TONIGHT ` JUST TWO DAYS AFTER DEFENDING THE AMERICA'S CUP, TEAM NEW ZEALAND CONFIRMS A CHALLENGER FOR THE NEXT REGATTA, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHERE THAT'LL BE HELD. OUR LATEST POLL REVEALS A BOOST IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PREPARED TO GET A COVID VACCINE, THOUGH SOME STILL AREN'T READY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES. PLUS ` A LENGTHY WAIT FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN NEED OF A GUIDE DOG. WHAT'S BEING DONE TO SHORTEN THAT, AND HOW YOU CAN HELP OUR BLIND COMMUNITY. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND ANNIE CURTIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WE NOW HAVE DETAILS OF THE NEXT AMERICA'S CUP. THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON IS THE CHALLENGER OF RECORD, THE TEAMS CONFIRMING THAT HOURS AGO WHILE ALSO LOCKING IN THE SPECTACULAR AC 75S AS THE BOAT FOR THE NEXT TWO REGATTAS. BUT AS GUY HEVELDT REPORTS, CONCERN'S BREWING THE 37TH EDITION COULD BE TAKEN OFF SHORE. AN AGREEMENT TWO MONTHS IN THE MAKING. THE AMERICA'S CUP BACK TO PART OF ITS ROOTS, WITH THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON IN ENGLAND, THE FIRST CLUB TO HOST THE CUP IN 1851, CONFIRMED AS THE NEW CHALLENGER OF RECORD. IT IS QUITE COOL, AND TO TAKE IT, EFFECTIVELY, RIGHT BACK FOR WHERE IT CAME IN 1851, I THINK, IS GOOD FOR THE EVENT. THE BIG FEATURE OF THE NEW PROVISIONAL PROTOCOLS IS TIGHT NATIONALITY RULES. EVERY MEMBER OF EACH CREW MUST BE A PASSPORT HOLDER OF THE COUNTRY OF THEIR YACHT ` THAT'S AS OF TODAY ` OR THEY MUST HAVE LIVED IN THAT COUNTRY FOR TWO OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS. WE BELIEVE AS AN ORGANISATION THAT IT'S PART OF THE CUP. WE THINK THAT IF THE ALL BLACKS, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE A` THE BARBARIANS, IT WOULDN'T BE QUITE SO POPULAR IN THE`IN THE WORLD CUP. BECAUSE IT'S ALL BEEN A BIT SOFT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT MY WORD, BETWEEN THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND YACHT SQUADRON AND THE ROYAL SQUADRON, THEY'VE REALLY TOUGHENED UP AND GONE BACK TO THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICA'S CUP. THERE'S ANOTHER REASON FOR THE TIGHT CALLS TOO, DATING BACK TO THOSE FATEFUL DAYS WHERE TWO KIWI FAVOURITES LEFT FOR THE RIVAL. YOU KNOW, I INHERITED A TEAM THAT WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED FROM EFFECTIVELY THE RAIDING THAT ALINGHI DID. SO IT'S NOT ALINGHI PER SE, BUT I'M REALLY NOT TOO INTERESTED IN PRESIDING OVER A COLLAPSE THROUGH POACHING. THESE ARE THE OTHER KEY POINTS. THE REVOLUTIONARY AC75s ARE BACK FOR TWO CYCLES TO TRY AND ENTICE MORE CHALLENGERS. TEAMS ARE RESTRICTED TO BUILDING JUST ONE BOAT, WHILE OTHER MEASURES WILL BE PUT IN PLACE IN A BID TO KEEP COSTS LOW. AND ONE AUTHORITY WILL OVERLOOK THE REGATTA. AS FOR WHERE AND WHEN THE CUP WILL BE HELD, A DECISION WILL BE MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. CERTAINLY THE ISLE OF WIGHT IS AN OPTION. WE WANT TO COME BACK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK OF THE TEAM, AND ULTIMATELY MY RESPONSIBILITY IS PRIMARILY TO THE WELFARE AND THE STRENGTH AND THE ABILITY TO DEFEND THE CUP, WHICH NEEDS THE TEAM. THAT POSSIBILITY WORRYING FANS WE SPOKE TO TONIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY HERE. I'D BE INCREDIBLY UPSET. THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD COME BACK. I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE HERE, BECAUSE IT'S NEW ZEALAND. EVEN AS A CANADIAN, I THINK IT SHOULD BE HERE. THE MOST IMPORTANT SIX MONTHS AHEAD FOR GRANT DALTON TO TRY TO KEEP THE TRIUMPHANT TEAM TOGETHER AND THE CUP ON HOME SHORES. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STABBED TO DEATH IN A HOME IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF EPSOM AND TWO OTHERS ARE IN HOSPITAL. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED AND HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE INJURED SURVIVORS. ZION DAYAL HAS MORE. A GRISLY FIND JUST BEFORE MIDDAY. I HEARD A LOT OF POLICE CARS RUNNING AND RUSHING TOWARDS THIS SITE. AT ABOUT 11.30AM THIS MORNING, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE HERE, AND AMBULANCE STAFF WERE ALREADY HERE. AND THERE'S TWO PEOPLE, A MALE AND A FEMALE, INSIDE WHO ARE DECEASED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE STAB WOUNDS. OUTSIDE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE DESPERATE EFFORTS TO SAVE THEM, TWO OTHERS RUSHED TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. ONE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND IS UNDERGOING SURGERY RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT. AND WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING, A SWARM OF POLICE OFFICERS STARTED THEIR INVESTIGATION. A DOUBLE HOMICIDE IS A TRAGEDY. THEY ARE GOING TO BE FAMILY MEMBERS OUT THERE WHO ARE GRIEVING AS A RESULT. ONE NEARBY WORKER LEFT SHAKEN. AND THEN REALISED THERE'S` THERE HAS BEEN A STABBING INSIDE, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY SCARY, YEAH. LATE TODAY, THE BODIES BEGAN BEING TAKEN AWAY. BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, LIKE HOW OR IF THE FOUR PEOPLE ARE RELATED, BUT... IT WOULD APPEAR THEY WERE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER, BUT I CAN'T GIVE THAT ASSURANCE UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION HAS PROGRESSED. ENOUGH IS KNOWN ALREADY TO SAY IT WASN'T A RANDOM ATTACK. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE, NO. THE SECOND PERSON TAKEN TO HOSPITAL HAS MINOR INJURIES. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO POLICE ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT HERE, BUT ONLY BRIEFLY. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY FIRED AT POLICE IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI IS STILL ON THE RUN. AREN CURTIS FAILED TO STOP FOR OFFICERS EARLY THIS MORNING. HIS CAR WAS SPIKED ON SEASPRAY DRIVE, AND HE FLED ON FOOT, BEFORE ALLEGEDLY FIRING SHOTS. POLICE SAY CURTIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULDN'T BE APPROACHED. AS THE PUBLIC COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN INCHES CLOSER. WE USED OUR LATEST 1 NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL TO ASK HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE? HERE ARE THE RESULTS: 52% OF PEOPLE SAY THEY WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THE VACCINE ` UP FROM 45% IN DECEMBER. 24% SAY THEY WOULD PROBABLY TAKE IT ` DOWN FROM OUR LAST POLL. 10% SAY THEY WOULD PROBABLY NOT GET IT ` DOWN 3%. 