AN ALLEGED GUNMAN ON THE LOOSE AFTER A PERSON WAS SHOT DEAD ON ONE OF AUCKLAND'S MOST FAMOUS ROADS. THIS MAN IS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND PUBLIC SHOULD NOT APPROACH HIM. THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISING HUNDREDS MORE PRISON BEDS AS PART OF A $1.9B CRIME PACKAGE. THE BOARD OF WHANGAREI BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN CHARGED BY WORKSAFE OVER THE DEATH OF A STUDENT ON A CAVING TRIP. AND THE BLACK FERNS AND ALL BLACKS SEVENS HAVE BOTH CLAIMED GOLD IN SINGAPORE, BUT THE WOMEN HAVE EVEN MORE REASON TO CELEBRATE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. AUCKLAND POLICE ARE HUNTING FOR A SUSPECT THEY SAY IS 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS' AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GUNNED DOWN A MAN ON AUCKLAND'S PONSONBY ROAD LAST NIGHT. POLICE HAVE RELEASED PICTURES OF THE SUSPECT AND ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY HIM AND TELL THEM WHERE HE IS. NICK TRUEBRIDGE HAS THE STORY. UNDER A WHITE TARP LIES A LIFELESS BODY ` THE CULMINATION OF A SUNDAY NIGHT OUT. A FATAL SHOOTING, A SHAKEN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND A MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECT POLICE SAY IS 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.' AROUND 10.15PM, A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE VICTIM, EXITED A PARKED CAR ON PONSONBY ROAD AND WALKED IN THE MAN'S DIRECTION. INQUIRIES SO FAR INDICATE THAT MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED. THIS IS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER ` HE'S OF LARGE BUILD, WITH DARK HAIR, FACIAL HAIR, AND BEARS A DISTINCTIVE TATTOO ON HIS FOREARM. HE OPENED FIRE SOON AFTER BEING DENIED ENTRY TO AN UNIDENTIFIED PONSONBY BAR. THIS MAN IS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND PUBLIC SHOULD NOT APPROACH HIM. IF YOU SEE HIM, OR IF YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, PLEASE PHONE 111 IMMEDIATELY. PONSONBY ROAD WOULD USUALLY BE CRAWLING WITH CARS ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON. INSTEAD, IT'S CRAWLING WITH POLICE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING, THE MOTIVATION FOR WHICH REMAINS UNKNOWN. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED, AND A MAN WAS LEFT LYING LIFELESS ON THE PAVEMENT JUST BEHIND ME. THE SHOOTER'S GUN ` POLICE WON'T SAY WHAT KIND ` HAD BEEN HIDDEN UP UNTIL THE POINT HE OPENED FIRE ON HIS VICTIM. WE BELIEVE THAT THE WEAPON WAS CONTAINED IN THE SIDE BAG. THE LOCALS SAY PEOPLE COME HERE FOR DINNER AND DRINKS ` NOT TO BE SHOT AT. PONSONBY CENTRAL ` WE'RE FULL OF FAMILIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND IT'S NOT GOOD. I'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS ON PONSONBY ROAD FOR 40 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT THEY DO CONCEDE THE STREET HAS CHANGED. PLACES ARE CLOSING AT 12AM, SOME OF THEM LATER. SOME OF MY TENANTS ARE STAYING OPEN UNTIL ONE, TWO O'CLOCK TO CAPTURE THAT, BECCAUSE, LIKE I SAY, THINGS ARE TOUGH TO CAPTURE THAT, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAY, THINGS ARE TOUGH SO YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. SOME LOCALS SAY IT'S CHANGED FOR THE WORSE. YEAH, IT'S CHANGING, AND WE ARE ALL GETTING QUITE NERVOUS. I MEAN, I HAD A COUPLE OF YOUNG MEN A WHILE AGO SNORTING COCAINE ON MY BALUSTRADE ON MY VERANDA. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE CHANGING. BUT THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS ` A MAN SHOT IN THE STREET, AND A SUSPECT AT LARGE. OK, NICK, SO WHAT DO POLICE THINK THE SUSPECT DID AFTER THE VICTIM WAS SHOT? WE ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE EXACT SCENE. THE POLICE TAPE IS GONE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE IT HAPPENED, THE BODY UNDER THE TARP WAS RIGHT HERE. THAT WAS MOVED LAST NIGHT. THE PERPETRATOR MOVED THIS WAY - TOWARDS RICHMOND ROAD. FROM THERE IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS AS TO WHERE HE HAS GONE. IT IS UNDERSTOOD HE TOOK OFF ON FOOT, HE MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY A CAR. THE MOTIVATION FOR IT WAS UP IN THE AIR ` WE DO NOT KNOW IF THE INDIVIDUALS WERE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER. BUT POLICE ARE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAUSED SO MUCH CHAOS. THEY SEEM TO KNOW ZIP, EVEN HIS NAME, OR WHERE HIS LOCATION MIGHT BE - WHETHER THIS IS A TACTIC TO PUT THESE INTO THE OFFENDER'S MIND, WE DO NOT KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNVEILED A $1.9B BOOST FOR CORRECTIONS, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR MORE THAN 800 EXTRA BEDS AT WAIKERIA PRISON. LAW AND ORDER IS ONE OF THE THREE PILLARS OF NATIONAL'S 'BACK ON TRACK' PLAN, BUT AS POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH REPORTS, THEY STRUGGLED TO GET THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT. LAW AND ORDER BURNT TO A CRISP ` THE WAIKERIA PRISON RIOT SAW PRISONERS RAMPAGE ON THE ROOFTOPS IN THE SUMMER OF 2020. BURNING THE HIGH-SECURITY UNIT TO THE GROUND, CAUSING $50m IN DAMAGE. ADDING TO THE NEED AT AN OUT-OF-DATE PRISON ` WAIKERIA WAS ALREADY IN LINE FOR A 500-BED HIGH-SECURITY FACILITY, ANNOUNCED WAY BACK IN 2018, BUT STILL NOT COMPLETED DUE TO COVID. BUT STILL NOT COMPLETED PARTLY DUE TO COVID. AND NOW THE PRISON IS EXPANDING. THE GOVERNMENT IS INVESTING $1.9B IN CORRECTIONS, TO DELIVER MORE FRONT LINE OFFICERS, PRISON CAPACITY AND SUPPORT FOR OFFENDERS TO TURN AWAY FROM LIFE OF CRIME. AS THE GOVERNMENT AMPS UP 'TOUGH ON CRIME' TALK, IT'SD BOASTING FUNDING TO ADD 810 BEDS AT WAIKERIA ` EXCEPT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS. ARE THE 810 NEW BEDS ON TOP OF THE 500 ALREADY BEING BUILT AT WAIKERIA? NO, NO. SO YOU'RE ONLY DOING 200 EXTRA BEDS, NOT 800 EXTRA BEDS? NO, THERE'S AN EXTRA 800 BEDS GOING INTO THE SYSTEM. NO, THERE'S AN EXTRA 800 BEDS GOING INTO THE SYSTEM. BUT 600 OF THEM WERE FUNDED BY THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT. WELL... JUST 200 MORE BEDS, THEY SAY ` NOT 800. I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE RE-STATING OUR COMMITMENT AS THE INCOMING GOVERNMENT TO GET THAT DELIVERED. THE GOVERNMENT COULDN'T SAY HOW MUCH THE TOTAL PRISON CAPACITY WOULD INCREASE BY AS COMPARED TO CURRENT CAPACITY. SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF CARRIER PRISON AT THE MOMENT IT HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED. THERE ARE PRISONERS THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS THE OLD PRISON, I WILL HAVE TO CHECK ON THOSE NUMBERS. NOR COULD IT SAY SAY HOW MUCH THE EXTENSION WOULD COST. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE NUMBER, IT IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE $1.9B BOOST ALSO INCLUDES THE MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR LABOUR'S YET-TO-BE COMPLETED 600 BEDS. THOUGH THE PM WRONGLY SUGGESTED THE $1.9B WAS ALL OPERATING EXPENSE ` THAT MEANS NOT NEW BUILDINGS. IN THE BUDGET IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND FOR WAIKERIA AND THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND... QUICKLY CLARIFIED... SO NO CAPITAL FUNDING? NO. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ALSO INCLUDES $484M IN SAVINGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS REDIRECTED FROM THE BACK OFFICE TO THE FRONT LINE ` THAT'LL PAY FOR 685 MORE CORRECTIONS STAFF ` 470 OF THEM PRISON OFFICERS, WHILE $78 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON REHAB FOR REMAND PRISONERS. WHILE $78 MILLION WILL BE SPENT ON REHAB FOR REMAND PRISONERS. ALL OF THIS IS TO SAY SAFETY AND VICTIMS IS CLEARLY THIS GOVERNMENT'S PRIORITY. SERIOUS ABOUT TOUGH ON CRIME ` JUST NOT SO SERIOUS ABOUT KNOWING THEIR NUMBERS. JENNA, THEY'VE JUST SENT YOU SOME NEW NUMBERS ` SO IS IT A GET OUT OF JAIL CARD? THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST PERFORMANCES I HAVE SEEN AND THIS THEATRETTE - DEFINITELY THE WORST PERFORMANCE BY THIS GOVERNMENT, JOURNALIST LEFT THE ROOM CONFUSED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CLARITY ON THE NUMBERS, WHAT THE MINISTER WAS SAYING WAS WRONG. STRAIGHT INTO THE INBOX CAME A CLARIFICATION ` THE 600 LABOUR FUNDED WILL BE READY FOR USE NEXT YEAR, THE 810 WILL BE ON TOP OF THAT, BRINGING CAPACITY TO 1800. MEGA LEVELS, BASICALLY WHAT LABOUR CANCELLED. MARK MITCHELL HAD DONE THE HOMEWORK ON THE SPIN BUT NOT THE SUBSTANCE, IT WAS A GOOD LESSON FOR HIM. HE WILL BE UNDER NO ILLUSION THAT HAS PERFORMANCE TODAY WAS SUBPAR. THE FINANCE MINISTER REMAINS COMMITTED TO TAX CUTS, EVEN THOUGH THE OECD HAS SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON REDUCING THE COUNTRY'S DEFICIT. IN ITS ANNUAL SURVEY, THE ORGANISATION SAID NEW ZEALAND NEEDED TO GET INFLATION UNDER CONTROL, RAISE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND LIFT PRODUCTIVITY. POLITICAL REPORTER JAMIE ENSOR HAS MORE. IT'S BUDGET MONTH SO GET USED TO SEEING THE FINANCE MINISTER LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR HER MUCH-HYPED TAX CUTS. THEY ARE IN THE ECONOMY'S BEST INTEREST, AND NEW ZEALAND'S BEST INTEREST. BUT THE OECD, WHICH ASSESSES THE ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, IS SENDING A WARNING. THE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN NEW ZEALAND IS VERY HIGH BY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, AND BY NEW ZEALAND'S OWN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE. IT HAS RELEASED A NEW REPORT TODAY, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEADILY REDUCE THAT DEFICIT TO LIMIT THE RISE IN PUBLIC DEBT AND INCREASE THE FISCAL BUFFER AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT NEGATIVE SHOCK ` AKA THE NEXT NATURAL DISASTER. ACTION WILL BE NEEDED TO REDUCE THAT FURTHER. BUT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT'S SAYS IT WILL LOWER THE DEFICIT OVER TIME, BUT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL LOWER THE DEFICIT OVER TIME, IT'S ALSO PROMISING TAX CUTS COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. TAX CUTS WOULD NOT BE ON MY TOP 5 PRIORITY LIST. GET YOUR BOOKS, GET YOUR HOUSE BACK IN ORDER. ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER, THEN POTENTIALLY LOOK AT TAX RELIEF. TAX CUTS AT THIS POINT IN THE ECONOMIC CYCLE IS RECKLESSLY IRRESPONSIBLE. WE PROMISED NEW ZEALANDERS COST-OF-LIVING TAX RELIEF, AND WE WILL DELIVER IT. THE REPORT SAYS ANY TAX CUTS SHOULD BE FUNDED BY OFFSETTING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. THAT MEANS DON'T BORROW. NICOLA WILLIS SAYS HER TAX CUTS WILL BE PAID BY MAKING SAVINGS AND REPRIORITISATIONS, INCLUDING CUTTING THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS. SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID THE GOVERNMENT DOES STILL PLAN TO BORROW FOR THINGS LIKE DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES. SHE'S BORROWING MORE IN THE BUDGET AND SHE'S DELIVERING TAX CUTS IN THE BUDGET. SHE'S BORROWING FOR TAX CUTS. YOU DON'T NEED A PhD TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I AM PROUD THAT THE PEOPLE WE ARE PRIORITISING ARE MIDDLE, LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, ALONGSIDE INVESTMENTS IN OUR HEALTH SYSTEM, OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND TOUGHER LAW AND ORDER. WE WILL DO ALL THAT WITHIN A LOWER SPENDING ALLOWANCE. THE OECD SAID THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO SET SPENDING ALLOWANCES AND KEEP TO THEM, UNLESS A DISASTER OCCURS. THE GOVERNMENT'S KEEPING THEIR'S UNDER WRAPS UNTIL THE BUDGET, BUT HAS PROMISED IT WILL BE BELOW $3.5b, LESS THAN IN RECENT YEARS, WHEN THE LIKES OF COVID AND CYCLONE GABRIELLE WERE HAVING AN IMPACT. NOT ONLY WILL WE POST A SMALLER OPERATING ALLOWANCE, BUT WE WILL STICK TO IT. HOW DO YOU HAVE CREDIBILITY? STICK TO YOUR NUMBERS. ONLY 24 SLEEPS TO GO UNTIL THAT CAN BE JUDGED. JAMIE ENSOR, NEWSHUB. WORKSAFE HAS CHARGED THE BOARD OF WHANGEREI BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WORKSAFE HAS CHARGED THE BOARD OF WHANGAREI BOYS HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY FAILURES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF A STUDENT ON A CAVING TRIP. 15-YEAR-OLD KARNIN PETERA DIED WHEN THE ABBEY CAVES FLOODED IN MAY LAST YEAR. PERRY WILTON JOINS US. PERRY, WHAT IS THE BOARD CHARGED WITH? JUST SHY OF A YEAR SINCE THIS TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE WORK SAFE HAS CHARGED THE BOARD WITH FAILING TO COMPLY WITH ITS DUTY TO ENSURE THAT ITS STAFF AND STUDENTS WERE NOT EXPOSED TO A RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. DATE WILL BE ORGANISED FOR A HEARING IN WHICH THE BOARD IS LIKELY TO PUT FORWARD A PLEA, BUT A FINAL RESULT FOR THE FAMILY COULD STILL BE A YEAR AWAY. THE TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION WOULD NOT SPEAK TO US TODAY, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE NEWS OF THE CHARGES WILL BE SENDING OUT SHOCKWAVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR, EMOTIONS WERE RAW FOR SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. POLICE SAID THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE FINDINGS VERY SERIOUSLY. A KEY AID ROUTE INTO GAZA HAS BEEN CLOSED, WITH ISRAEL SAYING THREE OF ITS SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN A HAMAS ROCKET STRIKE NEAR THE KAREM SHALOM CROSSING. IT CAME AS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REJECTED THE LATEST OFFER FOR A CEASEFIRE. AND HIS GOVERNMENT TODAY TOOK AIM AT A NEWS NETWORK, WITH POLICE RAIDING THE OFFICES OF AL JAZEERA AND TAKING IT OFF AIR. HERE'S RAMY INOCENCIO OF CBS. (SPEAKS IN HEBREW) 'ISRAEL IS NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS', SAID BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, LISTING HAMAS' DEMANDS HE CALLED 'EXTREME' ` PULLING OUT ISRAEL'S MILITARY FROM GAZA, ENDING THIS WAR AND LETTING THE MILITANT GROUP LIVE ON, NOW BELIEVED TO BE HUNKERED DOWN IN RAFAH. 'MILITARY ACTION IN RAFAH IS EXPECTED SOON,' SAID ISRAEL'S DEFENCE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT IN GAZA. BOTH SIDES STRUCK THE OTHER TODAY; THE NUMBER OF DEAD RISING AGAIN. IN JERUSALEM, ISRAELI POLICE ENDED ALL BROADCASTS OF QATARI-BASED AL JAZEERA NEWS IN THE COUNTRY, RAIDING THEIR OFFICES. IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS PRE-RECORDED REPORT, THEN AL JAZEERA HAS BEEN BANNED IN THE TERRITORY OF ISRAEL. ISRAEL SAYS THE CHANNEL IS A MOUTHPIECE FOR HAMAS AND HARMS NATIONAL SECURITY. HAMAS SAYS IT'S A VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. FIVE WAIKATO FATHERS DIED WHEN THE ENCHANTER CAPSIZED OFF NORTH CAPE IN 2022. TODAY, THE SKIPPER WENT ON TRIAL IN WHANGEREI. TODAY, THE SKIPPER WENT ON TRIAL IN WHANGAREI. LANCE GOODHEW IS CHARGED WITH EXPOSING INDIVIDUALS TO DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY AFTER THE ENCHANTER WAS HIT BY A ROGUE WAVE, WITH 10 ON BOARD ON THE JOURNEY HOME FROM BIG-GAME FISHING AT THE THREE KINGS ISLANDS. KAREN RUTHERFORD REPORTS. SKIPPER LANCE GOODHEW ARRIVED AT COURT ON TRIAL AFTER SPARKING ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST EVER MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. HIS ALLEGED ACTIONS AT THE HELM OF THE ENCHANTER THAT NIGHT LAID BARE AS HIS VICTIMS' FAMILIES SAT METRES AWAY. MR GOODHEW OWED HIS PASSENGERS, AND INDEED HIMSELF, A DUTY OF CARE. THE PROSECUTION CASE IS THAT HE BREACHED THAT DUTY AND EXPOSED HIMSELF AND PASSENGERS TO A RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. THIS NEVER BEFORE SEEN VIDEO SENT BY ONE OF THE DECEASED, MARK SAUNDERS, TO HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER ON MARCH 20 SHOWS THE SWELLS THE ENCHANTER WAS IN EARLIER THAT DAY. MR GOODHEW, INDEED, HAD DESCRIBED THAT WEATHER PATTERN AND THE SEA CONDITIONS IT BROUGHT AS 'SLOPPY, GNARLY AND SCRUFFY'. BUT DESPITE CONDITIONS EASING ON THE JOURNEY HOME ROUND NORTH CAPE, A GIANT WAVE HIT THE 16M VESSEL OUT OF THE BLUE, SIDE ON. AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING 'TALLER THAN ITS ROOF'. IT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF FIVE WAIKATO MEN. FIVE OTHERS, INCLUDING GOODHEW AND DECKHAND KOBE O'NEILL, SURVIVED HOURS IN THE OCEAN BEFORE BEING PICKED UP BY RESCUERS. MR GOODHEW WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR WALKER, MR LOVETT, MR SANDERS, MR BRIGHT AND MR ALLEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE LOSS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER. DECKHAND KOBE O'NEILL TOLD THE COURT WHEN GOODHEW OPTED TO LEAVE THE SHELTER OF THE THREE KINGS AND THE PRINCESS ISLANDS, ENCHANTER WAS IN 2m SWELLS WITH 20 KNOT WINDS ` CONDITIONS HE DESCRIBES AS 'NOTHING DANGEROUS'. HE SAID HE THEN CHECKED HIS PHONE AT 7.50PM WHILE COOKING DINNER, AND THE LAST THING HE SAW WAS THE WINDOWS IMPLODE, THE BOAT ROLLED OVER, AND WITHIN HALF A SECOND, THEY WERE UPSIDE DOWN. MARITIME NZ AND THE PROSECUTION ALLEGE GOODHEW SHOULD HAVE KNOWN A FRONT THAT SMASHED NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO IMPACT SEA CONDITIONS LONG AFTER IT'D PASSED. THE FACT THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING IN THE SEA CONDITIONS THAT HE WAS, THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING WITHIN THE PROXIMITY THAT HE WAS TO NORTH CAPE, AND THAT HE WAS TRAVELLING IN LOW LIGHT AND BEAM ON TO WAVES ` IT ALL INCREASED THE RISK. GOODHEW ARGUES WHEN THE WAVE HIT NEAR MURIMOTU ISLAND, HE WAS IN 50m OF WATER, BUT MARITIME NZ ARGUES HE WAS WITHIN 3 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST WHERE WAVES CAN STAND UP. THE PREDICATE FACT THE PROSECUTION WILL NEED TO PROVE, AND YOUR HONOUR WILL NEED TO CONSIDER, IS THAT PROPOSITION THAT SOMEHOW, BEING MORE THAN 3 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST WAS SAFER THAN BEING ANYWHERE WITHIN 3 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST. 14 WITNESSES WILL BE CALLED DURING THE TRIAL, WHICH IS SET DOWN FOR 3 WEEKS. KAREN RUTHERFORD, NEWSHUB. NEW ZEALAND MUSIC LEGEND WILLIE HONA HAS DIED. THE SINGER-GUITARIST WAS MOST FAMOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE ICONIC REGGAE BAND HERBS. IN 2012, HONA WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME A MEMBER OF THE ICONIC REGGAE BAND HERBS. # LONG AGO, WAS SO LONG AGO. IN 2012, HONA WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NEW ZEALAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME AS PART OF HERBS. HONA'S FAMILY CONFIRMED HE DIED IN PARAPARAUMU LAST NIGHT SURROUNDED BY HIS WHANAU, AFTER A LONG FIGHT WITH CANCER. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER, WHICH STARTED FREEZING FOR SOME, HEATHER? YES, LITERALLY SEVERE FROST IN THE SOUTH, WITH MINUS-2 FOR ALEXANDRA AND MINUS-3 FOR DUNEDIN AIRPORT. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF RAIN BANDS TODAY ` SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING TO TARANAKI AND OVER SOUTHLAND AS WELL. AND BOTH ARE REPEATING TOMORROW ` SHOWERS AND A COLD MORNING. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. AT LEAST 75 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY FLOODING IN BRAZIL AND MORE THAN 100 ARE STILL MISSING AS TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOWNS IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE ARE INUNDATED. A TEENAGER HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE AFTER STABBING A MAN IN PERTH ` AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE HAD BEEN RADICALISED. AND WE CHECK OUT A MOBILE CT SCANNER THAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A GAME-CHANGER FOR PROVINCIAL NEW ZEALAND. (GENTLE MUSIC) Get the fuel discount today and keep earning Smiles points to use next time... ..or this time. AUSSIE AIRLINE QANTAS HAS BEEN HIT WITH A RECORD $110M FINE FOR SELLING SEATS ON SO-CALLED 'GHOST FLIGHTS' IT KNEW IT WAS CANCELLING. THE AIRLINE HAS BEEN ORDERED BY AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES TO PAY ANOTHER $22M DOLLARS TO 86,0000 AFFECTED PASSENGERS. TO PAY ANOTHER $22M DOLLARS TO 86,000 AFFECTED PASSENGERS. MOST WERE BOOKED ON DOMESTIC OR TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHTS. QANTAS SAYS WHEN TRAVEL RESUMED POST-COVID, ITS TECHNOLOGY DID NOT SUPPORT CUSTOMERS. THE PAYMENTS RANGE BETWEEN $250 AND $494 AND IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MANY KIWI TRAVELLERS WILL QUALIFY. A NEW $7M MOBILE CANCER SCREENING UNIT COULD SIT IDLE BECAUSE TE WHATU ORA STILL HASN'T AGREED TO USE IT. SEEN AS A GAME-CHANGER FOR RURAL AND PROVINCIAL PATIENTS, THE SCANNER IS ABOUT TO HIT THE ROAD, BUT PRIVATE USERS MAY YET BE THE ONLY ONES WHO BENEFIT. ON DISPLAY AT PARLIAMENT, THE 44-TON SCANNER-ON-WHEELS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. ACCESS FOR HEALTH IN NEW ZEALAND IS REALLY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IN THE REGIONS. SO BEING ABLE TO TAKE AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND MOVE IT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SHARE IT EVERY DAY ` IT IS JUST A GAME-CHANGER FOR PATIENTS. WITH ITS TWO-IN-ONE DIGITAL SCANNING TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIT CAN DETECT CANCER AND SHOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED. IT'S ESSENTIALLY ACQUIRING TWO SCANS AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEN WE FUSE THE IMAGES OF THE PET AND CT TO GIVE US EXQUISITE IMAGES OF WHAT WE CAN SEE IN THE PATIENT'S BODY. PET SCANS ARE CURRENTLY ONLY PROVIDED IN AUCKLAND, HAMILTON, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH, WITH THOSE IN THE REGIONS HAVING TO TRAVEL FOR DIAGNOSIS. THEY'RE ALL PRIVATELY RUN, AND TE WHATU ORA PAYS TO USE THEM. WE KNOW OF SOME OF THE PATIENTS WHO ARE HAVING TO WAIT UP TO SIX WEEKS FOR THE SCAN. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH ACCESS, PROBLEM WITH TRAVELLING. THIS MOBILE UNIT COULD SCAN UP TO EIGHT PEOPLE A DAY, OPERATING OUT OF PROVINCIAL AND RURAL HOSPITAL CAR PARKS. NO LONGER WHERE YOU LIVE WILL DICTATE WHETHER YOU RECEIVE A PET-CT SCAN ` THIS TRUCK WILL BRING THE SCANNER TO YOU. BUT IT'S UP IN THE AIR WHETHER PUBLIC HOSPITAL PATIENTS WILL EVEN GET TO USE IT, AS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TE WHATU ORA HAVE STALLED. THERE'S GOING TO BE NO WAY THAT CLINICIANS WILL STAND NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A UNIT LIKE THIS. IT WILL NEVER GET PARKED UP. THE AUSTRALIANS WOULD WHIP IT UP IF THEY COULD. IN SAYING THAT, WE DID AN OPEN DAY IN HASTINGS THE OTHER DAY AND THEY THREATENED TO LET DOWN OUR TYRES SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE. TE WHATU ORA IS YET TO RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE MOBILE UNIT, WHICH IS DUE TO START WORKING IN ROTORUA IN 2 WEEKS. DEMELZA LESLIE, NEWSHUB. POLICE IN PERTH HAVE SHOT DEAD A TEENAGER AFTER HE STABBED A MAN IN THE BACK. IT'S ALLEGED THE 16-YEAR-OLD HAD BEEN RADICALISED ONLINE, AND WHILE POLICE HAVE YET TO DECLARE IT A TERROR ATTACK, THEY SAY IT HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF ONE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. WIELDING A 30CM KITCHEN KNIFE, A TEENAGE BOY CHASES POLICE AROUND A BUNNINGS CAR PARK. ONCE SURROUNDED BY THREE OFFICERS, THE TENSE STANDOFF ENDS WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT. IT'S 10.20pm AT NIGHT. POLICE THEN TRY TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, BUT HE DIES. IT'S A VERY TRAGIC EVENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. JUST TEN MINUTES EARLIER, THE 16-YEAR-OLD HAD CALLED POLICE WITH A WARNING. THAT MALE INDICATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE. HE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH A THREAT, STABBING A BYSTANDER IN THE BACK IN THE SAME BUNNINGS CAR PARK. HE'S IN A SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. THE ATTACK HAS SIMILARITIES TO THE ALLEGED TERROR ATTACK IN SYDNEY LAST MONTH, WHEN A 16-YEAR-OLD STABBED A BISHOP DURING A CHURCH SERVICE, WHICH LED POLICE TO A NETWORK OF TEENAGE TERROR SUSPECTS. WE DO NOT HAVE CONCERNS AT THIS TIME THAT THERE IS ONGOING NETWORK OR OTHER CONCERNS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER IN SYDNEY. THE BOY HAD CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND WAS KNOWN TO POLICE SINCE HE WAS 13, JUST UP THE ROAD FROM WHERE HE WAS SHOT DEAD, HE ATTENDED A SCHOOL DESIGNED TO DE-RADICALISE TROUBLED TEENS. WE NOT ONLY CONDEMN THIS IN THE HARSHEST TERMS POSSIBLE, BUT WHAT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT ISLAM HAS NOTHING TO DO` HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT ARE COMMITTED IN ITS NAME. POLICE ARE STILL WORKING OUT WHY THE ATTACK HAPPENED. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT ` AND THE WARRIORS WERE ROBBED IN NEWCASTLE, WEREN'T THEY? A FEW FANS CERTAINLY FEEL THEY GOT THE WRONG END OF THE STICK WHEN IT CAME TO ONE BIG MOMENT IN THE GAME ` SHOULD THIS MID-AIR TACKLE ON DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS A PENALTY TRY? WE GET THE DEFINITIVE RULING FROM NRL HQ SHORTLY. AND THE RECORD SCORELINE THAT HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED ` THE AUSSIE FOOTY TEAM WHO, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, GOT PUMPED. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE KILLING OF TWO AUSTRALIAN BROTHERS. THEY SAY JAKE AND CALLUM ROBINSON WERE SHOT EXECUTION-STYLE AND THREE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED. AND 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE CROWD COPACABANA BEACH IN RIO TO WATCH MADONNA IN CONCERT. TWO NEW ALLEGATIONS OF INTIMIDATION HAVE EMERGED IN RELATION TO GREEN MP JULIE-ANNE GENTER. I'VE HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REFLECTING ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE SEEN SIMILAR INSTANCES IN HISTORY OUT OF THEIR OWN PARTIES. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. DO YOU SEE THAT AS A FACTOR? NO, I THINK IT'S AN ABSOLUTE COP-OUT. ('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. MEXICAN OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED TWO AUSTRALIAN SURFERS AND AN AMERICAN FOUND DEAD MEXICAN OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED TWO AUSTRALIAN SURFERS AND AN AMERICAN FOUND DEAD WERE SHOT IN THE HEAD EXECUTION-STYLE. THE PARENTS OF BROTHERS CALLUM AND JAKE ROBINSON AND FAMILY OF AMERICAN JACK CARTER RHOAD HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA AND IDENTIFIED THEIR BODIES. THEY'RE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN A ROBBERY GONE WRONG. MYLEE HOGAN OF CHANNEL 7 REPORTS. KNOWN AS 'EL FLACO', JESUS GUERRERO GARCIA COTA THE FIRST TO BE CHARGED OVER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROTHERS. TONIGHT, HE'S LOCKED UP IN A MEXICAN JAIL. HIS BROTHER CRISTIAN ALEJANDRO AND PARTNER ARI GISEL ARE ALSO IN CUSTODY. POLICE BELIEVE THEY ALL PLAYED A ROLE IN THE SUSPECTED MURDERS OF PERTH BROTHERS JAKE AND CALLUM ROBINSON AND THEIR AMERICAN FRIEND, JACK CARTER RHOAD. I THINK ANYONE WHO'S EVER ENCOUNTERED HIM, EVEN JUST FOR A SHORT TIME, WOULD KNOW, LIKE, HOW GOOD OF A PERSON HE WAS. THE TRIO LEAVING THAT IMPRESSION ON ENSENADA LOCALS. ALEJANDRA REMEMBERS SERVING THE MEN ON FRIDAY, A DAY BEFORE THEY LAST CHECKED IN WITH FAMILY. 'HI. YOU SPEAK SPANISH?' MI DIJERON QUE NO. GOING ON TO SAY THEY WERE KIND, AND JOKED WITH HER ABOUT THEIR BAD SPANISH. NO. NO PUEDO DECIR. 'I HAVE NO WORDS. 'I TRULY WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY,' SHE SAYS. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL BELIEVES THEY WERE KILLED IN A VIOLENT ROBBERY, SAYING THE SUSPECTS DEMANDED THEIR UTE. A STRUGGLE FOLLOWED, ENDING WITH THE THREE MEN BEING KILLED. (SPEAKS SPANISH) TRANSLATOR: IT WAS NOT AN ATTACK BECAUSE THEY WERE TOURISTS. IT WAS WITH THE INTENTION OF STEALING A VEHICLE. THE ATTACKERS DID NOT KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THESE PEOPLE. FOUR BODIES WERE LOCATED IN A 15M-DEEP WELL, THREE BELIEVED TO BE THE BROTHERS AND THEIR FRIEND. THE FOURTH LINKED TO A SEPARATE CASE. AUTHORITIES MADE THE DISCOVERY NEAR THE REMOTE LOCATION WHERE THE GROUP TOLD FRIENDS THERE'D BE SURFING AND CAMPING. ACROSS THE HEADLAND, A BURNT-OUT TENT WHERE A BULLET CASING WAS FOUND. NEARBY, A TORCHED WHITE UTE. THE NEWS ABOUT JAKE, CALLUM AND JACK HAS ANGERED LOCAL SURFERS, WHO'VE BEEN WATCHING VIOLENT CRIME RISE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE ASK FOR SECURITY. WE ASK FOR JUSTICE FOR THESE PERSONS. AT LEAST 75 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 100 ARE MISSING IN FLOOD-RAVAGED BRAZIL. ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOWNS AND CITIES IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF RIO GRANDE HAVE BEEN INUNDATED, FORCING NEARLY 90,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. PRESIDENT LULA ARRIVED IN THE STATE TODAY TO DISCUSS RESCUE AND RECONSTUCTION EFFORTS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODING IN KENYA HAS RISEN TO 228, AND AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ON THE WAY. THE AFRICAN NATION HAS FACED TORRENTIAL RAIN SINCE MARCH, FORCING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. 72 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING IN THE COUNTRY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, NEW ZEALAND'S FASHION AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY HAS GOT TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT'S WORTH. AND IT'S MORE THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT... AN INDUSTRY GROUP SAYS IT PUMPED $7.8 BILLION INTO THE ECONOMY LAST YEAR ` THAT'S 1.9% OF NEW ZEALAND'S GDP. BUT AS JANIKA TER ELLEN REPORTS, IT STILL FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE - AND WANTS GOVERNMENT HELP TO KEEP IT VIABLE. FOR MANY YEARS, NEW ZEALAND'S HOME-GROWN FASHION HAS BEEN AT RISK OF LOSING ITS FOOTING, THANKS TO LOW-QUALITY STUFF FROM OVERSEAS. WE WERE BEING TOLD WE WERE A SUNSET INDUSTRY, THAT WE HAD LITTLE VALUE, AND SO WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO DO THIS WORK. INDUSTRY GROUP MINDFUL FASHION HAS COMMISSIONED A REPORT BY ERNST & YOUNG THAT LOOKED AT THE INDUSTRY'S WORTH FROM FASHION, TEXTILES, MANUFACTURING, DESIGN, EDUCATION AND MEDIA. LAST YEAR, THE INDUSTRY ADDED $7.8 BILLION TO THE ECONOMY AND EMPLOYED 76,000 WORKERS, THE VAST MAJORITY WOMEN. TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, I THINK THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T NOT PAY ATTENTION TO US AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS JUST SOMEBODY TO TAKE US UNDER THEIR WING AND FIGHT FOR US. THIS YEAR, A NUMBER OF HIGH END FASHION OUTLETS HAVE CLOSED AND THE INDUSTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT EVENT, NZ FASHION WEEK, HAS BEEN SCALED BACK TO ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS. THE INDUSTRY WANTS GOVERNMENT HELP TO BECOME MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY, THEN SELL THAT STORY TO THE WORLD. FROM THE BEGINNING, WITH A LEVY OF GARMENTS COMING INTO THE MARKET AND AT THE END, THAT LEVY IS ACTUALLY USED TO INVEST IN RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY. ANOTHER CHALLENGE IT WANTS HELP WITH IS TRAINING. TIM DEAN OWNS NORTHWEAR, A COMPANY THAT USES TOP-END KNITTING MACHINES TO MAKE MERINO SOCKS. HE'S TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO TEACH HIS 20 STAFF TO USE NEW AND COMPLEX MACHINERY. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FIND ANY TECHNICAL COURSES THAT CAN BE USED TO UPSKILL THEM. AND WITH A GROWING TSUNAMI OF FAST FASHION FROM THE LIKES OF TEMU THREATENING TO OVERTAKE OUR HIGHER VALUE PRODUCTS... WE'RE AT RISK OF LOSING THIS INDUSTRY TO, YOU KNOW, CHEAP IMPORTS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS RULED OUT PUTTING LEVIES ON PRODUCTS FROM OVERSEAS, BUT IT SAYS IT WILL SOON MEET WITH THE INDUSTRY GROUP TO HELP WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT JUST BEING NORMAL PRODUCTION. WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR ROLE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WE WANT TO POSITION OUR EXPORT MARKETS AND ACTUALLY BE- AND DILIGENTLY PURSUE THEM. WITH ONLY 18% OF NEW ZEALAND FASHION CURRENTLY SOLD OVERSEAS, THE INDUSTRY SAYS MARKETING BRAND NEW ZEALAND WILL BE KEY. JANIKA TER ELLEN, NEWSHUB. SHE'S GONE FROM THE MATERIAL GIRL TO THE MATRIARCH OF POP ` BUT MADONNA'S PROVED SHE CAN STILL DRAW A CROWD, WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE TURNING OUT TO SEE HER IN RIO. WHERE IS IT ALL GOING WRONG FOR THE WARRIORS? WE ASK THE EXPERTS NEXT. PLUS, THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX TELL US WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO AVOID AS THEY SEAL A DATE WITH MELBOURNE VICTORY IN THE A-LEAGUE SEMI FINALS. AND A MAX VERSTAPPEN MISHAP ALLOWS THIS YOUNG BRIT TO SECURE A MAIDEN F1 VICTORY IN MIAMI. IT'S HARDLY THE NEWS THE WARRIORS FANS WANTED TO HEAR, AS THEY DESPERATELY SEARCH FOR A REASON BEHIND THE CLUB'S THIRD CONSECUTIVE LOSS. WING DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK WAS TAKEN OUT IN THE AIR DURING THE TEAM'S LOSS TO NEWCASTLE; THE WARRIORS DENIED WHAT SOME BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY TRY. BUT THIS AFTERNOON, THE NRL CLARIFIED THE RULING, AS A FORMER PLAYER OFFERED A SOBERING ASSESSMENT OF A TEAM THAT'S WELL OFF THEIR BEST. ALEX CHAPMAN HAS MORE. AS DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK FELL, WARRIORS FANS BLEW UP, QUESTIONING WHETHER THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY TRY. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER WAS KEEN TO SEEK CLARITY. TODAY, HE GOT IT. THE RULES MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S A DECISION THAT EITHER THE REFEREE, IF THE REFEREE HAD MADE THE DECISION BASED ON WHAT THEY SAW LIVE, OR THE BUNKER ON A REVIEW, HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY THINK THAT A TRY WOULD HAVE BEEN SCORED- NOT COULD'VE, BUT WOULD'VE. REGARDLESS OF THAT RULING, THERE ARE CLEAR ISSUES PLAGUING THE SIDE. JUST REALLY UGLY MINUTES OF FOOTBALL. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF SMALL POSITIVES TO TAKE OUT OF THERE. BUT PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A 80 MINUTE PERFORMANCE; WE BARELY GOT A 20 MINUTE PERFORMANCE IF I'M COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU. DEFENSIVELY, THE WARRIORS ARE GIVING AWAY UNNECESSARY PENALTIES AND ALLOWING REGULAR REPEAT SETS. WHILE ON ATTACK, THEY'RE LACKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING ERRORS. AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE SEEING THEM REALLY DEEP ON THE ATTACK AND MAYBE JUST MOVING THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE SHALLOW AND NOT AS DEEP, BUT THEN ATTACKING THE LINE AND PLAYING NICE AND DIRECT. WE WERE VERY GOOD AT PLAYING THE LONG GAME LAST YEAR. UM, PUTTING OTHER TEAMS UNDER PRESSURE, AND MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM TO COME TO OUR END AND YEAH, WE- WE DON'T- WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. THE TEAM WON'T RETURN HOME THIS WEEK, INSTEAD CHOOSING TO STAY IN SYDNEY AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE ROOSTERS. YOU DON'T GET TOO MUCH TIME WITHIN THE SEASON TO BE ABLE TO GET A GROUP TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY GET THE NITTY GRITTY AND GET DOWN- DOWN AND DIRTY AROUND HOW WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS- OUT OF THIS TROUBLE. SO I THINK THIS HAS COME AT A PERFECT TIME FOR THEM. A HUGE FORTNIGHT AWAITS AWAY AT THE TRICOLOURS BEFORE FACING THE THREE-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION PANTHERS IN BRISBANE. BECAUSE IF THEY CAN WIN THESE NEXT TWO GAMES, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE ROOSTERS AND PENRITH AND MAGIC ROUND, EVERYONE FORGETS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND AFTER WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST MONTH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WARRIORS FANS WANT TO DO. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. NEW ZEALAND HAS HAD NOT ONE BUT TWO WINS OVERNIGHT, WITH THE BLACK FERNS AND ALL BLACKS SEVENS TEAMS CLAIMING GOLD AT THE SINGAPORE SEVENS. BOTH TEAMS MANAGED TO DEFEND THEIR TITLES AFTER ALSO TAKING THE TOP PRIZE IN HONG KONG, BUT AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, THE WOMEN HAVE EVEN MORE REASON TO CELEBRATE. ANOTHER TOURNAMENT ` ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR THE BLACK FERNS... SO OFTEN NEW ZEALAND HAVE BEEN THE HUNTED ` THIS YEAR THEY BECAME THE HUNTERS. ...AS THEY CLAIMED NOT ONE BUT TWO TROPHIES IN SINGAPORE. WE'VE TRUSTED OUR JOURNEY. WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PEAK AT THE RIGHT TIME, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE IT PAYING OFF. AFTER A TOUGH START TO THE SEASON, THE FERNS HAD THE CHANCE TO WIN NOT ONLY THEIR FOURTH GOLD MEDAL IN A ROW, BUT ALSO THE OVERALL SERIES TITLE, WITH AUSTRALIA THE ONLY TEAM STANDING IN THEIR WAY. AND WHILE THE KIWIS SCORED FIRST, THE ARRIVALS WERE READY FOR A CHALLENGE. THE QUICK RESPONSE! THE FERNS TRAILED BY TWO AT HALF-TIME, BUT OUTSTANDING DEFENCE FROM JORJA MILLER AND QUICK THINKING FROM THE REST OF THE TEAM SAW THEM WIN THE GAME 31`21, AND THE WORLD SERIES. WE CAME INTO THE GAME, WE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT WE KNEW WHO WE TOOK WITH US IN OUR MANAWA, OUR HEARTS, WE CARRIED OUR INJURED GIRLS, THE GIRLS AT HOME, SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO COME OUT AND DO A JOB. THE ALL BLACKS SEEMED TO BE INSPIRED BY THEIR COUNTERPARTS' SUCCESS, AS THEY GOT OFF TO A GREAT START IN THE FINAL AGAINST IRELAND. GREAT TACKLE FROM CHAY MULLINS, BUT HE PICKS UP AND HE GOES AGAIN. WITH THE KIWI MEN LEADING 12-5 AT THE BREAK, THE IRISH ALMOST CAUGHT UP IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT THE ALL BLACKS HELD THEM OFF, WINNING 17-14 AND COMING THIRD OVERALL IN THE SERIES. NEW ZEALAND... (FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS) ..CELEBRATE ONCE AGAIN. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH GAME AGAINST THOSE IRISH BOYS. AND IT WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE AGAIN, BUT WE WERE JUST LUCKY AGAIN. WE PULLED THROUGH AT THE END. BOTH KIWI SIDES ON THE TOP IN SINGAPORE, WHILE THE WOMEN REIGNED SUPREME. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. SPAIN HAVE EMERGED AS A NEW FAVOURITE TO CHALLENGE THE BLACK FOILS AND AUSTRALIA FOR THIS YEAR'S SAIL GP CROWN AFTER WINNING A MAIDEN TITLE IN BERMUDA. IN THIS MORNING'S THREE-TEAM FINAL, THE SPANISH BEAT THE TWO FAVOURITES OFF THE START LINE AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. DESPITE FINISHING SECOND, THE BLACK FOILS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR LEAD OVER AUSTRALIA IN THE SEASON STANDING TO 10 POINTS. YEAH, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY COMING TO THESE EVENTS TO TRY AND WIN THE EVENT, SO IT DEFINITELY HURTS FOR US TO FEEL WE WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN IT THIS WEEKEND AND JUST LET IT SLIP, BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND LEARN FROM THAT. SPAIN'S WIN MOVES THEM INTO THIRD ` NINE POINTS CLEAR OF DENMARK IN FOURTH. JUST TWO EVENTS REMAIN BEFORE THE SEASON FINALE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH FEATURES A ONE-OFF RACE FOR THE TITLE BETWEEN THE TOP THREE QUALIFIERS. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE HOPING THERE WILL BE NO MORE HEROICS FROM MELBOURNE VICTORY GOALKEEPER PAUL IZZO WHEN THE TWO SIDES MEET IN THEIR A-LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL THIS WEEKEND. THE VICTORY KEEPER SAVED A PENALTY IN THE FIRST HALF OF LAST NIGHT'S ELIMINATION FINAL AGAINST MELBOURNE CITY. THE MATCH EVENTUALLY WENT TO A PENALTY SHOOTOUT WHERE IZZO STOLE THE SHOW ONCE AGAIN, SAVING THREE MORE SPOT KICKS TO WIN THE MATCH. HE WAS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE BIG DIFFERENCE YESTERDAY. AND FOR US, WE JUST NEED TO GO INTO THE GAME... WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT WHATEVER CHANCES WE HAVE AWAY AND NOT LET HIM BE THE MAN OF THE MATCH. THE FIRST LEG OF THE SEMI-FINAL TAKES PLACE IN MELBOURNE ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE RETURN LEG IN WELLINGTON NEXT SATURDAY. THE CENTRAL PULSE HAVE SUFFERED A MAJOR BLOW, WITH ONE OF THEIR KEY PLAYERS RULED OUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP SEASON. MADDY GORDON WAS CARRIED OF THE COURT IN ROUND THREE, AND SCANS HAVE CONFIRMED A SIGNIFICANT LIGAMENT SPRAIN IN HER ANKLE THAT'LL SEE HER SIDE-LINED FOR UP TO 12 WEEKS. THAT MEANS SHE'S UNLIKELY TO RETURN UNTIL THE PLAYOFFS. FOR A LONG TIME HE'S BEEN TOUTED AS A FUTURE STAR OF FORMULA 1, AND NOW LANDO NORRIS HAS FINALLY LANDED HIS MAIDEN WIN, SPARKING WILD CELEBRATIONS IN MIAMI. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AUTODROME CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER MAX VERSTAPPEN STARTED FROM POLE. BUT ALMOST HAD HIS RACE RUINED WHEN HE COLLECTED A BOLLARD, BUT SOMEHOW ESCAPED DAMAGE TO HIS RED BULL. NORRIS EVENTUALLY TOOK THE LEAD, AND A TIMELY SAFETY CAR ALLOWED HIM THE CHANCE TO SAVE TIME DURING HIS PIT STOP. FROM THERE, THE MCLAREN DRIVER HELD HIS NERVE. FROM THERE, THE MCLAREN DRIVER HELD HIS NERVE. ABOUT TIME. WHAT A RACE. IS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. FINALLY I MANAGED TO DO IT. IT'S MCLAREN'S FIRST WIN SINCE DANIEL RICCIARDO WON THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IN 2021. VERSTAPPEN'S SECOND PLACE FINISH EXTENDS HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO 35 POINTS OVER TEAMMATE SERGIO PEREZ. FINALLY, IF YOU'RE FEELING DISILLUSIONED AFTER YOUR TEAM OF WEEKEND WARRIORS GOT HAMMERED ON SATURDAY ` WELL, IT COULD BE WORSE. YOU COULD PLAY FOR THE ELIZABETH EAGLES. THE AUSSIE RULES TEAM GOT BEATEN BY 516-0 - NOT A SINGLE POINT. THAT'S A RECORD THRASHING FOR THE ADELAIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, THEIR OPPONENTS KICKED 82 GOALS ` ONE PLAYER SLOTTED 29 OF THEM. WE GOT FLOGGED. OH, IT WAS PRETTY GUTTING. YOU KNOW, I... SHED A TEAR. BIT SHELLSHOCKED, I THINK ` NO LIKES TO GO OUT THERE AND GET PUMPED. INCREDIBLY, THE EAGLES WON THE PREMIERSHIP ONLY THREE YEARS AGO. OH HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN. THAT SHOCKER. MADONNA HAS TURNED BRAZIL'S COPACABANA BEACH INTO A DANCE FLOOR. THE LONG-REIGNING QUEEN OF POP PROVED SHE'S STILL GOT PULLING POWER, ATTRACTING A CROWD OF 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE FOR THE FREE SHOW. CHANNEL 7'S ZOE MARTIN REPORTS. THE GOLDEN SANDS OF COPACABANA BEACH TRANSFORMED INTO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DANCE FLOOR... (MADONNA'S 'VOGUE' PLAYS) MADONNA! ...MADONNA PUTTING ON THE SHOW OF ALL SHOWS. # COME ON, LET'S VOGUE. THE FREE PERFORMANCE MUSIC TO THE EARS OF FANS, MARKING THE END OF THE SUPERSTAR'S WORLD TOUR. ALL RIGHT, RIO DE JANEIRO! A CELEBRATION OF MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF THE MATRIARCH OF POP'S HITS. # LIFE IS A MYSTERY... AN ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THE FORESHORE, THE CROWD SMASHING HER PREVIOUS ATTENDANCE RECORD BY MORE THAN 10 TIMES, RIO'S STATE AND CITY GOVERNMENTS SPENDING ALMOST $6M ON THE CONCERT. # DANCE AND SING, # GET UP AND DO YOUR THING. COPACABANA BEACH IS NO STRANGER TO BIG SHOWS ` 4 MILLION FANS TURNED OUT TO SEE ROD STEWART IN 1994, - RAPS: # CAUGHT ME DOWN LIKE A KILLER SHARK. ANOTHER 1.2 CRAMMED INTO THE SAND IN 2006 FOR THE ROLLING STONES. # ALL RIGHT... AND LIKE HER PREDECESSORS, MADONNA (65) IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN, DANCING AND DELIGHTING ADORING FANS WITH A SERIES OF EXTRAVAGANT COSTUMES, STAGE DESIGN AND PYROTECHNICS. # DIE ANOTHER DAY. # LORD OF THE RINGS CO-STARS HAVE PAID TRIBUTE TO BRITISH ACTOR BERNARD HILL, SAYING NOBODY SPOKE TOLKIEN'S WORDS AS WELL AS HE DID. HILL, WHO PLAYED KING THEODEN IN THE PETER JACKSON FILMS, DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING IN THE UK. HILL ALSO PLAYED THE CAPTAIN OF THE TITANIC IN THE 1997 FILM STARRING KATE WINSLET AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO. HE WAS STILL ACTING UP UNTIL HIS DEATH, WITH HIS FINAL APPEARANCE IN A BBC DRAMA AIRING TODAY. HILL WAS 79. OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` AUCKLAND POLICE ARE HUNTING FOR A SUSPECT THEY SAY IS 'EXTREMELY DANGEROUS' AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY GUNNED DOWN A MAN ON PONSONBY ROAD LAST NIGHT. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND IT'S SET TO STAY COLD FOR THE WEEK, HEATHER? THE THREE C'S` CALM, COLD AND CRISP. WE HAVE A LOT OF BLUE SKY THIS WEEK, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF FRONTS, AIDED BY COLD SOUTHERLIES. THIS TIME, THOUGH, IT'S THE EAST THAT WILL RECEIVE THE SHOWERS ` THE WEST WILL BE DRY. SO, SEVERE FROSTS AND EVEN SOME SNOW LATER THIS WEEK. MORE DETAILS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. IT'S COLD ` THIS WEEK WILL FEEL MORE LIKE WINTER THAN AUTUMN. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS POSITIONING ITSELF NICELY OVER THE SOUTH, THEN NUDGES UP OVER THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE REMAINS OF THE FRONT UP TOP GET SHUNTED FURTHER NORTH, AND WINDS TWIST BEHIND IT TO COME FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SO IT'S FINE AND CALM AND COLD TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. EXPECT FROST INLAND, WITH A LITTLE CLOUD DRIFTING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH THANKS TO THE WESTERLIES. THAT'S THE PATTERN FOR TOMORROW TOO ` FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS AND MORNING FROST INLAND, THEN CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE ODD WESTERLY SHOWER FOR STEWART ISLAND. MORE ACTIVITY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS FOR MOST, CAUGHT IN THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW, AND RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND BAY OF PLENTY. THERE WILL BE MORE CLEAR BREAKS OUT WEST AND FOR CENTRAL SPOTS. TOMORROW, SHOWERS FOR MOST IN THE EAST ` RAIN FOR GISBORNE, THEN SHOWERS SPREAD TO EAST NORTHLAND AS THE WINDS TURN SOUTHEAST. IT CONTINUES TO CLEAR, THOUGH, OUT WEST, FROM HAMILTON SOUTH. FINE AND CLOUDY FOR THE TOP. THERE IS THE RISK OF SHOWERS FOR MOST ` ESPECIALLY NORTHLAND, WHERE YOU'LL GET SOME HEAVY AFTERNOON SHOWERS. WINDS END UP FROM THE EAST OR SOU'EAST. SIMILAR STORY HERE, WITH CLOUDY SPELLS AND FINE BREAKS AND SHOWERS, BUT MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WINDS COME FROM THE SOUTHEAST FOR ALL. OUT EAST, THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU ARE, THE DRIER YOU ARE. IT'S CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND RAIN FOR GISBORNE, BUT EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING WITH A SOU'EASTERLY. CLOUDY PATCHES FIRST UP FOR TAUMARUNUI AND WELLINGTON, BUT IT'S CLEARING TO FINE SKIES FOR ALL. THE WIND IS A KEY FEATURE TOMORROW ` FRESH TO STRONG SOUTH- TO SOU'EASTERS. OVER THE STRAIT ` A QUICK AND DELIGHTFUL FORECAST FOR THE NORTHWEST. FINE, WITH LIGHT WINDS. THAT'S IT ` JUST FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. A LITTLE COLD, THOUGH, TO START. ALSO NOTHING, REALLY, TO REPORT OUT EAST EITHER ` OTHER THAN IT'S EVEN COLDER THAN OUT WEST. MAYBE FROST, WITH ANY CLOUD CLEARING EARLY, THEN WINDS DEVELOP A LITTLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA ` A FROSTY MORNING, THEN IT'S FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. CLOUD HITS STEWART ISLAND, WITH THE ODD SHOWER, THEN THOSE SHOWERS SPREAD TO INVERCARGILL IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU'LL STAY DRY, THOUGH, DUNEDIN, WITH YOUR STRONG SOU'WESTERLY EASING TONIGHT. SHELTERED SPOTS MAY GET SOME OVERNIGHT FROST, THEN TUESDAY IS FINE ALL DAY WITH A WESTERLY. CLOUD CLEARS EARLY AROUND CHRISTCHURCH, THEN IT'S FINE ALL DAY. WINDS START LIGHT, THEN A NOR'EASTER DEVELOPS FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. APART FROM A FEW MORNING CLOUDS, THE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR FOR THE CAPITAL, BUT YOU'LL START WITH A STRONG SOUTHERLY. THAT DOES EASE BEFORE MIDDAY, AND THEN DIES OUT COMPLETELY TOMORROW NIGHT. CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AROUND HAWKE'S BAY ` WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FOR THE WAIROA DISTRICT TOO. IT CLEARS TOMORROW NIGHT WITH SOU'EASTERLIES. A FEW SHOWERS LEFT IN THE MORNING FOR YOU, TAURANGA, BUT THEY'LL CLEAR AND MAKE WAY FOR LONG FINE BREAKS. SOU'EASTERS TOO, WITH A 'FEELS LIKE' HIGH OF 15 FOR THE CITY CENTRE. SHOWERS EASE TONIGHT AROUND THE WAIKATO, THEN JUST A FEW CLOUDS LEFT OVER IN THE MORNING, WITH A DEVELOPING SOU'EASTERLY. IT CLEARS EARLY AFTERNOON. AND ONE OR TWO HEAVY SHOWERS LEFT FOR AUCKLAND TONIGHT ` MOST WILL HAVE CLEARED OUT BY MORNING, BUT THERE WILL BE THE ODD ISOLATED ONE TOMORROW, AND SOU'EASTERS. TO OZ ` MOSTLY FINE ` CLOUDY AND SHOWERY FROM CANBERRA UP AND AROUND TO CAIRNS. AND ANOTHER TROPICAL TROUGH WILL DELIVER WET WEATHER TO THE EAST OF THE PACIFIC, FROM THE COOK ISLANDS TO FIJI. SO THIS WEEK HAS ALREADY STARTED COLD, AND IT GETS COLDER AS WE MOVE ALONG. NOT MUCH HAPPENING UP TOP TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, OTHER THAN SUN. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE PRESENT OUT EAST ` GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY WILL HAVE A FEW WET DAYS, WITH A FEW ZEROS FOR TAUPO. A A COUPLE OF 1 DEGREE NIGHTS HERE TOO. THERE WILL BE RAIN FOR THE CAPITAL ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL ALSO BE CONCENTRATED OUT EAST ` A NICE CHANGE FOR THOSE IN THE WEST. DROPPING TO MINUS-2 FOR BLENHEIM ON FRIDAY, AND MINUS-3 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THERE'S ALSO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY, DOWN TO 600M FOR INLAND SOUTHLAND. WE STILL HAVE A FEW WEEKS LEFT OF AUTUMN ` THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE TOO EARLY, IN MY OPINION. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY ` JANIKA TER ELLEN AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON 3 AT 9.45, AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M MIKE McROBERTS. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.