TONIGHT, THE TRASH TALK OVER DEPORTATIONS FROM AUSTRALIA IT'S TAKING THE TRASH OUT. THEN WE CAN MAKE AUSTRALIA A SAFER PLACE. THIS IS AUSTRALIA EXPORTING ITS GARBAGE TO NEW ZEALAND. THE ISSUE OF 501 DEPORTEES IGNITES FURY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN. ELON MUSK'S INTERNET PLAN LAUNCHING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. NEW ZEALAND BECOMES ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO TEST STARLINK. AND A DECADE ON FROM JAPAN'S TRIPLE DISASTER ` THE QUAKE THAT TRIGGERED A TSUNAMI THAT WASHED AWAY COMMUNITIES AND SET OFF A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. AUSTRALIA'S DESCRIBED DEPORTING THE LATEST BATCH OF NEW-ZEALAND-BORN CRIMINALS AS 'TAKING THE TRASH OUT'. THE TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHTS, DUBBED "CON AIR", AGAIN RAISED QUESTIONS OVER OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AUSTRALIA AND HOW THE DEPORTEES, INCLUDING MURDERERS AND CHILD ABUSERS, ARE HANDLED. POLITICAL REPORTER MAIKI SHERMAN HAS THE LATEST. WHAT LOOKS LIKE ANY OTHER FLIGHT IS ANYTHING BUT. THIS AUSTRALIAN JET, A CHARIOT FOR KIWI CRIMINALS AND OTHERS FAILING THE GOOD CHARACTER TEST, GIVEN THE HEAVE-HO. IT'S ONE OF TWO FLIGHTS THIS WEEK CARRYING 31 DEPORTEES. THE TRASH TALK EXTENDING FROM AUSTRALIA'S MEDIA TO ITS MINISTERS. IT'S TAKING THE TRASH OUT. THEN WE CAN MAKE AUSTRALIA A SAFER PLACE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF PETER DUTTON CALLING THOSE DEPORTEES 'TRASH'? THIS IS AUSTRALIA EXPORTING ITS GARBAGE TO NEW ZEALAND. GARBAGE OR TRASH ` IS THAT APPROPRIATE FROM OUR MINISTER? I SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER FRAME OF WORDS. TE PAATI MAORI SAYS AUSTRALIA'S PETER DUTTON SHOULD APOLOGISE. I CALL ON THE MINISTER TO RETRACT AND APOLOGISE ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR COMMENTS BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT TRASH. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, THOUGH, ARE MURDERERS, CHILD ABUSERS, DRUG RUNNERS. THEY'RE HUMANS. THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS. THE ISSUE, THE LATEST WAR OF WORDS WITH OUR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE THAT THE WORDS AND THE RHETORIC HAVE GOT TO THAT STAGE. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY A SYMPTOM OF THE BREAKDOWN IN MUTUAL RESPECT. THERE IS NO BREAKDOWN IN OUR RELATIONSHIP AT ALL. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP. DUBBED 'CON AIR', DEPORTEES ARE SWOOPED UP FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING GRANT DAVID MITCHELL WHO CHOCKED HIS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH IN SYDNEY IN THE '80s, FROM MELBOURNE, KILLER EDWIN ANDREW LEWIS, AND FIREARM CONVICT BRUCE SAVAGE, AND GAVIN LOU BOYNTON, A BIKIE DRUG RUNNER. THEY'RE NEW ZEALANDERS IN NAME ONLY. THAT'S IT. FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THESE PEOPLE ARE AUSTRALIAN. THEY'VE GROWN UP IN AUSTRALIA, THEY'VE SCHOOLED IN AUSTRALIA., THEY'VE WORKED IN AUSTRALIA. JUDITH COLLINS SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HERE NEEDS TO GET TOUGH. WE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME BACK TO AUSTRALIA. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO A TIT FOR TAT OVER IT. I DON'T THINK IT TAKES US ANYWHERE. A CALL FOR CALM AS TRANS-TASMAN TENSION FLARES UP AGAIN. