IT'S MIDDAY. THE HIDDEN DETAILS IN THE LATEST OFFER TO NURSES ` HOW SOME HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. FEARS GROW OF INTENSIFIED ATTACKS IN UKRAINE'S EAST, AS NEW ZEALAND IS QUESTIONED FOR NOT CENSURING RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR. AND FRANCE GOES TO THE POLLS ` THE CHALLENGER TO EMMANUEL MACRON'S BID TO BE THE FIRST FRENCH PRESIDENT TO BE RE-ELECTED IN TWO DECADES. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND JADE FERNANDES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022 THE HEALTH MINISTER'S INSISTING THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T BACKTRACKED ON PROMISES AROUND PAY SETTLEMENTS. DETAILS HAVE REVEALED DHB NURSES WON'T BE BACK-PAID TO DECEMBER 2019, BUT AS THEY WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND THE DETAILS, NON-DHB NURSES ARE ASKING TO BE CONSIDERED TOO. ISAAC GUNSON REPORTS. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NURSES GATHERED AROUND PHONES AND COMPUTERS TO READ THE DETAILS OF THE LONG-AWAITED PAY SETTLEMENT DETAIL BETWEEN THEIR WORKFORCE AND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. THERE WAS SILENCE THAT THERE WAS NO BACK-PAY. AND THAT IS WHAT HAD BEEN PROMISED ALL ALONG ` THAT WE WOULD BE BACK-PAID TO DECEMBER 2019. THE BACK-PAY IN QUESTION WAS, ACCORDING TO NURSES, ALWAYS PART OF THE DEAL. BUT IN A STATEMENT TO BREAKFAST, ANDREW LITTLE'S OFFICE SAID THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE WOULD BE DECEMBER 31, 2019, AS AGREED IN 2018, AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NEVER OPPOSED TO BACK-PAY. THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION AT THAT TIME BY ALL PARTIES THAT PAY EQUITY WOULD'VE BEEN RESOLVED BY DECEMBER 2019. IT TOOK LONGER. DECEMBER 2019 WOULD MEAN BACK-PAY ROLLING ALL THE WAY BACK TO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC ` AN EXPERIENCE WHICH HAS EXHAUSTED OUR HEALTH WORKFORCE. THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS HAVE BEEN CRAZY, AND WE'RE SEEING NURSES LEAVE... ALL THE TIME. AND THAT'S TO SAY NOTHING OF THOSE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEAL ` NURSES IN AREAS SUCH AS AGED CARE, HOME VISITS, MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITY SERVICES AND GP NURSES. THEY'RE NURSES AND CARERS WHO HAVE THE SAME SKILLS AND EXPERTISE, BUT BECAUSE THEY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT. JOSEPHINE GAGAN WANTS TO SEE GREATER PAY EQUITY, NOT JUST FOR HER NURSES, BUT FOR ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. IN THOSE LOCKDOWN PERIODS, THE HOSPITALS WERE EMPTY. AND IT WAS OUR NURSES THAT WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CARRIED ON LOOKING AFTER VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED, AND AS FOR THE ONES WHO HAVE ` A LOT OF ANGER. FEELINGS OF BETRAYAL, AND, JUST... NURSES ARE BEING... DONE OVER AGAIN. MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL FINALLY SEE OUR NURSES RECOGNISED FOR THE FACT THEY HAVE, FOR A LONG TIME, BEEN PAID AT RATES THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY SWAYED BY THE FACT THEY HAVE BEEN A FEMALE-DOMINATED WORKFORCE. NURSES ARE SET TO VOTE ON THE SETTLEMENT BEGINNING APRIL 20th, AND RECOGNITION OR NOT, IT SEEMS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RECEIVED AS WARMLY AS THE GOVERNMENT HOPED. (CAR HORNS BLARE) ISAAC GUNSON, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 2-YEAR-OLD IN HAMILTON OVER THE WEEKEND. THE GIRL DIED ON SATURDAY AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. AT THIS STAGE, THE DEATH IS BEING TREATED AS