TONIGHT, GRIM NEWS FOR LABOUR IN OUR LATEST POLITICAL POLL ALTHOUGH PARTY LEADER ANDREW LITTLE CALLS THE RESULT THAT NATIONAL IS AS STRONG AS EVER 'BOGUS'. HEALTH FEARS FOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL HILLARY CLINTON WHO IS STRUCK DOWN BY PNEUMONIA MID-CAMPAIGN. CHILLING FOOTAGE OF A TERROR-RELATED STABBING IN SYDNEY THAT WAS THWARTED BY BRAVE NEIGHBOURS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SOME WORRYING SIGNS FOR THE LABOUR PARTY TONIGHT, WITH OUR LATEST POLL PUTTING THE PARTY AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN AROUND TWO YEARS. THE ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS NATIONAL AS STRONG AS EVER, STILL VERY MUCH IN CONTENTION FOR A FOURTH TERM OF GOVERNMENT. TWO YEARS INTO ITS THIRD TERM, AND NATIONAL'S SUPPORT SEEMINGLY UNWAVERING, STEADY THIS MONTH AT 48% ` THE SAME RESULT IT ACHIEVED ON ELECTION NIGHT 2014. LABOUR, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS STRUGGLING TO MAKE HEADWAY, DOWN 3% SINCE JUNE TO 26% ` ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN ITS DIRE ELECTION RESULT TWO YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, LABOUR'S COALITION PARTNER IS IN BETTER SHAPE, UP ONE POINT TO 13%. BUT THE BIG MOVER CONTINUES TO BE NZ FIRST, UP ANOTHER TWO POINTS TO 11. THE MAORI PARTY ALSO MADE GAINS, DOUBLING ITS SUPPORT THIS MONTH TO 2%. LET'S TRANSLATE THOSE NUMBERS INTO SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. NATIONAL, WITH 58 SEATS, IS WELL AND TRULY IN THE BOX SEAT AND WOULD BE ABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT WITH THE HELP OF ITS CURRENT SUPPORT PARTNERS, THE MAORI PARTY, ACT AND UNITED FUTURE. THE CENTRE-LEFT BLOCK OF LABOUR AND THE GREENS COULD MUSTER 46 SEATS. BUT EVEN WITH NZ FIRST'S 13 SEATS, THEY WOULD FALL SHORT OF A MAJORITY IN A PARLIAMENT OF 121 SEATS. SO A BOOST FOR NATIONAL BUT ALARM BELLS FOR LABOUR'S ANDREW LITTLE. WITH MORE, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. WHILE JOHN KEY'S GOVERNMENT'S ACCUSED OF DROPPING THE BALL ON ISSUES LIKE HOUSING, ITS FAN BASE IS AS STRONG AS EVER. WE ARE ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM AN ELECTION. THIS IS A RESULT PRETTY AKIN TO WHAT WE GOT ON ELECTION NIGHT, 2014. BUT FOR LABOUR, WHO'VE BEEN SCRAPPING HARD ON ISSUES LIKE HOUSING AND IMMIGRATION, THIS SLIDE IS A KICK IN THE GUTS. THE PARTY HASN'T BEEN THIS LOW SINCE THE 2014 ELECTION. I DON'T ACCEPT THE POLL. I HAVE SEEN OTHER POLLS RECENTLY TAKEN ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME THAT TELL A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY. I THINK THE POLL IS BOGUS. I DON'T ACCEPT IT. LABOUR'S COALITION PARTNER THE GREENS ARE DOING BETTER. BUT THEY WILL NEED LABOUR TO LIFT ITS GAME IF IT WANTS A CHANCE AT POWER. KIND OF HAPPY WITH WHERE THE GREENS ARE POLLING AT THIS POINT IN THE CYCLE, AND I WANT US ALL TO DO BETTER NEXT YEAR. ANOTHER COMPLICATION FOR LABOUR IS THAT IT'S COMPETING WITH WINSTON PETERS FOR VOTES. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IS GROWING HUGELY. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE MMP SYSTEM, AT 11% OR BETTER, WINSTON PETERS COULD VERY MUCH BE KINGMAKER. OUR PREFERENCE IS THE CURRENT PARTNERS WE'VE GOT, BUT WE ARE NOT RULING OUT HAVING DICUSSIONS WITH NZ FIRST. AS FOR PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER, JOHN KEY REMAINS CLEAR FAVOURITE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S DOWN ONE POINT TO 38%. WINSTON PETERS IS SECOND AT 11%, ALSO DOWN ONE. WHILE THERE'S SOME BETTER NEWS HERE FOR THE STRUGGLING LABOUR LEADER ` HE'S UP THREE TO 10%. NATIONAL HASN'T HAD AN EASY RIDE THIS YEAR WITH A HOUSING CRISIS, A WATER CRISIS, AND A BIG SLUMP IN OUR MAIN EXPORT EARNER, DAIRY. BUT DAIRY PRICES ARE BOUNCING BACK AND THE ECONOMY'S BOOMING, THANKS TO TOURISM, MIGRATION AND CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MAKES A DIFFICULT RECIPE FOR NATIONAL'S OPPONENTS TO SPOIL. NZ SHARES HAVE PLUNGED IN THEIR BIGGEST SELL-OFF SINCE BREXIT, FOLLOWING ON FROM JITTERS ON WALL STREET. THE S&P NZX 50 INDEX PLUNGED 2.5% AS MARKETS REACTED TO FEARS THE US FEDERAL RESERVE MAY BEGIN RAISING INTEREST RATES SOONER THAN EXPECTED. MARKETS IN AUSTRALIA ALSO SLUMPED, WITH THE ALL ORDINARIES INDEX FALLING NEARLY 2.25%. THE US ELECTION CAMPAIGN HAS TURNED ITS FOCUS TO THE HEALTH OF HILLARY CLINTON. ITS BEEN CONFIRMED THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMONIA. SHE COLLAPSED AFTER FEELING OVERHEATED WHILE ATTENDING THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACKS. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS. PROPPED UP BY AN AIDE WHILE SHE LEANS AGAINST A STEEL BOLLARD, HILLARY CLINTON SEEMED OK, UNTIL THE VAN DOOR OPENS, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOVES FORWARD. SHE LOOKS GROGGY, LOSES HER FOOTING AND COLLAPSES AS SHE'S HELPED INTO THE VEHICLE. TWO HOURS LATER, CLINTON WALKED OUT OF DAUGHTER CHELSEA'S MANHATTAN APARTMENT, WHERE SHE RECOVERED. I'M FEELING GREAT! I'M FEELING GREAT. MAN: WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NEW YORK. BUT THE 68-YEAR-OLD GAVE NO EXPLANATION ON WHAT WAS WRONG. SHE'D BEEN ATTENDING THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS WHEN SHE FELT OVERHEATED. BUT THE TEMPERATURE WAS 27 DEGREES, THE HUMIDITY A LOW 54%. IT WASN'T UNTIL HER DOCTOR LATER CONFIRMED SHE'S BEEN BATTLING PNEUMONIA. (COUGHS) THE SIGNS HAD BEEN THERE FOR WEEKS ` COUGHING DURING CAMPAIGN STOPS. STRAINED VOICE: (COUGHS) EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT TRUMP, I GET ALLERGIC. AND SHE'S STRUGGLED WITH HEALTH ISSUES BEFORE. SHE FAINTED IN 2012, HIT HER HEAD AND WAS CONCUSSED. IT TOOK SIX MONTHS TO RECOVER. WHICH ALL FEEDS THE NARRATIVE OF DONALD TRUMP ` THAT SHE'S NOT FIT ENOUGH FOR THE JOB. SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH OR THE STAMINA. TODAY, TRUMP KEPT THE DAGGER IN HIS SHEATH. < WOMAN: HER HEALTH INCIDENT THIS MORNING? NOT ONLY DOES CLINTON BEING UNWELL HELP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IT ALSO PROVIDES AMMUNITION TO THE MANY AMERICANS WHO JUST DON'T TRUST HER. SHE SAID SHE WAS WELL WHEN SHE CLEARLY ISN'T. SHE NEEDS A REST, AND SHE'S NOW ANNOUNCED THAT THIS WEEK'S PIT STOP IN CALIFORNIA WILL BE CANCELLED, AND SHE'S UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE, JUST AS TRUMP IS, TO RELEASE HER MEDICAL RECORDS. CHILLING FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED OF A TERROR-RELATED STABBING ATTACK IN SYDNEY OVER THE WEEKEND. SECURITY CAMERAS SHOW THE MOMENT A KNIFE-WIELDING MAN ATTEMPTS TO CHASE HIS VICTIM INTO A HAIR SALON. IT ALSO SHOWS THE BRAVERY OF NEARBY RESIDENTS. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIEN RYAN REPORTS. THE MOMENT, POLICE SAY, ISIS-INSPIRED TERRORISM CAME TO SUBURBAN SYDNEY. IN THESE IMAGES, OBTAINED BY 'A CURRENT AFFAIR', A MAN WAVES A KNIFE IN THE AIR IN FRONT OF RESIDENTS AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO KILL A MAN ` GRANDFATHER WAYNE GREENHALG. THE 59-YEAR-OLD, BLEEDING FROM MULTIPLE WOUNDS, RAN FOR HIS LIFE INTO THIS HAIRDRESSING SALON. BUT THE MAN WITH THE KNIFE WAS AFTER HIM. A CUSTOMER, ON THE PHONE TO POLICE, SEES HIM AND DASHES OUT THE BACK. HE IS STOPPED BY A SMALL LOCK AND A THIN PANE OF GLASS. AND THEN AN INCREDIBLE ACT OF BRAVERY. SIVEI AH CHONG CONFRONTS HIM WITH A FENCE PALING AND LETS FLY. EVENTUALLY POLICE BRING DOWN THE MAN WITH A TASER. THE VICTIM, WAYNE, A GRANDFATHER, IS STRETCHERED AWAY. HE'S ALIVE AND VERY LUCKY. WE CAN NEVER REPAY THAT DEBT. I DON'T KNOW HOW, IN THAT TERRIFYING SITUATION, ANYONE COULD HAVE ACTED IN THE WAY THAT THEY DID. THE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND TERRORISM OFFENCES IS IHSAS KHAN (22), SCHOOLED AT HURLSTONE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, WHERE HE EXCELLED. THE BOY, I USED TO KNOW HIM AS A VERY NICE, BRIGHT YOUNG BOY. HE WENT ON TO UNIVERSITY BEFORE DROPPING OUT THIS YEAR AT ABOUT THE TIME HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY. IN RECENT WEEKS, RESIDENTS HAD REPORTED STRANGE BEHAVIOUR, INCLUDING HIM RUNNING ON TO THE ROAD AND STOPPING TRAFFIC. DROVE ROUND THE CORNER, TWO SECONDS FROM HOME THE OTHER DAY, AND HE'S PLAYING CHICKEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THESE IMAGES WILL SEND SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A QUIET STREET ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JORDAN WILLIAMS BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AS HIS MOTHER TOOK THE STAND IN HIS DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST FORMER CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER COLIN CRAIG. THE COURT ALSO HEARD THAT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY BOARD MEMBERS WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT CRAIG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PRESS SECRETARY, THEY PUT IN PLACE A CHAPERONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM DURING THE 2014 ELECTION. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. THIS FORMER ANGLICAN MINISTER TESTIFIED TO LOSING FAITH IN COLIN CRAIG. HE REFFERED TO 'MAGIC HANDS DOWN YOUR PANTIES'. HE TALKED ABOUT 'CREATIVE COLIN', WHICH WAS A QUOTE. THE WOMAN ALLEGEDLY ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE MESSAGE WAS CRAIG'S FORMER PRESS SECRETARY, RACHEL MACGREGOR, WHO IS A FORMER GIRLFRIEND OF JORDAN WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS BLEW THE WHISTLE ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS AGAINST CRAIG, BUT MR STRINGER, WHO WAS ALSO ON THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY BOARD, SAYS THE PARTY HAD SUSPICIONS OF ITS OWN DURING THE 2014 ELECTION. THE BOARD PUT IN PLACE A CHAPERONING SYSTEM. WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO AVOID, TO QUOTE A BIBLICAL REFERENCE, EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL. JORDAN WILLIAMS IS TAKING A DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST COLIN CRAIG FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING ABOUT HIM IN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND IN A PAMPHLET. HIS MOTHER APPEARED AS A CHARACTER WITNESS TODAY. AND DURING HER EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY, HE LEFT THE COURTROOM IN TEARS. SOBS: COLIN CRAIG SENT A PAMPHLET OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE COUNTRY WITH THESE STATEMENTS ABOUT MY SON. HOW CAN HE DO THIS AND GET AWAY WITH IT? SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE BELIEVED HER SON HAD ACTED ETHICALLY BY BREAKING MACGREGOR'S CONFIDENCE ABOUT A SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM. I JUST WISH SOMEBODY HAD STOOD UP FOR ME LIKE THAT YEARS AGO WHEN THINGS WERE RIGHT AND WRONG. VICTIM ADVOCATE RUTH MONEY SPOKE OF SUPPORTING BOTH RACHEL MACGREGOR AND JORDAN WILLIAMS. SHE IS A SURVIVOR OF SOME NASTY STUFF. IT WASN'T JUST ONE CARD OR ONE LETTER. IT WAS CONSTANT. RACHEL MACGREGOR HERSELF WILL GIVE EVIDENCE TOMORROW. A PIECE OF BURNED-OUT DEBRIS HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE COAST OF MADAGASCAR WITH CLAIMS IT'S FROM MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370. IF PROVEN, IT COULD RADICALLY SHIFT THEORIES OVER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AIRLINE JET THAT DISAPPEARED WITH 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. CHANNEL SEVEN'S GEOF PARRY REPORTS. BLAINE GIBSON HAS FOUND 13 PIECES OF WRECKAGE HE BELIEVES ARE FROM THE LOST BOEING 777 WHICH DROPPED OFF THE RADAR ON MARCH 8 2014. THERE WERE 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. IF THIS CAN BE PROVEN TO BE FROM MH370, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT FIND. THE TOP LAYER OF PAINT HAS BEEN SINGED, SCORCHED BLACK. IT ALSO SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF MELTING AS YOU SEE ON SOMETHING THAT IS EXPOSED TO FIRE. BLAINE GIBSON HAS BEEN ON A PERSONAL HUNT FOR WRECKAGE FROM MH370 FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. HE SCOURED THE AFRICAN AND MADAGASCAR COASTLINES. HE SAYS THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIND YET. BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE PLANE, BUT NOT THE MAIN CABIN. PERHAPS THE CARGO HOLD. PERHAPS THE AVIONICS BAY. IF IT IS PROVEN THAT THIS PIECE IS FROM THE AVIONICS BAY, IT WAS A FLASH FIRE, YES, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. IT TALKS TO THE ISSUE OF WHY DID TWO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN APPARENTLY WITHOUT ANY REASON. UNTIL NOW, THE FINGER HAS BEEN POINTED AT THE CAPTAIN OF THE MH370 DELIBERATING FLYING THE PLANE TO THE END OF ITS FUEL LOAD THEN CRASHING INTO THE SEA. A MASSIVE UNDERSEA SEARCH HAS FAILED TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF THE PLANE'S RESTING PLACE. BLAINE GIBSON WILL HAND OVER SEVERAL PIECES OF DEBRIS TO AUSTRALIA SEARCH AUTHORITIES TOMORROW. FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO PERISHED WILL ALSO PLEAD FOR THE SEARCH TO CONTINUE. AVIATION EXPERT GEOFFREY THOMAS HAS ACCUSED MALAYSIA OF LOSING INTEREST IN THE SEARCH. THIS IS TORTURE FOR THE RELATIVES. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS YET THE MALAYSIANS WON'T PICK UP DEBRIS. AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MALAYSIAN AUTHORITIES TO DISCUSS HOW TO HANDLE GIBSON'S LATEST PIECE OF EVIDENCE. THE INQUIRY INTO HAVELOCK NORTH'S WATER CONTAMINATION WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK. RETIRED JUDGE LYN STEVENS WILL HEAD THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE FORMER TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL KAREN POUTASI AND AN ENGINEERING EXPERT. IT'LL FOCUS ON HOW THE WATER SUPPLY BECAME CONTAMINATED, THE RESPONSE FROM BOTH LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SIMILAR OUTBREAKS. A WOMAN WHO BECAME SICK DURING THE GASTRO OUTBREAK HAS NOW BEEN ADMITTED TO HAWKE'S BAY HOSPITAL WITH GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME, A RARE CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. AN INTERNATIONAL EMBARASSMENT, THAT'S WHAT SOME CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT CURRENT RULES WHICH MEAN 17-YEAR-OLDS HERE ARE TRIED IN AN ADULT COURT. NZ'S RECORD OF TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IS ABOUT TO COME UNDER SCRUTINY BY THE UNITED NATIONS. AND AS ANDREA VANCE REPORTS, THE GOVERNMENT'S LIKELY TO RAISE THE AGE TO 18. TAGGING PROPERTY, TRADING BLOWS IN A SCHOOL BRAWL ` CRIMES COMMITTED BY YOUNG PEOPLE. BUT DO THEY DESERVE TIME OUT OR HARD TIME? CHILD RIGHTS ADVOCATES SAY IF YOU'RE 17 OR YOUNGER, YOU SHOULD GO TO YOUTH COURT. SO, WE KNOW THAT IF WE SEND A YOUNG PERSON TO PRISON, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO ON TO COMMIT MORE OFFENCES IN THE FUTURE. ADVOCATES, INCLUDING THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER, ANDREW BECROFT, HAVE WRITTEN TO THE GOVERNMENT SAYING CURRENT RULES WHERE 17-YEAR-OLDS ARE TRIED IN AN ADULT COURT ARE AN 'INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT'. THEIR LETTER SAYS ` THE LETTER COMES AS A GOVERNMENT DELEGATION'S ABOUT TO FRONT UP TO A U.N. COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD. MOST OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO ALREADY INCLUDE 17-YEAR-OLDS IN THE YOUTH COURT SYSTEM. THE YOUTH COURT IS MUCH LESS FORMAL AND HAS SPECIALISED JUDGES. OFFENDERS DON'T GET A CRIMINAL RECORD. BUT THE MORE SERIOUS OFFENCES, LIKE DRUG DEALING, ARSON OR MURDER, ARE SENT TO THE ADULT HIGH COURT. AND EXPERTS SAY THE YOUTH COURT SYSTEM IS WORKING. THE NUMBER OF 10- TO 16-YEAR-OLDS IN COURT HAS DROPPED BY 48% SINCE 2011. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND IT'S ALSO WHAT WORKS BEST. AND IT'S A MESSAGE THE GOVERNMENT IS HEEDING. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSALS FOR OVER A YEAR. THE JUSTICE MINISTER AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BOTH BACK RAISING THE AGE AND WILL TAKE IT TO CABINET WITHIN THE NEXT FEW OF WEEKS. WE NEED TO MOVE ON WITH THE MATTER AND GIVE IT SOME CONSIDERATION. AND WITH TWO SENIOR MINISTERS' SUPPORT, PLUS THE UNITED NATIONS URGING CHANGE, IT'S HARD TO SEE WHO'D BLOCK IT. JUST AHEAD ` AND PLANS FOR NZ'S BIGGEST SPORTS CENTRE ARE UNVEILED FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THE $220 MILLION FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BRING THOUSANDS BACK INTO THE CITY'S CENTRE. THREE MEDALS IN THREE DAYS. SOPHIE PASCOE CONTINUES HER DOMINANCE IN THE RIO PARALYMPICS POOL. AND UPSET IN THE TENNIS WORLD AS STAN WARWRINKA NOTCHES UP YET ANOTHER WIN OVER THE WORLD