IT APPEARS A BREAKTHROUGH'S BEEN MADE IN THE CEASEFIRE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, BUT THE BOMBING CONTINUES FOR NOW. LOS ANGELES BRACES FOR A NEW ROUND OF HURRICANE-FORCE SANTA ANA WINDS WITH THE BIGGEST BLAZE, THE PALISADES FIRE, STILL LARGELY OUT OF CONTROL. A MINUTE'S SILENCE IS HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR FALLEN POLICEWOMAN LYN FLEMING. AND... PRINCESS KATE GOES BACK TO HER TREATMENT HOSPITAL. THIS TIME NOT IN SECRET, AND WITH HAPPY NEWS. CAPTIONS BY LELE SIMEON AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. A CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS OVER GAZA IS AT THE 'CLOSEST POINT YET', U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN SAID TONIGHT. HE ADDED THAT FINAL AGREEMENT FROM HAMAS COULD COME AT ANY TIME IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, OR THE DAYS AHEAD. THE DEAL WOULD SEE ISRAELI HOSTAGES EXCHANGED FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, AND ISRAELI SOLDIERS GRADUALLY WITHDRAW FROM GAZA. DESPERATELY NEEDED HUMANITARIAN AID WOULD ALSO BE STEPPED UP. IT COMES AS THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES CONTINUES TO RISE. HERE'S SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER. (EXPLOSION) WHEN TALK OF A CEASEFIRE DEAL IS ACCOMPANIED BY FALLING BOMBS ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT. ANY HOPE IS HEAVY WITH CAUTION. MORE THAN 60 PALESTINIANS WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED IN THE LATEST ONSLAUGHT. THIS TENT VILLAGE TURNED TO ASH, THEIR HOMES LONG DESTROYED. IF THERE IS HOPE AMONG THE GRIEF IN GAZA. IT IS THAT THESE WILL BE AMONG THE LAST LIVES LOST IN THIS WAR. YES, THERE IS REAL AND CONTINUOUS PROGRESS IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. YES, THIS TOO IS A SENSITIVE TIME. AND PERHAPS THE LESS SAID THE BETTER. AND YES, WE ARE MOVING CLOSER, BUT IT IS NOT CONCLUDED YET. HAMAS ARE YET TO AGREE. WHILE MANY GAZANS SPENT THE DAY GLUED TO THEIR PHONES WAITING ON NEWS IN TEL AVIV, THOUSANDS GATHERED IN HOSTAGE SQUARE, WILLING A TRUCE ACROSS THE LINE, UNITED IN ANGER OVER REPORTS THAT THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IS NOW PREPARED TO SIGN A DEAL HE HAS REJECTED SEVERAL TIMES PREVIOUSLY. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S FAR RIGHT MINISTERS BOASTED ONLINE OVER THE LAST YEAR USING OUR POLITICAL POWER, WE MANAGED TO PREVENT THIS DEAL FROM GOING AHEAD. TIME AFTER TIME, SEEMINGLY CONFIRMING THAT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU PRIORITISED HIS GOVERNMENT'S SURVIVAL OVER THOUSANDS OF LIVES. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS OR STRATEGY. IT'S ABOUT HUMANITY AND THE SHARED BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND IN DARKNESS. SHARON'S PARENTS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER. HER MOTHER WAS RELEASED WEEKS LATER. RARE RELIEF FROM THE NIGHTMARE. NOW, AFTER 466 DAYS APART, SHARON'S ALLOWING HERSELF TO DREAM OF HUGGING HER FATHER AND TELLING HIM ONCE AGAIN... THAT I LOVE HIM, THAT I LOVE HIM. OPTIMISM ON BOTH SIDES IS TEMPERED BY HISTORY. HOPES HAVE BEEN RAISED BEFORE, ONLY TO BE SNATCHED AWAY. BUT THE SIGNS TONIGHT ARE PROMISING. A SPOKESMAN AT THE QATARI FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS SAID THAT THIS IS THE CLOSEST POINT YET TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT, AND THE US SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN, HAS DESCRIBED THE DEAL AS 'RIGHT ON THE BRINK'. ISRAELIS MUST DECIDE WHAT RELATIONSHIP THEY WANT WITH THE PALESTINIANS. THAT CANNOT BE THE ILLUSION THE PALESTINIANS WILL ACCEPT BEING A NON-PEOPLE WITHOUT NATIONAL RIGHTS. 7 MILLION ISRAELI JEWS AND SOME 5 BILLION PALESTINIANS ARE ROOTED IN THE SAME LAND. NEITHER IS GOING ANYWHERE. FOR THE 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE ON THE STRIP, THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER. EVERY DAY IS A LOTTERY. THERE IS NO JOB, NO FOOD, NO LIFE? THIS MAN SAYS: 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'. AND SO TOO ECHOES MUCH OF THE WORLD. THE PATH TO PEACE IS LIKELY TO BE A ROCKY ONE, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FINALISED YET. BUT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE CEASEFIRE DEAL WOULD BE SPLIT INTO THREE PHASES - EACH LASTING SIX WEEKS. LISETTE'S WITH US NOW WITH THE DETAILS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US LISETTE? DURING THE FIRST PHASE - IT'S EXPECTED 33 HOSTAGES WOULD BE RELEASED BY HAMAS, AND IN EXCHANGE ISRAEL WOULD RELEASE A NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. FROM DAY 7 - IRSAELI FORCES WOULD START WITHDRAWING FROM GAZA AND MANY PALESTINIANS COULD RETURN, BUT ISRAEL WOULD MAINTAIN A PRESENCE ALONG A NARROW STRIP OF LAND ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, AND THERE WOULD BE A BUFFER ZONE ALONG THE BORDER WITH ISRAEL. A SIGNIFICANT RELIEF EFFORT WOULD ALSO BEGIN ON DAY ONE - WITH 600 TRUCKS DELIVERING FOOD AND FUEL EVERY DAY. FOR PHASE 2 TO BEGIN - A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE - WOULD HAVE TO BE AGREED ON. ALL ISRAELI HOSTAGES WOULD THEN BE RELEASED - IN EXCHANGE, ONCE AGAIN, FOR A NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. IT'S HOPED THIS WOULD ALSO LEAD TO ISRAEL WITHDRAWING COMPLETELY FROM GAZA. PHASE 3... IS CENTRED AROUND A 3-5 YEAR REBUILD SCHEME - TO AID GAZA'S RECOVERY. FIREFIGHTERS AROUND LOS ANGELES ARE PREPARING FOR NEW WILDFIRE FLARE-UPS AS FORECASTERS WARN 'DANGEROUS' STRONG, DRY WINDS COULD FUEL MORE DESTRUCTION. TWO LARGE WILDFIRES AND TWO SMALLER ONES CONTINUE TO BURN, AND ARE ONLY PARTIALLY CONTAINED. MORE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED, AND RESIDENTS IN AT-RISK AREAS ARE BEING TOLD TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST. FROM