IT'S MIDDAY ` 'NEW ZEALAND'S A SAFE PLACE TO BRING YOUR WHANAU'. THE PRIME MINISTER BEGINS HER SALES PITCH TO AUSTRALIANS THE MORNING AFTER GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. A WARNING FOR WOMEN TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH CERVICAL SCREENING. HOW MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLEN'S SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT HAS SEEN A SPIKE IN WOMEN SEEKING INFORMATION. AND, MAKING A LIVING BY CALLING ITSELF A DYING TOWN ` WHY THIS ITALIAN ATTRACTION IS NOW ASKING FOR SPECIAL UNESCO STATUS. CAPTIONS BY STEFFI DRYDEN AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS ALREADY BEGUN HER SALES PITCH TO ATTRACT AUSTRALIANS ACROSS THE TASMAN, PROMOTING NEW ZEALAND LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OUT FROM QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL OPENING UP. MS ARDERN HAS DONE A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH AUSTRALIAN MEDIA. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY HAS BEEN LISTENING IN AND JOINS US NOW. JESS, HOW'S THE PM'S PR GONE DOWN? YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS A CHARM OFFENSIVE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMMEDIATE THIS MORNING. THE PRIME MINISTER'S FIRST JOB WAS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT WE ARE ONE BIG BUBBLE NOW WITH AUSTRALIA. THE SECOND WAS TO TRY AND ENTICE AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS TO COME AND SPEND THEIR TOURIST DOLLARS HERE. OUR TOURISM SECTOR HAS BEEN STRUGGLING, AND THIS NEWS THAT AUSTRALIANS CAN COME OVER HERE NOW AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS AND VISIT OUR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IS A BIG BOOST IN THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE INDUSTRY. THE PRIME MINISTER HIT AUSTRALIAN RADIO AND TV COMPANIES THIS MORNING. HERE IS A SELECTION OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. LOOK, WHILST WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING MUCH DISRUPTION, AND WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR IT, IF YOU DO GET A BIT OF DISRUPTION, I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER PLACE IN THE WORLD TO SPEND AN EXTRA 72 HOURS. (LAUGHTER) YOU ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD SALES PITCH. GOOD LUCK WITH THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS WHO'VE HAD NOWHERE TO GO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS COMING ACROSS THE DITCH TOO. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SUCH A BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE ARE WELCOMING OTHER PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WE'VE REALLY MISSED IT. SO EXPECT THAT YOU MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT SMOTHERED. YOU'VE FINALLY CONCEDED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU JUST MISS US TOO MUCH. YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT US. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THIS, BUT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY MISSED YOU, AND WE WANT YOU TO COME AND SEE US AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, DISTANCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. THAT'S DEFINITELY THE CASE FOR US HERE, I THINK. SO, THAT WAS THE PRIME MINISTER FIELDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE. BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY MORE TALK ABOUT A PACIFIC BUBBLE? THE ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE COOK ISLANDS AND NIUE WHICH ARE COVID FREE. WHEN THE COOK ISLANDS PRIME MINISTER VISITED LAST WEEK HE SAID 1 MAY IS WHEN THEY WOULD OPEN. OUR PRIME MINISTER WAS NOT AS DEFINITIVE, SAYING SHE WAS HOPEFUL THEY COULD SECURE A DATE IN MAY. THEY HAVE TO WORK OUT IF THINGS GO WRONG, WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE, LIKE WE SAW ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY WITH AUSTRALIA. GREG FORAN WAS HITTING