PLUS ` THE HISTORY OF SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S QUIRKIEST CARS AND HOW YOU COULD GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THERE'S DEFIANCE AND DENIAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AFTER OUR LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL REVEALED IT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO BE IN POWER IF AN ELECTION WAS HELD. WHILE THE RESULT IS BEING DISMISSED BY THE COALITION, CRITICS SAY THE POLL SHOWS A LACK OF EMPATHY AND VISION FROM ITS LEADERS. AND TONIGHT WE CAN REVEAL WHO KIWIS THINK IS REALLY PULLING THE STRINGS AROUND THE CABINET TABLE. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. POLITICIANS ROLLING UP TO PARLIAMENT... JUST FORGIVE ME WHILE I TAKE MY BALACLAVA OFF, SO YOU DON'T MISTAKE ME FOR A BANK ROBBER. ...TAKING IN THE NEWS OF A GRIM POLL RESULT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. DID YOU SEE THE 1 NEWS POLL LAST NIGHT? I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING A LOT RECENTLY, VERY WELL. FAIR ENOUGH. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE SKIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE HONEYMOON INTO THE DIVORCE PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW. PEOPLE ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED. I THINK THAT'S AN UP-AND-DOWN OF POLLS. WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. I THINK THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S HAD A SHAMBOLIC START. THE ACT PARTY, WASTING NO TIME, ISSUED A NEWSLETTER LAST NIGHT TO SUPPORTERS SAYING... LOOK, WE SAID THAT, ACTUALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU RECOGNISE THAT IF PEOPLE WANT THE KIND OF POLICIES THAT ACT'S PUTTING FORWARD, THEN YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT US. WINSTON PETERS CLAIMS HIS SUPPORT IS SOLID,... WHY DON'T YOU TURN UP AT MY MEETINGS? THEY'RE WALL TO WALL. THEY'RE PACKED OUT. IT'D BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. ...RUBBISHING THE POLL RESULTS. YOUR POLLS ARE NOT WORTH THE AIR OR THE WORDS THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN ON. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE DIDN'T TUNE IN FOR THE NUMBERS. I GET MY NEWS FEED IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I JUST HADN'T ACTUALLY SEEN YOUR REPORT LAST NIGHT. ONE FORMER MINISTER SUGGESTED THAT'S A MISTAKE. WELL, THIS IS ONE POLL, AND ONE POLL DOESN'T MAKE AN ELECTION OUTCOME. ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY WOULD BE FOOLISH TO IGNORE SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS IN HERE ABOUT THE LOSS OF SUPPORT AND SOME OF THE ANXIETY THAT'S COMING THROUGH FROM THE PUBLIC. IN OUR LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL, WE ALSO ASKED,... HALF OF RESPONDENTS SAID THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT AROUND A QUARTER THOUGHT WINSTON PETERS, AND 10% SAID DAVID SEYMOUR. THE REST DIDN'T KNOW OR WOULDN'T SAY. OF COURSE, THE PRIME MINISTER IS IN CHARGE. DEPENDS WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK, AND IT DEPENDS ON WHICH ISSUE. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ALWAYS IN CHARGE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE, COS WINSTON SAYS WHATEVER HE LIKES, SEYMOUR SAYS WHATEVER HE LIKES. AND WHILE COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL, FORMER NATIONAL PRIME MINISTER SIR JOHN KEY WAS AT PARLIAMENT, OFFERING MORAL SUPPORT. LOOK, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR CONCERN. I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING EXTREMELY WELL AS A UNIFIED GROUP, AS I THOUGHT THEY WOULD. A POLL THAT'S GOT EVERYONE TALKING. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS, MPs COULD BE GETTING A PAY RISE, FOLLOWING A REVIEW INTO THEIR SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES. THE REMUNERATION AUTHORITY HAS RECOMMENDED A BUMP OF AROUND 2% PER YEAR, INCLUDING BACK PAY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S SALARY WILL INCREASE BY $50,000 BY 2026. HE'S INDICATED HE'LL DONATE IT TO CHARITY. THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STILL TO BE APPROVED. IT COMES AS THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS FACE JOB CUTS, AFTER MINISTRIES WERE ASKED TO FIND COST SAVINGS OF 6.5%. TO STILL DEVELOPING NEWS OVERSEAS ` A SWORD-WIELDING MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN EAST LONDON AFTER STABBING MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS. POLICE WERE CALLED SHORTLY BEFORE 7am LOCAL TIME TO REPORTS PEOPLE HAD BEEN STABBED, VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING A MAN CROUCHING IN FRONT OF A PROPERTY CARRYING A KNIFE. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. THEIR CONDITIONS ARE NOT YET KNOWN. POLICE SAY A MAN (36) WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE, AND THE INCIDENT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TERROR-RELATED. THE PRICE OF DAILY LIVING KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP, WITH RENTS REACHING RECORD HIGHS, PETROL PRICES CLIMBING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES ENDING. THAT LIST COMES AS THE 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL SHOWS CONCERN ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD FOR OUR ECONOMY. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. JUMPING ON A BUS TO UNI HAS BEEN A BREEZE, BUT THE COST OF THIS RIDE IS REVVING UP. ALWAYS TRICKY WHEN YOU'RE A STUDENT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. IT CAN COST ME EVEN UP TO $15 TO GET IN TO UNI EACH DAY, AND THAT REALLY ADDS UP. DEFINITELY A BIT HARDER TO STOMACH UP THE BILL, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING UP. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ENDED THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT HOW MUCH FARES RISE WILL DEPEND ON WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY. GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR GRANDKIDS CATCH THE TRAIN GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR GRANDKIDS CATCH THE TRAIN TO SEE THEM MORE OFTEN BECAUSE OF THESE FARE DISCOUNTS. BUSING WAS THE CHEAPER OPTION. IT'S JUST NOT ANY MORE. BUT IF ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT HOPPING OFF THE BUS AND INTO THE CAR, RISING OIL PRICES AND THE WEAK KIWI DOLLAR MEAN FUEL PRICES ARE ONCE AGAIN CREEPING UP. A COMMERCE COMMISSION STUDY FOUND PETROL IS CHEAPER AT UNMANNED STATIONS. WHEN WE LOOK AT A DIFFERENCE IN AN AREA WHICH HAS UNSTAFFED SITES TO ONE WHICH ONLY HAS STAFFED SITES, WE FIND ABOUT A 6C-A-LITRE DIFFERENCE. HE SAYS IT'S COMPETITION WORKING. BUT SOME OF THE INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTORS ARE NOW FINDING IT EASIER TO ACCESS FUEL FROM THE IMPORTERS, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TEND TO BE OPENING MORE OF THE UNSTAFFED SITES. IT'S NOT JUST TRANSPORT AND PETROL ` TRADEME DATA SHOWS RENTS ARE UP 8%. AND IT'S UP $50 YEAR-ON-YEAR, PER WEEK. AND IT'S UP $50 YEAR-ON-YEAR, PER WEEK. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT ACROSS A FULL YEAR, IT'S ABOUT $2600 THAT RENTERS ARE PAYING MORE IN RENT THAN THEY WERE 12 MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS PRETTY TOUGH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. WHILE OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW INFLATION IS FALLING, THE WEEKLY COSTS FOR MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO RISE. AND THAT MAY BE WHY THE LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL SHOWS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THINK THE ECONOMY WILL BE IN A WORSE SHAPE IN 12 MONTHS' TIME. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BRING PRESSURE OFF INFLATION, SO THAT IT CAN COME DOWN, SO THAT OUR INTEREST RATES COME DOWN AND TO PROVIDE COST OF LIVING RELIEF. BACK TO THE COMMUTE, AND THESE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AREN'T SHY ABOUT SHARING THEIR FEELINGS. IT'S BAD. PARENTS PROBABLY WON'T BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT EITHER, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT'S STUPID. I THINK KIDS SHOULD HAVE IT FOR FREE. TURNS OUT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE RIDE. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. A 4.9 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HAS RATTLED MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT AND PARTS OF THE SOUTH. THE 80km-DEEP QUAKE IN THE WHANGANUI BASIN STRUCK AROUND 7.20 THIS EVENING. ALMOST 13,000 PEOPLE REPORTED FEELING THE JOLT, FROM THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND RIGHT UP TO AUCKLAND. THE RE-OPENING OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 OVER THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS WILL BE DELAYED BY SEVERAL WEEKS BECAUSE OF ANOTHER ACTIVE SLIP THAT HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE BUSY ROAD NORTH WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN CYCLONE GABRIELLE AND WAS DUE TO OPEN IN TWO WEEKS, AFTER EXTENSIVE REPAIRS. BUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT HAPPENED TODAY, WHICH WILL NEED URGENT GEOTECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS TO STABILISE. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW WILL BE HELD INTO THE SERVICES FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DISABLED PEOPLE, WHAIKAHA. IT COMES AFTER THE MINISTRY LAST MONTH SUDDENLY CUT FUNDING TO DISABLED PEOPLE AND WARNED IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. THAT LED TO PENNY SIMMONDS BEING STRIPPED OF THE DISABILITY ISSUES PORTFOLIO. NEW MINISTER LOUISE UPSTON SAYS THE REVIEW SHOULD BE FINISHED AROUND SEPTEMBER. WE'RE CLOSE TO THE TIPPING POINT OF UNVACCINATED CHILDREN THAT'S SET OFF MEASLES EPIDEMICS IN THE PAST. THAT'S THE STARK WARNING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, WHO ARE SAYING THE NEXT OUTBREAK COULD BE MUCH WORSE IF IMMUNISATION COVERAGE DOESN'T INCREASE. LAURA FRYKBERG REPORTS. PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE ISN'T ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE... (CRIES) ...BUT DOCTORS SAYS IMMUNISATIONS LIKE THIS ARE THE BEST DEFENCE AGAINST HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASES LIKE MEASLES. IT OFTEN STARTS WITH COLD-, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS, CAN PROGRESS TO EYE INFECTION, COUGH, FEVER AND OBVIOUSLY THE RASH. AS IT CAN LEAD TO DEATH, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE WHO ARE NOT IMMUNISED. THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATION CENTRE WARNS WE'RE NOW CLOSER TO A NEW MEASLES EPIDEMIC, WITH IMMUNISATION COVERAGE AT ITS LOWEST SINCE THE 1980s AND THE NUMBER OF AT-RISK CHILDREN INCREASING BY AROUND 1000 EVERY MONTH. SO THE POTENTIAL IS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH MEASLES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, IN 2019, NEARLY A THIRD OF THOSE WITH MEASLES ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL. THE 2019 OUTBREAK KILLED DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN SAMOA, BUT NONE IN NZ ` SOMETHING DOCTORS PUT DOWN TO HIGHER VACCINATION RATES AT THE TIME. DOCTORS WARN THAT LEVEL OF PROTECTION HAS NOW DWINDLED, WITH MIS- AND DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF VACCINES LIKE MMR PUTTING PEOPLE OFF. THERE'S STILL CONTINUING BELIEF THAT THE VACCINE CAUSES AUTISM. THERE'S REALLY GOOD EVIDENCE THAT IT DOESN'T. THE GOVERNMENT'S TARGET IS FOR 95% OF CHILDREN TO HAVE HAD ALL THE IMMUNISATIONS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR BY AGE 2. WHILE COVERAGE GOT CLOSE IN 2016, REACHING OVER 93%, AS OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, ONLY AROUND 80% OF THE AGE GROUP HAD RECEIVED ALL THEIR VACCINATIONS. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF ` MANY YOUNG ADULTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE PROTECTED, AND THEY THINK THEY ARE. EXPERTS' RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE BETTER CHECKS AT THE BORDER AND A CATCH-UP CAMPAIGN FOR KIDS, SAYING A LITTLE DISCOMFORT NOW WILL PROVIDE GREATER DEFENCE IN THE FUTURE. LAURA FRYKBERG, 1 NEWS. THERE'S RENEWED HOPE OF A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN THE GAZA CONFLICT, WITH HAMAS NOW DECIDING WHETHER TO ACCEPT A NEW ISRAELI OFFER THE U.S. IS CALLING 'VERY GENEROUS'. THE CLOCK IS TICKING, THOUGH, WITH GAZA ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE, AND ISRAEL SET FOR A GROUND OFFENSIVE ON THE PACKED REFUGE OF RAFAH. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS SINCE IT BEGAN, THE WAR HAS BEEN RELENTLESS. ANOTHER DAY BRINGING MORE DEATH AND MORE DEVASTATION IN GAZA. AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SIX WOMEN AND FIVE CHILDREN, KILLED IN THREE SEPARATE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN THE SOUTHERNMOST CITY OF RAFAH. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE 10 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO WERE KILLED. THEY'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. ALL OF THEM WERE GIRLS AND WOMEN. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, THERE'S REAL HOPE FOR A CEASEFIRE, AS TOP GLOBAL OFFICIALS GATHERED IN SAUDI ARABIA. HAMAS HAS BEFORE IT A PROPOSAL THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY, EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS ON THE PART OF ISRAEL. AND IN THIS MOMENT, THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND A CEASEFIRE IS HAMAS. FRANKLY, ALL THE PRESSURE IN THE WORLD AND ALL THE EYES OF THE WORLD SHOULD BE ON THEM TODAY SAYING, TAKE THAT DEAL. IT'S BELIEVED THE LATEST PROPOSAL MEETS A NUMBER OF HAMAS DEMANDS, INCLUDING THE PROSPECT OF A LONGER-LASTING CALM ON TOP OF A 40-DAY CEASEFIRE. IN EXCHANGE, 33 ISRAELI HOSTAGES FOR HUNDREDS OR EVEN THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND ALLOWING DISPLACED GAZANS TO RETURN TO HOMES IN THE NORTH. ISRAEL'S ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE AROUND 130 REMAINING HOSTAGES BY FORCE HAVE BEEN LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THERE'S MOUNTING DOMESTIC PRESSURE ON PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO STRIKE A DEAL. THERE IS PROGRESS, OF COURSE, ON CERTAIN ISSUES, BUT STILL THERE IS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THAT THERE MUST BE A, SORT OF, COMPROMISE. BUT TIME IS TICKING, WITH ISRAEL PLANNING A MAJOR ATTACK ON RAFAH, WHICH THE U.S. HAS WARNED STRONGLY AGAINST, SAYING THERE IS NO PROVEN PLAN TO PROTECT CIVILIANS. THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY ` DESPITE MORE AID NOW GETTING IN, GAZA IS ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE ` A REMINDER WHO IS AT THE HEART OF THIS WAR AND WHO SUFFERS, THE LONGER IT DRAGS ON. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ` AN ARREST IN THE U.S. TURNS DEADLY. FOUR OFFICERS KILLED AND OTHERS SHOT AT. WHAT RESIDENTS WITNESSED. PLUS ` THE FIRST ROYAL TO VISIT UKRAINE SINCE THE WAR STARTED. THE MESSAGE SHE'S HOPING TO SHARE. NAU MAI, HOKI MAI. IN THE U.S., FOUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND KILLED AND FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED DURING A SIEGE AT A HOME IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. IT'S NOW ONE OF THE DEADLIEST ASSAULTS ON U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DECADES, AS ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS EXPLAINS. IT'S THE WHOLE FORCE COMING. TONIGHT MULTIPLE OFFICERS WERE SHOT AND KILLED NEAR CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, AFTER A GUNMAN THEY WERE TRYING TO ARREST OPENS FIRE. HE JUST SAID FOUR COPS GOT SHOT. YEAH, THEY DID. (GUNSHOTS) (GUNSHOTS) HELICOPTERS SURVEILLING, SCHOOLS PUT ON LOCKDOWN. WE WERE AT THE TRACK, AND WE COULD HEAR A LOT OF GUNSHOTS. SWAT TEAMS STORMING THE AREA. ARMED POLICE, GUNS DRAWN, DESCENDING ON THE SCENE. NEIGHBOURS DESCRIBING THE MAYHEM AS POLICE TOOK OVER THEIR HOUSE. THEY USED ONE OF OUR BEDROOMS, SET UP A U.S. MARSHAL SNIPER IN, JUST TO GET A POINT. THE VIOLENT EXCHANGE SHOCKING THE COMMUNITY, FORCING LOCAL STATIONS TO BREAK INTO NORMALLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING. ALL HANDS ON DECK, ON THIS INCREDIBLY SAD DAY. THE ATTACK WAS UNUSUALLY VIOLENT. EIGHT OFFICERS SHOT ` AMONG THEM A DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THE MAN THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO ARREST WAS ALLEGEDLY WANTED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES. KEEP YOUR PRAYERS. KEEP YOUR FAITH. MAKE SURE THAT THESE OFFICERS WHO HAVE FAMILIES HAVE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT AND HOLD THEM UP. DOZENS MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN KENYA AFTER A DAM BURST ITS BANKS. THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW WELL OVER 100, FOLLOWING WEEKS OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S FEARED THE NUMBER WILL RISE FURTHER, WITH MANY MORE BURIED UNDER DEBRIS. THE BBC's BARBARA PLETT USHER REPORTS. THE TIDE OF WATER WOKE PEOPLE UP WITH ITS ROAR OF DESTRUCTION, NO TIME TO SCRAMBLE OUT OF THE WAY. THIS RUSHING RIVER USED TO BE A STREAM. RESCUE TEAMS WORKED LONG AFTER DISASTER STRUCK, SAVING THOSE THEY COULD, FINDING AND COUNTING THE DEAD. A VILLAGE THAT WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN AN INSTANT. THE WATER CAME FROM THAT DIRECTION, CRASHING THROUGH THE VILLAGE, GOUGING OUT THE VALLEY, AND THE RIVER BURST ITS BANKS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DAMAGE ` THE CARS DESTROYED, TREES WERE UPROOTED, HOUSES SWEPT AWAY, HOUSES DESTROYED. PEOPLE WERE CARRIED AWAY BY THE FLOODWATERS, DOZENS OF PEOPLE DEAD, BUT THEY'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR BODIES OF THE MISSING. AND THERE WERE OTHER HOUSES WHERE THE CAR'S PARKED? PETER'S HOUSE SURVIVED, BUT NOT HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. HE SPENT THE NIGHT PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER AND OUT OF THE MUD. THERE ARE LITTLE BABIES IN THE WATER, ALL THE PEOPLE AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE BEING SWEPT AWAY. ACTUALLY, IT WAS A VERY BAD, VERY BAD SCENARIO. PEOPLE ARE SCREAMING, PEOPLE ARE CRYING. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES. PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LOVED ONES, AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES, STILL NOW. THE RAINY SEASON HAS BEEN PUNISHING THIS YEAR, BRINGING RUIN HERE, ELSEWHERE IN KENYA AND THE REGION. DEDEN MUIRI WAS UP TO HIS NECK IN WATER BEFORE HE HAD TIME TO THINK. HE SAW THE FLOOD TAKE HIS WIFE. IT TOOK HIM IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE GRABBED A TREE BRANCH AND HUNG ON TO LIFE, SO DID SHE, BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. NO HOME ` JUST BITS OF FURNITURE. THERE'S HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED IN THE NEXT DAYS. MORE DAMS ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM ` MAYBE MORE DISASTERS TO COME. THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH HAS BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY TO VISIT UKRAINE SINCE RUSSIA'S INVASION. SHE MET WITH THE FIRST LADY, BUT BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS THE PURPOSE OF SOPHIE'S VISIT IS TO DEMONSTRATE SOLIDARITY WITH THE WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN IMPACTED BY THE WAR. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS CALLING FOR FASTER DELIVERY OF WESTERN WEAPONS, AS RUSSIA CONTINUES TO MAKE GAINS ON THE FRONT LINE. JUST AHEAD ` WET AND WINDY WEATHER MOVING IN TOMORROW. WHO'S IN FOR THE WORST OF IT. PLUS ` CARS FOR WAVE RIDERS AND CARS FOR SMALLER DRIVERS. WHAT'S GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU? (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. HOKI MAI ANO. WACKY AND WEIRD ` THAT'S HOW WEBB'S AUCTION HOUSE HAS DESCRIBED ITS LATEST BATCH OF COLLECTOR'S CARS GOING UNDER THE HAMMER IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEK. FROM A VEHICLE THAT CAN DRIVE ON WATER TO ONE DESCRIBED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST MICRO CAR ` AS JACOB JOHNSON FOUND OUT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF UNUSUAL AUTOMOBILES TO CHOOSE FROM. FROM CLASSIC CARS... (ENGINE REVS) TO SLIGHTLY MORE CRAMPED ONES. IT'S VERY COSY. THIS AUCTION HAS IT ALL. REAL MIX OF THINGS IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS KNOWN FOR, BUT THIS ONE DEFINITELY HAS A WACKIER AND WEIRDER SLANT. ONE OF THE WEIRDER AND WACKIER CARS ON OFFER IS THIS ONE, THE AMPHICAR, WHICH YOU COULD TAKE FOR A DRIVE OR FOR A SWIM. THEY CAN BE DRIVEN STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER, TAKING TO THE SEAS AT A CRUISING 11km/h. THIS 1963 AMPHICAR IS EXPECTED TO GO FOR AT LEAST $70,000, THE PREVIOUS OWNER TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS FEATURES. HE TELLS LOVELY STORIES OF SAILING ON FRESH WATER ON LAKE ROTOITI. AND IT'S GOT AN ANCHOR AT THE BACK, THE PROPELLERS UNDERNEATH AND A NEW ZEALAND FLAG, SO IT'S VERY MUCH A BOAT IN ITSELF. FOR SOMETHING A BIT SPEEDIER, THIS FERRARI AND MASERATI HYBRID'S ON OFFER. APTLY NAMED THE MASERARI, IT WAS BUILT BY KIWI RACING LEGEND GRAHAM McRAE WHEN HE WAS JUST 20. REALLY FANTASTIC TO THINK WHAT SOMEBODY CAN ACHIEVE WHEN THEY'RE 20 YEARS OLD, COMPARED TO WHAT MOST OF US WERE DOING, YOU KNOW? AND IF YOU'RE AFTER SOMETHING MORE COMPACT... STICK MY KNEES IN. TUCK THE KNEES IN. THIS ALMOST CARTOONISH CAR, A 1958 BMW ISETTA, IS LIKELY TO FETCH UP TO $60,000. I CAN SEE THE APPEAL. THIS WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR PARKING IN AUCKLAND. INTEREST IN THE AUCTION IS GROWING. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH FOR VIEWING TONIGHT, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE GET IN TOUCH AND ASK QUITE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN. THESE 24 CARS AND FIVE BIKES SET TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER THIS SUNDAY. A CHANCE FOR KIWI CAR COLLECTORS TO TAKE HOME SOMETHING A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH ALEXANDER BIGGS AND 'CAR RIDE'. (INDIE GUITAR MUSIC) # OUR LIVES COVERED IN SMOKE, # BY THE NIGHT # AS YOU DRUNK YOURSELF SICK, # AND I HUNG FROM YOUR SHOULDER. # YOU WERE A LANDSLIDE # COVERED IN DIRT. # YOU WERE A CAR RIDE # INTO THE EARTH. # YOU WERE THE LAST LIGHT # EVER TO BURN. # YOU WERE A HARSH CRY, # HARD TO BE HEARD. # YOUR EYELIDS COVER THE GOLD, # BEHIND THE GLASS, HOW THEY CRUSH YOU. # AND KILL YOU AND CRUMBLE, # LIKE BUILDINGS PERCHED IN A HOLE IN THE WALL, # WHERE LOVERS LANGUISH, THE WORDS THAT WERE SAID # AS THEY FELL ON THEIR SWORDS. THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM RALPH LAUREN'S AUTUMN COLLECTION IN NEW YORK. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. (ATMOSPHERIC DANCE MUSIC) CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024