TONIGHT ` IT WAS MEANT TO BE AN IDYLLIC SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. THE HORRIFYING MOMENT A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASHED, INJURING ALL 11 PEOPLE ON BOARD. FANS BANNED FROM THE OLYMPICS EXACTLY TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY. WE'RE ON THE GROUND IN TOKYO FOR THE LATEST. PLUS, THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE PFIZER JAB ALREADY WANT A BOOSTER SHOT AUTHORISED IN THE U.S. WHAT A THIRD DOSE WOULD MEAN, AND DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR EVERYONE TO GET AN EXTRA JAB? CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH NEAR ARROWTOWN TODAY. NINE OTHERS ON BOARD WERE ALSO INJURED, INCLUDING THE PILOT, BUT THEY'VE NOW BEEN DISCHARGED FROM LAKES DISTRICT HOSPITAL. WITH MORE, HERE'S VANDHNA BHAN. A TUMULTUOUS LANDING RESULTING IN FRANTIC SCENES. PASSENGERS THROWN OUT MID-AIR AS THIS HOT AIR BALLOON CAME CRASHING DOWN ON TO A HOUSE NEAR ARROWTOWN. ON ARRIVAL WE WERE CONFRONTED WITH A LARGE SCENE. SO WE HAD PATIENTS SCATTERED OVER A 100M DISTANCE, SO RESPONDING TO THOSE PATIENTS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE SITUATION WAS TOOK SOME TIME. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IS STILL UNCLEAR. BUT THE COMPANY OPERATING THE FLIGHT, SUNRISE BALLOONS, SAYS IT WAS RELATIVELY UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THEY WERE HIT BY A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND UPON LANDING. FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, IT WAS HAVOC. THE RACE WAS ON TO FIND THE BADLY HURT AND COMFORT THOSE IN SHOCK. MAKING SURE WE TRIAGE THOSE PATIENTS TO IDENTIFY WHO THE CRITICAL PATIENTS ARE EARLY AND DECIDE ON RAPID TRANSPORT OPTIONS. WE DO KNOW THERE WERE SOME KIWIS ON BOARD THE BALLOON, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NATIONALITIES. SUNRISE BALLOONS IS A FAMILY BUSINESS. THEY SAY THIS IS THEIR FIRST INCIDENT, HAVING OPERATED IN THE REGION FOR 23 YEARS. THEIR BALLOONS ARE CERTAINLY A FEATURE OF THE LANDSCAPE AROUND HERE. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND EVERYONE IS USED TO THEM BEING IN THE AIR. THEY'VE NOW TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN THEIR OPERATIONS TO UNDERTAKE AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION WHILE OFFERING SUPPORT TO STAFF AND PASSENGERS INVOLVED IN TODAY'S CRASH. LOCALS ALSO READY TO LEND A HAND. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED WILL BE WELL LOOKED AFTER, AND THERE WILL BE SOME SUPPORT AND SYMPATHY FOR THE OPERATORS AND OWNERS OF SUNRISE BALLOONS. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION WILL BE ON THE GROUND TOMORROW MORNING TO START PIECING TOGETHER WHAT CAUSED THIS SCENIC FLIGHT TO GO SO HORRIBLY WRONG. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. SYDNEY IS NOW UNDER NEW RESTRICTIONS AS ITS COVID OUTBREAK ESCALATES. 44 NEW COMMUNITY CASES DETECTED TODAY, THE BULK OF WHICH HAD BEEN INFECTIOUS WHILE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE WORST DAILY TOLL FOR NEW SOUTH WALES ALL YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CLOSE CONTACTS HAS DOUBLED OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 14,000 PEOPLE. THERE ARE 10 IN INTENSIVE CARE, THE YOUNGEST ` A PERSON IN THEIR 20s. UNDER THE TIGHTER NEW RULES, BROWSING IN SHOPS IS NO LONGER ALLOWED, ANY SHOPPING MUST BE ESSENTIAL. PEOPLE CAN'T EXERCISE MORE THAN 10kms FROM THEIR HOMES, AND ONLY IN GROUPS OF TWO. CAPS ON FUNERALS ARE DOWN TO JUST 10 PEOPLE. LET'S BRING IN OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE WHO IS UNDER THESE RESTRICTIONS ANDREW, PLENTY OF KIWI TRAVELLERS CAUGHT UP IN THIS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THEM? THAT'S CALLED BY CHRIS HIPKINS THIS AFTERNOON IS AFFECTING MANY NEW ZEALANDERS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. THOSE ARE GREENE'S OWN FLIGHT OUT OF SYDNEY WERE MEANT TO BE STARTING AGAIN TODAY MEANING PEOPLE WHO ARE CITIZENS WITH A NEGATIVE PREDEPARTURE