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, JACINDA ARDERN WAS STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON DURING SHREDS OVER THIS EXACT ISSUE. TODAY SHE WAS MORE SUBDUED BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT US FIGHTING WITH AUSTRALIA TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE HAVE SEEN A BIT OF THAT AND THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE OTHER IS ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE OTHER FIGHTS, ISIS AIDEN. NEW ZEALAND IS TIRED OF BEING AUSTRALIA'S PUNCHING BAG. ACTIONS DO SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WITH NATIONAL PLUMBING ON THE PRESSURE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT BACK ESSENTIALLY STOP BEING PUSHED AROUND, THE PRESSURE IS MOUNTING. 'I GOT IT WRONG.' THAT FROM DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD AFTER HE USED FREE TICKETS TO ATTEND A CRICKET MATCH WHERE HE WAS LOBBIED ABOUT VACCINES. THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENTLY CONSIDERING WHETHER PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS, INCLUDING THE BLACK CAPS, SHOULD GET PRIORITY ACCESS TO VACCINES. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. OH, HERE WE GO. AN EXCITING GAME, WATCHED WITH THE TOP BRASS FROM CRICKET NEW ZEALAND. NOW DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD SAYS HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE ACCEPTED THE FREEBIE. AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DRINK, WHICH I` I HAD A SPRITE, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING TO EAT THERE. WHEN HE WAS MEETING THE TEAM IN THE CHANGING ROOM, THE ISSUE OF ACCESS TO VACCINES FOR PLAYERS HEADING OVERSEAS CAME UP. HE WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA TODAY BUT SAID THIS YESTERDAY ` WE TALKED ABOUT A RANGE OF THINGS ` MOSTLY THE CRICKET GAME THAT WAS ON. IN PASSING, THE CONVERSATION HAPPENED AROUND VACCINES, AND I SAID I WOULD TAKE THAT AWAY. BUT OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. TODAY, HE SAYS,... GOT ON THE INSIDE OF BARRETT. HE ALSO WENT TO TWO HURRICANES GAMES LAST YEAR, SO HAS DONATED THE COST OF ALL THREE GAMES TO WELLINGTON CITY MISSION. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER, PETER HUGHES, SAYS STRICT RULES ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THERE'S PUBLIC TRUST IN BIG ROLES LIKE THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH. HE SAYS THAT DR BLOOMFIELD WAS RIGHT TO CLARIFY THINGS, BUT SAY'S THAT'S THE END OF THE MATTER. WE PUT IT TO THE PRIME MINISTER. I DON T THINK ANYONE IN NEW ZEALAND WOULD WANT TO DENY DR BLOOMFIELD THE CHANCE TO WATCH SOME CRICKET. I HAVE ABSOLUTE TRUST IN HIS PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY. THE GOVERNMENT'S STILL CONSIDERING WHETHER PEOPLE REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS SHOULD BE PRIORITISED FOR VACCINES. WE ASKED BLACKCAPS IF THEY'D BE COMFORTABLE TRAVELLING WITHOUT ONE. THEY'RE DUE TO LEAVE FOR TOURS OF INDIA AND ENGLAND IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I CERTAINLY HAVE FULL TRUST IN THE BLACK CAP'S MANAGEMENT TO MAKE THOSE RIGHT DECISIONS. IT'S PROBABLY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE TO, SORT OF, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. THOSE DECISIONS ARE LEFT TO PEOPLE INCLUDING DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. 