A PEST WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DECIMATE OUR HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY IS FOUND IN SOUTH AUCKLAND ` WE LOOK AT THE BIOSECURITY OPERATION NOW UNDERWAY. HUNDREDS BRAVE THE RAIN TO GATHER FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN NELSON IN HONOUR OF POLICE OFFICER LYN FLEMING. AND LATER ` THE WORLD WATCHES AS TEEN DARTS SENSATION LUKE LITTLER GOES ALL THE WAY, BEATING A MAN TWICE HIS AGE. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, AND WELCOME TO THREENEWS. A BIOSECURITY OPERATION IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AFTER AN ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY WAS DISCOVERED IN A SURVEILLANCE TRAP IN A SUBURBAN BACKYARD. FRUIT FLY MAGGOTS FEED ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM THE INSIDE OUT. IF ESTABLISHED HERE, THEY COULD DEVASTATE OUR HORTICULTURE SECTOR, VALUED AT MORE THAN $7b ANNUALLY. AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, LEGAL RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE MOVEMENT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES OUT OF THE AREA. NEARLY 8000 OF THESE FRUIT-FLY TRAPS ARE HOSTED AT PROPERTIES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. JOHNNY SIAOSI'S HOME IN PAPATOETOE IS ONE OF THEM. JUST OPEN OUR HOMES UP AND WE'RE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN WHAT WE NEED TO TO KEEP THIS BEAUTIFUL PARADISE WE'VE BEEN BORN INTO THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. YESTERDAY, ONLY A FEW STREETS AWAY, A SINGLE FRUIT FLY WAS DISCOVERED IN A TRAP LIKE THIS ONE. THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE. YEAH. IT SPARKED AN IMMEDIATE BIOSECURITY OPERATION. WE'RE RESPONDING VERY QUICKLY ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE, WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, TO PUT EXTRA STAFF IN PLACE, PUT SOME FLIERS ROUND DOORS, AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING EXTRA TRAPS OUT IN THE AREA. FRUIT FLIES POSE A MAJOR RISK TO OUR $7b HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY. THE MAGGOTS FEED ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM THE INSIDE OUT, CAUSING THEM TO ROT AND BECOME UNMARKETABLE. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAS PLACED LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE MOVEMENT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES OUT OF THE AREA WHERE THE FRUIT FLY WAS DISCOVERED, RIGHT HERE IN PAPATOETOE. IN THE RED AREA ` A 200m ZONE FROM THE DISCOVERY SITE ` FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CANNOT BE MOVED OUT OF THE ZONE. THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL TRADING. THERE IS AN EXCEPTION FOR COOKED, PROCESSED, DRIED, FROZEN AND CANNED FRUIT. IN THE WIDER ZONE ` OUT TO 1500m ` FRUIT AND VEGES CAN BE PURCHASED FROM SHOPS, BUT HOME-GROWN FRUIT AND VEGES CANNOT BE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. WORKING A TWO-WEEK CYCLE AT THE MOMENT. THERE'VE BEEN 12 INCURSIONS OF DIFFERENT FRUIT FLY IN AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND SINCE 1996, AND ALL HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ERADICATED. IN 2002, THE GOVERNMENT MADE THE CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO CARRY OUT AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAYING OVER WEST AUCKLAND TO ERADICATE AN INFLUX OF PAINTED APPLE MOTHS. FOR SOME RESIDENTS, IT CAUSED HEALTH ISSUES. BUT IT'LL PROBABLY GET WORSE NOW THAT THEY'VE SPRAYED AGAIN TODAY. BUT WHEN A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY IS AT RISK, EXPECT A SWIFT RESPONSE. WITH PESTS AND DISEASES THAT REALLY IMPACT OUR HORTICULTURE, OUR BUSINESS, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPOND REALLY QUICKLY. BECAUSE WHILE ONLY ONE FRUIT FLY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, BIOSECURITY OFFICIALS WANT TO BE SURE IT'S NOT PART