DONALD TRUMP'S NAMED HIS RUNNING MATE FOR THE ELECTION. HE'S JD VANCE, WHOSE BEST-SELLING MEMOIR 'HILLBILLY ELEGY' WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE. MEANWHILE, A JUDGE TRUMP APPOINTED WHILE PRESIDENT HAS THROWN OUT CHARGES THAT HE ILLEGALLY RETAINED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. FORMER ALL BLACKS HOOKER NORM HEWITT HAS DIED AGED 55. HE HAD MOTOR NEURON DISEASE. AND A FORMER WORKSAFE INVESTIGATOR SAYS AVIATION COMPANIES SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOLLOWING THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. A MAN WHO ONCE DESCRIBED DONALD TRUMP AS 'AMERICA'S HITLER' WILL NOW BE HIS RUNNING MATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. JD VANCE ` WHOSE BEST-SELLING MEMOIR WAS TURNED INTO A MOVIE ` HAS ONLY HELD POLITICAL OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT COULD WELL BE VICE PRESIDENT BY JANUARY. TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS CHOICE AS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION CONFIRMED HIM AS THEIR NOMINEE, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HE SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AND IN ANOTHER WIN FOR TRUMP, A JUDGE HE APPOINTED WHILE PRESIDENT HAS THROWN OUT HIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE, RULING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. DAN RIVERS FROM ITV BEGINS TODAY'S COVERAGE. DONALD J. TRUMP. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. DONALD J. TRUMP. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THIS IS NOW A ONE-PERSON PARTY. ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE FAMILY... FITTING, THEN, IT WAS DONALD TRUMP'S TWO SONS WHO PLEDGED THE DELEGATES FROM FLORIDA TO CONFIRM HIM AS THE OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CROWD CHANTS) AND TONIGHT, THERE WAS ANOTHER MILESTONE ` HIS PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT IS OHIO SENATOR JD VANCE (39), A RISING STAR OF THE RIGHT, BUT A MAN WHO'S PREVIOUSLY REVELLED IN DISSING THE DON. HIS NEW BOSS HAS ALREADY ARRIVED IN MILWAUKEE WITH A POWERFUL NEW EPITHET. NO LONGER JUST A NOMINEE, HE IS NOW A SURVIVOR. HIS CLENCHED FIST A REMINDER OF HIS DEFIANCE... (HUBBUB) ...AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THE BULLETS MISSING HIS HEAD BY MILLIMETRES, ONE HITTING HIS EAR AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE GUNMAN'S GAZE. NOW, HIS EAGERLY AWAITED SPEECH TO FELLOW REPUBLICANS WILL STRIKE A NEW TONE ` ONE OF UNITY. ONE OF HIS ADVISORS SAYS HER BOSS WILL RISE TO THIS OCCASION. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP MET THE MOMENT WHEN HE GOT BACK UP ON HIS FEET, AND HE'S VERY MUCH HERE IN MILWAUKEE, AS I SAID. NO SCHEDULE INTERRUPTIONS. GOING ON, YOU KNOW, FULL STEAM AHEAD, KNOWING FULL WELL THE` WHAT HE JUST SURVIVED. YES, I THINK HE IS ACTUALLY THE PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, GIVEN WHAT HE JUST SURVIVED, WHO IS BEST TO MEET THIS MOMENT AND HELP OUR COUNTRY MEET IT TOO. IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE THE SHOOTING IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, DONALD TRUMP TOLD THE NEW YORK POST... AND WHETHER BY DIVINE INTERVENTION, OR PERHAPS MORE LIKELY, A TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGE, THERE'S MORE LUCK FOR DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT. THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST HIM HAS BEEN DROPPED. AILEEN CANNON HAS DISMISSED THE CHARGES DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE AGAINST THE 45th PRESIDENT. LAST NIGHT FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SOUGHT TO CALM A FEBRILE ATMOSPHERE. SECURITY AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WAS ALREADY TIGHT, BUT NOW THESE MEASURES HAVE ADDED MEANING. THE STAR OF THIS SHOW CHEATED DEATH, AND THE PARTY FAITHFUL SEE THAT AS A FATEFUL SIGN. DONALD TRUMP WILL APPEAR AT THIS CONVENTION WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE. HIS SURVIVAL MEANS HIS VICTORY IS NOW MORE LIKELY THAN EVER. AND TRUMP AND VANCE RECEIVED A RAPTUROUS OVATION WHEN THEY MADE A SURPRISE JOINT APPEARANCE AT THE CONVENTION LATER IN THE EVENING. TRUMP, SPORTING A LARGE BANDAGE ON HIS INJURED EAR, CLAPPED AS THE CROWD CHANTED 'USA, USA,' AND THEN 'FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT'. MEANWHILE, VANCE'S BOOK 'HILLBILLY ELEGY' HAS ALREADY HIT NUMBER ONE ON AMAZON'S BEST-SELLER LIST. DAN RIVERS IS ON THE GROUND AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WITH MORE ON TRUMP'S NEW RUNNING MATE. WELL, JD VANCE AND DONALD TRUMP HAVE BOTH JUST BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE OFFICIAL NOMINEES FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. I THINK JD VANCE IS AN INTERESTING CHOICE. HE'S YOUNG; HE'S ONLY 39 YEARS OLD. HE IS AN ARDENT TRUMP LOYALIST IDEOLOGICALLY, EVEN THOUGH, AS YOU HEARD IN MY REPORT, HE SAID SOME PRETTY DISPARAGING THINGS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP PERSONALLY IN THE PAST. BUT LOOK, BUT HE TAPS INTO A SORT OF FORGOTTEN AMERICA, AS HE WOULD PUT IT, THE RUST BELT, THE BLUE COLLAR OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, WHERE HE HAILS FROM. HIS LIFE STORY IS FASCINATING. IT WAS TURNED INTO A BESTSELLING MEMOIR. HE TALKS ABOUT COMING FROM A BROKEN HOME, A DRUG ADDICT MOTHER. HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HIS GRANDPARENTS. THAT WAS THEN TURNED INTO A MOVIE. SO THERE IS A SPRINKLING OF SORT OF STARDUST ON HIS BACKSTORY. BUT HE'S ALSO VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE THREATS TO DONALD TRUMP THIS WEEKEND. IN THE HOURS AFTER THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, HE PUT THE BLAME FIRMLY AT THE FEET OF PRESIDENT BIDEN. EVEN BEFORE SHOTS RANG OUT AT THE PENNSYLVANIA RALLY, THE ALARM HAD BEEN RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE CROWD WHO SHOUTED TO POLICE THERE WAS A GUNMAN ON THE ROOF. SECURITY MEASURES ARE NOW BEING REVIEWED, AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT WRONG ` AND WHY ` IS UNDER WAY. MEANWHILE, EXPERTS ARE COMBING THROUGH THOMAS CROOKS' PHONE FOR CLUES AS TO HIS MOTIVE. ITV'S EMMA MURPHY REPORTS. THE BUTLER FARM SHOWGROUND DOESN'T HAVE THE LOOK OF A PLACE WHICH SHAPES HISTORY, BUT WHAT HAPPENED BENEATH THE FLAG OF THIS NATION COULD DEFINE THIS NATION'S FUTURE. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. (GUNFIRE) A HANDFUL OF BULLETS AND A HEAD TURN ` POTENTIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEAD FORMER PRESIDENT AND A FORTUNATE FUTURE ONE. THERE, HE'S WALKING. OK. YOU WERE VERY CLOSE TO HIM. HE WAS VERY CLOSE. THOSE WHO WERE THERE ` THERE IS LITTLE NEED FOR THE IMAGES THEY FILMED SO AS NOT TO FORGET THE DAY THE FORMER PRESIDENT CAME TO TOWN. THE COMPREHENSIVE AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE INVESTIGATION. FROM THIS SEQUENCE, YOU CAN SEE THAT AROUND FIVE MINUTES INTO TRUMP'S SPEECH, BYSTANDERS NOTICED A MAN ON A ROOF CLOSE TO THE VENUE. HE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120M AWAY, AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO ALERT SECURITY. MAN ON THE ROOF! AS TRUMP'S SPEECH CONTINUED, HIS SUPPORTERS SHOUTED THAT THE MAN ON THE ROOF WAS ARMED. HE'S GOT A GUN! OH GOD! HE'S GOT A GUN! THEN THREE SHOTS RANG OUT. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. (GUNFIRE) BEFORE A SNIPER OPENED FIRE, FATALLY SHOOTING THE GUNMAN, WHO WE NOW KNOW WAS THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS (20). FORMER CLASSMATES RECALL A BOY WHO WAS BULLIED AND ISOLATED AT SCHOOL. UM, I WOULDN'T SAY HE WAS A LONER. HE WAS JUST... HE WAS QUIET, BUT, LIKE, HE WAS BULLIED. BUT HE WAS BULLIED SO MUCH. SO MUCH. SO MANY OF THOSE WHO CARRY OUT SHOOTINGS IN THIS COUNTRY FIT THAT DESCRIPTION. BUT THEIR BULLETS ARE NOT USUALLY AIMED AT THE LAST, AND POTENTIALLY NEXT, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING, DEMOCRATS SUSPENDED MANY OF THEIR ELECTION ADS. BUT TRUMP'S CAMP DID THE OPPOSITE ` USING SATURDAY'S ICONIC IMAGES TO PROMOTE HIS AVOWED 'FIGHT' TO SAVE AMERICA. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. SATURDAY NIGHT'S HORROR PROVIDED DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WITH SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL IMAGERY OF RECENT TIMES. PICTURES THAT ARE NOW LIKELY TO BE AT THE HEART OF HIS BID FOR A SECOND TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SOME OF HIS DIEHARD SUPPORTERS ARE NOW MAKING IT INDELIBLE. YOU GET THAT BACK TATTOOED! ALONG WITH HIS POLICE MUGSHOT, THERE IS NOW A NEW IMAGE FOR TRUMP'S LOYALISTS. WE ARE WAITING FOR EVIDENCE TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON VOTERS. HAD HE TURNED HIS HEAD... (TEARFULLY) HE'D BE DEAD. BUT AT A DINER IN VIRGINIA, SOME WERE IN TEARS AS THEY REFLECTED ON TRUMP'S NARROW ESCAPE. OTHERS SAID SATURDAY'S EVENTS ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON UNDECIDED VOTERS. I DO HAVE FRIENDS THAT WERE ON THE FENCE, UH, THAT HAVE RECENTLY EXPRESSED TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS JUST SECURED THAT THEY ARE DEFINITELY VOTING FOR TRUMP. IN 1981, WHEN RONALD REAGAN NARROWLY SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT... (GUNFIRE, CLAMOURING) ...IT LED TO AN OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY AND ADMIRATION, EVEN FROM HIS OPPONENTS. WHEN RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT, HE GOT A 22-POINT BOUNCE IN HIS POLLING NUMBERS POST THE SHOOTING. SO I THINK IT CHANGES THE GAME. IT REALLY PUTS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IN A VERY, VERY TOUGH POSITION. ON JANUARY 6TH, DONALD TRUMP LIT A FIRE IN THIS COUNTRY. DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ADS LIKE THIS THAT TARGETED TRUMP ARE NOW BEING TAKEN OFF THE AIR. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN MUST FIND A NEW MESSAGE. DEMOCRATS ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE... ...CONTINUE TO MOVE UNTIL WE GET THE TOTAL BAN ON (STAMMERS) THE TOTAL INITIATIVE. WITH A CANDIDATE THAT MOST VOTERS REGARD AS TOO OLD AND WHO IS STRUGGLING TO FRAME THE ANTI-TRUMP ARGUMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP? I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE. I DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAID, EITHER. LOOK... AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, THE CENTRAL ELECTION STRATEGY BY THE DEMOCRATS OF LAUNCHING A FRONTAL ASSAULT ON TRUMP'S CHARACTER IS IN TATTERS. WITH 113 DAYS TO GO, THE STARS SEEM TO BE ALIGNING FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BACK HOME NOW, AND FORMER ALL BLACK NORM HEWITT HAS DIED AGED 55 AFTER A BATTLE WITH MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE. DURING HIS 13-YEAR RUGBY CAREER, HEWITT MADE 23 APPEARANCES FOR THE ALL BLACKS AND PLAYED CLOSE TO 300 REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES. GRACE THOMAS LOOKS BACK AT HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS, BOTH ON AND OFF THE RUGBY FIELD. NORM HEWITT FACE TO FACE WITH ENGLAND'S RICHARD COCKERILL IN AN INTENSE SHOWDOWN DURING AN ALL BLACKS' HAKA IN 1997. THIS STANDOFF BEFORE A MATCH AT MANCHESTER'S OLD TRAFFORD BECAME ENGRAINED IN RUGBY FOLKLORE. WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE GREAT PERSONAL BATTLES ` NORM HEWITT AGAINST RICHARD COCKERILL. THERE HE IS. BUT BEFORE HIS CAREER AS AN ALL BLACK, HEWITT GREW UP IN THE SMALL HAWKE'S BAY TOWNSHIP OF PORANGAHAU, PLAYING MORE THAN 90 GAMES FOR THE HAWKE'S BAY MAGPIES. NORM WAS A REAL CHARACTER, A REAL ICON OF THE GAME HERE IN HAWKES BAY. AS A YOUNG FAN WATCHING HIM, WOW, WHAT A PLAYER. HE DEBUTED FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN 1993 AS SEAN FITZPATRICK'S UNDERSTUDY. HE WAS ROUGH AND READY. I THINK HE LOVED THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE GAME. AND HE WAS UP FOR ANYTHING. IT SUITED HIM ` THAT STYLE. AND IT WAS THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAYED BACK IN THE DAY. BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST AT IT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT BUT THE COMBATIVE RUGBY PLAYER WAS INVOLVED IN SOME HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL OFF THE FIELD, LIKE