TONIGHT ` IT SPARKED SPECULATION AROUND THE WORLD. BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCES THE FUTURE OF PRINCE PHILIP. A JAILED MURDERER PUSHES FOR PRISONERS TO BE ALLOWED TO DONATE SPERM WHILE THEY'RE LOCKED UP. AND SHE HAS BEEN BUSY BUT CAME HOME FOR FAMILY. WE HEAR FROM LORDE AHEAD OF HER SECOND ALBUM'S INTERNATIONAL RELEASE. THE SPECULATION STARTED MID-AFTERNOON AND QUICKLY REACHED FEVER PITCH AROUND THE WORLD. THE SUBJECT ` THE HEALTH OR OTHERWISE OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AFTER AN EMERGENCY MEETING WAS CALLED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. THE REASON HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED. PRINCE PHILIP IS TO STEP DOWN FROM ALL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING IS OUTSIDE THE PALACE AND JOINS US NOW. EMMA. It's certainly been a funny old morning. A worrying and wondering kind of morning. Now we finally know. Prince Philip is retiring from his royal engagements. He is patron president and member of 780 organisations. He doesn't attend engagements for all of those. He will step away but still have associations with those organisations. Unveiling is an openings and closings he will not attend. The Queen will continue her engagements. The Queen is a sprightly 91 years old and she will continue her engagements with the support of her royal family. It sparked a royal frenzy this morning when I was elected that there was a royal staff gathering 1 News did call Buckingham Palace press office and they did confirm that no deaths had occurred. The tourists are now taking photos of Buckingham Palace and then coming over and taking photos of the media. Everyone is A-OK, Prince Philip will no longer be attending those royal engagements. OF COURSE, TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER HOURS OF THEORIES AND GUESSING OVER WHAT BUCKINGHAM PALACE COULD BE ABOUT TO REVEAL. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS ALL THE SECRECY AND THE MEDIA REACTION. WHEN YOU'RE THE ROYAL FAMILY, IT'S SIMPLE TO START A MEDIA FIRE STORM. A SOURCE LEAKS TO A NEWSPAPER THAT A STAFF MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED, AND... (BANG!) ...THE WORLD'S MEDIA WILL TURN UP ON YOUR DOORSTEP. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S ABOUT. SO CUE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPECULATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND A FAIR SHARE OF JOKES. BUT MEANWHILE, AT THE PALACE,... THE WORLD KEPT WAITING. SO WHY ALL THE FUSS? WELL, THE ROYALS ARE TYPICALLY PRIVATE PEOPLE WITH STRICT PROTOCOLS OVER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ` CODE NAMES, INFORMING IMPORTANT PEOPLE FIRST AND, STRANGELY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, CONFIRMING NEWS WITH A SIGN OUTSIDE THE PALACE. THESE MEETINGS USUALLY HAPPEN ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, BUT TODAY ATTENTION TURNED TO THE HEALTH OF 95-YEAR-OLD PRINCE PHILIP. OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO TVNZ THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE AND THE QUEEN WERE ALIVE AND WELL. BOTH HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF HEALTH SCARES RECENTLY, BUT JUST YESTERDAY, THEY WERE SEEN OUT AND ABOUT, PRINCE PHILIP UNVEILING A PLAQUE AT LORDS CRICKET GROUND. ONE OF HIS LAST BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT. SO ALL IS FINE FOR OUR HEAD OF STATE, BUT YOU CAN BE SURE THE NEXT SECRET ROYAL MEETING WILL BE JUST AS HEAVILY SCRUTINISED. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. IT'S DEADLY TO OUR NATIVE SPECIES AND HAS NOW REACHED NEW ZEALAND'S MAINLAND. BIOSECURITY STAFF ARE RUSHING TO CONTAIN THE DESTRUCTIVE FUNGUS 'MYRTLE RUST', WHICH HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEEN FOUND IN POHUTUKAWA SEEDLINGS IN KERIKERI. WILL HINE EXPLAINS HOW RISKY THE FUNGUS COULD BE IF IT TAKES HOLD. A KERIKERI TREE NURSERY OFF LIMITS AS BIOSECURITY OFFICERS RESPOND TO THE FIRST CASE OF MYRTLE RUST ON THE MAINLAND. IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SCIENTISTS LAST NIGHT; WE'VE STOOD UP A RESPONSE THERE. EFFECTIVELY, THE NURSERY IS ON LOCKDOWN. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING SPRAYED. THE DISTINCTIVE FUNGUS IS AN INVADER NO ONE WANTED TO SEE ON OUR SHORES. IT TENDS TO ATTACK THE LEAVES, AND IT ACTUALLY SHRIVELS UP THE LEAVES OF THE PLANT, AND THEY WITHER AND DIE. NATIVES LIKE POHUTUKAWA, RATA AND KANUKA COULD BE IN THE FIRING LINE, AS WELL AS EXOTIC FAVOURITES LIKE THE FEIJOA, GUAVA AND EUCALYPTUS. IT'S IMPACTED ON A NUMBER OF SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA, PARTICULARLY NATIVE SPECIES, SO THE TEA TREE, THEY CALL IT ` SIMILAR TO OUR MANUKA. OUR MANUKA HONEY INDUSTRY IS AWARE OF WHAT'S AT STAKE. IT'S A $300M INDUSTRY AT THE MOMENT. IT'S POTENTIALLY UP TO $1.2B INDUSTRY. THE KIWIFRUIT INDUSTRY HAS FACED ITS CHALLENGES. WE'LL FACE OUR CHALLENGES. THE KERIKERI DISCOVERY WAS MADE ON TUESDAY, LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FUNGUS WAS FOUND IN A POHUTUKAWA ON RAOUL ISLAND. WE GET A PREVAILING NORTHWESTERLY WIND ACROSS THE TASMAN, SO THINGS LIKE THIS RUST, IT'S GOT SPORES THAT TRAVEL ON THE WIND. SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT EVENTUALLY IT MIGHT HAVE GOT HERE. IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT IT HAS ARRIVED. CONSERVATION LAND IS ALSO BEING CHECKED FOR SIGNS OF INFECTION. THE ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR FUNGUS IS THAT FROM THE TIME IT IS FIRST INFECTING A PLANT, IT COULD TAKE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE WEEKS FOR THAT INFECTION TO BECOME VISIBLE. THE HOPE NOW ` THAT IT HASN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO SPREAD. HISTORY IN OTHER COUNTRIES SHOW THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO ERADICATE. IN FACT, NO ONE'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THE ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY'VE SEEN THE FUNGUS ` DON'T TOUCH IT. INSTEAD, TAKE A PHOTO AND CALL THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. IT WASN'T THE 'PLEASE EXPLAIN' PROMISED. OUR FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING WITH HIS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART ABOUT OUR FRAYING TRANS-TASMAN RELATIONSHIP. A SHOCK HIKE IN UNIVERSITY FEES FOR KIWIS WAS REVEALED DAYS AGO, AND WEEKS BEFORE THAT, TOUGHER CITIZENSHIP RULES WERE ANNOUNCED. BUT AS AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS, THE AUSSIES AREN'T BACKING DOWN. WE'VE SPILLED BLOOD TOGETHER ON THE FRONT LINES, SHARED MOMENTS OF EPIC RIVALRY ON THE PADDOCKS. YEAH, THEY'VE CARRIED HIM OVER... TRADE POURS ACROSS THE TASMAN. AND OUR GOVERNMENT DESCRIBES OUR RELATIONSHIP