After two days of sluicing, it's time to see if the untested upstream cut can turn their season around. Fellows. Pretty impressed actually with how those sprinklers worked. Like, I, that was like a Hail Mary but worked pretty good. It did. It did. Yeah. With that being said... (LAUGHS) Oh, no way. We can sit here and stew over what's coming out of the ground, or we could place all the blame on Karla? Ah! What are you doing? Hiding gold? Stop it. What's, what's in it? (LAUGHS) Stop it. Still you guys can't trust me? I know, I know. I know. Let's do it, guys. Alright. Should we weigh it? Yeah. Let's get it over with. For Rick to succeed in his first season, he needs 35 ounces a week. Five, ten, 17.26. Worth just $20,000. Rick still needs over 150 ounces before the Yukon winter ends his rookie season. We gotta remember that we only ran like two days out of that cut. It gives me hope. Promising. Yeah, and like you said, it was only two days. You know, we could have multiplied that. A few more days and we would have had something. Yeah. Exactly. Going forward, we just gotta get into that --- upstream cut and just start hammering at it. Just hammer it out, hammer it through the plant. Cheers to hammering. Cheers to hammering. Let's hammer ---. While Parker's been smashing dirt through Sluicifer, Brennan's been keeping Big Red fed with Klondike paydirt. Hey, how's it going? Good, how are you? Coming down. Yeah. Holy ---. Things went fine with you all week, huh, Brennan? Looks like it was anyways. Scale'll tell us different, but... Brennan, you wanna do it? You can, I'll read. That's too heavy for me. To stay on target, Parker needs a combined total of 274 ounces. Here we go. 20. Holy cow. Easy there boys. 60, 80, 100, 140... 180, 200, 220, two... (LAUGHS) Congrat. 266.65. Holy ---. Brennan's $320,000 haul takes the crew to within seven ounces of their weekly goal. Nice run there, young man, nice run. Holy... That's nothing to complain about at all, wow. That's good, yeah. Even with the issues that Sluicifer had, that's a nice-looking pan. Yeah, we had some problems. Self-inflicted. (LAUGHS) Yeah. Well, why don't you weigh that one up? After losing seven hours of run time, Parker will find out if cranking the plant paid off. 40, 50, 100, 160... 200, 250, 300, 330... Oh, yeah.. Wow. ...340. Three fiddy? 350.35. Wow. Booyah. Worth an impressive $420,000. (LAUGHS) Nice job, buddy. Holy cow, you guys. For the week, just for the week, we've got 617 ounces. Just for the week! Worth a massive three quarters of a million dollars, just one ounce short of Parker's biggest ever weekly gold weigh. That gives us a season total of 5247.45 ounces. We have about 750 ounces to go. That seems quite achievable at this point. Brennan, just shut your mouth before you get us in trouble. Every time we sit here and talk about how we're gonna get somewhere, we never --- get there. I don't think we're gonna make 6000. (LAUGHTER) There you go. You guys, 750 ounces's totally out of reach. It's just not gonna happen. Yeah. I don't know what I was thinking. Hold onto your rectums 'cause that's the speed Sluicifer's gonna be running at for the rest of the season. (LAUGHTER) Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv THE DEATH TOLL RISES AS LOS ANGELES BURNS. FIRES TEAR ACROSS THE CITY, DEVASTATING ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE. THANKS TO THE WEBSITE WOES, PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL ARE EXTENDED. HE SAYS HE'LL CHERISH THE MEMORIES. BLACKCAP GREAT MARTIN GUPTILL OFFICIALLY CALLS TIME ON HIS INTERNATIONAL CAREER. AND COFFEE TIME TAKES ON A NEW MEANING AS RESEARCHERS REVEAL WHEN YOU NEED TO DRINK IT TO FIND BIG HEALTH BENEFITS. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI, AND WELCOME TO THREENEWS. MORE THAN 300,000 SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, SETTING A NEW RECORD. THE JUSTICE SELECT COMMITTEE HAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS UNTIL 1PM NEXT TUESDAY. IT COMES AFTER PARLIAMENT'S WEBSITE CRASHED DUE TO AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF USERS MAKING A SUBMISSION AT THE SAME TIME. ZANE SMALL HAS THE LATEST. TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED IN HIKOI MO TE TIRITI... (CROWD SINGS WAIATA) ...TO PROTEST THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, WHICH, IT'S NOW BEEN REVEALED, HAS ATTRACTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS. WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL ESTIMATES FROM THE COMMITTEE STAFF THAT APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ONLINE. THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SAID... THE DEADLINE FOR THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL EXPIRED TWO NIGHTS AGO, BUT PARLIAMENT'S JUSTICE SELECT COMMITTEE TODAY UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO A NEW DEADLINE OF 1PM ON THE 14TH OF JANUARY. WHAT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IS TO RECOGNISE THAT THERE WAS A HIGH VOLUME, THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE WANTED TO SUBMIT DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO, SO WE'RE REOPENING SUBMISSIONS SO THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT COMES AFTER PARLIAMENT'S WEBSITE CRASHED DUE TO A, QUOTE, 'UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF USERS MAKING SUBMISSIONS 'AT THE SAME TIME.' IT MEANT THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE UNABLE TO SUBMIT, AND THE NEW DEADLINE MEANS THEY NOW CAN. TO GIVE AN IDEA OF JUST HOW MUCH DEMAND THE WEBSITE WAS DEALING WITH, ON TUESDAY ALONE, MORE THAN 150,000 SUBMISSIONS WERE LODGED ONLINE. GREEN MP TAMATHA PAUL ALSO SITS ON THE JUSTICE SELECT COMMITTEE. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG STUFF-UP, AND WE NEED TO FIX THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEIR SAY. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING, YEAH. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BILL THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL BE FACING FOR A WHILE. THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS EXTEND IT, SO GOOD NEWS. THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL SEEKS TO RE-DEFINE HOW TE TIRITI O WAITANGI IS INTERPRETED IN LAW. IN COALITION TALKS, NATIONAL AGREED TO SUPPORT THE ACT PARTY BILL AT ITS FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT, BUT PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS VOWED NOT TO SUPPORT IT ANY FURTHER. THE BILL IS BAD. IT IS DIVISIVE. IT CAUSES DISHARMONY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO GET TO THE POINT THAT IT'S AT. IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT VIEW OR DISAGREE, YOU HAVE UNTIL TUESDAY TO HAVE YOUR SAY. LOS ANGELES, THE HOME OF HOLLYWOOD, IS TONIGHT LIVING THROUGH WHAT LOOKS LIKE ITS OWN REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE, AND EVEN RESIDENTS IN THE FAMED FILM DISTRICT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO EVACUATE. SINCE WILDFIRES BEGAN YESTERDAY, 130,000 PEOPLE IN L.A. ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND BUILDINGS HAVE BURNED, INCLUDING HOMES BELONGING TO FILM STARS AND THE SUPER RICH. OF THE FOUR MAJOR FIRES, THE LARGEST IS IN PACIFIC PALISADES, BURNING UP TO THE EQUIVALENT OF FIVE FOOTBALL PITCHES EVERY MINUTE. THE OTHERS ARE IN HURST, EATON AND WOODLEY. THE DEATH TOLL IS FIVE SO FAR. FIREFIGHTERS SAY ALL OF THE FIRES ARE '0% CONTAINED' AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS MORE. A WIND CHANGE BRINGING A REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE TO THE DOOR OF THIS LOS ANGELES HOME. IT'S GOING TO BE OK, OK? IT'S GOING TO BE OK. THE TWO MEN AND A DOG INSIDE... OH, SHIT. ...LEFT IT TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE TO FLEE TO SAFETY. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE. WE TRIED. WE TRIED, BRO. CINDERS RAIN FROM THE SKY IN ESCAPE SCENES THAT COULD BE FROM A HOLLYWOOD DISASTER MOVIE. OH MY GOD! (HONKS HORN) GET IN THE CAR. DAYBREAK IN THE CITY OF ANGELS WHERE HELL HAS COME TO VISIT. THIS IS A TRAGIC TIME IN THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES AND A TIME WHERE WE'RE REALLY TESTED. THROUGH THE NIGHT, THE HUGE PALISADES FIRE BARRELLED ALONG THE EXCLUSIVE MALIBU COAST, DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE. THERE WAS BOULDERS AND DEBRIS THAT FELL OFF THE CANYON THAT WAS ON FIRE THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO ABANDON THEIR CARS. THE HILLSIDE IS ON FIRE. ANYONE IN THE HOUSE? ANYONE IN THE HOUSE? ON THE OTHER SIDE OF L.A., NEAR THE GROWING EATON WILDFIRE WHICH IS KNOWN TO HAVE ALREADY KILLED FIVE, 95 CARE HOME PATIENTS EVACUATED AND WHEELED OUT JUST IN TIME. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED. THEY DON'T HAVE A BLANKET. THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING. FEROCIOUS WINDS AROUND 160KM/H... SUBURBS FACING AN INFERNO OVERNIGHT. AND THE FIRE IS GROWING. WE HAVE NO PERCENTAGE OF CONTAINMENT. NOW A FIFTH MAJOR FIRE HAS SPRUNG UP IN LIDIA. THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION AS THE FLAMES FIND FUEL IN PARCHED VEGETATION, VEGETATION WHERE HIKERS WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. VEGETATION WHERE HIKERS WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. IT WAS TERRIFYING TO FEEL LIKE YOU WERE RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE. MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOUSES, BUSINESSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES REGION. THE PACIFIC PALISADES IS JUST A COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY UP THERE TOO, AND IT'S JUST DEVASTATING. IT'S JUST TERRIFYING. IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE. A LONG LINE OF CELEBRITIES NOW APPEARING ON A LIST THAT COULD BE A BLOCKBUSTER FILM CREDIT BUT ARE ACTUALLY NAMES OF ALL THE STARS WHO HAVE NOW LOST THEIR HOMES. ACTOR JAMES WOODS POSTED THIS AS HIS HOME WAS ENGULFED ` STANDING IN MY DRIVE READY TO EVACUATE. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE STRONGER THAN THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW. CALIFORNIAN WILDFIRES HAVE GOT MUCH MORE SEVERE OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES. 2020 AND 2021 WERE PARTICULARLY BAD. APOCALYPTIC ANGST HAS SWEPT THROUGH HOLLYWOOD ` THOSE FEARS NOW FRIGHTENINGLY REAL. WHAT'S CAUSING IT? CLIMATE CHANGE, RISING TEMPERATURES AND UNRELIABLE RAINS. BOTH THE PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL RISK OF OWNING A HOME IN THESE LARGE FIRE ZONES GETTING WORSE BY THE SECOND. THE DAUGHTER OF THE ELDERLY COUPLE WHO OWN THIS HOME HAS IGNORED EVACUATION ORDERS TO TRY TO PROTECT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS WHO RECENTLY HAD THEIR FIRE INSURANCE REVOKED. THEY'RE 90 YEARS OLD. THEY'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE FOR 75 YEARS, AND THEY'VE HAD SAME INSURANCE, AND THESE INSURANCE PEOPLE DECIDED TO CANCEL THEIR FIRE. THEY HAVE NO FIRE INSURANCE. THERE IS BOTH REAL FEAR AND REAL ANGER. ONE RESIDENT POSTED THIS VIDEO ONLINE, SAYING... 