'I'VE NEVER SEEN POLICE OFFICERS AS ANGRY AS THEY ARE NOW.' THE MESSAGE FROM THE POLICE ASSOCIATION OVER THE PAY OFFER THEY'RE ARE CALLING 'INSULTING'. THE FAMILY OF A 21-YEAR-OLD KIWI SKIER PAY TRIBUTE AFTER AN AVALANCHE IN JAPAN CLAIMS TWO NEW ZEALANDERS LIVES. # HUNGRY EYES. # I LOOK AT YOU, AND I CAN'T DISGUISE. # I'VE GOT... AND REMEMBERING A POWER POP ICON OF THE SEVENTIES ERIC CARMEN HAS DIED AGE 74. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. POLICE OFFICERS ARE LIVID AT WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A 'DISGRACEFUL, INSULTING' PAY OFFER. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS WHILE THE GOVERNMENT IS HANDING OUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LANDLORDS, COPS ON THE FRONT LINE ARE GOING TO FOODBANKS. THEY'RE CALLING ON THE POLICE MINISTER TO STEP UP. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME, POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN BEATING THEIR CHESTS. TODAY, I'M ANNOUNCING TOUGHER SENTENCES FOR CRIMINALS. FOR TOO LONG, GANGS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BEHAVE AS IF THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW. THE GANGS UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT IN PLACE NOW. BUT THE OFFICERS THEY'RE RELYING ON TO ENFORCE THEIR NEW RULES AREN'T HAPPY, BECAUSE OF THEIR PAY. FARCICAL, DEMORALISING, DISGUSTING. AN ABSOLUTE JOKE. THIS IS HOW THESE OFFICERS FEEL. I'VE NEVER SEEN POLICE OFFICERS AS ANGRY AS THEY ARE NOW. WE ARE ON THEIR SIDE, AND WE DO BACK THEM 110%. THE OFFER POLICE HAVE REJECTED INCLUDES A $5000 PAY INCREASE BACKDATED TO NOVEMBER, A 4% PAY INCREASE IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER 4% IN 2025. IF YOU THINK IT'S JUST OFFICERS BEING GREEDY, A SIX-YEAR SOCIAL WORKER AND A NURSE THAT'S BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR SIX YEARS WILL EARN $22,000 MORE THAN A POLICE CONSTABLE WHO'S BEEN IN THE ROLE SIX YEARS. HE SAYS MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT, TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE, TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. YOU'VE GOT OTHERS WHO ARE GOING TO FOOD BANKS. DO YOU THINK NEW ZEALANDERS WOULD BE SHOCKED TO HEAR POLICE OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO GO TO FOODBANKS? I THINK THEY'D BE STUNNED. THIS OFFICER, A SINGLE PARENT WHO WANTS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, LIVING THAT REALITY. LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE IN A TOUGH SITUATION ECONOMICALLY. YESTERDAY, THEY DECIDED TO GIVE LANDLORDS $3B WORTH OF TAX RELIEF. I MEAN, THEY'RE TWO ENTIRELY SEPARATE THINGS. THIS COP URGING POLITICIANS TO REMEMBER IT'S THE POLICE PUT THEIR NECKS ON THE LINE DAILY. THOSE EXPECTED TO DELIVER THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN CALLING FOR SOME FISCAL LOVE IN RETURN. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. THE FAMILY OF ONE OF TWO NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE IN JAPAN HAVE DESCRIBED HER ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT AND PASSION FOR LIFE. ISABELLA BOLTON (21) WAS AMONG A GROUP BACK-COUNTRY SKIING ON THE 1900m HIGH MOUNT YOTEI IN THE HOKKAIDO REGION. AUTHORITIES SAY THE OTHER NEW ZEALANDER WAS A MAN IN HIS THIRTIES. HOKKAIDO, JAPAN'S SECOND LARGEST AND NORTHERNMOST ISLAND, IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR SKIERS AND SNOW BOARDERS; MOUNT YOTEI, ONE OF ITS MOST FAMOUS AND DISTINCTIVE MOUNTAINS. SIMON MERCEP HAS MORE DETAILS. THESE ARE THE SLOPES OF MT YOTEI. A RESCUE TEAM HAS DUG A HOLE WHERE THEY MAY HAVE FOUND SOME OF THE SIX SKIERS, REPORTEDLY ALL FRIENDS, CAUGHT IN THE AVALANCHE. TWO NEW ZEALANDERS DIED; ANOTHER WAS INJURED. THERE ARE NO SKI FIELDS ON THE VOLCANO, BUT IT ATTRACTS THOSE WHO KNOW THE TERRAIN. 