NARRATOR: In the Yukon capital, Whitehorse, Parker's mechanic, Mitch, is on the mend. This is Mitch Blaschke, comin' at ya live from the Yukon hospital, here. I broke my radius and my ulna in my right arm which is two bones that connect between your wrist and your elbow. About 13 screws and a couple of plates, it's all put back together. I'm not gonna say it's as good as new but hey, with all that hardware in there, maybe it's better. But a couple of days, be back up at the mine site, and let's finish off this season. Karla! Hi, everyone. You got gold? I do, yeah. NARRATOR: Rick Ness and his greenhorn crew, are ready for their weekly weigh in. Yes. Carl, you were throwing groceries at machines and keeping 'em runnin. Yeah, pretty much. And egg in the radiator. Yeah. You did an egg-celent job on that. (LAUGHS) The real impressive one was the pin in that loader though. Like, I thought that loader was gonna be down for days. You stepped it up Carl. You did a great job. (APPLAUSE) With all we went through, hopefully, it was worth it. Karla, you think it is? See what we got, is it empty? (BLEEP) (BLEEP) (BLEEP) I've seen way better. That's a (BLEEP) joke. See what we got. NARRATOR: To hit is 1,000 ounce target, Rick needs 34 ounces a week. 28.20. NARRATOR: Worth just $34,000, his lowest gold weigh of the season. I mean, we were (BLEEP) banging our heads against the wall all week. And to get that's a slap in the (BLEEP) face. Yeah. With clean-ups like this, we're not gonna get to our goal. We're just not. I think we're just spinning our wheels downstream, right now. The downstream cut's (BLEEP) dead. Yeah, we keep having weeks like this and we're gonna go broke. The upstream cut's all we got left. And I dunno if it's thawed, and we don't have any (BLEEP) drill holes. AFTER UNPRECEDENTED FEEDBACK THERE ARE CALLS TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL BECAUSE OF WEBSITE ISSUES. DISPLACED SURVIVORS OF THE DEADLY QUAKE IN TIBET NOW FACE A NEW THREAT FROM SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES. MARK ZUCKERBERG IS THE LATEST SO-CALLED 'TECH BRO' TO BOW TO THE WHIMS OF DONALD TRUMP BY DITCHING FACT-CHECKERS. AND IT'S A RAIN-REDUCED AFFAIR IN HAMILTON AS THE BLACK CAPS CHASE AN ODI SERIES VICTORY AGAINST SRI LANKA. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI ` WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. PRESSURE IS GROWING FOR THE DEADLINE FOR FEEDBACK ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL TO BE EXTENDED. ONLINE SUBMISSIONS WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE LAST NIGHT, BUT MANY PEOPLE WERE PREVENTED FROM HAVING THEIR SAY BECAUSE OF WEBSITE ISSUES. (PERFORMS HAKA) IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WASN'T JUST MOMENTOUS FOR NEW ZEALAND; IT WENT VIRAL AROUND THE WORLD ` THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF TE PATI MAORI RIPPING UP THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL AT ITS FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT. A WEEK LATER, THOUSANDS JOINED THE HIKOI THAT DESCENDED ON PARLIAMENT'S FORECOURT LAST YEAR OPPOSING THE BILL WHICH SEEKS TO REDEFINE THE TREATY'S PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY DEFINED BY THE COURTS. SO IT WAS PERHAPS NO SURPRISE THERE WOULD BE HUGE DEMAND TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON IT. TE PATI MAORI CO-LEADER DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER TELLING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE THE ONLINE DEADLINE HOW THEY CAN SUBMIT. SO IF YOU SEND IT INTO A COPY OF