THE GOVERNMENT PUSHES ON WITH LEGISLATION FORCING GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK TO PAY FOR NEWS, AND IT ALSO HAS A PLAN TO SAVE SHORTLAND STREET. CALLS FOR GREATER RULES ON HOW POLITICIANS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO TALK TO TEENS. AND THE COUNTRY IS SHIVERING, BUT THE SKI FIELDS ARE FIZZING AS A COLD SNAP MOVES UP THE COUNTRY. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TECH GIANTS LIKE FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE COULD BE FORCED TO PAY FOR NEWS CONTENT AFTER A MONTHS-LONG STANDOFF INSIDE GOVERNMENT. MEDIA MINISTER PAUL GOLDSMITH IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE FAIR DIGITAL NEWS BARGAINING BILL IN AN EFFORT TO THROW A LIFELINE TO FINANCIALLY-STRUGGLING MEDIA COMPANIES. BUT AS POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH EXPLAINS, THE COALITION HAS SPLINTERED ON THE ISSUE WITH ACT TRIGGERING ITS AGREE-TO-DISAGREE CLAUSE. THE FINAL DAYS OF THE LITTLE NEWSROOM THAT COULD. STAFF AT NEWSHUB STILL PUMPING OUT THE NEWS AS THEY PACK UP, READYING TO SAY GOODBYE, THE DEMISE OF THE INSTITUTION... AND OTHER NEWS AS WE KNOW IT. ...ALONG WITH CUTS ACROSS OTHER MEDIA BUSINESSES SPURRED PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND TAKE ACTION. NOW FINALLY... GIDDAY, GIDDAY. ...PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE FAIR NEWS DIGITAL BARGAINING BILL, A FRAMEWORK FOR NEWS COMPANIES TO GET TECH COMPANIES TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO START PAYING FOR LOCAL NEWS CONTENT. THE BILL WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY LABOUR, BUT WILL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE A MINISTER IN THE PROCESS WHO WILL DECIDE WHICH TECH COMPANIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE LAW. THE PRIMARY PORT OF THE LEGISLATION IS TO ACT AS A BACKSTOP IN THE HOPE THAT NEGOTIATIONS WILL HAPPEN AND IT WILL ONLY BECOME RELEVANT IF THERE IS AN ABSENCE AND THAT NEGOTIATION. THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW FOR ACT, WHICH HAS INVOKED ITS 'AGREE TO DISAGREE' CLAUSE. IT'S CONCERNED MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT COULD UNDERMINE PUBLIC TRUST IN MEDIA. IT WON'T SAVE MEDIA. MAY MAKE THINGS WORSE. WELL, I AM NOT SURPRISED. THEY ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE MARKET DICTATING. WELL, THE MARKET IS BROKE, AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO SUPPORT. AUSTRALIA AND CANADA HAVE TRIED SIMILAR THINGS. META, WHICH OWNS INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, THREATENED TO STOP PUBLISHING NEWS IN THOSE COUNTRIES. I'M NOT GOING TO SPECKLING ON THAT OUTCOME. WE WILL WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT EVOLVES. META TOLD NEWSHUB IN A STATEMENT, SINEAD BOUCHER PUBLISHER OF 'STUFF' SAYS SHE'S CONCERNED THE MINISTERIAL DELEGATION MAY BE A WAY TO EXCLUDE META FROM THE PROCESS AND HOPES THE GOVERNMENT WILL BACK NZ COMPANIES TO GET FAIR VALUE FROM WHAT SHE CALLS THE BIGGEST DISINFORMATION ENGINE IN THE WORLD. IT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO GET INTO SOME KIND OF GAME OF CHICKEN WITH GOVERNMENTS TO SEE WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL AND WHO CAN EXERT THE MOST INFLUENCE THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO DECIDED THAT TELEVISION ADVERTISING SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON SUNDAYS, WHICH, THE MINISTER ESTIMATES, COULD ADD $6 MILLION IN AD REVENUE INTO THE MARKET. IS IT YOU OR IS IT ME? THE SCREEN PRODUCTION TAX REBATE WHICH HAS HELPED OVERSEAS PRODUCTIONS LIKE LORD OF THE RINGS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO LOCAL SHOWS, LIKE SHORTLAND STREET. I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT CAN CONTINUE. A POTENTIAL LIFELINE FOR OUR MOST FAMOUS FICTIONAL HOSPITAL. JENNA, WE'VE HAD TWO INSTANCES OF COALITION PARTNERS AGREEING TO DISAGREE IN RECENT DAYS. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS? DAVID SEYMOUR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOW NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAVE A RIP THAT BAND AID OFF WITH THE AGREE TO DISAGREE, WE MAY SEE IT USED MORE FREQUENTLY. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THESE TWO INSTANCES PALE IN COMPARISON TO ALL OTHER INSTANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT AGREEING TO AGREE. THE ACT PARTY ARE NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR THIS BILL, SO THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEED TO RELY ON OTHER PARTIES. LABOUR HAS SAID IT WILL BROADLY SUPPORT IT. IT IS SOMEWHAT IRONIC THAT THE ACT PARTY THAT HAS BEEN SO VOCAL OF THE SCREEN PRODUCTION GRANT IS NOW ON BOARD WITH EXTENDING THAT TO LOCAL PRODUCERS. WHILE DISAGREEING WITH A BILL THAT AIMS TO ALLOW NEWS PRODUCERS TO CHARGE COMPANIES TO CONTENT THAT THEY ARE TAKING SOMETIMES WITHOUT CONTENT, ESSENTIALLY THAT IS A DEBATE ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS. IT SEEMS THAT ACT TRADITIONAL VALUES ARE A BIT OUT OF WHACK WITH THAT. PUBLIC HOUSING ADVOCATES CLAIM THE REVAMP OF KAINGA ORA COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS. THE STATE HOUSING PROVIDER'S BOARD AND CEO ARE BEING REFRESHED WHILE THE GOVERNMENT COMES UP WITH A NEW FOCUS. BUT THERE'S CONCERN ANY PAUSE IN BUILDING WILL INCREASE THE STATE HOUSING WAIT LIST AND PUT TRADIES OUT OF WORK. HERE'S BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT SIMON SHEPHERD. WHEN KAINGA ORA REPLACED 'HOUSING NEW ZEALAND', THE ORGANISATION WENT FROM LANDLORD TO URBAN DEVELOPER. THIS GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT MADE IT FINANCIALLY UNVIABLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR FUNDAMENTAL JOB IS TO BE A GOOD LANDLORD TO A HUGE NUMBER OF OFTEN QUITE VULNERABLE TENANTS OUT THERE. SO THE REFRESH IS ON. CEO ANDREW MACKENZIE LEAVES WITH A $365,000 PAYOUT, ANOTHER FIVE BOARD MEMBERS ALSO GONE. BUT WITH MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE WAITING FOR A STATE HOUSE, WHAT HAPPENS TO KO's BUILD PROGRAMME? THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD AROUND 3800 HOUSES IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THEY'VE GOT A RETROFIT PROGRAMME. NEWSHUB HAS PREVIOUSLY REVEALED THAT'S THE CONTRACTED WORK; ANOTHER 3000 CONSENTED PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PAUSED. THAT COMES ON TOP OF A CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REELING FROM RECESSION. AND THE CONSTRUCTION, RETAIL, HOSPITALITY SECTORS WITH THEIR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING HAS REALLY HAD AN IMPACT, AND THAT'S LEADING TO REALLY A RECORD NUMBER OF INSOLVENCIES, MORE SO THAN ANY YEAR SINCE TO 2014. REINFORCING THE GLOOM, MORE BAD STATS. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSENT NUMBERS ARE STILL WAY DOWN ON LAST YEAR, AND A NET 35% OF BUSINESSES EXPECT CONDITIONS TO WORSEN. ADD THIS TO A KO BUILDING PAUSE, AND HOUSING ADVOCATES BELIEVE IT EQUALS MORE HOMELESSNESS. THE GOVERNMENT REALLY NEEDS TO BE BUILDING PUBLIC HOUSING AT A MASSIVE SCALE, AND ANY WITHDRAWING FROM BUILDING AT THIS STAGE WILL BE A DISASTER. IT'LL GET INTO MORE HOMELESSNESS AND MORE HOUSING STRESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. CHRIS BISHOP IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING MORE HOUSING ` THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED 140 MILLION FOR 1500 HOMES BY CHARITABLE TRUSTS. IT'S NOT AN EITHER-OR; ITS ABOUT HOW DO WE GROW BOTH AND DO THAT IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY? BUT WHAT ROLE KAINGA ORA PLAYS WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL A NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD COMES UP WITH IT'S NEW PLAN. SIMON SHEPHERD, NEWSHUB. A PARENT IS CALLING FOR GUIDELINES AROUND HOW POLITICIANS COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE'S CONCERNED AFTER FINDING OUT DAVID SEYMOUR REPLIED TO SNAPCHAT MESSAGES FROM HER THEN 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND OTHER TEENS BACK IN 2016. BOTH THE ACT LEADER AND THE STUDENTS SAY THE CONTENT WAS NOT INAPPROPRIATE. BUT THE MOTHER SAYS THE FACT A MUCH OLDER POLITICIAN WAS DIRECT MESSAGING THEM AT ALL IS BIZARRE. SEYMOUR SAYS HE WAS JUST BEING COURTEOUS. PERRY WILTON REPORTS. SO THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE STREAKS THAT HE SENT. THIS FORMER EPSOM GIRLS GRAMMAR STUDENT WAS 14 WHEN SHE STARTED MESSAGING DAVID SEYMOUR. IT WAS 2016, AND SNAPCHATTING THE POLITICIAN HAD BECOME COMMON SCHOOLYARD FUN. (GIRLS CHEER) WE JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS IN AUCKLAND THAT IF YOU WERE TO SNAPCHAT DAVID SEYMOUR, HE'LL REPLY, BASICALLY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY. SNAPCHAT ALLOWS USERS TO SEND MESSAGES AND IMAGES THAT LAST A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY DELETED. SHE WOULD ALWAYS INITIATE THE MESSAGING, AND SEYMOUR WOULD SOMETIMES REPLY ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS, MAKING WHAT SNAPCHAT CALLS A 'STREAK'. SENT HIM A SELFIE OF ME AND A BUNCH OF MY GIRLFRIENDS AT 15, DRINKING VODKA CRUISES ` A SELFIE WITH US ALL HOLDING THEM SAYING, 'OH, COME TO MY PARTY, COME TO MY PARTY.' AND THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE. SEYMOUR REPLIED TO ONE INVITATION ` 'HOPE YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE. AWW, THANKS FOR THE INVITE.' HER MOTHER HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE MESSAGING AT THE TIME, AND SAYS ANY PARENT WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THEIR TEENAGER MESSAGING A 30- OR 40-YEAR-OLD MAN. HONESTLY, I JUST FIND THE WHOLE THING QUITE BIZARRE. (BLEEP)'S REITERATED MANY TIMES THAT THERE WAS NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE IN THE MESSAGES THEMSELVES. BUT I THINK THAT CONTACT, DIRECT ONE-ON-ONE, AND PARTICULARLY VIA SNAPCHAT ITSELF, IS INAPPROPRIATE. HE MUST HAVE BEEN HAVING MANY, MANY, MANY MESSAGES COME THROUGH, AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHO'S ACTUALLY GOT THE TIME? ANOTHER THING I'M NOTICING IS, HE REPLIED HERE AT MIDNIGHT. THIS FORMER AUCKLAND GRAMMAR STUDENT ALSO MESSAGED SEYMOUR WHEN HE WAS 15. HE SAYS AT THE TIME, IT WAS HILARIOUS. I WAS LIKE, 'YES, THANK YOU.' AND I REMEMBER GOING AROUND SCHOOL THAT DAY AND SHOWING EVERYONE THAT DAVID SEYMOUR HAD REPLIED TO ME. IT WAS A BIG MOMENT. HE SAYS THE MESSAGES FROM SEYMOUR WERE NOT INAPPROPRIATE. YEAH, THERE WAS NO MALEVOLENCE BEHIND IT OR ANYTHING. YEAH, THERE WAS NO MALEVOLENCE BEHIND IT OR ANYTHING. I THINK I'D LIKE TO GET THAT OUT THERE. AND AT THE TIME TALKING TO HIM, I FELT VERY SAFE AND COMFORTABLE. BUT NOW HE'S IN HIS EARLY 20S, HIS FEELINGS ABOUT WHETHER MPS SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS FEELINGS ABOUT WHETHER MPs SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH MINORS HAVE CHANGED. YEAH, HAVING AN ADULT HAVE SUCH FREE ACCESS TO SO MANY STUDENTS IS` YEAH, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. DAVID SEYMOUR IS MAKING NO APOLOGIES FOR REPLYING TO THE STUDENTS, SAYING HE WAS BEING COURTEOUS. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN BE RESPONSIVE USING THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE TIME. I'VE ALWAYS SOUGHT TO BEHAVE THE SAME ONLINE AS I AM IN PERSON. SCHOOL KIDS COME UP TO ME AND ASK FOR SELFIES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE THING IF NEW ZEALAND GOT TO THE STAGE WHERE I HAD TO SAY, 'NO, SORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION FROM YOUR PARENTS.' BUT THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH THIS PARENT BUT THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH THIS PARENT, WHO WANTS A CHANGE IN HOW POLITICIANS CAN COMMUNICATE WITH CHILDREN. GUIDELINES OR RULES OR REGULATIONS IN PLACE SO THIS SORT OF THING DOESN'T HAPPEN AND ISN'T ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS HE BARELY USES SNAPCHAT ANY MORE, SAYING OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ARE MORE RELEVANT. AND PERRY JOINS US NOW. PERRY, WHAT MORE DID DAVID SEYMOUR HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS? DAVID SEYMOUR ADAMANT TODAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. HE SAID THAT NORMALLY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENGAGE IN POLITICS, BUT HE SAYS THAT HE IS A POLITICIAN WHO IS WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT PERHAPS GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES OR SOCIAL MEDIA JUDGEMENT HAS LANDED POLITICIANS INTO THIS DEBATE. NATIONAL MP CHRIS BISHOP TOLD MEDIA IN 2018 THAT HE WOULD BE CHANGING HIS SNAPCHAT SETTINGS AFTER PARENTS WERE CONCERNED WITH HIS COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT DAVID SEYMOUR MADE NO SUCH PROMISES TODAY. IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO TODAY WANTED THEIR PRIVACY RESPECTED DUE TO SEYMOUR'S POLITICAL POSITION. THE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING 10-MONTH-OLD BABY MUSTAFA ALI HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. POLICE SAY BABY MUSTAFA DIED FROM VIOLENT, BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA IN TE KUITI LAST MONTH. INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION CONTINUES FOR THE MURDER-ACCUSED (22) UNTIL A HEARING AT THE END OF JULY IN THE HIGH COURT AT HAMILTON. A TRIAL HAS BEEN SET DOWN FOR FEBRUARY 2026. AS A COLD SNAP BLASTS ITS WAY UP THE COUNTRY, THE SOUTHERN SKI FIELDS ARE FIZZING WITH THE ARRIVAL OF UP TO HALF A METRE OF SNOW. IT'S THE START TO THE SEASON THEY DIDN'T GET LAST YEAR, AND PERFECTLY TIMED FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS NEXT WEEK. JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. SNOW, SNOW, GLORIOUS SNOW. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY HERE AT TREBLE CONE. WE'VE JUST RECEIVED OVER HALF A METRE OF FRESH SNOW, AND THIS IS GOING TO SET US UP FOR THE SEASON AHEAD. HALF A METRE FELL AT FIELDS IN WANAKA AND QUEENSTOWN, AND MT HUTT HAD A DUMPING TWO. AND MT HUTT HAD A DUMPING TOO. WE'VE GOT 15CM OF NEW SNOW. SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A VERY SNOWY MOUNTAIN. CENTRAL OTAGO'S LINDIS PASS REOPENED THIS MORNING AFTER HEAVY SNOW, AS THE FRONT MOVED ITS WAY UP THE COUNTRY. IT'S CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION AFTER MANY SKI FIELDS HAD SLOW STARTS 12 MONTHS AGO. JUST AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BOOKED TO COME AND SKI WITH US, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY MADE UP, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, SKIING AND RIDING IS THE BEST IT'S BEEN ALL SEASON. AND COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20cm TO 30cm MORE SNOW ON TRAIL. WANAKA'S FIELDS SAY THIS SEASON IS SO FAR NIGHT AND DAY COMPARED TO LAST WINTER. QUEENSTOWN ALSO BOASTING PLENTY OF POWDER, WITH HALF A METRE OF FRESH SNOW AT REMARKABLES AND 20cm AT CORONET PEAK. ALL GUNS BLAZING FOR THE WINTER AHEAD. JULIET SPEEDY, NEWSHUB. THE WEATHER IS ALSO ADDING TO COOK STRAIT CROSSING WOES, WITH BOTH FERRY COMPANIES CANCELLING A NUMBER OF SAILINGS, FORCING MORE THAN 500 PASSENGERS TO RE-BOOK. ALEXA COOK IS ACROSS THE DETAILS. ALEXA, WHAT'S THE IMPACT? THAT HARRY SWELL WARNING HAS JUST COME INTO EFFECT NOW. IT IS IN PLACE UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MET SERVICES THERE WILL BE SWELLS UP TO 6 M IN THE COOK STRAIT, THAT IS WHY THE INTERISLAND HAS CANCELLED ALL OF ITS SERVICES UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. THAT MEANS ABOUT 550 PASSENGERS HAVE HAD TO BE REBOOKED ONTO SATURDAY SAILING. KIWI RAIL SAYS IT HAS MANAGED TO GET THEM ALL PLACES TO GET ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT AND BACK. THE BLUE RIDGE FERRY HAS PULLED THE PIN ON IT SAILING TOMORROW MORNING BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, I HAVE SEEN THESE SWELLS REALLY START TO BUILD, AND MET SERVICE SAYS THE WAVES WILL REACH ABOUT 6 M TONIGHT. I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF BIG ONES CRASHING TO THE WALL BEHIND . ME WHEN I LOOKED OUT ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, I THOUGHT THAT EVEN IF THOSE FERRIES WERE RUNNING, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ON THEM. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON THEM. HEATHER'S IN NOW WITH MORE ON THE WEATHER. ARE THE CONDITIONS CAUSING THE SWELL AND THE SNOW SETTLING? THEY SURE ARE. HERE'S A LITTLE SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LOOKING GOOD, BUT IT WILL STAY COLD. HAWKE'S BAY TODAY HIT 18 DEGREES. THAT'S 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN AVERAGE. BUT JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY, THAT COLD SOUTHERLY FLOW SWEPT IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LEAD TO FROST TOMORROW MORNING. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST AFTER SPORT. TRUMP'S BEEN THROWN A LIFELINE BY THE US SUPREME COURT ` PARTIAL IMMUNITY. TRUMP'S BEEN THROWN A LIFELINE BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ` PARTIAL IMMUNITY. BUT WHILE HE'S CONSIDERING IT A VICTORY, HE'S NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET ` WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION. THE BUG MAN, RUUD KLEINPASTE, IS ENTICING A SPECIAL BUTTERFLY BACK TO THE GARDENS OF CHRISTCHURCH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. AND MILITARY HORSES RUN AMOK IN LONDON ` AGAIN. FAST FASHION IS BEING BLAMED IN PART FOR A SHOCKING DISCOVERY IN LAKE WANAKA. SAMPLING OF THE WATERS OF THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH ISLAND TOURIST SPOT HAS FOUND MICROPLASTIC AT ALL 10 SITES. AS ISOBEL EWING REPORTS, IT'S PROMPTED A CALL FOR KIWIS TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THEIR CLOTHING CHOICES. LAKE WANAKA IS RENOWNED FOR ITS NATURAL BEAUTY AND ITS CLEAR WATER FED BY THE MATUKITUKI AND THE MAKARORA RIVERS, BUT EVEN THIS SEEMINGLY PRISTINE LIKE ISN'T FREE BUT EVEN THIS SEEMINGLY PRISTINE LAKE ISN'T FREE FROM SOME OF THE PLANET'S TINIEST POLLUTANTS. WOULD YOU EXPECT, LOOKING AT LAKE WANAKA, THERE TO BE MICROPLASTICS IN THERE? AH, YOU'D HOPE NOT, BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE. WELL, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE HERE. BUT MARINE SCIENTIST VERONICA ROTMAN WAS SURPRISED AT JUST HOW MANY MICROPLASTICS SHE FOUND, SAMPLING 10 SITES ACROSS FOUR SEASONS. THOUGH SOME WILL BE NATURAL FIBRES, MOST WILL BE PLASTIC. YOU STILL WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. MICROPLASTICS ARE PLASTIC PARTICLES SMALLER THAN 5mm IN DIAMETER, AND THEIR IMPACT ON FISH INCLUDES REDUCED FERTILITY, INFLAMMATION, TOXICITY, AND REDUCED GROWTH. NOW THAT SAMPLING OF LAKE WANAKA IS