TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` TWO COALITION PARTIES ARE FREE-FALLING IN OUR LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL. SO WHO'S BEING BUCKED OUT OF THE SADDLE, AND WHO'S NOW RIDING HIGH? THE NAME RETAILERS ARE GIVING TO WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN ALARMING NEW CRIME TREND AMID GROWING FEARS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. PLUS... SCOTTY MAC! MCLAUGHLIN WINS AT BARBER! FROM DISQUALIFICATION TO VICTORY ` FLYING KIWI SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN SHARES WHAT HIS LATEST INDYCAR WIN MEANS AFTER A TOUGH WEEK. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER, FRANK GORE AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS, A SHOCK RESULT TONIGHT ` THE COALITION GOVERNMENT WOULD BE OUT OF POWER ACCORDING TO THE LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL, NEW ZEALAND FIRST AND ACT HAS DROPPED. NEW ZEALAND FIRST'S SLIDE WOULD PUT IT OUT OF PARLIAMENT ALTOGETHER. THAT'D MEAN LABOUR, THE GREENS AND TE PATI MAORI WOULD HAVE THE MAJORITY TO GOVERN. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN WITH THE EXCLUSIVE NUMBERS. HE AWHA TORANGAPU TE HAERE AKE NEI ` POLITICAL TURBULENCE AHEAD. BUCKLE UP, BRACE FOR IMPACT. NATIONAL IS DOWN TWO POINTS ON 36. THOSE VOTES GOBBLED UP BY LABOUR, BACK IN THE RESPECTABLE 30S FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE MONTHS. ALSO UP TOO ` THE GREEN PARTY ON 14, THE CHLOE SWARBRICK CO-LEADERSHIP EFFECT IN FULL FLIGHT. BUT HERE COMES THE TURBULENCE. ACT IS CONTINUING ITS FREEFALL, NOW ON SEVEN, DOWN FOR OUR FOURTH POLL IN A ROW. AND BANG ` NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS DOWN AND OUT ON FOUR. WINSTON PETERS WOULD NOT BE IN PARLIAMENT IN WHAT COULD BE MAYDAY FOR THE COALITION. ROUNDING THINGS OFF ` TE PATI MAORI STEADY ON FOUR, MAINTAINING ONE OF ITS HIGHEST RESULTS IN THE 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL. LET'S RING AROUND THIS WAY NOW TO SEE HOW THOSE NUMBERS TRANSLATE TO SEATS IN THE HOUSE. NATIONAL WOULD HAVE 48 SEATS IN BLUE ON THAT SIDE. ACT GETS NINE. THAT'S 57, AND WITHOUT NEW ZEALAND FIRST, NOT ENOUGH TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. LOOKING AT THIS SIDE HERE, LABOUR IN RED WOULD HAVE 40 SEATS, THE GREENS 18 ` THAT'S ONE MORE THAN NATIONAL AND ACT ` AND TE PATI MAORI, WITH SIX SEATS, IS KINGMAKER. TIME TO BRING UP THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER NUMBERS NOW ` AND MORE BAD NEWS FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON, DOWN TWO POINTS ON 23%. CHRIS HIPKINS UP ONE ON 16%, CHLOE SWARBRICK BOUNCING UP TWO POINTS TO 6%, NUDGING AHEAD OF DAVID SEYMOUR, WHO'S UP ONE ON 5%. AND WINSTON PETERS IS PLUMMETING, WITH HIS PARTY, DOWN TO 4%. SO THERE IT IS ` A NIGHTMARE POLL FOR THE COALITION GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR JUST FIVE MONTHS. IS THE HONEYMOON PERIOD OVER? THE PRIME MINISTER MAY WELL REACH FOR A BOWL OF HOT NOODLES TONIGHT... MMM! ...WINSTON PETERS A SUPER WINE BISCUIT WITH A CUP OF TEA, DAVID SEYMOUR SOME GOLDEN, GREASY FISH AND CHIPS. EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. COALITION COMFORT FOOD AFTER A PUMMELLING IN THE POLLS. POLLS WILL GO UP AND DOWN. WE'RE NOT THAT FIXATED ON THEM; POLLS WILL GO UP AND DOWN. WE'RE NOT THAT FIXATED ON THEM; WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS DELIVERING FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. HE SAYS, 'GIVE IT A SEC, NEW ZEALAND.' ULTIMATELY, THEY WILL JUDGE US IN THREE YEARS' TIME. IT'S NOT THE COALITION; IT'S YOU. OH, LOOK, I ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT JUST FIVE MONTHS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, NATIONAL'S HITTING SPEED BUMPS. NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS BOOTED FROM PARLIAMENT, AND THE ACT PARTY... ...CONTINUES TO TAKE A LICKING. I REMEMBER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I USED TO BANG AWAY, I REMEMBER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I USED TO BANG AWAY, AND 7 WAS A DREAM. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME THAT'S NOW A NIGHTMARE, THEN I'M A PRETTY HAPPY GUY. GOOD TO MEET YOU, SIR. WINSTON PETERS HAS ARGUABLY OUTWORKED MOST OF CABINET, LEADING A GRUELLING OVERSEAS SCHEDULE AS FOREIGN MINISTER. THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS... AN UTTER CATASTROPHE. BUT ALONG WITH POSITIVE GLOBAL HEADLINES, HE'S ALSO MADE NEGATIVE ONES. THEIR DNA MADE THEM SOMEHOW BETTER THAN OTHERS. I'VE SEEN THAT SORT OF PHILOSOPHY BEFORE. I SAW IT IN NAZI GERMANY. WE ALL DID. FOR NATIONAL, IT'S BEEN A CASE OF UNDERPERFORMANCE, WITH TWO STRUGGLING MINISTERS. IF ONLY I WAS A MAGICIAN. IF I COULD SNAP A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAD A SOLUTION. I MAKE INTERVENTIONS WHEN I NEED TO TO MAKE SURE I HAVE GOOD SENIOR CABINET MINISTERS DEALING WIITH THOSE ISSUES. SINCE COMING INTO POWER, THE GOVERNMENT'S SCRAPPED, CUT, TIGHTENED AND REDUCED ` AUSTERITY IN ABSOLUTE OVERDRIVE. WE CURRENTLY FACE A HANGOVER FROM THE LAST GUYS' BORROWING AND INFLATION. WE NOW HAVE TO COME AWAY AND TAKE AWAY THE PUNCH BOWL FROM THE PARTY, THAT'S GONE ON TOO LONG. SPEAKING OF PARTIES ` THE COALITION'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD TIME, WITH DAVID SEYMOUR ACCUSED OF UNDERMINING THE PRIME MINISTER. SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT HE'S UNDERMINING ME OR I'M UNDERMINING HIM, AND ACTUALLY I DON'T LISTEN TO EITHER OF THOSE PEOPLE. WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS CAN BE REASSURED ABOUT IS THERE IS MASSIVE UNITY AND SINGLE-MINDED PURPOSE. SO YOU AND HIM ARE ALL GOOD? WE ARE DANGEROUSLY UNITED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF OUR OPPONENTS. NOW THEY JUST NEED TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC AND REGAIN VOTER CONFIDENCE. POLES ARE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. HOW BIG A DEAL ARE THESE POLL NUMBERS? THIS POLE WILL ABSOLUTELY ROCK THE ENTIRE PARLIAMENT. YOU WILL HAVE MPS FROM PARTIES ACROSS THE SPECTRUM SENDING 'OH MY GOD, WHAT'S UP' MESSAGES. THIS IS LARGELY UNPRECEDENTED TO HAVE A NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT JUST FIVE MONTHS INTO POWER ESSENTIALLY POLLED OUT OF POWER IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. I HAVE LOOKED AT PREVIOUS POLLS, AND THE LAST TIME A GOVERNMENT PARTY WAS OUT IN A POLL WAS JOHN KEYS GOVERNMENT IN 2015 AND HELEN CLARK'S GOVERNMENT IN 2006. BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE THERE WAS THAT WAS THIRD TERM GOVERNMENTS. THIS NEW COALITION IS ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED, SO IT WILL CERTAINLY HURT. THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS ` IS THIS BUYER'S REMORSE? AS THIS BOAT IS SITTING AT HOME THINKING THEY ARE NOT TOO SURE. THEY HAVE SEEN PARTS AFTER CUTS AND CRACKDOWNS AFTER CRACKDOWNS, WONDERING WHAT THEY MAY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR. WE'VE HEARD FROM CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND DAVID SEYMOUR. WHAT'S WINSTON PETERS SAYING? I SPOKE TO WINSTON PETERS THIS MORNING. HE NOTORIOUSLY HATES POLITICAL POLLS. HE SAID TO ME THIS MORNING HE DOESN'T GIVE A 'RAT'S DERRIER' A ABOUT THE RESULTS. WINSTON PETERS IS THE COMEBACK KING AND HE CALLED HIS PARTY BACK INTO CONTENTION, BACK INTO POWER AT THE LAST ELECTION, AND THERE IS NO REASON WHY HE CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN AT THE NEXT ELECTION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THAT IS THREE YEARS AWAY. 1 NEWS POLLS CONSISTENTLY` IT WILL BE DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS TO THE COALITION'S CONFIDENCE IF IT CAN'T TURN THINGS AROUND. THE OPPOSITION PARTIES WILL BE CELEBRATING TONIGHT. FOR MORE ON THE OPPOSITION PARTIES, HERE IS BENEDICT COLLINS. FOR CHRIS HIPKINS, IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO WIN BACK TRUST... GIVE THEM A PAT. YES, THEY DO. OH, NO. (LAUGHS) ...AND CONVINCE VOTERS HE'S A SAFE PAIR OF HANDS. TODAY'S POLL MEANS LABOUR CAN DARE TO DREAM AGAIN. OUR SUPPORTERS AND OUR MPs ARE OUT WORKING VERY, VERY HARD, AND I THINK THEY'LL BE ENCOURAGED BY THIS, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. JUST MONTHS INTO OPPOSITION, THEY'RE UP NOW OUT OF THE DREADED 20s AND CLOSING THE GAP ON NATIONAL. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A REAL WAKE-UP CALL TO THEM. THE DIRECTION THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE COUNTRY IN IS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT NEW ZEALANDERS WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY VOTED FOR CHANGE AT THE LAST ELECTION. NO DISRESPECT, BUT CHRIS HIPKINS HAD SIX YEARS IN GOVERNMENT. HE LEFT AN UNHOLY MESS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO PICK UP. THE GOVERNMENT'S MISFORTUNE MUSIC TO THE GREENS' EARS. EXCUSE ME. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WE'VE GOT PINK FLOYD ` 'ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL'. THEIR TAKE ON THE POLL? IT'S PRETTY COOL. DESPITE BEING ROCKED BY POLITICAL SCANDALS THIS YEAR, THEY'RE UP TWO POINTS TO 14. CHILD: WE'RE ON THE NEWS NOW! WE'LL TRY. WE'LL TRY. AND CHLOE SWARBRICK'S OWN POPULARITY IS RISING TOO. SHE'S NOW THIRD IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES. OH TRUE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. (LAUGHS) SO WHAT DO THE OPPOSITION PUT THIS RESULT DOWN TO? BASED ON THE SENTIMENT THAT I'VE HEARD OUT THERE FROM NEW ZEALANDERS, THEY ARE FRANKLY FED UP WITH THE LACK OF RESPECT THAT THIS GOVERNMENT SHOWS FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. WHY DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS TANKING? I THINK IT'S TANKING BECAUSE IT'S GOT SOME MATES ON IT THAT ARE JUST DRAGGING IT BACKWARDS INTO THE 1800S, WHICH NOBODY WANTS TO BE A PART OF. ARE YOU SURPRISED? I MEAN, THEY'RE SIX MONTHS IN. NO, I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS AND ACCELERATE, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CRISIS FOR A QUICK BUCK. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WEALTH DISTRIBUTED TO THE RICH AND NOT LOOK AFTER THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. WE ASKED THE PUBLIC TODAY HOW THEY THINK THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING VERY WELL AT ALL, ACTUALLY. I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH, UM, WELL, PROBABLY IN-HOUSE BICKERING GOING ON, AND DECISION MAKING IS A BIT TOO SLOW. NOT HAPPY WITH, UH, FAST-TRACKING... LEGISLATION. BIT AVERAGE. (CHUCKLES) THIS FEEDBACK LEADING LABOUR TO BELIEVE THERE'S LIFE IN THIS OLD DOG YET. AND BENEDICT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. LABOUR'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH THIS BOOST ` BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S GOING RIGHT FOR THEM, TELL US MORE. WE ALL KNOW THAT THE LABOUR PARTY GOT A BLOODIED NOSE AT THE LAST ELECTION, BUT ONE OF THE AREAS THEY REALLY TOOK A POLITICAL BEATING WAS IN THE AUCKLAND AREA. COUPLED WITH HIGH CRIME IN THE AUCKLAND AREA, LABOURS SUPPORT THERE REALLY BEGAN TO HAVE OUR PARADE, *EVAPORATE. WHAT LABOUR IS TELLING ME AS THEY ARE STARTING TO SEE THE SUPPORT COMING BACK. THEIR POLITICAL POLLING IN THE CITY IS TELLING THEM THAT AND THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE HEARING ON THE GROUND. VOTERS ARE STARTING TO COME BACK TO THEM IN THIS KEY BATTLEGROUND AREA. SO WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THE LABOUR PARTY IN THIS AREA AND MORE OF CHRIS HIPKINS BECAUSE THEY SEE IT AS CRUCIAL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION. KIA ORA. NOW, LET'S BRING IN MAIKI AGAIN. A TOUGH RESULT OVERALL FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON, HIS POPULARITY DIPPING SLIGHTLY AS WELL. HOW DO YOU EXPECT HE'LL RESPOND? LOOK, CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS COMPETITIVE BY NATURE. HE DOESN'T HIDE THAT FACT, SO DESPITE PUTTING ON A VERY BRAVE FACE TODAY, YOU CAN BET HE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY GUTTED BY THESE RESULTS. IT IS HIS COALITION AND GOVERNMENTS REPUTATION ON THE LINE. HIS PERSONAL POPULARITY IN THOSE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER RANKINGS HAS ALSO TAKEN A HAT, AND THAT IS DESPITE HIS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. HE IS ON INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK. HE IS PUSHING HARD ON THOSE AREAS AND YET NOT GETTING THE CUT THROUGH HE IS LOOKING FOR, THAT HE IS INTENDING ON GETTING. NATIONAL WILL ARGUE THE COALITION OVERALL HAS A BIG AND DIFFICULT JOB AHEAD. THEY HAVE INHERITED SOME CHALLENGES FROM THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY AND THAT REQUIRES SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AND TOUGH LOVE. BUT EVEN WHEN NATIONAL