HUNDREDS MORE CANCER PATIENTS WILL NOW GET THE HELP THEY NEED. WE REVEAL THE NEW DRUGS FUNDED BY PHARMAC. THE END OF 14 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVES. THE UK'S PRIME MINISTER, RISHI SUNAK, HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR LABOUR. WE SAY HAERE RA. IT'S NEWSHUB'S LAST DAY ON AIR, AND AFTER COPPING ONE LAST BOMBSHELL, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK ON MORE THAN THREE DECADES. AND THE NEW ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN IS KNOWN AS 'DOG ROLL', AND HE'LL BE HOPING HE'S NOT LOOKING LIKE DOG TUCKER AFTER HIS FIRST TEST. TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. HUNDREDS OF CANCER PATIENTS COULD BE SET TO BENEFIT FROM THE FIRST DRUGS FUNDED OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT FUNDING BOOST FOR PHARMAC. THE DRUG BUYING AGENCY HAS ANNOUNCED, PENDING A CONSULTATION, KEYTRUDA WILL BE THE FIRST DRUG FUNDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST. IT'LL BE USED TO TREAT ADVANCED TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, HEAD AND NECK CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER, BLADDER CANCER AND HODGKIN LYMPHOMA, WHILE OPDIVO WILL BE FUNDED FOR KIDNEY CANCER FROM NOVEMBER. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH HAS THE STORY. GILL RIPLEY HAS A LOT TO LIVE FOR ` HER LOVE OF MUSIC, HER LOVE OF HER WEE ONES, JOSEPH AND SAMMY... SO WHEN SHE THINKS ABOUT HER TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS, SHE LIKES TO REMAIN POSITIVE. TAKING IT EACH DAY AS IT COMES, REALLY. GILL WAS DIAGNOSED A YEAR AGO. SHE BEGAN CHEMO LAST AUGUST, HAD SURGERY IN JANUARY. HER ONCOLOGIST RECOMMENDED KEYTRUDA. IT WAS UNFUNDED AND COST $100,000. WHEN SHE FIRST TOLD ME HOW MUCH IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT. THAT'S A LIFE-CHANGING SUM OF MONEY. TODAY, PHARMAC ANNOUNCED IT WAS OPENING CONSULTATION ON FUNDING KEYTRUDA FOR TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, BOTH ONLY FOR THOSE WITH ADVANCED CANCER. AS GILL HAS EARLY STAGE, IT WON'T BE FUNDED FOR HER. SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO FUND IT WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY. I CAN LOOK BACK AND WHATEVER HAPPENS KNOW THAT I DID EVERYTHING THAT I COULD BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING ` YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING. TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER MAKES UP 10% TO 15% OF BREAST CANCERS. IT'S MORE AGGRESSIVE AND HARDER TO TREAT. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR KEYTRUDA TO BE FUNDED FOR YEARS. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT PHARMAC FUNDING BOOST. EVEN I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THEY'VE MANAGED TO DO IT THIS QUICKLY. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND IT SPEAKS OF GOOD THINGS TO COME. THE BREAST CANCER APPLICATION IS EXPECTED TO HELP 30 WOMEN IN THE FIRST YEAR. BREAST CANCER AOTEAROA COALITION CHAIR LIBBY BURGESS IS DELIGHTED. OVERJOYED. IT'S A FANTASTIC ANNOUNCEMENT. BUT IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT'S NEEDED. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT FUNDED FOR THE ADVANCED STAGE OF THE DISEASE. IT SHOULD REALLY BE FUNDED FOR THE EARLY STAGE OF THE DISEASE AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT THAT WILL STOP THE CANCER COMING BACK. PATIENT ADVOCATE MALCOLM MULHOLLAND SAYS THIS IS EVIDENCE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF PHARMAC IS SUFFICIENTLY FUNDED. THIS IS THE FIRST DRUG TO TREAT BOWEL CANCER IN OVER 22 YEARS. IT'S MASSIVE. CHRIS WAKEMAN IS A COLORECTAL SURGEON AND HAS CONCERN ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM TO ADMINISTER THE NEW MEDS. DO WE HAVE THE BEDS ALL THE CHANCE TO ADMINISTER THESE DRUGS? THE GOVERNMENT'S ABOUT TO LEARN FUNDING DRUGS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP. OK, JENNA, KEYTRUDA IS A MAJOR ONE. WHAT'S LEFT IN THE PROCESS TO ACTUALLY GET IT FUNDED? PHARMAC IS HAVING A SHORT, SHARP CONSULTATION PERIOD. THE FACT THEY HAVE PUT DATES ON THESE AND IS LITTLE CHANCE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO NEG ON THAT. OF THE SIX CANCER TREATMENTS, TWO ON THE LIST OF THE 13 THAT NATIONAL PROMISE. WE HAVE THOSE OTHER FOUR BECAUSE OF THE FIX OF THE BROKEN PROMISE THEY MADE. THE WAY THAT THEY FIXED THAT UP, PUMPING 6 MILLION INTO PHARMAC. IT SHOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE MEDICAL SPACE WHEN YOU HAVE THE WILLPOWER. THE LABOUR PARTY HAS WON THE UK ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE. SIR KEIR STARMER'S CENTRE-LEFT PARTY WILL RETURN TO POWER WITH A HUGE MAJORITY AFTER 14 YEARS OF RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CONSERVATIVES. MEANWHILE, CONTROVERSIAL RIGHT-WING POLITICIAN NIGEL FARAGE FROM REFORM UK IS NOW A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, BREAKING THROUGH ON HIS EIGHTH ATTEMPT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER HAS MORE. SOME BRITS HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR THESE FINAL SECONDS. (BELL TOLLS) BIG BEN HIT 10PM... (CHEERING) ...AND THE COUNTDOWN TO CHANGE WAS COMPLETE. OH! OH MY GOD. OH! COMMENTATORS WERE SPEECHLESS AND BREATHLESS. A LABOUR LANDSLIDE. AND THE PUBLIC SIGH OF RELIEF QUICKLY MORPHED INTO SONG. # TORIES OUT, TORIES, TORIES OUT! # THE TECTONIC PLATES OF BRITISH POLITICS SHIFTING AFTER 14 YEARS OF TURBULENCE AND TURMOIL DEFINED BY BREXIT AND COVID, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CONSERVATIVES. THE EXIT POLL IS JUST, LIKE, AMAZING. I MEAN, 14 YEARS OF TORY CHAOS, AND WE ARE FINALLY OUT OF IT, AND WE ARE OUT OF IT WITH A HUGE BANG. IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE UK PRIME MINISTERS; THE REVOLVING DOOR OF NUMBER 10 WELCOMING AND FAREWELLING BLOOPER-PRONE PRIME MINISTERS. FORGIVE ME. FORGIVE ME. AND THE SHORTEST SERVING EVER. I AM RESIGNING. THE LATEST TURFED OUT ` RISHI SUNAK ` A MAN RICHER THAN KING CHARLES, PAYING THE PRICE FOR OVER A DECADE OF TORY TROUBLES, NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTY'S