A SOUTH AUCKLAND SUMMIT PUTS THE NEW MINISTER OF POLICE ON THE SPOT ABOUT VIOLENCE AND RETAIL CRIME. A NEW STUDY SAYS THE COVID-19 VACCINE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALAND LIVES. COULD THIS STADIUM BE AUCKLAND'S NEW BIG DRAW CARD? ALREADY A FINALIST IN WORLD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS, AND ITS NOT EVEN BUILT YET. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. THE NEW POLICE MINISTER WAS CONFRONTED BY FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST SHOPWORKERS TODAY. MARK MITCHELL WAS AT A PACKED PUBLIC MEETING WHERE HE WAS CHALLENGED TO WALK THE TALK AND CRACK DOWN ON RETAIL CRIME. ZANE SMALL WAS THERE. THE NEW POLICE MINISTER WALKING INTO A ROOM FULL OF FOLK... GOOD TO SEE YOU. ...WHO WANT MORE THAN JUST A SMILE AND A HANDSHAKE. AT THE PACKED PUBLIC MEETING TODAY IN PAPATOETOE, ORGANISER SUNNY KAUSHAL MADE HIS EXPECTATION CLEAR TO THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT. IMMEDIATE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE RETAIL CRIME, AN EMERGENCY THAT EVERYONE NOW ACKNOWLEDGES IS REAL. SEATED NEXT TO AUCKLAND MAYOR WAYNE BROWN, COURTS MINISTER NICOLE MCKEE, AND POLICE OFFICIALS, MARK MITCHELL HEARD EMOTIONAL FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM VICTIMS OF RETAIL CRIME. I'VE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A KNIFE ATTACK IN MY DAIRY SHOP ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER. I'M SO, SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THE HAMMER WOULD HAVE HIT MY HEAD. I JUST ESCAPED FROM THAT. MAJEED WAS ASSAULTED TWO WEEKS AGO BY MASKED OFFENDERS WHO ENTERED THE MOBIL PETROL STATION HE WORKS AT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THEY STARTED BEATING ME. THEN I TRIED TO RUN AWAY OUTSIDE. WHEN I'M TRYING TO RUN AWAY, ONE GUY AT THE GATE ` HE WAS GUARDING THE GATE WITH A HAMMER. THE OFFENDERS COULD BE SEEN STOCKING UP ON VAPES, CIGARETTES AND CASH BEFORE FLEEING IN A VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING, ORGANISED BY THE DAIRY AND BUSINESS OWNERS GROUP, WAS TO PUT THEIR CONCERNS FACE-TO-FACE TO THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT, TO DEMAND ACTION ON RETAIL CRIME. IT IS GETTING WORSE. IN THEIR BRIEFING TO THE NEW MINISTER, POLICE WARNED RETAIL CRIME 'CONTINUES TO GROW IN REPORTING VOLUME, 'ALONGSIDE CONCERNS OF INCREASING THREATS AND VIOLENCE.' THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S $15m RETAIL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMME HAS OVERSEEN MORE THAN 3000 SECURITY INSTALLATIONS LIKE BOLLARDS AND CCTV, AND OVER 2000 FOG CANNON SUBSIDIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. THE POLICE MINISTER TOLD THE CROWD HIS FOCUS IS GETTING MORE POLICE ON THE STREETS AND REFOCUSING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO BE TOUGHER ON CRIMINALS. THE FOCUS IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM CAME OFF THE VICTIMS AND WENT ON TO THE OFFENDERS. NICOLE MCKEE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BACKLOG IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A MAJOR HURDLE, BUT SHE TALKED UP THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S PLANNED CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH OFFENDING. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED TO CREATING A NEW YOUNG SERIOUS OFFENDER CATEGORY AND ESTABLISH THE YOUNG OFFENDER MILITARY ACADEMIES. WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL CRIME, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO TURN AROUND A SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BAKE IN OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. BUT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GROWING TIRED OF WAITING. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. A NEW STUDY SAYS NEW ZEALAND'S APPROACH TO TACKLING COVID-19 SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES. THE PAPER DELVES DEEP INTO VACCINATION RATES AND MODELLING DURING THE OMICRON OUTBREAK. AS LEIGHTON HEIKELL REPORTS, THE ANALYSIS PROVIDES LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE. THEY WERE SCENES THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD, AND PEAK PANDEMIC, COVID-19 WAS ALMOST EVERYWHERE... LIKE HERE IN BRAZIL... (WOMAN SINGS DIRGE IN PORTUGESE) ...WHERE COVID KILLED MILLIONS. SIMILAR STATISTICS IN THE U.S. ` ONE WHITE FLAG IN THIS FIELD REPRESENTED ONE LIFE LOST. BUT HERE IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY AS THE COUNTRY CLOSED DOWN TO CONTROL THE CONTAGION. NEW ZEALAND'S PANDEMIC RESPONSE WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, AND WE'VE HAD ONE OF THE PANDEMIC LOWEST MORTALITY RATES OF ANY COUNTRY. AND THAT'S MOSTLY THANKS TO VACCINATIONS. A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS HAS STUDIED HOW MANY LIVES WERE SAVED BY THE JAB IN THE 18 MONTHS FROM JANUARY 2022 WHEN THE OMICRON OUTBREAK OCCURRED. BY MODELLING SCENARIOS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VACCINE COVERAGE, RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE THAT VACCINES SAVED UP TO 12,000 LIVES. IT ALSO PREVENTED UP TO 56,000 HOSPITALISATIONS. WE'VE KNOW FOR A LONG TIME VACCINES HAVE SAVED LIVES, BUT THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE LOOKED AT THE DATA AND TRIED TO PUT SOME NUMBERS AROUND THAT. BUT THE RESEARCH ALSO LOOKED INTO WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED FOR FUTURE VACCINE ROLLOUTS. IT FOUND IF MAORI VACCINATION RATES MATCHED THOSE OF PAKEHA, OF THE 292 MAORI COVID DEATHS, UP TO 75 OF THEM COULD'VE BEEN SAVED. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST AREA WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IS IN THAT EQUITY, AND IN PARTICULAR, ENSURING EQUITABLE VACCINATION RATES IN DIFFERENT GROUPS IS A CLEAR AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WHAT WORRIES ME IS THAT` YOU KNOW, THIS WILL GO IN A DRAWER ` BOTTOM OF A FILING DRAWER, IF YOU LIKE ` AND WILL NOT BE PULLED OUT NEXT TIME WE NEED IT. A ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IS SET TO LOOK INTO THE COUNTRY'S RESPONSE TO COVID AND PROVIDE LESSONS LEARNED. WHAT I HOPE IS THAT THOSE LESSONS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. THEY NEED TO BE THERE, READY FOR NEXT TIME. ALTHOUGH, HERE'S HOPING THAT'S NOT ANY TIME SOON. LEIGHTON HEIKELL, NEWSHUB. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HAS ORDERED HIS MILITARY TO DRAW UP PLANS TO EVACUATE GAZA'S SOUTHERN-MOST CITY AHEAD OF A SUSPECTED ATTACK. ONE AND A HALF MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE SHELTERING IN RAFAH, LIVING IN ABJECT CONDITIONS, WITH NO PLACE ELSE TO GO. CBS' DEBORA PATTA REPORTS. (EXPLOSIONS) IT'S BEEN 125 DAYS OF WAR, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN MODERN HISTORY, PROMPTING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STRONGEST REBUKE OF ISRAEL YET, CALLING ITS CONDUCT IN GAZA 'OVER THE TOP'. A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TROUBLE AND DYING, AND IT'S GOT TO STOP. BUT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS CLEARLY NOT LISTENING, INSTEAD ORDERING HIS MILITARY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO EVACUATE CIVILIANS IN RAFAH AHEAD OF A MASSIVE PUSH THERE. RAFAH IS WHERE 1.3 MILLION GAZANS ARE SHELTERING, MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PALESTINIANS IN THE ENCLAVE CRAMMED AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN BORDER. 'IF THEY MOVE INTO RAFAH, THERE WILL BE GENOCIDE,' ADEL AL-HAJ SAID. TODAY, MORE AIRSTRIKES IN RAFAH, SLICING THROUGH NEIGHBOURHOODS, SHREDDING MORE LIVES, LEAVING ALMOST NOTHING BEHIND. NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF ALL BUILDINGS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MOST PEOPLE HERE NO LONGER HAVE A HOME TO RETURN TO. WHERE DO THEY RUN TO NOW? 'WE ARE SICK OF WAR,' SAYS THIS LITTLE ONE. 'WE WANT TO DECORATE THE SKY AND GO BACK TO OUR BEAUTIFUL LIVES.' IT'S OFFICIAL ` THE EARTH HAS RECORDED A YEAR OF TEMPERATURES 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS HOTTER THAN PRE-INDUSTRIAL TIMES. CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT ISOBEL EWING JOINS US NOW. ISOBEL? YES, AN UNWELCOME BUT NOT UNEXPECTED MILESTONE. 2023 WAS THE YEAR WE HIT 1.5 DEGREES OF WARMING FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. THE LIMIT SEEN AS CRUCIAL TO AVOID THE WORST EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS COMES AS A NEW STUDY SHOWED THE CIRCULATION OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ` CRUCIAL IN REGULATING GLOBAL CLIMATE ` IS ON TRACK FOR AN ABRUPT SHIFT IN THE COMING CENTURY, AND THAT COULD HAVE PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES, LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE OF A METRE IN SOME REGIONS. AND ANOTHER RECORD HIGH HAS COME FOR GLOBAL COCOA PRICES AS DRY WEATHER FROM EL NINO HITS HARVESTS OF COCOA BEANS IN GHANA AND IVORY COAST. NOW, THIS 1.5 DEGREES BENCHMARK DOESN'T BREAK THE 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT ` THAT'S MEASURED OVER DECADES, BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE DECLARED THIS A 'WARNING TO HUMANITY'. PLANS FOR A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR STADIUM WITH A VIEW OF ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MOST IMPRESSIVE LANDMARKS HAVE BEEN UNVEILED. IT'S ONE OF A HANDFUL OF OPTIONS BEING LOOKED AT BY THE COUNCIL, WHICH COULD TRANSFORM THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN AREA. PERRY WILTON HAS THE STORY. IT COULD BE OUR BIGGEST CITY'S BIGGEST DRAWCARD... A 50,000-SEAT STADIUM PITCHED AS TAMAKI MAKAURAU'S VERY OWN SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $4.5B. I DON'T WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE WE'RE JUST` THESE ARE JUST DRAWINGS. UM, I MEAN, COMPANIES DON'T INVEST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CREATING WHAT WE'VE GOT TODAY WITHOUT HAVING THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND IT AS WELL. THAT TOWER YOU SEE WOULD BE AN ALL BLACKS-THEMED HOTEL, PART OF A WHOLE NEW PRECINCT, THE DESIGN OF WHICH IS A FINALIST IN THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS. TO GET YOUR BEARINGS, THAT'S SPARK ARENA, THAT'S THE PORT OF AUCKLAND, AND THERE'S RANGITOTO. THIS IS WHERE IT WOULD BE ` TUCKED BETWEEN THE TRAIN TRACKS AND SPARK ARENA, THE ALREADY EXISTING COVERED STADIUM THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY OVERSHADOWED BY THIS MEGA-PROJECT. AND IT'S ALREADY PROVING DIVISIVE. I GOT TO SAY IT LOOKS AMAZING. CUTTING EDGE. UM... I DON'T KNOW. IS IT MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT'S PAYING FOR THAT? THE COUNCIL'S LONG BEEN PUTTING THE 'UM' IN 'STADIUM'. AMBITIOUS VISIONS OF A DOWNTOWN STADIUM HAVE BEEN A DIME A DOZEN IN RECENT YEARS. ...DIVINE MATARIKI... YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT CONSORTIUM'S SUNKEN STADIUM CONCEPT, OR EVEN THE EDEN PARK 2.0 CONCEPT. A NEW NORTH STAND TRANSFORMS THE PARK INTO THE ULTIMATE THEATRE. I DON'T NOW HAVE ENOUGH DIGITS TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF STADIUM PROPOSALS. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL CALLED FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST LAST YEAR AND IS SET TO REVEAL ITS PREFERRED OPTIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS. BUT TOM BARKER SAYS THERE'S STILL AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THERE'S NO SEEMING WAY AROUND THE PUBLIC FOOTING A BIG CHUNK OF THE BILL FOR THIS. THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH? AND WHILE THIS LATEST CONCEPT HAS PROMISED A COMBINATION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING... IF YOU THINK 30, 40, 50, 60 YEARS IN ADVANCE, YOU'D WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF RATHER THAN JUST CONTINUE TO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD. A FINAL PRODUCT COULD STILL BE A GENERATION AWAY. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. AN AUCKLAND RESEARCHER HOPES TO FIND OUT HOW THE HORMONAL CHANGES EXPERIENCED DURING A MENSTRUAL CYCLE INFLUENCE SEIZURES IN PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY. RACHEL SUMNER IS SEEKING PARTICIPANTS FOR HER WORLD-LEADING STUDY WHICH SHE HOPES WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A TARGETED TREATMENT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF KIWI WOMEN SUFFERING. ISOBEL EWING REPORTS. MORGAN REID KEEPS A DIARY, BUT RATHER THAN A RECORD OF HER THOUGHTS, HER JOURNAL DOCUMENTS HER SEIZURES. ITS ENTRIES 'CHIPPED TOOTH, BLACK EYE AND HOSPITAL' PAINT A GRIM TIMELINE OF WHAT THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF HER EPILEPSY SINCE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TEEN. I JUST WAKE UP, BASICALLY, AND I'M VOMITING. AND THAT'S WHEN I KNOW I'VE HAD A SEIZURE. LIKE ANY YOUNG PERSON, IT'S FREEDOM SHE YEARNS FOR THE MOST. I CAN'T DRIVE. I USUALLY HAVE TO GO OUT WITH PEOPLE. UM, PEOPLE HAVE TO PICK ME UP FROM PLACES, OR I UBER. KEEPING THE JOURNAL PICKED UP A PATTERN IN MORGAN'S SEIZURES. MANY HAPPEN DURING OR AROUND THE TIME OF HER PERIOD, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT DR RACHEL SUMNER WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. SHE'S BEEN AWARDED $264,000 BY AUCKLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION TO FIND OUT HOW THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED HORMONES CAN MAKE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES MORE SEVERE OR HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. SHE USES EQUIPMENT LIKE EEG, WHICH MEASURES ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN, AND TAKES BLOOD SAMPLES. IT'S REALLY WELL DOCUMENTED THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE CHANGES IN THEIR MOOD OR CHANGES IN THEIR SEIZURES. ACTUALLY, UH, OUTSIDE OF... OUTSIDE OF THE WOMAN WHO ARE AFFECTED, SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND ACTUALLY, EVEN CLINICIANS DON'T` WEREN'T TAUGHT. THE HORMONE PROGESTERONE HAS AN ANTICONVULSANT EFFECT, AND THIS ACTUALLY DROPS OFF BEFORE AND DURING YOUR PERIOD, MEANING OESTROGEN BECOMES DOMINANT. AND THIS COULD BE WHY MANY WOMEN WITH EPILEPSY HAVE AN INCREASE IN SEIZURES DURING AND AROUND THEIR PERIOD. IF WE COULD TAKE THOSE AWAY WITH A SPECIFIC TREATMENT, WE WOULD HAVE WOMEN BACK OUT IN THEIR LIFE WITH SUCCESSFULLY TREATED SEIZURES. FOR MORGAN, JUST KNOWING THE RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY IS A HUGE RELIEF. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB. WITH VALENTINE'S DAY JUST AROUND THE CORNER, CHRISTCHURCH FLORISTS ARE BEEFING UP SECURITY TO DETER THIEVES STEALING THEIR PRODUCT TO ON-SELL IT. GROWERS HAVEN'T BEEN IMMUNE EITHER, WITH PEOPLE CUTTING STEMS UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS, RIPPING UP ROOTS AND DAMAGING FENCES. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. THEY'VE COME IN AND CUT THE STEMS REALLY LOW. CALLOUSLY HACKED, REMOVING THE PLANT THAT FEEDS THE BULB NUTRIENTS. THESE BULBS THERE WILL BE ALL RUINED. I CAN'T SELL THEM. THERE'S PATCHES LIKE THIS ALL THROUGHOUT LILYFIELDS, A BULB-GROWING BUSINESS, THAT A FLOWER THIEF HAS HELPED THEMSELVES TO. LAST YEAR, WE HAD THEM VISIT EVERY WEEK FOR FOUR WEEKS. THEY JUST JUMPED OVER THE BARBED WIRE FENCE ` PUT A PIECE OF CARPET OVER, WHICH WE DISCOVERED ON THE LAST VISIT BECAUSE THEY LEFT IT BEHIND. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE FLOWER THIEF STRUCK AGAIN, THIS TIME JUMPING OVER AN ELECTRIC FENCE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THEY'VE CRUSHED THE FENCE. TESSA MCINTOSH NOW HAS SECURITY CAMERAS AND THREE ELECTRIC WIRES HOPING TO PROTECT HER BUSINESS, BUT SHE'S ALREADY LOST SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. ANOTHER CANTERBURY GROWER TOLD NEWSHUB THEY'D FILED SIX CASES WITH POLICE. AFTER HAVING BUNCHES OF FLOWERS STOLEN, FENCES DAMAGED AND CROPS RIPPED OUT BY THE ROOT, THE GROWER SAID THEY'VE BEEN IN A CONSTANT STATE OF ANXIETY. IT'S LEFT THEM FEELING VULNERABLE, HELPLESS AND AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO NEXT. IT'S NOT ONLY FLOWER GROWERS BEING TARGETED, BUT SEVERAL FLORISTS HAVE TOO. THE ILAM FLORIST BELIEVES PEOPLE ARE DECEPTIVELY ORDERING FLOWERS FROM HER, WHICH THEY THEN ON-SELL, HAVING NEVER PAID FOR THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. ONE OF THE BUSIEST WEEKS OF THE YEAR COMING UP. WE'RE ALL ON SUPER HIGH ALERT BECAUSE THESE ARE WEEKS THESE PARTICULAR PEOPLE USUALLY TARGET. A FLORIST FOR 20 YEARS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME JANE EARL HAS SEEN THIS BRAZEN BEHAVIOUR. SHE'S NOW GOT CAMERAS AND CHANGED HER SYSTEMS. FLOWERS TO ME ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, AND THEY'RE SOMETHING THAT NO MATTER THE OCCASION, THEY SHOULD BRING JOY AND PLEASURE, AND FOR SOMEONE TO BE STEALING THEM AND THEN ON-SELLING, IT JUST MAKES ME REALLY SAD. UNITED FLOWER GROWERS SAID THEY ENCOURAGE ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS TO INSTALL CAMERAS. OR AT LEAST NAME AND SHAME ON THEM SOCIAL MEDIA. IF THERE'S FLORISTS OUT THERE THAT ARE PURCHASING DODGY PRODUCT FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE AT A BELOW-MARKET PRICE, SHAME ON THEM. FIND YOUR OWN JOB, AND STOP STEALING OUR HARD WORK. SO IF YOU'RE BUYING FLOWERS THIS VALENTINE'S DAY... IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REVELLERS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO AUCKLAND DOMAIN FOR A HUGE SUMMER FESTIVAL 'SYNTHONY' TONIGHT. IT'S A YEAR SINCE FLOODING TURNED THE PARK INTO A LAKE, SO EVERYONE IS HOPING IT'LL STAY DRY THIS TIME. PERRY WILTON'S WITH THE CROWD. HOW IS IT LOOKING? GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS EVER IN AUCKLAND DOMAIN. PEOPLE ARE USED TO SEEING THIS AS A CRICKET GROUND. THEY MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE AT LIKE MUSIC FESTIVAL. THERE ARE 33,000 PEOPLE HERE. THERE ARE 51 FOOD TRUCKS... 65,000 L OF WATER TO QUENCH THESE PEOPLE'S THIRST. FAT FREDDY'S DROP IS ON NOW. THIS WAS ALL WASHED OUT LAST YEAR, TOTALLY FLOODED BY THE CYCLONE. THE WEATHER IS HOLDING UP, SAVING IT FROM THE FATE OF LAST YEAR. WHICH IS A BITTERSWEET SYNTHONY. MIKES IN NOW WITH A RECAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER, AND WELLINGTON LOOKS LIKE IT HAD A GREAT DAY, MIKE? YOU CAN'T BEAT WELLINGTON ON A GOOD DAY, THEY SAY. THAT'S A GOOD DAY. 22 THE HIGH THERE, BUT IT DID GET VERY WINDY. WAS HASTINGS TOOK OUT TOP SPOT WITH A VERY WARM 31. A COLD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW HAS KICKED IN FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` INVERCARGILL WAS JUST 11 DEGREES AT LUNCHTIME. THAT SOUTHERLY CHANGE AFFECTS EVERYONE TOMORROW. HASTINGS WON'T BE IN THE 30S, THAT'S FOR SURE. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. CHANGES ARE COMING TO POPULAR FISHING SPOTS IN NORTHLAND TO ADDRESS THE KINA INFESTATIONS. THE POPULATION OF SEA URCHINS HAS EXPLODED AS A RESULT OF OVERFISHING OF SNAPPER AND CRAYFISH AND THEY CALLED IT 'THE REVENGE DRESS,' WORN BY DIANA WHEN CHARLES ADMITTED HIS INFIDELITY. NOW A TV REPLICA IS UP FOR SALE. R&B STAR USHER IS PROMISING TO DELIVER FAVORITES AT HALF TIME IN THE SUPER BOWL. Hey, who's on the grocery shop? I'll go! I'll go! I'll go. (BRIGHT PIANO MUSIC) Nice! SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Shopping duty again? I'm earning more than just brownie points. (BEEP!) And they're adding up! VOICEOVER: Scan your Clubcard to save with Club Deals, earn rewards and much more. You've earned this one. Find your wonderful. New World. HOKI MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. THE POPULATION OF KINA HAS EXPLODED SO MUCH IN PARTS OF NORTHLAND THE FISHERIES MINISTER WANTS TO CULL THEM. OVERFISHING OF THE PREDATORS OF KINA HAS ALLOWED THE NUMBERS TO GROW UNCHECKED, NOW SHANE JONES WANTS LOCALS TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE MORE OF THE UNWANTED SEA URCHIN. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. KINA HAVE SUSTAINED OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES FOR CENTURIES, BUT NOW OVERFISHING OF SNAPPER AND CRAYFISH IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FURTHER DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN. WE ALL WANT TO GO AND CATCH THEM AND GET THE PHOTOS, RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE TAKE THEM OUT, THERE'S NOTHING EATING THE KINAS, SO THE KINAS ARE RUNNING RAMPANT. TANA APIATA IS ON THE HUNT FOR KINA OFF THE COAST NEAR TUTUKAKA. TE TII MARAE WAITANGI'S KAI MAHI KNOWS QUALITY'S THINNING NOW SEAWEED AND SUMMER ARE WANING. (MURMURS KARAKIA) OUTSIDE OF THOSE TIMES, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A DECLINE IN THE CONDITION OF THE KINA OR AVAILABLE MEAT. HERE'S THE PROBLEM ` WHEN WE OVERFISH AND FEAST ON SNAPPER OR CRAYFISH, THE KINA WHICH THEY EAT MULTIPLY, THEY IN TURN MUNCHED THROUGH THE ECKLONIA SEAWEED, WHERE 138 SPECIES OF FISH WOULD NORMALLY BREED, LEAVING FISH STOCKS FURTHER DEPLETED, AND SO IT GOES ON. WE'RE ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTH OF TUTUKAKA NOW, AND WE'VE JUST COME INTO THIS BAY HERE. NOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN TEEMING WITH SNAPPER AND SHELLFISH. BUT NOW ALL THERE IS REALLY IS KINA. AND THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED A KINA BARREN. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARVESTING A LOT OF SNAPPER AROUND HERE AND TAKING OUT A LOT OF THE KOURA, LIKE THE BIG CRAYFISH. FORMER COMMERCIAL FREEDIVER SAM JUDD USED TO HARVEST KINA FOR A LIVING. HE NOW WORKS FOR KO WAITANGI TE AWA TRUST AND MPI. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT IS CHANGING THE ECOSYSTEM. JUDD'S TRAINED APRA AND OTHERS TO FREE DIVE AND COLLECT DATA. SO I RECKON WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BARREN HERE WITH BUGGER ALL SEAWEED AND NOT MUCH MAURI ` NOT MUCH LIFE FORCE, NOT MUCH GOING ON. JUDD IS RIGHT. THIS IS A BARREN. FEW OF THE KINA HERE ARE HEALTHY. THIS ONE HERE HAS OBVIOUSLY HAD UM, FOOD AVAILABLE TO IT TO EAT. AND THIS ONE JUST SHOWS, UH, WHAT LACK OF, UM, AVAILABLE FOOD LOOKS LIKE. JUDD AND APIATA'S STATS SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AREAS LIKE DEEPWATER COVE, WHERE THERE'S A RAHUI ON FISHING, AND AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS DRAMATIC. LIKE WE HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH TOO MANY KINA'S. I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT IN 7.5HA, 400,000 KINA WERE EXTRACTED. IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL-SIZED, INDUSTRIAL-GRADE PROBLEM. FISHERIES MINISTER SHANE JONES IS TRYING TO REBALANCE THE ECOSYSTEM. I WANT TO EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO EXERCISE DIRECT GUARDIANSHIP. BY CULLING KINA BARRENS AND INCREASING THE RECREATIONAL BAG LIMIT FOR KINA, WHILE CLOSING MORE FISHERIES TO INCREASE THE ABUNDANCE OF KINA PREDATORS LIKE ROCK LOBSTERS. BEING RESPONSIBLE KAITIAKI ON OUR MOANA IS SOMETHING WE DESIRE. WE WANT THE WE WOULD LOVE THE ABILITY TO ENACT, UM, THE SAME ACTIONS OUR TIPUNA DID. SHANE JONES SAYS THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ARREST EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. HE TRUSTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ACT IN THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS. ADAM HOLLINGSWORTH, NEWSHUB. PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOBS CAN PLACE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON WORKERS' BODIES. MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN IS THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF ABSENCE FROM WORK IN NEW ZEALAND OVER A 7 DAY PERIOD. SO WHEN IT CAME TO INTRODUCING FOOD SCRAP COLLECTION BINS IN AUCKLAND, THE COUNCIL CALLED IN THE PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THE BIN COLLECTORS WERE KEPT SAFE. IT'S TOUGH PHYSICAL WORK, WEAVING BETWEEN CARS, COLLECTING AND EMPTYING A THOUSAND BINS EVERY SHIFT, BUT THE PHYSICAL STRAIN ON WORKERS IN THIS CASE ISN'T BAD. NOT TOO MUCH IN PAIN. JUST THE NORMAL... NORMAL, JUST TIRED AFTER WORK, THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S BY DESIGN ` AUCKLAND COUNCIL CALLED IN THE PROFESSIONALS TO ASSESS THE WHOLE PROCESS OF COLLECTING FOOD SCRAPS. PROTOTYPES OF THE BINS WERE DESIGNED WITH THE COLLECTIVE FRONT OF MIND, BELIEVED TO BE A FIRST IN THE COUNTRY. THROUGH JUST ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, THAT IDEALLY WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FLEXION AND BENDING THAT THE