IT'S MIDDAY. A MILITARY ROLLOUT ` HOW THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO GET THE COUNTRY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. PLUS BEING SENT HOME ` A LOOK AT THE GHOST FLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA DEPORTING ITS CRIMINALS BACK TO NZ. AND 10 YEARS AGO TODAY, PARTS OF JAPAN WERE CHANGED FOREVER AFTER A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HIT THE COASTLINE. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CAMERON GRIGG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021. THE MILITARY COULD BE CALLED IN TO HELP WITH THE ROLLOUT OF COVID-19 VACCINES TO ISOLATED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITS VACCINATION PLAN. SPLIT INTO FOUR GROUPS, THE VACCINE IS BEING GIVEN TO BORDER WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEN FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN HIGH-RISK SITUATIONS. THE THIRD GROUP TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE WILL BE PRIORITY POPULATIONS, WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY CAN EXPECT TO GET THEIR FIRST JAB FROM JULY. WE'RE AWARE OF THE CHALLENGE, THE LOGISTICS, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. SO I WON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. WE'VE GOT ONE HELL OF A JOB IN FRONT OF US. THE TARGETED ROLLOUT MEANS MORE THAN TWO MILLION NEW ZEALANDERS ARE IN LINE TO GET A VACCINE IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS. MEANWHILE, REMAINING COVID-19 TEST RESULTS ARE EXPECTED BACK TODAY FROM CONTACTS OF THE AIR NEW ZEALAND CREW MEMBER WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS ON SUNDAY. SO FAR, ALL CONTACTS HAVE RETURNED NEGATIVE RESULTS. AUSTRALIA'S BORDER FORCE HAS GRANTED MEDIA ACCESS TO A PLANELOAD OF DEPORTEES HEADED FOR NZ. THE REPORTER IN THE STORY QUESTIONED THEM AS THEY CROSSED THE TARMAC. THE FLIGHT FROM BRISBANE BOUND FOR AUCKLAND WAS REPORTEDLY FULL OF PEOPLE WHO'D COMMITTED CRIMES IN AUSTRALIA. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST SERIOUS OFFENDERS HERE, AND OUR COUNTRY IS SAFER FOR HAVING TO DEPORT THEM. IT IS TAKING THE TRASH OUT AND WE CAN MAKE AUSTRALIA A SAFER PLACE. AND BACK HERE, NATIONAL SAYS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NZ IS THE WORST IT'S BEEN IN YEARS. THIS IS THE SORT OF RHETORIC THAT GOES ON PARTICULARLY WITH TELLING AUSTRALIA WHAT TO DO IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. AUSTRALIANS ARE TAKING A STANCE, WHICH WE SHOULD POSSIBLY JUST BE DOING THE SAME BACK TO AUSTRALIA FOR THOSE AUSTRALIANS WHO WE DON'T WANT IN THIS COUNTRY. THE ISSUE OF AUSTRALIA DEPORTING ITS CRIMINALS TO NEW ZEALAND HAS DOGGED TRANS-TASMAN RELATIONS IN RECENT YEARS. RESIDENTS OF THREE OTAGO TOWNS WITH LEAD-INFECTED WATER SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN TOLD LONG-TERM EXPOSURE IS UNLIKELY. OFFICIALS HELD A PUBLIC MEETING IN WAIKOUAITI LAST NIGHT, THE FIRST IN FIVE WEEKS. IT'S PROMPTED CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE COUNCIL. ISAAC GUNSON WITH MORE. HUNDREDS FILLING SEATS, DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS. BUT ONE RESIDENT SAYS HE ONLY HEARD EXCUSES. IT SORT OF SEEMED TO BE MORE FOCUSSED ON OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE LEAD TO GET INTO YOUR SYSTEM, SO OCCUPATION AND KIDS PUTTING THINGS IN MOUTHS, SO I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SORT OF TAKEN AWAY FROM THE WATER ISSUE A WEE BIT. LOOK I THINK IF WE TOOK BLOOD TESTS FROM 1000 OR 1500 PEOPLE FROM ANY COMMUNITY IN NZ, WE WOULD SEE SIMILAR RESULTS. RICHARD'S DAUGHTER GRETEL WAS JUST 12 DAYS OLD WHEN HER BLOOD WAS TESTED. IT WAS HORRIFIC, KNOWING AFTER THAT FIRST MEETING, FINDING OUT WHAT THE LEAD CAN