IT'S MIDDAY. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES A BAN ON THE EXPORT OF LIVE ANIMALS AFTER A MONTH'S LONG INVESTIGATION BY TVNZ'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME ` WHY FARMERS ARE SURPRISED BY THE MOVE. AND COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE DELAY THE ROLLOUT OF ONE COVID-19 VACCINE, OVER SAFETY CONCERNS ` THE EXTREMELY RARE SIDE-EFFECT THAT HAD OFFICIALS CALLING FOR A PAUSE. PLUS ` THE PRISON KAPA HAKA COMPETITION, HELPING INMATES CONNECT WITH THEIR WHAKAPAPA. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021. KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. A BAN ON LIVESTOCK TRADE'S BEEN ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT THIS MORNING. IT WAS REVEALED LAST NIGHT, AFTER A MONTH-LONG INVESTIGATION BY TVNZ'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME. ISAAC GUNSON REPORTS. THIS DISASTER AT SEA PROMPTING DRASTIC CHANGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE TRAGIC SINKING OF THE GULF LIVESTOCK 1 SHIP IN 2020 BROUGHT THE DANGERS TO A HEAD, AND WE INTRODUCED A TEMPORARY BAN ON LIVESTOCK EXPORTS. THOUSANDS OF CATTLE PLUS 41 CREW, INCLUDING TWO KIWIS, DIED WHEN THE GULF LIVESTOCK EXPORT SHIP SANK IN THE EAST CHINA SEA LAST SEPTEMBER. NOW THE BAN'S PERMANENT. THE EXPORT OF LIVESTOCK BY SEA WILL CEASE, FOLLOWING A TRANSITION PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS AN INVESTIGATION BY TVNZ'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME; NEWS OF A BAN COMING AS A SURPRISE TO FEDERATED FARMERS. AS FARMERS, WE WANNA SEE OUR LIVESTOCK LOOKED AFTER, SO IT'S NOT A CASE OF OUR FARMERS SENDING THEIR LIVESTOCK OFF TO BE MISTREATED; IT'S THAT OUR ANIMALS ARE WHAT WE LOVE, AND WHEN WE SEND THEM AWAY, WE EXPECT THE SAME THING FOR THE ANIMALS WHEREVER THEY GO. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE WELFARE FOR ANIMALS ONCE THEY LEAVE NZ SHORES. THAT SITS AT THE HEART OF TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. NZ MUST STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN A WORLD WHERE ANIMAL WELFARE IS UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY IF WE TRULY WANT TO BE THE MOST ETHICAL PRODUCERS OF FOOD. THE GOVERNMENT PLOTTING A COURSE TO STOP LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. ISAAC GUNSON, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A SECURITY GUARD FROM THE GRAND MILLENNIUM HOTEL WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 LAST WEEK HADN'T BEEN TESTED SINCE LAST YEAR. DURING A SITTING OF THE HEALTH SELECT COMMITTEE THIS MORNING, THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE CONFIRMED RECORDS SHOW PRIOR TO THE POSITIVE TEST IN APRIL, THE WORKER HADN'T BEEN SWABBED SINCE NOVEMBER. WORKERS AT MANAGED ISOLATION HOTELS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TESTED FORTNIGHTLY. SO, THEY WERE LAST TESTED ON THE 8TH OF APRIL, AND PRIOR TO THAT THE LAST TEST, YOU HAVE A RECORD OF WAS FROM NOVEMBER LAST YEAR? THAT'S WHAT OUR INFORMATION IS SHOWING. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF... THAT'S A SIX-MONTH GAP! WHAT WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW IS VERIFYING WITH THE EMPLOYER WHAT THEIR RECORDS ARE. MBIE SAYS THE SECURITY GUARD WAS A BACKUP WORKER, BUT THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO UNDERGO THE SAME FORTNIGHTLY TESTING REGIME AS OTHER STAFF. THE USE OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE IS BEENING SUSPENDED ACROSS THE GLOBE AFTER REGULATORS IN THE UNITED STATES CALLED FOR A PAUSE BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. ROLLOUT IN EUROPE HAS BEEN DELAYED, AND SOUTH AFRICA HAS HALTED USE OF THE JAB. IT COMES AFTER SIX PEOPLE WHO HAD THE VACCINE IN THE U.S. DEVELOPED RARE AND SEVERE BLOOD CLOTS. THE BBC'S FERGUS WALSH HAS MORE. AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION WAS CITED