SHANE RETI IS DUMPED AS HEALTH MINISTER, WITH SIMEON BROWN STEPPING UP ` WE GO THROUGH THE WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE PM'S BIG RESHUFFLE.YOU THERE ARE EQUAL PARTS HOPE AND APPREHENSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH THE GAZA CEASEFIRE SET TO BEGIN IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR. AND DRAMA ON THE WATER AS AUCKLAND'S FIRST SAIL GP EVENT COMES TO A THRILLING END WITHOUT THE KIWI TEAM IN THE FINAL. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. MALO E LELEI. WELCOME TO THREENEWS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS UNVEILED A NEW-LOOK CABINET FOR 2025, IN A SURPRISE RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON, STARTING WITH SIMEON BROWN WHO IS NOW THE HEALTH MINISTER ` A PORTFOLIO THAT'S BEEN STRIPPED FROM SHANE RETI, THOUGH RETI WILL REMAIN IN CABINET, RESPONSIBLE FOR SCIENCE, STATISTICS AND UNIVERSITIES. CHRIS BISHOP HAS PICKED UP SIMEON BROWN'S TRANSPORT PORTFOLIO, WHILE FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS IS NOW IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. RISING STAR JAMES MEAGER, A FIRST TERM MP, HAS BEEN PROMOTED, TAKING ON SEVERAL NEW PORTFOLIOS, INCLUDING THE BRAND NEW ROLE OF MINISTER FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. MELISSA LEE, MEANWHILE, HAS LOST ALL OF HER PORTFOLIOS AND IS NO LONGER A MINISTER. SHE WAS DEMOTED FROM CABINET LAST YEAR OVER HER HANDLING OF TURMOIL IN THE MEDIA SECTOR. SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH HAS MORE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. NOT SO MUCH 'NEW YEAR NEW ME', IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE WE PUT GROWTH AS OUR NUMBER ONE. BUT 'NEW YEAR NEW TEAM' FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. THAT FRESH FOCUS ALSO MEANS REFRESHING MY TEAM. THAT FRESH FOCUS ALSO MEANS REFRESHING MY TEAM. HIS DESIRED HEADLINE WAS ECONOMY ` GIVING HIS FINANCE MINISTER A NEW JOB OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ` BUT THE REAL STORY WAS IN HEALTH, I WANT ROOFLESS FOCUS ON EXECUTION AND HEALTHCARE. I WANT RUTHLESS FOCUS ON EXECUTION AND HEALTHCARE. AND A RUTHLESS FOCUS REQUIRED A RUTHLESS RESHUFFLE ` DR SHANE RETI DEMOTED, AND THE MAN FOR THAT JOB... IS SIMEON BROWN. THIS IS SOMEWHAT HERB SPEED HAS HOLIDAYS DOING VACCINATIONS IN THE THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT HOLIDAYS DOING VACCINATIONS IN THE PACIFIC. IT IS THE BASICS OF CAN I SEE MY GP, CAN I ACCESS THAT SPECIALIST, CAN I GET THAT ELECTIVE SURGERY DONE, CAN I GET THAT TREATMENT ` THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO, I THINK SIMEON BROWN HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND TRANSPORT. I'M NOT FROM THE SECTOR, I AM NOT A UNION ORGANISER, I AM DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE ACCESS TO TIMELY HEALTHCARE. THE HEALTH SYSTEM HAS BEEN POLITICALLY PLAGUED FOR DECADES, BUT FOR NATIONAL IT WAS BECOMING OVERWHELMING ` HOSPITALS OPERATING WITHOUT DOCTORS OVERNIGHT, BLOWN-OUT BUDGETS, FRONTLINE WORKERS SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING, LONG WAIT TIMES, TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTESTING A PROPOSED SCALE-BACK OF THE DUNEDIN HOSPITAL REBUILD, AND THE BUNGLED CANCER DRUG POLICY DRIVING A LACK OF CONFIDENCE FROM THE PUBLIC. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAD EXPRESSED FULL CONFIDENCE IN SHANE RETI THESE PERSONNEL CHANGES DON'T COVER UP THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM, WHICH IS THAT THE BUDGET IS INTO SUFFICIENT TO GIVE THEM THE SERVICE THAT THEY DESERVE. IN DECEMBER. YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN SHANE RETI? YES I DO, I THINK HE IS DOING A DIFFICULT JOB WELL. I HAVE NOT LOST CONFIDENCE IN HIM, HE IS TO GO TO DO A GREAT JOB AND SCIENCES. WHAT WE NEED IS THE EXPERIENCE AND DELIVERY AND EXECUTION. RETI WASN'T THE ONLY CASUALTY, MELISSA LEE REMOVED AS A MINISTER TO MAKE WAY FOR FRESH TALENT ` RISING STAR JAMES MEAGER WILL BECOME MINISTER OF HUNTING AND FISHING, YOUTH AND THE SOUTH ISLAND. IS MAKING JAMES MEAGER THE MINISTER FOR THE ALPHA ISLAND AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT YOU HAVE LOST THE MAINLAND. WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON THE MAINLAND ` WE HAVE TWO ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. NATIONAL SUFFERED A MAJOR NEW YEAR BLOW THIS WEEK, WITH A CURIA POLL SHOWING THEY'D PLUNGED FOUR POINTS TO 29.4%, TRAILING LABOUR WHO HAD JUMPED TO 30.9%, TRAILING LABOUR WHO HAD JUMPED TO 30.9%, WITH A POLL RESULT THAT LOW, ARE YOU WORRIED? WE ARE FOCUSED ON NEW ZEALANDERS AND MAKING SURE... SHRUGGING OFF ANY SUGGESTION THAT HIS RESHUFFLE WAS A PANICKED POLL RESPONSE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THERE IS NO DISGRUNTLEMENT AND HIS CAUCUS. USUALLY THESE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. USUALLY DETAILS LINK HEAD OF TIME LIKE THIS ONE. THAT POLL RESULT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST ONE, IT IS WORRYING. WHETHER OR NOT LUXON CAN TAKE IMMUNITY FOR GRANTED HEADING INTO 2025 RUSSELL MARSHALL, A FORMER LABOUR CABINET MINISTER AND HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE UK, HAS DIED. MARSHALL WAS ELECTED AS THE LABOUR MP FOR WHANGANUI IN 1972. HE LATER SERVED AS AS EDUCATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER. FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK PAID TRIBUTE TO THE 88-YEAR-OLD ON X, SAYING MARSHALL WAS ALWAYS A PRINCIPLED VOICE. IT IS NOW LESS THAN 90 MINUTES UNTIL THE GAZA CEASEFIRE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN. TRUCKS ARE LINING UP AT BORDER CROSSINGS; AID AGENCIES ARE POISED TO PROVIDE RELIEF. ONE UN AGENCY SAYS IT IS HOLDING ITS BREATH WITH HOPE, BUT WHILE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS PRAISING THE DEAL, HE'S WARNED HE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESUME FIGHTING IF THE DEAL FALLS APART, AND IF HE DOES, HE SAYS ISRAEL WILL DO IT IN NEW, FORCEFUL WAYS, RUWANI PERERA HAS THE LATEST. (EXPLOSION) AS THE HOURS TICKED DOWN TO A TRUCE IN THIS WAR, ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES CONTINUE TO RAIN DOWN ON GAZA. ISRAEL CLAIMS IT STRUCK OVER 50 TERROR TARGETS THIS WEEKEND. MORE THAN 100 GAZANS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE CEASEFIRE DEAL WAS REACHED LAST WEEK. THE LATEST CASUALTIES INCLUDE A COUPLE AND THEIR THREE SONS ` AGED TWO, FOUR AND SEVEN ` KILLED IN THEIR TENT IN THE SO-CALLED 'HUMANITARIAN ZONE' SOUTH OF THE GAZA STRIP. IT'S CLEAR THIS CEASEFIRE IS A TENUOUS TRUCE WITH MANY CONDITIONS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLS THE DEAL TEMPORARY, SAYING ISRAEL MAINTAINS THE RIGHT TO RESUME THE WAR AT ANY TIME. BUT INCOMING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RECKONS HE WILL MAKE SURE THE CEASEFIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HOLDS. IT'S A NERVOUS WAITING GAME ON BOTH SIDES. OVERNIGHT, THE FAMILIES OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES GATHERED IN A TEL AVIV SQUARE, AS THEY HAVE DONE EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS, WONDERING IF THEIR RELATIVES ARE ONE OF THE 33 EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY TONIGHT. MEANWHILE, IN THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED WEST BANK, THIS FATHER IS HOPING HIS SON IS ONE OF ALMOST 2000 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS OF WAR ALSO BEING RELEASED OVER THE COMING WEEKS. THE DEAL INCLUDES A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN AID TO GAZA, PROMISING 600 TRUCKLOADS A DAY. EGYPT IS READYING ITSELF, FREEING UP HUNDREDS OF HOSPITAL BEDS TO TAKE IN THOSE NEEDING MEDICAL HELP. THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CEASEFIRE SHOULD SEE ISRAELI TROOPS' TOTAL WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA, BUT THAT SEEMS A LONG WAY OFF. HOW IT WILL REBUILD FROM THE RUBBLE AND WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE ARE ALL QUESTIONS FOR ANOTHER DAY, BECAUSE REUNITING SOME OF THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THIS BLOODY WAR... (MAN SINGS POIGNANTLY) ...WITH THOSE CLOSEST TO THEM, IS WHAT MATTERS MOST TODAY. TIKTOK HAS GONE OFFLINE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE POPULAR VIDEO APP HAS STOPPED WORKING THERE ` A FEDERAL LAW BANNING AMERICAN COMPANIES FROM HOSTING OR DISTRIBUTING TIKTOK IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT FROM TOMORROW OUR TIME. U.S. USERS CANNOT NOW ACCESS THE APP, INSTEAD GETTING A MESSAGE MENTIONING THE NEW LAW, AND SAYING: 'WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 'HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL WORK WITH US ON A SOLUTION ` 'PLEASE STAY TUNED.' AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE NEEDED HOSPITAL TREATMENT AFTER FALLING FROM A SKI LIFT AT A SPANISH RESORT. WITNESSES SAY A CABLE APPEARED TO COME LOOSE, CAUSING THE LIFT TO ROCK VIOLENTLY, THROWING PEOPLE INTO THE AIR. FOUR RESCUE HELICOPTERS AND 10 AMBULANCES WERE CALLED OUT, WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED. BACK HERE, SMOKE FROM A FIRE ON M?NGERE MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT SMOKE FROM A FIRE ON MANGERE MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT DRIFTED AS FAR WEST AS PIHA BEACH. DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS SPENT HOURS BATTLING THE 3ha BLAZE. AN EMERGENCY MOBILE ALERT WAS SENT TO THOSE LIVING WITHIN 2km SOUTHWEST OF THE MAUNGA. THIS MORNING, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SAID THE FIRE HAD BEEN CONTAINED. LOCALS GATHERED TO LOOK AT THE CHARRED FOLIAGE WHERE THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED. FOUR PILOT WHALES HAVE DIED AFTER STRANDING AT GOLDEN BAY ON THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION SAID 30 WHALES HAD STRANDED NEAR TAUPATA STREAM, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ONE OF THOSE STRANDED PASSED AWAY QUICKLY. THE WHALES REFLOATED THEMSELVES LAST NIGHT, BUT THIS MORNING, VOLUNTEERS FOUND THEM BEACHED AGAIN. THREE HAD DIED AND ANOTHER 30 WERE STRANDED. THIS AFTERNOON, DOC SAID IT WAS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT THE WHALES. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT ` AND THE BLACK FOILS CAN'T GET IT DONE AT HOME? WE ARE ALWAYS CHASING THE GAME UNFORTUNATELY. CREDIT TO THE AUSSIES HE WANTED TO GET THE VICTORY ON NEW ZEALAND DAUGHTERS. WATERS. THEY WERE VERY CONSISTENT. WE'RE LIVE TO AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT NEXT AS AUSTRALIA SOAK UP VICTORY ON THE WAITEMATA AFTER PETER BURLING AND THE BLACK FOILS FAIL TO MAKE UP ENOUGH GROUND TO EVEN MAKE THE FINAL. AND ` WHAT FORM SLUMP? AUCKLAND FC PUT MELBOURNE CITY TO THE SWORD IN THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON. All done, Ash? Yep, and not just with the playground, but the help of Xero accounting software, I can