TONIGHT ` ARMED POLICE SHOOT A PERSON DEAD IN HAMILTON. POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AT THE SCENE IN FRANKTON. CHINA'S CLAIMS TO RIGHTS OVER LARGE SWATHES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARE REJECTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL COURT. AND WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER IF YOU'RE CAUGHT UP IN THE POKEMON VIRTUAL TREASURE HUNT. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. POLICE AND EMERGRNCY SERVICES ARE AT AN ADDRESS IN FRANKTON, HAMILTON TONIGHT AFTER SHOOTING DEAD A PERSON AS THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT. NAOMI TAN JOINS US LIVE IN OUR AUCKLAND NEWS ROOM. NAOMI, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE INCIDENT? Little information has been released About the and beans that have unfolded tonight. Police said it happened during a preplanned search warrant. They were called to the scene around 7 o'clock. NAOMI, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST POLICE SHOOTING IN THE WAIKATO THIS YEAR, IS IT? It isn't. In June, police shot dead a man and Paeroa. He was found armed with a machete in a domestic dispute. They said they made the right decision. It will be interesting to see what the police say about the incident night. US VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS TO MAKE A 24-HOUR VISIT TO NZ NEXT WEEK ` THE MOST SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL HERE SINCE SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IN 2010. PRIME MINSTER JOHN KEY ANNOUNCED THE LAST MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS IN LONDON A SHORT TIME AGO. WELL, FOR A START IT WOULD BE A GREAT CHANCE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. I SUSPECT THAT'S WHAT HE'LL GET QUIZZED A BIT ON. THE AMERICANS ARE STILL IN A POSITION OF DECIDING WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO SEND A SHIP FOR THE 75TH NAVAL CELEBRATIONS, SO IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE THAT` WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADVICE ON WHETHER HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE AGAIN THAT HE'LL GET QUIZZED ON. FOREIGN MINISTER MURRAY MCCULLY HAS CALLED ON THE PARTIES TO RESPECT TONIGHT'S LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL COURT RULING THAT CHINA'S CLAIMS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARE UNFOUNDED. THE PHILIPPINES ARGUED IN THE HAGUE COURT THAT CHINESE ACTIVITY IN THE REGION WAS IN BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. THE TRIBUNAL LOOKED AT WHETHER REEFS CHINA HAS BUILT UP COULD BE DEFINED AS ISLANDS AND ENTITLED TO AN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, BUT THE COURT RULED THAT CHINA HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO CLAIM HISTORIC RIGHTS, A DECISION CHINA HAS ALREADY INDICATED IT WILL NOT ACCEPT. STATE HOUSE TENANTS COULD START MOVING INTO POP-UP ACCOMMODATION IN SOUTH AUCKLAND EARLY NEXT YEAR. IT COMES AS QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT A GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON DIVIDENDS FROM HOUSING NZ. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S STATE HOUSING BUSINESS NOW OFF THE HOOK FOR NEARLY $100M IN DIVIDENDS, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S AN EXTRA $100M FOR MORE SOCIAL HOUSING. WELL, NOT EXACTLY. WE'RE SPENDING ALL OUR MONEY ON BUILDING NEW HOUSES ` 4000 OVER THREE YEARS. THAT MEANS WE WILL HAVE NO CASH TO PAY A DIVIDEND. AND HOUSING NZ SAYS IT'S BEEN TELLING THE GOVERNMENT THAT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. YET $92M IN DIVIDENDS WERE FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THE BUDGET IN MAY HAD A DIVIDEND FROM HOUSING NZ. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TALKED ON AND ON ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT DIVIDEND, AND SUDDENLY, AFTER LABOUR ANNOUNCES ITS POLICY, THE DIVIDEND IS GONE. THE DIVIDEND IS ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY ACTUALLY. WHAT'S DRIVING OUR DECISION-MAKING IS BEING ABLE TO GET SUFFICIENT HOUSES FROM ANYWHERE TO MEET DEMAND. HOUSING NZ'S PLANNING A $1B SPEND IN THE NEXT YEAR TO UPGRADE AND BUILD NEW HOUSES. FOR US, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DIVIDEND. IT'S ABOUT THE BUILDING PROGRAMME THAT NEEDS TO GO ON. SO WHETHER THEY SAID THEY WOULD, OR HE SAID THEY WEREN'T, OR WHO WAS SAYING WHAT IS IRRELEVANT. BUT THE CONFUSION ADDS TO THE PERCEPTION THE GOVERNMENT IS SCRAMBLING WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING POLICY. EVEN TODAY, WHEN PAULA BENNETT ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR POP-UP HOMES FOR STATE HOUSING TENANTS IN AUCKLAND, DETAILS WERE SCARCE. THREE SOUTH AUCKLAND SITES COULD TAKE UP TO 140 MODULAR UNITS. I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE UNITARY PLAN THROUGH, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE DENSITY CAN BE DONE TO A LEVEL WHERE IT'S ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, AND THEN FINALISE LEASES. I THINK THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COHERENT PLAN FOR HOUSING. THEY'RE SNATCHING AT ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND, AND THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT OUT. BREAKING DOWN THAT PERCEPTION MAY BE AS HARD AS BUILDING UP MUCH-NEEDED STATE HOUSING STOCK. KATIE BRADFORD, ONE NEWS. BRITAIN WILL SWEAR IN ITS SECOND FEMALE PRIME MINISTER THIS WEEK AFTER THERESA MAY'S ONLY RIVAL SUDDENLY DROPPED OUT OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADERSHIP CONTEST. DAVID CAMERON IS STANDING DOWN TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS THE RUCTIONS FROM THE BREXIT REFERENDUM CONTINUE TO SHAKE THE UK. ABC'S STEVE KANAY REPORTS. CHEERING BRITAIN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER, THERESA MAY, WILL TAKE THE REINS TOMORROW. I AM HONOURED AND HUMBLED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY TO BECOME ITS LEADER. HOME SECRETARY SINCE 2010, THERESA MAY WAS OPPOSED TO BREXIT. NOW AS PRIME MINISTER, SHE FACES THE CHALLENGE OF NOT ONLY UNITING HER PARTY BUT HER COUNTRY AS IT TRIES TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION. BREXIT MEANS BREXIT, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF IT. HER QUICK ASCENSION TO THE TOP JOB TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE. HER RIVAL UNEXPECTEDLY WITHDRAW ON DAY ONE OF WHAT WAS SET TO BE A LONG AND POTENTIALLY DIVISIVE CONTEST. A NINE-WEEK LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN AT SUCH