TONIGHT ON THREE NEWS ` A BIZARRE ROAD RAGE OUTBURST IN RANGIORA IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER. THREE CHILDREN KILLED IN A SYDNEY HOUSE FIRE ` FOUR OTHER CHILDREN AND A WOMAN IN HOSPITAL, AND A MAN ARRESTED. LATER ` 18 YEARS AFTER THE KILLING OF TOKOROA TEACHER LOIS DEAR, HER KILLER IS UP FOR PAROLE, AND HER FAMILY SPEAKS OUT. AND IN SPORT, THE ALL BLACKS TAKE THE WIN ` JUST ` BUT A PENALTY SHOT-CLOCK SHOCKER DOMINATES THE DEBRIEF. TENA TATOU KATOA. MALO E LELEI. GOOD EVENING. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BIZARRE ROAD RAGE OUTBURST CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN RANGIORA IN CANTERBURY. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER CHANTELLE BAKER FILMED THE MOMENT A WOMAN JUMPED ON HER CAR AND SMASHED THE WINDSCREEN ` ALL WHILE HER BABY WAS IN THE VEHICLE. ZANE SMALL HAS MORE. (THUD!) ROAD RAGE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. GO ON, (BLEEP) OFF! THE OCCUPANT OF THE TARGETED VEHICLE ` CHANTELLE BAKER ` A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER WHO GAINED A SIGNIFICANT ONLINE FOLLOWING DURING THE ANTI-MANDATE PROTEST AT PARLIAMENT IN 2022. WE'RE GOING TO GO AND TRY AND FIND PEOPLE TO CHAT TO. THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER NEW CONSERVATIVE LEADER LEIGHTON BAKER, CHANTELLE TOLD US SHE SHARED THE ROAD RAGE VIDEO WITH HER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS TO GET ACCOUNTABILITY. THE WINDSCREEN BREAKING ` I HAD GLASS IN MY HANDS FROM IT THAT I WAS JUST KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH A PROCESS OF 'WHAT DO I DO NEXT? HOW DO I GET AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE?' A WITNESS TOLD US SHE'D SEEN THE ATTACKER DRIVING AT SPEED, AND THAT SHE APPEARED TO BE ANGRY AT BAKER FOR SLOWING DOWN AFTER ANOTHER DRIVER DIDN'T MERGE PROPERLY. LOOK LIKE FROM MY REAR-VIEW MIRROR THAT WHEN CHANTELLE WAS DRIVING, LIKE, SLOWER, THE BLUE CAR KEEPS ON PRESSING THEIR GAS AND THEN, LIKE, TAILGATING HER. POLICE ARE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF INVESTIGATING, BUT THEY DID SHARE WITH US A SIMILAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED ` THAT IT ALL KICKED OFF AFTER A CAR FAILED TO MERGE CORRECTLY ONE VEHICLE THEN FOLLOWED ANOTHER, THE TWO CARS PULLED OVER, ONE PERSON GOT OUT AND JUMPED ON THE OTHER'S VEHICLE. (THUDDING) DID YOU GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THESE PEOPLE KNEW WHO YOU WERE OR TARGETED YOU? NO, I DON'T THINK THEY KNEW WHO I WAS AT ALL. PERHAPS IT WAS JUST A BLATANT AND BIZARRE ACT OF ROAD RAGE... (THUD!) ...NOW FOR ALL TO SEE. A MULTIPLE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THREE CHILDREN DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN WESTERN SYDNEY. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE JUST BEFORE 1AM LOCAL TIME, AND POLICE SAY A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE CHILDREN, TRIED TO STOP EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM RESCUING THEM FROM THE BURNING HOME. THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER, AS WELL AS FOUR OTHER CHILDREN ARE ALSO BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL. WE'VE SEEN THREE YOUNG LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN THE MOST TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IT'S QUITE UNIMAGINABLE HOW... HOW THE FAMILY ARE COPING