DO. RESULTS FROM 36 ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN SHOWED LEAD LEVELS ABOVE THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S "SAFE" THRESHOLD. FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 9, AND FOR THE CHILDREN WHERE THERE IS NO COMPARABLE DATA, WE CAN'T BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM INTERMITTENT SPIKES OF LEAD IN THE WATER. CONCERNED PARENTS NOW SEEKING ANSWERS FROM THE MAYOR. IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, OWN IT, MOVE ON, AND PEOPLE HAVE THAT MUCH MORE RESPECT FOR YOU, BUT IT'S SORT OF JUST LIKE PASSING THE BUCK. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TODAY THAT MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE. WE ACCEPT THE WAY WE COMMUNICATED WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THE WAY WE LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND WHAT WE WERE DOING, WAS NOT IDEAL, AND DID ADD TO WHAT WAS ALREADY A CONFUSING AND ANXIOUS TIME FOR THEM, AND THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE. THE REALITY IS WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE INTERMITTENT SPIKES WE HAVE SEEN. AS AUTHORITIES SCRAMBLE TO FIND THE SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION, THE TAPS WILL STAY OFF FOR NOW. ISAAC GUNSON, 1 NEWS. HOT, HOT AND EVEN HOTTER, THE HOUSING MARKET KEPT HEATING UP THROUGH FEBRUARY. THE NUMBER OF HOUSES SOLD LAST MONTH INCREASED BY 14% WHEN COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR ` THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN 14 YEARS. THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE DATA SHOWS THE MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE HAS INCREASED BY 22.8% NATIONWIDE AND 24% IN AUCKLAND. THAT'S DESPITE AUCKLAND'S TWO FEBRUARY LOCKDOWNS. LOAN TO VALUE RESTRICTIONS CAME BACK INTO FORCE ON MARCH 1ST, SO IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER THOSE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. FOUR WEST COAST HOTELS ARE SET TO CLOSE FOR UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF IN YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE REGION AS ITS ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF COVID-19. THE SCENIC HOTEL GROUP, WHICH OWNS THE FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS, SAYS THEY WERE GENERATING $20M OF REVENUE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND NOW THEY'RE BRINGING IN UNDER $2M. THE GROUP'S MANAGING DIRECTOR SAYS A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE WOULD SAVE THE HOTELS. WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF THE AUSTRALIAN BUBBLE WAS OPEN. I MEAN, WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OUR PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA WHO SUPPLY US WITH ALL OUR BUSINESS, AND THEY SAID THAT EVERYBODY IS ALL BANKED UP AND EAGER TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT THEY CAN'T GET HERE. ONE TOURISM OPERATOR IN THE AREA SAYS THE SITUATION IS DEVASTATING. OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN SCENICS HAD TO MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION ABOUT WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO RIGHT NOW TO GET THROUGH THIS, AND IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR BUSINESSES CURRENTLY RUNNING AT SORT OF 5%, 10%, 15%, YOU KNOW, ONLY 20% OF NORMAL VOLUMES. THE HOTELS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN EARLY MAY. AN INTERNAL EMERGENCY'S BEEN DECLARED IN ONE OF QUEENSLAND'S MAJOR HOSPITALS AS STAFF STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH AN INFLUX OF COVID-19 PATIENTS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA. THE ISLAND COUNTRY'S FACING A SECOND WAVE OF