IT'S MIDDAY. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH IS PREPARING TO DELIVER THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATE AFTER ANOTHER GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL WORKER TESTED POSITIVE. INDIA'S COVID-19 INFECTIONS HIT RECORD LEVELS, WITH MORE THAN 150,000 NEW CASES REPORTED. AND AT 83, WELSH ACTOR SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS IS STILL WINNING THE CRITICS OVER AT THE BAFTAS. CAPTIONS BY ELLEN SINCLAIR AND JADE FERNANDES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR ABOUT THE LATEST CASE OF COVID-19, ANOTHER WORKER FROM THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL IN AUCKLAND. THE PERSON IS A CLOSE CONTACT OF A SECURITY GUARD WHO TESTED POSITIVE LAST WEEK. AND NOW SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. REPORTER KATIE STEVENSON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOTEL. GOOD AFTERNOON, KATIE. WHAT'S THE LATEST? THIS WORKER AND THEIR PARTNER HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO THE JET PARK AUCKLAND QUARANTINE FACILITY. BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY CONSIDERED A CLOSE CONDUCT OF LAST THURSDAY'S CASE, THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN SELF ISOLATING, THEREFORE, IT IS CONSIDERED THERE IS VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RISK TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS OF ADDRESS THEY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THIS CASE AND THE CASE FROM LAST THURSDAY. THESE ARE ALL IN A SUBURB OF MOUNT ROSKILL. THE TIMES THAT THE CASES VISITED THESE LOCATIONS ARE UP ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE, AND ANYONE WHO VISITED THEM DURING THOSE TIMES IS BEING CLASSED AS A CASUAL CONTACT, AND ASKED TO MONITOR FOR ANY COVID-19 SYMPTOMS. AND KATIE, THE PRIME MINISTER CALLING ON COMPANIES TO ENSURE ALL FRONTLINE STAFF ARE VACCINATED? THE SECURITY GUARD THAT WAS ANNOUNCED AS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 LAST WEEK WAS NOT VACCINATED. IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE HAD MISSED TWO SCHEDULED VACCINATIONS APPOINTMENTS. HERE'S WHAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT TODAY THAT IS A MATTER THAT COMES TO THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYER. MAKING SURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THEIR WORKPLACES VACCINATED. THEY ARE SITTING AT 79% AT THE MOMENT, BUT I'M TOLD THEY ARE GETTING THROUGH EXERCISE, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS VACCINATED. WE HAVE CONTACTED FIRST SECURITY FOR COMMENT FOR THIS, THEY ARE YET TO RESPOND. AN ACQUITTAL WE ARE ALSO WANTING THE ANSWER TO IS WHETHER THIS CASE HAS BEEN VACCINATED, AND WE ARE HOPING FOR SOME ANSWERS FROM DR ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD WHEN HE FRONTS THE MEDIA AT 1 PM TODAY. THANKS, KATIE. ON THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE TWO-AND-A-HALF-WEEK SUSPENSION ON TRAVEL HERE, INDIA'S RECORDED MORE THAN 150,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES. THE SURGE IN INFECTIONS IS WORSE THAN AT ANY POINT IN THE PANDEMIC. THE BBC'S YOGITA LIMAYE IS IN MUMBAI. (SPEAKS HINDI) 'A HOSPITAL IN THE WESTERN CITY OF BHAVNAGAR. 