VOICE OVER: Parker hopes to salvage his disastrous week with a great gold weigh that'll put him back on track to hit his $7.2 million gold. Hi guys. What's going on. What's up? Big Red. And Slucifer. Whoa looks like a, bean, beano. VOICE OVER: Brennan's had a solid weeks running on Big Red. Slucifer lost a day as Mitch fixed the sluice Chris tacoed. Yeah? Some gold. Not bad. Good job getting Slucifer fixed though. Yeah she, she looks good. Yeah I was a little worried about that, man. I thought, well we might as well pull this thing out and throw it away, but I don't know how you even figured out how to straighten that thing out, but you guys did a smoking job. Alright. Here's Big Red. Right, Big Red. There's 50, 80, 100, a buck 20. oh, yeah, she's a good one. Buck 50. 164.8. (BLEEP) Nice. VOICE OVER: Worth nearly $200,000. Woo! (LAUGHS) That's awesome. Well done Brennan. Jesus, it's just been holding steady at that, isn't it? VOICE OVER: Parker needs $430,000 of gold a week to stay on track. So Slucifer needs to deliver 197 ounces of gold. Alright, here's Slucifer. Nine ounces from the 24 hours, so it's actually looking alright considering we... there's a big gold , 40, 50, 100, buck 50. You might be wrong Brennan. Buck 70. Oh! (LAUGHS) That's what you get, you big mouth. Yeah I hate being a loser. 176.3. Bring it on. VOICE OVER: Worth $211,000. $25,000 short of what he needs. But this week Parker has produced over $400,000 worth of gold. Starting to clean up for you. They do call these places. (LAUGHS) We've got a shot still. And we got a good team. I need a container. Let's get a nice secure white plastic bucket. It's underneath the table. (LAUGHS) VOICE OVER: Despite the broken bearing, Rick's crew managed to run for five solid days this week, thanks to Carl's speedy fix. Hey! Carl, what's up Carl? Hey Carl! How you doing? Hey buddy. Thanks dude. Lots of love. Anyway, so partial week, but we do have gold to weigh. Huh? Nice. There's gold in the pan. VOICE OVER: To hit his $1.2 million target, Rick needs $52,000 of gold every week. Duh, duh, duh, duh, you got ten, 20, 30, 40, going over 40. 41.3. Considering, that's great. VOICE OVER: Two ounces short, but it brings Rick's total to 606 ounces, worth $720,000. It's not great, we've obviously done a lot better, but that being said we didn't have a full week of run time, right? We had, you know, a lot of problems this week and maybe it's 41.3 for what we had, but it might be pretty good. Yeah, exactly. It might not be too bad. So who Are we gonna toast this week? Tony Beets or Carl? Ah let's put 'em in and see what we choose. Ha ha I know what I'm going for. One, two, three... Carl! Yeah! I dropped the gold. Here, is there any on my shoes or pants? No it's OK, this is why we have rugs. This is like... Yeah it's all on the carpet. That's what I call dumb. That's what I call stupid. I'm just glad it wasn't me. Carl, there's a pile right there. By the leg. Ryan wants to eat out of here. I had my, I had my pant leg up and my boot angled over. I got 17 ounces in my sock right now. Later, later suckers. You guys are all fired for my stupidity. (LAUGHS) Captioned by Ai-media ai-media.tv SHE'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE ROLE MODEL, AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE KIWIS, TO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. CONSTABLE JAMIE WHITE WROTE ON FACEBOOK 'YOU WERE AN INCREDIBLE POLICE OFFICER WITH A KIND HEART,' 'AND A TRUE PROFESSIONAL. I COULD ALWAYS ASK YOU FOR HELP OR ADVICE.' 'IT WAS AN HONOUR TO SERVE WITH YOU.' 'THIS CUTS DEEP AND MAKES ME FEEL NUMB AND ANGRY.' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TOO FROM POLICE FORCES ACROSS AUSTRALIA, THE PACIFIC, AND CANADA. BUXTON SQUARE HAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. RED ROSES MARKING THE SPOT WHERE NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS WENT TRAGICALLY WRONG. ITS A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION, THAT WE'VE GOT TEENAGERS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THAT ANY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THAT, THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. WITNESSES TO THE ATTACK POSTED THEIR SYMPATHIES. ONE OFFERING THIS MESSAGE TO THE DRIVER: 'YOU JUST TARGETTED TWO UNARMED OFFICERS ON FOOT PATROL.' 'DO (BLEEP) BETTER, NEW ZEALAND.' A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN FACES MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AND MULTIPLE OTHERS, INCLUDING USING A VEHICLE AS A WEAPON, AND DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED. HE'LL APPEAR IN NELSON DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW. A CITY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF HOLIDAY SPIRIT, INSTEAD NELSON IS IN MOURNING. FLAGS FLYING AT HALF MAST IN MEMORY OF A HIGHLY-RESPECTED MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 35 INJURED AFTER A TRUCK RAMMED INTO PARTYGOERS EARLY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NEW ORLEANS, IN WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING A TERROR ATTACK. THE SUSPECT, WHO HAS LINKS TO ISIS, TARGETED BOURBON STREET, INFLICTING THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN THE U.S. IN MORE THAN A YEAR. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. (SCREECHING) THE SCREAMS OF FRIGHTENED PARTIERS, AND THE SCREECH OF TYRES, RIPPED THROUGH THE NEW YEAR'S REVELRY. (SCREECHING) THIS WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, TEARING DOWN BOURBON STREET IN NEW ORLEANS, SENDING PEOPLE SPRINTING FOR THEIR LIVES. SOME MANAGED TO ESCAPE WITH JUST MILLISECONDS TO SPARE, BUT DOZENS DID NOT. AT ONE STAGE, THE SUSPECT CAN BE SEEN NAVIGATING AROUND A POLICE CAR, WHICH HAD BEEN ACTING AS A BARRICADE BEFORE PLOUGHING INTO THE CROWD. JUST BARRELLING DOWN THE STREET, MAN. I KID YOU NOT. REAL-LIFE HORROR MOVIE, EVERYTHING THE CAR IS HITTING IS GETTING THROWN ` IT'S GETTING THROWN UP INTO THE AIR AND AWAY. AS POLICE SQUADS RAN TOWARDS THE HISTORIC FRENCH QUARTER, THE DRIVER, NOW STOPPED, SHOT AT TWO OFFICERS. HE WAS KILLED IN THE GUNFIGHT. WE COUNTED AROUND EIGHT BODIES VERY QUICKLY IN OUR AREA. AS PARTYGOERS SCRAMBLED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE SENSELESS, POLICE LIGHTS FILLED THE STREETS ` FESTIVITY REPLACED BY TRAGEDY. YOU LOOK DOWN, YOU SEE SOMEBODY DOING CPR, YOU LOOK AROUND, PEOPLE CRYING ON THE FLOOR ` LIKE, BRAINS, MATTER ALL OVER THE GROUND. ZION PARSONS (18) WAS AMONG THE HUNDREDS WHO HAD FLOCKED TO THE FAMOUS STREET-PARTY SPOT TO SEE IN 2025. IT WAS INSANE, MAN. LIKE, REAL, CLOSEST THING TO A WAR ZONE I'VE EVER SEEN, TRULY. THE FBI HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR (42) A U.S. ARMY VETERAN FROM TEXAS, WHO WAS SEEN IN THIS 2020 VIDEO PROMOTING A NEW JOB IN REAL ESTATE. DOTTING I'S AND CROSSING T'S TO MAKE SURE THINGS GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. JABBAR POSTED A SERIES OF VIDEOS BEFORE THE ATTACK, INDICATING THAT HE WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS AND HAD A DESIRE TO KILL. OMG. OMG. AND ON THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK, HE FLEW AN ISIS FLAG. HE WAS HELLBENT ON CREATING THE CARNAGE AND DAMAGE THAT HE DID. MULTIPLE EXPLOSIVES AND GUNS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND THIS EVENING, BOMB DISPOSAL TEAMS SWARMED HIS HOME IN HOUSTON. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT JABBAR WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE ACTIVELY RUNNING DOWN EVERY LEAD, INCLUDING THOSE OF HIS KNOWN ASSOCIATES. IT IS THE DEADLIEST ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES IN MORE THAN A YEAR. WHILE THIS PERSON COMMITTED A TERRIBLE ASSAULT ON THE CITY, THE SPIRIT OF OUR NEW ORLEANS WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BE DEFEATED. A CITY THAT RUNS ON GOOD TIMES STRUCK HARD AT ITS HEART. STILL IN THE U.S., AUTHORITIES ARE TREATING A TRUCK EXPLOSION IN LAS VEGAS AS A POSSIBLE ACT OF TERRORISM. THE TESLA CYBERTRUCK WAS PARKED OUTSIDE THE TRUMP HOTEL, WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY A PERSON DIED INSIDE THE TRUCK. SEVEN PEOPLE NEARBY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TESLA CEO ELON MUSK, WHO'S ALSO A CLOSE ALLY OF PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, HAS CONFIRMED THE EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY VERY LARGE FIREWORKS OR A BOMB, NOT THE TRUCK ITSELF. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED A BABY DIED IN A FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENT IN HAMILTON EARLY YESTERDAY. ANOTHER CHILD AND A WOMAN REMAIN IN HOSPITAL AFTER THE ATTACK IN DOUGLAS CRESCENT, FAIRFIELD JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO IS ALSO IN HOSPITAL UNDER A POLICE GUARD HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY TO REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AT THE SCENE. FORMER MINISTER AND TE PATI MAORI CO-FOUNDER DAME TARIANA TURIA HAS SUFFERED A STROKE, ACCORDING TO A FAMILY FACEBOOK POST. HER WHANAU SAY THE 80-YEAR-OLD HAD A STROKE EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND WHILE SHE IS STILL WITH THEM AND SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY, SHE HASN'T BEEN GIVEN LONG. THEY ASK FOR RESPECT AND PRIVACY DURING THIS TIME. TURIA SERVED FOR 18 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR PARTY, AND THEN AS THE CO-FOUNDER OF TE PATI MAORI. POLICE SAY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED ON NZ ROADS LAST YEAR DROPPED BY 52 ON THE YEAR BEFORE AND WAS THE LOWEST NUMBER IN 10 YEARS. PROVISIONALLY, 289 LIVES WERE LOST IN 2024 ` IT WAS 341 IN 2023. AND POLICE SAY WHILE THE REDUCTION IS GOOD NEWS, ANY NUMBER IS TOO HIGH. EACH ONE OF THEM AS A PERSON THEY HAD A JOB, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SUPERINTENDENT STEVE GREALLY SAYS POLICE HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF ALCOHOL BREATH TESTS TAKEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON SPEED-LIMIT ENFORCEMENT. HE'S URGING HOLIDAY TRAVELLERS TO TAKE CARE, WITH THIS HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL SITTING AT 13. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` WILL WE SEE GREEN SHOOTS THIS YEAR? WE ASSESS THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2025. THE NEW YORK SOCIALITE KNOWN AS THE CATWOMAN HAS DIED, AGED 84. AND IN SPORT ` A FEW FUMBLES COST THE BLACKCAPS DEARLY IN THE THIRD T20 CLASH WITH SRI LANKA IN NELSON. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES ON BOATS DURING A MAJOR FLOODING INCIDENT ACROSS GREATER MANCHESTER. THE RIVER MERSEY HIT RECORD HIGH LEVELS AND ROADS WERE SUBMERGED AS CAR PARKS AND SHOPS WERE FLOODED. AT LEAST 1300 PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM HOMES AND HOTELS, AND RESIDENTS WERE UNABLE TO RETURN IN THE WORST-HIT AREAS OF DIDSBURY, TRAFFORD, STOCKPORT AND WIGAN. 'SURVIVE TILL '25' WAS A PHRASE THAT EMERGED IN EARLY 2024, AS FORECASTS PAINTED A TOUGH YEAR AHEAD FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES, AND THEY WERE RIGHT ` WE'RE ENTERING 2025 IN ANOTHER TECHNICAL RECESSION. SO WILL THINGS GET BETTER IN THE YEAR AHEAD? HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN IS ZANE SMALL. IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF ECONOMIC PEAKS AND VALLEYS. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA, STARTING WITH A SLOWDOWN IN NET MIGRATION. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S BEEN ON THE DECLINE, AFTER SPIKING IN THE WAKE OF COVID LOCKDOWNS. THAT HELPED TO ALLEVIATE DEMAND IN THE ECONOMY AND KEEP A LID ON RISING CONSUMER PRICES. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ANNUAL INFLATION RATE, KNOWN AS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, GRADUALLY DECREASED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT WHAT ALSO HELPED TO ACHIEVE LOWER INFLATION WAS HIGHER INTEREST RATES, REDUCING THE SPENDING POWER OF MORTGAGE TO HOMEOWNERS. THIS GRAPH SHOWS HOW IN 2024, THE RESERVE BANK'S BENCHMARK LENDING RATE LEVELLED OFF AFTER RAPID INCREASES IN THE YEARS PRIOR, AND RATES FINALLY STARTED TO COME DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. BUT THE RESULT OF HIGHER INTEREST RATES WAS THAT PEOPLE HAD LESS CASH TO SPARE. YOU CAN SEE HOW ELECTRONIC CARD SPENDING GRADUALLY DECLINED IN 2024 AND HAS BEEN PRETTY FLAT, THOUGH THERE WILL HAVE BEEN A BUMP OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON. THAT REDUCTION IN SPENDING MEANT THAT BUSINESSES HAD LESS INCOME, WHICH LED TO A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE. SO WHERE DOES ALL THAT LEAVE US, LOOKING TO THE YEAR AHEAD? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS YOU'LL HEAR IN MY INTERVIEW WITH BRAD OLSEN FROM INFOMETRICS, IT LOOKS LIKE 2025 COULD BE THE YEAR OF GREEN SHOOTS. WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THE EARLY SIGNS OF THAT, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING. OF COURSE, INTEREST RATES HAVE COME DOWN. SPENDING ACTIVITY HAS SLIGHTLY COME UP THE LAST TWO MONTHS, STILL DOWN ON A YEAR AGO, BUT AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT. BUT WE STILL THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE A, SORT OF, RECOVERY TOWARDS NORMAL, RATHER THAN, SORT OF, ROCKET SHIP TO THE MOON LEVEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. HOW BAD DO YOU EXPECT UNEMPLOYMENT TO GET NEXT YEAR? AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE THINKING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COULD RISE TO SOMETHING LIKE 5.4% FROM THE CURRENT 4.8 THAT WE'VE GOT IT AT PRESENT. SO THAT'S STILL ANOTHER PROBABLY 20,000+ NZERS WHO MIGHT BECOME UNEMPLOYED OVER THE NEXT SORT OF SIX MONTHS OR SO. AND WE DO THINK THAT A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE SORT OF FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO GROWTH FOR NZ IN 2025? WE'RE STILL WORRIED ABOUT, SORT OF, THE SKILLS MISMATCH WE HAVE IN THE ECONOMY, AND I GUESS LONGER TERM, THE PRODUCTIVITY THAT NZ HAS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO REALLY GROW US STRONG ENOUGH INTO THE FUTURE. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE LIKES OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK, LONG-TERM ISSUES OR CHALLENGES THAT NZ HAS BEEN FACING FOR A WHILE. WE HAD TO PUT THEM ON PAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, FIRST WITH THE PANDEMIC, THEN WITH INFLATION ` NOW THEY ARE REARING THEIR HEADS AGAIN A LOT MORE. SO WE'RE EXPECTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO BECOME SOLID, BUT NOT AWESOME ANY TIME SOON. THE NEW YORK SOCIALITE NICKNAMED THE CATWOMAN AND KNOWN FOR HER EXTREME PLASTIC SURGERY HAS DIED. JOCELYN WILDENSTEIN'S PARTNER SAYS SHE DIED OF A PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN A LUXURY HOTEL IN PARIS AGED 84. WILDENSTEIN - WHO HAD MORE THAN A MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS BECAME KNOWN AS THE CATWOMAN BECAUSE OF THE FELINE SHAPE OF HER EYES. SHE REPORTEDLY ONCE CLAIMED SHE HAD NEVER HAD ANY COSMETIC SURGERY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. RACHIN RAVINDRA NOTCHED UP A HALF CENTURY. DARYL MITCHELL SMASHED FOUR SIXES IN A ROW, AND THE BLACKCAPS WON THE T20 SERIES. BUT SRI LANKA TOOK THE HONOURS IN THE THIRD GAME IN NELSON TODAY. ANGUS GILLIES WATCHED THE ACTION. PATHUM NISSANKA WENT AFTER MATT HENRY. OH, THEY'RE GOING AFTER IT. THIS