BREAKING INTO THE WRONG QUEENSTOWN HOTEL ROOM IN 1999. THEN BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE. AND THAT SHAMES ME. BUT HE WASN'T AFRAID TO FACE HIS OWN DEMONS ` BECOMING INVOLVED IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES AND MENTORING TROUBLED YOUTH. EVERYTHING HE DID OFF THE FIELD WAS ABOUT IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE HE CAME TO, AND HIS MESSAGE WAS VERY SIMPLE ` YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY. YOU CAN BE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE TOMORROW. AND HE WAS THE LIVING PROOF OF IT. HIS RUGBY TALENTS EXTENDED TO THE DANCE FLOOR TOO. HEWITT WON THE FIRST SEASON OF DANCING WITH THE STARS IN 2005 AND EVEN INCLUDED A VERSION OF THE HAKA IN THEIR WINNING DANCE. HI! HEWITT IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. (CHEERING) A LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTER WHO'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR SO MUCH MORE THAN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ON THE FIELD. NEIGHBOURS WHO'VE SPENT MONTHS LIVING NEXT TO A FESTERING PILE OF RUBBISH OUTSIDE A KAINGA ORA PROPERTY IN WEST AUCKLAND ARE CALLING ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY TO BE A RESPONSIBLE LANDLORD. IT COMES AFTER THE HOUSING MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP PRAISED KAINGA ORA FOR GETTING TOUGHER ON UNRULY TENANTS. ZANE SMALL REPORTS. A STINKING JUNK PILE WITH ITS OWN UNOFFICIAL GUARD DOGS. (DOG BARKS) IT'S A SIGHT AND SMELL RESIDENTS OF THIS WEST AUCKLAND STREET HAVE WOKEN UP TO FOR MONTHS, WATCHING IT GROW DAY AFTER DAY. IT'S JUST DEPRESSING LOOKING AT IT. IT'S THERE EVERY DAY. I'M EMBARRASSED TO HAVE GUESTS AROUND. THE SKIP BAG COMPANY HASN'T PICKED IT UP. ITS RULES ONLINE CLEARLY STATE THAT TO BE PICKED UP, IT CANNOT BE OVERFLOWING. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SMELL IT. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY KAINGA ORA, AND AFTER MONTHS OF THEIR COMPLAINTS GOING UNANSWERED, THE NEIGHBOURS ARE CALLING ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY TO BE A RESPONSIBLE LANDLORD. YOU GUYS ARE THE LANDLORD, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT YOUR TENANTS MAY DO OR WHAT MAY HAVE STARTED THIS. IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET RID OF IT. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, LOOK AFTER YOUR PROPERTY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL HAS TRIED TO INTERVENE. AN ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH THE TENANT LAST MONTH, BUT WASN'T ABLE TO ENTER THE PROPERTY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DOGS. IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD COUPLE OF MONTHS ON BEFORE WE` US NEIGHBOURS STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. WE WERE ALL SEEING IT; WE WERE ALL FEELING IT, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE WE'D GONE FROM A REGULAR KIWI STREET TO A SLUM. KAINGA ORA TOLD US THE TENANTS HAVE BEEN WARNED, AND IT'S BEEN GIVEN AN INDICATION THAT THE RUBBISH PILE WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY. IF IT ISN'T, THE TENANTS COULD FACE CONSEQUENCES UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT. KAINGA ORA HAS TERMINATED 14 TENANCIES IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS AFTER A DIRECTIVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO GET TOUGHER ON UNRULY BEHAVIOUR. (BLEEP) DISRESPECTFUL. (BLEEP) STARTING TO SEE SOME GREEN SHOOTS OF CHANGE, AND CHANGE AT KAINGA ORA, AND I THINK IT WILL BE WELCOMED BY NEIGHBOURS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. BUT THE ONLY GREEN SHOOTS THIS COMMUNITY SEES ARE THE ONES SPROUTING FROM BENEATH THE PILE OF TRASH. OK, ZANE, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RUBBISH ISN'T REMOVED? IT FALLS ONTO AUCKLAND COUNCIL. THEY TOLD ME IF THEY CANNOT GET THE RESIDENT TO REMOVE IT, THEY WILL ARRANGE TO HAVE IT TAKEN AWAY. IF THAT HAPPENS, THE COUNCIL SAID IT WILL BE TREATED AS ILLEGAL DUMPING. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT DEALS WITH AROUND 16,000 REPORTS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING EACH YEAR. AN AVERAGE OF 43 PER DAY. KAINGA ORA MAINTAINS A RESPONDED STRAIGHTAWAY TO THE COMPLAINT, IMMEDIATE CLEAR TO THE TENANT THAT THE RUBBISH MUST BE TAKEN AWAY, THAT WE DID RETURN TO THE SITE TODAY, AND THE FESTERING PILE WAS STILL THERE. LET'S HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE SOON. THANKS SO MUCH. THE MORNING COMMUTE IN AUCKLAND WAS SHROUDED IN A THICK LAYER OF FOG, DISRUPTING AIR AND FERRY TRAVEL. AUCKLAND AIRPORT SAYS 24 DOMESTIC FLIGHTS WERE CANNED AND 10 DELAYED. FERRY SERVICES ALSO WARNED OF DELAYS BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS. THE FOG STARTED TO CLEAR LATE MORNING, BUT FORECASTERS WARN IT MAY RETURN TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. HEATHER'S IN NOW WITH MORE ON TODAY'S WEATHER. NOT JUST FOG, BUT FROST TOO? IT MAKES FOR SOME VERY PRETTY LANDSCAPES. THIS WAS SAILORS CUTTING, JUST BY LAKE BENMORE. EVENTUALLY THE FOG LIFTED. IT ALSO FINALLY LIFTED FOR ALEXANDRA. THEY HIT A BALMY 5 DEGREES, THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST FRIDAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABOVE ZERO. BAY OF ISLANDS AND NAPIER HIT 19. THAT'S 4 OR 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. NOW, THE FOG IS SET TO RETURN TONIGHT ` HOWICK LIKELY FOR A REPEAT OF THIS IN THE MORNING. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` A BUSINESS HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY FIRE AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A CAR. WHY THE OWNER BELIEVES IT WAS DELIBERATE. A CHRISTCHURCH-BASED CATHOLIC ORDER ACCUSED OF PERFORMING UNAUTHORISED EXORCISMS HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF ITS AUTHORITY BY THE VATICAN. AND A SECURITY SCARE AND SOME AMOROUS CATTLE MAKE FOR A RIGHT ROYAL OUTING FOR THE KING AND QUEEN. AN AUCKLAND BUSINESS HAS BEEN GUTTED BY A BLAZE THAT STARTED AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO IT, AND THE OWNER BELIEVES IT WAS INTENTIONAL. EMERGENCY SERVICES HAD TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM INFINITY BEAUTY AND MEDICAL SPA IN MT EDEN AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS MORNING. A NOW-CHARRED BLUE HATCHBACK HAD CRASHED THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. THE OWNER SAYS IT'S THE FOURTH TIME HER BUSINESS HAS BEEN DAMAGED, AND SHE FEELS IT'S TARGETED. POLICE SAY AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. A CHRISTCHURCH CATHOLIC ORDER'S BEEN STRIPPED OF ITS AUTHORITY FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION BY THE VATICAN INTO UNAUTHORISED EXORCISMS. PRIESTS FOR THE SONS OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER PREVIOUSLY HAD PERMISSION TO PREACH FROM A CHAPEL IN ST ALBANS. THEY'VE NOW BEEN BANNED FROM PRACTICING THERE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF UNAUTHORISED EXORCISMS WERE EXPOSED ON THREE'S 'PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES'. A FORMER WORKSAFE INSPECTOR WHO LOOKED INTO FOUR HELICOPTER COMPANIES AFTER THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION BELIEVES NONE OF THEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED. PAUL PATTERSON SPENT ALMOST A YEAR INVESTIGATING THE COMPANIES BUT FOUND THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED. DESPITE PROVIDING A DETAILED REPORT, HE BELIEVES HIS FINDINGS WERE ALTERED, WHICH LEAD TO THREE OF THE COMPANIES BEING CHARGED. NATASHA PAYNE EXPLAINS. IT'S BEEN ALMOST FIVE YEARS SINCE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND ERUPTED, CLAIMING 22 LIVES. (PEOPLE EXCLAIM) THREE AVIATION COMPANIES WERE CHARGED OVER HEALTH AND SAFETY BREACHES AND PLEADED GUILTY. BUT STUFF HAS REVEALED WORKSAFE APPARENTLY IGNORED ONE OF THEIR TOP INVESTIGATOR'S INITIAL FINDINGS, AND TWO OF THE AVIATION COMPANIES BACK THAT UP. WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE GUY THAT WAS THEIR EXPERT. HE WAS THEIR EXPERT IN THE FIELD. AFTER THE ERUPTION, WORKSAFE ASSIGNED PAUL PATTERSON TO INVESTIGATE FOUR AVIATION COMPANIES, WITH A FOCUS ON TIM BORROWS' VOLCANIC AIR SAFARIS. AFTER 8 MONTHS HE SUBMITTED A 53-PAGE REPORT WHICH STATED THAT VOLCANIC AIR SAFARIS SHOULD NOT BE CHARGED, AND THAT ALL FOUR COMPANIES TOOK PRECAUTIONS. 11 DAYS LATER, HE RECEIVED A STARTLING EMAIL FROM HIS MANAGER. IN AN AFFIDAVIT HE PROVIDED TO THE COURT, PATTERSON SAID, HE SAYS HE ASKED FOR HIS SIGNATURE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE REPORT, WHICH HAD LEFT HIM AND THE COMPANIES SUSPECTING THE INVESTIGATION WAS, IN THEIR WORDS, PREDETERMINED. WORKSAFE WAS SAYING, 'YOU NEED TO FIND SOMETHING'. THEY WEREN'T FINDING ANYTHING. SO THEY SAT THERE AND INVESTIGATED US, THERE WAS NOTHING TO SHOW, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, THAT WE WERE CRIMINALS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE HEAT WAS ON. TWO MONTHS LATER, WORKSAFE LAID CHARGES AGAINST VOLCANIC AIR SAFARIS AND KAHU LIMITED, GOING AGAINST PATTERSON'S ORIGINAL FINDINGS. BOTH PLEADED GUILTY TO A TOTAL OF THREE CHARGES. THEY SAY IT WOULD HAVE COST TOO MUCH TO FIGHT THEM. THERE WAS A WILL FOR PEOPLE TO HANG, OR FOR ANSWERS TO BE HAD, WHETHER THERE WERE ANSWERS OR NOT. EVENTUALLY, PATTERSON'S MANAGER APOLOGISED FOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT PATTERSON STILL RESIGNED FROM WORKSAFE IN MARCH 2023. HE TOLD THE COURT, WORKSAFE DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY, BUT IN A STATEMENT, IT SAID, 'THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 'TO LAY CHARGES FOR BREACHES OF ITS DUTY 'UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT.' THEY ALSO SAID PAUL PATTERSON'S COMMENTS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE COLLATED DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE GOVERNMENT'S DIRECTED DRUG-BUYING AGENCY PHARMAC TO DROP ANY CONSIDERATION OF TE TIRITI O WAITANGI FROM ITS DECISION-MAKING. THE DIRECTIVE'S AMONG A NUMBER OF NEW EXPECTATIONS LAID OUT IN A LETTER FROM ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR TO PHARMAC CHAIRWOMAN PAULA BENNETT. SEYMOUR SAYS ROBUST DATA SHOULD DRIVE PHARMAC'S DECISIONS, NOT ETHNICITY. I THINK PHARMAC HAS BURNT A LOT OF ENERGY TRYING TO FULFIL THIS COMMITMENT TO THE TREATY IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE EVERY SINGLE NEW ZEALANDER BASED ON THEIR NEED. SEYMOUR SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MAORI WILL DETERIORATE DUE TO THE CHANGE. COMING UP ` SOME HOME-GROWN TECH IS HAVING HUGE SUCCESS CONTROLLING PESTS OVERSEAS. SO WHY ISN'T IT BEING USED HERE? AND HOW A PAIR OF LIVELY CATTLE UPSTAGED THE KING AND QUEEN. AND LATER IN SPORT, RICHIE MO'UNGA SHOWS UP AT NEW SOUTH WALES TRAINING AND MAKES A BIG REVELATION ABOUT THE WARRIORS. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN OHIO SENATOR AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JD VANCE AS HIS RUNNING MATE. VANCE HAD BEEN ONE OF TRUMP'S FIERCEST CRITICS, ONCE DESCRIBING HIM AS 'AMERICA'S HITLER'. AND FORMER ALL BLACK NORM HEWITT HAS DIED AT 55 AFTER A BATTLE WITH MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED THE ROLLOUT OF NEW SPEED CAMERA SIGNS WHICH WILL WARN DRIVERS OF FIXED SPEED CAMERAS. TRANSPORT MINISTER SIMEON BROWN UNVEILED ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNS IN PORIRUA, NORTH OF WELLINGTON. HE SAYS THEY WILL HELP DRIVERS AVOID COSTLY TICKETS WHILE ENCOURAGING THEM TO CHECK THEIR SPEED ` IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY. MORE THAN 100 FIXED SPEED CAMERAS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM POLICE TO THE TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION IN THE NEXT YEAR, EACH WITH A WARNING SIGN INSTALLED. DRONE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED HERE IN AOTEAROA TO FIGHT PEST POPULATIONS ISN'T BEING WIDELY USED, DESPITE PROVING SUCCESSFUL OVERSEAS. THE TECH COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR SOME REMOTE ECOSYSTEMS, BUT AS THE HUI'S MERIANA JOHNSEN FOUND OUT, THE CONSERVATION BUDGET MEANS IT'S NOT GETTING OFF THE GROUND. THESE REMOTE ISLANDS NEAR THE COROMANDEL COULD BE A TOURIST HOTSPOT. IT WAS DIFFERENT BACK IN THE DAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS RAT TROUBLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS. PEST POPULATIONS ARE DECIMATING NATIVE FOREST AND BIRDS. BUT THE CONSERVATION BUDGET IS COMING UNDER PRESSURE. IF WE SAY, HAND ON HEART, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE EVERY SINGLE SPECIES, THAT'LL COST` I DON'T KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO IMAGINE THE COST, BUT THAT IS LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS, MAYBE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN THAT SPACE. I THINK WE'RE IN A MUCH MORE PRACTICAL SPACE. I DON'T AGREE THAT WE CAN'T SAVE THEM ALL. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE WORLD CAN PROVIDE. TECHNOLOGY THAT IS HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. CAMERON BAKER IS A TAURANGA ENTREPRENEUR AND A PIONEER OF DRONE PEST CONTROL. IF WE CALL OURSELVES KIWIS, RIGHT, SURELY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE KIWI. WE SEE MORE POSSUMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAN WE DO OUR NATIVE BIRD. WE DON'T CALL OURSELVES POSSUMS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO. HIS COMPANY'S FIRST OPERATION WAS IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS SIX YEARS AGO. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION USING DRONE TECHNOLOGY. IT PROVES THAT WE COULD HALF THE COST OF DOING AERIAL BAITS TO ERADICATE THE RATS, WHICH WAS HUGE. OUR TEAM IS HEADING OFF TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS TO DO ANOTHER ISLAND ERADICATION PROJECT. THERE IS NO REPAIR FACILITIES ONCE YOU GET TO THE ISLANDS, SO THAT'S WHY OUR DRONES LOOK AS BASIC AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY GET. HOWEVER, THE TECHNOLOGY HASN'T HAD MUCH UPTAKE IN AOTEAROA. WE'VE GROWN UP WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRADITIONALLY GIVEN, AND PEOPLE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. WHEN I SEE PEOPLE HAVING TO GO OFFSHORE WITH THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY'RE NOT BEING RECOGNISED HERE, IT'S SORT OF SAD, REALLY. HE'S HOPING CAMERON'S TECHNOLOGY WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE MOTUKAWAO ISLANDS. BECAUSE OF THE NARROWNESS AND THE STEEPNESS OF THOSE GULLIES, ONLY A DRONE CAN GET INTO THOSE AREAS CLOSE ENOUGH, RATHER THAN A CHOPPER SITTING UP ABOVE AND JUST GOING SPLATTER. WITH THIS ERADICATION PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, ONCE WE GET THERE, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO RETURN OUR NATIVE SPECIES BACK, LIKE TUATARA. MY IDEAL PLAN WOULD BE TO OPEN THESE ISLANDS UP FOR ECO TOURISM TO LET PEOPLE ENJOY WHAT WE ENJOY BEING THERE. AND YOU CAN WATCH MERIANA'S FULL STORY ON THE HUI'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND TONIGHT ON THREE AFTER 'THE GOOD DOCTOR'. EVEN THE BIGGEST FORMULA ONE FAN HAS TO ADMIT IT'S NOT THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SPORT ON THE PLANET. BUT F1 IS COMMITTED TO RUNNING ON 100% SUSTAINABLE FUEL BY 2026. AND ONE COMPANY HAS BEEN SHOWING OFF ITS NEW 'ZERO PETROLEUM' FUEL WHICH CAN BE USED IN CURRENT CARS, AND COULD BE A SOLUTION. ITV's MARTIN STEW TOOK A TEST-RIDE. (ENGINE REVS) TRACK DAY IN A LAMBORGHINI HURACAN... (TyRES SCREECH) ...A PETROLHEAD'S DREAM. STRAINS: THIS BREAKNECK JOURNEY IS POWERED NOT BY FOSSIL FUELS, BUT BY A SYNTHETIC FUEL MADE FROM ELECTRICITY, WATER AND AIR. AND IT'S STILL QUICK. THE COMPANY IS CALLED ZERO, AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL TRYING TO MAKE A GREEN LIQUID FUEL. STRAINS: YEAH, YOU'RE STILL GETTING SOME PACE. IT'S MADE IN THIS FACTORY. THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE TAKE CARBON DIOXIDE OUT OF THE AIR, AND WE TURN THE WATER INTO HYDROGEN. THEN IN THIS STEP, THE HYDROGEN AND THE CARBON DIOXIDE ARE USED TO MAKE CARBON MONOXIDE, WHICH IS MORE REACTIVE. SO THEN WE TAKE THAT CARBON MONOXIDE, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL HYDROGEN, AND THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. WE REACT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND MAKE FUEL. EMISSIONS ARE THE CARBON EXTRACTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. ELECTRICITY IS GENERATED BY RENEWABLES. IT WORKS IN NORMAL ENGINES, BUT CURRENTLY COSTS FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS GASOLINE, SO IS BEING MIXED WITH FULL FOSSIL-FUEL PETROL. ENGINEERS HOPE COSTS WILL COME DOWN AS OPERATIONS SCALE UP. TODAY, F1 DRIVERS VALTTERI BOTTAS AND ZHOU GUANYU PUT THE FUEL THROUGH ITS PACES. FORMULA ONE IS BRINGING IN NEW REGULATIONS FOR 2026, WHICH REQUIRE FUELS TO BE FULLY SUSTAINABLE. AND THAT WILL BE A GREAT CATALYST TO DEVELOP THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND BRING THEM TO THE NECESSARY LEVEL IN TERMS OF QUALITY, AND EVENTUALLY THEN COST DOWN. WE GO RACING. IT WAS F1 ENGINEERS WHO FINESSED THE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES DOMESTIC CARS NOW USE, BUT THE SPORT HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF GREENWASHING ITS ENORMOUS EMISSIONS. (ENGINE REVS, TIRES SCREECH) IT WILL BE AT LEAST A DECADE BEFORE THIS FUEL IS AVAILABLE DOMESTICALLY ` A POTENTIAL BACKUP FOR BATTERIES. OLLIE'S IN NEXT WITH SPORT, AND NORM HEWITT'S REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE TOUGH ONES? HE WAS A TRUE OLD SCHOOL RUGBY PLAYER. INFAMOUSLY PLAYED WITH A BROKEN ARM BACK IN THE EARLY 2000. THAT WAS A SORT OF PLAYER HE WAS. PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET AWAY WITH THE ANTICS BACK IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. BUT HE WAS A REALLY GOOD TEAMMATE. HE WANTED TO MAKE IS TO MEET BETTER. WE REMEMBER A TRUE LEGEND OF THE GAME IN NEW ZEALAND NEXT. PLUS, RICHIE MO'UNGA LINKS UP WITH THE NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OF ORIGIN SIDE AND GETS THE WARRIORS' ATTENTION IN THE PROCESS. AND CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE ALL BLACKS AHEAD OF THEIR TEST WITH FIJI. WHY ONE DEBUTANT IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO GET A RUN. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREENEWS SPORT. NORM HEWITT HAS TODAY BEEN REMEMBERED AS FORCE ON THE RUGBY FIELD, WITH THE ABILITY TO PUSH BOTH HIS TEAM MATES, AND OPPOSITION, TO THEIR LIMITS. THE FORMER ALL BLACKS AND HURRICANES HOOKER DIED THIS MORNING AFTER A BATTLE WITH MOTOR NEURON DISEASE. HEWITT'S TEAM MATE OF FIVE YEARS FRANKS BUNCE REMEMBERS A PLAYER WHO THRIVED ON PHYSICALITY. HE WAS AGGRESSIVE. HE REALLY` YOU REALLY HAD TO WORK HARD TO GET` TO GET THE ADVANTAGE OF NORM HEWITT. SO, YOU KNOW, HE THRIVED ON THAT, AND HE REALLY PUSHED YOU, AND HE MADE YOU` IF YOU'RE GONNA BEAT ME, MAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK HARD TO DO IT. BUNCE SAID HEWITT WAS UP FOR ANYTHING ON THE RUGBY FIELD, AND SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AS A PLAYER WHO MADE THOSE AROUND HIM BETTER. RICHIE MO'UNGA HAS REVEALED HE TURNED DOWN AN NRL CONTRACT FROM THE WARRIORS IN 2018 WHICH WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM REPLACE SHAUN JOHNSON AT THE CLUB. ON HIS OFF-SEASON BREAK FROM PLAYING IN JAPAN, MO'UNGA'S BEEN SPENDING TIME IN CAMP WITH THE NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES. AND AT JUST 30, IT BEGS THE QUESTION ` WOULD THE WARRIORS CONSIDER HIM IN THE FUTURE? GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. AS A FORMER CRUSADER, SPENDING TIME WITH THE BLUES WOULD BE TREASON IN THE 15-MAN GAME, BUT NEW SOUTH WALES ARE HAPPY TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR RIVAL CODE'S BEST PLAYMAKERS IN TOWN. I'VE JUST BEEN AROUND AND JUST FLOATING. NOTHING REALLY FORCED. JUST` EVERYTHING QUITE AUTHENTIC AND NATURAL. MO'UNGA COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE THAN JUST A SPECTATOR IN THE 13-MAN GAME, REVEALING HE TURNED DOWN AN OFFER FROM THE WARRIORS IN 2018 AFTER A MEETING WITH THEN-COACH STEPHEN KEARNEY. BUT WOULD CURRENT COACH ANDREW WEBSTER DO THE SAME? I DARESAY HE'D DO EXTREMELY WELL, YEAH. BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HEADLINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE SIGNING HIM (LAUGHS) OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO. YEAH, HE'D BE OBVIOUSLY GREAT. MO'UNGA IS CONTRACTED WITH HIS JAPANESE SIDE TOSHIBA UNTIL 2026. LEAGUE COULD BE A LURE FOLLOWING THAT, BUT HE'S EXPECTED TO COMMIT TO NEW ZEALAND RUGBY AHEAD OF THE 2027 WORLD CUP. BE WORRIED IF I WAS QUEENSLAND. (LAUGHS) AWESOME. HE'LL ENJOY THAT. HE'S A` YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE` THAT'S RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY ` BIG GAMES, AND HIM TO BE INVOLVED AROUND THOSE PEOPLE AND HAVING HIM WILL BE` HE'LL BE INVALUABLE FOR THAT GROUP. SO YEAH, GOOD FOR THEM GETTING HIM IN. IT'S A SMART MOVE. A POST-WORLD CUP CODE SWITCH MAY NOT BE OFF THE TABLE, THOUGH. HE'LL BE 33 BY THEN, AND AT LEAST ONE CLUB WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. (CHUCKLES) UM, YEAH. IF HE WANTS TO COME PLAY FOR THE WARRIORS, HE'S WELCOME. YEAH. HE'S` HE'S A TALENTED PLAYER. AND I THINK WE'RE` WHATEVER HE DOES OR WHATEVER SPORT HE WANTS TO, YEAH, NO DOUBT HE'LL BE GOOD AT IT. AND, UH, HE'S FROM NEW ZEALAND, SO, HE'D HAVE TO BE IN THIS TEAM, SO, YEAH. GIVEN HIS TRACK RECORD OF WINNING TITLES, IT WOULD SURELY BE THE WARRIORS' YEAR WITH MO'UNGA ON BOARD. MEANWHILE THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN DEALT ANOTHER CRUEL INJURY BLOW WITH CAPTAIN TOHU HARRIS CONFIRMED TO MISS THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON AFTER UNDERGOING WRIST SURGERY. HARRIS ` WHO'S ALREADY MISSED FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON ` HAS BEEN BATTLING THE INJURY FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR. WHILE THE SIDE ARE CONFIDENT OTHERS WILL STEP UP IN HIS ABSENCE, HIS LEADERSHIP WILL BE MISSED. HE IS OBVIOUSLY MASSIVE FOR THIS CLUB, IN WHAT HE BRINGS ON AND OFF THE FIELD. OBVIOUSLY FEELING FOR HIM MISSING OUT THE REST OF THE SEASON. IT'S GOOD THAT HE GETS TO SORT OUT ALL OF THESE NIGGLES THAT HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HAPPY FOR HIM, BUT ALSO GUTTED THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUT THERE. THE WARRIORS RETURN FROM THEIR BYE WEEK TO TAKE ON THE RAIDERS IN CANBERRA ON FRIDAY. BLACK FERNS CO-CAPTAIN KENNEDY SIMON HAS CREATED HISTORY, SIGNING NEW ZEALAND'S LONGEST EVER WOMEN'S 15s CONTRACT. THE 27-YEAR-OLD HAS EXTENDED THROUGH UNTIL 2028, CONFIRMING HER COMMITMENT TO THE SIDE WELL BEYOND NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP. AND SHE'S CALLING FOR MORE OF HER TEAMMATES TO BE LOCKED IN TO LONG-TERM DEALS. WITH THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE CAN SEE THE LIKES OF... I WILL JUST TALK TO THE LOOSIES ` KAIPO, LAYLA SAE, TRYING TO LOCK THOSE GIRLS IN, BECAUSE THEY ARE INCREDIBLE ATHLETES AND EVEN BETTER PEOPLE. SIMON MISSED THE BLACK FERNS 62-0 WIN OVER AUSTRALIA WITH INJURY, BUT IS ON TRACK TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AT TWICKENHAM IN SEPTEMBER. WITH THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND IN THE BAG, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE CONFIRMED CHANGES WILL BE ON THE WAY FOR THIS WEEKEND'S ONE-OFF TEST AGAINST FIJI. ONE OF THOSE WILL BE AT LOCK, WITH PATRICK TUIPULOTU NOT TRAVELLING TO SAN DIEGO, TO INSTEAD PRIORITISE RESTING HIS BODY. AND THAT'S SET TO SEE WHAT WILL LIKELY BE ONE OF SEVERAL DEBUTS THIS WEEKEND. NEW SURROUNDINGS FOR THE ALL BLACKS. THE NEW ZEALAND WINTER TRADED IN FOR A CALIFORNIA SUMMER AND WITH IT A NEW TEAM. LEON MACDONALD CONFIRMING THEY'LL FRESHEN THINGS UP FOR FIJI. THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF NEW FACES IN THERE, AND THE EXPECTATION IS WE JUST KEEP CONTINUING GETTING BETTER FROM OUR PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES. ONE OF THOSE WILL COME AT LOCK, WITH PATRICK TUIPULOTU KEPT HOME AFTER A BRUISING FEW WEEKS ON AN ALREADY BATTERED BODY. HIS RETURN INTO THE FINAL WITH A KNEE, HE ROLLED HIS ANKLE DURING THAT GAME, AND THEN TWO MASSIVE EFFORTS AGAINST A REALLY PHYSICAL ENGLAND PACK, WE JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER HIM A LITTLE BIT. THAT WILL LIKELY MEAN A DEBUT OFF THE BENCH FOR SAM DARRY, WHOSE ALL BLACK INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN LIMITED TO PROMOTIONAL DUTIES SO FAR, BUT MACDONALD IS CONFIDENT HE'LL TAKE THE STEP UP TO TEST RUGBY IN HIS STRIDE. HE JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER THE MORE RUGBY PLAYS AND, YOU KNOW, AS A COACHING GROUP, WE'RE JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH SAM. HE'S JUST THRIVED IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND JUST IMPRESSED US THROUGH THIS YEAR ` WORK RATE AND DETERMINATION. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR BILLY PROCTOR. THE HURRICANES' MIDFIELDER IS LIKELY TO GET THE NOD TO START AT CENTRE IN WHAT WILL BE HIS TEST DEBUT. HOPEFULLY WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY COMES, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE READY. I AM EXCITED FOR HOPEFULLY WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY DOES COME. BUT HUNGER FOR GAME TIME ISN'T JUST RESERVED FOR THOSE AWAITING DEBUTS. CALEB CLARKE HASN'T FEATURED FOR THE ALL BLACKS THIS YEAR AND IS EAGER TO ADD TO HIS 20 TEST CAPS ON SATURDAY. AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO PLAY, IT'S ALSO A BIT DISAPPOINTING NOT GETTING TO PUT ON THE BLACK JERSEY, AND THAT'S WHAT SORT OF PUTS A BIT MORE FUEL IN THE TANK AS WELL. CLARKE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE JUMPING AT THE CHANCE FOR GAME TIME, WITH OPPORTUNITIES APLENTY IN SCOTT ROBERTSON'S SIDE THIS WEEKEND. IF ERIN ROUTLIFFE NEEDED A CONFIDENCE BOOST AHEAD OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, SHE'S JUST GOT IT, WITH CONFIRMATION SHE'S NOW THE NUMBER ONE DOUBLES PLAYER IN THE WORLD. HER RISE UP THE RANKS WAS CONFIRMED DESPITE HER LOSS IN THE WIMBLEDON DOUBLES FINAL ON SUNDAY. THE 29-YEAR-OLD WILL NOW TURN HER ATTENTION TO THE OLYMPICS, WHERE SHE'LL TEAM UP WITH ANOTHER STAR OF NEW ZEALAND TENNIS, LULU SUN. CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT. MOST OF THOSE WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH ROYALTY KNOW THAT POLITE CONVERSATION AND A HANDSHAKE ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. BUT A COUPLE OF LIVELY CATTLE IN JERSEY CLEARLY DIDN'T GET THE MEMO. ITV'S CHRIS SHIP REPORTS. AS ANY GUIDEBOOK WILL TELL YOU, JERSEY IS THE SUNNIEST PLACE IN THE BRITISH ISLES. NOT, HOWEVER, TODAY. SOME MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONED THE WISDOM OF HOLDING THE WELCOME EVENT OUTSIDE. BUT DAMP SEATS OR NOT, THIS IS A RARE VISIT BY A KING AND QUEEN TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. JERSEY HAS ONE OF THE OLDEST CONNECTIONS TO THE CROWN, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN TO CELEBRATE THE SPECIAL AND CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WHICH BINDS US TOGETHER. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A LITTLE WOBBLE HERE TODAY ` A MINOR SECURITY ALERT WHICH HAD THE KING AND QUEEN WHISKED AWAY FROM ONE EVENT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A FALSE ALARM. THE OTHER OFF-SCRIPT MOMENT WAS LESS SERIOUS. BUT THE QUEEN FOUND IT ALL RATHER FUNNY. 'THAT WAS WELL TIMED,' SHE JUST MANAGED TO SAY. BUT IT WAS ALSO TIME ON THIS VISIT TO UPDATE A CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION. MONARCHS WERE ALWAYS PRESENTED WITH TWO DEAD DUCKS ON ARRIVAL HERE. 20 YEARS AGO, QUEEN ELIZABETH, AS YOU CAN SEE, FOUND IT ALL A LITTLE UNUSUAL, TO SAY THE LEAST. TODAY, DUCK EGGS WERE PRESENTED TO THE MONARCH INSTEAD. KING CHARLES, YOU MIGHT SAY, DUCKED THIS ONE JERSEY TRADITION. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING WEATHER, WHICH IS TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORSE, HEATHER? NOT THE BEST END TO THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. TOMORROW IS A BIT MEH ` FOG, CLOUD, SHOWERS. THEN ON THURSDAY, THE NEXT FRONT ARRIVES, BUT NOTHING TOO DISRUPTIVE. FRIDAY ` WATCH THE LOW AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. THIS DEEPENS AND DROPS FROM THE SUB-TROPICS AND WILL IMPACT THE NORTHEAST. IT DOES NOT LOOK PRETTY. HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS SYSTEM. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. WELCOME BACK. LAST WEEK WAS SO EASY ` HIGH PRESSURE EVERYWHERE. THIS WEEK, NOT SO MUCH. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, AND IT'S CAUSING ALL SORTS OF HEADACHES. THIS WILL BE DRIVING OUR WEATHER TILL NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TROUGHS, PLENTY OF LOW CENTRES, PLENTY OF RAIN, CHANGEABLE WIND, AND PLENTY OF FOG. THE ONLY UPSHOT IS THAT IT'S A NOR'EASTERLY FLOW, SO THE SOURCE AIR IS RELATIVELY WARM; FULL OF MOISTURE, BUT WARM. SO THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS FINE TONIGHT WITH PATCHY RAIN CLEARING EASTERN OTAGO AND CLUTHA, AND A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE WEST COAST. TOMORROW ` PLENTY OF CLOUD ALL OVER THE SHOW WITH SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING FOR NORTHERN SPOTS. A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH WEST, ALL WITH EAST TO NOR'EAST WINDS. EXTENSIVE AREAS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG DEVELOPING AGAIN TONIGHT, WITH SCATTERED RAIN ARRIVING IN THE FAR NORTH. ALL THAT LOW CLOUD IN THE MORNING WILL TURN TO RAIN, SOMETIMES HEAVY, AND SPREADING SOUTH. IT'LL EASE TO ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR NORTHLAND IN THE MORNING, AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON IN THE AFTERNOON SETS IN FOR CENTRAL SPOTS. NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS TURN WEST FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHLAND, EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL AND HAMILTON STARTING WITH FOG, THEN RAIN ARRIVES IN THE MORNING, SOMETIMES HEAVY, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. EVERYONE STARTS WEDNESDAY WITH LOW CLOUD OR FOG HERE, THEN OCCASIONAL RAIN DEVELOPS LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. NO SUN OUT EAST WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, THEN IN THE EVENING FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, ALL