IT'S MIDDAY. ANGER AT THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND. THE GROWING DEMAND FROM UNIONS FOR THE HEAD OF THE ORGANISATION TO STEP DOWN. AND MORE SETBACKS FOR THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. WHAT EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES HAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT ITS SUPPOSED SIDE EFFECTS. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND STEFFI DRYDEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. WE START MIDDAY WITH A COVID-19 DEVELOPMENT. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS CALLED AN UNSCHEDULED MEDIA CONFERENCE. DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD WILL SPEAK TO REPORTERS AT 1PM. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN WON'T BE JOINING HIM, BUT IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS MEDIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN WATCH THE UPDATE LIVE AT 1NEWS.CO.NZ. CALLS ARE GROWING LOUDER FOR THE RESIGNATION OF THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE. UNION LEADERS DELIVERED A LETTER TO EXECUTIVES THIS MORNING AFTER A DAMNING HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT RELEASED WEEKS AGO SHOWED SYSTEMIC FAILINGS. THE REVIEW SAID THE PORT NEEDED TO PRIORITISE SAFETY OVER PROFIT, AND FOUND ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE. THE REVIEW WAS COMMISSIONED AFTER THREE DEATHS AT THE PORT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE CHEEK OF TONY GIBSON TO SAY, 'I DIDN'T WHAT WAS GOING ON,' THAT'S ACTUALLY THE REASON WHY HE SHOULD GO STRAIGHT AWAY, NOT BECAUSE OF THE DEATHS, BUT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AT HIS` HE IS PAID... A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND TO FIX ANYTHING THAT'S BROKEN. THE FIRST MARAE-BASED VACCINATION CENTRE HAS OPENED IN AUCKLAND TODAY. COMMUNITY LEADERS IN MANUREWA ARE GETTING VACCINATED IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. TRAINING FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS BEGAN ON TUESDAY AND VACCINATIONS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. DURING THE LOCKDOWN THE MARAE SUPPORTED WHANAU AND THE COMMUNITY. OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING, BUT ONCE WE KNEW THE VACCINATION WAS HERE AND WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED IT WAS TO COME INTO SOUTH AUCKLAND, WE GET OURSELVES UP TO PREPARE OUR MARAE, WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY TO LEAD THE RESPONSE. SO FAR, JUST OVER 6000 MAORI HAVE RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE. MEANWHILE, A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT EXPERTS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT LOOK AT WHAT A POST-COVID VACCINATION FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE. THE COVID-19 ADVISORY GROUP WILL FACE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS WITH OUR BORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS AFTER THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO START THINKING AHEAD, WHAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, AND HOW NEW ZEALAND FITS INTO THAT, IN A WORLD WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. IT WILL CHANGE. THE GROUP'S TERM RUNS UNTIL JUNE 2022. THE EUROPEAN DRUG REGULATOR NOW SAYS UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD BE LISTED AS A VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY SAYS THERE'S NO DEFINITE CAUSAL LINK, ADVISING COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE THE ROLLOUT. BUT SOME ARE STILL RESTRICTING IT, OR CHANGING VACCINE PLANS. BBC'S FERGUS WALSH WITH DEVELOPMENTS. TURN UP, GET YOUR JAB. SO THAT'S YOUR VACCINE DONE. THE MESSAGE REMAINS THE SAME, BUT IN FUTURE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COVID VACCINE YOU RECEIVE WILL DEPEND ON YOUR AGE. THAT'S BECAUSE EVIDENCE IS EMERGING OF A LINK BETWEEN THE OXFORD ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND VERY RARE BLOOD CLOTS. THE UK REGULATOR, THE MHRA, SAID UP TO THE END OF MARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN 79 CASES OF RARE CLOTS WITH LOW PLATELETS. FOLLOWING A FIRST DOSE OF THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. 