IT'S MIDDAY. 'A CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION' — THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING SUB IN THE ATLANTIC COMES TO A TRAGIC CONCLUSION. A WARNING THAT MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY FOR THE EAST COAST. WE'RE LIVE TO GISBORNE FOR THE LATEST. AND A POLICE CRACK-DOWN ON GANGS WITH AN OPERATION LAUNCHED IN WEST AUCKLAND. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 THE RESCUE OPERATION FOR THE FIVE MEN ON BOARD A MISSING SUBMERSIBLE HAS COME TO AN END. THE U.S COAST GUARD THIS MORNING CONFIRMING THE PASSENGERS HAVE DIED AFTER A DEBRIS FIELD WAS DISCOVERED ON THE SEA FLOOR HUNDREDS OF METRES FROM THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC. COURTNEY HAMMOND HAS MORE. THE NEWS NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR — WE FOUND FIVE DIFFERENT MAJOR PIECES OF DEBRIS THAT TOLD US THAT IT WAS THE REMAINS OF THE TITAN. THE INITIAL THING WE FOUND WAS THE NOSE CONE, WHICH WAS OUTSIDE OF THE PRESSURE HOLE. WE THEN FOUND A LARGE DEBRIS FIELD. THAT WAS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. ALL SIGNS POINTING TO THE WORST CASE SCENARIO — AN IMPLOSION OF THE 'TITAN' SUBMERSIBLE. THE U.S COAST GUARD'S SEARCH FOR THE VESSEL DISCOVERING A DEBRIS FIELD NEAR THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC — 3.8KM DEEP. BUT WHEN THE SUB IMPLODED IS NOT YET OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. WE HAD LISTENING DEVICES IN THE WATER THROUGHOUT AND DID NOT HEAR ANY SIGNS OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS WAS A CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION OF THE VESSEL, WHICH WOULD HAVE GENERATED A SIGNIFICANT BROADBAND SOUND DOWN THERE THAT THE SONOBUOYS WOULD HAVE PICKED UP. THE U.S NAVY DETECTED A NOISE CONSISTENT WITH AN IMPLOSION SHORTLY AFTER THE TITAN LOST CONTACT ON SUNDAY. THAT INFORMATION HELPED THE COAST GUARD NARROW ITS SEARCH. THIS ALSO ALIGNS WITH WHAT A CO-FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY THAT OPERATES THE VESSEL BELIEVES HAPPENED. WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING AT DEPTHS LIKE 3800M DOWN, THE PRESSURE'S SO GREAT ON ANY SUB THAT IF THERE IS A FAILURE, IT WOULD BE AN INSTANTANEOUS IMPLOSION. AND... AND SO THAT— IF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, THEN THAT'S WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED FOUR DAYS AGO. NOW CONCERNS ARE RESURFACING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OCEAN GATE'S TITAN. THIS VIDEO POSTED BY A YOUTUBER WHO TOOK A DIVE IN THE VESSEL LAST YEAR WHEN IT LOST COMMUNICATIONS. FILM MAKER AND OCEAN EXPLORER JAMES CAMERON HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN OF SUBS LIKE THIS ONE YEARS AGO. I SAID, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED. IN THAT SUB, OR IN A SUB LIKE IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS OCEAN GATE SUB HAD SENSORS ON THE INSIDE OF THE HULL TO GIVE THEM A WARNING WHEN IT WAS STARTING TO CRACK. AND I THINK IF THAT'S YOUR IDEA OF SAFETY, THEN YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. AN INVESTIGATION LIKELY TO FOLLOW. THIS SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAN SUBMERSIBLES WHICH CARRY FEE-PAYING PASSENGERS ARE SUPER SAFE AND PROPERLY TESTED DOWN TO GREATER DEPTHS THAN THEY NEED TO EXPERIENCE. THE OPERATION WILL CONTINUE, BUT HOPES OF RECOVERING THE FIVE BODIES ARE SLIM. THIS IS A INCREDIBLY UNFORGIVING ENVIRONMENT DOWN THERE ON THE SEA FLOOR. AND THE DEBRIS IS CONSISTENT WITH A CATASTROPHIC IMPLOSION OF THE VESSEL. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO SEARCH THE AREA DOWN THERE. THE ANSWERS OF WHEN AND WHY THE IMPLOSION OCCURRED, FOR NOW, REMAIN ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. COURTNEY HAMMOND, 1 NEWS. A STATE OF EMERGENCY REMAINS IN PLACE FOR TAIRAWHITI GISBORNE AND METSERVICE SAYS HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. REPORTER HENRY MCMULLAN HAS BEEN ACROSS THE DEVELOPING WEATHER AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. WHAT'S THE LATEST, HENRY? IT'S VERY MUCH THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM AT THE MOMENT. IT HAS BEEN ON AND OFF TORRENTIAL RAIN THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. AROUND 15 MM OF RAIN DID FILL LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS HUNDRED AND 15 POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION, AND NOW 13 LOCAL RURAL SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED FOR TODAY. I DID MANAGE TO GET IN AND TALK TO SOME LOCALS WHO WOULD TAKE IN THEIR BAGS READY TO SHIP UP FOR THE NIGHT. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, EH. THIS IS THREE TIMES IN THE ONE YEAR. IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY GO THROUGH ANOTHER STORM, AND I JUST FEEL FOR THE WHOLE WHANAU. AND... JUST BE SAFE. AND I'M GETTING READY TO PACK UP AND GO TO TOWN. WE ARE GONNA ENCOURAGE ALL OUR COMMUNITY WHANAU TO LEAVE IF YOU CAN BEFORE THIS NEXT BOUT COMES IN. COS IT'S BOUND TO CUT US OFF AGAIN. IT THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A BREAK THIS MORNING, BUT IT HAS GIVEN PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT MORE RAIN ON THE WAY. AROUND 200 TO 300 MM EXPECTED RIGHT THROUGH THE COMING DAYS UNTIL SUNDAY. THEY HAVE OPENED THOSE STATE HIGHWAYS, STATE HIGHWAY TO IS CURRENTLY OPEN BUT STATE HIGHWAY 35 IS OPEN AT THE MOMENT, SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENT AND GET SOME SUPPLIES AND FIND A PLACE TO HUNKER DOWN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A MAN ACCUSED OF THE MANSLAUGHTER OF KAIKOHE GRANDMOTHER LINDA WOODS HAS PLEAD NOT GUILTY. TERRANCE KIRO APPEARED IN THE WHANGAREI HIGH COURT EARLIER TODAY. NORTHLAND REPORTER HELEN CASTLES WAS THERE. TERRANCE KIRO IS THE MAN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER OVER THE DEATH OF 71-YEAR-OLD LINDA WOODS. KIRO LIVED JUST FIVE DOORS AWAY FROM LINDA WOODS WITH HIS MOTHER AND IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BROKEN INTO HER HOME WHERE SHE LIVED WITH OTHER WOMEN, AND AN ALTERCATION TOOK PLACE. ONE OF THE WOMEN CAPTURED SOME OF THAT HOME INVASION ON HER PHONE. KIRO APPEARED IN THE WHANGAREI HIGH COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY WHERE HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL THE CHARGES. HE SPENT MOST OF THE COURT HEARING WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND WAS SUPPORTED IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY BY FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIS MOTHER. JUSTICE BREWER SET A TRIAL DATE FOR TWO YEARS' TIME ON THE 9TH OF JUNE 2025. HE'D EARLIER APPEARED IN THE KAIKOHE DISTRICT COURT, BUT WAS GRANTED NAME SUPPRESSION. SO, TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM AND SHOW YOU WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. A MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING CHRISTCHURCH MAN RICHARD LEMAN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY THIS MORNING. MR LEMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE BOOT OF HIS CAR AT AN ADDRESS IN RANGIORA ON THE 17TH OF APRIL. POLICE SAY SOME OF HIS REMAINS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECOVERED. THE 46-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION AND WAS REMANDED IN CUSTODY TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN AUGUST. A MAN HAS BEEN TASERED BY POLICE AND IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO HIS OWN HOME. IT'S THE LATEST BLAZE IN A STRING OF WHAT'S BEEN LABELLED 'DELIBERATELY LIT' FIRES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PAPATOETOE JUST BEFORE 5AM. A MAN FLED THE SCENE AS OFFICERS ARRIVED BEFORE ARMING HIMSELF WITH A KNIFE. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED BY DISCHARGING A TASER. FIRE AND EMERGENCY CONFIRMED ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. THIS AREA, OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, HAS BEEN... HAMPERED WITH SEVERAL DELIBERATELY LIT FIRES. OUR CONCERN WITH THIS IS THE SAFETY OF ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES AROUND HERE. POLICE SAY INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING. POLICE HAVE CONDUCTED A MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON GANGS IN WEST AUCKLAND THAT'S SEEN SEARCH WARRANTS TARGETING THE HEAD HUNTERS GANG AND MOVING VEHICLE CHECKPOINTS. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE SEIZED BY POLICE IN THE SUBURB OF HENDERSON WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE SEEN IN HANDCUFFS. TODAY'S ACTION IS PART OF 'OPERATION COBALT', A POLICE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN DIRECTED AT GANG CRIME FOR THE PAST YEAR. FOR MORE ON THIS, 1 NEWS WILL HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE HEAD OF THE OPERATION. THAT'S TONIGHT AT SIX. MEANWHILE, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IS HOPEFUL A NEW FIREARMS REGISTER THAT GOES LIVE TOMORROW WILL HELP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE. ALL GUN OWNERS WILL HAVE UP TO FIVE YEARS TO REGISTER THEIR FIREARM USING THE NEW ONLINE SYSTEM. POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS THE REGISTER WILL ALLOW OFFICIALS TO KNOW HOW MANY FIREARMS ARE IN NEW ZEALAND, WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHO HAS CONTROL OF THEM. ACCORDING TO CAHILL, HIGH CRIME RATES MEAN THE REGISTER IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER. WHAT WE ARE NOW SEEING IS, AND I HOPE IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER BUT WE DON'T KNOW WITHOUT A FIREARMS REGISTRY, OF UNSCRUPULOUS FIREARMS OWNERS BUYING FIREARMS AND ON-SUPPLYING THEM TO CRIMINALS. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GET ON TOP OF THAT. THE REGISTER HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED NEARLY FOUR YEARS AFTER IT WAS PROPOSED FOLLOWING THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE ATTACKS. NEW ZEALAND IS DEPLOYING A THIRD GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS TO CANADA TO HELP TACKLE ONGOING WILDFIRES. THERE ARE 410 ACTIVE FIRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY — JUST UNDER HALF OF THOSE ARE DEEMED 'OUT OF CONTROL'. THE 24 STRONG CONTINGENT BOUND FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL FEATURE FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY PROTECTION SERVICES. FIRE AND EMERGENCY SAYS THE INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION WILL GROW NEW ZEALAND EXPERTISE AND WILD FIRE MANAGEMENT. A SERIES OF SEVERE STORMS HAS PRODUCED MULTIPLE TORNADOES IN WESTERN TEXAS, KILLING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE. THE SMALL TOWN OF MATADOR SUFFERING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, WHILE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE SWELTER IN RECORD TEMPERATURES. THE ABC'S MELISSA ADAN REPORTS. A DEADLY TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN IN MATADOR, TEXAS, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURING TEN OTHERS. THE TWISTER WIPING OUT THE SMALL WEST TEXAS TOWN'S ONLY CAFE AND CONVENIENCE STORE. VIDEO SHOT BY A LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE DRONE SHOWING THE DESTRUCTION AND THE RESPONSE AS CREWS SEARCHED INTO THE MORNING FOR SURVIVORS. THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT THEY EXPERIENCED, IT'S NOT ONLY PHYSICAL DAMAGE, BUT THE ECONOMICAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THIS TOWN. THIS AS RECORD-BREAKING HEAT IS ALSO IMPACTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE SOUTH, WITH TEMPERATURES IN TEXAS HITTING THE TRIPLE DIGITS, CAUSING SOME ROADS TO BUCKLE. IN DALLAS, THE U.S POSTAL SERVICE SAYS A VETERAN MAIL CARRIER DIED WHILE WORKING, WITH THE HEAT INDEX REACHING 116 DEGREES THAT DAY. ANOTHER HEAT-RELATED DEATH ALSO REPORTED IN LOUISIANA. IN COLORADO, BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL PUMMELLED PARTS OF THE STATE, INJURING DOZENS OF CONCERTGOERS AT THE RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE, SENDING SOME TO THE HOSPITAL SUFFERING CUTS AND BROKEN BONES. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES IN THE WEST, WITH WYOMING, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO POSSIBLY FACING EVEN MORE LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN TORNADOES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — COULD TWO TECH TITANS SQUARE OFF IN THE MMA OCTAGON? IS A FIGHT BETWEEN ELON MUSK AND MARK ZUCKERBERG ACTUALLY A THING? PLUS — A ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL TALENT. THE GIANT FRENCHMAN HEADLINING TODAY'S NBA DRAFT. HARD WORK HAS CULMINATED IN A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE FOR A GROUP OF NEW ZEALAND STUDENTS COMPETING AT A THE WORLD'S LARGEST AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COMPETITION AND CONFERENCE. THE EVENT AT SPACE-PORT AMERICA IN NEW MEXICO ATTRACTS OVER 150 TEAMS FROM 32 COUNTRIES. THE STUDENTS TOLD 1 NEWS THEY'D LAUNCHED ON THE FIRST DAY, GOING EXACTLY AS PLANNED WITH A SMOOTH LAUNCH AND CLEAN RECOVERY OF THE ROCKET. THE COMPETITION WRAPS UP THIS WEEKEND. DAME JACINDA ARDERN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S WRITING A BOOK BUT WILL FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP RATHER THAN POLITICS. POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE FORMER PM CONFIRMED SHE'S SIGNED WITH PENGUIN PUBLISHING FOR THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN BOOK RIGHTS. ARDERN SAYS SHE HOPES IT WILL BE A BOOK THAT WOULD HAVE 'MADE A DIFFERENCE' TO HER 14-YEAR-OLD SELF. HE'S A SHAKESPEARE DIRECTOR WHO'S TRAVELLED THE WORLD STUDYING THE BARD. AND IT'S BROUGHT GREGORY DORAN TO AUCKLAND TO VIEW A VERY SPECIAL PUBLICATION AT THE CITY'S MAIN LIBRARY. FIONA CONNOR REPORTS. IT'S A BOOK THAT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE SOMETHING OUT OF HARRY POTTER. THIS WAS PUBLISHED 400 YEARS AGO, AND IT CONTAINS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MAGIC. SHAKESPEARE GIVES US WORDS WHEN WORDS FAIL US. WITHOUT THIS COLLECTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, KNOWN AS THE FIRST FOLIO, MANY OF HIS MOST FAMOUS PLAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, INCLUDING MACBETH AND TWELFTH NIGHT. I GUESS WE WOULD STILL THINK HE WAS THE GREATEST WRITER IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE'D STILL HAVE HAMLET AND KING LEAR AND MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, BUT SO MANY OF THOSE PLAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER HAD HIS TWO MATES NOT DECIDED TO— AND IT WAS A REAL LABOUR OF LOVE — PULL THOSE PLAYS TOGETHER IN ONE IMPORTANT EDITION. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST FIRST FOLIO GREGORY DORAN HAS VIEWED, AND IT WON'T BE HIS LAST. HE'S ON A QUEST TO VIEW EVERY KNOWN ORIGINAL EDITION AROUND THE WORLD. THAT INCLUDES A COPY AT AUCKLAND'S CENTRAL LIBRARY. I DIDN'T REALISE THAT THE FIRST FOLIO WOULD BRING ME TO NEW ZEALAND, (CHUCKLES) THAT SHAKESPEARE WOULD BRING ME TO NEW ZEALAND. BUT AS HE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH A PASSPORT THROUGH MY LIFE, I MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED. AROUND 750 EDITIONS OF THE FIRST FOLIO, JUST LIKE THIS ONE, WERE PUBLISHED IN 1623, BUT THE LOCATIONS OF ONLY 235 OF THEM ARE KNOWN TODAY. THAT MEANS THE REST COULD BE ANYWHERE. WITH A PRICE POINT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT COULD BE WORTH CHECKING YOUR BOOKSHELF AT HOME. THEY DO TURN UP. DORAN, A FORMER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, WAS MARRIED TO THE ACTOR ANTHONY SHER UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2021. THE MOOR ALREADY CHANGES WITH MY POISON. SHAKESPEARE HELPED HIM UNDERSTAND HIS LOSS. HE KNOWS US FROM 360 DEGREES — HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT EVERY— ALMOST EVERY HUMAN EXPERIENCE. DORAN NOW SHARING HIS OWN SPECIAL JOURNEY WITH OTHERS AND HIS LOVE FOR SHAKESPEARE TOO. FIONA CONNOR, 1 NEWS. A NEW ZEALAND PEANUT BUTTER MAKER IS HOPEFUL HOMEGROWN PEANUTS COULD HELP THE LOCAL NORTHLAND ECONOMY. DESPITE PEANUTS BEING NEARLY THE SOLE INGREDIENT, COMPANIES HAVE TO RELY ON FOREIGN IMPORTS WHICH THEY SAY HAVE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS. PIC'S PEANUT BUTTER HAS BEEN TRIALLING GROWING THE LEGUME IN NORTHLAND, AND DESPITE BAD WEATHER HINDERING EFFORTS, OWNER BRUCE PICOT IS OPTIMISTIC THE PROJECT COULD BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. WE HAD A BAD TIME WITH THE CROP LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE PLANT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. AND WITH ALL THE RAIN, WE COULDN'T GET IT IN THE GROUND. SO... HOPEFULLY HAVING ANOTHER CRACK AT IT THIS YEAR. A FARMER INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL SAYS THE PROCESS IS CHALLENGING, BUT IS HELPED BY A WARMING CLIMATE. THEY'RE TWO OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT OF THE TECH WORLD. NOW ELON MUSK AND MARK ZUCKERBERG COULD SQUARE OFF IN A CAGE FIGHT. WHAT STARTED AS A SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE OWNER OF TWITTER AND BOSS OF META ESCALATED INTO AN UNLIKELY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS BOUT. REALLY? THE BBC EXPLAINS. FORGET THE 'RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE'. THINK MORE A 'TUSSLE IN THE TECH WORLD'. IN THE BLUE CORNER — TWITTER'S ELON MUSK — OLDER, CARRYING A BIT MORE TIMBER, BUT RICHER. IN THE OTHER BLUE CORNER — META'S MARK ZUCKERBERG — RANGY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE REACH AND, PERHAPS CRUCIALLY, A FIGHTER WITH FORM. (CROWD SHOUTS) HERE HE IS, GRAPPLING IN A RECENT JUJITSU CONTEST. AND AT THE SAN FRANCISCO GYM WHERE ZUCKERBERG TRAINS, HIS FOLLOWERS THINK HE'LL RUN RINGS ROUND HIS RIVAL. HE'S GOT SOME SKILL. FOR A BEGINNER, HE'S GOT SOME SKILL. IN RECENT YEARS, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST-GROWING SPORTS. AND IT'S POPULAR HERE, TOO. THIS IS A GYM NEAR BELFAST WHERE THERE'S A BIT OF SCEPTICISM ABOUT A SILICON VALLEY SCUFFLE. IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO SETTLE GRUDGES, YOU KNOW. IT'S A SPORT AT THE END OF THE DAY. I THINK, PERSONALLY, IT'S PROBABLY JUST A BIG PUBLICITY STUNT, WHICH IS WORKING REALLY WELL. BUT IF MUSK MEETS MARK, WILL IT BE NO HOLDS BARRED, OR WILL THERE BE RULES? EYE GOUGING AND BITING AND SMALL JOINT MANIPULATION — ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IS ILLEGAL. GROIN STRIKES, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S THE— YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL MARTIAL ARTS PUT TOGETHER. SO IT'S GRAPPLING; IT'S JUJITSU; IT'S MUAY THAI STRIKING; IT'S BOXING, KARATE, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT TWO OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST MEN THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH THE LIKES OF THIS? TECH GIANTS ARE CONSIDERED NERDS, RIGHT? BEING A NERD DOES NOT SUGGEST BEING AN ALPHA MALE. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND. WELL, THERE'S ELON AND THEN THERE'S MARK. YOU KNOW, WHO'S THE KING OF THE HILL? BUT WHY CLIMB IT AT ALL WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY REACHED THE TOP IN SILICON VALLEY? TO SPORT — IT'S THE EVE OF THE SUPER RUGBY FINAL AS BOTH THE CHIEFS AND CRUSADERS PREPARE FOR TOMORROW'S BIG GAME IN HAMILTON. THE CHIEFS LAST LIFTED THE TROPHY BACK IN 2013, WHILE THEIR OPPONENTS HAVE WON IT SIX TIMES IN A ROW. CHIEFS CAPTAIN SAM CANE'S READY FOR WHATEVER THE CRUSADERS BRING TO THE TRON. TO BE THE BEST, YOU GOTTA BEAT THE BEST TEAM, AND, LIKE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FIELD THE BEST TEAM THEY CAN; IT DOESN'T WORRY US. TOMORROW'S FINAL WILL BE CANE'S 150TH MATCH FOR THE CHIEFS. THE CRUSADERS WILL BE WANTING TO SEND COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON OFF ON A HIGH. ROBERTSON HAS LED THE SIDE SINCE 2017 AND WILL DEPART THE FRANCHISE TO TAKE OVER AS ALL BLACKS COACH. THE 48-YEAR-OLD IS TRYING TO SOAK UP HIS FINAL DAYS AT CRUSADERS HQ. YOU KNOW, TO GO AND BE IN THE FINAL AND TO GIVE OURSELVES A CHANCE TO GO TO SEVEN IS EVERYTHING WE'VE WANTED TO. AND I'VE PROBABLY REFLECTED A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS WEEK AND MAKE SURE YOU CONNECT— AND ALL THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND GO AND SEE COLIN IN HIS ROOM, AND, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN AND HAVE A COFFEE WITH RICHIE, AND... CHECKING IN WITH SAM AND JUST... SAVOURING ALL THOSE LAST LITTLE MOMENTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE. AND YOU CAN WATCH MORE OF JORDAN OPPERT'S INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT ROBERTSON TONIGHT AT SIX. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS STRIPPED THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION OF ITS STATUS AS THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY. THE IOC BELIEVES THE IBA HAS FAILED TO COMPLETE REFORMS ON GOVERNANCE, FINANCE AND ETHICAL ISSUES. IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH SAYS BOXERS DESERVE TO BE GOVERNED BY A FEDERATION WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THE NBA DRAFT HAS JUST BEGUN IN NEW YORK WITH THE FIRST PICK GOING TO A PLAYER LABELLED BY SOME AS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST PROSPECT IN THE HISTORY OF TEAM SPORTS. WITH THE FIRST PICK IN THE 2023 NBA DRAFT... THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS SELECT VICTOR WEMBANYAMA FROM FRANCE. WEMBANYAMA IS THE FIRST FRENCH PLAYER TO EVER GO TOP OF THE DRAFT. FORMER BREAKER RAYAN RUPERT IS EXPECTED TO BE SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY — I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # YOU CAN WRITE YOUR TUNES # WITH RHYTHM AND BLUES AS YOUR ALIBI. # YOU CAN SELL YOUR SOUL # AND LAY THE BLAME ALL ON THE PASSERS-BY. # YOU SHAKE YOUR BODY ON THE TV SCREEN. # IT SEEMS TO ME, # YOU'D TRY ANYTHING TWICE. # YOU CAN SWING IT OUT AND USE IT AS YOUR APHRODISIAC. # YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME, TO ME PLAIN TO SEE THAT I'LL GIVE IT YOU BACK. # YOU LET IT FLOW, LET IT GO, # THERE'S NOTHING TO IT, ANYONE CAN # TRY ANYTHING TWICE. THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM — KIA PAI TO RA. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023