TONIGHT ` BANGING SOUNDS AT THE SEARCH SITE OF THE MISSING TITANIC SUB, RAISES HOPES OF A MIRACLE. HIS MINISTERIAL CAREER'S IN TATTERS ` NOW THE MICHAEL WOODS SAGA SPARKS AN OVERHAUL IN DECLARING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND NO LONGER ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, SIR ELTON JOHN PREPARES FOR AN HISTORIC DEBUT AT GLASTONBURY. # YOU CAN'T PLANT ME IN YOUR PENTHOUSE, # I'M GOING BACK TO MY PLOUGH. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THERE'S BEEN A GLIMMER OF HOPE IN THE SEARCH FOR FIVE TITANIC TOURISTS ON BOARD A MISSING SUB. BANGING SOUNDS WERE PICKED UP BY SONAR EQUIPMENT, SUGGESTING POTENTIAL SIGNS OF LIFE. CHANNEL 9'S ALISON PIOTROWSKI HAS THE LATEST ON THE RESCUE OPERATION IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. FIVE MEN ON BOARD A MISSING SUB WITH JUST 24 HOURS OF OXYGEN LEFT. BUT AS THE URGENT DEADLINE APPROACHES, A MOMENT OF HOPE RAISED MY HOPES THROUGH THE ROOF. A LEAKED EMAIL TODAY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY INDICATING A CANADIAN AIRCRAFT NEAR THE TITANIC WRECK DETECTED: TIME'S OF THE ESSENCE, BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO THAT` HAVE AN AREA WHERE YOU KNOW THE BANGS ARE COMING FROM, THEN YOU NEED TO GET ASSETS THERE. THE COAST GUARD HAS CONFIRMED THIS. THEN ANOTHER UPDATE, MORE SOUNDS ` THIS TIME, NOT BANGING, BUT POTENTIALLY MORE POSITIVE NEWS: IF THEY ARE ALIVE AND THEY'RE IN THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT ALMOST FREEZING TEMPERATURES. ASSUMING THEY LOST ALL THEIR POWER. EARLIER IN THE DAY, SEARCH TEAMS SCOURED A 20,000km2 AREA BY AIR, TWICE THE SIZE OF MELBOURNE, A CANADIAN P-3 AIRCRAFT DROPPING THE SONAR BUOYS ONTO THE OCEAN SURFACE. THE EQUIPMENT CAN LISTEN UP TO FOUR KILOMETRES BELOW THE SURFACE ` THE DEPTH OF THE TITANIC WRECK. LOCATING THE SUB IS ONE THING, BUT A DEEP-SEA RESCUE IS A CURRENT LOGISTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. THE U.S. NAVY IS SCRAMBLING A DEEP OCEAN SALVAGE SYSTEM TO THE AREA. A FRENCH RESEARCH VESSEL WITH AN AUTONOMOUS DIVING ROBOT IS EN ROUTE, AND CANADA HAS SENT ITS STATE-OF-THE-ART OFFSHORE VESSEL. BUT IT WILL TAKE 48 HOURS TO REACH THE REGION. TODAY, A 2018 LAWSUIT RESURFACED WITH A FORMER OCEANGATE EMPLOYEE CLAIMING HE WAS FIRED AFTER RAISING SAFETY CONCERNS OVER HOW DEEP THE VESSEL COULD DESCEND. OCEANGATE'S CEO, STOCKTON RUSH, CONFIRMED TO BE ON BOARD, ALONG WITH PAKISTANI BUSINESSMAN SHAHZADA DAWOOD AND HIS SON SULEMAN, A FRENCH HISTORIAN AND BRITISH BILLIONAIRE EXPLORER HAMISH HARDING, WHOSE FRIENDS CLING TO HOPE. THERE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BAD NEWS. WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, SEEN WRECKAGE FLOATING. WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT EXPLOSION UNDERWATER IN THE SONAR. RIGHT NOW, EVERY SECOND IS PRECIOUS. 'DEEPLY FRUSTRATING.' THAT'S HOW THE PRIME MINISTER'S DESCRIBING THE MICHAEL WOOD SAGA NOW GONE AS A MINISTER AFTER FRESH REVELATIONS ABOUT HIS SHAREHOLDINGS. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HE WAS SUSPENDED AS TRANSPORT MINISTER AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN REMINDED 12 TIMES ABOUT HIS AUCKLAND AIRPORT SHARES. NOW IT'S EMERGED HE HAS FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN OTHER AREAS WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY HAS THE LATEST. A PACKED DAY AT PARLIAMENT ` AS WELL AS PREPPING FOR A BIG TRIP TO CHINA, THE PRIME MINISTER'S CLEARLY NOT THRILLED AT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. THIS MORNING, I HAVE ADVISED THE GOVERNOR GENERAL TO ACCEPT MICHAEL WOODS' RESIGNATION AS A MINSTER. THAT'S BECAUSE MICHAEL WOOD HAS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SHARES IN CHORUS AND SPARK, AND AS IMMIGRATION MINISTER, HE GAVE TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS EASIER ACCESS. AND THEN THERE'S THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SHARES IN THE NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK, THE BNZ'S PARENT COMPANY, ALL THE WHILE CABINET WAS MAKING A DECISION ON A BANKING INQUIRY. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I FOUND THIS EPISODE DEEPLY FRUSTRATING. I WAS BOTH ANGRY AND ALSO INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED. REPEATEDLY, THROUGH NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS, I'VE ASKED HIM IF THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES I SHOULD BE AWARE OF, AND HE HAS SAID NO ` THAT'S BEYOND FRUSTRATING. IN A STATEMENT, MICHAEL WOOD SAYS,... AND HE'S APOLOGISED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MICHAEL HAS WILFULLY... (SIGHS) THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE THAT I STILL DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. I'M GENUINELY FLUMMOXED, BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN MICHAEL FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. I GUESS HE'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD FUTURE AS A STOCK BROKER. NATIONAL SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S FACING INTEGRITY ISSUES AGAIN. IS THIS GOVERNMENT SO INCOMPETENT THAT IT CAN'T FOLLOW THE RULES OR SO ARROGANT THAT IT DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO THEM? MINISTERS WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES FACE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. AND HE'S BRINGING IN CHANGES. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WILL BE ON THE CABINET AGENDA EVERY WEEK. REPORTING WILL NOW BE QUARTERLY. THERE WILL BE ANNUAL IN-PERSON MEETINGS FOR MINISTERS. STAFF WILL BE BRIEFED AS A SECOND PAIR OF EYES IN EVERY OFFICE. AND IF MINISTERS DON'T COMPLY, IT'LL BE ESCALATED TO THE PRIME MINISTER STRAIGHT AWAY. FRONT-BENCH MPS WILL PICK UP THE IMMIGRATION, TRANSPORT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY PORTFOLIOS. AS YOU KNOW, I'M A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT AND TOUGH WORK. BUT MICHAEL WOOD WILL STAY ON AS THE MP FOR MT ROSKILL, DESPITE THE SHARE SAGA. NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT. ANYONE SHOULD NOT DO MISTAKE AGAIN. IT TOOK HIM LONG ENOUGH. I GUESS IT'S THAT CLOSE TO AN ELECTION. IF YOU DO THE CRIME, YOU SHOULD DO THE TIME. THAT MEANS TIME AS A BACKBENCH MP. THIS MICHAEL WOOD DISTRACTION HAS GONE ON FOR TWO WEEKS NOW `+ PLUS, THERE'S THE TWO YEARS OF REMINDERS HE GOT FROM THE CABINET OFFICE BEFORE THAT, AND IT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOUR. WE ARE FOUR MONTHS OUT FROM THE ELECTION ` THIS IS THE TIME THE PRIME MINISTER NEEDS TO BE LEADING, AND INSTEAD HE'S BEING KNEECAPPED BY HIS OWN MINISTERS. WHEN IT COMES TO MICHAEL WOOD, HE'S A VERY POPULAR MEMBER OF THE LABOUR PARTY. UNTIL NOW HE'S BEEN SEEN AS PRETTY SQUEAKY-CLEAN AND A SAFE PAIR OF HANDS, AND HE IS IN THAT SAFE LABOUR SEAT IN MOUNT ROSKILL, SO THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE CAN CLAW HIS WAY BACK. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE VERY KEEN TO DRAW A LINE UNDER THE SAND ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE HE GOES TO CHINA ON SUNDAY, HOPING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE MINISTERS CAUSING HIM SO MUCH GRIEF. SECONDARY TEACHERS ARE PUTTING A HALT ON FURTHER STRIKES AS THEY HEAD TO ARBITRATION. STUDENTS AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN ENDURING ONGOING INDUSTRIAL ACTION AMID STALLED TALKS BETWEEN THE UNION AND EDUCATION MINISTRY. ARBITRATION WAS RECOMMENDED TO BOTH BY THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY. TEACHERS HAVE THIS AFTERNOON VOTED TO GO THROUGH WITH IT, A PROCESS EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. ORANGA TAMARIKI HAS REMOVED TWO STAFF MEMBERS FROM ITS RESIDENCES AS POLICE INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AGAINST FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE. THE BOMBSHELL CAME TODAY AS THE DEPARTMENT CALLED IN FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH WHO'LL LEAD A RAPID REVIEW OF ALL FACILITIES NATIONWIDE. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN HAS MORE. EPUNI CARE AND PROTECTION RESIDENCE IN LOWER HUTT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE HAVEN. NOW IT'S ONE OF TWO ORANGA TAMARIKI FACILITIES UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION. ONE EPUNI STAFF MEMBER IS FACING ALLEGATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. I AM INCREDIBLY UPSET ABOUT THIS HAPPENING INSIDE ORANGA TAMARIKI. I'M VERY UPSET. IT'S A BREACH OF TRUST. ORANGA TAMARIKI SAYS IT WAS RESIDENCE STAFF WHO RAISED THE ALARM. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SAFE? I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE... THOSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THE RESIDENCES ` WE HAVE REMOVED THAT RISK. 1 NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE EPUNI RESIDENCE WHO ALLEGES THE STAFF MEMBER SHOWED PORN TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARE, AND THEY'VE ALSO SEEN A VIDEO OF THE STAFF MEMBER POINTING TO YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PARTS. ARE YOU SURPRISED BY WHAT'S COME OUT TODAY? I WASN'T SURPRISED. IT'S ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS INAPPROPRIATE AND SOMETIMES DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR. A SECOND STAFF MEMBER IS ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED AT A SEPARATE YOUTH JUSTICE RESIDENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ON REMAND OR SENTENCED. BOTH STAFF ARE SAID TO HAVE OFFENDED AGAINST FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOTAL, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. IT'S NO SECRET THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES IN RESIDENCES, AND THIS DOESN'T HELP THE CAUSE. A CHILDREN'S COMMISSION REPORT TWO YEARS AGO RECOMMENDED CLOSING ALL CARE AND PROTECTION RESIDENCES NATIONWIDE. MIKE BUSH IS NOW LEADING A RAPID REVIEW. THESE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN OF TODAY ARE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT. WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BE VERY OPEN AND ENCOURAGE ANY OTHER REPORTING. THE ISSUE SPARKED AN URGENT DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. I'M SO ANGRY ON BEHALF OF THESE KIDS. WE CANNOT TAKE THAT HARM BACK. THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF ORANGA TAMARIKI IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE, ABSOLUTELY ROTTEN TO THE CORE. WE'LL KNOW THE FINDINGS OF THE RAPID REVIEW WITHIN TWO MONTHS. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON WHETHER HIS FAMILY CLAIMED THE CLEAN CAR DISCOUNT WHEN UPGRADING FROM ONE TESLA TO ANOTHER. IT'S A POLICY THE NATIONAL PARTY'S STRONGLY OPPOSED. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. WITH A TOP SPEED OF 250KM/HR, THIS IS THE TESLA MODEL Y, AND THERE'S ONE SITTING IN THE LUXON FAMILY GARAGE. AND THERE'S ONE SITTING IN THE LUXON FAMILY GARAGE. MY WIFE OWNS A TESLA, THEY'RE HER FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, AND THAT'S NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION ` I'M THE POLITICIAN, NOT HER. AND WHILE THE TESLA MIGHT BE FAST, IT'S THE SO-CALLED UTE TAX WHICH SUBSIDISES ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT'S MADE CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND NATIONAL FURIOUS. TAKING THE UTE TAX AND SENDING THE MONEY BACK TO RICH PEOPLE TO BUY TESLAS. TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE IN NZ THROUGH THE FEEBATE SCHEME AND HANDED OUT TO MILLIONAIRES, WHO CAN ALREADY AFFORD THEIR $75,000 TESLAS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. IT'S BEEN SUBSIDISING WEALTHY PEOPLE TO BUY TESLAS TO GET A REBATE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON PUSHED ON THIS, THIS MORNING. HAS THE CLEAN-CAR DISCOUNT BEEN OBTAINED AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE FOR THAT CAR ` YOU SAY YOU DRIVE IT. YEAH, AGAIN, IT'S MY WIFE'S CAR. ARE YOU GONNA