1 NEWS JOURNALIST SEAN NUGENT WORKED NEAR THE MOUNTAIN FOUR YEARS AGO. THE SNOW IN JAPAN IS INCREDIBLE, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM SOMEWHERE LIKE HERE WHERE SOMETIMES YOU STRUGGLE TO GET SNOW AT ALL. AND HOW MANY NEW ZEALANDERS TEND TO GO OVER THERE? A LOT ` WHEN I WAS OVER THERE, I MET DOZENS AND DOZENS OF FELLOW KIWIS ALL DOING THE SAME THING. WORKING? WORKING, YEP. A LOCAL REPORT SAID A BIG SNOWFALL MAY HAVE TEMPTED THE GROUP ON TO THE MOUNTAIN. A SKI CLUB TOLD US RECENT HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AVALANCHE. FOOTAGE TAKEN FURTHER UP SHOWS AN AREA WHICH HAS GIVEN WAY. JUST GIVEN THE SHEER AMOUNT OF SNOW AND QUICK CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE, ONCE IT HEATS UP, IT'S MORE LIKELY TO SHIFT AROUND. HE SAYS WHAT MOST DO IS WALK UP THE VOLCANO, SKI DOWN INTO THE CRATER, WALK BACK TO THE TOP AND THEN SKI ALL THE WAY DOWN. YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE A VERY EXPERIENCE SKIER TO EVEN CONSIDER GOING UP THERE. ISABELLA BOLTON'S FAMILY TODAY SPOKE OF HER SKILLS. SHE'D WORKED IN CANADA AND IN TEKAPO AND WANAKA BEFORE HEADING TO JAPAN LAST YEAR TO BE A SKI GUIDE. ISABELLA ATTENDED RANGI RURU HIGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE SCHOOL SAYS SHE WAS CHARISMATIC, LOYAL, AND SHOWED A GREAT 'CAN DO' ATTITUDE WHICH INSPIRED OTHERS. THE RISKS OF SKIING ON HOKKAIDO WERE HIGHLIGHTED JUST YESTERDAY. (GASPS, YELPS) KIWI SEAN TOMS FELL INTO A HIDDEN WATERFALL AND MANAGED TO SCRAMBLE OUT. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER AVALANCHE YESTERDAY AT THIS VOLCANO 40km FROM MT YOTEI. FOUR SKIERS WERE CAUGHT UP IN IT. REPORTS FROM JAPAN SAY ACCIDENTS HAVE INCREASED SINCE SKIERS FLOCKED BACK TO THE COUNTRY AFTER COVID. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. PASSENGERS HAVE DESCRIBED THE HORROR MOMENT AN AUCKLAND-BOUND FLIGHT QUICKLY LOST ALTITUDE INJURING AROUND 50 PEOPLE. THE LATAM FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND THE AIRLINE IS FACING HEAVY CRITICISM FROM PASSENGERS. SAM OLLEY REPORTS. THAT'S THE CEILING WHERE PEOPLE HIT THEIR (BLEEP) HEADS ON THE ROOF. TERROR AT 40,000FT AFTER THIS PLANE FROZE AND SUDDENLY PLUNGED FOR AROUND 10 SECONDS. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT OR NOT. IT WAS TERRIFYING. IT WAS A HORROR MOVIE SCENE. I SAW PEOPLE FLYING TO THE ROOF AND THEN GOING DOWN TO THE FLOOR. SOMEONE'S QUITE BADLY INJURED OVER THAT SIDE. THE PLANE LANDING IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU AN HOUR LATER. AROUND 50 PEOPLE TREATED FOR INJURIES, 12 OF THEM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. AMONG THEM, THIS BRAZILIAN PASSENGER WHO FRACTURED TWO RIBS. I WAS WITHOUT THE SEATBELT, AND I FLOAT TWO SEATS BACK, AND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, I WAS ON THE FLOOR. IN A STATEMENT, LATAM SAYS THE PLANE EXPERIENCED 'A STRONG SHAKE 'DURING FLIGHT' AFTER A TECHNICAL PROBLEM ON BOARD. SHOCKED PASSENGERS NOW SAYING THEY WERE LET DOWN BY A LACK OF COMMUNICATION. THEY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, 'JUST STAY IN YOUR SEAT.' AND THEN WHEN WE GOT OFF THE PLANE, THEY DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING. I'VE CALLED THEM TWICE. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY WERE LIKE, 'OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.' CHILEAN OFFICIALS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING, BUT THE PLANE IS STILL IN AUCKLAND. NEW ZEALAND EXPERTS ARE GATHERING EVIDENCE HERE, INCLUDING THE COCKPIT AUDIO AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS. THE ORDEAL MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. BREAKING NEWS ` ON A MAJOR INCIDENT ON BOARD A FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND... MANY OF THE 272 ON BOARD TOSSED AROUND THE CABIN OF THE BOEING 787 DREAMLINER. THIS WAS JUST A VERY SHARP, UP AND DOWN VERTICAL SPEED CHANGE AND THEN IT RECOVERED. TO ME IT SEEMS TO POINT TO A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION. THE AIRCRAFT ` A BOEING 787 MODEL THAT HAS BEEN FLYING PASSENGERS SINCE 2011. THERE'S AROUND 1000 IN USE. IT HAS A PERFECT SAFETY RECORD AND NOT VERY MANY INCIDENTS. SO THIS IS A REALLY UNUSUAL SITUATION. THIS GROUP WAS SUPPOSED TO CATCH A SECOND FLIGHT ON THE SAME AIRCRAFT LAST NIGHT TO CHILE. AFTER BEING PUT UP IN A HOTEL, THEY FLEW OUT TONIGHT ON A DIFFERENT LATAM AIRLINES PLANE. I'M REALLY CONSIDERING GETTING THE FLIGHT BACK TO AUSTRALIA BECAUSE I'M TOO SCARED TO FLY FOR ANOTHER 11 HOURS WITH THE SAME COMPANY. WEARY TRAVELLERS AFTER A HARROWING JOURNEY. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THE DEATH OF A MAN AT A HASTING'S MOTEL THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE ACCOMMODATION ON KARAMU ROAD NORTH IN MAYFAIR JUST AFTER 3PM. DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN AT THE SCENE THIS EVENING, AND POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION IS IN ITS EARLY STAGES. AND POLICE IN AUCKLAND ARE ATTENDING AN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN GULF HARBOUR THIS EVENING AFTER A BODY WAS LOCATED IN THE WATER BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THE BODY FOUND NEAR LAURIE SOUTHWICK PARADE IN WHANGAPAROA JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY AN AREA HAS BEEN CORDONED OFF AS THEY MAKE INQUIRIES, AND THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE RISK TO THE PUBLIC. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS BEEN SPOTTED LEAVING WINDSOR CASTLE WITH PRINCE WILLIAM, SHORTLY AFTER SHE APOLOGISED AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROYAL PHOTO SCANDAL. IT'S A RARE MOVE FOR THE FIRM, RENOWNED FOR ITS PR POLICY OF 'NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN.' CHANNEL NINE'S EDWARD GODFREY REPORTS. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES, THIS ONE NOT POSTED ON ROYAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS BUT CAPTURED BY A PAPARAZZO, KATE WITH HER HUSBAND LEAVING WINDSOR CASTLE, UNDERSTOOD TO BE HEADING TO A PRIVATE APPOINTMENT WHILE PRINCE WILLIAM CONTINUED ON TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY. HOURS EARLIER, THE PRINCESS OF WALES TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROYAL PHOTO SCANDAL. ...FACT THAT THE PRINCESS HAS RELEASED HER OWN STATEMENTS ` AND NOT JUST A STATEMENT, AN ACTUAL PUBLIC APOLOGY ` I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO HOW SERIOUSLY THEY REALISE THIS IS. BUT KENSINGTON PALACE REFUSES TO PUBLISH THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH TO COMPARE WITH THE ONE KILLED OFF BY PHOTO AGENCIES DUE TO IT BEING DIGITALLY MANIPULATED. THIS IS THE METADATA THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN IT, AND IT TELLS US QUITE A LOT; WHERE IT WAS TAKEN, ADELAIDE COTTAGE, NO SURPRISES ` THAT'S WHERE WILLIAM AND KATE LIVE, BUT IT ALSO REVEALS THAT IT WAS OPENED AND SAVED TWICE IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. A TACTIC TO QUELL RUMOURS AND