TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` 'THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 'IS URGING PEOPLE TO GET READY.' THAT WAS THE WARNING WE WERE BEING GIVEN A YEAR AGO TODAY AS THIS MONSTER, CYCLONE GABRIELLE, ROLLED CLOSER BEFORE SMASHING INTO THE COUNTRY WITH A DEADLY WALLOP. THE GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCING AN ADDITIONAL CLEAN-UP PACKAGE AS THOUSANDS OF KIWIS CONTINUE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS FROM AUCKLAND'S COASTAL COMMUNITY OF MURIWAI. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE AT MURIWAI LODGE, THE DESTRUCTION IS STILL EVIDENT. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, CYCLONE GABRIELLE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO UNLEASH ITS FURY ON NEW ZEALAND. IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED, WE'D SEE UNPRECEDENTED DESTRUCTION. THE POWERFUL STORM WREAKING HAVOC IN MANY REGIONS, FIRST HITTING THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND THEN BARRELLING THROUGH AUCKLAND. ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT REGIONS WAS HERE IN MURIWAI; THE EAST COAST THEN BEARING THE BRUNT, WITH HAWKE'S BAY AND TAIRAWHITI GISBORNE EXPERIENCING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE. HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE FLOODING KNOCKING OUT VITAL LIFELINES, POWER, WATER AND COMMUNICATION, LEADING TO A NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY BEING DECLARED FOR JUST THE THIRD TIME IN OUR HISTORY. 11 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE CYCLONE. ENTIRE COMMUNITIES WERE CUT OFF AND THOUSANDS WERE LEFT HOMELESS. THE SCALE OF DAMAGE OVERWHELMING, WITH THE COST NOW ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $13 BILLION. FOR SO MANY IN ALL THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES, LIFE IS STILL NOT BACK TO NORMAL. WE HAVE SPECIAL COVERAGE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK HERE ON 1 NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH YVONNE TAHANA'S REPORT FROM HERE AT MURIWAI. GABRIELLE'S BRUTAL FORCE CLEAR FROM THE SCARS SHE LEFT BEHIND. DEADLY SLIPS FORCING MURIWAI RESIDENTS TO FLEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THERE WAS JUST THE MOST INSANE LOUD HUM, WITH BIG CRACKS AND BANGS. IN THE MORNING, DEVASTATING NEWS THAT TWO VOLUNTEER FIREMEN DID NOT MAKE IT HOME. DAVE VAN ZWANENBERG AND CRAIG STEVENS ` VICTIMS OF A LANDSLIDE. I THINK THAT, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, ABSOLUTELY MADE THIS CATASTROPHIC FOR MURIWAI. EVER SINCE, THE WEST COAST SETTLEMENT'S BEEN TRYING TO PICK UP THE BROKEN PIECES. AND IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN ODD THING FOR SOMEONE WITH TERMINAL CANCER TO SAY, BUT CLINTON JONES RECKONS POST-CYCLONE STRESS HAS KEPT HIM KICKING. I THINK IT'S THE WORRYING THAT'S KEPT ME GOING AND I'M THE SORT OF PERSON THAT NEEDS SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. HERE ON DOMAIN CRESCENT, THE AFTERMATH IS STILL RAW IN PLACES. IT'S A STREET THAT'S BEEN HIS HOME FOR 20 YEARS. SO YOU CAN HEAR THAT SURF. AND WHEN IT'S AN ONSHORE WIND AND IT'S REALLY PUMPING... MAN, THE ROAR. THE ROAR OF THE SURF. IT'S CAPTIVATING. IN TOTAL, THERE ARE 210 HOUSEHOLDS IN MURIWAI AT VARYING DEGREES OF RECOVERY, FOR CLINTON JONES, NUMBER 48 HAS BEEN CATEGORISED 2A. HE'S SAYS IT'S A SORT OF LIMBO WHERE AUCKLAND COUNCIL NEEDS MORE INFORMATION. HE'S HOPING FOR A CHANGE TO CATEGORY 3, WHICH TRIGGERS A BUYOUT. WE COULD POSSIBLY BE STILL WAITING IN 2026 FOR A FINAL OUTCOME AND MITIGATION BUT... I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT THAT TIME. BUT HE'S STILL TRYING TO FIND HOPE AND THERE ARE BRIGHT NEW BEGINNINGS ELSEWHERE. MURIWAI'S FIRST BAR OPENED IN DECEMBER. IT'S BEEN LIKE A NICE GATHERING POINT FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF COME BACK DOWN AND KINDA RECONNECT AND BECOME MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY AGAIN. MAN'S BEST FRIEND AND THESE KIDS, RIGHT AT HOME. MURIWAI! AND FOR THIS COUPLE. WELL, THEY FOUGHT TO STAY. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. A RE-CATEGORISATION MEANS THEY CAN REBUILD. IT'LL TAKE YEARS TO COMPLETE REMEDIAL WORK, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. AND IN THE MEANTIME, TUESDAY'S ANNIVERSARY LOOMS. THEY WERE PERSONAL FRIENDS, THEY WERE FATHERS, THEY WERE HUSBANDS AND THEY WERE HEROES. A CHANCE TO REFLECT AND REMEMBER, AS THIS COMMUNITY CONTINUES ITS RECOVERY. YVONNE, SO MUCH DETERMINATION TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES - WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT LOCALS' RESILIENCE? CYCLONE GABRIELLE CERTAINLY HAD A LONG AND VICIOUS TAIL OUT HERE ` I FLEW OUT HERE IN THE AFTERMATH AND I SAW THE GOUGED OUT CLIFFS, AND I THOUGHT THE ROAD BACK WOULD BE SO LONG. RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS BEEN A REAL SLOG. I ADMIRE THEM, THEY HAVE AN ACTION GROUP GOING, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR REFORM AND INSURANCE TO HELP ALL OF NEW ZEALAND. THEY HAVE DONE THIS EXTRA MAHI IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR OWN GRIEF FOR THOSE TWO FIREMEN. WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THAT SPECIAL SERVICE LATER IN THE WEEK. AND WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO 1 OF THE RESIDENTS HERE VERY SHORTLY. THANKS, YVONNE. TE TAI TOKERAU WAS THE FIRST REGION TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE, CRIPPLING THE REGION'S ROADS AND DESTROYING CROPS. IN THE YEAR THAT'S FOLLOWED, FOCUS HAS SHARPENED ON MAKING SURE INFRASTRUCTURE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO COPE FOR ANY FUTURE WEATHER EVENTS. NORTHLAND-BASED REPORTER HELEN CASTLES HAS MORE. THE FORCE OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE HAD MUCH OF THE KAIPARA SUBMERGED, LOCALS SCRAMBLING TO GET TO HIGHER GROUND. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT CYCLONE GABRIELLE ACTUALLY DID TO NORTHLAND. IT ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY CUT NORTHLAND OFF FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. SO THE BRYNDERWYNS, WHICH WE'RE AT AT THE MOMENT ` THAT WAS SEVERED, WE HAD MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SEVERED, THERE WAS` MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE DAYS. THOSE OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS WERE OUT FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS. WHILE THE WATER LEVELS DROPPED QUICKLY, THE DAMAGE TO THE ROADING NETWORK WAS EXTENSIVE. IT WAS MASSIVE ` IT WAS THE BIGGEST, PROBABLY, STORM EVENT THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THAT REALLY AFFECTED ALL OF OUR ROADS ACROSS NORTHLAND. SO THE AMOUNT OF SLIPS, JUST THE FLOODING ` SO WORK HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE THEN. THERE WERE 1500 SLIPS IN THE REGION, SOME OF THE BIGGEST ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 AT THE BRYNDERWYNS, FORCING THE ROAD TO CLOSE FOR A SECOND TIME THAT YEAR, COSTING THE REGION'S ECONOMY $1 MILLION EVERY DAY. YOU THINK ABOUT THE FIRE TRUCKS, YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMBULANCES THAT HAVE TO TRAVEL BETWEEN WHANGAREI AND AUCKLAND REGULARLY YOU THINK ABOUT THE TRUCK DRIVERS THE TRANSPORTING PRODUCE FROM AUCKLAND TO NORTHLAND AND NORTHLAND TO AUCKLAND ` ALL OF THAT WAS BASICALLY DELAYED. FARMERS HAD TO DUMP MILK BECAUSE IT COULDN'T BE TRANSPORTED SOUTH. THE KUMARA INDUSTRY TOOK A HAMMERING TOO ` 70% OF THE COUNTRY'S CROP IN THE KAIPARA WAS LEFT UNDER WATER. NORTHLANDERS MADE AROUND 4000 HOUSEHOLD INSURANCE CLAIMS AFTER CYCLONE GABRIELLE, TOTALLING $50M. A YEAR LATER, AND THAT REPAIR WORK IS STILL UNDERWAY. PATCHING UP ISN'T ENOUGH, SO THIS STRETCH AT THE BRYNDERWYNS WILL CLOSE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR FUTURE-PROOFING. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT LONGER-TERM RESILIENCE, AND THIS PIECE OF WORK WILL ENABLE US TO DO THAT. BUT NORTHLANDERS WANT MORE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH TIMES I REGURGITATE AND SAY IT ` THAT THE FOUR-LANING IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR NORTHLAND. THIS DISASTER INCREASING PRESSURE FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S PROMISED HIGHWAY. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN THANKED TODAY FOR THE CLEAN-UP WORK THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IN HAWKE'S BAY, AS THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF $63M FOR THE WORK STILL AHEAD ACROSS THE REGION AND IN TAIRAWHITI. OUR HAWKE'S BAY-BASED REPORTER HENRY MCMULLAN HAS MORE. ENJOYING A CATCH-UP ON A HAWKE'S BAY SUMMER'S DAY. A FAR CRY FROM A YEAR AGO. AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK SOME OF THE HEROES OF THE CYCLONE RESPONSE. IT'S AMAZING TO COME TOGETHER WITH ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS, ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL OUR EMERGENCY WORKERS AND ACTUALLY SAY THANK YOU TODAY. ALL GUESTS HONOURED TODAY TAKE HOME ONE OF THESE NATIVE PLANTS REPRESENTING STRENGTH AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES OF EVERYDAY HEROES. MOST PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY EFFECTIVE, DIDN'T HAVE A UNIFORM, THEY JUST GOT ON, KIWI SPIRIT, AND WENT TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBOUR. BUT AMONG THE CELEBRATIONS, EMOTIONS ARE NOT FAR FROM THE SURFACE. COMING ACROSS OVER HILL ROAD AND THE EAST VALLEY THAT MORNING OF THE OF THE 14TH WAS PRETTY.... YEAH, LIKE NOTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. FROM IT WAS SORT OF ALMOST LIKE A WAR ZONE REALLY, WHERE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WHOLE VILLAGES OR TOWNS BEING SORT OF EVACUATED TO A POINT IN THEM, PEOPLE COMING OFF, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING OFF HELICOPTERS WITH JUST THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK, REALLY. SOME ADDING THEIR THOUGHTS TO A WALL OF REFLECTIONS. I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY COUSIN BILL, WHO LOST HIS PARTNER. THAT'S PRETTY RAW AT THE MOMENT, BUT ALSO JUST, UM, BEING PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT A LOT STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO. AND THAT WORK WAS GIVEN A BOOST TODAY. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING MORE SUPPORT TO HELP CLEAR THE SILT THAT'S PILED HIGH ALONG THE ROADS IN THE REGION. AN EXTRA $65 MILLION FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND TAIRAWHITI. ALREADY, THE HAWKE'S BAY SALT RECOVERY TASK FORCE HAS, I THINK, LREADY, THE HAWKE'S BAY SILT RECOVERY TASK FORCE HAS, I THINK, CLEARED 2.5 MILLION TONNES OF SILT AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS 140,000 TONNES OF WOODY DEBRIS, AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE QUITE ASTOUNDING. BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK. THIS PUKETAPU APPLE ORCHARD WAS BURIED BENEATH METRES OF SILT. THERE'S STILL 12,500 TRUCKLOADS TO CLEAR. THIS FUNDING IS FANTASTIC. YEAH, AND WE CAN GET BACK UP AND GOING AND CLEAR THIS LAND, WHICH WAS, UH, GRAPES. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO HEARING FIRSTHAND THE FRUSTRATION OF LOCAL HOMEOWNERS. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET EVERYONE'S NEEDS. I GET THAT NOT 100% OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY. UH, BUT WE'VE GOT TO SET UP A SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY DELIVERS BETTER OUTCOMES. A YEAR ON FROM THE CYCLONE, AND WHILE ITS HEROES ARE HONOURED, HAWKE'S BAY IS STILL HEALING. HENRY MCMULLEN, 1 NEWS. HAWKE'S BAY ONE OF MANY COMMUNITIES BEGINNING TO MARK THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. RETURNING TO THE IMPACT HERE IN MURIWAI, I'M JOINED BY RESIDENT CAROLINE BELL-BOOTH, WHO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AUCKLAND RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE A BUYOUT FOR HER SMASHED HOUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. I BET IT HAD BEEN A HUGELY EMOTIONAL, LONG ROAD. EVERY DAY HAS BEEN ITS OWN ADVENTURE. BEING FREED OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN IS REMARKABLE RELIEF AND THAT'S ONE THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF AUCKLAND EXPERIENCING AND DUE COURSE. IT BRINGS AN END TO THE TRAUMA, AND YOU START TO DEEPLY PROCESS AT A VERY POIGNANT TIME WITH THE ANNIVERSARY ONLY DAYS AWAY - THE SENSE OF LOSS, YOUR FRIENDS, THE COMMUNITY YOU ONCE HAD, THE FUTURE YOU WERE PLANNING FOR AND INVESTING IN, ANNUAL JUST LEFT TO CONSIDER WHO YOU ARE NOW AFTER BEING CHANGED IN A REMARKABLE AND SIGNIFICANT WAY. YOU WERE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE THAT NIGHT AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DID NOT KNOW. COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT NIGHT? MY HUSBAND AND I WERE THE FIRST HOUSE TO BE EVACUATED, OUR BELOVED FRIENDS DAVE AND STEPHEN WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. WE WERE EVACUATED TWICE IN ONE NIGHT BECAUSE THE SAFE HOME ALSO HAD TO BE EVACUATED. IN A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, WE WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE REALISED THAT ALL THE HILLS WERE LITERALLY COMING DOWN. I RAN OUT AND THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLING MY NAME AS THEY COULD HEAR THE HILLS BEHIND OUR HOUSE CRACK. YOU HAVE NOW DEALT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THINGS - WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY SO SPECIAL? YOU WANT TO STAY HERE IF YOU CAN. IF POSSIBLE, BUT THE SINS ARE QUITE LIMITED BECAUSE MOST OF THE SAFE HOUSES HAVE GONE, AND THE BUYOUT PROCESS HAS LEFT US WITH A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND OPTIONS. HOWEVER, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE ALWAYS REFER TO AS A CUP OF SUGAR COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS MOVED TO A COMMUNITY THAT HOLDS EACH OTHER THROUGH TRIUMPH AND GRIEF. WE CAN STILL SEE THE EVIDENCE AROUND US ON THE CLIFFS? WHAT MORE DOES THIS COMMUNITY NEED? WE ARE VERY MUCH MISSING THE STRONG AND DECISIVE LEADERSHIP OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CARMEL SEPULONI WHO ALSO FUNCTIONED AS A MINISTER FOR AUCKLAND AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING THINGS FORWARD AND IT IS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT THAT SIMEON BROWN HAS NOT ATTENDED ANY MEETINGS HERE. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT MURIWAI, IT IS ABOUT EVERYBODY AND AUCKLAND AND UNDERSTANDING THE TEMPLATE THAT IS BEING FORMED HERE, AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND INVESTMENT THAT THIS PROCESS NEEDS TO CARE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO FOLLOWS US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING US. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. WE ARE AT THAT LOCAL NEW BAR THAT IS JUST OPEN, THERE IS A REAL SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND IT IS REALLY BUSY, I DO LIKE TO A DELIGHT TO SEE. AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING OUR SPECIAL CYCLONE GABRIELLE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE'LL BE IN SEVERAL HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING, INCLUDING IN HAWKE'S BAY AND TAIRAWHITI GISBORNE. PLUS THERE'LL MUCH MORE ON OUR WEBSITE. A MURI AKE NEI ` JUST AHEAD ` THE REST OF THE DAY'S NEWS, INCLUDING CHLOE SWARBRICK'S MEETING OVER A CONTROVERSIAL PHRASE. WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA, AND WHAT SHE'D BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE USE OF THAT PHRASE BEFOREHAND. MASSIVE PROTESTS IN PAKISTAN AS THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION DELIVERS A STALEMATE ` HOW TWO LEADERSHIP CONTENDERS HAVE BOTH CLAIMED VICTORY. AND ` SPOILER ALERT ` THIS FEROCIOUS-LOOKING LITTLE GUY IS NOT NATIVE TO THE UK, SO HOW DID HE END UP IN A RIVER NEARLY 7000km FROM HOME? GREEN PARTY MP CHLOE SWARBRICK HAS CONFIRMED SHE HAS ATTENDED MEDIATION WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AFTER USING A CONTROVERSIAL PHRASE AT A PRO-PALESTINE RALLY. THE FRONT-RUNNER FOR CO-LEADING THE PARTY DISPUTED THAT THE PHRASE IS HATE SPEECH ON THIS MORNING'S Q+A. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. CHANTING: FREE, FREE, FREE GAZA! THE GREEN PARTY FREQUENTLY ATTENDS PROTESTS CALLING FOR THE END OF FIGHTING IN GAZA, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED DURING ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE AGAINST HAMAS. BUT A CONTROVERSIAL TERM USED BY MP CHLOE SWARBRICK AT A RALLY IN NOVEMBER SPARKED CRITICISM. FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE! IT REFERS TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE JORDAN RIVER AND MEDITERRANEAN SEA, WHICH USED TO BE KNOWN AS PALESTINE, BUT WHICH TODAY INCLUDES THE STATE OF ISRAEL. FOR PALESTINIANS, IT'S A CHANT CALLING FOR FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION. SOME JEWISH PEOPLE INTERPRET THE CHANT AS HATEFUL, OR EVEN CALLING FOR THE GENOCIDE OF JEWS WHO NOW LIVE THERE. MANY IN THAT COMMUNITY CONSIDERED IT INFLAMMATORY AND HATEFUL ` WHEN YOU USED THAT PHRASE, YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT? YES. SHE SAYS SHE'S GUIDED BY PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH PEACE ACTIVISTS, AND PUSHBACK AGAINST THE PHRASE IS BEING USED TO SILENCE ADVOCATES. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN THE SEMANTICS OF THAT STATEMENT, I AM INTERESTED IN USING THE PRIVILEGE OF MY PLATFORM TO ADVOCATE FOR FREEDOM OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THE MP CONFIRMED TO Q+A SHE'S ATTENDED MEDIATION THROUGH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. IT'S ALSO EMERGED A JEWISH SCHOOL IN SWARBRICK'S OWN ELECTORATE SHARED ITS CONCERNS OVER THE PHRASE WITH HER IN 2021. PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THAT MEETING SAY YOU WERE TOLD IT WAS INFLAMMATORY AND HATEFUL. MM-HM. WHAT DO YOU RECALL? UH, I RECALL THAT WAS, YES, ALONG THOSE LINES, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE VIEWS THAT WERE EXPRESSED. THE GREEN PARTY HAS PREVIOUSLY PUSHED FOR BROADER LAWS ON HATE SPEECH ` SWARBRICK REFUTES THE CHANT IS HATEFUL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR THEIR FREEDOM, AND THAT FREEDOM IS BEING PAINTED SOMEHOW AS VIOLENCE. WITH THE 29-YEAR-OLD IN THE RUNNING TO BE GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER AFTER JAMES SHAW STEPS DOWN, THE SCRUTINY ON HER IS ONLY SET TO INTENSIFY. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. ISRAEL HAS CARRIED OUT FURTHER AIRSTRIKES ON RAFAH, THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY IN GAZA, WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIND SAFETY. THE STRIKES REPORTEDLY KILLED AS MANY AS 44 PEOPLE. DISPLACED CIVILIANS ARE PLEADING WITH EGYPT TO ALLOW THEM TO CROSS THE BORDER TO SAFETY. EGYPT HAS SAID IT WON'T ALLOW ANY MASS DISPLACEMENT OF PALESTINIANS INTO ITS TERRITORY. ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BELIEVED TO BE PREPARING TO EVACUATE THOSE PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN RAFAH, SO IT CAN DESTROY FOUR HAMAS BATTALIONS IT SAYS ARE DEPLOYED IN THE AREA. GAZA'S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE ONGOING CONFLICT IS NOW AT MORE THAN 28,000. MORE THAN 67,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED. RECENT REPORTS INDICATE THAT THERE MAY BE AROUND 100 HOSTAGES STILL IN GAZA, WITH ISRAEL SAYING IT HAD CONFIRMED THE DEATHS OF 31 CAPTIVES. AROUND 1200 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ISRAEL IN THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS. ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS RELEASED FOOTAGE OF WHAT IT SAYS ARE MORE HAMAS TUNNELS UNDERNEATH THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE MAIN UN RELIEF AGENCY IN GAZA. UNRWA HAS BEEN UNDER A SPOTLIGHT AFTER ALLEGATIONS SOME OF ITS STAFF TOOK PART IN THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS. A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AS A RESULT. ISRAELI'S DEFENCE FORCE SAYS THE TUNNELS SHOWN IN TODAY'S FOOTAGE ARE OF A MAJOR HAMAS COMMAND POST. WIDESPREAD PROTESTS HAVE BROKEN OUT ACROSS PAKISTAN AMID DISUPTED RESULTS OF THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION. AMID DISPUTED RESULTS OF THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION. LEADERS OF THE TWO MAIN PARTIES BOTH CLAIMED VICTORY, INCLUDING IMRAN KHAN, WHO WAS JAILED ON A RANGE OF CORRUPTION CHARGES RECENTLY. DELAYED RESULTS IN 10 SEATS HAS INCREASED UNCERTAINTY OVER WHO MIGHT GET TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. AN UNUSUAL VISITOR HAS SHOWN UP IN A RIVER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND ` AN ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE, WHICH IS NATIVE TO FLORIDA, WAS SPOTTED IN A LOCAL WATERWAY BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS. ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES CAN GROW TO MORE THAN 80kg IN WEIGHT, AND HAVE JAWS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BITE THROUGH BONE. WHAT THEY TEND TO DO IS THEY WILL SIT LIKE THIS, SO THEY HAVE A VERY WIDE MOUTH, THEY HOLD IT WIDE OPEN AND THEY'RE SAT IN THE SHALLOWS. THERE'S A LITTLE RED PART JUST INSIDE THE MOUTH WHICH IS PART OF THEIR TONGUE, AND THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTS, OR REPLICATES, A WORM, AND THEN FISH WILL SEE IT, BE TEMPTED OVER BY IT, AND THEN IT WILL SNAP OUT WITH IT. IT'S BELIEVED THE TURTLE, WHICH HAS AFFECTIONATELY BEEN NICKNAMED FLUFFY, WAS DUMPED BY SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT IT AS A BABY AND DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO GET SO BIG. FLUFFY WILL SOON MOVE TO A NEW PERMANENT HOME AT A WILDLIFE CENTRE. E MURI AKE NEI ` WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS DEFINITELY DOESN'T STAY IN VEGAS WHEN THE SUPERBOWL COMES TO TOWN ` AND THE EVENT HASN'T EVEN KICKED OFF YET. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BIGGEST SHOW IN SPORTS IS COMING UP. PLUS ` A SPECIAL CHANCE TO TAKE TO THE WAVES FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT NORMALLY GET A CHANCE. AND A COOL DAY IN THE SOUTH ` JUST 16 DEGREES FOR DUNEDIN, BLENHEIM ONE OF THE FEW TO CRACK 20. AUCKLAND HIT 23, AND YOU CAN EXPECT MUCH COOLER NIGHTS ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT. WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THIS WEEK, COMING UP AFTER SPORT. Oh, Henry, my show's about to start. Henry. (GRUNTS) VOICE-OVER: Imagine if instead of the dog dragging you out the door... (SCREAMS) ..you dragged it. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. LAST-MINUTE PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL IN LAS VEGAS TOMORROW. 