'I'M MAD AT WHAT I SAW. OUR POLITICIANS HAVE FAILED US. 'HEADS MUST ROLL FOR THIS DISASTER. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THERE'S NO LONGER A WILDFIRE SEASON. IT'S YEAR-ROUND. MEANWHILE, DONALD TRUMP REFERRED TO HIM AS 'NEWSCUM' AND BLAMED HIM FOR THE FIRES, CLAIMING HE REFUSED TO BRING EXTRA WATER INTO THE REGION. THE NZ GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE ARE NO KNOWN FATALITIES OR INJURIES TO NEW ZEALANDERS AT THIS STAGE, BUT THEY ARE AWARE OF SEVERAL NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES LIVING IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ ARE IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CALIFORNIAN COUNTERPARTS BUT HAVE HAD NO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE AS YET. IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED BLAZE THREATENING THE HEART OF AMERICA'S FILM INDUSTRY IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS IN LOS ANGELES HISTORY. BACK HERE, FIVE CHOPPERS WITH MONSOON BUCKETS AND FIREFIGHTERS OFF 10 APPLIANCES ARE BATTLING A SCRUB FIRE IN NORTHLAND, WITH SOME HOMES HAVING TO BE EVACUATED. PART OF WHANGAREI HEADS RD HAS BEEN CLOSED TO ALLOW FIRE CREWS TO GAIN ACCESS AS THE BLAZE BURNS THROUGH STEEP TERRAIN. LOCALS ARE BEING ASKED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR COFFEE DRINKERS. IT CAN HELP YOU LIVE LONGER, BUT ONLY IF YOU DRINK IT AT A CERTAIN TIME. AND A BIG BLOW FOR THE WARRIORS AND THEIR FANS ` CAPTAIN TOHU HARRIS HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. A TRUCK AND TRAILER OVERTAKING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF DOUBLE YELLOW LINES HAS BEEN CAPTURED ON THE DASHCAM OF A VEHICLE BELIEVED TO BE TRAVELLING OVER THE KAIMAI RANGE LINKING BAY OF PLENTY AND WAIKATO. THE DASHCAM VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERTAKEN AT THE SAME TIME BY BOTH A WHITE CAR AND THE TRUCK ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO ONCOMING VEHICLES, BUT NEAR THE END OF THE CLIP, A CAR COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE OUTSIDE LANE CAN BE SEEN ROUNDING A CORNER. AT THAT POINT, THE TRUCK WAS STILL ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOW THE STORY MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ` HOW COFFEE CAN HELP YOUR HEART. IN THE FIRST STUDY OF ITS KIND, RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND MORNING COFFEE DRINKERS SEE HEALTH BENEFITS THAT THOSE WHO HAD BREWS THROUGHOUT THE DAY DON'T GET, AND EVEN A DECAF WORKS. ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN HAS THE FINDINGS. IT IS NICE TO FIND OUT THAT YOUR TREATS CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU, THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A CATCH. JUST LIKE CAFFEINE, THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF A COFFEE WE ARE OFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TRY TELLING THAT TO THESE AFTERNOON AFICIONADOS IN BIRMINGHAM. WHEN YOU DRINK COFFEE? DEPENDENT ON MY NEEDS. AROUND MIDDAY. THAT MEANS I'M AWAKE IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONVINCE ME NOT HAVE MY AFTERNOON OR EVENING COFFEE. IT GIVES ME ENERGY. NEW RESEARCH