THE DEAL'S BEEN DONE. THE LEADERS OF NATIONAL, ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAVE INKED A COALITION AGREEMENT. DEAD IN A POLICE CELL THE DAY AFTER SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER ` NEWSHUB HAS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW RECORDED ONE YEAR AGO. AND THERE'S BEEN A SETBACK TO A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, WITH THE HOSTAGE RELEASE DELAYED AT THE 11th HOUR. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE, SAM BAKER AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE A DEAL. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT ONE MORE SLEEP TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. INCOMING PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS ANNOUNCED THE THREE COALITION PARTIES HAVE COME TO A 'COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT' ABOUT A GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THERE ARE FEW DETAILS FOR NOW, BUT MORE WILL BE REVEALED TOMORROW, INCLUDING MINISTERIAL POSITIONS ` WHICH WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THE NEW PARLIAMENT WILL GET TO WORK ON 5 DECEMBER. LUXON SAYS DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS THE THREE LEADERS HAVE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL, AND THEY ARE 'REALLY EXCITED'. BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WILL BE. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH WITH THE DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. HE DID IT. I'M VERT PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE CONCLUDED OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES. CHRISTOPHER LUXON A FLICK OF A FEW PENS AWAY FROM BECOMING THE 42nd PRIME MINISTER OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. IT'S HISTORIC, AND WE'LL REVEAL MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. BECAUSE WITHOUT DOUBT, THAT'S WHY WE'VE SPENT TIME MAKING SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. THE THREE HAVE AGREED. NOW THE BOARDS NEED TO CHECK THE WORKINGS, AND WE'RE ALL GO. WILL KIWIS BE SURPRISED BY ANY OF THE CONCESSIONS? EVERY PARTY HAS TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT. THIS MORNING, AIN'T NOTHING GONNA BREAK THIS STRIDE. WHAT A GLORIOUS START TO THE DAY. NOT EVEN THE LACK OF A DEAL. WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE. A COUPLE CALLS TO MAKE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CLOSE IT ALL OUT. BUT HE AND DAVID SEYMOUR SO HOPEFUL. WILL THERE BE A DEAL TODAY? LOOK, I CERTAINLY HOPE SO. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, AND I SEE NO REASON FOR THERE NOT TO BE, BUT UNTIL IT'S SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE, I'M JUST ANOTHER GUY SAYING I HOPE IT HAPPENS SOON. 40 DAYS ON FROM VOTE CASTING, NZ FIRST MP AND PROPHET SHANE JONES PROMISING BIBLICAL FEATS. WELL, THERE'S THAT GREAT LINE FROM EXODUS ` 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS UP IN THE MOUNTAIN, IN THE COVENANT EMERGED AND THE COMMANDMENTS WERE WRITTEN, SO IT'S PROBABLY THE DAY. POLITICIANS JUMPED ABOARD ANY AVAILABLE FLIGHT TO THE CAPITAL LAST NIGHT WITH BIG PROMISES. COME TO WELLINGTON AND GOING TO CLOSE IT OUT NOW AND BRING IT HOME FOR NEW ZEALAND. BUT COME MORNING, THERE WAS A MISSING WINSTON-SIZED PUZZLE PIECE. EVENTUALLY, HE MADE THE TREK TO WELLINGTON. ARE YOU OFF TO WELLINGTON. TAKE A WILD GUESS (!) LANDING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED. ONE MORE TIME ` NO INTERVIEW GOING ON HERE! REFUSING TO UPDATE THE COUNTRY. WILL THERE BE A DEAL TODAY? EXCUSE ME! BARGING THROUGH THE AIRPORT. WATCH OUT. HIS CUTTING TONGUE BITTEN AS HE ENTERED THE BUILDING. IS THERE A DEAL? UNTIL HE EMERGED WITH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ` NEGOTIATIONS ARE OVER. HAS A DEAL NOW BEEN REACHED? WELL, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU. SO YOU'RE STILL NEGOTIATING? NO. (LAUGHS) THE FINAL HURDLE WAS WHO GOT THE 2IC JOB. ARE YOU THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? NEWSHUB UNDERSTANDS THE POSSIBILITY OF SHARING OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERSHIP WAS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. IS THERE A PROSPECT OF CO-DEPUTIES? AGAIN, NOT GETTING INTO ANY OF THAT. SEYMOUR CONFIRMING TAKING TURNS HAD BEEN FLOATED. LIKE, A TIMESHARE? WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A WAY OF GOING ON HOLIDAY TO ME, BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S BEEN FLOATED. BY THE TIME NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDED, STILL COY ON WHETHER HE'S GOT IT. ARE YOU DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? RIGHT NOW, CERTAINLY NOT. IN THE FUTURE, THAT WILL BE REVEALED WHEN THE DETAILS COME OUT. WILL THERE BE ONE DEPUTY PM? WELL, WE'VE NEVER HAD A CO-DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, EVER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ONE NOW? NO. WHY ARE WE STARTING IT THERE? WE HAVE NEVER HAD ONE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE'VE ALSO NEVER HAD A THREE-WAY COALITION BEFORE, AND IT'S PROVING DIFFICULT TO GET ACROSS THE LINE. AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO THIS MORNING, THEN HOPEFULLY IN A GOOD PLACE. THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENT KEEN TO MOVE ON. IS IT TAKING TOO LONG? 40 DAYS ` I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE WANTED TO KNOW THE SHAPE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT NOW. NOT QUITE THERE YET. ISN'T IT GREAT NEWS? WE'VE CONCLUDED NEGOTIATIONS, AND THERE WILL BE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW. BUT ONE HECK OF A BLACK FRIDAY DEAL IS TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT, JENNA ` THE DEAL'S DONE. WHAT NOW? OVER TO THE BOARDS. IT'S JUST BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE ACT AND NATIONAL PARTY BOARD HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THE DEAL AND THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST BOARD MEMBER HAS TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE QUOTE PRETTY MUCH SIGNED IT OFF. ONCE CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS CONFIRMED, THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL SIGNING, AND THAT IS WHEN THE CODE OF SECRECY THAT HAS EXISTED WILL EVAPORATE. NEW ZEALAND WILL GET