TEST WERE MEANT TO BE RETURNING TODAY. HOWEVER CHRIS HAD CONSIDERED THAT THE SITUATION IN SYDNEY IS SO DIRE THAT IT IS TOO MUCH OF A RISK TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE BACK QUARANTINE FREE. I CAUGHT UP WITH THIS LADY WHO IS NOW WEIGHING UP THE OPTIONS. IF I COULD GET ON A FLIGHT ON TUESDAY I WOULD PREFER THAT. NEW ZEALAND LOOKS REALLY GOOD, I AM HAPPY TO DO TWO WEEKS OF MIQ. AND ANDREW HOW LONG COULD THESE RESTRICTIONS LAST? IT IS FAIR TO SAY SYDNEY WILL BE ON THE COVID-19 COASTER FOR SOME TIME TO COME. TODAY THE BIG WORRYING NUMBER IS THOSE 29 NEW CASES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE INFECTIOUS. THE STATE PREMIER SAID THAT THEY WANT TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 0 IN THE COMING WEEKS. THE LOCKDOWN IS DUE TO END ON FRIDAY BUT THAT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY. THE STATE PREMIER IS TIME PEOPLE TO SIT TIGHT AND FOLLOW THE RESTRICTIONS. THANKS ANDREW. THE OLYMPIC GAMES GET UNDERWAY IN JUST TWO WEEKS, AND NEWS TODAY OUR ATHLETES WON'T BE COMPETING IN FRONT OF ANY FANS. SPECTATORS HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM VENUES DUE TO TOKYO'S STATE OF EMERGENCY. OUR OLYMPICS REPORTER GUY HEVELDT IS IN TOKYO AND SENT THIS REPORT. 896 FRESH CASES OF COVID ALONE IN TOKYO TODAY. 923 ON WEDNESDAY. THAT WAS A RECORD SINCE MAY. THIS IS A CITY THAT IS REALLY GRAPPLING WITH THE VIRUS AGAIN, AND IT COMES TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE OLYMPICS. IT IS IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY HERE IN TOKYO. THAT MEANS THAT BARS AND RESTAURANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSE. IF THEY DO OPEN, THEY HAVE TO CLOSE BY 8PM. THEY'RE UNABLE TO SERVE ANY ALCOHOL. IF THEY BREAK THOSE RULES, THEY FACE SOME VERY HEFTY FINES. YOU'LL NOTICE HERE WE ARE IN TOKYO BAY, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED METRES FROM ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAIN STATIONS AROUND HERE. THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE. IT IS INCREDIBLY QUIET. SO PEOPLE ARE HEEDING THOSE WORDS. AND WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES, SUPPORT STAFF AND MEDIA DESCENDING ON THIS CITY OVER THE COMING WEEKS, THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE MEASURES THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS VIRUS DOES NOT GET OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN. AND A DECISION ON WHETHER SPECTATORS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE PARALYMICS WILL ONLY BE MADE AFTER THE OLYMPICS. ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE FOR FIJI, WITH A RECORD 860 NEW COVID CASES AND THREE DEATHS RECORDED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER DEATH OF A 15-YEAR-OLD IS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED. AT LEAST 49 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE PACIFIC NATION DURING THIS OUTBREAK AND NEARLY 8000 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY INFECTED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS RULED OUT ENFORCING A LOCKDOWN, INSTEAD MAKING IT COMPULSORY FOR ALL WORKERS TO BE VACCINATED. 57% OF THE TARGET POPULATION HAS RECEIVED THEIR FIRST JAB, AND JUST OVER 10% ARE FULLY-VACCINATED. MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE ARE AT GREATER RISK IF THEY CATCH COVID, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH. A LOOK BACK AT OUR PAST CASES HAS FOUND THESE ETHNICITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALISED AND SUFFER AT A YOUNGER AGE. YVONNE TAHANA EXPLAINS. THIS CHOIRMASTER FOUND HIMSELF WITH A BIT OF TIME TO COMPOSE LAST YEAR. SEUMANU SIMON MATAFAI WAS PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST COVID CLUSTER IN 2020. SO, IT WAS ALL THE COMMITTED MEMBERS OF THE CHOIR. SEE, ALL THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS ABSENT, YEAH, THEY DIDN'T GET THE VIRUS, BUT... (CHUCKLES) HIS CASE WAS SO SERIOUS HE WAS HOSPITALISED. I REALLY GOT HIT HARD WITH