HELLO. THINGS ARE FINALLY STARTING TO QUIETEN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE LEFTOVER SOUTHERLY FLOW STILL BROUGHT SOME CLOUD TO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. A BIT OF A KEEN WIND IN PLACES, ONE OR TWO SHOWERS HERE AND THERE, BUT ALL OF IT STARTING TO QUIETEN DOWN AS THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. AND THAT IS THE PLAN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ` HIGH PRESSURE. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. NO WAVING AWAY THE LATEST CONTROVERSY. DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURN REVEALED. WAS IT A DELIBERATE LEAK? IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT DONALD SENT THIS TO ME. DONALD TRUMP HAS, OVER THE YEARS, LEAKED ALL SORTS OF THINGS. DRUG DOGS CAN'T SNIFF THEM OUT ` A NEW TROUBLING WAY TO SMUGGLE METH OR P INTO THE COUNTRY. BUMPER TO BUMPER ` THE FRUSTRATING WAIT IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC'S GETTING WORSE. NEW FIGURES SHOW JUST HOW BAD IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND REMEMBER THIS, WHEN KIDS STOLE THE SHOW DURING A LIVE INTERVIEW? DAD NOW FRONTS UP WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE RELEASE OF JUST A BIT OF DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURN'S ANGERED THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH FIRED BACK EARLY BY UPSTAGING A TV NETWORK'S PLANNED BIG REVEAL ON LIVE TELEVISION. THE DETAILS ` THE BILLIONAIRE PAID $38M IN TAXES IN 2005 ON MORE THAN $150M IN INCOME. MOST OF THAT WAS PAID UNDER WHAT'S KNOWN AS ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX, WHICH TRUMP'S VOWED TO GET RID OF. THAT TYPE OF TAX WAS IMPLEMENTED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO TO ENSURE THE RICH DON'T AVOID PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. THE PRESIDENT'S CONTINUALLY REFUSED TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS, BREAKING A LONG TRADITION. AS US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS, AMERICA'S NBC GOT THE SCOOP. WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT ` DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS. TONIGHT, A RARE GLIMPSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TAX AFFAIRS. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS ` NEVER-BEFORE-REVEALED INFORMATION ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAXES. BUT THE INFORMATION ISN'T COMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. INSTEAD, A COPY OF DONALD TRUMP'S 2005 TAX RETURN LEAKED TO PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST DAVID CAY JOHNSTON. DO THOSE NUMBERS SEEM RIGHT TO YOU? YES. AND... THEY FIT THE THINGS WE KNOW FROM OTHER PUBLIC RECORDS ABOUT HOW DONALD DOES BUSINESS. WHAT THEY SHOW IS THAT IN 2005, DONALD TRUMP PAID JUST $38M IN TAX ON $153M OF INCOME. HE WOULD'VE PAID TAXES AT A LOWER RATE OF THE BOTTOM HALF OF TAXPAYERS ` THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY THAT MAKE LESS THAN $33,000. IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL, BECAUSE TRUMP ALSO WROTE OFF $102M IN BUSINESS LOSSES. THAT'S A GOOD NIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP. I'M SORRY. THERE'S JUST REALLY NO WAY` I WAS HOPING AND PRAYING THAT IT WOULD SHOW THAT NOT ONLY DID HE PAY NO TAXES, HE ACTUALLY CHARGED THE GOVERNMENT AND GOT MONEY BACK. I WANTED SOMETHING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT. WHAT YOU WANTED WAS THAT HE WAS PAID IN ROUBLES. WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE DOCUMENTS IS DETAIL OF WHERE TRUMP'S INCOME IS FROM, LEAVING MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. THIS DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF INCOME BUT NOT THE SOURCES. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ` WHO IS THE PRESIDENT GETTING MONEY FROM? WE KNOW HIS ELECTION WAS AFFECTED BY A HOSTILE FOREIGN POWER. WE WANNA KNOW IF HIS FINANCES ARE AS WELL. BEFORE THE LIVE BROADCAST, THE WHITE HOUSE ISSUED A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE, SAYING... IT'S A FAMILIAR REFRAIN FROM THE PRESIDENT, WHO BREAKS A FOUR-DECADE-LONG PRECEDENT BY REFUSING TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. OH, GEE, I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT. OH, GEE, I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT. I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONES THAT CARE ABOUT MY TAX RETURNS ARE THE REPORTERS. BUT THIS LEAK MEANS THAT THE ISSUE OF TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS IS LIKELY TO LEAD THE NEWS FOR SOME TIME YET. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. THE CUSTOM OF PRESIDENTS RELEASING TAX RETURNS BEGAN IN 1973 WITH RICHARD NIXON WHILE HE WAS BEING AUDITED OVER HIS PERSONAL TAXES. IT LEAD TO ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN'S MOST FAMOUS QUOTES ` 'PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHETHER THEIR PRESIDENT IS A CROOK. 