In Dawson City, Monica Beets is about to walk down the aisle. But the father of the bride has yet to turn up. Welcome everyone, on behalf of the Mayes and Beets family. Thank you for coming. Today is a celebration. You both fell in love by chance, but you are here today because you are making a choice. You are choosing each other. Will you, Taylor, keep Monica as your favourite person, to laugh with her, go on adventures with her, support her through life's tough moments, be proud of her, grow old with her and find new reasons to love her every day? I will. Will you, Monica, keep Taylor as your favourite person, to laugh with him, go on adventures with him, grow old with him and find new reasons to love him every day? Hell, yeah. With this ring I promise to always be there for you, I promise to love and care for you and try every day to be worthy of your love. May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring. May you have happiness and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love and may you find it loving one another. By the power vested in me by the Government of the Yukon Territory, I now pronounce you married. You may kiss the bride. You did good with helping me pick it out. Yeah. Beautiful, beautiful dress. Yeah. Well, yeah, it's an important day. No day for grease. With the I dos out of the way, it's time for the celebration. Newlyweds Monica and Taylor arrive at the Dawson Palace Grand in the town's vintage 1940 fire truck. For the first time as husband and wife, please stand and welcome Taylor Mayse and Monica Mayse. Tony and I got married in Holland and it's different there. Being married to Tony Beets, I feel like I should get a medal because I've been putting up with the man for the last 38 years. But every time I bring up the medal thing he brings up the parole, he wants parole. So, neither one of us is getting what we want. Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv You know, I've danced with my father once before and that was at my graduation. He didn't cry then, I did. I didn't cry this time, but I'm pretty sure he teared up at my vows, so we're going to call it even. Softer side of Tony Beets does exist. A job is a job is a job, but at the end of the day, the only gold that matters to me today is on my finger. (GROUP PERFORMS HAKA, WOMAN PERFORMS KARANGA) HAKA AND WAIATA ACCOMPANY DAME TARIANA TURIA'S FINAL JOURNEY AS SHE'S LAID TO REST AT WHANGAEHU MARAE. WHY JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS STANDING DOWN AFTER NEARLY A DECADE LEADING CANADA. WHAT A DIFFERENCE FOUR YEARS MAKE, AS KAMALA HARRIS CERTIFIES DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY AT THE CAPITOL. AND NEW ZEALAND-RAISED CAMERON NORRIE WAS IN ACTION AT THE ASB CLASSIC TODAY, THE BRIT LOSING HIS COOL ` AND HIS GRIP ON THE RACQUET. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI ` WELCOME TO THREENEWS. DAME TARIANA TURIA HAS BEEN LAID TO REST AT WHANGAEHU MARAE, NEAR WHANGANUI, TODAY. THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE MAORI PARTY DIED LAST FRIDAY, AGED 80, AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE. AS GRACE THOMAS REPORTS, THOSE CLOSEST TO DAME TARIANA HAVE VOWED TO CARRY ON HER LEGACY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR DAYS, THE SUN CAME OUT AT WHANGAEHU MARAE ` ON THE LAST DAY OF DAME TARIANA TURIA'S TANGIHANGA. SHE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FORCE OF NATURE, AND INDEED WE HAVE HAD GALE-FORCE WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAIN, SNOW FALLING ON TE KAHUI MAUNGA, AND RADIANT SUNSHINE AS OUR TEARS BLEND WITH THE LAUGHTER OF LOVE. THE CROWDS