WITH THIS. THE MAN ARRESTED IS UNDER POLICE GUARD AT HOSPITAL WHILE BEING TREATED FOR BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THAT BROKEN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GOT IN THE WAY OF GETTING AN AMBULANCE TO A FATAL HOUSE FIRE IN AUCKLAND'S HILLPARK EARLIER THIS YEAR. TONY MARSTERS AND KIWA ROPITINI-FAIRBURN BOTH DIED IN THE BLAZE. THE 111 CALL CAME THROUGH TO THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY COMMS CENTRE, BUT THE SYSTEM WHICH CONNECTS THEM TO AMBULANCE STAFF EXPERIENCED AN OUTAGE, WHICH MEANT THEY WEREN'T AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THE INCIDENT. FENZ SAYS ITS TEAMS FOLLOWED UP WITH A PHONE CALL TO AMBULANCE OPERATORS, AND FIREFIGHTERS ADMINISTERED CPR WHILE WAITING FOR AMBULANCE STAFF. THE HUSBAND OF A NEW ZEALAND WOMAN (68) KILLED IN CALIFORNIA TRIED TO STOP HER FROM BEING RUN OVER BY JUMPING IN FRONT OF THE ADVANCING VEHICLE. PATRICIA MCKAY AND HER HUSBAND, DOUG, WERE HOLIDAYING IN NEWPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN THEY WERE ROBBED AT GUNPOINT BY TWO MEN. PATRICIA DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR DRIVEN BY A THIRD OFFENDER. PROSECUTORS HAVE REVEALED DOUG MCKAY JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY. AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON A SCHOOL IN GAZA HAS KILLED AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE. DOZENS MORE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND TAKEN TO NEARBY HOSPITALS. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE SAYS IT HIT SEVERAL TERRORISTS WORKING IN STRUCTURES NEAR THE SCHOOL. MEANWHILE, HAMAS HAS GIVEN INITIAL APPROVAL TO A U.S.-BACKED CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL, DROPPING A KEY DEMAND THAT ISRAEL COMMIT TO A COMPLETE END TO THE BOMBARDMENT. CHINA ANALYSTS SAY THE CASE OF A PROBATION OFFICER SACKED FOR SNOOPING THROUGH THE FILES OF CHINESE OFFENDERS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL SECURITY WAKE-UP CALL TO NEW ZEALAND. THREE NEWS REVEALED LAST NIGHT THAT XU SHAN, WHO WAS DISMISSED BY CORRECTIONS FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT, WAS THE RIGHT-HAND MAN FOR YANG JIAN, THE FORMER NATIONAL MP ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR CHINA. INVESTIGATIONS JOURNALIST PAULA PENFOLD HAS MORE. FORMER MP YANG JIAN NOT HOME TO TAKE QUESTIONS... (DOORBELL DINGS) ...ABOUT HIS LINKS TO XU SHAN ` A PROBATION OFFICER CAUGHT TRAWLING THROUGH THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF CHINESE OFFENDER FILES. XU WAS SACKED ` CASE CLOSED ` BUT THE CORRECTIONS INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT HE'D PASSED ANY INFORMATION ON. IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO SAY, 'WELL, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS A CASE 'INVOLVING THE CHINESE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OR THEIR PROXIES.' 'DON'T KNOW' SHOULD BE SCARY TO OUR NATIONAL LEADERS AND OUR POLITICAL LEADERS. XU TOLD US HE WAS LOOKING AT THE FILES FOR STUDY TO GET BETTER AT HIS JOB. IS THAT PLAUSIBLE? PRO-DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGNER FREEMAN YU OU DOESN'T BUY IT. HE TOLD ME... AND NOW, WITH THE REVELATION THAT XU WORKED FOR NINE YEARS WITH FORMER NATIONAL MP AND ALLEGED SPY DOCTOR YANG JIAN... ARE YOU A SPY? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A SPY? NO. CHINA ANALYSTS SAY THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY, IT WARRANTS SCRUTINY ` HERE, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THEIR PROXIES TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN DATABASES, IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY LEVEL. IT HAS TO BE YET ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL THAT HAS A NATION LIKE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTING A NATIONWIDE POLICY. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER XU IS ON THE RADAR OF THE SIS ` IT DOESN'T COMMENT ON INDIVIDUAL CASES. I THINK WHAT THIS ISSUE SHOWS IS THAT THE SYSTEM DOESN'T KNOW. AND SO IF THE SYSTEM DOESN'T KNOW, IT SHOWS THERE IS A VULNERABILITY. THERE IS A GAP. THE LIST OF QUESTIONS KEEPS GROWING. SO PAULA, WHAT'S TOP OF THAT LIST? TOP OF THAT LIST IS WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DOING? BECAUSE IT LOOKS BAD. WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE UNAUTHORISED ACCESS OF SENSITIVE CRIMINAL DATA. WE KNOW THAT HE HAD A LONG-STANDING ASSOCIATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECURITY AGENCY. CORRECTIONS ONLY DID AN EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION. WHAT ARE OTHER AGENCIES DOING? WE NEED THEIR POLITICAL MASTERS TO FRONT ON THIS TOO. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` THE FAMILY OF SLAIN TOKOROA TEACHER LOIS DEAR SPEAK OUT AS HER KILLER GOES UP FOR PAROLE. WE GET YOU SET FOR CHOIR GAMES, THE OLYMPICS OF THE SINGING WORLD. AND LATER IN SPORT ` WHY RAZOR'S RELIEVED TO SNEAK AWAY WITH THE WIN. WELCOME BACK. WHETU TE HIKO ` THE MAN WHO MURDERED TOKOROA TEACHER LOIS DEAR IN HER CLASSROOM 18 YEARS AGO ` WILL MAKE A BID FOR FREEDOM BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD THIS WEEK. THE VICTIM'S GRANDDAUGHTER RENEE ARMSTRONG SPOKE TO NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TONY WALL ABOUT THE 'LIFETIME OF PAIN' THE MURDER HAS CAUSED. 18 YEARS AGO, THE MURDER OF TEACHER LOIS DEAR IN HER TOKOROA CLASSROOM SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE EDUCATION SECTOR. THE 66-YEAR-OLD WAS BASHED AND SUFFOCATED BY A MAN SHE'D DISTURBED TRYING TO STEAL HER CAR. (CROWD SHOUT AGGRESSIVELY, CLAMOUR) NO ONE WAS MORE DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS THAN RENEE ARMSTRONG (6), LOIS DEAR'S GRANDDAUGHTER. A LOT OF THE MEMORIES THAT I HAVE, THEY'RE KIND OF FOGGY, BUT SOME OF THE REALLY SPECIAL ONES... THERE WAS ONE HOLIDAY OR, LIKE` I GUESS IT WAS BEFORE I STARTED SCHOOL. I WENT DOWN AND SPENT A DAY IN HER CLASSROOM IN TOKOROA WITH HER LITTLE KIDS, AND THEY WERE, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS, A YEAR OLDER THAN ME. AND THAT'S` I JUST REMEMBER THAT DAY SO FONDLY. AFTER MY NANA DIED, I STARTED DEVELOPING REALLY BAD NIGHTMARES. I WAS HAVING THE SAME RECURRING DREAM OF THE WAY THAT SHE WAS KILLED. THEY DON'T` THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AS THEY USED TO BE, BUT, UM, THERE ARE SOME BAD NIGHTS STILL. INSPIRED BY HER NANA'S LEGACY, RENEE HERSELF HAS BECOME A PRIMARY TEACHER WORKING AT A SCHOOL IN SOUTH KOREA. SEEING AND HEARING HOW MUCH SHE CARED FOR THE KIDS AND HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT SHE HAD ON THOSE LITTLE ONES' LIVES REALLY MADE ME START THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A TEACHER. AND THEN AS I GOT OLDER ` AND I ALSO