WE WILL NOT BE CONQUERED. WE WILL STAND BRAVELY, WE WILL LIVE PROUDLY. WE WILL DREAM BOLDLY. AND NOTHING WILL STAND IN OUR WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE AMERICANS. THE FUTURE IS OURS, AND OUR GOLDEN AGE HAS JUST BEGUN. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN 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 THREE NEWS. DONALD J TRUMP WAS SWORN BACK INTO AMERICA'S HIGHEST OFFICE TODAY AND IMMEDIATELY MADE AN AVALANCHE OF PLEDGES AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS WHICH FLY IN THE FACE OF THE OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION. IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH, WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SEATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO HIM, TRUMP CALLED THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION 'RADICAL AND CORRUPT' WITH BIDEN AND FAILED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS FORCED TO WATCH ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP DUBBED TODAY LIBERATION DAY FOR AMERICANS. AND IT CERTAINLY WAS FOR 1500 PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL, WHO HE HAS NOW PARDONED. TRUMP DECLARED TWO NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ` ONE AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER TO COUNTER IMMIGRATION, AND ANOTHER ON ENERGY. AND HE PROMISED TO EXPAND AMERICAN TERRITORY, INCLUDING BY PLANTING THE STARS AND STRIPES ON MARS. HERE'S HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED. THE DAY BEGAN WITH A COURTESY DENIED BY DONALD TRUMP WHEN JOE BIDEN TOOK OFFICE FOUR YEARS AGO BUT GRACIOUSLY EXTENDED TO THE INCOMING PRESIDENT TODAY ` THE TRUMPS HOSTED BY THE BIDENS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. (CHEERING) THE TWO PRESIDENTS THEN TRAVELLING TOGETHER IN THE ARMOURED 'BEAST' TO THE CAPITOL. THE SMALL TALK IN THAT CAR RIDE NO DOUBT AS FROSTY AS THE CITY OUTSIDE ` WELL BELOW ZERO. PRESIDENTS PAST AND PRESENT ARRIVED AT THE U.S. CAPITOL ROTUNDA TO WATCH ON AS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY, A CONVICTED FELON TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE. MICHELLE OBAMA WAS NOTABLY ABSENT, REPORTEDLY NOT WILLING TO SIT THROUGH TRUMP'S SECOND INAUGURATION AFTER ENDURING THE FIRST. ATTENTION! MIKE PENCE ALSO CUT A LONE FIGURE, ENTERING THE BUILDING WHERE, DURING THE JANUARY 6 RIOTS, HE HAD TO FLEE FOR HIS LIFE. ELON MUSK LED A SWATHE OF TECH TITANS AND BILLIONAIRES, AND SHARING CENTRE STAGE, THE TRUMP FAMILY EN MASSE. (APPLAUSE, CEREMONIAL MUSIC PLAYS) AND AT MIDDAY IN WASHINGTON ` 6AM OUR TIME ` TRUMP BECAME U.S. PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN ` THE 45TH AND NOW ALSO THE 47TH, ONLY THE SECOND TO SERVE TWO NON-CONSECUTIVE TERMS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, DONALD JOHN TRUMP, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... I, DONALD JOHN TRUMP, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE... ...THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ...THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. CONGRATULATIONS, MR PRESIDENT. HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS IN THIS VERY ROTUNDA FOUR SHORT YEARS AGO WHEN THE JANUARY 6 CAPITOL RIOTS UNFOLDED. IN CONTRAST TO HIS 'FIGHT LIKE HELL' RHETORIC THAT DAY, TRUMP'S SPEECH TODAY BEGAN WITH A BRIGHT VISION. THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA BEGINS RIGHT NOW. FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS, JANUARY 20TH 2025 IS LIBERATION DAY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) BUT THE TONE QUICKLY TURNED AS HE LAID OUT HIS PLANS FOR THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. FOR MANY YEARS, THE RADICAL AND CORRUPT ESTABLISHMENT HAS EXTRACTED POWER AND WEALTH FROM OUR CITIZENS WHILE THE PILLARS OF OUR SOCIETY LAY BROKEN AND SEEMINGLY IN COMPLETE DISREPAIR. HIS AGENDA AT STARK ODDS TO THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. TODAY, I WILL SIGN A SERIES OF HISTORIC EXECUTIVE ORDERS. FIRST, I WILL DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. (APPLAUSE) ALL ILLEGAL ENTRY WILL IMMEDIATELY BE HALTED, AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF CRIMINAL ALIENS BACK TO THE PLACES FROM WHICH THEY CAME. BIDEN COULD DO NOTHING BUT WATCH, AS TRUMP TOOK AN AXE TO HIS PET POLICIES. I WILL ALSO DECLARE A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY. WE WILL DRILL, BABY, DRILL. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE WILL END THE GREEN NEW DEAL, AND WE WILL REVOKE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE, SAVING OUR AUTO INDUSTRY AND KEEPING MY SACRED PLEDGE TO OUR GREAT AMERICAN AUTOWORKERS. GETTING RICH OR RICHER WAS A STRONG THEME... WE WILL TARIFF AND TAX FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO ENRICH OUR CITIZENS. ...STRENGTH ANOTHER. CHINA IS OPERATING THE PANAMA CANAL, AND WE DIDN'T GIVE IT TO CHINA. WE GAVE IT TO PANAMA, AND WE'RE TAKING IT BACK. WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE GULF OF AMERICA. WE WILL AGAIN BUILD THE STRONGEST MILITARY THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. HIS GOAL NOT JUST WORLD DOMINATION BUT BEYOND TOO. WE WILL PURSUE OUR MANIFEST DESTINY INTO THE STARS, LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO PLANT THE STARS AND STRIPES ON THE PLANET MARS. (APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS CAMPAIGN CLAIM THAT DIVINE INTERVENTION PREVENTED HIS ASSASSINATION. I WAS SAVED BY GOD TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. (APPLAUSE) BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN PREFERRED NOT TO RELY ON ANY POWER HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE OVAL OFFICE ITSELF. ANTICIPATING A REVENGE ATTACK BY TRUMP