IT'S MIDDAY ` HOW MUCH TAX ARE THE RICHEST NEW ZEALANDERS PAYING? SOME NEW FIGURES ARE ABOUT TO DROP ` COULD A CAPITAL GAINS TAX BE BACK ON THE TABLE? CONCERNS FOR A NEW ZEALANDER STILL IN SUDAN AS OTHERS ARE EVACUATED. THE LATEST FROM THE WAR-TORN AFRICAN COUNTRY. AND HE'S THROWING HIS HAT BACK IN THE RING, BUT CAN JOE BIDEN ROLL BACK THE YEARS FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT? CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TAX INSIGHTS DUE TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR HAVE BEEN LABELLED A CHANCE TO 'REFRAME THE DEBATE' AND ADDRESS THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. IRD FIGURES WILL SHOWCASE HOW MUCH TAX THE WEALTHIEST NEW ZEALANDERS PAY. A REPORT FROM TREASURY WILL ALSO FOCUS ON EFFECTIVE TAX RATES ACROSS INCOME AND WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS. COMMENTATOR BERNARD HICKEY SAYS THE DATA WILL HELP HIGHLIGHT THE LOST TAX REVENUE FROM NOT HAVING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX IN PLACE. NOT HAVING A CAPITAL GAINS TAX MEANS THAT THE RICHEST ARE ABLE TO SHUFFLE THEIR INCOME AND ASSETS INTO CAPITAL AND THEREFORE AVOID PAYING TAX, AND THE ESTIMATE IS THAT THE RICHEST 40% OF NEW ZEALANDERS ONLY PAY AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE OF 10%, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF THAT CAPITAL GAINS TAX. SPEAKING ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, PRIME MINISTER CHRIS HIPKINS WAS TIGHT-LIPPED WHEN ASKED IF HE PERSONALLY SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF A CAPITAL GAINS TAX. WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY MADE DECISIONS, AND I HAVEN'T MADE DECISIONS AROUND TAX IN TERMS OF OUR POLICY FOR THE NEXT ELECTION CAMPAIGN. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS PRIME MINISTER ` I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE JOB A COUPLE OF MONTHS ` THAT I TAKE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT. THE REVENUE MINISTER DAVID PARKER IS DUE TO ADDRESS MEDIA ON THE TAX INSIGHTS SHORTLY. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE HAS CONFIRMED ONLY ONE NEW ZEALANDER REMAINS IN SUDAN AFTER EIGHT OTHERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE COUNTRY IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. EVACUATION OPERATIONS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS ARE CONTINUING TODAY AMID A FRAGILE 72-HOUR CEASEFIRE. BUT THE TEMPORARY TRUCE DEAL MAY BE COMING TO AN END AS FIGHTING IN THE CAPITAL RESUMES. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING HAS THIS REPORT. SAFELY OUT OF SUDAN ` THE FIRST PLANE CARRYING BRITISH NATIONALS LANDED BACK IN CYPRUS THIS EVENING. THE RESCUE MISSION HAD BEGUN EARLY IN THE MORNING ` SEVERAL RAF PLANES SETTING OFF FOR SUDAN'S CAPITAL, KHARTOUM, NOT KNOWING IF A CEASEFIRE IN THE CITY WOULD LAST DAYS OR EVEN HOURS. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE CHANGING NATURE. WE'VE HAD TO WORK UP SEVERAL COMPLEX PLANS INVOLVING NUMEROUS ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT AND A GREAT NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO HAVE BEEN FLOWN IN FROM THE UK OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. SUDAN'S CEASEFIRE CAME INTO FORCE IN KHARTOUM OVERNIGHT. LOOK HOW DARK IT IS. AFTER 10 DAYS OF WAR, THERE'S NO POWER, AND PRECIOUS LITTLE FOOD OR WATER LEFT. BY DAWN, MANY SUDANESE WERE ALREADY ON THE MOVE, HOPING TO USE THE INTERMITTENT PAUSE IN FIGHTING TO CATCH BUSES HEADING OUT OF THE CITY. BRITISH EVACUEES SOON BEGAN MAKING THEIR OWN WAY TO THE AIRPORT. ACROSS THIS VAST COUNTRY, MANY FOREIGNERS AND LOCALS HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR OWN RISKY JOURNEYS TO SAFETY, SOME DRIVING TO THE RED SEA COAST ` A BRITISH NAVY FRIGATE IS ALREADY HEADING TO A PORT HERE. OTHERS HAVE