TONIGHT ` A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED IN FLORIDA AFTER THE APARTMENT BUILDING COLLAPSE NEAR MIAMI BEACH. EPIDEMIOLOGISTS CALL FOR EVEN TIGHTER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN THE CAPITAL, DESPITE NO NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY. AND THE LION KING IS ABOUT TO ROAR INTO LIFE IN AUCKLAND - WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE HIT MUSICAL. CAPTIONS BY ANNIE CURTIS AND PHOEBE UPTON CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ ABLE 2021 US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FLORIDA AFTER THE MIAMI APARTMENT BLOCK COLLAPSE. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, AND UP TO 100 REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WRECKAGE OF THE BUILDING IN THE SUBURB OF SURFDALE, JUST NORTH OF MIAMI BEACH. LAURA JAMES HAS THE LATEST. 12 FLOORS OF HOMES REDUCED TO A HEAP OF RUBBLE AND TWISTED METAL. APARTMENTS RIPPED OPEN, WITH WHAT'S LEFT INSIDE TEETERING ON THE EDGE. IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THIS BUILDING DISINTEGRATED ` THE HORROR CAUGHT ON A NEARBY SECURITY CAMERA. THOSE WHO HEARD IT SAY THE IMPLOSION WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. IT SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER. RESCUE TEAMS DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME. (ALARM BLARES) THIS BOY PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE ` 36 OTHERS ALSO FREED. RESIDENTS IN THE APARTMENTS LEFT STANDING, RESCUED IN CRANES. THE BEACHFRONT COMPLEX WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1981. IT HAD 130 UNITS. 55 OF THEM, NEARLY HALF THE BUILDING, IS NOW GONE. THE CAUSE, SO FAR, A MYSTERY. THE BUILDING WAS DUE FOR ITS 40-YEAR RECERTIFICATION, WITH REPORTS AN INSPECTOR WAS ONSITE JUST YESTERDAY. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ENGINEERS LOOKING AT THIS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS THE PROBLEMATIC OCCURRENCE. ONE OR TWO SYSTEM FAILURES WOULD NOT CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE LIKE THIS, SO MORE THAN LIKELY, AGAIN, IT'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. THIS WOMAN SAYS HER NEPHEW AND HIS YOUNG FAMILY ARE MISSING. YOU LOSE HOPE. I'M JUST ASKING GOD BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. DO YOU STILL HAVE HOPE? WHY? WHO'S GONNA SURVIVE THAT RUBBLE? BUT RESCUE TEAMS ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR SEARCH. OPERATIONS ARE OCCURRING UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE, UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE, WHERE WE HAVE TEAMS OF FIREFIGHTERS CONSTANTLY, AS THEY CONTINUE MAKING CUTS, BREACHES AND PLACING SONAR DEVICES, SEARCH CAMS TO LOCATE VICTIMS. ALL MADE MORE PAINSTAKING WITH THE RISK OF FURTHER COLLAPSE. THIS PROCESS IS SLOW AND METHODICAL. YOU SEE THAT EVERY TIME THERE'S A SHIFT IN THE RUBBLE,, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RUBBLE THAT SHIFTS ON US. AS THE SUN SETS ON THE MOST TRAGIC DAY THIS COMMUNITY CAN REMEMBER, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY ONCE AGAIN TO TELL YOU WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. FOR THOSE WHOSE LOVED ONES ARE MISSING, IT'S A PAINFUL WAIT FOR MORE NEWS. LAURA JAMES, 1 NEWS. DESPITE