YOU ARE NOT MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER. YOU ARE SEXUAL PREDATORS. (APPLAUSE) MAN: ABSOLUTELY! AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN COURT AS THE TWO BROTHERS WHO DRUGGED AND RAPED YOUNG WOMEN IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE SENTENCED FOR THEIR CRIMES. HE TRIED TO MARCH ON MOSCOW ` NOW TWO MONTHS LATER, WAGNER'S LEADER, YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, HAS BEEN KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH. DID POLICE MISHANDLE THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF GORE TODDLER LACHIE JONES? AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE HOLDING NOTHING BACK, NAMING THEIR TOP TEAM TO TAKE ON THE SPRINGBOKS IN THEIR FINAL WORLD CUP WARM-UP. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER, FAITH HAMBLYN AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. TENA TATOU KATOA. BROTHERS DANNY AND ROBERTO JAZ SHOWED NO EMOTION AS SURVIVOR AFTER SURVIVOR FACED THEM IN COURT TODAY TO DETAIL THE HORRIFIC IMPACT THEIR CRIMES HAVE HAD ON THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE SENTENCED TO TERMS OF 16.5 AND 17 YEARS FOR THEIR 69 CONVICTIONS ON DRUGGING AND SEX CHARGES ` THE JUDGE SAYING ANYTHING LESS WOULDN'T DO JUSTICE FOR THEIR 23 VICTIMS. JULIET SPEEDY WAS IN COURT. SOPHIE BROWN ` ONE OF THE 23 BRAVE SURVIVORS OF THE JAZ BROTHERS. YOU STOLE MY RIGHT TO AUTONOMY OVER MY OWN BODY AWAY FROM ME. AND FOR THOSE THINGS, I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU. SHE WAIVED HER RIGHT TO NAME SUPPRESSION AND IS THE ONLY WOMAN WE CAN SHOW. (SIGHS) WHEN IT COMES TO ROMANCE AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN, I BECOME A TIMID PUSHOVER WHO FEARS IF I DON'T PLEASE THEM, I'M NOT DOING MY JOB AS A WOMAN, OFFERING UP WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OWED TO THEM. SHE WAS DRUGGED AND ASSAULTED SIX YEARS AGO BY FATHER-OF-TWO DANNY JAZ, WHO APPEARED TODAY TO HAVE A BLACK EYE. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER. SHE WILL BE 19 ONE DAY. YOU'VE MADE SURE THAT SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WOMEN ARE EXPLOITED. SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF MEN LIKE YOU. SEVEN OTHER WOMEN CAME TO COURT TODAY TO DELIVER POWERFUL VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS TO THE TWO SEXUAL PREDATORS, WHO LOOKED THEM IN THE EYE WITH NO REACTION OR EMOTION. YOUR DISREGARD TOWARDS WOMEN IS DISGUSTING. THE TWO WOMEN WHO BROKE THIS CASE OPEN STOOD TOGETHER AND SPOKE. DRUGGED AND VIOLATED BY ROBERTO JAZ WHEN THEY WERE BOTH JUST 18. THAT NIGHT, YOU TOOK MY INNOCENCE WHEN YOU DECIDED TO VIOLATE MY INNOCENT, YOUNG BODY. NOT ONLY DID I HAVE TO PROCESS THAT, BUT TO WATCH YOU VIOLATE MY FRIEND'S BODY... ALL THE WOMEN TALKED OF SHORT-TERM PHYSICAL PAIN AND LONG-TERM EMOTIONAL TRAUMA. DANNY, I FEEL UTTERLY SAD FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE. AND YOUR SENTENCE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET MYSELF BACK TO THE WAY I WAS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. ONE READ TO THE COURT BY A SUPPORT PERSON. WHEN I GO OUT, I FEEL APPREHENSIVE AND ON EDGE WHENEVER THERE ARE ANY MALES AROUND ME. AND I AM CONSTANTLY CHECKING TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS STANDING TOO CLOSE, THAT THEY COULD DRUG MY DRINKS. THE COURT HEARD TODAY THAT THE JAZ BROTHERS STILL HAVE ZERO REMORSE FOR THEIR YEARS OF SEXUAL OFFENDING, AND THEY CERTAINLY APPEARED ARROGANT AND DISMISSIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR TWO-MONTH TRIAL EARLIER THIS YEAR. JUDGE MABEY DIDN'T HOLD BACK WHEN HANDING DOWN THEIR SENTENCE. NEITHER OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE OR EMPATHY OR UNDERSTANDING OR FEELINGS. THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WEEPING IN COURT AS HE SPOKE. 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. AND THERE WAS APPLAUSE FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY WHEN JUDGE MABEY REJECTED THE MANY REFERENCES HE RECEIVED PRIOR TO SENTENCING SAYING THE JAZ BROTHERS WERE OF GOOD CHARACTER. YOU ARE NOT MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER. YOU ARE SEXUAL PREDATORS. (APPLAUSE) ABSOLUTELY. THE PAIR WERE SUPPORTED IN COURT TODAY BY THEIR BROTHER DAVID AND FRIENDS. POLICE COMMENDING AND HONOURING ALL THE WOMEN WHO CAME FORWARD. BECAUSE OF THEIR COURAGE, THEY HAVE MADE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE. THE JAZ BROTHERS SENTENCED TO CRIMES UNPRECEDENTED IN THIS COUNTRY. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND DOWN? AFTER THEY STOOD DOWN, THE JUDGE ADDRESSED THE VICTIMS DIRECTLY. IT IS NOW FOR YOU TO MOVE ON AS BEST YOU CAN. AND I THINK YOU WILL. AND FOREVER UNITED IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE THEY FINALLY GOT TODAY. JULIET, THESE CRIMES HAVE AFFECTED THE WHOLE CHRISTCHURCH COMMUNITY. THEY REALLY DID. THERE WAS SHOCK AND DISMAY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN OVER HERE AND BY TWO MEN WHO WERE RELATIVELY PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. THE COURT HEARD THEY LIVED DOUBLE LIVES. THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS TO SOME AND BOLD, RAISIN SEXUAL PREDATORS AFTER DARK. THEY SPOKE OF SOME OF THE POSITIVES. ONE PLANS TO BECOME A DETECTIVE AFTER WORKING WITH THE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE POLICE. ONE WORKS WITH VICTIMS AND HAS AN EMPATHETIC APPROACH TO LIFE. I JUST HEARD FROM THE 18 YEAR OLD AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENDING WHO BROKE THIS CASE WIDE OPEN AND FELT THE COURAGE WAS PROFOUND. SHE HOPES THE SENTENCE THAT WAS HANDED DOWN SETS A PRECEDENT. SHE HOPES IT SPARKS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD. THE MAN WHO MOVED TO OVERTHROW VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS DIED IN A FIERY PLANE CRASH. RUSSIAN AVIATION OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, THE LEADER OF THE WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP, WAS ON BOARD A PRIVATE JET THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY NORTH OF MOSCOW. PUTIN HAS NOT COMMENTED AS YET, BUT IN THE WORDS OF AMERICA'S PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, 'NOT MUCH HAPPENS IN RUSSIA THAT PUTIN IS NOT BEHIND.' EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. WHEN YOU STRIKE AT THE KING, DON'T MISS. YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN APPEARED TO SIGN HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT WHEN HE TOOK ON PUTIN. NOW THE BURNING WRECKAGE OF THE MUTINEER'S PLANE COULD BE EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER RUTHLESS REVENGE KILLING. IT MOST LIKELY WILL BE PRESENTED AS A FRIENDLY-FIRE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WILL NEVER BE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THAT PRIGOZHIN OR HIS AIR JET WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED. BUT WE KNOW WHEN PUTIN INTENDS TO SEND A MESSAGE. PRIGOZHIN'S JET CRASHED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MOSCOW. POINTING TO THE TRAILS OF WHITE SMOKE IN THE SKY, ANALYSTS SUSPECT THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCES. IN A PHONE CALL, A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAID... 'ALL THE NECESSARY FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT 'TO ESTABLISH THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.' (MILITARY BAND PLAYS) AS THE NEWS BROKE, STANDING UNFAZED CENTRE STAGE AT A CONCERT, VLADIMIR PUTIN ` A MAN WHO LOVES ANNIVERSARIES AND HATES TRAITORS. A COINCIDENCE OR NOT, THEN, THAT TODAY IS EXACTLY TWO MONTHS SINCE PRIGOZHIN MOUNTED THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO PUTIN'S LEADERSHIP IN HIS TWO DECADES AT THE TOP. IN JUNE, THE WAGNER CHIEF LED A HEAVILY ARMED INSURRECTION, MARCHING ON MOSCOW TO TOPPLE THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP, FED UP WITH THEIR FAILING EFFORTS IN UKRAINE. WHILE OTHERS GO TO JAIL FOR SO MUCH AS DISCREDITING THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES, THROUGH THE MIRACLES OF MEDIATION PUTIN AGREED TO EXILE PRIGOZHIN TO BELARUS, AND THE WAGNER LEADER HAS REMAINED AS OUTSPOKEN AS EVER,... (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) ...LAST SEEN IN THIS VIDEO, SEEMINGLY IN AFRICA, SHARED JUST TWO DAYS AGO. VLADIMIR PUTIN IS THE BOSS. AND THAT MEANS HE WANTS TO BE IN CHARGE. HE WANTS NO OPPOSITION, NO MOUTHING OFF. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHAT SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. HE'S GOTTA GET RID OF CHALLENGES TO AUTHORITY. YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN WAS ONCE PUTIN'S CLOSE FRIEND, A FORMER THUG AND PRISONER WHO BECAME THE PRESIDENT'S CATERER AND THEN MERCENARY IN CHIEF. LAUDED AS A RUSSIAN HERO FOR LEADING THE VICTORY IN BAKHMUT, JUST MONTHS LATER HE WAS LABELLED A TRAITOR. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S REACTION TO THE NEWS ECHOING MANY AROUND THE WORLD. THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT HAPPENS IN RUSSIA THAT PUTIN'S NOT BEHIND. ACCIDENT OR ASSASSINATION, REVENGE IS A MUCH MORE FAMILIAR PAGE IN PUTIN'S PLAYBOOK THAN FORGIVENESS EVER HAS BEEN. LISETTE, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS HAD ENEMIES TAKEN OUT OF CIRCULATION, IS IT? CERTAINLY NOT. PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS FORM IN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND 2006, A FORMER KGB SPY WAS MURDERED WITH PUTIN'S APPROVAL. FAST FOR 12 YEARS, THE FAMOUS SALISBURY ATTACK, AND THEN IN TWENTY20, ALEXEI NAVALNY COLLAPSED ON A FLIGHT. HE DID SURVIVE THE ATTACK BUT IS NOW SERVING A HEFTY PRISON SENTENCE. DISSENTING VOICES AND RUSSIA ARE SIMPLY NOT TOLERATED. PRIGOZHIN IN PARTICULAR EXPOSED PUTIN'S WEAKNESSES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY THE PRESIDENT TO STRENGTHEN HIS POSITION. AND HAS ALSO SERVED TO EXPOSE HIS WEAKNESS, BECAUSE THERE ARE HARDLY STRONG LEADERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE TO ASSASSINATE THEIR KEY OPPONENTS IN ORDER TO RETAIN THEIR POWER. NATIONAL MP TIM VAN DE MOLEN HAS BEEN CENSURED BY PARLIAMENT AND STRIPPED OF ALL HIS PORTFOLIOS AFTER THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE RULED HE HAD ACTED IN A THREATENING MANNER TOWARD LABOUR MP SHANAN HALBERT. THE COMMITTEE FOUND HIM IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT, BUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS THAT'S NOT A SACKABLE OFFENCE. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH REPORTS. A FORCED SORRY. I'D LIKE TO EXTEND AN APOLOGY TO ALL MEMBERS OF THIS HOUSE. NATIONAL MP TIM VAN DE MOLEN FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT AND FORCED TO APOLOGISE FOR HIS INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR IN A PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE. I AM HORRIFIED AT THE THOUGHT OF MY CONDUCT HAVING BEEN PERCEIVED AS THREATENING. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW PEOPLE FELT. THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE WAS TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING A DUST-UP BETWEEN TIM VAN DE MOLEN AND SHANAN HALBERT. I CERTAINLY DID FEEL THREATENED AT THE TIME. I WAS SEATED, AND TIM WAS STANDING. THE COMMITTEE FOUND VAN DE MOLEN HAD STOOD LESS THAN A METRE FROM HALBERT IN A THREATENING MANNER AND ORDERED HALBERT TO 'STAND UP, MATE.' CERTAINLY, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOUR, FOR THREATENING BEHAVIOUR OR INTIMIDATION IN PARLIAMENT. THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE RULED VAN DE MOLEN'S BEHAVIOUR WAS... THE REPORT SAID THE BEHAVIOUR... ARE YOU HARBOURING A BULLY IN YOUR CAUCUS? ABSOLUTELY NOT, YOU KNOW, AND I'D POINT YOU TO THE REPORT AND ITS FINDINGS, WHERE IT DESCRIBES THE BEHAVIOUR AS AGGRESSIVE ` THREATENING, UNPROFESSIONAL UNACCEPTABLE. LABOUR'S RACHEL BOYACK WITNESSED THE ALTERCATION AND WAS THE MP WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT. TIM WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE. SO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO WITNESS