POLICE MOVE SWIFTLY TO MAKE AN ARREST IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A DELIBERATE HIT-AND-RUN IN WAIKATO. JUST "DON'T" ` BIDEN'S WARNING TO IRAN AS THREATS OF AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL GROW LOUDER. KIWI MIGRAINE SUFFERERS WANT TO FAST-TRACK THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW DRUG THAT'S BEING CALLED A WONDER DRUG. AND THE STATE OF OUR ROADS ` NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL ONE-THIRD OF THEM ARE OVERDUE FOR RENEWAL AND REPAIR. CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST AFTER WHAT THEY ALLEGE WAS THE DELIBERATE 'MOWING DOWN' OF A WAIKATO 15-YEAR-OLD. A MAN (28) APPEARED IN COURT TODAY FOLLOWING THE WEDNESDAY INCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED AS THE TEEN WALKED TO THE BUS AFTER VISITING HIS GRANDMOTHER NEAR NGARUAWAHIA. KAREN RUTHERFORD JOINS US NOW. AND KAREN, POLICE AREN'T RULING OUT FURTHER ARRESTS? SUDDENLY NOT LAURA KAREN, HOW IS THE VICTIM DOING? IS HE STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE?THEY BUT THIS PERTAINS TO AN INCIDENT WALKING ALONG THE ROAD LEAVING HER TO CATCH THE BUS HOME WHEN HE WAS HIT HTI THE YOUNG MAN, NOT ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES. DRAGGED HIM UNDER A FENCE POLICE FOUND THAT ABANDONED VEHICLE ON THURSDAY AND ARE URGING ANYONE WITH DASCHAM FOOTAGE TO SHARE IT WITH THEM KAREN, HOW IS THE VICTIM DOING? IS HE STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE? MULTIPLE INTERNAL ORGANS DAMAGED HIS FATHER SAID HE CAME OFF THE BREATHING MACHINE AND WAS BREATHING ON HIS OWN POLICE WANT JUSTICE FOR THE BOY CHANGES TO THE SUGAR CONTENT IN 'SPRITE' AND 'FANTA' ARE CAUSING UPSET IN AUSTRALIA AFTER MANUFACTURER COCA-COLA LOWERED THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR IN THE DRINKS BUT THEN RAISED IT AGAIN. BOTH OF THE BEVERAGES HAVE EVEN MORE SUGAR HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, AND THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN. ALICE WILKINS REPORTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED THE FINER DETAILS ON THE BACK OF YOUR CAN OF SPRITE RECENTLY, WE'VE DONE IT FOR YOU. AND THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION... ISN'T IMPRESSED. THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR TO BE PACKED INTO ONE CAN OF SPRITE. THE MUCH-LOVED LEMONADE FIZZY DRINK IS CAUSING SOME UPSET IN AUSTRALIA AFTER ITS MANUFACTURER COCA-COLA SIGNED UP TO A PLEDGE BY THE AUSTRALIAN BEVERAGES COUNCIL TO REDUCE THE SUGAR IN DRINKS BY 2025. COCA-COLA DID, DROPPING AUSTRALIAN SPRITE'S SUGAR CONTENT TO 4.9g PER 100ml IN 2021, BUT THEN IT LATER INCREASED IT AGAIN, TO 6.9. IT WAS THE SAME FOR ANOTHER OF ITS DRINKS, FANTA ORANGE. INITIALLY DROPPING THE SUGAR TO 4.5g PER 100ml IN 2021, THEN LIFTING IT BACK UP TO 7.2. AND THAT'S THE SUGAR CONTENT IN THE AUSSIE VERSION OF THOSE BEVERAGES, BECAUSE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THE SUGAR CONTENT IS ACTUALLY HIGHER. CURRENTLY 7.9g AND 9.9g PER 100ml. COCA-COLA SAYS IT OFFERS DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT MARKETS BASED ON CONSUMER TASTE PREFERENCES. IT SAYS, IN NEW ZEALAND, IT'S REDUCED THE SUGAR IN FANTA ORANGE BY MORE THAN 35%, AND IT REMAINS COMMITTED TO REDUCING SUGAR ACROSS ITS RANGE, DEVELOPING NEW 'LOW' AND 'ZERO' SUGAR PRODUCTS. COCA-COLA WOULD LIKE TO PUT THE ONUS ON THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT WHAT THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR IS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO BE CHANGED. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CHANGE OUR UNHEALTHY BEHAVIOUR IF WE LIVE IN AN UNHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. DR ROB BEAGLEHOLE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT SOME KIND OF REGULATION IN PLACE, LIKE TAXING SUGARY DRINKS, AND HE WANTS THEM TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. BUT FOR NOW, MONITORING SUGAR INTAKE IS SOMETHING CONSUMERS WILL HAVE TO DO. ALICE WILKINS, NEWSHUB. ISRAEL IS ON EDGE, EXPECTING A LARGE COUNTER ATTACK FROM IRAN 'SOONER RATHER THAN LATER'. IT FOLLOWS A DEADLY AIRSTRIKE ON IRAN'S EMBASSY IN SYRIA EARLIER THIS MONTH. DEFENCE SYSTEMS WERE ABLE TO PROTECT NORTHERN ISRAEL FROM ATTACK OVERNIGHT, BUT INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS MORE IS ON THE WAY. PERRY WILTON REPORTS. THESE AREN'T FIREWORKS ` INSTEAD, ROCKETS FIRED THIS MORNING BY IRAN'S PROXIES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON ` HEZBOLLAH ` OVER CIVILIAN ISRAELI NEIGHBOURHOODS. MOST WERE INTERCEPTED BY ISRAEL'S IRON DOME SYSTEM, BUT ON THE GROUND, ISRAELI FORCES ARE ON HIGH ALERT FOR MORE. THE TRIGGER FOR THE ROCKET FIRE APPEARS, IN PART, TO BE THIS ` AN ISRAELI DRONE STRIKE ON IRAN'S SYRIAN EMBASSY LAST WEEK WHICH KILLED AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING SENIOR COMMANDERS FROM THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, AN ORGANISATION LINKED TO VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES. DESPITE THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE EMBASSY BEING DEEMED ILLEGAL BY MANY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, TODAY, U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WARNED IRAN THAT A RETALIATION TO ISRAEL'S STRIKE ISN'T ADVISED. WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO IRAN IN THIS MOMENT? DON'T. OTAGO UNIVERSITY'S ROBERT PATMAN TOLD NEWSHUB THE RECENT ATTACKS MARK A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT. A FRONT OTHER THAN IN GAZA SEEM TO BE OPENING UP, WHICH IS VERY WORRYING. AND THE UNITED STATES, OF COURSE, HAS ISSUED A TOUGH WARNING IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. BUT THE ROCKETS FIRED OVERNIGHT APPEAR TO BE JUST THE BEGINNING OF IRAN'S RESPONSE. CBS REPORTING THE SIZE OF THE PLANNED ATTACK AIMED AT MILITARY TARGETS IN ISRAEL HAS GROWN IN RECENT DAYS. IT COULD INCLUDE MORE THAN 100 DRONES, 150 CRUISE MISSILES AND EVEN BALLISTIC MISSILES USED FOR LONG-RANGE STRIKES TONIGHT. THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS UPDATED ITS OFFICIAL TRAVEL ADVICE, ISSUING THIS MAP IDENTIFYING AREAS ITS CITIZENS SHOULDN'T TRAVEL TO. JOE BIDEN DOUBLING DOWN TODAY, SAYING MORE ROCKETS FROM IRAN WOULD BE A MISTAKE. WE ARE DEVOTED TO THE DEFENCE OF ISRAEL. IRAN WILL NOT SUCCEED. IRAN WILL NOT SUCCEED. WHAT WOULD TRIGGER A DIRECT RESPONSE, SIR? IT'S A QUESTION MANY U.S. ALLIES ARE ASKING, THE ANSWER TO WHICH COULD PULL MORE COUNTRIES INTO THE ESCALATING CONFLICT. AND AS QUESTIONS LOOM OVER WHETHER IRAN IS PLANNING SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER, IN THE WEST BANK, SETTLERS REPORTEDLY LOOKING FOR A MISSING CHILD HAVE CLAIMED ANOTHER PALESTINIAN LIFE. THE U.N. SAYS AT LEAST NINE ISRAELIS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. IN THE SAME PERIOD, 358 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, A QUARTER OF THEM CHILDREN. AND AS ISRAEL PROMISES TO PUSH AHEAD WITH AN INVASION OF RAFAH IN GAZA, AN END TO THE REGION'S CONFLICT STILL SEEMS FAR FROM REACH. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. IN BREAKING NEWS, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A SHOPPING MALL IN SYDNEY. DOZENS OF AMBULANCES AND POLICE ARE ATTENDING THE BONDI JUNCTION SHOPPING MALL, WHICH IS NOW IN LOCKDOWN. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY AS IT COMES TO HAND. KIWI MIGRAINE SUFFERERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT YEARS BEFORE BEING ABLE TO ACCESS A PHARMAC-FUNDED DRUG THAT DOCTORS HERE DESCRIBE AS A 'GAME CHANGER'. WHILE THE NEW PILL IS SET TO BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE IN THE UK AND AT A COST IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALANDERS WITH THE DISORDER ARE LEFT WAITING. RUWANI PERERA HAS MORE. AMANDA LOWE HAS SUFFERED FROM MIGRAINE ATTACKS ALL HER LIFE. HER WORST WAS IN DECEMBER WHEN SHE VOMITED FOR SIX STRAIGHT HOURS. I COULDN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT BEING ON PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION. I COULDN'T WORK IF I WASN'T ON PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION. AND THAT COSTS HER A LOT. AMONGST THE MANY MEDICATIONS SHE TAKES IS THIS INJECTABLE ONE CALLED EMGALITY, WHICH COSTS HER AROUND $300 A MONTH. BUT SHE HAS PAID A WHOPPING $1400 A MONTH BEFORE. I WAS PRETTY DESPERATE AT THE TIME. YOU KNOW, I WAS... I WAS GETTING MIGRAINES EVERY 21 DAYS. WE NEED BETTER OPTIONS. WE NEED OPTIONS WHICH ARE SAFER, MORE TOLERABLE AND THAT ACTUALLY WORK BETTER. AND MANY BELIEVE THAT DRUG IS ATOGEPANT, A DAILY ORAL PILL WHICH CONTAINS NEURO PROTEIN BLOCKERS THAT STOP PEPTIDES FROM ATTACHING TO NERVE CELL RECEPTORS, PREVENTING A MIGRAINE FROM DEVELOPING. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO INTO REMISSION, AND THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. ATOGEPANT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS JUST BECOME FUNDED BY THE NHS IN THE UK. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY OUR DRUG FUNDING AGENCY, PHARMAC, BUT THOSE SUFFERING FROM DEBILITATING MIGRAINES SHOULDN'T GET TOO EXCITED. DOCTORS SAY IT COULD TAKE POTENTIALLY SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS TO GET ACCESS TO THE MEDICATION. WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, STEP SIX OUT OF 17 STEPS TO GET A FUNDING APPLICATION THROUGH, AND SO WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THESE FUNDED. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY MEDICATIONS KIWIS ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS BECAUSE OF THE COST. NEW ZEALAND RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF OECD COUNTRIES FOR THE NUMBER OF PUBLICLY FUNDED REGISTERED MEDICINES. I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT SUFFER TERRIBLE MIGRAINES, AND THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO THIS MEDICATION, AND IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S NOT JUST MIGRAINE, RIGHT? THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY THESE LIVES COULD BE MUCH, MUCH IMPROVED, TRANSFORMED IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO MODERN MEDICINES. MAKING GAME-CHANGING DRUGS OUT OF REACH FOR SO MANY CHRONIC SUFFERERS. RUWANI PERERA, NEWSHUB. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL THAT SECTIONS OF NEW ZEALAND'S ROADS ARE 'DECADES' OVERDUE FOR RENEWAL. THE TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAINTAIN THE NETWORK. POLITICAL REPORTER JAMIE ENSOR HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. IT'S A VITAL CONNECTION BETWEEN CHRISTCHURCH AND LYTTELTON, BUT THE ROAD THROUGH THE LYTTLETON TUNNEL IS NEARLY 50 YEARS PAST ITS INITIAL EXPIRY DATE OF 1978. OH, THAT'S REALLY LONG, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S QUITE A LONG TIME, BUT THE SURFACE IS STILL PRETTY GOOD. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL NEARLY A THIRD OF NZTA'S ROADING NETWORK IS OVERDUE FOR RENEWAL BASED ON WHAT WAS CALCULATED TO BE THE ROAD'S DESIGN LIFE. THAT'S THE SAME PROPORTION OVERDUE AS IN LATE 2022. CLEARLY, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. CLEARLY, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR CURRENT STATE HIGHWAY NETWORK. THE MOST OVERDUE ROADS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. THEY INCLUDE PART OF STATE HIGHWAY 30 IN WAIKATO, WITH AN EXPIRY DATE OF 1996, AND STATE HIGHWAY 67 ON THE WEST COAST, EXPIRING IN '85. THEY'RE MOSTLY LESS THAN A KILOMETRE LONG, AND EITHER BRIDGE DECKS ` WHICH CAN EXCEED THEIR DESIGN LIVES, AS THEY'RE NON-FLEXIBLE ` OR LOW-VOLUME ROADS. RENEWAL PLANS ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR SOME. THOSE POTHOLES, THOSE ROAD SURFACING ISSUES, SUBSIDENCE, ARE THE THINGS THAT SLOW TRANSPORT DOWN. IT'S THE RESULT OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S BEEN A LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE DEFICIT ACROSS SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS. ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDING INCREASED UNDER THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT, BUT PARTIALLY DUE TO RISING COSTS, THE AMOUNT OF REHABILITATION AND RESEALING DIDN'T KEEP UP. THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW DRAFT TRANSPORT PLAN INCREASES THE FUNDING BY $640M AND TARGETS 11% OF THE NETWORK BEING RENEWED EACH YEAR. WE'RE SETTING THOSE CLEAR CRITERIA, AND WE'LL BE EXPECTING THEM TO BE MEETING THEM. THE NZTA SAYS OUR ROADS' DESIGN LIFE IS INDICATIVE ONLY AND BASED ON CHIP-SEALING INDUSTRY EXPERTISE. IT REGULARLY REVIEWS WHICH ROADS HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR WORK AND SAYS OUR ROAD CAN EXCEED A DESIGN LIFE AND STILL MEET STANDARDS. THIS IS HELPED BY NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHICH MEAN ROADS CAN BE MAINTAINED FOR LONGER THAN EXPECTED. AS FOR THE LYTTLETON TUNNEL, THE NZTA SAYS IT HAS A STRONG PAVEMENT WITH LITTLE OR NO FLEX IN IT, AND BEING UNDER COVER, IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO HARSH WEATHER. THERE'S A LOT OF WORSE ROADS. IT'S PENCILLED IN FOR WORK OVER THE NEXT YEAR, JUST 46 YEARS AFTER IT WAS EXPECTED TO NEED IT. JAMIE ENSOR, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER ` AND QUITE A WINTRY DAY, MIKE? YES, I SUSPECT A FEW FIREPLACES WOULD BE GOING TONIGHT WITH SOME VERY STRONG WINDS AND SOME VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AROUND TODAY. BEAN ROCK IN THE WAITEMATA SHOWING JUST HOW GUSTY WINDS WERE AROUND AUCKLAND TODAY. HASTINGS HAD THE WARMEST DAY WITH 24 DEGREES. A STRONG WIND WATCH REMAINS FOR MANAWATU AND THE TARARUA AREA UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT, BUT EVERYTHING IMPROVES TOMORROW. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES CAN BE A MAJOR TRIAL IN ANYONE'S LIFE, SO SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THE KIWI FAMILY WHERE FIVE OF THE SIX CHILDREN HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES, AND NEED SOME VERY EXPENSIVE DRUGS. A NEW GROUP OF NAVIGATORS IS LEARNING THE ANCIENT ART OF MAORI VOYAGING, WITHOUT THE USE OF A COMPASS OR GPS. A SPOT OF BOTHER FOR THE STEAM TRAIN THAT FEATURES IN HARRY POTTER, AND THIS TIME, IT'S NOT THE DEMENTORS. HOKI MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE CROSSING TO AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER NOW FOR THE LATEST ON A MAJOR INCIDENT THAT'S UNFOLDING IN SYDNEY. WE UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DEATHS, EMMA. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? THAT'S REPORTS COMING FROM ONE OF THE LARGE NETWORK NEWS HERE IN AUSTRALIA THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. IN THIS INCIDENT THAT IS UNFOLDING AT THE ONDO JUNCTION WESTFIELD MALL ` WE HAVE HEARD THAT POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO A MAJOR OPERATION. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HERE AND THE LAST 20 MINUTES ABOUT 20, CARS AND AMBULANCES RACING TO THE WESTFIELD MALL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MALL IS HERE IF NOT THE LARGEST IN SYDNEY. WE HAVE SEEN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM PEOPLE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF THAT MALL. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PEOPLE WERE BEING STABBED, AND POLICE HAVE GONE AND THERE TO SHOOT THIS PERSON. I HAVE TO STRESS THIS IS ALL UNCONFIRMED AND THIS IS UNFOLDING JUST IN THE PAST HALF AN HOUR. BUT I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T SEEN IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE LIKE THIS IN SYDNEY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT IS A VERY BUSY MALL, ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED PARTS OF SYDNEY. WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS IT COMES TO HAND. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENCE EMMA CROPPER, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. A HAMILTON COUPLE IS CALLING FOR MORE FUNDING FOR CRUCIAL MEDICATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE BATTLING A RARE GENETIC CONDITION. THEY SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, AMANDA GILLIES. THEY SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AMANDA GILLIES. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL HAPPY FAMILY. SIX KIDS PLAYING TOGETHER IN THE YARD, LAUGHING, TEASING, SMILING. BUT FIVE OF THE SIX HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES, OF NAVIGATING WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS. AS LEIGHTON HEIKELL REPORTS, IT WAS PART OF A WEEK-LONG WAKA HOURUA FESTIVAL. A SCENE LAST SEEN CENTURIES AGO ` FOUR WAKA HOURUA ARRIVING AT KAITERITERI BEACH TO SPARK A WEEK RECOGNISING THE VOYAGING FEATS OF OUR ANCESTORS AND IMPARTING THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. IT'S THESE VOYAGING WAKA THAT ARE HERE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AND GO, 'WOW, HOW AMAZING OUR ANCESTORS WERE.' SO TEACHING THEM ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF IS GOOD FOR THEM. CHILDREN FROM ACROSS THE AREA CAME TO LEARN ABOUT THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES MAORI USED TO NAVIGATE THE PACIFIC. THEY ALSO GOT TO CLIMB ABOARD AND HEAR STORIES FROM THE WAKA CREWS ABOUT VOYAGING IN THESE DOUBLE-HULLED CANOES. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME, UM, FROM THE SMALL COMMUNITIES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT IT'S REACHED OUT TO, AND IT KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME TE HAU KOMARU WAKA HOURUA FESTIVAL HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT THE FIRST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE DAY WHERE OUR KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND CANOES LIKE IT'S A NORMAL THING. THEY WANT A LOT OF TRADITIONS TO BECOME A NORMAL THING TOO, SO LOCALS ARE LEARNING THE CRAFT OF WEAVING THEIR OWN SAILS. BEING ABLE TO SIT WITH THESE WAHINE AND LEARN THESE TECHNIQUES SO THAT WE CAN START TO... BRING THAT PRACTICE HERE AS WELL AND BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY WEAVE OUR OWN SAILS FOR OUR OWN WAKA. AND AS A TEACHER, SHE SAYS FOR THE TAMARIKI, THE LEARNING HERE IS CRUCIAL. IT'S A LEARNING THAT YOU CAN'T CATCH IN SCHOOLS. THIS IS KURA TAIAO. THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY OF LEARNING. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA BE, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WE DO HERE AND WHAT WE DO WITH THESE TE HAU KOMARU FESTIVALS EVERY TWO YEARS THAT, UM... IT'LL NEVER BE LOST AGAIN. SOWING THE SEEDS TO ENSURE THE MEMORY AND TRADITIONS OF OUR TIPUNA WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. LEIGHTON HEIKELL, NEWSHUB. ALEX IS IN LATER WITH SPORT ` AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION? YEAH, AGAINST THE SEA EAGLES, THOUGH IT WASN'T THE BEST START. SO CAN THE WAHS' WINNING WAYS CONTINUE AND MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW? WE'LL HAVE THE ACTION COMING UP LATER. PLUS ` THE LAST-MINUTE GOAL THAT SENT THE PHOENIX PLAYERS INTO HYSTERIA AND THE CLUB INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. AS WINTER APPROACHES, SO TOO DO THOSE NASTY WINTER BUGS. BUT HEALTHLINE HAS A NEW TOOL TO HELP US ALL THROUGH THE BUSY MONTHS AHEAD, AND IT'S FREE. AND IT'S NOT ALL KITTENS AND PUPPIES. THE SPCA MIGHT HAVE AN ANIMAL FOR ADOPTION THAT YOU HADN'T CONSIDERED BEFORE. Where are you off to? To get the flu jab. You coming? Nah. I won't get the flu. (QUIRKY MUSIC) Touch wood. (QUIRKY MUSIC CONTINUES) WOMAN: Kia ora! Are you here for the flu jab? Hey. VOICEOVER: Don't leave it to chance. HEALTHLINE STAFF ARE PREPARING FOR A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN DEMAND AS THE SEASON OF WINTER BUGS APPROACHES. BUT TECHNOLOGY ENABLING CLINICIANS TO CONNECT WITH CALLERS OVER VIDEO HAS CHANGED THE GAME, HELPING TO EASE THE PRESSURE ON STRETCHED GPs AND HOSPITALS. ZANE SMALL REPORTS. IT JUST TAKES A TEXT AND THE CLICK OF A LINK... AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PRESS THE START BUTTON. ...TO CONNECT WITH A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OVER VIDEO, A FREE SERVICE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. RIGHT, SO NOW, I CAN SEE YOU, AND I CAN HEAR YOU. YOU CAN'T SEE ME. FOR MICHELLE, A FORMER FRONTLINE PARAMEDIC, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY TAKING CALLS AT HEALTHLINE. MAY I HAVE YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, PLEASE? BUT FOR THE MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE WHO CALL EACH DAY, IT'S HEALTH ADVICE IN REAL TIME. I WOULD PROBABLY WOULD DO FIVE TO SIX CALLS PER HOUR, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, I'D PROBABLY HAVE` A GOOD HALF OF THOSE WOULD BE RESPIRATORY CALLS AND FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH FEVERS AS WELL. AND THE INTRODUCTION OF VIDEO CALLING LAST YEAR HAS BEEN GAME CHANGING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE HEALTH ISSUES. IT CAN BE USED FOR WOUNDS AND LACERATIONS, BURNS, ABSCESSES, RASHES. MICHELLE CAN ALSO WRITE NOTES FOR PATIENTS TO PASS ON TO A DOCTOR. AND I RECEIVED THE CALL, AND I SAID, 'HEY, LET'S DO A VIDEO CALL.' SO I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY THAT THE CHILD DIDN'T NEED 111, DIDN'T NEED TO GO TO HOSPITAL, AND I COULD DIRECT THEM STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE GP. AND THAT HELPS TO ALLEVIATE PRESSURE HERE AT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS THAT BECOME OVERCROWDED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. SO WITH THE COLD SEASON JUST AROUND THE CORNER, HEALTHLINE WANTS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT NURSES, PARAMEDICS AND DOCTORS ARE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. IN FACT, LAST YEAR, HEALTHLINE STAFF SUPPORTED MORE THAN 322,000 CALLERS. THOUSANDS OF CALLERS CONNECTING WITH TRAINED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ` ABOUT 500 OF THEM ` ONLY SO MANY TO GO AROUND, SO LONG WAIT TIMES CAN BE THE REALITY. THEY CAN GO ON TO OUR HEALTHY.ORG.NZ WEBSITE, AND THEY CAN REGISTER DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR SERVICE, AND THEIR DETAILS GET SENT TO US IN OUR SYSTEM, AND WE CAN GIVE THEM A CALL BACK SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THE LINE. INGRID TAN ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE WAIT TIMES CAN BE DISTRESSING, BUT SHE SAYS TELEHEALTH WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE THIS WINTER. IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNT FROM COVID THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR REASSURANCE. AND THANKS TO THE NEW VIDEO CAPABILITY, HEALTHLINE STAFF CAN GIVE CALLERS THAT REASSURANCE AND FREE UP SPACE IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. THE SOUTH ISLAND'S RAIL NETWORK REMAINS SPLIT IN TWO TONIGHT - AND IT COULD STAY THAT WAY FOR SOME TIME YET. THE RANGITATA RIVER RAIL BRIDGE WAS COMPROMISED YESTERDAY, WHEN FLOOD WATERS WASHED OUT ONE OF THE PIERS ON THE 600m BRIDGE, CAUSING THE LINE TO SLUMP. WORKERS WERE SEEN INSPECTING THE BRIDGE TODAY - BUT REPAIRS CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL THE RIVER LEVEL RECEDES. THE BRIDGE SEES AROUND 45 CROSSINGS PER WEEK AND FORMS A VITAL LINK IN THE SOUTH ISLAND'S RAIL NETWORK. AFFECTED FREIGHT WILL BE MOVED BY "ROAD" FROM ASHBURTON TO TIMARU, WHILE THE BRIDGE IS REPAIRED. NIKE IS FACING A BACKLASH AFTER UNVEILING TEAM USA'S UNIFORMS FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS, WITH CRITICS SAYING THEY'RE TOO REVEALING. THE ONE-PIECE SPEED SUIT DESIGNED FOR FEMALE TRACK-AND-FIELD ATHLETES IS BEING COMPARED TO SWIMWEAR BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH-CUT BIKINI LINE. THE MEN'S UNIFORM FEATURES A SLEEVELESS TOP WITH TIGHTS. WE OFTEN HEAR ABOUT PUPPIES AND KITTENS NEEDING HOMES, BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ROOM FOR A COW? THE SPCA IS SCREAMING OUT FOR BOTH FOSTER AND FOREVER HOMES FOR A LARGE RANGE OF FARM ANIMALS. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. IF HER EYES DON'T WIN YOU OVER, PERHAPS HER NAME WILL. THIS IS LADY ELIZABETH. SHE'S A SWEET WEE GIRL. SHE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ATTITUDE. AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S A LARGER LADY. THE SIX YEAR OLD JERSEY COW WAS WELL INTO HER WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY, AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY FARM ANIMAL WAITING TO BE ADOPTED. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF FARM ANIMALS WHEN THEY THINK OF SPCA, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY THE NEED FOR US THERE AND WE DO GET A LOT OF THEM IN. AXL AND BLAZE ARRIVED WHEN THEY WERE JUST A FEW DAYS OLD. THEY'VE NOW BEEN AT THE SPCA FOR FOUR MONTHS, SO JAMESON PETA IS ALSO WAITING PATIENTLY. HE IS A VERY GOOD, HANDSOME BOY. HE ALWAYS DOES LITTLE DANCES FOR ME. WE HAVE SOME GOATS, WE HAVE ALPACAS, WE HAVE THE WHOLE RANGE. AND THEY ALL NEED HOMES. FARM ANIMALS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN YOUR RUN OF THE MILL PUPPIES AND KITTENS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS. YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF LAND, YOU NEED THAT KNOWLEDGE. FOR A FOSTER PARENT, WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A WEE LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY, MAKE SURE THAT THE FENCING IS NICE AND SAFE AND SECURE FOR THEM. THE NUMBER OF FARM ANIMALS HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING EACH YEAR, WHETHER THEY'RE SURRENDERED OR BROUGHT IN BY THE INSPECTORATE TEAM. FULL TO THE RAFTERS OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT, SO IT'D BE REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE INTO NICE FOSTER HOMES SO WE CAN HELP MORE ANIMALS. SPCA CENTRES ARE HOPING DISCOUNTED ADOPTION FEES OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WILL HELP WITH THAT. EIGHT MONTH OLD HUCKLEBERRY HERE HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS. HIS TABLE MANNERS MAY NOT BE TOO FLASH, BUT HE'S VERY FRIENDLY. IF YOU'VE GOT THE ROOM, THESE GUYS ARE SURE TO FIND A PLACE IN YOUR HEART. KAYSHA BROWNLEE, NEWSHUB. THE DRAMA OF A TENNIS COURT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO THE DRAMATIC BIG SCREEN. THROW IN A BIT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND A LOVE TRIANGLE, AND YOU HAVE THE NEW MOVIE, CHALLENGERS. WE HAVE ALL THE ACTION FROM THE WARRIORS, PLUS A DRAMATIC SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI FINAL. WHILE THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CRUSADERS' SEASON SINKS EVEN LOWER, BUT THEY INSIST THERE ARE POSITIVES. AND WHILE RYAN FOX REMAINS IN THE HUNT AT THE MASTERS, DON'T RULE OUT THIS GUY AFTER A HISTORY-MAKING ROUND AT AUGUSTA. 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. THE WARRIORS' THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK WITH TIME ALL BUT UP. EARLY ON, IT WAS ALL MANLY ` RUNNING IN THREE UNANSWERED TRIES TO TAKE AN EARLY 16-0 ADVANTAGE. THE WARRIORS FINALLY GOT ON THE SCORESHEET FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE BREAK THROUGH JAZZ TEVANGA, AND THEY WEREN'T DONE THERE. DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK! WHAT A PLAY JUST BEFORE HALFTIME! THE VISITORS WOULD SEIZE BACK THE MOMENTUM EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, THROUGH TOM TRBOJEVIC. BUT THE WARRIORS WEREN'T GOING AWAY. JOHNSON! THAT IS VINTAGE SHAUN JOHNSON! A SHORT TIME AGO, MANLEY LED THE WARRIORS 22-14. ROB PENNEY HOPES THE CRUSADERS WILL BE BETTER FOR THE EXPERIENCE AFTER SINKING TO THEIR SIXTH LOSS OF THE SEASON ` A 43-40 GOLDEN POINT DEFEAT TO THE WARATAHS. THEY LOOKED CERTAIN TO BAG THEIR SECOND WIN ON THE TROT WHEN CHRISTIAN LIO-WILLIE POWERED OVER WITH TIME ALMOST UP. BUT THEIR DISCIPLINE PROVED COSTLY, AS THE WARATAHS THEN KNOCKED OVER A PENALTY TO SEND IT TO GOLDEN POINT, WHERE WILL HARRISON ADDED TO AN ALREADY MISERABLE SEASON FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. HE SENDS IT! HE SENDS IT THROUGH! THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN ONLY LEARN BY GOING THROUGH THEM, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT AND YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A REALLY INTERESTING POINT AROUND BEING EXPOSED. THE CRUSADERS HEAD TO PERTH NEXT WEEK TO FACE THE FORCE IN WHAT'S GETTING CLOSER TO MUST-WIN TERRITORY. THEY WERE THE BENCHMARK ALL SEASON, AND NOW THE BLUES CAN ALSO CLAIM TO BE SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI CHAMPIONS. A 24-18 WIN OVER THE CHIEFS MANAWA THIS AFTERNOON SAW THEM LIFT THE TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT THEY DID IT THE HARD WAY. NATASHA PAYNE WATCHED THE ACTION. LIFTING THE TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME... AFTER WINNING THE 2024 AUPIKI TITLE. MAN, THAT WAS A TOUGH GAME. THE CHIEFS ONLY TOOK FIVE MINUTES TO CROSS THE LINE, AND A PENALTY SOON SAW THEM LEAD 8-0. JUST AS THE VISITORS LOOKED IN CONTROL, THE BLUES FOUND A BREAK. AROUND THE OUTSIDE ` AND CAITLIN VAHA'AKOLO SCORES IN THE CORNER! THE CHIEFS LEADING AT THE BREAK, AND AS THEY ASSERTED MORE DOMINANCE IN THE SECOND HALF, THEY CROSSED THE LINE AGAIN. MIA ANDERSON, ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THIS CHIEFS TEAM. BUT THE BLUES WEREN'T DONE JUST YET. THE BLUES ARE BACK INTO IT! VAHA'AKOLO GONNA TRY AND TAKE ON THE OUTSIDE, CAITLIN VAHA'AKOLO! AS THE RAIN STARTED TO POUR DOWN, THE INTENSITY ROSE. ONLY ONE POINT IN IT LATE IN THE MATCH ` UNTIL THIS. OVER THE LINE, AND THE TRY IS GIVEN! AND THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH ` THE BLUES HOME 24-18 TO WIN THEIR FIRST TITLE. IT HAS TAKEN FOUR YEARS. THIS IS THE EXACT SPOT WE PLAYED AND WE STARTED THE COMPETITION, SO TO FINISH IT OFF LIKE THIS, THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF, I RECKON. AND A WIN THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. GREAT STUFF. DESPITE A HISTORY-MAKING PERFORMANCE, WELLINGTON PHOENIX COACH GIANCARLO ITALIANO'S REMAINING MEASURED. A 95TH-MINUTE WINNER FROM FINN SURMAN LAST NIGHT SAW THE 'NIX BEAT THE MELBOURNE VICTORY 1-0 AND, IN DOING SO, SECURING A TOP-TWO FINISH IN THE A-LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CLUB HISTORY. BUT JUST A FORTNIGHT AGO, THAT SORT OF HEADER FROM THE DEFENDER WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. AS THE SECONDS TICKED DOWN IN ADDED TIME, FINN SURMAN SOARED. AND HERE, INTO THE BACK OF THE NET! AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?! FINN SURMAN, WITH HIS FIRST A-LEAGUE MEN'S GOAL, HAS WON IT FOR WELLINGTON! I DON'T WANNA BE CLICHE, BUT I HONESTLY HAD A FEELING THAT HE WAS GONNA PUT IN, LIKE, A TOP BALL. HIS HEAD, RATHER THAN HAND, WRITING THE PHOENIX INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. THAT HEAD, THOUGH, HELD TOGETHER BY SIX STITCHES AFTER A TRAINING ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS WITH THE ALL WHITES LAST MONTH. YEAH, I HAD THE HEADBAND IN THE WARM-UP, COS I WAS ORIGINALLY JUST GONNA PAD IT, BUT THEN WITH ALL THE RAIN AND ALL THAT, IT JUST CAME OFF. SO I WAS LIKE, 'OH, LET'S JUST PLAY WITHOUT IT 'AND JUST KEEP THE LITTLE STRIPS ON IT.' IT WAS FINE. MY HEAD'S ALL GOOD. THE 'NIX WILL BE GRATEFUL IT IS. THAT GOAL AND THE WIN IN THE WOEFUL WELLINGTON WEATHER GUARANTEES THEM A TOP-TWO FINISH AND A BYE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CLUB HISTORY. THAT GROUP HAS ACHIEVED NOTHING THAT ANYONE THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD ACHIEVE, AND THEY NEED TO EXPRESS IT IN THE WAY THEY... THEY WANT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY JOB IS TO KEEP THEM SETTLED AND READY FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE. AND WITH TWO GAMES LEFT, THAT IS CLAIMING THE PREMIERS PLATE. A TWO-OVER-PAR SECOND ROUND MIGHT NOT SOUND PRETTY, BUT ON A DAY THAT SAW ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS TO GO UNDER-PAR, BUT ON A DAY THAT SAW ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS GO UNDER-PAR, IT'S PROVED MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KEEP RYAN FOX RIGHT IN THE HUNT HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AT THE MASTERS. AT ONE-UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, IT LEAVES THE KIWI JUST FIVE SHOTS OFF THE PACE. GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS. IT'S A ROUND WHICH HAS KEPT RYAN FOX IN WITH A CHANCE. FOX GOES AHEAD AND TAPS IN FOR HIS PAR. WITH HOW HARD IT WAS TODAY, I DON'T THINK 74 WAS A BAD SCORE. EARLIER IN HIS ROUND, FOX WAS EYEING AN EVEN LOWER NUMBER, THOUGH. OH, HE'S HIT A BEAUTY. THE KIWI WAS FOUR UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT THROUGH 10 HOLES BEFORE BEING LET DOWN BY HIS PUTTER. BUT AS FOX TOLD SKY SPORT, HE WOULD FINISH ON A HIGH TO BE ONE-UNDER. I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW I PLAYED 15 THROUGH 18. I HIT A NICE BUNKER SHOT TO FINISH. THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN CREATING EVEN MORE NOISE WITH HIS CHIPPING GAME, THOUGH. (RAUCOUS CHEERING, APPLAUSE) YES, THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIGER ROARS AT AUGUSTA ` WOODS CREATING HISTORY BY MAKING A RECORD 24TH CONSECUTIVE CUT AT THE MASTERS. THE FIVE-TIME CHAMPION ONE OVER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. IT MEANS I HAVE A CHANCE GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. I'M HERE. I GOT A CHANCE TO WIN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. WOODS IS SEVEN SHOTS BACK OF A LEADING TRIO WHICH INCLUDES SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE'S DAY NOT WITHOUT HICCUPS. OH, HE'S NOT GONNA GET LUCKY THIS TIME. AS EXPECTED, WOODS IS BACKING HIMSELF. JUST NEED SOME FOOD AND SOME CAFFEINE, AND I'LL BE GOOD TO GO. HISTORY HAS PROVEN NO ONE IS SAFE WHEN A HUNGRY TIGER IS ON THE LOOSE. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. THE PACE SETTERS IN SUPER RUGBY ARE ABOUT TO FACE THEIR TOUGHEST TEST OF THE SEASON. THE UNBEATEN HURRICANES HOST THE CHIEFS IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT IN WHAT WILL OFFER A REAL INDICATION OF JUST HOW GENUINE THEIR TITLE CREDENTIALS ARE. LET'S HEAD TO SKY STADIUM WHERE RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE IS. AND OLLIE, WHAT SORT OF MESSAGE CAN THE CANES SEND TONIGHT? THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY TELL THE REST OF THE COMPETITION THAT THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL. THIS HURRICANES GROUP, AND NEW COACH CLARK LAIDLAW HAVE BEEN THE PACESETTERS OF SUPER RUGBY EARLY ON BUT AGAINST THE CHIEFS AT HOME ANOTHER TITLE CONTENDER THIS YEAR AND THEN THEY CAN REALLY SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMPETITION THAT THEY ARE THE PACE SETTERS, THE FRONT RUNNERS. WHILE THEIR WINS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN GOOD IF THEY CAN GET OVER THE TOP OF THE CHIEFS SIDE AT HOME, THE CHIEFS ARE TIPPED TO BE A TOTAL FAVOURITE FOR THE SEASON. THEY HAVE BEEN UP-AND-DOWN AND HAVE LOST TO THE CRUSADERS BUT HAVE HAD A BIG WIN OVER MOANA PASIFIKA. IF THEY CAN GET IT WHEN OVER THE HURRICANES THAT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMPETITION. SHOULD BE A BELTER OF A GAME. LIVE FROM WELLINGTON, THANK YOU. THE WARRIORS ARE STILL TRAILING 22-18. WE ARE KEEPING THE FAITH, ALEX. THANK YOU. EMMY-WINNING ACTOR ZENDAYA CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE BIG SCREEN THIS YEAR, WITH 'DUNE PART 2' STILL IN CINEMAS. NOW SHE'S SWITCHING CODES WITH ANOTHER OFFERING ` 'CHALLENGERS'. SHE PLAYS A TOP TENNIS PLAYER WEAVING HER MAGIC ON AND OFF THE COURT. HERE'S KATE RODGER. SWAPPING THE SAND DUNES OF ARRAKIS FOR THE ASTROTURF OF CENTRE COURT ` CAN ZENDAYA DO NO WRONG? 'NO' IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. NO, SHE CANNOT. HERE SHE TEAMS UP WITH OSCAR-NOMINATED ITALIAN FILMMAKER LUCA GUADAGNINO, FOR A SPORTS FILM? BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ` CHALLENGERS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A SPORTS FILM. SO, YEP, CHALLENGERS IS AS MUCH ABOUT THE POWERPLAY ON THE SIDELINES AS TOP TENNIS PLAYER TASHI SMASHES HER WAY TO BECOMING ONE OF THE GREATS OF THE GAME. YOU WERE INCREDIBLE TODAY. IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE TENNIS. ONE LOVE TO THREE LOVE, TASHI PLAYS THE FIELD AS WELL AS THE COURT. SHE BRINGS HER A-GAME TO BOTH, WORSHIPPING HER EVERY MATCH POINT, HI. HEY. FELLOW PLAYERS AND LIFELONG MATES PATRICK AND ART. WE USUALLY HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES. AREN'T YOU EVERYBODY'S TYPE? THE BOYS SOON FIND THEMSELVES PLAYING A DIFFERENT GAME ALTOGETHER ` AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND THE TROPHY? WELL, ONLY SHE KNOWS HOW THIS GAME ENDS. FAST FORWARD ` AFTER A CAREER-ENDING INJURY, TASHI TURNS HER DRIVE TO WIN FROM PLAYING TO COACHING, AND WITH GRAND SLAM PERFORMANCES FROM ALL THREE OF THESE YOUNG ACTORS, THE INVENTIVE, KINETIC CINEMATOGRAPHY AND PULSATING, ELECTRIFYING SCORE FROM OSCAR-WINNERS ATTICUS ROSS AND TRENT REZNOR, THIS IS A GAME, SET, MATCH SITUATION. CHALLENGERS IS A BOLTER OF A FILM AND A FLAWLESS FIVE-STAR WATCH. OUR SNEAK PEEK THIS WEEK ` OH, WHAT A TRAILER. JOAQUIN, GAGA ` TOGETHER THEY ARE 'JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX'. AND BY CRIKEY, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS SECOND TODD PHILLIPS REMAGINING. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS. WE HAVE MADE SOME MINOR AUGMENTATION IS. OH. AT THE NEW ZEALAND BOX OFFICE THIS WEEK, OUR FAVOURITE PANDA PO PIPPED AT THE POST BY THE KAIJU AND THE MONKEY. GODZILLA AND KONG STILL NUMBER ONE. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB. WE RETURN NOW TO THE MAJOR BREAKING NEWS WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING DURING THIS NEWS HOUR ` A LARGE WESTFIELD MALL AT BONDI JUNCTION IS IN LOCKDOWN AFTER REPORTS OF A VIOLENT INCIDENT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS EVENT. EMMA, WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU CAN TELL US? WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION FROM POLICE, BUT THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD IS REPORTING THAT FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS ATTACK AT WESTFIELD MALL AT BONDI JUNCTION, THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. THIS ROAD TO MY LEFT LEADS STRAIGHT TO THE BONDI WESTFIELD. EMERGENCY SERVICES, AMBULANCES, POLICE OFFICERS, VEHICLES RACING IN THE DIRECTION OF THAT MALL. WITNESSES THAT WERE THERE AT THE TIME SAID THEY HEARD SCREAMING. SOME OF THEM HEARD GUNSHOTS, THAT THERE WERE POSSIBLY POLICE SHOOTING THAT PERSON OF INTEREST. PEOPLE WERE HIDING AT THE BACK OF ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT STORES, DAVID JONES, AND PEOPLE WERE SCRAMBLING OUTSIDE OF THE MORE. THIS SHOPPING MALL IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF ST LUKE'S IN AUCKLAND AND ABOUT THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF CHRISTCHURCH'S RICCARTON MALL. IT IS THE MAIN SHOPPING CENTRE HERE IN SYDNEY. ABOUT 3:45 PM WHEN IT UNFOLDED. EXTREMELY BUSY PLACE. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM POLICE. THE AREA IS IN LOCKDOWN AS THIS UNFOLDS AND WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MIKE, THE SUN RETURNS TOMORROW. WITH SCHOOL HOLIDAYS UNDERWAY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF WEATHER WE NEED. THERE'S STILL A WIND WATCH IN PLACE FOR MANAWATU AND THE TARARUA DISTRICT UNTIL 10PM TONIGHT, AND WE ARE EXPECTING SOME BIG SWELLS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, (LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) (LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS) (PEOPLE GASP) (BELLOWS) Call this a feast?! Fetch more foodage! (DRAMATIC MUSIC) M'lady. (PEOPLE CHATTER) (EPIC MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHEER) Is this Greek salad? Nah, it's from New Zealand, eh! VOICEOVER: Four Square. What'll it be today? KIA ORA. IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY ROUGH START TO THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS BUT FINE WEATHER RETURNS TOMORROW. A LOW CROSSING THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND IS CAUSING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN FOR MANY, BUT IT DOES START TO EASE LATER TONIGHT. IN THE SOUTH, A FEW COLD FRONTS FLICK A FEW SHOWERS AROUND, BUT IN COMES A RIDGE OF PRESSURE TOMORROW WITH MUCH BETTER CONDITIONS. SO STILL A BIT WET TONIGHT FOR THE UPPER HALF OF TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH EVERYONE ELSE STARTING TO SEE MORE FINE BREAKS APPEARING WITH CLEARING CONDITIONS AND FRESH SOUTHWESTERLIES. TOMORROW, THERE'S A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED IN THE NORTH, WITH CLOUD IN THE SOUTH, BUT IT FINES UP AFTER LUNCH FOR EVERYONE. AND FOR TE IKA A MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, THERE ARE SOME THUNDERSTORMS AROUND WAIRARAPA. HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND GUSTY WINDS FOR MANAWATU ` A WINTRY TYPE OF NIGHT. TOMORROW, MOST PLACES HAVE CLOUD AND SHOWERS, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER AFTER LUNCH, SO IT'S A LOT MORE SETTLED, WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK ` NORTHERN AREAS GET CLOUD AND SHOWERS, WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. BUT IT DOES GET BETTER MID-AFTERNOON AUCKLAND SOUTH, WITH SKIES STARTING TO CLEAR UP AND WINDS EASING. FURTHER SOUTH, IT'S A SUNNY START FOR TAURANGA, ROTORUA AND WHAKATANE. SHOWERS CLEAR FAIRLY EARLY FOR TAUPO AND TOKOROA WITH A FINE AFTERNOON AND WESTERLY WINDS. INTO THE EAST WE GO NOW ` AND IT'S MAINLY CLOUDY FOR EVERYONE HERE. GISBORNE, YOU MAY GET A SHOWER OR TWO. WESTERLIES WILL EASE, AND IT FINES UP IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS BETWEEN 16 AND 20. AND FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, HAVE A SLEEP IN. THERE'S A QUITE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND, ESPECIALLY IN WHANGANUI, BUT IT DOES GET BETTER IN THE AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF SUN IN THE SOUTH. OVER THE STRAIT ` AND THAT PATTERN OF MORNING SHOWERS THEN CLEARING CONDITIONS CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE WINDS ARE LIGHT WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 16 AND 18. OVER THE ALPS ` AND THIS IS WHERE THE SHOWERS HAVE DRIED UP. THERE'S JUST A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND IN THE MORNING, BUT A SUNNY AFTERNOON EXPECTED. EASTERLIES DEVELOP FOR TIMARU AND ASHBURTON. AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, THE CLOUD BREAKS UP BEFORE LUNCH, AND THE SUN COMES OUT. SOUTHLAND GETS MORNING SHOWERS, LIGHT WINDS AND HIGHS BETWEEN 13 AND 17. QUEENSTOWN DOWN TO A CHILLY 2 DEGREES TONIGHT. HELLO, DUNEDIN. IT'S A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY, BUT IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER WITH MORE SUNSHINE APPEARING. 14 IS THE HIGH. CHATHAM ISLANDS ` CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 15. KIA ORA, CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S MAINLY FINE FOR YOU APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE EVENING. 6 DEGREES OVERNIGHT WITH A HIGH TOMORROW OF 17. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR WELLINGTON ` JUST ADD SOME SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN, BUT PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. 14 THE HIGH. ADD THE SOUTHERLY WIND, AND IT FEELS LIKE 11. HAWKE'S BAY SET TO HAVE A CLOUDY SUNDAY WITH A FEW SCATTERED AROUND THE RANGES. SOUTHWESTERLIES TURN SOUTHEASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DIE OUT. HELLO, TAURANGA. CLOUD CLEARS FOR A FINE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A FEW SOUTHWEST WINDS AND A HIGH OF 22. HAMILTON GETS SOME SHOWERS DURING THE DAY, BUT THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. 20 IS THE HIGH BUT IT FEELS LIKE 16. AND FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` AFTER A ROUGH FEW DAYS, IT FINALLY START TO SETTLE DOWN TOMORROW. A FEW MORE SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN THERE'S JUST SOME CLOUD WITH FINE SPELLS INCREASING. 21 IS THE HIGH. TO AUSTRALIA NOW ` AND AN ONSHORE FLOW IN CAIRNS BRINGS SHOWERS. OTHERWISE IT'S FINE. BRISBANE GETS TO 28. AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ` IT'S CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS BUT STILL BLISSFULLY WARM. FIJI GETS TO 33. BACK HERE NOW ` AND MUCH BETTER THAN LAST WEEK, WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AREAS. WHITIANGA GETS A SUNNY MONDAY. NAPIER THE PLACE TO BE ON HOLIDAY WITH FINE WEATHER EXPECTED ALL WEEK. AND WELLINGTON GETS A FINE WEEK AS WELL. INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE EAST, A BIT MORE RAIN IN THE WEST, AND A FEW SHOWERS FOR SOUTHERN AREAS EXPECTED, BUT FINE FOR CHRISTCHURCH. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. COSY NIGHTS IN WITH THE FIRE, I SUSPECT. MAYBE A BIT OF LOVE OR LIST AUSTRALIA ON THE TELLY. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TONIGHT. 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