LA'S PALISADES FIRE CONTINUES TO GROW, AS THE OVERALL DISASTER DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 16, WITH A WARNING CONDITIONS IN THE CITY ARE WORSENING. AS A SCRUBFIRE CONTINUES TO BURN IN COROMANDEL, OFFICIALS WARN THE DRY AND WINDY WEATHER IS ADDING TO FIRE DANGER IN THE NORTH ISLAND. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # AND TRIBUTES TONIGHT FOR THE 'SOUL MAN', SAM MOORE, WHO'S DIED AGED 89. NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI. ` WELCOME TO THREENEWS. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN L.A. TONIGHT THAT THE FIRES DECIMATING PARTS OF THE CITY WILL GROW. HERE ARE THE LATEST STATS ` NBC IS TONIGHT REPORTING A DEATH TOLL OF 16 PEOPLE, WITH ANOTHER 13 MISSING. THE BIGGEST BLAZE, THE PALISADES FIRE, IS STILL GROWING, WITH NEW EVACUATION ORDERS FOR BRENTWOOD. THAT FIRE HAS BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 9000 HECTARES. THE EATON FIRE IS AROUND 5,700 HECTARES. THOSE TWO FIRES ARE MOSTLY UNCONTAINED. CADAVER DOGS AND SEARCH CREWS ARE SCOURING THE SCORCHED RUBBLE OF NEIGHBOURHOODS AFTER THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER ON BEACHES ACROSS A SWATHE OF THE COASTLINE, BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION FROM THE FIRES. AND A SHORT TIME AGO L.A. PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDED A SMOKE ADVISORY FOR RESIDENTS UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW NIGHT. ITV'S ROMILLY WEEKS IS IN LOS ANGELES. AS THE SUN ROSE IN L.A., SO DID THE SMOKE, THE CITY'S LARGEST FIRE SPREADING STILL FURTHER, AND WATER-BOMBING PLANES BATTLING TO SLOW ITS PROGRESS FROM PACIFIC PALISADES INTO HEAVILY-POPULATED AREAS FURTHER EAST. THE CITY'S ICONIC GETTY CENTRE MUSEUM IS NOW THREATENED, AND UCLA'S 46,000 STUDENTS TOLD THEY MIGHT HAVE TO BE NEXT TO FLEE. THE CITY'S MAYOR, MAKING THIS PLEA TO RESIDENTS ` I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE NOT TRY TO WAIT OUT THE FIRES. WE'VE LIVED HERE 37 YEARS. (LAUGHS) ALMOST 38. IN ENCINO, WE FOUND GEORGIA AND LEONARD, TOLD THEY MUST EVACUATE, AND TRYING TO PACK A WHOLE LIFE INTO A FEW SMALL BAGS. WE SAW THE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND WE WENT, 'WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.' CALLED THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET SAID, 'COME OVER AND LOOK AT THIS'. AND THEIR KIDS WERE ALREADY ON THE PHONE SAYING, 'YOU GOT TO COME BACK', YOU KNOW. SO EVERYBODY'S GONE NOW? AS FAR AS WE KNOW, YEAH. AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK OR WHAT YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU COME BACK? EXACTLY. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT YOU? DO YOU KNOW? WE DON'T KNOW. YEAH. LET'S JUST HOPE. WE HOPE. YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THE FIRE IS NO TO THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. THERE'S SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE CREST OF THE HILL OVER THERE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MORE FIRE CREWS, MORE PLANES HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO THIS AREA. BUT THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO PICK U AGAIN, AND THEY ARE BLOWING THE FLAMES IN THIS DIRECTION. THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE IS GOING TO BE FOUGHT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE RESIDENTS OF THESE STREETS HAVE ANYTHING TO COME BACK TO. THERE IS A HUGE EFFORT TO PROTECT THE NEWLY-THREATENED AREAS. THIS FIRE CREW HAD DRIVEN 700 MILES FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO HELP. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE WIND IS GOING TO DO. BUT CERTAINLY ONCE YOU GET 30-40 MILES AN HOUR, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY ENGINES YOU HAVE, THE CONTAINMENT, IT'LL JUMP THE CONTAINMENT LINES AND THE DOZER LINES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, AND THEN THEN YOU HAVE TO START THE WHOLE TACTICAL OPERATION ALL OVER AGAIN. AND YOU HAD A 700 MILE DRIVE TO GET HERE? YES, MA'AM. UTAH SENT THREE TASK FORCES, TOTALLING OF ABOUT 15 ENGINES, DOWN HERE TO HELP OUT WITH THE FIRES. FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVING MORE SUCCESS CONTAINING THE OTHER MAJOR FIRES, BUT AS THEY WORK ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR, BITTER ARGUMENTS HAVE ERUPTED OVER WHO SHOULD TAKE THE BLAME FOR THEIR APOCALYPTIC REACH. CALIFORNIA'S UNDER-FIRE GOVERNOR CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO WATER SHORTAGES AND THE FIRE CHIEF MAKING CLEAR SHE BLAMES CITY OFFICIALS FOR CUTTING HER BUDGET. SO LET'S GET US WHAT WE NEED, SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS CAN DO THEIR JOBS. DID THEY FAIL YOU? YES. WHAT L.A. NEEDS NOW IS RAIN. BUT THE FORECAST FOR THIS BATTERED CITY IS MORE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR FIRE TO FLY. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE, WHO LIVE ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH OF L.A, TODAY VISITED PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS BY THE FIRES. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT AN EMERGENCY SHELTER IN PASADENA. THE LOCAL MAYOR SAYS THE COUPLE HAS BEEN DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP ` INCLUDING SERVING FOOD ANONYMOUSLY WHILE WEARING MASKS. THEY DIDN'T COME OUT HERE FOR PUBLICITY, THEY CAME OUT HERE TO WORK, AND THEY WENT TO VISIT SOME OF THE FAMILIES IN THE IMPACTED AREA AND VIEW FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE IMPACTED AREA, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO GO VISIT THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS. VICTOR GORDO SAYS THE COUPLE ALSO WENT TO THANK FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS. BACK HERE, FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL DAY ON A COROMANDEL SCRUB FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BLACK JACK ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED WHILE THREE CHOPPERS AND GROUND CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE. THE INCIDENT CONTROLLER SAYS THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE FIRE OUT BY TONIGHT. THERE WERE TWO OTHER SCRUB FIRES KEEPING FIREFIGHTERS BUSY IN THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY ` ONE IN WELLINGTON, THE OTHER IN TAUPO, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TWO IN NORTHLAND IN THE PAST WEEK. FENZ WILDFIRE SPECIALIST RORY RENWICK SAYS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE FACING CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. HEY, LOOK, IT'S BEEN QUITE AN INTERESTING YEAR, IN TERMS OF THE FIRE SEASON. IT STARTED OFF A FAIRLY BUSY FIRE SEASON FOR THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND ` NOT EXCEPTIONAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, BUT WE HAD SOME FIRES THERE AND ABOUT NORMAL. IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE, TO BE HONEST ` COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. AND WE ALSO HAD QUITE SEVERE CONDITIONS UP THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT THOSE AREAS HAVE EASED OFF NOW. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS NORTHLAND IS PARTICULARLY DRY, RIGHT DOWN THROUGH WAIKATO AND TARANAKI AND, OF COURSE, AUCKLAND, IN BETWEEN, AS WELL ` PATCHES OF THERE ARE FAIRLY DRY, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN REALLY WINDY, AND THAT REALLY ADD TO THE FIRE DANGER AS WELL, SO, YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY THERE AT THE MOMENT. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED A FATAL CLIFF FALL IN THE THAMES-COROMANDEL REGION INVOLVED TWO YOUNG PEOPLE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO HAHEI BEACH JUST AFTER 8PM LAST NIGHT. ONE PERSON WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A CLIFF IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND DIED AT THE SCENE. ANOTHER WAS UNINJURED, AND WAS RESCUED FROM THE CLIFFSIDE. IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN NORTH HAWKE'S BAY. THE CRASH HAPPENED ON STATE HIGHWAY TWO, JUST SOUTH OF WAIROA LATE THIS MORNING. IT CLOSED PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY, THE MAIN ROUTE BETWEEN WAIROA AND NAPIER FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ONE LANE HAS REOPENED, BUT DELAYS ARE EXPECTED. BIG SWELLS HAVE FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF TWO COOK STRAIT FERRY SAILINGS AS HOLIDAYMAKERS RETURN FOR WORK. INTERISLANDER RAN SEVERAL CROSSINGS TODAY ` BUT AXED ITS 4.00pm TRIP FROM WELLINGTON AND THE PICTON RETURN. ALL PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO OTHER SAILINGS. BLUEBRIDGE DIDN'T CANCEL ANY CROSSINGS ` BUT BOTH FERRY COMPANIES WARNED TODAY'S SAILINGS WOULD BE ROUGH. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS, THE UK'S FIRST DRUG-CONSUMPTION ROOM IS SET TO OPEN IN GLASGOW ` HEALTH OFFICIALS HOPE IT'LL CURB THE SHOCKING RATE OF DRUG DEATH IN SCOTLAND. IN SPORT ` THE BLACKCAPS ARE LEFT WITH PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT, AHEAD OF THEIR CHAMPIONS TROPHY TOUR, AFTER LOSING LAST NIGHT TO SRI LANKA. AND AUCKLAND FC LOSE THEIR STATUS AS A-LEAGUE LEADERS, AFTER A SHOCK LOSS TO 12TH PLACE PERTH GLORY. Um, where's my phone? It's right there, son. No. I'm certain that's your phone. No. This is my phone. The one with the googly camera, no scratches. This is not my phone day Santa. This is mine boy frog. Not true gnome king. Is so Man-Witch. Elf lord. Elf lord. Mince and cheese. Mince and cheese. Not-ting. Yes it is. You could ditch that old dunger. There's a few ways I can get you a new one. Yes! this is your... Shhh... VOICEOVER: We've made it easy to get you a new phone, whenever you want. One New Zealand, let's get connected. FLIGHT DATA AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDERS THE AIR JEJU CRASH KILLED 179 PEOPLE ` TWO CABIN CREW MEMBERS SURVIVED. THE COUNTRY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY SAYS THE RECORDERS STOPPED WORKING FOUR MINUTES BEFORE IMPACT. INVESTIGATORS HAD HOPED THAT DATA ON THE RECORDERS WOULD PROVIDE INSIGHTS ABOUT THE CRUCIAL MOMENTS BEFORE THE TRAGEDY. TWO NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY UKRAINE. THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO KYIV FOR QUESTIONING. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY POSTED PHOTOS OF THE MEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAYS THEY ARE GETTING MEDICAL CARE. THIS IS REPORTEDLY THE FIRST TIME UKRAINE'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES HAVE QUESTIONED NORTH KOREAN TROOPS SINCE THEY ENTERED THE WAR ON RUSSIA'S SIDE. SCOTLAND HAS THE WORST DEATH RATE FOR DRUGS IN EUROPE. THIS WEEK IN GLASGOW, THE UK'S FIRST-EVER DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM WILL OPEN, WHERE USERS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE SUBSTANCES WITHOUT FEAR OF ARREST AND UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION. HEALTH OFFICIALS HOPE IT WILL PROVIDE VITAL EVIDENCE IN THEIR WAR ON DRUGS. ITV'S PETER SMITH HAS MORE. SCOTLAND IS NOW FOUR YEARS INTO WHAT NICOLA STURGEON CALLED A DRUG-DEATHS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. I JUST BOUGHT FOR 30 POUNDS. AND GLASGOW IS EUROPE'S DRUG DEATH CAPITAL, BUT THIS CITY IS ABOUT TO EXPERIMENT WITH ONE POSSIBLE FIX. THIS IS THE INJECTING SPACE OF THE SERVICE. THIS IS A DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM, THE FIRST AND ONLY PLACE IN THE UK WHERE PEOPLE WILL GET A FREE PASS TO TAKE DRUGS WITHOUT FEAR OF ARREST. SO THIS SERVICE WILL REALLY HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO INJECT HEROIN EXPERIENCE AN OVERDOSE, AND WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT OVERDOSE, KEEP THEM ALIVE. HOW REALISTIC ARE YOU ABOUT T HE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON SCOTLAND'S DRUG DEATH CRISIS? A SERVICE LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAVE THE REACH TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT THE NATIONAL STATISTICS. AND EVEN LOCALLY, IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET. A SHORT WALK FROM THE CLINIC, WE MEET BILLY. SHOWS YOUR PREFERRED DRUGS. HE OUGHT TO BE THE EXACT DEMOGRAPHIC THE DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM WOULD EXPECT TO TARGET. BILLY, HOW OLD ARE YOU? I AM 42 YEARS OF AGE. I'VE BEEN TAKING DRUGS FOR 30 ODD YEARS. HEROIN DESTROYED MY LIFE. IT DESTROYED MY LEG. THE DRUGS CONSUMPTION ROOM, THE CLINIC THAT'S GOING TO OPEN. CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF GOING IN THERE? NO, NO, I CAN'T SEE MYSELF PERSONALLY GETTING IN THERE, NO. IT'LL BE CLEAN. IT'LL BE FREE. BUT DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOMS ARE ALREADY OPERATIONAL AROUND THE WORLD. WE'VE SEEN THE IMPACT FOR OURSELVES AT THIS CLINIC IN DENMARK. AND IN HERE, THERE IS COCAINE AND HEROIN. SINCE IT OPENED MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, NEEDLE-SHARING WAS ALMOST ERADICATED AND THE DANISH HIV RATES PLUMMETED TO ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD. CONTRAST THAT, WITH THIS PICTURE IN GLASGOW CITY CENTRE. GLASGOW'S DRUG CONSUMPTION ROOM OFFERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS, BUT OF THE THOUSANDS WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT DECLARED A DRUG-DEATH EMERGENCY, THE MAJORITY ARE NOT DYING IN ALLEYWAYS AND THEY'RE NOT DYING JUST FROM INJECTING HEROIN, THEY'RE DYING FROM TAKING MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. AND IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE DYING HIDDEN AWAY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THIS CLINIC WILL BE JUST A THREE-YEAR PILOT. IN THAT TIME, ALL EYES WILL BE ON GLASGOW TO SEE WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MAKES TO THE MOST AT-RISK PEOPLE... SEE YOU LATER! ...LIKE BILLY. A LYNX CAPTURED IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS AFTER BEING ILLEGALLY RELEASED HAS DIED. THE BIG CAT WAS ONE OF FOUR RELEASED NEAR KINGUSSIE IN RECENT DAYS. IT ISN'T KNOWN WHO RELEASED THE LYNX, BUT SOME CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING TO HAVE THE WILDCATS REINTRODUCED TO SCOTLAND. ALL FOUR LYNX HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND THE SURVIVING ONES ARE BEING TAKEN TO EDINBURGH ZOO. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY WRAPPED UP THE SERIES, BUT THE BLACKCAPS BATTERS WILL HAVE PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT, HEADING INTO NEXT MONTH'S CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER BEING SKITTLED FOR JUST 150 IN THEIR 140-RUNS LOSS TO SRI LANKA LAST NIGHT. NEEDING 291 FOR VICTORY, THE CHASE NEVER GOT OUT OF FIRST GEAR, ONLY ONE OF THE BLACKCAPS' TOP SIX BATTERS MANAGING DOUBLE FIGURES. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT WAS A SERIES VICTORY THAT ENDED ON A SOUR NOTE. GOT IT! DRAGGED IT ON, SO IT COMES TO AN END. SRI LANKA HAVE WON. THEY'VE WON COMFORTABLY ` A COMMANDING PERFORMANCE. THE 140-RUN LOSS AT EDEN PARK NOT THE FINISH THE BLACKCAPS HAD HOPED FOR IN THE BEST-OF-THREE SERIES. YEAH, I GUESS THE FIRST THING IS DISAPPOINTING, I GUESS, TO FINISH THE SERIES LIKE THAT. LAST WORDS: WE'VE BEEN PLAYING SOME GOOD CRICKET LEADING IN, AND, THEN, YEAH, I GUESS DISAPPOINTMENT. SET 291 FOR VICTORY, THE BLACKCAPS WOULD HAVE FANCIED THEIR CHANCES OF A CLEAN SWEEP. GONE! HE'S GOT HIS MAN! BUT IT WAS THE SRI LANKAN BOWLERS WHO HAD THE BROOMS OUT. OH WOWEE! THAT IS A BEAUTY! THE BLACKCAPS OPENERS CLEANED UP, AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE. UP AND OUT! WHAT A CATCH! IT'S GOING SRI LANKA'S WAY! OH, OUT AND TAKEN! OH, SRI LANKA'S ON FIRE AT EDEN PARK! FIVE DOWN FOR 21, THE BLACKCAPS WERE CRUISING FOR A BRUISING. ONLY MARK CHAPMAN STOOD IN THE WAY OF THE PERFORMANCE GOING FROM DISAPPOINTING TO EMBARRASSING. LOVELY WAY TO GO TO 50 FOR MARK CHAPMAN. GETS A DRAG DOWN, AND HE PUTS IT IN THE STANDS. BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING REQUIRED FOR ONE MAN, AND HE WOULD RUN OUT OF PARTNERS. OH, THAT'S AN EDGE. THAT'S AN EDGE! FIRST BALLER TOO. OH DEAR. THE DEFEAT NOTHING SHORT OF HUMBLING FOR THE BLACKCAPS, WHO NEXT PLAY AT THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN PAKISTAN. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET OVER THE LINE TODAY, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES, WE'VE SHOWN SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS, AND, I SUPPOSE, TAKING THAT MOMENTUM FORWARD THAT WILL BE SOME ONE-DAY CRICKET COMING. A NIGHT TO FORGET, BUT THE SERIES SILVERWARE IN HAND, THE BLACKCAPS HOPING TO ADD MORE NEXT MONTH. AND THE SQUAD FOR THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY HAS BEEN NAMED TODAY, WITH PACEMAN BEN SEARS BOOKING HIS TICKET TO PAKISTAN, AFTER RETURNING FROM INJURY IN DOMESTIC CRICKET THIS WEEK. SEARS HASN'T PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET SINCE LAST APRIL, DUE TO A KNEE INJURY. HE'S DONE ENOUGH TO MAKE HIS RETURN, THOUGH, AND WILL JOIN NATHAN SMITH, WILL O'ROURKE, MATT HENRY AND LOCKIE FERGUSON AS PART OF THE PACE ATTACK. WE ALWAYS HAD AN EYE THAT WE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE PART OF THIS CHAMPIONS TROPHY SQUAD. HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS, I THINK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE PAKISTAN, THAT PURE SPEED IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND HE CERTAINLY HAS THAT. A YOUNG TEARAWAY'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM IN THE SQUAD. THE BLACKCAPS START THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOSTS PAKISTAN ON FEBRUARY EIGHT. AUCKLAND FC HAVE LOST THEIR STATUS AS A-LEAGUE LEADERS, DROPPING TO THIRD AFTER A SHOCK 1-NIL LOSS TO 12TH PLACES PERTH GLORY. THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ON THE BACK FOOT, WHEN JAYLAN PEARMAN SCORED FROM THE EDGE OF THE BOX MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF. AUCKLAND WEREN'T SHORT OF CHANCES TO EQUALISE IN THE SECOND HALF. IT'S AN EARLY CROSS ` ASSAY ONCE TWICE, AWAY HE GOES! WITH AN OPEN NET FROM 7 YARDS IT GOT WORSE FOR THE VISITORS ` A RED CARD IN STOPPAGE TIME SEEING THEM FINISH WITH 10 MEN. MEANWHILE IT'S GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ` TIED AT 1-ALL LATE IN THEIR GAME, A BLUNDER FROM GOALKEEPER JOSH OLUWAYEMI HANDED ADELAIDE UNITED A 2-1 ADVANTAGE, WHICH THEY WOULDN'T RELINQUISH. THE LOSS IS WELLINGTON'S FIFTH IN SIX GAMES AND KEEPS THEM IN 10TH. LIAM LAWSON HAS MADE A PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN TAUPO TODAY, WITH FANS TURNING OUT IN DROVES TO SEE THE FORMULA 1 STAR BEFORE HE RETURNS TO EUROPE TO BEGIN LIFE AS MAX VERSTAPPEN'S TEAMMATE AT RED BULL. THE F1 STAR WAS UNDERSTANDABLY IN HOT DEMAND AT TODAY'S OPENING ROUND OF THE FORMULA REGIONAL OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP ` LAWSON, WHO GRADUATED FROM THE SAME CLASS WHEN IT WAS THE TOYOTA RACING SERIES, EVEN HANDING OUT TROPHIES TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF STARS. ONCE YOU'RE OVER AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAM, YOU'RE IN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR BASICALLY THAT 11 MONTHS. YOU'RE JUST LOCKED IN, AND YOU DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE ` IT JUST CONSUMES EVERYTHING. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM IT, YOU WHICH IS WHAT I'VE REALLY DONE WHEN I'VE BEEN HOME, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, KNOWING WHAT'S COMING UP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. SO TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TODAY, THANK YOU. IT'S NICE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS MANY PEOPLE HERE AT TAUPO AND TO SEE THE RACING TODAY. SO THANK YOU, GUYS. LAWSON HEADS TO EUROPE TO BEGIN PREPARATION FOR HIS FIRST FULL F1 SEASON LATER THIS MONTH. MIKE ASMUSSEN, A VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATHLETE AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF ACHILLES CHRISTCHURCH, HAS DIED FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE WITH CANCER. KNOWN FOR HIS RESILIENCE AND PASSION FOR RUNNING, HE'S SEEN HERE IN HIS FINAL WEEKS, AS HE ATTEMPTED HIS 289TH PARK RUN, SUPPORTED BY A CHEERING CROWD AND LONG-TIME GUIDE. HE WILL BE FAREWELLED TOMORROW. 