IT'S MIDDAY ` NATIONAL RELEASES ONE OF ITS KEY ELECTION POLICIES, WITH CHRISTOPHER LUXON DOWN ON THE FARM, HOPING TO SECURE THE RURAL NOD. AN ASTRONOMICAL PAYOUT FROM AN AMERICAN TELEVISION NETWORK SAVES WEEKS IN COURT. AND A FATAL CARPARK COLLAPSE IN UPMARKET NEW YORK. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. MORE WORKERS, FEWER RULES AND SCRAPPING THE SO-CALLED 'UTE TAX' ` THOSE ARE THE MOVES NATIONAL'S HOPING WILL WIN OVER RURAL NEW ZEALAND WITH ITS JUST-ANNOUNCED FARMING POLICY. JESSICA SWAN TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. NATIONAL'S PUT THE GUMBOOTS ON TODAY... HOW ARE YOU? AND PUT THE BOOT IN TO THE GOVERNMENT. NEW ZEALAND HAS THE WORST CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN THE OECD. REVEALING A POLICY IT'S CALLING GETTING BACK TO FARMING, HOPING TO GET THE WHEELS TURNING ON A SECTOR UNDER PRESSURE. MOST FARM INCOMES ARE DOWN 10-20% DEPENDING ON THE SECTOR, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE HAD COSTS ABSOLUTELY SKYROCKET. NATIONAL SAYS IT WANTS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS NATIONAL SAYS IT WANTS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS CAST FARMERS AS VILLAINS FOR TOO LONG. LABOUR HAS BEEN WAGING A WAR ON FARMERS BY BURYING THEM IN A HEAP OF RED TAPE. IT'S PROPOSING 19 CHANGES, INCLUDING A TWO-FOR-ONE RULE ` SO FOR EVERY REGULATION ON THE SECTOR TO GET DROPPED AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OVERSEAS WORKERS. BY DOUBLING THE RSE WORKER CAP FROM 19,000 TO 38,000, SENDING A SIGNAL TO THE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY THAT WE WANT THEM TO INVEST IN THE LABOUR THAT THEY WILL THEY REQUIRE, WILL BE THERE WHEN THEY NEED IT. EVEN WITH A RECESSION LOOMING, MR LUXON SAYS THE DEMAND FOR STAFF IS STILL STRONG. WE'VE HAD RECORD JOB SHORTAGES IN EVERY SECTOR AND EVERY REGION OF THIS COUNTRY, AND WE STILL CAN'T GET PEOPLE FROM WELFARE INTO WORK. SO WHY ISN'T THAT`? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE` WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MAKE SURE THOSE SECTORS ARE NOT CAUGHT AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN RECENT YEARS. I MEAN, THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, FRUIT ROTTING ON THE GROUND BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S JUST NOT THE WORKERS TO PICK IT. THE GREENS ARGUE TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS A GRAB-BAG OF ONE-LINERS THAT WON'T HELP THE PLANET. WITH THE ELECTION FAST APPROACHING, IT'S BIG PROMISES FOR ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INDUSTRIES. JESSICA SWAN, 1 NEWS. FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE JOINED BY SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS FROM PARLIAMENT. BENEDICT, THIS IS A FAIRLY WIDE-REACHING POLICY FROM THE OPPOSITION ` WHAT DO YOU TAKE FROM IT? GOOD AFTERNOON. IT SURELY WAS. THERE IS A LOT TO DIGESTS HERE. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WERE INTERESTING, THE DOUBLING OF RSE WORKERS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY POWER POWERING OUR INDUSTRY, ANOTHER WAS STOPPING FOREIGN INVESTORS FROM CONVERTING FARMLAND INTO FORESTS, THAT IS A REAL BIG ISSUE IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND AS WELL. A FEW REALLY CONTROVERSIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR THINGS THAT COULD PROVE TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, THAT 241, BASICALLY IF YOU BRING IN A NEW RULE YOU WOULD NEED TO GET RID OF TWO OTHER REGULATIONS, NATIONAL SAID THAT BEC, LABOUR HAS BROUGHT IN SO MUCH RED TAPE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RULES THAT LABOUR HAS BROUGHT HIM THEY ARE IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT OR FOCUS ON ANIMAL WELFARE. ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL ONE IS RESTARTING LIVE EXPORTS, WE HAVE HAD DECADES OF CONTROVERSY AROUND THAT. AND NICOLA WILLIS GAVE A PERSONAL GUARANTEE THAT ANIMAL WELFARE WON'T SUFFER. THEY WERE BANNED AFTER OUR SHIP SANK WITH THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS AND CREWMEMBERS DYING. ON THE BIGGER SCALE OF THINGS, THIS IS THE NATIONAL PARTY REALLY SENDING A MESSAGE OUT TO RURAL NEW ZEALAND LESS THAN SIX MONTHS FROM THE ELECTION THAT THEY ARE HERE FOR FARMERS AND THEY ARE THE PARTY OF FARMERS AND WHAT THEIR VOTES. WE WENT TO THE GOVERNMENT REPEATEDLY THIS MORNING TO GET A RESPONSE BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MUSTER ANYTHING. THE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT BETWEEN VOTING MACHINE MANUFACTURER DOMINION AND RUPERT MURDOCH'S FOX NEWS HAS COME TO A CLOSE WITH A BILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT REACHED JUST BEFORE THE TRIAL ACTUALLY BEGAN. DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS WAS SUING THE TV NETWORK CLAIMING ITS REPUTATION WAS DAMAGED AFTER FOX PEDDLED CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT ITS SYSTEMS FOLLOWING THE 2020 U.S. ELECTION. THIS MORNING'S RESOLUTION HAS CURBED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIX-WEEK TRIAL. THE ABC'S JUSTIN FINCH EXPLAINS. A DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED FINISH TO THE DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST FOX NEWS CHANNEL BROUGHT BY DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS. THE TRUTH MATTERS. LIES HAVE CONSEQUENCES. TODAY'S SETTLEMENT OF $787,500,000 REPRESENTS VINDICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AFTER A DELAY IN OPENING STATEMENTS WAS ANNOUNCED, JUDGE ERIC DAVIS LATER REVEALING TO THE JURY THAT DOMINION AND FOX NEWS HAD RESOLVED THEIR CASE. DOMINION CEO CALLING THE RESOLUTION HISTORIC EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FOR LESS THAN HALF OF THE $1.6 BILLION IN DAMAGES IT WAS SEEKING. FOX HAS ADMITTED TO TELLING LIES ABOUT DOMINION THAT CAUSED ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO MY COMPANY, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THE CUSTOMERS THAT WE SERVE. NOTHING CAN EVER MAKE UP FOR THAT. BEFORE THE DEAL, JURORS WERE TASKED WITH DETERMINING IF FOX ACTED WITH ACTUAL MALICE BY KNOWINGLY BROADCASTING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT DOMINION'S VOTING MACHINES OR ACTED WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE TRUTH WHEN FOX NEWS HOST AND GUESTS FALSELY CLAIMED DOMINION'S MACHINES WERE RIGGED TO FAVOUR JOE BIDEN OVER DONALD TRUMP IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND THEY'RE USING A VENEZUELAN COMPANY AS THE` AS THE VOTE COUNTER, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR CHANGING VOTE. FOX NEWS OWNER RUPERT MURDOCH ALLEGEDLY SENT AN EMAIL SAYING: JUDGE ERIC DAVIS HAS ALREADY RULED THAT FOX COULD NOT ARGUE TO JURORS IT WAS MERELY REPEATING ALLEGATIONS PUSHED BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES BECAUSE THEY WERE NEWSWORTHY. 