TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` RETAILERS AGAIN REELING FROM A CONTINUING CRIME WAVE. SOME CLEANING UP AFTER BRAZEN RAM RAIDS AT A SHOPPING MALL. ONE NATIONAL OPERATOR TAKES MATTERS INTO ITS OWN HANDS. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS IMAGE? A RIGHT ROYAL RUCKUS OVER KATE'S FIRST PUBLIC PHOTO AFTER HAVING SURGERY. WHY IT'S BEING PULLED. AND ALL THE OSCARS DRAMA, FROM NAKED AMBITION TO A PINK-CLAD KEN. # I'M JUST KEN, AND I'M ENOUGH. AND I'M GREAT AT DOING STUFF. BUT DID BARBIE BREAK OPPENHEIMER'S AWARD-WINNING STREAK? CAPTIONS BY ANNA HALL-TAYLOR, ALEX BLACKHOUSE AND KRISTIN WILLIAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI KI NGA PITOPITO KORERO O TE WA. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS. THE WAVE OF RETAIL CRIME SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN AND NOW POLICE AND PRIVATE BUSINESSES ARE STEPPING UP THEIR RESPONSE. POLICE ARE VISITING MORE PETROL STATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND ONE MAJOR RETAILER HAS HIRED A PRIVATE FIRM TO BEEF UP SECURITY. ALL THIS, AS A SOUTH AUCKLAND SHOPPING MALL SUFFERED ITS FIRST EVER RAM RAID. SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. INSIDE MANGERE TOWN CENTRE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING THE MALL RECORDED ITS FIRST EVER RAMRAID. THE SHOP HIT HAD INSTALLED NEW SECURITY DOORS. IN THIS CASE, THE ROBBERS DID NOT GET INSIDE. BUT THEY STILL CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE ` THE CLOTHING STORE ESTIMATES ABOUT $20,000 WORTH. DAMAGE IS STILL BEING DONE AT PETROL STATIONS. THIS IS A CALTEX IN MANUREWA EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE OWNERS HAD JUST BOUGHT THE BUSINESS. YEAH, IT WAS JUST A MONTH WE TOOK THE HAND OVER, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. WE ARE REALLY WORRIED COS WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVEN IN THE DAYTIME, WE ARE NOT SAFE. ZED STATION WORKERS AND OWNERS ARE ALSO VERY WORRIED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SEEING A SPIKE IN INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. ZED HAS NOW HIRED A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM. YOU'LL SEE ONE GUARD IN THE TOP-LEFT OF SCREEN CHECKING IN WITH STAFF. ZED CALL IT A 'WELFARE CHECK'. SO, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO BE RANDOM, AND LIKEWISE, THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND ON-SITE COULD VARY FROM A FEW MINUTES TO LONGER PERIODS OF TIME. WE'RE ALSO STATIONING GUARDS ON A SEMI-PERMANENT BASIS AT AREAS THAT WE THINK MAY BE HOT SPOTS. HE SAYS IF GUARDS ARE CONFRONTED BY ROBBERS, THEIR FIRST RESPONSE IS TO CALL POLICE. WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE EXPECTING THE SECURITY OR ANY OF OUR STAFF, IN THAT MATTER, TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY OR TO TRY AND RESIST. WOULD THEY BE ARMED IN ANY WAY? NO, THEY CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE ARMED. POLICE HAVE ALSO STEPPED UP THEIR PRESENCE. IN THE LAST WEEK, THEY SAY THEY'VE VISITED PETROL STATIONS 200 TIMES ACROSS AUCKLAND TO SHOW THEIR FACE AND PROVIDE REASSURANCE. AUCKLAND POLICE HAVE MADE SIX ARRESTS IN RECENT WEEKS AND SAY MOST ARE TEENS. THEY'RE WORRIED THIS OFFENDING COULD STILL GET WORSE. A NUMBER OF THE OFFENDERS ARE TAKING WHAT COULD BE WEAPONS INTO THE PETROL STATIONS. AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORRIED THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET REALLY SERIOUSLY INJURED. DURING YESTERDAY'S MANUREWA ROBBERY, ONE OFFENDER RUSHED OVER TO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD ` A REMINDER OF HOW COORDINATED SOME RAIDS ARE. POLICE BELIEVE THE OFFENCES ARE WELL ORGANISED BUT SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE YET THAT GANGS ARE INVOLVED. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. TO BREAKING NEWS, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE RIGHT NOW PREPARING FOR A MAJOR INCIDENT AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. HATO HONE-ST JOHN HAS JUST CONFIRMED TO 1 NEWS THAT IT INVOLVES AN INBOUND AIRCRAFT THAT'S JUST LANDED. FOUR AMBULANCES ARE AT THE AIRPORT AND OTHER RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLES. ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES ARE ALSO RESPONDING TO THIS INCIDENT. IT IS A LATAM AIRLINE FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY. A 1 NEWS TEAM IS ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE, AND WE'LL BRING LIVE REPORTS ONCE THEY GET THERE. THE FAMILY OF THE MAN WHO CARRIED OUT THE TERROR ATTACK AT THE NEW LYNN SHOPPING MALL WANT THE CORONER TO INVESTIGATE WHAT LED TO HIS ACTIONS. SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK IN AUCKLAND 2.5 YEARS AGO ARE ALSO DEMANDING ANSWERS, AS THE CORONER DECIDES THE FORM AND SCOPE OF HIS INQUIRY. CORAZON MILLER REPORTS. (SHOTS FIRE) THIS SCENE OF TERROR IS SOMETHING THOSE AFFECTED WILL NEVER FORGET. ALL OF THE SURVIVORS HAVE RECOLLECTIONS OF MR SAMSUDEEN, INCLUDING THE WORDS THAT HE SPOKE, THE GESTURES AND THE PHYSICAL FORCE THAT HE USED OF THE KNIFE, HIS AGGRESSIVE DEMEANOUR, THE LOOK ON HIS FACE. AHAMED SAMSUDEEN'S FATHER HAS SINCE DIED. THE FAMILY'S LAWYER SAY HIS GRIEF'S CONTRIBUTED TO HIS ILL HEALTH. THE SAMSUDEEN FAMILY ARE NOT IN A VERY GOOD WAY. THE MOTHER IS FRAIL AND ELDERLY IN SRI LANKA. TODAY COUNSEL SHARED WHAT HIS SURVIVING FAMILY AND THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE ATTACK WANT TO LEARN FROM A CORONIAL INQUIRY. THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO SAMSUDEEN'S DEATH. THIS WEEK WILL SEE THE CORONER LOOK AT THOSE FINDINGS, ALONGSIDE THE PERSPECTIVES FAMILY MEMBERS, SURVIVORS AND KEY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, TO ESTABLISH THE SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY AND WHETHER IT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SAMSUDEEN'S FAMILY WANT THE CORONER TO ASSESS WHETHER FAILURE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT OR RELIGIOUS SERVICES WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO HIS ACTIONS; IF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND HIS TIME IN JAIL INCREASED HIS RISK; AND IF POLICE COULD'VE CONSIDERED A DIFFERENT TACTICAL APPROACH, SUCH AS TASERS. LIVES WERE SAVED ON THIS OCCASSION, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THOSE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE, WHETHER IN FUTURE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE USE OF TO PREVENT DEATHS. THE SURVIVORS WANT TO KNOW WHY POLICE WHO WERE MONITORING HIM WEREN'T IN THE SUPERMARKET AT THE TIME, IF THERE WAS ENOUGH OVERSIGHT OF HIM IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHY, GIVEN THE KNOWN TERROR RISK, HE REMAINED IN NEW ZEALAND. AND MOST OF ALL, TO TRY TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THE TRAGIC EVENT. THE SAMSUDEEN FAMILY IS HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL ALL TOGETHER BE BETTER PREPARED TO PROTECT ALL OF OUR SACRED SPACES, WHETHER THEY ARE ONES WITH DOMES OR WITH TROLLEYS. THE HEARING'S SET TO CONTINUE TILL WEDNESDAY. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. A MAN'S (67) APPEARED IN CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT, CHARGED WITH MURDER, AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING A 22-YEAR-OLD IN THE CENTRAL CITY LAST NIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO HEREFORD STREET JUST AFTER 10PM, BUT THE VICTIM DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. THE ACCUSED DIDN'T ENTER A PLEA AND WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL HIS NEXT APPEARANCE IN APRIL. THE FIRST OFFICIAL PHOTO OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES SINCE HER ABDOMINAL OPERATION HAS ONLY FUELLED SPECULATION ABOUT HER HEALTH. NEWS AGENCIES WHICH SUPPLY NEWSROOMS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH IMAGES AND INFORMATION, PULLING THE PHOTO OVER CONCERNS IT WAS DIGITALLY ALTERED. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN BREAKS IT DOWN. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PICTURE PERFECT MOMENT. THE FIRST OFFICIAL PHOTO OF PRINCESS CATHERINE, WITH HER CHILDREN, AFTER HER RECENT OPERATION, DESIGNED TO QUELL RUMOURS ABOUT HER HEALTH, BUT NOW UNDER THE MICROSCOPE FOR BEING POTENTIALLY DOCTORED. RED FLAGS PROMPTING SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST NEWS AGENCIES TO SWIFTLY REMOVE THE IMAGE FROM THEIR PLATFORMS. ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYING - 'IT APPEARS THAT THE SOURCE, AKA KENSINGTON PALACE, MANIPULATED THE IMAGE.' AND HERE'S WHAT ALERTED THE EAGLE-EYED. THE DUCHESS APPEARS TO BE MISSING HER WEDDING RING, PRINCE LOUIS'S HAND SEEMS DISFIGURED. ALONG WITH THE TOP OF HIS INDEX FINGER MISSING, AND THE BACKDROP FEATURES LUSH GREENS, UNCHARACTERISTIC FOR BRITISH WINTERS. LIKELY TO BE SOME TWEAKING, EXPERTS SAY IT ADDS TO WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS A 'TRUSTABILITY CRISIS' IN THE AGE OF MODERN TECH. WE'VE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DEEP FAKES HAPPENING, THEY'RE STARTING TO HAPPEN AND PEOPLE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS AND AWARE OF THIS AT THE MOMENT. KENSINGTON PALACE TODAY DECLINED TO COMMENT . THE PROBLEM IS IT RAISES THE CONCERN OF ANY KIND OF INFORMATION BEING FAKE. MANY HAVE ASKED WHETHER THE PRINCESS' PHYSICAL APPEARANCE WAS DOCTORED. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MOTIVATION OTHER THAN TO MAKE THE PRINCESS LOOK A LITTLE BIT HEALTHY. IN JANUARY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE DUCHESS WOULD UNDERGO 'PLANNED ABDOMINAL SURGERY' TAKING TIME OFF FROM ROYAL DUTIES UNTIL AFTER EASTER. HER EXACT CONDITION HAS NEVER BEEN MADE PUBLIC, THE TEAM AROUND HER FIERCELY PROTECTING HER PRIVACY, LEADING TO RAMPANT SPECULATION ABOUT HER HEALTH. I DON'T THINK THE PALACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY REALLY HAD TO PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT CATHERINE REALLY DIDN'T WANT PUT OUT. PRINCE WILLIAM HAS CONTINUED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, ON HIS OWN. HIS RECENT PULL OUT OF A FAMILY FUNERAL DUE TO A 'PERSONAL MATTER' ONLY FEEDING THE RUMOUR MILL. IT WAS HOPED THIS PHOTO WOULD CALM SOME OF THE MORE EXTREME GOSSIP ABOUT CATHERINE'S HEALTH. BUT IT'S ONLY TAKEN IT TO A WHOLE NEW SCALE. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN, 1 NEWS. MEANWHILE, REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO THE FRONT GATE. A MAN'S BEEN ARRESTED WITH POLICE SAYING THEY'RE NOT TREATING IT AS TERROR RELATED. NO MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE IN RESIDENCE AT THE TIME. A SHOW-STOPPER FROM RYAN GOSLING THERE SINGING, YEP, ABOUT POOR OLD KEN FROM THE MOVIE 'BARBIE.' AND WHILE THE FILM BOMBED AWARDS-WISE AS OPPENHEIMER AGAIN WENT NUCLEAR, IT DID PROVIDE ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM HOLLYWOOD'S BIG NIGHT. LAURA FRYKBERG WITH THE WINNERS, LOSERS AND THE DRAMA. AS THE A-LIST VIED FOR THE HIGHEST ACCOLADES HOLLYWOOD HAS TO OFFER, IT SOON BECAME CLEAR ONE FILM WOULD BE THE TOUR DE FORCE OF THE NIGHT. OPPENHEIMER. OPPENHEIMER. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN. OPPENHEIMER. THE BIOPIC ABOUT THE MAN WHO HELPED DEVELOP THE ATOMIC BOMB WON SEVEN AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, AND ACTOR FOR CILLIAN MURPHY. FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE ARE ALL LIVING IN OPPENHEIMER'S WORLD, SO I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS TO THE PEACEMAKERS. THE FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE FILM 'POOR THINGS' FOLLOWED CLOSE BEHIND ` TAKING HOME FOUR OSCARS, INCLUDING EMMA STONE FOR BEST ACTRESS. GOOD EVENING. HER BRAIN AND BODY ARE NOT QUITE SYNCRONISED. MY DRESS IS BROKEN. I THINK IT HAPPENED DURING 'I'M JUST KEN'. # I'M JUST KEN, AND I AM GREAT AND DOING STUFF. # BUT IT WAS THE CAST OF BARBIE WHICH GAVE THE CEREMONY MUCH OF ITS COMIC RELIEF EVEN WITH THE BOX OFFICE HIT TAKING HOME JUST ONE AWARD, FOR BEST ORGINAL SONG. I THINK I KIND OF FIGURED OUT WHY THEY CALLED IN 'BARBENHEIMER' AND NOT 'OPPENBARBIE'. WHY? BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN RIDING BARBIE'S COAT TAILS ALL SUMMER. (LAUGHTER) WRESTLER-TURNED-ACTOR JOHN CENA TOOK A LESS-IS-MORE APPROACH TO PRESENT THE BEST COSTUME AWARD. (APPLAUSE) BUT THE NIGHT TOOK A SERIOUS TONE AS WELL, WHEN THE MAKERS OF 'ZONE OF INTEREST', A FILM ABOUT A FAMILY LIVING NEXT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN WWII, HIGHLIGHTED THE CONFLICT IN GAZA. RIGHT NOW WE STAND HERE AS MEN WHO REFUTE THEIR JEWISHNESS AND THE HOLOCAUST BEING HIJACKED BY AN OCCUPATION WHICH HAS LED TO CONFLICT FOR SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE. NEW ZEALAND CINEMA ROYALTY ALSO GOT A MENTION FOR WORKING ON THE WINNER OF THE BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM 'WAR IS OVER'. PETER JACKSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS FILM WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU. IN A CEREMONY THAT WAS BOTH AS FUNNY AND POLITICAL AS THE FILMS THEY HONOUR. LAURA FRYKBERG, 1 NEWS. AND BREAKFAST WILL HAVE FURTHER REACTION AND ANALYSIS FROM HOLLYWOOD'S BIG NIGHT TOMORROW MORNING FROM 6. RE-BUILDING PLANS IN HAWKE'S BAY ARE BEING HELD UP AS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO FIND INSURANCE COVER AFTER CYCLONE GABRIELLE. SOME CAN'T GET INSURANCE AT ALL, WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN QUOTED MUCH-HIGHER PREMIUMS. OUR HAWKE'S BAY REPORTER HENRY MCMULLAN SPOKE TO THOSE AFFECTED. POST-CYCLONE BUILDING PLANS... STRUGGLING TO GET OFF THE GROUND I'M IN THE MIDDLE AND I WANT TO BUILD A NEW HOME.. CAN'T GET ANY INSURANCE. OTHERS STRUGGLING WITH SKY HIGH NEW PREMIUMS. THE INCREASE HAS COME IN AT AN AVERAGE OF 82 PERCENT MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING LAST YEAR. HIS BROKER SAYING IT WAS AS GOOD AS HE D FIND. WE HAD NOTHING ELSE SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO TAKE IT. TROY DUNCAN AND HIS FAMILY ARE LIVING IN THIS TEMPORARY CABIN ON HIS PAKOWHAI LAND. IT'S IN CATEGORY 2C, SO THE AREA NEEDS BETTER FLOOD PROTECTION, WHICH COULD TAKE YEARS TO BUILD. HE GOT A PAY-OUT FROM HIS INSURER TOWER AFTER THE CYCLONE, BUT IT WON'T OFFER HIM COVER NOW. AFTER 24 YEARS OF INSURING WITH THEM THEY DECIDED THAT UM, SEE YOU LATER. WHICH IS PROVING TO BE A HARD TASK. FIVE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, PLUS INSURANCE BROKERS WHO HAVE OTHER LINES OF ENQUIRY AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP, THEY'VE ALL SAID 'SORRY'. IN A STATEMENT TOWER INSURANCE SAID IT SYMPATHISES WITH THE DUNCAN FAMILY BUT IT ONLY INSURES COMPLETED DWELLINGS OR SMALL RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING PROPERTIES. IT ASSESSES RISK ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND MAY NOT OFFER COVER IN HIGH RISK AREAS. IF PEOPLE ARE IN STRIFE AND CANT AFFORD IT, TALK TO THEIR INSURER BUT ALSO, SHOP AROUND AS WELL, FOR THE BEST DEAL YOU CAN GET. BUT BROKERS SAY THE MARKET IS GETTING TOUGHER. DEFINITELY A CHANGING LANDSCAPE. INSURERS ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE PARTICULAR DANGERS AND EXPOSURES THAT THEY ARE IN NEW ZEALAND, SINCE LAST YEAR. IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR CLIENTS TO FIND THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS. LEAVING SOME WITH FEW, IF ANY, OPTIONS. IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT OR THEIR PROBLEM BUT... THERE'S A LOT OF CARNAGE FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS. STILL TRYING TO MAKE THE FIRST STEPS TO RECOVERY... HENRY MCMULLAN, 1 NEWS. TO OUR BREAKING NEWS ` AND A MAJOR INCIDENT IS UNFOLDING AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. HONE-ST JOHN HAS CONFIRMED TO 1 NEWS THAT IT INVOLVES AN INBOUND AIRCRAFT FROM SYDNEY. FOUR AMBULANCES ARE AT THE AIRPORT AND OTHER RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLES. JACOB JOHNSON HAS JUST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. JACOB, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? SIMON THAT'S RIGHT. AT LEAST 10 EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE ARRIVED HERE AFTER INCOMING FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY SOUTH AMERICAN AIRLINES. ST JOHN FIRST RESPONDED HERE. ST JOHN SAID THEY COULD BE MORE ON THEIR WAY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENED. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ALTITUDE DROP ON THE FLIGHT. WE ARE PLANNING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL SHORTLY. TO SEE JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP ON THIS. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THANKS, JACOB. AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. TVNZ'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE FACED FURTHER QUESTIONING TODAY IN AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OVER PROPOSED CUTS, INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF 'SUNDAY' AND 'FAIR GO'. THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ALSO FRONTED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE CUTS WERE ANNOUNCED ` SAYING SHE PLANS TO UPDATE BROADCASTING LEGISLATION. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. FIRST, YOU HAVE LIKELY HEARD THE NEWS THAT TVNZ HAS PROPOSED IT WILL CUT FAIR GO FROM EARLY MAY. FAIR GO'S PRESENTERS DURING THEIR USUAL MONDAY MORNING STUDIO SLOT. FAIR GO ISN'T ABOUT US. IT IS ABOUT YOU, SO LETS CRACK ON WITH THE SHOW. AT THE SAME TIME, TVNZ EXECUTIVES WERE LEADING A COMPANY WIDE MEETING UPSTAIRS. SO I MISSED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. THEY WERE BUSY PRODUCING THEIR SHOW FOR THE COMING WEEK. THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A GOOD SIGNAL. 1 NEWS WASN'T ALLOWED TO FILM TODAY'S MEETING, BUT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT CHIEF EXECUTIVE JODI O'DONNELL WAS ASKED IF SHE WOULD APOLOGISE FOR HOW SHE HANDLED A MEETING ON FRIDAY WITH NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS STAFF. THE MEETING ON FRIDAY WAS A LOT, UM, BUT I THOUGHT ROBUST. A LOT OF REALLY UPSET PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE SOME REAL, ACUTE HURT. WE NEED REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP, AND WE EXPECT TO GET IT, AND I'M QUITE HAPPY TO CALL OUT AND CHALLENGE MY OWN BOSSES WHEN WE DON'T GET THAT, JUST AS I WOULD A POLITICIAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO DESERVES IT. JODI O'DONNELL WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED TODAY, BUT HAS SAID TVNZ NEEDS TO REDUCE COSTS TO BE SUSTAINABLE. THE UNION SAYS IT'LL FIGHT. THEIR PROPOSAL AND TIME FRAMES ARE UNREASONABLE, UNREALISTIC AND PROBABLY ILLEGAL. AS THE SECTOR COLLAPSES, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS PLANNING TO MODERNISE THE BROADCASTING ACT. YOU KNOW, SOME LEVERS ACTUALLY NEED LEGISLATION OR CHANGES IN THE REGULATORY SETTING. MEANWHILE, THE LOSS OF FAIR GO COULD BE A BLOW TO TVNZ'S IMAGE. JUST BECAUSE IT'S A NEW ZEALAND-FOCUSED PROGRAMME THAT IS TRUSTWORTHY. AND SO, NOT HAVING THE PROGRAMME ANY MORE WOULD DEFINITELY DIMINISH THE TVNZ BRAND. GARTH BRAY SAYS HIS TEAM HAS RECEIVED PLENTY OF SUPPORT AS THEY TRY TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP GOING. BUT SURELY THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST MONEY. IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A FAIR GO, MAYBE GIVING US A FAIR GO TOO. FOR NOW, THE SHOW GOES ON. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` AMERICA SENDS TROOPS TO BEEF UP SECURITY AT ITS EMBASSY IN HAITI. AS VIOLENCE INTENSIFIES, ONE OF THE TOP GANG LEADERS BEHIND THE UNREST SPEAKS OUT. PLUS ` DRAMATIC FOOTAGE AS A KIWI SKIER SUDDENLY PLUMMETS INTO A HIDDEN WATERFALL. NEXT ` HOW HE GOT OUT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` AROUND 700,000 NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO KIWISAVER. WE FIND OUT WHY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR RETIREMENT. PLUS ` HOW THIS UNIQUE HOSPITAL NURSES SICK, NATIVE SPECIES BACK TO HEALTH. AND... HOW TO MAKE A SPLASH HIGHER THAN A 2 STOREY BUILDING. THE DETAILS, TONIGHT AT 7. OVERSEAS ` AND THE U.S PRESIDENT HAS SHARPENED HIS STANCE ON THE GAZA WAR, SAYING ISRAEL'S LEADER IS HURTING HIS OWN NATION BY NOT LETTING MORE AID IN. BUT AS JOE BIDEN ORDERS MORE AID AIR-DROPS AND THE CREATION OF A NEW AID PORT, HE STOPPED SHORT OF CUTTING U.S MILITARY DELIVERIES TO ISRAEL. U.S CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS. HUNGER CAUSED BY WAR CREATED THIS TRAGEDY. THIS HOSPITAL HAS SEEN 14 BABIES DIE FROM MALNUTRITION. 'THERE WAS NO MEAT, MILK, EGGS, FRUIT OR VEGETABLES,' THIS MAN SAYS. AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET BETTER CAN'T ` AS THIS MOTHER WHO'S JUST LOST HER SON FOUND OUT IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE. TRANSLATOR: YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF ` WHERE WE LIVE IN A SCHOOL, INSIDE A TENT IN FRONT OF THE TOILETS. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM A SICK CHILD LIVING IN SUCH CONDITIONS? HOW CAN HE GET BETTER? U.S AIR FORCE PLANES CONTINUE TO DROP AID OVER THE GAZA STRIP... (PLANE ENGINE WHIRRS) ..DESPITE DOUBTS OVER ITS EFFECTIVENESS. THE AMOUNT THAT WAS AIRDROPPED WILL DO VERY LITTLE TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER, MALNUTRITION. ALSO, IT CAN CREATE CHAOS. NOW THE U.S ARMY IS PLANNING TO BUILD A TEMPORARY AID DELIVERY PORT ON GAZA'S SHORES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BOMBS USED BY ISRAEL AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR ATTACK AGAINST HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP, KILLING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS, ARE EFFECTIVELY SUPPLIED BY THE AMERICANS. THE ABC'S REPORTING THAT ISRAEL STARTED RUNNING OUT OF ITS OWN SELF-PRODUCED MUNITIONS SOME TIME AGO. SOME SAY AMERICA COULD END THIS WAR IF IT STOPPED ITS MILITARY AID, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN OF THAT YET. INSTEAD, JOE BIDEN, SHARPENING HIS CRITICISM OF THE WAY ISRAEL'S LEADER IS EXECUTING THE WAR ON HAMAS. HE MUST, HE MUST, HE MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN. HE'S HURTING ISRAEL MORE THAN HELPING ISRAEL. THE U.S PRESIDENT ALSO SAYING ISRAEL INVADING THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH WOULD BE A RED LINE. ISRAEL'S LEADER, MEANWHILE ` BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ` RESPONDING BY DOUBLING DOWN ON A RAFAH INVASION AND CALLING THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH A RED LINE. FOR MANY GAZANS, THOUGH, ON THE EVE OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN, THE ONLY LINE IS THE INCREASINGLY THIN ONE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. I FEED MY DAUGHTER WITH WATER JUST SO SHE DOESN'T DIE. ISRAEL REMAINS DETERMINED TO DESTROY HAMAS. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL THE FINAL COST OF THAT LOOK LIKE? LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. THE U.S. HAS EVACUATED NON-ESSENTIAL STAFF FROM ITS EMBASSY IN HAITI AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE THERE. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED AS ARMED GANGS TRY TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT. ABC'S MATT RIVERS HAS MORE. TONIGHT, WITH HAITI ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE, THE U.S. MILITARY EVACUATED NONESSENTIAL EMBASSY PERSONNEL OVERNIGHT, CHOPPERING IN MARINES TO REINFORCE THE EMBASSY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT URGING AMERICANS TO LEAVE AS GANGS LAUNCHED COORDINATED ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AGAINST THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AND THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. MULTIPLE POLICE STATIONS SET ON FIRE. GANG SOLDIERS SHOWING OFF STOLEN FLAK JACKETS. THE GOVERNMENT NOW EXTENDING A STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND CARIBBEAN LEADERS CALLING AN EMERGENCY MEETING MONDAY FOR WHAT THEY CALL A 'DIRE SITUATION'. AND TONIGHT, ABC NEWS SPEAKING TO THE MAN BEHIND IT ALL ` GANG LEADER JIMMY CHERIZIER, KNOWN AS 'BARBECUE'. (SPEAKS FRENCH) HE SAYS, 'THE FIRST STEP IN THE FIGHT IS TO OVERTHROW ARIEL HENRY, 'AND THEN WE START THE REAL FIGHT 'AGAINST THE CORRUPT OLIGARCHS AND POLITICIANS.' THE UNELECTED U.S-BACKED HENRY TOOK CHARGE WHEN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE WAS ASSASSINATED 2.5 YEARS AGO ` POVERTY, VIOLENCE AND HUNGER SOARING ON HIS WATCH. NOW, EVEN THE U.S. PRESSURING HIM TO STEP ASIDE. BARBECUE IS HAITI'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER, A FORMER POLICE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EXPLOSION OF VIOLENCE. EVEN IF HENRY STEPS DOWN, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO TAKES OVER OR WHEN NEW ELECTIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE. IN THE MEANTIME, HOSPITALS CLOSED, THOUSANDS OF CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN FREED, ACCESS TO FOOD OR CLEAN WATER INCREASINGLY SCARCE. ORDINARY HAITIANS, INNOCENT PEOPLE SUFFERING. AND GANG LEADERS SAY IF THE PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS, THEY WILL CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. NEW ZEALAND SKIER SEAN TOMS HAS HAD QUITE THE TUMBLE, FALLING INTO A HOLE IN JAPAN. THE KIWI'S GO-PRO CAPTURING THE MOMENT HE WAS COMING DOWN THE SLOPES OF HOKKAIDO, BEFORE GETTING STUCK INSIDE A HIDDEN WATERFALL. LUCKILY HE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE 6 METRE HOLE, AND LIVE TO TELL THE TALE. JUST AHEAD ` THE NBA CHEER SQUAD GOING VIRAL. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THESE DANCERS THAT'S MAKING THEM A FAN FAVOURITE? PLUS ` IT'S DUBBED THE BOUNTY TROUGH, SO WHAT TREASURE'S BEEN DISCOVERED OFF OTAGO'S COAST? DEFINITELY LIKE CHRISTMAS. (CHUCKLES) PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS, AND THEY'LL WANT TO ENGAGE, THEY'LL WANT TO KNOW MORE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT THIS PROVIDES. PLUS WE FIND OUT WHO'S THE MASTER OF THE 'MANU'. - Hey, Toyota. - (BABY FUSSES) - WHISPERS: Got something safe? It's kind of a big deal for me now. - Yeah, take your pick! WHISPERS: 'Oh, sorry. 'These all come with Toyota Safety Sense as standard.' - Will it be looking for signs of danger? - Well, yeah. It has a pre-collision system with autonomous emergency braking. - Can it help me stay in my lane? - Actually, it can. (CAR ALARM BEEPS) - (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Can it help me keep a safe distance from others? - Yep, that too. - Do you do 5am test drives? JUST UPDATING OUR BREAKING NEWS A MAJOR INCIDENT AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT INVOLVING A FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY. JACOB JOHNSON IS AT THE AIRPORT. WHAT'S THE LATEST, JACOB? WILL SIMON I'VE BEEN HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK THANKS, JACOB.ASSESSED AND TREATED 24 PATIENTS WILL SIMON I'VE BEEN HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK ON WILL SIMON I'VE BEEN HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK ON THANKS, JACOB.ASSESSED AND TREATED 24 PATIENTS WILL SIMON I'VE BEEN HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS STILL AREN'T FULLY CLEAR IT MAY HAVE BEEN A TECHNICAL ISSUE ON BOARD THE PLANE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A TECHNICAL ISSUE ON BOARD THE PLANE IS STILL NOT EXACTLY HOW MANY INJURIES AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE UPDATES AS WE GET THEM. SCIENTISTS SAY CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A HUNDRED NEW OR POTENTIALLY NEW OCEAN SPECIES. A CREW SPENT NEARLY A MONTH AT SEA SURVEYING AN AREA OFF THE COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, KNOWN AS THE BOUNTY TROUGH.THIS ABBEY WAKEFIELD, WITH WHAT THEY UNCOVERED. IT'S A WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT PIGS CAN'T FLY, BUT IT TURNS OUT THEY CAN SWIM. WE FOUND A VERY LARGE SPECIMEN OF WHAT ARE CALLED SEA PIGS, WHICH ARE SEA CUCUMBERS, BUT THEY HAVE SMALL LEG-LIKE APPENDAGES. FROM FISH TO SNAILS TO CORALS, SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND DOZENS OF PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CREATURES. DISCOVERING ALL THESE SPECIES, DEFINITELY LIKE CHRISTMAS. AND AS THEY SHARED THE NEWS TODAY, THESE FISH FANS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. IMAGINE YOUR EXCITEMENT, OR MY EXCITEMENT! (CROWD CHUCKLES) WHEN WE GOT 3 NEW SPECIES OF EEL. THE FIRST, AMAZINGLY, CAME UP IN LESS THAN 1000M OF WATER. THE VOYAGE WAS A REALLY MASSIVE SUCCESS FOR US, AND WE WENT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITES IN THE BOUNTY TROUGH, FROM 600M DOWN TO NEARLY 5000M. WE COLLECTED OVER 1800 SAMPLES. THE JOINT 21 DAY MISSION, FEATURING EXPERTS FROM NIWA AND TE PAPA, WAS PART OF A PROJECT DUBBED 'OCEAN CENSUS' SETTING OUT TO UNCOVER WHAT'S DEEP IN THE SEA BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A CHANCE TO WIPE IT OUT. IT'S ESTIMATED THERE ARE BETWEEN 1 MILLION AND 2 MILLION SPECIES IN THE OCEAN, OF WHICH WE'VE PROBABLY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED ABOUT 230,000 - 240,000. WE HAVE REALLY ONLY JUST BEGUN TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE. THE CREW ALSO TRIALLED NEW WAYS OF INTERACTING WITH SEA LIFE TO MIMIC THE LIGHT PRODUCED BY CERTAIN SQUID, THEY ATTACHED GLOW STRIPS TO THEIR CAMERA SOON ENOUGH, CAPTURING A CREATURE WINKING BACK AT THEM. SQUIDS ARE FLIRTY CREATURES. ONE OF THE BIG FINDS THAT HAS EXPERTS BAFFLED IS THIS, WHICH SCIENTISTS THINK COULD BE A NEW SPECIES OF OCTO-CORAL. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY SURE WHAT IT IS. THE SEA TREASURES WILL STAY IN NEW ZEALAND, AS EXPERTS HERE FIND WAYS TO DESCRIBE THEM. ABBY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. IF YOU NEEDED MORE PROOF THAT AGE IS JUST A NUMBER, THIS COULD BE IT. THE OFFICIAL CHEER SQUAD FOR ONE OF THE NBA'S BIGGEST FRANCHISES IS MADE UP OF PASSIONATE MOVERS AND SHAKERS AS YOUNG AS 55 AND AS OLD AS 80. CHANNEL NINE'S ALISON PIOTROWSKI WENT TO MEET THEM. # FREAK OUT... # IT IS SO EXCITING, I MEAN, TO BE IN FRONT OF ALL OF THESE FANS. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL PERFORM AT MY AGE. JOHN MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF CHEERLEADER YOU'RE USED TO. HOW OLD ARE YOU, CAN I ASK? I'M GOING TO BE 60 THIS YEAR. BUT WHEN THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS CALL A TIMEOUT... STEF ON A STEP BACK THREE... (CHEERS) THE HARDWOOD CLASSICS TAKE TO THE COURT WITH A MESSAGE - YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD AND IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. I WAS JUST DANCING IN, YOU KNOW, THE KITCHEN AFTER MY FAMILY WENT TO BED AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL THAT THERE WAS. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE... THE YOUNGEST ON THE WARRIORS SENIOR DANCE TEAM IS 55 AND THE OLDEST... 80 YEARS OLD, AND THEY ARE FULL OF JOY. JOYFUL, BUT THESE SMILES HIDE A COMPETITIVE BUNCH. I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST GOING TO BE A NOVELTY AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE MAKING FUN OF, YOU KNOW, OLDER DANCERS. CERTAINLY NOT A NOVELTY GROUP. NOW, IN THEIR SIXTH SEASON, THE CHEERS FROM THE CROWD HAVE GROWN EVEN LOUDER THIS YEAR AFTER GOING VIRAL ON TIKTOK, AMASSING A FOLLOWING THEY COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED. THERE'S A RETIRED JUDGE, A FORMER BACKUP DANCER FOR DIANA ROSS, WHILE AMY TEACHES YEAR 11 ENGLISH. I'VE SHARED THIS JOURNEY WITH MY STUDENTS, AND SO I ACTUALLY PERFORMED MY AUDITION ROUTINE FOR THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'IF I CAN DO IT FOR TEENAGERS THEN I CAN DO IT FOR ANYBODY.' FOR PRIVACY AND SECURITY REASONS, THEY ARE ONLY CALLED BY THEIR FIRST NAMES. HUNDREDS AUDITION EACH YEAR, BUT ONLY TWO DOZEN MAKE THE CUT. EACH PERFORMANCE LASTS A LITTLE OVER A MINUTE, BUT REQUIRES HOURS OF LEARNING AND PERFECTING THE CHOREOGRAPHY. OUR BRAND IS LIKE, 'CELEBRATE DANCING AT ANY AGE, BUT CELEBRATE THEM AS TRUE ARTISTS AND TRUE PERFORMERS.' EMBRACED BY 20,000 RAUCOUS FANS EACH NIGHT, THE HARDWOOD CLASSICS NOW HAVE A FOLLOWING OF THEIR OWN, PROVING NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THAT AGE IS JUST A NUMBER. BECAUSE OFTEN, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AT A CERTAIN AGE, WE'RE ALMOST INVISIBLE. AND SO THIS IS LIKE, 'NOW WE'RE HERE AND WE STILL GOT IT.' TRUE PROFESSIONALS, THEY'RE PAID FOR THEIR WORK. AND IF THE WARRIORS WIN THE TITLE, WELL, THEY GET A RING TOO. AND THAT'D BE WELL DESERVED TOO, THE CHEER SQUAD TYPICALLY PERFORMS UP TO 26 TIMES A SEASON. HAYLEY'S HERE FOR SPORT, AND THINGS DIDN'T GO TO PLAN FOR THE BLACK CAPS TODAY NO, A DISAPPOINTING END TO ALL THAT HOPE OF A HISTORY-MAKING WIN, AUSTRALIA SOAKED UP THE PRESSURE, THE HOME SIDE FALTERING. GOTTA TAKE THAT. GOT TO TAKE THAT. THAT WAS JUST RACHIN. CATCHING AGAIN A PROBLEM, THE AUSSIES TAKING ADVANTAGE, THE FANS NURSING BROKEN HEARTS. PLUS... HOW A SERIOUS INJURY CAUSED A REVELATION FOR SNOW CHAMP ZOI SADOWSKI SYNNOTT. IT'S JUST BEEN AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE. A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HER SPORT, AS SHE FIGHTS HER WAY BACK TO THE TOP. AND A FRONT MOVING UP THE COUNTRY HAS BROUGHT A CLOUDY AND SHOWERY DAY FOR SOME, AUCKLAND'S CURRENTLY 20C. IN DUNEDIN IT'S GREY SKIES BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRONT IN THE COOLER SOUTHERLY. RIGHT NOW, JUST 13C. THERE'S SHOWERS IN THE MIX TOMORROW WHO'LL NEED THE RAINCOAT? AFTER SPORT. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF AN HISTORIC TEST VICTORY AT HAGLEY OVAL TODAY AFTER AUSTRALIA SUCCESSFULLY CHASED DOWN 279 RUNS WITH THREE WICKETS STILL IN HAND. A DISAPPOINTING END TO THE SERIES AND THE SUMMER FOR NEW ZEALAND, WHO HAD THEM ON THE ROPES, FOUR DOWN, WHEN PLAY RESUMED THIS MORNING. JORDAN OPPERT WITH HOW THE DAY UNFOLDED. THEY'RE THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE TEST SIDE FOR A REASON. PUMPED AWAY! PAT CUMMINS HITS THE WINNING RUNS! AUSTRALIA SWEEP NEW ZEALAND ` 2-0 ` IN THE SERIES THAT IS SOME PERFORMANCE. WHEN YOU PLAY THE BEST, YOU'VE GOT TO BE AT YOUR BEST FOR THAT LITTLE BIT LONGER, AND WE HAD MOMENTS BOTH TEST MATCHES WE COULD'VE BEEN BETTER AT TIMES, AND THINGS COULD'VE BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. TODAY THE BLACKCAPS GOT OFF TO THE BEST POSSIBLE START. YEAH! GOT 'EM! THEY GOT ONE VERY NEXT BALL. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?! BUT IT'D BE A DROPPED CATCH ONE BALL EARLIER THE BLACKCAPS WOULD RUE. GEE. THAT'S A BIG SHOT. BIG POWERFUL SHOT FROM MITCH MARSH. HE AND ALEX CAREY GOING AFTER EVERYTHING ` AVERAGING FIVE RUNS AN OVER. ON THE PULL! ON THE PULL IN FRONT OF SQUARE FOR FOUR, AND THAT'S A NICE WAY TO BRING UP A 9TH TEST MATCH 50 FOR MITCHELL MARSH. CAREY WITH A FIGHTING 50 TOO. NOTHING GOING THE BLACKCAPS WAY AS THEY BURNT THROUGH TWO REVIEWS. AUSTRALIA HALVING THE DEFICIT BY LUNCH AS THEY CONTINUED TO MAKE RUNS. ON THE PULL! ALL THE WAY FOR SIX! A BIGGER BLOW WAS COMING IN THE FORM OF BEN SEARS. AND IT'S GONE. IS IT GONE? YES, IT IS! BACK TO BACK BEN SEARS! OH MY WORD! TWO WICKETS IN TWO BALLS ` A FLASH OF HOPE WHILE NEEDING JUST THREE MORE. AUSTRALIA REQUIRING 50 RUNS. SWEEP. HE PLAYS IT WELL, AND GEE, THIS COULD RUN AWAY FOR FOUR AS WELL. THE TIMINGS REALLY GOOD, AND IT IS SUCH A FAST OUTFIELD. BUT CAREY'S 98 NOT OUT, STEERING THE AUSSIES TO VICTORY, DENYING THE BLACKCAPS A RARE TEST WIN. IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A TOUGH THING TO ACHIEVE FOR 30 YEARS, AND I GUESS THAT WAIT GOES ON, LEAVING PLENTY FOR THE HOME SIDE TO PONDER. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. WALES ARE ON THE BRINK OF MAKING HISTORY OF THE WRONG KIND IN THE SIX NATIONS, THRASHED BY AN UNDER-STRENGTH FRENCH SIDE IN CARDIFF. WARREN GATLAND'S MEN ARE WINLESS THROUGH FOUR ROUNDS, THEIR FINAL MATCH ON SUNDAY AGAINST ITALY WILL DETERMINE WHO TAKES THE WOODEN SPOON. HERE'S KATE WELLS. BEFORE KICK-OFF, PRINCIPALITY STADIUM RESEMBLED A RED CAULDRON, BUT AFTER 80 MINUTES IT TURNED BLUE. (CROWD CHEERS) A SECOND HALF FRENZY OF POINTS SAW FRANCE DOMINATE WALES 45-24. WE DEFINITELY COME OFF SECOND BEST TODAY. YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. WE'RE REALLY FRUSTRATED. WALES YET TO NOTCH UP A SIX NATIONS WIN, AND THEY TAKE ON ITALY IN THE WOODEN SPOON DECIDER ON SUNDAY. THE WELSH HAVEN'T FINISHED BOTTOM OF THE TABLE FOR 21 YEARS. WE'VE GOT TO BE EXCITED; WE'VE GOT TO EMBRACE IT. YOU CAN'T HIDE AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGES AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE LOTS OF PARTS OF THAT GAME THAT WE WERE REASONABLY GOOD TODAY AND WE WERE IN FRONT... AND WE PROBABLY CAPITULATED A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES. THE LAST 15 ASIDE, WALES DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A BOTTOM-OF-THE-TABLE OUTFIT. THE VISION OF THE WING. AT TIMES, RUNNING RINGS AROUND THE FRENCH DEFENCE. IT'S A 211. THE MATCH IN THE BALANCE UNTIL THE 64TH MINUTE, WHEN THE FLOODGATES OPENED. FRANCE BACK IN FRONT. FRANCE QUITE LITERALLY TAKING CHARGE. THE CHARGE DOWN FROM TAOFIFENUA. A LE BLEU DOMINATION, WINNING BY 21 POINTS; 20 OF THOSE COMING FROM THE BOOT OF THOMAS RAMOS. THE FORWARD PACK PUTTING IN THE HARD YARDS TOO. WE HAVE A MASSIVE, MASSIVE PACK. WE WANTED IT TO BE TOUGH ON THE COLLISION. IT WAS A STARK CONTRAST IN PHYSICALITY AND THE GAME SKILL LEVEL'S REALLY IMPORTANT, KICKING GAME'S IMPORTANT. ALL THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT... IF YOU CAN'T WIN COLLISIONS IN ATTACK AND IN THE TACKLE, YOU'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE. THE ROLLER COASTER MATCH ROUNDING OUT A WEEKEND OF SIX NATIONS SURPRISES. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. AND CLOSER TO HOME, JULIAN SAVEA IS GETTING COMFORTABLE IN HIS NEW SURROUNDINGS AND NEW POSITION. SAVEA BECOMING SUPER RUGBY'S ALL-TIME LEADING TRY-SCORER OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT DOING SO IN HIS NEW SPOT AS A CENTRE FOR MOANA PASIFIKA. THE BUS HAPPY TO CHANGE LANES, WITH SOME HELP FROM COACH TANA UMAGA. WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST 12S EVER TO DON THE JERSEY, SO HE'S GIVEN ME SOME ADVICE. IT DEFINITELY HURTS THE BODY A BIT MORE, IT DEFINITELY HURTS THE BODY A BIT MORE, A BIT MORE CONTACT THAN I'M USED TO ON THE WING. SAVEA AND MOANA PASIFIKA GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER BRUISING ENCOUNTER THIS WEEK, TAKING ON THE FORCE IN PERTH ON FRIDAY. SIX WELLINGTON PHOENIX PLAYERS HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE ALL WHITES SQUAD FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST LATER THIS MONTH. LUKAS KELLY-HEALD (18) GETTING HIS FIRST CALL UP, WHILE KOSTA BARBAROUSES AND BEN OLD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BY COACH DARREN BAZELEY. GOT A BIT OF A TASTER OF IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS AMAZING FOR ME. BUT THEN INJURIES HAPPENED AND I FELL OUT OF THE SQUAD. I THINK THE INJURY MATURED ME AS A PLAYER ` PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE WAY I PLAYED. I ALWAYS HAD THE ATTRIBUTES I HAD NOW BUT I'M ABLE TO USE THEM A LOT MORE EFFECTIVELY. GOALKEEPER ALEX PAULSEN ALONG WITH DEFENDERS TIM PAYNE AND FINN SURMAN ROUND OUT THE PHOENIX CONTINGENT. FOR YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE LUCAS THAT HAVE COME IN AND DONE REALLY WELL... OBVIOUSLY FINN SURMAN IS DOING REALLY WELL AND BEN OWEN'S ON GREAT FORM. AND THEN THERE'S COSTA, YOU KNOW, WHO'S HAVING A GREAT SEASON. YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS DESERVE TO BE SELECTED. THE FIRST W CUP HELD IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WILL SEE NEW ZEALAND PLAY EGYPT FIRST UP, AND EITHER CROATIA OR TUNISIA, DEPENDING ON RESULTS. BILLED AS THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON SO FAR, LIVERPOOL'S MEETING WITH MANCHESTER CITY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. VICTORY WOULD HAVE PUT EITHER SIDE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, MANCHESTER CITY TAKING THE EARLY INITIATIVE. THAT'S A CLEVER BALL, AND STONES AT THE FRONT POST HAS BEEN ABLE TO SMUGGLE IT IN! AND IT'S A REHEARSED CORNER KICK MOVE THAT'S PAID HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR MANCHESTER UNITED! BUT THE HOME SIDE MANAGED TO PEG THINGS BACK FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. MCALLISTER MAKES NO MISTAKE AND LIVERPOOL ARE BACK LEVEL! LIVERPOOL HAD ANOTHER PENALTY APPEAL IN THE DYING SECONDS... BUT IT WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE REFEREE. THE ONE ALL DRAW LEAVES ARSENAL TOP ON GOAL DIFFERENCE, LEVEL WITH LIVERPOOL AND ONLY A POINT AHEAD OF CITY. A MIXED BAG OF RESULTS FOR THE THREE KIWIS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST RACE OF THIS YEAR'S INDYCAR SERIES. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN EARNING A SPOT ON THE PODIUM TO OPEN THE SEASON WHILE SCOTT DIXON HAD TO SETTLE FOR NINTH. THE ST PETERSBURG GRAND PRIX NOT AS POSITIVE FOR MARCUS ARMSTRONG, THOUGH, CRASHING OUT EARLY ON. TURN 10, JUST A LITTLE HOT ON THE BREAKS, LOCKS THE LEFT FRONT. UNFORTUNATELY THAT CONTACT IS TOO MUCH, IT CHEWS UP THE RIGHT FRONT AND THEN THE BANGER - THAT'S A WALLOP! INDYCAR NOW HEADS TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE LUCRATIVE $1 MILLION THERMAL RACE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. NEW ZEALAND'S SNOWBOARDING GOLDEN GIRL HAS NOT BEEN SEEN AT A WORLD CUP EVENT SINCE INJURING HER ANKLE IN PRACTICE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.. BUT WE SHOULD GET TO SEE ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT THIS WEEK ON THE FIRST STOP OF THE NATURAL SELECTION TOUR IN CANADA... ZOE SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT HAS BEEN MISSING IN ACTION DURING THE BUSIEST TIME OF THE SNOW SPORTS SEASON. I INJURED MYSELF IN DECEMBER AT THE COPPER BIGGER GRAND PRIX AND IT WAS JUST SECOND DAY OF PRACTICE DOING A SWITCHBACK 1260 AND WENT A BIT TOO BIG. THAT TRICK, 'THE SWITCHBACK 1260,' HAS BEEN WINNING HER COMPETITIONS, KEEPING HER AT THE TOP OF THE GAME. BUT GOING BIG COMES WITH RISK; IN THIS CASE, AN ANKLE FRACTURE WITH BONE BRUISING. THE OUTLOOK WAS LOOKING LIKE SIX WEEKS, BUT I'M ALMOST AT 12 NOW. AND I ONLY GOT BACK ON SNOW TWO WEEKS AGO, SO IT'S TAKEN A LOT LONGER TO HEAL THAN EXPECTED. AND I'VE COME TO REALISE HOW MUCH FORCE WE ACTUALLY TAKE FOR OUR BODY SNOWBOARDING, WHICH HAS BEEN AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE. AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS MADE THE 23 YEAR-OLD REFLECT. I'VE MISSED OUT ON SO MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER AND YEAH, IT'S JUST MADE ME SO GRATEFUL, UM, TO DO WHAT I LOVE AND BE BACK BOARDING AGAIN. UM, YEAH. I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND THANKFUL. THIS WEEK, THE GOLD MEDALLIST RETURNS TO COMPETITION TO DEFEND HER NATURAL SELECTION TITLE IN THE DEEP POWDER OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN BACKCOUNTRY. THE SNOW IS SOFTER THAN A HARD PACKED PARK JUMP, BUT THAT'S NO GUARANTEE OF A SMOOTH LANDING. THERE IS, FOR SURE, ALWAYS RISK OF DOING MORE DAMAGE AND RE-INJURING. UM, BUT YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT RISK. I THINK THIS NEXT COMP WILL BE GOOD AND THEN GET BACK IN THE PARK TRAINING AFTERWARDS. SO ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE 1260 BACK IN SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT'S BAG OF TRICKS? THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONE TRICK THAT'S GOING TO SCARE ME THE MOST DOING AGAIN. BUT UM, THAT THAT'S THE GOAL FOR SURE. THE SAYING 'GO BIG OR GO HOME' HAS NEVER BEEN SO RELEVANT. THANKS, HAYLEY. THANKS, HAYLEY. STAY WITH US, WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE, NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` NEARLY 250K NEW ZEALANDERS DON'T CONTRIBUTE TO KIWISAVER; WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE. PLUS THE SECRETS TO MAKING A REALLY BIG SPLASH. WE MEET THE BEST MANU MASTERS IN THE COUNTRY. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT SEVEN. VOICEOVER: Imagine if you could start thriving. AIA Vitality is a science-backed health and wellbeing program that gives you the guidance, tools and rewards you need to thrive. So get AIA Vitality and start thriving. HELLO THE MOST PART SOME CLOUD AND PASSING SHOWERS CAN SEE HOW THE FRONT MEANDERS THEN WE GET A SURGE OF WARM AIR IS THE ENERGY JUST GOES EAST WARMTH IN THE UPRIGHT RIDGE DOESN'T HAVE THE ON FIAT HINTS OF LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE THE SOUND IN YOUR HANGOVER STILL GETTING THE MORE MERE 30 AND TWIZEL THAT FRONT IS JUST FADING AWAY 34 TWIZEL GETTING NO SEARCHES OF COOL AIR WE GO NORTH-WEST TOMORROW HEADS UP FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS PARTS A FEW WOODLAND BUT BITS AND PIECES FIRST FRONT IS THERE WATCH THIS ONE THE NORTH ISLAND SEES BITS OF RAIN BY THE END OF THE DAY A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN THIS ONE HAS A BIT MORE WARMTH BUT JUST THAT SOFTLY CHANGE PARTS OF NORTHLAND SAME SORT OF THING YOU COULD GET A COUPLE OF SHOWERS 24 AS WE FINISH THE COULD BE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS INTO THE MIX SOME SPOTS HERE AND THERE CENTRAL PLATEAU IS DRY SIMILAR TEMPERATURES 2425 CHANCE OF A SHELF AT TAURANGA THERE IS THE SOUTHERLY UP THE EAST COAST SAME THING FURTHER WEST WANTED TO SHOWERS WELLINGTON SAME HERE SPOT OF RAIN OTHERWISE IT IS A LOT OF DRY WEATHER FINE I THINK FOR WESTPORT AND CHRISTCHURCH SOME OF THE EARLY CLOUD PETERS OUT THEN IT'S GOING TO BE FINE YOU GOING TO HAVE A NAGGING NORTH-EAST FURTHER WEST CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE MORNING THAT BRIGHTENS UP THE NEXT SYSTEM SEATED OVER QUEENSTOWN YOU PICK UP SOME SHOWERS CRANKS UP THE NORTH-WESTERLY DEEP SELF THERE IT IS GETTING INTO THE MIX WITH SOME RAIN WATCH 19 SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR DUNEDIN SAME THING FOR THURSDAY I MENTIONED A BIT OF A CHANGE THAT FRONT FINALLY HAS SOME JUICE