WILD WINDS AND HUGE SWELLS MAKE FOR ANOTHER DAY OF DISRUPTIONS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAY-MAKERS. A MAN'S APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER, AFTER DRIVING TO A POLICE STATION WITH A CHILD'S BODY IN THE CAR. A ROW AT THE RACETRACK SEES AN ANIMAL-RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, BUT WHO REALLY HIT WHO? AND ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MOVIE AWARDS SEASON, SO WHO'S CAST A SPELL OVER THE GOLDEN GLOBES JUDGES THIS YEAR? CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND FAITH HAMBLYN. 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. THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FERRY DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS AS STRONG WINDS PUMMELLED THE COOK STRAIT. BOTH INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE CALLED OFF VOYAGES DUE TO LARGE SWELLS TODAY, AND THE ROUGH CONDITIONS LOOK SET TO CONTINUE FOR NOW. ZANE SMALL HAS OBTAINED SOME FOOTAGE FROM ONBOARD ONE OF THE INTERISLANDER FERRIES, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A SEASICKNESS PILL BEFORE WATCHING IT. BRACE FOR IMPACT... HOLY (BLEEP). WHOA! EVERYBODY SIT DOWN, PLEASE. THIS WAS CAPTURED BY A PASSENGER ON AN INTERISLANDER THIS MORNING. THE KAITAKI FERRY WAS STRUCK BY LARGE SWELLS. OOH! THAT WAS GOOD. IT SAILED FROM PICTON AT 6.30am AFTER A FOUR HOUR DELAY. TRAVELLERS WERE A BIT SHAKEN. WE HAD AN OKAY EXPERIENCE, JUST LYING DOWN, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT SPOOKY AND OUR FERRY HAD BEEN DELAYED. STRONG WINDS IN THE COOK STRAIT CAUSED FURTHER DISRUPTIONS TO FERRY SERVICES TODAY, BOTH INTERISLANDER AND BLUEBRIDGE POSTED ONLINE UPDATES TO ANNOUNCE CANCELLATIONS DUE TO ROUGH WEATHER CONDITIONS. BLUEBRIDGE SAID: ACROSS THE STRAIT IN PICTON, THE CANCELLATIONS LEFT SO ME PASSENGERS STRANDED. YESTERDAY, I CAME IN EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER AND SO FORTH AND JUST TO FIND OUT THAT` WAITING BT THE COUNTER THAT THE FERRY'S BEEN CANCELLED. BLUEBRIDGE CUSTOMER FRANZ VAN DER WESTHUIZEN SLEPT IN HIS CAMPERVAN OVERNIGHT, BUT TODAY MANAGED TO GET HIS HANDS ON AN INTERISLANDER TICKET FOR THIS EVENING. CAME BACK HERE TO BLUEBRIDGE AND EXPLAINED TO THEM, 'LOOK, LISTEN, CAN YOU JUST CANCEL MY BOOKING AND ALL THAT?' AND THEY GAVE ME A REFUND AS WELL. NOT ALL HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY. WE CAME TO THE GATE... YEP. AND THEY SAID, LISTEN, THE GATE IS CLOSED. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HANG AROUND HERE. AND WE WERE TOLD ONLY ON TUESDAY WE MAY LEAVE. SO WHAT'S BEEN CAUSING THE HUGE SWELLS? TO THE EAST OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND WE HAVE A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TO THE WEST OF THE COUNTRY WE HAVE A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, SO THAT PROXIMITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE AND THE HIGH PRESSURE IS PART OF WHAT HAS BEEN CAUSING THESE STRONG WINDS. WELL, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THE COMING DAYS? FOR THE REST OF TODAY, AT LEAST, WE'RE STILL SEEING THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. THOSE ARE STILL GOING TO BE WITH US. INTO TOMORROW THOUGH, THINGS DO START TO EASE. THE WEATHER'S THE WEATHER. THAT'S WHAT- YOU KNOW. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALL WE CAN DO IS AVOID IT OR ENDURE IT... OOH! THAT WAS GOOD. ...SWELLS AND ALL. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MANUKAU YESTERDAY. HE WENT TO THE MANUKAU POLICE STATION WITH THE DECEASED CHILD IN HIS CAR AT AROUND 1 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THE MAN APPEARED IN THE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT TODAY. CATRIN OWEN WAS THERE AND FILED THIS REPORT. HERE AT THE MANAKAU POLICE STATION IS WHERE THE 37-YEAR-OLD MURDER ACCUSED ARRIVED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING, WITH A CHILD DECEASED IN HIS CAR. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, FLOWERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN LAID AS A TRIBUTE OUTSIDE. IT WAS ABOUT 1AM WHEN, POLICE SAID, THE MAN WENT INSIDE, SPOKE TO STAFF, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY WENT OUTSIDE AND FOUND THE CHILD DECEASED IN HIS VEHICLE. THIS AFTERNOON, THE ACCUSED APPEARED AT THE MANAKAU DISTRICT COURT, WHERE HE WAS GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. THE CHILD ALSO CAN'T BE IDENTIFIED AT THIS STAGE, BUT ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE CHILD WAS ALLEGEDLY MURDERED YESTERDAY IN THE SUBURB OF EAST TAMAKI. AT TIMES DURING THE PROCEEDING, THE ACCUSED APPEARED TEARFUL AND VISIBLY UPSET. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ACCUSED ALSO APPEARED UPSET AT TIMES. JUDGE NGAROMA TAHANA REMANDED THE MAN IN CUSTODY WITHOUT A PLEA TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN FEBRUARY. POLICE SAID THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY WERE KNOWN TO THE MAN, AND THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY VICTIM SUPPORT. ENQUIRIES ARE ONGOING, AND A POST-MORTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE CARRIED OUT THIS WEEK. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS HAVE JOINED MOURNERS ON THE THIRD DAY OF DAME TARIANA TURIA'S TANGIHANGA IN WHANGANUI. DAME TARIANA DIED ON FRIDAY AGED 80, AFTER EARLIER SUFFERING A STROKE. MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED WHANGAEHU MARAE IN RECENT DAYS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. (WAIATA) SIR PITA SHARPLES, WHO CO-FOUNDED THE MAORI PARTY WITH DAME TARIANA, ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO HER THIS AFTERNOON. THEY STARTED THE MAORI PARTY IN 2004, WHEN THE THEN-LABOUR MP CROSSED THE FLOOR TO OPPOSE THE FORESHORE AND SEABED ACT. DAME TARIANA'S BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. GAZA'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAID AT LEAST 88 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. GAZA HEALTH WORKERS SAID ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILLED EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE NUSEIRAT AND BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMPS IN CENTRAL GAZA ` SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IN DEIR AL-BALAH AND FOUR IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF KHAN YOUNIS. ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAID IT STRUCK AN ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANT IN DEIR AL-BALAH AND A HAMAS COMMAND CENTRE IN KHAN YOUNIS. IT RELEASED FOOTAGE OF WHAT IT SAID WAS TROOP ACTIVITY, SHOWING SOLDIERS OPERATING INSIDE DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN AREAS STREWN WITH DEBRIS. LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE HAS NOW KILLED OVER 45,800 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. 2024 ENDED WITH A POTENTIALLY FATAL BLOW TO THE GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY ` THE RACING MINISTER'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO SHUT IT DOWN. NOW VIDEO FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED SHOWING HOW TENSIONS BEGAN TO RISE, AS THE INDUSTRY WAS COMING UNDER INCREASING POLITICAL PRESSURE AND OPPONENTS WERE SMELLING VICTORY. THE EPISODE AT CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR ENDED WITH AN ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST BEING CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. BUT INVESTIGATIONS JOURNALIST PAULA PENFOLD LOOKS AT WHO REALLY HIT WHO. DENO AV STOCK ` THE 'V' STANDS FOR VEGAN. HE CHANGED HIS NAME BY DEED POLL, AND HIS MATE FELLOW ANIMAL-RIGHTS ACTIVIST NICK HANCOCK. WE DO IT TO RECORD THE INJURIES AND KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THESE ANIMALS. THESE ANIMALS ARE HORRENDOUSLY TREATED. THEY DOCUMENT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY. THIS, THEY SAY, IS A TRAINER INTENTIONALLY DRIVING TOWARDS THEM. ALL THIS FILMING, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY, MAKES THEM UNPOPULAR. AND ANOTHER ONE HERE. GOOD MORNING. BUT IT DOESN'T DETER THEM. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2024, ARMED WITH INFRARED THERMOMETERS, STOCK AND HANCOCK BEGAN VISITING GREYHOUND RACE MEETS, TO RECORD HOW HOT IT WAS FOR THE DOGS IN THEIR TRANSPORT VEHICLES. IN FEBRUARY, THEIR TARGET WAS CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY. GET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLES. GET OUT OF HERE! AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY WERE NOT WELCOME. GET OUT OF HERE. HEY, GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME! NO, I'M GONNA SMACK YOU IN A MINUTE. HANCOCK'S BODY CAMERA IS SEEN BEING SNATCHED AWAY. GET OFF! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED HERE, MATE. HE GOES TO RETRIEVE IT,... STUPID MAN. ...STILL ATTEMPTING TO RECORD TEMPERATURES. (GRUNTS) GET AWAY FROM OUR VEHICLE! OFF. OFF! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT! OFF. GET AWAY! GET AWAY! OFF! GET OFF! GET AWAY! AND THERE HANCOCK'S FOOTAGE ENDS. POLICE WERE CALLED. I WAS ARRESTED. TWO COUNTS OF MALE VERSUS FEMALE. ASSAULT CHARGES. BUT IN OCTOBER, SUDDENLY, THOSE CHARGES WERE WITHDRAWN. THIS VIDEO'S TAKEN AS NICK HAS WALKED IN, AND I'M JUST WALKING UP BEHIND HIM. ACCORDING TO HANCOCK'S LAWYER, THIS IS THAT FURTHER EVIDENTIAL MATERIAL, SHOWING THE SAME EVENTS. PULLED THE GOPRO OFF NICK THERE. AND MORE, INCLUDING THIS, AS HANCOCK MOVES THROUGH THE VEHICLES IN AN ATTEMPT, HE SAYS, TO GET HIS BODY CAM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A FEMALE COMES FROM NOWHERE, HIGHLY AGITATED, JUMPS ON MY BACK ` SHE'S LITERALLY ON MY BACK. STOCK MOVES TO REPOSITION, PICKING UP THE SCENE AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE ME PHYSICALLY TRYING TO PULL MY PHONE FROM HER. AND THEN THIS. RUNS AT FULL SPEED AND HITS ME IN THE HEAD TWICE. HE PULLS ME OVER ON TO THE GROUND, AND AS HE DOES THAT, MY SHIRT IS TORN OFF ` IT'S LITERALLY TORN OFF. AND THEN HE'S HOLDING MY HEAD DOWN, TO TRY AND PREVENT ME TO GET BACK UP AGAIN. OTHER TRAINERS SURROUND ME ARE KICKING ME AND PUSHING ME, SCREAMING AT ME. THIS GUY HERE, ATTACKS ME THEN AND PUSHES ME ON THE GROUND. HE'S OBVIOUSLY AFTER MY PHONE. I GOTTA GET MY GLASSES. (BLEEP) YOU! YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT! THE WOMAN DIDN'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. HER HUSBAND TOLD US SHE'S STILL PRETTY UPSET, BUT HE DEFENDED THE TRAINER'S RESPONSE, SAYING THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR ANIMALS AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS. AND HE SAID IF HE WALKED INTO SOMEBODY'S WORKPLACE AND STARTED FILMING THEM AND TOUCHING THEIR DESKS, THEY WOULDN'T LIKE IT EITHER. BUT HANCOCK SAYS THE WHOLE EVENT HAS BEEN TRAUMATISING, PARTICULARLY THOSE MONTHS OF HAVING CHARGES HANGING OVER HIM. I WAS A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY SHOWN THE WRONG WAY ROUND. YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT I WAS PUT IN WAS AS I WAS THE AGGRESSOR. BUT AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE ON THE VIDEO, I WAS DEFINITELY NOT. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE SO ANGRY WITH YOU, THOUGH? YOU'RE INTERRUPTING THEIR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS. YES, BUT THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OUT OF INNOCENT ANIMALS. AFTER THE INCIDENT, GREYHOUND RACING NZ PUT OUT ADVICE TO INDUSTRY MEMBERS TO... THEY SAID POLICE HAD ACTED APPROPRIATELY AND THAT THEY TRUST IN THE PROCESS. NOW THE INDUSTRY AND ACTIVISTS ARE BRACING FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIGHT ` THE SELECT COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR ALL THIS TO BE SHUT DOWN. COMING UP ON THREE NEWS ` THEY'RE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE START OF AWARDS SEASON IN HOLLYWOOD, SO WHICH FILMS SHONE BRIGHTEST AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES? AND LATER IN SPORT ` LIVERPOOL SQUANDER THE CHANCE TO GO EIGHT POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP, BUT IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR MANCHESTER UNITED FANS. THE GOLDEN GLOBES ARE BACK ` AND THE SEQUINS AND TEARS WERE IN NO SHORT SUPPLY, AS THE CEREMONY GOT UNDERWAY IN BEVERLY HILLS. DRAMA 'THE BRUTALIST' AND MUSICAL 'EMILIA PEREZ' RULED THE BIG SCREEN, SETTING THE STAGE FOR A BUSY AWARD SEASON. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. READY, POSE, RED CARPET... SHINE THE TROPHIES... ...AND ROLL OUT THE ROASTING HOST. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 82nd GOLDEN GLOBES, OZEMPIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT! AWARD SEASON IS BACK, AND TINSLETOWNS'S TWINKLIEST ARE WARMING UP WITH THE GOLDEN GLOBES, PERFECTING THEIR WINNING WALKS... OH, I ALMOST TRIPPED UP, YOU ALMOST SAW MY GOLDEN GLOBES THEN. (LAUGHS) AND THEIR THANK-YOU SPEECHES... NO ONE TO THANK ON THIS ONE, I DID IT ALL MYSELF. THE SMALL SCREEN WAS RULED BY PERIOD DRAMA SHOGUN, PICKING UP BEST TV DRAMA, BEST ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND ACTOR ` AND SURELY, MOST LOVEABLE SPEECH: THIS IS A VERY BIG PRESENT FOR ME! THANK YOU SO MUCH! BEST TV COMEDY WAS WON BY 'HACKS'. WE DO HAVE TO SHOOT TOMORROW AND WE HAVE A CALL TIME OF 6.00am SO IF GENE ASKS YOU FOR A SHOT, PLEASE DON'T GIVE IT TO HER ` KATE WINSLET, I'M LOOKING AT YOU. WHILE BEST ACTRESS ON THE BIG SCREEN WAS WON BY A GOLDEN GLOBES DEBUTANT... I'M STILL HERE. IT WAS OTHERWISE A TWO-FILM TAKEOVER IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE.. THE GOLDEN GLOBE GOES TO... 'THE BRUTALIST'. THE STORY OF A VISIONARY ARCHITECT WHO ESCAPES POST-WAR EUROPE TO REBUILD IN AMERICA PROVING TO BE WORTH ITS THREE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR RUNTIME, SCOOPING BEST DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR. I WILL CHERISH THIS MOMENT FOREVER, THANK YOU. THE TOP-NOMINATED FILM GOING INTO THE NIGHT... EMILIA PEREZ! WON 4... INCLUDING BEST FILM OF THE MUSICAL OR COMEDY CROWD, AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR ZOE SALDANA. THANK YOU! OH MY GOD. WHILE KEIRAN CULKIN CLAIMED BEST SUPPORTING MALE FOR HIS ROLE IN 'A REAL PAIN'. I LOVE YOU MOM, BYE. BYE FOR NOW, BECAUSE THEY'LL ALL BE BACK SOON ENOUGH... FOR THE OSCARS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. CLARA TAUSON ADMITS IT WAS A BITTERSWEET FEELING, BEING CROWNED ASB CLASSIC CHAMPION AFTER NAOMI OSAKA WAS FORCED TO RETIRE HURT DURING LAST NIGHT'S FINAL. TAUSON LOST THE OPENING SET 6-4, BUT WAS AWARDED VICTORY AFTER OSAKA WITHDREW WITH INJURY. IT'S TAUSON'S THIRD CAREER TITLE, BUT WILL LIKELY RANK AS THE LOWEST FOR THE 22-YEAR-OLD. I THINK IT'S A BIT WEIRD. I'M TRYING TO FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE FOUR OTHER MATCHES I PLAYED HERE. BUT, I MEAN, OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO GET THE TROPHY AND THE TITLE, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT THE WAY I WANTED TO WIN IN ANY WAY. AND I'M JUST HOPING NAOMI'S GOING TO BE READY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, COS SHE PLAYED A GREAT FIRST SET TODAY, I THINK. THE EXTENT OF OSAKA'S