WORST ELECTION RESULT IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. THE BRITISH PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED A SOBERING VERDICT TONIGHT. THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN AND REFLECT ON, AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LOSS. SIR KEIR STARMER'S MOVE INTO DOWNING STREET HAS BEEN VIEWED BY MOST AS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. THE CHANGE IN POWER HAS APPEARED INEVITABLE FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS. TODAY'S RESULT WAS SO PREDICTABLE I WAS ABLE TO CONFIDENTLY FILM THIS WEEKS IN ADVANCE BEFORE FLYING HOME TO NEW ZEALAND. A FORMER CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, THE 61-YEAR-OLD ONLY ENTERED PARLIAMENT IN 2015. NOW HE'S READY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE VOTED. IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO DELIVER. A PRIME MINISTER WITH AN ENORMOUS PARTY MAJORITY AND AN EVEN BIGGER TO-DO LIST. LISETTE REYMER, NEWSHUB. A U.S. MAN WHO TRIED TO INTERVENE IN THE FATAL HIT-AND-RUN OF A NEW ZEALAND WOMAN HAS RECALLED BEING SHOT AT AS THE OFFENDERS FLED IN A VEHICLE. PATRICIA MCKAY DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A GETAWAY CAR FOLLOWING A BOTCHED ROBBERY OUTSIDE A SHOPPING MALL IN THE CALIFORNIA CITY OF NEWPORT. ZANE SMALL REPORTS. 'REST IN HEAVEN, PATRICIA MCKAY' ` A MEMORIAL FOR THE NEW ZEALANDER (68) AT THE CALIFORNIA MALL WHERE SHE WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK. SHE WAS HOLIDAYING THERE WITH HER HUSBAND, DOUG, WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF BNZ FOR OVER A DECADE. WHEN I WALKED UP, IT WAS JUST A DEAD BODY LAYING IN THE GROUND. THE PAIR WERE AT A SHOPPING CENTRE IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT WHEN THEY WERE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT BY TWO MEN. THERE WAS A STRUGGLE, AND THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO ROB THEM. PATRICIA DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR DRIVEN BY A THIRD OFFENDER. AN EYEWITNESS WHO INTERVENED SPOKE TO RADIO NEW ZEALAND. THAT POOR WOMAN WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, BASICALLY FIGHTING WITH TWO GUYS OVER HER PURSE, AND I WAS STILL A WAYS KIND OF DOWN THE STREET SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. SO WHEN I SAW THAT, I JUST` SOMETHING SAID, YOU GOTTA LIKE` SHE'S GOING 2-V-1. THAT COULD BE SOMEONE'S MOM, SOMEONE'S GRANDMA, COULD BE MINE. I DON'T` YOU KNOW. NEWPORT POLICE SAID ONE SUSPECT FIRED A HANDGUN THREE TIMES. I TRIED TO GET THE ONE GUY THAT WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR, AND WE BOTH WENT DOWN, AND WE WERE BOTH RUNNING FOR THE CAR NOW AT THIS POINT. HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE CAR. I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM, AND THAT'S WHEN THEIR BUDDY STARTED SHOOTING AT ME. THE SUSPECTS WERE THEN FILMED FLEEING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN A WHITE VEHICLE. THE CAMERAS WERE STILL ROLLING FROM ABOVE AS THE OFFENDERS RUN FOR COVER AND TRIED TO HIDE UNTIL THEY'RE CORNERED BY POLICE AND ARRESTED. THREE MEN AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 26 WERE CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE, ROBBERY AND FIREARMS OFFENCES. FRANKLY, TO HELL WITH THESE GUYS. THEY CAME INTO OUR CITY KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COMMIT CRIME. AND A WOMAN IS DEAD TODAY BECAUSE OF IT. IN AN EMAIL TO US TODAY, NEWPORT MAYOR WILLIAM O'NEILL SAID HE'S HEARTBROKEN FOR THE MACKAY FAMILY AND HE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THIS, QUOTE, 'HORRIFIC TIME.' A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FAMILY SAID WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THEIR SADNESS AS THEY TRY TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE LOSS OF A MOTHER, A WIFE AND A FRIEND. ZANE SMALL, NEWSHUB. TODAY MARKS THE END OF 35 YEARS OF THIS NEWS ORGANISATION. THE OPERATION THAT WAS THREE NATIONAL NEWS, THEN 3 NEWS AND NOW NEWSHUB HAS BEEN DISESTABLISHED BY OUR AMERICAN OWNER, WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. NEARLY 300 JOBS HAVE NOW GONE WITH MANY STILL OUT OF WORK. JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. THE FIRST IN A DAY OF LASTS ` TV3'S LAST EVER AM SHOW. (APPLAUSE) LONG-TIME TV3 STAFF MELISSA CHAN-GREEN AND LLOYD BURR ON AIR FOR THE LAST TIME. YOU'RE THE BEST, MEL. YEAH, I'M GUTTED. I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE PROFESSIONAL LIFE HERE, BUILDING THIS PLACE UP, WANTING IT TO BE A SUCCESS, AND TO SEE IT FALL APART LIKE THIS... GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THIS SHOW ALSO HOSTED MANY OF THE NETWORK'S VETERAN JOURNALISTS FOR THEIR FINAL TIME ON AIR. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? OH... (SNIFFLES) I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL, AND IT'S BEEN THE BEST AND WILDEST RIDE, AND I WON'T REGRET ANY OF IT. I THINK FOR ME A HUGE PART OF IT IS JUST BEING GRATEFUL. LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH HISTORY IN THIS PLACE AND SO MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF IT. ONE BY ONE, STAFF ARRIVED AT THE INFAMOUS FORMER CHEESE FACTORY ON FLOWER ST FOR THEIR LAST SHIFT. I'VE TURNED UP LIKE IT'S ANY OTHER ORDINARY DAY, EXCEPT IT'S JUST NOT ANOTHER ORDINARY DAY. WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS, I JUST THOUGHT, 'I'VE WALKED THROUGH THOSE DOORS FOR 21 YEARS.' A SAD DAY MADE WORSE FOR PADDY GOWER AND HIS TEAM, FINDING OUT THIS MORNING ABOUT A DECISION FROM NEW ZEALAND ON AIR. YEAH, WE'D BEEN HOPEFUL THAT 'PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES' WOULD BE FUNDED AND SOME PEOPLE FROM HERE WOULD BE WORKING ON IT. NZ ON AIR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DO THAT. THEY'RE NOT FUNDING IT. GOWER, LIKE MANY HERE, IS LOOKING FOR WORK IN WHAT'S BECOME A PERILOUS INDUSTRY IN NEW ZEALAND. AND NOW 35 YEARS OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST MEDIA ORGANISATIONS ENDS TODAY AT 7PM. YEAH, I KNOW. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I DON'T WHAT THE LEAD IS AT THIS POINT. ARE WE THE LEAD? NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE'D GET SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN US. THE BUREAUX IN CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON NOW PACKED UP, THE LIGHTS GONE OUT FOR GOOD, WITH ALL STAFF FLYING NORTH FOR THE FINAL SHOW. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT AIR NEW ZEALAND TO THE NEWSHUB WHANAU, I WISH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU BEST WISHES AND SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE AHEAD. I GREW UP AT TV3. I WAS 19 WHEN I STARTED. I'M 54 NOW. CHRISTCHURCH CAMERA OPERATOR WUZ ARMSTRONG'S BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FULL-TIME SINCE DAY ONE. I... I CAN'T REALLY PUT IT INTO WORDS HOW, UH... HOW AMAZING IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW? I... YEAH, FOR A YOUNG MAORI BOY FROM TAHAROA. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF DAY ONE-ERS STILL HERE, AND THE END OF TV CAREERS FOR MANY, LIKE MIKE MCROBERTS ` 23 YEARS ON THE JOB ENDS TONIGHT ` AND SAM HAYES, WHO DID SHIFTS AS AN INTERN AT JUST 17. MY MOTTO TODAY ` NO TEARS UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK. (LAUGHS) OK? IT'S NOT HELPING THAT YOU'RE CRYING TOO. LAUGHS: IT'S REALLY NOT HELPING. THE NEWSHUB TEAM HAVE TOLD HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STORIES, OFTEN IN A WAR OF WORDS WITH POLITICIANS, BUT TODAY, THE WORDS WERE KIND. I THINK THAT NEWSHUB HAS DONE A MUCH BETTER JOB AT NIGHT ON 6 O'CLOCK NEWS THAN TV1 AS A HEAVILY SUBSCRIBED, TAXPAYER-FUNDED OUTLET, AND I'M SORRY TO SEE THEM GO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE NEWSHUBBERS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THEY'VE MADE TO NZ OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I WISH THEM ALL THE VERY BEST. JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE ALL THE BEST. ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING. A BROADCASTER THAT IN A MATTER OF HOURS WILL BE YESTERDAY'S NEWS. SO, JULIET, WHILE WE'RE STILL TODAY'S NEWS, HOW IS NEWSHUB MARKING THE END OF THIS NEW OPERATION? THEY OFTEN SAY USERS HOW TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR. WE DIDN'T CERTAINLY PLAN TO BE HERE DELIVERING THIS NEWS ABOUT US. WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS TO PREPARE FOR THE AS WE GOT THE WORD OF REDUNDANCIES. THE DECADES OF IT AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IT. THE STAFF ARE HERE AT FLOWER STREET WATCHING THE BULLETIN GO TO AIR AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A WEE KNEES UP TO CELEBRATE WHAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY. DELIVERING NEW ZEALAND'S STORIES, BEST AND WORST, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE GOING TO MISS THAT A LOT. OUR SPORT AND WEATHER IS GOING TO RUN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. HEATHER'S HERE NOW, BARELY KEEPING IT TOGETHER. HOW WAS THE WEATHER TODAY? I AM NOT MAKING EYE CONTACT. COLD, FROSTY, ICY ` ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE YEAR. SO, SEVERE FROST FOR MANY, INCLUDING CHRISTCHURCH, WHO DROPPED TO MINUS-4. BUT IT WAS COLDEST IN TWIZEL, WITH MINUS-7. THE FIRST OF TWO FRONTS HAVE ARRIVED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH, AND THEY SHIMMY NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DETAILS ON THOSE AND THE LATEST SWELL WARNING UP NEXT. AS PRESSURE BUILDS ON JOE BIDEN TO PULL OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, DONALD TRUMP HAS WELL AND TRULY PUT THE BOOT IN TO BOTH BIDEN AND HIS VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TARGETS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, BUT PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SECTOR ARE NEEDING THE SERVICES THEMSELVES. AND WE'RE AT GAMEFEST IN WELLINGTON, WHERE THE NEXT BIG WAVE IN KIWI ENTERTAINMENT IS BEING CELEBRATED. POLICE HAVE JUST RELEASED CCTV IMAGES OF A WOMAN ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO AN ASSAULT ON AN AUCKLAND BUS A WEEK AGO. THEY'RE SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO IDENTIFY THE WOMAN, DRESSED ALL IN BLACK AND CARRYING A SUITCASE. SHE BOARDED A BUS ON PAKURANGA RD ON THE 28TH OF JUNE, BEFORE THE ASSAULT AT ABOUT 9.15am. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE VICTIM (16) SAID HE LOST THREE TEETH BEING HIT IN THE FACE WITH A METAL POLE. HE SAID HIS ATTACKER USED RACIAL SLURS. POLICE CANNOT YET SAY IF IT'S A HATE-RELATED CRIME. A POLICE SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR A MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING IN THE WAIRARAPA SINCE WEDNESDAY. ALEXA COOK JOINS US NOW LIVE. ALEXA, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS? THE POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING ALL THROUGH LAST NIGHT AN AUTHOR TODAY WITH LAND SEARCH AND RESCUE AND HELICOPTER. THIS 57-YEAR-OLD BEN FOX FROM MASTERTON. HE HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE WEDNESDAY MORNING. POLICE HAVE FOUND HIS VEHICLE NEAR CARTERTON. THEY ARE WORRIED HE IS OUT THERE IN THE BUSH. THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD FOR ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN HIM WALKING ON THE TRACK OR PARKING HIS CAR. THEY ARE INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT HIM BECAUSE THERE ARE FREEZING CONDITIONS AND HE HAS BEEN MISSING FOR OVER 50 HOURS. HIS FAMILY ARE HOPING HE WILL BE HOME SAFE SOON. DONALD TRUMP HAS CLAIMED JOE BIDEN IS QUITTING THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AFTER HIS POOR PERFORMANCE IN LAST WEEK'S DEBATE. DESPITE CALLS FROM MAJOR DONORS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR BIDEN TO STEP DOWN, THE U.S. PRESIDENT INSISTS HE IS NOT DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE. SPEAKING MID GOLF GAME, TRUMP ALSO POKED FUN AT KAMALA HARRIS' COMPETENCY. THE RELEASE OF THE TRUMP VIDEO COMES AS REPUBLICANS ALSO LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN ATTACKING THE VICE-PRESIDENT WHO HAS EMERGED IN POLLS AS THE FAVOURITE TO REPLACE BIDEN. FRANCE'S ELECTION IS ON A KNIFE EDGE, AS MARINE LE PEN'S FAR-RIGHT 'NATIONAL RALLY' PARTY LOOKS SET TO BECOME THE LARGEST IN PARLIAMENT. IF 'NATIONAL RALLY' FAILS TO SECURE AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY, LE PEN SAID SHE WOULD REACH OUT TO OTHER PARTIES. 