING THE ACCREDITATION AND GETTING THE JOB CHECK TOKENS, THAT ARE THEN ABLE TO BE SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET. THE PUBLIC CRACKDOWN ON THESE CANNABIS OPERATIONS IS CREATING ANXIETY WITHIN THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY. LEADERS SAY THE STIGMA IS HURTING LEGITIMATE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES, MANY RELUCTANT TO SPEAK PUBLICLY FOR FEAR OF REPRISAL. THOSE CONCERNS ARE VERY REAL, ACCORDING TO THE ASIAN NETWORK. THEY ARE VERY MUCH DISTRESSED AND UPSET THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY GETS TAINTED WITH SUCH INCIDENTS WHEN IT HAPPENS, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THEM COME HERE FOR GOOD. POLICE SAY THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, BUT THE JOB IS FAR FROM OVER. ED O'DRISCOLL, 1 NEWS. ASTHMA, ECZEMA AND DIABETES ` THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HEALTH CONDITIONS THOUGHT TO BE LINKED TO THE EARLY USE OF ANTIBIOTICS. RESEARCH SHOWS KIWI KIDS GET GIVEN SEVEN COURSES OF ANTIBIOTICS ON AVERAGE BEFORE THE AGE OF 5. NOW NEW ZEALAND RESEARCHERS ARE TRIALLING A GUT-BOOSTING LIQUID FOR TODDLERS ON ANTIBIOTICS IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID FUTURE HEALTH PROBLEMS. LOUISE TERNOUTH EXPLAINS. JUST SHY OF HER SECOND BIRTHDAY, ROSEMARY HAS ALREADY HAD HER FIRST DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS. SO, I TOOK HER TO STARSHIP, COS IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, FOR THE EAR INFECTION. WHILE THE ANTIBIOTICS DID THEIR JOB, A RECENT STUDY EXAMINED HEALTH DATA, REVEALING 96% OF KIDS WERE GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS BY AGE 5. WHAT IT TELLS US IS THAT THERE IS ALMOST CERTAINLY A LARGE DEGREE OF OVERPRESCRIBING. NOT ONLY CAUSING ISSUES WITH ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE... WORLDWIDE, OVER A MILLION PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. ...BUT MULTIPLE STUDIES SUGGEST EARLY EXPOSURE HAS POTENTIAL LINKS TO HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA, ECZEMA AND DIABETES. BABIES ARE BORN WITHOUT A GUT MICROBIOME, AND IT DEVELOPS OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE, SO IT'S QUITE A CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE. IF THE GUT IS DISRUPTED, IT CAN IMPACT BEHAVIOUR AND MOOD ON TOP OF HEALTH. IN THE FIRST TRIAL OF ITS KIND, RESEARCHERS AT AUCKLAND'S LIGGINS INSTITUTE ARE GIVING TODDLERS A COMPLEX SUGAR KNOWN AS HMOs, NATURALLY OCCURRING IN THINGS LIKE BREASTMILK AND FAR STRONGER THAN A PROBIOTIC. IT'S NOT FOOD FOR THE BABY, BUT IT'S SUPER FOOD FOR THE DEVELOPING GUT MICROBIOME. OVER 40 AUCKLAND FAMILIES LIKE ROSEMARY'S HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE PART OF THE RANDOMISED TRIAL, RECEIVING THE HMOs OR A PLACEBO TO TAKE ALONGSIDE ANY PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS. THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT. THEY'RE VERY LOVELY. THEY'LL HELP YOU ALL THROUGH IT. STOOL SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED TO SEE HOW THE GUT RESPONDS. RESEARCHERS ARE OPTIMISTIC THE TRIAL HAS HUGE POTENTIAL. IF WE FIND THAT, INDEED, IT IS PROTECTING THE GUT MICROBIOME AND IT REDUCES THE RISKS OF WEIGHT GAIN, OBESITY, ASTHMA AND ECZEMA IN THESE CHILDREN, THEN THAT'S GONNA CHANGE THE FACE OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN. STUDY OFF TO A GOOD START, BUT RESEARCHERS WANTING TO EXPAND TO MORE FAMILIES AS THEY TRACK RESULTS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. LOUISE TERNOUTH, 1 NEWS. FROM GRIEVANCE TO HOPE ` THE MAORI QUEEN TODAY HIGHLIGHTING IN HER MUCH ANTICIPATED KORONEIHANA SPEECH THE TRANSITION SHE SAYS HER PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH. TE ARIKINUI KUINI NGA WAI HONO I TE PO OUTLINING HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF AOTEAROA AT THE EVENT TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER CORONATION. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI WAS AT TURANGAWAEWAE MARAE. (SINGING) LAND AND LIVES ` MAORI HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF RAUPATU, OR LOSS. TE ARIKINUI KUINI NGA WAI HONO I TE PO ENCOURAGING THOSE AT TURANGAWAEWAE MARAE NOT TO CARRY THE PAIN OF THAT FORWARD WITH THEM. E KORO RAUPATU, E MOE. TELLING CROWDS AT THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER CORONATION THAT WHAT THEY'VE ENDURED DOES NOT DEFINE THEIR FUTURE. KOINEI TE RA E AHU WHAKAMUA AI TATOU I NGA WERIWERITANGA, ME NGA TOIMAHATANGA KUA HEKE MAI I TATOU, MAI ANO, MAI ANO, KOINEI TE RA. THE PEOPLE WATCHING IN SILENCE, HANGING ON TO EVERY WORD. MARANGATAHI MAI ME AU, E PIRANGI NEI KIA PUTA TATOU I TE RUA O POHARATANGA, O TAMITANGA, O WHAKAWIRINAKI KI TE KAWANATANGA, O NOHOMOKAI HOKI KI TE AO, MARANGA MAI TATOU. CENTRAL TO THAT MESSAGE ` URI O TE RAUPATU, TOA O TE RAUORA. A CHALLENGE TO SHIFT FROM GRIEVANCE TO HOPE. WOW. EH? WHAT CAN I SAY? RAUPATU TO HOPE ` KO ENA TE TUMANAKO, KOENA! I'M OVERWHELMED, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US. I SEE A FUTURE FOR US. WE MUST TAKE THE RAUORA, OR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CULTURAL SELVES, OF OUR SOCIAL SELVES, OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SELVES, OF OUR ECONOMIC SELVES INTO OUR OWN HANDS TO MAKE TOMORROW BETTER FOR OUR MOKOPUNA. HER WORDS RESONATING WITH YOUNGER GENERATIONS TOO. (GROUP PERFORMS HAKA) LOOK, I FELT THE CHALLENGE. I FELT LIKE THERE WAS WERO PUT OUT TO US, TO REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY MANA MOTUHAKETANGA OVER OURSELVES, OVER OUR WHENUA, OVER OUR WAY OF LIVING. AFTER A FIERY POLITICAL DEBATE ON THE MARAE ATEA YESTERDAY, THE MAORI QUEEN REMINDING THE PEOPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF RACE-BAITING GOING ON, EVEN FROM OUR OWN. IT'S SAD, REALLY, AT A TIME WHEN MAORIDOM IS UNDER ATTACK. WE SHOULD BE COMING TOGETHER. AND KOTAHITANGA WAS ON FULL DISPLAY TODAY. KOINEI TE RA! TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. HISTORY BECKONS FOR OUR BLACK FERNS, WHO, IN THE COMING HOURS, WILL OPEN THE THIRD GREATEST RIVALRY TEST BETWEEN THE ALL BLACKS AND SPRINGBOKS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE WOMEN'S SIDE'S PLAYED ON SOUTH AFRICAN SOIL. EARLIER, THEY TEAMED UP WITH THE MEN, GIVING BACK TO A SPECIAL GROUP OF LOCAL RUGBY PLAYERS. ANDREW SAVILLE WILL JOIN US LIVE FROM JOHANNESBURG SHORTLY. FIRST, HIS REPORT. (UPBEAT SINGING, CLAPPING) A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR SOME YOUNG JOHANNESBURG RUGBY PLAYERS AND A HOST OF NEW ZEALAND STARS. (SINGING CONTINUES) WILL THESE BOOTS MAKE YOU RUN FASTER? DEFINITELY. (LAUGHTER) 50 PLAYERS FROM TOWNSHIPS WERE SELECTED FOR A TRAINING MORNING WITH SEVERAL OF THE ALL BLACKS AND THE BLACK FERNS. THIS WAS A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE I GOT TO MEET MY FAVOURITE PLAYERS. I THINK THE GIRLS WERE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I THINK THEY LOOK UP TO THOSE LADIES. WHO KNOWS? MAYBE NEXT YEAR, SOMETIME, TWO OR FIVE YEARS TO COME, THEY MIGHT BE THERE IN THEIR SHOES. THE GROUP IS PART OF A CHARITY SET UP BY FORMER ENGLAND TEST PLAYER JASON LEONARD. THESE GIRLS AND BOYS HAVE` EVERYBODY'S GOT AN INDIVIDUAL STORY. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT GIRLS THAT... THAT WENT THROUGH RAPE AND... HORRIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE'RE USING RUGBY AS THE TOOL TO GET THEM OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, KIDS HERE WHO'VE COME FROM A DIFFERENT WALK OF LIFE IN SITUATIONS MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE GREW UP WITH, CORRECTION: IN SITUATIONS MUCH HARDER THAN WHAT WE GREW UP WITH, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE THEM SMILING. SITITI AND YOUNGER SISTER AMARANTE WERE ABLE TO SPEND SOME RARE TIME TOGETHER TODAY BEFORE THEY PLAY OFF THE BENCH IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TEST MATCHES. BLUE! (SHOUTING) OBVIOUSLY SPECIAL JUST TO BE IN THIS ALL BLACKS TEAM AND THEN JUST TO HAVE MY LITTLE SISTER SITTING NEXT TO ME IS DEFINITELY SPECIAL. I DON'T THINK I'VE TOLD HIM YET, BUT HE'S A BIG INSPIRATION FOR ME. (CHUCKLES) AND... (CHUCKLES) YEAH, THAT'S WHY I DON'T TELL HIM. HAD TO PAY HER TO SAY THAT. (LAUGHS) THEIR FATHER, MANU SAMOA GREAT SEMO SITITI, LANDED IN JO'BURG JUST LAST NIGHT, MAKING A MAD DASH FROM AUCKLAND. I KNEW SORT AT THE START OF THE WEEK WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE GONNA PLAY, THAT... ...HE WAS ON A PLANE. (LAUGHS) HE WAS SOMEHOW GONNA MAKE HIS WAY HERE. DAD'S ADVICE TO YOU? FOR TOMORROW? HE SAID JUST TO PLAY MY GAME