TONIGHT ON THREE NEWS ` THE PLAN TO FIX MATHS EDUCATION, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SAYING WE ARE IN A 'TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE'. A COMMUNITY IS REELING AS THREE DIE AFTER A RIVERTON BAR BOAT CAPSIZE. EMMA TWIGG HAS FINISHED HER FIFTH OLYMPICS AND HER COMPETITIVE ROWING CAREER WITH A SILVER MEDAL. AND WE HAVE A RARE INSIDERS' LOOK AT HOW OUR ELITE S.A.S. FORCE OPERATES. INCREDIBLE SCENES OF JUBILATION AS THE MYSTICS WIN OVER THE PULSE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA , MALO E LELEI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. 'TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE' ` THAT'S HOW THE PRIME MINISTER IS DESCRIBING THE STATE OF MATHS ACHIEVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND. CHRISTOPHER LUXON ANNOUNCED AT THE NATIONAL PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE THE GOVERNMENT'S SPEEDING UP PLANS TO MOVE TO A 'MATHS ACTION PLAN', A NEW STRUCTURED CURRICULUM FOR YEAR 0 TO YEAR 8 STUDENTS. THE REASON? NEW DATA SHOWS JUST 22% OF YEAR 8s, OR 12-YEAR-OLDS, ARE AT THE EXPECTED LEVEL THEY SHOULD BE FOR MATHS. FOR MAORI STUDENTS, JUST 12% ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. OVERALL, A WHOPPING 63% OF YEAR 8 KIDS ARE MORE THAN A YEAR BEHIND, AND AS OUR CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOVA O'BRIEN REPORTS, THE NATIONAL PARTY AND ITS LEADER ARE ALSO BEHIND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE IN THE POLLS. (APPLAUSE) ALL HAIL TO THE CHIEF ` ACHIEVE GIVING HIS PARTY PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. ON CRIME... BECAUSE WE ARE CRACKING DOWN. COST OF LIVING... ON THE ECONOMY, I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GETTING NEW ZEALAND BACK ON TRACK. AND EDUCATION. THE RESULTS MUST CHANGE, AND WE WILL DELIVER THAT CHANGE. NEW DATA SHOWS WE ARE EVEN WORSE AT MATHS THAN WE THOUGHT. THERE IS NO WAY TO DESCRIBE THOSE RESULTS AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THAT MEANS NATIONAL'S AMBITIOUS TARGET OF REACHING 80% OF YEAR EIGHTS AT ALL ABOVE THE EXPECTED CURRICULUM LEVEL BY 2030 GETS MUCH HARDER TO ACHIEVE. HAVING SAID THAT, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE TARGET. REMEMBER, THAT IS BY 2030, WITH NOTHING TO MEASURE THE TARGETS ON IN THE MEANTIME. WILL YEAR EIGHT AT B IN MATHS BY THE END OF THE TERM? WE ARE NOT HAVING A TARGET. NEW CURRICULUM IS COMING EARLY WITH NEW ASSESSMENTS AND TEACHERS WILL GET MORE TRAINING. LABOUR IS ROUNDLY SUPPORTIVE AND CLAIMING CREDIT FOR MOST OF IT BUT SAYING THAT TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE IS NATIONAL'S TO OWN. THIS IS THE GENERATION OF KIDS THAT STARTED SCHOOL WHEN NATIONAL STANDARDS WAS IN PLACE. LET'S GET EDUCATION BACK ON TRACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERY BODY. THE NATIONAL PARTY IS ALSO AIMING TO GET ITSELF BACK ON TRACK, BACK TO THE HALCYON DAYS OF PARTY POLLING THAT IT ENJOYED UNDER JOHN KEY. THAT IS THE MID-FORTIES BY 2026. WE ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE DELIVER FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE WILLING TO STATE YOUR JOB ON? WHILE CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS ADORED HERE. HE IS JUST FANTASTIC. THE BEST. WELL, MOSTLY ADORED. HOW IS CHRISTOPHER LUXON DOING? HE HAS HIS OWN PERSONALITY AND DOES THINGS HIS OWN WAY. PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE WAY I WOULD DO THINGS. THE QUEUE FOR SELFIES WITH SIR JOHN WAS FAR LONGER AND LUXON'S FAVOURABILITY CONSISTENTLY POLLS IN THE NEGATIVE. I THINK IT IS GROWING. AS A