60,000 PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM AND MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE EXPECTED TO WATCH THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AND SAN FRANSISCO 49ERS. HERE'S U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH. LAS VEGAS KNOWS ALL ABOUT PUTTING ON A SHOW, AND SIN CITY IS GEARING UP FOR THE BIGGEST PRODUCTION ON THE PLANET ` THE SUPER BOWL. GREAT TO BE HERE IN VEGAS. WE'RE FINALLY HERE. WE'RE HERE, BABY, WE'RE HERE! AS THE PLAYERS CRAM IN LAST-MINUTE TRAINING SESSIONS, THE 60,000-SEAT STADIUM'S GETTING ITS OWN FINAL TOUCHES, FROM THE PITCH TO THE POP-UP EMERGENCY ROOMS. IT'S JUST A PRIVATE PLACE WHERE WE CAN NOW EXAMINE AND CONCENTRATE. FANS FLY FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD TO ATTEND THE SUPER BOWL, BUT THEY CAN ONLY DO SO IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. SEATS IN THE STADIUM AREN'T CHEAP, AND THIS YEAR, SOME RESELLERS ARE SELLING TICKETS FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. UNFORTUNATELY, INSURANCE DOESN'T PAY THAT MUCH MONEY, SO I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET TICKETS TO THE GAME. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE WILLING. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY ` SUPPLY AD DEMAND, RIGHT? RECORD AMOUNTS OF MONEY IS ALSO BEING SPENT ON BETS. HIGHEST WAGER WE TOOK SO FAR HAS BEEN $1 MILLION. I THINK IT MAKES YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE GAME. # WHAT A FEELIN'... THE AD SPEND IS ALSO HUGE ` THE STAR-STUDDED COMMERCIALS NOW AS MUCH A PART OF THE EVENT AS THE ACTUAL GAME. IT'S ME, AMERICA'S SWEETHEART. IT'S LIKE HOSTING SNL OR SOMETHING. LIKE IT WAS LIKE, WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT THEY` YOU KNOW, THAT I'M WORTHY ENOUGH OF A SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL? ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE IT. A 30-SECOND SPOT COSTING MORE THAN $11 MILLION, AND WILL BE SEEN BY MORE THAN 100 MILLION VIEWERS. ANOTHER WIDELY ANTICIPATED FEATURE ` THE HALF-TIME SHOW, ECHOING: # YEAH! # YEAH! ...THIS YEAR PERFORMED BY USHER. LAS VEGAS HAS BEEN AMAZING FOR ME ` HAVING 100 SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT A RESIDENCY AND TO HAVE THE NEXT ONE BE THE CRESCENDO, WHICH IS TGE SUPER BOWL. AND I TAKE YOU AS MY HUSBAND... TEARFULLY: AND I TAKE YOU AS MY HUSBAND... IT ALSO WOULDN'T BE VEGAS WITHOUT A SUPER BOWL EVE WEDDING. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE INVITED TO THE WEDDING, THEY SAID, 'THAT'S SUPER BOWL WEEKEND.' I SAID, 'SO WHAT?' ALL EYES ON SIN CITY AS KICK-OFF NEARS. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. AND YOU CAN CATCH FULL COVERAGE OF SUPERBOWL FIFTY EIGHT TOMORROW RIGHT HERE ON TVNZ ONE. COVERAGE STARTS AT MIDDAY THE GAME ITSELF STARTS AT 12:30 AND THE ALL-IMPORTANT HALFTIME SHOW BY USHER IS EXPECTED AROUND 2 PM, GAME DEPENDENT. COOLER TEMPERATURES IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY DIDN'T DETER A BUNCH OF A NEW SURFERS FROM TAKING TO THE WAVES. 'SURFABLE' IS NOW AN ANNUAL EVENT GIVING PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF IMPAIRMENTS THE EXCITEMENT OF SURFING. RYAN BOSWELL WENT ALONG. SURF'S UP AT SCARBOROUGH BEACH IN CHRISTCHURCH... MANY HERE JUMPING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. A BIT COLD ` BUT NO, IT'S JUST SUCH AN EPIC DAY. IT'S BEEN A TRADITION OF THE LOCAL LONGBOARDERS' SURF CLUB FOR A DECADE NOW.... AND HOW WAS THAT? GOOD. (LAUGHS) ...HOSTING THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY, DEVELOPMENTAL OR BEHAVIOURAL IMPAIRMENTS LIKE CONNOR. PRETTY AWESOME GETTING UP ON MY FEET AGAIN, AS IN SURFING. THE 14-YEAR-OLD HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR AND STRUGGLES TO TALK AND WALK. THE FIRST YEAR WE BROUGHT HIM OUT, HE HAD TO LIE FLAT ON THE BOARD BECAUSE HE COULDN'T GET UP. HE WHEELED OUT ON HIS WHEELCHAIR, AND WE'VE GOT FROM THAT TO KNEELING ON HIS BOARD LAST YEAR TO HIM STANDING THIS YEAR, SO, HEART'S SORT OF SINGING A LITTLE BIT AT THE MOMENT. (LAUGHS) AND THAT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP THE VOLUNTEERS COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. JUST SEEING THE BUZZ ON THE KIDS' FACES, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST LIGHT UP, AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. NOW THOSE RIDING THE WAVE ARE ENCOURAGING OTHERS. DEFINITELY GIVE IT A GO, COS IT'S WORTH A SHOT. THE THRILL ` ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ONE OF RUGBY'S CONTENTIOUS ISSUES STRIKES AGAIN ` SCOTLAND THE LATEST TO FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HARD DONE BY. SO WHEN IS A GROUNDING NOT A GROUNDING? NEXT, WE HEAR THE ONE ABOUT THE AUSSIE, THE SCOTSMAN, IRISHMAN AND FRENCHMAN. PLUS ` THE BLACKCAPS GEAR UP FOR A VERY DIFFERENT WEEK AHEAD IN HAMILTON, A MICROSECOND ROBS A KIWI OF SKIING GOLD, AND CAN THE BATTERED BREAKERS' RUN FOR THE PLAYOFFS CONTINUE? ANEI NGA KORERO, HAKINAKINA O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT. AND TONIGHT, A STRANGE OLD BUILD-UP FOR THE NEXT BLACK CAPS TEXT MATCH. THE SQUAD PREPARING IN HAMILTON TODAY FOR A RARE TUESDAY START, IN THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. FOR ONE NEW CAP, HE COULDN'T CARE LESS WHICH DAY THE GAME STARTS. GUY HEVELDT'S BEEN IN HAMILTON TODAY. WHAT'S BETTER THAN HAVING ONE 2m-TALL BOWLER WHO CAN MOVE THE BALL WITH PACE? HAVING TWO. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE ALREADY UNLEASHED WILL O'ROURKE ON THE WHITE BALL INTERNATIONAL SCENE ` NOW 1 NEWS BELIEVES THEY'LL DO THE SAME IN THE TEST ARENA, WITH THE CANTABRIAN LIKELY TO MAKE HIS DEBUT AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN HAMILTON STARTING ON TUESDAY. WHERE WOULD A TEST DEBUT RANK FOR YOU? YEAH, YEAH, DEFINITELY, I THINK, GROWING UP, TESTS WAS ALWAYS THE PINNACLE AND STILL IS FOR ME, SO, NAH, IT WOULD BE RIGHT UP THERE, DEFINITELY. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WILL O'ROURKE? OUR ANALYST HAS OBVIOUSLY DONE HIS HOMEWORK. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY GO THROUGH THE FOOTAGE OF HIM AND COME UP WITH PLANS A LITTLE LATER. IT'D MEAN A POTENTIALLY POTENT TANDEM BOWLING DUO, O'ROURKE ALONGSIDE KYLE JAMIESON, WHO SEEMED QUITE HAPPY ON INSPECTION OF THE SEDDON PARK PITCH TODAY; THE PAIR SITTING DOWN FOR A MEAL TOGETHER BEFORE FLYING UP FROM CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. WHO HAD THE AISLE SEAT? I WAS ACTUALLY SAT NEXT TO OUR S & C TRAINER SO I HUGGED UP AGAINST THE WINDOW, BUT NAH, IT WAS ALL GOOD. IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND TWO MONTHS FOR THE PROMISING RIGHT-ARMER... O'ROURKE'S KNOCKED 'EM OVER! BANG, BANG! ...MAKING HIS ODI DEBUT, PLAYING ALL THREE GAMES AGAINST BANGLADESH IN DECEMBER, TAKING THREE WICKETS IN GAME TWO. YOU BANK A BIT OF CONFIDENCE FROM THE FACT THAT I'VE PLAYED, I GUESS, AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL BEFORE. AND TAKE A FEW LEARNINGS FROM THAT AND TRY TO PUT THAT INTO TEST MATCH CRICKET, BUT YEAH, I WILL BANK A LITTLE BIT FROM IT. A HIGHLY-TOUTED CAREER ALREADY SHOWING PLENTY OF PROMISE, ABOUT TO BOWL ITS BIGGEST DELIVERY YET. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS. TO BASKETBALL ` AND THE TALL FERNS' CHANCES OF QUALIFYING FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS HAVE BEEN DASHED AFTER A HEARTBREAKING TWO-POINT DEFEAT TO PUERTO RICO. THE INJURY-RAVAGED KIWIS LED BY 1 WITH 49 SECONDS REMAINING, WHEN LAURYN HIPPOLITE SCORED THIS BUCKET. BUT THEY MISSED TWO THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS DOWN THE STRETCH, THIS LAST BASKET TO CAPTAIN STELLA BECK MERELY A CONSOLATION. 1.2 SECONDS LEFT, PUERTO RICO CAN JUST HOLD IT... AND PUERTO RICO HAVE BOOKED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS! THE TALL FERNS STILL HAVE TO PLAY FRANCE TOMORROW, BUT HAVE NO CHANCE OF PROGRESSING TO THE PARIS GAMES. THE BREAKERS' PLAYOFF HOPES IN THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LEAGUE HAVE TAKEN A HIT ` THEY'VE BEEN BEATEN BY LEAGUE LEADERS MELBOURNE UNITED 94- 81, BATTERED ON COURT AS WELL, NOW WITH JUST TWO GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON. HERE'S MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE. AN OPPORTUNITY GONE BEGGING BUT THE BREAKERS THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY THE BREAKERS HAD STARTED WITH A SPRING IN THEIR STEP. CLOSE RANGE ` THROW IT DOWN, BIG MAN. AFTER A THRILLING VICTORY OVER ILLAWARRA LESS THAN 48 HOURS AGO.. TODAY LOOKING TO BAG THEIR FIRST WIN IN MELBOURNE IN 6 YEARS. WILL MCDOWELL WHITE GIVING THEM SOME HOPE. THREE-POINTER! HE'S BEEN UNCONSCIOUS! BUT SOON AFTER, A TURNING POINT ` A COACHES' CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL HANDING THE HOTTEST MAN ON THE COURT, MCDOWELL WHITE, HIS THIRD PERSONAL FOUL MODY GETTING GRUMPY. THAT'S OVERTURNED AND THAT'S ALLOWED? THINGS GETTING EVEN UGLIER ` MELBOURNE TURNING UP THE HEAT. THREE-POINTER. BIG PROBLEMS FOR THE BREAKERS, COUGHING UP 28 POINTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, HANDING MELBOURNE A 16-POINT LEAD HEADING INTO THE SECOND HALF. SHAY ILLI DRAWS ANOTHER FOUL! FOULS THE BREAKING OF THE BREAKERS. AND HE'S FOULED OUT THE GAME. MODY ANGRY! ALL IN ALL A TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE, GOING DOWN 94-81. THE BREAKERS FALLING TO SEVENTH ON THE LADDER AND OUT OF PLAYOFF CONTENTION. TWO MORE REGULAR SEASON GAMES REMAIN ` NEXT UP BRISBANE AT HOME ` A WIN A MUST. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. ALICE ROBINSON HAS BAGGED HER THIRD STRAIGHT WORLD CUP PODIUM FINISH, FINISHING SECOND IN THE GIANT SLALOM IN ANDORRA BACK ON THE SLOPES WHERE SHE WON HER FIRST WORLD CUP MEDAL ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO. THE 22-YEAR-OLD GUNNING FOR THE LEAD IN HER FINAL RUN, BUT FALLING JUST FALLING SHORT. OH, AND SHE'S SECOND! ONE-HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND BEHIND LARA GUT-BEHRAMI. OH, THAT WAS VERY CLOSE. TOOK IT RIGHT TO THE LINE. THE RESULT ROBINSON'S FOURTH WORLD CUP MEDAL THIS SEASON. SHE RETURNS TO THE SLOPES IN SWITZERLAND NEXT WEEK IN THE SUPER G. POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY HAS SENT OUT A WARNING AHEAD OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, ACHIEVING THE WORLD'S BEST MARK FOR THIS YEAR AT A WORLD INDOOR MEET IN FRANCE. THE 2016 RIO BRONZE MEDALLIST RETURNING TO FORM AFTER YEARS OF INJURY NIGGLES, DEFEATING A WORLD-CLASS FIELD WITH A BEST OF 4.84M. SHE WAS UP THERE. IT'S MCCARTNEY'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS WIN UNDER NEW COACH SCOTT SIMPSON. MEANWHILE, TOM WALSH WAS SECOND IN THE MEN'S SHOT PUT, ITALY'S LEONARDO FABBRI KNOCKING THE KIWI OUT OF THE TOP SPOT. RYAN FOX HAS TUMBLED DOWN THE LEADERBOARD AT THE PGA GOLF TOURNAMENT IN PHOENIX AFTER A HORROR START TO HIS THIRD ROUND. STARTING THE ROUND IN A SHARE OF SIXTH, FOX DROPPED FIVE SHOTS IN NINE HOLES AND IS NOW TEN SHOTS OFF THE PACE, SITTING IN A SHARE OF 48TH OVERALL. RICKIE FOWLER, PLAYING THE PAR THREE SIXTEENTH, WEARING A MOTOCROSS TOP. HE HAS A BIG DIRTBIKE-RACING BACKGROUND GROWING UP. IN MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, AND THAT CIRCUIT'S IN TOWN, SO RICKIE'S REPRESENTING. OH YEAH. ...GOING ON TO MAKE BIRDIE, AND GIVING THE BOISTEROUS CROWD ON THE PARTY HOLE PLENTY TO CHEER ABOUT. PLAY AGAIN CUT SHORT DUE TO BAD LIGHT; LEADER CANADIAN NICK TAYLOR ONLY SIX HOLES INTO HIS THIRD ROUND. A WEEK AFTER ALMOST BEATING ENGLAND, THE PLUCKY SCOTS HAVE LOST ANOTHER HEARTBREAKER IN THE SIX NATIONS ` THE RESULT COMING DOWN TO AN OFFICIAL'S DECISION IN THE LAST PLAY; SCOTLAND NOT HAPPY. SHORT FROM SCOTLAND... NOW, IS THIS IT? JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER, ONE OF RUGBY'S BIGGEST BUGBEARS STRIKES AGAIN. AT THE MOMENT, MY DECISION IS ON FIELD, NO TRY. MASS CONFUSION AT THE END OF THE MATCH IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND DOWN BY FOUR POINTS. THE BALLS HELD UP BUT THEN LOOKS TO BE GROUNDED ONCE IT'S OFF A FRENCH LEG. NICK, I JUST NEED DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF THE BALL ON THE GROUND. AUSTRALIAN REFEREE NICK BERRY ON THE VERGE OF AWARDING THE MATCH WINNING TRY BUT IRISH TMO BRIAN MACNEICE HAD OTHER IDEAS. DON'T HAVE CLEAR ENOUGH BALL ON GROUND, NICK. IN THE END, NO TRY WIN TO FRANCE. THE BALL WAS ON THE GROUND. WE CAN SEE THE BALL ON THE GROUND. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE TRY WASN'T AWARDED AT THE END. EARLIER, THE FRENCH LOOKED A SHADOW OF THEMSELVES, WITH THE NEW SCOTLAND CARRYING ON WITH THEIR ATTACKING MINDSET. BRILLIANT. SENSATIONAL! HOWEVER, THEY COULDN'T CONVERT POSITION AGAINST THE CYNICAL FRENCH WHO TOOK THE LATE LEAD AND HELD ON. A CHANCE FOR A RARE PIECE OF EYE-CATCHING PLAY IN A FRENCH WIN REMEMBERED MORE FOR THAT FINAL TMO DECISION. ENGLAND WERE ONCE AGAIN SLOW OUT OF THE BLOCKS IN LONDON AGAINST THE NEW-LOOK WELSH. IT IS A PENALTY TRY. THE ENGLISH DOWN TO 13 PLAYERS EARLY ON. KIWI FLANKER ETHAN ROOTS SIN-BINNED FOR DROPPING THE MAUL. WALES HOLDING A HALF TIME LEAD AT TWICKERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY HALF A CENTURY, BUT - THEY FROZE. NEW ENGLAND MIDFIELDER FRASER DINGWALL DIDN'T. ENGLAND, WINNING 16-14. FAR FROM CONVINCING. THIS SIX NATIONS ALREADY LOOKS LIKE IT'S IRELAND'S TO LOSE. THEY PLAY ITALY TOMORROW MORNING. BEARMAN FINISHING SECOND IN HIS QUARTER-FINAL, CRUCIALLY MEANING HE WAS AMONG THE TOP 16 RIDERS TODAY. BENNETT GREENOUGH DID WHAT HIS BROTHER JACK DID YESTERDAY, WINNING THE MEN'S UNDER-23 FINAL. WELL, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL, HAVE A HOME RACE END OF THE SEASON SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THE FANS HAVE BEEN GREAT. THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT, IT'S BEEN AWESOME. RACING IN ROTORUA TODAY IN FRONT OF SOLD-OUT CROWDS, THE CIRCUIT NOW HEADS TO BRISBANE. THEIR FANS MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHANTING THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THE LEAGUE BUT THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX AREN'T GETTING CARRIED AWAY BY THEIR ONGOING SUCCESS. THE NIX GOING ON TO BEAT WESTERN UNITED 2-0 IN WELLINGTON LAST NIGHT, EXTENDING THEIR UNBEATEN RUN TO SEVEN MATCHES, OPENING UP A FIVE-POINT GAP ON THEIR NEAREST RIVALS. IN WINNING THE COMPETITION, THERE ARE SO MANY VARIABLES ` JUST MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A FIT SQUAD, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE COHESION, MAKING SURE THAT THE GROUP HARMONY IS GOOD, WELL, AND ALIVE, THE CULTURE'S GOOD, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN JUST BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK. THE PHOENIX HELPED BY SYDNEY BEATING SECOND-PLACED CENTRAL COAST 3-1 LAST NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH SYDNEY STRIKER PATRICK WOOD SOMEHOW MISSED THIS ABSOLUTE SITTER. A HUGE DAY FOR AMERICAN AND GLOBAL SPORT TOMORROW ` SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, MONDAY OUR TIME. THE BIG GAME IN LAS VEGAS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, DEFENDING CHAMPS, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, IN THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE YEARS, VERSUS THE FAMOUS SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ` 30 YEARS SINCE THEY LAST WON THE TITLE, LED BY YOUNG QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY. IT'S NOT A ONE-MAN SHOW, AND SO FOR ME TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD SURROUNDING CAST, AND A GREAT ORGANISATION FROM THE TOP DOWN, THE HEAD COACH, THAT'S ALL ALLOWED ME TO PLAY MY POSITION WELL. THIS TEAM SPECIFICALLY IS SPECIAL TO ME ` I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS. A LOT OF GUYS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO STEP UP IN BIG MOMENTS, AND THEY HAVE. THE SUPER BOWL IS LIVE AND FREE RIGHT HERE ON TV ONE ` COVERAGE FROM MIDDAY TOMORROW. THANKS, SAV. THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE IS NEXT, PLUS ` HOW 17 YEARS OF CONSERVATION WORK TURNED A GROWING PROBLEM INTO A GROWING SOLUTION FOR THIS WEEK'S GOODSORT. KIA ORA ANO, WELCOME BACK. IT WAS A CHILLY START FOR SOME TODAY .. BELOW SNOW=DUSTED MOUNTAINS ... IN MID=FEBRUARY. SOME CLOUD CLEARING FOR OTHERS .. TO A STUNNING DAY .. ALBEIT WITH A FEW DEGREES KNOCKED OFF THE THERMOMETER. ?=? WE'VE EVEN RECEIVED SNOW=FALL REPORT FROM A COUPLE OF OUR SKIFILEDS ... AND SOME SOUTHERN SPOTS WAKING TO A RATHER COOL TEMPERATURE. ?SATELITE? BUT ANY CLOUD MOSTLY CLEARING TO A STUNNING DAY TODAY... ?rain radar? AND TOMORROW, THE FINE SUNNY TREND CONTINUES .. JUST A FEW SHOWER POCKETS IN THE LOWER SOUTH. MAYBE THE COROMANDEL TOO. ?=? LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WORKING WEEK .. AND THROUGH UNTIL WEDNESDAY IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. LATE WEDNESDAY THE RAIN SETS UP SHOP IN PARTS OF THE WEST AND LOWER SOUTH ISLAND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. JUST THE ODD SHOWER ELSEWHERE. ?=? AND TEMPERATURE WISE .. DAYTIME .. WE'RE ABOUT WHERE WE'D EXPECT .. BUT OVERNIGHT A BIT COOLER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEDNESDAY WITH THE NOR'WESTER .. SOUTHERN CENTRES START TO HEAT UP .. AND THE NORTH ISLAND TO FOLLOW ON THURSDAY. ?