IT'S MIDDAY ` MAYHEM ON THE ROADS WITH THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING A HEAD ON COLLISION ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE WHICH LEFT BOTH DRIVERS DEAD. PLUS ` DRAMA ON WELLINGTON ROADS AS PROTESTORS DISRUPT TRAFFIC. AND THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WHAT FOODS ARE PUSHING UP THE PRICE OF YOUR SUPERMARKET SHOP. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S BEEN A HORROR MORNING ON OUR ROADS WITH SIX PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD FOLLOWING THREE SEPARATE ACCIDENTS. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR OVER 10KM ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE IN RANGIRIRI THIS MORNING AFTER TWO CARS COLLIDED ON THE WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY AT AROUND 5AM. BOTH DRIVERS DIED AT THE SCENE AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD ONE WAS TRAVELLING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. DOWN SOUTH, THREE PEOPLE DIED NEAR GERALDINE, WHEN A CAMPERVAN CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED TO FIND THE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER 1AM. AND THERE WAS A SIXTH DEATH UP NORTH AFTER A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE IN DARGAVILLE. PROTESTERS DEMANDING MORE PASSENGER RAIL SERVICES HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS IN THE CAPITAL, CAUSING COMMUTER CHAOS ON STATE HIGHWAY 1. THEY SAY THEY WILL KEEP DISRUPTING TRAFFIC UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT ANSWERS THEIR CALLS. JESSICA SWAN WAS THERE. THIS IS THE MOMENT PROTESTERS BLOCKED THE MOTORWAY, HALTING TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE CITY. ONE TRIED TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO THOSE CAUGHT UP IN THE COMMOTION. OTHERS JUST LET THE SIGNS SAY IT ALL. BUT IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL SOME LOST PATIENCE. CAN YOUSE MOVE, PLEASE? CAN YOUSE MOVE, PLEASE? EVERY YEAR I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE. AND I CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT THAT THE REST OF MY LIFE IS GONNA BE DEFINED BY THIS CRISIS AS WELL UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. POLICE ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER IT BEGAN. TELL ME WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. ... AND MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS. SOME WITHOUT A FUSS, BUT NOT ALL WENT QUIETLY. THE FINAL TWO PROTESTERS, LIKE THE ONE BEHIND ME, GLUED THEIR HAND TO THE ROAD, MAKING IT HARD FOR POLICE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY. TO REMOVE PROTESTERS' HANDS, IT APPEARS POLICE USED ACETONE AFTER NAIL POLISH REMOVER DIDN'T WORK. POLICE SAY FOUR PEOPLE ARE ASSISTING WITH THEIR INQUIRIES AND CHARGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED. MEANWHILE, MANY WERE LEFT SITTING IN THEIR FUEL-GUZZLING TANKS. I FEEL LIKE WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS IS. BUT WE ARE DOING OUR RECYCLING. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND NOW I'M SITTING IN A` LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT. SO I'M VERY, VERY UPSET, ACTUALLY. I NEED TO GET TO WORK, EH? I GOT MY BABIES TO FEED. THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE. WHAT ABOUT IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY SITS WITH A PROBLEM? MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. THERE'S` NO ONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING. SO I'M QUITE FRUSTRATED. I'M REALLY LIKE, MY HEART IS BEATING OUT OF MY CHEST. I'M, LIKE, REALLY UPSET. BUT FRUSTRATION WON'T STOP THIS MOVEMENT. FOUR MONTHS ON SINCE THEIR LAST ACTION, THEY SAY THEIR CAUSE IS THE SAME. WE WILL KEEP ON GOING UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT STARTS TAKING CLIMATE` RADICAL CLIMATE ACTION AND... IT WILL BE