PASSENGERS' TEARS AND HUGS AFTER A TERRIFYING FLIGHT AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT INVERCARGILL AIRPORT. DOZENS OF ARRESTS AS POLICE CRACK DOWN ON BOY-RACERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THE INNOVATIVE STUDY USING SUCTION CUP TAGS THAT'S REVEALED WHAT HECTOR'S DOLPHINS GET UP TO UNDERWATER. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 A HUGE POLICE CRACKDOWN ON BOY-RACERS LAST NIGHT HAS RESULTED IN A DOZEN ARRESTS, MULTIPLE CARS BEING IMPOUNDED AND HUNDREDS OF FINES. POLICE OPERATIONS IN MANAWATU, WELLINGTON AND CANTERBURY INTERCEPTED NUMEROUS CAR-ENTHUSIAST MEET UPS. ALEXA COOK HAS THE DETAILS ` ALEXA WHAT HAPPENED? POLICE WERE CERTAINLY VERY BUSY LAST NIGHT. THEY HAD SEVERAL LARGE OPERATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND MANAGED TO INTERCEPT SEVERAL OF THESE LARGE CAR GATHERINGS, AND THEY HAD MANY CONCERNS WITH THESE VEHICLE ENTHUSIASTS OR BOY RACES AS THEY ARE KNOWN. ONE YOUNG MAN HAD HIS LAKE AB STATED AFTER A COLLISION AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS. THEY MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS, AND ALSO TOOK THE LICENSES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. PLEASE SAY THEY HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR, AND MANY OF THESE CARS ARE NOT LEGAL TO BE DRIVEN. THEY WANT ANYONE WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOY RACER MEET UPS TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE THEM A CALL. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. PASSENGERS ON AN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO INVERCARGILL HAVE HAD A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. THEIR DASH 8 AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO CIRCLE OVER FOVEAUX STRAIT SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES WHILE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WERE ADDRESSED. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ON STAND-BY AS THE PLANE LANDED TWO HOURS LATER THAN EXPECTED MITCH REDMAN HAS THE STORY. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON FLIGHT FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO INVERCARGILL TURNED INTO ANYTHING BUT. AT AROUND 2.30, AUTHORITIES WERE ON STANDBY FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, AIRCREW WERE LEFT BURNING FUEL. MARION WALTERS WAS AMONG THOSE ON BOARD. WHEN THEY TOLD US THE STEERING HAD BROKEN, WE ALL JUST LOST IT. IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, HOW BAD COULD IT HAVE GONE? ONE OF THE GIRLS ACROSS THE AISLE SAID SHE SMELT THE PETROL WHEN THEY DUMPED IT, SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. ISSUES WITH THE LANDING GEAR WERE IDENTIFIED MID-AIR, FORCING CREW TO CIRCLE ABOUT EIGHT TIMES AROUND INVERCARGILL AND BLUFF. THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING FAILED. THEY HAD ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES THERE. WE GOT ABOUT 10M ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THEY PULLED BACK UP AGAIN, AND ALL OUR HEARTS WERE SINKING. EVERYONE HAD A BIT OF A TEARY MOMENT A FEW TIMES. ONCE THE PLANE EVENTUALLY TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 3PM, THE EXPERIENCE WASN'T OVER YET. PASSENGERS WERE STUCK ON BOARD, NEEDING TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE TERMINAL. THAT WHOLE PROCESS TOOK ANOTHER HOUR, WE KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO DIE, AND THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO CHAT AND BOND AND TALK TO EACH OTHER. PASSENGERS WERE SAID TO BE COMPLEMENTARY OF THE CREW ON BOARD, GIVING THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ON LANDING. HOWEVER, THERE'S MANY LINGERING QUESTIONS ON WHY, THINGS WENT SO WRONG. THERE WAS THREE TECHNICAL ISSUES IN ONE FLIGHT, ONE HOUR AND A HALF FLIGHT, OR WHATEVER IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN. PRETTY DISAPPOINTING SHOW FOR AIR NEW ZEALAND. A LUCKY END TO AN UNFORTUNATE AFTERNOON, WHICH COULD'VE ENDED UP VERY DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS PROBABLY JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO THE TERMINAL I GOT MYSELF A LOTTO TICKET I USED THE FLIGHT NUMBERS AS MY LUCKY NUMBERS. MITCH JOINS US NOW, AND MITCH,YOU THREE ARE YOU WILL BEGIN A WHAT HAS AIR NEW ZEALAND HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS EVENT? AND NEW ZEALAND IS POINTING TO A LANDING GEAR ISSUE WHICH THEY SAY BECAUSE THE DISRUPTIONS, THE PILOT DID DECIDE TO DELAY THE LANDING IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY CHECKS BEFORE THAT LANDING, THE PASSENGER SAYS THAT IT WAS A FULL FLIGHT WITH 30 PASSENGERS, THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT RELATING TO AIRCRAFT AND SUPPLEMENT IN SOUTHLAND INTO WEEKS, AND THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. DONALD TRUMP IS CLAIMING VICTORY AFTER THE CNN PRE-ELECTION DEBATE, AND EVEN JOE BIDEN HAS ADMITTED HIS PERFORMANCE WAS POOR. BUT IN A SPEECH STRAIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE BIDEN CAME OUT SWINGING. HIS SUPPORTERS ARE LEFT WONDERING WHERE "THAT" VERSION OF THE PRESIDENT WAS DURING THE DEBATE. ITVS DAN RIVERS REPORTS. AFTER A CATASTROPHIC FIRST DEBATE, TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN APPEARED WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS SHORTCOMINGS AND DELIVERING HIS MESSAGE WITH A PASSION THAT WAS ABSENT LAST NIGHT. I DON'T DEBATE AS WELL AS I USED TO, BUT I KNOW WHAT I DO KNOW ` I KNOW HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH! (CHEERS) I KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. (CHEERS) I KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS JOB. I KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. I KNOW, LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS KNOW, WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, YOU GET BACK UP. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) DEMOCRATIC STRATEGISTS ASKING THEMSELVES, WHERE WAS THIS JOE BIDEN IN ATLANTA? ...WITH, UM, DEALING WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO WITH, UH... LOOK... IF... (STUTTERS) THE-THE-THE... TOTAL INITIATIVE RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH MORE BORDER PATROL AND MORE ASYLUM OFFICERS. MODERATOR: PRESIDENT TRUMP? I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE. I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAID EITHER. OH, MAN. HE'S MUMBLING ALL OVER. (CHUCKLES) IN CHURCHVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA... HE'S LOSING IT. THAT'S NOT GOOD. ...A GROUP OF UNDECIDED VOTERS WAS AGHAST AT WHAT WAS UNFOLDING ON THEIR TELEVISION. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. LOOK... WHEN DONALD TRUMP GOT PERSONAL ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SON, FINALLY, HE APPEARED TO GET ANGRY. MY SON WAS NOT A LOSER, WAS NOT A SUCKER. YOU'RE THE SUCKER. YOU'RE THE LOSER. ARE PUTIN'S TERMS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? FIRST OF ALL, OUR VETERANS AND OUR SOLDIERS CAN'T STAND THIS GUY. THEY CAN'T STAND HIM. THEY THINK HE'S THE WORST COMMANDER IN CHIEF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL HIM, THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. THEY CAN'T STAND HIM. SO LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT. AND THEY LIKE ME MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OF THEM. HEY, DONALD, ANSWER THE FRICKIN QUESTION! AND ON JANUARY 6TH, TRUMP TRIED REWRITING HISTORY. I DID NOTHING WRONG. WE'D HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WAS RIGGED AND DISGUSTING. I DID NOTHING WRONG. THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS STAGE WHO'S A CONVICTED FELON IS THE MAN I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. HAVING SEX WITH A PORNSTAR ON THE NIGHT WHILE YOUR WIFE WAS PREGNANT. I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU HAVE THE MORALS OF AN ALLEY CAT. (CACKLES) THIS IS EMBARRASSING. ...THE REACTION OF OUR PANEL OF SWING VOTERS IN THE MOST IMPORTANT SWING STATE... HE FEELS GOOD ABOUT HIMSELF. I KNOW, EXACTLY! ...TOLD THE STORY OF THE NIGHT. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD VOTE FOR JOE, AND AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO SAY IT, I'M MORE LEANING TOWARDS TRUMP. I CAN'T SAY THAT I WAS EXCITED BY WHAT I SAW FROM EITHER CANDIDATE. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN JOE BIDEN'S PERFORMANCE. TRUMP WAS RIGHT. IF YOU PASS THAT BILL, IT WILL BE A DISASTER. IN THE SPIN ROOM AFTER THE DEBATE, THE MAN MANY SAID SHOULD HAVE RUN INSTEAD OF JOE BIDEN TRIED TO PUT A BRAVE FACE ON THE JAW-DROPPER IN GEORGIA. GOVERNOR, THAT WAS THAT WAS A DISASTROUS PERFORMANCE, WASN'T IT? WELL, I THINK THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PRESIDENT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT. I THINK HE'S DELIVERED FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE'S LAID OUT AN ECONOMIC PLAN. HE'S LAID OUT A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, AND HE DELIVERED ON SUBSTANCE. DONALD TRUMP WAS A DISASTER TONIGHT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T` I MEAN, THE LIES, THE MISINFORMATION. THAT WASN'T JOE BIDEN'S BEST PERFORMANCE THOUGH? UM, NO. I THINK I THINK THE ISSUE AROUND HIS VOICE, AND HE MAY HAVE HAD A COLD OR SOMETHING, BUT I MEAN, LOOK, THAT'S NOT` THAT'S NOT WHY I LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A LEADER THAT CAN DELIVER RESULTS. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) ALTHOUGH PRESIDENT BIDEN LEFT THE STAGE TODAY LOOKING LIKE THE JOE OF OLD, IT'S THESE IMAGES FROM LAST NIGHT WHICH HAVE MANY THINKING THAT JOE IS JUST TOO OLD. KIWIBANK HAS UPDATED ITS ECONOMIC FORECAST AND IS PREDICTING SIGNIFICANT RATE CUTS ARE LIKELY, BUT NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. AND AS GRACE THOMAS EXPLAINS, IT'S ALSO TIPPING INFLATION TO DROP. 'SURVIVE UNTIL 2025' ` THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM KIWIBANK FOR BUSINESSES AND HOUSEHOLDS. THIS YEAR, IT'S STILL A BIT HARD AND SLOW, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT 2025. THAT'S WHEN WE SEE THINGS, YOU KNOW, START TO GET A BIT BETTER. BECAUSE IT'S NO SECRET PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING IT TOUGH. DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS HAVE DEFINITELY, LIKE, BECOME A HUGE WEIGHING UP POINT NOW. OUR RENT'S ACTUALLY JUST GONE UP $100 BUCKS. THE PRESSURE IS ALSO BEING FELT BY RETAIL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR. THE MAJORITY OF RETAILERS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS SO LOW. SO WHILST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS LOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA TO GO OUT AND SPEND. BUT, CONSUMER SPENDING COULD CHANGE. KIWIBANK'S LATEST REPORT FINDING WE COULD BE IN FOR INTEREST RATE CUTS, A WELCOME REPRIEVE FOR HOMEOWNERS. I'D SAY MODEST, LIKE, 5 TO 6%. I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE WITH THEM. THEY SHOULD GO DOWN. BUT WILL THEY? WHILE IT'S EXPECTED THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE WILL BE CUT IN NOVEMBER, IT MAY BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE THE FULL IMPACT OF A FALLEN INTEREST RATES WOULD BE FELT. KIWIBANK SAYS INFLATION IS STILL THE KEY ISSUE HERE, ALTHOUGH IT HAS DROPPED DOWN FROM A PEAK OF 7.3% TO 4%, NEW ZEALAND IS STILL A WAY OFF THAT IDEAL FIGURE OF 2% ` BUT THE REPORT DOES OFFER A GLIMMER OF HOPE, PREDICTING INFLATION WILL DIP BELOW 3% BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE RESERVE BANK CAN START CUTTING INTEREST RATES BEFORE THEY HIT THAT 2% SWEET SPOT. DELGADO WARNS THINGS COULD GET WORSE FOR HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE THEY GET BETTER. KIWIBANK EXPECTS THE ECONOMY TO GROW JUST 0.1% THIS YEAR, BUT, WITH GOOD NEWS EXPECTED AROUND INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION, THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. GRACE THOMAS, NEWSHUB. A MAN (51) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A WOMAN DIED IN