TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` ANOTHER BLOW FOR THE GREENS. MP DARLEEN TANA SUSPENDED AMID ACCUSATIONS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. DID SHE DELAY TELLING HER BOSSES? COULD THESE CLOTHES BE THE KEY TO SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE BODY SNAGGED BY AN AUCKLAND FISHERMAN? AND... ALL: WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS. (LAUGHTER) SPREADING CAKE AND KINDNESS AMID CALLS FOR GREATER SUPPORT FOR MOSQUE ATTACK VICTIMS FIVE YEARS ON. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER, JESSIE PURU AND KATE HARRIS. 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 THIS EVENING. THE GREENS ARE DENYING THE PARTY HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACT AFTER LEARNING AN MP WAS ACCUSED OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. DARLEEN TANA HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN, AND AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. NEW GREEN MP DARLEEN TANA SPEAKING OF LIFE WITH HUSBAND CHRISTIAN HOFF-NIELSEN IN HER PARLIAMENTARY MAIDEN SPEECH JUST LAST MONTH. WE SET UP CHRIS' BUSINESS MANUFACTURING, SELLING, AND RENTING ELECTRIC BIKES. BY THE TIME OF THIS SPEECH, THE MP AND HER THEN CO-LEADERS WERE ALREADY AWARE DARLEEN TANA AND HER HUSBAND WERE FACING CLAIMS OF MIGRANT WORKER EXPLOITATION. IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY HARD ON HIM, JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE, THAT'S BEEN REALLY HARD. LAWYER NATHAN SANTESSO REPRESENTS ARGENTINIAN SANTIAGO PALMA. THIS IS MY THIRD DAY HERE. IT'S CLAIMED HE BEGAN WORKING FOR THE E-BIKE BUSINESS IN SEPTEMBER 2022 ON A VISITOR VISA AND WAS PAID IN CASH UNTIL HE RECEIVED A WORK VISA A YEAR LATER. IT'S CLAIMED HE'S OWED AT LEAST $10,000 IN UNPAID WAGES AND ANNUAL LEAVE, PLUS COMPENSATION FOR LOST EARNINGS. WE'VE TAKEN THE IMMEDIATE ACTION ONCE NEW INFORMATION CAME TO US YESTERDAY TO STAND DARLEEN DOWN FROM MP DUTIES AND TO RUN AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS OVER THE GREENS' HANDLING OF THE ISSUE. ON FEBRUARY 1, DARLEEN TANA TOLD THE PARTY CO-LEADERS OF A FORMAL COMPLAINT AGAINST HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS. A WEEK LATER, A SECOND COMPLAINT FROM ANOTHER WORKER. THIS TIME, IT MENTIONED THE MP. SHE WAS STOOD ASIDE FROM HER SMALL BUSINESS PORTFOLIO. AND IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY, FOLLOWING MEDIA INQUIRIES, SHE WAS SUSPENDED. WE NEEDED TO BE SURE OF WHAT DARLEEN KNEW AND WHEN AND WHAT HER INVOLVEMENT WAS. THE MP RELINQUISHED HER SHAREHOLDING IN THE BUSINESS IN 2019. SHE REMOVED HERSELF OFFICIALLY AS A DIRECTOR, BUT SHE DID STAY ON AS THE PERSON KIND OF, LIKE, RUNNING THE SHOW. MARAMA DAVIDSON REJECTING THE PARTY WAS SLOW TO ACT. WE'VE GOT TO UPHOLD INNOCENCE BEING HELD UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AS WELL. WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO YOU THINK DARLEEN TANA HAS IN ALL OF THIS? SHE HAD MORE OF A BURDEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT THING WAS DONE. A BURDEN THE GREEN PARTY NOW CARRIES AS WELL. MAIKI, WHAT IS DARLEEN TANA'S REACTION, AND WHERE DO THE ACCUSATIONS GO FROM HERE? KIA ORA TATOU. IN A STATEMENT, DARLEEN TANA HAS TOLD 1 NEWS THAT SHE WELCOMES THE INVESTIGATION AND WILL COOPERATE FULLY BUT SHE WILL NOT BE COMMENTING FURTHER AT THIS TIME. HE SAID THAT HIS CLIENT REACHED OUT TO DARLEEN TANA ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS SEEKING HELP BUT SHE REFUSED TO GET INVOLVED. BOTH COMPLAINTS ARE WITH THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY. I UNDERSTAND THE NEXT STEP IS MEDIATION AND TRYING TO REACH SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT. IF THAT AGREEMENT IS UNSUCCESSFUL I AM TOLD THAT A FULL INVESTIGATION WILL THEN GET UNDERWAY. THIS COINCIDES WITH THE GREEN PARTY'S OWN INVESTIGATION THAT IT HAS LAUNCHED THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT LAWYER. THIS ISN'T A GOOD LOOK, OR A GOOD WEEK, FOR THE GREENS, IS IT, COMING HOT ON THE HEELS OF FORMER MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IN COURT? CERTAINLY, IT HAS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS START FOR THE GREENS AND THEY HAVE SUFFERED BLOW AFTER BLOW AND YOU HAVE TO ASK THAT AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE LOOKING AROUND FOR A BIT OF DISCIPLINE IN THE RANKS. LIKE THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE FACING GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IN COURT, THE ALLEGATIONS FACING DARLEEN TANA ` EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES, THEY CUT TO THE CORE OF THE GREEN PARTY VALUES AND A SMACK OF HYPOCRISY FROM A PARTY WHO IS SO QUICKLY CLAIMING THE MORAL HIGH GROUND ON THESE ISSUES. THE COLEADERS WILL HAVE TO DO LOOK AT WHETHER THEY DID ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND HANDLING THIS ISSUE, AS WELL AS THE ISSUE WITH GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN, WHETHER THAT WAS WATERTIGHT. AT WHAT POINT DO THE COLEADERS PUT THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF THE PARTY AHEAD OF ITS MPS, WHO SO CLEARLY HAVE NOT BEEN SORTING IT OUT? THANKS, MAIKI. AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH IS UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY THE BODY DISCOVERED IN AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR EARLIER THIS WEEK. POLICE BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO A MIDDLE-AGED CHINESE WOMAN, BUT IT DOESN'T MATCH ANY MISSING PEOPLE THEY'RE CURRENTLY AWARE OF. YVONNE TAHANA HAS THE LATEST. THE START OF A DELICATE AND COMPLEX INVESTIGATION ` POLICE TRYING TO ESTABLISH JUST WHO THIS JANE DOE IS. A FISHERMAN AT GULF HARBOUR MADE THE GRISLY DISCOVERY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. I WAS THINKING THOSE BOATS GOING THROUGH THERE, THEY BETTER WATCH OUT. AND THEN I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T THEY STOPPING TO PICK IT UP OR MOVE IT OR SOMETHING? AND TODAY POLICE REVEALED AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WE ESTIMATE HER HEIGHT TO BE AROUND 160CM. WE BELIEVE SHE'S OF ASIAN DESCENT, AND OUR INQUIRIES LEAD US TO BELIEVE SHE IS PROBABLY CHINESE. THEY'VE COMBED THROUGH MISSING PERSON'S FILES AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MAKE A MATCH. ALSO RULING OUT HOMICIDE VICTIM YANFEI BAO, THE CHRISTCHURCH REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO WENT MISSING IN JULY LAST YEAR. INTERNATIONAL AGENCY INTERPOL HAS NOW BEEN CONTACTED FOR HELP. SHE COULD BE SOMEONE'S MOTHER, SOMEONE'S SISTER, OR EVEN SOMEONE'S GRANDMOTHER. IF THERE'S A WOMAN IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT MATCHES THIS DESCRIPTION THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A WHILE OR YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, PLEASE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE INVESTIGATION TEAM. THE SPARSE DETAILS ARE CONFRONTING. THE VICTIM WAS FOUND WRAPPED IN BLACK PLASTIC CLEAN SACKS. SHE WAS ALSO WEARING THESE BLUE PYJAMA PANTS WITH A DISTINCT PATTERN. AND THIS LOGO WAS FOUND ON A LIGHT-COLOURED SINGLET WHICH NAMES THE BRAND, SIZE AND FACTORY. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL CCTV FOOTAGE BUT ARE ASKING LOCALS TO CHECK THEIR OWN CAMERAS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY FACE THE WATER. THEY'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ANY SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR BETWEEN LONG BAY AND GULF HARBOUR IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. WE'RE KEEPING A TOTALLY OPEN MIND IN RELATION TO WHERE THIS VICTIM HAS COME FROM AND ARE LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF AUCKLAND. CHINESE-SPEAKING OFFICERS SET TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS POLICE LEAN ON THE PUBLIC, SAYING NO PIECE OF INFORMATION IS TOO SMALL AT THIS STAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE VICTIMS OF THE MOSQUE SHOOTINGS ARE BEING REMEMBERED AT A SERVICE IN CHRISTCHURCH ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY. PEOPLE WERE KILLED AS THEY PRAYED. 51 PEOPLE DIED AND DOZENS WERE INJURED WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT THE AL NOOR MOSQUE AND THE LINWOOD ISLAMIC CENTRE ON MARCH 15 2019. THEN-PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN CALLED IT 'OUR DARKEST OF DAYS'. IT IS NEW ZEALAND'S WORST EVER MASS SHOOTING. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, A SEA OF FLOWERS SPONTANEOUSLY SPRUNG UP AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LAID BOUQUETS AND CARDS ALONG ROLLESTON AVENUE IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AFFECTED. PARLIAMENT FAST-TRACKED TIGHTER GUN LAWS, AND A ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY WAS SET UP TO INVESTIGATE. KEY RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IMPROVING OUR COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORTS AND OUR FIREARMS LICENSING LAWS AND SUPPORTING THE ONGOING RECOVERY OF THOSE AFFECTED. IN A MOMENT, RYAN BOSWELL TAKES A LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS STILL FACING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, BUT FIRST, THOMAS MEAD WITH HOW THE DAY WAS COMMEMORATED. THIS MORNING, A HUNDRED CAKES ARRIVED AT THIS HOME FOR A SPECIAL NEW TRADITION. ALL: WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS! FARID AHMED LOST HIS WIFE, HUSNA, IN THE CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACK BUT HE'S FELT SO MUCH LOVE FROM HIS COMMUNITY, HE WANTS TO GIVE IT BACK. WE JUST APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE. AWESOME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD DAY. GOING DOOR TO DOOR... HI! ...SPREADING PEACE.... WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS! ...ONE CAKE AT A TIME... THANK YOU, THANK YOU! ALONGSIDE A SPECIAL GUEST. THE U.S. AMBASSADOR FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HERE FOR THE ANNIVERSARY. IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT AND MOVING REMINDER THAT THE WAY WE TRANSFORM HEARTS AND THE WAY WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IS IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY INTERACTIONS. FOR FARID, IT'S A CHANCE TO CONTINUE HIS WIFE'S LEGACY OF KINDNESS. I KNOW SHE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF I CARRY ON THE THINGS SHE WAS DOING. WE WERE A TEAM, AND WE LOST ONE, BUT I HAVE TO CARRY ON. I HAVE TO CONTINUE. AND AT AL NOOR MOSQUE THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WERE FRESH FLOWERS ON THE GROUND. THE COMMUNITY POURING IN FOR PRAYER. WE ARE ALL REMEMBERING THE SHAHADA, THE MARTYRS OF 15 MARCH 2019, AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IT'S QUITE EMOTIONAL FOR ALL OF US. OH, NO, I AM SO SAD, YEAH. PRAYING, PRAYING FOR THEM. FAMILIES FROM MANY DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES COMING TOGETHER, UNDETERRED BY THE RAIN. SO MANY WORSHIPPERS ARRIVED THAT SOME HAD TO STAY OUTSIDE AND PRAY IN THE CARPARK. IT'S HERE AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE 51 PEOPLE WERE KILLED THAT THEY WILL BE HONOURED TONIGHT. TODAY WE WANT TO SHOW THE WORLD AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT NEW ZEALANDERS ARE UNITED, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TO SHOWING RESPECT, SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT PERSON, IT DIDN'T WORK. THE NATION'S LEADERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SHARE A MEAL AND HEAR FROM SURVIVORS. IT'S NOT FIVE YEARS OF TRAUMA; IT'S EVERY DAY, EVERY MOMENT, IT'S ONGOING, AND WE'RE NOW SEEING INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. A COMMUNITY HEALING TOGETHER, REFUSING TO LET MARCH 15 DEFINE THEM. THOMAS, TELL US MORE ABOUT TONIGHT'S EVENT? IT IS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL EVENT. IT IS ALREADY AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, WHERE MANY IN THE FAITH BEGIN TO FAST, IT IS THE FIRST TIME THE ANNIVERSARY HAS FALLEN ON A FRIDAY WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WEEK. AND