UNEXPLAINED. POLICE ARE CONDUCTING A SCENE EXAMINATION AT THE CHILD'S HOME TODAY, ALONG WITH A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. A HUMAN RIGHTS BARRISTER SAYS NEW ZEALAND SHOULD THROW OUT ITS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. IT COMES AS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WEIGHS UP ITS OPTIONS, AS EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY RUSSIA IN UKRAINE CONTINUE TO MOUNT. GEOFFREY ROBERTSON SAYS COUNTRIES NEED TO PURSUE MULTIPLE AVENUES TO STOP VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO THROW OUT YOUR RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR WHO SPOUTS PUTIN'S PROPAGANDA. NO CIVILISED COUNTRY SHOULD ALLOW IT. BUT PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS REMOVING THE AMBASSADOR IS NOT A TOP PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO UKRAINE. THERE ARE A RAFT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT UKRAINE, AND NO ONCE HAVE I EVER HEARD ANY OF OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM UKRAINE PUT THAT ON THE TOP OF THEIR LIST. THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IS NOW RE-FOCUSING ITS WAR EFFORT ON EASTERN UKRAINE, WITH CIVILIANS BEING EVACUATED FROM THE DONBAS REGION. 1200 BODIES HAVE NOW BEEN RECOVERED FROM PREVIOUSLY-OCCUPIED RUSSIAN AREAS SURROUNDING THE CAPITAL, KYIV ` THOSE INCLUDE THE VILLAGE OF ANDRIIVKA FROM WHERE THE BBC'S MARK LOWEN REPORTS. LESS LIBERATION, MORE SCORCHED EARTH. IN ANDRIIVKA, POPULATION 1000, MORE THAN 40 WERE KILLED AS THE RUSSIANS ATTACKED AND MOVED IN FOR A MONTH. THE REMNANTS OF BATTLE MIXED WITH REMAINS OF LIVES, AS THE SHROUD OF WAR IS PEELED BACK, UNCOVERING THE HORRORS BENEATH. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TATIANA'S ONLY GRANDSON, ANTON, WAS TAKEN BY THE RUSSIANS THE DAY AFTER HIS 23rd BIRTHDAY AND SHOT. SO BADLY MUTILATED THEY IDENTIFIED HIM FROM HIS CLOTHES, RECOVERING HIS BODY AFTER A MONTH AND BURYING HIM TWO DAYS AGO. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN TEARFULLY) TRANSLATOR: MAYBE IF HE HAD GONE TO FIGHT SOMEWHERE ELSE, HE WOULD HAVE RETURNED IN ONE PIECE. HE WAS A CLEVER BOY. HE RECITED POETRY. MY HUSBAND TOLD THE RUSSIANS TO TAKE HIM INSTEAD. THEY POINTED THEIR MACHINE GUN AND SAID, 'GO HOME OR WE WILL TAKE YOU BOTH.' THIS TERRORISED COMMUNITY WILL TRY, SOMEHOW, TO RETURN TO PEACE, BUT IT CAN'T SHUT OUT ITS AGONY. LEONID KOVAL AND HIS FAMILY ARE TRYING ` REPAIRING BROKEN LIVES AND THEIR HOME, WHERE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS STAYED, AND THIS IS HOW THEY TREATED IT. HE'S STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT THEY STOLE. (SNIFFLES, SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) 'I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DID,' HE SAYS. 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.' MY FAMILY HAD BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 15 YEARS, BUT THEY CAME IN HERE AND LOOTED IT ALL. THOUSANDS OF SRI LANKAN PROTESTERS HAVE GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN COLOMBO DEMANDING THE RAJAPAKSA FAMILY QUIT POLITICS. LOCALS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S MISMANAGEMENT OF FINANCES, LEADING TO SKYROCKETING FOOD PRICES AND DIRE FUEL SHORTAGES. IT'S ALL BEING BLAMED ON THE RAJAPAKSAS, A POLITICAL DYNASTY KNOWN FOR NEPOTISM. PROTESTERS CHANTED 'MADMAN GOTA' AND 'GO HOME, GOTA', REFERRING TO THE PRESIDENT GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA. A DRAMATIC RESCUE HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. OFFICERS RACED TO PULL A COUPLE FROM THEIR BURNING