IT'S MIDDAY. BE PREPARED ` A STERN WARNING FROM OFFICIALS AS CYCLONE GABRIELLE TRACKS TOWARDS AOTEAROA. THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION. THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE TURKEY SYRIA EARTHQUAKE PASSES 20,000 AS THE WHO WARNS OF A SECONDARY HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. PLUS ` THE MAN BEHIND SOME OF POP'S MOST ENDURING SONGS, COMPOSER BURT BACHARACH DIES AGED 94. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. WARNINGS ARE GROWING STRONGER TODAY OVER THE APPROACHING TROPICAL CYCLONE GABRIELLE. IT'S NOW BECOME A CATEGORY THREE STORM IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS ITS PATH TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND BECOMES CLEARER. WILSON LONGHURST HAS BEEN MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. WILSON, WHAT ARE OFFICIALS SAYING? IT IS VERY MUCH THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM HERE IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE USING STONE LANGUAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TROPICAL CYCLONE GABRIELLE AND THE STORM OF TWO WEEKS AGO IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WARNED, AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE FIRST OF THE SEVERE WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. PLACES LIKE AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND ARE ALREADY CLEANING UP FROM TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WILL START FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THIS. IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT, BUT WHERE THE WORST WEATHER GOES, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME REAL MEMORABLE IMPACTS, UNFORTUNATELY. WE'RE TALKING A LOT OF RAIN ` WHAT WOULD NORMALLY FALL IN A MONTH, THAT AMOUNT, MAYBE DOUBLE THAT. OK, SO WE'RE TALKING 100-150mm OF RAIN IN, SAY, A DAY OR TWO. THE WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG AS WELL; WE'RE TALKING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES, PERHAPS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH FORECASTING. SYSTEMS LIKE THIS, AS WE SAW WITH THE RECENT AUCKLAND RAIN EVENT, CAN CAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, DEATHS. AND WE ARE CALLING OUT TO PEOPLE TO PLEASE PREPARE. LISA MURRAY SAID THAT THE STORM WILL PACK A PUNCH, AND WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE HE'S THOSE WARNINGS. COMMUNITIES IN AUCKLAND, SUCH AS HOBSON FELL, HAVE BEEN USING SOUR SANDBAGS TO PREPARE. EVACUATION CENTRES HAVE BEEN SET UP TO PREPARE. WE'RE TREATING THIS AS AN EVENT THAT, WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON GITA AND FEHI AND BERNIE, BACK TO '82 ` WE DO NEED TO BE READY FOR FLOODING, VERY HIGH WINDS, STORM SURGES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT, BUT THERE ARE WAYS PEOPLE CAN GET READY. AND WILSON, PRACTICALLY, WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO PREPARE? THE MESSAGE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR ` PLEASE DO MAKE A PLAN. YOU HAVE THAT WE CAN TO PREPARE, A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS MAJOR STORM WILL COME THROUGH. WE KNOW PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT OUT WHEN THE LAST ONE COME THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE A WARNING SIGN. MAKE SURE THAT THAT INCLUDES READYING FOR POWER OUTAGES SO YOU CAN COOK FOOD SHOULD YOU BE OUT OF ELECTRICITY FOR A WHILE. YOU SHOULD ALSO READ YOUR PROPERTY. THAT INCLUDES TYING DOWN ITEMS AND REMOVING THINGS FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ALSO