AS THE CLOSEST, BROADEST AND MUTUALLY COMPATIBLE IN THE WORLD. TRY TELLING THAT TO BRADEN WARNOCK. WE GIVE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS IN NEW ZEALAND ALMOST FULL RIGHTS LIKE CITIZENS, YET HERE, WE GET BUGGER ALL. THE 20-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO STUDY POLITICAL SCIENCE IN SYDNEY, BUT AS A KIWI, HIS FEES WILL EFFECTIVELY TRIPLE UNDER PROPOSED BUDGET CHANGES. THE CHANGE WILL AFFECT AROUND 6000 NEW ZEALANDERS AND CAME AS A SHOCK TO THE GOVERNMENT, PROMPTING NEW FOREIGN MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE TO RACE OVER TO MEET HIS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART TODAY. I MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WERE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO KNOW SOONER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. EXPERTS HERE IN AUSTRALIA HAVE ALSO WARNED NEW ZEALANDERS COULD BE STUNG IN FUTURE WITH INTERNATIONAL FEES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLING, FEARS JULIE BISHOP TODAY DISMISSED AS SPECULATION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT KIWIS IN AUSTRALIA ARE ALREADY FEELING DONE OVER, AND IT'S NOT JUST OVER UNIVERSITY FEES. AUSTRALIANS HERE CAN VOTE AFTER A YEAR; KIWIS OVER THERE, NEVER. AUSSIES HERE CAN ACCESS UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS BENEFITS AFTER TWO YEARS. NO GO FOR KIWI TAXPAYERS ACROSS THE DITCH. AND AUSTRALIANS STUDYING HERE CAN GET STUDENT ALLOWANCES AFTER THREE YEARS. GUESS WHAT ` ANOTHER CROSS IN THE KIWI EXPATS COLUMN. AS FOR THE STUDENT FEES PROPOSAL, BOTH GOVERNMENTS ARE SELLING IT AS A GOOD THING. MY EXPECTATION IS THAT MORE NEW ZEALANDERS WILL BE SEEKING TO OBTAIN A DEGREE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY. IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL, NO. RECENT TENSIONS MAY'VE BEEN DOWNPLAYED BY THE POLITICIANS TODAY, BUT THE STRENGTH OF THAT TRANS-TASMAN BOND IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY SHAKY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. A PETITION SIGNED BY NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE CALLING FOR A TEMPORARY HALT ON NEW WATER BOTTLING EXPORTS IS NOW UNDER PARLIAMENTARY CONSIDERATION. IT CALLS FOR A MORATORIUM ON BOTTLED WATER EXPORTS, AS ADVOCATES SAY THE CURRENT RULES ALLOW COMPANIES TO PROFIT FROM A VALUABLE PUBLIC RESOURCE AT LITTLE COST. THE GOVERNMENT'S ALREADY RULED OUT A BAN BUT SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER PRICING WATER BOTTLERS. A CONVICTED MURDERER HAS HAD A PETITION PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT, ASKING FOR PRISONERS TO BE ALLOWED TO DONATE SPERM SO THEY CAN FATHER CHILDREN FROM BEHIND BARS. KARL NUKU ALSO WANTS PRISONERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ORGAN AND BLOOD DONATIONS. EMILY COOPER REPORTS. KARL NUKU IS CURRENTLY SERVING LIFE BEHIND BARS. HE BLUDGEONED DEAN BROWNE TO DEATH WITH A HAMMER IN 2010, A KILLING PLANNED WITH HIS SO-CALLED 'KILLER CLOWN' GANG ASSOCIATE. NOW THE CONVICTED MURDERER WANTS MORE RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DONATE SEMEN TO FATHER CHILDREN FROM BEHIND BARS. LABOUR MP TREVOR MALLARD DELIVERED THE PETITION TO PARLIAMENT. I THINK IT'S EVERY PERSON'S RIGHT TO PRESENT A PETITION. I KNEW HE WAS IN PARE, AND YOU DON'T GET THERE THROUGH BEING A NICE PERSON. MALLARD SAYS HE'S