FUTURE LEADERSHIP MATERIAL OVER HERE? HE IS DOING ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. AS ERICA STANFORD LEADERSHIP MATERIAL? SHE IS DOING AN AWESOME JOB. SO TOVA, HOW MUCH DOES THAT PERSONAL POLLING REALLY MATTER? YEAH, DESPITE SOME SIMILARITIES AND PERHAPS EVEN MODELLING HIMSELF ON HIM A LITTLE BIT, CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS NO SIR JOHN KEY. HE NEVER WILL BE ENNOR DOES HE NEED TO . BE SIR JOHN SAYS THAT LUXON IS GROWING AND THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING USED TO HIM AFTER LONG NEGOTIATIONS, BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE ELECTION NIGHT SO YOU WOULD THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THE PERSON RUNNING THE COUNTRY BY NOW. AS LONG AS LUXON KEEPS THOSE POLLING NUMBERS UP HE IS SAFE AS HOUSES. IT IS GETTING TO THAT TARGET OF THE MID-FORTIES THAT MIGHT PROVE MORE CHALLENGING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A THIRD BODY HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE WATER IN SOUTHLAND AFTER A BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE RIVERTON BAR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, IT'S REIGNITING ITS CALL FOR STRONGER RECREATIONAL BOATING RULES. IN THE DARK, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS SEARCHED FOR SIGNS OF LIFE. A MISSION TO LOCATE THE MISSING OCCUPANT OF A RECREATIONAL BOAT ` CARRYING FIVE PASSENGERS ` THAT CAPSIZED ON THE RIVERTON BAR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. COAST GUARD WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON A TRAINING DAY CLOSE BY AND WERE ABLE TO RESPOND REALLY QUICKLY. TWO SURVIVORS WERE FOUND IN THE WATER. WE WERE TOLD BY THE SURVIVORS THAT THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND SOME OF THEM WERE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE VESSEL. SO WE ATTEMPTED TO SELF-RIGHT THE VESSEL, UM, AND WE FOUND VICTIMS... THAT WERE DECEASED. THE SEARCH ENDED LAST NIGHT WHEN THE FIFTH PASSENGER WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE WATER. WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS. IT'S JUST THOSE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA KEEP YOU ALIVE FOR LONG ENOUGH FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO POSSIBLY FIND YOU. MARITIME NEW ZEALAND HAS LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION, OR TAIC, HAS ALSO BEEN ALERTED. THE INCIDENT COMES AFTER THREE PEOPLE DIED IN A FATAL RECREATIONAL BOAT COLLISION AT AUCKLAND'S MANUKAU BAR IN 2021. IT PROMPTED TAIC LAST YEAR TO REPEAT ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPULSORY LICENSING OF SKIPPERS, SAYING RELUCTANCE TO DO SO AMOUNTED TO... ACCEPTANCE, IN OUR VIEW, THAT EVERY YEAR, 15 TO 20 RECREATIONAL BOATERS DIE AS A RESULT OF THEIR OWN ACTIONS. IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY'S TRAGEDY, TAIC TOLD US IT IS AGAIN PUSHING FOR STRONGER RECREATIONAL BOATING RULES, SUCH AS BOAT REGISTRATION AND SKIPPER LICENSING. SUCH AS BOAT REGISTRATION AND SKIPPER LICENSING. THE MINISTRY TOLD US IT IS RESEARCHING HOW OTHER COUNTRIES TREAT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING. EMMA TWIGG HAS ADDED A SILVER LINING TO THE END OF HER OLYMPIC CAREER, FINISHING SECOND IN THE SINGLE SCULLS. IT TAKES NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL COUNT TO SEVEN ` A FITTING FINISH TO THE ROWER'S FIFTH GAMES CAMPAIGN. IMOGEN WELLS REPORTS FROM PARIS. ADDING ONE LAST MEDAL BEFORE SHE GIVES UP THE OARS. IT IS TWIGG FOR SILVER. EMMA TWIGG REVEALING TODAY SHE'S DONE WITH COMPETITIVE ROWING AFTER FOLLOWING HER GOLD IN TOKYO WITH A SILVER IN PARIS. OH, I'M STOKED. LIKE, WHAT A WAY TO FINISH MY CAREER. ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE RETIRED FROM THE SPORT AFTER COMING FOURTH AT BOTH THE LONDON AND RIO OLYMPICS, ONLY TO COME BACK AND WIN GOLD IN TOKYO. I'VE LEARNED THAT AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS REALLY HARD TO EARN, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE MOMENTS DON'T COME AROUND OFTEN AND, YOU KNOW, THE STORY THAT'S GONE INTO THIS ONE IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE ONE THAT I WON IN TOKYO. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS LITTLE GUY HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR THIS ONE, WHICH ADDS AN ELEMENT. TOMMY (2) IS PART OF THAT STORY, ALONG WITH WIFE CHARLOTTE. YEAH, SHE'S BEEN AWAY MOST OF THE YEAR. I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR TWO CAMPAIGNS, NOT FIVE. UM, SO JUST SEEING WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THOSE ` I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HOW PROUD I AM. YEAH, SHE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE AND HUMAN. WRAPPING UP HER CAREER FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. THE CORROSIVE POWER OF MISINFORMATION IS ON DISPLAY IN THE UK IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING OF THREE GIRLS AT A DANCE STUDIO IN SOUTHPORT. FALSE CLAIMS WERE SPREAD ONLINE THAT THE SUSPECT WAS AN ASYLUM SEEKER WHO'D ARRIVED IN THE UK BY BOAT. ITV'S PETER SMITH REPORTS THAT SET THE FUSE FOR THE WORST OUTBREAK OF CIVIL DISORDER IN BRITAIN IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THERE IS AN ANGER POURING ON TO THE STREETS OF BRITAIN. (CROWD SHOUTING) IN LIVERPOOL, POLICE WERE UNDER ATTACK. SEVERAL HAVE BEEN INJURED BY BRICKS AND BOTTLES, ONE HIT ON THE HEAD BY A CHAIR. THIS HATRED HAS BEEN SIMMERING. WHETHER THE TRAGEDY OF SOUTHPORT WAS A CATALYST OR AN EXCUSE, IT'S NOW AT BOILING POINT. SHOUTS: WE'VE HAD ENOUGH! THIS IS AN UPRISING! DEMONSTRATIONS WERE ORGANISED IN TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY. THEY GATHERED UNDER THE BANNER 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH', AND THE MESSAGES FROM THE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN ANTI-IMMIGRANT, ANTI-MUSLIM AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT. IN SUNDERLAND LAST NIGHT, THOUGH, THE TARGET WAS THE POLICE. AN OLD POLICE STATION WAS RANSACKED BEFORE THE LOCAL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU WAS SET ALIGHT. VIOLENCE HAS CONTINUED THIS EVENING. GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ARE NOW PREPARING TO MEET ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DISORDER. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS . WE HAVE A RARE INSIDERS INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR ELITE SAS FORCE OPERATES. A New Award For The Topp Twins .. But Not For Theimusic Or Comedy This Time ... and in sport .... we're live to Paris after a mixed day for the Kiwi athletes ` how WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET RARE INSIGHTS INTO HOW OUR ELITE SAS FORCE WORKS FROM THE RECIPIENT OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST BRAVERY AWARDS. JAMIE PENNELL WAS ONE OF THE SMALL TEAM OF KIWIS WHO STORMED A HOTEL IN KABUL WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN BY TALIBAN FIGHTERS. HE SPOKE TO AMELIA WADE FROM THE SUNDAY STAR TIMES. JAMIE PENNELL'S LIFE IS NOW CALM, BUT IT WAS IN AFGHANISTAN, UNDER SIEGE BY TALIBAN HE FOUND A NEW STATE OF PEACE. VERY CALM, LIKE SITTING ON THE COUCH