REMEMBERING A TIRELESS ADVOCATE AND WHAT SOME DESCRIBED AS A 'FORMIDABLE' 18 YEARS IN PARLIAMENT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHO I AM, I'M A SURVIVOR. (LAUGHTER) IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. I'M A FORMER PRIVATE SECRETARY TO MINISTER TURIA, AND THAT'S THE END OF THAT STORY. (LAUGHTER) BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OTHER SURVIVORS IN THE CROWD AS WELL. TENA KOUTOU, TENA TATOU, KIA KAHA! (LAUGHTER) SHE CONTINUED HER POLITICAL ACTIVISM RIGHT UP UNTIL THE END OF HER LIFE, JUST WEEKS AGO JOINING THE HIKOI MO TE TIRITI, PROTESTING AGAINST THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL; AND IN TRUE DAME TARIANA FASHION, EVEN HER TANGIHANGA WAS A CALL TO ACTION. WE HAVE 10 HOURS LEFT TO SEND THAT SUBMISSION ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (LAUGHTER) FOR MANY ACROSS AOTEAROA, DAME TARIANA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A PRINCIPLED POLITICIAN. BUT FOR HER WHANAU ` HER SIX TAMARIKI, DOZENS OF FOSTER KIDS AND MORE THAN 80 MOKOPUNA ` SHE WAS SIMPLY NANNY TARI. AUNTY WOULD SAY HER HAPPIEST YEARS OF HER LIFE WERE DAIRY FARMING IN WHANGAEHU, RAISING HER TAMARIKI ON TUPUNA LANDS. THE MARAE WAS LITERALLY NEXT DOOR. HER WHANAU WAS ALL SHE NEEDED. HER MOKOPUNA CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF THE LEADER SHE WAS. THEY NOW TREAD BOLD FOOTSTEPS INTO OUR FUTURE, AS THEIR GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS BELIEVED THEY WOULD. INSTEAD OF A COFFIN, DAME TARIANA WANTED TO BE WRAPPED IN HARAKEKE, OR FLAX, USING THE PROCESS OF KAHU WHAKATERE ` AN ANCIENT TANGIHANGA PRACTICE. CARRIED BY WHANAU, SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEARBY URUPA AND BURIED NEXT TO HER LATE HUSBAND, GEORGE. ONE OF THE GREAT CHAMPIONS OF TE AO MAORI NOW IN HER FINAL RESTING PLACE. MOE MAI RA, E TE MAREIKURA. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, TODAY ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION AFTER NEARLY A DECADE IN POWER. IT FOLLOWS RISING DISCONTENT AT HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEEP RIFTS WITHIN HIS OWN GOVERNMENT. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. UH-OH. UH-OH. AS THE WIND WHIPPED AWAY HIS NOTES, JUSTIN TRUDEAU DIDN'T FALTER. I'LL WING IT. THIS WASN'T THE SCRIPT HE HAD IN MIND ANYWAY. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER FOR NEARLY A DECADE NOW THE LATEST WESTERN LEADER TO BE SWEPT ASIDE. SO, LAST NIGHT OVER DINNER, I TOLD MY KIDS ABOUT THE DECISION THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU TODAY. I INTEND TO RESIGN ` AS PARTY LEADER, AS PRIME MINISTER. (CHEERING) MERCI. MERCI. IT IS A SUBDUED ENDING FOR THE ONCE POSTER BOY OF LIBERAL POLITICS, A FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER TURNED POLLING PHENOMENON AND PROGRESSIVE ICON. IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY, MY FRIENDS. 2013'S TRUDEAUMANIA WAS NOT DISSIMILAR TO THE JACINDAMANIA THAT FOLLOWED. THE PAIR BECAME GOOD FRIENDS, POLITICAL DARLINGS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE WITH SIMILAR STYLES. TRUMP EVEN CONFUSED THEM FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE. WHAT A PLEASURE TO SIT DOWN WITH PRIME MINISTER ARDERN. TRUDEAU WON SUPPORT IN HIGH PLACES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD ` AND, CRUCIALLY, THREE ELECTIONS. HE SURVIVED CONTROVERSY WHEN PICTURES EMERGED OF HIM WEARING BLACKFACE AS A YOUNG MAN, BUT HE WAS AMONG A LONG LIST OF LEADERS WHO FINISHED THE PANDEMIC WITH A FOOT IN THE POLITICAL GRAVE, AND NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST HIS HANDLING OF COVID SIGNALLED THE BEGINNING OF THE END. WHEN ARDERN RESIGNED, THE HEADLINES QUICKLY ASKED IF IT WAS TIME FOR TRUDEAU TO DO THE SAME. IN CANADA, NO LEADER GETS PAST 10 YEARS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT POLITICAL PARTY YOU'RE IN ` VOTERS SIMPLY GET SICK AND TIRED OF YOU. HIS NOISY NEIGHBOUR HAS PROVEN TO BE THE FINAL STRAW. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN THREATENING HUGE TARIFFS AND SUGGESTING CANADA SHOULD MERGE INTO THE 51st U.S. STATE. THE DOUBTS SURROUNDING TRUDEAU'S ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE NEW U.S. PRESIDENT ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER STEPPING DOWN LAST MONTH. THIS COUNTRY DESERVES A REAL CHOICE IN THE NEXT ELECTION, AND IT HAS BECOME CLEAR TO ME THAT IF I'M HAVING TO FIGHT INTERNAL BATTLES, I CANNOT BE THE BEST OPTION IN THAT ELECTION. WHOEVER SUCCEEDS HIM... WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT EARLIER? ...WILL NEED A SPRINKLING OF HIS OLD STARDUST FOR THE UPHILL BATTLE AHEAD. OUTGOING VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS CERTIFIED DONALD TRUMP'S U.S. ELECTION WIN EXACTLY FOUR YEARS SINCE RIOTERS STORMED THE CAPITOL TO TRY TO PREVENT THE RATIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY. HEAVY SECURITY WAS IN PLACE AROUND WASHINGTON DC, BUT THERE WAS NO REPEAT OF THE CHAOS, AS THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE IN AN ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL FASHION. JOE BIDEN HAS URGED AMERICANS NOT TO ERASE THE MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS VOWED TO PARDON MANY OF THOSE ACCUSED OR CONVICTED OF TAKING PART IN THE RIOT. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. IT IS A RITUAL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ` THE CERTIFICATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND TODAY IT PASSED OFF PEACEFULLY AND WITH A SENSE OF SOLEMNITY. PULL THROUGH! HOW DIFFERENT FROM FOUR YEARS AGO... (CLAMOURING) WHEN THE PROCESS WAS HIJACKED BY THOSE WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL TO CHALLENGE JOE BIDEN'S VICTORY. I KNOW MY RIGHTS! THE HOUSE COME TO ORDER. THIS AFTERNOON, THE CONTRAST COULD NOT HAVE BEEN GREATER. PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION... AND THERE WAS A DEEP IRONY TOO. KAMALA HARRIS ` THE LOSER OF THIS ELECTION ` WAS PRESIDING IN HER ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. TO HER, FELL THE HARDEST TASK OF ALL ` ANNOUNCING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY OF THE MAN SHE HAD WARNED IS A FASCIST. THE VOTES FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE AS FOLLOWS. DONALD J TRUMP OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED 312 VOTES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) KAMALA HARRIS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS RECEIVED 226 VOTES. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A DIVIDED CONGRESS AND A DIVIDED NATION WAS ON VIVID DISPLAY. HARRIS SOMEHOW MANAGING TO SUSTAIN HER SMILE THROUGHOUT. CROWD: USA! USA! USA! ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO TAKE AS PRESIDENT IS TO PARDON OR COMMUTE THE SENTENCES OF AT LEAST 1000 SUPPORTERS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF STORMING THE CAPITOL. (CLAMOURING) AMONG THOSE HOPING FOR A PARDON IS FELIPE MARQUEZ. WHOOOOOOOOO! HE WAS SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR OBSTRUCTION AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR HIS ROLE THAT DAY. I WAS THERE ON JANUARY 6TH, PROTESTING. NOW A TAXI DRIVER IN FLORIDA, HE TOLD ME HE IS HOPEFUL OF A TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER CLEARING HIM OF ANY