19 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THAT'S OUT OF 20 MILLION WHO RECEIVED THE JAB. THAT'S ONE RARE CLOT IN EVERY 250,000 VACCINATIONS. THESE MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE NOW DETECTING A POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA IN AN EXTREMELY SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THE EVIDENCE IS FIRMING UP. THE BALANCE OF BENEFITS AND KNOWN RISKS OF THE VACCINE IS STILL VERY FAVOURABLE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. VERY FEW ADULTS UNDER 30 HAVE DIED FROM COVID, SO THAT CHANGES THE RISK-BENEFIT BALANCE FROM GETTING A VACCINE. IT'S THOUGHT YOUNGER ADULTS ARE AT HIGHER RISK FROM CLOTS AFTER THE ASTRAZENECA JAB ` ABOUT ONE IN EVERY 100,000 DOSES. SO THEY'LL BE OFFERED A DIFFERENT VACCINE WHEN THEIR TIME COMES. THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY HAS COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION ` THERE IS A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE AND VERY RARE BLOOD CLOTS, MOSTLY IN WOMEN UNDER 60. SEVERAL EU COUNTRIES HAD ALREADY RESTRICTED THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE TO OLDER ADULTS. SCIENTISTS WHO ANALYSE RISK SAY THIS CHANGE OF COURSE SHOULD NOT PUT PEOPLE OFF GETTING A VACCINE. THIS VACCINE IS EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF THIS LED TO DISTRUST OF THIS VACCINE. EVEN WORSE, IF IT WAS FOR VACCINES IN GENERAL FOR COVID. BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE AMAZINGLY EFFECTIVE. IT'S SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES ALREADY. IT'S THOUGHT COVID VACCINES HAVE ALREADY PREVENTED 6000 DEATHS IN THE UK, AND THEY REMAIN THE KEY TO ENDING LOCKDOWN AND RETURNING LIFE TO SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL. NEW COAL-FIRED BOILERS WILL BE BANNED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S PART OF NEW CLIMATE ACTION ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT THIS MORNING, WHICH COULD SEE NEW BURNERS OF ANY FOSSIL FUEL PROHIBITED. IT'S HOPED ALL COAL BURNERS WILL BE PHASED OUT HERE IN THE NEXT 16 YEARS. ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNT OF COAL DISPLACED BY THE MEASURES EQUATE TO ABOUT 500,000 TONS EACH YEAR, IN WHAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING TODAY, ONCE THE CHANGES ARE FULLY IN PLACE, IT WILL MEAN THE EQUIVALENT OF BETWEEN 400,000 TO 550,000 CARS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROADS IN A SINGLE YEAR. $22M WILL GO TOWARDS HELPING BUSINESSES TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SAYS THE MINISTRY MADE A MISTAKE BY ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE KEY INFORMATION IN A DELAYED MENTAL HEALTH REPORT. MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMAILS SHOW ATTEMPTS TO LEAVE OUT SPECIFIC SUICIDE STATISTICS IN NEW ZEALAND DURING 2018 AND 2019. NOW, THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE AGENCY TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. I KIND OF JUST DON'T REALLY SEE THE LOGIC IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EMAILS DO PAINT A BIT OF A PICTURE OF TRYING TO SORT OF MINIMISE THE BAD NEWS THAT WAS GOING OUT. BUT THE MINISTER OF HEALTH ANDREW LITTLE SAYS THE REPORT HASN'T BEEN