100,000 HECTARES OF LAND IS SET TO BECOME PREDATOR FREE UNDER AN AMBITIOUS NEW PLAN. THE EXTENSION OF A PROJECT IN SOUTH WESTLAND WILL COST ALMOST $50M. BUT AS LISA DAVIES REPORTS, IT PROMISES TO CREATE JOBS IN A COMMUNITY HARD HIT BY COVID. GLORIOUS WEST COAST VISTAS, AND THE FIGHT TO KEEP THEM THIS WAY BY GETTING RID OF PREDATORS LIKE RATS, POSSUMS AND STOATS. THIS PROJECT IS REALLY AMBITIOUS. IT'S ALL THREE PREDATORS AT THE SAME TIME, AND ON A REALLY LARGE SCALE. 12,000ha HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESTORED THROUGH THE PERTH VALLEY. BUT NOW IT'S GOING EVEN BIGGER. 100,000HA FROM THE SOUTHERN ALPS TO THE TASMAN SEA ARE IN LINE TO BE PREDATOR-FREE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE NATIVE SPECIES. THAT'S 100,000HA WHERE OUR BIRDS, OUR INVERTEBRATES, OUR LIZARDS, OUR BATS CAN RECOVER AND THRIVE. NOBODY'S PRETENDING IT WILL BE EASY. IT RELIES ON NEW TECHNOLOGY TO REMOTELY MONITOR CAMERAS AND TRAPS. WE'VE HAD TO GET THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BEHIND THIS, AND IT WILL PROVE THAT WE CAN MAKE NEW ZEALAND PREDATOR-FREE BY, HOPEFULLY, 2050. IT'S A WEST COAST COMMUNITY THAT'S STRUGGLING. COVID HAS DECIMATED THE TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE, WITH TWO MORE SCENIC CIRCLE HOTELS ANNOUNCING THEY WILL NOW CLOSE IN GLACIER COUNTRY. THIS IS ONE OF A RANGE OF WAYS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY THERE. SO IT CREATES JOBS. PEOPLE FROM THE TOURISM SECTOR HAVE ALREADY FILLED SOME OF THE 18 NEW JOBS, AND ANOTHER 32 JOBS WILL BE ON OFFER SOON. IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. THEY ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST CHANCE, AND GIVING THE NEXT GENERATION THEIR BEST CHANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET TO MEET SOME OF THOSE SPECIES, KIWI INCLUDED. PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL TREASURES IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THE DEATHS OF THREE SPERM WHALES WASHED UP ON A NORTHLAND BEACH HAVE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NGATI WAI DESCENDANTS TO PRACTICE AN ANCIENT TRADITION. THE WHALES WERE FOUND AT RIPIRO BEACH, NEAR DARGAVILLE, ON THE POUTO PENINSULA. AND A WARNING ` THIS STORY CONTAINS SOME CONFRONTING IMAGES. HERE'S IMOGEN WELLS. (RECITES PRAYER) A BLESSING BEFORE THE MAHI BEGINS. (RECITES PRAYER) THE TEAM HERE HARVESTING AS MUCH OF THIS ANIMAL AS POSSIBLE, A CUSTOMARY PRACTICE THAT'LL BE CARRIED OUT ON THE TWO OTHER SPERM WHALES BEACHED HERE AT RIPIRO, A PROCESS TAKING AT LEAST FIVE DAYS. CLEAR THAT NECK SO THAT WE CAN GET THE HEAD OFF AND THE DIGGERS CAN TAKE IT ABOVE THE HIGH TIDE MARK. IT'LL BE LIGHT ENOUGH FOR US TO DRAG THE CARCASS FURTHER UP TO THE HIGH TIDE MARK, WHERE IT GIVES US MORE TIME TO DO THE MAHI. THE WHALES STRANDING ON MONDAY NIGHT, DECLARED DEAD ON TUESDAY MORNING. WHANAU FROM THREE MARAE ALONG THE COAST ALL PITCHING IN TO PRESERVE THIS TAONGA. WHALES BELONG HERE WITH WAIKARETU MARAE THE THREE MARAE. THEY'LL BE PLACED HERE UNTIL THE TIME IS RIGHT TO BRING THE BONES UP AGAIN AND TO SHARE THOSE TAONGA BETWEEN THE THREE MARAE. BLUBBER FROM THE WHALES WILL BE STRIPPED AND MELTED DOWN. TURNING THE OIL INTO A SALVE, AND THEN THAT SALVE PUT ON TO THE KAURI TO FIGHT THAT KAURI DIE-BACK. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION ARE SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS, BUT THIS MISSION IS IWI LEAD. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE BEING ASKED TO BE SAFE IF THEY COME TO HAVE A LOOK. IT'S DANGEROUS. PEOPLE WORKING SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER WITH SHARP KNIVES. IT'S A CONTAMINATED AREA. A RAHUI IS IN PLACE, AND TEAMS WILL BE BACK HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. IMOGEN WELLS, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO TRIAL ELON MUSK'S STARLINK INITIATIVE. THE AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE IS AIMING TO PROVIDE BROADBAND IN PLACES YOU'D NEVER THINK POSSIBLE. CURRENTLY NEW ZEALAND IS ONE OF A FEW COUNTRIES ABLE TO PRE-ORDER THE SERVICE. ZION DAYAL EXPLAINS. THIS IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES BEING RELEASED INTO EARTH'S LOWER ORBIT. HERE COMES THE STARTLING SATELLITES RELEASING FROM THE SECOND STAGE. AND SOON IT COULD BE PROVIDING BROADBAND SERVICES ANYWHERE. YOU'RE BASICALLY PROVIDING GLOBAL INTERNET COVERAGE TO THE WORLD. NEW ZEALAND IS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES IN LINE TO TEST STARLINK. ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT'S OFFICIAL REDDIT PAGE, THE SERVICE WILL BE LAUNCHING IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE COMING WEEKS. STARLINK SATELLITES ARE 60 TIMES CLOSER TO EARTH THAN TRADITIONAL SATELLITES, ENABLING IT TO PROCESS DATA QUICKER THAN NORMAL SATELLITE INTERNET. AND JUST LAST WEEK, STARLINK LAUNCHED 60 MORE SATELLITES THAT WILL FORM PART OF A GLOBAL NETWORK. TO DATE NOW, WE'VE SENT 595 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT. IF IT WORKS, IT WILL BE A HUGE STEP FORWARD. IN TERMS OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY, IT'S UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE. SOME RURAL PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND STILL DON'T HAVE HIGH-SPEED FIBRE INTERNET. STARLINK COULD CHANGE THAT. AND SOME HAVE ALREADY CASHED IN. THIS IS THE KIT THEY'LL RECEIVE ` A DISH ALONG WITH AN APP THAT'LL HELP THEM FIND THE BEST RECEPTION. WE'RE NOT THAT FAR OUT OF HAMILTON, BUT WE'RE FAR ENOUGH OUT TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FIBRE. FOR ME, I'VE GOT TO HAVE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. YOU KNOW, IT'S HOW I MAKE MY MONEY. THERE ARE MORE THAN A THOUSAND SATELLITES ALREADY IN ORBIT. THIS PHOTO CAPTURED NEAR TAURANGA SHOWS HOW VISIBLE THEY ARE FROM EARTH. BUT THERE'S CONCERN TOO MANY SATELLITES ARE LITTERING THE NIGHT SKY. THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY IS IS IT GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER TO LOOK AT THE NIGHT SKY, BOTH FOR PROFESSIONALS AND FOR ANYBODY WHO ENJOYS THE NIGHT SKY. LAUNCHING SATELLITES IS ONE THING, BUT LAUNCHING 60 AT A TIME FOR ONE NETWORK AND THEN HAVING TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE APPROVED AND OTHER COMPANIES WANTING TO DO IT, THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO ORBIT. TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE SATELLITES ARE PLANNED TO BE RELEASED, ALL IN THE HOPES OF PROVIDING INTERNET TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. THERE THEY GO. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, 10 YEARS ON FROM THE TERROR THAT ROCKED JAPAN. THE IMAGES WE'LL NEVER FORGET ` THE MASSIVE QUAKE THAT TRIGGERED A TSUNAMI OF DESTRUCTION. PLUS, ONE A PIECE FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND AND LUNA ROSSA. BUT WHAT'S BOAT SPEED IF THERE'S NO WIND? 