THE AUSTRALIAN AIRWAVES THIS MORNING SAYING THAT ONCE WE HAVE SECURED THE PACIFIC BUBBLE, HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ATTENTION TURNED TO SINGAPORE, THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT FOCUS FOR NEW ZEALAND. AIR NEW ZEALAND HAS SEEN A SURGE OVERNIGHT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING ONLINE AND BOOKING FLIGHTS TO SEE FAMILY AND COME HERE AND BE A TOURIST IN NEW ZEALAND. HE IS HOPING THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE, AND THAT THIS IS ONE STEP AND THAT BUBBLE WILL GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER. THANK YOU, JESSICA FROM A LOVELY SUNNY PLACE. CALLS FOR THE PACIFIC BUBBLE TO OPEN ARE ALSO GROWING LOUDER FROM WITHIN OUR REGIONS TO AVOID LABOUR SHORTAGES EXPERIENCED ACROSS A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES. REPRESENTATIVES FROM FRUIT GROWERS, WATTIES AND MEAT PROCESSORS MET THIS MORNING IN A ROTTEN APPLE ORCHARD IN NAPIER TO CALL FOR MORE CERTAINTY AROUND LABOUR FOR NEXT SEASON, INCLUDING AN INCREASE OF FOREIGN WORKERS FROM ISLAND NATIONS. WE ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE PACIFIC, TO OPEN THE BORDERS FOR COVID-FREE COUNTRIES TO COME AND WORK IN NEW ZEALAND FOR NEXT YEAR. WE NEED A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS SIMPLY HASN'T WORKED AND THOSE WHO THINK IT HAS WORKED ARE WRONG. THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWED 2000 FOREIGN FRUIT PICKERS INTO THE COUNTRY FOR THIS YEAR'S HARVEST, BUT 14% OF THE NATIONAL APPLE CROP HAS STILL BEEN LEFT UNPICKED. NEWS OF THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE HAS GOT MANY PEOPLE GEARING UP FOR A TRIP ACROSS THE DITCH. AUSTRALIAN TRAVEL AGENTS ARE SEEING A BIG DEMAND ALREADY, AND NEW ZEALAND TOURISM OPERATORS COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. ABBEY WAKEFIELD WITH MORE. A START DATE FOR A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE'S JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED BUT TICKETS ARE ALREADY IN HOT DEMAND. WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THOUGH, IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE AROUND 3000 PEOPLE TRAVEL WITH US FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND IN A FULL YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO HAPPEN JUST IN THE HALF YEAR OR WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF A YEAR TO TRAVEL, AND THE DEMAND WE SEE IS REALLY STRONG. THE DESTINATIONS ARE DESPERATE. IT'S GOING TO KEEP TOURISM SURVIVING BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE, ANOTHER WINTER WITHOUT TOURISM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. PARENTS EXCITED TOO OVER REUNITING WITH THEIR CHILDREN. IT'S BEEN THE LONGEST NINE MONTHS OF MY LIFE, THE LONGEST WE'VE EVER BEEN APART, AND, YEAH, SHE'S JUST MY WORLD. SO TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HER A HUG, HAVE A COFFEE AND JUST HANG OUT WITH HER. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT'S WARNING THAT TRAVELLERS WILL HAVE TO TRACK THEIR MOVEMENTS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS PUSH ON MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE USING THE COVID TRACER APP, AND THAT WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO TRAVELLERS WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELLING, AND WE WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. ALSO THE INFO THAT PEOPLE NOW GIVE, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE, ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING REALLY MATTERS. AND IT'S NOT JUST FLYER-BEWARE BUT BOOKER-BEWARE WHEN IT COMES TO FLIGHT INSURANCE. IF A GOVERNMENT CALLS A LOCKDOWN, TRAVEL INSURANCE JUST CAN'T COVER FOR AN INCIDENT THAT AFFECTS EVERY TRAVELLER. THE GOVERNMENT ASSURING KIWIS THAT SAFETY IS STILL A PRIORITY. IT'S A VERY LOW-RISK SITUATION, AND ACTUALLY IT'S PROBABLY A MOMENT FOR US TO PUT ASIDE THE OLD TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY AND