IT'S MIDDAY. MORE WARNINGS AND WATCHES, AS THE WILD WEATHER CONTINUES AROUND COUNTRY. WE'RE LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. AUCKLAND AIRPORT WORKS TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, BUT WHAT'S THE SITUATION FOR KIWIS WHOSE FLIGHTS BACK TO AOTEAROA WERE DISRUPTED? AND THE CRITICISM RAINS DOWN ON AUCKLAND'S LEADERS OVER THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION DURING FRIDAY'S DOWNPOUR. HAS THE MESSAGING IMPROVED? CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. THE RAIN HAS CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, THOUGH NOT TO THE DEVASTATING LEVELS SEEN ON FRIDAY. A NUMBER OF WARNINGS AND WATCHES ARE IN PLACE, BUT MOST DON'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THAT'S DUE TO EXPIRE AT 1 O'CLOCK AROUND THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS, AND 3PM FOR TASMAN, NORTHWEST OF MOTUEKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TAKES EFFECT FROM 1PM FOR PARTS OF THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND AND FROM THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, DOWN TO THE CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY. THE RAIN RETURNS TOMORROW ` AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND FROM 4 TOMORROW MORNING IN NORTHLAND AND FROM 6PM TOMORROW EVENING IN AUCKLAND. IT'S PREDICTED AS MORE THAN 200mm OF RAIN COULD FALL IN SOME AREAS. A HEAVY RAIN WATCH WILL ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR COROMANDEL AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. FOR THE VERY LATEST, OUR REPORTERS ARE STANDING BY. FIRST, LET'S HEAD TO THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF TITIRANGI AND GRACE THOMAS. GRACE, WHAT'S THE SITUATION THERE? AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THE, THE AUCKLAND SUBURB HAS BEEN HIT WITH A LANDSLIDE WHICH HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. FOR PROPERTIES WERE EVACUATED BECAUSE OF THE SLIP. JUST BELOW IT IT IS COMPLETELY DAMAGE THE CARPORT TO THE HOUSE THAT SITS JUST UNDERNEATH THEIR. POLICE SAY THE ENGINEERS WERE ON THE SCENE TODAY. THE ROAD HAS BEEN CORDONED OFF. AROUND THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT THERE WERE 30 CALLOUTS FROM FIRE AND EMERGENCY ZEALAND NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND WAIKATO AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. A LOT OF ROADS ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS AT THE MOMENT. THE OTHER ISSUE THAT AUCKLAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS AS CARS BEING STRANDED. THEY HAD THIS UPDATE TODAY. WE HAD ABOUT 140 STRANDED CARS AROUND THE CITY THAT HAD BEEN STUCK ON FRIDAY DURING THE RISING SURFACE WATERS. A NUMBER WERE TOWED TAKING THE TOTAL OF 140 SO FAR. WE HAVE 88 CARS ON THE ROAD IN NETWORKS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED. AND TRANSPORT NETWORKS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE DISRUPTED FOR SOME TIME? AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SAY WITH MORE RAIN ON THE WAY, THEY ARE EXPECTING ROADS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO BE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. 45 ROADS AROUND AUCKLAND HAVE HAD SLIPS OR FLOOD DAMAGE. THERE ARE SLIPS ON THE RAIL NETWORK. KIWI RAIL HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. THE NETWORKS HELD UP REASONABLY WELL. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 15 SLIPS IN GENERAL. A NUMBER OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REMEDIATED. WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE WORKING ON THE NETWORK. WE'VE BEEN DOING REGULAR INSPECTIONS, AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE ISSUES ARE. THERE ARE ROAD CLOSURES AND RESTRICTIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND NORTHLAND START HARRY ONE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A SLIP. STATE HIGHWAY 21 AND THE COROMANDEL HAS BEEN WIPED OUT. THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO GET BACK IN ACTION. INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS ARE BACK INSIDE AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH WAS FORCED TO CLOSE BY FRIDAY'S DELUGE. BUT THERE ARE REPORTS OF PEOPLE BEING STRANDED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. TESSA PARKER IS THERE NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? AUCKLAND'S INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL IS BACK OPEN AND VERY BUSY. IT FACED A 36 HOUR DELAY FROM THE INTENSE DELUGE WE SAW ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME PASSENGERS HAVE WOKEN UP THIS MORNING AFTER SPENDING THREE NIGHTS IN THE TERMINAL. DESPITE AUCKLAND AIRPORT SAYING THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN, INCLUDING DELIVERING FOOD PARCELS AND BLANKETS, PASSENGERS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AND FURY AT THE SITUATION. FLIGHTS WENT BACK OUT AT 7 AM YESTERDAY. THEY GOT 20,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY. THEY ARE HOPING TO GET 25,000 PEOPLE OUT TODAY. AND TESSA, HOW ABOUT TRAVELLERS TRYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY? ONE USE HAS RECEIVED A FEW REPORTS OF PEOPLE FEELING STRANDED OVERSEAS, UNABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG OF FLIGHTS. ONE PERSON EMAILED THAT THEY WANT A FLIGHT OUT OF SINGAPORE. THEY GOT TURNED AROUND ON FRIDAY. IN NEW ZEALAND PUT THEM UP FOR ONE NIGHT IN A HOTEL. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE HAD TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY UNSURE OF WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK INTO THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS THAT IN NEW ZEALAND HAS REBOOKED FROM JAPAN IN THREE WEEKS TIME. FRUSTRATION AT THE AIRPORT IS TURNING TOWARDS THE AIRLINES, AS THINGS START (UP. AND WITH WARNINGS AND WATCHES STILL IN PLACE, MORE BAD WEATHER IS ON ITS WAY. METSERVICE SAYS WHILE THERE'S STILL RAIN TO COME THIS WEEK, THROUGHOUT THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE AS HEAVY AS FRIDAY'S MASSIVE DELUGE. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE WET WEATHER, WHICH IS STILL TO COME THIS WEEK, THROUGH AUCKLAND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL, LIKE NORTHLAND, EVEN THOUGH THE TOTALS OF RAINFALL PROBABLY WON'T BE AS MUCH AS WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THE IMPACTS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE THE EXTRA RAIN THAT IS STILL TO COME IS NOW FALLING ON TO SATURATED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. ANGUS HINES SAYS THERE COULD BE RAIN UP UNTIL WAITANGI DAY. THE WILD WEATHER HAS BROUGHT DISARRAY TO MANY FAMILIES AND THEIR HOMES, IT'S ALSO DAMAGING SOME REPUTATIONS AS AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN HAS FACED FLAK FOR HIS RESPONSE. JESSICA SWAN REPORTS. MOMENTS FROM THIS FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE HAVE ALREADY GONE VIRAL. FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT WAS A VERY FOCUSED DREADFUL SUDDEN STORM, FOR OTHER PEOPLE, IT WAS A NIGHT OF RAIN. SOME OF THOSE HOUSES, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WHERE THEY ARE. SOME PEOPLE LAST NIGHT FELT ABANDONED BY THEIR CITY AND THEIR GOVERNMENT. WELL, THEY` WELL, THEY WEREN'T. IT'S NOT THAT WAY? BUT THEY WERE NOT. WHAT WE WERE ENSURING IS THEY WEREN'T ABANDONED. THAT HASN'T GONE DOWN WELL WITH SOME PEOPLE. THIS PETITION IS