'THESE ARE COVID PATIENTS, AND THERE ARE NO DOCTORS TO LOOK AT THEM,' SAYS THE MAN FILMING THE VIDEO. IN PUNE, THE WORST AFFECTED CITY IN INDIA, PEOPLE ARE BEING GIVEN OXYGEN OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL BECAUSE IT'S TOO FULL. PATIENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET MEDICAL CARE AS INDIA IS IN THE GRIPS OF A FIERCE SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19. THIS 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO SIX HOSPITALS, NONE OF WHICH HAD A CRITICAL CARE BED FOR HER. SHE DIED ON HER WAY TO THE SEVENTH. HER SON, ANTHONY, SPOKE TO ME FROM ISOLATION. (SPEAKS HINDI) 'ALL THESE YEARS SHE NEVER NEEDED TO GO TO A HOSPITAL. 'AND WHEN SHE DID, I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HER. 'I FAILED HER,' HE SAYS. FIELD HOSPITALS BUILT LAST YEAR TO ADD TO EXISTING FACILITIES ARE ALREADY FULL. THIS ONE IN PUNE IS MANAGED BY DR SANGRAM KAPALE, WHO'S BEEN ON THE FRONTLINE SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND? RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M SEEING IS SINGLE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY GETS POSITIVE, THEN THEIR FAMILY IS POSITIVE. THE INFECTIVITY RATIO HAS GONE UP. IT IS AFFECTING YOUNG ADULTS, WHICH IS QUITE SURPRISING. LAST YEAR, IT TOOK MORE THAN SIX WEEKS FOR DAILY CASES TO DOUBLE TO THE NUMBER SEEN AT THE WORST OF THE FIRST WAVE. THIS YEAR, IT'S TAKEN LESS THAN 10 DAYS FOR INFECTIONS TO GROW TWO-FOLD TO THE CURRENT HIGH, WHICH HAS ALREADY SURPASSED 2020'S PEAK. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS PEOPLE NOT FOLLOWING COVID PROTOCOLS HAS LED TO THE SURGE. BUT MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT'S NOT THE MAIN REASON. IT CANNOT EXPLAIN THE KIND OF SURGE IN CASES THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW CURRENTLY IN INDIA, WHICH CLEARLY SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A GREAT ROLE FOR HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS, WHICH IS SPREADING FASTER, AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE EVEN HAVING THE CAPACITY TO ESCAPE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, DOZENS OF VACCINATION CENTRES IN MUMBAI, IN MAHARASHTRA, ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF SUPPLIES. INDIA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF VACCINES. THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN MASS-PRODUCING THEM AND OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, HAS EXPORTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOSES. SO PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM CENTRES LIKE THIS ON ARE ASKING WHERE THEIR DOSES ARE. THE WORST-HIT AREAS ARE IN LOCKDOWN, BUT CASES ARE RISING RAPIDLY IN MANY OTHER PARTS OF INDIA. THAT HASN'T DETERRED ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS. IT'S JUST THE START OF AN AGGRESSIVE WAVE OF COVID-19, BUT THIS COUNTRY APPEARS TO HAVE LET ITS GUARD DOWN. TOURISM OPERATORS ARE URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO OPEN A TRANS-TASMAN CRUISE SHIP BUBBLE A YEAR AFTER THE MARITIME BORDER WAS SEALED SHUT. THE INDUSTRY TYPICALLY BRINGS IN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ` VITAL INCOME TO NEW ZEALAND PORTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. HERE'S SAM KELWAY. BLAIR ANDERSON IS DOING HIS BEST TO APPEAR UPBEAT, BUT BEHIND THE SMILE HE'S BATTLING. YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S QUITE AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT. IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT, VERY, VERY HARD. THIS WATER-BASED BUSINESS JUST NORTH OF TAURANGA HAS BEEN IN HIS FAMILY FOR DECADES, GROWING FROM ONE WORKER TO DOZENS. OUR BUSIEST DAY WAS ABOUT 150 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS OUR NIGHT-TIME TOURS OF 80 