TONIGHT ` THE CHRISTCHURCH BROTHERS WHO SPIKED DRINKS TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT WOMEN RECEIVE HEFTY PRISON SENTENCES AS SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACKS FACE THEM IN COURT. HE LED A MUTINY AGAINST VLADIMIR PUTIN; NOW YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN IS DEAD AFTER HIS PLANE WAS SHOT OUT OF THE SKY. AND THE GAS LEAK THAT SPARKED EVACUATIONS IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND AND CLOSED A BUSY INTERSECTION. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 THEIR OFFENDING WAS 'PREDATORY AND HEARTLESS', ACCORDING TO A HIGH COURT JUDGE. AND TODAY TWO BROTHERS, THE DRINK-SPIKING RAPISTS DANNY AND ROBERTO JAZ, WERE SENTENCED TO 16� AND 17 YEARS BEHIND BARS. THE PAIR PREYED UPON MORE THAN 20 WOMEN AT THE ONCE-POPULAR MAMA HOOCH BAR BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018. KATIE STEVENSON REPORTS. THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE SURVIVORS OF THE JAZ BROTHERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ` THE RAPISTS APPEARING FOR SENTENCING, BUT FIRST HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE WOMEN WHOSE LIVES THEY'VE CHANGED FOREVER. NO MATTER WHO I BECOME, WHERE I GO, OR HOW I EVOLVE, I WILL ALWAYS BE THAT 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS ASSAULTED BY DANNY JAZ. SOPHIE BROWN LOOKING HER ABUSER DANNY JAZ STRAIGHT IN THE EYE. SHE'S HAD HER NAME SUPPRESSION LIFTED. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER. SHE WILL BE 19 ONE DAY. YOU'VE MADE SURE THAT SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE IN IS A WORLD WHERE WOMEN ARE EXPLOITED. SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE IN WORLD FULL OF MEN LIKE YOU, WHO BELIEVE WOMEN OWE YOU THE PRIVILEGE OF ACCESS TO THEIR OWN BODIES, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER SHE WANTS TO OR NOT. 23 WOMEN WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, DRUGGED, OR BOTH, BY THESE MEN. YOUR SENTENCE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET MYSELF BACK TO THE WAY I WAS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. YOUR DISREGARD TOWARDS WOMEN IS DISGUSTING. THE CAREFREE, FUN-LOVING GIRL I ONCE WAS HAS NEVER RETURNED, AND LIKELY NEVER WILL. YOU STOLE MY FIERCE INDEPENDENCE FROM ME. YOU STOLE MY RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN MIND FROM ME. THE BROTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF POWERFUL POSITIONS IN THEIR FATHER'S BUSINESS. DANNY JAZ WAS A MANAGER AT THE BAR MAMA HOOCH, AND ROBERTO WOULD HELP POUR DRINKS, AFTER SHIFTS AS A CHEF AT THE FAMILY RESTAURANT VENUTI, A FEW DOORS DOWN. TOGETHER THEY PREYED ON THEIR PATRONS AND STAFF. THEY WERE YOUNG WOMEN. MANY WERE TEENAGERS. YOU WERE MEN IN YOUR 30s. AFTER A SIX-WEEK-LONG TRIAL EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE OLDER OF THE TWO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 20 CHARGES, AFTER ALREADY ADMITTING TO 21. HIS BROTHER WAS CONVICTED OF 28 OFFENCES. YOU SHOULD BOTH BE IN NO DOUBT THAT YOU SEVERELY DAMAGED ALL OF YOUR VICTIMS BY YOUR PREDATORY AND HEARTLESS OFFENDING, DRIVEN BY ARROGANCE, MISGUIDED SELF-BELIEF, AND A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE YOU'VE OFFENDED AGAINST. A WHATSAPP GROUP CHAT WAS KEY TO POLICE EVIDENCE. ON AT LEAST 