TONIGHT ` FRUSTRATION FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL SWEPT AWAY BY A SWOLLEN WEST COAST RIVER. BAD WEATHER PUTS THE SEARCH ON HOLD. POLICE STAND BY THEIR DECISION TO SHOOT A MAN WHO RUSHED THEM WITH A MACHETE IN WAIKATO. AND HE HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND THEY'LL BE COLOURFUL ONES ` KIERAN READ IS A PICTURE OF CALM AS HE USHERS IN A NEW ERA OF ALL BLACKS. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIRST TONIGHT, FRUSTRATION AND PAIN FOR THE FAMILY OF A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL SWEPT AWAY BY A WEST COAST RIVER. SEARCHES OF THE RIVER, WHICH IS NEAR HOKITIKA, HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL MONDAY BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER. THE BODY OF A MAN WHO WAS WITH HER WAS FOUND THIS AFTERNOON. KIM SAVAGE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS. WELL, POLICE HAVE TONIGHT CONFIRMED FOR US THAT THEY HAVE SUSPENDED THE SEARCH FOR EMILY SAUNDERS (2). SHE WAS SWEPT AWAY WHEN THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE THAT SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN GOT STRANDED ON THE POERUA RIVER YESTERDAY AT LUNCHTIME. NOW, POLICE EARLIER TODAY RECOVERED THE BODY OF BARRY PETRIE (66). AS WELL, HE WAS ANOTHER PASSENGER IN THAT VEHICLE, WHO WAS ALSO SWEPT AWAY. THE OTHER FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THAT VEHICLE DID ACTUALLY MAKE IT OUT. NOW, SOME VERY STRONG AND ROUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OTHER THERE, AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR SUSPENDING THE SEARCH TONIGHT, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF LIGHT. MORE WEATHER EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND ` TODAY ALREADY 100MM IN THE WESTLAND AREA, SO ROUGH CONDITIONS POLICE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH. THE TEAM SEARCHING THE AREA ADVISED IT WAS QUITE ROUGH. THERE WAS QUITE A SWELL COMING IN OFF THE SEA. THEIR MOVEMENTS WERE A WEE BIT LIMITED BY THAT SEA AS WELL, SO EVENTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO BE EXTRACTED BY HELICOPTER. AND WE'VE ALSO LEARNED MORE TODAY ABOUT HOW THIS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT. WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT THE PARENTS OF EMILY SAUNDERS ARE SHARE MILKERS ON A LOCAL FARM THERE. THEY DROVE ACROSS THE RIVER TO PICK UP TWO POSSUM TRAPPERS THAT HAD BEEN WORKING OVER THERE, AND THEN RETURNED TO CROSS THE RIVER. WHEN THEY DID, THEY BECAME STRANDED. AND THE VERY QUICKLY RISING WATER LEVELS GOT THEM ALL CAUGHT UP. AND AS I MENTIONED, THREE PEOPLE DID MAKE IT OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, BARRY PETRIE AND EMILY SAUNDERS DID NOT. SO THAT SEARCH FOR EMILY SAUNDERS EXPECTED TO RESUME ON MONDAY. POLICE SAY THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SHOOT A MAN WHO RUSHED THEM WITH A MACHETE IN THE WAIKATO. THE 57-YEAR-OLD, KNOWN FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE, DIED SOON AFTER AT THE RURAL HOME IN THE KARANGAHAKE GORGE, SOUTH EAST OF PAEROA. SAM KELWAY SENT THIS FROM THE SCENE. THE SUBDUED CALM ON THIS RURAL ROAD MASKS THE FRANTIC SCENE THAT UNFOLDED JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER. THEY SAW THE DECEASED THERE WITH A MACHETE AND A SLASHER ` A REAL QUICK DYNAMIC SITUATION IN WHICH THEY WERE ATTACKED AND A POLICE OFFICER DREW HIS FIREARM. THE SINGLE SHOT INJURED THE MAN. POLICE APPLIED FIRST AID, BUT HE DIED SOON AFTER, LEAVING SENIOR OFFICERS DEFENDING THE ACTIONS OF THEIR STAFF. OUR OFFICERS ARE WELL TRAINED. THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE JUDGEMENT DECISIONS. AND ALL THE FACTS THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE BEFORE ME, AT THE TIME, THEY MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. THE MAN WITH THE WEAPONS WAS KNOWN TO POLICE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN CALLED HERE. FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND AT THE MOMENT, HE HAD BOTH A SLASHER AND A MACHETE, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER KNIVES AND THAT WERE ALSO LOCATED AT THE SCENE. AT THE ADDRESS WERE TWO TEENAGERS AND THE MAN'S PARTNER. THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED SUPPORT, AS HAVE THE THREE OFFICERS WHO ATTENDED THE CALL-OUT ` ONE THEY CHOSE TO TAKE GUNS TO. THIS RISK ASSESSMENT LED THEM TO... BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE FIREARMS TO THAT ADDRESS. SO, THE FIRST TIME I WENT DOWN THERE AND ENCOUNTERED HIM, I GOT MET WITH ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, LIKE 'WHAT THE... ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?' YOU KNOW. SO IT PUT ME IN A POSITION WHERE I FELT UNSAFE. OTHERS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA BACKED UP THIS POSTIE'S EXPERIENCE. IN LIGHT OF TODAY, NOT THAT SURPRISED BY WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT SEEMED A REALLY VOLATILE SITUATION. HE WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH WHAT I WAS DOING THERE, AND I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB. SOMETHING POLICE COULD RELATE TO. THEY WERE FEARING FOR THEIR LIFE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY USED THE FIREARM. WHILE LOCAL POLICE INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT, THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY WILL INVESTIGATE THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS. SAM KELWAY, ONE NEWS. AND AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY INTO A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN SYDNEY. AUSTRALIAN POLICE ARE ALSO ON THE DEFENSIVE AFTER SHOOTING THREE BYSTANDERS WHEN THEY OPENED FIRE ON A MAN WIELDING A KNIFE. CHANNEL NINE'S DIMITY CLANCY HAS THE LATEST. GUNSHOTS, WOMAN SCREAMS THE MOMENT ELAINE FOR (65) WAS HIT BY A STRAY BULLET. METRES AWAY, LORRAINE PENDLETON (82) HAS ALSO BEEN SHOT. BUYING WEEKLY GROCERIES, HER HUSBAND, JOHN, IS SOMEWHERE IN THE WESTFIELD CENTRE, UNAWARE HIS WIFE IS INJURED. THE CONFRONTING IMAGES STILL RAW AS HE ARRIVES AT HOSPITAL TO BE BY HER SIDE. NEARBY, ANNE-MARIE PETITFILS IS BLEEDING PROFUSELY. SHE'S BEEN SHOT TOO. THE 60-YEAR-OLD IS COMFORTED BY PHARMACY WORKER DARCY ROSS-LAIRD AS THE FEMALE POLICE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOTS APPROACHES THEM, DISTRESSED AND FULL OF REGRET. I'M SO SORRY. I JUST RAN UP THERE TO SEE ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON HELPING HER, SO I JUST RAN OVER AND GAVE A HAND. THREE INNOCENT WOMEN ARE DOWN, BUT THE GUNFIRE WAS MEANT FOR THIS MAN, JERRY SOURIAN (23), SHOT AFTER LUNGING AT POLICE WITH A LARGE CARVING KNIFE. SOURIAN SUFFERS FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA AND WAS ORDERED INTO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY AT HORNSBY HOSPITAL WEEKS AGO. AT MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY, DURING ONE HOUR OF LEAVE, HE BECAME VIOLENT AND VANISHED. THE TWO SECURITY GUARDS ON DUTY AT THE HOSPITAL COULDN'T FIND HIM. AND WITHIN 24 HOURS, THIS WAS THE RESULT. CLEARLY, HORNSBY AND MANY OTHER HOSPITALS HAVE TO HAVE A MAJOR SECURITY REVIEW, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. CENTRAL TO THE INVESTIGATION ` THIS VIDEO, SHOWING SOURIAN CHARGING THE POLICE OFFICER. GUNSHOTS DETECTIVES WILL EXAMINE HER RESPONSE. WAS IT APPROPRIATE? DID SHE HAVE TIME TO USE