A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR OUR COUNTRY IS HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE. WITHIN HOURS, DAVID CAMERON HAD EMERGED FROM NUMBER 10 DOWNING STREET, HIS HOME OF SIX YEARS ` BUT NOT FOR MUCH LONGER. I WILL ATTEND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FOR PRIME MINSTER'S QUESTIONS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I EXPECT TO GO TO THE PALACE AND OFFER MY RESIGNATION, SO WE'LL HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER IN THAT BUILDING BEHIND ME BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHE'LL HAVE TO STEER BRITAIN THROUGH ARGUABLY ITS MOST TESTING TIME SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND AS FOR MR CAMERON, WELL, HAVING BEEN RELIEVED OF ALL THAT RESPONSIBILITY... (HUMS CHEERFULLY) RIGHT. ...MAY NOT BE ALL BAD. LIFE AFTER BREXIT WAS TOP OF MIND FOR JOHN KEY, WHO ALTERED HIS EUROPEAN ITINERARY TO PUT IN FACE TIME IN LONDON TODAY. AFTER MEETING OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON, MR KEY TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE INCOMING LEADERSHIP UNDER THERESA MAY. MET WITH QUITE A NUMBER OF CURRENT MINISTERS ` PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKELY TO BECOME PART OF THE CABINET OR LIKELY, I THINK, TO BE SENIOR ENOUGH TO HAVE INFLUENCE IN. EVERYBODY REFLECTS ON THE FRIENDSHIP THAT NZ'S PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS, THE HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. WITH THERESA MAY EXPECTED TO REDUCE IMMIGRATION NUMBERS, ACCESS FOR NZERS COULD PROVE PROBLEMATIC. ACC IS HOPING A MAJOR FUNDING BOOST WILL HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FALLS AMONG OUR FAST-GROWING ELDERLY POPULATION. RESEARCH SAYS THE OVER-65S HAVE A 30% CHANCE OF TAKING A TUMBLE, OFTEN WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. CHRIS CHANG WITH THE STORY. MARY MELLOR (85) HAS BEEN STEPPING UP HER RECOVERY THESE PAST FEW WEEKS. STRENGTHENING THE LEGS, COORDINATION, STANDING. THIS STAY AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL COMES AFTER A THIRD FALL. I FELL ON MY LEFT SIDE AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. THANKS TO ST JOHN'S ALARM, I WAS ABLE TO GET HELP. COS I WAS BY MYSELF. ACC ESTIMATES OVER-65S HAVE A ONE-IN-THREE CHANCE OF HAVING AN INCIDENT LIKE MARY'S. BETWEEN 10% AND 20% OF THOSE RESULT IN HIP FRACTURES, HOSPITALISATION OR WORSE. $30.5M IS PROMISED OVER FOUR YEARS TO TRY TO REDUCE THOSE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY STRENGTH AND BALANCE, WHETHER IT'S OUR FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY ASSESSMENTS IN THE HOME. IN MY VIEW, THIS IS ABOUT A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE PREVENTION OF FALLS FOR NZ. I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIT ALL THE WAY DOWN. CLASSES LIKE THESE WILL BE AIMED AT COMMUNITIES. IT'S A SENSE OF WELLBEING. COS ONCE PEOPLE HAVE HAD A FALL, THEY LOSE CONFIDENCE, AND THEY DON'T REALLY TRUST THEMSELVES ANY MORE, AND THEIR WORLD NARROWS RIGHT DOWN TO A BED AND THE CONTENTS OF A BEDSIDE LOCKER. I'VE COME FORWARD IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, YES. I'M NOT AS APPREHENSIVE AS I USED TO BE. THE NUMBER OF OVER-65S IS EXPECTED TO REACH 1.2 MILLION BY 2035. 