IT'S MIDDAY. A BOMBSHELL FOR NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIA INDUSTRY, WITH NEWSHUB STAFF TOLD THE NEWS DIVISION IS SET TO CLOSE WITHIN MONTHS. THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER DEFENDS THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO REPEAL SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION. WHY SHE HAS PRAISED LABOUR FOR ITS ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES. AND WHY THERE'S STILL CONFUSION OVER WHETHER A CEASEFIRE IS ON THE CARDS FOR THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND KITTY WASASALA. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST NEWSROOMS WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS AT THE END OF JUNE. STAFF AT NEWSHUB WERE CALLED INTO A MEETING BY PARENT COMPANY WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY THIS MORNING AND TOLD OF THE DECISION. KIM BAKER WILSON IS NEAR THE THREE OFFICES IN AUCKLAND WITH THE LATEST. KIA ORA, KIM. START BY JUST COMING OUT OF THE MEETING NOW. THEY ARE SAID TO BE SAD AND DEVASTATED. AFTER DECADES OF NEWS MAKING IN NEW ZEALAND, NEWSHUB ET CETERA COME TO A CLOSE AND JUST A FEW MONTHS. START WERE CALLED AWAY FROM WHATEVER JOB THEY WERE REPORTING ON AND TOLD TO GET BACK TO BASE OR A HANDS-ON MEETING AT 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEWSHUB STAFF COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING. WARNER BROTHERS SAYS IT HASN'T ARRIVED AT THIS DECISION EASILY, BUT IT NEEDS TO TAKE A RESTRUCTURE OF IT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE CLOSURE OF THE NEWSHUB OPERATION. THE COMPANY SAID THIS IS A HARD DAY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. WE WILL BRING YOU COMMENT AS IT COMES. WE ARE AWAITING COMMENT FROM THE BROADCASTING MINISTER. THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER HAS HINTED AT FURTHER CHANGES TO VAPING REGULATION, IN ORDER TO GET A TIGHTER GRIP ON THE INDUSTRY. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY DIGBY WERTHMULLER IN THE CHRISTCHURCH NEWSROOM. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT TODAY, DIGBY? THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER CASEY COSTELLO APPEARED ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, OFFERING AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS GOVERNMENT LOOKING AT SMOKING LAWS. WE ALREADY KNEW OF SOME REPEALS THE GOVERNMENT WERE INTENDING, INCLUDING REPEALING THE WORLD FIRST SMOKE-FREE LAWS, PREVENTING ANYONE BORN FROM 2009 BUYING CIGARETTES, AS WELL AS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DAIRIES, AND REDUCING NICOTINE LEVELS. CASEY COSTELLO OUTLINED A CLEAR FOCUS ON VAPING, AS WELL AS A FOCUS ON SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A CIGARETTE ADDICTION. HOPEFULLY IF THE CABINET PAPER GOES THROUGH, WE'LL BE TIGHTENING UP A LOT OF AREAS AROUND VAPE SALES AND SPECIALIST VAPING STORES. BUT UNTIL THAT GOES THROUGH CABINET, I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT ON WHAT THAT WILL BE. BUT I CAN ASSURE NEW ZEALANDERS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF STEPS IN PLACE, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOUNG PEOPLE VAPING. THAT'S THE REALITY. AND VAPING GOT AWAY ON US BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE MARKET BEFORE WE GOT REGULATION IN PLACE, AND WE WERE SLOW TO REACT. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS ALSO APPEARED ON BREAKFAST, AND CRITICISED COSTELLO'S POSITION, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT IS PRIORITISING TAX REVENUE OVER THAT OF THE HELP OF NEW ZEALANDERS. HE BELIEVES YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PICK UP SMOKING, IF THEY CONCURRED THAT ADDICTION EARLY, THEN WHY NOT? THE ASTHMA FOUNDATION SAID COSTELLO'S REMARKS WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY. THE DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS ABOUT TO BE GIVEN THE GREENLIGHT. PARLIAMENT IS DEBATING THE FINAL STAGE OF SCRAPPING TE