6% SAY THEY WOULD DEFINITELY NOT GET IT ` ALSO DOWN 3%. THE REST DON'T KNOW. IT'S THE THIRD TIME WE'VE ASKED THIS VACCINE QUESTION. THE FIRST WAS SEPTEMBER, THEN DECEMBER AND NOW MARCH. EACH TIME THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY'D TAKE THE VACCINE HAS GONE UP, BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM THIS, AND ON THE STREETS TODAY, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE CONVINCING KIWIS TO GET VACCINATED. I'M HAPPY TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE VACCINE AND JUST WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN TESTED FOR LONG ENOUGH. I'M 50/50 AT THE MOMENT. I NEED TO DO MY OWN RESEARCH FIRST. ABSOLUTELY. I'M A LITTLE BIT DUBIOUS ABOUT IT. I'M NOT TOO SURE REALLY. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M VERY HAPPY. BRING IT ON! (LAUGHS) OH, INITIALLY A BIT SCEPTICAL HOW IT'S ROLLED OUT SO QUICKLY, LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT I'VE READ, I THINK IT'S SAFE. I THINK, FROM A TRAVEL POINT OF VIEW, I DO A BIT OF TRAVEL WITH WORK, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY QUITE IMPORTANT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, YEAH. I THINK I WAS A LOT MORE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT DOING IT, BUT I THINK, NOW, I LOOK AT IT AND I THINK, FOR THE WIDER GOOD, IT'S PROBABLY A NECESSARY THING TO DO. MEANWHILE, THERE ARE CALLS FOR MAORI AS YOUNG AS 45 TO GET PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE VACCINE, BECAUSE THEIR RISK PROFILE IS DIFFERENT TO OTHER ETHNICITIES AT THE SAME AGE. MOANA MAKAPELU LEE REPORTS. KIA ORA, WHAEA. TODAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE. A ROUTINE CHECK-UP AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH THE VACCINE MESSAGE. SO THIS FIRST PAMPHLET IS INFORMATION ON WHERE YOU'LL GET THE PFIZER VACCINE. THIS KAIKOHE KUIA IS SET TO RECEIVE THE JAB FROM MAY, PART OF A PRIORITY GROUP OF NEW ZEALANDERS AGED 65 AND OVER. I WANT TO LIVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. SO, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE IT DONE. BUT AN EXPERT GROUP SAYS VACCINATIONS FOR MAORI SHOULD COME MUCH EARLIER. IT SAYS MIDDLE-AGED MAORI FACE THE SAME HEALTH RISK AS ELDERLY PAKEHA. THAT ACTUALLY WE SHOULD BE HAVING AN AGE-ADJUSTED PRIORITY POPULATION, AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY MAORI SHOULD BE GETTING THE VACCINE FROM AGE 45. NOW? NOW. THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT DID CONSIDER LOWERING THE THRESHOLD FOR MAORI, AND IT HASN'T ENTIRELY BEEN RULED OUT. AS WE START ROLLING OUT THE VACCINE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASSESS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IN MIND TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS GOING TO CAPTURE ALL OF AOTEAROA. HE'S PROMISING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR MAORI HEALTH WORKERS, WHICH MAY AT TIMES VACCINATE YOUNGER GROUPS EARLIER ANYWAY. SO WHEN THEY GO INTO A HOUSEHOLD AND THEY SEE OUR ELDERLY, THEY DON'T JUST VACCINATE THE ELDERLY AND WALK OUT. THEY ASSESS THE FAMILY, AND IF THE FAMILY... IF THEY CONSIDER THE FAMILY ARE AT RISK, THEN THEY SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO VACCINATE THEM. ONE OF THE LARGEST MAORI HEALTH PROVIDERS TE HIKU HAUORA TOLD 1 NEWS THAT DOCTORS FACE BROADER CHALLENGES. THE FLU JAB LAST YEAR HAD A 72% UPTAKE BY MAORI AGED 65 YEARS AND OVER. BUT WORRYINGLY, THAT RATE DECLINES SHARPLY FOR YOUNGER POPULATIONS. CLINICS IN KAIKOHE ARE NOW CONSIDERING HOW TO REACH THEM. LOOKING AT GOING AROUND AND PICKING THESE PEOPLE UP ON A BUS AND BRINGING THEM IN. WE JUST NEED TO BE RELENTLESS ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR A SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH TO THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. CALLS TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE SQUARE WHEN IT COMES TO MAORI HEALTH. ALL DONE. MOANA MAKAPELU LEE, 1 NEWS. WAITS OF UP TO THREE YEARS ARE BEING EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF THE BLIND COMMUNITY NEEDING A GUIDE DOG. THE ORGANISATION RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING THEM IS TRYING TO SHORTEN THAT WAIT, BUT AS LAURA JAMES REPORTS, IT NEEDS MORE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC. HARNESS ON AND READY TO GO. ARA IS 80 TRAINING WALKS DOWN AND SOON TO BECOME A WORKING GUIDE DOG. NICE, NADIA. GOT YOU RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF THE FOOTPATH. TRAINER NADIA IS BLINDFOLDED TO TEST HIS PROGRESS. WHEN HE'S READY, HE'LL BE IN HOT DEMAND. DAN SHEPPHERD, ONE OF MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE WAITING TO BE MATCHED. BEEN ON THE WAIT LIST FOR A GUIDE DOG FOR JUST OVER TWO YEARS NOW. OTHERS HAVE BEEN WAITING THREE YEARS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING AT ON AVERAGE, 15 MONTHS. AND AS I SAID, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. UP TO 20 DOGS GO THROUGH FORMAL TRAINING AT ANY ONE TIME. GOOD GIRL. ZIVA HERE JUST BEGINNING THE FOUR-MONTH PROCESS. THE CRITERIA IS TOUGH, AND FEWER THAN HALF THE PUPPIES BORN INTO THE PROGRAMME BECOME WORKING DOGS. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO TRAINING A GUIDE DOG. THEY HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THEIR HANDLERS SAFE. ONE MIGHT THINK THAT MATCHING A GUIDE DOG IS A RELATIVELY EASY PROCESS, BUT A LOT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON'S NEEDS. BLIND LOW VISION IS NOW CENTRALISING ITS TRAINING IN AUCKLAND TO HELP REDUCE THE WAIT. SO IT HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR TRAINERS WORKING FROM HERE. WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO, OF COURSE, IS TRAIN MORE DOGS IN SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME, AND IT'S JUST A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF WORKING. EVERY 12 WEEKS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A NEW SET OF GUIDE DOGS. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ON AVERAGE ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR A GUIDE DOG. SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC ALSO KEY. BLIND LOW VISION'S AROUND 700 VOLUNTEERS SHORT FOR ITS ANNUAL STREET APPEAL AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK. BE THAT THROUGH VOLUNTEERING OR MAKING DONATIONS, THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT MORE GUIDE DOGS IN THE COMMUNITY. HE HOPES IT'S NOT TOO LONG UNTIL HE FINDS HIS MATCH. WITH A CANE, YOU HAVE TO INTERPRET THE INFORMATION THAT THE CANE IS GIVING YOU AS YOU MOVE THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY. WITH THE DOG, YOU HAVE A LEVEL OF TRUST IN THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PART OF THAT TEAM. A GUIDE DOG IS GONNA BE SUPPORTING MY MOBILITY, MY INDEPENDENCE. AND WHO KNOWS ` HE MAY EVEN BE PAIRED WITH ARA,... NICE. WELL DONE. ...WHO'S LESS THAN A MONTH FROM BECOMING SOMEONE'S GUIDING EYES. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. E HAERE TONU NEI. STILL TO COME ` A RULING IS MADE ON THE AZTRAZENECA VACCINE BY THE EU MEDICINES REGULATOR AFTER CONCERNS IT CAUSED BLOOD CLOTS. AND A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR CLAIMS HE BROKE THE LAW TO DIG UP DIRT ON THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX. THE LATEST SAGA IN THE TABLOIDS VERSUS MEGHAN. (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. WELCOME BACK. SYDNEY'S MID-NORTH COAST'S SUFFERED FLASH FLOODING AND LAND SLIPS AFTER RAIN PUMMELLED THE AREA. IT'S SET TO CONTINUE AND AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING LIVES COULD BE IN DANGER IF PEOPLE DON'T STAY INDOORS. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S JANE AZZOPARDI. THE CUBANA MOTEL SURROUNDED BY SWAMP, THE ROAD TO THE ISLAND GOLF CLUB NO MORE AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIMETRES OF FAST, RELENTLESS RAIN PUT OUR MID-NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES ON EDGE. VERY INTENSE, VERY HEAVY, POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING RAINFALL. IN THREE DAYS, IT'S BARELY LET UP. AN INCONVENIENCE FOR SOME ` A DISASTER FOR OTHERS. I HEARD THIS BIG CRASH AND BANG AND I'VE COME RUNNING OVER. ONE FAMILY IN NAMBUCCA HEADS HAD THE GROUND LITERALLY TUMBLE ON TOP OF THEIR HOME. I PEERED OVER THE BACK FENCE AND REALISED THAT MY NEIGHBOUR DIDN'T HAVE A BACKYARD ANYMORE AND THAT THE RIDGE FROM THE TOP HAD COLLAPSED AND COME DOWN. ALL THE RESIDENTS CAN DO NOW IS WAIT FOR INSURANCE ASSESSORS. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO EVEN VENTURE UPSTAIRS TO SEE THE DAMAGE AND COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS. FURTHER DOWN THE NAMBUCCA RIVER, RESIDENTS OF THE PELICAN CARAVAN PARK HAD TO EVACUATE AS THE WATER LAPPED AT THEIR FRONT DOORS. THE RIVER'S RIGHT UP AND THE WONDERFUL S.A.S HAVE JUST RESCUED US ALL. THANKS, FELLAS. IN MACKSVILLE, THE ROADS WERE CLOSED YESTERDAY AND EVEN MORE WATER HAS FALLEN SINCE. TO GET THE ESSENTIALS, YOU NEED TO BE CREATIVE. BUT OTHERS ARE IGNORING THE CLOSURES AND DRIVING THROUGH ANYWAY. HOUSES ARE GETTING FILLED WITH WATER BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST ARE IGNORING THOSE SIGNS. IT WASN'T JUST CARS ` THIS SCHOOL BUS NAVIGATING A FLOODED UNDERPASS AT CESSNOCK, THE SAME PLACE A MOTHER AND CHILD HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR CAR EARLIER IN THE DAY. DON'T PUT YOUR OWN LIVES, THE LIVES OF YOUR FAMILY AND THE LIVES OF THE RESCUERS AT UNNECESSARY RISK. EVEN OUR WILDLIFE HAS STRUGGLED ` OH DEAR, THAT'S A KANGAROO. SKIPPY SURFING HIS WAY OUT OF TROUBLE. COME ON, BUDDY. GET OUT. TONIGHT, SOGGY BUT SAFE. A FIRE IN SYDNEY'S EXPECTED TO SMOULDER OVERNIGHT, WITH TOXIC SMOKE BILLOWING ACROSS THE CITY. MORE THAN 150 FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE BLAZE AT A FACTORY IN THE CITY'S SOUTH WEST SHORTLY AFTER 7 THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS FORCED TO FLEE, WITH SCHOOLS CLOSED AND NEARBY BUSINESSES ALSO EVACUATED AS THE INFERNO RAGED ON, FUELLED BY ETHANOL. IT'S NOW UNDER CONTROL, BUT CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY REMAIN. THE EU MEDICINES REGULATOR HAS DECLARED THE AZTRAZENECA VACCINE 'SAFE AND EFFECTIVE'. IT COMES AFTER 13 COUNTRIES SUSPENDED THE ROLLOUT OF THE JAB OVER REPORTS PEOPLE DEVELOPED BLOOD CLOTS. A REVIEW INTO IT FOUND NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE THAT BLOOD CLOTS IN VEINS ARE OCCURRING MORE THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED IN THE ABSENCE OF VACCINATION FOR EITHER VACCINE. THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE THOROUGHNESS OF OUR REVIEW. ITALY, SPAIN, GERMANY AND FRANCE HAVE ALREADY RESUMED USING THE AZTRAZENECA