DAVID SEYMOUR COURTS MORE CONTROVERSY AS HE'S STOPPED BY SECURITY FROM DRIVING A LAND ROVER UP PARLIAMENT'S STEPS. A POLARISING SPEAKER AT A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE SPARKS DIVISION IN NEW ZEALAND'S JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT THE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. A BITTER BLOW FOR KIWI COFFEE LOVERS ` WHY AN $8 FLAT WHITE COULD SOON BE THE NORM. AND TAY TAY WAS BOOED, TRUMP CHEERED, AND KENDRICK LAMAR PERFORMED HIS CONTROVERSIAL DRAKE DISS TRACK. ALL THE DRAMA OFF AND ON THE FIELD AT THE SUPER BOWL. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 SECURITY WAS FORCED TO INTERVENE TODAY WHEN CABINET MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE A LAND ROVER UP THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT. IT WAS PART OF A STUNT TO RAISE MONEY FOR HEART HEALTH, AND SEYMOUR SAYS THERE WAS NO DANGER. BUT AS SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH REPORTS, IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING THE ACT LEADER. NO, YOUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING YOU. THAT IS INDEED A SENIOR CABINET MINISTER ` SOON TO BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ` ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE A LAND ROVER UP THE STEPS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND. MINISTER! YEP? DON'T! SECURITY INTERVENING, TALKING HIM DOWN. WHY NOT? OFF! WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? THE SPEAKER HAS SAID NO. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THE STUNT RECREATED A SIMILAR SCENE FROM 1948 TO RAISE MONEY FOR HEART HEALTH. AND SEYMOUR CAN'T SEE THE PROBLEM. I JUST THINK WE LIVE IN A CRAZY WORLD WHERE IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL AND THERE WAS NO DANGER. THE ONLY DANGER CREATED WAS THE SECURITY GUARD PUTTING HIMSELF IN DANGER, AND I HAD TO STOP WHEN HE PUT HIMSELF IN FRONT OF THE WHEELS. THE PRIME MINISTER GIVING SEYMOUR A TICKET TO RIDE. DO YOU THINK A CABINET MINISTER DRIVING UP TO PARLIAMENT IS ACCEPTABLE? TO ADDRESS, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THOSE CLINICAL SIDESHOWS. I'M VERY FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN 2003, NATIONAL MP SHANE ARDERN WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR DRIVING MYRTLE THE TRACTOR UP THE STAIRS. HE WAS EVENTUALLY LET OFF WITH A WARNING. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS ABOVE THE RULES OF PARLIAMENT? NO, OF COURSE NOT. I AM BOUND BY THOSE RULES AND JUDGED BY MY PEERS, AND I ALWAYS FOLLOW THOSE RULES. DAVID SEYMOUR HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE FOCUSING ON. SEYMOUR HAS HAD A TUMULTUOUS FEW WEEKS, STARTING WITH THE NAMING OF HIS FORMER PARTY PRESIDENT TIM JAGO AS A SEXUAL OFFENDER AND REVELATIONS HE WAS AWARE OF THE ALLEGATIONS TWO MONTHS PRIOR THERE WERE ALLEGATIONS THAT EXISTED, BUT FOR MUCH OF THAT PERIOD, THEY EXISTED IN THE FORM OF SOME FACEBOOK MESSAGES. WE TOOK LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD DEAL WITH IT AT EVERY TURN, FOLLOWED IT TO THE LETTER. IT'S ALSO BEEN REVEALED HE HAD RESPONDED TO A SURVIVOR'S WIFE WITH THE CONTACT DETAILS OF AN EMPLOYMENT LAWYER. THEY APPROACHED US. EVERYONE HAS THE OPTION OF GOING TO POLICE ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID, BUT THEY APPROACHED US, AND OUR JOB WAS TO ESTABLISH THE FACTS AND DECIDE HOW TO RESPOND. THEN THIS WEEKEND IT WAS REVEALED BY THE HERALD THAT SEYMOUR HAD WRITTEN IN SUPPORT OF REMUERA EYE SURGEON PHILIP POLKINGHORNE DURING THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS WIFE'S DEATH. MY LETTER IS VERY CLEAR, VERY CAREFUL TO RESPECT THE POLICE DECISION. SEYMOUR'S LETTER SAID QUOTE, ITS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT POLICE BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE POLICE APPEAR TO HAVE GONE BEYOND THAT BRIEF. EITHER TIME WAS NOT AWARE HE WAS A SUSPECT, SOMEONE WHO WAS DISTRAUGHT, WHO HAD LOST HIS WIFE. PERSONALLY I THOUGHT THE LETTER WAS ILL-ADVISED. HE IS WELL AWARE OF MY VIEWS ON THAT. IN OPPOSITION, SEYMOUR WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF STUART NASH WHO WAS SACKED AS POLICE MINISTER FOR BOASTING ABOUT CALLING THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ABOUT A CASE. IN A STATEMENT IN 2023, SEYMOUR WROTE... IT MAY HAVE BEEN CLUMSILY WORDED AT WORST, BUT I WAS VERY CLEAR, I'M NOT INSTRUCTING THEM OR URGING OR LOBBYING. VERY DIFFERENT TO WHAT STUART NASH DID. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE PUBLIC JUSTICE SYSTEM RELIES ON POLICE INVESTIGATIONS AND CLINICAL INTERVENTION BEING SEPARATED. DAVID SEYMOUR HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED IN RECENT DAYS HE IS NOT SUITABLE TO BE A MINISTER. HE DIDN'T DO THIS AS A MINISTER, I SAID IT WAS ILL-ADVISED. A VERY UNFORTUNATE SERIES OF SELF-INFLICTED EVENTS FOR THE SELF-PROCLAIMED PARTY OF LAW AND ORDER. JENNA JOINS US NOW. JENNA, IS DAVID SEYMOUR SAFE FROM A SACKING? THE PRIME MINISTER IS RELYING ON SAYING THAT DAVID SEYMOUR HAS NOT BREACHED THE CABINET MANUAL. THE ONE WHO HAS JURISDICTION AS A SPEAKER, HE REFUSED TO COMMENT, BUT HAS HE IS GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT AND DUE COURSE, LIKES AND WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THAT BEHAVIOUR IS FITTING OF A CABINET MINISTER. DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BOTHERED AT THE EX-PARTY LEADER, HE HAS BEEN ON THE RADIO SAYING THAT LUXON IS ILL-ADVISED HIMSELF, AND CRITICISING AN MP FOR DOING HIS JOB. THIS COMES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF POOR POLLING FOR THE COALITION, TRAILING THE OPPOSITION, THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE NATIONAL PARTY WANTS TO BE, THE OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE AHEAD OF THE COALITION, CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS A MAMMOTH TASK AHEAD. JENNA LYNCH THERE THANK YOU. SOME MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND JEWISH COMMUNITY ARE SPEAKING OUT AFTER MULTIPLE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK A SENIOR ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE MEMBER FROM SPEAKING AT A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND. COLONEL YARON SIMSOLO, WHO IS NAMED AS THE HEAD OF INFANTRY DOCTRINE FOR THE IDF, IS DUE TO GIVE A SPEECH VIA ZOOM AT THE EVENT ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRALIAN-BASED UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM. LAURA TUPOU HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. THE NEW ZEALAND JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS LONG WANTED A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF STUFF IN NEW ZEALAND, REALLY, AND WE HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR SOME SORT OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OR SOMETHING. WE'VE AGREED TO HIDE THE IDENTITIES OF THESE JEWISH KIWIS ` THEY FEAR SPEAKING OUT COULD LEAD TO THEM BEING OSTRACISED BY THE COMMUNITY. IT'S A SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND IT'S AN ETHNIC COMMUNITY THAT I'M A PART OF THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE SHUT OUT OF BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. WHEN THE 2025 JEWISH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE PAMPHLET STARTED CIRCULATING AT SYNAGOGUES IN DECEMBER, SOME MEMBERS WERE HORRIFIED. HE WAS PICTURED IN HIS UNIFORM AND IT SAID, 'HEAD OF INFANTRY DOCTRINE IN THE IDF' WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF A SLAP IN THE FACE. NO ONE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WOULD INCLUDE ANYONE FROM THE IDF, LET ALONE SOMEONE SO HIGH UP. WE FEEL BLINDSIDED BY IT. THERE WASN'T CONSULTATION ON THE SPEAKERS THEMSELVES. I WAS SHOCKED THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY DIVISIVE. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE COLONEL YARON SIMSOLO REMOVED FROM THE EVENT. PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED EITHER NO RESPONSE OR A BIT OF A BRUSH OFF. THEY'VE JUST SAID 'OH, WELL, YOU KNOW... 'WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO UNINVITE HIM. 'SO WE'RE JUST MAKING THAT WORKSHOP OPTIONAL.' IN SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYNAGOGUE, SHE'S TRIED TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM THE DECISION BY SAYING, OH, IT WAS THEIR PERSONAL FRIEND, AND HE'S NOT REPRESENTING THE IDF, HE'S NOT A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE IDF OR GOVERNMENT, BUT ACTUALLY, HE'S REPRESENTING HIMSELF. THE ORIGINAL POSTER SHOWED HIM CLEARLY IN UNIFORM WITH HIS RANK. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S CARRIED A RIFLE OR KILLED ANYBODY, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT HE IS PART OF THE ORGANISATION AND SHOULD BE VIEWED AS THAT. COLONEL IS THE EQUIVALENT TO A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY. IT'S A RANK BELOW GENERAL. IF HE WERE TO BE PROMOTED, BRIGADIER GENERAL WOULD BE HIS NEXT RANK UP. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR STEPHEN HOADLEY SAYS IT'S NOT A POSITION THAT WOULD SEE HIM IN COMBAT. HE'S WORKING WITH IDEAS OF COACHING, IN A SENSE, WORKING WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS AND ADVISING THE COMBAT SOLDIERS, WHICH START WITH THE GENERALS OF THE BRIGADES, MOVED DOWN TO THE OTHER RANKS AND THOSE ARE THE ONES CARRYING OUT THE COMBAT. THE HEAD OF DAYENU, A COMMUNITY OF ANTI-ZIONIST JEWISH PEOPLE SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HAVE A HIGH RANKING IDF MEMBER INVOLVED. WE DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE OUR COMMUNITIES WITH THE ISRAELI STATE AND ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS, AND THAT THAT PUTS OUR COMMUNITIES IN DANGER. AND SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS TO KIND OF RECKLESSLY INVITE THIS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY INTO THOSE SPACES, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY ENCOURAGES THAT CONFLATION. THE CONFERENCE IS MADE UP OF IN-PERSON AND WEBINAR EVENTS AND STARTED YESTERDAY. IT'S NOT KNOWN EXACTLY WHEN COLONEL YARON SIMSOLO WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING. NOW, I CONTACTED THE UNION OF PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM FOR AN INTERVIEW. THEY REFERRED ME TO THE AUCKLAND SYNAGOGUE HOSTING THE EVENT AND THEIR PRESIDENT WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE STORY. ISRAELI OFFICIALS HAVE ARRIVED IN QATAR FOR TALKS ABOUT EXTENDING ITS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH HAMAS. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CURRENT DEAL RUNS FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS, AND AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, ISRAEL, OVERNIGHT, WITHDREW ITS TROOPS FROM THE KEY CORRIDOR WHICH SPLIT GAZA. THAT'S NOW ALLOWING MANY PALESTINIANS TO RETURN HOME. ITV'S CHARLOTTE CROSS REPORTS. FOR MONTHS, THE NETZARIM CORRIDOR LINKING NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN GAZA HAS BEEN OFF LIMITS. BUT TODAY, IT WAS NEAR GRIDLOCKED AFTER THE ISRAELI MILITARY WITHDREW AND PALESTINIANS WHO HAD BEEN FORCED TO FLEE WITH EVERYTHING THEY OWN COULD FINALLY RETURN HOME. THIS MAN WAS AMONG THOSE DISPLACED TO THE SOUTH BY THE FIGHTING. BUT THIS, HE SAYS, IS WHERE HIS LIFE IS CENTRED. BUT FOR MANY, THERE'S LITTLE TO RETURN TO ` HOMES AND BUILDINGS LEFT IN RUINS BY MORE THAN A YEAR OF WAR. THE FIGHTING, THOUGH, IS ON PAUSE AS BOTH SIDES CONTINUE TO HONOUR A FRAGILE CEASEFIRE. THE WITHDRAWAL FROM NETZARIM WAS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, WHILE HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN RELEASED. TODAY, FIVE THAI MEN TAKEN CAPTIVE BY HAMAS WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. (SPEAKS THAI) TRANSLATOR: I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED SECURE OUR FREEDOM. STANDING HERE TODAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR EFFORTS. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO BE BACK IN OUR HOMELAND. YESTERDAY, THREE MORE ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE ALSO RELEASED, BUT THEIR CONDITION ` APPEARING THIN AND FRAIL ` HAS SPARKED CONCERN OVER THE WELFARE OF THOSE STILL BEING HELD. AND AS NEGOTIATIONS GET UNDERWAY IN QATAR ON HOW TO REACH STAGE TWO ` WHICH WOULD INVOLVE A PERMANENT END TO FIGHTING ` MANY IN ISRAEL ARE CALLING ON THEIR PRIME MINISTER TO ENSURE THE CEASEFIRE IS EXTENDED SO EVERYONE STILL ALIVE CAN RETURN HOME. HE GOT TO BRING THEM BACK HOME WITH THIS HOSTAGE DEAL. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SECOND STEP. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL BACK HOME. REBUILDING WORKS IN GAZA AREN'T PLANNED UNTIL STAGE THREE OF THE CEASEFIRE, AND RIGHT NOW, THAT FEELS A LONG WAY OFF FOR THOSE WHO CALL IT HOME. KIWI COFFEE LOVERS, BRACE YOURSELF FOR A JOLT THAT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE. HIGH DEMAND AND THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE LEADING TO SOARING COFFEE PRICES, WITH ONE RETAILER WARNING AN $8 FLAT WHITE COULD SOON BE THE NORM. JULIET SPEEDY HAS MORE. A DAILY RITUAL FOR MANY KIWIS IN A NATION KNOWN FOR ITS LOVE OF A GREAT COFFEE. I DRINK IT EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. I'M, LIKE, AN ICED COFFEE KIND OF GAL. I GET A HEADACHE WHEN I DON'T DRINK ENOUGH OF IT. BUT THAT HEADACHE MAY JUST GET WORSE FOR COFFEE LOVERS, WITH RISING PRICES CAUSING A STIR AMONG THOSE WHO SELL IT. WE'RE IN A... NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE, I GUESS, TERRITORY WITH THE COMMODITY PRICE OF COFFEE. IT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN EVER. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY NOTICED COFFEE PRICES CREEPING UP. WHEN I BUY A COFFEE, IT'S JUST WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, 'I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.' IT'S GETTING EXPENSIVE. IT'S SUDDENLY INCREASING A LITTLE BIT, BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT'S STILL WITHIN NORMAL, ACCEPTABLE AMOUNTS. BUT BRACE YOURSELF. CONSUMERS AND INDUSTRY REALLY NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S COMING, AND PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THEIR CAFFEINE HABIT. THE GLOBAL COFFEE MARKET HAS EXPERIENCED A DRAMATIC PRICE INCREASE, PUSHING COFFEE BEANS TO MULTI-DECADE HIGHS. SO WHAT'S BREWING? THE REASONS ARE TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT, ACTUALLY, COFFEE DEMAND HAS BEEN GROWING WORLDWIDE RAPIDLY, AND COFFEE SUPPLY HAS NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH IT FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. SO INVENTORIES ARE DOWN. THERE'S NO EXTRA SOURCES OF SUPPLY, SO THAT'S DRIVING PRICES UP. AND THE OTHER ` ANOTHER ADDITION TO THE LIST OF CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTERS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO MAJOR SUPPLYING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR COFFEE ` BRAZIL AND VIETNAM. AND BOTH OF THEM ARE BEING HIT HARD BY DROUGHTS, BY CLIMATE ISSUES, AND THAT AFFECTS, OF COURSE, COFFEE HARVESTS, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY RUINS COFFEE PLANTATIONS. AND IT MAY NOT BE THE EXTRA SHOT GIVING YOU A JOLT, WITH RICHARD CORNEY OF WELLINGTON'S FLIGHT COFFEE PREDICTING SOME HEFTY PRICE HIKES. PRICES BY THE CUP WILL GO UP, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S... IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, FOR AN $8 CUP OF COFFEE. OH! NO, THAT IS FAR TOO MUCH. I WILL BE NOT DRINKING COFFEE. OH MY GOD! THAT'S A LOT. I WOULDN'T BE DRINKING COFFEE. BUT A PLEA FROM THOSE WHO MAKE IT. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CAFES. DO IT AND... DO IT KNOWING THAT THE CAFE OPERATORS ARE APPREHENSIVE TO PASS ON COSTS. BUT, LIKE, YOU ARE SUPPORTING THEIR BUSINESS AND HELPING SUSTAIN THE INDUSTRY. AFTER ALL, HOW LONG HAS THAT COFFEE SUSTAINED YOU? THE ANNUAL SUPER BOWL HAS TAKEN PLACE IN NEW ORLEANS, WITH THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES TAKING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP RING. IN A HISTORIC FIRST, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THERE TO WATCH IT LIVE, AND OF COURSE, TAYLOR SWIFT WAS TOO. BUT THE OFF-FIELD CONVERSATION HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY KENDRICK LAMAR, WITH THE RAPPER'S HALFTIME SHOW SET TO LAND HIM IN LEGAL TROUBLE. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. # WHOA, OH, SAY... # CAN YOU SEE... SURE, SOME PEOPLE TUNE IN FOR THE FOOTBALL, BUT MILLIONS TUNE IN FOR THE SHOW... THE 59TH SUPER BOWL AS STAR-STUDDED AS EVER. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT HAD THE PRESIDENT'S SEAL OF ATTENDANCE TOO... DONALD TRUMP BECOMES THE FIRST SITTING U.S. PRESIDENT EVER TO ATTEND A SUPER BOWL GAME. ...CHEERED INTO THE STADIUM. THE NEW ORLEANS CROWD WAS FAR LESS EXCITED TO WELCOME THE NIGHT'S MORE FAMILIAR VIP ATTENDEE. (BOOING) TAYLOR SWIFT HAD VERY LITTLE TO CHEER ABOUT AS HER BOYFRIEND TRAVIS KELCE'S TEAM TOOK A BATTERING. AND WHILE MANY HAD BEEN HOPING IT WOULD BE HER NIGHT ` WITH RUMOURS OF A PROPOSAL AND A SURPRISE HALFTIME SHOW APPEARANCE ` FANS WERE LET DOWN ON BOTH FRONTS. # SIT DOWN, # BE HUMBLE. KENDRICK LAMAR DIDN'T INVITE HIS FAMOUS COLLABORATOR TO JOIN HIS PERFORMANCE BUT COMMANDED ENOUGH ATTENTION ON HIS OWN. HIS GRAMMY-WINNING DISS TRACK ACCUSES HIS HIP-HOP RIVAL DRAKE OF BEING A PAEDOPHILE AND HAS RECENTLY LANDED HIM IN LEGAL TROUBLE, WITH DRAKE LAUNCHING A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR DEFAMATION CASE. I WANNA PERFORM THEIR FAVOURITE SONG, BUT YOU KNOW THEY LOVE TO SUE. SINGERS: WHAT SONG? YEAH, THAT SONG. WHILE MANY THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE HIM THINK TWICE ABOUT PERFORMING THE SONG IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE LARGEST TV AUDIENCES IN U.S. HISTORY, HE DID IT ANYWAY. # TRYING TO STRIKE A CHORD, AND IT'S PROBABLY A MINOR. THE ENTIRE CROWD SINGING ALONG. SERENA WILLIAMS DANCING ALONG TOO. AND SHE WASN'T THE ONLY FEMALE ATHLETE STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT. YOU CAN'T BE EMOTIONAL, SO BE EMOTIONAL. NIKE WINNING THE AD GAME USING THEIR ALMOST $30M SLOT TO SHOWCASE WOMEN IN SPORT. WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU CAN'T WIN. (INTENSE MUSIC BUILDS) SO WIN. IT WASN'T TO BE A FAIRY TALE THREE-PEAT FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, WIPED OFF THE FIELD BY THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. FINAL SCORE, NIL ALL ` NO CHAMPIONSHIP RING FOR TRAVIS AND NO ENGAGEMENT RING FOR TAYLOR. OH, AND THE GAME'S SCORE? 40-22. AND OLLIE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE EAGLES' DOMINANT SUPER BOWL VICTORY LATER IN SPORT. NOW, THOUGH, LAURA'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER. AND THERE'S A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IN PLACE? YES, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR WAIKATO, WAITOMO, TAUMARUNUI, ROTORUA AND TAUPO, AND THAT WILL REMAIN UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. NOW, WE HAVE HAD A FAIR FEW DOWNPOURS IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY RECENTLY, BUT FOR MOST OF AOTEAROA, IT'S BEEN PRETTY DRY. LOOK AT THESE YEAR-TO-DATE RAINFALL AVERAGES. THESE FOUR PLACES HAVE HAD LESS THAN HALF THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THEY WOULD USUALLY SEE BY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AUCKLAND ALMOST SNUCK IN THERE AT 52%. BUT WILL THIS TREND CONTINUE? I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ON THREE NEWS ` DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S SPOKEN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT ENDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE BUT SAID HE'D BETTER NOT SAY HOW MANY TIMES. FALLING CONCRETE INJURES PEDESTRIANS ON AUCKLAND'S QUEEN STREET. AND HARRY AND MEGHAN PUT ON A SHOW OF UNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE INVICTUS GAMES. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S SPOKEN TO VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT ENDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW YORK POST, TRUMP SAID HE HAD A PLAN TO END THE WAR BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO DETAILS. TRUMP SAID HE'D 'BETTER NOT SAY' HOW MANY TIMES HE'D SPOKEN TO PUTIN, BUT HE BELIEVES THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE STOP DYING. A KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON WOULD NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY THE CONVERSATION HAD TAKEN PLACE. PRINCE HARRY HAS CALLED ON COMPETITORS IN THE INVICTUS GAMES TO OVERCOME WHAT HE CALLS 'A MOMENT OF DIVISION' IN MUCH OF THE WORLD. WITH WIFE MEGHAN AT HIS SIDE, THE DUKE LAUNCHED THE GAMES IN VANCOUVER WITH THE HELP OF SOME OTHER FAMOUS FACES. ITV'S JAY AKBAR WITH MORE. # AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR # ROARING TO LIFE IN CANADA, THE BIGGEST INVICTUS GAMES TO DATE... # I AM A CHAMPION # ...FEATURING MORE THAN 500 ATHLETES FROM 23 NATIONS. WE GATHER HERE IN VANCOUVER IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY. THOUSANDS ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY, HEADLINED BY KATY PERRY. # BABY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK # COLDPLAY'S CHRIS MARTIN WARMED UP THE CROWD WITH 'VIVA LA VIDA'. AND IN THESE SERVICEMEN, HE MAY HAVE FOUND HIS TWO BIGGEST FANS. AMONG THE STARS, A TRUE SHOW OF STRENGTH FROM MASTER CORPORAL JAMES GENDRON. HE ONCE SAID HE'D NEVER PLAY THE PIPES AGAIN, HAVING DONE SO OFTEN FOR FALLEN SOLDIERS. PRINCE HARRY FOUNDED THE GAMES IN 2014 FOR WOUNDED SERVICE PERSONNEL AND VETERANS LIKE JAMES. IT WAS AT THE GAMES EIGHT YEARS AGO WE FIRST SAW HIM IN PUBLIC WITH THEN-GIRLFRIEND MEGHAN MARKLE. THEY'VE SINCE STARTED A NEW LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY AT RISK UNTIL NEW U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ROLLED BACK ON THREATS TO DEPORT HIM OVER HIS PAST DRUG USE. THE COUPLE RESPONDED WITH THIS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF UNITY BEFORE HARRY MADE THESE THINLY-VEILED REMARKS ON STAGE. WHEN THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF CRISES, NO LACK OF WEAK MORAL CHARACTER IN THE WORLD, THE VALUES YOU EMBODY ILLUMINATE A PATH FORWARD FOR US ALL. HUGE OVATION. BIG OVATION. FORMALITIES ASIDE, EVEN PRINCE HARRY COULDN'T RESIST CHEERING ON TEAM UNITED KINGDOM. THE PARTY CONTINUED BACKSTAGE, WHERE CANADIAN SINGER NELLY FURTADO TOOK A SELFIE VIDEO WITH MEGHAN MARKLE BEFORE SHE AND HARRY RODE OFF INTO INVICTUS, DAY TWO. STILL TO COME ` WE MEET THE KIWI INNOVATORS BEHIND A NEW KIND OF ELECTRIC FERRY FLYING ACROSS THE HAURAKI GULF. AND LATER IN SPORT ` HOW THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES CRUSHED THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO DENY THEM A SUPER BOWL THREE-PEAT. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ON-FIELD ACTION. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. SECURITY GUARDS HAVE STOPPED ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR FROM DRIVING A LAND ROVER UP THE STEPS OF PARLIAMENT. IT WAS PART OF A STUNT TO RAISE MONEY FOR HEART HEALTH, AND SEYMOUR SAYS THERE WAS NO DANGER. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER DEBRIS FELL FROM A BUILDING ON AUCKLAND'S QUEEN STREET. POLICE SAY THE OBJECT FELL AND SHATTERED GLASS. AN AREA OUTSIDE 99 QUEEN STREET WAS CORDONED OFF FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. HATO HONE ST JOHN SAID THE TWO PEOPLE SUFFERED MODERATE INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE. WHILE MOST OF US HAVE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING BOATS FOILING ABOVE THE WATER, THOSE ONES ARE POWERED BY THE WIND AND PROFESSIONAL SAILORS. BUT NOW A KIWI TECH START-UP HAS TAKEN THAT TECHNOLOGY, ADDED ELECTRICITY, AND