BE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH WHEN YOU GET BACK TO AUCKLAND? (LAUGHS) NO, LOOK, I'LL CARRY ON USING THE SCOOTER, I SUSPECT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL CARRY ON DOING. I CAN'T SEEM TO WORK OUT WHETHER IF IT'S A SCOOTER OR A TESLA, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE WHEELS ARE COMING OFF THE NATIONAL PARTY ANYWAY. THE GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, RECKONS GOOD ON THE LUXONS. THAT'S REALLY FANTASTIC TO SEE, AND I THINK WE'LL HEAR LESS FROM THE NATIONAL PARTY ABOUT THAT SUBSIDY ` I THINK THAT CLEARLY THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND THERE WAS A SIMILAR SENTIMENT IN REMUERA TODAY. I SAW HIM ON THE TV THIS MORNING AND SPOKE THAT HIS WIFE HAD A TESLA. I'M ALL FOR CLEAN CAR, HAVING THE SUBSIDY. ABSOLUTELY, COS YOU'VE GOTTA LOOK OUT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SO YEAH, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. PERHAPS NATIONAL WON'T BE SO DIRTY ANY MORE ON THE CLEAN-CAR DISCOUNT. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE PATHWAY TO RESIDENCY FOR SKILLED MIGRANT WORKERS HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED. AMONG THE CHANGES ANNOUNCED TODAY IS IS A NEW SIX-POINT SYSTEM WITH POINTS ALLOCATED TO MIGRANTS BASED ON THEIR JOB, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE. THE CAP ON MIGRANT WORKERS HAS ALSO BEEN SCRAPPED, WHICH BUSINESSES HOPE WILL EASE LABOUR SHORTAGES. WE'RE IN A GLOBAL CHALLENGE FOR TALENT. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF COUNTRIES ARE CHASING TALENT, SO IF NEW ZEALAND LOOKS LESS ATTRACTIVE, MORE DIFFICULT, MORE UNCERTAIN IN TERMS OF YOUR IMMIGRATION STATUS, THEN THAT'S ALL QUITE OFF-PUTTING. MIGRANTS APPLYING FOR THE VISA MUST HAVE A JOB OR A JOB OFFER IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE ELIGIBLE. THE WAY OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ORGANISED COULD BE IN FOR A SHAKE-UP. CHANGES RECOMMENDED IN A NEW REVIEW INCLUDE LOWERING THE VOTING AGE, AND POTENTIALLY RESTRUCTURING SOME COUNCILS ALTOGETHER. WITH HOW THOSE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, HERE'S DEWI PREECE. FROM THE FAR NORTH TO THE DEEP SOUTH, COUNCILS ARE UNDER PRESSURE. THE LEGISLATION CHANGES WE'VE GOT COMING OUR WAY ARE HUGE. I'M SUFFERING FROM REFORM EXHAUSTION. AN EXTREME POWER IMBALANCE. SOMETHING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW IS HOPING TO ADDRESS ` ITS FINAL REPORT OUT TODAY PROPOSING THE FIRST MAJOR REFORM OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES IN DECADES. SOME COUNCILS WOULD ARGUE ` AND THEY'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ` AT THE MOMENT THEY'RE OK. BUT ARE THEY GONNA BE OK IN 5 YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15, 20 YEARS' TIME? BECAUSE THIS IS, FRANKLY, A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND SAY, 'WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER?' CHANGE IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE THE CURRENT MODELS ARE UNSUSTAINABLE. AND UNPRODUCTIVE. AMONG THE FINAL 17 RECOMMENDATIONS ` A NEW GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, NEW WELL-BEING GOALS, AND FORMALLY RECOGNISING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS PARTNERS OF TE TIRITI. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE LIVING THAT. WE'VE GOT THOSE TWO COUNCILLORS IN THE ROOM AT THE MOMENT. WE DO NOT SEE THEM AS NGAI TAHU COUNCILLORS, WE SEE THEM AS COUNCILLORS. THEY'RE OUR GUIDES THROUGH THE PROCESS. I'M A BIT CONCERNED IF COUNCILS HAVE TO JUMP INTO A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS DISINGENUOUS, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A CLEAR LEVEL OF TRUST FROM BOTH PARTIES TO REALLY DELIVER A MODEL GOING FORWARD. FOUR-YEAR TERMS AND LOWERING THE VOTING AGE TO 16 ALSO RECOMMENDED, AS WELL AS A FUNDING OVERHAUL FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. WE END UP WITH A OLIVER TWIST SYNDROME OF, 'PLEASE, SIR, MAY I HAVE SOME MORE?' THIS