MY BREATHING; COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE BODY ACHES, THE TEMPERATURE. NEW RESEARCH PUBLISHED TODAY LOOKING AT OUR PAST CASES FINDING PACIFIC PEOPLE ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO NEED HOSPITAL CARE AND MAORI 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY. COVID ALSO HITTING POLYNESIANS YOUNGER ` A 40-YEAR-OLD PASIFIKA PERSON HAVING THE SAME RISK OF NEEDING INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE AS A 65-YEAR-OLD PALANGI. A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR OPENING THE BORDERS NEEDS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS DISEASE AFFECTS DIFFERENT POPULATIONS DIFFERENTLY. OPEN-SLATHER BORDER-OPENING FOR THE SAKE OF OPENING A RESTAURANT IS GOING TO RESULT IN DEATHS. REINFORCING CALLS FOR A MORE TARGETED VACCINE ROLLOUT. IT SHOWS THAT MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOPLE NEED THE VACCINATION AT A YOUNGER AGE GROUP. THIS RESEARCH ` WE'VE GOT TO UTILISE IT TO HELP DESIGN, TOGETHER WITH MAORI AND PACIFIC, AND INFORM THE RESPONSE FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE FOCUSING ON VACCINATION RATES. WE WILL SEE MORE MAORI AND PACIFIC VACCINATORS PLAYING A ROLE IN THE VACCINATION CAMPAIGN. I THINK THAT WILL REALLY HELP IN TERMS OF BUILDING CONFIDENCE WITH THE MAORI AND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES. SEUMANU SIMON MATAFAI IS NOW FULLY RECOVERED AND VACCINATED, BUT HOPING FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE TOO. A STORM OR A CYCLONE HITS, IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD, RE-STRENGTHEN. A MAN WITH A TON OF FAITH HOPING FOR BETTER OUTCOMES FOR HIS PEOPLE. # AMEN. # YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND IS PREPARING TO BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT A BOOSTER SHOT OF THE PFIZER VACCINE. IT'S AFTER EVIDENCE FROM ISRAEL, BRITAIN AND THE US SHOWING THE JAB'S EFFICACY STARTS TO DROP SIX MONTHS AFTER IMMUNISATION. BUT EVEN THEN, THE VACCINE IS STILL 95% EFFECTIVE AGAINST SEVERE DISEASE. NEXT MONTH, PFIZER'S MANUFACTURER PLANS TO ASK U.S. REGULATORS TO AUTHORISE A BOOSTER SHOT. HERE, MEDSAFE SAYS IT HASN'T RECEIVED ANY UPDATE YET, BUT PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY SHOULD A THIRD JAB BE REQUIRED. WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST START THE BOOSTER SHOTS` COMING IN, TO START THE BOOSTER SHOTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EARLY IN THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME, AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE ORDERING MORE. A THIRD DOSE WOULD PRODUCE ANTIBODY LEVELS FIVE TO 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE PRODUCED AFTER TWO JABS. STILL TO COME ` AN OLYMPICS LIKE NO OTHER, JUST HOW TRICKY IT IS TO GET INTO TOKYO FOR ATHLETES AND THE MEDIA AS COVID TAKES HOLD OF JAPAN. PLUS ` TALK ABOUT OVERACHIEVER. CHECK OUT THIS BASKETBALL PRODIGY, WORLD RECORD HOLDER, AND NOW, SPELLING BEE CHAMP. Hey, man. Oh, hey. Come to check out the car? BOTH: Yeah. - Josh. - Jen. Hi. She's in pretty good nick. Only done 110,000 K's. WOF and rego. You know, full service history. (OMINOUS MUSIC) What is this? This is a one-star safety-rated car. Yeah. Try and get in. (HORN TOOTS) My body's, like, folded in half. I don't understand what's going on. People don't often think about how a car will crash and how it will protect you. That's what a star safety rating tells you. Just can't imagine` If we crashed in a car like this, there's no way we would survive. (OMINOUS MUSIC) THE SMALL FAR NORTH COMMUNITY OF AHIPARA IS TRYING TO FIND A FIRE BUG NOW BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 12 ARSON ATTACKS IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS. HELEN CASTLES HAS MORE. IT'S AN IDYLLIC SPOT FOR A HOLIDAY BACH, BUT THE REMOTE LOCATION IS A DISADVANTAGE FOR FIRE CREWS. THE FIRE WAS IN ITS LATER STAGES OF BURNING, AND THE BUILDING HAD COLLAPSED. THIS IS THE 12TH DELIBERATELY-LIT FIRE IN