At Quartz Creek, Rick Ness has shut down for a clean-up. Rick's quick bush fix seems to have worked... and it's streamlined Karla's gold recovery. It's a lot smoother for me, it's a lot smoother for me in the gold room having no big material 'cause I'm having to go and pick out big rocks from the sluice box. Freddy checks in before heading back to Colorado. How's it going, Karla? Oh, hey, Freddy. It's going good. Way smoother now that those big rocks are out of there. Clean up should go faster now. Yeah, way quicker. It's saving me hours. I can tell by the look in here, you're doing a good job. Gold room looks great. Thanks. Thanks, Freddy. I'll see you in a bit. Yeah, I'll be here. OK. It's really good to see how efficient she's became in that gold room. She'd never used any of that equipment before a little while back, and now she's got it down. She's a very valuable part of Rick's team. He picked the right person to have in the gold room, that's for damn sure. It's always nice to have Freddy around. He's got good energy and he knows what needs to be done and he appreciates hard work and fast work. With this week's gold cleaned up, Rick will find out if his bush fix has increased his gold take. So Freddy had to take off, which is a huge bummer. But before he did, I got this off him. What's up? $100 bill, y'all. That's the most profit I've made this season so far. What's it feel like? Yeah, right. Ah. Well, you haven't split it five ways yet. Yeah. So, as far as winning that 100 bucks you guys put that plan together quick. Well, we weren't even down a day. So I appreciate that, appreciate the hustle. Absolutely. I was a bit sceptical at first but that was a pretty creative, really good idea, man. Ah, thank you. Do you have the gold ready, Karla? Ah, yeah, I think so. Go get it. To hit his 1000-ounce target Rick needs at least 40 ounces of gold every week. Yeah. Wow. Whoa! Way! (LAUGHS) Ooh. Yeah. Ooh-ooh. You wanna count this up for me, Karla? Yeah. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 12, 14, 29, 30, 40, 50... 60, 70, 85... 90, 92, 94... 95.41. Looking good. 95.41. Alright, yeah. Yeah! Good job, guys and girl. That's good. Worth $114,000, twice what he got last week. Yeah, that brings us to a grand total of seven... 701.32. With $840,000 Rick is on track to hit his goal. Let's celebrate that we got over $100,000 worth of gold on this scale. Bring it in, guys and girl. A one, two, three... ALL: Ray! At Big Red, veteran miner Chris Doumitt is training new recruit Matthew Adams in how to do the clean-up. We got a new guy and we decide we're gonna have a little fun with him. I've made a nugget. I'm gonna plant it in the food box and let him find it and we're gonna get his reaction. That ought to work. And I'm explaining this stuff to him or are you? I don't wanna take your mojo... No, I got everything, just I don't want you to go, oh, that's fake. OK, yeah, well, I don't say anything to him, I just do my thing? No, no, we got him. Hopefully his reaction's gonna be total excitement. Now if he finds it and doesn't say anything, ah, we might have a problem. ---, ---! Yeah, that's a huge, huger. Give it to Chris. Hey, Doumitt. Now, what did I just tell you? We do fine gold recovery, we don't do nuggets. Whoa. Just tear the thing apart and get it cleaned out. Oh, that was a massive-ass nugget. It got thrown. It's insane. It's crazy. (LAUGHTER) How's it go, Mitch? Not too bad. How's your week? Oh, pretty good, I think. After cleaning up the gold, the crew assemble for the weigh-in. It looks nice and clean, Chris, in there with your tweezers and your old man glasses. Old man glasses. Yeah, I was afraid you were gonna see that. (LAUGHTER) Hey, bubbles... What, say, we weigh up some gold, fellas? Well, let's see what Big Red did. Ooh. Jumped right up to 30... 40, 60, 100, 130, 140. Do 150? 