GLENFIELD YESTERDAY. THE CRITICALLY INJURED WOMAN DIED AT A HOUSE IN WYVERN PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE WERE STILL MAKING INQUIRIES AT THE HOUSE TODAY. NEW DATA COLLECTED FROM ENDANGERED HECTOR'S DOLPHINS COULD LEAD TO STRICTER MARINE PROTECTIONS. THE FINDINGS REVEAL SOME PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN BEHAVIOURS AND WAS GATHERED FROM SUCTION CUP TAGS THAT ALLOW THE CAWTHRON INSTITUTE TO MONITOR THEM. ALEXA COOK HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. IN TURQUOISE WATERS TEEMING WITH HECTOR'S DOLPHINS, RESEARCHERS PERCHED ON A DINGHY FOLLOWING THE CURIOUS CREATURES, USING A POLE TO STICK A SUCTION-CUP TAG ON THE DOLPHIN'S BACK. YES, PERFECT! THEY'D HAVE A LITTLE SHAKE, THEY'D CHECK IT OUT, THEIR MATES MIGHT COME OVER AND HAVE A LOOK, BUT THEN THEY WERE BACK ON THE BOAT STRAIGHT AWAY, BOW RIDING WITH US. DEANNA CLEMENT FROM NELSON'S CAWTHRON INSTITUTE IS PART OF A TEAM USING THESE 'D TAGS' ` DIGITAL ACOUSTIC RECORDING TAGS ` FOR THE FIRST TIME ON NEW ZEALAND DOLPHINS. SO YOU NORMALLY HAVE THIS TEAM OF THREE ON A BOAT? YEAH. SO WE'D HAVE THE TAGGER, THE DRIVER AND THEN... MARK IS IN THE BACK ` HE'S GOT THE GOPRO. THE LITTLE TAGS RECORD A HUGE AMOUNT OF DATA SUCH AS LOCATION, MOVEMENT, ACCELERATION, 3D IMAGERY, AND IT EVEN RECORDS THE ACOUSTIC SIGNALS THAT DOLPHINS ARE SENDING AND RECEIVING. UNTIL NOW, THESE MARINE MAMMALS HAVE ONLY BEEN STUDIED FROM ABOVE THE WATER. THEY ONLY SPEND 10% OF THEIR TIME AT THE SURFACE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO UNDERNEATH. THE PRECARIOUS JOB OF STICKING THE TAGS ON THE DOLPHINS IS UP TO MIKE OGLE. I'VE GOT HIM! I'VE HAD A ROPE TIED AROUND MY WAIST, SO I DIDN'T FALL OVER IN FRONT OF THE BOAT OR ON TOP OF A DOLPHIN. SO THAT KIND OF GAVE YOU A GOOD BIT OF PURCHASE ` YOU HOOK YOUR FEET AROUND THE BOW OF THE BOAT, AND THEN JUST WAIT FOR THE DOLPHINS TO POP UP IN FRONT OF YOU. TO GET SOME SUCCESS ON LITTLE FAST-MOVING DOLPHINS WAS GREAT. THE TAG STAYS ON FOR UP TO 24 HOURS AND ONCE IT'S FALLEN OFF THE DOLPHIN, IT'S RECOVERED. WHICH ONE IS IT, MARK? THE RESULTS REVEALING THE DOLPHINS ARE DIVING DEEPER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ` ABOUT 120M, AND SWIMMING FURTHER OFFSHORE AT NIGHT TIME. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, UM, PROTECTIVE AREAS THAT ARE MEANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ANIMALS, AND WHAT WE POTENTIALLY SEEING IS THAT THEY'RE MOVING OUTSIDE OF THOSE. SO WHILE THEY'RE PROTECTED DURING THE DAY, WE MIGHT NOT BE PROTECTING THEM IN THE EVENINGS. ANOTHER KEY FINDING WAS THE DOLPHINS STRANGE FISHING TECHNIQUE. WHEN THESE GUYS DIVE DOWN AND THEY'RE GOING AFTER SOMETHING ALONG THE BOTTOM, THEY ROLL ON THEIR BACK, AND THEY GO ALONG THE BOTTOM UPSIDE-DOWN OR KIND OF SIDEWAYS, AND THEN THEY POP BACK UP. INTERESTINGLY, THAT COULD HAVE A REAL EFFECT ON HOW THESE GUYS ARE AROUND NETS. IF THEY'RE FOCUSSED ON THE BOTTOM, FOCUSSED ON THE FISH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING IN THE WATER IN FRONT OF THEM. OUR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS LIMIT HUMAN ACTIVITY SUCH AS MINING, SEISMIC WORK AND COMMERCIAL FISHING. EVEN SAILING CAN BE A PROBLEM ` SAIL GP'S DECIDED NOT TO USE LYTTELTON HARBOUR NEXT YEAR AFTER THE PRESENCE OF HECTOR'S DOLPHINS HALTED RACING IN MARCH. AND THIS LATEST RESEARCH COULD RESULT IN MORE CUSTOM-MADE PROTECTIONS. WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT, UH, SET NETTING LIMIT TO WHERE THEY CAN SIT THERE AND TRAWL GOING OFF THE COAST, YOU KNOW, 'IS THAT FAR ENOUGH?' AND WE NEED TO BE A BIT MORE NIMBLE, AND I THINK THIS WILL GIVE US SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IT HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW WE PROTECT THEM. BECAUSE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, THE RESEARCHERS ARE NOW LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY CAN ATTACH THE SUCTION CUP TAGS ONTO MAUI DOLPHINS, THAT LIVE TO THE NORTH OF HERE, ON THE WEST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AS THERE ARE ONLY 63 MAUI DOLPHINS LEFT. THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND MAUIS ` HOW THEY'RE DOING, WHY THEY MIGHT NOT BE REPRODUCING SO MUCH. THESE COULD BE HELPFUL TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES ARE LIKE, AND WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO TEASE APART HOW WE CAN HELP THEM BEST. AND THAT'S THE REALLY WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GET URGENTLY. A TECHNOLOGY THEY WANT TO SEE MORE WIDELY USED TO LIMIT THE HARM ON OUR MARINE LIFE. ALEXA COOK, NEWSHUB. WEATHER FORECASTERS ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEXT THREE MONTHS HAVE IN STORE AND ARE PREDICTING THE RETURN OF A LA NINA CLIMATE CYCLE. RUWANI PERERA REPORTS THAT COULD MEAN A MAJOR RAINMAKER FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE NELSON-TASMAN REGION LOOKING AT ITS SPARKLING BEST TODAY, BUT HEADING INTO JULY, THINGS WON'T BE LOOKING QUITE AS PEACHY. MOTHER NATURE HAS CERTAIN THINGS LINED UP FOR US. NIWA'S SEASONAL CLIMATE OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS FORECASTS THE ARRIVAL OF A LA NINA WEATHER PATTERN, AND WITH IT A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT IN JULY. AND NELSON, AMONG OTHER PLACES, IS IN THE FIRING LINE. THE JIGSAW PIECES ARE KIND OF ALL OVER THE FLOOR AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO PIECE IT TOGETHER. SOMETIME MID TO LATE JULY, WE COULD SEE SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL. (GROANS) JUST MAKES MUDDY CONDITIONS. NAH, I DON'T LIKE IT I JUST WISH IT WOULD BE MORE EVENLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, RATHER THAN JUST... DUMPING ALL AT ONCE. DESPITE LAST WEEK'S RAIN, CONDITIONS FOR DAIRY FARMERS HAVE BEEN DRIER THAN USUAL. I GUESS WHAT IT'S SHOWING IS JUST THE MORE EXTREME VOLATILITY THAT WE SEEM TO BE GETTING THESE DAYS ` MORE REGULAR EXTREME EVENTS. IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN THE AREA, BRINGING RECORD