LA, HERE'S ITV'S ROMILLY WEEKS WITH THE LATEST. AS THE SUN ROSE ON ANOTHER CRITICAL DAY IN LA, FIREFIGHTERS WAKING UP IN THEIR TRUCKS FOR THE NEXT 24-HOUR SHIFT. A WEEK ON FROM THE START OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, AND WIND CONDITIONS OVER THIS SCORCHED AND BATTERED LANDSCAPE ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO REACH HURRICANE FORCE. FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT, WE ARE TAKING AN AGGRESSIVE LEAN-FORWARD POSTURE, AND THE LAFD HAS STAFFED ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES, STRATEGICALLY PLACING FIRE PATROLS AND ENGINES IN THE UNIMPACTED HIGH FIRE-RISK AREAS IN THE CITY. OVERNIGHT, NEW FIRES DID SPARK UP TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CITY ` AGAIN PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO ROADS AND BUILDINGS. BUT WATER DROPPED FROM ABOVE AND THE WORK OF CREWS ON THE GROUND HAS KEPT THESE BLAZES SO FAR UNDER CONTROL. 15,000 FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOW DEPLOYED ALL AROUND LA ` THIS CREW IN THE PALISADES FIRE ZONE GRABBING A BREAK AFTER WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT. DESPITE THE FIREFIGHTERS' WORK, THIS AREA, WHICH WAS THE LARGEST BLAZE ` THESE HILLS, BURNT AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ` IS STILL UNDER THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THREAT ALERT. ANY EMBERS STILL HOT FROM THE LAST FLAMES CAN GO UP LIKE A BLOWTORCH. SO WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN, IT HELPS US DETERMINE WHERE WE STILL NEED ENGINES AT. MONITORING THE SITUATION IN HIS TRUCK, FIRE CHIEF CHRIS TATE WAS IN THIS EXACT LOCATION FOUR DAYS AGO WHEN THE BLAZE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT. (INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS) HIS CREW TOOK THESE DRAMATIC VIDEOS AS THEY BATTLED THE FLAMES LICKING THE BACKS OF THE HOUSES. AND THE FIRE WAS REALLY INTENSE AT THAT POINT? YES. YEAH, WE SAW FLAME LENGTHS OF 25-30FT IN SOME PLACES, AND IT WAS DANGEROUSLY MOVING PRETTY QUICK UP TOWARDS THE HOUSES, UP TOWARDS THE CANYON. AND HOW CONFIDENT DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN? WE UTILISED HAND CREWS TO GO IN AND USE THEIR TOOLS TO DIG IT UP, AND WE USED THE ENGINES TO GO OUT THERE AND SQUIRT WATER ON ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE HOT. ALMOST 90,000 RESIDENTS ARE STILL EVACUATED, AND POLICE TEAMS ARE SEARCHING THROUGH THESE CHARRED STREETS FOR THE 24 PEOPLE MISSING, WHILE THE CITY WAITS TO SEE WHETHER THERE'S YET MORE OF THIS TO COME. THE DEADLIEST OF THE FIRES SO FAR IS THE EATON FIRE AND AMATEUR VIDEO'S EMERGED APPARENTLY SHOWING THE MOMENT IT STARTED. 17 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED IN THIS FIRE, AND IT HAS SO FAR DESTOYED AT LEAST 7,000 STRUCTURES AND RAZED ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS. THESE PICTURES APPEAR TO SHOW THE FIRE STARTING AROUND A POWER PYLON IN ALTADENA. A SUBURB ABOUT 22KM FROM DOWNTOWN LA. I'M GONNA SPRAY THE... SPRAY THE ROOF. NO! PLEASE, GOD! PLEASE, GOD SAVE US. SAVE OUR HOUSE! PLEASE. ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO, IT TOOK JUST 34 MINUTES FROM THE START OF THE FIRE FOR IT TO BECOME COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. WE UNDERSTAND THE HOUSE IN THE VIDEO IS STILL STANDING. SLAIN POLICEWOMAN SENIOR SERGEANT LYN FLEMING WILL BE LAID TO REST IN NELSON TOMORROW. THE 62-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR IN THE EARLY HOURS OF NEW YEAR'S DAY. TODAY POLICE STAFF AROUND THE COUNTRY OBSERVED A MINUTE'S SILENCE AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S FUNERAL. OFFICERS IN AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH AND NELSON WERE AMONG THOSE WHO GATHERED AT 1 O'CLOCK TO REMEMBER AND REFLECT ON THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. (SILENCE, BIRDSONG) SENIOR SERGEANT FLEMING'S FUNERAL BEGINS AT 1 O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AMONG THOSE ATTENDING. A LARGE EMERGENCY SERVICE PRESENCE HAS BEEN AT A SOUTH AUCKLAND MEDICAL CENTRE TODAY AFTER A DEAD TODDLER WAS BROUGHT IN. WE UNDERSTAND THE YOUNGSTER WAS BROUGHT TO THE BROWNS ROAD CENTRE LATE THIS MORNING, WITH PARAMEDICS UNABLE TO REVIVE THEM. THE CLINIC'S BEEN CLOSED AND POLICE ARE MAKING INQUIRIES. A CHRISTCHURCH MOTHER IS ASKING FOR HELP TO FIND HER 12-YEAR-OLD SON WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. NATASHA CHURCHER SAID BAILEY WAS LAST SEEN AT THEIR BRYNDWR HOME AROUND 2.30PM. BAILEY WAS WEARING A CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT, BLACK SIDE ZIP PANTS AND SLIDES. SHE BELIEVES THE 12-YEAR-OLD COULD BE IN THE NORTHLINK, PAPANUI AREA. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 3 YEARS, THE AVERAGE INTEREST PAID ON MORTGAGES HAS FALLEN, EVEN IF ONLY SLIGHTLY. IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL NEW SETS OF DATA THAT PAINT A MORE OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF THE ECONOMY, ALONG WITH A RISE IN BOTH BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT CONFIDENCE. ZANE SMALL HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S BECOME A LANDMARK IN CENTRAL WELLINGTON ` THE DISTINCTIVE HAND PROTRUDING FROM FORTUNE FAVOURS BAR. THE BREWPUB FOUNDED BY SHANNON THORPE IN 2016. THE NAME FORTUNE FAVOURS ` IT CAME FROM THE PHRASE 'FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE'. IT'S A PHRASE THAT BECAME PARTICULARLY RELEVANT LAST YEAR AS HE BRAVED AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. I THINK WE'VE SEEN THE DARKEST DAYS. I THINK 2024 WAS A REALLY, REALLY TOUGH YEAR FOR EVERYONE. THERE ARE SIGNS OF THE ECONOMY IMPROVING ` FOR EXAMPLE, THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH'S LATEST SURVEY OF AROUND 10,000 BUSINESSES, FOUND