YOUR MUM HAS PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY. YOUR MUM HAS PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY. (BAGPIPES PLAY) (MEN PERFORM HAKA) THE COUNTRY'S TOP COP PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN POLICEWOMAN LYN FLEMING AS HUNDREDS TURN OUT FOR HER FUNERAL WITH FULL HONOURS. WE ARE LIVE IN NELSON. THE BEGINNING OF A NEW END ` A PEACE DEAL IS AGREED FOR GAZA, AND BY MONDAY, THE 15-MONTH-OLD WAR SHOULD BE OVER. FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED AGAIN FOR SHOPLIFTING. AND YOU CAN BLAME THE BUTTER AS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS CONTINUES INTO THE NEW YEAR. 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, AND WELCOME TO THREENEWS. SENIOR SGT LYN FLEMING, THE FIRST POLICEWOMAN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN NEW ZEALAND, HAS BEEN FAREWELLED AT AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY IN NELSON. FLEMING DIED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF NEW YEAR'S DAY AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE ON PATROL. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS ` AMONG THEM, HER WHANAU, FRIENDS, POLICE FAMILY AND DIGNITARIES. IMOGEN WELLS WAS THERE. SENIOR SGT LYN FLEMING ESCORTED TO HER FUNERAL BY HER POLICE FAMILY THEN CARRIED INSIDE BY HER WHANAU, WHERE THE NELSON COMMUNITY, FRIENDS AND A SEA OF BLUE JOINED THEM TO SAY FAREWELL. (WOMAN PERFORMS KARANGA) THE 62-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, SISTER, MOTHER, WIFE AND OFFICER OF NEARLY FOUR DECADES DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF NEW YEAR'S DAY, A SHIFT SHE'D VOLUNTEERED TO WORK. LYN WAS A VISIBLE LEADER ` OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE WITH HER PEOPLE. SHE'D STARTED THAT NIGHT IN HER NORMAL, CARING WAY. AT THE START OF SHIFT, LYN PRODUCED A RANGE OF SNACKS FOR HER COLLEAGUES TO HELP KEEP THEM GOING THROUGH THE NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT SHIFT. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT ENDED IN TRAGEDY WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR AND KILLED. HER COLLEAGUE, SENIOR SGT ADAM RAMSAY, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. HER SERVICE CAME TO A TRAGIC END AS A RESULT OF A SENSELESS AND UNPROVOKED ATTACK OF VIOLENCE. THIS AFTERNOON IN NELSON, THOUGH, IT WAS LYN'S LIFE, WHICH WAS LIVED TO THE FULLEST, CELEBRATED. SHE'D ALSO GO OUT OF HER WAY... TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE BE THE BEST THEY COULD BE, NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. REMEMBERED AS SOMEONE WHO HAD UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR FAMILY. WHEN I WAS 7 AND LYN ALMOST 12, A BULLY THREATENED TO HIT ME WITH A CRICKET BAT. LYN PICKED UP A SOFTBALL BAT AND SAID, 'IF YOU HIT HIM, I BET I CAN HIT YOU HARDER.' THE BULLY RAN AWAY. TEACHER, COUNSELLOR, CONFIDANTE, OCCASIONAL MATCH-MAKER, ETERNAL SUPPORTER. I COULD LIST THEM FOR DAYS, AND THEY WOULD ALL FALL SHORT OF CAPTURING WHAT SHE MEANS TO US. HOW COULD EVER HOPE TO COME CLOSE? FOR THEY'RE ONLY WORDS, AND WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH. ONE WORD THAT DID ARISE AGAIN AND AGAIN ` HUMBLE. THE FACT THAT SHE HAS BECOME AN HISTORICAL FIGURE IS GOING TO ANNOY THE HELL OUT OF HER. AND I AM SORRY FOR ALL THE FUSS. I KNOW YOU WOULD'VE HATED BEING THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION LIKE THIS. BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS DESERVED THIS RECOGNITION FOR JUST HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE. DESCRIBED AS AN ENERGISER BUNNY WHO LOVED THE OUTDOORS AS MUCH AS HER JOB, THE HOLE SHE WILL LEAVE IN NELSON'S NETBALL COMMUNITY WAS MADE CLEAR. HER WIT, KNOWLEDGE, LOVE AND PURPLE PUFFER JACKET WILL STAY WITH OUR GIRLS FOREVER. LYN FLEMING WAS AN INCREDIBLE COACH TO HUNDREDS OF YOUNG WOMEN IN THE NELSON REGION, AND SHE WAS A PRETTY DAMN GOOD NETBALL COACH TOO. A LOSS FOR SO MANY... NONE MORE SO THAN HER FAMILY. YOUR MUM HAD PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, AND FOR THAT, I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TIRED, MUM, BUT YOU CAN REST NOW. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. CARRIED OUT TO A LONE PIPER... (PIPER PLAYS BAGPIPE) ...THEN GIVEN A BLISTERING RENDITION OF THE POLICE HAKA... KIA RITE! (ALL EXCLAIM) KIA RITE! (ALL EXCLAIM) KIA MAU! ALL: HI! RINGA PAKIA! ...BEFORE A SOLEMN GUARD OF HONOUR FORMED TO TAKE SENIOR SGT LYN FLEMING TO HER FINAL RESTING PLACE. STAND DOWN, SENIOR. YOUR DUTY IS DONE. AND IMOGEN JOINS US NOW FROM NELSON. IMOGEN, AN EMOTIONAL DAY. IT WAS EMOTIONAL. IT WAS ALSO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL, INCLUDING CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND THE POLICE MINISTER, AND A LARGE DELEGATION FROM AUSTRALIA. A POLICE COMMISSIONER FROM EVERY AUSTRALIAN STATE FLEW HERE FOR THE SERVICE. THIS MORNING THEY CAME TO NELSON POLICE STATION WHERE SHE WORKED. THEY ALL WEEP FOR HER. I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF VICTORIA. HE SAID HE WISH THAT THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF HER IN THE FORCE. SHE WILL BE STRONGLY MISSED. IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AROUND THE WORLD TONIGHT, THE LONG-AWAITED, LONG OVERDUE AND LONGED-FOR NEWS IS SINKING IN THAT ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA IS ENDING. THE CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. THE KILLING IN GAZA THAT HAS CLAIMED NEARLY 47,000 LIVES ` INCLUDING 18,000 CHILDREN ` WILL STOP. THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES WILL START, AS WILL THE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS. THE CEASEFIRE WILL COME INTO FORCE ON MONDAY OUR TIME ` THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE DAY BEFORE DONALD TRUMP'S SWEARING-IN, AND HE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE BEEN JOSTLING TODAY TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH. MEANWHILE, IN GAZA ITSELF, THERE HAS BEEN EXCITEMENT AND RELIEF ON THE STREETS. HERE'S ITV'S JOHN IRVINE. (PEOPLE SING TRIUMPANTLY) TONIGHT, THE PALESTINIANS OF GAZA REDISCOVERED THEIR ABILITY TO CELEBRATE. THEY BELIEVE THAT JANUARY THE 15TH HAS DELIVERED THEIR SALVATION, AND SO THE STREETS BURST INTO LIFE. CROWD: ALLAH HAS WON! ALLAH AS WON! ON SHOW WAS UNBRIDLED JOY, BECAUSE AFTER 467 DAYS OF FAILURE, TODAY WAS THE PEACEMAKER'S DAY TO ANNOUNCE SUCCESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. (CLEARS THROAT) IT'S A VERY GOOD AFTERNOON... BECAUSE, AT LONG LAST, I CAN ANNOUNCE A CEASEFIRE, AND A HOSTAGE DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. AFTER ALL THE DEATH, DESTRUCTION AND HARDSHIP, GAZANS ARE HOPING THAT THIS BREAKTHROUGH HERALDS AN END TO THE WRETCHED AND TERRIFYING EXISTENCE THEY'VE HAD TO ENDURE. WE ARE FACING EVERYTHING BAD IN THESE 15 MONTHS, AND, THANKFULLY, WE ARE STILL ALIVE. WE ARE WAITING FOR THIS... FOR THIS` FOR THIS MOMENTS OF SURVIVAL, ACTUALLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IN THE CENTRE OF TEL AVIV, ON THE PLAZA RENAMED 'HOSTAGE SQUARE', MANY ISRAELIS GATHERED, HOPING TO HEAR THAT THE DREAM THEY'VE BEEN DREAMING FOR 15 MONTHS WAS REALLY COMING TRUE. ANY RELUCTANCE TO BELIEVE IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. (MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC) TRANSLATION: 'SADLY, THIS WAR IS NOT OVER YET, 'AND THE BREAKTHROUGH HAS COME TOO LATE 'FOR THE PALESTINIAN VICTIMS OF THE LATEST ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON GAZA. 'THERE COULD BE MORE OF THESE BOMBINGS TO COME, 'AS PEACE MAY NOT BE REALISED BEFORE SUNDAY, 'WHEN THE CEASEFIRE IS SUPPOSED TO COME INTO EFFECT.' (MEN EXCLAIM) THIS ALL BEGAN WITH HAMAS INFLICTING ON ISRAEL ITS DARKEST EVER DAY, AND ENDED UP BEING THE DEADLIEST WAR EVER FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. (BOOM!) THE CATASTROPHIC LEVELS OF DESTRUCTION AND THE SHOCKING CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL ON THE STRIP REVERBERATED FAR AND WIDE. GAZA'S SYSTEMATIC DEMOLITION THREATENED TO IGNITE THIS REGION, STIRRING OTHER CONFLICTS STRETCHING FROM LEBANON TO IRAN AND YEMEN. NOW, THIS INCENDIARY WAR MAY, AT LONG LAST, BE COMING TO AN END. THE FIRST ISRAELI HOSTAGES SHOULD BE SET FREE SOON, AND THE PROCESS IS LIKELY TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT BRIEF LULL IN THE FIGHTING WAY BACK IN NOVEMBER 2023. HOWEVER, IT'S NOW MORE THAN A YEAR LATER, AND ISRAELI HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT THE NEWLY RELEASED CAPTIVES TO BE IN A FAR WORSE CONDITION THAN THESE PEOPLE WERE, SO HOSTAGES LIKE THE BIBAS FAMILY MAY BE FREE WITHIN DAYS. THE BABY'S SECOND BIRTHDAY IS ON SATURDAY. FOR RELATIVES, THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF ANTICIPATION BEING TANTALISINGLY CLOSE TO A CEASEFIRE HAVE BEEN ANOTHER FORM OF TORTURE. IT'S TIME TO END THIS WAR. IT'S TIME TO PROVE THAT HUMANITY CAN WIN, AND PEOPLE WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES IN THEIR PYJAMAS WILL BE REUNITED WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. HAVING BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END FOR ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS, TONIGHT SHOULD BE ONE OF UNBRIDLED JOY ON THE GAZA STRIP. THEIR NIGHTMARE MAY BE COMING TO AN END, AND SOMETHING OTHER THAN ISRAELI WARPLANES MAY SOON BE ON THEIR HORIZON ` PEACE AND POSSIBILITIES, PERHAPS. WE SAW THERE IN JOHN IRVINE'S STORY PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKING HIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL, BUT DONALD TRUMP WAS ALSO QUICK TO CLAIM CREDIT. HE POSTED ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM. 'THIS EPIC CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT COULD HAVE ONLY HAPPENED 'AS A RESULT OF OUR HISTORIC VICTORY IN NOVEMBER, 'AS IT SIGNALED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD 'THAT MY ADMINISTRATION WOULD SEEK PEACE AND NEGOTIATE DEALS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES.' HE SAID HIS TEAM WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH ISRAEL AND AMERICA'S ALLIES TO MAKE SURE GAZA NEVER AGAIN BECOMES A TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN. ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA DREW IN HEZBOLLAH IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, AND FOR MONTHS IT SEEMED THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST WOULD ERUPT, BECAUSE OF IRAN'S BACKING OF ISRAEL'S ENEMIES. IF ` AND IT IS STILL AN 'IF' ` TODAY'S DEAL DOES BRING LASTING PEACE TO GAZA., COULD IT GO ON TO USHER IN A RESET OF RELATIONS IN THE WIDER REGION? ITV'S ROHIT KACHROO HAS MORE. IT IS NOT ONLY DEATH BUT A RESTLESS TIDE OF DISPLACEMENT WHICH HAVE RUN THROUGH THE PAST 15 MONTHS. BUT OF THE EVACUEES WE JOINED ON THEIR WAY TO QATAR LAST YEAR, EVERYONE SAID THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO GAZA EVENTUALLY. ABDULLAH WAS JUST ONE OF MANY, BUT THE MOST IN NEED OF TREATMENT. (WAILS) FINALLY, HIS FATHER WAS ABLE TO JOIN HIM. AND FROM DOHA TONIGHT, THEY SENT US A VIDEO NOTE TO SAY THEY'VE BEGUN TO DREAM OF A RETURN HOME. BUT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, 'HOME TO WHAT?' DEPENDS IN PART ON WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES DO NEXT. DEPENDS IN PART ON WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES DO NEXT. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL SEE SAUDI ARABIA AS KEY. ITS LEADER RECENTLY SAID ISRAEL WAS COMMITTING A GENOCIDE IN GAZA, BUT IT MIGHT YET AGREE A GROUNDBREAKING DEAL TO NORMALISE RELATIONS. BUT IT MIGHT YET AGREE A GROUNDBREAKING DEAL TO NORMALISE RELATIONS. BUT IT MIGHT YET AGREE A GROUNDBREAKING DEAL THE CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED TODAY OPENS THE DOOR TO BREAKING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS LONG PLAGUED THE REGION IF LEADERS THERE ARE FINALLY PREPARED TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS NECESSARY. RIYADH'S RED LINE WOULD BE THAT ISRAEL SHOULD RECOGNISE A PALESTINIAN STATE. SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE, THERE IS A PATHWAY TOWARDS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. THE BACKDROP IS THE GROWING WEAKNESS OF ITS REGIONAL RIVAL, THE IRANIAN ALLIANCE FRAGMENTING. ITS MAN IN SYRIA OVERTHROWN; IN LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH HIT HARD; AND TONIGHT IN YEMEN, THE HOUTHIS SAID THEY WERE WINDING DOWN THEIR DRONE CAMPAIGN. BUT THIS CONFLICT WILL HAVE ANOTHER LEGACY, SEEN IN THE STANDS AT THE NORTH LONDON DERBY TONIGHT. BALLOONS LAUNCHED IN MEMORY OF THE HOSTAGES. A WAR FOUGHT ACROSS A FEW HUNDRED SQUARE MILES HAS DRAWN SYMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY AROUND THE WORLD. THE PARTIES TO THIS WAR JUDGED BY AN INTERNATIONAL COURT AND BY ORDINARY PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF SHOPLIFTING AGAINST FORMER MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN, THIS TIME FROM A SUPERMARKET. THE ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING INCIDENT HAPPENED AT PAK'NSAVE ROYAL OAK IN LATE 2024. POLICE CONFIRMED TO STUFF A SHOPLIFTING COMPLAINT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID. WE UNDERSTAND GHAHRAMAN, A FORMER GREEN MP, IS THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPLAINT. LAURA'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER, AND IT'S BEEN A WET DAY FOR SOME. YES, BUT IF YOU'RE THINKING, 'IT WAS TOTALLY FINE WHERE I WAS,' THAT'S BECAUSE, FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY, IT WAS... BUT NOT THE CASE IN WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY ` TAURANGA THE WETTEST SPOT SINCE MIDNIGHT, GETTING 19.2MM OF RAIN. THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND AROUND TAUPO AND UP INTO WAIKATO. THAT WILL LARGELY CLEAR TOMORROW. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE RAIN WILL BE RIGHT AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS, THE NEW DATA SHOWING OUR COST OF LIVING CRISIS ISN'T OVER YET, AND BUTTER IS PLAYING A BIG PART IN THE PROBLEM. THE WHOOPING COUGH EPIDEMIC HERE HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A BABY OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. AND LATER, '70S SINGING STAR LINDA NOLAN HAS DIED 20 YEARS AFTER FIRST BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. FIGURES OUT TODAY SHOW FOOD PRICES IN DECEMBER WERE 1.5% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO, PARTLY DRIVEN BY A 50% RISE IN THE PRICE OF BUTTER. AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGES THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS ISN'T OVER. (MAN SPEAKS IN TE REO MAORI) GOVERNMENT MINISTER TAMA POTAKA ATTENDING A CEREMONY IN GISBORNE TODAY TO MARK THE START OF EARTHWORKS FOR 48 NEW RENT-CAPPED HOMES AT THE TE MANO O HAMO DEVELOPMENT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NGATI POROU. HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING GENERALLY IS IN A REAL CRISIS MODE IN NEW ZEALAND, PARTICULARLY WITH AFFORDABLE RENTALS. IT'S ONE OF 12 PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF $82M IT'S ONE OF 12 PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF $82M TO DEVELOP A TOTAL OF 198 AFFORDABLE RENTALS. I THINK WE ALL CAN SEE THAT THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS IS MAKING IT REALLY HARD FOR WHANAU TO AFFORD LIFE. INDEED, OFFICIAL FIGURES OUT TODAY SHOW FOOD PRICES IN DECEMBER WERE 1.5% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT INCREASING OLIVE OIL PRICES ` WHICH WE SAW COME THROUGH IN THIS DATA ` BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN PRICE INCREASES IN BLOCKS OF BUTTER AND 2L BOTTLES OF MILK. THE COST OF A 500G BLOCK OF BUTTER HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 50% COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $6.66. THE SAME-SIZE BLOCK OF BUTTER HAD AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $4.48 IN DECEMBER 2023, THOUGH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRICES WERE DOWN 8%. THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE COMING OFF SOME SUPPLY SHORTAGES DURING 2023, WHEN THERE WERE SOME SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. THE OVERALL 1.5% RISE IN FOOD PRICES CONCIDES WITH A 2.2% INCREASE IN WHAT SUPPLIERS CHARGED FOODSTUFFS SUPERMARKETS IN DECEMBER COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. THOUGH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR THE HEIGHTS OF A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN INFLATION PEAKED. THE MOST RECENT LIFT HAS BEEN DRIVEN A BIT MORE BY AN INCREASE IN, PARTICULARLY, CHILLED FOOD GOODS AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, DAIRY. OF COURSE, WE'VE SEEN MUCH HIGHER INTERNATIONAL DAIRY PRICES THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE COST OF PETROL WAS UP 1.5% IN DECEMBER COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS MONTH, BUT COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, IT'S DOWN 4.1%. WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY WITHOUT RISK. THERE ARE STILL A FEW PARTS OF THE INFLATION GAME THAT ARE STILL PUTTING SOME PRESSURE ON THE ECONOMY. AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY SUBSIDISED AND RENT-CAPPED HOUSING IS STILL IN DEMAND. A BABY DIED FROM WHOPPING COUGH OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, A