keep my cash flow flowing. Woah! By giving my customers more ways to pay. (LIVELY MUSIC) Thanks, Ash. Plus, I can see what's coming in and going out. So I can focus on... ...growing my business. (LIVELY MUSIC CONTINUES) It's business supercharge! Search Xero with an X. HAVING FOUND THEMSELVES IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY WITH JUST ONE WIN IN THEIR PREVIOUS FIVE GAMES, AUCKLAND FC HAVE WELL AND TRULY CLOSED THE BOOK ON THAT FORM SLUMP. LAST NIGHT'S 3-0 DEMOLITION OF TOP-OF-THE-TABLE MELBOURNE CITY SENT A MESSAGE TO THE REST OF THE LEAGUE AUCKLAND FC ARE WELL AND TRULY BACK. IN FRONT OF NEARLY 15,000 HOME FANS, AUCKLAND FC WERE DESPERATE FOR A SPARK TO GET THEM BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE. AFTER JUST HALF AN HOUR, GUILLERMO MAU CERTAINLY IGNITED THINGS. GUILLERMO MAI CERTAINLY IGNITED THINGS. GUILLERMO MAI! WHAT A STRIKE FROM MAI! MAI'S WONDER STRIKE BEGAN WHAT WOULD BE AN EVENING OF DOMINANCE FROM AUCKLAND FC. ESPECIALLY TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER LAST WEEK AS WELL IN PERTH ` AND THEY'RE A GOOD SIDE AS WELL. SO TO SCORE THREE GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF ESPECIALLY` PUT ON A GOOD PERFORMANCE OVERALL THE WHOLE 90 MINUTES. THAT MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT ` AUCKLAND WERE AT THEIR VERY BEST. MAX MATA WENT CLOSE TO DOUBLING THE LEAD LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER. GOOD BALL` AND MATA! WHILE HE WAS KEPT OUT ON THAT OCCASION, NANDO PIJNAKER WOULDN'T BE DENIED MOMENTS LATER. AND LASHED INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET BY NANDO PIJNAKER! MATA ONCE AGAIN HAD THE CHANCE TO EXTEND THE LEAD. INTO A DANGEROUS AREA. BUT DESPITE A SECOND SHOT ON GOAL SAVED, AUCKLAND HAD THEIR TAILS UP, MELBOURNE CITY THEIR HEADS DOWN, AND WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL, MATA, THIRD TIME LUCKY, SUNK THEM ON THE STROKE OF HALF-TIME. IT'S BACK AT THREE! WHILE THE SECOND HALF DIDN'T BRING THE SAME GOAL-SCORING OPPORTUNITIES, AUCKLAND KEPT THE PRESSURE ON. HE' TEED IT UP! BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET TO BREAK THROUGH FOR A FOURTH. CRUCIALLY, THOUGH, NEITHER COULD MELBOURNE CITY. WE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO KEEP CLEAN SHEETS, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CAN SCORE THREE GOALS AS WELL, IT'S A REALLY GOOD DAY. IT WAS EXACTLY THE CONFIDENCE BOOST STEVE CORICA'S SIDE WAS LOOKING FOR, HAVING WON JUST ONCE IN THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES. BUT THINGS WON'T GET ANY EASIER ` TOP OF THE TABLE ADELAIDE UP NEXT. IT'S A MASSIVE GAME. ADELAIDE ARE DOING REALLY WELL, PLAYING SOME GOOD FOOTBALL. AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GO IN ADELAIDE ` IT'S A GREAT FOOTBALL STADIUM, AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR SUPPORTERS RIGHT BEHIND THEM, SO THAT'S OUR NEXT CHALLENGE. ...ONE AUCKLAND FC APPEAR TO BE RIGHT UP FOR. WORLD NUMBER ONE ARYNA SABALENKA HAS CRUISED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS, WITH A DOMINANT STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY OVER MIRRA ANDREEVA. SABALENKA HARDLY BROKE A SWEAT IN THE FIRST SET AND WAS AT HER DOMINANT BEST AS SHE CRUISED THROUGH IT 6-1. IT WAS A SIMILAR STORY IN THE SECOND ` SABALENKA'S TITLE DEFENCE REMAINING ON TRACK WITH A 6-1, 6-2 VICTORY. DELIVERED. AT THIS YEAR'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN, WE WERE HOPING FOR MORE. ON TOP FORM. THIRD SEED COCO GAUFF DIDN'T QUITE DO IT AS EASY, COMING BACK FROM A SET-DOWN TO ADVANCE 5-7, 6-2. THE BLACK FOILS HAVE FAILED TO FIRE ON SUPER