TONIGHT ` AUCKLAND BUS PASSENGERS ARE BEING WARNED TO WATCH FOR COVID SYMPTOMS AFTER AN INFECTED SECURITY GUARD TRAVELLED ON 3 DIFFERENT BUSES. AUSTRALIA'S MILITARY HERO AND VICTORIA CROSS WINNER BEN ROBERTS-SMITH UNDER INVESTIGATION BY A POLICE TASKFORCE OVER ALLEGATIONS OF WAR CRIMES. AND PRINCE PHILIP'S CHILDREN COME TOGETHER TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR LATE FATHER AS HARRY RETURNS TO THE UK. CAPTIONS BY SALLY HARPER AND MICHAELA CORNELIUS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. BUS PASSENGERS IN AUCKLAND ARE BEING ASKED TO WATCH FOR COVID-19 SYMPTOMS AFTER AN INFECTED WORKER AT THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL TRAVELLED ON 3 DIFFERENT ROUTES. THE INFECTED MIQ SECURITY WORKER TRAVELLED ON THE 25L ROUTE ON MARCH 29 BETWEEN QUEEN STREET AND DOMINION ROAD AND AGAIN ON THE 3RD AND 4TH OF APRIL. ANYONE WHO WAS ON THOSE BUSES AT THAT TIME ARE CONSIDERED CASUAL CONTACTS. THOSE WHO USED A REGISTERED HOP CARD ARE BEING NOTIFIED AS WELL AS THROUGH THE COVID-19 TRACER APP. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST MIQ FACILITY IS AT THE CENTRE OF UNTIL THIS ONE LAST WEEK WHICH SHOWED THE POSITIVE RESULT. BORDER WORKERS SHOULD BE TESTED EVERY TWO WEEKS. IT'S A CONCERN. YES, IT IS. CASE B IS THE SECURITY GUARD AT THE GRAND MILLENNIUM ` TWICE BOOKED IN FOR VACCINATION, TWICE THEY NEVER GOT ONE. CURRENTLY, 86% OF MIQ STAFF HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SHOT. NOW, THE CLOCK'S TICKING FOR EVERY WORKER TO HAVE A JAB BY MAY. IF THEY CAN'T OR WON'T BE, THEN THEY NEED TO BE MOVED INTO OTHER ROLES. THE LATEST INFECTED WORKER ALSO WASN'T VACCINATED, BUT THERE'S CONCERN AROUND WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT. WELL, I THINK, GIVEN THE TIME DELAY, THERE ALMOST HAS TO BE ANOTHER CASE IN BETWEEN THIS CASE A AND B. WE KNOW THE SECURITY WORKER WHO TESTED POSITIVE LAST WEEK IS GENOMICALLY LINKED TO A CLEANER WHO TESTED POSITIVE AT THE SAME FACILITY LAST MONTH ` BOTH OF THEM LINKED TO AN OVERSEAS ARRIVAL WHO GOT TO THE HOTEL DAYS BEFORE. AND THE LATEST WORKER ` A CLOSE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY GUARD. AND SO THERE IS THAT SLIGHT POSSIBILITY THAT THIS MISSING CASE COULD'VE INFECTED OTHERS, AND THERE MAY BE A SMALL OUTBREAK THAT IS STILL UNDETECTED IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SECURITY COMPANY CASE B WORKS FOR IS 79% VACCINATED. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH. NO, BECAUSE WE NEED EVERYONE TO BE VACCINATED. SINGLING THEM OUT, CALLING IT 'THEIR PROBLEM TO FIX'. AND SO, LOOK, THAT'S NOW REALLY A MATTER THAT COMES TO THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYER, FIRST SECURITY, AROUND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THEIR WORKFORCE IS VACCINATED. FIRST SECURITY SAYS ITS VACCINATION RATE'S IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT ADVICE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND THE VARIOUS EMPLOYERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN GOOD FAITH AND ENSURING THAT ALL THOSE WORKERS THAT CAN BE VACCINATED ARE BEING VACCINATED ON THE TIME FRAME WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT. AND OFFICIALS ARE STILL LOOKING AT THIS HOTEL TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF A TWO WEEK BAN ON TRAVELLERS FROM INDIA. KIWIS THERE NOW STUCK AS HOSPITALS BUCKLE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST COVID OUTBREAK.. for