COLLECTORS WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH. PROFESSOR MARK BOOCOCK AND HIS TEAM ANALYSED THE STRESS ON WORKER'S BODIES IN THE LAB. THE MANUAL HANDLING OF IT AND THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THE WORK, THE CUMULATIVE LOADS THAT THEY WERE HANDLING. IN THESE CASES, THESE BINS COULD WEIGH UP TO 20KG A TIME. EMPLOYERS ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM RISK, AND THIS KIND OF MAHI IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WORK-RELATED INJURIES IN NEW ZEALAND. MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS AND MANUAL HANDLING, PARTICULARLY THE LIFTING, CARRYING, PUTTING DOWN OF OBJECTS, HAS BEEN THE LEADING CAUSE OF WORK-RELATED INJURIES. AND THEN THERE'S THE COSTS WITH ACC. IN TERMS OF REHABILITATION, THE MEDICAL COSTS, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO LOOK FURTHER. INTERNATIONALLY, THERE'S RESEARCH ON ITS IMPACT ON THE WIDER ECONOMY. IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED AROUND BETWEEN 4% OR AN 8% OF GDP IS LOST THROUGH WORK-RELATED INJURIES. A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS NEW SYSTEM, AND IN PRACTICE, IT'S ALMOST SEAMLESS. MOST OF THE PEOPLE PUT THE LIDS UP, SO WE JUST CHECK FOR THE CONTAMINATION AND JUST EMPTY IT OUT. THAT'S NOT TOO HARD. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD WHEN THERE'S, LIKE, A LOT OF CARS PARKED. SOME THINGS CAN'T BE HELPED. IF WE CAN GET IT RIGHT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THROUGH DESIGN, WE POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE COSTS AND ULTIMATELY THE SUFFERING. AND MAKE SURE WE CARE AND PROTECT WORKERS DOING THE HARD YARDS. NICKY'S IN WITH SPORT LATER AND HISTORY AT THE COAST TO COAST. YES, A NEW CHAMPION HAS BEEN CROWNED IN THE MENS LONGEST DAY EVENT IN A RACE THAT BECAME A TWO-WAY TRANS-TASMAN CLASH THAT WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. AND WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM THE PHOENIX CLASH WITH WESTERN UNITED, CAN THE NIX EXTEND THEIR LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE? THE TV SERIES 'THE CROWN' PAID METICULOUS ATTENTION TO THE MAKING OF THE PROPS. NOW, THEY'RE UP FOR AUCTION, INCLUDING THE REPLICA GOLD CARRIAGE USED IN THE QUEEN'S CORONATION AND A YEAR AGO HE WAS PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE OF AN EARTHQUAKE THAT KILLED 55,000 PEOPLE. TODAY HE MET HIS RESCUER. TAURANGA MOTORISTS FACE DELAYS ON STATE HIGHWAY 29A, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. WORKERS NOTICED A SMALL HOLE IN THE ROAD YESTERDAY AND SHUT A LANE TO INVESTIGATE. THEY FOUND A 3m-DEEP HOLE UNDERNEATH FILLED WITH WATER AND CLOSED THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. WAKA KOTAHI SAYS IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY A FAULTY DRAIN. THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY EVENING AT THE EARLIEST AS ENGINEERS REPAIR IT. PRINCE HARRY HAS SETTLED HIS PHONE HACKING CASE AGAINST THE MIRROR GROUP NEWSPAPERS, ENDING A FOUR-YEAR BATTLE AGAINST THE PUBLISHER. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX HAS DROPPED HIS OUTSTANDING CLAIM AND ACCEPTED A SUBSTANTIAL SUM IN ADDITION TO THE COMPENSATION HE WAS AWARDED IN DECEMBER. FORMER MIRROR EDITOR PIERS MORGAN HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING, THROWING SHADE AT HARRY'S OWN PRIVACY ISSUES WITH HIS FAMILY. INVADING THE PRIVACY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IS UTTERLY REPREHENSIBLE, AND ON THAT, I SHARE PRINCE HARRY'S OPINION. I JUST WISH HE WOULD STOP DOING IT. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX STILL HAS MORE LEGAL BATTLES TO FIGHT, INCLUDING CLAIMS AGAINST THE DAILY MAIL AND THE SUN NEWSPAPERS. PROPS FROM THE TV SHOW 'THE CROWN' HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION MAKING ALMOST $3.5M THEY INCLUDE A REPLICA OF THE LATE QUEEN'S GOLD STATE COACH AND A SO-CALLED 'REVENGE' DRESS WORN BY PRINCESS DIANA. ITV'S CHARLIE FROST HAS MORE. NEWSREADER ON RADIO: PUTTING ON A DEFIANT DISPLAY IN WHAT MANY ARE ALREADY CALLING HER REVENGE DRESS. IT WAS AN OFF-THE-SHOULDER NUMBER THAT CREATED HEADLINES. PRINCESS DIANA'S SO-CALLED REVENGE DRESS, REPLICATED HERE IN SERIES FIVE OF THE CROWN, WORN THE NIGHT THE NOW-KING CONFESSED HIS INFIDELITY ON TELEVISION IN 1994. THE COPY HAS SOLD FOR MORE THAN �12,500. IT WASN'T JUST THE UK WHERE THERE WAS HUGE AMOUNTS OF INTEREST. WE HAD BUYERS` WELL, PEOPLE REGISTERING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN FACT, THERE WAS NOT ONE CORNER OF THE WORLD WHERE THERE WASN'T INTEREST IN THE SALE. AND I THINK THAT JUST REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, THE POPULARITY OF THE SHOW AND ITS WORLDWIDE APPEAL. INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS, THE CROWN IS CRAFTED WITH EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WHICH MAY BE WHY BIDDERS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO PAY TENS OF THOUSANDS FOR THE SHOW'S REPLICAS OF THE REAL THINGS. THE LOT OF MORE THAN 450 COSTUMES AND PROPS FROM SIX SEASONS SPANNING DECADES MADE MORE THAN �1.6M. AMONG THE BIGGEST SELLERS, THIS REPLICA OF THE GOLD STATE COACH USED BY THE QUEEN, THOUGHT TO BE THE WORLD'S ONLY REPRODUCTION AT TWO THIRDS OF THE SIZE OF THE 1762 ORIGINAL, IT FETCHED MORE THAN �56,000. AND ANOTHER STANDOUT DRESS, THE RECREATION OF PRINCESS MARGARET'S 1960 WEDDING OUTFIT. IT SOLD FOR MORE THAN �2,500. SO THE FANTASTIC LEGACY OF THIS AUCTION AND THE SHOW IS THAT ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM LIVE AUCTION ARE GOING TO NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL. THE LEFT BANK PRODUCTIONS HAVE SET UP THE CROWN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOING TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS. SO REALLY LOVELY LEGACY. THE CROWN'S CRAFTSMANSHIP SECURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCREEN CREATIVES. FIVE WOMEN GO ON A HIKE IN THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH, BUT ONLY FOUR COME BACK ` THE GRIPPING PLOT OF 'FORCE OF NATURE.' KATE RODGER REVIEWS THE MOVIE SEQUEL TO THE JANE HARPER BOOK 'THE