BABY DIED FROM WHOOPING COUGH OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, THE FIRST DEATH SINCE THE NATIONAL EPIDEMIC WAS DECLARED IN NOVEMBER. THE DEATH COMES AS HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS AOTEAROA CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE EPIDEMIC, WITH 1232 CASES RECORDED FROM OCTOBER 2024 TO JANUARY THIS YEAR. SO FAR, 101 CASES HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED. PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS ARE URGING PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE FOR THEIR TAMARIKI IF THEY HAVE A COUGH ENDING WITH A 'WHOOP' SOUND OR VOMITING. THEY SAY THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST THE PERTUSSIS BACTERIA IS IMMUNISATION. THE CHAIR OF SAMOA'S RULING FAST PARTY HAS ANNOUNCED THE REMOVAL OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIVE OF HER CABINET MINISTERS FROM THE PARTY, BUT THE EMBATTLED PM IS CLINGING ON TO POWER. 20 PARTY MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED FOR THE REMOVAL OF FIAME NAOMI MATA'AFA AND FIVE OTHERS, INCLUDING THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. IT FOLLOWS FIAME RECENTLY SACKING MEMBERS OF HER CABINET, INCLUDING THE CHAIRPERSON, WHO IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES, AND SWEARING IN NEW CABINET MEMBERS. SHE SAID HER OWN PARTY MEMBERS COULD REMOVE HER AS LEADER OF FAST BUT NOT AS PRIME MINISTER. STILL AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` MORE ON THE GAZA PEACE DEAL AS WE TAKE STOCK OF THE TOLL THE WAR HAS TAKEN IN THE REGION. WE MEET A SOUTH AUCKLAND MATHS TEACHER WHO'S MADE THE SHORTLIST FOR A PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AWARD. AND IN SPORT, THE SAIL GP CONTESTANTS FIND OUT IF SIZE MATTERS AS THEY HIT THE AUCKLAND RACECOURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. SENIOR SGT LYN FLEMING, THE FIRST POLICEWOMAN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN NEW ZEALAND, HAS BEEN FAREWELLED AT AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY IN NELSON. AND THE CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS ANNOUNCED TODAY WILL START COMING INTO FORCE ON MONDAY OUR TIME. TODAY'S CEASEFIRE WAS MET WITH JUBILATION AND RELIEF ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER TODAY. FROM THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH IN 2023 TO THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA, THIS CONFLICT HAS EXPOSED BOTH ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS. NEIL CONNERY LOOKS BACK AT A WAR THAT HAS UNLEASHED TERROR, TRAUMA AND DEATH. MORE THAN 460 DAYS OLD; MORE THAN 46,000 PEOPLE DEAD. BUT AT LAST, THIS WAR MAY NOW BE COMING TO AN END. THE BLOODIEST CHAPTER IN THIS LONG-RUNNING INTRACTABLE CONFLICT BEGAN WHEN HAMAS LAUNCHED A BRUTAL ATTACK ON ISRAEL ON OCTOBER THE 7TH 2023, KILLING AT POINT BLANK RANGE, RAPING AND BURNING ON THEIR WAY. 800 OF THE 1200 PEOPLE THEY MURDERED WERE CIVILIANS. 100 PEOPLE FROM THIS KIBBUTZ ARE MISSING OR, UH... OR DEAD. THAT'S, UH... THAT'S UNBEARABLE. THERE ARE ONLY 400 PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE THEY DIDN'T KILL, THEIR 250 HOSTAGES, THERE WAS A LIVING HELL AWAITING IN GAZA. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I FEAR ` THAT SHE'S BEEN HURT. (SIGHS) I DON'T EVEN WANT TO... TO IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HER. (EXPLOSION) THE ISRAELI MILITARY SET ABOUT BRINGING DOWN NOT JUST BUILDINGS, BUT WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOODS, SAYING IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO TARGET HAMAS. THE DEATH TOLL SKYROCKETED. MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE KILLED ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN. (WAILS) WE ARE TERRIFIED. PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE WALKING IN THE STREETS ONLY THINK ABOUT, 'IS THIS HOUSE GOING TO BE BOMBED? 'IS THIS HOUSE GOING TO BE BOMBED?' WHY ARE WE LIVING LIKE THIS? WE DON'T NEED TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS. THE KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS WAVING WHITE FLAGS LEFT THE IDF WITH DIFFICULT QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. TRANSLATOR: WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. HOW WAS HE SHOT? HE WAS CARRYING THE WHITE FLAG ` THE SYMBOL OF PEACE, NOT OF KILLING OR VIOLENCE. 90% OF GAZA'S POPULATION WERE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. MOST BECAME CONFINED TO SMALL TENTED ENCLAVES WHERE SURVIVAL DEPENDED ON AID THAT RARELY CAME. ISRAEL BATTERED HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON INTO A CEASEFIRE WITH THE PAGER PLOT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER YAHYA SINWAR MADE THEM MORE ISOLATED THAN EVER. NOW ISRAEL AND HAMAS APPEAR TO BE ON THE BRINK OF BEING FORCED TO DO WHAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IN MORE THAN 15 MONTHS ` GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. IN WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A NEW ZEALAND FIRST, A SOUTH AUCKLAND MATHS TEACHER HAS MADE THE SHORTLIST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TEACHING AWARD, WHICH IS WORTH AROUND $2 MILLION. THE GEMS EDUCATION GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE IS A COLLABORATION WITH UNESCO, AND THE 50-STRONG SHORTLIST CAME FROM MORE THAN 5000 NOMINATED TEACHERS ACROSS 89 COUNTRIES. KIWI SUBASH CHANDAR K MADE THE CUT. HE IS FROM ORMISTON JUNIOR COLLEGE IN AUCKLAND'S FLATBUSH AND IS ALSO A FINALIST IN THE 2025 NEW ZEALANDER OF THE YEAR LOCAL HERO AWARD. WELL, KIA ORA, SUBASH. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AWARD. WHY IS IT SO SIGNIFICANT? AH, WELL, WHERE DO WE START FROM? UM, TO START OFF, THIS AWARD IS ACTUALLY, UM... CALLED GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE, AND IT'S BEEN CREATED BY THIS FOUNDATION CALLED VARKEY FOUNDATION IN DUBAI, I BELIEVE, IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND, UM, THEIR MAIN GOAL WAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND THE GLOBE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CURRENT CHALLENGES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF TEACHING PROFESSIONS. SO THEY REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK SOME OF THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN DOING. AND JUST TO CELEBRATE US AS A PROFESSION, SO, YEAH. AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. IT MUST HAVE FELT PRETTY GOOD TO BE ON THAT LIST. SO IT COMES WITH THIS MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE... UH, PRIZE MONEY ` NZ$1.8m. WOULD YOU GET THAT PERSONALLY? AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT? I BELIEVE IF YOU DO WIN THE PRIZE, THAT YOU GET IT IN INSTALMENTS. IN TERMS OF WINNING IT, I'VE ACTUALLY NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT THAT FAR AHEAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I RECEIVED THE NEWS, AND I LOOKED AT THE OTHER 49 TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS SEMI-FINALS AS WELL, AND HAVING A LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR PROFILES, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND I'M SITTING THERE THINKING, IF I WAS A JUDGE, I'D PROBABLY GIVE IT TO THAT TEACHER BEFORE ME AT ANY POINT. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU DO THINK, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? UM, AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT KIND OF CONVERTING MY GARAGE INTO, LIKE, A LITTLE TUTORING COMPANY. WELL, NOT A COMPANY, BUT MORE LIKE KIDS THAT CAN'T AFFORD ANY TUTORING THAT THEY COULD JUST COME TO MY PLACE IN THE GARAGE AND JUST TEACH THEM. THAT WAS THE IDEA. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF CONVERTED INTO A MAKERSPACE SO THAT KIDS CAN COME IN AND TINKER WITH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE 3D PRINTING OR LASER CUTTING AND SO ON. ALL THE COOL STUFF. YEAH. SO YOU ARE A MATHS TEACHER AT A COLLEGE, BUT YOU ALSO DO TUTORIALS ONLINE IN THE EVENING. HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH TO KIDS ABOUT MATHS? WELL, THIS IS` THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME NOW. IT'S ALMOST A RITUAL FOR ME. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I'D HAVE TO SAY IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I ACTUALLY DO THE WORK ONLINE IS IT IS PART OF MY TE WHARE TAPA WHA. I'M NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON. YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY KIND OF CONNECTIONS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IN TERMS OF MY SPIRITUAL WELLBEING, ME GIVING BACK TO THESE KIDS ` I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I JUST KNOW THEM BY USERNAMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY THE NCEA RESULTS CAME OUT, AND THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES THAT I GOT FROM SOME OF THESE KIDS SAYING THAT, 'HEY, I PASSED BECAUSE OF YOUR VIDEOS,' AND 'I PASSED BECAUSE OF YOUR TUTORIALS'... OH! ALL RIGHT, I'M DOING SOMETHING RIGHT HERE. THAT IS AMAZING, AND YOU'VE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS. IT IS INFINITY PLUS ONE. THAT'S YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR PARENTS AND KIDS OUT THERE WHO NEED SOME HELP WITH MATHS, MAYBE IN THE LEAD-UP TO EXAMS. SUBASH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE PRIZE. WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT IN FEBRUARY WHEN IT IS ANNOUNCED IN DUBAI. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH. SINGER LINDA NOLAN, WHO FOUND FAME SINGING WITH HER SISTERS IN THE 1970S, HAS DIED TWO DECADES AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. ITV'S CARI DAVIES LOOKS BACK AT LINDA'S LEGACY. # COME ON AND HOLD ME TIGHT. DANCING... # LINDA NOLAN, SEEN HERE WITH THE ERA-DEFINING BOUNCY BLOW-OUT, WAS ONE OF THE SISTERS WHO SANG THEIR WAY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH THIS DISCO CLASSIC. # OOH, I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING. # THE NOLANS BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST BRITISH GROUPS OF THE '70S AND EARLY '80S. # WHO'S GONNA ROCK, GONNA ROCK YOU NOW? # TODAY, THE SIBLINGS SHARED THE NEWS OF LINDA'S PEACEFUL PASSING, DESCRIBING HER AS A POP ICON WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. # AND DANCING IN THE STREET. # AFTER LEAVING THE NOLANS, SHE PURSUED A SOLO CAREER AND LATER FOUND SUCCESS ON THE STAGES OF THE WEST END. FRIENDS AND FELLOW STARS REMEMBER HER TALENT. SHE WAS A POWERHOUSE. SHE HAD THE MOST AMAZING VOICE. SHE WAS SO FUNNY, SO WITTY, AND SUCH A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND A LOVELY LADY. LINDA BECAME A COLUMNIST AND TV PANELLIST, AT TIMES APPEARING ON LOOSE WOMEN ALONGSIDE HER SISTER COLEEN. THIS MORNING, A TRIBUTE WAS PAID TO HER ON THE SHOW. LINDA'S LEGACY EXTENDS BEYOND HER INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. SHE WAS A BEACON OF HOPE AND RESILIENCE. I AM LIVING WITH CANCER, BUT I WILL NOT LET IT DEFINE ME. FOR TWO DECADES, LINDA LIVED WITH CANCER IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. LAST YEAR, SHE REVEALED IT SPREAD TO HER BRAIN. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP THE SHOWBIZ SPARKLE BUT ALSO BECAME A DEDICATED CAMPAIGNER AND HELPED RAISE MILLIONS FOR CHARITY. I THINK SHE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR LOTS OF THINGS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT LINDA IS I THINK SHE'LL CONTINUE TO SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES THROUGH EARLY DIAGNOSIS, THROUGH ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO FOR SCREENING AND SO ON, LONG AFTER TODAY. SAVING LIVES AND SPREADING JOY TO MILLIONS. THAT'S LINDA NOLAN'S LEGACY. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT, AND BAD NEWS FOR THE CHIEFS ALREADY. OLLIE: SUPER RUGBY SEASON HASN'T EVEN KICKED OFF AND THEY WILL LOSE WALLACE SITITI, POSSIBLY FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. HE PICKED UP A KNEE INJURY. A QUIET SURGERY. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THAT. BUT MCMILLAN IS NOT OPTIMISTIC. POSSIBLY NOT WALLACE SITITI AT ALL NEXT SEASON. NOT GOOD NEWS DOWN IN CHIEFS COUNTRY. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON WALLACE SITITI'S INJURY FOR YOU NEXT. PLUS, TEAMS FINALLY GET THE CHANCE TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THIS WEEKEND'S RACECOURSE AHEAD OF AUCKLAND'S SAIL GP DEBUT. AND DEBUTANT TEENAGE KEEPER ALBY KELLY-HEALD HELPS THE PHOENIX TO A RARE CLEAN SHEET TO SECURE A GOALLESS DRAW WITH SYDNEY FC. JUST TWO DAYS OUT FROM THE INAUGURAL AUCKLAND SAIL GP EVENT, TEAMS AND ORGANISING CREWS ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON PREPARATIONS. BUT WITH THE WORLD WATCHING, THE PRESSURE'S NOT JUST ON THE BLACK FOILS TO PERFORM ON HOME WATERS BUT THE CITY OF SAILS TO LIVE UP TO ITS NAME. LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. TWO DAYS OUT FROM THE INAUGURAL SAIL GP AUCKLAND, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR OFF-WATER SMILES AND SELFIES, BUT THERE'LL NO LOVE LOST FROM NOW ON AS TEAMS COMMENCED PRACTICE RACING TODAY, FAMILIARISING THEMSELVES WITH THIS WEEKEND'S RACECOURSE. IT LOOKS PRETTY SMALL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW T-FOILS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT GOING ON. EVERYONE'S STILL LEARNING, SO THAT'LL ADD AN EXTRA LAYER OF CARNAGE I THINK. SO TOO, THE CHANGEABLE AUCKLAND CONDITIONS. IT'S BEEN A WINDY SOU'WESTER HERE IN AUCKLAND ALL SUMMER, AND WE'VE HAD THOSE CONDITIONS SO FAR, BUT THAT'S SET TO CHANGE IN THE COMING DAYS, SO TRYING TO SWITCH INTO RACE MODE IN THE NORWEST DIRECTION. THE CONDENSED COURSE, PROVIDING ADDED CHALLENGES FOR THE SAILORS, BUT ADDED EXCITEMENT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WATCHING ON. IN JUST UNDER 48 HOURS TIME, SOME 12,000 FANS WILL DESCEND ON AUCKLAND'S WAITAMATA HARBOUR. 8000 OF THOSE WILL TAKE A SEAT HERE AT THIS SIX-STOREY GRAND STAND FOR A FRONT ROW SEAT AT THE ACTION ON THE WATER. IT'S ALSO HOPED AN ESTIMATED 10,000 ADDITIONAL VISITOR NIGHTS WILL ALSO PROVIDE A BOOST FOR AUCKLAND'S ECONOMY IN LIEU OF OTHER MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS THIS YEAR. WE'RE FORECASTING A GDP RETURN OF $5.2M FROM HIS EVENT. THERE'S LOAD OF DIFFRERENT VARIABLES, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT AMAZING INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE ON THE WORLD STAGE. AND MICHELLE HOOPER SAYS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT COULD HELP STEER US TOWARDS HOSTING ANOTHER MAJOR SAILING EVENT ` THE AMERICA'S CUP. IT JUST REALLY SHOWCASES OUR CAPABILITY AS A CITY AND A COUNTRY ` WE ARE SET UP READY TO GO. IT'S A PLACE YOU CAN COME BRING BOATS AND WE'RE OFF. BUT IT'S SUCCESS ON THE WATER THE BLACK FOILS ARE AFTER THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE CHANCE TO GO BACK-TO-BACK AT HOME. WE'RE UNDER NO ILLUSIONS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING TO GEL AS A TEAM. IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS, RIGHT, AND IT'S A LONG SEASON, SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS WEEKEND, BUT, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO DO WELL IN FRONT OF HOME FANS. THE FANS HOPING FOR THE SAME OUTCOME TOO. THE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN DEALT A MAJOR BLOW A MONTH OUT FROM THE START OF SUPER RUGBY, WITH STAR LOOSE FORWARD WALLACE SITITI IN DANGER OF MISSING THE ENTIRE SEASON WITH A KNEE INJURY. SITITI PICKED UP THE INJURY ON LAST YEAR'S NORTHERN TOUR; EXACTLY WHEN, THOUGH, IS STILL UNKNOWN. THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS A STANDOUT FOR THE ALL BLACKS LAST YEAR, WINNING WORLD RUGBY'S BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR. WHILE HIS ABSENCE WILL BE A BLOW FOR THE CHIEFS, CLAYTON MCMILLAN IS CONFIDENT OTHERS WILL STEP UP. EVERYONE HAS SEEN HOW HE HAS PLAYED OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. IT IS NEVER NICE TO LOSE PLAYERS OF THAT CALIBRE, BUT EVERY TEAM IS NEVER IMMUNE TO INJURY. YOU GO DEEP INTO THE COMPETITION THROUGH THE STRENGTH OF YOUR SQUAD, NOT INDIVIDUALS, AND WHILE WE WILL MISS HIM, WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER VERY GOOD RUGBY PLAYERS THAT WILL STEP UP. SITITI WILL HAVE SURGERY TOMORROW, AND MCMILLAN EXPECTS TO KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY SOON AFTER. AUCKLAND FC ARE REFUSING TO HIT THE PANIC BUTTON DESPITE AN UNDERWHELMING 1-0 LOSS TO PERTH ` THEIR SECOND GAME IN A ROW WITHOUT VICTORY. THE SIDE WILL NEED TO PICK THEMSELVES UP IN A HURRY, WITH LEAGUE LEADERS MELBOURNE CITY UP NEXT IN AUCKLAND ON SATURDAY. STEVE CORICA FEELS THEIR CURRENT SLUMP IS A GOOD TEST FOR THE GROUP GOING FORWARD. AT SOME STAGE, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A BAD PERIOD. I THINK WE'RE SORT OF GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS HOW WE RESPOND TO IT, AND HOW WE COME OUT OF IT IS THE THING I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. YOU KNOW, WE BOUNCED BACK AFTER OUR LAST LOSS. WE WANT TO DO THE SAME. A VICTORY ON SATURDAY WILL SEE AUCKLAND FC RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE A-LEAGUE TABLE. A FIRST WIN IN NEARLY THREE WEEKS HAS CONTINUED TO EVADE THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX, FORCED TO SETTLE