CALLING FOR THE MAYOR'S RESIGNATION. IT'S REACHED 10,000 SIGNATURES AND CLIMBING. THOSE WHO SIGNED GAVE REASONS SUCH AS 'HE'S COMPLETELY USELESS,' AND THEY FELT 'ASHAMED'. THE CALL IS BEING ECHOED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS. MY MESSAGE TO WAYNE IS I THINK HE'S OUT OF HIS DEPTH. THIS WAS HIS OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AND DELIVER, AND HE HASN'T. I'D GO FAR AS SAYING HE NEEDS TO RESIGN OVER THIS. ITS BEEN TOTAL, ABSOLUTE DISGRACE, AND YOU CAN'T BLAME ADVISERS, BECAUSE AT THE` YOU'RE THE LEADER. DAVE LETELE DID ENDORSE A RIVAL MAYORAL CANDIDATE, BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY LEADER TO EXPRESS CONCERN AT AN INITIAL LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM OFFICIAL CHANNELS. THERE WILL BE A TIME AND A PLACE TO BREAK THIS DOWN, BUT THAT BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNICATION OR LACK OF DUE RESPECT FOR REPORTS COMING THROUGH FROM FRONT LINE TO THOSE WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE FROM THE OFFICIAL CHANNELS IS JUST 'WE ARE WORKING THIS, WE RECOMMENDED THIS.' JUST TO HAVE NOTHING FOR THREE TO FOUR HOURS WAS` WE WERE ALL TRYING TO FILL THE GAP. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE'S BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE MAYOR AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT. HE'S THE DULY ELECTED MAYOR OF AUCKLAND. HE IS THE LOCAL LEADER UP IN AUCKLAND, AND THEREFORE THE RESPONSE, I GUESS, HE HAS OVERSIGHT FOR THIS RESPONSE. IT IS A LOCAL RESPONSE, BUT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS ABSOLUTELY HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. WAYNE BROWN WAS DRAGGED AWAY BY HIS DEPUTY DURING HIS ONLY PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE CRISIS, BUT HE'S EXPECTED TO FRONT UP IN THE COMMUNITY THIS AFTERNOON ON A VISIT TO THE NORTH SHORE. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE HAS BEEN HELD IN UKRAINE'S CAPITAL, KYIV, FOR NZ VOLUNTEER ANDREW BAGSHAW AND HIS BRITISH COLLEAGUE, CHRIS PARRY. THE PAIR WERE KILLED BY AN ARTILLERY SHELL WHILE TRYING TO RESCUE AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN THE EASTERN TOWN OF SOLEDAR. SEVERAL MOURNERS, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED WITH BAGSHAW, GATHERED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE SOME TIME BEFORE HIS REMAINS ARE RETURNED HOME TO NZ. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN PAKISTAN, AFTER TWO SEPARATE TRAVEL-RELATED INCIDENTS. AT LEAST 41 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A BUS FELL INTO A RAVINE AND CAUGHT FIRE. PAKISTAN HAS A DIRE ROAD-SAFETY RECORD, WITH MANY ROADS IN A POOR CONDITION AND LAX SAFETY MEASURES. IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY, 10 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A BOATING ACCIDENT. THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS IN THE U.S. CITY OF MEMPHIS HAS LED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEACTIVATING ITS SCORPION UNIT, THE TASK FORCE AT THE CENTRE OF NICHOLS' DEATH. IT COMES AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE BEATING. THE ABC'S EM NGUYEN IS IN MEMPHIS WITH THE LATEST. SAY HIS NAME! CROWD: TYRE NICHOLS! OUTRAGE CONTINUES ACROSS THE NATION AS PROTESTERS CALL ON SYSTEMIC POLICE REFORM FOLLOWING THE RECENTLY RELEASED VIDEOS SHOWING THE VIOLENT BEATING OF 29-YEAR-OLD TYRE NICHOLS AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. TODAY CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CALLING IT GUT-WRENCHING. IT WAS HORRIBLE, INHUMANE. WE NEED A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT POLICING IN A RESPONSIBLE, CONSTITUTIONAL AND HUMANE WAY. SOME TOP