IT'S MIDDAY. A TWO-TRUCK COLLISION LEAVES EMERGENCY SERVICES SCRAMBLING TO CLEAN UP A FUEL LEAK NORTH OF WELLINGTON. THE BIG APPLE IS ON HIGH ALERT AS DONALD TRUMP ARRIVES WITH A FLEET OF DEMONSTRATORS IN TOW. AND FROM BOUNDARY HEROICS TO HOMEWARD BOUND ` KANE WILLIAMSON RETURNS TO NEW ZEALAND AFTER A SEASON-ENDING INJURY. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS ARE STILL AT THE SCENE OF A TWO-TRUCK COLLISION IN TRANSMISSION GULLY, NORTH OF WELLINGTON. THE CRASH OCCURRED NEAR AN OFF RAMP EARLY THIS MORNING, FORCING THE ROAD TO CLOSE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS ONE OF THE TRUCKS INVOLVED CLAIMS ITS DRIVER WAS REAR ENDED, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A COMPARTMENT HOLDING 5000 LITRES OF FUEL. CREWS SET UP A DAM ON THE ROAD, TRYING TO GET RID OF THE LEAKING SUBSTANCE. THE REGIONAL COUNCIL SAYS THE MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK IS THIS FUEL GOING INTO THE HOROKIRI STREAM, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANT WETLAND RESERVES. MEANWHILE, 'TRANSPORT FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY 'IS IN CRISIS.' THAT'S THE EVALUATION FROM THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS ASSOCIATION. JON REEVES IS CALLING FOR AN ACTION PLAN FROM NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT, BUT POLITICAL PARTIES AS WE HEAD INTO AN ELECTION YEAR. HE SAYS IT'S A REALLY DIRE TIME IF YOU'RE A PUBLIC TRANSPORT USER IN AOTEAROA. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ` I THINK EVERY AUCKLANDER AND PEOPLE IN WELLINGTON WOULD KNOW THAT IT'S IN A CRISIS POINT. IT'S A VERY BAD TIME TO BE A PUBLIC TRANSPORT USER IN NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IN AUCKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT BUSES CANCELLED, WE'VE GOT TRAINS NOT TURNING UP, AND WE'VE GOT THE FERRIES DISAPPEARING. REEVES SAYS SOONER OR LATER A MOTORCYCLIST IS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THE POTHOLES ON OUR ROADING NETWORK. DONALD TRUMP HAS FLOWN IN TO NEW YORK AHEAD OF HIS COURT APPEARANCE TOMORROW, WHERE HE'LL FACE MORE THAN 30 CRIMINAL CHARGES. BARRICADES ARE GOING UP AND POLICE ARE ON HIGH ALERT AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS OF THE CITY. THE BBC'S SARAH SMITH REPORTS. IT'S NOT QUITE A PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE, BUT AS DONALD TRUMP LEAVES HIS FLORIDA HOME, HE'S STILL DELIBERATELY GRABBING ATTENTION. THERE HE IS. (CHEERS) AMERICAN TV STATIONS CARRIED LIVE HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. AS A FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP GETS THE SECRET SERVICE TO ESCORT HIM INTO TOWN, AND HE'S OBVIOUSLY RELISHING BEING BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. NO PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO SUCH VICIOUS AND DISGUSTING ATTACKS. HE'S ALREADY USING HIS CLAIM THAT THE CASE AGAINST HIM IS A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED WITCH HUNT TO RAISE FUNDS. HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S BROUGHT IN OVER $7m IN JUST FOUR DAYS. DIEHARD SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER ARE ADAMANT THAT HE'S BEING VICTIMISED BY OPPONENTS WHO WANT TO STOP HIM BEING RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT, AND THAT THOSE EFFORTS WILL BACKFIRE. HE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOUR IN THIS CASE. AND THEY'RE CHARGING HIM WITH A