IT'S MIDDAY ` MIXED REACTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING PACKAGE. WHY CRITICS AREN'T SATISFIED AND ARE DEMANDING MORE DETAIL. FROM BAD TO WORSE IN FLOODED NEW SOUTH WALES, REQUIRING DRASTIC MEASURES TO HELP THOSE LEFT HIGH AND NOT SO DRY. AND A COUPLE OF POLITICAL FOES UNITE TO TRY DELIVER HIGH-POWERED HELP FOR THE ENDANGERED KIWI. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING POLICY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY IS SETTING OFF A RIPPLE OF REACTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHILE SOME SEE ITS POTENTIAL, OTHERS DON'T, AND SOME QUESTION IF IT'S IGNORING VAST SWATHES OF THE PROBLEM ALTOGETHER. ISAAC GUNSON WITH THIS REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY DOES NOTHING TO HELP MY SITUATION. WE CAN'T GET AHEAD. WE'VE TRIED. THIS GOVERNMENT, LIKE SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS BEFORE IT, ARE HAPPY TO SEE HOUSING CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT OVER A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. SCATHING CRITICISM FROM EVERYDAY KIWIS AIMED AT A GOVERNMENT THAT PROMISED TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. $3.8B IN FUNDING, HEADLINING A RAFT OF NEW POLICIES TO INCREASE SUPPLY IN THE HOUSING MARKET. GRANT ROBERTSON ACKNOWLEDGES THERE IS NO QUICK FIX BUT SAYS UNLOCKING MORE LAND TO BUILD HOUSES IS THE ANSWER. THE THING WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY VIRTUALLY EVERY LOCAL COUNCIL AROUND NEW ZEALAND IS THAT THEY NEED OUR HELP TO MAKE SURE THERE'S BUILD-READY LAND. BUT ITS DETAIL'S STILL UNCLEAR. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AROUND $3.8B. $2b AND THEN ANOTHER $1.8B ON TOP OF THAT WITH NO DETAILS. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH JUST TO SAY, 'OH, HERE'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY' BUT NO DETAIL. FOR BERNIE O'DONNELL, THE DEVIL'S IN THAT DETAIL, WITH MAORI HAVING SOME OF THE LOWEST HOME OWNERSHIP RATES IN NEW ZEALAND. WE KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT STUFF THAT WE NEVER DELIVER. THE WORD 'TRANSFORMATION' OR 'CHANGE' NEVER REALLY HAPPENS UNLESS YOU WORK WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. BUT WHILE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AIMS TO COOL THE HOUSING MARKET AND GET PEOPLE ON TO THE LADDER, IT DOES LITTLE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. ONE COMMENTATOR'S HOPING THAT'LL BE DEALT WITH IN THE BUDGET LATER THIS YEAR. AT THE MOMENT, THE GOVERNMENT S SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY ON MOTELS, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S SPENDING $4m TO $5m A DAY ON ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENTS. AND I ACTUALLY AGREE THAT IT HAS BUILT UP OVER DECADES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THE PACKAGE, WE ARE SHIFTING THE BALANCE TOWARD FIRST-HOME BUYERS. A CRISIS THAT DIDN'T START RECENTLY AND WON'T GO AWAY ANY TIME SOON. ISAAC GUNSON, 1 NEWS. STUDENTS HAVE CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO BE SET UP TO DEAL WITH ISSUES AT UNIVERSITY HALLS. THE RECOMMENDATION'S BEEN HEARD AT THE GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO STUDENT ACCOMMODATION, WHICH WAS SPARKED BY THE ISSUE OF UNIVERSITIES CHARGING FOR EMPTY ROOMS DURING LOCKDOWN. RIGHT NOW UNIVERSITY AND STUDENT ACCOMMODATION ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE. THERE SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE THAT STUDENTS CAN GO AND BRING ISSUES TO WHERE IT CAN BE RESOLVED. MANY STUDENTS HAVE ALSO CALLED FOR UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION TO COME UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT. CURRENTLY HALLS OF