TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A NEW ELECTION LISTING. MAYBE A YOUNG FAMILY, POTENTIALLY ` ALL DOUBLE-GLAZED. NATIONAL PROMISES MORE FIRST-HOME BUYERS ACCESS TO LOW DEPOSITS. KIWIMART WILL BE A SUPERMARKET OWNED BY NEW ZEALANDERS, FOR NZERS. THE GREEN PARTY PLEDGES A PUBLICLY-OWNED SUPERMARKET CHAIN FOR VOTERS SHOPPING AROUND. AND THE SPRINGBOKS MUSCLE UP TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE GREATEST RIVALRY SERIES ` THE KEY MOMENTS THAT COST THE ALL BLACKS. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JASON CONRAN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. NATIONAL IS PROMISING TO HELP MORE KIWIS BUY THEIR FIRST HOME. IF RE-ELECTED, THE PARTY SAYS, IT'LL EXPAND ACCESS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S 5% DEPOSIT SCHEME. NATIONAL'S GOAL ` FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP RATE IN NZ TO INCREASE FROM WHERE IT SITS CURRENTLY AT 66% TO AROUND 74%. AT THE MOMENT, THE LOANS, WHICH ARE ISSUED BY SELECTED BANKS AND UNDERWRITTEN BY KAINGA ORA, ARE CAPPED TO PEOPLE EARNING BELOW $95,000 OR $150,000 FOR A COMBINED INCOME. BUT NATIONAL SAYS THAT'S 'TOO RESTRICTIVE', TODAY PLEDGING TO CREATE A SINGLE-INCOME-CAP FIGURE, INCREASING THE THRESHOLD TO $300,000 REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF BORROWERS THERE ARE. JASON WALLS HAS MORE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON EYEING UP FIRST-HOME BUYERS AHEAD OF THE ELECTION. I THINK EVERYONE, LIKE US, WANTS TO BUY THEIR HOUSE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN GET IN. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. AND THEY'RE BY NO MEANS THE ONLY ONES ` OPEN HOMES BUSY IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. IN FACT, THERE ARE MORE FIRST-HOME BUYERS IN THE MARKET NOW THAN THERE'S BEEN IN TWO DECADES, BUT NATIONAL WANT EVEN MORE. A RE-ELECTED NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WILL WIDEN ACCESS TO 5% DEPOSITS BY INCREASING THE INCOME CAP UNDER THE FIRST-HOME-LOAN SCHEME TO $300,000. THAT CAP IS CURRENTLY $95,000 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR $150,000 FOR A COUPLE. THE INCOME CAPS ARE JUST WAY TOO RESTRICTIVE. AND IT MEANS THAT RIGHT NOW, A JUNIOR DOCTOR EARNING $100,000 CANNOT ACCESS THE SCHEME, NOR CAN A YOUNG COUPLE MADE UP OF AN ELECTRICIAN, SAY, EARNING $85,000 AND A TEACHER ON $78,000. THEY'RE HOPING THE SCHEME WILL BRING THOUSANDS MORE FIRST-HOME BUYERS ON THE MARKET. AND IT HAS THE TICK OF APPROVAL FROM GJ GARDNER. A BIG PORTION OF OUR BUYERS AT THE MOMENT ARE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS, AND WE'VE SEEN THERE'S A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THEM. SO, I MEAN, TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WILL HELP A LOT. BUT THIS REAL-ESTATE AGENT SAYS THE SCHEME COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. THE FIRST-HOME BUYERS ALREADY HAVE QUITE A BATTLE ON THEIR HANDS TO GET THEIR FIRST HOME. SO I THINK THEY MIGHT NOT BE SO HAPPY ABOUT IT, COS THERE'LL BE MORE COMPETITION AND MORE CHANCE OF THEM MISSING OUT ON THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. LABOUR DOESN'T HATE THE PLAN. IT'S A GOOD POLICY. BUT IT HOLDS SOME RESERVATIONS. THE NATIONAL PARTY CAN'T BE TRUSTED. JUST TWO YEARS AGO, THEY CUT SUPPORT TO FIRST-HOME BUYERS ` NOW THERE'S AN ELECTION ROLLING ROUND, SUDDENLY, THEY'VE DISCOVERED THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRST-HOME BUYERS AGAIN. THAT A REFERENCE TO LABOUR'S FIRST-HOME-GRANT SCHEME. THE FIRST-HOME GRANTS WERE AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING FIRST-HOME BUYERS, SO IT'S JUST GIVING PEOPLE AN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN CASH, WHICH IS WHAT THE FIRST-HOME GRANTS WAS, WAS A VERY BLUNT AND INEFFECTIVE WAY OF ACTUALLY HELPING. AND AS FOR LABOUR'S HOUSING PLAN? WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. THOSE DETAILS, HOWEVER, YET TO BE RELEASED. JASON'S WITH ME NOW. HOW IMPORTANT IS THE FIRST-HOME-BUYER VOTE? YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT GIVEN NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY IN TERMS OF THE INTRINSIC VALUE THAT PROPERTY HAS ON OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS HAVING A FIRST HOME AS THE KIWI DREAM, SO I AM NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE NATIONAL PARTY UP ON THIS NARRATIVE TODAY AND PUTTING INTO THIS POLICY. I AM NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE LABOUR PARTY WILL HAVE A SIMILAR POLICY IN THE COMING WEEKS. WHAT I AM SURPRISED THAT IS THE FACT THAT NEW ZEALAND FIRST IN THE GREEN PARTY FOUND COMMON GROUND TODAY WHEN IT CAME TO THIS POLICY. USUALLY THEY ARE AT LOGGERHEADS WHEN IT COMES TO MOST THINGS, BUT THEY BOTH POINTED OUT TODAY THAT IF YOU HAVE FIRST HOME BUYERS WITH LESS EQUITY THERE WILL BE MORE DEBT, ANOTHER BUSY SUNDAY OF ELECTION PLEDGES, JASON. WHAT HAVE NATIONAL'S COALITION PARTNERS ANNOUNCED TODAY? SPEAKING OF NEW ZEALAND FIRST, WINSTON PETERS WAS RALLYING IN HAMILTON. HE CAME IS ARMED WITH AN ELECTION PROMISE TO RESTRICT NEW ZEALAND SUPER. TWO NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS WE ASKED WHY THIS WAS IMPORTANT. WELL, IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS, AND AT THE MOMENT, ANYBODY CAN GET IT VIRTUALLY BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT STRINGENT, LIKE THEY ARE IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY, AND WE THINK THAT THE NEW ZEALAND TAXPAYER NEEDS A FAIR GO. HE ALSO PLEDGED TO REMOVE NEW ZEALAND FROM THEIR PARIS ACCORD. THE ACT PARTY PLEDGED TO SCRAP THAT ZERO GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS TARGET, FOR IN LINE WITH AUSTRALIA, THE US AND GREAT BRITAIN. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE FAIRER AND COST LESS. AND THE GREEN PARTY WANT TO BREAK UP THE SUPERMARKET DUOPOLY ` WHAT'S THE PLAN? THERE IS MORE POLITICS SO HOLD ONTO YOUR HAT. THE GREEN PARTY CAMPAIGN ON A PUBLICLY OWNED SUPERMARKET AIMED AT DRIVING DOWN FOOD PRICES. MORE DETAILS ON THIS, HERE IS LOUISE. FOR YEARS, TWO BRANDS, WOOLWORTHS AND FOODSTUFFS, HAVE DOMINATED OUR SUPERMARKETS. THE GREENS SAYING THEY WANT TO BREAK UP THE DUOPOLY, BRINGING IN A GOVERNMENT OWNED THIRD COMPETITOR. KIWIMART WILL BE A SUPERMARKET OWNED BY NEW ZEALANDERS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. THOUGH THE IDEA OF A GOVERNMENT OWNED SUPERMARKET ISN'T NEW. THIS IS AN IDEA THAT HAS BEEN POPULARISED BY PLENTY OF VERY CLEVER PEOPLE, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE GREENS ARE TAKING TO THE ELECTION TO ACTUALLY INCREASE AFFORDABILITY FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. IF IMPLEMENTED, WOOLWORTHS AND FOODSTUFFS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DIVEST AT LEAST 120 EXISTING STORES AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES INTO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. FUNDING, PENALTIES AND POWERS WOULD BE INCREASED FOR THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO MONITOR SUPERMARKETS, AND PRICE GOUGING WOULD BE BANNED. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN THIS COUNTRY, ONLY A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT, AND THAT IS A CHOICE ABOUT WHO CONTROLS THE SUPPLY OF FOOD. FUNDING FOR FOODBANKS AND FOOD GRANTS WOULD ALSO BE INCREASED, AND THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMME WOULD BE RESTORED AND EXPANDED TO 150,000 MORE CHILDREN; LOCALS KEEN ON THE POTENTIAL A THIRD PLAYER COULD DELIVER AT THE CHECKOUT. I'D SAY THAT'S THE BEST IDEA I'VE HEARD ALL DAY. HAVING A FAMILY OF FOUR, $200 IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ONE GROCERY. EVERYTHING'S GONE UP ` NOT JUST VEGETABLES; IT'S EVERYTHING. THIS MONTH ALONE, ALMOST 900 CANTERBURY FAMILIES HAVE TURNED TO SERVICES LIKE ST VINCENT DE PAUL TO ACCESS FOOD. WE'VE PROBABLY GONE UP 30% TO 40% IN A YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS HAS REALLY HIT A LOT OF FAMILIES REALLY HARD. CONSUMER NZ AND THIS COMPETITION WATCH DOG WELCOMING PROGRESS, AFTER FAILED HOPES OF ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PLAYER SETTING UP SHOP. THERE ISN'T A BUSINESS CASE FOR A CHALLENGER, THAT IT'S ALSO BEEN PROVED IN THE COMMERCE COMMISSION STUDY THAT` THERE'S BEEN AN OVERBUILD OF SUPERMARKETS. THERE'S NO CHOICE BUT TO BREAK UP THE EXISTING CARTEL. AS FOR OTHER PARTIES... WE NEED TO DO MORE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING PROPER COMPETITION IN THE FOOD AND GROCERY SECTOR. I'M LEAVING ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE AT THIS POINT. THEY WERE GOING FAIRLY WELL WHEN THEY WERE COPYING OUR POLICY, UNTIL THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FUND A KIWIMART. IT'S KIWIBUILD WITH FOOD. KIWIBUILD UNDER LABOUR LEFT US WITH NO HOUSES ` THIS POLICY COULD LEAVE US WITH NO FOOD. 1 NEWS HAS APPROACHED WOOLWORTHS AND FOODSTUFFS FOR COMMENT, WITH SOME SHOPS POTENTIALLY IN THE HANDS OF VOTERS. LOUISE TERNOUTH, 1 NEWS. FOR A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DETAILS FROM TODAY'S POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS, DOWNLOAD OUR APP, OR GO TO onenews.co.nz PLUS ` CHRIS AND TOVA WILL HAVE MORE ANALYSIS AND REACTION TOMORROW MORNING. JOIN THE BREAKFAST TEAM FROM 6.30. OVERSEAS, THE U.S. AND IRAN HAVE TRADED FRESH ATTACKS NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE AMERICAN MILITARY RELEASING A VIDEO OF STRIKES ON THREE IRANIAN OIL TANKERS CLOSE TO KHARG ISLAND AND IN THE GULF OF OMAN, CLAIMING TWO OF THE SHIPS WERE 'PERMANENTLY DISABLED' AND THE OTHER WAS DESTROYED. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THE STRIKES WERE IN RETALIATION TO IRAN TARGETING TWO U.S. NAVAL SHIPS IN THE REGION, WITH TEHRAN WARNING SUCH ACTION WILL INTENSIFY IF THE BLOCKADE OF THE STRAIT CONTINUES. MEANWHILE, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TOP NEGOTIATORS HAVE PRESENTED VLADIMIR PUTIN WITH A FRESH PROPOSAL FOR PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. SPECIAL ENVOYS STEVE WITKOFF AND JARED KUSHNER MET WITH THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IN MOSCOW AS PART OF A RENEWED DIPLOMATIC PUSH TO END THE CONFLICT. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG HAS THE LATEST. (SIRENS WAIL) IF YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP'S PEACE ENVOYS, THERE IS NO SLIPPING QUIETLY INTO THE KREMLIN. WELCOME. VLADIMIR PUTIN GREETED THE VISITORS ` STEVE WYCKOFF, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW, JARED KUSHNER. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'THE SITUATION IS DIFFICULT,' HE CONCEDED, BUT THERE WAS GUSHING PRAISE FOR HIS GUESTS. YOU HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OUR FULL TRUST, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE CONVENIENT FOR US TO WORK WITH YOU. WHEN WE RETIRE, WE'LL HAVE ALL THESE INCREDIBLE STORIES AND INCREDIBLE MEMORIES, AND YOURS WILL BE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF IT ALL. BUT UP TO THIS POINT, THE KREMLIN HAS SHOWN LITTLE SIGN OF WANTING TO END ITS WAR ON UKRAINE. A PEACE DEAL SO FAR HAS PROVED ELUSIVE. THESE TWO U.S. ENVOYS HAVE BEEN TO RUSSIA LOTS, BUT NOT TO UKRAINE. THIS TIME, THOUGH, FROM MOSCOW, STEVE WYCKOFF AND JARED KUSHNER ARE EXPECTED TO TRAVEL TO KYIV. AND VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ORDERED HIS MILITARY NOT TO STRIKE THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL FROM MIDNIGHT FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. MANY RUSSIANS ARE HOPING FOR A DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHROUGH. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) GRIGORY YAVLINSKY IS FOUNDER OF A PARTY THAT IS PUBLICLY CALLING FOR PEACE, FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE. THE PARTY HAS BEEN BARRED FROM RUNNING IN RUSSIA'S UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. IT'S NECESSARY TO FIND THE COMMON LANGUAGE. IF TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME WAY, WE WOULD COME TO SOMETHING LIKE NUCLEAR WAR, AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF STORY. KYIV TOO IS PAUSING STRIKES ON THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL TO GIVE THE U.S. PEACE MISSION A CHANCE. BUT FINDING A COMMON LANGUAGE WITH A KREMLIN THAT IS STILL PUSHING FOR VICTORY ` THAT'S A CHALLENGE. PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL HOLD OFF ON STRIKES ON UKRAINE'S CAPITAL KYIV WITH THE U.S. ENVOYS NOW SET TO MEET WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY THERE IN THE COMING DAYS. TWO MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE IN NEPAL, FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE COUNTRY'S BORDER WITH TIBET 11 DAYS AGO. EMERGENCY CREWS RESCUING A CHINESE MAN TRAPPED IN A 225M HYDROPOWER TUNNEL, AND A WOMAN DISCOVERED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF HER FLOOD-HIT HOME. MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FIVE NEW ZEALANDERS, ARE STILL MISSING. SOUTH AFRICA HAS GONE UP 2-1 IN THE FOUR-TEST 'GREATEST RIVALRY' SERIES AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. AFTER JUMPING OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD, THE VISITORS WERE OVERPOWERED BY A FAST-FINISHING BOKS SIDE. ANDREW SAVILLE WAS AT THE MATCH. THE WINNING MOMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA, AND A TRY THAT SUMMED UP THE NIGHT NEAR SOWETO. MARX SCORES! WELL, THAT'S SET PIECE, ISN'T IT? THE SPRINGBOK FORWARDS TURNING STEAMROLLERS AGAIN. I MEAN, LOOK, THEY'RE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR A REASON, AREN'T THEY? VERY GOOD UP FRONT. AND THEY PLAYED A BIT OF FOOTY TONIGHT. LIKE THE FIRST TWO TESTS, THE RESULT CAME DOWN TO SEVERAL KEY MOMENTS, SOUTH AFRICA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MANY. HOME FANS PLENTY TO CELEBRATE AFTER THE HISTORIC WIN IN THE SOCCER CITY VENUE. BEAUTIFUL GAME. I LOVE YOU, BOKKE! EPIC, MAN. EPIC GAME. BEST TEAM WON, BUT JEEZ, BOTH EASILY THE BEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD. BOKKE! IT WAS A GAME THAT HAD HALF A DOZEN BIG MOMENTUM SHIFTS, ERRORS, TURNOVERS, YELLOW CARDS WHICH HAD AN IMPACT ON BOTH TEAMS, INJURIES WHICH TOOK THEIR TOLL AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ALL BLACKS LOSING INSPIRATIONAL SKIPPER ARDIE SAVEA IN THE 30TH MINUTE. YEAH, HE CERTAINLY WON'T BE TRAVELLING TO THE STATES. OH, YEAH, LIKE, I MEAN, HE WAS MASSIVE. THE ALL BLACKS ACTUALLY MADE THEIR BEST START OF THE SERIES. SAVEA IS IN! BUT AS IS OFTEN THE CASE, THE SOUTH AFRICANS FOUGHT BACK. A CRUNCHING MOMENT CAME AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. MASSIVE SCRUM. REINACH TRYING TO GET HIS HANDS ON HIM. PENALTY TRY! ANOTHER CLASSIC BETWEEN THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE AND TWO RUGBY TEAMS. ACROSS THIS WHOLE SERIES, VERY FINE MARGINS BETWEEN A WIN AND A LOSS. 85,000 WERE PACKED INTO SOCCER CITY HERE, NEAR SOWETO. THEY'VE GONE OFF INTO THE NIGHT, BUT THE SPRINGBOKS AND SIYA KOLISI CELEBRATING A VERY SPECIAL WIN. UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN SOWETO, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE, FOR US TO BE HERE TODAY. SO THAT'S WHY THE GAME WAS HERE. AND WE WISH MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW CAN COME AND SEE THE GAME. THE ALL BLACKS SHOWED PLENTY OF FIGHT AGAIN ` THE OUTSTANDING WILL JORDAN OFF HIS OWN KICK-THROUGH. LOOK AT THE FOLLOW-UP FROM LEROY CARTER. KEEP IT ALIVE. WHO'S THERE? WILL JORDAN. COME ON. BUT OVERALL, PENALTIES AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCRUM, MAUL AND BREAKDOWN WORK PROVED JUST TOO GOOD. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION, BUT I GUESS FOR US, YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD ON WHAT WE DID WELL, AND WE ALSO LEARN WHAT WE DIDN'T QUITE DO WELL. 2-1 TO THE BOKS IN THE REPUBLIC A SERIES WIN OF SORTS. OF SORTS, ANDREW ` THE BOKS WINNING ON HOME TURF. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE SOWETO FACTOR? GOOD MORNING. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT DIDN'T RAIN, BUT IT IS POURING IN JOHANNESBURG. IT IS PLAYING IN THE VENUE IN SOWETO, THE ALL BLACKS WILL HAVE A CHALLENGE, AND EXTRA CHALLENGE IN THIS TEST; THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. FROM THE 55TH OR 60TH MINUTE, THE SPRINGBOKS TOOK CONTROL AND PLAYED LIKE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS THEY ARE. OVERALL, THE SERIES, MOST OF THE FLEAS WITHIN THE GAMES WERE ON A KNIFE EDGE. IT MADE FOR FANTASTIC SPORT. THE ATMOSPHERE LAST NIGHT AT THE SOCCER CITY STADIUM AND THE INTENSITY OF THE GAME WAS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T WITNESSED AN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY, CERTAINLY FOR A LONG TIME. SOME TIRED PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND TODAY. SO, OFF TO BALTIMORE IN THE U.S. FOR THE FINAL TEST ` WHAT DO THE ALL BLACKS HAVE TO DO TO TIE UP THE SERIES? THE BUGBEARS ARE COMING BACK TO HAUNT THEM AGAIN. THERE ARE POSITIVE SIDES FOR THE ALL BLACKS. THE COACHES HAVE ONLY BEEN HANDS-ON IN THE JOB FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. THE SCRUM HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES TO SORT OUT. THE LOAN OUT AT TIMES, THE MAUL DEFENCE AND BREAKDOWN, SOUTH AFRICANS WERE FAST AND EFFECTIVE. THEY ARE A GOOD TEAM. THE ALL BLACKS WILL IMPROVE IN BALTIMORE, BUT THE SOUTH AFRICANS WILL IMPROVE AS WELL. WE WILL SEE A LOT OF CHANGES IN BOTH TEAMS. THE TEAMS AS WE SPEAK ARE IN THE AIR TO BALTIMORE. THEY ARE SHARING A CHARTER FLIGHT. THERE IS A CURTAIN THAT HAS GONE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLEET TO SEPARATE THE TWO TEAMS. THEY ARE REFUELLING IN WEST AFRICA, AND THEN HEADING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO THE EAST COAST OF THE US. THE SPRINGBOK A MUCH HAPPIER ON THE FLIGHTS. THANKS. STILL TO COME ` A PLAN TO KEEP TALENT IN THE COUNTRY, OR AN ATTACK ON NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING ABROAD? IF I WERE TO COME HOME TO NEW ZEALAND, I WOULD TAKE A $60,000 PER YEAR PAY CUT IMMEDIATELY. WHAT KIWIS OVERSEAS MAKE OF NATIONAL'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS. PLUS ` HOW GROUPS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP NEURODIVERSE CHILDREN SAFER AROUND WATER. KIWIS WITH STUDENT DEBT LIVING IN AUSTRALIA SAY NATIONAL'S ELECTION PLEDGE TO ENFORCE TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR BORROWERS OVERSEAS IS MAKING THEM RECONSIDER HOW QUICKLY THEY PAY OFF THEIR LOANS. NATIONAL SAYS THE AIM IS TO KEEP TALENT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT ONE ECONOMIST SAYS IT'S AN ATTACK ON NZERS LIVING ABROAD. AND