PEOPLE, AS WELL AS AT THE SAME TIME, WAIMARINO ADVENTURE PARK, AS YOU SAID, WAS CATERING TO ABOUT 450 PEOPLE. BUT IN MARCH LAST YEAR, OVERNIGHT, NEARLY 90% OF HIS BUSINESS DRIED UP. WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THERE, IT'S RATHER SAD. THAT USED TO BE FULL OF COLOUR, FULL OF ACTIVITY, FULL OF HAPPY SMILEY PEOPLE. HE'S NOW CALLING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER TO REOPEN AT LEAST PARTIALLY. WE SHOULD BE OPENING UP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA. IF WE CAN HAVE AIR FLIGHTS, TRANSFER THIS COVID REALLY FAST, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT SLOWLY WHERE WE CAN CONTROL IT BETTER. OF THE POPULATION OF CRUISE PASSENGERS IN NEW ZEALAND ` NEARLY 60% IS NEW ZEALANDERS AND AUSTRALIANS. THE GLOBAL CRUISE INDUSTRY IS PICKING UP STEAM AGAIN. MORE THAN 350,000 PASSENGERS HAVE TRAVELLED BY SEA TO INTERNATIONAL PORTS WITHOUT INFECTION SINCE LAST JULY. BUT OUR GOVERNMENT ISN'T BUDGING. THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS CRUISE SHIPS ARE EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED FROM THE TRANS-TASMAN TRAVEL BUBBLE, AND THERE'S NO TIME-FRAME FOR WHEN THE MARITIME BORDER WILL REOPEN. BEFORE COVID-19, TAURANGA HAD THE MOST EXTENSIVE CRUISE TOUR OFFERING OF ANY NEW ZEALAND PORT ` CONTRIBUTING TO MORE THAN $70M TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. FROM PERSONAL TO BUSINESS. IT IS REALLY HURTING US, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE STRONG. WE HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM OUR TOURISM MINISTER. THE STRUGGLING OPERATORS DESPERATE TO SEE THE BIG SHIPS BACK HERE SOON. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. A VARIETY OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH ORGANISATIONS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OVERHAUL NEW ZEALAND'S DRUG LAWS. IN AN OPEN LETTER, DOZENS OF ORGANISATIONS ARE WANTING A MORE HEALTH-BASED APPROACH TO DRUG USE AND AN END TO PROSECUTIONS FOR LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENCES. THE NATIONAL HAUORA COALITION SAYS THE CURRENT LAWS HAVE LIFE-LONG IMPACTS ON YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THE GREEN PARTY'S DRUG LAW REFORM SPOKESPERSON CHLOE SWARBRICK SAYS THESE CHANGES ARE LONG OVERDUE. I THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ONLY REFLECT ON THE TWO REPORTS THAT IT COMMISSIONED IN THE PAST TERM, THAT IS THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE JUSTICE REVIEW AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION INQUIRY. BOTH OF THOSE SAY THAT AT A BASELINE WE NEED AN APPROACH TO SUBSTANCES THAT NO LONGER PLACES PEOPLE ON THE PATHWAY INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ACTUALLY TREATS THE CORE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS PEOPLE SEEKING OUT ESCAPISM BECAUSE THEIR LIFE GENERALLY ISN'T VERY GOOD. THE QUEEN'S DESCRIBED PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH AS "HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE", THAT'S ACCORDING TO HER SON, PRINCE ANDREW, WHO SPOKE AFTER A SERVICE IN WINDSOR. AS THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS, REMEMBRANCE SERVICES FOR THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, ARE IN FULL SWING. ON A DAY OF PAUSE AND REFLECTION, PRAYERS FOR THE DUKE WAS SAID IN MANY CHURCH SERVICES. AND AFTER THE SERVICE AT THE CHAPEL OF ALL SAINTS IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK, MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY SPOKE