ANOTHER DAY WITH NO COVID-19 CASES IN WELLINGTON, IT'S TOO EARLY RIGHT NOW TO SAY IF THE CAPITAL'S COMPLETELY COVID FREE. NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE TONIGHT REVEALED THE SYDNEY TOURIST, WHO SENT THE CAPITAL IN TO A SPIN, IS LINKED TO THE BONDI CLUSTER, WHICH HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE DELTA COVID-19 VARIANT. MEANWHILE, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ARE PUSHING FOR EVEN TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S HESITANT TO MOVE. KRISTIN HALL EXPLAINS. SWAB AFTER SWAB... I'M A CASUAL CLOSE CONTACT, SO I WAS REQUIRED TO DO A TEST AND SELF-ISOLATE UNTIL THEN. AND TESTING OF WASTEWATER TOO ` WE'RE CHECKING FIVE SITES EVERY DAY. SO, YES, WE'RE PICKING UP THE WORK. LEADING TO ANOTHER DAY OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE CAPITAL ` NO NEW COMMUNITY CASES. OBVIOUSLY, I'M ENCOURAGED BY WHAT WE'RE SEEING, BUT IT IS STILL QUITE EARLY IN THE PIECE. FOUR CLOSE CONTACTS OF THE SYDNEY TRAVELLER AND HIS PARTNER HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE, WHICH COULD BE BECAUSE HE'D RECEIVED ONE DOSE OF THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. FIRSTLY, HE MAY WELL HAVE GOT MORE MILD DISEASE BECAUSE HE HAD ONE VACCINATION. AND SECONDLY, HE'S WAY LESS LIKELY TO TRANSFER IT. BUT THIS EPIDEMIOLOGIST SAYS THERE'S MORE WE COULD BE DOING TO STOP POTENTIAL SPREAD RIGHT NOW. MANDATING MASK USE IN SOME SETTINGS, AND MAKING IT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO SCANNON OR SIGN IN. WHERE SCANNING IS MOST USEFUL, IS ENCLOSED, CROWDED PLACES WHERE STRANGERS ARE INTERACTING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE TIME WHEN CONTACT TRACING IS MOST DIFFICULT. WELLINGTON BUSINESSES WE SPOKE TO WERE ON BOARD, EVEN IF IT MEANS REFUSING SERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T COMPLY. PERSONALLY, IF IT'S TO PROTECT EVERYONE ELSE, PROBABLY YES. IT'S GENERALLY WHAT'S IN PLAY ANYWAY. IT MIGHT COST YOU BUSINESS, BUT WON'T IT COST YOU A LOT MORE BUSINESS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE THE BUSINESS THAT'S SEEN TO BE SPREADING THE PANDEMIC. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S HESITANT, PARTICULARLY ON ENFORCED SCANNING. THE REALITY IS HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE IT? IF YOU'RE NOT ENFORCING IT, THEN PEOPLE WILL` THEN IT'S RATHER POINTLESS MAKING IT MANDATORY. WE OFTEN ASK THE PUBLIC TO DO THINGS AND MANDATE ACTIONS THAT ARE QUITE HARD TO POLICE. WHEN YOU MAKE IT MANDATORY, YOU SIGNAL TO EVERYONE HOW VERY IMPORTANT THAT ACTION IS. TESTING RESULTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE CRITICAL. IF WE TOOK 100,000 PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE HAD COVID, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETECT IT. IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF WELLINGTON'S DODGED A BULLET. IT'S MUCH MORE GRIM ACROSS THE TASMAN, WITH SYDNEY PLUNGED INTO LOCKDOWN AS THE CITY'S OUTBREAK TOPS 60 CASES. EXPOSURE SITES HAVE STARTED CROPPING UP IN NEW SUBURBS, FUELLING FEARS THE VIRUS IS CIRCULATING UNDETECTED IN THE COMMUNITY. HERE'S AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE. SYDNEY IS USING EVERY TOOL IN ITS ARSENAL TO FIGHT A GROWING COVID OUTBREAK. AND