HAD SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE WOMAN TEACHERS THROUGHOUT MY CHILDHOOD ` I JUST REALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE HER LEGACY. SHE DEFINITELY INSPIRED ME, 100%. THIS WEEK, HER NANA'S KILLER, WHETU TE HIKO, WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'VE HATED THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT HER DEATH HAS HAD ON ME, AND I'M JUST ONE PERSON OUT OF EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN WRITING THAT IMPACT STATEMENT. AND IT'S HARD, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN REHABILITATION, BUT I GUESS I'M JUST SO CLOSE TO THIS THAT 18 YEARS IS NOT... IT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH. IN BRITAIN, KEIR STARMER HAS WASTED NO TIME GETTING HIS NEW GOVERNMENT UP AND RUNNING. HE'S HELD HIS FIRST CABINET MEETING, HIS FIRST MEDIA CONFERENCE AND LAID OUT HIS PRIORITIES, WHICH INCLUDE FIXING WHAT THE NEW PRIME MINISTER CALLS THE 'BROKEN PRISON AND HEALTH SYSTEMS'. THIS WILL BE A POLITICS AND THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS ABOUT DELIVERY, SERVICE... SELF-INTEREST IS YESTERDAY'S POLITICS. I WANT A POLITICS AND A COUNTRY THAT WORKS FOR YOU. STARMER HAS ALSO CANCELLED THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL RWANDA MIGRANT DEPORTATION PLAN. SOON, AUCKLAND'S HILLS WILL BE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC, OR SINGING, SPECIFICALLY. MORE THAN 10,000 SINGERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL DESCEND ON THE CITY TOMORROW FOR THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES, KNOWN AS THE OLYMPICS OF SINGING. JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS. (CHOIR SINGS) THE STUNNING MANUREWA CHOIR - ONE OF 250 CHOIRS PERFORMING AT THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES. THE GAMES WILL SEE 11,000 SINGERS DESCEND ON AUCKLAND FROM 40 COUNTRIES THE WORLD OVER. THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES IS THE LARGEST COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD. COMPETITIONS TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT WEEK... SINGERS ACTUALLY LIKE TO COMPETE. ...BUT IT MEANS FAR MORE THAN THE COMPETITION TO THESE YOUNG SINGERS. IT'S THE SAME THING OUR ANCESTORS ONCE DID, AND JUST FOR US TO PERFORM IT ON THAT STAGE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE, IT'S SUCH A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. WE KNOW THAT OUR CULTURES ARE FADING AWAY, SO WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT BY SINGING OUR SONGS. FOR ME, IT'S THE HARMONIES ` I REALLY ENJOY HEARING THE HARMONIES BLEND TOGETHER. I JUST TELL THEM, 'YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST THE WORLD. YES, SO THAT'S HOW GOOD YOU ARE.' SO IT'S REALLY HUMBLING TO BE A PART OF IT. THEY'LL BE JUDGED BY 36 JURORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING CANTABRIAN ANDREW WITHINGTON. THIS IS LIKE THE OLYMPICS FOR CHORAL AND VOCAL MUSIC. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY. A HARMONIOUS EVENT FULL TO THE BRIM WITH HARMONIES. BEST OF LUCK TO THEM. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND SHEESH, THOSE ALL BLACKS GOT THE HEART RACING LAST NIGHT? WELCOME TO TEST RUGBY, SCOTT ROBERTSON. ALSO NOT UNEXPECTED. THE ALL BLACKS TRADITIONALLY START THE TEST SEASON RELATIVELY SLOWLY AND THERE IS A BIT OF RUST TO START THE YEAR. ENGLAND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER A LOT LONGER AND KNOW THEIR GAME AND I COACHED VERY WELL. SO NOT OVERLY SURPRISING. CRUCIALLY FOR THE ALL BLACKS, THOUGH, THEY GOT THE WIN. AND SCOTT ROBERTSON WAS AT HIS ANIMATED BEST AS HIS TEAM WAS PUT TO THE TEST BY ENGLAND. WE HEAR FROM HIM AND ALSO GET REACTION TO THE PENALTY SHOT CLOCK INCIDENT INVOLVING DAMIAN MCKENZIE. AND ENGLAND'S FLAWLESS PENALTY SHOOTOUT PERFORMANCE SENDS THEM INTO THE EURO 2024 SEMIFINALS. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREE NEWS SPORT. SCOTT ROBERTSON ADMITS HE'S BREATHING AN ALMIGHTY SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER ESCAPING HIS FIRST TEST IN CHARGE OF THE ALL BLACKS WITH A JITTERY ONE-POINT WIN. THE ALL BLACKS HAD TO DIG DEEP TO CLING TO THEIR SLENDER ADVANTAGE, EVENTUALLY HOLDING ON 16-15 AS THE REALITIES OF TEST RUGBY HIT HOME IN A SCRAPPY START TO A NEW ERA. PACKING UP AND MOVING ON ` THE ALL BLACKS LEAVING DUNEDIN WITH THE FIRST TEST AND FIRST WIN OF THE SCOTT ROBERTSON ERA IN THE BOOKS. A TEST THAT WASN'T ALWAYS COMFORTABLE WATCHING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ME WHACK THAT... (LAUGHS) THAT WALL BEHIND ME A COUPLE OF TIMES. YOU KNOW, ON REFLECTION, I PROBABLY COULD'VE BREATHED THROUGH THAT. THE USUAL FIRST-TEST RUST WAS CLEAR AS THE ALL BLACKS GOT A TIMELY REMINDER ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. IT DEFINITELY WASN'T SUPER RUGBY, WAS IT? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE PHASES, THEN THEY'D KICK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN JUST GOING INTO BATTLES AND TO WORK OFF THE BALL AND HOW BRAVE YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE AIR. WITH THE ALL BLACKS CLINGING TO A ONE-POINT LEAD WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO, DAMIAN MCKENZIE HAD THE CHANCE TO PUT IT BEYOND A PENALTY. WOW. WOW. BIG CALL. MCKENZIE TAKING TOO LONG TO GET HIS KICK AWAY AND, CRUCIALLY, HANDING ENGLAND POSSESSION WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT. SOMETHING I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT, FOR SURE. COULD HAVE COST US THE GAME AT THE END, SO YEAH, I WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A KICK AWAY. MCKENZIE WAS AT HIS PRECISE BEST EARLIER, THOUGH ` HIS CROSS KICK ON THE MONEY FOR SEVU REECE TO OPEN THE SCORING. ALL BLACKS ARE IN! SEVU REECE! BUT ENGLAND HELD TOUGH AND CONTINUED TO ATTACK THE ALL BLACKS LINE. SNAPPED UP BY ITOJE! ARDIE SAVEA PROVED HE HASN'T MISSED A BEAT SINCE RETURNING FROM JAPAN, BOTH ON DEFENCE... AND ARDIE SAVEA WAS OVER THE TOP. ...AND ON ATTACK, FINISHING OFF SOME SLICK WORK FROM STEPHEN PEROFETA FOR THE ALL BLACKS' SECOND. AND AWAY GOES SAVEA! ALL BLACKS SCORE AGAIN THROUGH ARDIE SAVEA. WENT STRAIGHT BACK ON. HIS PROFESSIONALISM'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. WHEN HE STOOD UP, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF GREAT TURNOVERS, AS YOU KNOW HE CAN DO, AND A COUPLE OF TOUGH CARRIES OFF SLOW BALL. SO YEAH, LOOK, HE STOOD UP. ROBERTSON WILL BE HOPING HE CAN GET A SIMILAR EFFORT ON SATURDAY AS THE ALL BLACKS LOOK TO KEEP BUILDING. I THINK WE'RE ALL BETTER FOR IT ` COACHES, MANAGEMENT AND PLAYERS. TEST ONE IN THE BOOKS. NOW THE COMFORTS OF EDEN PARK AWAIT. AS YOU SAW THERE, DAMIAN MCKENZIE BOTCHED THE CHANCE TO GIVE THE ALL BLACKS A CRUCIAL FOUR-POINT BUFFER LATE IN THE TEST WHEN HE