HAS FOUND COFFEE HELPS KEEP OUR HOW HEALTHY, ONLY IN THE MORNING. THE BENEFITS VANISHED AND PEOPLE WHO KEPT DRINKING COFFEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE STUDY DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY. THERE ARE THEORIES ` COFFEE BEFORE LUNCH CAN HARNESS THE CHEMICALS IN THE BODY THAT REDUCE INFLAMMATION THAT IS WORSE IN THE MORNING. AND ESPRESSO IN THE EVENING CAN KEEP YOU AWAKE, WHICH YOUR HEART DOESN'T LIKE. SCIENTISTS, SOME OF THEM, ASKED KL. A COFFEE IN THE MORNING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING IT MIDDAY AND DRINKING IT ALL DAY. THAT IS OPEN TO DISPUTE. IF A SHORT-TERM PICK ME UP HAS LONG-TERM BENEFITS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO PUT DOWN AFTER LUNCH. THERE WE ARE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. BORN TO ADVENTURE WITH SUZUKI MOTORCYCLES WARRIORS CAPTAIN TOHU HARRIS HAS DROPPED A BOMBSHELL, ANNOUNCING HE'LL RETIRE FROM THE GAME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THE FORMER KIWI INTERNATIONAL (32) WAS SET TO BEGIN HIS 13TH NRL CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR BUT SAID ONGOING PROBLEMS FOLLOWING OFF-SEASON SURGERY ON A WRIST INJURY HAVE FORCED HIM TO END HIS CAREER PREMATURELY. HARRIS PREVIOUSLY WON AN NRL PREMIERSHIP WITH THE MELBOURNE STORM BEFORE JOINING THE WARRIORS IN 2018. THE PROP PLAYED 117 GAMES FOR THE WARRIORS, INCLUDING 52 AS CAPTAIN. MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER MAKING HIS LAST APPEARANCE FOR THE BLACKCAPS, MARTIN GUPTILL HAS CONFIRMED HIS RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. THE 38-YEAR-OLD'S BEING REMEMBERED AS ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S BEST WHITE BALL PLAYERS, AND ACROSS ALL THREE FORMATS OF THE GAME, HE PLAYED MORE THAN 360 INTERNATIONALS. LUCY THOMSON LOOKS BACK ON HIS CAREER. MARTIN GUPTILL TODAY CHECKING IN FOR HIS FLIGHT TO CHRISTCHURCH WITH THE AUCKLAND ACES, AND AT THE SAME TIME, CONFIRMING HIS DEPARTURE FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. I GUESS IN MY EYES I'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. HIS DECISION COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO CRICKET FANS, WITH GUPTILL HAVING NOT PLAYED FOR THE BLACKCAPS SINCE 2022. AS I LOOK BACK ON MY CAREER AND REFLECT, I'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY AND VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE PLAYED FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE FOR NEW ZEALAND, AND I JUST LOOK BACK WITH IMMENSE PRIDE AND JOY. IN AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER THAT SPANNED 14 YEARS, HE WAS RENOWNED FOR HIS POWER AT THE TOP OF THE BATTING ORDER. WELL, THAT'S GONE A LONG, LONG WAY. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS WILL ALSO SEE HIM REGARDED AS A NEW ZEALAND WHITE-BALL GREAT, WITH 198 ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS AND 122 T20s TO HIS NAME. GUPPY'S BEEN AN AMAZING SERVANT TO NEW ZEALAND CRICKET. I THINK HIS ON-FIELD STUFF HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL ` HIS NUMBERS, ALL THE THINGS YOU SEE ABOUT GUP ` BUT THE STUFF I REMEMBER ABOUT GUP... IS PROBABLY HIS PERSONALITY, THE OFF-FIELD STUFF. AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF PERSONALITY ON-FIELD TOO, AS HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACKCAP TO SCORE A CENTURY ON HIS ODI DEBUT. IT'S MASSIVE, AND IT'S 100 ON DEBUT! SIX YEARS LATER, HE SCORED THE FIRST DOUBLE CENTURY IN A ONE-DAYER FOR NEW ZEALAND... MARTIN GUPTILL ` DOUBLE HUNDRED. ...AND HIS 18 ODI