THAT SCREEN` A SCREENSHOT AND KEEP A COPY OF WHAT YOU` WHAT YOU'VE DONE, SEND IT INTO THE JUSTICE AT PARLIAMENT.GOV.NZ, THEN YOU CAN GO AND HAVE A MOE. NZ PARLIAMENT'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT POSTED TODAY, SAYING THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES USERS HAVE HAD ACCESSING THE PARLIAMENT WEBSITE AND SUBMISSION PORTAL, AND THAT THE ISSUES OCCURRED DUE TO AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF USERS MAKING A SUBMISSION AT THE SAME TIME. BUT SOME, FRUSTRATED WITH THE WEBSITE, DELIVERED THEIR SUBMISSIONS IN PERSON TODAY. TE PATI MAORI ALSO HELPED. I'VE GOT A CREW THAT'S GONE DOWN THAT'S BEEN COLLECTING SOME TE PATI MAORI ALSO HELPED. I'VE COME DOWN TO SUBMIT BECAUSE I CAN BE ONLINE SUMMIT LAST NIGHT. I HAD A FEW FRIENDS WHO WERE TRYING TO SUMMIT YESTERDAY AND COULDN'T DO SO, SO I PRINTED OFF THEIR SUBMISSIONS AND PUT THEM IN TODAY IN PERSON. I COULDN'T DO IT YESTERDAY SO I CAME IN TODAY. I COULDN'T YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY HAD ISSUES WITH THEIR WEBSITE. I'VE GOT A CREW THAT'S GONE DOWN THAT'S BEEN COLLECTING SOME ALL THE WAY BETWEEN TARANAKI, WHANGANUI AND MANAWATU. THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE` AND THIS IS THE ISSUE - THEY DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM. LABOUR AND TE PATI MAORI HAVE CALLED FOR THE DEADLINE TO BE EXTENDED THE ISSUE ISN'T THAT THOSE WHO LEFT IT TO THE LAST MINUTE` THE ISSUE ISN'T THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN MOBILISING THEIR WHANAU AT CHRISTMAS ` AT TANGI, EVEN - THE ISSUE HAS BEEN THE SYSTEM, AND THEN THE SILENCE FROM THE SYSTEM WHO JUST HAD NO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR. THE DUTY MINISTER, CHRIS PENK, SAID IN A STATEMENT: 'THE COMMITTEE IS MEETING TOMORROW MORNING 'TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW TO ENSURE THOSE 'WHO TRIED TO SUBMIT BEFORE THE DEADLINE CAN DO SO. 'ANY DECISION WILL BE PUBLICISED TOMORROW 'WHEN THE COMMITTEE MEETS AT 9AM.' AND EVEN THOUGH NGAREWA-PACKER ISN'T A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE, SHE'LL BE THERE WHEN THEY MEET AT 9 TOMORROW. 2024 WAS THE 10TH HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR AOTEAROA, ACCORDING TO NIWA'S ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY. IN COMPARISON, 2023 WAS THE SECOND HOTTEST. WITH MORE, HERE'S GRACE THOMAS. LAURA, TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY DROPPED BELOW AVERAGE DURING MARCH AND MAY ` SOMETHING THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING ` 8 OF THE 10 WARMEST YEARS IN AOTEAROA HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 2013, A TREND THAT HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE. AND IN 2024 SOME REGIONS SAW WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE TEMPS, LIKE NORTHLAND AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. MARLBOROUGH TOOK THE SUNSHINE CROWN, WITH MORE THAN 2700 HOURS RECORDED IN BLENHEIM, WHILE WHITIANGA AND DARGAVILLE BOTH SAW THEIR DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD. IN CONTRAST, SOUTHLAND'S LUMSDEN RECORDED ITS WETTEST YEAR SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1982. AND WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN COOLER THAN USUAL IN PARTS, NIWA'S PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST CHRIS BRANDOLINO SAYS IT'S ALL PART OF A CONTINUING TREND OF WARMER WEATHER ACROSS THE GLOBE. THERE'S A CLEAR, CLEAR TREND HERE OF WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY NEW ZEALAND, BUT AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA ` THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE, AND THE POLAR REGIONS TOO. IT'S WELL-DOCUMENTED, AND JUST BECAUSE` EVERY YEAR'S NOT GOING TO BE NUMBER ONE, BUT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT LONGER-TERM TREND, AND THAT LONGER-TERM TREND CONTINUES TO RISE. MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND NEARLY 200 MORE ARE INJURED AFTER A 7.