IF YOUR NAME'S CHRISTOPHER LUXON, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AWAY NOW ` OUR FINAL POLL SHOWS WINSTON MAKING A BIG PLAY. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL'S RETALIATION AGAINST HAMAS IS, 'JUST GETTING STARTED' AND WILL 'CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST.' AND UNWELCOME NEWS FOR ALL BLACK FANS ` WAYNE BARNES WILL REFEREE THE QUARTERFINAL AGAINST IRELAND. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, JOHN GIBBS AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023. TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. NATIONAL HAS CRASHED, AND THE ELECTION IS ON A KNIFE EDGE ONCE MORE, WITH THE LEFT-RIGHT GAP NARROWING AND WINSTON PETERS POWER SURGING IN OUR LAST NEWSHUB REID RESEARCH POLL OF THE CAMPAIGN. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH JOINS US NOW WITH THE NUMBERS. JENNA, NOT GREAT FOR THE NATS THREE DAYS OUT? NATIONAL'S BEEN RIGHT TO PANIC ` ITS VOTE IS PLUMMETING. IT PEAKED TOO SOON AND IS LOOKING TO SNATCH CHAOS FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY. NATIONAL'S NOW ON 34.5%, CRASHING DOWN 4.6 POINTS. LABOUR, YOU'RE STILL LOSING, THOUGH, 27.5% ` ONLY PICKING UP ONE POINT. THE GREENS' CONSPICUOUS ABSENCE FROM MUCH OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS DOING THEIR VOTE WONDERS ` 14.9%, UP POINT 0.7. ACT'S FALL FROM GRACE HAS BAKED IN, STALLING ON 8.8%. AND LOOK WHO'S GOBBLING THE VOTE, TIMING HIS RUN PERFECTLY ` WINSTON PETERS NEW ZEALAND FIRST 6.8%, UP 1.6. OVER IN MINNOW LAND, TE PATI MAORI STILL NOT MAKING A BREAK FOR THE 5% THRESHOLD ` 2.7%; TOP ON 2.2; A NEW ENTRANT HERE ` NEW ZEALAND LOYAL ` CONSPIRACY CANDIDATE LIZ GUNN'S PARTY OF TWO ON 1.4. LET'S BUILD A COALITION ` LABOUR GETS 35, THE GREENS 19 AND TE PAATI MAORI 3, AS LONG AS THEY HOLD ON TO AN ELECTORATE ` THAT ADDS UP TO 57. NATIONAL GETS 43 SEATS, ADD ACT'S 11 ` 54, LOWER THAN THE LEFT BLOCK NOW, AND THEY NEED THE NINE FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THREE DAYS OUT FROM D-DAY, NATIONAL HAS CREATED ITS OWN CHAOS AND IS PANICKING IN THE FACE OF WINSTON PETERS. JUMPING OFF THE TOOT, TOOT, CHUGGA, CHUGGA, BIG BLUE BUS... (APPLAUSE) BURNING UP THE COUNTRY LIKE SOME KIND OF PREMATURE VICTORY TOUR. LOVE YOU! OH, I LOVE YOU TOO! BUT SOMEONE'S SLAMMED THE GEARSTICK IN REVERSE. YOUR VOTE HAS CRASHED NEARLY FIVE POINTS ` WHY? WE'VE GOT GREAT MOMENTUM ON THE GROUND, I CAN TELL YOU. BACKWARD MOMENTUM, PERHAPS. IT'S LIKE, LET'S GET THIS FRIGGING SHOW ON THE ROAD. NATIONAL BEGAN THE CAMPAIGN UP IN THE 40S, ITS VOTE DWINDLING TO 34.5 ` OUCH. YOU PEAKED TOO SOON, DIDN'T YOU? I DISAGREE. WE, UH` MATE, WE'VE GOT GREAT MOMENTUM IN OUR CAMPAIGN. FANTASTIC MOMENTUM. AND WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, BUT IT'S NOT DONE. THE JOB FOR THE OTHER CHRIS MUCH TOUGHER, BUT HE'S STILL DREAMING OF A RED CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS MIGHT COME EARLY. HIS FRIEND AND FORMER COMMANDER GIVING THE GIFT OF SUPPORT IN THE FINAL HOURS. CHRIS HIPKINS, HE'S A GOOD PERSON, AND HE DOES DESERVE YOUR SUPPORT. HIS GROUPIES BUYING THE HYPE. CROWD SINGS: # MOVING ON UP. # BUT HIPKINS IS MOVING ON UP WAY TOO SLOW. (DING, DING!) SPEEDING UP TO A CRAWLING START AS THE CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE. (LAUGHTER) HERE WE GO! HERE WE GO! A COUPLE MORE ARE SWINGING IN BEHIND HIM ` A COUPLE MORE ARE SWINGING IN BEHIND HIM ` 22.2% PICKED HIM AS THEIR PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER, UP 3.1, BUT STILL LAGGING BEHIND LUXON ` HE'S ON 23.6%, FALLING SLIGHTLY. WINSTON PETERS HAS CEMENTED HIMSELF AHEAD OF DAVID SEYMOUR, PETERS ON 5, SEYMOUR ON 4.2, WHILE CHLOE SWARBRICK IS ON 3.7 - OUTPOLLING HER COLEADERS ON 2.9 AND 1.2% ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES... I'M AN OAT FLAT WHITE KINDA OF A GUY MY SELF, YOU KNOW, WELLINGTON CENTRAL. AND ITS SERVING UP SUPERB RESULTS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF 14.9%? LOOK, IT'S A REALLY GOOD POLL. OBVIOUSLY IT, YOU KNOW, HAS TO TRANSLATE ON THE NIGHT. WHEREAS THE RIGHT'S WINNING CONCOCTION IS BECOMING A MIXED-UP MESS. POUR A LITTLE BIT IN. AND THEN MIX IT UP? AND THEN MIX IT UP. NATIONAL CAN'T FILL THE GOVERNMENT BENCHES WITH BLUE. IT HAS TO MIX IN A FEW OTHER COLOURS. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT COLOUR, OR WOULD YOU LIKE IT A BIT DARKER? YEAH, IT'S GOOD. YEAH? IT'S ALL RIGHT. AND HIS PREFERRED COALITION PARTNER IS FAILING TO HIT THE TARGET TWO MONTHS A GO, DID ACT PEAK TOO SOON? NOBODY HAS STARTED, FINISHED OR ENDED YET. ACTUALLY CHOICE IS THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT. THEIR PROBLEM RODE IN ON A NATIONAL PARTY ENDORSEMENT. NO, I WAS JUST LAYING OUT CLEARLY MY POSITION ON PARTIES I D WORK WITH. NO, I WAS JUST LAYING OUT CLEARLY MY POSITION ON PARTIES I'D WORK WITH. IT'S ACTUALLY UP TO VOTERS WHO CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR. LOOK, THERE'S A REAL SURGE ON AND IT WON'T STOP NOW. AS THE BLUE AND YELLOW TEAMS HIT THE PANIC BUTTONS, THREATENED A SECOND ELECTION, IT ONLY MADE PETERS STRONGER. THIS SORT OF PANIC AND SCAREMONGERING WAS NEVER GOING TO WORK, AND I'M HORRIFIED THAT THEIR INEXPERIENCE THOUGHT THEY COULD DO THAT. ONE THING YOU'D DO DIFFERENTLY IN THIS CAMPAIGN IF YOU GOT A DO-OVER? NO, I THINK WE'VE RUN A FANTASTIC CAMPAIGN. THE TIME TO TURN THINGS AROUND IS OVER. FROM HERE THE VOTERS TAKE THE WHEEL. JENNA, WHAT'S GONE WRONG FOR NATIONAL? TWO MAJOR STRIKES AT THE HEART OF THEIR CAMPAIGN ` THE OVERSELL UNDER-DELIVER OF THEIR TAX PLAN. NEWSHUB'S REVELATION THAT THE $250 WOULD ONLY REACH 3000 FAMILIES ` THAT'S SURE TO HAVE DEALT A MASSIVE BLOW AS PEOPLE REALISE THEY'VE BEEN SOLD A PUP. SECONDLY, NATIONAL'S STRATEGY OF RULING IN WINSTON PETERS HAS BLOWN UP IN THEIR FACE. THEY GAVE HIM OXYGEN; THEY LEGITIMISED A VOTE FOR HIM; THEY PULLED HIM BACK ACROSS THE THRESHOLD, AND HE HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. THEIR MESSAGING AROUND HIM SINCE THEN HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF HYSTERICAL ` PANICKING, THREATENING SECOND ELECTIONS, CASTING FEAR AND CONFUSION ABOUT HOW ON EARTH THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. IN 