SUNDAY OF THE INAUGURAL AUCKLAND SAIL GRAND PRIX. STARTING THE DAY JUST ONE POINT OUTSIDE THE TOP THREE, THE PRESSURE WAS ON THE KIWIS TO PULL OFF A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY TOOK TIME TO FIND THEIR FORM, AND IT WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE AS AUSTRALIA RULED THE WATERS OF THE WAITEMATA. LUCY THOMSON WAS THERE. KIWI SAILING FANS, CLOSE YOUR EYES, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS IS RATHER HARD TO WATCH... THEY'D RATHER SEE BLACK FOILS, BUT THEY'RE GREEN AND GOLD AS THEY COME, TO THE LINE, THE EMIRATES WINNING MOMENT GOES TO THE AUSTRALIANS. ...OUR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS AUSTRALIA CLAIMING BRAGGING RIGHTS ON KIWI WATERS AS THE FLYING ROOS SURGED HOME TO CLAIM THEIR FIRST VICTORY OF THE 2025 SAILGP SEASON ` THE KIWIS FORCED TO WATCH ON AFTER MISSING OUT ON A SPOT IN THE WINNER-TAKES-ALL FINAL. STARTING THE DAY OUTSIDE THE TOP THREE, BEHIND AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAAN AND SPAIN, THE KIWIS HAD SOME MAKING UP TO DO AFTER TAKING SOME TIME TO FIND THEIR FORM ON DAY ONE. THE BLACK FOILS NEEDED TO MAKE UP THE ONE-POINT DEFICIT TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF MAKING THE THREE-BOAT FINAL. ONCE AGAIN IT WAS A SLOW START FOR THE KIWIS IN FLEET RACE FIVE, BUT DRIVER PETER BURLING TIMED HIS RUN TO PERFECTION... THE BLACK FOILS, THEY HAVE SUCH A SENCE OF TIMING. THEY HAVE SUCH A SENSE OF TIMING. RECOVERING FROM SEVENTH TO SQUEEZE HOME IN FOURTH AND COLLECT CRUCIAL POINTS IN THE RACE TO THE FINAL ` MUCH TO THE CROWD'S RELIEF. THE CHARGE IS ON, AND IT LOOKS LIKE PETER BURLING IS GOING TO HOLD THAT LINE. IT WAS DEJA VU IN RACE SIX AS AUSTRALIA SHOT OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS, ONCE AGAIN ALL BUT BOOKING THEIR TICKET TO THE FINAL, LEAVING NEW ZEALAND IN THEIR WAKE. SLINGSBY IS ON FIRE TODAY! THE KIWIS, ON THE OTHER HAND, CHIPPING AWAY FOR A SIXTH-PLACE FINISH, HEADING INTO THE FINAL FLEET RACE OF THE DAY. THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM A SHOT STILL TO MAKE THE FINAL ` OH, ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL POINTS GAINED THERE IN THE FINISH. BUT NOT EVEN A SECOND PLACE FINISH WAS ENOUGH TO SECURE THE KIWIS A SPOT IN THE FINAL, MISSING OUT BY TWO POINTS. THEY JUST HAVEN'T STARTED WELL ENOUGH THIS WEEKEND ` SIMPLE FACTS. BUT WITH THE NEXT STOP IN SYDNEY, THERE'S A CHANCE FOR THE KIWIS TO SEEK REVENGE. LUCY IS WITH US NOW FROM AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT ` LUCY, NOT QUITE THE RESULT THE BLACK FOILS WERE HOPING FOR? NOT QUITE THE RESULT THE BLACK FOILS WERE HOPING FOR? NOT BY ANY MEANS. WE HAD A TIME AND AGAIN IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS EVENT, THE BLACK FOILS WERE DESPERATE TO MAKE IT INTO THE FINAL RACE AND DESPERATE TO DELIVER A VICTORY IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE, BUT HERE IS BLAIR TUKE. WE UNDERSTAND THERE WERE TECHNICAL ISSUES TODAY. FIRST OFF, DISAPPOINTMENT NOT TO MAKE THE FINAL, LIKE YOU SAY, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF OUR HOME FANS, WE WANTED NOTHING MORE. TO BE HONEST, WE DIDN'T SELL OUR BEST THIS WEEKEND, TECH ISSUES ASIDE, TO TALK ABOUT THOSE, WE HAD SOME CONTROL ISSUES WITH THE WING, ON THE FIRST RACE, THAT LED INTO URGENT REPAIRS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND RACE,' WHICH MEANT WE WERE LATE FOR THE SECOND START, WE FOUND � A WORKAROUND, BUT IT MADE MY JOB MUCH HARDER AND CHALLENGING CONDITIONS. IN THAT LAST RACE, WE HAD A CHANCE, WE SAILED A PRETTY GOOD RACE, BUT MISSED OUT BY A COUPLE OF POINTS, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES. HOW