OF A WIDER INFILTRATION. AS HUNDREDS GATHER TO MOURN DAME TARIANA TURIA, HER IWI IS WARNING OF A SCAM RELATING TO HER TANGI. TE PATI MAORI MPs WERE AMONG MOURNERS ARRIVING AT WHANGAEHU MARAE TODAY. DAME TARIANA, THE PARTY'S FOUNDER, DIED YESTERDAY AT AGE 80 AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE. HER IWI SAYS A SOCIAL MEDIA SCAM IS UNDERWAY THAT ASKS FOR PAYMENT TO VIEW A FAKE LIVESTREAM OF THE TANGI. THE TANGIHANGA IS BEING OFFICIALLY LIVESTREAMED BY TE AO MAORI NEWS. THE TANGIHANGA IS BEING OFFICIALLY LIVESTREAMED BY TE AO MAORI NEWS. AROUND 2000 PEOPLE GATHERED IN NELSON LAST NIGHT FOR A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN HONOUR OF POLICE OFFICER LYN FLEMING. FLEMING DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR WHILE ON FOOT PATROL IN THE EARLY HOURS OF NEW YEAR'S DAY. HER COLLEAGUE ADAM RAMSAY REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, AND A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. LAURA MACDONALD REPORTS. (APPLAUSE) A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR NELSON POLICE AS OFFICERS GATHERED TO REMEMBER THEIR FALLEN COLLEAGUE, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE BRAVING THE RAIN TO STAND ALONGSIDE THEM. STEVE COLLINS GREETING THE CROWD, INTRODUCING HIMSELF AS THE NELSON BAYS AREA COMMANDER. GENERALLY I REGARD THAT ROLE AS AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE, BUT TODAY, AND OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, IT CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN A PLEASURE. AMONG THOSE GATHERED, LYN FLEMING'S FAMILY. # ...AOTEAROA. # THE POLICE OFFICER OF 38 YEARS DIED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE ON FOOT PATROL. HER COLLEAGUE SENIOR SERGEANT ADAM RAMSAY REMAINS IN HOSPITAL IN A SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. ...AS THE EVENTS OF THE NEW YEAR AND NEW YEAR'S DAY HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND CONNECTED TO THE NELSON BASE POLICE. JUST HOURS BEFORE THE VIGIL, A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN APPEARED IN COURT ACCUSED OF LYN FLEMING'S MURDER AMONG OTHER CHARGES. HE WAS GRANTED NAME SUPPRESSION AND REMANDED IN POLICE CUSTODY TO APPEAR AGAIN NEXT MONTH. COLLINS ACKNOWLEDGED THE IMPACT ON HIS TEAM... THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE FELT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, AND YET I ASK FOR MORE AS I ASK YOU TO DO YOUR JOB PROFESSIONALLY, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR, WHILE YOU CARRY THIS GRIEF AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. ...AND THANKED THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT. FOR TODAY, NELSON, AND ONGOING, REMEMBER LYN FLEMING. A NAME FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF NELSON'S DARKEST DAYS. HOLIDAYMAKERS HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COOK STRAIT, WITH DISRUPTIONS SET TO CONTINUE. SIX BLUEBRIDGE AND INTERISLANDER SAILINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO LARGE SWELLS. METSERVICE HAS RECORDED WIND GUSTS OF 50 KNOTS AND WAVES UP TO 4m AND WARNS THE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MONDAY. BAD WEATHER FORCED A NUMBER OF FERRY CANCELLATIONS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AS WELL. U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SENTENCED IN HIS HUSH-MONEY CASE NEXT WEEK. IN WHAT'S BEING SEEN AS AN EXTRAORDINARY TURN, THE JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER THE TRIAL HAS SIGNALLED HE WILL SENTENCE THE FORMER AND FUTURE PRESIDENT TO WHAT'S KNOWN AS A CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, WHERE A CASE GETS DISMISSED IF A DEFENDANT AVOIDS RE-ARREST. THE JUDGE REJECTED TRUMP'S PUSH TO DISMISS THE VERDICT AND THROW OUT THE CASE ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY GROUNDS. TRUMP REMAINS ON COURSE TO BE THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO TAKE OFFICE CONVICTED OF FELONY CRIMES. HIS SENTENCING IS ON THE 10th OF JANUARY AND HIS INAUGURATION ON THE 20th. AND TRUMP'S PICK FOR THE POWERFUL ROLE OF U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED WITH A RAZOR-THIN MAJORITY. REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON AVOIDED A SCARE TO NARROWLY RETAIN THE SPEAKERSHIP AHEAD OF DEMOCRAT HAKEEM JEFFRIES. JOHNSON HAD TO OVERCOME A FEW REPUBLICAN MEMBERS INITIALLY REFUSING TO VOTE IN A FIRST BALLOT. THE BROTHER OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE NEW ORLEANS TERROR ATTACK SAYS HIS ACTIONS WERE 'UNBELIEVABLE'. SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR KILLED 14 PEOPLE WHEN HE DROVE A TRUCK INTO A CROWDED STREET ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. AS ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS, MORE DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S RADICALISATION. THE IMPROVISED MEMORIALS ON ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST CELEBRATED STREETS TELL THE STORY OF HEARTBREAK AND SHOCK. HOW COULD SO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN SUCH A HEINOUS ACT DURING THE VERY OPENING HOURS OF THE NEW YEAR? NEW PICTURES OF SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY INVESTIGATORS, SHOWING HIM WITH THE WHITE TRUCK THAT HE TURNED INTO HIS HORRIFYING WEAPON. THE FORMER U.S. SOLDIER WAS ALSO CAPTURED BY SECURITY CAMERAS AS HE WALKED IN NEW ORLEANS IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK. HIS HOME IN HOUSTON WAS STORMED BY INVESTIGATORS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND THE AFTERMATH SHOWS JABBAR'S POSSESSIONS IN THE HOUSE, ALONG WITH RELIGIOUS BOOKS AND AN OPEN QURAN. HIS BROTHER, WHO ASKED FOR ANONYMITY, SPOKE OF HIS DISBELIEF AT THE HORROR ON BOURBON STREET. THIS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR HIM, THESE ACTIONS, AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT ANY TYPE OF REPRESENTATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MUSLIM. THAT WILL BE LITTLE COMFORT FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES TO THE RADICALISED HOME-GROWN TERRORIST WHO CAUSED SUCH MAYHEM. EMPTY. EMPTY. I JUST BROKE DOWN, AND... HONESTLY, MY HEART IS BROKEN. FOR EVERYONE. NOT JUST FOR US ` FOR ALL OF THE FAMILIES. THERE ARE ALSO MAJOR UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE IN NEW ORLEANS. WAS THEIR SECURITY PLAN REALLY ADEQUATE? HOW WAS JABBAR'S WHITE TRUCK, SEEN HERE, SO EASILY ABLE TO EVADE A POLICE ROADBLOCK? THERE ARE SIGNS THE CITY IS NOW RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT THE FAMOUS FRENCH QUARTER WILL ALWAYS NOW EXIST IN THE SHADOW OF THE HORRORS OF THE EARLY HOURS OF JANUARY THE 1st. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` CHAOS AND CONFUSION IN SOUTH KOREA, WITH MANY WONDERING WHO IS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE THERE. IN SPORT ` RAIN SQUEEZES THE SCHEDULE AT THE ASB CLASSIC. SO DID THE WEATHER COME TO THE PARTY TODAY? AND THE WORLD GOES WILD FOR TEEN DARTS SENSATION LUKE LITTLER. MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE DEATHS OF TWO TOURISTS IN VIETNAM. A BRITISH SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER AND HER SOUTH AFRICAN FIANCE WERE FOUND DEAD IN UNEXPLAINED CIRCUMSTANCES AT A VIETNAMESE VILLA ON BOXING DAY. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER GRETA MARIE OTTESON AND ARNO ELS QUINTON WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND IN SEPARATE ROOMS AT THEIR TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IN HOI AN. POLICE SAY THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF SCRATCHES OR EXTERNAL FORCE ON THE BODIES. IN SOUTH KOREA, IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR WHO'S ACTUALLY IN CHARGE. LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT WHO DECLARED MARTIAL LAW WAS IMPEACHED, BUT FOR POLICE TO ARREST YOON SUK YEOL, THEY NEED TO GET PAST PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY OFFICERS. THAT LED TO A SIX-HOUR STANDOFF TODAY, AS ITV'S NEIL CONNERY EXPLAINS. SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH KOREA'S IMPEACHED PRESIDENT GATHERED FROM DAWN AT THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN SEOUL. SUSPENDED PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL HAD CALLED ON THEM TO COME TO HIS AID AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HIM WAS ISSUED, BUT THINGS DESCENDED INTO CHAOS. 