'WELL, I'M NOT A CROOK.' GERALD FORD, WHO TOOK OVER AFTER NIXON RESIGNED, DIDN'T RELEASE FULL TAX RETURNS ` INSTEAD, RELEASING A SUMMARY. BUT THEN FROM JIMMY CARTER, RONALD REAGAN, GEORGE BUSH SR, BILL CLINTON AND GEORGE W BUSH TO BARACK OBAMA, EVERY U.S. LEADER HAS VOLUNTARILY MADE PUBLIC THEIR TAX RETURNS. THE CONCERN NOW IS HOW TRUMP'S REFUSAL COULD END A TRADITION OF FINANCIAL OPENNESS AMERICANS EXPECT FROM THEIR PRESIDENT. THE BATTLE TO KEEP METHAMPHETAMINE FROM OUR SHORES HAS GOT HARDER WITH POLICE AND CUSTOMS COMING UP AGAINST A NEW TACTIC. FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH IMPORTING 160 KILOS OF METH IN A LIQUID FORM. POLICE ALLEGE THE MEN INTENDED TURNING IT BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL FORM AFTER IT LANDED HERE. NICOLE BREMNER'S BEEN IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT. THE COURT HEARD HOW AUTHORITIES HERE INTERCEPTED A CONSIGNMENT OF DISHWASHING LIQUID WHEN IT ARRIVED BY SHIP IN LATE JANUARY. IT HAD COME FROM HONG KONG, AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS REVEALED SOME OF THE BOTTLES WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN T-BOC METHAMPHETAMINE. POLICE SAY T-BOC IS A FORM OF METHAMPHETAMINE THAT'S CHEMICALLY MASKED TO AVOID DETECTION. METHAMPHETAMINE AT THE SOURCE LOCATION THEN HAS THE T-BOC ADDED TO IT, AND THEN IT'S SUSPENDED IN THE LIQUID. AND WHEN IT ARRIVES IN THE COUNTRY, THEN IT UNDERGOES ANOTHER PROCESS WHICH TRANSFORMS OR CONVERTS IT BACK INTO METHAMPHETAMINE. T-BOC SEEMS TO BE A METHOD THAT'S BEING USED INCREASINGLY OVERSEAS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME POLICE HAVE SEEN IT HERE, AND THEY ESTIMATE ITS STREET VALUE WOULD HAVE BEEN $148M. THE COURT HEARD HOW POLICE LAUNCHED AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION AND OBSERVED TWO OF THE ACCUSED UPLIFTING THE SHIPMENT AND TAKING IT TO A STORAGE LOCKER IN NEW LYNN. POLICE SAY THEY'LL NOW BE RELYING MORE HEAVILY ON THEIR INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS OVERSEAS TO KEEP THIS NEW FORM OF METHAMPHETAMINE OUT OF NZ. 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. JESSICA MUTCH 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, COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT'S DEVASTATING FOR BEEKEEPERS. BEEKEEPERS TARGETED BY THIS CRIME, IT'S THE 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, 'OH, BEES ARE JUST HANGING AROUND THE GARDEN.' WE TALKED THEM THROUGH THE CONCERNS OF INDUSTRY ` THAT INDUSTRY WEREN'T BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THAT THE ISSUE WASN'T BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. A CENTRAL 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 IS AMAZING. AND BEEKEEPERS ARE NOTICING A 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. SEE IT, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. RING *555. AND THEY'RE URGING THE COUNTRY'S 6000 BEEKEEPERS TO BEEF UP SECURITY. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. IT'S THE CAUSE OF DAILY FRUSTRATION FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS. NOW NEW RESEARCH SHOWS OUR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS WORSE THAN AUSTRALIA. AUCKLANDERS SPEND THE LONGEST TIME STUCK IN THEIR CARS. A JOURNEY THAT WOULD NORMALLY TAKE IN HOUR IN FREE-FLOWING TRAFFIC NOW TAKING AN EXTRA 45 MINUTES AT PEAK TIMES. FOR CONTEXT, THAT'S 172 HOURS, OR FOUR WORKING WEEKS, IN A YEAR ` WORSE CONGESTION LEVELS THAN HONG KONG. IN WELLINGTON, CONGESTION'S ALSO RISEN, ADDING, ON AVERAGE, AN EXTRA 43 MINUTES TO THAT ONE-HOUR DRIVE TIME. MORNING CONGESTION IN THE CAPITAL IS THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY. CHRISTCHURCH FARES BETTER IN THIS YEAR'S FIGURES, CONGESTION LEVELS RISING SLIGHTLY. DRIVERS CAN EXPECT AN EXTRA 29 MINUTES OF TRAVEL TIME DURING RUSH HOUR. BUT DUNEDIN'S SEEN THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN THE COUNTRY ` TIME STUCK IN TRAFFIC UP 6% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, ADDING 21 MINUTES TO THE TRIP. OUR DUNEDIN REPORTER MARK HATHAWAY GOT UP EARLY TO WATCH THE MORNING COMMUTE. BIG CITY PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE SPREADING SOUTH. DO YOU RECKON DUNEDIN'S GOT A CONGESTION PROBLEM WITH ITS TRAFFIC? AT TIMES ` AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, ABSOLUTELY. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. MORE CARS, MORE TRAFFIC? AH, YEAH. COULD DO WITH SOME BETTER TRAFFIC LIGHTS. uH, YEAH. COULD DO WITH SOME BETTER TRAFFIC LIGHTS. AND IF THERE WAS EVER AN AUTHORITY TO TALK TRAFFIC, IT'S A LOCAL CABBIE. I HAD ACTUALLY AN ITALIAN TOURIST IN JUST THE OTHER WEEK, AND SHE SAID FOR A CITY THIS SIZE, WE'VE GOT TOO MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS. VERY INTERESTING. WHICH PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP, I RECKON. THE CONGESTION FIGURES COME FROM TOMTOM BRAND GPS NAVIGATIONAL DEVICES. THEIR 500 MILLION UNITS ACROSS THE WORLD FEEDING DATA TO GIVE A PICTURE OF TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND REAL-TIME ISSUES. YOU'D SEE A LOT OF RED LINES ON THE ROADS IF IT WAS MORNING OR EVENING. THE FIGURES SHOWING THE TIME FOR A TYPICAL JOURNEY IN DUNEDIN IS INCREASING. BUT THE GROWTH PATTERN IS THERE, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN DUNEDIN IN REGARD TO ECONOMIC GROWTH. BUT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SOUTHERN DRIVERS STILL GET OFF LIGHTLY BECAUSE THEIR TRIPS ARE USUALLY SHORTER. ACCORDING TO TOMTOM'S FIGURES THE WORST CITY FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS STILL AUCKLAND, WHERE COMMUTERS SPEND ON AVERAGE MORE THAN FOUR WORKING WEEKS STUCK IN TRAFFIC EACH YEAR. IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT'S AFFECTING THE COST OF THE ECONOMY AND DOING BUSINESS. WELLINGTON TOPS THE CHARTS FOR THE WORST MORNING CONGESTION IN THE COUNTRY, WHILE CHRISTCHURCH'S CONGESTION IS UP, THOUGH INCREASING AT THE SLOWEST RATE. IN DUNEDIN, THERE ARE IDEAS ON SOLVING THE PROBLEM. YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BRINGING ANY MORE PEOPLE DOWN HERE, MATE. YOU NEED TO INCREASE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE THEY BRING MORE PEOPLE DOWN. MEANTIME, PHIL ALLEN SAYS BETTER-INFORMED DECISIONS ON WHEN TO TRAVEL CAN EASE THE PRESSURE. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THE PARENTS OF A NZ MAN (24) WHO WAS KILLED IN PERU HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT HIS DEATH FOR THE FIRST TIME. MATTHEW DAWSON-CLARKE DIED DURING AN ANCIENT AMAZON CLEANSING CEREMONY. NOW THERE ARE WARNINGS ABOUT THE POWERFUL HALLUCINOGEN HE TOOK. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. MATTHEW DAWSON-CLARKE WAS JUST 24 WHEN HE VENTURED INTO THE PERUVIAN JUNGLE IN 2015. HIS VISIT TO A SPIRITUAL RETREAT, ORGANISED BY A TOURIST OPERATOR, TURNED DEADLY AFTER DRINKING A POWERFUL BREW OF TOBACCO TEA IN PREPARATION FOR AN AYAHUASCA CEREMONY LIKE THIS ONE. (EXHALES HEAVILY) (SINGS INDISTINCTLY) THREE DAYS LATER, HIS MOTHER, LYNDIE, RECEIVED A CALL. SHE SAID TO ME, 'I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.' AT THAT POINT, MY HEART JUST STOPPED. AYAHUASCA'S A PSYCHEDELIC DRUG MADE FROM VINE THAT GROWS IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE. IT'S VERY SAFE ` AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH THE RIGHT PERSON, THE RIGHT PEOPLE. BUT AN ABC INVESTIGATION'S THROWN THAT CLAIM INTO SERIOUS DOUBT. THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE FATALITIES IN THE YEAR AND A HALF SINCE MATTHEW'S DEATH. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY 'BE AWARE'. THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE AYAHUASCA CEREMONY. THE DRUG RITUAL IS ENDORSED BY CELEBRITIES LIKE STING AND LINDSAY LOHAN. ITS POPULARITY EXTENDS TO NZ. WE SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO'S EXPERIENCED IT. YOU'RE VOMITING UP THIS BLACK, GOOEY LIQUID. YOU FAST BEFOREHAND. YOU'RE VOMITING UP THIS BLACK, GOOEY LIQUID. YOU FAST BEFOREHAND. AS MUCH AS IT'S HORRIBLE AT THE TIME, IT'S INCREDIBLE AFTERWARDS. BUT SHE ADMITS SHE WOULDN'T USE IT RECREATIONALLY. A CORONIAL INQUEST INTO MATTHEW'S DEATH WAS INCONCLUSIVE, A CORONIAL INQUEST INTO MATTHEW'S DEATH WAS INCONCLUSIVE, BUT IT POINTED TO POSSIBLE NICOTINE POISONING, PROBABLY FROM THE STRONG TOBACCO TEA. TWO YEARS ON, HIS FAMILY'S SPOKEN OUT IN THE HOPE THAT OTHERS CAN AVOID A SIMILAR TRAGEDY. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FULL REPORT ON MATTHEW DAWSON-CLARKE'S TRIP TO PERU ON THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME THIS WEEKEND HERE ON 1. CHANGES TO LAWS PROTECTING VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED TO OUTLAW HOLDING UNDER-18-YEAR-OLDS IN ADULT JAILS, ACCORDING TO THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER. THE FORMER YOUTH AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGE TOLD MPS IT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE. AN ADULT POLICE CELL IS NO PLACE FOR ANYONE UNDER 18, SAYS THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER. WE ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE WHEN WE PUT A YOUNG TEENAGER IN A POLICE CELL. I REMEMBER AS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WHEN A 17-YEAR-OLD WAS PLACED IN A SUICIDE-PROOF CELL, SAID NOT TO BE A SUICIDE RISK. THE TEENAGER KILLED HIMSELF IN THE CELL. I AM SHOCKED BY THE LACK OF CONCERN. JUST OVER 600 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE HELD IN POLICE CELLS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. ANDREW BEECROFT SAYS SOME ARE HELD FOR UP TO SIX DAYS AT A TIME. WE'RE AT A GROWING HIGH POINT AT THE MOMENT, AND THE REASON IS THAT WE HAVE HARDLY ANY GOOD COMMUNITY-BASED REMAND HOMES, REMAND ONE-ON-ONE PLACEMENTS THAT WE USED TO HAVE. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER'S CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN END TO THE PRACTICE, AND HE WANTS THEM TO USE VULNERABLE CHILDREN'S LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT TO PUT A STOP TO IT. MY PLEA TO YOU IS BE TRANSFORMATIONAL. BE CHILD-CENTRED. BE VISIONARY AND REMOVE THE OPTION. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ANNE TOLLEY ADMITS THERE'S A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE IN A COMMUNITY, AND THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A YOUTH JUSTICE BED AVAILABLE FOR THEM ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. BUT SHE'S STICKING TO HER GUNS ON ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION IN PROPOSED LAW CHANGES WHICH WOULD SCRAP PLACING CHILDREN WITH WHANAU FIRST. THERE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH DUMP-AND-RUN FOR MAORI YOUNG PEOPLE. IT'S PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLE IN VIEW OF THE POOR OUTCOMES FOR TOO MANY MAORI CHILDREN, BUT IT IS THE WRONG SOLUTION. IT WILL CAUSE DEEP DIVISION. THE ACT TALKS ABOUT SHORT-TERM GAIN. WE SEE LONG-TERM PAIN THE ACT TALKS ABOUT SHORT-TERM GAIN. WE SEE LONG-TERM PAIN WHEN OUR TAMARIKI MAY BE FURTHER DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR IDENTITY AND CULTURE. MRS TOLLEY SAYS CHILDREN WILL ONLY BE PLACED WITH WHANAU IF IT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. A $110M DOLLAR TREATY SETTLEMENT FOR THE WHANGANUI RIVER HAS BEEN PASSED INTO LAW. HUNDREDS OF WHANGANUI IWI MEMBERS TRAVELLED TO PARLIAMENT TO WITNESS FORMALITIES IN WHAT THE TREATY MINISTER SAYS IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING LITIGATION IN NZ HISTORY. UNDER THE DEAL, THE RIVER BECOMES ITS OWN LEGAL ENTITY, TO BE MANAGED JOINTLY BY THE CROWN AND MAORI ` A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. (IWI MEMBERS PERFORM WAIATA) (IWI MEMBERS PERFORM WAIATA) THE SETTLEMENT BRINGS TO AN END GRIEVANCES DATING BACK TO THE 1870s. IT'S NOT OFTEN POLITICIANS AGREE ON ANYTHING. BUT LABOUR AND NATIONAL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CO-ORDINATE WHEN FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY AND FORMER LABOUR LEADER DAVID CUNLIFFE LEAVE PARLIAMENT. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SAVING YOU MONEY. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. THEY WENT HEAD TO HEAD AT THE 2014 ELECTION. BUT NOW THEY'VE MADE A GENTLEMEN'S DEAL TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT AT THE SAME TIME. I'M READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE. THEY'RE BOTH KEEN TO LEAVE, DESPERATE TO LEAVE, I WOULD SAY. THEY'RE BOTH KEEN TO LEAVE, DESPERATE TO LEAVE, I WOULD SAY. AND THIS SAVES THE TAXPAYER MONEY. YES ` AGREEING TO LEAVE TOGETHER SAVES THE TAXPAYER MONEY. THE PARTIES HAVE CONSULTED, AND THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT WE WOULDN'T DISRUPT THE PROPORTIONALITY AND THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT WE WOULDN'T DISRUPT THE PROPORTIONALITY OF PARLIAMENT, AND WE WOULDN'T CAUSE THE COST OF BY-ELECTIONS TO THE NZ TAXPAYER. IT ALSO MEANS NEITHER SIDE GETS AN EXTRA VOTE OVER THE OTHER PARTY IN PARLIAMENT. ONE EACH GOES FROM EACH SIDE. THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME. WE'VE GOT FOUR MONTHS LEFT OF THIS PARLIAMENT. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY AGREEMENTS THAT THEY'VE COME TO. GOOD ON THEM. 75% OF MPs COULD BLOCK MR KEY AND MR CUNLIFFE'S EARLY EXITS NEXT MONTH. SEE YA, MATE. GOOD LUCK. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE PUBLIC AT THE LAST ELECTION THEY SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE PUBLIC AT THE LAST ELECTION AND SAID, 'IF ANYTHING HAPPENS HERE, I'M GONNA SHOOT THROUGH.' THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY HIGH-PROFILE MPs LEAVING. JOHN KEY'S HERE POSSIBLY OFFERING SOME ADVICE TO ANOTHER POLITICAL RETIREE ` FORMER LABOUR DEPUTY ANNETTE KING. JOHN KEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED TODAY AND HAS STAYED OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT SINCE RESIGNING. BUT HE'S LIKELY TO BE IN HIGHER DEMAND IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS. SEE YA, GUYS. BYE-BYE. THEN THERE ARE THE PERKS HE GETS AS A FORMER PRIME MINISTER ` JUST OVER $51,000 DOLLARS A YEAR, PLUS FREE DOMESTIC TRAVEL FOR LIFE AND A CAR. THE TRAVEL AND CAR, THOUGH, HAVE TO BE FOR FORMER PRIME MINISTER-RELATED BUSINESS. I THINK IT IS FAIR WHEN YOU'VE HAD A PRIME MINISTER FOR THAT LONG, BUT HE'LL MAKE HIS CALL. JOHN KEY IS AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS MAN. HE'S ALWAYS GIVEN AWAY A HUGE PORTION OF HIS SALARY. AS FOR DAVID CUNLIFFE, WELL, HE LEAVES ON APRIL 23RD WITH JUST HIS MP'S SUPER. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE RISING RIGHT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AS THE NETHERLANDS GOES TO THE POLLS. WHAT DOES THE POPULARITY OF ANTI-IMMIGRATION AND ANTI-EU LEADERS LIKE GEERT WILDERS MEAN FOR THE REST OF EUROPE? THAT BIG BLIZZARD CONTINUES TO BATTER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. AUTHORITIES ARE BEGGING PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME AS FREEZING SNOW AND RAIN CAUSES HAVOC ON THE ROADS. AND ROUND TWO OF THAT ADORABLE LIVE BBC INTERVIEW GATECRASHED BY KIDS. THIS TIME, HIS CHILDREN AND WIFE ARE INVITED. COMING UP ` WE FIND OUT WHAT THEY THINK OF BECOMING INSTANT INTERNET STARS. VOTING IN ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST HOTLY ANTICIPATED ELECTIONS IS JUST ABOUT TO START. THE RAPID RISE OF A FAR-RIGHT PARTY IN THE NETHERLANDS IS FUELLING MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT A WAVE OF NATIONALISM SWEEPING THE CONTINENT. 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING REPORTS. THIS IS THE FACE OF THE NETHERLANDS' FAR RIGHT. ARMED WITH NATIONALIST, POPULIST POLICIES, GEERT WILDERS IS PROMISING TO SOLVE THE COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS BY SHUTTING BORDERS, CLOSING MOSQUES AND HELPING TO DISMANTLE THE EUROPEAN UNION. IF THE NETHERLANDS SET THE WRONG EXAMPLE, THEN I THINK... I THINK WE'RE UP FOR DISASTER, BASICALLY. WILDERS' ANTI-IMMIGRATION AND ANTI-ISLAM VIEWS, LONG CONSIDERED FRINGE, ARE NOW PART OF THE DUTCH MAINSTREAM. ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY IS AN IDEOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, OF HATE, OF SUBMISSION, ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY IS AN IDEOLOGY OF VIOLENCE, OF HATE, OF SUBMISSION, A LOT OF ASSIMILATION. AND I BELIEVE ISLAM AND FREEDOM ARE INCOMPATIBLE. HIS WORDS ARE HITTING THE MARK. MAKE THE NETHERLANDS OURS AGAIN. VOTE FOR THE NETHERLANDS; IT'S THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. HE HAS 10% OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT, BUT IN TONIGHT'S ELECTION, MANY VOTERS, DRIVEN BY FEAR, ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN HIM. IT'S NOT I HATE... MUSLIMS OR I HATE PEOPLE. I AM NOT A RACIST. I HATE ISLAM. I HATE ISLAM. WILDERS IS NOT ALONE IN EUROPE. IN FRANCE, FAR-RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN HAS A CREDIBLE SHOT IN UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. OTHER COUNTRIES TOO ARE BECOMING DISILLUSIONED WITH THE EU AMID CONCERNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THE MIGRANT CRISIS. IT'S SEEN THE FAR-RIGHT POLICY SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE. SOME OF THE CONTENDERS FOR OFFICE ARE BASICALLY SAYING, SOME OF THE CONTENDERS FOR OFFICE ARE BASICALLY SAYING, 'WE'VE GOT TO TAKE BACK CONTROL. 