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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.

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  • 1 News at 6
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 20 May 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
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  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
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  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THEY'RE NOW MAN AND WIFE. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE ARE MARRIED IN A CEREMONY MIXING TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN WINDSOR, WITH A HUGE WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE WATCHING ON. BUFFERING NEW ZEALAND FROM THE SHOCK OF BIO-SECURITY DISASTERS LIKE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. THE FINANCE MINISTER SUGGESTS AN EQC-STYLE INSURANCE FUND COULD BE THE ANSWER. BUT WHO PAYS? AND TODAY IT'S WORLD BEE DAY. WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CHRISTCHURCH'S RED ZONE IS BEING TRIALLED AS A SAFE HAVEN TO BOOST OUR ENDANGERED BEE POPULATION. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE ARE MARRIED AND WILL NOW LIVE LIFE TOGETHER AS THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX. IT WAS A SPECTACLE OF BRITISH ROYAL POMP AND CEREMONY, BUT WITH A MODERN AND AMERICAN TWIST. ONE ESTIMATE SUGGESTS 1.9 BILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN TO WATCH. CROWDS OF MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE CONVERGED ON WINDSOR FOR THE BIG DAY, MANY OF THEM GATHERING ALONG THE FAMOUS LONG WALK. THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN MEGHAN MARKLE AND HER MOTHER WERE BEING TAKEN TO ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL. MANY WERE SURPRISED AT THE SIMPLICITY OF HER DRESS. BUT THE DETAIL WAS IN THE VEIL, WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE HAD THE FLORAL EMBLEMS OF ALL OF THE COMMONWEALTH NATIONS SEWN INTO IT. SHE WAS WALKED UP THE AISLE BY THE PRINCE CHARLES, AND WHEN MEGHAN GOT TO THE ALTAR, A VISIBLY NERVOUS PRINCE HARRY SAID, 'YOU LOOK AMAZING.' WE HAVE REPORTERS STANDING BY WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING EVENTS FROM WINDSOR. THEY'RE OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, JOY REID, AND PAUL HOBBS. LET'S TALK FIRST TO JOY, WHO'S BACK ON THE GROUNDS OF WINDSOR CASTLE. After a massive security operation, Dramas with Meghan Markle's family in the lead up, Questions over who was going to walk her down the aisle, Windsor turned on and the day went off without a hitch. THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED MOMENT OF THE DAY CLEARLY THE HAPPIEST. (CROWD CHEER, APPLAUD) MEGHAN MARKLE'S ENTRY INTO THE ROYAL FOLD, SEALED WITH THE KISS. (CROWD CHEER) THE MARRIAGE OF A BRITISH PRINCE TO AN AMERICAN ACTRESS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN A-LIST AFFAIR. FROM THE CLOONEYS, OPRAH WINFREY, THE BECKHAMS AND TENNIS STAR SERENA WILLIAMS ` FIGURES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AMONG THE 600 INVITED GUESTS. AND AS ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL FILLED UP, THE GROOM ARRIVED IN THE ARMY UNIFORM OF THE BLUES AND ROYALS. THE QUEEN ARRIVED ACCOMPANIED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, HIS FIRST FORMAL APPEARANCE SINCE HIS HIP SURGERY LAST MONTH. PRINCE HARRY LOOKING TO BE HOLDING BACK THE NERVES WITH GIGGLES, COURTESY OF HIS BEST MAN, PRINCE WILLIAM. BUT THE MOST ANTICIPATED ENTRANCE WAS, (CROWD CHEER) MEGHAN MARKLE STEPPING OUT IN A MINIMALIST GOWN WITH A BATEAU NECKLINE BY BRITISH DESIGNER CLARE WAIGHT KELLER FOR GIVENCHY. IT WAS SET OFF WITH A FLOWING TRAIN EMBROIDERED WITH FLORAL TRIBUTES TO EVERY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY. FOR NEW ZEALAND, THE KOWHAI FLOWER. (FANFARE) HER GRAND ENTRANCE DRAWING GASPS FROM THE PAGE BOY AND THE CONGREGATION. (HANDEL'S 'ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIFE DIVINE') AFTER WALKING THE FIRST PART OF THE CHAPEL ALONE, SHE WAS MET BY PRINCE CHARLES, HIS LAST-MINUTE SUBSTITUTION ACKNOWLEDGED BY HARRY MOUTHING 'THANK YOU, PA'. CHOIR: # AS YOU STAND,... # STAND BY ME. HARRY AND MEGHAN SWAPPING ADORING LOOKS THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE, AND EVEN SHARING A FEW MOMENTS AT THE ALTAR. # ...BY ME. # OOH! # BUT THE MOST STRIKING MOMENTS FOR MANY CAME FROM AMERICAN PREACHER MICHAEL CURRY. THERE'S POWER IN LOVE. THERE'S POWER IN LOVE. IT WAS A BARN-STORMING PERFORMANCE. WHEN LOVE IS THE WAY,... WE ACTUALLY TREAT EACH OTHER,... WELL, LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY FAMILY. A STARK CONTRAST TO THE CHAPEL'S AUSTERE SURROUNDINGS... WE GOTTA GET Y'ALL MARRIED. (LAUGHTER) ...AND APPEARING TO BOTH BEMUSE AND BAFFLE THE ROYALS WATCHING ON. I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY AMAZING. I THOUGHT THAT HE REALLY SPOKE FROM HIS HEART. WE'RE NOT USED TO SUCH AN OUTLANDISH PERSON TO COME ALONG AND JUST SAY, 'WOW,' AND JUST TAKE THE WINDSOR CHURCH BY STORM. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I LAUGHED QUITE A BIT THROUGH IT. AND JUST A JOYOUS MAN, REALLY. IT WAS REALLY COOL. NICHOLAS MADDEN FROM OTAGO IS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR OF ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL THAT SANG FOR THE COUPLE. HE SAYS IT AS WAS AN EMOTIONAL SERVICE. I THINK THERE WERE SOME TEARS FROM GEORGE CLOONEY'S WIFE AND DOWN THE LINE TOWARDS MEGHAN'S MOTHER, AND I COULD SPOT THAT. THE CHICAGO BISHOP PREACHED OF LOVE, AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF THAT ON SHOW. I WILL. (LAUGHTER) TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH,... TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH,... ...TILL DEATH US DO PART. ...TILL DEATH US DO PART. I THEREFORE PROCLAIM THAT THEY ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE. BEFORE THE NEWLY ANOINTED DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX EMERGED INTO THE SUNSHINE TO A WARM RECEPTION FROM THE CROWDS ` (CROWD CHEER, APPLAUD) MANY OF WHOM HAD BEEN WAITING DAYS TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE COUPLE ON THE PROCESSION. EMOTIONAL, VERY EMOTIONAL. IT WAS JUST PERFECT, UTTERLY PERFECT, SEEING HARRY SO HAPPY. IT WAS BRITISH POMP AND PAGEANTRY AT ITS FINEST. THE NEWEST MEMBER OF 'THE FIRM' ALREADY PERFECTING HER WAVE, THE DUCHESS POISED AND RELAXED ENOUGH TO SNEAK ANOTHER KISS WITH HER NEW HUSBAND, THEIR SPECIAL DAY EVERY BIT THE FAIRY TALE HOPED FOR. WE'RE BACK TO JOY NOW. AND, JOY, THE FAIRYTALE WASN'T OVER THEN, WAS IT? No, that's right. After the ceremony, there was a lunchtime reception. It was hosted by the Queen. Guests there report laughter and tears during speeches by Prince Harry and his father. Even Elton John performed at this event. There was a bit of allow and a break in the day before We saw them step out. with the Duchess in her second striking dress of the day ` a Stella McCartney number. This was when we saw Princess Diana reflected in Meghan Markle's 'something blue'. Perched on her right hand, an emerald-cut aquamarine ring that Diana wore on a number of occasions. We don't know much about the evening reception. There was a much more intimate affair. We do know it was grand. I could hear the fireworks go off and it was certainly captured by one royal fan. THIS WASN'T YOUR TYPICAL ROYAL WEDDING. HOW DID PEOPLE REACT TO IT? It was a royal wedding which broke new ground, from Meghan's background and family, Right through to the fact they had an American preacher. and the gospel choir. Performing in such an old and ancient at St George's Chapel. The chapel had never seen anything like it. This was a wedding that was a royal couple connecting old traditions with modern life. The crowds seem to lap it up. Paul Hobbs was among the more than 100,000 people who'd flocked to Windsor. AROUND 6AM AND THE FIRST TRAIN OF THE DAY FROM LONDON ARRIVED AT HARRY AND MEGHAN CENTRAL, THE WINDSOR STATION RENAMED TO MARK THE OCCASION. FANS ALREADY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DAY AHEAD. OUR STOMACH'S BEEN GOING OVER SINCE WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. A THEMED CAFFEINE HIT MAKING AN EARLY START MORE PALATABLE. IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF OURS TO COME TO BRITAIN, AND SO IT WAS A PERFECT TIME TO COME HERE FOR THE ROYAL WEDDING. AND WITH THE SUN OUT, IT WAS A PERFECT DAY. THE LONG WALK SOON BECAME ONE BIG GARDEN PARTY. # YOU JUST WALK IN, # I'LL MAKE YOU SMILE. # IT'S COOL BUT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME. # WE'RE FROM WINDSOR, SO WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THIS WAS A CELEBRATION RIGHT FROM THE SMALLEST PRINCESS TO THE MADDEST HATTER. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THIS ROYAL OCCASION. POLICE WERE EVERYWHERE, BUT THE CROWD'S FOCUS WAS ELSEWHERE. FANS GLUED TO THE BIG SCREENS. LIKE THE DRAMA IT'S BEEN OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE WEDDING EPISODE WOULD PROVE TO BE A REAL TEAR JERKER. CROWD: # STAND BY ME. # BUT FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OUTSIDE, THE BEST MOMENT WAS STILL TO COME ` THE PROCESSION ALONG WINDSOR'S STREETS. MID CANTERBURY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER JENNIE AND JO EARLY ENOUGH TO CLAIM TERRITORY ON THE FENCE LINE. REMEMBER FROM LAST NIGHT ` THIS WAS A BIRTHDAY TREAT FOR ROYAL FANATIC JO. I HONESTLY GOT HEART PALPITATIONS. (LAUGHS) (CHEERING) CHEERING GREETED THE NEWLYWEDS AS THEIR CARRIAGE MADE IT'S WAY UP THE LONG WALK. SHAKESPEARE CALLED IT THE AWE AND MAJESTY OF KINGS. ACCORDING TO A POLL OUT THIS WEEK, PRINCE HARRY IS BRITAIN'S NUMBER ONE ROYAL, AND HERE'S THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT. (CROWD CHEERS) CAMERAS POISED, JENNIE AND JO'S FRONT-ROW FLIRTATION WITH ROYALTY WAS UPON THEM. (CHEERING) OH MY GOD. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. HOLY MOLY. AND THE BEST SOUVENIR CAPTURED WITH JUST A TOUCH OF A BUTTON. OH, LOOK. THEY'RE LOOKING. OH, IT IS TOO. THEY ARE, AND WAVING. THEY'VE SEEN THE FLAG. OH, THEY HAVE. THAT'S PERFECT. MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE HERE WOULD AGREE. LET'S CROSS LIVE TO PAUL NOW ON WINDSOR'S LONG WALK. PAU, IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW TO JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. Absolutely. Here comes the noisy truck. The standby cruiser he had to do some cleanup and remove all these safety barriers. What an atmosphere yesterday. I've now covered three while weddings - Charles and Camilla's which was also here in Windsor in 2005 as well as Williams and kate's. Ppeople who turn up and line the streets either love the monarchy or they love a good party. There were no official figures how many people turned up in Windsor to watch, But we have summer satellite pictures that show Windsor's streets were crammed with fans. We know they were watching around the world as well with an estimated 2 billion viewers. That just shows the growing global popularity of the royalty. You add an American actress in the fold and the prospect of some babies, And that is only going to increase. The newlyweds are expected to visit Australia in a couple of months for the Invicta's games. Who knows, will they come to New Zealand? There will be many fans hoping they do. THANKS, PAUL. THE 18,000KM DISTANCE WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS FROM ENJOYING THE CEREMONY. HOUSE PARTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE HEAVING WITH ROYALISTS TOASTING THE HAPPY COUPLE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AND WHILE IT MEANT A LATE NIGHT FOR SOME, THE CEREMONY OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT, DRINK AND DRESS IN THEME. WELL, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A HAPPY OCCASION, ISN'T IT, FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE IN THEIR WEDDING DRESSES. SOME OF US DON'T FIT OUR WEDDING DRESSES, BUT WE'RE ALL JUST HAVING A LAUGH TONIGHT. AND IT'S NOT EVEN 24 HOURS SINCE THE BIG EVENT, BUT NEW ZEALAND POST HAS ALREADY RELEASED A SPECIAL EDITION SET OF STAMPS. THE COLLECTORS' ITEM FEATURES TWO ENGAGEMENT STAMPS AND FOUR FROM THE WEDDING. NEW ZEALAND POST SAYS IT EXPECTS 60% OF SALES TO COME FROM OVERSEAS. BEING ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO TAKE THESE STAMPS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ONLINE, WE'LL SEE A HUGE UPTAKE ON OUR WEBSITE. A LOT OF THOSE WILL COME FROM INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR WAY, OUR NATION'S WAY OF COMMEMORATING THAT EVENT. THE STAMPS AND A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER COIN HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY KIWI ARTIST DAVE BURKE. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE ROYAL WEDDING LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR WHERE WE'LL TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF MEGHAN'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE IN THE SERVICE. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS LOOKING AT CREATING A NEW EQC-STYLE INSURANCE FUND TO PAY FOR FUTURE BIO-SECURITY BREACHES LIKE THE COW DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. THE PROPOSED FUND COULD BE MADE UP OF FARMER AND TAXPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS. GRANT ROBERTSON HAS CITED THE DISEASE AS A REASON WHY HE HAD TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH HIS SPENDING IN THIS WEEK'S BUDGET. HERE'S Q+A'S CORIN DANN. GRANT ROBERTSON MAKES NO APOLOGIES FOR DELIVERING A BUDGET THAT WON'T BREAK THE BANK. HAVING FISCAL DISCIPLINE'S NOT THE MONOPOLY OF THE NATIONAL PARTY. IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK BACK OVER HISTORY, LABOUR HAS MANAGED THE ECONOMY IN A DISCIPLINED WAY. SO WHAT THEN OF LABOUR'S PROMISE OF A 'TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNMENT' THAT WOULD TACKLE POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE? TRANSFORMATION. WHERE IS THE TRANSFORMATION IN THIS BUDGET? I DON'T SEE IT. YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT ` IT LARGELY IS BUSINESS AS USUAL. GRANT ROBERTSON INSISTS HIS GOVERNMENT IS BEING FAR MORE HANDS-ON, BUT SAYS BIG CHANGE TAKES TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLAN A 20- OR 30-YEAR TRANSITION, THAT WE GO THROUGH THERE IN A METHODICAL WAY, AND WE KEEP A BALANCE IN THE ECONOMY AS WE DO IT. WHETHER IT'S NATIONAL OR LABOUR, THEY ARE ALL SO CAUTIOUS. THEY ARE SO DEVOID OF AMBITION FOR NEW ZEALAND, THAT THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO DO MORE. BECAUSE THEY OVERPROMISED. THEY GOT THEIR NUMBERS COMPLETELY WRONG PRE-ELECTION, AND THEY SIMPLY PUT PAYING OUT WINSTON ` THE PRICE OF COALITION GOVERNMENT ` AHEAD OF THEIR PROMISES TO NEW ZEALANDERS. A KEY REASON GIVEN BY MR ROBERTSON FOR THE SPENDING CAUTION IN THE BUDGET IS THE NEED TO PUT ASIDE SOME CASH FOR FUTURE SHOCKS, LIKE THE COW DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. $85M HAS BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET TO BATTLE THE DISEASE. HOWEVER, MR ROBERTSON SAYS THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE NEW WAYS OF DEALING WITH BIO-SECURITY THREATS, WHICH SEEM TO BE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS FOR US TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE, AND WE'VE GOT EXAMPLES ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF GOVERNMENT ` THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION, ACC ` WHERE WE ACTUALLY TRY AND PLAN AHEAD. SO YOU'RE SAYING A FUND? SOME SORT OF A FUND? POTENTIALLY. AND I'VE ASKED TREASURY AND THE MINISTRY OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THAT SORT OF FUND WOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW MUCH WOULD THE GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTE, HOW MUCH WOULD INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTE? AS FOR THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF MYCOPLASMA BOVIS, GRANT ROBERTSON INSISTS THE GOVERNMENT WILL STILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED. A DECISION ON WHETHER TO TRY TO ERADICATE IT IS DUE SOON. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. LAND BANKERS IN BIG CITIES LIKE AUCKLAND WHO HOLD UP LARGE-SCALE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS COULD BE FORCED TO SELL UP UNDER NEW PLANNING LAWS THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING. THE FINANCE MINISTER SAID TODAY HIS GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES' TO SPEED UP PLANNING FOR HOME BUILDING AND TO OVERCOME RED TAPE. HE SAYS URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES DO HAVE THE POWER TO FORCE LAND OWNERS TO SELL, ALTHOUGH THE EXPERIENCE IS THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO USE THOSE POWERS. THE MAORI DEVELOPMENT MINISTER'S SIGNALLED THE GOVERNMENT WON'T SUPPORT A NEW MEGA PRISON TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF OVERCROWDING. ON THE MARAE PROGRAMME THIS MORNING, NANAIA MAHUTA SAID THERE WERE BETTER THINGS TO SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY ON. THAT'S AS THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS WHETHER TO KNOCK DOWN AGEING WAIKERIA PRISON AND BUILD A NEW FACILITY THAT'LL HOLD 3000. WE AREN'T GOING TO THROW $1B AT A PRISON IN WAIKERIA. WE WANT TO PUT IT INTO THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. TO CLARIFY, DID YOU JUST SAY THERE WILL NOT BE A MEGA PRISON IN WAIKERIA? LOOK, I THINK IF YOU BUILD BIGGER PRISONS, THEY'LL GET FILLED. FINANCE MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON IMMEDIATELY TWEETED THAT CABINET HASN'T MADE A DECISION ON THE ISSUE. THE TEACHER SHORTAGE COULD BE A LOT WORSE THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE SECONDARY TEACHERS' UNION PPTA. IT FOUND 30% OF ADVERTISED POSITIONS IN TERM ONE HAD NO SUITABLE APPLICANTS, FORCING