TONIGHT ` SOME OF TVNZ'S LONGEST RUNNING SHOWS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, AS THE STATE BROADCASTER SAYS JOBS AND FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES COULD BE GONE BY MID-MAY. GPs ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` CLOSING THEIR DOORS TO NEW PATIENTS. WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY NEEDS TO CHANGE. AND THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF AVIATION'S GREATEST MYSTERIES. WHY THE SEARCH FOR MALAYSIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 COULD BE RESUMED. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TVNZ's PRE-EMINENT CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMING IS SET TO GO UNDER PLANS TO CUT COSTS AT TVNZ. CONSUMER SHOW 'FAIR GO' AND THE 'SUNDAY' PROGRAMME COULD BE OFF AIR BY MID-MAY. TWO NEWS BULLETINS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE AXED AS THE BROADCASTER CUTS 10% OF ITS STAFF. KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS. NEWSROOM STAFF ABOUT TO BE TOLD IN PERSON CURRENT AFFAIRS IS SET TO BE TAKEN OUT OF TVNZ NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS. ARE STAFF ANGRY WITH YOU? I'D IMAGINE SO. I WOULD BE. 'SUNDAY' PROPOSED GONE IN TVNZ'S PLANS TODAY ` THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST-RUNNING LONG-FORM, PRIMETIME CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME. THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL PROPOSAL WHICH GUTS WHOLE SHOWS, AFFECTS A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMPANY. BECAUSE 'FAIR GO' ` ALSO CONFIRMED ` IS PROPOSED TO GO, AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS OF BATTLING FOR CONSUMERS. ARE THOSE EASY THINGS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY GIVING THE AXE? ABSOLUTELY NOT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. NOTHING GIVE ME ANY JOY IN THIS DAY OR THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR PEOPLE. TVNZ ALSO WANTS TO SHELVE ALL ITS BULLETINS EXCEPT 6pm ` NO MORE MIDDAY, NO MORE TONIGHT. THIS IS BRUTAL. HIS NEWSROOM TAKING THE BRUNT OF PLANS TO CUT ALMOST 70 JOBS ACROSS THE BROADCASTER. (EXHALES) IT'S TOUGH. REALLY TOUGH. THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE DOWN THERE WHO ARE GONNA LOSE THEIR JOBS ` LOTS OF THEM ` AND NOT A ONE OF THEM WOULD WE REALLY WANT TO LOSE ` NOT ONE. 'SUNDAY' SPOKE WITH US AHEAD OF TODAY. MY HOPES, IF THE WORST WERE TO COME TO BEAR AND 'SUNDAY' IS GONE, IS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AS A COMPANY WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO THIS COUNTRY. TODAY TOLD THE WORST COULD COME. SUNDAY'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SAYING IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT JOB LOSSES BUT 'THE SUSTAINED DEGRADATION OF THE FOURTH ESTATE'. AND FROM FAIR GO... IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHOWS THAT ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK HERE AS A RESULT OF THIS PROPOSAL, WE END UP WITH A PUBLIC BROADCASTER THAT IS WALKING AWAY FROM INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. THAT IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE POSITION. BUT TVNZ CLAIMS KEEPING THE STAFF ISN'T SUSTAINABLE EITHER. TV NZ DID WARN STAFF THAT TODAY WOULD BE A CONFRONTING DAY FOR THEM AND IT CERTAINLY FELT THAT WAY. THIS MORNING STAFF WERE GIVEN MEETINGS AND TOLD OF THESE PLANS. THEN CAME A LOT OF HUGS AND SOME TEARS IN THE NEWSROOM. THEN THIS AFTERNOON CAME A MEETING FOR ALL NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS STAFF. AT TIMES, IN FACT FOR MOST OF IT, THE MEETING HELD VERY HEATED. YOU COULD FELL YOU COULD FEEL A LOT OF ANGER AND THE AIR. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WAS PEPPERED WITH QUESTIONS. THESE ARE HEAVY HITTING PROGRAMS ` SUNDAY AND FAIR GO. THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR SO MANY DECADES. I ASKED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TODAY IS THERE ANY OTHER OPTION HERE? AT THIS STAGE, TVNZ AS HE HAS NO THERE ISN'T. THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THESE OPTIONS OUTLINED TO STAFF ARE THE ONLY WAY FORWARD AT THIS STAGE THAT IT CAN SEE. THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF NEWS TELLS ME THAT WE ARE A MEDIA ENVIRONMENT THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE AT THE MOMENT. IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR THE MEDIA AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. TV NZ IS SAYING IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR THOSE STAFF. $10bn ` THAT'S THE AMOUNT A NEW STUDY ESTIMATES WILL NEED TO BE SPENT ON PUBLIC SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, TO KEEP UP WITH RECORD POPULATION GROWTH. THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS SAYS PLANNED CUTS WILL ONLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT NEEDED, BUT THE GOVERNMENT INSISTS IT'S GOT THE NUMBERS RIGHT. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. THE FINAL TICK ON THE 100-DAY CHECKLIST ` FIVE NEW HEALTH TARGETS, INCLUDING FASTER CANCER TREATMENT AND SHORTER STAYS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. SOME OF THEM WERE JUST LOOKING TO ` I WOULD DESCRIBE IT ` 'STEM THE BLEEDING'. E.D. WAIT TIMES ` IT JUST CONTINUES TO TRACK DOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PLATEAU OUT FOR THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX MONTHS, THAT'S A GOOD OUTCOME. THE HEALTH SECTOR, LIKE SO MANY AREAS, IS UNDER PRESSURE FROM POPULATION GROWTH. A CTU REPORT SAYS IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW AT THE CURRENT RATE, THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SERVICES WILL BE BETWEEN $10bn AND $20bn. IF POPULATION RISES MORE QUICKLY THAN THE TREASURY FORECASTS, WHICH IS USUALLY THE CASE IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT CREATES A GAP IN EXPENDITURE PER PERSON. ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE TAKING TAX FROM PEOPLE BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANY NEW SERVICES. THEY'RE WARNING CUTS TO PUBLIC SPENDING WILL ONLY INCREASE THAT DEFICIT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A DIFFERENT KIND OF APPROACH FROM THIS GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT, THOUGH, PUSHING AHEAD WITH ITS 6.5% CUTS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BACK OFFICES OF THESE FUNCTIONS IN THESE AGENCIES ARE WORKING VERY, VERY EFFECTIVELY, VERY EFFICIENTLY. WE WANT TO THEN RECYCLE THAT CASH, MAKE SURE WE DELIVER FRONT-LINE SERVICES. FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, IMOGEN HELD HAS LOOKED AFTER THE YOUNGEST KIWIS. SHE SAYS THE ECE SECTOR IS BURSTING. OUR FUNDING MODEL IS BROKEN, AND, UH, THE RATIOS ARE UNSAFE AND UNWORKABLE. WE NEED 1-8 IMPLEMENTED TOMORROW FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS; WE NEED 1-8 FOR 3- TO 6-YEAR-OLDS ROLLED OUT AND 1-3 WITH OUR YOUNGEST. WE NEED THIS NOW, AND WE NEED THE FUNDING MODEL FIXED. AS THE GOVERNMENT PATS ITSELF ON THE BACK FOR FINISHING ITS 100-DAY PLAN, THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT IS PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING POPULATION. ...YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED FAST-TRACK CONSENTING. THAT'S IMPORTANT. WHY? BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT MEANS WE CAN OPEN UP A NEW ROAD THAT ENABLES A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW HOUSES, A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITIES TO BE CREATED IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH GROWTH. BUT THE CTU SAYS THE PRESSURE FROM OUR BOOMING POPULATION MAY REQUIRE MORE THAN JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AN INFANT HAS DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN SOUTH TARANAKI THAT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE BUILDING. FIRE CREWS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE EARLY THIS MORNING TO FIND THE HOUSE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIVE APPLIANCES WERE CALLED TO BATTLE THE BLAZE. FENZ SAYS THE FIRE IS NOT BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS, AND POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF AN EXPLOSION AT A CENTRAL WELLINGTON APARTMENT. A RESIDENT AT THE BUILDING WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES. A FIREFIGHTER WHO ATTENDED THE SCENE WAS ALSO HURT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE BUILDING AROUND 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. FINDING A DOCTOR IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER. RESEARCH OUT TODAY SHOWS THE NUMBER OF GP CLINICS CLOSING THEIR DOORS TO NEW PATIENTS IS GROWING. A LEADING EXPERT SUGGESTS NEARLY HALF OUR CLINICS ARE RESTRICTING ENROLMENTS IN SOME WAY, PROMPTING CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. THIS HUTT VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE SERVES 1700 PATIENTS WITH JUST ONE FULL-TIME GP. RESTRICTED FUNDING AND A DOCTOR SHORTAGE HAS FORCED THE CLINIC TO CLOSE ITS BOOKS, MEANING NO NEW PATIENTS ARE BEING ENROLLED. IT'S A SCARY THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE ARE SITTING AT HOME TRYING TO MANAGE THEIR OWN ILLNESSES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET TO SEE A GP. BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022, 79% OF GENERAL PRACTICES HAD LIMITED THEIR ENROLMENTS AT SOME POINT. THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BAY OF PLENTY CLINIC HAVE DONE THE SAME AND ARE NOW CLOSING ONE OF THEIR TWO PRACTICES. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE LACK OF DOCTORS AVAILABLE, WE CANNOT SAFELY ENROL OR CONTINUE TO ENROL PATIENTS AND TRY AND OFFER A SERVICE IN A TIMELY FASHION. A NEW SURVEY'S FOUND AN INCREASING PROPORTION OF CENTRES COMPLETELY CLOSED THEMSELVES TO NEW ENROLMENTS AFTER 2019. IT PEAKED AT 27% IN 2022. BUT THIS EXPERT'S WORRIED MORE UP-TO-DATE FIGURES COULD BE WORSE. THE NUMBER OF GP CLINICS REPORTING CLOSED BOOKS OR RESTRICTED ACCESS TO GENERAL PRACTICE RUNS AT AROUND 50%. THERE ARE CONCERNS THOSE THAT ARE TAKING IN SOME PATIENTS ARE BEING MORE SELECTIVE, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH. A GENERAL PRACTICE CENTRE THAT ISN'T FUNCTIONING PUTS IMMENSE PRESSURE ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITALS. THAT INCLUDES CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE SEEN IN ITS EMERGENCY ROOM ON TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEALTH MINISTER SAYS HE'S LISTENING. THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTS TO HELPING REMEDY PRIMARY CARE, WHICH INCLUDE RECRUITMENT RETENTION AND REMUNERATION. I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY ONE OF THE LARGEST COHORTS OF GENERAL PRACTICE REGISTRARS ACTUALLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT THE MOMENT, SOON TO BE FULLY FLEDGED GPs, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. THAT WORK CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. EVERYONE'S STRUGGLING. EVERYONE'S REALLY STRUGGLING. A FAMILIAR MESSAGE WITH RENEWED ATTENTION. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. PRISONERS AND NEW POLICE OFFICERS ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AS PART OF AN INITIATIVE IN CANTERBURY SOME SAY SHOULD NOW BE ROLLED OUT NATIONWIDE. IT'S HOPED CONNECTING BEHIND BARS WILL HELP BREAK DOWN BARRIERS IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD. AND AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CORRECTIONS AND POLICE ARE BOARD WITH THE IDEA. GOING BEHIND THE WIRE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ` THESE POLICE RECRUITS OFF TO MEET WITH PRISONERS CONVICTED OF DRUG CRIMES. JUST TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH THESE VIEWS AND DIFFERENT UPBRINGINGS AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS IS HUGE FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF. THE SIMPLE CHAT BETWEEN OFFICERS AND OFFENDERS A CHANCE TO HUMANISE ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE COME AND SAT IN THESE MEETINGS, AND THERE'S BEEN MEN THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH FOR CRIMINAL OFFENDING, AND, YOU KNOW, RECOGNISING EACH OTHER, AND IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE OUT ON THE STREET. IT DOES BRING A DIFFERENT VIEW TO HOW YOU APPROACH THINGS. THIS MAN, WHO CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED, IS FINISHING UP HIS 15th STINT IN PRISON AND ` LIKE MANY INMATES ` WAS DUBIOUS. IT WAS SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I'D DO IN MY LIFE. THERE'S THIS STIGMA OF 'US AND THEM', YOU KNOW? 'DON'T TALK TO THE POLICE.' SO THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONVINCING GOING ON, BUT EVERY MAN THAT'S COME IN HERE, THEY'VE GONE AWAY WITH SOMETHING, AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT GROWTH. I'VE OWNED THEY WERE THERE TO UPHOLD THE LAW AND I WAS BREAKING THE LAW. SO REGARDLESS OF ANY WAY I FELT, WHEN THEY CAME TO ARREST ME, IT WAS BECAUSE I PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED. THE PARTNERSHIP, BETWEEN CORRECTIONS AND POLICE, HAS BEEN ON TRIAL IN CANTERBURY FOR TWO YEARS, AND SOME WANT IT ROLLED OUT ELSEWHERE. I THINK THERE COULD CERTAINLY BE VALUE IN IT. IT IS AN OPERATIONAL DECISION, BUT I THINK IF IT'S WORKING DOWN THERE, IT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF ROLLING OUT FURTHER AROUND THE COUNTRY. AS THE THIN BLUE LINE EMBRACES WORKING ALONGSIDE THOSE THEY'RE NORMALLY PITTED AGAINST. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ORDERED AN EMERGENCY MILITARY MISSION TO BUILD A PORT IN GAZA. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DURING HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, AS HE FACES CRITICISM OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE CONFLICT, WHILE HE TRIES TO CONVINCE AMERICANS HE DESERVES A SECOND TERM. CHANNEL NINE'S LAUREN TOMASI REPORTS. PROTESTERS CHANT: HANDS OFF FOR NOW. WITH PROTESTERS LINING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK THE LONG WAY TO THE CAPITOL AND WITH CEASEFIRE TALKS AT AN IMPASSE... IF I WERE SMART, I GO HOME NOW. ...AMERICA'S OLDEST SITTING COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF NEEDED DRASTIC ACTION. I'M DIRECTING THE U.S. MILITARY TO LEAD AN EMERGENCY MISSION TO ESTABLISH A TEMPORARY PIER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, ON THE COAST OF GAZA. BUILT OFFSHORE, THE PIER WOULD ALLOW FOR VESSELS TO BRING IN HUNDREDS OF TRUCKLOADS OF FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE AND TEMPORARY SHELTERS. INITIAL SHIPMENTS WILL COME VIA CYPRUS, AIDED BY THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES. IT WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO PLAN AND EXECUTE. NO U.S. BOOTS WILL BE ON THE GROUND. IN WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL STATE OF THE UNION, HE TACKLED THE OTHER WAR ON HIS WATCH. IF ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THINKS PUTIN WILL STOP AT UKRAINE, I ASSURE YOU HE WILL NOT. AS WELL AS ABORTION RIGHTS, THE BORDER CRISIS, AND WITHOUT MENTIONING HIS NAME, HE DREW A STARK CONTRAST WITH THE MAN SEEKING A RETURN TO THE OVAL OFFICE. YOU CAN'T LOVE YOUR COUNTRY ONLY WHEN YOU WIN. MILLIONS OF EYES WERE ON TONIGHT'S ADDRESS. THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE YOU WILL HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WITH