ABDOMINAL INJURY IS YET TO BE REVEALED. MEANWHILE, LITTLE-KNOWN KIWI SINGLES HOPE ISAAC BEECROFT IS FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE IN HIS OPENING ROUND MATCH ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE MEN'S TOURNAMENT. THE WORLD NUMBER 978 LOST THE OPENING SET 6-3 TO BELGIUM QUALIFIER ZIZOU BERGS. BEECROFT FOUGHT BACK IN THE SECOND, BREAKING EARLY. HOWEVER, BEECROFT HAS BROKEN BACK IN THE SECOND SET. A SHORT TIME AGO HE WAS LEADING 5.4. TACKO FALL'S BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BREAKERS UNIFORM TO DATE WASN'T ENOUGH TO PREVENT THEM FROM FALLING TO YET ANOTHER DEFEAT ` THIS TIME AT THE HANDS OF THE PERTH WILDCATS. THE BREAKERS WERE ABLE TO KEEP PACE FOR MUCH OF THE GAME, THANKS TO THE TOWERING CENTRE PUTTING TOGETHER A SEASON HIGH 28-POINT PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT. HOWEVER, THE WILDCATS WERE ABLE TO PULL AWAY IN THE FINAL QUARTER ` BRYCE COTTON TOP SCORING WITH 41 AS THEY RAN AWAY WITH IT, 96-86. TO FOOTBALL AND LIVERPOOL HAS LET SLIP THE CHANCE TO OPEN UP AN EIGHT POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF PREMIER LEAGUE, AFTER DRAWING TWO-ALL WITH MANCHESTER UNITED. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER HAS THE ACTION. AN HISTORIC RIVALRY ` UNITED HAVE A RECORD 20 ENGLISH TITLES, BUT LIVERPOOL, WITH 19, ARE LASER-FOCUSSED ON PARITY AND ACHIEVING THEIR 20/20 VISION. THIS SEASON THEY'VE BEEN MILES APART, BUT OUT OF NOWHERE, UNITED THREW THE CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS. LISANDRO MARTINEZ! SUDDENLY, THEY WERE HAVING A BALL. THE NEW BOSS CALLED FOR CALM HEADS, BUT DID NOT GET THEM AND LIVERPOOL WERE QUICKLY LEVEL. GAKPO! MARVELLOUS GOAL. THEN, A STRAY RAISED HAND AND THE MATCH LOOKED TO HAVE TURNED ON ITS HEAD. PENALTY TO LIVERPOOL, AND MO SALAH RARELY MISSES. MO SALAH! FEW HAD GIVEN MANCHESTER UNITED A PRAYER AGAINST THE RUNAWAY LEAGUE LEADERS, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER TWIST TO COME AND AMAD DIALLO MADE IT 2-2. WELL, THAT SHAKES IT UP AGAIN. AND IN A DRAMATIC CLIMAX, HARRY MAGUIRE HAD A GLORIOUS CHANCE TO PULL OFF A SHOCK VICTORY. MAGUIRE! OHHHHH! HE'LL BE RELIVING THAT ONE IN HIS SLEEP. BUT AT LEAST ENGLAND'S STILL-MOST-SUCCESSFUL CLUB MIGHT HAVE STOPPED THE ROT AFTER A WRETCHED SEASON. AND FINALLY, IT WAS QUITE THE 2024 FOR SPANISH SAILOR DIEGO BOTIN, BUT IT CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF KIWI CREWS. LAST YEAR BOTIN GUIDED SPAIN TO AN UPSET WIN OVER THE BLACK FOILS IN THE SAIL GP GRAND-FINAL, THEN JUST OVER A MONTH LATER PIPPED NZ PAIR ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE FOR GOLD AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. THIS WEEK HE'S IN AUCKLAND, HOPING TO CLAIM ANOTHER TITLE AND DASH MORE KIWI DREAMS. HERE'S GORDON FINDLATER. HE MIGHT NOT GET UNDER KIWI SAILING FAN'S SKINS QUITE AS MUCH AS JIMMY SPITHILL, TOM SLIGSBY OR SIR BEN AINSLEY JUST YET, BUT LAST YEAR, DIEGO BOTIN PROVED THE BIGGEST SPOILER FOR NZ HOPES ON WATER. YEAH, IT WAS AN AMAZING YEAR FOR US. NO, WE WENT FULL ON. YES, IT WAS QUITE THE YEAR FOR BOTIN, FIRST UPSETTING THE BLACK FOILS TO WIN SAIL GP. VAMOS ESPANIA! SPAIN CLAIM SEASON FOUR! A MONTH LATER, HE WON GOLD AT THE OLYMPICS. VAMNOS! KIWIS ISAAC MCHARDIE AND WILLIAM MCKENZIE LEFT TO SETTLE FOR SILVER. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SUPER-CLOSE ` IT DIDN'T GO MUCH BUT BY VERY SMALL MARGINS, BUT, YEAH, THIS IS SPORT, AND WE PULLED IT OFF, BUT IT WAS, LIKE, SUPER-EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND NOW TO KEEP GROWING ON THAT. NEXT IN HIS SIGHTS IS SUCCESS AT THE MOTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, TAKING PLACE OFF MANLY BEACH THIS WEEK. STRONG WIND CONDITIONS TODAY SEEING THE BOATS UP AND FLYING ` A BIT TOO MUCH FOR SOME. SO, THEY ARE SUPER SMALL-SUPER, SUPER-REACTIVE. THE FEELING THEY GIVE YOU IS VERY NICE, AND THEY'RE ALSO ON T FOILS, WHICH IS THE SAME FOILS WE'RE GOING TO USE IN SAIL GP FROM NOW ON. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THE RECENTLY CROWNED ROLEX WORLD SAILOR OF THE YEAR'S ATTENTIONS WILL TURN NEXT, AS HE LOOKS TO UPSET THE BLACK FOILS ONCE AGAIN ` THIS TIME AT THEIR HOME EVENT IN AUCKLAND LATER THIS MONTH. VERY HARD TO DO PREDICTIONS, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT BEST EFFORT INTO IT AND GIVE US OUR BEST CHANCE WE CAN, SO, YEAH, LET'S GO FOR IT. IT MIGHT NOT BE LONG UNTIL SAILING'S SILENT ASSASSIN BECOMES A WELL-KNOWN KIWI HEARTBREAKER. STILL TO COME ` A WRAP OF YOUR WEATHER TODAY AND AN ENCOURAGING FORECAST FOR ANYONE WANTING TO CROSS THE COOK STRAIT TOMORROW. Hi! Could you do something for me? # You've got what I need... # Thanks. # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR MONDAY EVENING. WILD WINDS AND HUGE SWELLS MAKE FOR ANOTHER DAY OF DISRUPTIONS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT, AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAY-MAKERS. AND A MAN'S APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER DRIVING TO A POLICE STATION WITH A CHILD'S BODY IN THE CAR. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. SUNNY WEATHER PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE YOUR HOME FOR WET DAYS, THE WAIROA DISTRICT ARE BACK UNDER A HEAVY RAIN WATCH, WITH RAIN OVERNIGHT, BUT SET TO EASE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THE CAUSE OF THE RAIN ` THE LOW OUT TO THE EAST, WHICH IS DRIVING A SLOW-MOVING FRONT BACK OVER THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE NEXT FRONT FOR THE SOUTH HITS TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND THAT WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWEST AS PER NORMAL. BUT BEFORE IT ARRIVES, MOST OF THE ISLAND IS CLEAR, WITH RAIN DEVELOPING LATE TOMORROW FOR CANTERBURY, WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE ACTION OVER THE NORTH SITS OUT TO THE EAST OF THE ISLAND AGAIN, WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AROUND HICKS BAY TOMORROW AFTERNOON ` EVERYONE STILL UNDER THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE UPPER NORTH, WITH SOUTH OR SOU'WESTERLIES. IT'S DRY FOR EVERYONE, BUT AREAS OF CLOUD, ESPECIALLY FROM THE AFTERNOON. FINE TO START HERE, WITH A SOUTH OR SOU'WESTERLY. CLOUD DOES RETURN FROM THE AFTERNOON, BUT WILL CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT FOR WHAKATANE. ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWERS OUT EAST ` EVEN OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR GISBORNE. SOUTHERLIES EASE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND TURN WESTERLY FOR GISBORNE. THE MORNING WILL HAVE A BIT OF CLOUD, AND MAYBE A SHOWER, BUT THE AFTERNOON IS GOOD ` WINDS FINALLY TURNING NORTHERLY LATE AFTERNOON FOR WELLINGTON. ANOTHER FINE DAY FOR THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH, BUT IT WILL CLOUD OVER TOMORROW NIGHT, AND RAIN ARRIVES OVERNIGHT TOO; WINDS, MOSTLY LIGHT. MORNING CLOUD OUT EAST ` MAYBE LOW CLOUD TOO FOR CHRISTCHURCH. THERE WILL BE LATE RAIN ARRIVING FOR CANTERBURY; THUNDERSTORMS FOR TIMARU. AND THE DAY STARTS FINE, EVEN WARM FOR INVERCARGILL, BUT THE NEXT FRONT HITS AND SPREADS RAIN UP AND THROUGH MOST DURING THE AFTERNOON. TO OZ ` BRISBANE IN FOR A WARM BUT DRY DAY; STILL CHILLY OVER TASMANIA. AND A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS KEEPING THE SKIES ACTIVE OVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE PACIFIC REGION. BACK HOME, AND HERE'S HOW THE REST OF THE WEEK IS SHAPING UP. 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 ALEX BACKHOUSE AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025.