ABOUT HIM. IT'S A GREAT LOSS. I THINK EITHER WAY I WOULD PUT IT, IS THAT WE'VE LOST ALMOST THE GRANDFATHER OF THE NATION. AND I FEEL VERY SORRY AND SUPPORTIVE OF MY MOTHER, WHO WAS, FEELING IT, I THINK PROBABLY MORE THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS "HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE". THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF WESSEX ALSO SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE QUEEN WAS DEALING WITH THE LOSS, THINKING OF OTHERS BEFORE HERSELF. SHE'S AMAZING. AS ALWAYS, YES. IT'S JUST THAT THAT WAVE OF AFFECTION FOR HIM, AND JUST THOSE LOVELY STORIES ` THEY JUST MEAN SO MUCH. THE COUNTESS SPOKE TO MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION ABOUT THE MANNER OF THE DUKE'S DEATH. IT WAS RIGHT FOR HIM, AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO GENTLE. SHE SAID, "HIS PASSING HAD BEEN VERY, VERY PEACEFUL, AS IF SOMEONE HAD TAKEN HIM BY THE HAND AND OFF HE WENT". BRITAIN'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER, SIR JOHN MAJOR, KNEW THE DUKE. HE SAID HIS DEATH WOULD LEAVE AN ENORMOUS GAP IN THE QUEEN'S LIFE. I HOPE SHE WILL BE GIVEN SOME TIME AND SPACE. I KNOW SHE IS THE MONARCH, I KNOW SHE HAS RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT SHE HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO HAVE A PERIOD OF PRIVACY IN WHICH TO GRIEVE WITH HER FAMILY. AND SIR JOHN SAID HE HOPED THE DUKE'S FUNERAL WOULD GIVE PRINCES WILLIAM AND HARRY A CHANCE TO MEND THEIR DIFFERENCES. A SHARED GRIEF AT THE PRESENT TIME BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THEIR FATHER, OF THEIR GRANDFATHER, I THINK IS AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE VERY MUCH THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO MEND ANY RIFTS THAT MAY EXIST. OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SIGNS HAVE BEEN PUT UP TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM LEAVING FLOWERS. BUT DESPITE THE DISCOURAGEMENT, BOUQUETS AND PERSONAL TRIBUTES ARE STILL BEING PLACED. THIS EVENING ` ONE MORE FAMILY TRIBUTE. A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM PRINCESS ANNE, THE PRINCESS ROYAL, DESCRIBING HER FATHER AS, "MY TEACHER, MY SUPPORTER AND MY CRITIC. "WE WILL ALL MISS HIM", SHE WROTE. BUT HE LEAVES A LEGACY WHICH CAN INSPIRE US ALL. MEANWHILE, BACK IN WELLINGTON, MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE BEING WRITTEN AT PARLIAMENT. WITH MPs RETURNING TO THE CAPITAL TODAY, MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE STARTING TO BE WRITTEN, WITH PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN EXPECTED TO DELIVER HERS AT ABOUT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN A SMALL SOUTHLAND TOWN ARE IN A STINK OVER A PROPOSAL TO EXPAND THE DISTRICT'S MAIN DUMP, LOCATED JUST KILOMETRES FROM THEIR COMMUNITY, NEAR WINTON. AB LIME WHICH OPERATES THE LANDFILL HAS APPLIED TO TAKE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF RUBBISH OVER 35 YEARS, FROM ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. BUT THAT'S LEFT SOME RESIDENTS ANGRY. AS JARED MCCULLOCH REPORTS. RUBBISH TRUCKS HAVE ROLLED IN AND OUT OF THE SOUTHLAND LINE WORKS FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, AND SOON THERE COULD BE MORE. AB LIME, NEAR WINTON, IS ALLOWED TO TAKE AROUND 100,000 TONS OF RUBBISH EVERY YEAR, BUT IT'S APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENT SOUTHLAND TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTION COMPLETELY, UPSETTING