SANITISED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A REPORT IN 2021, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2018 AND 2019, AND YOU HAVE A WHOLE HEAP OF OTHER DATA SOURCES, THE CORONER'S ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE STATISTICS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL SERVICE FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE DATABASE OF A WHOLE HEAP OF HEALTH STATISTICS, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO CONCEAL STUFF. SO, I DON'T GET THE CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THERE WAS SOMEHOW A SANITISATION PROJECT. A MAN AT THE FRONTLINE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS AND GANGS IN ROTORUA SAYS CRIME IS ON THE RISE. BILLY MACFARLANE RUNS THE PUWHAKAMUA PROGRAMME FOR HIGH-RISK OFFENDERS, WHICH AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM A LIFE OF CRIME. HE SAYS BRINGING OFFENDERS BACK TO THEIR TIKANGA, OR CULTURE, IS KEY. OUR SOCIETY IS CHANGING. WE'RE BECOMING VERY UNCARING. AND, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO... IF WE LOOK AT THE RISE IN GANG POPULATION AND CRIME STATISTICS, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE FALL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO OUR MARAE, THAT ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING FULL-ON IN OUR CULTURE. AND POLICE MINISTER POTO WILLIAMS SAYS SHE AGREES, ACCEPTING POLICE CAN'T HANDLE THE ISSUE ALONE, AND MUST WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL IWI AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. AS GOVERNMENT, WE'VE GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STOP THEM GETTING INTO GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. INDIA'S COVID CRISIS HAS BROKEN ANOTHER RECORD, WITH MORE THAN 115,000 CASES FOUND IN JUST ONE DAY, AND THERE ARE NOW CONCERNS IT'S SPREADING FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE. THE ABC'S JAMES OATEN REPORTS. INDIA JUST CAN'T DO ENOUGH COVID TESTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE RAPID SPREAD OF INFECTION. IN THE WORST-HIT STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, ONE IN FOUR TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE. IN SOME CITIES, IT'S EVEN HIGHER. IT'S A FRIGHTENING NUMBER. AND THE SAD PART IS THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CONTINUOUSLY RISING. THE LATEST SURGE IS SPREADING MUCH FASTER THAN LAST YEAR'S OUTBREAK, LEAVING HOSPITALS ONCE AGAIN AT BREAKING POINT. THE DEATH RATE IS LOWER, BUT IT'S ALSO QUICKLY ACCELERATING. THAT'S LED TO SCENES LIKE THIS, WHERE GRIEVING FAMILIES HAVE TO ENDURE LONG QUEUES AT CREMATORIUMS. THE SHEER SPREAD OF THE INFECTION IS FUELLING SPECULATION INDIA'S MANY VARIANTS ARE TO BLAME, BUT AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO BLAME POOR BEHAVIOUR. LET'S NOT BLAME THE NEW STRAIN FOR THIS. IT'S OUR COVID INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RISE. POLICE HAVE BEEN FILMED ENFORCING BRUTAL PUNISHMENTS TO STOP THAT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, BUT THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO HAVE LITTLE APPETITE FOR LARGE SCALE LOCKDOWNS. INSTEAD, AUTHORITIES ARE OPTING FOR A LIGHTER TOUCH, INCLUDING WEEKEND LOCKDOWNS AND NIGHT CURFEWS. TRANSLATOR: IF A LOCKDOWN IS IMPOSED, THEN AT LEAST PEOPLE STAY AT THEIR HOMES, STAY SAFE, AND THE CORONAVIRUS WILL COME UNDER CONTROL. TRANSLATOR: IMPOSING A MINI LOCKDOWN IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS. HOSPITALS IN BRAZIL ARE OVERCROWDED, AND THE COUNTRY'S HEALTH SYSTEM IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE AS IT BUCKLES UNDER ENDLESS COVID-19 CASES. BRAZIL SAW A RECORD 4000 DEATHS IN 24 HOURS AS A LOCAL VARIANT FUELS AN INFECTION SURGE. BBC'S