TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` WHAT CHINA SAYS IT'S CONCERNED ABOUT AS THE SUPERPOWER'S FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HIS NEW ZEALAND COUNTERPART IN THE CAPITAL. NICETIES, AS WINSTON PETERS ALSO JUGGLES CRITICISM FOLLOWING HIS NAZI GERMANY COMMENTS, ACCUSED OF ACTING LIKE A DRUNK UNCLE. FAMILY ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET AND DISTRAUGHT, AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM. A PLEA FROM POLICE IN SYDNEY FOR HELP, AND A HEARTFELT MESSAGE FROM A KIWI LAWYER'S COLLEAGUES, AFTER HE'S KILLED IN A SUSPECTED HIT-IN-RUN. AND THE CHALLENGES THEY'VE ALREADY FACED AND WHAT'S AHEAD AS THESE KIWI ARE FLOWN TO THEIR NEW HOME. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN, LENA ERAKOVICH AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024. NAU MAI KI NGA PUURONGO O TE ONO KARAKA ` WELCOME TO 1 NEWS. KICKING OUT DISRUPTIVE TENANTS WILL BECOME EASIER UNDER NEW GOVERNMENT MEASURES TO CRACKDOWN ON BAD BEHAVIOUR AT KAINGA ORA HOUSING. THE AUTHORITIES WILL ALSO GET TOUGHER ON UNDPAID RENT ` THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ON THE SAME DAY NZ PLAYS HOST TO CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, BUT IT'S WINSTON PETERS' COMMENTS REFERENCING NAZI GERMANY WHICH ARE STILL CAUSING ISSUES. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, BENEDICT COLLINS. ONE OF CHINA'S TOP POLITICIANS... NICE PLACE. IT IS. ...IN TOWN FOR TALKS. THE VISIT COINCIDES WITH THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AGREEMENT THAT TURBOCHARGED OUR TRADE. CHINA'S HOPING THERE'S MORE TO COME. BOTH OF US FACED SOME HEADWINDS LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK OUR BILATERAL TRADE HELD UP QUITE STRONGLY. THERE'S HUGE POTENTIAL FOR THE TRADE BETWEEN US TO GROW FURTHER. BUT POTENTIAL FOR DISPUTES TOO. OH, WE DO HAVE OUR CONCERNS. LIKE OUR POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE AUSTRALIA, UK AND U.S. MILITARY ALLIANCE. WE DON'T THINK AUKUS BELONGS TO THE CURRENT ERA, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, A COLD WAR MENTALITY. WE HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH CHINA. AT THE SAME TIME, CHINA KNOWS IT HAS TO ENGAGE WITH THE BROADER INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE MANAGED. THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO AWAY, IN OTHER WORDS. WHILE WINSTON PETERS WAS BUSY PLAYING HOST TODAY, YESTERDAY'S COMMENTS ON CO-GOVERNANCE ARE STILL CAUSING A STINK. I'VE SEEN THAT SORT OF PHILOSOHY BEFORE ` I SAW IN IT NAZI GERMANY; WE ALL DID. LABOUR SAYS MR PETERS IS BEHAVING LIKE A DRUNK UNCLE AT A WEDDING. THE SORT OF COMMENTS THAT HE'S MADE ARE RACIST. I THINK CHRISTOPHER LUXON, AT THE VERY LEAST, NEEDS TO HAUL HIM IN AND SAY, 'STOP THIS ` 'THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE.' THE PM'S GOING TO TALK TO HIS DEPUTY. I DON'T AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD EXPRESS. I'M JUST CALLING ON PEOPLE, FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES, TO MAINTAIN THE CIVILITY IN OUR POLITICS. ISN'T IT PROBLEMATIC, WHEN THIS IS YOUR FOREIGN MINISTER, YOU KNOW, IN A ROLE WHERE WORDS IS SO IMPORTANT, THAT WINSTON PETERS IS USING WORDS LIKE THIS? AGAIN, ALL I CAN SAY IS IT IS NOT THE WORDS THAT I WOULD HAVE USED. HOSTING CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER TODAY QUITE THE CONTRAST FOR A MAN WHOSE PARTY HAS TAKEN AN ANTI-ASIAN LINE FOR DECADES. WE FLOOD THIS COUNTRY WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE OF A DIFFERENT CULTURE, DIFFERENT ATTITUDE. THEY GO AND LIVE IN THEIR OWN LITTLE COMMUNITIES ` MINI ASIA, MINI CHINA, MINI HONG KONG. A MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY SOON, AND THERE IS NO PRIZE FOR GUESSING WHERE MOST OF THEM WILL COME FROM. THEN THERE'S THE JOKES. AS THEY SAY IN BEIJING, TWO WONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT. BUT THIS CONDUCT NO A BARRIER TO BEING FOREIGN MINISTER,... THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS THAT WINSTON PETERS HAS A LOT OF BAGGAGE. ...UNDER BOTH LABOUR AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. AND BENEDICT, A BUSY DAY ` THIS AFTERNOON, THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO ANNOUNCING A TOUGHER LINE ON KAINGA ORA TENANTS WHO MISBEHAVE ` WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THE GOVERNMENT HAS WRITTEN AND SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IT IS TIME THEY TAKE A MUCH HARDER LINE ON DESTRUCTIVE STATEHOUSE TENANTS INCLUDING KICKING THEM OUT IF NECESSARY. THE HOUSING MINISTER, CHRIS BISHOP, SAID THESE UNRULY TENANTS HARASSING THE NEIGHBOURS, ARE INTIMIDATING THE NEIGHBOURS, ASSAULTING THEIR NEIGHBOURS, AND THEY ARE JUST NOT BEING EVICTED. THEY SAY THIS IS GOT TO CHANGE. THEY WANT TO TAKE A TOUGHER LINE. WITH THE GOVERNMENT IS HOPING HERE IS THAT THIS THREAT OF TOUGHER RULES, POSSIBLY LOSING YOUR STATEHOUSE BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOUR WILL LEAD THESE TENANTS TO PULL IN THEIR HEAD AND QUITTING THIS BEHAVIOUR. EVICTING STATEHOUSE TENANTS IS SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM. IT WAS INTERESTING AT THE POST CABINET PRESS CONFERENCE, THEY COULDN'T GIVE ANY GUARANTEES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EVICTING UNRULY STATEHOUSE TENANTS COULD END UP WITH THEIR INNOCENT CHILDREN BECOMING HOMELESS. THANKS. AND TOMORROW, BREAKFAST WILL BE SPEAKING WITH A SOCIAL HOUSING ADVOCATE FOR HER TAKE. THAT'S FROM 6am. POLICE IN SYDNEY ARE APPEALING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC AFTER A NEW ZEALAND LAWYER LIVING IN AUSTRALIA, MITCH EAST, WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A SUSPECTED HIT-AND-RUN. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ SAA'FIN IS AT THE SCENE. AZIZ, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES, WE HAVE SEEN AROUND FOR TAXIS PULL UP HERE. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN BLACK, HOLDING FLOWERS CAME OUT OF THOSE TAXIS AND ENTERED THE PROPERTY BEHIND ME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAN THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR INTRO AS A NEW ZEALANDER. HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED HERE IN AUSTRALIA AS A HAMILTON MAN. FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, HE WAS FOUND HEAVILY BLEEDING HERE ON FLETCHER STREET JUST SOUTH OF BONDI BEACH AT AROUND 4 AM YESTERDAY. CPR WAS PERFORMED AT THE SCENE. THE PARAMEDICS BAILED TO REVIVE THE INDIVIDUAL. FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, POLICE HAVE NOW INFORMED THE MAN'S FAMILY. THE FAMILY ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY UPSET AND DISTRAUGHT AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM, HAVING TO FIND OUT SUCH DIFFICULT NEWS. THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S OCCURRED. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF MITCH'S FAMILY HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED HERE IN SYDNEY. POLICE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION AROUND A SPECIFIC PIECE OF CCTV VISION THEY HAVE OBTAINED. IN THAT VISION, IT SHOWS A WHITE CAR DRIVING HERE ON FLETCHER STREET AROUND THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AS WELL AS A PEDESTRIAN, WHO THEY BELIEVE MAY HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE. WHILE THEY HAVE NOT FORMALLY IDENTIFIED THE MAN, THEY SAY THEY ARE AWARE AND HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY. FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, AND EMAIL WENT OUT FROM THE MAN'S EMPLOYER, A LAW FIRM IN SYDNEY, TO ALL STAFF, PAYING TRIBUTE. TO THE MANAGING PARTNERS DESCRIBED MITCH AS AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL LAWYER AND ONE THAT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. TWO NEW ZEALANDERS ARE DUE IN COURT IN THAILAND TODAY, FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT CAUGHT ON VIDEO WHERE THEY ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER AND TOOK HIS GUN FROM HIM. SIMON MERCEP HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY. SIMON, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS? . WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THAI HOLIDAY REGION AND A SOUTHERN TOWN. THE VIDEO SHOWS A POLICE OFFICER ON THE GROUND STRUGGLING WITH ANOTHER MAN WEARING A HELMET. THEY ARE GRAPPLING OVER THE OFFICERS HANDGUN. NEWS REPORT SO THE MAN AND ANOTHER NEW ZEALANDER WAS STOPPED FOR WRITING TOO FAST ON THEIR MOTORCYCLES. AS THE VIDEO CARRIES ON, THE HELMETED MAN TAKES CONTROL OF THE GUN AND HANDS IT TO THE OTHER MAN STANDING NEXT TO HIM. THE NEW ZEALANDERS WERE REPORTEDLY DETAINED, CHARGED WITH ROBBERY, ASSAULT AND ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BRIBE POLICE OFFICERS. THEY ARE DUE IN COURT TODAY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA. THE POLICE HAVE REPORTED THAT THE NAMES OF THE TWO MEN A 38-YEAR-OLD OSCAR DAY AND 36-YEAR-OLD HAMISH DAY. WE VISITED THE HOMES OF THE PAIR IN HAMILTON TODAY, BUT GOT NO COMMENT THERE. ANOTHER POINT TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS A WAIKATO DAIRY FARMER ALSO CALLED HAMISH DAY, WHO TOLD ONE NEWS HE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SWAMPED WITH CALLS TODAY, WITH PEOPLE BELIEVING HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE MAN ARRESTED IN THAILAND. HE WANTED TO ASSURE PEOPLE IT WAS NOT HIM. HE WANTED TO PROTECT HIS REPUTATION. A MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE GLORIAVALE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. JONATHAN BENJAMIN WAS SENTENCED ON A TOTAL OF 26 CHARGES FOR SEXUAL OFFENDING SPANNING 3 DECADES. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 11 OF THOSE AT A TRIAL LATE LAST YEAR AND PLEADED GUILTY TO THE OTHER 15 CHARGES. BENJAMIN ABUSED 9 VICTIMS, ONE OF WHOM WAS UNDER 12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENDING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING WITH POLICE AND CHARGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED AFTER AN INCIDENT IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND FOLLOWING REPORTS OF A MAN BRANDISHING A HANDGUN. ARMED OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE ENTRANCE TO A HOTEL ON UPPER HOBSON STREET THIS MORNING. A WITNESS TOLD 1 NEWS HE SAW A MAN WITH A PISTOL CONFRONT ANOTHER MAN ON THE FOOTPATH BEFORE HEADING INSIDE. POLICE ENTERED THE BUILDING JUST AFTER 9, FOLLOWED BY THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD AROUND 40 MINUTES LATER. A MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS THEY LEFT THE BUILDING. WHILE CORDONS HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED. POLICE HAVE REMAINED ON THE SCENE. AS PART OF THEIR ON-GOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN'S DECLARED HIMSELF THE WINNER OF RUSSIA'S ELECTION, AMID PROTESTS AND DOZENS OF ARRESTS. IT WAS A LANDSLIDE VICTORY ` PUTIN WAS EFFECTIVELY THE ONLY CANDIDATE. AND NOW HE HAS A FIFTH TERM AS PRESIDENT. KIM BAKER WILSON REPORTS. ALL CHANT: SOLIDARITY! PROTESTS IN PARIS, IN LONDON AND BERLIN. IN RUSSIA, THEY WERE SUBDUED, BUT SYMBOLIC, THOUSANDS FLOODING POLLING STATIONS IN DISSENT. IT WAS CALLED NOON AGAINST PUTIN ` PEOPLE VOTING AGAINST HIM OR SPOILING THE BALLOTS. BUT PUTIN EMERGED WITH 87% OF THE VOTE, HIS NEARLY QUARTER-CENTURY RULE EXTENDED BY SIX YEARS. TRANSLATOR: WHOEVER MIGHT WANT TO INTIMIDATE US, WHOEVER MIGHT WANT TO SUPPRESS US, OUR WILL AND OUR CONSCIENCE, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IT AND NEVER WILL. THEN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DEATH OF JAILED OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. TRANSLATOR: YOU MAY BE SURPRISED, BUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE MR NAVALNY DIED, SOME COLLEAGUES OF MINE TOLD ME THERE WAS AN IDEA TO EXCHANGE HIM FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE IN PRISON IN THE WEST. YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I SAID, 'I AGREE,' EVEN BEFORE HE'D FINISHED TALKING, BUT WHAT HAPPENED, HAPPENED. NAVALNY'S WIFE WAS IN GERMANY, CASTING HER VOTE WITH HER LATE HUSBAND'S NAME ON THE BALLOT AND DEFIANT OF PUTIN. BECAUSE HE IS A KILLER, HE'S A GANGSTER, HE'S THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT MY COUNTRY THROUGH THE WAR, INTO EVERYTHING. AS OTHERS ABROAD CAST THEIR VOTES TOO. THERE IS NO ELECTION. WE ALL KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN. AND I, AS A CITIZEN OF RUSSIA, I DON'T ACCEPT THE RESULTS. RUSSIAN MEDIA DECLARED PUTIN WON BY A MILE AND A HALF, BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS UNBEATABLE. THERE WERE OTHER CANDIDATES, BUT TOKEN ONES, WITH POTENTIAL RIVALS QUICKLY TAKEN OFF THE POLITICAL STAGE. THE KREMLIN TIGHTLY CONTROLS ELECTIONS. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE PUTIN WINS AND BY A LOT. AT ALEXEI NAVALNY'S GRAVE, A MESSAGE FROM SUPPORTERS ` HE'S THE CANDIDATE WE WANTED. KIM BAKER WILSON, 1 NEWS. AN AGING, OVERWHELMED AND VULNERABLE WATER SYSTEM, WITH NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT IT RIGHT ` THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LEARNING IN OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES BY 1 NEWS CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JOHN CAMPBELL. LAST NIGHT, WE BEGAN IN WELLINGTON. TONIGHT, JOHN'S IN THE TARARUA DISTRICT, WHICH RUNS UP THE EAST COAST OF THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. AS YOU CAN SEE, NONE OF THEIR TOWNS ARE BIG, BUT THAT MAKES THIS A STORY OF MANY PARTS OF RURAL NEW ZEALAND. WHERE ARE WE? WE'RE STANDING HERE IN EKATAHUNA. AND WHAT IS BEHIND YOU? SO THIS IS THE EKATAHUNA WASTEWATER PONDS THAT YOU CAN SEE. AND AS YOU CAN SMELL, THERE'S NOTHING BUT FRESH AIR HERE. NOT NECESSARILY A TOURIST SPOT YOU'D PICK TO VISIT, BUT DOWN THIS OFF-THE-BEATEN TRACK, THERE'S A POO POND, OR WASTEWATER TREATMENT STATION, THAT TELLS THE STORY OF SO MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY'S RURAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. WHY? WELL, FIRST THE NUMBERS. THE SERVICE HAS 252 HOMES. AND YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THEM. THERE'S THE POND WE'RE VISITING BOTTOM LEFT. THERE'S THE TOWN ABOVE IT TO THE RIGHT. BUT LOOK AT WHAT'S ALSO APPEARING IN VIEW BOTTOM CENTRE ` A RIVER RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A SEWAGE FACILITY. SO WHERE WE'RE STANDING HERE, THIS IS IN EXCESS OF 50 YEARS OLD. WOULD IT BE WHAT YOU'D BUILD TODAY? NO, IT WOULDN'T. WOULD IT BE THE LOCATION THAT YOU'D BUILD TODAY? NO, IT WOULDN'T. AND YET HERE IT IS, EMBLEMATIC OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE LARGELY BUILT WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW OR DO BETTER ` EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BUY THE LAND BEFORE YOU BUILD THE PLANT; COSTLY TO MAINTAIN TO EVER-CHANGING STANDARDS FOR 252 HOMES. AND THERE'S VERSIONS OF THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND IF WE GET IT WRONG? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BARRIERS IN PLACE FOR YOUR DRINKING WATER, THEN ULTIMATELY PEOPLE CAN GET SICK. QUEENSTOWN. QUEENSTOWN; PEOPLE CAN DIE ` HAVELOCK NORTH. WE'VE COME UP SH2 TO THE TOWN OF WOODVILLE, WHERE THE WATER-TREATMENT PLANT LOOKS LIKE THE RELIC IT IS. TARARUA DISTRICT COUNCIL'S BEEN MODERNISING IT ` BETTER FILTRATION, ULTRAVIOLET SCREENING. IT'S FLASH, BUT IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE. HOW MANY RATEPAYERS DO YOU HAVE IN TARARUA? IN THE TARARUA DISTRICT, WE HAVE 10,200 RATEPAYERS PAYING FOR SEVEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, SEVEN WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, 39 CONSENTS AND 4000 CONSENT CONDITIONS ` IT'S A LOT. IT'S SUCH A LOT THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE TARARUA FIND THEMSELVES AT A CROSSROADS ` THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE WORK REQUIRED; THEY CAN'T NOT DO THE WORK REQUIRED. AND LAST WEEK, WE ATTENDED A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THEY WERE TOLD EXACTLY THAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FRONT OF YOU CANNOT BE ACTUALLY DONE BY THIS COUNCIL ` WE ARE NOT FINANCIALLY IN A POSITION TO DO SO. AND THAT IN ITSELF IS THE CHALLENGE. FOR THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST IN THE TARARUA DISTRICT ` THIS IS OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT THEY'LL BE FACING THESE CHALLENGES. TOMORROW NIGHT JOHN HEADS TO RANGITIKEI, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE TREATMENT PLANTS TO REDUCE COST. MORE KIWI ARE SET TO ROAM IN THE HILLS SURROUNDING WELLINGTON. IT'S BEEN A HUGE JOURNEY FOR THE FLIGHTLESS BIRD, WITH 100 BEING FLOWN IN FROM MT MAUNGATAUTARI INTO THE CAPITAL OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, JOINING CLOSE TO 60 KIWI ALREADY THERE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE. WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT, NEW ZEALAND ` THE YEAR IS 2024 AND OUR NATIONAL BIRD, THE KIWI, IS IN FLIGHT. ALL THE WAY FROM MT MAUNGATAUTARI, THE FIRST BATCH OF 100 KIWI TOUCHING DOWN IN THE CAPITAL. IT'S A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR THE TEAM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT NOW FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS. WE'RE WELCOMING AROUND 20 KIWI TODAY, AND THEY'RE PART OF A TRANSLOCATION OF A HUNDRED BIRDS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, RETURNING OUR SYMBOL AND OUR ICON AND OUR TAONGA BACK TO THE HILLS OUT WEST OF WELLINGTON. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS MAMMOTH OPERATION, INCLUDING PILOTS FROM THE WELLINGTON AERO CLUB, WHO EVEN HELPED TO CATCH THE KIWI BEFORE TAKING THEM TO HAMILTON AIRPORT FOR TAKE-OFF. THEY ARE SO EXCITED, AND THERE'S A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO HELP AND TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES. WHAT'S RADICAL ABOUT TODAY, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, IS THE PACE AND SCALE AT WHICH WE ARE RESTORING THESE POPULATIONS OF KIWI TO THE WILD. ONCE THE BIRDS ARRIVED... # WHAIA TE MARAMATANGA... ...IT WAS TIME TO PUT ON THE TRANSMITTERS. SO, WE'RE MONITORING APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF THE BIRDS. SO ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS TO NOT HAVE TO MONITOR ANY BIRDS WHATSOEVER AND THEY'RE LIVING THEIR LIVES AS FREELY AS KIWI HAVE DONE FOR TENS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS OUT THERE. THE BIRDS' NEXT STOP IS WEST OF WELLINGTON, WHERE THEY WILL JOIN AROUND 60 OTHER KIWI IN THEIR NEW HOME. WHAT WE'RE COLLECTIVELY DOING TODAY ` SO, THE SANCTUARIES, THE PROJECTS, THE IWI, THE COMMUNITIES ` IS SUPERCHARGING KIWI CONSERVATION. IT'S GETTING TO GRIPS WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GENUINE GUARDIANS OF OUR NATIONAL BIRD, AND IT'S SHIFTING THAT RELATIONSHIP, I GUESS, FROM BEING PASSIVELY PROUD TO BEING ACTIVE GUARDIANS OF OUR KIWI. MAKING HISTORY ONE FLIGHT AT A TIME. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. COMING UP NEXT ` THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES YOU CAN MAKE TO HELP WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGET. PLUS ` THE DEATH-DEFYING LEAP, ALL IN A BID TO ESCAPE FROM POLICE. HOW THIS AUSSIE MAN PULLED OFF HIS GREAT ESCAPE. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THEY'RE THE BROTHER AND SISTER SPREADING KINDNESS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BY GIVING AWAY $50 AT A TIME. WE FIND OUT WHY. PLUS, HE'S THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WITH THE JOB ` HOW NEW ZEALAND ENDED UP WITH OUR VERY OWN MOLENAAR. AND HOW YOU CAN GO FISHING WITHOUT NEEDING TO BUY A BOAT ` JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. CHRISTCHURCH'S ADVENTURE PARK IS SET TO REOPEN ON FRIDAY, AFTER A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH IT FOR A SECOND TIME, FORCING IT TO CLOSE AGAIN. THE TRACKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ESCAPED SERIOUS DAMAGE IN LAST MONTH'S PORT HILLS BLAZE, BUT THERE'S BEEN A BIG CLEAN-UP. KATIE STEVENSON WENT TO SEE HOW IT'S LOOKING. THE SCORCHED TREES ON EITHER SIDE SHOW JUST HOW CLOSE THE FLAMES CAME TO THIS CHAIRLIFT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. AND AS THE BLAZE SPREAD, THAT'S WHAT FANS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH ADVENTURE PARK WERE FEARING. EVERYONE WAS SORT OF FINGERS CROSSED LAST NIGHT THAT IT WOULDN'T MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE PARK, BUT, YEAH, PRETTY GUTTED. BUT JUST OVER A MONTH ON... SO EXCITED TO GET REOPENED THIS WEEK. IT'S BEEN A LONG 4 OR 5 WEEKS, BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS BAD AS WE FIRST ANTICIPATED. CREWS HERE WORKING HARD TO GET OPERATIONS BACK UP AND RUNNING. WE LOST ABOUT A THIRD OF THE FOREST AND SOME DAMAGE TO, OBVIOUSLY, FENCELINES, SIGNAGE... THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE ` THE PARK SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE PORT HILLS FIRE BACK IN 2017, FORCING IT TO CLOSE FOR 10 MONTHS. IT WAS LATER RULED THE PARK'S LIFT, WHICH WAS KEPT RUNNING WITH SEATS ATTACHED DURING THE BLAZE, HAD SPREAD THE FLAMES. WHEN THE FIRE BROKE OUT THIS TIME, CREWS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY REMOVE THE CHAIRS FROM THE LIFT, PREVENTING ANY DAMAGE. THEY WERE REINSTALLED LATE LAST WEEK, WITH FINAL TESTING BEING CARRIED OUT AHEAD OF THE REOPENING. WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE BRAKE CHECKS, CABLE INSPECTION, ZIPLINES ARE HAVING CABLE INSPECTIONS ` TRAIL CREWS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET OUR WALKING TRACKS AND OUR RIDING TRACKS BACK INTO PLACE. KEEN RIDERS MAKING SURE THEY'RE READY TOO. I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME IN REALLY EXCITED AND TALKING ABOUT IT OPENING, AND GETTING THEIR BIKES, YOU KNOW, ALL SET UP AGAIN. SO THEY CAN RACE DOWN THESE TRACKS COME FRIDAY. KATIE STEVENSON, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WHERE IT'S NOW CHEAPER TO RUN A HOME AND CAR ON ELECTRICITY, RATHER THAN FOSSIL FUELS ` THAT'S THE FINDINGS OF A REPORT BY REWIRING AOTEAROA, A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION. IT FOUND THE AVERAGE KIWI HOUSEHOLD COULD SAVE AROUND A THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR BY DITCHING GAS APPLIANCES AND PETROL CARS. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. SO, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 6.5 KILOWATTS OF SOLAR PANELS HERE. TIM HAWKER'S HOME IN THE BACK BLOCKS OF WELLINGTON IS FULLY ELECTRIC, FROM THE LAWN MOWER... HE MOWS ALL THE AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE. HE MOWS ALL OF THAT. ...TO THE CARS AND EVEN THE GARDENING TOOLS. OUR AIM WAS TO GET RID OF PETROL, AND WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT ` WE NOW HAVE NO PETROL ON THIS PROPERTY. HOW MUCH HAS IT COST YOU? THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENSE. CLOSE TO $200,000, BUT THE SAVINGS ARE SIGNIFICANT. PREVIOUSLY WE WERE SPENDING ABOUT $11,000 ` THAT INCLUDES OUR ELECTRICITY BILL AND FUEL FOR THE CARS. NOW WE'RE FULLY ELECTRIFIED, WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $1500 ANNUALLY. A REPORT BY REWIRING AOTEAROA HAS FOUND IT'S NOW CHEAPER FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO GO ELECTRIC AND DRIVE DOWN EMISSIONS THAN USE FOSSIL FUELS. IT'S HELPED BY A HIGHLY RENEWABLE GRID AND OTHER FACTORS. WE GOT TO THIS POINT MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PLUMMETING COST OF ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE HAD INCREASING PRICE OF FOSSIL FUELS. NEW ZEALAND PAYS ONE OF HIGHEST PRICES IN WORLD FOR FOSSIL FUELS, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE TIPPING POINT. FOR HOMES STILL USING FOSSIL FUELS FOR COOKING, HEATING AND DRIVING, THE REPORT FOUND BILLS TOTAL MORE THAN $18,000 A YEAR ON AVERAGE. BUT FOR FULLY ELECTRIC HOMES, WITH FEATURES LIKE ROOFTOP SOLAR, THE RUNNING COST IS ABOUT $1000 LESS, INCLUDING FINANCING. YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SAVE MONEY RUNNING AN ELECTRIC HOME, RATHER THAN FOSSIL FUEL HOME; THAT'S CLEAR FROM THIS REPORT. BUT THE ISSUE IS THERE IS AN UPFRONT CAPITAL COST BARRIER ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT GETTING THESE MACHINES INTO HOMES. WHAT WE REALLY NEED, THOUGH, IS SOME SORT OF SUPPORT, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING HOUSES, OR PEOPLE ON THE LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCALES CAN ALSO AFFORD TO USE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. MAKING AND SHIPPING THIS GEAR DOES HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL COST, TOO. TIM HAWKER ESTIMATES THAT TAKES 10 YEARS TO OFFSET, BUT HE EXPECTS THESE PRODUCTS WILL LAST WELL BEYOND THAT. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. OVERSEAS, GANG LEADERS CONTINUE THEIR VIOLENT CONTROL OF HAITI'S CAPITAL, WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATING 350,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED DUE TO THE UNREST. MANY ARE FLEEING TO CAP-HAITIEN, IN THE NORTH. THE BBC's WILL GRANT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REPORTERS TO GET INTO THE COUNTRY AND SENT THIS UPDATE FROM THERE. CAP-HAITIEN SUFFERS FROM ALMOST ALL OF HAITI'S DEEPEST PROBLEMS ` GRINDING POVERTY, CHAOS, DISORDER AND CORRUPTION, BUT CRUCIALLY, NOT GANG VIOLENCE, SO IT'S BECOMING THE MAIN SAFE HAVEN FOR PEOPLE FORCED TO LEAVE THE GANG CONTROLLED CAPITAL, PORT AU PRINCE. ANOTHER BUSLOAD ARRIVES, HAVING RUN THE GAUNTLET OF A DANGEROUS JOURNEY. TRANSLATOR: IT TOOK US HOURS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD, AS WE HAD TO REROUTE AROUND THE GANG CHECKPOINTS, AND THERE WAS GUNFIRE. PHANEL PIERRE MADE THE SAME JOURNEY SIX MONTHS AGO. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL YOURSELF FROM POVERTY IN HAITI ` PHANEL MANAGED IT. BUT BECOMING A MIDDLE-CLASS BUSINESSMAN MADE HIM A TARGET. THE GANGS DESTROYED HIS BUSINESS, RANSACKED HIS HOUSE AND TRIED TO KIDNAP HIM, AND IN THE PROCESS, PLUNGED HIM AND HIS FAMILY BACK INTO POVERTY. TRANSLATOR: THIS IS JUST 2% OF THE LIFE I USED TO LIVE. IN FACT, I'M NOT LIVING; I'M JUST EXISTING. THE LONGER THE POWER VACUUM IN HAITI CONTINUES, THE WORSE THE HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY HERE BECOMES. IN TURN, MORE AND MORE DISPLACED PEOPLE WILL FLOCK TO THE CITY OF CAP-HAITIEN, IN SEARCH OF REFUGE FROM THE VIOLENT GANGS THAT HAVE SUCH A TIGHT GRIP ON THE CAPITAL. ONE OF HAITI'S MAIN GANGS HAS RELEASED A SLICKLY PRODUCED VIDEO CURRENTLY CIRCULATING ONLINE. IT SHOWS A WELL-ARMED MILITIA, A GROUP PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE HAITIAN STATE AND ANY INTERNATIONAL FORCE WHICH MIGHT BE DEPLOYED HERE. WITH AID STILL ONLY TRICKLING IN, THERE ARE LONG TAILBACKS OF TRADERS AT THE BORDER WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. AS HUNGER HERE WORSENS, HAITIANS ARE TRYING TO FIND THE SUPPLIES THEY SO URGENTLY NEED, EVEN IF THEY MUST CARRY THEM IN JUST ONE LOAD AT A TIME. AND THE NEIGHBOURING DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS HAD TO REINFORCE ITS BORDER CONTROLS, AS THE VIOLENCE SPILLS OVER. IF YOU DON'T LIKE HEIGHTS, THIS NEXT STORY MIGHT GIVE YOU CLAMMY PALMS. A MAN IN THE GOLD COAST HANGING OFF HIS FIFTH-STOREY BALCONY ALL IN AN EFFORT TO EVADE POLICE. AUTHORITIES, WHO WERE CALLED FOR A WELFARE CHECK, TRIED TO GET HIM TO CLIMB TO SAFETY, BUT THE MAN LET GO, PLUNGING INTO A POOL BELOW. AFTER HITTING THE WATER, HE CLIMBED OUT AND TOOK OFF RUNNING, CONTINUING HIS GREAT ESCAPE. POLICE LATER CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, BUT HE WASN'T CHARGED. AN '80S CLASSIC GETS A MODERN REMAKE... (GRUNTS) I JUST SLAPPED YOU. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? WHAT? SO HOW DOES JAKE GYLLENHAAL GO STEPPING INTO PATRICK SWAYZE'S SHOES IN 'ROAD HOUSE'? THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP, WE MEET THE GOOD SAMARITANS SECRETLY LEAVING $50 NOTES FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND. DISTORTED: AND THEN REALLY LOOKING FOR A PLACE THAT WE CAN GET TO UNANNOUNCED FOR A START. ANONYMITY IS PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR US. AND HOW TO GET OUT AND ENJOY FISHING WHEN YOU DON'T OWN A BOAT. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. CALLING ALL ACTION FILM ENTHUSIASTS ` THE '80S CULT CLASSIC 'ROAD HOUSE' HAS BEEN REIMAGINED. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN SAT DOWN EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE STARS. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, CHEESY ONE-LINERS AND EPIC FIGHTS ` ALL ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS TO A GREAT ACTION FLICK. (GRUNTS) I JUST SLAPPED YOU. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? (GRUNTING) A UFC FIGHTER AND A MASTERMIND DIRECTOR LIKE DOUG LIMAN, AND YOU HAVE A RECIPE FOR SOMETHING BRUTAL AND BRILLIANT. DALTON! WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER, DOUG AND I, FOR 15-PLUS YEARS AND HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR SO LONG AND LOOKED FOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THAT TIME AND, LIKE, HAVEN'T REALLY FOUND ANYTHING THAT MATCHED. AND THEN IN PASSING, HE SAID, 'I ALSO JUST READ THIS, SORT OF, 'REIMAGINING OF ROAD HOUSE, THAT MOVIE,' AND JUST IMMEDIATELY, IT KIND CAME OUT OF ME LIKE SOME SORT OF SPIRIT. IT WAS, LIKE, SAID, 'THAT SOUNDS CRAZY. LET'S DO IT'. THE ROAD HOUSE REMAKE, FROM THE ORIGINAL 1989 FILM, FOLLOWS ELWOOD DALTON, A FORMER UFC FIGHTER WHO TAKES A JOB AS A BOUNCER AT A ROADSIDE BAR IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. THE ROLE WAS INITIALLY PLAYED BY THE LATE PATRICK SWAYZE, WHO GYLLENHAAL FIRST STARRED ON-SCREEN WITH IN DONNIE DARKO IN 2001. GYLLENHAAL SAYS IT FELT SERENDIPITOUS, AND CLEARLY, HE UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT. IS THERE ONE IN FRONT OF YOURS? NO, I JUST BROKE HIS ARM. GYLLENHAAL IS JOINED BY PORTUGUESE ACTRESS DANIELA MELCHIOR, WHO PLAYS DALTON'S LOVE INTEREST. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE ON-SCREEN, CO-STARRING WITH JAKE? YOU CAN'T ASK HER THAT WHILE SHE'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. (BOTH LAUGH) HE'S JUST A SIMPLE PERSON, SUPER-KIND, A GREAT ACTOR, BUT, YEAH, JUST TO STARE THAT IT WAS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE MET, I WAS STARSTRUCK. THE FILM'S SET TO BE RELEASED ON PRIME VIDEO THIS THURSDAY. AZIZ AL SA'AFIN, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. THE PREMIER SURF LIFESAVING EVENT HAS JUST WRAPPED UP AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI. NEARLY 1400 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES BATTLED IT OUT AT THE BEACH. OUR BAY OF PLENTY REPORTER SAM KELWAY SPOKE TO TWO KIWIS ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS. (PEOPLE SING WAIATA IN TE REO MAORI) A DAWN SERVICE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME THESE ELITE ATHLETES. MOUNT MAUNGANUI'S MAIN BEACH LITTERED WITH EQUIPMENT AS SURF LIFESAVING CHAMPS ROLL IN. AMONG THEM, MORGAN FOSTER (48). SO I THINK I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF NATIONALS ` MY FIRST ONE BEING 1992 IN TARANAKI, SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH. HE'S FROM SOUTH BRIGHTON, A NIPPER SOME FOUR DECADES AGO. SINCE THEN HE'S WON 11 NATIONAL BEACH FLAG TITLES, FOUR NATIONAL SPRINT TITLES, AND COLLECTED 24 SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS. HE COULD CONTINUE TO DOMINATE HIS AGE GRADE, BUT PREFERS TO COMPETE IN THE OPEN DIVISION. MOST OF THE GUYS THAT I'M COMPETING AGAINST HERE WEREN'T BORN WHEN I WON MY FIRST OPEN TITLE IN '95. HE'S NOW A FIREFIGHTER WHO LIVES IN LANDLOCKED HAMILTON. I HEAD DOWN TO THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN TE RAPA, OPEN THE GATES UP AND GET IN THERE AND DO MY PLYOMETRICS, MY SAND WORK AND MY TECHNIQUE FOR MY BEACH FLAG STARTS. AND THE START OF THIS YEAR COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY SWEETER FOR OLIVIA CORRIN. SHE'S THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND WOMAN TO WIN A ROUND AT THE PRESTIGIOUS NUTRI-GRAIN IRON SERIES IN AUSTRALIA. I HAD A REALLY CONSISTENT SERIES, SO THAT ENABLED ME TO FINISH THIRD OVERALL ON THE PODIUM NEXT TO LANA ROGERS AND GEORGIA MILLER ` SOME OF THE WOMEN I'VE LOOKED UP TO MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. THE GISBORNE LOCAL CLAIMING FIVE GOLDS AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT. THE SPORT IS THRIVING AT THE MOMENT, ESPECIALLY AT OCEANS AND THE YOUNG UNDER-15S, UNDER-17 HERE. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE SUCH BIG NUMBERS GROWING. MORE MEDALS FOR MORGAN FOSTER TOO... IT WAS A GOOD HIT OUT WITH THE BOYS, ONE DOWN AND ONE MEDAL, I GUESS. ...PROVING AGE IS NO BARRIER TO SUCCESS ON THE SAND. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. GUY'S HERE WITH SPORT ` GUY'S HERE WITH SPORT ` AND ONE OF OUR WHITE FERNS REIGNS SUPREME IN THE WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE, BUT SOPHIE DEVINE WILL MISS THE START OF NEW ZEALAND'S SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND. WHAT THAT MEANS AHEAD OF A BIG FEW MONTHS FOR OUR TOP WOMEN'S CRICKETERS. PLUS ` SUCCESS ACROSS EUROPE AND ASIA FOR SOME LEADING KIWIS, AND WE HAVE THE REACTION TO THIS PUTT AND THE EYE-WATERING DOLLAR FIGURE IT MEANS WYNDHAM CLARK MISSED OUT ON. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. WHITE FERNS SKIPPER SOPHIE DEVINE HAS EMERGED VICTORIOUS IN THE WOMEN'S INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, HELPING ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE TO A MAIDEN TITLE, BUT SHE'LL MISS TOMORROW'S OPENING T20 CRICKET INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ENGLAND, AS THE WHITE FERNS START THEIR JOURNEY TOWARDS THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE. WE'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME SOPHIE DEVINE IS CLASS ` WORLD-CLASS. GOES DOWN THE GROUND. CLEANLY STRUCK FOR SIX! THE KIWI SMASHING 32 OFF 27 BALLS, HELPING ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE CHASE DOWN THE DELHI CAPITALS 113, WITH THREE BALLS TO SPARE. THEY'VE CONQUERED THE DELHI CAPITALS! DEVINE DRENCHED IN CONFETTI, A CHAMPION OF THE WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE. STOKED TO BE ABLE TO BRING HOME A TROPHY BEFORE THE GUYS. IT'S THAT KIND OF WINNING FEELING THE WHITE FERNS SO DESPERATELY NEED. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE LAST MONTH, THE GIRLS HAVE TRAINED THEIR BUTTS OFF. BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THE FERNS PLAYED IN DECEMBER, THEY FELL TO AN HISTORIC SERIES DEFEAT TO PAKISTAN. NOW FACING 10 T20S AGAINST WORLD-NUMBER-TWO ENGLAND ` FIVE HERE AND FIVE IN JULY IN ENGLAND. THIS SERIES IS GONNA BE A TRUE MEASURE OF WHERE WE'RE AT, AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN IN THE LAST MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR A REALLY QUALITY ENGLAND SIDE. SUZIE BATES STEPPING UP TO CAPTAINCY DUTIES FOR THE OPENING MATCH IN DUNEDIN TOMORROW. DEVINE AND MELIE KERR RULED OUT EN ROUTE BACK FROM INDIA; ENGLAND ALSO WITHOUT FOUR OF THEIR FRONTLINE PLAYERS, DUE TO WPL COMMITMENTS. WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY, BUT I GUESS THERE'S TWO THINGS TO IT ` IT'S BEING ABLE TO PLAY IN THOSE REALLY BIG GAMES IN FRANCHISE CRICKET; ALSO THE FACT TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE IN THE SUBCONTINENT, IN CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA COME UP AGAINST IN BANGLADESH. THE T20 WORLD CUP IN BANGLADESH JUST SIX MONTHS AWAY. IN THE LAST EDITION IN 2023, THE FERNS DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF POOL PLAY. LOOK, IT'S THE BRAND OF CRICKET THAT WE'RE AFTER THAT WE NEED TO, I GUESS, PUSH. YOU'VE SEEN THE GAME GROW SO MUCH, AND IT'S BECOMING A VERY AGGRESSIVE GAME, AND WE'RE GONNA STICK BY THAT AND TAKE IT TO ENGLAND. FIGHTING WORDS, AS THE WHITE FERNS FIGHT TO GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. TODAY'S FINAL TOOK NEARLY THE TOTAL TIME HE'D SPENT ON COURT ALL WEEK, BUT PAUL COLL HAS BAGGED ANOTHER PSA SQUASH TITLE. THE KIWI NEEDING A MARATHON EFFORT TO COME FROM THE BRINK AND BEAT HIS GREAT RIVAL ALI FARAG IN A FIVE-GAME THRILLER. HE'S KNOWN AS SUPERMAN, AND PULLING OFF THIS WIN SHOWS WHY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) PAUL COLL DOES IT! PAUL COLL TAKES THE VICTORY! WE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THE OFF SEASON TO GET BACK TO MY FIGHTING BEST. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD THAT LAST SEASON, SO I WAS DOING ALL MY ALL MY, SORT OF, BREATHING TECHNIQUES, ALL MY MENTAL BLOODY THINGS OUT THERE TODAY, BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL BATTLE. PAUL COLL COMPLETING AN INCREDIBLE COMEBACK FROM TWO GAMES TO LOVE DOWN TO BEAT WORLD-NUMBER-ONE ALI FARAG IN FIVE. IT TOOK AN HOUR AND A HALF AND A SAVED CHAMPIONSHIP BALL FOR COLL TO TRIUMPH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH MY WORD! WHAT A RALLY! WHAT A RALLY! WHAT A RALLY! BUT FARAG'S EFFORTS IMPRESSIVE IN THEMSELVES ` THE EGYPTIAN FASTING DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, UNABLE TO EAT OR DRINK UNTIL AFTER THE FOURTH GAME. OH YES! THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS FOR ALI FARAG! I JUST WANNA TO SAY I GOT THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ALI IN WHAT HE'S DOING ` NOT JUST FOR THE ATHLETE THAT HE IS, BUT THE PERSON THAT HE IS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY HE'S SO DOMINANT THIS SEASON. IT'S COLL'S 23RD PSA TITLE AND THE THIRD TIME HE'S BEATEN FARAG FROM FIVE MEETINGS THIS SEASON ALONE; CELEBRATIONS AT THE READY. THERE MIGHT BE A FEW COLD GUINNESSES COMING TONIGHT, EH, BOYS. (CHUCKLES) LONDON WILL HOST ANOTHER EVENT IN A FORTNIGHT, WHERE COLL WILL BE AIMING TO RAISE HIS ARMS ALOFT AGAIN. ALICE ROBINSON HAS FINISHED HER SKI SEASON ON A HIGH WITH A FIFTH WORLD CUP PODIUM FINISH, AND TENTH OF HER CAREER, IN THIS MORNING'S GIANT SLALOM WORLD CUP. SITTING THIRD AFTER THE FIRST RUN, A BLISTERING SECOND RUN IN AUSTRIA PUT ROBINSON ON TOP OF THE PODIUM WITH JUST TWO SKIERS LEFT, GUARANTEEING HER A MEDAL. ROBINSON'S REALLY LOOKING TIRED HERE NOW BUT SHE HOLDS ON! NEW ZEALAND HAVE DONE THIS, SURELY? ROBINSON TAKES THE LEAD FROM BRUNA! NEW ZEALAND TOP OF THE TABLE! 'OH YES,' SAYS ROBINSON! ROBINSON EARNING SILVER IN THE END, AFTER ITALY'S FEDERICA BRIGNONE LAID DOWN A GOLDEN EFFORT WITH THE FINAL RUN OF THE COMPETITION. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS BECOME THE FIRST GOLFER TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN THE TOURNAMENT'S 50th EDITION ` THE WORLD NUMBER ONE SURGING UP THE LEADER BOARD ON THE FINAL DAY IN FLORIDA, AS OTHERS JUST COULDN'T QUITE FIND THE WINNING FORMULA. HERE'S KATE WELLS. THIS SUMS UP THE FINAL ROUND OF THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP ` WORLD NUMBER ONE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER EVEN SURPRISING HIMSELF WITH THE QUALITY OF HIS PLAY ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING THE FIRST GOLFER TO WIN CONSECUTIVE TITLES AT THE PRESTIGIOUS PGA TOUR EVENT. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS THE 50TH PLAYERS CHAMPION' AND THE FIRST TO GO BACK TO BACK IN A HALF CENTURY. IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO VERY OFTEN. YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH ENOUGH TO WIN ONE PLAYERS, SO TO HAVE IT BACK TO BACK IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL. CARDING AN EIGHT-UNDER-PAR 64 FINAL ROUND, SCHEFFLER WAS PREPARING FOR A PLAYOFF; FELLOW AMERICAN WYNDHAM CLARK NEEDING TO SINK THIS PUTT TO JOIN SCHEFFLER AT 20-UNDER. UNBELIEVABLE! HOW DID THAT NOT DROP? HE WAS READY TO FIST PUMP THREE IN A ROW IN. IT WAS COMING WITH SOME SPEED TOO. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT PUTT DOESN'T GO IN. EVEN WHEN IT KIND OF STARTED TO LIP, I THOUGHT IT'D LIP IN, SO, I MEAN, I'M PRETTY GUTTED THAT IT DIDN'T GO IN. A HEARTBREAKING FINISH FOR CLARK, HAVING TO SETTLE FOR A SHARE OF SECOND, WITH XANDER SHAUFFELE AND BRIAN HARMON. SUCH A DIFFICULT CHAMPIONSHIP TO CLOSE. SCHEFFLER STARTED THE DAY FIVE SHOTS BACK, ALSO BATTLING A NECK INJURY, BUT MADE HIS MOVE WITH THIS ON THE FOURTH. THIS ONE OUTTA BE DANCING AROUND THE HOLE. OH, IT MIGHT GO IN! UNBELIEVABLE! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I FELT LIKE IF I COULD GO OUT AND SHOOT A GOOD ROUND ON THE FRONT NINE I COULD PUT MYSELF IN IT, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM DIDN'T SHOOT FOUR OR FIVE-UNDER ON THE FRONT AS WELL. THAT EAGLE THE CATALYST, THE 27-YEAR-OLD ADDING SIX BIRDIES AS WELL. IT'S GONNA BE A BIRDIE FOR SCHEFFLER, TO PUSH IT TO 20-UNDER. A PUSH TOO FAR FOR THE REST, SCHEFFLER TAKING HOME $7.4M AND THIS GOLDEN TROPHY. NEXT TARGET? A SECOND GREEN JACKET. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. CYCLISTS AARON GATE AND CAMPBELL STEWART HAVE ADDED ANOTHER GOLD TO NEW ZEALAND'S TALLY AT THE LATEST TRACK NATIONS CUP EVENT IN HONG KONG. GATE AND STEWART DOMINATING THE MEN'S MADISON ON THE FINAL DAY OF RACING, FINISHING 10 POINTS CLEAR OF SECOND PLACE-GETTERS, SPAIN. THE DUO SCORING IN 17 OF THE 20 SPRINTS. THERE WERE PLENTY OF TEAMS THAT WERE REALLY PUSHING US TONIGHT AND WE MANAGED TO JUST CONSECUTIVELY STAY AT THE FRONT, PICK UP THE POINTS AND BE IN MOST OF THE MOVES. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CARRY THIS ON FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS INTO THE OLYMPICS. A THIRD AND FINAL NATIONS CUP EVENT TAKES PLACE IN CANADA NEXT MONTH OFFERING MORE RANKING POINTS TOWARDS OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION. LIVERPOOL'S CHANCES OF CAPTURING FOUR TITLES THIS SEASON ARE GONE, GOING DOWN 4-3 IN A THRILLING FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL AT OLD TRAFFORD. THE DEFEAT DAMPENS JURGEN KLOPP'S FAREWELL TOUR, BUT COMES AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME FOR MANCHESTER UNITED'S UNDER-FIRE MANAGER. ZION DAYAL REPORTS. EMOTIONS LIKE THESE RARELY SEEN AT OLD TRAFFORD RECENTLY. AN EXTRAORDINARY GAME. FINALLY UNITED FANS HAVE SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT. GARNACHO. THE YOUNG MAN, CAN HE MAKE HIMSELF A HERO? HE HAS! 21-YEAR-OLD SUBSTITUTE STRIKER AMAD DIALLO'S EXTRA-TIME WINNER SECURING UNITED A DRAMATIC FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL VICTORY OVER ARCH-RIVALS LIVERPOOL. IS THAT THE BEST GOAL