ANOTHER... HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. CLASS SIZES ARE SET TO REDUCE FOR STUDENTS IN YEAR FOUR TO EIGHT. BY 2029, TEACHER STUDENT RATIOS WILL DROP FROM ONE TEACHER PER 29 STUDENTS TO ONE TEACHER PER 28. EDUCATION MINISTER JAN TINIETTI SAYS AN EXTRA 320 FULL TIME TEACHERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE REDUCTION AND IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTCOMES. BUT ONE INTERMEDIATE PRINCIPAL SAYS THAT ONE TO 25 WOULD BE THE IDEAL RATIO. WITH WHAT WE KNOW AND RESEARCH ACROSS THE WORLD TELLS YOU THIS, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT CLASSROOM TEACHERS ONE OF THE STRONGEST INDICATORS OF SUCCESS. WHEN YOU HAVE LESS PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN GET TO KNOW THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER. TINETTI SAYS NEW ZEALAND KIDS HAVE BEEN FALLING BEHIND IN MATHS, READING AND WRITING. KIWI HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING THE PINCH AS THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUING TO RISE ACCORDING TO NEW FIGURES FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND. FOOD PRICES HAVE GONE UP 12% IN THE SPACE OF A YEAR, WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SEEING A 22% HIKE. HOUSING IS ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE ` RENTAL PROPERTY PRICES HAVE GONE UP NEARLY 4% SINCE 2022. FINANCIAL MENTOR DAVID FERRY SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO DO A KIWI SAVER HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL TO PAY OFF INCREASING DEBTS. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING, 'I'M GETTING BEHIND ON SOME OF THE DEBTS THAT I'VE GOT. I... MIGHT BE NOW STRUGGLING WITH MY MORTGAGE AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO SEE MY MORTGAGE RATES GO UP. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?' STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS EGGS, POTATO CHIPS AND YOGURT WERE THE LARGEST DRIVERS BEHIND INCREASING GROCERY PRICES. FAST FOOD CHAIN BURGER KING SAYS IT'S 'SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED' FOLLOWING AN ATTACK ON IT'S STAFF MEMBERS IN TAKANINI ON SUNDAY. BOTH WORKERS WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER A DOUBLE STABBING. A MAN WAS LATER LOCATED NEARBY AND DETAINED, AND WAS TODAY CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, INTENT TO ROB AND CAUSE BODILY HARM. WEST PAPUA SEPARATISTS HAVE REPORTEDLY SHOT AT INDONESIAN SOLDIERS WHILE ON A RESCUE MISSION FOR CAPTIVE NEW ZEALAND PILOT PHILIP MEHRTENS. ONE SOLDIER HAS DIED AND MORE THAN 30 HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS MISSING IN THE PAPUA PROVINCE. A MILITARY SPOKESPERSON SAYS A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION FOR THE TROOPS HAS BEEN ORDERED. TRANSLATOR: THE SITUATION OF OTHER SOLDIERS IS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY SCATTERED IN OTHER LOCATIONS. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTACT THEM DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. MEHRTENS IS A PILOT FOR INDONESIAN AVIATION COMPANY SUSI AIR, AND WAS ABDUCTED IN FEBRUARY. IN THE WAKE OF AMERICA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING IN THE U.S. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 28 OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT A 16TYH BIRTHDAY PARTY IN DADEVILLE, ALABAMA. THE ABC'S JACLYN LEE HAS THE LATEST GUNFIRE ERUPTED LATE SATURDAY EVENING DURING A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN DADEVILLE, ALABAMA, A SMALL RURAL TOWN ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY. AUTHORITIES HAVE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO CONTACT THEM WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP IN THE INVESTIGATION. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG, COMPLICATED PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IN A VERY METHODICAL WAY TO GO THROUGH THIS SCENE, TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND ENSURE THAT JUSTICE IS BROUGHT TO BEAR FOR THE FAMILIES. PASTOR BEN HAYES TOLD ABC NEWS HE'D BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT WITH FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. HAYES SAID FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD HIM THE GUNFIRE ERUPTED INSIDE THE SMALL PARTY VENUE WHEN TEMPERS FLARED DURING AN ARGUMENT. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING, BUT COUNSELLING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS MONDAY MORNING. WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COMFORT THOSE CHILDREN. AND DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES MOST IMPACTED BY THIS SITUATION. THE POLICE CHIEF DESCRIBED DADEVILLE, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 3000, AS A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY FULL OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE. I ASK YOU TO PLEASE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY IN YOUR PRAYERS. I ASK YOU TO KEEP MY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN YOUR PRAYERS. AND I ALSO ASK EACH OF YOU, PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS MOMENT DEFINE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE CITY OF DADEVILLE AND OUR FINE PEOPLE. ALABAMA'S GOVERNOR, KAY IVEY, OFFERING HER CONDOLENCES, TWEETING ` AND ACROSS THE BORDER, SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER GUNMEN STORMED A RESORT IN CENTRAL MEXICO. WITNESSES TO THE ATTACK IN GUANAJUATO SAY THE ARMED MEN OPENED FIRE AT THE RESORT'S SWIMMING POOL, THEN DESTROYED A SHOP AND SECURITY CAMERAS BEFORE FLEEING. GUANAJUATO HAS BEEN MEXICO'S MOST VIOLENT STATE FOR YEARS, WHERE CARTELS REGULARLY COME INTO CONFLICT WITH LOCAL GANGS. THE MEXICAN ARMY AND SECURITY FORCES ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE MEN BEHIND THE SHOOTING. AUTHORITIES IN BALI ARE PUSHING FOR STRONGER VISA RULES AS THE INDONESIAN ISLAND GETS OVERRUN BY RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS. THE PRESENCE OF SOME OF THESE TOURISTS IS NOT ONLY OFFENDING LOCALS, BUT THEY'RE REPORTEDLY BREAKING THE LAW. ABC'S ANNE BARKER HAS MORE. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS SWOOPING AT A TOURIST HUB IN UBUD, READY TO DEPORT ANY FOREIGNERS BREACHING THEIR VISAS. RAIDS LIKE THIS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON. (SPEAKS BALINESE) MOST HERE ARE RUSSIAN OR UKRAINIAN, MANY FLEEING THE WAR OR CONSCRIPTION. TRANSLATOR: WE DIDN'T FIND ANY IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS SO FAR. THEIR PASSPORTS ARE VALID AND THEIR PERMITS ARE OK. BALINESE SAY THEY'RE LOSING INCOME TO RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS WHO'VE TAKEN THEIR JOBS. WE'VE LOST ABOUT HALF OUR BUSINESS COS THEY COME HERE NOT TO HOLIDAY, BUT TO WORK. BALI HAS LONG SEEN TOURISTS BEHAVING BADLY, AMONG THEM AUSTRALIANS. (BOTH YELL ANGRILY) BUT THERE'S GROWING RESENTMENT TOWARDS RUSSIANS WORKING ILLEGALLY AND BREAKING LOCAL LAWS. DOZENS HAVE BEEN DEPORTED THIS YEAR ALONE ` YURI CHILIKIN WAS ARRESTED AND SENT HOME AFTER HE CLIMBED BALI'S HIGHEST VOLCANO, DROPPED HIS PANTS AND FLASHED HIS BACKSIDE TO THE WORLD. HE APOLOGISED, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. SORRY. MY ENGLISH IS BAD. ANOTHER RUSSIAN FACING DEPORTATION IS LUISA KOSIC. THE ONLINE BLOGGER WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR POSTING A PHOTO OF HERSELF NAKED AGAINST AN ANCIENT TREE THE BALINESE CONSIDER HOLY. RUSSIANS HAVE A HUGE PRESENCE IN BALI ` LAST YEAR THEY WERE SECOND ONLY TO AUSTRALIANS. ALMOST 80,000 ARRIVED IN BALI IN THE FIVE MONTHS TO JANUARY. THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO LIMIT VISA RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. ARTILLERY FIRE HAS RESUMED IN THE STREETS OF SUDAN'S