HER TASER? TO ASSURANCES TODAY THAT NZ TROOPS IN IRAQ ARE AS SAFE AS THEY CAN BE AT CAMP TAJI, WHERE THEY'RE BASED. LAST NIGHT A SUICIDE BOMBER RAMMED HIS CAR INTO AN ARMY CHECKPOINT, KILLING AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE, JUST KILOMETRES AWAY FROM WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE STATIONED. JOHN KEY SAYS IT'S NO REASON TO MAKE CHANGES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO REVIEW THE SECURITY. IT REAFFIRMS THAT WE'VE MADE THE RIGHT CALL THAT THEIR MANDATE SHOULD REMAIN THAT THEY'VE GOTTA STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE TAJI BASE. ISIS SAYS IT CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK. NZ TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED TO TAJI TO HELP TRAIN IRAQI DEFENCE FORCES. LABELLING JOHN KEY'S TRIP TO FIJI A DIPLOMATIC DISASTER MAY BE TOO STRONG, BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T A TRIUMPH. AFTER A STINGING ATTACK ON KIWI JOURNALISTS LAST NIGHT, PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA WASN'T BUSTING TO REBUILD DIPLOMATIC BRIDGES TODAY EITHER. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS MORE. APPLAUSE A TRADITIONAL WELCOME FROM A FIJIAN VILLAGE AND MUCH WARMER THAN THE ONE GIVEN BY PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA LAST NIGHT. BEFORE FORMAL TALKS EVEN GOT UNDERWAY, HE WAS SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT THERE WILL BE NO LIFTING OF A BAN ON SOME NZ AND AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING ONE NEWS CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER. BULA! (CHUCKLES) THERE ARE CERTAIN JOURNALISTS IN NZ AND AUSTRALIA, ALONG WITH CERTAIN JOURNALISTS IN FIJI, WHO THINK NOTHING OF DISPENSING WITH THE FACTS IF THEY GET IN THE WAY OF THE POLITICALLY WEIGHTED NARRATIVE THEY WANT TO TELL. AND WE ARE SAYING TO THE NEWS ORGANISATIONS THAT EMPLOY THEM, SEND SOMEONE ELSE. I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT IN THE VERY SHORT TERM. I CERTAINLY SAID TO HIM THAT I THOUGHT THAT HE SHOULD RETHINK THAT OVER TIME, BUT HE'S MADE IT CLEAR IN THE SHORT TERM THAT'S HIS PERSPECTIVE. THE PAIR SWAPPED THE DINNER TABLE FOR THE BUSINESS TABLE THIS MORNING. THE FIJIAN LEADER CONTINUING TO MAKE A STAND. IN ADDITION TO NO RELENTING ON THE MEDIA BAN, JOHN KEY COULDN'T GET A COMMITMENT FROM FIJI TO ATTEND THIS YEAR'S PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM. STILL, THE PRIME MINISTER CALLED THE HALF-HOUR MEETING 'CONSTRUCTIVE'. WE NEED TO SET THE RELATIONSHIP UP ON ITS NEW FOUNDATION AND BUILD ON THE GREAT THINGS OF THE PAST AND ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE JUST SOME AREAS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. MR BAINIMARAMA DIDN'T TACKLE QUESTIONS FROM THE NZ MEDIA HE'D ATTACKED LAST NIGHT. PRIME MINISTER KEY SHARES THE CONFIDENCE THAT I HAVE IN MY GOVERNMENT AND IN THE CAPABILITY AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE FIJIAN PEOPLE. ONE ON ONE, HE'S QUITE FRIENDLY AND QUITE ENGAGING, AND THEY JUST HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY DID. THE LAST DECADE'S TENSION NOW REPLACED WITH A FRIENDLY RIVALRY. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE I WANT TO TACKLE ANY TONGANS. THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHT, ANYWAY. ANDREA VANCE, ONE NEWS. AND ONE NEWS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS REFUTED FRANK BAINIMARAMA'S ACCUSATIONS, CALLING IT MISINFORMATION. FIJI'S PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS TVNZ BROADCAST PICTURES OF TANKS ON FIJIAN ROADS AND SPOKE ABOUT CHILDREN EATING GRASS, NEITHER OF WHICH HAPPENED. FRANK BAINIMARAMA'S CLAIMS ARE NOT BASED IN FACT. IN FACT, I WROTE TO HIM, HIS GOVERNMENT TWO YEARS AGO TO TRY AND CLEAR UP THIS MISINFORMATION, YET TODAY, WE ARE STILL SEEING THIS MYTH OF GRASS-EATING CHILDREN. THE STORY EXPLAINED THAT CHILDREN HAD TO CUT A SCHOOL'S LAWN BY HAND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY FOR LAWNMOWER FUEL. IT WAS CITED AS THE REASON MS DREAVER WAS BLACKLISTED FROM FIJI IN 2008. TO FEARS NOW THAT GOVERNMENT INACTION ON QUAD BIKE SAFETY MEASURES IS COSTING KIWI LIVES. DEADLY ACCIDENTS ON FARMS NEARLY DOUBLED IN A YEAR. THERE WAS ANOTHER JUST THIS WEEK. A KIWI INVENTION IS NOW MANDATORY IN ONE AUSTRALIAN STATE, SO WHY ISN'T IT HERE? ANDREW MORRISON INVESTIGATES. THIS KIWI INVENTOR IS SO CONFIDENT HIS NEW QUAD BIKE ROLL BAR WILL SAVE LIVES, HE'S WILLING TO LAY HIS SON DOWN TO PROVE IT. (LAUGHS) OH. YEAH, WE'VE ALL BEEN UNDER IT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THE CARRIER, BECAUSE THIS SOAKS ALL THE ENERGY UP BEING SOFT LIKE A SHOCK ABSORBER. DESPITE WINNING ACC AND INDUSTRY AWARDS FOR IMPROVING WORK PLACE SAFETY, THE GOVERNMENT WON'T SUPPORT CRUSH PROTECTION DEVICES LIKE VERNON'S, THAT'S NOW BEING SHIPPED FROM DARGAVILLE TO AUSTRALIA, WHERE IT'S BECOME MANDATORY FOR EMPLOYERS IN VICTORIA. SHOULD NZ FOLLOW SUIT? > WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. THAT'S A QUESTION BETTER ASKED OF WORKSAFE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EVIDENCE OF REDUCTION IN HARM HASN'T YET BEEN ESTABLISHED. PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO US, SAID, 'IF I DIDN'T HAVE THIS, I WOULDN'T BE ALIVE TODAY.' WORKSAFE VICTORIA BELIEVES CORONIAL ENQUIRIES AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH SHOWS THE NEW ROLL BARS 'WILL HELP SAVE LIVES' AND 'DOING NOTHING IS NO LONGER AN OPTION'. BACK HERE, QUAD DEATHS AT WORK JUMPED FROM FIVE IN 2014 TO NINE LAST YEAR. IS IT GOOD ENOUGH TO WAIT ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS? > WELL, FIRSTLY, THAT'S A VERY SMALL PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT'S A TREND. I HAVE A QUAD BIKE SAFETY ACTION GROUP THAT'S LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES RIGHT NOW. CLOSE TO 5000 ACCIDENT CLAIMS ON ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, INCLUDING QUADS, COST ACC MORE THAN $14M IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. ONE NEWS HAS LEARNED ACC CONSIDERED SUBSIDISING AND PROMOTING ROLL PROTECTION DEVICES IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, BUT THEY PULLED OUT. IT SAYS MORE ROBUST EVIDENCE IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. FEDERATED FARMERS SAY THERE'S GROWING CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY FROM WAIKATO FARMERS, WHO WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ROLL BARS. THE MANUFACTURERS ARE CERTAINLY VEHEMENTLY AGAINST THEM, SO IT'S A BIT HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO MOVE. WORKSAFE NZ SAYS THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVIDENCE COVERING A RANGE OF SOLUTIONS. ANDREW MORRISON, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE FAMOUS FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FANS TURN OUT TO HIS OLD HOMETOWN TO SAY THEIR FINAL GOODBYES TO MUHAMMAD ALI. DRUNKEN ENGLISH FOOTBALL FANS ARE INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CLASHES IN MARSEILLE AHEAD OF EURO 2016, TO THE SURPRISE OF APPROXIMATELY NO ONE. AND DON'T ADJUST YOUR SET ` IT'S THIS HORRIBLE. THIS IS APPARENTLY THE UGLIEST COLOUR THERE IS, BUT IT COULD BE A LIFESAVER. EIGHT YEARS AGO THEY WERE POLITICAL ENEMIES, BUT NOW BARACK OBAMA HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED HILLARY CLINTON TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AND