TODAY OFFICIALS PULLED OUT THE BIG GUNS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE. THE STATE PREMIER THROWING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS INTO A WEEK-LONG LOCKDOWN. WE DON'T WANNA SEE THIS SITUATION LINGER FOR WEEKS; WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SITUATION END SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK, THE SHELVES WERE STRIPPED OF TOILET PAPER, AS PEOPLE PREPARED TO HUNKER DOWN. 22 NEW CASES ANNOUNCED TODAY ` THE WORST SO FAR IN THIS CLUSTER. WHILE ALL BUT ONE ARE LINKED, THE TENTACLES OF THIS OUTBREAK ARE CONTINUING TO SPREAD. JUST VISITED AN EXPOSURE SITE. SECOND TIME IN A WEEK, SO SECOND TEST IN A WEEK. OH, YOU'VE HAD A BIT OF BAD LUCK. COMPARED TO OTHER STATES IN AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES IS VERY LOCKDOWN-ADVERSE, INSTEAD RELYING ON ITS CONTACT TRACING SYSTEM. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE STATE PREMIER WOULD'VE BEEN THE LAST THING SHE WANTED TO DO. WE WILL DO THAT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR ECONOMY AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE. IT'S NOT A STATE WIDE LOCKDOWN; INSTEAD, FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS WILL BE UNDER STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS FOR THE NEXT WEEK, INCLUDING SYDNEY CITY AND A CHUNK OF THE EASTERN SUBURBS. OTHER AREAS ALSO HAVE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. IT'S A DECISION MANY SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR. SITTING DUCKS BECAUSE WE'RE LARGELY UNVACCINATED. SO, WE'RE NOT LIKE THE U.S. OR ISRAEL OR THE UK, WHERE THERE'S A HIGH RATE OF VACCINATION. OFFICIALS ALSO FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IGNORING THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, PEOPLE HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPLY SOME COMMON SENSE, AND THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC THAT'S KILLED ALMOST FOUR MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD. KIWIS TRAPPED IN SYDNEY BY THE BUBBLE PAUSE ARE FACING A TWO-WEEK WAIT TO GET HOME. WELL, MY DAUGHTER'S EXPECTING ME BACK TO START MY NEXT ONE-MONTH STINT OF NANNYING MY 20-MONTH-OLD GRANDCHILD, SO SHE'LL BE A BIT WORRIED THAT I'M LOCKED DOWN OVER HERE. AND OF COURSE I STILL WANT TO CATCH UP WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THIS OUTBREAK WAS TRIGGERED BY ONE UNVACCINATED LIMO DRIVER. JUST WEEKS LATER, IT'S FORCED PARTS OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST CITY INTO LOCKDOWN. THE FUTURE OF CHRISTCHURCH'S ORANA WILDLIFE PARK IS UNCERTAIN AFTER MULTIPLE FUNDING PLEAS WERE REJECTED. IF NOTHING CHANGES, PARK MANAGEMENT SAYS IT'LL BE IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY WITHIN TWO YEARS. KATIE STEVENSON REPORTS. ON THE PROWL FOR MORE MONEY. THE BIG CATS AT CHRISTCHURCH'S ORANA WILDLIFE PARK HAVE DRAWN CROWDS FOR GENERATIONS, BUT THERE'RE CONCERNS THEIR DAYS ON DISPLAY MAY BE NUMBERED. RUNNING A MODERN ZOO IS A VERY EXPENSIVE BUSINESS. THE PARK OWNERS NEED TO FIND AN EXTRA $1.5M OF ANNUAL FUNDING. WE'RE NEEDING SUPPORT TOWARDS ALL FORMS OF OPERATIONAL COSTS, FROM OUR UTILITIES TO PAYING OUR TEAM TO ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE AMAZING CONSERVATION WORK THAT