CAPITAL FOLLOWING A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE BETWEEN RIVAL FORCES. IT'S ESTIMATED AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HUNDREDS MORE WOUNDED. THE LATEST CONFLICT HAS ALSO BROUGHT A HALT TO UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME OPERATIONS AFTER THREE WORKERS WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSS FIRE. THE BBC'S ANNE SOY EXPLAINS. (GUNFIRE) THIS IS WHAT SUDANESE WOKE UP TO YESTERDAY. THE SOUND OF HEAVY ARTILLERY, GUNFIRE AND RELENTLESS FIGHTING. A FRAGILE POLITICAL SITUATION JUST GOT WORSE. TRANSLATOR: THEY ARE FIGHTING OVER AUTHORITY AND LOOTING OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE HERE FIGHTING FOR FOOD, DRINK, EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T PROVIDED FOR US. TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO FORCES THAT HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE COUNTRY HAVE BOILED OVER, AND CIVILIANS ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THE STRONGEST EXPLOSIONS WERE THIS MORNING WHEN WE ALSO SAW SOME AIR FORCE BEING DEPLOYED, OR FIGHTER JETS, AND WE DECIDED TO GO TO THE BASEMENT FOR AROUND AN HOUR. WE ARE IN TOTAL HERE NOW NINE ADULTS AND KIDS. THE FIGHTING IS A SETBACK TO SUDAN'S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY. TALKS HAVE BEEN GOING ON TO BRING IT BACK ON TRACK AFTER A 2021 COUP. BUT THE NOTORIOUS PARAMILITARY UNIT, RSF, HAS RESISTED A PROPOSAL TO HAVE IT JOIN THE ARMY IN THE NEW ARRANGEMENT. THE RSF GREW OUT OF A MILITIA ACCUSED OF COMMITTING ATROCITIES IN WESTERN DARFUR REGION TWO DECADES AGO. ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE DIED. BUT GLOBAL LEADERS REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY. IT'S A FRAGILE SITUATION. THERE ARE OTHER ACTORS THAT MAY BE PUSHING AGAINST THAT PROGRESS, BUT THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY CARRY FORWARD THE CIVILIAN-LED TRANSITION. THE PATH TO DEMOCRACY FROM DECADES OF MILITARY RULE WAS NEVER GOING TO BE EASY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` INDY CAR STAR SCOTT DIXON HAD BEREN ENJOYING A GREAT WEEKEND UNTIL TODAY'S STREET RACE IN LOS ANGELES WHERE HE WAS SHOWN LITTLE RESPECT. AND ARSENAL FALL ASLEEP IN THE SECOND HALF TO GIVE WEST HAM UNITED THE CHANCE TO LEVEL IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. LABORATORY-GROWN MEAT IS RAPIDLY BECOMING BIG BUSINESS WITH HUGE POTENTIAL TO CUT AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD. ONE COMPANY IN THE UK HAS JUST ACHIEVED A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH, WITH SCIENTISTS COOKING AND EATING A PORK STEAK CREATED ENTIRELY FROM SCRATCH. CHANNEL NINE'S JESSICA MILLWARD HAS MORE. FORGET PADDOCK TO PLATE ` THIS IS TEST TUBE TO TONGUE. SOME GREENS AND TOMATOES WITH A SIDE OF LAB-GROWN PORK. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. REALLY WAS` YEAH. REALLY, REALLY VERY GOOD. YEAH. IT TASTED EXACTLY LIKE A PORK STEAK DID. NEWCASTLE IS A RIVERSIDE CITY AROUND 500KM NORTH OF LONDON, AND IT'S WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE NOW LAYING CLAIM TO GROWING AND EATING THE WORLD'S FIRST LAB-MADE PORK STEAK. WE WERE REALLY EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME. THE CELL-BASED MEAT INDUSTRY IS TAKING OFF, WITH DOZENS OF COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD DEDICATING RESEARCH TO IT. THE FIRST LAB-GROWN BURGER WAS COOKED AND EATEN IN LONDON IN 2013. SIMILAR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN AUSTRALIA. IN 2019, A LAB IN SYDNEY GREW KANGAROO MEAT, AND LAST YEAR, SCIENTISTS IN MELBOURNE CULTIVATED A PIECE OF LAMB. THE KEY DIFFERENCE HERE, THE SCIENTISTS SAY, IS THE FILLET IS 100% MEAT. NO PLANT-BASED CELLS WERE ADDED. YOU START WITH A SLURRY OF CELLS, OTHER COMPANIES DO, AND THEN ADD SOMETHING TO TRY TO GIVE IT A BIT MORE TEXTURE, TO BRING IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO MEAT. YOU END UP WITH A SAUSAGE OR A MEATBALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT WE KNEW WE COULD DO THAT WAS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT WAS TO CREATE MEAT AS YOU KNOW IT. SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. FROM THAT IT GROWS. SO HOW EXACTLY DOES IT WORK? A BIOPSY IS TAKEN FROM AN ANIMAL ` IN THIS CASE, A PIG. CELLS ARE THEN PUT INTO A LIQUID MEDIUM WHICH FEEDS THEM THAT MIXTURE, THEN ENTERS ANOTHER TISSUE INCUBATOR WHERE THE MEAT IS GROWN. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS REVEALED MORE DETAILS OF THE KING'S CORONATION, WITH THE HISTORIC DAY FAST-APPROACHING. IT WILL BE THE UK'S BIGGEST CEREMONIAL AND MILITARY OPERATION IN 70 YEARS. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL HAS THE DETAILS. THE ANCIENT WALLS OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY WILL RING TO THE SOUND OF 12 SPECIALLY-COMPOSED PIECES OF MUSIC DURING THE CORONATION. ALL OF IT, THE PALACE SAYS, OVERSEEN BY THE KING HIMSELF, AND INTENDED TO CELEBRATE MUSICAL TALENTS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND BEYOND. YOUR MAJESTY... THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CORONATION ANTHEM COMPOSED BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. (SINGS IN WELSH) SIR BRYN TERFEL WILL SING IN WELSH ` THE FIRST WELSH LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE AT A CORONATION. ALSO PLAYING A KEY ROLE ON CORONATION DAY WILL BE THE ARMED FORCES. MORE THAN 6000 MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WILL BE ON PARADE. THE MAIN CONTINGENTS WILL BE FROM BRITAIN'S ARMED SERVICES, BUT THEY'LL BE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM MORE THAN 30 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. BY THE CENTRE. SLOW MARCH. AND TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR AS MANY SPECTATORS AS POSSIBLE TO WATCH, THERE'LL BE LARGE SCREENS IN THREE CENTRAL LONDON PARKS AND IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. TO SPORT, AND KIWI INDYCAR DRIVER SCOTT DIXON HAS HAD A RACE WEEKEND TO FORGET AFTER BEING INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. MOTORSPORT HALL OF FAME. DIXON WAS KNOCKED OUT OF TODAY'S LOS ANGELES RACE BY THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE ACTION. WHAT A FRUSTRATING END TO THE WEEKEND FOR SCOTT DIXON. OH, NO. YOU GOT A CAR IN THE BARRIER THERE. BUT BRIAN WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE FIRST WIN TODAY. SCOTT DIXON, WE SAW HIM TAG THE WALL, WE SHOWED YOU THAT REPLAY AND NOW HE IS IN TO THE TYRE BARRIER AT TURN EIGHT. DIXON BUMPED OFF THE TRACK, ENDING HIS HOPES OF VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA. THIS IS THE DRIVER IN THE SERIES NOBODY WANTS TO UPSET. UPSET HE WAS. YEAH, BUT IT STARTS WAY BEFORE THAT. LIKE, WE'RE ALREADY COMMITTED TO THE CORNER. LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S TYRE DIG AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF GOING ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THAT. BUT IF THAT'S HOW THE SERIES WANTS US TO RACE, THEN I GUESS IT'S ALL GLOVES OFF FROM FROM THIS POINT. WITH THE SCOTT SITUATION, IS THAT ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO GO HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM? UH... I MEAN, I'M SURE I'LL CIRCLE` I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH HIM EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR THE NEXT ONE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGISE FOR THAT. KARMA COMING BACK TO BITE INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER PATO O'WARD. HERE COMES O'WARD AGAIN. PATO O'WARD SPINS. ERICSSON HITS HIM, KIRKWOOD GETS AWAY WITH IT. SPINNING OUT ON THE EXACT SAME CORNER HE HIT DIXON. THAT LEFT THE RACE WIDE OPEN, AND KYLE KIRKWOOD CLAIMING HIS MAIDEN WIN AT LONG BEACH AFTER DOMINATING FOR MUCH OF THE STREET RACE. THIS IS AMAZING, MAN. OH MY GOSH. WHAT A DAY, THE CALMEST DAY I'VE HAD IN TWO YEARS, AND` AND IT WAS A WIN. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LITTLE UNLUCKY WITH SOME TRAFFIC THERE AND FELL BACK, BUT WE KEPT OUR HEADS` HEADS STRAIGHT, MADE AWESOME PIT STOPS. THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT MADE A MISTAKE IN THE PIT STOP, TO BE HONEST, AND CAME HOME WITH A WIN AT LONG BEACH. DIXON DROPS FROM THIRD TO SIXTH POSITION ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE WITH HIS SIGHTS SET ON REDEMPTION IN ALABAMA AT THE END OF THE MONTH. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE WORK TO DO IF THEY WANT TO SAVE THEIR T20 SERIES AGAINST PAKISTAN. THE KIWIS LOST BY 38 RUNS IN GAME TWO TO LEAVE PAKISTAN UNBEATEN IN THE FIVE-MATCH SERIES. THE BLACKCAPS CONFIDENT THEY CAN WAKE UP AND DELIVER TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT A VERY TALENTED BUNCH OF CRICKETERS HERE, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORT OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS DAY-BY-DAY, AND TOMORROW WILL BE NO DIFFERENT, SO THE BOYS WILL TAKE A DAY OF REST, WHICH IS MUCH-NEEDED, AND REASSESS, AND SEE IF WE CAN SORT OF SHARPEN UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THEN BRING US BACK IN THE THIRD GAME CHAPMAN TOP-SCORED FOR THE BLACK CAPS IN THEIR FIRST TWO ONE-SIDED LOSSES. AND GUN FOR HIRE ` TRENT BOULT HAS DONE IT AGAIN IN THE IPL, TAKING A WICKET IN THE OPENING OVER FOR THE RAJASTHAN ROYALS. COMMUNICATION LACKING BY THREE OF HIS TEAM MATES. SPIN. HIT THAT STRAIGHT UP. IS IT ANOTHER WICKET IN THE POWER PLAY? HETMYER'S GONE FOR IT. TWO HAVE GONE FOR IT. SURELY ` OH, AND THE REBOUND BALL ` SAID 'I'LL DO IT MYSELF.' WHAT DRAMA. HETMYER GONE FOR IT, SANJU SAMSON GONE FOR IT. HETMYER SAID, 'YOURS', SANJU SAMSON SAID, 'NO, NO, YOURS'. THE ROYALS GETTING HOME IN THE FINAL OVER TO REMAIN AT THE TOP OF THE IPL TABLE. TOP OF THE TABLE ARSENAL HAS BEEN HELD TO A 2-2 BY 15TH-PLACED WEST HAM UNITED. THE GUNNERS LOOKED TO BE IN CONTROL OF THE EPL MATCH, UP 2-0 WITHIN 10 MINUTES, BEFORE WEST HAM MOUNTED ITS COMEBACK. CAN HE SCORE AGAINST THEM AGAIN? HE CAN. JUST TO WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. IT'S A GOOD BALL OVER THE TOP! AARON RAMSDALE APPEALS IN VAIN FOR AN OFFSIDE FLAG THAT DOESN'T COME UP MEANWHILE MANCHESTER UNITED HAS BEATEN NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-0. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, CHANGES AFOOT IN THE SKIES ` AS AIR NEW ZEALAND REVAMPS THE IN-FLIGHT MENU. - Hey, Toyota. Got something that's not... new? - Yeah! Have you seen what's on Toyota.co.nz? - What are the chances you actually have what I'm looking for? - Pretty good! - Will it have any quirks? - Only if that's what you're into. - Uh, how do I know if it's any good? - Well, you are buying from Toyota, so there's that. - But I need something that comes with a warranty. - Well, Signature Class and Toyota Certified vehicles do. - That's a relief. WELCOME BACK. THE AIR NEW ZEALAND IN-FLIGHT SNACKS ARE GETTING A REFRESH, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE NATION'S HELP IN 'THE GREAT KIWI SNACK OFF.' THE NATIONAL CARRIER IS DOING A FULL REVIEW OF IT'S OFFERING, AND IS LOOKING FOR A RANGE OF KIWI-MADE FOOD PRODUCTS THEY COULD POTENTIALLY STOCK IN A NATIONWIDE SEARCH. AIR NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE ONLY THING NOT CHANGING IS THE END-OF-FLIGHT LOLLY. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # JUST LIKE A ROLLINGSTONE # I'M OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. # WILL YOU TAKE IT? # WHERE ON EARTH DO I BEGIN? # I'VE OFTEN HEARD THE JINGLE # THAT'S NEVER STRUCK A CHORD. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE ONE NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY STACEY SPARY AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023.