the 6th day, record numbers DAILY DEATHS ARE RISING RAPIDLY A PERFECT STORM OF FACTORS MASS GATHERINGS VACCINE SHORTAGE RAMPANT SPREAD OF A NEW VARIANT THERE ARE NO FREE BEDS LEFT HERE, AND THE MAN FILMING THIS VIDEO SAYS THERE ARE NO DOCTORS EITHER AT THIS HOSPITAL IN THE WORST-HIT STATE OF MAHARASHTRA. PATIENTS ARE GIVEN OXYGEN OUTSIDE. EVEN THIS SPECIALLY BUILT FACILITY IS NOW FULL. BUT AS CASES SKYROCKET AND HOSPITALS OVERFLOW, MANY SEEM UN-PHASED. MILLIONS GATHERING ALONG THE GANGES RIVER FOR A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL. POLITICAL RALLIES CONTINUE TOO. LACK OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR THE SPREAD BUT SOME EXPERTS SAY THAT'S NOT THE FULL STORY. IT CANNOT EXPLAIN THE KIND OF SURGE IN CASES THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. WHICH CLEARLY SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A GREAT ROLE FOR HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS, WHICH ARE SPREADING FASTER. DOCTORS SAY THIS WAVE IS DRIVEN BY A MORE AGGRESSIVE VARIANT. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ELDERLY NEEDING INTENSIVE CARE ` THIS WOMAN, 33. AND WHILE INDIA'S EXPORTED MOUNTAINS OF MEDICINE, THEY'RE NOW RUNNING SHORT FOR THEIR OWN. I GOT THE INFORMATION FROM MY DOCTOR FRIENDS THAT THIS SHOP HAS DOSES. I HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. THOSE FIGHTING THE VIRUS HAVE A PLEA FOR OTHERS ` DO NOT TAKE COVID LIGHTLY. MANY SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER LOCKDOWN. POOR PEOPLE LIKE US CAN'T SIT AT HOME. WE'LL STARVE TO DEATH IF WE SIT AT HOME. BUT MORE STATES ARE NOW CONSIDERING TOUGHER MEASURES TO TACKLE THE SPREAD. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. THE MAORI PARTY HAS BEEN REFERRED TO POLICE FOR BEING LATE IN DECLARING MORE THAN $300,000 DOLLARS IN DONATIONS. ANY DONATION OVER $30,000 MUST BE DECLARED TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION WITHIN TEN DAYS. THREE DONATIONS OVER THIS THRESHOLD WERE MADE TO THE PARTY, INCLUDING $158,OOO FROM FORMER CO-LEADER JOHN TAMIHERE. NO COMMENTS CAN BE MADE AT PRESENT. NO COMMENTS AT ALL? CAN WE JUST ASKED WHAT HAPPENED WRONG HERE? YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A FEW TIMES. WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A LOT OF TIMES. BUT ANYWAY, I'VE JUST SAID ` GO AWAY. (LAUGHS) THANK YOU. THE PARTY'S SECRETARY SAYS VOLUNTEERS MISINTERPRETED THE RULES, AND DECLARED THE DONATIONS AS SOON AS THEY REALISED THEY NEEDED TO. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION IS ALSO LOOKING INTO $35,000 WORTH OF DONATIONS TO THE NATIONAL PARTY FROM REAL ESTATE MOGUL GARTH BARFOOT THAT WEREN'T DECLARED IN TIME. AUSTRALIAN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIGHLY DECORATED AUSTRALIAN WAR HERO AFTER A JOINT INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE TRIED TO COVER UP ALLEGED WAR CRIMES. THE 60 MINUTES INVESTIGATION REVEALED DAMNING AUDIO OF THE VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT BEN ROBERTS-SMITH, AND DISTURBING PICTURES FROM INSIDE AUSTRALIA'S BASE IN AFGHANISTAN. AND JUST A WARNING, THIS REPORT FROM CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN CONTAINS SOME CONFRONTING IMAGES. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF BEN ROBERTS-SMITH AT HIS WORKPLACE TODAY AS HIS EMPLOYER, THE 7 NETWORK WAS SWIFT TO JUMP TO HIS DEFENCE OVER NEW CLAIMS ON 60 MINUTES THAT THE WAR HERO TRIED TO COVER UP ALLEGED WAR CRIMES. THERE'S A BIZARRE OPENING SCENE TO THIS STORY OF NATIONAL SHAME ` A BACKYARD IN QUEENSLAND'S SUNSHINE COAST. THE PROGRAMME CLAIMED ROBERTS-SMITH BURIED A CHILD'S LUNCHBOX IN HIS BACKYARD CONTAINING PHOTOS ON USB DRIVES. THEY INCLUDED TROOPS DRINKING OUT OF A PROSTHETIC LEG BELONGING TO AN AFGHAN MAN, ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ROBERT SMITH IN 2009. AND THE DESECRATION OF ANOTHER DEAD AFGHAN. COVERT RECORDINGS OF THE VC RECIPIENT REVEALED HIS RELIANCE ON KERRY STOKES, BILLIONAIRE OWNER OF CHANNEL 7. THE BANK ROLLING HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATION AT THE WAR CRIMES ENQUIRY AND HIS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST 9-OWNED NEWSPAPERS. ROBERTS-SMITH HAS ACCUSED CERTAIN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS OF BEING OUT TO GET HIM. BUT LATE TODAY, HE HAD THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN HIS CORNER. HE WAS HONOURED WITH THE HIGHEST REWARD OF VALOUR THAT ANY AUSTRALIAN COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE. EVERYBODY IS CERTAINLY INNOCENT TILL PROVEN OTHERWISE IN THIS COUNTRY. ROBERTS-SMITH IS NOW THE FOCUS OF THREE SEPARATE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE TASKFORCE INVESTIGATIONS. THIS LATEST ENQUIRY WILL EXAMINE CLAIMS THAT HE INTIMIDATED WITNESSES AND CONCEALED EVIDENCE. ROBERTS-SMITH HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. KIWI COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPORT MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO COUNTRIES BLACKLISTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR KILLING CHILDREN. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY APPROVED EXPORTS TO SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER NATIONS IN 2016 AND 2018 WHEN THEY WERE ON THE BLACKLIST FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN YEMEN. POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WITH MORE. SAUDI FORCES FIRING MORTARS INTO YEMEN. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE FIGHTING ` THE UNITED NATIONS PUTTING COMBATANTS FROM BOTH SIDES ON A BLACKLIST. BUT NEW ZEALAND'S BEEN EXPORTING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO MULTIPLE COUNTRIES ON THAT BLACKLIST, INCLUDING THE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP FIRE MORTARS. WE KEEP HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN ALLOWING, AND NOW WE FIND OUT THAT WE'VE LITERALLY BEEN SELLING WEAPONS TO MILITARIES WHILE THEY WERE ON THE BLACKLIST AND KILLING CHILDREN. IT'S DEVASTATING. IN 2018, CERTAINLY THE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN THAT HAD BEEN KILLED WERE WELL KNOWN. SO WHAT EVIDENCE ARE THEY USING TO GRANT THESE PERMITS TO THESE COUNTRIES? THE BLACKLIST DOESN'T COME WITH SANCTIONS, BUT IT'S THE UNITED NATIONS' WAY OF NAMING AND SHAMING COUNTRIES FOR KILLING KIDS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOGS SAY RESPONSIBLE COUNTRIES SHOULDN'T SELL ARMS TO NATIONS ON THE BLACKLIST. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF SCALE. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF CONFLICT THAT WE WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR. IT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY. YOU DON'T THINK BEING ON A BLACKLIST FOR KILLING CHILDREN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD DISQUALIFY US FROM SENDING WEAPONS? WHILST I HAVEN'T COMMENTED ON INDIVIDUAL EXPORTERS, OF COURSE, WE EXPECT OUR VALUES TO BE MAINTAINED IN THIS PROCESS. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF IT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A FORMER SENIOR PUBLIC SERVANT TO CARRY OUT A REVIEW INTO OUR EXPORT CONTROLS. WE REALLY HOPE THERE ISN'T A 'NUMBER-8 WIRE' HERE, A 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT' KIND OF ATTITUDE. PEACE GROUPS WANT TO SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT STRICTER CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. PEACEFUL, GENTLE, LIKE SOMEONE TOOK HIM BY THE HAND. MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY HAVE OPENED UP ABOUT PRINCE PHILIP'S FINAL MOMENTS. THE QUEEN, WHO'S MISSING HIM MORE THAN ANYONE, IS BEING DESCRIBED AS INCREDIBLY STOIC DESPITE THE HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. CHANNEL 9'S CARRIE ANNE GREENBANK HAS MORE. HE'S BEEN SEEN ONLY A FEW TIMES SINCE STEPPING BACK FROM PUBLIC DUTIES IN 2019, BUT AFTER A SUNDAY MORNING CHURCH SERVICE IN WINDSOR, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER'S FAMILY, PRINCE ANDREW WAS FRONT AND CENTRE. IT'S A GREAT LOSS. I THINK THE WAY I WOULD PUT IT, IS THAT WE'VE LOST, ALMOST, THE GRANDFATHER OF THE NATION. THE DUKE OF YORK OPENLY SHARING HIS GRIEF. HE WAS A REMARKABLE MAN. I LOVED HIM AS A FATHER. HE WAS SO CALM. HE WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY YOU COULD GO TO, AND HE WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN. YOUNGER BROTHER EDWARD SAYING PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH, NO MATTER HOW EXPECTED, WAS STILL A SHOCK. HOWEVER MUCH ONE TRIES TO PREPARE ONESELF FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL A DREADFUL SHOCK. AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THAT. AND IT'S VERY, VERY SAD. THE BROTHERS MET WITH WINDSOR ESTATE WORKERS WHO HAD FORMED A SPECIAL BOND WITH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. THE COUNTESS OF WESSEX SHARING WITH SOME MOVING DETAILS OF PHILIP'S FINAL MOMENTS. THE ROYALS ALSO REVEALING HOW THE QUEEN, FOR WHOM THE DUKE MEANT THE MOST, IS COPING. THE QUEEN, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, IS INCREDIBLY STOIC PERSON, AND SHE DESCRIBED HIS PASSING AS HAVING LEFT A HUGE VOID IN HER LIFE. THINKING OF OTHERS BEFORE HERSELF. ALWAYS. YES. A TOUCHING TRIBUTE CAME TOO FROM PRINCESS ANNE. THIS PHOTO OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER RELEASED BY THE PALACE, THE PRINCESS ROYAL SAYING ` THE QUEEN CHOSE TO WORSHIP ON HER OWN IN A PRIVATE SERVICE HERE AT WINDSOR CASTLE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY SINCE THE PASSING OF HER HUSBAND. IT'S UNDERSTOOD SHE DIDN'T WORSHIP IN THE CHAPEL WHERE PRINCE PHILIP IS LYING IN REST. HER PERSONAL LOSS SHARED BY A NATION, CROWDS DEFIANTLY TURNING OUT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WINDSOR CASTLE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THE ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HARRY ALSO ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE SOME AMENDS. AT LEAST HARRY AND WILLIAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. STILL TO COME, A HISTORIC MASTERS WIN ` AND IT WASN'T JUST GOLF FANS REDUCED TO TEARS. PLUS, HISTORY MADE TOO AT THE BAFTAS, BUT IS IT A RECORD SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS WANTS TO HOLD? SAMOA'S GENERAL ELECTION HAS PUT THE PACIFIC NATION ON THE CUSP OF A REMARKABLE