AND JUST TO BE MYSELF. AN UNFORGETTABLE FEW HOURS FOR THE KIDS AND SOME OF THEIR RUGBY HEROES. (SINGING, WHISTLING, CHEERING) NOW LOOKING TO CREATE MORE SPECIAL MEMORIES TONIGHT. GOOD ADVICE FROM A PROUD DAD, SAV. SO TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT ` WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR BOTH GAMES? MORNING. I THINK THE WOMEN'S GAME IS EASIER TO PICK. THE BLACK FERNS BEAT THE SOUTH AFRICANS AT THE WORLD CUP LAST YEAR AND YES, THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF YOUTH IN THE BLACK FERNS TEAM, SOUTH AFRICAN ARE STILL IN THEIR INFANCY AND THEIR COACH WALKED OUT ON THEM A COUPLE DAYS AGO. FOR THE MEN'S GAME, SO HARD. THE ALL BLACKS NEED A MUCH BETTER START. SOUTH AFRICANS WILL REVERT TO TYPE. I IMAGINE THEY WILL KICK A LOT. THE DEFENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICANS WILL BE UP IN THE ALL BLACKS FACES ALL DAY LONG. A MAJOR FACTOR FOR THE SOUTH AFRICANS AS THEY WILL BE PLAYING NEAR SOWETO WHICH MEANS SO MUCH OF THE SOUTH AFRICANS. IT IS A FAIRLY GLOOMY, COLD DAY IN JOHANNESBURG, POSSIBLY SOME RAIN AND WIND LATER TODAY. I WILL BE BACK IN SPORT, INCLUDING WITH DANE COLES. E WHAI AKE NEI ` JUST AHEAD ` MOMENTS OF HOPE AMONGST THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN NEPAL. A HYDRO WORKER FOUND ALIVE DESCRIBES WHAT UNFOLDED INSIDE A POWER PLANT WHEN FLASH FLOODING TORE THROUGH THE FACILITY. AND THE RECORD TIME A KIDNEY FROM A PIG KEPT A MAN ALIVE UNTIL HIS HUMAN TRANSPLANT. VOICEOVER: With Harrisons Solar, you don't just get panels. You get people. Wait. Are we the people? Yes Craig. You're telling me they haven't paid for power in months because we're up here... Bird! Huh... that's lucky. Almost hit the panel. Morning team. Morning boss. Sunrise any moment. Morning Steve. Morning. 3, 2, 1. New boots? Yeah! # Is easy 'cause of you. # La la la la la... Table three, ready for mains. Wait! Clara doesn't like basil. # La la la la la... # WELCOME BACK. IN NEPAL, RESCUERS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR ANY SURVIVORS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODS. THERE'S RENEWED HOPE MORE PEOPLE COULD BE FOUND ALIVE, AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT TWO MEN PULLED TO SAFETY AFTER BEING TRAPPED IN A POWER PLANT TUNNEL. THE BBC'S AZADEH MOSHIRI REPORTS. TRAPPED IN THE DARK FOR NINE DAYS ` ISOLATED, HELPLESS... THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL DWINDLING. BUT FINALLY, HELP ARRIVES, THROUGH THE NARROW PASSAGES OF THE TRISHULI 3A TUNNEL. AN EXTRAORDINARY, RARE MOMENT OF JOY. HERE SANJAYA SHAH PULLED OUT. KABIR MAHARJAN FOLLOWS. HE PUTS HIS HANDS TOGETHER. AGAINST ALL ODDS, HE'S NOW SAFE. BOTH SURVIVORS NEED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. RESCUERS CARRY SANJAYA ` NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER HOLDING AN OXYGEN CAN. AT THE ARMY BARRACKS ` A PHONE CALL. 'DON'T WORRY, FATHER,' SANJAY SAYS, REASSURING HIM. HE TELLS RESCUERS HE WAS WORKING IN THE UNDERGROUND CONTROL ROOM THE DAY OF THE FLOOD. TRANSLATOR: MY RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO SAVE EVERYONE'S LIVES. IT WASN'T RIGHT FOR ME TO RUN AWAY. SO I TOLD EVERYONE THERE WAS A BIG ACCIDENT ON THE BIG DAM, AND ASKED EVERYONE TO RUN. BUT IN THE END, I RAN OUT OF TIME, AND COULDN'T ESCAPE. JOY, RELIEF, FOR KABIR MAHARJAN'S WIFE. TRANSLATOR: HE DIDN'T RECOGNISE ME. HE ONLY SAID THINGS LIKE 'WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?' AND 'WHERE AM I?' AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE. HE'S CURRENTLY IN ICU. HE ASKED FOR WATER, SO I GAVE HIM SOME. NOW HE RECOGNISES ME AGAIN, AND NODS HIS HEAD. THE TUNNEL RESCUE IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. RESCUERS HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY INSIDE SINCE THE FLOOD. LITTLE SPACE TO MOVE. OXYGEN IS BEING PUMPED TO BUY ANY SURVIVORS MORE TIME. ALONG WITH THOSE FOUND ALIVE, RESCUERS ALSO RECOVER A BODY ` A REMINDER OF THE DANGER AT HAND, AND OF SANJAY AND KABIR'S MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. THEY ARE NOW BEING TREATED IN THE CAPITAL, KATHMANDU. THE HOPE IS MORE SURVIVORS WILL FOLLOW. DEATH TOLL IN NEPAL HAS CLIMBED TO MORE THAN 1200, WHILE MORE THAN 4000 ` INCLUDING FIVE NEW ZEALANDERS ` ARE STILL MISSING. IN THE