Asked my dad to fill in for you a couple of times. It wasn't too bad while you were gone, but we'd had a few break-downs, so... At Quartz Creek, Carl Rosk is back from the hospital where tumours on his lung and spine were tested for cancer. Dad, Trey, y'all, Carl's back. Hey, man. How's it going? Good to see you. Didn't expect you back. How you doing? You alright? Yeah, I'm alright. How things been going in Vancouver? They've been good. It's not cancer straight, so I'm good that way, but I do gotta get it out, so... That's good news, alright. It's great, yeah. Good to hear. So, you're back in the saddle? Finish this season, and then get rid of it after that. Awesome. Right on. It does sound pretty damn good. Yeah, for sure. Alright then, let's weigh up some gold. Welcome to the best part of the week again. Check it out, Carl's back. (CHEERING & CLAPPING) We sure are glad to have you back, man. It's great, yeah. Good to be back. You guys ready? To reach his 1000-ounce, 1.2 million-dollar season gold, Rick needs to mine 50 ounces every week. See what we got? That's a ten, 20, 30, moving up fast, 50, 60, 70, 80... And, here we go, 115.79. (CHEERING) Worth almost $140,000, and more than twice what he needs. We just gotta keep putting those kinds of numbers up, we're walking out of here like kings this fall. Thank you, guys, for everything this week. (CHEERING) What's up, gentlemen? Hey, Parker. At the last cut, Parker's crew has recovered from the flu virus in time for the weekly weigh-in. How's Big Red running? Everything's been ticking along down there pretty nicely actually, but hopefully the numbers have stayed up. To stay on track for his 6000-ounce, 7.2 million-dollar season, Parker needs to mine 360 ounces of gold a week. Ready for the pour? How about it? First up, Big Red. 20, 30, 50... 70, 90, there's a 100... 120, 130, 140... 162.7. Holy ---! Not bad. That's pretty good. Lay it on. Good job. Yeah. Worth $195,000. Slow and steady is hopefully gonna win the race. A --- big tortoise. Doing that, I am, yes. Alright, you guys want to see how Sluicifer did? Parker now needs 200 ounces from Sluicifer. We had a few issues at Sluicifer this week. We ran a pump out of fuel. Ultimately, it was kind of Dean's responsibility. We all make mistakes, right? Yeah. Dean's sleeping off the double shift he just pulled trying to make amends. There we go. 20... 40, 50, 70, 80... 120, 140... Keep coming, Doumitt. Keep coming. We've got a lot more. 180... Maybe we got 200? Maybe? 202.9. ---! Yeah! Not bad. Worth over $240,000. So, together, you guys, we've got 365 ounces, and now we're at 2377. For four straight weeks, Parker succeeded in hitting his goal. We had a few disasters, but I think we pulled it off. Alright, thanks, guys. Thank you. Yeah, I mean, even though we lost some time, it was an alright week. If we're gonna get anywhere 6000 ounces we've gotta have good people that know what they're doing and just keep those plants powering away. Thanks, dad. I dunno how I'm gonna replace you. Yeah. It's a pretty full-on trip too. I mean... Yeah, it was. You're out in the field every day. After three weeks working side-by-side with his son, big Rick is heading home. Like I said, I came up here to help you, so, I mean, I enjoyed it. I obviously did have my doubts with you running the show. Moving from an employee to a business owner with a gazillion different responsibilities, and I can see that you have some anxiety from it, and I did have my doubts, having your friends and everybody up here working with you, but... Yep. These guys are a great bunch of guys. There isn't a single one of them here that I... you know what I mean, that I wouldn't hire myself. I mean, they're all great people. Yep. And you are handling it very well. At this point this season you're already at that halfway point that you wanted to be at. With his dad's help, Rick's finally on track to hit his 1000-ounce gold with 565 ounces worth two thirds of a million dollars. I'm impressed, very