SPECULATION ABOUT THE PRINCESS WHO HADN'T BEEN SEEN IN MONTHS BACKFIRING. THE FACT THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS EDITED IS ONLY ADDING FUEL TO THAT FIRE. IT JUST BRINGS IN THAT WIDER QUESTION OF TRUST. AT WESTMINSTER, SENIOR ROYALS ROLLED IN FOR THE ANNUAL COMMONWEALTH DAY SERVICE. THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ROYAL ENGAGEMENT THE KING HAS MISSED SINCE TAKING A STEP BACK FOR HIS TREATMENT. OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TAKING THE LEAD IN WHAT ARE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. PRINCE WILLIAM AND QUEEN CAMILLA ` ANY TENSION CUTS BY A LIGHT-HEARTED MOMENTS AS THEY ENTERED. THE KING, DELIVERING A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE. I'VE BEEN MOST DEEPLY TOUCHED BY YOUR WONDERFULLY KIND AND THOUGHTFUL GOOD WISHES FOR MY HEALTH. OUTSIDE ANTI-MONARCHY, PROTESTERS MADE THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN. A FAMILY USED TO BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT, NOW ALSO UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE HE FRONTED A POWER POP BAND IN THE 1970S AND PENNED POWERHOUSE BALLADS IN THE '80S. NOW THE NEWS ERIC CARMEN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY FOUR PASSING AWAY IN HIS SLEEP. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S LAUREN TOMASI. # HUNGRY EYES... A SOUNDTRACK TO THE 80S, THE 'DIRTY DANCING' CLASSIC THAT WOULD ONCE MORE ROCKET ERIC CARMEN TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. HIS HUNGER TO PERFORM PROPELLING THE HIT-MAKER THROUGH A FOUR DECADE-LONG MUSIC CAREER. FROM THE U.S. STATE OF OHIO. AS A CHILD, CARMEN WAS CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN PIANO AND VIOLIN, BUT HE CHANGED HIS TUNE IN HIGH SCHOOL. IN THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE A LITTLE WARY ABOUT A ROCK AND ROLL MUSICIAN FOR A SON, BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF HIT RECORDS, THEY GOT OVER IT. THOSE HITS FIRST CAME AS THE FRONTMAN OF POWER POP BAND 'THE RASPBERRIES,' FORMED IN CLEVELAND. IT INTRODUCED HIS UNIQUE SOUND TO THE WORLD. # BABY, OH! # OH! # I WANNA BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. # YEAH, I WANNA BE WITH YOU. # WHOA, BABY! BY THE MID-SEVENTIES, SOLO SUCCESS WAS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. CARMEN GOING IT ALONE, CRAFTING POWER BALLADS THAT WOULD BECOME CLASSICS. # ALL BY MYSE-E-ELF. THE MAGIC OF ALL OF IT IS BEING ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY STANDS THE TEST OF TIME. (VOCALISING) ...AND IT HAS. STILL TO COME, BIRD FLU IS DISCOVERED IN KING PENGUINS IN SUB ANTARCTICA. COULD THE DEADLY VIRUS SPREAD? PLUS, THEY DEAL IN PRESERVATION ` NOW MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FACE A FIGHT TO PRESERVE THEMSELVES. OVERSEAS, AND A SHIP LOADED WITH FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR GAZA REMAINS IN PORT IN CYPRUS. PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE SHIP'S ARRIVAL IS REPORTEDLY HAPPENING OFF THE TERRITORY'S COAST WHICH IS DELAYING ITS JOURNEY. THE SHIP HAS 200 TONS OF FOOD ON BOARD, BUT EXPERTS SAY THAT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF WHAT'S NEEDED IN GAZA. JAPAN HAS COMMEMORATED 13 YEARS SINCE THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI WHICH LED TO THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR MELTDOWN. PRIME MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA ATTENDED A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN FUKUSHIMA, AND VOWED THE COUNTRY HAS LEARNT LESSONS FROM THE TRIPLE DISASTERS. MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE DIED, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE DISPLACED. 