ONE QUAD BIKE RIDER HAS DIED AND ANOTHER IS CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE RAKAIA RIVER IN CANTERBURY. A FEDERAL COURT STEPS IN AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR TO TEMPORARILY HALT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION TO GUT THE HUMANITARIAN AGENCY USAID. AND IN SPORT, THE SYDNEY SAILGP EVENT HAS STARTED, WITH BLACK FOILS LOOKING TO GET RID OF THEIR GEAR GREMLINS. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. 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. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND ANOTHER IS CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER A GROUP ON QUAD BIKES GOT INTO TROUBLE WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE RAKAIA RIVER MOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATER INCIDENT OCCURRED IN DORIE, NEAR ASHBURTON, AND INVOLVED AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE. REPORTER RUWANI PERERA IS ACROSS THE STORY. RUWANI, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED A GROUP OF SIX PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN A WATER INCIDENT AROUND 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER. WITNESSES DESCRIBED SEEING THE QUAD BIKE TRYING TO CROSS OVER THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER WHEN IT BECAME SUBMERGED AND HAD CRASHING WAVES CRASHING ONTO THE BIKE. ONE PERSON WAS DECEASED AT THE SCENE, WITH ANOTHER AIRLIFTED OUT BY THE WESTPAC HELICOPTER TO CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL. THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY ARE A HUSBAND AND WIFE AND THEIR SON. THERE QUAD BIKE GOT STUCK IN THE RIVER. A BYSTANDER ALSO SAW IT BEING SUBMERGED DUE TO THE HEAVY WAVES. IT IS A POPULAR SPOT FOR BOATIES AND SALMON FISHING, AND THEY DESCRIBE THE RIVER MOUTH AS A CHALLENGING STRETCH OF WATER. A NICE FAMILY DAY OUT THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY TODAY. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER PERSON HAS DIED ON MAKETU BEACH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY. POLICE SAY AN UNRESPONSIVE MALE WASHED UP ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE BEACH JUST AFTER 4pm. DESPITE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION, HE WAS UNABLE TO BE REVIVED. A FEDERAL COURT HAS STEPPED IN AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR TO TEMPORARILY HALT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION TO GUT THE HUMANITARIAN AGENCY USAID. IT COMES AS THE UNITED NATIONS WARNED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WOULD DIE IF THE FUNDING WAS PULLED AS PLANNED. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. LEAVING THE WEST WING FOR A WEEKEND GETAWAY TO FLORIDA, DONALD TRUMP CELEBRATED ANOTHER WEEK OF HEAD-SHAKING HEADLINE MAKING WITH A WAVE AND A FIST PUMP, LEAVING A FLURRY OF ORDERS BEHIND HIM. NOT JUST PROMISING THE END OF PAPER STRAWS, BUT THE END OF USAID, DECLARING IN A POST, 'CLOSE IT DOWN.' ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB. UH, HE'S FINDING TREMENDOUS FRAUD AND CORRUPTION AND WASTE. THE PRESIDENT'S COST-CUTTER IN CHIEF, ELON MUSK, HAS LED THE SHUTDOWN... YUSS!! ...DISMISSING WHAT IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AID AGENCY AS 'PART OF THE WOKE AGENDA'. THESE ARE SOME OF THE INSANE PRIORITIES THAT THAT ORGANISATION HAS BEEN SPENDING MONEY ON ` $1.5 MILLION TO ADVANCE DEI IN SERBIA'S WORKPLACES; $70,000 FOR A PRODUCTION OF A DEI MUSICAL IN IRELAND; $47,000 FOR A TRANSGENDER OPERA IN COLOMBIA; $32,000 FOR A TRANSGENDER COMIC BOOK IN PERU. THOSE PROGRAMS MENTIONED ARE WORTH LESS THAN $2 MILLION, JUST 0.005% OF THE TOTAL USAID BUDGET. THAT BUDGET, AT $43 BILLION, IS JUST 0.7% OF TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING ` BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF CUTTING IT WILL BE DEADLY, WITH KEY PROJECTS SUCH AS PEPFAR, WHICH ENSURES 20 MILLION PEOPLE RECEIVE HIV TREATMENT, NOW HANGING IN THE BALANCE. SO AS UNAIDS, WE ESTIMATE THAT IF PEPFAR WASN'T REAUTHORIZED BETWEEN 2025 AND 2029 AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE NOT FOUND FOR THE HIV RESPONSE, THERE WOULD BE A 400% INCREASE IN AIDS DEATHS. THAT'S 6.3 MILLION PEOPLE. THE AGENCY'S MORE THAN 10,000 STAFF WERE SET TO BE CULLED TO JUST 611 ESSENTIAL WORKERS OVERNIGHT, BUT AS THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE DREW CLOSER, THE FEDERAL COURT INTERVENED, ISSUING A TEMPORARY ORDER THAT WILL SAVE AROUND 2000 JOBS FOR NOW. (PROTESTERS CHANT) TRUMP'S BARRAGE OF EXECUTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN PROMPTING PROTESTS ACROSS AMERICA AND CONCERN ACROSS THE WORLD. 79 COUNTRIES HAVE NOW RELEASED A JOINT LETTER CONDEMNING THE PRESIDENT'S RECENT DECISION TO PLACE SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR ITS TREATMENT OF ISRAEL, INCLUDING ISSUING AN ARREST WARRANT FOR BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER ALLEGED WAR CRIMES. NEW ZEALAND DID NOT SIGN THE LETTER, BUT HAS REITERATED OUR CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR THE ICC'S ROLE IN UPHOLDING THE INTERNATIONAL RULES-BASED SYSTEM. THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS ITS ESSENTIAL ELEMENT, AND IT MUST BE ALLOWED TO WORK IN FULL INDEPENDENCE. TO COMPLETE HIS THIRD WEEK IN OFFICE, TRUMP HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED IN A LATE-NIGHT POST THAT HE IS STRIPPING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, OF HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE, ENDING HAS ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. ...HE TYPED. THE NEW SEASON OF DONALD TRUMP AS SENSATIONAL AS EVER. LATER THIS MONTH, THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE WILL BE MARKED. IN HIS FIRST SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SPOKE TO ITV'S EMMA MURPHY ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S FIGHT FOR PEACE. HE'S A WARTIME LEADER NAVIGATING AN ONGOING CONFLICT AND POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE, AND A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS THE FUTURE OF HIS COUNTRY AND OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE RESTS ON THE RESILIENCE OF ALLIANCES AND THE DEALS HE CAN DO WITH A BULLISH WHITE HOUSE AND BELLIGERENT KREMLIN. THE POWER OF UKRAINE IS IN POWER OF FRIENDS, OF PEOPLE OF YOUR COUNTRIES. AND IT'S... IF WE WILL LOSE IT ` I THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ` IF WE WILL LOSE IT, WE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. WE CAN'T LOSE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE ON OUR SIDE. DO YOU SEE AN END TO THIS WAR THIS YEAR? (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: WITHOUT QUESTION, THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT. AND EVERY YEAR, TO BE HONEST, WE REALLY WISH THAT OUR WESTERN PARTNERS HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO FORCE PUTIN TO END THE WAR. AND IN FACT, I THINK THAT TODAY, THERE IS EVERY OPPORTUNITY. IN MY OPINION, TRUMP WANTS A QUICK END TO THE WAR. YOU SPOKE THERE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN CLAIM TO HAVE BROKERED ONE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. HE SAYS THAT HE WILL BRING PEACE TO UKRAINE. HOW WORRIED ARE YOU THAT YOU WILL BE FORCED INTO A PEACE DEAL THAT WORKS FOR OTHERS AND WORKS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT IS NOT WHAT YOU NEED FOR UKRAINE? WHAT ARE YOUR RED LINES WHEN IT COMES TO DEALS THAT ARE PUT TO YOU BY OTHER PEOPLE? TRANSLATOR: I WAS IN CONTACT WITH TRUMP. I TOLD HIM, 'YOU'LL SEE, IF WE DON'T HAVE SECURITY GUARANTEES, 'THEN WE HAVE A FROZEN CONFLICT.' IF PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT TO YOU A PROPOSAL THAT YOU DID NOT FEEL WAS APPROPRIATE FOR UKRAINE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO STAND AGAINST HIM DESPITE THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD COME FROM THAT IN TERMS OF MILITARY AID, AND COULD YOU THEN CONTINUE TO FIGHT SUCCESSFULLY? (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: WE CAN'T BE IN OPPOSITION WITH THE USA. THIS IS NOT CONVENIENT FOR US, A COUNTRY IN WAR, AND ALSO NOT CONVENIENT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF A STRONG AMERICA. PUTIN'S VICTORY WOULD NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR HIM. ARE YOU A PRESIDENT FOR VICTORY OR ARE YOU A PRESIDENT FOR PEACE? (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: IT'S HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE. IT'S VERY HARD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR PEACE. THANKS. FOR NOW, PEACE OR VICTORY FEEL SOME TIME OFF. THE WELLINGTON WAITRESS AT THE CENTRE OF AN INDECENT ASSAULT INVOLVING VISITING VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS IS RELIEVED POLICE ARE PREPARING AN EXTRADITION FILE. ALI COOK AND HER CO-WORKER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE VISITING DELEGATION IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND WERE INITIALLY TOLD THE CRIME DIDN'T REACH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. HOWEVER, AFTER GOING PUBLIC WITH HER STORY, POLICE HAVE DONE A U-TURN AND WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF EXTRADITION. COOK SAYS ALTHOUGH SHE'S HAPPY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, SHE'S SHOCKED AND ANGRY AT THE LENGTHS SHE HAD TO GO TO TO ACHIEVE ANY SENSE OF JUSTICE. THE GOVERNMENT IS REVERSING ITS PLANS TO AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE SOME STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY SPEED LIMITS A WEEK AFTER ANNOUNCING THE CHANGE. TRANSPORT MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP HAS REVEALED THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSED STATE HIGHWAY SPEED LIMITS WOULD NOW GO TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION, ENGAGING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO ARE CALLING FOR SAFER SPEED LIMITS. THE MINISTER WOULDN'T CONFIRM WHICH ROADS WOULD BE AFFECTED BUT DID SAY AN AREA IN RAKAIA AND SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH. SOME PEOPLE IN CANTERBURY CALL MURRAY HILL A SLUMLORD, BUT IN AN AREA SUFFERING A SHORTAGE OF EMERGENCY HOUSING, OTHERS SAY THE 70-YEAR-OLD IS PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE HOMELESS. NADINE ROBERTS HAS MORE. A PLACE TO CALL HOME WHEN THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. SHE'S GOT AN ADDICTION PROBLEM. AND MAGGIE... SHE'S GOT DOWN SYNDROME. KYLE PAYS $250 A WEEK TO RENT A ROOM AT ONE OF MURRAY HILL'S MANY RUNDOWN PROPERTIES HE BOUGHT CHEAPLY AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES. HILL'S BEEN CALLED A SLUMLORD, BUT HE SAYS HE'S PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION OTHER ORGANISATIONS CAN'T. ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 1500 PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR HOUSING IN CHRISTCHURCH. BUT ORGANISATIONS WE'VE SPOKEN TO SAY THE REAL FIGURE IS MUCH HIGHER, FORCING THEM TO USE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE LIKES OF HILL. WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, WE NEVER USED THOSE SLUM LANDLORDS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT IT WAS JUST, BASICALLY, A TRIP BACK TO PRISON FOR OUR CLIENTS, BUT INCREASINGLY WE'RE HAVING TO USE THEM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT NO OTHER CHOICE. LAST MONTH, ASSOCIATE HOUSING MINISTER TAMA POTAKA SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD MET TARGETS OF LOWERING THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN EMERGENCY HOUSING BY 75%, SOME FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO SAY WHERE 20% OF THOSE THAT LEFT HAD ENDED UP. HOWEVER, THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE DISPUTE POTAKA'S CLAIMS. INCREASINGLY, WE'RE JUST FINDING THAT HOUSING INSECURITY AND ACTUAL HOMELESSNESS HAS JUST RISEN EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND WITH HOUSING MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP ANNOUNCING NEW BUILDS WILL EFFECTIVELY BE CANCELLED OUT BY DEMOLITIONS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MAY BE FORCED INTO SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MURRAY AND WHAT HE'S DOING FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT STRUGGLE TO GET ACCOMMODATION? IT'S A CASH GRAB. A CASH GRAB THAT'S BECOME VITAL TO KEEPING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS. TRAVEL BIBLE 'LONELY PLANET' HAS HIGHLIGHTED WELLINGTON AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS FOR LGBTQI+ FAMILIES. THE CAPITAL MADE THE LIST AMONGST CHICAGO, TORONTO, PALM SPRINGS AND COPENHAGEN. IT DESCRIBED THE CITY AS 'HOME TO AMPLE QUEER-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCES 'THAT ARE NOT JUST WELCOMING, BUT FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.' SHE'S WORKED BACKSTAGE WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC NAMES LIKE LADY GAGA, J-LO AND RIHANNA, AND NOW, KIWI CHOREOGRAPHER PARRIS GOEBEL IS TAKING CENTRE STAGE AS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT'S NEWEST 2025 ROOKIE. THE 33-YEAR-OLD HAS JUST WRAPPED HER SHOOT IN JAMAICA, POSING FOR A FEATURE IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE. GOEBEL THANKED THE MAGAZINE FOR GIVING HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE HER SENSUALITY, SAYING THE SWIMSUIT SHOOT WAS A BIG DEAL AS A SAMOAN WOMAN FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE DANCER IS THE SECOND KIWI IN 30 YEARS TO MODEL AND FEATURE IN THE ICONIC MAGAZINE SINCE RACHEL HUNTER FIRST APPEARED IN 1994. IN THE NEWS AHEAD ` THE SECRET LIFE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST FAMOUS COMEDIAN GOES UNDER THE HAMMER, FROM OUTLANDISH DRESSES TO SNAZZY SPECTACLES TO A RARE BOOK COLLECTION. THAT'S A LITTLE LATER ON THREENEWS. BUT NEXT, INJURY WORRIES ALREADY FOR THE WARRIORS BEFORE THEIR SEASON EVEN GETS STARTED PROPERLY. AND THE ACTION'S UNDERWAY AT THE SYDNEY LEG OF SAILGP. HAS THE KIWI TEAM IRONED OUT THE GREMLINS? THE BLACK FOILS ARE OFF TO A DISAPPOINTING START AT THE SYDNEY SAIL GP EVENT. DESPITE A STRONG START IN THE FIRST RACE OF THE DAY, THE KIWIS WERE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PACE, FALLING BEHIND AND FINISHING IN EIGHTH. IT WAS A SIMILAR STORY IN THE SECOND, AS GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE TOOK OUT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, WITH THE NEW ZEALANDERS ONCE AGAIN TRAILING BEHIND. NEW ZEALAND HAS HAD A CITY START TO THINGS HERE. THEY ALREADY ARE ON THE BACK FOOT. THERE ARE ANOTHER TWO FLEET RACES REMAINING TODAY AND ANOTHER TWO TOMORROW BEFORE THE WINNER-TAKES-ALL FINAL BETWEEN THE TOP THREE. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX WOMEN ARE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THEIR UNBEATEN HOME RECORD AGAINST AN IN-FORM MELBOURNE VICTORY. THE 'NIX HAVE WON THEIR PAST FOUR GAMES AT PORIRUA PARK AND GOT STRAIGHT TO WORK THIS AFTERNOON, FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET AFTER JUST TWO MINUTES OF PLAY. BUT SOME SLOPPY DEFENSE HANDED THE VICTORY THE CHANCE TO EQUALISE IN THE SECOND HALF ` ONE THEY GRABBED WITH BOTH HANDS. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE SCORE REMAINED 1-1. WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER WILL BE HOPING AN INJURY TO WINGER DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK WON'T SET HIS SIDE BACK, AS THEY BUILD TOWARDS THEIR NRL SEASON OPENER AGAINST THE CANBERRA RAIDERS IN LAS VEGAS NEXT MONTH. THE WARRIORS DREW 12-12 WITH THE CRONULLA SHARKS IN AN UNDERWHELMING FIRST PRE-SEASON TRIAL LAST NIGHT, WITH WEBSTER OPTING FOR A NEAR-FULL STRENGTH SIDE, WHILE CRONULLA BOSS CRAIG FITZGIBBON LEFT MOST OF HIS STARS ON THE SIDELINE. LUCY THOMSON HAS THE ACTION. RUGBY LEAGUE'S BACK AND SO TOO ARE THE INJURY WOES FOR THE WARRIORS. OH, WATENE-ZELEZNIAK. OOH, THAT IS A WORRY. SHOULDER OR WRIST? THAT IS A WORRY. DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK FORCED FROM THE FIELD WITH A WRIST INJURY, AFTER JUST 10 MINUTES IN THEIR FIRST PRE-SEASON HIT OUT. HE WON'T GET ANY MORE GAME-TIME TONIGHT. THE BLOW COMING AFTER ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK WAS RULED OUT IN THE LEAD UP TO THE GAME WITH AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY. AND WHILE IT WAS A SLOPPY START FOR THE KIWIS... ED KOSI'S HAD A BIT OF A BARRY CROCKER. ...THERE WERE POSITIVES FROM THE GAME. THAT'LL BE REALLY GOOD FOR THEM. CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD! YEAH, SOMETHING TO BUILD OFF. UH, WE WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THE START, OBVIOUSLY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIX UP, AND IT'S AN EASY FIX-UP. BUT THERE'S A GOOD BASE THERE AND WE'RE BUILDING. WITH PLAYERS STEPPING UP TO REPLACE TWO RETIRING STALWARTS IN SHAUN JOHNSON AND TOHU HARRIS. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, IT'S BEEN DIFFERENT. THEY'VE BEEN THE CORE AND THE HEART OF THE CLUB FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO THEY'RE SORELY MISSED. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE BOYS THAT HAVE COME IN HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB TO TRY AND FILL THEIR SHOES. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MENTION FISH ` HE'S BEEN AMAZING. AND THE CALIBRE OF PLAYER THAT HE IS AND WHAT HE'S GONE ON TO DO IN HIS OWN CAREER REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR ITSELF, SO HE'S A MASSIVE INCLUSION FOR US. NOT TO MENTION LUKE METCALF, WHO HAD A STRONG OUTING AT HALFBACK. YEAH, HEAPS OF AURA AROUND THE SEVEN JERSEY. OBVIOUSLY, STACEY JONES, SHAUN JOHNSON ` TWO OF MY IDOLS GROWING UP. SO YEAH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO THAT JERSEY. AND IT'S ALSO COOL TO HAVE THOSE TWO GUYS BE ABLE TO COACH ME AND GUIDE ME THROUGH IT. THE WARRIORS HOST THE MELBOURNE STORM IN THEIR SECOND AND FINAL TRIAL IN HAMILTON NEXT SATURDAY. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE THEIR EYES FIRMLY SET ON THE UPCOMING CHAMPIONS TROPHY, AS THEY PREPARE FOR TONIGHT'S ODI TRI-SERIES OPENER AGAINST PAKISTAN IN LAHORE. THE TEAM HAVE SPENT THE FEW DAYS TRAINING FOR THE SERIES, WHICH ALSO FEATURES SOUTH AFRICA. COACH GARY STEAD SAYS IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEAM TO FINE-TUNE THEIR PREPARATIONS AND ADAPT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE SUB-CONTINENT. FIRST BALL'S AT 10PM TONIGHT. TWIZEL TOOK OUT TODAY'S TOP TEMPERATURE ` 30.7 DEGREES. I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER NEXT. AND FROM OUTRAGEOUS OUTFITS TO VALUABLE ART AND BOOKS, PERSONAL EFFECTS OF DAME EDNA EVERAGE'S CREATOR, BARRIE HUMPHRIES, GO UNDER THE HAMMER. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE IS OUR TOP STORY FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND ANOTHER IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A GROUP OF QUAD BIKES GOT STUCK AS THEY TRIED TO CROSS THE RAKAIA RIVER MOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. AMI BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. A FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, THEN MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARDS TOMORROW, AND THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. RAIN ABOUT SOUTHLAND AND FIORDLAND, EASING LATER. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND. CLOUDY PERIODS FOR YOUR SUNDAY. AND A SHOWER OR TWO MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLIES FOR NORTHLAND AND WESTERLY WINDS AFTER LUNCH. FOR HAMILTON, SIMILAR DAY FOR YOU HERE; SOME MORNING CLOUD AND SHOWERS AFTER LUNCH. LIGHT WINDS FOR TAUPO AND NORTHERLIES ALONG THE COAST. A BEAUTIFUL FINE DAY FOR YOU. MASTERTON REACHING A HIGH OF 29. JUST SOME LIGHT SEA BREEZES FOR HAWKE'S BAY. EASTERLIES FOR GISBORNE; SOME CLOUD TO START THE DAY. BUT THEN FINE FOR EVERYONE. SOME EVENING CLOUD FOR WELLINGTON AS THOSE WINDS TURN SOUTHERLY. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW ` A FINE SUNDAY FOR NELSON; PARTLY CLOUDY HEADING SOUTH WITH A CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR THE GREY AND WESTLAND DISTRICTS. IN THE EAST, THERE'S LESS CLOUD AND IT'S GENERALLY DRIER. SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE SOUTH OF KAIKOURA. SOUTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN BLENHEIM CLOUD AND RAIN FOR MOST PLACES HERE. IT COULD GET HEAVY IN OAMARU. DUNEDIN THOSE SOUTHERLIES WILL EASE IN THE EVENING. IN AUSTRALIA, THERE'S SOME STORMS TO THE NORTH AND SHOWERS IN EASTERN AREAS. A BIT OF CLOUD FOR THE PACIFIC. A FINE CLEAR DAY FOR APIA. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. NOW LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDED FORECAST. (GENTLE MUSIC) THE LATE BARRY HUMPHRIES ` THE MAN BEHIND DAME EDNA EVERAGE ` MAY BE HAVING THE LAST LAUGH. THE COMEDIAN'S PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ART AND RARE BOOKS ARE BEING AUCTIONED OFF ALONG WITH THE DAME'S EXTRAVAGANT ATTIRE. ITV'S CHARLIE FROST REPORTS. HELLO, POSSUMS! SHE WAS AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE LILAC-HAIRED LEADING LADY WHO EMIGRATED TO ENGLAND AND ALWAYS HAD AUDIENCES IN FITS OF GIGGLES. AM I OVERDRESSED? I THINK I AM. (LAUGHTER) I WANTED TO KNOW, JUDY AND SHARON, WHAT FUNERAL HAVE YOU JUST BEEN? (ALL LAUGH UPROARIOUSLY) NOW, SOME OF THE SPARKLE THAT MADE BARRY HUMPHRIES' EVER-LOVED CHARACTER DAME EDNA EVERAGE SO SPECIAL IS BEING SOLD AT AUCTION. WE COULDN'T REALLY HAVE A BARRY HUMPHRIES AUCTION WITHOUT SOME DAME EDNA. DAME EDNA ONCE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, BARRY WAS RIPPING HER OFF, AND THAT'S HOW HE COULD AFFORD TO BUY ALL THIS ART. SO I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE HAVE SOME DAME EDNA HERE AS WELL. AREN'T THEY LOVELY, VIEWERS? AMONGST THE LOTS IS A PAIR OF HER RHINESTONE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE SPECS, ESTIMATED TO GO FOR AT LEAST �1500, AND THIS SHOW-STOPPING SCARLET DRESS SHE WORE WHEN SHE CRASHED THE ROYAL BOX AT THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE IN 2013. THEY'VE FOUND ME A BETTER SEAT. (LAUGHTER) THE MONEY FROM ITS SALE WILL GO TO THE ROYAL VARIETY CHARITY. BARRY HUMPHRIES DIED AGED 89, IN 2023, BUT OVER HIS LIFETIME, HE COLLECTED A DIVERSE RANGE OF ART AND BOOKS. HIS PASSION FOR HISTORY AND LITERATURE REVEALING MORE ABOUT THE MAN BEHIND THE GLITTERING GOWNS. IN THE TREASURE TROVE, THIS VERY EARLY COPY OF 'THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST', INSCRIBED BY OSCAR WILDE, AND THIS 20TH CENTURY PAINTING BY AUSTRALIAN ARTIST CHARLES CONDER. IT'S ESTIMATE ` UP TO �300,000. AND THERE'S ALSO PAINTINGS BY HUMPHRIES HIMSELF. I'VE NEVER BEEN A CELEBRITY. I'M A LEGEND, AN ICON, IF YOU WILL. (LAUGHTER) THE MANY FACES OF BARRY HUMPHRIES THE CONNOISSEUR, AND OF COURSE, THE DAME. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M LAURA TUPOU. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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