IS A CHANCE. NO CHANCE! SIX MORE! BUT HENRY GOT HIS REVENGE IMMEDIATELY. HAY IS TRACKING BACK. HAY IS TRACKING BACK! CAN HE TAKE A CATCH? I'LL BE A BEAUTY. IT IS! AND HE FOLLOWED IT UP BY GIVING KUSAL PERERA A TOUCH UP. KUSAL MENDIS LOOKED TO BE GONE SOON AFTER, BUT IT DIDN'T COUNT. BUT CAPTAIN MITCHELL SANTNER TEAMED UP WITH MICHAEL BRACEWELL, TO SEND HIM BACK TO THE PAVILION. IT'S OVER THE SHOULDER. GETS HIMSELF IN GOOD POSITION! PERERA LIVED DANGEROUSLY WHEN ON 15, BUT HENRY JUST COULDN'T HOLD ON, AND AVISHKA FERNANDO WAS SOON RUBBING SALT IN THE WOUND. ALTHOUGH HE WAS GONE AFTER A JACOB DUFFY DELIVERY STAYED LOW AND SANTNER BRAVELY CALLED FOR A REVIEW. OOH! CHARITH ASALANKA TOOK THE FIELDERS OUT OF THE EQUATION, BY GOING RIGHT OVER THE TOP, AND PERERA FOLLOWED SUIT. THAT IS A SHOT. BEFORE BRINGING UP HIS HALF CENTURY. THE BLACKCAPS' FANS COULDN'T LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND DUFFY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BETTER LUCK. NOW THE REVERSE. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OVER THE SHOULDER. OH NO! ASALANKA TEASED AND TEMPTED OUT ON THE BOUNDARY AND ENDED UP WITH A SIX, TO TAKE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PERERA TO 100, BUT GLENN PHILIPS GOT HIM WITH A GREAT CATCH STRAIGHT AFTER FOR 46. PERERA BROUGHT UP HIS CENTURY IN BRILLIANT STYLE. HAS IT GONE ALL THE WAY? OH, IT HAS! WHAT A WAY TO BRING UP A HUNDRED! BEFORE DARYL MITCHELL CAME IN AND CLAIMED HIS WICKET, BUT THEY GOT THROUGH TO 218/5. TIM ROBINSON SHOWED HIS INTENT EARLY ON FOR THE BLACKCAPS. OH, SWUNG AWAY. JUST FLICKED FOR SIX! BY THE END OF THE POWER PLAY, NZ NEEDED 156 FROM 84 BALLS. RACHIN RAVINDRA SET TO WORK, BUT ALMOST CAME UNSTUCK ON THE BOUNDARY. PULLING AWAY, AND, OH, GREAT EFFORT! AND CONTINUED TO RIDE HIS LUCK. AWAY, AND ANOTHER ONE'S PUT DOWN! BINURA FERNANDO BROKE THE PARTNERSHIP AT 81, NABBING ROBINSON WITH A SLOWER BALL. WHERE ROBINSON LEFT OFF, MARK CHAPMAN CONTINUED. CHAPMAN'S GONE AFTER THIS ONE. IT'S GONE A LONG WAY. IT'S STILL GOING! IT DIDN'T LAST. HIT AGAIN. FIELDER OUT THERE AT MIDWICKET. AND TAKEN! BUT RAVINDRA SMASHED HIS WAY TO 50. SIX MORE! THE KIWIS LOST A COUPLE OF WICKETS. DARYL MITCHELL SWUNG THE MOMENTUM BACK TO THE BLACKCAPS, BIG TIME. FOUR SIXES IN A ROW! SRI LANKA CAME BACK OFF THE CANVAS SWINGING THEMSELVES. IT CAME DOWN TO 22 RUNS NEEDED FROM THE LAST OVER. THEN 15 RUNS FROM 3 BALLS, AND ZAC FOULKES DID THIS. GONE FOR SIX! YOU LITTLE BEAUTY, ZAK FOULKES! BUT NZ FELL SHORT ` SRI LANKA WON BY SEVEN RUNS. TO TENNIS NOW... AND AMERICAN MADISON KEYS WASTED LITTLE TIME SEALING HER SPOT IN THE ASB CLASSIC QUARTER FINALS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS THE NUMBER ONE SEED BRUSHED ASIDE HER ROMANIAN OPPONENT JAQ-LENE CRIST-TIAN IN STRAIGHT SETS, DESPITE SOME STRANGE GRAPHICS SHOWING UP IN THE REPLAY... BUT THIS ISSUE WE HAD AGAIN. THE BALL WAS IN. KEYS WILL MEET FIFTH SEED CLARA TORE-SIN IN THE QUARTERFINALS. IN THE NEXT MATCH OF THE DAY, JAPAN'S NAO HIBINO CAME UP AGAINST ROBIN MONTGOMERY FROM THE U.S. THERE IT IS. THAT'S A MOST IMPRESSIVE ONE. SHE IS INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS HERE. (JEERING) SO MONTGOMERY TAKING THE WIN. THE EVENING SESSION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 6.30. ROTORUA MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER HAKARAIA WILSON HAS DIED, AGED 26. TE AO MAORI NEWS REPORTED HAKARAIA DIED YESTERDAY IN GISBORNE, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING THE RHYTHM AND VINES FESTIVAL. POLICE ATTENDED A SUDDEN DEATH YESTERDAY MORNING AT AN ADDRESS IN EINSTEIN ST. THE DEATH IS NOT SUSPICIOUS AND HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER. HAKARAIA WILSON WAS PART OF THE OLIVER GYM AND HAD SEVEN PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS, INCLUDING FOUR WINS, THE LAST IN BALI