30,000 POLICE OFFICERS WILL BE DEPLOYED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON SUNDAY TO PREVENT UNREST AS THE FINAL ROUND OF VOTING GETS UNDERWAY. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL HEALTH WORKERS IN SOUTHLAND, INCLUDING THE MENTAL HEALTH STAFF, HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO COUNSELLING SESSIONS TO DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF A HIRING FREEZE. IT COMES THE DAY AFTER THE GOVERNMENT SET ITSELF TARGETS TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. POLITICAL REPORTER AMELIA WADE HAS THE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. YESTERDAY, A PRIME MINISTERIAL PROMISE TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AS PRIME MINISTER, IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN NEW ZEALAND IS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR MY GOVERNMENT. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE HEALTH SYSTEM IS IN A HIRING FREEZE ON ALL NON-FRONTLINE ROLES. WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE IS THAT THERE'S NO BLANKET FREEZE. WHAT IT IS IS THAT THE, UM, ACTUAL DECISIONS ABOUT LOCAL HIRING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN AND DEVOLVED BACK TO THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAILOR IT TO THE REGIONS THAT THEY'RE IN, RATHER THAN DOING THAT CENTRALLY OUT OF WELLINGTON. THE PROCESS IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON STAFF. NEWSHUB'S OBTAINED AN EMAIL FROM THE HEAD OF HEALTH NZ'S SOUTHERN GROUP DIRECTOR HAMISH BROWN, TELLING STAFF TO SEEK SUPPORT IF THEY NEED IT THROUGH PROVIDED COUNSELLING SESSIONS. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC PEOPLE IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND IT'S OFTEN THE SYSTEM THAT'S LET THEM DOWN. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BETTER DELIVERY, BETTER SUPPORT, BETTER FOCUS ON FRONTLINE SERVICES AND OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. A SOUTHERN MENTAL HEALTH WORKER WHO WANTED ANONYMITY CALLED THE COUNSELLING SESSIONS 'LAUGHABLE' AND SAID THE LINE THAT FRONTLINE SERVICES WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE HIRING FREEZE WAS 'A BLATANT LIE'. IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF GASLIGHTING GOING ON FROM, UH, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND MINISTERS SAYING THAT THERE'S NO FRONTLINE CUTS. TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THIS IS A GOVERNMENT THAT IS SPENDING MORE ON HEALTH THAN WE'VE EVER SPENT BEFORE. WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WORLD-CLASS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. WE KNOW IT'S COMPLEX. WE KNOW WE'VE GOT WORKFORCE CHALLENGES. IN A STATEMENT, HEALTH NZ REITERATED THE PAUSE ON HIRING DID NOT AFFECT PATIENT-FACING ROLES AND SAID THAT THOUSANDS OF CLINICAL STAFF CONTINUED TO BE HIRED. AMELIA WADE, NEWSHUB. SPORT IS NEXT. IT'S A BIT EARLIER TONIGHT AS WE'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL PLANNED FOR THE END OF SHOW. BUT ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF NEWS HOUR FOR ME IS INTRODUCING THE WONDERFUL ANDREW GOURDIE. WONDERFUL, I'M USED TO OTHER WORD STARTING WITH W. WE'LL HEAR FROM SCOTT BARRETT AHEAD OF HIS FIRST TEST AS CAPTAIN OF THE ALL BLACKS, PLUS WE CHAT ONE-ON-ONE WITH ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK, WHO OFFERS A MID-SEASON REVIEW ON HIS RETURN TO THE WARRIORS. AND SIR ANDY MURRAY BIDS AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL AT THE SCENE OF HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH. IN CELEBRATION OF GAMES IN ALL ITS FORMS, GAMES FESTIVAL IN WELLINGTON BRINGS TOGETHER THE MAKERS AND THE FANS OF WHAT IS NOW ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EARNERS. AND SAYING A FINAL FAREWELL TO NEARLY 35 YEARS OF TV3 NEWS. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT ALL THE BIGGEST MOMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER. AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST TEST IN ONE OF THE MOST COVETED ` AND SCRUTINISED ` ROLES IN NEW ZEALAND SPORT, NEW ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT ADMITS HE'LL BE LEANING ON THOSE AROUND HIM. WHILE TOMORROW NIGHT'S TEST AGAINST ENGLAND WILL BE HIS FIRST IN CHARGE OF THE TEAM, IT'LL ALSO BE HIS FIRST GAME IN TWO MONTHS AFTER INJURIES LIMITED HIS INVOLVEMENT DURING THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS MORE. SCOTT BARRETT TAKING A MOMENT TO SOAK IT ALL IN ` HIS FIRST ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN'S RUN IN THE BOOKS, HE'S GONE ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AS USUAL. HE'S A QUIET LEADER, BUT HE'S MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT AS ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN BY NOT DOING IT ALONE. I GUESS TRUSTING THE 22 GUYS AROUND ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE JOB. AND, UM, YEAH, I'VE GOT TO DO MY JOB AS WELL. BARRETT WILL LEAD AN ALL BLACKS TEAM THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEW IN LOOK, BUT CERTAINLY HAS A NEW FEEL. SCOTT ROBERTSON HAS MADE HIS MARK ON THE GROUP FROM DAY ONE. BARRETT IS EAGER TO SOAK IN HIS FIRST TEST AS CAPTAIN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M REMINDING MYSELF, IS TO ENJOY THE OCCASION. UM, YEAH. NEVER LOSING THE FACT OF WHY WE PLAY THE GAME. WHILE IT'S A NEW ERA FOR THE ALL BLACKS AND A FIRST LOOK AT HOW THE SIDE MIGHT PLAY, ENGLAND ARE AT THE END OF THEIR SEASON, BUT THEY'RE NOT BUYING THE HYPE THEY'RE PRIMED FOR AN UPSET. THAT'S ALL TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF NEW ZEALAND. LOOK, TO BEAT NEW ZEALAND, YOU'VE