WAS PINGED FOR TAKING TOO LONG TO GET HIS SHOT AT GOAL AWAY. SO WOULD A SHOT CLOCK, LIKE WE SEE IN OTHER SPORTS - SO WOULD A SHOT CLOCK, LIKE WE SEE IN OTHER SPORTS, HAVE SAVED HIM THE EMBARRASSMENT, AND SHOULD ONE BE INTRODUCED GOING FORWARD? THERE IS A CLOCK ON THE TV, SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. IT CAN BE QUITE HARD TO COUNT 60 SECONDS IN YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PROCESS YOUR KICK. IT'S NO ONE ELSE'S FAULT BUT MINE. I JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SPEED THINGS UP. IF THEY CAN PUT A CLOCK UP ON THE BIG SCREEN, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. DO YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A SHOT CLOCK IN THE GROUND? YEAH. WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SHOT CLOCK TO SEE A COUNTDOWN. LIKE OTHER SPORTS DO, YEAH. I'LL GET GRANT ROBERTSON TO DO THAT, YEAH. YOU ARE SORT OF GUESSING. YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT` IT DEPENDS HOW FAST YOU ARE COUNTING. I THINK SO TOO. ITS PROBABLY FAIR FOR THE KICKERS TO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF KICKING. I'M NOT CONCERNED BY. OUR KICKERS GET ON WITH IT. THEY KNOW THE RHYTHM, THE TIMING. AND STUFF SPORTS REPORTER ROBERT VAN ROYEN WILL BE ONLINE AFTER THE BULLETIN TO DISCUSS THE ALL BLACKS' PERFORMANCE. LAST NIGHT, A NEW ERA BEGAN FOR THE WALLABIES AS THEY STARTED LIFE UNDER FORMER ALL BLACKS ASSISTANT COACH JOE SCHMIDT. TANIELA TUPOU HAD THE FIRST TRY OF THE NEW SEASON FROM CLOSE RANGE FOR THE WALLABIES BEFORE THE BACKS SET THE GAME ALIGHT IN THE SECOND HALF. FIRSTLY, WINGER FILIPO DAUGUNU CROSSED ON THE BACK OF A WELL-REHEARSED MOVE BEFORE TOM WRIGHT SCORED WHAT COULD BE AN EARLY CANDIDATE FOR TRY OF THE SEASON. RIGHT ` CUTS CROSSFIELD, WRIGHT, DUMMIES, AND GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH ` OH! TOM WRIGHT! THE WALLABIES WINNING 25-16. THE WORLD CHAMPION SPRINGBOKS ALSO STARTED 2024 WITH A WIN, BEATING IRELAND 27-20 IN PRETORIA. THE WARRIORS WILL HEAD INTO THE BYE WEEK WITH MORE THAN JUST A HEARTBREAKING DEFEAT ON THEIR MIND. LAST NIGHT, THE BULLDOGS KICKED A FIELD GOAL TO CLINCH A 13-12 GOLDEN POINT WIN, THE WARRIORS SLUMPING TO THEIR 9TH LOSS OF THE YEAR. BUT CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTED WITH ICE ON HIS CALF WAS EVEN MORE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. WE GOT WORD THAT HE NEEDED TO COME OFF, AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET HIM OFF AND COULDN'T ` THEY KEPT GETTING MORE SETS. DALLIN WATENE-ZELENIAK IS ALSO AN INJURY WORRY FOR WEBSTER AFTER HE FAILED A HEAD INJURY ASSESSMENT. ENGLAND IS NOW JUST TWO WINS AWAY FROM EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GLORY THANKS TO A MASTERFUL PENALTY SHOOT-OUT TRIUMPH OVER SWITZERLAND. BOTH TEAMS FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET IN THE REGULATION 90 MINUTES WITH ENGLAND HAVING TO COME FROM BEHIND LATE TO SEND THE GAME TO EXTRA TIME. THE TEAMS COULDN'T BE SEPARATED AFTER ANOTHER 30 MINUTES, SO THEY HEADED TO A PLACE THAT'S PREVIOUSLY HAUNTED ENGLAND, BUT THIS TIME, THEY WERE FLAWLESS, SCORING ALL FIVE OF THEIR SPOT KICKS. AND ENGLAND ARE INTO THE SEMI-FINALS! ALEXANDER-ARNOLD WITH AN ARROW INTO THE NET! ENGLAND ADVANCING 5-3 ON PENALTIES. THEY'LL FACE THE NETHERLANDS FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL ` THE DUTCH CONCEDED A FIRST-HALF