BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL DIDN'T START THE WAR BUT IT WILL FINISH IT AS HIS DEFENCE MINISTER ORDERS A COMPLETE SIEGE OF GAZA. WHY THE PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION COULD PROVE A BIG BOOST FOR NATIONAL. AND IRELAND DELIVERS A STINGING REBUKE OF ITS FORMER COACH, NOW ALL BLACKS ATTACK COACH, JOE SCHMIDT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER, KITTY WASASALA AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. THE SIEGE OF GAZA IS UNDERWAY, AND A FULL-SCALE INVASION BY ISRAELI GROUND TROOPS IS READY TO FOLLOW SHORTLY. THE ONLY THING HOLDING THEM BACK FOR NOW ` HAMAS'S THREAT TO EXECUTE A HOSTAGE FOR EVERY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. BUT ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER WON'T WAIT LONG AND HAS THREATENED A PUNISHMENT THAT WILL REVERBERATE WITH HIS ENEMIES FOR GENERATIONS. NEWSHUB CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER HAS THIS, AT TIMES DISTRESSING, REPORT. (BOOM!) THIS WAR IS DEAFENING. (BOMBS EXPLODE) THE ONLY SOUND EVEN CAPABLE OF CUTTING THROUGH THE ATTACKS ON GAZA IS THE DESPERATION OF THOSE WHOSE LOVED ONES ARE FEARED TO BE HELD HOSTAGE THERE. PLEASE DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO BRING MY FAMILY HOME. LEON RAVICH IS AMONG THE HUNDREDS SEARCHING FOR MISSING FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THE ATTACK STARTED ON SATURDAY. WHEN THE ATTACK STARTED ON SATURDAY, HE AND HIS PARTNER RAYA WERE FROZEN ON THE END OF THE PHONE IN TEL AVIV LISTENING AS MILITANTS STORMED INTO HER FAMILY HOUSE NEAR GAZA. THEY WERE IN THEIR HOMES HUNTING THEM, KILLING THEM, HIJACKING THEM. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. WE DON'T KNOW. THEY TOLD US, 'THEY'RE HERE. I'M AFRAID.' 'PLEASE HELP ME.' AND THEN... WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THEM. RAYA'S FATHER, SISTER, GRANDMOTHER AND COUSIN ARE ALL MISSING. HER 12-YEAR-OLD BROTHER IS TOO, LAST SEEN IN THIS VIDEO BEING DRAGGED AWAY BY HAMAS. (BOMBS EXPLODE) IF THEY ARE AMONG THE MORE THAN 100 CAPTIVES BEING HELD IN GAZA, THEIR FUTURE IS BARELY ANY BRIGHTER THAN CERTAIN DEATH. QATAR IS ATTEMPTING TO HELP NEGOTIATE HOSTAGE RELEASE, BUT GAZA IS NOW A HELL TRAP. HIT RELENTLESSLY BY THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE AGAIN TODAY, THE STREETS WOULD FILLED WITH SMOKE AND CLEAR TO REVEAL THE STREETS WOULD FILL WITH SMOKE AND CLEAR TO REVEAL MORE FLATTENED FUTURES. ISRAEL HAS NOW ORDERED A COMPLETE SIEGE OF GAZA, CUTTING OFF ITS FOOD, FUEL AND ELECTRICITY, MAKING MEDICAL CARE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. HAMAS HAS RESPONDED WITH A SINISTER THREAT THAT THEY WILL EXECUTE A HOSTAGE EVERY TIME THEY ARE TARGETED WITHOUT WARNING, LEAVING THE HELPLESS MORE HOPELESS THAN EVER. IN JERUSALEM, HELPING IS FRONT OF MIND. DONATED NECESSITIES ARE BEING HASTILY PACKED INTO BOXES AND BAGS DESTINED FOR THOSE DOING IT TOUGH. TO SOLDIERS OR TO HOSPITALS TO SOLDIERS OR TO HOSPITALS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INJURED. ATOP OF THE MOUNTING PILES IS PLACED A VERY SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS CALLED UP TO FIGHT. THEY'RE MY GRANDCHILDREN. I-I... WHEN THEY COME TO MY HOUSE, I BAKE FOR THEM. PHYLLIS POSY SENDING HOMEMADE BAKING TO HER BOYS ON THE FRONT LINE. HOW OLD ARE YOUR GRANDSONS? 19, 20, 23. THE RISK IS OMNIPRESENT. AMID THE HASSLE OF PACKING, THE WARNING OF INCOMING TERROR IS HEARD. PANIC APPEARS ON FACES AND EVERYONE MOVES WITH NEWFOUND PURPOSE. THE AIR RAID SIREN HAS JUST SOUNDED HERE IN JERUSALEM. DESPERATE TO GET THEMSELVES AND THEI LOVED ONES TO SAFETY UNDERGROUND. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IN THE AREA WITH ROCKETS. WITHIN MINUTES, THE SMOKE PLUMES REVEAL THE TARGET ` ROCKETS HAD JUST HIT NEAR TEL AVIV AIRPORT ROCKETS HAD JUST HIT NEAR TEL AVIV AIRPORT, AND THOSE IN SHELTERS EMERGE ONCE MORE AND TO A WORLD THEY BARELY RECOGNISE JUST TO SEE THE ADULTS JUST SAYING, 'CHILDREN GET IN.' AND THAT'S THEIR FIRST THOUGHT, GETTING THEIR CHILDREN IN. AND IT'S JUST, LIKE... IT'S HEARTBREAKING, YEAH. THE NUMBERS OF DEAD IN GAZA ARE RAPIDLY RISING TO EQUAL OR OVERTAKE THE HORRIFIC TOTALS IN ISRAEL. EVERYONE THOUGHT SATURDAY WAS THEIR DARKEST DAY, BUT THE ONLY LIGHT SINCE HAS BEEN THE FLASH OF MORE TERROR THROUGH THE SKY. (ROCKETS EXPLODE) LISETTE, HOW LONG BEFORE THE ISRAELI GROUND TROOPS GO IN? FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE PRIME MINISTER ISN'T GIVING AN EXACT TIME OR DATE FOR WHEN THE GROUND INVASION WOULD OCCUR, IF IT INDEED DOES, BUT HE HAS WARNED THAT THE FORCE HAS MILITARY WILL USE WILL BE UNLIKE ANYTHING ANYONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. HE HAS SAID THAT THIS WAR IS JUST BEGINNING. THE MESSAGING HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY STRONG. HAMAS STARTED THIS CONFLICT WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK. AND NOW ISRAELI FORCES FULLY INTEND ON ENDING IT WITH UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE SEEING `. HUGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS AND MILITARY HARDWARE ARE MESSING AROUND THE GAZA BORDER AT THE MOMENT. 300,000 RESERVISTS HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. OBVIOUSLY THAT PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE IS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THOSE HOSTAGES. TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT, IN 2011, ANOTHER OVER 100 ISRAELIS MISSING. IF ONE ACT DEFINED THE RULES OF THIS WAR, THEN FOR ISRAEL, IT WAS THE ATTACK ON THE YOUNG PARTYGOERS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL NEAR THE GAZA BORDER. THEY WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO BE SLAUGHTERED, AND THEY DIED IN THEIR HUNDREDS. IT IS THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES, AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM A SURVIVOR WHO RELIVED THE HORRORS OF IT ALL FOR ITV'S REPORTER JOHN RAY. ON THE BLACKEST DAY IN ISRAEL'S HISTORY, ITS DARKEST SCENE LAID BARE ` THE AFTERMATH OF A MASSACRE. HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WERE MURDERED HERE. (SCREAMING) MANY DIED AS THEY TRIED TO RUN FROM THE GUNFIRE, AND THOSE WHO SURVIVED WONDER HOW THEY