THAT CONFIDENCE IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2024 WAS AT ITS HIGHEST SINCE JUNE 2021, REFLECTING OPTIMISM THAT MANY HOUSEHOLDS WILL LIKELY FACE LOWER HOME LOAN COSTS IN THE COMING YEAR. ALMOST HALF OF BORROWERS ARE DUE TO REFIX IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. AND RESERVE BANK DATA SHOWS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE AUGUST 2021, THE AVERAGE INTEREST PAID ON MORTGAGES HAS FALLEN, AND THAT'S GIVING BUSINESSES REASON TO FEEL OPTIMISTIC. THERE CONTINUES TO BE THAT DIFFERENCE WE'RE SEEING BETWEEN WHAT'S BEING EXPERIENCED, WHICH IS STILL PRETTY WEAK, AND WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING FOR THE COMING MONTHS. WESTPAC'S EMPLOYMENT CONFIDENCE INDEX INCREASED IN THE DECEMBER QUARTER. HOWEVER, IT REMAINS CLOSE TO ITS LOWEST LEVELS SINCE 2020, A READING BELOW 100 INDICATES THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE LABOUR MARKET THAN OPTIMISTIC. IT'S COMING OFF WHAT WAS QUITE A LOW READING LAST QUARTER. IN FACT, THAT PREVIOUS ONE WAS ACTUALLY THE LOWEST WE'D SEEN SINCE THE COVID LOCKDOWN. FIGURES FROM STATS NZ SHOW THE NUMBER OF FILLED JOBS ROSE JUST SHORT OF 6000 IN NOVEMBER, MOSTLY IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES. BUT FILLED JOBS WERE DOWN BY THOUSANDS ACROSS HEALTHCARE, MANUFACTURING, RETAIL TRADE AND CONSTRUCTION. AND FOR EVERY WORRYING STAT THERE'S A CORRESPONDING REAL LIFE EXAMPLE. WE DID A RESTRUCTURE OF OUR BUSINESS AND HAD TO LET THREE STAFF GO. PEOPLE RECOGNISE THAT IT'S STILL VERY TOUGH OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S MAYBE SOME EARLY SIGNS OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVELY QUICK SPRINGBACK, BUT I WOULD THINK 2025 IS GOING TO BE A MUCH BETTER YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. CHEERS TO THAT IDEA ` OF BETTER FORTUNES FOR BRAVE BUSINESSES IN 2025. WELL, REMEMBER THAT THE RESERVE BANK HAS A MANDATE TO KEEP THE ANNUAL INFLATION RATE BETWEEN 1 AND 3%. TO KEEP THE ANNUAL INFLATION RATE BETWEEN 1 AND 3%. IN 2022, IT REACHED A HIGH OF 7.3%, WHICH TRIGGERED THOSE RAPID INTEREST RATES TO COOL DEMAND. SINCE THEN, THE INFLATION RATE'S COME RIGHT NOW TO 2.2% AND NEXT WEEK, WESTPAC IS EXPECTING 2.1% SO THAT SHOULD GIVE THE RESERVE BANK CONFIDENCE TO KEEP CUTTING. HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGE FOR THE RESERVE BANK NOW IS KEEPING INFLATION WITHIN THAT 1-3% BAND. TOO MUCH EASING RISKS INFLATION TAKING OFF AGAIN, BUT NOT ENOUGH EASING RISKS THE ECONOMY STAGNATING. SO, A CAREFUL BALANCING ACT ` WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM THE RESERVE BANK NEXT MONTH. THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS REVEALED HER CANCER IS NOW IN REMISSION. THIS SHE'S MADE AN EMOTIONAL VISIT TO ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL IN LONDON WHERE SHE WAS TREATED, THANKING STAFF FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL CARE. ITV'S CHRIS SHIP HAS MORE. WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL TODAY WAS A POINT NOT LOST ON KATE. ...COMING IN THE FRONT ENTRANCE, YEAH... ALL HER PREVIOUS VISITS, SHE SAID AS SHE ARRIVED TODAY, HAD TO BE CARRIED OUT IN SECRET AND AROUND THE BACK. TODAY, AT LEAST, THE PRINCESS OF WALES WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE SPECIALIST CANCER HOSPITAL NOT AS A PATIENT BUT AS A GUEST. I'M SORRY TO BRING EVERYBODY HERE. (LAUGHTER) AND, INEVITABLY, KATE BROUGHT WITH HER A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE PATIENTS ARE GOING THROUGH. YOU'VE GOT TO BE. FOR SOME PATIENTS, THERE WAS A CHAT ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THEIR TREATMENT AND A HUG. YEAH. YOU'RE OK. STAY STRONG, OK? FOR OTHERS, A GENTLE TAP OF UNDERSTANDING AND A KNOWLEDGEABLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TREATMENT. TODAY, I FEEL GREAT. TWO CATHERINES SHARING EACH OTHER'S CANCER JOURNEY. I'VE JUST HAD A PORT PUT IN, AND SHE HAD THE SAME. SO IT WAS JUST NICE TO HEAR HOW SHE FELT ABOUT IT. SHE SAID SHE WAS QUITE ATTACHED TO IT. THIS AFTERNOON, KATE POSTED A MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE ROYAL MARSDEN STAFF. SHE SAID... SHE THEN SPOKE ABOUT REMISSION FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS A SPECIALIST CANCER CENTRE, AS A SPECIALIST CANCER CENTRE, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE SOME OF THE FEAR OUT OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, AND THAT OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. KATE SAID THIS HOSPITAL GAVE HER EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND COMPASSION, AND, TODAY, SHE'S JOINED PRINCE WILLIAM AS ITS ROYAL PATRON. IT WAS A ROLE HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, PRINCESS DIANA, HELD AT THE SAME HOSPITAL FOR EIGHT YEARS. (CHEERING) TODAY'S VISIT BY THE PRINCESS MEANT A LOT TO THE STAFF WHO WORK WITH CANCER PATIENTS DAY IN, DAY OUT. BUT A VISIT KATE HERSELF IS UNLIKELY TO FORGET. LAURA'S HERE WITH A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER... AND NOT A BAD WEDNESDAY FOR MOST? THAT'S RIGHT, SAM. YOU CAN SEE HERE A HEAVY BAND OF SHOWERS MOVED NORTH UP THE EAST OF CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG. A DRY AND SUNNY DAY FOR MOST. IN FACT, KAIKOURA WAS THE WETTEST, WITH ONLY 2.8MM. WHAT THIS DOESN'T SHOW YOU IS HOW CALM IT WAS ` KAIKOURA AGAIN HAD THE STRONGEST GUSTS OF JUST 52KM/H. BUT LOOK AT THE CLEAR SKIES ` LOOKING LIKE GREAT CONDITIONS TO SPOT A COMET. MORE ON THAT AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS... IT'S JUST SIX DAYS UNTIL DONALD TRUMP IS AGAIN THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, AND AGAIN HIS JUDGEMENT IS CALLED INTO QUESTION AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVEL. SOUTH KOREA'S IMPEACHED PRESIDENT IS FINALLY DETAINED