OVERTURNED CAR, JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE VEHICLE'S PETROL TANK EXPLODED. CHANNEL 9'S OLIVIA DONALDSON HAS THE STORY. A CARAVAN OBLITERATED. OFFICERS MAKE A MAD DASH TOWARDS THE WRECKAGE. IS THERE SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE? THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE CAR! THAT CAR NOW BURNING. RIPPING OFF THE WINDSCREEN, THEY MANAGED TO REACH THE ELDERLY FEMALE PASSENGER. YEAH. UNDO YOUR SEAT BELT. UNDO YOUR SEAT BELT. GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! NEXT IS HER PARTNER. UNDO YOUR SEAT BELT. COME STRAIGHT OUT. I'M GONNA RIP YOU OUT. HEAT AND SMOKE FORCING RESCUERS BACK. I REMEMBER THE FEELING OF THE FIRE. IT WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE. YOU'RE JUST FEELING IT, AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOTTA GET THEM OUT. OH! OH! FLAMES SPREAD; TIME IS RUNNING OUT. QUICKLY, SIR. COME ON, MAN. DUCK YOUR HEAD. COME ON. DUCK YOUR HEAD. THE CAR HAD 125 LITRES OF PETROL ON IT AND ALSO TWO GAS BOTTLES WITH THE CARAVAN. FRANTIC MOMENTS THEN TURNED TO HUGE RELIEF. I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU ALIVE. BUT A MINUTE LONGER, THE RESCUE COULD HAVE TURNED DEADLY. THE FUEL TANK DID GO UP, AND IT WAS` IT JUST` IT JUST SHOOK THE GROUND. IT WAS SO LOUD. ALWAYS GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD IS THE FACT THAT THE CAR EXPLODED AFTER. SO IT MAKES YOU THINK, LIKE, WE ONLY HAD, YOU KNOW, A MINUTE LEFT TO GO. THE CRASH HAPPENED LAST MONTH AFTER THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AT A BEND ALONG THE SOUTH-WESTERN HIGHWAY IN WA SOUTH. POLICE RELEASED THIS BODY CAM FOOTAGE, SHOWCASING A CHILLING ESCAPE AND COURAGE. THERE ARE MANY INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE WHERE OUR OFFICERS RUN TOWARDS DANGER. AND THE MAN AND WOMAN IN THEIR 80s CREDITING THE OFFICERS FOR SAVING THEM. SHE GOES, 'OH, YOU SAVED MY LIFE.' TO ME, THAT'S EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, JOB DONE. SO, YEAH, BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. EMMANUEL MACRON AND FAR-RIGHT LEADER MARINE LE PEN HAVE SURVIVED THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING IN THE FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WHILE MACRON HAD THE EDGE, THE PAIR NOW GO HEAD TO HEAD AND NEED TO WIN OVER THE VOTERS OF THE OUSTED CANDIDATES. THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON REPORTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT'S ON ` THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE OF FRANCE. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: LET'S NOT MAKE A MISTAKE ` THIS IS NOT OVER. THE DEBATE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT 15 DAYS IS DECISIVE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR EUROPE. A CHOICE OF PRESIDENT MACRON... (CHANTING) ...OR PRESIDENT LE PEN. TRANSLATOR: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE 24th OF APRIL IS NOT JUST A VOTE ABOUT CONDITIONS. IT'S A MATTER OF SOCIETY, EVEN OF CIVILISATION. EARLY PROJECTION SUGGESTS THAT EMMANUEL MACRON IS STILL THE FAVOURITE, WITH 28% OF VOTERS ` MORE THAN LAST TIME AROUND. MARINE LE PEN'S SHARE OF THE VOTE ALSO GREW TO AROUND 23%. MR MACRON ONLY STARTED CAMPAIGNING THREE WEEKS AGO, TOO OCCUPIED WITH THE WAR IN UKRAINE ` MORE PROOF FOR SOME THAT HE'S ARROGANT AND OUT OF TOUCH; THE PRESIDENT OF THE RICH; DESPITE CREATING JOBS AND PAYING BILLIONS TO KEEP FRENCH WORKERS AFLOAT THROUGH COVID. MARINE LE PEN HAS WORKED HARD TO PRESENT HERSELF AS SOFTER AND MORE RESPONSIBLE. SHE WANTS TO BAN THE MUSLIM HEADSCARF IN PUBLIC