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. (ALL CHANT) - The planet doesn't know which stuff you're doing just because you can't say no. So start at the bottom of your list and cross a few things off. THE IMAGES SEEM AS FRESH AND FRIGHTENING AS THE DAY THEY HAPPENED. A GIANT WAVE TEARING INTO THE COAST OF JAPAN TEN YEARS AGO TODAY FOLLOWING A GIANT EARTHQUAKE. COMMEMORATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REMEMBERING THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION AND THE THOUSANDS SWEPT AWAY, NEVER TO BE FOUND. HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S DAMIEN RYAN. JAPAN STOOD STILL AT THE EXACT MOMENT A DECADE AGO THE COUNTRY WAS ROCKED TO ITS CORE. A MINUTE'S SILENCE OBSERVED FROM GROUND ZERO TO GREENACRE IN SYDNEY, 8000KM AWAY. A TEAM OF 76 SEARCH AND RESCUE SPECIALISTS FROM OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE THRUST INTO AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY, AND THEY HAD PICTURES AND THE MEMORIES TO PROVE IT. WE WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE MORE, BUT IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE. A MAGNITUDE 9 QUAKE TRIGGERING A TSUNAMI THAT WASHED AWAY COMMUNITIES AND CAUSED A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. (LOUD EXPLOSIONS) MORE THAN 15,000 LIVES WERE LOST. SENIOR FIREFIGHTER ADAM CAMPBELL WAS A VETERAN OF THE THREDBO DISASTER, BUT THIS WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL. BUILDINGS 12 STOREYS HIGH WITH BOATS AND VEHICLES SAT ON TOP. THE WEATHER WAS INCREDIBLY NASTY. IT WAS MINUS 20, MINUS 30 SOMETIMES. WE WERE WORKING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AND THERE WERE ALSO THE AFTERSHOCKS. IT'S ABOUT 4 DEGREES, SO IT'S VERY COLD. AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN QUEUING OUT HERE FOR` (LOUD RUMBLING, GASPING) THAT WAS A TREMOR. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM MISSION WAS TO FIND LIFE FROM WITHIN THE RUBBLE, BUT THERE WAS NONE TO BE FOUND. WHEN WE WENT THERE AND WE COULDN'T HELP ANYONE, THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING THING OF THE WHOLE AFFAIR. SATELLITE IMAGES OF JAPAN'S NORTH EASTERN SHORE BEFORE AND AFTER. THIS WOMAN, SUITED UP, RETURNS TO HER HOME IN FUKUSHIMA. THE FEAR OF THE RADIATION MEANS SHE'LL NEVER LIVE THERE AGAIN. WHILE THIS GROUP OF SPECIAL AUSSIES WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY WITNESSED. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WENT TO. IT STICKS WITH YOU ALL YOUR LIFE. A DECADE ON, A KIWI COUPLE TALKS OF THEIR DRAMATIC JOURNEY FROM FUKUSHIMA HOME TO NEW ZEALAND. GARTH BRAY WAS TVNZ'S FIRST REPORTER ON THE GROUND. HE TRAVELLED WITH THE COUPLE THAT DAY AND RETURNS TO CHECK IN ON THEM. (RUMBLING) (RUMBLING) JUST DIDN'T STOP. AS IF IT WAS 5 MINUTES LONG. THEY WERE AS CLOSE AS YOU COULD GET AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE. I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS A HORRIBLE MEMORY. AS SHELTERS FILLED AND AUTHORITY SWEAT FOR RADIOACTIVE ACTIVITY, KILOMETRES AWAY THE EXCLUSION ZONE REACH THEIR APARTMENT. THEY WERE LIKE, ' BE MINDFUL THAT WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE YOU ARE COVERED ' AND THERE IS NO SKIN EXPOSED.' BUT REALLY CALM. ARE WE REALLY HEARING THIS? THEY HAD TO FLEE, BUT JAPAN WAS PARALYSED. ONE NEWS WAS THERE WHEN HE MADE A MERCY TO HIS FAMILY. LIFE MUCH CALMER NOW FOR THE FAMILY, SETTLED IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. MIRIANA, HOW OLD ARE YOU? NEARLY 10 YEARS OLD? THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT REASON WHY THEY NEEDED TO GET AWAY. WE WERE EXPECTING. THEY REALLY NEEDED TO GET OUT. RADIATION WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL AFFECT YOU. FEARS THAT HAVEN'T MATERIALISED. THEY WERE TOGETHER THE MOMENT THE DISASTER STRUCK. WE WOULD TOGETHER FOR THE 1ST SCAN. OUR BABY WAS LOOKING AFTER US. THAT IS WHO BROUGHT US HOME. QUAKES HERE STILL STARE BAD MEMORIES. WASHED AWAY WHEN THEY LOOK AT THEIR DAUGHTER. 