REPUBLICANS QUESTIONING WHETHER MORE REFORM WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS INCIDENT. CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN ON NBC ` WHAT STRIKES ME IS JUST THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY LAW, ANY TRAINING, ANY REFORM IS GOING TO CHANGE` BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP THE KIND OF EVIL WE SAW IN THAT VIDEO. NOW, THE 40-OFFICER SCORPION UNIT ` A SPECIALISED MEMPHIS PD TEAM LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2021 TO PATROL HIGH CRIME HOTSPOTS ` PERMANENTLY DEACTIVATED AFTER FIVE OF ITS OFFICERS WERE ALLEGEDLY SEEN IN THE JANUARY 7TH VIDEOS PUNCHING, KICKING AND BATONING NICHOLS. (SCREAMING) WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT! (SCREAMS) THE POLICE CHIEF SAYING IN A STATEMENT THE DECISION WAS REACHED AFTER LISTENING TO THE NICHOLS FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY AND UNINVOLVED OFFICERS. ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP ALLEGING THE UNIT HAD PREVIOUS INSTANCES OF MISCONDUCT. WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD BEEN ASSAULTED BY THIS SCORPION UNIT. ABC HAS REACHED OUT TO MEMPHIS PD ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS BUT HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK. NOW FIVE FIRED OFFICERS EACH FACE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AMONG OTHER CRIMES. ATTORNEYS FOR DESMOND MILLS JR AND EMMITT MARTIN SAYING THEIR CLIENT INTENDS TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY. THE ATTORNEY FOR MILLS JR URGING, QUOTE, 'CAUTION AND PATIENCE' IN JUDGING HIS ACTIONS. ABC HAS REACHED OUT TO JUSTIN SMITH, TO TADARRIUS BEAN AND DEMETRIUS HALEY, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. THE AVID SKATEBOARDER AND FATHER TO A 4-YEAR-OLD SON WILL BE REMEMBERED AT HIS FUNERAL THIS WEDNESDAY. AND THE FIVE FORMER OFFICERS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH WILL BE ARRAIGNED NEXT MONTH. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN WILL ARRIVE IN JERUSALEM TOMORROW, AS EFFORTS CONTINUE TO DE-ESCALATE GROWING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. IT COMES AS ISRAELI'S SECURITY CABINET APPROVED NEW MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO A SHOOTING OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE LAST FRIDAY, KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL REPORTS. IN SHOCK AT THEIR SUDDEN LOSS, THE GRIEF-STRICKEN FAMILY OF RAFAEL BEN ELIYAHU, KILLED BY A PALESTINIAN GUNMEN OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE ON FRIDAY, WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO HELP ANOTHER VICTIM. 'DAD, YOU'RE MY HERO,' HIS SON SAYS, 'YOU CHOSE TO SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE FOR OTHERS.' SEVEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD IN A JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN THE DEADLIEST ATTACK OF ITS KIND IN YEARS. NOW, ISRAEL'S CABINET IS PROMISING A STRONG RESPONSE, MAKING IT EASIER FOR ISRAELIS TO CARRY GUNS AND TOUGHER MEASURES TO PUNISH THE FAMILIES OF PALESTINIAN ATTACKERS. TRANSLATOR: OUR ANSWER TO TERROR IS A FIRM HAND AND A POWERFUL, FAST AND PRECISE REACTION. PACKING BEFORE THE BULLDOZERS COME, RELATIVES OF THE DEAD GUNMAN FROM THE SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOME, AND THE DOORS SEALED SHUT. THESE VIDEOS WERE RELEASED BY ISRAEL'S FAR-RIGHT MINISTER FOR POLICE TO SHOW THERE'LL BE RETRIBUTION. ISRAELI FORCES HAVE TOLD US TO KEEP BACK, BUT WE'RE JUST ALONG THE STREET FROM THE FAMILY HOME OF THE PALESTINIAN WHO CARRIED OUT FRIDAY'S DEADLY ATTACK. HIS PARENTS, HIS SIBLINGS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OUT SOME OF THEIR THINGS, BUT SOON THEY'RE EXPECTING THEIR APARTMENTS TO BE DEMOLISHED. THE GUNMAN'S FATHER SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA OF HIS SON'S PLANS AND HE'S NUMB TO THE PUNISHMENT. 