150. Oh, yeah. 170. Get every little flake. What are we at? 184.15. Bingo. ---! Yeah, nice. That's a good one for old Big Red. Yeah, it is really good. To hit his season goal, Parker needs 360 ounces a week. Time for Sluicifer. That means, despite losing two days to the move, Sluicifer needs to deliver another 180 ounces. 100, 120, 40, 60... 180, 190, 200. ---. Oh! 200. 219.35. So what did we get this week? Well, for the week we got 403.5 ounces. Worth over $480,000. Good week. That's further ahead than we need. Perfect. Considering a plant move, yeah. Parker's D10 plant move has paid off. He's smashed this weekly goal. So now our season total is 3131.35. $3.75 million. Halfway. Halfway. That's a cheers. Halfway and way behind still in the season but hey. Hey! Yeah, we're over halfway now, which is really nice, but we're well past halfway through the season and hopefully we can keep this up. The plant's moved, we should have some smooth sailing ahead of us but since when has anything around here been smooth sailing? THE MAN (32) ACCUSED OF MURDERING NELSON POLICE OFFICER LYN FLEMING HAS APPEARED IN COURT. TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR DAME TARIANA TURIA FOLLOWING HER DEATH. SHE IS BEING REMEMBERED AS A PRINCIPLED AND PASSIONATE LEADER. AND MORE IS REVEALED ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND HIS VICTIMS IN THE NEW ORLEANS PICK-UP TRUCK ATTACK. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, AND WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING NELSON POLICE OFFICER LYN FLEMING HAS APPEARED IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE 32-YEAR-OLD, WHO FACES EIGHT CHARGES, HAS BEEN GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, AS HE WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM COURT, IT WAS PAST THE GROWING MOUND OF FLOWERS LEFT IN THE POLICE WOMAN'S MEMORY OUTSIDE THE NELSON POLICE STATION. THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING LEFT COURT IN NELSON TODAY AND WAS ESCORTED STRAIGHT INTO A VAN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE POLICE WOMAN'S COLLEAGUES. HE WAS DRIVEN PAST A MEMORIAL FOR HER OUTSIDE THE STATION WHERE SHE WORKED ` THE FIRST POLICEWOMAN TO BE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED THAT THIS HAPPENED IN NELSON. AND JUST ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED FOR LYN'S FAMILY AND FOR HER POLICE COLLEAGUES. LYN FLEMING WAS ON A ROUTINE FOOT PATROL IN BUXTON SQUARE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH SENIOR SERGEANT ADAM RAMSEY WHEN, AT JUST AFTER 2am, A VEHICLE DROVE AT THEM IN WHAT POLICE DESCRIBE AS 'AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK'. THE VEHICLE DROVE AT BOTH LYN AND ADAM AT SPEED AND THEN TURNED AND CAME BACK AND RAMMED A POLICE CAR SHORTLY THEREAFTER BEFORE THE MALE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SENIOR SERGEANT FLEMING, A BELOVED DAUGHTER, MOTHER AND WIFE, DIED FROM HER INJURIES. SHE WAS 62. WE'VE PREVIOUSLY SHOWN CELL PHONE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT, BUT TODAY JUDGE RICHARD RUSSELL GAVE AN ORDER SUPPRESSING THE PUBLICATION OF IT, SAYING IT COULD CREATE A REAL RISK OF PREJUDICING A FAIR TRIAL. THE ORDER APPLIES TO FOOTAGE IN BUXTON SQUARE BETWEEN 1.30 AND 3.30am ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD, AND I UNDERSTAND POLICE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE LIST OF THOSE WITNESSES TO INTERVIEW THEM. LYN FLEMING'S DECADES OF SERVICE HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND REMEMBERED IN CONDOLENCE MESSAGES AT NELSON CATHEDRAL, WHERE A VIGIL WILL BE HELD TONIGHT. NELSON MP RACHEL BOYACK SAYS THE FAMILY IS GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF APPRECIATION. I KNOW THAT THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. IN A PLACE LIKE NELSON, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR USUALLY BEING QUITE SAFE, WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF NELSON? I DO WANT TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE A SAFE CITY. BUT THESE INCIDENTS DO HAPPEN, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME ONCE ALL THE FACTS ARE KNOWN TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT LESSONS MAY NEED TO BE LEARNED. IT WAS THE MURDER ACCUSED'S FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY. HE FACES EIGHT CHARGES, INCLUDING MURDER, ASSAULT, USING A VEHICLE AS A WEAPON, AND DANGEROUS DRIVING. HE IS DUE IN COURT AGAIN ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY. POLITICAL LEADERS ACROSS AOTEAROA HAVE BEEN PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO DAME TARIANA TURIA, WHO DIED THIS MORNING AGED 80 FOLLOWING A STROKE EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE MAORI PARTY CO-FOUNDER AND LONG-SERVING MP HAS BEEN PRAISED AS THE DEFINITION OF A WAHINE TOA AND SOMEONE WHO CHANGED NEW ZEALAND'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE FOREVER. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER WITH MORE. RESTING IN AROHA NEAR HER BELOVED WHANGANUI RIVER AFTER A LIFETIME OF HARD AND FEARLESS WORK. DAME TARIANA TURIA'S WHANAU TODAY REFLECTED ON HER IMMENSE LEGACY WITH PRIDE. EXTREMELY PROUD. AND I CAN SEE HER RAISING AN EYEBROW AND SAYING, 'YOU DON'T TALK LIKE THAT, SON. 'YOU DONT TALK LIKE THAT, BOY.' BUT EXTREMELY PROUD AND MINDFUL THAT SHE KEPT TEACHING US RIGHT UNTIL HER DEATH. AFTER DECADES LEADING THE WAY, HER MOST ENDURING LESSON IS THIS ` TO HAVE CONVICTION IN WHAT YOU DO, TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND HAVE CONVICTION AND DO IT. HER BRAVERY AND COURAGE ECHOES THROUGH THE TRIBUTES AND UNDERSCORES HER ENTIRE LIFE. SHE FAMOUSLY SPLIT FROM THE LABOUR PARTY, FORESHORE CROSSING THE FLOOR TO VOTE AGAINST THE CONTROVERSIAL FORESHORE AND SEABED BILL. WE MUST START SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM OUR TREATY PARTNER, RATHER THAN ALWAYS UNDER IT. SHE RESIGNED AND WENT ON TO START THE MAORI PARTY. TODAY, TE PATI MAORI PRAISED HER AS THE EPITOME OF STRENGTH AND STEADFAST DETERMINATION. THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF FAITH IN OURSELVES AS PEOPLE. SHE WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND WHANAU ORA AND SMOKEFREE NEW ZEALAND, SERVING AS A MINISTER UNDER BOTH LABOUR AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER REMEMBERED... WHILE CHRIS HIPKINS SAID... AWARDED FOR HER LEADERSHIP... I'M NOT USUALLY LOST FOR WORDS. ...AND HONOURED FOR HER SERVICE. THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A DAME ANYWAY, PROBABLY NOT IN THE POSITIVE SENSE. DAME TARIANA TURIA WAS AN MP FOR 18 YEARS AND A WIFE TO HUSBAND, GEORGE, FOR 58. TOGETHER THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN AND MORE THAN 50 GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ` ALL OF WHOM, ALONG WITH SO MANY KIWIS, WILL CONTINUE TO TREASURE HER VISION FOR AOTEAROA. CONTINUE TO HAVE HOPE, HOPE FOR A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN WALK SIDE BY SIDE WITH EACH OTHER DURING THE RECENT HIKOI TO PARLIAMENT, TARIANA WAS BEAMING WITH THAT HOPE. SHE WAS A RELUCTANT DAME BUT A FORMIDABLE ONE. THE FBI NOW THINKS THE SUSPECT IN THE NEW ORLEANS PICK-UP TRUCK ATTACK WAS ACTING ALONE. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND HIS VICTIMS HAS BEEN RELEASED. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE HAS THE LATEST. AND A WARNING ` HIS REPORT CONTAINS CONFRONTING IMAGES. 