'IT ISN'T IDEAL' ` THAT'S THE RESPONSE FROM AOTEAROA'S YOUNGEST-EVER MAYOR AS HIS COUNCIL GREEN-LIGHTS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF LEADERSHIP DISAGREEMENTS. IT COMES AFTER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM A CLOSED MEETING DISCUSSING THE RIFT BETWEEN GORE MAYOR BEN BELL AND COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE STEPHEN PARRY WAS LEAKED LAST MONTH. A MEDIATOR IS WORKING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PAIR, WHO REACTED TO THE DECISION LAST NIGHT. I HOPE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PASSED TODAY GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOME REASSURANCE THAT THERE IS A REVIEW BEING DONE AND THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY FORWARD. EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES CALL FOR EXTREME MEASURES, AND UNDER ANY KIND OF INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT COUNCIL HAS STRUGGLED, QUITE MAJORLY, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE REVIEW WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO COMPLETE. THE BIG BLAZE IN A SPRAWLING AUCKLAND APARTMENT COMPLEX IS BEING TREATED AS DELIBERATE. EVACUATED RESIDENTS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO RETURN UNTIL LAST NIGHT AFTER THE EARLY AFTERNOON FIRE. IT WAS SO FIERCE IT'S COMPROMISED THE INTEGRITY OF THE BASEMENT IT STARTED IN. A RESIDENT SAYS A RUBBISH PILE KEPT THERE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO GROW. POLICE SAY THE FIRE, WHICH SHUT DOWN PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND CLOSED ROADS, IS BEING PROBED AS 'SUSPICIOUS'. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED AND AT LEAST FIVE OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A CARPARK COLLAPSED IN NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER MANHATTAN. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING TO PANCAKE. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS USING A ROBOTIC DOG AND DRONES TO SEARCH FOR PEOPLE IN THE DEBRIS AND PILED CARS AS THE BUILDING REMAINS UNSTABLE. THE FIRST-EVER MAORI HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCE AIMS TO REDUCE WORKPLACE INJURIES AND FATALITIES. ACCORDING TO WORKSAFE RESEARCH OF ACC DATA, THERE ARE 103 WORK-RELATED INJURY CLAIMS FOR EVERY 1000 MAORI FULL-TIME WORKERS, COMPARED TO 83 CLAIMS FOR EVERY 1000 PAKEHA WORKERS. THE SOLD-OUT EVENT WILL BE ATTENDED BY OVER 300 PEOPLE, REPRESENTING 150 WELL-KNOWN ORGANISATIONS, IWI, HAPU AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OUR MAORI COMMUNITY AND OUR WHANAU ARE BEING HARMED, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED, MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. THE SECOND IS, IN OTHER CONFERENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT MAORI, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS IT. SO WE SAID, 'WHY DON'T WE CREATE OUR OWN CONFERENCE?' AND THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY. THE HAMILTON CONFERENCE AIMS TO USE A 'BY MAORI, FOR MAORI' APPROACH. MEANWHILE, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE LAUNCHES TODAY, DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING HEALTH FOR PACIFIC PEOPLE IN AOTEAROA. TE POUTOKO ORA A KIWA WILL FOCUS ON PACIFIC AND GLOBAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS AND IS ONE OF SEVEN NEW TRANS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CENTRES AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY. SIR COLIN TUKUITONGA SAYS THERE WILL BE TWO KEY HEALTH OUTPUTS. SO, ONE IS TO FOCUS ON RESEARCH THAT'S RELEVANT, LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT MATTER, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, CHILD HEALTH, IMPACTS OF COVID AND SO ON, BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE COMING TO RESEARCH AS A CAREER. HE SAYS COMMUNITIES AND SCHOLARS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO FORM INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND WELL-BEING INITIATIVES. MORE ENROLMENT NURSES NEED TO BE TRAINED IN ORDER TO MANAGE A MOUNTING HEALTHCARE CRISIS. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A NURSING COLLEGE SET UP IN AUCKLAND. 'THE HEALTHCARE ACADEMY' IS AIMING TO TRAIN UP TO 1000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS A YEAR. ENROLLED NURSES ARE CRUCIAL FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEY CAN WORK IN AGED-CARE FACILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, SO THEY CAN HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE IMMEDIATE ISSUES. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES' ORGANISATION SAYS THE COUNTRY IS IN NEED OF ANOTHER 4000 TO 5000 NURSES. NEARLY 300 TYRANNOSAURUS-REX BONES THAT WERE DUG UP AT THREE DIFFERENT SITES IN THE U.S. AND RECONSTRUCTED INTO A SINGLE SKELETON HAVE SOLD IN ZURICH. CRAFTED INTO AN OPEN-MOUTH POSE, THE T-REX CALLED 'TRINITY' MEASURED ALMOST 12M LONG AND 4M HIGH. THE SKELETON'S SKULL FEATURED NEXT TO THE AUCTIONEER'S PODIUM THROUGHOUT THE SALE. MAYBE THAT SCARED BIDDERS, AS 'TRINITY' FETCHED A MERE $8.6 MILLION, WHICH WAS LESS THAN THE VENDORS HOPED FOR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY SPORT ` AND CHELSEA CRASHES OUT OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ` THE ENGLISH SIDE UPSTAGED AT HOME BY A SPANISH FOOTBALL HEAVYWEIGHT. AND INJURY REMOVES AN ALL BLACK PROP FROM THE RUGBY WORLD CUP FRAME. TO FOOTBALL, AND CHELSEA HAS BEEN DUMPED OUT OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE AFTER LOSING TO REAL MADRID 2-0. OVERALL, THAT MADE IT A 4-0 AGGREGATE FOR THE SPANISH OUTFIT IN THE QUARTERFINAL. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON HAS THE ACTION. ONE NIGHT HERE TO SAVE THE SEASON ` ONE MATCH TO PROVE TO THOSE FANS YOU SHOULD BELIEVE. STARTING 2-0 DOWN FROM THE FIRST LEG, SURE, CHELSEA NEEDED GOALS... A CHANCE... TO BE FAIR, THAT'S NEVER BEEN N'GOLO KANTE'S SPECIALITY. CHELSEA'S RECORD SCORER IS NOW INTERIM MANAGER - FRANK LAMPARD STAYING CALM, BUT KEEP WATCHING. ONLY ONE THING STOOD BETWEEN THE GOAL AND CUCURELLA... IT'S CUCURELLA! REAL MADRID'S GOALKEEPER. THIBAUT COURTOIS ONCE OFF CHELSEA, HALF TIME ` NOT HOPELESS, BUT GOALLESS. OWNER TODD BOEHLY SPENT �550 MILLION ` CAN'T BUY YOU GOALS OR TACKLES. AH. WHEN REAL MADRID WORK THEIR OPENING AFTER 57 MINUTES, HERE COMES THE COMPOSURE AND THE EXECUTION, AND THE FINISH. IT'S STRAIGHT OUT TO RODRYGO. IT'S STRAIGHT OUT TO RODRYGO. THAT WAS THE GAME; NOW THE LESSON ` MAKE YOUR CHANCES COUNT. BY THE END, MADRID WERE WALKING IT IN. RODRYGO AGAIN ` ALL OVER. THE WORLD CUP DREAM IS OVER FOR ALL BLACK GEORGE BOWER, WHO HAS BEEN RULED OUT WITH INJURY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. THE ALL BLACK FRONT-ROWER TORE HIS ACL AGAINST THE REDS IN BRISBANE LAST MONTH AND WILL BE OUT FOR THE UPCOMING RUGBY WORLD CUP, ADDING MORE STRAIN TO AN ALREADY INJURY-RIDDLED CRUSADERS SIDE. HE HAD, AH... AN ACL RECONSTRUCTION, AND, LOOK, HE'S MENDING WELL. BOTH HIM AND SEVU ` THEY LIVED TOGETHER ON THE REHAB JOURNEY. IF SELECTED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BOWER'S FIRST WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN. TWO OF LEAGUE'S BIGGEST INDIGENOUS STARS HAVE JOINED FORCES TO TAKE ON ONLINE TROLLS. TEAMMATES LATRELL MITCHELL AND CODY WALKER FEAR THE MESSAGES COULD HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. THE UGLY PRICE OF FAME. I'VE DEFINITELY GOT DEATH THREATS. PEOPLE WANT TO POUR PETROL ON ME. ABUSE, AND NOT JUST FROM ONLINE TROLLS. AS PLAYERS WALK UP THE TUNNEL TO THE SHEDS, A YOUNG FAN WEARING A ROOSTERS JERSEY LAUNCHES A RACIAL SLUR AT SUPERSTAR LATRELL MITCHELL. THINK