INFECTION, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS ITS HEALTH SYSTEM WON'T BE ABLE TO COPE. HERE'S THE ABC'S NATALIE WHITING. AS COVID CASES SURGED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PEOPLE QUEUE TO GET TESTED. THIS DRIVE-THROUGH CLINIC IN PORT MORESBY HAS REOPENED IN RESPONSE TO A RECENT SPIKE ` CASES IN PNG HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED IN THE PAST FIVE WEEKS. IN THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF MARCH, WE SAW AS MANY CASES AS THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. IT'S PUTTING INCREDIBLE PRESSURE ON PORT MORESBY'S BIGGEST HOSPITAL, WITH BOTH PATIENTS AND STAFF TESTING POSITIVE. ACROSS PNG, HEALTH WORKERS ARE BEING FORCED INTO ISOLATION. THERE ARE ABOUT 100 POSITIVE CASES, PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH THE HIGHEST, OF ABOUT 40-PLUS. IF THE INFECTION RATE CONTINUES, T HERE ARE WARNINGS THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH STAFF TO RUN THE HOSPITAL. ACROSS THE WATERY BORDER, CAIRNS HOSPITAL IS ALSO UNDER PRESSURE. IT'S DECLARED A CODE YELLOW OR INTERNAL EMERGENCY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF SIX TRAVELLERS FROM PNG WHO HAVE COVID, COMBINED WITH A SPIKE IN TRAUMA PATIENTS. ALL OF THE COVID-POSITIVE PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL HAVE COME FROM PNG. THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL START VACCINATIONS IN THE TORRES STRAIT THIS WEEK. THIS IS ONCE AGAIN PRIORITISING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE OF THE IMMINENT THREAT THAT IT POSES. AFTER INITIAL DELAYS, YESTERDAY, THE PNG GOVERNMENT SIGNED OFF ON THE REGULATORY APPROVALS NEEDED TO BRING VACCINES INTO THE COUNTRY. IT'S HOPED THE ROLLOUT WILL START NEXT MONTH. BUT WITH BIG GATHERINGS PLANNED FOR THE FUNERAL OF THE COUNTRY'S FOUNDING FATHER, SIR MICHAEL SOMARE, THERE ARE FEARS THE OUTBREAK COULD GET WORSE. THE UNITED STATES HAS PASSED A $2.6 TRILLION RELIEF PACKAGE ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY SINCE COVID-19 WAS DECLARED A PANDEMIC. IT COMES BEFORE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN GIVES HIS FIRST PRIMETIME ADDRESS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ABC'S MARY ALICE PARKS WITH THIS. THE FINAL VOTE IN THE HOUSE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FIRST LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY PASSING MOSTLY ON PARTY LINES, 220 TO 211, WITH ONE DEMOCRAT VOTING NO. OVERALL, DEMOCRATS FRUSTRATED BY THE UNITED REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH POLLS SUGGEST IS QUITE POPULAR IN THE COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT ` IE, MR TRUMP, SAID WE NEEDED MORE MONEY FOR PEOPLE. WE NOW HAVE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT, AND NOT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED. THE NEED IS THERE. THE VIRUS IS STILL WITH US. THE ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING. BUT REPUBLICANS SAY SO MUCH MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE DIGGING IN ON SOME OF THE FINE PRINT, LIKE THE FACT THAT SOME INCARCERATED AMERICANS COULD QUALIFY FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS, THOUGH THE REALITY IS THEY QUALIFIED LAST TIME TOO IN PREVIOUS STIMULUS BILLS REPUBLICANS CHAMPIONED. WE'RE BORROWING THAT MONEY FROM OUR CHILDREN. THIS SHOULD BE A TARGETED RELIEF BILL. IN ADDITION TO $1400 DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR THEMSELVES, ADULTS MAKING LESS THAN $75,000 A YEAR COULD SEE THOUSANDS MORE IF THEY HAVE KIDS, AND MILLIONS OF FAMILIES WILL ALSO RECEIVE EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDITS WHEN THEY FILE THEIR TAXES. IN OHIO, STACY RODRIGUEZ WAS HOSPITALISED WITH COVID-19 