TONIGHT ` A GUILTY PLEA FROM GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN. THE FORMER GREEN MP ADMITS TO SHOPLIFTING NEARLY $9000 WORTH OF CLOTHING. SO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? A FISHERMAN'S GRIZZLY DISCOVERY THAT'S SPARKED A POLICE INVESTIGATION AS BAGGED HUMAN REMAINS ARE FOUND IN GULF HARBOUR. AND SOME OF OUR SPORTING STARS ARE HONOURED IN OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. SO WHO WERE THE BIG WINNERS AT THIS YEAR'S CRICKET AWARDS? CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR SHOPLIFTING CHARGES. THE FORMER GREEN PARTY MP ADMITTED STEALING NEARLY $9000 WORTH OF CLOTHING. THE FORMER LAWYER AND JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT IN JANUARY, SAYING HER BEHAVIOUR FELL SHORT OF STANDARDS EXPECTED OF AN MP. SIMON MERCEP WAS IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT. A DAY IN COURT FOR GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN HAD BEEN DELAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT WHEN SHE FINALLY DID APPEAR THIS AFTERNOON, THE FORMER GREEN MP WAS FACED WITH A LARGE CONTINGENT OF MEDIA. SHE MADE NO COMMENT AS SHE MADE HER WAY INTO COURT. INSIDE, SHE STOOD CALMLY DURING HER HEARING. SHE DIDN'T SPEAK HERSELF; IT WAS HER LAWYER WHO ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS ON HER BEHALF. MEDIA WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RECORD AUDIO FROM THE HEARING. THE CHARGES AROSE FROM FOUR INSTANCES OF SHOPLIFTING, SOME CAUGHT ON CAMERA LATE LAST YEAR ` FIRST AT THIS WELLINGTON STORE IN OCTOBER; THE SECOND TIME WAS AT THIS UPMARKET BOUTIQUE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PONSONBY. IT WAS JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE VERY NEXT DAY, MS GHAHRAMAN SHOPLIFTED FROM THIS STORE IN NEWMARKET. AND THE DAY AFTER THAT, SHE DID THE SAME, BACK AT THE PONSONBY BUSINESS. THE TOTAL WORTH OF GOODS STOLEN WAS NEARLY $9000. WHEN GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT IN JANUARY, SHE SAID HER MENTAL HEALTH WAS BEING BADLY AFFECTED BY STRESSES AT WORK. SHE SAID HER BEHAVIOUR WAS RELATED TO 'PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNISED TRAUMA'; SHE SAID SHE WAS SORRY. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR HER TO APOLOGISE AND TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT FOR HER WELLBEING, FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS. A PSYCHOLOGIST TOLD 1 NEWS BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT CAN BE STRESSFUL AND CAN LEAD TO UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR. HAVING THAT LEVEL OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS A HUGE THING. MOST OF US DON'T HAVE A PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL EVERY DAY IN PUBLIC, AND YET FOR PEOPLE IN THE LIMELIGHT, LIKE A POLITICIAN, THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE FORMER MP MADE LEFT COURT THROUGH A BACK DOOR, AGAIN SAYING NOTHING TO MEDIA. SHE'S DUE TO APPEAR AGAIN, THIS TIME FOR SENTENCING, IN JUNE. A WARNING ` SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND DETAILS IN THIS NEXT STORY CONFRONTING. POLICE SAY THEY'RE STILL IN THE 'VERY EARLY' STAGES OF AN INVESTIGATION AFTER A BODY WAS REELED IN IN AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR BY A MAN FISHING IN THE AREA. JACOB JOHNSON HAS DEVELOPMENTS. A GRISLY FIND AT GULF HARBOUR ` CONCEALED IN PLASTIC, THIS BODY WAS HOOKED BY A FISHERMAN AFTER HE SPOTTED IT FLOATING IN THE WATER. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT MAYBE A LOG, MAYBE A DEAD ANIMAL OR SOMETHING. THAT WAS UNTIL HE OPENED THE BAG, DRAGGING IT ON TO THE SHORE AROUND HERE. AT FIRST, HE DIDN'T REALISE WHAT HE'D JUST FOUND. RIPPED A BIT MORE, AND LO AND BEHOLD, A HAND APPEARS. HE MADE THE DISCOVERY AT ABOUT 3.15pm YESTERDAY. TWO COPS TURNED UP, AND THEY THOUGHT I'D ACTUALLY SAID THERE WAS JUST A HAND IN A BAG, AND THEN THEY WENT DOWN THERE AND SAID, 'OH, NO ` WE'VE GOT A BODY.' (CHUCKLES) MORE POLICE EVENTUALLY ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. SORT OF LOOKED LIKE A HALLOWEEN-TYPE HAND, YOU KNOW? LIKE, SEMI SORT OF CLAW-SHAPED TOWARDS YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, PALE ` THAT HALLOWEEN LOOK. THIS COUPLE WATCHED AS POLICE ARRIVED TO RETRIEVE THE BODY. THEY'VE BEEN CAMPING IN THE AREA FOR THREE DAYS. WITH THE WEATHER THE WAY IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE, IT COULD'VE COME FROM A FAIRLY LONG WAY, I THINK ` POSSIBLY FROM THE AUCKLAND DIRECTION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER WAS COMING THAT WAY, THE WAVES WERE COMING FROM THAT WAY. WHILE THE CORDON HAS NOW BEEN LIFTED, POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION REMAINS IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES, WITH A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION BEING CARRIED OUT TODAY. PLENTY OF CURIOUS LOCALS CAME FOR A LOOK. SHOCKING, TO SAY THE LEAST! YEAH. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S UNEXPECTED IN THIS AREA, FOR SURE. OH, A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE, AND I SUPPOSE IT'LL MAKE EVERYONE TALK A BIT, WON'T IT? I JUST THINK THAT HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE ANSWERS FOR SOME FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE LOST SOMEBODY, OBVIOUSLY. POLICE ARE ENCOURAGING ANY RESIDENTS IN THE NEARBY COASTAL AREA WHO SAW ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TO GET IN TOUCH. THEIR PRIORITY NOW ` IDENTIFYING WHO THIS IS AND WHAT LED TO THEIR DEATH. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. RUAPEHU ALPINE LIFTS HAS BEEN GIVEN $7M BAILOUT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL BE THE LAST. IT ENSURES WHAKAPAPA SKI FIELD CAN OPERATE THIS COMING SEASON. $3M IN EQUITY AND LOANS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO SUPPORT PURE TUROA BUYING THE SKI FIELD OF THE SAME NAME. FREDERICK HOBSON (35) HAS PLEADED GUILTY TRIBUTES ARE BEGINNING TO POUR IN FOR THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND VICTIM OF AN AVALANCHE AT JAPAN'S MT YOTEI, AFTER JAPANESE MEDIA NAMED JOSHUA SELLENS (33) WHO WAS KILLED ALONG WITH ISABELLA BOLTON (21). A TALENTED TOUR GUIDE SELLENS APPEARED IN AN ICEBREAKER AD IN 2022. FREDERICK HOBSON (35) HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF DAIRY WORKER AND NEWLYWED JANEK PATEL. HIS DEATH AT THE ROSE COTTAGE SUPERETTE IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF SANDRINGHAM IN 2022, SPARKED SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CALL FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO COMBAT CRIME, AND TODAY, THAT CALL HAS BEEN ECHOED. CORAZON MILLER HAS MORE. ALL: # TATOU TATOU E. # GRIEF ON DISPLAY AS MOURNERS GATHERED TO MARK JANAK PATEL'S DEATH. MORE THAN A YEAR ON, THE FLOWERS ARE GONE, BUT THE FAMILY'S ANGUISH REMAINS. HIS ABSENCE, IT FEELS LIKE... KILLING ME INSIDE EVERY DAY. HER BROTHER WAS NEWLY MARRIED AND HAD ONLY BEEN IN THE COUNTRY A FEW MONTHS WHEN HE WAS KILLED OUTSIDE THIS DAIRY IN NOVEMBER 23 2022. HE WAS RUNNING THE SHOP WHILE ITS OWNERS WERE OVERSEAS AND HAD COME OUTSIDE TO CONFRONT A MAN WHO'D STOLEN THE CASH REGISTER. HE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE CONFRONTATION. THREE MEN ` SHANE TANE, HENRY FRED AND FREDERICK HOBSON ` WERE CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER. HOBSON'S GUILTY PLEA TODAY BROUGHT SOME COMFORT. WHATEVER SENTENCE HE WILL GET WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH FOR WHAT HE HAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY PARENTS. ALL CHANT: CHANGE THE LAW! IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF PATEL'S DEATH, GRIEF QUICKLY TURNED TO ANGER THAT HE WAS SLAIN ON THE JOB. THAT HAS CREATED A LOT OF FEAR AMONG THESE SMALL BUSINESS, DAIRY OWNERS. THAT FEAR PROPELLING THEM ON TO THE STREETS TO RALLY FOR CHANGE. SO WE ARE WATCHING THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO SEE THAT IT FOLLOWS THROUGH ITS PLEDGES THAT IT MAKES TO STOP THIS KIND OF CRIME. FREDERICK HOBSON WILL BE SENTENCED ON JUNE 26, BUT NOTHING WILL FIX THE ABSENCE LEFT BY THE DEATH OF THE PATELS' ELDEST SON AND BROTHER. HE HAD SO MANY DREAMS ` HE WANTED TO START BUSINESS, COMMON PEOPLE DREAM; LIKE BUY A NEW HOUSE AND SETTLE HERE, A HAPPY LIFE. ALL THAT'S LEFT NOW IS JUSTICE ` ONE THEY HOPE SERVES A STRONG DETERRENT TO SAVE OTHERS THE SAME GRIEF. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. EMPLOYMENT LAWS ARE SET TO BE RIPPED UP. AS THE GOVERNMENT SETS OFF IN A NEW DIRECTION. WORKPLACE RELATIONS MINISTER BROOKE VAN VELDEN HAS UNVEILED HER PLANS FOR THE SECTOR. SHE'S LOOKING TO REV UP THE 'GIG ECONOMY' BY MAKING IT EASIER FOR BUSINESSES TO EMPLOY SHORT-TERM CONTRACTORS AND FREELANCE WORKERS. HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS ARE ALSO SET TO BE OVERHAULED, WITH THE MINISTER SAYING SHE WANTS TO GIVE MORE CLARITY TO WORKERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS BY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S CAUSING WORKERS HARM, NOT ON COMPLIANCE THAT SERVES NO PURPOSE. AND THE TROUBLED AND COMPLICATED HOLIDAYS ACT WILL BE REFORMED AFTER YEARS OF STATUTORY ENTITLEMENT AND UNDERPAYMENT ISSUES. THE MINISTER SAYS SHE'LL NOW GO OUT AND TALK TO THOSE AFFECTEDM BUT THE UNIONS HAVE SUMMED UP THE CHANGES IN ONE WORD ` 'HORRIFYING.' BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. === FIGHTING TO BE RECOGNISED AS AN EMPLOYEE, THIS FORMER UBER DRIVER TOOK THE COMPANY TO COURT. WE'RE NOT TREATED FAIRLY BY UBER. WE DON'T GET ANY HOLIDAY PAY, NO SICK LEAVE, NO TIME OFF AND NO COMPENSATION IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TO PAY FOR OUR VEHICLES. THE COURT RULED IN THEIR FAVOUR, BUT UBER IS APPEALING. IT'S CASES LIKE THAT WHICH THE MINISTER SAYS SHOWS THE LAW IS BROKEN. WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO AS A GOVERNMENT IS MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE CERTAIN ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS VERSUS CONTRACTING ARRANGEMENTS AND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE. BUT UNIONS ARE WORRIED IT WILL BE AT THE COST OF WORKERS' RIGHTS. WE'RE SEEING THIS TOTAL ATTACK ON WORKERS WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNWARRANTED, PARTICULARLY WITH WORKERS WHO AREN'T EVEN EARNING THE MINIMUM WAGE. TAX APP 'HNRY' WORKS WITH SOLE TRADERS AND SAYS WHILE SOME ARE VULNERABLE, MOST ARE NOT. THIS IS 20% OF THE WORKFORCE THAT SPANS FROM FREELANCERS, TRADESPEOPLE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS WORKERS, REAL ESTATE, FILM AND TV AND WHITE COLLAR CONTRACTORS IN GOVERNMENT. HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS ALSO IN FOR A SHAKE-UP ` THEY WERE LAST CHANGED FOLLOWING THE PIKE RIVER MINING DISASTER. SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR AND SAYS ACTUALLY, THE ADDED COST OF DOING ALL THIS TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY IS UP TO SCRATCH TO BE ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE IS SO COST-PROHIBITIVE THAT I CAN'T ACTUALLY AFFORD TO BRING ON ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER. BUSINESSES FEEL THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT DIDN'T GET THE BALANCE RIGHT. WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT JUST MORE AND MORE RULES. WHAT YOU WANT IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE RULES ARE WORKING AND THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO WORK, BE HEALTHY, SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE. I WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING TO THE OTHER COALITION PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY THAT'S IMPLEMENTED IS ACTUALLY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS AND NOT JUST ACT PARTY POLICY. ALL ADDING UP TO A NIGHTMARE FOR WORKER ADVOCATES. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING SHORT OF HORRIFYING. I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE MAY BE AN EROSION OF RIGHTS. DO YOU THINK WORKERS HAVE TOO MANY RIGHTS AT THE MOMENT? NO, I DON'T. I ACTUALLY THINK WE CAN HAVE A WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT THAT WORKS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND FOR WORKERS. SOME BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR WORKPLACES THIS ELECTORAL TERM. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. 'FIFTH TIME IN THE BATTLEGROUND.' THAT'S HOW NGATI RUANUI'S DESCRIBING THE START OF A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN APPLICATION FROM TRANS TASMAN RESOURCES TO MINE IRON SANDS OFF TARANAKI'S SOUTH COAST. AND NOW MINISTER SHANE JONES SAYS HE'S STANDING ASIDE FROM THE CONTENTIOUS PROJECT. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. THIS IS TARANAKI'S SOUTH COAST. IT'S WHERE TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES WANTS TO COLLECT MILLIONS OF TONS OF SEABED TO EXTRACT IRON SAND ` A PROPOSAL SOME IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS. THE COMMUNITY ARE UPSET ` THE COMMUNITY ARE UPSET ` NOT JUST IWI, NOT JUST MAORI. IN 2016, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES APPLIED TO EXTRACT AND PROCESS IRON SAND, WHICH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY GRANTED. THAT DECISION WAS OVERTURNED, AND THE APPLICATION WAS SENT BACK TO THE EPA. TODAY... (ALL SING WAIATA) ...A NEW, PUBLIC HEARING BEGAN. EVIDENCE AND SUBMISSIONS WILL BE HEARD, IN THREE STAGES, OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. IN TERMS OF OUR DECISION-MAKING, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL RELEVANT ISSUES ARE COVERED. THE LOCAL IWI'S BEEN CHALLENGING THE APPLICATION FROM THE OUTSET AND SAY THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH. WHAT WE DON'T SUPPORT IS SOMEONE GOING AND RAPING, PILLAGING AND DOING WHAT'S NOT RIGHT IN THE MOANA. IN A STATEMENT, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES CHAIRPERSON ALAN EGGERS SAYS THEY'VE PREPARED WELL, WITH A GOOD LEGAL TEAM, AND THEY'RE PLEASED TO BE GETTING ON WITH THE HEARING. WE'LL CARRY ON THE FIGHT. ONE OF THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAST-TRACK APPROVALS BILL, CHRIS BISHOP, IS TRAVELLING, BUT SAID HE WON'T BE COMMENTING WHILE THE HEARING IS UNDERWAY. THE OTHER MINISTER, SHANE JONES, HAS CONFIRMED HE'S STOOD ASIDE FROM THE PROJECT, AS HE'S BOTH MINISTER FOR FISHERIES AND RESOURCES AND DOESN'T WANT TO APPEAR TO FAVOUR ONE OVER THE OTHER. CHRIS BISHOP, HAERE MAI KI MATO, THINK ABOUT IT, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THE ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, NOT JUST MONEY THAT COMES FROM OFFSHORE. AND SO THE PUBLIC HEARING BEGINS. AT STAKE ` WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THESE WATERS. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. THE U.S. LOOK SET FOR A BIDEN-TRUMP REMATCH IN NOVEMBER'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS PREDECESSOR BOTH SECURING THEIR PARTIES NOMINATIONS. FOUR STATES AND ONE AMERICAN TERRITORY HELD THEIR PRIMARIES TODAY. PUSHING BOTH CANDIDATES OVER THE NOMINATION THRESHOLD. JOE BIDEN (81) AND DONALD TRUMP (77) WILL HAVE THEIR NOMINATIONS MADE OFFICIAL AT THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTY CONVENTIONS LATER THIS YEAR. CONTROVERSIAL INFLUENCER ANDREW TATE AND HIS BROTHER TRISTAN WILL BE EXTRADITED TO THE UK TO FACE QUESTIONING OVER ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. AFTER A NIGHT IN CUSTODY IN BUCHAREST, THE PAIR WERE TAKEN TO COURT, WHERE THE EXTRADITION REQUEST WAS QUICKLY APPROVED. HOWEVER, THEY'LL STAY IN ROMANIA FOR NOW, TO FACE TRIAL ON SIMILAR, SEPARATE CHARGES, AND PRISON TIME IF FOUND GUILTY. BOTH MEN HAVE DENIED ALL CHARGES AGAINST THEM. ANDREW TATE GAINED INTERNET INFAMY FOR HIS MISOGYNISTIC SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS. E WHAI AKE NEI, STILL TO COME, SHARING THEIR STORIES OF TAONGA ` ARTEFACTS FROM THE MAORI LAND WARS. IWI COME TO TE PAPA FOR THE BOOK'S RELEASE. AND WHO WILL BE THE SUPREME CRICKETER OF THE YEAR? WE'LL REVEAL THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL AWARDS. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. - 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? THERE'S BEEN TROUBLE IN THE SKIES OVER WESTERN RUSSIA , THE ENGINE ON A MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE CATCHING FIRE SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF. 8 CREW MEMBERS AND 7 PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT CRASHED. NO WORD YET ON ANY SURVIVORS. AN EXPLOSION AT A RESTAURANT IN NORTHERN CHINA HAS DESTROYED A FOUR STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING, KILLING AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING 26 OTHERS. THE POWERFUL BLASTS RIPPED THROUGH THE BUILDING JUST AS RESIDENTS WERE LEAVING FOR WORK. IT'S BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A GAS LEAK. OUR NATIONAL MUSEUM, TE PAPA, HAS LAUNCHED A NEW BOOK TELLING THE STORIES OF MORE THAN 500 TAONGA ARTEFACTS FROM THE MAORI LAND WARS. DESCENDANTS FROM MORE THAN 140 IWI MEETING IN THE CAPITAL TODAY, SOME TO SEE THE TAONGA THEMSELVES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. SAM OLLEY REPORTS. HISTORIC TREASURES FROM A BLOODY PERIOD IN AOTEAROA'S HISTORY. TE PAPA IS A COLONIAL INSTITUTION AT ITS ROOTS. A LOT OF ITS COLLECTIONS DATE BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY, BUT AS AN INSTITUTION, WE HAVEN'T REALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THOSE HISTORIES VERY WELL OVER THE PAST 150 YEARS. FOR GENERATIONS, THESE ARTEFACTS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY STOWED AWAY AT OUR NATIONAL MUSEUM... (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) ...BUT FROM TODAY, THEY'RE BEING SHARED IN THIS NEW BOOK, TE ATA O TU, WRITTEN BY FOUR TE PAPA CURATORS. THIS IS A REALLY BIG DAY FOR US HERE AT TE PAPA. THE BOOK REALLY EMERGED OUT OF AN EXHIBITION THAT WE DID AROUND ABOUT 2018, I THINK, AND THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO RA MAUMAHARA. WE CANVASSED OUR COLLECTIONS AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING MORE LIKE A BOOK ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND WARS. THE 480 PAGES CAPTURE THE STORIES OF MORE THAN 500 ARTEFACTS FROM THE NEW ZEALAND WARS. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) TODAY, WHANAU AND DESCENDANTS FROM MORE THAN 140 IWI CAME TOGETHER IN TE-WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON. FOR SOME, IT'S THE FIRST TIME SETTING EYES UPON THESE TREASURES ONCE HELD BY ANCESTORS. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT I GET A TURN TO HOLD IT COS IT'S VERY A PART OF MY FAMILY. FOR NGAPUHI ELDER WITI ASHBY, THE HISTORY OF THIS FLAG RUNS DEEP IN HIS WHAKAPAPA. (SPEAKS TE REO MAORI) NOW TE PAPA IS PROUDLY MAKING THESE TAONGA ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. WE HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION IN HISTORY AND WE JUST NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KNOWN. AND THAT'S WHY ALL THE SCHOOLS IN NEW ZEALAND WILL GET COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION. PIECES OF AOTEAROA'S HISTORY SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY ONCE AGAIN. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. OUR TOP CRICKETERS HAVE PUT THE PRESSURE OF THE PITCH TO ONE SIDE TONIGHT THE SPORT'S SUPREME AWARDS HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH. RACHIN RAVINDRA BECOMING THE YOUNGEST EVER WINNER OF THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL AND WHITE FERN MELIE KERR TAKING AWARD AFTER AWARD ` WOMEN'S T20 PLAYER OF THE YEAR, SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND THEN TAKING THE SUPREME WOMEN'S AWARD. THE WINNER OF THE 2024 DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL... MELIE KERR. (APPLAUSE) AS A KID GROWING UP, I HAD THE DREAM AND ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A WHITE FERN, TO, I GUESS, NOW BE IN THAT POSITION TO BE A WHITE FERN AND HAVE TO PLAY ALONGSIDE SO MANY OF MY ROLE MODELS HAS HELPED ME. THE CROWD AT THE CHRISTCHURCH CONVENTION CENTRE TE PAE ALSO GIVING RETIRING BLACK CAP NEIL WAGNER A STANDING OVATION. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A BIG WAVE, BUT IT'S ONE SURFERS IN THE UK COULDN'T WAIT TO CATCH. THE RARE KING TIDE WAVE SURGING UP THE SEVERN ESTUARY IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE TODAY, CREATING ONE OF THE LONGEST RIDES IN THE WORLD. THE BBC'S PHIL MACKIE WAS THERE. THIS IS A BUCKET LIST EXPERIENCE IF YOU'RE A HARDCORE SURFER. DODGING EACH OTHER AND AVOIDING A MOUTHFUL OF MUDDY WATER IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME, EVEN IF YOU DO GET WIPED OUT. THE SEVERN BORE HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A HIGH SPRING TIDE, AND THE WAVE IT CREATES FUNNELS UP RIVER. 67 IN JUNE. I BET I'M THE OLDEST BOY IN HERE. IT'S SO RARE EVEN THE OLDEST HANDS ARE DRAWN BACK. IT'S GREAT. I MUST GO COS I'M GOING TO MISS THAT ONE. RICHARD WAS ON A BODYBOARD, SOME WERE IN KAYAKS... (YELPS, LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) ...SOME ON SURFBOARDS; OTHERS HAD BROUGHT THEIR PADDLEBOARDS. IT'S THE EXPERIENCE. IT'S THE ANTICIPATION. IT'... I DON'T KNOW, WAKING UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN. (LAUGHS) IT'S LIKE A STUPID ADVENTURE, AND QUITE SURREAL AS WELL. HERE WE ARE, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, WAITING FOR SOME WAVE TO APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE. IT'S LIKE NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT. THOUSANDS LINED EVERY AVAILABLE VIEWING POINT. THERE'S EVEN TIME TO RIDE THE BORE MORE THAN ONCE. THE RIVER IS WINDY, BUT THE ROAD IS STRAIGHT, SO YOU CAN DRIVE A FEW MILES UPRIVER, GET BACK OUT OF THE CAR AND BACK INTO THE WATER. THERE WERE HAZARDS APLENTY. GILLES, WHO'S ON THE BLUE BOARD, HAD COME ALL THE WAY FROM CANADA. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE NATURAL PHENOMENA. IT'S KIND OF LIKE LAST SHOT IN THE GAME TOO. YOU GET ONE CHANCE AT IT, AND THAT'S IT. AND HOWARD AND NICK'S SECOND RIDE WAS A SUCCESS. GOT UP REALLY QUITE STEEP, AND I SAID, 'OH, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.' AND THEN IT JUST PEAKED UP HIGH AND JUST THREW ME STRAIGHT OFF. THE BIGGEST I'VE SEEN HERE, SO... FIVE STAR, THEN? YEAH, I'D SAY SO. (LAUGHS) SO NOW IT'S GONNA BE BOARDS BACK ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR. AND OFF THEY WENT FOR A THIRD TIME. JUST AHEAD ` HEAVY RAIN, GALES AND EVEN HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PLUS, HOW'S THIS FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR YOUR JOB? WHAT'S GOT STAFF AT A U.S. WILDLIFE CENTRE DRESSED UP IN A HUMAN-SIZED FOX SUIT? WELCOME BACK. A WILDLIFE CENTRE IN THE U.S. STATE OF VIRGINIA'S MAKING HEADLINES FOR ITS CREATIVE APPROACH TO CARING FOR A BABY FOX ` STAFF MEMBERS DRESSING UP IN A HUMAN-SIZED FOX SUIT. THE DISGUISE INTENDED TO PREVENT THE KIT FOX FROM GETTING ATTACHED TO HUMANS SO IT'S MORE LIKELY IT COULD ONE DAY BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH FLEET FOXES, AND 'CAN I BELIEVE YOU'. (FLEET FOXES' 'CAN I BELIEVE YOU') (SUNNY FOLK ROCK) # CAN I BELIEVE YO-O-O-OU? # CAN I BELIEVE YO-O-O-OU? # CAN I BELIEVE YO-O-O-OU? # CAN I EVER KNOW YOUR MIND? # AM I HANDING YOU MINE? # DO WE BOTH CONFIDE? # I SEE IT EAT THROUGH EVERY WORD I SOW THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND KATE HARRIS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024.