ONE OF THE MEN SUSPECTED OF FISHING INSIDE A MARINE RESERVE SAYS THEY MISREAD THE GPS. FOODSTUFFS SAYS RETAIL CRIME AT ITS SUPERMARKETS HAS DOUBLED, BUT IT'S NOT BLAMING THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. AND NEW SOUTH WALES IS THE LATEST AUSSIE STATE LAYING OUT THE WELCOME MAT FOR KIWI COPS. CAPTIONS BY OTO SEQUEIRA AND LENA ERAKOVICH CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. A MAN WHO POSTED VIDEOS OF HIMSELF AND FRIENDS FISHING INSIDE A MARINE RESERVE AT THE POOR KNIGHTS IN NORTHLAND SAYS HIS CREW MISREAD THE CHART PLOTTER, BUT ACCEPTS 'IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE'. STEFAN APIATA SAYS NO ONE ON BOARD HAD BEEN TO THE KNIGHTS BEFORE, AND HE'S WORKING WITH LOCAL IWI AND AUTHORITIES TO MAKE AMENDS. INVESTIGATIONS CORRESPONDENT MICHAEL MORRAH HAS THE STORY. KIA ORA WHANAU ` TURNS OUT STEF'S A BIT OF A WANTED MAN AT THE MOMENT. STEFAN APIATA IS OWNER OF THE DISTINCTIVE VESSEL, THE ATARUA ` WANTED BECAUSE OF VIDEO HE POSTED OF HIM AND HIS FRIENDS HAULING IN FISH INSIDE THE POOR KNIGHTS MARINE RESERVE. JUST DOING A BIT OF A CLEAN-UP IN HERE. ONLY GOT ROOM FOR SNAPPER. (LAUGHTER) GOT THE DOG, BROTHER. KING'S ON THE MENU. HA HA HA! LONG STORY SHORT IS WE (BLEEP)ED UP. I WASN'T AWARE THAT WHERE WE WERE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS. ONE OF THE CREW ONBOARD MISREAD THE GPS ON THE CHART PLOTTER. DOC'S SHANE GEANGE SAYS AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. ANY POTENTIAL INFRINGEMENT OR FISHING ACTIVITY WITHIN THE POOR KNIGHTS MARINE RESERVES IS PRETTY SHOCKING AND OF GREAT CONCERN TO US. GEANGE SAYS ANYONE VISITING THE POOR KNIGHTS SHOULD KNOW THE RULES, AND BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THEM DOESN'T WASH. NO, IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. THAT MARINE RESERVE WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1981 AND IT WAS MADE A FULLY PROTECTED AREA IN 1998. SO, IT'S NOT A NEW MARINE RESERVE, IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A LONG TIME. APIATA ACCEPTS THIS. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BREAK THE LAW, OBVIOUSLY AND I'LL TAKE IT ON THE CHIN. I'LL WEAR THE REPERCUSSIONS ACCORDINGLY. HE SAYS SINCE HE POSTED THE VIDEOS ONLINE, HE'S RECEIVED THREATS. APIATA WAS ALSO UPSET WITH NEWSHUB FOR HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR BROADCAST LAST NIGHT. NEWSHUB... RUNNING A WHOLE STORY ON ME, MAKING UP THE OTHER HALF OF THE STORY. ONLY HAD HALF THE (BLEEP) STORY TO BEGIN WITH. THAT'S UNFAIR. BUNCH OF VULTURES, ALL THESE JOURNOS. DOC SAYS BREACHES CAN RESULT IN VESSELS BEING SEIZED, AMONG OTHER MORE SERIOUS PENALTIES. AN INFRINGEMENT CAN CARRY A PENALTY OF THREE MONTHS IN PRISON OR A FINE OF UP $250,000 AS WELL. POOR MAN'S CRAYFISH ON THE (BLEEP)ING TOE. REPERCUSSIONS APIATA IS NOT SHYING AWAY FROM. SO MICHAEL, WHAT'S THE RECREATIONAL FISHING SECTOR MADE OF THIS ADMISSION? IT IS GOT THE PHONE WITH LEGACY SAYING THAT THE PLEAS APIATA THERE IS A MASSIVE NEED FOR MORE EDUCATION REPORTS OF BREACHES AT THE MARINE RESERVES BOTH RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL MUSCLES CLEARLY A LOT OF WORK TO DO THANK YOU MICHAEL FOODSTUFFS SAYS RETAIL CRIME AT ITS NORTH ISLAND STORES HAS DOUBLED IN TWO YEARS, BUT A TRIAL OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING TO DETER REPEAT OFFENDERS. THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN INSISTS THE COST OF LIVING ISN'T THE MAIN DRIVER BEHIND THE SURGE IN THEFTS. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, A CRIMINOLOGIST DISAGREES. WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WATCH IS NO LONGER A RARE OCCURRENCE. A WOMAN WITH A CONCEALED ITEM IS APPROACHED BY A NEW WORLD STAFF MEMBER. SHE BECOMES AGGRESSIVE, AND THE WORKER IS LUNGED AT. HERE, A SECURITY GUARD IS KICKED IN THE FACE BY A MAN WHO REFUSED TO LEAVE A PAK'NSAVE STORE. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT OUR STORE TEAM MEMBERS HAVE A LOT TO DEAL WITH, AND THEY'VE GOT MORE TO DEAL WITH NOW THAN EVER WITH THIS INCREASE IN RETAIL CRIME. FOODSTUFFS RECORDS SHOW IT'S GETTING WORSE. THERE WERE MORE THAN 5000 INCIDENTS OF RETAIL CRIME AT THE COMPANY'S NORTH ISLAND STORES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S UP FROM NEARLY 2400 IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022. TO COMBAT THE RISE IN CRIME, THREE MONTHS AGO, FOODSTUFFS BEGAN A SIX-MONTH TRIAL OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT 25 NEW WORLD AND PAK'NSAVE STORES ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT A PERSON OF INTEREST, THEIR IMAGE WILL BE DELETED. IT WORKS BY MATCHING THE FACES OF PEOPLE WHO ENTER AGAINST THAT STORE'S RECORD OF OFFENDERS. THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER IS KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. SO FAR, OF THE 850 NOTIFICATIONS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE REPORTED CASE OF MISIDENTIFICATION. AND IT APPEARS CUSTOMERS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW SECURITY MEASURE. FOODSTUFFS HAS RELEASED THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF 452 CUSTOMERS AT LOCATIONS WHERE THE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY WAS ROLLED OUT. IT FOUND THAT 9 OUT OF 10 EITHER SUPPORTED IT OR DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. THE FEEDBACK FROM STORE TEAM MEMBERS AND OWNERS IS VERY POSITIVE. THEY ARE NOTICING A DECREASE IN RETAIL CRIME IN THOSE TRIAL STORES. AND THE SECURITY EXPERTS FOODSTUFFS IS WORKING WITH SAY THE COST OF LIVING ISN'T TO BLAME. RE-SALE IN RELATION TO ORGANISED CRIME, SECONDLY TO` IN RELATION TO FEED ADDICTION, OR IN RELATION TO ADDICTION, AND THIRDLY FOR NOTORIETY ON SOCIAL MEDIA - AND NOT COST OF LIVING. BUT CRIMINOLOGIST EMMY RAKETE DISAGREES. UNTIL ORDINARY WORKING-CLASS NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING, UNTIL THEY HAVE HOUSING THEY CAN RELY ON, FOOD THEY CAN AFFORD, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE HAPPENING. A SURGE IN RETAIL CRIME, SHE SAYS, IS A SIGN OF DESPERATE TIMES. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. AUSTRALIA HAS LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN TRYING TO POACH SOME OF OUR BEST POLICE OFFICERS, BUT THIS TIME IT'S NOT NEW RECRUITS, BUT OUR MOST EXPERIENCED SENIOR CONSTABLES. WITH HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES FOR OFFICERS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, IT'S BAD TIMING FOR THE GOVERNMENT - ALREADY UNDER PRESSURE TO PAY FOR ITS NEW NATIONAL GANG UNIT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. WHEN SYDNEY'S TOP COP STEPPED UP TO THE MIC, KAREN WEBB SPOKE DIRECTLY TO KIWIS. IF YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND AT SENIOR CONSTABLE LEVEL, JOIN THE NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE. A PLEA TO LURE OVER OUR BEST OFFICERS WITH MORE MONEY. WE PAY WELL, AND WE'RE ATTRACTIVE. AND SO FAR, THE POLICE ASSOCIATION SAYS - AUSTRALIA'S RECRUITMENT DRIVE IS WORKING. IT'S A REAL WORRY. WE LOST 20 OFFICERS ALONE LAST WEEK. IT COULDN'T BE WORSE TIMING FOR NEW ZEALAND. THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW 'TOUGH ON CRIME' STANCE IS PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON POLICE, AND IT HASN'T REVEALED HOW IT WILL PAY AND STAFF ITS BRAND-NEW NATIONAL GANG UNIT. WE EXPECT IT WILL BE A MIX OF REPRIORITISATION AND NEW INVESTMENT, BUT WE CAN'T GET AHEAD OF BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENTS. WITH 250 VACANCIES FOR POLICE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS NEW ZEALAND CAN'T MATCH AUSSIE DOLLARS. THAT'S UP FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICER TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT I'D JUST SAY TO YOU, WE'RE WANTING TO BUILD A COUNTRY WHERE POLICE OFFICERS CHOOSE TO STAY HERE. BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH ` IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY TARGETING KIWI COPS, USING INCENTIVES LIKE $20,000 BONUSES. THIS TIME, HERE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, THEY'RE AFTER SENIOR CONSTABLES AND THEY'LL LET THEM KEEP THEIR RANK IF THEY MOVE OVER. WHEN IT BECOMES REALLY EASY AND YOU'RE NOT LOSING YOUR RANK, SO YOU'RE KEEPING THE PAY LEVEL AT THE HIGHER RATE, THAN HAVING TO START AGAIN IN AUSTRALIA, THAT MAKES IT REALLY ATTRACTIVE TO A NUMBER OF OFFICERS. AND IT LEAVES NEW ZEALAND NOT ONLY WITHOUT POLICE OFFICERS, BUT CRUCIAL POLICE EXPERIENCE. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. THE DETECTIVE WHO LED THE RE-INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF LACHIE JONES (3) IN GORE HAS DETAILED HOW THE CHALLENGES OF RURAL POLICING MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION. A CORONIAL INQUEST IS UNDERWAY IN INVERCARGILL, FIVE YEARS AFTER LACHIE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A COUNCIL OXIDATION POND JUST OVER 1KM FROM HIS HOME. DESPITE TWO POLICE INVESTIGATIONS, HIS FATHER MAINTAINS THE DEATH WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. IT'S THROUGH THIS GRASSY RURAL TERRAIN THAT POLICE SAY LACHIE JONES (3) WALKED BAREFOOT TOWARDS THE COUNCIL OXIDATION PONDS, WHERE HE ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. BUT THE DETECTIVE WHO LED THE RE-INVESTIGATION ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, SAYS THE LOCATION IN WHICH THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY CONSIDERED. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH ATTENTION PAID OR ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THE... ESPECIALLY ON THE NIGHT WHEN LACHLAN WENT MISSING, TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE LOCATION, THE RURAL ASPECT OF POLICING. DETECTIVE INSPECTOR STU HARVEY TOLD THE CORONIAL INQUEST TODAY THE CHALLENGES OF POLICING OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREAS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED. SO WHEN DETECTIVE SERGEANT KENNELLY WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS REASONINGS FOR NOT SHUTTING DOWN THAT SCENE, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE ACTUAL LOGISTICS OF THAT. ...INCLUDING STAFFING CHALLENGES AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES. TO DO A PROPER JOB TO SECURE THAT SCENE, YOU WOULD HAVE NEEDED A MINIMUM OF FOUR STAFF. AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT IN SOUTHLAND, THERE'S ONLY EIGHT STAFF WORKING BETWEEN GORE AND INVERCARGILL. THE DETECTIVE IN CHARGE OF THE FIRST INVESTIGATION ADMITS HE MADE A MISTAKE, BUT LACHLAN'S FATHER SAYS IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AND MAINTAINS HIS DEATH WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE WHATEVER THEY COULD FOR A CHILD OF THAT AGE TO BE FOUND WHERE HE DID, AND NO, I DON'T BUY THAT AT ALL. TODAY'S HEARING ALSO RAISED QUESTIONS OVER THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE RE-INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY LACHIE COULD HAVE RECOVERED HIMSELF ONCE IN THE WATER AND ALTERNATIVE ROUTES HE MAY HAVE TAKEN TO THE PONDS. BUT HARVEY SAYS THE MOST SIGNIFCANT OVERSIGHT WAS NOT HAVING THE INITIAL POSTMORTEM CONDUCTED BY A FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE INQUEST HAS NOW CONCLUDED. IT WILL RECONVENE IN AUGUST. LUCY THOMSON, NEWSHUB. NEW CALEDONIA'S FRENCH HIGH COMMISSION HAS CONFIRMED A PERSON HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD AND TWO OTHERS INJURED AS UNREST ESCALATES IN THE CAPITAL, NOUMEA, THE CITY IS ABOUT TO BE PUT UNDER CURFEW FOR A SECOND NIGHT, AND THE AIRPORT HAS CLOSED, STRANDING MANY KIWIS. THE NATIVE KANAK POPULATION IS ANGRY OVER A DECISION OUT OF PARIS THAT MEANS 25,000 MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. LAURA TUPOU REPORTS. SMOKE SIGNALLING CIVIL UNREST ACROSS NOUMEA ` DEEP HURT AND ANGER FROM PRO-INDEPENDENCE FORCES. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: WE HOPE THAT OUR VOICE, OUR DIGNITY AND OUR PRIDE OF BEING THE PEOPLE OF KANAKY, WILL BE HEARD BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BUT THESE PROTESTS DIDN'T CHANGE THE DECISION MADE 17,000KM AWAY IN PARIS, BACKING CONTROVERSIAL CHANGES TO VOTING ELIGIBILITY, MEANING ANYONE WHO'S LIVED IN NEW CALEDONIA FOR AT LEAST A DECADE WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. THE DECISION HAS SPARKED THE WORST UNREST THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN IN 30 YEARS, AS KANAK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LEAD THE FIGHT FOR AN INDEPENDENT NATION. ROADBLOCKS AND BARRICADES HAVE BEEN ERECTED ON THE STREETS; TRAVEL BY ROAD IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL IS NOT POSSIBLE. MY MAIN FEELING IS TERRIFIED, YEAH. YEAH. I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE ` THAT'S ALL I WANT, YEAH. IN NEW ZEALAND, PASCALE DESRUMAUX IS THINKING OF HER FAMILY BACK HOME IN NOUMEA WITNESSING THE DESTRUCTION. AT THE MOMENT, THEY ONLY DESTROY FACILITIES, BUT I AM AFRAID THAT THEY COME TO A POINT WHERE THEY WILL ATTACK THE POPULATION, SO THIS WOULD BE A DRAMA. BUILDINGS AND CARS HAVE BEEN TORCHED, AND BUSINESSES LOOTED. PEOPLE ARE BEING TOLD TO LIMIT THEIR MOVEMENTS ` A CURFEW WAS PUT IN PLACE OVERNIGHT AND AGAIN TONIGHT BETWEEN 6PM AND 6AM. THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE, GROUNDING TOURISTS, INCLUDING KIWIS WHO WANT TO COME HOME. SO FAR, 138 NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE REGISTERED ON THE SAFE TRAVEL WEBSITE, AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN HELPING WITH ADVICE ` EVEN TO OUR AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS. THE NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE HOTEL, BUT APPARENTLY THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY HAVE YET TO MAKE ANY CONTACT, SO IT'S A BIT CONCERNING. THE INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES OMBUDSMAN IS WARNING TRAVELLERS TO CHECK THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES, BECAUSE MANY WON'T COVER CIVIL UNREST AND RIOTING. BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, THE IMPACT OF THIS FRENCH DECISION WILL BE FELT FOR SOME TIME. YOU CAN FIX THE BUILDINGS, THE CARS, BUT THE PEOPLE'S FEELING ` IT'S IS A DIFFERENT THING. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. A COUNTRY DIVIDED ` WITH THE ROAD AHEAD NOT CLEAR. LAURA TUPOU, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER - AND SOME PRETTY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SWEPT OVER THE COROMANDEL FIRST THING, HEATHER? AND THEN DOWN THROUGH BAY OF PLENTY. I KNOW - BECAUSE I WAS CAUGHT IN ONE OF THEM IN THAMES THIS MORNING. IT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT A MINI TORNADO HIT, BUT WAS VERIFIED AS A VERY STRONG SQUALL. GUSTS OF 145km WINDS THROUGH THE HAURAKI GULF, 36mm OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR IN WHITIANGA BETWEEN 8 AND 9AM, AND ALMOST 2000 LIGHTNING STRIKES. AND IT'S NOT OVER YET ` DETAILS AFTER SPORT. A NORTH CANTERBURY BEEKEEPER IS FRUSTRATED OVER HAVING TO DESTROY $2M WORTH OF PRODUCT. WHEN INSPECTORS DISCOVERED A DISEASE, HE HAD TO BURN 10,000 BOXES OF WHAT THE BEEKEEPER BELIEVED WAS DISEASE-FREE HONEY. IT'S A DAY OF TENSE EXCHANGES IN DONALD TRUMP'S COURT CASE AS HIS DEFENCE TRIES TO TEAR APART THE CREDIBILITY OF HIS ACCUSER-IN-CHIEF. AND ARE YOU READY? THE FIRST OFFICIAL PAINTED PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES SINCE HIS CORONATION HAS BEEN REVEALED. (SINGS) # I like to ite, ite, ite # Apples and bananas... # (DOOR RATTLES) (CONTINUES SINGING INDISTINCTLY) VOICEOVER: In a crash, your car is your last line of defence. (CARDBOARD TEARS) What if it's not as safe as you think? (SINGS) # Apples and bananas... # (CAR RATTLES) Check your safety rating at Rightcar. A WITNESS SAYS AFTER TWO AUCKLAND TEENAGERS STABBED JOSHUA TASI SEVERAL TIMES AS HE SAT IN HIS CAR, ONE OF THEM THEN YELLED, 'THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU COME TO BEACH HAVEN.' THE HIGH COURT HEARD THE 28-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM A STAB WOUND TO THE HEART, BUT SUSTAINED OTHER WOUNDS TO HIS FACE, BODY AND LEGS IN AN ATTACK THAT LASTED ONLY 15 SECONDS. HERE'S ADAM HOLLINGWORTH. THE INCIDENT BEGAN IN MARCH LAST YEAR AT A T-SECTION IN BEACH HAVEN, WHEN JOSHUA TASI CAME TO A HALT IN HIS GREY VAN BEHIND A BLACK BMW. DESPITE TASI BEEPING HIS HORN REPEATEDLY, THE 17-YEAR-OLD AND 14-YEAR-OLD REFUSED TO BUDGE, AS THEY WERE TALKING TO A WOMAN THEY KNEW ON THE PAVEMENT. THAT WOMAN AGREED WITH THE DEFENCE TODAY THAT WHEN TASSI DID EVENTUALLY PASS, HE SHOUTED, 'YOU (bleeP)ING DICKHEADS.' THE PAIR THEN SPED AFTER HIM DOWN BEACH HAVEN ROAD. THERE WAS A CRASH, AND THE TWO DEFENDANTS GOT OUT AND CARRIED OUT WHAT THE PROSECUTION CALLED A COORDINATED ATTACK. WITNESS MICHAEL MAINWARING SAYS THE PAIR ATTACKED FROM EITHER SIDE AS TASI SAT IN HIS VAN. IT LASTED 15 SECONDS. AT FIRST THE WITNESS THOUGHT THEY WERE PUNCHING HIM, BUT THEY WERE ACTUALLY STABBING HIM. WHEN THEY FLED, HE HEARD ONE DEFENDANT YELL, 'THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU COME TO BEACH HAVEN.' MAINWARING TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE MULTIPLE WOUNDS, BUT THE TROUBLE WAS, HE SAID, THERE WERE TOO MANY. HE DIDN'T RECOGNISE THE VICTIM BECAUSE OF HIS FACIAL WOUNDS, BUT LATER REALISED THEY'D BEEN TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER AND PLAYED RUGBY TOGETHER. THE DEFENDANT'S LAWYERS ARGUED THAT THEIR CLIENTS MAINTAINED THEIR INNOCENCE. THEY ALSO URGED THE JURY TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL AND UNBIASED. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. A NORTH CANTERBURY BEEKEEPER IS CALLING FOR A CHANGE IN DISEASE MANAGEMENT AFTER HE WAS FORCED TO DESTROY MORE THAN $2M WORTH OF PRODUCT. SPRINGBANK HONEY WAS ORDERED TO BURN 10,000 BOXES OF WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS DISEASE-FREE HONEY AFTER INSPECTORS DISCOVERED AMERICAN FOULBROOD DISEASE. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. (FIRE CRACKLES) A BONFIRE NO BEEKEEPER WANTS TO LIGHT. THIS IS JUST BREAKING US ` LIKE, WE WORK TILL 10.30 AT NIGHT. MY SON IS IN TEARS. YOU WANT TO WATCH EVERYTHING WE DID LITERALLY GO UP IN A BONFIRE. STEVE BROWN SAYS INSPECTORS DETECTED SPORES OF AMERICAN FOULBROOD DISEASE IN TWO BOXES AND GAVE SPRINGBANK HONEY SEVEN DAYS TO BURN 10,000 BOXES ` MORE THAN $2 MILLION WORTH OF HONEY. ALL THE WAY OVER TO HERE, AND ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING, AND ALL THE WAY BACK ` THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT US TO BURN. EACH BOX FILLED WITH LIQUID GOLD. IT'S REALLY GOOD. DO YOU WANT TO TRY SOME? BROWN SAYS THE DISEASE DOES NOTHING TO THE HONEY ` IT ONLY AFFECTS THE LARVAE. HE WOULD KNOW ` HE'S BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND IS A FORMER APIARY INSPECTOR HIMSELF. BROWN SAYS HE SPENDS UP TO $50,000 EACH MONTH TESTING HIS PRODUCT. HE BELIEVES HE'S BEEN UNFAIRLY TARGETED. THEY HAD NO DISEASE IN THEM. THEY... THESE WERE DISEASE-FREE BOXES THAT HAD NO PROBLEMS, THAT ARE NOW BURNED. OTHER COUNTRIES RELY ON A VACCINE TO CONTROL THE DISEASE, BUT NEW ZEALAND INSTEAD CHOOSES FIRE. IN A STATEMENT, THE MANAGEMENT AGENCY ACKNOWLEDGED