EVERY PAUSE, EVERY STUMBLE ANALYSED, AS HE TRIES TO PROVE HE'S NOT TOO OLD FOR A SECOND TERM. WITH HIS APPROVAL RATING AT AN ALL TIME LOW, JOE BIDEN SOUGHT ADVICE FROM MUCH LOVED HOLLYWOOD PRESIDENTS. ALL I HAD TO DEAL WITH WAS A METEOR. BUT HE'LL NEED TO GO OFF SCRIPT TO WIN AMERICAN VOTERS BACK. BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN AMERICA. I BELIEVE IN YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND JOE BIDEN SAYS THE NATO MILITARY ALLIANCE IS STRONGER THAN EVER AFTER SWEDEN TODAY BECAME ITS 32ND MEMBER. NATO'S HEAD HAS PRAISED SWEDEN'S 'CAPABLE ARMED FORCES 'AND FIRST CLASS DEFENCE INDUSTRY'. IT'S TWO YEARS SINCE SWEDEN APPLIED TO JOIN FOLLOWING RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE. ALL NATO MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO HELP IF AN ALLY COMES UNDER ATTACK. STILL TO COME ` 10 YEARS AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT MH370, WHO IS IN TALKS WITH THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESUME THE SEARCH? PLUS ` HOW THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS HELPING MARK THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH 15 TERRORIST ATTACK. WELCOME BACK. IT'S 10 YEARS TODAY SINCE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT 370 DISAPPEARED WITH 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. DESPITE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE SEARCHES IN AVIATION HISTORY, THE BOEING 777 WAS NEVER FOUND. NOW AN AMERICAN COMPANY IS IN TALKS WITH THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RESUME THE SEARCH. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN REPORTS. MH370'S DISAPPEARANCE OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN IS ONE OF AVIATION'S GREATEST MYSTERIES, LEAVING FAMILIES STRUGGLING FOR CLOSURE. WE NEED TO FIND THIS PLANE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FIND THEM. WE NEED TO... NOT BE LEFT IN THIS LIMBO. HER HUSBAND, PAUL, WAS ONE OF TWO KIWIS ON WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A SIX-HOUR FLIGHT FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO BEIJING. JUST 60 MINUTES IN, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LOST CONTACT WITH THE MALAYSIAN AIRLINES PLANE AS IT FLEW OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. MALAYSIA AIRLINES CONFIRMS... THAT THIS FLIGHT, MH370, LOST CONTACT WITH SUBANG AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 2.40am THIS MORNING. MILITARY RADAR TRACKED IT CROSSING THE MALAY PENINSULA; EXPERTS BELIEVE IT CRASHED IN THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN OCEAN. MORE THAN 4.5 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETRES OF OCEAN WAS SEARCHED IN VAIN. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO FASCINATE AND HORRIFY, IF YOU LIKE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THERE IS ANSWERS, IT IS FOUND. THE ANSWERS ARE THERE; THEY'RE JUST IN 4000m OF WATER OUT IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. THE FACT HE'S SO FAR FAILED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED DOESN'T SIT EASY WITH HIM. MADE A PROMISE THERE THAT I WAS GOING TO DO MY BEST TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE HOME 10 YEARS AGO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. THERE'S TALK OF A NEW SEARCH ` AMERICAN COMPANY 'OCEAN INFINITY' HAS PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL, WHICH THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS OPEN TO. I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT REOPENING ALL THE INVESTIGATIONS OF MH370. AFTER SO LONG, THE FAMILIES ACCEPT THEY MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT'S SO... JUST HEART-WRENCHING THAT YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO FIND OUT. BUT I THINK THAT ONLY ONCE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, ONLY THEN CAN, LIKE, A TRUE FORM OF HEALING BEGIN. BUT STILL THEY HOLD OUT HOPE THAT ONE DAY, THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO FINALLY SAY GOODBYE. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN, 1 NEWS. BEYOND WORDS... A MASTERPIECE ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE. THIS COMPOSER HAS SPENT A YEAR AND 1/2 ON THE WORK TO PROMOTE UNITY. TALKING TO THOSE HURT THE MOST. THERE IS SO MUCH STRENGTH AND THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET. IF I'M NOT GOING TO TELL MY STORY THEN WHO WILL TELL MY STORY. I WAS 15 AND IT WAS A TIME WHERE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT. BUT TAKING PART IN THE CREATION OF THIS PIECE, HAS HELPED IN A WAY. JUST KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT US. THE ARTS ARE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR JOURNEY. IT DEFINITELY HELPS IN FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING. IT HIGHLIGHTS TO ME THE COLLECTIVE AND GLOBAL IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE DAY OF 15 MARCH. SHE HAS SHARED HER STORY TO, DETERMINED TO FIND PURPOSE AND HER PAIN. I JUST SEE THE COST AND THE STRENGTH THAT THEY HAVE, IN THIS INCREDIBLE POWER THAT THEY HAVE. LISTENING TO THIS FINISHED WORK, WILL HOPEFULLY BRING SOME SOLACE AS THE FIVE YEAR MARK DRAWS NEAR. NOW THIS MUSIC CARRIES SOMETHING OF HIM TOO. AND SUNDAY WILL HAVE MORE ON HOW THE MUSIC WAS CREATED. THAT'S 7pm SUNDAY, HERE ON 1. SPANISH POLICE HAVE BUSTED A FACTORY PRODUCING FAKE BANKSY ARTWORKS. FOUR PEOPLE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION, WITH THE TWO RINGLEADERS REPORTEDLY FAMILIAR WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE ART WORLD. THE PIECES WERE BEING SOLD ONLINE FOR MORE $2,500, AND AT LEAST 25 SALES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. A BOY (12) HAS KEPT REMARKABLY COOL DURING A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A LEOPARD IN INDIA. THE ANIMAL SNUCK INTO HIS ROOM WHILE HE WAS ON HIS PHONE. THANKS TO SOME QUICK THINKING, HE IMMEDIATELY LEFT AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. THE LEOPARD WAS LATER TRANQUILISED AND SAFELY RELOCATED. JUST AHEAD ` THE WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEKEND, PLUS ` IS YOUR POOCH PACKING ON THE POUNDS? WHY SCIENTISTS SAY IT MAY NOT BE THEIRS OR YOUR FAULT. WELCOME BACK. SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THE REASON WHY SOME OF OUR FURRY FRIENDS CAN'T HELP BUT PILE ON THE POUNDS. THEY'VE FOUND A GENETIC MUTATION THAT MAKES HALF OF ALL LABRADORS AND TWO THIRDS OF FLAT-HAIRED RETRIEVERS CONSTANTLY HUNGRY WHILE BURNING FEWER CALORIES AT THE SAME TIME. THIS DOUBLE WHAMMY OF NON-STOP EATING AND SLOW BURNING MEANS OWNERS NEED TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO KEEP THEIR PETS SVELTE. WE FOUND A MUTATION IN A GENE CALLED 'POMC' WHICH IS NORMALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS BODY WEIGHT. WHEN IT'S BROKEN, AS IS CAUSED BY MUTATION THAT THESE DOGS CARRY, IT MEANS THAT THEY DIAL UP THEIR HUNGER AND DIAL DOWN THEIR ENERGY USE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A STARVATION SIGNAL. LABRADORS HAVE HIGHER RATES OF OBESITY THAN OTHER DOGS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH PHOEBE BRIDGERS AND 'THE GOLD'. # COULDN'T REALLY LOVE YOU ANY MORE; # YOU'VE BECOME MY CEILING. # I DON'T THINK I LOVE YOU ANY MORE; # THAT GOLD MINE CHANGED YOU. # YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD ME ANY MORE; # OUR CAVE'S COLLAPSING. # I DON'T WANNA BE ME ANY MORE. # MY OLD MAN TOLD ME # 'YOU DON'T OPEN YOUR EYES FOR A WHILE, # YOU JUST BREATHE THAT MOMENT DOWN.' # FORTY MILES OUT OF EAST ILLINOIS, # FOR MY OLD MAN'S HEART ATTACK. # I BELIEVED YOU WERE CRAZY, # YOU BELIEVED YOU LOVE ME. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024