NOT CERTAIN WHAT NUKU'S AGENDA IS OR IF HE WANTS TO BE A FATHER HIMSELF. IF THAT WAS THE CASE, IT WOULD RAISE OTHER ISSUES, INCLUDING HOW THE PARTNER WOULD BECOME PREGNANT AND HOW THE CHILD WOULD BE SUPPORTED. I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE NEW ZEALANDER WOULD SEE THAT WHILE SOMEONE IS IN PRISON AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR ACTIONS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO PARENT. BUT THE PETITION ALSO CALLS FOR PRISONERS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ORGAN AND BLOOD DONATIONS. ANDY TOOKEY'S DAUGHTER (15) WILL ONE DAY NEED A LIVER TRANSPLANT. IF YOU NEED AN ORGAN, DO YOU REALLY CARE WHO IT'S COMING FROM IF IT SAVES YOUR LIFE? AND ALSO, IT REDEEMS THEM A LITTLE BIT. IF THEY'VE COMMITTED A CRIME SUCH AS MURDER AND THEY WANT TO SAVE ANOTHER LIFE, WELL, WHY NOT LET THEM SAVE ANOTHER LIFE? BUT HE SAYS THIS PARTICULAR PETITION, INCLUDING THE SPERM DONATION, ISN'T THE WAY TO DO IT. I DISAGREE WITH TREVOR MALLARD SAYING TODAY THAT IT'S EVERY CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A PETITION TO PARLIAMENT. IF YOU'RE IN PRISON, I THINK YOU LOSE SOME OF THOSE RIGHTS. THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO RESTRICTIONS ON PRISONERS DONATING ORGANS, BLOOD OR SPERM BUT THAT IT IS CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. THE PETITION WILL NOW BE LOOKED AT BY A SELECT COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHILE KARL NUKU STILL HAS 12 YEARS BEFORE HE'S CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. IT'S OFTEN THE FIRST THING TO STOCK UP WHEN YOU START FEELING SICK, BUT CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND SAYS THOSE COLD AND FLU PRODUCTS AREN'T WORTH THE EXPENSE. THE WATCHDOG GROUP'S WARNED THE REMEDIES MAKE MISLEADING CLAIMS AND WE'RE BETTER OFF HEADING BACK TO BED. LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. (COUGHS) WHEN WE'RE LAID LOW BY COLD AND FLU,... (SNEEZES) ...WE RELY ON OVER-THE-COUNTER REMEDIES TO RELIEVE THOSE NAGGING SYMPTOMS. BUT DO THEY WORK? CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND CONDUCTED ITS OWN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND SAYS FOR MOST, THE ANSWER IS NO. WE LOOKED AT 50, AND ONLY 20 OF THEM WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM COUGHS OR COLDS. CONSUMERS ARE SPENDING $38M A YEAR ON THESE REMEDIES, SO YOU'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY WORKING. IT SAYS RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE DECONGESTANT INGREDIENT PHENYLEPHRINE IS DATED AND FLAWED. IT WAS ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD, AND EVEN THEN, ONLY HALF THE TRIALLISTS ACTUALLY FELT ANY RELIEF. MICROBIOLOGIST DR SIOUXSIE WILES SAYS SHE DISCOVERED THIS FOR HERSELF LAST YEAR WHEN INVESTIGATING THE SCIENCE ON PHENYLEPHRINE IN THE QUEST TO RELIEVE HER OWN COLD. WHEN I LOOKED AND FOUND THESE STUDIES THAT SHOWED THAT AT THE DOSE THEY ARE GIVEN, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY A PLACEBO, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING, IT ACTUALLY LEFT ME QUITE DISAPPOINTED. BUT THE SELF-MEDICATION INDUSTRY DISAGREES. IT SAYS JUST BECAUSE EVIDENCE IS OLD, DOESN'T MEAN ITS FLAWED. PRODUCTS THAT DON'T WORK DON'T SURVIVE 50 YEARS. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND'S NOW CALLING FOR MORE INVESTIGATION. WHEN WE TALKED TO MEDSAFE, THEY SORT OF QUESTIONED US, YOU KNOW, AS TO 'WHERE'S THE HARM?' WELL, THE HARM IS IN THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BUYING THESE THINGS AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WORK. ON BALANCE, ALL OF THE MAJOR REGULATING BODIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE LOOKED AT THESE INGREDIENTS, AND SAID THEY ARE EFFICACIOUS AND THEY ARE SAFE WHEN USED APPROPRIATELY. SO WHO TO BELIEVE AND WHAT TO RELY ON NOW FOR RELIEF? PARACETAMOL, ASPIRIN AND A BIT OF HONEY. ONE THING ALL AGREE ON ` SADLY, THERE IS NO CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD. LORELEI MASON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, THE NAME-CALLING BEGINS. A BITTER EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT RUNNERS IN THE FRENCH ELECTION. WHY THE KANGAROOS' COACH IS ON THE WARPATH WITH THE KIWIS AHEAD OF TOMORROW NIGHT'S ANZAC TEST IN CANBERRA. So, who wants Nova's great-value energy? Heaps of people. I knocked at Dr Knox and Jock the Lock's. Doc ` check. Jock ` check. Checked the Chuck's Charcoal Chicken? Uh, checked Chuck's Charcoal Chicken Tuesday. Chook ` check. BOTH: Choice. Hey, did you ring at Kings'? Uh, yep. Kings; Keatings; Kipling's Couplings; Werring's Herrings. Rang at Huang's? I rang Huang and the gang. Met Fang. (GROWLS, YAPS) Dang. Let's nip to Nick's Taranaki Knick-Knacks next. (KNOCKS) Knock-knock, Nick. No Nick? Ah! 'Back in a tick.' It's Greg Grover from Nova. CHUCKLES: Oh, don't start that all over. CENTRIST FRENCH CANDIDATE EMMANUEL MACRON APPEARS TO HAVE CEMENTED HIS FRONTRUNNER STATUS IN THE FINAL DEBATE BEFORE THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION THIS WEEKEND. PUNDITS, NEWSPAPERS AND VIEWER POLLS DECLARED MACRON THE WINNER OF THE HEATED STAND-OFF AGAINST HIS FAR-RIGHT RIVAL, MARINE LE PEN. THE ABC'S LISA MILLAR REPORTS. TWO CANDIDATES WHO COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT VYING FOR THE HEART OF FRANCE. (BOTH SPEAK FRENCH) MARINE LE PEN HAD NOTHING TO LOSE. AGGRESSIVE AND COMBATIVE, SHE ACCUSED HER YOUNGER OPPONENT OF BEING ELITIST AND ACTING AS IF HE'D ALREADY WON. AT 39, EMMANUEL MACRON WOULD BE FRANCE'S YOUNGEST PRESIDENT, AND HE SET OUT TO PROVE HE COULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THE BARBS FLEW FROM BOTH SIDES AS THE MODERATORS QUICKLY LOST CONTROL. TRANSLATOR: YOU'VE SHOWN YOU'RE NOT A CANDIDATE FOR A BALANCED DEBATE. YOU HAVE A DEFEATIST ATTITUDE TO GET OUT OF THE EURO. FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS, THEY BARELY CONTAINED THEIR DISDAIN FOR EACH OTHER. I TREAT THE FRENCH LIKE ADULTS. YOU LIE ALL THE TIME. TRANSLATOR: YOU'VE MADE CYNICAL CHOICES, SHAMEFUL CAMPAIGN ARGUMENTS THAT MAYBE SHOW THE COLDNESS OF THE INVESTMENT BANKER YOU PROBABLY NEVER CEASE TO BE. WHAT WAS CLEAR FROM THIS DEBATE, FRENCH VOTERS HAVE A STARK CHOICE ` A GLOBALIST WITH LIBERAL POLICIES OR A POPULIST WHO PRIDES HERSELF ON PROTECTIONISM. AND LIKE THE CANDIDATES, THE PUBLIC WAS SPLIT. TRANSLATOR: SHE'S CALM, UNFAZED, ON THE OFFENSIVE. TRANSLATOR: THE STRENGTH OF MACRON IS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW FAR SHE IS FROM REALITY. THERE ARE JUST TWO FULL DAYS OF CAMPAIGNING TO GO. THIS DEBATE MAY NOT HAVE CHANGED MINDS, BUT ITS INTENSITY HAS CONFIRMED JUST HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE HERE. THE FBI