TONIGHT, A DAMNING REPORT INTO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. AFTER THREE DEATHS, A SAFETY OVERHAUL IS PROMISED, BUT WHY WAS PROFIT PUT BEFORE PEOPLE? A GROWING NUMBER OF COVID INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN QUEENSLAND, WITH TWO CLUSTERS CONNECTED TO UNVACCINATED HEALTH WORKERS. AND THE SHOCKING FOOTAGE THAT SPARKED THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT PROTESTS. AND NOW GEORGE FLOYD'S ALLEGED KILLER FACES COURT TO ARGUE WHY IT WASN'T MURDER. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. AUCKLAND'S PORT COMPANY HAS BEEN WARNED ` 'SAFETY MUST TAKE PRIORITY OVER PROFIT.' THAT'S THE KEY FINDING OF A SCATHING REVIEW INTO THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND, COMMISSIONED AFTER TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED ON THE JOB. IT FINDS A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND THE UNION, AND RECOMMENDS MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE BETTER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND STAFF ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY, IMPROVING TRUST BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND FRONTLINE WORKERS ABOUT SAFETY, AND APPOINTING A HEALTH AND SAFETY LEADER. HERE'S KATIE BRADFORD WITH MORE DETAILS AND REACTION. WORK STOPPED, A STILL PORT, EXCEPT FOR THE FLASHING LIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE WORST POSSIBLE REASON. A PORT WORKER WAS CRUSHED BY A CONTAINER IN AUGUST 2020, THE THIRD PORT-RELATED DEATH IN THREE YEARS AND THE FINAL STRAW FOR THE MAYOR. FAMILIES OF WORKERS AT THE PORT NEED TO KNOW THAT THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY LOVE THAT GOES TO WORK IN THE MORNING WILL RETURN HOME SAFELY TO THEM. THE DEATHS OF OCEAN SWIMMER LESLIE GAUBERGER AND 2017 AND CRANE OPERATOR LABOOM DYER A YEAR LATER HIGHLIGHTING HEALTH AND SAFETY FAILURES. AUCKLAND RATEPAYER'S OWN THIS PORT. IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, PHIL GOFF ORDERED THIS INDEPENDENT REPORT, ITS FINDINGS SCATHING. IT MADE ME FEEL SICK. IT OUTLINES LAX PROCEDURES AND A FOCUS ON PRODUCTIVITY OVER SAFETY, I.E. PROFITS FIRST. I TAKE A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND I HAVE TO SHOW LEADERSHIP. AND FINDS SOME STAFF FELT UNABLE OR TOO SCARED TO RAISE CONCERNS. THEY HAD CONCERNS THAT THE MORE ISSUES THEY RAISED WITH MANAGEMENT, THE MORE THEY WERE LOOKED OVER FOR PROMOTIONS. WE WILL NOT FIND RETRIBUTION FOR PEOPLE THAT SPEAK UP. THE PORTS MOVE INTO AUTOMATION EXACERBATED TENSIONS BETWEEN THE MARITIME UNION AND MANAGEMENT, A RELATIONSHIP THAT'S NOW COMPLETELY DYSFUNCTIONAL. HOW ARE YOU SO UNAWARE OF HOW BAD THESE PROBLEMS WERE? I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. AND THAT'S A SAD INDICTMENT ON THE WAY WE ACTUALLY OPERATE. THAT BREAKDOWN OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND UNION CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO STOP BOTH PARTIES FOCUSSING ON THE UTTER NECESSITY OF A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. BUT NO HEADS WILL ROLL. DID YOU CONSIDER RESIGNING? NO, I HAVEN'T CONSIDERED RESIGNING. MY FOCUS IS ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE WRONGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE HERE ARE PUT RIGHT. THE ISSUE FOR US, KATY, IS NOT TO APPORTION BLAME. THE UNION DISAGREES. YOU'VE