U.S., A MISTRIAL HAS BEEN DECLARED IN THE CASE OF LINDSAY CLANCY, A MOTHER WHO HAS ALREADY ADMITTED KILLING HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. THE JURY COULDN'T REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT ON WHETHER SHE WAS GUILTY OF MURDER. CLANCY DOESN'T DENY STRANGLING HER CHILDREN AT THEIR BOSTON HOME, BUT HER LAWYERS ARGUED SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS AND SHOULD NOT BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE. CLANCY WILL REMAIN AT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY WHILE PROSECUTORS WEIGH UP WHETHER TO PUSH FOR A RETRIAL. A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA HAS CAPTURED A DRAMATIC CRASH WHEN A PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK IN POLAND. THE TRUCK GETTING STUCK ON THE TRACKS WHEN THE BARRIER ARMS CAME DOWN AT THIS LEVEL CROSSING. A SECOND ANGLE SHOWING THE DAMAGE AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. THE TRAIN DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHILE THE TRUCK DRIVER AND TRAIN PASSENGERS WEREN'T INJURED. THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AN AMERICAN PATIENT HAS LIVED FOR A RECORD NINE MONTHS WITH A MODIFIED PIG KIDNEY BEFORE GETTING A HUMAN DONOR. TIM ANDREWS (66) WAS DIALYSIS-FREE FOR 271 DAYS AFTER BEING TOLD IT COULD TAKE UP TO SEVEN YEARS TO GET A HUMAN ORGAN. MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE CASE SHOWS PIG ORGANS CAN BE USED AS A BRIDGE UNTIL A HUMAN TRANSPLANT BECOMES AVAILABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE IN A CRISIS, PERIOD, WHERE THERE IS A HUGE ORGAN SHORTAGE. ANDREWS CALLED THE PIG-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT A 'MIRACLE' BECAUSE IT ALLOWED HIM TO LIVE NORMALLY BEFORE A HUMAN DONOR WAS FOUND. WE WERE JUST OVER THE MOON WITH THE TASTE, AND EVEN THEN, WE THOUGHT, 'WOW, THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE.' THIS WEEK'S NEWSMAKER ON THE SWEET MOMENT HE HELPED SAVE NEW ZEALAND'S KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY. AND SPRING IS IN FULL SWING WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS ON FULL DISPLAY AROUND THE COUNTRY. TOMORROW, IT'S LESS SUNSHINE AND MORE RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. I'VE GOT YOUR FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. Oh, oh and he finds the gap. And he throws. VOICEOVER: Earthwise with naturally derived enzymes to deliver uncompromising results. Incoming! Wow. Hey, Steve, it's Sam. We've been thinking. We need more space for Archie if he's going to have a brother one day. Yeah. No worries. You can always add another room backing onto the garden. Oh, Archie, we'd love that, wouldn't you? Yes. Call me any time. AT THE WORST TIME FOR THE KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY, THE WORK OF THIS WEEK'S NEWSMAKER REVISITED HELPED SAVE THE DAY. RUSSELL LOWE IS A PIONEER ` THE SCIENTIST BEHIND THE BREEDING PROGRAMME THAT RESCUED DISEASE-RIDDLED ORCHARDS. WHEN IT COMES TO KIWIFRUIT ` HIS WORD IS GOLD. SIMON MERCEP SPOKE WITH HIM. (LIGHT UKULELE MUSIC) THEY'RE STILL LOOKING QUITE GOOD. YEAH, THEY ARE. RUSSELL LOWE IS IN HIS HAPPY PLACE. AMONG THE VINES, HE SPENT SIX DECADES STUDYING, NURTURING ` REINVENTING. BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT ` HIS NAME'S ON THE BUILDING. YOU CAN'T JUST SIT IN YOUR OFFICE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND BREED KIWIFRUIT. IT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK. YOU HAVE TO SPEND A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE FIELD TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR PLANTS, AND TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL IN THE FIELD. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL IS WHERE RUSSELL EXCELS. HE AND HIS TEAM ARE BEHIND OUR FIRST COMMERCIALLY VIABLE GOLD KIWIFRUIT. SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE MARKET. BIT SWEETER TASTING THAN THE GREEN. OVER THE YEARS, CROSSES WERE MADE AND PARENTS SELECTED FROM THAT POPULATION. MY COLLEAGUE AND I SELECTED THE GOLD KIWIFRUIT THAT HAS BECOME CALLED HORT16A. 16A WAS THE POSITION IN THE ROW WHERE THIS PLANT SAT. (LAUGHS) BUT THE BREEDER IN RUSSELL WASN'T DONE. I STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OTHER GENETIC MATERIAL THAT WE HAD THAT WERE LARGER FRUITED, AND HAD MUCH BETTER STORAGE-LIFE, BUT THE TASTE WASN'T SATISFACTORY, SO THE THOUGHT WAS TO TRY AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FROM THE ORIGINAL HORT16A INTO THIS NEW MATERIAL. HORTICULTURALISTS PLAY THE LONG GAME. THIS WHOLE PROCESS TOOK 20+ YEARS. A COLLEAGUE IN THE OPERATIONS TEAM, KIRSTEN, BROUGHT THIS FRUIT INTO US AND SAID, 'WOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?' AND WE WERE JUST OVER THE MOON WITH THE TASTE. DO YOU STILL REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE THAT FIRST TASTE OF IT? YEAH, DEFINITELY. YES. AND EVEN THEN WE THOUGHT, 'WOW, THIS IS THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE.' THAT FRUIT ` GOLD 3 ` WAS ONLY GETTING OUT OF THE GATE IN 2006, BUT IT WOULD BECOME A BIG SELLER, AND A BIG SAVIOUR. KIWIFRUIT GROWERS STILL HOPE THEY CAN STAMP OUT... ...THE BACTERIA IS VICIOUS... ...NOW IT LOOKS LIKE PSA MAY BE HERE TO STAY... THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WAS INCREDIBLY RAPID ACROSS THE DISTRICT, MOSTLY BECAUSE THE WHOLE AREA WAS DENSELY PLANTED IN KIWIFRUIT. IN 2010, THE DESTRUCTIVE BACTERIA PSA STRUCK ` SPREADING RAPIDLY, DESTROYING VINES, WITHERING FRUIT, WREAKING HAVOC ON AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY. ROWS AND ROWS OF STUMPS THAT SHOULD BE KIWIFRUIT VINES. THIS ORCHARD USED TO PRODUCE GOLD KIWIFRUIT, A VARIETY UNDER THREAT. AT THIS STAGE, WE'VE LOST ABOUT 65% TO 70% OF IT, AND NOT HOLDING OUR BREATH ABOUT THE BALANCE OF IT. THE HORT16A PLANT WAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE. WHOLE BLOCKS WERE DECIMATED WITHIN WEEKS. THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE, AS BY THIS STAGE, GOLD WAS OVERTAKING GREEN IN THE EXPORT MARKET, IN VOLUME, AND VALUE. OFF-CAMERA, GROWERS HAVE TOLD US THAT IN AS LITTLE AS 2 YEARS, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THESE KIWIFRUIT IN SUPERMARKETS AT ALL. IN FACT, INDUSTRY LEADERS HAVE BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE DISEASE COULD TAKE THE VARIETY OUT ALTOGETHER. HOW LONG AFTER PSA ARRIVED WAS THE DISCOVERY MADE ABOUT THE RESISTANT QUALITIES OF GOLD3? WITHIN 12 MONTHS. 2012 ` GOLD3 PLANT MATERIAL WAS BEING GIVEN OUT TO GROWERS, COULD JUST CHOP THE GRASS OFF, AND RE-GRAFT WITH G3 ON TO THE EXISTING MATURE ROOTSTOCKS. SO THAT MEANT WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS THEY HAD SOME PRODUCTION COMING BACK. IF THEY'D HAD TO RIP EVERYTHING OUT AND REPLANT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 5. A VERY SIGNIFICANT TIME WITHOUT ANY INCOME WHATSOEVER. IT'S ESTIMATED THE COST OF PSA TO THE INDUSTRY TOPS $1 BILLION. GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN THE WAY RUSSELL HELPED BRING IT BACK, BUT IT'S NOT HIS FAVOURITE. MY FAVOURITE'S THE RED. (CHUCKLES) WELL, WHY SO? IT'S SWEET AS THE GOLD, AND PROBABLY TWICE AS MUCH VITAMIN C AS A GREEN KIWIFRUIT. BUT MORE THAN THE GOLD, ACTUALLY. MORE INNOVATING TO COME, BUT RUSSELL'S MADE HIS MARK WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. ZION'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE WARRIORS LOOKING TO FINISH THEIR SEASON ON A HIGH. WE'LL HAVE THE VERY LATEST FROM MT SMART NEXT. NOT SUCH A GREAT AFTERNOON FOR THE WARRIORS WOMEN, THEIR PLAYOFFS CHANCES TAKING A SERIOUS HIT. PLUS ` THE ALL BLACKS AND BLACK FERNS PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THEIR PREPARATIONS IN SOWETO. WE'RE LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA NEXT. AND WHAT'S THE SMELL CAUSING HEADACHES AT THE U.S. OPEN? KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. AND FIRST UP TO THE WARRIORS' LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME, TAKING ON THE SEA EAGLES AT MT SMART. MANLY CAPITALISING ON A SLOW START AND EARLY ERRORS TO SCORE TWICE, BEFORE THE WARRIORS SETTLED INTO THEIR GAME. THE HOME SIDE CONTROLLING A WHOPPING 90% TERRITORY IN THE FIRST HALF; TAINE TUAUPIKI MAKING THE MOST OF IT. OUT IT COMES FOR MARTIN. NOW LABAN. OVER THE TOP! THERE'S A TRY ` TUAUPIKI. 