TONIGHT ` KIWIS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY CHANGES TO HOW PEOPLE CAN USE DISABILITY SUPPORT FUNDING, SOME FINDING OUT ON FACEBOOK. DID WINSTON PETERS GET A TELLING-OFF FROM THE PRIME MINISTER FOR HIS NAZI GERMANY COMMENTS? HIS RESPONSE WHEN WE ASKED HIM. PLUS ` THE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION OF KIWIS REVEALED IN WASTEWATER TESTING. SO WHERE ARE OUR HEAVIEST DRINKERS? CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 ACCESSING SUPPORT HAS JUST GOTTEN TOUGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY, WITH THE GOVERNMENT MODIFYING HOW PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR DISABILITY SUPPORT FUNDING. MANY SAY THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT OFF-GUARD, WITH NO WARNING ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE SCHEME. HENRY MCMULLAN CAUGHT UP WITH ONE FAMILY ALREADY STRUGGLING. THIS IPAD CAN BE A LIFELINE FOR MASON (5), WHO HAS AUTISM. (CRIES) IT HELPS HIM CONNECT AND LEARN WHILE ALSO GIVING HIS PARENTS A BREAK. WE WOULDN'T CHANGE HIM FOR THE WORLD, BUT WE'LL CHANGE THE WORLD FOR HIM. THE IPAD WAS BOUGHT WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING, BUT THE RULES FOR HOW ` AND WHAT ` THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON HAS NOW CHANGED. TOOLS LIKE THIS NOW EXCLUDED. THERE'S MORE EXCLUSIONS THAN THERE ARE INCLUSIONS. YEAH. AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING. WE'VE GOT SUCH BROAD CRITERIA AT THE MOMENT THAT THE FUNDING HAS ALSO BEEN USED FOR MASSAGES, OVERSEAS TRAVEL, PEDICURES, HAIRCUTS FOR CARERS. MANY MEMBERS OF THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY FINDING OUT ABOUT THE CHANGES LAST NIGHT VIA THE MINISTRY'S FACEBOOK PAGE. AFTER BEING FLOODED BY COMMENTS, THE MINISTRY SHUT THE POST DOWN, SAYING IT'S SORRY IT WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY MORE NOTICE OF THE CHANGES. I THINK IT'S CALLOUS, THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DONE IT ALSO. IT'S NOT MANA-ENHANCING. LABOUR SAYS IT'S THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR A BUDGET SHORTFALL TO FUND TAX CUTS. IT'S CLEAR THEIR NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP, AND NEW ZEALANDERS ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THAT. THE LATEST GROUP OF NEW ZEALANDERS TO PAY THE PRICES ARE OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY. THE MINISTER WAS ASKED IF SHE WOULD APOLOGISE FOR HOW THE CHANGES WERE COMMUNICATED. I APOLOGISE THAT THEY HAVE A MINISTRY THAT HAS BEEN SET UP WITH POLICY SETTINGS THAT ARE PUTTING WHAIKAHA IN THIS SITUATION. FAMILIES DEALING WITH THE RESTRUCTURE STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH IT, NOW WONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD, FINANCIALLY... TO PROVIDE ANY SUPPORTS FOR HIM. SUPPORT THEY SAY ISN'T ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL. HENRY MCMULLAN, 1 NEWS. NZ FIRST MPs ARE CAUSING HEADACHES FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT AS WINSTON PETERS CONTINUES TO BATTLE AGAINST THE MEDIA OVER COVERAGE OF HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, IN WHICH HE REFERENCED NAZI GERMANY. ALL OF THIS AS MEDIA MINISTER MELISSA LEE FACES MORE QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER SHE'S COPING IN THE ROLE. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS HAD WORDS WITH WINSTON PETERS OVER HIS NAZI COMMENTS. THE RHETORIC IS DAMAGING, AND IT'S UNHELPFUL, AND IT CAUSES DIVISION. IT DOESN'T DRIVE CIVILITY IN OUR POLITICS. AND TODAY, MR PETERS WAS SURE IN A MOOD. I'M NOT LISTENING TO EITHER OF YOURS CRAP. HAS THE PRIME MINISTER ASKED YOU TO PULL YOUR HEAD IN, MR PETERS? ...HAVE YOU LYING LIKE YOU DID LAST NIGHT. HAS THE PRIME MINISTER ASKED YOU TO PULL YOUR HEAD IN? YOU STOP LYING, MATE. HAVE YOU BEEN ASKED TO PULL YOUR HEAD IN, MR PETERS? OTHER POLITICIANS WEIGHING IN. IT'S SO UNHINGED, IT'S LIKE THE DOOR FELL OFF. YOU KNOW, IT'S FRANKLY UTTERLY EMBARRASSING. WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXAMPLE HE USED, IT'S NOT THE ONE I WOULD HAVE USED. I THINK IT CAN BE UPSETTING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. ON SUNDAY, WINSTON PETERS RAGED AGAINST CO-GOVERNANCE UNDER LABOUR... AND THE INSIDIOUS CREEP OF RACIST CO-GOVERNANCE THAT HAS SPREAD THROUGH LEGISLATION AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR. ...THEN BROUGHT UP THE NAZIS. I'VE SEEN THAT SORT OF PHILOSOPHY BEFORE. I SAW IT IN NAZI GERMANY. WE ALL DID. YOU COMPARED LABOUR'S APPROACH TO CO-GOVERNANCE TO NAZI GERMANY. IS THAT APPROPRIATE? YES, IT IS. NOW MR PETERS WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT LABOUR AND CO-GOVERNANCE AT ALL ` BUT TE PATI MAORI SAYING LAST YEAR MAORI HAVE SUPERIOR GENETICS. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. WHY IS THAT? WELL, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT... WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA BLOW ANYTHING UP HIS YOU-KNOW-WHERE, WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS. MEANWHILE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFIRMED SHE REMINDED CABINET MINISTERS OF THE RULES FOLLOWING SHANE JONES' CRITICISM OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES. YOU CAN BE VERY AWARE THAT I TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. WERE HIS COMMENTS APPROPRIATE? WELL, I'VE JUST MADE MY VIEWS VERY CLEAR. WELL, YOU HAVEN'T, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TELL US WHAT YOU SAID. NO, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE I NEVER TALK ABOUT CABINET. DID THE SOLICITOR GENERAL ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO SHANE JONES ABOUT HIS COMMENTS? WELL, I WOULDN'T EVER SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THE SOLICITOR GENERAL SAYS TO ME. DID THE MINISTER GET A TELLING OFF? WELL, WHAT'S SAID IN CABINET IS TAPU, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM HER. THE PRIME MINISTER'S TEAM HAS ALSO ADVISED THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER TO LIMIT HER COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEDIA. ARE YOU STRUGGLING IN YOUR PORTFOLIO? NO. ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT SHE'S STRUGGLING. I HAVE AGREED TO DO TWO INTERVIEWS THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY CANCELLED, YES. THE SPOTLIGHT FIRMLY ON THIS COALITION GOVERNMENT. THAI AUTHORITIES HAVE REVEALED MORE OF THEIR CASE AGAINST TWO NEW ZEALAND BROTHERS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER IN PHUKET. THEY SAY DURING A STRUGGLE OVER THE OFFICER'S HANDGUN, AT LEAST ONE SHOT WAS DISCHARGED. THEY ALSO SAY ONE OF THE BROTHERS IS A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER. SIMON MERCEP HAS MORE. IN A CASE THAT'S MADE HEADLINES AROUND THE COUNTRY, TWO NEW ZEALAND MEN WERE FILMED.... THAT FOOTAGE SHOWS A TRAFFIC OFFICER AFTER HE'S PULLED OVER THE TWO MEN ON THEIR MOTORBIKES, ALLEGEDLY FOR SPEEDING. POLICE SAY THE OFFICER WAS ATTACKED AS HE TRIED TAKING PHOTOS OF THE KIWIS ON HIS PHONE. (MAN SHOUTS, WOMAN SCREAMS) IN THE STRUGGLE, POLICE SAY ONE BROTHER TRIED TO GRAB THE PHONE AND THE OFFICER'S HANDGUN. (WOMAN SHOUTS) IT'S SAID THE GUN WENT OFF, LUCKILY NOT HITTING ANYONE. THE MAN HOLDING THE POLICE OFFICER IS TRAINED IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS. WHEN THE PAIR WERE EVENTUALLY ARRESTED, POLICE SAY THEY TRIED TO BRIBE OFFICERS. THE PROVINCIAL