WE DO. THE PARK APPROACHED FOUR COUNCILS IN CANTERBURY ASKING FOR MONEY. NONE COMMITTED TO IT IN THEIR 10-YEAR BUDGETS. NATURALLY, WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED. THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE PARK $350,000 LAST YEAR ` AN INCREASE ON THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS. SELWYN DISTRICT COUNCIL SAYS IT HASN'T YET CONSULTED WITH RATEPAYERS ABOUT FUNDING THE ZOO, AND THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE. WITH OPERATING COSTS LIKE FEEDING THESE GUYS GOING UP EVERY YEAR, THE ZOO'S SAYS IT'S ALWAYS LOOKING AT FUNDING ALTERNATIVES AND CLOSING JUST ISN'T AN OPTION. WE'RE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO, AND WE WILL KEEP GOING. AND AS WE SAY, FAILURE IS NEVER AN OPTION, BUT IT'S STILL WORRYING TIMES. WITHOUT SECURING THIS FUNDING FOR THE LONG TERM, WE WILL HAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES WITHIN TWO YEARS. THOSE VISITING TODAY NOT WANTING THE ZOO TO CLOSE. IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC, BEEN HERE EVERY SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. IT'S GREAT. I CAME WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, AND NOW I'M BRINGING THESE GUYS BACK, AND IT'S REALLY COOL, LIKE, IT'S JUST COOL TO SEE THE DIFFERENT ANIMALS IN NZ AS WELL, SO YEAH, I'D BE REALLY SAD. IT'S NOT AN OPTION TO BE ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO. THIS CANTERBURY FAMILY FAVOURITE ADAMANT IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. KATIE STEVENSON, 1 NEWS. FROM ENDANGERED LIONS, TO THE WORLD'S TOP MUSICAL ` THE LION KING, WITH THE RED CARPET ROLLED OUT IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW, AHEAD OF ITS THREE-WEEK RUN. THE SHOW FEATURES SIX KIWI PERFORMERS, AND OUR REPORTER VANDHNA BHAN CAUGHT UP WITH SEVERAL OF THEM BACKSTAGE. (PERFORMER VOCALISES) A MASTERPIECE ANIMATED FILM COMING ALIVE ON STAGE, WITH COSTUMES, MASKS AND INTRICATE PUPPETRY, BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO A CLASSIC STORY. AS YOU WILL SEE, THE ACTOR CONTROLS THE MOUTH. YES. OH, YES. AND SOMETIMES CONTROLS THE MOUTH WAY TOO MUCH. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S VERY RUDE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ME, SIR. WITH NEW SONGS ` (DREAMY MUSIC) AND A NEW TAKE ON RAFIKI. KIA ORA! (LAUGHS) SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN SOUTH AFRICA` TRIBAL LEADERS WERE FEMALE. THEY'RE CALLED SANGOMAS, OR SHAMAN. DIVERSITY KEY TO THE SHOW, WITH OVER 16 NATIONALITIES IN THE CAST AND CREW OF OVER 100. THE VERY BEST TALENT ASSEMBLED FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND AMONGST THE BEST ` FIVE KIWI KIDS PLAYING THE ROLES OF NALA AND SIMBA, WHO WILL BE GOING ON TO TOUR THE WORLD. EACH OF THEM BRINGS SUCH A DELICATE INNOCENCE TO IT. SOME OF THEM ARE CHEEKY AND FUNNY AND QUIRKY. SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY SERIOUS AND FOCUSSED, AND SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE, SO EMOTIONAL. BUT, YOU'RE NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING. I WAS TODAY. YOU WERE? YES. TO COME HOME AND TO HEAR THAT ACCENT AND GO, WOW, BECAUSE I CAN GO UP THERE AND I CAN I CAN BE MYSELF. NICK AFOA FROM OTAHUHU, EXPERIENCING HIS OWN CIRCLE