TONIGHT ` A NEW ADVENTURE FOR THE FELLOWSHIP, WITH TWO MORE LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS TO BE MADE IN AOTEAROA. THE BOOST IT'S EXPECTED TO BRING TO OUR FILM SECTOR. A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR BOOST FOR OUR DEFENCE FORCE. WILL IT HELP TURN THE TIDE ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL QUITTING? PLUS ` ('DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER' BY CROWDED HOUSE PLAYS) # HEY NOW, HEY NOW. IT'S PO MANAHAU GOOD NIGHT, FOR THE LAST TIME, AS ONE NEWS TONIGHT SIGNS OFF WITH ITS FINAL BULLETIN CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. IT'S PRECIOUS NEWS FOR OUR LOCAL MOVIE-MAKING INDUSTRY ` WE'RE HEADING BACK TO MIDDLE EARTH. TWO MORE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES WILL BE MADE HERE ` THE FIRST ONE ABOUT THIS GUY, GOLLUM. SIR PETER JACKSON AND THE TEAM BEHIND THE AWARD-WINNING TRILOGY ONCE AGAIN INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION. BUT AS ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS, SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR. ('LORD OF THE RINGS' SCORE) THE MELODY OF MIDDLE EARTH. ('LORD OF THE RINGS' SCORE CONTINUES) PART OF THE TRILOGY THAT PUT NEW ZEALAND IN THE SPOTLIGHT. NOW THE EPIC SAGA'S SET TO RETURN, THE FIRST FILM BASED ON THE STORY OF GOLLUM. MY PRECIOUS. THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS. I'M SURE THEY'LL DO A WONDERFUL JOB. MY SON IS A LORD OF THE RINGS ABSOLUTE FANATIC. HE'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY OVER THE MOON, SO YEAH, I'M STOKED. I LOVE THEM. GOOD FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY. GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. GOOD FOR WOULD-BE ACTORS AS WELL. MY PRECIOUS. (LAUGHS EVILLY) THE OSCAR-WINNING TEAM OF SIR PETER JACKSON, DAME FRAN WALSH AND PHILIPPA BOYENS ARE REUNITING TO PRODUCE THE NEW FILMS. WITH ANDY SERKIS... MASTER IS USING YOU. ...THE MAN BEHIND GOLLUM, SET TO DIRECT AND STAR IN THE NEW LORD OF THE RINGS ` THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM. HE SUPPORTED PETER JACKSON AS SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR DURING THE HOBBIT. YOU JUST TOTALLY BELIEVE THIS PLACE EXISTS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT DOES. MAYBE I'VE SMOKED A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OF THIS. THE NEARLY $6B BLOCKBUSTER TRILOGIES CREATED THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR KIWI CREATIVES. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SET TO RETURN ONCE AGAIN. I'VE HAD SOME VERY EXCITED CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS USED TO DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY, IT'S GREAT TO GET SOME CERTAINTY THAT THERE'S A PROJECT THAT IS COMING THAT IS AS BIG AS THESE PRODUCTIONS COULD BE. IT IS BY NEW ZEALANDERS AND IT SPEAKS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S CAPABILITY TO CREATE WORK THAT CAN RESONATE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THE FILMS PUT NEW ZEALAND'S LANDSCAPE ON THE BIG SCREEN. THAT'S HALF OF WHY THIS MOVIE IS SO AMAZING. THIS KIND OF STUFF EVERYDAY. IT SAW MULTIPLE RED CARPET PREMIERES IN THE CAPITAL, AND WITH THE FIRST FILM SET TO BE RELEASED IN 2026, THE RED CARPET COULD SOON BE ROLLED OUT ONCE AGAIN. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. THE DEFENCE FORCE WILL BE GETTING A BOOST OF MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. MUCH OF IT WILL GO TOWARDS REPLACING AND UPGRADING OLD EQUIPMENT, BUT THERE WILL BE PAY RISES TOO, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HOPES WILL STOP SO MANY PERSONNEL QUITTING. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. THE DEFENCE MINISTER OUT AND ABOUT MEETING OUR TROOPS. SO IS IT FUN TO COME TO WORK EVERYDAY? OH YEAH. I ENJOY IT. SOMETHING DIFFERENT, EH? BUT NOT ALL PERSONNEL FEEL THE SAME. FRANKLY, DEFENCE FORCE THAT WE TOOK OVER, THAT I TOOK OVER AS MINISTER END OF LAST YEAR WAS IN A PRETTY DIRE STATE, MORALE-WISE, ATTRITION-WISE. SO A SWEETENER TODAY ` $160m TO BOOST PAY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. OBVIOUSLY THE REMUNERATION PACKAGES ARE IMPORTANT, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM THE FRONT LINE ` THEY REALLY LIKE DEPLOYMENTS, AND YOU'LL SEE WE ARE ENCOURAGING DEPLOYMENTS. JUDITH COLLINS ALSO GOT A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ARMY'S VEHICLES... YOU CAN'T GET PARTS ANY MORE, AND SO WE'RE CANNIBALISING THEM. WITH ANOTHER $400m GOING TOWARDS UPGRADING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING REPLACING THESE OLD WORKHORSES. 40 YEARS' SERVICE IS A LONG TIME FOR VEHICLES LIKE THIS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO NEW ONES. OUR NH90 HELICOPTERS ARE IN LINE FOR UPDATED TECH AND RADIOS, WHILE DOZENS OF HOMES WILL BE LEASED FOR SAILORS AT THE DEVONPORT NAVY BASE. THERE'S NEW FUNDING TOO, SO WE CAN ACCESS REAL-TIME INFORMATION THROUGH SATELLITES TO DEAL WITH MARITIME THREATS AND EMERGENCIES. OUR NAVY AND AIRFORCE HAVE TO COVER AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF AREA, SO USING SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY IS A GREAT THING, AND I'M ALL FOR IT. AND SOME BELIEVE THIS IS A BIG DEVELOPMENT. IT ALMOST FORESHADOWS WHY THE NZDF IS INTERESTED IN AUKUS PILLAR 2, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT HIGH TECHNOLOGY. DO YOU THINK NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT AUKUS, DO YOU THINK THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WILL GIVE THEM FURTHER CAUSE FOR CONCERN? YES, I THINK THOSE WHO DON'T WANT NEW ZEALAND TO JOIN AUKUS WILL SEE THIS AS AN INCREMENTAL STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. AND WHILE THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WAS GETTING A ROUSING RECEPTION IN PORIRUA TODAY, CHRIS HIPKINS WASN'T AS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DEFENCE FORCE SPEND. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS BUSINESS AS USUAL. IT'S LESS THAN THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN DEFENCE LAST YEAR. WE KNOW THE DEFENCE FORCE HAS GOT A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. I'M VERY FRANK ABOUT IT. I KNOW DEFENCE IS GOING TO NEED MORE, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HELP THEM GET THAT. THE DEFENCE MINISTER SETTING HERSELF A CLEAR TARGET. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. TVNZ'S BEEN FOUND AT FAULT BY THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY IN THE WAY IT WENT ABOUT MAKING DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS REDUNDANT. THE REDUNDANCIES LINKED TO THE CANCELLATION OF A NUMBER OF NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOWS, INCLUDING ONE NEWS TONIGHT. THE BROADCASTER AND THE UNION HAVE NOW BEEN SENT TO MEDIATION, AS KIM BAKER-WILSON EXPLAINS. JENNY, THIS IS THEIR RULING PUT OUT BY THE AUTHORITY TODAY. IT IS ONE TVNZ CALLS 'A DISAPPOINTMENT,' AND THE UNION CALLS 'A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY.' BOTH SIDES WERE IN THE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY THIS WEEK. THIS RULING COMES AT THE ABSOLUTE 11TH HOUR. WE WERE WITH THE SUNDAY TEAM TODAY, AS THEY HAD THEIR FINAL RECORDING FOR THEIR SHOW GOING OUT THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME IN THE STUDIO, AND ALSO BACK OUT IN THE NEWSROOM, AS TVNZ NEWS GAVE A FAREWELL TO THOSE STAFF AND PROGRAM. AND IT'S YOUR LAST PROGRAM TONIGHT, YOUR LAST BULLETIN; 'TONIGHT', ONE OF THE PROGRAMS FALLING UNDER THE AXE OF THE CUTS AT TVNZ. BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO GO INTO FURTHER TALKS. THE UNION SAID IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN A COMPLIANCE ORDER WILL BE ISSUED AGAINST TVNZ. THE AUTHORITY GOES SO FAR TO SAY THAT IF HAVING TO REDO THINGS AGAIN COMES AT A SIGNIFICANT COST, THAT IS A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE OF TVNZ'S BREACH. I HAVE ASKED TVNZ IF IT IS CONSIDERING APPEALING AGAINST TODAY'S RULING. IT WOULDN'T ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY BUT IT HAS TOLD ME THAT IT IS NOW GONNA TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER ITS NEXT STEPS. THANKS, KIM. AND WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK BACK AT THE LATE EVENING NEWS THROUGH THE YEARS, A LITTLE LATER IN THE BULLETIN. SURVIVORS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH TERROR ATTACK HAVE MET WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO AIR CONCERNS AS THE COALITION REDUCES SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS. KEY LEADERS MET WITH MINISTERS JUDITH COLLINS AND MATT DOOCEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE GOVERNMENT'S DECIDED NOT TO RENEW THE SPECIAL 'WRAPAROUND' SERVICE FOR VICTIMS, WHICH PROVIDED CASE MANAGERS TO HELP THEM ACCESS SUPPORT. THEY WILL NOW BE MERGED INTO THE MAINSTREAM SYSTEM INSTEAD. WE DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH TO MAKING SURE THAT A LOT OF THE SERVICES BECOME PART OF THE NORMAL REACTION OF THE AGENCIES. THERE DOES NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEANCE OF, FROM BOTH SIDES TOO` BOTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WHANAU SIDE. THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW STANDS` IS WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DOES THAT MEAN? SOME ACC SUPPORT HAS ALSO EXPIRED, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT EXTENDING A MINISTERIAL ADVISORY GROUP, SET UP TO PREVENT SIMILAR ATTACKS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. A GLUT OF GREENS AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF STABLE WEATHER HAS SEEN VEGETABLE PRICES PLUMMET, MEANING SHOPPERS ARE ENJOYING LOW PRICES ON FRESH PRODUCE. STATS NZ SAYS VEGETABLE PRICES WERE DOWN NEARLY 20% IN MARCH COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. TOMATOES HAVE SEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST DROPS ` PRICES FOR A KILO DOWN 42% ON A YEAR EARLIER. SOME OF THE OTHER STAPLES HAVE ALSO HAD BIG PRICE FALLS ` BROCCOLI DOWN 21% AND CARROTS DOWN 15%. WHILE PLENTIFUL SUPPLY IS GOOD FOR CONSUMERS, FOR GROWERS IT'S MEANT SOME PRODUCE WON'T EVEN LEAVE FARMS. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. THE HOROWHENUA HAS BEEN HAVING A BROCCOLI BONANZA. SEE HERE, RIGHT, HOW GOOD THE YIELD IS... THAT WE'RE GETTING, COS THERE IS JUST NO BROCCOLI REALLY LEFT, WHEREAS IF WE HAD MORE BAD WEATHER, YOU WOULD HAVE MORE BROCCOLI LEFT BEHIND. IT'S NOT JUST BUMPER CROPS HERE ` SETTLED WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS LED TO A FLUSH OF LEAFY GREENS. MAYBE THERE IS 10% MORE PRODUCT KICKING AROUND THAN WE WOULD USUALLY EXPECT, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS THAT DEMAND HASN'T REALLY PICKED UP, EVEN THOUGH PRICES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DOWN ON LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES. WOODHAVEN GARDENS IN LEVIN PRODUCES ABOUT 10% OF NEW ZEALAND'S FRESH CUT GREENS. ITS WHOLESALE PRICES ARE DOWN 25% TO 30% ON LAST YEAR. GOOD FOR CONSUMERS, BUT A HIT FOR GROWERS. GROWERS ARE ALSO FACING PRESSURE FROM RISING COSTS ACROSS THE FARM. THINGS LIKE FREIGHT, FUEL AND LABOUR HAVE GONE UP 5% TO 10%. IF THE EXCESS VEG CAN'T BE SOLD, IT'S PLOUGHED BACK INTO THE GROUND. YOU WILL TAKE A LOSS UP TO THE POINT OF THE GROWING COST, BUT IF YOU CAN'T COVER THE COST OF THEN ADDITIONALLY GETTING IT OUT OF THE GROUND AND GETTING IT TO MARKET, THEN UNFORTUNATELY THE REALITY IS YOU HAVE TO PLOUGH THAT BACK IN. THE WONKY BOX RESCUES REJECT PRODUCE. IT'S BEEN FLAT-OUT WITH GROWERS WANTING TO SELL THEIR SURPLUS. SO THIS CAULI, WOULD IT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN MOWED INTO THE GROUND? YEAH, THERE'S A HIGH CHANCE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. THIS WAS ONE OF THREE GROWERS THAT CALLED US THIS WEEK. WITH CHEAPER PRICES, CUSTOMERS GET EXTRA IN THEIR BOX. YOUR BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CABBAGE... THOSE ITEMS IN PARTICULAR ` THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOSE AROUND IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ALONE. RESPITE AFTER STORMS PUSHED UP PRICES LAST YEAR, BUT DEMAND IS SOFT. BARELY ANY MOVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE'S RELATIVE INTEREST IN BUYING FRUITS OR VEGETABLES. THAT'S SORT OF NOT TOP OF PRIORITY LIST. NEITHER THE LIKES OF MEAT. IT'S OTHER GROCERY GOODS ` PARTICULARLY PRE-PACKAGED MEALS, TWO-MINUTE NOODLES. BUT GETTING YOUR FIVE-PLUS A DAY COULD GET EVEN CHEAPER, WITH SUPPLY EXPECTED TO OUTWEIGH DEMAND THROUGH WINTER. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ` PROTESTS ERUPT AT EUROVISION. POLITICS TAKES CENTRE STAGE; WHY EXTRA SECURITY IS NEEDED FOR THE FINAL. PLUS ` THE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY INSPIRED NETFLIX HIT 'BABY REINDEER' APPEARS ON BRITISH TV. SO, WHAT DOES SHE MAKE OF THE SHOW? WELCOME BACK. PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAR IN GAZA HAVE ERUPTED OUTSIDE THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST SEMIFINALS IN SWEDEN AS ISRAEL'S ENTRY PREPARED TO TAKE THE STAGE. SINGER EDEN GOLAN'S PERFORMANCE SECURING HER A SPOT IN SUNDAY'S FINAL, WITH EXTRA SECURITY FORCES CALLED IN FROM SWEDEN, DENMARK AND NORWAY. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. IT'S THE PERFORMANCE THAT THREATENED TO OVERSHADOW THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SINGING COMPETITION. # NOTHING TO HIDE. FOR MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS TO BOYCOTT EUROVISION DUE TO ISRAEL'S PARTICIPATION. THOSE CALLS EVEN LOUDER TODAY AS THOUSANDS PROTESTED OUTSIDE THE ARENA, INCLUDING CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG. ONCE AGAIN, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEADING THE WAY, SHOWING` SHOWING THE WORLD HOW THEY` HOW WE SHOULD REACT. I THINK IT'S NOT FAIR THAT RUSSIA WAS EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR TERRIBLE INVASION OF UKRAINE, WHEREAS THERE HAS BEEN NO EXCLUSION OF ISRAEL. BUT THEY WERE PRO-ISRAEL RALLIES, TOO. THE COUNTRY HAS A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH EUROVISION AND HAS WON FOUR TIMES. FANS SAY THE CRITICISM'S UNFAIR AND FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE CONTEST'S MAIN MESSAGE OF UNITY. IT'S SUPPOSED TO, UM, NOT GET THE POLITICS INVOLVED. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SONG. ISRAEL'S ACT EDEN GOLAN WAS BOOED IN HER REHEARSALS YESTERDAY. WHILE HER PERFORMANCE TODAY WAS UNINTERRUPTED, PRESIDENT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SENT HER A PERSONAL MESSAGE OF SUPPORT, SAYING SHE WAS FACING AN UGLY WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. EDEN GOLAN SAYS THIS IS A SYMBOLIC MOMENT FOR HER COUNTRY. TO MAKE THEM FEEL SOMETHING, TO SHOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SHOW OUR VOICE. IT'S TRULY A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, AND I WILL NEVER FORGET IT. THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL WAS FULL OF CLASSIC, CRAZY EUROVISION PERFORMANCES... (UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS) ...WITH A GRAVITY DEFYING ACT FROM SWITZERLAND HOT FAVOURITE TO WIN THIS YEAR. BOTH THOSE COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS ISRAEL, HAVE MADE IT THROUGH TO THE FINALS THIS WEEKEND. SECURITY STEPPING UP WITH MORE PROTESTS LIKE THIS EXPECTED. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. THE WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY INSPIRED THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW - 'BABY REINDEER' ABOUT A FEMALE STALKER, HAS CONFIRMED HER IDENTITY IN A T.V INTERVIEW. THE DRAMA SERIES WAS WRITTEN BY, AND STARS, BRITISH COMEDIAN RICHARD GADD. HE SAYS IT'S BASED ON HIS REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE OF BEING STALKED BY A WOMAN HE'S CALLED 'MARTHA'. SOMEBODY HURT YOU, DIDN'T THEY? WHO WAS IT? MARTHA, CAN YOU LET GO OF MY HAND NOW PLEASE? MARTHA, PLEASE LET GO` DON'T YOU DARE! SOME FANS TRIED TO TRACK DOWN THE REAL MARTHA, WITH SCOTTISH LAWYER FIONA HARVEY NOW CONFIRMING SHE'S THE INSPIRATION, BUT SHE DENIES STALKING MR GADD. SHE TOLD BROADCASTER PIERS MORGAN THE SHOW IS 'DEFAMATORY' AND ITS CREATOR: A 'LIAR'. IT'S A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, HYPERBOLE, EXAGGERATION. THIS IS A FIGMENT... WELL, IT'S BASED ON... ...OF HIS IMAGINATION. THEY SAY IT'S BASED ON A REAL PERSON. WHO'S THEY, NETFLIX? WELL, NETFLIX AND RICHARD GADD. WELL, NETFLIX ARE ABOUT AS MAD AS RICHARD GADD. FIONA HARVEY HAS THREATENED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST RICHARD GADD AND NETFLIX. A DANGEROUS AND UNEXPECTED VISITOR TO NEW ZEALAND SHORES HAS GONE ON DISPLAY AT AUCKLAND ZOO. THE RARE AND VENOMOUS YELLOW-LIPPED SEA KRAIT WAS FOUND ON A POPULAR AUCKLAND BEACH. AS JACOB JOHNSON EXPLAINS, EXPERTS SAY MORE OF THEM MAY START TURNING UP IN OUR WATERS. A LOST TRAVELLER, NOW MAKING HERSELF AT HOME HERE AT AUCKLAND ZOO. WE CAME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE JUST TO SEE THE SNAKE TODAY, ACTUALLY. THESE MARINE REPTILES USUALLY LIVE IN AND AROUND THE TROPICAL WATERS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC. ONLY A HANDFUL OF SPOTTED IN NEW ZEALAND EACH YEAR. THIS LITTLE LADY WAS FOUND ON A TAKAPUNA BEACH BACK IN DECEMBER 2022. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FOUND HER AND WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THERE BEING A SNAKE ON THE BEACH. SHE WAS SEVERELY MALNOURISHED AND HAS BEEN NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY THE ZOO'S ANIMAL CARE TEAM. TURN THE SCALES BACK ON. NEW ZEALAND'S WATERS ARE STILL TOO COLD FOR HER TO SURVIVE, BUT THAT MAY SOON CHANGE. WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA TEMPERATURES WARMING, YEAH, IT'S SORT OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE MIGHT END UP SEEING SEA CRATES, SEA SNAKES MORE FREQUENTLY IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HER SIZE, THIS IS SOME OF HER RECENTLY SHED SKIN. SHE'S CURRENTLY AROUND HALF A METRE LONG, AND SHE'S EXPECTED TO GROW TO AROUND DOUBLE THAT SIZE. THEY CATCH, SUBDUE AND KILL PREY LARGER THAN THEIR OWN HEADS, AND THEY DO IT ALL WITHOUT LIMBS. EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS. THEY'RE ALSO HIGHLY VENOMOUS. INCREDIBLY PLACID AND CALM. THE ONLY REASON YOU'D EVER BE BITTEN BY A SEA SNAKE IS IF YOU ARE ABUSING IT. IF YOU ARE MANHANDLING IT, MISHANDLING IT. IF YOU SPOT ONE, THE MESSAGE IS: KEEP YOUR DISTANCE AND CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION. LEAVE IT IN ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. UM, WE DON'T INTERVENE UNLESS WE HAVE TO. THE ZOO IS STILL WORKING ON A NAME FOR THIS YELLOW LIPPED SEA CRATE. IT MAY WELL BE THAT WE REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PACIFIC, UH, COUSINS TO TO COME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO NAME HER AND WHAT TO NAME HER. FROM TODAY, THE PUBLIC CAN COME AND VISIT HER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A SPECIES THAT COULD BE SWIMMING AND SLITHERING ONTO OUR SHORES MORE FREQUENTLY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, SUN AND SOME CLOUD TO START YOUR WEEKEND - WHO NEEDS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME SHOWERS. PLUS, THE SUN IS SETTING ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE MEMORABLE MOMENTS. WELCOME BACK. AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES ON AIR, THIS IS OUR FINAL NIGHT BRINGING YOU THE LATE EVENING NEWS. OUR REPORTER ISOBEL PRASAD, HAD A LOOK BACK AT 1 NEWS TONIGHT'S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OVER THE YEARS... GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST LATE EDITION OF ONE NETWORK NEWS. FOR DECADES, THE LATE NEWS BULLETIN HAS BEEN KEEPING NIGHT OWLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST NEWS. OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT - THROUGH DIFFERENT GUISES ... TONIGHT THERE ARE FRESH CALLS FOR THE DRINKING AGE TO BE LIFTED. THE SHOW HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF THE NEW ZEALAND MEDIA LANDSCAPE, BROADCASTING THE BIG MOMENTS ACROSS AOTEAROA ... DAVID BAIN WILL BE BACK ON TRIAL ON FRIDAY. 