impressed. I think as always you've proved me wrong. Maybe that's why I am successful 'cause I keep wanting to prove you wrong. It's great having you up here, honestly. And, I appreciate you having me. Yeah. A VETERAN POLICE WOMAN HIT BY A CAR EARLY TODAY IN NELSON HAS DIED. TWO OTHER OFFICERS ARE INJURED IN WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS A SENSELESS AND UNPROVOKED ATTACK. IN HAMILTON, A CHILD HAS DIED AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A VIOLENT ATTACK JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BETTY, TWO, ONE! AND WELCOMING IN 2025, AS CITIES AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR ` BUT WHO DID IT BEST? CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, AND WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. WHILE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY CELEBRATED THE NEW YEAR LAST NIGHT, TWO HORRIFIC INCIDENTS HAVE CAST A LONG AND TERRIBLE SHADOW ` A CAR RAMMING INCIDENT HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A POLICEWOMAN (62) IN NELSON, WHILE THE VICTIM OF A FATAL FAMILY HARM INCIDENT IN HAMILTON IS BELIEVED TO BE A CHILD. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBED THE ATTACK THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING AS 'UNPROVOKED AND SENSELESS'. SHE IS THE 34TH NEW ZEALAND POLICE OFFICER TO BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. A MAN (32) HAS BEEN ARRESTED. RUWANI PERERA'S STORY INCLUDES PARTS OF A SHOCKING SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF THE RAMMING. WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO SHOW THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. A NIGHT THAT BEGAN WITH CELEBRATION SOON DESCENDED INTO VIOLENCE AND TRAGEDY. SHORTLY AFTER 2am, PEOPLE IN A CARPARK IN CENTRAL NELSON WITNESSED THIS TERRIFYING SCENE AFTER A WHITE MINIVAN PLOUGHED INTO A GROUP OF POLICE OUT ON PATROL, AND YOUNG PEOPLE. A VEHICLE DROVE AT THEM AT SPEED AND COLLIDED WITH THEM. THE INJURIES THAT THEY SUSTAINED WERE CRITICAL. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED AND DROVE AT THE POLICE CAR, RAMMING IT. DAYLIGHT IN BUXTON SQUARE REVEALED THE AFTERMATH OF THE CHAOS WHICH CLAIMED THE LIFE OF SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING, WHO HAD SERVED ALMOST 40 YEARS AS A FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICER. SHE'S DESCRIBED AS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND OUTSTANDING AT HER JOB. CHAMBERS SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING IS A DAUGHTER; SHE IS A MOTHER; SHE'S A WIFE, AND SHE'S A WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE NELSON COMMUNITY. FLEMING'S COLLEAGUE, SENIOR SERGEANT ADAM RAMSAY, REMAINS IN SERIOUS, BUT STABLE CONDITION. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SUSTAINED INJURIES TRYING TO HELP THE INJURED COPS, WHILE A THIRD POLICE OFFICER HAS CONCUSSION. ALL THEIR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY THANK THEM FOR THE EFFORT THEY DID, AND ALSO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO CAME TO ASSIST THOSE OFFICERS, THEY OBVIOUSLY PUT THEMSELVES AT DANGER WHEN THIS DRIVER CAME BACK AGAIN AND RAN THE POLICE CAR. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL WAS SICKENED BY THE ATTACK. THEY'RE OUT AT 2 IN THE MORNING WITH THEIR STAFF, KEEPING NELSON SAFE, AND THEY'VE BEEN TARGETED IN WHAT I CONSIDER IS A VERY, VERY COWARDLY ATTACK, AND OF COURSE NOW WE'VE LOST LYN. POLICE ARRESTED A MALE (32) AT THE SCENE, AND HE NOW FACES SERIOUS CHARGES. I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SCALE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING, THAT WE ARE TACKLING IN OUR COUNTRY. IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE FOR THE POLICE; THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO. ITS AN ISSUE FOR US AS A COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THEM INTO MOVING TOWARDS BEING THE SAFEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WORKING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE OUT ENJOYING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THESE OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFE, AND TO LOSE THEIR LIFE, IT'S JUST A TRAGIC WASTE. A POLICE OFFICER WHO JOINED THE FORCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A JOB THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY COST THEM THEIR LIFE. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS HE IS DEVASTATED BY LYN FLEMING'S DEATH. HE SAID HE EXTENDS HIS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HER LOVED ONES AND COLLEAGUES AND HOPES FOR THE RECOVERY OF THOSE INJURED. HE SAID, 'THIS IS A DEVASTATING DAY FOR POLICE AND FOR NEW ZEALAND. LYN WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.' BEFORE TODAY'S DEATH, THE LAST POLICE OFFICER TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY WAS MATTHEW HUNT (28) IN WEST AUCKLAND IN JUNE 2020. HIS MOTHER DIANE SAYS SHE IS FEELING 'BEREFT' AFTER HEARING THE NEWS OF LYN FLEMING'S DEATH AND IS FEELING DEEPLY FOR THE SENIOR SERGEANT'S FAMILY. DIANE HUNT SAYS IT FEELS AS THOUGH THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR POLICE OFFICERS DOING THEIR JOBS AND TRYING TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. SHE BELIEVES SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. DIANE HUNT HAS COMPLAINED TO THE POLICE WATCHDOG, THE IPCA, OVER THE MURDER OF HER SON, SAYING HE WAS SENT TO HIS DEATH, WITHOUT ADEQUATE TRAINING. THREE NEWS UNDERSTANDS A CHILD HAS BEEN KILLED IN A VIOLENT ATTACK IN HAMILTON SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. POLICE CORDONS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN FAIRFIELD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AFTER WHAT'S UNDERSTOOD TO BE A FAMILY HARM INCIDENT THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND THREE OTHERS INJURED. NEIGHBOURS SAY FIREWORKS AT MIDNIGHT OVERPOWERED THE SCREAMING NOISES COMING FROM THE PROPERTY. ONE NEIGHBOUR SAYS SHE HAD HEARD FIGHTING AT THE PROPERTY BEFORE LAST NIGHT. I'VE JUST HEARD A LOT COME FROM THAT HOUSE OVER THE` SINCE THEY'VE MOVED IN. I'VE CALLED THE POLICE A LOT AND I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBOURS HAVE CALLED THE POLICE A LOT. AND A LOT OF THE TIMES, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR HER. POLICE SAY A MAN (34) HAS BEEN DETAINED AND IS LIKELY TO FACE CHARGES. AIR SAFETY OFFICIALS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE REVIEWING RULES AROUND THE POSITIONING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE-TOPPED MOUND, AT THE SITE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST-EVER AIR DISASTER. AN OPERATING MANUAL FOR MUAN AIRPORT, PUBLISHED THIS YEAR, RECOMMENDED THE EMBANKMENT BE MOVED FURTHER FROM THE RUNWAY. 179 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN THE JEJU AIR PLANE CRASHED INTO THE OBSTACLE ON SUNDAY. CHANNEL 4'S HARRY FAWCETT HAS MORE. DAY THREE SINCE THE CRASH, AND INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED TO PICK THROUGH THE DEBRIS FIELD. THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER SUFFERED DAMAGE, THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER, SAID TO BE INTACT. INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE PLANE LANDED SO SOON AFTER DECLARING A MAYDAY AT HIGH SPEED, WITH ITS LANDING GEAR STILL UP. MUCH FOCUS, TOO, ON THE LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOUND, TOPPED BY A CONCRETE PLATFORM AND AN AERIAL ARRAY AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AGAINST WHICH THE PLANE DISINTEGRATED. THE AIRPORT'S 2024 OPERATING MANUAL SUGGESTED IT WAS TOO CLOSE. SOUTH KOREAN LAW ALLOWS FOR SOME DISCRETION. TRANSLATOR: THE INSTALLATION LOCATION CAN BE ADJUSTED WITHIN A RANGE THAT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FACILITY. WE NEED TO FURTHER REVIEW WHETHER THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTING ELEMENTS WITH OTHER REGULATIONS. IF CONFLICTS EXIST, WE WILL NEED TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES OR WHICH STANDARDS SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE. (ANGUISHED WAIL) INSIDE THE TERMINAL, BEREAVED FAMILIES GRIEVED AT A MOURNING ALTAR. JUST FOUR BODIES HAVE SO FAR BEEN RETURNED TO THEIR LOVED ONES FOR BURIAL. FIVE HAVE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED, WITH OFFICIALS DRAFTING IN MORE SPECIALISTS AND RAPID DNA ANALYZERS. IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA'S ACTING PRESIDENT CHOI SANG MOK ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD. HE'S ANNOUNCED A NATIONWIDE AIR SAFETY REVIEW WITH EACH OF THE COUNTRY'S 101 BOEING 737-800'S BEING INSPECTED. CROWD: 10...9... TONIGHT, SEOUL'S NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES WERE MARKEDLY SCALED DOWN. (BELL CHIMES) THE TRADITIONAL RINGING OF THE BOSINGAK BELL, OBSERVED WITHOUT THE PLANNED PERFORMANCES AND LIGHT SHOWS. AFTER A TUMULTUOUS AND UPSETTING DECEMBER, SOUTH KOREANS HOPING FOR BETTER THINGS... (BELL CHIMES) ...IN 2025. THE PRISONER WHO ESCAPED DOWN A PIPE ON THE SIDE OF WAIKATO HOSPITAL BEFORE CHRISTMAS HAS BEEN RECAPTURED. THE 48-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING IN OPARAU ` ABOUT 70km AWAY FROM HAMILTON. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED AND IS DUE IN COURT TOMORROW. GLOBAL FIREWORKS SUPPLIES HAVE SURELY TAKEN A HIT OVERNIGHT WITH NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS SWEEPING THE WORLD. NEW ZEALAND LED THE CHARGE INTO 2025, BUT WHILE WE WERE FIRST, WE DEFINITELY WERE NOT THE BIGGEST. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. THREE, TWO, ONE, AND ANOTHER YEAR WAS DONE. 2025 WELCOMED WITH KISSES AND BIG DREAMS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. HAVE A GOOD TIME ALL THE TIME. AUCKLAND WAS HEAVING WITH PARTY-GOERS WITH RESOLUTIONS SET AND READY... BE HAPPY ALWAYS. LIVE A GOOD AND HEALTHY LIFE. ...WHILE IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI... (FIREWORK POPS) ...SPARKS WERE FLYING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND FIGHTING ON THE MAIN BEACH LED TO A SERIES OF ARRESTS. THE WEATHER TRIED TO DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF REVELLERS AT RHYTHM & VINES, BUT KIWIS CAN PARTY IN PONCHOS JUST AS WELL. IN QUEENSTOWN, IT WAS A MIDNIGHT DELIGHT. (FIREWORKS BOOM) NEW ZEALAND'S WORLD-FIRST TASTE OF 2025, AS ALWAYS, DREW GLOBAL ATTENTION. AUCKLAND IN NEW ZEALAND WAS THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO SEE FIREWORKS. BUT OUR FESTIVITIES WERE QUICKLY UPSTAGED. (GRAND MUSIC PLAYS, FIREWORKS CRACKLE) A 12-MINUTE SHOW BY OUR NEIGHBOURS SAW MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE FLOCK TO SYDNEY'S CITY CENTRE BEFORE THE FIREWORKS SPREAD ACROSS ASIA IN A DIZZYING BLUR, WITH CHINA PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE AND ALL THE WISDOM IT SHOULD BRING. AFRICA CAUGHT THE NEW YEARS FEVER. I THANK GOD FOR THIS NEW YEAR! AND THE MIDDLE EAST SUPERSIZED IT. (FIREWORKS POP) FROM THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING TO A RECORD-BREAKING DISPLAY ` IT WAS BIGGER AND BETTER, AND BIGGER AGAIN. (ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYS) IN SYRIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE, THERE WAS SOMETHING REAL TO CELEBRATE ` NOT JUST A NEW YEAR BUT A NEW ERA THANKS TO THE END OF A LONG AND BLOODY CIVIL WAR. (ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS) THE FAMOUS LANDMARKS OF EUROPE STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT NEXT. IN ATHENS, IN A BID TO AVOID FRIGHTENING THE ANIMALS, THE DISPLAY WAS SILENT. BUT IN PARIS, THEY WERE LOUDER THAN EVER. (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) THE FRENCH PUT THEIR PROTESTING AND POLITICAL TURMOIL ASIDE TO FILL THE STREETS WITH HAPPINESS INSTEAD. AND AS THE BIG BEN BONGS USHERED THE UK INTO 2025, THE EYES OF THE WORLD TURNED TO THE EYE OF LONDON. (FIREWORKS CRACKLE) IN RUSSIA, PUTIN PRAISED THE HEROES OF HIS MILITARY. BUT THERE WAS NO FANFARE AT ALL IN KYIV. DESERTED STREETS MARKING THE THIRD NEW YEAR SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. UKRAINIANS PRAYING FOR PEACE IN 2025 AND A REASON TO CHEER. IT TAKES 26 HOURS FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR ` THE USA SO LATE TO THE PARTY, THEY'RE ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED WHILE THE REST OF US SETTLE IN FOR AN EARLY NIGHT. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` WE TELL YOU WHY ONE KIWI NEW YEAR'S HONOUR RECIPIENT IS REJECTING HIS KING'S SERVICE MEDAL. THE NEXT BIG KIWIRAIL PROJECT FOR AUCKLAND HAS BEEN AROUND 70 YEARS IN THE PLANNING, BUT WILL IT EVER HAPPEN? AND IN SPORT ` THE BREAKERS SNAP AN EIGHT-GAME LOSING STREAK IN FINE STYLE AGAINST THE CAIRNS TAIPANS. AN ABUSE SURVIVOR WHO WAS NAMED AS A KINGS SERVICE MEDAL RECIPIENT IN THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST, SAYS HE WON'T BE ACCEPTING IT. MIKE LEDINGHAM IS A VICTIM OF FAITH-BASED ABUSE, AND SAID ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE THAT AFTER MUCH SOUL-SEARCHING HE DECIDED TO REJECT THE AWARD. HE SAYS HE CAN'T ACCEPT THE KSM FROM A GOVERNMENT HE SAYS HAS BETRAYED VICTIMS BY FORCING THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR ABUSING ORGANISATION TO SEEK JUSTICE. IT'S BEEN PLANNED SINCE THE 1950S, AND THERE ARE DOUBTS IT'LL EVER HAPPEN. BUT KIWIRAIL'S FORGING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR AUCKLAND'S NEXT BIG RAIL LINK BETWEEN AVONDALE AND ONEHUNGA. EXPLAINER EDITOR LLOYD BURR CHECKS OUT THE ROUTE. THE SUBURBAN STREETSCAPE IN AUCKLAND'S ONEHUNGA IS WHERE AUCKLAND'S NEXT RAIL REVOLUTION WILL RUMBLE THROUGH. IT'S BEEN ON THE PLANS FOR 70-ODD YEARS, AND A HANDFUL OF KIWIRAIL PLANNERS ARE GIVING ME A TOUR OF THE 11km ROUTE. IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOREVER FOR MOST PEOPLE LIVING HERE, AND I THINK THERE WAS A VIEW THAT AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT VIEW CORRECT. IT WILL HAPPEN. THIS IS WHERE IT'LL GO. IT STARTS AT THE SOUTHERN LINE AT SOUTHDOWN AND CUTS THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AT TE PAPAPA, WHERE THERE'LL BE A NEW STATION. FROM HERE, IT CUTS ACROSS THE CURRENT ONEHUNGA LINE THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO A NEW ONEHUNGA STATION. IT WINDS ITS WAY UP PAST ONEHUNGA HIGH SCHOOL, THROUGH SOME PADDOCKS, PAST BUNNINGS AND FOLLOWS THE WESTERN MOTORWAY TO A NEW STATION AT MOUNT ROSKILL, WHERE THERE ARE THREE SCHOOLS. IT HUGS THE MOTORWAY FOR ANOTHER KILOMETRE OR SO TO THE FINAL NEW STATION AT WESLEY, BEFORE IT CUTS OVER THE TOP OF THE WATERVIEW TUNNEL TO JOIN UP WITH THE WESTERN LINE AT AVONDALE. HERE IS THE VIEW FROM ABOVE. WE CAN SEE IT SIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTS AUCKLAND METRO'S NETWORK AND OPENS UP A HUGE PART OF THE CITY TO RAPID RAIL TRANSIT, AS WELL AS ALLOWING FREIGHT TRAINS TO BYPASS THE BUSY CENTRAL CITY NETWORK. WHILE THE CORRIDOR IS DESIGNATED AS RAIL, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, LIKE CLEARING NATIVE TREES, BUILDING BRIDGES OVER STREAMS, OR EXTENDING EXISTING OVERBRIDGES, AND IT CUTS ACROSS 27 ROADS. AND IT'LL COST A BOMB. IT'S IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BENEFITS AND YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PASSENGER RAILWAY RATHER THAN A FREIGHT RAILWAY, AND YOU LOOK AT HAVING A STATION CLOSE BY AND THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND FIXING SOME OF THE SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES IN AUCKLAND, THEN IT'S GOT LEGS. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT'S PUT IT ON THE FAST TRACK FOR CONSENTING AND HAS PUT $3.9m TOWARDS THAT, THERE'S NO MONEY ALLOCATED TO ACTUALLY BUILDING IT. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. THE BREAKERS HAVE BROKEN AN EIGHT-GAME LOSING STREAK, HAMMERING THE BOTTOM-PLACED CAIRNS TAIPANS LAST NIGHT IN THE FIRST OF FIVE MATCHES WITHOUT LEADER PARKER JACKSON-CARTWRIGHT DUE TO SUSPENSION, THE BREAKERS SAID GOODBYE TO A CHALLENGING YEAR WITH A COMFORTABLE 92-68 VICTORY IN CAIRNS. ANGUS GILLIES HAS MORE. THE BREAKERS AND THE CAIRNS TAIPANS, TWO STRUGGLING TEAMS WHO NEEDED SOMEONE TO STAND UP TALL. A 14-GAME LOSING STREAK FOR CAIRNS, AN EIGHT-GAME LOSING STREAK FOR NEW ZEALAND AND TACKO FALL IMPOSING HIMSELF ON THE CONTEST EARLY. THE TALLEST PLAYER IN NBL HISTORY, TACKO FALL STEPPED UP, DOMINATING UNDER THE HOOP WITH 21 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS AND ONE BLOCK. INSIDE TO FALL. THAT'S THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. HIS HEIGHT CAUSED CAIRNS ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. TWO MORE FOR TACKO! THE BREAKERS WON ALL FOUR QUARTERS AND THE BENCH ADDED EXTRA SPARK ` SAM MENINGA SCORING 11 POINTS IN JUST 22 MINUTES. MENINGA GOING UP STRONG. WHILE MAX DOWLING ALSO ADDED NINE POINTS. MAX DOWLING OUTSIDE. BUT MATT MOONEY DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE, TOP SCORING FOR THE BREAKERS WITH 23 POINTS AND TEN ASSISTS. GEE, THAT HURT. AND HE ALSO THREW IN THREE STEALS FOR GOOD MEASURE. TAKEAWAY BY MATT MOONEY! EVEN WHEN HE FUMBLED, HE MADE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS ALL JUST PART OF THE PERFORMANCE. MOONEY HAD A BIT OF A FUMBLE, PICKS IT BACK UP. IT JUST WASN'T THE CAIRNS TAIPANS NIGHT. THEY TOOK A FEW BLOWS, SOME OF THEM PAINFUL. FINAL SCORE 92-68 TO THE BREAKERS. NEXT UP, THEY'RE HOSTING THE PERTH WILDCATS ON SUNDAY. A LONG AWAITED VICTORY` NAOMI OSAKA HAS MOVED THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE ASB TENNIS CLASSIC IN AUCKLAND, BEATING AUSTRIA'S JULIA GRABHER 7-5, 6-3. EARLIER TODAY, CANADA'S REBECCA MARINO LOST TO AMERICAN BERNARDA PERA 7-6, 6-4. AND RIGHT NOW, SEEDED PLAYER DANE CLARA TAUSON IS BATTLING AMERICAN SIOFIA KENIN. THEY HAVE A SET EACH, AND A SHORT TIME AGO, IT WAS FIVE GAMES EACH IN THE THIRD. NEXT ` WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FOR THE WHOLE OF JANUARY. THOSE OF US ON HOLIDAY MIGHT NOT BE TOO IMPRESSED. AND HOW A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE OF KINDNESS ON A TRAIN UNCOVERED THE MAN BEHIND A BUDDING MOVEMENT AND THE MOVIE BEHIND IT. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE ATTACK THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING IN NELSON WAS UNPROVOKED AND SENSELESS. SHE IS THE 34TH NEW ZEALAND POLICE OFFICER TO BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. AND AROUND THE WORLD, FIREWORKS AND FESTIVITIES HAVE WELCOMED IN THE NEW YEAR. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THE METSERVICE HAVE ISSUED THEIR MONTHLY WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY, AND IT'S NOT THE BEST. WITH A CONTINUATION OF THE CURRENT VOLATILITY WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. EXPECT A COUPLE OF WEATHER FEATURES EACH WEEK, WITH PLENTY OF WET WEATHER. BUT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ` IT'S NOT TOO BAD, WITH A NARROW RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND WHICH MOVES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW. THAT WILL CALM THE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLIES. A TROUGH IS APPROACHING THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE WEST BUT WON'T ARRIVE TILL OVERNIGHT TOMORROW. THERE WILL BE HEAVY AND THUNDERY FALLS TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND. STILL SOME SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF KAWERAU, AND FOR GISBORNE. SHOWERS CLEAR WELLINGTON IN THE AFTERNOON. SO A FEW CLOUDS FIRST UP TOMORROW HERE, WITH EARLY OR ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON, STILL THOUGH WITH A FRESH SOU'WESTERLY. MORNING CLOUD BUT CLEARING HERE. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE THE ODD SHOWER FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT TOKOROA. HEAVY SHOWERS FOR WHAKATANE. PLENTY OF CLOUD OUT EAST WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THEY CLEAR BY TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH SOUTHERLIES FOR HAWKE'S BAY EASING IN THE EVENING. AND A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND. MOST WILL HAVE A DRY AFTERNOON. WINDS TURN NORTHERLY FOR KAPITI AND WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ` PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE NORTHWEST WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM THE MORNING. SOME OF THOSE WILL BE HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON FOR NELSON. THE SUN IS OUT OUT EAST, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD ` MORNING AND EVENING FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. NOR'EASTERLIES FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND ASHBURTON. AND THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR ALEXANDRA AND DUNEDIN, WITH HAIL AND A HIGH OF 27 FOR ALEXANDRA TOO. THE HIGH SITTING UNDER AUSTRALIA HEADS EAST TOMORROW. ADELAIDE AND PERTH LOOKING GOOD WITH SUN ALL DAY. AND ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS, WITH A BAND OF THEM SPREADING OVER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS. IT'S NOW TIME FOR A LOOK AHEAD AT THE WEATHER FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE NEW YEAR. FINALLY, IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN GRATITUDE AND KINDNESS ARE FRONT OF MIND, BUT FOR SOME THEY'RE STILL IN SHORT SUPPLY. WHEN CHANNEL 4'S KEME NZEREM FOUND HIMSELF ON THE RECEIVING END OF A SMALL BUT MYSTERIOUS ACT OF KINDNESS, HE FOUND OUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE ` FILMMAKER JOSHUA BROWN, AND CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN LONDON. THERE I WAS, ON THE TUBE ONE NIGHT, WHEN SOMEONE (MORE ABOUT HIM LATER) PUT A NOTE ON THE SEAT. 'HEY, YOU. OPEN ME' IT READ. AN INSIDE, AN AFFIRMATION. 'THINGS WILL GET EASIER. JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE NEXT AND KEEP BEING FABULOUS' IT REALLY TOUCHED ME. WHO WAS THIS GUY? I REACHED OUT. IT TURNS OUT MY NOTE WAS ONE OF A HUNDRED DIFFERENT MESSAGES HE'D LEFT ON BUSES, TUBES AND TRAINS AS PART OF A FILM HE'D MADE ABOUT KINDNESS, AND MY INSTAGRAM REPLY TO HIM WAS IN IT. SO WE DECIDED TO MEET UP. DO YOU HUG? YES, MAN. ABSOLUTELY. (CHUCKLES) HOW'S THE JOURNEY? THAT HUG MEANT A LOT, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS, LIFE IS COMPLICATED. JOSHUA'S SHORT FILM HINTS AT A TRAUMA THAT'S NEVER EXPLAINED. THE CONTEXT ` UM, THE SECOND HALF OF THIS YEAR FOR ME HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE FEELING. WHO WERE THOSE MESSAGES TO THEN, THAT YOU WROTE? UM, TO BEGIN WITH, THEY WERE FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN. AND I REALISED TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT THAT THESE WORDS THAT I WAS SENDING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE, THEY WERE- THEY WERE FOR ME. LET'S CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. LET'S SPREAD SOME POSITIVITY AND LOVE. AND WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING THIS, HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOU DESERVE IT. SO... THE PROJECT HASN'T` IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S OVER, ALL OF A SUDDEN. NO. I'M GETTING PICTURES FROM PEOPLE IN CORNWALL OR PEOPLE IN LIVERPOOL THAT ARE SENDING ME A PICTURE OF LITTLE BROWN ENVELOPES AND 'HEY, YOU. YES, YOU. OPEN ME.' YOU'RE SAYING, 'I'VE STARTED IT HERE' AND I LOVE THAT. IT'S GREAT. I'M THRILLED THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE IT ON BOARD AND LOOK AFTER IT FOR HOWEVER LONG THEY WANT TO DO IT. MAYBE IT'S A DAY, MAYBE IT'S A WEEK, A MONTH, A YEAR, AND THEN IT CAN BE SOMEONE ELSE'S. AND THAT'S THE THING WITH KINDNESS. THIS IS THE BIG THING THAT I LEARNT, IS THAT IT'S CONTAGIOUS. DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE? 'YOU'RE AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S FAVOURITE PERSON.' THAT'S THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M HEATHER KEATS. PO MARIE. AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. 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