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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 Midday.

Primary Title
  • 1 News at Midday
Date Broadcast
  • Wednesday 15 March 2017
Start Time
  • 12 : 00
Finish Time
  • 12 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
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 Midday.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
IT'S MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY THE 15TH OF MARCH. UNICEF SAYS THE GOVERNMENT RISKS FAILING IN ITS DUTY TO PROTECT CHILDREN UNLESS IT MAKES BIG CHANGES TO PROPOSED NEW CYFS LAWS. THE PARENTS OF A YOUNG KIWI WHO DIED TAKING A HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG IN PERU ARE WARNING OTHER TOURISTS OF ITS DANGERS. AND A RISE IN BEEHIVE THEFTS IS STINGING THE HONEY INDUSTRY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. POLICE ARE STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE CHILD RIGHTS GROUP UNICEF SAYS THE GOVERNMENT RISKS FAILING IN ITS DUTY TO PROTECT CHILDREN UNLESS THERE IS A DRASTIC REWRITE OF ITS PROPOSED NEW CYFS LAWS. UNICEF SAYS THE PLANNED OVERHAUL OF OUR CHILD YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES IS A GOOD START ` BUT IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. AND ALL THE GOVERNMENT TALK OF A CULTURE CHANGE WITHIN CYFS IS NOT BEING TRANSLATED CLEARLY INTO THE LAW. UNICEF IS TAKING ITS CONCERNS TO A SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE REFORMS TODAY. WE'VE HAD TO PORE THROUGH THE LEGISLATION WITH A CHILD-RIGHTS LENS AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INCONSISTENCIES. THERE ARE TWO MAIN AREAS FOR US THAT HAVE THE LEAST CLARITY, AND THAT IS AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE HUGE CULTURE CHANGE ` WHETHER THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CULTURE CHANGE FOR ALL THE WORKFORCE IS. IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, THE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS LEGISLATION IS IFFY AT BEST. SO WE'VE ASKED A LOT OF 'HOW' ` HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS? WRITE THAT INTO THE LEGISLATION. SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING NOVEMBER'S KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE 'COMPLEX AND UNUSUAL' AND SAY IT COULD HAVE SET THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE MOST FAULTLINES RUPTURING IN A SINGLE QUAKE. INITIAL DATA COLLECTED IN THE HOURS AFTER THE MAGNITUDE 7.8 EARTHQUAKE SHOWED THERE WAS SURFACE RUPTURE ON FIVE DIFFERENT FAULTLINES. BUT IT'S NOW THOUGHT THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 21. WE THINK IT'S APPROACHING PROBABLY A WORLD RECORD IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL FAULTS INVOLVED IN AN EARTHQUAKE. ABOUT 14 OF THOSE HAVE SURFACED OFFSETS OF AT LEAST A METRE. SOME OF THEM MAY BE THE SAME FAULT, SOME OF THEM MAY BE MINOR RUPTURES. SO THERE'S STILL A BIT OF WORK TO DO TO REALLY PIN THAT NUMBER DOWN. MORE THAN 50 SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COLLECTING DATA SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE FOUR MONTHS AGO. EXPERTS SAY A CONGESTION CHARGE TO MOTORISTS WON'T BE THE ANSWER TO NZ'S GROWING TRAFFIC CONGESTION. A NEW SURVEY REVEALED AUCKLAND HAS WORSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAN HONG KONG. LAST YEAR THE COUNTRY'S CAR FLEET INCREASED BY 200,000 VEHICLES, WHICH THE AA SAYS IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE GROWING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE REPORT ALSO REVEALED NZ'S OVERALL CONGESTION WAS UP BY 43% SINCE 2008. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SAYS PILOT CARELESSNESS AROUND FUEL IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE HIGH RATE OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. CONTAMINATED FUEL, OR RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, ARE OFTEN THE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE, ACCORDING TO THE CAA. SO IT'S MAKING THE ISSUE THE FOCUS OF IT'S SAFETY COURSES THIS YEAR. THE NATIONWIDE 'FUEL FOR THOUGHT' SEMINARS WILL RECONSTRUCT RECENT ACCIDENTS TO BETTER EDUCATE PILOTS AND START IN WELLINGTON TOMORROW. FORMER POLITICAL OPPONENTS ARE SAYING FAREWELL TO PARLIAMENT WITHIN WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. JOHN KEY'S CONFIRMED HE'LL DELIVER HIS LAST SPEECH, HIS VALEDICTORY, NEXT WEDNESDAY AND OFFICIALLY RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT ON APRIL THE 14TH. AND THE MAN HE BEAT AT THE LAST ELECTION, LABOUR'S DAVID CUNLIFFE, ALSO CONFIRMED THIS MORNING THAT HE'LL LEAVE PARLIAMENT TWO WEEKS LATER. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW TO TALK THROUGH THE SIGNIFICANCE. KATIE, ARE THESE CONFIRMATIONS JUST A COINCIDENCE OR SOMETHING MORE AT PLAY? No, it is not a coincidence That you have those two men who went head to head at the last election Also resigned from Parliament at the same time. It is now six months until the election. If they resign within that time it means they don't force a by-election. Neither of them wanted that to happen. They are costly affairs. If John Key had resigned, national would have been one vote down IF DAVID CUNLIFFE HAD STUCK AROUND, LABOUR WOULD HAVE HAD AN EXTRA VOTE AGAINST NATIONAL, WHY DOESN'T HE STAY? You have to wonder why. Labour could have time to use that to their advantage. It would have made things more difficult for National In things such as trying to pass resource management reforms. But it's been well known that David Cunliffe wanted to go. So national and labour sat down together and came up with a plan. THE PARTIES HAVE CONSULTED, AND THE AGREEMENT WAS WE WOULDN'T DISRUPT THE PROPORTIONALITY OF PARLIAMENT AND WE WOULDN'T CAUSE THE COST OF BYELECTIONS TO THE TAXPAYER. WHAT ABOUT ANY PERKS THEY PICK UP AFTER LEAVING PARLIAMENT? John Key as a former Prime Minister It's a number of perks including a salary of just over 51,000 If he wishes to take it. He also gets free travel on air, bus, rail, As long as he is acting in the role of former Prime Minister. But all of those has to be him acting as former Prime Minister. David Cunliffe has been an MP for 18 years. He goes away with nothing but his super. THE SUN MAY BE OUT, BUT AUCKLANDERS ARE AGAIN BEING REMINDED TO KEEP WATER CONSUMPTION DOWN. ALTHOUGH RESIDENTS ARE USING LESS WATER THAN USUAL. THEY'VE MISSED THE DAILY TARGET OF 400 MILLION LITRES TWO DAYS IN A ROW. LAST WEEK'S HEAVY RAINS MEAN THE ARDMORE TREATMENT PLANT IS OVERLOADED WITH SEDIMENT. WATERCARE SAYS IF AUCKLAND KEEPS MISSING TARGETS, IT MAY HAVE TO ISSUE BOIL WATER NOTICES. THE PARENTS OF A YOUNG NZER WHO DIED AFTER TRAVELING TO PERU TO TRY A POWERFUL HALLUCINOGEN ARE WARNING OTHER TOURISTS ABOUT ITS DANGERS. THOUSANDS TRAVEL TO THE AMAZON EACH YEAR TO TAKE THE DRUG. AYAHUASCA HAS BEEN LINKED TO AT LEAST SEVEN DEATHS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. THE ABC'S HAMISH MACDONALD WITH THIS. AYAHUASCA IS A NEW 'IT' DRUG. A NATURAL HIGH GROWN MAINLY IN THE AMAZON. IF YOU JUST DRANK THIS BY ITSELF, YOU WOULD JUST PURGE. YOU'D JUST VOMIT. IT'S BREWED WITH CHACRUNA LEAVES, CONTAINING THE NATURAL PSYCHEDELIC COMPOUND DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE, OR DMT. BUT IN PERU, AYAHUASCA IS CELEBRATED AS A TRADITIONAL MEDICINE. IT'S VERY SAFE. AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IN TRUTH, IT IS NOT ALWAYS SAFE. (SINGS) THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL HALLUCINOGENS ON EARTH. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS ARE FLOCKING HERE EVERY YEAR TO TRY IT. IT'S CLAIMED AYAHUASCA HELPS WITH EVERYTHING ` FROM PTSD TO ADDICTION. THE DRUG IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY OUT OF THE AMAZON AND INTO AUSTRALIA. PURCHASED ONLINE, DELIVERED TO THE DOOR. THE PARENTS OF MATTHEW DAWSON-CLARKE KNOW JUST HOW DEADLY THIS AYAHUASCA CAN BE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME. AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO MY SON. SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, LYNDIE DAWSON-CLARKE SAYS HER SON DIED AFTER DRINKING TOBACCO TEA AT AN AYAHUASCA RETREAT IN PERU. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES, I'M JUST HERE TO SAY BE AWARE. AMERICANS LIVING IN THE NORTH EAST HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HUNKER DOWN AND RIDE OUT THE WINTER STORM WHICH HAS CLOSED ROADS, SCHOOLS AND LEFT NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION WITHOUT POWER. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN REPORTS. TONIGHT THAT MAJOR WINTER STORM BLASTING THE NORTHEAST WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, ICE AND HIGH WINDS. A DANGEROUS MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW MAKING ROADS ESPECIALLY TREACHEROUS. AUTHORITIES BEGGING THE 20 MILLION AMERICANS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA TO HUNKER DOWN. VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE STAY IN TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WHILE WE RIDE OUT THIS STORM. A SLOPPY MIX, AND EVEN THUNDERSNOW, GRINDING NEW YORK TO A HALT. THE STORM IN THE NYC AREA IS NOT AS BAD AS ANTICIPATED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED IN OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. THE SNOW DUMPING DOWN AT 4 INCHES AN HOUR IN PLACES, BURYING CARS IN NEWBURGH, NEW YORK. THOSE THAT TRIED TO GET OUT IN POUGHKEEPSIE, NEEDING A PUSH OR A TOW. THAT SYSTEM, NOW CHURNING NORTHWARDS. A MOTORIST ON ZAKIM BRIDGE IN BOSTON CAPTURING THIS TRACTOR TRAILER JACK-KNIFING. WATCH IT SWING ACROSS THE LANES. NO ONE WAS HURT. TRAGICALLY, ONE TEEN LOST HER LIFE WHEN HER VEHICLE LOST CONTROL ON A SNOW-COVERED NEW HAMPSHIRE ROAD. IT'S NOT JUST SNOW, BUT WIND GUSTS OF NEARLY 80MPH WHIPPING THE MASSACHUSETTS COASTLINE. THIS WIND TURBINE IN RHODE ISLAND SNAPPED IN HALF. A DRIVER WAS RESCUED ON THIS FLOODED STREET IN CONNECTICUT. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG TIDES INUNDATING NEIGHBOURHOODS ALL ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, REBECCA WRIGHT, BRAVED THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK TO GIVE US THIS UPDATE. WE'RE HERE IN CENTRAL PARK, BEHIND ME OVER HERE IS CENTRAL PARK WEST, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COVERED IN SNOW. USUALLY THIS IS A ROAD WHICH WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BUSTLING, BUT THIS MORNING THE ONLY SOUNDS YOU'LL HEAR IS THE OCCASIONAL SIREN AND THE MEN SHOVELLING SNOW. IT'S A SNOW DAY, SO SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, THE UNITED NATIONS ARE ALL CLOSED. DONALD TRUMP HAS PUT OFF HIS MEETING WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL BECAUSE OF THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS. TURKISH PRESIDENT TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS MADE MORE INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS AIMED AT THE NETHERLANDS. HE'S ACCUSED THE COUNTRY OF FAILING TO PREVENT THE KILLING OF 8000 BOSNIAN MUSLIMS AT SREBRENICA DURING THE BOSNIAN WAR. DUTCH U.N. PEACEKEEPERS HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME. IT FOLLOWS A DIPLOMATIC SPAT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES THAT BEGAN WITH TURKISH MINISTERS BEING BANNED FROM HOLDING A POLITICAL RALLY FOR EXPAT TURKS IN THE NETHERLANDS. HEADSCARVES CAN NOW BE BANNED IN EUROPEAN WORKPLACES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, FOLLOWING A RULING FROM THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE EU. BUT IT RULED ANY BAN MUST BE PART OF A GENERAL POLICY THAT STOPS EMPLOYEES WEARING ANY RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL SYMBOLS. IT MEANS BOSSES CAN ONLY DEMAND WORKERS REMOVE HEADSCARVES IF THE COMPANY HAS A NEUTRAL DRESS CODE. THE ISSUE OF MUSLIM DRESS HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS ONE AHEAD OF SEVERAL ELECTIONS IN EU COUNTRIES. BACK HERE, AND EFFORTS TO TACKLE A RISE IN BEEHIVE THEFTS HAVE BEEN BOOSTED BY A NEW JOINT APPROACH FROM POLICE AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS. BEEKEEPERS HAVE BEEN LOSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WITH MORE THAN 400 REPORTED THEFTS OF HIVES AND HONEY SINCE JULY LAST YEAR. LAURA TWYMAN REPORTS. THEY'RE BUSY MAKING HONEY ` AND THEY NEED TO BE. THIS WAIRARAPA BUSINESS IS $40,000 OUT OF POCKET AFTER THIEVES MADE OFF WITH 40 HIVES. YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE BEEKEEPERS BEING HIT BY THIS, AND IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. BEEHIVE THEFTS ARE GROWING AT THE COST OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S DEVASTATING FOR BEEKEEPERS. BEEKEEPERS TARGETED BY THIS CRIME, IT'S LOSS OF THEIR LIVESTOCK. BUT ALSO IT'S THE WHOLE COST OF THE BEEHIVE. THE RISING VALUE OF KIWI HONEY IS A FACTOR. IN THE PAST YEAR, EXPORT REVENUE REACHED A RECORD $315M. AND THERE ARE NOW CLOSE TO 800,000 REGISTERED HIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. POLICE SAY THE THEFTS ARE ORGANISED CRIME, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH BEEKEEPERS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. WE WERE... SHOULD I SAY WE WERE ACTUALLY IGNORANT ABOUT BEES, BECAUSE YOU THINK, 'BEES ARE JUST HANGING AROUND THE GARDEN.' WE TALKED THEM THROUGH THE CONCERNS OF INDUSTRY, THAT INDUSTRY WASN'T BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THAT THE ISSUE WASN'T BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. ESSENTIAL DATABASE HAS BEEN SET UP. THERE ARE CLEARER PROCEDURES, AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE GETTING ADVICE FROM THOSE IN THE KNOW. I HAVE LEARNT SO MUCH OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS. JUST THE MAKEUP OF HIVES THEMSELVES ` AMAZING. AND BEEKEEPERS ARE NOTICING THE DIFFERENCE. THEY TOOK ME VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THEY CAME AND SENT OUT AN INVESTIGATOR WHO TOOK PICTURES OF THE WHEEL TRACKS, PHOTOS OF THE SCENE. TRIED TO GET FINGERPRINTS OFF THE STRAPS. POLICE SAY THE PUBLIC CAN HELP,... IF YOU SEE IT, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. RING STAR 5-5-5. AND THEY'RE URGING THE COUNTRY'S 6000 BEEKEEPERS TO BEEF UP SECURITY. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, PRIZED IN SOME ASIAN CULTURES ` RHINO HORNS WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE SEIZED IN THAILAND AFTER BEING FOUND INSIDE CHECKED-IN LUGGAGE. AND 'AU REVOIR' TO ANOTHER ALL BLACK. TAWERA KERR-BARLOW QUITS NZ RUGBY FOR FRANCE. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE THE THREAT OF FAMINE IN PARTS OF AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. THE UNITED NATIONS SAY THE CRISIS WILL ONLY WORSEN IN THE NEXT 60 YEARS. IN NIGERIA, THE SITUATION IS MADE WORSE BY FIGHTING WITH THE ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP BOKO HARAM. THE BBC'S CLIVE MYRIE IS IN NIGERIA. AND JUST A WARNING ` YOU MAY FIND SOME IMAGES IN HIS STORY DISTRESSING. THEY BEGIN QUEUING AT SUNRISE. YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO GET IN. AND THROUGH THE DAY, THE STREAM OF ANXIOUS WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 'IS MY CHILD MALNOURISHED? 'COULD MY CHILD DIE?' (COUGHS) THIS TREATMENT FEEDING CENTRE HAS BEEN WORKING FLAT OUT RECENTLY. AND IN THE QUEUE WE FOUND FANNA ALI AND LITTLE HADIZAM, JUST 10 MONTHS OLD. (SPEAKS NIGERIAN LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE HAD TO BEG FOR FOOD, SOMETIMES GOING TO SLEEP WITHOUT EATING. OUR HOME WAS BURNT DOWN AND WE HAD TO LEAVE OUR VILLAGE. BUT I PRAY NOW THAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER. FANNA'S STORY IS SO TYPICAL. ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY THE ISLAMIST GROUP BOKO HARAM, WHOSE FIGHTERS FOR SEVEN YEARS BURNED VILLAGES, KILLED THOUSANDS AND LEFT TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE HOMELESS ALL IN THE NAME OF STRICT SHARIA LAW. FARMERS COULDN'T TEND THEIR FIELDS BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING, AND SO NOW PEOPLE STARVE. (PEOPLE TALK, BABIES CRY) A NURSE TAKES HADIZAM'S MEASUREMENTS. IT'S NOT GOOD. BUT HER CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE BETTER THAN MOHAMMED'S, WHO'S 4 YEARS OLD, SEVERELY MALNOURISHED AND BADLY WEAKENED BY TB. OR BINTU, AGED 5, WHOSE MOTHER SITS HELPLESS NEARBY. (WOMAN SPEAKS NIGERIAN LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: SEEING MY DAUGHTER REALLY SICK LIKE THIS HAS BEEN UNBEARABLE. THERE WAS LITTLE FOOD AROUND WHEN WE ESCAPED BOKO HARAM. I CAN'T COUNT THE NUMBER OF DAYS WE HAVE HAD TO GO HUNGRY. SECONDS LATER, THERE'S A NEW ARRIVAL AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE. DOCTORS STRUGGLE TO HELP MUSTAFA, WHO'S 20 MONTHS OLD, TO BREATHE. CRADLED IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS, HIS LIFE IS EBBING AWAY. LATER THAT EVENING, MUSTAFA DIED. 10-MONTH-OLD HADIZAM SHOULD MAKE IT. SHE HAS AN APPETITE AND CAN BEGIN TO RECOVER. BUT WHILE THE ISLAMISTS OF BOKO HARAM HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FROM MOST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, THEIR LEGACY OF PAIN AND STARVATION ENDURES. MORE THAN $7M WORTH OF RHINO HORNS HAVE BEEN SEIZED AT BANGKOK AIRPORT. 21 HORNS WERE FOUND IN LUGGAGE TRAVELLING FROM ETHIOPIA TO THAILAND. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HAULS OF ITS KIND IN THAILAND. RHINOCEROS HORNS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND ACROSS ASIA AS THEY ARE USED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES. TO SPORT, AND CHIEFS HALFBACK TAWERA KERR-BARLOW IS THE MOST RECENT ALL BLACK TO BE LURED OFFSHORE. THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS JUST SIGNED A THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH FRENCH TOP 14 CLUB LA ROCHELLE AND IS SET TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AT THE END OF 2017, MAKING SURE HE PLAYS OUT THIS YEAR'S SUPER RUGBY SEASON AND HELPING THE CHIEFS TO ANOTHER TITLE. IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME ADVENTURE. LITTLE MAORI BOY FROM DARWIN GOT TO LIVE HIS DREAM. AND, UH, FOR THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. MEANWHILE, THE FUTURE OF SOME SUPER