10 OCCASIONS THE BROTHERS SHARED PHOTOS OF POTENTIAL TARGETS. NEITHER OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE OR EMPATHY OR UNDERSTANDING OR FEELINGS. THEIR BRAVE SURVIVORS DETERMINED TO DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. THE JUDGE PRAISING THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE. IT IS NOW FOR YOU TO MOVE ON AS BEST YOU CAN. AND I THINK YOU WILL. WITH ONE WOMEN DESCRIBING, 'IT FEELS LIKE A DARK CLOUD IS FINALLY CLEARING.' HE TRIED TO OVERTHROW VLADIMIR PUTIN, BUT TWO MONTHS ON FROM THAT FAILED COUP, THE WAGNER LEADER, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, IS DEAD. THE MERCENARY THE LATEST IN A LONG LIST TO HAVE CROSSED THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO MEET A SHOCKING BUT UNSURPRISING END. CHANNEL 9'S CARRIE ANNE GREENBANK REPORTS. FLYING HIGH ONE MOMENT, CRASHING INTO A FIELD THE NEXT ` AND ANOTHER PUTIN CHALLENGER IS KILLED. YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN HAS PAID THE PRICE FOR LEADING A MUTINY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IN JUNE. PRIGOZHIN WAS JUST HALF AN HOUR INTO A FLIGHT FROM MOSCOW TO SAINT PETERSBURG WHEN HIS PRIVATE JET BLEW UP. WITNESSES SAY THEY HEARD TWO BURSTS OF AIR DEFENCE FIRE BEFORE THE PLANE FELL FROM THE SKY. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID HE WASN'T SURPRISED. PRIGOZHIN WAS NOTORIOUS AS THE MAN WHO DID PUTIN'S DIRTY WORK IN UKRAINE, HEADING UP THE WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP. BUT TWO MONTHS AGO, PRIGOZHIN TURNED HIS TROOPS BACK ON THE KREMLIN AND WAS JUST 200km FROM MOSCOW WHEN THE MUTINY FELL APART. AT THE TIME, PRESIDENT PUTIN CALLED HIM A TRAITOR AND EXILED PRIGOZHIN TO BELARUS. THE 62-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN IN THIS VIDEO, RELEASED ON MONDAY, REPORTEDLY FILMED IN AFRICA, WHERE HE APPEALED FOR MORE RECRUITS TO JOIN THE 25,000-STRONG MERCENARY GROUP. AMONG KREMLIN WATCHERS, THE ONLY SURPRISE OVER PRIGOZHIN'S DEATH WAS THAT IT TOOK SO LONG. PUTIN HAS ESTABLISHED A BLOODY RECORD OF DISPENSING WITH ADVERSARIES IN SO-CALLED ACCIDENTS. MARINA YANKINA, A RUSSIAN DEFENCE OFFICIAL, WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER FALLING FROM A WINDOW IN SAINT PETERSBURG IN FEBRUARY. THREE MONTHS EARLIER, TYCOON PAVEL ANTOV MET A SIMILAR END, FALLING FROM A HOTEL WINDOW IN INDIA. SO TOO DID OLIGARCH RAVIL MAGANOV ` IN SEPTEMBER 2022, HE FELL OUT THE WINDOW OF A MOSCOW HOSPITAL. OUTSPOKEN CRITIC DAN RAPOPORT FELL FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT AUGUST. ALL HAD PUBLICLY CRITICISED THE INVASION. AS NEWS OF THE PLANE CRASH BROKE ON RUSSIAN TV, PUTIN WAS PICTURED PRESENTING MEDALS TO SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN UKRAINE. HE HASN'T WON THAT WAR BUT HAS ONE LESS WOULD-BE CONTENDER TO WORRY ABOUT. THE GAS LEAK THAT SPARKED A SIGNIFICANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN AUCKLAND'S CBD TONIGHT HAS NOW BEEN CONTAINED, JUST IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. IT LED TO EVACUATIONS AND CLOSURES IN THE USUALLY BUSTLING CENTRAL CITY, AS JESSICA MORRIS EXPLAINS. THIS RIPPLING CLOUD OF GAS IN AUCKLAND'S BRITOMART TONIGHT THE CAUSE OF MAJOR DISRUPTION IN THE CITY'S CENTRE. FIRE AND EMERGENCY RECEIVED A CALL FOR A GAS LEAK DOWN ON CUSTOMS ST. UPON ARRIVAL, WE SAW, IT LOOKED LIKE A MANHOLE COVER HAD BEEN RAISED AND AN UNCONTROLLED GAS LEAK. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S HAPPENED. ADVICE FROM VECTOR IS THERE HAS BEEN SOME SORT OF MINOR DAMAGE. THAT 'MINOR DAMAGE' PROVING A BIG HEADACHE, BLOCKING MAIN STREETS, DIVERTING BUSES AND SENDING AN EMERGENCY TEXT ALERT ACROSS PARTS OF THE CBD. THE MOBILE EMERGENCY ALERT WAS SENT OUT JUST BEFORE 6 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING, TELLING PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO EVACUATE OR TO CLOSE ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS. WE GOT AN EMERGENCY ALERT SAYING, LIKE, THERE IS SOME GAS LEAKS IN AND AROUND THE AREA. AND WE ARE LIVING JUST NEARBY, SO WE THOUGHT OF JUST EVACUATING AND TURNING OUT TO THIS SIDE. I GOT SCARED ` FIRST TIME I WAS GETTING THIS KIND OF ALERT. WE'VE JUST COME OUT OF A RESTAURANT AFTER DINNER. THEY'VE HAD TO CLOSE THE RESTAURANT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE LEAK WAS DETECTED JUST AFTER 5pm ` RIGHT AS COMMUTERS WERE LEAVING FOR THE NIGHT. IT WAS VERY BUSY. BUT THE PUBLIC WERE AMAZING IN ALLOWING ACCESS FOR THE FIRE APPLIANCES. VECTOR TEAMS HAVE BEEN ON SITE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY ON STANDBY. WE'VE CORDONED THE AREA FOR 100m. WE'VE GOT GAS DETECTION IN PROCESS, WITH CREWS CRUISING AROUND MONITORING THE ATMOSPHERE, AND THE CORDONS ARE DEEMED TO BE AT A SAFE AREA. ROADS REMAINING CLOSED FOR NOW; THE PUBLIC URGED TO AVOID THE AREA. JESSICA MORRIS, 1 NEWS. THERE'S FINALLY SOME CLARITY FOR HOMEOWNERS IN AUCKLAND AND TAIRAWHITI GISBORNE WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES AFTER THEIR PROPERTIES WERE SMASHED IN THIS YEAR'S FLOODS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS REACHED A DEAL TO SPLIT THE COST OF BUYING OUT STORM` AND CYCLONE-GABRIELLE-DAMAGED HOMES IN BOTH REGIONS. IT'S THE SAME 50-50 COST-SHARING DEAL WITH COUNCILS AS IN HAWKE'S BAY. THE PACKAGE BROKERED BY GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL IS $30m FOR BUYOUTS, WITH THE COUNCIL'S $15m SHARE FUNDED THROUGH A 10-YEAR INTEREST-FREE LOAN FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES $64m TO GO TOWARDS FLOOD PROTECTION AND A FURTHER $125m FOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS. AND IN AUCKLAND, THE PACKAGE IS MORE THAN $2bn. THAT INCLUDES $774m GOING TOWARDS BUYING OUT AN ESTIMATED 700 HOMES, $820m FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST FUTURE FLOOD EVENTS, AND $390m FOR REBUILDING THE TRANSPORT NETWORK. JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS. WHENEVER THERE'S A DOWNPOUR, LUCI HARRISON WORRIES HER HOME WILL FALL DOWN THIS SLOPE. HER BACKYARD COLLAPSED AFTER THE AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY FLOODS. TODAY THERE'S A LITTLE RELIEF, WITH SOME BUY-OUT DETAILS CONFIRMED. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE ACTION. SHE'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE ACTION, THOUGH. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS SIGNALLED 700 PROPERTIES WILL BE PART OF THE BUY-OUT. LUCI HARRISON DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER HER HOUSE WILL BE ONE OF THEM. NO ONE'S HEARD ABOUT THEIR CATEGORISATION YET. I GOT AN EMAIL FROM COUNCIL WHICH I WAS QUITE EXCITED ABOUT, SAYING THEY'LL CONTACT ME WITHIN 10 DAYS. AND IT'S NOW THREE WEEKS LATER, AND I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. MANY IN THE WEST COAST COMMUNITY OF MURIWAI ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION. MORE THAN A HUNDRED FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED BY CYCLONE GABRIELLE. OUR MENTAL HEALTH IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW. AS A COMMUNITY, WE'VE ALREADY LOST TWO LIVES TO LANDSLIPS. AND I AM DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD NOT LOSE ANY MORE LIVES TO THIS DISASTER AND TRAGEDY. OUR RECOVERY GROUP ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, AND THERE HAS BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF CONSULTATION, AND WE'VE HAD STAFF OUT AT MURIWAI AND PIHA AND KAREKARE AND LOOKING AND TALKING, SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON. THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING SET OF DISCUSSIONS, AND WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD OUTCOMES. A BUY-OUT PLAN HAS ALSO BEEN REACHED FOR HARD-HIT TAIRAWHITI. WHILE GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL WILL PAY HALF, IT'S FACING CASH-FLOW CHALLENGES, MEANING ITS SHARE WILL BE FUNDED BY A 10-YEAR INTEREST-FREE LOAN FROM GOVERNMENT. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR REGION, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN INJECTION BACK INTO OUR REGION, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THOSE IN AUCKLAND JUST WANT ANSWERS. I FEEL SICK. I FEEL PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY SICK WHEN I LOOK AT MY SLIP AND EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT, BITS HAVE FALLEN AWAY STILL. AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS, I CAN'T SLEEP. THE DREAM OF MORE CERTAINTY STILL A LONG WAY OFF. NATIONAL'S TIM VAN DE MOLEN HAS BEEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT AFTER AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW FOUND HE ENGAGED IN AGGRESSIVE AND THREATENING BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS A LABOUR MP. HIS ACTIONS HAVE NOW COST HIM HIS PORTFOLIOS, AS CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. A NERVOUS-LOOKING TIM VAN DE MOLEN IN THE HOUSE ` THE NATIONAL MP HAS LOST HIS PORTFOLIOS FOR THREATENING LABOUR'S SHANAN HALBERT AFTER A SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING IN JUNE. THE MP FOR WAIKATO TODAY FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT. I APOLOGISE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE IN THE ROOM, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO MR HALBERT, WHO WAS THE MOST IMPACTED BY MY CONDUCT. I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS I MADE EARLIER. FOR WEEKS, IT HAD BEEN UNCLEAR WHAT HAD HAPPENED AFTER THIS MEETING. NOW THERE'S NO DISPUTING. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW FOUND TIM VAN DE MOLEN STOOD CLOSE TO SHANAN HALBERT, SAID, 'STAND UP, MATE,' AND BRIEFLY BLOCKED HIM FROM LEAVING. STAFF IN THE ROOM CONSIDERED CALLING SECURITY. AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AT THE TIME. WE DID ATTEMPT TO DO THAT. AT THAT TIME, IT WASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, AND SO THE ONLY PATHWAY FORWARD WAS TO GO VIA THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE. AT THE