AFTER A SECOND ATTEMPT BY POLICE. AND LATER.. WHY BEING A SPY MIGHT BE A BIT MORE BORING THAN YOU IMAGINED.. FAKE BEARDS ARE EVEN FROWNED UPON. SOUTH KOREAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE DETAINED IMPEACHED PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL OVER HIS BRIEF IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW LAST MONTH. POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS HAD TO GET THROUGH A HUMAN CHAIN OF PROTESTERS TO ENTER THE GATES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. YOON WAS BROUGHT INTO CUSTODY ABOUT THREE HOURS AFTER HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ENTERED THE PRESIDENTIAL COMPOUND IN THEIR SECOND ATTEMPT TO DETAIN HIM. HIS LAWYERS TRIED TO PERSUADE INVESTIGATORS NOT TO EXECUTE THE DETENTION WARRANT, SAYING THE PRESIDENT WOULD VOLUNTARILY APPEAR FOR QUESTIONING, BUT THE AGENCY DECLINED. IN SIX DAYS, DONALD TRUMP WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL NATION, AND HIS JUDGEMENT HAS AGAIN BEEN UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. FIRST, A PROSECTOR EXAMINING HIS FAILED ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT CONCLUDED HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVICTED IF IT HAD GONE TO A TRIAL, THEN HIS PICK FOR DEFENCE SECRETARY FACED A GRILLING. CHANNEL 4'S SYMEON BROWN EXPLAINS. IN LESS THAN A WEEK, THIS MAN... I, DONALD JOHN TRUMP... WILL STAND ON CAPITOL HILL AND MAKE THIS PROMISE AGAIN. ...PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND... ...THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ...THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT, RATHER THAN PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION, TODAY, THE CONSTITUTION HAS PROTECTED DONALD TRUMP FOR THIS CRIME ON JANUARY 6TH 2021. CROWD CHANTS: USA! USA! FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LOSS TO JOE BIDEN, THIS ASSAULT ON CAPITOL HILL BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS WAS CONDEMNED AS AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS INDICTED FOR TRYING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 VOTE. TODAY, A SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT FROM THE MAN WHO LED THE INVESTIGATION SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVICTED HAD HE NOT WON THE 2024 ELECTION. TODAY, HIS DAMNING REPORT CONCLUDED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ENGAGED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED CRIMINAL EFFORT BUT THE REPORT RULED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD NOT BE PROSECUTED BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS IN OTHER WORDS, THE FIRST FELON TO BE ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE PROTECTED FROM A FURTHER CONVICTION BECAUSE HE WILL SOON BE LIVING IN IT AGAIN. AS FAR AS THE JOKE OF AN INDICTMENT, IT'S A HORRIBLE THING ` IT'S A HORRIBLE THING FOR THIS COUNTRY. I MEAN, THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S DRIVEN MY POLL NUMBERS WAY UP. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? (CHEERING) THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS NOW BUILT A CABINET IN HIS OWN IMAGE ` TODAY, HIS PICK FOR DEFENCE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. THERE WAS A COORDINATED SMEAR CAMPAIGN ORCHESTRATED IN THE MEDIA AGAINST US. THAT WAS CLEAR FROM MOMENT ONE. HAVE YOU EVER MADE UNWANTED REQUESTS FOR SEXUAL FAVOURS? NO, SENATOR. HAVE YOU EVER FACED DISCIPLINE OR ENTERED INTO A SETTLEMENT RELATING TO THIS KIND OF CONDUCT? SENATOR, I WAS FALSELY ACCUSED IN OCTOBER OF 2017. IT WAS FULLY INVESTIGATED AND I WAS COMPLETELY CLEARED. PETE HEGSETH'S CONFIRMATION HEARING WAS DISRUPTED BY PROTESTERS. MAN: YOU ARE A MISOGYNIST! (SHOUTING) THE FORMER FOX NEWS HOST AND SOLDIER HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR COMMENTS HE HAS MADE ABOUT MINORITIES AND WOMEN. YOU SAY WE NEED MOMS, BUT NOT IN THE MILITARY, ESPECIALLY IN COMBAT UNITS. I HAVE NEVER DISPARAGED WOMEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY. I RESPECT EVERY SINGLE FEMALE SERVICE MEMBER THAT HAS PUT ON THE UNIFORM, PAST AND PRESENT. I'M NOT A PERFECT PERSON, AS HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED. SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD, BY JESUS, AND JENNY. THAT'S HEGSETH'S THIRD WIFE. THIS HEARING IS A FORMALITY, AND ANOTHER CONFIRMATION THAT WILL NOT QUELL LIBERAL CONCERN AS AMERICA GEARS UP FOR THE SEQUEL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. A WOMAN WHO WORKED AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FORMER HARROD'S BOSS MOHAMED AL FAYED HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE SEXUAL ABUSE SHE SAYS SHE SUFFERED. TANYA ADDISON HAS JOINED A STRING OF WOMEN WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT AL FAYED, SAYING SHE WAS PREYED UPON ALMOST AS SOON AS SHE STARTED WORKING FOR HIM IN THE 1990S. SHE SAYS IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND HUMILIATING, AND LASTED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, UNTIL, SHE SAYS, HE TRIED TO RAPE HER. SOMEBODY WOULD COME OUT AND SAY, 'MR FAYED WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO INTO HIS OFFICE.' HE WOULD PULL YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SIT ON HIS LAP. HE WOULD KISS YOU ON THE MOUTH. HE WOULD BRING OUT WADS OF MONEY, AND HE WOULD PULL OPEN YOUR TOP, AND HE WOULD SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR TOP, INTO YOUR BRA. SHE SAYS SHE WAS FIRED AFTER FIGHTING HIM OFF. STILL AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` WHY NEW ZEALAND MIGHT BE THE BEST PLACE TO SEE A COMET NO ONE'S VIEWED WITH THE NAKED EYE FOR 160,000 YEARS. WHY SPYING ISN'T ALL JAMES BOND GLAMOUR AND GADGETS ` IT CAN BE QUITE DULL. AND IN SPORT, ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CHRIS WOOD GETS HIS 13TH EPL GOAL THIS SEASON IN A TOP-OF-THE-TABLE THRILLER. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. THIS IS THREE NEWS ` IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THIS IS THREE NEWS ` A CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS COULD BE AGREED OVERNIGHT IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. ACCORDING TO U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN. A CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS COULD BE AGREED OVERNIGHT ACCORDING TO U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN. A MINUTE'S SILENCE HAS BEEN HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR FALLEN POLICE WOMAN LYN FLEMING AHEAD OF HER FUNERAL TOMORROW. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS THE AVERAGE INTEREST PAID ON MORTGAGES HAS FALLEN, EVEN IF ONLY SLIGHTLY. IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL NEW SETS OF DATA THAT PAINT A MORE OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF THE ECONOMY. IT'S JUST BEEN REVEALED THE FORMER DUNEDIN DOCTOR WHO MURDERED A TEENAGER IN HER BED TOOK HIS OWN LIFE ON THE DAY HE LEARNT HIS APPEAL HAD FAILED. VENOD SKANTHA - SEEN HERE IN COURT - WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING AMBER-ROSE RUSH (16) IN 2018 AND HAD BEEN FIGHTING TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION OVERTURNED WHEN HE DIED AT OTAGO PRISON IN 2021. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A CHAMBERS FINDING BY CORONER MARCUS ELLIOTT, WHICH WAS RELEASED LAST YEAR, BUT SUPPRESSED UNTIL TODAY. SKANTHA'S DEATH ALSO PROMPTED CHANGES TO HOW SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEAL JUDGEMENTS ARE NOTIFIED TO CORRECTIONS. A MAN WHO ESCAPED POLICE CUSTODY IN TAUPO HAS HANDED HIMSELF IN. SAMIR BELHAJJAM FLED FROM A POLICE TRANSPORT VEHICLE NEAR THE TOWN'S COURTHOUSE ON MONDAY. HE'D BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE, BUT IS NOW BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER PRESENTING HIMSELF TO POLICE AT 9 THIS MORNING. THE TALENT AND SHARP WIT OF THE 'WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?' STAR TONY SLATTERY HAS BEEN REMEMBERED TODAY AFTER HIS DEATH AT THE AGE OF 65. BEHIND THE CAMERAS, HE STRUGGLED WITH DRINK AND DRUG PROBLEMS, AND SUFFERED LONG-STANDING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. BUT RECENTLY HE'D STARTED TOURING AGAIN, AND HAD LAUNCHED A NEW PODCAST. CARI DAVIES LOOKS BACK AT HIS ONCE BRILLIANT CAREER. WORST THING FOR A DOCTOR OR SURGEON TO SAY` DOCTOR OR SURGEON TO SAY? (VOMITS) (LAUGHTER) TONY SLATTERY'S QUICK WIT MADE HIM A MASTER OF IMPROVISATION. IN THE EARLY '90S, HE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PERFORMERS ON COMEDY SHOW 'WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?' HA! (RAPS) # I WENT TO A PARTY JUST DOWN THE STREET. # I WALKED INSIDE, AND GUESS WHAT I DID SEE ` I SAW A HANDBAG. HE HAD EVERYTHING. HE WAS` HE WAS INCREDIBLY GOOD-LOOKING, INCREDIBLY CHARMING AND BRILLIANTLY FUNNY. I MEAN, AS A COMEDIAN, IT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY HOPE FOR. HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE, DAZZLING TALENT. TONY SLATTERY'S CAREER BEGAN MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS, BUT IT TOOK HIM TO THE STAGE, THE BIG SCREEN AND BACK AGAIN, LATER APPEARING IN ITV DRAMAS LIKE 'LIFE BEGINS', 'BAD GIRLS' AND 'KINGDOM'. IT WAS AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY THAT SLATTERY GOT HIS START ` SIR STEPHEN FRY INVITED HIM TO JOIN THE FAMOUS AMATEUR DRAMATICS CLUB, CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS. SHARING A PHOTO FROM THEIR UNI DAYS, SIR STEPHEN DESCRIBED SLATTERY AS 'JUST ABOUT... SLATTERY WAS PRAISED FOR OPENING UP ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, AND BIPOLAR DISORDER. THEY COME OFF AFTER ALL THIS ADRENALINE AND` AND STUFF, AND WHERE DO YOU GO? THEN THE BOOZE CAME ALONG, AND THEN THE DEPRESSION SET IN. HE SINCE RETURNED TO WHAT HE LOVED, AND WHY PEOPLE LOVED HIM, FINDING THE FUN HE BECAME FAMOUS FOR. CAN I JUST SAY ` I'M NOT PLAYING ANY MORE. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) AUCKLAND POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THREE BOATS PARKED ON LAND WENT UP IN FLAMES LAST NIGHT. FIRE AND EMERGENCY RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS AT 9.30PM AND CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE OUTBOARD BOATING CLUB IN PARNELL. THREE FIRE TRUCKS SPENT TWO HOURS PUTTING OUT THE BLAZE, WITH THE DAMAGE ONLY FULLY REVEALED AT DAYLIGHT THIS MORNING. POLICE SAYS THEY'RE MAKING INQUIRIES, AND ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT, AND THE CRUSADERS HAVE A NEW CAPTAIN? YES DAVID HAVILI GETS THE JOB IT WAS A TWO HORSE RACE WITH BARRETT STEPPING ASIDE. BECAUSE THERE IS THE ALL BLACK CAPTAIN HE DOES NOT FEEL HE CAN DO BOTH, BUT DAVID HAVILI IS VERY RESPECTED. SO WHAT GOT HAVILI THE JOB AHEAD OF OTHER SENIOR TEAMMATES? WE'LL GET THE LATEST FROM THE CRUSADERS NEXT. PLUS ` CHRIS WOOD IS ON THE MONEY ONCE AGAIN AS NOTTINGHAM FORREST GRAB A CRUCIAL POINT AGAINST LIVERPOOL. AND WHAT'S GOT DANIIL MEDVEDEV SO FIRED UP AS EMOTIONS RUN HIGH ON DAY THREE OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN? CHRIS WOOD HAS CONTINUED TO PILE ON THE GOALS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, THIS TIME ENSURING NOTTINGHAM FOREST GRAB A CRUCIAL POINT AGAINST LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL. WOOD OPENED THE SCORING FOR THE HOSTS, AND THEIR 1-1 DRAW LIFTS FOREST UP TO SECOND ON THE LADDER, STILL SIX POINTS BEHIND LIVERPOOL. HEADING INTO THEIR CLASH WITH TOP-OF-THE-TABLE LIVERPOOL, CHRIS WOOD HAD VERY LITTLE MISSING FROM HIS GOAL-SCORING CV. IN FACT, THE LEAGUE LEADERS