TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` FAR NORTH PROTESTORS REFUSE TO BE MOVED IN A CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE. LOCK ARMS, WHANAU! WE'RE NOT GOING NOWHERE! TENSIONS ESCALATE AT A MAKESHIFT ROAD BLOCK, WITH HUNDREDS EXPECTED IN THE AREA FOR A FISHING COMPETITION. TRAGEDY ON THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT ` A MAN DIES AFTER JUMPING FROM A CRANE. AND FORMER MINISTER KIRI ALLAN ON POLITICS, POLICE CHARGES AND THE POLICY SHE SAYS BROKE HER. I JUST REMEMBER LOOKING AROUND MY OFFICE, LIKE, MY CABINET PAPERS THERE, AND... JUST GOING, 'WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING HERE?' CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI KARERE TAHI I TENEI PO ` WELCOME TO 1 NEWS THIS EVENING. LOCAL PROTESTORS ARE PROMISING TO DISRUPT A LONG-STANDING FAR NORTH FISHING EVENT THAT ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF COMPETITORS TO THE AREA. A GROUP BLOCKED ACCESS TO A LOCAL BOAT RAMP TODAY, REFUSING TO BE MOVED BY POLICE ` AND SAY THEY'LL DO MORE TOMORROW. OUR NORTHLAND-BASED REPORTER HELEN CASTLES IS FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS. WE'RE MAKING OUR STAND, AND WE'RE GONNA STICK TO IT. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PULLED UP TO THE BLOCKADE OCCUPATION LEADER WIKATANA POPATA HAD HELPED SET UP. THIS POLICE OFFICER ORDERING PROTESTORS TO LET THE DRIVER THROUGH ` BUT HE GAVE UP. I'LL BE DOWN TOMORROW, WITH MY BOAT! POLICE APPROACHED POPATA... DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE AND THINK YOU HOLD AUTHORITY AROUND HERE. WHEN WE SAY WE'RE BLOCKING IT OFF, WERE BLOCKING IT OFF. ...THEN HANDCUFFED HIM. WHANAU, LOCK ARMS! AROUND 20 PROTESTORS SURROUNDED THE THREE OFFICERS, WHO THEN UNCUFFED HIM BEFORE BOTH SIDES HAD A KORERO. WE'RE TRYING TO UPHOLD OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS KAITIAKI. POPATA WAS ARRESTED BUT ULTIMATELY RELEASED. WE HAD A BIT OF A KORERO WITH THE POLICE AND DECIDED THAT... DONT ARREST ME. WHAT THE HAVE SAID IS WELLINGTON IS WANTING TO GET US OFF THIS ROAD AND THERE'S A BIT OF PRESSURE ON THE POLICE. I SAID TO THEM, 'WELLINGTON DON'T HAVE NO... 'DON'T HAVE NO AUTHORITY IN OUR ROHE OF NGATI KAHU.' TO LET PEOPLE THROUGH IS THE MESSAGE. AND AS YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN, WE'VE JUST HAD TO READJUST OUR TACTICS IN HOW WE DO THAT. THIS ISN'T WIKATANA POPATA'S FIRST RODEO. IN 2009, HE AND HIS OLDER BROTHER WERE CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING THEN PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY AT WAITANGI. AND HERE HE IS IN 2015, LEADING THE OCCUPATION OF KAITAIA AIRPORT. MORE RECENTLY, HIS ROLES HAVE INCLUDED BEING THE CROWN MAORI RELATIONS ADVISOR TO LABOUR'S KELVIN DAVIS AND A CULTURAL ADVISOR FOR KAITAIA POLICE. THESE DAYS, HE WORKS AS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND ON HIS FARM. TODAY'S AN EXCEPTION. THE FISHING COMPETITION KICKS OFF TOMORROW, AND THE ORGANISER DOESN'T PLAN ON BACKING DOWN EITHER. HELEN, WITH PEOPLE SET TO TURN UP FOR THIS LONG-WEEKEND FISHING EVENT, WHAT'S EXPECTED TOMORROW? IT IS DEFINITELY CALM HERE NOW, WITH THEM SETTLING DOWN FOR THE NIGHT. MANY OF THEM A STAYING IN TENTS. THEY AGREED WITH POLICE TO TAKE DOWN THEIR ROADBLOCK FOR THE EVENING, BUT THEY ARE ADAMANT IT WILL GO BACK UP AGAIN IN THE MORNING. POLICE DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE ANY PROPER ARRESTS, AND THAT IS LARGELY BECAUSE THE PROTESTERS DID NOT HAVE TO STOP ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM ACCESSING THE ROAD. THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE THAT DID TRY EVENTUALLY RETREATED. TOMORROW THE FISHING COMPETITIONS AND KICKS OFF IN THE MORNING AND RUNS AGAIN ON SUNDAY, AND AS YOU HEARD, SOME FISHERMEN ARE REFUSING TO BE SCARED OFF. THANKS, HELEN. WITNESSES HAVE TOLD 1 NEWS PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRIED TO SAVE A MAN WHO JUMPED FROM A CRANE INTO WELLINGTON HARBOUR. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY DIVED INTO THE WATER, BUT HIS BODY HAD TO BE RECOVERED LATER BY POLICE DIVERS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. ON A SUNNY, SCENIC DAY IN WELLINGTON, THE FOCUS SHOULD'VE BEEN ON THE MANU WORLD CHAMPS DIVE-BOMBING COMPETITION. INSTEAD, JUST AFTER MIDDAY, THE SEARCH FOR A BODY BEGAN IN THE HARBOUR. A MALE HAD JUMPED FROM THE TOP OF THE HIKITIA CRANE AND LANDED IN THE WATER. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD JUMPED IN TO TRY AND GET TO HIM. HE WAS FLOATING FOR LIKE 15, 10 SECONDS, AND THEN PEOPLE JUMPED IN, BUT BY THE TIME THEY SWAM TO HIM, HE'D ALREADY SUNK TO THE BOTTOM. WE SAW HIM LIKE, IN THE AIR, AND THEN SPLASH AND HIT THE GROUND. THEN WE LOOKED OVER, AND NOBODY COULD SEE HIM, AND THERE WAS QUITE A CROWD. AND THEN HE CAME UP FLOATING AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE, 'OH, HE'S NOT, LIKE, FACE UP.' A POLICE DIVE SQUAD WAS CALLED IN TO SEARCH UNDER THE WATER. THEY'VE SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED THE WATER AND RECOVERED A MALE'S BODY FROM THE HARBOUR FLOOR. IN 2015, A 20-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER JUMPING FROM THE CRANE AFTER A NIGHT OUT. YOU'VE ONLY GOT TO GET IT WRONG ONCE. THE HIKITIA IS OWNED BY A TRUST. A SPOKESMAN SAID FENCING WAS CONSIDERED AFTER THE LAST CRANE DEATH, BUT IT WAS DECIDED THAT WOULDN'T STOP A DETERMINED CLIMBER. CCTV WAS INSTALLED FOR EXTRA SECURITY. POLICE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE MAN. IF THEY COULD CALL THE WELLINGTON CENTRAL POLICE STATION IF THEY'RE MISSING ANYBODY THAT SHOULD'VE COME HOME TODAY AND HASN'T. THE MANU WORLD CHAMPS WILL STILL GO AHEAD BUT WILL MOVE INDOORS. I THINK THE RIGHT DECISION FOR US IS TO MOVE THE EVENT FROM HERE AT TARANAKI WHARF INTO WELLINGTON REGIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE. A RAHUI IS NOW IN PLACE AROUND THE AREA WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS MAN'S DEATH. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR SAYS A SCAM VICTIM COMING FORWARD WAS KEY TO UNCOVERING FRAUD SCHEME WORTH $1.7m. IN COURT TODAY, A MAN PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 10 CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING. POLICE WARN FRAUD LIKE THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY BECOMING MORE COMMON. CORAZON MILLER HAS MORE. TODAY'S DEEPAK'S 33rd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING, HE'S AT COURT AFTER BEING SCAMMED OUT OF HIS LIFE SAVINGS OF $100,000. I'VE LET MY WHOLE FAMILY DOWN. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT FEELING TO HAVE HE'D BEEN LED TO BELIEVE HIS MONEY WAS INVESTED IN A GOVERNMENT-BACKED SCHEME IN AUSTRALIA. MY FINAL AIM WAS TO USE IT FOR MY SON'S WEDDING. WHICH I CAN'T DO ANYMORE. TODAY, A 72-YEAR-OLD MAN APPEARED IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT MANUKAU ON 10 CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING TOTALLING $1.7m. THE MAN WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY, AND A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT WERE ALSO SEIZED. TODAY HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES, AND THE JUDGE GRANTED HIM INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION ON THE BASIS IDENTIFYING HIM COULD DAMAGE HIS BUSINESS AND REPUTATION. COURT PAPERS ALLEGE VICTIM LOSSES FROM $50,000 TO $1m. DEEPAK FIRST REPORTED THIS TO POLICE IN JUNE LAST YEAR BEFORE CALLING IN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR NICK MAYER. HE CREDITS DEEPAK FOR COMING FORWARD. IT IS SIGNIFICANT. YOU DON'T OFTEN GET OPPORTUNITY TO LINK A NUMBER OF VICTIMS. INVESTMENT SCAMS ARE INCREASING. LAST YEAR, THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AUTHORITY ISSUED MORE THAN 80 WARNINGS OF SUSPECTED INVESTMENT SCAMS OR FAKE WEBSITES ` UP FROM 64 THE YEAR PRIOR. THEY'RE PERPETRATED BY ORGANISED CRIMINAL GROUPS, USUALLY BASED OVERSEAS, THEY'RE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL, AND THEY'RE WELL-RESOURCED BUT GETTING SUCH CASES TO COURT IS RARE. USUALLY, THE MONEY IS GONE, IT IS SENT OFFSHORE AND AUTHORITIES ARE CHASING SHADOWS. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CASE IN THAT THEY'VE GOT A PROSECUTION AND IT'S SOMEONE WITHIN NEW ZEALAND. AUTHORITIES HOPE THIS WILL CHANGE. POLICE AND BANKS, AS WELL AS OTHER INDUSTRY PARTNERS, ARE INCREASINGLY WORKING MORE CLOSELY, AND WE ARE HOLDING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS TYPE OF OFFENDING. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REPORT FRAUD AS SOON AS IT'S DETECTED TO YOUR BANK AND TO THE POLICE, COS THAT FIRST 24-48 HOURS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. ALL DEEPAK WANTS IS JUSTICE. THEY HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING AWAY FROM ME. GETTING HIM THROUGH IS THE SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER KIRI ALLAN HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE END OF HER POLITICAL CAREER. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TVNZ'S BREAKFAST, SHE REVEALED THE PRESSURE OF POLITICS AND THE LEAD-UP TO WHAT SHE CALLED 'A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN'. KATIE BRADFORD WITH THIS. OPENING UP ABOUT THE DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS THAT ENDED HER POLITICAL CAREER. IT'S A LOT OF SHAME, A LOT OF GUILT, A LOT OF REGRET... (SNIFFLES) AND YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THAT. AND THAT'S NOT A QUICK PROCESS. IT TAKES TIME. IN AN EMOTIONAL, HIGHLY CHARGED INTERVIEW, KIRI ALLAN EXPLAINING WHAT SHE SAYS CONTRIBUTED TO A DECISION TO END HER LIFE. MONTHS OUT FROM AN ELECTION AND UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE OVER RAM RAIDS, LABOUR WANTED TO GIVE POLICE THE POWER TO CHARGE OFFENDERS AS YOUNG AS 12. WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS THAT THERE IS A GAP IN THE SYSTEM IN HOW WE RESPOND TO CHILDREN. AS JUSTICE MINISTER, IT WAS KIRI ALLAN'S JOB TO FRONT IT. BUT AS THE THEN-EAST COAST MP, SHE FELT HER OWN COMMUNITY WOULD SUFFER. THE ABSOLUTE ANTITHESIS OF THE REASON I WENT INTO POLITICS. SITTING AT HER DESK, READING CABINET PAPERS ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SHE PONDERED. 'WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING HERE? WHY THE HECK ARE YOU HERE?' AND PERHAPS CALL THAT THE... THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK. A CAR ACCIDENT AND POLICE CHARGES FOLLOWED ` AND, EVENTUALLY, A RESIGNATION. FROM SHINING STAR AND POTENTIAL FUTURE LABOUR LEADER, HER CAREER DOWNFALL CAME FAST. I THINK WHERE THE EMOTION COMES FROM IS JUST, LIKE, FEELING AGAIN LIKE YOU LET A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN. A FORMER LABOUR MINISTER SAYS COMPROMISE AND PRAGMATISM IS PART OF POLITICS. THERE ARE DEBATES INSIDE THE CAUCUS ROOM. SOMETIMES, YOU WIN THOSE DEBATES, AND SOMETIMES YOU LOSE, BUT AS SOON AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR, EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME TEAM. SO IT CAN BE TOUGH. SACKED AFTER AN INAPPROPRIATE AFFAIR WITH A FORMER STAFFER, HE UNDERSTANDS THE TOLL OF THE SPOTLIGHT TOO. WHEN YOU'RE A POLITICIAN, YOUR LIFE REVOLVES AROUND YOUR CAREER. IT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE JOB. AND SO IT DOES FEEL LIKE YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING, AND