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK TIBET. HUNDREDS OF HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN THE AREA WHICH BORDERS THE HIMALAYAS. RESCUERS STILL DIGGING OUT SURVIVORS ARE ALSO TRYING TO FIND THEM SHELTER, WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO MINUS 18 DEGREES OVERNIGHT. KEME NZEREM FROM CHANNEL FOUR REPORTS. EXACTLY 9.05 THIS MORNING, THE EARTH BEGAN TO MOVE... (METAL CLATTERS) DINGRI COUNTY, TIBET, NOT FAR FROM MOUNT EVEREST ITSELF. TOWNS HERE ARE HARD TO ACCESS AT THE BEST OF TIMES. A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE, MAGNITUDE 7, DESTROYED ROADS AND COLLAPSED BUILDINGS, KILLING WELL OVER 100, TRAPPING AND INJURING HUNDREDS MORE. FIRST RESPONDERS IN SHIGATSE CITY, ONE OF TIBET'S HOLIEST TOWNS. GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE TO ASSESS DAMAGE. THIS AFTERSHOCK WAS CAPTURED ON A SHOP CCTV GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE TO ASSESS DAMAGE. THIS AFTERSHOCK WAS CAPTURED ON A SHOP CCTV 20 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST QUAKE. TREMORS HAVE BEEN FELT HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY, AS FAR AS NEPAL. THE CHINESE MILITARY SENT IN HEAVY DUTY TRANSPORT PLANES AS THE SCALE OF THE DESTRUCTION BELOW BECAME CLEAR. THE PLATEAU HERE LIES NEARLY 5000M HIGH. IN THE BITTER DEPTHS OF MIDWINTER, DESPITE THE CLEAR SKIES, IT IS INHOSPITABLE AT NIGHT. SURVIVORS WERE PULLED ONE BY ONE FROM THE RUBBLE. BUT TO MANY TIBETANS, THE SIGHT OF CHINA'S PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY COMING TO HELP OBSCURES DEEP REGIONAL TENSIONS. MANY HERE SEEK AUTONOMY FROM BEIJING, WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INCREASINGLY LIMITED AND CHINA BUSY EXTRACTING TIBET'S VAST MINERAL DEPOSITS, WHICH TIBET'S EXILED LEADERS SAY MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS MORNING'S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE. THE MOST IMPORTANT CAUSE IS THE MINING` EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINING THAT IS TAKING PLACE UNDER THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. WE KNOW OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF COALS MINING, THE LITHIUM MINING THAT IS TAKING PLACE. THOSE ARE ALL THE CAUSES THAT LEADS TO ISSUES LIKE EARTHQUAKE. TONIGHT, XI JINPING, THE CHINESE PRESIDENT, PROMISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DISASTER RELIEF. THE DALAI LAMA, TIBET'S EXILED SPIRITUAL LEADER, OFFERED PRAYERS FOR ALL WHO'VE PASSED. THE FIRST PERSON TO BE CONVICTED OF SABOTAGE IN NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON UNDER STRICT CONDITIONS. GRAHAM PHILIP WAS JAILED FOR THREE YEARS AND ONE MONTH IN DECEMBER 2022 AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO ENTER GUILTY PLEAS TO CHARGES OF SABOTAGE. THIS WAS AFTER HE ATTEMPTED TO BRING DOWN THE POWER GRID ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH ISLAND IN PROTEST AGAINST THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AND VACCINE MANDATE. HIS RELEASE CONDITIONS INCLUDE FORBIDDING HIM TO GET WITHIN 50M FROM TRANSPOWER PROPERTIES. MORE THAN 2000 INTERNET CUSTOMERS IN NORTHLAND ARE WITHOUT SERVICE AFTER A DIGGER CUT THROUGH THE MAIN FIBRE CABLE BETWEEN WHANGAREI AND DARGAVILLE. A NORTHPOWER SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE SPARK-OWNED CABLE SUPPLIED BROADBAND TO ALL CUSTOMERS IN DARGAVILLE, RUAWAI, PAPAROA AND MAUNGATUROTO. EFTPOS SERVICES ARE ALSO AFFECTED. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` DONALD TRUMP PLEDGES TO MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN, SAYING THE U.S. SHOULD TAKE OVER THE MINERAL-RICH ARCTIC TERRITORY AS HIS SON ARRIVES FOR A VISIT. META DOES AN ABOUT-FACE AS IT LOOKS TO BUDDY UP WITH TRUMP AND HIS RIGHT-HAND MAN ELON-MUSK OVER CENSORSHIP. AND IN SPORT, TWO OF THE TOP THREE SEEDS ARE OUT OF THE ASB MEN'S TENNIS CLASSIC. U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IS RAMPING UP HIS THREATS TO GAIN CONTROL OF BOTH GREENLAND AND THE PANAMA CANAL. AS ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS, HIS REMARKS COME AS HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR WENT TO GREENLAND ON A PERSONAL TRIP. A FORTNIGHT FROM TAKING OFFICE, BUT TODAY WE GOT A PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM TRUMP 2.0. THE HEADLINES CAME THICK AND FAST, FIRST ON THE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA. IF THE DEAL ISN'T DONE BEFORE I TAKE OFFICE, WHICH IS NOW GOING TO BE TWO WEEKS, ALL HELL WILL BREAK OUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHILE DONALD TRUMP WAS ISSUING STARK WARNINGS IN FLORIDA, HIS ELDEST SON WAS FLYING TO GREENLAND; HIS FATHER THERE IN SPIRIT, IF NOT IN PERSON. THE AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY OF DENMARK IS NOW FIRMLY IN THE TRUMP FAMILY'S SIGHTS. DONALD TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY SAID HE WANTS TO BUY IT, EVEN IF TODAY DON JR WAS BEING MORE COY. CAN YOU TELL A LITTLE ABOUT AMERICAN INTEREST IN GREENLAND? THERE'S BEEN SOME` OH NO, THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT. THAT'S FOR OTHERS TO TALK ABOUT. THANK YOU, GUYS. WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, GUYS. THE MAN WHO HELPED ORGANISE THE TRIP TOLD ME WHY THE TRUMPS ARE INTERESTED IN GREENLAND. OF COURSE, HE CANNOT BUY US. THAT'S JUST ONE. ONE THING FOR SURE. THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN VERY, UH... HAVE BEEN VERY ATTRACTED TO GREENLAND THE LAST 10 YEARS. DENMARK CANNOT DEFEND US TO THE THREAT WE HAVE TO RUSSIA AND CHINA. PANAMA AND ITS CANAL IS ANOTHER COUNTRY TRUMP IS EYEING THROUGH THE PRISM OF CHINESE INFLUENCE, AND TODAY SUGGESTED NOTHING WAS OFF THE TABLE. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO USE MILITARY OR ECONOMIC COERCION? I'M NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO THAT. IT MIGHT` IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. UH, LOOK, THE PANAMA CANAL IS VITAL TO OUR COUNTRY. IT'S BEING OPERATED BY CHINA. CHINA. AND WE GAVE THE PANAMA CANAL TO PANAMA. WE DIDN'T GIVE IT TO CHINA. BRETT O'DONNELL, A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST, SAYS MOST OF WASHINGTON'S FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. THIS IS ALL VINTAGE TRUMP DEAL-MAKING. DONALD TRUMP TENDS TO USE MASTERFUL NEGOTIATING TACTICS. I MEAN, THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THE RETREAT PRINCIPLE, WHERE YOU LAUNCH OUT WITH SOME VERY HIGH, LOFTY GOAL IN HOPES OF GETTING A GOAL THAT'S NOT AS HIGH AND LOFTY. AND ON UKRAINE, HE APPEARED TO SUGGEST THE DEAL MAY COME QUICKLY. I KNOW THAT PUTIN WOULD LIKE TO MEET. I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT I MEET UNTIL AFTER THE 20TH, WHICH I HATE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE BEING` MANY, MANY, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED. AS IF ALL THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, THERE WAS ONE FINAL FLOURISH ` RENAMING THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE GULF OF AMERICA. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME. THIS MIGHT ALL BE BLUSTER, BLUFF, AND BRAGGING, BUT HE IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN. MEANTIME, META BOSS MARK ZUCKERBERG IS SET TO TEAM UP WITH DONALD TRUMP TO PUSH BACK AGAINST WHAT HE SAYS IS EUROPE'S 'EVER-INCREASING NUMBER OF LAWS 'INSTITUTIONALISING CENSORSHIP'. THAT MEANS SCRAPPING ITS THIRD-PARTY FACT-CHECKERS IN THE U.S., AND REPLACING THEM WITH THE KIND OF USER-DRIVEN COMMUNITY SYSTEM USED ON X. CHANNEL 4'S ALEX THOMSON REPORTS. SO, ALL AROUND CAPITOL HILL, THEY ARE REPOSITIONING - PREPARING FOR THE INCOMING PRESIDENT 14 DAYS OUT FROM THE TRUMP INAUGURATION. THEY'RE NOT ALONE ` MARK ZUCKERBERG, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM SUPREMO, ALSO REPOSITIONING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA BEHEMOTH POLITICALLY AND PHYSICALLY TO PREPARE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF FACT-CHECKERS AND REPLACE THEM WITH COMMUNITY NOTES SIMILAR TO X, STARTING IN THE U.S. SPOT THAT DELIBERATE NAME-CHECK FOR X ` ZUCKERBERG WANTS TRUMP AND THE WORLD TO KNOW HE'S DOING AN ELON. MUSK JUNKED HUMAN FACT-CHECK IN PLACE OF COMMUNITY NOTES, USER COMMENT WHEN HE TURNED TWITTER INTO X. AND ELON AND DONALD ARE BESTIES FOR NOW. PHYSICALLY, THERE'S A MOVE TO THE SOUTH, TOO,WILL PHYSICALLY, THERE'S A MOVE TO THE SOUTH, TOO, AS THE REMAINING CONTENT OVERSIGHT TEAMS ARE OUSTED FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS, WHERE THEY DO THEIR POLITICS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. TEXAS IS JUST LESS BIASED, SAYS ZUCKERBERG. AS WE WORK TO PROMOTE FREE EXPRESSION, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US BUILD TRUST TO DO THIS WORK IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS LESS CONCERN ABOUT THE BIAS OF OUR TEAMS. YEP, CONCEDES ZUCKERBERG, THERE WILL BE MORE BAD STUFF, AS HE PUT IT, ON HIS PLATFORMS ` BUT HEY, THE PLATFORMS WILL BE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION, WHICH MATTERS. ZUCKERBERG NEEDS THAT TO JOIN TRUMP IN ATTACKING EU LAWS WHERE STRICTER CONTENT CONTROLS STILL APPLY. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PUSH BACK ON GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY'RE GOING AFTER AMERICAN COMPANIES AND PUSHING TO CENSOR MORE. EUROPE HAS AN EVER-INCREASING NUMBER OF LAWS INSTITUTIONALISING CENSORSHIP, AND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BUILD ANYTHING INNOVATIVE THERE. OF COURSE, ZUCKERBERG HAS SWUNG THE OTHER WAY BEFORE NOW. MR ZUCKERBERG, WHY DID IT TAKE OUR WHISTLEBLOWER TO FORCE YOU TO TESTIFY AT ALL? AFTER CHANNEL 4 NEWS BROKE THE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA SCANDAL OVER DATA MISUSE, HE WENT BEFORE CONGRESS PROMISING TO CLEAN THE ACT UP AND BRING IN ` GUESS WHAT? ` PROPER HUMAN-FACT CHECKING. AND BRING IN ` GUESS WHAT? ` PROPER HUMAN FACT CHECKING. TODAY, THOUGH, THE SIMPLE QUESTION HANGS IN THE AIR ` WOULD ZUCKERBERG BE DOING THIS IF TRUMP HAD LOST THE ELECTION? THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WELCOMED IT ALL, OF COURSE, THIS MORNING. I THINK THEY'VE` HONESTLY, I THINK THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY. META, FACEBOOK. I THINK THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY. I WATCHED IT. THE MAN WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, I WATCHED IT. DO YOU THINK HE'S DIRECTLY RESPONDING TO THE THREATS THAT YOU HAVE MADE TO HIM IN THE PAST WITH THESE ISSUES? PROBABLY. YEAH, PROBABLY. AND BACK ON CAPITOL HILL, THOSE PREPARATIONS WHILE MAKING DONALD'S DAY GREAT AGAIN HAS JUST BECOME A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE INAUGURATION BY A MILLION-DOLLAR DONATION FROM` YES, MR ZUCKERBERG'S META. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. THE BLACKCAPS ARE IN THE HUNT FOR A CONFIDENCE-BOOSTING ODI SERIES VICTORY OVER SRI LANKA IN HAMILTON WITH RAIN REDUCING THE MATCH TO 37 OVERS, THE BLACKCAPS WERE SENT INTO BAT FIRST. DESPITE LOSING OPENER WILL YOUNG FOR 16, THE HOSTS FOUND THEMSELVES ON TRACK TO POST A STRONG TOTAL, WITH RACHIN RAVINDRA AND MARK CHAPMAN BOTH NOTCHING UP 50 BEFORE DRINKS. YOU CAN ADD SIX INTO THE RUNS COLUMN. THAT'S A BEAUTY FROM RAVINDRA. CHAPMAN WAS DISMISSED A FEW BALLS LATER. A SHORT TIME AGO, NEW ZEALAND WERE 164 FOR 2 WITH 15 OVERS REMAINING. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THE TOP SEEDS AT THE MEN'S ASB CLASSIC IN AUCKLAND. DEFENDING CHAMPION AND SECOND SEED ALEJANDRO TABILO HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AFTER LOSING TO AMERICAN NISHESH BASAVAREDDY IN THE ROUND OF 16. THE CHILEAN LOST THE FIRST SET 6-4, BEFORE FIGHTING HIS WAY BACK TO TAKE THE SECOND 7-5. BUT THE WORLD NUMBER 23 WAS SIMPLY OUTPLAYED IN THE FINAL SET. (CHEERS) OH, WHAT A WAY TO DO IT! THAT IS SENSATIONAL. NINESH BASAVAREDDY TAKES DOWN ALEJANDRO DEVITO. THIRD SEED SEBASTIAN BAEZ SUFFERED THE SAME FATE, BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS BY HIS COUNTRYMAN FACUNDO DIAZ ACOSTA. TOP SEED AMERICAN BEN SHELTON IS IN ACTION LATER ON TONIGHT. KIWI BOXER DAVID NYIKA SAYS HE'S GOT 'THE HEART AND THE GRIT' TO BEAT AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION JAI OPETAIA IN TONIGHT'S IBF CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT. THE 29-YEAR-OLD WAS A LATE RING-IN FOR THE MATCH, AFTER OPETAIA'S SCHEDULED MANDATORY CHALLENGER BROKE AN ANKLE. BUT HE SAYS HE'S SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS PREPARING FOR THIS BOUT. PUT ANYBODY IN FRONT OF ME ` I'VE WORKED WITH THE BEST CRUISERWEIGHTS, THE BEST HEAVYWEIGHTS IN THE WORLD, I CAN BEAT ANYBODY, AND I'LL SHOW EVERYBODY THAT IN 48 HOURS. THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. YOU KNOW, I'VE PREPARED FOR THIS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. I'VE NEVER AIMED ANY LOWER THAN THE TOP, SO THIS IS JUST MY OPPORTUNITY, MY CHANCE, TO PROVE TO THE WORLD EXACTLY WHY I'M HERE. NYIKA IS UNDEFEATED SINCE TURNING PRO, WITH OPETAIA ALSO UNBEATEN IN THE CRUISERWEIGHT CLASS, WITH 20 OF HIS 26 WINS COMING VIA KNOCKOUTS, INCLUDING THREE OF HIS LAST FOUR FIGHTS. ELON MUSK'S FATHER SAYS HIS BILLIONAIRE SON HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BUYING ENGLISH FOOTBALL CLUB LIVERPOOL. THE SIX-TIME EUROPEAN CUP CHAMPIONS ARE CURRENTLY PRIVATELY OWNED BY FENWAY SPORTS GROUP, WHICH HAS NOT INDICATED IT WANTS TO SELL, BUT HAS ACCEPTED EXTERNAL INVESTMENT IN THE PAST. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH TIMES RADIO, ERROL MUSK ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE TESLA CEO HAS AN INTEREST IN CLUB, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LEADING BOTH THE PREMIER AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUES. LIVERPOOL IS YET TO COMMENT. COMING UP ON THREE NEWS ` # PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON, # LIVED BY THE SEA, HE WROTE PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON AND HELPED POPULARISE BOB DYLAN ` FOLK SINGER PETER YARROW HAS DIED. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING ` HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR EVENING ` PARLIAMENT'S JUSTICE COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE TOMORROW MORNING WHETHER TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR FEEDBACK ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL AFTER WEBSITE ISSUES PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM MAKING SUBMISSIONS. AND MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE DIED AFTER A 7.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK TIBET. PETER YARROW, FROM THE FOLK TRIO PETER, PAUL AND MARY, HAS DIED. # PUFF, THE MAGIC DRAGON, # LIVED BY THE SEA, # AND FROLICKED IN THE AUTUMN MIST # IN A LAND CALLED HONALEE. YARROW CO-WROTE AND SANG THE GROUP'S MOST WELL-KNOWN AND ENDURING HIT ` PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON. PETER, PAUL AND MARY HELPED LEAD A RENAISSANCE IN FOLK MUSIC IN THE '60S, WITH A STRING OF TOP 10 SINGLES AND TWO NUMBER ONE ALBUMS. THEY ALSO BROUGHT EARLY EXPOSURE TO BOB DYLAN BY COVERING TWO OF HIS SONGS. PETER YARROW DIED AGED 86 AFTER A FOUR-YEAR BATTLE WITH BLADDER CANCER. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. EASES SLOWLY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY, THE COOL SOUTHERLY FLOW EASES SLOWLY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND ON THURSDAY, WHILE A WEAK COLD FRONT BRUSHES THE EASTERN SOUTH ISLAND. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH AND EAST, CLEARING LATER. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND IN NORTHLAND. A FINE MORNING FOR HAMILTON AND WHITIANGA ` PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE WITH A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS. SOUTHERLIES TURNING EASTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON IN KAITAIA ` PATCHY MORNING CLOUD FOR WHAKATANE; FINE WITH SOUTHEASTERLIES FOR EVERYONE ELSE. A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR TOKOROA. CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER FROM MORNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY. THOSE SHOWERS COULD HANG AROUND FOR INLAND AREAS AND RETURN TO GISBORNE IN THE EVENING. AND IT'S LOOKING FINE HERE ` AND DRY! A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND IN PLACES ` WELLINGTON ` THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE, BUT NOT UNTIL THE EVENING. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE HERE. NELSON, GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA ` THOSE SHOWERS SHOULDN'T ARRIVE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. A FINE START FOR BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA, BUT IT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR EVERYONE. MORNING SHOWERS IN PARTS TOO ` THEY'LL DEVELOP IN CHRISTCHURCH ` A FEW SHOWERS, EASING IN THE MORNING, THEN CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST PLACES. MAINLY FINE IN QUEENSTOWN, THOUGH ` THE SHOWERS COULD COME IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN OZ, WITH SHOWERS FOR BRISBANE AND SYDNEY. AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PACIFIC ` FINE FOR NADI, THOUGH. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. THAT'S THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT ` THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LAURA TUPOU ` PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025