RAINFALL. AND LOCALS ARE BRACING THEMSELVES HOPING MID-JULY WON'T BE AS BAD. THAT'S THE NATURE OF FARMING. WE'RE USED TO DEALING WITH VOLATILITY AND IT'S MORE OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH. WE CAN'T CHANGE IT, SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIND WAYS OF MANAGING AROUND IT. COME AUGUST AND WESTERLY WINDS MAKE A COMEBACK, BRINGING ` YOU GUESSED IT ` MORE RAIN. AND THAT COULD BRING SOME WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO WESTERN PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, PARTICULARLY AREAS LIKE THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, FIORDLAND REGION FOR INSTANCE. BUT IT'S NOT ALL GLOOM ` THE NEXT THREE MONTHS IS ALSO FORECAST TO HAVE WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY BIG BURSTS OF SNOW, OR ANY BIG COLD SOUTHERLY OUTBREAKS. THOSE ARE TYPICAL AND CLASSIC OF WINTER IN NEW ZEALAND. WE JUST MIGHT SEE LESS OF THEM THAN USUAL, AND BECAUSE OF THAT A DECREASED RISK OF FROST AS WELL, PARTICULARLY FOR INLAND AREAS. A TIMELY REMINDER TO ENJOY THE BLUE SKIES WHILE THEY LAST. RUWANI PERERA, NEWSHUB. MIKE'S IN NOW WITH A LOOK AT TODAYS WEATHER ALONG WITH SOME PICTURES HIGHLIGHTING JUST HOW MUCH THE CLIMATE AFFECTS US HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. I THOUGHT THOSE PICTURES TOLD A GREAT STORY YES, THIS IS THE MANGANUI SKI FIELD ` CLEARLY NEEDS SOME SNOW. AND LOOKS VERY DRY. SO TOO DOES THE HANMER SPRINGS AREA ` PRETTY MUCH A DUST BOWL, WHETHER IT'S PRODUCING OR RECREATIONAL. WHETHER IT'S PRODUCING OR RECREATIONAL. RECREATIONAL WEATHER DOES IMPACT ON OUR LIVES SO IT'S VERY CHANGEABLE FROM REGION TO REGION. A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE HERE IN AOTEAROA ` THE WEATHER. SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND IS INCOMING. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS A LITTLE LATER ON WHILE THE US AGONISES OVER ITS ELDERLY CANDIDATES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE FRENCH START VOTING TOMORROW, CHOOSING BETWEEN A YOUNGER SELECTION ` ONE OF THEM JUST 28-YEARS-OLD. TWO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A DEADLY MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING. AND THE CROWDS GATHER FOR DUA LIPA AND A K-POP BAND AT GLASTONBURY. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING STARTS TOMORROW IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED FRANCE'S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION IN DECADES. THE SNAP ELECTION CALLED BY PRESIDENT MACRON COULD BRING A FAR-RIGHT PRIME MINISTER TO POWER JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE PARIS OLYMPICS. ITV'S JAMES MATES REPORTS. (EPIC MUSIC) THERE WAS ANOTHER BIG POLITICAL DEBATE LAST NIGHT ` THIS ONE ALSO HUGELY CONSEQUENTIAL FOR EUROPE, THOUGH THE AGE PROFILE COULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFERENT. GABRIEL ATTAL, PRESIDENT MACRON'S PROTEGE, 35 YEARS OLD, TAKING ON THE NEW STAR OF THE FAR RIGHT JORDAN BARDELLA, WHO COULD BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER AT JUST 28. (BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH) IN FRANCE, JUST AS IN THE U.S. AND BRITAIN, VOTERS CAN BE HEARD ASKING 'HOW IS THIS THE CHOICE?' AND OF COURSE, BEHIND BARDELLA STANDS THE EVER-PRESENT MARINE LE PEN, PERHAPS MOVING YET CLOSER TO THE BIG PRIZE OF THE PRESIDENCY. IN THE SUBURBS OF MARSEILLE, FRANCK ALLISIO IS THE CANDIDATE FOR LE PEN, IN AN AREA WHERE HER PARTY WON 55% IN THE RECENT EUROPEAN ELECTIONS. THE FRENCH SYSTEM OF TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING, USED TO MAKE IT EASY TO EXCLUDE THE FAR RIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND. NOW THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLY THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THE POLLS, THAT IS NOT SO EASY. ESPECIALLY AS FEWER FRENCH VOTERS NOW SEE THEM AS AN EXTREME FRINGE. (SPEAKING FRENCH) 'TODAY,' HE TOLD ME, 'THE ONLY DANGER AT THE HEART OF THE REPUBLIC 'IS THE FAR LEFT. IT'S THEY WHO ARE ANTI-SEMITIC,' HE SAYS, 'NOT US.' A PARTY THAT USED TO BE OLD AND WHITE HAS SUCCEEDED IN SPREADING ITS NET MUCH WIDER. I THINK THE RIGHT IS FOR THE FUTURE. YOU'RE NOT A FRENCH CITIZEN, DOES THEIR IMMIGRATION STANCE NOT WORRY YOU? ILLEGAL... ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. BECAUSE THE PARTY, THE NATIONAL RALLY, MARINE LE PEN AND JORDAN BARDELLA THE PRESIDENT, THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION BUT THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. AND THESE ARE NOT WORKING CLASS AREAS, BUT LEAFY, EXPENSIVE SUBURBS DRAWN INEXORABLY TO THE FAR RIGHT BY FEARS OF CRIME AND IMMIGRATION. DO YOU THINK IMMIGRATION REALLY IS THE NUMBER ONE THING? IMMIGRATION. YEAH, YEAH. THEY ARE FRIGHTENED BY IMMIGRATION. EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT PARTICULARLY TOUCHED BY IT, BUT THEY ARE FRIGHTENED. (ALL SINGING 'LE MARSEILLAISE') BUT IF THE POLLS ARE RIGHT, IT WILL BE THE BACKERS OF LE PEN AND BARDELLA WHO'LL BE HEADING FOR A BIG WIN, TAKING THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FURTHER TO THE POLITICAL RIGHT THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE THE VICHY GOVERNMENT OF WORLD WAR TWO. A FORMER US SCHOOL POLICE CHIEF HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR HIS DELAYED RESPONSE TO THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TWO YEARS AGO. THE CHIEF AND ONE OFFICER FACE THE FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER A FAILED LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING THAT LEFT 21 STUDENTS AND STAFF DEAD. THE FELONY INDICTMENT SAYS THE CHIEF FAILED TO ACT FOR 77 MINUTES AS THE CARNAGE TOOK PLACE. HE ALSO DIDN'T PROVIDE KEYS THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED OFFICERS TO ENTER THE CLASSROOMS. CENTRAL OTAGO LANDOWNERS SAY THEY 'FEEL SICK' ABOUT A LARGE PROPOSED GOLD MINE, SAYING IT WILL THREATEN THE UNIQUE LANDSCAPE. SANTANA MINERALS BELIEVES IT'S MADE ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOLD DISCOVERIES IN NEW