COMPLETE, THE NEXT STAGE OF VERONICA'S RESEARCH IS TO SAMPLE SNOW FROM THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE MICROPLASTICS UP THERE CAN MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN HERE AND EVENTUALLY OUT TO THE SEA. ROTMAN SAYS THE FINDINGS SHOW WE NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT THE EFFECT OF OUR CLOTHING ON THE ENVIRONMENT. OUR EXERCISE GEAR, WE'RE OUT THERE DOING IT, WE'RE CAUSING AGITATION. UM, EVEN US MOVING CAN RELEASE FIBRES. SHE ADVISES BUYING FEWER CLOTHES, AND SECOND-HAND, AND WASHING CLOTHES LESS. IN A MOUNTAIN TOWN LIKE WANAKA, THERE IS THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH THAT ACTIVITIES THAT ROTMAN HERSELF ENJOYS MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM. IT MAKES ME REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY AS AN OUTDOORS COMMUNITY, AND INNOVATE AND LOOK AT OTHER SOLUTIONS. WHAT CAN WE WEAR? NATURAL FIBRES. A LOCAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT HAS SUPPORTED THE RESEARCH EFFORT, CREATING A CITIZEN SCIENCE METHOD THEY HOPE TO TAKE TO COMMUNITIES AROUND NEW ZEALAND. SO THE BIG PIECE IN THIS PROJECT WAS COMMUNITY ACTION ALONGSIDE RESEARCH, AND HOW CAN WE BRING THEM TOGETHER, BRING OUR COMMUNITY ALONG FOR THE RIDE? AND THERE'S NOT MUCH DATA AVAILABLE. AND POLITICIANS' BIGGEST EXCUSES FOR DOING ABSOLUTELY NOT MUCH IS OFTEN LACK OF DATA. SO LET'S SOLVE THIS. HOPING TO HIGHLIGHT THE PERVASIVE PROBLEM OF PLASTIC AND PUSH FOR CHANGE TO PROTECT THESE PLACES. ISABEL EWING, NEWSHUB. IT'S NOW 'HIGHLY UNLIKELY' DONALD TRUMP WILL STAND TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULT BEFORE THIS YEAR'S U.S. ELECTION TAKES PLACE. IN A LANDMARK ` AND DIVISIVE ` DECISION, THE US SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT PAST PRESIDENTS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT PAST PRESIDENTS DO HAVE SOME IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION. THAT MEANS A LENGTHY DELAY WHILE LAWYERS DECIDE WHAT THAT MEANS FOR TRUMP'S CASE. ALICE WILKINS REPORTS. THE EVENTS OF THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION ` CROWD CHANTS: USA! USA! THE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT'S ROLE IN IT AND WHETHER HE ILLEGALLY CONSPIRED TO OVERTURN HIS ELECTION DEFEAT... WE FIGHT LIKE HELL. ...WAS EXPECTED TO SOON BE DEALT WITH IN A COURTROOM. BUT IN A HISTORIC RULING, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS GRANTED FORMER PRESIDENTS IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION, BUT NOT IN ALL CASES ` SOMETHING DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR HIMSELF. PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY IS IMPERATIVE, OR YOU PRACTICALLY WON'T HAVE A COUNTRY ANY MORE. IN THE DECISION, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WROTE THAT THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE SOME IMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO... (CROWD CLAMOURS) (CROWD CLAMOURS) THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT HE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY IMMUNE FOR HIS ACTIONS AROUND JANUARY 6TH, BUT DECIDED THAT ANY 'OFFICIAL ACTS' AS PRESIDENT SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM PROSECUTION. THE SUPREME COURT WAS DIVIDED. LIBERAL JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR CALLING THE DECISION... WITH... WRITING... TODAY'S DECISION ALMOST CERTAINLY MEANS THAT THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO LIMITS ON WHAT A PRESIDENT CAN DO. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ALSO GAVE HYPOTHETICALS, SAYING... THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO ENTRUST THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN, THE PRESIDENCY TO DONALD TRUMP, NOW KNOWING HE'LL BE EVEN MORE EMBOLDENED TO DO WHATEVER HE PLEASES, WHENEVER HE WANTS TO DO IT. THE GOVERNMENT LAWYER TAKING TRUMP TO COURT OVER JANUARY 6TH NOW HAS TO DECIDE WHAT ARE 'UNOFFICIAL ACTS' THAT CAN STILL BE PROSECUTED. THAT MEANS THE CHANCES OF A TRIAL BEFORE THE ELECTION ARE ZERO AT THIS POINT. BUT TRUMP WILL BE BACK IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM NEXT WEEK, REGARDLESS, WHEN HE'S DUE TO BE SENTENCED FOR HIS HUSH MONEY CASE. ALICE WILKINS, NEWSHUB. THE ATLANTIC COAST HURRICANE SEASON HAS BEGUN REMARKABLY EARLY, WITH THE FIRST NOW HITTING THE CARIBBEAN AND RESPONSIBLE FOR AT LEAST ONE DEATH. HURRICANE BERYL HAS STRENGTHENED TO A CATEGORY 5 WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 250KM/H. IN GRENADA, ALMOST THE ENTIRE ISLAND LOST POWER, WITH HUNDREDS OF HOMES DAMAGED. THE HURRICANE SEASON USUALLY STARTS IN SEPTEMBER. DOZENS OF PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN INJURED IN ANOTHER CASE OF SEVERE TURBULENCE TO STRIKE A FLIGHT THIS TIME ON ITS WAY FROM MADRID TO URUGUAY. OTHER PASSENGERS TALKED ABOUT SEEING PEOPLE HITTING THE CABIN CEILING AND BEING FLUNG AGAINST SEATS AND OVERHEAD LOCKERS, SUSTAINING FRACTURES AND CUTS TO FACES, HEADS AND LEGS. THE DREAMLINER DIVERTED TO AN AIRPORT IN BRAZIL WHERE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID ABOUT 40 INJURED PASSENGERS WERE TREATED IN HOSPITAL. RESEARCHERS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES ARE INCREASING TURBULENCE OVER THE ATLANTIC. A CAR HAS PLOUGHED INTO PEDESTRIANS AT A TRAFFIC STOP IN SOUTH KOREA'S CAPITAL, LEAVING NINE PEOPLE DEAD AND FOUR MORE IN HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER ` A MAN IN HIS 60s ` TOLD THEM THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. WITNESSES SAY IT WAS DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT TWO OTHER CARS AND THEN THE PEDESTRIANS. AFTER DECADES, THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES AS 'COASTWATCHERS' DURING WWII HAVE FINALLY BEEN HONOURED. FROM 1942 THEY KEPT CONSTANT WATCH FOR ENEMY PLANES AND SHIPS AS JAPANESE FORCES ADVANCED INTO THE PACIFIC. BUT THE CIVILIAN PACIFIC ISLAND COASTWATCHERS DIDN'T GET THE SAME RECOGNITION AS THEIR KIWI COUNTERPARTS AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TODAY. THE SAME RECOGNITION AS THEIR KIWI COUNTERPARTS. AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TODAY, THE FAMILIES OF 25 PACIFIC COAST WATCHERS WERE GIVEN CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. ANDREW'S IN WITH SPORT LATER, AND ONE OF THE GREAT RUGBY CAREERS IS COMING TO AN END. BLACK FERNS AND SEVENS STAR PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE ` SHE'S ANNOUNCED THE PARIS OLYMPICS WILL BE HER SWANSONG. AFTER 12 YEARS AT THE TOP, WE LOOK AT THE LEGACY THAT ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED, DECORATED AND RECOGNISABLE PLAYERS IN WORLD RUGBY WILL LEAVE BEHIND. AND THE BIG CALL FROM THE WARRIORS COACH THAT COULD SEE TE MAIRE MARTIN MORE THAN JUST SHAUN JOHNSON FILL-IN AT HALFBACK. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VERSUS TRADITIONALLY-MADE MUSIC ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW FRONTIER IN THE LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST AI. # IF YOU WANT TO BE MY LOVER, # YOU HAVE GOT TO GET WITH MY FRIEND. WE TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL BATTLE OF AI. AND KATE RODGER TALKS TO COMEDIAN AMY POEHLER ABOUT THE JOY OF THE MOVIE 'INSIDE OUT 2'. AND IT'S BEEN A CRACKING DAY AT THE... (CHUCKLES) WORLD EGG THROWING CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU SMASH IT ON YOUR HEAD IF YOU GET THE WRONG ONE, TOUGH LUCK. IT'S BEEN 200 YEARS SINCE THE ENDEMIC BOULDER COPPER BUTTERFLY WAS ABUNDANT ACROSS CANTERBURY. A LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOL HAS SET OUT TO CHANGE THAT BY CREATING A SPECIAL GARDEN TO ENTICE THEM BACK WITH THE HELP OF A SPECIAL BUG MAN. KAYSHA BROWNLIE HAS MORE. LITTLE HANDS WITH BIG PLANS... YOU GOT IT? ...TO RESTORE A RICH BIODIVERSITY. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE THE FRESH HAIR IN YOUR THROAT AND THE BLUE SKY ABOVE YOU. ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE 400 NATIVES TO PLANT TO RECREATE A HABITAT FOR THE ENDEMIC BOULDER COPPER BUTTERFLY. THIS BUTTERFLY WASN'T FOUND IN CHRISTCHURCH ANY MORE, HADN'T BEEN HERE FOR 200 YEARS, SO OUR TAMARIKI DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THROUGH SHINGLE AND SHRUBS, REPLICATING A BRAIDED RIVER THAT THE BUTTERFLIES ONCE THRIVED IN. THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL PURPLE REFLECTION ON THE WINGS. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. THE BUG MAN PASSING ON HIS PASSION. YEAH, THE COPPER'S IN THE BLUE. IT'S PRETTY RARE. IT'S ONLY FOUND IN CANTERBURY. BUT RIGHT NOW, BUTTERFLY NUMBERS ARE DOWN. WE LOVE OUR KIWI, WE LOVE OUR TUI, OUR KORIMAKO ` OUR BELLBIRDS ` BUT WITHOUT THESE INSECTS, OUR BIRDS WON'T BE HERE. IF EVERYBODY WOULD DO WHAT THESE KIDS ARE DOING HERE IN CANTERBURY OR IN AUCKLAND OR WHEREVER YOU ARE, WE WOULD SEE A REAL INCREASE OF ALL THESE SPECIAL TAONGA ` AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT EDUCATION IS ABOUT. IN SIX MONTHS' TIME, THE FEW BUTTERFLIES THAT CAN BE FOUND WILL BE TRANSLOCATED TO THE NEW GARDEN... THEN THEY HUNKER DOWN. THEY SETTLE DOWN INTO THE PLANTS, AND THEN THEY WILL REPRODUCE. ...AND HOPEFULLY SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. I CAN GO BACK TO THAT AND SAY, 'I DID THAT AND I HELPED WITH THAT.' THIS JUST INSPIRES KIDS TO BE KAITIAKI OF THEIR AREA AND TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE. CHANGE THAT COULD BE SEEN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND HAS RISEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DATA SHOWS THERE WERE MORE THAN 69,000 ENROLMENTS LAST YEAR ` UP 67% COMPARED TO 2022. BUT IT'S STILL 62,000 FEWER ENROLMENTS THAN 2016, WHEN 131,000 WERE RECORDED. CHINA IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLMENTS FOLLOWED BY INDIA. BRITISH MILITARY HORSES HAVE AGAIN DUMPED THEIR RIDERS AND BOLTED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON. SIX HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY HORSES WERE ON AN EXERCISE WHEN THE LEAD ANIMAL WAS SPOOKED BY A BUS AND TOOK OFF, WITH TWO MORE BEHIND. IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN THREE MONTHS IT'S HAPPENED, BUT THE HORSES INVOLVED ARE NOT THE SAME ONES. OFFICIALS SAY NONE OF TODAY'S HORSES OR RIDERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. NEW ZEALAND MUSIC EXPERTS SAY IT'S TIME TO UPDATE OUR LAWS TO PROTECT OUR INDUSTRY. IT FOLLOWS A MOVE BY AMERICAN RECORD LABELS TO SUE AI MUSIC MAKERS WHO SAY THEY'RE COMMITTING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ON AN 'UNIMAGINABLE SCALE'. TECH REPORTER FINN HOGAN EXPLAINS. IN THE AGE OF AI. ANY SINGER CAN BE MADE TO SING ANYTHING AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON. AI JOHNNY CASH: # I'M A BARBIE GIRL # IN A BARBIE WORLD. # NOW, THE RECORD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA IS HITTING BACK, SUING TWO AI MUSIC GENERATORS, SUNO AND UDIO, ALLEGING... THEY COPIED BASICALLY THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC. THEY COPIED BASICALLY THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC. UH, THEY STORED IT. UH, THEN THEY USED IT, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, MATCHING IT TO PROMPTS SO THAT THEY REJIGGERED THE ONES AND ZEROS AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, THEY TOOK CHICKEN AND MADE CHICKEN SALAD AND THEN SAID THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CHICKENS. RESPONDING TO THE LAWSUITS, SUNO ARGUED IT'S TOOLS DON'T MIMIC SPECIFIC ARTISTS, SAYING THE TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMATIVE AND DOESN'T REGURGITATE PRE-EXISTING CONTENT. (SHORTS SNIPPETS OF POP SONGS PLAY) BUT THE INDUSTRY SAYS IMITATING SPECIFIC SINGERS ISN'T THE ISSUE, IT'S THAT AI TOOLS ARE TRAINED ON THE WORK OF REAL MUSICIANS WITHOUT CONSENT OR COMPENSATION. GOOD AI COMPLIMENTS ARTISTS, HELPS THEM STRETCH MUSIC, HELPS` ASSISTS THEM IN THE CREATION OF MUSIC; BAD AI TAKES FROM THEM, GIVES NO ATTRIBUTION, NO COMPENSATION, ASKS NO PERMISSION, AND THEN GENERATES SOMETHING THAT'S A BUNCH OF GARBAGE. EXPERTS HERE SAY IT'S A WAKE UP CALL TO UPDATE OUTDATED LEGISLATION TO INCLUDE DEEPFAKE MATERIAL. PROTECTING ARTISTS FROM EMULATING THEIR STYLES TO PROTECTING EVERYONE FROM HAVING THEIR OWN PERSONAL BRAND OR PERSONAL IDENTITY COPIED IN ANY PARTICULAR WAY. SO WHY SHOULD WE GIVE A MUSICIAN OR AN ACTOR PROTECTION OVER HOW THEY LOOK AND HOW THEY SOUND, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE STREETS ARE FAIR GAME? WHICH WOULD PROTECT KIWIS FROM BOTH COPYRIGHT ABUSE AND AI'S DARKEST ABUSES. THAT SORT OF CHANGE IN THE LAW WOULD PROTECT EVERYONE FROM DEEPFAKE PORNOGRAPHY OR ANY OTHER THING WHICH THEY MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE BY PUTTING THEIR OWN` THEIR OWN IDENTITY OR PERSONA INTO SITUATIONS THEY WERE NEVER IN. AS LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF AI, THE LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN HUMAN CREATIVITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. # MAKE THOSE HILLS GO ROUND. # FINN HOGAN, NEWSHUB. CAN A SEQUEL TO A POPULAR PIXAR FILM HELP BOOST A FLAILING BOX OFFICE? COMEDIAN AMY POEHLER HAS CLIMBED BACK INTO THE VOICE BOOTH FOR 'INSIDE OUT 2' AND SHARES THE 'JOY' WITH OUR KATE RODGER. ONE OF OUR MOST DECORATED RUGBY PLAYERS PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE CALLS TIME ON HER INTERNATIONAL CAREER. PLUS, THE ONE KEY DIFFERENCE THE ALL BLACKS ARE ALREADY NOTICING ABOUT SCOTT ROBERTSON AHEAD OF HIS FIRST TEST IN CHARGE. AND FROM RONALDO'S TEARS OF DESPAIR TO SHEER DELIGHT, WE HAVE PORTUGAL'S EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER TO REACH THE QUARTER-FINALS OF EURO24 SHE'S ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED PLAYERS IN WORLD RUGBY, BUT TODAY PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE ANNOUNCED THE PARIS OLYMPICS WILL BE HER FINAL OUTING IN THE BLACK JERSEY. IN A CAREER THAT'S SPANNED 12 YEARS, WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE HAS WON PRETTY MUCH EVERY WORLD TITLE GOING IN 15S AND SEVENS. BUT AS NATASHA PAYNE REPORTS, IT'S WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE WOMEN'S GAME THAT WILL SEE HER BOW OUT AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND. AFTER BEING THE FACE OF THE BLACK FERNS FOR OVER A DECADE, PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE HAS CALLED TIME ON AN INCREDIBLE CAREER. I FEEL LIKE, UH, A LOT OF RELIEF, TO BE HONEST. DESPITE STILL BEING AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER, THE 32-YEAR-OLD HAS CONFIRMED SHE'LL STEP AWAY FROM ALL INTERNATIONAL RUGBY AFTER NEXT MONTH'S OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THIS POINT AND THINK MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE RETIRED EARLIER. WHAT IM SAYING IS I WANT TO GIVE IT MY ABSOULTE BEST AT THIS WORLD SERIES. SO WHEN IM AT THE OLYMPICS, I'M AT MY PHYSICAL PEAK. WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE BEGAN HER INTERNATIONAL CAREER IN SEVENS 12 YEARS AGO, BEFORE JOINING THE 15s. HER IMPACT ON THE WOMEN'S GAME, MASSIVE SHE'S CHANGED OUR SPORT. SHE'S CHANGED OUR GAME, SHE'S MADE IT GLOBAL. WE'LL BE WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN AMERICA AND PEOPLE ARE YELLING HER NAME OUT, AND SHE'S WONDERING WHY. WELL, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP. SHE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST TRIES IN RUGBY WORLD CUPS ` WITH 20 ` AND MOST TRIES IN SEVENS HISTORY, WITH 256. AND ONLY ONE WORD CAN SUM THAT ALL UP. MANA IS PROBABLY THE WORD FOR HER, MANA. I FEEL LIKE IM GETTING SOME TEARS IN EYES AND GOOSEBUMPS. SHE'S JUST A REAL SPECIAL WOMAN. AND THERE'S MORE TO GIVE. WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE CONFIRMING SHE'LL STILL PLAY DOMESTICALLY AND HASN'T EVEN RULED OUT A SWITCH TO THE NRLW. THERE'S A LOT OF OPPURTUNITY OUT THERE, SO I'M NOT HANGING UP THE BOOTS COMPLETELY. IT'S JUST HAVING A BREAK FROM THE BLACK JERSEY AND ALL THE PRESSURES THAT COME WITH IT. ONE OF THE GAME'S GOATS LEAVING A LEGACY THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. NATASHA PAYNE, NEWSHUB. WITH THE NEW ALL BLACKS SEASON JUST FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM KICKING OFF, THE DOSE OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT BEING DELIVERED BY SCOTT ROBERTSON IS ALREADY HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE TEAM. WHILE IT'S BEEN A COMBINATION OF LEARNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD, THERE'S ALREADY A SENSE OF GROWTH AMONG THE SIDE, AS THEY LOOK TO KICK OFF A NEW ERA IN STYLE. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. SCOTT ROBERTSON IS WASTING NO TIME MAKING THIS TEAM HIS OWN ` HANDS ON AT TRAINING, SENDING CLEAR MESSAGES TO PLAYERS, HIS IMPACT IN BLACK IS BEING KEENLY FELT. WE DIDN'T HAVE GUYS SORT OF FALLING ASLEEP WHEN HE'S OUT THERE PRESENTING TO US, SO HE CERTAINLY HAS EVERYONE ON EDGE AND, UH, LIKE IT BRINGS A POSITIVE MINDSET TO COMING INTO OBVIOUSLY LEARNING AND WORK EVERY DAY. PATRICK TUIPULOTU HIS PARTICIPATION WAS LIMITED TODAY, BUT HE'S CONFIDENT HIS TROUBLESOME KNEE WON'T PROHIBIT HIS PARTICIPATION ON SATURDAY. ASSUMING HE DOES, HE'S EAGER TO MAKE HIS MARK IN THE ALL BLACK SECOND ROW, AS THE SIDE PREPARES FOR LIFE WITHOUT SAM WHITELOCK AND BRODIE RETALLICK. DON'T WANNA STEER TOO FAR AWAY FROM DOING, UH, MY TALKING ON THE FIELD. BUT IN SAYING THAT, UM, YEAH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A GAP THERE TO STAND AND FILL. A NEW ROLE FOR TUIPULOTU, AND IT'S A SIMILAR FEELING FOR JORDIE BARRETT. NAMED ALONGSIDE ARDIE SAVEA AS ONE OF TWO VICE CAPTAINS, BARRETT IS HOPEFUL THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITY IS JUST WHAT HE NEEDS TO KEEP GROWING HIS GAME. EXCITINGLY WEE PHASE AHEAD FOR ME, WHERE I THINK I'LL GET A LOT OF GROWTH AND, UM, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PHASE` PHASE FOR ME PERSONALLY, SO I'M LOVING IT. BUT WHILE THERE'S FRESH ENERGY, IT WILL COUNT FOR LITTLE IF THEY CAN'T USE IT TO PRODUCE THE RESULTS EXPECTED OF THEM. THE ENERGY IS COMING FROM EVERYWHERE. OUR CHALLENGE IS TO HARNESS IT THE RIGHT WAY. IF THE FIRST FEW DAYS ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY, SCOTT ROBERTSON'S SURE TO HAVE A WAY FOR THIS ALL BLACKS SIDE TO DO THAT. OLLIE RICHIE, NEWSHUB. FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW TE MAIRE MARTIN WILL START AT HALFBACK FOR SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE BULLDOGS ON SATURDAY. MARTIN'S BEEN A STANDOUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE INJURED SHAUN JOHNSON, WITH COACH ANDREW WEBSTER CONFIRMING TODAY MARTIN MAY BECOME MORE THAN