WITH LITTLE WIND. A CLOUDY START HERE ` FOG FOR TAUMARUNUI, THEN OCCASIONAL RAIN ROLLS IN LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. WINDS ARE MOSTLY LIGHT, WITH AN EASING NORTHERLY FOR WELLINGTON. CLOUDY EARLY FOR THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH, WITH MORE AND MORE CLOUD PILING IN IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS HIT NELSON IN THE EVENING WITH LIGHT WINDS. EARLY FROST AND MAYBE EARLY FOG TOO FOR ALL OF CANTERBURY. CLOUD THICKENS ACROSS THE DAY, WITH LIGHT WINDS, AND NOT MUCH ELSE GOING ON. MORNING FROST AGAIN WITH INLAND SPOTS, AND THE DEEP SOUTH FINE. CLOUD EARLY FOR DUNEDIN AND OAMARU. SPREADING ELSEWHERE FROM THE AFTERNOON, WITH A DEVELOPING EASTERLY FOR SOUTHLAND. SO YOU MAY WAKE TO FOG, DUNEDIN, AT LEAST THE NORMAL AREAS AND VALLEYS WILL. THEN THE DAY IS PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 12. SIMILAR FOR CHRISTCHURCH, WITH AREAS OF MORNING FOG, RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT. COULD ALSO BE SOME EVENING SHOWERS FOR BANKS PENINSULA, BUT WINDS ARE LIGHT. CLOUDY FOR THE CAPITAL WITH A NORTHERLY IN THE MORNING, BUT EASING BEFORE MIDDAY. SCATTERED RAIN HITS TOMORROW NIGHT. LOW CLOUD SETTLES TONIGHT AROUND HAWKE'S BAY. AND TOMORROW, NOT MUCH BLUE SKY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT, WITH SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPING AFTER MIDDAY. LOW CLOUD TONIGHT TOO FOR TAURANGA AND WITH LIGHT WINDS. THERE'S NOT MUCH MOVEMENT OF IT IN THE MORNING. OCCASIONAL RAIN DEVELOPS AROUND LUNCHTIME. FOG IS CURRENTLY FORMING AROUND THE WAIKATO AND SETTLES IN FOR THE NIGHT AND MORNING. RAIN THEN DEVELOPS IN THE MORNING, EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. AND FOG TONIGHT FOR AUCKLAND ` STILL THERE IN THE MORNING FOR THE COMMUTE, THEN HEAVY RAIN HITS BEFORE MIDDAY, WITH AN EASTERLY TURNING WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON WHICH IS WHEN THE RAIN EASES TO SHOWERS. THE SAME BROAD LOW MUCKING UP OUR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS IS DOING THE SAME TO OZ ` SHOWERS AND/OR WIND TO EVERYONE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF. LEAVING THE PACIFIC THE BEST BET FOR SETTLED AND FINE WEATHER. ON THURSDAY, THE NEXT TROUGH ARRIVES, LIKELY TO DELIVER RAIN FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT MINIMAL RISK OF WARNINGS. THOSE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED THOUGH FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AS ANOTHER DEEP LOW MOVES OVER US. WE'RE WATCHING THAT ONE CLOSELY, AS IT'S LIKELY TO HAVE QUITE AN IMPACT AGAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKE'S BAY, WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THE SOUTH ISN'T SPARED EITHER, BUT LESS LIKELY TO COP THE SEVERE WEATHER WITH SHOWERS LEADING UP TO THE WEEKEND. THEN RAIN FOR MOST OF THE ISLAND ON SATURDAY. JUST CLOUDY FOR CENTRAL OTAGO AND DRY AND EVEN SUNNY FOR SOUTHLAND. SO NOT A GREAT END TO THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, BUT DAISY AND PENNY HERE DOING THE RIGHT THING, MAKING THE MOST OF THE DRY CONDITIONS BEFORE THE RAIN RETURNS. SPICE GIRL MEL B HAS RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM LEEDS UNIVERSITY. HER DOCTORATE RECOGNISES HER WORK CAMPAIGNING FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS, WHICH SHE BEGAN AFTER GOING PUBLIC WITH HER OWN ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. ITV'S NINA NANNAR REPORTS. I FEEL SO LOVELY. IN A CUSTOM-MADE GRADUATION GOWN ` LEOPARD PRINT, OF COURSE ` SCARY SPICE WAS BEING DRESSED FOR A NEW STAGE. (CELEBRATORY MUSIC) AMONGST THE MANY HUNDREDS CELEBRATED AT LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY, THE NOW-STUDENT AND HONORARY DOCTOR MELANIE BROWN. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I CAN PERFORM ON WEMBLEY STADIUM, BUT BEING HERE IN FRONT OF ALL YOU LOT IS REALLY NERVE-WRACKING, BY THE WAY. I JUST CAN'T BE MORE THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND SO GRATEFUL TO BE RECEIVING THIS, (TEARFULLY) AND I CAN'T EVEN REALLY TALK, SO THANK YOU. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) # YO, I TELL YOU WHAT I WANT, WHAT I REALLY, REALLY WANT. # SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT... AS A TEENAGER JOINING THE SPICE GIRLS, WHAT SHE WANTED WAS POP SUCCESS. BUT AS PATRON OF THE DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARITY WOMEN'S AID, AN MBE HAS FOLLOWED, AND NOW A UNIVERSITY HONOUR IN HER HOME CITY. BIT SURREAL, TO BE HONEST, AND I'M VERY HUMBLED AND QUITE NERVOUS AND SHY, BUT ALSO REALLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE MADE PATRON OF WOMEN'S AID IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IT STARTED OFF WITH NOT SUCH A VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, JOURNEY, AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE I'D COME FROM, BUT IT'S BLOSSOMED INTO SOMETHING REALLY WORTHWHILE, AND IT'S GIVEN ME AN EXTRA MISSION, OR MORE OF AN IMPORTANT MISSION IN LIFE. IT'S HARD WORK. A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND... NOT JUST AN HONORARY DOCTOR, SHE HAS ALSO COMPLETED A GRADUATE COURSE IN TRAUMA CARE AT THE UNIVERSITY. IT WAS HER REVELATION THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM OF ABUSE DURING HER MARRIAGE TO FILM PRODUCER STEPHEN BELAFONTE, CLAIMS HE HAS DENIED, THAT LED TO HER ROLE WITH WOMEN'S AID. THIS IS THE CHARITY'S CURRENT CAMPAIGN. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THIS TRAUMA CARE COURSE AT UNIVERSITY? I JUST THOUGHT, I CAN'T JUST BE GIVEN A DOCTORATE WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING TO COLLEGE AND STUDYING. I WANT TO EARN IT TOO. SHE HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED GIRL POWER ` TODAY, IT CLEARLY MEANS MORE TO HER THAN EVER BEFORE. EARLIER WE ASKED YOU ` SHOULD SPEED CAMERAS HAVE WARNING SIGNS? THANKS FOR VOTING ON STUFF.CO.NZ. THE RESULTS ARE IN, AND 53% OF YOU THINK THAT YES, THERE SHOULD BE. THAT IS 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. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024