25.2 DEGREES IN KAITAIA TODAY, THE HOTTEST PLACE IN THE COUNTRY. I'LL HAVE YOUR MONDAY WEATHER NEXT, PLUS ` THE LAST OF THE ICONIC DUO SAM AND DAVE HAS DIED. PLUS ` THE LAST OF THE ICONIC DUO SAM AND DAVE HAS DIED. MORE FROM THE 'SOUL MAN' AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING ` THE DEATH TOLL IN THE LA FIRES HAS RISEN TO 16, WITH ANOTHER 13 PEOPLE MISSING AS WINDS INCREASE, MAKING THE JOBS OF FIREFIGHTERS EVEN HARDER. THREE HELICOPTERS AND FOUR GROUND CREWS CONTINUE TO FIGHT A SCRUB FIRE ON COROMANDEL PENINSULA. AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE LEFT WITH PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT AS THEY NAME THEIR CHAMPIONS TROPHY SQUAD AFTER LOSING LAST NIGHT TO SRI LANKA. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. EVEN IF THE WEATHER ISN'T ON YOUR SIDE, AND MY ROADSIDE RESCUE WILL BE. THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW, CAUSED BY THAT LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST, WILL CONTINUE TO EASE, AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, SO THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LOOKING FINE, APART FROM SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND EAST. AND FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, THE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH WILL CLEAR ` OTHERWISE, FINE. LIKE HERE, A FINE MORNING, A BIT OF AFTERNOON CLOUD AND A SHOWER OR TWO AND SOUTHERLIES, SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. A FINE MONDAY FOR YOU HERE, BUT COOL SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING FOR TAUPO. WARMER NORTHWESTERLIES FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. CLOUDY WITH A SHOWER OR TWO IN THE MORNING, MASTERTON ` THAT SHOULD CLEAR BY EVENING, SOUTHWESTERLIES FOR MOST OF YOUR MONDAY. A CLOUDY START FOR MOST, BUT FINE; SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON AND ANOTHER COOL DAY FOR YOU ` A HIGH OF JUST 16. THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE AT NIGHT. LET'S HEAD TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, TE WAI POUNAMU ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR EVERYONE, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY FINE UP TOP, A CLOUDY MONDAY MORNING FOR CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH ` THAT SHOULD BECOME FINE AFTER LUNCH, THOUGH, WITH THOSE COOL WINDS EASING. FINE AND LIGHT WINDS FOR CENTRAL OTAGO, THEN JUST SOME MORNING CLOUD ELSEWHERE, REALLY, WITH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING FOR SOUTHERN AREAS. A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND IN AUSTRALIA ` THUNDERSTORMS FOR BRISBANE AND SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC; A FINE DAY FOR NOUMEA. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. SAM MOORE, HALF OF THE ICONIC DUO SAM AND DAVE, HAS DIED AGED 89. # OH! BOTH: # I'M A SOUL MAN. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # I'M A SOUL MAN. # - (TRUMPET SOLO) THE SINGER DIED AFTER COMPLICATIONS FROM SURGERY. SAM AND DAVE'S 1960S HITS WERE HUGELY INFLUENTIAL TO MANY OTHER R AND B ARTISTS, AND THE PAIR WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1992. DAVE PRATER DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN 1988. THAT'S THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING NEWSROOM@STUFF.CO.NZ OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER PHOTOS ` THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I'M LAURA TUPOU. POMARIE.