HEADED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ` HERE TO NEIGHBOURING CHAD, ONE OF MANY POOR, CONFLICT-RIDDEN NATIONS BORDERING SUDAN. MEANWHILE, AMMA OSMAN FROM DUNFERMLINE IN SCOTLAND HAS ALREADY JOINED THE CROWDS HEADING NORTH TOWARDS EGYPT. BEFORE HE LEFT, HE TOLD THE BBC HE FELT HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY. I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT MYSELF. I'M NOT WAITING. BRITAIN HAS FACED SOME CRITICISM FOR THE WAY IT'S HANDLED THESE EVACUATIONS ` TOO LITTLE INFORMATION, TOO SLOW. BUT THIS AFTERNOON, THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE AN UPDATE. WE NOW HAVE OVER 100 PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN SUDAN. THE FIRST FLIGHT HAS ALREADY LEFT WITH BRITISH NATIONALS. WE HAVE MORE FLIGHTS THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE INTO TOMORROW. (SPEAKS ARABIC) BUT LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT OF KHARTOUM TODAY ` DESTROYED BY DAYS OF FIGHTING, BY LOOTING, BY TWO RIVAL ARMIES THAT STILL THREATEN, CEASEFIRE OR NOT, TO TEAR THIS AFRICAN NATION APART. HAWKE'S BAY CIVIL DEFENCE SAYS THERE'S NO RISK OF A TSUNAMI IN THE AREA AFTER TWO BIG SHAKES IN THE REGION. JUST AFTER 10AM, A 5.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT NEAR PORANGAHAU. IT WAS SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY A 5.3 SHAKE. ANOTHER DOZEN AFTERSHOCKS HAVE FOLLOWED. FORMER CRICKETER TURNED BROADCASTER IAN SMITH WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE QUAKES DURING HIS SENZ RADIO SHOW OUT OF HAVELOCK NORTH. GOSH, WE'RE JUST HAVING A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HERE IN HAWKE'S BAY. HOW'S THAT GOING? EVERYTHING'S STILL SHAKING. MY GOODNESS, THAT'S A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE. WELL, YEAH, YOUR CAMERA'S SHAKING. IT IS STILL SHA` IT IS STILL SHAKING. HOLY HECK, I'VE NEVER COMMENTATED ON AN EARTHQUAKE BEFORE. (CHUCKLES) UH, THIS IS INTERESTING. UH, THAT IS A LONG, PROLONGED` OH, IT'S STILL GOING. BIGGER, BIGGER, BIGGER. UH, ANYWAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE OVER SHORTLY. (LAUGHS) IT IS A LIVE EARTHQUAKE. FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN IS STEPPING INTO A NEW ROLE, ANNOUNCING SHE'S BEEN APPOINTED TO DUAL FELLOWSHIP AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S KENNEDY SCHOOL. THE HAUSER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE LEADERS WHO WILL ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO BUILD SKILLS IN PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP. ARDERN SAYS SHE'S INCREDIBLY HUMBLED TO JOIN HARVARD AS A FELLOW, AND SAYS THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PARTNER WITH THE 'CHRISTCHURCH CALL'. THE FELLOWSHIP WILL BEGIN IN THE COMING MONTHS. ORANGA TAMARIKI IS AIMING TO BECOME MORE COMMUNITY-LED IN A NEW PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING. TODAY'S LAUNCH OF 'TE ARA MATUA' MARKS THE START OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MINISTRY FOR CHILDREN AND NGATI KAHUNGUNU IWI INCORPORATED. THE HOPE IS IWI AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WILL BE MORE INVOLVED IN DECISION-MAKING FROM THE OUTSET WHEN WHANAU REQUIRE INTERVENTION. MANY OF NEW ZEALAND'S PRISONS ARE FULL TO THE BRIM, WITH THE CORRECTIONS UNION LABELLING THE SECTOR IN 'CRISIS'. THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS SHOW CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS HAVE REDUCED OPERATIONAL CAPACITY BY 500 PRISONERS NATIONWIDE. CORRECTIONS UNION SECRETARY MARK DUNCAN SAYS POOR WAGES AND TOUGH CONDITIONS ARE THE BIG FACTORS BEHIND ATTRACTING OR RETAINING STAFF IN THE SECTOR. THE REALITY IS, WE HAVE A HUGE ISSUE IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING CURRENT STAFF. WE HAVE GOT MORE STAFF THAT ARE WALKING OUT THE GATE EVERY DAY THAN WHAT WE DO HAVE STAFF STARTING IN THE SERVICE. THE DATA ALSO SHOWS ONE PRISON IS OVER CAPACITY, AND MANY OTHERS ARE CLOSE TO IT. AN ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT TRAFFIC IN WELLINGTON THIS MORNING WAS STOPPED BY POLICE BEFORE IT EVEN BEGAN. IT WAS RESTORE PASSENGER RAIL'S SECOND PLANNED ACTION FOR THIS WEEK. TWO CARLOADS OF PROTESTERS WERE QUESTIONED BY POLICE NEAR THE CENTRAL CITY. AT LEAST SEVEN OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE. VOCAL SPOKESPERSON ROSEMARY PENWARDEN WAS ARRESTED AT JOHNSONVILLE'S KFC CAR PARK, WHERE THE GROUP WAS GATHERING, FOR BREACHING HER BAIL CONDITIONS. A NEW TRAVEL ADVISORY HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR AMERICAN SAMOA AFTER THE NATION DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO A MEASLES OUTBREAK. THE ADVICE INCLUDES REQUIRING ALL TRAVELLERS TO HAVE A MEASLES-CONTAINING VACCINE AND CARRY PROOF OF VACCINATION, AS WELL AS WEARING A FACE MASK WHEN TRAVELLING. THE ADVISORY COMES INTO FORCE AT THE START OF MAY. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESEARCH FACILITY BY CHINA IN THE ANTARCTIC IS SPARKING SURVEILLANCE CONCERNS. BEIJING'S FIFTH BASE IN THE POLAR REGION IS SITUATED ON 'INEXPRESSIBLE ISLAND', WITHIN NEW ZEALAND'S TERRITORY, AND IS WELL-POSITIONED TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE OVER AOTEAROA AND AUSTRALIA. WHILE THE ANTARCTIC TREATY PROHIBITS MILITARY ACTION ON THE CONTINENT, IT DOES ALLOW THE MILITARY TO CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. ANALYSTS BELIEVE CHINA WILL USE THE FACILITY TO ASSIST INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS. ALL SUPERPOWERS, AND CHINA AS A SUPERPOWER, ALL SUPERPOWERS, AND CHINA AS A SUPERPOWER, THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN INFORMATION. WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT CHINA HAS GLOBAL AMBITIONS. ITS LEADERSHIP SEES ITSELF AS DISPLACING THE UNITED STATES BY THE 2040S. CHINA HAS REJECTED CLAIMS THAT ITS ANTARCTIC STATIONS ARE USED FOR ESPIONAGE. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2024. NOW 80, BIDEN IS ALREADY THE OLDEST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY, AND WITH DONALD TRUMP ALREADY IN THE RUNNING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, THE PAIR COULD BE SET FOR A REMATCH OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR. THE BBC'S SARAH SMITH REPORTS. THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. A PREVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN TO COME. WHEN I RAN FOR PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAID, 'WE'RE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA,' AND WE STILL ARE. DEFINING THE ELECTION AS A CONTEST BETWEEN MODERATION AND EXTREMISM. BUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE COUNTRY, MAGA EXTREMISTS ARE LINING UP TO TAKE ON THOSE BEDROCK FREEDOMS, CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY. JOE BIDEN EVEN LOOKS QUITE VIGOROUS, BUT VOTERS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS AGE. HE'D BE 86 AT THE END OF A SECOND TERM. # OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE, # BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT. # DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC GROUND IN NORTH CAROLINA IS FULL OF VOTERS BIDEN WILL NEED TO WIN OVER. (ALL YELL) THIS IS A KEY SWING STATE THAT DONALD TRUMP NARROWLY WON LAST TIME. IF IT'S A REMATCH, WILL THEY CHOOSE BIDEN? NO. WHY NOT? I JUST DON'T LIKE THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE WITH THE COUNTRY. I JUST DON'T LIKE HIS POLITICS. I LIKE BIDEN. I'M CONCERNED WITH HIS AGE. IF THERE WAS A MUCH YOUNGER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, WOULD THAT BE DIFFICULT FOR JOE BIDEN, DO YOU THINK? I DON'T THINK SO. NO? NO. I THINK WITH THE POLICY DIFFERENCES, MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR. NIDA ALLAM IS A YOUNG PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO TWICE SUPPORTED THE FAR LEFT CANDIDATE BERNIE SANDERS IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS. NOW SHE BELIEVES THE PARTY HAS TO UNITE BEHIND JOE BIDEN. RIGHT NOW, THIS ELECTION IS TURNING OUT TO LITERALLY BE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, AND WE NEED TO ELECT PRESIDENT BIDEN. WE NEED TO ALL COALESCE AND WORK TO ELECT PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR A SECOND TERM, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS. THIS IS ABOUT PASSING PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S ABOUT STOPPING EXTREMISM. THE NEXT ELECTION MAY BE A REMATCH ` JOE BIDEN VERSUS DONALD TRUMP ` A PROSPECT THAT 95% OF AMERICAN VOTERS SAY THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` ANZAC DAY IS MARKED ACROSS EUROPE, INCLUDING THE BIGGEST TURNOUT IN EIGHT YEARS AT GALLIPOLI. HE WAS A SINGER, ACTOR AND ACTIVIST. A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF HENRY BELAFONTE, WHO HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 96. PLUS ` WHY SPURS FANS ARE OFFERING REFUNDS TO THEIR FANS. ANZAC DAY HAS BEEN MARKED ACROSS EUROPE WITH THOUSANDS GATHERING AT GALLIPOLI. (KARANGA IN TE REO) THE DAWN SERVICE BEGAN NEAR THE SITE WHERE 108 YEARS AGO THE ANZAC TROOPS LANDED ON THE TURKISH PENINSULA IN WWI. IT WAS THE BIGGEST CROWD TO TURN OUT FOR THE COMMEMORATIONS IN TURKEY IN EIGHT YEARS. THE EVENTS OF 25 APRIL 1915 AND THE SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN CEMENTED OF THE IDENTITY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THE ANZACS HAD TRULY WRITTEN A PAGE OF HISTORY. MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN OF WWI. ANZAC DAY HAS ALSO BEEN MARKED IN LONDON PRINCE WILLIAM TOOK PART IN THE SERVICE, LAYING A WREATH TO HONOUR THE FALLEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS. FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, THE ROAD OUTSIDE OF 10 DOWNING STREET WAS CLOSED FOR ANOTHER CEREMONY, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY AN INVITE-ONLY COMMEMORATION AT WESTMINISTER ABBEY. OFFICIALS ALSO GATHERED FOR COMMEMORATIONS AT BELGIUM'S MENIN GATE, AS WELL AS FRANCE'S VILLERS BRETONNEUX, WHERE IT'S BELIEVED AT LEAST 1500 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DIED IN WWI. PRINCE HARRY CLAIMS KING CHARLES TRIED TO STOP HIM SUING NEWSPAPERS OVER PHONE HACKING ALLEGATIONS. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX IS SUING RUPERT MURDOCH'S NEWSPAPER COMPANY AND THE PUBLISHER OF 'THE SUN' OVER ALLEGED UNLAWFUL GATHERING OF INFORMATION. IN A 31-PAGE WITNESS STATEMENT, PRINCE HARRY SAID HE WAS SUMMONED TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND TOLD TO DROP THE CASE BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE ROYAL FAMILY. THE DUKE'S COURT PAPERS ALSO CLAIM HIS BROTHER, PRINCE WILLIAM, WAS PAID A LARGE SUM OF MONEY BY MURDOCH'S FIRM IN 2020 TO SETTLE HIS OWN PHONE-HACKING CLAIMS. AMERICAN SINGER, ACTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARRY BELAFONTE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 96. HIS SUCCESS WITH CALYPSO-INSPIRED POP MUSIC BROKE DOWN RACIAL BARRIERS AT A TIME WHEN SEGREGATION WAS RIFE IN THE U.S. THE BBC'S DAVE SILITTO LOOKS BACK ON HIS LIFE AND THE LEGACY OF HIS CAREER. # DAY-O # DAY-AY-AY-O # DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WANNA GO HOME. # HARRY BELAFONTE ` THE KING OF CALYPSO. # ME SAY DAY, ME SAY DAY, ME SAY DAY, ME SAY DAY, ME SAY DAY. # DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WANNA GO HOME. # AND NOW ` IT SAYS HERE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FABULOUS HARRY BELAFONTE. HERE HE COMES. # COCONUT WOMAN IS CALLING