AS U.S. CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS, ANOTHER ADVERSARY'S NOW SAID HE WANTS TO WORK WITH CLINTON. THE LAST TIME HILLARY CLINTON RAN FOR PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA ENDED HER WHITE HOUSE ASPIRATIONS. THIS TIME AROUND, HE'S RIGHT AT HER SIDE. OBAMA HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN ITCHING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THOUGH, UNTIL NOW, HE'S BEEN QUIET. BUT IN A THREE-MINUTE VIDEO RELEASED BY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN, OBAMA BACKS HER AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE VIDEO ALSO CREDITS BERNIE SANDERS, CLINTON'S MAIN OPPONENT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATION. OBAMA AND SANDERS MET AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, AND THOUGH THE VERMONT SENATOR IS STILL TO FORMALLY END HIS CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, HE INDICATED THAT HE'S PREPARED TO SUPPORT CLINTON AS THE NOMINEE. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH HER IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP. ONCE HE BECAME THE REPUBLICANS' PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE, DONALD TRUMP ENJOYED A SURGE IN THE NATIONAL POLLS. HILLARY CLINTON HAS BEEN LANGUISHING IN THOSE SAME POLLS, BUT ONCE BERNIE SANDERS FORMALLY DROPS OUT AND WITH OBAMA'S SUPPORT, SHE'S LIKELY TO GET A BOOST. PARTY UNITY AND FUNDRAISING ARE NOW THE PRIORITIES ON BOTH SIDES. CLINTON AND TRUMP COULD EACH RAISE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPAIGNS. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. A MUSLIM FUNERAL FOR MUHAMMAD ALI'S DRAWN THOUSANDS OF ADMIRERS TO THE BOXER'S HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. MOURNERS PRAYING OVER THE BODY OF A MAN WHO BATTLED IN THE RING AND SOUGHT PEACE OUTSIDE OF IT. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD HAS MORE. IT WAS A FAREWELL FIT FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP. (CHANTS IN ARABIC) A CASKET CARRYING THE BODY OF MUHAMMAD ALI, 15,000 MOURNERS UNITED TO OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE 74-YEAR-OLD. AN ISLAMIC FUNERAL RITUAL, ALTHOUGH EVERYONE WAS WELCOME. THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF A LIFE, A GREAT LIFE THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, A LIFE THAT IS A FIGHTER FOR THE PEOPLE. AND HE BECAME THE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE. HIS SPIRIT WILL NEVER DIE. ALI HAD PLANNED THIS MEMORIAL DECADES AGO, DETERMINED FOR HISTORY TO REMEMBER HIM AS A MAN OF FAITH. COS HE WAS A SERVANT OF HUMANITY, AND HE CAME FROM OUR COMMUNITY. HE OVERCAME ALL OF THAT. HE GOT BETTER, NOT BITTER. AND HE SETS A MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR THE WORLD. TODAY'S SERVICE FOCUSED ON THE PURELY RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF ALI'S LIFE. BUT TOMORROW THESE PEOPLE AND TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE WILL GATHER FOR WHAT THEY SAY WILL BE A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF A GREAT LIFE, OF A MAN WHO RIGHTLY CALLED HIMSELF THE GREATEST. AND FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS COME GREAT THINGS. POINT IN CASE, THE LITTLE PINK HOUSE ON GRAND AVE. ALI WOULD NOT CAUSE A TRAFFIC JAM! CROWDS NOW FLOCKING TO SEE WHERE ALI LIVED AS CASSIUS CLAY, TILL GOING OFF AT 18 TO THE 1960 OLYMPICS AND COMING HOME WITH GOLD. TOMORROW, AS THE CHAMPION IS DRIVEN THROUGH THE STREETS ONE LAST TIME, THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WILL STOP HERE, AT GRAND AVE, AS A FINAL FAREWELL. SOCCER'S EUROPEAN SHOWPIECE HAS BEEN MARRED WITH BAD BEHAVIOUR