ON THE JANUARY 6 INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, HE PRE-EMPTIVELY PARDONED THEM IN THE FINAL HOURS OF HIS TERM, AND MINUTES BEFORE TRUMP WAS INAUGURATED, ISSUED FURTHER PARDONS FOR HIS BROTHERS, SISTER AND THEIR SPOUSES, A STUNNING FLEX OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER UNPRECEDENTED IN RECENT HISTORY. # GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH. # BUT THE NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF SAID HE WANTED PEACE AND PROVIDED A MEASURING STICK FOR HIS FINAL TERM IN OFFICE. WE WILL MEASURE OUR SUCCESS NOT ONLY BY THE BATTLES WE WIN, BUT ALSO BY THE WARS THAT WE END, AND, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WARS WE NEVER GET INTO. (APPLAUSE) MY PROUDEST LEGACY WILL BE THAT OF A PEACEMAKER AND UNIFIER. WHITE HOUSE TAKEOVER COMPLETE ` OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND ALL ` TRUMP'S BACK, AND SO IS HIS AMERICA FIRST AGENDA. WITH THE WEATHER DENYING THE TRUMP FAITHFUL THE TRADITIONAL INAGURATION PARADE DOWN THE NATIONAL MALL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR DECADES, IT WAS MOVED INTO THE CAPITAL ONE ARENA. THERE THE 47TH PRESIDENT NOT ONLY DELIVERED HIS THIRD SPEECH OF THE DAY, BUT SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON STAGE TO BEGIN WHAT HE IS CALLING AMERICA'S GOLDEN AGE. BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, HIS CLOSE CONFIDANT ELON MUSK SPARKED A STORM WITH A HAND GESTURE BEING COMPARED TO A NAZI SALUTE. OUR U.S. CORREPONDENT MITCH MCCANN WAS THERE. THEY QUEUED OUTSIDE FROM EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH NO GUARANTEES OF SEEING THEIR HERO IN PERSON. # IT'S FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA. # SPIRITS LIFTED BY TRUMP ANTHEMS, TRUMP MERCH AND A LOT OF RED, WHITE AND BLUE, THIS CROWD CAME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M FROM FLORIDA. EAST TEXAS. CALIFORNIA. TENNESSEE. ALL WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT HE WILL DELIVER. EVERYTHING, AND HE'S GONNA COME THROUGH WITH ALL OF IT. YOU CAN BET. INSIDE, AHEAD OF HIS ARRIVAL, THE CROWD WAS HYPED, AND SO WAS TRUMP'S RIGHT-HAND MAN, ELON MUSK, WITH A SALUTE TO THE CROWD WHICH IS RAISING EYEBROWS ACROSS THE WORLD. MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. IT IS THANKS TO YOU THAT THE FUTURE OF CIVILISATION IS ASSURED. DONALD TRUMP IS ONLY MOMENTS AWAY FROM ARRIVING HERE AT THE CAPITAL ONE ARENA IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK. IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, HE FACED 91 CHARGES IN FOUR AMERICAN STATES. HE MIGHT NOW BE A CONVICTED FELON, BUT 77 MILLION PEOPLE STILL VOTED FOR HIM. AND HE'S ABOUT TO ARRIVE HERE, PROMISING SWEEPING CHANGES TO AMERICAN LIFE. PA: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. (CHEERING, WHISTLING) SO NOW THE WORK BEGINS. WE WON, WE WON, BUT NOW THE WORK BEGINS ` WE HAVE TO BRING THEM HOME. REFERENCING THE RELEASE OF HAMAS HOSTAGES, AS FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME STILL BEING HELD JOINED HIM ON STAGE. HE THEN TURNED TO WHAT HE CALLS THE JANUARY 6TH HOSTAGES, THOSE DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAPITOL RIOTS FOUR YEARS AGO. TONIGHT I'M GONNA BE SIGNING ON THE J ` SIX HOSTAGES, PARDONS TO GET THEM OUT. AND AS SOON AS I LEAVE, I'M GOING TO THE OVAL OFFICE, AND WE'LL BE SIGNING PARDONS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE. HE CONTINUED HIS ATTACK ON THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. YOU WON'T HAVE ANY CRIME. THE WHOLE WAY THEY RUN THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY NOW, IT'S DISGRACEFUL, BUT IT'S GONNA CHANGE RAPIDLY ` WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR CITIES SAFE AGAIN. WHILE REITERATING HIS BIG PROMISES. AND YOU'RE WITNESSING THE DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA ` THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK. WE'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK FAST. WITH THAT, HE WENT TO WORK, TURNING AN ORDINARY PRESIDENTIAL ACT INTO A CROWD-PLEASING SPECTACLE ` SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS LIVE ON STAGE. THE FIRST ITEM THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SIGNING IS THE RESCISSION OF 78 BIDEN-ERA EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDA AND OTHERS. BEFORE TOSSING THE PENS INTO THE CROWD AND HEADING OFF TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HIS FAMILY AT HIS SIDE. AND MITCH IS LIVE WITH US NOW FROM WASHINGTON. MITCH, DONALD TRUMP PROMISED A WAVE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ` TALK US THROUGH HIS ACTIONS TODAY, INCLUDING MAKING GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TO PARDON THE CAPITOL RIOTERS? GOOD EVENING FROM WASHINGTON. DONALD TRUMP SAID TO HIS AID HE MIGHT BREAK HIS HAND FROM SIGNING SO MANY EXECUTIVE ORDERS TODAY. IT IS TRUE THAT HE SIGNED MANY SINCE HE WAS SWORN IN. AMONG THEM, WAS TO WITHDRAW THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, SOMETHING HE DID IN HIS FIRST TERM AS WELL. THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT A MAJOR EFFORT BY COUNTRIES 196 COUNTRIES TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE THE US IS NOW OUT OF THAT. DONALD TRUMP ALSO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SAYING THE US WOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. THAT COULD TAKE EFFECT IN A YEAR FROM NOW. THE US IS OUT OF BOTH OF THOSE AGREEMENTS. PERHAPS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EXECUTIVE ORDER DONALD TRUMP SIGNED TODAY WAS CONCERNING THE CAPITAL RIOTERS 1600 PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS WERE OFFERED A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON, MENDING SOME OF THEM IN JAIL TONIGHT WILL BE LET OUT OF JAIL AND HAVE THEIR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS WIPED IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY USE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AFTER THOSE PEOPLE WENT INTO THE CAPITAL BUILDING, BROKE WINDOWS SMASHED THE BUILDINGS. THE CONVICTIONS WILL BE WIPED THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP. THIS CAPS OFF HIS REMARKABLE POLITICAL COMEBACK ` HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DAY AND THE REACTION TO HIS SPEECHES AND HOW THEY EVOLVED THROUGH THE DAY? IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE COMEBACK FROM DONALD TRUMP. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT. DONALD TRUMP MADE A RANGE OF SPEECHES TODAY. HIS FIRST INAUGURAL SPEECH AFTER HE WAS SWORN AND WAS TONED DOWN BY DONALD TRUMP STANDARDS, HOWEVER HALF AN HOUR LATER HE GAVE ANOTHER SPEECH IN THE CAPITAL BUILDING, WHICH HE SAID WAS THE ONE HE WANTED TO GIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE VP AND HIS WIFE MADE HIM TONED THAT FIRST ONE DOWN. THE SECOND SPEECH, DONALD TRUMP CALLED HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS LUNATICS, TALKED ABOUT THE LAST ELECTION BEING WRECKED. HE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT ANTI-CLIMBING PANELS THAT WENT ON HIS ORIGINAL BORDER WALL. DONALD TRUMP REALLY GOT TO WORK TODAY. I WAS INSIDE THE CAPITAL. YOU TALK ABOUT THE REACTION, THE COMMENT THAT GOT THE BIGGEST REACTION FROM THE CROWD INSIDE THAT ARENA TODAY WAS THIS. AS OF TODAY, THE OFFICIAL POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS ` MALE AND FEMALE. THAT IGNITED THE CROWD. OUTSIDE OF SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS, DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD A BIT OF RELAXATION. HE HAS BEEN AT A NUMBER OF INAUGURAL BALLS AROUND WASHINGTON DC. HE HAS BEEN FILMS WITH HIS WIFE, THE FIRST LADY DANCING SOME OF THESE BALLS DONALD TRUMP IS BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HE IS BARGING THROUGH WASHINGTONS WALLS AGAIN. IN HIS WORDS, WE ARE LIVING IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. THE IMPACT OF TRUMP'S POLICIES WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE WORLD, AND NEW ZEALAND IS NO EXCEPTION. AS OUR SECOND LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, EXPERTS SAY TRUMP'S PROMISED TARIFFS PRESENT THE BIGGEST CONCERN. BUT THEY SAY THERE IS SOME CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM. HERE'S SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY. NEW ZEALAND MAY BE A LITTLE AND A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THIS MONUMENTAL DAY IN AMERICA, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE... PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS USHERED IN A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN TERMS OF AMERICA'S ECONOMIC POLICY AND ITS CULTURE AND ITS GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY, AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE MASSIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS COUNTRY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY. TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE A GAME OF BILLIARDS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE BALLS EVERYWHERE. AND IT WON'T JUST BE HOW NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO AMERICA ` IT'S HOW OTHER COUNTRIES RESPOND TO UNITED STATES THAT IMPACT UPON US. TRUMP HAS INDICATED POSSIBLE TARIFFS OF 60% ON IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND SMALLER TARIFFS ON OTHER COUNTRIES, WHICH TO NEW ZEALAND COULD REPRESENT AROUND $8b WORTH OF TRADE. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT, AND HE QUOTED PRESIDENT MCKINLEY WHO WAS AN AVOWED PROTECTIONIST AROUND 125 YEARS AGO AS HIS SORT OF MENTOR ` A GREAT PRESIDENT ` AND SO THAT SUGGESTS TO ME HE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH IT, AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR EXPORTS TO AMERICA. AMERICA IS NEW ZEALAND'S SECOND BIGGEST EXPORT MARKET BEHIND CHINA. BOTH CURRENTLY HAVE NO TARIFFS ON NEW ZEALAND. WE MUST AVOID BEING FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AMERICA AND CHINA, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE COUNTRY THREATENING TO PUT TARIFFS ON US, WE ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN OUR FIRST AND SECOND TRADING PARTNERS, AND THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US. WE'RE WORRIED, QUESTIONING WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN WITH HAVING TARIFFS ON MORE GENERALLY GLOBALLY, BECAUSE IF NEW ZEALAND'S TRADING PARTNERS ARE ALSO FACING TARIFFS AND ARE HAVING TO EFFECTIVELY EITHER PAY MORE OR WHO ARE SEEING LOWER PRODUCTION IN THEIR COUNTRIES, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO MEAN THAT THERE'S LESS THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO BUY FROM NEW ZEALAND AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'S THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WITH THE 47TH PRESIDENT VOWING TO REPEAL CLIMATE POLICIES ` HE'S ALREADY SIGNED AN ORDER PULLING OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE DEAL. ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE SHARING THE SAME PLANET. THE ACTIONS OF ANY GOVERNMENT ON THIS PLANET WILL IMPACT THE LIVELIHOODS OF EVERYONE. TRUMP HAS ALREADY HIT A NERVE WITH NEW ZEALANDERS, CLAIMING IN HIS SPEECH THAT THE U.S. SPLIT THE ATOM WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY NELSON-BORN PHYSICIST ERNEST RUTHERFORD WHO PIONEERED THAT RESEARCH. AMERICANS PUSHED THOUSANDS OF MILES THROUGH A RUGGED LAND OF UNTAMED WILDERNESS, LIFTED MILLIONS FROM POVERTY, HARNESSED ELECTRICITY, SPLIT THE ATOM, LAUNCHED MANKIND INTO THE HEAVENS. BUT KIWIS ARE CLEARLY WORRIED ABOUT OTHER THINGS TOO. HE HAS AN AMERICA FIRST POLICY, AND THAT COMES AT THE COST OF PEOPLE LIKE US IN NEW ZEALAND. I'M SCARED. I'M SCARED FOR WHAT MAY COME. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE AFFECTED ECONOMICALLY. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO OUR ECONOMY. IT'S ALREADY HURTING TOO MUCH. FOR ME, IT'S THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. CHRISTOPHER LUXON POSTED A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO TRUMP ON X, SAYING... THERE'S ALSO THE CHANCE FOR OPTIMISM AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE CHALLENGES TODAY THAT HAVE TO BE CONFRONTED. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO GLOBAL CONFLICT. WE NEED AGREEMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL ARMS CONTROL, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE PEACE IN A NUMBER OF REGIONS OF THE WORLD, AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE MAY ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE GOALS. OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER IN A NUMBER OF AREAS WITH THE U.S. THAT WE WOULD HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE COULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE U.S. IN, AND THAT MIGHT BRING FURTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. IF THERE'S ONE THING DONALD TRUMP'S KNOWN FOR, IT'S HIS UNPREDICTABILITY AND HIS EGO, SO FOR A LOT OF NEW ZEALAND, IT REALLY IS A WAITING GAME TO SEE WHAT PLAYS OUT AND WHEN ` A WATCHING BRIEF, DAY BY DAY, HOUR BY HOUR. A BRIEF THAT'S NOW IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. GRACE IS HERE NOW WITH MORE ON TODAY'S WET WEATHER. WHO WAS HIT THE HARDEST? WELL, KAIKOHE IN THE FAR NORTH WAS THE WETTEST SPOT TODAY, SAM, WITH 72.6MM OF RAIN, WHILE WHANGAPARAOA SAW THE STRONGEST WIND GUST OF 89KM/H. THIS WAS KAEO RIVER FLOODING IN NORTHLAND JUST AFTER 11AM THIS MORNING, WITH SOME WATER REACHING STATE HIGHWAY 10. AT ONE POINT, MORE THAN 1500 PROPERTIES IN NORTHLAND LOST POWER DUE TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN, ALONG WITH OUTAGES RECORDED IN THE COROMANDEL TOO. I'LL HAVE ALL THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS JUST AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` A TEENAGER ADMITS KILLING THREE YOUNG GIRLS AT AT TAYLOR SWIFT-THEMED DANCE CLASS, IN A CASE THAT SPARKED WIDESPREAD RIOTS ACROSS ENGLAND. AND IT WAS NZ'S DEADLIEST FIRE ` NOW VANDALS HAVE ATTACKED A BALLANTYNES MEMORIAL. (SINGS) # I like to ite, ite, ite # Apples and bananas... # (DOOR RATTLES) (CONTINUES SINGING INDISTINCTLY) VOICEOVER: In a crash, your car is your last line of defence. (CARDBOARD TEARS) What if it's not as safe as you think? (SINGS) # Apples and bananas... # (CAR RATTLES) Check your safety rating at Rightcar. THE FAMILY OF A JET SKIER WHO DIED ON LAKE TAUPO SAYS HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE HIS BROTHER. VINCENT COOKE'S BODY WAS FOUND BY THE POLICE DIVE SQUAD YESTERDAY AFTER HE WENT MISSING AT ACACIA BAY ON SUNDAY. THE 36-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN STRUGGLING IN THE WATER. ON A GIVEALITTLE PAGE, COOKE'S SISTER WROTE HE COMMITTED 'A SELFLESS AND HEROIC ACT 'THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE MAN HE WAS'. THIEVES HAVE STOLEN FUNERAL PLAQUES FROM A CHRISTCHURCH MEMORIAL FOR THOSE KILLED IN NEW ZEALAND'S DEADLIEST FIRE. 23 OF THE 41 INDIVIDUAL BRONZE PLAQUES FOR THE VICTIMS IN THE 1947 BALLANTYNES FIRE WERE STRIPPED FROM THE RURU LAWN CEMETERY OVER THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THE PLAQUES WERE REMOVED FROM WOODEN BENCHES, WHICH WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE CITY COUNCIL ERECTED THE MEMORIAL TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE BLAZE. FIREFIGHTERS SPENT FIVE HOURS DOUSING THE RAGING FIRE BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT. THE MEMORIAL WAS REFURBISHED IN 2014 AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. AN MAN (18) HAS ADMITTED KILLING THREE YOUNG GIRLS AT A TAYLOR SWIFT DANCE PARTY IN A CASE WHICH LED TO WIDESPREAD RIOTING IN THE UK. AXEL RUDAKUBANA LAUNCHED A FRENZIED KNIFE ATTACK AT A COMMUNITY CENTRE IN SOUTHPORT LAST JULY AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. HE ALSO ADMITTED THE ATTEMPTED MURDERS OF SIX OTHER CHILDREN AND TWO ADULTS, AND TERROR OFFENCES. ITV'S RACHEL TOWNSEND REPORTS. ALICE, BEBE AND ELSIE ` INNOCENCE ETCHED ACROSS THEIR FACES. THEY ARE THE THREE CHILD VICTIMS OF THESE BARBARIC KILLINGS. AND THIS IS THEIR KILLER ` AXEL RUDAKUBANA. LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE HE EXECUTED HIS MURDEROUS PLAN, HE PACES OUTSIDE HIS HOME, WAITING FOR A TAXI TO TAKE HIM THE SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN BANKS AND SOUTHPORT. AS HE WAITED, 26 YOUNG GIRLS HAD JUST JOINED A TAYLOR SWIFT-THEMED DANCE CLASS. THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE NO ADULT OR CHILD SHOULD EVER SEE. WITHIN SECONDS OF ENTERING THE DANCE HALL, AXEL RUDAKUBANA STABBED 11 CHILDREN AND THEIR DANCE TEACHER. IN THE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, JOHN HAYES TOLD ITV NEWS OF THE MOMENT HE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH RUDAKUBANA. HAVING RUSHED TO HELP AFTER HEARING SCREAMS, HE WAS THEN STABBED TOO. WHEN I OPENED THE... OUR OFFICE DOOR, I WAS CONFRONTED BY ANOTHER GIRL ON THE FLOOR WHO... WHO LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS AND WAS HEAVILY BLOOD-SOAKED AND THIS GUY IN FRONT OF ME WITH A WITH A KNIFE, WHO... WHO THEN CAME TOWARDS ME, YOU KNOW, IN A PRETTY MENACING WAY. AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME TOO. THE TEENAGER RESPONSIBLE FOR UNLEASHING SUCH TERROR WAS TODAY BROUGHT FROM HIS PRISON CELL TO LIVERPOOL CROWN COURT. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE START OF AXEL RUDAKUBANA'S TRIAL, BUT IN COURT, TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE, HE CHANGED HIS PLEAS. 16 TIMES, HE MUMBLED GUILTY AS THE INDICTMENT OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND THREE OTHER CHARGES WERE READ TO HIM. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE GAVE THEIR ASSESSMENT. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A YOUNG MAN WITH A SICKENING AND SUSTAINED INTEREST IN DEATH AND VIOLENCE. HE HAS SHOWN NO SIGNS OF REMORSE. THE FAMILIES OF THOSE MURDERED HAVE NOW BEEN SPARED SOME OF THE HORRIFIC DETAIL OF THEIR CHILDREN'S DEATHS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF SO MUCH. STILL TO COME ` IT'S BEING SEEN AS TRUMP'S FIRST BIG TEST, SO NEARLY TWO DAYS INTO THE CEASEFIRE, IS THE ISRAEL-HAMAS DEAL SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF STRAIN? AND LATER IN SPORT, ONE OF THE WOMEN'S TOP SEEDS CRASHES OUT OF THE AUSSIE OPEN, BUT THE KIWI FLAG IS STILL FLYING THERE. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN SWORN IN FOR HIS SECOND TERM AS U.S. PRESIDENT, SAYING IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA. HE'S ALSO ISSUED A FLURRY OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, SOME SIGNED IN FRONT OF A RALLY OF HIS SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING PARDONS FOR NEARLY 1600 DEFENDANTS CHARGED IN THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. UNLIKE TRUMP FOUR YEARS AGO, JOE BIDEN PARTICIPATED FULLY IN THE INAUGURATION. BUT HE SPENT HIS LAST HOURS AS PRESIDENT TRYING TO SHIELD MANY OF TRUMP'S ENEMIES FROM RETRIBUTION, ISSUING PRE-EMPTIVE PARDONS TO MEMBERS OF HIS OWN FAMILY AND TRUMP'S FORMER COVID-RESPONSE CHIEF DR ANTHONY FAUCI. ENSURING THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE HOLDS IN GAZA WILL BE ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST BIG FOREIGN POLICY TESTS. SINCE THE START OF THE TRUCE, HAMAS AND ISRAEL HAVE EXCHANGED HOSTAGES AND CAPTIVES. ITV'S RACHEL YOUNGER HAS THE LATEST. COMING HOME ` THE SAFETY OF A MOTHER'S ARMS FEELS THE SAME, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, ESPECIALLY AFTER MONTHS OF IMPRISONMENT. WOMEN AND SIX CHILDREN AMONGST THE PALESTINIANS RETURNING TO THE WEST BANK FROM ISRAEL'S JAILS IN THE EARLY HOURS. BACK TODAY WITH HER FAMILY IS UNIVERSITY STUDENT DIANA, WHO WAS TOLD SHE WAS A DANGER TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY. DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO FEEL THE FRESH AIR AND THE SUN AGAIN? YEAH. SHE WAS HELD FOR FIVE MONTHS WITHOUT CHARGE. 'WE WERE STRIPSEARCHED CONSTANTLY,' SHE TELLS ME. 'AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE RED LINES FOR THE FEMALE PRISONERS. 'THEY CROSSED ALL THE LINES ` THEY HAD NO BOUNDARIES.' ALSO WELCOMED BACK, LEADER JARRAR, WHO LEADS A PARTY OF RESISTANCE SEEN BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY AS A TERRORIST GROUP. SHE SAYS SHE'S YET TO BE TOLD WHY SHE WAS ARRESTED THIS TIME. I WAS IN ISOLATION ` NO FAMILY VISIT, ALONE FOR SIX MONTHS. SOMETIMES THEY CUT THE THE WATER, AND I HAVE NO WATER SOMETIMES, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. YESTERDAY, IT WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT I TALKED TO PEOPLE. ISRAEL HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF MISTREATMENT, THE FREEDOM OF THESE WOMEN COMING AS PART OF THE EXCHANGE THAT SAW THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES RELEASED YESTERDAY. IN A MOMENT THAT LOOKED TERRIFYING, BUT SAFELY DELIVERED DORON, ROMI AND EMILY BACK IN BETTER CONDITION THAN ANYONE DARED HOPE. AFTER 15 MONTHS OF PAIN, TEARS OF PURE HAPPINESS, EMILY'S BRITISH MUM, MANDY, WRITING TODAY... IN HER OWN WORDS, SHE IS THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. AND SOMEHOW, AMID UNIMAGINABLE DESTRUCTION, THEY'RE TRYING TO RECLAIM THEIR LIVES IN GAZA TOO ` PALESTINIANS, DISPLACED FOR MONTHS, FINALLY RETURNING, BUT FINDING SO LITTLE LEFT THAT IBRAHIM AND HIS FAMILY JUST PITCH A TENT WHERE THEIR HOUSE USED TO STAND. 'THIS IS OUR FAMILY HOME NOW,' HE SAYS, 'BECAUSE IN THIS MOMENT OF PEACE, 'WITH SO MUCH LOST AND SO MANY STILL MISSING, 'JUST COMING HOME MEANS EVERYTHING.' AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, DONALD TRUMP HAS DECLARED ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER A NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND VOWED TO RAMP UP MASS DEPORTATIONS. BUT EVEN AS HIS INAUGURATION LOOMED, DESPERATE FAMILIES CONTINUED TO RISK THEIR LIVES TO CROSS THE BORDER IN THE HOPES OF SEEKING ASYLUM. ITV'S SEJAL KARIA WENT TO THE BORDER TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES, AND TO MEXICO TO MEET THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN SENT BACK. IN A DESOLATE CORNER OF THE ARIZONA DESERT, WHERE MEXICO ENDS AND AMERICA BEGINS... DOZENS OF MIGRANTS ARE HUDDLED AROUND A CAMPFIRE ` AMONG THEM, FAMILIES WITH BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN. (PEOPLE CHATTER SOFTLY) THEIR FIRST HOURS IN A COUNTRY THEY'VE RISKED THEIR LIVES TO ENTER. IT IS COLD, AND THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND HUNGRY. HERE, WE MEET A WOMAN WHO'S PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BE SMUGGLED ACROSS FROM MEXICO. (SPEAKS SPANISH) 'THERE'S A LOT OF CRIME, AND THEY THREATEN TO KILL ME,' SHE SAYS. 'THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE VERY UGLY AND VERY SAD THERE. 