WRONGDOING. WHY, MR MARQUEZ, SHOULD YOU BE PARDONED, DO YOU THINK? OH, I WOULD SAY BECAUSE I PARTICIPATED IN A NON-VIOLENT PROTEST. I GUESS ULTIMATELY A LOT OF US THAT WENT THERE BELIEVED WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING, I GUESS. DO YOU REGRET YOUR ACTIONS FOUR YEARS AGO, OR DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF REMORSE TODAY? NOT REALLY. I WENT IN. I DOCUMENTED, YOU KNOW. I KIND OF WENT IN TO MAKE A VIDEO, DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCE, SHOW MY SUPPORT, PROTEST AGAINST THINGS THAT I BELIEVED WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME. EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY WAS IN PLACE AROUND THE CAPITOL TODAY. THIS TIME, NONE OF IT NEEDED, WITH ELECTION CERTIFICATION ONCE MORE A MATTER OF CONSTITUTIONAL ROUTINE. A MAJOR STORM IS THREATENING TO BRING THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND COLDEST TEMPERATURES TO THE UNITED STATES IN A DECADE. MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER WINTER ALERTS NATIONWIDE, WHILE SEVEN STATES HAVE DECLARED EMERGENCIES. IN THE MIDWEST, KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVE BEEN HIT HARD, WITH NEARLY FOUR MILLION PEOPLE UNDER BLIZZARD WARNINGS. THE STORM'S NOW MOVED EAST TOWARDS WASHINGTON DC, WHERE SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES WERE CLOSED. FROM THERE, ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. A POLAR VORTEX HAS PLUNGED MUCH OF AMERICA INTO A DEEP FREEZE. ARCTIC WEATHER, NORMALLY CONTAINED AROUND THE NORTH POLE, HAS MOVED FAR TO THE SOUTH, WITH SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND ICE LEADING TO DRAMATIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE ON THE ROADS. STORM BLAIR IS THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER SYSTEM TO HIT THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S PACKING QUITE A PUNCH. IN UTAH, THE VOLUME OF SNOW CREATED AN AVALANCHE ` CLOSING A HIGHWAY. TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS A SWATHE OF THE CENTRAL STATES. SEVERAL HAVE DECLARED EMERGENCIES AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE AS LOW AS MINUS-25 CENTIGRADE. IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, THE CERTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION RESULT CONTINUED DESPITE THE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STORMING OF THE CAPITOL, THE WEATHER WAS DETERRING PROTESTS MORE THAN THE RING OF STEEL. THIS WINTER STORM HAS DUMPED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS A THOUSAND MILES OF THE UNITED STATES. FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED, SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, AND IN MANY CITIES, THE STREETS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY. MANY SCHOOLS DECLARED A SNOW DAY, BUT WHILE SOME WERE ENJOYING THIS WEATHER EVENT, MANY MORE ARE CURSING IT AS AMERICA CONTENDS WITH THE COLDEST WINTER BLAST FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. A 7.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS HIT TIBET AND KILLED AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO CHINESE STATE MEDIA. FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS IN THE REGION AND RESCUE TEAMS LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS IN THE RUBBLE. THE QUAKE STRUCK AT A DEPTH OF JUST 10km, AND TREMORS WERE ALSO FELT IN NEIGHBOURING NEPAL AND PARTS OF INDIA. ALMOST 40 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO BE INJURED. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN HAS LOST 15,000 THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN THE KURSK REGION OF RUSSIA. UKRAINE DECLARED RUSSIA IS 'GETTING WHAT IT DESERVES', ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE FIGHTERS ARE NORTH KOREAN. IN SPORT ` ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CHRIS WOOD SCORES HIS 12th GOAL FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST THIS SEASON TO KEEP WOLVES AT BAY. AND TWO OF THE WORLD'S BEST YACHTSMEN EXPLAIN HOW THE SAILGP COMPETITION CHANGED THE SPORT FOREVER. 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. FIERCE FIGHTING IS UNDERWAY IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION. AFTER UKRAINE LAUNCHED A NEW COUNTERATTACK, IT DECLARED RUSSIA IS 'GETTING WHAT IT DESERVES'. THE KURSK OPERATION IS INTENDED TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE THAT PREVENTS PUTIN'S MEN FROM BEING DEPLOYED TO KEY AREAS OF THE UKRAINIAN FRONTLINE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CLAIMS RUSSIA HAS LOST NEARLY 15,000 MEN IN THE REGION, BUT THE KREMLIN SAYS IT HAS THWARTED UKRAINE'S LATEST BREAKTHROUGH IN KURSK AND IS NOW CLAIMING TO HAVE SEIZED A KEY EASTERN UKRAINIAN TOWN. GISBORNE COUNCIL IS FUMING AFTER BEING FORCED TO OPEN AN EMERGENCY SEWER VALVE FOR A SECOND TIME AND PUT A HEALTH WARNING IN PLACE OVER THE CITY'S WATERWAYS. THE COUNCIL POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ` 'WHAT THE (EXPLETIVE)? WHO'S CUTTING UP GARDEN WASTE 'AND PUTTING IT DOWN A MANHOLE IN THE MANGAPAPA AREA?? 'THANKS TO THAT CLOWN, WE'VE HAD TO OPEN THE EMERGENCY SEWER VALVE.' IT'S THE SECOND TIME THIS SUMMER THE CITY HAS PUT UP WARNING SIGNS ON THE CITY'S RIVERS AND BEACHES FOR A MANDATORY FIVE-DAY PERIOD, AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO AVOID FISHING, SWIMMING AND GATHERING SHELLFISH. IT COMES AS A LARGE NUMBER OF GISBORNE ATHLETES WERE PREPARING FOR THE WAKA AMA SPRINT NATIONALS AT LAKE KARAPIRO, STARTING ON SUNDAY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. LEGENDARY JOURNEYS WITH SUZUKI JIMNY 5 AND THREENEWS SPORT. A SPECTATOR HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP IN SOME UNEXPECTED DRAMA ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE MEN'S ASB CLASSIC. AUCKLAND-RAISED CAMERON NORRIE HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND, BUT NOT BEFORE LOSING HIS COOL ` AND HIS GRIP ON THE RACQUET. NORRIE'S OPPONENT, FACUNDO DIAZ ACOSTA OF ARGENTINA, PROVING TOO GOOD FOR THE BRIT, WHOSE GAME WAS DOMINATED BY UNFORCED ERRORS. NORRIE THEN LET HIS FRUSTRATION GET TO HIM, AS DIAZ ACOSTA SERVED FOR THE MATCH. (CROWD EXCLAIMS) UMPIRE: CODE VIOLATION ` UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT. WARNING, MR NORRIE. QUITE LUCKY THERE. MATCH POINT DOWN, BIT OF FRUSTRATION. DIAZ ACOSTA GOING ON TO WIN THE MATCH 6-2, 6-3. MEANWHILE, FRENCH VETERAN AND CROWD FAVOURITE GAEL MONFILS HAS FOUGHT BACK FROM A SET DOWN TO BEAT SPAIN'S PEDRO MARTINEZ. TO CRICKET, AND PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AHEAD OF THE BLACK CAPS' SECOND ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL AGAINST SRI LANKA IN HAMILTON. AFTER BEATING THE VISITORS BY NINE WICKETS IN THEIR OPENING ODI IN WELLINGTON ON SUNDAY, WILL YOUNG SAYS THE SIDE ARE EAGER TO CLOSE OUT THE SERIES AND CONTINUE BUILDING MOMENTUM, WITH A PINNACLE WHITE-BALL TOURNAMENT ON THE HORIZON. GOTTA BE WHERE YOUR FEET ARE AND LOOK AFTER WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. BUT AS I SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, CHAMPIONS TROPHY IS AN ICC EVENT; IT'S THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROSPECT. SO, YEAH, A FEW OF THE GUYS WILL JUST BE LOOKING TO GET IN THE GROOVE FOR THAT, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. FIRST