LOCALS. YEAH, QUITE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY LET THAT SLIP THROUGH THE RADAR. AB LIME USES THE GAS PRODUCED BY THE LANDFILL FOR ITS QUARRY DRYING OPERATIONS. IT WANTS TO TAKE WASTE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CANTERBURY IN THE WEST COAST, SAYING IT WOULDN'T MAKE THE DUMP ANY BIGGER, BUT IT COULD FILL IT UP FASTER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR RUBBISH HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE, SO WE HAVE NO PROBLEM OF AB LIME LIMITED OPERATING A LANDFILL. BUT THIS LANDFILL HAS BEEN DESIGNED JUST FOR THE SOUTHLANDERS. THEY'VE BEEN TAKING RUBBISH FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKES IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE COMPANY HAS TAKEN ON EMERGENCY WASTE TOO, EATING INTO ITS ANNUAL LIMIT. MYCOPLASMA BOVIS OUTBREAK, SO THERE HAS BEEN THAT PRESSURE PUT ON. ONLY PEOPLE WITHIN 2km OF THE SITE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE COMPANY'S PROPOSAL. NO ONE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED IN THE PUBLIC. WE ARE IN WINTON, WHICH IS ONLY 4km AWAY FROM THE LANDFILL. RESIDENTS NOW HAVING THEIR SAY THROUGH A PETITION, MAKING CLAIMS AROUND THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PLAN. AB LIME DECLINED TO APPEAR ON CAMERA, BUT TOLD 1 NEWS IN A STATEMENT IT FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREES WITH THE CONTENTS OF THE PETITION, BUT RESPECTS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WANTS TO RESPECT THE FORMAL CONSENT PROCESS, WHICH IS UNDERWAY. ENVIRONMENT SOUTHLAND SAYS AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO COMMENT FURTHER. THEY'VE RAISED THEIR CONCERNS. LET'S SEE IF THEY'RE HEARD. LET'S SEE WHAT THE CONSENT PROCESS DOES. AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSIONER WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY NEXT MONTH. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` GOLFING HISTORY IS MADE AT THE US MASTERS, AS JAPAN'S HIDEKI MATSUYAMA DEFIES ALL CHALLENGERS IN THE FINAL ROUND. Hey, uh,... Jimmy, you're riding with Rodney. - Far out. Big Rod, eh? - Everyone gets Rodneyed on their first day. - Hop in, mate. Don't worry about these bumholes! - (CHUCKLES) - Nah, they're good guys. Yeah, the guys always joke that I like to be on site before they've even left the base. But you know, I like to get there early, have a muffin, relax. You like muffins? (ENGINE REVS) Oh, I just got a new V8. Not a bogey-green one, though! (BOTH CHUCKLE) Hey, let's take the scenic route, eh? It's longer, but I make it fun. That's why the guys do paper, scissors, rock to see who comes with me. - Cos no one wants to go with that other dude you guys work with, eh? The one we were having a crack at this morning? - Who, Grubby Aaron? - Nah, you know, the guy that's always gunning it. - No one wants to ride with him. Yeah! Oh, man, he's got a V8 too. TO SPORT AND HIDEKI MATSUYAMA HAS MADE HISTORY AT AUGUSTA, BECOMING THE FIRST JAPANESE MAN TO WIN THE MASTERS. MATSUYAMA RECOVERED FROM A SLOW START TO FINISH ON 11 UNDER AND HOLD OFF AMERICAN XANDER SCHAUFELLE TO WIN. GREAT, THAT'S THE WAY. RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. WHO PREDICTED THAT? BY ONE. MATSUYAMA IS JAPAN'S FIRST MASTERS CHAMPION. THE JAPANESE GOLFER ENDING UP FOUR SHOTS AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST RIVAL. HE ALSO COMPLETES A REMARKABLE DOUBLE FOR HIS NATION AFTER TSUBASA KAJITANI WON THE AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE ENDURED AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER TO KEEP THEIR TOP SIX HOPES ALIVE. WELLINGTON'S YOUNG STARS COMBINING TO DELIVER A VITAL 3-2 WIN. VICTOR WATERS REPORTS. FROM BEING HANDED HIS PHOENIX DEBUT BY MARK RUDAN, TO OUTSHINING HIS FORMER COACH AND OLD SKIPPER, ANDREW DURANTE, TEENAGER, BEN WAINE, RESURRECTING THE PHOENIX'S A-LEAGUE SEASON. HE SCORES, POTENTIALLY THE WINNER. OR WAS IT? BUT THE FLAG IS UP, SO HOLD THE CELEBRATIONS. WELL, THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. WELL, HANG ON A SECOND. HE LOOKED OFFSIDE ON THAT. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A GOAL FOR BEN WAINE. THE 19-YEAR-OLD CLOSE TO TEARS AFTER WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF HIS PHOENIX CAREER TO DATE. WARMING THE HEARTS OF FANS, HIS COMBINATION WITH FELLOW ACADEMY PRODUCT AND ROOMMATE SAM SUTTON, WHO DELIVERED THE WINNER ON A PLATE. ME AND SUTTS HAVE OF PLAYED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. AND I KIND OF JUST KNEW, I DON'T KNOW, A WEIRD CONNECTION. I JUST KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING TO PULL THE BALL, SO, IT WAS A GREAT BALL FOR HIM AND I JUST FINISH IT OFF. I WANT TO ASK YOU ALSO TOO, WHO HE'S GOING TO BE SHOUTING ROOM SERVICE TONIGHT? I THINK I'LL HAVE TO FOR HIS SERVICE TO ME. THE TEENAGER'S SURPRISE SELECTION AT LEFTBACK, PROVING TO BE A MASTERSTROKE. HE'S NOT A NATURAL LEFT BACK, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH HIM ALL PRE-SEASON AND THIS SEASON TO GET HIM USED TO PLAYING IN THAT POSITION. AND I THINK HE DID A GREAT JOB AND THINK IT'S GREAT FOR WAINE TO SCORE THE WINNER. WAINE STRIKER, BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR WESTERN UNITED COACH MARK RUDAN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GOOD KIDS, YOU KNOW, SO ULTIMATELY, I'LL ALLOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW HAPPY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR HIM. BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE PLAYERS THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH CONTINUE ON THE DEVELOPMENT. SPEAKING OF LAST MINUTE THRILLERS, IT'S FINALLY BEATEN! THE W LEAGUE FINAL BETWEEN THE MELBOURNE VICTORY AND SYDNEY FC ALSO DECIDED AT THE DEATH. THE VICTORY'S 1-0 WIN IN THE FINAL FEW SECONDS OF EXTRA TIME. CROWNING FOOTBALL FIRST CLAUDIA BUNGE AND NATALIE LONGO AS CHAMPIONS. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. BLACK FERNS SEVENS STAR PORTIA WOODMAN ADMITS THE RUGBY SIDE HAS TO CHANGE ITS MINDSET AHEAD OF UNPRECEDENTED PREPARATIONS FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. THE TEAM WON'T ATTEND THE TWO WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENTS IN PARIS NEXT MONTH, WHICH ARE THE ONLY GLOBAL EVENTS BEFORE THE GAMES. THE SEVENS SIDE HELD GAMES OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST MOANA PASIFIKA AND A TEAM ASSEMBLED OF PLAYERS FROM THE BLACK FERNS' 15-A-SIDE TEAM. BUT WOODMAN SAYS SHE'S HOPEFUL THE TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE WILL OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY FOR MATCHES IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE JULY'S OLYMPICS. THE TECHNICAL AND STRATEGIC SIDE HAS TO GO UP AGAIN, I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING OVER TO AUSTRALIA AND POSSIBLY PLAYING AGAINST THEM. TO TEST OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A TEAM AGAINST ANOTHER SIDE, ANOTHER GREAT SIDE LIKE AUSTRALIA, WILL BE REALLY AWESOME. SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS HAS