COMMERCIALISED IT, WITH THE FIRST DELIVERY NOW FLYING AROUND THE HAURAKI GULF. EXPLAINER EDITOR LLOYD BURR MET THE TEAM BEHIND IT. THIS IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE FULLERS FLEET. AND FULL-ON IT IS ` A FAST, FOILING, FLYING FEAT OF KIWI ENGINEERING. IT'S CALLED THE VS9, BUILT BY TECH START-UP VESSEV. A 9M BOAT. CARRIES 10 PASSENGERS. IT'S GOT A RANGE OF AROUND ABOUT 40 NAUTICAL MILES. PERFECT AROUND THE HAURAKI GULF AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION, WITH ITS PLUSH INTERIOR, CHAMPAGNE ON ICE, AND... FLIGHT. DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A BOAT, OR DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FLYING? IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE FLYING. AND HE'S RIGHT. GOING FOR A WHIRL, YOU FLY OVER WAVES AND WAKES AND BANK-TURN AROUND CORNERS. IT'S REALLY... REALLY QUITE BUZZY. FIGURATIVELY, AND LITERALLY. IT'S LOUDER THAN WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AT THE MOMENT. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR NEW MOTOR IN DEVELOPMENT AT THE MOMENT THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE MOTOR NOISE. THAT DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE BEYOND THESE MASSIVE PETROL STATION STORAGE TANKS IN MOUNT WELLINGTON'S INDUSTRIAL AREA. THIS IS VESSEV'S HQ, AND THIS IS WHERE THEY PLAN TO REVOLUTIONISE MARINE TRANSPORT. SO THIS IS THE` THIS IS THE BOW OF THE BOAT. SO THIS JUST CAME OUT OF THAT TOOL RIGHT THERE. GIVING ME A TOUR IS CEO ERIC LACHMAN, AN AMERICAN WHO STUMBLED ACROSS THE COMPANY WHEN COVID LOCKDOWNS LEFT HIM STRANDED HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT TO NEW ZEALAND, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS LIKE TECHNOLOGY HERE AS, LIKE, A BUSINESS. LIKE, I ASSOCIATE IT WITH OTHER THINGS. WHEN I GOT HERE, THOUGH, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. I WAS LIKE, 'OH, THERE'S A WHOLE ROCKET COMPANY HERE.' 'OH, THERE'S A WHOLE SORT OF, LIKE, SUCCESSFUL START-UP ECOSYSTEM HERE.' HE'S BEEN IN THE HIGH`TECH SPACE HIS WHOLE ADULT LIFE, HE HELPED DEVELOP THE APPLE WATCH. CAN I SAY THAT YOU INVENTED THE APPLE WATCH? YOU CANNOT SAY THAT. VESSEV'S SECOND VS9 IS CURRENTLY BEING ASSEMBLED. ALL OF ITS CARBON FIBRE PARTS ARE MADE IN-HOUSE. SO THIS IS SOLID CARBON FIBRE, LIKE, ALL THE WAY THROUGH. YOU DON'T REALLY COMMONLY SEE IT USED THAT WAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE MAKE THE FOILS OUT OF. THEY'RE MADE IN THIS MACHINE WHICH ONCE BELONGED TO THE 'AMERICAN MAGIC' AMERICA'S CUP TEAM. AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE THIS ` SOFTWARE MOVES THEM 100 TIMES A SECOND TO KEEP THE BOAT FLYING SMOOTHLY. MDF AND TEFLON MOULD. IT'S GOOD FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING. CARBON FIBRE IS LIGHTWEIGHT, MEANING BATTERIES, WHICH ARE HEAVY, CAN BE BIGGER. THIS ONE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE WILL BE A MASSIVE STEP UP. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN EFFICIENCY AND NOISE AS WELL. IT'S ALL BEING DEVISED UP HERE IN VESSEV'S BRAINS TRUST, A GROUP OF ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, CODERS, DESIGNERS AND REALLY SMART BUGGERS WHO ARE BRINGING THE VISION TO LIFE. I WASN'T ALLOWED TO FILM MUCH UP HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING ON CUTTING EDGE TECH. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS ARE SO STRONG AND POWERFUL IN WHAT THEY DO, ESPECIALLY THEIR VERSATILITY. AND SO YES, IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE PLACES IN THE WORLD TO DEVELOP THIS TECHNOLOGY, NEW ZEALAND IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. THE VS9, WITH ITS RETRACTING FOILS, IS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR VESSEV. THEY HAVE SOME BIG PLANS. WE'RE LOOKING TO GO BIGGER AND LARGER CAPACITY INTO, YOU KNOW, 30-PASSENGER AND UP TO 100-PASSENGER VERSIONS USING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. COULD YOU SEE THIS OPERATING