DESTROYING BEEKEEPING GEAR IS TRAUMATIC, ADDING THE DISEASE HAS BEEN IN NEW ZEALAND SINCE 1877 AND SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE CONTROL SINCE THE EARLY 1900S. AFB SPORES ARE HIGHLY RESISTANT, AND CAN SURVIVE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO ERADICATE AFB IN NEW ZEALAND. THE WAY THEY'RE GOING ABOUT IT IS WRONG. IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG. SPRINGBANK HONEY HAS 3000 BEEHIVES AND PROCESSES AND EXPORTS UP TO 150 TONS OF MANUKA HONEY AROUND THE WORLD EACH MONTH. THE MANAGEMENT AGENCY SAID SOME COUNTRIES DON'T ACCEPT CONSIGNMENTS WITH AFB HONEY. NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO COST ME MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. YOU'VE BASICALLY TAKEN EVERYTHING` TWO-THIRDS OF WHAT I'VE OWNED, AND BURNT IT. THE HONEY CROP COMES ` I DON'T HAVE THE BOXES FOR IT. WHAT AM I GOING TO USE TO COLLECT THE HONEY? YOU'VE BURNT THEM. BUT SPRINGBANK HONEY WON'T GIVE UP, VOWING TO RISE FROM THE ASHES. KAISHA. BROWNLIE. NEWSHUB. IT HAS BEEN A DAY OF TENSE EXCHANGES AND BAD LANGUAGE AT DONALD TRUMP'S TRIAL IN NEW YORK. HIS FORMER LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN HAS BEEN UNDER-CROSS EXAMINATION BY TRUMP'S DEFENCE TEAM. THEY SPENT THE AFTERNOON TRYING TO TEAR APART COHEN'S CREDIBILITY, AS TRUMP SAT, AT TIMES, SLEEPING. U.S CORRESPONDENT MITCH MCCANN REPORTS. MICHAEL, HOW DID IT GO YESTERDAY? MICHAEL COHEN HAD SPENT THE LAST DAY CORROBORATING THE PROSECUTOR'S CASE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO TRUMP? HE IS THEIR STAR WITNESS AT THE VERY HEART OF THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS. BUT TODAY, IT WAS THE TURN OF TRUMP'S LAWYERS TO ATTACK HIS CREDIBILITY, AND THEY DIDN'T WASTE TIME. TRUMP'S LAWYER OPENED WITH: COHEN REPLIED: IT WAS THE START OF A HOSTILE EXCHANGE. AS THE DEFENCE LAWYER APPLIED THE PRESSURE, BLANCHE TRIED TO PAINT MICHAEL COHEN AS AN UNTRUSTWORTHY FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO HATES TRUMP. 'YOU RECALL SAYING THAT?' HE ASKED. COHEN REPLIED: DEFENCE LAWYERS HAVE SPENT PART OF THE AFTERNOON QUESTIONING MICHAEL COHEN ABOUT HIS PUBLIC ATTACKS ON DONALD TRUMP. BUT WHILE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CROSS-EXAMINATION FOR THE DEFENCE, COURT REPORTING SUGGESTS THAT DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD KEEPS DROPPING AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S STRUGGLING TO STAY AWAKE. DONALD TRUMP IS A RACIST. BUT BLANCHE SUGGESTED THAT DIDN'T STOP COHEN MAKING MONEY OUT OF HIM. JURORS WERE SHOWN PICTURES OF THIS MUG, WHICH READS: 'SEND HIM TO THE BIG HOUSE, NOT THE WHITE HOUSE'. IT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ON MICHAEL COHEN'S WEBSITE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS CASE IS MICHAEL COHEN'S CREDIBILITY AND SO THE DEFENCE IS JUST TRYING TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT CREDIBILITY. AND BLANCHE CONTINUED TO ATTACK IT. HE ASKED MICHAEL COHEN IF HE HAD SAID: 'I HOPE THIS F****** MAN LANDS IN PRISON', REFERRING TO DONALD TRUMP. HE REPLIED, 'SOUNDS LIKE MY LANGUAGE ON MEA CULPA', HIS PODCAST. I'M UNDER A GAG ORDER. DONALD TRUMP'S GAG ORDER MEANS HE CAN'T PUBLICLY ATTACK MICHAEL COHEN. HE'S LEAVING THAT TO HIS POWERFUL REPUBLICAN ALLIES WHO HAVE BEEN IN COURT SUPPORTING HIM. TODAY, IT WAS HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, SECOND IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENCY. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO DENY, THAT LOOKS AT THIS OBJECTIVELY, THAT THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. MICHAEL COHEN IS THE LAST PROSECUTION WITNESS TO BE CALLED. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO THE DEFENCE WILL CALL AND WHETHER TRUMP WILL TAKE THE STAND HIMSELF. IF HE DOES, THINGS MIGHT GET TESTIER, STILL. IN NEW YORK - MITCH MCCANN, NEWSHUB. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND TOUGH TIMES FOR THE WARRIORS. YES, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, CONFIDENCE IS AT AN ALL-TIME LOW FOLLOWING FOUR DEFEATS ON THE TROT. AND NOW A RAFT OF INJURIES HAS HIT THEM JUST IN TIME TO FACE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, SO THAT'S FORCED ANDREW WEBSTER TO MAKE ONE ALMIGHTY POSITIONAL SWITCH THAT EVEN CAUGHT THE PLAYERS BY SURPRISE. AND WHY THE PHOENIX COULD MAKE HISTORY TWICE IN THIS WEEKEND HOME A-LEAGUE SEMIFINAL AGAINST MELBOURNE VICTORY. TWIN SISTERS HAVE TOLD AN INCREDIBLE TALE OF THEIR SCUFFLE WITH A CROCODILE ` ONE OF THEM WAS GRABBED BY THE ARM, SO THE OTHER JUMPED IN THE WATER TO DO BATTLE WITH HER BARE HANDS. AND KING CHARLES UNVEILS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL PORTRAIT AS KING ` AND IT'S VERY RED. SUPERMARKET GIANT FOODSTUFFS HAS REVEALED THAT RETAIL CRIME IN ITS NORTH ISLAND STORES HAS DOUBLED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE DOUBLING OF THE ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT, WHICH IS OF MAJOR CONCERN FOR US. AN ARMED GANG HAS AMBUSHED A PRISON VAN IN FRANCE AND FREED A NOTORIOUS KILLER. THE PRISON VAN WAS ON ITS WAY FROM COURT BACK TO JAIL WHEN IT WAS RAMMED HEAD-ON. FIGURES ARMED WITH SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS OPENED FIRE, KILLING TWO PRISON GUARDS AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS. THE PERSON THEY WERE FREEING WAS MOHAMMED AMRA, KNOWN AS 'THE FLY', WHO'S LINKED TO THE DRUGS UNDERWORLD OF MARSEILLES, AND SUSPECTED OF MURDERING A KIDNAP VICTIM. RIOT POLICE HAVE CLASHED WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY SUPPORTERS AS RUSSIA'S NEIGHBOUR GEORGIA PASSED A KREMLIN-STYLE LAW RESTRICTING FREEDOMS. POLICE MOVED IN AFTER THE PROTESTERS LAID SIEGE TO THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING, WHERE MPS WERE PASSING THE BILL. BUT THE ANGER OUTSIDE WAS MATCHED BY SIMILAR FURY INSIDE AS MPS FOUGHT OVER THE MOVE TO REJECT JOINING THE EU IN FAVOUR OF A CLOSER ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIA. GEORGIA'S PRESIDENT IS THREATENING TO VETO THE BILL, BUT THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT IN PARLIAMENT HAS THE NUMBERS TO OVERRULE HER. A PLAN TO CHANGE THE ON-STREET PARKING CHARGES OVERNIGHT IN AUCKLAND'S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT HAS BEEN DELAYED. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT'S BOWED TO PRESSURE FROM THE MAYOR, SAYING IT'LL NOW START THOSE OVERNIGHT FEES ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, INSTEAD OF JULY, TO GIVE THEM TIME TO CONSULT WITH THOSE AFFECTED. AT'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEAN KIMPTON, HAS APOLOGISED TO THE MAYOR FOR NOT KEEPING HIM BETTER INFORMED. CHARGES FOR SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WILL BEGIN AS PLANNED FROM 1ST OF JULY. THE SUBMARINE VOLCANO THAT ERUPTED NEAR TONGA IN JANUARY 2022 CREATED THE BIGGEST ATMOSPHERIC EXPLOSION IN 100 YEARS AND THE FASTEST UNDERWATER DEBRIS FLOW EVER RECORDED. NOW A KIWI-LED TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IS ON THE WAY THERE, HOPING TO FIND OUT WHY THE BLAST WAS SO POWERFUL AND HELP US PREPARE FOR FUTURE UNDERWATER ERUPTIONS. ISOBEL EWING REPORTS. IT BEGAN IN DECEMBER 202 ` IT BEGAN IN DECEMBER 2021 ` THESE IMAGES CAPTURED BY THE TONGAN GEOLOGICAL SERVICES. LOCAL GEOLOGIST PUNUNU TUKUAFU WAS NEARBY IN JANUARY, MONITORING THE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. ME AND MY COLLEAGUES WERE OUT` JUST TAKE SOME DRONE IMAGERIES OF THE ERUPTION AT THE TIME, SO WE KNOW A FEEL OF WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT WHAT CAME NEXT, DAYS LATER, NO ONE, NOT EVEN SCIENTISTS, SAW COMING. (SCREAMING) AN ERUPTION SO BIG EXPERTS SAY IT COULD HAVE WIPED TONGA OFF THE MAP. HUGE, HUGE ERUPTION ` SO FAR BIGGER THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE, SO THAT DID TAKE PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. IT'S THAT VIOLENCE AND MAGNITUDE THAT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER SCIENTISTS FROM EIGHT NATIONS, WHO ARE HEADING BACK TO THE SITE OF THE ERUPTION TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT MADE IT SO UNIQUE. THE TANGAROA LEAVES THE PORT HERE IN TAURANGA TODAY ` IT'S A FIVE-DAY STEAM TO THE MONITORING SITE NEXT TO THE TONGAN VOLCANO, HUNGA, WHERE THEY'LL BE THERE WORKING FOR ABOUT 20 DAYS. WE'LL MAP THE VOLCANO OR THE SEAFLOOR, WE'LL DO A LOT OF GEOPHYSICS WHICH TELLS US PERHAPS WHERE THE MAGMA CHAMBER IS OR HOW THICK THE LAVAS ARE, AND REALLY SET THE SCENE AS TO WHY THIS VOLCANO EXPLODED SO VIOLENTLY. REACHING INTO THE DEPTHS TO UNDERSTAND THE VOLCANO'S PAST. AND BECAUSE IT BLEW OUT A HOLE FROM 200M BELOW SEA LEVEL TO 850 BELOW SEA LEVEL WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE A KNIFE TO 850 BELOW SEA LEVEL WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE A KNIFE SLICING THROUGH THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THAT VOLCANO, LIKE NATURE'S OWN DRILL HOLE, SO WE CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE VOLCANO THROUGH TIME. BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE SCIENTIFIC PUZZLE TO UNDERSTAND AN EVENT THAT'S STILL A TRAUMATIC MEMORY FOR MANY TONGANS. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND MY COUNTRY AS WELL - AND MY WORKPLACE, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT VOLCANOES. BECAUSE THOUGH SCIENTISTS CAN'T PREDICT WHEN ERUPTIONS WILL HAPPEN, THEY HOPE VOLCANOES THAT ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CAN BE IDENTIFIED SO COMMUNITIES AROUND THEM CAN BE PREPARED. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB. THE FIRST OFFICIAL PAINTED PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES III SINCE HIS CORONATION HAS BEEN UNVEILED AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. AND AS LONG AS YOU LIKE RED, IT'S OUSTANDING. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. THE GRAND REVEAL WAS RECEIVED WITH POLITE ROYAL APPLAUSE... (POLITE APPLAUSE) ...BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT EVERY BRIT'S CUP OF TEA. IT'S KIND OF GHOULISH. A BIT TOO RED. BIT TOO RED? BIT TOO... YEAH. OK. NOT FOR ME. OH, MAN. IT'S PRETTY` PRETTY RED. LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A MASSACRE OR SOMETHING HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE A FLOATING HEAD. I MEAN, WHO DID THAT? JONATHAN YEO IS HIS NAME. IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ROYAL PORTRAITS I'VE SEEN. HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE VIBRANT RED TUNIC OF THE WELSH GUARDS WORN BY THE KING. GOT ME THINKING ` ACTUALLY, IT'D BE LOVELY TO SORT OF TRY AND TAKE THE COLOUR AND SORT OF SPRAY IT AROUND THE PICTURE. IT TURNS OUT RED THINGS TAKE TIME. THE PAINTING WAS FIRST COMMISSIONED WHEN THE KING WAS A PRINCE IN 2020. HE CHANGED JOBS HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY PAINTED NEXT TO HIM IS SYMBOLIC OF HIS OWN TRANSFORMATION. ITS ADDITION WAS ACTUALLY THE MONARCH'S IDEA. BUT IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW BUTTERFLIES DO COME AND LAND ON YOUR SHOULDER IF YOU'RE IN THE GARDEN. THE KING PLAYED MODEL ON FOUR OCCASIONS, HOLDING HIS PORTRAIT POSE AN HOUR AT A TIME. HE'LL PRETEND TO LAUGH AT YOUR JOKES AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF... YOU KNOW, HE'S GOOD AT PUTTING PEOPLE IN THEIR EASE. HE HADN'T SEEN THE LARGER THAN LIFE INTERPRETATION PRIOR TO TODAY, BUT THE QUEEN HAD GIVEN HER ROYAL APPROVAL ` LOVE-TINTED GLASSES, PERHAPS. IN LONDON, LISETTE REYMER, NEWSHUB. A BRITISH WOMAN WHO ATTACKED A CROCODILE THAT HAD SEIZED HER TWIN SISTER HAS BEEN AWARDED A SPECIAL GALLANTRY MEDAL CREATED BY KING CHARLES. BUT AS ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN REPORTS, IT'S NOT THE ONLY TREAT SHE'S EARNED. WHEN I HEARD HER SCREAM, I KNEW THAT SHE WAS ATTACKED. HOW CAN YOU SURVIVE A CROCODILE ATTACK? BUT I COULDN'T ` YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T LEAVE MY SISTER. YEAH. IT WAS AN ACT OF COURAGE AS REMARKABLE TODAY AS WHEN IT MADE THE NEWS THREE YEARS AGO. DURING A GUIDED SWIM ON THIS LAGOON IN MEXICO MELISSA WAS SUDDENLY CAUGHT IN THE JAWS OF A CROCODILE. WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS FOLLOWING US. AND THEN. YEAH, IT DRAGGED ME UNDER. UNDER THE WATER WITH SUCH BRUTE FORCE THAT I THOUGHT IT RIPPED MY ARM CLEAN OFF. AND I THOUGHT LIGHTS WERE OUT. THAT'S IT. I'M A GONER. BUT HER TWIN SISTER WHO'D MANAGED TO SWIM TO SAFETY, WENT BACK INTO THE WATER TO TRY TO SAVE HER. I STARTED PUNCHING IT AND, UM... YEAH, LUCKILY. HELL FOR LEATHER. YEAH. LUCKILY, IT SEEMED TO LET GO. MELISSA SUFFERED PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO THREE INTERNAL ORGANS AND DEVELOPED SEPSIS AFTERWARDS. BUT NOW JORJA, WHO WAS ALSO BITTEN ON THE HAND, WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF THE KING'S GALLANTRY MEDAL AFTER SAVING HER SISTER'S LIFE. BUT I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE A BIG` A BIG THING OF IT BECAUSE I JUST DID WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO SAVE MELISSA'S LIFE, AND I THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD TRY AND DO THE SAME THING TO FIGHT FOR SOMEONE WHOM THEY FIERCELY LOVE. TO FIGHT FOR SOMEONE WHOM THEY FIERCELY LOVE. SHE'S REALLY VERY MODEST. DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY, OR ACTUALLY, DOES SHE JUST REALLY DESERVE IT? WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M CUTTING A PIECE OF CAKE OR SOMETHING AND I WANT TO GIVE MYSELF THE BIGGER PIECE, SHE KNOWS. AND SHE DOES SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I DID SAVE YOUR LIFE.' YOU DO PLAY THAT CARD SOMETIMES. FAIR ENOUGH TOO. AUCKLAND ZOO IS DOING ITS BIT TO SAVE A RARE SPECIES OF SKINK. IT'S FOUND FIVE OF THEM IN REMOTE MOUNTAINS. AS LONG AS ONE OF THEM'S A FEMALE, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FINE. MORE INJURY PAIN FOR THE CRUSADERS AHEAD OF THEIR CRUCIAL SUPER RUGBY CLASH WITH THE BRUMBIES. PLUS ` IS RUGBY LEAGUE SUPER COACH WAYNE BENNETT SET TO SIGN ONE OF THE BIGGEST COACHING CONTRACTS IN NRL HISTORY? AND ALSO EYEING UP A FIRST ` MANCHESTER CITY, WHO ARE NOW ONE WIN AWAY FROM DOING WHAT NO OTHER CLUB HAS EVER MANAGED IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL HISTORY. THEY'RE LANGUISHING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE NRL LADDER AND AFTER FOUR STRAIGHT DEFEATS, THE WARRIORS ADMIT THEY'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM. AND AS IF THINGS COULDN'T HAVE GOT ANY WORSE HEADING INTO SUNDAY'S CLASH WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPION PENRITH PANTHERS A STRING OF INJURIES, INCLUDING ONE TO STAR PLAYMAKER SHAUN JOHNSON, HAS FORCED COACH ANDREW WEBSTER INTO A CHANGE THAT CAUGHT EVEN HIS PLAYERS BY SURPRISE. TIA MCDOUGALL REPORTS. HYPING HIS MEN UP, BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN SO LOW. IT'S THE TOUGHEST TIME SINCE CONFIDENCE IS LOW, WE'RE NOT PLAYING THE WAY WE WANT TO. OUR CONFIDENCE IS A BIT SHOT. YEAH, UNDERSTANDABLE. WE'VE HAD A TOUGH SORT OF PERIOD. GOING HOW WE'VE BEEN GOING, IT CAN BE PRETTY NEGATIVE. A FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK TAKING ITS TOLL, BUT THERE'S A SILVER LINING - KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE GOING WRONG. FOR THREE WEEKS NOW - OUR TACKLING, OUR KICK CHASE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY'RE NOT WHERE THEY WERE. WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON DEFENCE. GOOD HANDS ... HE'S GOT TEDESCO BACK ON THE INSIDE! WE WEREN'T AWARE OF HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL COACHES SHOWED US THE CLIPS. IT'S NOT A NEW STANDARD, IT'S JUST REMINDING OURSELVES OF WHERE OUR STANDARDS WERE. AND ONCE WE FIND THAT, WE'LL GET CONFIDENCE AGAIN. FINDING CONFIDENCE ISN'T THE ONLY THING THE WARRIORS ARE LOOKING FOR. CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD NAMED IN THE HALVES FOR THE FIRST TIME. NAH, HE DIDN'T EXPECT IT. THE SURPRISE MOVE MORE FORCED AFTER SHAUN JOHNSON JOINED FELLOW HALVES LUKE METCALF AND CHANEL HARRIS-TEVITA ON THE INJURED LIST. IF WE TRY AND COMPLICATE IT THIS WEEK AND WE DON'T HAVE A RUNNING MENTALITY, I THINK CHANCE WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK HE'S A BIG BODY IN THE DEFENSIVE LINE. AND HE'LL NEED TO BE AGAINST THE DEFENDING CHAMPION PENRITH PANTHERS THIS WEEKEND. WE WERE GOING TO COME UP WITH LOTS OF FANCY PLAYS OUT THIS WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE OPPOSITION. DO THAT AND THE WARRIORS MIGHT JUST SNAP THEIR CURRENT LOSING STREAK. TIA MCDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. THERE ARE REPORTS OUT OF SYDNEY TONIGHT THAT RUGBY LEAGUE SUPERCOACH WAYNE BENNETT IS POISED TO SIGN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEAL TO RETURN TO THE RABBITOHS. CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF THE DOLPHINS, BENNETT REPORTEDLY MET WITH RABBITOHS OFFICIALS ON MONDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PUT PEN TO PAPER THIS WEEKEND ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WORTH $3M. THE RABBITOHS ARE CURRENTLY BOTTOM ON THE NRL TABLE. BENNETT COACHED THE SYDNEY TEAM FROM 2019 TO 2021. THE CRUSADERS HAVE BEEN DEALT ANOTHER MAJOR BLOW AHEAD OF THEIR CRUCIAL SUPER RUGBY CLASH WITH THE BRUMBIES THIS WEEKEND, WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT SET TO MISS A SECOND GAME IN A ROW THROUGH INJURY. BARRETT'S STILL STRUGGLING WITH A BACK INJURY THAT SAW HIM RULED OUT OF THE SIDE'S LOSS TO THE HIGHLANDERS LAST WEEKEND. COACH ROB PENNEY ADMITTING THEY'RE UNSURE EXACTLY WHEN THE VETERAN LOCK WILL BE FIT TO PLAY. HE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RUNNING YESTERDAY, NOT SURE WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. IT'LL BE A WEEK BY WEEK PROPOSITION. MEANWHILE, THE BLUES WILL BE WITHOUT FULLBACK ZARN SULLIVAN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AFTER HE SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY IN LAST WEEKEND'S WIN AGAINST THE HURRICANES. IT WAS SULLIVAN's FIRST GAME BACK SINCE RECOVERING FROM ANOTHER KNEE INJURY. THE EXTENT OF THE LATEST PROBLEM WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL HE HAS SURGERY TOMORROW. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE SET TO PLAY WHEN THEY ATTEMPT TO CREATE HISTORY AGAINST MELBOURNE VICTORY ON SATURDAY. AFTER LAST WEEK'S GOALLESS DRAW ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE NIX ARE NOW JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST EVER APPEARANCE IN THE A-LEAGUE GRAND-FINAL. AND THEY'RE HOPEFUL A CROWD OF MORE THAN 30,000 AT SKY STADIUM WILL PROVE THE DIFFERENCE. GORDON FINDLATER HAS THE LATEST. AS THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX PREPARE FOR THE BIGGEST MATCH IN THE CLUB'S 17-YEAR HISTORY, WHAT'S AT STAKE ISN'T LOST ON THE PLAYERS. FOR ME, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING PROBABLY THE BIGGEST GAME OF MY LIFE. AFTER HOLDING MELBOURNE VICTORY TO A NIL-ALL DRAW IN THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL LEG ACROSS THE DITCH, THEY ARE NOW BACKING THEMSELVES TO GO WHERE THE CLUB HAS NEVER GONE BEFORE - THE GRAND FINAL. I THINK NOW THE CHANCES ARE A LITTLE BIT IN OUR FAVOUR. AND THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR WHICH COULD INCREASE THEIR CHANCES EVEN MORE. SATURDAY'S GAME AT SKY STADIUM WILL BE A SELLOUT. THEY'RE LIKE AN EXTRA PLAYER FOR US, AND IT'S HONESTLY TRUE. I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN THE LAST FEW GAMES THAT WERE PLAYED AGAINST THEM, SCORING THE LAST MINUTE WINNER. AMONG THE MORE THAN 30,000 FANS SCREAMING FOR THE PHOENIX WILL BE THEIR RUGBY COUNTERPART, HURRICANES. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE UNDECIDED IF THEY'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION THAT HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE PHOENIX FANS. WILL YOU BE GETTING YOUR SHIRT OFF? (LAUGHS) HAVE YOU SEEN THIS, RICK? OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL TAKE MY SHIRT OFF. IF THEY WIN, MAYBE. STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. BUT NOT WANTING TO JINX THINGS OR GET TOO AHEAD OF OURSELVES, IT BEGS THE QUESTION - AT WHAT POINT IN THE GAME IS IT OK TO TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF? FOR US, OR THE FANS? FOR THE FANS. UM... JUST DO THE SAME, 80TH MINUTE, IS IT? IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY, IS IT? UH, YEAH. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT SOLD OUT AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO CREATE HISTORY, I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER. FANS HOPING IT'S A HISTORIC NIGHT, AND MAYBE A CHILLY ONE, DEPENDING HOW YOU CELEBRATE. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. THAT IS WHAT PEAK PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT THERE. A MANCHESTER CITY STAND ON THE BRINK OF HISTORY HEADING INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON. NEEDING A WIN AGAINST AGAINST TOTTENHAM TO KEEP THEIR TITLE, DESTINY IN THEIR OWN HANDS, CITY FINALLY GOT THE BREAKTHROUGH THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WHEN ERLING HAALAND WAS ON HAND TO TAP THE GAME'S OPENING GOAL EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. A SPURS GOAL WOULD HAVE TIPPED THE TITLE RACE BACK IN ARSENAL'S FAVOUR AND ONLY AN INSPIRED SAVE FROM CITY'S SUBSTITUTE KEEPER MAINTAINED THEIR LEAD. IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH FOR PEP GUARDIOLA, UNTIL THE 90TH MINUTE. OH, DOWN GOES DOKU! PENALTY MANCHESTER CITY! THIS CAN DECIDE THE DAY RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. HAALAND PUTS MANCHESTER CITY ON THE EDGE OF GLORY! CITY'S 2-0 WIN GIVES THE THREE-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS A TWO-POINT LEAD HEADING INTO THEIR FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST WEST HAM, WHEN THEY'LL SEEK TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL HISTORY TO WIN FOUR SUCCESSIVE LEAGUE TITLES. DESPITE FINISHING A WHOPPING 16 OVER PAR AT LAST MONTH'S MASTERS, TIGER WOODS FEELS HE CAN WIN THE SECOND MAJOR OF THE YEAR. THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP STARTING LATER THIS WEEK. WHILE HE MAY BE A RANK OUTSIDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, WOODS HAS STILL ATTRACTED PLENTY OF ATTENTION DURING HIS PRACTICE ROUND. AND HE'S PROVIDED FANS WITH SOME EXTRA HOPE. I STILL FEEL THAT I CAN WIN GOLF TOURNAMENTS, I STILL FEEL THAT I CAN HIT THE SHOTS, AND I STILL THAT I CAN PUT MY HANDS AROUND THE GREENS AND I CAN PUT. AND I STILL THAT I CAN PUT MY HANDS AROUND THE GREENS AND I CAN PUTT. I JUST NEED TO DO IT FOR ALL FOUR DAYS, NOT LIKE I DID IN AUGUSTA FOR ONLY TWO. WOODS IS SEARCHING FOR HIS FIRST WIN AT THE EVENT SINCE 2007. THAT IS YOUR SPORTS TONIGHT, STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT PIECE TO CAMERA FROM GORDON. A BIT OF SAD NEWS TODAY. NEW ZEALAND'S GREATEST EVER PROFESSIONAL SNOOKER PLAYER HAS DIED IN AUCKLAND AT THE AGE OF 61. DENE O'KANE WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN NEW ZEALAND SPORT THROUGHOUT THE LATE 1980S, REACHING THE QUARTER FINAL STAGE OF THE 1987 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN ONE OF HIS LAST INTERVIEWS, HE DESCRIBED HOW HE ANNOUNCED HIMSELF ON THE WORLD STAGE. SOMETHING CLICKED, AND I JUST GOT IT TOGETHER AND I WON NINE STRAIGHT FRAMES TO BEAT HIM 10-5. WHOOHOO, WHAT ABOUT THAT? THAT WAS, SORT OF, MY DEFINING MOMENT IF YOU LIKE. THAT I'D BEATEN ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. O'KANE MADE THE LAST 8 AT THE CRUCIBLE AGAIN IN 1992 BEFORE RETIRING IN 2008. AUCKLAND ZOO IS WORKING TO SAVE A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF SKINK THAT WAS ONLY DISCOVERED A DECADE AGO. FEWER THAN 20 AWAKOPAKA SKINKS ARE KNOWN TO INHABIT THE HOMER SADDLE IN FIORDLAND. CONSERVATIONISTS LOCATED FIVE AND TOOK THEM TO AUCKLAND ZOO THEY'RE A TAONGA CONSERVATIONISTS DESPERATELY WANT TO SAVE. YEAH, VERY PRECIOUS CARGO. DETAILS HERE FIVE AWAKOPAKA SKINKS THAT WERE LIVING, AS THEIR NAME SUGGESTS, IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLACIER... IN THE BOULDER FIELDS OF HOMER SADDLE IN FIORDLAND. SO THEY ARE HERE AT THE ZOO HOPEFULLY TO BE THE START OF A CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMME SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY SAVE THIS SPECIES. BUT THERE'S ONE PROBLEM, ISN'T THERE? THERE IS A SLIGHT HITCH, OF THE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE GOT, FOUR OF THEM ARE DEFINITELY MALE INDIVIDUAL WE SUSPECT TO BE MALE LOOK AT THAT, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL. TO LOCATE THEM AUCKLAND ZOO'S DAVE LAUX AND DOC STAFF, WITH THE HELP OF NGAI TAHU WORKED THEIR FINGERS TO THE BONE, SEARCHING UNDER ROCKS. IT WAS A VERY VERY LONG WEEK, IT WAS PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY TILL EITHER OUR BODIES OR OUR MINDS GIVE OUT. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL BE GOING BACK IN SPRING TO HUNT FOR A FEMALE. THIS ONE IS STILL LOOKING MALE. ME. I'D BE LYING IF THERE WASN'T A WHISPER OF FRUSTRATION THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE NECESSARY OUTCOME. THE PROBLEM IS COMPOUNDED BY BEECH MAST THIS YEAR. WHICH WELLS THE NUMBER OF PREDATORS. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER, THE PREDATORS ARE LESS ACTIVE DURING THE WINTER. THERE IS STILL MUCH TO LEARN. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL COLOURS. NOW THRIVING, THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE ASKED THEM TO DO -� EXCEPT ONE THING, BUT THAT WILL RELY ON BOY SKINK MEETING GIRL SKINK. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT - A MAN WHO POSTED VIDEOS OF HIMSELF AND FRIENDS FISHING INSIDE A MARINE RESERVE AT THE POOR KNIGHTS IN NORTHLAND, SAYS HIS CREW MISREAD THE CHART PLOTTER BUT ACCEPTS "IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE". FOODSTUFFS SAYS RETAIL CRIME AT ITS NORTH ISLAND STORES HAS DOUBLED IN TWO YEARS, BUT IT SAYS THE COST OF LIVING ISN'T THE MAIN DRIVER BEHIND THE SURGE IN THEFTS. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER - AND THE THUNDERSTORMS AREN'T OVER YET. NO - WE STILL HAVE AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR PARTS OF BAY OF PLENTY FOR ANOTHER 2 HOURS. AND A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN PLACE FROM 1AM TO 6AM FOR WAIKATO, WAITOMO AND TARANAKI. THE CONDITIONS ARE PERFECT FOR NOT JUST THUNDERSTORMS BUT ALSO TORNADOES. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. THE NORTH HAD AN ACTIVE DAY THANKS TO OUR TASMAN SEA LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM. A COLD FRONT HITS THE DEEP SOUTH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, THAT WILL REACH THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. BEHIND THAT FRONT IS A NEW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY, WHAT IT MEANS, THOUGH, IS OCCASIONAL RAIN TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND, THANKS TO THE LOW, AND SOUTH OF THE ISLAND, THANKS TO THAT FRONT. FINE IN THE MIDDLE. THE RAIN UP TOP CLEARS IN THE MORNING. RAIN CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH, WITH SNOW TO 900M FOR FIORDLAND AND SOUTHLAND. AS THE RAIN SPREADS NORTH - SKIES CLEAR BEHIND IT, WITH BRISK SOU'WESTERS. TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH - OUR SWIRLING MASS OF RAIN WITH THE LOW WILL DISH UP SHOWERS FOR WELLINGTON AND KAPITI OUR SWIRLING MASS OF RAIN WITH THE LOW WILL DISH UP SHOWERS FOR WELLINGTON AND KAPITI AND POSSIBLY HEAVY SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAIKATO TO TARANAKI, BUT IT CLEARS BEFORE DAWN. SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT SPREAD EAST WITH FREQUENT SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE DAY. BRISK WESTERLIES TURN SOUWESTER. SO UP TOP - A FEW MORE SHOWERS, POSSIBLY HEAVY IN THE MORNING FOR AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL AND HAMILTON. IT STARTS TO CLEAR OUT LATER IN THE DAY WITH WINDS BENDING WITH THE LOW. SHOWERS HERE TOO, SOME STILL HEAVY IN THE MORNING FOR TOKOROA AND ALONG THE COAST. BUT IT'S CLEARING OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE NORTHERLY TURNS SOUWEST. CLOUDY PERIODS FOR ALL OUT EAST FIRST UP. IT'S FINE DURING THE AFTERNOON, BUT SHOWERS ARRIVE FOR GISBORNE AROUND MIDDAY. THEN SHOWERS DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING FOR EVERYONE ELSE. HEAVY RAIN WITH SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE DAWN FOR TARANAKI. MOST WILL HAVE SHOWERS EARLY, THEN AGAIN IN THE EVENING. WITH A FINE SPELL IN BETWEEN. WINDS TURN.. ENDING UP FROM THE SOUTH. A FEW CLOUDS TO START, AND A FEW SHOWERS ` THOSE SHOWERS CLEAR IN THE MORNING FOR NELSON, RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT AND BECOME FREQUENT IN THE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE ELSE. CLOUDY TOO OUT EAST WITH A FEW SHOWERS EARLY FOR CHRISTCHURCH THEN ANOTHER ROUND IN THE AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CANTERBURY, AND WITH SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS FOR ALL. CLOUDY PERIODS TOO FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING AND THEN CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WINDS END UP FROM THE WEST OR SOUWEST. SO, DUNEDIN, YOU'RE FINE AT FIRST. BUT CLOUD AND SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE MORNING, THEN CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A WESTERLY. A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FOR CHRISTCHURCH, THEN A BREAK, THEN SHOWERS AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY'LL CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A FRESH SOU'WESTER. SHOWERS REMAIN BEFORE DAWN FOR YOU, WELLINGTON, BUT THE DAY WILL BE MOSTLY FINE UNTIL THE SHOWERS RETURN FROM THE SOUTHERN FRONT TOMORROW NIGHT. NORTHERLIES TURN SOU'EAST LATE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY PERIODS AROUND HAWKES' BAY ` SHOWERS TOO. BUT MOSTLY FOR THE WAIROA DISTRICT THEY'LL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT WILL RETURN LATE TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH A SOU'WESTERLY. NOW, THERE WILL BE SOME MORE HEAVY SHOWERS AROUND BAY OF PLENTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. BUT IT CLEARS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE NORTHERLY TURNS TO A FRESH SOUWESTERLY. AND A COUPLE MORE HEAVY SHOWERS LEFT IN THE AM TOO FOR HAMILTON ` BUT IT WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. FRESH NORTHERLIES WILL TURN SOU'WEST BEFORE MIDDAY. AND HEAVY SHOWERS FOR AUCKLAND, BEFORE LUNCH BECOMING ISOLATED AND CONFINED TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. NORWESTERS TURN SOU'WEST IN THE MORNING. OVER TO OZ ` SHOWERS AGAIN FOR BRISBANE AND CAIRNS THANKS TO AN ONSHORE FLOW. PERTH LOOKS INVITING, AND RAIN FOR TONGA, THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIJI. AND A VERY WINDY DAY FOR NIUE THANKS TO THE EASTERLIES. FOR US, THOUGH, WE ARE INCHING OUR WAY TO ANOTHER WEEKEND, AND FOR THE NORTH, THAT IS LOOKING FINE BUT COLD. SAME-SAME HERE ` ANY ISOLATED SHOWERS OUT EAST ON FRIDAY WILL CLEAR EARLY. A LITTLE MORE CLOUD AND A FEW MORE SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH - BUT MOST OUT WEST WILL BE ISOLATED. ANOTHER FRONT HITS THE SOUTH FROM LATE FRIDAY, SO BY SUNDAY MOST HERE WILL BE VERY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED IN THE WEST, THOUGH, AND SOUTH, ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY, SPREADING TO CANTERBURY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING ON THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE TOMORROW MORNING, WIND GUSTS MIGHT CAUSE LANE RESTRICTIONS. JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT SIX FOR TODAY. REBECCA WRIGHT AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT FIVE TO 10. AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM BY EMAILING NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M SAMANTHA HAYES, AND I'M MIKE MCROBERTS. PO MANAHAU.