REPORT WAS OVER TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND ARGUABLY A LOT FARTHER AWAY FROM BEING A REALITY, WITH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SET TO LEAVE ANY DIALOGUE AROUND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. UNLESS WE GET BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT ACROSS THE TWO MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES, SO THERE'S A CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT FOR THIS DIRECTION, IT'S GOING TO GO NOWHERE. HISTORY OF RECENT TIMES HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE SCEPTICAL AND NOT GET TOO CARRIED AWAY AT THESE EARLY STAGES. THERE'S BROAD SUPPORT FOR MAJOR CHANGE AT A LOCAL LEVEL IF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMES TO THE TABLE. DEWI PREECE, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE KIWI ATHLETE WHO RAN NON-STOP FOR MORE THAN FOUR DAYS. BUT DID HE MANAGE TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD? PLUS ` WHY KIWI SWIFTIES WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO TICKETS AS THE ERAS TOUR MAKES ITS WAY TO OCEANIA. WELCOME BACK TO A CRAZY FEAT OF ENDURANCE ` KIWI SAM HARVEY HAS FALLEN AGONISINGLY SHORT OF BREAKING THE BACKYARD ULTRA-MARATHON WORLD RECORD AFTER FIVE HARROWING DAYS RUNNING IN THE 'DEAD COW GULLY' IN QUEENSLAND. IT STARTED ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH AN HOUR TO COMPLETE A 6.7KM LOOP AROUND A CATTLE RANCH ` THE LOOPS GOING ON AND ON UNTIL JUST ONE PERSON REMAINED. HARVEY ONE OF THE FINAL TWO ` 677KM COMPLETED BEFORE BEING PULLED BY THE DOCTOR ON LAP 101 AFTER DEVELOPING PNEUMONIA. CONDITIONS WERE A BIT EXTREME, AS FAR AS HOT, HOT IN THE DAY, AND THEN FREEZING COLD AT NIGHT. SO, YEAH, HAD SOME CHILLY, CHILLY BODIES, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME SCORCHERS. SO, BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, REALLY. AUSTRALIAN PHIL GORE THE WINNER. 102 LOOPS, BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD BY ONE. ELTON JOHN IS PLAYING AT GLASTONBURY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEKEND IN WHAT WILL BE HIS LAST EVER SHOW IN THE U.K. THE 76 YEAR-OLD IS PROMISING FANS A BRAND-NEW SET DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF HIS FAREWELL TOUR. THE BBC'S CLARA AMFO SAT DOWN WITH THE POP ICON. WITH A CAREER SPANNING FIVE DECADES AND A BACK CATALOGUE FEATURING SOME OF POP MUSIC'S GREATEST RECORDS, ELTON JOHN IS FINALLY MAKING HIS DEBUT ON GLASTONBURY'S PYRAMID STAGE. NEVER PLAYED IT, BUT IT'S COME AROUND AT THE BEST TIME IN MY CAREER TO PLAY IT. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE GUESTS ` BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU. BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT SHOW TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING ON THE 'FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD' TOUR. (PLAYS 'GOODBYE, YELLOW BRICK ROAD' INTRO) WHICH IS GOOD. I DIDN'T WANNA DO THE SAME THING FOR GLASTONBURY. I'VE NEVER PLAYED GLASTONBURY. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO GLASTONBURY. I'VE PLAYED A COUPLE OF FESTIVALS IN BRITAIN AND A COUPLE IN AMERICA. I'VE NOT REALLY PLAYED THAT MANY FESTIVALS. HOW DOES ONE GO WHISTLING DOWN, YOU KNOW, YOUR COLLECTION OF SONGS, ESPECIALLY FOR ASSESSING LIKE THAT? ESPECIALLY FOR A SETTING LIKE THAT? YOU SAY IT'S A BRAND NEW SHOW ` IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS TOUR; IT'S BRAND NEW ` HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT SELECTING, GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT? WELL, ON FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD, THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF DEEP CUTS. IT'S NOT ALL HITS. AND I WENT THROUGH... YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED. THERE'S NO DEEP CUTS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO, 'I NEED TO HAVE A PEE,' OR SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT A SET LIST TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY LIKE, YOU WANT IT TO CLIMAX AT THE END. AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE SHOW, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. SO I'M STARTING THE SET WITH A SONG I HAVEN'T PLAYED ON STAGE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. IT'S GOING TO BE A 'CRUEL SUMMER' FOR KIWI TAYLOR SWIFT FANS AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR FEMALE ARTIST SNUBS NEW ZEALAND AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR FEMALE ARTISTS SNUBS NEW ZEALAND ON HER 'ERAS' GLOBAL TOUR. SWIFT LAST VISITED NEW ZEALAND IN 2018, PERFORMING AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM AS PART OF HER REPUTATION TOUR. BUT SHE'S LEFT OUT AOTEAROA THIS TIME ROUND, MEANING KIWI SWIFTIES WILL NEED TO TRAVEL TO MELBOURNE OR SYDNEY IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR TO SEE HER. LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM HAS HAD A SKATEBOARDING TAKEOVER WITH A GROUP OF FEMALE DAREDEVILS SKATING AMONGST SOME OF THE MUSEUM'S ICONIC ARTEFACTS. RED BULL TRANSFORMED THE MUSEUM INTO A GIANT SKATE PARK IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH CANON. ITS AIM WAS TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN THE SPORT. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR THURSDAY WEATHER, PLUS THE RETURN OF TOM CRUISE AND THE CREW FROM MISSION IMPOSSIBLE AS THE LONG-AWAITED LATEST INSTALMENT HAS ITS WORLD PREMIERE. TOM CRUISE IS BACK IN CINEMAS WITH THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE'. IT HAD ITS GLITZY WORLD PREMIERE IN ROME. GRACE THOMAS HAS MORE. SHOUTING TOGETHER: ROMA! TOM CRUISE WOOING FANS IN ROME ON THE CITY'S FAMOUS SPANISH STEPS. WE DREAMED OF COMING HERE TO BE PART OF THIS AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE. I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THE MOVIE. THESE COBBLESTONED STREETS THE BACKDROP FOR HAIR-RAISING CAR CHASES IN 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING.' THE LATEST OF THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE FRANCHISE WAS FILMED IN ROME AND VENICE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. I WANT TO THANK ROME, AND THE CITY. AND ALSO WE GOT TO FILM IN VENICE, WHICH WAS EXTRAORDINARY DURING SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE WORLD, IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE HONOUR AND A DREAM. IN THE FILM, TOM CRUISE'S CHARACTER, ETHAN HUNT, TRIES TO TRACK DOWN A FORM OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT'S THREATENING THE WORLD. TRUTH IS VANISHING. HIS CHARACTER EVEN FINDING AN UNEXPECTED ALLY IN AN INTERNATIONAL THIEF PLAYED BY HAYLEY ATWELL. TOM'S GENEROSITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S TALENT, LIKE, HE LOVES SEEING OTHER PEOPLE SHINE, AND HE WANTS IT. HE'S LIKE, 'COME ON.' LIKE, 'LET'S JUST` I WANT YOU TO LIGHT UP THE SCREEN.' IN ONE OF THE WILD CAR CHASES IN THE CENTRE OF ROME, CRUISE FINDS HIMSELF TRYING TO DRIVE A YELLOW FIAT 500. THE ACTUAL CAR USED IN THE FILM MAKING AN APPEARANCE AT THE PREMIERE. THAT THING WAS JUST` WOULDN'T PAY ATTENTION. SO I CONSTANTLY HAD TO` IT WAS A LOT OF` A LOT OF FOCUS. AND ONE HAND WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU WERE HANDCUFFED. BECAUSE I WAS HANDCUFFED THE WHOLE TIME, SO IT WAS WILD. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 WILL BE RELEASED IN NEW ZEALAND CINEMAS NEXT MONTH. ('MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' THEME PLAYS) GRACE THOMAS, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH THE 2023 VERSION OF THE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THEME. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC SURGES) ('MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' THEME) SOME VERY DRAMATIC WEATHER. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT ` THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU ` GOODNIGHT. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023