THE MINISTER'S GREETED WITH TEARS AND FRUSTRATRION AS WAIROA CALLS FOR A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO IT'S FLOODING. DRIVEN OUT OF HIS FLAT BY LOUD DRUG-TAKING NEIGHBOURS, AN AUCKLAND MAN IS FORCED TO LIVE IN HIS CAR. GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IS CONVICTED FOR SHOPLIFTING AND FINED FOR THE CRIME BUT AVOIDS A JAIL TERM. AND A LARGE STUDY HAS FOUND VITAMIN PILLS WONT HELP YOU LIVE LONGER ` THEY 'OVERPROMISE AND UNDERDELIVER'. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. WAIROA'S MAYOR IS CALLING FOR A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO WHY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DIDN'T BULLDOZE THE RIVER MOUTH OPEN SOONER AND PREVENT THE FLOODING OF 400 PROPERTIES. LOCALS ARE FURIOUS THE COUNCIL DIDN'T ACT SOONER, AND EVEN THE CONTRACTOR SAYS IT'S RIDICULOUS HE WASN'T MOBILISED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. ALEXA COOK REPORTS FROM WAIROA. COVERED IN DEBRIS AND FILLED WITH MUD, A BUSINESS NOW RUINED. HUNDREDS OF HOMES FLOODED, AND LIVES TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. IT'S JUST DEVASTATING. IT'S GONE RIGHT THROUGH THE PACKHOUSE, PROCESSING, EVERYTHING WE'VE BUILT UP OVER THESE LAST 15 YEARS. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MINISTER WAS IN WAIROA TODA, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MINISTER WAS IN WAIROA TODAY, FACING ANGRY LOCALS WHO ARE BLAMING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S INACTION. 32 YEARS, NEVER SEEN FLOODING LIKE THIS ` EVER. THE COUNCIL ` THIS IS THEIR FAULT. SHOULD HAVE OPENED THE BAR, YOU ASK EVERYBODY, MATE. THE BAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPENED. WHY NOT OPENED ON MONDAY WHEN IT WASN'T RAINING? WE DON'T KNOW IF HAVE JOBS NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THIS. IN BIG-WEATHER EVENTS THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DIGS CHANNELS IN THE SAND BAR ACROSS WAIROA'S RIVER MOUTH SO THE RIVER CAN FLOW OUT TO SEA MORE EASILY ` BUT THE WORK DIDN'T BEGIN UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING WHEN THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ALREADY STARTED. I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE INSURANCE COMPANIES SHOULD SUE REGIONAL COUNCIL. WHAT'S THE MESSAGE TO REGIONAL COUNCIL? GET YOUR ARSE OUT HERE AND LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON. DON'T SIT AROUND. DONT EVER WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. THAT SHOULD NEVER HAD HAPPENED. NO. THE RIVER SWEPT INTO 400 PROPERTIES. THIS MAP SHOWS THE THREE TO FOUR BLOCKS OF DAMAGE, AN AREA THAT HAS NEVER FLOODED BEFORE. WAIROA'S MAYOR TEXTED THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ON MONDAY, SAYING LOCALS WERE ANGRY THAT NO ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN, AND THERE SHOULD BE MACHINES MOBILISED AT LEAST 24 HOURS AGO OR MORE. 'THIS POOR PERFORMANCE IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR WAIROA.' THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE TEXT BACK, SAYING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE TEXT BACK, SAYING, BASICALLY TOLD, 'NO. IT'S UNDER CONTROL. 'NOT OUR BABY; IT'S REGIONAL COUNCIL'S' APPEARS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. WHAT NOW? APPEARS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. WHAT NOW? WE NEED INQUIRY INTO WHY HAPPENED, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST LIVELIHOODS. WE'RE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. IF THE GOVERNMENT DECIDE TO HAVE AN INQUIRY, WE'LL BE COOPERATING FULLY WITH THAT INQUIRY. HAMISH PRYDE IS THE CONTRACTOR TASKED WITH OPENING THE RIVER MOUTH BUT DIDN'T GET CALLED UP UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME WE GOT THE CALL, IT WAS ALREADY RAINING BY THE TIME WE GOT THE CALL, IT WAS ALREADY RAINING, AND WE HAD A DAY TO RESPOND WITH OUR BACKS AGAINST WALL FROM THE START. WE FEEL TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE OF WAIROA. THAT HAVE GOWE DID THE BEST WE COULD, BUT HONESTLY, DIDN'T HAVE A WE DID THE BEST WE COULD, BUT HONESTLY, DIDN'T HAVE A SHOW. THEY HAD TO ABANDON TWO EXCAVATORS AND A BULLDOZER THAT ARE NOW STUCK AND MIGHT HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OFF. THEY'RE FULL OF WATER, ENGINES FULL OF WATER. THEY'RE FULL OF WATER, ENGINES FULL OF WATER. ONE HAS LOT OF COMPUTERS ON IT, THAT'LL BE MOST THE DIFFICULT. HE'S SUCCESSFULLY DUG THROUGH THE RIVER BAR HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE ` SAVING THE TOWN ` AND WANTED THE WORK TO START LAST FRIDAY. I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO RESPOND WHEN STORM STARTS. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. THE MAYOR IS CALLING FOR CHANGES AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. THEY NEED TO START LISTENING, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. THERE NEEDS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE HERE IN WAIROA. AND THE MINISTER AGREES. I'VE HEARD THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. THAT LOCALS KNOW THE AREA BETTER THAN ANYONE. WILL YOU TALK TO COUNCIL? DEFINITELY HAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM, A DIRECT CONVERSATION AS A RESULT OF WHATS HAPPENED. AND WAIROA NOW HAS A HUGE CLEAN-UP ON ITS HANDS. ALL THIS SLASH AND TIMBER WASHED DOWN THE RIVER IN CYCLONE GABRIELLE. THE COUNCIL HAD STACKED IT UP ON RIVER BANK, BUT NOW IN THIS WEEK'S FLOOD, IT'S WASHED EVERYWHERE ALL OVER AGAIN. A FLOOD THAT'S CAUSED MORE THAN JUST PHYSICAL DAMAGE. I DONT KNOW IF I CAN COME BACK FROM THIS OR NOT, REALLY. A FEELING MANY WILL BE SHARING. SO, ALEXA, WHAT'S THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE LIKELY TO BE? THE MINISTER TOLD ME TODAY THAT HE WILL BE TAKING A PAPER ON THESE ISSUES TO CABINET SO THAT IT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT IN PARLIAMENT. IS NOT PROMISING A FULL-BLOWN GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY JUST YET, BECAUSE HE SAID THE REGION IS STILL IN ITS RESPONSE MODE AND IT IS A BIT TOO SOON FOR THAT. HOWEVER, HE IS NOT SAYING THAT HE WON'T DO IT EITHER. HE IS PROFITING THAT HE WILL LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES AND HE WILL TALK TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND TRY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT DID OR DIDN'T HAPPEN ON MONDAY. WE KNOW THAT THESE FLOODS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS ARE MADE EARLY AND THEY PROPERLY NEXT TIME IN ORDER TO TRY AND SAVE SOME OF THOSE HOLMES AND BUSINESSES. THE HUNT IS ON FOR AN OFFENDER IN WEST AUCKLAND AFTER AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED IN HER HOME DURING AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. IT COMES AS NEW SURVEY DATA SHOWS MORE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE FEELING UNSAFE AFTER DARK. ZANE SMALL WITH THE LATEST. A FORENSICS TEAM ENTERS THE WEST AUCKLAND HOME OF A WOMAN IN HER 80s WHO WAS ASSAULTED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING DURING AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. THE ELDERLY VICTIM SUSTAINED SOME FACIAL INJURIES. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A MALE ENTERED THE PROPERTY AT 2.20am, AND THE ATTACK HAPPENED AFTER HE WAS DISTURBED BY THE ELDERLY WOMAN, WHO LIVES ALONE. WHO LIVES ALONE. THIS MORNING, AFTER BEING CARED FOR, SHE WAS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL AND DISCHARGED INTO THE CARE OF HER FAMILY, WHO ARE PROVIDING ALL THE SUPPORT TO HER AT THIS DIFFICULT AND TROUBLING TIME. POLICE SAID DESPITE AIR SUPPORT AND THE POLICE DOG UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEARCH FOR THE INTRUDER, HE MANAGED TO SLIP AWAY, LEADING TO A MANHUNT IN THE AREA. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP TO FIND THE INTRUDER. IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OFFENDING, KNOW WHO THE OFFENDER IS OR HAVE ANY CCTV FOOTAGE THAT THEY COULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO US, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. NOEL CLAXTON LIVES JUST ACROSS THE ROAD FROM THE VICTIM. SHE WAS A LOVELY, FRIENDLY LADY, YOU KNOW. LOOKING OVER AT HER HOUSE, HE FEELS UNEASY, KNOWING SHE WAS ALL ALONE. I THINK, POSSIBLY, THEY'VE BEEN SPY` UM... KEEPING AN EYE ON THE PLACES, YOU KNOW. IT COMES AS A NEW SURVEY SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL SAFE AFTER DARK IS FALLING... FROM 72% IN 2021 TO 69% IN 2023. YOU'RE NOT SAFE ANYWHERE NOW. UM, UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. THERE'LL BE REASSURANCE PATROLS IN AND AROUND THE AREA DURING DAY AND NIGHT JUST TO PROVIDE THAT REASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC AS WE SEARCH TO FIND THE OFFENDER. POLICE ARE STILL COLLECTING EVIDENCE AND CAN'T YET SAY IF ANY ITEMS WERE STOLEN FROM THE WOMAN'S HOME. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. AN AUCKLAND MAN SAYS HIS TIME LIVING AT A SOCIAL HOUSING UNIT WAS A 'NIGHTMARE' AND FEARING FOR HIS OWN SAFETY HE'S NOW ABANDONED HIS FLAT AND FEARING FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, HE'S NOW ABANDONED HIS FLAT AND IS SLEEPING IN HIS VAN. HE SAYS ALL DAY DRINKING, HE SAYS ALL-DAY DRINKING, DRUG USE AND VIOLENCE AT THE COMPLEX WAS CONSTANT AND FEELS THE PROVIDER, TAMAKI HOUSING ` WHICH MANAGES THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT UNITS ` FAILED TO ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO STOP IT. THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND, ROSE. BEST FRIEND I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. THIS IS BOBBY WELLS' LIFE ` HIS DOG, ROSE, HIS VAN AND HIS FEW POSSESSIONS. HE FEELS SAFER LIVING IN HERE THAN HE DID ACROSS THE ROAD IN HIS UNIT AT THIS TAMAKI HOUSING COMPLEX IN POINT ENGLAND. HORRIBLE. IT'S JUST HORRIFIC, UM, CONGESTED WITH, UM, PARTYGOERS. IF YOU COULD IMAGINE A NIGHTCLUB, IT'S LIKE THAT. HE WAITED YEARS TO GET A UNIT. WHEN HE FINALLY GOT ONE, HE WAS GREETED BY VISITORS CONGREGATING AND DRINKING NEXT DOOR, AND LOUD MUSIC. (LOUD MUSIC BLARES) THERE WERE FIGHTS... ...THE RUBBISH PILED UP, PARTS OF THE COMPLEX WERE DAMAGED, WINDOWS SMASHED IN, PROMPTING CALL OUTS TO THE POLICE. DOORS GETTING KICKED IN AND YELLING AND SCREAMING AND THEN FIGHTS BREAKING OUT. NOTHING WORSE THAN WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE ALL PASSING A PIPE AROUND, SMOKING CRACK. HE SAYS SOME TENANTS AND THEIR VISITORS HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE PROPERTIES. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACEM THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE MYSELF. I WAITED THREE YEARS FOR... JUST FOR A LITTLE BOX ACROSS THE ROAD THERE TO ACTUALLY GET OFF THE STREETS. BOBBY WELLS MADE COMPLAINTS. HE SAYS TAMAKI HOUSING FAILED TO ACT, BUT THE HOUSING PROVIDER DISPUTES THIS. TAMAKI HOUSING TOLD NEWSHUB STAFF IT TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESOLVE THE COMPLAINTS. HOWEVER, IT NOTED THAT THE LAW SAYS THAT THREE BREACH NOTICES HAVE TO BE ISSUED WITHIN A 90-DAY PERIOD BEFORE AN APPLICATION CAN BE MADE TO TERMINATE A TENANCY. TAMAKI HOUSING ALSO SAYS TWO TENANTS HAVE SINCE BEEN KICKED OUT, BUT BOBBY WELLS SAYS INTERVENTION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED SOONER. THEY FAILED DOING THAT, AND AS A RESULT, UM... I'M BACK ON THE STREET, ON THE STREET AND ENDURING COLD NIGHTS IN THE VAN, WHILE ROSE AND BOBBY TRY TO FIND MORE SUITABLE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. TO SOME BREAKING NEWS NOW ` THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE HAS CARRIED OUT A RARE MID-WINTER MEDICAL EVACUATION FROM ANTARCTICA. THE HERCULES HAS JUST LANDED BACK IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH AN AMERICAN PATIENT ON BOARD WITH A NON-LIFE THREATENING CONDITION, BUT ONE THAT REQUIRES MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT IN ANTARCTICA. FLIGHTS TO ANTARCTICA AT THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE VERY CHALLENGING DUE TO THE EXTREME ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT, CHANGEABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO DAYLIGHT. FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED AND FINED FOR SHOPLIFTING FROM EXPENSIVE BOUTIQUES. AND FINED FOR SHOPLIFTING FROM 'EXPENSIVE BOUTIQUES'. THE JUDGE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT HER TRAUMA FROM LIVING IN A WAR-TORN COUNTRY, THREATS SHE RECEIVED AS AN MP, AS WELL AS ISOLATION SHE FELT WHEN THE MEDIA WERE CAMPED OUTSIDE HER HOUSE. DIANNA VEZICH WAS IN COURT. SIX MONTHS AFTER SHOPLIFTING EXPENSIVE CLOTHES, FORMER POLITICIAN AND FORMER LAWYER GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IS ABOUT TO FACE HER FATE. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY AHEAD OF YOUR SENTENCING? THANK YOU. THANKS, GUYS. YOU MAY RECEIVE A CONVICTION AGAINST YOUR NAME TODAY ` HOW IS THAT SITTING WITH YOU? SIDE BY SIDE WITH HER SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING COMEDIAN GUY WILLIAMS. SHE ADMITTED TO SHOPLIFTING FROM THREE DIFFERENT HIGH-END STORES IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. THE VALUE OF THE ITEMS TOTALLED NEARLY $9000. IT IS ACCEPTED THAT THE START POINT SENTENCE IS IMPRISONMENT. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS IN MISS GHAHRAMAN'S FAVOUR THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE SENTENCING PROCESS. THE JUDGE LISTED SOME OF THOSE FACTORS AS GHAHRAMAN'S EARLY GUILTY PLEAS, HER REMORSE AS WELL AS HER PAST HISTORY WITH TRAUMA. THE TRAUMA EXPERIENCES OF MS GHAHRAMAN THE TRAUMA EXPERIENCES OF MISS GHAHRAMAN BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS BORN INTO A WAR-TORN COUNTRY. HER LAWYER HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR A DISCHARGE WITHOUT CONVICTION, BUT JUDGE JUNE JELAS DECLINED THAT. LAW PROFESSOR MARK HENAGHAN BELIEVES THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE END OF A CAREER IN LAW OR POLITICS. SHE COULD WORK AGAIN, PROBABLY NOT IN THE SHORT-TERM. HONESTY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTER REFERENCE FOR ANYONE BECOMING A LAWYER. IN DETERMINING THE PUNITIVE ASPECT OF HER SENTENCE, THE JUDGE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT MEDIA WERE POSITIONED OUTSIDE THE 43-YEAR-OLD'S HOME FOR THREE WEEKS. THIS CONDUCT BY THE MEDIA FORCED HER TO REMAIN INSIDE HER HOME FOR ENTIRE DAYS WITH WINDOWS AND CURTAINS SHUT TO AVOID BEING PHOTOGRAPHED. SHE DESCRIBES IT AS AN INCREDIBLY ISOLATING EXPERIENCE. SUCH RESTRICTIONS ON A PERSON'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND ISOLATION IN ONE'S HOME IS NOT DISSIMILAR TO COURT-IMPOSED RESTRICTIVE BAIL CONDITIONS. WELL, I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST THE MEDIA, PER SE. I THINK IT'S JUST THE PUBLIC PRESSURE THAT'S BEEN ON HER WHICH HAS LED TO THAT SITUATION, SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR THE JUDGE DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. GHARAHMAN AND HER SUPPORTERS MADE A SPEEDY EXIT THROUGH A BACK DOOR OF THE DISTRICT COURT. THANK YOU. AS WELL AS HER CONVICTIONS, SHE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY ALMOST $2000 IN FINES AND COURT COSTS, BUT SHE WAS SPARED THE HARSHEST SENTENCE OF PRISON TIME. DIANNA VEZICH, NEWSHUB JULIAN ASSANGE HAS ARRIVED HOME IN AUSTRALIA FINALLY FREE AFTER HIS 14-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THERE WERE EMOTIONAL SCENES AS HE WAS GREETED BY FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS AT CANBERRA AIRPORT, BUT HIS LEGAL TEAM SAYS THE FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME ISN'T OVER. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. WITH THE WORLD WATCHING, JULIAN ASSANGE MADE A DEFIANT HOMECOMING. WAVES OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS SUPPORTERS... (CHEERING) ...AN EMOTIONAL EMBRACE AND KISS ON THE TARMAC WITH HIS WIFE... (CHEERING CONTINUES) JULIAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE SPENT A SINGLE DAY IN PRISON, BUT TODAY WE CELEBRATE, BECAUSE TODAY JULIAN IS FREE. FLYING INTO CANBERRA ON THE SAME PRIVATE JET THAT TAYLOR SWIFT USED AND WELCOMED BY THE SAME UNWAVERING SUPPORT THAT'S FOLLOWED HIM AROUND THE WORLD. WE THINK IT'S A MOMENTOUS MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN AND SEE JULIAN. I'M VERY EXCITED. IT'S VERY GOOD HE'S A FREE MAN NOW. HIS FREEDOM ` A QUIET TRIUMPH FOR AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER... I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THIS SAGA IS OVER. ...THE FIRST ON THE PHONE TO ASSANGE AS SOON AS HE LANDED LATE LAST NIGHT. ALBANESE HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND HIS RELEASE SINCE 2022, WHEN THE NEWLY ELECTED PRIME MINISTER FIRST RAISED THE CASE WITH U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF HIS ACTIVITIES, MR ASSANGE'S CASE HAD DRAGGED ON FOR TOO LONG. THE DEAL WORKED ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN SECRET. ASSANGE'S TEAM THAT TOOK ON THE MIGHT OF THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM INCLUDED POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHTS, SUCH A FORMER PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD, WHO PAINTED THEIR CLIENT AS A HERO OF THE TRUTH. WE HAVE JUST NEGOTIATED THE RETURN OF AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN FROM THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, WHO WERE PROSECUTING HIM FOR DOING JOURNALISM. HIS GUILTY PLEA TO ONE COUNT OF ESPIONAGE HAS COME AT A PRICE. THIS IS THE CRIMINALISATION OF JOURNALISM. AND WHILE THE PLEA DEAL DOES NOT SET A JUDICIAL PRECEDENT ` IT'S NOT A COURT DECISION ` THE PROSECUTION ITSELF SETS A PRECEDENT THAT CAN BE USED AGAINST THE REST OF THE MEDIA. AND SO FAR, THE CHAMPION OF FREE SPEECH HAS STAYED QUIET. ASSANGE HASN'T BEEN SEEN OR HEARD OF SINCE HE WALKED OFF THE PLANE LAST NIGHT, BELIEVED TO HAVE SPENT THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL HERE. HIS FAMILY HAVE ASKED FOR PRIVACY SO HE CAN ADJUST TO THEIR NEW LIFE WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS, WHO'VE ONLY EVER MET DURING VISITS WHO'VE ONLY EVER MET HIM DURING VISITS WHILE HE'S BEEN IN IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH. HE NEEDS TIME... HE NEEDS TO RECUPERATE. HIS WIFE ADDING FREEDOM COMES SLOWLY, AND HIS FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME ISN'T YET OVER. SO, EMMA, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THAT FIGHT? HIS WIFE SAID TODAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T RELAX UNTIL JULIAN HAD ARRIVED HERE IN AUSTRALIA. IT SEEMED THAT HE IS DOING JUST THAT. HE HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN IN HIDING SINCE HE LANDED LAST NIGHT, UNDERSTOOD TO BE AT A SECRET LOCATION ON A FARM JUST A FEW HOURS OUT OF HERE IN CANBERRA. IT WAS THOUGHT HE MATE MEET FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TODAY. IF THAT IS TAKEN PLACE, THAT HAS HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. HIS WIFE HAS SAID THEY WILL BE SEEKING A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FROM JOE BIDEN. A VERY LONG AND COMPLEX LEGAL JOURNEY AHEAD OF THEM STILL. THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST WE HAVE HEARD OF THE ASSANGES. POPPING A DAILY MULTIVITAMIN PILL IN THE HOPE OF FEELING HEALTHIER FOR LONGER MAY BE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THEY WON'T HELP YOU LIVE LONGER. YOU'RE BETTER OFF JUST EATING WELL. DEMELZA LESLIE HAS THE DETAILS. A MULTIVITAMIN A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY OR SO WE THINK. A NEW U.S. STUDY LOOKING AT 20 YEARS OF DATA ON NEARLY 400,000 HEALTHY ADULTS, HAS FOUND THOSE WHO TAKE A DAILY MULTIVITAMIN ARE NO LESS LIKELY TO DIE FROM ANY CAUSE COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO DON'T. IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE REALLY HARMFUL; IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY NEEDED. SO YOU'RE BEING SCAMMED REALLY INTO BUYING SUPPLEMENTS THAT YOU DON'T NEED. IN FACT, MULTIVITAMINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A 4% HIGHER MORTALITY RATE, BUT THAT COULD BE DOWN TO MORE PEOPLE WITH HEALTH ISSUES TAKING THEM. AND IN NEW ZEALAND, WE FORK OUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON THEM, OFTEN FOR VAGUE REASONS. LIKE, THEY MIGHT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, THEY MIGHT BOOST MY HEALTH, OR BOOST MY DIET IF I DON'T THINK I'M GETTING ENOUGH NUTRIENTS. HOWEVER, THE SALE OF THESE PRODUCTS IS LOOSELY GOVERNED. REGULATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTS ARE DECADES OLD AND HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH NEW INGREDIENTS. THERE IS NO PRE-VETTING FOR CLAIMS, AND MANUFACTURERS DON'T HAVE TO GET APPROVAL BEFORE SELLING THEM. LAST YEAR, PARLIAMENT PASSED NEW LAWS TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY. THESE WERE DUE TO COME INTO EFFECT IN 2026, BUT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS SCRAPPING THEM. WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT'S BEEN REPEALED. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE GOING TO COME INTO EFFECT WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A REGISTER OF THESE APPROVED PRODUCTS. THERE'D BE PREAPPROVED CLAIMS, SO THAT WOULD MEAN CLAIMS THAT HAD BEEN SUBSTANTIATED. SUPPLEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT IN SOME CASES, LIKE FOLIC ACID DURING PREGNANCY. THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVE IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE PREGNANCY. SO, YOU KNOW, TAKING A MULTIVITAMIN FOR NINE MONTHS THROUGH YOUR PREGNANCY JUST FOR FOLIC ACID IS A BIT OF A WASTE OF MONEY AS WELL. AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE FEEL-GOOD FACTOR. ONE BENEFIT OF TAKING A MULTIVITAMIN IS THAT THERE'S THAT PLACEBO EFFECT. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD. BUT IF YOU'RE SHORT ON CASH, YOU'RE BETTER OFF SPENDING YOUR MONEY ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. DEMELZA LESLIE, NEWSHUB. HEATHER'S IN NOW WITH A RECAP OF TODAY'S WEATHER ` AND THE RAIN IS EASING OUT EAST? SLOWLY, BUT NOT AFTER LOTS OF SHOWERS TODAY. NOT SURPRISINGLY, GISBORNE WAS THE WETTEST SPOT TODAY, COLLECTING 15mm. BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OVER THE ENTIRE MONTH. SO FAR FOR JUNE, GISBORNE'S RECEIVED ALMOST THREE TIMES THEIR AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL. HAWKE'S BAY ALMOST DOUBLE. IT WILL BE DRIER FOR THE END OF THE MONTH. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP ARE ABOUT TO GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THEIR PRE-ELECTION TV DEBATE. A POLL OF VIEWERS OPINIONS HAS ASKED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHETHER TRUMP WILL BEHAVE POLITELY. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE A MAJOR DECISION ABOUT THE SALE OF ITS AIRPORT SHARES. AND ITS BEEN A LONG AND FRUSTRATING WAIT FOR TRAVELLERS TO THE NORTH, BUT THE BRYNDERWYN ROAD IS FINALLY OPEN. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN HAS UNVEILED THE FINAL VERSION OF HIS 10-YEAR TRANSPORT PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY. IT'S INVOLVES NEW MAJOR ROADS, HIS POTHOLE FUND AND MORE MONEY FOR RAIL. BUT IT ALSO CONFIRMS AUCKLANDERS WILL HAVE TO START PAYING CONGESTION CHARGES AT SOME POINT. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER AMELIA WADE. WHY DID THE CAR DRIVE ACROSS AUCKLAND? WELL, IT COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS RUSH HOUR WELL, IT COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS RUSH HOUR, AND THE MINISTER KNOWS THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM, SO IT'S A BIG FEATURE IN HIS TRANSPORT PRIORITIES. A $22 BILLION PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. IT'S LARGELY WHAT HE RELEASED IN THE DRAFT PLAN IN MARCH. SIMEON BROWN WILL GET HIS 15 NEW FOUR-LANE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND PULL UP THE HANDBRAKE ON SPEND-UPS ON CYCLEWAYS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT. BUT BETWEEN THE DRAFT AND FINAL PLANS IS AN EXTRA $800 MILLION FOR RAIL. WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH THE RAIL NETWORK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME WITH KIWIRAIL. THIS ENSURES THEY'VE GOT THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WHILE WE NEGOTIATE THAT. TO PAY FOR IT, THE MINISTER CONFIRMED HE'LL BE DRIVING UP THE COST OF VEHICLE REGOS BY $50 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND WHILE BROWN'S KEEPING HIS ELECTION PROMISE NOT TO PUT UP FUEL TAXES BEFORE 2027, THE HIKES ARE EFFECTIVELY BEING DELAYED BECAUSE, BAM ` IN 2027, FUEL WILL COST AN EXTRA 12C A LITRE, THEN UP ANOTHER 6C A LITRE IN 2028, THEN UP ANOTHER 4C A LITRE THEREAFTER. AND NOT INCREASING FUEL-EXCISE DUTY OR ROAD-USER CHARGES BETWEEN NOW AND 1 JANUARY 2027. IN FACT, IN AUCKLAND ON MONDAY, THE REGIONAL FUEL TAX WILL BE REMOVED. FILLING UP WILL GET 15C A LITRE CHEAPER IN AUCKLAND, BUT DRIVING AROUND THE SUPER CITY COULD SOON COST YOU MORE ` CONGESTION CHARGING ARE COMING. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN CALLING FOR IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE GOT IN THE COALITION AGREEMENT WITH THE ACT PARTY, AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS. A 2020 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT REPORT WHICH LOOKED AT CONGESTION CHARGING IN AUCKLAND AND FLOATED SOME POSSIBLE TARIFFS. THOSE CHARGES VARIED BETWEEN $1.50 AND $3.50, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY. BUT YOU DO ACCEPT THAT IT COULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO BE DRIVING WITH THE CONGESTION CHARGING THAN IT WOULD BE WITH THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL FUEL TAX? I'LL JUST SAY THE REGIONAL FUEL TAX IS GETTING REMOVED ON THE 1ST OF JULY, AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR AUCKLANDERS. THE DIFFICULTY WILL BE THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T INVESTED IN THE ALTERNATIVES. ASSUMING YOU'RE A COMMUTER DRIVING INTO THE CITY DURING PEAK HOURS AND USING A 60-LITRE TANK OF PETROL, THE AUCKLAND REGIONAL FUEL TAX COSTS YOU $9 ACROSS A WORKING WEEK, BUT THE POSSIBLE PEAK RATES FOR CONGESTION CHARGES COULD COST YOU $35. IS IT GOING TO BE CHEAPER? AUCKLANDERS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY THE REGIONAL FUEL TAX. IS IT GOING TO BE CHEAPER? ULTIMATELY, THOSE POLICY DECISIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE IN TERMS OF THE CONGESTION CHARGES. A CHARGE WHICH COULD EASE RUSH HOUR WOES SO THE CAR CAN DRIVE ACROSS AUCKLAND. AMELIA WADE, NEWSHUB. THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SEES THE FIRST SHOWDOWN OF THE CAMPAIGN TOMORROW. CNN WILL STAGE THE FIRST TELEVISED DEBATE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP. BUT A POLL OF VIEWERS HAS ASKED THEM, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HOW POLITE THE CANDIDATES SHOULD BE. HERE'S CBS'S NANCY CORDES. THE DEBATE IS STILL A DAY AWAY, BUT THE STAGE HERE IS ALREADY SET AND THE BATTLE LINES DRAWN. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ERECTING BILLBOARDS ACROSS ATLANTA HIGHLIGHTING DONALD TRUMP'S RECENT CONVICTION IN NEW YORK. TRUMP SOUGHT TO TURN THE CONVICTION INTO A POSITIVE TODAY WHEN HE CALLED INTO A CAMPAIGN EVENT AT AN ATLANTA BLACK-OWNED BARBER SHOP. TRUMP: TRUMP: HE'S GOING TO BE SO PUMPED UP... IN THE RUN UP TO THIS DEBATE, TRUMP HAS RETURNED TO A FAMILIAR PLAYBOOK, SUGGESTING BIDEN PLANS TO USE DRUGS. THEY ALWAYS USE CONSPIRACIES ` EVERY TIME. THEY ALWAYS USE CONSPIRACIES ` EVERY TIME. FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER IS A LONG-TIME TRUMP CRITIC WHO FORMALLY ENDORSED BIDEN TODAY. HE REMEMBERS WHEN TRUMP MADE THE SAME BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT BIDEN IN 2020. PEOPLE SAY HE WAS ON PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS. PEOPLE SAY HE WAS ON PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS. PEOPLE SAY HE WAS ON PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS. ...AND EVEN ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016. WE SHOULD TAKE A DRUG TEST. WHY DO YOU THINK HE DOES THAT? THEY'RE SETTING EXPECTATIONS THAT IF JOE BIDEN DOES WELL AND BETTER THAN DONALD TRUMP, IT MUST BE SOME OUTSIDE INFLUENCE, LIKE DRUGS. IT'S ASININE. IT'S INSANE. BIDEN HUDDLED WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TODAY FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT DAY, WHILE TRUMP INSISTED IN A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMAX THAT HE DOESN'T NEED MUCH PREP. I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN LOCK YOURSELF INTO A ROOM FOR TWO WEEKS OR ONE WEEK OR TWO DAYS AND REALLY LEARN WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE DEBATE LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE ` NEWSHUB.CO.NZ THAT'S TOMORROW AT 1PM. ALEX IS IN LATER WITH SPORT. AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES DOMINATED STATE OF ORIGIN LAST NIGHT. YEAH, AN IMPRESSIVE FIRST HALF LEAVES THEM ON COURSE FOR HISTORY, AND THEIR COACH BELIEVES THEY HAVE EVEN MORE TO GIVE FOR GAME THREE OF THE SERIES. AND THE FAIRYTALE ENDS AT THE T20 WORLD CUP, AS SOUTH AFRICA DOMINATE AFGHANISTAN TO REACH THE FINAL. ITS BEEN FOUR LONG MONTHS AND SOME BUMPY LONG DIVERSIONS, BUT FINALLY A LOVELY NEW SMOOTH STRETCH OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS OPEN, RECONNECTING WHANGAREI AND AUCKLAND. AND, FIVE YEARS AFTER GIVING BIRTH AT A PINK CONCERT, DENISE JONES AND HER DAUGHTER RETURN FOR AN ENCORE. ARE YOU SELLING PARTS OF KIWIRAIL? CAN YOU RULE IT OUT? WELL, I'M... (STAMMERS) I'M AS CLEAR AS I CAN BE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SELLING KIWIRAIL. ARE YOU GOING TO SELL PARTS OF KIWIRAIL? '(STAMMERS MOCKINGLY)' (CRAZY HORN) WOMAN: Oh, the fair's back. Better start practising. SONG: # When the going gets tough # The tough get going... # (UPBEAT MUSIC) You need more power. Ready! # Hey, hey-ey # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... # Oh! It's OK. # Ooh, when the going gets tough... # VOICEOVER: Small steps can help you achieve your goals. Search "ASB MoneySpace" to find all the ways we're helping New Zealanders get one step ahead. AN ATTEMPTED COUP IN BOLIVIA HAS SEEN A FORMER TOP ARMY GENERAL ARRESTED, AFTER SOLDIERS STORMED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. BOLIVIA'S PRESIDENT CALLED ON CITIZENS TO MOBILISE AND RALLY TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY. AND THE ATTEMPT WAS SHORT-LIVED, WITH THE SOLDIERS AND ARMY VEHICLES WITHDRAWING. THE ALLEGED COUP LEADER IS THE FORMER HEAD OF THE ARMY WHO'D BEEN DISMISSED JUST DAYS EARLIER. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO SELL ITS 34% STAKE IN WELLINGTON AIRPORT AS PART OF THE FINAL APPROVAL OF ITS LONG-TERM PLAN. THE COUNCIL'S BEEN GRAPPLING WITH HOW TO COME UP WITH THE $1.8b ITS COMMITTED TO HELP FIX THE CITY'S FAILING WATER PIPES. RATES WILL GO UP 17% AND FEES WILL INCREASE FOR SERVICES LIKE PARKING, WASTE COLLECTION, BURIALS AND POOL ENTRY. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE AIRPORT SHARES WILL GO INTO A PERPETUAL INVESTMENT FUND. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS RELEASED A DECISION ON ABORTION AND THEN HASTILLY WITHDRAWN IT. IT TURNED OUT THE RULING WAS A DRAFT AND HAD NOT BEEN OKAYED FOR RELEASE BY THE JUSTICES. INTERESTINGLY, THE DRAFT FOUND IN FAVOUR OF A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPEAL, BUT IT WAS STILL A SPLIT DECISION. THE VITAL ROAD LINK TO NORTHLAND IS FINALLY OPEN AGAIN WITH TRAFFIC ABLE TO TRAVEL OVER THE BRYNDERWYN RANGES. STATE HIGHWAY 1 WAS HIT HARD BY EXTREME WEATHER LAST YEAR AND EVER SINCE, NZTA HAS BEEN BATTLING NEW SLIPS AS IT UNDERTOOK MAJOR REPAIRS. AS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT SIMON SHEPHERD REPORTS, THE REGION IS LOOKING FOR SOME ECONOMIC RELIEF. THE JOY OF AN OPEN ROAD. IT'S AWESOME, YOU KNOW. I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THIS TRIP IF IT WASN'T. TRAFFIC, GOODS AND COFFEE FLOWING FREELY ONCE MORE. IT'S BEEN FLAT-OUT. IT WAS STILL PITCH BLACK, AND YEAH, THEY WERE ALL ROLLING IN. THEY WERE ALL ROLLING IN? ROLLING IN OFF THEIR TRUCKS. YEAH, NAH, IT WAS GOOD. I WAS UP THERE THIS MORNING AND THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS JUST DRIVING THROUGH NON-STOP IT'S LIKE, EVERYONE HAD HELD OFF ON THEIR PRODUCE JUST TO WAIT TILL THE BRYNDERWYNS WERE OPEN. EXTREME WEATHER REPEATEDLY CLOSED THE BRYNDERWYNS FOR ALMOST 18 MONTHS. 