BY U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS AS THE REASON WHY THEY PAUSED THE USE OF THE SINGLE-SHOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID JAB. THE VACCINE, WHICH IN EUROPE IS BRANDED AS JANNSEN, WAS APPROVED IN THE U.S. IN LATE FEBRUARY. SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SIX INCIDENTS OF VERY RARE CLOTS IN THE BRAIN OUT OF 6.8 MILLION DOSES, SO LESS THAN ONE CASE PER MILLION PEOPLE IMMUNISED. ALL WERE WOMEN UNDER 50. ONE OF THEM DIED, AND ONE IS CRITICALLY ILL. I THINK THIS IS AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF A SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENT THAT YOU WANNA TO MAKE SURE, BEFORE YOU GO FORWARD, YOU INVESTIGATE IT THOROUGHLY, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING ` THEY'RE PAUSING SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT IT MORE CAREFULLY. SIMILAR, VERY RARE, CLOTS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE OXFORD ASTRAZENECA JAB. AND SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THIS TYPE OF VACCINE TECHNOLOGY COULD BE IMPLICATED. BOTH OF THESE VACCINES USED A DISABLED COMMON COLD VIRUS CALLED ADENOVIRUS TO SMUGGLE THE GENE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN INTO THE VACCINE, INTO YOUR ARM. SO THEY BOTH WORK IN BROADLY THE SAME WAY. AND THAT RAISES THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TYPE OF VACCINE COULD BE THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS KIND OF VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT. 30 MILLION DOSES OF THE J&J JANNSEN VACCINE ARE ON ORDER FOR THE UK, ALTHOUGH IT'S YET TO BE APPROVED. IT'S HOPED THE DELAY IN THE ROLLOUT WON'T SLOW THE VACCINATION DRIVE HERE. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS GLOBALLY, THE PLAN WAS TO IMMUNISE 1 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WITH THE VACCINE THIS YEAR. IF THAT'S DISRUPTED, IT WILL SLOW EFFORTS TO FINALLY BRING THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL. NATIONAL'S PROPOSING A NEW LAW IT SAYS WILL GET MORE HOUSES BUILT. JUDITH COLLINS' MEMBER'S BILL WOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT IN PLACE EMERGENCY POWERS SIMILAR TO THOSE USED TO SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION IN CANTERBURY FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKES. THE NEW LAW WOULD REQUIRE ALL URBAN COUNCILS TO IMMEDIATELY ZONE MORE LAND FOR HOUSING ` ENOUGH FOR 30 YEARS OF EXPECTED GROWTH. THIS IS NOT JUST A LITTLE ISSUE FOR US, THIS IS ENORMOUS FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY, AND WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE ABLE TO BUY THEIR OWN HOMES. THE BEST WAY OF DOING IT IS GETTING MORE HOUSES BUILT IN A CHEAPER AND MORE TIMELY FASHION, AND THAT MEANS WE CAN GET MORE FIRST HOME BUYERS INTO HOMES. THE BILL WILL GO INTO THE BALLOT THIS WEEK. A SCENE EXAMINATION IS UNDERWAY AT A BEACH IN KERIKERI AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A BURNING CAR. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE END OF WHARAU RD AROUND 7PM LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE STATION WAGON WAS WELL INVOLVED IN FLAMES AND THE FIRE HAD SPREAD TO NEARBY VEGETATION. THE DEATH IS CURRENTLY BEING TREATED AS UNEXPLAINED. VIOLENCE AND RIOTING HAS CONTINUED FOR A SECOND NIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS AFTER THE FATAL SHOOTING OF ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN. DAUNTE WRIGHT (20) WAS SHOT AFTER WHAT THE POLICE SAY WAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN AN OFFICER MISTOOK HER GUN FOR A TASER. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST A FEW MILES FROM WHERE THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER TRIAL IS UNDER WAY. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. IT'S A UNIQUELY AMERICAN STORY WE'VE TOLD MANY TIMES BEFORE. (BANG!) YET ANOTHER POLICE STATION BESIEGED BY YET ANOTHER PROTEST AFTER YET ANOTHER SHOOTING OF AN UNARMED AFRICAN-AMERICAN. (CHANTS) THERE WAS FURY ON THE STREETS OF BROOKLYN CENTRE LAST NIGHT. AMERICA'S LATEST RACIAL FLASHPOINT JUST 10 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THE TRIAL IS TAKING PLACE OF THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD. IT BEGAN AS A BOISTEROUS BUT NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION. (CHANTS) A RESPONSE TO THE POLICE SHOOTING OF BLACK MAN, DAUNTE WRIGHT (20) BY A FEMALE OFFICER WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE MISTAKEN HER HANDGUN FOR A TASER. DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUN AND A TASER?! ALL: YES! THE POLICE WERE DETERMINED TO ENFORCE A CURFEW THAT CAME INTO EFFECT AS DUSK TURNED INTO NIGHT. AND DETERMINED TO FORCE THE PROTESTERS OFF THE STREETS. IT'S A POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY MUCH ON THE DEFENSIVE, NOT THAT YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT IT LAST NIGHT. WE SEE THESE CONFRONTATIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR. AMERICA AS EVER FRACTURED ALONG ITS ANGRIEST FAULT LINE OF RACE. THIS WAS THE MOMENT DANTE WRIGHT WAS PULLED OVER FOR A MINOR INFRACTION, AND THE POLICE REALISED THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST. IN THE SCUFFLE THAT FOLLOWED, THE OFFICER FIRED HER GUN AND IMMEDIATELY REALISED HER FATAL ERROR. I JUST SHOT HIM. TONIGHT, AFTER 26 YEARS IN UNIFORM, THE OFFICER, KIM POTTER, RESIGNED, AND SO TOO DID THE CHIEF OF THE BROOKLYN CENTRE POLICE. TODAY, THE MOTHER OF DAUNTE WRIGHT DESCRIBED HOW HER SON TELEPHONED HER AFTER BEING STOPPED BY THE POLICE. THEN THERE WAS A SECOND CALL WITH A FRIEND HE'D BEEN DRIVING WITH. AND SHE WAS CRYING AND SCREAMING AND SHE SAID THAT THEY SHOT HIM. SHE POINTED THE PHONE TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AND MY SON WAS LAYING THERE UNRESPONSIVE. MY LORD. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT I SEEN MY SON. THAT'S THE LAST TIME I HEARD FROM MY SON, AND I HAVE HAD NO EXPLANATION SINCE THEN. THERE WAS MORE LOOTING LAST NIGHT, JUST YARDS FROM THE POLICE STATION. ANOTHER URBAN BATTLEFIELD IN THE ONGOING STRUGGLE,.. (BANG!) ...OVER POLICING, AND OVER RACE. SEVERAL U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THE DATE THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SET TO WITHDRAW U.S. TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO STAY ON BEYOND THE MAY 1ST DEADLINE NEGOTIATED WITH THE TALIBAN BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAST YEAR. OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD U.S. MEDIA THAT MR BIDEN WILL NOW ANNOUNCE THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER, THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS, AS THE NEW GOAL. THE DATE SETS A FIRM END TO TWO DECADES OF WAR THAT KILLED MORE THAN 2000 U.S. TROOPS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AFGHAN CIVILIANS. THE U.S. STILL HAS AROUND 2500 TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. A DIVER IN SYDNEY'S BEEN ON A WORLD RECORD-BREAKING 24-HOUR CHALLENGE TO CLEAN UP THE GROWING AMOUNT OF RUBBISH PILING UP ON THE HARBOUR'S OCEAN FLOOR. CHANNEL NINE'S LAURA TUNSTALL HAS THE STORY. SPARKLING ON THE SURFACE, BUT THIS IS WHAT LIES UNDERNEATH SYDNEY HARBOUR, AND DIVER DEAN CROPP HAS 24 HOURS TO TRY AND COLLECT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE CAN. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SURFACE IS SOMETIMES ONLY 25%, 30%. A LOT OF IT SINKS, AND IT'S DOWN THERE OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT, AND NO ONE'S THERE TO CLEAN IT UP. HE'S TRYING TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD FOR A 24-HOUR UNDERWATER CLEANUP. IT'S AN ATTEMPT NOT FOR THE FAINTHEARTED ` THERE'S NOT JUST RUBBISH LURKING IN THESE MURKY WATERS. BUT I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT SHARKS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A TINY, LITTLE ORGANISM THAT I HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR WHICH IS SUPER-DANGEROUS. IT'S CALLED A BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS. DEAN ENTERS THE WATER AT MRS MACQUARIE'S CHAIR. ONCE SUBMERGED IN THE HARBOUR, HE HAS TO STAY UNDERWATER FOR 24 HOURS. THERE ARE 20 AIR CYLINDERS AT HAND FOR HIM AND A PARAMEDIC ON STANDBY. VISIBILITY IS AROUND 3M, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF TRASH ON THE MUDDY FLOOR. MAYBE IT'S A BRICK WRAPPED IN PLASTIC, OR MAYBE IT'S A BRICK OF COCAINE. I DON'T KNOW. THE RUBBISH WHICH IS FOUND HERE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE TAKEN OUT AND SORTED. IT'S HOPED THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL OF IT, WILL BE RECYCLED. SOME OF IT WILL BE TURNED INTO PERMANENT USE PLASTIC BOTTLES, FOR ZERO-WASTE START-UP ZERO CO. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOWCASE HOW MUCH PLASTIC IS GOING INTO OUR WATERWAYS, IS GOING INTO OUR HARBOURS, IS GOING INTO THE OCEAN, BUT ALSO, TALK ABOUT THE SOLUTION THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH TO SOLVE THIS SERIOUS PLASTIC PROBLEM. WHILE YOU'RE TUCKED UP SAFE IN BED TONIGHT, SPARE A THOUGHT FOR DEAN, WHO WILL STILL BE COMBING THE HARBOUR FLOOR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A KAPA HAKA COMPETITION IS GEARING UP IN PRISON. AND POLYFEST GETS UNDERWAY IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU ` WHY IT'S EXTRA-SPECIAL FOR STUDENTS THIS TIME ROUND. PLUS, THE COUNTDOWN TO THE OLYMPICS IS ON ` HOW ONE OF OUR BEST SPRINTERS IS HOPING TO MAKE HISTORY IN HER BID FOR THE GAMES. (COMPUTER BLIPS) (PHONE RINGS) (PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) (LID POPS) (QUIRKY PIANO MUSIC) (BICYCLE BELL RINGS) (ALLURING PIANO MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRP) VOICEOVER: How far will you go to make a little me-time? COMPETITION IS BREWING IN OUR PRISONS AS INMATES PREPARE FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO CLAIM CORRECTIONS' KAPA HAKA GLORY. NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, OFFICERS AND PRISONERS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO CRAFT THEIR PERFORMANCES FOR THE CONTEST, WHICH THEY SAY IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. RECONNECTING WITH THEIR WHAKAPAPA. BEING MAORI, NOT JUST MAORI, YOU CAN BE ANY NATIONALITY. AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY ABOUT YOURSELF WHEN IT COMES TO BEING AS A ROOPU ` AS A GROUP. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE PRISONERS. THE STAFF ARE INTO IT, TOO. OUR WAHINE PUT IN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND EFFORT, ALONG WITH OUR STAFF, IN ANY PERFORMANCE THAT THEY DO. SO WE COME IN AS INDIVIDUALS, BUT WHEN WE COME IN AS A GROUP, AS A ROOPU, WE ALL GIVE A BIT OF ENERGY INTO IT. SO WE COME IN AS ONE. CORRECTION STAFF SAY THE KAPA-HAKA COMPETITION HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT, WITH PRISONS NOTICING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN INCIDENTS AND BETTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF AND PRISONERS. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR NOW THAT CORRECTIONS HAS HELD A KAPA-HAKA COMPETITION IN ITS PRISONS. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE EIGHT PRISONS WHO WERE INVOLVED. THIS YEAR, ALL 18 OF THE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN INVITED, AND HOPEFULLY, ALL 18 OF THE PRISONS WILL HAVE TEAMS. ONE OF LAST YEAR'S WINNERS WAS AROHATA PRISON IN WELLINGTON. I'M IMMENSELY PROUD OF OUR WAHINE. THEY PUT TIME AND EFFORT WITH A VERY SHORT LEAD-IN PERIOD, AND THEY WORKED ALONG WITH OUR STAFF. OUR STAFF WERE AMONGST THE GROUP, AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. AND THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S INTER-PRISON KAPA-HAKA COMPETITION? IS WHANAU. I THINK THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MINDS AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE REHEARSING AND PRACTISING. EVEN IF WE DON'T WIN, WE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE WINNERS. YEAH, DEFINITELY, COS THAT'S WHAT BEING MAORI'S ALL ABOUT. THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST. ABBIE WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. POLYFEST, THE LARGEST PACIFIC EVENT IN THE WORLD, IS BACK UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. THE MANUKAU SPORTS BOWL BURSTING INTO LIFE WITH TRADITIONAL SONG AND DANCE FROM THE CITY'S YOUTH. THE EVENT'S FACED CANCELLATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS DUE TO COVID AND THE CHRISTCHURCH TERRORIST ATTACK, BUT IT'S BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER TO CELEBRATE ITS 45thYEAR. COME EXPECTING TO BE WOWED BY OUR KIDS, WHO HAVE BEEN WANTING TO TAKE TO THE STAGE. THEY'RE SO EXCITED. THEY'RE READY TO JUST GET UP THERE AND START THE COMPETITION. WE'RE EXCITED. THERE'S SO MUCH FOOD, SO MUCH CRAFTS READY TO BE SOLD HERE AS WELL, SO COME AND JOIN US, AND COME AND JOIN THE FUN. THE FESTIVAL RUNS THROUGH UNTIL SATURDAY. TO SPORT, AND TRENT BOULT'S STARRED FOR THE MUMBAI INDIANS IN THE IPL AGAINST THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS. WITH MUMBAI DEFENDING A SCORE OF 152, BOULT WAS GIVEN THE BALL FOR THE FINAL OVER OF THE GAME ` KOLKATA NEEDING 15 RUNS TO WIN. THE BLACK CAPS BOWLER COMING UP TRUMPS AT THE DEATH. THE BEST ON THE PLANET. OH, YES! A SEARING YORKER! TRENT BOULT WITH A BLOCKBUSTER PERFORMANCE. THE POLARIS MISSILE, HONING IN, DOES THE TRICK. BEAUTIFUL STUFF FROM TRENT BOULT. BOULT THEN FALLING JUST SHORT OF A HATTRICK THE FOLLOWING DELIVERY. BUT THE DAMAGE WAS DONE ` MUMBAI HOLDING ON TO WIN BY 10 RUNS. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, A GOOD FEELING TO CLOSE OUT A GAME LIKE THAT. YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT GAME IN THE END. IT JUST SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING IN IT AND, YEAH, I SUPPOSE YOU'RE NEVER OUT OF IT AND JUST KEEP THAT PRESSURE ON. SO NICE TO GET ACROSS THE LINE. THE 100-DAY COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. AND FOR NZ'S FASTEST WOMAN, IT MARKS THE START OF CAMPAIGN TO BECOME OUR FIRST FEMALE SPRINTER AT THE GAMES SINCE THE '70S. ZOE HOBBS, FRESH OFF EQUALLING A NEAR-30-YEAR-OLD NZ RECORD FOR THE 100M, WILL NEED TO SHAVE POINT 1.7 SECONDS OFF HER PERSONAL BEST IF SHE'S TO QUALIFY FOR TOKYO ` 11.5 SECONDS THE MAGIC TIME SHE'S LOOKING FOR. I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO OLYMPIANS WHEN THEY'VE RUN ON THE WORLD STAGE, AND I'D LOVE TO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE YEAR THAT IT'S BEEN AND THE CHALLENGES WE'VE FACED OVER THE PAST 12 OR SO MONTHS, IT WOULD MEAN EVEN MORE. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HOW HOBBS PLANS TO RUN FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE ON OUR 6 O'CLOCK BULLETIN THIS EVENING. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HOLDERS BAYERN MUNICH HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED BY PARIS SAINT GERMAIN, THE TEAM THEY DEFEATED IN LAST YEAR'S FINAL. CHELSEA HAVE ALSO MADE IT THROUGH TO THE SEMIFINALS, DESPITE LOSING TO PORTO IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL HAS THE ACTION. IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE CHELSEA LAST MADE IT THIS FAR IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, BUT NOW IS THEIR TIME TO GO ALL THE WAY, ACCORDING TO THEIR MANAGER. THOMAS TUCHEL'S SIDE HAD REASON TO BE CONFIDENT. THEY BEGAN THIS GAME 2-NIL UP, ALREADY TANTALISINGLY CLOSE TO THE SEMIFINALS. PORTO WOULD HAVE TO STRAIN EVERY SINEW TO STOP THEM. NIL-NIL AT THE BREAK SUITED CHELSEA JUST FINE. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS MEANT THIS TIE WAS PLAYED IN SEVILLE, AND CHELSEA DIDN'T COME HERE FOR EXCITEMENT, OR SEEMINGLY GOALS. IT WAS PORTO WHO NEEDED TO ATTACK, AND EVENTUALLY THEY EMERGED FROM HIBERNATION. LATE DRAMA! A WONDER GOAL, BUT TOO LATE TO TURN THE TIDE. IT'S REAL MADRID OR LIVERPOOL NEXT FOR CHELSEA ` THE JOURNEY CONTINUES. SO CHELSEA THROUGH, BUT LOOK WHO'S OUT, THE HOLDERS BAYERN MUNICH. DESPITE SCORING THE ONLY GOAL ON THE NIGHT IN PARIS, IT WASN'T ENOUGH. MAURICIO POCHETTINO'S PARIS ST GERMAIN ADVANCE IN ANOTHER TWIST ON THE ROAD TO ISTANBUL. AND FINALLY ` SOMETHING FOR YOU SNOOKER PLAYERS AT HOME TO TRY TO RECREATE. LOUIS HEATHCOTE HAS PULLED OFF 'ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SHOTS IN SNOOKER HISTORY', ACCORDING TO PUNDITS. THE ENGLISHMAN FOUND HIMSELF SNOOKERED BY RYAN DAY DURING HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER, BUT FOUND A WAY, HITTING THE BALL AT THE JAWS OF THE POCKET, REBOUNDING IT DOWN THE TABLE TO SINK THE YELLOW. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SLICE OF LUCK WASN'T ENOUGH FOR HEATHCOTE, WHO FAILED TO MAKE THE NEXT ROUND. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW KIWI DRAMA HITTING SCREENS NEXT WEEK. TJ: Have I done enough to wear the jersey? Gotta sweat out that fear because this is bigger than me. I do it for my fans and my family. ION4 hydration. Sweat it out witih Powerade. A NEW KIWI DRAMA, SET IN ROTORUA, IS SET TO HIT KIWI SCREENS WEEK. VEGAS, NAMED AFTER THE CITY'S NICKNAME, ROTOVEGAS, TELLS THE STORY OF A FICTIONAL GANG LEADER WHO TRIES TO TURN AROUND HIS CRIME-RIDDEN COMMUNITY. ZION DAYAL SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE CAST. THE STREETS OF ROTORUA THE LOCATION FOR A NEW ACTION DRAMA ` VEGAS. THIS LAND, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, STOLEN FROM ITS TRUE OWNERS. I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED FOR, YOU KNOW, AOTEAROA TO SEE THIS AND TO GET USED TO THE STYLE OF, YOU KNOW... OF TV, COS IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. THERE'S NOT THIS STYLE OF, YOU KNOW, TV SHOW OUT AT THE MOMENT. ACTOR EDS ERAMIHA PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE OF KINGI, A RELUCTANT GANG MEMBER WHO'S TRYING TO STEER HIS MEMBERS AWAY FROM DRUGS. THIS IS THE LAST BAG OF CRACK THAT COMES THROUGH THOSE DOORS. THERE'S HOPE. THERE'S HOPE. THERE'S SOME REDEMPTION. THERE'S CONCEALING WITH WHANAU. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF ASKING FOR HELP. IT'S OK TO ASK FOR HELP. CIAN ELYSE WHITE PLAYS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER WHO BECOMES A SUSPECT IN A DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG. IN A TWIST OF FATE, A ROBBERY IS COMMITTED THE SAME NIGHT AT HER TAVERN, WHICH SETS OFF A DANGEROUS CHAIN OF EVENTS. NO SHADES AT THE TABLE. VEGAS IS DESCRIBED AS AN ACTION-THRILLER WITH A PINCH OF COMEDY, BUT FOR SOME, THE STORY ALL TOO FAMILIAR. MANY OF US, CAST AND CREW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR REAL LIVES. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PAKEHA UNDERSTAND A MAORI PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR MAORI LIVING IN NZ, COS WE'RE NOT THE SAME. WE DON'T THINK THE SAME. THIS AIN'T NO ORDINARY TOWN. KIA MAU! ALL: HI! THE SHOW IS SET TO PREMIERE ON TVNZ 2 ON MONDAY. I GUESS YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. (CHUCKLES) YEAH, THEY'RE IN FOR A GOOD TREAT. WHERE'S YOUR DAMN BROTHER? I DON'T KNOW, MUM. YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN, DO YOU? ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. TIME NOW TO SEE HOW THE WEATHER'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE. (DRAGON'S 'APRIL SUN IN CUBA') (DRAGON'S 'APRIL SUN IN CUBA') THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021.