CALM, WATCHING A MOVIE. VERY STRANGE. I COULD SEE EVERYTHING AROUND ME. IT MADE MY DECISION MAKING VERY, VERY SIMPLE. IN JUNE 2011, TERRORISTS ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL IN KABUL. PENNELL AND THE BOYS, AS HE CALLS THEM, STORMED IN. THEY MADE IT TO THE ROOF; IT WAS CHAOS. THE TERRORISTS WERE THERE, CLAD IN SUICIDE VESTS AND NEW SHOES ` THE REWARD FROM THEIR HANDLERS. THE ROOF WAS LIKE A BUTCHER SHOP. COS` COS SOME OF THE GUYS HAD DETONATED THEMSELVES, BASICALLY THEY HAD BEEN DISMEMBERED. THERE WERE BODY PARTS EVERYWHERE ` HEADS AND LEGS AND ARMS AND SKIN AND BLOOD AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. A LOT OF MEAT, THAT KIND OF THING. THE ROOF CLEARED, THE KIWI TEAM MOVED DOWN TO CLEAR THE HOTEL. A LONE TERRORIST REMAINED. AND STEVE WAS IN FRONT OF ME, AND HE SAID, 'I THINK I'VE BEEN SHOT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.' STEVE IS STEVE ASKIN ` PENNELL'S MATE WHO SURVIVED WAR BUT DIED IN A TRAGIC HELICOPTER CRASH FIGHTING NOT TERRORISTS, BUT FIRES, IN THE PORT HILLS. HE EPITOMISED THE SAS SOLDIER. YOU KNOW, HE WAS HARD WORKING, FIT, GOOD OPERATOR. FEARLESS, A HUNTER, MISCHIEF. HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR, LIKE, ALL THOSE THINGS. BOTH RECEIVED THE RARE NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY STAR, THE SECOND HIGHEST HONOUR FOR BRAVERY. BUT UNTIL NOW, PENNELL HAS ONLY BEEN KNOWN AS SERVICEMAN JAY. HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT HIS 18 YEARS SERVING IN THE SAS, ABOUT THE HARROWING SELECTION PROCESS. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS THAT YOU'LL GO THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ONE OF THE BOYS, TO BE PREPARED TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK, BUT YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND. YOU'RE THERE TO DO A JOB. YOU'RE THERE TO SAVE LIVES. PENNELL'S LIFE UNLIKE ANY OTHER. The UK's foreign secretary David Lammy has issued another warning for British citizens in Lebanon to leave the country, New Zealand has already warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon and if they're there, to leave. Just days after visiting Beirut, Lammy says they should get out immediately as tensions grow between Israel and Hezbollah. The warning comes as the US is sending extra jets and warships to the Middle East. Time for a look at Sport with Ollie. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREE NEWS SPORT. A DAY THAT STARTED OFF ON A HIGH HAS ENDED WITH A SLUMP FOR KIWI ATHLETES IN PARIS. THE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS CAMPAIGN HIT A SNAG. DAMAGE AND WELLS AS WELL AS NOW FROM PARIS. IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS AGAIN? *IMOGEN WELLS OUR TRACK AND FIELD TEAM HAD COME HERE TO PARIS WITH DREAMS OF MEDALS, TOM WALSH HAD HOPED TO ADD A THIRD METAL TO HIS COLLECTION BUT A GROIN INJURY HAD THE FINAL SAY ON HIS CAMPAIGN. ZOE HOBBS SIMPLY WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH. THE DAY STARTED ON THE RIGHT NOTE WITH EMMA TWIGG SIGNING OFF HER ROWING CAREER IN STYLE. THERE WAS NO SHAME IN COMING OFF SECOND BEST THIS TIME ROUND. EMMA TWIGG'S SILVER, NEW ZEALAND'S FOURTH AND FINAL ROWING METAL AT THE PARIS GAMES. VERY SPECIAL. JUST BEING PART OF THIS TEAM IS AMAZING AND IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH SOME HARDWARE. UNLIKE THE COVID AFFECTED TOKYO GAMES, THIS ONE WAS MADE SPECIAL WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ADDS AN ELEMENT. HE ADDS AN ELEMENT. EH, TOM? TO RECKON HE IS GOING TO BE A ROWER? ARE YOU PROUD OF MUMMA? EQUALLY PROUD WAS MEN'S SINGLES SCHOLAR TOM MACKINTOSH WHO AT ONE POINT LOOKED ON FOR A METAL. 