GOT TO START AT THE CEO BECAUSE THE CEO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURE THAT IS IN A COMPANY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND PORT IS TENSE, BUT ALL SMILES THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY LAUNCHED A NEW HYDROGEN BUS. AND THERE DOES NEED TO BE A PROCESS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, PRIMARILY BY MAKING SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ACTED UPON. THE UNION, HOWEVER, STILL CONCERNED FOR ITS MEMBERS. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WHAT THEY WERE SIX MONTHS AGO. I WOULD HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS IN THOSE AREAS OF FATIGUE. A PROMISE NOW THAT EVERY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE ACTED ON IN THE HOPE TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. KATIE BROADFORD, 1 NEWS. AUSTRALIA'S BEEN THROWN INTO YET ANOTHER COVID CRISIS, WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF INFECTIONS CONFIRMED IN QUEENSLAND. AND TONIGHT, A WARNING ` CASES COULD START CROPPING UP IN OTHER AUSSIE STATES. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN. BRISBANE RELAPSING INTO A COVID COMA. TWO MILLION RESIDENTS ORDERED TO STAY AT HOME, AND THE COUNTRY'S TOP DOCTOR DELIVERING A WORRYING PROGNOSIS. AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, I'M TODAY DECLARING GREATER BRISBANE AREA A COVID-19 HOTSPOT. IT LEFT THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER JUSTIFYING HER DECISION TO PRESS THE PAUSE BUTTON. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT CALL. THERE WERE EIGHT NEW CASES OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, CONNECTED TO TWO CLUSTERS WHICH SPREAD FROM TWO UNVACCINATED HEALTH WORKERS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, INFECTIOUS. THE SUPER SPREADING EVENT FOR ONE OF THE CLUSTERS WAS A HENS PARTY IN BYRON BAY, ATTENDED BY A NURSE WHO CONTRACTED THE VIRUS FROM A RETURNED TRAVLLER AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL. HER SISTER AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS WERE INFECTED, ALONG WITH AN ENTERTAINER WHO PERFORMED AT THE PARTY. HE LIVES IN THE GOLD COAST AND WORKS AS A TRADIE AND HE DID GO TO AN AGED CARE FACILITY. NEW SOUTH WALES REMAINS OPEN TO QUEENSLAND, STRIP BUT THE PREMIER IS BRACING FOR NEW CASES ON HER SIDE OF THE BORDER AND THAT COULD FORCE HER HAND. WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BUT I WANT TO SAY THE SITUATION IS EVOLVING. AND IF CASES ARE IDENTIFIED IN NEW SOUTH WALES, WE WILL HAVE TO RESPOND. VICTORIA MAY NOT WAIT. IT'S CONTEMPLATING KEEPING ITS BORDERS CLOSE TO GREATER BRISBANE, EVEN AFTER THE SCHEDULED END OF THE CITY'S THREE DAY LOCKDOWN. HOW LONG SHOULD THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PERIOD BE? WE WENT FOR FIVE DAYS. IT MAY BE REQUIRED, IT MAY NOT. AS QUEENSLAND BATTLES TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS, IT'S ALSO UNDER FIRE OVER ITS ROLLOUT OF THE VACCINE, AND JUST WHY TWO INFECTED HEALTH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CRISIS WERE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINE WHEN THEY HADN'T HAD A JAB. IT'S JUST SO UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS OUTBREAK HAS OCCURRED WHEN IT DID. ANOTHER MONTH AND ALL OF THESE STAFF WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN PROTECTED. THE TRIAL OF A FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD HAS BEGUN IN THE US. THE INFAMOUS NINE-MINUTE VIDEO WHICH SPARKED BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS NOW THE CORNERSTONE OF THE PROSECUTORS CASE. CHANNEL 9'S ALISON PETROWSKI REPORTS. A WARNING ` THIS NEXT STORY CONTAINS DISTRESSING CONTENT. IT'S THE VIDEO WHICH OPENED A RACIAL RECKONING IN AMERICA. I CAN'T BREATHE, OFFICER. (GASPS) TODAY, IT OPENED A TRIAL AGAINST DEREK CHAUVIN, THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER FILMED KNEELING ON GEORGE FLOYD'S NECK 10 MONTHS AGO. THE PROSECUTION LETTING THIS VIDEO SPEAK FOR ITSELF. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBERS YOU WILL HEAR IN THIS TRIAL - 9:29. THE FIRST WITNESS, A 911 DISPATCHER, TESTIFYING THAT HER GUT INSTINCT KICKED IN WHILE WATCHING A LIVE FEED FROM THE SCENE. TO A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT RAN THROUGH MY BRAIN. BUT I BECAME CONCERNED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT BE WRONG. BYSTANDER DONALD WILLIAMS TOLD THE COURT HE AND A MEDIC PLEADED WITH POLICE DURING THE FINAL MINUTES OF FLOYD'S LIFE. 'HE'S FADING AWAY. YOU NEED TO CHECK HIS PULSE.' DIDN'T GET UP EVEN WHEN THE PARAMEDIC COMES TO CHECK FOR A PULSE AND DIDN'T FIND ONE. THE DEFENCE WILL INSTEAD ARGUE GEORGE FLOYD'S UNDERLYING HEART CONDITION AND DRUG USE WERE A FATAL COCKTAIL. DEREK CHAUVIN'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE DID EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TRAINED TO DO OVER HIS 19-YEAR CAREER. THE USE OF FORCE IS NOT ATTRACTIVE, BUT IT IS A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF POLICING. THE FORMER OFFICER FACING SECOND AND THIRD-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY TOOK TO THEIR KNEES IN SILENCE AND SOLIDARITY. WE GOT TWO JUSTICE SYSTEMS IN AMERICA, ONE FOR WHITE AMERICA AND ONE FOR BLACK AMERICA. AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOUR WEEKS WITH HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES. THE EYES OF AMERICA FIRMLY FIXED AS EVERY MOMENT IS LIVE STREAMED. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. MARITIME TRAFFIC IS FINALLY MOVING AGAIN IN EGYPT'S SUEZ CANAL. THE GIANT 'EVER GIVEN' CARGO SHIP NOW FULLY FREED AND OFF FOR A TECHNICAL INSPECTION AFTER GETTING STUCK ON THE CANAL'S BANK A WEEK AGO. THE 400 METRE LONG BLOCKAGE CRIPPLED ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST VITAL WATERWAYS. THE POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC DISASTER WAS GETTING, I SUPPOSE, CLOSER AND CLOSER THE LONGER THIS SHIP STAYED THERE. SALVAGE TEAMS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET THE VESSEL BACK ON ITS WAY, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM A FULL MOON AND HIGH TIDES. THE BACKLOG OF SHIPS LEFT STRANDED BECAUSE OF THE EVER GIVEN'S EXPECTED TO TAKE DAYS TO CLEAR. WE CAN NOW NAME AN AUCKLAND ENTERTAINER WHO'S ADMITTED BRIBING A MAN TO DROP A SEX ASSAULT COMPLAINT AGAINST A WEALTHY KIWI BUSINESSMAN. HE'S MIKA X, WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 11 MONTHS HOME DETENTION AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND TODAY. LOGAN CHURCH HAS BEEN COVERING THE CASE. GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMING ARTIST,... # WHAT KIND OF COFFEE DO YOU LIKE? # ...NOW CONVICTED CRIMINAL. MIKA X, YOU ARE FOR