JUST A FILL-IN IN THE NUMBER SEVEN JERSEY. TIA MCDOUGALL REPORTS. HE'S GOT A BRIGHTER FUTURE THAN HIS FLORESCENT YELLOW SHOES. DO YOU SEE TE MAIRE STAYING IN THAT HALFBACK ROLE? OH, YEAH, I HOPE SO. WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AT HALFBACK, TE MAIRE MARTIN'S SHONE. MARTIN! IT IS MY HOPE TE MAIRE MARTIN IS, BECAUSE I HOPE HE JUST KEEPS PLAYING GREAT FOOTY. I'VE GOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN HIM. BUT THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S ONLY WORN THE NUMBER-SEVEN JERSEY WHEN STAR PLAY-MAKER SHAUN JOHNSON'S BEEN INJURED ` THAT LATEST STINT AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE WEEKS. ONE THING I'VE LEARNT ABOUT RUGBY LEAGUE IS, A WEEK IN RUGBY LEAGUE IS A LONG TIME. I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OUR HALVES TO HAVE A ROLL AT SOME STAGE. AND WHEN AND HOW THAT LOOKS, WE'LL DECIDE AT THE TIME. BUT EVEN ON THE SIDLEINES, JOHNSON HAS BEEN A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR MARTIN. HE TELLS ME MOST OF THE STUFF. YEAH, ALL THE THINGS` EVEN AT HALF-TIME SAID JUST TO LOOK FOR RODGER'S TRY WHEN I DONE THE EARLY KICK. MARTIN KICKING ON THE` OH, TUIVASA-SCHECK! INPUT AND CLASS THAT COULD PROVIDE A SELECTION HEADACHE FOR WEBSTER WHEN SJ IS FIT. HE'S A GIFTED PLAYER, AND HE'S VERY SMART, SO I'M GLAD HE'S AROUND. EXPERIENCE THE WARRIORS CAN DO WITH AS THEY HEAD INTO THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON. TIA MCDOUGALL, NEWS HUB. FOUR MONTHS AFTER SWITCHING NATIONALITIES FROM SWITZERLAND TO NEW ZEALAND, LULU SUN HAS SECURED THE BIGGEST WIN OF HER TENNIS CAREER ` DEFEATING WORLD NUMBER EIGHT ZHENG QINWEN IN THE OPENING ROUND AT WIMBLEDON. AFTER COMING THROUGH QUALIFYING, THE TE ANAU-BORN NUMBER 123 DEFEATED QINWEN IN THREE SETS ` FOUR-SIX, SIX TWO, SIX-FOUR. LULU SUN PICKS UP THE BIGGEST WIN OF HER CAREER, AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO COME ON HER DEBUT HERE AT THE WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS. YOU KNOW, SHE'S A REALLY GOOD PLAYER, SO I REALLY HAD TO DIG DEEP AND NAIL DOWN. AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO GET THROUGH THE ROUND. IT'S THE FIRST WIN OVER A TOP-10 PLAYER BY A KIWI SINCE MARINA ERAKOVIC BEAT VICTORIA AZARENKA IN 2011. SHE'LL TAKE ON A UKRAINIAN QUALIFIER IN THE SECOND ROUND. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO, BUT PORTUGAL'S OUTLASTED SLOVENIA TO REACH THE QUARTER-FINALS OF FOOTBALL'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. RONALDO MISSED A HOST OF CHANCES IN A GOALLESS 90 MINUTES BUT HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE UP FOR IT IN EXTRA TIME. RONALDO! OBLAK SAVES IT! AND IT'S A REMARKABLE STOP! IT WAS A TOUGH BLOW FOR THE 39-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS IN TEARS AT HALFTIME IN EXTRA TIME. THE MATCH WENT TO PENALTIES WHEN HE MADE AMENDS FOR HIS EARLIER MISS, BUT THE REAL HERO FOR PORTUGAL WAS GOALKEEPER DIOGO COSTA, WHO MADE TOURNAMENT HISTORY BY SAVING ALL THREE OF THE PENALTIES HE FACED. AND COSTA STOPS THAT ONE TOO. AND COSTA SAVES ANOTHER! HIS OWN PERSONAL HAT-TRICK OF PENALTY SAVES. PORTUGAL THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS WHERE THEY'LL FACE FRANCE ` WHO WERE THE ONES TO BENEFIT FROM AN 85TH MINUTE OWN-GOAL AGAINST BELGIUM, GOOD ENOUGH FOR A 1-0 VICTORY AND FINALLY, U.S GOLDEN GIRL SIMONE BILES WILL BECOME THE OLDEST FEMALE AMERICAN GYMNAST IN 72 YEARS TO COMPETE AT AN OLYMPICS AFTER QUALIFYING FOR PARIS. THE 27-YEAR-OLD SECURED HER SPOT WITH VICTORY AT U.S. TRIAL, FINISHING MORE THAN FIVE POINTS AHEAD OF THE REST OF THE FIELD. I KNEW I WASN'T DONE AFTER THE PERFORMANCES IN TOKYO. SO JUST GETTING BACK IN THE GYM AND TRUSTING THE PROCESS WITH MY CECILE AND LAURENT, I KNEW I'D BE BACK. THE FOUR-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST PULLED OUT OF THE SEVERAL EVENTS AT THE TOKYO GAMES DUE TO A MENTAL BLOCK KNOWN AS THE 'TWISTIES'. THE OLDEST AND 27. I'M FEELING PRETTY OLD AFTER THAT. I GOT THE TWISTYS JUST WATCHING HER. SWINGING IN TO SAVE THE SO-CALLED U.S. 'BUMMER SUMMER BOX OFFICE' IS THE SEQUEL TO PIXAR'S OSCAR-WINNING MEGA-HIT 'INSIDE OUT'. AND BRINGING US JOY IS COMEDIAN AMY POEHLER BACK IN THE VOICE BOOTH. SHE SPOKE TO KATE RODGER IN SYDNEY. AMY POEHLER IS A COMEDY QUEEN, AND AS THE HEART, SOUL AND VOICE OF ICONIC PIXAR CHARACTER JOY IN THE OSCAR WINNING HIT 'INSIDE OUT', SHE QUITE SIMPLY SHINES. 10 YEARS SINCE THAT BEAUTIFUL STORY WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD. YEAH, I KNOW. I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE STILL THAT COME UP TO ME AND TALK ABOUT THE FIRST FILM, AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANT TO THEM AND HOW THEY SHOW IT TO THEIR KIDS AND HOW IT HELPED THEM TALK TO THEIR KIDS. IT'S REALLY` IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. FAST FORWARD A DECADE, 'INSIDE OUT 2' IS THE FIRST BONA FIDE BOX OFFICE HIT OF A DANGEROUSLY LACKLUSTRE SUMMER BOX OFFICE IN THE U.S. FILLING AUDIENCES WITH SOME MUCH NEEDED JOY. AND NO ONE IS HAPPIER ABOUT THAT THAN JOY HERSELF. IT MUST BE A VERY NOURISHING, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR YOU. OH, IT IS. I'M SO PROUD TO BE IN IT. IT JUST FEELS... IT DOES. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING TO THE DISCOURSE OF WHAT IT'S MEANING TO BE A HUMAN BEING TODAY. (SIGHS) IT SHOULD BE NOTHING BUT SMOOTH SAILING. HELLO! (ALL SCREAM) I'M ANXIETY. WHERE CAN I PUT MY STUFF? A NEW EMOTION. OH, I'M SORRY. WE WANTED TO MAKE SUCH A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION. AND I DO THINK THAT 'INSIDE OUT 2' IS COMING OUT AT A VERY GOOD TIME. WE'VE HAD A VERY COMPLICATED 10 YEARS AND A VERY ANXIOUS 10 YEARS. SO I'M SAYING THAT THIS FILM IS THE OPPOSITE OF GASLIGHTING. IT REALLY IS. (LAUGHS) I LOVE THAT. YES, IT HASN'T BEEN EASY. ANXIOUS, INDEED ` ANXIETY BEING A BRAND NEW EMOTION USHERED IN TO THE 'INSIDE OUT' CONTROL ROOM ` AN EMOTION NOT JUST TEENAGER RILEY CAN RELATE TO. POEHLER AGREES THAT THESE PIXAR FILMS HIT HOME JUST AS MUCH FOR ADULTS. I FEEL WORRIED FOR HER FOR SOME REASON. YES, THIS` SHOULD I? YES, THIS FILM, IT'S LIKE, CAN WE MAKE ROOM FOR JOY AS WE GET OLDER? THAT'S REALLY THE THEME. WILL SHE BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE? AND, UM... AND IS SHE APPROPRIATE FOR THE OCCASION? THIS IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY OR JOYOUS ALL THE TIME ` NOT ONLY IS IT UNREALISTIC, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU ` GOING TO THE MOVIES. GO SEE THIS JOYOUS NEW 'INSIDE OUT' IN CINEMAS NOW. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB. COMING UP ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MOST OF THE WEATHER WARNINGS HAVE NOW EXPIRED, HEATHER? THE LAST ORANGE ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING FOR THE DESERT ROAD EXPIRES IN EIGHT MINUTES. THEN THE ONLY WARNING LEFT IS THE HEAVY SWELL WARNING FOR COASTAL WAIRARAPA. THIS IS NOW ACTIVE THROUGH TO 3PM TOMORROW, WITH SOU'WEST WAVES REACHING 6M TONIGHT. GOOD WEATHER THOUGH FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. DETAILS UP NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. WINTER'S IN FULL SWING NOW! NICE AND CHILLY AS WE HEAD INTO MID-WEEK. THE WIND GRADUALLY EASES ACROSS THE DAY AS THE LOW HEADS FURTHER OFFSHORE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. THIS TROUGH OVER THE TASMAN WILL SPAWN A NEW LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM BUT STAYS AWAY FROM US. BUT TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS A VERY STUBBORN HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER TASMANIA. THIS KEEPS OUT SOUTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. SO FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` THE SHOWERS WILL BECOME ISOLATED OVER NIGHT WITH MOST FINE, BUT WITH A COLD SOUTH TO SOU'WESTERLY AND STRONG TOO UP THE EAST COAST. TOMORROW ` CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR CANTERBURY AND ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE KAIKOURA COAST. A FEW SHOWERS TOO FOR THE SOUTHEAST ` THAT WILL CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT. THOSE WHO WAKE WITH CLEAR SKIES LIKELY TO WAKE WITH FROST TOO. A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT LEFT OVER FOR THE NORTH ISLAND ` SOME HEAVY WITH HAIL TOO OUT WEST FROM WAIKATO TO WHANGANUI. COLD SOUTH TO SOU'WESTER WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT. SIMILAR TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, THOSE THAT WILL WAKE TO FINE SKIES MAY ALSO WAKE TO FROST, MOSTLY INLAND. THERE ARE A FEW MORE SHOWERS BUT CLEARING FOR MOST. COLD SOUTHERLY QUARTER WINDS AND STRONG IN THE SOUTH. SO A BAD WEDNESDAY UP TOP. MORNING FROST FOR HAMILTON WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND, WHICH CLEAR BY THE EVENING. THE WEST TO SOU'WEST WIND WILL EASE BACK IN THE AFTERNOON. MORNING FROST FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A FINE DAY EVERYWHERE. WINDS ARE LIGHT FOR ALL TOO, BUT A SOU'EASTERLY WILL DEVELOP LATE TOMORROW NIGHT ALONG THE COAST. MORNING FROST FOR HASTINGS. SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING SOUTH OF HAWKE'S BAY. THEN IN THE EVENING FROM HAWKE'S BAY NORTH, ALL WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. FROSTY MORNING AND NIGHT FOR MANAWATU AND TAUMARUNUI. OTHERS WILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS. AND IT'S WINDY IN WELLINGTON WITH STRONG SOUTHERLIES. FINE AND COLD, SO FROSTY. THERE WILL BE MORNING CLOUD FOR NELSON WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FROST AND POSSIBLE FOG FOR REEFTON AND WITH SOUTHERLIES UP TOP AND EASTERLIES DOWN BELOW. MORNING FROST FOR BLENHEIM AND TIMARU, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE. WITH FRESH SOU'WESTERS FROM KAIKOURA SOUTH, BUT EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTY INLAND WITH MORNING CLOUD EVERYWHERE, AND WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN, OAMARU, INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND. MOST WILL BE CALM ` JUST A SLIGHT SOU'WESTERLY FOR OAMARU, AND ALSO DUNEDIN. BUT NOTHING TOO STRONG. APART FROM CLOUDY PERIODS AND THE ODD ISOLATED SHOWER, THE DAY IS OK. CHILLY, BUT MOSTLY CALM. MOSTLY CLOUDY AROUND CHRISTCHURCH WITH SHOWERS. THE SOU'WESTERLY WILL BE ON THE FRESH SIDE, BUT FORTUNATELY EASES IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER BRINGS THE AIR TEMP DOWN TO A FEELS-LIKE OF ONLY 3. FOR THE CAPITAL, SHOWERS ABOUT THE HUTT VALLEY AND EASTERN SUBURBS. THEN THEY'LL SPREAD EVERYWHERE ELSE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY. MORNING FROST FOR PARTS OF HAWKE'S BAY. A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. A LOVELY SUNNY DAY FOR TAURANGA WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS, SO NO COMPLAINTS. THERE IS A SOU'EASTERLY WHICH DEVELOPS BUT NOT TILL LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. THE LAST OF THE SHOWERS WILL CLEAR AROUND THE WAIKATO TONIGHT; SO TOO WILL THAT FRESH WESTERLY. THEN ONCE THE MORNING FROST CLEARS, TOMORROW IS GREAT, FINE AND CALM. FOR AUCKLAND, CLOUDY PERIODS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT THEY'LL CLEAR TO BE FINE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A SOU'WESTERLY WHICH EASES ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW FOR OZ IS DOING IT'S JOB. IT'S COLD FOR ALL IN THE BOTTOM HALF AND SHOWERY FOR SYDNEY AND BRISBANE. AND SHOWERS AGAIN FOR RAROTONGA WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. INTO THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. A FEW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY, BUT CLEARING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. MORE SHOWERS OUT EAST TOO, BUT THEY'LL CLEAR AS WELL. BUT NOTE THE TEMPERATURES. IT'S NOT WARM. SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH TOO THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT THE WIND HAS CALMED DOWN. SOUTH ISLAND'S TURN, AND THURSDAY IS A STUNNING DAY. BUT SHOWERS RETURN OUT WEST ON FRIDAY, AND SPREAD EAST ON SATURDAY. AND MORE SNOW TO THE SKI FIELDS! AND MORE RAIN TO THE CITIES. IT SPREADS UP THE ISLAND ON SATURDAY. SO VERY HAPPY MOUNTAINS AT THE MOMENT ` NEW SNOW AND MORE EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK. JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU. 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 MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024