POLITICAL SHIFT. PRIME MINISTER TUILAEPA HAS LED SAMOA FOR 23 YEARS. THE 75-YEAR-OLD IS THE SECOND LONGEST SERVING PRIME MINISTER IN THE WORLD. BUT AFTER HIS FORMER DEPUTY, FIAME NAOMI MATA'AFA, LAID DOWN A FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE, THE TWO ARE NECK-AND-NECK. SHE WOULD BE THE COUNTRY'S FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER. AND ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RESULTS, THEIR PARTIES HAVE 25 SEATS EACH, WITH A FIRST-TERM INDEPENDENT MP POTENTIALLY HOLDING THE KINGMAKER VOTE. THE OFFICIAL VOTE COUNT GOT UNDERWAY TODAY. THE PROCESS COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO FINALISE. JAPAN HAS ITS FIRST-EVER WINNER OF A MEN'S GOLF MAJOR. HIDEKI MATSUYAMA HAS FIRED A ONE-OVER PAR FINAL ROUND TO WIN THE MASTERS BY A SHOT, OVERCOMING A LATE HICCUP TO WEAR THE FAMOUS GREEN JACKET. HERE'S GUY HEVELDT. A SMALL PUTT THAT WILL CARRY A LONG, LONG WAY. MATSUYAMA IS JAPAN'S FIRST MASTERS CHAMPION. HIDEKI MATSUYAMA CHANGING THE GOLFING LANDSCAPE FOR HIS HOME NATION OF JAPAN. HOPEFULLY, I'LL BE A PIONEER IN THIS, AND MANY OTHER JAPANESE WILL FOLLOW, AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES. THE PRESSURE OF CHASING ONE OF GOLF'S GREATEST PRIZES FINALLY RELEASED. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND IT ALL SEEMED SO STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR MATSUYAMA. HIS FOUR-SHOT LEAD AT THE START OF THE DAY EXTENDING TO FIVE BY THE 13TH, AND WITH THE GOLFING GODS ON HIS SIDE,... UH-OH. THAT MIGHT MAKE IT BACK TO THE GRASS. YES. ...WINNING APPEARED INEVITABLE. BUT THERE'S A REASON THE FINISHING STRETCH AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL IS BOTH REVERED AND SOMETIMES FEARED. MATSUYAMA ABOUT TO FIND OUT THE LATTER AT THE PAR-FIVE 15TH. SOFTLY. SOFTLY! OH NO. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, HIS LEAD CUT TO TWO. AMERICAN PLAYING PARTNER XANDER SCHAUFFELE SURGING. IT'LL GRAB ON THE SECOND BOUNCE, AND NOW FEEDING DOWN THERE PERFECTLY. OH! WHAT A SHOT! BUT WITH THE DOOR OPEN, SCHAUFFELE CLOSED IT ON HIMSELF WITH HUGE TROUBLES OF HIS OWN AT THE VERY NEXT HOLE. OH. DEFINITELY IN THE WATER. A TRIPLE-BOGEY ALLOWING MATSUYAMA THE LUXURY OF CRUISING DOWN THE LAST TWO HOLES. EVEN ANOTHER BLEMISH THAT THE 18TH COULDN'T STOP HIS CORONATION. HOPEFULLY THE YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE PLAYING GOLF OR THINKING ABOUT PLAYING GOLF ` I HOPE THEY WILL SEE THIS VICTORY AND THINK IT'S COOL. A GREEN JACKET ON THE BACK OF ONE MAN FOR A COUNTRY OF MORE THAN 100 MILLION. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS HAS BECOME THE OLDEST EVER WINNER OF BEST MALE ACTOR AT THE BAFTA AWARDS. OH, I WAS A DANCER. WERE YOU? YES. DAD. WHAT? YOU WERE AN ENGINEER. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? THE 83-YEAR-OLD WON THE AWARD FOR HIS POWERFUL PORTRAYAL OF AN ELDERLY MAN WITH DEMENTIA IN THE MOVIE "THE FATHER". THE BIG WINNER OF THE NIGHT WAS NOMADLAND, THE FILM ABOUT LOSS AND LONELINESS EARNING FOUR AWARDS, BEST ACTRESS FOR FRANCES MCDORMAND AND BEST FILM. I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS AWARD TO THE NOMADIC COMMUNITY WHO SO GENEROUSLY WELCOMED US INTO THEIR LIVES. CHLOE ZHAO ALSO WON DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, BECOMING ONLY THE SECOND WOMAN TO DO SO IN THE AWARDS HISTORY. JUST AHEAD, YOUR WEATHER ` AND IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING THE RAINCOAT HANDY. PLUS, THEY CAN BE OUR BEST FRIEND TILL THEY SPOT YOU PATTING ANOTHER. CAN DOGS SUFFER FROM JEALOUSY? AND THE WORKS OF ARTIST VINCENT VAN GOGH IN AN IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION. NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS DOGS SHOW JEALOUSY IN A SIMILAR WAY TO HUMANS. 