TONIGHT ` KICKED OUT OF THE WORLD CUP. KIWIS' CAPTAIN AND TEAMMATE KEVIN PROCTOR ARE AXED AFTER ALLEGEDLY SNORTING COCAINE OUTSIDE A BAR. WHAT WILL THE ELECTION OF EMMANUEL MACRON MEAN FOR FRANCE AND THE WORLD? PLUS, NATIONAL VS EMINEM SAW CHILDREN'S SONGS PLAYED IN COURT AS THE CASE ATTRACTS A COMEDIAN WHO LOVES TO POKE FUN AT OUR ACCENT. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THEY WON'T BE PLAYING AT THE WORLD CUP. KIWIS CAPTAIN JESSE BROMWICH AND TEAM MATE KEVIN PROCTOR HAVE BEEN AXED AFTER ALLEGATIONS THEY BOUGHT AND SNORTED COCAINE HOURS AFTER LOSING A TEST MATCH. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT. FROM THE PINNACLE OF HIS CAREER TO A KIWIS EMBARRASSMENT, FOREVER TAINTED BY SCANDAL ` JUST 72 HOURS AGO, JESSE BROMWICH WAS LOCKED IN TO LEAD THE KIWIS AT THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP. NOW, ALONG WITH KEVIN PROCTOR, HE WON'T BE THERE AT ALL. THEY HAVE BROKEN MY TRUST, THEIR TEAMMATE'S TRUST AND THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC. THE PAIR WERE ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ON A CCTV CONSUMING COCAINE AT 5AM THE MORNING AFTER THEIR ANZAC TEST DRUBBING IN CANBERRA. THEY ARE OUT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. THAT'S CLEAR. I WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY AND MONITORING WITH THEIR CLUBS TO SEE IF THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEIR CLUBS REQUIRE OF THEM, THAT THE NRL REQUIRE OF THEM, AND THE KIWIS REQUIRE OF THEM. THAT'D BE IT FOR ME. NO SINGLE PERSON IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, NO PLAYER IS GOOD ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THAT SORT OF THING. KIWIS COACH DAVID KIDWELL PROMOTED BROMWICH TO THE CAPTAINCY LAST YEAR. HE SAYS HE'S GUTTED, AND BY EXCLUDING SUCH EXPERIENCED PLAYERS, THE WORLD CUP'S NOW A MUCH TOUGHER CHALLENGE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE VALUES TO UPHOLD. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF BROMWICH'S STORM AND PROCTOR'S TITANS HAVE ALSO INDICATED THEY'RE AFTER A PLEASE-EXPLAIN FROM THE NRL AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY LEAGUE AS TO WHY THEIR PLAYERS WEREN'T SUPERVISED WHILE OUT ON REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES. MEANTIME, CLAIMS FROM NRL OFFICIALS THAT THE SPORT DOESN'T HAVE A COCAINE PROBLEM AFTER BEING HIT BY THREE INCIDENTS IN THE SPACE OF TWO DAYS ARE BEING RUBBISHED. OH, LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, THERE'S CERTAINLY A GREAT RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS. THERE'S MORE MONEY WHICH IS AVAILABLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANGING ON. KIDWELL AND CO ARE NOW TASKED WITH NOT ONLY IMPROVING THE TEAM'S DIRE ON-FIELD PERFORMANCE, BUT REBUILDING THEIR OFF-FIELD IMAGE AS WELL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. AND THIS EVENING KIWIS AND ROOSTERS CENTRE SHAUN KENNY-DOWALL HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN INDEFINITELY BY HIS SYDNEY CLUB AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH POSSESSING COCAINE LAST WEEK. FRANCE HAS CHOSEN ITS NEW LEADER, EASING FEARS OF INSTABILITY ACROSS EUROPE AND THE WORLD. EMMANUEL MACRON (39) BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT SINCE NAPOLEON. TAKING MORE THAN 65% OF THE VOTE, HE EASILY BEAT HIS FAR-RIGHT RIVAL MARINE LE PEN. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE REGION. PARIS ERUPTING IN CELEBRATION. (RAUCOUS CHEERING) A SEA OF BLUE, WHITE AND RED IN THE COURTYARD OF THE LOUVRE MUSEUM AS EMMANUEL MACRON IS PROCLAIMED LEADER OF A NEW FRENCH REVOLUTION. (PARTY MUSIC PLAYS) EVEN THE MONA LISA SEEMED QUIETLY PLEASED WITH THE RESULT. (SPEAKS FRENCH) 'EVERYONE SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE,' HE DECLARED, 'BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW FRANCE.' (CHEERING) THE FIRST PRESIDENT FROM OUTSIDE THE TWO MAIN PARTIES FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS MACRON WILL HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT UNITING A NATION DIVIDED ON IMMIGRATION, SECURITY AND EUROPE. IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS ELECTION, MACRON WAS KNOWN AS THE 'ANYTHING BUT' CANDIDATE ` ANYTHING BUT MARINE LE PEN. BUT AS THESE CROWDS POUR INTO THE CELEBRATIONS, THERE IS A REAL SENSE PARIS AT LEAST IS RELIEVED HE HAS BEEN ELECTED. THE VICTORY HAS BEEN WELCOMED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WORLD. MACRON'S WIN IS A DISTINCT SHIFT FROM THE WAVE OF POPULISM THAT SAW BRITAIN VOTE FOR BREXIT AND THE U.S ELECT DONALD TRUMP. THERE WILL BE NO HONEYMOON PERIOD FOR MACRON. HIS PLEDGES AND PROMISES GOT HIM THE WIN, BUT IT'S HIS ACTIONS THAT MUST NOW HEAL A FRACTURED FRANCE. NEW CALEDONIA IS ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT AS THE MOST POWERFUL MAY STORM EVER RECORDED IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HEADS THEIR WAY. CYCLONE DONNA'S PACKING WINDS OF UP TO 260KM/H AND HAS REACHED THE TOP CATEGORY 5 RANKING. IT'S EXPECTED TO HIT THE ISLAND'S CAPITAL NOUMEA TOMORROW, WITH FLIGHTS CANCELLED AND SCHOOLS CLOSED. PARTS OF VANUATU HAVE ALREADY BEEN BADLY HIT. FORMER COURTS MINISTER CHESTER BORROWS HAS BEEN IN COURT HIMSELF, ACCUSED OF HITTING TWO PROTESTERS WITH HIS CAR. BUT THE COURT'S HEARD HE WAS WORRIED HIS COLLEAGUE WAS ABOUT TO BE ATTACKED WITH A SEX TOY. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WAS AT THE HEARING IN WHANGANUI. FORMER POLICEMAN AND COURTS MINISTER CHESTER BORROWS WAS AT COURT FOR HIS OWN HEARING. IT'S THIS INCIDENT THAT'S LANDED THE WHANGANUI MP IN THE DOCK. SOMEONE GET THAT ON CAMERA? HE'S ACCUSED OF HITTING TWO ANTI-TPP PROTESTERS, DENISE LOCKETT AND TRACY TREADWELL, WITH HIS CAR LAST MARCH. HORROR, ACTUALLY, FLOODED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ME. I THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD, YOU ARE GOING UNDER, GIRL,' AND I FOLDED OVER THE BONNET. IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS POLICE MINISTER PAULA BENNETT. THE COURT HEARD HOW ONE PROTESTER WAS BRANDISHING A DILDO WITH HER NAME PRINTED ON IT. IT CAME ONLY WEEKS AFTER MINISTER STEVEN JOYCE WAS STRUCK WITH A DILDO AT ANOTHER TPP PROTEST. THAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION. TRUE. MR REWETI PUT THIS MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK A WEEK BEFORE THE PROTEST. THAT'S A VULGAR THREAT, ISN'T IT, MR REWETI? IT DEPENDS HOW YOU TAKE IT. AND THE DEFENCE SAYS MR BORROWS TOLD POLICE HE WAS WORRIED FOR HER SAFETY. THE ACTIVISTS WERE STANDING AT THE END OF THIS MOTEL DRIVEWAY WHEN MR BORROWS AND MRS BENNETT TRIED TO LEAVE. MR BORROWS DOESN'T DENY DRIVING THE CAR. HIS DEFENCE SAYS HE WAS DRIVING VERY SLOWLY AT A SPEED OF JUST 1KM/H. CHESTER BEGAN TO DRIVE, AND HE PAUSED. HE SLOWED FOR A SECOND, AND THEN HE KEPT COMING. IN MY PERCEPTION, HE ACTUALLY SPED UP A LITTLE. IT WAS VERY, VERY SLOW. REALLY SLOW. IDLING-PACE SLOW. THIS OFFICER DRAGGED MS TREADWELL AWAY BUT SAYS SHE WALKED INTO THE CAR. MR BORROWS HAS NOW ASKED THAT THE CASE BE DISMISSED. THE JUDGE WILL MAKE A DECISION ON THAT IN THE MORNING. IF THE TRIAL RESUMES, MR BORROWS AND MRS BENNETT WILL TAKE THE STAND TOMORROW. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AND CHESTER BORROWS' PARTY, NATIONAL, WAS ALSO IN COURT TODAY, IN THE TRIAL OVER WHETHER IT RIPPED OFF RAPPER EMINEM'S SONG FOR A CAMPAIGN. A POP MUSIC EXPERT PLAYING CHART-TOPPING HITS IN THE HIGH COURT, ARGUING THE RAP SONG ISN'T ORIGINAL ANYWAY. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. # TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR... # CHILDREN'S SONGS DON'T USUALLY APPEAR ON THE SAME PLAYLIST AS POP HITS,... # TALK DIRTY TO ME. # ...BUT LAWYERS IN THE WELLINGTON HIGH COURT PRESSED PLAY ON A RANGE OF SONGS FROM POP TO ROCK TO HEAVY METAL AS THE TRIAL OF EMINEM'S COMPANY, EIGHT MILE STYLE VS THE NATIONAL PARTY CONTINUED. DEFENCE WITNESS DR KIRSTEN ZEMKE, A POP MUSIC EXPERT, TOLD THE COURT THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHART-TOPPER 'LOSE YOURSELF' BY EMINEM AND THE SONG 'EMINEM-ESQUE' USED IN THE NATIONAL PARTY AD. IT'S ONLY A VAGUE APPROXIMATION OF THE BACKING MUSIC OF 'LOSE YOURSELF', CREATED BY A MUSIC PROGRAMMER WHO PURPOSELY ALTERED MELODIC ELEMENTS TO AVOID IT BEING A SUBSTANTIAL REPRODUCTION. SHE COMPARED A RANGE OF SONGS TO SHOW HOW FEW HITS YOU HEAR ARE ACTUALLY ORIGINAL. TAKE THIS COMPILATION. # I SAW AN ANGEL. OF THAT, I'M SURE. (GENTLE PIANO MUSIC PLAYS) # PEOPLE KILLIN', PEOPLE DYIN'. # CHILDREN HURT, AND YOU HEAR THEM CRYIN'. # FOREVER YOUNG, I WANNA BE... # DR ZEMKE WARNED THAT IF THE COURT DECIDED THE COMPOSERS OF 'LOSE YOURSELF' OWNED THE SONG, IT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THOSE WHO USE 'SOUND-ALIKES' FOR TV PROGRAMMES OR ADVERTISING. EARLIER THE COURT HEARD THAT IN 2014 NATIONAL ASKED FOR ASSURANCES IT WAS LEGALLY OK TO USE THE SONG 'EMINEM-ESQUE'. THE ANSWER WAS YES, BUT THAT ADVICE CAME FROM A RANGE OF MUSICAL EXPERTS, AND NO OPINION WAS SOUGHT FROM A LAWYER. THE COURT WILL HEAR MORE MUSICAL INTERLUDES LATER THIS WEEK WHEN THE CASE WRAPS UP. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. US TALK SHOW HOST JOHN OLIVER HAS USED THE COURT CASE AS AN EXCUSE TO ONCE AGAIN POKE FUN AT NEW ZEALAND POLITICS. THE COMEDIAN PUT A HUMOROUS SPIN ON THE COPYRIGHT STOUSH, DESCRIBING IT AS THE GREATEST THING HE HAS EVER SEEN. IT'S TRUE. THE TRACK THEY USED IS LITERALLY CALLED 'EMINEM-ESQUE', AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO RIP OFF SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK, MAYBE DON'T INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE PERSON YOU'RE RIPPING OFF. CALL IT SOMETHING LESS OBVIOUS, LIKE 'THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT', OR 'PLEASE DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS' OR 'BLURRED LINES'. OLIVER FIRST MOCKED THE NATIONAL PARTY'S LEGAL FIGHT WITH EMINEM WHEN IT BEGAN IN 2015. A CHRISTCHURCH STUDENT IS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE WARY OF UBER AFTER A SPATE OF HACKING HERE. SOME USERS SAY THE COMPANY DOESN'T REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO BREACHES IN PRIVACY. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. THESE ALERTS, ALL IN RUSSIAN, WERE WHAT RAISED THE ALARM. IT KINDA FEELS LIKE THERE'S A SECRET SPY USING MY UBER ACCOUNT. (LAUGHS) HACKERS CLOCKING UP $100 IN FAKE FARES WHILE HE SLEPT. SURE, IT'S NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BUT FOR ME, AS A STUDENT, IT'S STILL QUITE A LOT OF MONEY. I MEAN, $10 IS A LOT FOR ME, SO MORE THAN $100 GONE, IT SUCKS. THE CHRISTCHURCH COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT IS ALARMED THEY COULD BEAT UBER'S DOUBLE SECURITY SET-UP. THE FACT THEY COULD BYPASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS PRETTY SCARY. BUT A CYBER SECURITY EXPERT SAYS HACKS LIKE THIS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON. EVEN