OF LIFE. I WATCHED IT IN MANUKAU, SOUTH AUCKLAND, WHEN IT WAS VILLAGE CINEMAS. AND I REMEMBER BEING THE EMOTION HITTING ME LIKE A TRUCK. AND I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT A SEED WAS PLANTED, I SUPPOSE, TO SOUND CHEESY, THAT ONE DAY I WOULD PLAY SIMBA. EACH ACTOR CHANNELLING THEIR INNER ANIMAL. I JUST LICK MY ARM EVERY NOW AND THEN. (LAUGHS) AND I ROAR AT EVERYONE. I'VE NOT THROWN ANYONE OFF A ROCK IN MY LIFETIME. NOT YET! AND THE MASKS ALLOWING WHAT'S KNOWN AS A DOUBLE EVENT IN THEATRE. WHEN THE MASK IS UP HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY` YOU'RE IN A HUMAN FORM OF THE CHARACTER. AND WE BOTH HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING ON MASKS RIGHT DOWN. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU FULLY BECOME THE LION. THE LION KING HAS QUICKLY BECOME THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE MUSICAL. BUT DUE TO COVID-19, IT'S BEEN ON PAUSE UNTIL NOW. THIS THE REBIRTH OF THE SHOW, WHICH WILL BE RUNNING FOR THREE WEEKS HERE BEFORE HEADING OVERSEAS ONCE AGAIN. TO BE THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO BRING BACK THE LION. BRING YOUR TISSUES FOR THIS BLAST FROM THE PAST, TO CIRCLE BACK IN THIS UNMISSABLE SHOW. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE NEXT STEP ON THE OLYMPIC TRAIL TAKES OUR SEVENS SIDES TO TOWNSVILLE TONIGHT. (ALL CHANT) - The planet doesn't know which stuff you're doing just because you can't say no. So start at the bottom of your list and cross a few things off. A BIG STEP ALONG THE OLYMPIC PATHWAY FOR OUR SEVENS TEAMS IN TOWNSVILLE TONIGHT. FIRST UP ` THE MEN, WHO GOT OFF TO AN ABSOLUTE FLIER AGAINST AUSTRALIA, RACING TO A 17-0 LEAD. AND MILLER IS DANGEROUS BUT THROWS A... LOOSE PASS, AND THIS IS WHERE THE KIWIS WILL HURT YOU, AND WALBRICK ` IT WAS JUST ONE PASS OFF THE MISTAKE. AND MIKKELSON. HAS HE GOT THE LEGS? OH, HE SURE DOES. PIETSCH IS COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD TO TRY AND MAKE THE TACKLE, BUT MIKKELSON ` THE VETERAN. THE AUSSIES THEN SCORED THREE TRIES OF THEIR OWN TO GRAB THE LEAD, BUT THE KIWIS HAD THE FINAL SAY ` 21-17. AND COLLIER, USING ALL HIS STRENGTH TO STAY ALIVE. AND THE BLACK FERNS HAVE OVERCOME A SLOW START TO BEAT THE FIJIAN WOMEN 33-14, WITH PORTIA WOODMAN STARRING WITH A HAT-TRICK. THE NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OF ORIGIN TEAM HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE SYDNEY COVID LOCKDOWN, DESPITE BEING 800KM AWAY IN BRISBANE. FROM EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, THE BLUES WILL OFFICIALLY BE IN A BUBBLE ON THE EVE OF GAME TWO. EVEN THE GAME'S TWO MOST POWERFUL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAD TO RETURN TO SYDNEY. AND AS CHANNEL NINE'S EMMA LAWRENCE REPORTS, THAT'S THE NOT THE ONLY DRAMA IN THE LEAD UP, WITH A FORMER JUNIOR KIWIS CAPTAIN UNDER FIRE. JEROME LUAI SPLASHED ACROSS THE QUEENSLAND PAPERS, LABELLED COCKY AND A BAD SPORT. IT ALL STEMS FROM THIS IMAGE IN GAME ONE, GIVING FELISE KAUFUSI A MOUTHFUL. THEY CAN PRINT WHAT THEY LIKE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S-IT'S THAT'S PART OF IT, ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO PUMP IT UP AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT DOESN'T CONCERN JEROME OR US. BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, NONE OF IT IS ON THE MONEY. YOU KNOW, JUST ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE COCKY, CONFIDENT, THEY ARE THE MOST RESPECTFUL GROUP OF BOYS I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH. SO, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY'RE CALLED THROUGH THE MEDIA. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S FOOTY. IT'S A TOUGH SPORT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ALL PASSION AND PRIDE, SO I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT, OR THE CIRCUMSTANCE. NOW, QUEENSLAND HAVE A TARGET ON LUAI. THEY'VE OPENLY ADMITTED THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT MATTERS, EMMA. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT QUEENSLAND ARE USING AS MOTIVATION. WHILE THE QUEENSLANDERS WERE TEARING SHREDS OFF THE BLUES NUMBER 6, GREG ALEXANDER WAS PUMPING THEIRS UP. MUNSTER'S A GREAT ORIGIN PLAYER, SO, HE'S ALWAYS HARD TO HANDLE. AND IF WE DON'T HANDLE CAMERON MUNSTER, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT-THAT BRINGS QUEENSLAND RIGHT INTO THE GAME. THE BLACK CAPS ARE IN THE AIR ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM ENGLAND, BUT NOT BEFORE SOME SPECIAL MOMENTS AFTER THE TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL WIN OVER INDIA. AND THERE'S A UNIQUE KIWI LINK, AS ABBY WILSON DISCOVERED. BAGS ` CHECK. MASKS ` CHECK. TEST CHAMPIONSHIP MACE ` COVERED AND ACCOUNTED FOR. THE BLACKCAPS MAKING THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THEIR TEAM NICE AND COMFORTABLE ON THE PLANE RIDE HOME. WAGGY PROBABLY HASN'T LET THE MACE GO SINCE LAST NIGHT WHEN WE GOT HER. IT'S, OBVIOUSLY, VERY SPECIAL. EARLIER THEY EVEN TOOK THE TROPHY SIGHTSEEING ` A VISIT TO WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE CRADLE OF CRICKET, THE HAMBLEDON CRICKET CLUB. MACE ALREADY PART OF THE FAMILY. IT'S HAD A COUPLE OF NICKNAMES ALREADY. I FEEL LIKE MICHAEL MASON IS STICKING EX NZ CRICKETER RIGHT-ARM SEAMER FROM THE MIGHTY CENTRAL DISTRICTS. THIS MICHAEL MASON, BLACKCAPS BOWLER TURNED APPRENTICE BUILDER, CURRENTLY WORKING IN FEILDING. HE PLAYED FOR NEW ZEALAND IN THE EARLY 2000s ` HIS ONE AND ONLY TEST APPEARANCE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN WELLINGTON. ALL I REMEMBER, IT WAS A TOUGH DAY IN THE WELLINGTON WIND. I HAD TO BOWL INTO IT. THE 46-YEAR-OLD UNDERSTANDABLY A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN WE CALLED HIM ABOUT HIS NEW NAMESAKE. WHEN YOU MENTIONED TV ONE WASN'T SURE IF SOMEONE WAS TAKING THE MICKEY. ONE OF THE BOYS AT WORK. MY NICKNAME ALL THE TIME PRETTY MUCH WAS MACE. SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH A FEW OF THE GUYS. THAT'S WHERE IT'S COME FROM. HE AND ROSS TAYLOR ARE BOTH WAIRARAPA LADS. I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR A FEW YEARS BUT SENT HIM A LITTLE TEXT MESSAGE AND HE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN RECOGNISE MY NUMBER. TOO BUSY ANYWAY. (CHUCKLES) LITTLE DID THE MAN THEY CALL MACE KNOW HIS NAME HAS BEEN ECHOING AROUND THE DRESSING ROOM, AND THE MAN OF THE MOMENT HAS ONE FINAL REQUEST. GET OVER THE AUSSIES AND GIVE THEM AN ASS-KICKING, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SEE NOW. (CHUCKLES) IF ANY TEAM IS CAPABLE OF THAT, IT'S PROBABLY THESE GUYS. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE HEAR FROM A KIWI IN A NETFLIX REALITY SHOW. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BOMBSHELL FROM LARISSA TROWNSON. AND FINALLY TONIGHT WE'VE CAUGHT UP WITH THE KIWI CONTESTANT IN THE NETFLIX REALITY SERIES 'TOO HOT TO HANDLE.' AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THE PREMISE IS ABOUT RESISTING TEMPTATION TO TRY AND FORM MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE. JACOB JOHNSON HAS MORE. WELCOME TO THE PARTY! IT WAS A NETFLIX HIT DURING LAST YEAR'S LOCKDOWN, AND NOW TOO HOT TO HANDLE IS BACK. THE PREMISE ` A CAST OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PUT IN ONE VILLA, TASKED WITH KEEPING THEIR HANDS TO THEMSELVES,... THE PURPOSE OF THIS RETREAT IS TO HELP YOU GAIN MORE EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS ...OR ELSE RISK LOSING MONEY FROM A $100,000 PRIZE FUND. WE'RE GOING TO END UP BROKE. ONE OF THIS YEAR'S CONTESTANTS ` LARISSA TROWNSON FROM PALMERSTON NORTH. I'M THE FIRST NEW-ZEALAND-BORN PERSON TO BE ON THE SHOW, AND IT WAS AWESOME, BECAUSE WATCHING IT BACK NOW, MY ACCENT STICKS OUT SO MUCH. BY DAY, LARISSA WORKS AS LEGAL COUNSEL. YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHED LAWYER, AND THEY REALLY PLAY THAT UP AS` AS PART OF THE SHOW. WHAT` FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WAS THE APPEAL OF GOING ON A REALITY TV SHOW LIKE THIS? IT'S JUST SUCH AN IDEAL THAT BEAUTY AND BRAINS ARE A DICHOTOMY. LIKE, YOU CAN'T BE CRAZY AND PARTY IF YOU'RE A SMART, PROFESSIONAL WOMAN, AND MY WHOLE LIFE, I'VE TRIED TO SHOW PEOPLE YOU CAN DO BOTH. THE SHOW WAS FILMED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IN TURKS AND CAICOS, NEAR THE BAHAMAS. IT IS HONESTLY HEAVEN ON EARTH. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. OBVIOUSLY NOTHING COMPARES TO PALMERSTON NORTH'S BEAUTY, BUT THIS GOT PRETTY CLOSE (!) WITH CAMERAS ALL AROUND THE VILLA. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. LIKE, IN THE SHOWER, IN THE TOILET ` ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE, AND YOU'RE MIC'D UP AT ALL TIMES. BUT I KNOW IT SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU JUST COMPLETELY FORGET THEY'RE THERE. AS FOR LARISA'S PLANS MOVING FORWARD,... I'M STILL WORKING FULL-TIME AS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND I INTEND TO DO THAT. AND CURRENTLY I'M JUST HAVING A WORK BREAK TO DO THIS, SO IT'S JUST KIND OF MANAGING ALL THIS SHOW CRAZINESS AND BUZZ WITH THAT. CRAZINESS YOU CAN TUNE INTO AND WATCH NOW. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. (BROADWAY CAST'S 'CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT') # CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT? # THE PEACE THE EVENING BRINGS. # THE WORLD FOR ONCE IN PERFECT HARMONY # WITH ALL ITS LIVING THINGS. # SO MANY THINGS TO TELL HER, # BUT HOW TO MAKE HER SEE. # THE TRUTH ABOUT MY PAST ` IMPOSSIBLE. # SHE'D TURN AWAY FROM ME. # HE'S HOLDING BACK. HE'S HIDING. # BUT WHAT, I CAN'T DECIDE. # WHY WON'T HE BE THE KING I KNOW HE IS? # THE KING I SEE INSIDE. # CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT? # THE PEACE THE EVENING BRINGS. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT.