A RUGBY GAME DESCENDS INTO CHAOS WITH MACHETES ON THE FIELD... AND SHOTS FIRED AT THE VISITING TEAM'S VAN. ISRAELIS RALLY IN THEIR TENS OF THOUSANDS DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES SIX MONTHS ON FROM THE HAMAS ATTACKS. WHY HAS AUCKLAND COUNCIL TAKEN AWAY 2000 PUBLIC RUBBISH BINS? PLUS A STATEMENT PERFORMANCE FROM THE WARRIORS NOW THE DRUMS ARE BEATING FOR AN ORIGIN CALL-UP FOR ONE OF THEIR STARS. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 A WITNESS HAS DESCRIBED 15 MINUTES OF TERROR BEING CHASED THROUGH THE STREETS OF HASTINGS AND SHOT AT AFTER A RUGBY GAME WAS ABANDONED. THE REFEREE STOPPED THE MATCH IN THE 65TH MINUTE YESTERDAY AFTER SPECTATORS WITH MACHETES INVADED THE PITCH AND REFUSED TO LEAVE. THEN A VAN WITH EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE VISITING SIDE INSIDE WAS RAMMED AND SHOT AT WHILE BEING PURSUED BY UP TO FOUR VEHICLES. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. THIS VAN WAS SMOTHERED IN SHOTGUN PELLETS AFTER A RUGBY GAME TURNED TO CHAOS. A SEASON-OPENING THIRD DIVISION GAME BETWEEN HOME TEAM TAMATEA ARIKINUI AND THE VISITING YOUNG MAORI PARTY FROM RAUPUNGA, NORTH OF NAPIER WENT WITHOUT INCIDENT AT UNTIL A HEAVY TACKLE IN THE SECOND HALF. WENT WITHOUT INCIDENT AT UNTIL A HEAVY TACKLE IN THE SECOND HALF. THERE WAS AN ELEMENT ON THE SIDELINE THAT WAS ONLY THE START OF IT WE NOTICED THE CAR AT A RED LIGHT TO CATCH UP TO US AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF US TRY TO PREVENT US FROM GETTING ANY FURTHER DURING WHICH TIME THE VAN WAS SHOT AT WE WERE SIDESWIPED ON ONE OF THE STREETS DID COME AS A SURPRISE WHEN THE WINDOW GOT BLOWN IN AND THEN WE GOT RAMMED A LOT OF ADVICE COMING FROM THE TAXI DRIVERS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS AND THEN WE HAD A REPORT OF AN INCIDENT WHERE A FIREARM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED. AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS RIGHTLY UPSET OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A REAL RISK TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT WAS ISOLATED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER. POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOW LOOKING AT CCTV AND ARE FOLLOWING STRONG LINES OF INQUIRY. WHENEVER A FIREARM IS DISCHARGED, PEOPLE ARE POTENTIALLY AT RISK. THERE'S NO QUESTION OF THAT AT ALL. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ONGOING RISK TO THE PUBLIC. SPECTATOR NORMA JEAN RICHARDS SAYS POLICE WERE SWIFT TO ARRIVE. BY THE TIME WE CAME BACK, ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE OUTSIDE, AND EVERYONE WAS JUST CROWDING ` IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK. GOT A BIT QUIET, AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S EVERYONE RUNNING AROUND SAYING, 'OH, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.' AND I'VE COME OUTSIDE, AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LARGE POLICE RESPONSE OUT FRONT, WHICH IS, UM, NEVER SOMETHING GOOD TO SEE. NICOLAS RICHARDS SAYS THERE'S BEEN A GRADUAL RISE IN ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN A WHANAU FIRST NEIGHBOURHOOD. I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A TREND OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. WE'VE HAD TWO MURDERS IN OUR AREA OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, BIT OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, MOTORBIKES GOING AROUND. WE CAUGHT SOME KIDS LIGHTING A FIRE IN THE PARK JUST A WEEK AGO. IN A STATEMENT, TAMATEA CLUB CHAIRMAN STEWART WHYTE REFUTED CLAIMS OF GANG LINKS TO THE CLUB, SAYING: POLICE AREN'T RULING OUT GANG INVOLVEMENT. IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING, FOR SURE. WE APPROACHED HAWKE'S BAY RUGBY CHIEF EXECUTIVE JAY CAMPBELL, WHO TEXTED US TO SAY: POLICE SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT OF MAKING A PROSECUTION. KILLER GRACE WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US KILLER LAURA WE ARE JUST UP THE ROAD FROM THE FIRE IN PARNELL IT IS VERY SMOKY AND AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME FIRE CREWS ARE BEHIND ME TRYING TO FIGHT THE BLAZE FROM ABOVE MORE THAN 10 FIRETRUCKS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED THIS AFTERNOON POLICE ARE ALSO ON THE SCENE ASSISTING WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT THEY SAY THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE CONCERNS noone REMAINS IN THE BUILDING THE FIRE ISN'T YET CONTAINED POLICE AND FIRE MERCHANTS ASKING TO AVOID THE AREA GRACE THOMAS THINKS THE UPDATE A MAN CHARGED OVER THE KIDNAPPING OF A WOMAN FROM AN AUCKLAND HOME ON TUESDAY NIGHT CAN NOW BE NAMED. AUCKLAND MAN JAMIE PERFECT, WHO'S 32, WAS GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION WHEN HE APPEARED IN COURT ON THURSDAY CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, WOUNDING WITH INTENT AND TWO FIREARMS CHARGES. THE JUDGE GRANTED HIM 72 HOURS TO TELL HIS MOTHER AND HIS LAWYERS DIDN'T APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION FOR HIS NAME SUPPRESSION, WHICH ENDED THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MAN OVER THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPING. THEY BELIEVE 25-YEAR-OLD RALPH PARK RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND AND SAY HE'S DANGEROUS AND SHOULDN'T BE APPROACHED. TODAY MARKS SIX MONTHS SINCE HAMAS MILITANTS ATTACKED ISRAEL, TRIGGERING THE WAR AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. IT COMES AMID MOUNTING PRESSURE ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OVER ITS HANDLING OF THE CONFLICT, BOTH FROM WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND FROM ITS CLOSEST ALLIES ABROAD. THERE ARE ALSO FEARS THE WAR COULD BE ABOUT TO SPREAD, WITH REPORTS IRAN IS PREPARING A MAJOR ATTACK ON ISRAEL IN RETALIATION FOR THE ATTACK ON ITS CONSULATE IN SYRIA. PAUL MAYOW REPORTS. (SHOUTING, HORNS BLARE) NEARLY SIX MONTHS TO THE DAY SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACK THAT TRIGGERED THE WAR IN GAZA, PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN TEL AVIV ` FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS DEMANDING THEIR GOVERNMENT DOES MORE TO GET THE REMAINING HOSTAGES BACK HOME. FEARS HEIGHTENED AFTER THE BODY OF A HOSTAGE, ELAD KATZIR, WAS FOUND, RECOVERED BY ISRAEL'S MILITARY IN A RAID OVERNIGHT IN GAZA ` MURDERED, THEY SAY, IN CAPTIVITY. THE FURY IS ALSO BEING FELT AT THE SITE OF THE MASSACRE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL ` NOW A MEMORIAL TO THE MORE THAN 360 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED AND THE 40 TAKEN HOSTAGE. MEANWHILE, IN GAZA, THESE AID DROPS ARE ONE OF THE ONLY HOPES FOR SURVIVAL, PROVIDING MEDICINE AND FOOD TO PEOPLE ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION. MAN-MADE HUNGER THAT SEES PEOPLE LIKE MOHAMMED NASIR BATTLE TO FEED THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'WE ARE DYING TO FEED OUR CHILDREN,' HE SAYS, SHOWING WHAT HE MANAGED TO GET ` TWO SMALL MEALS, WHICH HE SAYS ISN'T ENOUGH. AND THE FOOD SHORTAGES ARE ONLY SET TO WORSEN FOLLOWING THE ISRAELI ATTACK THAT KILLED SEVEN AID WORKERS. THAT'S SEEN CHARITY GROUPS PULL OUT OF GAZA AND SHIPS CARRYING FOOD AND AID TO BE TURNED BACK. (WOMAN EXCLAIMS) THE MOUNTING ANGER DIRECTED AT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT NOW COMING FROM ITS CLOSEST ALLY ` 40 U.S. CONGRESS MEMBERS PUTTING THEIR NAME TO AN OPEN LETTER CALLING FOR THE SUSPENSION OF ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL. ALL THIS AMID FEARS THE WAR IN GAZA IS ABOUT TO SPREAD. U.S. INTELLIGENCE BELIEVES IRAN IS PREPARING A MAJOR ATTACK IN RETALIATION FOR MONDAY'S AIRSTRIKE BY ISRAEL ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN DAMASCUS. THEY SAY IRAN IS PLANNING TO LAUNCH A SWARM OF DRONES AND MISSILES TIMED AROUND THE UPCOMING END OF RAMADAN. THE TARGET IS STILL UNKNOWN, BUT ISRAEL IS REINFORCING ITS AIR DEFENCES. BUT IRAN HAS VOWED TO HOLD THE U.S. AS WELL AS ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE, AND AMERICAN TROOPS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE BEEN ALERTED THAT THEY, TOO, MIGHT BE ATTACKED IN THE COMING DAYS. PAUL MAYOW, NEWSHUB. AND PROTESTS HAVE CONTINUED IN NEW ZEALAND OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH HUNDREDS GATHERING OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TODAY. THERE WERE CALLS FOR PEACE WITH SIGNS FROM JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS, AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE SIX-MONTH WAR CONTINUES TO CLIMB. WELLINGTON MAYOR TORY WHANAU TOLD THE CROWD THE SITUATION FOR THE NEARLY 2 MILLION CIVILIANS IN GAZA IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND CALLED FOR ACTION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THERE MUST BE AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE THE CROWD LEFT SIGNS ON THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S TIGHTENING VISA RULES FOR LOW-SKILLED WORKERS AS THE COALITION LOOKS TO TAMP DOWN ON SOARING MIGRATION. UNDER THE NEW POLICIES, MIGRANTS WOULD NEED TO SECURE HIGHER RATINGS ON ENGLISH TESTS AND MOST ACCREDITED EMPLOYER WORK VISA APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE TO MEET MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIREMENTS. IMMIGRATION MINISTER ERICA STANFORD SAID NEW ZEALAND'S NET MIGRATION NUMBERS WERE 'UNSUSTAINABLE', HITTING A RECORD 133,800 IN THE YEAR TO JANUARY. AN INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED INTO RURAL BANK LENDING PRACTICES. THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION SELECT COMMITTEE SAYS IT WILL LOOK INTO FARMERS' CLAIMS OF A DISPARITY IN WHAT THEY PAY COMPARED WITH URBAN BORROWERS. KAYSHA BROWNLIE HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S JUST OVER A WEEK SINCE DROUGHT WAS DECLARED FOR HOROWHENUA FARMERS, ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF FINANCIAL STRESS. IT'S TOUGH ON FARM AT THE MOMENT ` COSTS ARE HIGH, COMMODITY PRICES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND INTEREST BILLS ARE KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT AT THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE NOT GROWING A HUGE AMOUNT OF GRASS EITHER. WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT'S GOING TO END? BUDGETING IS NOTHING NEW TO FARMERS, BUT A RECENT FEDERATED FARMERS SURVEY REVEALED CONFIDENCE IN THEIR BANKS HAS SLUMPED TO A RECORD LOW. A QUARTER OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY'VE COME UNDER UNDUE PRESSURE FROM THEIR BANK. WE WANT TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THE INTEREST RATES THAT FARMERS ARE PAYING. ON AVERAGE, THEY'RE 1% TO 2% HIGHER THAN RESIDENTIAL BORROWERS, WHICH WE REALLY QUESTION THE FAIRNESS OF. FARMERS SAY THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S MARKET STUDY INTO PERSONAL BANKING SERVICES. SO MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT PERSONAL BANKING IS FACING, FARMERS ARE FACING TOO, PLUS A FEW MORE AS WELL. THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION SELECT COMMITTEE HAS NOW LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO RURAL BANKING. THIS HAS BECOME TOPICAL CONVERSATION, AND I` AND I STRESS THE POINT, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIND OUT THE VALIDITY OF SAID, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE DOING ITS WORK AND HEARING MORE FROM THEM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BANKING IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND. JUST TWO BANKS RESPONDED TO NEWSHUB'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT. ANZ SAID IT WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT BANKING, WHILE RABOBANK SAID IT'S SUPPORTIVE OF ANY PROCESS THAT IMPROVES THE TRANSPARENCY OF AGRIBUSINESS LENDING. RABOBANK ALSO SAID: SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AS FARMERS HOPE FOR GREENER PASTURES. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN PUBLIC RUBBISH BINS ACROSS OUR BIGGEST CITY IS ANGERING MANY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS REVEALED MORE THAN 2000 HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES. AND, AS DIANNA VEZICH REPORTS, MORE WILL BE REMOVED. A SPECTACULAR SUNDAY SCENE ` HAPPY FAMILIES, EXCITED PETS... PICTURE-PERFECT... ...ALMOST. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT WE WILL END UP SEEING MORE RUBBISH AND LITTER IN OUR RESERVES. KAIPATIKI LOCAL BOARD CHAIR JOHN GILLON BELIEVES THAT'S BECAUSE AUCKLAND COUNCIL RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WAS REMOVING AROUND A THIRD OF THE CITY'S 10,000 OR SO RUBBISH BINS. SO FAR MORE THAN 2000 HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY, AND HUNDREDS MORE ARE SET TO GO. GILLON SAYS THE REMAINING BINS CAN'T COPE. WHEN THE COUNCIL INITIALLY REVEALED ITS PLANS, A SPOKESPERSON AT THE TIME SAID: THE COUNCIL BELIEVES HAVING FEWER BINS WILL SAVE IT MORE THAN $1.3M A YEAR. WELL, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL TO FUND, AND IT'S EFFECTIVELY... IT'S PENNY-PINCHING. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS IT HAS: AND OF COURSE, THERE'S DEFINITELY ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE YOU DESPERATELY WANT A RUBBISH BIN... RUBBISH BIN! JUST SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT FORGET ` IT'S IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THEN IT STINKS... OH, NAH. NOT FOR ME. (LAUGHS) SOMETIMES I HAVE TO CARRY IT HOME. (LAUGHS) IN 2016, MORE THAN 190,000 TONS OF RUBBISH WAS COLLECTED BY KEEP NEW ZEALAND BEAUTIFUL VOLUNTEERS. THE ORGANISATION'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS REMOVING BINS COULD MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE. I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN QUITE A BIT OF DOG POO BAGS THROWN IN THE BUSH, SO IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PICK IT UP MAYBE IN FRONT OF SOME PLACE THAT THEY CAN BE SEEN, BUT THEN THEY DISCARDED IT IRRESPONSIBLY. THE MESSAGE IS ` WALK TO ANOTHER NEARBY BIN, AND IF THERE'S NOT ONE AROUND ` WELL, BE A TIDY KIWI. DIANNA VEZICH, NEWSHUB. DUNEDIN'S FASHION WEEK HAS RETURNED ` ALBEIT WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOK. THE RAILWAY SHOW WILL NOW ONLY HAPPEN EVERY SECOND YEAR, SO THIS YEAR'S FOUR-DAY FESTIVAL MOVES TO THE CITY'S MAIN STREET. AS GRACE THOMAS REPORTS, IT'S HOPED IT'LL HELP DESIGNERS GET OFF STRUGGLE STREET. ETHAN CRUISE HAS BEEN A FASHION DESIGNER FOR JUST OVER THREE YEARS. I THINK MY STYLE AND DESIGN SORT OF REFLECTS, LIKE, A GRUNGY SORT OF STREETWEAR AESTHETIC. I LOVE THE FINER DETAILS, SO THAT'S WHERE I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME WITH MY DESIGN PRACTICE. BUT IT CAN BE A TRICKY INDUSTRY TO GET INTO. TO HAVE A STORE WOULD BE LIKE THE DREAM END GOAL, FOR SURE. IT'S DEFINITELY PRETTY DAUNTING AT THIS POINT IN, YOU KNOW, TIME. THAT'S WHY EVENTS LIKE THE ID DUNEDIN FASHION FESTIVAL, WHICH HAS SUPPORTED THE UP-AND- COMERS IN THE INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. BUT IT'S FEELING THE PINCH TOO. LAST YEAR WE MADE THE CALL TO RUN THE RAILWAY STATION SHOW EVERY TWO YEARS, AND SO THE FASHION FESTIVAL IS NEW FOR ID AND IT'S A SMALLER EVENT, A FOUR-DAY FESTIVAL. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THIS YEAR WAS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE RETAILERS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING THE CATWALK ON GEORGE STREET. CONSTRUCTION WORK TO REVAMP DUNEDIN'S MAIN STREET PUT ON HOLD TO MAKE WAY FOR SOME OF OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST DESIGNERS ` WHICH PROVED TO BE A HIT WITH LOCALS. I LIKE THE INTERACTION OF THE FASHION STUFF AND PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAY, JUST CASUALLY MEETING EACH OTHER. IT'S JUST REALLY FANTASTIC, AND LOVING ALL THE` ALL THE CLOTHES. IT'S PRETTY COOL, EH, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GATHERED AROUND. YEAH, REALLY COOL. YEAH, IT'S REALLY GOOD. IT'S HOPED SOME OF THIS SUPPORT WILL TRANSLATE INTO BUYING ` RETAILERS ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER TOUGH YEAR AHEAD. STATS NZ SAYS CONSUMER SPENDING IS CONTINUING TO DROP. BUT VETERANS OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY STILL HAVE HOPE. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW, WE'RE JUST RECOGNISING IT WILL GO UP. YOU KNOW, THAT` PEOPLE STILL LOVE CLOTHES AND DRESSING UP. AND DON'T WORRY, FASHION LOVERS ` THE CATWALK'S BACK ON TRACK TO TAKE OVER DUNEDIN RAILWAY STATION NEXT YEAR. GRACE THOMAS, NEWSHUB. MIKE'S IN NOW, AND THAT FESTIVAL GOT THE TIMING RIGHT WITH THE WEATHER, MIKE? BEAUTIFUL IN DUNEDIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WITH BLUE SKIES, AS SEEN HERE ` THANKS, DAVID ` THAT WAS THE CASE ON THE WEST COAST AND ALSO A STUNNER IN CENTRAL OTAGO. TAUMARUNUI SHARED THE DAY'S HIGH OF 22 WITH KAWERAU AND KAITAIA. WHITIANGA HAD THE MOST RAIN. TOMORROW'S LOOKING GOOD FOR MOST, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME WATCHES OUT FOR WIND AND RAIN. AND I'LL HAVE ALL THOSE DETAILS AFTER SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. MOUNT ETNA AND ITS HALO ` SEE HOW THE SICILIAN VOLCANO IS BLOWING OUT SMOKE RINGS. THE MOMENT THAT LAUNCHED A SWEDISH SUPERGROUP ` WE MARK 50 YEARS SINCE ABBA'S EUROVISION SUCCESS. AND SHE'S KNITTING ROYALTY, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH HER CREATIONS? HASTINGS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT WHERE A ROCK WAS THROWN THROUGH A BUS WINDOW. POLICE SAY THE ROCK NARROWLY MISSED THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER IN THE BUS, AND SMASHED THE WINDSCREEN. THE BUS WAS CARRYING TEENAGERS ALONG WILLOWBANK AVENUE WHEN THE 10cm ROCK HIT THE BUS. POLICE SAY THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NO MALICIOUS INTENT, BUT WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. TWO RUSSIAN STRIKES ON UKRAINE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY HAVE KILLED AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE. THE NATIONAL POLICE SAY THE DRONE ATTACK IN KHARKIV HIT A BLOCK OF FLATS, A KINDERGARTEN AND A CAFE. THE NORTHEASTERN CITY IS A FREQUENT RUSSIAN TARGET WITH ATTACKS INTENSIFYING IN RECENT WEEKS. THE DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING THAT'S LEANING PRECARIOUSLY AFTER TAIWAN'S EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN HALTED BECAUSE OF AFTERSHOCKS. EVACUEES SAY THEY WERE SCARED TO GO HOME AFTER COLLAPSED BUILDINGS HAVE LEFT MANY PLACES UNSAFE TO LIVE IN. 13 PEOPLE ARE NOW KNOWN TO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF WEDNESDAY'S QUAKE. SICILIANS ARE USED TO SPECTACULAR SIGHTS ERUPTING FROM THEIR ISLAND'S WORLD-FAMOUS VOLCANO, BUT NOW MOUNT ETNA HAS SURPASSED HERSELF, CREATING EXTRAORDINARY SMOKE RINGS FLOATING INTO THE SKY, MADE ALL THE MORE BREATHTAKING WHEN THEY'RE BACKLIT BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SUN. ITV'S NICK SMITH REPORTS. GOLDEN HALOES DRIFTING ACROSS THE SKY AT GOLDEN HOUR ` IT MAY LOOK FANTASTICAL, EVEN SUPERNATURAL, BUT THESE SMOKE RINGS, RISING MORE THAN 11,000FT FROM MOUNT ETNA IN SICILY, ARE AN ENTIRELY NATURAL PHENOMENON. EUROPE'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO HAS BEEN SPOTTED EMITTING THEM OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS NOW. WHILE SMOKE RINGS HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED IN VOLCANOES WORLDWIDE, MULTIPLE DISPLAYS LIKE THESE AT ETNA ARE EXTREMELY RARE, AND THEIR FORMATION WAS A MYSTERY UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. LEADING VOLCANOLOGISTS SAY THEY NOW HAVE AN EXPLANATION. I'M NOT SURE IT'S A PORTENT FOR ANYTHING PARTICULARLY SERIOUS, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT THE VOLCANO'S GEOMETRY AND DEGASSING IS IN A BIT OF A SWEET SPOT. WHAT YOU TEND TO SEE AT MOST VOLCANOES IS JUST A PUFF OF GAS, BUT BECAUSE ETNA GEOMETRY IS SUCH THAT IT PRODUCES THESE SORT OF CIRCULAR VENTS OF A CERTAIN SIZE, TYPICALLY TENS OF METRES, OCCASIONALLY YOU GET GAS PUSHED OUT IN A WAY THAT FORMS A SMOKE RING. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE GAS IS SORT OF PUSHED OUT THROUGH A RING, AND THE REASON THEY PERSIST IS BECAUSE A VORTEX IS SET UP SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM. THE INDIVIDUAL RINGS SPIN, AND THAT'S WHAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER AND KEEPS THEM IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A FEW MINUTES. MOUNT ETNA HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN MEDITERRANEAN MYTHOLOGY FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, AND NOW THIS PHENOMENON HAS EARNED IT A NEW NICKNAME AMONG SICILIANS ` THE LADY OF THE RINGS. ABBA FANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE CELEBRATING THE MOMENT THE SWEDISH BAND WAS CATAPULTED TO STARDOM. IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT THEY PERFORMED 'WATERLOO' AT THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST ` AND WON. ITV'S ALEX ISZATT HAS MORE. # MY, MY. # AT WATERLOO, NAPOLEON DID SURRENDER... 50 YEARS AGO, THE WORLD FIRST HEARD 'WATERLOO'. TAKING TO THE EUROVISION STAGE IN BRIGHTON, THE THEN UNKNOWN SWEDISH GROUP ABBA WON THE COMPETITION AND A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS. (CHOIR SINGS 'WATERLOO') WITH SUCH AN ICONIC TRACK, OF COURSE, THE LONDON STATION THAT SHARES ITS NAME WAS GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND HAVE ITS OWN ABBA MAKEOVER. YEAH, I'M A BIG FAN OF EUROVISION, RIGHT? AND I'M LIKE, IT WAS HERE, YOU KNOW, ABBA WON IT HERE. AND SO BEING ABLE TO DO THIS HERE AND CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF AN ICONIC SONG IS THE BEST THING. IT'S NICE TO SEE THE STATION SINGING AS WELL. CAME ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA HERE TODAY. I ARRIVED AT 7AM THIS MORNING JUST TO BE HERE TODAY. YOU FORGET ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU LISTEN TO AN ABBA SONG. ABBA WAS THRUST INTO THE GLOBAL LIMELIGHT IN 1974, AND THEY'VE NEVER LOOKED BACK. WINNING THE EUROVISION IN BRIGHTON, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT WAS SUCH A DEFINING MOMENT ` FROM NO ONE KNOWING THAT THERE'S A BAND IN SWEDEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF EUROPE AT LEAST, KNEW ABOUT IT ` EVEN IN THE U.S., AND ALL AROUND. # MAMMA MIA, # HERE I GO AGAIN... DOZENS OF ICONIC SONGS HAVE FOLLOWED... # THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE AIR THAT NIGHT, # THE STARS WERE BRIGHT, FERNANDO... ...A SHOW BASED ON THEIR MUSIC... # DIGGIN' THE DANCING QUEEN... ...AND EVEN A COMEBACK ALBUM WHERE THE BAND PERFORMED AS YOUNGER VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES THANKS TO TECH WIZARDRY. # WATERLOO... IT'S CLEAR THE BAND IS AS POPULAR AS EVER, AND FANS JUST WANT TO SAY.... # THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, # THE SONGS I'M SINGING, STILL TO COME ` SHE'S KNITTED SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS CASTLES, BUT NOW HER CREATIONS NEED A NEW HOME. COMING UP ON SUPER SPORT SUNDAY ` ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN RUGBY LEAGUE, BILLY SLATER, EXPLAINS WHY HE BELIEVES THE WARRIORS CAN GO ALL THE WAY AND CLAIM A MAIDEN NRL TITLE AFTER WATCHING THEM DESTROY THE RABBITOHS IN SYDNEY. AND SEALED WITH A SIX ` SOPHIE DEVINE BLASTS AN UNBEATEN CENTURY TO WRAP UP A MORALE-BOOSTING WIN FOR THE WHITE FERNS. Shopping duty again? I'm earning more than just brownie points. (BEEP!) And they're adding up! VOICEOVER: Scan your Clubcard to save with Club Deals, earn rewards and much more. You've earned this one. Find your wonderful. New World. A VERY GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. WELL, WARRIORS FANS ALWAYS BELIEVE THIS YEAR IS 'OUR YEAR', BUT THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE PARK HAS CONVINCED ONE OF THE GAME'S ALL-TIME GREATS THE TEAM CAN GO ALL THE WAY IN 2024. QUEENSLAND AND KANGAROOS LEGEND BILLY SLATER SAYS HE BELIEVES THE WARRIORS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CLAIM A MAIDEN NRL TITLE, AFTER WATCHING THEM DESTROY THE RABBITOHS BY 34 POINTS TO 4. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ONE OF THE TEAM'S KEY PLAYERS IS NOW BEING TOUTED FOR STATE OF ORIGIN SELECTION. HERE'S ALEX CHAPMAN. THREE CONSECUTIVE WINS, A STRONG PERFORMANCE AT BOTH ENDS ` WITHOUT DOUBT THEIR BEST GAME OF THE SEASON. YEP, LIFE'S PRETTY GOOD FOR THE WARRIORS RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE LOVES THE WARRIORS, BECAUSE IF THE WARRIORS MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE GRAND FINAL IT'LL BE A HUGE OCCASION, AND I THINK THEY CAN. I THINK THEY CAN WIN THE CUP. GAME 200 FOR ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK CELEBRATED IN STYLE, I THINK THEY CAN WIN THE COMP. GAME 200 FOR ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK CELEBRATED IN STYLE, AS SHAUN JOHNSON ONCE AGAIN STARRED OFF THE BACK OF A DOMINANT PACK PERFORMANCE, WHILE THEY FORCED THE RABBITOHS TO COMPLETE AT JUST 60%. BUT IF THE KANGAROOS COACH GETS HIS WAY, THERE COULD BE HIGHER HONOURS TO COME THERE COULD BE HIGHER HONOURS TO COME FOR ONE OF THEIR MORE UNDERSTATED PLAYERS. I THINK WAYDE EGAN IS A SMOKY FOR MAYBE NEW SOUTH WALES, I THINK HE'S GOING THAT WELL, I THINK HE HAS TO BE PUT IN THE PICTURE, YOU KNOW, AROUND WHEN THEY START PICKING A NEW SOUTH WALES SIDE. WAYDE EGAN'S SKIPPER LESS KEEN. THE NEXT STEP, HE'S GOTTA` WHISPERS: THE KIWIS. HE'S NOT PLAYING FOR THE KIWIS. THE NEXT STEP'S IS ORIGIN FOR SURE. AND WHILE EGAN COULD SOON BE PLACED IN BLUE, BUNNIES FULLBACK LATRELL MITCHELL WAS PLACED ON REPORT... TWICE. THEY'RE BOTH JUST STUPID THINGS. THEY'RE JUST... JUST GOTTA BE BETTER. SIMPLE AS THAT. ANDREW WEBSTER MORE DIPLOMATIC. I GOT NO COMMENT AROUND IT. I'LL STRAIGHT-BAT THAT ONE. MITCHELL SET FOR AT LEAST THREE GAMES ON THE SIDELINE, WHILE THE WARRIORS CAN NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO MAKING IT FOUR IN A ROW. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX MAY HAVE FALLEN FROM THE A-LEAGUE SUMMIT, BUT THEY'RE DETERMINED TO RECLAIM TOP SPOT FROM CENTRAL COAST. LAST NIGHT'S HEARTBREAKING LATE 2-1 DEFEAT TO THE MARINERS SAW THE NIX SURRENDER THE COMPETITION LEAD TO THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. BUT AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, THEY'VE QUICKLY TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO GETTING BACK TO THE TOP IN THE FINAL THREE MATCHES OF THE REGULAR SEASON. WITH JUST FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, THE PHOENIX HAD SEEMINGLY EARNED A DRAW TO KEEP THEM TOP... STILL GOING... DOKA! OH, HE'S DONE IT! THE BRAZILIAN! THAT STRIKE SEEING CENTRAL COAST LEAPFROG THE PHOENIX TO FIRST, THANKS TO COUNTBACK. GUTTED THAT IT'S THE LAST MINUTE. I'D RATHER THEM SCORE EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, AND IT TAKES THE PAIN AWAY. THE TOP-OF-THE-TABLE ENCOUNTER PRODUCED A TENSE AND GOALLESS FIRST 45 MINUTES. DESPERATE SAVE. BUT 16 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, THE HOSTS CHANGED THE COMPLEXION OF THE MATCH AND THE SEASON. OH, THAT'S A GOOD BALL... FOR ROUX, THE CUTBACK ` THE HEADER, TORRES, WITH THE BLONDE HAIR! BUT THE PHOENIX HIT STRAIGHT BACK... OH, THERE IT IS... BEN OLD! THE 1-ALL FULLTIME SCORELINE WOULD'VE BEEN ENOUGH TO KEEP WELLINGTON TOP. BUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS STRUCK GOLD IN EXTRA TIME... I THOUGHT WE DEFENDED TOP OF THE BOX PRETTY POORLY FOR THAT LAST GOAL, SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED. ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST, WITH THREE REGULAR SEASON GAMES LEFT, WHERE THEY COULD RE-TAKE THE LEAGUE LEAD. BUT THE CHALLENGE BARELY GETS EASIER, WITH A VISIT FROM THIRD-PLACE MELBOURNE VICTORY ON FRIDAY. IN TERMS OF, LIKE, WINNING THE PREMIER PLATE NOW, WE STILL HAVE THREE GAMES, THEY HAVE TO WIN ALL THREE, THEY HAVE A BUSY ROAD TRIP AND WE'VE GOT TOUGH GAME AGAINST VICTORY NOW, AND WE'VE GOT A TOUGH GAME AGAINST VICTORY NOW, BUT IF WE DON'T BEAT THEM, THEN THERE'S NO USE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND THEY'LL HOPE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN THAT GAME. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. A SOPHIE DEVINE CENTURY HAS HELPED THE WHITE FERNS RESTORE CONFIDENCE, LEADING HER SIDE TO A 7-WICKET WIN OVER ENGLAND IN THEIR FINAL ODI THIS AFTERNOON. THE VISITORS ELECTED TO BAT FIRST AND STRUGGLED TO PIECE TOGETHER A SOLID PARTNERSHIP. HANNAH ROWE AND JESS KERR BOTH SNARED THREE WICKETS EACH, WITH THE VISITORS BEING DISMISSED FOR 194. GOT HER! STRAIGHT THROUGH, JESS KERR WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH. CATCH, AND TAKEN! WELL, DESPITE THE FERNS LOSING BOTH THEIR OPENERS QUICKLY, MELIE KERR AND DEVINE GOT NEW ZEALAND'S CHASE BACK ON TRACK, THE CAPTAIN SMASHING 11 BOUNDARIES IN TOTAL AND REACHED HER CENTURY WITH THE WINNING RUNS. AND THAT'LL DO IT! DEVINE GOES BANG! DEVINE GOES BANG! UP AND OVER THE TOP. YOU KNOW IT WAS SET UP BY THE BOWLERS FANTASTIC EFFORT TO KEEP THEM UNDER 200, AND THEN TO CHASE IT DOWN IN THAT WAY WITH OVERS TO SPARE AND WICKETS IN HAND ` I GUESS IT JUST SHOWS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ON THE RIGHT PATH. ENGLAND CLAIMED THE SERIES 2-1 WITH THE WHITE FERNS NEXT IN ACTION IN A RETURN TOUR TO ENGLAND IN JUNE AND JULY. CLAYTON MCMILLAN IS PRAISING HIS SIDE'S GROWTH AND MATURITY AFTER PILING ON THE POINTS IN A RECORD 68-12 WIN OVER MOANA PASIFIKA ` THEIR BIGGEST MARGIN IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE CHIEFS WERE HARDLY TROUBLED AT HOME, RUNNING IN A WHOPPING 10 TRIES AS THEY CRUISED TO VICTORY. DESPITE THE RESULT NEVER LOOKING IN DANGER, MCMILLAN IS PLEASED WITH THE WAY HIS SIDE FINISHED THE JOB, OUR PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN LARGELY MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE MATCHED WITH SOME ORDINARY STUFF, SO THIS IS A GAME THAT COULD HAVE GONE PEAR-SHAPED BEFORE YOU GOT LOOSE, ILL DISCIPLINED AND HAD TO GET BACK IN THE GAME. THE CHIEFS WILL NEED TO PRODUCE A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE NEXT WEEK IF THEY'RE TO MAKE IT TWO IN A ROW, TRAVELLING TO WELLINGTON TO FACE THE UNBEATEN HURRICANES. THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS HAVE KEPT THE POSSIBILITY OF A KIWI DOUBLE AT THE HONG KONG SEVENS ALIVE WITH A 26-7 OVER AUSTRALIA IN THE SEMI-FINAL. NEW ZEALAND TOOK LESS THAN A MINUTE TO OPEN THE SCORING WITH TUPAEA COOK-SAVAGE THEN EXTENDING THE LEAD ON THE BRINK OF HALF-TIME. CODY VAI THEN POUNCED ON AN AUSTRALIA MISTAKE TO GIVE THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS THEIR THIRD OF THE AFTERNOON. THE BALL LOOSE, IT IS PLAY ON. CODY VAI SCORES FOR NEW ZEALAND. THEY EXTEND THEIR LEAD IN THE CUP SEMI-FINAL. EARLIER, THE BLACK FERN SEVENS BOOKED THEIR PLACE IN THE FINAL WITH A 28-14 WIN OVER AUSTRALIA. PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE GAVE NEW ZEALAND THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE GAME AT THE START OF THE SECOND, BEFORE JORJA MILLER SEALED VICTORY. TO FINISH IT OFF IN FINE STYLE, JORJA MILLER COMES TO THE SHOW ON THE BIG GAMES AS SHE PUTS NEW ZEALAND THROUGH TO ANOTHER CUP FINAL. THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS WILL PLAY THE UNITED STATES IN THE FINAL LATER TONIGHT. UNDER-PRESSURE FORMULA 1 DRIVER DANIEL RICCARDO HAS MADE THE WORST POSSIBLE START TO THE JAPAN GRAND PRIX. THE RACING BULLS DRIVER SPUN OUT EARLY INTO THE FIRST LAP AT SUZUKA, TAKING ALEX ALBON WITH HIM AND RULING THEM BOTH OUT OF THE RACE. WHEN THE GRAND PRIX RESUMED, POLE SITTER MAX VERSTAPPEN LOST HIS LEAD. THERE ARE 15 LAPS REMAINING. IT'S BEEN A WILD 15 MONTHS FOR KIWI ROWER JORDAN PARRY, AND THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE TOKYO OLYMPIAN BROKE HIS ANKLE IN THREE PLACES EARLY LAST YEAR, BEFORE LOSING HIS SINGLES SEAT DURING HIS REHAB. BUT NOW IN A NEW BOAT, WITH A NEW CREWMATE, IT'S GIVEN HIM A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE. HE SAT DOWN WITH ALEX CHAPMAN. EVEN ON THE COLD KARAPIRO MORNINGS, JORDAN PARRY'S JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY ROWING CAREER. BECAUSE WHEN YOU FALL OFF YOUR MOTORBIKE AND BREAK YOUR ANKLE IN THREE PLACES, YOU HAVE DOUBTS. WILL YOU EVER BE 100% AGAIN? THEY TOLD ME I WON'T BE, AND THAT I'LL HAVE THE ARTHRITIS AND ALL OF THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I HATE HEARING THAT. I'M LIKE, 'CAN WE NOT?' MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THE ACCIDENT, THE TOKYO OLYMPIAN STILL HAS PLATES IN HIS LEG. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS REHAB, THE NEWS HE'D BE REPLACED BY TOM MACKINTOSH IN THE SINGLE SCULL. ARE YOU AT PEACE YOU WON'T BE IN THE SINGLE? NOT REALLY. (CHUCKLES) I'LL BE HONEST. BUT PARRY WAS DETERMINED TO GET BACK, EVEN IF THAT MEANT CHANGING BOATS. I REALLY ADOPTED AN ATTITUDE OF, LIKE, 'THIS IS THE CARD THAT WE'VE DRAWN, 'SO I'LL JUST TAKE IT, LIKE, CHUNK BY CHUNK.' IRONICALLY HE'S NOW TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER FORMER SINGLE SCULLER WHO'S BATTLED HIS OWN SINGLE SELECTION SAGA ` ROBBIE MANSON. COMING TOGETHER HAS MADE US QUITE A BIT STRONGER, I THINK. GOING THROUGH SOME TRIALS OF OUR OWN AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER, I THINK, IS PRETTY NICE. AND YET DESPITE ALL OF THOSE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS... I THINK I'M THE HAPPIEST I'VE BEEN, ACTUALLY. ISN'T THAT CRAZY TO THINK, THAT AFTER EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, THOUGH? YEAH, IT'S FUNNY, EH. YEAH. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT, THOUGH. YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. STILL TO COME ON SUPER SPORT SUNDAY ... MANCHESTER CITY'S KEVIN DE BRUYNE LIGHTS UP THE EPL TITLE RACE WITH A WONDERSTRIKE AS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PILE THE PRESSURE ON THE LEAGUE LEADERS. AND SOME ATHLETES WERE MILES OFF TARGET.... WHILE OTHERS SIMPLY COULD NOT MISS... IN OUR SPORTING MOMENTS OF THE WEEK. AND LATER IN NEWS, HERE'S A WOOLLY ONE ` WHY KNITTING ROYALTY'S HAVING TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR HER CREATIONS. NEW ZEALAND'S BEST PINBALL PLAYER, DANNI PECK. WE HAVE 120 PINBALL MACHINES AT HOME. THE ELECTRICITY BILL MUST BE HUGE. (LAUGHTER) PLUGGING 120 PINBALL MACHINES IN. DEFINITELY PEAKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE GOT THEM ALL RUNNING AT ONCE. WELCOME BACK. THE RACE FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IS REALLY STARTING TO HEAT UP, WITH JUST ONE POINT SEPARATING THREE TEAMS AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. ARSENAL HAVE MOVED TO THE SUMMIT, THANKS TO A STRONG PERFORMANCE AT BRIGHTON. A FIRST-HALF PENALTY FROM BUKAYO SAKA AND FURTHER GOALS AFTER THE BREAK FROM KAI HAVERTZ AND LEANDRO TROSSARD SEALED A 3-0 WIN. RETURNS IT IN FOR TWO. THIS WOULD BE A HORRIBLE END TO THE DAY FOR BRIGHTON. AND SO IT COMES TO PASS. ELSEWHERE, MANCHESTER CITY FELL BEHIND EARLY AT CRYSTAL PALACE BUT FOUGHT BACK IN DECISIVE FASHION. A SENSATIONAL STRIKE FROM KEVIN DE BRUYNE GOT THEM BACK ON TERMS AND ANOTHER AFTER THE BREAK SAW HIM NOTCH A CENTURY FOR CITY. DEBRUYNE HITS 100 FOR MANCHESTER CITY! 4-2 THE FINAL SCORE ` CITY ARE JUST A POINT BEHIND ARSENAL AND LEVEL WITH LIVERPOOL, WHO CAN JUMP TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE IF THEY BEAT MANCHESTER UNITED TOMORROW MORNING. WELLINGTON PHOENIX WUNDERKID MACEY FRASER HAS ENJOYED A RAPID RISE THROUGH THE FOOTBALLING RANKS. JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SHE WAS A NIX ACADEMY PLAYER. SINCE THEN, SHE'S SIGNED A FULL-TIME CONTRACT, WOWED THE A LEAGUE WITH HER LONG-RANGE GOALS, AND YESTERDAY PLAYED HER FIRST FOOTBALL FERNS MATCH ON HOME SOIL. AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS, NEXT IN HER SIGHTS ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES. IT IS A STUNNER! IT HASN'T TAKEN MACEY FRASER LONG TO STEAL FOOTBALL'S LIMELIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE FRASER! (CHEERING) WHAT A GOAL ` FROM MACEY FRASER! A STANDOUT ROOKIE SEASON FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX EARNING HER A FOOTBALL FERNS DEBUT IN YESTERDAY'S 4-0 WIN OVER THAILAND. IT WAS STILL A SHOCK WHEN I GOT THE CALL, BUT YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM AND MY GOAL. THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE ISN'T COMPLETELY NEW ` FRASER WAS A KEY PART OF THE KIWI SIDE WHICH WON BRONZE AT THE 2018 UNDER-17 WORLD CUP. NOW SHE'S MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF AS ONE OF THE BEST LONG DISTANCE STRIKERS IN THE WOMEN'S A-LEAGUE FROM RANGE THIS TIME ` MACEY FRASER! IT'S JUST WHAT SHE DOES. YEAH, I'VE DEFINITELY SPENT A LOT OF DAYS AT THE TURF, KICKING A BALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX. I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT'S A PART OF MY GAME AND I CAN BACK MYSELF FROM THE EDGE. HER FOOTBALL FERNS TEAMMATES ARE HOPEFUL THAT ABILITY CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS. IF WE CAN BE A TEAM WHICH IS RENOWNED FOR SCORING GOALS INSIDE THE SIX-YARD BOX AND ALSO FROM 20, 30 YARDS OUT, I THINK IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR TEAMS TO COMBAT OUR ATTACKS. AND WITH THE OLYMPICS LATER THIS YEAR, FRASER MAY NOT HAVE TO WAIT LONG TO SHOW HER LONG-RANGE ABILITIES ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST STAGE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES I'VE BEEN GIVEN AT PHOENIX AND NOW FERNS, AND I'M HOPING I CAN JUST KEEP GROWING AS A PLAYER AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP MAKING STEPS FORWARD. IF SHE CAN DO THAT, SHE'LL BE WOWING FANS AROUND THE WORLD IN NO TIME. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. FINALLY TONIGHT ` FROM MISHAPS AND MISCUES ON THE PGA TOUR TO OUT-AND-OUT BRILLIANCE IN THE NRL ` OLLIE RITCHIE HAS YOUR SPORTING MOMENTS OF THE WEEK. JORDAN SPIETH REALLY RODE THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE GREAT GAME OF GOLF, HOLE IN ONE, ONE DAY... HOLE IN ONE, ONE DAY... IN! INTO THE ROUGH THE NEXT, HITTING HIS APPROACH SHOT JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF THE GREEN ON TO THE ROOF OF THE CLUBHOUSE INSTEAD. OF ALL THE THINGS I EXPECTED TO SEE TODAY, DAN, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE A BALL ON TOP OF THE ROOF! WE'VE SEEN IT ALL AND NOW IT'S IN THE GUTTER. AT LEAST SPIETH MANAGED TO KEEP HIS CLUBS IN ONE PIECE, UNLIKE LUDWIG OBERG. UH-OH, THE HEAD CAME OFF THE DRIVER! BREAKS HIS DRIVER AND STILL MANAGES TO LAND IT ON THE GREEN. JIMMY WALKER PROVED PUTTING AS JUST AS FRUSTRATING AS A PRO AS IT IS FOR A HACKER. OH. WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE. A SLIGHT MISHAP FOR WALKER, POSSIBLY NOT AS EMBARRASSING AS NATHAN SMITH'S ATTEMPT AT A BIT OF INTIMIDATION. IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK WHEN YOU DROP THE BALL ON YOUR HEAD. BRILLIANT. THE DRAGONS HAD NO TROUBLE HOLDING ON TO THE BALL IN THE NEWCASTLE RAIN, PUTTING IN AN EARLY CONTENDER FOR TRY OF THE SEASON. THAT IS SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY. HOW ON EARTH DID ZAC LOMAX DO THAT? THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS MAY WANT TO TAKE A LEAF OUT OF THEIR BOOK. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STRAIGHTFORWARD TRY IN HONG KONG TURNED INTO AN ALL-TIME SHOCKER. I THINK IT'S SUCH A BIG GAME YOU TAKE ALL THESE POINTS ` YOU DON'T DO THIS... MOANA PASIFIKA MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE WRONG END OF THE SCOREBOARD, BUT THEY CERTAINLY GOT ONE OVER DAMIAN MCKENZIE. WELL, THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE RIB-TICKLER FOR DAMIAN MCKENZIE. BOY, OH BOY. INISI DID NOT MISS. MCKENZIE SURE TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT GINGER AFTER THAT ONE. IF YOU LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY, THAT IS THE COLLECTIVE GROAN AROUND THE COUNTRY HEARING ABOUT... I THINK DAMIEN MCKENZIE WILL BE FEELING THAT ONE INTO NEXT WEEK AT MARGARET SEAMAN IS KNOWN AS NORFOLK'S 'KNITTING QUEEN', FAMOUS FOR HER LOVINGLY KNITTED CREATIONS, INCLUDING A WOOLLEN REPLICA OF SANDRINGHAM. THE TROUBLE IS, AFTER AN EXHIBITION, MARGARET NOW HAS TO FIND A HOME FOR THEM WHERE THEY CAN BE SAVED. ITV'S FAYE BARKER REPORTS. MARGARET'S MARVELLOUS KNITTING HAS ENTHRALLED ENTHUSIASTS FOR A DECADE ` NOW SHE'S PREPARING FOR AN EXHIBITION IN NORWICH WITH ALL HER WORK TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT POSSIBLY THE LAST. THIS WILL BE VERY EMOTIONAL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALISE I'S GOT TO COME TO AN END, AND WHEN THEY WALK IN TO LOOK AT YOUR DISPLAY AND THEY STOP DEAD AND GO... (GASPS), TAKE A BREATH AND THEY STAND THERE AND THEN THE TEARS ROLL DOWN THEIR FACE, YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING GOOD. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE CRYING, THEY'RE CRYING WITH PLEASURE. (CHUCKLES) MARGARET'S FIRST WOOLLY WONDER WAS A 14FT MODEL OF GREAT YARMOUTH SEAFRONT, CRAFTED FROM HER OWN MEMORIES. KNITTING HELPED HER THROUGH HER GRIEF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND FRED IN 2013. SHE HAS SINCE TURNED HER MAGIC TO MAKING THE ROYAL ESTATE AT SANDRINGHAM, AND IN LOCKDOWN SHE SPENT WEEKS CREATING THE 'KNITTINGALE' HOSPITAL, COMPLETE WITH MINI MEDICS AND TINY PATIENTS. MORE RECENTLY, SHE'S BUILT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, ALL THE WHILE RAISING MORE THAN �120,000 FOR CHARITY AND PROVING AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS LIKE ELLEN (19), WHO CROCHETS HER FAVOURITE PEOPLE. IT IS HONESTLY SO INSPIRATIONAL THAT SHE PICKED THIS UP EVEN LATER ON IN LIFE, AND THEN HAS MADE SO MUCH OF IT. IT'S JUST` YEAH, IT'S AMAZING. BUT AT 94, MARGARET SAYS IT'S TIME SHE ALSO FOCUSES ON SMALLER PROJECTS. IT IS THE FINALE, YES, WE'LL THEN BE LOOKING FOR, HOPEFULLY FOR A NEW HOME FOR THEM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN STILL SEE THEM AND ENJOY THEM, WHETHER THEY RAISE MONEY WITH THEM OR WHATEVER THEY DO, I DON'T MIND, BUT THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN BINNING IT, IF YOU LIKE. IT SEEMS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THE ENDLESS HOURS OF WORK HERE COULD BE THROWN AWAY, SO THE SEARCH IS ON FOR NEW HOMES FOR THESE CAREFULLY CRAFTED CREATIONS. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. A VAN WITH EIGHT MEMBERS OF A HAWKE'S BAY RUGBY CLUB INSIDE WAS SHOT AT AND RAMMED AFTER A RUGBY GAME WAS ABANDONED IN HASTINGS. THE REFEREE STOPPED THE GAME IN THE 65TH MINUTE AFTER SPECTATORS WITH MACHETES INVADED THE PITCH AND REFUSED TO LEAVE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS HAVE JOINED DEMONSTRATIONS TO MARK SIX MONTHS SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACK, DEMANDING THEIR GOVERNMENT CUTS A DEAL TO GET THE REMAINING HOSTAGES BACK HOME. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN A HOUSE FIRE EMERGENCY CREWS ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN A LODGE FIRE IN THE CENTRAL AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PARNELL. THE BLAZE STARTED ABOUT 4.30 AND HAS SENT SMOKE BILLOWING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CITY. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MIKE, SOME WET AND WINDY WEATHER IS ABOUT TO HIT THE SOUTH? TOMORROW, THE HIGH THAT'S KEPT THINGS SETTLED MOVES AWAY, ALLOWING THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM TO MOVE OVER THE WEST COAST AND ALSO FIORDLAND, BRINGING SOME STRONG WINDS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THAT'S FOLLOWED BY SOME HEAVY RAIN FROM TUESDAY MORNING FOR WESTLAND ` IN FACT, IT'S A VERY CHANGEABLE WEEK. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON ` I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS NEXT. (BRIGHT PIANO MUSIC) (PHONE CHIMES) Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. SONG: # You, you've got what I need # You've got everything you need # You're like medicine... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Thank you so much. Find your wonderful. New World. KIA ORA - WELCOME BACK. A BIT DARKER ALREADY ` YES, IT TAKES A WHILE TO ADJUST. THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE GET A VERY SUNNY DAY TOMORROW, SO I'M SURE THAT WILL HELP, BUT AS THE HIGH SLIDES AWAY, A NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS, BRINGING SHOWERS TO THE NORTH FROM TUESDAY. ALSO, THIS COMPLEX TROUGH BRINGS STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT. WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND. SO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, GETS SOME CLOUD BUILDING IN THE WEST AND SOUTH TONIGHT, ALONG WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN FIORDLAND. IT'S MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. TOMORROW, THOSE SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH SPREAD TO WESTLAND. EVERYONE ELSE GETS A MAINLY FINE DAY, WITH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS STRENGTHENING. AND FOR TE IKA A MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, IT'S CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS FROM ABOUT AUCKLAND UP TO NORTHLAND, WITH EVERYONE ELSE GETTING A FINE NIGHT AND EASTERLY WINDS. TOMORROW, A FEW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT THEY DO CLEAR FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. THE LOWER HALF GETS A MAINLY FINE DAY, ALONG WITH EAST- TO NORTTHEASTERLY WINDS. LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK NOW ` HAMILTON GETS A FINE START TO THE WEEK, BUT EVERYONE STARTS OFF WITH A LITTLE CLOUD IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR WHITIANGA, AUCKLAND, AND KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, A SUNNY START TO THE WEEK FOR YOU BAR A LITTLE CLOUD FOR SOME ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS. A FEW SHOWERS DO ARRIVE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR TAURANGA AND ROTORUA HIGHS HERE BETWEEN 18 AND 20. INTO THE EAST AND GISBORNE GETS CLIPPED BY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. EVERYONE ELSE FROM HAWKE'S BAY DOWN TO THE WAIRARAPA REGION GETS A FINE DAY AFTER SOME MORNING CLOUD AND IT'S A FINE START TO THE WEEK FOR EVERYONE. WHANGANUI SOUTH, TAUMARUNUI AND NEW PLYMOUTH YOU MAY GET A FEW SHOWERS WITH THAT PESKY CLOUD HANGING AROUND. HIGHS HERE BETWEEN 18 AND 23, OK, TIME TO GET ON A FERRY ` LET'S CROSS THE STRAIGHT. NELSON GETS A FINE DAY WITH CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON - OVERCAST SKIES AND SHOWERS DEVELOP FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH LATE IN THE DAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILLL PICK UP AS WELL. IN THE EAST, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA GET A SUNNY MONDAY, CLOUD DOMINATES THE MORNING ELSEWHERE WITH DRIZZLE POTENTIALLY IN TIMARU AND ASHBURTON. THE SUN'S OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, NOT BAD, ACTUALLY. DUNEDIN COULD SEE SOME DRIZZLE, BUT IT DOES FINE UP DURING THE DAY FOR EVERYONE, AHEAD OF SOME STRONGER WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. AROUND THE COAST WITH CLOUD ELSEWHERE HELLO DUNEDIN ` SOME DRIZZLE ABOUT TOMORROW AROUND THE COAST WITH CLOUD ELSEWHERE BUT IT DOES FINE UP FOR A SUNNY AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLIES BECOME FRESH THEN TURN NORTHWESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ALSO STARTING OFF WITH SOME CLOUD. THEN IT'S A SUNNY AFTERNOON WITH NORTHEASTERLIES 20 IS THE HIGH BUT ADD THE WIND AND IT FEELS LIKE 16. THAT PATTERN OF CLOUD IN THE MORNING THEN SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES FOR WELLINGTON. EXPECT A HIGH OF 18 DEGREES ALONG WITH SOME NORTHERLIES HAWKES BAY, HELLO, USUALLY DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE ELSE BUT NOT TOMORROW ` LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD WITH FINE BREAKS DURING THE DAY. TAURANGA COULD SEE THE ODD SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE IT'S CLOUDY WITH EASTERLY WINDS AND A HIGH OF 20. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ALSO HEADING FOR A HIGH OF 20 WITH THAT CLASSIC SUN SANDWICH. CLOUD IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT WITH A SUNNY FILLING. AND FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, NOT SURE WHAT THE HANDS WERE ABOUT. GRAB THE UMBRELLA, IT'S CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS NORTH OF WHANGAPARAOA. SHOWERS SPREAD SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. 21 THE HIGH. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, AND THAT WET WEATHER HEADING OUR WAY CURRENTLY BRINGING SHOWERS TO SOUTHERN AREAS. AND A TROPICAL LOW BRINGS THUNDERSTORMS TO NIUE AND RARATONGA AND A TROPICAL LOW BRINGS THUNDERSTORMS TO NIUE AND RAROTONGA IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. BACK HERE NOW, AND NORTHERN AREAS SQUEEZE ANOTHER FINE DAY OUT OF THE WEATHER TUESDAY BEFORE SHOWERS ARRIVE. TAUPO, HOWEVER, GETS SHOWERS FROM TUESDAY. THOSE IN THE NORTH WILL ALSO NOTICE THE NIGHTS A LITTLE WARM AND MUGGY. RAIN AND WIND WATCHES ARE IN FORCE FOR WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND FROM TOMORROW NIGHT AS A NEW SYSTEM ARRIVES IN THE SOUTH. THURSDAY IN PARTICULAR LOOKING A BIT COLD FOR INVERCARGILL, IN FACT POTENTIALLY SOME SNOW IN THE PASSES BY THEN ` HEATHER WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED KNOW. IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY SOME BLUE SKY TOMORROW. LIKE THIS ONE, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, WELLINGTON. GOOD WORK. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR SUNDAY ` JOIN THE AM TEAM FROM 6AM TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.