20 INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED TO DETAIN HIM, BUT THEIR EFFORTS PROVED FUTILE. MORE THAN 150 POLICE THEN CAME TO BACK THEM UP, BUT ALL WERE BLOCKED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD IN A DRAMATIC SIX-HOUR STANDOFF. IT LEFT MANY WONDERING WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE COUNTRY AS THE POLICE LEFT. (CROWD CLAMOURS) THE IMPEACHED PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS MADE THEIR FEELINGS CLEAR AS SCUFFLES WITH DEPARTING POLICE BROKE OUT. (CROWD CLAMOURS) (SPEAKS KOREAN) 'WE CANNOT AGREE WITH THIS UNJUST WARRANT,' THIS PROTESTER SAID. 'THIS WOULD SET A PRECEDENT. THAT'S WHY SO MANY ARE HERE.' (SPEAKS KOREAN) (SPEAKS KOREAN) PRESIDENT YOON CIRCLE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ABUSING HIS POWER AND INCITING AN INSURRECTION WHEN HE TRIED TO IMPOSE MARTIAL LAW IN EARLY DECEMBER. THIS IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY FOR SOUTH KOREA, THE FIRST TIME A SITTING PRESIDENT HAS EVER FACED ARREST. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS THAT, UM, SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL'S ATTEMPT AT MARTIAL LAW WAS WRONG, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSENSUS THAT HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE ARREST WARRANT EXPIRES ON MONDAY. WITH MORE DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED THIS WEEKEND, A MOMENT OF RECKONING FOR SOUTH KOREA IS FAST APPROACHING. ISRAEL HAS CONFIRMED IT IS HOLDING THE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF THE LAST FUNCTIONING HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN GAZA AFTER REPORTS OF HIS ARREST LAST WEEK. JUST BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED, DR HUSSAN WAS PICTURED WALKING TOWARDS AN ISRAELI TANK. HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS HAD RAISED CONCERNS AFTER HE DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING A RAID ON HIS HOSPITAL ON THE 27th OF DECEMBER. ISRAELI MILITARY STRUCK THE HOSPITAL CLAIMING IT WAS BEING USED AS A COMMAND CENTRE BY HAMAS MILITANTS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM WITH SUZUKI VITARA HYBRID AND THREENEWS SPORT. HE WAS ALREADY ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST SUPERSTAR DARTS HAS EVER SEEN, AND NOW TEENAGE SENSATION LUKE LITTLER IS OFFICIALLY A WORLD CHAMPION ` AND THE YOUNGEST EVER IN HISTORY, AT JUST 17. A YEAR ON FROM SHOCKING THE WORLD WITH HIS REMARKABLE RUN AS A 16-YEAR-OLD, LITTLER PROVED IT WAS NO ONE-OFF, AS GORDON FINDLATER REPORTS. TO REALISE HIS DREAM, TO ACHIEVE HIS DESTINY, TO BE WORLD CHAMP. (WILD CHEERS) THE BATON HAS BEEN PASSED! HE HAD ALREADY TRANSCENDED THE SPORT OF DANCE AS A 16-YEAR-OLD. NOW, AT 17, LUKE LITTLER IS A WORLD CHAMPION. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. (CROWD CHEERS) (LAUGHS) HONESTLY, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. EARLIER ON, DARTS FANS ARRIVED AT ALEXANDRA PALACE DRESSED TO IMPRESS AND HOPING TO WITNESS HISTORY. LUKE LITTLER. LUKE LITTLER, DEFINITELY. WE WANNA SEE HIM GET HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE. WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. HE'S GOT IT. HE'S GOT IT IN THE BAG. IT'S HIS. HE'S TAKING IT HOME. BUT ONE MAN STOOD IN HIS WAY OF DARTING SUPREMACY ` THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MICHAEL VAN