EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AS THE FIRST ISRAELI HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED BY HAMAS, AND DISPLACED GAZANS RETURN HOME TO THEIR DEVASTATED NEIGHBOURHOODS. DONALD TRUMP HAS SPENT THE EVE OF HIS INAUGURATION PARTYING WITH KID ROCK AHEAD OF WHAT'S PROMISING TO BE A FRENETIC FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, DUBBED 'PRESIDENTIAL SHOCK AND AWE'. EX GLORIAVALE MEMBERS SAY THEY'RE SICKENED BY AN APOLOGY FOR HISTORIC ABUSE, CALLING IT 'HOLLOW' AND 'SPIN'. AND THE BLACK FOILS FAILED TO FIRE, BUT AUCKLAND'S CELEBRATING A SUCCESSFUL FIRST SAIL GP. SO WILL THE CITY BECOME A LONG-TERM HOST? CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND CHELSEA BRADY. 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. AFTER APPEARING TO BE ON THE VERGE OF COLLPASE, A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS COME INTO EFFECT AND IS HOLDING ` FOR NOW. THE BEGINNING OF THE TRUCE WAS DELAYED FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE LAST NIGHT OUR TIME ` EARLY THIS MORNING IN GAZA ` BUT EXTRAORDINARY SCENES HAVE FOLLOWED TODAY. THREE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, 90 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS FREED BY ISRAEL, AND A FRAGILE PEACE HAS BEEN RESTORED TO GAZA. BUT WE DO WARN ` THERE ARE CONFRONTING IMAGES IN THIS REPORT FROM SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER. (CROWD CLAMOURS, SHOUTING) GAZA SQUARE WAS OVERRUN WITH SURGING CROWDS. THE MASKED GUNMEN OF HAMAS EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWS TO ASSERT THEIR CONTROL. AND BARELY VISIBLE, AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL, THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES TOOK THEIR FIRST STEPS TOWARD SAFETY. FREEDOM HAS RARELY APPEARED SO FRIGHTENING. (SHOUTING) IN THEIR FINAL MINUTES TOGETHER, THE WOMEN WERE HANDED BAGS BY THEIR CAPTORS CONTAINING MEMENTOS ` SOUVENIRS OF THEIR NIGHTMARE ` BEFORE BEING DRIVEN OUT OF GAZA BY THE RED CROSS AND DELIVERED TO THE ISRAELI ARMY. BARGAINING CHIPS OF THIS WAR NOW SURVIVORS AGAINST ALL ODDS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THIS WAS THE SCENE IN TEL AVIV'S HOSTAGE SQUARE WHEN THE NEWS CAME THROUGH. (ALL SING CHEERFULLY) AND THIS WAS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE HOSTAGES WILL EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST FEW NIGHTS OF FREEDOM. FROM THE CLUTCHES OF HAMAS INTO THE SAFE ARMS OF LOVED ONES. (SOBS) THESE REUNIONS FELT TOO OUT OF REACH TO EVEN HOPE FOR JUST A WEEK AGO. THE FREED HOSTAGES ARE ROMI GONEN (24), WHO WAS KIDNAPPED AS SHE TRIED TO FLEE FROM THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 7TH; DORON STEINBRECHER (31), A VETERINARY NURSE WHO WAS KIDNAPPED FROM HER HOME; AND EMILY DAMARI, A 28-YEAR-OLD DUAL BRITISH AND ISRAELI CITIZEN WHO WAS TAKEN FROM THE SAME KIBBUTZ. PICTURED HERE WITH HER MUM, HER ORDEAL COST HER AT LEAST TWO FINGERS, BUT STILL, HER SMILE HAS ENDURED. THE CEASEFIRE HAS GONE INTO EFFECT IN GAZA, AND TODAY, WE'RE SEEING HOSTAGES BEING RELEASED ` THREE ISRAELI WOMEN HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL IN THE DARK TUNNELS FOR 470 DAYS. IN EXCHANGE, 90 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL. (SHOUTING, CLAMOUR) THIS BUS CARRIED WOMEN AND TEENAGERS WHO HAD BEEN LOCKED UP WITHOUT TRIAL TO FREEDOM AS SUPPORTERS CLIMBED ON TOP, WELCOMING THEM HOME. PALESTINIANS EMBRACING A JOY THEY'VE BEEN STARVED OF FOR SO LONG AFTER MONTHS OF GRIEF AND AN AGONISING START TO THE DAY. THE CEASEFIRE WAS DELAYED BY THREE HOURS THIS MORNING, AND WHILE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES WAITED FOR HAMAS TO NAME THE HOSTAGES ABOUT TO BE FREED, THEY USED THE EXTRA TIME TO KILL. (SPEAKS ARABIC) UNSURE PEACE WOULD EVER ARRIVE IN GAZA BUT DESPERATE TO BELIEVE IT WOULD, DISPLACED FAMILIES STARTED THE JOURNEY HOME. 'EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED,' THIS WOMAN SAYS, WALKING AMONGST THE RUINS OF HER OLD LIFE. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) 'DO YOU HEAR THE SHELLING?' SHE ASKS. 'THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED.' BUT BY MID-MORNING, THE TRUCE WAS ENACTED, THE SKIES FINALLY FREE OF MISSILES. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'THIS IS A DREAM COMING TRUE,' THIS MAN SAYS. 'WE HAVE DIED A MILLION TIMES.' TONIGHT, THE DEAL REMAINS FRAGILE. THERE IS STILL NO AGREEMENT ON WHO WILL TAKE CHARGE OF GAZA, AND HAMAS HAS RETURNED TO THE STREETS IN AN UNMISTAKEABLE SHOW OF FORCE, LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THAT DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES, THEY REMAIN THE DOMINANT POWER ON THE STRIP. HISTORY SHOWS THAT AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH CAUTIOUS HOPE HAVE COME AND GONE MANY TIMES BEFORE. BUT FOR NOW, THERE IS PEACE. IN WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND INAUGURATION IS NOW JUST HOURS AWAY, AND RHETORIC IS RAMPING UP AROUND THE EXPECTATION HE WILL IMPLEMENT AROUND 100 EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DAY ONE IN OFFICE. IT MIGHT BE BITTERLY COLD IN AMERICA'S CAPITAL TONIGHT, BUT TRUMP IS GETTING A WARM WELCOME AHEAD OF HIS BIG DAY. ITV'S DAN RIVERS HAS MORE. (OPERATIC MUSIC PLAYS) DONALD TRUMP CHOSE TO START HIS TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO WASHINGTON AT ONE OF HIS OWN GOLF COURSES OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL. WITH HIS WIFE, MELANIA, AT HIS SIDE, THIS WAS A MOMENT OF REFLECTION AT HIS HISTORIC ELECTORAL COMEBACK. SHE'S ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST LADY ONCE AGAIN, AND HE THE 47TH PRESIDENT. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) (TRUMPET PLAYS SOLEMN MUSIC) THIS MORNING, THEIR CEREMONIAL DUTIES WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY BEFORE HE'D EVEN ASSUMED OFFICE ` LAYING A WREATH AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS IN THE HALLOWED GROUND OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ACCOMPANIED BY COMBAT VETERANS. (TRUMPET CONTINUES PLAYING) IN THE CAPITAL, WORKERS HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING TO BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE STAGE INSIDE. IT IS HERE, UNDER THE ROTUNDA, THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL NOW TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE, RATHER THAN BRAVING THE ARCTIC TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE. IT'S LEFT THIS VENUE, FACING THE NATIONAL MALL, CURIOUSLY DEVOID OF ANY ACTIVITY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! I'LL GET ONE OF YOUR BUTTONS. SURE. TONIGHT, ALL FOCUS IS ON THIS ENTERTAINMENT ARENA, WHERE DONALD TRUMP WILL GIVE A VICTORY SPEECH TO THE PARTY FAITHFUL, SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN LINING UP SINCE BEFORE DAWN. TO ME, THIS IS BIGGER THAN A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT, THE ROLLING STONES, THE OLYMPICS, THE WORLD CUP ALL PUT TOGETHER. THIS IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE AT A PRESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, VICTORY RALLY AND INAUGURATION TOMORROW. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT WEEKEND. HE'S LIKE P.T. BARNUM. HE'S A GENIUS. HE'S A... HE'S A CELEBRITY. HE'S A BUSINESSMAN. HE'S A POLITICIAN. HE'S` HE'S THE TRIFECTA. HE'S EVERYTHING. # WE GOTTA ACT QUICK, SHUT OUR BORDERS DOWN! # JOE BIDEN DOES; THE MEDIA EMBRACES! INSIDE, THE CURIOUS MELDING OF ENTERTAINMENT AND POLITICAL MESSAGING... # WHOO! ...WHICH HAS HELPED PROPEL DONALD TRUMP BACK TO POWER. AMERICA IS STANDING ON THE PRECIPICE OF A NEW ERA. DONALD TRUMP IS VOWING TO SIGN UP TO 100 EXECUTIVE ORDERS TOMORROW, AGGRESSIVELY PUSHING FORWARD WITH HIS AGENDA, WHICH SOME HERE ARE FRAMING AS 'PRESIDENTIAL SHOCK AND AWE'. SO WHAT MIGHT THAT PRESIDENTIAL SHOCK AND AWE LOOK LIKE? THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF HAS PROMISED HEADS WILL SPIN WITH HIS AMBITIOUS AGENDA. COMMENTATORS SAY HE WILL BE EMBOLDENED BY HIS RE-ELECTION AND THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING ELECTED AGAIN IN FOUR YEARS' TIME ` BECAUSE U.S. PRESIDENTS CAN ONLY SERVE TWO TERMS. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE POWER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, PROMISING TO LAUNCH THE LARGEST DEPORTATION PROGRAMME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY, EXPECT THE 47TH PRESIDENT TO FULFIL HIS PROMISE TO 'DRILL, BABY, DRILL' TO INCREASE U.S. ENERGY PRODUCTION AND INDEPENDENCE. HE'S ALSO PLEDGED TO BAN NEW WIND PROJECTS AND CANCEL ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATES AND WILL LIKELY PULL OUT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT ` AGAIN. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE CONVICTED AFTER THE 2021 CAPITOL RIOTS; MANY OF THEM WILL BE PARDONED TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH TRUMP TOLD CNN HE MIGHT NOT PARDON THEM ALL, BECAUSE SOME, QUOTE, 'PROBABLY GOT OUT OF CONTROL.' WE CAN ALSO EXPECT SWEEPING TARIFFS ON IMPORTED GOODS AS PART OF TRUMP'S PLEDGE TO PRIORITISE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING. HE'S PROMISING 10% TARIFFS ON ALL IMPORTS, 25% ON CANADIAN AND MEXICAN GOODS AND 60% ON THINGS COMING FROM CHINA. AND SPEAKING OF CHINA ` TRUMP HAS CLARIFIED HIS STANCE ON THE TIKTOK BAN. THE VIDEO APP WENT OFFLINE IN THE U.S. YESTERDAY AHEAD OF A FEDERAL LAW BANNING AMERICAN COMPANIES FROM HOSTING OR DISTRIBUTING TIKTOK. BUT IT'S NOW BEEN RESTORED AFTER TRUMP POSTED ON HIS OWN PLATFORM 'TRUTH SOCIAL' THAT HE'D LIKE TO BRING THE APP BACK ONLINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, INDICATING HE'LL GIVE TIKTOK A 90-DAY REPRIEVE FROM THE BAN AFTER HE'S SWORN IN TOMORROW. A FORMER MEMBER OF GLORIAVALE SAYS AN APOLOGY FROM LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE FOR HISTORIC SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE COMMUNITY MADE HIM FEEL PHYSICALLY SICK. TEMPLE TOLD GLORIAVALE MEMBERS HE WAS SORRY FOR THEIR PAIN AND SUFFERING AND ADMITTED PAST LEADERS DIDN'T KEEP THEM SAFE. THE PUBLIC APOLOGY WAS REQUESTED AFTER THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO ABUSE IN JULY LAST YEAR. BUT SOME WHO HAVE LEFT THE COMMUNITY SAY IT WAS HOLLOW AND MERELY SPIN. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. (BIRDSONG) IT WAS HERE AT THEIR ISOLATED WEST COAST HOME YESTERDAY MORNING THAT GLORIAVALE LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE APOLOGISED TO HIS PEOPLE, SAYING SORRY TO THE COMMUNITY OF AROUND 550 THAT ABUSE HAD OCCURRED. LAST YEAR, THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOUND THAT GLORIAVALE LEADERS ALLOWED PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE AT THE WEST COAST SECT. TEMPLE SAID... WHEN I READ IT LAST NIGHT, I ALMOST FELT PHYSICALLY SICK, AND I STARTED GETTING QUITE UPSET AND ANGRY. GLORIAVALE LEAVERS KNEW NOTHING OF THE APOLOGY, WHICH THEY SAY WENT TO THE MEDIA, NOT THEM. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT ANY EVERYDAY KIWI OUTSIDE READS THAT, THEY SEE THAT, AND THEY GO, 'OH WOW. THIS IS AWESOME,' YOU KNOW? 'THIS IS GREAT. MAYBE THEY ARE CHANGING,' AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE REALITY IS, FROM A LEAVER, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, THERE'S ACTUALLY NOTHING IN THAT THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE. GLORIAVALE SAID, IN THE APOLOGY, PART OF THEIR WORK TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IS STARTING THIS CHILD SAFETY PAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE, WHICH ALSO LISTS ALL THE THINGS THEY SAY THEY'VE ALREADY DONE TO ADDRESS ABUSE IN THE COMMUNITY. THREE NEWS UNDERSTANDS IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR THE APOLOGY TO COME OUT BECAUSE GLORIAVALE LEADERS COULDN'T AGREE ON ITS CONTENT. BUT THE LEAVERS HAVE NOTICED ONE GAPING HOLE IN THE APOLOGY, AND THAT'S NOWHERE IN IT DOES IT SAY GLORIAVALE ACCEPTS THE FINDINGS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION. LEAVERS ALSO SAY IT IS RUBBISH THAT THEY PRETEND TO HONOUR THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT WHEN MANY OF THEM ARE STILL SHUNNED FOR DOING SO. LEAVER VIRGINIA COURAGE TOLD THREE NEWS... WHERE THEY SAY IN THERE ABOUT 'IF YOU WANT A PERSONAL APOLOGY 'TO CONTACT US AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL APOLOGY', AND, UM, I GOT VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT. THEY WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO COME AND ASK FOR APOLOGY. THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND APOLOGISE TO THEM THEMSELVES. BUT GLORIAVALE SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO VICTIMS AND TO SUPPORT THEM TO HEAL. THE APOLOGY ENDS WITH AN EXCERPT FROM THE BIBLE ` 'THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, THE PILLAR AND THE GROUND OF TRUTH'. AN AUCKLAND CITY FUNDING SHORTFALL COULD SCUPPER PLANS TO MAKE THE CITY OF SAILS A MAINSTAY ON THE SAIL GRAND PRIX CALENDAR. JUST A DAY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS YEAR'S SAIL GP EVENT, ORGANISING OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY IN TALKS ABOUT A LONG-TERM CONTRACT, BEYOND THE INITIAL FOUR-YEAR HOSTING COMMITMENT IN NEW ZEALAND. LUCY THOMSON HAS MORE. IT WAS FAR FROM THE ON-WATER RESULT KIWI SAILING FANS WERE HOPING FOR... (APPLAUSE) ...BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AUCKLAND TO BECOME A LONG-TERM FIXTURE ON THE SAIL GP CALENDAR A WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE GETTING OUR MOJO BACK. AND AUCKLAND'S GREAT AT EVENTS, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE FEELING LIKE THAT AGAIN. THERE'S JUST ONE YEAR REMAINING ON THE INITIAL FOUR-YEAR COMMITMENT IN NEW ZEALAND AFTER THE FIRST TWO EVENTS WERE HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH'S LYTTELTON HARBOUR. LET'S SAY THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD ARE WELL KNOWN, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT EVENT, AND I THINK IT'S NOW AUCKLAND'S TIME TO SHINE. SIR RUSSELL COUTTS REFERRING TO THE DOLPHIN DEBACLE, WHICH SAW RACING CANCELLED ON THE OPENING DAY OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT IN LYTTELTON. BUT THERE'S AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM STANDING IN THE WAY OF AUCKLAND'S LONG-TERM FUTURE. THERE IS VERY LIMITED FUNDING FOR, UH, LOCKING IN NEW EVENTS. SO RIGHT NOW, AUCKLAND CAN'T AFFORD TO HOST THE SAIL GP HERE LONG-TERM? AS THINGS SIT RIGHT NOW. AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT SCRAPPING OTHER MAJOR EVENTS WHICH FALL UNDER THE SAME FUNDING POOL ` THE LIKES OF LUKE COMBS, COLDPLAY, THE AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL AND LANEWAY. BUT THERE COULD BE ANOTHER SOLUTION TO MAKE UP THE MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FUNDING DEFICIT ` A VISITOR LEVY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR'S BEEN QUITE VOCAL ON. WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT AS A MECHANISM. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT HAPPENS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. AND IT'S NOT JUST HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL BUSINESSES WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM MAKING IT AN ANNUAL EVENT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR IT TO BE HERE IN AUCKLAND TO GET A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE COMING TO WATCH, AND THAT WAY, IT CAN KEEP BUILDING THE SPORT AND INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION TO KEEP SAILING. WITH A DECISION ON WHERE IN NEW ZEALAND THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE HELD AND WHETHER AUCKLAND COULD BECOME A LONG-TERM HOST NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. THERE'S PLENTY MORE WATER TO GO UNDER THE HARBOUR BRIDGE YET. GRACE IS HERE NOW WITH MORE ON TODAY'S WEATHER. AND WE'VE GOT SOME BAD WEATHER ARRIVING? THE RAIN AND WIND HAS JUST STARTED TO BEAR DOWN ON THE NORTH ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON THANKS TO A SUBTROPICAL LOW. NORTHLAND ALREADY BEARING THE BRUNT OF IT ` KERIKERI HAS SEEN 26.8MM OF RAIN TODAY, AND CAPE REINGA HAS SEEN THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OF 72KM/H. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS LATER ON. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` A PAIR OF ELDERLY TOURISTS WHO SUFFERED AN ATTACK BY A PACK OF DOGS IN AUCKLAND WANT TO KNOW WHY NOTHING'S BEEN DONE ABOUT THE ANIMALS. A GROUP OF CHISTCHURCH RESIDENTS WIN A REPRIEVE FOR THE TREES LINING THEIR STREET ` FOR NOW. AND BALI IS A BIG DRAWCARD FOR KIWI HOLIDAYMAKERS, BUT IS IT RUNNING OUT OF WATER? WE LOOK AT ONE GROUP TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. VOICEOVER: Craving a big burger? Well, we've got big value. The iconic Subway Footlong Sub. Because we know, size matters. All done, Sue? Yep, and not just with your hair. With the help of Xero accounting software, I've sorted my numbers too. So now, I can take my business anywhere. (LIVELY MUSIC) Woah! That's it. Woah! Woah! Where to next? Wherever we want. Search Xero with an X. A GERMAN COUPLE WHO WERE ATTACKED BY THREE DOGS WHILE VISITING FAMILY IN NEW ZEALAND ARE URGING AUTHORITIES TO TRACK DOWN THE OWNERS SO THAT OTHERS DON'T GET HURT. HANS, WHO IS 80 YEARS OLD, SUFFERED A BITE TO HIS ABDOMEN THAT WAS 4.5CM DEEP. ZANE SMALL HAS THE STORY. BENEATH THE BANDAGE ON THIS MAN'S ABDOMEN IS A NEARLY 5CM DOG BITE. IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL INJURIES THAT HANS AND HIS WIFE, INA, SUSTAINED WHILE WALKING THROUGH A WEST AUCKLAND PARK LAST SUNDAY. WE WERE WALKING HOME FROM THE BUS STATION TO OUR PLACE, WHERE WE'RE LIVING WITH OUR SON. JUST AFTER ENTERING THE RESERVE, THE GERMAN COUPLE ` AGED 74 AND 80 ` WERE ATTACKED. SUDDENLY, THOSE DOGS RAN TOWARDS US, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HANS AND INA SAY THEY WERE TAKING A WALK THROUGH THE WOODSIDE RESERVE HERE AT ABOUT 4.30PM WHEN THEY WERE SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY THREE DOGS. THEY SAY THE ANIMALS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, WITH ONE DOG LEAPING AT HANS AND THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND IN AN INSTANT. THEY SAY THE OWNERS OF THE DOGS WERE NEARBY AND THEY TRIED TO INTERVENE. THE OWNER TRIED TO CONTROL THE DOGS. AFTER QUITE AN EFFORT, HE MANAGED TO GET THEM INTO HIS VAN AND ARRANGE WITH HIS PARTNER, WHO WAS NEARBY, THAT SHE SHOULD TAKE US TO THE HOSPITAL. AUCKLAND COUNCIL TOLD US IT INTENDS TO REQUEST THE CCTV FROM WAITAKERE HOSPITAL TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE WOMAN. THE COUNCIL'S MANAGER FOR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SAID... MY FEAR IS THAT NOBODY IS REACTING TO THIS, AND SO THE DOGS MIGHT BE STILL AROUND AND ATTACKING PEOPLE. DOGS ARE ALLOWED AT THE PARK WITHOUT A LEASH, BUT INA SAYS THE DOGS WERE VICIOUS, AND SHE WORRIES ABOUT THE ANIMALS HURTING OTHERS. THEY LOOKED LIKE PITBULLS, I WOULD SAY ` SORT OF QUITE STURDY, NOT VERY BIG DOGS ` AND THEY LOOKED A BIT VICIOUS, I WOULD SAY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S ANNUAL ANIMAL MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO OCTOBER REVEALED THAT DOG ATTACKS HAD INCREASED BY 17% TO MORE THAN 2800. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO CARE FOR THEIR DOGS PROPERLY, AND PART OF THAT WILL BE FINANCIAL MEANS, TIME RESTRAINTS. THESE SORT OF DOGS ATTACK CHILDREN, AND THAT CAN BE VERY BAD. THIS COUPLE KNOWS HOW BAD, AND THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO EXPERIENCE IT. A GROUP OF CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS HAVE KEPT THE CHAINSAWS OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF AT BAY, AS THEY FIGHT TO SAVE SOME TREES LINING THEIR STREET. COUNCIL STAFF WERE SET TO FELL 20 TREES FROM RISELAW AND EMMETT STREETS IN SHIRLEY, BUT THE RESIDENTS SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THEY HADN'T BEEN CONSULTED PROPERLY ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES, SO THE FELLING'S BEEN DELAYED. THE RESIDENTS INSIST THE TREES, WHICH THEY SAY ARE 75 YEARS OLD, ARE A BIG PART OF THE CHARACTER OF THE STREETS. THE TREES ARE BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW? IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE THEM, TO SEE THEM CHANGING THROUGH THE SEASONS. THE KIDS ADORE THAT. COUNCIL ARE ADVISING US THAT 20 TREES ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, AS IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BASIC MAINTENANCE, LIKE TRAFFIC LIGHT MAINTENANCE, LIKE REDOING THE ROAD MARKING, BUT THEY ARE GUTTING THE CHARACTER OF THE STREET. CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL SAYS REMOVING THE TREES IS A LAST RESORT, AND CHANGES TO THE POWER NETWORK, TRIMMING, AND OTHER MEASURES HAVE SAVED 35 OF THEM, BUT A FURTHER 20 REMAIN TOO CLOSE TO POWER LINES. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO CONSULT FURTHER WITH RESIDENTS BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION. IT'S INDONESIA'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION, BUT BALI IS IN THE MIDST OF A WATER CRISIS. THE THRONGS OF VISITORS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AN UNSUSTAINABLE DEMAND ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, WHICH HAS CAUSED WATER QUALITY TO DETERIORATE. GRACE THOMAS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW ONE ORGANISATION IS TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. JUST OUTSIDE OF BALI'S CAPITAL CITY, DENPASAR, IS TERRA WATER ` A COMPANY MAKING SUSTAINABLE WATER FILTERS. THESE FILTERS WILL TAKE ANY FRESH WATER SOURCE, AND THEY WILL CLEAN OUT BACTERIA, VIRUSES, THINGS LIKE WORMS ` BASICALLY THE STUFF THAT MAKES YOU SICK. AND THEN THEY HAVE A LAYER OF ACTIVATED CARBON AND COLLOIDAL SILVER, WHICH ACTUALLY KILLS ALL OF THAT STUFF AS WELL. IT'S A SMALL OPERATION, BUT ITS IMPACT IS BIG. THE COMPANY SELLS THE FILTERS AND ALSO DISTRIBUTES THEM TO THOSE IN NEED ACROSS BALI AND PARTS OF INDONESIA. IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF CHRISTINE MANSON, WHO'S ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS. BASICALLY, ALL OF OUR MATERIALS ARE SOURCED LOCALLY, IN BALI; NOT EVEN IN INDONESIA, BUT, LIKE, ON THE ISLAND WHERE WE'RE MAKING THEM. OUR GUYS ARE BALINESE, MOSTLY. AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MAKE A PRODUCT USING LOCAL, 100% NATURAL MATERIALS, LOCAL LABOUR, SOLVING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES EXACTLY WHERE THE FILTERS ARE BEING MADE, RIGHT HERE IN BALI. THE WATER CRISIS IN INDONESIA IS ACUTE. 25 MILLION FAMILIES DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. 89% OF ALL DRINKING WATER IN INDONESIA CONTAINS E.COLI, AND DIRTY DRINKING WATER IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER 5. BALI ALSO IS THE MOST AFFLUENT ISLAND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, SO EVERYONE YOU THINK HAS ACCESS TO WATER, BUT YOU GO UP TO THE MOUNTAINS HERE, JUST 2 AND A HALF HOURS AWAY, AND FAMILIES ARE CATCHING RAINWATER. AND THEY'RE STORING IT IN THESE TANKS THAT START TO GROW BACTERIA, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE DRINKING THE WATER DIRECTLY. MANY LOCAL FAMILIES BOIL THE WATER USING FIREWOOD, BUT THAT'S LEADING TO OTHER ISSUES LIKE DEFORESTATION. ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE CENTRAL JAVA OR SOUTH SULAWESI, WHERE WE'VE DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS, IS THAT WOMEN ARE... THEY BOIL THE WATER USING FIREWOOD. AND WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT FIREWOOD IS THIS ACTUALLY DOES LEAD TO DEFORESTATION. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WATER QUALITY MAKING PEOPLE SICK. AND THEY BOIL IN THESE ENCLOSED SPACES SO THAT THE FIRE WILL KINDLE. AND IN THOSE AREAS, THERE'S, LIKE, 100% INCREASE IN RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN WOMEN JUST FROM TRYING TO BOIL THEIR WATER. CHRISTINE AND THE TEAM WORK WITH UNICEF AND THE INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO TARGET WHAT THEY CALL HIGH IMPACT ZONES, WHERE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING SICK FROM DIRTY DRINKING WATER MORE OFTEN. TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE DO HERE REALLY IMPACTS ON THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE, BECAUSE WATER IS LIKE THE PRIMARY... NEEDS FOR PEOPLE EVERYDAY LIFE. TERRA HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR FOUR YEARS IN BALI, AND CHRISTINE IS HOPING IN THE YEARS TO COME, THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER WILL FILTER THROUGHOUT INDONESIA. STILL AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` A GOOD NEWS STORY ABOUT A LITTLE-KNOWN SKINK WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO ONLY HAVE ONE HABITAT HERE IN AOTEAROA. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GAMING MEETS SHAKESPEARE? WE TAKE A LOOK AT 'GRAND THEFT HAMLET'. AND LATER IN SPORT ` NOVAK DJOKOVICH MAKES AN INTERVIEW ULTIMATUM AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. AFTER APPEARING TO BE ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE, A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAS COME INTO EFFECT AND IS HOLDING, FOR NOW. THREE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, AND 90 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS FREED BY ISRAEL. DONALD TRUMP HAS SPENT THE EVE OF HIS INAUGURATION PARTYING WITH THE LIKES OF KID ROCK. TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO SIGN 100 EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, WHICH SOME HAVE DUBBED PRESIDENTIAL SHOCK AND AWE. AND FORMER GLORIAVALE MEMBERS HAVE REJECTED AN APOLOGY FROM LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE FOR HISTORIC ABUSE AT THE COMMUNITY, CALLING IT HOLLOW AND MERELY SPIN. POLICE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ARMED ROBBERY OF A RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT. SMASHED GLASS FROM A WINDOW REMAINED IN FRONT OF THE TOKYO BAY EATERY THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS CLOSED AS STAFF ASSESSED THE DAMAGE. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS APPROACHED THE RESTAURANT JUST BEFORE 9.30 LAST NIGHT. THEY SMASHED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE THE DOORS AT THE FRONT HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE. AND, YEAH, THERE WERE STILL FIVE STAFF STANDING BEHIND THOSE DOORS AND AGGRESSIVELY WENT TO OUR TILLS AND TRIED TO GET CASH, WHICH OF COURSE THERE IS NOT MUCH OF IN A RESTAURANT. POLICE ARE STILL HUNTING FOR THE OFFENDERS AND ARE APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY INFORMATION. AFTER 18 YEARS IN THE CAPITAL, THE ICONIC HOMEGROWN FESTIVAL IS SET TO LEAVE WELLINGTON AFTER THIS YEAR'S EVENT. ORGANISERS AREN'T REVEALING WHERE ITS NEW HOME WILL BE BUT SAY THE MOVE IS BECAUSE OF A MYRIAD OF PERSONAL AND LOGISTICAL REASONS. # WE FOUND SHELTER, SHELTER, # SHELTER, SHELTER, SHELTER... # THE FESTIVAL BEGAN ON THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT IN 2008. THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS BEING HELD MID-MARCH AND COINCIDES WITH ROCK BAND SHIHAD'S FINAL EVER PERFORMANCE. A GROUP OF COBBLE SKINKS ` A SPECIES THOUGHT TO BE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION A DECADE AGO ` HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST FOLLOWING A STINT AT AUCKLAND ZOO. ZOO OFFICIALS, ALONGSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND LOCAL IWI, LAST WEEK RELEASED 148 OF THE SKINKS TO A SITE JUST NORTH OF WESTPORT. IT COMES NINE YEARS AFTER A SMALL POPULATION WAS RESCUED AND MOVED TO AUCKLAND AMID FEARS THERE WERE LESS THAN 100 LEFT IN THE WILD. THIS PATCH I'M SITTING IN HERE IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF HABITAT FOR THE COBBLE SKINK. IT'S MADE OF THIS DEEP, PERMANENT COBBLE ` THESE PEBBLES, WHICH THE SKINKS LIVE DOWN IN THE CRACKS AND CREVICES, WHERE THEY CAN FIND REFUGE FROM THE HEAT, LOTS OF HUMIDITY AND PLENTY OF FOOD. AUCKLAND ZOO SAYS IT'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DOC AND IWI TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE SKINKS, WHOSE HABITAT NEAR THE COASTLINE REMAINS UNDER THREAT FROM PREDATORS, EROSION AND WEEDS. IT'S THIRSTY WORK, BUT APPARENTLY, SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT. LYDIA WOOD IS ON A MISSION TO DRAW EVERY ONE OF LONDON'S PUBS TO CELEBRATE THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY ` ALL 3500 OF THEM ` WHICH AT HER CURRENT RATE WILL TAKE ANOTHER 20 TO 30 YEARS. BUT AS ITV'S AMY LEWIS FOUND OUT, SHE'S IN NO RUSH. YOU'VE HEARD OF A PUB CRAWL, BUT THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT HAVING A PENCIL IN HAND RATHER THAN A PINT. LYDIA IS ATTEMPTING TO SKETCH EVERY SINGLE PUB IN THE CAPITAL AND HAS ALREADY DRAWN HUNDREDS OF THEM. I STARTED DRAWING PUBS VERY SIMPLY BECAUSE I LOVE GOING TO THE PUB WITH MY FRIENDS. IT'S SORT OF THE ROOT OF THE PROJECT. I AM A PUB PERSON. BUT ALSO, I LOVE THE HISTORY AND CULTURE THAT SURROUND THEM, AND AS AN ARTIST, I LOVE THE ARCHITECTURE. SO FAR, SHE HAS DRAWN AROUND 300, WHICH FEATURE IN AN EXHIBITION THAT HAS JUST OPENED IN SOUTH-EAST LONDON. IN TOTAL, SHE AIMS TO DRAW ALL 3500 PUBS IN THE CAPITAL, ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER IS DWINDLING. LAST YEAR, 126 CALLED LAST ORDERS FOR THE FINAL TIME. RIGHT. VERY WELL THIS MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? THE FINE ART GRADUATE'S PROJECT ALL BEGAN AT HER LOCAL. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT LYDIA HAS DONE ALL THIS? ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT A GREAT LOCAL ARTIST HAS, YOU KNOW, CHOSEN US AS HER FIRST PUB TO DO IN LONDON. YEAH. I'M A BIT SURPRISED. SHE'S A VERY, VERY QUIET PERSON. WE DIDN'T REALISE SHE WAS DOING ALL THIS. (CHUCKLES) YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY PUBS CLOSING. WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT THIS WILL DO FOR YOUR TRADE? ESPECIALLY FOR THE SMALL PUBS, I THINK, HOPEFULLY, IT PUTS US BACK ON THE MAP. YEAH. I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH, DEL. THE PELTON IN GREENWICH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NAGS HEAD, FEATURED IN THE PREQUEL TO 'ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES' AND HAS BEEN ONE OF LYDIA'S SUBJECTS. SHE SAYS SHE'S MET ALL SORTS OF CHARACTERS ALONG THE WAY. I GUESS WHAT'S SURPRISING IS PEOPLE'S STORIES AND CONNECTIONS TO PUBS JUST RUN SO DEEP AND ALSO WORLDWIDE. I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, FOLLOWERS AND NEWFOUND FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT. LYDIA THINKS IT WILL TAKE HER AROUND 20 YEARS TO FINISH THIS PROJECT. SHE INSISTS HER WORK IS ABOUT HAVING A SCRIBBLE, NOT A TIPPLE. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT ` AND WHAT'S GOT NOVAK DJOKOVIC SO UPSET AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN? NOT SO HAPPY WITH THE MEDIA ` IN PARTICULAR ONE CHANNEL 9 REPORTER MADE REPORTS THAT NOVAK DJOKOVIC WHAT WAS INSULTING TO HIM AND THE SERBIAN PEOPLE SO HE REFUSED TO DO HIS NORMAL ON COURT INTERVIEW AFTERWARDS. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE DJOKOVIC DRAMA NEXT AS THE WORLD NUMBER SEVEN ABRUPTLY LEAVES ROD LAVER ARENA IN PROTEST OVER WHAT HE CALLS INSULTING COMMENTS. AND CHRIS WOOD DOES IT AGAIN AS THE ALL WHITES CAPTAIN NETS GOAL NUMBER 14 OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON. (BRIGHT PIANO MUSIC) (PHONE CHIMES) Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. SONG: # You, you've got what I need # You've got everything you need # You're like medicine... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Thank you so much. Find your wonderful. New World. THREE NEWS SPORT WITH SUZUKI. ORGANISERS AND OFFICIALS MIGHT'VE BEEN QUICK TO HAIL THE FIRST AUCKLAND SAIL GRAND PRIX A SUCCESS, BUT THE SAME COULDN'T BE SAID FOR THE BLACK FOILS' PERFORMANCE. AFTER FAILING TO EVEN MAKE THE FINAL IN AUCKLAND, THE TEAM ISN'T SHORT OF MOTIVATION HEADING INTO THE NEXT LEG OF THE CIRCUIT IN SYDNEY. LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. PLAGUED BY TECH TROUBLES FROM THE GET-GO, THE BLACK FOILS WERE NO MATCH FOR THE AUSSIES ON AUCKLAND'S WAITEMATA HARBOUR. THE WINNING MOMENT GOES THE WAY OF THE AUSTRALIANS. SAILING IS ONE OF THOSE SPORTS WHERE THEY ARE SO DOMINANT. AMERICA'S CUP THEY'RE DOMINANT. THEY HAD A GREAT LAST SEASON OF SAILGP, SO COMING TO THEIR HOMETOWN AND BEATING THEM IS VERY HARD TO DO. OUR HUMBLE NEIGHBOURS SECURING BRAGGING HEADING INTO OUR HUMBLE NEIGHBOURS SECURING BRAGGING RIGHTS HEADING INTO THEIR HOME EVENT OF SEASON. DEFINITELY FRUSTRATING WE COULDN'T PUT TOGETHER A BETTER RESULT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO SEE THE GROUP IMPROVING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING TO KNOCK THE AUSTRALIANS OFF ON THEIR HOME TURF IN SYDNEY. BUT FIRST, THERE'S A FEW TECHNICAL ISSUES TO IRON OUT. HAD A SENSOR ISSUE IN THE WING, SO THAT KIND OF MEANT OUR TRAINING BLOCK BEFORE THE RACING WAS CUT IN HALF, AND YOU'RE ON THE BACK FOOT FROM THERE. AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER FAULT WITH ABOUT A MINUTE TO GO TO THE START. WE COULDN'T MOVE THE WING LIKE NORMAL. IT GOT STUCK. SO SOME REALLY WEIRD GREMLINS IN THE BOAT. FAILURE TO RESOLVE IT IN TIME FOR THE SECOND RACE RESULTING IN ANOTHER SLOW START FOR THE KIWIS. BUT THE WAY WE MANAGED TO, I SUPPOSE, KEEP IN THE GAME AND PUT IN A GOOD LAST ONE AND GIVE OURSELVES A SHOT, BUT IT WASN'T QUITE GOOD ENOUGH. THE ADVANCED ON-BOARD SYSTEMS THROWING UP PLENTY OF CHALLENGES FOR SAILORS ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT GAME ISN'T ABOUT TO STOP THERE. WE'RE BUILDING SOME OF THE LIGHT WIND FOILS, BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS, THE HIGH SPEED IS SPECTACULAR ENOUGH AS IT IS, BUT THE LOW SPEED WE KNOW WE NEED TO SPEED AND ENHANCE THAT PRODUCT MORE. IT'S HOPED THE NEW DESIGN WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR THE NEW YORK LEG IN JUNE. CHRIS WOOD HAS CONTINUED HIS SUPERB FORM, EQUALLING HIS BEST-EVER GOAL-SCORING SEASON WITH HIS 14TH TO HELP NOTTINGHAM FOREST TO A 3-2 WIN OVER SOUTHAMPTON. FOREST DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET ON THE BOARD, WITH TWO GOALS INSIDE HALF AN HOUR. AND WITH SOUTHAMPTON ON THE ROPES, WOOD ONCE AGAIN GOT IN ON THE ACTION. TOWARDS WOOD ` CHRIS WOOD DOES IT AGAIN! (CHEERING) WELL, NOTTINGHAM FOREST ARE HAVING A PARTY THIS AFTERNOON. YOU JUST KNEW HE WAS GONNA GET IN ON THE ACT. CHRIS WOOD EQUALS HIS MOST PROLIFIC PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON! THE WIN KEEPS NOTTINGHAM FOREST IN THE TOP THREE, WITH WOOD FOURTH EQUAL ON THE LEAGUE'S TOP GOAL-SCORERS LIST. AS THE PHOENIX CONTINUE THEIR MID-SEASON SLUMP, GIANCARLO ITALIANO ISN'T LOSING HOPE HIS SIDE CAN STILL CLIMB THEIR WAY UP THE A-LEAGUE LADDER. THE PHOENIX AT LEAST MANAGED POINTS IN THEIR LAST OUTING WITH SYDNEY FC BUT REMAIN SEVEN POINTS OUTSIDE OF THE TOP SIX. WITH GROUND STILL TO MAKE UP, ITALIANO IS DOING HIS BEST NOT TO LOOK TOO FAR INTO THE FUTURE. WE NEED TO WIN THIS GAME TO STAY IN TOUCH, BUT I'M NOT EVEN LOOKING THAT FAR. I'M LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRST HALF, PERFORMING WELL, MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE 11 FIT PLAYERS AND THEN BUILDING ON THAT FIRST HALF AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING ON THAT SECOND HALF. FOR ME, IT'S LITERALLY A GAME-BY-GAME PROPOSITION NOW. THE PHOENIX PLAY FIFTH-PLACE MACARTHUR FC IN SYDNEY LATER TONIGHT. NOVAK DJOKOVIC'S LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH AUSTRALIA HAS ONCE AGAIN DOMINATED HEADLINES AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. THE 24-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION REFUSED TO GIVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HOST BROADCASTER AFTER WHAT HE CALLED INSULTING COMMENTS BY CHANNEL 9 REPORTER TONY JONES. JONES TODAY DELIVERED A PUBLIC APOLOGY, BUT HE MAINTAINS HIS COMMENTS WERE JUST 'BANTER'. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR NOVAK DJOKOVIC ON ROD LAVER ARENA LAST NIGHT. IT'S CHECKMATE FOR LEHECKA. HIS STRAIGHT SETS WIN OVER JIRI LEHECKA BOOKING HIM A RECORD 15TH QUARTER-FINAL APPEARANCE IN MELBOURNE. WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS WAS ANYTHING BUT STANDARD, THOUGH. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT ROUND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DJOKOVIC'S QUICK EXIT INSTEAD OF THE USUAL Q AND A SESSION LEAVING ON-COURT PRESENTER JIM COURIER BAFFLED. I HOPE WE'LL GET A LITTLE MORE COLOUR ON IT AT SOME POINT. THE WAIT WASN'T LONG. DJOKOVIC QUICK TO EXPLAIN AT HIS POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE FAMOUS SPORTS JOURNALIST WHO WORKS FOR OFFICIAL CHANNEL 9 IN AUSTRALIA MADE A MOCKERY OF SERBIAN FANS AND ALSO MADE INSULTING COMMENTS TOWARDS ME. THIS IS THE MOMENT THE 10-TIME AUSSIE OPEN CHAMPION IS REFERRING TO. YEAH, THE CHANTS ARE QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. NOVAK ` HE'S OVERRATED. NOVAK'S A HAS-BEEN. NOVAK, KICK HIM OUT. BOY, I'M GLAD THEY CAN'T HEAR ME. I LEAVE IT TO CHANNEL NINE TO HANDLE THIS THE WAY THEY SEE FIT. NOVAK VOWING TO CONTINUE TO SNUB HIS ON-COURT INTERVIEWS UNTIL A PUBLIC APOLOGY WAS MADE. TODAY, HE GOT HIS RESPONSE. THE COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THE NEWS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH I CONSIDERED TO BE BANTER. I CONSIDERED IT TO BE HUMOUR. THEY COME HERE WITH THE FLAGS, AND THEY PROVIDE SO MUCH COLOUR AND SO MUCH PASSION, AND THERE WAS BANTER, SO I THOUGHT WHAT I WAS DOING WAS AN EXTENSION TO THAT BANTER. JONES DID ACCEPT HE OVERSTEPPED THE MARK WHEN SAYING 'KICK HIM OUT', REFERENCING DJOKOVIC'S 2022 DEPORTATION. WITH A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED QUARTER FINAL MATCH UP AGAINST CARLOS ALCARAZ TOMORROW NIGHT, EVERYONE WILL BE HOPING IT'S ACTION ON THE COURT MAKING THE HEADLINES. KIWI GOLFER DANIEL HILLIER HAS FALLEN AGONISINGLY SHORT OF A SECOND VICTORY ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR, FINISHING SECOND AT THE DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC BY ONE SHOT. BEGINNING THE FINAL ROUND WITH A ONE-SHOT LEAD, HILLIER HAD A MIXED ROUND AND FAILED TO CONVERT SEVERAL PAR PUTTS. STILL, IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL HOLE, WITH HILLIER NEEDING A BIRDIE AND FOR LEADER TYRRELL HATTON TO MISS HIS PAR PUTT TO FORCE A PLAYOFF. (CROWD CHEERS) HE'S ASKED THE QUESTION. SENSATIONAL. WHAT A PUTT! AND IT'S MATCH PLAY. HATTON DOES HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. (CROWD CHEERS) CLUTCH FOR TYRRELL HATTON. LOOK AT THE REACTION. DESPITE FINISHING RUNNER-UP, HILLIER WILL STILL POCKET A COOL $1.7M WHILE HATTON TAKES HOME $2.6M. NOT TOO BAD FOR SECOND PLACE. WHAT HAS SHAKESPEARE GOT IN COMMON WITH GAMING? THAT WAS THE QUESTION TACKLED BY TWO ACTORS DURING THE PANDEMIC. BORED AND OUT OF WORK, THEY STAGED A PRODUCTION OF HAMLET ENTIRELY INSIDE THE ULTRA-VIOLENT WORLD OF 'GRAND THEFT AUTO'. AND THEY SAY THE TWO OVERLAPPED MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. CHANNEL FOUR'S KEME NZEREM BECAME AN AVATAR TO FIND OUT. TO BE OR NOT TO BE ` THAT IS THE QUESTION. WHETHER TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE... YOU'RE WATCHING SCENES FROM A 90-MINUTE MOVIE ABOUT A PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET SET ENTIRELY IN A VIDEO GAME. LOCKDOWN ` TWO OUT-OF-WORK ACTORS WITH NOTHING TO DO AND NOWHERE TO BE ` APART FROM LOS SANTOS, THE FICTIONAL CURRENT HOME OF GRAND THEFT AUTO, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND VIOLENT GAMES OF ALL TIME. THE ACTORS WERE BORED AND FRUSTRATED, BUT THEY HAD AN IDEA. A REAL-TIME PRODUCTION OF HAMLET WITH A REAL CAST AND REAL CREW... STAGED IN THE UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF GTA. IF I COULD JUST REQUEST THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM KILLING EACH OTHER. OH, AND DON'T KILL THE ACTORS EITHER. WELL, GRAND THEFT HAMLET REALLY HAPPENED, AND I'M RELIEVED TO CONFIRM THE ACTORS SURVIVED. THIS IS SAM, WHO PLAYS HAMLET, HERE IN THE T-SHIRT. AND IN HIS FRONT ROOM IN LONDON, I.R.L. SAM INITIATES ME IN THE WAYS OF GTA. HAVING GOT MY HEAD ROUND THE CONTROLS, I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND TRAVELLED ` VIRTUALLY ` TO THIS CAR PARK IN LOS SANTOS TO INTERVIEW THE REST OF THE TEAM. SAM HAD KINDLY MADE ME MY VERY OWN AVATAR. SO THIS IS ME. THANKS, SAM. HERE'S MARK, WHO PLAYS POLONIUS, IN THE PUFFER JACKET. TILLY ON THE BIKE PLAYS OPHELIA, AND PINNY ` OR RATHER, HER AVATAR WITH THE FETCHING SKELETON LEGGINGS ` SHE'S THE FILM'S EVER-PRESENT DIRECTOR. SO, WE'RE REAL PEOPLE GOING INTO A GAME AND CREATING AN AVATAR OF OURSELVES, AND THEN PUTTING ON A PLAY WITHIN THE GAME, A PLAY THAT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING THEY AREN'T. AND THEN IN THE PLAY, THE CHARACTERS PUT ON A PLAY WHERE CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY PRETEND TO BE SOMEBODY THEY'RE NOT. IT MAKES YOUR HEAD HURT, YOU THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH. YOU'VE GOT ARGUABLY THE MOST VIOLENT OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS... WHERE EVERYONE DIES, AND GTA. I MEAN, THERE'S A KIND OF... (CHUCKLES) KIND OF PARALLEL THERE, RIGHT? I THINK THERE'S A PERCEPTION OF SHAKESPEARE THAT IT'S CIVILISED AND SOPHISTICATED, WHEN, IN FACT, THEY'RE ABOUT VERY HUMAN, OFTEN VERY VIOLENT AND VERY IMMEDIATE THINGS. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL JOKES IN THEM, SWEARING, INNUENDOS, PEOPLE HAVING THEIR EYEBALLS RIPPED OUT ON STAGE. AND AT THE TIME, EVERYONE LOOKED DOWN ON PLAYS, IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME. AS THEY DO GAMING, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY. RESPECTFUL PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY WOULDN'T BE SEEN DEAD IN A THEATRE. THERE IS AN INCREASING... REASSESSMENT OF GAMING AS VALUABLE. MEANINGFUL THINGS HAPPEN IN-GAME. THE SAME AS ANYTHING THAT'S ONLINE. IF YOU GO ON THE INTERNET, YOU'RE GONNA FIND PEOPLE BEING HORRIBLE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA FIND PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO EACH OTHER AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND BEING QUITE LOVELY TOO. GRACE IS HERE NOW WITH MORE ON THE WET AND WINDY WEATHER COMING OUR WAY. AND THERE ARE WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN PLACE? THESE ARE OUR FIRST HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS FOR THE YEAR, SAM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF NORTHLAND. LOCALISED DOWNPOURS COULD BRING UP TO 60MM OF RAIN AN HOUR. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING'S ALSO IN PLACE FOR THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA, WHERE THE WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO FEED IN FROM THE EAST TOMORROW. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ALSO COVER AUCKLAND TOO, AS THAT SYSTEM SPREADS OVER THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NEXT IN THE FIRING LINE IS TAIRAWHITI ` A HEAVY RAIN WATCH IN PLACE LATER IN THE DAY THERE TOO. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, STRONG WIND WATCHES COVER MOST OF THE TOP OF THE NORTH ISLAND FROM THE EARLY HOURS OF TOMORROW MORNING. E WHAI AKE NEI, I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST NEXT. VOICEOVER: I loooove you, insurance! That's what you think when you need to use it. But no one ever thinks that before they have to use it. So, we're making it simpler to get. Simple to change. Simply helpful. And simple to claim. More yeps, less nah's. And not freaky to pay for. So how do you feel about insurance now? We'll take it! State. # Ohhh! # LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PART OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARED OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS AND OUT OF OUTDOOR FURNITURE. NAU MAI ANO. IT IS GOING TO BE WET AND WINDY FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW. THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THAT WEATHER IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT'S HEADING TOWARDS AOTEAROA FROM THE NORTH BEFORE IT TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW. SO NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE IN FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN PARTS TOO. A DIFFERENT STORY FURTHER SOUTH, AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF THE MOTU. THAT HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND MEANS IT'S SET TO STAY PRETTY SETTLED FOR MOST OF YOU THERE. THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD AND JUST A FEW ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS ABOUT THE RANGES BUT IT'S LOOKING MAINLY FINE FOR MOST. BUT TO TE IKA A MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, YOU CAN SEE THAT RAIN FEEDING IN TO NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND THE COROMANDEL. THAT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BE REACHING INTO TAIRAWHITI BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TOO. SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON ALL THOSE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS. STARTING UP TOP, RAIN WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST HERE AS WE FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THAT LOW PRESSURE. IT SHOULD EASE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING FROM NORTHLAND RIGHT DOWN THROUGH TO WHITIANGA. RAIN AROUND FOR THE BAY OF PLENTY TOO BECOMING QUITE PERSISTENT FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. TAURANGA CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AS WELL. IT'S LOOKING EVER SO SLIGHTLY BETTER HERE ` CLOUDY PERIODS AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR MOST. BUT REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR GISBORNE STARTS IN THE AFTERNOON, SO WATCH OUT FOR HEAVY FALLS THERE. MAINLY FINE FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD AROUND FOR MOST. TAUMARUNUI WILL SEE SOME OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM THE AFTERNOON. PALMERSTON NORTH THE WARMEST WITH 26 DEGREES. OVER TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` SOME MORNING CLOUD AROUND FOR MOST OF THE WEST COAST, BUT THAT CLEARS UP IN THE AFTERNOON. A HIGH OF 29 DEGREES FOR REEFTON. AND OVER TO THE EAST, SOME CLOUD AROUND FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING FOR KAIKOURA. FURTHER SOUTH LOW CLOUD IN THE MORNING FOR DUNEDIN, OAMARU AND FURTHER SOUTH, LOW CLOUD IN THE MORNING FOR DUNEDIN, OAMARU AND INVERCARGILL ` THAT SHOULD CLEAR UP. CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR TWO FOR ALEXANDRA, WHICH IS ALSO THE WARMEST DOWN SOUTH WITH A HIGH OF 27. TO OUR MAIN CENTRES NOW ` A CLOUDY MORNING WILL CLEAR UP FOR YOU, OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. JUST SOME LIGHT WINDS AROUND AND A HIGH OF 21 DEGREES. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH IS LOOKING VERY SETTLED, APART FROM EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME EVENING CLOUD AROUND TOO. 21 DEGREES IS THE HIGH FOR THE GARDEN CITY. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY WARM IN THE CAPITAL TOMORROW. A HIGH OF 25 DEGREES FOR YOU, WELLINGTON, WITH PLENTY OF SUN AROUND. EXPECT SOME SOUTHERLIES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TO TE MATAU A MAUI, HAWKE'S BAY, CLOUDY PERIODS FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS WITH NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. EXPECT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FROM LATE AFTERNOON. RAIN FOR TAURANGA TOO, DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING AND BECOMING PERSISTENT IN THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT SOME STRONG EASTERLIES ALSO, BUT THEY'LL EASE OFF IN THE EVENING. SIMILAR STORY FOR KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` THAT RAIN WILL GET STRONGER IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH EASTERLY WINDS. GETTING TO A HIGH OF 20 DEGREES FOR YOU. AND IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU, HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, PARTICULARLY NORTH OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE. STRONG WINDS TOO ` EASTERLIES GUSTING TO 100KM/H IN EXPOSED PLACES. OVERSEAS NOW ` LOTS OF CLOUD ACROSS AUSTRALIA'S EASTERN COAST, BUT SUNSHINE FOR MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE. AND IN THE PACIFIC, THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIJI AND THE COOK ISLANDS WITH RAIN FOR VANUATU TOO. BACK TO US ` THE EASTERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TURNS SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENS ON WEDNESDAY, SO EXPECT SOME SETTLED WEATHER LATER IN THE WEEK. THERE IS STILL SOME RAIN ABOUT GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS. MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE, APART FROM ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE SUN IS OUT FOR THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND, BUT THE CLOUD RETURNS ON THURSDAY. VERY SETTLED LOOKING WEEK FOR THE WEST COAST, JUST SOME SHOWERS AROUND GREYMOUTH AND KAIKOURA. AND FURTHER SOUTH, A FRONT MOVES IN FROM THURSDAY BRINGING SOME RAIN AND CLOUD. HERE IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY PICTURE TO FINISH THE WEATHER FOR TONIGHT. ENJOY THAT WHILE IT LASTS. A LOT OF WEATHER COMING AND. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF DONALD TRUMP'S INAUGURATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ FROM 6AM AND A WRAP OF ALL THE DAY'S BIG MOMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS FOR YOU AT 6PM. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025