BALL IS AT 2pm TOMORROW. CHRIS WOOD HAS NOTCHED UP HIS 12th GOAL THIS SEASON TO HELP NOTTINGHAM FOREST TO A 3-0 AWAY WIN AGAINST WOLVES. VICE-CAPTAIN MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE OPENED THE SCORING INSIDE THE FIRST 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CALMLY SLOTTED FOREST'S SECOND GOAL OF THE MATCH JUST BEFORE HALFTIME TO SEE THEM TAKE A 2-0 LEAD. TAIWO AWONIYI TAPPED IN A THIRD AFTER A COUNTER-ATTACK IN STOPPAGE TIME TO SEAL FOREST'S 12th WIN OF THE CAMPAIGN ` AND SIXTH ON THE TROT. I THINK IT'S DOWN TO JUST THE BELIEF IN THE SQUAD AT THE MINUTE. EVERYONE BELIEVES IN EACH OTHER, EVERYONE BELIEVES IN EACH OTHER'S ROLES, EVERYONE BELIEVES IN WHAT THE MANAGER WANTS, ERM, AND I THINK WE'VE STUCK TO THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THE SEASON, AND IT'S REALLY PAYING OFF. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST DELIGHTED THAT THE BOYS ARE ON SUCH A HIGH AT THE MINUTE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST KEEP IT GOING. THE WIN SEES THEM REMAIN THIRD ON THE LEAGUE LADDER, BUT NOW TIED ON 40 POINTS WITH SECOND-PLACED ARSENAL AND FOUR POINTS CLEAR OF FOURTH-PLACED CHELSEA. FINALLY TONIGHT ` TWO OF THE WORLD'S TOP SAILORS ARE CREDITING THE INNOVATIVE 'SAIL GRAND PRIX' SERIES FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORT AROUND THE GLOBE. THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE EVENT IS UNDERWAY, WITH THE NEXT LEG TAKING PLACE IN AUCKLAND IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS' TIME. AS LUCY THOMSON REPORTS, DESPITE SOME CRITICISM FROM SAILING PURISTS, THE EVENT HAS CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD ` AND COULD CHANGE THE SPORT FOREVER. FINAL` OHHH! HIGH-RISK, HIGH-SPEED SAILING ` ALMOST CLIPS THEM FROM BEHIND. AND FOR THE SPORT ITSELF, SIR RUSSELL COUTTS' SAILGP INITIATIVE IS PROVING HIGH-REWARD. COLLISION! NO! THE KIWIS! OH MY LORD. IT'S EXCITING TO SEE A SPORT REALLY GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION, AND, YEAH, I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY GREAT FOR THE SPORT OF SAILING. A SPORT WHICH TYPICALLY ATTRACTED MORE TRADITIONAL CROWDS AT WORLD, OLYMPIC AND AMERICA'S CUP REGATTAS BUT IS NOW DRAWING A DIVERSE AUDIENCE AROUND THE WORLD. FIRST THING IS THAT WE'RE NOT TARGETING SAILING FANS. YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PURE SORT OF SAILING THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, ANTI THE CHANGE. BUT THAT'S... IT'S 'REVOLUTION-RISING' SAILING, REALLY. TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPORT, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THAT. AND THE NUMBERS PROVE IT, WITH BROADCAST VIEWERSHIP ALMOST DOUBLING FROM SEASON THREE TO SEASON FOUR, WITH 193 MILLION PEOPLE TUNING IN. IN THE U.S., IT'S DRAWN THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE FOR A SAILING EVENT IN THREE DECADES. AS A TEAM ` YOU KNOW, AS THE BLACK FOILS ` GETTING MORE AND MORE FANS CHEERING US ON, AND MORE MESSAGES OF SUPPORT, WHICH MEANS THE WORLD FOR US; BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO MORE AND MORE COMMERCIAL BACKING AS WELL. BACKING THAT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE OFF AS MORE AND MORE BOATS JOIN THE CIRCUIT. TWO NEW THINGS IN DUBAI; THE FRENCH REJOINING; HERE IN AUCKLAND, UP TO 12 TEAMS ON THE START LINE NOW... THE RACING JUST KEEPS GOING UP AND UP, AND THE... WITH A LOT OF THE TRANSFERS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE OFF SEASON, THAT MEANS THAT THE EXPERIENCES DISPERSED OUT, I GUESS, AND IT MEANS THAT ALL THE TEAMS WILL BE MORE EVEN. THE EVENT'S ALSO MAKING STRIDES TOWARDS IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEMALE SAILORS, HOLDING THE FIRST-OF-ITS KIND WOMEN'S CAMP IN DUBAI. GOT SIX SOLID HOURS ` MORE THAN I'VE EVER HAD ` ON THE WHEEL, AND THERE WAS 18 FEMALE ATHLETES INVOLVED. SO A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE AND INCLUSIVITY THAT WILL SURELY CONTINUE TO GROW ALONGSIDE THE SPORT ITSELF. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ` IT WAS A LOVELY DAY IN NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY; WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY FARED AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TOMORROW. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR TUESDAY EVENING. DAME TARIANA TURIA HAS BEEN LAID TO REST AT WHANGAEHU MARAE, NEAR WHANGANUI, TODAY. THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE MAORI PARTY DIED LAST FRIDAY, AGED 80. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION AFTER NEARLY A DECADE IN POWER. A 7.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS HIT TIBET, KILLING AT LEAST 53 PEOPLE AND INJURING 62, ACCORDING TO CHINESE STATE MEDIA. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. SUNNY WEATHER PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR YOUR HOME FOR WET DAYS. CLEAR GUTTERS AND CUT BRANCHES THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME. THREENEWS WEATHER. IT'S BEEN AN IMPROVING SITUATION ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, BUT THE SOUTH HAS A FRONT RACING NORTHEAST, SET TO CROSS OVER INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW. IN ITS WAKE IS ANOTHER SOUTHERLY FLOW, SO DON'T EXPECT A RETURN TO HOT SUMMER TEMPS JUST YET OVER THE SOUTH; RAIN WILL BE CLEARING TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THOUGH. VERY LITTLE TO SPEAK OF OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT. TOMORROW, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE RAIN ARRIVING IN THE SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE EASTERN RANGES TOO. SO, FINE TO START FIRST UP UP TOP; THEN CLOUD DEVELOPS IN THE MORNING, WITH A FEW SHOWERS ARRIVING FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH SOU'WESTERLIES. SIMILAR STORY HERE, WITH CLOUDY PERIODS ARRIVING IN THE MORNING, THEN TURNING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ` HEAVY AND THUNDERY FOR WHAKATANE. ENJOY THE SUN WHILE YOU HAVE IT, BECAUSE RAIN DEVELOPS FROM THE MORNING, REACHING HAWKE'S BAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH SOUTHERLY-QUARTER WINDS FOR ALL. AND OCCASIONAL RAIN BEGINS IN THE MORNING HERE, SPREADING NORTHEAST; AND CLEARING BY TOMORROW NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLIES CONTINUE FOR WELLINGTON. THE LAST OF THE FRONTAL RAIN FOR THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON ` EVENING AT THE LATEST FOR NELSON ` WITH LIGHT WINDS. RAIN FIRST UP OUT EAST, BUT IT IS CLEARING ` IT CLEARS BEFORE MIDDAY FOR CANTERBURY, AND AFTER MIDDAY FURTHER NORTH, WITH FRESH SOUTHERLY WINDS. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, WITH A FEW SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO, DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER TO OZ. BEST SPOTS TO BE ` PERTH, MELBOURNE, AND HOBART. TASMANIA FINALLY GETTING SOME SUMMER HEAT. AND ANOTHER DAY OF THE SAME FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE CARDS. TIME FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND. 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. LAURA TUPOU AND THE TEAM ARE BACK TOMORROW. I'M HEATHER KEATS. PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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