AKA WHAI ORA AFTER THE NEW GOVERNMENT FAILED TO GET THE AMENDMENT BILL PASSED IN ONE SWEEP LAST NIGHT. THE FIRST TWO READINGS PASSED YESTERDAY WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE THREE COALITION PARTIES. THE HEALTH REFORMS, WHICH ARE BEING PUSHED THROUGH WITH URGENCY, HAVE SPARKED OUTRAGE FROM THE OPPOSITION. THE HOUSE WILL DEBATE SMOKEFREE LEGISLATION IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. THE FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONS SAYS PLANS TO REWRITE THE ARMS ACT ARE WORRYING. THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MINISTER, ACT'S NICOLE McKEE, SAYS ANY CHANGES ARE INTENDED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS IT WOULD SEE THE RETURN OF THE MILITARY-STYLE WEAPON USED IN THE MARCH 15 CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACKS TO GUN RANGES. THE TERRORIST BELONGED TO A GUN CLUB. THE TERRORIST HAD GOT HOLD OF SOME DOZEN SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS. SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT GUN CLUB MEMBERS WILL NOT BE ALSO INVOLVED IN THESE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS, AND IT RUNS ABSOLUTELY COUNTER TO THE FACE OF ALL EVIDENCE. IT WILL BE A POLITICAL DECISION, RATHER THAN A DECISION BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL SAFETY. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS BELIEVES CHANGING FIREARMS LAWS WOULD RESULT IN MORE GANGS GETTING THEIR HAND ON SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. IN MORE GANGS GETTING THEIR HANDS ON SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE BAN ON MILITARY STYLE SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE AS A GOVERNMENT. IT WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE PARLIAMENT ` I THINK DAVID SEYMOUR WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT VOTED AGAINST IT. I'M DISAPPOINTED NATIONAL SEEM TO BE BACKING AWAY FROM THAT. THE POLICE WILL RECOMMEND STRONGLY AGAINST THE CHANGE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR NICOLE MCKEE SAYS THERE WILL BE CONSULTATION ON ANY CHANGES AND THE PUBLIC WILL BE MADE AWARE. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER AN INCIDENT IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MT ALBERT ON MONDAY. THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. THAT CHARGE HAS NOW BEEN UPGRADED. POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT ARE APPEALING FOR ANY INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC WHICH MIGHT HELP THE INVESTIGATION. THE RESERVE BANK IS SET FOR ITS FIRST OFFICIAL CASH RATE UPDATE OF THE YEAR IN JUST A FEW HOURS. MOST ECONOMISTS ARE EXPECTING THE OCR TO REMAIN AT 5.5% BUT WITH HIGH INFLATION STILL LURKING SOME ARE WARY OF A RISE. BUT WITH HIGH INFLATION STILL LURKING, SOME ARE WARY OF A RISE. AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED AT 2pm THIS AFTERNOON. AN INVERCARGILL HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S WAITED NEARLY A DECADE FOR NEW BUILDINGS IS PLEADING FOR THE MUCH-NEEDED CLASSROOMS, SAYING THE POLITICS DON'T MATTER. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED A PAUSE ON 20 SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS WHILE AN INQUIRY INTO COST BLOW-OUTS IS COMPLETED. JAMES HARGEST COLLEGE'S MIKE NEWELL IS HOPEFUL THIS MIGHT FIX SYSTEMIC ISSUES, BUT SAYS THE BUILDINGS JUST NEED TO BE BUILT. THIS WASN'T CREATED UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT. THIS HAS BEEN YEARS OF WHERE THE UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND THE TIMEFRAMES TO GET ANYTHING DONE WITH THE BUREAUCRACY. SO, YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY INTO THE BLAME GAME. I MEAN, ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF UNDERINVESTMENT FROM THE LAST TEAM. MIKE NEWELL TOLD BREAKFAST A CEILING COLLAPSED ON A STUDENT 18 MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF LEAKS. THERE IS CONFUSION OVER THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AFTER COMMENTS FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENT INDICATED IT COULD BE CLOSE. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP WHEN HE GAVE THIS ASSESSMENT. WELL, I HOPE BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND. AT LEAST MY` MY-MY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TELLS ME THAT WE'RE CLOSE. WE'RE CLOSE. IT'S NOT DONE YET. AND MY HOPE IS BY NEXT MONDAY, WE'LL HAVE A CEASEFIRE. BUT ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE BOTH SAID THAT SUCH SPECULATION IS PREMATURE AND THERE ARE STILL STICKING POINTS IN THE DRAFT DEAL, THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ECHOING THAT SENTIMENT. WHAT'S UNDERPINNING THE PRESIDENT'S OPTIMISM IS LOOKING AT THE BROAD OUTLINES OF A DEAL THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS LAST WEEK, AND NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE CONTINUING THROUGH THIS WEEK. AND THE FACT THAT HE BELIEVES, AND WE BELIEVE, ONE IS WITHIN REACH. THAT SAID, TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ONE YET. HAMAS WILL NEED TO AGREE TO ONE, BUT WE DO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE AND WE'RE CONTINUING GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR IT. WE WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ANY DEAL IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE A SWAP OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES AND PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, AND MORE AID ENTERING THE TERRITORY. HERE'S THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE U.S. PRESIDENT SEEMS SO OPTIMISTIC. I THINK JOE BIDEN IS VERY KEEN TO FORCE THE PACE ON THIS. THE AMERICANS CLEARLY WANT A DEAL IN PLACE BEFORE THE START OF RAMADAN IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TIME, BUT THERE ARE STILL SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THAT HAVE TO BE OVERCOME, AND QATAR, WHICH HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN BROKERING THESE TALKS, SAYS THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE YET. HAMAS, PUBLICLY AT LEAST, IS STICKING TO ITS POSITIONS, WHICH IS THAT IT WANTS TO SEE A TOTAL END TO THE WAR AND THE COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS FROM THE GAZA STRIP. ISRAEL IS ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO AGREE TO ANY OF THAT. THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES TO DO WITH HOW MANY PALESTINIAN PRISONERS WILL BE RELEASED FOR EACH ISRAELI HOSTAGE. WILL PALESTINIANS BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO SOME OF THEIR HOMES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GAZA STRIP? ANY ONE OF THESE ISSUES COULD WRECK THE WHOLE PROCESS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ISRAEL WANTS ITS HOSTAGES BACK. HAMAS, WHICH IS BEING SLOWLY ANNIHILATED, WANTS THE WAR TO END. IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK, IT WILL BE BECAUSE EACH SIDE HAS GOT SOMETHING OF WHAT IT NEEDS. AND THE TWO SIDES HAVE TRADED FIRE OVERNIGHT. AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN RAFAH HIT A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. THEY CLAIM EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ISRAEL'S IRON DOME DEFENCE SYSTEM WAS USED TO FEND OFF A ROCKET ATTACK FROM WITHIN GAZA. NO CASUALTIES OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT. AND MORE AID HAS BEEN DROPPED INTO GAZA TODAY BY THE JORDANIAN MILITARY. JORDAN'S KING HAS WARNED THE AMOUNT OF AID BEING SUPPLIED TO THE TERRITORY NEEDS TO BE DOUBLED IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT A DETERIORATION OF THE EXISTING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. POLISH FARMERS HAVE ADDED THEIR NOISY SUPPORT TO ONGOING PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE. THEY GATHERED IN WARSAW AND THEN MARCHED AROUND 3km THROUGH THE CITY TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. THEY ARE ANGRY ABOUT NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND IMPORT DEALS WHICH THEY SAY MAKE THEIR LIVELIHOODS UNSUSTAINABLE. AND SPANISH FARMERS HAVE TAKEN A MORE DIRECT APPROACH, BLOCKING HIGHWAYS, BEFORE BREAKING INTO TRUCKS AND THROWING THE IMPORTED PRODUCE ON THE GROUND. SPAIN'S AGRICULTURE MINISTER SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH FOOD-PRODUCING UNIONS THIS WEEK. A SPAT BETWEEN ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST RECORD LABEL HAS REACHED A CRESCENDO, WITH MUSICIANS IN THE MIDDLE. TIKTOK HAS REMOVED SONGS BY ARTISTS CONTRACTED TO UNIVERSAL MUSIC AFTER THE LABEL WITHDREW PERMISSION FOR THEM TO BE USED WITHOUT BEING PAID MORE. THE BBC'S MARK SAVAGE REPORTS. (TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN DYNASTY' PLAYS) # REBEKAH RODE UP ON THE AFTERNOON TRAIN... # THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE BUSINESS END OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS. IF YOUR COMPANY WANTS TO USE A SONG THAT'S OWNED BY A RECORD LABEL, YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM. AND UNIVERSAL MUSIC SAYS TIKTOK ISN'T PAYING ENOUGH. AS A RESULT, EARLIER THIS MONTH, SONGS BY UNIVERSAL'S BIGGEST ARTISTS INCLUDING TAYLOR SWIFT, THE BEATLES AND BILLIE EILISH WERE ALL MUTED ON THE APP. SOME ESTIMATES SAY 80% OF THE SONGS ON TIKTOK COULD VANISH. THE APP ARGUES THAT THE FIGURE IS CLOSER TO 30%. IN A STATEMENT, UNIVERSAL SAID IT WAS TAKING THIS ACTION BECAUSE TIKTOK IS... IN RESPONSE, TIKTOK ACCUSED THE COMPANY OF... NOW, TIKTOK IS ALSO HAVING TO REMOVE MUSIC BY SONGWRITERS SIGNED TO UNIVERSAL, AND THAT COULD AFFECT ARTISTS ON OTHER LABELS ` THE LIKES OF ADELE, BEYONCE AND HARRY STYLES, WHO FREQUENTLY WORK WITH UNIVERSAL'S WRITERS. # AND IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE A SONG. # I WANT MORE BERRIES. # STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE DEMOLISHED ENGLISH PUB THAT WILL BE REBUILT. CROOKED WALLS AND ALL. PLUS, A BLOW FOR THE BLACKCAPS ONE DAY OUT FROM THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA . ONE DAY OUT FROM THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. A SOUTH DUNEDIN COUNTDOWN HAS RE-OPENED THIS MORNING AFTER BEING PLAGUED BY RATS FOR WEEKS ON END. IN A STATEMENT, WOOLWORTHS SAID IT'S CONFIDENT THE SITUATION HAD BEEN ADDRESSED AND THANKED CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR PATIENCE, FOLLOWING MULTIPLE DELAYS IN OPENING. THE STORE WAS CLOSED FOR NEARLY THREE WEEKS DUE TO ONGOING RODENT ISSUES. 22 RATS WERE CAPTURED SINCE THE 10th OF FEBRUARY. A GROUP OF TRAINEE DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GIFT OF A LIFETIME AFTER A BILLION DOLLAR DONATION TO THEIR UNIVERSITY. THAT MEANS NO STUDENT DEBT AS THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE. HERE'S THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR. IN NEW YORK CITY, IN THE BRONX, AT THE ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE MOMENT LIVES WERE ABOUT TO CHANGE. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT STARTING IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, THE ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE WILL BE TUITION-FREE. (STUDENTS SCREAM, APPLAUD) RUTH GOTTESMAN AND HER $1 BILLION GIFT; THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY JUMPING OUT OF THEIR SEATS; THE SHOCKED LOOK ON THEIR FACES; THE TEARS IN THEIR EYES; THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR, CHEERING. THAT DONOR, DR RUTH GOTTESMAN, A FORMER PROFESSOR AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CURRENT CHAIR OF THE BOARD, MAKING THE INCREDIBLE $1 BILLION DONATION TO PROVIDE FREE TUITION FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS INDEFINITELY. THE GIFT, BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST MADE TO ANY MEDICAL SCHOOL EVER IN THIS COUNTRY. THE MONEY CAME FROM HER LATE HUSBAND'S INVESTMENTS AND HE TOLD HIS WIFE, 'DO WITH IT WHAT YOU SEE FIT.' THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT. ANYBODY BEING ABLE TO