GERWEN. DESPITE BEING TWICE HIS OPPONENT'S AGE, THE DUTCHMAN WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE THE APPRENTICE. BUT LUKE LITTLER HITS ANOTHER MAX. LITTLER WINNING THE OPENING FOUR SETS ON THE TROT. DOUBLE 10. (CHEERS) THERE IS A REAL CHANCE HERE THAT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL COULD TURN INTO A ROUT! IN THE END, IT WASN'T FAR FROM THAT AS LITTLER REVELLED IN THE MOMENT. HE'S GETTING A HIDING FROM THE 17-YEAR-OLD. IT'S LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY FOR THE 17-YEAR-OLD, WHO COULD BE THE SPORT'S BEST CHANCE OF TROUBLING PHIL TAYLOR'S ASTONISHING RECORD IF I WANT THE 16, AND THEN I'M SURE I CAN` I COULD POSSIBLY ACHIEVE IT. CONSIDERING IT'S SOMETHING HE COULD ACCOMPLISH BEFORE HE TURNS 33, YOU WOULDN'T BET AGAINST HIM. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN HAVE MOVED INTO THE TOP SIX OF THE A-LEAGUE, DEFEATING THE PERTH GLORY 2-0 A SHORT TIME AGO. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FIRST HALF, THE PHOENIX WASTED NO TIME, SCORING FROM DISTANCE JUST AFTER THE BREAK. WE SAW HER SCORE FROM A SIMILAR POSITION LAST WEEK, AND SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN! GRACE FROM A DISTANCE! A DOUBLE DOSE AT PORIRUA PARK IT GOT BETTER FOR THE PHOENIX IN THE 69th MINUTE, WITH OLIVIA FERGUSSON USING HER HEAD TO DOUBLE THE ADVANTAGE. THE VICTORY PUTS THE PHOENIX INSIDE THE PLAYOFF SPOTS. THEY NEXT PLAY WESTERN SYDNEY ON THURSDAY. MEANWHILE, THE PHOENIX MEN HAVE SLUMPED TO THEIR FOURTH LOSS IN FIVE GAMES, DEFEATED 2-0 BY MELBOURNE CITY. THE SCORELINE WAS KIND TO THE PHOENIX, WHO RECORDED ONLY ONE ATTEMPT ON GOAL IN THE MATCH. AFTER GOING UP 1-0 AFTER JUST SIX MINUTES, CITY THEN PUT THE RESULT TO BED WITH LESS THAN 10 MINUTES REMAINING. THE LOSS SEES THE PHOENIX FALL TO 10th ON THE TABLE. THE BLACK CAPS ODI SQUAD HAVE ASSEMBLED FOR THEIR FIRST AND ONLY PRACTICE BEFORE TOMORROW'S OPENING MATCH AGAINST SRI LANKA IN WELLINGTON. AFTER CLAIMING THE T20 SERIES 2-1, CAPTAIN MITCHELL SANTNER NOW WELCOMES BACK WILL YOUNG, TOM LATHAM AND WILL O'ROURKE FOR THE 50-OVER MATCHES. YEAH, WILLY AND, UH` AND TOM, YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE WORLD-CLASS PLAYERS, AND WE'VE GOT THE BIG O'ROURKE BACK IN TO BOUNCE THEM OUT ON MAYBE A` ON A BOUNCY WELLINGTON WICKET. SO, YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SQUAD, AND, YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STUCK INTO THIS SERIES ON THREE POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT WICKETS AS WELL. TOMORROW'S MATCH GETS UNDERWAY AT 11AM. SYDNEY THUNDER'S WIN OVER THE PERTH SCORCHERS HAS BEEN MARRED BY A SICKENING HEADCLASH WHICH SAW BOTH CAMERON BANCROFT AND DANIEL SAMS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. LATE IN THE SCORCHERS' INNINGS, BOTH BANCROFT AND SAMS WENT RACING FOR THE SAME CATCH, CAUSING THE NASTY INCIDENT. AND A BIT OF TROUBLE, NO! THAT IS A NASTY COLLISION. THAT IS HORRIBLE. BANCROFT'S BBL SEASON IS OVER AFTER THE OPENER SUFFERED A BROKEN SHOULDER AS WELL AS A BROKEN NOSE IN THE HORROR COLLISION. BEFORE THE INCIDENT, IT WAS FINN ALLEN CAUSING THE THUNDER HEADACHES, THE BLACK CAP BLASTING 68 FROM JUST 31 DELIVERIES. DANISH NUMBER 5 CLARA TAUSON HAS SECURED A SPOT IN THE ASB CLASSIC WOMEN'S FINAL DURING A SQUEEZED SCHEDULE OF MATCHES. TAUSON'S QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST TOP SEED MADISON KEYS RESUMED THIS MORNING AFTER BEING RAINED OFF LAST NIGHT. THE DANE WON IN STRAIGHT SETS TO BOOK A PLACE IN THE SEMI AGAINST ROBIN MONTGOMERY, WHICH WAS JUST A FEW HOURS LATER AND TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER VICTORY FOR TAUSON. MEANWHILE, AMERICAN ALYCIA PARKS AND FOUR-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION NAOMI OSAKA ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING FOR A SPOT IN THE FINAL, AND PARKS HAS JUST ENDED A RUN OF FOUR GAMES IN A ROW WON BY