THOUGH UBER SITE IS SECURE ENOUGH, THE HACKERS CAN STILL USE YOUR ACCOUNT FROM ANOTHER THIRD PARTY. WHEN ROBERT COMPLAINED ON THE UBER FACEBOOK PAGE, HE FOUND OTHER HACKING VICTIMS LIKE HIM AROUND NEW ZEALAND. BUT HE SAYS IT TOOK DAYS FOR UBER TO ACT. THEY DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE MY TRUST ANY MORE. IN A STATEMENT, UBER SAYS IT TAKES THE SECURITY OF CUSTOMERS' DATA VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY SAY THEY RESET ROBERT'S ACCOUNT, ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT HAD BEEN HACKED. THEY REFUNDED THE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY AND ALSO PAID ROBERT $50 FOR THE INCONVENIENCE HE HAD SUFFERED. THERE ARE STEPS TO TAKE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO YOU. IT'S QUITE IMPORTANT TO PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD AND CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD FREQUENTLY. BUT THIS DISGRUNTLED CUSTOMER'S HAD ENOUGH. I'VE KINDA JUST LOST ALL MY CONFIDENCE IN THEM ` AS A SERVICE AND AS A BRAND. AND SAYS HE'D THINK TWICE BEFORE USING UBER AGAIN. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` FREE AFTER THREE YEARS OF BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY BOKO HARAM MILITANTS, A PRISONER SWAP SEES MORE THAN 80 NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS RETURNED HOME. A MISSION TO... PORIRUA. TWO NASA SPACEWOMEN LAND IN NZ TO SPEAK TO THE NEXT GENERATION. NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT HAS WELCOMED HOME 82 SCHOOLGIRLS FREED AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS IN THE CLUTCHES OF ISLAMIST GROUP BOKO HARAM. THE GIRLS WERE AMONG 270 STUDENTS KIDNAPPED IN 2014. THEY WERE EXCHANGED FOR SEVERAL BOKO HARAM MILITANTS. THE ABC'S SALLY SARA REPORTS. FREE AT LAST AFTER THREE YEARS IN CAPTIVITY. THE 82 SCHOOLGIRLS WERE GREETED BY NIGERIAN PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI IN THE CAPITAL, ABUJA. I AM VERY PLEASED HAVE PERSONALLY MET YOU. SOME WHERE INJURED FROM THEIR TIME IN CAPTIVITY. OTHERS WERE STILL ADJUSTING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT IS PROMISING THEY WILL BE GIVEN ALL THE CARE THEY NEED. THE GIRLS WERE AMONG 276 FEMALE STUDENTS KIDNAPPED FROM A BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE NIGERIAN TOWN OF CHIBOK IN 2014. THEY WERE TAKEN BY MILITANTS FROM THE ISLAMIST GROUP BOKO HARAM. FOR THE GIRLS THAT HAVE RETURNED, THE LIFE IN CAPTIVITY HAS BEEN ONE THAT DEPICTS SUFFERING. IT DEPICTS THE FACT THAT THEY'VE BEEN STARVED. THEY'VE BEEN ABUSED. AS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, SOME OF THOSE GIRLS HAVE COME BACK WITH CHILDREN. THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED THE GIRLS WERE FREED IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF SEVERAL BOKO HARAM EXTREMISTS. THE GROUP HAS BEEN WAGING A WAR AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE COUNTRY. BUT WHILE THERE'S JOY FOR SOME FAMILIES, MANY OTHERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS TO BE FREED. WE WILL STILL JOIN TOGETHER AND PRAY TO GOD, HOPING THAT SOONER OR LATER, THEY WILL BE BACK. THE DEAL WAS BROKERED BY THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATORS. THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS SAYS THERE'S MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. APART FROM THE CHIBOK GROUP, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CHILDREN, IN THEIR THOUSANDS, WHO ARE NOT WITH THEIR FAMILIES TODAY BECAUSE OF THE ARMED CONFLICT. THE FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA IS FAR FROM OVER. SEVERE