2M AWAY. CLARK. MARTIN. THERE'S IT FOR TUAUPIKI! THE GAME'S OPENED UP, AND HE DOTS IT DOWN UNDER THE POSTS! MANLY STRIKING TWICE IN THREE MINUTES AFTER THE BREAK TO LEVEL THE SCORES. WIDE PASS. FELEDY. THEN HE GETS THE PASS OFF TO HOPOATE. DOWN THE LEFT WING ` HOPOATE. HE'S GOT INSIDE SUPPORT. HE'S GOT A HECK LOAD OF INSIDE SUPPORT. HE DOESN'T NEED IT! HOPOATE SELLS THE DUMMY, AND SCORES THE TRY! THE WARRIORS, WHO ARE CHASING A FIRST MINOR PREMIERSHIP SINCE 2002, PRESENTLY LEVEL 30-30 WITH ABOUT FIVE MINUTES REMAINING. EARLIER TODAY ` THE WARRIORS WOMEN NEEDED TO BEAT THE BOTTOM-PLACED SHARKS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE TOP SIX, BUT A FOURTH-STRAIGHT DEFEAT LEAVES THEIR PLAYOFFS CHANCES ON LIFE SUPPORT. A SEASON THAT STARTED WITH SO MUCH PROMISE, HANGING BY A THREAD. AND THE WARRIORS HAVE GOT ANOTHER LOSS TO REFLECT ON... NAMES LIKE WAKA, HUFANGA, BROUGHTON AND MALIEPO ` HAVE THE QUALITIES TO BRING NRL SUCCESS TO THE CLUB, BUT THEIR 40-32 DEFEAT TO THE SHARKS PUTTING PLAYOFFS FOOTY IN SERIOUS DOUBT. UNFORTUNATELY, AGAIN, OUR DISCIPLINE AND TOO MANY ERRORS PUT US ON THE BACK FOOT AND WE COULDN'T GET THAT ONE. THE WARRIORS CHASING THE GAME FROM THE OUTSET... AND DODD IS GONNA SCORE! ...DOWN EARLY, NOT HELPING THEMSELVES EITHER BY FAILING TO PLAY TO THE WHISTLE. YOU SEE THE WARRIORS STOP HERE, EXPECTING THAT FORWARD PASS. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING UNTIL THE WHISTLES BLOWING. ALTHOUGH THAT SEEMED TO WAKE THEM UP... HUFANGA! SHE WON'T BLOW THAT ONE! MELE HUFANGA GOING OVER BEFORE SETTING UP THE NEXT, BACK IN IT AT HALF TIME. TAUHALALIKU, OH YEAH! ...THE TRICKS COMING OUT AFTER THE BREAK, TOO... OH, SUPERB AGAIN. ...BUT THE WARRIORS LEAVING 10 POINTS OUT ON THE PARK THANKS TO SEVERAL MISSED CONVERSIONS, KEEPING THE SHARKS WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE, GOING ON TO SCORE 24 UNANSWERED POINTS. GOOD HANDS HERE FROM STAPLES. STAPLES IS THERE. THE WARRIORS UNABLE TO RECOVER, LOSING THE GAME, AND WITH IT ` CONTROL OF THEIR SEASON. NOW NEEDING THE KNIGHTS TO LOSE BOTH OF THEIR GAMES. WE JUST HAVEN'T QUITE CONNECTED IN EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE GAME. SOMETHING THAT WILL NEED TO IMPROVE DRASTICALLY AGAINST THE BRONCOS NEXT WEEK. THE GREATEST RIVALRY TOUR TAKES ON A DIFFERENT FEEL OVERNIGHT, WITH BOTH THE BLACK FERNS AND ALL BLACKS PLAYING SOUTH AFRICA IN SOWETO. FOR THE ALL BLACKS, IT'S A FITTING STAGE FOR THE THIRD TEST OF THEIR SERIES. WE'LL CHAT TO OUR MAN ON THE GROUND ANDREW SAVILLE IN A MOMENT. FIRST, HIS REPORT. THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO INTERNATIONAL RUGBY TEAMS WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS WALK INSIDE FNB STADIUM ` THE SPRINGBOKS AND THE ALL BLACKS, THE LAST TIME IN 2012. THE HOME TEAM HAD AN EARLY REFRESHER TODAY AT THE MASSIVE VENUE NEAR THE TOWNSHIPS OF SOWETO. IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR HISTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA. SO MANY THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE THAT HELPED SHAPE THE SOUTH AFRICA WE HAVE TODAY. YES, I KNOW ALL THE STADIUMS ` THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN WEIGHT IN A SENSE OF HISTORY, YOU KNOW? BUT I THINK FOR US AS SOUTH AFRICANS, WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING THERE IN SOWETO. THE BLACK FERNS ALSO HAD A RUN TODAY ON A DAMP AND THUNDERY STADIUM. BLACK ON THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE. ALL: BLACK! THE ALL BLACKS STICKING TO THEIR INNER-CITY BASE. SKIPPER ARDIE SAVEA CUTTING A RELAXED FIGURE LATER IN THE DAY. HOW ARE YOU, ARDIE? YEAH, I'M GOOD, MY FRIEND. IT'S NICE GETTING THAT WELLINGTON-TYPE BREEZE IN THE LUNGS. IT WAS GOOD. IT'S STILL THE SAME. IF IT RAINS, IT DOESN'T RAIN, OUR... NONE OF OUR MOVES, ANYTHING THAT WE DO, OUR PLAN IS NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL. SAVEA WILL AGAIN LOCK HORNS WITH LONG-TIME MATE KOLISI. THE BOKS CAPTAIN ONE UP AFTER CAPE TOWN. ARDIE SAVEA SMASHED BY SIYA KOLISI. HE'S THE ENEMY... WHEN YOU'RE ON THE FIELD, YOU KNOW. AND HE'S SAW THE SAME WAY WHEN HE SAW MY BACK AND I WAS CATCHING THE BALL, AND HE HIT ME. AARGH! I WAS LYING ON THE GROUND, AND ALL I COULD HEAR WAS MY DAD'S VOICE SAYING, 'GET UP.' WELL, HERE WE ARE AT THE MASSIVE FNB STADIUM NEAR SOWETO ` CAPACITY 90,000. AND THE RAINS OF JOHANNESBURG TODAY. SOMEONE DIDN'T PACK THEIR JACKET, BUT THE FORECAST FOR GAME DAY IS FOR MUCH DRIER WEATHER. THE ALL BLACKS RETURN HERE TO THE VENUE THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP BACK IN 2010. THEY'VE PLAYED HERE TWICE FOR A TWO-ZERO RECORD. HELPING SAVEA TRY TO KEEP THAT CLEAN SHEET AND HANDLE THE PRESSURE OF AN INTENSE SERIES ` HIS FAMILY... LET'S GO, DAD! ...WITH HIM FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THEY'VE HAD AN AWESOME TIME. THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AMAZING. FOR ME TO GO DO MY WORK WITH THE ALL BLACKS AND THEN COME HERE AND SEE THEM ` IT'S BEEN A MASSIVE BLESSING. A CLEAR FINAL MESSAGE BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING. I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T BE AN ALL BLACK IF YOU WEREN'T CONFIDENT BY THIS TIME OF THE WEEK. THE ALL BLACKS DETERMINED, AS ARE THEIR OLD FOES, ON A VENUE THAT THE BOKS ARE TRYING TO MAKE HOME. LET'S CROSS NOW TO ANDREW SAVILLE IN JOHANNESBURG. SAV ` A BIG FEW HOURS AHEAD. SURE IS ZION. I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S BLOODY COLD. HOPEFULLY THE RAIN STAYS AWAY. DANE, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YOU SAID THE KEY WAS SET PIECE, SO CHANGE TODAY? NO CHANGE TODAY. WE CAN SPEED THEIR LINE UP AND GET IN GET OUT, WILL GO A LONG WAY. CAN WE EXPECT MORE PUNCH FROM THE DEFENSE? YES, THOSE BIG BOYS ARE OUT THERE MATCHING THEM. HOW DO YOU IMPROVE THE STARTS? YOU PLAY WITH A BIT OF TEMPO. GET AROUND THAT CORNER, AND SLOW THE BALL DOWN. YOU CAN'T WAIT. GET UP AND GET IN THEIR FACE. YOU'VE BEEN A BUSY BOY. A MASSIVE 12 HOURS AHEAD HERE. THANKS, SAV ` LIVE FROM JOHANNESBURG. A TOUGH DAY FOR CHRISTCHURCH'S CASHMERE TECHNICAL FOOTBALL CLUB, LOSING BOTH NATIONAL CUP FINALS AT TE KAHA TODAY. UP FIRST, THE WOMEN, IN THEIR MAIDEN KATE SHEPPARD CUP FINAL, FOUGHT THEIR WAY INTO THE MATCH, EQUALISING WITH EASTERN SUBURBS RIGHT BEFORE HALF-TIME. BUT THE AUCKLAND SIDE WERE FAR TOO STRONG, SCORING TWICE IN QUICK SUCCESSION, TO WIN 3-1. SHE'S LOST THAT. SHOT COMES IN, AND UNDER. MAN, THERE WAS SOME STING IN THAT ONE. FELLOW AUCKLAND TEAM FENCIBLES MADE THEIR MAIDEN CHATHAM CUP APPEARANCE ONE TO REMEMBER, WITHSTANDING LONG PERIODS OF PRESSURE TO BEAT CASHMERE TECHNICAL 2-1. THE U.S. OPEN CONTINUES IN NEW YORK, AND WHILE THERE'S PLENTY HAPPENING ON THE COURT, IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING OFF IT THAT'S GOT TENNIS STARS TALKING. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS AT THIS YEAR'S MAJOR, AND A SURPRISING ` BUT LEGAL ` SPECTATOR CAUSING HEADACHES. BRODYN KNUCKEY HAS MORE. YOU'D THINK A DAY OUT AT FLUSHING MEADOWS WOULD BE ABOUT TENNIS... IT'S TOO GOOD! VERY GOOD! ...BUT AT THIS YEAR'S U.S. OPEN... WE'RE BACK! DID YOU MISS US? ...AN INFLUX OF INFLUENCERS MAKING THEIR MARK... IN ALL THE WRONG WAYS. IF YOU COME TO A SPORTING EVENT, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE SPORT. THE U.S. TENNIS ASSOCIATION ACCREDITING ABOUT 100 CONTENT CREATORS ` ALMOST DOUBLE THAT OF 2025 ` AS THEY TRY TO DRAW IN NEW AUDIENCES. BUT AS A RESULT... LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, PLEASE, IF YOU COULD KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN. NAOMI OSAKA HAS HAD BOTH HER MATCHES THIS WEEK DISRUPTED SO FAR. NOISE NOT THE ONLY ISSUE ` SOME EVEN USING FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY DURING PLAY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S COMMON COURTESY TO, LIKE, READ UP ON THE SPORT, ESPECIALLY THE ETIQUETTE. THE USTA HAVE INCREASED SIGNAGE, INCLUDING IN CORPORATE BOXES, TO REMIND ATTENDEES NOT TO DISRUPT GAMES, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T HELP ARYNA SABALENKA, WHO FACED A DIFFERENT DISTRACTION. APPARENTLY, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE SMOKING A LITTLE, UH... 'MARI-JU-ANA'. CANNABIS IS LEGAL IN NEW YORK, BUT SMOKING IN GENERAL ISN'T ALLOWED AT FLUSHING MEADOWS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS COMING FROM THE CROWD OR WAS FROM THE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS IT INTO THE STADIUM. SO I JUST HOPE THEY'RE GONNA BE A BIT MORE AWARE. THE EARLY DISTRACTION NOTHING COMPARED TO A WINNER'S HIGH, THROUGH TO THE THIRD ROUND IN STRAIGHT SETS. CARLOS ALCARAZ IN SIMILAR FORM. GAME, SET AND MATCH. UNTROUBLED. THE SPANIARD'S RUST AFTER ALMOST FIVE MONTHS OUT INJURED A DISTANT MEMORY ` REDISCOVERING HIS FORM IN A WIDE-OPEN MEN'S DRAW. HOPEFULLY, IN THE NEXT ROUND, I'M GOING TO BE JUST A BIT BETTER THAN TODAY, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW MY LEVEL IS REALLY HIGH. AND CERTAINLY LOOKING INFLUENTIAL. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. COMING UP ` JORDYN'S HERE WITH YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER FORECAST. ON Q+A TOMORROW, RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE CRITICAL TO OUR ECONOMY AND SENSE OF IDENTITY AS NEW ZEALANDERS. SIX CANDIDATES, ONE BIG NIGHT IN MORRINSVILLE. THE Q+A RURAL ISSUES DEBATE, 9AM TOMORROW ON 1 AND TVNZ+. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. SPRING WAS CERTAINLY DOING ITS THING TODAY, WITH STRONG WINDS, SUN, RAIN AND MILDER TEMPERATURES ALL IN THE MIX. THOSE IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY SAW A BIT MORE SUNSHINE THAN THE REST. AND IT WAS TIMARU THAT SAW TODAY'S TOP TEMPERATURE OF 20.1 DEGREES. TOMORROW, A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING IN THE TASMAN SEA, BRINGING RAIN AND SHOWERS TO END THE WEEKEND. THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LIKELY TO SEE THE HEAVIEST FALLS, WITH RAIN REACHING PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND LATER IN THE DAY. AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED IN THE GREY AND BULLER DISTRICTS FROM 6AM TOMORROW, UNTIL EARLY MONDAY. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT TOMORROW, STARTING IN THE FAR NORTH ` CLOUD INCREASES IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS PICK UP AROUND DINNER TIME. MILD TEMPERATURES ` 20 DEGREES THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` MAINLY FINE, CLOUD AROUND LATE MORNING, THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. YOUR HIGH 18 DEGREES. KIRIKIRIROA, HAMILTON ` A CLOUDY SUNDAY FOR YOU, WITH SHOWERS AT THE LATER END OF THE DAY. 17 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. TO THE CENTRAL NORTH ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING. WHAKATANE, YOU'LL SEE SOME MORNING SUN AND A HIGH OF 17 DEGREES. TAURANGA ` FINE TO START, THEN CLOUD INCREASING FROM MIDDAY WITH THE ODD EVENING SHOWER. 18 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. A SLIGHTLY SUNNIER STORY IN THE EAST ` FINE AT FIRST, THEN HIGH CLOUD THICKENING FROM AFTERNOON. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON WILL SEE THE ODD SHOWER, BECOMING FREQUENT IN THE EVENING. 21 DEGREES THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. IT'S WET AND GREY IN THE WEST, WITH SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. 19 DEGREES THE HIGH IN WHANGANUI. WELLINGTON ` YOU CAN EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLIES TOMORROW, WITH CLOUD AND SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN IN THE EVENING, AND A HIGH OF 15 DEGREES. TO THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ` CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM LATE MORNING. HEAVY AT TIMES, AND CERTAINLY HEAVIER IN WESTPORT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 17 DEGREES THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH ` RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, HEAVY AT TIMES FROM AFTERNOON BEFORE EASING AT NIGHT. YOUR HIGH 12 DEGREES. THAT RUN OF WET WEATHER CONTINUES AS WE HEAD FURTHER SOUTH, RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS EASING IN THE EVENING. 14 DEGREES IS THE HIGH FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN ` SHOWERS TURNING TO RAIN FOR A TIME IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. YOUR HIGH 10 DEGREES. IN THE LOWER SOUTH, CLOUD AND RAIN FOR MOST. HEAVIER IN MILFORD SOUND; INVERCARGILL AND GORE WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS. 12 THE HIGH IN MILFORD SOUND. OTEPOTI DUNEDIN ` CLOUD INCREASES ACROSS THE DAY, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE MORNING. YOUR HIGH 11 DEGREES. LOOKING AHEAD TO MONDAY ` RAIN, SOMETIMES HEAVY, EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE NORTH ISLAND. AS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH. RAIN ELSEWHERE, WITH POSSIBLY HEAVY FALLS AT FIRST, GRADUALLY EASING. AND TUESDAY, A FEW SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. PO MARIE. DO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND CAITLIN PENROSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.