CHECK ON FRIENDS AND FAMILY, INCLUDING VULNERABLE ONES WHO NEED A MEDICINE SUPPLY. ALSO, STAY UPDATED WITH MET SERVICE WEATHER WARNINGS AND HERE ON 1 NEWS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING IN NEW ZEALAND PUT OUT WARNINGS FOR POTENTIAL TRAVEL DISRUPTION OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME. AND ONE SOUTH AUCKLAND FOOD BANK SAYS THE LEVEL OF NEED IS HIGH FOR FAMILIES STILL BADLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOODS OF TWO WEEKS AGO. WE'RE JUST PRAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HIT US. BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE A LOT MORE PREPARED FOR THIS TIME, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO AND CHECK OUT THE CIVIL DEFENCE WEBSITE AND JUST STAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND PLEASE DON'T BE SHY TO ASK FOR HELP. THE UPPER NORTH NOT THE ONLY ONES PREPARING FOR THE WORST BUT HOPING FOR THE BEST. THE STORM'S PREDICTED TO BE RIGHT OVER NORFOLK ISLAND THIS WEEKEND. ITS 2000 RESIDENTS AND 500 TOURISTS WERE TOLD TO PREPARE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS QUITE OLD, SO WE HAVE TO COUNT ON THE FACT PERHAPS WE MAY LOSE POWER FOR A WHILE. A TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR THE ISLAND. TO THE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY AND SYRIA NOW, THE PAINSTAKING SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS HAS ENTERED ITS FOURTH NIGHT. THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON HAS BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IN THE SOUTH OF TURKEY. IT HAS BEEN THE FOURTH DAY, PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING BUT OUR HOPE IS FADING. I DON'T THINK THEY CAN SURVIVE. THIS CRYING MAN, HIS WIFE ARE STILL INSIDE. HE IS GUESSING SHE IS ALREADY DEAD. WE ALREADY HAVE BAD RESOURCES, AND TECHNIQUES. BUT WE HAVE HOPE. THE FEAR NOW IS FOR THE SURVIVORS SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN FREEZING CONDITIONS WITHOUT WATER, SHELTER OR HEATING. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS WARNED OF A 'SECONDARY DISASTER' IF MORE HELP DOESN'T ARRIVE SOON. THE BBC'S ANNA FOSTER IS IN THE CITY OF MARAS. AN URGENT CALL FOR QUIET. THESE RESCUERS NEED COMPLETE SILENCE; THEY'VE HEARD VOICES. EVEN THOUGH THIS BUILDING ISN'T SAFE, THEY DON'T HESITATE, BECAUSE DESPITE THE WINTER COLD, THERE ARE STILL SURVIVORS, AND TO GET TO THEM, THEY NEED TO BE INSIDE. IN ANOTHER COLLAPSED BUILDING NOT FAR AWAY, A BRITISH-GERMAN TEAM ARE HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE TO SEARCH. THEY RISK THEIR LIVES FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS... (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) ALLAHU AKBAR! ...A MOTHER AND CHILD PULLED FROM THE RUINS ` FREEZING, EXHAUSTED, BUT ALIVE. THE TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A WORK SITE FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SAY THAT THEY'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO PULL SOMEONE OUT OF THE RUBBLE PILE AND PASS THEM OVER TO PARAMEDICS. IT'S PLACES LIKE THIS THAT REALLY SHOW YOU WHY THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING. THIS WAS AN ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. IT WAS HUNDREDS OF APARTMENTS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STILL BURIED UNDER THESE VAST AMOUNTS OF SMOKING RUBBLE. GOOD NEWS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RARE IN MARAS. EACH DAY THE NUMBER OF BODIES GOES UP. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MANY MORE MIGHT BE FOUND. KENAN TRAVELLED HERE FROM DONCASTER AS SOON AS HE HEARD THE NEWS OF THE QUAKE. HIS BROTHER IS IN THERE, SOMEWHERE. I WAS TRYING TO DO YESTERDAY` TO DO THE DIGGING MYSELF, BUT YOU CAN'T. SEE THE CONCRETE'S LIKE THIS, ALL ACROSS EACH OTHER. I'VE GOT NO POWER TO LEAVE THIS. AS DARKNESS FALLS ONCE AGAIN, THE RESCUE WORK CONTINUES, BUT THE CHANCE OF FINDING MORE SURVIVORS IS NOW SMALL. FOUR FREEZING NIGHTS HAVE TAKEN A HEAVY TOLL. IN SYRIA, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL AID CONVOY HAS ARRIVED IN THE OPPOSITION-HELD, NORTH-WEST REGION. BUT FOR A COUNTRY ALREADY RAVAGED BY CONFLICT, RESCUE TEAMS SAY IT'S NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH HELP. THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMERVILLE HAS MORE. AT THE CORNER OF ATATURK AND JAMAL STREET, HOPE ENDS. FROM WHAT WAS ONCE AN EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING, THE LAST FOUR BODIES HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED. EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. ALL THAT'S LEFT IS RUBBLE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THOUGH, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. (PEOPLE YELL) A DESPERATE HOPE STILL REMAINS. 'THE CHILDREN A 4 AND 6 YEARS OLD. IT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS,' SAYS THIS WOMAN. HER NIECES ARE TRAPPED INSIDE. 'MY GOD. MY GOD. PLEASE RETURN THEM TO US,' SHE SAYS. THEY DIG DEEP INSIDE THE BUILDING, BUT NO SURVIVORS EMERGE. A FEW STREETS AWAY, THERE'S BETTER NEWS. A SYRIAN BOY, RAMI (1), IS PULLED OUT ALIVE AFTER 80 HOURS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE. HIS SISTER HILAL (8) WAS ALSO SAVED, ALONG WITH THEIR OLDER BROTHER AND THEIR MOTHER. TURKS AND SYRIANS HAVE LIVED TOGETHER IN ANTAKYA FOR YEARS. MOST OF THE 3 MILLION SYRIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY ARE IN THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE AND WORKING HAND-IN-HAND IN ITS AFTERMATH. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS A CATASTROPHE FOR TWO COUNTRIES ` FOR TURKEY AND FOR SYRIA. SYRIAN AND TURKISH LIVES AND FATES OVERLAP HERE. THIS IS THE BORDER REGION. SYRIA'S ONLY 15KM FROM HERE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO THIS DISASTER, WELL, SYRIA AND TURKEY NEVER BEEN FURTHER APART. IT'S TAKEN LONG ENOUGH FOR HELP TO MAKE IT HERE TO SOUTHERN TURKEY. BUT OVER THE HORIZON IN SYRIA, A DESPERATE PEOPLE STILL WAIT. BACK HERE, AND FIVE PATIENTS ARE RECOVERING IN SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL TODAY FOLLOWING A CRASH AT THE BURT MUNRO CHALLENGE IN INVERCARGILL. ONE PATIENT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION AFTER THE INCIDENT DURING A HILL CLIMB EVENT. THREE COMPETITORS WITH MODERATE INJURIES ARE ALSO STABLE, WITH ANOTHER DUE TO BE DISCHARGED LATER TODAY. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY, FOLLOWING THE CRASH AT THE POPULAR SOUTHLAND EVENT. ONLY STUDENTS WHO TOOK BOILED WATER WITH THEM WERE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL TODAY IN THE WHAKATANE TOWN OF MURUPARA. IT FOLLOWS A BOIL NOTICE IN THE TOWN AFTER ELEVATED LEVELS OF E COLI WERE FOUND IN THE DRINKING SUPPLY. SOME STUDENTS AND STAFF AT MURUPARA AREA SCHOOL HAVE ALREADY BEEN AFFECTED, VOMITING DUE TO THE POLLUTED WATER. THE COUNCIL'S DOSED THE SUPPLY WITH HYPOCHLORIDE SOLUTION, BUT THE BOIL NOTICE REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL TESTING IS CLEAR FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. EVERY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN THE COUNTRY IS ON THE BRINK OF A TIPPING