POLICE, THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TWO MEN REMAIN IN CUSTODY, AND THEY FACE FIVE CHARGES OVER THE INCIDENT. THOSE CHARGES INCLUDE ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED BRIBERY. YES, ON THE SURFACE, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS` A SERIOUS CRIMINAL MATTER, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CASES WHICH HAVE LED TO LOCAL TENSIONS, AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THEM. THAI MEDIA SAY THE TWO MEN ARE IN CUSTODY AT THE PROVINCIAL COURT AND HAVE DENIED THE CHARGES. POLICE HAVE PUBLISHED A PICTURE OF THE INJURED OFFICER IN HOSPITAL AND SAY HE'S RECOVERING WELL. PHUKET'S GOVERNOR, HERE ON THE RIGHT, CALLED THE INCIDENT 'INTOLERABLE'. ACTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AGAINST THE PAIR. AND THEY ARE BLACKLISTED. PHUKET IS A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT. AUTHORITIES WANT TO KEEP IT SAFE. MFAT SAYS IT'S PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY OF THE TWO MEN. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. THIS EVENING, SIMON MERCEP SPOKE TO BBC SOUTH EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN HEAD ABOUT HOW THIS ARREST OF THE TWO KIWI BROTHERS COMING AMIDST A LARGER CRACKDOWN ON FOREIGNERS BEHAVING BADLY. HE ALSO ASKED HOW THE PAIR COULD BE TREATED BY THAI AUTHORITIES. THE PUBLIC MOOD IS VERY MUCH ABOUT ` GET TOUGH WITH FOREIGNERS THE PUBLIC MOOD IS VERY MUCH ABOUT ` GET TOUGH WITH FOREIGNERS WHO DON'T BEHAVE PROPERLY. AND IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE VIDEO` THERE'S SOME DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM AND THE OFFICER ABOUT EXACTLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THEM BEING ARRESTED. BUT THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE CLEARLY... THE TWO OF THEM HAVE GOT THE OFFICER ON THE GROUND, AND THEY'VE GOT HIS GUN, AND WE KNOW THE GUN WENT OFF. ALL OF THAT'S SERIOUS ENOUGH. I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION CHARGES WILL BE PUSHED. THEY FACE POTENTIALLY FIVE TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON ON THE CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. THERE ARE THREE OTHER CHARGES AS WELL. HOW FAR THAT GOES ` THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED. HOW THE TWO MEN BEHAVE, HOW CONTRITE THEY ARE, HOW THE PUBLIC MOOD IS, WHAT THE FEELING OF THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT HOW FAR THEY SHOULD PUSH IT. AND THE COURTS ARE TECHNICALLY INDEPENDENT IN THAILAND, BUT THEY DO TEND TO BE INFLUENCED, UH, TO SOME DEGREE, BY THE PUBLIC MOOD. AND THE COURTS THEMSELVES HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF LATITUDE IN HOW FAR THEY DECIDE TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUND GUILTY OF THESE OFFENCES. AMID FRENZIED ONLINE SPECULATION ABOUT HER WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS, THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS BEEN SPOTTED SHOPPING WITH WILLIAM IN WINDSOR. SHE APPEARS HAPPY AND HEALTHY IN THE VIDEO, JUST DAYS AFTER KATE TOOK THE FALL FOR THE PHOTOSHOP SCANDAL. CHANNEL 9'S BRETT MCLEOD HAS MORE. FROM A DISTANCE, THEY LOOK LIKE JUST ANOTHER COUPLE OUT FOR A WEEKEND SHOP, BUT IT'S THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER WOMAN IN THE WORLD. KATE SMILING AND LOOKING WELL, WITH HER HUSBAND WILLIAM BY HER SIDE. THE MAIN THING FROM THIS VIDEO IS THAT SHE DOES LOOK HAPPY. SHE LOOKS HEALTHY, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S A GREAT THING. METADATA ON THE IMAGES OBTAINED BY LONDON'S SUN NEWSPAPER SHOWS IT WAS TAKEN AT LUNCHTIME ON SATURDAY LOCAL TIME AND GEO-LOCATED TO WINDSOR AT A LOCAL FARM