SENTENCING IN THIS COURT HAVING PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO DISSUADE A WITNESS FROM GIVING EVIDENCE. SENTENCED TO 11 MONTHS' HOME DETENTION FOR HIS PART IN ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A MAN TO DROP A SEX-ABUSE COMPLAINT AGAINST THIS BUSINESSMAN. YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS, ONGOING AND CYNICAL PLAN. CAUGHT IN THIS SECRET RECORDING. THE ATTEMPT INVOLVED THE EXPENDITURE OF SIGNIFICANT SUMS OF MONEY AND THE OFFER OF SIGNIFICANT INDUCEMENTS. THE OFFENDING THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN STRIKES AT THE HEART OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. MIKA X IS A STALWART OF THE AUCKLAND ARTS SCENE, KNOWN FOR SUPPORTING YOUNG LGBT ARTISTS, NOT BRIBING THEM. OBVIOUSLY MR X HAS EXPRESSED HIS REMORSE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND HAS EXPRESSED IT TO THE COURT. WHY WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS, MIKA? NO COMMENT. OTHER CO-CONSPIRATORS NOW ALSO ABLE TO BE NAMED ` # I FEEL SO FANTASTIC. # FLASHY PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENT JEVAN GOULTER. HOW DO I GET THEM TO RETRACT THEIR STATEMENT FROM POLICE? AND HIS FRIEND ALLISON EDMONDS. I KNEW THAT WE WERE ALREADY IN IT UP TO OUR EYEBALLS. THEY FLEW WITH MIKA TO THE GOLD COAST IN 2017, POSING AS NEW YORK TALENT AGENTS, LURING THE COMPLAINANT TO THIS FANCY HOTEL. THE PAIR HAVE IMMUNITY. THE BUSINESSMAN'S NAME SUPPRESSION CONTINUES, BUT WE CANNOT TELL YOU WHY; HE IS, HOWEVER, EXPECTED TO BE SENTENCED IN EARLY MAY. THIS CONSPIRACY NOW UNRAVELLED,... IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, MIKA? ...AND THIS ENTERTAINER SENTENCED FOR HIS PART IN IT. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. A MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF BREACHING KAURI DIEBACK RULES IN THE FIRST PROSECUTION OF ITS KIND. HE WAS CAUGHT ENTERING CLOSED TRACKS IN AUCKLAND'S WAITAKERE RANGES MULTIPLE TIMES IN 2019. A RECENT SURVEY FOUND INFECTIONS HAD ALMOST DOUBLED OVER FIVE YEARS. THE MAN WILL BE SENTENCED LATER THIS MONTH, FACING FINES OF UP TO $60,000. AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BRITISH STREET ARTIST BANKSY HAS SOLD FOR A RECORD PRICE IN AUCKLAND THIS EVENING TO AN ANONYMOUS BUYER. AT $1,455,000M, PLUS BUYER'S PREMIUM OF 20.12%... (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) 'KEEP IT REAL', WHICH DEPICTS A CHIMPANZEE WEARING A SANDWICH BOARD, FETCHED AROUND $1.7M, EXCEEDING THE AUCTION HOUSE ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN $600,000 AND $1M DOLLARS. THE SALE OF THE PAINTING IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ART WORK BY A LIVING CONTEMPORARY ARTIST TO BE SOLD IN NEW ZEALAND. A WHANGAREI CEMENT FACTORY'S COME UP WITH A CONCRETE PLAN TO SAVE ABOUT HALF OF THE SIX MILLION OLD CAR TYRES WE SEND TO LANDFILL EVERY YEAR. IT PLANS TO UTILISE THEM AS FUEL IN THE CEMENT MAKING PROCESS, AS HELEN CASTLES EXPLAINS. FOR MANY, TYRE WASTE MOUNTAINS LIKE THIS ARE AN EYESORE. BUT FOR THIS CEMENT PLANT NEAR WHANGAREI, THEY'RE AN OPPORTUNITY. IT'S A TWO-FOR-ONE, REALLY, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE USING WASTE TYRES IN THE CEMENT-MAKING PROCESS AND GETTING RID OF WHAT'S GOING INTO LANDFILL, WE'RE ALSO REDUCING OUR CARBON LOAD INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL BY 13,000 TONS