RESIDENCE ARE EXEMPT. THERE'S NO SUGGESTION OF ANY FURTHER COVID-19 SPREAD, AFTER THE LATEST GENOME SEQUENCING RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED. A CLEANER AT AUCKLAND'S GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL, WHO HAS RECEIVED BOTH DOSES OF THE VACCINE, WAS IDENTIFIED AFTER A ROUTINE SWAB TEST ON MONDAY. RESULTS OVERNIGHT REVEAL SHE CONTRACTED THE UK STRAIN OF THE VIRUS, LINKED TO A RECENT RETURNEE. IT MATCHES THE GENOME OF A PERSON WHO WAS STAYING IN THE HOTEL, A RETURNEE FROM OVERSEAS, WHO WAS THERE FROM THE 13TH TO THE 15TH OF MARCH. AND THAT PERSON, THEIR INFECTION WAS PICKED UP AT DAY ZERO`ONE TESTING. THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT IS ACTUALLY THAT WAS BEFORE OUR NEW CASE HAD THEIR SECOND VACCINATION. A FAMILY CONTACT OF THE CASE WHO RETURNED A WEAK POSITIVE RESULT HAS ALSO NOW TESTED NEGATIVE BUT IS STILL BEING MONITORED. MEANWHILE, RETURNING NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE COUNTRY SINCE AUGUST WILL HAVE TO STAY FOR SIX MONTHS FROM JUNE TO BE EXEMPT FROM MANAGED ISOLATION FEES. CURRENTLY, NEW ZEALANDERS MUST PAY FOR ISOLATION IF THEY STAY FOR UNDER 90 DAYS OR IF THEY LEFT AFTER THE REGULATIONS CAME INTO FORCE LAST YEAR. BRITAIN'S MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ITS COVID-19 LOCKDOWN WITH A MINUTE'S SILENCE OBSERVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE DEATH TOLL THERE A YEAR AGO WAS 364. IT'S NOW MORE THAN 126,000. BBC'S DUNCAN KENNEDY REPORTS. A CROSS OF HOPE AFTER WHAT HAS SEEMED LIKE A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE OF DESPAIR. MADE OF REAL GRASS, IT SYMBOLISES LIFE AFTER DEATH ` OPTIMISM TO FOLLOW DARKNESS. WE TAKE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE YEAR PASSED AND TO REMEMBER, MOURN, AND HONOUR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTING CORONAVIRUS. (BELL TOLLS) THE QUEEN MARKED TODAY BY SENDING FLOWERS TO ST BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL IN LONDON, WHERE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY. IN A MESSAGE, THE QUEEN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE IMMEASURABLE SERVICE OF THOSE WHO SUPPORTED US ALL OVER THE LAST YEAR. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ALSO TOOK PART IN A PRIVATE MOMENT OF REFLECTION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. THE PRIME MINISTER, 'SAYING THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS TAKEN A HUGE TOLL ON US ALL.' WE'VE SUFFERED SO MANY LOSSES. AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE, OUR GRIEF HAS BEEN MADE MORE ACUTE BECAUSE WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE OUR LOVED ONES IN THEIR FINAL DAYS, TO HOLD THEIR HANDS, OR EVEN TO MOURN THEM TOGETHER. AND WE OWE BOTH THE NHS STAFF AND THOSE AT THE FRONT LINE AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED TO LEARN THE LESSONS OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS, TO HAVE AN ENQUIRY AND TO LEARN WHAT WENT WRONG TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER REPEAT THAT. IT WAS ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR THAT LOCKDOWN BEGAN, WHEN OUR STREETS EMPTIED AND OUR LIVES TRANSFORMED. A CONTAGION HAD COME AMONGST US AND PUT EVERYONE IN PERIL. FROM THIS EVENING, I MUST GIVE THE BRITISH PEOPLE A VERY SIMPLE INSTRUCTION. YOU MUST STAY AT HOME. THE WAY AHEAD IS HARD, AND IT IS STILL TRUE THAT MANY LIVES WILL SADLY BE LOST. SINCE THOSE WORDS, OUR HOSPITALS HAVE FOUGHT TO SAVE US, BUT MORE THAN 126,000 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO COVID. SOME SIX MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEREAVED BY COVID. TODAY, PRINCE CHARLES SPOKE OF OUR NATIONAL ORDEAL. OVER THE PAST