4000 PEOPLE A MONTH HIT 65. WE'RE NOT ONLY AN AGEING POPULATION, BUT WE ARE A RAPIDLY AGEING POPULATION. IT'S HOPED THIS FUNDING WILL BE THE HELPING HAND TO KEEP SENIORS ON THEIR FEET. CHRIS CHANG, ONE NEWS. THE LATEST LOTTO WINNERS STILL DID THE WEEKEND CHORES AFTER DISCOVERING THEY WON $13M. THE HAMILTON FAMILY, WHO WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, CELEBRATED WITH BACON AND EGGS AND CHAMPAGNE BUT THEN CARRIED ON WITH THE HOUSEWORK AND MOWING THE LAWNS. THEY ARE THE SECOND GROUP TO COME FORWARD CLAIM THEIR SHARE OF THE $40M PRIZE. POKEMON WAS A LATE '90S NINTENDO CRAZE. TODAY IT'S A SMARTPHONE APP THAT'S GONE BALLISTIC. IN THE UPDATED GAME, PLAYERS ARE ON A VIRTUAL TREASURE HUNT IN THE REAL WORLD, FOLLOWING THEIR PHONES AND CLOGGING THE NETWORKS WHILE NINTENDO MINES THEIR DATA. ANNA BURNS-FRANCIS REPORTS. IT'S THE GAME THAT'S NOT JUST IN YOUR PHONE; IT'S IN YOUR WORLD. AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THE POKEMON GO PHENOMENON EXPLODE. IT WAS ALWAYS SUCH A BIG PART OF MY LIFE, WAKING UP, WATCHING THE CARTOONS EACH MORNING AND JUST BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THAT WORLD IS REALLY COOL. IN JUST A WEEK, IT'S HAD MORE THAN 7 MILLION FREE DOWNLOADS ` DESPITE ONLY BEING AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES AND NZ. AND THE GAME'S TAG PHRASE ` 'GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL' ` IS, QUITE LITERALLY, WHAT HAPPENS. WHILE USERS ARE OUT ON THE STREET CAPTURING CRITTERS, YOUR POKEMON ACCOUNT IS CAPTURING THE CONTENTS OF YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. IT'S WORTH BILLIONS. THAT'S EMAILS, PHOTOS, CALENDAR, CONTACTS, BROWSING HISTORY AND MORE. AND THE POKEMON POTENTIAL COULD PROVE LUCRATIVE. THAT'S NOW THE BUSINESS MODEL ` GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE AND GET SOMETHING BACK THAT THE USER DOESN'T SEE AS VALUABLE. THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND IN THE GAME, AND ONLINE, THE MORE YOU GIVE AWAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION THEY WOULD BE GETTING. WHERE WE ARE GOING, IT'S BASICALLY JUST WALKING ROUND THE STREETS, REALLY. ANYWHERE. AND RETAILERS HAVE BEEN QUICK TO LURE IN THE HOARDS OF POKEMON CHASERS. THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM COUNTDOWN GATHERING DOZENS OF USERS' OWN PHOTOS IN AND AROUND ITS SUPERMARKETS. AND THIS ONE FROM SPARK, GIVING AWAY A BATTERY CHARGER, BECAUSE SPENDING ALL THAT TIME ONLINE REALLY SUCKS THE JUICE. THERE WOULD BE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF TRADITIONAL THINGS. THIS AFTERNOON NIANTIC RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING IT HAD MADE A MISTAKE WITH ITS WHOLESALE DATA GATHERING, AND PERMISSION WILL SOON BE SCALED BACK TO... BUT ALREADY THE APP'S OWNER, NINTENDO, HAS INCREASED IN VALUE BY MORE THAN $9B. HOW CAN YOU VALUE A COMPANY THAT MUCH THAT QUICKLY IF DATA ISN'T IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE? POKEMON PLAYERS BE WARNED. IT'S NOT JUST LITTLE MONSTERS BEING PICKED UP BY THIS GAME. THE TINY TOWN OF TINWALD IN SOUTH CANTERBURY HAS JUST HELD IT'S 60TH 'WORKING DOG SALE'. BUT WITH CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND MORE FARMS HANNAH MILLS WENT TO FIND OUT. DOGS BARK IT'S LOUD, AND THE SHEEP ARE UNPREDICTABLE, MEN SHOUT, WHISTLE, DOG BARKS BUT THAT'S BEEN THE PRECEDENT FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS OF THE DOG SALES. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE 45 YEARS. WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, THERE USED TO BE 180 DOGS, AND IF YOU GOT $1000 FOR A DOG IN THOSE DAYS, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE MADE. FIGHTY YOUNG DOG HERE AS WELL... AT 71, DES LYSAGHT'S RETIRED FROM FARMING BUT KNOWS THERE'S STILL A DOLLAR TO BE MADE. WELL, I LIKE DOG TRIALLING AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I SELL THE DOG, AND IT PAYS MY EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR, SO IT MAKES IT A CHEAP SPORT. HIS HEADING DOG PEARL (4) WENT FOR $6000. 6000 BUYS! BANG! PEOPLE THINK 6000 IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT YOU PAY A MAN 6000, AND IT DOESN'T GO VERY FAR, DOES IT, WITH WAGES AND SO FORTH. THEY CAN DO A LOT OF WORK, A DOG. SINCE THE HEY-DAY OF SHEEP FARMING AND DOG TRIALLING, THE DOG NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED. PROBABLY FROM A MID-CANTERBURY POINT OF VIEW, WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN THE FARMING PRACTICE THERE WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DAIRY FARMING COME IN AND THE DOGS HAVEN'T BEEN REQUIRED AS MUCH, BECAUSE THE SHEEP NUMBERS HAVE GONE BACK SO MUCH. AT $4500! $4500! THE QUALITY, THOUGH, OF THE HEADING AND HUNTAWAY BREEDS HAS IMPROVED. WE'RE GETTING DOWN A LOT IN NUMBERS AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE THROUGH THE SHEEP NUMBERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND I THINK THE STANDARD OF DOGS HAS REALLY PICKED UP. HE'LL WORK FOR ANYBODY! BUT A LITTLE BIAS ASIDE, THESE FARMERS DON'T SEE A DAY WHEN TECHNOLOGY WILL COMPLETELY REPLACE DOGS. WELL, THEY'VE GOT THESE DRONES AND WHAT HAVE YOU NOW, BUT I THINK THE DOG HAS MORE NATURAL ABILITY THAN A DRONE WILL EVER HAVE. SO EXPECT AT LEAST ANOTHER 60 YEARS OF DOG SALES. $6200! BANG! HANNAH MILLS, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, AMERICA HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN ROCKED BY GUN VIOLENCE. TWO OFFICERS IN COURT FATALLY SHOT AFTER AN INMATE GOT HOLD OF A FIREARM. NO REST AHEAD OF SUPER SATURDAY. FOUR KIWI RUGBY TEAMS ARE IN LIMBO. SO WILL THE CONTENTIOUS PLAY-OFF FORMAT CHANGE NEXT SEASON? PLUS, A SNEAK PEEK AT AN EXCITING PIECE OF ART BROUGHT TO LIGHT. AMERICA HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN ROCKED BY GUN VIOLENCE. TWO COURT OFFICERS DIED IN MICHIGAN AFTER AN INMATE GOT HOLD OF A FIREARM. MEANWHILE THE PARENTS OF DALLAS KILLER MICAH JOHNSON HAVE SPOKEN OF THEIR HEARTBREAK, CHANNEL NINE'S LAURA TURNER REPORTS. A DEADLY WEEK ALREADY, AND TODAY MORE GUNFIRE, MORE DEATHS. A PRISONER INSIDE MICHIGAN'S BERRIEN COUNTY COURTHOUSE WRESTLED WITH TWO GUARDS, GRABBED A GUN FROM ONE AND SHOT BOTH DEAD. THE PRISONER MADE IT INTO A PUBLIC HALLWAY, SHOOTING AND INJURING A CIVILIAN AND A POLICE OFFICER. FINALLY, POLICE CAUGHT UP AND SHOT HIM DEAD. THIS AS THE PARENTS OF DALLAS SHOOTER MICAH JOHNSON MADE PUBLIC THEIR OWN TORMENT. I'VE GOT NO WORDS TO SAY... TO, UH... ANYBODY TO MAKE ANYTHING BETTER. (SIGHS HEAVILY) THEY REVEALED THE 25-YEAR-OLD HAD WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER BEFORE JOINING THE MILITARY. IT MAY BE THAT THE IDEAL THAT HE THOUGHT OF OUR GOVERNMENT, WHAT HE THOUGHT THE MILITARY REPRESENTED, IT JUST DIDN'T LIVE UP TO HIS EXPECTATIONS. IN BALTIMORE, THERE WAS MORE VIOLENCE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT A PUBLIC PRAYER VIGIL. AND IN DALLAS, THOUSANDS WEPT FOR THE OFFICERS SLAIN IN THURSDAY'S SNIPER ATTACK. BAGPIPES PLAY 'AMAZING GRACE' POLICE KEPT AN EXTREMELY CLOSE EYE ON THE CROWD. TO SPORT NOW, AND US GOLFER JORDAN SPEITH HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RIO OLYMPICS, AND THAT MEANS THE WORLD'S TOP FOUR MALE GOLFERS ARE ALL STAYING HOME, BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER THE ZIKA VIRUS. THEIR RELUCTANCE TO PLAY HAS BROUGHT RENEWED DEBATE OVER THE SPORT'S INCLUSION IN THE GAMES. OLYMPICS REPORTER ABBY WILSON WITH THIS. AS JORDAN SPEITH PREPARES FOR ONE OF GOLF'S OLDEST EVENTS, HE'S WITHDRAWN HIS SUPPORT FOR ONE OF ITS NEWEST. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE NUMBER OF WITHDRAWALS HASN'T SHED GOLF IN THE BEST LIGHT, HASN'T SHOWN GOLF IN THE BEST LIGHT, AND WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT. SPEITH IS THE SIXTH TOP-10 PLAYER TO CITE HEALTH CONCERNS WHEN PULLING OUT. PERSONALLY, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING OF AN OVERREACTION TO THE ZIKA SITUATION. TOP KIWI GOLFER MIKE HENDRY HAS JUST GOT HOME FROM JAPAN. HE'S TWO RANKINGS SHY OF AN OLYMPIC SPOT. BEING ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND SAY TO YOUR GRANDKIDS ONE DAY, 'I WAS AN OLYMPIAN. I COMPETED IN AN OLYMPICS.' WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD BE. BUT HE BELIEVES THE SPORT HASN'T WORKED HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR THE TOP PLAYERS. IF YOU WIN THE MASTERS, YOU GET A LIFETIME EXEMPTION INTO THE MASTERS. YOU GET FIVE YEARS IN EVERY OTHER MAJOR TOURNAMENT. YOU GET EXEMPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IF YOU WIN THE OLYMPICS, YOU GET THE FOUR MAJORS AND THAT'S IT. YOU DON'T EVEN GET EXEMPTION ON TO A MAJOR TOUR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE ALREADY TWO MAJORS THIS MONTH, AND THE OLYMPICS EVENT IS WEDGED BETWEEN BIG PGA TOURNAMENTS. NO OFFENCE TO THE OLYMPICS, BUT I'D RATHER BE IN THE RYDER CUP TEAM, PERSONALLY, THAT'S JUST THE WAY I` THAT'S` THAT` AS AN ATHLETE AND AS A GOLFER. THE FACT THAT DRUG-TESTING PROTOCOLS AT THE OLYMPICS ARE MUCH MORE THOROUGH HAVE ALSO SPARKED DISCUSSION. THE PGA ONLY INTRODUCED TESTING EIGHT YEARS AGO. THEY DON'T CONDUCT BLOOD TESTS, AND TWO WADA-PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES ARE ALLOWED ON TOUR. I WATCHED THE START OF WIMBLEDON TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SHARAPOVA WITH DRUGS, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF IT, SO NOW WE SHOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR GAME MAYBE THIS IS A REASON TO LOOK AT IT. MAYBE CLEAN UP SOME THINGS, SO IT COULD BE A POSITIVE. BECAUSE IF ALL THE NEGATIVE ISSUES CONTINUE, GOLF'S HISTORIC RETURN TO THE OLYMPICS COULD BE SHORT-LIVED. TO SUPER RUGBY, AND THEY'RE CALLING IT SUPER SATURDAY AS THE CRUSADERS HOST THE HURRICANES AND THE HIGHLANDERS TAKE ON THE CHIEFS THIS WEEKEND. BUT THE BATTLE FOR TOP HONOURS IN THE NZ CONFERENCE DOESN'T SETTLE MUCH ELSE IN THE NEW, REATHER