=? WITH THE FINE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS ... LET'S CHECK IN ON THE LIVE FIRE DATA FROM FENZ. MARLBOROUGH AND NORTHLAND REMAINING UNDER EXTREME RISK... BUT THE AREAS OF VERY HIGH RISK ARE INCREASING. BY TUESDAY .. INCLUDING NELSON, CENTRAL OTAGO AND THE CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY. ?regionals & mainsGROUP 1upper north island? BUT TOMORROW UP TOP - LOTS OF SUN ON OFFER - REMEMBER EXTREME FIRE RISK HERE. AND IT'S JUST THE CHANCE MORNING SHOWER FOR WIHITANGA .. AFTERNOON OR EVENING FURTHER NORTH. WITH 25 FOR MOST. ?auckland? A STUNNING MONDAY, TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. THE WIND'S GONE .. AND LOOK AT THAT .. A COOL 13 TONIGHT. 25 TOMORROW. ?GROUP 2hamilton? SAME GOES FOR YOU, KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON. A GORGEOUS DAY .. WITH A COOL NIGHT. REACHING 24. ?central north island? A CLEAR RUN OF SUN FOR CENTRAL SPOTS. TAUPO AND TAUMARUNUI DIPPING TO 5 TONIGHT. 22 TO 24 FOR ALL TOMORROW. ?GROUP 3tauranga? THE GOOD STUFF KEEPS COMING, TAURANGA. NOTHING BUT SUN WITH A HIGH OF 23. ?EAST COAST NI? A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD BUILDING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST HERE. ALMOST ALL HAVE SINGLE DIGIT LOWS TONIGHT. AND MASTERTON THE WARMEST WITH 25 TOMORROW. ?GROUP 4WEST COAST NI? A SUNNY MONDAY IN THE WEST .. EXPECT SOME EVENING CLOUD. AND 20 TO 22 DEGREES. ?wellington? NO NEED TO PACK THE BROLLY IN THE CAPITAL. FINE AND 19. ?GROUP 5upper south island? SOME HARMLESS HIGH CLOUD MIXED WITH SUN FOR THE UPPER SOUTH. AND BLENHEIM LOOKING AT 26 .. A HOT SPOT FOR THE SOUTH. ?christchurch? IT'S SUN AND HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU TOO, OTAUTAHI CHCH. A LOW OF 7 AND TOP OF 21. ?GROUP 6mid south island? RINSE AND REPEAT FOR ALL HERE. ANOTHER COOLER NIGHT AND DAY. WITH 18 TO 20 DEGREES. ?queenstown? JUST A BIT OF CLOUD COVER, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. NO MORE SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS. AND A TOP OF 21. ?GROUP 7lower south island? HERE ARE THOSE SHOWERS WE TALKED ABOUT .. MILFORD SOUND AND RAKI=URA STEWART ISLAND. OTHERS, JUST SOME CLOUD. AND COOL ONE .. NO=ONE CRACKING 20. ?dunedin? A FINE DAY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT, OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. AND YOU ARE REACHING 20 DEGREES. ?1 - WXREADEREXTENDED RANGE #1? TUESDAY .. THE NEWS IS MOSTLY VERY GOOD. MAYBE JUST A SHOWER TO FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND. ?extended range #2? WEDNESDAY .. THOSE SHOWERS STICK AROUND AND BECOME RAIN LATE IN THE DAY AND FOR SOUTHLAND TOO. BUT LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ELSEWHERE. TAKE CARE AND ENJOY. TONIGHT'S GOODSORT IS SHIRLEY POTTER. SHIRLEY LIVES ON THE SHORE OF LAKE TAUPO, AND SHE HAD A PROBLEM AT THE END OF HER STREET. BUT AS HADYN JONES FOUND OUT, WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, SHE TURNED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER WHOLE COMMUNITY. HADYN JONES EXPLAINS. SOMEONE ` OR SOMETHING ` WAS STEALING SHIRLEY POTTER'S WALNUTS. WE THOUGHT IT WAS RATS EATING THE WALNUTS, BUT IT WAS POSSUMS. SHE HAD AN IDEA WHO THE CULPRITS WERE. DOC RESERVE JUST AT THE END OF THE ROAD ` THERE WERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSSUMS. SO SHIRLEY TURNED THE POSSUMS INTO SOMETHING FASHIONABLE. CAN'T BE WITHOUT IT IN THE WINTER. OH, YEAH. HERE'S BART. BUT SHE WASN'T FINISHED. WE STARTED A WAR ON THE WEEDS. THIS IS SHIRLEY ON THE END OF A CHAINSAW AT THE ORUATUA RESERVE. GARDEN ESCAPEES. SO, PEOPLE DON'T PUT YOUR WEEDS AT THE END OF THE ROAD. THIS ALL STARTED 17 YEARS AGO TODAY... MORNING. HELP HAS ARRIVED. SUSIE COMES WITH CASH. I MAKE MARMALADE. MONEY FOR JAM. (LAUGHS) THEIR NAME... WE ARE THE WEDNESDAY WEEDERS. ALISON'S POKAKA WAY. ALL RIGHT? BRIEFING OVER, THE LAUGHING BEGINS... (LAUGHTER) ...AND NEVER REALLY ENDS. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) ...BUT FOR ALL THE LEVITY... OOH, CAN'T GET THAT BASTARD. SHIRLEY... GET OFF. ...IS SERIOUS ABOUT DESTROYING WEEDS. OOH. PAIN IN THE NECK. HER GREATEST SATISFACTION IS REDISCOVERING NATIVE TREES THEY PLANTED... HERE'S THE MONEY ` LITTLE KANUKA. ...AND THE BIRDS THAT RETURNED WITH THE TREES. SO THE COLLECTIVE NOUN FOR TUI IS AN ECSTASY, AND A FRIEND AND I COUNTED` IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 IN ONE GROUP. DIG, DIG, DIG, DIG! AND SHIRLEY HAS ENLISTED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN HER PROJECT. THE SEEDLINGS ARE GROWN IN THE LOCAL PRISON AND PLANTED BY SCHOOLKIDS AND SPREAD OVER 2ha. BUT THIS IS THE HARD BIT ` LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO COME AND PLANT A TREE, BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO COME AND DO THIS. THE WEEDS ARE PULLED... LIKE DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, ISN'T IT? ...BY PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE STRANGERS.... WE ALL GIVE EACH OTHER CUDDLES. ...BUT NOW MORE. AND YOU GET PEOPLE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WHO, IN THEIR NORMAL LIVES, WOULD NEVER WORK SIDE BY SIDE. (SHOUTS) SMOKO IS COMPULSORY, AS IS THE DAILY QUIZ. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR ROLLING FIVE OF THE SAME NUMBER IN YAHTZEE? YAHTZEE! (LAUGHTER) IT'S ALSO WHERE I GET TO LEARN ABOUT SHIRLEY. JUST AN AMAZING LADY. SHE'S THE BEE'S KNEES. THE BUGGY HAS BEEN STUCK HERE BEFORE. AND BEFORE I GO, SHIRLEY WANTS TO SHOW ME THIS ` THE 2014 PLANTINGS WHICH ARE NOW MATURING. AND IT IS JUST FANTASTIC. SHIRLEY POTTER'S GIFT IS MAKING PEOPLE FEEL AMAZING ABOUT PULLING WEEDS. FROM THE MOMENT WE MET, SHE HAS LITERALLY BECOME FAMILY TO ME. YOU JUST FEEL BUZZY WHEN YOU GO HOME. I FEEL REALLY... LIKE I'VE HAD AN AFFAIR OR SOMETHING. (LAUGHTER) HADYN JONES... THAT WAS UNEXPECTED. ...1 NEWS. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SUNDAY ` AS WE MENTIONED, OUR COVERAGE OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ` WE'LL SEE YOU FROM HAWKE'S BAY TOMORROW NIGHT. UNTIL THEN, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024