POINT ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NZ NURSES ORGANISATION. HOSPITALS ACROSS THE MOTU HIT 100% CAPACITY MORE THAN 600 TIMES LAST YEAR, BUT ARE ONLY DESIGNED FOR 80-85% OCCUPANCY. A DUNEDIN NURSE SAYS THEY'RE SEEING SICKER PATIENTS NEEDING MORE CARE AND RESOURCE, WHICH IS PROVING DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE WITH CURRENT STAFF SHORTAGES. THE ISSUE IS THAT PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY TURNING THEMSELVES AWAY. THEY'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE GPs. THEY'RE NOT WANTING TO CAUSE A BOTHER. AND SO, THEY DON'T SEEK HELP WHEN THEY REALLY, REALLY NEED IT. AND THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS. AND WHEN THEY TURN UP TO HOSPITAL, THEY ARE IN CRISIS MOST OF THE TIME. FIGURES RELEASED TO ONE NEWS REVEAL ON AVERAGE EACH DAY LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY TWO HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE RUNNING AT OCCUPANCY HIGHER THAN RESOURCED FOR. AROUND A THIRD OF ALL CRUISE SHIPS ENTERING NEW ZEALAND WATERS THIS SEASON HAVE FAILED TO MEET STRICT BIOSECURITY LAWS LAID OUT BY THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. THE VESSELS OFTEN LEAVE PORTS ACROSS THE TASMAN ONLY TO BE STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS HERE, CAUSING HEADACHES FOR HOLIDAYMAKERS. HERE'S AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MACFARLANE. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH FEW YEARS FOR THE CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY. (HORN BLARES) FIRST IT WAS COVID. NOW THERE'S A NEW CHALLENGE LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE FOR THESE FLOATING VACATIONS. IT'S CALLED BIOFOULING, WHEN UNWANTED MARINE LIFE CLINGS TO THE BOTTOM OF SHIPS, AND IT'S CAUSING BIG DISRUPTIONS FOR HOLIDAY MAKERS. WE JUST FINALLY DECIDED TO DO IT, AND WE DID GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT LEAST. BUT SOON, THIS TEXAS COUPLE'S NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE IN DECEMBER WAS DEAD IN THE WATER. THEIR SHIP, THE VIKING ORION, WASN'T CONSIDERED CLEAN ENOUGH, AND THERE WERE FEARS THE VESSEL COULD DISTURB OUR ECOSYSTEM. THEY FOUND SOME TYPE OF MARINE LIFE ON THE HULL OF THE SHIP THAT THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW IN NEW ZEALAND. MANY OF NEW ZEALAND'S CRUISE VESSELS ORIGINATE FROM HERE IN SYDNEY. HOWEVER, 1 NEWS CAN REVEAL DURING THE PEAK OF THE SEASON JUST BEEN, 11 VESSELS ` AROUND A THIRD OF THOSE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER AOTEAROA ` WERE TURNED AWAY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T COMPLIANT WITH STRICT BIOSECURITY RULES BROUGHT IN IN 2018. SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GO OUT OF NEW ZEALAND WATERS TO CLEAN. SOME OF THEM, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION JUST TO RESTRICT THAT ITINERARY, DEPENDING HOW LONG THEIR STAY IS IN NEW ZEALAND. CRUISE OPERATOR CARNIVAL TOLD 1 NEWS NEW ZEALAND HAS THE STRICTEST ARRANGEMENTS, CLAIMING IT'S PRESENTING CHALLENGES FOR OPERATORS. OUR BIOSECURITY AGENCY HAS NO PLANS TO WIND BACK THE RULES. IT SAYS PROTECTING OUR MARINE LIFE IS ITS PRIORITY. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRUISE VESSELS ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THE VESSELS ARE CLEAN BEFORE THEY COME INTO THE COUNTRY. AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE, THEY CAN ENJOY ALL THIS. ANDREW MCFARLANE, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. IRANIAN-KIWI PROTESTERS ARE GETTING READY TO MARCH TO PARLIAMENT AFTER RALLYING OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY OF IRAN THIS MORNING. DOZENS OF PROTESTORS CHANTED AND DANCED OUTSIDE THE OFFICE FROM 11am, CALLING FOR AN END TO IRAN'S REGIME. POLICE WERE ALSO PRESENT. IT FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF MAHSA AMINI, A WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN IRAN FOR NOT WEARING HER HIJAB. THE GROUP WILL MARCH FROM CIVIC SQUARE AT 1pm. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` HE'D BEEN DUBBED THE GREATEST LIVING COMPOSER. WE LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF BURT BACHARACH, WHO HAS DIED AGED 94. THE U.S. BELIEVES A DOWNED BALLOON WAS PART OF A 'FLEET' OF CHINESE SURVEILLANCE DEVICES. THE BALLOON WAS SHOT DOWN BY U.S. JETS LAST WEEK AFTER DRIFTING ACROSS AMERICAN SKIES FOR SEVEN DAYS. A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAYS THE DEVICE WAS 'CAPABLE' OF MONITORING U.S. COMMUNICATIONS. LAST WEEK, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAW THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF THAT REALITY AFTER THE US GOVERNMENT DETECTED AND SHOT DOWN THE SURVEILLANCE BALLOON THAT HAD ENTERED OUR TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF OUR SOVEREIGNTY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, BEIJING SURVEILLED MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES WITH ITS BALLOON. BEIJING HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED IT WAS USED FOR SPYING PURPOSES. RENOWNED SONGWRITER AND PERFORMER BURT BACHARACH HAS DIED, AGED 94. HE COMPOSED FAMOUS SONGS FOR STARS LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN AND TOM JONES WHILE WINNING OSCARS, GRAMMYS, AND ENTHRALLING AUDIENCES WELL INTO HIS 80s. BBC MUSIC CORRESPONDENT MARK SAVAGE LOOKS BACK AT A LEGENDARY LIFE. # FOREVER AND EVER. WE NEVER WILL PART. OH, HOW I LOVE YOU. # TOGETHER. TOGETHER. # BURT BACHARACH SONGS WERE CLASSY ` MUSICALLY COMPLEX AND STYLISH. HIS MUSES WERE SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINGERS. # WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT? WHOA. # WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT? WHOA. # MAGIC... WITH THE LYRICIST HAL DAVID, HE CREATED HITS LIKE 'THE LOOK OF LOVE', 'RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD' AND 'MAGIC MOMENTS'. HE NEVER FINISHED A SONG IN ONE DAY. BECAUSE HE WOULD LIKE TO GO HOME TO LONG ISLAND, AND I WOULD WANT TO GO BACK TO MY APARTMENT AND WORK ON WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND MAYBE FINISH IT THE NEXT DAY OR THE DAY AFTER THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET AWARDS FOR WRITING FIVE SONGS A DAY. # WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, ALFIE? # AND AS A PRODUCER AND ARRANGER, HE WAS A PERFECTIONIST. IT TOOK CILLA BLACK 31 TAKES TO GET THIS ONE RIGHT. # WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT WHEN YOU SORT IT OUT, ALFIE? ONE. ONE MORE. DID SHE SPEAK TO YOU AFTERWARDS? YES. (CHUCKLES) AND IF SHE DIDN'T, IT WOULD'VE BEEN OK. ALL THAT MATTERED WAS THAT RECORD COME OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO COME OUT. # I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF. # BURT BACHARACH HAD HIS GREATEST SUCCESSES IN THE 1960s, WHEN HIS SOPHISTICATED POP WAS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE CHAOS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL. # JUST LIKE ME, THEY LONG TO BE CLOSE TO YOU. # DURING THE 1970s, ARTISTS LIKE THE CARPENTERS CONTINUED HIS RUN OF HITS. AND EVEN PUNK BANDS LIKE THE STRANGLERS ACKNOWLEDGED HIS GREATNESS. # WALK ON BY. # AH. WALK