IT'S MIDDAY. HOW POLICE HOPE TO SOLVE THE INCREASING PROBLEM OF RISK-TAKING FLEEING DRIVERS. AND WHY THIS TINY PEST POSES A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC THREAT TO OUR AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY. PLUS ` IN THE FACE OF SKY-ROCKETING INFLATION AND NATURAL DISASTERS, TURKEY CHOOSES TO STAY THE COURSE WITH ITS PRESIDENT. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND SEAN LYDIARD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA, GOOD AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE CHANGING HOW THEY HANDLE HIGH-SPEED PURSUITS. A POLICY CHANGE COMES INTO EFFECT TODAY, HOPING TO SOLVE AN INCREASE IN MORE BRAZEN AND RISK-TAKING FLEEING DRIVERS. SINCE THE LAST CHANGE IN DECEMBER 2020, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN FLEEING DRIVER EVENTS AND AN EQUALLY BIG DROP IN OFFENDERS IDENTIFIED. THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS APPREHENDED HAS DROPPED TO AROUND 35%. POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER SAYS THE NEW FRAMEWORK WILL HELP ASSESS RISK TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PURSUIT IS JUSTIFIED. THE KIND OF CHANGE YOU MIGHT SEE IS IF YOU HAVE SEROUS OFFENDING, FOR EXAMPLE, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY OFFENDING; A VEHICLE FLEES, SAY, FROM A CRIME SCENE; IF THERE IS AN APPREHENSION OF ONGOING FURTHER OFFENDING; THAT MAY OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE POLICE TO PURSUE. ANDREW COSTER SAYS WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE MORE POLICE PURSUITS NATIONWIDE. THE NURSES UNION SAYS STOP WORK MEETINGS BEGINNING TODAY WILL ALLOW NURSES TO CONSIDER THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PAY OFFER 'IN A SAFE PLACE'. 57-HOUR-LONG STOP WORK MEETINGS WILL BE HELD NATIONWIDE TO DISCUSS THE OFFER. THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS ASKED FOR A PAY RISE OF 6.7%, IN LINE WITH INFLATION, AND SAY TE WHATU ORA'S LATEST OFFER FALLS SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS. IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO RETAIN SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WE'VE GOT. WE KNOW WE'RE SHORT OF 5000 NURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` HOW DO YOU RETAIN STAFF? YOU NEED TO` UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S FINANCIAL RECOMPENSE, FOR THE CAREER AND DEGREE-EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS JOB. THE FIRST MEETINGS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TO THE END OF THE WEEK. THE LABOUR PARTY HAS MADE IT CLEAR AT ITS CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND TAX CUTS AREN'T ON THE TABLE. THAT'S WHILE THE LATEST 1 NEWS KANTAR PUBLIC POLL SHOWS 52% OF PEOPLE ` AND THE OPPOSITION ` WANT A TAX BREAK. BUT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CARMEL SEPULONI SAYS ANY CUTS WOULD COME AT A FAR GREATER EXPENSE THAN WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO CUT HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO NEW ZEALANDERS, NOT DEPLETE THEM. AND SO, DOING A POLL, AND ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD LIKE A TAX CUT, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE, 'WOULD YOU LIKE A TAX CUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS, 'THAT AND THE OTHER?' OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED KEEPING SUPERANNUATION AT 65 YEARS OF AGE, AND CONTINUING WINTER ENERGY PAYMENTS. THERE COULD BE DEVASTATING IMPACTS FOR OUR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IF A NEW PEST DISCOVERED IN THE NORTH ISLAND LAST YEAR IS NOT MONITORED AND CONTROLLED EFFECTIVELY. LAST WEEK, THE FALL ARMYWORM WAS DETECTED IN GOLDEN BAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. OUR REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER HAS THIS REPORT, ON WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE WORLD'S NUMBER-ONE CORN-KILLING PEST. THEY'RE DESTRUCTIVE... AND UNWANTED. THE FALL ARMYWORM WAS FIRST DETECTED IN TAURANGA IN MARCH LAST YEAR. NOW IT'S ALREADY TRAVELLED SOUTH ` SPOTTED IN MOHUA, GOLDEN BAY ` LEAVING ARABLE FARMERS AND VEGETABLE GROWERS CONCERNED. IT'S GOT AS FAR AS NORTH CANTERBURY AND ON THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY PREVALENT IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE FALL ARMYWORM CAN FEED ON MORE THAN 350 PLANTS AND HAS ITS NAME BECAUSE THE INSECTS GATHER IN HUGE MASSES, DECIMATING CROPS. WE'VE MANAGED TO MONITOR IT THIS LAST SEASON; THERE'S ABOUT 140 SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY. BECAUSE IT'S CALLED AN ARMYWORM, THE NUMBERS BUILD UP IN THE AUTUMN, AS IN THE FALL, AND THEY MARCH ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE LIKE AN ARMY MARCHING. IT'S NATIVE TO THE AMERICAS, AND SINCE 2016 HAS SPREAD TO AFRICA, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. THE PEST HAS CAUSED HAVOC ACROSS ASIA, WITH CROPS UNDER ATTACK AND COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST PRODUCTION. NOW THAT IT IS HERE, ARABLE RESEARCH EXPERTS SAY WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET RID OF IT. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES SAID THEY RAN A BIOSECURITY RESPONSE FROM APRIL LAST YEAR IN AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN AND ERADICATE THE PEST. BUT BY APRIL THIS YEAR, IT BECAME CLEAR THE FALL ARMYWORM WAS WIDESPREAD AND UNLIKELY TO BE REMOVED. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FULL IMPACT YET THE FULL ECONOMIC DAMAGE OF FALL ARMYWORM YET IN NEW ZEALAND, WHAT THERE IS, IS A LOT OF CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. THERE ARE OTHER CATERPILLARS OUT THERE THAT ATTACK MAIZE AND SWEET CORN CROPS. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE COSMOPOLITAN AND TROPICAL ARMYWORM, AND THE CORN EARWORM, WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN AOTEAROA FOR MANY YEARS. I THINK THE ADVICE IS TO GET A VERY CLEAR IDENTIFICATION; THERE ARE A LOT OF LOOKALIKES OUT THERE. IT'S UNDERSTOOD AOTEAROA'S COLD CLIMATE CAN BE OF HELP IN MITIGATING THE SPREAD. WE KNOW FALL ARMYWORM DOES NOT SURVIVE PROLONGED FROSTY CONDITIONS. IT'S CLEAR THE PEST IS HERE TO STAY AND EFFORTS NOW SWITCH FROM A RESPONSE TO LONG TERM MANAGEMENT. DIGBY WERTHMULLER, 1 NEWS. TONGA'S FIRST ELECTED FEMALE PARLIAMENTARIAN, PRINCESS MELE SIU'ILIKUTAPU, HAS DIED AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL, AGED 75. THE PRINCESS ACCEPTED THE DAWN RAIDS APOLOGY FROM THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT IN 2021. SHE SERVED HER KINGDOM IN MANY WAYS, ENRICHING TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND PRESERVING THE TONGAN LANGUAGE. SHE WILL BE LAID TO REST AT TONGA'S ROYAL TOMBS. TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER OF TURKEY'S PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF ELECTION, SECURING ANOTHER FIVE YEARS IN POWER. PRESIDENT ERDOGAN, WHO HAS RULED TURKEY FOR TWO DECADES, WON MORE THAN 52% OF THE VOTE AFTER FAILING TO WIN AN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS. THE RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON. AND TONIGHT IN THE TURKISH CAPITAL, THE STREETS BELONG TO HIS SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE STUCK WITH HIM THROUGH THICK AND THIN AND HYPERINFLATION. (SPEAKS TURKISH) TRANSLATOR: WE ARE BLESSED THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS LEADING US AGAIN. THERE IS NO BETTER FEELING THAN THIS. LET THE WORLD HEAR IT. HE IS THE LEADER WHO HAS TAUGHT THE ENTIRE WORLD A LESSON. (SINGS) AND HERE HE WAS, SERENADING SUPPORTERS ` OR TRYING TO FROM A BUS TOP NEAR HIS HOME IN ISTANBUL, HAVING BEATEN OFF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN YEARS. THE ONLY WINNER, HE SAID, IS