GOAL AGAINST TURKEY BUT HIT BACK WITH TWO OF THEIR OWN IN FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE BREAK TO CLAIM A 2-1 WIN. DUMFRIES... IT'S SWADDLED HOME, AND FROM BEHIND! THE NETHERLANDS LEAD! THE NETHERLANDS WILL PLAY ENGLAND ON THURSDAY MORNING, WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN TO MEET IN THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL ON WEDNESDAY. COUPLE OF CRACKING ONE IS COMING UP THERE. THE ALL BLACKS COMING UP THIS WEEK PROBABLY WITH A STOPWATCH FOR DAMIAN MCKENZIE, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. HOPEFULLY! LET'S RECAP OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BIZARRE ROAD RAGE OUTBURST IN CANTERBURY. SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER CHANTELLE BAKER FILMED THE MOMENT A WOMAN JUMPED ON HER CAR AND SMASHED THE WINDSCREEN. AND A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER THREE CHILDREN DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN WESTERN SYDNEY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. A SOUTHWEST FLOW DIES OUT LATE TOMORROW AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE COUNTRY FROM THE TASMAN SEA. THIS HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM LOOKS SET TO ANCHOR UP AND DOMINATE RIGHT THROUGH TO NEXT WEEKEND. A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT THE FAR SOUTH. FINE ELSEWHERE WITH AREAS OF MORNING FROST AND FOG. MAINLY FINE OUT EAST. A FEW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN NORTHLAND WITH SOUTHWESTERLIES. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR NORTHERN AREAS HERE. FINE IN WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON, BUT EXPECT FOG IN THE MORNING. TAUPO, YOU'VE GOT A CHILLY NIGHT AHEAD, REACHING MINUS-1. MORNING FOG FOR YOU, TOKOROA AND ROTORUA, THEN MAINLY FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS. FINE HERE IN GISBORNE ` THOSE SOUTHWESTERLIES WILL EASE. HAWKE'S BAY, EXPECT WESTERLIES, AND MASTERTON, YOU'LL HAVE COLD SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL HAVE MORNING FROSTS IN SHELTERED PLACES WITH SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING. FINE FOR MOST OTHER PLACES, WITH LIGHT WINDS. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW ` AND MORNING CLOUD FOR MOST WITH LIGHT WINDS. OTHERWISE FINE FOR YOU, HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH ` BOTH WITH HIGHS OF 14. FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS FOR KAIKOURA. MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE WITH MORNING FROSTS AND LIGHT WINDS CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU ` A LOW OF MINUS-1. FINE FOR MOST HERE WITH MORNING AND EVENING FROST FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA. PARTLY CLOUDY AND THE ODD SHOWER INVERCARGILL SOUTH. SHOWERY OVER MOST OF AUSTRALIA'S MAIN CITIES ` 21 FOR BRISBANE. IT'S WARM IN THE PACIFIC ` A LOW OF 25 IN APIA. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR THREE-DAY OUTLOOK. THAT'S THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING NEWSROOM@STUFF.CO.NZ OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. SAM WILL BE IN TOMORROW WITH MORE NEWS. I'M LAURA TUPOU. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THESE IMAGES FROM AN EARLY-MORNING MID-WINTER SWIM AT SUMNER BEACH IN CHRISTCHURCH. THIS INTREPID GROUP RAISING MONEY FOR A DEFIBRILLATOR. POMARIE.