'GOD WILL COMPENSATE US,' HE SAYS, 'IF PEOPLE ARE GONE, WILL WE CARE ABOUT A HOUSE?' RECENT DAYS HAVE SEEN SURGING VIOLENCE, WITH 10 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ISRAEL'S MOST DEADLY RAID IN THE WEST BANK IN YEARS. THE TOP U.S. DIPLOMAT WAS ALREADY DUE TO VISIT THIS WEEK; NOW HIS MAIN FOCUS WILL BE WAYS TO STOP THE RISING UNREST. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` CRIKEY, A GLASS OF BEER GETS HIT WITH A SECOND TAX INCREASE IN THE SPACE OF SIX MONTHS. SO HOW MUCH WILL A SCHOONER SET YOU BACK ACROSS THE TASMAN? AND DOUBLE SUCCESS FOR THE NZ TEAMS AT THE SEVENS WORLD SERIES STOP IN SYDNEY. BEER DRINKERS BEWARE ` THE COST OF A PINT IN AUSSIE PUBS IS GOING UP. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A SCHOONER IS INCREASING TO MORE THAN $13. ITS SECOND INCREASE IN 6 MONTHS. 9'S JAMES WILSON HAS MORE. WHETHER IT'S ENJOYED BY THE BOTTLE OR POURED ON TAP, BOUGHT IN BARS OR PURCHASED AT THE BOTTLE-O ` BAD NEWS, THE PRICE OF BEER IS GOING UP. IT'S ALREADY EXPENSIVE ` 28 BUCKS, LOOK, FOR THIS. A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAX INCREASE OF 3.7% WILL COME INTO EFFECT NEXT WEDNESDAY. IT FOLLOWS A 4% HIKE LAST AUGUST. THE AVERAGE SCHOONER COULD SOON HIT $12. THERE YA GO. TAXES ON BEER ARE RISING AT THE FASTEST RATE IN 30 YEARS AND ARE NOW THE FOURTH HIGHEST IN THE WORLD BEHIND JAPAN, FINLAND AND NORWAY. WITHOUT GOVERNMENT ACTION, WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT STEPPING IN AND DOING SOMETHING TO TACKLE THIS, OFFERING SOME REALLY` YOU KNOW, JUST A BIT OF MODERATE RELIEF, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE PRICES CONTINUE TO GO UP. AND THE MORE PRICES GO UP, THE MORE PUB OWNERS WORRY PEOPLE WILL STAY HOME. THAT'S A SITUATION, A PLACE, WE DON'T LIKE FINDING OURSELVES IN. BUT THE REALITY IS, UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT PAUSES AND HAS A THINK ABOUT WHERE EXCISE GOES IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP. THE TAXES ARE BASED ON THE ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE, SO MID-STRENGTH AND LIGHT BEERS WON'T BE HIT AS HARD. IT'S NO WONDER THEY NOW MAKE UP A STAGGERING 30% OF ALL BEERS CONSUMED. CHEERS. FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHEN ORDERING YOUR NEXT FROTHY. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS T20 SERIES WITH INDIA WILL BE DECIDED IN THE THIRD AND FINAL GAME AFTER INDIA CLAIMS A NAILBITING SIX-WICKET VICTORY IN GAME TWO THIS MORNING. BATTING FIRST, THE KIWIS ONLY MANAGING TO REACH 99 RUNS ` JUST THE NINTH TIME A TEAM HASN'T REACHED TRIPLE FIGURES IN T20 HISTORY. INDIA LEAVING IT LATE TO SEAL THE VICTORY. OH, IT HAS GONE OVER! WINNING RUNS! WINNING RUNS FOR INDIA HIT BY WHOM? THAT MAN ` SURYAKUMAR YADAV. SKIPPER MITCHELL SANTNER WISHING THEY SCORED A FEW MORE RUNS.. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT GAME OF CRICKET. TO GET IT SO CLOSE THEN WAS A PRETTY GOOD EFFORT FROM THE BOWLERS, I THINK. IF WE GOT, I DON'T KNOW, AN EXTRA, 10, 15, COULD HAVE BEEN THE DIFFERENCE, BUT I GUESS THE CALMNESS OF SURYA AND HARDIK TO GET THEM OVER THE LINE WAS PRETTY GOOD. THE FINAL MATCH IS ON THURSDAY. IT'S BEEN A MEMORABLE WEEKEND FOR OUR SEVEN'S TEAM, BOTH PRODUCING DOMINANT FINALS PERFORMANCES. THE BLACK FERNS CRUISED PAST FRANCE 35-0 TO WIN YET ANOTHER TITLE ` TENIKA WILLISON AND JAZMIN FELIX-HOTHAM BOTH GETTING A DOUBLE. THE MEN'S SIDE FOLLOWING SUIT, THUMPING SOUTH AFRICA 38-0 IN THEIR FINAL LAST NIGHT; CAPTAIN SAM DICKSON HAPPY TO FINALLY GET