DAVID SHUKMAN REPORTS. EVEN AT NIGHT, THE GRAVEYARDS IN BRAZIL ARE BUSY, SO HUGE ARE THE LOSSES FROM COVID. AND ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF DEATHS GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION IS NOT QUITE AS BAD AS IN THE U.K. OR ITALY, THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE AND MEDICAL STAFF ARE DESPERATE THAT EVEN NOW, THE MESSAGE STILL ISN'T GETTING THROUGH. IT'S QUITE HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT SAYS THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING IS BAD. THE PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO IS GETTING A LOT OF THE BLAME. RIGHT FROM THE START, HE'S PLAYED DOWN THE VIRUS AND HE KEEPS BLOCKING LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM TAKING ANY ACTION. SO THE DISEASE IS NOW OUT OF CONTROL. A BIG CONCERN IS A NEW VARIANT KNOWN AS P1, WHICH HAS NOW SPREAD FAST. THE RESULT IS THIS DEPRESSING PICTURE OF THE RAPID RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN BRAZIL, WITH MORE THAN 4000 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. BEHIND MUCH OF THIS IS THAT P1 VARIANT, WHICH COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS MORE TRANSMISSIBLE, AND SEEMS TO AFFECT MORE YOUNGER PEOPLE, THOUGH IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE VACCINES SHOULD STILL BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST IT. IN ANY EVENT, THE VARIANT HAS SPREAD TO MOST OF SOUTH AMERICA, INCLUDING URUGUAY, PERU AND BOLIVIA, WHICH HAS JUST CLOSED ITS BORDER WITH BRAZIL. AND IT'S GOT FURTHER. BRITISH COLUMBIA IS DEALING WITH HUNDREDS OF CASES, AND THERE ARE FAR SMALLER NUMBERS AS FAR AFIELD AS JAPAN, TURKEY, THE UK, AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES. AND ALTHOUGH VACCINES ARE BEING GIVEN IN BRAZIL, THEY'VE REACHED ONLY EIGHT PERCENT OF PEOPLE. AND THE FEAR IS THAT THE MORE INFECTIONS THERE ARE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THE GREATER THE CHANCE FOR NEW, MORE CHALLENGING VARIANTS TO EMERGE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A NEW FORCE OF NATURE. THE DISCOVERY FROM SCIENTISTS IN CHICAGO THAT COULD MARK A NEW ERA FOR PHYSICS. AND, IN SPORT ` THE THREE NEW CAPS SET TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT FOR THE BLACK CAPS. TOURISM AUSTRALIA'S LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN IN AN ATTEMPT TO LURE KIWIS ACROSS THE DITCH ONCE THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE OPENS. YOU ADRENALINE JUNKIES SHOWED US THE BUNGEE JUMP, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS TO GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING? OR THIS? OR THIS? OR THIS? AHH... OR EVEN JUST THIS. SO, NEW ZEALAND, ISN'T IT TIME YOU ADDED ANOTHER FIRST TO YOUR LIST? NEW ZEALANDERS ARE THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET IN TERMS OF ARRIVALS INTO AUSTRALIA AND THE FOURTH MOST VALUABLE IN TERMS OF SPEND. FOR THE PAST YEAR, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN TELLING AUSSIES TO SEE THEIR OWN BACKYARD. TOURISM AUSTRALIA'S MANAGING DIRECTOR SAYS SHE'S NOT CONCERNED THEY'LL LOSE OUT WITH AUSTRALIANS HEADING HERE. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, OUR TRAVEL NUMBER SWERE QUIRE EVEN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF A BLUEPRINT FOR OPENING UP TO THE REST OF THE WORLD MS HARRISON SAYS SHE'S EXPECTING TRANS-TASMAN AIR TRAVEL TO BE BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVELS BY THE END OF THE YEAR. HUMANITY COULD BE 'ON THE PRECIPICE OF A NEW ERA OF PHYSICS.' THAT BOLD STATEMENT COMING AFTER SCIENTISTS FOUND 'STRONG EVIDENCE' FOR A NEW FORCE OF NATURE. SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES CALLED 'MUONS' DON'T BEHAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAWS OF PHYSICS, AND AS THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH REPORTS, A NEW SO-CALLED 'FORCE' COULD LEND AN EXPLANATION. THE THEORIES OF MODERN PHYSICS HAVE GIVEN SCIENTISTS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS. BUT THE CURRENT IDEAS AREN'T ABLE TO SOLVE SOME OF THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC PUZZLES ` SUCH AS HOW THE UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE. NOW, SCIENTISTS AT FERMILAB, A PARTICLE ACCELERATOR JUST OUTSIDE CHICAGO, HAVE GOT A RESULT THAT MIGHT TAKE US A BIG STEP FORWARD IN ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. THEY'VE BEEN ACCELERATING PARTICLES INSIDE THIS GIANT RING CLOSE TO THE SPEED OF LIGHT, AND THEY FOUND THAT THEY MIGHT BE BEHAVING IN A WAY THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY THE CURRENT THEORY OF PHYSICS AT THE SUBATOMIC LEVEL. WE FOUND THAT THE INTERACTION OF A MUON, WHICH IS A HEAVY ELECTRON WITH A MAGNETIC FIELD, IS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR CURRENT BEST THEORY OF PHYSICS. AND CLEARLY THAT'S VERY EXCITING. IT POTENTIALLY POINTS TO A FUTURE, NEW LAWS, NEW PARTICLES AND NEW FORCES IN PHYSICS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN TO DATE. YOU'VE HEARD OF ELECTRONS? WELL, THERE ARE SIMILAR PARTICLES CALLED MUONS, WHICH ARE MUCH HEAVIER AND SPIN LIKE TOPS. IN THE EXPERIMENT, THEY WERE MADE TO WOBBLE USING MAGNETS. THE CURRENT THEORY SUGGESTS THEY SHOULD WOBBLE AT A CERTAIN RATE. INSTEAD, THEY WOBBLED FASTER. THIS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A MYSTERY FORCE THAT IN TURN IS CREATED BY ANOTHER, YET TO BE DISCOVERED, PARTICLE. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL FORCES OF NATURE. ONE FOR GRAVITY, ANOTHER FOR ELECTRICITY, AND TWO NUCLEAR FORCES WHICH CONTROL THE BEHAVIOUR OF ATOMS. TOGETHER, THEY EXPLAIN THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS. BUT IN RECENT YEARS, ASTRONOMERS BEGAN NOTICING THINGS IN SPACE THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY THE FOUR FORCES, SUCH AS GALAXIES SPINNING FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD. AND THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY THE STARS AND PLANETS AND EVERYTHING ON THEM, INCLUDING US, EXIST AT ALL. THE NEW RESULTS SUGGEST THERE MIGHT BE A FIFTH FORCE WHICH COULD EXPLAIN SOME OF THESE MYSTERIES. I THINK IT'S QUITE MIND BOGGLING, AND THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TURN PHYSICS ON ITS HEAD. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MYSTERIES THAT REMAIN UNSOLVED AND THIS COULD GIVE US THE KEY ANSWERS TO SOLVE THESE MYSTERIES. EVIDENCE FOR THE FIFTH FORCE HAS BEEN GROWING. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, RESEARCHERS AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, JUST OUTSIDE GENEVA, HAD A SIMILAR RESULT. THE RACE IS REALLY ON NOW, TO TRY AND GET ONE OF THESE EXPERIMENTS TO REALLY GET THE PROOF THAT THIS REALLY IS SOMETHING NEW. THEY WILL TAKE MORE DATA AND MAKE MORE MEASUREMENTS AND HOPEFULLY SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THESE EFFECTS ARE REAL. TO SPORT, AND BLACK CAPS COACH GARY STEAD HAS PRAISED NEWCOMERS RACHIN RAVINDRA AND JACOB DUFFY AFTER THEY WERE NAMED IN THE SQUAD TO TOUR ENGLAND. THE UNCAPPED PAIR JOINED DEVON CONWAY AS THE THREE TEST DEBUTANTS IN THE 20-MAN SQUAD FOR TWO TESTS AGAINST ENGLAND AND THE WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL IN JUNE. SHOULD RAVINDRA (21) TAKE TO THE FIELD, HE WOULD BECOME THE YOUNGEST BLACK CAPS TEST DEBUTANT SINCE ISH SODHI. STEAD DIDN'T RULE OUT GAME TIME FOR RAVINDRA OR DUFFY BUT SAID IT WOULD ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW ZEALAND'S IPL BASED PLAYERS. IF TEAMS ARE KNOCKED OUT EARLY, THE JOIN US IT'S BEEN REVEALED TIGER WOODS WAS DRIVING AT NEARLY TWICE THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR IN FEBRUARY. THE GOLF LEGEND'S VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD AT AROUND 140 KILOMETRES PER HOUR AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE ACCIDENT IN CALIFORNIA. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ HAS THE NEW DETAILS FROM THE REPORT INTO THE CRASH. INVESTIGATORS SAY TIGER WOODS WAS SPEEDING WHEN HE CRASHED THIS SUV IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN FEBRUARY, GOING AS FAST AS 87 MILES AN HOUR IN A 45 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. INVESTIGATORS FINDING THAT ALONG WITH AN INABILITY TO NAVIGATE A CURVE IN THE ROAD, CAUSED THE ACCIDENT THAT LEFT THE GOLF SUPERSTAR BADLY INJURED. THE IMPACT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HIT THE TREE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO AIRBORNE AND DO A SOMEWHAT PIROUETTE LANDING ON ITS SIDE. THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE VEHICLE'S DATA RECORDER SHOWS THAT WOODS NEVER HIT THE BRAKES, INSTEAD KEPT HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR THE ENTIRE TIME. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT WAS JUST A PANICKED MISTAKE. THEY ALSO SAY THEY DID NOT DO A BLOOD TEST TO CHECK WOODS' SOBRIETY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPAIRMENT. THERE WAS NO ODOUR OF ALCOHOL. THERE WERE NO OPEN CONTAINERS IN THE VEHICLE. AND THERE WERE NO NARCOTICS OR ANY EVIDENCE OF MEDICATION. WOODS IS NOW HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT SURGERIES FOR SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT LEG, ANKLE AND FOOT, TWEETING THAT HE IS FOCUSED ON HIS RECOVERY. ALSO THANKING FIRST RESPONDERS AND SEPARATELY TWEETING ABOUT MISSING THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK. I THINK IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO SET IN, HE'S BUMMED HE'S NOT HERE PLAYING WITH US. AND WE HATE IT, TOO. HE'S ALWAYS MISSED WHEN HE DOESN'T PLAY IN THESE BIG EVENTS. SO I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO PUT EVERYTHING HE HAS INTO TRYING TO BE READY TO PLAY HERE NEXT YEAR. AND DESPITE THE DETERMINATION THAT WOODS WAS SPEEDING, THE SHERIFF SAYS NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AND WOODS DIDN'T REMEMBER THE CRASH. THE SHERIFF MAINTAINS WOODS WAS NOT GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. PARIS SAINT GERMAIN AND BAYERN MUNICH HAVE PLAYED OUT A THRILLING REMATCH OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL LAST YEAR. THE EUROPEAN GIANTS PRODUCING A FIVE GOAL EPIC IN A SNOWY FIRST LEG OF THEIR QUARTER-FINAL. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS FIGHTING BACK FROM 2-0 DOWN ONLY TO BE OUTGUNNED BY PARIS STAR KYLIAN MBAPPE. SET UP AGAIN. PSG TO HIT ON THE BRAKE. HE'S INSIDE OF HIM. TRYING TO FIND AN ANGLE FOR HIMSELF. HE'S DONE THAT SUPERBLY. PARIS BACK IN FRONT IN MUNICH. IN THE OTHER QUARTER FINAL, MASON MOUNT MADE SURE HIS FIRST EUROPEAN GOAL FOR CHELSEA WAS ONE TO REMEMBER. LOVELY TURN. AND SCORES. A BRILLIANT TURN AWAY. FANTASTIC TURN, AND A WONDERFUL FINISH. BEN CHILWELL LATER STROLLING PAST THE PORTO DEFENCE TO CAP OFF A 2-0 AWAY WIN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE WEATHER'S SHAPING UP AT YOURS TODAY. (MARLIN'S DREAMING'S 'SINK OR SWIM') # SINK OR SWIM WITH ME, # ANYWAY. # IF I... # TAKE A TRUSTING MOMENT, # ANYWAY. # COULD I... # TETHER CLOSELY, BY DAY, # IN SOME WAY. # I'VE LOST MY APPETITE # LATELY, I'VE TRIED. # I'VE STOPPED PUTTING UP A FIGHT # LATELY, I KNOW... 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 PHOEBE UPTON AND STEFFI DRYDEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.