TO SEE WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT WILL DO. HOW MANY MINISTERS EACH PARTY GETS AND HOW THEY CROSS THAT FINAL HURDLE OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, WHETHER DAVID SEYMOUR IS HAPPY, OR WHETHER THEY'VE GONE FOR THAT CREATIVE SOLUTION OF SHARING. IT AS OUTLINED IN THE DEAL HOW MUCH SEATS THEY HAVE, BUT NOT THE POSITIONS THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET THEIR HANDS ON. BOTH ACT AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS IN THE DARK ABOUT THE POSITIONS THE OTHER HAS. THE PLAN AT THIS STAGE IS TO BE OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS A GOVERNMENT ON MONDAY AND FROM THERE AS THE INCOMING PRIME MINISTER PUT IT, IT IS HIS JOB TO GET THE SHOW MOVING IN THE COUNTRY GOING FORWARD. A WOMAN WHO YESTERDAY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HER ELDERLY FATHER WAS THIS MORNING FOUND DEAD IN A GISBORNE POLICE STATION CELL. NEWSHUB CAN NOW REVEAL LYNNE MAREE MARTIN MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE AS POLICE BUILT THEIR CASE AGAINST HER. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH NEWSHUB RECORDED LAST YEAR, MARTIN CLAIMED SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A WITCH HUNT. GISBORNE POLICE STATION ` THIS IS WHERE CONVICTED KILLER LYNNE MARTIN WAS DISCOVERED DEAD IN A CELL THIS MORNING. JUST YESTERDAY, SHE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING HER FATHER, RONALD RUSSELL ALLISON (88), BY SETTING HIS HOUSE ALIGHT IN 2013. NEWSHUB FIRST MET LYNNE MARTIN LATE LAST YEAR AFTER SHE EMAILED COMPLAINING ABOUT HER TREATMENT AT AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. WELL, I AM ANGRY ABOUT IT. WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN IS MARTIN WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR MURDER ` LATER CHARGED AND SUMMONSED TO THE GISBORNE HIGH COURT. DURING A PHONE CALL WITH NEWSHUB LAST NOVEMBER, SHE MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE. CLAIMING SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF POLICE HARASSMENT. GOING ON TO SUGGEST THE FIRE WAS AN ACCIDENT. POLICE SAY THEY'RE MAKING INQUIRIES ABOUT LYNNE MARTIN'S DEATH ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER, AND THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY IS ALSO LOOKING INTO IT. RUSSELL'S SON, JOHN, TOLD NEWSHUB HE FELT NO SORROW OVER THE DEATH OF THE WOMAN WHO MURDERED HIS FATHER. NICK TRUEBRIDGE, NEWSHUB. A FOUR-DAY PAUSE IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED. UNDER THE DEAL, 50 ISRAELI WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN GAZA WILL BE FREED ` ALONG WITH 150 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS DETAINED IN ISRAELI JAILS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. (GUNFIRE BANGS) EVERY HOUR IS CRITICAL IN THE LETHAL WORLD OF WAR. SO CLOCKS, MINDS, AND HEARTS ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS BLOODSHED HAVE BEEN ZEROED IN ON THE SCHEDULED RELEASE TIME FOR A PAUSE IN FIGHTING FOR THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. BUT AT THE 11TH HOUR, THERE'S BEEN A SETBACK. THE DEAL DELAYED WITH NO EXPLANATION ` ALL TOO OVERWHELMING FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE MISSING. I WANT TO SMELL THEM. I WANT TO SEE THEM. VOICE CRACKS: I JUST WANT TO SEE THEM. BUT OF THE ROUGHLY 240 HOSTAGES TAKEN TO GAZA, HAMAS HAS AGREED TO RELEASE ONLY 50 OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. I'M WORRIED, OK, BECAUSE, UH, NOBODY TOLD ME THAT MY FAMILY WILL BE THIS, IN THIS, UH, THIS, UH, DEAL. HAMAS WILL FIRST HAND HOSTAGES OVER TO THE RED CROSS INSIDE GAZA. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING THE AID ORGANISATION WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO VISIT AND OFFER MEDICAL SUPPORT TO THOSE HOSTAGES WHO REMAIN. (SPEAKS HEBREW) THEN THOSE RELEASED WILL BE TAKEN TO ONE OF SIX HOSPITALS IN ISRAEL NOW HASTILY PREPARING SPECIAL TREATMENT UNITS. SOME OF THEM HAVE SEEN THEIR BELOVED MURDERED IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES. SOME OF THEM DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. WE NEED TO BE VERY CALM TO DELIVER THE NEWS AND TO FIGHT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM? THE ISRAELI ARMY HAS AGREED NOT TO FLY PLANES OR DRONES OVER THE STRIP FOR SIX HOURS A DAY, AND NOT TO ARREST ANYONE IN GAZA DURING THE PAUSE IN FIGHTING. BUT THIS TRUCE IS ONLY TEMPORARY. ISRAEL IS AT WAR WITH HAMAS. THIS IS A WAR THAT WE DID NOT START, AND WE DID NOT SEEK. AN OPERATIONAL PAUSE FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES DOES NOT CHANGE IT. THE REALITY OF THAT IS NOT LOST ON THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. 'WHAT USE IS THIS TRUCE FOR?' THIS MOTHER ASKS. 'WHAT SHALL WE TELL OUR CHILDREN? A FAKE TRUCE?' 'WE WANT A COMPLETE CEASEFIRE 'AND A HALT TO ALL THE CRIMES.' IT WILL, THOUGH, ALLOW THEM A SHORT MOMENT OF REPRIEVE TO BURY THEIR DEAD IN PEACE. WITH THE HOSTAGE RELEASE PUSHED TO FRIDAY, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF A DELAY TO THE FOUR DAY CEASEFIRE, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT, LISETTE? EVERYONE WAS HOPING THEY WOULD WAKE UP TODAY AND IT WOULD BE A DAY FILLED WITH HOPE AND SOME JOY. BUT REALLY DOES STAY IS NOW CRIPPLED BY UNCERTAINTY. IT WAS MEANT TO BE 10 AM ISRAELI TIME JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS FROM NOW THAT THE STEEL WOULD GET UNDERWAY, THE FIRST SAUSAGES WOULD BE RELEASED, THE FIRST PALESTINIAN PRISONERS WOULD BE RELEASED, AND THAT WAS IT FIGHTING WOULD BEGIN. BUT THEN WE HEARD RUMOURS OF THE DELAY AROUND THE HOSTAGES AND SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE ESCALATED INTO A FULL-BLOWN DELAY BY AT LEAST 24-HOUR IS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH OF AN EXPLANATION BUT THE SPECULATION IS THAT HAMAS HAS NOT GIVEN THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST GROUP OF HOSTAGES. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM ISRAEL ARE ADAMANT THAT THE DELAYS ARE MINOR AND THEY WILL BE RESOLVED. BUT FOR THE FAMILIES THIS IS A DEVASTATING BLOW, THEY HAVE WAITED CLOSE TO 50 DAYS TO SEE THEIR LOVED ONES. THE STEEL, THIS MOMENT, FOR A LOT OF THEM FELT LIKE A MIRACLE, AND NOW THEY ARE LEFT FEELING LIKE THEY WILL ONLY BELIEVE IT WHEN THEY SEE IT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S ELECTORATE OFFICE WAS ONE OF MANY MPS OFFICES VANDALISED WITH RED PAINT OVERNIGHT. ACTIVIST GROUP TAMAKI FOR PALESTINE CONFIRMS IT TARGETED DAVID SEYMOUR'S OFFICE IN NEWMARKET AND SIX NATIONAL MPS' OFFICES ACROSS AUCKLAND. THE GROUP IS DEMANDING POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR A CEASEFIRE IN ISRAEL AND GAZA. EARLIER THIS MONTH, ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED AFTER SPLASHING RED PAINT ON AMERICAN AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN AUCKLAND. THE POLICE CYBERCRIME UNIT IS INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF 'CONCERNING EMAILS' THAT WERE SENT TO A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND TODAY, INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS. OFFICERS COULD BE SEEN OUTSIDE WELLINGTON HOSPITAL, WHILE BOWEN HOSPITAL SAYS IT ALSO RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE OF AN UNCONFIRMED THREAT AROUND 9.30 THIS MORNING. AUCKLAND'S SAINT KENTIGERN COLLEGE SAYS IT EVACUATED ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF AFTER RECEIVING A 'THREATENING EMAIL' AROUND 9am. MIDDLEMORE AND AUCKLAND HOSPITAL ARE UNDERSTOOD TO BE AMONG OTHER TE WHATU ORA SITES THAT ALSO RECEIVED AN EMAIL OF CONCERN. ALL HOSPITALS REMAINED OPEN. POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY ACTUAL THREAT. NEW ZEALAND IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO IMPLEMENTING A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE MAJORITY OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THE AGREEMENT. IT'S EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUR EXPORTS TO THE REGION BY UP TO $1.8B A YEAR BY 2035. OUR PARLIAMENT NOW NEEDS TO PUT THE AGREEMENT INTO LAW TO RATIFY IT. IT'S EXPECTED TO COME INTO FORCE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. THERE'S A DARK WARNING AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S BLACK FRIDAY. FOR ONE THING, SOME ONLINE OFFERINGS IN THE NAME OF THE MEGA SALE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A SCAM. AND EVEN SHOP DEALS MAY NOT BE THE BARGAIN THEY APPEAR TO BE. THE PRACTICE KNOWN AS 'DECEPTIVE DISCOUNTING' IS ALREADY TWICE AS COMMON AS IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. WE ALL LOVE A BARGAIN, AND WE ALL HATE LOSING OUT. SO WHEN YOU COMBINE FOMO WITH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IT CAN BLIND YOU TO REALITY. THE FAKE SALES, THEY CALL THEM ` WE ROLLERCOASTER UP, AS SOON AS NOVEMBER HITS, WE CRASH IT DOWN. SHOPS CAN EASILY SNEAK UP PRICES OVER TIME, THEN SLAP THEM DOWN IN A DAY. SO TECH EXPERT TIM PROVISE SAYS DON'T SIMPLY ASSUME YOU HAVE SNAGGED SOMETHING HALF PRICE. IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT MUCH. PRICE COMPARISON WEBSITE PRICESPY SAYS LAST YEAR 15% OF SALES WERE FAKE SALES, UP FROM 7% IN 2019. AND THE TREND IS GOING ONE WAY. SO IT IS BECOMING A THING ` A STRATEGY, AS THEY SAY. ADD TO THE FAKE SALES, THE DOWNRIGHT SCAMS. THE BANKING ASSOCIATION HAS RELEASED ADVICE FOR ONLINE SHOPPERS, TELLING US TO GO WITH TRUSTED RETAILERS. MAKE SURE THE WEBSITE ADDRESS IS LEGIT. CHECK THE PAYMENT METHOD. BEWARE ESPECIALLY OF GIFT CARDS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY, CYBER-CRIMINALS KNOW THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO TRACE. AND THE OLD ADAGE ` IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. THEN, THERE'S THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE ITSELF. YOU WON'T BE THE ONLY ONE ZEROING IN ON A BARGAIN. THIS AUCKLAND MALL HAD A THREE-HOUR WAIT JUST TO GET OUT LAST WEEKEND, SO AUCKLAND TRANSPORT WILL BE PULLING OUT THE STOPS FROM TOMORROW. WE'LL BE MONITORING THOSE SHOPPING CENTRES AND THE ROADS AROUND THEM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OPTIMISING THAT FLOW AS MUCH IS PRACTICAL. THEY'RE URGING SHOPPERS TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. UNLESS, OF COURSE, THEY'RE AFTER A FRIDGE OR A SOFA. IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC TOMORROW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, AS OPPOSED TO LAST WEEKEND, THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE GOOD. SO THAT MIGHT BE JUST ENOUGH TO PERSUADE SOME OF US TO GO TO THE BEACH INSTEAD OF THE MALL. WESTFIELD NEWMARKET SAYS IT TOO WILL HAVE STAFF ON HAND TO MANAGE THE FLOW. AND IF THE WORST HAPPENS, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING WATER AND FOOD FOR CUSTOMERS IN THEIR VEHICLES, OR COFFEE VOUCHERS TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO RE-ENTER THE CENTRE. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. HEATHER'S IN NOW WITH A RECAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER. YOU SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE COLD, BUT BLENHEIM HIT 30 DEGREES? IT IS ABOUT TO GET VERY COLD, BUT IT IS SPRING, AND SPRING HAS EVERYTHING IN IT, INCLUDING THE EXTREMES. BLENHEIM HIT 30 THAT'S 9 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE, AND TOMORROW, THE HIGH WILL BE AROUND ONLY 17. THIS SHIFT IN TEMPERATURE WILL BE FELT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TOO. THE FULL FORECAST, UP AFTER SPORT. A COUPLE OF RADIO HOSTS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE SIGNED NEW CONTRACTS THAT SMASH THE RECORD BOOKS. THEY CALL THEIR SHOW 'POLITICALLY INCORRECT NONSENSE' AND FOR THAT, THEY'LL BE PAID $200M. RESCUE TEAMS ARE DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR MISSING PEOPLE AFTER A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE IN ALASKA. AND MEN, GRAB THOSE NUTS. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN, THEY COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR LITTLE SWIMMERS. SATURDAY ON NEWSHUB NATION ` THE POLICIES AND THE POLITICIANS THAT SHAPE YOUR LIVES. WE GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES TO DELVE INTO THE DETAILS, TELL THE STORIES THAT MATTER AND HOLD THE POWERFUL TO ACCOUNT. NEWSHUB NATION ` SATURDAY, 9.30am ON THREE. WE MEET THE NORTHLAND MAN WHOSE CUSTOM CAR IS GETTING THE HOT WHEELS TOY TREATMENT. AND IT'S SURE TO BE THE SOUNDTRACK OF SUMMER ` DRAX PROJECT BRING US THEIR NEW ALBUM. THAT'S AT 7. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN TRACKING DOWN AN ENTANGLED HUMPBACK WHALE. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DOUBTLESS BAY IN THE FAR NORTH AND AUCKLAND. THE WHALE WAS SPOTTED BY A HELICOPTER LAST WEEK WITH A LINE TANGLED AROUND ITS TAIL. DOC SAYS IT'S LIKELY TO BE A CRAY POT LINE, AND IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS FROM THE LAND, SEA, OR AIR, SO IT CAN HELP. A REPORT OBTAINED BY NEWSHUB SHOWS CONCERN FROM A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OVER GLORIAVALE'S ABILITY TO MEET PROTECTION MEASURES FOR ITS RESIDENTS. IT SUGGESTS THE ARREST OF LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE FOR HISTORICAL SEX CHARGES COULD DESTABILISE THE RECLUSIVE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. BUT THE HEAD OF THE GLORIAVALE LEAVERS SUPPORT GROUP SAYS THE 83-YEAR-OLD IS STILL VERY MUCH IN CHARGE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S LIVING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE. CALEY CALLAHAN HAS THE DETAILS. (BIRDS CHIRP) THE OVERSEEING SHEPHERD IS THE MOST SENIOR ROLE WITHIN GLORIAVALE. THAT ROLE IS STILL PERFORMED BY HOWARD TEMPLE, A MAN FACING MULTIPLE SEX CHARGES. WATCH I DON'T STEP ON YOUR TOES. AND WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE LIVING OUTSIDE THE COMMUNE. STEPHEN STANDFAST HAS BEEN GIVEN A FEW MORE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT HE HAS NO POWER TO MAKE CHANGES. EVERYTHING WILL BE RUN THROUGH HOWARD AS NORMAL. THIS REPORT, AUTHORED THE DAY AFTER TEMPLE WAS ARRESTED, IDENTIFIES THAT WITHOUT HIS LEADERSHIP, NEW MEASURES TO PROTECT THE LAKE HAUPIRI CITY RESIDENTS COULD BE JEOPARDISED. THOSE MEASURES CAME ABOUT AFTER A 2022 EMPLOYMENT COURT DECISION FOUND IN FAVOUR OF THREE LEAVERS WHO ARGUED THEY WERE EMPLOYEES WHILE LIVING AT GLORIAVALE. AS A RESULT, CABINET ESTABLISHED A MULTI-AGENCY RESPONSE. FIVE OUTCOMES WERE AGREED, WITH TEMPLE AND THE LEADERSHIP AROUND RESIDENTS RIGHTS AND THE REPORTING OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE. I'M NOT ACTUALLY CONVINCED THAT THE FIVE KEY OUTCOMES ARE REALLY GOING TO CREATE THE CHANGE NEEDED AT GLORIAVALE. I THINK IT'S MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE KEY RISKS THAT COULD DERAIL THAT WORK, INCLUDING ` THE RISK OF DESTABILISATION IS HIGH, BUT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HOWARD'S ARREST. THERE'S A CUMULATIVE THING GOING ON HERE. THERE ARE SO MANY COURT ACTIONS. IN AUGUST, HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE HISTORICAL INDECENT ASSAULT CHARGES. I THINK MANY LOYAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS BELIEVE IT'S, HONESTLY, A STORM IN A TEACUP, AND THAT IT WILL, YOU KNOW, IT WILL ALL BE OK. TEMPLE IS DUE TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN JANUARY. CALEY CALLAHAN, NEWSHUB. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND THREE MORE ARE MISSING, AFTER A LANDSLIDE OCCURRED DURING A SIGNIFICANT RAIN STORM IN ALASKA. THE LANDSLIDE BARRELLED DOWN A HEAVILY FORESTED, RAIN-SOAKED MOUNTAINSIDE, SMASHING INTO HOMES IN A REMOTE FISHING VILLAGE. A CADAVER-SNIFFING DOG AND HEAT-SENSING DRONES ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MORE CHILDREN AND AN ADULT STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER HE WAS FIRED BY THE BOARD OF OPEN AI, SAM ALTMAN HAS GOT HIS JOB BACK AS CEO. THE FIRM BEHIND CHAT GPT SAID IT HAD REACHED 'AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE' WITH ALTMAN, WHO'LL BE GETTING AN ENTIRELY NEW BOARD TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM. AFTER ALMOST ALL OPEN AI'S 750 EMPLOYEES SIGNED A LETTER THREATENING TO QUIT IF HE WASN'T REINSTATED. CONTROVERSIAL SHOCK JOCK AND AUSTRALIAN IDOL JUDGE KYLE SANDILANDS AND CO-HOST JACKIE O HAVE SIGNED ONE OF THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT DEALS IN AUSSIE HISTORY. THEY'LL EARN $200M TO FRONT A BREAKFAST SHOW. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. LOVED AND LOATHED ON AUSTRALIAN AIRWAYS... JACKIE AND I HAVE RESIGNED. RE-SIGNED. OH, RE-SIGNED! ...SHOCK JOCK KYLE SANDILANDS AND JACKIE O SIGN THEMSELVES INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY BOOKS LIVE ON AIR. I'VE NEVER SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR A 10-YEAR DEAL BEFORE. NO, NOT EVEN YOUR MARRIAGE YOU NEVER EVEN THOUGHT WOULD GO 10 YEARS. NOW IT'S A NEW 10-YEAR, $200M MARRIAGE WITH WORK. BROKEN DOWN, THEY EACH GET $10M A YEAR, $45,000 A DAY, $200 A MINUTE. OH MY GOD. I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT KYLE DID. I HAD TO TAKE A SECOND JOB DOING IDOL JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. IT AFFECTS US ALL, YOU KNOW? THESE CARS AREN'T CHEAP. THEIR DEAL ONE OF THE LONGEST, MOST EXPENSIVE IN AUSTRALIA'S ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CLAUSES, THE OUT CLAUSES, THE GOING TO SIGNING A DUO LIKE THIS? PARTICULARLY WITH KYLE, WHO CAN BE A LOOSE CANNON. THE CO-HOSTS HAVE A HISTORY OF IT. IN 2009, THEY CONDUCTED A LIE DETECTOR TEST ON A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL. JACKIE: HAVE YOU HAD SEX? I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THE STORY OF THIS. AND DON'T LOOK AT ME AND SMILE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FUNNY. SHE WENT ON TO REVEAL SHE'D BEEN RAPED. THE SYDNEY DUO WAS TAKEN OFF AIR, AND SANDILANDS WAS REPLACED AS A JUDGE ON AUSTRALIAN IDOL. BUT YEARS OF WINNING BACK LISTENERS, AND WINNING RATINGS, ALL KYLE PREDICTS FOR THE NEXT DECADE. I'LL PROBABLY AGE TERRIBLY, MAYBE PUT ON A BIT MORE WEIGHT. AND TO CELEBRATE THE SIGNING, HE REPORTEDLY BOUGHT A $13M HOME. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. NICKY'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND THE NEW ALL BLACKS COACH HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TAKING OVER. SCOTT ROBERTSON'S KEPT LARGELY TO HIMSELF SINCE ASCENDING TO THE TOP JOB AFTER THE WORLD CUP, BUT HE'S GIVEN AN INTERVIEW TO AM TALKING ABOUT GUT HEALTH. BUT ALSO TAKING ON ONE OF THE MOST COVETED ROLES IN SPORT. SOME INSIGHTS FROM THAT SHORTLY. AND LOOK WHO'S BACK, WARRIORS FANS. IMAGES OF RTS AT TRAINING EMERGE AS HE BEGINS HIS SECOND STINT AT MT SMART. A HANDFUL OF WALNUTS A DAY MIGHT KEEP THE FERTILITY CLINIC AWAY. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY SHOWING EATING NUTS CAN DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE QUALITY OF MEN'S SPERM. AND FIND OUT IF YOUR FAVOURITE CATCHPHRASES HAVE MADE A LIST OF THE MOST ANNOYING SAYINGS. HAVE YOU FOUND OUT WHETHER YOUR AUNTY WILL BE AMONGST THE HOSTAGES WHO ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE NEWS THAT SHE WILL BE RELEASED. THERE ARE LOTS OF RUMOURS. IN SOME LISTS I SAW HER NAME; IN SOME LISTS I DIDN'T. EPIDEMIOLOGIST MICHAEL BAKER SAYS HE'S SAD TO STILL BE RESEARCHING THE SAME SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS, AFTER WINNING A PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL AWARD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A DECADE. BAKER AND HIS TEAM OF 20 OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS HAS WON THIS YEAR'S LILEY MEDAL FOR WORK ON STREP BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND RHEUMATIC FEVER ` BUT HE'S CONCERNED LITTLE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE TO ELIMINATE THE DISEASE. WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD THAT STILL SEES THIS INFECTION. IT'S DEVASTATING, PARTICULARLY FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC YOUNG PEOPLE. IT CAUSES LONG-TERM HEART DAMAGE AND PREMATURE DEATH. IT'S A DISEASE THAT SHOULD HAVE DISAPPEARED DECADES AGO IN NEW ZEALAND. BAKER SAYS RISK FACTORS INCLUDE HOUSEHOLD CROWDING, ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND HIGH CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR-SWEETENED DRINKS. TO THAT END, HE'S URGING THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITISE A SUGAR TAX. THE FBI HAS CONFIRMED THERE IS NO INDICATION OF TERRORISM AFTER AN EXPLOSION KILLED TWO PEOPLE IN A CAR THAT CRASHED AT THE U.S.-CANADA RAINBOW BRIDGE BORDER CROSSING. THE VEHICLE, DRIVEN BY A LOCAL, ENTERED THE BRIDGE ON THE U.S. SIDE BEFORE ACCELERATING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. IT THEN HIT A CURB AND BECAME AIRBORNE, FLYING OVER A BARRIER BEFORE EXPLODING. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SHOW THE REMAINS STREWN ABOUT, WITH THICK SMOKE AND FIRE BILLOWING. POLICE HAVE RELEASED A CCTV IMAGE OF A MAN THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO AFTER A SPATE OF BURGLARIES IN EAST AND SOUTH AUCKLAND. POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN AROUND 18 BURGLARIES OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN BOTANY, FLAT BUSH, MANUKAU AND PAPATOETOE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MAN WEARING A DISTINCTIVE CAP AND RIDING A RED MONGOOSE BICYCLE. A SERIOUS RESPIRATORY ILLNESS HAS SICKENED HUNDREDS OF DOGS ACROSS THE UNITES STATES, AND CASES OF THE MYSTERIOUS SICKNESS ARE ON THE RISE. VETS SAY IT COULD STEM FROM SOME SORT OF BACTERIAL INFECTION AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO PNEUMONIA. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE COUGHING, DISCHARGE FROM THE EYES OR NOSE, LACK OF APPETITE AND LETHARGY, AND CAN LAST FOR SIX WEEKS. THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS THE RISK OF HUMANS GETTING SICK IS LOW. RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED JUST A COUPLE OF HANDFULS OF RAW OR ROASTED NUTS EVERY DAY CAN GREATLY IMPROVE FERTILITY IN MEN. THE STUDY CLAIMS MEN STRUGGLING TO HAVE A FAMILY COULD SEE THE BENEFITS IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS. CHANNEL 7'S SONIA MARINELLI HAS MORE. THESE NUTS CONTAIN AN ABUNDANCE OF HEALTHY FATS. JUST TWO HANDFULS A DAY HAS BEEN PROVEN TO ENHANCE A MAN'S FERTILITY. WE FOUND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN SPERM QUALITY AFTER ONLY A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. MONASH UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ANALYSED FOUR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOUND IT TOOK JUST THREE MONTHS OF EATING 60g TO 70g OF RAW OR ROASTED NUTS DAILY TO SEE A DIFFERENCE. THE AMOUNT OF SPERM DIDN'T CHANGE, BUT THE QUALITY IMPROVED, WHICH MEANS THAT THESE SPERM WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO FERTILISE AN EGG. LIKE MOST AUSTRALIANS, THE MEN IN THE STUDIES WERE OTHERWISE HEALTHY AND EATING A REGULAR WESTERN DIET. NUTS CONTAIN OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATS, DIETARY FIBRE, VITAMINS AND MINERALS, AS WELL AS PLANT NUTRIENTS CALLED POLYPHENOLS. RESEARCHERS FOUND WALNUTS HAD THE BEST SPERM-BOOSTING QUALITIES, FOLLOWED BY HAZELNUTS AND ALMONDS. JOHN SUMMERS STRUGGLED WITH INFERTILITY FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR CANCER. NUTS BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS HEALTH REGIME, BEFORE FINALLY CONCEIVING A CHILD. TO SAY THERE WAS ANY SCIENTIFIC THING TO IT, IN MY REASONING, I JUST KNEW THEY PACKED A PUNCH. IF YOU THINK YOU'RE 'BOSSING IT' WITH YOUR 'BANTZ' BY SAYING 'NOM NOM NOM' DURING AN 'AMAZEBALLS' MEAL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW PHRASES, BECAUSE THEY ALL APPEAR ON A NEW LIST OF THE MOST ANNOYING BUZZWORDS. DEFINITELY ANNOYING. AND FANS WHO WENT TO SEE THE BAND THE 'BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE' ENDED UP WITNESSING AN ONSTAGE FIGHT INSTEAD. SCOTT ROBERTSON SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OFFICIALLY BECOMING THE NEW ALL BLACKS COACH. HOW THE PHOENIX AIM TO USE A RARE TRIP TO AUCKLAND TO BUILD A BIGGER SUPPORT BASE AHEAD OF A SECOND KIWI TEAM JOINING THE WOMEN'S A-LEAGUE. AND THE GOAT OF SNOOKER, RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, OPENS UP ABOUT HIS COLOURFUL AND AT-TIMES CONTROVERSIAL LIFE, NOW THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY. DRAX PROJECT TELL US ALL ABOUT THEIR MUCH-ANTICIPATED SECOND ALBUM. AND IS THE SOLUTION TO MANAGING CHRISTMAS STRESS TO BE MORE OF A GRINCH? WE'LL FIND OUT AT 7. 