OUT, # AND EVERYDAY YOU CAN HEAR HER SHOUT. # HE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK, BUT HIS SOUND WAS CARIBBEAN. FROM THE CALYPSO OF TRINIDAD... TO THE FOLK SONGS OF HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, JAMAICA. # BUT I'M SAD TO SAY, # I'M ON MY WAY. # IT WAS A CAREER THAT TOOK HIM FROM THE CLUBS OF NEW YORK TO RECORDING THE FIRST-EVER ALBUM TO SELL A MILLION COPIES. BEING THE FIRST PERFORMER TO SELL OVER A MILLION COPIES OF A SINGLE ALBUM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. # WHEN YOUR LOVER DECIDES TO FLY. # HE ALSO LANDED MAJOR ROLES IN MOVIES SUCH AS CARMEN JONES, BUT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE. # SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA, SHAKE YOUR BODY LINE. # THIS WAS THE ERA OF THE BATTLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. INSPIRED BY HIS HERO, PAUL ROBESON, HE WAS THERE AT THE HEART OF IT, SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND HE PAID A PRICE. I WOUND UP ON MCCARTHY'S BLACKLIST AND BEING CALLED A COMMUNIST. FOR A LONG TIME, I COULDN'T WORK, I COULDN'T GET EMPLOYED. LOOKING BACK, HE DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS ESSENTIALLY ` AN ACTIVIST WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BECOME A SINGER. # A NEW KING BORN TODAY. # BUT WHAT A SINGER HE WAS. # AND MAN WILL LIVE FOREVER MORE, # BECAUSE OF CHRISTMAS DAY. # BACK HERE, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR SNACKS ` THAT'S THE CLEAR MESSAGE WITH JUST ONE WEEK LEFT OF AIR NEW ZEALAND'S GREAT KIWI SNACK-OFF. A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR THE MOST DELICIOUS, SATISFYING LOCAL SNACK HAS CAUSED A FLURRY OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL SUGGESTIONS FROM PASSIONATE FOODIES AND BOUTIQUE SUPPLIERS. MORE THAN 250 SUBMISSIONS HAVE SO FAR BEEN RECEIVED WITH THE MOST IMAGINATIVE SUGGESTIONS INCLUDING SAUSAGE-SIZZLE SNAG ROLLS, L&P GUMMIES AND PAVLOVA BITES. A JAPANESE SPACE COMPANY HAS LOST CONTACT WITH ITS SPACECRAFT JUST MOMENTS BEFORE A HISTORIC TOUCHDOWN ON THE MOON. THE I-SPACE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN TOKYO SEARCHED THEIR SCREENS FOR MINUTES BEFORE CONFIRMING THEY HAD LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE LANDER AND HAD TO ASSUME THE MISSION FAILED. THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE THE ONLY THREE GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD TO LAND ON THE MOON. IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PRIVATE BUSINESS TO PULL OFF A LUNAR LANDING. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BARBIE'S 64-YEAR-OLD HISTORY, THE BRAND HAS A TOY REPRESENTING SOMEONE WITH DOWN SYNDROME. BARBIE'S MAKER, MATTEL, HAS FACED CRITICISM THAT THE TRADITIONAL BARBIE DOLL DIDN'T REFLECT REAL WOMEN. THE COMPANY SAYS THE NEW RELEASE IS PART OF AN OVERARCHING GOAL FOR ALL CHILDREN TO SEE THEMSELVES IN BARBIE. LITTLE KIDS ARE THE MOST CURIOUS IN ALL THE BEST WAYS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN HUMANS GO FROM CURIOSITY TO JUDGEMENT, BUT WHEN YOU CATCH THEM AT CURIOUS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS ` LIKE, WHAT IS DOWN SYNDROME, WHAT DOES SOMEONE WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME LOOK LIKE, WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT, WHAT MAKES THEM THE SAME? SO WHEN YOU START WITH TOYS, RIGHT, YOU'RE STARTING WITH KIDS WHO ARE STEPPING INTO THE WORLD CURIOUS. THE DOLL IS PART OF ITS 'FASHIONISTAS' LINE, WHICH AIMS TO SHOW MORE DIVERSE REPRESENTATIONS OF BEAUTY. TO SPORT, AND THE WARRIORS' INJURY LIST HAS GROWN AFTER THROWING AWAY A 10-POINT LEAD IN THEIR LOSS TO THE MELBOURNE STORM LAST NIGHT. THE WARRIORS HAD THE STORM ON THE ROPES IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT INJURIES AND A SIN-BINNING DIDN'T