DRY.' WE'RE LIVE TO THE COAST TO COAST FINISH LINE AS HISTORY IS MADE IN THE LONGEST DAY EVENT. PLUS, CALEB CLARKE MAKES AN EARLY RETURN TO RUGBY AND SHINES IN THE BLUES LATEST WARM UP MATCH IN JAPAN. AND THE TWO KIWI BROTHERS WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT THE BMX WORLD CUP IN ROTORUA. (PHONE CHIMES) (BRIGHT MUSIC) Thank you, Sam. You're welcome, Wendy. Chillies. SONG: # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... # Here you go, mate. Thank you. (ENGINE REVS) MAN: OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Yeah, just...I'm teaching Samara how to drive. # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Hi! Could you do something for me? # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Thanks. # Ooh-ooh-hoo # Ooo-ooh # Oh, baby, you # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me # Oh, baby # You... # Hey, babe. I'm home. I made your favourite. # What I need # You've got everything I need # You're like medicine... # Too spicy? # To me, oh, baby... # I love it. Mm. VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. HISTORY HAD BEEN MADE AT THE COAST-TO-COAST TODAY, WITH A NEW CHAMPION BEING CROWNED. WANAKA'S HAMISH ELLIOTT CLAIMED THE TITLE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, CROSSING THE FINISH LINE AT NEW BRIGHTON BEACH IN JUST UNDER ELEVEN HOURS. GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) MOUNTAIN RUN EXPERT HAMISH ELLIOTT FINALLY GOING THE DISTANCE TO WIN HIS MAIDEN TITLE. I KNEW I HAD TO JUST HANG ON AND BURY MYSELF. AND THE LONGEST DAY BEGAN ON KUMARA BEACH ON THE WEST COAST AT 6am. A SHORT RUN AND ONTO THE FIRST BIKE LEG BEFORE SUNRISE ` A LEAD GROUP ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES. AMONGST THEM, DEFENDING CHAMPION SAM MANSON. BUT BY THE TIME THEY STARTED THE GRUELLING MOUNTAIN RUN, ELLIOTT AND BEN PHILLIPS HAD SHOT TO THE FRONT. THE LEADING WOMEN WEREN'T FAR BEHIND, DEBORAH LYNCH AND SIMONE MAIER SETTING THE PACE. INTO THE BOULDERS, AND ELLIOTT WAS MAKING THE MOUNTAIN RUN LOOK EASY. ON HIS TAIL, TASMANIAN ALEX HUNT, WHO HAD MOVED INTO SECOND. HE WASN'T CATCHING ELLIOTT, THOUGH. HE ENTERED THE TRANSITION IN KLONDIKE CORNER WITH A LEAD OF MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES. (APPLAUSE) YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD, BRO. YEAH, NAH, FEELING GOOD? YEAH. IF HUNT WAS GOING TO CATCH HIM, HE NEEDED TO BE SHARP ON THE KAYAK LEG. WHERE'S MY GEAR? AFTER THE SMALL MISFIRE, HE WAS ON HIS WAY. FIVE MINUTES. LET'S GO, ALEX. YOU'VE GOT HIM. GO, GO, GO. WHOOO! UP. MEANWHILE, THE DEFENDING CHAMPION HAD FALLEN OFF THE PACE, BATTLING CRAMP. THE FIRST TO EMERGE AT WAIMAKARIRI GORGE SOME FOUR HOURS LATER WAS ELLIOTT, HIS LEAD EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES, ONE HE WOULDN'T RELINQUISH, FINISHING IN A TIME OF TEN HOURS AND 48 MINUTES. YOUR NEW CHAMPION, HAMISH ELLIOTT. AND GORDON JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE FINISH LINE. GORDON, YOU'VE GOT ONE HAPPY COMPETITOR WITH YOU. I SURE DO I WILL BE JOINED BY HIM IN A SECOND SIMONE MEIER JUST WON HER 5TH TITLE IN THE WOMENS. MATE I'VE GOTTA KNOW, I JUST HAD TO DRAG HIM OUT OF THE MEDICAL TENT DO YOU FEEL MORE SORE NOW THAN OUT ON COURSE? PROBALBY MORE SORE NOW. NAH, MANAGEABLE OUT THERE. THERE'S SO MANY TIMES YOU'VE COME OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN RUN IN FRONT BEFORE, IT HASN'T WORKED OUT BEFORE HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW YOU'VE FINALLY MADE IT? YEAH, NAH. IT'S SURREAL. HOPEFULLY THOSE CRAMPS GO AWAY SOON. THESE GUYS ARE NUTS, I TELL YOU, NICKI. KICKOFF BETWEEN THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX AND WESTERN UNITED WAS DELAYED BY 15 MINUTES IN THE CAPITAL THIS AFTERNOON AFTER UNITED SHOWED UP WITH THE SAME COLOURED KIT AS THE NIX. AFTER A QUICK SWITCH TO THEIR TRADITIONAL YELLOW JERSEYS, IT DIDN'T TAKE THE PHOENIX LONG TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. HERE COME THE TWO TEAMS ON TO THE GRASS, THE 15. CHANGE ` THERE HE IS, 49. THE FIRST GOAL IN 3 MINUTES! THE NIX TAKING THAT 1-0 LEAD INTO THE BREAK JUST MOMENTS AGO. A WIN WOULD SEE WELLINGTON MOVE 5 POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE A-LEAGUE TABLE THREE MONTHS AGO, THE BREAKERS' PLAYOFF PROSPECTS LOOKED BLEAK, BUT IN A REMARKABLE TURNAROUND, THEY'RE UP TO 5TH ON THE NBL LADDER AFTER A TENSE 88-85 WIN OVER THE HAWKS AT SPARK ARENA. A 31-POINT GAME FROM POINT GUARD PARKER JACKSON-CARTWRIGHT HAD THE BREAKERS AHEAD BY 7 HEADING INTO THE FINAL STRETCH. BUT A FAMILIAR FOURTH QUARTER COLLAPSE SAW THE HAWKS RACK UP 13 UNANSWERED POINTS, FORCING THE BREAKERS TO COME FROM BEHIND AND FIGHT FOR THE VICTORY. WE UNDERSTAND HOW WINNING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS ON-BOARD WITH HOW WE NEED TO PLAY WITH THIS. WITH JUST THREE REGULAR GAMES LEFT, IT'S A QUICK TURNAROUND, WITH THE BREAKERS TAKING ON TABLE-TOPPING MELBOURNE UNITED ACROSS THE TASMAN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. CALEB CLARKE'S MADE A BLISTERING RETURN TO RUGBY WITH THREE TRIES IN THE BLUES' COMFORTABLE 57-22 PRE-SEASON WIN OVER THE CANON EAGLES IN JAPAN. IT WAS CLARKE'S FIRST HIT OUT SINCE THE ALL BLACKS SECOND POOL MATCH OF THE WORLD CUP IN SEPTEMBER, AND HE MADE THE MOST IF IT. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS THE ACTION. HAVING BREEZED PAST SUNTORY A WEEK AGO, THE BLUES WERE SLOWER OUT OF THE BLOCKS TODAY. AFTER A FRUSTRATING OPENING QUARTER OF AN HOUR, CALEB CLARKE FINALLY GOT THEM ON THE BOARD. OUT TO THE LEFT WING OF CLARKE. IT WAS A TIMELY RETURN FOR CLARKE, WHO OPTED TO FORGO HIS FINAL WEEK OFF TO RETURN TO RUGBY EARLY. WITH BEAUDEN BARRETT WATCHING ON, IT WAS HIS REPLACEMENT THIS YEAR WHO NABBED THE BLUES' SECOND. PEROFETA PICKS IT UP ` SAYS YES, PLEASE. IF BARRETT LIKED THAT, HE WOULD'VE BEEN OUT OF HIS SEAT FOR CLARKE'S SECOND. OH! THAT IS A TRY. A HAT TRICK AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF HELPED THE BLUES CRUISED TO VICTORY IN THE END AND RETURN HOME TWO FROM TWO. EARLIER CLARK LAIDLAW'S FIRST MATCH IN CHARGE OF THE HURRICANES COULDN'T HAVE GONE MUCH WORSE, LOSING 52-19. ON IT GOES, LIENERT-BROWN ` HE'S OVER. TRY TIME. THE CANES WERE PUT TO THE SWORD AND STRUGGLED TO GET ANYTHING GOING UNDER THE ROOF. HAVING SAT BEHIND AARON SMITH HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN THE SOUTH, FOLAU FAKATAVA GETS THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE NUMBER NINE JERSEY HIS OWN. GOING ALL THE WAY ` FAKATAVA THE TRY! THE CANES SHOWED GLIMPSES OF THEIR POTENTIAL, BUT WITHOUT ALL BLACKS AND WITH LAIDLAW CLEARLY STILL TINKERING, IT WAS A LONG AFTERNOON. HE'S GOT ONE, TWO... IF THEY CAN PRODUCE ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT THIS SEASON, THE HIGHLANDERS MAY JUST BE A SLEEPING GIANT IN SUPER RUGBY. OLLIE RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. FINALLY TONIGHT, A PAIR OF KIWI BROTHERS HAVE STOLEN THE SHOW ON DAY 1 OF BMX WORLD CUP IN ROTORUA. BENNETT AND JACK GREENOUGH LINED UP FOR THE MENS UNDER 23-FINAL, AND THE KIWIS OBVIOUSLY ENJOYED THE HOME TRACK, CLAIMING A 1-2, WITH JACK JUST EDGING OUT HIS BROTHER FOR THE TITLE. BUT NEW ZEALAND POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR A 1-2 AS THEY GO IN AND OUT OF THE FINAL CORNER. WHO'S GONNA GET IT AS THEY COME DOWN THE FINAL STRAIGHT? IT IS GREENOUGH TAKING IT TO THE LINE ON THE 5-11. MEANWHILE IN THE MEN'S ELITE GRADE, KIWI FAVORITES MICHAEL BIAS AND RICO BEARMAN WERE UNABLE TO FOLLOW SUIT, NOT PROGRESSING PAST THE QUARTERFINALS AND SOME MORE KIWIS IN ACTION TOMORROW ` SO IF YOURE IN ROTORUA, GET ALONG AND SEE SOME GREAT BMX RIDING. AUTHOR JANE HARPER'S BOOK TO SCREEN ADAPTATION 'THE DRY' WAS A BIG HIT. IT'S A MOVIE-MAKING NO-BRAINER TO BRING HER NEXT BOOK TO CINEMAS, AND IT'S JUST DONE EXACTLY THAT, COMPLETE WITH ERIC BANA BACK IN THE LEAD ROLE. HERE'S KATE RODGER. (LINE RINGS) AARON? ALICE? THE WAIT IS OVER, JANE HARPER FANS ` THE FOLLOW-UP TO 'THE DRY' HAS ARRIVED, AND IT'S CALLED 'FORCE OF NATURE'. ALICE? SCREAMS: ALICE! THE MARVELLOUS ERIC BANA RETURNS AS FEDERAL AGENT AARON FALK. THIS TIME, HE SWAPS THE AUSSIE OUTBACK FOR THE AUSSIE BUSH, HELPING THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING HIKER. FOOD, WATER AND A WARM FIRE ` 10 K's THAT WAY. GOOD LUCK. FIVE WOMEN WALKED INTO THE BUSH ON A TEAM-BUILDING CORPORATE RETREAT; ONLY FOUR OF THEM WALKED OUT. ALICE HAS BEEN ON HER OWN FOR MORE THAN 30 HOURS. WHY DID SHE CALL YOU? BUT WHAT BUSINESS DOES A FEDERAL AGENT HAVE IN A MISSING PERSONS CASE? AND HOW DOES FALK'S PAST FEED INTO THE NARRATIVE? NONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HONEST WITH ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE. AND WHAT ARE THESE WOMEN HIDING... (SINISTER MUSIC) I THINK PEOPLE MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES. ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT ALWAYS CLEAR OF THE CONSEQUENCES. ARE WE, ALICE? FOR THE FANS OF THE BOOKS, THIS FAITHFUL FEATURE ADAPTATION SHOULD DO THE TRICK JUST NICELY. THE STRONG CASTING, COMPLETE WITH THE RETURN OF ERIC BANA IN THE CENTRAL ROLE AND THE BROODING, VISCERAL VISUALS WILL BRING PLENTY FOR KIWI AUDIENCES TO CONNECT WITH. FOUR STARS. OK, NOW SNEAK PEEK THIS WEEK. GOOD GRIEF ` IT LOOKS UTTERLY TERRIFYING, WHICH IS HARDLY A SURPRISE GIVEN IT FOLLOWS 'A QUIET PLACE'. THIS THIRD CHAPTER TAKES US RIGHT BACK TO 'A QUIET PLACE' ` DAY ONE. (COUGHS) AUTHOR ELLIE CONWAY! I AM SUCH A FAN. OH YEAH? WHAT IS IT... YOU DO? ESPIONAGE. AT THE KIWI BOX OFFICE THIS WEEK ` THE CHARM, THE ON-SCREEN CHEMISTRY OF SAM ROCKWELL AND BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD... (SCREAMING) ...TAKE ARGYLLE STRAIGHT TO NUMBER ONE. (CAT MEOWS) GOD, I HATE THAT CAT. KATE ROGER... (CAT YOWLS) ...NEWSHUB. MORE THAN 100 MILLION VIEWERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE EXPECTED TO TUNE IN FOR THE SUPER BOWL ON MONDAY OUR TIME. MANY OF US WILL BE TUNING IN FOR THE COMMERCIALS AND THE HALFTIME SHOW. THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE ACT IS EIGHT-TIME GRAMMY-AWARD WINNER USHER. CBS' GAYLE KING GOT HER FLIRT ON WITH THE SINGER. # I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION. # LAS VEGAS HAS BECOME THE MEGA STAR'S SECOND HOME, AND USHER SAYS HE'S READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO HIS STAGE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SQUEEZE 30 YEARS IN 12 MINUTES? IT'S A QUESTION EVERYBODY'S BEEN ASKING SINCE JAY-Z FIRST SAID USHER IS THE GUY. YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? HE LEFT IT TO ME TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T MISS THE CULTURE. THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT HE SAID. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE CULTURE. I WANT YOU TO PLAY THE ONES THAT WE LOVE, THAT WE KNOW YOU FOR. YOU KNOW, PART OF THE FUN OF THE VEGAS RESIDENCY WAS THERE WAS ALWAYS A SERENADE MOMENT. HOW WILL YOU OR CAN YOU SERENADE IN A BIG STADIUM? YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE MOMENT. DO YOU WANT TO PRACTISE ON ME A SERENADE OR...? JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. I'M HERE TO HELP YOU. # I NEED A PLACE, A SPACE TO GET OFF # SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY MIND. # WHAT WOULD YOU DO? # HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU FEELING...? I FEEL REALLY GOOD. KEEP GOING. (LAUGHS) BUT I WAS WONDERING` # PLEASE LET ME, PLEASE LET ME... BOTH: # PLEASE YOU. # # OH MY GOD. # I BELIEVE IN THE IDEA OF MANIFESTATION AND AFFIRMATION. RIGHT? THE MOMENT THAT I HEARD THAT THEY WERE ENTERTAINING THE SUPER BOWL COMING TO VEGAS, I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT LEAVING. I'M STAYING. I'M GIVING HIM NO CHOICE. REALLY? I'M HERE. DID YOU EXTEND YOUR RESIDENCY? YEAH. DID YOU? YES. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 49ERS, GREAT. I'M WATCHING FOR USHER, USHER, USHER. YOU KNOW WHO WINS THE SUPER BOWL? USHER. WHISPERS: USHER. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY SHOPWORKERS AT A PACKED PUBLIC MEETING IN AUCKLAND TO WALK THE TALK AND CRACK DOWN ON RETAIL CRIME. A NEW STUDY SAYS NEW ZEALAND'S APPROACH TO TACKLING COVID-19 SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HAS ORDERED HIS MILITARY TO DRAW UP PLANS TO EVACUATE GAZA'S SOUTHERNMOST CITY OF RAFAH AHEAD OF A SUSPECTED ATTACK. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER. AND SOME LARGE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW, MIKE? YES, SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON ` A SWELL WARNING FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND; ALSO CANTERBURY AND WAIRARAPA THROUGH SUNDAY. A LARGE, POWERFUL SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL ALSO AFFECT THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND KIA ORA. VERY WARM FOR SOME TODAY, BUT FOR OTHERS, IT WAS A CASE OF RUGGING UP. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. AN ACTIVE COLD FRONT IS MOVING NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH A COOLER SOUTHWEST CHANGE BEHIND IT. THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE SHOWERS. SOME VERY LARGE SWELLS AND ALSO A NOTICEABLE DROP IN TEMPERATURES, BUT IT DOES START TO CLEAR LATE SUNDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. RAIN TURNS TO SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST OF TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, TONIGHT, WITH CANTERBURY POTENTIALLY SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTHWESTERLIES ARE STRONG AROUND KAIKOURA, AND IT'S COLD ` MUCH COLDER THAN USUAL. TOMORROW, IN COMES A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO CLEAR THINGS UP, BUT STRONG SOUTHWESTERLIESS HANG AROUND IN THE EAST COAST. AND FOR TE-IKA-A-MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, SHOWERS BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT, WITH THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE IN HAWKE'S BAY, GISBORNE AND COROMANDEL PENINSULA. SHOWERS START TO CLEAR IN THE MORNING, BUT THOSE COLD SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HANG AROUND, SOME STRONG IN EXPOSED AREAS. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK ` A LITTLE CLOUDY IN THE MORNING FOR NORTHERN AREAS. MAYBE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS, BUT IT DOES CLEAR UP FAIRLY FAST. EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND HIGHS BETWEEN 22 AND 24. FURTHER SOUTH, IT'S MOSTLY FINE FOR EVERYONE HERE ` MORNING SHOWERS CLEAR, AND THE SUN'S OUT FOR EVERYONE. ONE THING YOU WILL NOTICE ARE THOSE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. INTO THE EAST NOW, AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME HERE ` HAVE A EXTRA LAYER HANDY, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH FINE, IT MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE CHILLY AFTER LUNCH. AND FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND ` EVERYONE HERE GETS THOSE SOUTHERLY WINDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. MORNING SHOWERS CLEAR BY LUNCHTIME. QUITE COLD IN WELLINGTON, WITH JUST 16 DEGREES. OVER THE STRAIT ` FINE IN NELSON, WITH A HIGH OF 20; EVERYONE ELSE FINES UP AFTER A FEW EARLY-MORNING SHOWERS. WESTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA GET 19. OVER THE ALPS, AND THERE'S A FEW STRONG SOUTHWESTERLIES AND A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT. CERTAINLY A LOT COOLER IN PLACES LIKE ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND CHRISTCHURCH, BUT IT IS STILL FINE, AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, PROBABLY NOT A BREAKFAST OUTSIDE TYPE OF DAY, ALTHOUGH, THE SHOWERS CLEAR AND THERE'S A BIT OF SUN AROUND. IT'S STILL A LITTLE CHILLY, WITH INVERCARGILL REACHING JUST 15. KIA ORA, DUNEDIN ` SHOWERS CLEAR IN THE MORNING FOR YOU. IT'S A FINE AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWESTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 17, BUT DRESS FOR 14 DEGREES. THE CHATHAM ISLANDS GETS SHOWERS. OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH ` YOU NOTICE THOSE FRESH SOUTHWESTERLIES TOMORROW, BUT THEY DO EASE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND IT FINES UP. 17 THE HIGH; AKAROA GETS TO 14. HELLO, WELLINGTON ` YOU GET CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH BY LUNCHTIME; STRONG SOUTHERLIES EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH, BUT IF FEELS LIKE JUST 9 DEGREES. A LITTLE WARMER FOR HAWKE'S BAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS CLEAR; THE SOUTHERLIES STILL A LITTLE BRACING THROUGH THE DAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY TRIM ABOUT 6 DEGREES OFF THE HIGH. COME IN, TAURANGA ` IT'S NICE AND FINE FOR YOU, BUY A LITTLE TROUGH PASSING BY FLICKS A FEW EVENING SHOWERS YOUR WAY; 25 THE HIGH, WITH A FEW SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. KIA ORA, HAMILTON ` HOW YOU DOING? IT FINES UP DURING THE MORNING, WITH FRESH SOUTHERLIES EASING AROUND DINNERTIME; NOT BAD, WITH A HIGH OF 24. HELLO, AUCKLAND ` IT'S PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BUT IT CLEARS UP PRETTY FAST. SOUTHERLIES EASE IN THE EVENING. 22 THE HIGH, BUT IT FEELS LIKE 16. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, AND FAIRLY WARM, WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH AND SHOWERS IN THE EAST. AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ` SHOWERS ARE COMMON, WITH THUNDERSTORMS FOR MANY. BACK HERE NOW, AND IT'S NICE AND FINE FOR NORTHERN AREAS, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-20s AND NOT SO MUCH HEAT AT NIGHT-TIME. A SMORGASBOARD OF SUNNY WEATHER FOR CENTRAL AREAS AND FAIRLY SETTLED FOR THE LOWER NORTH, WITH HIGHS WARMING UP AGAIN BY MIDWEEK. INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S NICE AND FINE HERE TOO; BLENHEIM IN FOR ANOTHER CRACKER WEEK. AND FINE IN THE SOUTH, WITH A BIT OF CLOUD BEFORE MORE RAIN AFTER WEDNESDAY. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. XIN NIAN HAO ` HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. NICK SENT ME THIS, TAKEN THIS MORNING ` A CLOUD FORMATION, LAURA, THAT, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, RESEMBLES A DRAGON. JUST SAYING. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TONIGHT, AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT news@newshub.co.nz. I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.