TONIGHT, CHAOS IN THE SKY ` PASSENGERS FLUNG TO THE CEILING DURING A FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND. A WITNESS RECOUNTS THE HORROR THAT LEFT DOZENS INJURED. KENSINGTON PALACE RELEASES THE FIRST IMAGE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. BUT WAS IT ALTERED? PLUS... # I'M JUST KEN. ANYWHERE ELSE, # I'D BE A 10. IT'S JUST KEN ` PROVING A HIT WITH HOLLYWOOD. BUT WHO WON THE 'BARBENHEIMER' BATTLE AT THE OSCARS? CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. PASSENGERS ON BOARD A FLIGHT BOUND FOR AUCKLAND HAVE DESCRIBED THE SHOCKING MOMENT SOME WERE THROWN ACROSS THE PLANE, AFTER A TECHNICAL ISSUE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SUDDENLY DROP MID-FLIGHT. THOUGH THE PLANE SAFELY LANDED, AROUND 50 PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES, RANGING FROM MINOR TO SERIOUS. JACOB JOHNSON SENT THIS REPORT. THERE'S BEEN A LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE HERE AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH A LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND WHICH CAUSED STRONG MOVEMENT WHILE THE PLANE WAS IN THE AIR AND INJURING MANY PASSENGERS. NOW, ST JOHN ASSESSED 50 PASSENGERS HERE AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT. 13 OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. MOST HAVE MODERATE TO MINOR INJURIES, BUT ONE PERSON IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. WE SPOKE TO ONE PASSENGER WHO WAS ON THE PLANE. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. A MASSIVE JOLT HAPPENED, AND I` I WAS AWAKENED, AND I LOOKED UP... TO SEE THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME ON THE ROOF OF THE PLANE. I'M LOOKING AT HIM FULLY OUTSTRETCHED WITH HIS BACK ON THE ROOF OF THE PLANE. AND THEN HE CAME CRASHING DOWN TO THE FLOOR. NOW, THE INJURED INCLUDE BOTH CABIN CREW AND PASSENGERS, AND THE PLANE INVOLVED WAS A BOEING 7879 DREAMLINER. OF COURSE, BOEING HAS BEEN UNDER INCREASING SCRUTINY IN RECENT MONTHS, OF COURSE, WITH MANY ISSUES WITH ITS PLANES RIGHT ACROSS THE WORLD. WE SPOKE WITH AN AVIATION EXPERT TONIGHT AS WELL. HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE IT'S EITHER UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE, LIKE CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCE, OR A MALFUNCTION IN THE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM. NOW, LATAM AIRLINES HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT TONIGHT. THEY'RE A SOUTH AMERICAN AIRLINE. THEY SAID THEY REGRET THE INCONVENIENCE AND INJURY THAT THE SITUATION MAY HAVE CAUSED. THE FAMILY OF THE MAN WHO CARRIED OUT THE TERROR ATTACK AT NEW LYNN'S SHOPPING MALL WANT THE CORONER TO INVESTIGATE WHAT LED TO HIS ACTIONS. SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK IN AUCKLAND TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO ARE ALSO DEMANDING ANSWERS AS THE CORONER DECIDES THE FORM AND SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY. CORAZON MILLER REPORTS. (RAPID GUNSHOTS) 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 WITH 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, ALONGSIDE THE PERSPECTIVES OF 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 THE 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 OCCASION, 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 ALTOGETHER 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. 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 RAM-RAID. 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 HANDOVER, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. WE ARE REALLY WORRIED, COS WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVEN IN THE DAYTIME, WE ARE NOT SAFE. Z STATION WORKERS AND OWNERS ARE ALSO VERY WORRIED. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SEEING A SPIKE IN INCIDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. Z HAS NOW HIRED A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM. YOU'LL SEE ONE GUARD IN THE TOP LEFT OF SCREEN CHECKING IN WITH STAFF. Z 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 HOTSPOTS. 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 GONNA 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. A 67-YEAR-OLD MAN'S APPEARED IN THE 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 10 LAST NIGHT, 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... 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. 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 DEEPFAKES 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 NOW BEING FAKE. MANY HAVE ASKED WHETHER THE PRINCESS' PHYSICAL APPEARANCE WAS CHANGED. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MOTIVATION OTHER THAN TO MAKE THE PRINCESS LOOK 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 FELT THEY REALLY HAD TO PUT OUT INFORMATION THAT CATHERINE DIDN'T WANT PUT OUT. PRINCE WILLIAM HAS CONTINUED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS ` ON HIS OWN. HIS RECENT PULL-OUT OF A 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. # I'M JUST KEN. ANYWHERE ELSE, # I'D BE A 10. A SHOW-STOPPER FROM RYAN GOSLING THERE, SINGING 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, THE 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, WON A TOTAL OF 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. # # I'M JUST KEN # 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. STILL TO COME ` UKRAINE HITS OUT AT THE POPE. WHAT DID THE PONTIFF SAY ABOUT ITS WAR WITH RUSSIA? PLUS ` THE DISCOVERIES OFF THE COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND THAT HAVE SCIENTISTS SO EXCITED. WELCOME BACK. UKRAINE'S HITTING BACK AT A CALL FROM THE POPE TO RAISE THE WHITE FLAG IN ITS WAR WITH RUSSIA. POPE FRANCIS MADE THE COMMENT DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH A SWISS JOURNALIST, BUT UKRAINE'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS IT WILL NEVER RAISE ANY FLAG APART FROM THE COUNTRY'S BLUE AND YELLOW ONE. THE VATICAN LATER CLARIFIED THE PONTIFF'S COMMENTS, SAYING HE ADVOCATES FOR A TRUCE THROUGH NEGOTIATION, NOT CAPITULATION. SCIENTISTS SAY CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY, WITH THE DISCOVERY OF 100 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. HERE'S 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) OR MY EXCITEMENT... (CROWD CHUCKLES) ...WHEN WE GOT THREE 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 ONE MILLION AND TWO MILLION SPECIES IN THE OCEAN, OF WHICH WE'VE PROBABLY DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED ABOUT 230,000 TO 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. 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. (GASPS, EXCLAIMS) LUCKILY, HE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE 6M HOLE AND LIVES TO TELL THE TALE. JUST AHEAD ` A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEK AHEAD. PLUS ` IT'S RARE TO EVEN SEE ONE IN REAL LIFE, SO WHY ARE THERE SIX BIRKIN BAGS UP FOR GRABS IN AUCKLAND? WELCOME BACK. THEY'RE AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST COVETED AND MOST EXPENSIVE HANDBAGS. NOW SIX BIRKIN BAGS HAVE BEEN PUT UP FOR AUCTION IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU. JESSICA MORRIS WENT FOR A LOOK AT WHAT MAKES A BIRKIN SUCH A RARE FIND. WHEN IT COMES TO LEATHER ACCESSORIES, IT DOESN'T GET ANY MORE LUXURIOUS THAN THIS. THESE LAVISH HANDBAGS UP FOR GRABS AT WEBB'S AUCTION HOUSE ` SO RARE MOST PEOPLE NEVER EVEN GET THE CHANCE TO BUY ONE. IT'S EXTREMELY HARD. YOU HAVE TO SORT OF BE A KNOWN VIP CLIENT, OR IF YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE, YOU EFFECTIVELY HAVE TO GO ON TO A WAITLIST. THE BIRKIN BAG WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE '80S AFTER A CHANCE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE BOSS OF LUXURY GOODS MAKER HERMES AND ACTRESS AND SINGER JANE BIRKIN ON A PLANE. # JE T'AIME. OUI, JE T'AIME. SHE HAD, LIKE, A WICKER BASKET, AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE WAS TRYING TO PUT THAT IN THE OVERHEAD LOCKER, AND THEN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A LOT OF THE BELONGINGS ACTUALLY FELL OUT INTO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME, AND SO, YES, THEY PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH SOMETHING I BELIEVE ON, LIKE, THE SICK BAG OF AN AIRCRAFT. (CHUCKLES) OVER THE DECADES, THESE BAGS HAVE GAINED POPULARITY AMONG CELEBRITIES AND THE FASHION ELITE, OFTEN SEEN AS A SYMBOL OF WEALTH. EVERY BIRKIN BAG IS MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND. EVERY BIRKIN BAG IS MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND. THE PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO 18 HOURS. ONE LIKE THIS COULD BE EXPECTED TO GO FOR $30,000. WHILE THIS ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN $25,000, THE OTHERS ARE STILL ON OFFER. WHERE WE COME IN AND WHAT THE ADVANTAGES WITH BUYING FROM US IS, A) YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CHOICE. UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE WOULD EVER SEE SIX BIRKIN'S UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE WOULD EVER SEE SIX BIRKINS IN ONE AUCTION, SO THAT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE. A RARE CHANCE FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE HOME A PRIZED YET PRICEY ACCESSORY REVERED ACROSS THE WORLD. JESSICA MORRIS, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH THIS YEAR'S 'BEST ORIGINAL SONG' FROM THE OSCARS ` HERE'S BILLIE EILISH AND 'WHAT WAS I MADE FOR'. (BILLIE EILISH'S 'WHAT I WAS MADE FOR') # I USED TO FLOAT. # NOW I JUST FALL DOWN. # I USED TO KNOW, # BUT I'M NOT SURE NOW # WHAT I WAS MADE FOR. # WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? # TAKIN' A DRIVE, # I WAS AN IDEAL. # LOOKED SO ALIVE, # TURNS OUT I'M NOT REAL, # JUST SOMETHING YOU PAID FOR. # WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? # WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? # COS I, # I... # I DON'T KNOW # HOW TO FEEL, # BUT I WANNA TRY. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH JUST A FEW OF THE FASHION HIGHLIGHTS. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH JUST A FEW OF THE FASHION HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE OSCAR'S RED CARPET. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. (G-NO'S 'IK ZIE VUUR') CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND TOM CLARKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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