AS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT JACOB JOHNSON EXPLAINS, THE PROPOSED POLICY ALSO ISN'T LIKELY TO BRING KIWIS HOME. BASED SOUTH OF BRISBANE IN THE QUEENSLAND CITY OF LOGAN, ANGEL MAIHI (26) IS TRAINING TO BECOME A MIDWIFE. AUSTRALIA PAYS MIDWIVES QUITE A LOT MORE HERE, SO THAT'S ONE REASON, LIKE, WAGES. BUT BEFORE CROSSING THE TASMAN IN 2023, SHE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS STUDYING IN NZ AND CURRENTLY HAS $40,000 IN STUDENT DEBT. IT DOES WORRY ME A LITTLE BIT THAT THE INTEREST RATE IS INCREASING ON THE STUDENT LOAN, AND IT MAKES ME WANNA PAY IT OFF QUITE QUICKLY. KIWIS WITH STUDENT LOANS LIVING OVERSEAS ALREADY HAVE TO PAY ANNUAL INTEREST OF 5.6%. UNDER NATIONAL'S ELECTION POLICY, THAT WOULD GO UP TO 6.6%; THE PARTY ALSO PROMISING TIGHTER ARREST SETTINGS, MEANING WARRANTS COULD BE SOUGHT FOR SERIOUS, SUSTAINED DEFAULT WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVE A BORROWER KNOWINGLY REFUSED TO PAY. AND THOSE WHO MOVE OVERSEAS PERMANENTLY WOULD HAVE TO CLEAR THEIR STUDENT LOAN BEFORE THEY COULD ACCESS KIWISAVER. I THINK IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY AN ATTACK ON KIWIS WHO ARE LIVING ABROAD. HE SAYS THE POLICY RAISES SOME LEGAL CONCERNS. THE KIWISAVER FUNDS ARE YOUR OWN MONEY ` THEY ARE NOT GOVERNMENT MONEY. AND WHEN A GOVERNMENT SAYS WE'RE GONNA SEQUESTER YOUR OWN MONEY FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THAT RAISES A LOT OF ISSUES. IN A STATEMENT, NATIONAL'S FINANCE SPOKESPERSON, NICOLA WILLIS, TOLD 1 NEWS THAT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS POLICY MAY REQUIRE A LAW CHANGE, AND IF SO, THEY'D LEGISLATE ACCORDINGLY. NATIONAL SAYS OVERSEAS BORROWERS ACCOUNT FOR 93% OF STUDENT-LOAN DEBTS, WITH ONLY THREE IN 10 MEETING THE REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS IN A GIVEN YEAR. ALONG WITH PLANS TO REDUCE THE STUDENT-LOAN-REPAYMENT RATE FOR THOSE IN NZ FROM 12% DOWN TO 10%, NATIONAL HOPES TOUGHER MEASURES FOR THOSE OVERSEAS WILL HELP KEEP KIWI TALENT FROM LEAVING. IF I WERE TO COME HOME TO NZ, I WOULD TAKE A $60,000 PER YEAR PAY CUT IMMEDIATELY. I AM NOT A CITIZEN HERE, SO I DON'T GET A STUDENT LOAN IN AUSTRALIA, AND I PAY MY COURSE FEES UP FRONT, AND I STILL LIVE WEEK TO WEEK. IT'S JUST WAY EASIER TO GET AHEAD. CONFIDENT THE BENEFITS OF LIFE ABROAD OUTWEIGH THE BURDEN THESE EXTRA PENALTIES COULD BRING. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. THERE'S NEW WORK TO REDUCE THE DROWNING RISK FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. IT'S BELIEVED MANY NEURODIVERSE CHILDREN HAVE A SPECIAL ATTRACTION TO WATER, AND NOW RESEARCHERS, COUNCILS AND ADVOCATES ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP THEM SAFE. CHARLIE DREAVER REPORTS. LEARNING ESSENTIAL SKILLS... BOTH: # EVERY TIME I'M IN THE WATER, AN ADULT MUST BE WITH ME! # ...AT THIS SWIM CLASS CATERING FOR A NEURODIVERSE CHILD. WE CAN USE VISUAL AIDS THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY USE IN OUR CLASSES AND WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REALLY DO WHAT THE CHILD WANTS TO DO. ROC'S WHANAU NOTICING THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S HAD HUGE BENEFITS IN REGARDS TO HIS CONFIDENCE AROUND WATER. AND NOT JUST HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE WATER, BUT IN SOCIAL SKILLS, COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT MORE BROADLY. HUTT CITY COUNCIL RUNS THE CLASSES, CERTIFIED BY AN AUSTRALIAN-BASED DROWNING-PREVENTION GROUP. CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, OVER 50% OF THEM HAVE A PROPENSITY TO WANDER TOWARDS BODIES OF WATER. AND THAT WANDERING BEHAVIOUR IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER SENSORY SEEKING OR SENSORY AVOIDING. U.S. RESEARCH FOUND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ARE 160 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN OTHER CHILDREN, WITH LOCAL DATA SHOWING 12 KNOWN DROWNINGS OF NEURODIVERSE CHILDREN UNDER 14 SINCE THE YEAR 2000. BUT WATER SAFETY NZ URGES CAUTION, SAYING THE DATA DOESN'T ALWAYS CAPTURE WHETHER A CHILD IS NEURODIVERSE. EVEN THIS YEAR ALREADY, THERE'VE BEEN TWO CASES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE MEDIA. IT'S VERY PREVALENT HERE IN NZ, AND IT IS MORE OF A RISK THAN PEOPLE ACTUALLY REALISE. ACCESS TO WATER SAFETY CAN BE CHALLENGING. IN SOME PLACES, IT'S ABOUT $500 PER TERM FOR SOME OF THESE LESSONS, WHICH IS REALLY UNOBTAINABLE FOR SOME OF THESE FAMILIES. AND NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN CAN STRUGGLE WITH SENSORY OVERLOAD. THE KIDS FIND IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO GO TO ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE REALLY NOISY, AND SMELLS CAN BE QUITE INTENSE. WE TAUGHT A SIMPLE STOP, CHECK, GO, TO PREVENT THE CHILD FROM ENTERING THE WATER WITHOUT SEEKING SUPERVISION AND APPROVAL FROM THE PARENT FIRST, AND, YEAH, IT WORKED. HOPING MORE CHILDREN GAIN THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO ENJOY THE WATER SAFELY. GOOD JOB! CHARLIE DREAVER, 1 NEWS. AS THE SAYING GOES, 'THERE IS NOTHING MORE CERTAIN IN LIFE 'THAN DEATH AND TAXES,' BUT DYING OFTEN DOESN'T GET THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES. DYING MATTERS WEEK KICKS OFF AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM TOMORROW, WITH HUNDREDS OF EVENTS PLANNED TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEATH. DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS MORE. THIS CANTERBURY CAFE SERVES COFFEE WITH A TWIST. WE ONLY TALK ABOUT DEATH RELATED-THINGS. SO... I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER, BUT IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING IT, I ALWAYS COME AWAY FEELING SO INSPIRED. THE DEATH CAFE ONE OF HUNDREDS OF EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS WEEK CREATING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT KICKING THE BUCKET. IT'S LETTING A BIT OF LIGHT INTO THIS TOPIC THAT, FOR LOTS OF REASONS, WE HAVE ATTACHED A BIT OF FEAR TO OVER THE YEARS. AND WHAT WE SEE IS ACTUALLY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, THEY JUST HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE SPACE. 