'OUR COUNTRIES ARE AT THE MERCY OF FOREIGN FORCES.' IMMIGRATION IS A FRACTURING FORCE IN THE EU, IMMIGRATION IS A FRACTURING FORCE IN THE EU, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY CONCERN. YESTERDAY, THE UK EDGED CLOSER TO LEAVING THE EU, AND THE IDEA'S GAINING POPULARITY IN COUNTRIES LIKE THE NETHERLANDS. SO IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE EU? I DON'T THINK SO. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT COUNTRIES INDIVIDUALLY FACE, MOST OF THOSE PROBLEMS ` WHETHER THEY BE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, OR SECURITY PROBLEMS ` CANNOT BE RESOLVED BY STATES ACTING ON THEIR OWN. IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE NETHERLANDS HEADS TO THE POLLS. WILDERS IS UNLIKELY TO WIN OUTRIGHT, AND MAINSTREAM PARTIES HAVE REFUSED TO WORK WITH HIM. BUT HIS GROWING POWER IS YET ANOTHER THREAT TO THE BONDS OF EUROPEAN UNITY. EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. 60 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHELTERING FROM A WILD STORM LASHING THE NORTH-EASTERN UNITED STATES. BLIZZARDS HAVE BROUGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES, BURYING CARS IN NEW YORK AND CAUSING MAYHEM ON MOTORWAYS. 100KM/H WINDS HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN MASSACHUSETTS. HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, AND THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. REMEMBER THAT BBC INTERVIEW THAT WENT VIRAL WHERE THE TWO KIDS AMBUSH THEIR DAD TALKING ABOUT KOREAN POLITICS? WELL, THE DAD'S APPEARED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME, HIS KIDS AND WIFE WERE INVITED. AND AS YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS, ONCE AGAIN, THEY STOLE THE SHOW. THIS IS MY WIFE, JUNG-A KIM. HI. THIS IS MY SON. THIS IS TAKE TWO OF MEETING THE KELLYS. LAST WEEK, TENS OF MILLIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WERE GIGGLING AT THIS CUTIE'S SWAGGER. I THINK ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN'S JUST WALKED IN. SHE WAS INTERRUPTING HER DAD'S LIVE INTERVIEW ON BBC WORLD. AND IT WAS THE START OF COMEDY GOLD AS HER MUM FAILED TO INCONSPICUOUSLY SAVE THE SITUATION. AND OF COURSE, JUNG-A HAD A MAJOR ROLE IN MAKING IT SO FUNNY ` FLYING ABOUT THE ROOM, TRYING TO RETRIEVE MARION AND JAMES. DID YOU FIND IT FUNNY WHEN YOU WATCHED IT BACK? YEAH. WE JUST` (CHUCKLES) WE JUST LAUGHED. WE LAUGHED A LOT. MARION STILL MANAGED TO UPSTAGE HER PARENTS TODAY. HER ANTICS SPAWNED A HEAP OF PARODIES. ROBERT KELLY, AN EXPERT IN SOUTH KOREAN AFFAIRS, WAS WORRIED THE INTERVIEW WOULD END HIS TELEVISION CAREER. BUT IT WAS SPECULATION ABOUT THE KELLYS' RELATIONSHIP THAT ANNOYED MR KELLY. WERE YOU STUNNED BY THE SUGGESTION THAT JUNG-A WAS` WAS THE NANNY AND NOT YOUR WIFE? YEAH, WE WERE PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT. IT SPAWNED THOUSANDS OF WORDS AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND RACISM. BUT MRS KELLY IS PRAGMATIC. I'M NOT NANNY. THAT'S NOT TRUE. SO... (CHUCKLES) SO I HOPE THEY STOP DOING THE ARGUING. ONE BURNING QUESTION ANSWERED, THOUGH ` WAS MR KELLY WEARING PANTS DURING THE INTERVIEW? YES. YES, HE WAS. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE. AND A PLEASANT AUTUMN DAY AS FINE WEATHER RETURNED. We are finally getting that high building. It was a cool start for some of us. There is still some left over cloud on the east coast. Pretty keen south-easterlyies gusting. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ It is looking good across the country. A lot more of it to come over the next couple of days. BREAKING GROUND IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. COMING UP ` FOUR MONTHS ON, SCIENTISTS ARE DISCOVERING SOME FASCINATING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE. WE'LL HAVE THAT AFTER THE BREAK. AND WE'RE IN OTAKI FOR THE MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL, LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` SOME OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS HAVE BEEN LEAKED, ANGERING THE WHITE HOUSE. IN 2005, HE PAID $38M IN TAX ON MORE THAN $150M IN INCOME. MOST OF THAT WAS PAID UNDER WHAT'S KNOWN AS ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX, WHICH TRUMP'S VOWED TO GET RID OF. A NEW METHOD OF SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINE'S HIT NZ SHORES. FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH IMPORTING 16OKG OF METH IN A LIQUID FORM. POLICE SAY THE DRUG HAD BEEN CHEMICALLY MASKED TO AVOID DETECTION. FOUR MONTHS ON FROM THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKES, AND SCIENTISTS ARE STILL DISCOVERING THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. IT'S NOW BELIEVED THE MAGNITUDE 7.8 SHAKE COULD BE THE MOST COMPLEX EVER RECORDED. SAM CLARKE REPORTS. IT DOESN'T TAKE A SCIENTIST TO KNOW THIS WAS GROUNDBREAKING. THIS MAP HERE SHOWS THE EXTENT OF FAULT RUPTURE AS WE UNDERSTOOD IT ON THE DAY OF THE EARTHQUAKE. THIS ONE HERE SHOWS THE EXTENT OF FAULT SURFACE RUPTURE AS WE UNDERSTAND IT NOW. THE LATEST RESEARCH SUGGESTS IT COULD ALSO BE A WORLD FIRST. WE'VE MAPPED AROUND 21 SURFACE