IN OCTOBER. WE'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER AFTER THE BREAK AND THE LATEST ON THE NEW YEAR SOLAR STORM THAT'S UNDERWAY. IT LOOKS STUNNING, BUT CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY EVENING. POLICE ARE APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THEY TOOK IN NELSON OF THE INCIDENT WHICH TOOK THE LIFE OF OFFICER LYN FLEMING. SHE IS THE FIRST NZ POLICEWOMAN TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. AND AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 35 INJURED AFTER A TRUCK RAMMED INTO PARTYGOERS EARLY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NEW ORLEANS IN WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING A TERROR ATTACK. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. LW: THREE NEWS WEATHER. ANOTHER MESSY DAY OF WEATHER COMING UP ` A COMPLEX TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SET TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AND CENTRAL NZ TOMORROW, AND THIS WILL MEAN ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN, WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH, AND LIKELY TO BE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NELSON OR MARLBOROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR EVENING. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, THERE'S A CLEAR BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS SET TO TRACK OVER THE WHOLE ISLAND, THANKS TO THE NEXT COLD FRONT ` THUNDERSTORMS ON THE CARDS FOR A BULK OF THE ISLAND. SO A MIX OF FINE SPELLS, CLOUDY PERIODS AND THE INEVITABLE SHOWERS UP TOP, SOME OF THOSE HEAVY WITH THUNDERSTORMS FOR HAMILTON, WITH WEST OR SOU'WESTERS. CLOUD INCREASES ACROSS THE MORNING HERE, WITH SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE BY THE AFTERNOON ` POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO, WITH WESTERLIES. THE MORNING STARTS GREAT, BUT SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE MORNING OR INTO THE AFTERNOON, AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A DEVELOPING WESTERLY. AND THAT BAND OF HEAVY AND PROBABLY THUNDERY SHOWERS SPREADS OVER THE REST OF THE ISLAND IN THE MORNING. THINGS IMPROVE FOR A TIME DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS FOR ALL IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL POSSIBLE EVERYWHERE. WINDS SHIFT AROUND, ENDING UP FROM THE SOU'WEST FOR MOST. RAIN DEVELOPS IN THE MORNING FOR CANTERBURY, SPREADING NORTH BY THE AFTERNOON, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL NORTH OF LYTTELTON AND WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS. AND RAIN EASES FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND IN THE MORNING, LEAVING PARTY CLOUDY CONDITIONS, BUT WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL THE EVENING. TO OZ ` THINGS ARE GOOD FOR THE SOUTH AND WEST, BUT A CLOUDY DAY FOR SYDNEY AND SHOWERS FOR BRISBANE. AND A REPEAT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NORTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS ` CLOUDY IN THE SOUTH. HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR UPCOMING WEATHER ` STILL NOT OVERLY WARM, THANKS TO THE PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW. MOTHER NATURE HAS KICKED OFF 2025 WITH A LIGHTSHOW OF HER OWN, THANKS TO A SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM. THE AURORA LIGHTS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS AUCKLAND HERE IN NZ. THE SUN IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING IT'S MAXIMUM SOLAR OUTPUT, KNOWN AS THE SOLAR MAXIMUM, WHICH LEADS TO MORE AURORA LIGHT EVENTS. HOWEVER, SEVERE SOLAR STORMS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO SATELLITES, DISRUPTING COMMUNICATIONS AND GPS. THAT'S THREE NEWS 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. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.