TONIGHT ` PLUNGED INTO LOCKDOWN JUST HOURS AFTER A COMMUNITY COVID CASE IS DETECTED. IT'S BACK TO LEVEL 4 FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY FROM MIDNIGHT, WHILE OFFICIALS URGENTLY TRY TO TRACE ITS ORIGINS. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, NEW ZEALAND IS BEING PLUNGED INTO LOCKDOWN. THE COUNTRY MOVES TO ALERT LEVEL 4 FROM 11.59 TONIGHT. IT'S FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF THREE DAYS, BUT AUCKLAND AND COROMANDEL ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN AT LEVEL 4 FOR SEVEN DAYS. THIS AFTER A CASE WAS CONFIRMED IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF DEVONPORT. A MAN (58) TESTING POSITIVE. WHILE INFECTIOUS, HE VISITED THE COROMANDEL AT THE WEEKEND. ALL UP, THERE ARE 23 LOCATIONS OF INTEREST ` 10 IN AUCKLAND AND 13 IN THE COROMANDEL. WITH MORE ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. HERE WE GO AGAIN, NEW ZEALAND ` SNAKING QUEUES, IN FOR THE ESSENTIALS. I CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE PANICKING. AND OUR FRIEND NEEDS SOME DIAPERS FOR HER BABY, SO WE TRIED TO GET HER SOME. YEAH, IT'S QUITE A LONG QUEUE. DRINKS AND A FEW SPUDS AND, UH... A FEW APPLES. YEAH. IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE'VE HAD A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN, AND JUST LIKE THAT, WE'RE HEADING BACK TO LEVEL 4. GOING HARD AND EARLY HAS WORKED FOR US BEFORE. WHILE WE KNOW THAT DELTA IS A MORE DANGEROUS ENEMY TO COMBAT, THE SAME ACTIONS THAT OVERCAME THE VIRUS LAST YEAR CAN BE APPLIED TO BEAT IT AGAIN. THE POSITIVE CASE WAS A MAN (58) FROM THE NORTH SHORE SUBURB OF DEVONPORT. HE AND HIS WIFE ALSO TRAVELLED TO THE COROMANDEL FOR A WEEKEND GETAWAY, INCLUDING VISITING A BUSY PUB TO WATCH THE RUGBY ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE MAN IS NOT VACCINATED BUT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ACTIVELY BOOKING HIS VACCINATION ` HAD HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WEBSITE BUT HAD BEEN MAKING EFFORTS TO DO THAT. HIS WIFE IS FULLY VACCINATED. WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH IT. THERE COULD STILL BE CASES OUT THERE. YOU KNOW... THE FACT THAT WE'VE DETECTED IT IN THIS INDIVIDUAL MIGHT ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE A LUCKY BREAK IN THE LONG RUN. WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THERE WASN'T MUCH DEBATE AROUND THE CABINET TABLE WHEN IT CAME TO TAKING THE COUNTRY INTO LOCKDOWN. OUR STARTING PRINCIPLE WAS WE ARE BETTER TO START HIGH AND BE CAUTIOUS AND MOVE OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE COMFORT TO DO SO, THAN START TOO LOW AND BE IN THAT PHASE FOR MUCH, MUCH LONGER. WATCHING AS THE NEWS CAME IN, PROFESSOR MICHAEL BAKER SAYS IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE. AND IT IS AN EXTREME MEASURE, BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT'S A SLOW, SIMMERING OUTBREAK WHICH GRADUALLY GETS OUT OF CONTROL TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING HUNDREDS OF CASES A DAY. THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED A WARNING JUST LAST WEEK THAT ANY CASE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE DEALT WITH 'SWIFTLY AND SEVERELY'. THEY'VE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THAT. NOW THE RACE IS ON TO PUT TOGETHER THE PIECES OF THIS PUZZLE. OUR SYSTEMS HAVE ALREADY SWUNG INTO ACTION TO GATHER UP THE FACTS. DEALING WITH DELTA CHANGES THE GAME. JUST THIS MORNING, WE LEARNT ABOUT HOW IT SPREAD IN MIQ WHEN DOORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER IN THE CORRIDOR WERE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME FOR THREE TO FIVE SECONDS. WITH DELTA RAGING AROUND THE WORLD, IT WAS EXPERTS' VIEW THAT IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF IF, BUT WHEN. AS IT IS, WE ARE ONE OF THE LAST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD TO HAVE THE DELTA VARIANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS HAS GIVEN US THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM OTHERS. OTHERS LIKE OUR NEIGHBOUR IN NEW SOUTH WALES WHO ARE FACING AN OUTBREAK AND A LONG, HARD LOCKDOWN. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. JOINING US NOW IS REPORTER JACOB JOHNSON FROM DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON. LEVEL 4 HITTING NATIONWIDE IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR. WHAT'S IT LIKE WHERE YOU ARE? WERE HEARD IN JESS'S STORY ABOUT A BIT OF PANIC BUYING AT THE SUPERMARKETS, AND WELLINGTON HAS BEEN NO EXCEPTION. THE SUPERMARKET BEHIND ME HAS SEEN CARS AND PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FOR THE AT LEAST THE LAST HOUR DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS CLOSING IN JUST UNDER 15 MINUTES. PEOPLE OF SLEEP TRYING TO GET SOME LAST-MINUTE SUPPLIES BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN COMES INTO EFFECT ADMIT AT MIDNIGHT. UNLESS YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER, YOU MUST BE STAYING AT HOME. YOU CAN GO OUT TO THE SUPERMARKET. IF YOU NEED TO, YOU CAN GO TO THE PHARMACY FOR SUPPLIES. YOU CAN EXERCISE IN YOUR LOCAL AREA, AND YOU CAN GO AND GET A COVID-19 TEST IF YOU NEED. TRAVEL IS ALSO OFF THE CARDS. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE COOK ISLANDS GOVERNMENT HAS SUSPENDED TRAVEL BUBBLE WITH THE COOK ISLANDS FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. THEY WILL BE REVIEWING THAT SITUATION TOMORROW AS MORE INFORMATION COMES TO HAND. SO PLANS HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BUT THE NURSES STRIKE HAS BEEN CANCELLED? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. MORE THAN 30,000 NURSES WERE SET TO WALK OFF THE JOB ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK AFTER REJECTING THE LATEST PAY OFFER FROM DHBS AND OVER CONCERNS THAT THEIR CONTRACTS DIDN'T ENSURE SAFE STAFFING LEVELS. BUT THE UNION HAS DECIDED IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE OR RESPONSIBLE TO GO OUT AND ABOUT DURING THIS LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN. A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AS WELL ` ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS FOR THE KINGITANGA MOVEMENT. NEW ZEALAND FASHION WEEK HAS BEEN POSTPONED, AND WELLINGTON ON A PLATE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S BIGGEST FOOD FESTIVAL, THAT IS ALSO ON HOLD FOR NOW. A NUMBER OF EVENTS NOW ON HOLD AS A RESULT OF THIS LOCKDOWN. THANKS, JACOB JOHNSON LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CASE IN ALMOST SIX MONTHS? HERE'S KIM BAKER WILSON WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. DEVONPORT... ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE, WHERE OUR NEW COMMUNITY CASE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE. THIS CASE WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN THE PERSON PRESENTED TO THEIR GP THIS CASE WAS IDENTIFIED WHEN THE PERSON PRESENTED TO THEIR GP YESTERDAY, MONDAY, WITH SYMPTOMS AND WAS TESTED. BUT THE CONCERN COVERS MORE THAN AUCKLAND, AND THIS IS WHY. AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO OBVIOUS LINK BETWEEN THIS CASE AND THE BORDER. THE 58-YEAR-OLD FIRST GOT SYMPTOMS ON SATURDAY, MEANING HE'S BEING TREATED AS BEING INFECTIOUS SINCE THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY, THE MAN AND HIS WIFE HIT THE ROAD TO COROMANDEL TOWNSHIP. THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF INTEREST, INCLUDING A PUB, CAFES AND A SERVICE STATION. THEY STRETCH UP TO A CAFE IN COLVILLE, AND HOURS AGO, ANOTHER CAFE IN THAMES WAS ADDED TO THE STRING OF LOCATIONS. ALL OF THESE ARE LISTED ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANYONE WHO WAS THERE. LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THE KOPU-HIKUAI ROAD WAS LIKE QUEEN STREET ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OF PEOPLE FLEEING TO THE COROMANDEL, AND I SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE, PLEASE STAY AT HOME. OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE OPERATING. DON'T PUT EXCESS STRAIN ON THEM. WE'RE NOT GEARED UP FOR CHRISTMAS. THE INFECTED MAN MADE GOOD USE OF THE COVID TRACER APP. HE'S NOT VACCINATED, BUT HIS WIFE IS, AND SHE'S RETURNED A NEGATIVE TEST. AND UNTIL SEQUENCING COMES IN TOMORROW MORNING... WE ARE ASSUMING THIS IS THE DELTA VARIANT. BACK IN AUCKLAND, ANOTHER LOCATION WAS ADDED TONIGHT ` CRUMB CAFE IN GREY LYNN, WHICH SAYS THE MAN WAS THERE FOR JUST 10 MINUTES ON THURSDAY. AND THERE ARE MORE LOCATIONS TO COME. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. AND WITH JUST MINUTES LEFT UNTIL THE MIDNIGHT LOCKDOWN, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE COROMANDEL. WITH MORE HERE'S REPORTER LOGAN CHURCH. LOGAN, WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU ARE? THERE IS A BIT OF CONFUSION HERE IN MANAIA, JUST SOUTH OF THE COROMANDEL. WHAT YOU MAY BILL TO SEE IS A LINE OF RESIDENTS CARS. THEY HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES SINCE THE LOCKDOWN ANNOUNCEMENT TO BLOCK THE ROAD AND STOP EVERYONE COMING THROUGH UNLESS THEY CAN PROVE THAT THEY LIVE ON THE COROMANDEL. THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED SOME CONCERN FOR MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THROUGH HERE, AND THE POLICE ARE ASSISTING THEM. THE POLICE ARE CHECKING PEOPLE'S LICENSE PLATES AND WHERE THEY LIVE. ON ONE SIDE, YOU HAVE LOCALS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CASE. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE DEVONPORT COVID-19 CASE ` THEY TRAVELLED THROUGH THIS AREA AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. THEY ARE WORRIED FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FED UP, WAITING TO GET THROUGH, MANY OF WHOM LIVE HERE AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET HOME. THEY ARE REALLY QUESTIONING THE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND ALSO THE POLICE WHO ARE STOPPING THEM COMING THROUGH. IT IS 10.55. TECHNICALLY THE LOCKDOWN DOESN'T START UNTIL 11.59. SO THERE IS SOME CONFUSION HERE. SOME CARS ARE GETTING THROUGH AND SOME ARE TURNING AROUND. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE AN LONG NIGHT AHEAD A LOT OF ANXIETY THERE. HERE'S COVID-19 DATA MODELLING EXPERT PROFESSOR SHAUN HENDY ON WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF THE CONFIRMED CASE IS INDEED OF THE DELTA STRAIN. WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS CASE BEFORE WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS OR WEEKS YOU KNOW, AT THE MOMENT, THERE ISN'T A LINK TO THE BORDER, AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY SPREAD. SO THERE COULD BE OTHER CASES OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, IF IT IS THE DELTA STRAIN, AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD ASSUME IT IS, THEN IT'S ABOUT TWICE AS TRANSMISSIBLE AS THE STRAIN THAT WE DEALT WITH LAST YEAR. THAT HAS A COUPLE OF IMPLICATIONS, AND IT MEANS THAT IT CAN SPREAD MUCH MORE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. IT CAN PUT MORE STRAIN ON OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE FOR OURSELVES AND THE POSITION I DON'T THINK WE'LL FIND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. WE THINK THE ALERT LEVEL 4 WILL BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THIS. NEW SOUTH WALES KIND OF WENT FOR A LOCKDOWN LITE, AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN SLOWLY RAMPING UP THE RESTRICTIONS, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH DELTA. THE WAY TO DEAL WITH DELTA, I THINK, IS THE WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN TO DO IT, WHICH IS TO GO FOR THE STRONGEST RESTRICTIONS YOU'VE GOT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. VANDHNA BHAN JOINS US NOW WITH THE VERY LATEST. TENA KOE. ANOTHER LOCATION OF INTEREST HAS EMERGED? YES, WENDY. THE DEVONPORT PHARMACY IS THE LATEST LOCATION OF INTEREST TO HAVE POPPED UP ON THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE. ANYONE THAT WAS THERE BETWEEN 2.15 AND 2.30 YESTERDAY IS URGED TO STAY HOME AND SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW. WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR IS THE GENE SEQUENCING RESULTS THAT RG OUT TOMORROW MORNING, AND THAT WILL REALLY TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THIS CASE IS INDEED OF THE DELTA VARIANT. EXPERTS LIKE SEAN HENDY ARE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS TO BE OF THE DELTA VARIANT. TOMORROW, NATIONWIDE OUR TESTING CENTRES WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 8 PM, AND THERE WILL BE POP-UP CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL. VACCINATION CENTRES AND VACCINATIONS WILL BE ON HOLD FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND ALSO OVER THE NEXT 48-HOUR IS, IN NEW ZEALAND WILL BE OPERATING ITS CURRENT REGULAR SCHEDULE AROUND THE COUNTRY, REALLY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STRANDED PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET BACK HOME SUCH A TOUGH TIME FOR BUSINESSES. WHAT HELP IS AVAILABLE THIS TIME FOR THEM? YES, WELL, THE WAGE SUBSIDY IS KICKING IN ONCE AGAIN, SO BUSINESSES CAN APPLY IF THEY EXPECT A LOSS OF 40% OF REVENUE AS A RESULT OF LOCKDOWN. THIS TIME ROUND, THE RATE OF THE WAGE SUBSIDY HAS ALSO INCREASED, WHICH IS A RELIEF. SO BUSINESSES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR $600 FOR EACH FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, AND THEY CAN START APPLYING FOR THAT COME FRIDAY. A BIG RELIEF BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN AUCKLAND, AS WE HEAD INTO OUR FIFTH LOCKDOWN, WENDY. THANKS, VANDHNA BHAN. STILL TO COME ` THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS, AND ANOTHER DAY OF CHAOS IN KABUL WITH PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRYING TO ESCAPE THE TALIBAN'S RULE, WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. TO THE DAY'S OTHER BIG STORY ` THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN AFGHANISTAN'S CAPITAL, KABUL, IS NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF AMERICAN TROOPS AFTER MORE CHAOTIC SCENES ERUPTED AS THOUSANDS TRIED FLEE THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER. VIDEO SHOWS PEOPLE INVADING THE TARMAC, CLIMBING AND CLINGING TO A U.S MILITARY PLANE AS IT WAS TAXIING DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE TAKING OFF. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE REPORTED KILLED AT THE AIRPORT. THESE SATELLITE IMAGES ILLUSTRATE THE SHEER NUMBERS ` HUNDREDS CROWDING THE AIRPORT RUNWAY DESPERATE TO ESCAPE. AND HERE, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING PARKED AIRCRAFT, SCRAMBLING TO ENTER THE CABINS. THIS COMES AS U.S PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN REMAINED DEFIANT, DEFENDING HIS DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS LEADING TO THE TALIBAN'S RAPID RETURN TO POWER. OUR COVERAGE BEGINS TONIGHT WITH EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN. (PLANE ROARS) (YELLS) ABSOLUTE DESPERATION. DOZENS OF AFGHANS CLINGING TO A MILITARY CARGO JET, RACING TO ESCAPE BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE. AS PLANES LEFT THE RUNWAY, SO TOO DID THOSE HANGING ON, LATER SEEN FALLING TO THEIR DEATHS. THIS PHOTO CAPTURING THE RELIEF OF SOME OF THE 640 FOREIGN NATIONALS AND AFGHANS CRAMMED INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT AS THEY WERE BEING EVACUATED. IT'S A VERY, VERY BAD SITUATION, AND PEOPLE IS IN CHAOS. (SCREAMING) CROWDS WERE TRYING TO CLAW THEIR WAY INSIDE AFTER RUMOURS EVEN THOSE WITHOUT VISAS COULD TRAVEL, SOME FORCING THEIR WAY INTO AFGHANISTAN'S NATIONAL CARRIER ` KAM AIR ` EVEN CLIMBING ON TOP. (GUNSHOTS) ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE AIRPORT, THE TALIBAN FIRING WARNING SHOTS ` A REMINDER OF WHO'S IN CHARGE NOW. BUT THAT DIDN'T FAZE THOSE ON THE GROUND. THIS FAMILY SEEN PULLING ITS MEMBERS OVER A BARBED WIRED FENCE TO THE AIRFIELD. AMERICAN FORCES OPENING FIRE ON THE TARMAC ` U.S OFFICIALS CLAIMING THEY KILLED TWO ARMED MEN. THIS IS A DISASTER. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PAINT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, BUT WE WILL WORK OUT OF IT. AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED IN THE MAYHEM. I WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TALIBAN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, AND THEY WANT US TO CONTINUE OUR JOB AND PROVIDE OUR MUCH-NEEDED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF FIVE MILLION PEOPLE. CHECKPOINTS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY THE TALIBAN IN A CITY TRYING TO FIND SOME CALM. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S BEING BLASTED BY HER POLITICAL OPPONENTS FOR LEAVING BEHIND AFGHAN CIVILIANS WHO HELPED KIWI TROOPS DURING THE WAR. THE DEFENCE FORCE IS NOW BEING SENT ON AN URGENT RESCUE MISSION TO TRY TO RESCUE THEM. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. FOR YEARS, KIWI TROOPS TOOK ON THE TALIBAN. FORMER SAS SOLDIER CRAIG WILSON DID HIS FAIR SHARE OF FIGHTING. NOW THE KIWI BRAVO AUTHOR SAYS WE MUST WORK WITH THE TALIBAN IF WE'RE TO GET OUR PEOPLE OUT. THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A DEGREE OF COOPERATION WITH THOSE IN POWER. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST TESTS IF THIS TALIBAN REGIME ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BEHAVE LEGITIMATELY. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GET A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, BUT WITH THE TALIBAN NOW IN TOTAL CONTROL, COULD IT BE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? IT'S OBVIOUSLY CAUGHT A LOT OF COUNTRIES OUT, NOT JUST NEW ZEALAND, BUT THERE WERE SOME INDICATIONS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN RETROSPECT. BUT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE MOVED EARLIER. NATIONAL SAYS IT'S SIMPLY CALLOUS THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE AFGHANS WHO'D HELPED US WITH US WHEN WE LEFT. INCREDIBLY CRUEL BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WOULD KNOW THAT THE TALIBAN WERE COMING. I WOULD REALLY PUSH BACK ON THAT. EVERYONE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAD THE EXPECTATION AFGHANISTAN WOULD HOLD LONGER THAN IT HAS. THIS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY. IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN. JUST LAST MONTH THE GOVERNMENT AGAIN REJECTED PLEAS TO GET THOSE CIVILIAN WORKERS OUT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY HARROWING TO SEE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO HELP OUR COUNTRY LEFT TO THE MERCY OF A DEATH CULT. AND WHAT DOES IT SAY TO THE WORLD? YOU CAN'T TRUST A KIWI. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER INSISTS NO ONE SAW IT COMING. LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. EVERY COUNTRY IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME POSITION AS NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST GLAD THAT NEW ZEALAND IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO LOOK AFTER ITS PEOPLE NOW. IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHEN OUR HERCULES WILL DEPART FOR THE MISSION. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. BACK HERE, POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE MOTHER OF A BABY WHICH WAS FOUND DEAD AT AN AUCKLAND RECYCLING FACILITY. A WORKER FOUND THE INFANT, BELIEVED TO BE A NEWBORN, AMONG RUBBISH LAST NIGHT. LOGAN CHURCH HAS THE LATEST. A DEVASTATING DISCOVERY AT THIS SOUTH AUCKLAND RECYCLING FACILITY. THE STAFF THERE FOUND WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A YOUNG INFANT CHILD THE STAFF THERE FOUND WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A YOUNG INFANT CHILD IN THE RECYCLING WASTE. BROUGHT IN ON A RECYCLING TRUCK, DISPOSED OF AND FOUND BY SHOCKED WORKERS LAST NIGHT ` BELIEVED TO BE A NEWBORN. WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS FIND THE MOTHER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE SOME MEDICAL ISSUES HERE AND WHERE SHE NEEDS SOME HELP AND SUPPORT. POLICE NOW SEARCHING HOSPITALS, BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS BABY CAME IN FROM, AS MUCH OF AUCKLAND'S KERBSIDE RECYCLING ENDS UP HERE. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S AWARE OF WHAT IT CALLS THE TRAGIC DISCOVERY AND WILL PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OR SUPPORT IT CAN TO POLICE. 1 NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO SOME WORKERS AT THE RECYCLING FACILITY, AND THEY SAY IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN SENT HOME. MEANWHILE, THE POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR SCENE EXAMINATION HERE AND COMBING THROUGH HOURS OF CCTV FOOTAGE. THE RECYCLING PLANT HAS CCTV, AND THERE'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT, AND THAT'LL TAKE SOME TIME. IT COMES ONLY TWO WEEKS AFTER ANOTHER BABY WAS FOUND DEAD IN A BIN AT MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. MEANWHILE, A POST-MORTEM ON THIS BABY WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW, BUT FOR NOW, A PLEA FOR THE MOTHER TO COME FORWARD. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER, AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE WAY FOR YOUR LOCKDOWN WEDNESDAY. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH D.D DUMBO AND 'SATAN'. (D.D DUMBO'S 'SATAN') (D.D DUMBO'S 'SATAN') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT AND FOR THE DURATION OF THE LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN. STAY SAFE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND JESSIE PURU.