CLAIMS THAT WINZ IS THREATENING TO CUT THE BENEFIT TO A DYING MAN AND HIS PARTNER IF THEY TAKE MONEY FROM A GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE. PERSONAL DETAILS OF 2.5 MILLION KIWIS UP FOR SALE, AFTER A HACKER CLAIMS HE STOLE DATA FROM MEDIAWORKS. AN EMOTIONAL ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY AT AL NOOR MOSQUE, INCLUDING PRAISE FOR DAME JACINDA FROM AN UNLIKELY CORNER. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A NEW PLYMOUTH COUPLE SAYS WORK AND INCOME HAS PUT THEM INTO AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. RIKKI TAKO HAS BEEN GIVEN 6 MONTHS TO LIVE ` HE HAS TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER ` SO FRIENDS HAVE SET UP A GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE. BUT WINZ HAS TOLD THE COUPLE IF THEY ACCEPT THE DONATIONSSO THE CAPTIONS OF LIVE THEIR BENEFIT WILL BE CUT.AND ON-AIR CONNECTED IS LUCY THOMSON REPORTS ON A MAN FIGHTING THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS FOR HIS LIFE. NYKAYLA GARRETT WAS FORCED TO QUIT HER JOB AT THE END OF LAST YEAR TO CARE FOR HER PARTNER, RIKKI TAKO, WHO HAS TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER AND JUST MONTHS TO LIVE. THEY'VE BEEN RELYING ON A WORK AND INCOME SUPPORTED LIVING PAYMENT EVER SINCE. WE WANT TO ENJOY THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT TOGETHER, AND BE POSITIVE AND HAVE EXPERIENCES AND DO THINGS THAT BRING US JOY, AND THEN INSTEAD, MY DAYS ARE CONSUMED WITH TRYING TO ORGANISE ALL OF THIS. SHE'S REFERRING TO THE GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE, SET UP IN HER NAME, TO PAY FOR FUNERAL AND CARE COSTS. IT'S ALREADY RAISED $40,000 IN DONATIONS. WE WERE LIKE, 'MAYBE WE'LL RAISE A FEW THOUSAND.' WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS GENEROSITY. NOR WAS SHE EXPECTING A CALL FROM THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO ARRANGE AN URGENT MEETING REGARDING THE COUPLE'S BENEFIT ELIGABILITY. THEY TOOK ME INTO A ROOM WITH A CLOSED DOOR, WHICH I'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, SHE SAYS THEY TOLD HER THE MONEY COULD BE CONSIDERED A CASH ASSET. I NEED TO DISCLOSE EVERYWHERE THIS MONEY GOES, AND IT COULD BE DEEMED THAT I COULD HAVE USED THIS MONEY FOR INCOME. BUT WHEN APPROACHED BY NEWSHUB TODAY, THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL COMMISSIONER TOLD US ` THAT'S BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT'S BECAUSE THE MONEY STILL HASN'T BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE GIVE-A-LITTLE ACCOUNT. SHE DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THAT, BUT NYKALA SAYS SHE'S BEEN TOLD THE BENEFIT WOULD BE CUT. I COULD LOSE ANY SUPPORT, BASICALLY. SHE SAYS IT'S NOT FAIR ON THEM OR THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. LIKE, I UNDERSTAND CRACKING DOWN ON BENEFITS, I DO. BUT THEY SHOULD BE` THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE WRONG PEOPLE HERE. PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE MONTHS THEY HAVE LEFT. LUCY THOMSON, NEWSHUB. MEDIAWORKS SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING THE CLAIMS OF A HACKER THAT THEY'VE STOLEN THE PERSONAL DATA OF NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVE ENTERED COMPETITIONS RUN BY THE MEDIA COMPANY. NICK TRUEBRIDGE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY TODAY AND JOINS US FROM MEDIAWORKS' AUCKLAND OFFICES. NICK, WHAT'S THE LATEST? A REALLY STRANGE ONE THIS ONE. THEY'RE STILL CALLING THIS A POTENTIAL BREACH. THEY ARE UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE CLAIMS THIS DATA HAS BEEN STOLEN ARE TRUE SO THE LIST OF EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT THEY KNOW TO BE VALID, THEY CAN SEND OUT A LARGE-SCALE OF EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES. WE SAY FISHING WE MEAN THAT THEY PRETENDING TO BE ANOTHER ORGANISATION AND GET PEOPLE TO CLICK ON A LINK TO ACCESS THE PERSONAL INFORMATION. COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT TO NOTIFY OF BREACHES. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS BREACH IS ACTUALLY TRUE. MEDIA WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THAT. WE WILL PASS ON THE RESULTS TO VIEWERS AS WE GET THEM. ZIGGY MARLEY, THE SON OF THE LATE BOB MARLEY, IS DUE TO PERFORM AT THE WOMAD ARTS FESTIVAL IN NEW PLYMOUTH TONIGHT, BUT SOME WILL BE BOYCOTTING HIS SET. A PETITION WAS STARTED LAST MONTH URGING ORGANISERS TO DROP THE HEADLINER BECAUSE HE TOOK PART IN A FUNDRAISER FOR THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE IN 2018. AOTEAROA FOR CEASEFIRE WAS ONE OF THE GROUPS BEHIND THE PETITIONM AND SAYS MANY WILL BE WALKING AWAY FROM THE SHOW. WE WANTED TO LET WOMAD KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT OK. THERE IS CURRENTLY A GENOCIDE HAPPENING LIVE ON OUR TVs, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ARTISTS LIKE THIS DON'T GET TO MAKE PROFITS WHILE THEY'RE SUPPORTING A MILITARY FORCE THAT'S COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AND COMMITTING A GENOCIDE. WOMAD HAS SAID IT RESPECTS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS PEACEFUL OPPOSITION TO ZIGGY MARLEY'S PARTICIPATION, AND IT STANDS WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD IN CALLING FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE AND WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SHEEP FARMERS ARE FACING WIDESPREAD CASH LOSSES NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1980S. WHILE DAIRY PRICES ARE HEADING UP, LAMB AND MUTTON PRICES ARE DROPPING, AND THAT MEANS PROFITS ARE FORECAST TO HALVE THIS YEAR. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT SIMON SHEPHERD REPORTS. JASON WYN IS THE THIRD GENERATION TO RUN MARLOW HILL FARM IN WAIPUKURAU. SINCE HE TOOK OVER FROM HIS DAD, 9-YEARS-AGO, THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY GOOD YEARS UNTIL NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MY SHORT FARMING CAREER WE'VE SEEN PROFIT LEVELS DROP THIS MUCH. UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT` THIS IS THE WORST PROFIT LEVELS SINCE THE 1980S. THE 54% DROP IN FORECAST EARNINGS COMES ON TOP OF A PROFIT HIT LAST YEAR. THE YOUNGER FARMERS ARE SORT OF, AS JASON DESCRIBED AS SAYING, THIS IS A FIRST TIME IN THIS RODEO THIS WAY. UM, BUT A LOT OF THE OLDER FARMERS ARE SAYING THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. LAMB PRICES ARE FORECAST TO DROP 12% THIS YEAR, MUTTON 34%, MEANING THE AVERAGE FARM PROFIT WILL BE JUST $62,500 ` THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD. WHILE IT HAS BEEN A GREAT GROWING SEASON, THAT DOESN'T TRANSLATE TO GREAT SALES. REDUCED DEMAND FROM A WEAK CHINESE ECONOMY, COUPLED WITH INCREASED MEAT EXPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA, ARE BOTH DRIVING DOWN PRICES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF LITTLE $1,000 SAVINGS` THAN THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. JASON'S WIFE, ROSA, BELONGS TO THE RURAL SUPPORT TRUST. IT OFFERS BOTH MENTAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR FARMERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY DOING IT TOUGH. A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES RUN OFF FARMING AND UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT OTHER BUSINESSES AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. SOME SHEEP FARMERS ARE CONSIDERING TRANSITIONING TO BEEF CATTLE WHERE PRICES ARE HOLDING UP, ALTHOUGH CHANGING OVER REQUIRES NEW BANK FINANCE, IN A HIGH INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. 'BEEF AND LAMB NZ' IS RUNNING WORKSHOPS ON THE EAST COAST TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. YOU GOTTA BE AN OPTIMIST BUT IN THIS WORLD. PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO EAT. SO WHILE THE MARKET GOES BACK A BIT, THEY'VE STILL GOT TO HAVE FOOD AND WE PRODUCE REALLY GOOD FOOD IN THIS COUNTRY. FOR JASON, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. IT'S NOT JUST A LIVELIHOOD THAT'S AT STAKE; IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION. SIMON SHEPHERD, NEWSHUB. BOEING IS ADVISING ALL AIRLINES THAT FLY ITS 787 DREAMLINER, TO CHECK THE COCKPIT SEATS OF THEIR PLANES TO MAKE SURE SWITCHES ON THE PILOTS' SEATS ARE PROPERLY COVERED. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON A PLANE FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND, ACCIDENTLY HIT A SWITCH, FORCING THE PILOT'S SEAT TO LURCH FORWARD. THIS CAUSED THE PILOT TO PRESS INTO THE CONTROLS AND THE PLANE TO SUDDENLY NOSEDIVE. AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE WERE HURT. FORMER PRIME MINISTER DAME JACINDA ARDERN HAS RECEIVED PRAISE FROM AN UNLIKELY ADMIRER, FOR HER HANDLING OF THE MARCH 15 MOSQUE ATTACKS. POLITICIANS WERE AMONG WORSHIPPERS AT AL NOOR MOSQUE IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT, MARKING FIVE YEARS, SINCE THE MASS SHOOTINGS. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WELCOMED AT AL NOOR, THE TIGHT-KNIT MUSLIM COMMUNITY PACKED EVER TIGHTER IN THE CROWDED MOSQUE. HI WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M CHRIS. I'M CRIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M CHRIS. I'M CHRIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE DIGNITARIES FRONT AND CENTRE, BUT THE FALLEN FOREMOST IN THOUGHT. THE SHUHADA FAMILIES ARE WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. AMONG THEM, RASHID OMAR, READING THE NAMES OF EACH OF THE 51 WHO WERE KILLED ` THE SHUHADA. JUNAID ISMAIL. ONE NAME JUST THAT MUCH HARDER. MY SON, TARIQ RASHID OMAR. FOR EVERYONE HERE, MARCH 15th, IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IS A DAY OF REFLECTION. WE MET HOPE AND HURT, JOY AND SADNESS, STRENGTH AND THE NEED FOR SOFTNESS, A PUBLIC IMAGE AND A PRIVATE JOURNEY, EASE AND GRIEF, PATIENCE AND LOSS AND THE COURAGE TO HOPE. THE HOPE IS FOR THE FUTURE. NOT A HOLIDAY, FARID AHMED SAYS, BUT A DAY OF ACTIVE KINDNESS. LIKE THAT POURED OUT 5 YEARS AGO. THE WORLD KNEW THE AROHA THAT THE NEW ZEALAND COMMUNITY GAVE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. A MESSAGE ECHOED BY PRINCE WILLIAM TODAY. THE PRINCE OF WALES TWEETED A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THAT UNITY, NOT FORGOTTEN... I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DAME JACINDA ARDERN AND OVER HERE... OVER THERE, HER SUCCESSOR ` AN UNEXPECTED ADMIRER. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER, DAME JACINDA ARDERN, WHO SPOKE FOR US ALL AT THAT TIME AND LED NEW ZEALAND THROUGH THOSE DARK DAYS SO EXTREMELY WELL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON ALSO PAYING TRIBUTE TO LEADERSHIP SHOWN WITHIN. OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY JUSTIFIABLY COULD'VE CHOSEN TO RESPOND TO THIS TERRIBLE ACT WITH ANGER, WITH HATE AND WITHDRAWAL. AND YET YOU HAVE MODELLED TO ALL OF US YOUR WONDERFUL FAITH, LOVE, COMPASSION, ENGAGEMENT, PEACE AND HOPE. (APPLAUSE) THAT HOPE, NOW IN HIS HANDS. MIKE THORPE, NEWSHUB. THE WELLINGTON REGION WAS JOLTED BY AN EARTHQUAKE THIS AFTERNOON. IT HIT JUST BEFORE 3 O'CLOCK AND REGISTERED 4.6. IT WAS CENTRED 28km UNDER THE SEA, NORTH OF PICTON. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. RUSSIANS HAVE GONE TO THE POLLS, WITH LITTLE DOUBT VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL BE IN POWER FOR SIX MORE YEARS AS PRESIDENT. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACTS OF DEFIANCE AT VOTING STATIONS, AS ITV'S NEIL CONNERY REPORTS. IT MAY LOOK LIKE AN ELECTION, BUT THIS IS RUSSIA AND THIS IS ANYTHING BUT AN ELECTION, AS VLADIMIR PUTIN SEEKS ANOTHER SIX YEARS IN OFFICE. BUT NOT EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE SCRIPT. SOME DECIDED TO POUR INK INTO BALLOT BOXES. SOME SETTING THEM ALIGHT IN PROTEST. OTHERS, KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF OPPOSITION, AVOIDED CONTROVERSY. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'I CAME AS A CITIZEN OF MY COUNTRY WITH A SENSE OF DUTY,' TATIANA SAYS, 'WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT MOMENT. 