RUGBY TEAMS DOESN'T LOOK PROMISING. FORMER ALL BLACKS FIRST FIVE ANDREW MEHRTENS HAS SLAMMED THE COMPETITION AS 'STUPID' DURING A TELEVISION INTERVIEW. AND CHEETAH'S BOSS HAROLD VESTER SAYS THE COMPETITION COULD BE SCALED BACK TO 16 TEAMS FROM NEXT YEAR, MEANING A SOUTH AFRICAN AND AUSTRALIAN TEAM MAY GET THE CHOP. SANZAAR MET IN LONDON LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD BUT ARE YET TO RELEASE THEIR DECISION. TO FOOTBALL, AND LEICESTER CITY HAVE STUNNED SEVILLA WITH A 2-0 VICTORY IN THEIR SECOND LEG OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, MAKING THEM PROGRESS THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS. BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. LEICESTER, WHERE A FOOTBALL WINTER OF DISCONTENT IS VERY RECENT HISTORY. THIS IS KING RICHARD. NO STATUE YET OF KING CLAUDIO. AND SHAKESPEARE? HE'S HERE ` LEICESTER'S NEW BOSS. WELL, LEICESTER WERE 2-1 DOWN AFTER THE FIRST LEG IN SEVILLE, WHERE THEY'D SCORED AN AWAY GOAL. 26 MINUTES HERE. A HOME GOAL. YES, THIS WAS LEICESTER, THE NEW LEICESTER ` LIKE THE OLD LEICESTER. LEICESTER'S PLAYERS WERE BASICALLY THE MEN WHO WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE, BASICALLY PLAYING LIKE CHAMPIONS AGAIN. EVERYONE KNOWS JAMIE VARDY IRRITATES PLAYERS CLOSE TO THE EDGE. BUT WAS THERE CONTACT HERE? SAMIR NASRI, INCENSED, INSISTED THERE WASN'T. BUT HE WAS GIVEN A SECOND YELLOW CARD AND WAS OFF, EVENTUALLY. SO WHAT NEXT? HOW ABOUT A PENALTY FOR SEVILLA? YEP, STEP FORWARD, STEVEN N'ZONZI, WHO SEEMED OVERWHELMED BY THE OPPORTUNITY. LEICESTER WAS SIMPLY INSPIRED. 2-0 ON THE NIGHT, 3-2 ON AGGREGATE, THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS. BAYERN MUNICH, REAL MADRID, BARCELONA. COULD BE YOU HERE NEXT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, REMEMBER THIS? THE PROFESSOR AT THE CENTRE OF THIS VIRAL VIDEO SPEAKS OUT. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THE PROFESSOR WHO WAS FAMOUSLY INTERRUPTED BY HIS CHILDREN DURING A LIVE TV INTERVIEW HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THIS FROM THE BBC ON THE INTERVIEW CLIP THAT WENT VIRAL. PROFESSOR ROBERT KELLY, AN EXPERT ON SOUTH KOREA OFFERING EXPERT ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL EVENTS. BUT IT WAS THE UNEXPECTED ENTRANCE OF HIS DAUGHTER, MARION, WHO WAS TO CREATE A GLOBAL EVENT OF ITS OWN. I THINK ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN'S JUST WALKED IN. TO AVOID BEING UPSTAGED, THE PROFESSOR TRIED A GENTLE PUSH, ONLY FOR MARION'S BROTHER TO ENTER ON WHEELS. AND THEN THERE WAS MUM. PARDON ME. MY APOLOGIES. THE PROFESSOR'S LOOK SAID IT ALL. WAS HE HOPING THAT, JUST PERHAPS, NO ONE HAD NOTICED AFTER ALL? NORTH, UH... SORRY. A PERFECTLY-TIMED SLAM OF THE DOOR ENSURED THIS VIDEO WENT VIRAL, SPAWNING SPOOF AFTER SPOOF, FEATURING FAMOUS FACE AFTER FAMOUS FACE, TODAY, PROFESSOR KELLY AND HIS FAMILY WERE INVITED BACK ON TO LIVE BBC TELEVISION, ONLY FOR MARION TO ONCE AGAIN STEAL THE LIMELIGHT. WE RECOGNISE THAT, UH, IT'S NOT... MARION, STOP, PLEASE. DO YOU WANNA RECUT THAT? (LAUGHS) SO, IN SPITE OF IT ALL, DID THEY FIND IT AS FUNNY AS WE DID? YEAH, NO, WE DID. WE DID. WE'VE WATCHED IT MULTIPLE TIMES TOO, AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE WATCHED IT. EVERYBODY WE KNOW SEEMS TO THINK IT'S PRETTY HYSTERICAL. WE UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE FIND IT ENJOYABLE. SORT OF CATCHING A REGULAR FAMILY OFF-GUARD. PARDON ME. JUST A REGULAR FAMILY, WHOSE OFF-GUARD MOMENTS HAVE BECOME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND CHELSEA THORESEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017