AND GIVE PRIORITY TO FRENCH NATIONALS IN HOUSING AND JOBS. BUT HER CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED ON POVERTY AND RISING PRICES. (SPEAKS FRENCH) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) MR MACRON SAYS HER PROGRAMME IS RACIST AND THAT HER VICTORY WOULD THREATEN DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE. THIS ELECTION WILL HANG ON THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE EITHER EMMANUEL MACRON OR MARINE LE PEN, AND WHAT THEY'LL DO NEXT IS HARDER TO PREDICT. THE UNWRITTEN RULE THAT EVERYONE IN FRANCE COMES TOGETHER TO BLOCK THE FAR RIGHT SEEMS TO BE FRAYING. AND THE TWO VISIONS FRANCE HAS CHOSEN FOR PRESIDENT SHOW HOW DIVIDED THIS NATION IS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE BORDER OPENS TO AUSSIE TOURISTS FROM TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT WHO ELSE IS TRYING TO LURE THEM TO THEIR SHORES? PLUS ` THE WORLD NUMBER ONE GRABS HIS FIRST GREEN JACKET. AND WHO CAME OUT ON TOP IN THE BATTLE OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S TITLE CONTENDERS? WELCOME BACK. DISRUPTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, AFTER P&O FERRIES SAID ITS SERVICES WON'T RESTART UNTIL FRIDAY AT THE EARLIEST. IT'S CAUSING CHAOS IN DOVER, WITH LORRIES DELAYED FOR HOURS DUE TO FEWER CROSSINGS, PLUS EASTER TRAFFIC AND I.T. ISSUES WHICH HANDLE POST-BREXIT CLEARANCES. THE BBC'S KATIE PRESCOTT HAS MORE. FOR LORRY DRIVERS WAITING TO CROSS AT DOVER THIS WEEK, IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE. THEY'VE BEEN COMPLAINING OF A LACK OF FACILITIES AND INFORMATION. NOW FOR ABOUT... THREE HOURS, RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ARE HOPING WE'RE GONNA GET TO ASHFORD IN NEXT NINE HOURS, SO... HOPEFULLY. AND FOR THOSE CARRYING FRESH PRODUCE, THERE'S THE ADDED NIGHTMARE THAT THEY'RE LOSING VALUABLE SHELF LIFE THE LONGER THEY WAIT. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUMP THE QUEUES WITH THEIR GOODS IN A PRIORITY LANE. SO THE FRESH MEAT INDUSTRY THAT WE WORK WITH, IT'S A VERY, VERY SHORT SHELF LIFE. THE PRODUCT IS EFFECTIVELY PRODUCED ON DAY ONE, LOADED DAY TWO, AND EXPECTED TO BE IN THE DESTINATION BY DAY THREE, DAY FOUR. IF YOU THEN HAVE A DELAY, QUITE EASILY NOW, OF 24 HOURS INTO THAT ` NOT ONLY HAVE YOU GOT THE LOGISTICAL ISSUES, BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE QUALITY AND THE SALE VALUE OF THAT PRODUCT DOWN THE LINE, AND IT'S EFFECTIVELY DEVALUING BY EVERY HOUR IT'S DELAYED. THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT SAYS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES ARE BEING REGULARLY REVIEWED TO SMOOTH THE FLOW OF FREIGHT AND REDUCE THE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE TRADE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING BUSINESSES WHICH MOVE FROZEN AND CHILLED FOOD, SAYS ALL THIS DISRUPTION IS FANNING THE FLAMES OF DRIVER SHORTAGES AND STIFLING TRADE. IF YOU'RE OPERATING A PERISHABLE SUPPLY CHAIN, THEN YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE GOODS THROUGH QUICKLY. THE EVIDENCE NOW THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DELAYS MEANS BUSINESS WILL STOP TRYING TO SEND GOODS INTO THE UK, AND TRYING TO SEND GOODS OUT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CARRY THE RISK OF YOUR LOAD BEING LOST AND LOSING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS WORTH OF VALUE. P&O SERVICES BETWEEN LARNE AND CAIRNRYAN HAVE NOW BEEN CLEARED TO SAIL AGAIN. HAULIERS ARE WAITING FOR THE SAME TO HAPPEN AT DOVER. FROM JULY THIS YEAR, THE UK WILL START IMPOSING POST-BREXIT CONTROLS ON MEAT AND