27 MINERS UNACCOUNTED FOR. THAT'S THE FIRE LINE, RIGHT THERE. ... AND ABROAD. BECAUSE IT WAS THE LATE NEWS, THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS JUST WAKING UP AND SOME OF OUR BIGGEST ACTIVE STORIES, WHEN WE WERE ON AIR, WERE ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. THINGS LIKE THE BESLAN SCHOOL MASSACRE, THE BOXING DAY TSUNAMI. ONE DAY I WAS FILLING IN ON TONIGHT, AND IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT OF THE LONDON BOMBINGS IN 2005. WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT WE WENT LIVE, AND WE KEPT GOING LIVE. DELIVERING THOSE STORIES, SOME OF AOTEAROA'S MOST TRUSTED FACES... -THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE POLITICAL POSTURING IS ALREADY IN OVERDRIVE. ...INCLUDING THE LATE GREG BOYD, ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING LATE NEWS PRESENTERS. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR'S BILL LEGALISING VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA HAS PASSED ITS FIRST HURDLE. THE BULLETIN SERVING AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR ASPIRING REPORTERS, PRODUCERS, PRESENTERS AND CREW. JUDGES LOOK AT MUSICAL ABILITY AND LYRICAL ABILITY. BUSINESSES NOW HAVE TO SHOW THAT REVENUES DROPPED BY JUST 40%. SOME CHARRED GROUND WHERE THAT POLICE VEHICLE WAS SET ALIGHT. # PUSH ME, AND THEN JUST TOUCH ME # THE LATER TIME SLOT, ALLOWING THE SHOW TO HAVE A BIT MORE FUN. CASEY AND ROB HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING THE WORLD AS PROFESSIONAL BUSKERS. THIS IS A LAUNDRY DAY QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER. IT'S JUST A GREAT BREEDING GROUND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT CAMARADERIE WHEN YOU'RE THE ONLY THREE PEOPLE LEFT IN THE BUILDING FOR THOSE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE NIGHT. IN MARCH, TVNZ ANNOUNCING IT WOULD BE CANCELLING TONIGHT, AMONG OTHER NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOWS. THE AXE IS OFFICIALLY FALLING ON THE MIDDAY NEWS, THE TONIGHT LATE NEWS. AND IT IS A LOSS AND WE ARE ALL FEELING IT AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE NEWS GO. IT WAS CERTAINLY THE LAST THING MANY PEOPLE WATCHED IN THEIR NIGHT. THEY STAYED UP JUST FOR THOSE HEADLINES ON THE LATE NEWS AND STUCK AROUND JUST THAT LITTLE BIT MORE AND SO I THINK THAT IS SAD THAT THAT WON'T BE AVAILABLE TO THEM ANY MORE. SO WE'RE SAYING A FINAL GOODNIGHT TO THREE DECADES OF LATE EVENING NEWS. ISABELLE PRASAD, 1NEWS. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND'S WEATHER WITH SEMISONIC AND 'CLOSING TIME'. # CLOSING TIME, OPEN ALL THE DOORS # # AND LET YOU OUT INTO THE WORLD # # CLOSING TIME, TURN ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON # # OVER EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL # # CLOSING TIME, ONE LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL # # SO FINISH YOUR WHISKY OR BEER # # BUT YOU CAN'T STAY HERE # # BUT YOU CAN'T STAY HERE # # I KNOW WHO I WANT TO TAKE ME HOME # # I KNOW WHO I WANT TO TAKE ME HOME # # I KNOW WHO I WANT TO TAKE ME HOME # AND THAT IS IT FOR OUR VERY LAST BULLETIN, FROM ALL OF US ON TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN THROUGH THE YEARS. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOUR AND A PLEASURE TO BRING THE NEWS TO YOU EACH NIGHT. FOR THE LAST TIME - PO MANAHAU, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 # 'TIL YOUR BROTHERS OR YOUR SISTERS COME. # SO GATHER UP YOUR JACKETS, # MOVE IT TO THE EXITS. # I HOPE YOU HAVE FOUND A` # BEEPS