38 HOURS ON, AND A CLEARER PICTURE IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE OF THE NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE ON BOURBON STREET. ON SECURITY CAMERAS, THE WHITE TRUCK CAN BE SEEN IN TRAFFIC BEFORE IT MOUNTS THE PAVEMENT TO AVOID A POLICE CAR BLOCKING THE ROAD. IT THEN ACCELERATED, SCATTERING PEDESTRIANS, MANY JUST NARROWLY SURVIVING. DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE EITHER KILLED OR INJURED. POLICE RESPONDED WITH URGENCY AND THE DRIVER WAS SHOT DEAD AFTER A BRIEF GUN BATTLE. SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR WAS A FORMER U.S SOLDIER FROM TEXAS AND, IT SEEMS, A RECENT CONVERT TO THE ISLAMIC STATE ` A JIHADIST WITH A MISSION TO KILL IN THE OPENING HOURS OF THE NEW YEAR. FBI AGENTS HAVE PIECED TOGETHER A PROFILE FROM HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS. IN THE FIRST VIDEO, JABBAR EXPLAINS HE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO HARM HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT WAS CONCERNED THE NEWS HEADLINES WOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE 'WAR BETWEEN THE BELIEVERS AND THE DISBELIEVERS.' ADDITIONALLY, HE STATED HE HAD JOINED ISIS BEFORE THIS SUMMER. HE ALSO PROVIDED A WILL AND TESTAMENT. BUT THAT EARLY FBI BELIEF THAT HE WAS PART OF A JIHADIST CELL HAS NOW RECEDED, THE BUREAU NOW SUGGESTING HE WAS, IN FACT A SO-CALLED 'LONE WOLF TERRORIST'. AMONG THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK WERE ` KAREEM BADAWI, A FRESHMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; NIKYRA DEDEAUX, SET TO START COLLEGE WITH DREAMS OF BECOMING A NURSE; HUBERT GAUTHREAUX, WHOSE DEATH WAS CONFIRMED BY HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL; MARTIN BECH, A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, TURNED JUNIOR TRADER; NICOLE PEREZ, A SINGLE MOTHER IN HER LATE 20s, WHO HAD BEEN RECENTLY PROMOTED AT THE DELI SHE WORKED IN; AND FATHER OF TWO REGGIE HUNTER (37), DESCRIBED AS BEING 'FULL OF LIFE' BY HIS FAMILY. SIX HOURS AFTER THE NEW ORLEANS ATTACK, AND THIS TESLA CYBERTRUCK EXPLODED OUTSIDE THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. THE VEHICLE WAS PACKED FULL OF FIREWORKS AND FUEL CANISTERS. WHETHER THIS WAS CONNECTED TO NEW ORLEANS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT POLICE ARE STRUCK BY TWO MEN WITH MILITARY LINKS BOTH USING THEIR TRUCKS AS WEAPONS. IF THESE TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLY SIMILARITIES, VERY STRANGE SIMILARITIES TO HAVE, AND SO WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO RULE IN OR RULE OUT ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. THE POLICE TONIGHT RELEASED NEW INFORMATION. THE DRIVER WAS MATTHEW LIVELSBERGER, A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER FROM COLORADO. HIS SINGED MILITARY ID AND PASSPORT WERE FOUND IN THE CAR, HELPING SPEED IDENTIFICATION. ALSO FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE, A NUMBER OF PARTIALLY DESTROYED WEAPONS. THE 37-YEAR-OLD HAD DRIVEN AROUND THE HOTEL BEFORE POSITIONING THE TRUCK OUTSIDE THE LOBBY. IT'S BELIEVED HE SHOT HIMSELF BEFORE THE EXPLOSION TOOK PLACE. BACK IN NEW ORLEANS, THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA HAD A CLEAR WARNING TO ANYONE PLANNING COPYCAT ATTACKS. YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND SAY, 'OH, I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN PLACE AND THAT IN PLACE AND HOPE THAT EVIL 'DOESN'T SHOW UP ON YOUR DOORSTEP,' COS IT WILL. YOU HAVE TO CRUSH IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE. OH MY GOD. (SIRENS BLARE) THE TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS IS A DARK START TO THE NEW YEAR IN A CITY KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD FOR ITS MUSIC AND ITS SENSE OF JOY. A BUSH FIRE IN PATAUA SOUTH, NEAR WHANGAREI, HAS NOW BEEN CONTAINED. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALERTED TO THE BLAZE JUST AFTER 2pm, WHICH GREW TO AROUND 3ha IN SIZE. A NUMBER OF FIRE CREWS RESPONDED, AND AT ONE POINT, ONLY HELICOPTERS WERE ABLE TO FIGHT THE FIRE FROM ABOVE. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` WE MEET THE WAIKATO MAN WHO'S BATTLED THE MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR SEVEN YEARS OVER HIS WIFE'S DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS. IN SPORT, THE ASB CLASSIC GETS DOWN THE BUSINESS END WITH THE WOMEN'S QUARTER FINALS UNDERWAY. AND A SPECTACULAR PILE-UP THAT INCLUDES KIWI NASCAR DRIVER SHANE VAN GISBERGEN ` HIS SECOND CRASH AT HOME IN A WEEK. SEVEN YEARS AFTER WAIKATO MAN PETER DREDGE WAS TOLD HIS WIFE, ANN, WAS AT THE END STAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, HE CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT OVER ITS REFUSAL TO ENTERTAIN ALTERNATIVE DIAGNOSES AND TREATMENTS. AND AS TONY WALL EXPLAINS, WHILE PETER FIGHTS ON, ANN IS STILL ALIVE. PETER DREDGE LOVES TO TAKE HIS WIFE, ANN, OUT OF HER REST HOME FOR A SPIN IN A SPECIALLY-CONVERTED BMW. ANN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. SEVEN YEARS AGO, A DOCTOR TOLD PETER SHE WAS AT THE END STAGE OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. AT THE MEETING, HE TOLD ME THAT ` THIS WAS SEPTEMBER 2017 ` HE SAID SHE WOULD BE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO SEE CHRISTMAS. DEFINITELY WOULDN'T MAKE SIX MONTHS, AND THAT'S MARCH 2018. SO THAT'S NOT TOO BAD FOR A DEAD PERSON. PETER DISAGREES WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSIS. HE'S CONSULTED SPECIALISTS IN THE U.S AND AUSTRALIA WHO SAY THAT, IN FACT, ANN HAS AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO MOULD. WE CAN LITERALLY QUOTE 75, 80 PAGES` 80 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS DIRECTLY RELATING TO THE MOULD ILLNESS DIAGNOSIS. SOON AFTER ANN WAS GIVEN ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE, SHE BEGAN AN HOLISTIC TREATMENT REGIME FOR DEMENTIA DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN NEUROLOGIST DOCTOR DALE BREDESEN. PETER SAYS THE IMPROVEMENTS WERE ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS. AND... A... SO SHE WAS TALKING, SHE WAS INTERJECTING IN CONVERSATION, SHE WAS EATING, SHE WAS REPORTING THE NEED TO BE TOILETED, AND YET, TWO WEEKS EARLIER, SHE'D BEEN A COMPLETE SCREAMING WRECK. ANN IS CURRENTLY NON-VERBAL AND HER LIMBS ARE CONTRACTED. PETER BELIEVES HER CONTRACTURES WERE CAUSED BY THE ANTI-PSYCHOTIC HALOPERIDOL, ADMINISTERED IN WAIKATO HOSPITAL IN 2017. HALOPERIDOL IS A... GOES BACK TO THE 1950s. IT'S A, UM, ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG. AND IF YOU HAVE A LOOK AT IT ON THE FDA WEBSITE, THEY SAY DON'T USE IT. THE SIDE EFFECTS ` THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED SIDE EFFECT, AND THERE IS JUST A HORROR STORY LAUNDRY LIST OF SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS DRUG. PETER HAS BEEN BATTLING ACC TO GET COVER FOR WHAT HE CONSIDERS A TREATMENT INJURY, TO NO AVAIL. I THINK ACC HAVE TRIED VERY, VERY HARD TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THIS CLAIM. FROM THE GET GO, THEY HAVE CAREFULLY IGNORED, DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS, TO HAVE HER VIEWED AND ASSESSED BY SOMEONE WITH EXPERTISE IN HER ACTUAL CONDITION, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE CONDITION. IN A STATEMENT, ACC SAID ` PETER'S ACC ADVOCATE, STU MACANN, BELIEVES PETER HAD A STRONG CASE BUT DIDN'T GET A FAIR HEARING. THE REVIEWER WOULDN'T LISTEN TO PETER, AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. SO HE WOULD ONLY` HE WAS ONLY INTERESTED IN THE NEUROLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE HEARING FROM THE TWO NEUROLOGISTS. AND WHILE PETER TALKED EXTENSIVELY AT THE HEARING, AND KNOWLEDGEABLY, AND PRODUCED ALL THESE DOCUMENTS, I DOUBT THAT THE REVIEWER, UH, HAD READ THEM IN DETAIL. AND HE WASN'T LISTENING TO PETER. DO YOU ADMIRE PETER FOR THE FIGHT THAT HE'S PUT UP? OH, INCREDIBLY SO. I THINK HE'S AMAZING. HE'S DEDICATED HIS LIFE, YOU KNOW, TO HIS WIFE. I THINK IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE. PETER SAYS IT'S A MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THAT'S HER RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT ACC'S FOR. SHE'S IN THIS BECAUSE OF A DRUG THEY GAVE HER, AND IT'S A TREATMENT INJURY, AND SHE HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE THAT