LAST YEAR. HER DAUGHTER RECENTLY NEEDED SURGERY TOO. SHE SAYS THAT STIMULUS CHECK WILL HELP WITH HER MEDICAL BILLS. TO SOME PEOPLE, $1400 IS NOTHING TO THEM, BUT IT CAN MEAN I'M ABLE TO PAY SOME OF OUR ELECTRIC BILLS. MEGHAN, THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX, HAS MADE A COMPLAINT TO BROADCASTER ITV OVER PIERS MORGAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH. MR MORGAN LEFT 'GOOD MORNING BRITAIN' AFTER SAYING HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE DUCHESS IN HER OPRAH INTERVIEW. TODAY STANDING BY HIS WORDS. BBC'S AMOL RAJAN TAKES A LOOK AT HOW HIS STYLE OF BROADCASTING IS GAINING TRACTION. CONCERNS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DARK HIS SKIN MIGHT BE WHEN HE'S BORN. THIS IS AN AREA OF CULTURE WARS FUELLED BY THE ATTENTION ECONOMY. EVERY ELEMENT OF THIS STORY ABOUT PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE IS CATNIP FOR THE FRENZY AND FURY OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SOMETIMES, IT BOILS OVER. CONTINUE TO TRASH HER` OK, I'M DONE WITH THIS. BROADCASTER PIERS MORGAN LEFT ITV YESTERDAY UNWILLING TO APOLOGISE FOR SAYING HE DIDN'T BELIEVE MEGHAN'S CLAIMS. HER TEAM HAD COMPLAINED TO THE BROADCASTER. MORGAN WAS BULLISH THIS MORNING. I BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN OPINION. IF PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE MEGHAN MARKLE, THAT'S ENTIRELY THEIR RIGHT. INTO THIS HEADY BREW, BRITAIN IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH A NEW EXPERIMENT PARTLY INSPIRED BY AMERICA. AND WHILE PIERS WAS BUSY THROWING A FIT BEFORE HE QUIT... IN THE US, CABLE NEWS IS NO LONGER REGULATED. IT PRIORITISES PERSONALITY AND OPINION IN PRIMETIME SLOTS FROM THE LIBERAL MSNBC TO THE RIGHT-WING FOX NEWS. BRITAIN STILL HAS A BROADCAST REGULATOR, OFCOM, BUT IS MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. MORE THAN 30 YEARS AFTER HE WAS LAUNCH CHAIRMAN OF SKY, FORMER SUNDAY TIMES EDITOR AND EX-BBC BROADCASTER ANDREW NEIL IS PLAYING THE SAME ROLE FOR GB NEWS ` A SOON-TO-LAUNCH CENTRE-RIGHT ANTIDOTE TO ESTABLISHED BROADCASTERS. HERE HE IS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. WILL WE BE DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING NETWORKS? YES, BECAUSE THEY ALL DO THE SAME THING. SO WHAT'S THE POINT OF DOING WHAT THEY DO? WILL WE COME AT STORIES A DIFFERENT WAY? YES. WILL WE GIVE VOICES TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN CONSENSUS? YES. DO WE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN FOX NEWS? NO. DISINFORMATION? NO. CONSPIRACY THEORIES? NO. OH, MAN ALIVE. WHY WOULD YOU...? GB NEWS WILL EXPLOIT THE SUBTLE BUT SIGNIFICANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN IMPARTIALITY WITHIN PROGRAMMES AND BALANCE ACROSS A NETWORK THAT THE LIKES OF RADIO STATION LBC HAVE NAVIGATED. IN AN AGE OF SUPER ABUNDANT INFORMATION, OUR ATTENTION BECOMES THE MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE, AND THE MOMENTUM WITHIN OUR NEWS CULTURE IS WITH THOSE WHO CAN BEST GRAB THAT ATTENTION. BUT GENERATING NOISE IS EASY. GENERATING NEWS IS HARD AND EXPENSIVE. GB NEWS WILL GALVANISE BRITISH BROADCASTING, BUT IT WILL DO SO MAINLY BY ACCELERATING TRENDS THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING ONLINE AND IN AMERICA TOWARD BIG PERSONALITIES. AMERICA GOT RID OF ITS REQUIREMENT THAT JOURNALISTS IN BROADCASTING REPRESENT ALL VIEWS FAIRLY, AND WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE AS A RESULT. PEOPLE JUST WATCH THE TELEVISION CHANNEL WHICH AGREES WITH THEIR VIEWS AND PREJUDICES. ONCE UPON A TIME, THE NEWS WAS THE STAR. IN THE NEW WORLD, IT'S THE STARS WHO WILL BE THE NEWS. A METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICER'S BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING A WOMAN IN LONDON, SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT THE FORCE. SARAH EVERARD (33) DISAPPEARED LAST WEEK AFTER LEAVING A FRIEND'S HOUSE TO WALK HOME. THE BBC'S LUCY MANNING WITH THE LATEST. SARAH EVERARD, DESCRIBED BY HER FAMILY AS AMAZING, LOVELY, FANTASTIC. FOR A WEEK, THEY CLING ON TO HOPE SHE WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. OFF THIS BEATEN TRACK SURROUNDED BY WOODLAND, POLICE SEARCHED ALL DAY AS ONE OF THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES SAT IN POLICE CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF HER MURDER AND KIDNAP. THIS EVENING, DETECTIVES AND SEARCH TEAMS INVESTIGATING SARAH'S DISAPPEARANCE HAVE FOUND, VERY SADLY, WHAT APPEARS TO BE HUMAN REMAINS. THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN AN AREA OF WOODLAND IN ASHFORD IN KENT. THE NEWS TODAY THAT IT WAS A METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SARAH'S MURDER HAS SENT SHOCK WAVES AND ANGER THROUGH THE PUBLIC AND THROUGH THE MET. SARAH EVERARD WAS LAST SEEN A WEEK AGO WALKING FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN SOUTH LONDON TO HER HOUSE, AS MANY WOMEN DO ON MANY NIGHTS OUT WALKING ALONE. SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT HOME. THE POLICE OFFICER UNDER ARREST IS IN HIS 40S. HIS HOUSE IN DEAL IN KENT WAS ALSO SEARCHED. POLICE REMOVING A CAR. HE WAS A DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION OFFICER, BUT INSTEAD OF PROTECTING EMBASSIES, HE'S FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE MURDER. A WOMAN WAS ALSO ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ASSISTING AN OFFENDER. ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, I HEARD CAR DOORS BANGING, BECAUSE I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS, LIKE, UM, NIGHT WORKERS. THE POLICEMAN ARRESTED WAS, SCOTLAND YARD SAID, OFF-DUTY AT THE TIME OF HER DISAPPEARANCE, AND IT'S NOT KNOWN IF HE WAS OR WASN'T CONNECTED IN ANY WAY TO SARAH. COMMEMORATIONS ARE BEING HELD TODAY TO MARK THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE, AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI, TO EVER HIT JAPAN, KILLING THOUSANDS. THE MAGNITUDE-9 QUAKE STRUCK OFF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN'S MAIN ISLAND, CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO LAND AND CREATING A SERIES OF TSUNAMI WAVES DESTROYING COASTAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, PUPILS AT MIDDLETON GRANGE SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH GATHERING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS ALONGSIDE DIGNITARIES FROM THE JAPANESE CONSULATE. TRANSLATOR: BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE HAD A LOT OF DEVASTATION, AND BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE COME BACK A LOT SINCE THE TIME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. REBUILDS AND RESTORATION DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S ESTIMATED 16,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE DISASTER. THE PEACE BELL AT CHRISTCHURCH'S BOTANIC GARDENS WILL BE RUNG LATER THIS AFTERNOON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, JIMMY SPITHILL OFF THE WATER AND DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST ` TALKING A BIG GAME AHEAD OF THE SECOND DAY OF AMERICA'S CUP SAILING TOMORROW. PLUS CAPTAIN TOM LEADS THE BREAKERS TO ANOTHER THRILLING WIN. TO SPORT, AND DESPITE ANKLE SURGERY LATER TODAY, COLIN DE GRANDHOMME STILL HAS A SLIM CHANCE OF BEING SELECTED FOR THE BLACK CAPS WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TEAM. SELECTOR GAVIN LARSEN SAYS HE FEELS FOR THE ALL-ROUNDER WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING FOR MONTHS WITH THE INJURY. SO, VERY DISAPPOINTING TO NOT HAVE HIM ON THE PARK. HE'S GOT QUITE A NIGGLY ANKLE INJURY THAT JUST HASN'T COME RIGHT, AND SO HE'S SORT OF GOING UNDER THE KNIFE NOW, AND WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY, AND CERTAINLY HE REMAINS PART OF OUR WIDER PLANS. IT COMES AS THE BLACKCAPS NAME THEIR SIDE FOR THE UPCOMING ONE-DAY SERIES AGAINST BANGLADESH STARTING NEXT WEEK. THREE DEBUTANTS HAVE BEEN CALLED UP ` WILL YOUNG, DARYL MITCHELL, AND NEW STAR BATSMAN DEVON CONWAY. ONE SURPRISE OMISSION FROM THE TEAM CONSIDERING NEW ZEALAND'S INJURY ISSUES IS FINN ALLEN. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT BEEN ALL BAD NEWS FOR THE WELLINGTON BATSMAN WHO TODAY GOT A LATE CALL UP INTO THE ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE SIDE IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE. HE'S JOINED THE TEAM AFTER ANOTHER PLAYER PULLED OUT OF THE SEASON DUE PERSONAL REASONS. BLACKCAPS SELECTOR GAVIN LARSEN SAYS THE 21-YEAR-OLD IS CLOSE TO A CALL-UP. THERE'S NO AMERICA'S CUP RACING TODAY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT AFTER YESTERDAY'S THRILLING OPENING RACES BETWEEN TEAM NEW ZEALAND AND LUNA ROSSA. THE SERIES IS 1-1 AFTER THE ITALIANS SURPRISED MANY WITH A GUTSY WIN IN RACE TWO. HELMSMAN JIMMY SPITHILL SAYS THEIR PERFORMANCE IS PROOF THAT TALK OF A NEW ZEALAND WHITEWASH WAS PREMATURE. THAT'S THE SERIES WE WANT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TOO. YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FIRST ONE, I'M SURE THERE WERE PROBABLY STILL QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT. BUT AGAIN, WE CAME OUT, WE EXECUTED, GOT IT DONE. NOW WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT TO BUILD ON IT. THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPS THEIR BOAT DURING THIS SEASON BETTER` SORRY, DURING THIS SERIES BETTER THAN THE OTHER TEAM WILL WIN THE CUP. THE BREAKERS' NBL SEASON CONTINUES TO RECOVER AFTER A DIFFICULT START TO LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. TOM ABERCROMBIE CLINCHING A LAST-GASP WIN OVER THE CAIRNS TAIPANS. INSIDE. BLOCKED BY OLIVER. ABERCROMBIE. YES! NEW ZEALAND! ABERCROMBIE! STARED DEFEAT IN THE FACE, AND TOM ABERCROMBIE, NEW ZEALAND THROUGH AND THROUGH, DELIVERS WHEN HIS TEAM NEEDED IT MOST. THE CAPTAIN'S BUZZER BEATER SEALING A THRILLING 76-73 VICTORY. LIONEL MESSI HAS FOLLOWED CRISTIANO RONALDO OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AS BARCELONA WERE ELIMINATED BY PSG. THE ARGENTINEAN THOUGH MADE SURE HE EXITED THE TOURNAMENT WITH A STUNNER. MESSI. OH, WHAT A HIT! MAGNIFICENT FROM LIONEL MESSI. A GOAL FROM NOTHING. WONDERFUL FROM LIONEL MESSI. MESSI AT HIS BRILLIANT BEST. SENSATIONAL! THAT SPECTACULAR STRIKE NOT ENOUGH TO HELP OVERTURN A 4-1 FIRST LEG DEFICIT. LIVERPOOL CRUISED INTO THE QUARTER FINALS WITH A 2-0 WIN OVER RB LEIPZIG. IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, MANCHESTER CITY ARE BACK TO THEIR WINNING WAYS, CRUSHING SOUTHAMPTON 5-2. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. VOICEOVER: Your spare pair, your glare pair, the flying-through-the-air pair. We could all use a second pair. (WHIMPERS) At Specsavers, get specs and shades for $169, including single-vision lenses. TIME NOW TO SEE HOW THE WEATHER'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, WITH A MADONNA CLASSIC TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER STAR-STUDDED INDUCTION INTO THE US ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2008. (MADONNA'S 'LIKE A PRAYER') THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN JOIN THE TE KARERE TEAM AT 4, AND THE ONE NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CAMERON GRIGG.