GOT TO BE AT YOUR BEST. THEY'RE A VERY GOOD TEAM, AND I THINK WE SEE IN THIS ROOM THAT YOU WOULD BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE THE FAVOURITE. SO AS MUCH AS YOU SAY THERE'S SHORT PREPARATION TIME, THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE EVER. I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US. WHETHER THEY CAN CAUSE AN UPSET OR NOT, THE TOURISTS ARE EXCITED BY A RARE CHANCE TO PLAY THE ALL BLACKS IN NEW ZEALAND. IT'S NOT LIKE A SIX NATIONS WHERE YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SOME PLAYERS WHO'VE GOT MANY CAPS HAVE NOT PLAYED NEW ZEALAND BEFORE. SO I THINK THERE'S AN UNDERLINING EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. ONE THE ALL BLACKS ARE OUT TO ENSURE IT WON'T BE A MEMORABLE ONE. OLLY RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. IT MIGHT COME AS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK SAYS HE'S LOVING THE ROLLERCOASTER NATURE OF LIFE BACK AT THE WARRIORS. THE 2018 DALLY M MEDALLIST IS MIDWAY THROUGH HIS FIRST SEASON BACK WITH THE CLUB FOLLOWING A THREE-YEAR STINT IN RUGBY UNION. TUIVASA-SHECK'S BEEN DEALING WITH INJURIES AND THE WARRIORS' INDIFFERENT 2024 CAMPAIGN, BUT HE'S KEEPING A POSITIVE MIDSET ABOUT WHERE THE CLUB'S AT AND WHERE IT'S HEADING. TIA MCDOUGALL CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK IS WELL ACCUSTOMED TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THE WARRIORS. THAT'S THE NORMS HERE AT THE WAHS. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THAT'S ALL I'VE KNOWN. AND HE CLEARLY HASN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE ROLLER COASTER FANS AND PLAYERS GO ON EVERY YEAR. PLAYED WITH THE BLUES, AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING TOO GOOD, AND MADE IT TO THE FINALS AND, YOU KNOW, MISSED THAT SORT OF` THAT FEELING OF BEING IN THE TRENCHES. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN IN 2024. IT'S BEEN A SEASON OF ALL SORTS, INCLUDING A 60-POINT LOSS TO THE TITANS... FROM 10M OUT, KEANO KINI JUST BLOWS PAST THE WARRIORS. ...FOLLOWED BY A THRILLING 32-16 WIN OVER THE BRONCOS. MARTIN KICKING ON THE FOURTH. TUIVASA-SHECK! BUILT RESILIENCE AND CHARACTER WITHIN THE GROUP. AND THEY'VE SURE NEEDED BOTH OF THOSE, WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS ASKED BY THOSE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SQUAD. I KNOW ALL THOSE TROLLS OR FANS ` THEY'RE JUST REAL PASSIONATE FANS, AND SOME DIEHARD WARRIORS SUPPORTERS. GOT TO FOCUS ON THE JOB THAT'S AT HAND. AND, UM, WE'VE GOT A HEAD COACH, AND WE BELIEVE IN HIM. AND TUIVASA-SHECK'S CONVINCED THE WARRIORS HAVE A SPECIAL COACH IN ANDREW WEBSTER. PERSONALLY, I JUST LIKE THE ONE-ON-ONE CONNECTION THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH HIM. THAT CONNECTION COULD HELP THEM PUSH FOR A PLACE IN THE PLAYOFFS. REMARKABLY, FOR ALL THEIR INCONSISTENCY, THE WARRIORS ARE ONLY THREE POINTS OUTSIDE OF THE TOP EIGHT. YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH THOSE LOWS SO YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE HIGHS. AND WHEN YOU GET THOSE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S BUILDING FOR US NOW HEADING INTO THE BUSINESS END. A BIG WIN OVER THE BULLDOGS WOULD BE THE PERFECT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. TIA MCDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. THE TALL BLACKS' OLYMPIC DREAM HAS BEEN CRUSHED BY SLOVENIA AND THEIR NBA STAR, LUKA DONCIC. HE PROVED FAR TOO HOT FOR THE TALL BLACKS TO HANDLE AT THE LAST-GASP QUALIFYING EVENT OVERNIGHT. THE 2M DONCIC DROPPING 36 POINTS, AS SLOVENIA RAN OUT COMFORTABLE WINNERS 104 TO 78 TO END NEW ZEALAND'S HOPES OF SECURING A SPOT IN PARIS. BACK TO DONCIC... AND DONCIC DRILLS THE THREE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE QUARTER. WOW. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THE TALL BLACKS FEATURED AT THE OLYMPICS. THE NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS HAVE APPOINTED THEIR NEW HEAD COACH. PETTERI KOPONEN WILL TAKE THE LEAD ROLE AND JOINS THE CLUB FOLLOWING A STINT IN THE NBA SUMMER LEAGUE AS ASSISTANT COACH WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. HE ONLY RETIRED FROM PLAYING TWO YEARS AGO AND HAS COACHED IN THE EUROLEAGUE SINCE. BREAKERS OWNER MATT WALSH HAS DESCRIBED KOPONEN AS ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG COACHES IN THE WORLD. ANDY MURRAY HAS BID AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL TO WIMBLEDON, THE TOURNAMENT HE WON IN 2013 TO END A 77-YEAR WAIT FOR A BRITISH MEN'S CHAMPION. THE THREE-TIME GRAND SLAM WINNER'S PLAYED HIS LAST GAME ON THE FAMED CENTRE COURT, PLAYING ONE FINAL GRASS COURT DOUBLES GAME WITH HIS BROTHER, JAMIE. ALEX CHAPMAN REPORTS. (APPLAUSE) AS THE GREATS GATHERED AND WIMBLEDON ROSE AS ONE, SIR ANDY MURRAY FOUGHT BACK TEARS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A DRY EYE, BUT DRY HUMOUR IS THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH MOMENTS LIKE THIS. I'LL TRY AND KEEP IT QUICK. TWO OF MY KIDS ARE UP THERE, AND IT'S, LIKE, WAY PAST THEIR BEDTIME, SO I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG. BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY MORE TIME TO DO THAT WHEN HE FINALLY CONFIRMS HIS RETIREMENT. THE RINGO OF THE BIG FOUR, HE MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE SUAVE OF THE SWISS MAESTRO, CRISPNESS OF THE KING OF CLAY OR THE NERVE OF NOVAK. WELL, YEAH, THEY WERE ALL RIGHT, WEREN'T THEY? (LAUGHTER) YEAH, THEY WEREN'T THE EASIEST GUYS TO GET PAST. THEY STOOD IN HIS WAY FOR SO LONG, THOUGH TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO HIM IN A VIDEO. WE HAVE BEEN AGAINST YOU... ...AND WITH YOU... ...AND WE KNOW HOW IT FEELS RIGHT NOW. DESPITE THEM, MURRAY ALWAYS MADE SURE HE STILL DID IT HIS OWN WAY. (THUNDEROUS CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AN OLYMPIC GOLD AT LONDON 2012 AND RIO '16, A MAIDEN SLAM IN 2012, THOUGH HIS BIGGEST MOMENT CAME A YEAR LATER. GAME, SET AND MATCH. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE FIRST BRITISH... MALE PLAYER, RIGHT? ...YES, FIRST BRITISH MALE PLAYER IN 77 YEARS TO WIN WIMBLEDON... I DID FIND IT PRETTY STRESSFUL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. ...BEFORE DOING IT AGAIN THREE YEARS LATER. I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF THAT NIGHT. I'D HAD A FEW DRINKS, AND I DID, UNFORTUNATELY, VOMIT IN THE CAB ON THE WAY HOME. SEVERAL SPEWS AND SURGERIES LATER, NOW 37, HE'LL END A 19-YEAR CAREER WITH THREE GRAND SLAMS. HIS BROTHER BY HIS SIDE, EVEN THE SURLY SCOT MANAGED SOME TEARS. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. GREAT STUFF. THAT IS IT FOR YOUR SPORT. I AM GOING TO BRING NICKY IN. SHE HAS BEEN ON THE AM SHOW. IT IS LIKE SUPER SPORT SUNDAY. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN. WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN. IT IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND BE SAD. I AM USED TO COMING OFF THE RESERVES BENCH. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A DECADE. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, YOU WOULD GET SICK OR NOT SHOW UP, SO I GET TO COME TO THE STARTING LINEUP. I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS AN IMPACT PLAYER. ON A SERIOUS NOTE, IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE TO SHARE THE SPORTS NEWS WITH YOU OVER THE DECADE AND BRING THE STORIES TO THE PEOPLE. FROM A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, I HOPE I HAVE BEEN A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR OTHER WAHINE. IT IS STILL A LADS WORLD OUT THERE.. I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL AND FORTUNATE TO BE IN THIS TEAM. I HAVE BEEN HUMBLED TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. OLLIE RITCHIE IS BRINGING YOU THE NEWS FROM NOW ON. HE SPEAKS GREAT FRENCH AS WELL. THEY ARE BOTH ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONS. WE LOVE YOU, GUYS. SPORTS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THE BULLETIN. ALL OF THOSE TENNIS NAMES? WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVES OF INCREDIBLE SPORTS TEAMS. CHEERS. NO TEARS UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK. WE GOT A LITTLE MORE TO DO BEFORE THEN. WHILE THE TV INDUSTRY HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS, NEW ZEALAND'S OTHER SMALL SCREEN SECTOR IS SURGING. GAMES FEST IS UNDERWAY IN WELLINGTON WHERE GAME PLAYERS AND GAME MAKERS CELEBRATE THE WORLD'S FASTEST-GROWING ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. TECH REPORTER FINN HOGAN HAS MORE. FROM ON SCREEN TO ON STAGE, IT'S GAME ON AT GAME FEST, AND THE GAMING SECTOR IS A LOT TO CELEBRATE, LIKE $160M INVESTMENT FROM GOVERNMENT STARTING THIS YEAR. I THINK NOT EVERYBODY REALISES THAT IT'S TWO OR THREE TIMES' AS LARGE AS FILM AND MUSIC COMBINED. SO TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND PROVIDE REAL FUNDING FOR US HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIES FROM THREE TO 30 PEOPLE, SMALL AND MID-SIZED STUDIOS WHO ARE REALLY BLOWING UP AND DOING GREAT, AND THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. AS YOU SAY, WE CAN GO REALLY FAR. 'BLOWING UP' IS PUTTING IT MILDLY FOR BLACK SALT GAMES ` THE FOUR-PERSON TEAM BEHIND INDIE HIT DREDGE. (ROARING) IN JUST OVER A YEAR, IT SOLD 1.5 MILLION COPIES, BEEN NOMINATED FOR FOUR BAFTAS AND WILL SOON BE ADAPTED AS A FILM. IN THE LAST DECADE, WE HAVE INCREASED THE JOBS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY BY DOUBLE, BUT THE REVENUE WE HAVE EARNED IS 10 TIMES. THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WE BRING INTO THE GAME INDUSTRY INCREASES THE REVENUE WE GENERATE EXPONENTIALLY. AND WITH 70% OF KIWIS PLAYING AT LEAST ONE GAME, THE AVERAGE GAMER BEING 35, THE INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S TIME TO PUT GAMING STEREOTYPES TO BED. WOMEN ARE ACTUALLY THE LARGER DEMOGRAPHIC OF GAMERS NOW AS WELL. SO I THINK THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, GAMES BEING FOR GEEKS` I MEAN, I'M A GEEK; I'M PROUD OF BEING A GEEK. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF US GEEKS IN THERE. BUT I THINK THE TRADITIONAL IDEA OF THE GAMER IS PAST. THESE DAYS, EVERYBODY IS A GAMER. AND IF THE GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY DOESN'T EXIST, IT COULD BE TIME TO MAKE IT YOURSELF. DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU THINK YOUR GAME IS A GREAT IDEA OR NOT A GREAT IDEA, NO ONE WILL KNOW UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY MAKE IT. JUST MAKE YOUR GAME. MAKE IT HAPPEN. AS KIWI GAMES ALREADY SOAR TO SUCCESS, GAMES FEST PREPARES THE NEXT GENERATION TO SHOOT FOR THE STARS. FINN HOGAN, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` PENDING A CONSULTATION, KEYTRUDA WILL BE THE FIRST NEW CANCER DRUG FUNDED BY PHARMAC FROM OCTOBER 1ST. IT WILL BE USED TO TREAT ADVANCED TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, HEAD AND NECK CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER, BLADDER CANCER AND HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. OPDIVO WILL BE FUNDED FROM NOVEMBER FOR KIDNEY CANCER. TODAY MARKS THE END OF 35 YEARS OF THIS NEWS ORGANISATION. NEARLY 300 JOBS HAVE NOW GONE AT NEWSHUB WITH MANY STILL OUT OF WORK. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE BIG STORIES WE'VE COVERED LATER IN THE PROGRAMME. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND HOW'S THE WEEKEND LOOKING? A LITTLE WINDY TO START, BUT THEN AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, THE WEATHER IS EXCELLENT. HIGH PRESSURE FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH 5.5M SOUTHERLY WAVES RESULTING IN AN ORANGE HEAVY SWELL WARNING FOR COASTAL WAIRARAPA THROUGH TILL EARLY HOURS TUESDAY MORNING. THE FULL WEATHER IS UP NEXT. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. FOR THE LAST TIME, HERE IS YOUR NEWSHUB WEATHER. MOST TOMORROW WILL HAVE A CARBON COPY OF TODAY'S WEATHER, BUT THERE ARE THOSE FRONTS DOWN SOUTH WHICH WILL PUSH NORTH TOMORROW, WEAKENING IN THE WEST AS IT APPROACHES THE NORTH ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. A RIDGE THEN BUILDS BACK ACROSS US BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS' BEST FRIEND ON ITS WAY TO VISIT FROM THE TASMAN SEA ` A HUGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. BUT BEFORE THEN, THE LAST OF THE FRONTAL WEATHER WILL NEED TO PLAY OUT OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO SHOWERS IN THE WEST TONIGHT, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE SOUTH SPREADING NORTH, WITH SNOW TO 900M AND WESTERLIES TURNING SOUTHERLY. TOMORROW, SNOW TO 800M FIRST UP, WITH THE SHOWERS SPREADING NORTH WITH THE FRONT THEN CLEARING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT AND MAYBE GISBORNE, BUT IT'S MOSTLY FINE OVERNIGHT ` JUST AREAS OF CLOUD WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. TOMORROW, A FEW SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND NORTH AND ALSO THE SOUTH, WHICH WILL SPREAD UP THE EASTERN SIDE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. BUT BAY OF PLENTY AND DOWN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND WILL BE FINE. SO THE WEEKEND STARTS WITH A FEW CLOUDS UP TOP AND WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE, ALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, WITH FRESH SOU'WESTERLIES WHICH WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, FINE MORNING, WITH EARLY FROST FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE EXCEPT TAURANGA. YOU WON'T BE COLD ENOUGH. WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS WILL EASE LATE AFTERNOON. FINE AND LIKELY FROSTY OUT EAST. IT WILL CLOUD OVER, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE, WITH A SOUTH TO SOU'WEST WIND DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDY PATCHES FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND AND WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS TOO. WINDS PICK UP ACROSS THE DAY TOO FROM ALL OVER THE SHOW. TO THE SOUTH, SHOWERS FIRST THING, BUT THEY CLEAR EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND THEN IT'S FINE FOR MOST OF THE DAY, WITH CLOUD THEN RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT. FROSTY FOR BLENHEIM ` A FEW SHOWERS ELSEWHERE ` BUT THEY CLEAR AROUND MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SOU'WESTERLIES FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON, AND THEY'LL EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. EARLY SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, BUT THEY ARE CLEARING, HOWEVER, INVERCARGILL AND STEWART ISLAND ` YOU'LL HAVE SHOWERS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, AND WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLIES. SO SHOWERS AROUND DUNEDIN FOR THE MORNING, BUT THEY'LL CLEAR AFTER LUNCH. IT DOES STAY CLOUDY THOUGH, WITH FRESH WESTERLIES. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH MORNING SHOWERS AROUND CHRISTCHURCH. FORTUNATELY THEY DRY OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH PLENTY OF BLUE SKY. SOU'WESTERLIES EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE CAPITAL. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS TOO. THEY ARRIVE LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH A DEVELOPING SOUTHERLY. FIRST UP ` MORNING FROST FOR PARTS OF HAWKE'S BAY. THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST IN THE MORNING, SPREADING INLAND IN THE AFTERNOON WITH WESTERLIES TURNING SOUTHERLY. TAURANGA LOOKS THE MOST SETTLED OF THE MAIN CITIES TOMORROW. IT'S FINE ALL DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 15 AND WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. IT'S MAINLY FINE AROUND HAMILTON, BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN A MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWER. SOU'WESTERLIES WILL EASE TOMORROW NIGHT. AND A SIMILAR DAY FOR AUCKLAND, WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT THEY'LL CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME THE FRESH SOU'WESTERLY WILL EASE. TO OZ ` SHOWERS SPREAD UP EAST FROM SYDNEY TO CAIRNS AND ALSO HIT PERTH. THE COOK ISLANDS LOOK TO HAVE THE BEST WEATHER TOMORROW. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS FOR SOME. SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING GOOD. IN FACT, THERE IS VERY LITTLE DISRUPTIVE WEATHER OF ANY KIND FOR THE NORTH ISLAND FOR SUNDAY, MONDAY, OR TUESDAY APART FROM A VERY SMALL RISK OF ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE NORTH AND WEST. SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE STRONG SOU'WEST FLOW MAKING SUNDAY QUITE WINDY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWER SOUTH ` LIKELY WIND WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND FOR GALE SOU'WESTERLIES. AND AS THIS IS THE LAST TIME STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS GIANT WEATHER WALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TUNING IN, FOR EVERY WEATHER PHOTO YOU SENT IN, EVERY SLOW-MO VIDEO OF LIGHTNING AND THE DOUBLE RAINBOW PICS. I THINK THIS WAS A VERY FITTING PHOTO THAT ROBIN SENT THROUGH TODAY ` THE SUN SETTING OVER MT KAUKAU WITH THE ICONIC TELEVISION MAST ` END OF AN ERA. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. GRAB THE TISSUES. WE'RE SAYING HAERE RA TO TV3 NEWS. AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF TELLING YOUR STORIES, IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. WE'LL TAKE ONE FINAL LOOK BACK. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF NEWSHUB AND, AFTER 34 YEARS, THE LAST DAY OF THREE PRODUCING ITS OWN NEWS. FROM TOMORROW, STUFF WILL BE PROVIDING A 6 O'CLOCK BULLETIN TO THREE'S OWNERS, WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE BIG STORIES AND EVENTS THAT WE'VE COVERED AND YOU'VE WATCHED. NO JOURNALISM GETS YOU CLOSER TO A BIG EVENT THAN TV NEWS. EVEN BEFORE THE JOURNALIST GETS INVOLVED, THE IMAGES AND AUDIO CAN TELL A POWERFUL STORY ON THEIR OWN THAT NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO CAN COMPETE WITH. THAT'S HOW WE STARTED THE NEWS ON THE DAY 9/11 HAPPENED. THIS IS THREE NEWS. TONIGHT, EXTENDED THREE NEWS, AS WE BRING YOU NEWS OF THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. AL QAEDA'S ATTACK ON NEW YORK'S TWIN TOWERS KILLED NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE AND LITERALLY CHANGED THE WORLD. IT SPARKED GEORGE BUSH'S WAR ON TERROR... ...AND WITH IT A WORLDWIDE BACKLASH AGAINST MUSLIMS. THAT HAD TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES HERE IN AOTEAROA 18 YEARS LATER. THE DEATH TOLL ISN'T KNOWN, BUT IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE WORST SHOOTING EVENT IN NEW ZEALAND'S HISTORY. THE CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE ATTACKS CLAIMED 51 LIVES AND LEFT US ALL IN DISBELIEF. THEY ARE US. THE PERSON WHO PERPETUATED THE VIOLENCE IS NOT. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ADERN'S RESPONSE BOOSTED HER INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. BUT THE ARRIVAL OF COVID IN 2020 PRESENTED HER WITH ANOTHER HUGE CHALLENGE. THESE DECISIONS WILL PLACE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ON NEW ZEALANDERS MOVEMENTS IN MODERN HISTORY. ADERN'S HARD LINE WAS ACCEPTED AS LIVES WERE BEING SAVED, BUT EVENTUALLY, THE LOCKDOWNS AND VACCINE MANDATES RAISED MANY QUESTIONS, AND WE ASKED THEM... ...CULMINATING IN THE OCCUPATION OF PARLIAMENT'S GROUNDS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING WHAT WENT DOWN IN PARLIAMENT. POLITICS HAS ALWAYS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN OUR COVERAGE ` YOUR POLITICAL CAREER IS IN TATTERS. DO YOU HAVE REGRETS? THE INS AND OUTS, THE UPS AND DOWNS AND THE GOING, GOING, GONE, AND THAT JUST ELECTION NIGHT. LUX-ON, LUX-OFF. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, NEW ZEALAND, SINCE THAT FIRST NEWS HOUR BACK IN 1989, READ BY PHILIP SHERRY. GOOD EVENING. AN AUCKLAND MAN IS IN PRISON TONIGHT. OFTEN WE CAME TOGETHER IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY, LIKE OUR ROLLING COVERAGE OF THE DEADLY CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES. THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE CATHEDRAL. LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. UNBELIEVABLE. AND KAIKOURA CAPTURING THE IMAGES ONCE SEEN, CAN'T BE FORGOTTEN. THE ERUPTION AT WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND THAT CLAIMED 22 LIVES. PEOPLE BESIDE THEMSELVES WITH WORRY AND WITH FEAR. THEY LEFT IN TEARS. IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS WE INTERRUPTED THE PROGRAM TO TELL YOU THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAS PASSED AWAY. AND WHEN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S REMARKABLE REIGN CAME TO AN END, WE BROUGHT YOU EVERY MOMENT. AS WE ARE GRATEFUL LONDON AND THE WORLD SAY GOODBYE. THERE HAVE BEEN LIGHTER MOMENTS TOO, WITH THE TOUCHES OF HUMOUR FROM REPORTERS LIKE BOB MCNEIL NOW PART OF OUR DNA. WE'VE TRAVELLED THE WORLD TO BRING YOU THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM CONFLICTS... 10 KM FROM THE BORDER. THE CONSTANT BUT FAINT RUMBLE OF ARTILLERY BEING FIRED. ...TO NATURAL DISASTERS. SHE HAS A GAPING WOUND IN HER LEG. AND WE'VE POURED COLD WATER ON SOME EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS. YOU ARE PROVIDING THEM WITH FALSE HOPE. OR DO YOU MEAN FALSE HOPE? THE WATER IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. WE'VE WADED IN AS OUR NEIGHBOURS, THE LUCKY COUNTRY, WEREN'T SO LUCKY. EVERYONE IN SYDNEY IS BEING ASKED TO STAY HOME TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING TOO UNSAFE. AND THROUGH DEVASTATING TSUNAMIS, TYPHOONS AND HURRICANES, WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO BRING YOU THE NEWS. THE WIND IS ACTUALLY QUITE SCARY. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN GET A CAR THROUGH HERE, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET THROUGH IS THROUGH A BOAT. CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER EVENT STORIES ARE NOW COMMON PLACE, BUT NO ONE WAS READY FOR THE DEVASTATION OF CYCLONE GABRIELLE. WHAT HAS TAKEN FROM YOUR FAMILY? EVERYTHING. FROM FIRST USING A SIMPLE MAORI GREETING... KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. ...WE NOW REGULARLY USE TE REO. (SPEAKS TE REO) AND LIKE THE LANGUAGE, OUR COVERAGE HAS BLOSSOMED. HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? OH... SOME OF OUR BIGGEST SPORTS STORIES HAVE BEEN OUR BIGGEST NEWS STORIES. THE GREATEST TEAM... LIKE WINNING THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. HOW GOOD IS THIS? IT IS PRETTY CRAZY, MAN. OR FINALLY GETTING BACK THE AULD MUG. IS AT THE MOMENT YOU HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF? AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOLD MEDAL-WINNING MOMENTS REPORTING ON OUR GREATEST SUCCESS. (SQUEALS) OK, I JUST CELEBRATED WITH THE MEN'S PAIR. AND IN AMONGST ALL OF THAT PASSIONATE SUPPORT, WE WERE THERE, AND LOVING IT. UP THE WAHS. WE BROUGHT THE BIG SCREEN TO THE SMALL SCREEN, CELEBRATING OUR MOST CREATIVE KIWIS. ALWAYS WANTED TO... THAT IS QUITE HEAVY. OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES TO OUR SET, TO OUR LOGO, AND TO THE FACES BRINGING YOU THE NEWS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A HUGE CRACK DOWN ON BOY RACES. BUT IN 34 YEARS, WE'VE NEVER MISSED A BULLETIN, AND WE'VE LOVED BRINGING YOU THE NEWS. THANK YOU, NEW ZEALAND. (UPBEAT MUSIC) I AM HERE FROM A CAR PARK YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS? THANK YOU. (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) WE HAVE LOVED MAKING THE NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, FOR HAVING US IN YOUR HOMES. QUICK WELFARE CHECK. THERE IS A HUGE TEAM OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SAYING GOODBYE IS SO VERY HARD, BUT I KNOW WE'LL STAY FRIENDS LONG AFTER TODAY. SO WE'VE COME TO THE END, AND TO FINISH I'D LIKE TO QUOTE THAT BEAUTIFUL WHAKATAUKI, OR MAORI PROVERB ` HE AHA TE MEA NUI O TE AO? WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD? HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA. IT IS PEOPLE, IT IS PEOPLE, IT IS PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR PEOPLE. WE'VE ABSOLUTELY LOVED BEING YOURS.