CONFUSING, PLAY-OFF SET-UP. ANDREW SAVILLE EXPLAINS. THE HIGHLANDERS ARRIVED HOME FROM ARGENTINA THIS MORNING A TAD BLEARY EYED. BUT THEY COULD BE BACK ON THE ROAD TO AS FAR AFIELD AS SOUTH AFRICA ON SUNDAY FOR A PLAY-OFF. THEY'D PREFER ELSEWHERE. DUNEDIN. (LAUGHS) < YOU JUST GO WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO, I SUPPOSE. YEAH, CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE TO GO. WE PREPARE TO PLAY THE CHIEFS, THEN WE PREPARE TO PLAY WHOEVER WE FACE IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. THE CONFERENCE PLAY-OFF SYSTEM MEANS THE HIGHLANDERS COULD STILL PLAY A QUARTER-FINAL AT HOME, OR ANOTHER KIWI CITY, CAPE TOWN, CANBERRA OR SYDNEY. WE'LL JUST GO WITH THE FLOW. THE BEST THING FIRST IS TO JUST PLAY AS WELL AS WE CAN THIS WEEKEND. THEIR LAST REGULAR-SEASON OPPONENTS, THE CHIEFS, ARE ALSO IN A STATE OF FLUX, EVEN TRAINING TODAY IN BLUE AND YELLOW ` A COINCIDENCE? CONFERENCE LEADERS TODAY WITH OVER 50 COMPETITION POINTS, THEY COULD DROP AS LOW AS SIXTH IN THE TOP EIGHT AND FACE A LONG-HAUL TO SOUTH AFRICA. YOU ASK OUR MANAGER. HE'S TEARING HIS HAIR OUT, BECAUSE WE COULD BE AT HOME BUT WE COULD BE IN CAPE TOWN; COULD BE IN CANBERRA. RENNIE UNDERSTANDS THE RULES WON'T CHANGE NEXT YEAR. THE CHIEFS ARE TAKING THE PRAGMATIC APPROACH. THEY AGREED TO A FORMAT AGES AGO. WE HAD OUR SAY. IN THE END, WE'VE JUST GOTTEN ON WITH IT. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CONFERENCES ` GOD, THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO PLAY KIWI TEAMS ONCE. YOU HAVE TO THINK IT'S AN EASIER ROAD FOR SOME THAN OTHERS. CANE SAYS THEY CAN CLEARLY MAKE IT EASIER ON THEMSELVES BY WINNING THIS WEEKEND. BUT DESPITE DOMINATING THE POINTS STANDINGS, MOST OF THE NZ SIDES WILL BE SEEING A FEW MORE BAGGAGE CAROUSELS IN THE COMING WEEKS. JUST AHEAD, WEDNESDAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK. PLUS, LIGHTS, SOUND, MAGIC. AN EVENING OF WONDER IN OUR BIGGEST CITY AS MATARIKI IS BROUGHT TO LIFE. 1 It's not OK to say she was asking for it. It's not OK to punch a hole in a wall to show your family who's boss. Or think you can demand their love and respect. And it's not OK to look the other way and say it's not our problem. Because it is our problem. And it's not OK. Ever. But it is OK to ask for help. FINALLY TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A SNEAKY PREVIEW OF A PIECE OF ART THAT WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TURAMA MATARIKI LIGHT SHOW. CALLED THE 'TAUHERE', WHICH TRANSLATES AS 'CONNECTED' OR 'TIED TOGETHER', IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE CHARLES AND JANINE WILLIAMS AND PROJECTION ARTIST DAN DAVIS. WHEN PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART IN TERMS OF MY WHAKAPAPA, MY FAMILY AND ALSO THE LARGER IWI CONNECTION OF NGATI PAOA OF MATARIKI FESTIVAL BEING THE HOST IWI THIS YEAR ` FAMILY, FESTIVAL, FUN, EXPERIENCING, REALLY, WHAT MATARIKI'S ABOUT. THE LIGHTS WILL BE ON DISPLAY OUTSIDE THE AUCKLAND CENTRAL LIBRARY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH KENT JONES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ KENT JONES' 'DON'T MIND' THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SARAH MAIAVA AND GLENNA CASALME CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.