FIXED. AND IT IS TREATABLE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. TAKE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH SUZUKI SWIFT SPORT AND THREE NEWS SPORT. NAOMI OSAKA HAS FOUGHT BACK FROM A SET DOWN TO KEEP HER ASB CLASSIC HOPES ALIVE. THE FOUR-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION DEFEATING AMERICAN HAILEY BAPTISTE IN STRAIGHT SETS A SHORT TIME AGO TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS. AND BIG SERVING ROBIN MONTGOMERY (20) WAS ALSO IN ACTION AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES AT THIS YEAR'S ASB CLASSIC ` NAOMI OSAKA ` WOULD HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR AN EASY RIDE IN HER QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST WORLD NUMBER 92 HAILEY BAPTISTE. THE FIRST SET WAS ANYTHING BUT. OH, BAPTISTE HAS IT. THERE IT IS ` THE BREAK FROM A MISHIT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE SHOTS. THE UNSEEDED AMERICAN FORCING A FIRST TIEBREAKER, WHICH SHE WOULD GO ON TO WIN. OH YES. BAPTISTE PUMPED, BUT IN THE SECOND SET, THE FOUR-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION WOULD BOUNCE BACK. OH YES, THAT'S IN. FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE. OSAKA LEVELLING 6-1 AND BREAKING EARLY IN THE THIRD SET. OSAKA SEIZES EARLY CONTROL. THE EARLY FIRST SET SCARE JUST A BLIP ` OSAKA GOING ON TO WIN IN CONVINCING FASHION. AND OSAKA INTO THE SEMI-FINALS HERE IN AUCKLAND. THE KEY FOCUSES I HAD WERE JUST TO HAVE A LOT OF BELIEVE AND CONIDENCE IN MYSELF. I THINK I PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR. THE FORMER SUPERSTAR ONE STEP CLOSER TO HER FIRST TOUR TITLE IN FOUR YEARS. MEANWHILE, EARLIER IN THE DAY, AMERICAN ROBIN MONTGOMERY (20) BOOKED HER SPOT IN THE SEMIS. OH, BRILLIANT PASS, MONTGOMERY! A DOZEN ACES DURING THE MATCH HELPING HER REACH THE LAST FOUR OF A WTA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 30-0. MONTGOMERY NEEDING JUST ONE HOUR 16 MINUTES TO BRUSH ASIDE FELLOW AMERICAN BERNARDA PERA 6-4, 6-4. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH. IT'S AN ACE ` ANOTHER ONE ` HER 12TH OF THE MATCH! A RISING STAR OF THE GAME AND A FORMER GRAND-SLAM CHAMPION THE FIRST THROUGH TO THE FINAL FOUR AS THE ASB CLASSIC HEATS UP. THE BLACKCAPS ARE READY TO SHIFT THEIR ATTENTION TO ONE-DAY CRICKET WITH THE UPCOMING THREE-MATCH SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA SERVING AS PREPARATION FOR THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN PAKISTAN NEXT MONTH. THE SIDE ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON TODAY FOLLOWING THEIR LOSS IN YESTERDAY'S FINAL T20 IN NELSON. THE BLACKCAPS WILL BE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER SUFFERING A 2-NIL ODI SERIES DEFEAT IN SRI LANKA LAST YEAR. I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT. IT BRINGS CONTEXT TO THESE LITTLE BILARTERAL SERIES AS WELL. YOU KNOW THERE'S A CHAMPIONS TROPHY AROUND THE CORNER, STILL TYRING TO BUILD TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND BUILD TOWARDS A WORLD TOURNAMENT, AND WE KNOW HOW THE BLACKCAPS DO AT THOSE TOURNAMENTS. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN REPLICATE THAT SORT OF TEAM FEEL AND THE ENVIRONMENT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING ON. THE FIRST ODI AGAINST SRI LANKA IS ON SUNDAY. KIWI NASCAR DRIVER AND SUPERCARS CHAMPION SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A WILD CRASH DURING A SPRINT CAR EVENT AT WESTERN SPRINGS. MULTIPLE CARS WERE INVOLVED LAST NIGHT IN THE PILE-UP, WHICH BEGAN WHEN KIWI DRIVER MICHAEL PICKENS AND AMERICAN JONATHAN ALLARD TANGLED AT THE FRONT OF THE FIELD. VAN GISBERGEN, RACING IN THE NO 97 CAR, GOT PINNED AT THE BACK. IT'S THE SECOND CRASH FOR VAN GISBERGEN IN THE PAST WEEK AFTER HE WAS SENT FLYING DURING THE BOXING DAY RACE AT BAYPARK SPEEDWAY IN TAURANGA. TEENAGE DARTS SENSATION LUKE LITTLER HAS A CHANCE TO GO ONE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR AFTER ADVANCING TO HIS SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. THE 17-YEAR-OLD, WHO WAS RECENTLY CROWNED BBC YOUNG SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR, WAS TOO STRONG FOR STEPHEN BUNTING IN THIS MORNING'S SEMI-FINAL, WINNING SIX SETS TO THREE. HE'LL FACE THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MICHAEL VAN GERWEN IN TOMORROW'S FINAL AFTER HE DEFEATED CHRIS DOBEY. IF LITTLER WINS, HE WOULD BREAK VAN GERWEN'S RECORD AS THE YOUNGEST CHAMPION BY A WHOPPING SEVEN YEARS. STAY WITH US ON THREENEWS. AFTER THE BREAK, WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THOSE WEATHER WATCHES IN PLACE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS OF HOLIDAY FOR MANY OF US. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR FRIDAY EVENING. THE MAN (32) ACCUSED OF MURDERING NELSON POLICE OFFICER LYN FLEMING HAS APPEARED IN COURT. A VIGIL FOR HER IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY AT THE CITY'S CATHEDRAL. AND TE PATI MAORI FOUNDER DAME TARIANA TURIA HAS DIED AND IS BEING REMEMBERED AS A PRINCIPLED AND UNSWERVING LEADER. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. EVEN IF THE WEATHER ISN'T ON YOUR SIDE FOR A ROADIE, EMI ROADSIDE RESCUE WILL BE. EMI BRINGING NEW THREE NEWS WHETHER FIRST UP, THE LATEST WEATHER WATCHES ` SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN SOUTH ISLAND, AND TOMORROW, THE WAIROA DISTRICT WILL FALL UNDER ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN WATCH, WITH BANKS PENINSULA CURRENTLY UNDER A WATCH. REASON FOR IT IS THE COMPLEX TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE THAT'S HEADING OUT EAST OF US TOMORROW, BUT DIRECTING A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW BACK OVER US ONCE MORE. SO CHILLY TEMPERATURES AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH. MOST OF THE HEAVY AND THUNDERY RAIN WILL CLEAR BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT STILL ISOLATED SHOWERS HANGING AROUND FOR SOME. PLENTY OF SHOWERS TONIGHT FOR THE NORTH, BECOMING FINE FOR MOST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT FOR BAY OF PLENTY AND GISBORNE TO WAIRARAPA, YOU'LL HAVE THUNDERY RAIN ACROSS THE DAY. SO STRONG SOU'WESTERS FOR KAITAIA. MOST OF THE SHOWERS CLEAR BEFORE DAWN WITH THE LAST OF THE SHOWERS CLEARING AUCKLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. A WINDY AND SHOWERY DAY HERE ` MOST HIT IN THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST, WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL FOR ROTORUA AND WHAKATANE. SO WAIROA UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH. BUT EVERYONE WILL HAVE SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY, AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERY FALLS TOO WITH WINDS TURNING SOU'WEST. AND MOST OF THE HEAVY, THUNDERY SHOWERS CLEAR EITHER BEFORE DAWN OR IN THE MORNING HERE, AND THEN THE AFTERNOON IS MOSTLY CLEAR ` JUST VERY WINDY. IT'S NOT BAD FOR THE NORTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH. FINE SKIES WITH SOU'EASTERS TURNING SOU'WEST FOR MOST. JUST EVENING SHOWERS FOR NELSON, WITH A NORTHERLY. THERE WILL BE LOTS OF SUN OUT EAST, BUT A FEW SHOWERS TOO, WITH FRESH SOUTH TO SOU'WEST WINDS FOR MOST. JUST A SOU'EASTERLY FOR BLENHEIM AND SUN ALL DAY FOR QUEENSTOWN. EVERYONE ELSE WILL HAVE SOME CLOUD AND THE ODD SHOWER. THE FRESH BREEZE, THOUGH, WILL KEEP THE AIR VERY CHILLED. IT'S STARTING TO HEAT UP OVER MELBOURNE ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY THERE TOMORROW WITH A HIGH OF 38. AND TROPICAL WEATHER DOMINATES AROUND THE PACIFIC; THUNDERSTORMS ON THE CARDS FOR MOST. TIME FOR A LOOK AHEAD AT THE WEATHER. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SOUTHERLY FLOW PERSISTS, BUT TEMPS REBOUND ON TUESDAY. THAT'S THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M HEATHER KEATS. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025