SCHOOLS TO APPOINT UNQUALIFIED TEACHERS. THE UNION SAYS THIS WEEK'S BUDGET, WHICH PLEDGED AN EXTRA $1.6B FOR EDUCATION WON'T FIX ANY OF THE STAFFING PROBLEMS. IT'S ESTIMATED AUCKLAND ALONE NEEDS ANOTHER 3000 TEACHERS TO MEET DEMAND. WHEN WE RETURN ` GRAVE CONCERNS ARE RAISED OVER NEONATAL CARE IN NEW ZEALAND. CLAIMS PARENTS OF SICK NEWBORNS ARE BEING PLACED UNDER ADDITIONAL STRESS BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF NEONATAL BEDS. INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE CAUSE OF ONE OF CUBA'S WORST AIR DISASTERS FIND ONE OF THE BLACK BOXES, BUT WILL IT HOLD THE ANSWERS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? AND WE HAVE THE LATEST BUZZ FROM CHRISTCHURCH'S RESIDENTIAL RED ZONE. THE SWEET EXPERIMENT IT'S HOPED WILL SAVE OUR BEE POPULATION WHILE BRINGING NEW LIFE TO ABANDONED LAND. PARENTS ARE SUFFERING 'EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY,' AS HOSPITALS STRUGGLE WITH A SHORTAGE OF NEONATAL BEDS. 1 NEWS HAS OBTAINED A LETTER FROM A PAEDIATRICIAN OUTLINING GRAVE CONCERNS TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AS MOTHERS ARE BEING SENT AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HAVE THEIR BABIES. MEI HERON HAS MORE. SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST AND SICKEST ARRIVALS, FAR AWAY FROM HOME. BORN AT 24 WEEKS, BABY EMILY HAS BEEN IN WELLINGTON HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, BUT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN WAIKATO. HAVE TO COPE, I GUESS, FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAKE. GEN'S HUSBAND IS A DAIRY FARMER AND CAN'T GET AWAY. SHE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY YESTERDAY ON AN ISSUE, AND HE COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO WORK, AND THAT'S HORRIFIC. ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC FOR US. AND THERE'S OTHER MUMS HERE IN THE SAME POSITION. BEING AWAY FROM FAMILY, AND IT'S JUST US TWO AT THE MOMENT. THAT MAKES IT HARDER AGAIN. WAIKATO HOSPITAL SAYS IT'S BEEN AT FULL CAPACITY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. RECENTLY, IT'S HAD TO BRING IN EXTRA BEDS AND SEND AT LEAST FIVE WOMEN TO OTHER HOSPITALS. 1 NEWS HAS ALSO OBTAINED A LETTER TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH FROM A PAEDIATRICIAN IN PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL. IT SAYS A COUPLE WERE FORCED OUT OF AUCKLAND FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE MOTHER DEVELOPING DEPRESSION, AFFECTING HER BREAST MILK. THE FATHER RAN OUT OF LEAVE. THEY WERE SUFFERING EMOTIONALLY FINANCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THE STRAIN ALSO FELT ACROSS OTHER HOSPITALS. WE'VE GOT 39 BABIES IN HERE TODAY. WE HAVE PHYSICAL SPACES FOR 40, BUT WE'VE HAD 57 IN HERE IN THE PAST. THE INCREASE IN DEMAND IS DUE TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING BABIES STAYING IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR LONGER AND MORE PREMATURE BABIES AS MOTHER'S HAVE CHILDREN LATER. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT IF IT DOESN'T LET UP, SO A FEW DAYS OF BEING VERY BUSY IS ONE THING, BUT WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK OF IT WILL WEAR STAFF OUT. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS AWARE OF THE PRESSURES ON NEONATAL UNITS. IT SAYS A REVIEW IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, WHICH WILL LOOK INTO WHAT'S DRIVING DEMAND AND WHETHER THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. FOR GEN, HER PLEA IS SIMPLE ` HELP. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. CUBAN OFFICIALS HAVE FOUND ONE OF TWO BLACK BOXES BELONGING TO THE BOEING 737 THAT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF IN HAVANA, KILLING 110 PEOPLE. THE BOX HOLDS KEY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO YESTERDAY'S DISASTER. THREE WOMEN PULLED ALIVE FROM THE WRECKAGE REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS BURNS. TWO DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING HAVE BEEN DECLARED. THE 17-YEAR OLD WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT DEAD 10 STUDENTS AT A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. THAT MEANS DIMITRIOS PAGOURTZIS, A STUDENT AT THE SANTA FE SCHOOL, COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. 13 STUDENTS WERE INJURED IN THE RAMPAGE. OFFICIALS SAY EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE FOUND AT THE SCHOOL AND IN ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS HAVE JUST MOVED INTO CHRISTCHURCH'S RESIDENTIAL RED ZONE, THE QUAKE-DAMAGED LAND LEFT BARE AFTER THOUSANDS OF HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED. THE MOVE ANNOUNCED TODAY ON WORLD BEE DAY AS CHRISTCHURCH DOES ITS BIT TO BOOST THE GLOBAL BEE SHORTAGE. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. THE RED ZONE IS HUMMING WITH LIFE ONCE MORE... (BEES BUZZ) ...AS THESE URBAN BEEKEEPERS GET TO WORK TO HELP 600,000 BEES TURN ABANDONED SITES LIKE THIS INTO A HOME. THEY HAD SOME POLLEN TOO, HUH? YEAH. THEY'RE DOING PRETTY WELL. IT'S SORT OF THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS HERE PERIMETER AROUND THE HIVES TO THE NEAREST HOUSES, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO ANNOY PEOPLE. BUT ALSO IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE BEES CAN FLY AND FORAGE FROM ALL THE GARDENS AROUND. CANTERBURY RECOVERY GROUP LINZ MANAGES 602HA OF RESIDENTIAL RED ZONE. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY TRANSITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WILL RUN FOR FIVE YEARS AS THE FINAL RED ZONE PLAN IS ROLLED OUT. YOU DRIVE IN HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE GARDEN, THE TREES AND SORT OF CAN PICTURE WHERE THE HOUSE WOULD'VE BEEN. IT'S REALLY NICE THE LAND CAN BE USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE RESIDENTIAL RED ZONE IS HUGE. ITS THE SIZE OF FOUR HAGLEY PARKS, BUT THIS SPOT WAS CHOSEN AS THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE HOME FOR THESE BEES BECAUSE IT'S SECLUDED, SO IT KEEPS THEM SAFE, AND IT KEEPS THE PUBLIC SAFE. 10 HIVES HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN DALLINGTON, BUT IT'S HOPED MORE WILL POP UP, MAKING RED ZONE HONEY. SO IT WILL JUST BE SOME OF THE AUTUMN FLORAL SOURCES THAT THEY'VE GATHERED. OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. SO, DO YOU RECKON THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE COOL FOR CHRISTCHURCH PEOPLE? THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TASTE THIS HONEY AND KNOW THAT IT'S COME FROM THE RED ZONE. IT IS THE TASTE OF CHRISTCHURCH, REALLY. THE TASTE OF CHRISTCHURCH. I THINK IT ALMOST REALLY MARKETS ITSELF. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TIL SPRING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON SOME. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW. AND IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A WINTRY START TO THE WORKING WEEK. YES, PETE, AN ACTIVE FRONT IS MOVING NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST COAST AND HEADWATERS OF THE CANTERBURY AND OTAGO LAKES. AND A ROAD SNOW WARNING IS IN FORCE FOR MANY OF THE HIGHER SOUTH ISLAND ROAD PASSES. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH A WINDY WEEK AHEAD, INCLUDING A COLD SOUTHERLY CHANGE. STILL TO COME ` THE MOMENTS THAT MADE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S WEDDING LIKE NO OTHER ROYAL CEREMONY. # AND THE MOON # IS THE ONLY # LIGHT WE SEE. # AND THEN LATER IN SPORT, THE THREE NEW FACES NAMED IN THE ALL BLACK SQUAD TO FACE FRANCE NEXT MONTH. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A SPECIAL FUND MAY BE ESTABLISHED TO COVER BIOSECURITY EMERGENCIES. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S LOOKING AT CREATING A NEW EQC-STYLE INSURANCE FUND TO PAY FOR OUTBREAKS LIKE THE COW DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX ARE WAKING UP TO THEIR FIRST FULL DAY AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. THE NEWLYWEDS ARE DUE TO HEAD BACK TO LONDON TODAY. NO TIME FOR A HONEYMOON YET. ONE ESTIMATE SUGGESTS NEARLY 2 BILLION PEOPLE WATCHED THEM TIE THE KNOT IN A SUMPTUOUS BUT AT TIMES UNCONVENTIONAL CEREMONY IN WINDSOR YESTERDAY. STAYING WITH THAT ROYAL WEDDING. AND IT WAS THE SERVICE WHICH REFLECTED THE MODERNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE NEW ROYAL COUPLE. USUAL ROYAL TRADITION BLENDED WITH A MORE AMERICAN AND RACIALLY INCLUSIVE SERVICE. HERE'S THE BBC'S ADINA CAMPBELL. # AND THE MOON # IS THE ONLY # LIGHT WE SEE. A ROYAL WEDDING LIKE NO OTHER. THE SOULFUL SOUNDS OF THIS LONDON-BASED GOSPEL CHOIR CAPTURING THE SENTIMENT OF TODAY'S CEREMONY ` A TURNING POINT FOR TRADITION. A BLEND OF TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES ` A BRITISH MILESTONE. # STAND BY ME. CHOIR: # SO DARLING, DARLING... ALL: ...STAND BY ME. OH, STAND... # ALSO CELEBRATED AT THIS PUB IN PECKHAM, WHERE THE CROWDS ENTHUSIASTICALLY JOINED IN. THIS WAS A WEDDING WITH A DIFFERENCE. (CHEERING) LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY. LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SMILING WHEN THEY KISSED. I THINK EVERYONE'S BEEN WAITING FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG. HARRY'S BEEN A BIT OF A BAD BOY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO FOR HIM TO SHAKE UP THE ESTABLISHMENT AND BRING IT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY ` IT'S AMAZING. BUT IT WAS THE CHARISMATIC AMERICAN BISHOP WHO STOLE THE SHOW. THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE DO NOT KNOW GOD. IT'S PALPABLE. THEIR LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP ` YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT. THEY SMILED AT EACH OTHER. THEY GIGGLED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I HAVE A FEELING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT LONG AFTER I'VE FLOWN BACK TO THE US. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT THROUGH THEIR LIVES. AND ALSO MAKING HIS MARK WAS 19-YEAR-OLD CELLIST, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON. IT MADE THE OCCASION SUCH A FEELING OF CELEBRATION, AND I THINK THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING THING. (PLAYS SLOW MELODY) THREE MEMORABLE MOMENTS SHOWING OFF BLACK CULTURE AND A NEW SIDE TO THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. WHAT A PERFORMANCE THAT WAS. JM, SPORT. THREE NEW PLAYERS NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS. YES, THIS IS THE FIRST SQUAD OF TE YEAR. THEY COME CHIEFS, HIGHLANDERS AND CRUSADERS. AND OF COURSE, A NEW CAPTAIN WILL LEAD THE ALL BLACKS AGAINST THE FRENCH NEXT MONTH, ALSO ON THE WAY. PLUS, HOW'S THIS FOR A HIGH SHOT? YEAH, NOT FLASH FOR THE HIGHLANDERS, BUT GREAT NEWS FOR THE WARATAHS, SNAPPING THE AUSSIE LOSING STREAK TO NEW ZEALAND FRANCHISES. LEBRON JAMES BRINGS HIS CAV'S BACK INTO THE NBA CONFERENCE FINAL, WHILE THE CENTRAL PULSE MAKE THEIR BEST EVER START TO NETBALL'S PREMIERSHIP. AND I HAVE THE REMATCH OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES HOCKEY FINAL HERE IN CHILLY CROMWELL. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. A TRIO OF NEW NAMES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FIRST ALL BLACKS SQUAD OF THE YEAR TO PLAY FRANCE. JORDAN TAUFUA HAS BEEN REWARDED FOR HIS FORM WITH THE CRUSADERS AS HAS CHIEFS HALFBACK TE TOIROA TAHURIORANGI, WHILE HIGHLANDERS LOOSIE SHANNON FRIZELL IS THE BOLTER. HERE'S GUY HEVELDT. A HANDSHAKE OF APPROVAL FOR ONE OF THE NEW FACES IN THE ALL BLACKS ` CRUSADERS ENFORCER JORDAN TAUFUA, ONE OF TWO NEW LOOSE FORWARDS NAMED FOR THE THREE-TEST SERIES AGAINST FRANCE ALONGSIDE SHANNON FRIZELL OF THE HIGHLANDERS. THEY'VE GOT A SKILLSET THAT WE LIKE. ARE THEY THE FINISHED PRODUCT? WE DON'T KNOW, BUT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM, WE WON'T KNOW. BUT WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH THEM. TAUFUA GETTING CONFIRMATION FROM THE ALL BLACKS LAST NIGHT AFTER THE CRUSADERS' WIN OVER THE BLUES. YEAH, MY MANAGER, CRUSADERS MANAGER, GAVE ME THE PHONE. AND HE WAS, LIKE, 'OHH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW.' GIVES ME THE PHONE, AND I WAS, LIKE, 'WHO'S THAT?' COS I'VE NEVER MET HIM BEFORE. EVERY TIME HE GETS OUT ON THAT FIELD, HE'S WILLING TO BLOODY KILL SOMEONE OR KILL HIMSELF FOR THE TEAM. FRIZELL IS THE OLD-FASHIONED BOLTER. THE BROTHER OF DRAGONS AND KANGAROOS SECOND-ROWER TYSON, FLYING INTO THEIR THINKING THIS SUPER RUGBY SEASON. YOU THINK BACK TO SOMEONE LIKE JERRY COLLINS ` SIMILAR MOULD. HE IS VERY ENERGETIC WHEN HE'S GOT THE BALL; HE'S ENERGETIC WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BALL. FOR TE TOIROA TAHURIORANGI, HIS CALL UP COMES WITH SOME HIGH PRAISE. HE REMINDS ME A LOT OF AARON SMITH, HIM HIMSELF AND ALSO HOW HE PLAYS. WHILE THEY'RE ALL SMILES, TRY-SCORING MACHINE BEN LAM HAS MISSED THE CUT. DESPITE SCORING 14 TRIES THIS SEASON ALREADY, LAM'S BEEN UNABLE TO FORCE RIEKO IOANE OR WAISAKE NAHOLO OUT. IF HE HAS THE RESILIENCE TO KEEP PREPARING AND PLAYING AS HE IS, THEN HE'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY. AN OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN THOUGH FOR SAM WHITELOCK, THE NEW ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN, IN THE ABSENCE OF KIERAN READ. READ'S INJURY RECOVERY ON TRACK, AS IS RYAN CROTTY ` AFTER ANOTHER HEAD KNOCK LAST NIGHT, EXPECTED TO JOIN THE TEAM IN CAMP TOMORROW. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. AFTER A LOSING STREAK OF 40 MATCHES, AN AUSTRALIAN SUPER RUGBY TEAM HAS FINALLY BEATEN A KIWI RIVAL. BUT THE WARATAHS WALLOPING OF THE HIGHLANDERS WAS MADE EASIER BY A ROOKIE MISTAKE AND A SUBSEQUENT RED CARD. HERE'S MATT MANUKIA. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING A SCENE FROM KARATE KID. HE LOOKS AT HIM AND THEN HE ACTUALLY EXTENDS THE FOOT AND KICKS HIM. TEVITA NABURA WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A GOOD BLACK BELT, THE HIGHLANDERS A MAN SHORT FOR 60 MINUTES WHILE ANOTHER FLYING FIJIAN DID THE DAMAGE. GIVES IT TO THE BIG MAN NAIYARAVORO. HE IS OVER. THE WARATAHS EXECUTION WAS SLICK. THE HIGHLANDERS' NOT SO MUCH. PICK AND GO HERE FROM WHITELOCK. NEEDED SUPPORT, AND THEN IT WAS FORWARD. RUNNING ONTO IT WAS SOPOAGA. THAT ONE IS FORWARD. BERNARD FOLEY SHOWING THEM HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. OVER THE TOP IT GOES. FOLAU! ISRAEL FOLAU. FOLAU GRABBING A SECOND-HALF DOUBLE IN THE 41-12 THRASHING. WHAT A TRY! RAIN MADE FOR A SODDEN AFFAIR AT EDEN PARK, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE BLUES AND CRUSADERS LIGHTING IT UP WITH A COMBINED 56 POINTS. GOODHUE WITH THE KICK AND BRIDGE WITH THE SLIDE. THAT FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE. PEROWHETA TURNS IT BACK FOR SONNY BILL. HAS SUPPORT. RIEKO IOANE HAS THE TRY. NO SURPRISE THE CRUSADERS PACK PROVED THE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH, ROLLING OVER THE BLUES 32-24. AND FROM TWO KIWI SIDES LADEN WITH CURRENT ALL BLACKS TO ONE THAT'S BEEN STRIPPED OF THEIRS. THE CHIEFS CAN STILL GRAB A LOSER'S BONUS POINT HERE. IT MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE IT NOW, BUT THAT BONUS POINT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES, WHICH ARE SHAKY AT BEST. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. CHELSEA HAS CLAIMED ITS EIGHTH F.A. CUP TROPHY AT THE EXPENSE OF FORMER MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO'S MANCHESTER UNITED. A DEFENSIVE BLUNDER BY UNITED'S PHIL JONES ON EDEN HAZARD LED TO THE ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME AS CHELSEA SALVAGED SOMETHING FROM THE SEASON. AND HAZARD ROLLS IT PAST DE GEA AND CHELSEA LEAD MANCHESTER UNITED AS WEMBLEY IN THE 2018 F.A. CUP FINAL. STACKING ITS DEFENCE AFTER THE FIRST-HALF STRIKE, CHELSEA ENSURED MAN U WOULDN'T GET ITS HANDS ON THE SILVER WARE. AND TEAM WELLINGTON HAS BECOME THE THIRD KIWI SIDE TO WIN THE OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THEY WERE PUSHED ALL THE WAY BY FIJIAN SIDE LAUTOKA IN THE SECOND LEG, BUT RAN OUT 10-3 WINNERS ON AGGREGATE TO LIFT THE TROPHY AND QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT CLUB WORLD CUP. THE WORK STARTS TOMORROW. WE'LL LET EVERYBODY ENJOY TONIGHT. AND, LOOK, IT'S OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CLUB. FIRST EXPERIENCE THERE AS A COACH, FIRST EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL OCCASION TO BE A PART OF. THE CLUB WORLD CUP WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE U.A.E IN DECEMBER. TEARAWAY SUPERCARS LEADER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAS BEEN UPSTAGED BY HIS TEAMMATE FABIAN COULTHARD IN VICTORIA TODAY. MCLAUGHLIN BLEW THE START AS COULTHARD LED OUT IN HIS FORD AND THEN SHANE VAN GISBERGEN WENT BY AS WELL. BUT MCLAUGHLIN RECOVERED TO SECOND BEHIND COULTHARD, ONLY FOR THE GIZ TO GET HIM AGAIN. LOOK AT THIS. STRAIGHT DOWN THERE, AND SCOTTY JUST LET HIM GO. AND THAT'S HOW IT FINISHED, COULTHARD WINNING HIS FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON IN A KIWI TRIFECTA. AND HE COULDN'T WAIT TO SHARE THE SPOILS. THE BLACK STICKS TRAILBLAZING CAMPAIGN IN CROMWELL IS YET TO GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR. THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES CHAMPIONS HAVE GONE DOWN 4-1 TO THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN THE SECOND MATCH OF THEIR TRI SERIES. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WAS THERE. CROMWELL'S 10 DEGREES HAS BEEN A BIT OF A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM FOR THE BLACK STICKS' TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS. BUT IT WASN'T LONG TILL THINGS STARTED HEATING UP ON THE TURF. (CHEERING) THE GRUDGE MATCH DRAWING IN SOME OF OUR OWN SPORTING ROYALTY. BUT IT WOULD BE THE HOCKEYROOS WHO WOULD STAKE THEIR CLAIM IN THIS SERIES. FORTUNATELY, THE DEFEAT IS ONLY A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TIME WHEN THE HOCKEY WORLD CUP WILL SEE BOTH TEAMS CLASH IN POOL PLAY. YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE PEOPLE LIGHTLY. YOU'VE GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND PERFORM EACH GAME, AND HOPEFULLY WE COME AWAY WITH THE PODIUM FINISH/WINNING. THIS TEAM IS ALL ABOUT FIRSTS. THEY MADE HISTORY ON THE GOLD COAST WINNING GOLD, BUT IT DIDN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING IN SECURING BETTER FUNDING. BUT A PODIUM FINISH AT THE WORLD CUP WOULD, THOUGH. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE BY THE NATIONAL SIDE, BUT IT WOULD MEAN SEMI-PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS COULD BE THAT MUCH CLOSER. WE'D LIKE TO GET TO THAT PLACE, AND WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS AT THE MOMENT WITH THE HBA JUST AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHILE THE BLACK STICKS LOOK IN A DIFFERENT FORM, THEY'RE USING THIS FINAL HOME SERIES AS A CHANCE FOR EMERGING PLAYERS TO PUSH FOR WORLD CUP SELECTION. IT'S SORT OF THOSE 'WHAT IF' SITUATIONS ` IF PEOPLE DO GET INJURED, AND WE DON'T HAVE THEM, THEN WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITHOUT THEM. WHAT THE KIWIS HAVE TO COPE WITH NOW, THOUGH, IS FINDING A WAY BACK INTO THIS SERIES. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. THE PULSE HAVE MADE IT TWO FROM TWO AGAINST THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC, AND FOUR FROM FOUR, THEIR BEST START TO NETBALL'S PREMIERSHIP. BOTH TEAMS SCRAPPY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WITH THE PULSE MAKING AMENDS IN THE SECOND, PUSHING THEIR LEAD OUT TO 10 GOALS BY HALF TIME. DEFENSIVE PRESSURE SMOTHERING THE HOME ATTACK, IN THE END, THE VISITING PULSE WERE TOO STRONG FOR THE MAGIC IN HAMILTON. OH, THAT'S A MASTER CLASS. JUST CRITICAL MOMENTS AND WE DON'T WANT TEAMS TO GET RUNS ON US EVER. SO WITH THEM GETTING FIVE OR SO ON US, WE REALLY NEED TO NIP THAT IN THE BUD, AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT FOR NEXT WEEK. THE PULSE GETTING THEIR ENTIRE BENCH ON TO THE COURT. FINAL SCORE 61-46. HIS PUNCHES FRACTURED THE EYE SOCKET OF AN OPPONENT, BUT THE MELBOURNE STORM'S CURTIS SCOTT IS FACING JUST A TWO-WEEK LEAGUE BAN FOR AN ON-FIELD ASSAULT. SOME SAY THE PUNISHMENT DOESN'T FIT THE CRIME, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT WAS CONFIRMED MANLY'S DYLAN WALKER WILL MISS SIX WEEKS WITH A FRACTURED EYE SOCKET. HE THROWS THREE PUNCHES AT HIS HEAD ` CONNECTS ` FRACTURED CHEEKBONE, WALKER'S OUT FOR SIX WEEKS, AND SCOTT ONLY TWO WEEKS. DO THE MATHS. IT DOESN'T ADD UP. AND SPEAKING OF SIN BINS, JORDAN RAPANA'S ILLEGAL SHOVE PROVED CRUCIAL IN TODAY'S CLASH AGAINST THE DRAGONS WHO SCORED THE MATCH WINNER WHILE HE WAS ON THE SIDELINE. THE DRAGONS NOW TWO POINTS CLEAR OF THE SECOND-PLACED PANTHERS. FINALLY IN SPORT, WE TAKE YOU TO THE NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL, AND THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS HAVE POSTED A MUCH-NEEDED WIN IN THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES. NOT JUST A WIN, BUT LEBRON JAMES' CAVS SMASHED THE BOSTON CELTICS 116-86. AT HOME, CLEVELAND DESPERATELY NEEDED A WIN, LEADING FROM THE FRONT, THE MAN HIMSELF, JAMES WITH A GAME-HIGH 27 POINTS AND AN IMPRESSIVE 12 ASSISTS. BACK TOWARDS JAMES. THROWS IT DOWN. PERFECT BOUNCE PASS FROM KEVIN LOVE, AND IT'S BACK UP TO 20. SO THE CELTICS STILL IN THE BOX SEAT WITH A 2-1 SERIES LEAD. IN THE WEST, IT'S ONE A PIECE FOR HOUSTON AND GOLDEN STATE. WHO OF COURSE ARE THE CHAMPIONS. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` AND THE WEATHER. WE MEET THE GOOD SORTS TURNING TRASH INTO CASH FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE GALE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FOR MANY PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY AND THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. AN ACTIVE FRONT CAN BE SEEN MOVING NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BAND OF BRIGHT HIGH WAVE CLOUD IS VISIBLE IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ANOTHER FRONT IS APPROACHING THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE SOUTHWEST TASMAN SEA. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FOR THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND UNDER A SLIM AND RECEDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. UP TOWARDS THE TROPICS, AND A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGS ACTIVE-LOOKING SHOWER CLOUD IN A BROAD BAND FROM NEAR NEW CALEDONIA TO NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SO AN ACTIVE FRONT SWEEPS NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT, BUT WEAKENS DURING MONDAY AS IT CROSSES THE NORTH ISLAND AND BECOMES SLOW-MOVING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT TRACKS UP THE SOUTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, BUT FADES AWAY OVER THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND ON MONDAY. WHICH IS BRIEF. ANOTHER FRONT IS BANGING ON FIORDLAND'S DOOR. SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH CLEARING TO FINE DURING THE MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH, BUT ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER BAY OF PLENTY. STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES. SHOWERS IN THE WEST BECOMING ISOLATED AND SUNNY SPELLS INCREASING. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHEAST BECOMING CONFINED TO THE SOUTH COAST. SNOW SHOWERS DOWN TO 400M IN THE SOUTH. MAINLY FINE IN THE NORTHEAST. NORTHWESTERLIES IN THE NORTH CHANGING COLDER SOUTHWESTERLY IN THE MORNING. EARLY SHOWERS WITH HAIL THEN BECOMING FINE IN THE MORNING FOR THE FAR SOUTH WITH STRONG WESTERLIES EASING. QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA WILL NEED AN EXTRA BLANKET ON THE BED TONIGHT. YOU WAKE TO 0. MILFORD SOUND GETS THUNDERY SHOWERS EARLY MORNING AND NOR-WESTERLIES, 7 IS YOUR HIGH. SHOWERS CLEARING THE REST OF THE WEST FOLLOWED BY FINE SPELLS AND SOU-WESTERLIES. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING TO A FINE DAY WITH SOU-WESTERLIES DYING OUT AND AN EVENING NORTHERLY DEVELOPING. KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM SHARE A HIGH OF 15. MASTERTON GETS BRIEF MORNING SHOWERS. OTHERWISE FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD FOR THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. STRONG NOR-WESTERLIES DYING OUT FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. NAPIER AND GISBORNE GET A TOP OF 20. HEAVY RAIN EARLY MORNING THEN BECOMING FINE THROUGH HERE. NOR-WESTERLIES ARE STRONG AND GUSTY AT FIRST. A HIGH OF 16 FROM KAPITI TO PALMERSTON NORTH. RAIN CLEARING THE CENTRE NORTH IN THE MORNING AND FINE BREAKS DEVELOPING. ROTORUA, TOKOROA, TAUPO AND TAUMARUNUI WILL STILL GET ONE OR TWO SHOWERS ACROSS YOUR MONDAY. NOR-WESTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 19 FOR WHAKATANE AND TAURANGA. CLOUDY PERIODS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR THE NORTHERN GROUP. NORTHWESTERLIES AND A TOP OF 20 FOR WHANGAREI AND PAIHIA. DUNEDIN WAKES TO EARLY SHOWERS WITH SNOW POSSIBLE TO 400M, THEN BECOMING FINE. WESTERLIES, TURNING OVERNIGHT TO STRONG NORTHWEST, POSSIBLY GALE IN EXPOSED PLACES. AND A TOP OF JUST 10 DEGREES. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING CHRISTCHURCH TO A FINE DAY. SOUTHWESTERLIES DYING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING. A HIGH OF 13 FOR YOU. EARLY RAIN, THEN BECOMING FINE FOR WELLINGTON. NORTHWESTERLIES, GALE GUSTING 130 KM/H IN EXPOSED PLACES AT FIRST, THEN LIGHT FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH. HAMILTON GETS CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS. WESTERLIES AND 18. FINE SPELLS BUT ONE OR TWO SHOWERS FOR TAURANGA. NORTHWESTERLIES AND 19 IS YOUR HIGH. AND MONDAY BRINGS CLOUDY PERIODS WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS TO AUCKLAND. NORTHWESTERLIES, FRESH IN THE MORNING AND 19. SEVERAL FRONTS CROSS OVER NEW ZEALAND DURING THIS FORECAST PERIOD, EMBEDDED IN A DISTURBED WESTERLY FLOW. SO WET AND WINDY FOR MANY THIS WEEK. A WESTERLY FLOW DELIVERS A FEW SHOWERS TO MELBOURNE AND HOBART. MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY ELSEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA. HOWEVER, CAIRNS MAY ALSO PICK UP A FEW SHOWERS. LOOKING GOOD OVER THE PACIFIC ISLAND GROUP WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON OFFER. HOWEVER, NOUMEA GETS A FEW SHOWERS, SO FAIR TO SAY WINTER IS ON THE WAY. HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW FOR MANY PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. WRAP UP WARM AND TAKE CARE. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORTS ARE A GROUP OF RETIRED MEN FROM WHANGANUI WHO TURN TRASH INTO TREASURE. THEY CALL THEMSELVES 'GOMES', WHICH STANDS FOR 'GRUMPY OLD MEN ENTERPRISES'. AS HADYN JONES DISCOVERS, THEY'RE CERTAINLY OLD AND ENTERPRISING, BUT HE'S NOT SURE THEY ARE GRUMPY. SHARON WAS DUMPING HER MUM'S OBSOLETE COMPUTER. TO TAKE THESE TO OUR LOCAL RECYCLERS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT $200. SHE WAS CONFUSED BY THEIR NAME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL THEMSELVES GRUMPY. THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF... ...GRUMPY OLD MEN ENTERPRISES. THAT'S US. WE'RE ALL OLD. SOME OF US, ON OCCASION, ARE GRUMPY. THEY'RE VINTAGE CAR GUYS MOSTLY. THEY'RE HERE TO BREAK THINGS NOT MAKE THINGS. TAKE THEIR COMPUTER ROOM, WHERE THERE'S NO WORKING COMPUTERS. WE GET ABOUT $6/KG FOR THAT. THEY GET MORE FOR MEMORY CARDS. THEY'RE WORTH ABOUT $22/KG. AND SMALLER BITS. THEY'VE GOT GOLD IN 'EM. IN A COMPUTER, THERE'S VERY, VERY LITTLE WASTE. MOST OF ITS RECYCLABLE SOMEHOW. THEIR JUNK COMES FROM ALL OVER WHANGANUI. THEY DO PICK-UPS FOR $5. TODAY IT'S THE SALVATION ARMY. AB THING. EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE NEVER USED ONE, THEY LOVE EXERCISE MACHINES. WOULD'VE ACTUALLY PULLED MORE OF THESE APART THAN THEY EVER MADE. IN THE CENTRAL BREAKING STUFF AREA, THERE'S TV CORDS. IT'S ALL COPPER ABOUT 800. ALAN'S ON THE SMALL STUFF. HE'S... 93. COMING UP TO 94. STUART'S WORKING IN WHITEWARE. HE'S GOT HIS REASONS. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF KEEPING OUT OF THE KITCHEN. THEY DO HAVE A KITCHEN. IT'S WHERE DICK MAKES THE TEA, ALTHOUGH HE'S CONFUSED HOW HE GOT THE JOB. DON'T REALLY KNOW. I JUST GOT LEFT WITH IT. AND OVER A CUPPA, THEY FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'VE GOT. SO ALL UP, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 3500 BUCKS FOR THE WEEK. TAKE YOUR HAT OFF AND MAKE SURE YOUR HAIR'S STRAIGHT. LOOK, I'LL DO MINE TOO. TODAY THE BASKETBALLERS GET A CHEQUE FOR $500. WE ARE GOING TO USE IT TO GET TO OUR TOURNAMENT IN NAPIER. THEY'VE GIVEN AWAY NEARLY $70,000 IN TWO YEARS. THEY SAY IT FEELS GOOD. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT MY MONEY. (CHUCKLES) JIM TELLS ME IT'S BEEN A REAL EDUCATION LEARNING WHAT TO CHUCK AND WHAT TO KEEP. AND THE MORE WE LEARN, THE LESS WE THROW AWAY. THE GRUMPY OLD MEN ONLY NUMBER 10 OR SO. WE HONESTLY COULD DO WITH SOME MORE. SO IF YOU LIKE BREAKING STUFF AND HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY,... IT GIVES YOU A REAL GOOD FEELING. ...IT COULD BE FOR YOU. THINK YOU'D JUST ABOUT CALL IT FUN. YOU MIGHT EVEN BE HELPING THE PLANET. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GREEN, TILL MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME I WAS. HADYN JONES, 1 NEWS. GREAT GUYS. AND 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR 1 NEWS STORIES TONIGHT. FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. BUT BEFORE WE GO, WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE ROYAL WEDDING. (FANFARE) # DARLING, DARLING, # STAND BY ME. # OOOH... # I, HARRY, TAKE YOU, MEGHAN,... TO BE MY WIFE. ...TO BE MY WIFE. I, MEGHAN, TAKE YOU, HARRY,... TO BE MY HUSBAND. ...TO BE MY HUSBAND. # WHENEVER YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, # WON'T YOU... # STAND BY ME. # # STAND BY ME. #