FELONY. OH MY GOD, THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS GUY. THEY'RE REALLY AFRAID OF HIM. IT STINKS LIKE A CROCK OF HOG DRIPPINGS. AND I'VE HAD DEMOCRAT FRIENDS OF MINE TELL ME ` DEMOCRATS ` LIKE, 'I STILL HATE TRUMP, 'BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HIM IS TOTALLY WRONG.' I WOULD TAKE A BULLET FOR DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MAN WOULD TAKE A BULLET FOR ME. AND WHEN HE SAYS 'IF THEY CAN COME AFTER ME WITH THIS CASE, 'THEY CAN COME AFTER ANY OF YOU', DO YOU BELIEVE HIM? YES. NEW YORK'S FINEST ARE READY OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, BRACED FOR ANY PROTESTS OR DISRUPTION. DONALD TRUMP DID WARN OF POTENTIAL DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IF CHARGES WERE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME RABBLE-ROUSERS THINKING ABOUT COMING TO OUR CITY TOMORROW, OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE ` 'CONTROL YOURSELVES'. NEW YORK CITY IS OUR HOME, NOT A PLAYGROUND FOR YOUR MISPLACED ANGER. MR TRUMP MAY YET FACE OTHER, MORE SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES. A SPECIAL COUNSEL IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER HE SHOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR INCITING THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT AT THE CAPITOL, AS WELL AS THE HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THE FBI FOUND AT HIS HOME IN FLORIDA. AND IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA, HE COULD YET BE CHARGED WITH TRYING TO UNLAWFULLY ALTER THE RESULT OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO'S BRINGING THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP INSISTS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS ` IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LAW. BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATEVER HAPPENS INSIDE THIS COURTROOM WILL HAVE A HUGE POLITICAL IMPACT. BANNING CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS GIVES OUR TAMARIKI A BREAK, REDUCES ONLINE BULLYING, AND ENCOURAGES SOCIALISING AMONGST THEIR PEERS, ACCORDING TO ONE KIWI EDUCATOR. IT COMES AS AN AUSTRALIAN STATE IS SET TO BAN THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PROMPTING CALLS FOR AOTEAROA TO DO THE SAME. DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS MORE. AT HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH, THE RULES ARE SIMPLE. BETWEEN 9 AND 3, YOU PUT YOUR CELL PHONE AWAY. YOU JUST PUT IT IN YOUR BAG AND HAVE IT OFF. THE BAN CAME INTO FORCE IN 2021 AFTER TEACHERS NOTICED STUDENTS WERE BECOMING LESS ACTIVE DURING BREAK TIMES AND DISTRACTED IN CLASS. THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT IN CLASSROOMS WAS HUGE IN THAT STUDENTS WEREN'T DISTRACTED AT ALL, THEY WERE CONCENTRATING ON THEIR DEVICES` ON THEIR LESSONS, NOT ON THEIR PHONES. NEW SOUTH WALES HAS GONE MUCH FURTHER. THE NEWLY ELECTED PREMIER NOW TAKING IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF SCHOOLS AND ENFORCING A STATEWIDE BAN IN HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS WILL EFFECT OVER 400 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATES. UPWARD OF 320,000 STUDENTS WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THIS BAN. CORNDELL PARK HIGH IN SYDNEY HAS BEEN RESTRICTING PHONE USE FOR 16 YEARS. WE GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AROUND US AND OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ON OUR PHONES THE WHOLE TIME. PHONES BY THEMSELVES ARE A DISTRACTION. IT'S ONLY SIX HOURS, SO YOU'VE GOT MANY HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER. AND BACK IN CHRISTCHURCH, HILLMORTON HIGH HAS ALREADY SEEN A REDUCTION IN ONLINE CYBER BULLYING. IT DOES STILL HAPPEN. IT HAPPENS OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS, AND WE WORK WITH PARENTS TO DEAL WITH THAT, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN SCHOOL IS NEGLIGIBLE. CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS ARE STILL ABLE TO CONTACT THEIR KIDS THROUGH THE SCHOOL, BUT CHANCES ARE THEY'LL BE BUSY. OUR LIBRARY AND OUR GROUNDS ARE FULL OF STUDENTS PLAYING AND SOCIALISING AT BREAK TIMES. SO THE STUDENTS HAVE GOT USED TO IT. SWITCHING OFF BRINGING TANGIBLE RESULTS IN BOTH THE PLAYGROUND, AND THE CLASSROOM. DIGBY WERTHMULLER, 1 NEWS. THE FORMER CHAIR OF TE WHATU ORA SAYS EVERY DAY IN THE JOB WAS A BATTLE IN TRYING TO BRING CHANGE. IN A SPEECH LAST NIGHT, ROB CAMPBELL TOLD THE AUDIENCE THE HEALTH REFORMS HE WAS APPOINTED TO IMPLEMENT HAD SERIOUS INADEQUACIES. HE SAYS WHILE HE BROUGHT SOME CHANGE IN BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEMS, HE COULDN'T FIX THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE REFORMS. FIRST THERE WAS NO POLITICAL WILL ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO GET TO THEM. SECONDLY, WE HAD TAKEN OVER, BECAUSE WE HAD NO CHOICE, ALL OF THE OLD PEOPLE AND THE OLD SYSTEMS, THE OLD ROLES, THE OLD CONTRACTS, THE OLD CAPITAL COMMITMENTS OF THE OLD SYSTEM. SO YOU'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE OLD MACHINE, YOU'VE STILL GOT THE SAME MACHINE, OR DRIVERS STILL WORKING ON IT. TO GET THINGS TO CHANGE IS A REAL STRUGGLE. PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE AGREES THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE MORE PATIENT-FOCUSED, BUT THAT THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET. OUR WHOLE SYSTEM IS UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE, WE KNOW THAT THERE` MORE AND MORE PRESSURE GETS PILED ON THE HEALTH SYSTEM YEAR ON YEAR, THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENA, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GEARING UP THE HEALTH SYSTEM TO COPE WITH THAT. THERE'S BEEN A 23% RISE IN MISSED MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS IN THE SPACE OF A YEAR. ACCORDING TO FRESH DATA FROM CENTRIX NEARLY 20,000 MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS WERE LATE IN FEBRUARY. THE NUMBER OF ARREARS, WHICH IS ONE MISSED MORTGAGE PAYMENT, HAS GROWN FOR THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH. MANAGING DIRECTOR KEITH MCLAUGHLIN SAYS HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE PUTTING STRESS ON NEW HOME OWNERS. YOU'VE GOT A WIDENING OF THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ALONG WITH THE COST OF LIVING HITTING AT THE MOMENT, AND THOSE WHO ARE REALLY DOING QUITE WELL OUT OF IT. AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE RESERVE BANK ON THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE IS EXPECTED TOMORROW. IT CURRENTLY SITS AT 4.75. RUSSIA IS ONCE AGAIN POINTING FINGERS, ACCUSING THE ZELENSKY ADMINISTRATION OF ORCHESTRATING THE EXPLOSION THAT KILLED PRO-WAR BLOGGER VLADLEN TATARSKY. AUTHORITIES HAVE DETAINED A RUSSIAN SUSPECT, BUT STILL INSIST KYIV WAS BEHIND THE SAINT PETERSBURG ATTACK. THE BBC'S FRANK GARDNER HAS MORE. AN ORDINARY SCENE ON AN ORDINARY STREET IN ST PETERSBURG. A WOMAN ENTERS A CAFE CARRYING A BOX CONTAINING A STATUETTE. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) IT'S HARD TO VERIFY THIS, BUT RUSSIA SAYS SHE WAS DELIVERING A BOMB INSIDE THE CAFE. THERE'S A MEETING OF RUSSIAN PRO-WAR ACTIVISTS. THE INVITED SPEAKER IS THIS MAN, VLADLEN TATARSKY, A PROLIFIC BLOGGER WITH OVER HALF A MILLION FOLLOWERS. AND THEN THIS ` THE EXPLOSION KILLED HIM OUTRIGHT AND INJURED OVER 30 OTHERS. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS WERE QUICK TO BLAME UKRAINE, WHICH DENIED IT, BUT THE SUSPECT NOW DETAINED, IS NOT UKRAINIAN ` SHE'S RUSSIAN. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) POLICE ARE NAMING HER AS DARYA TRYOPOVA, AN ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST. THEY'VE RELEASED THIS FOOTAGE OF HER BEING ARRESTED AT HOME. SHE'S THEN SEEN BEING QUESTIONED, APPARENTLY UNDER DURESS. RUSSIA SAYS SHE'S CONFESSED TO CARRYING THE STATUETTE THAT KILLED TATARSKY IN THE CAFE. HE WAS A BIG FIGURE AMONGST RUSSIAN MILITARY BLOGGERS. A FORMER CONVICT, HE FOUGHT AGAINST UKRAINE IN THE DONBAS. HE WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN FAILURES ON THE BATTLEFIELD, LEADING SOME TO SUSPECT INTER-RUSSIAN RIVALRY. WELL, THIS IS A REALLY MURKY INCIDENT. DESPITE ALL THE CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS, IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR EXACTLY WHO WAS BEHIND THIS EXPLOSION. BUT TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH IT IS OLGA IVSHINA FROM THE BBC RUSSIAN SERVICE. OLGA, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS EXPLOSION? RUSSIAN WAR SUPPORTERS AND MANY OTHER EXPERTS BELIEVE IT MUST BE UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE BEHIND THIS ATTACK. RUSSIAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE THINKS THAT RUSSIAN OPPOSITION WAS ALSO INVOLVED. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT IN LAST YEAR, ANOTHER PROMINENT VOCAL SUPPORTER OF WAR WAS TARGETED IN MOSCOW. ON THE OTHER HAND, MANY RUSSIAN WAR COMMANDERS WERE KILLED IN STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE 2014. AS RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS PIECED TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN ST PETERSBURG, THE PROPAGANDA WAR CONTINUES. RUSSIA SAYS THIS WAS UKRAINE-LINKED TERRORISM. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER SAYS IT WAS RUSSIAN-ON-RUSSIAN. 'SPIDERS,' HE TWEETED, 'ARE EATING EACH OTHER IN A JAR.' THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON THAT TRAVERSED AMERICA'S SKIES EARLIER THIS YEAR SUCCESSFULLY GATHERED U.S. INTELLIGENCE ALONG ITS VOYAGE. A NEW REPORT HAS REVEALED THE BALLOON FLEW OVER SEVERAL UNITED STATES MILITARY SITES, SENDING INFORMATION BACK TO BEIJING BEFORE IT WAS SHOT DOWN IN EARLY FEBRUARY. THE HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON WOULD FLY IN FIGURE-EIGHT PATTERNS OVER THE SENSITIVE SITES DESPITE U.S. AIRFORCE EFFORTS TO INTERVENE. U.S. OFFICIALS INSIST NO INFORMATION OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE WAS OBTAINED. HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY STUDENTS HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR GRADUATION AND A SPECIAL MILESTONE IN STYLE. PARADING THROUGH THE STREETS OF CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020, ALSO MARKING THE UNIVERSITY'S 150TH YEAR. MORE THAN 1100 STUDENTS FROM SEVEN FACULTIES WILL GRADUATE THIS WEEK, WITH MORE CEREMONIES IN AUGUST. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY SPORT ` AN EPL THRILLER AS 10-MEN EVERTON AND TOTTENHAM ENGAGE IN A BRUTAL BATTLE. AND PRO WRESTLING LOSES ONE OF THE ICONIC BUSHWHACKERS. INJURED BLACKCAP STAR KANE WILLIAMSON HAS LIMPED BACK IN THE COUNTRY, RETURNING FROM A SHORT STINT IN THE IPL LEAGUE AFTER SUSTAINING A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. WILLIAMSON NOT INTERESTED IN STOPPING TO TALK TO THE MEDIA. HOW WAS THE FLIGHT, KANE? THANKS FOR ESCORTING ME, GUYS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LOOK OUT FOR THE CARS. YEAH, FLIGHT WAS GOOD, THANKS. THE 32-YEAR-OLD WAS ON DEBUT FOR THE GUJARAT TIGERS WHEN HE SUFFERED THE KNEE INJURY. MEANWHILE THE CHENNAI SUPER KINGS, WHICH LOST TO WILLIAMSON'S NEW TEAM IN THE IPL SEASON OPENER, HAS BEATEN THE LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS IN A HIGH SCORING, THEIR TWO KIWIS PLAYING MAJOR ROLES. COMING OFF HIS FIRST MATCH DUCK, DEVIN CONWAY WAS BACK TO HIS BEST AS SUPER KINGS POSTED AN IMPOSING 218 OFF THEIR 20 OVERS, CONWAY CLOUTING 47 RUNS. HE CLEARS THIS. HE CLEARS THAT SIDE. HE HAS GOT SOME MUSCLE. GOES AGAIN. IT GOES ALL THE WAY THIS TIME, ANOTHER 4. HUNDRED COMES UP. MITCHELL SANTNER TOOK 1 FOR 21, AS THE SUPER GIANTS FELL 12 RUNS SHORT OF THE TARGET. VIDEO HAS EMERGED OF A TRACK INVASION DURING SUNDAY'S AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX IN MELBOURNE. RACE STEWARDS ARE BEING QUESTIONED AFTER THE SERIOUS SAFETY BREACH. 9 NEWS REPORTER ELIZA RUGG HAS MORE. PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, JUST TO BRAG ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE GRAND PRIX RACE HADN'T FINISHED YET, WHEN DOZENS OF SPECTATORS CLIMBED OVER FENCES, SQUEEZED THROUGH BARRIERS AND SNUCK ONTO THE TRACK JUST PAST THE FINISH LINE, COMING WITHIN METRES OF FORMULA ONE VEHICLES. GIVEN THE GREAT RACE WE HAD, THE PEOPLE WANTED TO GET OUT ON TO THE TRACK, BUT THEY DID SO IN A MANNER THAT WASN'T SAFE. GRAND PRIX OFFICIALS ARE COMBING THROUGH CCTV TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG, AND POLICE HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE. BUT FOR NOW, ORGANISERS ARE THE ONES IN HOT WATER. RACE STEWARDS SAY SPECTATORS, OFFICIALS AND DRIVERS WERE PUT IN SIGNIFICANT DANGER. ONE ASPECT OF THE CROWD CONTROL DIDN'T OCCUR, AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AND SEE WHY. THE SPORTS WORLD GOVERNING BODY COULD HAND DOWN PENALTIES. AND IT WASN'T THE ONLY HEART-STOPPING MOMENT. SPECTATOR WILLIAM STREET WAS CHEERING FOR DRIVER KEVIN MAGNUSSEN WHEN HE WAS HIT BY DEBRIS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING HAD HIT ME. I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PERSON OR SOMETHING AT FIRST, BUT THEN, YEAH, SOMEONE HELD UP THIS HUGE PIECE OF WHEEL AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE LOOKED AT ME AND WENT, 'YOU'RE BLEEDING'. IN THE CHAOS THAT FOLLOWED, SOMEONE TOOK OFF WITH HIS MEMENTO. I'M SORT OF BUSY TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON, AND THEN EVERYONE AROUND ME IS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO GRAB THIS PIECE OF WHEEL. MANAGER-LESS TOTTENHAM HAS THROWN AWAY GOLDEN POINTS IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S TOP-4 RACE. SPURS HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF AN EXTRA MAN AFTER EVERTON'S ABDOULAYE