AN ASSAULT? I WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT WAS WHERE THINGS WOULD GO, YES. PARLIAMENTARY STAFF WERE SO CONCERNED THAT THEY NEARLY CALLED THE SECURITY BUTTON. SHE SAYS LABOUR TRIED TO SORT IT OUR DIRECTLY. CHRISTOPHER LUXON, IN PARTICULAR, DIDN'T TAKE THE MATTER SERIOUSLY. WE DID TAKE IT INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY. HE'S BEEN VERY QUICK TO CRITICISE OTHER POLITICIANS' BEHAVIOUR ` HE NEEDS TO LOOK AT HIS OWN. BEING FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT IS THE MOST SERIOUS JUDGEMENT AN MP CAN RECEIVE. TIM, ARE YOU FIT TO BE AN MP? YES, I BELIEVE SO. IN MY VIEW, IT DOESN'T MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR SACKING TIM OUT OF PARLIAMENT. WHAT IT MEETS THE THRESHOLD FOR IS ACTUALLY PROPORTIONATE AND APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND SOME PRETTY SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM. HOW IS CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT NOT A SACKABLE OFFENCE FOR YOU? WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THAT I THINK IT'S NOT A SACKABLE OFFENCE. VAN DE MOLEN SAYS HIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. SURE, I'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME ` LOSING MY SISTER AND BREAKING MY NECK, BACK AND ARMS IS DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO GO THROUGH, BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE. NO EXCUSE FOR THREATENING YOUR COLLEAGUES. JENNA, HOW'S LUXON HANDLED THIS? HIS OWN STANDARDS HAVE COME BACK TO BITE HIM. WHEN MICHAEL WOOD WAS UNDER FIRE FOR FAILING TO DECLARE SHARES, LUXON SAID HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED ON DAY ONE. HE CALLED THE PRIME MINISTER WEEK FOR NOT DOING SO. IN THIS CASE, HE HAS WAITED UNTIL HE HAS BEEN DEALT A REPORT WITH INDEFENSIBLE EVIDENCE BEFORE HE HAS TAKEN ACTION. THESE EVENTS TOOK PLACE OVER A MONTH AGO, AND BEFORE REFERRING IT TO PARLIAMENT COURTS, AND ENDS WITH LABOUR SAYING THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO IT. AND STANDS AS AN EXCUSE HAD HE NOT CREATED A ROD FOR HIS OWN BACK FOR DEMANDING INSTANT SACKINGS FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR. NOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON STANDS CHARGED WITH HYPOCRISY WITH A CAPITAL H. AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE REACHED A DEAL TO FUND A HOUSING BUY-OUT AND RECOVERY PACKAGE, FOLLOWING THE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS EARLY THIS YEAR. NICK TRUBRIDGE IS ACROSS THE DETAILS. YES, THAT'S RIGHT ` THE TOTAL PACKAGE IS WORTH $2B, SPLIT 50-50 BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT ` ABOUT $1B EACH. INCLUDED IN THAT IS $774M, TO PURCHASE ABOUT 700 PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEYOND SAVING. THERE'S ALSO $820M IN RESILIENCE FUNDING, FOR THINGS LIKE INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND CULVERT AND BRIDGE UPGRADES; AND $390M TO FUND THE TRANSPORT RECOVERY, THINK ACCESS TO PIHA AND KAREKARE. IT ALL COMES ON THE SAME DAY AS TAIRAWHITI STRUCK ITS OWN DEAL THAT WILL SEE THE GOVERNMENT STUMP UP $204M, INCLUDING A 50% CONTRIBUTION OF $15M TO BUY OUT WRITTEN-OFF PROPERTIES. POLICE WILL REVIEW THE WAY THEY INVESTIGATED THE DEATH OF GORE LACHIE JONES (3) FOUR YEARS AGO. LACHIE WAS FOUND DEAD IN AN OXIDATION POND, ABOUT A KILOMETRE FROM WHERE HE LIVED. KAYSHA BROWNLIE IS IN CHRISTCHURCH. KAYSHA, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? POLICE HAVE ADMITTED THEY MISSED SOME STEPS WHEN THEY WERE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF THREE YEAR OLD LACHIE WHO WAS FOUND FLOATING IN AN OXIDATION POND. POLICE PUT HIS DEATH DOWN TO ENACT THE DENTAL DROWNING, BUT HIS FATHER HAS ALWAYS BELIEVED THERE WAS MORE TO IT AND WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE INVESTIGATION. HE SPENT MORE THAN $100,000 SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. POLICE SAY THIS REVIEW WILL PROVIDE REASSURANCE THAT THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWERS. POLICE HAVE SELF-REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. AND IT IS UP TO THE CORONER TO RULE ON THE CAUSE AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LACHIE'S DEATH. IN APRIL, NEWSHUB REVEALED WHAT CONSUMER NZ CALLS DISTURBINGLY HIGH MARGINS SUPERMARKETS MAKE ON THE FOOD THEY SELL ` IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE POCKETING MORE THAN HALF THE SHELF PRICE. NOW WE CAN REVEAL JUST HOW MUCH THOSE MARGINS HAVE GROWN, KNOWN IN SUPPLIER CIRCLES AS MARGIN CREEP. TWO LONG-TIME SUPPLIERS, WHO WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, SAY THE CUT SUPERMARKETS MAKE ON THEIR PRODUCTS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE THE 1990S. THEY BOTH SELL DRY, PACKAGED PRODUCTS. BACK THEN, THEY SAY SUPERMARKETS TOOK 12% TO 15%. TODAY, IT'S BETWEEN 35% AND 41%. THAT MEANS IF THEIR FOOD ITEM SELLS FOR A DOLLAR, THE SUPERMARKET IS NOW TAKING AROUND 25c MORE THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO. FOOD PRICES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN SLIGHTLY, BUT THE WEEKLY SHOP IS STILL ALMOST 10% MORE EXPENSE THAN A YEAR AGO. MANY SUPPLIERS ARE TELLING US THEY'RE TRYING THEIR BEST TO KEEP PRICES DOWN, BUT SAY THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN ABSORB, WHEN SUPERMARKETS TAKE SUCH A HIGH MARGIN. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SUPPLIERS TO GO ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF RETRIBUTION FROM THEIR SUPERMARKET CLIENTS, BUT, YEAH, WE ARE HEARING OF DISTURBINGLY HIGH MARGINS. IN APRIL, WE SPOKE TO 46 SUPPLIERS, WHO IDENTIFIED GROSS PROFIT MARGINS AS HIGH AS 55%. THE VAST MAJORITY TOLD US SUPERMARKETS TOOK BETWEEN 30% AND 40% OF THE SHELF PRICE. THEY TOLD US THEY, AND THE CONSUMER, WERE GETTING SCREWED. IT IS NOT EVEN A NEGOTIATION ` YOU'RE EITHER COMING IN AT THEIR TERMS, OR YOU'RE NOT COMING IN. IT'S LIMITLESS ` THEIR POWER IS LIMITLESS. IT'S DISAPPOINTING. IT'S DEGRADING, YOU KNOW? IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHY YOU EVEN BOTHER. AFTER WE AIRED THAT STORY, MORE SUPPLIERS GOT IN TOUCH ` TWO WERE ABLE TO GIVE US INFORMATION DATING BACK TO THE 1990S. THEY SHOW THE PERCENTAGE SUPERMARKETS TAKE ON THEIR PRODUCTS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE THEN. THOSE WHO REPRESENT SUPPLIERS SAY THE SHIFT OVER TIME HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. THE MARGIN FOR THE RETAILERS' EXPECTATIONS ON SUPPLIERS HAS SHIFTED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST 20 TO 25 YEARS. IT'S COME FROM A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGE MARGIN DELIVERED TO THE HEAD OFFICE OF THE RETAILER. WE ASKED THE SUPERMARKETS WHY THEIR GROSS PROFIT MARGINS FOR OUR TWO SUPPLIERS' PRODUCTS HAVE GONE UP SO MUCH. COUNTDOWN'S OWNER, WOOLWORTHS NZ, SAID... FOODSTUFFS SAID IT CAN'T RESPOND IN A VALUABLE AND ACCURATE WAY TO THE LIMITED ANONYMOUS INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE MARGINS THEY'RE MAKING ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON IT. FAIRER PRICES ARE OUR TOP PRIORITY. AFTER A COMMERCE COMMISSION PROBE FOUND SUPERMARKETS MADE EXCESS PROFITS OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS A DAY, THE GOVERNMENT BROUGHT IN THE GROCERY COMPETITION ACT, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW GROCERY COMMISSIONER. THE PROFIT MARGINS, WE KNOW, ARE HIGHER THAN THEY SHOULD BE, AND THE MARKET STUDY HAS INDICATED THAT. HE'S ASKING SUPPLIERS TO COME TO HIM, AND HIS 25-STRONG TEAM, WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT MARGIN CREEP FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE AND IS PROMISING TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. HEATHER'S HERE NOW WITH A RECAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER, WHICH SEEMED CALM AROUND THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER SETTLED DAY. RUPERT CERTAINLY ENJOYED IT ` A GREAT DAY AT THE KAWERAU RIVER. IT DID START FROSTY FOR SOME, AND FOGGY, WITH TIMARU, HAMILTON AND DUNEDIN AIRPORTS ALL AFFECTED THIS MORNING. AND TOMORROW, IT'S LOOKING MORE OF THE SAME, WITH ANOTHER GOOD FEW DAYS OF FINE SKIES. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. HOW DANGEROUS FOR TOURISTS WAS WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND? WELL, THE OWNERS COMPARE IT TO FLYING, OR VISITING CHRISTCHURCH. THE CANDIDATE WHO WASN'T AT THE CANDIDATES' DEBATE PULLS A STUNT TO STEAL ALL THEIR HEADLINES. AND THE SCHOOLGIRL WHO LOST AN ARM IN A CRASH AND WHY YOU'LL SOON LOSE YOUR HEART TO HER. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR DON MCGLASHAN TO CELEBRATE HIS INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME. AND WE'LL GO LIVE TO PAUL EGO AND MEL BRACEWELL AS THEY PREP FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMEDY EVENTS OF THE YEAR. THE PROJECT AT 7. SATURDAY ON NEWSHUB NATION ` IS THERE STILL A PATH BACK TO POWER FOR LABOUR? DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CARMEL SEPULONI JOINS US LIVE FOR HER PRE-ELECTION INTERVIEW. NEWSHUB NATION, 9.30am SATURDAY ON THREE. IN BREAKING NEWS, AN EMERGENCY ALERT HAS JUST GONE OUT TO THOSE IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND, BECAUSE OF A GAS LEAK COMING FROM A MANHOLE. ALICE WILKINS IS THERE. ALICE, HOW CONCERNED ARE FIREFIGHTERS? FIRE AND EMERGENCY ARE CALLING IT A SUBSTANTIAL LEAK. THERE ARE FIVE CREWS CURRENTLY ON SCENE. THEY ARE WAITING FOR VECTOR TO ARRIVE. THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS. THROUGH OUR CAMERA LENS, YOU COULD SEE THE GAS COMING UP FROM THE GROUND. THE CORDON HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENED AROUND THIS EVENT. AND EMERGENCY HAS GONE OUT TO AVOID THE AREA IF POSSIBLE. DONALD TRUMP AVOIDED TONIGHT'S REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BUT STILL GOT HIS JIBES IN ANYWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HURLED INSULTS ONLINE AT THEM ALL, PLUS JOE BIDEN FOR GOOD MEASURE. BUT THE CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN THE DEBATE WEREN'T BEHAVING MUCH BETTER AS THEY ALL FOUGHT FOR CENTRE STAGE. U.S. CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN REPORTS. # AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE... # WITH THE SCENE SET AND REPUBLICANS READY, IT WAS HARD TO AVOID THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ` THAT BEING DONALD TRUMP NOT ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM, BUT NOT GOING TO MISS OUT ON THE LIMELIGHT. IT'S DEBATE NIGHT, BUT WE'RE NOT IN MILWAUKEE. IN THIS VIDEO RELEASED FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE DEBATE STARTED, TRUMP RANTED, RAVED AND WROTE OFF THE CANDIDATES HE REFUSED TO FACE OFF WITH. HE'S WEAK, PATHETIC, AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HIM. I NEVER KNEW HIM. HE'S LIKE A SAVAGE MANIAC. HE'S LIKE A LUNATIC. THE INTERVIEW WITH TUCKER CARLSON HAD PLENTY OF HIGHLIGHTS ` SOME WEIRD, SOME WACKY AND MANY PREDICTABLE. TRUMP STARTED BY SUGGESTING JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S SUICIDE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING MORE SINISTER. EVERYBODY WAS SLEEPING, AND, YOU KNOW, A CASE COULD BE MADE. LOOK. HE WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HIS OPPONENTS WOULD TRY AND MURDER HIM. ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND KILL YOU? WHY WOULDN'T THEY TRY AND KILL YOU, HONESTLY? THEY'RE SAVAGE ANIMALS. THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK ` REALLY SICK. AND THEN HE AND TUCKER TORE INTO JOE BIDEN ABOUT HIS AGE, HIS MENTAL STATE AND HIS BEACH BODY, OR LACK OF. THEY LOVE PICTURES OF HIM ON THE BEACH. I THINK HE LOOKS TERRIBLE ON THE BEACH. HE LOOKS TERRIBLE ON THE BEACH. SKINNY LEGS? WELL, HE CAN'T WALK THROUGH THE SAND. YOU KNOW, SAND IS NOT THAT EASY TO WALK THROUGH, BUT WHEN HE WALKS THROUGH IT, HE CAN'T WALK THROUGH THE SAND. THOSE VYING FOR TRUMP'S FORMER JOB AT THE DEBATE WERE TRADING INSULTS TOO, EXCEPT THEY WERE HARD TO HEAR OVER EACH OTHER. I KNOW A LOT BETTER THAN YOU DO. YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING. YOU HAVE NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE, AND IT SHOWS. IT SHOWS! ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING MOMENTS OF THE DEBATE DID INVOLVE FOREIGN POLICY. SOME, INCLUDING RON DESANTIS, REFUSED TO COMMIT BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS TO UKRAINE. I'M NOT GONNA SEND TROOPS TO UKRAINE, BUT I AM GONNA SEND THEM TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. AND WHILE CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES TOMORROW FOR THESE HOPEFULS, DONALD TRUMP HAS OTHER ENGAGEMENTS. HE'LL HEAD TO A COUNTY JAIL IN ATLANTA TO BE BOOKED IN THE LATEST SET OF CRIMINAL CHARGES HE FACES. AND LIKE HIS FRIEND AND FORMER NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI TODAY, DONALD TRUMP HAS A MUGSHOT MOMENT WAITING. IN NEW YORK, MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. NICKY'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND HAS IAN FOSTER SHOWN HIS HAND AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP? WELL, A FEW INJURY NIGGLES ASIDE, IT'S LOOKING VERY MUCH LIKE A FIRST CHOICE ALL BLACKS SIDE TO FACE THE SPRINGBOKS IN SATURDAY MORNING'S FINAL PRE-WORLD CUP HIT-OUT, BUT ENGLAND WILL BE WITHOUT ANOTHER VITAL PLAYER FOR THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER AFTER ANOTHER HIGH TACKLE BAN. AND A WRANGLE OVER REFS HAS MEA MOTU'S FIRST WORLD TITLE DEFENCE IN SERIOUS DOUBT. YOU COULD SAY INDIANS ARE OVER THE MOON, EXCEPT THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO CELEBRATE A LANDMARK LUNAR SUCCESS. AND WHAT MUM AND DAD SAID THAT MORE THAN MADE UP FOR LOSING AN ARM IN A BUS CRASH. LOCAL WORKERS ARE HAVING TO RESORT TO SLEEP IN THEIR CARS, WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW ZERO. JUST ABOUT EVERY CAR PARK YOU LOOK INTO, THERE'S SOMEONE PARKED UP. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN CARS OUT HERE, AND I'D JUST RATHER SEE THEM IN THESE ACCOMMODATION THAN MYSELF. NINE MONTHS AFTER THE ERUPTION THAT KILLED 22 PEOPLE ON WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND, THE OWNERS TODAY MAINTAINED THE WARNINGS ABOUT THE DANGER OF AN ERUPTION WERE ADEQUATE. JAMES BUTTLE TOLD WORKSAFE INVESTIGATORS THAT REQUIRING SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN THE RISK OF A DEADLY ERUPTION WAS LIKE HAVING TO TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY DRIVE INTO CHRISTCHURCH OR WELLINGTON THAT THERE COULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. NINE MONTHS AFTER THE ERUPTION, INVESTIGATORS ASKED THE BUTTLES WHY TOURISTS WEREN'T WARNED THEY RISKED DEATH BY STEPPING ON AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. POTENTIALLY, YOU WEREN'T COMING BACK ` HAS THAT BEEN EXPLAINED BY THE OPERATORS? IT'S HARD TO KNOW, COS I CAN'T RECALL FROM MY LAST TRIP WITH AN OPERATOR HOW THEY EXPLAINED IT, BUT IT'S, SORT OF, UNDERWRITTEN IN THE RISK OF GOING TO A VOLCANO. EARLIER IN THE TRIAL, TOURISTS WHO SURVIVED SAID THEY WEREN'T GIVEN SAFETY WARNINGS BEFORE THEY LANDED. 100% NOT. THE INVESTIGATORS SUGGESTED THE OWNERS HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE MESSAGE GOT THROUGH. YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T EXPLAINED ENOUGH OR FULLY OR THE CONSEQUENCE ENOUGH. IT'S VERY HARD TO JUDGE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE NOT EXPLAINED THAT THERE COULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE. ANDREW BUTTLE TOLD INVESTIGATORS IT WAS WELL ADVERTISED THE VOLCANO WAS ACTIVE. AND I DON'T THINK THEY EVER HID THE FACT THERE WAS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO, AND UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS, ON THAT DAY, ERUPTIVE. BUT INVESTIGATORS SUGGESTED IF TOURISTS WERE PAYING TO BE TAKEN TO THE ISLAND, THEY'D EXPECT APPROPRIATE WARNINGS. AND GIVEN THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE BEFORE THIS EXPLOSION,... YEAH. ...I BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE ` TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THEY WERE GETTING THE APPROPRIATE WARNINGS. THE BUTTLES INTERVIEW CONTINUES TOMORROW, AFTER TODAY'S HEARING WAS ABANDONED DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. AIR NZ'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS THE COMPANY KNOWS ITS AIR FARES ARE HIGH AND IT'S FOCUSED ON BRINGING THEM DOWN. THE AIRLINE HAS ANNOUNCED A PROFIT OF $412M ` THAT'S A BILLION-DOLLAR TURNAROUND, FROM A LOSS OF $591M THE PREVIOUS YEAR. CEO GREG FORAN SAID THE COMPANY HAS ADDED FOUR NEW AIRCRAFT TO ITS FLEET AND WILL RESUME PAYING OUT DIVIDENDS, BUT WILL BE LOOKING AT ITS PRICING. FARES ARE HIGHER GENERALLY. WE KNOW THAT. BUT IF YOU BOOK EARLY, THERE ARE FARES AVAILABLE AT SOME PRETTY GOOD PRICES. HAVING SAID THAT, WE WANNA WORK HARD TO GET PRICING DOWN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. AIR NZ SAID THE DEMAND FOR AIR TRAVEL POST-COVID HAS EXCEEDED THE COMPANY'S EXPECTATIONS, LEADING TO A MORE RAPID FINANCIAL RECOVERY. NEW DRONE IMAGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED OF THE CABLE CAR LEFT DANGLING HUNDREDS OF METRES ABOVE A RAVINE IN PAKISTAN. SIX CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS SPENT MORE THAN 15 HOURS IN THE RICKETY STRUCTURE. ONE TEENAGER SAID THEY REPEATEDLY THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOUT TO DIE. THEY'D BEEN ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN ONE OF THE CAR'S CABLES SNAPPED. ITS OWNER AND OPERATOR HAVE BOTH BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF IGNORING SAFETY MEASURES. JAPAN'S RELEASE OF ITS TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN BEGAN AROUND TWO HOURS AGO. THE 1.34 MILLION TONNES OF CONTAMINATED WATER ` ENOUGH TO FILL 500 OLYMPIC-SIZE POOLS ` HAD ACCUMULATED SINCE THE 2011 TSUNAMI DESTROYED THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT. HONG KONG HAS PUT A PARTIAL BAN ON IMPORTING JAPANESE SEAFOOD, UNTIL EVIDENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON SEA LIFE IS ESTABLISHED. THE WATER WILL BE RELEASED OVER 30 YEARS AND COMES AFTER THE UN'S NUCLEAR WATCHDOG APPROVED THE PLAN. INDIA HAS BECOME JUST THE FOURTH NATION TO LAND ON THE MOON AND THE FIRST TO PLACE A LANDER NEAR ITS SOUTH POLE. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAILED IT AS A VICTORY CRY OF A NEW INDIA, TOUCHING DOWN IN UNEXPLORED TERRITORY, WHICH SCIENTISTS BELIEVE MAY HOLD FROZEN WATER. PEOPLE ARE APPLAUDING. IT WAS THE COUNTRY'S SECOND ATTEMPT, AND IT CAME DAYS AFTER A RUSSIAN LANDER CRASHED INTO THE MOON AND OUT OF THE RACE TO GET THERE FIRST. THE STORY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ` HOW A KIWI FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA TURNED A HEARTBREAKING STORY INTO A HAPPY, HEARTWARMING ENDING. ALL BLACKS COACH IAN FOSTER'S ROLLED OUT THE BIG GUNS, URGING HIS TEAM TO GO FULL THROTTLE IN THEIR FINAL HIT-OUT BEFORE THE RUGBY WORLD CUP ` KIWI BOXING LEGEND DAVID TUA GIVEN MEA MOTU SOME VERY PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH A REFEREEING DRAMA. AND A HEARTWARMING SCENE SHOWING SPORTING SPIRIT IS WELL AND TRULY ALIVE AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS. TONIGHT ` HOW TO PLAN A GROUP HOLIDAY WITH FRIENDS, SO THAT YOU'RE ALL STILL FRIENDS AFTERWARDS. ONE NZ COMPANY IS OFFERING UNLIMITED LEAVE TO ITS EMPLOYEES ` WE'LL FIND OUT HOW IT'S GOING AT 7. JUDGING BY THE TEAM HE HAS NAMED TO FACE THE SPRINGBOKS AT TWICKENHAM ON SATURDAY MORNING, JUDGING BY THE TEAM HE HAS NAMED TO FACE THE SPRINGBOKS AT TWICKENHAM ON SATURDAY MORNING, IAN FOSTER DIDN'T PACK ANY COTTON WOOL IN WHEN HE FLEW OUT FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. FOSTER HAS ROLLED OUT A NEAR-FULL-STRENGTH SIDE FOR THE ALL BLACKS' FINAL WARM-UP MATCH. SCOTT BARRETT IS BACK AT LOCK, WHILE LUKE JACOBSON WILL MAKE HIS FIRST START OF THE YEAR, AS SHANNON FRIZELL NURSES A HAMSTRING NIGGLE. WILL JORDAN IS THE ONLY STARTING BACK TO RETAIN HIS PLACE FROM BLEDISLOE TWO IN DUNEDIN, WHILE MARK TELEA LOOKS TO HAVE LOCKED UP THE LEFT WING FOR THE WORLD CUP. FOSTER HAS OPTED FOR A 'SIX FORWARDS, TWO BACKS' SPLIT ON THE RESERVE BENCH, WITH CAM ROIGARD SET TO FACE THE BOKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER. HERE'S RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE. THE SCORCHING LONDON WEATHER WAS APPROPRIATE FOR A TEAM LOOKING TO BRING THEIR OWN HEAT TO TWICKENHAM. AND WITH THE ALL BLACKS HOPING SATURDAY'S SHOWDOWN CAN BE THE LAUNCHING PAD THEY NEED FOR THE WORLD CUP, IAN FOSTER HAS GONE BACK TO A NEAR FIRST-CHOICE LINE-UP. THAT'S YOUR OPINION ` THE FIRST CHOICE, I GUESS. BUT WE THINK THE GAP BETWEEN THE LAST TEST AND THE FRANCE GAME WAS TOO BIG FOR US TO SORT OF USE THIS GAME AS A COTTON-WOOL EXERCISE. WHILE ARRIVING IN FRANCE UNDEFEATED WOULD BE NICE, IT'S NOT CRITICAL. IS THE PERFORMANCE OR THE RESULT MORE IMPORTANT? I THINK PERFORMANCE IS ALWAYS KEY. IT'S ALWAYS THE THING THAT WE'RE CHASING. AND WHEN YOU GET THE COMBINATION OF THE BOTH, YOU'RE PRETTY HAPPY. SCOTT BARRETT WAS RESTED FOR THE BLEDISLOE CUP TEST IN DUNEDIN, MEANING COME SATURDAY IT WILL HAVE BEEN NEARLY FOUR WEEKS SINCE HIS LAST HIT-OUT. AND ONE OF THE ALL BLACKS' BEST THIS YEAR IS HUNGRY TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY AGAIN. MY BODY'S FEELING FRESH, SO YEAH, I'M EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AND YEAH, YOU DON'T NEED MUCH MORE MOTIVATION THAN PLAYING THE SPRINGBOKS. WHILE THE ALL BLACKS WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THE ATTENTION TO STAY ON THAT, THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ` THE MAN FOSTER ASSISTED FOR EIGHT YEARS LENDING A HAND TO EDDIE JONES AND THE WALLABIES. HE TOLD ME A MONTH AGO HE WAS GOING IN. MATE, THERE'S NO LACK OF TRUST AT ALL. DANE SPOKE ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY, AND HE SEEMED QUITE TAKEN ABACK BY IT, SAID IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT REACTION, FROM A PLAYER PERSPECTIVE? LET'S GET THAT RIGHT. IS THAT YOU GUYS ASKED DANE COLES A QUESTION THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW ` YOU SURPRISED HIM, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S YOUR JOB. BUT YOU DO KNOW DANE COLES. AND HE'S A BEAUTIFUL MAN. HE'S EMOTIVE. AND HE SAID EXACTLY WHAT HE THOUGHT. THOSE THOUGHTS WILL QUICKLY TURN AWAY FROM STEVE HANSEN AND ON TO THE SPRINGBOKS, AS THEY LOOK TO ARRIVE IN FRANCE POLISHED AND CONFIDENT. THE ONLY WAY TO GO INTO THIS IS FULL THROTTLE. THE ALL BLACKS ARE HOLDING NOTHING BACK IN THEIR FINAL HIT-OUT BEFORE THEIR ULTIMATE TEST BEGINS. IN LONDON, OLLIE RICHIE, NEWSHUB. ENGLAND WILL BE WITHOUT ANOTHER KEY PLAYER FOR THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER AGAINST ARGENTINA, WITH BILLY VUNIPOLA BANNED FOR THREE MATCHES FOR A HIGH TACKLE. VUNIPOLA, THE ONLY SPECIALIST NUMBER EIGHT IN ENGLAND'S SQUAD, WILL ALSO SIT OUT THIS WEEKEND'S WARM-UP MATCH AGAINST FIJI. BUT HIS BAN CAN BE REDUCED TO TWO MATCHES IF HE COMPLETES A COACHING INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ON HIS TACKLING TECHNIQUE. ENGLAND ARE ALREADY WITHOUT CAPTAIN OWEN FARRELL FOR THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE TOURNAMENT, AS HE SERVES A FOUR-MATCH SUSPENSION. MEA MOTU'S TRAINER HAS THREATENED TO PULL HIS FIGHTER OUT OF SATURDAY'S IBO SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE FIGHT IF THE REFEREE ISN'T CHANGED. ISAAC PEACH'S LABELLED REF IGNATIUS MISSILAIDUS IS A CHEAT, AFTER MAKING A CONTROVERSIAL CALL WHILE JUDGING A FIGHT BETWEEN ANOTHER OF PEACH'S BOXERS IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT. IT'S LEFT ORGANISERS SCRAMBLING, AS THEY LOOK TO ENSURE MOTU JUST MAKES IT TO THE RING FOR HER BOUT WITH ELLEN SIMWAKA. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. BOOM. AND AGAIN. TWO DAYS OUT FROM MEA MOTU'S FIRST WORLD TITLE DEFENCE, TRAINER ISAAC PEACH DELIVERED WHAT COULD BE A KNOCKOUT BLOW. THAT WAS DISGUSTING LAST NIGHT, AND PEACH BOXING WILL NOT GET IN A RING WITH A REFEREE LIKE THAT. PEACH CALLING FOR IGNATIUS MISSILAIDUS TO BE REMOVED AS REF AFTER HE SCORED A BOUT 78-73 AGAINST PEACH'S FIGHTER KIKI TOA LEUTELE LAST NIGHT. THE TWO OTHER JUDGES SAW THE FIGHT THE OTHER WAY, AND NOW PROMOTERS HERE ARE SCRAMBLING. WE'LL OBVIOUSLY BE CALLING A MEETING OF ALL OFFICIALS TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE WE GO TO THE WEIGH-IN, TO TRY AND GET THIS SORTED OUT. BECAUSE NOT WALKING OUT IF WE'VE GOT THIS REFEREE ` THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT, AND IT'S A BIT OF A SHOCK. IF A PERSON'S A CHEAT, HE'S A CHEAT. MOTU FULLY SUPPORTS HER COACH'S CALL. WE STAY TRUE TO WHO WE ARE, AND WE HATE CHEATING, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT MY COACH. HE'LL MAKE A STAND, AND I'LL STAND BY HIM. KIWI BOXING GREAT DAVID TUA WAS ON HAND TO WITNESS THE DRAMA AND OFFERED SOME ADVICE ON DEALING WITH DUBIOUS JUDGES. JUST GO FOR THE K.O. TUA COMES RIGHT AT HIM. ANOTHER BIG ONE, AND HE'S DOWN. YOU DON'T LEAVE YOUR OUTCOME TO THE JUDGES OR TO THE REF. YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, AND YOU GET 'EM OUT OF THERE. BUT MOTU'S OPPONENT, ELLEN SIMWAKA, DOESN'T PLAN ON BEING THE ONE HITTING THE CANVAS. I'M GONNA SNATCH THAT BELT FROM YOU, MEA MOTU. I'M THE TIGRESS. GOOD LUCK! BEFORE THEY GET IN THE RING, THEY JUST HAVE ONE THING TO SORT. THERE AREN'T THAT MANY WORLD-CLASS REFEREES WHO CAN STEP IN AT SHORT NOTICE. I CAN COME AND DO IT. I'LL DO IT. NOW, THAT'S ONE REFEREE NO ONE WOULD DARE COMPLAIN ABOUT. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. DAY FIVE OF THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BUDAPEST MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ONE TO REMEMBER FOR THE KIWIS, WITH HAMMER THROWER LAUREN BRUCE AND JAVELIN THROWER TORI PEETERS MISSING OUT ON THEIR RESPECTIVE FINALS. BUT THE WOMEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL PRODUCED A HEARTWARMING ALL-TIME CLASSIC. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION NINA KENNEDY AND AMERICAN DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION KATIE MOON COULDN'T BE SEPARATED, BOTH CLEARING 4M 90 ON THEIR FINAL ATTEMPTS. YES! OH YES! OH YES! (CROWD ROARS) IS SHE ABOUT TO RELINQUISH ONE OF THESE CROWNS? OH, NO, SHE'S NOT! NEITHER COULD CLEAR 4.95M, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING TO A JUMP OFF TO DECIDE THE WINNER, BOTH MOON AND KENNEDY INSTEAD AGREED TO SHARE THE GOLD MEDAL. THE TALL BLACKS FACE THE TALLEST OF TASKS WHEN THEIR FIBA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN TIPS OFF ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN MANILLA. THE KIWIS' FIRST OPPONENTS ARE TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES THE USA, WITH THEIR ENTIRE ROSTER MADE UP OF NBA PLAYERS. BUT CAPTAIN REUBEN TE RANGI SAYS IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY WILL APPROACH THE GAME JUST LIKE ANY OTHER. WE'RE GONNA SCOUT THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND TRY TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, BUT YEAH, IT'S NO LIE THAT IT IS A BIG GAME, FOR SURE. IT'S A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND TO PROGRESS, WITH THE U.S., THE HIGHLY RANKED GREECE AND JORDAN IN THIER POOL. WELL, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST TO BE THE BEST. TWO HAWKE'S BAY PARENTS ARE HELPING THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER ADAPT TO LIFE, AFTER SURVIVING A HORRIFIC BUS CRASH IN MELBOURNE. SEVERAL CHILDREN LOST LIMBS AND ALMOST DIED, INCLUDING AWHE PIKARI (10). AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. WITH ONE ARM, A DETERMINED AWHE PIKARI IS ADAPTING TO HER NEW NORMAL. SOMETIMES, I NEED MY SIBLINGS TO HOLD IT DOWN SO IT DOESN'T LIKE TWIRL OR, LIKE, FALL DOWN. IT WAS MAY 16 WHEN THE 10-YEAR-OLD'S LIFE CHANGED FOREVER ` ON BOARD A BUS WITH HER TWO BROTHERS WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A TRUCK ON THE SCHOOL RUN. I WAS JUST FINISHING WORK DOWN IN SUNSHINE. I SAW THE TWO BOYS ` THEY WERE FINE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, FIRST NATURAL INSTINCT IS 'WHERE'S MY OTHER BABY?' AS PARENTS ARRIVED PANICKED, RESCUERS WORK TO FREE THE TRAPPED CHILDREN, INCLUDING AWHE. SHE WAS THE FIRST RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. SURGEONS FOUGHT TO SAVE HER LIFE BUT COULDN'T SAVE HER ARM. IT WASN'T THAT SCARY. IT'S JUST THAT I WAS SO TIRED. AT THIS TIME, I'M STILL BEING VERY HOPEFUL, EH. I'M STILL, 'ALL RIGHT, HORRIFIC INJURY ` 'MAYBE BROKEN ARM, MAYBE SHATTERED BONES 'OR A BIG LACERATION DOWN HER ARMS.' OH, SHEESH. THEN WE... RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT, UM... SHE'D UNFORTUNATELY HAD HER LEFT ARM AMPUTATED. HER PARENTS, BOTH FROM THE HAWKE'S BAY, WERE THE ONES TO TELL HER. MUM AND DAD SAID, 'WELL, AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE WITH US... 'YOU CAN STILL LIVE YOUR LIFE.' AND I BELIEVE IN THEM, SO... AFTER TWO SURGERIES AND A MONTH AWAY FROM SCHOOL, THE 10-YEAR-OLD IS THRIVING, HAPPY AND CONFIDENT. WE HAVEN'T QUITE TAUGHT YOU HOW TO BRUSH YOUR HAIR YET, SO... I KNOW HOW TO BRUSH MY HAIR. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE IT. OH, SORRY. SORRY. WITH HER DETERMINED ATTITUDE, NOTHING WILL STOP HER. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` BROTHERS DANNY AND ROBERTO JAZ SHOWED NO EMOTION, AS SURVIVOR AFTER SURVIVOR FACED THEM IN COURT TODAY, TO DETAIL THE HORRIFIC IMPACT THEIR CRIMES HAVE HAD ON THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE SENTENCED TO TERMS OF 16 AND A HALF YEARS, AND 17 YEARS FOR THEIR 69 CONVICTIONS ON DRUGGING AND SEX CHARGES. THE MAN WHO MOVED TO OVERTHROW VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS DIED IN A FIERY PLANE CRASH. RUSSIAN AVIATION OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT YEVGENY PRIGOZHIN, THE LEADER OF THE WAGNER MERCENARY GROUP, WAS ON BOARD A PRIVATE JET THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY NORTH OF MOSCOW. NATIONAL MP TIM VAN DE MOLEN HAS BEEN CENSURED BY PARLIAMENT AND STRIPPED OF ALL HIS PORTFOLIOS AFTER THE PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE RULED HE HAD ACTED IN A THREATENING MANNER TOWARD LABOUR MP SHANAN HALBERT. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND YOU HAVE MORE GOOD WEATHER FOR THE SKI FIELDS, HEATHER? YEAH, TODAY WAS GREAT, AND IT'S A REPEAT TOMORROW AND EVEN INTO THE WEEKEND, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE SKI FIELDS. SNOW RETURNS ON SUNDAY ` DOWN TO 500M FROM SOUTHLAND TO CANTERBURY, SO THAT WILL TOP UP THE SLOPES AS WE HEAD INTO SPRING. MORE DETAILS NEXT. THEN ON THE PROJECT, YOU'RE TAKING THE DAY OFF? ON THE PROJECT, YOU'RE TAKING THE DAY OFF? NOT US, BUT ONE KIWI COMPANY THAT'S GIVEN IT'S STAFF UNLIMITED PAID LEAVE ` SO IS IT WORKING? AND WE HELP A KIWI LEGEND DON MCGLASHAN CELEBRATE GETTING INTO THE NZ MUSIC HALL OF FAME. I KNOW THAT HALL. IT'S IN A HALFWAY HOUSE HALFWAY DOWN DOMINION ROAD. THE PROJECT IS NEXT. # R-E-S-P-E-C-T. # TAKE CARE, T-C-B. # TOMORROW'S WEATHER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY NATURE, TURNED INTO POWER BY MERIDIAN. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. THE WEATHER IS HOLDING FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. LOT'S OF Hs ON THE SCREEN. BUT THE RIDGE IS WEAKENING. AND THAT ALLOWS A SLOW-MOVING FRONT TO LINGER OVER THE DEEP SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND DURING FRIDAY. ON SATURDAY, THE RIDGE HOLDS ON A LITTLE LONGER BUT STARTS TO ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO SHIMMY UP THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH IS THEN FOLLOWED BY A COLD SOUTH-WEST FLOW. KI TE WAIPOUNAMU ` TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN FOR THE DEEP SOUTH OVERNIGHT, WITH MAINLY FINE SKIES ELSEWHERE, JUST SOME AREAS OF LOW CLEAR NEAR COASTLINES. TOMORROW SHOWERS FOR FIORDLAND, WHICH SPREAD OVER THE LOWER SOUTH, BUT NOT TILL THE AFTERNOON. THE POCKETS OF MORNING FROST LIFT. WITH A NORTH-EASTERLY OUT EAST. KI TE-IKA-A-MAUI ` TO THE NORTH ISLAND, AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNLUCKY, WITH QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. AND THAT CONTINUES OVERNIGHT. EVERYONE ELSE IS FINE. TOMORROW THE CLOUD AND SHOWERS EXTEND OUT EAST AND REMAIN IN THE NORTH, WITH SOME WAKING TO MORNING FOG AND FROST. STARTING IN THE NORTH, LOTS OF CLOUD. MORNING FOG FOR HAMILTON AND AUCKLAND. MAYBE FROST FOR THE WIDER WAIKATO, TOO. SHOWERS RETURN IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND. MORNING FOG FOR TOKOROA, AND JUST NORMAL CLOUD EVERYWHERE ELSE. THE CLOUD THEN CLEARS, BUT IS REPLACED BY HIGH CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL. BLEAK FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE, WITH MORNING FOG AND FROST PATCHES FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. THEN THE AFTERNOON SEES THE RETURN OF SHOWERS, WITH AFTERNOON SOUTH-TO-SOUTH-EASTERLIES. MORNING FOG FOR KAPITI, PALMERSTON NORTH AND TAUMARUNUI. FROSTY PATCHES TOO FOR THE USUAL SPOTS. THEN IT'S FINE, WITH LIGHT WINDS. MAYBE A SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTH-EASTER FOR MANAWATU AND WELLINGTON. A GREAT MORNING HERE, WITH JUST FOG FOR REEFTON, BUT IT CLEARS QUICK. IT CLOUDS OVER IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE RISK OF SHOWERS FROM WESTPORT SOUTH, AND LIGHT WINDS. LOW CLOUD OR FOG FOR THE WIDER CANTERBURY REGION, BUT IT'S ALL CLEARING, AND THE ENTIRE NORTH-EAST WILL BE IN FOR A FINE AFTERNOON, WITH A SLIGHT NORTH-EASTERLY. FINE AND FROSTY FOR CENTRAL OTAGO. THERE WILL BE LOW CLOUD OR FOG FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO START, BUT IT LIFTS, THEN REPLACED, THOUGH, WITH SHOWERS FOR SOUTHLAND, AND SOMETIMES HEAVY. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT, THOUGH. A FOGGY FRIDAY, DUNEDIN. WHEN IT BURNS OFF, YOU'LL FIND SOME HIGH CLOUD, BUT IT WILL BE DRY FOR THE DAY. LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST, BUT EXPECT A SLIGHTLY STRONGER NORTH-EASTER IF YOU'RE NEAR THE COAST. FOG SETTLES TONIGHT AROUND OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. IT WILL LIFT IN THE MORNING, PARTLY THANKS TO A DEVELOPING NORTH-EASTERLY, WITH SUN FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WELLINGTON, YOU MAY WAKE TO FROST ON THE LAWN, THEN THE DAY IS LOVELY AND FINE, WITH A SOUTH-EASTERLY WHICH DIES AWAY TOMORROW NIGHT. A VERY GREY DAY AROUND TE MATAU-A-MAUI HAWKE'S BAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM LATE MORNING. THEY'LL BE RESTRICTED TO MAHIA PENINSULA BY FRIDAY NIGHT. MORNING CLOUD AROUND TAURANGA, BUT IT CLEARS, LEAVING A FINE FRIDAY. IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGH CLOUD FORMS, WITH LIGHT WINDS. MORNING FOG AND MORNING FROST FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, BUT IT'S ALL GONE QUICKLY, LEAVING JUST A PARTLY CLOUDY END TO THE WEEK, WITH A LIGHT BREEZE. AND PATCHY MORNING FOG, AUCKLAND. ONCE IT LIFTS, IT WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE DAY, WITH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS, AND LIGHT WINDS. OVER THE TASMAN, MAINLY FINE FOR THE MAJOR AUSSIE CENTRES. JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR HOBART AND CAIRNS. AND SHOWERS FOR SAMOA AND NIUE, WITH ALL OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDS REMAINING DRY. HOME AGAIN, AND THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK IS IMPROVED FOR AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A DRY WEEKEND AFTER ALL. ALSO GREAT FOR THE WEEKEND HERE, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN HAWKE'S BAY ON SUNDAY NIGHT, AND THEN RAMPING UP ON MONDAY. SATURDAY IS GREAT HERE, BUT IT CLOUDS OVER IN THE WEST AND SOUTH ON SUNDAY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS GRADUALLY EASING ON MONDAY. THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH IS GOOD ON SATURDAY ` JUST SHOWERS IN THE WEST, THEN RAIN SPREADS ON SUNDAY, FALLING AS SNOW TO 500m FROM CANTERBURY TO SOUTHLAND, AND RAIN AGAIN ON MONDAY, BUT EASING TO SHOWERS. TWO BIG SPORTING EVENTS ON THIS WEEKEND ` THE WARRIORS TOMORROW NIGHT IN AUCKLAND ` IT SHOULD BE DRY; AND THE MARATHON ON SATURDAY FOR HAWKE'S BAY WILL BE COLD BUT FINE. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. REBECCA WRIGHT AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.30.