SHOULD BE PROVIDING SOME REASSURANCE AND COMFORT FOR VOTERS, PERHAPS IN THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, OUR POLL SHOWS PESSIMISM HAS JUMPED BY SEVEN POINTS TO 26% AND OPTIMISM IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK HAS DROPPED THREE POINTS TO 36%. THE CONFIDENCE THERE IS WANING, AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SELF REFLECTION FOR THE COALITION GOVERNMENT TONIGHT. AND MAKE SURE YOU JOIN THE BREAKFAST TEAM TOMORROW. THEY'LL HAVE FURTHER REACTION TO THE NUMBERS, INCLUDING MORE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. THAT'S FROM 6 IN THE MORNING. WE ALSO HAVE MORE ANALYSIS OF OUR EXCLUSIVE POLL RESULTS ON OUR WEBSITE. HEAD TO 1NEWS.CO.NZ, OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP. TO OTHER NEWS, AND RETAILERS SAY THEY'RE CONFRONTING A NEW TYPE OF CRIME THEY'RE CALLING 'THE SWARM'. IT'S WHEN A GROUP OF CRIMINALS RUSH INTO STORES, USING WEAPONS TO CARRY OUT THEIR ROBBERIES AND INTIMIDATE PEOPLE AS THEY'RE DOING SO. THEY SAY THE TREND HAS INCREASED IN RECENT MONTHS, ALARMING SHOPPERS AND SECURITY GUARDS. SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. THESE SOUTH AUCKLAND SHOPPERS SCRAMBLE FOR SAFETY AS OFFENDERS WIELDING WEAPONS CHARGE INTO THE JEWELLERY STORE. SEVERAL HAVE HAMMERS. ONE CARRIES A MACHETE. RETAILERS HAVE A NAME FOR IT ` 'SWARM CRIME'. SO, YOU'VE GOT HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE GROUPED TOGETHER WITH TOOLS SO, YOU'VE GOT HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE GROUPED TOGETHER WITH TOOLS AND WEAPONS, SWARMING INTO A STORE AND OVERWHELMING THE STAFF AND THE CUSTOMERS IN THOSE STORES. THE STORE SAYS IT LOST $1M IN THE ANZAC DAY ROBBERY. A WEEK EARLIER, ANOTHER AUCKLAND JEWELLER WAS TARGETED. AGAIN, A MACHETE WAS INVOLVED. RETAIL NZ SAYS THESE HIGH-PROFILE CRIMES ARE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE WIDESPREAD RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. THEY SAY THE TARGETS HAVE SHIFTED FROM PETROL STATIONS TO JEWELLERY STORES. THERE WAS ANOTHER CASE JUST YESTERDAY. IN THE LATEST INCIDENT, OFFENDERS TARGETED A MICHAEL HILL JEWELLERY STORE AT THE WESTGATE SHOPPING MALL BEHIND ME. POLICE HAVE CHARGED A MAN (27) AND ALLEGE HE USED A MACHETE WHEN HE ROBBED THE STORE. WE ASKED ONE RESIDENT HOW SAFE IT FEELS TO SHOP. IF IT'S BEFORE FOUR, FIVE O'CLOCK, REASONABLY SAFE. DEFINITELY GOT TO HAVE YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE AROUND HERE TOWARDS THE LATE EVENING. POLICE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM WORKING ON JEWELLERY ROBBERIES. SECURITY GUARDS WELCOME THAT. THEY SAY DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES IS INCREASING, BUT CRIME IS PUTTING SOME JOB HUNTERS OFF. BUT WE DO FIND IT TOUGH TO RECRUIT WHERE THOSE POTENTIAL PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS, AND FAIR ENOUGH. THEY DO ASK ABOUT THE RISKS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THEM SAFE. RETAIL NZ IS KEEN TO SEE HOW THE GOVERNMENT DEALS WITH YOUNG CRIMINALS IN ITS BOOT CAMPS OR ACADEMIES. BUT IT SAYS OTHER SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR ADULT OFFENDERS. HOW WILL THEY PUT IN SOME MECHANISMS THAT RETAILERS WILL FEEL MORE PROTECTED DOING THEIR JOB ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS? RETAIL CRIME WAS A HEADACHE FOR THE LAST GOVERNMENT; IT SEEMS NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE GUARDING A HOUSE IN WHANGAREI WHERE A MAN DIED OVERNIGHT IN A SUSPICIOUS FIRE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE TIKIPUNGA ADDRESS, DOWN A RIGHT OF WAY, EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY ALSO FOUND A CAR ABLAZE AT THE PROPERTY. FORENSIC EXPERTS ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRES. THE DECEASED PERSON WAS FOUND AND REMOVED FROM THE SCENE BY FENZ. HE WAS ALIVE AT THAT POINT, AND DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF FENZ AND POLICE STAFF, HE PASSED AWAY AT THE SCENE. POLICE SAY IT APPEARS HE DIED FROM INJURIES RELATED TO THE FIRE. A POST-MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW. A TRIAL FOR THE SOUTH KOREAN WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND HIDING THEIR BODIES IN SUITCASES HAS BEEN POSTPONED. 43-YEAR-OLD HAKYUNG LEE WAS DUE TO STAND TRIAL THIS WEEK, BUT DURING A HEARING IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND, HER CASE WAS ADJOURNED FOR 'FAIR TRIAL REASONS'. DETAILS, THOUGH, CAN'T BE REPORTED. THE REMAINS OF THE CHILDREN, YUNA AND MINU JO, WERE DISCOVERED IN SUITCASES IN AUGUST 2022 AFTER A FAMILY BOUGHT THE CONTENTS OF AN AUCKLAND STORAGE LOCKER IN AN ONLINE AUCTION. IT'S ALLEGED LEE KILLED THEM ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO. SHE'LL REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH, WHEN A NEW TRIAL DATE WILL BE SET. THE GOVERNMENT IS BOOSTING PHARMAC'S FUNDING BY AROUND $1.7B OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, LIFTING THE BUDGET OVER THAT PERIOD TO ALMOST $6.3B. THE MONEY IS COMING FROM SAVINGS MADE ELSEWHERE AND WILL GO TOWARDS MAINTAINING MEDICINES THAT ARE ALREADY PROVIDED BY THE DRUG-FUNDING AGENCY. ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR SAID, 'ACCESS TO MEDICINES IS A CRUCIAL PART OF MANY KIWIS' LIVES.' SOME ADVOCATES HAVE WELCOMED THE BOOST BUT SAY THERE IS STILL A SERIOUS SHORTFALL ` AS CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. INSTEAD OF UP TO 12 FINGER PRICKS A DAY, DIABETIC HARRIETT MAIRE USES THIS SENSOR... IT'S LINKED TO A DEVICE THAT MANAGES HER BLOOD SUGAR. IT HAS SAVED MY LIFE MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT KEEPS US OUT OF HOSPITAL. BUT CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS ARE EXPENSIVE. I HAVE BEEN ON DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF CGM SINCE 2017, I HAVE BEEN ON DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF CGM SINCE 2017, SO MY PARENTS AND I HAVE STOCKED UP ALMOST 30 GRAND. IT'S AMONG A SMALL NUMBER OF DEVICES AND DRUGS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM A BIG BUDGET BOOST FOR PHARMAC. IT'S GETTING $1.7B OVER FOUR YEARS, BUT MOST OF IT IS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL. THIS MONEY IS VERY MUCH TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE MEDICINES THIS MONEY IS VERY MUCH TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE MEDICINES WE HAVE ALREADY LISTED, BUT THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE FUNDING OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS AND THE MYLOMA TREATMENTS WE'RE CONSULTING ON AT THE MOMENT. SO THAT FUNDING DOES ALLOW THOSE TO BE FINALISED. THIS WILL JUST KEEP THEIR LIGHTS ON. THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE OVER AND ABOVE THAT FUNDING CLIFF, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SPEAKING AT A MEDICINE SUMMIT, THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER SAYS LABOUR LEFT A $450M ANNUAL GAP. WE'VE INHERITED A FISCAL CLIFF WHERE WE HAVE TO SAVE THE FURNITURE. WE'VE INHERITED A FISCAL CLIFF WHERE WE HAVE TO SAVE THE FURNITURE. THIS IS REAL. PHARMAC WOULD HAVE BEEN BASICALLY CHOOSING ` NOT WHICH NEW THINGS TO FUND BUT WHICH THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING THEY SHOULD TAKE AWAY. LABOUR SAYS IT WOULD HAVE INCREASED PHARMAC'S FUNDING AND DISPUTES THE SIZE OF THE FISCAL CLIFF. IT WAS VERY CLEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION AND TRANSPARENT IN ALL THE TREASURY DOCUMENTS, THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE A $181M INCREASE IN PHARMAC FUNDING. THAT FIGURE HAS NOW APPARENTLY INCREASED, AND DAVID SEYMOUR NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY. SO WHO'S TO BLAME FOR THIS FISCAL CLIFF? SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS. WE HAVE BEEN STARVING PHARMAC OF FUNDING FOR FAR TOO LONG. YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT OVER A TWO-DECADE PROGRESSION, AND FINALLY, IT'S GOT TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE IN A CRISIS. ALL EYES NOW ON NEXT MONTH'S BUDGET TO SEE IF IT OFFERS MORE FOR PATIENTS. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` DEADLY TORNADOES TEAR THROUGH AMERICA, FLATTENING ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS. WE CAME HOME AND THERE WAS NO HOME TO COME HOME TO. AND THE U.S. WASN'T THE ONLY COUNTRY STRUCK BY POWERFUL STORMS. PLUS ` STEP INSIDE A FAMOUS CHRISTCHURCH LANDMARK. WHY THE CATHEDRAL IS OPENING TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE SCHOOL PHONE BAN ` WILL STUDENTS REALLY BE ABLE TO OUTSMART TEACHERS WITH TECHNOLOGY? PLUS ` IT'S EVERYWHERE. FROM THE DOCTOR'S WAITING ROOM TO THE LOCAL CAFE TO THE FISH AND CHIP SHOP. THE SECRET BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF THE COFFEE NEWS. AND COMEDIAN JERRY SEINFELD ON WHY A FLAT WHITE IS HIS FAVOURITE COFFEE. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. THE AUCKLAND RUGBY COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING FOLLOWING THE SHOCK DEATH OF A BEACHLANDS RUGBY PLAYER. CORY HEATHER (33) DIED AFTER RECEIVING A SEVERE HEAD KNOCK DURING AN UNDER-85KG MATCH AT TE PURU PARK ON SATURDAY. A GIVE-A-LITTLE PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO SUPPORT HIS YOUNG WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, WITH MORE THAN $45,000 DONATED SO FAR. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE LEAVING NEW ZEALAND IN DROVES AS DELAYS TO BIG PROJECTS CREATE UNCERTAINTY ACROSS THE INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD SPOKE TO CONTRACTORS WHO ARE URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FAST AND KICK PROJECTS INTO GEAR BEFORE MORE EXPERIENCED STAFF ARE LOST OVERSEAS. RYAN RUTHE WOULD LOVE TO BE FIXING ROADS; INSTEAD, HE'S BUILDING DRIVEWAYS TO KEEP HIS BUSINESS TRUCKING ALONG. WE WERE QUITE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ROAD MAINTENANCE. IT WAS ALMOST OVERNIGHT, ONCE THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED, A LOT OF THE FUNDING BECAME UNCERTAIN, AND REALLY, THE PHONE JUST STOPPED RINGING. THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO CANCEL THREE WATERS AND LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS LEAVING MANY CONTRACTORS TWIDDLING THEIR THUMBS. WHILE IT DOES HAVE BIG PLANS, LIKE THE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, NONE HAVE SET START DATES. WE'RE JUST IN A HOLDING PATTERN, WAITING FOR THINGS TO IMPROVE. IMMEDIATE UNCERTAINTY IS CAUSING CLIENTS TO DEFER OR CANCEL CONTRACTS, AWAITING SOME KIND OF CERTAINTY OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT. IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A MOUNTAIN OF WORK TO BE DONE. AND HEAVY MACHINERY LIKE THIS IS READY TO BE ROLLED OUT BUT HAS NOWHERE TO GO. IT IS VERY SLOW. THE PROJECTS AREN'T THERE. THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE FAILING. I SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME CHASING UP DEBTORS, WHICH IS NOT MY NORMAL CUP OF TEA. CASHFLOW IS, OF COURSE, STRAINED WHEN THE WORKERS AREN'T EARNING MONEY AND THE EQUIPMENT AREN'T EARNING MONEY. AND THE EQUIPMENT ISN'T EARNING MONEY. WE HAVE SEEN SOME BUSINESSES FAIL. A SURVEY OF THE INDUSTRY SHOWED VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. THAT IMPROVED OVER THE LONGER TERM. BUT THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IS STAFF. 42% HAD LOST STAFF OVERSEAS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, AND 70% EXPECTED THAT TO GET WORSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO INDUSTRY LEADERS WROTE TO INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP PLEADING FOR URGENT HELP. ALL THAT ADDS UP TO A LACK OF CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY IN THE SECTOR WHEN THE TAP IS TURNED ON AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE TO BUILD MORE. THAT'S GOING TO COST NEW ZEALAND MORE, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SCALE UP AGAIN. I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE CHARACTERISATION THAT THE SECTOR IS FALLING APART OR UNDER PRESSURE. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE. WE ARE RESPONDING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE NORTH ISLAND WEATHER EVENTS. SO THERE IS LOTS OF WORK. I'M GETTING AT LEAST TWO TO THREE PHONE CALLS A WEEK, UM, WITH GOOD EMPLOYEES, GOOD-SKILLED EMPLOYEES LOOKING FOR PROJECTS, LOOKING FOR JOBS. BUT WORKERS NEED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY TO GET THOSE DESPERATELY NEEDED PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. TORNADOES HAVE RIPPED THROUGH SEVERAL AMERICAN STATES, KILLING AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A BABY. MORE THAN 130 TORNADOES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE HIT THE MID-WEST AND AMERICA'S HEARTLAND STATES. AN EMERGENCY'S BEEN DECLARED IN OKLAHOMA, WHERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. HOMES AND BUSINESSES NOW LYING IN RUINS. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT POWER. DEVASTATION, TOO, IN NEBRASKA. ROADS LITTERED WITH DEBRIS AND TREES RIPPED FROM THE GROUND. AND AS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS, THE THREAT'S NOT OVER YET. MOTHER NATURE MAKING HERSELF KNOWN IN AMERICA'S MIDWEST. HOLY COW! IT'S HUGE. BIG TORNADO! BIG TORNADO! THIS IS WHAT REMAINS OF DOWNTOWN SULPHUR ` POPULATION ALMOST 5000. WHAT I SAW DOWNTOWN SULPHUR... UH, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. THIS WAS THE SPORTS BAR, HOMES AND SHOPS ` NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS TOO. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HERE CONFIRMED DEAD, INCLUDING A BABY AND AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF NEWLY HOMELESS, ON TOP OF BUSINESSES AND LIVELIHOODS RUINED. JUST LIKE THAT, ALL THIS TAX REVENUE, ALL THESE BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN SULPHUR JUST OVERNIGHT, UH, HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT. SO WE NEED TO HELP` HELP SULPHUR REBUILD. OKLAHOMA JUST ONE OF SEVEN STATES SAVAGED BY STORMS FOR THE FOURTH DAY. THE AFFECTED AREA'S HOME TO MORE THAN 13 MILLION PEOPLE. ANOTHER PERSON DIED IN IOWA AFTER TORNADOES THERE. HALF THE HOMES IN THIS TOWN DESTROYED. IN NEBRASKA, MORE THAN 150 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE CITY OF OMAHA. TODAY, RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO GO THROUGH WHAT REMAINS, MANY FEELING LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. WE BARELY MADE IT TO THE BASEMENT AND THEN HEARD THE DESTRUCTION GOING ON UPSTAIRS, AND WOW! YEAH. ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE LOST EVERYTHING. THIS WAS OUR FOREVER HOME, AND WE'VE MOVED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. AND WE CAME HOME, AND THERE WAS NO HOME TO REALLY COME TO. FOR STORM-WEARY AMERICANS, THERE'S BAD NEWS; MORE BAD WEATHER IS EXPECTED. LET'S NOT PANIC. LET'S FOLLOW THE RULES, FOLLOW THE PROCESS. WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OFFERED ITS SUPPORT IN THE RECOVERY... WE WILL RISE. WE'LL CLEAN UP. WE WILL REBUILD. ...IT WILL BE A LONG ROAD TO NORMALITY. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. SOUTHERN CHINA HAS ALSO BEEN STRUCK BY A TORNADO. THIS AMATEUR FOOTAGE FROM GUANGZHOU SHOWING POWER LINES SPARKING IN THE STORM. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND MORE THAN 140 FACTORY BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. CHINA'S METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WARNS HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. HUNDREDS MORE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. VIOLENCE ESCALATED AT UCLA IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH AN OPPOSING GROUP, BREAKING THROUGH A BARRIER MEANT TO KEEP THEM APART. CAMPUS POLICE EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO SEPARATE THEM. STUDENTS ARE DEMANDING SCHOOLS CUT TIES WITH COMPANIES PROFITING FROM THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. A MURI AKE NEI ` CLASSROOM LIFE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR KIDS AS THEY HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL. CELL PHONES ARE NOW OFFICIALLY BANNED. SO ARE STUDENTS FOLLOWING THE RULES? PLUS ` CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. FIND OUT NEXT JUST HOW POPULAR TOURS HAVE BEEN. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP, CHANCES ARE YOU'VE READ IT AT SOME STAGE. HOW THE OLD SCHOOL COFFEE NEWS CONTINUES TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA. PLUS ` THE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS WHO THREW THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THE ULTIMATE GARDEN ACCESSORY. AND COMEDIAN JERRY SEINFELD ON HOW A VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND CREATED HIS NEW LOVE OF A FLAT WHITE COFFEE. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. WELCOME BACK. WITH THE START OF TERM TWO TODAY, THE MUCH DISCUSSED CLASSROOM CELLPHONE BAN IS NOW IN FORCE. STUDENTS TOLD 1 NEWS THE RULE HELPS THEM STAY FOCUSED DURING LESSONS, BUT THERE'S DOUBT IT'LL BE FOLLOWED ALL DAY. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS. IT'S WELCOME BACK TO STUDENTS BUT GOODBYE TO THEIR CELL PHONES UNDER A NEW GOVERNMENT BAN. WHEN YOU ARE ON YOUR PHONE, IT KIND OF BRINGS YOU INTO, LIKE, A SPIRAL, AND IT'S HARDER TO GET OFF OF IT. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT, WE CAN ALWAYS USE IT AS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS. AT THIS AGE, YOU NORMALLY GET ADDICTED TO THE DEVICES NOWADAYS. OTAHUHU INTERMEDIATE PUPILS HAVE BEEN HANDING IN THEIR PHONES... WOMAN: AND YOUR NAME IS? RITA. RITA? ...AND PICKING THEM UP AT THE END OF THE DAY SINCE LAST YEAR. MOST SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY HAD SYSTEMS IN PLACE, BUT I SUPPOSE THE GOOD THING NOW IS THERE'S CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD. HUTT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH. THIS IS HOW EVERY CLASS STARTS. I THINK, IN CLASSES, HAVING NO PHONES IS REALLY GOOD. THERE'S, LIKE, A LOT LESS DISTRACTION. I DO SEE THE VALUE OF IT, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DO A LOT MORE WORK IN CLASS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LUNCH TIME, THE PRINCIPAL SAYS THERE'S NO WAY TO BE MONITORING ALL 1900 STUDENTS' PHONE USE AT ONE TIME. SHE SAYS STAFF WILL BE TAKING A FIRM BUT FAIR APPROACH. 1 NEWS SPOTTED SOME PHONES OUT DURING ONE BREAK. I IMAGINE THERE'LL BE LOTS OF GENTLE REMINDERS IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, IF THEY'RE NOT COOPERATING WITH THE STAFF MEMBER, THEY GET SENT BASICALLY STRAIGHT TO MY OFFICE, AND WE TAKE THE PHONE, POP IT IN A BOX FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. CELL PHONES ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED IF THEY'RE PART OF A LEARNING TASK, A CHILD HAS AN EXEMPTION FOR HEALTH OR DISABILITY REASONS, OR STAFF CONSENT TO USE IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WE THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC POLICY. I APPRECIATE TODAY IS THE D-DAY FOR NEW SCHOOLS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE REGULATION, AND WE EXPECT ALL SCHOOLS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE REGULATION. THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY BE AUDITED BY ERO IN DUE COURSE IF THEY'RE NOT. SCHOOLS NOW PUTTING THE POLICY INTO ACTION... WHETHER STUDENTS LIKE IT OR NOT. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PUBLIC TOURS OF THE DAMAGED CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL ARE BEING HELD, AND THEY'RE ALREADY PROVING POPULAR. IT COMES AS PLANS TO REBUILD THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE CENTRE OF CHRISTCHURCH REMAIN IN DOUBT DUE TO A LACK OF MONEY. HERE'S KATIE STEVENSON. GOING BEHIND THE FENCE AND INSIDE THE EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED CATHEDRAL ` A FIRST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN OVER A DECADE. I HAD NO PREVIOUS REALISATION OF THE ENORMITY OF THE PROGRAMME. IT'S BEYOND` IT DEFIES EXPECTATION. TO SHOW PEOPLE, TO REMIND PEOPLE ` WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLACE SINCE 2011 ` JUST WHAT A GEM THIS IS TO OUR HISTORY, OUR CITY. AND FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK THAT LIES AHEAD HERE. THE DEFINITION OF REINSTATEMENT ALLOWS US TO USE MODERN METHODS TO ACHIEVE, EFFECTIVELY, A MODERN BUILDING PERFORMANCE WHILST TRYING TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THE HERITAGE FABRIC AS WE CAN. THE TOURS WILL RUN MONDAY AFTERNOONS ALL THROUGH MAY, AND THEY'VE ALREADY PROVEN POPULAR ` BOOKED OUT WITHIN HOURS ONLINE. IT'S FREE TO COME ALONG. WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO GAUGE THE PUBLIC REACTION TO THE SITE, GET THEM ENGAGED IN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, EXPLAIN WHY IT'S COMPLICATED, AND SO WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO CHARGE PEOPLE MONEY FOR THAT. BUT WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS MOUNTING... WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE MONEY, SO, I MEAN, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BE AS QUICK TO DONATE AS WHAT THEY WERE TO SIGN UP TO THESE TOURS. ANOTHER $114M IS WHAT'S NEEDED ` $30M OF THAT BY AUGUST, OR THE PROJECT COULD BE MOTH-BALLED. THE DEAN OF THE CATHEDRAL AT THE TIME OF THE EARTHQUAKE, HOPEFUL. YOU LOOK AT IT, AND MY HEART GETS RAISED BY IT. AND I KNOW IT'S A HELL OF A BIG JOB TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT YOU CAN'T LET IT FALL DOWN. IF FUNDING'S SECURED, THE CATHEDRAL WILL REOPEN IN 2031. TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN WHEN IT'S FINISHED, YEAH, IF I LIVE LONG ENOUGH. THESE NEW TOURS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD. KATIE STEVENSON, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE STICKING WITH THE TRIED AND TRUE? YES, LOTS OF FAMILIAR NAMES IN THE T20 WORLD CUP SQUAD. ONLY TWO PLAYERS PICKED WITHOUT PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE AT THE WORLD CUP LEVEL. EVEN THE NEW UNIFORM IS VERY MUCH A BLAST FROM THE PAST. PLUS... (LAUGHS) YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. THAT'S A REAL PERSON, WE SHOULD POINT OUT RIGHT AWAY. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN SHAKES OFF A CHEATING SCANDAL, A SURGING TEAM-MATE AND THAT BIZARRE TRACKSIDE INTRUDER TO RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE INDYCAR PODIUM IN ALABAMA. AND IN WEATHER, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SQUEEZE BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. FOR MOST OF US THOUGH, IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. JUST SOME SUN, SOME CLOUD, THROUGH THE COUSRSE OF THE DAY. THERE IS A NEW FRONT THAT BRINGS SOME RAIN DOWN SOUTH. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE, AFTER SPORT. VOICEOVER: Hello person not watching this ad because it's interrupting your brainy current affairs show. Hey, did you know you could be ignoring this TV ad for less, with 30% off Skinny's Endless Mobile Plans? That's real smart! SONG: # Happy, happy, happy aaaah! # ('COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER) (READS) "Additional tax refunds. Click the link to..." # You're as cold as ice... # Not clicking the link. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICEOVER: If something seems suss, we're here to help 24/7 on 0800 ASB FRAUD. KIA ORA, WELCOME TO SPORT. SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN HAS RETURNED TO THE TOP STEP OF INDYCAR, DEFENDING HIS ALABAMA GRAND PRIX TITLE THIS MORNING AFTER A TUMULTUOUS WEEK FOR HIS TEAM PENSKE. THE KIWI DRIVER PUTTING THE CHEATING SCANDAL WELL AND TRULY IN HIS REAR VIEW AND MAKING HIS MOVE UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE. SCOTTY MAC WINS AT BARBER! IF EVER THERE'S A TIME TO SIGNAL A RESPONSE, THIS WAS IT FOR SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD ONE, YOU KNOW? DEFINITELY ONE OF MY BEST DRIVES IN TERMS OF EXECUTION AND JUST KNOCKING OUT THE LAPS. MCLAUGHLIN STARTING IN POLE AND GETTING THE JUMP. HE'S GOING TO LEAD COMFORTABLY INTO TURN ONE. 90 LAPS AHEAD ON A TRACK KNOWN TO BE PUNISHING ` THE HEAT, PHYSICALITY. WHILE HE WAS IN CONTROL IN THE CAR, SOME THINGS WERE OUTSIDE OF THAT. YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME! NOT A REAL PERSON, WE SHOULD POINT OUT RIGHT AWAY. OH! QUITE A SHOCK. A PIECE OF ART ON THE BARBER CIRCUIT, GEORGINA THE MANNEQUIN, ACCIDENTALLY FALLING ON TO THE TRACK. THEN SOON AFTER, A CRASH CAUSING A YELLOW FLAG. OHH! BUT THIS NOW HAPPENS... EVERY RESTART ERASING THE KIWI'S LEAD. I WAS A LITTLE MAD, BUT THEN I REALISED THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD HIT THE FENCE, SO THAT WASN'T WHAT THE YELLOW WAS FOR. I LOST THAT TO A POOR LADY THAT FELL OFF` YEAH, I WON'T SAY ANY MORE, BUT YEAH. A MANNEQUIN. YEAH. IT WAS A MANNEQUIN, YEAH. THE STRUGGLES DIDN'T END THERE. MCLAUGHLIN EN ROUTE TO VICTORY WITH FIVE LAPS TO GO. WHOA! RASMUSSEN! ANOTHER YELLOW. TEAM PENSKE SAID, 'ARE YOU KIDDING?' HIS THREE-SECOND LEAD GONE. WITH TWO LAPS LEFT, THE TRACK TURNED GREEN. HERE WE GO. MCLAUGHLIN IN POWER AT THE FRONT! BUT THE KIWI TOO QUICK, FENDING OFF TEAMMATE WILL POWER FOR HIS FIRST VICTORY OF THE SEASON. THAT WAS AN INTENSE MENTAL BATTLE. YOU KNOW, I KNEW I HAD TO STAY IN FRONT OF WILL. HE WAS THE GUY I WAS RACING. YEAH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF BLISTERS, WHATEVER. BUT, YEAH... YOU COULD SAY I DESERVE A BEER. HE CERTAINLY DOES, AND ONE HE MIGHT NOT WANT TO SHARE WITH HIS NEW MATE. OVERCOMING CONTROVERSY, MOVING FROM LAST IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO 9TH, THERE'S A FEELING SCOTTY MAC IS BACK. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS SAY THEY'RE COUNTING ON EXPERIENCE FOR THE UPCOMING TWENTY-20 WORLD CUP, WITH THE SQUAD UNVEILED TODAY. KANE WILLIAMSON WILL LEAD THE SIDE WITH TEST CAPTAIN TIM SOUTHEE ALONGSIDE HIM, AND TRENT BOULT RETURNING FROM HIS IPL FOCUS. MATT HENRY'S EARNED A T20 CALL-UP, WITH LOCKIE FERGUSON, MITCHELL SANTNER AND ISH SODHI ROUNDING OUT THE BOWLING RANKS. RACHIN RAVINDRA'S THE OTHER PLAYER MAKING HIS T20 WORLD CUP DEBUT, AND DEVON CONWAY'S NAMED, AFTER OVERCOMING HIS THUMB INJURY. FINN ALLEN, MARK CHAPMAN, MICHAEL BRACEWELL ` WHO CAPTAINED THE RECENT SERIES AGAINST PAKISTAN ` DARYL MITCHELL, GLENN PHILLIPS AND JIMMY NEESHAM MAKE UP THE 15-MAN SQUAD. BEN SEARS IS THE TRAVELLING RESERVE, WHILE ADAM MILNE AND KYLE JAMIESON WERE NOT CONSIDERED DUE TO INJURY. AND THE GROUP IS FEEDING OFF SOME NOSTALGIA WITH ITS UNIFORM, FOR THE JUNE TOURNAMENT. AN ODE TO THE 1999 BLACKCAPS SIDE ` THE KIWIS BRINGING BACK THE TEAL. ROGER TWOSE PROBABLY` ROGER TWOSE AND GEOFF ALLOTT, PROBABLY THE TWO NAMES THAT COME TO MIND. BUT THAT WIN IN CARDIFF AGAINST AUSTRALIA, UM, WOULD HAVE TO BE A HIGHLIGHT. LOVE IT, YEAH. A FEW OF THE YOUNGER BOYS ` I THINK FINN WAS BORN IN '99, SO HE DOESN'T QUITE REMEMBER IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF US OLDER FELLAS ARE HAVING SOME GOOD MEMORIES. OLD MAY NOT BE THE BEST SELLING POINT; COACH GARY STEAD OPTING FOR THE WORD 'EXPERIENCED' IN THIS YEAR'S T20 WORLD CUP SQUAD. I THINK WE'VE GOT A REALLY WELL-BALANCED SQUAD THAT HAS CRICKET NOUS AND ALSO SOME POWER THERE AS WELL. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS WE CAN SORT OF CHANGE AND ALTER AS WE GO. DEVON CONWAY NAMED AS THE ONLY SPECIALIST WICKETKEEPER DESPITE HIS LENGTHY RECOVERY FROM A BROKEN THUMB. HE'S BACK BATTING, AND HE'S HAD A COUPLE OF KEEPING SESSIONS AS WELL, SO HE'S PROGRESSING AS WE HOPE. THE MAJORITY OF THE SQUAD DIDN'T FEATURE IN THE LATEST PAKISTAN SERIES ` STRONG PERFORMERS LIKE WILL O'ROURKE AND TIM ROBINSON MISSING OUT. THE MESSAGE I HAD TO THEM WAS, 'LOOK, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SELECTED 'IN THIS SIDE, BUT IN TWO YEARS, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER WORLD CUP, 'AND THAT SHOULD BE CERTAINLY A BIG ENOUGH CARROT 'FOR YOU GUYS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THESE GUYS THAT ARE HERE NOW.' THE MORE SEASONED PLAYERS SAY THE HUNGER IS STILL THERE. YOU KNOW, HALF THE SQUAD OR SO HAVE PLAYED IN THE CPL BEFORE. UM, I'VE PLAYED IN GUYANA AND TRINIDAD, WHICH WAS OUR TWO VENUES DURING THE GROUP STAGE. SO, YEAH, NO LACK OF INFORMATION FOR THE GROUP. AND, YEAH, WINNING A WORLD TOURNAMENT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY REASON I STILL PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. ARE THE SAUSAGE ROLLS PART OF THE TRAINING DIET? UH, WELL, YEAH. HUNGRY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, WITH THE HOPE OF CLUTCHING MORE THAN A SAUSAGE ROLL ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE WORLD CUP. DAME SOPHIE PASCOE'S FORMALLY WITHDRAWN FROM CONTENTION FOR THE UPCOMING PARIS GAMES BUT ISN'T RETIRING YET. THE 11-TIME PARALYMPIC CHAMPION IS INSTEAD FOCUSING ON HER FAMILY AFTER WELCOMING HER FIRST BABY THIS YEAR. DAME SOPHIE IS EXPECTING TO RETURN TO COMPETITIVE SWIMMING IN 2025. DESPITE LOSING THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC SEASON, THE HURRICANES REMAIN UPBEAT; THEY ARE STILL COMPETITION LEADERS, AFTER ALL. WHAT IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN, THOUGH, IS THEIR OPTIONS AT HOOKER AS INJURIES BEGIN TO PILE UP. VICTOR WATERS REPORTS. THE HURRICANES REGROUPING AFTER A LOSS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE HAD TO FOLLOWING A TRIP TO CANBERRA. THE UNBEATEN RUN IS OVER. IT'S THE BRUMBIES WHO BREAK IT. WHAT IS IT ABOUT PLAYING THE BRUMBIES IN CANBERRA THAT IS SO HARD FOR THE HURRICANES? IF I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT, (CHUCKLES) A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS WOULD BE DIFFERENT OR HAVE DIFFERENT ANSWERS. YEAH, I WISH WE KNEW. THE HARDEST THING IS THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TOO FAR OFF YOUR GAME TO GET BEATEN OVER THERE. THE 27-19 DEFEAT TO THE BRUMBIES THE SIXTH STRAIGHT THE CANES HAVE SUFFERED IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL, A PLACE THEY HAVEN'T WON SINCE 2017. IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF THEIR BEST EVER START TO A SUPER RUGBY CAMPAIGN, WITH EIGHT CONSECUTIVE WINS. THE LOSS ALMOST RELIEVES THAT PRESSURE THAT WAS BUILDING AROUND BEING UNBEATEN, AND POTENTIALLY THAT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A MINOR FACTOR THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, WHICH IS GOOD. HELP FOCUS US ON MORE IMPORTANT DETAILS. THERE'S NOW PLENTY OF FOCUS ON WHO WILL PLAY HOOKER. OOH. AFTER INJURIES TO JACOB DEVERY AND ASAFO AUMUA, JAMES O'REILLY IS THE LATEST TO BE SIDE-LINED, TAKEN OFF EARLY AGAINST THE BRUMBIES WITH CONCUSSION. INEXPERIENCED RESERVES RAYMOND TUPUTUPU AND KIANU KERERU-SYMES IN LINE FOR A BIGGER ROLE. WE NEED TO BRING A BODY IN, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPLORING AT THE MOMENT. WHILE THE COACHES SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS, THE TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED THEIR MAIN ISSUE FROM THE WEEKEND. PRETTY SIMPLE, OUR END ` JUST NOT PHYSICAL ENOUGH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS, REALLY IS. WE DIDN'T, LIKE I SAID, BRING THE PHYSICALITY; THEY DID. WE WEREN'T ACCURATE; THEY WERE. AND IT'S HARD TO WIN GAMES OVER THERE. WITH A LOSS COMES A GREAT, UM, CHANCE FOR US TO BE BETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK UNDER A FEW ROCKS THAT WE DIDN'T LOOK UNDER THE FIRST TIME. THE WARATAHS ON FRIDAY THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDY THEIR MID-SEASON BLIP. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. AGAINST MOANA PASIFIKA AND HOPING TO CLEAN UP THE HANDLING ERRORS MADE IN PERFECT CONDITIONS UNDER THE ROOF, BEFORE FACING VERY DIFFERENT WEATHER IN THE PACIFIC. YEAH. PRACTICE WITH A WET BALL THIS WEEK. PLAYING IN THE ISLANDS, IT CERTAINLY GETS PRETTY MUGGY AND THE BALL GETS REALLY SLIPPERY. LITTLE HANDLING ERRORS AT THE LAST MOMENT LET US DOWN, FROM US TRYING SO HARD. WE CREATED A LOT, WE JUST DIDN'T FINISH IT. IS IT SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF? UM, NO. BUT PROUD OF THE RESULT. THE HIGHLANDERS SET TO BE WITHOUT RHYS PATCHELL WHO SUFFERED A LEFT PEC INJURY. THE WELSH FIRST-FIVE IS UNDERGOING FURTHER ASSESSMENTS. CHRIS WOOD WILL BE KICKING HIMSELF AFTER MISSED CHANCES COST RELEGATION BATTLERS NOTTINGHAM FOREST AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. THE ALL WHITES STRIKER UNABLE TO CONVERT A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES. SWUNG IN TOWARDS THE BACK POST, AND WOOD HAS MISSED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FROM MONTIEL'S CROSS. WHAT A CHANCE. HE KNOWS IT. ABSOLUTELY. MANCHESTER CITY MUCH MORE CLINICAL, EARNING A 2-0 WIN, THAT TAKES THEM ONE POINT BEHIND LEADERS ARSENAL. COUNTER ATTACK. BAKAYO SAKA... DECIDES TO TAKE ON DAVIS! AND HOW COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED IS THAT? IT WASN'T ALL PLAIN SAILING, ARSENAL NEARLY THROWING AWAY A THREE GOAL LEAD IN THE NORTH LONDON DERBY. BUT TOTTENHAM COULDN'T MUSTER A LATE EQUALISER, LOSING 3-2. 10 DAYS BETWEEN MATCHES MAY BE JUST WHAT THE STRUGGLING WARRIORS NEED TO GET THEIR SEASON BACK ON TRACK. ANDREW WEBSTER'S MEN STARTING THE WEEK WITH AN HONEST REVIEW AS THEY LOOK AHEAD TO A TOUGH STRETCH OF AWAY GAMES. HERE'S ZION DAYAL. ANDREW WEBSTER'S ROLLING UP HIS SLEEVES AND GETTING STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK. (SHOUTING) THE WARRIORS ENJOYED A LONG WEEKEND BREAK, BUT COME MONDAY MORNING, BACK TO REALITY. HAD TO LOOK AT A FEW THINGS THAT WE WEREN'T PROUD OF, BUT IT'S A REVIEW. WE NEED TO GET BETTER. I THINK OUR 'BAD' IS AS BAD AS ANYONE'S IN THE COMPETITION, IF I'M BEING HONEST. THE CLARITY'S PROBABLY BEEN THERE, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN NOT HAVING THE AMOUNT OF PRACTISE OR TIME TO PROBABLY EXECUTE IT BETTER. THE WARRIORS HAVE THAT TIME NOW. SINCE THEIR ANZAC DAY LOSS TO THE TITANS, THERE'S A 10-DAY WINDOW TO RECOVER AND PREPARE FOR THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. WE NEED 10 DAYS BETWEEN GAMES AND SEVEN DAYS OF PRACTICE, SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. THE WARRIORS HAVE SHOWN THEY CAN SCORE POINTS... NICOLL-KLOKSTAD! ...BUT ONE ASPECT THAT'S BEEN LACKING EARLY IN THE SEASON... THE OBVIOUS ONE IS OUR DEFENCE. I THINK JUST ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY JUST NEED TO TACKLE BETTER, WRESTLE BETTER AND SLOW DOWN THE RUCK. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL STAND UP UNDER PRESSURE, AND THEY DIDN'T` THEY HAVEN'T FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I THINK OUR CONCENTRATION IN THE MIDDLE PERIODS OF THE GAME'S HURT US, AND YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR WEAKEST LINKS. WINLESS IN THREE GAMES, THE UPCOMING THREE ROUNDS ALL AWAY FROM HOME ` TRAVELLING TO NEWCASTLE FOR SUNDAY'S FIXTURE BEFORE HEADING TO SYDNEY TO PLAY THE ROOSTERS, THEN THE PENRITH PANTHERS IN BRISBANE'S MAGIC ROUND. I THINK WE'VE HAD WORSE AREAS LAST YEAR OF LOSING IN A ROW, BUT I THINK IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE EXPECT MORE OF US, AND THAT'S COOL. WE EXPECT MORE OF OURSELVES. A CHANCE TO TURN THINGS AROUND, BUT A CHALLENGING FEW WEEKS LOOM. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. 10 DAYS JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR WARRIORS FANS TO HAVE A BREATHER THANKS, JENNY. DAN'S HERE WITH YOUR WEATHER NEXT AND SAYS HE HAS A HEADS-UP FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE SOUTH. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` HOW A CAREER-ENDING INJURY LED TO A CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGH AND A HOBBIT HOLE IN THE BACKYARD. PLUS ` IT'S SMALL, BEIGE AND AS POPULAR AS EVER. SO WHAT'S THE SECRET TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF COFFEE NEWS? WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT SEVEN. (SWIRLING ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (AUTO-TUNED VOICES SING) # Don't let me go # No # Don't let me go # No # Don't let me go # No, no, no, don't let me go # Don't let me go # No, don't you ever let me go # Don't you ever # Let me go... # (SNAPS MULTIPLE PHOTOS) # Oh # Oh, ooh # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. # WOMAN: Dear Diary, beautiful day in the village garden. I planted some celery, watered the tomatoes, met a rose, and Molly harvested a few strawberries. (WHISPERED) Our little secret. HELLO. IT WAS AN OTHERWISE QUIET TRIP BACK TO SCHOOL. THERE IS A SWELL OF QUICK CLOUD THERE. NOT LIKE LAST WEEK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY RAIN DAYS. THEN WE GO INTO A COOLER SOUTH-WESTERLY TO END THE WEEK. TOMORROW, IT IS NOT TOO BAD. IT WAS BETWEEN 14 AND 20 TODAY, FOR MOST OF US. THE BIG CHANGE TOMORROW AS THE INCOMING FRONT, THAT IS A RAIN WATCH. UP NORTH, YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD OLD BREEZE WITH THOSE SHOWERS. THOSE SHOWERS THEN MOVED TO GISBORNE BY THE AFTERNOON. THOSE SHOWERS ARE WITH US IN THE MORNING FOR MOST OF THE NORTH. AUCKLAND IS LIKELY TO SEE SOME SHOWERS. HIRE CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. SAME FOR HAMILTON IN THE MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE DRY. BAY OF PLENTY TO THE CENTRAL PLATEAU IS MOSTLY DRY. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD FOR THE AFTERNOON, MAY BE SOME SHOWERS FOR THE UPPER PART OF THE COROMANDEL. YOU WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS AND GUZMAN, AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF HAWKE'S BAY. REALLY SIMILAR IN NEW PLYMOUTH CLOUD INCREASING FROM THE NEXT SYSTEM AND BETWEEN. WELLINGTON HAS SOME CLOUD IN THE MORNING BUT CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. MAY BE A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER IN THE MORNING AND NELSON. CHRISTCHURCH HAS ACTUALLY START. MAYBE SOME FOG IN THE MORNING. WEST COAST HAS SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SPELL OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON FOR QUEENSTOWN. AND FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE DEEP SOUTH. EVERYONE ELSE GRAB THE RAINCOATS, YOU WILL NEED THEM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN. BLUE LINE AS 1000 M. ON WEDNESDAY IT WILL END. SOME HIGH PRESSURE COMING ON THURSDAY. COUPLE OF RAIN DAYS AND THEN DRY AND THE END OF THE WEEK.