BEFORE THE FIRST GAME. DRUNKEN ENGLISH FANS THE APPARENT CULPRITS IN MARSEILLES AHEAD OF THE START TO THE EURO 2016 COMPETITION. FRENCH RIOT POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AFTER THE ROWDY CROWD STARTED CLASHING WITH LOCALS. INDISTINCT YELLING, GLASS SMASHES DOGS BARK TWO ENGLISH FANS WERE ARRESTED. ONE SUPPORTER SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY AFTER BEING HIT WITH A CHAIR. A SECURITY FORCE OF 90,000, INCLUDING SOLDIERS, WILL POLICE THE TOURNAMENT. ENGLAND PLAY RUSSIA TOMORROW. SPEAKING OF UGLY SCENES, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE WHAT COULD BE THE WORLD'S UGLIEST COLOUR. IT'S PANTONE 448 C, A SLUDGE-LIKE HUE, FOUND TO BE THE MOST UNAPPEALING COLOUR IN THE WORLD BY AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS. PEOPLE THEY SPOKE TO ASSOCIATING IT WITH DIRT, TAR AND DEATH. A NEW LAW IN THE UK WILL REQUIRE ALL TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO BE PACKAGED IN THE UNSIGHTLY SHADE TO TRY TO PUT SMOKERS OFF. WE'VE A $64,000 QUESTION NOW ` WHAT HAVE NORTH KOREA'S LEADER AND JOHN KEY'S SON MAX GOT IN COMMON? THEY'VE BOTH BEEN SNAPPED WITH CIGARETTES AFTER SMOKING CRACKDOWNS WERE ANNOUNCED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES. KIM JONG-UN'S PROBABLY THE BIGGER VILLAIN IN THIS TALE, THOUGH ` HIS CIGGIE'S LIT, WHILE MAX KEY SAYS HIS WAS "SIMPLY A PROP" IN A PHOTO SHOOT. JUST AHEAD ` WEATHER WITH THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING AND SOME PRAWNS. AND WHY THIS FAMOUS SINGLET IS GOING TO SELL FOR AN ABSOLUTE PACKET AND WHY THE MAN WHO MADE IT FAMOUS IS NONE TOO IMPRESSED. SPORT NOW, AND AS TENSION BUILDS TOWARDS THE FIRST ALL BLACKS' GAME SINCE THE WORLD CUP FINAL, THE MAN LEADING THEM OUT IS A PILLAR OF CALM. KIERAN READ'S TAKING THE CLASH WITH WALES AT EDEN PARK TOMORROW NIGHT IN HIS STRIDE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FORMER CAPTAIN FANTASTIC. HERE'S ANDREW SAVILLE. KIERAN READ LEADING FROM THE FRONT AT TODAY'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN NEWMARKET. A CHANCE TO PERUSE HIS TEAM IN NEW PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, BEFORE LEADING THE CAPTAIN'S RUN ON EDEN PARK. I'LL CERTAINLY BE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, I'M SURE. PROBABLY A BIT MORE SO THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. THOSE NERVES HAVEN'T BEEN SHOWING SO FAR ` HE'S CUT A VERY RELAXED FIGURE ALL WEEK. I KNOW HE CALMS BE DOWN A BIT WHEN I GET A BIT GEED UP, SO HE'S A NICE, CALM FIGURE TO HAVE OUT THERE. YEAH, THIS WEEK'S BEEN AWESOME. HE'S JUST BEEN HIMSELF, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED HIM TO BE. JUST LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, WHO LED THE SIDE FOR A REMARKABLE 111 TESTS ACROSS 10 YEARS. RICHIE MCCAW HAS BEEN IN TOUCH. HE'S GIVEN ME A TEXT AND THAT AND SAID, 'LOOK, IF YOU NEED A CHAT, WE CAN CHAT.' BUT HE'S LET ME DO MY THING, AND I GOTTA BE MYSELF, AND I THINK HE KINDA KNOWS THAT. READ SAYS HIS MAIN JOB TOMORROW NIGHT, LIKE ALWAYS, IS TO PLAY WELL. HE'S A CRUSADERS CAPTAIN AND HAS LED THE TEST TEAM NINE TIMES BEFORE ` UNBEATEN. < WHAT HAVE YOU DON'T DIFFERENTLY? OH, LOOK, YEAH, I'VE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, SPENT A BIT MORE TIME WITH STEVE AND GOING OVER WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A GROUP. READ HALES ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND. HIS MUM AND DAD, BROTHER AND WIFE WILL BE IN THE CROWD TOMORROW. THEY'RE LIKELY TO SEE A BREAK FORM TRADITION ` THEIR MAN WEARING COLOURED BOOTS. WE'LL SEE. I'LL MAKE THAT CALL TOMORROW. THEY'RE QUITE COLOURFUL. > YEAH, NICE AND