THE JOB DONE. YEAH, JEEZ, IT'S PLEASING. I'M SO PROUD OF THE BOYS AND THE MANAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN TRYING A WHILE NOW, MADE A FEW FINALS AND JUST MISSING OUT, BUT JEEZ, I'M SO PROUD. AND, YEAH, IT WAS AN UNREAL TOURNEY FOR US. IT'S ABOUT TIME WE HAD A POLISHED PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT. THE WOMEN NOW HAVE A WEEK OFF, WHILE THE MEN HEAD TO LOS ANGLES NEXT WEEK. KIWI GOLFER RYAN FOX HAS PUT HIMSELF IN TITLE CONTENTION AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE THIRD ROUND AT THE DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC. FOX CARDED A SIX UNDER 66 THIS MORNING TO SIT TIED FOR ELEVENTH PLACE HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND. NORTHERN IRISHMAN RORY MCILROY LEADS THE FIELD FIVE SHOTS AHEAD OF THE KIWI. NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS BACK ON TOP OF THE TENNIS WORLD AFTER AN EXCITING AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL AGAINST STEFANOS TSITSIPAS. DJOKOVIC OUTCLASSED HIS OPPONENT ON HIS WAY TO HIS 22ND GRAND SLAM TITLE, EXTENDING A 28-GAME WIN STREAK IN MELBOURNE, THE LONGEST IN THE OPENS ERA, THE SERBIAN SHOWING HIS CLASS ON CENTRE COURT. (CROWD CHEERS) AND NOVAK'S CHAMPION QUALITIES ON DISPLAY IN THAT RALLY ` COOL, CALM, AND HE COLLECTS THE POINT. THE 35-YEAR-OLD COMPLETING THE FAIRY TALE COMEBACK. I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE ONLY THE TEAM AND FAMILY KNOWS WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS, AND THIS PROBABLY IS THE` I WOULD SAY BIGGEST VICTORY OF MY LIFE, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES. (CROWD CHEERS) THE WIN LIFTS DJOKOVIC BACK TO NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD RANKINGS. A-LIST CELEBRITY RYAN REYNOLDS HAS WATCHED HIS TEAM WREXHAM UNITED PUT IN A SUPERB EFFORT IN THE FA CUP. THE NON-LEAGUE SIDE'S CUP TIE PRODUCING PLENTY OF PLOT TWISTS AND NEARLY A FAIRY TALE FINISH. THE BBC'S ADAM WILDE REPORTS AT WREXHAM THESE DAYS, YOU'D BE FORGIVEN FOR FINDING THE PLOT A LITTLE FAR-FETCHED; HERE, THE HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAYS THE ROLE OF OWNER. THE SCRIPT ` WELL, QUITE UNBELIEVABLE. SHEFFIELD UNITED, THREE DIVISIONS ABOVE WREXHAM, HAD TAKEN AN EARLY LEAD, BUT HERE WAS AN EQUALISER. AMAZING. YET THIS THRILLER WAS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. MOMENTS LATER, NON-LEAGUE WREXHAM WERE AHEAD. TOM O'CONNOR THIS TIME THE LEADING MAN, A LEAD, THOUGH, THAT WOULDN'T LAST ` SHEFFIELD UNITED LEVEL AGAIN 2-2, THE DRAMA QUITE RELENTLESS. AND WITH JUST MINUTES REMAINING, WREXHAM THOUGHT THEY HAD THEIR EXTRAORDINARY FAIRY TALE FINISH. THERE WAS, THOUGH, A FINAL LATE TWIST ` 3-3 IT FINISHED. AND LIKE ALL GOOD HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTIONS, IT DESERVES ITS SEQUEL. NO SIGN OF AN FA CUP SHOCK ON THE SOUTH COAST. AN UPSET, WELL, IT NEEDS AN UNDERDOG, AND IT WAS HARD TO SEE WHO WAS PLAYING THAT ROLE HERE. WHILST LIVERPOOL HAVE STRUGGLED, BRIGHTON HAVE BEEN BRILLIANT OF LATE, COMING FROM BEHIND WITH A LATE WINNER. KAORU MITOMA ` WONDERFUL SKILL AND A SUPER FINISH. LIVERPOOL LOSING NO LONGER FEELS A SHOCK. PERHAPS, ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE SURPRISING STORY HERE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (IAN BALL'S 'FAILURE') # SHE WAS THE FIRST I EVER KNEW, # CAME FROM THE MAINLAND ON THE EAST SIDE, SHE SAID. # I PLAYED A LITTLE SONG. # I GOT IT ALL WRONG. # IT SOUNDED LIKE EASY LOVER. # WELL, SHE LEFT AND SHE SMILED, # DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HER TYPE. LOOKED LIKE GENESIS. # SHE SAID, 'HEY, DON'T LET A LITTLE FAILURE GET YOU DOWN.' THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023.