IT IS THAT COMBINATION OF FACTORS THAT HAS LED TO THIS EVENT TONIGHT. SOME OF THE NATION'S TOP LEADERS INCLUDING CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND MEMBERS OF OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES ` CHRIS HIPKINS FOR LABOUR AND DAVID SEYMOUR FOR ACT ` AND HEADS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE POLICE, SIS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL ARE THE SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WILL HAVE PRIDE OF PLACE TONIGHT AND BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE NATION'S LEADERS DIRECTLY. THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF SPEECHES AND THEN THEY WILL ALL HAVE A MEAL TOGETHER, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY BREAKING THEIR FAST AS A SIGN OF RESPECT AS THEY CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE LOST AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL AFFECTED TODAY. THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR FINANCIAL REPARATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S ONE OF MORE THAN 20 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE TERROR ATTACK, WHICH HAVE STILL NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO UNITY, TO SOLIDARITY AND TO PEACE. A GATHERING IN CHRISTCHURCH TO TACKLE DIVISION. NO ONE WILL FORGET THE DEVASTATION STRUCK BY THE TERROR ATTACKS THAT TOOK AWAY 51 INNOCENT LIVES IN THE NAME OF HATRED AND IGNORANCE. BUT FIVE YEARS ON FROM THIS HORRIFIC DAY... (SIREN WAILS) ...NEW ZEALAND'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY REMAINS A TARGET. MUSLIM WOMEN ARE ABOUT 36% OF THE DAILY HATE. THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH 36% WITH LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION. THE FIRST UNITY SUMMIT PUSHING TO BREAK BARRIERS AND CHANGE PERCEPTIONS. WELL, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, AND FOR US, AND OUR CULTURE, THE MUSLIM FAITH, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXPRESSION OF OUR FAITH ` THE RESILIENCE, THE PERSEVERANCE, THE PATIENCE. PROGRESS ON THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S INQUIRY INTO THE DEADLY ATTACK IS ALSO BEING QUESTIONED. 23 OF THE 44 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. WE'VE GOT A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO LOOK AT THE ROYAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. HE WANTS REPARATIONS PAID TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THIS COMMUNITY WAS ATTACKED AS A COMMUNITY, AND REPARATIONS NEED TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. TODAY'S NOT THE DAY TO GO THROUGH EACH RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE DECISIONS ON IT. NO, BUT IT IS FIVE YEARS ON, AND I GUESS THAT TIME FRAME DOES MARK` A LOT OF TIME HAS GONE PAST, SO THEY WANT THOSE ANSWERS TOO. YEAH, SURE, BUT TODAY IS, AS JUDITH SAID QUITE RIGHTLY, A DAY FOR FAMILIES TO REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES. BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE'RE VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY IS NOW FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. THE GOVERNMENT BEING ASKED TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE WHAKAARI ERUPTION COURT RULING THAT'S SEEN VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES PAID OUT MORE THAN $10M IN TOTAL. WE DO FEEL THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE TICKING A BIT TOO SLOW TO MOVE FORWARD. STUCK FOR NOW, BUT HOPING THEIR WORDS ARE ACTED ON SOON. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. STUDENTS FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AT A PALMERSTON NORTH SCHOOL AFTER CONFRONTING ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR WITH A PROTEST HAKA. THE PRINCIPAL SAYS THEIR BEHAVIOUR WAS 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE', BUT A VETERAN ACTIVIST SAYS THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE HONOURED FOR WHAT THEY DID. KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS. A CHALLENGE... ...COMING RIGHT TO DAVID SEYMOUR'S FEET AT FREYBERG HIGH. HAKAS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONFRONTING, AND I THOUGHT THEIRS WAS QUITE GOOD. BUT THEN A SPIT, OR TUHA. YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT IN TIKANGA, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT IN TIKANGA, BUT USUALLY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD HOST TO YOUR MANUHIRI OR GUESTS, AND I THINK PROBABLY ONE OR TWO STUDENTS FAILED AT THAT. BUT FOR A VETERAN ACTIVIST ` WHO'S SIMILARLY CHALLENGED POLITICIANS ` THE STUDENTS WERE DOING A GOOD JOB. THAT'S JUST NORMAL IN OUR CULTURE, AND I THINK THAT... IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE CHILDREN... MAKING A STATEMENT. THE SCHOOL SHOULD SUPPORT THAT IDEA. THE SCHOOL ISN'T, SAYING THE BEHAVIOUR WAS 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE' AND CONTRARY TO ITS VALUES AND HIGH STANDARDS, AND STUDENTS WILL NOW BE DEALT WITH IN A DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. WELL, I THINK THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. I MAY NOT BE PARTICULARLY UPSET ABOUT IT, BUT I FULLY RESPECT THE CHOICE OF THE PRINCIPAL AND THE BOARD TO RUN THE SCHOOL ACCORDING TO THEIR STANDARDS. THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED. CHALLENGES OF THIS NATURE IS NOTHING NEW TO TE AO MAORI. AS MAORI, IT'S PART OF OUR TIKANGA. IT'S BEEN DONE FOR CENTURIES. DAVID SEYMOUR HAD A ROBUST WELCOME AT WAITANGI TOO. IT'S THOUGHT YESTERDAY'S WAS TAKING AIM AT PLANS PUTTING FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES UP FOR REVIEW. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE ON TIKTOK. IT MIGHT BE FOREIGN TO MANY, BUT FOR TE AO MAORI, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY. FREYBERG HIGH'S BEING URGED TO THINK LIKEWISE. IT'S THE HONOURABLE THING FOR KIDS AND FOR OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS, YOU KNOW? THE ACT LEADER'S OFFERED TO GO BACK AND HEAR THE STUDENTS OUT. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` NEW ZEALAND RUGBY RESPONDS AFTER REVELATIONS A FORMER PROFESSIONAL PLAYER WHO DIED AGED 33 HAD A DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE LINKED TO CONSTANT HEAD KNOCKS. PLUS ` IT'S THE ROCKET THAT COULD ONE DAY SEND ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE MOON. WHY A TEST FLIGHT THAT ENDED IN AN EXPLOSION IS STILL BEING LABELLED A SUCCESS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` FROM BEAN TO BAR ` WHAT'S BEHIND THE GLOBAL DECLINE OF CHOCOLATE? AND THE KIWI BARBER WHO'S CRAFTING SOME COOL CONTENT AND CAPTIVATING ONLINE AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD. PLUS ` THE MAN WHO'S ALWAYS HEARD BUT NEVER SEEN. SOLVE THIS RIDDLE AT 7. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SAYS IT'S DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO MAKE SURE ATHLETES ARE SAFE WHEN IT COMES TO CONCUSSIONS. THAT'S AFTER THE DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, OR CTE, WAS FOUND IN THE BRAIN OF LATE PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYER BILLY GUYTON. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. RUGBY IS PART OF NEW ZEALAND'S IDENTITY. IT WAS IN BILLY GUYTON'S DNA TOO. BILLY GUYTON... HAS JUST GIVEN THEM A FLICKER OF HOPE. BUT IN 2018, THE HALFBACK RETIRED FROM HIS RUGBY CAREER BECAUSE HE'D RECEIVED TOO MANY CONCUSSIONS. THEN, AT THE AGE OF 33, HE DIED OF A SUSPECTED SUICIDE. WE FEEL A HUGE AMOUNT OF SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILY. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AS IT RELATES TO OUR ENVIRONMENTS ` BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE PROFESSIONAL GAME ` TO MAKE SURE OUR ATHLETES ARE SAFE. PEOPLE WITH CTE SUFFER FROM MEMORY LOSS, AGGRESSION, CONFUSION, DEPRESSION, SEVERE ANXIETY AND EVENTUALLY PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA. SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY TO TVNZ'S SUNDAY SHOW, BILLY'S FAMILY PROVIDED A HANDWRITTEN STATEMENT SAYING THEY'RE RELIEVED TO HAVE HIS CTE DIAGNOSIS CONFIRMED, BUT THEY'RE TERRIBLY SAD AND HEARTBROKEN THAT IT TOOK HIS DEATH TO HAVE IT RECOGNISED. AT THE MOMENT, THEY CAN ONLY DEFINITIVELY DIAGNOSE CTE AFTER SOMEONE HAS PASSED AWAY, WHICH IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO GET SUPPORT AND HELP WHILE THEY'RE ALIVE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. SO OUR RESEARCH IS TRYING TO UNCOVER NEW WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE GET A DIAGNOSIS EARLIER. BILLY'S FAMILY SAYS HE STRUGGLED ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE FRUSTRATION OF KNOWING HE WAS UNWELL AND THAT HE WASN'T GETTING ANY ANSWERS FROM HIS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. THEY ALSO SAID NEW ZEALAND RUGBY DIDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HIS CONCUSSION LED TO HIS POOR MENTAL HEALTH. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY'S UNDERTAKING RESEARCH INTO CONCUSSION AND ITS LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE BRAIN. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S AN ASSOCIATION, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO PROVE THERE'S ANY STRONGER CONNECTION THAN THAT AT THIS TIME. AS FOR BILLY'S FAMILY, THEY SAY OTHER FAMILIES SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT BILLY AND THEY HAVE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. AT LEAST 29 PALESTINIANS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED WHILE WAITING FOR AID IN GAZA IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS IN THE PAST DAY. ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS REJECTED CLAIMS BY THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY THAT IT'S DELIBERATELY ATTACKING AID CENTRES. LAURA FRYKBERG REPORTS. EVIDENCE OF VIOLENCE IN A PLACE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE RELIEF. THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THIS IS THE RESULT OF A DEADLY ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON AN AID DISTRIBUTION CENTRE IN CENTRAL GAZA. TRANSLATOR: WE WERE GIVING DIAPERS TO PEOPLE, FLOUR, SPAGHETTI, AND OTHER THINGS. SUDDENLY, WE SAW MISSILES FIRED AT US. SOME YOUNG MEN WERE KILLED. NOT LONG AFTER, 20 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED IN WHAT HAMAS OFFICIALS ALLEGE WAS ANOTHER ISRAELI ATTACK ON PALESTINIANS WAITING FOR AID. VIDEO BROADCAST BY AL JAZEERA APPEARS TO SHOW BODIES AT THE SCENE COVERED IN RUBBLE. BOTH ATTACKS HAVE BEEN DENIED BY ISRAEL'S MILITARY, WHICH, IN A STATEMENT, SAID REPORTS IT'S TARGETED AID CENTRES ARE FALSE. GUNFIRE FROM ISRAELI FORCES RANG OUT DURING ANOTHER AID DELIVERY JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF 112 PEOPLE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT FOOD HAS BEEN WEAPONISED, AND THAT IS VERY WORRYING. AND AMERICA DOES HAVE REAL LEVERAGE IN THIS SITUATION IF IT CHOOSES TO USE IT. AND SIGNS OF ANOTHER SHIFT IN THE U.S. TODAY, WITH THE HIGHEST-RANKING ELECTED JEWISH OFFICIAL CALLING FOR ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS LOST HIS WAY. HE HAS BEEN TOO WILLING TO TOLERATE THE CIVILIAN TOLL IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL REMAINS DEFIANT OVER PLANS FOR A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH. BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, IT SAYS IT'LL FIRST MOVE NEARLY 1.5 MILLION PALESTINIANS WHO'VE FLED TO THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY TO SO-CALLED 'HUMANITARIAN ISLANDS', WHILE OFFERING NO CLEAR PICTURE WHAT THE AREAS WILL LOOK LIKE OR HOW THEY WILL OPERATE. THE U.N. IS WARNING OF A CATASTROPHE IN A WAR THAT'S REDEFINING THE TERM. LAURA FRYKBERG, 1 NEWS. THE FATHER OF A TEEN WHO SHOT DEAD FOUR STUDENTS AT HIS MICHIGAN SCHOOL HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER. JAMES CRUMBLEY AND HIS WIFE GAVE THEIR SON ETHAN (15) A SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL AS A GIFT AND, THE COURT HEARD, IGNORED HIS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. JAMES