DAIRY COMING IN FROM THE EU. SHANGHAI HAS BEEN HIT WITH FOOD SHORTAGES AS THE CITY ENTERS ITS SECOND WEEK OF A STRICT LOCKDOWN FORCED BY A COVID OUTBREAK. AROUND 3000 ADDITIONAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON DELIVERIES. THERE WERE NEARLY 25,000 NEW LOCAL CASES REPORTED ON SUNDAY. OFFICIALS SAYS THE LOCKDOWN COULD BE LIFTED IN COMMUNITIES THAT REPORT NO POSITIVE CASES WITHIN 14 DAYS. AS AOTEAROA LOOSENS ITS COVID RESTRICTIONS, AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY FROM MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES TRYING TO LURE THEM. INDONESIA'S TOURISM MINISTER HAS PAID A SPECIAL TRIP TO AUSTRALIA. CHANNEL 9'S KATE CREEDON HAS MORE. IT'S LONG BEEN ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE PLACES TO HOLIDAY ` TOURIST HAVEN BALI, VISITED BY MORE THAN A MILLION OF US EACH YEAR. BUT WHEN COVID HIT AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS DISAPPEARED, 400,000 BALINESE LOST THEIR JOBS. TODAY, INDONESIA'S TOURISM MINISTER MADE AUSTRALIA HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP SINCE BORDERS REOPENED, ASKING AUSSIES TO MAKE BALI THEIRS. WE MISS YOU GUYS. WE WANT YOU GUYS TO BE BACK. ACCORDING TO EXPEDIA, BALI IS THE FOURTH MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION FOR EASTER, WITH LOS ANGELES, SINGAPORE AND FIJI TAKING OUT THE TOP THREE. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE ISLAND TO RECOVER. PRE-PANDEMIC, IT WELCOMED BETWEEN 10,000 TO 15,000 VISITORS DAILY. CURRENTLY, IT'S ABOUT 1500. WE ARE SEEING VERY HEALTHY DEMAND FROM AUSTRALIA IN PARTICULAR. WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND GOT THROUGH THE LAST HURDLE WITH THE NEGATIVE PCR TESTS. SO WE WERE SO RELIEVED. TO TRAVEL TO BALI, YOU MUST BE VACCINATED WITH TWO DOSES OF THE VACCINE. YOU'LL ALSO NEED A PCR TEST BEFORE DEPARTURE AND ON ARRIVAL. BUT AS OF LAST MONTH, THERE'S NO NEED TO QUARANTINE. AND IF YOU DO TEST POSITIVE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ISOLATE IN YOUR HOTEL OR VILLA. ONLY 0.4% OF TOURISTS ARRIVAL ACTUALLY GOT COVID IN BALI. SO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY LOW NUMBER, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. BALI'S COVID REQUIREMENTS COULD SOON BE EASED FURTHER, WITH THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT NOW CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SCRAP PRE-DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL TESTING FOR HIGHLY VACCINATED COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA. I'D BE HAPPY TO ABIDE BY WHATEVER IS REQUIRED. I'M JUST HAPPY I'M TRAVELLING AGAIN. TO SPORT ` AND WORLD NUMBER ONE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS SHOWN WHY HE'S THE BEST GOLFER IN THE WORLD, CLAIMING THIS YEAR'S MASTERS TITLE. THE AMERICAN CARDED A FINAL ROUND 71 TO CLAIM THE GREEN JACKET. AND WHILE HE WON BY THREE SHOTS, THE AMERICAN WAS MADE TO WORK FOR THE TITLE. ZION DAYAL HAS THE ACTION. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE ADDING A GREEN JACKET TO HIS WARDROBE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) SCHEFFLER OUTSHINES THEM ALL. AMERICAN SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WINNING HIS FIRST MASTER'S TITLE, AND FIRST MAJOR. UM, YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY MAKE IT THIS FAR. I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, DREAMED OF BEING HERE AND COMPETING. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PUT INTO WORDS WHAT IT MEANS THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK HERE FOR A LIFETIME, HOPEFULLY. SCHEFFLER HELD A THREE-SHOT LEAD AT THE START OF THE ROUND, WHICH AUSTRALIAN CAMERON SMITH LOOKED TO THREATEN. THERE'S ONE. TWO BIRDIES ON THE FIRST TWO HOLES REDUCED THE DEFICIT TO ONE SHOT. SCHEFFLER'S RESPONSE ` OH, IS THAT ANY GOOD! (CHEERING) THIS CHIP ON THE THIRD CHANGING THE MOMENTUM FOR THE REST OF THE FINAL ROUND, AS SMITH FALTERED... AND LET IT TRICKLE DOWN TO THE HOLE. IT'S LOOKING GOOD. (ALL EXCLAIM, CHEER) IT'S LOOKING GREAT! ...RORY MCILROY SURGED UP THE LEADERBOARD. GOT IT! THIS SHOT ON THE 18th SEALED A FINAL ROUND 64, TYING THE LOWEST FINAL ROUND SCORE AT AUGUSTA. (SCATTERED APPLAUSE, ALL EXCLAIM) ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE CHEERS CONTINUING ON THE 18th ` MCILROY'S PLAYING PARTNER, COLLIN MORIKAWA, REPLICATING THE BUNKER BRILLIANCE. THEY'VE BEEN MATCHING EACH OTHER MUCH OF THE DAY. OH! AGAIN! NO SUCH SUNDAY HEROICS FROM TIGER WOODS, THOUGH THE CROWD PAID TRIBUTE TO THE 46-YEAR-OLD, WHO COMPLETED AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK 14 MONTHS AFTER A NEAR-FATAL CAR ACCIDENT. GIVEN WHERE I WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, AND WHAT MY PROSPECTS WERE AT THAT TIME, TO END UP HERE AND BE ABLE TO PLAY IN ALL FOUR ROUNDS ` EVEN A MONTH AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD PULL THIS OFF ` SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A POSITIVE AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT SOME WORK TO DO, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THE DAY ULTIMATELY BELONGED TO SCHEFFLER ` SCORING A FINAL ROUND 71 TO CLAIM THE TITLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL DREAMED ABOUT JUST MAKING IT TO THIS TOURNAMENT, AND IT'S EMOTIONAL JUST GETTING IN THE FIELD, AND SO TO HAVE THE HONOUR OF WINNING THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SO SPECIAL. GOLF'S KING NOW IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. THE NEW ZEALAND MEN'S SEVENS TEAM HAVE FALLEN SHORT IN THEIR RETURN TO THE WORLD SERIES CIRCUIT IN SINGAPORE. THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS FACED OLD RIVAL FIJI IN THE FINAL AND COULDN'T RECOVER AFTER CONCEDING 21 UNANSWERED POINTS BEFORE HALF-TIME. NEW ZEALAND. JUST ALLOWING TUWAI TO BREAK AWAY. HE'S GOT SUPPORT AS WELL. AND THEY'RE AWAY AGAIN. THE FINAL SCORE WAS 28-17 TO FIJI. THE SERIES MOVES ON TO VANCOUVER FOR THE NEXT LEG NEXT WEEKEND. MANCHESTER CITY'S MAINTAINED ITS LEAD IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, HOLDING LIVERPOOL TO A 2-2 DRAW IN THEIR TOP-OF-THE-TABLE SHOWDOWN THIS MORNING. THE SKY BLUES SCORED JUST FIVE MINUTES INTO THE GAME, BUT LIVERPOOL ANSWERED BACK QUICKLY THROUGH DIOGO JOTA. MOMENTS BEFORE THE BREAK CITY STRUCK BACK, ONLY TO RELINQUISH THE LEAD SOON AFTER HALF-TIME. SALAH. HE'S ROLLED IT INTO HIS PATH! 2-2! THE RESULT MEANS CITY HOLD ON TO A ONE-POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH SEVEN GAMES TO PLAY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. - VOICE-OVER: Morning, Ricky. - What? - You're in an ad for fibre. - What's that? - It's a tiny cable under your feet connecting New Zealand to fast, reliable broadband. Let's go. (PAINT SPLASHES) ECHOES: Aah! I thought you said it was a tiny cable. - It is. This is a metaphor. And as the country's needs grow, our fibre network can deliver way, way more when we need it. It's bigger than we can even imagine, Ricky. (RUMBLING BUILDS) TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (CAMERA OBSCURA'S 'LLOYD, I'M READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN') THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ON THE 1 NEWS WEBSITE ` THAT'S 1NEWS.CO.NZ.