VACCINE. MEANWHILE, FEARS OF A THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19 IN FRANCE HAS FORCED SOME AREAS INTO A MONTH-LONG LOCKDOWN. THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS FROM TOMORROW IN PARIS AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 35,000 CASES OF COVID-19 WERE RECORDED IN JUST 24 HOURS. A FORMER PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR IN LOS ANGELES SAYS HE BROKE THE LAW, AFTER A BRITISH NEWSPAPER PAID HIM TO DIG UP DIRT ON THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX BEFORE SHE MARRIED PRINCE HARRY. BUT THE TABLOID'S PUBLISHER SAYS IT NEVER ASKED OR KNEW OF ANY UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY. HERE'S THE BBC'S AMOL RAJAN. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE BRITISH PRESS CAN BE LIKE. PRINCE HARRY HAS LONG HAD A FRAUGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH BRITAIN'S TABLOID PRESS. HE'S SUING BOTH THE FORMER PUBLISHERS OF THE SUN AND THE DAILY MIRROR OVER ALLEGATIONS OF PHONE HACKING AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. SHORTLY AFTER MEAGAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCE HARRY WAS REVEALED, A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR BASED IN CALIFORNIA, AND NOW RETIRED, WAS PAID BY THE SUN TO GET DETAILED PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HER AND HER FAMILY. HE BELIEVES SOME OF WHAT HE THEN DID WAS UNLAWFUL. IN ACCESSING A PARTICULAR ONESTOP DATABASE AS A LICENCED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND GIVING A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT HE WAS USING THE DATA FOR, DANNO HANKS BREACHED FEDERAL LAW. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I FOUND OUT, THEY COULD FIND OUT THEMSELVES USING, YOU KNOW, LEGAL MEANS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM. HANK SAYS THE SUN WROTE TO HIM IN 2012, INSTRUCTING HIM TO ACT WITHIN THE LAW, AND HE LATER CONFIRMED THIS IN HIS INVOICES. DID ANYONE FROM THE SUN AT ANY POINT SAY WE'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW YOU GET THIS INFORMATION? NO, THEY NEVER ASKED. THEY DIDN'T CARE. A STATEMENT FROM NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS SAYS THE SUN MADE A LEGITIMATE REQUEST FOR CONTACT DETAILS RELATING TO MEGHAN MARKLE, FOR WHICH MR HANKS WAS PAID $250. THEY SAY HE WAS INSTRUCTED AND UNDERTOOK IN WRITING TO ACT LAWFULLY. THIS EVENING, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX RESPONDED THROUGH A SPOKESPERSON TO SAY THEY FEEL THIS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SHOWS THAT THE PREDATORY PRACTISES OF DAYS PAST ARE STILL ONGOING, REAPING IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE FOR FAMILIES AND RELATIONSHIPS. HANK SAYS WATCHING HARRY AND MEGHAN'S INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH WINFREY PROMPTED HIS CONFESSION. TO SPORT, AND A CONTROVERSAL DECISION BY THE NRL BUNKER HAS PLAYED A PART IN THE WARRIORS LOSING TO THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS THIS EVENING, THE KNIGHTS SCORING FIRST THROUGH JAYDEN BRAILEY, THEN JUST WHEN WARRIORS HOOKER WADE EGAN THOUGHT HE'D ANSWERED BACK, THE UPSTAIRS MATCH OFFICIALS DENIED HIM THIS TRY. THE WARRIORS THEN MANAGED TO GET IN THE LEAD, BUT WITH SIX MINUTES TO GO, A TRY FROM WINGER HYMEL HUNT SEALED VICTORY FOR NEWCASTLE. HERE'S CONNOR WATSON OUT FOR MITCHELL PEARCE. OH, AND CUE MITCHELL PEARCE, BEATS ONE, GETS THE BALL AWAY. THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS ARE BACK IN FRONT. THE FINAL SCORE 20-16. THE WARRIORS FACE THE CANBERRA RAIDERS NEXT SATURDAY. JUST AHEAD ` THE WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEKEND. PLUS ` WHY SHAPESHIFTER ARE AMPED TO BE PLAYING AT THE CAPITAL'S BIGGEST MUSIC PARTY, HOMEGROWN. AFTER BEING CALLED OFF LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, HOMEGROWN IS TAKING PLACE TOMORROW IN THE CAPITAL. AND DESPITE PLAYING THE FESTIVAL AT LEAST 15 TIMES, THE TEAM BEHIND SHAPESHIFTER SAY THEY STILL GET SUPER EXCITED TO GET ON THAT STAGE. IMOGEN WELLS SAT DOWN WITH THEM. (UPBEAT MUSIC) IT'S PROBABLY BEEN QUITE A BUSY SUMMER, AND WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU GUYS? IT'S BEEN REALLY SPECIAL ACTUALLY. SUPER APPRECIATIVE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THEM. WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET ANY CANCELLATIONS, JUST POSTPONEMENTS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE YEAR HAS BEEN SO FAR. BUT, YEAH, PRETTY AWESOME. AND WHAT IS THE SECRET TO MAKING MUSIC THAT KIWIS ABSOLUTELY LOVE? JUST DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR THING. WHEN WE GO INTO THE STUDIO, WE DON'T TRY TO DO ANYTHING OR BE ANYTHING. IT'S NOT A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO DO IT. IT'S JUST BASICALLY MAKE MUSIC THAT MAKES US HAPPY. JUST MAKE MUSIC THAT WE ENJOY. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE NOW, SO YEAH, WE GOT MULTIPLE` MULTIPLE GENERATIONS COMING TO OUR GIGS NOW. SO IT'S` IT'S PRETTY HUMBLING. DO YOU GUYS EACH HAVE YOUR FAVOURITE SONG? THEY'RE ALL OUR BABIES BUT WE ROTATE, AND WE... WILL SPIN THE SONGS AROUND SOMETIMES SO THAT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS PLAYING THE SAME ONES. THE NEWER ONES GET A BIT OF FAVOURITISM AS WELL COS OF THE PRESSURE AND... HAVE YOU GOT NEW MUSIC ON THE WAY? WE'VE GOT AN ALBUM COMING OUT. YEAH. AND WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED A SINGLE AND ABOUT TO RELEASE SOME MORE. JUNE, RIGHT? JUNE RELEASE. WELL, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE AIMING FOR AROUND THAT TIME TO COME ON OUR ALBUM TOUR, SO WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO FINISHING, REAL, REAL CLOSE. HOMEGROWN TOMORROW. HOW MANY HOMEGROWNS HAVE YOU GUYS PLAYED? ABOUT 17, I THINK. NAH, I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JOKING. BUT PRETTY CLOSE. YEAH. NAH, WELL... 15? WE` YEAH, WE PLAYED IT BEFORE IT WAS CALLED HOMEGROWN. IT WAS X*AIR, SO BACK IN THE DAY. SO STOKED TO BE A PART OF IT. MULTIPLE STAGES, BIG PAs, GREAT LIGHTS, YEAH. BEST` BEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. (CLICKS FINGERS) AND YOU CAN'T BEAT IT ON A GOOD DAY. (LAUGHTER) YOU CAN'T BEAT WELLY ON A GOOD DAY. # YOU SHINE SO BRIGHT. LET'S DO A BIT OF WORD ASSOCIATIONS ` SUMMER. ALE. (LAUGHS) THAT WAS A BLOODY GOOD ONE, THAT ALE. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THAT WAS A GOODIE. NEW ZEALAND? IT'S ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN. YEAH, HOME, BABY. HOME. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE ` 1 NEWS. AMAZING. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. GOOD ANSWER. TIME NOW FOR TOMORROWS WEATHER WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SHAPESHIFTER. THIS IS THEIR LATEST SINGLE 'LIGHT SPEED'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SOPHIE PEARCE AND ANNIE CURTIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.