CRUMBLEY'S WIFE, JENNIFER, WAS CONVICTED ON THE SAME CHARGES AND WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH, WHILE HIS SON IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THE 2021 SHOOTING. MIGRANTS FOUND IN A DINGHY ADRIFT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA SAY AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE ON BOARD DIED. 25 SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED BY A CHARITY VESSEL AFTER SETTING OFF FROM LIBYA AND SPENDING A WEEK AT SEA WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. THEY SAY THE ENGINE BROKE DOWN THREE DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE FOUND. IT'S BELIEVED THE VICTIMS DIED FROM DEHYDRATION AND HUNGER, NOT DROWNING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` PLUGGING A MAJOR GAP IN OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. A CENTRE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH MODERATE DEPRESSION OPENS IN THE CAPITAL, BUT IT COMES WITH SOME HEFTY FEES. WHY THERE'S HOPE FOR MORE SUPPORT. PLUS ` IT'S A SONG WHITNEY HOUSTON TOOK TO NEW HEIGHTS. # AND I... # WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. NEXT ` THE BALLAD'S FAMOUS WRITER AND THE MILESTONE IT'S JUST HIT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE UNWRAP WHAT'S BEHIND THE GLOBAL DECLINE OF CHOCOLATE. SHOULD WE STOCKPILE FOR EASTER? AND HE'S TURNING HEADS AND SCREENS ` HOW THIS KIWI BARBER'S FLAIR FOR MORE THAN JUST HAIR HAS MADE HIM AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION. PLUS ` A VOICE YOU KNOW WELL BUT WOULDN'T RECOGNISE ON THE STREET. WE REVEAL THE MASTERMIND BEHIND SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE SHOWS ON TELLY. ALL THAT AND MORE AT 7. SPACE X HAS BLASTED ITS NEXT GENERATION STARSHIP ROCKET FURTHER INTO SPACE THAN EVER BEFORE. IT'S A KEY STEP TO RETURNING HUMANS TO THE MOON AND MAYBE, ONE DAY, MARS. THE BIGGEST AND MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER BUILT DISINTEGRATED ON RE-ENTRY BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP CELEBRATIONS AS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS. (ROCKET RUMBLES) THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SPACE X IS TRYING TO SEND THE BIGGEST ROCKET EVER INTO SPACE. THIS THING IS MASSIVE ` 120m TALL WITH 35 ENGINES ` AND IT STARTED REALLY WELL, LAUNCHING FROM TEXAS. WE ARE FEELING THE RUMBLE. THEN SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATING FROM ITS HUGE BOOSTER, THE POINT AT WHICH IT BLEW UP LAST TIME. OK, WE GOT A STARSHIP ON ITS WAY TO SPACE AND A BOOSTER ON THE WAY BACK TO THE GULF. CRIES OF JOY FROM THE CONTROL ROOM AS EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE GOING TO PLAN. THE FIRST SURPRISE WAS THE BREATHTAKING VIEW FROM THE ROCKET. VIDEO RELAYED BY ELON MUSK'S STARLINK SATELLITE SYSTEM. OH MAN, I NEED A MOMENT TO PICK MY JAW UP FROM THE FLOOR BECAUSE THESE VIEWS ARE JUST STUNNING. THE SECOND SURPRISE WAS WHEN THEY LOST THE WHOLE THING. VIDEO SHOWING HOT GASES ENVELOPING THE SPACECRAFT ON RE-ENTRY BEFORE RADIO SILENCE. WE ARE MAKING THE CALL NOW THAT WE HAVE LOST SHIP 28. BUT THIS LAUNCH HAS BEEN SEEN AS A TOTAL SUCCESS FOR SPACE X. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY LAUNCHED THE BIGGEST ROCKET EVER INTO SPACE, BUT ON IT, THEY'RE TRIALLING TECH THAT ONLY A FEW DECADES AGO WOULD HAVE SEEMED THE STUFF OF DREAMS FOR THE MOST DIEHARD SCIENCE FICTION FANS. THIS IS THE FURTHEST AND FASTEST THAT STARSHIP HAS EVER FLOWN. THEY HAVEN'T MANAGED TO BRING THE BOOSTER BACK, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, A READILY SOLVABLE PROBLEM WITH A FEW MORE TRIALS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE STARSHIP ACTIVITIES IN ORBIT HAVE GONE VERY WELL. THIS WAS ALSO A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE FIRST TWO GOS WHICH ENDED IN... A RAPID UNSCHEDULED DISASSEMBLY. ...TWICE. THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER HAS JUST EXPERIENCED A RAPID UNSCHEDULED DISASSEMBLY. SO NOT BLOWING UP STRAIGHT AWAY IS PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY AS NASA IS COUNTING ON THESE ROCKETS TO RETURN HUMANS TO THE MOON IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS ` IF, OF COURSE, THEY STOP GETTING LOST OR BLOWING UP. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. A FIRST OF ITS KIND CENTRE OFFERING EARLY TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL ILLNESSES, HAS OPENED IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON. WHAKAMATUTU'S AIM IS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH MODERATE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HIT CRISIS POINT ` A GROUP WHO EXPERTS BELIEVE ARE CURRENTLY MISSING OUT. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS HAS MORE. TUCKED AWAY ON CUBA STREET, A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR PEOPLE SEEKING HELP WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THERE WILL BE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL THERAPY. THERE WILL BE CREATIVE THERAPIES LIKE ART THERAPY, MUSIC THERAPY. THEY'LL BE ASSISTED WITH A SOCIAL WORKER AND AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST. OPENING WHAKAMATUTU ` THE WELLINGTON DEPRESSION RECOVERY CENTRE WAS A MISSION DRIVEN BY THE FOUNDER'S DECADE-LONG EXPERIENCE WITH THE ILLNESS. THE MODERATE TO SEVERE BETWEEN THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND THE INPATIENT HOSPITAL END, THERE'S JUST THIS HUGE GAP, AND IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. HE SAYS THE PROGRAMME IS EVIDENCE-BASED. FROM EXERCISE TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, EVERYTHING'S IN ONE PLACE. YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE THEM MORE TIME. AND ACTUALLY, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU CAN` YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU CAN WORK THROUGH IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE. THE PROGRAMME RUNS FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK OVER A SIX-WEEK PERIOD. FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE COST WILL BE MORE THAN $14,000. AND THAT REMAINS A BARRIER FOR SOME. PEOPLE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM ACC OR MSD MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. DONATIONS ARE BEING ASKED FOR TO GET MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT BEHIND US, THAT WE GET HEALTH FUNDING BEHIND US. ONLY THEN CAN WE BE A TRULY EQUITABLE SERVICE. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S TOLD THE ORGANISATION TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. WELL, IT COSTS ROUGHLY $350 A DAY TO SEND SOMEBODY TO US FOR TREATMENT. IT COSTS $1500 TO SEND SOMEBODY TO AN INPATIENT WARD FOR THE NIGHT. THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING COMMISSION SEES MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING HELP FROM PRIMARY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED IN A TIMELY WAY, AND THAT'S IN PARTICULAR SPECIALIST SERVICES. A DIFFERENT APPROACH ON OFFER HERE IN A SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING TO MEET DEMAND. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. NOW TO A MUSIC MILESTONE FOR A VERY SPECIAL SINGERS AND A SONG THAT MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS LOVE. IN 1973, COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND DOLLY PARTON WROTE THIS SONG... # JOLENE, JOLENE, # JOLENE, JOLENE, # JOLENE, JOLENE. # PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN. ...HER SIGNATURE 'JOLENE', BUT DID YOU KNOW SHE ALSO PENNED THIS? # BUT I... # WILL ALWAYS # LOVE YOU. DOLLY'S 'I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU' RELEASED 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK. A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS BACK THEN, BUT IN 1992 ` BOOM. # AND I... # WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. # OOH, OOH. WHITNEY HOUSTON HITTING THE HIGH NOTES AND SKY-HIGH SUCCESS WITH THIS VERSION FOR 'THE BODYGUARD' MOVIE ` A GLOBAL SMASH AND STILL THE BIGGEST-SELLING SINGLE BY A WOMAN. AS AN ODE TO WHITNEY, DOLLY PARTON'S USED THE MILLIONS SHE'S MADE IN ROYALTIES TO SUPPORT PROJECTS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WHAT A VOICE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT ` AND WHAT A DAY FOR GOLFER RYAN FOX? WE DIG DOWN INTO THIS SENSATIONAL SHOT. A RECORD-BREAKING DAY ALL ROUND. A HOLE THAT'S FINISHED OFF MANY SUPERSTARS, NOT THE POPULAR BIG-HITTING KIWI. BACK HERE, THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX GEAR UP FOR AN AUCKLAND HURRAH. PLUS ` THE BREAKERS ARE BRINGING ONE OF THEIR OWN HOME. AND DOWN ON MY SPEEDWAY, PETROL HEAD HEAVEN AS NUMBERS BOOM. AND IT'S BEEN A CLOUDY AND WET ONE FOR MANY OF US TODAY AS A SET OF FRONTS HAVE MOVED UP THE COUNTRY. WELLINGTON HAS DONE TOO BADLY, BUT THE WET AND WINDY SOUTHERLY CHANGE IS ON THE DOORSTEP. CURRENTLY 19 DEGREES. DUNEDIN BEHIND THE FRONTS IS BACK IN THE SUNSHINE BUT COOLER AT JUST 10 DEGREES. SO WHAT IS IN STORE WITH THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND? DETAILS AFTER SPORT. NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT, AND COME ON DOWN, RYAN FOX. OUR MEN'S GOLF NUMBER ONE HAS NAILED A CAREER HIGHLIGHT, ONE WHICH MOST PLAYERS NEVER ACHIEVE IN THEIR LIFETIME. A HOLE IN ONE, AND AT ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS HOLES IN GOLF. AND HE DIDN'T STOP THERE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS FOX'S DAY IN THE FLORIDA SUN. IT'S A SHOT THAT WILL BE REPLAYED IN KIWI SPORTING FOLKLORE, AND A MOMENT RYAN FOX WILL NEVER FORGET. COME ON DOWN THE HILL. CAN HE DO IT? NO WAY! DO IT, BIG MAN! WHEN IT LANDED AND CAME BACK, I WAS LIKE, THIS HAS GOT A CHANCE. WE HAD ENOUGH GOOD SHOTS THAT A FEW HAVE A CHANCE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, BUT THEY DON'T GO IN VERY OFTEN. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ONE, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY GO IN. HIS FIRST IN HIS TOUR CAREER. FOX DOING IT ON THE ICONIC ISLAND GREEN 17TH. JUST THE 14TH PLAYER TO NAIL AN ACE. TPC SAWGRASS IN RAPTURES. (CROWD ERUPTS) FELLOW KIWI AND FORMER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER CRAIG PERKS ON COMMENTARY AND COULDN'T DESCRIBE IT BETTER. PERFECTION. THE HOLE'S KNOWN AS THE 'WATERY GRAVE'. THE PAST TWO DECADES HAVE SEEN ALMOST 1000 PGA TOUR BALLS LOST. SOFTLY... OH! OH MY GOD, THAT'S A SHANK. IT'S AN INTIMIDATING SHOT. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU GET UP THERE` YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE CROWD PROBABLY EITHER WANTS YOU TO MAKE A ONE OR HIT IT IN THE WATER. SO I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT. FOX MAKING THE INTIMIDATING LOOK EASY, ESPECIALLY ON THE PAR FIVE 16TH. A HOLE HE SAID YOU SPEND MOST OF THE TIME PREPARING, FEARING FOR THE 17TH TO COME. BUT AS COOL AS YOU LIKE... (APPLAUSE) THAT THE KIWI SECOND SHOT. THIS HIM TAPPING IN FOR EAGLE. FOX BACKING THAT UP WITH ANOTHER, BECOMING THE FIRST TO EVER SEEN CONSECUTIVE EAGLES IN THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, HELPING HIM TO A FIRST ROUND THREE UNDER 69, A SCORECARD TO FRAME AND A SHOT TO REMEMBER. I WAS PRETTY CHUFFED TO LOOK UP AND SEE IT GOING DOWN THE FLAG AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK FOR IT TO COME BACK DOWN THE SLOPE AND ACTUALLY GO IN, BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT COMPLAINING. NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE MEDIA EITHER. FREE BEERS FOR THEM. YOU KNOW THE RULES ` HOLE IN ONE ALWAYS SHOUTS THE CLUBHOUSE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. A DAY AFTER THE LAUNCH OF AUCKLAND FC, THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN AUCKLAND. TOMORROW'S GAME AT EDEN PARK AGAINST SYDNEY FC THE LAST TIME THE PHOENIX PLAY IN AUCKLAND AS THE 'HOME TEAM', A NEW RIVALRY BEGINS. VICTOR WATERS EXPLAINS. HAD AUCKLAND FC BEEN AROUND A LITTLE EARLIER, THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY'D BE JOSTLING WITH THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX FOR TALENTS LIKE GABRIEL SLOANE-RODRIGUES. HERE IS THE YOUNG SUB. BORN IN JULY 2007, ONE MONTH BEFORE THE PHOENIX'S FIRST OFFICIAL MATCH, THE 16-YEAR-OLD BECAME WELLINGTON'S YOUNGEST-EVER DEBUTANT LAST WEEKEND. YEAH, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. UM, YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY REALISE HOW NEW THIS CLUB IS, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING SO WELL AS SUCH A NEW CLUB BECAUSE OTHER CLUBS, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LOT LONGER. THE TEENAGER'S AMONG A GROUP OF PHOENIX PLAYERS WITH AUCKLAND ROOTS. BUT FROM NEXT SEASON, PLAYERS LIKE SLOANE-RODRIGUES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO START THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN THE CITY OF SAILS. IT'S VERY HARD FOR OUR CLUB TO MAP OUT ALL OF NEW ZEALAND AND PICK ALL THE TALENT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLAYERS THAT MISS OUT. YOU KNOW, A LARGE CHUNK OF THOSE ARE IN AUCKLAND. SO I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE HEALTHY THAT THOSE PLAYERS HAVE A BIGGER NETWORK NOW WHICH TO GET SCOUTED. ONE ADVANTAGE THE PHOENIX WILL HAVE IS THE YOUTH ACADEMY ` SOMETHING AUCKLAND FC WON'T HAVE IN THEIR MAIDEN YEAR. BUT WITH INCREASING COMPETITION FOR YOUNG TALENT BETWEEN THE KIWI SIDES, WELLINGTON'S COACH HOPES DEVELOPMENT IS PUT FIRST. IF YOU FORCE YOUNG PLAYERS AND PUT THEM IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, THE ACTUAL OPPOSITE HAPPENS. YOU CAN SINK THEM BEFORE THEY CAN SWIM. IF YOU'RE THEN JUST INVITING KIDS OVER AND SAYING, 'LOOK, 'WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY AND PLAY YOU,' BUT THEY DON'T REALLY EARN IT, I'M NOT REALLY` I DON'T REALLY THINK YOU'RE CREATING THE RIGHT VALUES IN THE PLAYER. AND GIANCARLO ITALIANO HAS SOME ADVICE FOR ANY AUCKLAND-BASED PHOENIX FANS. I BELIEVE IN REAL FANS, I DON'T` I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF BANDWAGON FANS. IF YOU WANT TO GO AND JUMP OVER TO AUCKLAND, GOOD LUCK TO YOU. NOT REAL FAN THEN. WHAT FANS CAN GET BEHIND IS THE BENEFIT THESE TWO TEAMS WILL HAVE FOR FOOTBALL IN NEW ZEALAND. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST EXCITING YOUNG BASKETBALL TALENTS IS COMING HOME TO PLAY FOR THE BREAKERS. SAM MENNENGA HAS BEEN GLOBETROTTING THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE U.S., AUSTRALIA AND GREECE. NOW HE'S RETURNING TO HIS ROOTS. FIVE YEARS AGO ` THE WESTLAKE BOYS' HIGH GYM ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE ` WE CAME ACROSS SAM MENNENGA (17). IT'S JUST WHENEVER I'M ON THE COURT, I JUST ENJOY IT. FAST FORWARD FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOW 22. ALL 6'9" OF HIM FILLED OUT AND COMING HOME. BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE FANS THAT I KNOW, BEING ABLE TO BE AROUND MY FAMILY, BEING ABLE TO JUST BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT TO PLAY FOR A CLUB THAT'S MY HOMETOWN CLUB IS SPECIAL. MENNENGA'S COME FULL CIRCLE AFTER PLAYING THREE YEARS OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL FOR DAVIDSON COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA ` STEPH CURRY'S OLD SCHOOL. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW MUCH IT HELPS YOU GROW, AND NOT JUST AS LIKE AN ATHLETE, BUT AS A PERSON. SO IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE WHERE YOU'RE FROM A LOT MORE. HE WAS SNAPPED UP BY CAIRNS IN THE AUSTRALIAN NBL LAST SEASON BEFORE HEADING TO GREECE. ...AS MENNENGA CONTINUE... TO BRING HIM HOME, THE BREAKERS HAD TO BUY HIM OUT OF HIS DEAL WITH CAIRNS. SAM'S A VERY GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER. HE'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR A WHILE. THE NUMBER ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT STANDS OUT, THAT IS ONE THAT KIND OF DRAWS ME TO HIM, IS THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THAT HE HAS TO HIS CRAFT. MENNENGA TRAINED WITH THE BREAKERS AS A TEENAGER. HE'S A FORWARD WHO CAN PLAY INSIDE OR OUT, SHOOT FROM ALL OVER THE COURT. A TRUE LOCAL PRODUCT ` SOMETHING WHICH THE BREAKERS ARE OFTEN ACCUSED OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH OF. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS IS NEW ZEALAND BASKETBALL. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WANT ALL THE KIWIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE NEED A ROSTER THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY COMPRISED OF KIWI BASKETBALL PLAYERS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HEARD KIND OF DURING THE SEASON. SAM MENNENGA ` TESTAMENT TO BASKETBALL'S PRODUCTION LINE AND BOOMING POPULARITY. HE NOW GETS TO TASTE THAT PLAYING AT HOME. A PACKED NEWTOWN PARK HAS SEEN SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS WIN HER EIGHT STRAIGHT NATIONAL 100M TITLE AT THE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WELLINGTON. HOBBS DOMINATING THE RACE WITH A TIME OF 11.13 SECONDS. SHE'S ON HER TOES, DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH. SHE TAKES THE TITLE! IT FELT A LITTLE FOREIGN, IF I'M TO BE HONEST. I HAVEN'T DONE A LOT OF 100S THIS SEASON AND OFF THE BACK OF A LOT OF TRAVEL THIS PAST MONTH. I THINK WHAT I RAN TODAY WAS PRETTY SOLID. THERE'S SOME STUFF TO CLEAN UP AGAIN IN THE RACE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME OUT TODAY AND HAVE FUN. PARA ATHLETE DANIELLE AITCHISON RAN AN IMPRESSIVE 13.41 SECONDS, GOING UNDER THE WORLD RECORD MARK, BUT HER TIME CAN'T BE RATIFIED AS IT WAS AN ABLE BODIED RACE. CANTERBURY'S TIAAN WHELPTON HAS DEFENDED HIS MEN'S 100M TITLE. WE'VE UNEARTHED ANOTHER TOP SKIER, WITH BEN RICHARDS WINNING THE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR EVENT IN AUSTRIA. THE 24-YEAR-OLD FROM WANAKA IS IN HIS FIRST SEASON ON THE TOUR. TODAY'S RESULT IS NOT ONLY HIS FIRST WIN BUT ALSO THE FIRST TIME HE'S FINISHED ON THE PODIUM. WELL, ANXIOUS MOMENTS HERE AS THE SCORE DROPPING FOR BEN RICHARDS ` WHERE'S IT GOING? IT'S A 97! OH, BEN RICHARDS BLOWING THE JUDGES' MINDS! FELLOW KIWI FINN BILOUS ALSO POSTED A SCORE IN THE 90s TO FINISH FIFTH. SPEEDWAY REMAINS AS POPULAR AS EVER, WITH SELL-OUT CROWDS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND AT WESTERN SPRINGS. THE FIRST EVER 50-LAP 'ROYAL TITLE' UP FOR GRABS, ALONG WITH A $40,000 PRIZE POOL. AND AS KATE WELLS FOUND OUT, IT'LL BE A RACE WITH A TWIST. SPRINT CARS ARE KNOWN AS THE FORMULA 1 OF SPEEDWAY. THE ROLLING THUNDER OF SPRINT CARS, ALL WITH 900 HORSEPOWER. AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AUCKLAND'S WESTERN SPRINGS IS PUTTING ON A SHOW, HOSTING ITS NEWEST, MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENT. IT'S NOT A NIGHT AT THE PICTURES. SHE'S GONNA BE DIRT FLYING AND DUST. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A TWIST. SPRINT CAR DRIVERS GOING FULL SPEED OVER 50 LAPS WITH A PIT STOP THROWN IN TOO. BEING A SPRINT CAR, YOU DON'T TYPICALLY RUN 50 LAPS, SO YOU HAVE TYRE JUDGEMENTS OF WHAT YOU GOTTA DO AND HOW YOU PACE YOURSELF AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO BE THERE AT THE END TO FINISH BUT ALSO BE UP FRONT. JONATHAN ALLARD BRINGING IN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR. THE AUCKLAND-BASED CALIFORNIAN ONE OF THE FAVOURITES. AND WHILE YOU MIGHT THINK WHITE ISN'T THE BEST CAR COLOUR CHOICE FOR SPRINT RACING, HE THINKS OTHERWISE. IS THAT GOING TO BE BROWN VERY QUICKLY? WELL, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH, COS THAT MEANS YOU'RE BEHIND SOMEBODY, SO HOPEFULLY IT STAYS WHITE. THAT MEANS WE'RE OUT FRONT. SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO COVER ALLARD'S CURRENT DIRT IS AUCKLANDER MICHAEL PICKENS ` WESTERN SPRINGS HIS HOME TRACK. MICHAEL PICKENS, THE 2NZ CRC INDUSTRIES CAR, WILL TAKE THE FEATURE WIN AND WILL TAKE THE NORTH ISLAND SPRINT CAR TITLE. PROBABLY NO SECRET OR GOLDEN TICKET OR SILVER BULLET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S, UM` IT'S EXPERIENCE, AND THIS TRACK CAN CHANGE DRASTICALLY, AND HAVING THE EXPERIENCE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE. MORE THAN 6000 SPECTATORS WILL WATCH THE FIRST 50-LAP WINNER BE QUITE LITERALLY CROWNED. WE'RE GONNA PUT THE, UH, CROWN ON THE HEAD OF THE WINNER ALONG WITH THE $20,000 CHEQUE AND A ROBE, AND WE'LL TAKE THEM ON A LAP IN THEIR CHARIOT TO SALUTE THEIR AUDIENCE. A ROYAL WAY TO CELEBRATE. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. THERE WAS A BUZZ AT THE INDIAN WELLS TENNIS TOURNAMENT TODAY WHEN PLAY WAS SUSPENDED FOR CLOSE TO 90 MINUTES DUE TO AN INVASION OF BEES. WORLD NUMBER TWO CARLOS ALCARAZ COULD SCARCELY BEE-LIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING HIS QUARTER-FINAL WITH ALEXANDER ZVEREV AS THOUSANDS OF BEES DESCENDED ON CENTRE COURT. EVEN SPIDER CAM COULDN'T DEAL WITH THE INVASION. OH MY GOODNESS. THAT IS OUR SPIDER CAM. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY POPULAR WITH BEES. EVENTUALLY, A BEE KEEPER NAMED LANCE TURNED UP, ARMED WITH A VACUUM CLEANER. I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS AN ACTUAL BEEKEEPER. YOU NEED A BEEKEEPER NAMED LANCE. A BEEKEEPER WITH A VACUUM CLEANER. THANKS, SAV. STAY WITH US. DAN HAS THE DETAILS ON THE WEEKEND FORECAST NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` COULD THE WORLD'S CHOCOLATE SUPPLIES BE MELTING AWAY? WE UNWRAP WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR EASTER TREATS. AND HOW GOING GANGSTER WENT GANGBUSTERS. WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, I HAD ABOUT 340 FOLLOWERS... FLAT. NO ZEROS AT THE END OF THAT. (CHUCKLES) AND THEN IT JUST SKYROCKETED ` WENT BOOM, STRAIGHT UP. YOU'LL DEFINITELY WANT TO MEET RIVER ` AT 7. WE ARE OVERALL IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR THE WEEKEND. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GRAB THAT EXTRA LAYER. THAT CHANGE COMING TODAY, A BIG STRIP OF CLOUD ACROSS THE TASMAN. THAT IS LEFT ITS MARK FOR SOME SNOW. SOME LOW LEVELS. MANY SPOTS AND BARELY GETTING TO 10 DEGREES. 30 MM OF RENT TO HAMILTON TODAY. UP TO 700 M OF SNOW IN THE DEEP SOUTH. ARE DUSTING THERE ON MOUNT RUAPEHU. WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE TEMPERATURE WISE, THE RED BEING PUSHED OFF THE MAP. THE BIG THING OF COURSE TONIGHT WILL BE THE TEMPERATURES WITH CLEAR SKIES DROPPING AWAY. IF WE SEE A 20, WE ARE DOING WELL. LOOK AT THE BLUE JUST EXPANDING. SOME OF THOSE INTERIOR SPOTS WILL GO TO SUB ZERO. MAYBE EVEN THE CENTRAL PLATEAU COULD BE CLOSE TO FREEZING AS YOU START THE DAY. A CHILLY START BUT A FINE LOOKING DAY. EARLY SHOW WAS JUST WORKING AWAY FROM THE EAST. ONE FLICK OF A TROUGH. A NEW FRONT DISGRACES BY MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH. THE HIGH WILL COME IN AND EASING BACK THE WINDS IN WHICH YOUR PROPERTY NOTICE IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT. A LOVELY DAY FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH. YOU'VE GOT A GOOD DAY BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BREEZE. 13 DEGREES FOR AUCKLAND, 19 AS WE FINISH. ALL OVERNIGHT RAIN DOES CLEAR AWAY. SAME FOR HAMILTON. SEVEN IS WHERE YOU START. IT WILL BE EVEN COLDER AS YOU TRACK SOUTH. LOVELY DAY YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BREEZE, SINGLE FIGURES. IF YOU GET TO 20 YOU HAVE DONE WELL. A BIT OF A BREEZE, THAT ALL IS IS BACK LATER IN THE EVENING. GISBORNE WITH SOME SHOWERS. EVERYWHERE ELSE LOOKING FINE. THE BREEZE EASING BACK FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND 18 INTO THE AFTERNOON. EVERYONE ELSE LOOKING FINE. THAT SOUTHERLY IS WORKING THROUGH TOMORROW. SOUTH ISLAND, 3 DEGREES TO BLENHEIM. WE DRAGON SOME CLOUD FOR THE END OF THE DAY FOR YOU. A LOT OF OVERNIGHT CLOUD. LOOK AT THE WEST COAST, YOUR PICK UP A COUPLE OF SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. CHILLY FURTHER EAST. MAY BE PICKING UP SOME LATE THEY SHOWERS FOR QUEENSTOWN. THAT IS ALL TIED WITH THIS FRONT THAT DRAGS ON MOISTURE TO THE DEEP SOUTH. DUNEDIN PICKS IT UP IN THE AFTERNOON. IT IS NOT A WASHOUT. IT FLICKS BY THE EAST COAST. HIGH CLOUD SETTLED IN. HEAD OUT TOMORROW AND GET THOSE EXTRA LAYERS.