FLOODING HAS CUT OFF A VILLAGE IN SOUTHERN CHINA, TRAPPING MORE THAN A HUNDRED RESIDENTS. THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ACROSS GUANGZHOU PROVINCE AFTER HEAVY RAINSTORMS CAUSED FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. RESCUERS HAD TO USE BOATS TO SEND IN FOOD AND DRINKING WATER TO THE VILLAGE. MORE THAN 100 WILDFIRES ARE RAGING OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS SEVERAL US STATES. DOZENS OF RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RUN AS THE FLAMES MOVED DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES AND PROPERTIES. AUTHORITIES HAVE WARNED IT COULD TAKE MONTHS TO FULLY EXTINGUISH THE FIRES. A MISSION OF A DIFFERENT KIND. TWO NASA WOMEN MAKE THE PERILOUS JOURNEY... TO WELLINGTON. THE PAIR ARE IN TOWN FOR THE SPACE AND SCIENCE FESTIVAL, TODAY SHARING THEIR WISDOM WITH SOME VERY CURIOUS STUDENTS. BRIAR WELLS WENT ALONG. DECKED OUT IN THEIR NASA GEAR, THIS ISN'T MISSION CONTROL. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) IN FACT, PORIRUA IS ABOUT AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN GET WITHOUT LEAVING THE ATMOSPHERE. WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK FOR NASA, WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON REACTION? 'COOL!' (LAUGHS) 'DO YOU KNOW ANY ASTRONAUTS?' DR YVONNE CAGLE IS AN ASTRONAUT SPECIALISING IN AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DR JEN BLANK A SCIENTIST WHO'S PART OF THE TEAM COORDINATING THE CURIOSITY ROVER ON MARS. IT'S THE FIRST INTERPLANETARY LASER. WE LIKE TO THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE 'PEW, PEW! PEW, PEW!' THEIR MISSION TODAY ` FUELLING CURIOUS MINDS AT MANA COLLEGE. HOW DO YOU SHOWER? BUT IN SPACE, THERE'S NO GRAVITY, SO WATER KIND OF BALLS UP AND TURNS INTO A BUBBLE. IT WAS AMAZING HOW SHE EXPLAINED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN SPACE, COS IT WAS AS IF YOU WERE UP THERE YOURSELF. SHARING THEIR WORK STORIES, MADE POSSIBLE, THEY SAY, BY THE TRAILBLAZERS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE 'HIDDEN FIGURES'. WHAT DO YOU LADIES DO FOR NASA? CALCULATE YOUR LAUNCH AND LANDINGS, SIR. ONE OF THEM A GOOD FRIEND OF DR CAGLE'S,... KATHERINE JOHNSON. ...JOINING HER ONSTAGE AT THE OSCARS EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT WAS SUCH AN HONOUR AND SUCH A PRIVILEGE. AND I WAS SO THRILLED THAT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE WORLD TO SAY THE SAME 'THANK YOU' THAT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH HER. NOW INSPIRING THESE ASTRONOMY WHIZZES. EVERYONE'S LIKE, 'OH, BOYS CAN DO BETTER THAN GIRLS,' BUT GIRLS CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS AS WELL. WHY NOT BE THE NEXT ASTRONAUT? THE NEXT ASTRONAUT COULD BE ANYBODY. EXPLORING FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS HOPING NOT JUST TO GO TO MARS BUT TO STAY ON MARS. AND COME 2033, THIS ASTRONAUT COULD HAVE HER VERY OWN FILM TOO. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. MASTERCHEF STAR GEORGE CALOMBARIS IS IN HOT WATER AFTER LOSING IT AT AN A-LEAGUE MATCH. THE 39-YEAR-OLD WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA SHOVING ANOTHER MAN AFTER HE HECKLED THE TV HOST. CALOMBARIS HAS APOLOGISED FOR THE BEHAVIOUR, AND NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE SAY THEY'RE INVESTIGATING. TO SPORT, AND AFTER 37 ATTEMPTS, KIWI EVENT RIDER ANDREW NICHOLSON HAS TAKEN OUT THE BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS. HE TOOK VICTORY IN THE SHOW JUMPING PHASE, EDGING OUT GERMANY'S DEFENDING CHAMPION MICHAEL JUNG. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU WENT TO DO. I'VE COME HERE WITH THAT IDEA, BUT THE FEELING IS 100 TIMES BETTER. IT'S A GREAT COMEBACK FOR THE 55-YEAR-OLD WHO SUFFERED A SERIOUS NECK INJURY IN 2015, UNDERGOING EIGHT HOURS OF SURGERY. KIWI SUPERCARS DRIVER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN IS BEING TIPPED AS A SERIOUS TITLE CONTENDER AFTER BACK-TO-BACK WINS IN PERTH. THE DISPLAY OF POWER SENT A STRONG MESSAGE TO DEFENDING CHAMPION SHANE VAN GISBERGEN, WHO LOST HIS STAR ENGINEER TO MCLAUGHLIN OVER THE SUMMER. HERE'S MATT MANUKIA. THIS STUTTER AT THE START LINE WAS THE ONLY TIME SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN REALLY FELT PRESSURE. CHAZ MOSTERT LOOKED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, ONLY FOR HIS TEAMMATE TO NUDGE MCLAUGHLIN CLEAR. THAT PROBABLY HELPED MCLAUGHLIN, YOU KNOW. IT ALSO HELPED HIM ESCAPE A SCRAP THAT HAD RED BULL TEAMMATES SHANE VAN GISBERGEN AND JAMIE WHINCUP SWAPPING PAINT. ACROSS THE GRASS, THEY MAKE CONTACT AT TURN FOUR! BUT FROM THERE, IT WAS SHEER DOMINANCE FOR THE 23-YEAR-OLD FROM HAMILTON, WHO BACKED UP HIS RECORD-BREAKING QUALIFYING TIME AS WELL AS A WIN ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. OUT COMES THE CHEQUERED FLAG, AND IT'S A MIGHTY VICTORY. 150 POINTS FOR SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. WE GOT THE BROOM OUT THIS WEEKEND AND TOOK SOME POINTS, SO FANTASTIC FOR SHELL V-POWER RACING, ALL OUR PARTNERS, OUR FANS. TO GET THE 17 BACK IN THE NUMBER-ONE SPOT IS FANTASTIC. THE TIMING OF THE WINS WAS PERFECT, WITH TEAM OWNER AND AMERICAN RACING LEGEND ROGER PENSKE STOPPING BY, THE $2B TYCOON CHECKING IN ON HIS MILLION-DOLLAR MAN. OH, TO BE HONEST, I WAS PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT MY FIRST RACE IN FRONT OF THE BOSSES, BUT THEY'VE EMPLOYED ME BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN ME, AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN ASK AS A DRIVER. PENSKE LURED MCLAUGHLIN OVER TO HIS FORD TEAM THIS YEAR AS WELL AS RACE ENGINEER LUDO LACROIX, WHO HELPED TRIPLE EIGHT RACING TO EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO WITH THAT KIND OF POWER BEHIND HIM, WHAT DOES MCLAUGHLIN THINK ABOUT HIS OWN CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES? ONE RACE AT A TIME. OH, COME ON. (LAUGHS) NO, LOOK, I'M EXCITED AFTER THIS WEEKEND. IT GIVES ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD, SO I THINK ENDURO'S, AND THEN WE'LL SEE. WITH THIS WINNING COMBINATION, MCLAUGHLIN CAN AT LEAST DARE TO DREAM. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FORECAST AND THE HISTORIC AWARD THAT'S HEADED TO THE TOP OF EMMA WATSON'S TROPHY CABINET. EMMA WATSON HAS BECOME PART OF FILM HISTORY, ACCEPTING THE FIRST EVER GENDERLESS ACTING AWARD IN LOS ANGELES TODAY. THE 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' STAR WON 'BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE' AT THE 2017 MTV AWARDS, MARKING THE LANDMARK MOMENT WITH AN EMOTIONAL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. MTV'S MOVE TO CREATE A GENDERLESS AWARD FOR ACTING WILL MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE. BUT TO ME, IT INDICATES THAT ACTING IS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES, AND THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SEPARATED INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. IT'S THE FIRST MAJOR AWARD SHOW TO STOP SPLITTING UP CATEGORIES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. (JUSTIN BIEBER'S 'DESPACITO' FT. LUIS FONSI AND DADDY YANKEE) FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MADISON BATTEN AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017