ZEALAND HISTORY, AND SAYS IT WILL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO MINIMISE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. ISOBEL EWING REPORTS. DI LUCAS INHERITED THIS LAND, WHICH STRETCHES FROM THE DUNSTON MOUNTAINS TO THE CLUTHA RIVER. HER FATHER BOUGHT BENDIGO STATION AFTER THE WAR AND FARMED MERINO SHEEP FOR MANY YEARS. AND WHAT A SPECIAL PIECE OF LAND TO HAVE IN YOUR FAMILY. OH, WONDERFUL. IT IS MAGIC. SHE SAYS GOLD MINING IS PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE, BUT BACK THEN, IT WAS ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. THE SCALE OF IT IS SO WRONG. THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR NATURE IS SO WRONG, AND THE RISK TO THE WHOLE NATURAL SYSTEMS. THESE ARE THE REMNANTS OF STONE HUTS WHERE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD HAVE LIVED WHEN GOLD WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN CENTRAL OTAGO 160 YEARS AGO. IN THE HILLS BEHIND IS WHERE THE NEW GOLD MINE IS PROPOSED ` AN AREA OF 252KM2. I THINK THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF THE HIGH COUNTRY IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE` CERTAINLY SINCE EUROPEANS ARRIVED, AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS TO DO OUR PART, BUT DO IT WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENSURE THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB. HAYDEN JOHNSTON OWNS AN EVENT VENUE TUCKED AMONG THE SCHIST OUTCROPS AND SCRUBBY KANUKA. THAT'S MY UNIQUE SELLING POINT. THAT'S WHY YOU COME HERE, IS THE FEELING OF BEING GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL, BEING AMONGST NATURE. HE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GETTING RESOURCE CONSENT, AND IS WORRIED ABOUT THE MINE'S IMPACT ON HIS BUSINESS. HAVING AN INDUSTRIAL SITE WITHIN EARSHOT AND VISUAL FROM HERE, UM, BOTH DAY AND NIGHT, IT'S REALLY INCOMPATIBLE, AND` AND REALLY MAKES ME FEEL QUITE, QUITE SICK SANTANA MINERALS HAS BEEN EXPLORING FOR GOLD IN THE OTAGO HIGH COUNTRY FOR 4 YEARS. IT'S SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS HAVE ENCOURAGED ANOTHER CANADIAN COMPANY, WHICH IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH ITS OWN DRILLING PROGRAM IN FOUR PERMITTED AREAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THERE WILL BE BIG CHALLENGES. I THINK WATER IS PROBABLY THE KEY ONE. THE AVAILABILITY OF IT AND THE, UM, POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINANTS TO ENTER THE WATERWAYS. THESE TAILINGS AT BENDIGO ARE 150 YEARS OLD. EVIDENCE, JOHNSTON SAYS OF MINING'S PERMANENT MARK ON THE LANDSCAPE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT HILLSIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT HILLSIDE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU DO IT. DAMIEN SPRINGS SAYS THERE'S NO QUESTION THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE DRASTICALLY ALTERED. THE OPEN PIT? UH, YEP. IT CREATES A HOLE IN THE GROUND THAT IS RELATIVELY LARGE. BUT THE COMPANY WILL DO WHAT IT CAN TO RETURN IT TO ITS NATURAL STATE. WE AIM TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCE INDICATES 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE. AND IF WE FIND MORE, WE'LL STAY FOR LONGER. ONE WONDERS WHAT DI LUCAS'S DAD WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. I THINK, LIKE, MY DAD WOULD SAY, LEAVE THE GOLD IN NATURE'S VAULT. BUT SANTANA AIMS TO GET CONSENT TO EXTRACT THE GOLD BY THE END OF THE YEAR, PUTTING THE NEXT OTAGO GOLD RUSH WELL WITHIN THE LIFETIME OF THIS GENERATION. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB. NICKY'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION? YES, AGAINST THE BRONCOS, WHO ARE ON A THREE-MATCH LOSING STREAK, SO COULD THAT AND A SOLD OUT MOUNT SMART INGNITE THE WAHS BACK TO THEIR WINNING WAYS? ALL THE ACTION SOON. PLUS ` THEY'RE THE PERENNIAL WORLD CUP CHOKERS, SO CAN SOUTH AFRICA FINALLY GET THE MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK IN TOMORROW'S T20 FINAL WITH INDIA? DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS MAY SOUND LIKE A THROWBACK TO THE 80s, BUT AFTER 50 YEARS, IT'S GOING THROUGH A RESURGENCE AND MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER ARE PLAYING IT NOW. AND THE U.S. STATE WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO INCLUDE THE BIBLE IN EDUCATION. FANTASY ROLE-PLAYING GAME DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS TURNS 50 THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE SATANIC PANIC OF THE 1980'S. WITH 50 MILLION PLAYERS WORLDWIDE, 100'S OF MILLIONS IN ANNUAL REVENUE AND EVEN LIVE ARENA SHOWS, THE OLD CLASSIC HAS FOUND NEW LIFE. FINN HOGAN REPORTS WHEN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, OR 'D&D,' FIRST RELEASED HALF A CENTURY AGO, IT WASN'T JUST FRINGE, IT WAS FEARED. THE SOURCE OF ALL MAGIC IS THE LIFE FORCE OF THE USER. THIS IS THE TEACHING OF THE OCCULT. TODAY, MAINSTREAM MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT, FROM THE MILLIONS OF FANS WATCHING PROFESSIONALS PLAY ONLINE, AND EVEN GREETING THEM LIKE ROCKSTARS AT SOLD OUT ARENA SHOWS... MARISHA RAY! (CROWD SCREAMS) ...SOMETHING THEY'RE APPARENTLY STILL GETTING USED TO. (SCREAMS, APPLAUSE) (GIGGLES) WHAT THE (BLEEP)?! BETWEEN NETFLIX SERIES, CELEBRITY PLAYERS, AND BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE ADAPTATIONS, THE OLD GAME, SIMPLY PLAYED WITH DICE, PAPER AND IMAGINATION, HAS FOUND A NEW LIFE. A STORYTELLER WILL SET THE SCENE. UH, THE PLAYERS WILL DECIDE WHAT ACTIONS THEY WANT TO TAKE WITHIN THAT SCENE, AND THEN IF THERE IS A DEGREE OF CHANCE WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR ACTION, SO IF IT'S UNCERTAIN IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT, WE WILL ROLL THE DICE AND LET THOSE HELP US GUIDE THE STORY. GEOFF ROWE IS ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S GROWING NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL GAME MASTERS, RUNNING D&D SESSIONS FOR NEW AND OLD PLAYERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU ALL