ACTUALLY SAY BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE DONE WELL AND BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE WORKED TOWARDS A FORM OF ELIMINATION. THE REWARD NOW IN SIGHT ` KIWIS AND AUSSIES EXCITED TO BE BUBBLE BUDDIES. MEANWHILE, AN INITIATIVE IN TAURANGA CALLED THE 'JAB CAB' WILL BE ROAMING THE STREETS STARTING TODAY, AIMING TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE TRUSTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE. AND THE CHALLENGE WAS TO GET THE RIGHT MESSAGE OUT THERE IN A LANGUAGE THAT OUR WHANAU COULD UNDERSTAND. AND WHEN I SAY OUR WHANAU ` MOSTLY THE LOST AND THE LONELY AND THE BROKEN AND THE BROKEN-HEARTED. AND TO GET THAT MESSAGE WHICH WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE WANT TO CARRY ON WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE FEAR OUT OF THE VACCINATION JUST LIKE WE TOOK THE FEAR OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, AND WE START IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, START A CLEAR MESSAGE, THEN OUR FAMILY AND WHANAU CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND. BUT LET'S GET THEM THE MESSAGE. A U.K. TRIAL OF THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE'S BEEN SUSPENDED AS SCIENTISTS LOOK INTO A POSSIBLE LINK TO BLOOD CLOTS IN ADULTS. AUSTRALIA SAYS IT'S PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE ROLLOUT, BUT SOME OTHER COUNTRIES AREN'T SO CONFIDENT. HERE'S BBC'S FERGUS WALSH. MORE THAN 18 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.K. HAVE RECEIVED THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. THE MHRA SAID LAST WEEK THERE'D BEEN 30 RARE CASES OF BLOOD CLOTS, INCLUDING SEVEN DEATHS. IT'S NICE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THE AIR IS. THE PRIME MINISTER ONCE AGAIN GAVE HIS FIRM SUPPORT FOR THE VACCINE. THE BEST THING PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS LOOK AT WHAT THE MHRA SAY, THE BEST THING PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS LOOK AT WHAT THE MHRA SAY, OUR INDEPENDENT REGULATOR. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THEM. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE INDEPENDENT. AND THEIR ADVICE TO PEOPLE IS TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING OUT THERE, GET YOUR JAB, GET YOUR SECOND JAB. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE MHRA UPDATED ITS ADVICE LAST MONTH TO SAY THAT ANYONE WITH A HEADACHE THAT LASTED FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE OR BRUISING BEYOND THE SITE OF THE JAB SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. BOTH OF THE VACCINES WE'RE USING ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST COVID, AND THE RISKS OF GETTING SICK OR DYING OF COVID FOR ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED FIRST AND SECOND DOSES ARE FAR AND AWAY GREATER THAN ANY SMALL THEORETICAL RISK THAT MAY EXIST RELATING TO THESE CASES, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY RARE. THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE IS CENTRAL TO THE HUGE SUCCESS OF THE ROLLOUT OF JABS IN THE U.K., WHICH IS WAY AHEAD OF THE REST OF EUROPE. FRANCE HAS RESTRICTED THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE TO ADULTS OVER 55. GERMANY, TO THOSE OVER 60, BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT BLOOD CLOTS IN YOUNGER ADULTS. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY AND THE U.K. REGULATOR ARE DUE TO GIVE UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAINTAINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THIS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE VACCINE WILL BE VITAL. CANADA'S IN THE GRIPS OF A 'VERY SERIOUS' THIRD WAVE OF COVID-19 ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HOSPITALISATIONS ARE SURGING, WITH MORE THAN 5000 NEW CASES A DAY OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND FRANCE HAS SEEN ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH COVID-19 IN A YEAR. MORE