YEAR, OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH A TRIAL WHICH HAS TESTED OUR RESOLVE AND OUR RESILIENCE IN COUNTLESS WAYS. WE'VE ALL BEEN INSPIRED BY THE RESOURCEFULNESS WE HAVE WITNESSED, HUMBLED BY THE DEDICATION SHOWN BY SO MANY, AND MOVED BEYOND WORDS BY THE SACRIFICES WE'VE SEEN. LIKE ALL REFLECTIONS, THIS DAY OF REFLECTION IS A STAGE UPON WHICH TO LOOK AT OURSELVES ` WHO WE ARE. WHO WE'VE LOST. SACRIFICE. CHANGE. PAIN. HOPE. FINALLY SOME RESPITE TODAY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES AFTER DAYS OF DOWNPOURS. THE SUN'S SHINING ACROSS THE STATE, WITH OFFICIALS THIS MORNING SAYING THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY MORE RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. BUT NOW A NEW DANGER. STRONG WINDS THAT COULD EASILY TOPPLE TREES ROOTED IN SODDEN EARTH. SOME COMMUNITIES ARE STILL FACING EVACUATION ORDERS, WITH HIGH RIVER PEAKS EXPECTED EVEN AS THE RAIN EASES. TOWNS REMAIN CUT OFF BY FLOODWATERS, WITH RESCUE CREWS STRUGGLING TO GET IN SUPPLIES. THE STATE'S PREMIER SAYS IT'S A MIRACLE NO ONE'S DIED. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN WITH ONE FAMILY'S TERRIFYING ATTEMPT TO FLEE. A FAMILY RESCUED, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. SOAKING WET, THE COUPLE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, CLEARLY IN SHOCK, AFTER BEING PULLED FROM THE FLOOD-RAVAGED HAWKESBURY RIVER. THE BOAT, WHICH WAS EVACUATING THEM TO SAFER GROUND, UPSIDE DOWN AND BARELY AFLOAT. THIS FLOOD EMERGENCY HAS SO FAR BEEN FATALITY FREE, BUT THIS WAS THE CLOSEST OF CALLS. THAT MAYDAY MESSAGE SENT OTHER CREWS SCRAMBLING TO HELP. EVENTUALLY, THE FAMILY MADE IT ACROSS THE RIVER. THE CHILDREN WERE CARRIED TO SHORE WITH THE PARAMEDIC READY TO GREET THEM WITH THERMAL BLANKETS, MAKING SURE THEY'RE OK. THE THREE CREW MEMBERS, DRIPPING WET, WERE ALSO CHECKED OVER. THE WHOLE EVENT, SINCE THURSDAY, HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF RELIEF THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FATALITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY BAD WEATHER EVENT. THE DAY BEGAN WITH A MISSION TO EVACUATE 200 RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THE KOLO AND HAWKESBURY RIVERS. COMMUNITIES FROM UPPER KOLO TO LOWER PORTLAND AND SACKVILLE. THEY TRAWLED THE SWOLLEN BANKS LOOKING FOR RESIDENTS. HELLO, IS ANYBODY HOME? THE OFFICIAL ORDER WAS TO LEAVE, BUT MANY WERE WILLING TO WAIT IT OUT INSIDE THEIR HOMES. BUT THERE WERE SOME WHO TOOK UP THE OFFER ` A DOZEN OR SO. THEY LEFT BEHIND NOT ONLY A STRICKEN VESSEL WAITING TO BE SALVAGED, BUT A COMMUNITY CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND A FAMILY LUCKY TO GET OUT ALIVE. STANDING OFFICIALS HAVE NAMED THE TEN VICTIMS KILLED IN YESTERDAY'S MASS SHOOTING AT A COLORADO SUPERMARKET. A 21 YEAR OLD LOCAL MAN'S BEEN CHARGED WITH THEIR MURDER.. AS POLICE LOOK INTO A MOTIVE. ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ IS THERE. TODAY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE LOSS HERE IN BOULDER SETTING IN. 10 PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED AT THIS GROCERY STORE. THE POLICE CHIEF'S VOICE QUIVERING AS SHE READ EACH NAME. SUZANNE FOUNTAIN (59). TERRY LEIKER (51). AMONGST THOSE KILLED, RIKKI OLDS ` A MANAGER (25) AT THE KING SOOPERS, HER FAMILY DESCRIBES AS STRONG, INDEPENDENT AND BUBBLY AND BOULDER POLICE OFFICER (51) ERIC TALLEY, A FATHER OF SEVEN. HE LOST HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE WAS HEROICALLY TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS. THE 51 YEAR OLD WAS THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO THE URGENT CALLS COMING FROM THIS STORE AS THE CHAOS UNFOLDED AROUND 2.40 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE NOW SAY THAT SHOOTER WAS AHMAD AL ALIWI ALISSA (21) SEEN HERE BLEEDING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS LEG AND BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ORDERING FLAGS LOWERED TO HALF STAFF FOR THE SECOND TIME IN JUST A WEEK AND URGING THE SENATE TO PASS GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION. ANOTHER AMERICAN CITY HAS BEEN SCARRED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND THE RESULTING TRAUMA. WE CAN SAVE LIVES, INCREASING THE BACKGROUND CHECKS LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO OCCUR AND ELIMINATING ASSAULT WEAPONS AND THE SIZE OF MAGAZINES. AND WE'RE TOLD THE ACCUSED GUNMAN JUST BOUGHT AN AR-STYLE GUN LAST WEEK. HE IS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM A HOSPITAL TO THE COUNTY JAIL TODAY. AND POLICE ARE STILL GIVING NO INDICATION OF A POSSIBLE MOTIVE, SAYING IT'S STILL TOO EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION. THE NEW ZEALAND ARMY IS MARKING 175 YEARS OF SERVICE TODAY AFTER POSTPONING COMMEMORATIONS LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID. OUR ARMY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS CONFLICTS, INCLUDING TWO WORLD WARS AS WELL AS PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS AND HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS. IT BEGAN AS A MILITIA FORCE DISPOSSESSING MAORI OF THEIR LAND, BUT MAJOR GENERAL JOHN BOSWELL SAYS THE ARMY HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. IT WAS A COMPLEX, SAD, DIVISIVE TIME IN OUR HISTORY IN 1845 WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PASSED THE MILITIA ACT THAT FORMED THE RUDIMENTARY MILITIA OF THE TIME, WHICH WE TRACE OUR ORIGINS OF AN ARMY BACK TO. NOW, WE DONT CELEBRATE THAT. WE REMEMBER THAT. BUT WHAT WE DO CELEBRATE IS OUR JOURNEY TO THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL BICULTURAL ARMY OF TODAY. SEVERAL COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES ARE BEING HELD TODAY IN WELLINGTON. ONCE RIVALS IN THE POLITICAL CHAMBERS. TODAY, TWO BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER ` AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING THE ENDANGERED KIWI. TWO OF OUR FORMER PRIME MINISTERS ARE NOW EMBARKING ON A CONSERVATION MISSION TOGETHER. VANDHNA BHAN HAS THE STORY. AN UNLIKELY PAIRING FOR A NATIONAL CAUSE. OUR FORMER PRIME MINISTERS LETTING GO OF POLITICAL DIFFERENCES. I'M READY. WHILE RELEASING SEVEN KIWIS INTO THE WILD. THIS ONE FITTINGLY NAMED "ARDERN". IT'S QUITE EMOTIONAL. YOU TAKE THIS KIWI AND THEN YOU SORT OF SHOVE IT INTO THE BURROW AND YOU'RE THINKING, IS IT GONNA SURVIVE? IT'S A BIT LIKE SAYING GOODBYE TO YOUR KIDS, I SUPPOSE. IS IT GONNA SURVIVE OUT HERE WITH THE PREDATORS? THE CHARITY 'KIWIS FOR KIWI' MAKING THESE POLITICAL ICONS JOINT PATRONS TO SAVE OUR NATIONAL BIRD. WELL, I GOT INVOLVED BECAUSE JOHN ASKED ME TO. (LAUGHS) IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER, THEN PEOPLE CAN SEE, WELL, IF WE'RE WORKING ON IT, THEY CAN WORK ON IT. LAST YEAR THE CHARITY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S COVID RECOVERY AND RESPONSE FUND. BUT THAT'S A ONE OFF. YOU NEED LONG TERM SUSTAINED EFFORT TO STOP WHAT HAS BEEN A STEADY DECLINE OF KIWI NUMBERS. WE'VE GOTTA STOP THE DECLINE, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET AN INCREASE IN THE POPULATION. SHARING A SIMILAR PASSION FOR ONCE, THEY'RE HOPING TO RAISE 20 MILLION DOLLARS FOR KIWI CONSERVATION OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. SIR JOHN KEY EVEN HINTING AT FUTURE COLLABORATIONS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SOLELY EVEN BE JUST FOR KIWIS. JOINING HANDS TOGETHER FOR ISSUES THAT ARE OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. THIS PERHAPS THE FIRST OF MANY MISSIONS FOR THIS DYNAMIC DUO. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY SPORT ` THE STAND-IN SKIPPER TAKES CHARGE AS THE BLACK CAPS EVENTUALLY TURN TIGER TAMERS IN THE ODI DAY-NIGHTER. AND FROM SPORTING HERO TO ZERO ` HOW DID JARRYD HAYNE'S CAREER SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL? TO SPORT, AND THE BLACK CAPS ARE EYEING AN ODI SERIES SWEEP AGAINST BANGLADESH AFTER CLEANING UP LAST NIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH. BUT THE VISITORS PROVIDED MUCH MORE OF A FIGHT AT HAGLEY OVAL. AS VICTOR WATERS EXPLAINS, NEW ZEALAND NEEDED A CENTURY FROM CAPTAIN FANTASTIC TO HELP TAME THE TIGERS CHASING A RECORD TARGET OF 272 AT HAGLEY OVAL, IT LOOKED AS IF MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, BANGLADESH HAD A SNIFF AT A FIRST EVER ONE-DAY WIN ON NEW ZEALAND SOIL. OH, NO. NO. NO. NO. WHAT'S HE DONE? THAT'S UGLY. THE BLACK CAPS NOT MAKING THE PRETTIEST OF STARTS. THE TIGERS SINKING THEIR TEETH INTO THE MISFIRING NEW ZEALAND TOP ORDER. BUT WHO BETTER TO STEER THE HOSTS OUT OF TROUBLE THAN TOM LATHAM? THE STAND-IN SKIPPER'S COMPOSURE BACKED BY A CLINICAL DEVON CONWAY AS THE PAIR PUT ON A GAME-CHANGING 113-RUN PARTNERSHIP. CRUNCHED AWAY. AND IT WILL BRING UP. FIRST INTERNATIONAL ONE-DAY 50 FOR DEVON CONWAY. ANOTHER GREAT INNINGS TODAY. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S TAKING TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET REALLY WELL, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE THAT GUYS CAN COME FROM DOMESTIC CRICKET AND CAN PERFORM STRAIGHTAWAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. LATHAN TURNING THE PRESSURE OF BEING CAPTAIN ON HIS HOME GROUND BACK ON THE TOURISTS. OH, NO. IT'S A FALCON. WELL, THIS GAME HAS GONE FROM DRAMA TO FARCE HERE. THE 28 YEAR OLD TURNING TIGER TAMER AS HE RAISED HIS BAT FOR A FIFTH ODI CENTURY AND SECOND WHILE DEPUTISING AS SKIPPER. HE HITS IT. HE HITS IT IN THE GAP. WILL THIS GO? WILL IT GO? WILL IT GO?! IT WILL GO, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S TOM LATHAM. HE IS SO GOOD AT THIS GROUND. IT'S THOSE THINGS YOU DO DREAM ABOUT IN TERMS OF PLAYING FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME CROWD. AND WE'VE PLAYED A LOT OF CRICKET HERE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY NICE, I GUESS, TO BE IN THAT POSITION AND BE THERE AT THE END, I GUESS, FROM A POSITION THAT WE WERE IN IN TERMS OF BEING UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE. EARLY ON, IT WAS VERY SATISFYING TO, AS I SAID, MAKE THAT MATCH-WINNING CONTRIBUTION. THAT CONTRIBUTION NEW PUTTING CAPTAIN FANTASTIC IN REACH OF A SERIES SWEEP ON FRIDAY. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. MEANWHILE, AFTER THAT THIRD ONE-AYER IN WELLINGTON, ATTENTION TURNS TO THE T20 SERIES, WHICH BEGINS ON SUNDAY IN HAMILTON. AMONG THOSE SELECTED IS EXCITING YOUNG GUN FINN ALLEN WHO IS POISED TO MAKE HIS BLACK CAPS DEBUT. A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE 21 YEAR OLD WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR MOST CRICKETING FANS. NOW HE'S GOT AN IPL CONTRACT AND A MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL CALL UP. DEFINITELY NOT. (CHUCKLES) LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING TO A FEW PEOPLE, I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY KICK IN WHEN I SORT OF GET ON THAT PLANE TO SHOOT OVER, OR FOR NOW, PROBABLY WHEN FIRST SORT OF WARM-UPS AND SORT OF TAKE IT ALL IN WITH THE CROWDS AND EVERYTHING. I THINK THAT WILL SORT OF BE WHEN IT KICKS IN FOR ME. BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, I'M JUST HONESTLY SO STOKED TO SORT OF HAVE IT ALL UNFOLD. FORMER LEAGUE STAR JARRYD