ABOUT THAT BEING SAID TO YOUR SON, DAUGHTER, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. YOUR MUM. YOUR DAD. THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT YOU. THERE ARE FEW SPORTSPEOPLE, IF ANY, WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED MORE THAN LATRELL MITCHELL. HE AND RABBITOHS TEAMMATE CODY WALKER HAVE HEARD AND READ ENOUGH. BEFORE YOU SEND A COMMENT, JUST HAVE A THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN GO BACK AND REFLECT. THEY BREAK DOWN THE FACTS ON SENDING AN OFFENSIVE MESSAGE. A NEGATIVE COMMENT OR A NEGATIVE STORY IS GOING TO GET MORE TRACTION THAN A GOOD` FEELGOOD, LOVING STORY. AND IT COULD PUSH PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE EDGE. THEY READ THESE SORT OF STUFF AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S THE` THAT'S THE SCARY ROAD THAT IT'S GOING DOWN. THE RABBITOHS PLAYERS' DECISION TO OPEN UP SO PUBLICLY ON THIS ISSUE IS ALL BUT AN ADMISSION THAT THE TROLLS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. THE ADVICE OF THE PAST ` IGNORE IT, TURN OFF YOUR PHONES, DOESN'T CUT IT ANY MORE. I'VE NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHY WE HAVE TO ALLOW SOMETHING TO GET SO BAD BEFORE CHANGE IS BROUGHT IN. SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ARE NOW BEING URGED TO TAKE ACTION, AND LATRELL SAYS THE HATERS NEED TO BE SILENCED. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY AND PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE, AND SAY IT, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SAY. BLACKCAPS TOM BLUNDELL AND DARYL MITCHELL HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE TOP FIVE OF THE WISDEN ALMANACK'S LEADING CRICKETER RATINGS. CHRISTCHURCH-BORN BEN STOKES WAS NAMED LEADING CRICKETER FOR THE THIRD TIME, WITH AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER BETH MOONEY TAKING THE WOMEN'S AWARD. THE ALMANACK IS A BRITISH PUBLICATION REGARDED AS 'THE BIBLE OF CRICKET'. THE LINE-UP IS DECIDED BY THE WISDEN EDITOR, A TRADITION THAT DATES BACK TO 1889. THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN CROWNED AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT CELEBRATING INDEPENDENT KIWI MUSIC. NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR'S TAITE MUSIC PRIZE INCLUDED MARLON WILLIAMS, TAMI NEILSON AND THE AVANTDALE BOWLING CLUB, BUT IT WAS A PRINCESS WHO REIGNED SUPREME. GRACE THOMAS WAS THERE. SOME OF THE BEST IN NEW ZEALAND'S MUSIC INDUSTRY TAKING TO THE RED CARPET... # MY BOY, HE WROTE TO ME... THE TOP PRIZE GOING TO CHELSEA NIKKEL, BETTER KNOWN AS PRINCESS CHELSEA, FOR HER HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. # EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE # EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE # ALL RIGHT. ONE OF HER BAND MEMBERS STEPPING IN TO ACCEPT THE ACCOLADE WHILE PRINCESS CHELSEA IS IN NEW YORK. (LAUGHS) THAT'S SO COOL. I HONESTLY WASN'T EXPECTING TO WIN. I SERIOUSLY WASN'T. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE ALBUM, SO I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S WON. THE 37-YEAR-OLD FORMER AUCKLANDER HAS HAD VIRAL SUCCESS. # IT'S JUST A CIGARETTE THAT I GOT FROM JAMIE-LEE... CIGARETTE DUET, WITH JONATHAN BREE, HAS HAD 90 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. JUDGING ISN'T BASED ON THE TRADITIONAL BAROMETER OF COMMERCIAL OR CHART SUCCESS, BUT ENTIRELY ON ARTISTIC MERIT. THEY SPEAK FOR OUR TIMES. THEY SPEAK FOR OUR CULTURE AT THE TIME. THEY ADD TO THE INNOVATIVE, ONGOING DIVERSITY OF THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC INDUSTRY. # LEAVE LOVE OUT OF