TONIGHT ` WAS AIR NEW ZEALAND HIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ITS BUSINESS WITH THE SAUDI NAVY, IT'S RESPONSE AND THE AIRLINE'S APOLOGY. A MOB BAYING FOR BLOOD, THE FULL HORROR OF THE CAPITAL RIOTS REVEALED, AS NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE OF THE DEADLY SIEGE IS SHOWN AT DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. AND THE MEDICAL DEVICE DUBBED A COVID SPREADER ` WHY IT'S STILL BEING USED IN MANAGED ISOLATION HERE. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS DENYING THE AIRLINE SOUGHT TO HIDE INFORMATION OVER ITS OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS. 1 NEWS DISCOVERED THE COMPANY STARTED CONCEALING SOME OF ITS ACTIVITIES AS IT BECAME CLEAR NEWS OF WORK FOR THE SAUDI MILITARY WAS ABOUT TO BREAK. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S SECRET WORK FOR THE SAUDI NAVY HAS BEEN WIDELY CONDEMNED, WITH YET ANOTHER APOLOGY TODAY ` THIS TIME TO POLITICIANS IN WELLINGTON. I'LL BE VERY CLEAR. WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT. FOR THAT REASON, I APOLOGISE ON BEHALF OF AIR NEW ZEALAND THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'CAN YOU DO THE WORK' AND 'SHOULD YOU DO THE WORK'. WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO RESPOND TO THE MEDIA INQUIRIES ABOUT THE GAS TURBINES AND THE WORK SUPPORTING THE SAUDI MILITARY? THE INQUIRY FIRST CAME THROUGH AROUND THE 10TH OF DECEMBER. IT WAS TACKLED BY SOMEONE REASONABLY JUNIOR AND NOW WE CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HOW THAT PLAYED OUT. ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY, THE FINANCE MINISTER TELLS THE AIRLINE TO ANSWER 1 NEWS' QUESTIONS. THE AIRLINE'S BOSS, GREG FORAN, SAYS THAT'S WHEN HE WAS ALERTED. ON THE 28TH, AIR NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT WILL RESPOND THE NEXT DAY. THERE'S NO RESPONSE. INSTEAD, THE AIRLINE PULLS DOWN ITS GAS TURBINES WEBSITE. WHEN THE NEW WEBSITE CAME BACK ONLINE, ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT GAS TURBINES WORK AROUND THE WORLD HAD BEEN ERASED. SO WHY DID AIR NEW ZEALAND TRY TO HIDE GAS TURBINE ACTIVITIES? YOU BEGAN REMOVING INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE. WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL, WE WERE UPDATING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE INVESTIGATION. YOU BEGAN REMOVING ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO GAS TURBINES WAS WORKING FOR AROUND THE WORLD AS SOON AS YOU KNEW THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION. THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A COVER-UP. ABSOLUTELY NO COVER-UP. AS I'VE SAID, BENEDICT, WE'RE COMPLETELY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. THE MOMENT WE HEARD ABOUT THIS 10 DAYS AGO, WE STARTED WORKING. NO, YOU STARTED REMOVING ALL THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR WEBSITE. I NEED TO MOVE ON IN TO THE MEETING. THIS LOOKS PRETTY CONCERNING FOR NEW ZEALANDERS ` THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HIDE INFORMATION FROM THEM. AS I'VE SAID, BENEDICT, WE'RE COMPLETELY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. ABSOLUTELY NO COVER-UP HERE. AIR NEW ZEALAND ALSO REVEALING IT DIDN'T HAVE EXPORT PERMITS FOR THE SAUDI NAVY ENGINES. AND THERE'S MORE ` IT MUST MEAN THERE'S A CHANCE IN THOSE REMAINING MILITARY CONTRACTS THAT AIR NEW ZEALAND MAY STILL CURRENTLY BE AIDING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CRIMES. YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND DO THE DETAIL. BUT YOU CAN'T CONFIRM THERE ISN'T THAT CHANCE? WE NEED TO DO THE WORK. IT ALSO CAN'T NAME ALL THE FOREIGN NAVIES IT WORKS WITH. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. ABSOLUTELY GALLING THAT THEY COULDN'T NAME THE HANDFUL OF MILITARY CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAD. IF HE KNOWS THE NUMBERS, HE PROBABLY KNOWS THE NAMES, AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY ALL FOLLOW THAT UP. THE AIRLINE FRONTING UP TO MPS, BUT LEAVING EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS ACTIONS. GRAPHIC FOOTAGE AND AUDIO FROM INSIDE THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH HAS BEEN RELEASED ON DAY TWO OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF ACTING AS INCITER IN CHIEF FOR THE VIOLENT MOB THAT CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO LAWMAKERS. IMOGEN WELLS HAS MORE. AS A MOB INVADED THE US CAPITAL GROUNDS... SECURITY FOOTAGE INSIDE THE CAPITAL BUILDING SHOWED VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE BEING WHISKED TO SAFETY. AS PENCE WAS BEING EVACUATED, RIOTERS WERE STARTING TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CAPITOL. THOSE RIOTERS CHANTING THIS OUTSIDE. RIOTERS: HANG MIKE PENCE! HANG MIKE PENCE! HANG MIKE PENCE! NEW IMAGES ALSO RELEASED FROM A POLICE OFFICER'S BODY CAMERA AS HE COMES UNDER SUSTAINED ATTACK. THE FOOTAGE EMERGING ON DAY TWO OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT TRAIL AS DEMOCRATS GAVE A MINUTE-BY-MINUTE RUNDOWN OF THE EVENTS ON JANUARY 6. OFFICER GOODMAN PASSES SENATOR MITT ROMNEY AND DIRECTS HIM TO TURN AROUND. AND THERE WERE OTHERS CAPTURED SEEKING SHELTER WHEREVER THEY COULD TOO. THIS, SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER. AND HERE, NANCY PELOSI'S STAFF. THIS IS THE SAME CORRIDOR MOMENTS LATER. THEIR HORRIFIED WHISPERS RECORDED. THE RIOTERS HUNTING DOWN ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL FIGURES. MAN: OH NANCY! NANCY! WHERE ARE YOU, NANCY? IF THEY HAD FOUND SPEAKER PELOSI, THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED HER. MORE UNSEEN SECURITY TAPES SHOWING THE MOB SMASHING WINDOWS TO GET INSIDE. AND A LONE POLICE OFFICER INSIDE RESPONDS AND BEGINS TO SPRAY THE FIRST MAN WHO ENTERS BUT IS QUICKLY OVERWHELMED. YELLING AND CHANTING AS THEY STORMED THE CAPITOL. (RIOTERS SCREAM) THEY CAME DRAPED IN TRUMP'S FLAG AND USED OUR FLAG, THE AMERICAN FLAG, TO BATTER. THE DEMOCRATS SAY ALL THIS WAS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF DONALD TRUMP'S OWN WORDS. YOU FIGHT LIKE HELL. AND IF YOU DON'T FIGHT LIKE HELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A COUNTRY ANY MORE. SOME OF YOU SAY, 'WELL, WHO WAS PAYING ATTENTION ANYWAY?' WELL, THAT MOB WAS PAYING ATTENTION. MIKE PENCE DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE! DONALD TRUMP SURRENDERED HIS ROLE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND BECAME THE INCITER IN CHIEF. AND THEY ARGUE IT WAS HIS WORDS IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS BEFORE THAT LED TO THE HORROR ON JANUARY 6. HIS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, THAT WAS THE DRUMBEAT BEING USED TO INSPIRE, INSTIGATE, AND IGNITE THEM. DELIBERATE, PLANNED, AND PREMEDITATED. SOME EMOTIONAL AS THEY GAVE EVIDENCE. THIS ATTACK NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, BUT FOR DONALD TRUMP. EVEN IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ACQUITTED, HIS LEGAL DIFFICULTIES WON'T DISAPPEAR. HE'S FACING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN GEORGIA OVER HIS ATTEMPT TO COERCE ELECTION OFFICIALS. AND AT THE SENATE, THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL CONTINUES TOMORROW. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. MORE DRUGS ARE BEING FOUND IN NEW ZEALAND'S PRISONS, BUT FEWER INMATES ARE USING THEM ACCORDING TO NEW FIGURES PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY TO 1 NEWS. HERE'S RYAN BOSWELL. PATROLLING THE PRISON PERIMETER AS CAMERAS KEEP WATCH. DOGS SNIFF, AND VISITORS ARE CHECKED OVER. SECURITY IS TIGHT FOR OUR 9000 INMATES TO KEEP THEM IN AND DRUGS OUT. I DON'T ACTUALLY SEE ANY. YEAH, I'M NOT EXPOSED TO ANY. HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY. CORRECTIONS FINDING OVER 1600 DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN A YEAR. THAT'S 300 MORE SEIZURES COMPARED TO FIVE YEARS AGO. THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUALS THINKING THROUGH DIFFERENT WAYS AND MEANS TO GET CONTRABAND ACROSS THE SECURE PERIMETER. CANNABIS REMAINS THE MOST POPULAR DRUG OF CHOICE, FOLLOWED BY AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE ATTEMPTS TO GET ITEMS INTO PRISON, BUT EQUALLY WE'RE BEING MORE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING THEM, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE WE PROSECUTE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO DO SO. 1 NEWS WANTED TO KNOW IF CHARGES WERE EVER LAID OVER THE DRUG SEIZURES. CORRECTIONS DID NOT KNOW, SAYING THAT INFORMATION ISN'T RECORDED. INSTEAD THAT'S LEFT UP TO POLICE TO DECIDE IF THEY PURSUE I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE SEIZURE POINTS, AND WE RECORD ITEMS THAT ARE FOUND, RATHER THAN THE NUMBER OF SEIZURES PER SE. INSTEAD IT'S POINTING TO ITS RANDOM DRUG TESTS, AND THE DOWNWARDS TREND OF INMATES CAUGHT USING BEHIND BARS. OVERALL I THINK THAT CORRECTIONS HAS GOT ON TOP OF THE PROBLEM IN THE LAST 20 YEARS TO A LARGE DEGREE, AND THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS RETURNING POSITIVE DRUG TESTS WHEN THEY'RE RANDOMLY TESTED HAS DROPPED FROM OVER 30% TO 4% OR 5%, SO... THE WAR ON DRUGS IN PRISON ENSURING THOSE LIVING AND WORKING HERE STAY SAFE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. A LARGE FIRE THAT CLOSED PART OF A HIGHWAY THROUGH RURAL HAWKES BAY HAS TONIGHT BEEN CONTAINED. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO THE GRASS FIRE AT TAKAPAU IN CENTRAL HAWKES BAY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLAZE BURNING THROUGH 35 HECTARES OF LAND AFTER FARMING MACHINERY IGNITED HAY BAILS ` THE FLAMES SPREADING ONTO THE DRY GRASS. THE ROAD BETWEEN STATE HIGHWAY 50 AND ASHCOTT ROAD HAS BEEN RE-OPENED. THERE'S BEEN A SPATE OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN HAWKE'S BAY ` POLICE ARE HUNTING THOSE RESPONSIBLE. SEAN HOGAN SPOKE TO ONE FARMER WHO WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE HIS PADDOCKS DIDN'T GO UP IN SMOKE. AS BRUNO CHAMBERS' PADDOCK BURNED, HE HAD TO MOVE FAST. SO, YOU ACTUALLY JUST DROVE OVER IT WITH YOUR CAR? AH, WELL, I JUST DROVE AROUND THE PERIPHERAL, THERE, WHERE IT WAS` WHERE IT WAS STILL FLAMING. (CHUCKLES) AND IT SEEMED TO WORK QUITE WELL, BUT I'D NEVER THOUGHT OF PUTTING A FIRE OUT BY DRIVING OVER IT BEFORE BUT, UM, NEEDS MUST, SOMETIMES. GRABBING CLOTHES FROM HIS UTE, HE BASHED THE BURNING GRASS BEFORE FIRE CREWS ARRIVED. IT WAS QUITE ALARMING, INITIALLY, BECAUSE THERE WAS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF FLAME. IT'S THE SECOND TIME HE'S HAD A SUSPICIOUS FIRE ON THIS FARM IN TWO