ON BY AND MAKE BELIEVE. # # WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE? # YOU ONLY GET LIES AND PAIN AND SORROW. # BUT THE ULTIMATE INTERPRETER OF BURT BACHARACH'S SONGS WAS DIONNE WARWICK. # WALK ON BY. THEIR CHEMISTRY WAS MAGICAL. IN HIS LATER YEARS, BACHARACH WORKED WITH ELVIS COSTELLO, ADELE AND EVEN THE RAPPER DR DRE ` PROOF OF THE LASTING POWER OF HIS TIMELESS AIRBORNE MELODIES. TO SPORT, AND FORMER BLACK FERNS SEVENS COACH ALLAN BUNTING WILL TAKE THE HELM OF THE WORLD CUP WINNING BLACK FERNS. BUNTING WILL SUCCEED WAYNE SMITH WHO LED THE SIDE TO THE FAIRYTALE WORLD CUP WIN LAST YEAR. THE 47-YEAR-OLD IS NO STRANGER TO THE FIFTEENS FORMAT ` LEADING THE CHIEFS MANAWA TO AN INAUGURAL SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI TITLE LAST SEASON. WELL, I THINK IF I DID, OR SOMEONE COME IN AND TRY TO CHANGE TOO MUCH AROUND HOW WE'RE PLAYING, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN. OUR LADIES PROBABLY WOULDN'T GO THERE. I KNOW THEY SAID THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE BRAND OF RUGBY THAT WE PLAYED. SO, I GUESS IT'S, LIKE, MY ROLE TO` THAT PHILOSOPHY THAT WE HAD IN BEHIND OUR GAME TO KEEP THAT GOING. AND OBVIOUSLY, COACHES WILL COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, ADD THEIR LITTLE BIT, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. PREVIOUSLY, THE BLACK FERNS MANAGER FOR CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP. ONE OF FOOTBALL'S BEST IS CHALLENGING FIFA ON A POSSIBLE SAUDI ARABIA SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR THE UPCOMING WOMEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP. AMERICAN ALEX MORGAN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY 'VISIT SAUDI' COULD BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE TOURNAMENT. CO-HOSTS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA RECENTLY WROTE TO FIFA SEEKING CLARIFICATION. NOW A NUMBER OF PLAYERS ARE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS, INCLUDING THE STAR STRIKER. I THINK IT'S BIZARRE THAT FIFA HAS LOOKED TO HAVE A 'VISIT SAUDI' SPONSORSHIP FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP WHEN I MYSELF, ALEX MORGAN, WOULD NOT EVEN BE SUPPORTED AND ACCEPTED IN THAT COUNTRY. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN JULY. 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. BEFORE WE GO, THERE'S AN AUSTRALIAN MAN AIMING TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME SOLO ON A JET-SKI. LINDSAY WARNER (64) HAS CONQUERED THE SOUTH ISLAND AND IS SIX DAYS AWAY FROM COMPLETING THE WHOLE MISSION. WARNER'S STARTED WITH AUSTRALIA, TAKING HIM 89 DAYS TO ROUND THAT CONTINENT. STRAPPED WITH 300 LITRES OF GAS, HE SAYS HE'S NOT ALONE OUT THERE IN THE BIG BLUE. SEE A LOT OF SEABIRDS ` PENGUINS. A FEW SORT OF THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF DOLPHINS COME IN LIKE A PACK OF DOGS. THEY COME AND WANNA PLAY IN FRONT OF THE SKI, BUT I'M GENERALLY GOING A LITTLE BIT FAST FOR THEM. YOU DON'T SEE MUCH EXCEPT FOR THE WIND AND THE WAVES AND THE CLOUDS. HIS JOURNEY WILL FINISH IN WELLINGTON. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. AND HERE IS THE LATE BURT BACHARACH WITH 'WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW'. (GRACEFUL MUSIC) # WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE, SWEET LOVE. # IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT THERE'S JUST TOO LITTLE OF. # WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE, SWEET LOVE. # NO, NOT JUST FOR SOME. BUT FOR EVERYONE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON.