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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at 6.

Primary Title
  • 1 News at 6
Date Broadcast
  • Monday 2 April 2018
Start Time
  • 18 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 00
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TVNZ 1
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at 6.
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  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE HAS SWEPT THROUGH FIJI. HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, AND AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD. WE WERE WAITING... AND FINALLY IT'S HIT EARTH. THE CHINESE SPACE JUNK THAT'D BEEN HURTLING TOWARDS US HAS NOW CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. AND THE BRITISH ROYAL AIRFORCE CELEBRATES ONE HUNDRED YEARS. AND IT'S A KIWI LEADING THEIR WORLD FAMOUS RED ARROWS ACROSS THE SKIES. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND AMELIA RUSHBROOK. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE HAS TORN THROUGH FIJI, CAUSING MASS FLOODING AND LEAVING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DEAD AND ONE MISSING. WORST HIT ARE THE NORTH-WESTERN AREAS OF THE MAIN ISLAND, VITI LEVU, INCLUDING THE TOURIST CITY OF NADI. JOSIE HAS NOW MOVED ON AND IS TRACKING OUT TO SEA. BUT AS FLOODWATERS RECEDE, THEY'VE REVEALED THE DESTRUCTION THE CYCLONE HAS LEFT BEHIND. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. TRAPPED BY A MUDDY TORRENT, INCH BY INCH THE RISING TIDE FORCING ITS WAY INSIDE THIS SHOP IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MBA. OUTSIDE, A RIVER RUNNING THROUGH THE STREETS AND RUNABOUTS PRESSED INTO SERVICE AS 1000 PEOPLE ARE EVACUATED TO SAFETY. CATEGORY ONE CYCLONE JOSIE BROUGHT DEVASTATING RAIN TO THE MAIN ISLAND OF VITI LEVU, LEAVING SEVERAL TOWNS UNDERWATER IN THE NORTH-WESTERN DISTRICTS. MORE THAN 70 ROADS CLOSED AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WARNED FIJIANS TO STAY OFF THEM. FOUR PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD. THIS FATHER AND DAUGHTER WERE SWEPT AWAY AT A BRIDGE IN NADI. THEIR GRIEVING FAMILY ARE LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES. ONE YOUNG MAN IS STILL MISSING. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN RESCUES TOO. POLICE PLUCKED THIS ELDERLY MAN FROM HIS FLOODED HOME ON THE NORTHERN COAST. AND VILLAGERS BANDED TOGETHER TO RETRIEVE PRECIOUS VEHICLES. CYCLONE JOSIE IS NOW SOUTH OF VITI LEVU AND EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT TO SEA. FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING, AND ROADS ARE REOPENING. BUT THE DAMAGE IS WIDESPREAD, WITH AUTHORITIES STRUGGLING TO RESTORE POWER AND WATER SUPPLY. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE NORTH OF AUCKLAND ON SATURDAY IS YET TO BE MADE PUBLIC. IN A RARE MOVE, THE 29-YEAR-OLD'S NAME WON'T BE RELEASED UNTIL AFTER HIS FUNERAL LATER THIS WEEK. POLICE SAY IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE MAN'S FAMILY AND RELEASING HIS NAME WILL CAUSE THEM UNDUE STRESS. THE MAN'S ALLEGED TO HAVE APPROACHED OFFICERS WITH A MACHETE BEFORE THEY SHOT HIM. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR ANY SIGHTINGS OF A WHITE 2002 SUBARU LEGACY SALOON ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE BETWEEN SILVERDALE AND WARKWORTH IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. A MAN HAS BEEN KILLED WHILE OUT ON A HUNTING TRIP IN THE NORTH ISLAND. HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST IN THE KAIMAI-MAMAKU FOREST AND DIED BEFORE A HELICOPTER COULD TAKE HIM TO HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY IF ANY CHARGES WILL BE LAID. IT HAPPENED AT THE START OF WHAT'S CALLED 'THE ROAR' ` THE RUTTING SEASON FOR DEER AND A POPULAR TIME FOR HUNTING. THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL BIG GAME HUNTING DEATHS HAPPEN DURING THIS PERIOD. IT'S 'URGING ALL HUNTERS TO FOLLOW THE FIREARMS SAFETY CODE.' A CHINESE SPACE STATION THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE OUT OF CONTROL HAS SAFELY RE-ENTERED THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. DEBRIS FROM THE TIANGONG 1 CRASHED INTO THE PACIFIC, NORTH-WEST OF TAHITI. BUT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERN BECAUSE SCIENTISTS COULDN'T ACCURATELY PREDICT WHERE IT WOULD COME DOWN. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. MOST OF CHINA'S TIANGONG 1 SPACE STATION BROKE UP AS IT RE-ENTERED THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THIS SIMULATION VIDEO SHOWING DEBRIS FALLING AWAY. CHINA'S STATE MEDIA REPORTED THE UPDATED PATH OF RE-ENTRY WAS OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, NORTH OF NEW ZEALAND. 71% OF THE PLANET'S COVERED BY WATER, AND SCIENTISTS SAY THE ODDS OF GETTING HIT BY A PIECE OF SPACE JUNK ARE A TRILLION TO ONE. MOST OF IT WONT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. NO HAZARD AT ALL TO US, BECAUSE MOST OF IT WILL JUST BURN UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE. AMERICAN LOTTIE WILLIAMS IS THE EXCEPTION. SHE'S THOUGHT TO BE THE ONLY PERSON HIT BY SPACE JUNK. A PIECE OF METAL FROM A DELTA ROCKET STRUCK HER ON THE SHOULDER WHILE EXERCISING IN A PARK. IF YOU SEE IT COMING, RUN. TIANGONG 1 WAS LAUNCHED IN 2011 AS CHINA'S FIRST SPACE STATION. IT WAS HOME TO TWO CREWS OF ASTRONAUTS WHO CARRIED OUT DOCKING AND ORBIT EXPERIMENTS UNTIL 2013. CHINA LOST CONTACT WITH THE DEFUNCT STATION TWO YEARS AGO, BUT DENIED IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. IT AIMS TO HAVE A PERMANENT STATION IN ORBIT IN FIVE YEARS. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE FOUND IN A CAR PARKED OUTSIDE A BRISBANE SHOPPING CENTRE THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. INSIDE THE CAR, POLICE FOUND A LARGE GLASS JAR AS WELL AS A HALLOWEEN MASK. WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY FOUND A COUPLE INSIDE THE CAR, WHO WERE THEN ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE LOCAL POLICE STATION. POLICE HAVE THANKED CCTV OPERATORS FOR THEIR WORK IN RED FLAGGING THE VEHICLE. YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET A CAR PARKED UP AGAINST THAT BACK WALL AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THAT IS UNUSUAL IN ITSELF. SO IT'S ENOUGH TO RAISE A RED FLAG FOR THE OPERATORS WHO THEN CONTACTED US. POLICE ARE QUESTIONING THE COUPLE, BUT SAY A MOTIVE IS STILL UNCLEAR. DESPITE LOSING HIS WORLD CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE, JOSEPH PARKER'S TEAM SAYS HIS BEST FIGHTS ARE STILL AHEAD OF HIM. THE KIWI-SAMOAN HAS LEFT WALES THE KIWI-SAMOAN HAS LEFT WALES AND IS NOW STARTING HIS LONG JOURNEY HOME. AND AS JOY REID REPORTS, HE WAS UPBEAT AS HE LEFT. AFTER 11 WEEKS AWAY, JOSEPH PARKER HAD ONE THING ON HIS MIND AS HE LEFT CARDIFF. CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME AND HAVE A PIE. HE UNOFFICIALLY BECAME KNOWN AS 'THE KING OF PIES' AFTER GRAHAM NORTON MADE FUN OF HIS PHYSIQUE IN THE FIGHT BUILD-UP. A FEW PIES, OR JUST ONE? DEPENDS HOW I FEEL ON THE DAY. WHAT FLAVOUR? FIVE, SIX SEVEN. A MIXTURE. THE KIWI-SAMOAN PROVED MANY OF THE UK FANS AND CRITICS WRONG IN THE RING, TAKING ANTHONY JOSHUA THE FULL 12 ROUNDS, BUT HE LOST ON POINTS. HAD A GOOD REST, CELEBRATED WITH THE TEAM ON WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED HERE. HE WILL LEARN FROM THIS OCCASION. THIS IS A BIG, BIG-TIME FIGHT FOR A YOUNG 26-YEAR-OLD IN A HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, FIGHTERS, AS HEAVYWEIGHTS, DON'T REALLY MATURE UNTIL THEIR EARLY '30S. I THINK JOE WILL COME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER FROM THIS. WHILE PARKER'S TRAINER ACKNOWLEDGES HIS FIGHTER SHOULD'VE THROWN MORE PUNCHES, HE THINKS THE REF HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR. JOE SPENT A LOT OF THE FIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE, AND WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE AND GET INSIDE, THE REF BROKE IT UP STRAIGHT AWAY, WHICH, I BELIEVE, TOOK THE ADVANTAGE AWAY FOR US. AND HE SAYS ANTHONY JOSHUA'S FAMOUS PUNCHES WEREN'T AS BAD AS EXPECTED. JOE MENTIONED TO ME AFTERWARDS` HE SAID, 'I THOUGHT THE GUY WOULD'VE HIT HARDER THAN HE DID.' DESPITE THE RESULT, THE PERFORMANCE WON TEAM PARKER FRIENDS ACROSS THE UK AND THE BOXING WORLD. WE'VE HAD MESSAGES FROM GUYS LIKE LENNOX LEWIS THIS MORNING, SAYING 'HEY, YOU WON A LOT OF FANS LAST NIGHT. HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH.' AND THAT, THEY DID. JOSEPH WILL BE MUCH BETTER IN THE FUTURE THAN NOW, SO DON'T GIVE UP HOPE. OUR SON IS STILL GOOD. PARKER'S TEAM SAY THEY'LL NOW HAVE A BREAK BUT PROMISE THEIR FIGHTER, WHO HAS STILL NEVER BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, WILL BE BACK IN THE RING WITHIN THE NEXT 3-6 MONTHS. THE BEST FIGHTS ARE STILL IN FRONT OF US. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, CARDIFF. TE WANANGA O AOTEAROA IS BEING ACCUSED OF STEALING MAORI CULTURE IN ITS TECH VENTURES. BUT THE TERTIARY EDUCATION PROVIDER IS HITTING BACK, SAYING MAORI CRITICS ARE OVERTHINKING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ART. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA HAS MORE. AT FACE VALUE, THESE FILTERS ARE OPENING UP THE MAORI WORLD. TE WANANGA O AOTEAROA LAUNCHING FILTERS ON SNAPCHAT ` USING MAORI DEITY TIKI, GOD OF FERTILITY ` AND ON FACEBOOK, ALLOWING USERS TO SEE WHAT THEY'D LOOK LIKE WITH A KIRITUHI. IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH OUR CULTURE, AND IT'S US MAORI DOING IT; IT'S NOT SOME COMPANY IN CHINA. THIS TRADITIONALIST SAYS THESE POPULAR FILTERS ARE HELPING KEEP THE CULTURE RELEVANT. HIP-TIKI WAS A LIMITED-EDITION FILTER, BUT NEARLY 90,000 HAVE USED THE KIRITUHI FACEBOOK CAMERA EFFECT IN JUST TWO WEEKS. BUT FOR SOME, THE FILTERS ARE OFFENSIVE AND IGNORE MAORI VALUES. JUST BECAUSE IT IS A RELIGIOUS FIGURE, AND I WOULD NOT EVER USE ANYONE ELSE'S RELIGIOUS FIGURE WITH HEADPHONES. KARAITIANA TAIURU SAYS IT'S CULTURAL APPROPRIATION ` A CLAIM USUALLY LEVELLED AT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE USED MAORI IMAGERY TO SELL CIGARETTES, CARS AND BOOZE. LOSING CONTROL OF THE IMAGERY, AN ISSUE TOO. BY SIGNING UP TO THOSE APPS, YOU AGREE TO HAND OVER ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT OF YOUR IMAGES AND DATA. THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOUR IMAGE. JUST EXERCISE SOME COMMON SENSE, YEAH, AND NOT OVER STUDY THINGS TOO MUCH, I THINK, AND OVERTHINK. THERE'S A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ` KA TAKAHIA AKU TIKANGA KIA ORA AI AKU TIKANGA ` SO I HAVE TO BREAK SOME OF MY TIKANGA IN ORDER FOR SOME OF MY TIKANGA TO SURVIVE. WITH HIS BACKING, HIP-TIKI AND VIRTUAL MOKO ARE SET TO REDRAW EXISTING CULTURAL LINES. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. MANY OF US LAMENT THE END OF OUR SPORTING CAREERS, WHICH CAN HAPPEN AT A YOUNG AGE. BUT AN EVENT KICKED OFF IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY CELEBRATING LONGEVITY. FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS, 5000 MATURE ATHLETES WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE GOLDEN OLDIES GAMES. AND AS LISA DAVIES REPORTS, IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT FUN. LAUGHING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE GRAND PARADE. (LAUGHTER) AS SENIOR SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS FROM 16 NATIONS OPENED THE GAMES YEAH, WE ARE THE COOK ISLANDS. THE OFFICIAL THEME ` RED AND BLACK. (CHEERING) RED AND BLACK MEANS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE COME TO THE SPORTING CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND ` CANTERBURY. SIX DIFFERENT SPORTS WILL BE PLAYED OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS BY SOME PRETTY SEASONED PLAYERS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING CRICKET? SINCE I WAS FIVE. THAT'S NEARLY 68 YEARS. THE HANDS, THEY'VE STOPPED A FEW. EVEN THOUGH SOME HAVE COME A LONG WAY, NOBODY'S TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY. SOMEONE TRIED TO PERSUADE ME THAT GIRLS FEEL SORRY FOR YOU AND COME UP TO YOU IN THE BAR WHEN YOU'RE WEARING THIS. I HAVE TO SAY, IT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. THEY CAME UP WITH THE GOLDEN OLDIES CONCEPT ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO. THE WHOLE IDEA ` TO MAKE SPORT MORE FUN, MORE SOCIAL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE A BIT OLDER. AND JUDGING BY THE LAUGHTER HERE TODAY, THEY'RE SUCCEEDING. (LAUGHTER) YOU WERE HAVING A GOOD LAUGH OUT THERE. AH, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME. IT'S NOT ALL SERIOUS. THE NETBALLERS... BEAUTIFUL, GIRLS. ...WERE HAVING A BALL. ONE GAME, ONE WIN. PERFECT. EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE DANCE, WE SING. 100 RUGBY TEAMS ARRIVE NEXT WEEK. THE RULES ARE MODIFIED FOR THE OLDER GUYS. OUR OLDEST PLAYER IS A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN WHO'S 85 AND THEY CAN'T BE TACKLED. IT SEEMS THERE'S THE RISK OF INJURY AT EVERY TURN. JUST DON'T PULL A HAMSTRING AS YOU GO DOWN. AND OF COURSE, HILARITY. SAY SANDPAPER. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, A DANGEROUS TURN AT A PROTEST OVER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN, AS A GRANDMOTHER'S STRUCK DOWN BY AN OFFICER'S CAR. DOES AMSTERDAM HAVE THE ANSWER TO CHILDHOOD OBESITY? TEACHING PARENTS TO COOK AND SENDING KIDS TO THE GYM. WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAMME'S DRAMATIC RESULTS. AND THE KIWI IN COMMAND OF A BRITISH FLYING INSTITUTION. BUCKLE UP AS WE TAKE TO THE SKIES WITH THE RAF'S RED ARROWS. A GRANDMOTHER PROTESTING THE POLICE SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN HAS BEEN HIT BY A POLICE CAR IN THE US CITY OF SACRAMENTO. (SCREAMING) THE 61-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AFTER BEING STRUCK DURING A VIGIL FOR STEPHON CLARK. POLICE SAY PROTESTERS HAD BEEN KICKING THEIR CARS, BUT THE MARCHERS SAY IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OFFICERS ACTING RECKLESSLY. NORTH KOREA'S RECLUSIVE LEADER HAS WATCHED SOUTH KOREAN POP STARS PERFORM AT A RARE EVENT IN PYONGYANG. PERFORM AT A RARE EVENT IN PYONGYANG. KIM JONG-UN LOOKED ON AS 11 ACTS TOOK THE STAGE. THE SOUTH'S FIRST MUSICAL DELEGATION TO VISIT IN MORE THAN A DECADE. IT CAME AFTER THE NORTH SENT PERFORMERS TO THE WINTER GAMES IN SOUTH KOREA. THE POPE HAS USED HIS EASTER SUNDAY MESSAGE TO CALL FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE IN SYRIA. POPE FRANCIS ADDRESSED 80,000 PEOPLE AT ST PETER'S SQUARE IN THE VATICAN, URGING FOR RECONCILIATION IN A WORLD MARKED BY WAR AND CONFLICT. MEANWHILE, THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY CELEBRATED EASTER AT ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL IN WINDSOR, BUT PRINCE PHILIP WASN'T BY THE QUEEN'S SIDE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH HIS HIP. FOR CATHOLICS IN CHINA, EASTER HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY A LOOMING DEAL BETWEEN BEIJING AND THE VATICAN. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THE POWER TO APPOINT BISHOPS IN CHINA AS PART OF A DEAL TO NORMALISE RELATIONS WITH THE CHURCH. CHINESE CATHOLICS ARE FEARFUL THE VATICAN WILL GIVE IN, AS THE ABC'S MATTHEW CARNEY REPORTS. IN CHINA'S CATHOLIC HEARTLAND OF MINDONG IN FUJIAN PROVINCE, A SHOW OF STRENGTH AND DEFIANCE. THEIR BISHOP, GUO XIJIN, HAS BEEN DETAINED BY CHINESE AUTHORITIES, SO THEY'RE TURNING UP IN BIGGER NUMBERS TO PRAY FOR HIS SAFE AND SPEEDY RETURN. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO INSTALL THEIR BISHOP HERE, BUT THE FAITHFUL WON'T HAVE HIM. INSTEAD, FATHER ZHU, BISHOP GUO'S DEPUTY, HAS TAKEN CHARGE. (SPEAKS CHINESE) TRANSLATOR: WE FOLLOW THE POPE AND THE VATICAN, SO THE GOVERNMENT REGARDS US AS ILLEGAL. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT COMPROMISES THE VATICAN MAY MAKE. (CHOIR SINGS) CHINA'S 12 MILLION CATHOLICS ARE SPLIT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S PATRIOTIC CHURCH, WHICH PLEDGES LOYALTY TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY, AND THE UNDERGROUND CHURCHES LIKE THIS ONE THAT HAVE SUFFERED BRUTALLY FOR THEIR FAITHFULNESS TO THE VATICAN. PRIVATELY, MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE AGAINST THE DEAL. THEY DON'T WANT THE COMMUNIST PARTY CONTROLLING THEIR CHURCH, BUT THEY'RE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN AND DETAINED LIKE THEIR BISHOP GUO. CATHOLICS FIRST CAME TO FUJIAN 400 YEARS AGO, AND THE PRACTICE IS NOW PART OF THE LOCAL CULTURE. MANY BELIEVE THIS LATEST CHALLENGE, ONE OF MANY IN THEIR HISTORY, WILL SIMPLY MAKE THEIR FAITH AND RELIGION MUCH STRONGER. WITH ONE IN EIGHT NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN CLASSED AS OBESE, A PROGRAMME TACKLING THE ISSUE IN THE NETHERLANDS COULD PROVIDE SOME IDEAS. AMSTERDAM'S SEEN A 12% DROP IN THE NUMBER OF OBESE AND OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN AFTER RUNNING A SCHEME THAT BRINGS TOGETHER SCHOOLS, DOCTORS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUPS. THE BBC'S JEREMY COOKE HAS MORE. MEET TYRELL, A TYPICAL 9-YEAR-OLD, BUT STRUGGLING WITH WEIGHT, CAUGHT UP IN THE GLOBAL CHILDHOOD OBESITY CRISIS. WITH ONE IN FIVE OF ITS CHILDREN OVERWEIGHT, AMSTERDAM IS DETERMINED TO HELP KIDS LIKE TYRELL. YOU WANT TO FEEL FIT, AND YOUR CONDITION HAS TO BE OK, SO I TRY TO MAKE HIM AWARE ALREADY, LIKE, 'JUST THINK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.' THE AMSTERDAM INITIATIVE MEANS EVERY CHILD IS PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES, WEIGHED, BUT ALSO TESTED FOR STRENGTH, ENDURANCE AND BALANCE TO SEE WHO NEEDS HELP. FOR TYRELL, THAT MEANS REGULAR HOME VISITS FROM DIETICIANS ADVISING ON HEALTHY EATING. AND THEN THERE'S THE GYM ` FREE SESSIONS TWICE A WEEK WITH OTHER CHILDREN ON THE PROGRAMME. THEY'RE HAVING FUN, GETTING FIT, AND, CRUCIALLY, LOSING POUNDS. THE AMSTERDAM MISSION IS TO EDUCATE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS TO THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE, THE DANGERS OF UNHEALTHY FOOD. ALL SCHOOLS IN THIS PROGRAMME BAN JUNK FOOD, AND BREAK TIME MEANS EATING ONLY FRUIT, DRINKING ONLY WATER. MOST PARENTS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS, BUT, OF COURSE, THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES. THERE'S BEEN SOME PROTEST. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE SITTING IN THEIR PARENTING CHAIR AND TELLING THEM HOW TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN. (CHILDREN YELL EXCITEDLY) ELEMENTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IN AMSTERDAM HAVE BEEN TRIED ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, IN THE UK, BUT WITH LIMITED SUCCESS. WHAT SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT HERE IS THAT THERE'S THIS CONSISTENT CONSENSUS, A JOINED-UP APPROACH, MEANING THAT THESE KIDS ARE GETTING THE SAME MESSAGE FROM CITY HALL, THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND INTO THE FAMILY KITCHEN. BRITAIN'S RAF HAS TODAY MARKED 100 YEARS SINCE IT BECAME THE WORLD'S FIRST INDEPENDENT AIR FORCE. BUT ITS AEROBATIC TEAM, THE RED ARROWS, ARE NOT ALL BRITISH. IN FACT, THEY'RE COMMANDED BY A KIWI. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WENT TO MEET HIM. MID-AIR TORNADOES, FLIPS AND JAW-DROPPING FORMATIONS. AND NOW A KIWI'S IN CHARGE OF THE ANTICS OF THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE'S RED ARROWS. SO, THIS IS THE COMPANY CAR. NOT A BAD ONE, ACTUALLY. MEET WING COMMANDER ANDREW KEITH, THE OFFICER COMMANDING ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING AEROBATIC TEAMS. IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO LOOK UP, AND THERE'S A JET JUST RIGHT NEXT TO YOU IN FORMATION. YOU KNOW, AIRCRAFT FLIPPING NEXT TO YOU, UPSIDE DOWN, JUST RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. HIGH-SPEED, HAIR-RAISING TRICKS ARE ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR THE KIWI, NICKNAMED 'BOOMER' FOR AN INCIDENT WHILE FLYING SUPERSONIC. HE STARTED HIS FLYING CAREER IN THE NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE, BUT WHEN THE NEW ZEALAND SKY HAWKS WERE SOLD OFF IN 2001, HE FOUND HIMSELF WITHOUT A PLANE. BUT I WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH FAST-JET FLYING, SO THE RAF WAS THE OPPORTUNITY, SO I JUMPED ON THAT. IN THE 17 YEARS HE'S BEEN IN THE UK, HE'S SERVED IN WAR ZONES AND SOARED TO THE TOP OF THIS GAME. IT'S ALL ABOUT PURE FLYING. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST BEING UP THERE, YOU KNOW, THE SKILL OF THE PILOT, AND JUST INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY IN A FORMATION OF NINE AIRCRAFT. AND THE FLYING YOU DO, YOU WILL NOT DO ANYWHERE ELSE. THE RED ARROWS FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN FACT, THEY'VE FLOWN IN 57 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. BUT, AS YET, NOT NEW ZEALAND, AND THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND THE TASMAN SEA. BUT FLYING AT 800KM/H, JUST 2M AWAY FROM ANOTHER JET, IS NOT WITHOUT RISK. JUST LAST WEEK, A RED ARROWS PLANE CRASHED IN WALES, KILLING THE ENGINEER AND INJURING THE PILOT. ALTHOUGH, IT WASN'T FLYING IN FORMATION. AVIATION HAS AN INHERENT DANGER WITH IT, I GUESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS SAFE AS IT CAN BE. ANDREW KEITH'S NOT THE FIRST KIWI TO GAIN A TOP JOB WITH THE BRITISH AIR FORCE. AIR CHIEF MARSHALL SIR KEITH PARK COMMANDED THE AERIAL DEFENCE OF LONDON AND SOUTHEAST ENGLAND DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. WE'VE GOT THE HERITAGE THERE. WE'VE GOT THE HISTORY. WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HELD IN HIGH REGARD BEFORE, AND I THINK WE STILL ARE. HIS BOSS CERTAINLY THINKS SO. THE KIWI STYLE OF LEADERSHIP ` IT'S HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, RELAXED AND APPROACHABLE AS WELL. ALTHOUGH, HE GETS A BIT OF STICK FOR HIS ACCENT. THE USUAL MISTAKE FOR MOST PEOPLE IN THE UK IS THAT THEY THINK HE'S AUSTRALIAN, WHICH IS, OBVIOUSLY` WE KNOW THAT IT GRATES HIM. A COMMON MISTAKE, BUT ONE THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THIS THRILL. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, SCAMPTON. WEATHER TIME NOW. RENEE'S HERE WITH THE DAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AND THE WET WEATHER IS SETTING IN ON THE WEST COAST. YES, MELISSA. RAIN HAS SET IN TO SOUTHERN WESTLAND AND THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE THROUGH UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. MILFORD SOUND ON A COOL 16 TODAY. QUEENSTOWN ALSO IN THE TEENS WITH A TOP OF 19 DEGREES. THE CITY OF SAILS SITTING AT 20 DEGREES THIS EVENING, 14 IS YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW. AUCKLANDERS HAVE ENJOYED BLUE SKIES AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH YOUR TUESDAY FOR MANY PARTS. HOWEVER, PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ARE SET TO GET A DRENCHING. MORE ON THAT AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME, KIWI INGENUITY AT ITS BEST. IT LOOKS LIKE ASPHALT, BUT THIS NEW ROADING MATERIAL IS ACTUALLY MADE FROM RUBBISH THAT USED TO BE DESTINED FOR THE LANDFILL. AND A LITTLE SLICE OF HOME AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. WE GET A GUIDED TOUR OF THE KIWI CORNER OF THE ATHLETE'S VILLAGE. TO OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FIJI AFTER TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE CAUSED SEVERE FLOODING. THE AREA WORST HIT WAS NORTH OF NADI ON THE ISLAND OF VITI LEVU, WHERE MANY HOMES AND ROADS WERE INUNDATED. A BOMB SQUAD HAS DISMANTLED AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DISCOVERED IN A CAR PARKED OUTSIDE A BRISBANE SHOPPING CENTRE. QUEENSLAND POLICE SAY THE DEVICE WAS CAPABLE OF CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. A MAN AND A WOMAN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. AND AN OUT-OF-CONTROL SPACE STATION BROKE UP OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC TODAY AS IT RE-ENTERED THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. THE TIANGONG-1 WAS CHINA'S FIRST SPACE STATION BUT HAD BEEN OUT OF CONTACT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. A MOUNTAIN OF PREVIOUSLY UNRECYCLABLE PLASTIC HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A ROBUST ROADING MATERIAL. THE SO-CALLED 'PLASTIPHALT' HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT AT THE CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FIRE STATION, WHERE IT'LL BE PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. IT LOOKS LIKE ASPHALT... SMELLS LIKE ASPHALT... BUT THIS PRODUCT ` ALL 250 TONS OF IT ` HAS ONE DISTINCT DIFFERENCE. IT'S PACKED WITH PREVIOUSLY UNRECYCLABLE PLASTIC OIL CONTAINERS. SO THIS IS WHAT GOES INTO IT? YES, SO THE PLASTIC CONTAINER ITSELF GETS CHIPPED UP AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE BEING PAVED OVER HERE. FULTON HOGAN COLLECTS OVER 2M LITRES OF USED OIL EACH YEAR AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCE. NOW, AFTER FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNAL TRIALS, IT'S FOUND A WAY TO USE THE CONTAINERS IT COMES IN TOO. WE TURN IT INTO THESE NICE WEE CHIPS HERE. SO, CAN YOU SEE THE PLASTIC WHEN IT'S FINISHED? NO, NOT AT ALL. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ASPHALT PRODUCT WITH PLASTIC IN IT AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU CAN'T. THERE'S NO TRACE OF IT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT STARTS TO WEAR? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THESE PIECES OF PLASTIC EXPOSED AND POTENTIALLY GOING INTO THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT'S MELTED INTO THE ACTUAL GLUE COMPONENT OF THE ASPHALT. SO IN THIS SMALL STRETCH OF PLASTIPHALT THAT THEY'RE LAYING HERE TODAY, THERE ARE 3,000 OF THESE FOUR-LITRE OIL CONTAINERS WHAT BETTER PLACE FOR THE PRODUCT'S FIRST COMMERCIAL TRIAL THAN THE CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FIRE STATION, WHERE THE VEHICLES WEIGH UP TO 60 TONS. TODAY IS ABOUT TESTING THE FINAL DURABILITY OF THE PLASTIPHALT BEFORE IT'S SENT OUT INTO THE MARKETPLACE. THE AIRPORT IS KEEN ON THE PRODUCT'S ABILITY TO KEEP PLASTIC OUT OF OUR LANDFILLS. AS A LARGE OPERATION, WE PRODUCE A LOT OF PLASTIC EACH YEAR. SO, IT'S EXCITING TO THINK THAT AS THIS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT THAT PLASTIC TO GOOD USE. THIS SURFACE SHOULD LAST FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND AFTER THAT, IT CAN BE SCRAPED UP AND RECYCLED AGAIN. GIVING THE SAYING 'PLASTIC FANTASTIC' A WHOLE NEW MEANING. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. TO THE GOLD COAST NOW, WHERE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES VILLAGE HAS NOW BECOME HOME TO NEARLY 7000 ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS, WITH 400 KIWIS AMONG THEM. THE NEW ZEALAND AREA IS A LITTLE SLICE OF AOTEAROA, AND THERE ARE SMALL TOUCHES TO REMIND THE ATHLETES OF HOME. ABBY WILSON WENT ON A TOUR WITH CHEF DE MISSION ROB WADDELL. THE COLOUR AND CHAOS OF THE ATHLETES' VILLAGE MAKES THE ICONIC MONOCHROME OF THE NEW ZEALAND ZONE HARD TO MISS. THE ATHLETES WITH A UNIQUE CHECK-IN FACILITY ON ARRIVAL ` A PRECIOUS PIECE OF POUNAMU ALSO GREETS THEM. IT'S BEEN TRAVELLING WITH OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEALTH TEAMS SINCE 2004, WORN SMOOTH OVER THE YEARS. IT'S SPECIAL TO SEE ATHLETES COME IN, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS GAMES. THEY'LL JUST COME IN AND SUBTLY TOUCH IT. EACH TEAM IS GIVEN SPACE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ATHLETES THEY HAVE, BUT WHAT THEY DO WITH IT IS UP TO THEM, AND THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM HAS BEEN QUITE CREATIVE. A COUPLE OF DOWNSTAIRS ROOMS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO A RECOVERY CENTRE. NEW ZEALAND IS ONE OF JUST A FEW NATIONS TO HAVE THEIR OWN FACILITY. WE KNOW THE HYGIENE STANDARDS ARE HIGH, AND IT MEETS WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. WE BELIEVE, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL GIVE US THAT LITTLE EDGE. HAVING A MASSEUSE HANDY AND A PHYSIO HANDY... JUST POP IN WHEN YOU NEED IT. I GO INTO THE ICE BATHS AFTER TRAINING AS WELL, SO IT'S REAL HANDY. THE BASEMENT DOUBLES AS A GYM, SET UP JUST LIKE THE HIGH PERFORMANCE ONES AT HOME, AND IT'S THE ENVY OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES. BOTSWANA'S COME DOWN. THE IRISH BOXERS WANT TO USE A FEW WEIGHTS. THE BEDROOMS ARE BASIC, BUT BRAND-NEW, WITH BED EXTENDERS FOR THE TALL TIMBER OF THE TEAM. THERE'S AN ATHLETES ZONE WITH SWEET TOUCHES OF HOME AND GOOD COFFEE. TEXT YOUR COFFEE ORDER AND THE GUYS WILL MAKE YOU A COFFEE. THERE ARE ALSO 150 SUPPORT STAFF. SOME, LIKE SAILOR POLLY POWRIE AND ROWER JADE URU, HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL. IT'S SO COOL TO HAVE FRIENDLY FACES. AND OFTEN WHEN WE GO AWAY, YOU ONLY KNOW YOUR TEAM, AND SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHAT AND WALK TO THE FOOD HALL WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE UP TO IS REALLY AMAZING. SMALL, FAMILIAR THINGS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP PRODUCE BIG MOMENTS ON THE COMMONWEALTH STAGE. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS, GOLD COAST. AND MORE ON THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, BAD LIGHT ENDS PLAY IN THE CRICKET. WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ON DAY FOUR OF THE SECOND TEST BETWEEN THE BLACK CAPS AND ENGLAND NEXT. NEXT IN SPORT, MORE FALLOUT FROM JOE PARKER'S HEAVYWEIGHT LOSS ` THE REFEREE'S COPPING IT NOW. # Everything is changing... # Enjoy endless data on your favourite social apps with Vodafone Social Pass, and get free social data for 90 days when you switch to Vodafone. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. BAD LIGHT HAS FORCED AN EARLY END TO DAY FOUR OF THE SECOND CRICKET TEST. THE BLACK CAPS ARE CHASING 382 FOR VICTORY AGAINST ENGLAND AT HAGLEY OVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH, ALTHOUGH A DRAW WOULD STILL GIVE THEM A SERIES WIN. EARLIER ON, THEY FORCED THE TOURISTS' HAND TO DECLARE FOR MUCH LESS THAN THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED, THANKS TO FOUR WICKETS FROM COLIN DE GRANDHOMME. MATT HALL-SMITH REPORTS A CONFIDENT PUNCH OF THE GLOVES BETWEEN DAWID MALAN AND JOE ROOT, SHOWING THEY WERE READY TO BUILD ON THEIR HEFTY OVERNIGHT LEAD. NICELY PLAYED. (APPLAUSE) NEW ZEALAND PLAYING DEFENSIVELY, OPTING NOT TO TAKE THE SECOND NEW BALL AS ENGLAND POWERED AHEAD. THROUGH THE GAP, AND BRINGS UP TEST MATCH HALF-CENTURY NUMBER SIX. THE BREAK COMING FROM COLIN DE GRANDHOMME, BECOMING THE FIRST NON-OPENING BOWLER IN THE MATCH TO TAKE A WICKET. OUT! SOMETHING'S FINALLY HAPPENED THIS MORNING. ENGLAND UNDOING ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN THE SPACE OF A FEW MINUTES, AS NEIL WAGNER THEN REMOVED THE SKIPPER. AND HE'S GONE TOO. JOE ROOT'S ON HIS WAY. IT'S ALL HAPPENING! THE DEFENSIVE TACTICS PAYING OFF AS THE NEW BALL FINALLY CAME OUT, DE GRANDHOMME STRIKING TWICE MORE. OH, GOOD CATCH. TERRIFIC CATCH. DIVING AWAY TO HIS LEFT, RAVAL. ENGLAND SUDDENLY IN DANGER OF BEING BOWLED OUT. ROOT EVENTUALLY DECLARING WITH A LEAD OF 381. AND UNDER GLOOMY SKIES, IT WAS AN ENCOURAGING START FROM JEET RAVAL AND TOM LATHAM. SQUARE IN THE WICKET, AND WONDERFULLY TIMED. AND AGAIN, BACK-TO-BACK OFFSIDE DRIVES. BIRTHDAY BOY LATHAM RIDING HIS LUCK, PUT DOWN BY JAMES VINCE AT THIRD SLIP. NO, IT'S GONE DOWN. VINCE THOUGHT HE HAD IT. BAD LIGHT THEN FORCING THE PLAYERS OFF THE PARK, WITH THE ODDS FIRMLY FAVOURING ENGLAND. THE BLACKCAPS NOW LEFT WITH A DAY TO SURVIVE OR TRY AND CHASE DOWN AN UNLIKELY VICTORY. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. THE ITALIAN REFEREE WHO OFFICIATED JOSEPH PARKER'S FIGHT IS NOW TAKING THE HITS AFTER THE BOXING WORLD LABELLED HIS PERFORMANCE 'DISAPPOINTING'. EMERGING FROM THE TEAM HOTEL, KEVIN BARRY DIDN'T HOLD BACK ON HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE REF AND JUDGING PANEL. PARKER GOING DOWN TO ANTHONY JOSHUA BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, BUT CRITICS CLAIM THE KIWI HAD ANY ADVANTAGE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. I THOUGHT THE FIGHT WAS A LOT CLOSER THAN THE SCORES INDICATED, IN FACT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SCORES, ESPECIALLY THE NZ JUDGE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THE PARKER CAMP ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT HEAVYWEIGHT MATCHUP AND AREN'T RULING OUT A DEBUT IN THE US. WITH THE EXPERIENCE AND THE CONTACTS THAT WERE MADE OVER THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS HERE, I THINK THERE'S EVERY CHANCE THAT OUR NEXT FIGHT WILL BE BACK HERE IN THE UK. FOR NOW, THE TEAM HAVE AGREED TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT HOPE TO GET PARKER BACK IN THE RING COME AUGUST. AND THE KIWI WHO SPARRED WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA IN THE LEAD-UP TO YESTERDAY'S FIGHT HAS ARRIVED ON THE GOLD COAST TO PREPARE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. PATRICK MAILATA GIVES THE KIWI BOXING TEAM A SECOND GENUINE GOLD MEDAL HOPE, ALONG WITH DAVID NAYIKA. MATT MANUKIA CAUGHT UP WITH THEM. DAVID NYIKA IS ALREADY MAKING HIS MARK ON THESE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. EVEN THE NEWLY DYED HAIR IS DESIGNED TO HELP WITH THAT. I PAINT MY HAIR GOLD. I'LL GET ANOTHER GOLD. FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS TRIUMPH IN GLASGOW, A STEP UP TO HEAVYWEIGHT PRESENTS A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE. PATRICK MAILATA IS STILL BUZZING OFF HIS TRAINING CAMP WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA. THE SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT PLANNED TO AUCTION OFF GLOVES SIGNED BY THE BRITISH CHAMP TO HELP FUND HIS GAMES CAMPAIGN, BUT YESTERDAY'S BIG WIN CHANGED ALL THAT. THEY MIGHT BE WORTH MORE LATER. THE WHOLE TEAM RECENTLY TRAINED IN CANBERRA, WHERE TEAM CAPTAIN ALEXIS PRITCHARD GOT INTO A HEATED EXCHANGE WITH IRISH BOXER MICHAELA WALSH. I ENDED UP ON THE FLOOR. I GOT A KNEE TO THE FACE. I'LL POSSIBLY COME ACROSS HER AGAIN. A DRAW WHICH IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. THE KIWIS TARGETING THREE MEDALS, WHICH COULD EASILY TURN INTO MORE WITH A TEAM CULTURE THESE BOXERS SAY IS THE BEST THEY'VE EVER SEEN. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS ARE HOPING TO SHED THE TAG OF BIG EVENT UNDERPERFORMERS, MAKING NO SECRET OF THEIR DESIRE FOR GOLD ON THE GOLD COAST. THE SIDE ARE PLANNING FOR EVERY SCENARIO, WITH TWO OF THE VETERANS PLAYING A LEADING ROLE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. NZ'S HOCKEY PLAYERS FRONTING FOR THE CAMERAS ON THE GOLD COAST TODAY... ...WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE GOLD. IS IT ALMOST A CASE OF GOLD OR BUST? YEAH, LOOK, I THINK SO. I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS EARLIER WAS HAVE WE UNDERPERFORMED, AND PROBABLY IN OUR EYES WE HAVE. EVEN IN A GROUP WITH PLENTY OF FRESHER FACES, THE SCARS OF OLYMPICS AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES PAST LINGER. PARTICULARLY FOR THE TEAM'S MOST EXPERIENCED DUO, STACEY MICHELSEN AND ANITA MCLAREN, WHO HAVE COME AWAY FROM THE LAST TWO COMMONWEALTHS WITH A SILVER AND BRONZE AND ARE EAGER TO COMPLETE THE SET. IT WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING. I CERTAINLY WILL GO AWAY FROM THIS TOURNAMENT DISAPPOINTED IF WE DON'T WIN THAT GOLD. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP REALLY GROUNDED AND DO THE PROCESSES. THE WOMEN AREN'T JUST BATTLING OTHER TEAMS TO WARM UP HERE ON THE GOLD COAST, BUT THE CONDITIONS AS WELL, WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 20S, THEY'VE BEEN ACCLIMATISING USING HEAT CHAMBERS BACK IN NZ. WHILE EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THEIR OWN STRATEGY TO COPE WITH THE HEAT. AND AS THE WOMEN ADAPT TO THE CLIMATE, THEY'RE PUTTING THE HEAT ON THEMSELVES TOO, PLANNING FOR EACH AND EVERY SCENARIO. WE TALK ABOUT THE WHAT IFS ` WHAT IF WE'RE DOWN 1 NIL, WHAT IF WE'RE DOWN 2 NIL, WHAT IF WE'RE UP 3 NIL ` DO WE RELAX? FOR MCLAREN (30), THERE'S ALSO BEEN A READJUSTMENT PERIOD, SHE RETURNED TO THE TEAM THIS YEAR AFTER A LONG BREAK FOLLOWING THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE RIO OLYMPICS. BACK IN AND I WAS LIKE, 'WOW.' IRONIC, GIVEN HOW SHE FEELS. I HAVE NO INJURIES.LIKE, I USUALLY HAVE A FEW NIGGLES HERE AND THERE BUT I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INJURIES AND I THINK I'M REALLY FIT. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD BREAK. I JUST NEEDED TO RESET. BACK ON TOP OF HER GAME. NOW TO GET ON TO THE TOP OF THE PODIUM. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, GOLD COAST. MEANWHILE, OUR DIVING TEAM CONTINUES ITS LAST-MINUTE PREPARATIONS BACK HERE. THE TEAM FINALLY GETTING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. LIAM STONE JOINING THE OTHER FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD, AND EXCITED TO BE HEADING OFF TO HIS SECOND COMMONWEALTH GAMES, PUSHING FOR A PODIUM FINISH ON THE GOLD COAST. THE 21-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN BASED IN TENNESSEE IN THE STATES. HAD SOME GREAT TRAINING PARTNERS, TRAINING UNDER A DIFFERENT COACH, AT SOME GREAT FACILITIES. SO IN TERMS OF PREP, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AWESOME. IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD HAVING THAT EXTRA BOOST FROM DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL DIVERS. FOR TEAMMATE ANTON DOWN-JENKINS, THE GOLD COAST WILL BE HIS FIRST GAMES. RECOVERED FROM AN ANKLE INJURY, THE 18-YEAR-OLD WELLINGTONIAN WILL COMPETE ALONGSIDE STONE IN THE 3M SYNCHRONISED SPRINGBOARD DIVING EVENT. THE TEAM LEAVES FOR THE GOLD COAST ON WEDNESDAY. TO SUPER RUGBY, AND IN A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S FINAL, THE CRUSADERS HAVE ONCE AGAIN LIFTED THEMSELVES AT ELLIS PARK, GRINDING OUT A 14-8 WIN OVER THE LIONS. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WERE HELD SCORELESS IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT CONVERTED TRIES TO SAM WHITELOCK AND JACK GOODHUE IN THE SPACE OF THREE MINUTES, PROVED DECISIVE. BREAKS STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE. THE OFFLOAD, GOODHUE. GOODHUE, OVER! IT'S THE CRUSADERS' FOURTH SUCCESSIVE WIN ON SOUTH AFRICAN SOIL, LIFTING THEM TO FIRST-EQUAL WITH THE HURRICANES IN THE NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE. IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, TOTTENHAM HAVE ENDED THEIR 28-YEAR WINLESS DROUGHT AT STAMFORD BRIDGE IN STYLE, CRUSHING OLD MATES CHELSEA 3-1. THE HOME SIDE WERE THE FIRST TO SCORE THROUGH ALVARO MORATA, BUT A SUPERB STRIKE BY CHRISTIAN ERIKKSON HAD THE SCORES LEVEL AT HALF TIME. TWO GOALS BY DELE ALLI SEALED THE RESULT FOR SPURS, IN WHAT'S BASICALLY BECOME THE BATTLE FOR THE FOURTH AND FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING SPOT. WE SHOWED CHARACTER AFTER 1-0 DOWN, IT WAS FANTASTIC. YES, IT'S A DAY TO FEEL VERY PROUD, IF YOU'RE A FAN OR YOU ARE COACHING STAFF OR THE PLAYERS. FELLOW LONDONERS ARSENAL WERE EASY WINNERS OVER STOKE, THEIR 3-0 VICTORY MOVING THEM WITHIN FIVE POINTS OF FIFTH-PLACED CHELSEA. AND BACK HERE THERE'S BEEN SOME BIG UPSETS ON THE WATER FOR OUR LEADING KAYAKERS AT THE CANOE SLALOM CHAMPS IN TEKAPO. OLYMPIANS MIKE DAWSON AND LUUKA JONES COPPING 50 SECOND PENALTIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE K-1 AND C-1 FINALS. JONES HAS HAD SOME SUCCESS THOUGH, WINNING HER NINTH NATIONAL K-1 TITLE OFF THE BACK OF A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS TRAINING IN RIO. I'M STILL JETLAGGED, ACTUALLY, BUT WE HAD A GREAT TRAINING CAMP OVER THERE, PREPARING FOR THE WORLDS, AND THEN IT KIND OF TOPS IT OFF BY BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND RACE NATIONALS. NOT TO WORRY FOR THE OLYMPIANS. THE PAIR HAVE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR WORLD CUPS AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ARE RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP, AND WE'RE NOW JUST TWO DAYS OUT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO CATCH UP WITH OUR AUSSIE CORRESPONDENT, KIMBERLEE DOWNS, WHO'S AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE A SPECIAL VENUE OVER THE COMING DAYS ON THE GC. KIA ORA, JENNY-MAY HERE'S ONE OF THE MAIN HUBS OF ACTIVITY HERE. KIWI HOUSE IN SURFER'S PARADISE. WE'LL BE CATCHING UP WITH MEDALLISTS. THE NAMING OF THE NZ TEAM FLAG BEARER WILL BE HELD HERE. HOSTED BY JENNY-MAY. THE START OF THESE GAMES IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING. SCANDALS ` AN UNNAMED COMPETING NATION HAS BEEN CALLED IN FOR A PLEASE-EXPLAIN AFTER NEEDLES WERE FOUND JENNY-MAY, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HERE ON THE GC TOMORROW. IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE EMCEEING TOMORROW. . To create a home as warm and healthy as this, you need three things ` warm it up with insulation in ceilings and floors and by stopping draughts; dry it out by tackling dampness at its source; and air it out by opening windows a few times a day to help keep your home dry. Remember ` # Everything is changing... # Enjoy endless data on your favourite social apps with Vodafone Social Pass, and get free social data for 90 days when you switch to Vodafone. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. A MOIST, NORTH-WEST FLOW HAS BEEN STRENGTHENING ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, WHILE MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND WAS FINE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE. AND A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING SOUTHERN WESTLAND THROUGH TILL TOMORROW MORNING. LOTS OF BRIGHT CLOUD ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, MARKING THAT MOIST, NORTH-WEST FLOW. CLEARER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, AND NORTH TASMAN SEA UNDER A RIDGE. A HOOK OF FRONTAL CLOUD IS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, WITH THAT TRADEMARK SPECKLED SHOWER CLOUD FOLLOWING IN TOW, MARKING SOME COLD AIR. THE RIDGE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT RECEDES TO NORTHERN NZ TOMORROW, DIRECTING A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. A SERIES OF FRONTS THEN MARCH ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, IN THAT STRONG WESTERLY FLOW. MEANWHILE, IN THE WEST, THE FRONTS STRUGGLE NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, CONVERGING INTO ONE MAIN FEATURE BEFORE WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES THE NORTH ISLAND AT NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE SOUTHWEST, WITH SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. BUT MAINLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH AREAS OF LOWER CLOUD ABOUT NORTHERN PARTS. NORTHWESTERLIES STRONG IN THE SOUTH. SO, THERE'S THE WET WEATHER MOVING UP THE WEST SIDE WITH SHOWERS IN FIORDLAND. RAIN IN NORTHERN WESTLAND AND BULLER WITH HEAVY THUNDERY FALLS, CLEARING WESTLAND AND THEN BULLER IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN CLEARING SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO EARLY MORNING AND SCATTERED RAIN AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD IN THE EAST, AND JUST THE ODD DROP OF RAIN. BRISK NORTHWESTERLIES, CHANGING SOUTHERLY IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. A PERIOD OF MORNING RAIN WITH A BRIEF SOUTHERLY, THEN FINE FOR THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH. SHOWERS AND STRONG WESTERLIES CONTINUE ABOUT INVERCARGILL. 18 IS YOUR HIGH. SHOWERS EASING ACROSS YOUR TUESDAY FOR MILFORD SOUND WITH RAIN AT NIGHT. HEAVY THUNDERY RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEST CLEARING AROUND MIDDAY AS NOR-WESTERLIES TURN SOU-WEST. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR THE EAST SIDE, WITH A MAINLY FINE DAY ON THE CARDS. EXPECT SOME HIGH CLOUD, AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF A SHOWER WITH A BRIEF SOUTHERLY CHANGE AROUND MIDDAY. FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD FOR THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. GUSTY NOR-WESTERLIES FOR YOU, MASTERTON. GISBORNE AND NAPIER GET A WARM 26. 27 FOR HASTINGS. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH FOR THIS GROUP. CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE AT TIMES FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND NOR-WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH HERE. TAUMARUNUI IS THE ODD ONE OUT HERE, CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE, BUT EVERYONE ELSE ENJOYING FINE SPELLS AND LIGHT WINDS. TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE AIMING FOR 24. LONG, FINE SPELLS FOR THE NORTH, WITH LIGHT WINDS. A TOP OF 24 FOR MOST OF THIS GROUP. HAMILTON JUST SHY OF THAT MARK. A PERIOD OF MORNING RAIN WITH A SOUTHWEST CHANGE, THEN FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD AND WINDS TURNING GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY ABOUT DUNEDIN. 20 IS YOUR HIGH. HIGH CLOUD WITH GUSTY NORTHERLIES FOR CHRISTCHURCH. A BRIEF, SOUTHERLY CHANGE AROUND MIDDAY MAY BRING A SHOWER OR TWO. A WARM 26 FOR YOU. WELLINGTON IS PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT THE NORTHERN SUBURBS FROM AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLIES, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON, AND 21. FINE SPELLS AND WESTERLY BREEZES FOR HAMILTON. A TOP OF 23 FOR YOU AND HUNTLY. FINE SPELLS AND LIGHT WINDS FOR TAURANGA TOO. SLIGHTLY WARMER WITH A HIGH OF 24 DEGREES. AND THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME FOR AUCKLAND ` FINE SPELLS, LIGHT WINDS AND A TOP OF 24. A WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW SITS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH A SERIES OF EMBEDDED FRONTS MOVING NORTH. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, A RIDGE DOMINATES FROM LATE WEDNESDAY SETTLING CONDITIONS. FINE SPELLS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CITIES, BUT CLOUD COVERS SYDNEY, WHILE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH AS A TROPICAL LOW THREATENS THE QUEENSLAND COAST. TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE LIES SOUTH OF FIJI. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NADI. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COOK ISLANDS TOO. SHOWERS FOR NIUE AND TONGA, BUT MOSTLY DRY OR FINE ELSEWHERE. SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE LOOKING AS YOU HEAD BACK TO WORK AFTER THE LONG WEEKEND. TRAVEL SAFE, IF YOU'RE RETURNING FROM OUT OF TOWN, AND I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS EASTER MONDAY. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND AMELIA RUSHBROOK.