SHOP, WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS BEEN SEEN BEFORE. IT'S THE FIRST VIDEO OF THE ROYAL COUPLE SINCE THE FURORE OVER THE MOTHER'S DAY PHOTO RELEASED BY KENSINGTON PALACE, WHICH KATE LATER SAID SHE HAD MANIPULATED. IT PROMPTED A KILL NOTICE FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENCIES AND QUESTIONS OVER THE RELIABILITY OF IMAGES SUPPLIED BY THE ROYALS. JUST TODAY, GLOBAL PICTURE AGENCY GETTY SAID THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II SURROUNDED BY HER GRANDCHILDREN WAS DIGITALLY ENHANCED, CITING SEVERAL INCONSISTENCIES. THERE'S BEEN ENDLESS AND OFTEN OUTRAGEOUS SPECULATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE TRUE STATE OF KATE'S HEALTH SINCE HER ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN JANUARY AND THE STATUS OF HER MARRIAGE. WILL THIS NOW SORT OF SETTLE ALL THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES? WILL IT SORT OF PROMPT KENSINGTON PALACE, OR INDEED KATE, TO COME OUT IN PUBLIC SOONER THAN SHE'D HOPED? THAT DISINFORMATION ON THE ROYALS REACHING HEIGHTS OF ABSURDITY WHEN STATE-APPROVED MEDIA OUTLETS IN RUSSIA PUT UP FALSE CLAIMS THAT KING CHARLES HAD DIED. THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS FORMALLY EXPECTED TO RETURN TO PUBLIC DUTIES AFTER EASTER. THIS VISION, SHOWING HER HAPPY AND LOOKING WELL, MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO ANSWER ALL BUT THE MOST DIEHARD CONSPIRACY THEORISTS AND DRAW A LINE UNDER THE SAGA ` AT LEAST FOR NOW. SOUTH ISLANDERS CONSUME MORE ALCOHOL THAN NORTH ISLANDERS, AND KIWIS FROM SMALL TOWN NEW ZEALAND DRINK MORE THAN PEOPLE IN THE MAIN CENTRES. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM A UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND STUDY WHICH TRACKED ALCOHOL USE AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM TESTING WASTEWATER. 10 AREAS WERE MONITORED OVER SIX MONTHS DURING 2021, COVERING AROUND 40% OF THE POPULATION. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE CONSUMPTION IS 1.2 STANDARD DRINKS EACH DAY FOR PEOPLE AGED 15 AND OVER. SOUTH AUCKLANDERS DRINK THE LEAST AMOUNT, WITH DATA SHOWING THE WEST COAST TOWN OF WESTPORT CONSUMES THE MOST. WE DRINK MORE ON WEEKENDS, AND THERE ARE SPIKES COINCIDING WITH BIG SPORTING EVENTS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. WE DRINK LESS THAN THE GLOBAL AVERAGE, AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT AS ITALY'S ` 12.6ML PER PERSON PER DAY ` A LOT LESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAN AUSTRALIANS, WHO AVERAGE 17.6ML PER DAY. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. MIXING A COCKTAIL OF A DIFFERENT KIND... OUR WASTEWATER SAMPLE. ...TO REVEAL SOME INTERESTING TRENDS. THERE'S PROBABLY MORE DRINKING IN THE SOUTH ISLAND THAN THE NORTH ISLAND, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT, UH, FIND INTERESTING. SOME SOUTH ISLANDERS... WE'RE ALL PISSHEADS, REALLY. ...FINDING THE STATS HARD TO SWALLOW. NO, I FIND IT REALLY FASCINATING, BECAUSE, UM... YEAH, I FIND IT CONCERNING. PERHAPS WE DO, BUT I'M NOT, AND MY WIFE WON'T ALLOW ME TO. YEAH, WE DO LIKE TO SOCIALISE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. THE NEW DRINKING DATA RAISING SOME QUESTIONS TOO. I DO WONDER WHETHER POCKETS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, SUCH AS QUEENSTOWN, MAYBE DRIVE UP THE CONSUMPTION STATISTIC. HE'S NOT WRONG. IN QUEENSTOWN, THERE WAS A HUGE SPIKE ON ONE DAY. THERE WAS A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY MALE REVUE SHOW BY THE STALLIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS` THAT WAS WHAT CAUSED THE HIGH LEVELS OF DRINKING THAT NIGHT. OF THE 10 CATCHMENT AREAS ANALYSED, WESTPORT HAD THE HIGHEST CONSUMPTION. MAYBE