YOU'VE ONLY GOT YOURSELF TO BLAME. WITH THE RESIGNATION OF GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN AFTER SHOPLIFTING CHARGES, THERE HAVE BEEN RENEWED QUESTIONS AROUND WHAT SUPPORT PARTIES PROVIDE TO TROUBLED MPs. IT'S A REALLY... FAST-PACED, FULL-ON ENVIRONMENT WITH A THOUSAND DIFFERENT DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN EVERY SINGLE SECOND, SO I THINK PEOPLE DID THE BEST THEY COULD HAVE WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAD AT THE TIME. NOW OUT OF PARLIAMENT, KIRI ALLAN'S STILL THINKING POLITICS. SOME OF THE LAWS RIGHT NOW TAKE US BACK TO PRE-1975. SHE'S VOWED TO THINK ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH TOO AS SHE AWAITS HER COURT TRIAL IN MAY KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY'S REVEALED THE IMPACT ON BABIES BORN TO MUMS WHO GOT COVID DURING THEIR PREGNANCY. IT FOUND INFANTS WERE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BREATHING ISSUES IF THE MUM WAS UNVACCINATED AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. TAKING A GENERAL SNAPSHOT OF NEW ZEALAND RIGHT NOW, THE COVID CASE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING DOWN. THE ROLLING SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE IS 995 ` THAT'S DOWN FROM JUST OVER 1100 7 DAYS AGO. 343 PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITAL. DONNA-MARIE LEVER TAKES A LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON MUMS HERE. (GIGGLES) ILSA'S WEE GIGGLE LIGHTS UP THE ROOM. BUT WHEN MUM GEORGIA WAS 13 WEEKS PREGNANT ` AND VACCINATED ` LIKE MANY OTHERS AROUND HER, SHE CAUGHT COVID. SHE WAS BORN WITH QUITE A LOT OF MUCUS IN HER NOSE AND LUNGS, UH, WHICH DID CLEAR OVER TIME, BUT NOT STRAIGHT AWAY. ILSA'S NOW A CURIOUS 1-YEAR-OLD, BUT HER FIRST YEAR OF LIFE HAS BEEN BUMPY. SHE'S HAD RSV, UM, AND COLDS AND CHILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I CAN'T SAY THAT SHE'S BEEN HEALTHY, UM, BUT I ALSO` SHE HAS BEEN JUST, I GUESS, GETTING THE GENERAL COLDS THAT YOU'D EXPECT. IT MAY NOT BE A COINCIDENCE. A NEW STUDY IN THE U.S. HAS FOUND A GREATER RISK OF RESPIRATORY ISSUES IN BABIES BORN TO MUMS WHO HAD COVID IN PREGNANCY. THEY WERE NOT TRIVIAL. YOU KNOW, UM, THE AVERAGE TIME THAT THE BABIES WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WAS 24 DAYS. SO IT WAS THROUGHOUT THE NEWBORN PERIOD. SOME OF THE BABIES HAD TO BE ON VENTILATORS, AND ALL OF THEM HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NO BABIES ACTUALLY HAD THE VIRUS, AND THOSE WITH MUMS WHO'D BEEN VACCINATED WERE BETTER OFF. IT WAS LESS INFLAMMATION IF THE MOTHERS HAD RECEIVED A VACCINE, SO... SO IT'S DEFINITELY PROTECTIVE. GUINEVERE'S MUM, MADISON, WAS ONE ` AND THANKFUL SHE HAD NO ISSUES AT BIRTH. AS A MOTHER, I'M GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS IN HER LIFE. SO OF COURSE I AM WORRIED, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND SEE HOW SHE PROGRESSES, COS RIGHT NOW SHE'S SUPER STRONG AND SUPER HEALTHY, AND THAT'S ALL I COULD ASK FOR, REALLY. DEFINITELY WE'LL KEEP IT IN MIND, UM, WHEN, YEAH, SHE DOES GET RESPIRATORY SORT OF ILLNESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO WATCH HER THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA. SEVERAL HUNDRED BABIES INVOLVED IN THE STUDY WILL NOW BE MONITORED FURTHER TO SEE IF THE RESPIRATORY ISSUES LINGER INTO LATER LIFE. DONNA MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. PLANS TO LOWER THE VOTING AGE IN LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED. THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT HAD INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW 16-YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULD BE A COSTLY DISTRACTION. AUSTRALIA DAY OR INVASION DAY? THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES MEANT AUSSIES MARKED IT WITH BOTH CELEBRATIONS AND PROTESTS. AMID SPORTS EVENTS AND CONCERTS, THOUSANDS ALSO RALLIED TO BACK INDIGENOUS CALLS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND CHANGE. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN HAS BEEN OUT AMONGST IT. THIS IS LACHLAN WRIGHT, OF ABORIGINAL DESCENT. BUT I'M JUST HERE TO TALK TO KEEP HIS NAME GOING AND HIS MEMORY ALIVE. HE'S NOT HERE TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA DAY. HE'S AT ONE OF THE LARGEST INVASION DAY RALLIES, TO MOURN HIS SON JAI. THE 16-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED WHEN HIS MOTORBIKE COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED POLICE CAR TWO YEARS AGO. NO ONE HAS BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE. LACHLAN SAYS THE SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS WORKED AGAINST ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A CHOICE THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT. THIS HAS BEEN FORCED UPON US THROUGH COLONIALISM AND GOVERNMENTS OVER THE YEARS. HE'S ONE OF MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT AUSTRALIA DAY SCRAPPED. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE HIGH NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT THIS DAY MEANS BUT WHAT IT MEANS IT BE AUSTRALIAN. WHILE THERE WILL BE THOSE CELEBRATING THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL IDENTITY, THOUSANDS MORE WILL BE ON THE STREETS LIKE THIS ASKING FOR ITS ABOLISHMENT FOR WHAT THEY SAY IS 236 YEARS OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS. THERE SHOULD BE NO DAY WHERE VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANOTHER HUMAN RACE IS CELEBRATED. PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE URGING THOSE CELEBRATING THE DAY TO REFLECT ON THE NATION'S CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY. THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG THAT THE VERY SHAPE OF THIS CONTINENT HAS CHANGED. A NATION THAT VOTED AGAINST WORKING TOGETHER WITH TORRES AND STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT JUST LAST YEAR. IN SYDNEY, THE BLAZING HEAT DID LITTLE TO DETER PEOPLE MARCHING FOR CHANGE, WHILE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OTHERS WENT TO DAWN CEREMONIES, SPORTS MATCHES AND CONCERTS. AS FOR LACHLAN, TODAY IS ABOUT REMEMBERING HIS SON AND PREPARING FOR A LONG-AWAITED INQUEST INTO HIS DEATH NEXT WEEK. AZIZ, IT'S BEEN ONLY TWO MONTHS SINCE THE VOICE REFERENDUM FAILED THERE. HOW DID THAT AFFECT PROTESTS TODAY? KIA ORA. PEOPLE INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THE FAILED REFERENDUM WAS GOING TO POUR COLD WATER OVER ANY KIND OF DEMONSTRATIONS. IT ONLY REALLY SEEMED TO AMPLIFY THOSE VOICES, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY STORY. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT 60% OF AUSTRALIANS VOTED AGAINST A VOICE IN PARLIAMENT, AN ADVISORY BODY WITH NO REAL POWER AND REPRESENTATION FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO ORGANISERS, TODAY WITH THE LARGEST PROTESTS THEY HAVE EVER SEEN IN AUSTRALIA DAY HISTORY. HERE ON CIRCULAR QUAY, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE FROM WHAT YOU SAW IN MY STORY. PEOPLE HERE ARE CELEBRATING AND THE MUSIC IS PLAYING. THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR A CONCERT JUST ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THIS HARBOUR. SO TWO VERY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE MARKING THE DAY. IT IS INTERESTING LIVING HERE AS A KIWI SEEING THOSE ` BOTH VERY IMPORTANT IN THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS AND BOTH REALLY CENTRE ON ONE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY IS ASKING THEMSELVES ` WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AUSTRALIAN? A QUESTION THAT IS CLEARLY STILL DIVIDING THIS COUNTRY. RIGHT IN THE HEART OF SYDNEY, AZIZ. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE LESSONS FROM EXTREME WEATHER 40 YEARS ON. COMING UP ` WHY WORK TO PROTECT SOME PARTS OF SOUTHLAND IS STILL HAPPENING FOUR DECADES AFTER THE REGION'S 'BLACK FRIDAY'. THE MOTHER FACING TRIAL OVER HER SON'S SCHOOL SHOOTING ` THE CHARGES SHE'S FACING AND WHAT SHE AND THE BOY'S FATHER KNEW IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE KILLINGS. PLUS ` THE SIMPLE MISTAKE THAT'S LEFT THIS JAPANESE MOON ROVER USELESS. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. FOUR DECADES ON FROM SOUTHLAND'S DEVASTATING 1984 FLOODS, OFFICIALS SAY THE LESSONS FROM THE TIME ARE STILL PROVING VALUABLE. HOWEVER, THERE'RE FRESH CALLS FOR FUNDING TO KEEP THE REGION SECURE IN THE FACE OF MORE EXTREME EVENTS. HERE'S OUR REPORTER IN THE SOUTH JARED MCCULLOCH. UPGRADING STOPBANKS ALONG INVERCARGILL'S WAIHOPAI RIVER ` THE LATEST PIECE OF WORK TO HELP PROTECT THE CITY FROM THE RISK OF FLOOD. TO BE FAIR, THERE PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH DONE OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. SO WE'RE IN CATCH-UP MODE AT THE MOMENT. TODAY'S SCENES ARE A FAR CRY FROM THOSE OF 40 YEARS AGO TODAY. KNOWN AS SOUTHLAND'S BLACK FRIDAY, AS MUCH AS 134mm OF RAIN FELL IN 24 HOURS. THE REGION'S RIVERS SWELLED AND BREACHED THEIR STOPBANKS WITH DRAMATIC EFFECT. 5000 RESIDENTS WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES AS INVERCARGILL STREETS BECAME LAKES. THE CITY'S AIRPORT WAS OUT OF ACTION, AND THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WASN'T LIFTED FOR WEEKS. SO THE SIZE AND THE IMPACT OF THAT FLOOD AND THE DEVASTATION IT CAUSED WAS MASSIVE. BUT IT DID PROVE PIVOTAL FOR THE REGION'S RESILIENCE. THERE WAS A LOT OF INVESTMENT AFTER THOSE FLOODS IN FLOOD PROTECTION AROUND SOUTHLAND, SO MOST OF THE STUFF WE HAVE NOW WAS BUILT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT 1984 FLOOD. AND THE DEVELOPMENT'S CONTINUED ` THAT NEED HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WAKE OF RECENT FLOODING IN MATAURA AND GORE. $15M OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING HAS BEEN POURED IN STOPBANK UPGRADES FROM GOVERNMENT SINCE. BUT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S EXPLORING OPTIONS BEYOND IMPROVED STOPBANKS TO MANAGE UNPRECEDENTED RAINFALL. WE WILL HAVE MORE INTENSE FLOODS MORE REGULARLY. SO WE WILL BE TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING THE LONG-TERM PLAN TO SAY, LOOK, WE NEED TO SPEND MORE MONEY. ALL IN HOPES OF MITIGATING THE WORST IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT IF; IT IS A MATTER OF WHEN THAT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER EVENT IN SOUTHLAND. A PROVINCE THAT KNOWS THE COST FIRST-HAND. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1NEWS. CYCLONE KIRRILY HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL LOW AFTER MAKING LANDFALL IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND OVERNIGHT. THE STORM FELLED TREES, WASHED BOATS ASHORE AND CUT POWER TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES. WHILE EMERGENCY SERVICES WEREN'T TOO STRETCHED, RESIDENTS ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY ALERT FOR FLOODS AS THE STORM SYSTEM IDLES IN PLACE AND DROPS HEAVY RAIN. AND IT ALSO SPELLS BAD NEWS FOR NORTH ISLANDERS BACK HERE ` MOISTURE PULLED FROM THE EX-CYCLONE MEANS A WET END TO THE WEEKEND FOR MANY. DONALD TRUMP SPENT JUST FOUR MINUTES ON THE STAND AT HIS DEFAMATION TRIAL IN NEW YORK. WRITER E JEAN CARROLL SUED THE FORMER PRESIDENT FOR CALLING HER A LIAR AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER IN THE '90s. A JURY HAS