WERE THE ONLY PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB THE ALL WHITES CAPTAIN HADN'T YET SCORED AGAINST. HERE'S WOOD! IT TOOK HIM JUST EIGHT MINUTES TO CHANGE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT HE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ALL SEASON LONG. IT WAS NICE TO` NICE TO SCORE AGAINST THEM. WOOD, OFF HIS LEFT FOOT, HAMMERING HOME HIS 13TH PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL FOR THE SEASON. AND FIRST TIME ` NO MESSING ABOUT. WOOD'S TOUCH GAVE FOREST A CRUCIAL ADVANTAGE AGAINST THE RED-HOT LIVERPOOL; ALTHOUGH HE WAS TYPICALLY LOW-KEY ABOUT HIS HEROICS. IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST GETTING THAT RIGHT CONNECTION AND SCORING GOALS LIKE YOU DO IN TRAINING, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ACROSS THE KEEPER INTO THE BOTTOM CORNERS WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY IN TRAINING, AND THAT'S HOW IT CAME OUT IN THE GAME. THE REST OF THEIR ENCOUNTER WAS AS MUCH ABOUT KEEPING LIVERPOOL OUT AS IT WAS EXTENDING THE LEAD. MURILLO AGAIN. BUT THE TEAM WHO HAVE SET THE BENCHMARK ALL YEAR ` THEY STRUGGLED TO FIND AN OPENING IN THE FOREST DEFENCE - EVEN MO SALAH, THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S LEADING GOAL-SCORER ` FIVE AHEAD OF WOOD ` COULDN'T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET. YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, I HAVE TO AVOID HIM, AND IN DOING SO, HE PULLED IT. BUT AS THE LIVERPOOL ONSLAUGHT CONTINUED, IT SEEMED A MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF, THEY'D DRAW LEVEL. AND SOME BRILLIANCE OFF A CORNER ENSURED THEY'D GET THE POINT THEY CRAVED. INTO A GOOD AREA... AND IMMEDIATELY YIELDS THE GOAL. ONE SUBSTITUTE TEES UP THE OTHER. DESPITE HAVING TO SHARE THE POINTS, WOOD IS SATISFIED WITH THE PERFORMANCE, AND THE TRAJECTORY FOREST ARE ON. THE POINT IS STILL A VERY VITAL POINT, AND I THINK THE CROWD KNEW THAT, AND THE CROWD HELPED US THROUGH ` BECAUSE I THINK THEY SEE THE EFFORT THE BOYS ARE PUTTING IN, THE WORK RATE GETTING UP AND DOWN THE PITCH. NOTTINGHAM FOREST WILL NEED SIMILAR EFFORT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON IF THEY'RE TO KEEP THEIR SPOT NEAR THE TOP OF THE TABLE. WORLD NUMBER FIVE DANIIL MEDVEDEV IS HOPING TO ESCAPE LIGHTLY AFTER A MID-GAME MELTDOWN SAW HIM DESTROY A CAMERA AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. MEDVEDEV OVERCAME A MAJOR SCARE AGAINST THAILAND'S KASIDIT MAREJ, COMING BACK FROM 2 SETS TO ONE DOWN. HOWEVER, HE COULD FIND HIMSELF WITH A HEFTY FINE AFTER THIS INCIDENT. ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THE THIRD SET, THE RUSSIAN DECIDED TO TAKE OUT HIS FRUSTRATIONS ON THE NET, BREAKING AN IN-NET CAMERA AND HIS RACKET IN THE PROCCESS. THE FINE IS USUALLY FOR BREAKING THE RACKET AND THE CAMERA IS GONNA COST SOME BUT I DONT THINK A GO PRO IS THAT EXPENSIVE, BUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS THE CAMERA WAS VERY, VERY STRONG BECAUSE MY RACKET DIDN'T HANDLE THE DAMAGE BUT THE CAMERA DID. IT BROKE DOWN, BUT THERE WAS NOT ONE PIECE CAME OUT OF THE CAMERA. IT WAS VERY STRONG, I WAS VERY SURPRISED. MEANWHILE, 18-YEAR-OLD JOAO FONSECA HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW WHY MANY ARE TIPPING HIM TO BE THE SPORT'S NEXT SUPERSTAR. AFTER COMING THROUGH QUALIFYING, THE BRAZILIAN LOOKED COMFORTABLE DEFEATING NINTH SEED ANDREY RUBLEV IN STRAIGHT SETS. I MEAN, NOT BAD. UH, I JUST...I JUST ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT IN THIS COURT AND THIS AMAZING COURT. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME PLAYING IN A HUGE STADIUM AND MY FIRST MAIN DRAW OF A GRAND SLAM, SO I JUST ENJOY PLAYING. IN TODAY'S ACTION, TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION ARYNA SABALENKA ADVANCED TO THE THIRD ROUND WITH A STRAIGHT-SETS WIN. CARLOS ALCARAZ ALSO MADE LIGHT WORK OF HIS SECOND-ROUND MATCH, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS. DAVID HAVILI HAS BEEN UNVEILED AS THE NEW CRUSADERS CAPTAIN, TAKING OVER FROM SCOTT BARRETT TO ALLOW HIM TO FOCUS SOLELY ON LEADING THE ALL BLACKS. THE DECISION WAS AN EASY ONE FOR COACH ROB PENNEY WITH HAVILI A UNANIMOUS PICK AMONGST THE PLAYERS. HAVILI WILL BECOME THE FRANCHISE'S EIGHTH CAPTAIN BUT THE FIRST BACK TO HOLD THE ROLE. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. DAVID HAVILI ENJOYING LIFE IN HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AS CRUSADERS CAPTAIN. YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY WHEN THEY FIRST ASKED ME, BUT YEAH, I WENT AWAY AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IT REALLY MEANT THE WORLD FOR THEM TO PUT ME IN THAT HAT FOR COACH ROB PENNEY, IT BECAME EVIDENT EARLY ON IN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CAPTAIN THAT HAVILI WAS THE MAN, THE MIDFIELDER ENDORSED HEAVILY BY THE PLAYING GROUP. IT WAS A VERY UNANIMOUS PUSH FOR DAVID TO GET THE ROLE IT WAS A VERY UNANIMOUS PUSH FOR DAVID TO GET THE ROLE. IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, GIVEN HAVILI IS NOW PREPARING FOR HIS 10TH YEAR AT THE CLUB. THAT TIME HAS MADE FOR THE PERFECT APPRENTICESHIP. YEAH, PRETTY LUCKY, MAN, LIKE YOU ONLY THE GUYS LIKE WHEN I FIRST TURNED UP. YOU KNOW, THE GUYS LIKE DC, RICHIE MCCAW ` UM, YOU KNOW, THE LIST GOES ON. SAM WHITELOCK, SCOTT BARRETT. SO I'VE BEEN AROUND AND SEE HOW THEY LEAD THE TEAM AND, DEFINITELY TAKING A LOT FROM THOSE GUYS. AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE GREATS OF OUR CLUB. EXPECT HAVILI TO PUT HIS OWN SPIN ON THINGS, THOUGH. FOR STARTERS, HE'S THE FIRST BACK TO EVER CAPTAIN THE SIDE. DAVEY WILL LET THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR POSITIONS DO WHAT THEY DO, AND HIS INFLUENCE WILL BE AROUND THE SPHERES THAT HE'S REALLY COMFORTABLE IN DICTATING ON THE