IT'S COLD. (LAUGHTER) TO KEEP WARM. SOUTH AUCKLAND RECORDING THE LOWEST. NOT WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT BASED ON SORT OF ON OTHER IDEAS AND PREJUDICES AND STEREOTYPES. MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND ` THAT'S A VERY HIGH PACIFIC POPULATION, AND WE KNOW THAT MANY PACIFIC PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO DRINK, AND THOSE THAT DO, DO DRINK MORE HAZARDOUSLY. IT'S HOPED THE NEW DATA WILL HELP HEALTH PROVIDERS AND THAT MORE TESTING WILL HELP MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF ANY POLICY CHANGE. BUT HERE ON THE STREETS OF CHRISTCHURCH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TAKE. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE WINE-DRINKING POSH PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND AS OPPOSED TO THE BEER-DRINKING FARMERS AND SHEEP-HUNTERS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND WOULD HAVE BALANCED EACH OTHER OUT. UP NEXT FOR ANALYSIS IN THIS LAB ` VAPING. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` VLADIMIR PUTIN'S MESSAGE TO HIS OPPONENTS HOURS AFTER CLAIMING VICTORY IN RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. PLUS, VOICES RAISED IN PARLIAMENT, BUT NOT IN THE USUAL WAY ` POLITICIANS CELEBRATE THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF DAME KIRI TE KANAWA. WELCOME BACK. HOURS AFTER CLAIMING VICTORY IN RUSSIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ADDRESSED A HUGE CROWD IN RUSSIA'S RED SQUARE. THE BLOCKBUSTER SHOW MARKING 10 YEARS SINCE RUSSIA'S ILLEGAL ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA AND DELIVERING A MESSAGE TO PUTIN'S OPPONENTS. CHANNEL 9'S EDWARD GODFREY REPORTS. FRESH OFF HIS ELECTION VICTORY, VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVED TO RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) MOSCOW'S RED SQUARE A SEA OF RUSSIAN FLAGS AND MOBILE PHONES. FOR A CLEARLY ENERGISED PRESIDENT, THIS WAS A DOUBLE CELEBRATION. TRANSLATOR: DEAR FRIENDS... I WELCOME ALL OF YOU. THE LEADER OF 24 YEARS MARKING THE START OF HIS FIFTH TERM, WHICH HAS BEEN LABELLED A SHAM AND DENOUNCED BY THE EU'S 27 NATION STATES. BUT OFFICIALLY, THIS EVENT WAS TO MARK ANOTHER OF HIS CONTROVERSIAL ACHIEVEMENTS ` THE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. THE PENINSULA REMAINS A FLASHPOINT AMID THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR. TRANSLATOR: CRIMEA IS NOT ONLY A STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT TERRITORY OF RUSSIA. IT'S NOT ONLY PART OF OUR HISTORY, OUR TRADITION, THE PRIDE OF RUSSIA. CRIMEA IS PEOPLE. THERE WAS NOTHING SHY ABOUT THIS PRIME-TIME SHOW AND NO SHORTAGE OF STAR POWER AND SONG. (ALL SING IN RUSSIAN) SINGING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET ` PUTIN'S ELECTION RIVALS, STANDING BESIDE HIM THROUGHOUT. HOURS EARLIER, PUTIN DEFEATED THEM WITH MORE THAN 87% OF THE VOTE. CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES COMING FROM THE LEADERS OF CLOSE POLITICAL ALLIES CHINA, INDIA AND IRAN AS ELECTION MONITORING GROUP GOLOS CALLS IT 'THE MOST CORRUPT ELECTION IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY'. DONALD TRUMP CAN'T COME UP WITH THE $762M BOND HE NEEDS TO CONTINUE HIS APPEAL OF A CIVIL FRAUD JUDGEMENT. THE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS SAYING 30 INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE SAID NO TO UNDERWRITING THE BOND, MAINLY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH. TRUMP AND HIS ELDEST SONS WERE FOUND LIABLE OF FRAUDULENTLY INFLATING THE VALUE OF ASSETS TO GET FAVOURABLE LOANS. HE HAS ONE MORE WEEK TO PAY; OTHERWISE, NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL COULD