73 HOURS, IT'LL START TO BECOME CLEAR HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE ACROSS THE MAJOR PARTIES, AND WHICH SIDE CAN MUSTER THE MINORS TO LIMP ACROSS THE LINE. JENNA, THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN WATCH OUR COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION STARTING AT 7PM ON SATURDAY. I'LL BE LIVE WITH JENNA, AM HOST RYAN BRIDGE, AND FORMER POLITICAL EDITOR PADDY GOWER. HERE ON THREE AND STREAMING ON THREE NOW AND NEWSHUB.CO.NZ TO THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST NOW, AND A WARNING ` OUR COVERAGE CONTAINS IMAGES AND DETAILS THAT ARE DISTRESSING. THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS GIVEN ISRAEL THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND SEND ITS ARMY INTO GAZA. BIDEN TOLD THE WORLD AMERICA WILL HAVE ISRAEL'S BACK AS IT DEALT WITH HAMAS, WHO HE DESCRIBED AS BUTCHERS, WHO'D CARRIED OUT ACTS OF SHEER EVIL. ISRAEL HAS WARNED THE MILLIONS OF PALESTINIANS INSIDE GAZA TO GET OUT BUT THEY'VE NOWHERE TO GO, WITH THE LAST BORDER CROSSING POINT CLOSED AFTER IT TOO CAME UNDER ATTACK. LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. WHEN THERE ARE BOMBS BREAKING SPIRITS AND MASSACRES REWRITING THE SCRIPT OF YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE, LOOKING SKYWARD FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN MISSILES AND PRAYING FOR PEACE CAN SUDDENLY FEEL LIKE THE ONLY OPTION. (ALL SING HYMN IN TONGAN) THIS GROUP OF NEW ZEALAND TONGANS HAS BEEN STRANDED IN ISRAEL AFTER THEIR CHURCH GROUP TOUR FROM AUCKLAND TO THE HOLY LAND WAS CUT SHORT BY THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY SCARY, TO BE HONEST. THEY'VE BEEN HIDING INSIDE SINCE THE CONFLICT BEGAN. OUR SAFETY, OUR SECURITY IS PRIORITY AT THE MOMENT AND JUST MAKING IT BACK HOME TO NEW ZEALAND, BACK TO OUR LOVED ONES, WHO ARE WORRIED SICK FOR US. AND THEY'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T HIDE. (BOOM!) ISRAEL IS STILL HITTING HAMAS WITH PAYBACK. (BOOM!) BUT THIS FOOTAGE ALSO REVEALS THE REALITY OF LIFE FOR CIVILIANS IN GAZA. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SCRAMBLING UNDER MISSILES; MORE THAN 100,000 NOW DISPLACED. THIS LITTLE BOY WAS PULLED OUT OF THE RUBBLE ALIVE. HIS RESCUER RUSHES TO HIS MOTHER, BUT BEFORE SHE CAN HOLD HER BOY, SHE PASSES OUT IN SHOCK. IN THEIR DESPERATION, CIVILIANS TRIED TO ESCAPE THROUGH EGYPT TODAY, BUT WERE ONLY MET WITH MORE TERROR. (SCREAMING) THEIR SUFFERING IS BEING FELT BY PALESTINIANS ON THE WEST BANK. NO ONE HAS CROSSED THE BORDER IN OR OUT OF PALESTINE SINCE THE CONFLICT STARTED. JOHNNY CANAVAVI LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. HE FEARS WHAT ISRAEL HAS IN STORE FOR THOSE LIVING ON THE STRIP. THIS WAR IS BY NO MEANS CONFINED TO THE BORDERS OF GAZA. THIS WAR IS BY NO MEANS CONFINED TO THE BORDERS OF GAZA. IT ISN'T EVEN CONFINED TO THE SOUTH OF ISRAEL. THIS ATTACK HAS HIT AT THE HEART OF A MUSLIM COMMUNITY JUST OUT OF JERUSALEM. WE HEARD NOISE, AND I CAME HERE. AND... WHAT YOU SEE NOW. HIS NEPHEW, TEENAGER MAJID BRAHEEM, WAS DOING HIS HOMEWORK ON THE COUCH WHEN SHRAPNEL HIT HIM IN THE STOMACH. THIS WAR INFLICTING SCARS ON PEOPLE, BUILDINGS AND THE PAGES OF HISTORY. THE INNOCENT PEOPLE GET KILLED, BOTH SIDES. I SAW ON TV TODAY, IN GAZA, KIDS 1 YEARS OLD AND SIX MONTHS. AND I SEE IN TEL AVIV, AND I SEE OVER THERE IS... IT'S NOT GOOD. THE NUMBER OF WOUNDED IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON PARAMEDICS, AND THE PUBLIC HAS ANSWERED THEIR CALL. WE'VE GOT TWO KIDS IN THE ARMY RIGHT NOW, AND... IT'S HARD. ISRAELIS ARE WAITING HOURS IN LINE TO GIVE BLOOD AT THIS TEMPORARY CLINIC. WE HOPE IT WILL BE OK. MEDICS ARE FRANTICALLY STOCKPILING, FEARFUL THE WORST IS YET TO COME. WE'VE BARELY EVEN HAVE TIME FOR A BATHROOM BREAK, FOR FOOD, SLEEPING MAYBE THREE HOURS AT HOME, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND DO THE SAME THING THE NEXT DAY. HAMAS ROCKETS CONTINUE TO ARC THROUGH THE SKIES. IF ITS INTENDED AS A CHALLENGE, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESERVISTS ALREADY MASSED AT THE BORDER AND AN IRON WALL OF TANKS GROWING BY THE HOUR, ISRAELI FORCES WON'T NEED TO BE ASKED TWICE. LISETTE, IS THERE ANY CHANCE NEGOTIATIONS COULD PREVENT THAT LAND ATTACK? YOU HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES. YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS AROUND THE BORDER. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT A LAND ATTACK IS ANYTHING BUT INEVITABLE. THOSE NEGOTIATIONS CARRY SOME WEIGHT. QATAR IS ADAMANT A PRISONER SWAP IS ON THE TABLE REGARDING THE COST BUT HOSTAGES. IT IS NOT DISCUSSED. THE BIGGEST FACTOR IS REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE GROWING DISTRESS OVER THE TREATMENT OF THOSE IN GAZA. THOSE CIVILIANS ARE CUT OFF FROM ALLERGENICITY, FOOD AND FUEL, SO THE CALL HAS GONE OUT TO ISRAEL TO SET UP A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE OCCURS. THE STORY IS MOVING SO QUICKLY, THE NUMBER OF DISPLACED HAS REALLY JUMPED FROM 100,000 TO OVER 260,000 IN GAZA. THE NEED IS JUST URGENT. THERE IS APPRECIATION AND SYMPATHY AMONG THE ISRAELI IS FOR INNOCENT PALESTINIANS CAUGHT UP IN THIS CONFLICT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS EVERY TIME YOU HEADLINE EMERGES DETAILING MASSACRES, PROVIDING DETAILS ABOUT HOW BRUTAL THE ATTACK AT THE HANDS OF HAMAS WAS IN THE STAGES, IT LIGHTS A FIRE AND FURY AMONGST ISRAELIS IN THE DEFENCE FORCE. THEY WANT TO STRIP HAMAS OF MILITARY POWER. THE ONLY WAY FORWARD APPEARS TO BE GOING INTO GAZA. TODAY'S PHONE CALL FROM THE WHITE HOUSE HAS REINFORCED ISRAEL'S HARD-LINE POSITION. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT HAS ADDRESSED HIS TROOPS AND TOLD THEM ALL RESTRAINTS ARE RELEASED. U.S. CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN REPORTS. ISRAEL'S ALLIES ARE LIGHTING UP BLUE ACROSS THE WORLD. THE EIFFEL TOWER, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND A CLEARLY INCENSED US PRESIDENT. THIS WAS AN ACT OF SHEER EVIL. USING THE WORDS SICKENING, ABHORRENT AND BRUTALITY, JOE BIDEN COMPARED HAMAS'S ACTIONS TO THE WORST ATROCITIES OF ISIS. MORE THAN 1000 CIVILIANS SLAUGHTERED, PARENTS BUTCHERED, USING THEIR BODIES TO TRY TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN. STOMACH CHURNING REPORTS OF BABIES BEING KILLED. AN ISRAELI COMMANDER ON AUSTRALIAN TV WAS ASKED ABOUT BIDEN'S COMPARISON OF HAMAS TO ISIS. I WOULDN'T CONTRADICT THE U.S. PRESIDENT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS WORSE. THE U.S. HAS SENT AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO THE REGION AND IS REPLENISHING ISRAEL'S ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM. JOE BIDEN HAS EFFECTIVELY GIVEN ISRAEL HIS BLESSING TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RETALIATE. ANYONE THINKING OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION, I HAVE ONE WORD ` DON'T. DON'T. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH CAME MOMENTS AFTER HIS THIRD PHONE CALL THIS WEEK WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER. THE PAIR ARE LONG-TIME FRIENDS. MR PRESIDENT, JOE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED AND UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS 14 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE HAMAS ATTACK. OTHERS ARE MISSING AND BEING HELD HOSTAGE. BUT THERE'S NO PLAN FOR THE U.S. ARMY TO JOIN ISRAELI TROOPS ON THE GROUNDS YET. AT THIS POINT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNDER PLANNING. WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN CONDEMN THE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL, THE US GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING TO PROTECT JEWISH COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FBI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO INCREASE THE LEVELS OF SECURITY AT JEWISH PLACES OF WORSHIP. AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMAT HAS NOW BEEN SENT TO ISRAEL, BUT THE NEXT MOVE THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE DIPLOMATIC. IN NEW YORK, MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. A NUMBER OF KIBBUTZIM WERE RIGHT IN THE PATH OF THE ATTACKING HAMAS MILITANTS AT THE WEEKEND, BUT THE SCALE OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY REACHED THE ISRAELI VILLAGES IS ONLY NOW COMING TO LIGHT. AND WE SHOULD WARN YOU, OUR NEXT STORY IS CONFRONTING. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE WAS STILL FIGHTING TO RETAKE THE VILLAGE OF UNTIL TODAY WHEN IT INVITED ITV'S JOHN RAY TO COME AND SEE WHAT THEY FOUND FOR HIMSELF. NOTHING PREPARES THE SOUL FOR THE SCENES AT KFAR AZAR ` FOR 48 HOURS, A VILLAGE HELD BY HAMAS GUNMEN. TWO DAYS OF TERROR ISRAEL WANTS THE WORLD TO WITNESS. DOOR TO DOOR, ROOM TO ROOM. FAMILY BY FAMILY. PEOPLE KILLED IN THEIR PROTECTION ROOM OR IN THE APARTMENT OR IN THE STREET WHEN THEY TRY TO GET RUN AWAY. WOMEN? CHILDREN? WOMEN, CHILDREN, BABIES. WHATEVER DEFENCE THE VILLAGERS COULD MUSTER WAS SOON OVERRUN. THE SMOKE FILLED SKYLINE IS GAZA CITY, 2 MILES QUICKLY CROSSED, WHILE SOME FIGHTERS LANDED BY PARAGLIDER. THEY WERE HEAVILY ARMED, AND EVEN BROUGHT A VIDEO CAMERA TO RECORD THEIR KILLS. TODAY, THEIR CORPSES ARE LEFT TO LIE IN THE SUN, WHILE SOLDIERS START THE GRIM TASK OF SEARCHING FOR SCORES OF MISSING ISRAELIS, NO ONE CAN SAY HOW MANY. THERE ARE STILL MANY, MANY HORRORS TO UNCOVER HERE. ISRAELI FORCES ARE NOW GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE RECOVERING BODIES OF MEN, OF WOMEN AND OF CHILDREN. TOO MANY TO COUNT. TOO MANY SO FAR TO GIVE NAME TO. BUT THEY SAY ONE WORD DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND THAT IS A MASSACRE. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I THINK BACK TO MY GRANDPARENTS STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND IT KEEPS GOING THROUGH MY MIND. IT'S THE BARBARISM, THAT A HUMAN BEING COULD SHED THEIR HUMANITY. A GRENADE LEFT BY HAMAS NEXT TO A CHILD'S BIKE HELMET, JUST ONE OF MANY REMINDERS THE WAR IS CLOSE... (EXPLOSION ECHOES) ...AND MAY SOON TAKE THESE SAME SOLDIERS INTO GAZA ITSELF. YOU HAVE NO FEAR TO GO INTO GAZA TO FIGHT? NO, NOT AT ALL. WE WAIT FOR THAT, AND WE NEED THAT THE WORLD WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME, ENOUGH TIME TO WIN THIS WAR, BECAUSE WE MUST FINISH WITH TERRORISTS IN GAZA. AND FINISH HAMAS FOREVER? YEAH. YET IT TOOK ISRAEL TWO DAYS TO LIBERATE ONE VILLAGE ON THEIR OWN LAND. FIGHTING HAMAS ON THE STREETS OF GAZA WILL TAKE MORE THAN COURAGE AND A THIRST FOR REVENGE. BECAUSE OF THE SIEGE THAT'S NOW IN PLACE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET INSIDE GAZA OURSELVES TO REPORT ON WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. BUT YOUSEF HAMMASH ACTUALLY LIVES THERE. HAMMASH IS A FILM MAKER FOR ITV'S CHANNEL 4; THIS IS HIS EYEWITNESS REPORT. AND A WARNING ` IT TOO IS DISTRESSING FROM THE START. (CLAMOURING) YOU CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF THINK. IT'S NOT JUST THE NOISE OF THE SIRENS AND THE STRIKES ` THE SOUND OF THE CHAOS IN BETWEEN IS JUST RELENTLESS. (CAR HORN BLARES) PURE PANIC EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. ANY CAR BECOMES AN AMBULANCE. THIS WOMAN IS DRIVING OFF BEFORE THE BOOT CAN BE SHOT. (CLAMOURING) WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO GET OUT. BUT WHERE DO WE GO? (CAR HORN BLARES) AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING HERE. ALMOST HALF ARE CHILDREN. FAMILIES ARE RUSHING, TRYING TO MAKE PLANS. EVERY SECOND MATTERS. (CRASH!) (CLAMOURING) GAZA IS UNDER A COMPLETE SIEGE ` (BOOM!) (SCREAMING) NO WATER, NO FOOD, NO ELECTRICITY AND NO ESCAPE. IT'S TOO HARD. SOME ALMOST GIVE UP, BUT YOU CAN'T STAND STILL FOR LONG. TRANSLATOR: PLEASE. MY FAMILY, THEY'RE JUST KIDS. (BOOM!) WE ARE NOT STRANGERS TO WAR, BUT HOW IT FEELS THIS TIME` IT'S HARD TO FIND THE WORDS. IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS COLLAPSING. (CLAMOURING) MANY ARE CONFIRMED DEAD. EVEN MORE ARE MISSING. THIS WOMAN CANNOT FIND HER SON. TRANSLATOR: I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE SATURDAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM HIM, NOTHING. HERE IS THE FAMILY. THEY'RE GATHERING ALL TOGETHER, ALSO IN A PLACE FAR AWAY FROM THE WIND. (WIND HOWLS) (BOOMING) I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THINGS, BUT I THINK YOU CAN HEAR THEM