BELONG TO AN ADVENTURING COMPANY. YOU'VE BEEN SENT TO THE TOWN OF THORNTON TO INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A LOCAL AND THE POTENTIAL CONNECTION TO LOCAL FIRES. SO, THERE'S FEWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY THAN EVER. UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY FULL OF A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU IN LEARNING THE RULES, UM, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING BEFORE YOU START PLAYING. YOU JUST TURN UP. AS FOR NEWBIES WORRYING THERE'S STILL STIGMA AROUND THE GAME, VETERANS SAY IT'S LONG GONE. WELL, MOSTLY. YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO BE NERVOUS. LIKE THERE'S NO ONE JUDGING YOU FOR IT, EXCEPT YOUR FRIENDS WHO WILL JUDGE YOU A LOT FOR IT. BUT HEY, THAT'S THE FUN! (LAUGHS) YOU GET TO ESCAPE FROM, MAYBE, HUM-DRUM LIFE, AND, UH, WORK, AND THEN, YEAH, GETTING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE FOR THREE HOURS. IN AN AGE OF ALGORITHMS AND ISOLATION, A HALF-CENTURY OLD GAME STAYS RELEVANT BY OFFERING BOTH AN ESCAPE INTO FANTASY, AND A COMMUNITY IN REALITY. FINN HOGAN, NEWSHUB. DUA LIPA HAS HEADLINED GLASTONBURY'S PYRAMID STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH THIS YEAR'S LINE UP ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE EVER. IT FOLLOWS CRITICISM LAST YEAR FOR THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF FEMALE HEADLINERS, BUT THIS TIME ROUND THERE'S SZA AND AVRIL LAVIGNE, WITH SHANIA TWAIN FILLING THE LEGEND SLOT. GLASTONBURY AS LOUD AS YOU CAN! I LOVE YOU GUYS FOR MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE! ALSO MAKING A PYRAMID STAGE DEBUT WAS SEVENTEEN ` THE FIRST K-POP BAND TO PLAY GLASTONBURY. E RUA RA NOE HOPE TE ONLY TAYLOR SWIFT SOLD MORE ALBUMS THAN THEM LAST YEAR. TEACHERS IN OKLAHOMA ARE BEING ORDERED TO INCORPORATE THE BIBLE INTO SOME LESSONS. STATE SUPERINTENDENT RYAN WALTERS HAS SAID TEACHERS WHO REFUSE E RUA RA NO E HOPE COULD LOSE THEIR LICENSE. CRITICS SAY OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS CAN'T USE STATE MONEY FOR BIBLES, AND EXPECT THE MOVE TO BE CHALLENGED IN COURT. THE MANDATE COMES A WEEK AFTER LOUISIANA REQUIRED THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOM. SO, THIS IS THE LAST SATURDAY EVER THAT NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6PM WILL BE ON AIR, AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SOMEONE WHO'S KEPT US ENTERTAINED EVERY SATURDAY FOR MANY YEARS. TIMES NEARLY UP AT MOUNT SMART, SO HAVE THE WARRIORS BURIED THE DEMONS OF LAST WEEK AND GOT THEIR NRL SEASON BACK ON TRACK WITH THE WIN OVER THE BRONCOS, ALL THE ACTION NEXT AND WHY LONDON ZOO COULD BE TO BLAME IF ENGLAND EXIT EARLIER THAN EXPECTED FROM EURO24. (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. THE WARRIORS ARE IN CONTROL OF THEIR CRUCIAL HOME MATCH AGAINST THE BRONCOS AT GO MEDIA MOUNT SMART STADIUM. THE HOME SIDE OPENING THE SCORING INSIDE 10 MINUTES. THEIR HALVES, WITHOUT SHAUN JOHNSON, COMBINING. AND WHILE CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA SCORED THE FIRST, HIS FELLOW-HALF SCURRIED OVER FOR THE SECOND, JUST FIVE MINUTES LATER. MARTIN! HE'S SUCKED THEM IN! HIS SECOND TRY FOR THE WARRIORS! WHILE THE BRONCOS FINALLY GOT ONE, THE WARRIORS TOOK A 16-6 LEAD TO HALF-TIME. WALKER AGAIN, MARTIN! TUIVASA SHECK! BOTH SIDES HAVE JUST SCORED THE WARRIORS LEAD 26-16 WITH JUST 10 MINUTES. AND THE WARRIORS NEXT OPPONENTS ` THE BULLDOGS HAVE MADE IT THREE IN A ROW, AFTER BEATING THE SHARKS IN A GOLDEN-POINT THRILLER. WITH THE SCORES LOCKED AT 14-14 AND WITH LESS THAN TWO MINUTES ON THE CLOCK, BOTH TEAMS HAD THE CHANCE TO SNATCH A LATE WIN BUT FAILED, SENDING THE MATCH INTO EXTRA TIME. AND THAT'S WHERE THE COOL HEAD OF MATT BURTON SEALED IT FOR THE BULLDOGS. IT GOES THROUGH! (WHISTLE TRILLS) MATT BURTON ` HE BANKS ONE IN FOR THE WIN! THE 15-14 WIN MOVES THE BULLDOGS UP TO FIFTH ON THE TABLE. HISTORY AWAITS THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEN'S CRICKET TEAM TOMORROW MORNING, AS THEY CHASE THEIR FIRST EVER WHITE BALL TITLE. PERENNIAL SEMI-FINALISTS, PERENNIAL LOSERS. THEY FACE INDIA IN THEIR FIRST EVER FINAL IN THE T20 WORLD CUP DECIDER. AND WHILE FOR THE PROTEAS, IT'LL BE PRESSURE FOR THEIR OPPONENTS, IT'S POSSIBLE REDEMPTION. ALEX CHAPMAN REPORTS. FOR AS LONG AS MOTHER CRICKET REMEMBERS IT, THE SOUTH AFRICAN MEN'S TEAM HAVE BEEN WORLD CUP CHOKERS. SEVEN TIMES SEMI-FINALISTS, THE MOST RECENT ` LAST YEAR'S 50-OVER TOURNAMENT. AUSTRALIA WIN THE SEMI-FINAL AND MAKE IT THROUGH TO THEIR EIGHTH WORLD CUP FINAL. THE MOST DRAMATIC ` 1999... OH IT'S OUT! IT'S GOTTA BE RUN OUT. OH, THAT'S IT. SOUTH AFRICA ARE OUT. THE MOST LOVED ` ON THESE SHORES AT LEAST ` 2015. THEY'RE IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL! THAT ONE WAS... PROBABLY THE MOST GUT WRENCHING FOR ME AS A CRICKET FAN, BACK THEN. TOMORROW MORNING, THOUGH, THEY'LL PLAY IN THEIR FIRST WHITE BALL FINAL AS THEY TRY TO FINALLY BREAK THEIR DUCK. IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO THEM FOR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH. IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO THEM, BUT QUIETLY, IT MEANS A LOT TO INDIA AS WELL. YES, INDIA. THEY TOO HAVE WORLD CUP WOES, THOUGH THERE'S A MORE RECENT. UNBEATEN UNTIL THE DECIDER, THEY WERE STUNNED IN LAST YEAR'S 50-OVER FINAL BY AUSTRALIA. YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK THERE'S PLAYERS ARE KEEPING THE BAGGAGE OF THE PAST AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO EVERY DAY IS A FRESH DAY. PLAYERS ARE VERY GOOD AT MOVING ON FROM THINGS. AND WHILE THEY HAVE LIFTED WHITE BALL SILVERWARE, THEIR LAST CAME IN THE 2011 50-OVER FINAL, BUT UNLIKE THE PROTEAS, THEY STILL HAVE. BOTH TEAMS GO INTO THE MATCH UNBEATEN, WELL AWARE OF WHAT AWAITS. SO DESERVING FINALS FOR BOTH THE TEAMS, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A GREAT GAME OF CRICKET, AND HOPEFULLY WE FALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HOPEFULLY IN THE YEARS TO COME THAT CAN BREAK THE BURDEN OF WHAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT US AS A TEAM. THE YEARS OF HEARTACHE AND HEARTBREAK MAY SOON BE OVER. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. AND IT'S CRUNCH TIME TOO AT EURO24, WITH THE ROUND OF 16 GETTING UNDERWAY TOMORROW MORNING. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND GO HEAD-TO-HEAD FIRST UP, BEFORE HOST-NATION AND TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES GERMANY TAKE ON DENMARK. AND WHILE ENGLAND HAVE AN EXTRA DAY TO PREPARE FOR THEIR CLASH WITH SLOVAKIA, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN OFF BY ONE RESIDENT AT LONDON ZOO. NATASHA PAYNE EXPLAINS. DENMARK MIGHT BE FACED WITH THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF TAKING ON IN-FORM HOST NATION GERMANY TOMORROW MORNING, BUT IT'S FAR FROM DIMMED THEIR PRE-MATCH CONFIDENCE. I CONSIDER GERMANY ONE OF THE FAVOURITES. JUST TOO BAD THEY ARE PLAYING US TOMORROW. AFTER TOPPING THE A POOL AND SCORING A TOTAL OF EIGHT GOALS SO FAR IN THE TOURNAMENT, IT'S NO SURPRISE GERMANY ARE SEEN AS TOP CONTENDERS TO WIN EURO 2024. THE WAY THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MATCHES, THE TALENT THEY HAVE, BUT SO DO WE. DESPITE THEIR SELF-BELIEF, NOT EVERYONE AGREES, WITH WALTER THE ORANGUTAN CHOOSING HIS HOME NATION TO PREVAIL. HE TOOK THE GERMAN ONE AND SO IT'S VERY CLEARLY GERMANY WILL WIN THE MATCH. MEANWHILE, ENGLAND'S ANTHONY GORDON HAS BEEN THE LAUGHING STOCK OF HIS TEAM, AFTER COMING TO GRIEF ON A BIKE RIDE DURING A REST DAY. BECAUSE I WAS ON ME PHONE, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS FALLING OFF UNTIL I HIT THE FLOOR BECAUSE I WAS JUST FOCUSSED ON MY PHONE. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WENT CHIN FIRST. ENGLAND WILL GO HEAD FIRST INTO MONDAY'S CLASH WITH SLOVAKIA, KNOWING A LOSS WILL MOST CERTAINLY SPELL THE END OF MANAGER GARETH SOUTHGATE'S TIME IN CHARGE, ESPECIALLY AS ENGLAND SIT 40 PLACES HIGHER THAN SLOVAKIA ON THE WORLD RANKINGS. SLOVAKIA A GOOD TEAM, YOU KNOW, VERY ORGANISED. A LOT OF THREATS ON THE COUNTER-ATTACK. THEY HAVE SOME DIRECT PLAYERS AND SOME VERY EXPERIENCED PLAYERS AT THIS LEVEL AS WELL. AND IF PRISCILLA, THE TORTOISE FROM LONDON ZOO IS RIGHT, MONDAY MIGHT BE A FORGETTABLE ONE FOR ENGLAND AND THEIR FANS. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. THE MAGIC HAVE KEPT THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP, AFTER A NAIL-BITTING WIN OVER THE NORTHERN STARS. THE TWO SIDES WERE NECK AND NECK THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, WITH ONLY ONE GOAL SEPERATING THEM AT HALFTIME. BUT IT WAS THE HOME SIDE WHO MANAGED TO KEEP THEIR CALM IN THE FINAL MINUTES, WINNING 51 - 47. THAT SHOULD JUST ABOUT DO IT. CENTRE PASSES WITH THE MAGIC, THEY'RE UP BY THREE. THE SIDE REMAINS IN THIRD SPOT ON THE LADDER, WITH THE TOP THREE TEAMS QUALIFYING FOR THE PLAYOFFS AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON. SPEAKING OF ENDS, I THINK MY WARRIORS HAVE COME GOOD THIS WEEK, THEY ARE LEADING 30 - 16 WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY. UP THE WAHS. THANK YOU SO MUCH NICKY. MATARIKI HAS BEEN MADE ALL THE MORE SPECIAL WITH THE RELEASE OF A POTENT NEW LOCAL FILM CALLED 'KA WHAWHAI TONU' OR 'STRUGGLE WITHOUT END.' SET IN WAIKATO DURING THE NEW ZEALAND WARS, THE FILM HAS LANDED IN CINEMAS ACROSS THE MOTU. HERE'S KATE RODGER WITH HER VERY LAST FILM3. (EPIC MUSIC) THE STELLAR YEAR FOR LOCAL STORIES JUST KEEPS ON DELIVERING AND PERFECTLY TIMED FOR THIS MATARIKI ` THE FEATURE DEBUT FOR MAORI FILMMAKER, MIKE JONATHAN. THIS IS KA WHAWHAI TONU. THE FEATURE DEBUT FOR MAORI FILMMAKER, MIKE JONATHAN. THIS IS KA WHAWHAI TONU. ...O TE MATE. E RUA RA... (SPEAKS TE REO) WHAT HAS LEFT US IS TO STRIVE TO RECREATE ORDER BY DARKNESS AND MAYHEM. IT'S 1864 ` THE BATTLE FOR ORAKAU AND THE MIGHTY WAIKATO. THE DESPERATE FINAL STAND FOR CHIEF MANIAPOTO AND HIS PEOPLE AGAINST THE COLONIAL SOLDIERS. A TRUE SLICE OF OUR HISTORY, TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF TWO FICTIONAL TEENAGERS CAUGHT UP IN THE STRUGGLE ` THE STRUGGLE WITHOUT END. YOUNG HAKI IS BORN OF A FATHER, A SOLDIER, AND A MAORI MOTHER. HE'S OF BOTH AND NEITHER. AND WHEN HE'S CAPTURED BY THE MAORI RESISTANCE FIGHTERS, HIS LIFE IS FORFEIT. BUT HIS CONNECTION AND FRIENDSHIP WITH KOPU ` THE TRIBAL MEDIUM TO THE WAR GUARDS GOD ` WILL CHANGE THEIR PATH. AS WAR RAGES ABOUT THEM, THE FUTURE OF THEIR WHANAU, THE TAMARIKI AND THE MOKOPUNA WILL COME DOWN TO THEM. (SHOUTS IN TE REO) (SPEAKS SOFTLY IN TE REO) PLEASE! DO ME THIS ONE FAVOUR THIS WEEKEND. PLEASE, GO AND SEE KA WHAWHAI TONU ON THE BIG SCREEN. NOT ONLY IS TEM A NATIONAL TAONGA, WE SEE WAHINE WARRIORS TAKE CENTRE-STAGE ALONGSIDE THE RANGATAHI, COLLECTIVELY DELIVERING AOTEAROA'S STORIES THROUGH A POWERFUL MAORI LENS. FOUR-AND-A-HALF STARS. NOW FOR OUR FINAL SNEAK PEEK ` AND WHO BETTER THAN HUGH GRANT? FLIPPING THE SCRIPT FROM HIS MORE RECENT MUCH LOVED BUFFOONERY TO THIS CREEPY DUDE... COME ON IN. WE CAN'T COME INSIDE UNLESS ANOTHER WOMAN IS PRESENT. MY WIFE IS HOME ` DOES THAT COUNT? A24 HAS A NEW HORROR, AND IT'S CALLED 'HERETIC.' WE JUST NEED TO GO HOME I WANT YOU TO CHOOSE WHICH DOOR TO GO THROUGH BASED ON YOUR FAITH. WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US LEAVING? EVERYTHING. AT THE NEW ZEALAND BOX OFFICE THIS WEEK ` A TIGHT RACE FOR THE POLE POSITION, BUT GRU AND HIS MAGNIFICENT MINIONS BEAT 'BAD BOYS' TO NUMBER ONE. WELL, IT'S GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK FROM ME. BRINGING 20 YEARS OF FILM, THREE REVIEWS EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT ON THREE NEWS AND NEWSHUB TO ALL OF YOU FABULOUS FELLOW FILM FANATICS HAS BEEN A RIDICULOUS PRIVILEGE AND AN ABSOLUTE JOY. (STAR WARS THEME SONG) MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALL. OH MY GOD. I'M KATE FROM TV3 NEW ZEALAND. THERE'S NO WAY THAT I'M GIVING UP DRINKING. I WAS STUCK FOR A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION. SO MANY FANS, 20,000 SCREAMING! IT'S EXCRUCIATING. I FEEL IT TO THE WEIGHT. IT IS BITTERLY COLD HERE IN UTAH. YEP, SHE'S WANTED TO BE A JEDI. YOU'RE MAKING ME REALLY HUNGRY. TIME FOR JUST ONE MORE POSE. (LAUGHS) WAS THE BEST THING EVER. I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF NEW ZEALAND NOW, HUH? JUST ABOUT TO WRAP HERE. BUT ALSO A LOT OF LOVE FOR NEW ZEALAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KATE. THE AWARDS THEMSELVES ARE OVER. I URGE YOU NOT TO MISS ` FOUR-AND-A-HALF STARS. BRACE YOURSELF ` FIVE STARS. 