A YEAR. THIS PLANT USED TO JUST USE COAL TO FUEL ITS KILN. BUT AFTER FOUR YEARS OF PLANNING, IT CAN NOW ALSO USE CLEANER-BURNING TYRE WASTE. AND WHEN YOU BURN TYRES AT SUCH A HIGH TEMPERATURE, THERE'S NO SMOKE, THERE'S NO SMELLS, BECAUSE IT CONSUMES EVERYTHING. AND THEY RELEASE LESS CO2, WHICH IS WHERE THE SAVING COMES FROM. I THINK THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST WASTE MINIMISATION PROJECT I'M PROBABLY EVER ASSOCIATED WITH. WE GET THROUGH MORE THAN SIX MILLION TYRES EVERY YEAR, SOME ENDING UP IN HUGE DUMPS LIKE THIS ` DAMAGING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CATCH FIRE. THIS FACTORY WILL USE MORE THAN THREE MILLION TYRES A YEAR, AROUND HALF OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL WASTE. IT'S AN ENERGY SOURCE FOR THEM. IT CLEANS UP OUR TYRES. IT'S ALL BURNT AT SUCH HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT THERE'S NO SMOKE. ALL OF THE ASH GETS COMBINED WITH THE CEMENT AND GETS USED IN ROADS AND HOUSE FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDINGS. IT'S A GREAT OUTCOME. IT HAS COST $25M TO CONVERT THE PLANT TO BURN TYRES, INCLUDING $16M OF TAXPAYER FUNDING, COMMISSIONED UNDER THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT. THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER OFFICIALLY CUTTING THE RIBBON TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY. (APPLAUSE) FIVE TYRES EVERY MINUTE ARE COMBUSTED AT THE GOLDEN BAY PLANT AT TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 1400 DEGREES CELSIUS. THE ASH, RUBBER AND METAL ARE THEN COMBINED INTO THE CEMENT, AND SO FAR 250,000 TYRES HAVE BEEN USED SINCE LATE FEBRUARY. CEMENT-MAKING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CARBON EMITTERS, RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY 10% OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS. WHILE THIS MOVE WON'T MAKE THIS PLANT CARBON-FREE, IT'S A STEP IN A CLEANER DIRECTION. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, THE UK FINALLY EASES LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS, BUT WHAT ARE THEY KEEPING A NERVOUS EYE ON? PLUS, THE WHITE FERNS CLAIM VICTORY IN A THRILLER AGAINST AUSTRALIA. Hey, man. Oh, hey. Come to check out the car? BOTH: Yeah. - Josh. - Jen. Hi. She's in pretty good nick. Only done 110,000 K's. WOF and rego. You know, full service history. (OMINOUS MUSIC) What is this? This is a one-star safety-rated car. Yeah. Try and get in. (HORN TOOTS) My body's, like, folded in half. I don't understand what's going on. People don't often think about how a car will crash and how it will protect you. That's what a star safety rating tells you. Just can't imagine` If we crashed in a car like this, there's no way we would survive. (OMINOUS MUSIC) A SUCCESSFUL VACCINE ROLLOUT'S ALLOWED ENGLAND TO EASE ITS LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY, PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH A SMALL GROUP OUTSIDE AND EVEN PLAY SPORT AGAIN. BUT THE NEW FREEDOMS COME WITH A WARNING, AS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT DANIEL FAITAUA REPORTS. HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL. ACROSS THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF ENGLAND ` A DAY OF RELEASE. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS JUST` I FELT, LIKE, THE WEIGHT OF LOCKDOWN LIFTING OFF ME AS SOON AS I GOT IN. IT'S FRESH. I'VE BEEN HAVING COLD SHOWERS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST TO GET BACK INTO THE ROUTINE. AS YOU CAN TELL, MY VOICE ` I'VE GONE A BIT NUMB. THERE WAS NO SHORTAGE OF HARDY SWIMMERS ` 1000 BOOKED TODAY TO TAKE THE CHILLY PLUNGE AT THIS LIDO AT HERNE HILL AFTER MORE THAN THREE MONTHS INTO THE COUNTRY'S THIRD LOCKDOWN. IT'S BEEN A LONG FEW MONTHS BEING CLOSED, SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO HAVE THE DOORS OPEN AGAIN. GREAT TO SEE THE SUN SHINING AND GREAT TO SEE THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES. FOR SOME, THERE WAS NO TIME TO WASTE AS THE STAY AT HOME ORDER ENDED AT MIDNIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST OUTDOOR SPORTS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT. TWO HOUSEHOLDS, OR GROUPS OF UP TO SIX PEOPLE, ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO MEET ` OUTSIDE ONLY. ROMANCE IS BACK IN THE AIR, WITH WEDDINGS RESUMING. LAUGHTER, TOO, WITH CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES BACK ON. PLENTY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NEWFOUND FREEDOM, PARTLY DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME. SO FAR, 13 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. THE GOVERNMENT PROMISES EVERY ADULT IN THE UK WILL BE OFFERED THE JAB BY JULY. BUT WHILE THE INCREASE OF SOCIAL CONTACT WILL BE A BOOST TO MORALE, THERE IS A WARNING THE LOCKDOWN ROADMAP IS STILL AT RISK. AND THAT'S THE THIRD WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS SWEEPING THROUGH EUROPE WITH NEW VARIANTS THREATENING THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS EXACTLY HOW STRONG OUR FORTIFICATIONS NOW ARE, HOW ROBUST OUR DEFENCES ARE, AGAINST ANOTHER WAVE. AND WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY I STRESS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS, BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, AT LEAST, THERE'S BEEN A TIME LAG AND THEN WE'VE HAD A WAVE OURSELVES. CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM WITH ENGLAND SET TO UNLOCK FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. DANIEL FAITAUA, 1 NEWS, LONDON. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE RECORDED A RARE WIN OVER AUSTRALIA IN NAPIER THIS AFTERNOON. FERNS SKIPPER SOPHIE DEVINE WAS RULED OUT BEFORE THE GAME, NEW ZEALAND ELECTING TO BOWL FIRST AND RESTRICTED AUSTRALIA TO 129 FIRST INNINGS RUNS. OPENER FRANKIE MACKAY THEN BLASTED 46 RUNS BEFORE THE FERNS STARTED TO CRUMBLE. BUT THE KIWIS MANAGED TO HOLD ON AND CLINCH VICTORY ON THE FINAL BALL OF THE GAME. OH, IT'S A FRENCH CUT! THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN'T PROTECT THAT IN THE BACK! NEW ZEALAND HAVE IT! NEW ZEALAND HAVE THE WIN OVER AUSTRALIA! THEY'VE BOUNCED BACK! MEANWHILE, RAIN HAS DISRUPTED THE BLACKCAPS T20 MATCH AGAINST BANGLADESH, THE BLACKCAPS POSTING 173 RUNS IN 17 OVERS BEFORE THE COVERS CAME ON TO THE FIELD. THE GAME THEN REDUCED IN OVERS. BANGLADESH NEED 76 RUNS OFF 35 BALLS TO WIN. CHRIST'S COLLEGE'S WIN AT THIS WEEKEND'S MAADI CUP HAS COMPLETED AN AMAZING TREBLE IN THE EVENT'S HISTORY. THE COLLEGE EIGHT DOMINATED THE BOYS FINAL TO WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY, MAKING IT THREE WINS IN THE RACE FOR THREE BROTHERS IN THREE DIFFERENT YEARS. AND AS GUY HEVELDT FOUND OUT, THE ROWING TRADITION RUNS EVEN