PARK AND THEN CULTURALLY AND THEN BEHIND THE SCENES, HE'LL HAVE A MASSIVE INFLUENCE. THAT INFLUENCE ALREADY ON DISPLAY WHEN HAVILI BROKE THE NEWS TO HIS TEAM MATES TODAY. THEY HAD LET OFF A BIG ROAR AND A BIG CHEER, AND I WAS PRETTY STOKED THAT, UM, THEY GOT GOT BEHIND ME. IT'S NOT JUST CAPTAINCY ON HIS MIND, THOUGH. AFTER INJURY SETBACKS AND BEING BELOW HIS BEST LAST SEASON, HAVILI IS FEELING IN BETTER SHAPE THIS YEAR. YEAH, LOST A WEE BIT OF WEIGHT. FELT LIKE I WAS A WEE BIT HEAVIER LAST YEAR. SO, UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST AWESOME TO BE AT HOME AND FILLING THE BATTERIES FOR ANOTHER BIG SEASON. WITH THE TASK OF TURNING AROUND THEIR FORTUNES IN 2025, AN ENERGISED CAPTAIN HAVILI MAY BE JUST WHAT THE CRUSADERS NEED. THE BLACK FOILS ADMIT IT'S BEEN A STEEP LEARNING CURVE OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AS THEY TRY AND ADJUST TO THE NEW TITANIUM FOILS THAT WILL BE USED FOR THIS WEEKEND'S SAIL GP EVENT IN AUCKLAND. THE KIWIS HAVE SO FAR PRODUCED THE TOP SPEED ON THE FOILS, GETTING UP TO 97.2 km/h ON MONDAY. BUT DESPITE FEELING COMFORTABLE IN TRAINING, WING TRIMMER BLAIR TUKE ADMITS THERE'S STILL A LOT TO LEARN. DIFFERENTLY QUITE A DIFFERENT FEELING IN MANOEUVRES, STABILITY WISE, A LITTLE BIT EASIER WHEN IT GETS PROPER FAST, WHICH IS NICE. WHILE THE BLACK FOILS HAVE SET THE BENCHMARK IN TRAINING, WITH ALL TEAMS HAVING TO ADJUST TO NEW FOILS, OTHER CREWS HOPE IT'LL BE AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD COME RACE DAY. PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE BOATS DOESN'T REALLY COUNT FOR MUCH BECAUSE IT IS A NEW CHALLENGE, SO EVERYBODY IS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, AND BEING A NEW TEAM, WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN AND IT IS KIND OF HELPS US THAT THE OTHER TOP TEAMS HAVE HAD A RESET AND HAD TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE FOIL. TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME ALL 11 TEAMS WILL BE TRAINING ON THE WATER AT THE SAME TIME. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE TAKING A NO-FEAR APPROACH INTO TONIGHT'S A-LEAGUE CLASH WITH SYDNEY FC ` THE NIX ARE DESPERATE TO GET BACK IN THE WINNERS' CIRCLE, HAVING WON JUST ONE OF THEIR LAST SIX MATCHES. DESPITE THEIR STRUGGLES, THE PHOENIX FEEL THERE ARE AREAS IN SYDNEY'S GAME THEY'RE CAPABLE OF EXPLOITING. THEY HAVE SOME VERY GOOD PLAYERS, BUT I TREAT EVERY GAME THE SAME, WE PICK UP WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPLOIT THEM AND GIVE IT EVERYTHING WE CAN. TONIGHT'S CLASH WILL BE FORMER PHOENIX COACH UFUK TALAY'S FIRST GAME BACK IN WELLINGTON SINCE DEPARTING THE CLUB AT THE START OF 2023. JOSH OLUWAYEMI DROPPED FOR THAT CLASH. THAT IS TOUGH. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. IT TURNS OUT BEING A SPY FOR BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS A BIT DULLER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT. NEWLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS HAVE REVEALED THE TOP TIPS GIVEN BY MI5 TO NEW RECRUITS INCLUDED DITCHING FALSE BEARDS AND MOUSTACHES, AND A WARNING THE JOB CAN BE PRETTY BORING. HERE'S ITV'S CHLOE KEEDY. MR...? BOND. ('JAMES BOND THEME' SWELLS) JAMES BOND. IF YOU BELIEVE BOND BEING A SPY IS IMPOSSIBLY GLAMOROUS... ...AND EXCITING... BUT IT TURNS OUT THE WORLD OF ESPIONAGE CAN BE LESS EXHILARATING, MORE EXACTING, AND OFTEN A LITTLE BIT DULL. NEWLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE ADVICE THAT WAS ISSUED TO ALL NEW SPOOKS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. A GOOD SPY, IT SAYS, SHOULD BE NONDESCRIPT, NO TALLER THAN 5'8, AND DO ALL THEY CAN TO BLEND IN. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) JAMES BOND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THAT MEMO. SEAN CONNERY'S BOND WAS TOO TALL, STANDING 6'2. DANIEL CRAIG'S WAS CLOSER AT 5'10, AND ALTHOUGH GARY OLDMAN'S GEORGE SMILEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT HEIGHT, JOHN LE CARRE'S CHARACTER WAS ALSO DESCRIBED AS MIDDLE-AGED, OVERWEIGHT AND NEVER WITHOUT HIS GLASSES. MIKE MYERS' AUSTIN POWERS MIGHT HAVE MEASURED UP WELL, BUT WEARING A FAKE BEARD WOULD APPARENTLY HAVE COST HIM THE JOB. IF IN DOUBT, NEW RECRUITS COULD REFER TO THESE DIAGRAMS, WHICH TOLD THEM TO KEEP 30 YARDS BEHIND THEIR QUARRY, IDEALLY ACROSS THE STREET, AND AVOID FOLLOWING THEM INTO SMALL SPACES. TAXI! IF YOU SUDDENLY NEED TO GIVE CHASE, THERE ARE EVEN TIPS ON HOW TO CO-OPT YOUR CABBIE. THE BOOKLET SUGGESTS CONCOCTING A STORY TO GET HIM ONSIDE ` PERHAPS A DIVORCE CASE, IT SAYS ` THE PURSUIT OF AN ABSCONDING HUSBAND OR WIFE. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, BE SURE TO GIVE HIM A JOLLY GOOD TIP. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT JAMES BOND EVER READ THIS BOOK, BUT THEN IT ALSO SAYS THAT THE PERFECT SPY IS BORN, AND NOT MADE. A RARE COMET WILL BE ABLE TO BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 160,000 YEARS. COMET C-2024 G3 ` OR ATLAS ` COULD REMAIN BRIGHT ENOUGH TO BE VISIBLE IN SKIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS ACCORDING TO NASA. IT COULD SHINE AS BRIGHT AS VENUS, AND IS PREDICTED TO BE BEST OBSERVED FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. OTAGO MUSEUM DIRECTOR AND ASTRONOMER IAN GRIFFIN SAYS AS THE COMET MOVES AWAY FROM THE SUN, IT WILL BECOME MORE VISIBLE IN THE EVENING SKY IN NEW ZEALAND. HE PREDICTS THE BEST TIME TO VIEW IT WOULD BE AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET FROM TOMORROW NIGHT, INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. LAURA'S HERE NOW ` AND WHERE SHOULD WE BE LOOKING? IF YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST HORIZON, AS YOU SAY, ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET YOU'LL SEE VENUS ` THEN, TO ITS LEFT WILL BE