CENTURIES ARE ONLY ECLIPSED BY ROSS TAYLOR'S 21. YES, BACK-TO-BACK HUNDREDS, THEN, FOR MARTIN GUPTILL. YEAH, OBVIOUSLY GUP IS A LEGEND OF OUR GAME. I GREW UP WATCHING HIM SCORE SO MANY RUNS. GUPTILL WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY T20 FRANCHISE CRICKET BEFORE ONE DAY PULLING ON HIS COACHING HAT. GOING THROUGH A COUPLE OF COACHING COURSES TO GET THE QUALIFICATIONS SO THAT I'M READY TO GO IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES. IN THE ABSENCE OF A FAREWELL MATCH, HIS CAREER WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE THIRD AND FINAL ODI AGAINST SRI LANKA AT HIS HOME GROUND OF EDEN PARK ON SATURDAY ` A FITTING END TO A REMARKABLE INTERNATIONAL CAREER. MEANWHILE, THE BLACKCAPS HAVE TAKEN OUT THE ODI SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA WITH A 113-RUN VICTORY IN HAMILTON LAST NIGHT. AN EARLY 112-RUN PARTNERSHIP OFF JUST 91 BALLS BETWEEN RACHIN RAVINDRA AND MARK CHAPMAN SET THE BLACKCAPS UP FOR A SCORE OF 255/9 IN THE RAIN-REDUCED 37 OVERS BEFORE BOWLING SRI LANKA OUT FOR 142. THEY PLAYED IT BEAUTIFULLY. THEY SET A GOOD PLATFORM. WOULD LIKE TO DO IT BETTER, BUT TO PUT THE SCORE ON THE BOARD AND A SHORTENED GAME, WAS REALLY CRAZY. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. BOTH SIDES HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S DEAD RUBBER AT EDEN PARK. IT WAS A NIGHT TO FORGET FOR DAVID NYIKA IN LAST NIGHT'S IBF CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE SHOT AGAINST JAI OPETAIA ` THE KIWI BRUTALLY KNOCKED OUT IN THE FOURTH ROUND. NEITHER BOXER WAS AFRAID TO THROW THE GLOVES IN THE OPENING ROUNDS, GOING TOE TO TOE. HOWEVER, IT UNRAVELLED FOR NYIKA IN ROUND FOUR WHEN HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. DESPITE BEING QUICK TO GET UP, IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL HE WAS PUT BACK DOWN FOR GOOD. (SCREAMING) AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH A MEDICAL TEAM, NYIKA EVENTUALLY MADE HIS WAY BACK TO HIS FEET AND WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE RING OF HIS OWN ACCORD. OPETAIA'S CLINICAL DISPLAY SEES HIM EXTEND HIS PERFECT RECORD TO 27 AND 0. THE SEEDS HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL AT A VERY HARD-TO-PREDICT ASB CLASSIC. THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SEEDS ALL FELL EARLY YESTERDAY BEFORE THE BIGGEST SHOCK WAS HANDED OUT LAST NIGHT, WHEN TOP SEED BEN SHELTON WAS BEATEN BY CZECH PLAYER JAKUB MENSIK (19). WITH EIGHTH SEED ALEX MICHELSEN BUNDLED OUT BY A QUALIFIER TODAY, THERE'S NOW JUST ONE SEEDED PLAYER LEFT IN THE DRAW. HERE'S GORDON FINDLATER. THE SUPRISES JUST KEEP ON COMING AT THIS YEAR'S ASB CLASSIC. OUT! GAME, SET AND MATCH. THE FIST PUMP! HE'S BOOKED HIS TICKET TO THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL OF HIS CAREER. AFTER COMING THROUGH QUALIFYING, WORLD NUMBER 106 NISHESH BASAVAREDDY (19) KNOCKING OUT FELLOW AMERICAN AND EIGHTH SEED ALEX MICHELSEN. I THINK WE PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE WAS 9 AND I WAS 8, SO WE'RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH PLAYING SOMEONE LIKE THAT. EARLY ON, IT WAS WORLD NUMBER 41 MICHELSEN MAKING THE STRONGER START. BEAUTIFUL WAY TO BRING UP THE FIRST SET. HE TOOK THE OPENER 6-4 BUT WAS THEN BROKEN EARLY IN THE SECOND. THERE'S THE BREAK FOR BASAVAREDDY. BASAVAREDDY GOING ON TO LEVEL THE MATCH ON THE HOUR MARK. OH, GREAT WAY TO WIN THE SECOND SET. FROM THERE, IT WAS ALL THE 19-YEAR-OLD ` BASAVAREDDY WINNING 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS AN EVEN BIGGER SURPRISE IN WHAT WILL GO DOWN AS AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC AT THE ASB. OOH, HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A PASSING WINNER? FIRST SEED BEN SHELTON SHOWING WHY MANY TIPPED HIM AS THE TOURNAMENT FAVOURITE. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OOH, WINNER ON THE PASS FROM SHELTON. THE WORLD NUMBER 20 TURNING ON THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT IT WOULD BE JAKUB MENSIK (19) WHO WALKED AWAY THE WINNER IN A TWO-AND-A-HALF HOUR THRILLER THAT WENT WELL INTO THE NIGHT. OUT! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THIS TIME FOR MENSIK. THE TOP SEED IS OUT OF THE ASB CLASSIC. JUST ONE SEED NOW REMAINS ALIVE. MENSIK HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT NONE WHEN HE FACES NUNO BORGES IN TONIGHT'S LAST QUARTER-FINAL. AFTER THE BREAK, KAITAIA TOOK OUT THE TOP TEMPERATURES TODAY ` 26 DEGREES ` BUT IT WAS LOOKING PRETTY BLEAK IN CHRISTCHURCH. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOUR FRIDAY NEXT. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY EVENING. MULTIPLE FIRES RAGE ACROSS LOS ANGELES TONIGHT. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, A THOUSAND BUILDINGS DESTROYED, AND 130,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED. MORE THAN 300,000 SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, SETTING A NEW RECORD, AND THE DEADLINE FOR MORE PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1PM NEXT TUESDAY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE. TOMORROW IS LOOKING LARGELY SIMILAR TO TODAY. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY PERSISTS INTO FRIDAY. SHOWERS IN WESTPORT AND BULLER AND THEN ALL DOWN THE SPINE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN THE RANGES. THE NORTH ISLAND WILL BE MOSTLY FINE HERE ` A BIT OF CLOUD ABOUT TAIRAWHITI AND ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND EAST. FINE FOR HAMILTON, BUT THE REST OF YOU, A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND AND A CHANCE OF A SHOWER. LIKELY SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS FROM LATE MORNING FOR AUCKLAND. FINE APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD IN PLACES. THOSE SOUTHERLIES IN TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE WILL TURN NORTHERLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A COOL NIGHT FOR YOU HERE, GISBORNE. CHANCE OF A SHOWER CLEARING LATE MORNING. FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE SOUTHERLIES. THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL DEVELOP IN THE MORNING FOR PALMY BUT A CLEAR FINE DAY FOR EVERYONE HERE. A BIT OF AFTERNOON CLOUD FOR WELLINGTON. A DIFFERENT STORY FOR THE SOUTH. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN FOR NELSON; SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. SOME AFTERNOON FINE BREAKS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. SOME CLOUD AROUND HERE. CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER IN BLENHEIM. ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, THOSE SOUTH-EASTERLIES WILL DEVELOP AFTER LUNCH. SOUTHERLY WINDS HERE ` SOUTH-WESTERLY FOR INVERCARGILL ` A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST WITH SOME SHOWERS SOUTH OF QUEENSTOWN. ADELAIDE IS THE PICK OF THE BUNCH HERE ` IF YOU ENJOY 34-DEGREE FINE WEATHER ` AND A MAINLY WET HUMID PACIFIC, DRIER FURTHER WEST. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. THAT'S THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND SAM BAKER. 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