HELP THEIR CAUSE. THE SIDE GIVING UP THE LEAD, LOSING TO THE STORM 30-22. ON THE LAST ` IT'S HUGHES. THE HIGH KICK ` OH, WARBRICK TAKES A TUMBLE. BUT IT'S A TRY! IT'S MEANEY! NOT ANY MORE ` IT'S THE LAST. GRANT GOES FOR THE LINE... AND WATENE-ZELEZNIAK GETS UNDER, BUT GRANT GETS OVER. THE SIDE HAS A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THEIR NEXT GAME ON SUNDAY, BUT THEY'RE ADAMANT PLAYERS WILL STEP UP AND FILL THE HOLES. I JUST WANT EVERY PLAYER AVAILABLE ONE WEEK THIS YEAR. BUT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HONESTLY, BACK HOME, WITH A FULL HOUSE, WE WILL BE FINE. NEXT GUY WILL DO HIS JOB. WHETHER THAT IS BACK HOME WITH A FULL HOUSE ROCKING, FINE. WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS. WE DON'T MAKE EXCUSES. THE LOSS DROPS THE WARRIORS DOWN TO SEVENTH ON THE LADDER. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE A QUICK TURNAROUND IN PAKISTAN AS THEY SWITCH FROM THE T20 FORMAT TO A ONE DAY SERIES. THE BLACKCAPS REMAIN WITHOUT SOME OF THEIR STAR PLAYERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE IPL,IS BUT THAT'S NOT HOLDING BACK YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD FROM FILLING THE VOID. IS JUST IMPORTANT FOR A TEAM PERSPECTIVE THAT THE GUYS COMING AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO PLAY. WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID PLAYERS GOING OUT AND PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES. CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS TEAM. MEANWHILE, THE INJURED KANE WILLIAMSON HAS UNDERGONE SURGERY. STEAD SAYS IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF HE'LL RECOVER IN TIME FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP. IN TIME FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP. LEICESTER CITY HAVE CLAWED BACK A GOAL TO DRAW 1-1 AGAINST LEEDS UNITED THIS MORNING. IT WAS A BIG GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS, WHO ARE FIGHTING TO STAY OUT OF RELEGATION IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. LEEDS TOOK THE LEAD EARLY, BUT CITY RESPONDED LATE IN THE SECOND HALF TO MAKE IT 1-1. AND MADISON ` IN THROUGH THE MIDDLE, ABLE TO GET THE TOUCH TO IT. AND THERE'S THE LEICESTER LEVELLER FROM JAMIE VARDY. LEICESTER COULD HAVE WON THE MATCH, BUT AN EARLY GOAL WAS DISALLOWED FOR AN OFFSIDE. AND TOTTENHAM PLAYERS HAVE DECIDED THEY'LL PAY FOR THEIR EMBARRASSING LOSS TO NEWCASTLE UNITED BY OFFERING TO REFUND FANS' TICKETS. FANS WHO MADE THE TRIP TO SAINT JAMES' PARK CAN GET THEIR MONEY BACK, PAID BY THE PLAYERS. SPURS GOALKEEPER HUGO LLORIS APOLOGISING TO THE 3000 SUPPORTERS, SAYING, 'WORDS AREN'T ENOUGH.' STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WELCOME BACK. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (HARRY BELAFONTE'S 'SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA') # SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA, # SHAKE YOUR BODY LINE # SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, SENORA, # SHAKE IT ALL THE TIME. # WORK, WORK, WORK, SENORA, # WORK YOUR BODY LINE. # WORK, WORK, WORK, SENORA, # WORK IT ALL THE TIME. # MY GIRL'S NAME IS SENORA # I TELL YOU FRIENDS, I ADORE HER. # AND WHEN SHE DANCES, OH BROTHER, # SHE'S A HURRICANE IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER. # JUMP IN DE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME # OK, I BELIEVE YOU. # JUMP IN DE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME # OK, I BELIEVE YOU. # JUMP IN DE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME # OK, I BELIEVE YOU. # JUMP IN DE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE ONE NEWS TEAM AT 6. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM ` GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND PHOEBE UPTON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023.