500M TO GO, HE WOULD FALL BACK, FINISHING IN FIFTH. I GAVE IT EVERYTHING I HAD AND I AM STILL PROUD OF THE RESULT AND THE EFFORT I PUT IN. IT WAS A MORE SOMBRE AFFAIR FOR THE KIWIS ON THE TRACK AND FIELD. HE IS INJURED TOO. HE IS INJURED TOO. A GROIN INJURY TURNING HIS DREAMS INTO AGONY. JUST COMMIT... AND GIVE IT A GO, AND... THAT'S WHAT I DID. HE WILL BE 36 BY THE LOS ANGELES GAMES ROLL AROUND BUT HAS MADE A DECLARATION. I WILL BE BACK. I'VE GOT UNFINISHED BUSINESS. JACKO GILL IS MORE THAN CONTENT FINISHING WITH A SIXTH PLACE. ZOE HOBBS' OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN ALSO CAME TO AN END. HOBBS FINISHING SIXTH IN HER 100 M FINAL, SHORT OF A SPOT IN ONE OF THE GLAMOUR EVENT FINALS. I FEEL LIKE I LET MYSELF DOWN TODAY, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE HERE AND RUNNING IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. TWO STARS OF THE TRACK AND FIELD NOW FORCED TO LOOK FOR YEARS AHEAD. SPORT IS BRUTAL SOMETIMES. IS NEW ZEALAND LIKELY TO ADD TO THE MEDAL TALLY OVERNIGHT? NOT LIKELY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF KIWIS LINING UP ON THEM WOMEN'S ROAD RACE. WE HAVE SAILING HEATS AND HAMMER THROW QUALIFICATION AS WELL SO IN TERMS OF NEXT MEDALS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT PATIENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Both Luuka Jones and Finn Butcher hav advanced to the next round of the newly inroduced Kayak Cross with solid displays in their opening rounds. Butcher had the better of his three person field, .. comfortably winning round one .. putting out the sixth best time overall to move on to the heats. Luuka Jones also moved onto the heats after her second place finish in round one. The top two in each of those heats will advance to the quarter finals. History has been made for St Lucia . with Julien Alfred winning the nation's first ever Olympic medal in a stunning upset in the women's 100 metres final. Alfred made a fast start and couldn't be caught. In her wake was Sha'carri Richardson- the World Champion who was widely expected to take gold in the event but she simply didn't have the legs to close the gap to Alfred. The gold medal win brought wild scenes back in St Lucia where thousands had gathered to watch Alfred make history Simone Biles' stunning campaign in Paris has continued, winning gold in the women's vault. Biles set the standard with her first attempt of the day, scoring a 15.7 before a slightly lower second score brought her average down to 15.3. It was Biles' second gold in the vault after her 2016 win in Rio and her seventh gold medal in her Olympic career. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE STUNNED THE CENTRAL PULSE AND CLINCHED BACK-TO-BACK TITLES. GRACE NWEKE PUT THE PULSE TO THE SWORD EARLY ON AS THE VISITORS LEAD BY SEVEN GOALS. BUT THEIR INACCURACIES CAME BACK TO HAUNT THEM, LETTING THE PULSE BACK INTO THE CONTEST. THE LEADER CHOPPED AND CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. WITH NWEKE BREAKING HEARTS WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THAT'S IT! THEY KNOW IT! OH MY GOODNESS! IT'S THE MYSTICS' THIRD ANZ PREMIERSHIP CROWN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WITH ALL THE OLYMPIC ACTION GOING ON, THAT IS PRETTY SPECIAL. THAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT SPORTING ATMOSPHERES. We'll have details on your weather for the start of the working week next, plus a new accolade for the Topp Twins, but it's not for their music. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS MATHS ACHIEVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND IS EVIDENCE OF A TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE, SO THE GOVERNMENT IS SPEEDING UP A MOVE TO A MATHS ACTION PLAN FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THREE PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED IN SOUTHLAND AFTER A BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE RIVERTON BAR, REIGNITING CALLS FOR STRONGER BOATING RULES. AND EMMA TWIGG HAS CALLED TIME ON HER OLYMPIC CAREER AFTER WINNING SILVER IN THE SINGLE SCULLS IN PARIS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THAT LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL DRIFT EAST, AS WELL AS THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. DURING MONDAY, THAT OTHER FRONT THERE WILL DRIFT UP THE WEST COAST AND WEAKEN NEAR TARANAKI. RAIN OVER FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND POSSIBLY HEAVY WITH SMALL HAIL, CLOUDY PERIODS, FEW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. MAINLY FINE IN THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WHITIANGA, YOU'RE THE REVERSE ` CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE MORNING, THEN FINE. A FINE AND FROSTY START HERE. LOOK AT THOSE MINUS 2'S! CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON, CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR TOKOROA. TAURANGA, YOU'LL REACH 15. IT'LL BE A FINE AND FROSTY MORNING FOR YOU HERE TOO. SOME CLOUD DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. NAPIER WILL GET TO 14. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER HERE. WELLINGTON, YOU'LL GET SOME MORNING CLOUD, THEN FINE AND 12 DEGREES. WHANGANUI, 15 DEGREES. FROSTY MORNING FOR NELSON AND THEN FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE BOARD. CHILLY STARTS FOR EVERYONE HERE, SO THAT MEANS MORNING FROST. THEN FINE FOR ALL WITH HIGH CLOUD AT TIMES. CHRISTCHURCH, 13 DEGREES. CLOUDY FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN FINE FOR ALL. 13 DEGREES FOR YOU, DUNEDIN. CLOUD AND SHOWERS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. 19 FOR SYDNEY. SIMILAR FOR THE PACIFIC ` FINE IN NIUE, REACHING 28 DEGREES. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE LONG-RANGE FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. THE TOPP TWINS HAVE TAKEN OUT THE BEST-SELLING BOOK AWARD AT THE INDUSTRY AWARDS NIGHT. JOOLS AND LYNDA TOPP SAY IT WAS AMAZING TO WIN FOR THEIR BOOK, 'UNTOUCHABLE GIRLS: THE TOPP TWINS STORY'. THE PAIR, WHO ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR MUSIC AND COMEDY PERFORMANCES, AND WHO'VE BOTH BEEN BATTLING BREAST CANCER, SAY IT'S ESPECIALLY SWEET BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM MUCH LATELY. AND WE HAVE BEEN REALLY OUT OF THE ACTION FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH OUR SICKNESS AND CHEMOTHERAPY AND GOD KNOWS WHAT, COVID AND EVERYTHING. I THINK TONIGHT MADE US FEEL REALLY HAPPY. (MUSIC PLAYS) THE TWINS SAY WINNING THE AWARD HAS MADE THEM FEEL PROUD. EARLIER WE ASKED YOU ` EARLIER WE ASKED YOU ` WOULD THE NEW MATHS CURRICULUM IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN? AND 51% OF YOU SAID NO, IT WON'T. AND 51% OF YOU SAID NO, IT WON'T. IT'S ALMOST A 50-50 SPLIT. THAT'S THREENEWS 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 LAURA TUPOU. AND WE WILL LEAVE YOU, AS IS NOW TRADITION, WITH SOME WEEKEND WEATHER PHOTOS SENT IN TO US. PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. POMARIE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024