'DYING MATTERS WEEK' IS NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR AND THRIVING. I THINK BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS THERE WAS A LOT OF, 'OOH, THIS SOUNDS A BIT MORBID,' AND, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON DEATH AND DYING, AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE COME AWAY SAYING, 'ACTUALLY, I FEEL A LOT LIGHTER.' TALKING WILLS, LAWYERS, HOSPICE CARE AND CASKETS TO FUNERAL PLANS AND FINAL WISHES. IT IS A HARD SELL IN SOME WAYS. PEOPLE ARE VERY AFRAID OF THE WHOLE DEATH SECTION, BUT IT'S PART OF LIFE, AND WE KIND OF HAVE TO EMBRACE IT. (BUZZ SAW WHIRRS) THE COFFIN CLUB... (GRINDING) ...ATTRACTING THE CURIOUS. YOU'D NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OVER WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR END OF LIFE, FOR WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR FINAL BEDROOM. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT SAY IF YOU'RE ALREADY GONE, AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIT OF TROUBLE WORKING OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. AND IT'S A WEEK WITH A MISSION IN MIND. SO, ONE THING WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS CREATING THE ULTIMATE FUNERAL PLAYLIST WE'VE ASKED, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THE LIST IS HUGE. WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF SONGS IN THERE. WITH THE TOP 10 TO BE RELEASED ON SPOTIFY AT THE END OF THE WEEK. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` SIZE DOES MATTER; A FIGHT FOR FAIRER REPRESENTATION ON MAPS GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE UNITED NATIONS. THE WIND AND RANDALL PACKING A PUNCH TONIGHT. THE NORTH ISLAND IS IN THE FIRING LINE. THERE ARE CHILLY TEMPERATURES AS THE SOUTHERLY TAKES HOLD. VOICEOVER: Yay! Insurance! If only people thought that before they had to use it. That's why at State, we're making insurance simpler to get and simple to claim. More yeps. Less nahs. How do you like insurance now? State. KING CHARLES AND FRANCE'S PRESIDENT MACRON HAVE SPOKEN OF TOGETHERNESS FOLLOWING THE UNVEILING THIS PAST WEEK OF A WORLD-FAMOUS ARTWORK AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE MEDIEVAL TAPESTRY, ON LOAN FROM FRANCE, SHOWS A TIME OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. IT'S BELIEVED TO SHOW THE DEATH OF KING HAROLD AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS IN 1066. THE BBC'S KATIE RAZZALL HAS MORE. A KING, A PRESIDENT AND A PRIME MINISTER VIEW THE MOST FAMOUS SCENE IN THE MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECE ` WHEN HAROLD, KING OF ENGLAND, TAKES AN ARROW TO THE EYE AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. EXPERTS DEBATE WHETHER THE ARROW WAS ACTUALLY ADDED MUCH LATER BY 19TH-CENTURY RESTORERS, BUT AS THEY TOURED THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY NEARLY 1000 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE ENGLISH KING AND THE NORMAN CONQUEST, THE MESSAGE WAS THAT THE LOAN OF THE WORK TO THE UK IS A SIGN OF ANGLO-FRENCH RECONCILIATION, NOT ENMITY. IF ANYONE REMEMBERS WHAT WE DID HERE TODAY, DECADES OR EVEN CENTURIES FROM NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER NOT ONLY THE STORY TOLD BY THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, BUT ALSO THE TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES WHICH, AFTER CENTURIES OF SHARED HISTORY, CHOOSE TO FORGE A BOND AS CLOSE AS THE THREADS OF THIS 1000-YEAR-OLD EMBROIDERY. TAG. TAG. STOP. THE BBC HAS BEEN AT THE MUSEUM TO WITNESS KEY MOMENTS IN THE TAPESTRY'S JOURNEY TO THE UK. THE 58 SCENES EMBROIDERED ON LINEN ARE A MEDIEVAL BLOCKBUSTER ABOUT THE BUILDUP TO 1066, A DEFINING MOMENT IN ENGLISH HISTORY. TRUSS MOVING. IN LONDON, VISITORS WILL SEE THE TREASURE AS IT HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED BEFORE. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN FROM FRANCE WAS THAT IT IS LAID FLAT TO PROTECT IT. (APPLAUSE) IT'S GREAT FUN, ACTUALLY, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCENES, AND OBVIOUSLY THINKING A LITTLE BIT HOW THEY'RE RELEVANT TO THE KING. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW THE CORONATION, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, QUITE RECENTLY, ANYWAY, THE KING WAS` WAS CROWNED. SO, YEAH, HE COULD OBVIOUSLY REFLECT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. ...NEARLY 1000 YEARS LATER, AS A PRECIOUS SYMBOL OF TRUST AT A TIME WHEN TRUST SEEMS, SADLY, AT A TIME WHEN TRUST SEEMS, SADLY, TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY BETWEEN NATIONS. THIS IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS EXHIBITION IN BRITISH MUSEUM HISTORY, BUT IT'S ALSO A SIGN OF HOW CULTURE CAN BE USED FOR DIPLOMACY. THE TAPESTRY MEASURES THE TAPESTRY MEASURES NEARLY 70M IN LENGTH. IT'S THOUGHT THE EXHIBITION COULD BE THE FIRST TIME IT HAS RETURNED TO ENGLAND IN MORE THAN 900 YEARS. CHARTING OUR ROUND PLANET ON TO A FLAT MAP CAN GIVE A DISTORTED VIEW OF THE WORLD. THAT'S THE ARGUMENT COUNTRIES IN AFRICA HAVE TAKEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS, WHO'S VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOUR OF MAPS SHOWING A MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTINENT'S SIZE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD HAS MORE. WHEN IT COMES TO WORLD MAPS, IT CAN BE QUITE A SENSITIVE TOPIC IN NEW ZEALAND. WITH OUR COUNTRY BEING LEFT OFF WORLD MAPS. A CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED A FEW YEARS AGO TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT AFTER THE UNITED NATIONS DECIDED ON A NEW WORLD MAP THIS WEEK, KIWIS ARE DELIGHTED TO SEE NEW ZEALAND ON IT. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, AS IT SHOULD. QUITE HAPPY, YEAH. I QUITE LIKE US BEING REPRESENTED PROPERLY. IT SHOULD BE THERE. BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY FIGHTING FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION. THE PUSH FOR THIS NEW MAP HAS COME FROM AFRICA, WANTING AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF THE CONTINENT'S SIZE. SAYING THAT PREVIOUS MAPS HAVE NOT PORTRAYED AFRICA'S ACTUAL LAND MASS. THE MERCATOR MAP, WHICH DATES FROM 1569, WAS A GOOD MAP FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. WHAT THEY DID, THOUGH, WAS DISTORTED QUITE DRAMATICALLY THE SHAPE OF THE CONTINENTS AND THE LANDMASSES. THE UNITED STATES, THOUGH, OPPOSING THE MOVE. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON GENUINE PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE, PROSPERITY, OR GOOD RELATIONS, THIS BODY IS DEBATING MAP PROJECTS FROM THE 16TH CENTURY AND THEIR ROLE IN PROMOTING REPARATIONS AND COGNITIVE JUSTICE. AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THE 164-1 RESOLUTION WAS OPPOSED BY ONE COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES, WHICH ITSELF HAS BEEN BUSY RENAMING PLACES. SO LAKE ONTARIO BECOMES LAKE AMERICA, THE GULF OF MEXICO BECOMES THE GULF OF AMERICA. SO IN MANY WAYS, THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE INHERENTLY POLITICAL NATURE OF MAPPING. BUT FOR AFRICANS, THEY'VE DESCRIBED THE DECISION AS AN HISTORIC MOMENT FOR GLOBAL REPRESENTATION. ABBY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. ZION'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS GET ONE MORE CHANCE AT REDEMPTION AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS. OUR MAN ANDREW SAVILLE HAS THE WASH-UP FROM SOWETO NEXT. BETTER NEWS FOR THE BLACK FERNS, THOUGH, WINNING THEIR HISTORIC TEST IN SOUTH AFRICA. PLUS ` THE WARRIORS CREATE CLUB HISTORY, DRAWING COMPARISONS TO A CERTAIN TEAM. AND ` BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT ` A TOUGH NIGHT IN PARIS FOR DAN HOOKER. Insurance is sorted! VOICEOVER: Switching to Tower is easy. Get 2 months on us when you buy new Comprehensive car insurance online. Excludes GST and levies. Plus, get covered in minutes! Ts&Cs apply. Switch to Kiwi. Switch to Tower. VOICEOVER: What a time to be into all things music. Get Spotify Premium on us with a Spark Unlimited Data Mobile Plan. KIA ORA, WELCOME TO SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN DEALT A NUMBER OF BLOWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, NOT LEAST THEIR 29-24 LOSS. ARDIE SAVEA, LUKE JACOBSON AND QUINN TUPAEA ALL RULED OUT OF THE BALTIMORE TEST WITH INJURIES, THE TOLL OF YET ANOTHER PHYSICAL CONTEST WITH THE WORLD CHAMPS. WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO ANDREW SAVILLE SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, HIS REPORT FROM SOWETO. AS IF THE SERIES COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, IT DID, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A SPRINGBOK FAN AND A LOVER OF SCRUMMAGING. AND THEY DO POWER UP, THE SPRINGBOKS. MASSIVE SCRUM, MASSIVE SCRUM. REINARCH... PENALTY TRY. ONE OF THE KEY MOMENTS IN A GAME CHOCK-FULL OF THEM. OUR BOYS WORKED BLOODY HARD TONIGHT, AND... AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BETTER IS AROUND THE DISCIPLINE STUFF, WHICH GIVES THEM EASY INS. THE ALL BLACKS MADE THEIR BEST START OF THE SERIES, HELPED BY SPEED OF BALL AND ALSO A BOX YELLOW CARD. A SECOND ARDIE SAVEA TRY, AND IT LOOKED LIKE NEW ZEALAND WAS ON TOP. ARDIE! COMING FORWARD, ARDIE SAVEA! BUT THEN ONE OF MANY MOMENTUM SHIFTS ` SAVEA GONE WITH A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. RUBEN LOVE A YELLOW CARD FOR KILLING THE BALL ON THE ALL BLACKS' GOAL LINE, LEADING IN THE END TO THAT PUSHOVER PENALTY TRY. THEY GET REWARDED FOR DOMINANCE AT TIMES, SO NO ISSUES WITH THAT. THE OUTSTANDING WILL JORDAN PUNCHED THROUGH EARLY SECOND HALF, AND AGAIN THE MOMENTUM WAS BACK WITH THE ALL BLACKS. BUT THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH END. JESSE KRIEL PUTS A FENDER ON CARTER. KRIEL'S THROUGH. KRIEL FOR THE LINE! SOME GLARING MISSED TACKLES COSTING THE ALL BLACKS DEARLY. ALSO, SLOW CLEANOUTS AND THOSE DREADED SCRUM PENALTIES COMING BACK TO HAUNT THEM. RUMBLING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE GOAL LINE HERE. AND MARX SCORES! IT WAS TWO CONTRASTING STYLES, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE AS PEOPLE AND YOU GUYS IN THE CROWD MUST ENJOY IT, THAT WE PLAY THIS WAY AND THEY PLAY THAT WAY, AND IT'S A CLASH. AND WE'VE GOT THE LUXURY OF KNOWING EACH OTHER FOR... NINE YEARS, THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. AND NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WIN BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT WE MAY BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE USED TO THAT. THERE WAS NO LATE SURGE, AS WE'D SEEN FROM THE ALL BLACKS IN THE FIRST TWO MATCHES. THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB IN THE FIRST HALF OF LIMITING OUR ERRORS, BEING DISCIPLINED, GOING DEEP INTO PHASE COUNT, MAKING THEM DEFEND US, WHICH IS WHERE WE FEEL WE'RE AT OUR BEST. SECOND HALF WE FEEL WE PROBABLY LOST OUR FLOW THROUGH, DUE TO OUR OWN ERRORS. NOW ON A SHARED CHARTER FLIGHT TO THE U.S, ONE TEAM HAPPY, THE OTHER RUEING MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. SAV'S WITH US LIVE FROM JOHANNESBURG. AND, OVERALL, WHERE DO THE ALL BLACKS STAND, AFTER THREE GAMES AGAINST AN OUTSTANDING BOKS TEAM? I THINK THERE IS NO SHYING AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE SOUTH AFRICANS HAVE WON THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEG OF THE SERIES 2-1, THE MORAL VICTORY IF YOU LIKE. THE FACT OF THE ALL BLACKS STUCK WITH THEM FOR THE MAJORITY OF PLACE THROUGHOUT THOSE GAMES, I THINK THEY NEED A BIG PAT ON THE BACK. LET'S NOT FORGET DAVE RENNIE AND HIS ASSISTANT COACHES HAVE BARELY BEEN IN THE JOB FOR THREE MONTHS, SO PLENTY OF IMPROVEMENTS TO COME THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR LEADING INTO THE WORLD CUP. THE ISSUES I HAVE, THOUGH, HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THESE THREE MATCHES. SCRUM, MAUL DEFENCE, THE BREAKDOWN AS WELL. BUT YOU HAVE THE HOPE THAT UNDER THESE COACHES THEY WILL IMPROVE. AND ACROSS THE SERIES, ALL THREE GAMES PRETTY MUCH ON A KNIFE'S EDGE. INTENSE ATMOSPHERE, INTENSE PHYSICALITY IN ALL MATCHES. THE ATMOSPHERE LAST NIGHT IN SOCCER CITY WAS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. THE BANTER BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN AND KIWI FENCES IN BRILLIANT, AND THE ATMOSPHERE AS MENTALLY BRILLIANT AS WELL. THE TEAMS ARE NOW ON THAT CHARTER FLIGHT TO BALTIMORE. EXPECT A LOT OF CHANGES I WOULD SAY IN BOTH CHANGES, A LOT FORCED BY INJURY, FOR THIS MATCH NEXT WEEK. THE ALL BLACKS STILL HAVE PLENTY TO PLAY FOR IN AMERICA. THANKS, SAV. THAT'S ANDREW SAVILLE LIVE FROM JOHANNESBURG. MEANWHILE, THE BLACK FERNS HAVE MADE HISTORY, BEATING THE SPRINGBOKS WOMEN 52-20 IN THEIR FIRST TEST ON SOUTH AFRICAN SOIL. THE ONE-OFF TEST WAS FAR-FROM-PERFECT, DISCIPLINE THE MAIN CONCERN. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. (FINAL WHISTLE TRILLS) THERE IT IS FOR THE BLACK FERNS ON THIS HISTORIC DAY FOR WOMEN'S RUGBY. A NEW CHAPTER WRITTEN IN THE TWO NATIONS' RICH RUGBY RIVALRY. IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME THING, BEING A PART OF A DOUBLE-HEADER. IT WASN'T PRETTY AT TIMES, BUT WE STUCK IN THERE, AND WE STILL MANAGED TO SCORE SOME COOL TRIES. 8, IN FACT, TO THE SPRINGBOKS' 4. HALFBACK MAIA JOSEPH ORCHESTRATING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE CUTTING THROUGH HERSELF. TAKEN LOW ON THE TACKLE, THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN! JOSEPH WITH THE FOOTWORK. AND MAYA JOSEPH STRIKES FOR NEW ZEALAND. FRESH BLOOD ALSO STEPPING UP. NEWCOMER ELINOR-PLUM KING PROVING A REAL THREAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. THE BLACK FERNS RESERVES IMMENSE. ...AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, IT TAKES` SITITI! OUR DEPTH IS GROWING IN NEW ZEALAND. IT'S INCREDIBLY SPECIAL WHEN YOU GET TO WATCH SOMEONE LIKE AMARANTE COME OUT AND DO WHAT SHE DID TODAY. MOST OF OUR PLAYERS WHO CAME OFF THE BENCH, YOU KNOW, ADDED SOMETHING. BUT OF REAL CONCERN ` ESPECIALLY WITH EUROPEAN OPPOSITION LYING IN WAIT ` THEIR LACK OF DISCIPLINE. NEW ZEALAND CONCEDING 17 PENALTIES, THE SPRINGBOKS SEVEN, CULMINATING IN NOT ONE, NOT TWO, NOT THREE BUT FOUR YELLOW CARDS. REPEATED INFRINGEMENTS. I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT COUNT, IN THOSE HARD TIMES, WE ARE ABLE TO FINISH. AND THERE WAS A FEW TIMES TODAY THAT WE DIDN'T. SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GROW AND BE BETTER. GOING FORWARD INTO OUR NEXT THREE GAMES, WE NEED TO TIDY THOSE AREAS UP, BUT GREAT TO GET THE FIRST WIN, YEAH, AND GET` PUT IN THOSE PRESSURE MOMENTS. BECAUSE DESPITE THE FINAL SCORELINE, IT CERTAINLY MADE FOR A TOUGH FIRST TEST ON THE ROAD, BUT ONE THAT WILL GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. THE WARRIORS' MINOR PREMIERSHIP HOPES ARE ON THE LINE THIS EVENING, ESSENTIALLY NEEDING THE WEST TIGERS TO BEAT THE PENRITH PANTHERS. WE'LL GET TO THAT GAME SHORTLY. BUT LAST NIGHT SPELT THE END OF THE WARRIORS' REGULAR SEASON, ONE THAT WILL GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. FOR THOSE WARRIORS FANS OF A CERTAIN VINTAGE, THE 2026 SEASON HAS SHADES OF 2002. THE CROWDS AND OBVIOUSLY THE MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND THE EXPECTATION THAT KIND OF GREW AS THE TEAM GOT BETTER. YOU KNOW, THE COUNTRY WAS BEHIND US, OBVIOUSLY. THE WARRIORS, THE MINOR PREMIERS! YAY! I CAN IMAGINE IT'S ALL VERY MUCH THE SAME. LANCE HOHAIA PART OF THE 2002 TEAM THAT WENT ON TO WIN THE CLUB'S ONLY MINOR PREMIERSHIP, 185 GAMES FOR THE WARRIORS, AND THE ONLY ONE TO PLAY IN THE CLUB'S TWO GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES. HOW CRUCIAL IS IT TO WIN THE FIRST GAME OF THE FINALS? YEAH, ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO WIN THAT FIRST ONE. YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE MINDSET THAT COULD CREEP IN IS THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE ANYWAY. SO I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT. THE WARRIORS ON TOP FOR NOW. BUT MINOR PREMIERSHIP OR NOT, 2026 HAS BEEN RECORD-BREAKING FOR THE WARRIORS. HERE IT IS FOR HARRIS TAVITA! HE NAILS IT! THEIR 31-30 WIN OVER THE SEA EAGLES, THEIR 18TH WIN OF THE SEASON, THE MOST IN CLUB HISTORY, ALSO RECORDING THE FEWEST LOSSES AND SCORING THE MOST POINTS. YEAH, LOOK, IT'S COOL, MATE. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A JOB STILL TO DO. WE SCORED ENOUGH POINTS TO BEAT ANY TEAM, BUT IT'S THE... IT'S THE POINTS THAT THEY GOT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT FILTHY ON. IF THEY FINISH TOP, THEY'LL TAKE ON THE ROOSTERS, OTHERWISE IT'LL BE THE DOLPHINS. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE GOOD TEAMS. I'M NOT STUPID, LIKE, I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN SOME STUFF UP, BUT I KNOW WHAT SORT OF WEEK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS WEEK. THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AT HOME, YOU KNOW, BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND HAVE YOUR OWN ROUTINE, TRAIN AT THE STADIUM. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE ADVANTAGE. AND UNLIKE 2002... I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EMOTIONALLY SOUND ENOUGH TO PUT UP WITH THE RUGBY LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP GOING TO AUCKLAND. ...THIS TIME AROUND. THERE'S A BIT MORE RESPECT FOR THE WARRIORS FROM THOSE ACROSS THE DITCH. KEV, CAN YOU SEE THE WARRIORS INTO THE GRAND FINAL? YEAH, IN CAN. THEY'RE IN THE BOX SEAT AT THE MOMENT TO GET THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL. THEY'RE STILL A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT THE WARRIORS SHOWING THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND THE WARRIORS' HOPES OF CLAIMING THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS AREN'T LOOKING GREAT, AFTER AN INDUSTRIOUS START FROM PENRITH AGAINST WESTS TIGERS IN THIS AFTERNOON'S LAST MATCH OF THE ROUND ` THE PANTHERS, WEARING A REPLICA KIT FROM THE 1978 TEAM, SCORING FIVE FIRST-HALF TRIES SO FAR. OH, AND HE'S GOT ANOTHER ONE! HE'S RACED INTO THE HUNDREDS! HERE THEY COME! JENKINS! HE GOT A PASS TO JENKINS, AND THAT'S A BRILLIANT PASS FROM TOM JENKINS! AS IT STANDS, THE PANTHERS WILL CLAIM THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP, THEIR THIRD IN FIVE YEARS. THEIR THIRD IN FIVE YEARS. LEADING 26-0 BEFORE THE BREAK. DAN HOOKER'S LATEST UFC FIGHT WAS PRETTY MUCH OVER BEFORE IT BEGAN IN PARIS THIS MORNING. FIGHTING AGAINST FRENCHMAN SALAHDINE PARNASSE, TWO BRUTAL BLOWS IN THE FIRST ROUND ENDING HOOKER'S NIGHT AFTER TWO AND HALF MINUTES. HE'S GONNA BLOW! OH! (CHEERING) THAT'S HOW YOU DO! IT'S HOOKER'S THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS. IT'S