RUPTURES, AND ABOUT 14 OF THOSE HAVE SURFACE OFFSETS OF AT LEAST 1M. WE THINK IT'S APPROACHING, PROBABLY, A WORLD RECORD IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL FAULTS INVOLVED IN AN EARTHQUAKE. SCIENTISTS HAVE SPENT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS MAPPING THE AFTERMATH OF THE SHAKE. MEANWHILE KAIKOURA HAS BEEN LEFT DEALING WITH IT. IT'S GOOD DAYS, BAD DAYS. I MEAN, THE WEATHER IS THE ISSUE. STATE HIGHWAY 1 TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TOWN IS STILL UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, MEANING ACCESS CAN BE FRAGILE. IN JUST THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BAD WEATHER HAS FORCED THE CLOSURE FROM THE MAIN ROUTE FROM CHRISTCHURCH, FRUSTRATING SOME RESIDENTS. THERE ARE FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT THE ROAD ETC, ABOUT THE TIMES OF OPENING, BUT THERE'S A HELL OF A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT ROAD. WHILE BUSINESS IS SLOWLY RETURNING, THE CHOKED ROADS HAVE MEANT WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BUSIEST PERIOD HAS ALREADY PASSED WITH JUST A FIFTH OF THE USUAL VISITOR NUMBERS. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH FOR MANY OF THEM. IT'S TOUGH NOW FOR SOME. YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO HAVE CLOSED UP. WITH ROAD AND RAIL CREWS ALSO BUSY ON THE ROUTE NORTH TO PICTON, THIS IS A TOWN HOPING FOR NEW BEGINNINGS WHEN THE NEXT TOURIST SEASON COMES AROUND. SPRING NEXT YEAR WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. AN ADVENTURE PARK DAMAGED BY THE MASSIVE FIRES THAT SWEPT THE CHRISTCHURCH HILLS IN FEBRUARY WILL TAKE MONTHS BEFORE IT CAN REOPEN. THE MOUNTAIN-BIKE PARK, WHICH ONLY OPENED IN DECEMBER, SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ITS $10M CUSTOM CHAIRLIFT AND ZIP LINES. ACRES OF BURNT FOREST WILL ALSO NEED TO BE FELLED TO MAKE THE SITE SAFE. THIS FIRE IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR WORST NIGHTMARES, TO BE HONEST. IT'S BEEN` EIGHT WEEKS THAT WE'RE OPEN, WE HAD A GREAT EIGHT WEEKS. THE PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. AND THEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN HAS BEEN PRETTY DEVASTATING. THE VILLAGE AND CAFE AREA WERE SAVED. THE PARK'S OWNERS ARE NOW WORKING WITH INSURERS ON HOW TO COMPENSATE THOSE WHO'D BOUGHT SEASON PASSES. THE KAPITI COAST TOWN OF OTAKI IS FOOTING IT WITH THE LIKES OF CANNES AND VENICE WITH ITS ANNUAL MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL, SHOWCASING INDIGENOUS CINEMA. IT INCLUDES FILMS FROM SWEDEN, RUSSIA, CANADA AND NZ, AND WHILE IT WASN'T QUITE A RED-CARPET EVENT, THIS YEAR'S OPENING STILL SHONE WITH A LITTLE KIWI STAR POWER. EMILY COOPER WAS THERE. SELFIES WITH A LOCAL STAR, IN OTAKI ` JULIAN DENNISON TODAY WAS A SPECIAL GUEST FOR THIS YEAR'S MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AS A MAORI ACTOR, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE THINGS WITH THE YOUTH, AND BEING ABLE TO BE HERE IN OTAKI, IT'S GREAT. HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. OTAKI MARAE THIS MORNING WAS A MEETING GROUND FOR INDIGENOUS FILM MAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, THE FESTIVAL RUNS UNTIL SUNDAY AND WILL SHOW OVER 100 INDIGENOUS FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES. IT'S KINDA MOVING. IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS WHO ARE EXPERT IN THEIR FILM WORLD, BUT THESE ARE INDIGENOUS STORYTELLERS WHO ARE TELLING NOT JUST THEIR OWN STORIES BUT THE STORIES OF THEIR PEOPLE. KEONI LEE IS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF 'MELE MURALS', WHICH LOOKS AT THE WAY TWO MEN REDISCOVER THEIR HAWAIIAN CULTURE THROUGH ART. WE'VE TAKEN OUR FILM ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SPECIAL. WE HAVE A FAMILIAL CONNECTION HERE. WE'RE COUSINS; WE'RE FAMILY. MAYA SOLIS IS NATIVE AMERICAN. SHE'S HERE REPRESENTING THE PRESTIGIOUS SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. WE'RE THE FIRST STORYTELLERS, SO I THINK THAT OUR STORIES ARE NOT ONLY THE MOST POWERFUL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO SOCIETY. AS FOR OUR OWN LOCAL TALENT, JULIAN DENNISON SAYS HE'S BEEN BUSY WORKING ON NEW THINGS FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS,... I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP, WHICH WILL BE FUN, YEAH. ...HAPPY FOR NOW TO LET THESE FILMMAKERS TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE SUPER 15 IS ALL GO. MORE NEXT ON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ALSO TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE NEW MAN IN ONE OF RUGBY'S MOST CONTENTIOUS POSITIONS AND THE LENGTHS HE'S GONE TO TO IMPROVE. PLUS, ONE IN, ONE OUT FOR THE BLACK CAPS ON THE EVE OF THE SECOND TEST. AND ` DARE I SAY IT ` LEICESTER CITY DOES IT AGAIN, THIS TIME IN EUROPE. FIRST UP TONIGHT ` TO THE ONGOING INTRIGUE SURROUNDING THE FUTURE MAKE-UP OF SUPER RUGBY. DESPITE WHAT WE'VE HEARD OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THREE TEAMS WILL BE CUT FROM THE COMPETITION FOR NEXT SEASON. HERE ARE THE 18 TEAMS CURRENTLY PLAYING. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THE KINGS ARE DEFINITELY GONE FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WITH ONE OTHER AFRICAN TEAM AND ONE AUSTRALIAN TEAM TO BE AXED AS WELL OR POSSIBLY MERGED WITH EXISTING SIDES. THAT'S FOR SOUTH AFRICA AND THE AUSSIES TO SORT OUT. THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WOULD BE FOR THE JAGUARES OF ARGENTINA TO LINK UP WITH THE REMAINING SOUTH AFRICAN SIDES AND THE UNDER-PRESSURE JAPANESE SUNWOLVES TO ALIGN WITH AUSTRALIA, LEAVING THREE DISTINCT CONFERENCES OF FIVE TEAMS. WHAT WE'RE HEARING ` IT'S A DEFINITE SUPER 15, BUT AT THIS STAGE IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE NEW COMPETITION WILL SIMPLY BE 14 GAMES EACH IN ROUND ROBIN OR 14 PLUS EXTRA LOCAL DERBIES WITHIN EACH CONFERENCE. ALL SHOULD BE SORTED BY MAY. ONE MAN MISSING FROM THE CURRENT SETUP FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF WILL BE CRUSADERS STAR ISRAEL DAGG. HE NEEDS MINOR SURGERY ON AN INJURED KNEE AND IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS. ALL BLACKS HALFBACK TAWERA KERR-BARLOW WON'T BE SEEN AT ALL IN THE COMPETITION NEXT YEAR, SIGNING A THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH FRENCH CLUB LA ROCHELLE. A REGULAR TEST SQUAD MEMBER SINCE 2012, KERR-BARLOW'S PLAYED IN 25 TESTS, BUT STARTED JUST TWO. HE SUFFERED A SERIOUS LEG INJURY BACK IN 2015. IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME ADVENTURE. A LITTLE MAORI BOY FROM DARWIN GOT TO LIVE HIS DREAM, AND FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. KERR-BARLOW, WHO'S PLAYED 70 GAMES FOR THE CHIEFS, WILL DEPART AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THE FRENCH COMPETITION LEADERS. KERR BARLOW WILL START ALONGSIDE DAMIAN MCKENZIE FOR THE CHIEFS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, MCKENZIE SLOTTING IN TO FIRST FIVE FOR THE GAME AGAINST MELBOURNE. AARON CRUDEN'S PLAYING OFF THE BENCH. THE BLUES ALSO WELCOME IN A NEW NUMBER 10 TO TAKE ON THE CRUSADERS. ALTHOUGH THAT'S MORE ON FORM, IHAIA WEST HAS BEEN DROPPED TO THE BENCH. THE BLUES' LATEST MOVE IN A 12-YEAR SEARCH TO FIND A REGULAR FIRST FIVE SEES ONE OF THE MOST SCRUTINISED GIGS IN RUGBY GO TO THIS MAN. WHEN YOU'RE PLAY FIRST FIVE FOR THE BLUES, THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS, AND THERE ARE PRESSURES. YEAH, FOR SURE, I'D SAY THEY'RE PROBABLY LESS THAN THE PRESSURE I PUT ON MYSELF, ANYWAY, ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. THE ACCENT'S NOT QUITE MT EDEN. COUNTIES-MANUKAU BASED ENGLISHMAN (26) PIERS FRANCIS CAME HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SEVEN YEARS AGO. HE'S PERSISTED THROUGH INJURIES, NON-SELECTIONS, EVEN TAKING HIMSELF TO THE STATES IN THE OFF-SEASON TO IMPROVE HIS GOAL-KICKING. I CAN ONLY OFFER WHAT PIERS FRANCIS CAN I OFFER, BUT I THINK THAT'S A LOT. THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THE LATEST SELECTION. THE BLUES' 10 JERSEY CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A REVOLVING DOOR, A ROLE FILLED BY MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT PLAYERS SINCE THE ENIGMATIC CARLOS SPENCER LEFT IN 2005. OH, SPENCER! CAN YOU PUT YOUR FINGER ON WHY IT'S BEEN HARD TO HAVE A CONSISTENT 10? OH, MAYBE IT WAS THE STANDARD OF THE ONE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYONE JUDGES US ON. FRANCIS' CHANCE COMES AFTER AN ERROR-RIDDEN, FLAT LOSS TO THE HIGHLANDERS LAST WEEKEND. WE JUST HAVE TO PUT THINGS ON THE TRACK THAT WE TRAIN, HAVE A BELIEF IN IT ` WHICH WE THINK WE HAVE ` AND BELIEF IN OURSELVES, REALLY. UMAGA SAYS HIS PLAYERS NEED TO HANDLE GAME PRESSURE BETTER. THAT DOESN'T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THE CRUSADERS IN CHRISTCHURCH. I BELIEVE I'M VERY PERSISTENT, AND I'M KEEN TO ACHIEVE WHAT I WANNA ACHIEVE, AND I'LL GO TO ANY KINDA MEASURE TO DO THAT. THE IRONY IS FRANCIS AND THE BLUES COME UP AGAINST NEW CRUSADERS 10 MITCHELL HUNT ON FRIDAY, A FIRST FIVE WHO WAS IN THE AUCKLAND AND BLUES DEVELOPMENT SETUP BUT LOOKED FURTHER AFIELD. A MAJOR SETBACK FOR THE BLACKCAPS BEFORE THE START OF THE SECOND TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA TOMORROW IN WELLINGTON ` PACE BOWLER TRENT BOULT IS OUT WITH A GROIN INJURY, NZ LOSING ONE STRIKE WEAPON, BUT ANOTHER IS BACK, WELL AND TRULY MOTIVATED. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL. IT'S A WEIRD SIGHT TO SEE TRENT BOULT LEFT OUT OF THE BLACKCAPS' PRE-PRACTICE KICK-AROUND. IT'LL BE EVEN WEIRDER NOT TO SEE HIM IN CRICKET WHITES TOMORROW MORNING. TRENT, BEING ONE OF THE FITTEST GUYS IN THE SIDE, DOES EVERYTHING HE POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP HIMSELF FIT, SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAS COME, BUT I'M SURE HE'LL BE RIGHT COME HAMILTON. BOULT'S SUFFERING FROM PAIN AND INFLAMMATION IN THE GROIN. LOOKS FANTASTIC, BOWLER BOULT, SO A HUGE LOSS FOR THEM. TAKING HIS PLACE WILL BE THE RECALLED TIM SOUTHEE, A MAN WITH A POINT TO PROVE AFTER HIS SHOCK OMISSION IN DUNEDIN. OBVIOUSLY, A RANGE OF EMOTIONS WENT THROUGH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'VE GOT TO RESPECT THE DECISION, AND THEY'RE ONLY DOING WHAT THEY THINKS BEST FOR THAT GAME. SOUTHEE'S ALSO BEEN GIVEN THE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY OF COVERING THE INJURED ROSS TAYLOR IN THE SLIPS CORDON. DONE PLENTY OF SLIP CATCHING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I ENJOY. IT'S A LOT NICER THAN RUNNING FROM FINE LEG TO FINE LEG WHEN THERE'S LEFT-HAND RIGHT-HAND BATSMEN AT THE CREASE, THAT'S FOR SURE. REPLACING TAYLOR IN THE BATTING LINEUP, THOUGH, IS THE TRICKY PART, AND IT'S SOMETHING SOUTH AFRICA FEEL THEY CAN EXPLOIT. I SAID IT BEFORE THE SERIES; IF YOU CAN GET RID OF WILLIAMSON AND TAYLOR, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE REST OF THE BATTING LINEUP. OBVIOUSLY, COULDN'T GET RID OF KANE IN FIRST TEST, SO THERE LIES THE SECRET. THE ONLY SECRET NOT YET REVEALED IS WHETHER MATT HENRY OR COLIN DE GRANDHOMME WILL BE RECALLED IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER SEAMER-FRIENDLY WICKET. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. LEICESTER CITY'S INCREDIBLE FOOTBALLING ROLLER-COASTER RIDE CONTINUES. THE RELEGATION-THREATENED PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE HOLDERS ARE INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS IN EUROPE AFTER ANOTHER THRILLER. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. AS A TOP-SCORING PLAYER OF THE YEAR, JAMIE VARDY IS RENOWNED FOR CREATING CHANCES, THIS TIME USING HIS THEATRICAL SKILLS TO HELP MILK A GAME-CHANGING FREE KICK FOR LEICESTER, WHO WERE 2-1 DOWN FROM THE FIRST LEG AGAINST SEVILLA,... AND IT'S A GOAL FOR LEICESTER CITY! AND THEIR CAPTAIN, WES MORGAN, WAS THERE! ...BUT THESE ARE STILL NERVOUS TIMES FOR LEICESTER SUPPORTERS, THOSE NERVES ABOUT TO BE SHREDDED FURTHER. ESCUDERO. OH, WHAT A SHOT! SMACKING THE CROSSBAR! BREATHING SPACE FOR THE FOXES, THOUGH, IS JUST TWO MINUTES AWAY. NOW IT'S ALBRIGHTON. CHANCE TO SHOOT! AND HE SCORES! (CROWD ROARS) MARC ALBRIGHTON FOR LEICESTER CITY! WITH SEVILLA STILL NEEDING JUST ONE GOAL TO FORCE EXTRA TIME, VARDY HAS THE CHANCE TO TAKE IT OUT OF REACH. PUT WIDE OF THE GOAL BY A FRUSTRATED JAMIE VARDY. THE STRIKER REDEEMED HIMSELF WITH MORE SKILFUL ACTING AFTER GOADING SAMIR NASRI INTO A HEADBUTTING,... HE'S GOTTA GO. SAMI NASRI'S GOTTA GO. NASRI'S IN TROUBLE HERE, AND NASRI GETS A SECOND YELLOW CARD, AND HE'S OFF. ...BUT THERE'S NO RESPITE AS 10-MAN SEVILLA KEEP PUSHING FORWARD. VITOLO COULD BE IN! (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND IT'S CLEARED AWAY, AND HE GOES DOWN. AND WHAT'S THE REFEREE GIVEN HERE? PENALTY. IT'S N'ZONZI AGAINST SCHMEICHEL. OH! AND IT'S SAVED BY THE LEICESTER CITY GOALKEEPER. AGAIN VARDY HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE SURE. ...PROVIDED BY VARDY, AND IT'S OVER THE TOP. WELL, THAT SAYS IT ALL. MORE NERVOUS NAIL-CHEWING THROUGH STOPPAGE TIME, AND THEN IT'S OVER. AND CRAIG SHAKESPEARE'S TEAM HAVE DONE IT. THE FOXES THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS, THEIR DREAM TIME LIVES ON. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. JUST A DAY AFTER ANNOUNCING HIS SPLIT FROM CO-DRIVER JOHN KENNARD, KIWI RALLY DRIVER HAYDEN PADDON'S ANNOUNCED HIS REPLACEMENT. IT'S BRIT SEB MARSHALL (28) WHO'S PART OF THE HYUNDAI STABLE AND HAS PREVIOUSLY TESTED WITH PADDON. THIS IS MARSHALL HERE CO-DRIVING WITH AUSSIE CHAMPION MOLLY TAYLOR. PADDON JUST ANNOUNCED THE NEW PARTNERSHIP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE TWO WILL TEAM UP FOR THE RALLY OF GERMANY IN AUGUST. IT'S ONLY TAKEN 273 YEARS, BUT THE WORLD'S OLDEST GOLF CLUB HAS FINALLY OPENED ITS DOOR TO FEMALE MEMBERS AND, BY DOING SO, ALLOWING THE ELITE MUIRFIELD COURSE TO GET BACK ON THE BRITISH OPEN ROTATION. THE SHIFT COMES AFTER THE COURSE WAS TAKEN OFF THE OPEN'S HOSTING LIST LAST YEAR AFTER FAILING TO VOTE FOR CHANGE, BUT IN A NEW BALLOT, OVER 80% OF MEMBERS VOTED TO SCRAP THE ALL-MALE POLICY. I HOPE IT SENDS OUT A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE A FRIENDLY, WELCOMING CLUB AND THAT WE WILL BE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME WOMEN MEMBERS IN THE FUTURE. BUT CHANGE IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. THE MEMBERSHIP WAITING LIST IS AT LEAST TWO YEARS LONG. Never rush a Scotsman. You should sign up now. Seven sharp? Talking Dan Carter. With all of this continuing backlash... SOMETIMES WORDS JUST DON'T DO IT JUSTICE, SO WE'LL DO THIS INSTEAD. LET THE FOOTAGE DO THE TALKING FOR US. SEE THIS INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE A VOLCANO EXCLUSIVELY ON 'SEVEN SHARP'. WE'RE AT A CHRISTCHURCH HOME OF SEVEN BOYS ` YES, THAT'S A LOTTA BREAD ` WITH A MESSAGE FROM A VERY SPECIAL FOSTER DAD. IT'S NOT A CYFs HOME; IT'S A FAMILY HOME. AND HOW THIS 12-YEAR-OLD MANAGED TO WRAP A RAFT OF KIWI CELEBRITIES AROUND HIS LITTLE FINGER. WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE INTERVIEWEE SO FAR? OHHH! (CHUCKLES) IT'D HAVE TO BE LIAM MALONE. STAY TUNED FOR 'SEVEN SHARP'. Quite a settled spell settling over the country. Could even be into next week. Some of those late-season things, possibly trips to the beach. Make the most of it ` it will be very pleasant indeed of the next couple of days. Some stringy bits of cloud. The first little area broken cloud done there. This is the left of our system. A good little feed of onshore flow. Brisbane and the Gold Coast has been a bit yucky. Some harmless cloud in the middle and as we come in close, you can see the cloud breaking up in the next 24 hours. Some of that flow will just slide its way to eastern parts of Northland. They are always slow to move here when they are like that. The next 24 hours it doesn't move much. I have talked about this high lingering ` that front, the energy going east. Just some showers. Another high running into the course of the weekend. Probably a bit more cloud and places by Saturday. That cloud to Gisborne and Hawke's Bay breaks up. The flow becomes a bit more easterly. There will be a bit more cloud and in the east of Northland and Auckland. The south are looking pretty good. Some of it just creeps around the corner here, but it's high pressure and it will be fine. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ Good-looking weather to enjoy it outside. It will feel like summer.