DOUCOURE WAS SENT OFF FOR THIS. HARRY KANE SCORED A PENALTY NOT LONG AFTER TO PUT TOTTENHAM ON COURSE FOR VICTORY. BUT A RED CARD FOR LUCAS MOURA WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY A LATE, STUNNING EQUALISER. KEANE HAS A GO` OH! ASTONISHING. REDEMPTION. HE'S GIVEN AWAY THE PENALTY, BUT HE'S COME UP WITH THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EQUALISER. THE 1-1 LIFTING THE TOFFEES OUT OF THE RELEGATION ZONE. THE WARRIORS TRAIN IS GAINING MOMENTUM AND THE NEWLY-CROWNED 'MESSIAH' HEAD COACH IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. THE AUCKLAND-BASED SIDE BEATING THE CRONULLA SHARKS 30-32 WITH AN IMPRESSIVE COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER IS AWARE OF THE EXPECTATIONS THEIR LOYAL FANS HAVE. WE'VE GOT THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IN NEWCASTLE THIS WEEK, SO` BUT THE PRESSURE DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT THIS STAGE, OBVIOUSLY, COS WE'RE WINNING, SO EVERYTHING'S ROSY AT THE MOMENT, BUT... I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE WHOLE COUNTRY, SO, YEAH, I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. THE WARRIORS ARE SECOND ON THE NRL LADDER. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS ARE FIVE POINTS CLEAR IN THE NETBALL PREMIERSHIP AFTER OVERHAULING THE CENTRAL PULSE IN PORIRUA LAST NIGHT. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION PULSE SUFFERING THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT DEFEAT, GOING DOWN 56-51. GRACE NWEKE SEIZING HER OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, THAT SECOND HALF, NWEKE HAS JUST STARTED TO DOMINATE. THE CENTRAL PULSE FELL FLAT IN THE FINAL QUARTER, LOSING THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT MATCH. WE'VE JUST GOT TO LEARN TO BACK OURSELVES. AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT TO REALLY WORK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE HIGH-PRESSURE MOMENTS, BECAUSE YOU DO SEE US GOING INTO OURSELVES. AND WE JUST NEED TO PLAY WHEN THAT PRESSURE'S ON, JUST PLAY, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE. THE PULSE NOW SIT DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE WITH THE SOUTHERN STEEL. WRESTLING CULT FIGURE BUSHWHACKER BUTCH HAS PASSED AWAY IN THE U.S. AFTER ATTENDING A FAN EVENT. BUTCH, AKA BOB MILLER, GRAPPLED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FELLOW KIWI BUSHWHACKER LUKE WILLIAMS WHO CONFIRMED HIS DEATH. THE PAIR'S STAGE PERSONA GAINED THEM A HUGE FOLLOWING ON THE PRO WRESTLING CIRCUIT. BUSHWHACKER BUTCH, WHO HAD RETIRED TO THE KAPITI COAST, WAS 78. TO ANOTHER FORMER WRESTLER ` DWAYNE JOHNSON. THE ROCK HAS REVEALED THE DISNEY HIT 'MOANA' IS RECEIVING THE LIVE ACTION TREATMENT. THE 2016 FILM, BASED ON TRADITIONS OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WAS PRAISED FOR ADDING DIVERSITY TO THE CAST OF DISNEY PRINCESSES. 'THE ROCK' WILL BE REPRISING HIS ROLE OF MAUI IN THE REMAKE. HE SAYS IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. STILL WITH ENTERTAINMENT, AND FANS OF SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER HAVE A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR HANDS ON A SLICE OF POP CULTURE HISTORY. JOHN TRAVOLTA'S THREE-PIECE WHITE SUIT FROM THE 1977 MOVIE IS GOING UP FOR AUCTION LATER THIS MONTH. THE ENSEMBLE HAS BEEN AUTHENTICATED BY TRAVOLTA AND PARAMOUNT STUDIOS AND IS EXPECTED UP TO FETCH UP TO $200,000. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NASA HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS ITS HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE MOON, REVEALING THE ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL UNDERTAKE THE MISSION. IN ANOTHER LEAP FOR MAN AND WOMAN KIND, NASA HAS REVEALED ITS FOUR ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL MAKE THE LONG-AWAITED RETURN TO THE MOON. IT'S AN HISTORIC LINE-UP, INCLUDING THE FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT AND FIRST BLACK ROCKETEER TO TAKE OFF FOR A LUNAR MISSION. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE EXPLAINS. IT'S A NEW ERA OF PIONEERS AND ADVENTURERS VYING FOR SEATS ON THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER MISSION IN 50 YEARS ON A SPACECRAFT THAT'S HEADING BACK TO THE MOON. FOUR ASTRONAUTS READY TO MAKE HISTORY ` AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN REVEALED. I'M CHRISTINA KOCH. I'M A MISSION SPECIALIST ON THE ARTEMIS II MISSION TO THE MOON. SHE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS STAY IN SPACE BY A WOMAN. JEREMY HANSEN FROM THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, A FIGHTER PILOT AND A PHYSICIST, AND NASA'S FORMER CHIEF ASTRONAUT, REID WISEMAN. THE ARTEMIS II COMMANDER. AND MAKING UP THE FOUR PILOTING THE SPACECRAFT WILL BE VICTOR GLOVER. ARTEMIS II IS MORE THAN A MISSION TO THE MOON AND BACK. IT'S MORE THAN A MISSION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE SEND PEOPLE TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. IT IS THE NEXT STEP ON THE JOURNEY THAT GETS HUMANITY TO MARS. THE ONE THING I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CARRY YOUR EXCITEMENT, YOUR ASPIRATIONS, YOUR DREAMS WITH US ON THIS MISSION. ARTEMIS II ` YOUR MISSION. THREE, TWO, ONE. AND THIS IS THE ROCKETS THEY'LL BE RIDING ON. IT MADE A TEST FLIGHT TO THE MOON LAST YEAR. NOW IT'S READY FOR A CREW. THE ARTEMIS II MISSION WILL LIFT OFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL IN FLORIDA. THE SPACECRAFT WILL SPEND THE FIRST 42 HOURS ORBITING THE EARTH, TESTING THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'LL HAVE BEEN USED. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL THEN SPEND FOUR DAYS TRAVELLING TO THE MOON, FLYING FAR BEYOND IT, BEFORE HEADING BACK FOR A SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE WHOLE TRIP WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 DAYS. IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE HUMANITY LAST VISITED THE MOON. (CROWD CHEERS) THIS NEXT GENERATION'S MISSION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE OFF AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. ('ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET' BY THE ONLY ONES) # I ALWAYS FLIRT WITH DEATH. # I LOOK ILL BUT I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT. # I CAN FACE YOUR THREATS. # AND STAND UP STRAIGHT AND TALL AND SHOUT ABOUT IT. # I THINK I'M ON ANOTHER WORLD WITH YOU. # WITH YOU. # I'M ON ANOTHER PLANET WITH YOU. # WITH YOU. # YOU GET UNDER MY SKIN. # I DON'T FIND IT IRRITATING. # YOU ALWAYS PLAY TO WIN, # BUT I WON'T NEED REHABILITATING. # I THINK I'M ON ANOTHER WORLD WITH YOU. # WITH YOU. # I'M ON ANOTHER PLANET WITH YOU. # WITH YOU. # ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET. # ANOTHER GIRL, ANOTHER PLANET. WOO-HOO! THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.