THAN 5500 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING HIGH LEVEL TREATMENT. TURKEY'S SEEN ALMOST 50,000 CASES IN A SINGLE DAY, THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN CAME BACK INTO PLACE LAST WEEK. BACK HERE, AND WOMEN ARE BEING URGED TO PRIORITISE THEIR HEALTH AND NOT PUT OFF SEEING THE DOCTOR. IT FOLLOWS NEWS YESTERDAY FROM LABOUR MINISTER KIRI ALLAN THAT SHE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE III CERVICAL CANCER. THE EAST COAST MP TAKING TIME IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT TO TELL WOMEN NOT TO LEAVE THINGS TOO LATE. THE CANCER SOCIETY SAYS IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWS, IT'S ALREADY SEEING AN INCREASE IN INTEREST. WE HAD A MASSIVE SPIKE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT CERVICAL CANCER ON OUR WEBSITE, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER 6 MONTHS OF TRAFFIC ON THOSE PAGES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE POWER, I THINK, OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRATIONAL, LIKE KIRI, SHARING THEIR STORY. AND LIKE TALEI AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE IT IS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, A WHAKAMA AREA THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CERVIX AND BLEEDING AND THINGS. AND ONE CAMPAIGNER SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT WOMEN DON'T PUT THEIR HEALTH ON THE BACKBURNER. I THINK WE'RE JUST USED TO DOING THE MAHI, COS WE HEAR THAT A LOT ` DO THE MAHI, JUST DO THE MAHI, JUST DO IT ` AND I THINK MAYBE IT'S JUST TIME TO STOP AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON WHAT AM I FEELING, HOW AM I FEELING, IS THERE ANYTHING POSSIBLY NOT RINGING TRUE FOR ME AND HOW I KNOW MY OWN BODY? ABOUT 160 WOMEN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER IN NEW ZEALAND EVERY YEAR. TO NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE POLITICIANS ARE MEETING FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE FOLLOWING DAYS OF VIOLENCE AND DISORDER IN SOME AREAS. POLICE SAY 41 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INJURED BECAUSE OF UNREST, WITH 10 ARRESTS MADE SO FAR. THE BBC'S EMMA VARDY REPORTS. ARMOURED LAND ROVERS BRACED OVER SUCCESSIVE DAYS. THIS IS THE MOST VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS NORTHERN IRELAND HAS SEEN FOR SOME TIME. THE ATTACKS, MOSTLY CARRIED OUT BY TEENAGERS, CAUSED REAL HARM TO OFFICERS ` BURNS AND HEAD INJURIES. WHEN OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENTS, THEY ARE MET WITH PETROL BOMBS, WITH HEAVY MASONRY, WITH DEBRIS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PREPARED. SO, TO ME, THAT INDICATES A DEGREE OF ORCHESTRATION, PREPARATION AND INTENT BY THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. (SIREN WHOOPS) TENSION HAS BEEN BUILDING IN LOYALIST AREAS OVER LOCKDOWN. THERE'S RESENTMENT OVER THE NEW BREXIT ARRANGEMENTS, A NEW PARTITION FOR TRADE IN THE IRISH SEA, AND LOYALISTS WHO STRONGLY SUPPORT NORTHERN IRELAND REMAINING PART OF THE UK SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BREXIT AS WEAKENING THEIR BRITISH IDENTITY. WHAT I SEE WITHIN THE UNIONIST AND LOYALIST COMMUNITY IS GRASSROOTS, LEGITIMATE AND JUSTIFIED ANGER, WHICH IS WIDE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE RIOTING WAS SPORADIC AND STILL CONSIDERED RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL HERE. BUT POLICE BELIEVE PARAMILITARY ORGANISATIONS WHO STILL HAVE INFLUENCE IN SOME COMMUNITIES HAD SOME INVOLVEMENT. A SERIES OF RECENT RAIDS AND ARRESTS HAVE TARGETED PARAMILITARY LINKED DRUGS OPERATIONS. NORTHERN IRELAND'S POLITICIANS WILL NOW INTERRUPT THEIR EASTER BREAK AS STORMONT IS BEING RECALLED TO DISCUSS THE VIOLENCE. WELL, I CERTAINLY THINK IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF NORTHERN IRELAND THAT THERE ARE MALIGN AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS WHO ARE WHIPPING UP SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE YOUTH WORKERS IN THAT AREA, AND I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A NEED TO BRING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO DIVERSIONARY ACTIVITIES. UNAUTHORISED MARCHES BY LOYALIST FLUTE BANDS WERE LAST NIGHT A SYMBOL OF NON-VIOLENT PROTEST. AND SOURCES SAY MORE ARE PLANNED IN THE DAYS AHEAD. IN RUSSIA, POLICE HAVE DETAINED SOME SUPPORTERS OF OPPOSITION POLITICIAN ALEXEI NAVALNY OUTSIDE THE PRISON WHERE HE IS SERVING A JAIL SENTENCE. THE CROWD WAS DEMANDING HE RECEIVE PROPER MEDICAL CARE, BUT THE KREMLIN SAYS HE'LL GET 'NO SPECIAL TREATMENT'. THE BBC'S SARAH RAINSFORD REPORTS. SHE CAME TO CALL FOR HELP FOR RUSSIA'S MOST FAMOUS PRISONER. DR. ANASTASIA IS A CLOSE ALLY OF ALEXEI NAVALNY, AND HE'S COMPLAINING OF ACUTE PAIN, DEMANDING TO SEE A MEDIC HE CAN TRUST. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK WITH A CHIEF OF THIS PRISON. SHE WALKED RIGHT UP TO THE PRISON GATES. BEYOND THEM, THE OPPOSITION POLITICIAN HAS BEEN ON HUNGER STRIKE FOR SIX DAYS NOW. EXTRA POLICE HAVE BEEN DRAFTED IN. EVERY PERSON THERE, INCLUDING THE PRESS, WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA. I'M VERY, REALLY VERY AFRAID OF HIS HEALTH AND HIS CONDITION. I DON'T WANT TO LET HIS HEALTH BE WORSE. I DON'T WANT TO LET HIS HEALTH BE WORSE. AND JUST THIS, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE NOW. DO YOU TRUST THE PRISON DOCTOR? NO, NO. IT WAS JUST LAST SUMMER THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC COLLAPSED ON A FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA. HE WAS TREATED IN GERMANY, WHERE DOCTORS FOUND TRACES OF A MILITARY GRADE NERVE AGENT. ALEXEI NAVALNY RETURNED TO RUSSIA ONLY TO BE ARRESTED AT THE BORDER. BUT IF THE KREMLIN HOPED HE'D BE SILENCED BEHIND BARS, HE'S DEFIED THAT. SO LAST WEEK, STATE TELEVISION SHOWED THESE IMAGES OF MR. NAVALNY, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE HERE. IT CALLED HIS COMPLAINTS OF BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN THE LEGS LIES AND ATTENTION SEEKING. MANY RUSSIANS DO BELIEVE THAT, AND THE KREMLIN'S CLAIM THAT HE'S A TOOL OF THE WEST. BUT IN THE RUNDOWN LITTLE TOWN WHERE HE'S NOW LOCKED UP, ALEXEI NAVALNY DOES HAVE SOME SUPPORTERS. I'M REALLY WORRIED, REALLY WORRIED FOR HIS HEALTH BECAUSE THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. HE IS SO SICK AND THEY ARE TREATING HIM THIS WAY. AND THIS IS HOW THEY TREATED DR. ANASTASIA. BUT CONCERN OVER ALEXEI NAVALNY'S HEALTH WON'T BE DISMISSED SO EASILY. BUT CONCERN OVER ALEXEI NAVALNY'S HEALTH WON'T BE DISMISSED SO EASILY. HE HAS A FEVER NOW TWO AND IS HUNGER STRIKE GOES ON. TO ITALY NOW, AND A PLACE CALLING ITSELF A 'DYING TOWN' MAY NOT SOUND LIKE THE BEST WAY OF ATTRACTING VISITORS, BUT CIVITA IN ITALY HAS LEARNED TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF IT, AND IT'S NOW SEEKING UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS. CENTURIES AGO, THE TOWN WAS MUCH LARGER, BUT LANDSLIDES, EARTHQUAKES AND EROSION HAVE SEEN ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS COLLAPSE. IT'S NOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS, SITTING SPECTACULARLY ALONE ON TOP OF A CLIFF, AND CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED BY FOOT. UNESCO WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO GIVE IT HERITAGE STATUS IN JUNE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A SWIMMING RECORD IS BROKEN AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPS. BUT JUST HOW MUCH FASTER WAS IT THAN THE OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION STANDARD? AND THE TOKYO OLYMPICS HAS ITS FIRST NATION PULL OUT OF JULY'S GAMES. 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) TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SAYS THE CONFIRMATION OF A TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR THE NEW SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION. NZR CONFIRMING THE TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION WILL BEGIN IN MAY AS PLANNED AFTER SUPER RUGBY AOTEAROA IS COMPLETED. GAMES WOULD BE PLAYED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN BUT THERE'LL NO LONGER BE A 'SUPER ROUND' HELD IN ONE HOST CITY. SANZAAR'S STILL MULLING OVER HOW THE TWO-WAY TRAVEL BUBBLE WILL INFLUENCE THE UPCOMING RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. WE HAVEN'T... OUR FOCUS IN THE 18 HOURS OR SO SINCE THIS WAS ANNOUNCED HAS BEEN ON COMPLETING OUR PLANNING FOR SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN. BUT ABSOLUTELY, WHEN WE COME TO TALK WITH SANZAAR AND OUR NATIONAL UNION PARTNERS, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL. SO OPENS UP BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN FOR HOSTING. THERE WON'T BE ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TEAMS TO TRAVEL, AND PLAYERS WILL WAIT THEIR TURN FOR VACCINATIONS. LEWIS CLAREBURT HAS BROKEN THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN RECORD IN THE MEN'S 400m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE WELLINGTON SWIMMER TOOK TWO SECONDS OFF THE RECORD HE SET IN 2019 WHEN HE CLAIMED THE BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH KOREA. A NEW NEW ZEALAND RECORD FOR LEWIS CLAREBURT. 4.09.87. BOY, OH, BOY. WHAT A TIME. WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT. AND WHAT A RECORD FOR LEWIS CLAREBURT. CLAREBURT (21) HAD ALREADY MET THE OLYMPIC STANDARD IN THE EVENT AND HIS TIME LAST NIGHT WAS SIX SECONDS FASTER THAN THE QUALIFICATION MARK. EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHTS HAVE CLASHED IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINALS THIS MORNING. AMONG THEM, TWO OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUBS IN THE COMPETITION'S HISTORY. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON HAS THIS MORNING'S ACTION. LIVERPOOL VS. REAL MADRID. HISTORY VERSUS DYNASTY. 19 TIMES BETWEEN THEM, THEY'VE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS. 13-6 TO THE SPANIARDS, IF YOU'RE KEEPING THAT SCORE. REAL ARE REBUILDING THEIR STADIUM, PLAYING IN THEIR TRAINING COMPLEX RIGHT NOW. A PASS WITH ARCHITECT'S PERFECTION TO VINICIUS JUNIOR, THE FIRST GOAL TONIGHT. STAND BY FOR ANOTHER. KROOS LOOPED OVER A SIMILAR PASS AND LIVERPOOL COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT. THEY REALLY COULD NOT DEAL WITH IT. 2-0 BEFORE HALF TIME. WOULD LIVERPOOL WILT OR RESIST? WHAT THEY NEEDED WAS THIS - MO SALAH, ONSIDE. LIVERPOOL GET THE AWAY GOAL! JUST ONE BEHIND. BUT, TURN YOUR BACK FOR AN INSTANT... NOW, FIRST LEG 3-1 ISN'T THE TIE ONE, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THE GENUINE MADRID. ERLING HAALAND WAS PLAYING AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY. NEXT SEASON HE MIGHT BE PLAYING FOR THEM, OR ANYONE WITH MONEY. WELL, HE'S BORUSSIA DORTMUND'S FOR NOW. AND ANYWAY, DO MANCHESTER CITY REALLY NEED SOMEONE ELSE? HERE WAS THE KIND OF SLICK TEAM ATTACK WHICH HAS SWEPT BY ALL OPPONENTS RECENTLY TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD AGAINST DORTMUND. NOW, HAALAND SHOWED HIS STRENGTHS, NOT QUITE WITH THE SHOT BUT IT WAS HIS PASS WHICH SEEMED TO TURN THINGS. A LATE EQUALISER, NOT QUITE LATE ENOUGH. STILL TIME FOR CITY. FOR FODEN, FOR 2-1. AND FOR THAT FEELING. NORTH KOREA HAS BECOME THE FIRST NATION TO PULL OUT OF THE TOKYO OLYMPICS IN JULY, SAYING THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE TO PROTECT ITS ATHLETES FROM COVID-19. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COUNTRY WON'T BE PARTICIPATING AT A SUMMER OLYMPICS SINCE BOYCOTTING THE 1988 GAMES IN SEOUL. THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS THERE ARE NO CASES OF THE VIRUS WITHIN IT'S BORDERS. HOWEVER, EXPERTS SAY THAT'S UNLIKELY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE WEATHER'S SHAPING UP AT YOURS TODAY. (VAN MORRISON'S 'DAYS LIKE THIS') THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4. AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY STEFFI DRYDEN AND PHOEBE UPTON.