AHIPARA IN JUST EIGHT MONTHS. ACCESSING THESE BACHES ISN'T EASY ` THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT, AND IT'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TERRAIN, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE TWO 12-TON FIRE TRUCKS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THE SOFT SAND AND ROCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THIS 56ha OF VEGETATION WAS TORCHED IN JANUARY, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF 100 HOMES. THIS FAMILY BACH FELL VICTIM IN FEBRUARY. THESE BACHES NEAR SHIPWRECK BAY HAVE BECOME A REGULAR TARGET. I THINK THERE WILL BE SOMEONE IN AHIPARA WHO MAY KNOW WHO THE OFFENDER FOR THIS IS, AND MY MESSAGE TO THEM IS TO CONTACT US. WE WANNA STOP THIS PERSON BEFORE ANY OTHER PROPERTY IS LOST OR SOMEONE GETS HURT. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS ARE FED UP. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE DIFFICULT BECAUSE, COUPLED WITH OUR JOBS, WE FIGHT FIRES, AND THEN SOME OF US ARE CLEANING UP, HAVING A SHOWER AND GOING TO WORK. THEY GET CALLED OUT TO THESE OTHER FIRES THAT ARE DELIBERATELY LIT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW... THERE COULD BE ANOTHER FIRE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT THEY CAN'T ATTEND. WE'RE JUST LUCKY UP UNTIL NOW NO ONE'S BEEN HURT OR KILLED. THIS TIME, AUTHORITIES HAVE A WITNESS AND SOME EVIDENCE, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC ` ANYONE WHO SEES ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS SHOULD CALL THE POLICE. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. A FIRE AT A FOOD-PROCESSING FACTORY IN BANGLADESH HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST 52 LIVES. THE BLAZE AT THE 5-STOREY BUILDING FORCED WORKERS WHO WERE TRAPPED TO LEAP FROM THE UPPER FLOORS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL AT THE SCENE, TRYING TO SAVE LIVES AND RECOVER BODIES. IT'S BELIEVED HIGHLY-FLAMMABLE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS WERE STOCKPILED INSIDE THE FACILITY. EIGHT SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF ASSASSINATING HAITI'S PRESIDENT ARE STILL ON THE RUN. JOVENEL MOISE WAS KILLED DURING AN ATTACK YESTERDAY; HIS WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED. 15 COLOMBIAN NATIONALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, ALONG WITH TWO HAITIAN AMERICANS, AND PARADED IN FRONT OF MEDIA IN PORT-AU-PRINCE. MANY ARE BELIEVED TO BE EX-MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRY'S ARMED FORCES. COLOMBIA'S GOVERNMENT HAS PLEDGED TO ASSIST HAITI WITH ITS INVESTIGATION. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED TOKYO'S STATE OF EMERGENCY, JUST TWO WEEKS OUT FROM THE START OF THE OLYMPICS. IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE GAMES, ATHLETES, OFFICIALS AND MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL DESCEND ON THE CAPITAL AND FACE STRICT MEASURES JUST TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY. GUY HEVELDT EXPERIENCED EXACTLY THAT, ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS. THE EERILY EMPTY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT BRACING FOR AN INFLUX OF TRAVELLING KIWI OLYMPIANS. YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE GOING. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY, SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK TOWARDS THIS GOAL. THAT JOURNEY UNDERWAY FOR SOME OF THEM, AND US, A UNIQUE PROCESS IN COVID TIMES. RIGHT, SO STEP ONE'S DONE. WE ARE CHECKED IN. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER PROCESS THAN USUAL. WE NEEDED ALL THESE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, BUT WE ARE IN. NOW IT'S TRYING TO GET THROUGH CUSTOMS AND ON OUR WAY TO TOKYO. WE THEN BOARDED THE PLANE WITH ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS. ONE IN PARTICULAR HEADING OFF TO HIS FIRST GAMES, BUT OFF TO A TOUGH START. YEAH, I GOT MY SNACKS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY UP&GOS GOT CLAIMED AT SECURITY, SO, OH, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG FIVE HOURS, I THINK. IT WASN'T ALL BAD NEWS. WE WERE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT MORE THAN USUAL IN AN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT, WITH JUST 50 PEOPLE ON BOARD, ALL FACING THE SAME MEASURES AT THE OTHER END. WELL, AFTER WEEKS OF FILLING OUT FORMS, WE THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THESE, BUT THEY'VE JUST THROWN A COUPLE MORE AT US, SO WE'LL GET BACK TO IT. COMING FROM NEW ZEALAND, WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE PRETTY MUCH DON'T HAVE COVID, IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY STEEP LEARNING CURVE, I THINK ` GETTING USED TO WEARING A MASK AND WIPING DOWN THE SURFACES. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP ON TOP OF THAT. LANDING IN TOKYO BROUGHT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. SITTING, WAITING WHILE THEY CHECKED THAT PLETHORA OF DOCUMENTS AND WHILE WE UNDERWENT ANOTHER SALIVA TEST. THEN, FINALLY, FREEDOM. IT'S JUST TICKED OVER FIVE HOURS SINCE WE ARRIVED IN NARITA AIRPORT. WE'RE FINALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE, THROUGH CUSTOMS, OFFICIALLY IN TOKYO. IN THAT FIVE HOURS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO EAT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DRINK. FAIRLY HUNGRY, FAIRLY THIRSTY. ANOTHER HOUR TO GO TO GET TO THE HOTEL. A 24-HOUR JOURNEY TO START THIS OLYMPICS. AN OLYMPICS THAT WILL BE SO VERY DIFFERENT, BUT SHOULD STILL BRING SOME CHEER. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS, TOKYO. THE CENTRAL PULSE'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE IS HANGING BY A THREAD AFTER THEIR DEFEAT TO THE MAINLAND TACTIX. IN A NAIL-BITING GAME IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT THE TACTIX CAME AWAY WITH A CRUCIAL 52-49 WIN OVER THE PULSE. THIS PUTTING THE TACTIX IN A GOOD POSITION TO COMPETE IN THE FINALS AFTER A DISASTROUS START TO THE SEASON. KIWI DRIVER LIAM LAWSON WILL LIVE OUT A DREAM THIS WEEKEND, DRIVING A FORMULA ONE CAR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THE 19-YEAR-OLD WILL PILOT SEBASTIAN VETTEL'S 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING ENTRY AT THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED SOUTH OF LONDON. HE REMEMBERS WATCHING THE RED BULL CAR WITH VETTEL AT THE HELM AS A 9-YEAR-OLD ON TV AT HOME. IT'S HONESTLY UNBELIEVABLE. AND IT HIT ME QUITE HARD WHEN I WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE CAR, AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT MY NAME ON THERE AS WELL, AND THAT WAS JUST A CRAZY MOMENT. AS WELL AS TWO F1 DEMO RUNS, LAWSON WILL ALSO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HIS GERMAN TOURING CARS FERRARI AT THE FAMOUS FESTIVAL. FINALLY TONIGHT ` YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'VE SEEN OVERACHIEVERS BEFORE ` TRY THIS ` BASKETBALL PRODIGY, GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER, AND AS OF TODAY, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WINNER OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SPELLING BEE. MEET 14-YEAR-OLD ZAILA AVANT-GARDE, WHO WON ON THE WORD 'MURRAYA' ` A TYPE OF TROPICAL ASIATIC AND AUSTRALIAN TREE, FOR THOSE OF US NOT IN THE KNOW. MURRAYA. M-U-R-R-A-Y-A. THAT IS CORRECT! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ZAILA DESCRIBES SPELLING AS A 'SIDE HOBBY' SHE ROUTINELY PRACTISES FOR SEVEN HOURS A DAY. IT GETS BETTER ` SHE'S ALSO A TALENTED BASKETBALLER WHO WANTS TO PLAY IN THE WNBA, AND HOLDS THREE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR DRIBBLING MULTIPLE BALLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. JUST AHEAD ` THE WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEKEND, PLUS... REMEMBER THIS GUY? FROM THE NORTH SHORE TO HOLLYWOOD, MARTIN HENDERSON'S LATEST TRIP HOME. PLUS ` IT'S HALF A CALF! THE LITTLE CREATURE CAUSING A BIG STIR IN BANGLADESH. HE'S BASED IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT GREW UP ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. MARTIN HENDERSON MADE HIS MARK IN A KIWI SOAP AS A 17-YEAR-OLD ACTOR, BUT HE'S COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. DOUGIE MACKIE CAUGHT UP WITH THE 46-YEAR-OLD ON A RECENT, RARE TRIP HOME. KIWI ACTOR MARTIN HENDERSON HAS BEEN LIVING THE CALIFORNIA DREAM NOW FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. PRETTY SIMPLE LIFE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GO, 'OH, LIVE IN L.A.' AND THEY HAVE, SORT OF, IDEAS OF WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT'S NOT TOO DISSIMILAR TO A KIWI LIFESTYLE IN A WAY. FUNNY ISN'T IT? I MEAN, WE ALL` WE ALL COME HOME EVENTUALLY. IN JANUARY, THE FORMER WESTLAKE BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND SHORTLAND STREET STAR RETURNED TO WORK ON A U.S. HORROR FILM. I HAD A REAL BALL. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE STUFF I DO IN THE STATES IS A LITTLE MORE CLASSIC, KIND OF, LEADING MAN, JUST, SORT OF, A LITTLE NARROW. THIS WAS WAY BROADER, QUIRKY, WEIRD, FUNNY STUFF. I'D LIKE TO DO MORE OF THAT STUFF, I THINK. EVEN WITH A 19 DAY STINT IN MIQ, DUE TO THE PULLMAN HOTEL'S OUTBREAK, HE'S STILL COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS. IT'S AMAZING TO COME BACK HERE AND SEE THE WAY IN WHICH THIS COUNTRY HAS RESPONDED. YOU KNOW, I HOPE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT, BECAUSE IN CONTRAST, YOU KNOW, BEING UP IN NORTH AMERICA, WHERE I WAS BEFORE THIS, IT'S ABSOLUTE PARADISE HERE, YOU KNOW? THE ACTOR HAS PERFORMED ALONGSIDE STARS LIKE ELLEN POMPEO IN GREY'S ANATOMY, CATE BLANCHETT IN THE FILM, 'LITTLE FISH'. NICE AND ROSY. AND REMEMBER THAT TOXIC KISS WITH BRITNEY SPEARS? # INTOXICATE ME NOW, WITH YOUR LOVING NOW. # IN ONE OF HIS LATEST ROLES, HE PLAYS A VILLAIN IN 'THE GLOAMING'. AND HE SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE IF PEOPLE LIKE HIS CHARACTER OR NOT. I HOPE YOU DON'T LIKE ME. IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, I'VE DONE MY JOB. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SORRY. I CAN'T. YOU CAN. I'LL LOSE EVERYTHING. I CAN'T. (GASPS, WHIMPERS) YOU CAN BITCH. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I FOUND IT QUITE DIFFICULT TO GO TO SOME OF THOSE DARKER PLACES. SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR FANS WHO ARE USED TO SEEING YOU IN THE ROMANTIC ROLES? IS AIN'T THIS. THIS AIN'T NO BRIDE AND PREJUDICE. (LAUGHS) HE CURRENTLY STARS IN THE NETFLIX HIT SERIES 'VIRGIN RIVER', WHICH HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. TO FILM IN EARLY JUNE. WOW. YOU SHOULD BE A DETECTIVE. OH, MY DAY TRACKING BAD GUYS ARE OVER. THE THIRD SEASON OF THE SHOW IS OUT THIS WEEK. DOUGIE MACKIE, 1 NEWS. THOUSANDS IN BANGLADESH HAVE FLOCKED TO A FARM IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH-WEST TO GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT COULD BE THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COW. RANI ` THE 23-MONTH-OLD DWARF BHUTANESE COW STANDS AT JUST 51cm TALL. HER OWNER SAYS SHE DOESN'T EAT MUCH, IS SCARED OF THE OTHER COWS, AND HAS DIFFICULTY WALKING SO LIKES TO BE CARRIED. MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PAID RANI A VISIT. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH TOM GRENNAN AND 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE'. (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') (TOM GRENNAN'S 'LITTLE BIT OF LOVE') THAT IS ALMOST ALL FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT, AND SEEING AS IT'S FRIDAY, WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME ADORABLE PICTURES OF JIN HU THE PANDA, CELEBRATING HIS 11TH BIRTHDAY IN DALIAN IN EASTERN CHINA. PANDAS CAN LIVE UP TO 35 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY OPT FOR THE BAMBOO OVER BIRTHDAY CAKE. THANKS FOR WATCHING, PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JADE FERNANDES AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021