PREVIOUSLY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF THAT ASSAULT, AND A JUDGE HAS ALREADY RULED HE'S LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION, SO THE CURRENT TRIAL WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MORE, IF ANYTHING, HE HAS TO PAY MS CARROLL IN DAMAGES. A FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS' JAIL FOR REFUSING TO CO-OPERATE WITH A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY 6th CAPITOL RIOTS. PETER NAVARRO WAS A TRADE ADVISER TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE'S PLANNING TO APPEAL THE VERDICT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL ALLOW RIVAL APP STORES TO BE USED ` ON ITS DEVICES PURCHASED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE MOVE COMES AHEAD OF THE EU'S 'DIGITAL MARKETS ACT', COMING INTO FORCE IN MARCH. IT'S DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE CONTROL LARGE COMPANIES HAVE OVER DIGITAL SPACES AND MAKE APP STORES MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR SMALL FIRMS. APPLE REPRESENTATIVES DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE CHANGES WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. A TRIAL IS UNDERWAY IN THE U.S. STATE OF MICHIGAN THAT'LL TEST THE LIMITS OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MASS SHOOTINGS. IN A FIRST OF ITS KIND CASE, THE PARENTS OF A TEENAGE BOY WHO KILLED FOUR STUDENTS IN 2021 HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. THE MOTHER'S TRIAL IS FIRST, AS ABC'S TREVOR AULT REPORTS. TONIGHT, PROSECUTORS PAINTING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AS A NEGLIGENT MOTHER WHO COULD HAVE STOPPED HER SON FROM KILLING FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES ON NOVEMBER 30th 2021, IN THE WORST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. JENNIFER CRUMBLY DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER THAT DAY, BUT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE DEATHS. PROSECUTORS MAKING THE UNPRECEDENTED MOVE TO CHARGE ETHAN CRUMBLEY'S PARENTS WITH FOUR COUNTS EACH OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, ARGUING THEY WERE AWARE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH BUT STILL GIFTED HIM A GUN DAYS BEFORE THE SHOOTING AND DIDN'T SECURE IT; THEY THEN FAILED TO TAKE HIM OUT OF SCHOOL THE DAY OF THE MASSACRE, AFTER OFFICIALS MET WITH THE FAMILY AND SHARED A TROUBLING DRAWING THAT MORNING DEPICTING HIS 9mm SIG SAUER HANDGUN, A PERSON SHOT AND MESSAGES LIKE, 'THE THOUGHTS WON'T STOP. HELP ME.' THAT'S WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY'S WILFUL DISREGARD OF THE DANGER THAT SHE KNEW OF. THAT MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL LASTING JUST 11 MINUTES, NO ONE CHECKING THE SHOOTER'S BACKPACK FOR A GUN ` AND WITHIN HOURS, HE WOULD OPEN FIRE PROSECUTORS SHOWING THE JURY THESE MESSAGES BETWEEN THE CRUMBLEY PARENTS ABOUT PURCHASING THE WEAPON ` JENNIFER CRUMBLY ASKING HER HUSBAND, 'YOU GET GUN?' ` AND THIS INSTAGRAM POST ` 'ETHAN AND JAMES CRUMBLEY 'BOTH GOT GUNS THIS WEEK. TESTING THEM OUT AT THE RANGE.' IN COURT TODAY, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY EMOTIONAL, HER ATTORNEY ARGUING SHE DID THE BEST SHE COULD AS A MOTHER, CLAIMING THE PARENTS KEPT THE GUN UNDER LOCK AND KEY AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS DIDN'T INFORM HER OF SEVERAL RED FLAGS OR CONSIDER HER SON A THREAT. SHE DID NOT HAVE IT ON HER RADAR IN ANY WAY THAT THERE WAS ANY MENTAL DISTURBANCE, THAT HER SON WOULD EVER TAKE A GUN INTO A SCHOOL, THAT HER SON WOULD EVER SHOOT PEOPLE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY'S LAWYERS WANT HER SON TO TESTIFY TOO. HER HUSBAND JAMES IS SET TO FACE HIS OWN TRIAL IN MARCH. A MURI AKE NEI ` THEY'VE BEEN CALLED INDIA'S BEST-KEPT SECRET. # TIME JUST FLOATED BY. # NEXT ` MEET THE BAND FINDING PLENTY OF FANS HERE. I CAME FROM WANAKA JUST TO SEE THESE GUYS. THEY'RE MY FAVOURITE BAND. PLUS ` HOW BEST TO HELP THOSE STRUGGLING TO HELP THEMSELVES. CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR THOSE WITH EATING DISORDERS. AND MORE FINE AND WARM WEATHER AROUND TODAY, BUT SIGNS OF CHANGE IN THE SKIES FOR SOME OF US. THE LIVE VIEW IN AUCKLAND IS LOOKING GOOD. CURRENTLY 23 DEGREES. FURTHER SOUTH IN CHRISTCHURCH, THE MID- AND HIGH-LEVEL CLOUD HAS BEEN INCREASING AHEAD OF THE NEXT RAINMAKER. CURRENTLY A WARM ONE AT 20 DEGREES. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPELLS OF GALES, HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WAY. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER SPORT. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW WHAT'S PROVIDED TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM EATING DISORDERS. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED IS GOING UP. ADVOCATES ESTIMATE MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITH THESE ILLNESSES. NEW RESEARCH IS ALSO POINTING TO A LACK OF APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR MAORI. KATIE STEVENSON REPORTS. THIS IS NICOLE GILBERT 11 YEARS AGO ` PREGNANT WITH HER SON, STILL BATTLING AN ILLNESS THAT STARTED IN HER TEENS. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEER PRESSURE THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IN SOCIETY, TELLING US HOW WE SHOULD LOOK AND HOW WE SHOULD ACT AND HOW THEY PERCEIVE BEAUTY TO LOOK. FOR VICKI HOWARD, THINGS PEAKED MORE RECENTLY ` DURING THE PANDEMIC. THAT'S WHEN I THINK IT` MY EATING REALLY FLARED UP. THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS SHARE THESE STRUGGLES ` THE NUMBER DIAGNOSED WITH EATING DISORDERS CLIMBING FROM AROUND 1500 IN 2019 TO MORE THAN 2000 LAST YEAR. BUT THE RIGHT TREATMENT CAN BE HARD TO FIND. THIS PRIVATE FACILITY IN CANTERBURY IS WHAT FINALLY HELPED VICKI. WE'RE NOT A HOSPITAL; WE'RE A HOME. AND SO CLIENTS CAN COME IN AND THEY REALLY GET THE EXPERIENCE OF, 'WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DO RECOVERY 'IN A HOME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT?' AND BY THE TIME I'D FOUND RECOVERED LIVING, I'D HAD ENOUGH AND COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT ANY LONGER. AND... I KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE PLACE. NICOLE STRUGGLED TO FIND THE RIGHT TREATMENT FIT TOO. SHE RELIED ON WHANAU SUPPORT. I SAW ONE COUNSELLOR. UH, SHE WAS NON-MAORI. THERE WAS NO AROHA OR SPACE HELD FOR ME AT THAT TIME. THIS RESEARCHER'S INVESTIGATED WHY MAORI DEVELOP EATING DISORDERS AND SAYS MORE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TREATMENT IS NEEDED. IT'S NOT JUST WESTERN BODY IDEALS. ITS THAT EXPOSURE TO ADVERSITY. SO INCLUDING POVERTY, INCLUDING TRAUMA, FAMILIAL DYNAMICS, SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS. SO IT'S MULTI-LAYERED FOR MAORI. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO HELP RETHINK THE SYSTE BEYOND MORE MONEY AND BEDS. THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD, THOROUGH REVIEW OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED IN NEW ZEALAND ` WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT. IF TE WHATU ORA COULD PARTNER WITH US, WE HAVE A READY-MADE FACILITY THAT'S AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. MENTAL HEALTH MINISTER MATT DOOCEY TOLD 1 NEWS HE'S YET TO BE BRIEFED ON THIS BUT ACKNOWLEDGED HOW DEVASTATING EATING DISORDERS CAN BE, SAYING THERE NEEDS TO BE A RANGE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. THESE WOMEN ARE DOING MUCH BETTER. IT'S HOW I FEEL IS WHAT MATTERS, NOT WHAT A NUMBER SAYS ON THE SCALES. THAT NO LONGER DEFINES MY WORTH. A RECENT HOLIDAY A MILESTONE MOMENT FOR THE HOWARD FAMILY. FIRST TIME IN... SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER TO BE ABLE TO GO AWAY AND HAVE NO ISSUES. SO TO ALL BE TOGETHER ON HOLIDAY, IT WAS JUST GREAT. SPECIAL TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. KATIE STEVENSON, 1 NEWS. JAPAN'S MISSION TO THE MOON MAY HAVE LANDED IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT IT'S NOW CLEAR WHY THE ROVER ISN'T GENERATING ITS OWN POWER. THIS FIRST PHOTO REVEALING IT LANDED UPSIDE DOWN, PREVENTING THE SOLAR PANELS FROM WORKING. HOWEVER, SCIENTISTS SAY THERE IS STILL HOPE THE UNIT WILL BE ABLE TO POWER UP WHEN THE MOON'S ANGLE TO THE SUN CHANGES IN COMING DAYS. WELLINGTONIANS TONIGHT GET THE CHANCE TO SAMPLE A RARE PIECE OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURE. IT'S THE FINAL SHOW FROM A BAND FROM NEW DELHI WHO GO BY THE RATHER STRIKING NAME 'PETER CAT RECORDING COMPANY'. SIMON MERCEP CAUGHT UP WITH THE BAND AND ITS FANS IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. THE BAND PLAYING IN THIS K ROAD CLUB LAST NIGHT HAD PULLING POWER. WELL, I CAME UP FROM WANAKA JUST TO SEE THESE GUYS. THEY'RE MY FAVOURITE BAND. I'VE LISTENED TO THEM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY AN UNDISCOVERED GEM. HENRY LOVES PETER CAT SO MUCH THAT HE HAS INFECTED HIS FRIENDS, AND NOW WE ALL LISTEN. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU IN THE MAINSTREAM, LOOKING LIKE YOU, PLAYING MUSIC THAT YOU LIKE. WHAT ARE THEY ON ABOUT? THIS. HERE'S A MORE PRODUCED TAKE ON THAT SONG. # IT'S SOMETHING SO GOOD. IT'S A LITTLE JAZZY, SMOOTH. SO'S THE SINGER'S VOICE. HIS MUM MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. MY MOTHER ENJOYED SINGING DEVOTIONAL MUSIC, SORT OF LIKE INDIAN GOSPEL MUSIC. BOLLYWOOD SINGERS WERE ALSO AN INFLUENCE, AND SO WAS SINATRA. # FLY ME TO THE MOON... YOU CAN HEAR THE SINATRA COMING OUT OF HIM. HE'S GORGEOUS. AS FOR THE NAME, PETER CAT RECORDING COMPANY ` IT COMES FROM THIS COLONIAL RESTAURANT IN KOLKATA. DID YOU HAVE SHARES IN THIS RESTAURANT? NO. AND THE FOOD'S TERRIBLE TOO, SO I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT. WHAT IS RECOMMENDED IS THEIR MUSIC. FANS HOPE THIS FIRST VISIT HERE WON'T BE THE BAND'S LAST. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND A BOLD PREDICTION AT THE AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN? UNDERWAY IN HIS SEMI-FINAL ` HE'S NEVER LOST ONE OF THOSE IN MELBOURNE ` HUNTING GRAND SLAM TITLE NUMBER 25, IN A SPOT OF BOTHER. IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, COCO'S GOLDEN RUN IS OVER. PLUS ` WHAT A WEEKEND AHEAD FOR TWO YOUNG KWIIS IN A HUGE GLOBAL EVENT. LYDIA KO'S MAGIC TOUCH CONTINUES. PLUS, WE ARE HIGH UP ` 27m, TO BE EXACT ` FOR A PRETTY SPECIAL EVENT IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND WHICH IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. ANEI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA ` WELCOME TO SPORT. AND A MASSIVE BOILOVER COULD BE ON THE CARDS AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. ITALIAN JANNIK SINNER IS ONE SET AWAY FROM OUSTING 10-TIME CHAMPION NOVAK DJOKOVIC. THE 22-YEAR-OLD BREAKING DJOKOVIC TWICE TO TAKE THE FIRST SET 6-1. RED HOT! WHAT A START! DJOKOVIC COULDN'T TURN THINGS AROUND LIKE HE DID IN HIS QUARTER-FINAL, MAKING 14 UNFORCED ERRORS TO ALSO LOSE THE SECOND SET. THE WORLD NUMBER FOUR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MISTAKES. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS CAREER, JANNIK SINNER TAKES A TWO-SETS-TO-LOVE LEAD AGAINST DJOKOVIC. THE MELBOURNE CROWD WILLING DJOKOVIC ON, WHO'S CHASING A RECORD-EXTENDING 25th GRAND SLAM TITLE. THE THIRD SET IS CURRENTLY ALL TIED AT FOUR GAMES A PIECE. LATER TONIGHT, ALEXANDER ZVEREV TAKES ON DANIIL MEDVEDEV IN THE SECOND SEMI. MEANWHILE, IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, JUST TWO REMAIN WITH HISTORY ON THE LINE FOR BOTH PLAYERS. ONE BEATING AUCKLAND CHAMPION COCO GAUFF TO BOOK HER SPOT IN THE FINAL. HERE'S KATE WELLS. LIKE THE TIGER TATTOOED ON HER FOREARM, ARYNA SABALENKA IS FIERCE. STRENGTH, STAMINA AND SUPPORT FROM THE CROWD HELPING HER TO CONSECUTIVE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINALS. LAST TIME I PLAYED HERE, I WOULD SAY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT, AND TODAY... GUYS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO BACK, WHICH NO FEMALE HAS DONE SINCE FELLO BELARUSSIAN VICTORIA AZARENKA, IN 2013. WHAT MAY HELP SABALENKA ACHIEVE THE FEAT ` HAVING GRAND SLAM FINALS EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU PLAY FIRST FINAL, YOU KIND OF GET EMOTIONAL, AND, LIKE, YOU RUSHING THINGS. AND WHEN YOU'RE THIRD TIME INTO THE FINAL, IT'S OK ` IT'S JUST ANOTHER MATCH. A THIRD MAJOR FINAL WASN'T TO BE FOR COCO GAUFF ` A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW FOR THE 19-YEAR-OLD AND HER FANS. THAT'S THE SIXTH DOUBLE FAULT FOR GAUFF. I AM DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE I DID FEEL GOOD GOING OUT ON COURT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SHE WAS A BETTER PLAYER. SHE PLAYED THOSE POINTS BETTER. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT TO IMPROVE. ONE PLAYER WHO'S IMPROVED AT A RAPID RATE IN MELBOURNE ` CHINA'S ZHENG QINWEN. UMPIRE: GAME, SET, MATCH. ADVANCING TO HER FIRST GRAND SLAM FINAL ` BEATING QUALIFIER DAYANA YASTREMSKA AND SET TO MOVE INTO THE WORLD'S TOP 10. ZHENG'S FINALS BERTH COMES 10 YEARS AFTER LI NA BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN WOMAN TO WIN A MAJOR SHE TELL ME, 'DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ` JUST GO FOR IT.' THAT'S ENOUGH, I THINK. AND WHILE SABALENKA'S YET TO DROP A SET, IT'S CLEAR NOTHING CAN INTIMIDATE THE 21-YEAR-OLD. ENJOY THE FINAL, AND LET'S FIGHT. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. LYDIA KO IS CONTINUING HER IMPRESSIVE START TO THE YEAR ` TIED FOR THE LEAD AFTER THE OPENING ROUND OF THE LPGA 'DRIVE ON' CHAMPIONSHIP. KO WITH A BOGEY-FREE ROUND OF SIX UNDER PAR 65 ` ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN SHE DID THIS WITH HER SECOND SHOT AT THE PAR THREE 15th, PRODUCING SOMETHING SPECIAL TO SAVE PAR. OH MY GOODNESS, THIS LOOKS JUST PERFECT FROM LYDIA KO. I MEAN, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU SEE HER USE THAT MAGIC. KO'S SIX BIRDIES GIVING HER A SHARE OF THE LEAD IN FLORIDA WITH AMERICAN NELLY KORDA. ONE MORE TOURNAMENT WIN AND SHE'LL QUALIFY FOR THE HALL OF FAME. THE CANTERBURY KINGS ARE THROUGH TO THE SUPERSMASH GRAND FINAL AFTER BEATING THE WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS IN A THRILLING ELIMINATOR THIS AFTERNOON. WELLINGTON UNDER PRESSURE EARLY AFTER LOSING RACHIN RAVINDRA AND DEVON CONWAY, BUT RECOVERING WITH SOME LATE MICHAEL BRACEWELL FIREWORKS. THAT'S OVER THE TOP. AND THAT'S GONE ALL THE WAY. SIX OFF THE FINAL BALL. BRACEWELL GETS A HALF-CENTURY. 54 ` WHAT A KNOCK. HE'S DONE IT AGAIN. CANTERBURY'S CHASE GOING RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE, NEEDING THREE RUNS FROM THE FINAL BALL. ZAK FOULKES GOING FOR BROKE. OH, IT'S FULL! IT'S HIT FOR SIX! IT'S THE KINGS! THEY'VE WON IT! THE FOUR-WICKET WIN SEES THE KINGS PLAY THE AUCKLAND ACES FOR THE TITLE ON SUNDAY AT EDEN PARK. HENRY NICHOLLS' TEST FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN, WITH THE 56-TEST BLACK CAP DROPPED FROM THE SQUAD TO PLAY SOUTH AFRICA. NICHOLLS HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE 13-STRONG SIDE, WITH GLOBAL EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WORLD CUP STAR RACHIN RAVINDRA GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE IN WHITES. IT'S TIME FOR RACHIN. IT'S TIME FOR HIM IN TEST CRICKET. HE'S` WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THE TALENT HE IS AND FEEL THAT HE WILL MAKE A REALLY GOOD FIST OF IT. YOUNG CANTERBURY BOWLER WILL O'ROURKE'S IN LINE FOR A TEST DEBUT ` NAMED FOR GAME TWO'S SQUAD AFTER IMPRESSING IN THE ONE-DAYERS AGAINST BANGLADESH LAST MONTH. TEST CRICKET, GROWING UP, WAS ALWAYS THE PINNACLE OF THE GAME, SO... YEAH, REAL SPECIAL TO GET IN AROUND THE GROUP. KYLE JAMIESON ALSO RETURNS TO THE TEST SQUAD AFTER INJURY. IT'S THE HOTTEST TICKET ON THE SNOWSPORT WORLD STAGE ` BEING INVITED TO THE ANNUAL X-GAMES MEANS YOU'RE ONE OF THE FREESKIING AND SNOWBOARDING ELITE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, NEW ZEALANDERS RUBY ANDREWS AND TIARN COLLINS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE NOD ` NOW PREPARING FOR THEIR GAMES DEBUT THIS WEEKEND. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. THIS IS EVERY SKIER AND SNOWBOARDER'S DREAM. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! ONLY THE MOST ELITE SECURE AN INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL X-GAMES. TIARN COLLINS AND RUBY ANDREWS ADDED TO THE MAILING LIST. I WAS JUST IN MY BEDROOM, LIKE, CHECKING THE EMAIL, AND THEN IT JUST CAME... (CLICKS FINGERS) LIKE THAT, AND I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT?!' AFTER A BREAKTHROUGH SEASON LAST YEAR, WHERE SHE BECAME JUST THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND WOMAN TO FINISH ON THE PODIU AT A FREE-SKI SLOPESTYLE WORLD CUP, ANDREWS AND BEIJING OLYMPIAN COLLINS ARE NOW COUNTING DOWN TO THEIR X-GAMES DEBUT. THIS A FIRST LOOK OF THE TWO ON THE SLOPES OF ASPEN. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CRAZY. DEFINITELY, LIKE, A PINCH-ME MOMENT, FOR SURE. LIKE, WATCHING IT ALL THESE YEARS ` YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'D SAY IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT INTO SNOWBOARDING, AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN THE BIGGEST STAGE FOR ALL THE BEST RIDERS IN THE WORLD. THE DUO JOIN FELLOW KIWI NICO PORTEOUS IN HIS RETURN TO COLORADO. COLLINS COMPETING IN SNOWBOARD KNUCKLE HUCK, BIG AIR AND SLOPESTYLE ` THREE EVENTS IN JUST THREE DAYS. MY WEEK'S LOOKING PRETTY HECTIC NOW. LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY CRAZY WEEK. THERE'S, LIKE, A DAY IN THERE WHERE, LIKE, THREE OF THE PRACTICES ALL OVERLAP. IT'S GONNA BE INTENSE. JUST AS INTENSE FOR ANDREWS ` DROPPING IN FOR THE SKI, BIG AIR AND SLOPESTYLE, COMING UP AGAINST THE LIKES OF FREESKIING POWERHOUSE EILEEN GU. PEOPLE CALL IT 'THE X-GAMES MAGIC' BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DONE WORLD FIRSTS THERE ` LIKE, BRAND-NEW TRICKS, NEVER-SEEN TRICKS BEFORE. I'VE HEARD OF THE X-GAMES MAGIC. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE IT. AND PERHAPS PULL OFF SOME MAGIC OF THEIR OWN. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. TALL BLACKS COACH PERO CAMERON IS GIVING SOME LESS EXPERIENCED PLAYERS A CHANCE TO PROVE THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE AS HE LOOKS TO BUILD HIS SQUAD FOR THE OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS. THERE ARE TWO NEW FACES FOR THE ASIA CUP QUALIFYING GAMES NEXT MONTH ` HIS SON TOBIAS CAMERON (24), WHO'S PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR THE JUNIOR TALL BLACKS, AND JULIUS HALAIFONUA (17), SEEN HERE TWO YEARS AGO. WHILE THE GAMES ARE IMPORTANT, THE MAIN GOAL IS REACHING THE OLYMPICS. ...OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME NEW GUYS, BUT ALSO FOR THEM TO PLAY AT THIS LEVEL, AND FOR US TO SEE THEM ` YOU KNOW, SEE IF THEY CAN DEAL WITH THIS PRESSURE. THE TALL BLACKS PLAY CHINESE TAIPEI FIRST IN CHINA AT THE END OF FEBRUARY BEFORE HOSTING HONG KONG DAYS LATER IN AUCKLAND. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CLIFF DIVING IS ABOUT TO MAKE ITS MARK HERE. THIS WEEKEND THE RED BULL WORLD TOUR STOPS IN AUCKLAND, WITH THE GLOBAL FINALS. WHO BETTER THAN TO SLIP INTO THE BUDGIE SMUGGLERS, WAX HIMSELF DOWN AND START THE CLIMB ` IT'S OUR OWN GUY HEVELDT. YEP, IT'S HIGH ` 27m, TO BE EXACT ` THE HEIGHT OF THE MEN'S PLATFORM IN THE RED BULL CLIFF DIVING SERIES; THE WOMEN AT THE EQUALLY DAUNTING 21m. DO YOU STILL GET SCARED WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN? OH, EVERY TIME. LIKE, I'M UP ON THE EDGE AND I'M LIKE, 'WHY DID I PICK THIS SPORT?' BUT EVERY TIME I HIT THE WATER, I'M LIKE, 'IT'S SO WORTH IT.' YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. THE SERIES IS IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME ` THE FINAL OF SIX EVENTS THIS SEASON, A CIRCUIT THAT'S BEEN GOING SINCE 2009. ITS POPULARITY BOOMING SINCE COVID, TAKING IN SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC SETTINGS ` THE EIFFEL TOWER AND THE MOSTAR BRIDGE, TO NAME A COUPLE. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS CHANGED THE GAME. I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE DURING COVID WAS JUST STUCK ON THEIR PHONES, TIKTOK AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT` WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DIVING. SO WHEN WE STARTED SHARING THIS SPORT, EVERYONE KIND OF SAW IT AND FREAKED OUT. THEY WERE LIKE, 'WHY ARE PEOPLE JUMPING OFF RANDOM THINGS? 'LIKE, RELAX! YOU'RE NOT NORMAL.' IT'S ABOUT A TWO-AND-A-HALF-SECOND DROP FROM HERE ` THE 27m PLATFORM DOWN TO THE WATER BELOW. TWISTS, PIKES, SOMERSAULTS, ALL TO TRY AND IMPRESS THE JUDGES. SPEEDS OF ABOUT 80km/h ` EVEN FOR THE PROS, IT TAKES SOME COURAGE. IS YOUR MUM OK WITH YOU DOING THIS? NO. MY MOM'S LIKE, 'PLEASE DON'T. 'DON'T GO TO AUCKLAND; DON'T GET ON THE PLANE. 'PLEASE STAY HOME.' THIS WEEKEND, A KIWI WILL FEATURE. BRADEN RUMPIT IS BASED IN FLORIDA AND IS IN NEW ZEALAND FOR THE FIRST TIME. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE. I HEARD FROM A FRIEND THAT COMPETING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME CROWD IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE. A HUGE HEIGHT, MASSIVE ADRENALINE AND A HOMETOWN HOPE ` THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR A THRILLER. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. AND THE RED BULL CLIFF-DIVING EVENT IN AUCKLAND WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON TVNZ+ FROM 5pm SUNDAY. DAN'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER IN JUST A MOMENT. PLUS ` HOW THIS TOM GOT AN EMAIL MEANT FOR THIS TOM ` WITH A MASSIVE SURPRISE. AND IT WAS MORE MONEY THAN I'VE EVER` IT WAS A SEVEN-FIGURE SUM. YOUR WEATHER'S COMING UP, BUT FIRST ` FOR ANYONE WHO'S EVER WONDERED WHAT SOMEONE ELSE AT WORK IS GETTING PAID, WELL, HERE'S A SIMPLE WAY TO FIND OUT ` HAVE A REALLY SIMILAR NAME. THIS IS TOM HOLLAND ` MOVIE STAR, SPIDERMAN IN MARVEL'S CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, AND BOYFRIEND OF FELLOW GEN Z STAR ZENDAYA. AND THIS IS TOM HOLLANDER, BRITISH ACTOR WHO YOU MIGHT RECOGNISE FROM THE WHITE LOTUS ` BUT HE'S BEEN IN DOZENS OF SHOWS. WELL, THE PAIR SHARE AN AGENT, AND IT SEEMS SAID AGENT ACCIDENTALLY SENT THE WRONG TOM AN EMAIL. I DON'T THINK I'M IN THE AVENGERS. (LAUGHTER) AND IT WAS, ERM` IT WAS AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND IT WAS` IT WAS NOT HIS SALARY; IT WAS HIS FIRST BOX-OFFICE BONUS. (LAUGHTER) NOT THE WHOLE BOX-OFFICE` THE FIRST ONE. AND IT WAS MORE MONEY THAN I'VE EVER` IT WAS A SEVEN-FIGURE SUM. TOM HOLLAND ` THE ONE THE EMAIL WAS INTENDED FOR ` IS YET TO RESPOND. HELLO. 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