START, AS I SAID, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF MY CONDUCT. HAVING SEEN THE REPORT NOW, I ABSOLUTELY DO. BARRISTER WENDY ALDRED'S REVIEW FOR THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE FOUND THE MP'S CONDUCT AS A WHOLE WAS 'AGGRESSIVE, HOSTILE, 'UNPROFESSIONAL AND OBJECTIVELY THREATENING, 'BUT NOT PHYSICALLY VIOLENT'. THE COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED TIM VAN DE MOLEN WAS IN CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE AND HIS CONDUCT CANNOT BE CONDONED AS NORMAL OR ACCEPTABLE. THE NATIONAL LEADER ACCEPTS THE REPORT AND SAYS HE HAS PUNISHED THE MP ACCORDINGLY. HE IS NOT GOING TO BE A MINISTER IN THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. HE HAS LOST HIS PORTFOLIOS, AND HE NEEDS TO UNDERTAKE COACHING SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE CAN REASSURE US THIS THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. A FRUSTRATING DAY FOR NATIONAL ` TALKING ABOUT ITS OWN PERSONNEL ISSUES AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. AIR NEW ZEALAND HAS POSTED A BILLION-DOLLAR PROFIT TURNAROUND, MAKING A NET $412m AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF LOSSES. SURGING POST-COVID DEMAND IS FUELLING THE COMPANY'S SUCCESS, AND IT SAYS SOME RELIEF FROM HIGH AIRFARES MAY BE ON THE WAY. HERE'S BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT CORAZON MILLER. THE BOSS OF AIR NEW ZEALAND WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP. THANK YOU, MATT. AND MORENA, EVERYONE. HE'S PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A RETURN TO PROFITABILITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS TENURE. IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY SO WE CAN INVEST MONEY. THE AIRLINE IS PLANNING TO BUY MORE PLANES, IMPROVE ITS SERVICE, REINSTATE PAY-OUTS TO SHAREHOLDERS AND PAY STAFF A BONUS. IT'S A HUGE TURNAROUND IN FORTUNE FOR THE NATIONAL AIRLINE AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN THE RED. BACK IN 2020, WHEN COVID HIT, IT NEEDED A GOVERNMENT BAILOUT, AS PROFITS FELL, LOSING IT ALMOST $500M. TWO YEARS ON, IT WAS CLOSER TO $600M. BUT AS OUR BORDERS REOPENED AND DEMAND SOARED, THE AIRLINE IS BACK IN BLACK. AIRLINES ARE QUITE VOLATILE IN TERMS OF THEIR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. BUT IF WE TAKE THIS RESULT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THEY DID PREVIOUSLY, IT'S THEIR SECOND-BEST RESULT EVER. RECORD PROFITS ` BUT THE AIRLINE SAYS THE BUDGET'S STILL TIGHT. IT COULD BE NEW AIRPLANES, OR IT COULD BE DRY-CLEANING, AIRPORT LANDING CHARGES. WE'RE SEEING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES ON THAT. IN SOME CASES UP TO 50%. MANY PASSENGERS FEEL THEY'RE THE ONES PAYING. YOU CAN GET CHEAPER FLIGHTS ON GRABASEAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE WELL-ORGANISED FOR THAT, I GUESS. EVEN THEN, FLIGHTS CAN BE COSTLY. THESE TWO PAID $600 EACH FOR AN AUCKLAND-TO-WELLINGTON RETURN FLIGHT. PRETTY EXPENSIVE, YEAH. AND WE BOOKED QUITE IN ADVANCE. OTHERS HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE NATIONAL AIRLINE ALL TOGETHER. AIR NEW ZEALAND IS JUST WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. WE ALWAYS GO JETSTAR. WE REALLY WANT TO SEE AIR NZ REINVESTING THOSE PROFITS SO THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE GETTING BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, MORE CHOICE, CHEAPER PRICES. PRICES HAVE GONE UP ON AVERAGE 30% TO 35% SINCE COVID. THAT'S WELL ABOVE INFLATION. YEAH, IT SURE IS. AND IT'S WHY WE'RE CONSCIOUS THAT WE WANNA DO IS SOME GET MORE SEATS BACK OUT THERE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. BUT NOT TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` DANGLING HUNDREDS OF METRES IN THE AIR ` UNBELIEVABLE FOOTAGE OF THE PAKISTAN CABLE CAR RESCUE MISSION AS POLICE ARREST THE OWNER OF THE OPERATION. PLUS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS WHO CHOSE TO SHARE TOP HONOURS AT THE ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPS INSTEAD OF BATTLING IT OUT FOR FIRST AND SECOND. WELCOME BACK. POLICE IN PAKISTAN HAVE ARRESTED THE OWNER OF A CABLE CAR THAT BROKE, LEAVING SEVEN CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHER HANGING ON FOR THEIR LIVES. DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PRECARIOUS SITUATION ENDURED BY THE GROUP, AS THEY HUNG HUNDREDS OF METRES ABOVE THE GROUND ON A SINGLE CABLE FOR 15 HOURS. TWO CHILDREN WERE RESCUED BY HELICOPTER, WITH THE REST EVENTUALLY ZIP-LINED TO SAFETY. THE OWNER OF THE CABLE CAR DIDN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT PERMIT TO OPERATE. IN A TOUCHING MOMENT OF SPORTSMANSHIP, TWO POLE VAULTERS HAVE DECIDED TO FORGO A JUMP-OFF TO SHARE GOLD IN THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUDAPEST. AUSTRALIAN POLE VAULTER NINA KENNEDY AND AMERICAN KATIE MOON ARE BOTH GOING HOME WITH TOP HONOURS AFTER A DRAMATIC FINAL. HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S DAMIAN RYAN. BRONZE AT THE LAST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, NINA KENNEDY WAS ON TARGET EARLY TO SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS. WELL, THE AUSTRALIAN... IS IN THE MOOD AND IN THE GROOVE TONIGHT. EACH VAULT BY THE 26-YEAR-OLD FROM PERTH WENT HIGHER. SHE'S NEVER... GONE THIS HIGH. SHE HAS NOW! (CHEERING) OH, YES! AND AS OTHER COMPETITORS STUMBLED, NINA WENT WHERE SHE'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE. YES! OH, YES! OH, YES! (CHEERING) WOW. FEWER THAN 10 WOMEN HAVE EVER CLEARED 4.90. THE REIGNING WORLD AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION, AMERICAN KATIE MOON, WAS THE ONLY OTHER ATHLETE WHO COULD FLY AS HIGH. THIS IS REAL COMPETITION. UNABLE TO SPLIT THE PAIR ON COUNTBACK, OFFICIALS LEFT IT TO THE ATHLETES TO DECIDE ` KEEP JUMPING OR SHARE THE SPOILS. THEY CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S FINISHED. AND THIS WAS THE MOMENT THEY DIVVIED UP THE GOLD. WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, 'YOU MAYBE WANNA SHARE?' AND YOU COULD JUST SEE THE RELIEF, LIKE, COME OVER HER FACE, AND SHE WAS LIKE, 'YES,' AND I WAS LIKE, 'YES,' AND THEN WE BOTH STARTED CRYING. TWO HIGH JUMPERS AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS CALLED A TRUCE AND SHARED THE GOLD UNDER NEW RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL FIELD EVENTS. NINA KENNEDY BECOMES AUSTRALIA'S 11th WORLD CHAMPION IN TRACK AND FIELD; AN OLYMPIC GOLD IN PARIS WOULD MAKE A PERFECT PAIR ` AND, JUST MAYBE, ANOTHER DOUBLE ACT. TAKING THE STAR POWER OF 10 FAMOUS WOMEN SINGERS AND MIXING IT UP INTO ONE EPIC PERFORMANCE ` THAT'S THE PREMISE OF STAGE SHOW 'DIVAS', WHICH IS ON ITS WAY HERE IN OCTOBER. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN SAT DOWN WITH THE DIVA BEHIND IT ALL. # WE'RE ALL ALONE ON THE STAGE TONII-I-IGHT. THIS SONG IS KATE BUSH. # DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER! THIS IS A SHIRLEY BASSEY CLASSIC. # NON, RIEN DE RIEN. # NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN. AND THIS SONG MADE FAMOUS BY THE GREAT EDITH PIAF. THE PERFORMER IS BERNADETTE ROBINSON, THE STAR BEHIND THE SHOW 'DIVAS'. DIVAS IS REALLY A CONCERT, A CONSTRUCT, I SUPPOSE, OF THE GREATEST SINGERS. 10, TO BE PRECISE ` FROM AMY WINEHOUSE AND JUDY GARLAND TO MILEY CYRUS AND BARBRA STREISAND. A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES. # AHHHHH.... I'M PRESENTING THEM AS THEM. NOT JUST THEIR VOICES. I BECOME THOSE PEOPLE. I EMBODY THEM AND I SPEAK AS THEM. THIS ONE-WOMAN SHOW IS ALL ABOUT THE SONGS. NO COSTUME CHANGES. JUST A BAND AND AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE PERFORMANCE. DOLLY SPEAKS AS DOLLY, INTRODUCING MILEY. AND THEN ZOOM, I'M SINGING 'WRECKING BALL' AS MILEY. THE MAN BEHIND THE SHOW IS KIWI VETERAN THEATRE DIRECTOR SIMON PHILLIPS. HE LOVES TO BE PART OF STUFF. IT'S NEVER A CHORE WITH HIM. IT'S JUST LIKE, THIS IS FUN. HIS MUSICAL CREDITS INCLUDE 'PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT' AND 'MURIEL'S WEDDING: THE MUSICAL'. I'M ON THE RUN FROM MY ENTIRE LIFE. 'DIVAS' IS MAKING ITS WAY TO AUCKLAND AFTER ITS MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY RUN. WE GET LOTS OF LAUGHS. DEFINITELY CHEERS. THERE ARE CERTAIN STORIES THAT COME OUT IN THE WOMEN'S LIVES THAT ARE QUITE MOVING ` AND OF COURSE THE MUSIC. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. JUST AHEAD ` A COOL CHANGE IN THE WEATHER, AND THE KIWI PERFORMER BEING INDUCTED INTO THE MUSIC HALL OF FAME. # DOMINION ROAD IS BENDING # UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. WELCOME BACK. KIWI MUSIC ICON DON McGLASHAN IS THE LATEST MUSICIAN TO SCORE A PLACE IN THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME. # ANCHOR ME. # ANCHOR ME... # IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DEEP BLUE SEA. THE 'ANCHOR ME' SINGER, COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TIME AS THE LEAD SINGER OF THE MUTTON BIRDS. THE AUCKLAND-BORN MUSICIAN BROUGHT HIS CLASSIC DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR TO THE NEWS HE WAS BEING LET INTO THE HALL OF FAME. I'M SORTA GETTING MY HEAD AROUND IT. THE MAIN WORRY IS, WILL THEY LET ME OUT? COS IT'S... IS IT A PLACE I CAN COME AND GO FROM? WILL THEY LOCK ME INTO IT? DON McGLASHAN IS PREPARING TO EMBARK ON A 26-DATE TOUR OF AOTEAROA. HE'LL BE OFFICIALLY INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME AT THE SILVER SCROLLS AWARDS IN OCTOBER. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH DON McGLASHAN'S BAND THE MUTTON BIRDS AND THE SONG 'WHITE VALIANT'. (BROODING ROCK GUITAR INTRO) # YOU'RE FROM THE FAMILY # THAT MOVED IN UP THE VALLEY. # IT'S LUCKY I PICKED YOU UP, # AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE. # WE'LL HAVE TO TURN INLAND. # THERE'S BEEN A LANDSLIDE AT THE QUARRY. # THOUGH I SAY IT MYSELF, # YOU COULDN'T HAVE BETTER HELP, # IF YOU FOUND YOURSELF LOSING YOUR WAY THOUGH HERE. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023