'THERE ARE MANY WHO DISAPPEAR.' AND THE DREAM OF AMERICA IS DRAWING MIGRANTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD HERE, INCLUDING THIS FAMILY FROM INDIA WHO'VE BEEN TRAVELLING FOR SIX MONTHS. AS THE DAY DAWNS, BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARRIVE AT THIS REMOTE PART OF THE BORDER WALL, WHICH HAS BECOME A POTENT POLITICAL SYMBOL. THE MIGRANTS TELL ME THEY'VE BEEN WAITING TO TURN THEMSELVES IN TO ASK FOR ASYLUM. AFTER A HEADCOUNT, AGENTS TAKE THEM AWAY TO BE PROCESSED. THIS WALL, THOUGH, HAS TWO FACES. IN THE U.S., IT'S WIDELY SEEN AS A MONUMENT TO A FAILING IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. BUT IN MEXICO, IT'S THE LAST HURDLE ON THE JOURNEY TO OPPORTUNITY. LUNCHTIME IN THE BORDER CITY OF NOGALES, AND WE MEET THIS WOMAN WHO'S JUST BEEN DEPORTED BACK. (SPEAKS SPANISH) 'THEY IMPRISONED ME FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE SENDING ME BACK,' SHE TOLD ME. 'IT'S THE THIRD TIME I TRIED IN A FEW MONTHS. 'I AM GOING TO TRY AGAIN.' SHE WAS AMONG DOZENS WE MET WHO'D BEEN BUSED BACK THAT MORNING TO MEXICO. MANY TOLD US NEITHER THE WALL, THE PERILOUS JOURNEY OR DEPORTATION WILL DETER THEM FROM CROSSING AGAIN. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT, AND ONE OF TOP WOMEN'S SEEDS IS GONE AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN? OLLIE: COCO GAUFF WAS SENT PACKING. SHE WAS TALKED ABOUT AS ONE OF THE PRETOURNAMENT FAVOURITES BUT COULDN'T GET HER GAME GOING. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM MELBOURNE PARK FOR YOU NEXT AS ERIN ROUTLIFFE CONTINUES TO FLY THE KIWI FLAG WITH A STRAIGHT SETS WIN IN HER DOUBLES QUARTER-FINAL. AND BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE ` THE PHOENIX GRAB ALL THREE POINTS AGAINST MACARTHUR, SO COULD THIS BE THE TURNING POINT THEIR SEASON NEEDS? 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! # (DRAMATIC MUSIC) LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, WITH SUZUKI JIMNY FIVE-DOOR AND THREE NEWS SPORT. THIRD-SEED COCO GAUFF HAS CRASHED OUT OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN, AFTER A STRAIGHT-SETS QUARTER-FINAL DEFEAT TO 11TH SEED PAULA BADOSA. AFTER A HARD-FOUGHT FIRST SET, BADOSA PILED ON THE PRESSURE IN SECOND, TRIGGERING A SERIES OF UNCHARACTERISTIC ERRORS FROM THE AMERICAN TO ADVANCE TO HER FIRST EVER GRAND SLAM SEMI-FINAL. LUCY THOMSON WATCHED THE ACTION. TAKE A BOW, PAULA BADOSA. GAME, SET, MATCH BADOSA. AND SHE GETS THE WIN, PAULA BADOSA, TAKES OUT THE NUMBER THREE SEED, COCO GAUFF. THE SPANIARD ENDING THE AMERICAN'S 13-MATCH UNBEATEN RUN TO SECURE HER FIRST TOP 10 WIN AT A MAJOR TOURNAMENT AND MAIDEN GRAND SLAM SEMIFINAL APPEARANCE. EMOTIONAL ` I'M A BIT EMOTIONAL. THE SAME COULDN'T BE SAID FOR HER PERFORMANCE OUT ON COURT ` A CLINICAL DISPLAY OF POWER, PRECISION AND ATHLETISM... OH, UNBELIEVABLE FROM BADOSA. ...SAW HER CLAIM THE FIRST SET 7-5. BADOSA. SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO FIND HER RHYTHM IN THE SECOND, GAUFF QUICKLY BEGAN TO UNRAVEL, AMASSING AN UNCHARACTERISTIC 41 UNFORCED ERRORS ` INCLUDING SIX DOUBLE FAULTS ACROSS THE MATCH, AS BADOSA DOUBLED DOWN. THAT'S TERRIFIC FROM BADOSA. GAUFF SHOWED GLIMPSES OF HER TRADEMARK FLAIR. CONTINUES TO FIGHT. BUT IT WAS BADOSA WHO SOARED HOME TO VICTORY AGAINST ALL ODDS. A YEAR AGO I WAS HERE, WITH MY BACK, THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I HAD TO RETIRE FROM THE SPORT, AND NOW I AM HERE PLAYING AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD, I WON TODAY, AND I'M IN SEMIFINALS ` SO I WOULD NEVER THINK THAT A YEAR AFTER, I'D BE HERE. THE DAY'S OTHER QUARTERFINAL SAW SECOND-SEED ALEXANDER ZVEREV TAKE ON AMERICAN TOMMY PAUL. ZVEREV SALVAGES THE SET. WHOEVER COMES OUT ON TOP THAT MATCH WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BLOCKBUSTER BETWEEN NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND CARLOS ALCARAZ. MEANWHILE, IN THE DOUBLES, KIWI SECOND-SEED ERIN ROUTLIFFE AND PARTNER GABY DABROWSKI ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS AFTER A STRAIGHT-SETS QUARTER-FINAL VICTORY. THE 2023 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS MADE LIGHT WORK OF THEIR OPPONENTS, EASING TO VICTORY 6-3, 6-2 IN JUST OVER ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. GEE, THEY ARE IN GOOD TOUCH. THE DUO WILL NOW TAKE ON THIRD SEEDS SU-WEI HSIEH AND JELENA OSTAPENKO FOR A PLACE IN SUNDAY'S FINAL. WITH THEIR BACKS FIRMLY AGAINST THE WALL AMID A MOUNTING INJURY CRISIS, THE PHOENIX HAVE DUG DEEP TO RECORD THEIR FIRST WIN IN ALMOST A MONTH. LAST NIGHT'S 2-1 VICTORY OVER MACARTHUR FC COULD BE THE TURNING POINT THE NIX NEED TO BEGIN THEIR PLAYOFF PUSH, AND IT CAME WITH A SLICE OF HISTORY FOR THEIR STAR STRIKER. HAVING ONE JUST ONCE IN THEIR PAST SIX GAMES, AND WITH A MOUNTING INJURY CRISIS, THIS ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR THE PHOENIX, AND THE EARLY SIGNS WEREN'T LOOKING PROMISING. AND THE NEW MAN, DE SILVA ` WHAT AN INTRODUCTION THAT WOULD'VE BEEN. MACARTHUR WITH TIME ON THE BALL AND SPACE EVERYWHERE THEY LOOKED, THE NIX DEFENCE IN ALL SORTS, AS THE CHANCES FOR THE HOSTS CAME THICK AND FAST. TAKES THE SHOT AND HITS THE WOODWORK. THE SIGNS WERE OMINOUS, AND THE OPENER DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO COME. HOLLMAN! AND MACARTHUR DO TAKE THE LEAD. IT HAD BEEN COMING. THE PHOENIX DOWN 1-0, A FRUSTRATED GIANCARLO ITALIANO URGING SOMETHING ` ANYTHING ` THAT RESEMBLED A FIGHTBACK. WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD OPPORTUNITIES TO PROGRESS THE BALL, AND EITHER WE'D BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOO DIRECT OR JUST WEREN'T FINDING THE POCKET WELL AND EXPLOITING THEM ` I THOUGHT WE COULD'VE HURT THEM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. WHEN THE NIX DID GET INTO SCORING POSITIONS, THEY WERE QUICKLY SNUFFED OUT BY THE MACARTHUR DEFENCE. AT THE OTHER END, ALBY KELLY-HEALD WAS MADE TO WORK IN JUST HIS SECOND A-LEAGUE APPEARANCE, BUT SHOWED HE'S MORE THAN UP TO THE TASK. AND A BRILLIANT VOLLEY IS FOILED BY AN EVEN BETTER SAVE. AS THEIR GOAL CONTINUED TO