OF YOUR LIFE? I THINK SO, YEAH. AGAINST LIVERPOOL IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT. THE RED DEVILS HEAVY UNDERDOGS PRE-MATCH, BUT MANAGING TO STRIKE FIRST. THERE'S ROOM HERE FOR GARNACHO. CAN HE PLACE ONE PAST KELLEHER? McTOMINAY GOT THE GOAL. BOTH SIDES MUSTERING A TOTAL OF 21 SHOTS ON TARGET IN THE FIRST HALF, LIVERPOOL MAKING TWO OF THOSE COUNT IN QUICK SUCCESSION. PARRIED AWAY FOR SALAH! LIVERPOOL WITH A ONE-GOAL LEAD FOR MOST OF THE SECOND HALF. BUT THE FA CUP HAS BUILT A LEGACY ON FRANTIC FINISHES IN ITS 153-YEAR HISTORY, AND THIS ONE WAS ONLY WARMING UP. ANTONY'S IN THERE. HAS HE SQUEEZED IT IN? HE HAS. ANTONY'S LATE EQUALISER SENDING THE TIE TO EXTRA TIME. OLD TRAFFORD RAUCOUS. MINUTES LATER, ROCKED. ELLIOT. SHOOTING POSITION FOR HIM HERE. DEFLECTION ON IT. KIND TO LIVERPOOL. ANOTHER TROPHY-LESS SEASON LOOMED FOR UNITED, HEAPING MORE PRESSURE ON ERIK TEN HAAG. BUT HIS STRIKERS MAY HAVE JUST SAVED HIM. RASHFORD THIS TIME! (CROWD ROARS) FIRSTLY THROUGH MARCUS RASHFORD, DIALLO ICING THE GAME, ONLY TO BE SENT OFF, SHOWN A SECOND YELLOW FOR TAKING OFF HIS JERSEY IN CELEBRATION. THE MENTALITY, THE ATTITUDE WAS SO GREAT. AND THEY HAD STRONG BELIEF TO WIN THIS GAME. UNITED NOW FACE SECOND-TIER COVENTRY CITY FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL, THE WINNER TAKING ON EITHER CHELSEA OR MANCHESTER CITY. AND THE BALL HAS ENDED UP IN THE BACK OF THE NET! CHELSEA PUTTING THIS BLUNDER ASIDE, TO EVENTUALLY BEAT LEICESTER CITY 4-2. STILL MADUEKE! OH! SENSATIONAL! A DAY FULL OF GOALS, AND A REMINDER OF THE MAGIC OF THE CUP. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. THANKS, GUY. STAY WITH US. WHAT THE WEATHER IS DOING AT YOUR PLACE, NEXT. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, THE BROTHER AND SISTER TEAM RAISING HOPE AND GIVING AWAY MONEY. WHY THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR IDENTITIES A SECRET. PLUS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF LOVING TO FISH BUT MISSING A KEY COMPONENT ` A BOAT. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. KIA ORA ANO. WELCOME BACK. SOME SHOWERS PASSING UP THE COUNTRY TODAY, THE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR SOME IMPRESSIVE RAINBOW FORMATIONS. AND WE MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE DOUBLE RAINBOW ` HOW ABOUT THE TRIPLE? THE SOUTHERLY AND SHOWERS ROLLED IN TO PARTS OF CANTERBURY TODAY. VERY WELCOME, AS IT IS TO MARLBOROUGH, TOO. WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING SOME WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OVER MARLBOROUGH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 5mm ` MUCH MORE NEEDED. WE SEE THE SHOWERS RETURN TO CANTERBURY OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S ONLY DRIZZLE BY MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS TO THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, MOSTLY CLEARING UP. AND THE NORTH ISLAND ` IT'S THE LOWER AND EASTERN SPOTS THAT SEE SOME SHOWERS, BUT ANY OTHER CLOUD AND THE ODD SHOWER MOSTLY CLEAR BY AFTERNOON. THE BIG THEMES OF THIS WEEK ARE LOTS OF SUN AND THE ONSET OF SOME VERY COOL NIGHTS ` ALL IN THE WHITE HERE DIPPING BELOW 5 DEGREES. ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, SOME FROSTS LIKELY IN SHELTERED INLAND AREAS. THEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IT SPREADS NORTH, TAUMARUNUI DROPPING TO JUST 1 DEGREE ` THAT'S 9 DEGREES COOLER THAN YOUR AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND EXPECT FROSTS IN THE CENTRAL HIGH COUNTRY. TOMORROW, LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR ALL IN TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND. WHITIANGA, SOME MORNING CLOUD WILL DISAPPEAR. A FRESH WIND YOU'LL NOTICE FOR ALL IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AND 23 FOR KAITAIA. A SUNNY TUESDAY, TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. THAT AFTERNOON WIND NOTICEABLE HERE TOO, AND A TOP OF 21. A BIT GREY ABOVE IN THE MORNING, KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON, FOLLOWED BY A FINE AFTERNOON. A COOL 7 OVERNIGHT AND 20 IS YOUR HIGH. A CLEAR RUN OF SUN FOR CENTRAL SPOTS. THAT SOUTHERLY FRESH FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. COOL NIGHTS INLAND, AND ONLY WHAKATANE CRACKING 20. A FINE, SUNNY DAY, TAURANGA. JUST THE COOL WIND TO CONTEND WITH LATER IN THE DAY, AND A TOP OF 20. SHOWERS AND SOUTHERLIES ROLL INTO THE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING, PICKING UP A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON. AND A COOL 14 FOR DANNEVIRKE. SOME CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE MORNING FOR MOST IN THE WEST AND SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES, WITH THAT SOUTHERLY. 17 FOR PALMERSTON NORTH. A FEW SHOWERS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON, AND A STRONG SOUTHERLY. IT ALL EASES IN THE EVENING. A TOP OF JUST 14. MORNING CLOUD FOR MOST, EVEN SOME RAIN FOR KAIKOURA, ALL CLEARING TO JOIN WESTPORT IN A FINE DAY. AND 16 FOR BLENHEIM. A BIT OF RAIN OVERNIGHT, OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, BUT CLEARING THROUGH THE MORNING. A GOOD-LOOKING AFTERNOON AND A TOP OF 16. ALL IN FOR A FINE AFTERNOON HERE. A BIT OF RAIN LINGERING OVERNIGHT IN THE EAST, AND A WARMER 19 ON THE WEST COAST. A GORGEOUS AUTUMNAL DAY FOR YOU, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN ` FINE, WITH LIGHT WINDS, WAKING TO A COOL 5 AND HIGH OF 18. SOME MORNING CLOUD ABOUT. MAYBE A CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR RAKIURA STEWART ISLAND, BUT A SUNNY AFTERNOON. AND 15 FOR GORE. GREY FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE MORNING, OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. THEN FINE AND 14. WEDNESDAY, PLENTY OF CLEAR SKIES, SO THAT CHILLY START, THE ODD SHOWER TO GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, AS WELL AS THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST. AND THURSDAY, A SIMILAR STORY, BUT WE HAVE INCOMING TO THE LOWER SOUTH, SO LATE-DAY SHOWERS AND UP THE COAST TOO. GET YOUR SLIPPERS READY.