1-ALL IN THE AMERICA'S CUP MATCH. NOW THE BIG DEBRIEF, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY LIGHT WINDS IN AUCKLAND OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. THE BOATS WERE OFF THE WATER TODAY, SO WHAT DID THE TEAMS GET RIGHT OR WRONG? HERE'S ABBY WILSON WITH HER SAILING MICROSCOPE. AFTER TEAM NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST START YESTERDAY, MANY BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF. GREAT START BY THE KIWIS. BUT FORMER COACH MURRAY JONES WASN'T AS EASILY IMPRESSED. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE COME OUT A BIT STRONGER THAN THEY DID IN THE STARTING, SO THAT REALLY DISAPPOINTED ME MOST OUT OF THE DAY. JONES THINKS LUNA ROSSA ACTUALLY LET THE KIWIS OFF THE HOOK IN THAT FIRST START, AND IT WAS OUT OF FRUSTRATION THAT JIMMY SPITHILL THEN TRIED THIS TACTICAL LUFFING MANOEUVRE IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO GET THE KIWIS PENALISED. WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY, THOUGHT WE HAD A SHOT AT IT. FROM THEN ON, WE BASICALLY NEEDED A MISTAKE FROM THEM. BUT THAT MISTAKE DIDN'T COME FROM THE KIWIS UNTIL THE START OF THE SECOND RACE. THEY REALLY SORT OF SCREWED UP WITH ABOUT 45 SECONDS, ONE MINUTE TO GO. THEY WERE WELL UP ABOVE AND DIDN'T COME DOWN AND PUSH EARLY ENOUGH. AND WHEN THEY DID COME AND PUSH, THEY CAME AT SUCH A DOWNWIND ANGLE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE SPEED, AND THE TIME'S CLICKING BY. TE REHUTAI ENDING UP LATE TO THE LINE... (BLEEP) ...THE TEAM SHOWING UNCHARACTERISTIC EMOTION IN THEIR COMMS. (BLEEP!) ALL THE PRE-START, MINUTE TO GO, MINUTE 30 TO GO, IS ALL REALLY IRRELEVANT UNTIL THE LAST PUSH AT THE END, AND WE JUST MIS-EXECUTED THAT, SO WE CAN... AND WE HAVE REVIEWED THAT A LOT. THE STARTS ARE PROVING CRITICAL IN DETERMINING THE RACE WINNER, SECOND PROBABLY ONLY TO SPEED. I DON'T THINK HOW WE STARTED YESTERDAY WILL WIN US THE AMERICA'S CUP. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT, BUT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT. JONES SAYS THE KIWIS SHOULD HAVE LEARNED MORE FROM WATCHING THE CHALLENGER SERIES. MISTAKES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WERE MAKING YESTERDAY ` WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS RACES. PERHAPS WE CAN WRITE THE MISTAKES OFF TO DAY-ONE NERVES. NO SUCH EXCUSE TOMORROW. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER ` AND IT'S A DECENT DAY OVERALL WITH SUNSHINE FOR MOST. AND THERE ARE NO AUDIENCES, BUT THE CATWALK IS THE LOUVRE AS LOUIS VUITTION ADAPTS TO COVID CONDITIONS. (UPBEAT RAP MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH 'BELLA'S LULLABY' FROM THE MOVIE TWILIGHT. THAT IS ALMOST ALL FROM US TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME FASHION FROM THE LOUIS VUITTON SHOW AT THE LOUVRE IN PARIS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. (HIP HOP MUSIC) CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021