'WE NEED TO UNITE. WE HAVE A LEADER.' THE KREMLIN REJECTS MOST INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS WHO SAY THESE ELECTIONS AREN'T FREE AND FAIR, DETERMINED TO PORTRAY PUTIN AS HAVING RUSSIA'S BACKING, THE KREMLIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WANTS TO PRESENT PUTIN AS THE LEADER WITHOUT ALTERNATIVE. THAT MEANS THAT HE'S COMPLETELY CLEARED THE POLITICAL FIELD OF RIVALS, INCLUDING BY BLOCKING CANDIDACIES, INCLUDING BY LOCKING PEOPLE UP AND, IN THE CASE OF ALEXEI NAVALNY, INCLUDING KILLING THE LEADING FIGURE OF THE OPPOSITION. ALEXEI NAVALNY'S WIDOW URGED SUPPORTERS TO SWAMP POLLING STATIONS ON SUNDAY AT NOON AND VOTE FOR ANYONE BUT PUTIN. IN A VIDEO MESSAGE, YULIA NAVALNAYA SAID WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE EXIST AND THERE ARE MANY OF US. AS VOTING GOT UNDERWAY, IN UKRAINE 16 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 53 INJURED, IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE IN ODESSA. IN PARTS OF OCCUPIED UKRAINE THAT RUSSIA CALLS ITS NEW REGIONS, VOTING STARTED 10 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. THIS AFTERNOON, THE KREMLIN RELEASED PICTURES THEY SAY SHOW VLADIMIR PUTIN VOTING ONLINE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY. THERE'LL BE NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING THE WINNER. A TARANAKI COMPANY IS ABOUT TO ROLL OUT FOUR GREEN HYDROGEN REFUELLING STOPS, TO MAKE TRUCKING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. BUT, AS CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT ISOBEL EWING REPORTS, ENERGY TRANSITION EXPERTS QUESTION WHETHER IT'S A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FUEL. HIRINGA IS RUN BY A FORMER OIL AND GAS SENIOR EXECUTIVE NOW TURNING HIS HAND TO GREEN ENERGY. THE ENERGY WE GET FROM FOSSIL FUELS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY ENABLING FOR HUMANKIND, BUT IT'S ALSO COME AT QUITE A PRICE. THE COMPANY IS PRODUCING GREEN HYDROGEN AND WILL SOON ROLL OUT A NETWORK OF HYDROGEN REFUELLING STOPS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. THE GOAL ` TO DE-CARBONISE ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLLUTERS ON OUR ROADS. 25% OF THE EMISSIONS IN TRANSPORT COMES FROM JUST 4% OF THE FLEET, WHICH IS THOSE HEAVY TRUCKS. ANDREW CLENNETT SAYS HYDROGEN REFUELLING IS FAST AND AS A FUEL, HAS GOOD RANGE AND IS LIGHTER THAN BATTERIES. SO IT CAN GO A LONG WAY AND IT CAN FUEL QUICKLY, SO IT EARNS MONEY. BUT ENERGY TRANSITION EXPERTS SAY BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS LEAVING HYDROGEN BEHIND, MAKING ELECTRIC VEHICLES MORE VIABLE. IT'S ADVANCING QUICKLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SURPASSED WHERE HYDROGEN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE. AND THAT HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT IS EXPENSIVE. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH ANALYSIS TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT THAT IT CANNOT POSSIBLY BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. CLENNETT CONCEDES SOME GOVERNMENT HELP, LIKE TAX CREDITS, WILL BE NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE TRUCKING COMPANIES TO MOVE TO HYDROGEN. AND THEY'VE BEGUN SCALING UP ON A $50m PRODUCTION FACILITY, FUNDED PARTLY BY TH PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND, FUNDED PARTLY BY THE PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND, SET UP BY THE LABOUR NEW ZEALAND FIRST COALITION IN 2020 HAVING A PARTNER THAT HAS GOT THE NEED FOR THE HYDROGEN AND CAN DE-CARBONISE THEIR PROCESS WITH THAT HYDROGEN, THAT CREATES AN IMMEDIATE SCALE. THERE ARE OTHER INDUSTRIES STRUGGLING TO DE-CARBONISE, WHERE HYDROGEN COULD PLAY A ROLE INCLUDING STEEL MANUFACTURE AND... THE DIESEL-FUELLED CARGO SHIP; IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EMITTERS AND MOST ESSENTIAL VEHICLE, CARRYING OUR FOOD, ELECTRONICS AND CLOTHING. THAT IT'S HOPED GREEN HYDROGEN MAY BE ABLE TO ONE DAY HELP DE-CARBONISE. BUT THAT WILL BE NO SIMPLE TASK. IT LEAKS VERY EASILY BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL MOLECULE, YOU HAVE TO STORE IT AT VERY HIGH PRESSURES IF YOU WANT TO GET ANY KIND OF SERIOUS QUANTITY OF ENERGY. THE SCALE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ENORMOUS. AND ON THAT, NOBODY CAN ARGUE. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB JULIET'S HERE NOW WITH THE WEATHER AND JULIET, A COOL START FOR SOME? IT CERTAINLY WAS LAURA, I HAD TO POUR HOT WATER ON MY WINDSCREEN IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING, SO SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY WANTING TO BREAK UP WITH US. JUST 22 ` THE COUNTRY'S HIGH TODAY, AND TWIZEL KEEPING IT REAL AT A FREEZING -4 DEGREES. THINGS ARE COOLING DOWN BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME SUN AHEAD. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES THAT THE HUMBLE POTATO HAS BEEN BRED TO PROVIDE A LOW CARB VERSION BUT WHAT DOES CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND SAY ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE REALLY ANY LOWER THAN OTHER SPUDS ON THE MARKET? SUSPICIONS ARISE AFTER WALLABY SIGHTINGS ON THE PORT HILLS IN CHRISTCHURCH. HOW DID THEY GET THERE? AND HERE'S THE BEFORE... AND HERE'S THE AFTER ` A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE TREATMENT OF TREMORS. (SINGS) # I like to ite, ite, ite # Apples and bananas... # (DOOR RATTLES) (CONTINUES SINGING INDISTINCTLY) VOICEOVER: In a crash, your car is your last line of defence. (CARDBOARD TEARS) What if it's not as safe as you think? (SINGS) # Apples and bananas... # (CAR RATTLES) Check your safety rating at Rightcar. WELCOME BACK. CONSUMER NEW ZEALAND SAYS POTATOES MARKETED BY TURNERS AND GROWERS AS LOW CARBOHYDRATE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF CARBS AS A STANDARD WAXY SPUD. THEY INVESTIGATED T&G GLOBAL'S 'LOTATOES,' WHICH CLAIM TO HAVE 40% LESS CARBS IN EVERY SPUD, BUT THAT'S ONLY WHEN COMPARED TO STARCHIER AGRIA POTATOES. CONSUMER NZ FOUND THESE ARE JUST A NORMAL WAXY SPUD WITH SOME CLEVER MARKETING. ESSENTIALLY, AND IN ALL PURPOSES, PROBABLY