FOR A 0-0 DRAW WITH SYDNEY FC LAST NIGHT. SYDNEY FC LOOKED AS THOUGH THEY'D GET THE BEST SCORING OPPORTUNITY OF THE NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE AWARDED A PENALTY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF, ONLY FOR VAR TO OVERTURN IT. DESPITE THE GOALLESS DRAW, COACH GIANCARLO ITALIANO IS PLEASED WITH THE FIGHT HE SAW AGAINST ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S TOP SIDES. I HATE USING THE CLICHE 'PROUD', BUT, LIKE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FIGHT IN THIS TEAM. ALL THE CHANGES, ALL THE SUBS, INJURIES, INJURIES IN GAMES ` YOU KNOW, WE PUT UP A REALLY GOOD FIGHT AGAINST A REALLY GOOD OPPONENT. THE PHOENIX NOW TRAVEL TO SYDNEY TO FACE MACARTHUR FC ON MONDAY. ANOTHER TOP 10 SEED HAS FALLEN AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, WITH WORLD NUMBER SIX CASPER RUUD SENT PACKING BY CZECH PLAYER JAKUB MENSIK. LAST NIGHT ALSO PRODUCED A FIVE-SET-THRILLER, BUT IT MAY HAVE COME AT A COST TO THE HOPES OF 2022 DOUBLES CHAMPIONS NICK KYRGIOS AND THANASI KOKKINAKIS REUNITING LATER TONIGHT, WITH INJURY CONCERNS FOR BOTH. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. VICTORIES DON'T COME MUCH SWEETER THAN THIS. OH, IT'S A ROCKET TO FINISH IT OFF! BRIT JACK DRAPER COMING FROM 2 SETS TO 1 DOWN TO DEFEAT THANASI KOKKINAKIS, AND DOING IT WHILE COPPING IT FROM THE AUSSIE CROWD. OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE STUFF THEY'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE BACK OF THE COURT AND ALL THAT, LIKE, IT'S` (LAUGHS) YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EASY TO PLAY WITH. BUT HE HAD THE PERFECT REMEDY TO SHUT THEM UP ` WINNING THE BIG POINTS LATE IN THE MATCH. THEY'RE SAYING STUFF AT ME. I'M` YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO SORT OF JUST GIVE IT, LIKE, A BIT OF AN EAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? THERE WAS WORSE NEWS FOR AUSSIE FANS AFTER THE MATCH, KOKKINAKIS AGGRAVATING A PECTORAL INJURY WHICH COULD SEE HIM AND NICK KYRGIOS ` ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL Ks ` PULL OUT OF THEIR FIRST ROUND DOUBLES MATCH TONIGHT. I WON'T BE ABLE TO LIFT MY ARM TOMORROW, SO WE'LL SEE. UNLESS WE'RE BOTH PLAYING WITH UNDERARM SERVES, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY UNLIKELY. LAST NIGHT ALSO SAW ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT'S BIG NAMES BOW OUT EARLY... OH, THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS! ...SIXTH SEED CASPER RUUD BEATEN BY JAKUB MENSIK (19). THERE WERE NO SUCH PROBLEMS FOR TWO OTHER TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES, ALEXANDER ZVEREV WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS; MEANWHILE, NOVAK DJOKOVIC DEFEATED FARIA IN FOUR SETS, THE MATCH PRODUCING ONE OF THE MOST COMICAL POINTS OF THE TOURNAMENT. THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME TO SEE. IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW TWO OF THE TOP SEEDS ADVANCED, COCO GAUFF TOO STRONG FOR BRIT JODIE BURRAGE. ALSO BOOKING A SPOT IN THE THIRD ROUND ` IGA SWIATEK WHO NEEDED JUST AN HOUR TO DEFEAT REBECCA SRAMKOVA. MORE TOP SEEDS ON COURT TONIGHT, BUT WHETHER THE AUSSIES GET ANOTHER DOSE OF THE SPECIAL Ks IS UP IN THE AIR. PLENTY OF ACTION STILL TO COME. LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM, EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE NICK KYRGIOS ON COURT ONE MORE TIME SO FINGERS CROSSED HE CAN ENTERTAIN ONE MORE TIME. THE L.A. FIRES HAVE DISRUPTED THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE AWARDS SEASON, WITH THIS WEEK'S OSCAR NOMINATIONS DELAYED, BUT TODAY, THE SHORTLIST FOR THE BAFTAS WENT AHEAD AS PLANNED, AND AS ITV'S NINA NANAR REPORTS, CONCLAVE, EMILIA PEREZ AND THE BRUTALIST ARE THE BIG WINNERS. (POIGNANT PIANO MUSIC) IT IS AN OLD-STYLE HOLLYWOOD EPIC MORE THAN THREE HOURS LONG, SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING; A FILM ABOUT A HUNGARIAN ARCHITECT WHO SURVIVES THE HOLOCAUST AND COMES TO THE U.S. AFTER THE WAR TO CHASE THE AMERICAN DREAM. THESE ARE YOURS. YES. TELL ME, WHY IS AN ACCOMPLISHED FOREIGN ARCHITECT SHOVELLING COAL HERE IN PHILADELPHIA? TODAY, FRESH FROM ITS GOLDEN GLOBES SUCCESS, THE BRUTALIST WAS AWARDED NINE BAFTA NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING ONE FOR BRITISH ACTRESS FELICITY JONES. PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE WORLD THAT IS SO FULL OF... SO FULL OF INTEGRITY AND A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF CINEMATIC ART, THAT IT HAS COME TO FRUITION AND THAT IT'S SO BELOVED, IS JUST FANTASTIC. WHAT DOES ALL THE AWARDS RECOGNITION MEAN? WELL, I THINK IT'S REMARKABLY HUMBLING AND GRATIFYING TO HAVE YOUR WORK APPRECIATED. IT'S A COMPLEX MOMENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF LOSS AND TRAGEDY WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY, SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO FEEL... CELEBRATORY IN MANY RESPECTS. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) THE POPE IS DEAD. WITH 12 NOMINATIONS, IT IS CONCLAVE, THE VATICAN-BASED DRAMA, THAT RULES ` AMONGST ITS NODS, BEST FILM, BEST ACTOR FOR RALPH FIENNES, AND FOR THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, WHO HAS NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR HIS TEAM. IT'S SUCH A GIFT. IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE, AND TO SHARE THIS GIFT AND SURPRISE WITH SO MANY IS REALLY, REALLY GRATIFYING. OTHER BRITISH HOPEFULS INCLUDE CYNTHIA ERIVO. HER FILM WICKED HAS MADE MORE THAN �500m AT THE BOX OFFICE. NOW IT HAS SEVEN BAFTA NODS. SHE WILL TAKE ON ANOTHER BRIT, MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE, FOR BEST ACTRESS. LOOK AT YOU. FIX YOUR FACE! BUT TO WIN, THEY HAVE TO BEAT KARLA SOFIA GASCON, THE FIRST TRANSGENDER ACTRESS TO GET A BAFTA NOD. HER FILM, EMILIA PEREZ, GETTING 11 NOMINATIONS IN ALL. AND ALL THOSE ACTRESSES WILL TAKE ON THE QUEEN OF THE GOLDEN GLOBES, DEMI MOORE. I'M FINE. EVERYTHING'S FINE. UP FOR HER FIRST BAFTA, THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY SURELY THE MOST HOTLY CONTESTED. LAURA'S HERE WITH FRIDAY'S WEATHER. AND YOU TALKED ABOUT RAIN EARLIER, SO WHERE CAN WE EXPECT THAT? THE FAR NORTH ` SO IF THAT'S YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO PACK AN UMBRELLA TOMORROW. THOSE SHOWERY EASTERLIES WILL REACH WHANGAREI TOO AND THEN AFFECT THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, THE FLOW TENDING NORTHEAST AND STRENGTHENING ON MONDAY. BUT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND IT'S LOOKING MAINLY DRY, WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOUR AREA NEXT. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. LAST NIGHT, I SAID THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO CHANGE LATER IN THE WEEK, AND HERE IT IS. TOMORROW, THERE IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH THERE. YOU CAN SPY A BIT OF IT. IT WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE TOP OF NEW ZEALAND, BRINGING STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND WETTER WEATHER STARTING IN NORTHLAND. THANKFULLY, THE WORST OF IT WILL BE OFFSHORE TO THE EAST. AND FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, PLENTY OF DRY, FINE WEATHER, WITH A BIT OF CLOUD IN EASTERN AREAS. HEADING TO TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND A NICE, CLEAR, MAINLY FINE FRIDAY FOR MOST ` THE MAJORITY OF THE ISLAND STAYING DRY, SAVE FOR A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH, MAINLY ABOUT THE RANGES THERE. QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STRAIT. THE NORTH ISLAND, WHERE THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING CLOUD, WIND AND RAIN. THE CLOUD WILL TRAVEL TOWARDS AUCKLAND AND SPREAD ACROSS INTO PARTS OF WAIKATO AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN RANGES AND CENTRAL HIGH COUNTRY. A FINE DAY FOR AUCKLAND. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR WHITIANGA, BUT A WET DAY IN THE FAR NORTH. AFTERNOON RAIN FOR WHANGAREI, AND HEAVIER FALLS FOR KAITAIA. SOME OVERNIGHT RAIN FOR TAURANGA AND ROTORUA, BUT A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR MOST HERE. A SHOWER OR TWO ABOUT TAUPO AND TOKOROA AFTER LUNCH. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS HERE, AND THOSE WINDS WILL DEVELOP. EASTERLIES FOR EVERYONE BAR GISBORNE, WHERE IT'LL BE MORE SOUEASTERLY. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SHOWER OR TWO EARLY MORNING AND EVENING FOR TAUMARUNUI, BUT FINE FOR EVERYONE ELSE, AND ALL WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND MORE FINE WEATHER HERE. A BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR WESTPORT, AND A CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR REEFTON. AND THAT FINE THEME CONTINUES. AGAIN, THOSE EASTERLIES OR NOR'EASTERS WILL BE STRONGER IN THE MORNING, AND A BIT OF MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD. A CLOUDY MORNING FOR OBAN, BUT OTHERWISE FINE AND DRY FOR MOST. JUST A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR ALEXANDRA, BUT LOOK AT THAT HIGH ` 29. LET'S LOOK AT OUR MAIN CENTRES. AND A FINE AND CALM FRIDAY FOR YOU, DUNEDIN, JUST A BIT OF MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, THOSE NORTHEASTERLIES WILL DEVELOP IN THE MORNING, AND SOME CLOUD BOTH MORNING AND EVENING FOR YOU. TO THE CAPITAL NOW ` AND WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR WELLINGTON TO GET SOME WARMER DAYS, AND TOMORROW YOU'LL REACH 21 ` A FINE FRIDAY WITH LIGHT SOU'EASTERLIES. HAWKE'S BAY, TOMORROW WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY, JUST A CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE MORNING, THEN THOSE FINE SPELLS WILL DEVELOP. A BIT OF EARLY MORNING RAIN BEFORE DAWN FOR YOU, TAURANGA, THEN CLEARING TO A PARTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY WITH EASTERLY WINDS. IT WILL BE DRY WITH A BIT OF CLOUD FOR HAMILTON, WITH JUST SOME LIGHT WINDS, EVERYONE HERE REACHING 26 DEGREES. SOME FRESH EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING FOR AUCKLAND, BUT THEN A FINE DAY WITH HIGH CLOUD. LET'S HEAD TO AUSSIE NOW. AND SOME SHOWERS ABOUT. PERTH HAS GONE FROM A HIGH OF 38 TODAY, DROPPING TO A HIGH OF 28 TOMORROW. AND IN THE PACIFIC A MIXED BAG REALLY ` FINER WEATHER TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THIS GROUP BACK HOME, AND THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE COMING FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING THOSE STRONGER EASTERLY WINDS AND WILL PUSH THAT WET WEATHER SOUTH, SO, NO SURPRISE, RAIN AND WIND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK, SO A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND CLOUDIER FOR EASTERN AREAS, WITH SOME MORE SHOWERS. IT'S LOOKING REASONABLY DRY FOR TAUPO THOUGH. CLEARER SKIES HERE AND DRY WEATHER AHEAD, WHANGANUI REACHING 28, AND, WELLINGTON, YOUR ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, WITH EASTERLY WINDS. GENERALLY DRY AND FINE OUTLOOK FOR YOU; PARTLY CLOUDY IN SOME PLACES, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH IS LOOKING LOOKING WET. CLOUDY SATURDAY FOR MOST, BUT THEN SHOULD CLEAR TO A PARTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY, FINING UP INTO THE WORKING WEEK. AND LASTLY ` A STUNNING SNAP OF THE BULLER RIVER IN MURCHISON TODAY SENT IN BY DIANE, NAILING THE REFLECTION OF THOSE CUMULUS CLOUDS. SOMETHING I CAN NEVER DO. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. 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 BRIGIT KELLY AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025