TURKEY, BEFORE STOKING DIVISIONS WITH AN ATTACK ON THE OPPOSITION AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. EARLIER, HE HANDED OUT CASH OUTSIDE A POLLING STATION LIKE A MODERN DAY SULTAN ` ONE WHO HAS NOW EXTENDED HIS REIGN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. BUT HIS RIVAL, KEMAL KILICDAROGL, RAN AS MR NICE GUY, BUT THEN VEERED RIGHT, VOWING TO SEND ALL REFUGEES HOME. SUPPORTERS CHANTING HIS SLOGAN TODAY ` EVERYTHING WILL BE BEAUTIFUL. THE CHOICE HERE WAS STARK. TWO VERY DIFFERENT OPTIONS ` A SEASONED AUTOCRAT OR AN UNTESTED DEMOCRAT. MOST VOTERS WENT WITH THE DEVIL THEY KNOW. BUT TONIGHT, PACKED VICTORY CELEBRATIONS OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE OF A THOUSAND ROOMS. (DANCE MUSIC PUMPS) RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN IS NEWLY EMBOLDENED. THE OPPOSITION IS BADLY BRUISED, AND THIS STRATEGIC NATION HAS CHOSEN ITS PATH. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS THE NEW DEAL TO RAISE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S DEBT CEILING IS READY TO MOVE TO CONGRESS. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT COMES AFTER WEEKS OF NEGOTIATIONS, WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSHING FOR DRASTIC SPENDING CUTS IN EXCHANGE FOR AN INCREASED BORROWING LIMIT. NOW THEY HAVE TO CONVINCE CONGRESS TO APPROVE IT. THE ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN HAS MORE. JUST DAYS BEFORE A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC U.S. DEFAULT, HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY ANNOUNCED SATURDAY EVENING REPUBLICANS HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT. IN A STATEMENT, THE PRESIDENT CALLING IT AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD AND A COMPROMISE. THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING WITH MCCARTHY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO REVIEW THE FINALISED LANGUAGE OF THE LEGISLATION. MAKE SURE ALL THE T's ARE CROSSED AND THE I's ARE DOTTED. I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. MCCARTHY PRAISING THE DEAL, CALLING IT GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T GET EVERYTHING EVERYBODY WANTED, BUT THAT'S, IN DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, THAT'S WHERE WE END UP. I THINK IT'S A VERY POSITIVE BILL. AFTER THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN CALLING A NUMBER OF HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO SELL THEM ON THE DEAL. IN A LETTER TO FELLOW HOUSE DEMOCRATS, MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES SAID THE TEXT OF THE LEGISLATIVE BILL WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR REVIEW SHORTLY AFTER MCCARTHY AND THE PRESIDENT SPOKE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, TELLING CBS ` I DO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT ONCE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY BE FULLY BRIEFED BY THE WHITE HOUSE. MCCARTHY PLEDGED LAWMAKERS WOULD HAVE 72 HOURS TO READ THE TEXT OF THE BILL BEFORE A VOTE, EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. BUT OVER IN THE SENATE, MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER WARNING HIS COLLEAGUES OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FRIDAY AND WEEKEND VOTES IN THE EVENT OF FILIBUSTERS BY EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE. MCCARTHY SAYING HE'S CONFIDENT THE BILL WILL PASS THE HOUSE WITH A MAJORITY IN HIS CONFERENCE SUPPORTING IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS TO THE PRESIDENT; THE PRESIDENT AGREED WITH THIS BILL AS WELL. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE DEAL WOULD KEEP NON-DEFENSE SPENDING ROUGHLY FLAT THROUGH FISCAL 2024, INCREASING JUST 1% IN 2025. IT FULLY FUNDS MEDICAL CARE FOR VETERANS AND PHASES IN NEW WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR RECIPIENTS OF SNAP BENEFITS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO MEDICAID REQUIREMENTS, AND IT WOULD STREAMLINE THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR CERTAIN ENERGY PROJECTS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER. WHY VENICE'S FAMOUS CANALS ARE TURNING GREEN. CELEBRATIONS FOR SOME AND TEARS FOR OTHERS AS THE PREMIER LEAGUE RELEGATION BATTLE GOES DOWN TO THE FINAL DAY OF THE SEASON. PLUS, THE RED FLAGS AND WHEELS FLY AT THE INDY 500. WELCOME BACK. ONE OF VENICE'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST SITES HAS TAKEN ON A NEW LOOK. THE FAMOUS WATERWAYS HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY TURNED A FLUORESCENT SHADE OF GREEN. LOCAL POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED AN URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE VENICE CANAL TO CHANGE COLOUR. THEORIES INCLUDE THE RELEASE OF DYE TO A PROTEST BY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS. MORE RUSSIAN DRONES HAVE RAINED DOWN ON KYIV OVERNIGHT AS ATTACKS INTENSIFY AHEAD OF AN EXPECTED UKRAINIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. BUT THE ATTACKS HAVE COME WITH A WARNING FROM MOSCOW THAT IT'S NOT BACKING DOWN. THE BBC'S JAMES LANDALE REPORTS. THIS IS WHAT THE SKIES OVER KYIV LOOKED LIKE IN THE EARLY HOURS. UNMANNED RUSSIAN ATTACK AIRCRAFT COMING IN WAVES, BEING DESTROYED BY UKRAINE'S AIR DEFENCES. OFFICIALS SAID MORE THAN 40 DRONES WERE BROUGHT DOWN. BUT THERE WAS STILL DAMAGE NONETHELESS AS DEBRIS FELL TO THE GROUND, STRIKING BUILDINGS, KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE. IN LONDON, RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN TOLD THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG HIS COUNTRY COULD STILL STEP UP ITS MILITARY ACTION. IT'S A BIG, IDEALISTIC MISTAKE TO THINK THAT UKRAINE MAY PREVAIL. RUSSIA IS 16 TIMES BIGGER THAN UKRAINE. WE HAVE ENORMOUS RESOURCES, AND WE CAN` WE HAVEN'T JUST STARTED YET TO ACT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. COULD THIS GO ON, THEN, FOR FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? THAT DEPENDS ON THE EFFORTS IN ESCALATION OF WAR THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY NATO COUNTRIES. FOR NOW, THOUGH, IT IS RUSSIA THAT IS DOING MUCH OF THE ESCALATING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S PREPARING FOR UKRAINE'S LONG-AWAITED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE. MOSCOW WANTS TO DAMAGE AND DEPLETE THE AIR DEFENCES BEFORE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE THEMSELVES ON THE DEFENSIVE. SO ON THE RUSSIAN DRONES COME IN RECORD NUMBERS ` ALMOST EVERY OTHER NIGHT THIS MONTH. THIS WAS A RECONNAISSANCE DRONE A FEW DAYS AGO. OFFICIALS SAID LAST NIGHT'S STRIKE WAS THE BIGGEST ON THE CITY SINCE THE INVASION. IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE THE LAST. AND THE 107TH INDIANAPOLIS 500 HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY STOPPAGES. AMERICAN JOSEF NEWGARDEN SURVIVED THE CARNAGE, DRINKING THE FAMOUS MILK FOR THE FIRST TIME. HERE'S LACHIE MCLEOD. THIS ISN'T HOW THE INDY 500 IS MEANT TO GO. WHOA! FELIX IN THE WALL, BIG TIME. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG HIT RIGHT HERE ` I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE TURN. OH, NO! KIRKWOOD. KIRKWOOD, UPSIDE DOWN! KYLE KIRKWOOD SENDING HIS CAR INTO THE WALL AND A TIRE OVER THE FENCE. IT NARROWLY MISSED THE PACKED GRANDSTAND, INSTEAD SMASHING A PARKED CAR. THE INCIDENT, THE START OF NOT ONE... ...GOES TO THE FRONT. ONE ON THE INSIDE. WHOA! SPINS! HE'S CRASHED OUT OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. ...BUT THREE RED FLAGS IN THE LAST 16 LAPS OF THE RACE SHOW. GO! AND WATCH ALEXANDER ROSSI... OH! FERRUCCI! BIG CROWD! PETERSON! GRAHAM, CARPENTER, ALL IN THE WALL BEFORE START FINISH. WITH NOW JUST TWO LAPS TO GO IN A RARE MOVE TO RESTART FROM THE PITS, JOSEF