20 CANINES AND THEIR OWNERS TOOK PART IN THE AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDY, WHICH ANALYSED HOW THE DOGS REACTED WHEN THEIR OWNERS PATTED A FAKE FOUR LEGGED FRIEND. MADDY LLOYD HAS MORE. GOOD BOY. (CLAPS) MANY OF US CONSIDER THEM OUR BEST FRIENDS. THIS IS STUEY, AND HE IS MY FIRST-BORN SON. AND WE LIKE TO THINK DOGS FEEL THE SAME ABOUT US. SHE'S DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY A JEALOUS DOG. EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE BEACH, IF ANOTHER DOG BOWLS UP, SHE GETS PRETTY UNIMPRESSED. EVEN IF I, LIKE, TRY LOOK AT MY CAT, HE'LL APPROACH ME, AND THEN HE'S TRYING TO, LIKE, FORCE MY ARM TO PAT HIM. NOW, AN AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDY'S SHOWN JUST HOW DEEP THE BONDS WITH OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS ARE. WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT DOGS REACT AS IF THEY'RE JEALOUS. SO THEY SHOW JEALOUS BEHAVIOUR WHEN THEIR OWNERS ARE PETTING A SOCIAL RIVAL. SO, SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE IS ANOTHER DOG THAT'S TRYING TO STEAL THEIR OWNER'S ATTENTION. IN THE STUDY, CANINES' LEADS WERE ATTACHED TO A FORCE GAUGE. THEIR HUMANS THEN PATTED A FAKE DOG AND AN INANIMATE OBJECT. THE DOGS PULLED THREE TIMES HARDER WHEN THEIR OWNERS APPEARED TO BE PATTING A RIVAL. SO YOU'RE SURPRISED AT THE RESULTS? NO. NO, WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR DOGS GET JEALOUS, I THINK. BUT, YEAH, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SORT OF FORMALISED THAT IN A STUDY. WHAT WAS SURPRISING IS HOW THAT JEALOUSY WAS DISPLAYED WITH THE CANINES TRYING TO APPROACH THEIR HUMANS. IT'S THE SAME WAY INFANTS AND CHILDREN DEMONSTRATE THE EMOTION. THE UNIVERSITY'S WANTING TO EXPLORE MORE. AND IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE SAME AREAS OF THE BRAIN LIGHT UP WHEN THEY WATCH THEIR OWNER INTERACTING WITH A SOCIAL RIVAL AS IT DOES FOR CHILDREN. AS FOR THIS OWNER, SHE WOULDN'T MIND SEEING A SLIGHT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR FROM HER MATE. I GUESS IT'S FLATTERING, BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF ANNOYING COS IT WOULD BE NICE TO TALK TO OTHER DOGS. SOMETHING THIS DOG DOESN'T SEEM INTERESTED IN TAKING ON BOARD ANY TIME SOON. (BARKS) MADDY LLOYD, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH ROXY MUSIC AND 'JEALOUS GUY'. # I WAS DREAMING OF THE PAST, # AND MY HEART WAS BEATING FAST. # I BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL. # I BEGAN TO LOSE CONTROL. # I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU. # I'M SORRY THAT I MADE YOU CRY. # I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU. # I'M JUST A JEALOUS GUY. # I WAS FEELING INSECURE. # YOU MIGHT NOT LOVE ME ANY MORE. # I WAS SHIVERING INSIDE. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH IMAGES FROM THE TOURING VAN GOGH EXHIBITION WHICH IS NOW ON IN AUCKLAND. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU ` GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SALLY HARPER AND MICHAELA CORNELIUS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021