BECOME THE OLDEST EVER WINNER OF BEST MALE ACTOR, AT THE BAFTAS, THE BRITISH OSCARS TODAY. BUT THE 83-YEAR-OLD WASN'T THE ONLY VETERAN HONOURED AS THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ REPORTS. THERE WAS A SOMBRE NOTE TO BEGIN THIS YEAR'S BAFTAS, AS THE ACADEMY PAID TRIBUTE TO ITS FIRST AND GREATLY ADMIRED PRESIDENT. BEFORE WE START, WE'RE EXTREMELY SADDENED BY THE PASSING OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, PRINCE PHILIP, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, ON FRIDAY. NOW THE DUKE WAS BAFTA'S FIRST EVER PRESIDENT. THAT WAS 60 YEARS AGO AND WAS THE FIRST WORLD PATRON, A LINE THAT GOES THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO BAFTA'S CURRENT PRESIDENT, HIS GRANDSON, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. IT WAS A LARGELY VIRTUAL AWARDS IN WHICH THE NOMINEES APPEARED ON GIANT SCREENS WHILE THE CELEBRITY PRESENTERS OPENED THE GOLDEN ENVELOPES IN A VIRTUALLY EMPTY ROYAL ALBERT HALL. NOMADLAND WAS AN EARLY AND FITTING WINNER, A FILM ABOUT LOSS AND LONELINESS ` STRIKING A CHORD IN A YEAR WHEN THE PANDEMIC HAS LEFT A LOT OF PEOPLE BEREFT AND ISOLATED. THE FILM WAS HELMED BY CHLOE JOW. YOU CAN LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. WHO BECAME ONLY THE SECOND WOMAN EVER TO BE AWARDED THE BEST DIRECTOR BAFTA. WE WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO THE NOMADIC COMMUNITY WHO SO GENEROUSLY WELCOMED US INTO THEIR LIVES. IT STAR, FRANCES MCDORMAND, WON THE LEADING ACTRESS AWARD AS MANY EXPECTED, BUT SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT. NOR WAS SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS WHO WON THE LEADING ACTOR BAFTA FOR HIS POWERFUL PORTRAYAL OF AN ELDERLY MAN WITH DEMENTIA, IN THE FATHER. I WAS A DANCER. WERE YOU? YES. DAD? WHAT? YOU'RE AN ENGINEER. BUT YOU KNOW THAT. YES, TAP DANCING IS MY SPECIALITY. THE WINNER OF THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WAS... YUH-JUNG YOUN FROM MINARI. SPECIALLY RECOGNISED BY BRITISH PEOPLE KNOWN AS VERY SNOBBISH PEOPLE. AND THEY APPROVED ME AS A GOOD ACTRESS. I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY. SHE WON FOR HER PERFORMANCE AS EQUALLY STRAIGHT TALKING GRANDMOTHER IN MINARI. THE MURDER RATE OF UK LIBERATION. DANIEL KALUUYA FOLLOWED HIS GOLDEN GLOBES WIN WITH A BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BAFTA, FOR PLAYING FRED HAMPTON IN JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH. I'D LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN FRED JUNIOR FOR PARTNERING UP WITH US AND JOINING HANDS TO TO TO BRING THIS MAN TO THE POSITION THAT HE'S BELONGS. EMERALD FENNEL WON FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM AND ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, ENDING THE NIGHT WITH TWO BAFTAS TO ADD TO HER PERSONAL COLLECTION. I WANTED TO QUOTE SOMETHING BUT I HAVE THIS CHOCOLATE AFTER WHICH HAS MELTED IN MY HANDS BECAUSE MY PALMS ARE SO SWEATY. BOOGY BAKRY, THE TEENAGER WHO PLAYS THE EPONYMOUS CHARACTER IN THE BRITISH DRAMA ROCKS, APPEARED GENUINELY SURPRISED TO WIN THE RISING STAR CATEGORY TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'HEY STEPHEN') (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'HEY STEPHEN') (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'HEY STEPHEN') (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'HEY STEPHEN') (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'HEY STEPHEN') THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ELLEN SINCLAIR AND JADE FERNANDES.