1,299. That's a really good price for a bed. But what else could I get for that money? (WHOOSHING, DING!) Butter. SONG: # There's # Someone new... # (TV PLAYS) # And he's waiting... # (WAILS) It's melting! # For you... # I've got you, I've got you, I've got you. # Soon your heart... # (SOBS) I should've bought a bed. I wasted so much money. Excuse me. Is there anything I can help you with? No, thanks. Ah, I'll take that one. Makes sense. # Ahhh-ahhhh. # SCOTT ROBERTSON CONCEDES HE WILL BE A BUSY MAN IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD, AS HE BEGINS WORK ON THE JOB MANY CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT IN NEW ZEALAND BEHIND THE PRIME MINISTER. THE FORMER CRUSADERS MENTOR HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OFFICIALLY TAKING OVER AS THE NEW ALL BLACKS COACH EARLIER THIS MONTH. WHILE HE TRAVELLED TO FRANCE DURING THE WORLD CUP, ROBERTSON KEPT A LOW PROFILE, AND CERTAINLY WASN'T SEEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE ALL BLACKS. BUT IN AN INTERVIEW TO BE AIRED ON AM TOMORROW MORNING, ROBERTSON HAS DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE OF REGENERATING A TEAM THAT IS LOSING A BIG CORE GROUP OF EXPERIENCED PLAYERS. HE SAYS HE CAN'T REPLACE WHAT'S BEEN LOST, BUT HE CAN REPLACE THE TALENT, SO HE'LL BE WORKING HARD AS HE SETTLES INTO THE JOB HE LONG COVETED. I DID A LOT OF MY STAFF BEFORE THAT. AND I'VE STILL GOT A FEW TO FINISH OFF ` 20-ODD STAFF, A LOT OF INTERVIEWS, SO I'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THAT PROCESS. WE'VE GOT A GREAT CREW TOGETHER. I'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE THE COACHING STAFF, WHEN I DID MY INTERVIEW BACK IN MARCH, SO THEY'RE ALL LOCKED IN. AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GET ROUND THE GROUNDS, TALK TO PEOPLE, GET A LOT OF INFORMATION OF THE GUYS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THERE AND WHO ARE LEAVING. SO I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO GET LITTLE BITS OF GOLD OUT, AND WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE ALL BLACKS, THEY BELIEVE, MOVING FORWARD. ROBERTSON HAS ALSO HINTED AT THE WAY HE'LL COACH, COMPARED TO HOW HE DID WITH THE CRUSADERS AND HOW FOSTER DID WHEN HE WAS IN CHARGE. AND YOU CAN CATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT ROBERTSON ON 'AM' TOMORROW MORNING AT 7.20, WHERE RAZOR TALKS RUGBY AND GUT HEALTH ` AN ISSUE CLOSE TO HIS HEART, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A GOOD MATE. WARRIORS FANS CAN REJOICE, WITH THE FIRST PICTURES EMERGING OF ONE OF THE CLUB'S STAR SIGNINGS FOR NEXT SEASON TRAINING WITH THE TEAM AS PART OF THEIR PRE-SEASON. FORMER CAPTAIN ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK HAS REJOINED THE CLUB AFTER THREE YEARS IN RUGBY UNION, WHERE HE PLAYED THREE TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS. RTS WAS RECENTLY WITH AUCKLAND IN THE NPC, BEFORE TAKING UP HIS NEW DEAL BACK AT THE WARRIORS, WHERE HE PLAYED FROM 2016 TO 2021. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HOPE TO CAPITALISE ON THE DECISION BY AUCKLAND'S NEW A-LEAGUE EXPANSION CLUB TO DELAY THE LAUNCH OF THEIR WOMEN'S TEAM. THE PHOENIX ARE ENJOYING THE BEST EVER START TO THE WOMEN'S COMPETITION AND PLAY IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND AS PART OF A DOUBLE-HEADER. AS TIA McDOUGALL REPORTS, THEY'RE HOPING TO USE IT TO CONVINCE A FEW MORE AUCKLAND FOOTBALL FANS TO SUPPORT THOSE WEARING YELLOW BEFORE THEY GET A TEAM OF THEIR OWN. THERE WAS PLENTY OF SPRING IN THE STEPS OF THE PHOENIX WOMEN THIS MORNING, TRAINING ON WHAT COULD ONE DAY BE THEIR RIVALS' HOME TURF. BUT THE INCOMING AUCKLAND CLUB'S DECISION TO DELAY LAUNCHING A WOMEN'S TEAM MEANS THE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT ` FOR AT LEAST NOW ` REMAINS FIRMLY FIXED ON THIS GROUP. I MEAN, I'M JUST PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE FIRST WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND, SO IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND NOW WE CAN COME TO AUCKLAND AND KIND OF INSPIRE SOME AUCKLAND GIRLS AND BOYS. WITH THREE WINS FROM THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES,... OHH! WHAT A GOAL! ...THEY'RE ALREADY DOING PLENTY OF THAT. THEY SIT THIRD ON THE WOMEN'S A-LEAGUE STANDINGS, BUT ARE MINDFUL A TRIP TO THE CITY OF SAILS PRESENTS A CHANCE MUCH LARGER THAN JUST COMPETITION POINTS. WE ALSO WANNA GET THE MEDIA, THE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF AS WELL. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST ABOUT THE POINTS, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE WE GET THE BUY-IN FROM THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND KINDA GETTING THEM ON OUR SIDE, BEFORE AUCKLAND GETS THEIR TEAM. THAT'S LIKELY TO BE IN 2025, MEANING THE PHOENIX HAVE A COUPLE MORE SEASONS TO THEMSELVES BEFORE THE SECOND KIWI TEAM ARRIVES. HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN AUCKLAND, WE WANNA MAKE AN IMPRESSION. AND NOT JUST ON THE FANS, WITH FOOTBALL FERNS COACH JITKA KLIMKOVA WATCHING THEIR TRAINING TODAY ` A STRONG PERFORMANCE AGAINST TOP-OF-THE-TABLE PERTH GLORY A SURE WAY TO GROW THEIR SUPPORT BASE IN THE NORTH. WE'RE GETTING RESULTS. WE'RE GETTING THREE WINS. AND WE'RE CREATING HISTORY FOR THIS CLUB. WORKING THEIR WAY UP THE A-LEAGUE STANDINGS, HOPING TO HOLD ON TO AS MANY FOOTBALL FANS AS THEY CAN WHILE THEY DO IT. TIA McDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. ARGENTINA'S HISTORIC 1-0 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING WIN OVER RIVALS BRAZIL HAS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY VIOLENCE IN THE STANDS. SUPPORTERS BEGAN FIGHTING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS, AND POLICE INTERVENED WITH BATONS, BUT THEIR HEAVY-HANDED APPROACH INCENSED ARGENTINE CAPTAIN LIONEL MESSI. HE WENT OVER TO CALM THE SITUATION BEFORE LEADING HIS TEAM OFF THE PITCH, DELAYING THE MATCH BY 30 MINUTES. THE GAME EVENTUALLY GOT UNDERWAY WITH NICOLAS OTAMENDI SCORING IN THE 63RD MINUTE CONDEMNING BRAZIL TO A THIRD STRAIGHT DEFEAT, AND THEIR FIRST EVER HOME WORLD CUP QUALIFYING LOSS. IT MAY BE THE AUSTRALIAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF KIWIS THREATENING TO RAIN ON THE AUSSIES' PARADE, WITH JOSH GEARY AND MICHAEL HENDRY CARDED OPENING ROUNDS OF THREE-UNDER AND TWO-UNDER RESPECTIVELY. DP TOUR RISING STAR DANIEL HILLIER IS FINDING THE GOING A LITTLE TOUGHER IN BRISBANE ` AN EQUAL SHARE OF BIRDIES AND BOGIES LEAVING HIM EVEN PAR FOR THE DAY. AUSTRALIAN MIN WOO LEE SET THE EARLY PACE WITH A SEVEN UNDER 64. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE WORLD'S GREATEST SNOOKER PLAYER, RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS COLOURFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL LIFE. NICKNAMED 'THE ROCKET', THE SEVEN-TIME WORLD CHAMPION HAS NEVER BEEN FAR FROM THE SPORT'S SPOTLIGHT, HAPPY TO SPEAK HIS MIND WHILE DOMINATING WITH A CUE IN HIS HAND. HERE'S ITV'S RISHI DAVDA. A TITAN OF THE SNOOKER TABLE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) A SEVEN-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. HE'S DONE IT. RONNIE O'SULLIVAN MADE IT LOOK SO EASY. RONNIE O'SULLIVAN HAS ALREADY WON SEVERAL THOUSAND POUNDS FROM TOURNAMENTS... BUT WHAT STARTED AS A JOYFUL JOURNEY WAS ANYTHING BUT PLAIN SAILING. RONNIE'S FATHER WENT TO JAIL FOR KILLING A MAN WHEN HE WAS JUST A TEENAGER. PEOPLE COULD SEE THAT I WAS IMPLODING. SO WHAT ACCOMPANIED THIS STAR'S SNOOKER SUCCESS WAS DEPRESSION, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ` ALL LAID BARE IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY. FOR ME, IT FEELS QUITE FREEING. YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER REALLY SHIED AWAY FROM SHOWING WHAT I'M FEELING. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT AS A HANDICAP TOWARDS MYSELF. I'VE NEVER THOUGH BY SAYING THIS IT'S MADE ME A WEAKER PERSON. I'VE ALWAYS HAD COMPLETE FAITH IN MY ABILITY AS A SNOOKER PLAYER, AND THAT UNDERPINS EVERYTHING I DO. 'I THINK, 'WOW. HOW HAVE I GOT THROUGH THAT?' 'THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING' DETAILS THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS, BRINGING PEOPLE INSIDE RONNIE'S LIFE ON THE ROAD, WITH CAMEOS FROM CLOSE FRIENDS, INCLUDING ROCK STAR RONNIE WOOD. WE USED TO GET HIGH TOGETHER, WE CAME THROUGH, AND WE'RE CLEAN AND SERENE TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE STILL JUST BURSTING WITH FUN. YOU CAN'T DENY THE MAGIC THAT HE HAS AND THE GENIUS, THE MOST NATURAL TALENT OF ANY SNOOKER PLAYER THAT'S EVER LIVED. NOW 47 AND STILL PLAYING, RONNIE'S BEEN FINDING POCKETS PROFESSIONALLY FOR THREE DECADES. WE SEE AT POINTS DURING THE DOCUMENTARY, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY CALLING IT A DAY AND RETIRING FROM THE SPORT. I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR 30 YEARS NOW. BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD TO GIVE UP WHAT YOU LOVE, ISN'T IT? IT IS, IT IS, BUT I HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT REASONS FOR PLAYING NOW, DIFFERENT REASONS TO STAY MOTIVATED. I THINK I'VE HAD TO DO THAT MAYBE 4 OR 5 TIMES IN MY CAREER, YOU KNOW, LIKE, 'WHY AM I ACTUALLY STILL DOING THIS?' 'YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I WANT OUT OF IT? WHAT DO I WANT TO ACHIEVE?' THEY SAY THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN GENIUS AND MADNESS. THOSE TWO RONNIES HAVE A BIT OF BOTH, I'D SAY. ONE RONNIE COULD LOOK AFTER THE OTHER RONNIE. WE ALL HAVE A FAVOURITE BUZZWORD OR PHRASE THAT WE LOVE TO HATE, LIKE 'WIN-WIN' SITUATION, OR 'GOING FORWARD', OR 'HOW'S THE VIBE?' THEY'RE WORDS AND PHRASES THAT SET YOUR TEETH ON EDGE. SO, I'M SURE YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT SOMEONE HAS GONE TO THE TROUBLE OF COMPILING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THE WORST OFFENDERS. IF WORDS LIKE THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO RUN SCREAMING OUT OF THE ROOM, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. ITVS AMY WELCH REPORTS. THEY'RE THE WORDS WE LOVE TO HATE. HE'S GOT GOOD BANTER. TOTES AMAZEBALLS, GUYS. 'BANTS', 'AMAZEBALLS', AND 'NOM NOM NOM' ARE JUST SOME OF THE PHRASES VOTED MOST IRRITATING BY YOU, THE PUBLIC. SO WE'VE BROUGHT SOME OF THOSE WORDS TO THE STREETS OF LIVERPOOL, TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE HERE FIND MOST ANNOYING. 'AMAZEBALLS' OR 'BOSSING IT?' WHAT'S AMAZEBALLS? SOUNDS LIKE SCRATCHING YOUR FINGERS ON A CHALKBOARD. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF BANTS, TO BE HONEST. WIFEY. CHANGE THE WIFEY TO BOSS. NOM NOM NOM. WHY IS THAT REALLY ANNOYING? OH, IT'S JUST IRRITATING. I'M NOT SURE WHY. BOTH OF THAT, NOM NOM NOM IS A LOAD OF NONSENSE. THAT IS. THAT'S RUBBISH. BABIES DO THAT. BUT ACCORDING TO THE EXPERTS, IT'S NOT BABY TALK, BUT A SIGN OF AN EVOLVING ENGLISH LANGUAGE. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING FORWARDS, AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE EVER SINCE WE STARTED TALKING. BUT YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THAT ALWAYS CAME JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE SPOKE, BECAUSE LANGUAGE IS SO INTERTWINED WITH OUR IDENTITY. SO, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD RUDE JUDGEMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK THE WAY THAT WE DO. SO WHAT DOES SOME OF THESE WORDS ACTUALLY MEAN? 'AMAZEBALLS' MEANS VERY IMPRESSIVE, 'HOLLIBOBS' IS THE HOLIDAYS, 'BANTS' IS HOW FRIENDS MIGHT TEASE EACH OTHER, WHILE 'BOSSING IT' MEANS WE'RE IN CONTROL. AND DESPITE BEING SO-CALLED TEENAGE SLANG, QUEEN OF WORDS SUSIE DENT SAYS MOST ARE IN THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. AMAZEBALLS, I THINK IT'S BEEN IN THE DICTIONARY FOR OVER A DECADE. BOSSING IT, AS I SAY, FIRST RECORD IN 1856. DIN-DINS, 1905. SO THERE VERY FEW OF THEM THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY IN. I THINK HOLLIBOBS. I DO REMEMBER LOOKING UP THAT ONE, BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY HATE HOLLIBOBS. AND WHILE MOST OF US WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO CRIMBO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CHRISTMAS, MAYBE THINK TWICE BEFORE TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOLLIBOBS. SURE WILL. CONCERTGOERS HAVE BEEN LEFT IN SHOCK AFTER THE MEMBERS OF AN AMERICAN ROCK BAND TURNED ON EACH OTHER IN A WILD ONSTAGE BRAWL. VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SHOWS TWO BAND MEMBERS FROM 'THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE' PUSHING AND PUNCHING EACH OTHER, BEFORE ONE SLAMS A GUITAR ON THE OTHER'S HEAD. THEN THEY CHASED EACH OTHER AROUND THE STAGE AND ENDED UP ON THE GROUND, THROWING PUNCHES. VENUE STAFF INTERVENED TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT BEFORE CALLING OFF THE SHOW. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` INCOMING PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS ANNOUNCED THE THREE COALITION PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO A DEAL. BUT THE KEY DETAILS, INCLUDING MINISTERIAL POSITIONS WON'T BE REVEALED UNTIL TOMORROW. LYNNE MAREE MARTIN, WHO YESTERDAY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HER ELDERLY FATHER, WAS THIS MORNING FOUND DEAD IN A GISBORNE POLICE STATION CELL. A FOUR-DAY PAUSE IN THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS DUE TO BEGIN TONIGHT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD UNTIL HOSTAGES HAVE BEEN RELEASED. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER ` AND IT'S A WET AND WINDY WEEKEND, HEATHER? THERE'S A BIT ON THE WAY. A SUPER COLD CHANGE, AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHEAST. SO, STRONG WINDS FOR CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND FROM 2PM TOMORROW. AND HEAVY RAIN FROM 1PM, BUT FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THIS IS LIKELY TO BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING. MORE NEXT. ON THE PROJECT, IT'S THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME OF THE YEAR? IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO OVERCOMMITS YOUR TIME IN DECEMBER, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU SORT IT OUT. AND WHAT IF YOUR CAR COULD BECOME A REAL HOT WHEELS TOY? A TOY, LIKE MY ACTUAL CAR? I HOPE IT COMES WITH SOME HAIRY FRENCH FRIES STUCK IN THE CUP HOLDER. # 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 INTO A CHILLY END TO THE WEEK. THERE ARE A SERIES OF FRONTS TRACKING NORTH. BEHIND THESE ` A BIG TEMPERATURE DROP THANKS TO COLD SOUTH TO SOUWEST WINDS. THE MAIN FRONT HITS THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT, THEN HEADS NORTH. A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE WEST LATER TOMORROW. SO SHOWERS TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SOME HEAVY AND THUNDERY WITH HAIL. ONE OF THE FRONTS WILL DISH UP SOME HEAVY BUT BRIEF RAIN FOR THE NORTHWEST. TOMORROW ` SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH, CLEARING AND BECOMING FINE. STRONG COLD SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS WILL BE UNPLEASANT, BUT THE EASE FROM THE SOUTH LATE ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT. SOME HEAVY AND THUNDERY ONES FOR NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY, GISBORNE AND EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY. TOMORROW, THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF RAIN, AND HEAVY TOO, UP THE EAST SIDE WITH ONE OF THE FRONTS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OBSERVED WITH A SHIFT IN WIND, COLD STRONG SOUTHERLIES. SO THE MORNING UP TOP WILL HAVE A FAIR BIT OF CLOUD, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AM.. BUT CLEARING DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY, WITH SOUTH TO SOUWEST WINDS. MOSTLY CLOUDY HERE WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING INLAND, AND AROUND MIDDAY FOR THE COAST. EXPECT A FEW HEAVY AND THUNDERY SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHERLIES. RAIN DEVELOPS OUT EAST, TRACKING NORTH. REACHING GISBORNE BY LATE MORNING. IT WILL BE HEAVY THERE AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A FRESH SOUTH TO SOUWESTER. AND IT'S FAIRLY CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND WITH SHOWERS. THEY'LL BE HEAVY FROM THE AFTERNOON, BUT EASING BACK TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS ARE STRONG, TURNING SOUTH TO SOUWEST. OVER THE STRAIT ` ONE OR TWO SHOWERS OUT WEST EARLY, BUT CLEARING BEFORE DAWN. THEN IT'S FINE, WITH SOUEASTERLIES FROM THE AFTERNOON FROM REEFTON SOUTH. LESS SUN OUT EAST WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS. SOUTH TO SOUWEST WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 90KM/H FROM LATE MORNING FOR KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH. AND MORE SHOWERS FOR THE LOWER SOUTH TOO WITH A COLD DAY AHEAD. FRESH SOUTHERLIES FOR SOUTHLAND WILL DROP THE OVERNIGHT LOW TO 5 OR 6, AND WON'T EASE TILL THE AFTERNOON. IN FACT, DUNEDIN CAN EXPECT GUSTS OF AROUND 80 KM/H. WITH MORNING SHOWERS. BUT IT DRIES OUT LATE AFTERNOON, AND THE WIND EASES TOMORROW NIGHT. FEELS LIKE HIGH OF ONLY 5 FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH, THANKS TO A STRONG MORNING SOUTHERLY, GUSTING 90 KM ABOUT BANKS PENINSULA. EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS AT TIMES. RAIN EASES BACK TO SHOWERS IN THE AM FOR THE CAPITAL, BUT THERE WILL BE HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHERLY IS STRONG, GUSTING 90KM IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN TOO FOR YOU HAWKE'S BAY, DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, WITH HEAVY ONES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERLIES TURN SOUTHERLY, SO EXPECT A CHILL IN THE AIR. THE MORNING LOOKS PROMISING FOR TAURANGA, WITH JUST PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BUT SHOWERS ARRIVE AT MIDDAY, AND SOME WILL BE HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL TILL TOMORROW NIGHT. SHOWERS RAMP UP IN THE MORNING AROUND KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` THEY WILL CLEAR, BUT NOT TILL TOMORROW NIGHT. SOUWESTERS STRENGTHEN IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN TURN TO A LIGHTER SOUTHERLY. AND MAINLY FINE BUT COLD FOR AUCKLAND ` BUT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS. THEY'LL BECOME WIDESPREAD FOR A TIME AROUND LUNCHTIME WITH A STRONG SOUWESTERLY EASING TO A LIGHTER SOUTHERLY TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'S JUST SLIGHTLY WARMER IN OZ ` PERTH INTO THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH DAY IN A ROW OF VERY HIGH 30 DEGREE HEAT. AND LOOKING GOOD OVER THE ISLANDS, WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF SAMOA AND NIUE. WEEKEND TIME ` APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS, THE NORTH CAN EXPECT A RELATIVELY FINE COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT IT'S NOT OVERLY WARM THANKS TO THE FRESH SOUTHERLY. IT'S THAT SOUTHERLY THAT WILL BE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES FOR GISBORNE ON SATURDAY, BUT EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. STILL A BIT GREY TILL NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH, BUT CLEARING AND THEN STARTING NEXT WEEK DRY ` BUT STILL A LITTLE COOL. IT'S LOVELY AND FINE FOR THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, JUST A FEW SHOWERS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY FOR KAIKOURA. TEMPERATURES START TO BOUNCE BACK FROM MONDAY. BUT EVEN SUNDAY WILL HAVE SOME WARM TEMPERATURES FOR THE LOWER HALF, WITH 24 THE HIGH FOR QUEENSTOWN. IT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF SPRING, THINGS WILL IMPROVE ` JUST GIVE IT ALL ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. JANIKA TER ELLEN AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 10.