THE... # LAST YEAR'S TATE PRIZE WINNER ANTHONIE TONNON ALSO BACK TO PERFORM HIS AWARD-WINNING SONG LEAVE LOVE OUT OF THIS. THE BEST INDEPENDENT DEBUT WENT TO ALT-POP SONGSTRESS THEIA FOR HER TE REO MAORI PROJECT, TE KAAHU O RANGI. IN ALL HONEST TRUTH, I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD` I'VE NEVER WON ANYTHING BEFORE. AND IT'S JUST REALLY MOVING TO BE ABLE TO... (WILD CHEERING) ALL NINE WAIATA WRITTEN AND SUNG ENTIRELY IN TE REO MAORI. (SINGS ETHEREAL WAIATA) OUR PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MAKING MUSIC. IT'S CERTAINLY A TIME AT THE MOMENT FOR WAIATA REO MAORI IN THE MAINSTREAM, ESPECIALLY POP. INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SONGWRITERS. GRACE THOMAS, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND THE BRASS BAND VETERAN GETS HONOURED WITH HIS VERY LONG SERVICE. WELCOME BACK. A 95-YEAR-OLD TROMBONE PLAYER WHO'S BEEN THE MAINSTAY OF HIS DERBYSHIRE BRASS BAND FOR EIGHT DECADES HAS MADE THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. TOM STREET'S LOVE OF MUSIC HAS SEEN HIM NAMED AS THE LONGEST-SERVING PLAYER IN A BRASS BAND ` TRY ALMOST 83 YEARS. THE BBC'S HEIDI BOOTH CAUGHT UP WTH HIM. (ROUSING BRASS BAND MUSIC) THIS IS THE MOMENT TOM STREET (95) FOUND OUT HE WAS AN OFFICIAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR THE LONGEST-SERVING MALE MEMBER OF A BRASS BAND. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I HARDLY KNEW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT, AND THEN LOOKING AROUND AND SEEING ALL THE FRIENDS WAS HERE. IT MEANS VERY MUCH TO ME WHEN I SEE HOW THEY'VE ALL COME ALONG, BECAUSE THEY'VE` WE'VE PLAYED WITH THEM THROUGH THE YEARS. TOM JOINED THE BAND WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD. HE'S BEEN A MEMBER FOR OVER 82 YEARS. IT'S BEEN HIS LIFE, BASICALLY, TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. AND I THINK WITHOUT HIM, THE BAND WOULDN'T HAVE EXISTED, OR WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SO HE'S` HE'S DONE AN AMAZING EFFORT. THE WHOLE SURPRISE WAS ARRANGED BY TOM'S GRANDSON, LOUIS, WHO SPENT NINE MONTHS GATHERING ALL THE EVIDENCE GUINNESS NEEDED TO AWARD TOM THE RECORD. I TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING TO THE PUB, WHICH IS A VERY EASY, EASY THING FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GO AND DO. AND HAVING BEEN RECOGNISED FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK WITH A WORLD RECORD, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO CELEBRATE. WELL, GOING FOR A DRINK, I HOPE. (LAUGHS) GO, TOM, YOU GOOD THING. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER # YOU'RE SWEET # AS A HONEY BEE, # BUT LIKE A HONEY BEE STINGS, # YOU'VE GONE AND LEFT MY HEART IN PAIN. # ALL YOU LEFT, # IS OUR FAVOURITE SONG, # THE ONE WE DANCED TO ALL NIGHT LONG. # IT USED TO BRING # SWEET MEMORIES, # SWEET MEMORIES, # OF A TENDER LOVE # THAT USED TO BE. # NOW IT'S THE SAME # OLD SONG, # BUT WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING SINCE YOU BEEN GONE. # NOW IT'S THE SAME, # SAME OLD SONG, # BUT WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING # SINCE YOU BEEN GONE. # AND IT BREAKS ME UP TO HEAR IT. # I, # OH, I... # A SENTIMENTAL FOOL, # AM I, # SWEET MEMORIES # TO HEAR A OLD LOVE SONG # AND WANNA CRY, # BUT THE MELODY # KEEPS CALLING ME, # REMINDING ME HOW # IN LOVE WE USED TO BE # KEEP HEARING THE PART # THAT USED TO TOUCH OUR HEART, THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS TE KARERE AT 4, AND THE ONE NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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