2020 ` BEST YEAR EVER. KATE ROGER, NEWSHUB. KATE ROGER, NEWSHUB. I CAN CONFIRM KATE RODGER IS A FIVE-STAR PERSON HERE. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MIKE, WIND AND RAIN WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE. YES ` UPGRADED FROM YESTERDAY. THE ORANGE WARNING FOR THE RANGES OF WESTLAND WITH A WATCH IN PLACE FOR FIORDLAND, THE OTAGO AND CANTERBURY HEADWATERS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY. WEATHER-WISE, IT WASN'T TOO BAD. A BIT OF FOG AROUND THIS MORNING IN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND SOME SUNSHINE, BEFORE CLOUD AND SHOWERS DEVELOPED. THOSE SHOWERS CLEAR OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, WHILE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, THE ISOBARS START SQUEEZING UP AS THE NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES, CAUSING SOME GALE-FORCE WINDS, THEN SOME HEAVY RAIN. SO NOT TOO BAD TONIGHT FOR TE WAIPOUNAMU; THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM, I SUSPECT, WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FIORDLAND. SOUTH-TO-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE NORTH, WITH NORTHERLIES IN THE SOUTH. TOMORROW, THE EAST STARTS OFF FINE AND FROSTY. THAT HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS IN THE WEST AND SPREADS INTO SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO WITH AN ORANGE RAIN WARNING IN PLACE, SO DO STAY ALERT. THE NORTH ISLAND GETS A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT AS WELL, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED THE WESTERLY WINDS TURNING TO A COOLER SOUTHERLY ONCE THOSE SHOWERS HAVE PASSED. TOMORROW, IT'S MAINLY FINE, BUT THERE IS A RISK OF FOG AND FROST AGAIN. CLOUD BUILDS IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH AND WEST, AND NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. SO BREAKING THAT DOWN, IT'S PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR NORTHERN AREAS, BUT IT DOES CLEAR FOR A FINE DAY UNTIL CLOUD RETURNS AFTER LUNCH. FURTHER SOUTH, THE FOG SYMBOL DOMINATES CENTRAL AREAS. THE SUN'S OUT FOR A BIT, BUT THEN DECIDES TO HAVE WEE REST BEHIND SOME AFTERNOON CLOUD. INTO THE EAST NOW, AND GISBORNE GETS SOME WELL-DESERVED SUN. IT'S FROSTY AND FOGGY FROM HAWKES BAY DOWN TO MASTERTON, WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. AND LOW CLOUD OR FOG GREET MANY HERE IN THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW MORNING. IT DOES LIFT, BUT CLOUD REMAINS, SO A KIND OF GREY SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS BECOMING STRONG FOR WELLINGTON. OVER THE STRAIT, AND IT'S A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY. RAIN EVENTUALLY DEVELOPS AND BECOMES PERSISTENT. AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IS IN PLACE, UPGRADED FROM YESTERDAY'S WATCH, SO CLEARLY A LOT IS EXPECTED. OVER THE ALPS, AND A BIT OF CLOUD UP TOP, BUT FINE. A FROSTY START FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO TIMARU. CLOUD INCREASES IN THE AFTERNOON, AND NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOP. AND FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, IT'S A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE. CENTRAL AREAS START OFF FROSTY, EVERYONE ELSE GETS CLOUD, THEN RAIN DEVELOPS AND BECOMES PERSISTENT WITH NORTHERLY WINDS. KIA ORA, DUNEDIN. CLOUD DEVELOPS FAIRLY EARLY, THEN A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN AT NIGHT EXPECTED13 THE HIGH. RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF A FROSTY START IN CHRISTCHURCH, THEN CLOUD BUILDS BEFORE LUNCHTIME. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON - 12 IS THE HIGH. HELLO, WELLINGTON. A BIT GREY FOR YOU AS WELL, BUT YOU WON'T SEE ANY SHOWERS UNTIL AFTER DARK. STRONG NORTHERLIES IN THE AFTERNOON HAVE PROMPTED A STRONG WIND WATCH. HAWKE'S BAY GETS A FROSTY START WITH SOME FOG ABOUT, BUT A PRETTY GOOD DAY. PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AROUND. KIA ORA, TAURANGA. A FINE SUNDAY EXPECTED ` A FEW LIGHT WINDS WITH WESTERLIES DEVELOPING. HAMILTON, YOU KNOW THE DRILL THIS TIME OF YEAR ` A BIT OF FOG, BUT THEN A MAINLY FINE DAY WITH A HIGH OF 12, AND FOR AUCKLAND, SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS. HIGH CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS. TOMORROW'S HIGH, NOT BAD. 15 DEGREES. TO AUSTRALIA NOW ` A COLD WET DAY IN HOBART, WITH RAIN AROUND FOR MANY. BRISBANE, HOWEVER, 26 DEGREES. AND IN THE ISLANDS, TONGA GETS THUNDERSTORMS, AND THERE'S A FEW SHOWERS AROUND, BUT STILL WARM. BACK HERE NOW, AND IT'S A WET MONDAY FOR NORTHERN AREAS, WITH SOME STRONG NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS, BUT IT DOES CLEAR ON TUESDAY. CENTRAL AREAS, THE SAME, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT SO WET IN THE EAST. TARANAKI, WAIRARAPA AND WELLINGTON GET STRONG WINDS AND RAIN AS WELL, ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY. INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND STILL A FEW SHOWERS AROUND ALONG WITH A COLD CHANGE. GREYMOUTH LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY RAIN IN THE RANGES, AND THAT WET AND WINDY WEATHER HITS CHRISTCHURCH ON TUESDAY WITH THAT COLDER WEATHER. AND THANKS FOR THE GREAT PICTURES! THE AURORA AUSTRALIS IN FULL ACTION MODE OVERNIGHT. THANKS NICK FOR THIS SHOT TAKEN IN TE ANAU. GREAT COLOURS. YOU'VE GOT THE STARS. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT SIX FOR TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND TUI TIPENE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.