900 WORKERS, 115,000 HOURS AND MANY SETBACKS LATER, THE ROUTE NORTH IS HOPEFULLY RESILIENT TO FUTURE WEATHER SHOCKS. WE'VE DESIGNED THE ROAD TO ALLOW MORE SPACE ON IT TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND HAVE THE TRAFFIC FLOWING THROUGH THE CORRIDOR IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE FURTHER SLIPS. THE CLOSURE HAS HAD A MASSIVE ECONOMIC KNOCK-ON FOR NORTHLAND. TRADE AT RUSSELL'S FAMOUS 'DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH HOTEL' DROPPED BY 45%. CO-OWNER RIKI KINNAIRD SAYS WHILE HIS BUSINESS IS OK, OTHERS ARE NOT. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE'S CERTAINLY A COUPLE OF CLOSURES AND THERE'S MORE BUSINESSES FOR SALE. UM, SO YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN HARD AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF YOUR MATES IN PAIN. ONE STUDY CALCULATED FOR EVERY DAY THE BRYNDERWYNS WERE CLOSED, NORTHLAND LOST $14M, WHILE THE COST OF TRANSPORTING EVERYDAY GOODS SKYROCKETED. COUNSELLOR AND TRUCKING COMPANY OPERATOR SIMON REID SAYS THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS THE PROMISED FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THAT IS JUST GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE NETWORK FOR US. SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENCIES ` BIGGER TRUCKS, BIGGER LOADS, LESS TRUCKS. THERE'S NO TIMELINE YET FOR THAT, BUT FOR NOW THE SIGNS ARE GOOD IF YOU'RE HEADING NORTH FOR MATARIKI WEEKEND. SIMON SHEPHERD, NEWSHUB. THERE WAS A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY AT PINK'S LATEST CONCERT ALL FOR A LITTLE GIRL WHO MADE HER ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD AT A PINK CONCERT FIVE YEARS AGO. WHY THE COACH OF NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING DOMESTIC NETBALL TEAM IS STEPPING AWAY WHILE HER SIDE IS ON TOP. PLUS, NEW SOUTH WALES CREATE HISTORY IN GAME TWO OF ORIGIN AND YET SOMEHOW, THEIR COACH BELIEVES THEY CAN GET EVEN BETTER. AND HOW AN ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL MADE CLUB CRICKETERS AROUND THE WORLD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR BOWLING. Ever wished you could live in Bluey's World for real life? Well, that's all of Queensland. So come play! It's Keepy Uppy! Whoo! You'll love all of Queensland. It's Bluey's World for real life! THE STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES IS WELL AND TRULY ALIVE AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE BY NEW SOUTH WALES IN GAME TWO, AS THEY NOW CHASE HISTORY. HAVING BEEN THUMPED IN THE OPENING MATCH, THE BLUES TURNED THE TABLES ON QUEENSLAND IN MELBOURNE, RUNNING IN THEIR MOST-EVER FIRST-HALF POINTS, BEFORE WINNING 38-18. AND IT LEAVES THEM WELL-POISED TO REPLICATE THE 1994 SIDE, WHO ALSO DROPPED GAME ONE, BEFORE GOING ON TO LIFT THE CELEBRATED SHIELD. TIA MCDOUGALL HAS THE ACTION. A MORNING COFFEE ALWAYS TASTES BETTER AFTER A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS. IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE PLAYERS EMBRACE AT THE END OF THE GAME. WE WORKED REALLY HARD TOO. I FELT LIKE WE DESERVED A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO THAT WELL. AND THE 90,000 PEOPLE AT THE MCG PROBABLY WEREN'T EXPECTING AN ONSLAUGHT EITHER. MOSES SPEEDING AND THE BLUES HAVE SCORED THE FIRST TRY. BUT THE BLUES WERE ON FIRE. HERE'S LATRELL! LATRELL MITCHELL WITH A BACKHANDED PASS FOR BRIAN TO'O IN THE CORNER! A BIT OF MITCHELL MAGIC! FROM MITCHELL MAGIC TO HALFBACK MITCHELL MOSES MAKING THE DIFFERENCE. MOSES WILL KICK. IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE SCENARIO. LOMAX! IN A MAN-OF-THE MATCH PERFORMANCE HE SET UP FOUR NEW SOUTH WALES TRIES THE EQUAL MOST BY ANY ORIGIN PLAYER IN HISTORY. MOSES WITH A KICK FOR TO'O! ANOTHER ONE! THE BLUES ARE RUNNING RAMPANT. IT SNOWBALLED AGAINST THE TEAM AND WE JUST COULDN'T STOP IT. THE BLUES BULLIED THE MAROONS OFF THE PARK AND INTO HALFTIME, UP 34-0 ` THE HIGHEST EVER FIRST HALF SCORE OF A STATE OF ORIGIN GAME. YEAH, WHAT YOU SAW IN THE FIRST HALF IS WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP IS VERY CAPABLE OF. TENSIONS BOILED OVER IN THE SECOND SPELL. REFEREE: REECE CUT IT OUT! WITH A PLAYER FROM EACH TEAM SENT TO THE BIN. REFEREE: I'M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THAT ` IN THE BIN. DID YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE SIN-BINNING? UH, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE. SO THAT WAS... YEAH. QUEENSLAND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STRIKE. DCE SHORT TO NANAI ` THROUGH THE HOLE, OVER THE LINE! A SECOND TRY MOMENTS LATER MADE THE MARGIN LOOK A BIT MORE RESPECTABLE, BUT THEN... EDWARDS IS GOING TO GET A TRY! IT'S A TOUGH GAME TO PLAY, JOEL. IT'S A LOT TOUGHER WHEN YOU'RE TIRED. THE SLUGGISH MAROONS BARELY MADE A DENT AS THE NIGHT BELONGED TO THE BLUES, WHO WILL LOOK TO MAKE MORE HISTORY IN BRISBANE. NEW SOUTH WALES HAVEN'T WON A DECIDER THERE SINCE 2005. ONE THING IS IT CAN BE DONE. YEAH, IT CAN DEFINITELY BE DONE. IT'S SHOWN THAT. SUNCORP AWAITS THE SERIES DECIDER. TIM MCDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. SOUTH AFRICA HAVE BROUGHT AFGHANISTAN BACK DOWN TO EARTH IN THE FIRST T20 WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL. ENERGISED BY WINNING THE TOSS, THE HEAVY UNDERDOGS ELECTED TO BAT FIRST. HOWEVER, AFTER LOSING FIVE WICKETS IN THE FIRST FIVE OVERS, THE AFGHANS COMPLETELY CRUMBLED, EVENTUALLY DISMISSED FOR JUST 56 RUNS. THE PROTEAS, PLAYING IN THEIR EIGHTH WHITE BALL WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL, TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THEIR CHASE UNDERWAY, BEFORE CRUISING TO A NINE WICKET WIN WITH 11 OVERS TO SPARE. AND REEZA HENDRICKS DOES THE HONOURS. SOUTH AFRICA HAVE CONQUERED THE SEMIFINAL MOUNTAIN, ONE THAT HAS TRIPPED UP SO MANY MENS TEAMS IN THE PAST. SOUTH AFRICA WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TOMORROW'S SECOND SEMIFINAL BETWEEN INDIA AND ENGLAND. AFTER NINE YEARS IN THE ROLE, TACTIX COACH MARIANNE DELANEY-HOSHEK HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'LL BE STEPPING AWAY AT THE END OF THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP SEASON. THE LONG-TIME MENTOR HAS GUIDED THE MAINLAND SIDE THROUGH A NUMBER OF HIGHS AND LOWS, BUT NOW WANTS TO FOCUS ON HER FAMILY, THOUGH SHE STILL HAS ONE THING LEFT ON HER BUCKET LIST. NATASHA PAYNE HAS MORE. DESPITE LOOKING AT HOME WITH THE WHISTLE, MARIANNE DELANEY-HOSHEK WILL SOON BE WITHOUT IT. I'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING TO THE ROLE AND IT'S A GOOD TIME WHILE WE'RE PLAYING SO WELL TO MAKE THAT DECISION. TODAY THE HEAD COACH HAS CONFIRMED THIS WILL BE HER LAST SEASON AT THE MAINLAND TACTIX, CHOOSING TO STEP AWAY FROM COACHING AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER YOUNG FAMILY. I'VE DONE 13 YEARS, INCLUDING THE ANZ CHAMPS AND PREMIERSHIP, SO IT'S A LONG TIME ` IT'S ACTUALLY THEIR LIFETIME. SO I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MUM. THE CANTABRIAN HAS SPENT ALMOST TEN YEARS WITH THE SIDE, BECOMING AN ASSISTANT COACH IN 2015 BEFORE TAKING THE REINS TWO YEARS LATER. HER DECISION TO STEP AWAY SHOCKING PLAYERS. ONE MEETING SHE JUST CAME IN AND SAID, 'I WASN'T ACTUALLY GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS TODAY, 'BUT I'M GIVING UP COACHING NEXT YEAR.' YEAH, HUGE SHOCK. BUT SHE'LL LEAVE A LEGACY REGARDLESS. WHEN SHE FIRST JOINED THE TACTIX, THEY WERE WINNING 1 TO 2 GAMES A SEASON. SINCE THEN, THEY'VE PLAYED IN TWO GRAND FINALS AND ARE CURRENTLY HAVING THE BEST SEASON ON RECORD, HELPING THE CITY FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH NETBALL. THE FACT THAT WE NOW FILL THE STADIUM AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE YOUNG PLAYERS ASPIRING TO BE TACTIX PLAYERS, WEARING OUR MERCHANDISE. FOR ME, THAT SAYS IT ALL. BUT THERE'S STILL ONE THING MISSING AND THAT'S WINNING AN ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE. TODAY'S NEWS GIVING HER PLAYERS EXTRA MOTIVATION. OUR GOAL TO WIN THE PREMIERSHIP AND SENDING HER OFF WITH A BANG. ALL HOPING TO END A SPECIAL CAREER IN AN EXTRA SPECIAL WAY. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. THE ALL WHITES HAVE STORMED INTO THE FINAL OF FOOTBALL'S NATIONS CUP, BUT IT MAY HAVE COME AT A COST, WITH DEFENDER TIM PAYNE LEAVING THE FIELD IN THE SECOND HALF. NEW ZEALAND'S RECORDED THEIR BIGGEST WIN OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR, WITH A 5-0 THUMPING OF TAHITI. FINN SURMAN OPENED PROCEDINGS IN THE SEVENTH MINUTE, BEFORE BEN WAINE AND KOSTA BARBAROUSES SCORED DOUBLES. BARBAROUSES LAYS IT IN, AND NEW ZEALAND, BEN WAINE GETS HIS THIRD GOAL OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. CACACE TURNS IT IN. BARBAROUSES! 3-0! CAPTAIN LIBERATO CACACE STARRED WITH THREE ASSISTS. THE SIDE WILL TAKE ON VANUATAU IN THE FINAL ON SUNDAY. GEORGIA'S CAUSED THE BIGGEST UPSET OF FOOTBALL'S 2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, STUNNING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TO REACH THE ROUND OF 16 FOR THE FIRST TIME. DESPITE HAVING JUST 26.6% OF POSSESSION AND ONLY SEVEN SHOTS, THEY'VE UPSET PORTUGAL, WHO HAD ALREADY WON THE GROUP, 2-0 THE OPENING GOAL COMING IN JUST THE SECOND MINUTE BEFORE A SECOND-HALF PENALTY SEALED THE WIN. OH, HE'S TAKEN IT! (CROWD ROARS) MR 'GOAL A GAME MAN' STRIKES AGAIN! GEORGES MIKAUTADZE! AND NOW THEY REALLY DO START TO BELIEVE THEY COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF SOMETHING TRUELY SPECIAL! THEY'LL FACE SPAIN IN THE NEXT ROUND. MEANWHILE, THIS 94TH-MINUTE WINNER HAS SEEN TURKIYE BEAT CZECHIA 2-1. A WHOPPING 18 CARDS WERE SHOWN IN OR AFTER THE GAME. BELGIUM AND SLOVAKIA HAVE ADVANCED FROM GROUP E AFTER RESPECTIVE DRAWS. HERE'S A RECORD THAT WOULD MAKE ANY CLUB CRICKETER FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR OWN BOWLING. PLAYING FOR SUSSEX AGAINST LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND BOWLER OLLIE ROBINSON GOT SMASHED FOR 43 RUNS, THE MOST EXPENSIVE OVER IN THE 143-YEAR HISTORY OF THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. NOW, MATHEMATICALLY, 36 WOULD NORMALLY BE THE MOST AMOUNT OF RUNS THAT COULD BE SCORED IN AN OVER, BUT ROBINSON BOWLED THREE NO-BALLS AS WELL. ALL OF THE RUNS OFF THE BAT WERE SCORED BY LOUIS KIMBER ` WHO WHACKED TWO SIXES AND SIX FOURS ` BEFORE AN ANTICLIMACTIC SINGLE TO FINISH THE OVER. SOMEHOW HE WILL STILL BE SMILING BECAUSE SUSSEX GOT THE WIN. THAT IS VERY LUCKY. A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL CALLED DOLLY HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TREAT. SHE WAS BORN AFTER HER MUM WENT INTO LABOUR AT A CONCERT BY THE SINGER PINK. TODAY THEY HAD A REUNION ` AND PINK HERSELF BROUGHT THE CAKE. ITV'S AMY WELCH REPORTS. MAKE A WISH. YOU GOTTA MAKE A WISH! YAAY! YAAY! BACKSTAGE BIRTHDAY CAKE DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. THIS IS THE MOMENT PINK MET DOLLY PINK, NAMED AFTER THE STAR WHOSE SHOW SHE WAS BORN AT EXACTLY FIVE YEARS AGO. AND DURING 'GET THE PARTY STARTED', THERE WAS A WOMAN THAT WENT INTO LABOUR, AND SHE HAD HER BABY DURING 'THE PARTY STARTED'. APPARENTLY, IT'S A VERY LONG SONG. JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR DOLLY TO BE SAFELY DELIVERED AT ANFIELD STADIUM. ITV NEWS FIRST MET THE PAIR THE NEXT DAY. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST. IT'S GOT LOADS OF PRESSURE, AND THEN WATERS BROKE, AND THEN SHE WAS SHE COME OUT. # I'M COMING OUT, # SO YOU'D BETTER GET THIS PARTY. AND LAST NIGHT, THEY WERE BACK WHERE THE PARTY STARTED, MEETING THE MEDICS WHO MADE IT HAPPEN... WE DON'T NORMALLY DELIVER BABIES AT ANFIELD, SO IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT IT ALL WENT OK, DIDN'T IT? ...BEFORE GETTING A SHOUT-OUT FROM THE SINGER HERSELF. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I MEAN, WHEN PINK CAME OUT AND SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT ME HAVING DOLLY AT THE LAST CONCERT, I WAS JUST LIKE, 'DOLLY, STAND UP, THIS` THIS IS YOU!' THAT'S WHEN I WAS ON THE SCREEN, AND THEY WERE ALL` THEY WERE ALL SCREAMING, BUT YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. OF COURSE, THE NEXT QUESTION IS ` HOW SHE'LL CELEBRATE TURNING 6... ALL: # HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. ...BECAUSE THE SOUND OF 60,000 FANS PLUS A POP STAR SINGING 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' WILL BE HARD TO BEAT. PRETTY SPECIAL DAY. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` WAIROA'S MAYOR IS CALLING FOR A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO WHY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL DIDN'T BULLDOZE THE RIVER MOUTH OPEN SOONER AND PREVENT THE FLOODING OF 400 PROPERTIES. THE HUNT IS ON FOR AN OFFENDER IN WEST AUCKLAND AFTER AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS ASSAULTED DURING AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED AND FINED FOR SHOPLIFTING BUT AVOIDED A JAIL SENTENCE. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER. AND HOW'S THE WEATHER LOOKING FOR MATARIKI? FOR A LONG WEEKEND, NOT TOO BAD. FOR STARGAZING, MOST OF THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, EITHER TOMORROW MORNING OR SATURDAY MORNING. THE DEEP SOUTH, HOWEVER, LOOKS CLOUDY BOTH MORNINGS. AND IF YOU'RE KEEN TO CHECK OUT THE CLUSTER, HERE ARE SOME EASY-TO-FOLLOW TOP TIPS ` MOST IMPORTANT ONE ` YOU'LL ONLY SEE IT IF IT'S DARK. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO A LONG WEEKEND. CURRENT SET-UP HAS ALL THE ACTIVE WEATHER SITTING OVER THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST, BUT THE DEEP LOW IS GRADUALLY WEAKENING AND MOVING FURTHER EAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE FRONT DOWN SOUTH MAKES ITS WAY UP THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW AFTER MAKING LANDFALL TONIGHT. IN BETWEEN BOTH SYSTEMS ` A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, AND THAT'S HELPING KEEP CONDITIONS SETTLED FOR MATARIKI MORNING. BUT NOT FOR ALL OF US ` RAIN TONIGHT FOR FIORDLAND BECOMES HEAVY, WITH SHOWERS ELSEWHERE IN THE WEST, AND LOWER SOUTH. THE MORNING WILL HAVE PATCHY FOG INLAND, AND FROSTY TOO OUT EAST. TOMORROW, YOU CAN TRACK THE FRONT HEADING NORTH, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY FALLS AT TIMES FOR THE WEST. SCATTERED RAIN SPREADS OVER CANTERBURY FROM TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS WON'T BE TOO BAD. THE LAST REMAINING RAIN WILL BE CLEARING FOR THE NORTH EAST, GONE FOR WAIRARAPA TONIGHT, AND FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE ISLAND. THEN TOMORROW, THE CLOUD BREAKS UP IN THE MORNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE, WITH THE RAIN BECOMING ISOLATED, THEN CLEARING COMPLETELY IN THE AFTERNOON. BECAUSE IT'S A FINE START, LOTS OF FROST AND FOG ALL OVER THE SHOW ` AMAZING CONDITIONS TO STARGAZE; FINE SKIES FOR ALL. THERE IS THE CHANCE OF MORNING FOG FOR WHANGAREI AND MORNING FROST FOR HAMILTON. EARLY SOUTH TO SOUWEST WINDS WILL EASE EARLY. LOOKING GOOD HERE, WITH MORNING FROST FOR TAUPO AND A LIGHT WINDS INLAND. A SLIGHT SOUTH OR SOU'WESTER ALONG THE COAST, BUT THAT'S EASING. FOG DEVELOPS TOMORROW NIGHT FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO. THE WORDS WE LIKE TO HEAR WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER ` A CLEARING TREND. THE AFTERNOON IS GOOD, WITH THE SOUTHERLY FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE EASING ACROSS THE DAY. MORNING FROST FOR TAUMARUNUI, KAPITI AND THE HUTT VALLEY. MAYBE MORNING FOG TOO FOR TAUMARUNUI. THE AFTERNOON IS GOOD, WITH FOG DEVELOPING TOMORROW NIGHT FOR MANAWATU, WHANGANUI AND TAUMARUNUI. EARLY FROST FOR NELSON. FOG FOR REEFTON, WHICH WON'T LIFT TILL MIDDAY. SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE, WHICH WILL TURN TO RAIN BY TOMORROW NIGHT, AND POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR HOKITIKA. WINDS, MOSTLY LIGHT; FINE AND FROSTY STARTS OUT EAST, THEN HIGH CLOUD ROLLS IN FROM THE AFTERNOON. THEN A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN MAKE IT OVER THE ALPS TOMORROW NIGHT FOR CANTERBURY. AND PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN ON AND OFF ALL DAY. LOW CLOUD LINGERS TOWARDS EVENING FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA, BUT YOU MIGHT MAKE IT TO DOUBLE DIGITS. SO HIGH CLOUD INCREASES TONIGHT AROUND DUNEDIN, WITH LIGHT RAIN ARRIVING LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THEN FINE SPELLS DEVELOPS, WHEN THE NOR'EASTERLY TURNS WESTERLY LATER IN THE DAY. A LOVELY FINE NIGHT AND MORNING FOR CHRISTCHURCH ` EARLY FROST, THEN GOOD MATARIKI VIEWING WEATHER. IT CLOUDS OVER IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AND A NOR'EASTERLY. FINE AROUND THE CAPITAL. MORNING FROST, THOUGH, FOR SPOTS IN THE HUTT VALLEY, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. IT'S A SUNNY DAY, WITH A NORTHERLY DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. STILL SOME RAIN TONIGHT FOR HAWKE'S BAY, BUT IT'S EASING AND WILL BECOME ISOLATED IN THE MORNING, CLEARING COMPLETELY IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH AN EASING SOU'WESTER. ANOTHER LOVELY DAY FOR BAY OF PLENTY ` FINE WITH A SOU'WESTERLY, WHICH EASES LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. A FROSTY START FOR HAMILTON, BUT IT IS FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. FOG SETTLES AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. AND LOOKING GOOD, AUCKLAND ` DAYLIGHT HOURS WILL BE FINE, WITH THE SOUTHERLY EASING EARLY IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TOMORROW NIGHT OUT WEST. TO OZ ` SHOWERS AGAIN FOR PERTH, HOBART, ADELAIDE AND CAIRNS. AND FIJI IS THE SPOT TO BE TOMORROW ` FINE SKIES ALL DAY. HOME TO US, AND FRIDAY IS DEFINITELY THE PICK OF THE DAYS UP TOP, WITH SCATTERED RAIN MOVING NORTH ON SATURDAY. A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS COMING UP FOR YOU GISBORNE, BUT RAIN SPREADS OVER MOST OF THE NORTH ISLAND ON MONDAY. STRONG NOR'WESTERS FOR TARANAKI, WITH RAIN OR SHOWERS ON AND OFF THROUGH TILL NEXT WEEK. EARLY RAIN IN THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH AND SATURDAY, BUT IT CLEARS, THEN DEVELOPS OUT WEST ON SUNDAY AND SPREADING FOR MUCH OF THE ISLAND ON MONDAY. IT WILL BE FALLING AS SNOW ABOUT HIGHER GROUND TOO, WITH A STRONG COLD SOUTHERLY CHANGE. SO IF YOU ARE GETTING UP TOMORROW TO CHECK OUT THE MATARIKI CLUSTER, DON'T FORGET TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER AFTERWARDS AND SNAP THE SUNRISE. THEN EMAIL IT TO US. WE WILL GET UP WHEN IT'S STILL DARK. AND YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE TO SEE? EXACTLY. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT news@newshub.co.nz. I'M MICHAEL MORRAH. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.