WEEKS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF REALLY IDIOTIC PEOPLE OUT THERE. IN THE LAST MONTH, 11 FIRES ACROSS HAWKE'S BAY HAVE BEEN TREATED AS ARSON. THERE'S A SORT OF INCREASE TO EIGHT FIRES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE REGION IS UNDER A TOTAL FIRE BAN, WITH FIRE CREWS ALREADY STRETCHED. THE MOST SERIOUS BLAZES SAW POWER LINES DESTROYED IN OMAHU, AND SIX HOMES EVACUATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SOME OF THESE FIRES APPEAR THEY COULD BE CONNECTED, AND SOME CLEARLY AREN'T, SO, YEAH, WE'RE WORKING WITH POLICE. A WET SPRING MEANS FARMERS HAVE PLENTY OF GRASS, BUT IT'S MORE A HAZARD THAN A HELP. FARMERS ARE A LITTLE BIT UNDER-STOCKED COMPARED TO NORMAL DUE TO THE DROUGHT LAST YEAR, AND NOT BEING STOCKED UP. SO THERE WAS` IS A BIT OF EXTRA GRASS AROUND, AND THAT STUFF IS JUST PERFECT FUEL FOR A GRASS FIRE TO GET GOING. APART FROM CUTTING FENCES AND HOPING THE STOCK SURVIVE, WE'RE IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS FINGERPRINTS ON BRUNO'S GATE COULD PROVIDE KEY EVIDENCE TO CATCH THE CULPRITS. HE'S JUST HOPING HIS TRUSTY UTE WON'T BE CALLED ON FOR ANY MORE FIREFIGHTING. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. AN ELECTRICAL AIR PUMP, USUALLY USED TO TREAT ASTHMA, IS AT THE CENTRE OF A COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT A MANAGED ISOLATION HOTEL IN MELBOURNE. 10 CASES ARE NOW BEING LINKED TO AN INFECTED GUEST WHO USED A NEBULISER. DOCTORS THERE CALL THE DEVICES COVID SPREADERS AND THEY'RE BANNED FROM AUSTRALIAN MIQ FACILITIES. BUT AS LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS, THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE. GUESTS EVACUATED ` THIS MELBOURNE QUARANTINE HOTEL SHUT DOWN. THE HOLIDAY INN BY THE CITY'S AIRPORT THE CENTRE OF A NEW COVID-19 OUTBREAK. THESE HYPER-INFECTIOUS STRAINS ARE PROVING VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. AN INFECTED GUEST USING A NEBULISER BLAMED FOR THE CLUSTER. IT VAPORISES MEDICATION OR LIQUID. IT MEANT THE VIRUS WAS CARRIED OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR. THE USER NOW IN INTENSIVE CARE, HEALTH OFFICIALS NOW IN DAMAGE CONTROL. THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY KNOWS FULL WELL THAT THESE DEVICES ARE REALLY COVID SPREADERS. THE FACT THAT ONE OF THESE MACHINES COULD GET INTO THE HOTEL IN THE FIRST PLACE IS DISCONCERTING. 10 CASES HAVE BEEN LINKED TO THE HOTEL. THREE WORKERS, TWO RESIDENTS WHO LEFT DAYS AGO, AND A FAMILY OF THREE, AND TWO MORE REVEALED THIS AFTERNOON. ALL THESE CASES SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND WITH THE SPECIFIC FOCUS OF WHAT IS THE AIRFLOW IN THESE HOTELS, AND HOW THIS AIRFLOW CAN TRANSMIT THE VIRUS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAY NEBULISERS CAN BE USED IN MANAGED ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE FACILITIES HERE IF THEY ARE PART OF A RETURNEES MEDICATION, AND CLINICAL STAFF ASSISTING THEM WEAR FULL PPE. BUT EXPERTS HERE SAY THE MELBOURNE HOTEL OUTBREAK IS REVEALING CRACKS IN THE HOTEL QUARANTINE SYSTEM. THESE ENVIRONMENTS ARE PROBLEMATIC. THEY ARE JUST NOT DESIGNED FOR PROPER INFECTION CONTROL. THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SITUATION WHERE VIRUS SEEMS TO BE GETTING MORE INFECTIOUS. MEANWHILE SOUTH AUSTRALIA ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES, SHUTTING ITS BORDER TO MELBOURNE RESIDENTS. OTHER STATES ALSO ON HIGH ALERT, WITH FEARS INFECTED PEOPLE MAY HAVE ALREADY CROSSED STATE LINES. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. THE UK'S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HAS ENLISTED THE HELP OF SOME VERY FAMILIAR FACES IN A NEW CAMPAIGN URGING BRITS TO GET A COVID-19 VACCINE. SIR ELTON JOHN AND SIR MICHAEL CAINE, BOTH OF WHOM HAVE GOT THE COVID JAB, APPEAR TO AUDITION FOR THE ROLE OF REASSURING THE PUBLIC CLARENCE HOUSE HAS REVEALED PRINCE CHARLES AND CAMILLA HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR FIRST DOSES. STILL TO COME ` STILL TO COME ` A PLEA FOR HELP FROM THE REGION WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE RENTAL MARKET IN THE COUNTRY. PLUS, HE SURPRISED US WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTING QUOTES OF THE SUMMER. NOW THIS CRICKET FAN IS GETTING A SURPRISE HIMSELF. PROSPECTIVE TENANTS IN THE CAPITAL ARE IN DIRE STRAITS, WITH NEWS THE REGION HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE RENTAL MARKET IN THE COUNTRY. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. A FRUITLESS SEARCH THAT'S GONE ON FOR MONTHS. SINCE THE 12TH OF DECEMBER WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AND LOOKING FOR THAT LONG. THIS YOUNG COUPLE DON'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED IN CASE IT AFFECTS THEIR CHANCES OF SECURING AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL. COMING FROM A DIFFERENT CITY AND MOVING TO WELLINGTON THIS YEAR; I KNEW IT WOULD BE BAD, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY FIGURE IT WOULD BE THIS BAD. WELLINGTON RENTAL PRICES HAVE SKY-ROCKETED TO AN ALL-TIME NATIONAL HIGH - $615 A WEEK ON AVERAGE, A 37% RISE SINCE JANUARY 2016. WE'VE SEEN CONSISTENT GROWTH IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IN THE WELLINGTON REGION, AND THIS IS PEAKING NOW IN JANUARY. I'VE SPOKEN TO ONE WELLINGTON TENANT WHO SAYS SHE'S LEFT WITH $21 A WEEK TO LIVE ON AFTER RENT AND BILLS. ANOTHER SAYS HER WEEKLY RENT GO UP BY $70 SINCE LAST JANUARY, DESPITE NO IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO THE PROPERTY. IT'S A SIMILAR STORY AROUND THE COUNTRY TOO. EVERY REGION SAW AN ANNUAL RENT INCREASE THIS YEAR WITH SEVEN HITTING AN ALL-TIME HIGH. RENTS IN MANAWATU AND WHANGANUI ARE UP 17%, IN MARLBOROUGH, IT'S 13%. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING ON MORE HOUSING SUPPLY. SOME OF THE LEVERS THAT WE CAN PULL ON DEMAND AND OTHER AREAS SHOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE ARE AND WE'LL BE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS SHORTLY. AND THERE ARE HOPES THE NEW YEAR RUSH WILL LOSE SOME OF ITS HEAT. WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO HEAD INTO THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN WE DO SEE RENTS TYPICALLY COOL. IF SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO DO IS TAKE A SHORTER RENTAL PERIOD THAT MIGHT WORK, BUT THEN AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME SITUATION IN SIX MONTHS SO IT IS VERY HARD WHEN THEY SECURITY ISN'T THERE. AN ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR RENTERS IN THE COUNTRY'S PRICIEST CITY. KRISTIN HALL, 1 NEWS. PARLIAMENTARIAN'S WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO WEAR TIES IN THE DEBATING CHAMBER FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL BID TO REMOVE THEM, BUT IT'S BEEN MET WITH MIXED REACTION BY MPS. ZION DAYAL EXPLAINS. PARLIAMENT'S DRESS CODE GIVEN A MAKEOVER ` THE TRADITIONAL TIE NO LONGER COMPULSORY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T ACTUALLY LIKE TIES. REALLY ELATED THAT WE'VE FINALLY COME TO A RESOLUTION. MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER RAWIRI WAITITI SPEARHEADED THE CHANGE AFTER BEING KICKED OUT OF THE DEBATING CHAMBER FOR REFUSING TO WEAR ONE, INSTEAD WEARING HIS HEI-TIKI. THEREFORE, I WILL ADORN MYSELF WITH THE TREASURES OF MY ANCESTORS AND REMOVE THE COLONIAL NOOSE AROUND MY NECK. AND NOW HIS STANCE HAS BEEN HEARD. THIS WASN'T ABOUT TIES OR TIKI. THIS WAS ABOUT CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND IDENTITY IN OUR DEMOCRACY, AND THAT'S ALL IT WAS. ONLY SIX MALE MPs CHOSE TO DITCH THE NECKTIE TODAY, WITH MOST STICKING WITH TRADITION,... I DON'T LIKE WEARING A TIE. I'D RATHER NOT, BUT IF MUM SAW ME ON TV WITHOUT IT, I'D BE IN TROUBLE. I THINK THIS GOES WITH THE SHIRT. A LOT OF CHAT ABOUT TIES. I THOUGHT I'D GET IN ON THE ACTION, ROCK A LOOK. (LAUGHS) I STILL REGARD HAVING A TIE AS BUSINESS ATTIRE. ...WHILE OTHERS JUST WANT TO MOVE ON. THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US TO BE TALKING ABOUT, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR MAORI TO BE DISCUSSING THAN TIES. WE'VE SPENT WAY TOO MUCH TIME THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT TIES AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE CRITICAL ISSUES FACING THE COUNTRY, LIKE HOUSING AND COVID AND VACCINATION. THE DEBATE OVER TIES IN THE HOUSE IS OVER. IT'S NOW BACK TO BUSINESS. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER, AND THE RETURN OF SUNSHINE. A FINE START FOR MOST. PLUS, WE SURPRISE THE CRICKET FAN WHO BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION. TO SPORTS, AND LAST WEEK A YOUNG AUCKLAND CRICKET FAN CAME UP WITH WHAT SOME ARE CALLING THE SPORTING QUOTE OF THE SUMMER. THE QUOTE WENT VIRAL, AND REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE DECIDED A FOLLOW UP WAS REQUIRED. RIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO LAST SUNDAY. THIS IS OUR MATE HENRY DARROW ON THE BANK AT EDEN PARK. THAT STRIKE RATE'S JUST OVER 200. ALL: YEAH. NOT BETTER THAN SOPHIE DEVINE, BUT STILL PRETTY GOOD. THAT GOLDEN LINE TAKING THE INTERNET BY STORM. IN JUST FOUR DAYS, IT'S HAD ALMOST 100,000 VIEWS AND SHARED ALL AROUND THE WORLD. YOU'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM RUGBY, NETBALL, CRICKET, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ` THEY'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU. IT'S WEIRD. IT'S WEIRD, COS I JUST SAY SOMETHING, AND THE NEXT THING, I'M GONE VIRAL. SO WHO HAVE YOU COME TO WATCH THIS AFTERNOON? SOPHIE DEVINE. SOPH, WE'RE OFF TO SEE YOUR MATE HENRY, AREN'T WE? YEAH, WE ARE. WE'VE SEEN HENRY'S COMMENTS HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT VIRAL. I THINK THERE SHE IS, AND SHE'S GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU. HENRY! HI. NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU TOO. NOW, LOOK, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE GONNA FEEL ABOUT THIS, COS I KNOW YOU'RE FROM AUCKLAND,... THAT'S FINE. BUT I'VE GOT YOU ONE OF MY VERY OWN PLAYING TOPS. THANK YOU. I WAS REALLY HUMBLED BY HENRY'S COMMENTS. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT ` THE NEXT GENERATION COMING UP, JUST APPLAUDING CRICKETERS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE MALE OR FEMALE. HENRY, HOW SPECIAL IS THAT? YOU'VE JUST MET SOPHIE. OH, IT'S GONNA BE IN MY LIFE, AND IT'S GONNA BE ON MY WALL, SO I'M JUST GONNA CHERISH THIS MOMENT. (BOTH CHEER) NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH BTS AND 'DYNAMITE'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021