OSAKA. I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER OUTLOOK AFTER THE BREAK. THEN ` WHY NEIL YOUNG'S CHANGED HIS TUNE THEN ` WHY NEIL YOUNG'S CHANGED HIS TUNE OVER HEADLINING THIS YEAR'S GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL. (NEIL YOUNG'S 'ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD' WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE IS OUR TOP STORY FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. A BIOSECURITY OPERATION IS UNDERWAY IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AFTER AN ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY WAS DISCOVERED IN A SURVEILLANCE TRAP IN A SUBURBAN BACKYARD. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THE WAIROA DISTRICT ARE STILL UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH, EXPIRING AT 8pm, BUT THERE IS HEAVY RAIN THERE TOMORROW. OUR CURRENT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ITS TREK OUT EAST TONIGHT. WE DO STILL HAVE A SOUTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE TOMORROW, BUT A RIDGE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH WILL HELP CLEAR OUT THE LINGERING SHOWERS TOMORROW. BUT WITH THE SOUTHERLY IN PLACE, IT'S STILL COLD, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OUT EAST. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, YOU CAN SEE A RATHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN DEVELOPING TOMORROW MORNING, AND THIS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN; THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FOR SOME AROUND THE LOWER ISLAND. SO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES UP TOP, AND WITH SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE. IT WILL TURN TO RAIN BRIEFLY FOR PARTS OF THE COROMANDEL, WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. FINE TO START HERE, BUT RAIN ARRIVES LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT EVENTUALLY CLEARING. IT COULD BE HEAVY FOR WELLINGTON IN THE MORNING, WITH SOUTHERLY GALES. SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH IN THE MORNING. REMAINING FINE ALL DAY FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH; WINDS TURN SOUTH OR SOU'WEST. IT'S NOT GREAT EAST OF THE DIVIDE, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD AND SHOWERS. THERE'S ALSO A STRONG SOUTHERLY. SO WINDY FOR CHRISTCHURCH, AND CHILLY. IT'S MARGINALLY BETTER FOR THE LOWER SOUTH, WITH SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE MORNING. THE SOUTHERLY WILL BE FRESH AT TIMES, BUT EASING TOMORROW NIGHT. OVER TO OZ ` IT'S NOT TOO BAD FOR THE MAIN CENTRES; HOBART AND CAIRNS LIKELY FOR THE ODD SHOWER. AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOMINATE AGAIN TOMORROW FOR MOST OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. TIME FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER IN YOUR SPOT FOR THE START OF NEXT WEEK. NEIL YOUNG WILL HEADLINE THIS YEAR'S GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL AFTER INITIALLY SAYING HE'D BE BOYCOTTING IT. THE CANADIAN-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER, WHO LAST HEADLINED AT THE FESTIVAL IN 2009, HAD SAID HE WOULD NOT BE PERFORMING AS HE FELT THE EVENT IS NOW UNDER CORPORATE CONTROL OF THE BBC. THE CANADIAN-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER, WHO LAST HEADLINED AT THE FESTIVAL IN 2009, HAD SAID HE WOULD NOT BE PERFORMING AS HE FELT THE EVENT IS NOW UNDER CORPORATE CONTROL OF THE BBC. (NEIL YOUNG'S 'ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD') THE 79-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S KNOWN AS MUCH FOR HIS ACTIVISM AS HIS MUSIC, HAS CHANGED HIS TUNE, AND IS NOW THE FIRST CONFIRMED HEADLINE ACT FOR THE JUNE EVENT. ON HIS BLOG HE SAID HE'D RECEIVED AN ERROR IN INFORMATION WHICH HAD INITIALLY PROMPTED HIM TO PULL OUT. 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. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025