ASK THE COURT TO SEIZE SOME OF HIS PROPERTIES. IN A RARE MOVE, PARLIAMENT PUT ASIDE DEBATE TO CELEBRATE THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF DAME KIRI TE KANAWA. THE LEGENDARY OPERA SINGER EVEN ADDED HER VOICE TO THE OCCASION AS POLITICIANS PAID TRIBUTE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD WAS THERE. THE POLITICIANS' HOUSE BECOMING THE OPERA HOUSE. # HOKI MAI RA. # KA MATE AHAU. # POLITICIANS OFTEN THROW INSULTS IN THE DEBATING CHAMBER. BUT TODAY WAS DIFFERENT. DAME KIRI IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS MAORI PERFORMER OF THE LAST TWO GENERATIONS. THAT'S THE POWER OF YOUR VOICE, TO BRING PEOPLE TO AN EMOTIONAL PLACE IN THEMSELVES. WHEN MOST OF US WERE BEST KNOWN FOR RUGBY, RACING AND BEER, YOU SHOWED THE WORLD AND OURSELVES THAT WE COULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT WE COULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD IN OPERA. THE CROWD FOR DAME KIRI WAS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT SHE'S USED TO. # POKAREKARE ANA... ARCHIVE: BY EVENING, 140,000 HAD POURED INTO AUCKLAND DOMAIN. # HOKI MAI RA... # BUT THE OPERA SINGER SAID TODAY WAS VERY SPECIAL. NOT MANY PEOPLE GET TO DO THIS, AND MAYBE NEVER AGAIN FOR A LONG TIME. SO I'M VERY PROUD. TO THE DAME'S SURPRISE, HER DOG WAS ALSO MENTIONED... DO NOT SPEAK, ABBEY. ...ITS NAME HIGHLIGHTING HER ROLE IN A FAMOUS TV SERIES. YOUR THIRD LITTLE DOG WAS NAMED, ONCE SHE WAS BORN, ABBEY, AFTER 'DOWNTON ABBEY'. PERHAPS HER MOST FAMOUS PERFORMANCE ` SINGING AT THE ROYAL WEDDING OF PRINCESS DIANA AND PRINCE CHARLES. I REMEMBER WATCHING THE WEDDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND FEELING THE FEELING OF PRIDE THAT CAME WITH SEEING A KIWI AT THE HEART OF SUCH OF AN EVENT. JUST ONE OF HER MANY INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS. AS THE MINISTERS SAY, WE'VE GOT RUGBY, AND WE'VE GOT CRICKET, AND WE'VE GOT THINGS, BUT THERE IS THIS ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS ALSO INSPIRING AS WELL. AND MUSIC DOES INSPIRE. A WOMAN THAT HAS GIVEN HER LIFE TO THE ARTS, CELEBRATED IN THE HALLS OF POWER. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER. AND THE LATEST ART WORK FROM THE UK STREET ARTIST KNOWN AS BANKSY. WHY IT'S ATTRACTING CROWDS TO A NORTH LONDON STREET. WELCOME BACK. A NEW MURAL BY THE SECRETIVE STREET ARTIST BANKSY IS ALREADY DRAWING CROWDS TO A NORTH LONDON STREET. BANKSY'S ART COVERS THE WALL OF A FOUR-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN FINSBURY PARK. THE VIBRANT GREEN WORK DEPICTS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE, AND IT'S HOPED THE WALL MAKEOVER WILL STAY. I THINK IT'S AMAZING, HONESTLY. UM, I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN ABOUT BANKSY'S ARTWORK. I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE ONE SO CLOSE TO HOME, SO, YEAH, REALLY NICE TO SEE. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE. WE WERE JUST OUT ON A LITTLE MORNING WALK AND JUST HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS IT, AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. THE ART WORK FEATURES A LIFE-SIZED WOMAN HOLDING A PRESSURE WASHER, AND BANKSY HAS CONFIRMED THE TREE MURAL IS HIS WORK. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH 'DOSTOCHKA' BY DAKHABRAKHA FROM UKRAINE, AND ONE OF THE STANDOUT ACTS FROM THE WEEKEND'S WOMAD FESTIVAL. (DAKHABRAKHA'S 'DOSTOCHKA') # YOU WILL TELL ME BABY. # ALL RIGHT. (SINGERS HARMONISE MYSTERIOUSLY) # DA DUBOVA DOSTOCHKA # DA NA VYERBYE # DA DUBOVA DOSTOCHKA # DA NA VYERBYE # LEZHALA # DA NA VYERBYE LEZHALA # DA IZ VYERBY Y UPALA # DA DUBOVA DOSTOCHKA, DA NA VYERBYE LEZHALA THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.