NOW. I'M WALKING RIGHT NOW, CLOSE TO MY HOME, CLOSE TO MY BUILDING, BUT I SWEAR I COULDN'T RECOGNISE THE STREET. I'M ALSO AFRAID WALKING, BECAUSE ANY MINUTE, ANYTHING MAY EXPLODE. THIS AFTERNOON, I MET BLISTIA ON THE STREET CLOSE TO WHERE HER HOME ONCE WAS. NOW IT'S NOT EVEN SAFE TO WALK. LIKE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS BUILDING CAUGHT FIRE AS WELL, OTHER THAN THE BOMBARDMENTS THAT HAPPENED. SO IT'S NOT SAFE ` NOTHING IS SAFE LITERALLY. NOW NOTHING IS RECOGNISABLE. THIS IS AN AMBULANCE. SHE'S AFRAID ` OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT. TIME NOW FOR NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND HOW DID TODAY SHAPE UP, HEATHER? WELL, IT STARTED FROSTY FOR THE TYPICAL SPOTS IN THE SOUTH. THEN IT GOT WINDY ` STEWART ISLAND COPPING A GUST OF 130 K'S. THEN SHOWERS HIT THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND THE SWELL PICKED UP ` 3.5M WAVES ALONG THE NORTH'S EAST COAST. TOMORROW LOOKS SIMILAR, BUT A LITTLE WARMER. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. POLICE ARE WORRIED ABOUT AN ONLINE SCAM KNOWN AS 'SEXTORTION' THAT IS RISING AT ALARMING RATES, AND CATCHES MOSTLY YOUNG MEN. CONCERNS ABOUT THE GUN REGISTRY ` WHY ONE OWNER FEARS HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION COULD END UP IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS. AND KIWI COMEDIAN CAL WILSON, WHO WAS A STAR OF PROGRAMMES SUCH AS PULP COMEDY, HAS DIED IN AUSTRALIA, AGED JUST 53. PARIS IS CRAWLING WITH BED BUGS, AND REPORTS SAY THEY'RE HITCHING RIDES WITH VISITORS. COULD ALL BLACKS FANS BRING THEM HOME? AND HOW TO START YOUR VEGE PATCH FROM SCRATCH ON THE PROJECT AT 7, AFTER NEWSHUB. You can vote now in the general election. Go to a voting place close to home to make it quick and easy. (YAPS) Come on, Pup! # Do-do, do-do, do, do, do-do, do-do, do, do! # Time to vote! Go to vote.nz or call 0800 36 76 56. BRACE YOURSELVES, ALL BLACKS FANS. WAYNE BARNES HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE REFEREE FOR SUNDAY'S WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL AGAINST IRELAND AT STADE DE FRANCE. THE ENGLISHMAN INFAMOUSLY OVERSAW NEW ZEALAND'S QUARTER-FINAL LOSS TO FRANCE IN 2007 WHEN HE MISSED A FORWARD PASS THAT LED TO A CRUCIAL TRY AND BROKE KIWI HEARTS. ANDREW GOURDIE JOINS US FROM PARIS. ANDREW, WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION TO BARNES' APPOINTMENT? FOR MOST KIWI FANS IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE NOT AGAIN! BUT NO ONE HAS FORGOTTEN 2007. MORE RELEVANT TO THIS MATCH AS HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATCH LAST YEAR LEADING TO A HISTORIC SERIES LOSS. , DESPITE THAT THE WORD IS THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THE APPOINTMENT. BARNES IS THE BEST REFEREE, SO THEY WILL HAVE A FAIR CRACK. A GREATER FOCUS TODAY WAS THE SIMMERING TENSION, THE BAD BLOOD THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS AHEAD OF SUNDAYS MATCH. WE QUIZZED AARON SMITH ABOUT THE ALL BLACKS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE IRISH. THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM, AND THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGE. AND, UM... CAN'T WAIT. AARON, ARE WE TALKING BEERS AFTER THE MATCH WITH THIS SORT OF TEAM, OR DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT KIND OF KEEP IT SEPARATE AFTER THIS ONE? I THINK THERE'S A MUTUAL RESPECT THERE. FOR SURE JERSEY CHANGES AND A LITTLE BIT OF MINGLING, BUT I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THE STAKES OF WHAT'S RIDING ON THIS GAME. I WOULDN'T CALL IT A HATRED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S A DEFINITE MUTUAL RESPECT ` TWO NATIONS, TWO PROUD NATIONS, SO I'D SAY THERE'D BE RESPECT THERE, BUT HAPPINESS AND PAIN FOR HOW THE RESULT GOES. NOW, TODAY IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED ONE OF AARON SMITH'S OLD TEAMMATES, DAN CARTER, WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE WORLD RUGBY HALL OF FAME AT THIS YEAR'S AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD AFTER THE WORLD CUP FINAL IN PARIS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THOROUGHLY DESERVED, AND OVERDUE RECOGNITION FOR ONE OF THE GAME'S ALL-TIME GREATS. I'LL BE BACK LATER IN SPORT WITH MORE ON THE ALL BLACKS PREPARATIONS FOR SATURDAY, INCLUDING A FITNESS UPDATE ON INJURED PROP TYRELL LOMAX. SEE YOU SOON. TONIGHT, WE CAN REVEAL AN ONLINE SCAM THAT IS RISING AT SUCH ALARMING RATES BOTH POLICE AND NETSAFE ARE WANTING TO WARN US ABOUT IT. 'SEXTORTION' IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MANY, BUT PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEN. JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. JACK IS A SMART GUY, A FIRST YEAR OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDENT HOPING TO GET INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. IT STARTED WITH ME MESSAGING A GIRL FROM AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY, OR THEY SAID THEY WERE FROM AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY, AND IT JUST STARTED WITH JUST TALKING ABOUT STUDIES. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT STARTED TO TURN A LITTLE BIT... SEXUAL? YEAH. SHE STARTED BY SENDING ME PHOTOS OF HER FACE AND THEN SHE WAS ASKING TO SEND SEXUAL PHOTOS BACK AND FORTH. AND THEN AS SOON AS I SENT ONE, THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED SENDING THREATS. AND WHAT WERE THE THREATS? THEY BASICALLY GAVE ME ABOUT FIVE TO 10 MINUTES TO SEND THEM $500, OTHERWISE THEY WERE GOING TO SEND THEM TO MY COURSE, WHICH WAS MY HEALTH SCIENCE OFFICE. THIS IS MY FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT UNIVERSITY, SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST ALREADY SCREWED UP MY WHOLE CAREER. HE WAS SEXTORTED, A CRIME RISING AT ALARMING RATES. HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS THIS? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BIG AND IT'S GETTING BIGGER. THIS TIME, 2020, WE WERE SEEING 20-SOMETHING REPORTS A MONTH. NOW WE'RE SEEING OVER 200 REPORTS A MONTH. THE GRAPH JUST GOES LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT GOING DOWN. WE'RE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 58 INSTANCES REPORTED TO US A MONTH, WHICH IS OVER DOUBLE WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN 2022. WE'RE FINDING THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR VICTIMS, 74% OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY MALE. AND THE OFFENDERS ARE RARELY FOUND OR CHARGED BECAUSE THEY ARE MOSTLY OFFSHORE. IT IS AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE BASED ABROAD. ROB IS A CONCERNED PARENT TURNED ONLINE SAFETY EXPERT. WE HAVE A BASIC RULE IN OUR FAMILY THAT IF OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO GO TO SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE, WE'LL CONTACT THE PARENTS FIRST, EITHER GIVE THEM A PHONE CALL OR JUST FIRE THROUGH A TEXT AND SAY, HEY, JUST WONDERING WHAT DEVICES YOU HAVE AT YOUR HOUSE AND DO YOU HAVE FILTERS IN PLACE? HE TEACHES OTHER PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW TO KEEP THEIR KIDS SAFE, AND HAS ADVICE IS STRICT. NO GAMING AND NO SOCIAL MEDIA. HE EVEN RECOMMENDS PHONES WITH STRICT FILTERS THAT STOP INTERNET SEARCHES. HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I WAS SAYING IN NEW ZEALAND, PROBABLY ABOUT NINE OUT OF TEN OF OUR FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE FILTERS IN PLACE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. BUT WE ALSO LIVE IN A NEW WORLD WHERE THE YOUNGER GENERATION DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH STRANGERS ONLINE AND SHARE NUDES. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING TOPIC. PARENTS DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THEIR 15- OR 16-YEAR-OLDS SHARING NUDES. SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS OR SOMEONE TRICKS THEM, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS HERE, JUST BE A SAFE PLACE TO LAND. AND WHILE NEW TECHNOLOGY HELPS THE SCAMMERS, THERE ARE TIPS AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES TO HELP VICTIMS TOO. WEBSITES LIKE 'TAKE IT DOWN.' AND THE WHOLE 'HASHING,' OR CODING, IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT THEY CAN AUTOMATICALLY CHASE THAT CODE, AND ANY TIME THEY FIND IT, THEY CAN TRY TO REMOVE IT. VICTIMS OF A CRIME GROWING BY THE DAY. JULIET SPEEDY, NEWSHUB. AND YOU CAN WATCH JULIET'S FULL STORY ON PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES AT 7.30 TONIGHT HERE ON THREE AND STREAMING ON THREENOW. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT LIVE FROM PARIS. HI, GUYS. YES, WE'LL HAVE THE VERY LATEST TEAM NEWS FOR YOU OUT OF THE ALL BLACKS CAMP. WE CATCH UP WITH ALL BLACKS GREAT MILS MULIAINA FOR HIS TAKE ON WHERE HE THINKS THIS IRELAND TEAM COULD BE VULNERABLE IN THIS WEEKEND'S QUARTERFINAL AGAINST NZ. AND EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ON THE BIG-NAME KIWIS WHO'VE MISSED OUT ON THE CHANCE TO RUN AUCKLAND'S A-LEAGUE EXPANSION TEAM. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GUNS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED SINCE THE FIREARMS REGISTRY WENT LIVE, BUT THERE ARE FEARS AMONG SOME GUN OWNERS IT COULD LEAD CRIMINALS TO THEIR DOOR. AND THE POLICE MINISTER IS CHALLENGED BY THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE ABOUT THE EXODUS OF KIWI COPS TO AUSTRALIA. ISRAEL AMBASSADOR TO NEW ZEALAND, RAN YAAKOBY. HAS ANYONE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOU, ANY ISRAELI KIWIS IN NEW ZEALAND, WHO MIGHT BE GOING TO ISRAEL TO HELP? I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A FEW CALLING ME. THERE ARE A FEW ISRAELI KIWIS WHO ARE INTERESTED. GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL HAS AGREED ON AN INTERIM CEO TO REPLACE THE OUTGOING STEPHEN PARRY, AND HE'S A FAMILIAR FACE. LONG TIME CHIEF EXECUTIVE STEPHEN PARRY, WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH, WILL NOW BE RETAINED IN AN INTERIM ROLE. PARRY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GORE MAYOR BEN BELL BECAME STRAINED TO THE POINT THAT A MEDIATOR WAS REQUIRED. PARRY WILL NOW CONTINUE IN THE ROLE WHILE A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT IS FOUND. INWARD MIGRATION HAS REACHED RECORD LEVELS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF 200,000 NON-KIWIS IN THE YEAR TO AUGUST. THAT'S A FOUR-FOLD INCREASE ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. NET MIGRATION'S RISEN TOO ` 110,000 MORE PEOPLE CAME HERE TO LIVE THAN LEFT ` ANOTHER RECORD. AND THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG JUMP IN KIWIS MOVING OVERSEAS. 68,000 KIWIS LEFT THESE SHORES, WHILE JUST 25,000 RETURNED HOME. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL 50,000 GUNS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED SINCE THE FIREARMS REGISTRY WENT LIVE IN JUNE. LABOUR SAYS OVER TIME, IT WILL HELP POLICE TRACK STOLEN FIREARMS SEIZED FROM CRIMINALS. BUT A GUN OWNER WE SPOKE TO WORRIES HIS DATA IN THE WRONG HANDS COULD LEAD CRIMINALS TO HIS HOME. ZANE SMALL HAS THE STORY. A COUPLE OF CENTREFIRE RIFLES, A SHOTGUN ` THESE FIREARMS WERE PURCHASED LEGALLY FOR HUNTING. ALSO A .22 FOR RABBITS AND OTHER SMALL GAME. PATRICK DOES EVERYTHING A LEGAL GUN OWNER SHOULD DO, LIKE KEEPING THEM UNDER LOCK AND KEY. BUT THE RECENTLY INTRODUCED FIREARMS REGISTRY IS MAKING HIM FEEL LIKE THE TARGET. IF THAT'S LEAKED, IT FOLLOWS YOU. HE WORRIES THAT HIS FAMILY HOME COULD BE TARGETED BY CRIMINALS, IF THE DATA GOT INTO THEIR HANDS. ALL IT'S REALLY DOING IS BASICALLY CREATING A SHOPPING LIST. POLICE HAVE BLUNDERED WITH GUN-OWNER DATA SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, MOST RECENTLY IN JULY ` THE NEW FIREARMS SAFETY AUTHORITY ACCIDENTALLY COPIED 147 GUN OWNERS INTO AN EMAIL. TWO YEARS AGO, IBM REVIEWED POLICE I.T. SYSTEMS AND DISCOVERED SOME DEFICIENCIES ` THE RED MARKS INDICATE AREAS THAT DID NOT MEET BEST PRACTICE, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF DATA WAS HIGHLIGHTED AS A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE POLICE. BUT THE POLICE MINISTER IS CONFIDENT THE FIREARMS REGISTRY IS ROBUST. I'VE BEEN REASSURED THAT ALL OF THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE DONE, IN PARTICULAR, MAKING SURE THAT STAFF MEMBERS ARE ONLY ACCESSING THAT