STAYED ALIVE. MILLET AMONG THEM, MAKING DESPERATE CALLS FOR HELP ON HER PHONE. NOBODY CAME. (SOBS) AND YOU MUST HAVE THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER GET OUT. (SOBS) NO. I TOLD MY FAMILY THAT I LOVED THEM AND THAT I'M HAPPY WITH THE LIFE I HAD. YOU SAID GOODBYE TO THEM? YEAH. AND AT THAT POINT, I WAS JUST HOPING THAT I WILL DIE FROM A ROCKET, BECAUSE I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA SEE... THE TERRORIST. (POUNDING TRANCE MUSIC PLAYS) YET JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER, AND THIS IS MILLET WITH FRIENDS AT THE FESTIVAL, CLOSE TO THE GAZA BORDER. THEN THE MUSIC SUDDENLY STOPS, AND SHE TURNS HER CAMERA TO FILM THE FLASH OF ROCKETS IN THE DAWN SKY. AND THEN WE STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS THE FIELDS, AND I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE FALLING DOWN, AND IT'S ALL, LIKE, A BLUR. BUT I JUST` I SAW TONS OF PEOPLE FALLING DOWN. FINALLY, SHE FOUND THIS PLACE TO HIDE WITH THREE FRIENDS IN A HOLLOW BENEATH THE TREES. WE TRIED TO JUST, LIKE... STAY QUIET, NOT BREATHE, HOLDING HANDS. FOR ALL THOSE TAKING SHELTER, SILENCE WAS THE KEY TO SURVIVAL. ANOTHER FILMED THE MOMENT ISRAELI POLICE ARRIVED ` AT FIRST, HOPELESSLY OUTGUNNED. I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT OUT OF THERE. DO YOU WANT REVENGE FOR` FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE? DO YOU WANT REVENGE? I DON'T WANT REVENGE; I WANT PEACE. INSTEAD, THERE WILL BE MORE BLOOD SPILT AND MORE VICTIMS ON BOTH SIDES IN NEED OF COMFORT. NEW ANALYSIS RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO NEWSHUB SHOWS A GROUP OF 300 LANDLORDS ARE SET TO BECOME TAX-CUT MILLIONAIRES UNDER NATIONAL'S TAX PLAN. IT COMES AS THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES CONTINUE TO LOB FISCAL FIRE AT EACH OTHER AROUND HOW MUCH WOULD NEED TO BE CUT TO PAY FOR THEIR ELECTION PROMISES. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH HAS THE DETAILS. HENRIETTA BOLLINGER WRITES AND FIGHTS FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON A BENEFIT. THEY DESERVE THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET. BUT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER NATIONAL, AS THE PARTY IS PROPOSING TO TIE BENEFITS TO INFLATION RATHER THAN WAGE INCREASES. A COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS ANALYSIS HAS FOUND BENEFICIARIES WILL BE $17,000 WORSE OFF AFTER FIVE YEARS OF THAT CHANGE. IT'S A REDUCTION IN INCOME. THAT THE DISABLED COMMUNITY CAN'T AFFORD. IT'S EXPECTED TO SAVE NATIONAL $2B OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ` COINCIDENTALLY, THE SAME AMOUNT THE PARTY'S BUDGETED FOR A TAX CUT FOR LANDLORDS BY REINTRODUCING INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY RULES. WHO'S BETTER OFF UNDER YOUR PLAN `. LANDLORDS OR BENEFICIARIES? TENANTS ARE BETTER OFF, WORKING PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF. ALL NEW ZEALANDERS`. I REJECT YOUR BINARY. THE CTU HAS ALSO FOUND THAT MEGA LANDLORDS ARE GOING TO MAKE MEGABUCKS FROM THE NATS' TAX PLAN. IN 2021, DATA SHOWED THERE WERE 346 LANDLORDS WHO OWNED AT LEAST 200 PROPERTIES EACH. THE CTU ANALYSIS SHOWS THOSE LANDLORDS ARE IN FOR AN AVERAGE TAX CUT OF $1.3M EACH OVER FIVE YEARS. THE TOTAL GOING TO THAT GROUP ` $464M. THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO GIVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ALREADY WEALTHY LANDLORDS. AND TAKING IT FROM DISABLED PEOPLE, SINGLE MUMS, WHO DESPERATELY NEED EVERY DOLLAR THEY CAN GET. WHO NEEDS COST OF LIVING SUPPORT MORE `. BENEFICIARIES OR LANDLORDS? BENEFICIARIES WILL GET HELP WHEN THEIR RENTS ARE LOWER. THOUGH WILLIS ADMITTING TODAY THAT THE TAX CUTS WOULDN'T LOWER RENTS ` JUST EASE THE INCREASE. CORRECT. IT WILL SLOW THE INCREASE. DOWNWARD PRESSURE. THE FIGHT OVER FISCALS IS STILL FIZZLING ALONG, WITH BOTH SIDES REWRITING EACH OTHER'S BUDGETS TODAY ` LABOUR CLAIMING NATIONAL WILL CUT DEEPER... THAT IS COMPLETELY WRONG. THEY ARE RECYCLING MORE OF THE SAME RUBBISH. ...NATIONAL CLAIMING LABOUR'S FREE DENTAL VOW IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. IT ACTUALLY ONLY COVERS BASIC DENTAL TREATMENT. CHRIS HIPKINS, FRANKLY, HE IS THE PRIME MINISTER BUT HE IS THE PRIME MISINFORMER. AND IN A BIZARRE TURN OF EVENTS, ONE OF THE LEADERS PRESIDING OVER THIS PROFOUND POLICY DEBATE HAS BEEN FORCED TO CLARIFY HIS POSITION ON DINOSAURS. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION. BUT IT IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S PROPERLY ANSWERED IT. DO BELIEVE DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH? ABSOLUTELY. WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT, MATE? WE'VE REACHED A POINT IN THIS CAMPAIGN WHERE NEITHER SIDE IS ARGUING FOR THEIR OWN POLICY ANY MORE ` RATHER LAUNCHING DAILY ATTACKS AT THEIR NEMESES' NUMBERS. HARDLY EDIFYING POLITICS ` THEY'LL ALL LEARN WHAT VOTERS THINK OF IT IN FOUR DAYS' TIME. JENNA LYNCH, NEWSHUB. THE DATE FOR THE PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION HAS BEEN SET FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE ACT PARTY'S CANDIDATE NEIL CHRISTENSEN. IT'LL BE HELD ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25th, AND HAS BEEN AGREED UPON BY ALL PARTIES. BUT AS LLOYD BURR REPORTS, THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT HAVE EXPOSED THE COMPLEXITIES OF ELECTORAL LAW. A NOSTALGIC VISIT TO THE KAPITI COAST... I USED TO WORK IN THIS SUPERMARKET. DID YOU? THIS ONE HERE? CHRIS HIPKINS OUTSIDE HIS OLD COUNTDOWN AND COUNTING DOWN TO WHAT COULD BE HIS LAST DAYS AS PRIME MINSTER. OH, I'VE NEVER SHAKEN A PRIME MINISTER'S HAND BEFORE, NEVER. PLENTY OF DOGGED SUPPORTERS, PLENTY OF DOGS. HELLO, MABEL. HOW ARE YOU? AND DEALING WITH AN UNFORTUNATE CONSTITUTIONAL CURVEBALL ` CONFIRMING THE DATE OF THE PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION. THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER, SATURDAY THE 25th OF NOVEMBER. IT'S BEEN PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF ACT'S PORT WAIKATO CANDIDATE NEIL CHRISTENSEN. TO BE RESPECTFUL TO NEIL, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE LAW STATES THAT ON THE DEATH OF A CANDIDATE BEFORE ELECTION DAY, THE VOTE TO CHOOSE THE LOCAL MP IS CANCELLED AND ONLY THE PARTY VOTE COUNTED. IT IS TOO LATE TO CHANGE THAT NOW. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION. CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER GRAEME EDGLER SAYS THE QUIRK IS A HANGOVER FROM FIRST PAST THE POST AND HAS BEEN CALLING FOR IT TO BE CHANGED FOR A DECADE. WE WENT FOR A HIGHLY PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A SLIGHT WRINKLE IN EXACTLY HOW PROPORTIONAL THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A SLIGHT WRINKLE IN EXACTLY HOW PROPORTIONAL OUR PARLIAMENT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT TERM, BUT IT'S NEVER PERFECTLY PROPORTIONAL. THE INCUMBENT IS NATIONAL'S ANDREW BAYLY, WHO'S ALSO NUMBER 16 ON THE PARTY LIST ` ESSENTIALLY GUARANTEED TO GET IN AS A LIST MP. BUT HE'LL THEN CONTEST THE BY-ELECTION AND LIKELY WIN IT, MEANING HE'LL SWITCH FROM A LIST MP TO AN ELECTORATE MP, PROMPTING THE NEXT CANDIDATE ON NATIONAL'S LIST TO MAKE IT INTO PARLIAMENT, GIVING THEM AN EXTRA MP IN THE PROCESS. IT MAKES THE MOUNTAIN LABOUR HAS TO CLIMB EVEN BIGGER ALTHOUGH CHRIS HIPKINS DOESN'T NECESSARILY AGREE. THIS TOW TRUCK DRIVER NOT AGREEING WITH A COMMENT HIPKINS HAD MADE ABOUT GANGS, PROMPTING SECURITY TO INTERVENE. 'BIT OF A SQUABBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PIECE-TO-CAM.' THE IMPENDING SQUABBLE IN THE PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION THOUGH, NOT WORRYING HIPKINS. IT COULD ACTUALLY GIVE US AN EXTRA SEAT DEPENDING ON WHO THE LAST PARTY IS TO GET A LIST MEMBER. WE'LL DEAL WITH BY-ELECTION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS GENERAL ELECTION. OH, LOOK AT THAT. BOTH TAKING IT ONE ELECTION AT A TIME AS THEY RACE TO BLOOM ON SATURDAY. LLOYD BURR, NEWSHUB. DAVID SEYMOUR FACED A FEW CHALLENGES ON HIS STROLL AROUND CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. AT EVERY STEP, HE SEEMED TO BE MET BY PEOPLE QUESTIONING HIS POLICIES, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF TEEN CLIMATE PROTESTERS WHO GATE-CRASHED HIS MEDIA STAND-UP. POLITICAL REPORTER AMELIA WADE WAS WITH HIM. I MIGHT JUST LEAVE THAT WITH YOU, SO... SOME DAYS ARE MORE CHALLENGING THAN OTHERS FOR OUR POLITICIANS. I'LL JUST LEAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE. IF IT'S OK WITH YOU ` THAT'S OUR DEAL. EXHIBIT A ` DAVID SEYMOUR BRAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH CANTABRIANS... WE WON'T BE PARTY VOTING ACT. WE'RE PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS, AND WE'RE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE AS IT IS, SO THE IDEA OF CUTS TO PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING AND JOBS IS PRETTY ROUGH. ...ONE CHALLENGING CHAT AT A TIME. IT'S GONNA MAKE IT HARDER FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST HOMES. THERE WERE SOME WINNERS. YOU'RE THE MOST TALENTED POLITICIAN THAT WE'VE GOT IN NEW ZEALAND, NO DOUBT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT THE CONFRONTATIONS DIDN'T STOP WHEN THE WACKY WALK WRAPPED. ACT CAN ASSURE A STABLE AND UNITED GOVERNMENT` THE ACT PARTY IS A DISASTER FOR CLIMATE ACTION! OH, THERE WE GO. THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY. YOUR POLICIES ARE RACIST AND MISOGYNISTIC AND WILL CONTINUE TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU'VE HAD YOUR SAY NOW. NOW WOULD IT BE OK IF I CONTINUE TALKING TO THESE GUYS? WOULD THAT BE A RESPECTFUL WAY TO CONTINUE? WE'LL STAND IN THE BACKGROUND. AND STAND IN THE BACKGROUND THEY DID, SIGNS PROUDLY ALOFT. I'VE GOTTA SAY, I'VE HAD PEOPLE MORE PERSISTENT IN THEIR CHALLENGING THAN OTHER WALKABOUTS I'VE DONE, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. THERE WAS THEN ANOTHER VERY POLITE INTERRUPTION. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM ON HOMELESSNESS? WELL, SIR, THE ACT PARTY RELEASED A HOUSING POLICY RECENTLY. THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION (!) TWAS THEN THE TEENS' TURN TO SEEK ANSWERS. HE'S SCARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE. THE ADULT POLITICIAN CHALLENGED THE TEENAGERS BACK. HAVE YOU READ THE REPORT FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION BAN? NOT ALL THE WAY. I'M 17. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT TO US? YOU'RE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. YOU'RE A PARASITE, A PARASITE. WHOO! WHOO! IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A CHALLENGING AFTERNOON FOR DAVID SEYMOUR, BUT HEY, AT LEAST HE'S WINNING ROLLICKIN' GELATO'S SCOOP POLL. SEYMOUR COULDN'T RESIST A CHECK-IN. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THESE RESULTS BECOME A REALITY. PRETTY BIG DREAMS REQUIRING ONE CHALLENGING CHAT AT A TIME. UH, I'VE ALREADY DONE MY EARLY VOTE. AMELIA WADE, NEWSHUB. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE ARRIVED IN PARIS AHEAD OF THEIR RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST IRELAND, AND THEIR OPPONENTS HAVE SET THE TONE AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S MATCH. ANDREW GOURDIE'S WITH US LIVE FROM PARIS. ANDREW, THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE TENSE OVER THERE? YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN. BONJOUR, TEAM. WELL, WE MIGHT BE IN THE CITY OF LOVE HERE IN PARIS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT CENTRES AROUND JOE SCHMIDT, THE KIWI COACH WHO SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN CHARGE OF IRELAND AND IS NOW PART OF IAN FOSTER'S COACHING GROUP AT THIS WORLD CUP. BUT IF THE ALL BLACKS THOUGHT THEY HAD A SECRET WEAPON UP THEIR SLEEVE AHEAD OF THIS MATCH, WELL, ONE OF HIS FORMER PLAYERS, VETERAN IRISH WING KEITH EARLS, HAS PUT THAT IDEA TO BED WITH SOME VERY POINTED COMMENTS FOR HIS OLD COACH. I DON'T THINK JOE WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SQUAD. WE'RE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SQUAD. HE PROBABLY KNOWS THINGS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE ALL CHANGED OUR HABITS UNDER THIS COACHING STAFF, AND, YOU KNOW, WE GENUINELY DON'T USE ANY OF THE HABITS THAT JOE HAS TAUGHT US, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT THE SAME TEAM THAT PLAYED UNDER JOE. A VERY MATTER-OF-FACT ASSESSMENT FROM EARLS, WHICH ADDS TO A