TWO YOUNG MEN ARE CRITICALLY ILL AFTER WHAT'S THOUGHT TO BE A DELIBERATE BREATH-HOLDING EXERCISE AT AN AUCKLAND POOL. A DESTINY CHURCH LEADER HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN STOOD DOWN FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUNG PEOPLE IN HIS CARE. AND THE CRUSADERS STUN THE BLUES WITH A WIN FOR THE AGES, BUT ARE THEIR PLAY-OFF HOPES STILL ALIVE? CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. IT'S BELIEVED TWO YOUNG MEN WHO WERE RUSHED TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION LAST NIGHT WERE DELIBERATELY HOLDING THEIR BREATH UNDERWATER AT NEWMARKET'S OLYMPIC POOLS. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WATER SAFETY EXPERTS SAY DOING BREATH HOLD EXERCISES WITHOUT A BUDDY OR SPOTTER IS HIGHLY RISKY, AND THE TWO MEN WERE LUCKY ANOTHER SWIMMER SPOTTED THEM BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. ISOBEL EWING REPORTS. EMERGENCY SERVICES AT NEWMARKET'S OLYMPIC POOLS ATTENDING AN INCIDENT THAT'S LEFT TWO YOUNG MEN CRITICALLY ILL. COMPETITIVE SWIMMER JOEL CRAMPTON WAS IN THE WATER TRAINING WHEN HE NOTICED THE TWO YOUNG MEN UNDERWATER IN THE DEEP END. HE SAYS THEY APPEARED TO BE HOLDING THEIR BREATH. IT LOOKED LIKE THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, SO I LET THEM BE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND DID A COUPLE LENGTHS, AND THEN THEY WERE STILL DOWN THERE, NOT MOVING, AT WHICH POINT THE LIFEGUARD WAS KIND OF A BIT CONCERNED AS WELL. AND SO I JUST SWAM DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THEY WERE RESPONSIVE... AND THEY WEREN'T, SO I JUST PULLED THEM BOTH UP. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED QUICKLY AND HELPED POOL STAFF AND A DOCTOR WHO HAPPENED TO BE THERE SWIMMING, TO REVIVE THE MEN. YEAH, IT WASN'T NICE, YOU KNOW, PULLING A LIMP BODY UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. UM, BUT I'M GLAD I WAS THERE AND I WAS ABLE TO DO IT, AND I` I HOPE IT'S MADE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM. THEY WERE TAKEN TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. POOL DIRECTOR PETER RUSS TOLD NEWSHUB HIS STAFF ACTED QUICKLY AND FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. I HAVE TO SAY THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. EVERYTHING JUST KICKED IN IN TERMS OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, RESPONDED VERY WELL AND HAD VERY GOOD ASSISTANCE FROM UH, OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S BELIEVED THE TWO MEN WERE DELIBERATELY HOLDING THEIR BREATH, A PRACTICE THE POOL DISCOURAGES. WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FREE DIVING AND TRAINING FOR THAT, BUT IN A CONTROLLED SITUATION. IN THE WEEKEND, IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. POOL STAFF TOLD ME THAT OVER THE WEEKEND THE POOL GETS REALLY BUSY, ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY WEATHER. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT LAST NIGHT, THEY HAD TO ASK SEVERAL PEOPLE NOT TO DIVE AND NOT TO BOMB, AND ENDED UP HAVING TO ENLIST SECURITY TO GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. THERE ARE CERTAIN BREATH-HOLD TECHNIQUES THAT PRESENT A RISK OF WHAT'S CALLED SHALLOW WATER BLACKOUT. PEOPLE HYPERVENTILATE AND WHEN THEY DO THAT THEY INTERFERE WITH THE BODY'S BUILT IN OR INTRINSIC SAFETY MEASURES, THAT REMIND YOU TO TAKE A BREATH. AND OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE SITUATIONS IS THE PERSON IS UNAWARE THAT THEIR BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS ARE GETTING CRITICALLY LOW AND THEY FAINT. WEBBER SAYS IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO TWO PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY WERE VERY LUCKY THEY WERE NOTICED. IT'S NOT WITHIN THE LIFEGUARDS CAPABILITIES TO OBSERVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WATER. SO UNLESS SOMEONE'S SWIMMING PAST WHO'S WEARING GOGGLES TO SEE IT, THEN IT'S A VERY, VERY RISKY ACTIVITY. ANOTHER 20 OR 30 SECONDS AND THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT. SO YEAH, I'M GLAD I COULD HELP. HELP FROM A YOUNG SWIMMER... THAT MIGHT HAVE SAVED TWO LIVES. SO ISOBEL, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE TWO YOUNG MEN'S CONDITION? GOOD EVENING WE'VE HEARD FROM AUCKLAND HOSPITAL THEY SAY THE MEN REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT RESUSCITATION EXPERT I SPOKE TO SAID THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THEIR BRAINS AS A RESULT OF BEING STARVED OF OXYGEN FOR THAT TIME THEY ALSO SAID THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE A GOOD RECOVERY BECAUSE THEY WERE PULLED OUT SO QUICKLY AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT WILL BE FULL CREDIT TO THE YOUNGSTERS, WHO PULLED THEM OUT. MANAGEMENT WILL CONDUCT A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THIS INCIDENT THAT WILL INVOLVE LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY TAKE A HARDER LINE ON PAPER DOING THIS BREATH HOLDING EXERCISE. AS A BELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. A YOUTH LEADER WITH DESTINY CHURCH HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN STOOD DOWN FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUTHS IN HIS CARE. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO HISTORICAL SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AT A YOUTH GROUP BASED IN COUNTIES MANUKAU. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. SONS OF GOD. THERE WAS A PACKED HOUSE FOR DESTINY'S SERVICE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND THIS MORNING, BUT IN WHAT THEY POSTED ONLINE AFTERWARDS, NO MENTION OF A YOUTH LEADER WHO REPORTEDLY HAD YOUNGSTERS STAY AT HIS HOME OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND NOW FACES MULTIPLE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A CALL FOR PRAYERS FOR DESTINY LEADER BRIAN TAMAKI. LET'S PRAY FOR OUR APOSTLE. THE MORE YOU SEE THE MEDIA BARK, THE MORE WE NEED TO OPEN UP AND PRAY. THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD IS REPORTING A YOUNG MAN'S MOTHER WENT TO POLICE WITH ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE LAST NOVEMBER, AND AFTER POLICE APPROACHED THE CHURCH, IT STOOD DOWN A YOUTH LEADER AND BANNED HIM FROM THE CHURCH. IN A STATEMENT, POLICE CONFIRMED AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO HISTORICAL SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT A YOUTH GROUP BASED IN COUNTIES MANUKAU. BUT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THESE COMPLAINTS, POLICE SAY THERE'S A SPECIALISED PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED THROUGH TO PROGRESS THE INVESTIGATION. DESTINY HAS BEEN ALLOWED CONSERVATIVE VOICE IN THE CONVERSATION AROUND SEXUALITY. THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY CRITICISED DESTINY FOR AN AD SHOWING A BOY CARRYING A SEVERED HEAD AND BEARING THE TAGLINE 'TIME TO KILL'. TAMAKI SAID THE GIANT SYMBOLISED A SPIRIT THAT WANTED TO SEXUALISE OUR CHILDREN. MEANWHILE, A RELATIVE OF TAMAKI LAST MONTH PLEADED GUILTY TO DESTROYING A RAINBOW CROSSING ON KARANGAHAPE ROAD. TODAY, DESTINY MEMBERS WERE LESS KEEN TO SHARE THEIR MESSAGE. DON'T FILM THAT TODAY. IT'S A SUNDAY TODAY. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH, NEWSHUB. THE GOVERNMENT'S UNVEILED A PRE-BUDGET BOOST TO EDUCATION, PROMISING TO TRAIN AND RECRUIT 1500 NEW TEACHERS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. BUT LABOUR'S SAID THEY RECRUITED JUST SHY OF THAT NUMBER IN JUST ONE YEAR. PERRY WILTON HAS THE STORY. WORKING OVERTIME ON A SUNDAY, KIERAN GAINSFORD'S ONE OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS PUTTING IN MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. THEY ARE DOING IT TOUGH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. A TEACHING SHORTAGE THAT'S FORCING SCHOOLS TO CUT CORNERS AND COME UP WITH WORKAROUNDS. THE SHORTAGE AT THE MOMENT FEELS LIKE THE WORST IT'S BEEN IN MY ENTIRE TIME IN TEACHING. IN SOME CASES THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH RELIEF TEACHERS, SO SCHOOLS WILL DO THINGS LIKE COLLAPSING OR COMBINING CLASSES OR HAVING TO CLOSE AND SEND KIDS HOME, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO TEACH. THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO FIX THAT IS TO SPEND $53 MILLION TO 'ATTRACT, TRAIN AND RETAIN' A SUITABLE TEACHING WORKFORCE. WE ARE A GOVERNMENT THAT'S FOCUSED ON RAISING ACHIEVEMENT AND CLOSING THE EQUITY GAP AND THAT MEANS INVESTING IN OUR TEACHER WORKFORCE. THE MONEY WILL GO INTO A NUMBER OF PRE-EXISTING PROGRAMMES THE GOVERNMENT'S ADDING 1200 PLACES TO ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND BRINGING IT INTO PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. TO GET TEACHERS TO STAY IN THE JOB THERE WILL BE MORE SUPPORT GRANTS, AND 670 STUDY AWARDS WILL BE FUNDED. AND THEY'LL PROVIDE A $20,000 PACKAGE FOR TEACHERS GOING ON PLACEMENT. THIS WILL PAY A STIPEND TO THOSE TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THEIR COURSE COSTS AND SOME OF THEIR MOVING AND LIVING COSTS ARE MET WHILE THEY'RE TRAINING. THE POST PRIMARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION SAYS IT'S A GOOD START. OVERALL THIS IS A GOOD THING. THE FOCUS ON SUPPLY IS FANTASTIC. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. LABOUR IS LESS IMPRESSED WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S 1500 TEACHER RECRUITMENT GOAL. IN A STATEMENT TO NEWSHUB, LABOUR SAYS THAT WHEN IT WAS IN GOVERNMENT, IT MANAGED TO RECRUIT 1300 TEACHERS IN JUST OVER 12 MONTHS, AND NOT FOUR YEARS. THE TEACHER WE SPOKE TO SAYS THERE IS STILL ONE MAJOR PIECE MISSING FROM THE EDUCATION PUZZLE. THE LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN SALARIES, CONDITIONS, THAT STOPS PEOPLE LEAVING TEACHING, OR LEAVING NEW ZEALAND ENTIRELY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO ON A TEACHING SALARY IN NEW ZEALAND. IN THE MEANTIME, THOSE IN THE SECTOR WE SPOKE TO SAID TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AT LEAST A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PERRY WILTON, NEWSHUB. IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, MORE THAN 5 MILLION PHONES ARE SET TO SOUND WITH AN EMERGENCY ALERT ` BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S A TEST. LUCY THOMSON JOINS US NOW. LUCY, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? WELL YOUNGER THESE NATIONWIDE TESTS TAKE PLACE ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING PROPERLY FOR WHEN A REAL EMERGENCY DOES OCCUR TO INFORM US OF UPCOMING LOCKDOWNS, AND SEVERE WEATHER THAT MAY AFFECT THEM. THERE IS NO NEED TO SIGN UP OR DOWNLOAD ANY APPS IT SHOULD TURN UP AUTOMATICALLY IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES PROVIDED YOURSELF AND IS TURNED ON BLEEEP BLEEP NOW COURSE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT COMPLETELY FAILSAFE, SO WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE ALERT, TO NOTIFY US VIA THEIR WEBSITE. LUCY, THANK YOU. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STILL RACING TO RESCUE VICTIMS OF A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S ISOLATED ENGA PROVINCE. UP TO 300 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND A THOUSAND HOMES BURIED, BUT THOSE FIGURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS RELIEF EFFORTS HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND DAMAGE TO MAIN ROADS. RESCUE TEAMS HAVE BEEN APPEALING FOR ASSISTANCE. WE'RE ASKING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR WHOEVER THAT WISH TO HELP, PLEASE, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. MFAT HAS TOLD NEWSHUB THAT NEW ZEALAND STANDS BY, READY TO CONSIDER ANY REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. TALKS AIMED AT REACHING A DEAL TO FREE THE REMAINING 120 ISRAELI HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS ARE EXPECTED TO RESUME NEXT WEEK. FOLLOWING THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE'S ORDER TO STOP ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA, THE IDF HAS BEEN WIDENING ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN ACROSS ALL OF THE TERRITORY, WITH ATTACKS ON RAFAH ONLY INTENSIFYING. MEANWHILE, EFFORTS TO GET AID INTO GAZA ARE FALTERING WITH OPERATIONS AT THE $500M US-MILITARY BUILT PIER SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF ROUGH SEAS. THREE MEN ARE IN HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER AN INCIDENT IN ASHBURTON OVERNIGHT. OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A SEPARATE JOB ON WILLIAM STREET ABOUT 2am WHEN THEY FOUND TWO INJURED PEOPLE IN A CAR. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THEIR INJURIES, BUT INITIAL INDICATIONS SUGGEST THOSE INVOLVED ARE KNOWN TO EACH OTHER AND POLICE ARE NOT SEEKING ANYONE FURTHER AT THIS STAGE. A PERSON HAS DIED AFTER A TREE FELL ON THEM ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN BANKS PENINSULA. POLICE CALLED TO HICKORY BAY ROAD IN GOUGHS BAY FOUND THE VICTIM LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WORKSAFE HAS BEEN INFORMED. JAPAN'S LOSS COULD BE FONTERRA'S GAIN. AS JAPANESE FARMERS ABANDON THE INDUSTRY IN DROVES, FONTERRA'S BRANCH THERE IS FILLING THE GAP. IT'S A SUCCESS STORY THAT SUGGESTS THEIR NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY OF DITCHING CONSUMER BRANDS LIKE ANCHOR AND MAINLAND, TO CONCENTRATE ON SELLING DAIRY INGREDIENTS COULD BE A WINNER. ALEXA COOK WENT TO JAPAN TO SEE FIRST HAND WHY IT'S WORKING. FARMING IN JAPAN IS CHALLENGING... DURING THE WARMER MONTHS, THE COWS LIVE OUT HERE, BUT FOR AT LEAST HALF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE COLD, THEY'RE INDOORS EATING FEED IMPORTED FROM UKRAINE, WHOSE WAR WITH RUSSIA HAS PUSHED THE COST OF GRAIN SKY HIGH. IT'S DIFFICULT AND HARD, IT'S NOT EASY TO GET PROFIT FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. WE VISITED A 4TH GENERATION FARMER IN HOKKAIDO TO FIND OUT WHY THE NUMBER OF JAPAN'S DAIRY FARMS HAS PLUMETTED FROM OVER 400,000 IN THE 1960S TO FEWER THAN 13,000 TODAY. THERE ARE NO YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO START FARMING RIGHT NOW, BUT THE COUNTRY'S DAIRY DECLINE HAS A SILVER LINING FOR NEW ZEALAND. FONTERRA'S BRANCH IN JAPAN IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST DAIRY IMPORTER, BRINGING IN 130,000 TONNES OF PRODUCT EVERY YEAR, MOSTLY CHEESE AND BUTTER. WE WANT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THIS IS A SHIPMENT OF NEW ZEALAND CHEESE ARRIVING IN TOKYO IN HUGE BLOCKS. IT'S THEN GRATED AND SOLD TO CONSUMERS IN SMALL CONVENIENT PACKETS LIKE THIS IN STORES LIKE 7-11. KIWI DAIRY IS ALSO BEING USED IN PRODUCTS LIKE PROTEIN POWDERS. JAPAN IS OUR 4TH LARGEST TRADING PARTNER AND DESPITE THEIR DECLINING AND RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION FONTERRA'S BUSINESS THERE IS SEEING STEADY DEMAND AND IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THEIR NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOCUSING ON SELLING DAIRY INGREDIENTS. HAS THE DIET OF JAPANESE PEOPLE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, ARE THEY CONSUMING MORE DAIRY? YEAH DEFINITELY, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF JAPAN'S OWN FARMERS FEEDING THAT MARKET IS EXPECTED TO KEEP FALLING AS PRODUCTION COSTS KEEP CLIMBING. ONE SOLUTION IS TO GET THE COWS OUTDOORS AND LIVING OFF GRASS IN WINTER, RATHER THAN EXPENSIVE GRAIN. IN 2014 THE NZ DAIRY INDUSTRY STARTED TEACHING JAPANESE FARMERS ABOUT PASTURE BASED SYSTEMS. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S TO IMPROVE ANIMAL WELFARE BUT ALSO TO REDUCE THE COSTS OF HAVING TO IMPORT FEED. IT'S WHY WE'RE STANDING HERE IN JAPAN, BUT ACTUALLY THE TYPES OF GRASSES GROWING HERE ARE FROM NZ. I LOVE TO WALK WITH THE COWS BACK TO THE COW SHED. ...AND AS KIWI FARMING TECHNIQUES ARE ADOPTED, IT'S HOPED MORE JAPANESE FARMERS WILL BE ENTICED BACK TO THIS WAY OF LIFE IN THE FUTURE. ALEXA COOK, NEWSHUB. AND ALEXA'S TRIP TO JAPAN WAS FUNDED BY THE ASIA NEW ZEALAND FOUNDATION. A NEW MILESTONE WAS REACHED THIS WEEKEND AT THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN PARIS. 5 YEARS AFTER IT WAS NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE, A MASSIVE CROSS ON THE CATHEDRAL'S ROOF IS BACK IN PLACE. CBS'S ELAINE COBBE HAS MORE. AS THE BLAZE ENGULFED NOTRE-DAME, THE ICONIC SPIRE AND THE ROOF MADE OF WOOD AND METAL WERE LOST. ASTONISHINGLY, THOUGH, SOME OF THE FAMOUS ORNAMENTS FROM THE CHURCH SURVIVED THE FIRE. AMONG THEM, THE 40-FOOT-HIGH DECORATIVE METAL CROSS THAT SAT ATOP THE LEAD ROOF OF THE CHOIR AT THE BACK OF THE CATHEDRAL. AS THE FLAMES CONSUMED THE ROOF, THE CROSS, WHICH WEIGHS MORE THAN 3,300 POUNDS, FELL ONTO THE STONE VAULTS OF THE CHOIR, SO WHILE THE METAL WAS DAMAGED, THE CROSS DID NOT MELT. VINCENT COMBE IS IN CHARGE OF THE RESTORATION OF THE METAL AND LEAD ROOFS OF THE CATHEDRAL. (METAL CLANGS) THE CROSS WAS TAKEN TO THIS IRONWORKS IN NORMANDY FOR THE COMPLEX AND DELICATE REPAIRS. ARCHITECT AXELLE PONSONNET WAS INVOLVED IN CHECKING IT COULD BE REPAIRED TO THE ORIGINAL 19TH-CENTURY DESIGN BY EUGENE VIOLLET-LE-DUC. WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO DISCOVER THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT AND FORGE IT AGAIN AND WORK WITH THE METAL THAT WAS HERE, BECAUSE THE CROSS WAS DESIGNED BY VIOLLET-LE-DUC, SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF NOTRE DAME. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE CROSS WAS RAISED AGAIN AT THE WORKSHOP TO ALLOW THE ARTISANS COMPLETE THE FINISHING TOUCHES, INCLUDING THE LEAD COVERINGS AND GOLD LEAF AND THE SYMBOLIC DRAGON EATING ITS OWN TAIL. FOR PHILIPPE JOST, IN CHARGE OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT, IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT. IT'S ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS OF THE RESTORATION OF NOTRE-DAME, BECAUSE ALL THE WOODWORK HAS DISAPPEARED. AND IT WAS POSSIBLE TO RESTORE THE CROSS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER ` AND ANOTHER COLD DAY DESPITE THE SUNSHINE, MIKE. LOTS OF BLUE SKY AROUND, LIKE HERE IN WELLINGTON, BUT IT'S STILL QUITE COLD THANKS TO A COLD SOUTH-WESTERLY WIND, ESPECIALLY OTAGO. ON THE COAST THERE WAS A GUST OF 130km/h, INLAND ROXBURGH GETTING 106km/h. STILL SOME WIND AROUND TOMORROW AND SOME SHOWERS, BUT ONE SPOT GETS A FINE, FROSTY START TO THE WEEK. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. NICKI MINAJ HAS LEFT HER FANS HIGH AND DRY IN MANCHESTER. SHE HAD TO CANCEL HER SHOW BECAUSE SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUGS IN AMSTERDAM. A RECORD 10,000 MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN THE UK ON SMALL BOATS SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND A GARAGE SALE WITH A DIFFERENCE AS A CHRISTCHURCH THEATRE SELLS OFF ALL ITS OLD PROPS. AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, HAVE DIED IN AN AMUSEMENT PARK FIRE IN INDIA. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE WERE IN A TWO-STOREY STRUCTURE AT THE PARK WHEN A BLAZE BROKE OUT, TRAPPING PEOPLE INSIDE AS THE BUILDING COLLAPSED. RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. THE LOCAL MAYOR SAID THE DEATH TOLL IS LIKELY TO RISE. HOME OFFICE FIGURES SHOW THAT MORE THAN 10,000 MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN THE UK ON SMALL BOATS SO FAR THIS YEAR. IT'S THE HIGHEST FIGURE EVER RECORDED AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AND DEALS A BLOW TO PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK'S CLAIM THAT THE THREAT OF DEPORTATION TO RWANDA IS A DETERRENT. LABOUR HAS SAID IT WILL NOT DEPORT MIGRANTS TO RWANDA IF IT WINS THE ELECTION IN EARLY JULY. A JUDGE HAS DENIED ALEC BALDWIN'S REQUEST TO DISMISS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER HIS NEW MEXICO FILM SET BECAME A CRIME SCENE. BALDWIN IS CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER A PROP GUN HE WAS HOLDING FIRED LIVE AMMUNITION, KILLING 'RUST' CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. THE ACTOR SETTLED A CIVIL LAWSUIT LAST YEAR AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CRIMINAL CHARGES. IF CONVICTED, HE FACES UP TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON. THOUSANDS OF NICKI MINAJ FANS IN THE UK HAVE BEEN LEFT DISAPPOINTED AFTER THE SINGER WAS ARRESTED IN AMSTERDAM JUST HOURS BEFORE HER SOLD-OUT SHOW IN MANCHESTER. DUTCH POLICE STOPPED THE SINGER AT THE AIRPORT AND TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY FOR POSSESSION OF SOFT DRUGS. ITV'S IAN WOODS REPORTS. WHY AM I GOING HERE? NICKI MINAJ SHOULD'VE BEEN BOARDING A PLANE AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT. YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. I'M THE POLICE OFFICER. I'M THE DEPUTY OF (INDISTINCT) WE WILL BRING YOU TO THE POLICE STATION, YES? FOR WHAT? YOU CAN GO. BECAUSE YOU ARE CARRYING DRUGS. I'M NOT CARRYING DRUGS. # I AM NICKI MINAJ, I MACK THEM DUDES UP, # BACK COUPES UP AND CHUCK THE DEUCE UP. # THE SINGER (41) STYLES HERSELF AS THE QUEEN OF RAP AND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF HER PINK FRIDAY WORLD TOUR. NEXT STOP SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CO-OP ARENA IN MANCHESTER. INSTEAD, HER MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWED LIVE UPDATES OF HER DETENTION. OH, SO I'M UNDER ARREST? YES. BUT UNDER ARREST FOR WHAT? STOP FILMING NOW. FILMING HER ARREST HAD APPARENTLY MADE THINGS WORSE. BUT NOW THEY WANT TO OPEN IT. WHY? FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE YOU FILMED HIM, AND HE WAS LIKE... BECAUSE I FILMED HIM? YEAH. HE WAS LIKE, HE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU THAT YOU DON'T HAVE MORE WITH YOU THAN... CROWD CHANTS: FREE NICKI! FREE NICKI! AMIDST CONFUSION WHETHER OR NOT THE SINGER WOULD BE RELEASED IN TIME FOR HER CONCERT, THERE WAS A DELAY IN ALLOWING FANS INTO THE ARENA. A SHORT TIME AGO, DUTCH POLICE SAID SHE'D BEEN FINED AND RELEASED. # THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG. # BUT SADLY FOR HER FANS, THE NIGHT WAS NOT YOUNG ENOUGH FOR THE SHOW TO GO ON. AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, CHRISTCHURCH'S COURT THEATRE IS FINALLY PREPARING TO MOVE OUT OF ITS TEMPORARY BUILDING AND INTO ITS NEW HOME. BUT BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN IT NEEDS TO SELL OFF A BUNCH OF OLD PROPS, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT THAN AN OLD-FASHIONED GARAGE SALE. LUCY THOMSON WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. WIGS...WEAPONS... AND A LIFE-SIZE ROCKING HORSE. I THINK THAT'S EPIC, THAT'S SO COOL. JUST A FEW OF THE ECLECTIC ITEMS UP FOR GRABS. THANK YOU... IT'S THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE THEATRE FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS OR SO THAT WE JUST KIND OF PULLED OUT OF THE WOODWORK, AS IT WERE. SO THERE'S ALL THIS STUFF THAT WE NEVER EVEN KNEW WE HAD. SO THEY DECIDED TO SELL SOME OF IT OFF. SOME JEWELLERY, HATS... AND SOME BEAUTIFUL GLASSWARE. THE MONEY RAISED WILL HELP COVER THE COSTS OF MOVING INTO THEIR BRAND NEW PURPOSE BUILT FACILITY. THE NEW BUILDING IS AMAZING, IT'S A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY. IT HAS TWO FULLY FUNCTIONING THEATRES, A BIGGER THEATRE AND A SMALLER THEATRE... SEVERAL BARS AND DINING OPTIONS WITHIN IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING FACILITY AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO IT. THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST THEATRE COMPANY HAS BEEN OPERATING OUT OF THIS TEMPORARY SPACE SINCE THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES. IT'S KIND OF FALLING APART. IT REALLY WASN'T ENVISIONED TO BE LIVED IN FOR THIS LONG. ALEX WILSON SAYS WITH ANY LUCK, THEY'LL BE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AS FOR ALL THE COSTUMES, ELECTRONICS AND ITEMS OF FURNITURE, THEY NOW HAVE A NEW HOME TOO. THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE FLAT. IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT... THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN SO WELL LOVED BY THE THEATRE ARE GOING TO HOMES WHERE THEY WILL BE LOVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. NO MATTER HOW WACKY OR WONDERFUL THEY MIGHT BE. LUCY THOMPSON, NEWSHUB. SENIOR CITIZENS ARE TRYING SOMETHING NEW TO RESIST DEMENTIA ` THEY'RE PULLING A SWIFTIE AND STRIKING THE SAME POSE AS A VERY POPULAR SINGER. COMING UP ON SUPER SPORT SUNDAY, THE WARRIORS CAN'T CATCH A BREAK ... LOSING MORE PLAYERS THROUGH INJURY BEFORE KICK OFF. PLUS THE CRUSADERS STUN THE BLUES WITH A WIN FOR THE AGES. SO ARE THEIR PLAY-OFF HOPES STILL ALIVE? AND THE PGA TOUR IS ROCKED BY THE SUDDEN DEATH OF GRAYSON MURRAY JUST A DAY AFTER THE 30-YEAR-OLD WITHDREW FROM THE LATEST EVENT IN TEXAS. (LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) (LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS) (PEOPLE GASP) (BELLOWS) Call this a feast?! Fetch more foodage! (DRAMATIC MUSIC) M'lady. (PEOPLE CHATTER) (EPIC MUSIC) (PEOPLE CHEER) Is this Greek salad? Nah, it's from New Zealand, eh! VOICEOVER: Four Square. What'll it be today? GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. WE START TONIGHT WITH THE WARRIORS, WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN ACTION AGAINST THE DOLPHINS AT MT SMART. THE HOSTS SUFFERING A COUPLE OF BLOWS BEFORE EVEN RUNNING OUT, WITH CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD AND TAINE TUAUPIKI RULED OUT BEFORE KICK-OFF. HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF. ISAAKO FOR THE CORNER. NICE START FOR THE DOLPHINS THERE. 4-0 AFTER FIVE MINUTES. 4-0 AFTER FIVE MINUTES. NOW THEY FLICK THE SWITCH. LOOK OUT. SCORES THE SECOND TRY FOR THE DOLPHINS. IT IS NOW 10 POINTS TO 6. THEY'RE NOT DONE YET. THE CRUSADERS' UPSET WIN OVER THEIR ARCH ENEMY BLUES IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT MEANS THERE'S STILL A MATHEMATICAL CHANCE OF MAKING THE SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFFS WITH ONE ROUND REMAINING. THE WIN HAS ALSO EASED PRESSURE ON COACH ROB PENNEY, WHO HAD COME UNDER FIRE FOLLOWING A HEATED PRESS CONFERENCE LEADING UP TO THE DO-OR-DIE MATCH. GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS. IT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT HAS BEEN A TOUGH CAMPAIGN FOR THE CRUSADERS. THEY TAKE THE WIN... AND THAT'S A BIG WIN TOO FOR THE CRUSADERS. IT SPARKED WILD CELEBRATIONS, BUT NO ONE WAS HAPPIER THAN ROB PENNEY, AFTER A WEEK WHERE HE SAYS HE LET HIMSELF DOWN. YEAH, IT'S QUITE EMOTIONAL REALLY. THEY'VE GOT EVERY REASON TO... TO LOSE THE FAITH, I GUESS. LAST NIGHT IT TOOK PENNEY'S SIDE JUST 20 MINUTES TO SHOW THERE WAS REASON TO BELIEVE.... AND... DIVING AND SCORING! BUT TWO BLUES TRIES WOULD QUICKLY PUT THE HOSTS ON THE BACK FOOT. AND THE BALL IS ACROSS! AND HE'S GOT A COUPLE. OFA TU'UNGAFASI. DOWN A MAN AFTER HALF TIME, THE BLUES WOULD EXTEND THEIR LEAD TO TEN POINTS. AWAY FOR A.J LAM, AND THE BLUES ARE IN WITH 14 MEN. WITH THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ON THE CUSP OF ELIMINATION, THE CRUSADERS FOUND ANOTHER GEAR. BURKE'S GONNA KICK WIDE ACROSS LIO, WELL, HE'S ON HIS OWN. AND SCORES! CHRISTIAN LIO-WILLIE. BURKE, HOLDS IT UP, CHASED. ANGUS BURKE NOW LINING UP. GETS IT OFF TO FIHAKI, IT'S AWAY TO HOTHAM... AND THE CRUSADERS ARE IN, AND THEY TAKE THE LEAD. ONE THEY WOULD HOLD ON TO, UPSETTING THEIR BITTER RIVALS 29-27 AND SILENCING SOME OF THEIR CRITICS. MY PHONE'S JUST BEEN NON-STOP WITH... WITH SUPPORT AND IT'S JUST VERY HUMBLING AND... JUST ONE WEE MOMENT TODAY WAS A BIT OF PAYBACK, I GUESS. ROB HANDLED HIMSELF SO WELL THIS WEEK AND, UM, YEAH, HE JUST COACHED. AND YEAH, LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN TAKE IT NOW. WHETHER THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS OR NOT, BEATING THE BLUES WAS REASON ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. AND THE CRUSADERS' HOPES OF REACHING THE PLAY-OFFS HAVE BEEN BOOSTED THANKS TO THE HIGHLANDERS THUMPING THE FIJIAN DRUA 39-3 IN DUNEDIN THIS AFTERNOON. UP 18-0 AT THE BREAK, THE SOUTHERNERS PILED ON MORE PAIN IN THE SECOND SPELL, CROSSING THE LINE 3 MORE TIMES TO KEEP THE DRUA WINLESS AWAY FROM HOME. NOW HE KICKS ACROSS TO THE RIGHT WING OF TIMOCI TAVATAVANAWAI. MAGIC BALL, BACK OUT TO THE WINGER ` THAT'S OUTSTANDING! IT'S THE HIGHLANDERS' SIXTH WIN OF THE SEASON. AND THAT RESULT LEAVES IT ALL TO PLAY FOR IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON. THE 10TH PLACED-CRUSADERS, THOUGH, WILL IDEALLY NEED A BONUS POINT WIN AGAINST MOANA PASIFIKA AND OTHER RESULTS TO GO THEIR WAY IF THEY'RE TO MAKE THE TOP EIGHT; AMONG THEM, THE FORCE AND THE DRUA LOSING. WHAT IS GUARANTEED IS THAT THE TOP-OF-THE-TABLE BLUES WILL HOST THE CHIEFS. AS THEY FIGHT THE HURRICANES FOR HOME ADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PLAYOFFS, THEY'LL ENTERTAIN THE HIGHLANDERS. THE SOUTHERNERS NOW UP TO SIXTH AFTER TODAY'S WIN. FOOTBALL FERNS COACH JITKA KLIMKOVA HAS STEPPED DOWN AMID AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MATTER. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL SAYS KLIMKOVA TOOK VOLUNTARILY LEAVE AND WILL MISS THE UPCOMING JUNE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES AGAINST JAPAN IN SPAIN WHILE THE MATTER IS INVESTIGATED. ASSISTANT COACH MICHAEL MAYNE WILL ACT AS HEAD COACH FOR THE TWO MATCHES, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS NEXT FRIDAY. THE PGA TOUR HAS BEEN ROCKED TODAY WITH THE SUDDEN DEATH OF TWO-TIME TOUR WINNER GRAYSON MURRAY. THE 30-YEAR-OLD WAS TAKING PART IN THE CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE IN TEXAS BUT WITHDREW DURING THE SECOND ROUND DUE TO AN ILLNESS. AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS YET BEEN GIVEN. THE THIRD ROUND OF THE PGA STARTED AS NORMAL THIS MORNING. LEADER DAVIS REILLY WAS CEMENTING HIS SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD WHILE KIWI RYAN FOX WAS REMAINING IN THE HUNT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WHOLE MOOD CHANGED. WE'VE JUST RECEIVED NEWS THAT GRAYSON MURRAY, AN EIGHT-YEAR PGA TOUR VETERAN AND A WINNER EARLIER THIS YEAR, WAS FOUND DEAD THIS MORNING, DEAD AT THE AGE OF 30. THE NEWS HARD TO COMPREHEND AS MURRAY WAS PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT JUST THE DAY BEFORE. BUT AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE BOGEYS IN THE SECOND ROUND, HE WITHDREW, CITING ILLNESS, THE PGA COMMISSIONER TASKED WITH INFORMING THE PLAYERS OF THE TRAGIC NEWS OF HIS DEATH. YOU KNOW, TO BE IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE DEVASTATION ON THE FACES OF EVERY PLAYER THAT'S COMING IN UM, IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE. MURRAY HAD OPENLY STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE PAST, BUT HAD BEEN SOBER FOR OVER A YEAR. IN JANUARY, HE WON THE SONY OPEN IN HAWAII. WOW. GRAYSON MURRAY'S DONE IT AGAIN. THE DEATH OF A FRIEND HITTING HOME FOR MANY. WE GET SO WORKED UP OUT HERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BAD BREAK HERE OR GOOD BREAK THERE. (SOBS) DESPITE THE DEVASTATION AROUND THE COURSE, MURRAY'S FAMILY WERE ADAMANT THEY WANTED THE ROUND TO CONTINUE IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED SON AND FIANCE. AS MUCH AS WE WANNA BEAT EACH OTHER, AS MUCH AS WE WANNA BE COMPETITIVE, WE REALLY ARE... WE'RE ONE BIG FAMILY, AND WE LOST ONE TODAY, AND THAT'S THAT'S TERRIBLE. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. STAYING WITH GOLF, AND SAM JONES IS WELL-PLACED HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE LATEST DP WORLD TOUR EVENT IN BELGIUM. THE KIWI IS TIED FOR NINTH AT 11-UNDER, THIS APPROACH ON THE 13th LEADING TO ONE OF THREE BIRDIES IN HIS ONE-UNDER-PAR THIRD ROUND. (APPLAUSE) ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. SAM JONES UP AHEAD AT 13 DOES MAKE THE BIRDIE. FULLY DESERVED. ONLY THREE SHOTS SEPARATE JONES AND SECOND PLACE, LEAVING HIM ON TRACK FOR HIS BEST FINISH AT A DP WORLD TOUR EVENT. THE LONGEST-STANDING NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS RECORD HAS BEEN TOPPLED, WITH JAMES PRESTON SETTING A NEW MARK IN THE 800M. HE'S BEATEN SIR PETER SNELL'S 62-YEAR-OLD RECORD AT A MEET IN GERMANY BY 0.66 OF A SECOND. PRESTON CROSSING THE LINE IN 1:44.04. MEANWHILE, GEORGE BEAMISH HAS COME WITHIN 0.01 OF SIR JOHN WALKER'S 42-YEAR-OLD MILE NATIONAL RECORD, AS HE FINISHED EIGHTH AT THE EUGENE DIAMOND LEAGUE. STILL TO COME ON SUPER SPORT SUNDAY ` WHY TOMORROW'S INDY500 IS NOW IN DOUBT. PLUS, MANCHESTER UNITED STUN CROSS-TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER CITY TO WIN THE FA CUP, BUT WAS IT ENOUGH TO SAVE THEIR MANAGER FROM GETTING THE SACK? AND CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE ` WHY NO ONE WAS SAFE IN THIS WEEK'S SPORTING MOMENTS. AND LATER IN NEWS ` TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEWEST FANS MAY ALSO BE HER OLDEST, AND HER MUSIC'S MAKING THEM HEALTHIER, TOO. LET'S HEAD BACK TO WILLIAM NOW, WHO'S BEEN GOING THROUGH QUITE A TRANSFORMATION. (MYSTERIOUS PIANO MUSIC) (LIVELY PIANO MUSIC) WELCOME BACK. THE STEEL HAVE UPSET THE MYSTICS IN TODAY'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP NETBALL CLASH IN DUNEDIN. SITTING DEAD LAST ON THE LADDER WITH JUST ONE WIN THIS SEASON, THE STEEL LED 23-20 AT HALFTIME. THE MYSTICS STAGED A COMEBACK IN THE FINAL QUARTER, BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE ` THE HOSTS HOLDING ON FOR A 47-43 WIN. THE TACTIX CAN JOIN THE PULSE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH A WIN OVER THE STARS IN CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW. MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE SHOCKED CROSS-TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER CITY TO WIN THE FA CUP FINAL 2-1 AT WEMBLEY. THE UNDERDOGS IGNORED SPECULATION THAT COACH ERIK TEN HAG IS SET TO BE SACKED, AND PULLING OFF A DRAMATIC VICTORY TO SILENCE THEIR NOISY NEIGHBOURS AND SHOW THAT MANCHESTER IS ONCE AGAIN RED. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER WATCHED THE ACTION. # ...WITH ME. # THE MESSAGE FROM ERIK TEN HAG MIGHT HAVE BEEN 'ABIDE WITH ME', BUT THE PRE-FINAL WHISPER WAS THAT UNITED OWNER SIR JIM RATCLIFFE WAS MORE 'THANKS, BUT NO THANKS, ERIK.' BUT WAS THAT PREMATURE? CITY DIDN'T LOOK THEMSELVES. PEP GUARDIOLA TURNED UP IN A TIE, AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT, HIS DEFENCE WAS TIED INTO A TANGLE. AND GARNACHO IS THERE! COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN A GIFT FOR GARNACHO AND HIS BELEAGUERED BOSS. AND IF THAT WAS A SHOCK, HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SPACE FOR KOBBIE MAINOO! CITY'S HOPES OF A BACK-TO-BACK LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE IN TATTERS AS UNITED DOUBLED THEIR LEAD WITH A SECOND. ERIK TEN HAG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE DEAD MAN WALKING. THEN IT WAS ALL ABOUT HANGING ON. CITY CAME BACK AT THEM LIKE A TRAIN, BUT THE CLASS THAT HAD TAMED ALL COMERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE DESERTED THE CHAMPIONS IN THE CUP FINAL. THERE WAS LATE DRAMA AND TENSION WHEN CITY WERE GIVEN A LIFELINE BY A GOALKEEPING GIFT, BUT UNITED HELD OUT ` REDEMPTION FOR TEN HAG IN WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL GAME, AND ALL AGAINST THE GREAT GUARDIOLA. THE RED ARMY HAVE STORMED WEMBLEY. AND HOW SWEET IT WAS TO DROWN OUT THE NOISY NEIGHBOURS FROM ACROSS A DIVIDED CITY. WILL YOU BE THE MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER NEXT SEASON? I DON'T HAVE A DOUBT, BUT IT'S OF COURSE NOT UP TO ME. WE HAD A VERY COMPLICATED SEASON. WE HAD A LOT OF SETBACKS AND THE TEAM HAD TO DEAL WITH IT EVERY TIME. EVERY TIME WE WERE CRITICISED, WE HAD BAD PERFORMANCES, WE WERE UNHAPPY WITH OURSELVES AS WELL. AND EVERY TIME WE HAD TO GET UP. AND ON A MEMORABLE DAY, BY GEORGE, THERE WAS EVEN TIME FOR A ONE-DAY FUTURE KING TO CELEBRATE WITH UNITED ROYALTY. STAYING WITH FOOTBALL, AND THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS HAVE WON BACK-TO-BACK A-LEAGUE TITLES AFTER BEATING MELBOURNE VICTORY 3-1 IN LAST NIGHT'S GRAND FINAL. AFTER A GOALLESS FIRST HALF, VICTORY TOOK THE LEAD FIVE MINUTES INTO THE SECOND SPELL THANKS TO THIS JASON GERIA SCREAMER. THE MARINERS EQUALISED IN THE 91ST MINUTE BEFORE SECURING THE SILVERWARE IN EXTRA TIME. THEY COME BACK! MIGUEL DI PIZIO. HE'S THROUGH, NISBET'S IN THE MIDDLE. EDMONSON TO FINISH ` OHH!! AND THAT'S IT. CENTRAL COAST BECOME THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN TEAM TO WIN AN HISTORIC TREBLE ` THE PREMIERS' PLATE, THE AFC CUP AND NOW THE PREMIERSHIP TITLE. A LITERAL CLOUD OF DOUBT HANGS OVER TOMORROW'S INDY500 WITH A STORM EXPECTED TO BRING SEVERE WEATHER TO INDIANAPOLIS. ORGANISERS STILL HOPE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE A FULL RACE, WITH A THREE-HOUR WINDOW EXPECTED BETWEEN SHOWERS. SCOTT DIXON WAS PART OF THE LAST WEATHER-AFFECTED RACE IN 2007. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS WEIRD. I REMEMBER HAVING A NAP IN BETWEEN THE START AND FINISH ON ONE OF THOSE. A WORST-CASE SCENARIO COULD SEE THE RACE POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. AND MITCH EVANS HAS WON THE LATEST ROUND OF THE FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN SHANGHAI. THE KIWI STARTED THIRD ON THE GRID AND MADE HIS MOVE ON THE FINAL LAP, EXECUTING A DARING PASS TO TAKE THE LEAD AND THE CHEQUERED FLAG. MITCH EVANS IS GONNA TAKE THE WIN IN SHANGHAI! EVANS DOES IT! WHAT A DRAMATIC CONCLUSION HERE IN CHINA. MITCH EVANS TAKES HIS SECOND VICTORY OF THE SEASON. FELLOW KIWI NICK CASSIDY CAME HOME IN THIRD PLACE TO EXTEND HIS LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVER'S STANDINGS. FINALLY TONIGHT ` WHETHER YOU WERE A REPORTER, REFEREE OR JUST AN UNASSUMING DRIVER, NO ONE WAS SAFE OUT IN THE FIELD THIS WEEK. GORDON FINDLATER HAS YOUR SPORTING MOMENTS OF THE WEEK. # (MOTORHEAD'S 'ACE OF SPADES') # IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME... # LESSON NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK, DON'T ANNOY ROB PENNEY. I'M ANSWERING IT. - IT'S NOT MY OPINION. - I'M ANSWERING IT... - A QUESTION FOR YOU, YOU LOOK DEFEATED. - LOOK DEFEATED? PERHAPS SOME EQUALLY STERN WORDS TOWARDS HIS PLAYERS HELPED INSPIRE THE CRUSADERS VICTORY LAST NIGHT. I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. WHILE REPORTERS WERE COPPING IT FROM COACHES, THE REFS WERE COPPING IT FROM PLAYERS... CLEANED OUT PAUL WILLIAMS! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I THINK YOU GOT ME BETTER THAN I GOT YOU. WANT TO KNOW HOW TO AGGRAVATE HOCKEY PLAYERS? SCOOOOOORE! TROTEK! A LITTLE TIC TAC TOE. JUST SCORE A GOAL. CHUCK'S GOT TROTEK PINNED DOWN, LAFRENIERE IS GOING TO JUMP INTO THE THREE. THERE'S 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT WRESTLING MATCHES GOING ON. THERE WAS ALMOST CHAOS IN MONACO... OH MY GOODNESS ME! YES. THE WORLD'S BEST OPEN WHEEL RACERS HAVE INSANE REACTION TIME. OH MY WORD, THAT WAS NEARLY HORRIBLE. IN NASCAR, HAVING QUICK HANDS COMES IN HANDY FOR OTHER REASONS. WE'VE GOT A FIGHT GOING ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN KYLE BUSCH AND RICKY STENHOUSE JR. # (LIMP BIZKIT) GIVE ME STUFF TO BREAK... # # GIVE ME STUFF TO BREAK... # I'LL WRECK YOU AT CHARLOTTE, I DON'T GIVE A (BLEEP) I SUCK JUST AS BAD AS YOU! - I CAN TELL! LET'S GO! IT CERTAINLY WASN'T A WEEK FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. JUST HEADING BACK TO THE WARRIORS, THEY ARE TRAILING 16-12. DON'T TELL ME THAT. SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE UK ARE STRIKING A POSE TO HELP THEIR HEALTH, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ANY POSE ` THEY'RE TAKING PART IN A SPECIAL PHOTOSHOOT TO RE-CREATE SOME OF TAYLOR SWIFT'S MOST FAMOUS AND FABULOUS ALBUM COVERS, TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS. ITV'S AMELIA BECKETT HAS THE STORY. # THEN I CHECK IT TWICE, OH! # OOH, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. # TAYLOR SWIFT IS THE MEGA STAR OF HER GENERATION, NOW WITH A WHOLE NEW GENERATION OF FANS ` AND JUST LOOK WHAT SHE'S MADE THEM DO. OH, AMAZING. GORGEOUS. (CAMERA CLICKS) DUBBED THE 'SENIOR SWIFTIES', THESE CARE HOME RESIDENTS ARE RECREATING HER MOST FAMOUS ALBUM COVERS FROM 'SPEAK NOW' TO 'MIDNIGHTS' ` THEIR CHANCE FOR A MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT. I'VE HAD ME HAIR DONE. (LAUGHS) EVELYN'S A FAN. HAD YOU HEARD OF TAYLOR SWIFT BEFORE THIS? HAVE I HEARD OF...? TAYLOR SWIFT? OF COURSE I HAVE, LOVE. OH, GOOD. 'COURSE I HAVE. PICTURE OF HER OVER THERE. BARBARA, NOT AS MUCH. YEAH, I'M RATHER INTO OPERA MYSELF. (CHUCKLES) BUT THE BENEFITS OF SO-CALLED MUSIC THERAPY, PARTICULARLY FOR DEMENTIA, ARE UNDISPUTED, AND IT TURNS OUT TAYLOR'S TRACKS ARE PERFECT. THE BEST DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY MUSIC IS ACTUALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 120 BEATS PER MINUTE, AND WE FOUND 30 OF HER SONGS THAT ACTUALLY WERE ABOUT 100 BEATS PER MINUTE. IT'S EASIER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THAT SORT OF MUSIC. PEOPLE CAN CONNECT BETTER, AND IT EVEN RELEASES ALL THESE FOND MEMORIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ADD IN A PHOTO SHOOT, AND THE RESPONSE IS EVEN BETTER. THERE WAS QUITE PEPPY AND THERE WAS GETTING READY THIS MORNING. EVEN YESTERDAY, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ` 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WEAR, WHAT TO WEAR?' SO I SAID, 'WHATEVER YOU WEAR, YOU WILL LOOK GORGEOUS.' # IT'S A LOVE STORY. BABY, JUST SAY YES. # SO IF THIS IS TAYLOR'S LOVE STORY, THEY'VE JUST SAID YES. SINGER-SONGWRITER BARRY MANILOW IS BIDDING A FINAL FAREWELL TO TOURING. # COPA CABANA, THE HOTTEST SPOT NORTH OF HAVANA. # MANILOW'S CAREER HAS SPANNED 50 YEARS, STARTING WITH COMMERCIAL JINGLE WRITING BEFORE HIS BIG BREAK IN 1974 WITH 'MANDY'. THE 80-YEAR-OLD CROONER SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO MAKING MORE MUSIC IN THE STUDIO. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` TWO YOUNG MEN REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT AFTER BEING RUSHED TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL FROM NEWMARKET'S OLYMPIC POOLS. IT'S BELIEVED THEY WERE DOING BREATH HOLDING EXERCISES UNDERWATER THERE. A YOUTH LEADER WITH DESTINY CHURCH HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN STOOD DOWN FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUTHS IN HIS CARE. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER ` AND MIKE, SOME BIG SWELLS AROUND TODAY. METSERVICE HAVE A SWELL WARNING IN PLACE FOR THE WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA COASTLINE AT THE MOMENT. THIS WARNING IS IN PLACE UNTIL 6PM TOMORROW, SO DO BE ALERT IF YOU'RE IN THOSE AREAS. IT'S ANOTHER COLD DAY TOMORROW WITH FROSTS FOR SOME AND SHOWERS FOR OTHERS. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST NEXT. ('COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER) (READS) "Additional tax refunds. Click the link to..." # You're as cold as ice... # Not clicking the link. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICEOVER: If something seems suss, we're here to help 24/7 on 0800 ASB FRAUD. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. ANOTHER DAY STUCK IN A COLD SOUTHWEST FLOW, AND THAT'S SET TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TOMORROW AS WHAT YOU HAVE HAD TODAY, ALTHOUGH THE WINDS WON'T BE SO BLUSTERY. THERE ARE SOME CLEAR AREAS WHO GET FROSTS TONIGHT, AND FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH, A FEW SNOW FLURRIES TO 600m ` BUT FOR MOST, IT'S A CLOUDY, COLD DAY WITH THE ODD SHOWER. IT STAYS THAT WAY UNTIL ABOUT WEDNESDAY. SO TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND GETS SOME SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH AND THE TASMAN-BULLER AREA, BUT IT'S MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE, WITH FROSTS EXPECTED FOR MANY. THOSE SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH COULD FALL AS SNOW FOR THOSE ABOVE 600m. TOMORROW, THE SOUTH AND THE NORTHEAST GET SHOWERS. IT'S FINE ELSEWHERE, BUT STILL COLD WITH THAT SOUTHWEST FLOW. AND FOR THE NORTH ISLAND TE IKA A MAUI, IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS WHERE ONE MINUTE YOU SEE THE STARS, THEN NEXT MINUTE, IT'S CLOUDY, THEN THERE'S A SHOWER. COOL SOUTH-WESTERLIES MAKE IT A CHILLY NIGHT. TOMORROW, SHOWERS AFFECT EVERYONE NORTH OF AUCKLAND AND THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. IT'S PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING TOWARDS THE EVENING TAKING A CLOSER LOOK NOW, AND A MIXTURE OF EVERYTHING FOR NORTHERN AREAS. THERE'S SHOWERS, SUNSHINE, A BIT OF CLOUD AND FRESH SOUTH-WESTERLIES. HIGHS HERE BETWEEN 15 AND 17. FURTHER SOUTH, AND TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE GET A FINE DAY, BUT CLOUD INCREASES. EVERYONE ELSE GETS THAT CLOUD ALL DAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE WITH WESTERLY WINDS. INTO THE EAST ` IT'S FINE FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, BUT CLOUD DOES DEVELOP. DANNEVIRKE GETS A FEW SHOWERS; MASTERTON STAYS CLOUDY. AND NOT A DAY TO HANG UP THE WASHING OUTSIDE; EVERYONE HERE GETS SOME SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP WITH WELLINGTON AND KAPITI COAST GETTING A FINE AFTERNOON. WELLINGTON, BY THE WAY, GETS SOME BIG SWELLS AGAIN TOMORROW. NELSON RELATIVELY SHELTERED FROM THIS SOUTH-WEST FLOW, SO A MAINLY FINE DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS THERE. A FEW SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. THEY BECOME MORE FREQUENT FOR REEFTON AND WESTPORT WITH THAT SOU'WESTER. PUT THE NEWSPAPER ON THE WINDSCREEN TONIGHT IF YOU ARE IN THE EAST AND THE CAR IS EXPOSED. IT'S A FINE AND FROSTY NIGHT, BUT THE PAYOFF IS A LOVELY SUNNY DAY. AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, INVERCARGILL AND DUNEDIN GET THE ODD SHOWER. EVERYONE ELSE GETS A PARTLY CLOUD DAY WITH FROSTS POSSIBLE FOR ALEXANDRA AND QUEENSTOWN. HIGHS HERE BETWEEN 9 AND 12. KIA ORA, DUNEDIN. AGAIN, NOT THE WARMEST, WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND FRESH SOUTH-WESTERLIES. 9 IS THE HIGH EXPECTED, BUT ADD THAT WIND CHILL, AND IT FEELS LIKE 3. FINE AND FROSTY TOMORROW FOR CHRISTCHURCH. DOWN TO MINUS-3 TONIGHT WITH A HIGH TOMORROW OF 11, BUT IT FEELS LIKE JUST 6 DEGREES. HELLO, WELLINGTON. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND TOMORROW WITH THE ODD SHOWER, BUT PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND A HIGH OF 12. CLOUD CLEARS BEFORE DAWN FOR A FINE MORNING IN HAWKE'S BAY, BUT SOME CLOUD ROLLS OVER IN THE AFTERNOON. TAURANGA GETS A SUNNY START WITH SOME CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH WESTERLY WINDS AND A HIGH OF 16. KIA ORA, HAMILTON. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH, YOU GUESSED IT, SHOWERS. YOU GET WESTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 12. AND FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, PRETTY MUCH A REPEAT OF TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND FRESH SOUTH-WESTERLIES. 16 THE HIGH TOMORROW. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, AND IT STARTS TO FINE UP FOR AUSTRALIA WITH JUST PERTH AND CAIRNS SEEING SHOWERS. AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, VANUATU EXPERIENCED A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THIS MORNING. LUCKILY NO MAJOR DAMAGE. FIJI AND NUIE STILL GETTING THUNDERSTORMS. BACK HERE NOW AND ITS A CASE OF SHOWERS FOR MOST NORTHERN AREAS WITH THAT SOUWEST FLOW BUT IT DOES GET BETTER THURSDAY, CENTRAL AREAS SEE LESS OF THE WET STUFF AND MORE OF THE CLOUDY STUFF, AND WELLINGTON GETS A FAIRLY SETTLED WEEK BUT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO THE SOUTH, AND NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE HERE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER. AND THAT'S THE PATTERN FOR SOUTHERN AREAS AS WELL. 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