MUCH HUNGRIER DOES MAKE YOU TO WIN? WE HAD MODEST EXPECTATIONS, WE ARE A NEW CREW STILL, THE FIRST EVENT WAS NOT MUCH FLYING TIME IN DUBAI, SO THIS WAS A CHANGEUP, REAL EPIC CONDITIONS ON THE WAITEMATA ` WE'RE GELLING NICELY AS A TEAM, SO THAT FOUNDATION IS THERE. WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKING THE FINAL IN SYDNEY. THAT'S IT FROM HERE IN AUCKLAND ` AS YOU HEARD, THE ATTENTION TURNS TO SYDNEY IN THREE WEEKS TIME. NOT THE RESULT FOR THE BLACK FOILS BUT A GREAT WEEKEND AT THE SAIL GP. EXACTLY. MURCHISON WAS THE HOTTEST PLACE IN THE COUNTRY TODAY ` 27.9 DEGREES. I'LL HAVE YOUR MONDAY WEATHER NEXT, AS WELL AS A SELECTION OF ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL WEEKEND WEATHER PHOTOS. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK ` YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING ` SIMEON BROWN IS THE NEW HEALTH MINISTER, WITH PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON ANNOUNCING WHAT HE CALLS A REFRESHED LINE-UP FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE IS DUE TO TAKE EFFECT THIS EVENING OUR TIME, BUT THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE RETAINS THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO FIGHTING. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. PLANNING A ROAD TRIP, REMEMBER TO TAKE BREAKS ` AND PLAN YOUR ROUTE.L A MOIST EASTERLY FLOW STRENGTHENS TOMORROW, AFFECTING THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WHILE A RIDGE AFFECTS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, MAINLY INLAND, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE AND DRY MONDAY FOR MOST POPULATED PLACES. RAIN IN NORTHLAND, WITH POSSIBLY HEAVY FALLS. SHOWERS IN THE EAST, BUT ALSO FOR AUCKLAND AND COROMANDEL PENINSULA LATER. PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE, BUT GENERALLY FINE FROM TARANAKI TO WELLINGTON. RAIN, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY, FOR KAITAIA. A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AUCKLAND, THEN WIDESPREAD RAIN BY THE EVENING. HAMILTON THE ONLY PLACE TO AVOID THE WET STUFF. AND IT'S LOOKING TO BE A DRY MONDAY HERE ` EASTERLY OR NOREASTERLY WINDS AND SOME CLOUDY PERIODS FOR EVERYONE. A CHANCE OF A MORNING DRIZZLE FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND DANNEVIRKE, AND CLOUD ABOUT FOR EVERYONE HERE, AND AGAIN THOSE EASTERLY WINDS. TO THE WEST, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAINLY FINE DAY ` SOME AREAS OF MORNING CLOUD. WELLINGTON, THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE AT NIGHT. THOSE WHO HAVE THE ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND OFF ` ENJOY IT. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND SUN SYMBOL CENTRAL ` TRIES SAYING THAT FAST. A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR REEFTON, AND THOSE WINDS WILL DEVELOP HEADING INTO THE EVENING FOR NELSON AND HOKITIKA OUT EAST, AND A BEAUTIFUL MONDAY FOR YOU ` MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF EARLY MORNING CLOUD, BUT A FINE DAY. THOSE EASTERLIES WILL DEVELOP FROM THE AFTERNOON AND IT'S LOOKING GOOD HERE TOO. SOME EVENING HIGH CLOUD IN PARTS, AND DUNEDIN, THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL GET STRONGER FROM AFTER LUNCH. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, AND PARTLY CLOUDY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY ` MELBOURNE WITH A HIGH OF 30, AND SHOWERS FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN PARTS. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER PHOTOS. I'M LAURA TUPOU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025