13 YEARS ON, MANY JAPANESE PEOPLE REMAIN UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM. BIRD-FLU HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KING PENGUINS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SUB-ANTARCTICA. WHILE IT REMAINS ISOLATED FOR NOW, THERE ARE FEARS THE BIRD'S ROOSTING PATTERNS WILL SPREAD THE VIRUS. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE HAS MORE. (PENGUINS CHITTER) THEY COME TO THE ISLANDS OF SOUTH GEORGIA TO NEST AND RAISE THEIR CHICKS ` GENTOO PENGUINS ARE A VITAL PART OF A WILDLIFE HAVEN. BUT NOW AVIAN FLU HAS ARRIVED, AND FIVE GENTOOS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE. FIVE MORE CASES HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN A SEPARATE KING PENGUIN COLONY TOO. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THIS DEADLY VIRUS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN PENGUINS IN THE SUB-ANTARCTIC. SOUTH GEORGIA IS A SPECTACULAR ISLAND. THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE CONCENTRATIONS OF WILDLIFE, MOST OF WHICH ARE GLOBALLY IMPORTANT. SO IF BIRD FLU WERE TO TAKE A HOLD AND CAUSE VERY HIGH MORTALITIES ACROSS THE ISLAND, IT WOULD BE OF CONSERVATION CONCERN. SCIENTISTS THINK MIGRATORY BIRDS ` SKUAS AND GIANT PETRELS ` BROUGHT AVIAN FLU FROM SOUTH AMERICA. BUT THESE BIRDS ALSO MIGRATE TO ANTARCTICA, AND THE FEAR IS THEY'LL CARRY THE VIRUS TO THIS PRISTINE WILDERNESS AND INFECT MORE SPECIES THERE ` LIKE EMPEROR PENGUINS, ALREADY UNDER THREAT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AS THE SEA ICE VANISHES. BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY UNKNOWNS ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS WILL SPREAD. PENGUINS DO FORM COLONIES AND LIVE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, SO THAT IN ITSELF WOULD LEND ITSELF TO THE IDEA THAT THEY MIGHT SPREAD THE VIRUS RAPIDLY BETWEEN EACH OTHER. BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW SUSCEPTIBLE PENGUINS ARE. WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DIE-OFFS IN PENGUINS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW EASILY THE VIRUS CAN GET INTO DIFFERENT PENGUIN SPECIES. AVIAN FLU HAS ALREADY DEVASTATED WILD BIRDS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS IN THE UK. IT'S CROSSING OVER INTO MAMMALS TOO. WITH THE VIRUS SO WIDESPREAD, IT'S BEEN A QUESTION OF WHEN, NOT IF, IT WOULD ARRIVE IN THE SOUTH POLAR REGION. SO FAR, IT'S ONLY HAD A SMALL IMPACT ON THE PENGUINS THERE, BUT SCIENTISTS WILL BE MONITORING THE COLONIES CLOSELY. MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WARNING THEY MAY NOT SURVIVE THE NEXT DECADE AS THEY FACE RISING COSTS AND SHRINKING BUDGETS. A CAMPAIGN'S NOW BEEN LAUNCHED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION, AS FUNDING FROM CASH-STRAPPED COUNCILS CONTINUES TO DRY UP. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. OTAGO MUSEUM IS RENOWNED FOR ITS MOA COLLECTION, BUT THE 150-YEAR-OLD INSTITUTION IS AT RISK OF EXTINCTION ITSELF. OTAGO MUSEUM IS FACING A CRISIS, AND AT SOME POINT IN NEXT TWO YEARS, OUR RESERVES WILL BE GONE, AND THAT PROBABLY WILL MEAN JOB LOSSES, IT MEANS CUTTING BACK ON WHAT WE SPEND AND ULTIMATELY PERHAPS, YES, CLOSING ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS A WEEK. THE MUSEUM, LIKE MOST OTHERS, GETS FUNDING FROM COUNCIL, BUT THAT ONLY COVERS HALF ITS COSTS. THE CRUSH IS COMING, THE PRESSURE IS COMING. AND FOR ME, THE CHALLENGE IS PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME I'VE HAD IN 30 YEARS OF WORKING IN THE MUSEUM INDUSTRY. THE PRESSURE IS WIDELY FELT. THE NEW ZEALAND PORTRAIT GALLERY SURVIVES ON FUNDRAISERS AND GRANTS. WE NEED TO HAVE RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO CUSHION ANY SHOCKS, AND THE MOMENT, WE ARE RELYING ON THEM FOR OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION COSTS, WHICH IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. THE THREAT HAS PROMPTED A CAMPAIGN. IT'S A BIT GRIM. I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL COUNCILS FOR US ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MODEL. NEW ZEALAND HAS 476 MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. THEY ATTRACT MORE THAN 17 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR AND CONTRIBUTE ABOUT $270m TO THE ECONOMY. THE COLLECTIONS AND BUILDINGS ARE WORTH $5.6 BILLION TE PAPA GETS GOVERNMENT FUNDING; IT ALSO HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF ATTRACTING HIGH-PROFILE TICKETED EVENTS THAT DON'T GO TO SMALLER VENUES. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MUSEUMS CLOSING DOWN, BUT THERE ARE REGIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET PROCESS, AND MONEY IS TIGHT. NEXT MONTH, LIGHTS WILL GO OUT ON MUSEUMS FOR THE NIGHT ` A SYMBOL OF THE DIM OUTLOOK POSSIBLE. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. SPENCER LENIU HAS BEEN BANNED FOR EIGHT WEEKS FOR A RACIAL SLUR, MEANING THE SUSPENDED ROOSTERS PROP COULD RETURN AGAINST THE WARRIORS IN ROUND TEN. THE AUCKLAND BORN PLAYER SUSPENDED AFTER RACIALLY ABUSING BRISBANE'S EZRA MAM DURING THE NRL'S OPENING ROUND GAME IN LAS VEGAS. THE ROOSTERS MAINTAIN LENIU IS NOT RACIST. YEAH, UP TO A POINT IN TIME, SPENCER WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THIS WAS A RACIALLY` A RACIAL SLUR. AND I THINK WE'VE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. WE'VE CONVENED AS SOON AS WE GOT BACK TO SYDNEY, UM, AND WE'VE GOT ON THE FRONT FOOT. LENIU SAYS HE STILL WANTS TO APOLOGISE TO MAM IN PERSON, DESPITE HIS APPROACHES SO FAR BEING TURNED DOWN BY THE BRONCOS PLAYMAKER. JUST AHEAD ` MORE CLOUD AND SHOWERS ON THE WAY FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. PLUS ` YOU MAY'VE SEEN AIRPORT DOGS SNIFFING OUT NARCOTICS, BUT HOW ABOUT TRACKING DOWN NERVOUS FLYERS? HOW ONE AIRPORT'S FURRY NEW EMPLOYEES ARE EASING TRAVELLERS NERVES. - 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? AN AIRPORT IN TURKEY IS TRYING OUT A NOVEL NEW APPROACH TO HELP NERVOUS FLYERS WITH SOME VERY FURRY NEW EMPLOYEES WORKING THE DEPARTURE GATES. FIVE THERAPY DOGS NOW ROAMING THE HALLS OF ISTANBUL AIRPORT DECKED OUT IN CUSTOM-MADE VESTS LABELLED 'PET ME,' AND THEY'RE ON THE HUNT FOR STRESSED PASSENGERS. THE TRIAL PROVING A HIT SO FAR WITH ANXIOUS FLYERS, THE AIRPORT HOPING TO DOUBLE THEIR CANINE WORKFORCE TO TEN. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH ERIC CARMEN'S 'HUNGRY EYES'. (ERIC CARMEN'S 'HUNGRY EYES') # I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU # I'VE GOT THIS FEELIN' THAT WON'T SUBSIDE. # I LOOK AT YOU AND I FANTASIZE # YOU'RE MINE TONIGHT. # NOW I'VE GOT YOU IN MY SIGHTS # WITH THESE... # HUNGRY EYES. # ONE LOOK AT YOU AND I CAN'T DISGUISE I'VE GOT... # HUNGRY EYES. # I FEEL THE MAGIC BETWEEN YOU AND I. # I WANNA HOLD YOU SO HEAR ME OUT. # I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT LOVE'S ALL ABOUT, THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY KATE HARRIS AND JOHN GIBBS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 # WITH THESE... # HUNGRY EYES # ONE LOOK AT YOU, AND I CAN'T DISGUISE I'VE GOT...