BE PEPPERED WITH CHANCES, THE PHOENIX LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE BARELY KEEPING THEIR HEADS ABOVE WATER. BUT WHEN THEY GOT HALF A CHANCE, THEY TOOK IT. GREAT LITTLE FLICK ON THAT` NAGASAWA! THERE IT IS. SUDDENLY, IT WAS THE PHOENIX WITH THEIR TAILS UP, AND THEIR FORMER KEEPER FILIP KURTO THEN GIFTED THEM THE CHANCE TO GO AHEAD. IT'S A PENALTY! EXTRAORDINARY. KOSTA BARBAROUSES WOULDN'T MISS FROM THE RESULTING PENALTY. BARBAROUSES SCORES! KNOCKING IN SOME KIWI FOOTBALL HISTORY ALONG THE WAY, BECOMING THE FIRST NZER TO SCORE 100 A-LEAGUE GOALS, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, GETTING THE PHOENIX SEASON BACK ON TRACK. I THINK IT REINFORCES THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE MOMENT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT, AGAIN, I'M NOT LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD ` I WANNA BUILD CONFIDENCE. LEAVING SYDNEY 2-1 WINNERS WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND IF THEY CAN GRAB A SIMILAR RESULT AGAINST CENTRAL COAST AT HOME ON SATURDAY, THAT CONFIDENCE IS ONLY GOING TO GROW. CHELSEA HAVE MOVED AHEAD OF MANCHESTER CITY INTO THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S TOP FOUR AFTER A 3-1 WIN OVER WOLVES. THE HOME SIDE HAD THE LEAD INSIDE HALF AN HOUR, DESPITE INITIALLY LOOKING LIKE A CLEAR OFFSIDE, ONLY FOR VAR TO DEEM IT A GOAL. WOLVES MANAGED TO WIPE THE ADVANTAGE ON THE STROKE OF HALF-TIME, ONLY FOR CHELSEA TO PUT THE GAME TO BED IN THE SECOND HALF. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IT IS. RIGHT ON THE LINE TO TOUCH IT AND. CHELSEA STILL REMAIN 10 POINTS ADRIFT OF LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL. HIS NRL FUTURE HAS BEEN THE TOPIC OF MUCH DEBATE LATELY, BUT KIWIS HALF DYLAN BROWN WON'T BE JUMPING CODES TO RUGBY UNION. NEWS BROKE LAST WEEK THAT BROWN COULD BE SET TO TEST THE OPEN MARKET, DESPITE HAVING A LENGTHY CONTRACT WITH THE EELS. PART OF THAT WAS RUMOURED TO BE A POTENTIAL CODE SWITCH, BUT RUGBY AUSTRALIA BOSS PHIL WAUGH HAS TOLD AUSTRALIAN MEDIA THERE'S NO INTEREST. THERE'S SO FAR NOT BEEN ANY OTHER NRL SIDES TO EMERGE AS FRONT-RUNNERS, WITH A HIGH CHANCE BROWN REMAINS AT PARRAMATTA. FINALLY TONIGHT, NOT A RESULT YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF THE WOMEN'S UNDER-19 CRICKET WORLD CUP, WITH NZ STUNNED IN GROUP PLAY BY MINNOWS NIGERIA. IN A RAIN-AFFECTED MATCH THAT WAS REDUCED TO JUST 13 OVERS EACH, NIGERIA SET THE KIWIS 63 FOR VICTORY, BUT NZ CRUMBLED IN THEIR RUN CHASE TO FALL TWO SHORT AND HAND THE AFRICAN NATION THE MOST UNLIKELY OF VICTORIES. THAT HAS GONE HIGH. DOESN'T HAVE THE LEGS GO TO THE BOUNDARY. THEY CAME BACK FOR THREE. AT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS TAKEN THE STUMPS. HISTORIC MOMENT. WHAT A BRILLIANT MOMENT THIS IS FOR NIGERIA. NZ NOW NEED TO BEAT SAMOA IN THEIR FINAL GROUP MATCH AND HAVE OTHER RESULTS GO THEIR WAY TO ADVANCE TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. PRETTY COOL SCENES FOR NIGERIA. I LOVE THE CELEBRATIONS. THERE CAN HAVE BEEN FEW ORDEALS MORE BLEAK THAN BEING HELD IN THE CONDEMNED CELLS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. WHILE AWAITING THEIR FATE IN THOSE DARK, DANK SURROUNDINGS, MANY PRISONERS SCRATCHED OUT THEIR LAST THOUGHTS IN GRAFFITI ON THE CELL WALLS. THESE DESPERATE WRITINGS HAVE REMAINED INDECIPHERABLE FOR CENTURIES, UNTIL NOW, THANKS TO THE LATEST ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY. ITV'S MARTHA FAIRLIE WITH THIS. KINGS, QUEENS AND PRINCES WERE ALL HELD HERE AS PRISONERS. AND WHILE THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL FOR MANY SENT TO THE TOWER, RECORD-KEEPING WAS AT BEST PATCHY. SO HISTORIANS HAVE BEEN TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GRAFFITI LEFT OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS. THIS MAIN BODY OF TEXT IS IN ANGLO-NORMAN FRENCH ` UP THE TOP, IT'S FAIRLY DEFINITELY IN LATIN. IT'S TALKING ABOUT WE ARE POOR, WE ARE VULNERABLE, AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR SUPPORT. WE'VE GOT THE BRETON SECTION, THAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN ` THAT SEEMS TO BE FROM A FEMALE AUTHOR. WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL, FRUSTRATING PUZZLE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. USING LASER SCANNERS AND SPECIALIST LIGHTING, THEY'VE BEEN RE-EXAMINING ANCIENT MARKINGS ON THE WALLS OF THE SALT TOWER. THEY SIT ALONGSIDE FAMOUS GRAFFITI BY CATHOLIC PRIESTS ST HENRY WALPOLE AND HEW DRAPER, ACCUSED OF BEING A SORCERER, WHO LEFT THESE INTRICATE CARVINGS. FOR CENTURIES, THE MOST DANGEROUS AND POLITICALLY IMPORTANT PRISONERS WERE SENT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON. NOW THIS RESEARCH MAY SHED LIGHT ON SOME OF ITS OTHER OCCUPANTS, WHO CARVED ONE FINAL MARK OR MESSAGE INTO THESE HISTORIC STONES. ALTHOUGH IT IS THE STATE PRISON, IT'S WHERE THOSE THOSE NOTORIOUS PRISONERS GO, IT'S ALSO THE LOCAL JAIL ` IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT ON THE RIVER OR IN THE CITY, THIS IS WHERE THEY'LL BE BROUGHT. IT'S ALSO A PLACE OF SANCTUARY ` IF PEOPLE ARE UNDER DIRECT THREAT, THIS IS WHERE THEY'LL COME. AND WHILE THE WALLS CAN'T TALK, THEY COULD BE ETCHED WITH HUNDREDS, OR EVEN THOUSANDS, OF SECRETS THAT ARE ONLY NOW BEING REVEALED. GRACE IS HERE NOW WITH MORE ON THE WILD WEATHER HITTING THE NORTH. WHAT WARNINGS ARE STILL IN PLACE? LOTS OF THE WEATHER RIGHT UP NORTH HAS EASED OFF, BUT THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA IS STILL UNDER AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING UNTIL 1AM. AND TAIRAWHITI IS ALSO BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM NOW, WITH ITS HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE UNTIL 8 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. THE REGION CAN EXPECT AROUND 80MM TO 100MM OF RAIN, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GISBORNE CITY. ME U TONU MAI, I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST NEXT. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRAMPOLINES AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO. THE NORTH ISLAND HAS BEEN IN FOR A DRENCHING TODAY, BUT IT WILL START TO EASE. IT'S THIS INTENSE LOW THAT'S SPREADING RAIN AND STRONG WINDS SOUTH OVER THE UPPER HALF OF THE ISLAND. TOMORROW, THE EASTERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTH TURNS SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN STILL HANGING AROUND TAIRAWHITI AND THE BAY OF PLENTY. A RIDGE COVERING THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL KEEP IT FAIRLY SETTLED, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT FRONT START TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL BRING SOME WET WEATHER. SO FOR TE WAIPOUNAMU THE SOUTH ISLAND, THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS SPRINGING UP TONIGHT OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY. BUT MANY PLACES ARE SET TO SEE A DRY DAY, WITH SPELLS OF SUNSHINE AFTER EARLY CLOUD CLEARS AWAY. AND IT SHOULD STAY DRY UNTIL THURSDAY, WHEN THAT NEXT FRONT STARTS TO MOVE FURTHER TOWARDS THE ISLAND BY END OF THE DAY. IT'S A BIT MORE OF A COMPLICATED STORY FOR TE IKA A MAUI THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE KEEPING THINGS VERY ACTIVE AND WET. HEADING INTO THE MORNING, STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE STILL FEEDING MORE RAIN INTO THE COROMANDEL AND TAIRAWHITI, WHERE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE INTO THE EARLY HOURS. EXPECT SOME SHOWERS STILL IN NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND AND INTO THE WAIKATO, BUT IT SHOULD BE A FINE DAY FOR OTHERS. THE CLOUD IS STICKING AROUND UP TOP, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AS I MENTIONED INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES ALSO START TO DEVELOP FOR KAITAIA. TAMAKI MAKAURAU THE WARMEST WITH 26 DEGREES. LOTS OF CLOUD HERE TOO; A FEW SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN FOR MOST. BUT FINE SPELLS WILL START TO INCREASE AS YOU HEAD THROUGH THE DAY. SOUTHEASTERLIES FOR ALL HERE TOO. THEY'LL EASE IN THE EVENING. YOU CAN SEE THAT WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL HANGING AROUND OUT EAST. A REMINDER THE ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR TAIRAWHITI IS IN PLACE UNTIL 8AM TOMORROW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF GISBORNE CITY. MUCH MORE SETTLED FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND. PLENTY OF CLOUD AROUND BUT CLEARS UP INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHANGANUI GETS TO A HIGH OF 29 DEGREES. ACROSS THE STRAIT, IT'S A FINE DAY FOR THE WEST COAST. WESTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST HERE. REEFTON MAY SEE A SHOWER LATER ON. AND ON THE EAST, EXPECT SOME LOW CLOUD IN THE MORNING, WITH FOG POSSIBLE FOR THE LIKES OF OTAUTAHI, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'RE IN FOR A FINE DAY. FURTHER SOUTH, IT'S A SIMILAR STORY ` FINE, WITH SOME CLOUD AROUND. NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE MORNIGN FOR OAMARU ` ALEXANDRA GETS TO A HIGH OF 31 DEGREES. TO OUR MAIN CENTRES ` OTEPOTI DUNEDIN WILL SEE SOME LOW CLOUD IN THE MORNING, AND NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON; HIGH OF 22 FOR YOU. SOME MORNING FOG POSSIBLE FOR YOU, OTAUTAHI, BUT A FINE DAY APART FROM THAT. NORTHEASTERLIES BECOME FRESH FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TO THE CAPITAL, TE WHANGANUI A TARA, IT IS LOOKING GOOD ` FINE, WITH A HIGH OF 25 DEGREES AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. AND HAWKE'S BAY, THERE'S PERIODS OF RAIN, AS THAT FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST TOMORROW, ALONG WITH EASTERLY WINDS. TAURANGA, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN, THEN FINE SPELLS WILL START TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP. SOUTHEASTERLIES WILL EASE IN THE EVENING TOO; HIGH OF 25 DEGREES. AND A CLOUDY START FOR YOU, KIRIKIRIROA, WITH A SHOWER OR TWO BEFORE DAWN ` MAINLY FINE FOR MOST OF THE DAY, BUT THERE IS THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER TOO. PARTLY CLOUDY FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU WITH A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE OFF THE EVENING ` HIGH OF 26 FOR YOU. OVERSEAS NOW, AND THERE'S SHOWERS FOR THE LIKES OF MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY ` BRISBANE GETTING TO 35 DEGREES. AND IN THE PACIFIC, TONGA AND SAMOA START TO SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS NOW TOO. BACK TO US ` IT'S RELATIVELY SETTLED UP NORTH FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, UNTIL A FRONT FROM THE TASMAN SEA SPREADS A WET NORTHERLY FLOW OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ON SATURDAY, BEFORE MOVING RAPIDLY OVER THE COUNTRY LATER IN THE DAY. AND AFTER SOME SUN HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, YOU CAN SEE THAT INCOMING WET-WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES DOWN THE ISLAND, AND IT'S BRINGING RAIN ON SATURDAY TO CENTRAL PARTS OF THE MOTU AS WELL. CLOUD AROUND FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AND WEST COAST BEFORE RAIN ON SATURDAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH STARTS TO MOVE IN HERE ON THURSDAY. THANK YOU TO TREVOR FOR SENDING THIS PHOTO IN. THERE WAS CLEARLY A LOT OF RAIN COMING IN. THAT IS THREE NEWS 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. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND SAM BAKER. 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