DEEPER IN THE BATCHELOR FAMILY. THE MAADI CUP CARRIES DECADES OF HISTORY. AND THE BATCHELOR FAMILY OF CHRISTCHURCH CAN LAY CLAIM TO THE MOST OF ANYONE. THERE'S COLLEGE'S FIRST ONE. CHRIST'S COLLEGE'S DOMINATION OF SATURDAY'S BOYS UNDER-18 EIGHT... EVERBODY START CLAPPING FOR THIS PHENOMENAL CREW! ...COMPLETING A TREBLE FOR THE FAMILY ` YOUNGEST SON ARCHIE JOINING BROTHERS MONTY AND JAMIE IN HOLDING THE TROPHY ALOFT. YEAH, THERE'S A BIT OF PRESSURE. BUT I MEAN, I GOT THE LAST LAUGH NOW, SO IT'S GOOD. MONTY WON IT IN THE BLACK AND WHITE IN 2016,... CHRIST'S COLLEGE! ...WITH JAMIE FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS TWO YEARS LATER. OHH, CHRIST'S COLLEGE BACK TO THEIR VERY BEST! NOW ARCHIE'S HAD HIS CHANCE TO BE CELEBRATED AT SCHOOL ASSEMBLY,... (APPLAUSE) ...AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S TRIUMPHANT EIGHT. MY GOAL WHEN I STARTED ROWING WAS JUST TO GET A MAADI MEDAL. AND TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. THEY STILL DIDN'T BEAT OUR TIME, BUT... (LAUGHTER) BUT IF YOU THINK THAT'S IMPRESSIVE, THERE'S MORE ROWING HISTORY STEEPED IN THIS FAMILY ` ALL THREE BOYS HAVE BEEN CAPTAINS OF COLLEGE'S ROWING TEAM TOO. DAD DAN ROWED FOR THEM IN THE 1980S AND WON A MEDAL IN THE PRESTIGIOUS SPRINGBOK SHIELD FOUR, WHILE THEIR GRANDFATHER RICHARD TODAY REPRESENTED HIS LATE DAD AND BROTHER, ALSO CAPTAINS IN THE '20S AND '50S RESPECTIVELY. DRAGGED OUT SOME PHOTOS LAST NIGHT. AND YEAH, WE HAD FANTASTIC TIMES, BUT AT A SLOWER PACE. YEAH, WE HAD GOOD FUN. MY WIFE AND I HAVE ATTENDED, I THINK, 10 MAADI WITH SIX GRANDCHILDREN ROWING IN MAADI EVENTS. AND WE FINISHED ON A VERY FINE NOTE. TODAY A CHANCE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO COME TOGETHER AND REMINISCE, MUM JO DIGGING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES. HOW LONG SINCE YOU'VE HAD HAIR LIKE THAT? I DON'T THINK I'VE WIPED THE SMILE OFF MY FACE FOR TWO DAYS, GUY. I'M EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER BROTHERS? WHO'S NEXT? UM, I THINK THAT'S US. MUM AND DAD SAID, AFTER ARCHIE, 'THAT'LL DO.' (LAUGHS) SO IT SEEMS THIS IS WHERE THE INCREDIBLE BATCHELOR FAMILY MAADI CUP LINEAGE ENDS ` FOR NOW, ANYWAY. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER. AND IT'S LOOKING PRETTY WET OUT THERE TOMORROW. PLUS, ALMOST THE CATCH OF THE DAY ` WHAT THIS BAY OF PLENTY FISHERMAN HAD ON THE END OF THE LINE. This could be you. I've lost 28 kilos with the help of Jenny Craig. The food was tasty, the variety available to you is great. VOICEOVER: Start today and save $30 on your first weekly menu on our Rapid Results weight loss plan. Call Jenny Craig now. (BIRDS SQUAWKING, BONGO DRUMMING) Excuse me, where am I? You're lost in the procrastination place. Yeah, right. That makes sense. MAN: Slap yourself out of it. Whoo! YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY A FISHERMAN OFF THE BAY OF PLENTY.. LET'S SLOW IT DOWN AND PLAY IT AGAIN. THIS IS A GREAT WHITE SHARK CHASING A BITE TO EAT ON A FISHING LINE. JOSH LONERGAN WAS OUT CATCHING KAIMOANA FOR HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY BUT ENDED UP GETTING DINNER AND A SHOW FROM THIS 4M-LONG BEAST. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW WITH UMI AND 'REMEMBER ME'. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND SALLY HARPER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021