BEEN A LIVELY F1-QUALIFYING SESSION FOR THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX, WITH DRIVERS SENT TO THE BACK OF THE GRID, BUT ANOTHER UNEXPECTEDLY TAKING POLE POSITION. ALPINE'S PIERRE GASLY CLAIMING POLE IN THE CLOSEST Q3 SESSION IN HISTORY BEATING OUT GEORGE RUSSELL BY SIX-HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND, FOR HIS FIRST EVER P1. I'M SO HAPPY. IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CHASE AND GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A POLE POSITION AND WIN MY FIRST RACE IN MONZA, GET MY FIRST POLE POSITION ON THIS TRACK, I THINK IS SOMETHING SPECIAL AROUND HERE. KIWI LIAM LAWSON WILL START AT THE BACK OF THE GRID, ALONGSIDE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER KIMI ANTONELLI, BOTH PENALISED WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TEAMS FITTING NEW POWER UNIT PARTS. NAOMI OSAKA IS THROUGH TO THE FOURTH ROUND AT THE U.S. TENNIS OPEN, DESPITE ADMITTING AFTER THE MATCH SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS GOING TO WIN ` THE 13TH SEED PUSHED TO THREE SETS AND THREE HOURS AGAINST BELGIAN ELISE MERTENS AND NEEDING FOUR MATCH POINTS TO GET THE JOB DONE. MERTENS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS MATCH OVER. (CHEERING) (CHEERING) BELIEF, DISBELIEF? (CHUCKLES) ALL OF THE ABOVE. RIGHT? WOW. AND NEW ZEALAND'S ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND PARTNER ALDELA SUITCHEARDI ARE THROUGH TO THE ROUND OF 16 AFTER A STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY OVER LEYLAH FERNANDEZ AND JANICE CHEN. JUST BEFORE I GO, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS ARE THERE AFTER BUSY WEEK. HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING LOTS OF Did you know Phone Dollars are for phones? Yeah... and the sky is blue. ...and my hair is long. ...and you are a guinea pig. Bit windy. I am vibrating. Whoop... Might need a new phone. Pepper's on TV. Yep. Phone Dollars... are for phones. Obviously. And action. Phone Dollars, take four. So Phone Dollars are for phones. Do I need to say that? Yeah, we, we do need to say that. Do I have to say I'm from One New Zealand? There's logos everywhere. Yeah. We just need you to say it. One New Zealand Phone Dollars are for phones. Good? Yeah, well, that's the ad. Phone Dollars are for phones, obviously. And cue sound effects. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. SOME VERY WILD WEATHER IN PARTS TODAY, WHIPPING UP SEA FOAM ON THE WEST COAST. AND WITH RED SKIES THIS MORNING OVER THE LOWER NORTH, MOTHER NATURE'S SIGNALLING THE WILD WEATHER'S TRACKING UP COUNTRY. SNOW TO THE PASSES, BUT THE WARNING'S JUST LIFTED FROM THE LINDIS AND CROWN RANGE. YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGE RAIN MASS WORKING OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND. SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO PARTS OF THE WEST COAST; AND IT TRACKS NORTH. 21 DEGREES IN WHANGAREI. BUT TEMPERATURES ARE TUMBLING AS THE SOUTHERLY ALSO TRACKS NORTH. OVERNIGHT, RAIN WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE UPPER-WESTERN SOUTH ISLAND. AND SEE THE ROAD SNOW WARNINGS TOO. AND WE HAVE RAIN WARNINGS IN THE LOWER NORTH ACTIVATING THIS EVENING, WITH MORE RAIN APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SO A WET, WINDY AND CHILLY PICTURE FOR MANY TOMORROW, AS THIS SYSTEM TRACKS NORTH, DRAGGING THE COLD AIR BEHIND IT. SKIES ARE MORE CLEAR FURTHER SOUTH, BUT DRIZZLY IN THE EAST OF THE ISLAND. FURTHER INTO THE WEEK, TUESDAY THIS SYSTEM MOSTLY CLEARS. WEDNESDAY, MORE WIND AND RAIN MOVE ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND AND WORK NORTH OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. SO A SHOWERY END TO THE WEEK FOR MANY. TEMPERATURE-WISE, COOL FOR MANY THROUGH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SOME WARMER AREAS ON WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONG NOR'WESTER. THINGS DROP AGAIN ON THURSDAY, WITH SOME RECOVERING ON FRIDAY. A VERY WET START TO YOUR MONDAY UP TOP, EASING BACK TO A FEW SHOWERS AND 18 FOR ALL. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY IN THE MORNING ACROSS TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. THEN JUST SOME CLOUD AND FEW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 18 FOR YOU. SHOWERS THROUGH YOUR DAY IN HAMILTON ` THEY COULD BE THE HEAVIER ONES ` WITH 17. SAME GOES FOR YOU, TAURANGA ` THE ODD HEAVY SHOWER IN THE MIX AND 18 DEGREES. RAIN, SHOWERS, MAYBE EVEN THUNDER ` ALL PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRE NORTH; A SOUTHERLY ROLLING IN AND 15 FOR MOST. RAIN ARRIVES OVERNIGHT IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, BUT POSSIBLE FURTHER NORTH AS WELL. THE COLD SOUTHERLY SHIFT FROM MORNING FURTHER SOUTH TOO, MEANING JUST 13 FOR DANNEVIRKE. A WET AND WINDY ONE IN THE WEST ` SOME SPOTS EASE IN THE AFTERNOON AND 15 TO 17 FOR ALL. HEAVY RAIN IN THE CAPITAL, WITH A WATCH FROM LATER THIS EVENING, THROUGH UNTIL MID AFTERNOON TOMORROW, WITH STRONG, COLD SOUTHERLIES. 11 IS YOUR HIGH. YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW TO THE HILLS HERE ` VERY WET OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING FOR MOST. IT DOES EASE OR EVEN CLEAR, BUT COOL ` 10 THE HIGH IN KAIKOURA. A DRIZZLY START, BUT CLEARING IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT COLD TOO ` 10 FOR YOU. THE RAIN MOVES THOUGH FROM THE WEST COAST TONIGHT, CLEARING THROUGH THE DAY. DRIZZLE IN THE EAST, BUT ALSO CLEARING ` A STRING OF 10-DEGREE HIGHS THERE. THE ODD EARLY SHOWER BECOMES A FINE AFTERNOON IN TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN, WITH 11 DEGREES. MILFORD SOUND'S THE PICK OF THE BUNCH HERE. A FEW DRIZZLY SHOWERS FOR OTHERS, BUT A DAY ON THE IMPROVE AND A CHILLY 9 IN OAMARU. SOME AREAS OF MORNING DRIZZLE IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, BUT THE SUN POKES THROUGH LATER AND 9 FOR YOU. TUESDAY, THIS SYSTEM'S MOVING OFF ` A FEW FLICKS OF SHOWERS DO CLEAR. THEN MORE WIND AND RAIN PUSH ON TO THE SOUTH, WHILE THE NORTH'S FAIRLY FINE. KEEP ALL WEATHER-RELATED LAYERS HANDY THIS WEEK. I STILL HAVEN'T PUT ANY OF MINE AWAY, SO I AM GOOD. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026.