PURSUE THE FIELD AND PURSUE THEIR DREAMS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE DEBT THAT COMES WITH IT. TONIGHT, THE GENEROUS DONOR, DR GOTTESMAN, SAYING... (STUDENTS CHEER, APPLAUD) THE REMARKABLE, LIFE-CHANGING GIFT. THE OWNERS OF A PUB FAMOUS AS BRITAIN'S WONKIEST INN HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO REBUILD IT EXACTLY AS IT WAS. THE PUB'S RUINS WERE DEMOLISHED AFTER AN ALLEGED ARSON ATTACK LAST YEAR, BUT NOW THE LOCAL COUNCIL SAYS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT STANDING. THE BBC'S NAVTEJ JOHAL REPORTS. THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT CENTURIES OF BLACK COUNTRY HISTORY WENT UP IN FLAMES IN A SUSPECTED ARSON ATTACK. BUT THERE WAS WORSE TO COME ` LESS THAN 48 HOURS LATER, THE CROOKED HOUSE KNOWN AS BRITAIN'S WONKIEST INN,... YOU JUST WATCH THIS. ...AND A WEST MIDLANDS LANDMARK, WAS DEMOLISHED. IT WAS TAKEN FROM US. JUST RIPPED APART. ONE OF THOSE PLACES YOU THOUGHT WOULD BE HERE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES, AND THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS GONE. THE PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER THE FIRE AND WHAT THE LOCAL AUTHORITY HAS CALLED AN UNAUTHORISED DEMOLITION HAS BARELY DIED DOWN IN SIX MONTHS. BUT TODAY CAME THE NEWS MANY WERE HOPING FOR. JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THE OWNERS OF THIS MUCH-LOVED PUB HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COUNCIL TO REBUILD IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE FIRE. WE'RE ALL JUST SO ELATED AND SO EXCITED AND JUST SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BRING. WE'VE WORKED HARD, WE'VE KEPT THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE NEWS. WE'VE KEPT ON AND KEPT THE MOMENTUM GOING. ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE CROOKED HOUSE WILL BE RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY? I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONFIDENT, ALWAYS SAID IT MUST BE. YOU'VE HEARD THE WAY IN WHICH THE PUBLIC` SOCIETY'S COME TOGETHER. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND REMAIN ON CONDITIONAL BAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRE HERE. BUT NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED AND INVESTIGATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING. BUT TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT THIS PLACE BEGINS TO RISE AGAIN FROM THE ASHES. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL BE WITHOUT OPENER DEVON CONWAY, WHO HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THE FIRST TEST WITH A THUMB INJURY. DESPITE THE LOSS, BLACKCAPS COACH GARY STEAD ISN'T FAZED BY THE ONE-SIDED HISTORY BETWEEN HIS TEAM AND AUSTRALIA. IT'S BEEN 31 YEARS SINCE NEW ZEALAND WON A SERIES AGAINST THEIR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS ON HOME SOIL. WE DON'T PLAY AUSTRALIA THAT OFTEN, WHICH IS STRANGE CONSIDERING THEY'RE JUST ACROSS THE TASMAN THERE. BUT, LOOK, THEY ALWAYS SET THE BENCHMARK, AND I THINK ARE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS, AND THEY ARE THAT FOR A REASON. THEY'RE A VERY GOOD SIDE. BUT THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY, AND THAT'S FOR US TO GO OUT AND, I GUESS, SHOW OUR WARES, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE THAT IS AHEAD. THE TEST IS SOLD OUT, BUT YOU CAN CATCH EVERY BALL LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+ STARTING TOMORROW. IT'S WIN OR GO HOME FOR THE BREAKERS TONIGHT, AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR AUSTRALIAN NBL POST-SEASON ELIMINATOR AGAINST THE SYDNEY KINGS. IT'S A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S GRAND FINAL, WON BY THE KINGS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE BREAKERS ARE USING IT AS MOTIVATION TO WIN. WHOWEVER WE WOULD FACE NOW, I WOULD WANT TO BEAT THE LIVING YOU-KNOW-WHAT OUT OF THEM. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S IN THE NBL ` IT COULD BE THE OTAGO NUGGETS. IT DOESN'T MATTER. DID THE FACT THAT WE LOST GAME FIVE OF THE FINALS OVER THERE GIVE US EXTRA MOTIVATION? NO, IT DOESN'T. BECAUSE WE'RE CHASING SOMETHING THAT'S RELEVANT ONLY TO THIS YEAR. AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE PAST IS THE LESSONS LEARNED. TIP-OFF IS AT 9.30 TONIGHT. MANCHESTER CITY HAVE CRUISED THROUGH THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP, BEATING LUTON TOWN 6-2 THIS MORNING. THE SKY BLUES' ERLING HAALAND PUT ON A SHOW, HIS FIRST COMING INSIDE THREE MINUTES, BEFORE FINDING THE NET FOUR MORE TIMES. THAT'S A LOVELY BALL. THAT'S A LOVELY BALL. KEVIN DE BRUYNE. HAALAND AGAIN! HAALAND HAS FOUR, MANCHESTER CITY HAVE FOUR, AND DE BRUYNE HAS FOUR ASSISTS. ON A REAL SCORING SPREE THERE. HE'S LOOKING FOR A FIFTH HERE TONIGHT. AND HE GETS IT! LUTON TOWN 2, MANCHESTER CITY 5, AND HAALAND HAS SCORED THEM ALL. AND NEWCASTLE UNITED HAVE SURVIVED A SCARE FROM CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE BLACKBURN ROVERS, WINNING 4-3 THROUGH PENALTIES. MOANA PASIFIKA'S JUNIOR SIDE HAVE STARTED THE INAUGURAL OCEANIA RUGBY UNDER-20S CHALLENGE WELL, BEATING MANU SAMOA 27-20. MOANA PASIFIKA BUILT MOMENTUM IN THE FIRST, SAMOA UNABLE TO CATCH THEM IN THE SECOND. OUT THE BACK. POLENI. GOOD HANDS. SAULALA. SAULALA, OUT WIDE IN A LOT OF SPACE. AND HE'S GOING OVER. THE BIG LOCK FOR MOANA PASIFIKA SCORES THEIR THIRD TRY. THE NEW COMPETITION AIMS TO DEVELOP PACIFIC TALENT FOR MOANA PASIFIKA AND THE FIJIAN DRUA SUPER RUGBY FRANCHISES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, GILLS ALOUD! HOW THIS TINY FISH IS MAKING BIG WAVES. WELCOME BACK. A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THAT A FISH THE SIZE OF A FINGERNAIL CAN MAKE THE SAME LEVEL OF NOISE AS A JACKHAMMER. DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE SMALLEST FISH ON THE WORLD, THAT SOUND COULD MAKE IT ONE OF LOUDEST FOR ITS SIZE. THE BBC's MATT MCGRATH REPORTS. THIS FLEET YET FRAGILE FISH HAS LONG BEEN CHERISHED FOR ITS TRANSPARENCY. BUT SCIENTISTS HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THERE'S FAR MORE TO DANIONELLA CEREBRUM THAN MEETS THE EYE. (SHARP CHATTERS) INTRIGUED BY THE SQUAWKING CHATTER COMING FROM THEIR FISH TANKS IN THEIR LAB, RESEARCHERS IN BERLIN QUICKLY RECOGNISED THE SEE-THROUGH SPECIES WAS NO SMALL FRY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING NOISE. (GUNFIRE-LIKE CHITTERS) THIS IS THE SLOWED DOWN SOUND PRODUCED BY THIS FISH. UP CLOSE IN THE WATER, IT'S AS LOUD AS A GUNSHOT. WHEN THESE MUSCLES CONTRACT, THEY PULL ON THE RIB. THE RIB THEN CREATES TENSION WITH THIS PIECE OF CARTILAGE, AND THEN SUDDENLY THE TENSION IS RELEASED AND THE CARTILAGE STRIKES THE BLADDER, AND THE STRIKING IS LIKE A DRUM, SO IT HITS THE SWIM BLADDER, AND THEN THE VIBRATION MAKES A VERY SHORT, SHARP PULSED SOUND. WHILE THERE ARE LARGER AND LOUDER FISH AROUND THE WORLD, AMONG THE SMALLER SPECIES, THIS GLASS-LIKE LITTLE DRUMMER IS TRULY OFF THE SCALE. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. # TASTES LIKE STRAWBERRIES # ON A SUMMER EVENING, # AND IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE A SONG. # I WANT MORE BERRIES # AND THAT SUMMER FEELING. # IT'S SO WONDERFUL AND WARM. # BREATHE ME IN. # BREATHE ME OUT. # I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER GO WITHOUT. # I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. # I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER GO WITHOUT. # WATERMELON SUGAR # HIGH. # WATERMELON SUGAR # HIGH. # WATERMELON SUGAR # HIGH. # WATERMELON SUGAR HIGH. # STRAWBERRIES # ON A SUMMER EVENING. # BABY, YOU'RE THE END OF JUNE. # THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4.00 FOLLOWED BY THE ONE NEWS TEAM AT 6.00. PLUS YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1news.co.nz BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, KA KITE, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN, KITTY WASASALA AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024