HAYNE IS ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO HEAR HOW MUCH JAIL TIME HE'S LIKELY TO GET AFTER HIS RAPE CONVICTION WAS CONFIRMED. CHANNEL NINE'S KELLY FEDOR WITH A LOOK BACK ON THE 33 YEAR OLD'S FALL FROM GRACE. FROM SPORTING SUPERSTAR TO PRISON INMATE ` JARRYD HAYNE'S FALL HAS BEEN BONE-BREAKING. I'D RATHER GO TO JAIL KNOWING I SPOKE THE TRUTH THAN BE A FREE MAN LIVING A LIE. THE KID FROM A HOUSING COMMISSION BLOCK IN SYDNEY'S WEST CROWN, DALLY M PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2009, A SUPERSTAR OF THE LEAGUE STARRING IN STATE OF ORIGIN GAMES AND TEST MATCHES BEFORE HIS SHOCK MOVE TO THE NFL WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS IN 2015. G'DAY, MATE. WOW. HE DOES THIS A COUPLE MORE TIMES, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE EATING VEGEMITE UP HERE. A SHORT-LIVED CAREER MARRED BY FUMBLES, BUT HAYNE WAS STILL ATTRACTING BIG MONEY AT HOME IN 2018. IT WAS GRAND FINAL DAY WHEN HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE WOMAN (26) WHO BLED HEAVILY. WHILE MANY HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT RESPECT, THE ISSUE AT TRIAL WAS CONSENT. LIKE ALL THESE MATTERS, YOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY 'STOP' ONCE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONGOING 'STOP, STOP, STOP'. THERE'S CERTAINLY BEEN A GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN THAT PARTICULAR RESPECT. HAYNES VICTIM WAS SOFTLY SPOKEN BUT IMPRESSIVE IN COURT. POLICE HAVE PRAISED HER FOR HER COURAGE AND RESILIENCE. THEY HOPE HER BRAVERY AND THE RESULT WILL INSPIRE OTHER VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AN APPEAL CERTAIN, BUT FIRST, THERE'S SENTENCING IN MAY. HAYNE'S JAIL TERM LIKELY TO BE YEARS-LONG. SEAN O'SULLIVAN WILL MAKE HIS WARRIORS DEBUT ON SATURDAY AS NATHAN BROWN NAMED HIS SIDE TO TAKE ON THE RAIDERS. THE AUSTRALIAN HALFBACK IS IN FOR CHANEL HARRIS TAVITA WHO IS OUT FOR THE NEXT 12 WEEKS WITH A FOOT INJURY AND WILL GO UNDER THE KNIFE. BUNTY AFOA ALSO COMES INTO THE STARTING SIDE FOR SUSPENDED PROP JAMAYNE TAUNOA BROWN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND A WATER UPDATE FOR CARTERTON RESIDENTS. TO NEWS JUST IN, A COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND'S QUAY STREET WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS FOR DEEP CLEANING AFTER A WORKER RETURNED A WEAK POSITIVE TEST FOR COVID-19 IN RELATION TO THE INITIAL BORDER CASE. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED AT TODAY'S 1 O'CLOCK BRIEFING. CARTERTON RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE BOILING THEIR WATER FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE DAYS DESPITE A THIRD CLEAR DAILY ECOLI TEST. A 'BOIL WATER' NOTICE WAS FIRST ISSUED FOR THE WAIRARAPA TOWN ON THE 12TH OF MARCH AFTER LOW LEVELS OF THE BACTERIA WERE FOUND IN THE WATER SUPPLY. THE NOTICE WAS LIFTED AFTER THREE DAYS BUT THEN REINSTATED LAST WEDNESDAY AFTER ANOTHER POSITIVE TEST. COUNCIL STAFF SAY THEY WANT TO ENSURE THE NETWORK HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED TO PREVENT ANY MORE 'WATER BOIL' NOTICES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE WEATHER'S LOOKING AT YOUR PLACE THIS AFTERNOON. (DIRE STRAITS' 'DOWN TO THE WATERLINE') # SWEET SURRENDER ON THE QUAYSIDE. # YOU REMEMBER WE USED TO RUN AND HIDE. # IN THE SHADOW OF THE CARGOES, I TAKE YOU ONE TIME. # AND WE'RE COUNTING ALL THE NUMBERS DOWN TO THE WATERLINE. # NEAR MISSES ON THE DOG LEAP STAIRWAYS. # FRENCH KISSES IN THE DARKENED DOORWAYS. # A FOGHORN BLOWING OUT WILD AND COLD. # A POLICEMAN SHINES A LIGHT UPON MY SHOULDER. (GUITAR SOLO) # UP COMES A COASTER FAST AND SILENT IN THE NIGHT. AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021