COLOURFUL, YEAH. SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT. > YEAH, I GUESS YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE YOUR WON INDIVIDUAL STYLE, AND I THINK IT'S A NEW ERA OF ALL BLACK RUGBY, SO IT MIGHT BE WHERE WE'RE HEADING. IT LOOKS THE NEW CAPTAIN IS ALREADY LEAVING A MARK ON HIS TEAM. AT THE SAME TIME, AARON SMITH'S WOUND BACK THE CLOCK TO AN OLDER ERA TODAY, MEETING KEITH DAVIS (87), THE ALL BLACKS HALFBACK IN 1953. HE'S ONE OF JUST THREE SURVIVING NZERS WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE TO THE WELSH. WOULD YOU PAY $50,000 FOR A SWEATY OLD SINGLET? WELL, WHAT IF IT'S THE ONE SIR PETER SNELL WORE WHEN HE CLAIMED DOUBLE GOLD AT THE 1964 TOKYO OLYMPICS? IT'S BEING AUCTIONED OFF LATER THIS MONTH. BUT AS ABBY WILSON FOUND OUT, THE MAN WHO MADE IT FAMOUS ISN'T TOO CHUFFED ABOUT IT. ARCHIVE: HERE'S PETER SNELL GOING OUT INTO THE FRONT. THE PICTURES MAY BE GRAINY, BUT THE BLACK SINGLET IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT BLACK IS AN INTIMIDATING COLOUR, AND I LOVED WEARING IT. IT WAS WHILE WEARING IT THAT SIR PETER SNELL DID WHAT NO OTHER MAN HAS MANAGED ` OLYMPIC GOLD IN THE 800M AND 1500M EVENTS. I PROBABLY RINSED IT OUT AFTER DAY ONE TO WEAR AGAIN ON DAY TWO. LET'S SEE, I HAD SIX RACES IN EIGHT DAYS, SO I HAD SIX WEARINGS OF THAT SINGLET IN TOKYO. DESPITE BEING A WORN OLD SINGLET, IT'S GOT HUGE HISTORIC VALUE. THIS MONTH, IT'S BEING AUCTIONED OFF BY SOMEONE WHO WAS GIVEN IT TO SETTLE A DEBT. AT $30,000 TO $50,000, I STILL THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE ATTRACTIVE. IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT. THAT'S RIDICULOUS THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE PAYING EVEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED BUCKS OR SO. IT'S JUST TOO BAD THAT SOME INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO BENEFIT, NOT A CHARITY. EVEN SNELL HIMSELF ISN'T QUITE SURE HOW HIS SINGLET ENDED UP HERE. HE THINKS IT WAS PROBABLY AUCTIONED OFF FOR CHARITY A LONG TIME AGO AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT UNTIL NOW. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT MY EX-WIFE HAD JUST GIVEN IT AWAY TO SOMEONE, SO I CALLED HER ABOUT IT, AND SHE SAID, 'NO. NO, NOT AT ALL.' THE 78-YEAR-OLD SAYS, OVER THE DECADES, HE HAS GIVEN NEARLY ALL THE EXTRAS AWAY, KEEPING JUST THE MEDALS AND THE MEMORIES. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER AS TIME GOES BY. I THINK WHEN I ACTUALLY DID IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED TO A DEGREE. THE INTEREST THIS BLACK SINGLET IS GETTING SHOWS THAT'S DEFINITELY NO LONGER THE CASE. ABBY WILSON, ONE NEWS. BEFORE THE WEATHER, LET'S CROSS LIVE TO LONDON, WHERE THREE DAYS OF EVENTS FOR THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY ARE UNDERWAY. RIGHT NOW, A GUN SALUTE AT HYDE PARK. IT'S JUST GONE MIDDAY. THE DAY ALSO HAPPENS TO BE PRINCE PHILIP'S 95TH BIRTHDAY, BUT THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH HAS ALREADY SAID HE WANTS THE FOCUS TO BE ON HIS WIFE. A SILENT GUN (!) TWO MORE. ONE MORE. I'LL DO THE GUN SOUND FOR IT. PEE-YEW! THE QUEEN'S ALREADY BEEN TO ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE ATTENDED BY THE REST OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. TOMORROW, THOUSANDS OF WELL-WISHERS WILL LINE LONDON'S STREETS FOR THE TRADITIONAL TROOPING THE COLOUR. CELEBRATIONS CULMINATE ON SUNDAY WITH A STREET PARTY ON THE MALL, WHERE SOME 10,000 PEOPLE WILL ENJOY A PICNIC. THE MONARCH'S ACTUAL BIRTHDAY IS 21ST APRIL. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH NAS AND DAMIEN MARLEY. NAS AND DAMIAN MARLEY'S 'AS WE ENTER' FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016