THE COMET. THE BEST TIME TO LOOK WILL BE FROM TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT THE CONDITIONS NEED TO BE RIGHT. TONIGHT, THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND, NORTH OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND ARE LOOKING CLEAR. TOMORROW, IT'S CANTERBURY AND TASMAN'S TURN, AND BY FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S MOSTLY PACKING IN. I'LL BE BACK WITH THOSE DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK. SUNNY WEATHER PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE YOUR HOME FOR WET DAYS, CUT BRANCHES AND CLEAR OUT GUTTERS THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED TODAY BECAUSE THE WEATHER CHANGES LATER IN THE WEEK. FIRST, TONIGHT ` AND THAT TROUGH LYING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO DISH UP SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR SOME IN THE NORTH ` THE SOUTHERN ALPS ARE LIKELY TO GET A COUPLE TOO, BUT MANY PLACES WILL BE DRY AND SUNNY ONCE THE MORNING CLOUD BURNS OFF. SO, SOME WELCOME NEWS FOR YOU IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SOME WARMER WEATHER IS ON THE WAY, AND YOUR THURSDAY IS LOOKING FAIRLY CALM OUT WEST. YOU WILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING, THOUGH ` MAINLY ABOUT THE RANGES, AND IN EASTERN AREAS, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GENERALLY FINE DAY FOR YOU, WITH ANY CLOUD THAT'S ABOUT DISPERSING AFTER LUNCH. FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, A CALM THURSDAY IS ON THE CARDS FOR YOU ` LOOK AT HOW FAR APART THOSE ISOBARS ARE. NOW, THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD INCREASING IN THE NORTH BUT MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. SAVE FOR THESE PLACES, AS YOU CAN SEE ` SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST, WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY AND CENTRAL HIGH COUNTRY. RIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY UP TOP FOR MOST OF YOU ` A FINE THURSDAY MORNING FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU. HAMILTON - NORTHEASTERS DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOKOROA, YOU'LL STAY FINE BUT CLOUD WITH A FEW SHOWERS ELSEWHERE ` HEAVY FOR ROTORUA IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERS WILL BE STRONG ALONG THE COAST. A CLOUDY START HERE. A CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS FOR MASTERTON, AND GISBORNE, YOU MIGHT GET A SPRINKLING AFTER LUNCH ALONG WITH DEVELOPING SOU'EASTERLIES. MORNING FOG FOR TAUMARUNUI. FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE AND SOU'EASTERLIES. CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF KING COUNTRY. HEADING SOUTH, FINE APART FROM MORNING CLOUD FOR NELSON. A FEW SHOWERS EXPECTED DOWN THE WEST COAST. WESTPORT, YOU SHOULD STAY DRY. SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES OUT EAST AND A CLOUDY MORNING FOR EVERYONE. DRIZZLE POSSIBLE IN TIMARU TOO. CLEARING FOR A FINE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY WITH COASTAL DRIZZLE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING FOR OAMARU, AND THAT CLOUD WILL CLEAR UP FOR EVERYONE BY THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL RETURN IN THE EVENING FOR INVERCARGILL. DUNEDIN YOU'LL GET SOME CLOUD TONIGHT, BUT THAT WILL BREAK IN THE MORNING. AND CLEAR TO FINE BY THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEASTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 18 DEGREES NORTHEASTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 18 DEGREES. A CLOUDY START FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND THOSE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP, BUT COME LUNCH THE CLOUD WILL DISPERSE TO A LOVELY FINE AFTERNOON. A DRY THURSDAY FOR WELLINGTON WITH SOUEASTERLIES ` YOU'LL REACH 18. STILL A BIT OFF YOUR AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT YOUR MATES UP THE LINE WILL HIT THE EARLY 20S. THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE THIS EVENING. TOMORROW WILL BE CLOUDY. THOSE WINDS WILL TURN EASTERLY. HASTINGS WITH THE HIGH OF 22. TAURANGA, YOU'LL GET A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THOSE NORTHEASTERLIES WILL DEVELOP THEN ALSO. MORNING FOG FOR HAMILTON, BUT A MAINLY FINE THURSDAY FOR YOU. JUST WATCH FOR THOSE NORTHEASTERLIES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. AND IT'S ALL SUN SYMBOLS HERE. A FINE DAY AHEAD. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, AND A BIT OF CLOUD HEADING INTO THE EVENING. LET'S HEAD TO AUSTRALIA NOW AND SHOWERS ON THE EAST COAST. FINE TO THE WEST, THOUGH, PERTH REACHING 40 DEGREES, AND IN THE PACIFIC, SOME CLOUD AROUND AND SHOWERS. THUNDERSTORMS FOR NADI. BACK HOME, AND THE WEATHER PATTERN IS SLOWLY CHANGING AS AN AREA OF WETTER AND WINDIER WEATHER CREEPS TOWARDS THE TOP OF US DURING FRIDAY, AND IT STICKS AROUND, SLOWLY MOVING DOWN THE ISLAND. SOME CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR SOME THIS COMING WEEKEND. WELLINGTON, YOU SHOULD GET TO 20 TOMORROW. IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE YOU'VE HIT THAT, A BIT OF CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ON SATURDAY AND SOME OF THAT WILL STICK AROUND FOR SUNDAY TOO. A FINE-LOOKING FRIDAY FOR EVERYONE HERE, THEN SOME CLOUD ABOUT AND A WET SUNDAY FOR YOU IN KAIKOURA. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SOME CLOUD IS IN YOUR FUTURE. EXPECT SOME SHOWERS IN QUEENSTOWN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND TOO AND FINALLY ` THANKS TO LYNN WHO SENT IN THIS SNAP FISHING OFF TANNERS POINT JETTY ` MAKING THE MOST OF SUMMER! A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT ` THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY LELE SIMEON AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025