GENUINE TENSION BETWEEN THESE TEAMS THAT'S BEEN SIMMERING SINCE LAST YEAR'S SERIES DEFEAT TO THE IRISH ON HOME SOIL. NOT QUITE THE SAME ANIMOSITY BETWEEN TWO OTHER WORLD CUP RIVALS ` FIJI AND PORTUGAL, WHO CLAIMED A ONE-POINT VICTORY FOR THEIR FIRST EVER WORLD CUP WIN YESTERDAY. THIS FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF FIJI'S COACH ENTERING THE PORTUGUESE DRESSING ROOM FOLLOWING FIJI'S LOSS TO OFFER THEIR RIVALS A BAG FULL OF TEAM GEAR FOR A LARGELY AMATEUR GROUP OF PLAYERS IN THE PORTUGUESE SQUAD. A REALLY NICE GESTURE AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT ENCOUNTER. BUT THE BIG NEWS HERE IN PARIS SURROUNDS THE FACE OF THE WORLD CUP, FRENCH SKIPPER ANTOINE DUPONT. LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, HIS WORLD CUP WAS IN SERIOUS DOUBT AFTER SUFFERING A BROKEN CHEEKBONE. HE'S TODAY BEEN GRANTED MEDICAL CLEARANCE TO RESUME TRAINING AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS IN A MAJOR BOOST NOT JUST FOR THE HOST NATION'S CHANCES BUT FOR THE TOURNAMENT AS A WHOLE. I'LL BE BACK SHORTLY WITH MORE ON THAT AND A FIRED-UP IRISH TEAM LATER IN SPORT. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. TIME NOW FOR A RECAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER, AND A TYPICAL SPRING DAY, HEATHER? YEAH, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, WIND, AND OF COURSE THE ODD SHOWER. THERE WAS ALSO A DECENT SOUTHERLY SWELL ALONG THE CANTERBURY COAST ` UP TO 4M WAVES TODAY. IT'LL EASE BACK TO BELOW 3M IN THE MORNING. TODAY'S STRONGEST GUST WAS IN SOUTHLAND, BUT MOST WOULD'VE FOUND TODAY WINDY, AND THAT CONTINUES TOMORROW. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THERE ARE SIGNS OF REVITALISATION IN THE HOUSING MARKET WITH QUEENSTOWN, INVERCARGILL, AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON LEADING THE WAY. WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S DRIVING IT. WHY THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CHURCH BELIEVES IT SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY. AND A MARINE BIOLOGIST SAYS THE SEWERAGE PIPE SINKHOLE IS AUCKLAND'S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN 40 YEARS. WE'LL ASK A HARDCORE IRISH FAN IF HE THINKS HIS BOYS CAN TAKE DOWNALL WE'LL ASK A HARDCORE IRISH FAN IF HE THINKS HIS BOYS CAN TAKE DOWN THE ALL BLACKS IN THE WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL. AND AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. THE JURY IN THE MURDER CASE OF CHRISTCHURCH MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH HAS RETIRED FOR THE NIGHT WITHOUT A VERDICT. HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND DAVID BENBOW IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM IN 2017. CALEY CALLAHAN WAS AT THE HIGH COURT ` AND CALEY, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? THE JURY OF SIX MEN AND SIX WOMEN SPENT THE FIRST FULL DAY DELIBERATING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THE ONLY TIME THEY LEFT THE JURY ROOM WAS TO GET SOME FRESH AIR THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT DAVID BENBOW IS GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY OF MICHAEL MCGRATH'S MURDER. THEY ARE THE SECOND JURY TO HEAR THIS CASE THIS YEAR. IN APRIL AFTER MORE THAN THREE DAYS OF DELIBERATION IS THE FIRST JURY COULD NOT REACH A VERDICT. A TEMPORARY FIX FOR THE PARNELL SINKHOLE IS REPORTEDLY NEARING COMPLETION, BUT THERE ARE CALLS FOR HEADS TO ROLL AT WATERCARE. THAT'S BECAUSE TONS OF SEWAGE CONTINUE TO POUR INTO AUCKLAND'S WAITEMATA HARBOUR. NEARLY TWO WEEKS ON FROM THIS SINKHOLE OPENING IN PARNELL, RAW, UNTREATED SEWAGE IS STILL PUMPING INTO AUCKLAND'S WAITEMATA HARBOUR. THIS IS WOULD BE THE WORST POLLUTION EVENT WE'VE HAD IN AUCKLAND THIS WOULD BE THE WORST POLLUTION EVENT WE'VE HAD IN AUCKLAND FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY MARINE SCIENTIST ANDREW JEFFS SAYS THE DAMAGE TO PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS HISTORIC. THE WORST ONE BEFORE THIS WOULD BE THE ICI FIRE IN 1984, WHERE THOUSANDS OF LITRES OF TOXIC MATERIAL WERE RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SCALE OF THE SPILL IS HARD TO OVERSTATE. IN A STATEMENT TO NEWSHUB, WATERCARE SAYS... SEVERAL HUNDRED LITRES IS FAIRLY IMPRECISE, BUT AT SEVERAL HUNDRED LITRES PER SECOND, FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, CONSERVATIVELY, THAT MEANS 362 MILLION LITRES HAS POURED INTO THIS WATER. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S AS IF EVERY PERSON IN NEW ZEALAND DUMPED 70 LITRES OF THEIR OWN RAW SEWAGE INTO THE HARBOUR. MPI AND COUNCIL ARE TELLING LOCALS NOT TO GATHER, FISH FOR, OR EAT ANY SEAFOOD FROM CONTAMINATED AREAS FOR AT LEAST 28 DAYS ONCE THE SEWAGE HAS STOPPED ENTERING THE HARBOUR. NOT ONLY ARE THERE CALLS TO POUR MORE MONEY INTO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE... WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO INVEST, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T INVEST, WE WILL SEE` WE WILL HAVE THE RISK OF FUTURE OVERFLOWS OF THE SORT THAT WE'VE SEEN. BUT WHEN ASKED IF HEADS SHOULD ROLL... CERTAINLY. I THINK A LOT MORE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED OF WATERCARE AND ITS... RESPONSIBILITY TO AUCKLANDERS. IF I THOUGHT THAT THIS HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING WATERCARE HADN'T WELL, AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING WATERCARE HADN'T DONE WELL, THAT MAY BE THE CASE. BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE REASON WE GOT THE TOMO WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PIPE. WARNING INSTEAD THAT MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS COULD BE DESTABILISING THE SOIL AT DESTRUCTIVE RATES ` COUNCIL SUGGESTING MORE CHECKS MAY BE ON THE CARDS. IT MAY BE THAT THE CHECKING OF THESE PIPES, IF WE HAVE A LOT OF BAD WEATHER EVENTS CONTINUE, THAT IT ACTUALLY IT HAPPENS MORE REGULARLY THAN THE FIVE-YEARS. AND WHILE WATERCARE SAYS IT'S MAKING GOOD PROGRESS BUILDING A TEMPORARY DIVERSION, AUCKLANDERS, EVERY SECOND WATERCARE SCRAMBLES, MORE POO IS COMING TO WATERS NEAR YOU. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. ANDREW'S IN LATER IN SPORT, LIVE FROM PARIS. HI, GUYS ` YES WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM THIS IRISH TEAM WHO'VE SHOWN THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO STOKE THE FIRE AHEAD OF THEIR WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST NEW ZEALAND AFTER TAKING AIM AT JOE SCHMIDT. CAN THE FORMER IRISH MENTOR PLAY A KEY ROLE IN HELPING THE ALL BLACKS CAUSE AN UPSET? AND DETAILS OF AN EXPANDED SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI COMPETITION AND A PAY RISE FOR OUR LEADING WOMEN'S PLAYERS. THERE'S NO SPRING SURGE, BUT THERE ARE MORE SIGNS THE HOUSING MARKET'S TURNING, WITH EXPERTS PICKING A JUMP IN LISTINGS AFTER THE ELECTION. PLUS ` A SURVEY REVEALS A RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. NETANYAHU'S PROMISED A MIGHTY VENGEANCE AGAINST HAMAS. LITTLE BIT OF BREAKING NEWS, A VERY SENIOR DIPLOMATIC SOURCE SAID ISRAEL'S GOING TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE HAMAS' FIGHTING CAPABILITY. I DON'T HAVE GREAT HOPES FOR THE HOSTAGES BEING HELD BY HAMAS. It's all the same. Expensive power made toast. Cheap power made toast. (VOICE DISTORTS) It's all toast. (FEEDBACK WHINES) SCIENTIST: Again. Same energy. Probably cheaper. (MONITOR BUZZES) (CHOIR SINGS) # Frank! # THE LATEST QV STATS SHOW THE HOUSING MARKET IS SHOWING 'SIGNS OF REVITALISATION'. BUT QV SAYS WE'RE STILL AT THE 'GREEN SHOOTS' STAGE. AVERAGE HOME VALUES IN THE SEPTEMBER QUARTER WENT UP 0.9% TO JUST A TICK UNDER $900,000. INVERCARGILL, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND QUEENSTOWN ARE LEADING THE WAY. BUT PRICES ARE STILL FALLING IN PLACES LIKE WHANGAREI, NELSON AND NEW PLYMOUTH. QV SAYS FIRST HOME BUYERS ARE FUELLING A RECOVERY HELPED BY SOARING MIGRATION. BUT LISTINGS REMAIN COMPARATIVELY FLAT, WHICH QV PUTS DOWN TO UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE ELECTION. BUT THEY'RE EXPECTING AN UPTICK IN HOUSES COMING ON TO THE MARKET AFTER WE GO TO THE POLLS. A FORMER JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ELDER IS HELPING TO FIGHT THE CHURCH'S ATTEMPTS TO BE EXEMPTED FROM THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY. THE CHURCH'S LAWYERS HAVE BEEN IN THE HIGH COURT OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, CHALLENGING THE ROYAL COMMISSION. WILLIAM TERITE REPORTS. SHAYNE MECHEN WAS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ELDER FOR 12 YEARS. IT WASN'T UNTIL I LEFT, WOKE UP TO FIND OUT WHAT I WAS PART OF. THE 55-YEAR-OLD NOW SUPPORTS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THE CHURCH. THE ABUSE IS NOT ONLY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. HE AND A GROUP OF SURVIVORS HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS SEEKING TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE ABUSE IN CARE INQUIRY. THE ROYAL COMMISSION STARTED INVESTIGATING JEHOVAH'S WITNESS IN 2019, BUT THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE INQUIRY, SAYING IN A STATEMENT IT HAS NEVER ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN. THAT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE ` THROUGHOUT THEIR PUBLICATIONS, THROUGHOUT THEIR PARTS ON THEIR MEETINGS, THEY CONSTANTLY TELL THEIR ELDERS THEY NEED TO LOOK AFTER CHILDREN. LUKE HOLLIS WAS ABUSED BY A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS FOLLOWING IN THE U.K. WHEN THAT FINALLY CAME OUT, IT WAS EFFECTIVELY SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. BUT THE CHURCH DENIES IT ENGAGES IN ANY ACTIVITIES WHERE A CHILD IS SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS. I JUST WANT THEM TO BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE. I HOPE THE COURT SEES THROUGH THEIR LIES. THERE ARE FEARS IT COULD ALSO DETER ABUSE SURVIVORS FROM SPEAKING UP, WHICH IS WHY EX-FOLLOWER LARA KAPUT TRAVELLED FROM PERTH TO REMIND PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP. IN MY PARTICULAR CASE, THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN IN MY FAMILY THAT WERE ABUSED, AND THEY WERE ALL ABUSED BY SOMEONE ATTENDING THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' RELIGION. THE JUDICIAL REVIEW WRAPPED UP THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE JUDGE RESERVING HER DECISION. WILLIAM TERITE, NEWSHUB. HIGH-PROFILE DOCTOR TOM MULHOLLAND HAS DIED. MULHOLLAND WAS A FAMILIAR FIGURE IN THE MEDIA, ADVOCATING FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS DOCTOR TOM, HE WORKED AS AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR FOR 25 YEARS. HE THEN TOOK TO THE ROAD IN AN OLD AMBULANCE THAT HE TURNED INTO A POP-UP MEDICAL CLINIC. HIS SUDDEN DEATH AT THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER. THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. INSURANCE COMPANY NIB'S ANNUAL SURVEY SHOWS PARENTS' WORRIES HAVE GROWN SINCE 2020, AND THAT'S BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE COVID LOCKDOWNS. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. PARENTS WORRY A LOT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, AND NIB'S 5TH ANNUAL SURVEY SHOWS THEY'RE MORE WORRIED THAN EVER BEFORE. 57% OF PARENTS TELL US THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND THAT'S UP FROM ABOUT A THIRD OF RESPONDENTS WHO CITED THE SAME THING IN 2020. IN FACT, THEY'RE MORE WORRIED NOW ABOUT MENTAL THAN PHYSICAL HEALTH, TALLYING WITH COUNSELLOR ROMY LEE'S OWN OBSERVATIONS. THAT THINGS ARE NOT GETTING BETTER, THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE. ADDING TO THE STRESS, AN ECONOMY THAT'S PUTTING THE DREAM OF BUYING A HOUSE FURTHER OUT OF REACH, AN INCREASINGLY POLARISED SOCIETY AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THE PHYSICAL WORLD IS NOT DOING AS GREAT AS WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS AROUND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CARRY AROUND. PARENTS ARE REPORTING SLEEPING PROBLEMS, BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES AND DIET AND EXERCISE ARE THEIR BIGGEST WORRIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND, POST-PANDEMIC, PARENTS ARE OBSERVING NEGATIVE BEHAVIOURS INCLUDING SEPARATION ANXIETY, PROBLEMATIC EATING, TANTRUMS AND PHYSICAL OR VIOLENT OUTBURSTS. AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SEEING HIGH LEVELS OF ANXIETY THAT ARE STEMMING FROM THAT ISOLATION FROM COVID, BUT ALSO IMPACTING THINGS LIKE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, GRADES, FOCUS. MAORI CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING MORE HEALTH-RELATED CONCERNS THAN OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS, THOUGH MAORI PARENTS ARE BETTER ABLE TO ACCESS SUPPORT LIKE TELE-HEALTH SERVICES. AS MUCH AS THERE ARE TARGETED FUNDING TOWARD SUPPORTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR MAORI WHANAU, I'M NOT SEEING THAT GOING AS FAR AS IT SHOULD BE AT THE MOMENT. IT'S ACCEPTED SOCIAL MEDIA TENDS TO MAKE US WORRY BUT NIB SAYS THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN THAT. THERE'S EVERY REASON TO BE WORRIED. THESE STATISTICS ARE CONFRONTING. THEY DO PAINT A PICTURE OF A SOCIETY THAT'S GRAPPLING AND PLACING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE FAMILY DYNAMIC. AND IN PARTICULAR, THE NEXT GENERATION. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS NEARLY HALF OF ALL KNOWN FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES ARE THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION, AND SPECIES ARE DYING OUT BEFORE SCIENTISTS CAN EVEN NAME THEM. SCIENTISTS AT THE KEW GARDENS ESTIMATE MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WORLD'S PLANTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY NAMED ARE UNDER SEVERE THREAT. THE RESEARCHERS ALSO SAY THE MORE RECENTLY A PLANT WAS DISCOVERED, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS TO BE UNDER THREAT, WITH 77% OF SPECIES LISTED IN 2020 ALREADY AT RISK. SO, WE'VE MANAGED TO TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE ALREADY KNOW, PUT IT INTO THE LIST. IT IS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE ADDING AROUND 2000 SPECIES EACH YEAR. THE PROBLEM IS ` AND WHAT ONE OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT IS ` IS THAT THREE OUT OF FOUR OF THOSE NEW SPECIES ARE ALREADY THREATENED BY THE TIME WE FIND THEM. AROUND 2000 PLANT SPECIES A YEAR ARE STILL BEING DISCOVERED DESPITE CONTINUING HABITAT LOSS DUE TO AGRICULTURE OR CONSTRUCTION. A RAHUI HAS BEEN LIFTED AT CATHEDRAL COVE IN THE COROMANDEL, BUT THE LOCAL IWI IS STILL URGING PEOPLE TO RESPECT DOC'S CLOSURES OF WALKING TRACKS. EXPLOSIVE COMMENTS FROM THE IRISH HERE IN PARIS AS THEY DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR FORMER COACH, WHO'S HELPING THE ALL BLACKS PLOT THEIR DOWNFALL AT THE WORLD CUP. PLUS ` THE TOP ORDER GETS THE JOB DONE AGAIN FOR THE BLACKCAPS AS THEY GO TWO FROM TWO IN INDIA. AND PROMISING NEWS ON THE INJURY FRONT FOR THE SILVER FERNS AS THEY HEAD TO MELBOURNE FOR THURSDAY'S CONSTELLATION CUP OPENER. TONIGHT ` DAMES LYNDA AND JOOLS TAKE US FOR A TRIP THROUGH 40 YEARS OF LIFE AT THE TOP. WHAT DO IRELAND FANS THINK ABOUT THEIR CHANCES AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN THEIR DO-OR-DIE PLAY-OFF MATCH? THE PROJECT, AT 7. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT FROM HERE IN PARIS, WHERE THE IRISH HAVE TURNED UP THE HEAT WHILE SEEKING TO DEFUSE THE ALL BLACKS' SECRET WEAPON AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S CRUNCH QUARTER-FINAL MEETING AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THEY'VE COMPLETELY DISMISSED THE INFLUENCE OF FORMER IRELAND COACH AND CURRENT ALL BLACKS ASSISTANT JOE SCHMIDT, CLAIMING THEY'RE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDE TO THE ONE SCHMIDT OVERSAW FOR SEVEN YEARS AND ONE HE WOULD KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT. IT'S CLEAR THE IRISH HOLD NO CONCERNS OVER ANY INSIDE KNOWLEDGE THE ALL BLACKS FEEL HE MIGHT HAVE, WITH COMMENTS THAT HAVE WELL AND TRULY LIT THE FUSE AHEAD OF A CLASH THAT PROMISES FIREWORKS. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. JOE SCHMIDT WAS UPBEAT AND RELAXED AS HE ARRIVED IN PARIS. HEY, MATE. THE ENORMITY OF SATURDAY'S QUARTER-FINAL CLEARLY NOT WEIGHING HEAVILY ON THE ALL BLACKS ASSISTANT AS HE LOOKS TO ORCHESTRATE A WIN OVER THE SIDE HE LED FOR SEVEN YEARS. I DON'T THINK JOE WOULD KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SQUAD. WHERE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SQUAD. KEITH EARLS PLAYED UNDER SCHMIDT FOR ALL OF HIS SEVEN YEARS IN CHARGE AND HAS SEEN THE SIDE GROW UNDER ANDY FARRELL. WE'VE ALL CHANGED OUR HABITS UNDER THIS COACHING STAFF, AND WE GENUINELY DON'T... USE ANY OF THE HABITS THAT` THAT JOE HAS TAUGHT US. HE KNOWS THE IRISH WELL. CLEARLY, HE DOES. AND... BUT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TAPPING INTO, I GUESS, THE LAST 12 MONTHS. FOSTER FEELS SCHMIDT'S VALUE TO THE COACHING GROUP IS NOT ABOUT UNPACKING HOW IRELAND MIGHT PLAY ` RATHER HOW THE ALL BLACKS CAN FIND SUCCESS AGAINST THEM. IT'S NOT SO MUCH A MATTER OF, SORT OF, MICRO-ANALYSING THEM TO THE 10th DEGREE THAT WE GET HUNG UP AND DAMPEN OUR OWN GAME A LITTLE BIT. EVEN IF SCHMIDT'S INFLUENCE DOESN'T STRETCH TO INTRICATE KNOWLEDGE OF IRELAND'S GAME, HE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. THE ALL BLACKS AREN'T THE SAME TEAM WHO WERE HUMBLED AT HOME LAST YEAR, AND IRELAND IS BRACING FOR A MUCH IMPROVED SIDE TO THE ONE THEY LAST FACED. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS WORLD CUP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE... THEY'RE STARTING TO COME BACK WITH A ROAR. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE SIMPLY CONTINUES TO PURR. THEY'VE BEEN THE FORM SIDE OF THE WORLD CUP AND PRESENT A STEEP MOUNTAIN FOR THE ALL BLACKS TO CLIMB IF THEY ARE TO MAKE IT PAST THE QUARTER-FINAL. THIS TOURNAMENT IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. WE'RE UNDER NO ILLUSION THAT... THAT WHAT'S COMING AT THE WEEKEND. AS THE ALL BLACKS ROLL INTO PARIS, THEY MAY HAVE JUST BEEN HANDED SOME EXTRA MOTIVATION TO TOPPLE IRELAND IN ANOTHER QUARTER-FINAL. OLLIE IS WITH US NOW. THESE ARE PRETTY EXPLOSIVE COMMENTS. DOES HE HAVE A POINT? HE DOES, THIS IS A DIFFERENT IRISH TEAM FROM WHEN THEY WERE LONG AGO. JOE SCHMIDT WAS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVEN YEARS AND HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT IRISH RUGBY AND ANDY FARRELL, AND THE WAY ANDY FARRELL LIKES TO COACH. IT WAS AT EDEN PARK, THE START OF THE LAST SERIES, WHO WAS THE COACH THAT WAS BOUGHT IN? IT WAS SCHMIDT. I THINK YOU HAVE A PART TO PLAY. QUICKLY, BEFORE WE GO, IT'S THE RETURN OF DUPONT. HE IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF FRENCH RUGBY AND THE FACE OF THE WORLD CUP, SO IT'S A HUGE BOOST FOR THE TOURNAMENT. IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD AND EVEN IF THEY CAN GET 20 MINUTES OR HALF AN HOUR OUT OF HIM, THAT A HUGE BOOST. THANKS VERY MUCH, MATE. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY OFFICIALS HAVE ANSWERED CALLS FOR A LONGER SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI SEASON, ANNOUNCING THE COMPETITION WILL BE EXTENDED TO A SIX-WEEK 'HOME AND AWAY' FORMAT BEFORE THE FINAL. WITH A FOCUS ON PLAYER DEVELOPMENT, SQUAD SIZES WILL INCREASE BY TWO PLAYERS TO 30, WITH A LONGER PRE-SEASON FEATURING TWO MATCHES, WHILE PLAYER PAYMENTS DOUBLE. AND PROGRESS FURTHER INTO THE FINALS. I THINK LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER TOO QUICKLY. THE COMPETITION WILL KICK OFF IN MARCH, WITH A MIXTURE OF STAND-ALONE FIXTURES AND DOUBLE-HEADERS WITH SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC. THE BLACKCAPS ARE FACING A JUGGLING ACT WITH THEIR TOP-ORDER BATTING LINE-UP AFTER THEY THRASHED THE NETHERLANDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERFECT START AT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. THREE KIWI BATSMEN SCORED HALF-CENTURIES TO NOTCH A TOTAL OF 322 THAT WAS NEVER THREATENED BY THE DUTCH. AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF BATTING OPTIONS TO CONSIDER, WITH KANE WILLIAMSON POISED TO RETURN AHEAD OF TOUGHER CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD. TWO MATCHES, TWO CONVINCING VICTORIES... AND THAT WILL WRAP THINGS UP. ...AND BOTH THANKS LARGELY TO THEIR BATSMEN. THIS TIME, WILL YOUNG SET THE PACE, TOP-SCORING WITH 70, WHILE RACHIN RAVINDRA BACKED UP HIS OPENING MATCH CENTURY WITH 51. AND THAT'S THE REPLY FROM RAVINDRA ` ONE OF THOSE CLASSICAL COVER DRIVES. LATER, CAPTAIN TOM LATHAM BECAME THE THIRD BLACKCAP TO REACH A HALF-CENTURY... OH WOW. TOM LATHAM GOES BANG OVER MIDWICKET. ...AS THE KIWIS POSTED 322. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING WAS THE PARTNERSHIPS WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP AFTER PARTNERSHIP. IT WAS A TOTAL THAT ALWAYS FELT TOO BIG AN ASK FOR THE NETHERLANDS, EVEN IF THEY GOT THE RUB OF THE GREEN. LATHAM APPEARED TO HAVE A STUMPING LATE IN THE GAME. OH, CLEVER BOWLING. HOWEVER, THE TV UMPIRE RULED OTHERWISE. YES, HE'S NOT WHOLLY BEHIND THE STUMPS, SO I HAVE A NO BALL. AS A FORMER KEEPER, THAT'S THE MOST BIZARRE THING I'VE EVER SEEN. BIZARRE, BUT ULTIMATELY INCONSEQUENTIAL. YES! YES. HE'S ADJUSTED HIS LINE. HE'S BOWLED STRAIGHT. AS MITCHELL SANTNER CLAIMED JUST HIS SECOND ODI FIVE-WICKET HAUL, THE FIRST BY A KIWI SPINNER AT A WORLD CUP. YES! WHAT ABOUT THAT ONE THEN? WHAT ABOUT` YES! JOB DONE, AND WITH PLAYERS IN FORM, IT COULD GET EVEN BETTER FOR THE BLACK CAPS. WITH KANE WILLIAMSON NEARING A RETURN AHEAD OF THEIR MATCH WITH BANGLADESH ON FRIDAY, THE TEAM WILL MAKE A CALL THEN IF IF HE'S READY TO PLAY. BUT YEAH, HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT. THE TOUGHEST DECISION ` WHO MAKES WAY FOR HIM? GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. ONE OF THE KEY COGS IN THE SILVER FERNS COULD MAKE A SHOCK EARLY RETURN FROM INJURY TO PLAY IN THURSDAY'S CONSTELLATION CUP OPENER. GRACE NWEKE HASN'T FEATURED IN THE BLACK DRESS SINCE SUFFERING A KNEE INJURY AT THE WORLD CUP IN AUGUST. SHE WAS WITH THE TEAM AS THEY HEADED ACROSS THE TASMAN THIS AFTERNOON, AND THERE'S AN AIR OF OPTIMISM AROUND HER PLAYING EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. IT'S STILL A DAY-BY-DAY SORT OF... MEASUREMENT AND TESTING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BUT HOPEFULLY WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET HER OUT THERE IN AUSTRALIA. DEFINITELY BY THE TIME WE HIT NEW ZEALAND, SO WE'RE PRETTY GUARANTEED WITH THAT. THE NEW ZEALAND LEG OF THE CUP BEGINS ON OCTOBER 19th. AUSTRALIA IS THE CURRENT HOLDER OF THE CONSTELLATION CUP. RYAN FOX HAS RECORDED ANOTHER TOP-THREE FINISH ON THE DP WORLD TOUR, FINISHING IN A SHARE OF SECOND AT THE ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP. RESUMING OVERNIGHT AFTER TWO DAYS WERE WASHED OUT, FOX CARDED A 7-UNDER-PAR 65 ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH WAS REDUCED TO THREE ROUNDS DUE TO THE WEATHER. THE KIWI NUMBER ONE FINISHED THREE SHOTS BEHIND THE WINNER, ENGLAND'S MATT FITZPATRICK. IT'S FOX'S THIRD TOP-THREE RESULT IN THE LAST MONTH, WHICH INCLUDED VICTORY AT THE PRESTIGIOUS BMW CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT IS IT FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE FROM PARIS. THE ALL-BLACK'S RESUME THEIR TRAINING HERE, I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING IT. HAVE FUN OVER THERE AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THE RAHUI AT CATHEDRAL COVE HAS BEEN LIFTED, BUT THE LOCAL IWI IS STILL URGING PEOPLE TO RESPECT DOC'S CLOSURES OF THE AREA'S WALKING TRACKS. NGATI HEI PLACED A RAHUI OVER CATHEDRAL COVER AFTER ACCESS TRACKS WERE DAMAGED IN CYCLONE GABRIELLE. THOSE TRACKS ARE STILL CLOSED TO MANAGE THE RISK FROM ROCKFALL AND LANDSLIDES. THE IWI SAYS PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO PUT THEMSELVES IN DANGER BY IGNORING WARNINGS AND TRACK CLOSURES. SOME UNUSUAL MUSIC WORLD MEMORABILIA ARE ABOUT TO GO UP FOR AUCTION ` AMONG THEM, A HAIR PIECE, AND NO, IT'S NOT ELTON'S. IT'S THE BEEHIVE WORN BY AMY WINEHOUSE IN THE 'YOU KNOW I'M NO GOOD' VIDEO, VALUED AT ABOUT $60,000. THERE'S A RANGE OF GUITARS ` SOME FROM KISS ` AND A COUPLE OF LEATHER JACKETS, ONCE WORN BY THE MICHAELS, JACKSON AND GEORGE, WORTH APPARENTLY ALMOST A MILLION ` BUT TO REAL FANS, PRICELESS. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE SIEGE OF GAZA IS UNDERWAY, AND A FULL-SCALE INVASION BY ISRAELI GROUND TROOPS IS READY TO FOLLOW SHORTLY. IT COMES AS HAMAS THREATENS TO EXECUTE A HOSTAGE FOR EVERY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. NEW ANALYSIS RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY TO NEWSHUB SHOWS A GROUP OF 300 LANDLORDS ARE SET TO BECOME TAX-CUT MILLIONAIRES UNDER NATIONAL'S TAX PLAN. A MARINE BIOLOGIST SAYS THE SEWAGE PIPE SINKHOLE IS AUCKLAND'S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN 40 YEARS. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER ` AND HEATHER, THE GALES CONTINUE? ALL THANKS TO A TROUGH WHICH PASSES OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW AND THURSDAY. THIS FORCES A COOL NOR'WEST FLOW OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. SO STRONG WIND WATCHES ARE IN FORCE FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH SNOW EXPECTED, AFFECTING THE MILFORD ROAD AND LEWIS AND PORTERS PASS. MORE NEXT. THEN THE PROJECT WELCOMES TWO COMEDY LEGENDS. RIGHT, THE TOPP TWINS ARE HERE LIVE TO LOOK BACK AT THEIR GREATEST CHARACTERS AND FUNNIEST MOMENTS. AND CAN THE ALL BLACKS PULL OFF A QUARTER-FINAL WIN AS UNDERDOGS? WE'RE NOT USED TO BEING UNDERDOGS, ARE WE? WE'RE NORMALLY THE OVER... CATS. THE PROJECT IS NEXT. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. WE'RE IN FOR ANOTHER TYPICAL SPRING SETUP ` A LITTLE BIT OF WIND AND A FEW SHOWERS. IT'S NOT TOO BAD TOMORROW, APART FROM A WEAKENING FRONT OVER THE NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THIS WILL WORK ITS WAY NORTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, CLEARING THE ISLAND EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE WEST TO NOR'WEST WIND RAMPS UP OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AHEAD OF ANOTHER FRONT. SO THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT, FALLING AS SNOW ABOVE 800m, WITH THUNDERSTORMS. TOMORROW, SCATTERED RAIN OR SHOWERS NORTH OF OAMARU ` AGAIN, FALLING AS SNOW ABOVE 800m, BUT IT CLEARS BY THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS HIT FIORDLAND, AND THEN THAT TURNS TO RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE NEXT FRONT ARRIVES. TO THE NORTH ISLAND ` SHOWERS ON AND OFF FOR MOST OVERNIGHT. SOME HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR WAIRARAPA AND SOUTHERN HAWKE'S BAY. TOMORROW, THEY CLEAR, BUT AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS HIT THE NORTHEASTERN RANGES AND SHOWERS WILL HIT TO THE TOP OF THE ISLAND WITH WINDS TURNING WESTERLY LATE IN THE DAY. SO THERE WILL BE SHOWERS TOMORROW FOR THE NORTH, BUT CLEARING FROM LATE MORNING WITH FINE BREAKS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOU'WEST. PARTLY CLOUDY HERE TOMORROW ONCE OVERNIGHT SHOWERS CLEAR. THEY DO RETURN IN THE AFTERNOON FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA, WITH WESTERLIES DEVELOPING ACROSS THE DAY FOR ALL. OUT EAST, PARTLY CLOUDY. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY IN THE MORNING, BUT THINGS CLEAR AND BECOME FINE FOR ALL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. ALSO PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH THE RISK OF SHOWERS, BUT MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WINDS ARE ALL OVER THE SHOW, END UP FROM THE NORTH FOR WELLINGTON, AND STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON. OVER THE STRAIT - CLOUDY PERIODS FOR MOST IN THE NORTHEAST. NELSON, YOU'LL BE FINE. SHOWERS HIT IN THE EVENING SOUTH OF NELSON WITH FRESH SOU'WESTERLIES FROM THE AFTERNOON. CLOUD AND SHOWERS FIRST THING FOR ALL, BUT IT DRIES OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. HIGH CLOUD ROLLS IN IN THE AFTERNOON FOR CANTERBURY AND THE NORTHERLY TURNS WESTERLY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A FINE AND FROSTY MORNING HERE TOMORROW ` OAMARU AND DUNEDIN, SHELTERED SPOTS WILL HAVE SOME TOO. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPS FROM MIDDAY WITH THE ODD SHOWER, AND GUSTY NORWESTERS FOR THE DEEP SOUTH. OTEPOTI DUNEDIN - FINE WITH SOME FROSTY SPOTS IN THE MORNING. HIGH CLOUD ARRIVES FROM THE AFTERNOON. BUT IT'S THE WIND TO NOTE. NOR'WESTERS BECOME STRONG LATE AFTERNOON, GUSTING 100K'S. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` CLOUDY AND SHOWERY, BUT NOT FOR LONG. IT CLEARS IN THE MORNING, WITH HIGH CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. THE NORTHERLY WILL TURN WESTERLY AFTER LUNCH. TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA, WELLINGTON - YOU'LL HAVE SHOWERS FIRST UP, BUT THEY CLEAR IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE SOU'EASTERLY TURNS NORTHERLY. THAT WILL BE STRONG FROM THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AROUND HAWKE'S BAY - COULD BE HEAVY TOO AND IF YOU'RE INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON, YOU MAY GET THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL. WINDS TURNS WESTERLY TOMORROW NIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR TAURANGA WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BUT THAT RISK REDUCES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IT WILL BE FINE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH WESTERLY WINDS. SHOWERS CLEAR THE WAIKATO IN THE MORNING, AND FINE BREAKS INCREASE DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOU'WEST FOR HAMILTON AND THEY'LL DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND - SHOWERS TO START, BUT THEY BECOME ISOLATED IN THE MORNING, AND CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. CHILLY SOUWESTERLIES ALL DAY. MUCH WARMER IN OZ - CAIRNS, 30, ADELAIDE, 31, BRISBANE, 28, AND ALL DRY. AND MOSTLY DRY FOR THE PACIFIC ` JUST A FEW SHOWERS AGAIN FOR PARTS OF SAMOA. BACK HOME, AND ELECTION DAY LOOKS TO BE WET IN THE NORTH. IT STARTS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, THEN A PERIOD OF RAIN DOES SPREAD NORTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS TOO FOR TAURANGA AND TAUPO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE REST OF THE WEEK IS FINE. STILL WINDY FOR SOME IN THE SOUTH, WITH SHOWERS ON AND OFF THROUGH SATURDAY TOO. TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LOOKING MIXED. THE NORTH HAS A GOOD LEAD-UP TO THE WEEKEND, BUT IT'S WET OUT WEST. AND THAT SOUTH TO SOU'WEST WIND WILL STAY STRONG FOR INVERCARGILL THROUGH TILL SATURDAY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGERING FOR THE DAY TOO. SO THERE'S A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. COULD GET ANOTHER GOOD SHOT LIKE THIS. THANKS, HEATHER. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. ORIINI KAIPARA AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.40.