NEWGARDEN POUNCED. JOSEF NEWGARDEN HAS NEVER WON THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, AND HE'S AHEAD ON THIS LAST LAP. THE WIN ENDING AN 11-YEAR DROUGHT FOR THE AMERICAN. DEFENDING CHAMPION MARCUS ERICSSON, MISSING OUT ON THE CHANCE TO GO BACK TO BACK, A FEAT THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN 21 YEARS. NAH, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN UNFAIR AND DANGEROUS END TO THE RACE. I DON'T THINK IT WAS ENOUGH LAPS TO DO WHAT WE DID. I THINK WE'VE NEVER DONE A RESTART OUT OF THE PITS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET THE TIRES UP THE TEMPERATURE. THE KIWI CONTINGENT FINISHED FURTHER BACK ` SCOTT DIXON IN SIXTH, AND SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN CROSSING THE LINE IN 14TH. NEWGARDEN GIVING TEAM PENSKE AND INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY OWNER ROGER PENSKE, A RECORD 19TH INDY 500 VICTORY. LACHIE MCLEOD, 1 NEWS. RED BULL'S UNBEATEN RUN IN FORMULA 1 HAS CONTINUED WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN WINNING A MESSY MONACO GRAND PRIX. POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUGHT DRIVERS BY SURPRISE MID-WAY THROUGH THE RACE, WITH CARS LOSING TRACTION ALL OVER TIGHT MONTE CARLO STREET CIRCUIT. VERSTAPPEN MANAGED TO PULL CLEAR OF THE PACK TO CLAIM HIS FOURTH WIN OF THE SEASON, AND RED BULL'S SIXTH FROM SIX RACES. ASTON MARTIN'S FERNANDO ALONSO AND ALPINE'S ESTEBAN OCON ROUNDED OUT THE PODIUM. CONTROVERSY HAS OVERSHADOWED THE OPENING DAY AT THE FRENCH TENNIS OPEN AS CROWDS BOOED UKRAINIAN PLAYER MARTA KOSTYUK. KOSYTUK REFUSED TO SHAKE HANDS WITH ARYNA SABALENKA FOLLOWING THE BELARUSIAN'S 6-3, 6-2 VICTORY. THE UKRAINIAN SAID THE FRENCH CROWD SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED FOR BOOING HER, BUT SABALYNKA DOESN'T BELIEVE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE LOUD ABOUT THE WAR. NOBODY IN THIS WORLD, RUSSIAN ATHLETES OR BELARUSSIAN ATHLETES, SUPPORT THE WAR ` NOBODY! HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE WAR? NORMAL PEOPLE WILL NEVER SUPPORT IT. WHY WE HAVE TO GO LOUD AND SAY THE THINGS ` THAT'S LIKE, THIS IS LIKE ONE PLUS ONE IS TWO, YOU KNOW? IT'S` OF COURSE WE DON'T SUPPORT WAR. AND IF YOU COULD AFFECT, ANYHOW, THE WAR, IF WE COULD LIKE STOP IT, WE WOULD DO IT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT IN OUR HANDS. SABALYNKA ALSO SAID IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT UKRAINIAN ATHLETES DON'T WANT TO SHAKE HANDS AFTER A MATCH. THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF DRAMA AND TEARS ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON. THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS HAS THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL OR RELEGATION. LEICESTER ARE RELEGATED. IT WAS THE DAY A FOOTBALL FAIRYTALE CAME TO THE CRUELLEST OF ENDS. FOR LEICESTER FANS, THIS WOULD HAVE SEEMED UNTHINKABLE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. (CHEERING) IN 2016, THEY FAMOUSLY LIFTED THE TITLE, BUT NOW THE FEELGOOD FACTOR IS GONE AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP BECKONS. YOU DON'T LOSE IT ON THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON. THEY'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THEMSELVES LONG AND HARD. YOU SHOULDN'T BE GETTING RELEGATED SEVEN YEARS AFTER YOU WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. WE'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN AND EVERYWHERE, AND I GUESS THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF LEICESTER'S JOURNEY. TO SURVIVE, LEICESTER HAD TO WIN AND HOPE EVERTON DIDN'T. SO WHEN HARVEY BARNES FIRED THE FOXES AHEAD, THE GREAT ESCAPE WAS ON. BUT AFTER THE BREAK, ABDOULAYE DOUCOURE PUT EVERTON IN FRONT AND LEICESTER'S FANS COULD ONLY LISTEN IN HELPLESSLY AS EVERTON HELD ON AND GOODISON PARK ERUPTED. THE REFEREE HAS THROWN HIS WHISTLE