NUMBER ONE. PLANS FOR NZ'S BIGGEST SPORTS CENTRE IN CHRISTCHURCH HAVE BEEN UNVEILED, AND IT'S HOPED THE IMPRESSIVE VENUE WILL BRING THOUSANDS BACK TO THE CENTRAL CITY. THE NEW COMPLEX WILL HOUSE AN OLYMPIC-SIZED POOL, DIVING POOLS, HYDROSLIDES, MULTIPLE NETBALL AND BASKETBALL COURTS, A GYM, EVEN AN INDOOR SPRINT TRACK. IT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY FACILITY FIRST AND FOREMOST SO OUR CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS WILL COME BACK TO THE CENTRAL CITY, HELP REVITALISE THE CENTRAL CITY FOR SPORT AND RECREATION. THE COMPLEX IS SET TO COST MORE THAN $220M AND WON'T BE FINISHED FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. SWIMMER SOPHIE PASCOE'S ON TRACK TO BECOME NZ'S MOST AWARDED PARALYMPIAN AFTER WINNING HER THIRD MEDAL IN AS MANY DAYS. THE KIWI BEAT HER OWN WORLD RECORD TO WIN GOLD IN THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FOR THE THIRD TIME. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS THERE FOR THE RACE. TO THE STARTERS' BLOCKS NOW. PASCOE IN FOUR AGAINST RIVARD OF CANADA IN FIVE. BEEP! YOU'VE JUST WITNESSED THE CLOSEST SOPHIE PASCOE'S RIVALS COULD GET TO HER. TURNS AT THE WALL QUICKEST AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY AHEAD OF ANYONE ELSE. AND REGARDLESS OF THE STROKE, THAT'S WHERE SHE'D STAY ` SUBSTANTIALLY AHEAD OF THE FIELD AND ULTIMATELY AHEAD OF HER OWN WORLD RECORD MARK SET IN 2012 TOO. IT'S BEEN A HARD FOUR YEARS, AND OBVIOUSLY I SET THE STANDARD PRETTY HIGH IN LONDON, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO JUST FINALLY LOOK UP AT THAT SCOREBOARD AND SEE A 24. THE 23-YEAR-OLD DELIGHTED AS SHE REALISED SHE'D BECOME THE FIRST SM10 SWIMMER TO GO UNDER TWO MINUTES 25 SECONDS. IT WAS ME AND THE CLOCK, AND THAT'S ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT. THIS IS THE NZ RECORD EQUALLING THE EIGHTH TIME SOPHIE PASCOE HAS STOOD ATOP THE PARALYMPIC PODIUM TO RECEIVE A GOLD MEDAL, HER SECOND AT THESE GAMES ALONE. AND WITH HER FAVOURITE 100M BUTTERFLY STILL TO COME TOMORROW, YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BET ON IT BEING HER LAST. PASCOE'S THIRD MEDAL IN AS MANY DAYS, AND 13TH OVERALL, EVEN BRINGING SOME EMOTION OUT OF HER STRAIGHT-TALKING COACH. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I'VE WELLED UP TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW, AND, YEAH, I'M VERY PROUD. TONIGHT` I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MOMENT, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO KNOW THAT I'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 2� YEARS OLD, WITH HAVING AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK WHERE IT CAN GET ME, AND I CAN SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH MY FAMILY AS WELL. NOT THAT SHE HAS LONG TO CELEBRATE. THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S RACING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS WELL. WE'VE REHEARSED, REHEARSED, REHEARSED, REHEARSED, AND THIS IS ABOUT STEPPING OUT HERE AND DOING IT RIGHT NOW. HAVE YOU GOT ANY PREDICTIONS FOR HOW SOPHIE WILL GO THE NEXT TWO DAYS? WELL, IF YOU'RE ENJOYING IT, I'D KEEP WATCHING IT. SAY NO MORE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANEIRO. REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEE EXTENSIVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PARALYMPICS ON TVNZ'S DUKE CHANNEL AND HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT HERE ON ONE, THANKS TO ACC SPORTSMART AND NZ ON AIR. PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO OFFICIALLY START CALLING IT THE 'BIG FIVE' IN TENNIS. STAN WAWRINKA HAS CLAIMED HIS THIRD GRAND SLAM TITLE, AND NOW HAS THREE QUARTERS OF A CAREER GRAND SLAM. HIS U.S. OPEN WIN SEES HIM BEAT DEFENDING CHAMPION AND WORLD NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC, AND HE'S ONE OF THE FEW PLAYERS WHO'S CONSISTENTLY DOING THAT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. WHILE MANY PLAYERS FALTER ON THE BIGGEST STAGE, STAN WAWRINKA THRIVES. CHEERING, APPLAUSE ADVANTAGE, WAWRINKA. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT WORLD NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC PICKING HIMSELF UP OFF THE FLOOR, A THIRD GRAND SLAM TITLE CAN'T BE FAR AWAY. CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS. WAWRINKA IS NOW THREE FROM THREE IN GRAND SLAM FINALS. EVERY TIME HE'S BEATEN DJOKOVIC AT A MAJOR, HE'S CLAIMED OVERALL HONOURS. I'M COMPLETELY EMPTY. I HAD TO BRING EVERYTHING I HAD TODAY AGAINST NOVAK. THEY HAD STARKLY DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS ` WAWRINKA PLAYED TWICE AS MUCH TENNIS AS DJOKOVIC AND EVEN FACED A MATCH POINT IN THE THIRD ROUND. BUT THIS PROMISED TO BE ANOTHER EPIC CHAPTER IN THE DUO'S HARD-FOUGHT HISTORY. CHEERING, APPLAUSE A STANDING OVATION. YEAH. IN 51 US OPEN MATCHES, DJOKOVIC HAS NEVER LOST AFTER WINNING THE FIRST SET. BUT EVEN HE HAD TO APPLAUD THE SUBLIME STROKES COMING FROM HIS SWISS OPPONENT. CHEERING, APPLAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH HE CAN DO. FROM BLISTERING BACKHANDS TO BLISTERS OF ANOTHER KIND, WITH DJOKOVIC DOWN 2-1 IN THE FOURTH. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING WITH DJOKOVIC'S LEG. WHETHER HE ACTUALLY NEEDED BANDAGES OR WAS JUST BUYING TIME, WAWRINKA WASN'T HAPPY, AND AN APOLOGY HARDLY HELPED. SORRY, MAN. I COULDN'T STAND. SORRY. BUT BACK ON COURT, WAWRINKA JUST HEAPED MORE PAIN. WOW. BROKEN AND BATTERED, DJOKOVIC WAS GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT. YOU WERE A MORE COURAGEOUS PLAYER IN THE DECISIVE MOMENT, AND HE'S A GREAT CHAMPION, AND HE JUST DESERVES TO WIN THIS TITLE. WELL DONE, MAN. UNBEATEN IN HIS LAST 10 FINALS, STAN IS PROVING HE'S THE MAN WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING WHEN IT COUNTS. JUST AHEAD, WE'VE GOT THE WEATHER, AND BRACE YOURSELF, RAIN FEATURES IN THIS FORECAST. AND SLIP-SLIDING AWAY. A POPULAR WEST COAST TOURIST ROUTE GOES SOUTH. PEOPLE CHEER Guten tag. Pardon? You're from Germany, aren't you? CROWD CHEERS WHISTLE BLOWS UPBEAT MUSIC DRAMATIC FOOTAGE HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA OF A MAJOR SLIP ON ONE OF THE WEST COAST'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST ROUTES. A DRONE OPERATOR WAS FILMING THE COASTLINE, NORTH OF PUNAKAIKI, WHEN, BY CHANCE, HE CAPTURED THIS MASSIVE SLIP SMASHING INTO STATE HIGHWAY 6. SINCE THE SLIP, UP TO 2500m3 MORE OF RUBBLE HAS FALLEN. THE STATE HIGHWAY NORTH OF PUNAKAIKI REMAINS CLOSED. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. ELTON JOHN'S 'TINY DANCER' FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND KATE PARKINSON.