GONNA BE REALLY SIMILAR TO THE POTATOES THAT YOU BUY AT THE SUPERMARKET AND ARE IN A BAG LABELLED 'FOR BOILING.' UM, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING, AND THEY'VE GOT THE SAME CARBOHYDRATE LEVELS. T&G GLOBAL SAYS ITS PACKAGING IS FACTUAL AND ANNUAL TESTING IS CONDUCTED TO VERIFY THE COMPARISON. A NEW TECH TOOL FOR APPLE AND GRAPE GROWERS COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER IN FORECASTING THE RISK OF DISEASE IN A WARMING FUTURE CLIMATE. IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, AND WILL ESTIMATE HOW CLIMATE CHANGE COULD INCREASE PEOPLE'S COSTS OF MANAGING PLANT DISEASES IN THE DECADES AHEAD. ALEXA COOK HAS THE STORY. APPLES AND GRAPES ARE A VITAL PART OF THE ECONOMY, BRINGING IN BILLIONS OF EXPORT BUCKS. BUT THE PLANTS ARE VULNERABLE TO MANY DISEASES SUCH AS POWDERY MILDEW AND BOTRYTIS IN GRAPES AND FIRE BLIGHT AND APPLES. FIRE BLIGHT IN APPLES CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF FRUIT, BUT ALSO DAMAGE TO THE TREES. AND BOTRYTIS AND POWDERY MILDEW IN GRAPES BOTH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE THE CROP. TO FIND OUT IF THEY'LL BE HIT WITH THOSE DISEASES, GROWERS CAN NOW USE THIS FREE TOOL. SO YOU CAN PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN, AND IT TELLS YOU, WITHIN YOUR 5KM, WHAT'S YOUR RISK? IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED BY HORTPLUS ALONG WITH PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH, NIWA, AND AGRIBUSINESS RESEARCHERS. THE TOOL IS A BIT OF A PORTAL INTO THE FUTURE, AND IT HELPS WITH CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLANS THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE CLIMATE MODELLING, THE DISEASE MODELLING AND THE ECONOMIC MODELLING ALL IN ONE PLACE, THAT MAKES IT REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND DIGEST. ALL THOSE MODELS EXTEND DECADES INTO THE FUTURE. AND DOWN ON THE TABLE, WE'VE GOT THE ECONOMICS, SO THAT TAKES YOU THROUGH THINGS LIKE YOUR PRODUCTION LOSS AND MANAGEMENT COSTS. SO THOSE MAKING A LIVING FROM THE LAND CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE'S IMPACTS. THE MORE INFORMATION YOU HAVE, THE BETTER DECISIONS YOU CAN MAKE. UM, BUT GROWERS SLEEP BEST WHEN THEIR FRUIT'S BEEN PICKED. ...BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THAT FRUIT IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND AOTEAROA'S GDP. ALEXA COOK, NEWSHUB. THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WALLABY CONTROL TEAM IS CONFIDENT IT'S REDUCING THE SPREAD OF THE PEST. SO THEY WERE SHOCKED WHEN THERE WERE SIGHTINGS OF THEM, ROUGHLY 160KM AWAY FROM THE CONTAINMENT ZONE, IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ON AVERAGE, WALLABY POPULATIONS CAN SPREAD UP TO 2km EVERY YEAR, EATING THEIR WAY THROUGH FARMS AND NATIVE FLORA. IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, THERE'S A CONTAINMENT AREA OF 900,000 HECTARES, BUT THEY NOW INHABIT 1.3M HECTARES. THEY SWAM THE WAITAKI, MOVED ACROSS THE RANGITATA TO THE NORTH. THE NOCTURNAL ANIMAL HAS ALSO SPREAD THROUGH TEKAPO AND ACROSS INTO THE WESTERN MACKENZIE BASIN. WE'VE HIT THEM AS FAR AS MARLBOROUGH. WE'VE HAD ONE IN WELLINGTON, WE'VE HAD THEM IN BALCLUTHA. AND MOST RECENTLY, THE PEST MAY HAVE BEEN SPOTTED IN CHRISTCHURCH ON THE PORT HILLS. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE REPORTS OF WALLABY SIGHTINGS HERE IN THE PORT HILLS. SO FAR, 11 DAYS HAVE BEEN SPENT SEARCHING FOR THE PEST, BUT THE SIGHTINGS ARE STILL UNCONFIRMED. SHOCKED AND SURPRISED. THEY JUST DON'T GET THERE BY THEMSELVES. THEY'VE HAD TO RIDE IN THE BOOT OF A CAR, UNFORTUNATELY. LIKELY, ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY SAID, WITH RECREATIONAL HUNTERS WHO SHOOT A DOE WITH A WALLABY IN HER POUCH. THAT'S GENERALLY THE WAY THEY'RE CAUGHT AND TRANSPORTED OUT OF THE CONTAINMENT AREA. RECREATIONAL HUNTERS AGREE IT'S UNLIKELY THEY GOT THERE BY THEMSELVES. WHOEVER IT IS, THEY PROBABLY DON'T REPRESENT WHATEVER GROUP THEY ARE A PART OF. YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T EXPECT THAT FROM THE HUNTING COMMUNITY, NECESSARILY. A GROUP THAT ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY ACKNOWLEDGES HELPS TO CONTROL PEST NUMBERS. WALLABIES HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. HUNTERS ARE AWARE OF THAT AND THEY DO CONTROL THEM FOR THAT REASON. ALSO THE THRILL OF THE CHASE. IF YOU ARE RECREATIONAL HUNTING IN SOUTH CANTERBURY AND YOU DESTROY A DOE WITH A JOEY IN POUCH, PLEASE, HUMANELY DESTROY THE JOEY AS WELL. EXPERTS SAY, IF LEFT WALLABIES COULD SPREAD TO MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. OLLIE HAS SPORT LATER AND UNWANTED HISTORY FOR THE CRUSADERS. YES, THEY'VE SUFFERED A FOURTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT, THEIR WORST START TO A SUPER RUGBY SEASON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, AS THE HURRICANES INFLICT MORE MISERY ON THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, AND LEAVES COACH ROB PENNEY SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. AND JACKO GILL UPSETS TOM WALSH IN THE SHOT PUT FINAL AT THE NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPS. HUNDREDS OF JOBS MAY BE AT RISK AT THE CALLAGHAN RESEARCH CENTRE, THE GOVERNMENT'S SCIENCE UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY MAJOR INNOVATIONS. AND GROWING INTERNATIONAL CONCERN FOR GANGS RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL IN HAITI. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS GROWING INCREASINGLY AT HOW GANGS HAVE TAKEN CONTROL IN HAITI. AIRPORTS AND POLICE STATIONS HAVE BEEN ATTACKD, AND THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS RELEASED FROM JAIL. US CORRESPONDENT, MITCH MCCANN REPORTS. (GUNSHOTS FIRE) THIS IS THE SOUND OF A COUNTRY DESCENDING FURTHER INTO CRISIS. FIRES RAGE ON HAITI STREETS, AS GANGS NOW RUN THE CAPITAL, PORT AU PRINCE. ANOTHER CATASTROPHE IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS NOW TRYING TO MEDIATE. POLITICAL CRISIS, ESCALATING VIOLENCE, UNREST. THIS HAS CREATED AN UNTENABLE SITUATION. CHRONIC INSTABILITY IS PLAGUED HAITI FOR DECADES, WITH DICTATORSHIPS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. IN 2010, THE WORLD WATCHED IN HORROR WHEN 200,000 PEOPLE DIED IN A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE. GANGS HAVE LONG BEEN A PROBLEM HERE, BUT THEY HAVE NOW FORMED AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE. AT THE HELM ` THIS MAN, JIMMY CHERIZIER ` SIMPLY KNOWN AS BARBECUE. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: 'TODAY IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE 'WHO LIVE IN THE SHANTY TOWNS ARE THE ONES WHO KNOW 'WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. IT IS THE HAITIAN PEOPLE 'WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE THEIR DESTINY INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.' GANGS HAVE SHUT THE AIRPORT, LOOTED THE SEAPORT AND ATTACKED POLICE STATIONS. IT'S BELIEVED MORE THAN 4000 PRISONERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL ONTO THE STREETS. THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN PUERTO RICO AND HAS AGREED TO STEP DOWN, WHEN A TRANSITION PLAN IS IN PLACE. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: IT'S BEEN AGREED TO SET UP A PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL. ONCE CHOSEN, THE COUNCIL WILL GOVERN OVER DIFFERENT SECTORS OF NATIONAL LIFE. NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN HAITI LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF WORSENING VIOLENCE. THE OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER HAD NEGOTIATED FOR 1000 POLICE OFFICERS FROM KENYA TO COME AND HELP. NEARLY ONE MILLION OF THE COUNTRY'S 11 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. I'M RINGING THE ALARM BELL BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS BASELINE LEVEL OF HUNGER THAT'S ALREADY VERY HIGH, AND THIS IS WORSENING THINGS EVEN MORE. THE UNITED STATES HAS PLEDGED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SUPPORT HAITI SECURITY, BUT THOSE DOLLARS SEEM TO BE HAVING LITTLE EFFECT, ESPECIALLY ON THE STREETS OF PORT AU PRINCE. IN NEW YORK, MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. A MICHIGAN JURY HAS FOUND JAMES CRUMBLEY, THE FATHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER, GUILTY OF ALL FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. CRUMBLEY WAS ACCUSED OF NOT KEEPING THE GUN USED IN THE MASS SHOOTING SAFELY STORED AND NOT GETTING HIS SON THE NECESSARY HELP FOR HIS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. THE CONVICTION COMES AFTER A JURY FOUND HIS WIFE, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, GUILTY OF THE SAME CHARGES IN FEBRUARY. THE GOVERNMENT'S SCIENCE AGENCY CALLAGHAN INNOVATION IS PROPOSING WHAT IT CALLS A 'STRATEGIC RESET' TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT MAKE MONEY. THE MOVE COULD SEE SOME OF ITS 433 EMPLOYEES LOSE THEIR JOBS. LEIGHTON HEIKELL REPORTS. FROM TURNING ASHES TO STONES, FUNDING TECH TO CHECK THE QUALITY OF YOUR STEAK, AND EVEN ASSISTING ROCKETLAB... 3... 2... 1... ...CALLAGHAN INNOVATION HAS PLAYED A PART IN SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT SCIENCE PROJECTS AND RESEARCH, BUT NOW THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY SAYS IT NEEDS A RESET; IN OTHER WORDS, CUTS ARE COMING. WE'RE SEEING A SERIES OF CUTS BY STEALTH TO A SECTOR WHERE WE'D ALREADY CUT AWAY THE FAT, AND WE'RE STARTING TO HACK OFF LIMBS. IN A DOCUMENT OBTAINED BY NEWSHUB, CALLAGHAN INNOVATION SAYS IT'S FACING SIGNIFICANT COST PRESSURES AND CAN'T OPERATE IN ITS CURRENT FORM WITH ITS CURRENT FUNDING. INSTEAD, IT'LL FOCUS ON REVENUE GENERATING COMMERCIAL SCIENCE. THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO. THEY WILL IF THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYED AT CALLAHAN, THEY WILL GO OVERSEAS AND WE WILL LOSE THAT EXPERTISE. AND ONCE YOU LOSE SCIENCE EXPERTISE AND YOU LOSE LABS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT DECADES TO GET IT BACK. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION IS EQUALLY CONCERNED. THE DRIVE FOR SHORT-TERM, COMMERCIALLY DRIVEN SCIENCE IS AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC GOOD SCIENCE. AND WHAT WE NEED IS SCIENTISTS FOCUSSED ON ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE OR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT AND OUR AGEING POPULATION. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. CALLAGHAN, INNOVATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, SAID IN A STATEMENT, ITS FOCUS IS TO WORK WITH STAFF TO ENSURE IT DELIVERS THE SERVICES THAT HELP INNOVATORS. AND WHILE IT'S NOT CONSULTING ON A RESTRUCTURE AT THE MOMENT, A SHIFT IN STRATEGY INEVITABLY MEANS UNCERTAINTY. WE WILL LOSE OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST SCIENTISTS AT CALLAHAN INNOVATION IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REVERSE THIS AUSTERITY AGENDA. THE MINISTER FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION, JUDITH COLLINS, SAYS CALLAGHAN HASN'T BEEN DIRECTLY ASKED TO CUT COSTS, BUT SHE PLANS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SECTOR, THOUGH THAT MAY COME TOO LATE FOR SOME STAFF HERE. LEIGHTON HEIKELL, NEWSHUB. THERE'S NEW HOPE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH A DEBILITATING NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION LEAVING THEM UNABLE TO PERFORM BASIC TASKS. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO SUBSIDISE A REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THOUSANDS MORE SUFFERERS. CHANNEL 7'S ROB SCOTT REPORTS. FROM THIS... (CUP RATTLES) ...TO THIS... (WATER SLOSHES) ...IN MINUTES. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. A LIFE CHANGING BREAKTHROUGH FOR CHRIS BOLTON, WHO HAS LIVED WITH A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION CALLED ESSENTIAL TREMOR SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER. I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST EXPERIENCED SOMETHING MIRACULOUS. A MIRACLE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE THAT'S NOW WITHIN REACH FOR THOUSANDS MORE AUSTRALIANS WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. USING AN MRI MACHINE, DOCTORS CAN PINPOINT THE PART OF THE BRAIN CAUSING THE TREMOR, AND THEN FIRE A THOUSAND ULTRASOUND BEAMS INTO IT, DELIVERING TARGETED THERAPY, STOPPING THE SHAKE. IT'S CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT INTO THE BRAIN. WE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT DOES CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. ESSENTIAL TREMOR AFFECTS AROUND 800,000 AUSTRALIANS. IT'S NOT LIFE-THREATENING, BUT THE SYMPTOMS ARE PROFOUND. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO'VE ACTUALLY PUT A FORK THROUGH THEIR CHEEK BECAUSE THEY` THEIR TREMOR IS SO BAD. THE CONDITION FORCED CHRIS, ANAESTHETIST INTO EARLY RETIREMENT. THE TREMOR MEANT THAT WHEN I PUT THE NEEDLE THROUGH THE SKIN, SOMETIMES I WOULD GET A REACTION WHICH WOULD CAUSE ME INVOLUNTARILY TO PULL THE NEEDLE OUT AGAIN. FOR MANY PATIENTS, ONE SESSION IS ENOUGH TO ALMOST ELIMINATE THE TREMOR. FOR MANY PATIENTS, ONE SESSION IS ENOUGH TO ALMOST ELIMINATE THE TREMOR. DIRECTOR LEE TAMIHORE SEEMS TO BE MOVING BACK IN TIME FOR EACH MOVIE HE MAKES. THIS TIME, THE 'ONCE WERE WARRIORS' DIRECTOR TAKES US BACK TO THE TRIBAL WARS OF 1830S AOTEAROA UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY FOR THE CRUSADERS AS THEY GO 0-4 IN THE NEW SUPER RUGBY SEASON. PLUS, WELLINGTON PHOENIX FANS FLOCK TO EDEN PARK, BUT WHERE WILL THEIR LOYALTY LIE WHEN AUCKLAND FC JOIN THE A LEAGUE? AND BENJI MARSHALL LETS RIP AT A REPORTER WHO QUESTIONNED HIS COMMITMENT TO COACHING THE WESTS TIGERS. THE CRUSADERS ARE LOST FOR ANSWERS AS TO WHY THEIR SUPER RUGBY SEASON HAS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE, FALLING TO A FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS, THIS TIME 14-10 TO THE HURRICANES AT HOME. IT'S LEFT THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WITH THEIR WORST START TO A SEASON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY AND LANGUISHING SECOND TO LAST ON THE LADDER. BUT THIS NIGHT BELONGS TO THE HURRICANES! A SEASON OF STRUGGLES FOR THE CRUSADERS, COMPOUNDED AT HOME. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY. WITH THEIR LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY BEARING DOWN OVER THEM, THEIR FOURTH LOSS IN A ROW HAS GIVEN THEM A SLICE OF IT THEY'D RATHER NOT HAVE. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN TWO MONTHS TIME. IT'S THE OPPOSITE FEELING FOR THE HURRICANES, THE ONLY UNBEATEN SIDE IN THE COMPETITION, THEIR BEST START TO A SEASON SINCE 2015. WE HAD TO DIG DEEP AND YEAH, HAPPY TO GET THE WIN, I GUESS. ON A NIGHT THAT PRODUCED SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND WET BALL, THE CRUSADERS STRUGGLED. THEY FORCED PASSES THAT WEREN'T ON AND DROPPED THE ONES THAT WERE. THAT HAS BEEN TOO OFTEN TOO COMMON FOR THE CRUSADERS. THE PRESSURE MOMENTS AYE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE THAT. SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP BUILDING. CONVERSELY, THE HURRICANES KEPT THINGS TIGHT. THEY WORE THE CRUSADERS DOWN AT THE RIGHT END OF THE FIELD AND REAPED THE BENEFITS AND FLINGS IT AWAY! (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND LOMAX IS IN FOR THE OPENING TRY! TYRELL LOMAX TRY WAS ALL THAT SEPARATED THE TWO AT THE BREAK. THE SECOND HALF WAS JUST AS CLOSE, EVEN IF THE HURRICANES COACHES COULDN'T SEE MUCH OF IT, AND THE CRUSADERS FINALLY FOUND SOME POINTS THROUGH CULLEN-GRACE. SHRUGS OFF THE TACKLERS AND HE'S OVER FOR THE TRY! A FURTHER THREE OFF THE TEE HAD THE HOSTS NOSES IN FRONT, ONLY TO THEN BE PIPPED AT THE POST. OVER THEY GO AND IT'S A TRY! (WHISTLE TRILLS) THE HURRICANES LEAVE CHRISTCHURCH RIDING HIGH, UNBEATEN AND COMFORTABLY ATOP THE LADDER. CLARKE LAIDLAW IS ADAMANT THIS TEAM, ON HIS WATCH, WILL STAY GROUNDED. FOUR GAMES, AND IT'S IRRELEVANT TO START TALKING ABOUT WHO'S FAVOURITES AND WHO'S NOT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE CRUSADERS. YOU DON'T WIN THE CUP IN YOUR FIRST FOUR ROUNDS. ANOTHER SLIP UP AGAINST THE BLUES IN AUCKLAND NEXT WEEK COULD GO A LONG WAY TO LOSING IT THOUGH. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS, THE BRUMBIES HAVE DEFEATED THE HIGHLANDERS IN DUNEDIN 27-21. NIKORA BROUGHTON OPENED THE SCORING FOR THE HOME SIDE IN JUST THE FIFTH MINUTE ` ALBEIT IN A DUBIOUS MANNER, WITH REPLAYS INCONCLUSIVE AT BEST ` BUT THE BRUMBIES STRUCK BACK 20 MINUTES LATER THROUGH TOM WRIGHT, CLOSING THE GAP TO 4 AT HALFTIME. THE BRUMBIES CAME OUT FIRING IN THE SECOND SPELL. HERE'S THE PACE OF COREY TOOLE! BOY, CAN HE GO! NOT TO BE OUTDONE, BILLY HARMAN RETURNED THE FAVOUR IN THE 58TH MINUTE, BUT A LATE PENALTY PUT THE AUSSIE NOSE IN FRONT, AND THEN THE VISITORS SEALED THE DEAL WITH A TRY IN THE FINAL MINUTES WELLINGTON PHOENIX FANS HAVE CONVERGED ON EDEN PARK FOR WHAT WILL BE THE 'NIX'S FINAL HOME GAME THERE BEFORE AUCKLAND FC JOIN THE A-EAGUE NEXT SEASON. A STRONG WALK-UP CROWD WERE THERE TO SUPPORT THE PHOENIX AS THEY TAKE ON SYDNEY FC, AND IT WAS A BITTERSWEAT OCCASSION FOR MANY AUCKLAND FANS. GONNA HAVE TO GO FOR AUCKLAND, EH. YEAH, EVEN IF THEY'RE RUBBISH, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. PROBABLY THE AUCKLAND TEAM, BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE, AND IT'S GONNA BE NEW. I LIVE IN AUCKLAND, SO GOTTA BE AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND. BUT THEY WERE SILENCED EARLY AS SYDNEY FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET IN JUST THE SIXTH MINUTE. AND NOW IT'S THERE FOR ROBERT MAK! AND IN THE SIXTH MINUTE, HERE AT EDEN PARK, ROBERT MAK HAS OPENED THE SCORING! THE 'NIX'S BEST OPPORTUNITY SO FAR CAME LATE IN THE FIRST HALF. IT'S CURRENTLY 1-0 TO SYDNEY EARLY IN THE SECOND SPELL. JACKO GILL HAS DENIED TOM WALSH A RECORD-EQUALLING 14TH NATIONAL SHOTPUT TITLE AFTER WINNING TODAYS FINAL AT THE NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPS. THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALLIST CAME INTO THE FINAL AS THE HOT FAVOURITE, BUT FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING WAS NO MATCH FOR HIS YOUNGER RIVAL. HARRY BARTLE REPORTS. IT'S THE THROW THAT SAW JACKO GILL BECOME A BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL SHOTPUT CHAMPION. THE AUCKLANDER ONCE AGAIN GETTING THE BETTER OF TOM WALSH, THIS TIME WITH A THROW OF 21.57M ` 6CM FURTHER THAN HIS WALSH'S BEST EFFORT. THE 29-YEAR-OLD QUICK TO CREDIT THEIR ONGOING RIVALRY FOR HIS SUCCESS. IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH WEEK TRAINING, SO JUST HAVING TOM THERE REALLY PUSHED ME ALONG. LUCKY TO HAVE THAT AMAZING THROWER IN OUR BACK YARD. IT WAS ALSO A VICTORIOUS OUTING FOR GOLDEN GIRL ELIZA MCCARTNEY, WHO FOLLOWED UP HER WORLD INDOOR SILVER MEDAL IN GLASGOW WITH A SECOND NATIONAL TITLE, EASILY CLEARING 4.7M... (CROWD CHEERS) ALTHOUGH SHE WAS JUST UNABLE TO CLEAR WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN A WORLD LEAD ` 4.86M. THE OLYMPIAN IS CONFIDENT HER BEST IS YET TO COME IN 2024. YOU KNOW. I WASNT ACTUALLY FEELING THAT GREAT, SO REALLY PLEASED WITH THE 4.70. REALY NICE JUMP. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE JUMPING IN THE '80S WHEN YOU'RE NOT HAVING YOUR BEST DAY. SOMEONE WHO DID HAVE THEIR BEST DAY WAS RUNNER JAMES PRESTON, WHEN HE ALMOST BROKE A 6-DECADE-OLD 800M RECORD LAST NIGHT. THE LOCAL FAVOURITE UNFAZED BY THE RAIN TO BLITZ HOME TO CLAIM HIS FOURTH NATIONAL TITLE. AN AMAZING TIME, WHAT A TIME, WHAT A TIME! 1 MIN 44 SEC, THE SECOND FASTEST TIME EVER BY A KIWI, AND JUST HALF A SECOND AWAY FROM SIR PETER SNELL'S 62-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL RECORD. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? NO SURPRISES. (LAUGHS) CONFIDENCE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH AS OUR KIWI ATHLETES CONTNIUE TO SHINE ON THE NATIONAL AND WORLD STAGE. HARRY BARTLE, NEWSHUB A DAY AFTER HIS HISTORY MAKING EXPLOITS AT TPC SAWGRASS, RYAN FOX HAS CRASHED BACK DOWN TO EARTH IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP TO MISS THE CUT. THERE WAS NO REPEAT OF HIS HOLE IN ONE AT THE FAMOUS PAR-THREE 17TH. A PAR MEANT FOX NEEDED AN EAGLE ON THE FINAL HOLE TO MAKE THE CUT, BUT A PAR THERE ENDED ANY HOPE OF ADVANCING TO THE WEEKEND. AMERICAN WYNDHAM CLARKE CONTINUED HIS HOT FORM WITH A SECOND CONSECUTIVE ROUND OF SEVEN-UNDER TO HOLD A FOUR SHOT LEAD AT 14-UNDER. FINALLY, BENJI MARSHALL HAS PUT A REPORTER IN HIS PLACE WHO INSINUATED THE WESTS TIGERS COACH ISN'T COMMITTED TO HIS JOB. THE KIWIS LEGEND IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A FULLTIME NRL BOSS AND SCOFFED AT SUGGESTIONS HE DOESN'T HAVE THE WORK ETHIC TO BE SUCCESSFUL. MARSHALL DENIED HE ARRIVES TO TRAINING AFTER THE PLAYERS, TELLING MEDIA HIS WORKING DAY BEGINS AT 5.45AM. I COME INTO WORK EARLY FOR THE PLAYERS, WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN UNTIL WE GET WHAT WE NEED DONE, THEN WE GO HOME. BECAUSE I PRIORITISE MY FAMILY BETWEEN 5PM TO 8PM EVERY NIGHT, TO FIND A WORK LIFE BALANCE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY JOB OR CARE ABOUT WORKING HARD. I DON'T GET IT. AND THE TIGERS TRAIL THE RAIDERS 32-12 LATE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THEIR FIRST MATCH OF THE NRL SEASON. THREE DECADES OF MAKING MOVIES AND NOW WITH A NEW KIWI FILM CLOSE TO HIS HEART, LEE TAMAHORI STILL HAS STORIES TO TELL. 'THE CONVERT' IS SET IN 1830S AOTEAROA, AND HAS JUST OPENED IN CINEMAS. HERE'S KATE RODGER. CONFRONTING, UNFLINCHING ` ONCE WERE WARRIORS CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR DIRECTOR LEE TAMAHORI. IT WAS HIS VERY FIRST FEATURE FILM. IT LAUNCHED HIM INTO A HOLLYWOOD CAREER. YOU SHOULD LEARN TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS. FROM JAKE THE MUSS TO JAMES BOND; JINX TO JOHN CLEESE. AND HOW ABOUT WE THROW A DAME JUDI AND MAYBE A SIR ANTHONY IN THERE FOR GOOD MEASURE? FOR THREE DECADES, TAMAHORI HAS BEEN TELLING STORIES FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND TO HOLLYWOOD AND LONDON. MORE RECENTLY, THOUGH, BACK HOME AND BACK WITH TEM IN 'MAHANA' IN 2016. AND NOW WE GO BACK EVEN FURTHER. 1830S AOTEAROA ` DURING THE TRIBAL WARS FOR 'THE CONVERT.' WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHY WAS THE STORY AND THIS FILM SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO TELL? BECAUSE IT WAS OTHER TIME, WHEN MAORI DOMINATED AND EUROPEANS WERE OUTNUMBERED HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS TO ONE. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH A PIECE OF HISTORY WHERE DOMINANT CULTURE IS NOT EUROPEAN. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) AUSTRALIAN GUY PEARCE CROSSED THE TASMAN TO PLAY WITH TAMAHORI. HE'S MUNRO, A LAY-PREACHER WITH A VERY DARK PAST. OPPOSITE THE SEASONED PRO IS RANGIMAI. IT'S A ROLE DELIVERED WITH A FEROCIOUS INTENSITY BY RELATIVE NEWCOMER TI ORIORI NGATAI-MELBOURNE BY RELATIVE NEWCOMER TI ORIORI NGATAI-MELBOURNE. WE DIE AS WARRIORS. HER DIRECTOR KNOWS WHAT A TALENT SHE IS, WHAT A FUTURE SHE HAS, USING HIS INIMITABLE DRY HUMOUR TO REMIND HER OF THAT. SHE'S GOT A BIT OF A FUTURE AHEAD OF HER, WOULD YOU SAY? THAT'S FOR SURE. SHE DOESN'T MESS IT UP. STAY OFF, STAY OFF THE DRUGS. MODERATE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL. MUCH OF THIS FILM WAS SHOT ON THE WEST COAST OF TAMAKI MAKAURAU ` STUNNING AND UNTOUCHED. AND THE VERY FIRST FILM CREW TO EVER SHOOT HERE. SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO FILM THERE. I LOVE DOING OUTSIDE SCENES BECAUSE YOU CAN DRAW FROM YOUR ENVIRONMENT. AND DESPITE HIS THREE KIWI FILMS FEELING LIKE THEY'RE WORLDS APART, TAMAHORI DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY. ONE COULD SAY THAT THIS FILM COMES FIRST. THE SECOND ONE IS MAHANA, WHICH SHOWS MAORI 120 YEARS LATER, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM? THEY'VE BECOME SERVANTS ON THEIR OWN LAND. AND YOU MIGHT SAY THAT ONCE WERE WARRIORS IS THE END PRODUCT. 'THE CONVERT' IS A BIG SCREEN WATCH. IT'S JUST ROLLED INTO CINEMAS ACROSS THE MOTU. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A NEW PLYMOUTH COUPLE SAYS WORK AND INCOME'S TOLD THEM IF THEY ACCEPT MONEY FROM A GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE THEIR BENEFIT WILL BE CUT. RIKKI TAKO HAS BEEN GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO LIVE, HE HAS TERMINAL BRAIN CANCER. AND MEDIAWORKS SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING CLAIMS A HACKER HAS STOLEN THE PERSONAL DATA OF 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO'VE ENTERED COMPETITIONS RUN BY THE MEDIA COMPANY. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER AND JULIET, IS SUMMER OVER? WELL NOT OFFICIALLY YET, BUT WHAT IS OFFICIAL IS THE TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING DOWN AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A COOLER FEELING IN THE AIR RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LOOK AT ALL THAT BLUE. SOUTH ISLANDERS ARE DUSTING OFF THEIR PUFFER JACKETS, BUT TOMORROW IS LOOKING CLEAR AND FINE FOR MOST OF US. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. AND IT WAS A CHILLY START IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, BUT THERE IS SOME SUNNY WEATHER AHEAD FOR MOST OF US. FRONTAL CLOUD MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTRY, WITH LOTS OF LOVELY CLEAR SKY IN BEHIND THOSE FRONTS. A SOUTH-TO-SOUTH WEST FLOW COVERS THE COUNTRY, WITH A RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILDING IN THE WEST. BUT ANOTHER FRONT IS COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. THE RIDGE, THOUGH, DOMINATES THROUGH UNTIL WEDNESDAY. SO TO THE MIGHTY MAINLAND, AND IT'S OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST TONIGHT. BUT MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. TOMORROW A FEW SHOWERS REMAIN. THERE IS SOME CLOUD AROUND FOR THE REST OF YOU AND FRESH WINDS KEEPING THINGS COOLER, COULD BE A GOOD DAY TO STACK THE FIREWOOD. TO THE NORTH ISLAND ` AND IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE HERE; SOME CLOUDY PERIODS OVER THE FAR NORTH AND SOUTH WEST TONIGHT, BUT FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. TOMORROW IS PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH AND EAST. BUT IT IS CERTAINLY STARTING TO GET A LITTLE COOLER. SO LOTS OF CLEAR SKIES UP TOP TOMORROW MORNING, WITH SOME LINGERING CLOUD OVER AUCKLAND, WHICH MAY COUGH UP ONE OR TWO AFTERNOON SHOWERS, BUT THE TEMPERATURES HERE ALL HOVER AROUND THE EARLY 20s. IT'S LOOKING FINE FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THE MORNING WITH WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHAKATANE WITH THE REGION'S HIGH OF 22 DEGREES. OUT EAST ` HAWKE'S BAY'S LOOKING WARM AND CLEAR IN THE MORNING. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND FOR MASTERTON AND DANNEVIRKE AND EASTERLIES THROUGHOUT, COME AFTERNOON. ACROSS WE GO AND IT'S A SLIGHTLY MESSIER PICTURE HERE, CLOUDY AND SOME RAIN FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI, BUT A CLEAR DAY IN WELLINGTON, WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT WINDS. LET'S HEAD FOR THE SOUTH ` AND THERE ARE THOSE SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEST WHICH WILL EASE. IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR YOU NELSON, WITH A HIGH OF 21 DEGREES. OUT EAST ` AUTUMN'S KNOCKING AND THE PUFFER JACKETS ARE OUT TO PLAY. PARTLY CLOUDY IN CHRISTCHURCH AND SOUTH, AND BY AFTERNOON, THAT CLOUD'S SPREAD EVERYWHERE. IN THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S EVEN COOLER. CLOUD AND THE CHANCE OF A MORNING SHOWER HERE FOR ALL. THINGS DO WARM UP IN THE AFTERNOON BUT IT'S ONLY A HIGH OF 13, TOMORROW, FOR YOU INVERCARGILL. LET'S HIT THE CITIES AND OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, IT'S A CHILLY START HERE WITH SOME RAIN IN THE MORNING AND THAT WIND WILL KEEP THE AIR COOL ALL DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 15 BUT THAT FEELS MORE LIKE 10. SLIGHTLY WARMER IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE THE FIREWOOD ORDERS ARE WELL UNDERWAY. A HIGH OF 17 TOMORROW THAT FEELS A FAIR BIT COOLER, WITH DEVELOPING NORTHEASTERLIES IN THE AFTERNOON. TO THE NORTH WE GO ` AND IT'S SUNNIER IN TE-WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON, WITH CLEAR SKIES, LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 19, 20 IN LOWER HUTT. HAWKE'S BAY YOU'RE IN FOR A FINE WARM MORNING WITH SOME LIGHT CLOUD AND SOME POSSIBLE SHOWERS IN THE RANGES COME AFTERNOON. BUT A HIGH OF 23 DEGREES THAT FEELS LIKE 21 IN NAPIER. TAURANGA, ALSO A FINE DAY HERE WITH THE WINDS KEEPING THE TEMPERATURES A BIT COOLER ` A HIGH OF 21 FOR MOST OF YOU THAT FEELS MORE LIKE 17. AND HAMILTON, A FINE MORNING WITH CLOUD DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME SOUTHWESTERLIES; A HIGH OF 20 DEGREES. AND A FEW CLOUDS FOR AUCKLAND TOMORROW MORNING, THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO SHOWERS WITH SOUTHWESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE DITCH, A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH BUT ALSO PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. PERTH AT 29 DEGREES. AND IT'S THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN FOR THE PACIFIC, BUT NOT IMPACTING THOSE WARM TEMPERATURES. AND THE OUTLOOK IS GOOD. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND MONDAY BUT THAT CLEARS OFF AS THE WEEK GOES ON. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS AUTUMN. MONDAY SEEMS TO BE THE PICK HERE, GISBORNE HAS SOME RAIN AND CLOUD THIS WEEK, BUT A FINE OUTLOOK FOR TAURANGA AND TAUPO. RAIN KICKS IN FOR WELLINGTON ON TUESDAY, BUT NEW PLYMOUTH AND WHANGANUI CAN BANK ON SOME SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES COOLING AS THE WEEK GOES ON. A SUNNY START AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BUT SOME RAIN RETURNS FOR THE WEST COAST AND KAIKOURA ` CHILLIER MORNINGS ARE NOW THE NEW NORMAL. AND THE FRONT BRINGS RAIN TO THE LOWER-SOUTH ON MONDAY, BUT THAT WILL CLEAR, WITH A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR ALL COME MID-WEEK, QUEENSTOWN THE PICK OF THE BUNCH. 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