AND EVERTON HAVE SURVIVED AGAIN! GLORIFIED WHEN YOU WIN IT, BUT THEIR ARE UGLY DAYS, THERE'S NO JOY IN THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEAM THAT'S IN A MASSIVE TRANSITION. WE'VE GOT TO BUILD ON THE BACK OF WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED IN THE END THIS SEASON. WELL, FOR THE FANS HERE AT LEICESTER, IT HAS BEEN SOME DOWNFALL. JUST SEVEN YEARS AFTER WINNING THE TITLE AND TWO YEARS AFTER WINNING THE FA CUP, THE CELEBRATIONS HAVE TURNED TO RELEGATION. ALSO DOWN ARE LEEDS ` NOT EVEN SAM ALLARDYCE COULD SAVE THEM AS THEY WERE THUMPED BY TOTTENHAM. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED FOR THE FANS ` NOT JUST IN MY SHORT TIME BUT FOR MOST OF THE SEASON, THEY'VE SUPPORTED US. THEY'RE VERY ENTITLED TO SHOW THEIR DISAPPROVAL. A CASE OF THE AGONY THEN AND THE ECSTASY ON A DAY OF SPORTING DRAMA. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` ENCAPSULATING THE FULL FRAGRANCE OF AUCKLAND'S ICONIC K ROAD. PLUS, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. - Mars is negative-81 degrees, and it's summer. (SNEEZES) - BOTH: Ew! - Gross. - Don't touch me. There's no water anywhere. - (DRIPPING) - Wait, wait, wait. Where did that come from? - I ain't drinking that. - (BEEPING) - Mars is lame. - (BIRDS CHIRP) - It's way better here. - (CAR HORN HONKS) - Mum's here. - BOTH: Another manu? - ALL: Whoo-hoo! - (SPLASH!) (LAUGHTER) AUCKLAND'S K ROAD IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS NIGHTLIFE AND COLOUR BUT IT'S SMELL HAS NOW BEEN HARNESSED FOR A NEW FRAGRANCE. BUT ITS SMELL HAS NOW BEEN HARNESSED FOR A NEW FRAGRANCE. TESSA PARKER SNIFFED OUT THE STORY, TESSA PARKER SNIFFED OUT THE STORY AND FOUND OUT IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE. BARS, RESTAURANTS, NICOTINE, SWEAT ` JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE FULL EXPERIENCE OF AUCKLAND'S KARANGAHAPE ROAD. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE K ROAD? K ROAD IS UNIQUE, UNEXPECTED, AMBIENCE, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. ECLECTIC, UM, COLLABORATIVE, AND YEAH, JUST VERY UNIQUE. ALL THOSE UNIQUE ELEMENTS, AND THE AROMAS THAT GO WITH THEM, HAVE BEEN BOTTLED INTO A NEW FRAGRANCE. IT AIMS TO ENCAPSULATE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE FAMOUS STREET. THERE'S SOME BAD SMELLS AND SOME GOOD, UM, DEFINITELY, BUT, YEAH, WHAT'S BOTTLED IS SOMETHING SPICY, TOBACCO, LITTLE BIT OF CUMIN, AND YEAH, IT'S GREAT. LITTLE BIT OF CUMIN, AND, YEAH, IT'S GREAT. NO SPRAY IT ON YOU. THAT'S MUSKY. THERE'S CUMIN IN IT TO HELP DEVELOP THE SWEAT, AND I CAN SMELL A BIT OF SWEAT. LIKE K ROAD ITSELF, COMMUNITY IS AT THE CORE OF THE FRAGRANCE ` LOCAL RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND CHARACTERS, THE STARS OF A MOCK HIGH FASHION CAMPAIGN. WE'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT SOMETHING AND TO TO DRAW SOMETHING OUT, AND IF IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND, I'M ALL FOR IT. THERE'S ONLY 150 BOTTLES BEING SOLD IN SELECTED K ROAD SHOPS, AND ALL PROCEEDS GO TO CHARITY. YES, SO IT ALL GOES TO LIFEWISE TO HELP WITH EMERGENCY HOUSING SUPPORT IN AUCKLAND. LIFE WISE ALSO RUNS MERGE CAFE, LOCATED ON K ROAD, PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE AND FREE WARM MEALS FOR WHOEVER NEEDS THEM. ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE AT THE TOP AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE FROM THE TOP COME ON TO K ROAD AND THEY HIT ROCK BOTTOM. SO K ROAD IS A UNIQUE SITUATION FOR ANYBODY, AND TO HELP PEOPLE ON K ROAD IS JUST AMAZINGLY SATISFYING AND NURTURING. A PLETHORA OF SMELLS COMING TOGETHER TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF A COMMUNITY WHILE ALSO GIVING IT A HELPING HAND. TESSA PARKER, 1 NEWS. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND SEAN LYDIARD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023