DIRECTOR SAYS IT MAKES HIM SICK TO THINK HE MIGHT HAVE INFLUENCED THE OUTCOME OF THE U.S. ELECTION. SPEAKING TO CONGRESS, JAMES COMEY DEFENDED THE BOMBSHELL HE DROPPED DURING LAST YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT, REBECCA WRIGHT, HAS MORE. GRILLED ON CAPITAL HILL. TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD DO. FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO GO PUBLIC WITH THE INVESTIGATION INTO HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS 11 DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SPEAK WOULD BE REALLY BAD. THERE'S AN ELECTION IN 11 DAYS. LORDY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD. CONCEALING, IN MY VIEW, WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC. AND SO COMEY REVEALED THAT THE FBI HAD REOPENED THEIR INVESTIGATION. IT MAKES ME MILDLY NAUSEOUS TO THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME IMPACT ON THE ELECTION. BUT HONESTLY, IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE DECISION. BUT HILLARY CLINTON HAS NO DOUBTS. RE-ENTERING THE POLITICAL FRAY YESTERDAY, SHE TROLLED TRUMP FOR WINNING 3 MILLION MORE VOTES THAN HIM AND WAS CLEAR ABOUT WHERE SHE PLACES THE BLAME. I WAS ON THE WAY TO WINNING UNTIL THE COMBINATION OF JIM COMEY'S LETTER ON OCTOBER 28TH AND RUSSIAN WIKILEAKS RAISED DOUBTS IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INCLINED TO VOTE FOR ME BUT GOT SCARED OFF. THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN COLLUDED WITH THE KREMLIN IS ONGOING. COMEY FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT GOING PUBLIC WITH ONE INVESTIGATION AND NOT THE OTHER. THE REASON, HE SAID, WAS THAT HE'D PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED THAT CLINTON'S WAS COMPLETE. I THINK I TREATED BOTH INVESTIGATIONS CONSISTENTLY UNDER THE SAME PRINCIPLES. NOW HE'S PROMISING WE WON'T HEAR A PEEP ABOUT THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION UNTIL IT'S OVER, AND MAYBE NOT EVEN THEN. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS, THE KIWIS AND THE KANGAROOS WILL SQUARE OFF IN WHAT'S LIKELY TO BE THE LAST ANZAC RUGBY LEAGUE TEST MATCH. WHILE THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF FIREWORKS ON THE FIELD, IT'S THE OFF-FIELD ACTION THAT'S REALLY TAKEN CENTRE STAGE. JOHN MCKENZIE EXPLAINS. FOR A TEAM THAT'S DESPERATE TO SHAKE LAST YEAR'S DISASTROUS FOUR NATIONS CAMPAIGN, THE KIWIS HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN KEEN TO TALK UP TOMORROW NIGHT'S ANZAC ENCOUNTER IN CANBERRA, WITH PLAYERS AND COACHES RESTRICTED TO MEDIA WHILE THE TEAM WAS BASED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIAN COACH MAL MENINGA HAS HIT BACK. THE KANGAROOS HAVE BEEN SET A TASK AROUND TRYING TO LIFT THE PROFILE OF RUGBY LEAGUE INTERNATIONALLY, AND WE'D JUST LIKE A BIT OF HELP, THAT'S ALL. MENINGA TODAY BACKED UP HIS ARTICLE IN SYDNEY'S DAILY TELEGRAPH, PULLING PUNCHES AT THE KIWIS FOR LEAVING THEM TO PROMOTE THE CONTEST. WE'RE AMBASSADORS FOR THE GAME. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AFTER THE GAME. KIWIS COACH DAVID KIDWELL REFUTED CLAIMS THEY HAVEN'T PULLED THEIR WEIGHT... YEAH, WE HAVE, I THINK. WE'VE BEEN UP IN SYDNEY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF INTERVIEWS ACROSS THE TASMAN. ...AND ALSO STOOD BY HIS DECISION TO BASE THE TEAM IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY JUST WAS A PLACE THAT WE COULD CENTRALISE EVERYONE TO COME INTO CAMP. WHILE THEIR OPINIONS MAY DIFFER, BOTH COACHES DID COME TOGETHER LAST NIGHT TO COMMEMORATE THE ANZACS. AND THEY BOTH AGREE TOMORROW NIGHT'S FINAL ANZAC ENCOUNTER SHOULD BE A BELTER, MUCH CLOSER THAN THE 34-8 DRUBBING THE KIWIS RECEIVED IN LAST YEAR'S FOUR NATIONS FINAL. I'M THE SAME WITH MAL. WE WANT INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TO BE AT THE PINNACLE. THE KIWIS ARE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THAT MATCH IN NOVEMBER. WARRIORS CENTRE DAVID FUSITUA PERHAPS THE UNLUCKIEST TO LOSE HIS SPOT. YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH ONE. WE CAN'T` WE ONLY FIT 17 IN THERE. WITH THE AUSSIES WINNING 15 OF 17 ANZAC ENCOUNTERS,... NOW YOU CAN START CHEERING! ...KIDWELL'S JUST HOPING HE'S MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL TUCK OUR WEATHER FORECAST IN FOR THE NIGHT. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HER REAL NAME IS. WE'LL CALL HER LORDE, AND SHE IS NEXT. SHE IS QUITE SIMPLY OUR BIGGEST EVERY MUSICAL EXPORT, AND SHE IS HOME. NEXT MONTH, LORDE RELEASES HER SECOND ALBUM, MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER HER DEBUT SHOT HER TO INTERNATIONAL STARDOM. SHE SPOKE TO SEVEN SHARP'S TONI STREET. OUR REPORTER EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS HER MOST REVEALING ANSWERS. (EXHALES) A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IS JUST WHAT LORDE NEEDS. I THINK ANYONE WHO SAID IT DIDN'T CHANGE THEM WOULD PROBABLY BE LYING. SHE ADMITS IT WASN'T ALWAYS AN EASY RIDE FOR A GIRL FORM THE NORTH SHORE. WHEN I DID START OFF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I MEET ARE LIKE, 'OH YEAH, I MET YOU, AND YOU WERE REAL SHY, 'AND YOU DIDN'T SMILE, AND YOU SEEMED LIKE YOU HATED BEING HERE.' AND IT'S LIKE YEAH, I KINDA DID. IT WAS REAL SCARY FOR ME. BUT THAT WAS THEN, AND THIS IS NOW. # I WISH I COULD GET MY THINGS... # LAST MONTH THE 20-YEAR-OLD WOWED COACHELLA, THE CURRENT KING OF MUSIC FESTIVALS. WE BUILT THE SHOW THAT REALLY WAS LIKE IDEAS THAT I WOULD HAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND IT GREW AND GREW. # I DO MY MAKE-UP IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S CAR. # HER NEW ALBUM 'MELODRAMA' IS OUT NEXT MONTH. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HER DEBUT. THE GAP WAS FOR A REASON. I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST REST ON THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS OF THAT LAST ALBUM. I'M NOT FEELING TOO MUCH STRESS ABOUT IT. BUT MAYBE THAT'LL COME. MAYBE JUNE 15TH, I'LL BE LIKE, 'WAH!' (CHUCKLES) FREAKING OUT. YES, SHE IS A REAL INTERNATIONAL POP STAR, BUT HER 20-YEAR-OLD FEET REMAIN FIRMLY ON THE GROUND AND HER HAND ON THE WHEEL OF, WELL, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE ANYBODY PICKED UP THE SLACK FOR ME OR DID ANY OF THE HEAVY LIFTING. EVERY SINGLE THING ON THAT STAGE, I'VE HAD MY EYE OVER, WHETHER IT'S WHAT THAT DANCER IN THE BACK IS WEARING OR WHAT THE LIGHTS DO BETWEEN SONGS. IT'S ALL ME AND IT FEELS AMAZING. SHE'S BACK TO NEW YORK NEXT MONTH FOR THE GOVERNOR'S BALL MUSIC FESTIVAL. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S TIME TO ENJOY HOME. ITS MY FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THE CURE. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND MADISON BATTEN.