DATABASE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. AND GUN OWNERS WILL BE HOPING SHE'S RIGHT, BECAUSE 50,000 FIREARMS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED IN JUNE. IT IS MANDATORY. SHOWS THE STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE FIREARMS COMMUNITY. A FIREARMS REGISTRY WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOLLOWING THE 2019 CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACK. DESPITE THAT, THE ACT PARTY HAS PROMISED TO ABOLISH IT. WE HAVE 93% FIREARMS CRIME OUT THERE COMMITTED BY NON-LICENCED HOLDERS ` THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER GOING TO REGISTER FIREARMS. BUT WITH NATIONAL COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE GUN REGISTER, ACT IS NOW OPEN TO FINDING A MIDDLE GROUND. IF THAT MEANS NEGOTIATING ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE REGISTRY, THEN WE WILL LOOK TO DO THAT, BUT OUR FIRST PORT OF CALL IS TO BE RID OF IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIREARM OWNERS ` QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE OUT THERE ` FEEL SAFE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THIS GUN OWNER DOES NOT. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. POLICE MINISTER GINNY ANDERSEN HAS BEEN CHALLENGED ON WHAT SHE WILL DO TO RETAIN POLICE OFFICERS IF LABOUR IS RE-ELECTED. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS MORE KIWI OFFICERS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE DITCH FOR BETTER PAY. MEANWHILE, AUSTRALIA CONTINUES TO DEPORT 501S TO NEW ZEALAND. THE POLICE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGED IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT INSISTS SHE'S ALREADY DOING ALL SHE CAN. I WILL ALWAYS DO MY BEST TO GO AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE MINISTER OF FINANCE TO GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT SPENDING HAS BEEN OVERLY RESTRICTIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD BOTH LABOUR AND NATIONAL HAVE COMMITTED TO RECRUITING MORE FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS. SOME SAD NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT ` KIWI COMEDIAN CAL WILSON, WHO BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN AUSTRALIA, HAS DIED AGED JUST 53. THE AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE WHO'S ENDED THE HOPES OF SOME BIG-NAME KIWIS AIMING TO RUN AUCKLAND'S A-LEAGUE EXPANSION TEAM. PLUS ` WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM HERE IN PARIS, AS THE ALL BLACKS FACE UP TO THE 'FEAR OF FAILURE,' SEEKING TO OVERCOME THEIR UNDERDOG STATUS AND AVOID EQUALLING OUR WORST EVER WORLD CUP PERFORMANCE. AND GUESS WHO'S BACK FOR THE BLACKCAPS, AS THEY PLAN THEIR NEXT ASSIGNMENT AT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. TONIGHT AT 7 ` JONO AND BEN TACKLE THE BIG ELECTION ISSUES, WITH LITTLE KIWIS. WHEN YOU VOTED, YOU USED TO GET STICKERS, AND NOW YOU DON'T GET STICKERS ` WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE US NOW WHEN WE VOTE? PETS. OH, PETS! (LAUGHTER) JEEZ, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA! WELCOME BACK TO SPORT, LIVE FROM PARIS WHERE THE ALL BLACKS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY CANNOT WAIT FOR A CHANCE TO KNOCK OFF A TEAM THEY NOW SEE AS INTERNATIONAL RUGBY S STANDARD BEARERS IN THEIR RUGBY WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL THIS WEEKEND. THE INTENSITY OF THIS RIVALRY WITH IRELAND HAS GROWN IMMENSELY IN RECENT YEARS, WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER SET TO BE ADDED ON SUNDAY. AND WHILE THE FEAR OF FAILURE, AND THE PROSPECT OF HISTORY, ARE MOTIVATING FACTORS FOR BOTH TEAMS, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE REMINDED THEIR OPPONENTS OF EXACTLY WHAT S AT STAKE AT STADE DE FRANCE. OUR RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. BACK IN PARIS, AND ON THE STAGE THEY CRAVE. THERE'S NOWHERE THE ALL BLACKS WOULD RATHER BE AS THEY PREPARE FOR FIREWORKS AT STADE DE FRANCE. ALL OUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS AND HOPES FOR THIS WORLD CUP WERE TO COME TO PARIS, AND WE'RE FINALLY HERE FOR REAL. UM, AND IT'S IN OUR CONTROL HOW LONG WE ARE. CLEARLY, THEY WANT TO BE FOR ANOTHER THREE GAMES, BUT STANDING IN THEIR WAY IS A RED HOT IRISH OUTFIT SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. A LOSS ON SUNDAY WOULD BE JUST THE ALL BLACKS SECOND EVER AT THE QUARTERFINAL STAGE. ARE WE SCARED OF FAILURE? NO. BUT DO WE EMBRACE THE LEGACY AND WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE? YES, AND WE GET EXCITED BY THAT, AND WE WALK TOWARDS IT. WE DON'T LIKE TO TAKE A, SORT OF, GLASS HALF EMPTY VIEW ON THINGS. AND AS THE ALL BLACKS LOOK TO AVOID AN HISTORIC LOSS, IRELAND ARE LOOKING TO CREATE THEIR OWN HISTORY HERE IN PARIS. A WIN WOULD MOVE THEM PAST THE QUARTERFINAL STAGES OF A WORLD CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, AND HAVING DOMINATED THE ALL BLACKS IN RECENT YEARS, THEY ARE WIDELY FAVOURED TO DO SO AGAIN. THEY'VE EARNT THAT RIGHT, UM... THEIR RECORD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS REALLY PROVED THAT. BUT WE'RE AT A WORLD CUP, UM, WE'RE PLAYING IN A FINAL, AND IT'S ALL ON THE LINE. IRELAND HAVE DOMINATED THIS RIVALRY OF LATE, WINNING FOUR OF THE LAST SIX ENCOUNTERS, INCLUDING LAST YEAR'S HISTORIC SERIES WIN IN NEW ZEALAND. LAST YEAR IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO FINALS FOOTY, BECAUSE THE TEAM ON THE DAY WILL BE THE ONE. THIS IS WHERE THE PLAYERS WANNA BE, IN THE FINAL. IT'S WHERE YOU WANNA BE AS A COACH, AND IT'S WHERE THE ALL BLACKS WANNA BE. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF BELIEF AS THE NEXT CHAPTER IN ONE OF THEIR MOST INTENSE RIVALRIES GETS READY TO BE WRITTEN WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH THE PRESSURE, NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THAT BETTER THAN MILS MULIAINA. HE WAS PART OF A WORLD CUP WINNING TEAM THAT FACED A FEAR OF FAILURE LIKE NO OTHER ALL BLACKS TEAM IN THE 2011 TOURNAMENT ON HOME SOIL. HE WAS WATCHING TODAY'S MEDIA CONFERENCE, SO I CAUGHT UP WITH THE 100-TEST VETERAN TO GET HIS THOUGHTS ON THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION FACING THE CLASS OF 2023. IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT FOR THIS TEAM, I THINK, IN TERMS OF THE WAY THEY'VE APPROACHED THIS RUGBY WORLD CUP. THEY HAVEN'T COME IN AS FAVOURITES. TOTALLY DIFFERENT PREPARATION. THE ADVERSITY THEY'VE BEEN SORT OF UNDER. SO THAT POSSIBLY ISN'T REALLY THE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MOTIVATE THEM, THE FACT THAT` THEY'RE ALL OUT TO WIN IT. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD MINDSET TO HAVE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. SO IT'S INTERESTING. IT WAS REALLY INTENSE IN THE AIR... (CHUCKLES) ...AND, MATE, I ALMOST FELT LIKE I WAS BACK IN THE MIXER AGAIN. BUT THEN AFTER WATCHING THE GUYS TRAIN OUT THERE, THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S HAPPENING, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. YEAH, WILL THEY BE SEEKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT THIS WEEKEND? BECAUSE, AS THEY'VE SAID, IRELAND ARE THE BENCHMARK NOW. YEAH. I THINK FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IT'S MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. THERE'S NO DOUBT. INDIVIDUALLY, WE'VE GOT THE SKILL SET. IT'S HOW THEY'VE COME TOGETHER NOW IN TERMS OF THE GAMES THAT THEY'VE PLAYED, AND THEY'VE SORT OF MIXED` YOU KNOW, MADE A FEW CHANGES HERE, MADE A FEW CHANGES THERE. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY SETTLED NOW IN TERMS OF THE TEAM THAT THEY'VE GOT. BUT THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, CHINKS IN IRELAND'S ARMOUR. YOU KNOW, THEIR LINEOUT AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA WAS UNDER PRESSURE. ARE WE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND GO, WELL, LET'S KICK THE BALL AND BE COMFORTABLE WITHOUT THE BALL IN HAND. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND, I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THIS NERVOUS OR AS EXCITED WATCHING THE ALL BLACKS AS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WHEN I WAS SORT OF WAY BACK IN MY SORT OF HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HELL OF A MATCH. IT'S TOUGH WATCH, EH? (LAUGHS) OH, MATE, I SHOULDN'T BE IN THE MEDIA, I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. FAR OUT. I'M SO BAD AT IT, MAN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE STUFF. IT'S GOING TO BE BIG ONE, MATE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. CHEERS, MATE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD MAN. HE CERTAINLY WRITING THE HIGHS AND LOWS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THESE DAYS, BIG TEAM NEWS OUT OF THE ALL BLACKS TODAY? ALAN LOMAX POTENTIALLY COMING BACK, HE DOES NEED TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT BIG TRAINING THOUGH. HE MAY GO ALONGSIDE ETHAN DE GROOT INTO THAT FRONT ROW. HE DID FLIRT WITH THE IDEA OF THE NRL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND OF COURSE THE ALL BLACKS LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SHAUN STEVENSON BACK HERE NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL A GROUP OF ICONIC NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN EUROPE, HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE CHANCE TO RUN AUCKLAND'S A-LEAGUE EXPANSION TEAM. ALEX CHAPMAN HAS EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. ALEX, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? IT WAS THOUGHT A NEW ZEALAND GROUP FULL UP OF NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL FOR ROYALTY, BUT THAT A LEAK ANNOUNCED THAT AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE BILL FOLEY AND HIS BID ARE THE PREFERRED BID. HE'S NOT OWNER OF PREMIER CLUB BOURNEMOUTH, AND HE FOUNDED THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS. ASB GOLD TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR WAS ON BOARD, HOW DOES AC MALIGN SOUND ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED? AC MILAN. IN MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY I'VE BEEN TOLD, COACHING, ACADEMIES. BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN KANE WILLIAMSON IS ON TRACK TO MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE CRICKET WORLD CUP AGAINST BANGLADESH ON FRIDAY. THE SIDE HAVE ARRIVED IN CHENNAI, WHERE WILLIAMSON WILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH TWO TRAINING SESSIONS, BEFORE GETTING THE ALL-CLEAR TO PLAY. WITH THE TOP ORDER IN FORM AFTER WINS OVER ENGLAND AND NETHERLANDS, IT WILL LEAVE GARY STEAD WITH A TOUGH DECISION ON WHO TO LEAVE OUT. IT WILL COME DOWN TO US. A REAL ENVIRONMENTAL SORT OF PIECE. AND WHAT IT IS AROUND THE BALANCE OF OUR SIDE THAT GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE OF WINNING EACH GAME STILL. SO IF KANE'S AVAILABLE, HE WILL PLAY. STEAD CONFIRMED THAT TIM SOUTHEE IS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION AFTER RECOVERING FROM SURGERY ON A BROKEN HAND. THAT IS IT FOR YOUR SUPPORT FROM HERE IN PARIS, A BIG DAY COMING UP AHEAD. IRELAND AND NEW ZEALAND WERE BOTH GOING TO NAME THEIR TEAMS FOR MATCH TOMORROW. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ENJOYING IT, GORDIE. NZ-BORN COMEDIAN CAL WILSON HAS DIED IN SYDNEY, AFTER WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SHORT ILLNESS, AGED 53. WILSON WAS A REGULAR ON THE NZ COMEDY CIRCUIT, BEFORE MOVING TO MELBOURNE 20 YEARS AGO, BUT SHE NEVER FORGOT HER KIWI ROOTS. G'DAY I AM A KIWI. LIKE RUSSELL CROWE I AM FROM A SMALL PLACE YOU LIKE TO CALL AUSTRALIA. I JUST WANT TO GET ONE THING AT THE WAY ` SIX, FISH AND CHIPS, NIPPLE ENJOY@!==! (LAUGHTER) ENJOY! A PORTRAIT OF CAL WILSON WEARING A HEADDRESS MADE OF DOLL PARTS AND CHRISTMAS BAUBLES WON THE PACKING ROOM PRIZE AT AUSTRALIA'S ARCHIBALD PRIZE THIS YEAR. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` OUR LATEST POLL SHOWS NATIONAL HAS BEEN RIGHT TO PANIC; THEY'RE NOW ON 34.5%, CRASHING DOWN 4.6 POINTS. LABOUR IS ON 27.5%, ONLY PICKING UP ONE POINT. THE GREENS ARE UP TO 14.9%, ACT IS STALLED ON 8.8%, WHILE NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS THE BIG WINNER, UP 1.6% TO 6.8%. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND IT'S ANOTHER WINDY NIGHT, HEATHER? FOR A DECENT AREA OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, A TROUGH, WHICH IS CROSSING THE ISLAND AT THE MOMENT, IS FORCING A STRONG COOL WEST-TO-NORWEST FLOW OVER IT. THAT'S RESULTED IN STRONG WIND WATCHES, IN FORCE TILL TOMORROW MORNING. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. ON THE PROJECT, YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE REAL EXPERTS. YES, SCHOOL KIDS! JONO & BEN ASK THEM TO SOLVE THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE'RE SEEING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AND COULD RETURNING RUGBY FANS KICK OFF A NEW ZEALAND BEDBUG INVASION? YEAH, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FRENCH BED BUGS. YOU CAN SPOT THEM BY THE TINY MOUSTACHE. THE PROJECT IS NEXT. I just feel like my voice isn't heard. That's why I have never voted. Surely it's not just me. More people must feel the same way. Imagine if we all had our say... ..on the things that matter to us and our communities. (MANY VOICES) That'd be pretty powerful, right? Yeah, I hear you. (LAIDBACK MUSIC) NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OUT TO THE WEST, THIS IS ALLOWING A RIDGE TO GRADUALLY MOVE IN FROM THE TASMAN. THERE IS STILL ONE FRONT, THOUGH, FLICKING SOUTHERN NZ TONIGHT, THEN BRUSHING UP THE EAST SIDE TOMORROW, BUT IT REMAINS MOSTLY OFFSHORE. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST ` THAT ARRIVES LATER TOMORROW. SCATTERED RAIN CONTINUES FOR THE DEEP SOUTH OVERNIGHT, WITH A FEW SHOWERS FORMING OUT WEST. THAT DEVELOPS INTO MORNING RAIN FOR FIORDLAND. THE WET WEATHER OUT WEST EASES BACK IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WESTERLY WIND OUT EAST WILL DIE AWAY IN THE EAST, REPLACED BY NOR'EASTERLIES IN THE AFTERNOON. TO THE NORTH ISLAND. SHOWERS TONIGHT CLEAR WAIRARAPA FIRST, THEN OVERNIGHT FURTHER NORTH. THEN TOMORROW LOOKS FINE OUT EAST, AND FOR THE SOUTH, THERE WILL JUST BE CLOUDY PATCHES, ELSEWHERE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH AND WEST, FROM ABOUT WHANGANUI NORTH. SOU'WESTERS DOMINATE UP TOP, WITH WEST TO NORWEST WINDS DOWN THE BOTTOM. SO A REPEAT OF PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER FOR THE NORTH, WITH THE RISK OF THE ODD SHOWER. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOU'WEST AND PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON, STRONG FOR AUCKLAND IN EXPOSED PLACES. CLOUDY PERIODS HERE, TOO, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR TOKOROA ` EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD REMAIN DRY. THERE WILL BE A FRESH WESTERLY WIND, BUT IT EASES BACK LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. FINE OUT EAST, APART FROM THE ODD CLOUDY PERIOD. IT WILL STAY DRY FOR THE DAY, BUT THE WIND IS STILL THERE. WESTERLIES TURN EAST TO SOU'EAST IN THE AFTERNOON FROM HASTINGS NORTH, WEST TO NORWEST FURTHER SOUTH. THE WIND DOMINATES FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND. STRONG WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS FOR WHANGANUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH. SHOWERS TOO FOR PALMERSTON NORTH, BUT CLEARING TOMORROW NIGHT. NELSON, YOU STAY FINE FOR THE DAY WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. FOR THE NORTHWEST, THERE ARE SHOWERS, BUT THEY BECOME FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, WITH FRESH SOU'WESTERLIES. IT'S DRIER OUT EAST, WITH FINE SKIES UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON, WHEN CLOUDY PERIODS DEVELOP. WINDS WILL TURN FROM THE WEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CANTERBURY. ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG WINDS IN THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT THEY WILL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE OCCASIONAL RAIN EASES TOO. ALEXANDRA, YOU'RE IN FOR A FINE DAY. OTEPOTI, DUNEDIN ` YOUR DAY STARTS CLOUDY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG WESTERLIES, BUT THAT ALL EASES BACK IN THE MORNING WITH A CALMER AFTERNOON AHEAD. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, FINE FIRST UP WITH NOR'WESTERS, THEN CLOUDY PERIODS ROLL THROUGH FROM LATE MORNING. AND IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THAT NOR'WESTER TURNS NOR'EAST. BLUE SKIES FOR THE CAPITAL, FINE ALL DAY, BUT WITH A NORTHERLY THAT WILL BE A LITTLE FRESH IN THE AFTERNOON ` YOUR HIGH OF 16 WILL FEEL CLOSER TO 12. FINE ALSO FOR HAWKE'S BAY, WITH WESTERLIES TURN EASTERLY FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW CLOUDS AROUND TAURANGA MORNING AND AFTERNOON ` OTHERWISE FINE. THE WESTERLY IS A LITTLE FRESH THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IT CALMS DOWN TOMORROW NIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, WITH THE ODD SHOWER. THE SOU'WESTERLY IS FRESH, BUT IT EASES IN THE EVENING. YOUR HIGH OF 16 WILL FEEL MORE LIKE 11. AND ANOTHER WINDY DAY FOR AUCKLAND, WITH ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS. THE SOU'WESTERLY GETS STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON IN EXPOSED PLACES. TO OZ, A FRONT DELIVERS SHOWERS TO THE SOUTH-EASTERN REGION ` LOOKING GOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND MAYBE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF SAMOA AND NEW CALEDONIA. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND, AND THE NORTH IS OK, BUT THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MAINLY FINE OUT EAST, BUT THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR TAUPO AND TAURANGA ON SATURDAY, INCREASING ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER WINDY DAY ON SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH AND PERIODS OF RAIN OR SCATTERED SHOWERS ` THAT CONTINUES ON SUNDAY. TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT FRIDAY, BUT HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST SPILLS OVER THE DIVIDE ON SATURDAY, AND IT'S ANOTHER WINDY ONE. AND MORE RAIN AND MORE WIND FOR THE DEEP SOUTH TOO, FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. SO ANOTHER WEEKEND OF TYPICAL SPRING WEATHER. I'M SURE THE DUCKLINGS WON'T MIND. GREAT WEATHER FOR DUCKS THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. ORINI KAIPARA AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.35.