ON COOK STRAIT? IS THERE` YEP. IN IN THE LONG ARC. BIG DREAMS FOR A COMPANY THAT'S STILL A START-UP, BUT ONE THAT'S OFF TO A FLYING START. MAORI SINGER, COMPOSER AND TE REO AMBASSADOR TONI HUATA HAS DIED. SHE WAS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF MAORI MUSIC AT THE SOUNZ CENTRE FOR NEW ZEALAND MUSIC. HUATA GREW UP IN A TE REO-SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD IN HASTINGS AND WAS FROM A FAMILY ACTIVE IN THE ARTS. HER UNCLE CANON WI TE TAU HUATA WROTE THE WAIATA 'TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI'. OLLIE'S IN WITH SPORT ` AND YOU'VE GOT MORE ON THE SUPER BOWL? PROOF IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO TO SCRIPT IN SPORT. MAKING IT THREE IN A ROW ` WELL, THEY WERE NEVER IN CONTEST IN THE SUPER BOWL. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS, AS JAYLEN HURTS AND THE EAGLES SOAR TO A DOMINANT SUPER BOWL WIN TO END PATRICK MAHOMES AND THE CHIEFS' HOPES OF A THREE-PEAT. AND THE INJURY LIST CONTINUES TO GROW FOR THE HURRICANES AHEAD OF KICK-OFF IN SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC. IT WAS BILLED AS A SHOT AT HISTORY FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, BUT IN THE END, IT TURNED INTO A HORROR SHOW. ATTEMPTING TO DO WHAT NO TEAM HAS EVER DONE BEFORE BY WINNING A THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER BOWL, THE CHIEFS' ATTEMPT AT A THREE-PEAT QUICKLY TURNED SOUR AS THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES RAN RIOT TO STORM TO A 40-22 VICTORY. GORDON FINDLATER WATCHED THE ACTION. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ONE-SIDED SUPER BOWLS IN RECENT HISTORY. THE EAGLES DON'T JUST FLY; THEY FLATTEN THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WINNING SUPER BOWL 59, DENYING THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS A HISTORIC THREE-PEAT. THAT'S A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM, AND WE HAD TO COME OUT AND PLAY OUR BEST, AND WE DID. PHILADELPHIA DID IT FROM THE GET-GO. LOFTING DOWNFIELD, CAUGHT! TOUCH-DOWN EAGLES. AND WHILE THE CELEBRATIONS WERE MUTED WHEN REPLAYS REVEALED THEY WERE CAUGHT ONE YARD SHORT, IT ONLY DELAYED THE INEVITABLE. WILL JUST SHOVE HIM INTO THE END ZONE. AND WHILE THE EAGLES WERE MAKING OFFENCE LOOK EASY, IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THE CASE FOR PATRICK MAHMOES. IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THE CASE FOR PATRICK MAHOMES. MAHOMES RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND TRYING TO SCRAMBLE. INCOMPLETE! THE NORMALLY MARVELOUS MAHOMES MADE TO LOOK MEDIOCRE BY THE EAGLES DEFENCE. AND IT GOT WORSE FOR THE THREE-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION. A 90-SECOND PERIOD TO FORGET ` HE WAS SACKED TWICE BEFORE ARGUABLY THE MATCH'S MOST DEFINING MOMENT. AND IT'S INTERCEPTED! THE ROOKIE MAKES A CUT AND SCORES. IT'S SIX FOR THE EAGLES. THE TWO-TIME MVP'S FIRST HALF HORROR SHOW WASN'T OVER YET EITHER. MAHOMES FROM THE GOAL LINE, HE'S PICKED OFF AGAIN BY ZAK BAUN. THE EAGLES WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE, ESTABLISHING A 24-0 HALFTIME LEAD, THE SECOND LARGEST IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY. HURTS LOOKS, FIRES TO THE FAR SIDE TOWING INTO THE END ZONE IS AJ BROWN. THE EAGLES BUILDING THIS LEAD. THE CHIEFS NEEDED A MIRACLE IN THE SECOND-HALF, BUT ONLY GOT MORE MISERY. THERE WAS NO BAD DAY IN THE OFFICE FOR THE EAGLES QUARTERBACK THOUGH ` IT'S A DOWNFIELD SHOT... CAUGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN, DEVONTE SMITH. JALEN HURTS INFLICTING PAIN ON THE CHIEFS, HIS ROLE IN THE 40-POINTS-TO-22 VICTORY EARNING HIM THE SUPER BOWL MVP. IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT WINNING AWARDS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE RESPOND TO CERTAIN THINGS. FEELS GOOD. HELL OF A GAME TODAY. JUST THEIR SECOND TITLE IN THE SUPER BOWL ERA, EXPECT THE CELEBRATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA TO GO WELL INTO THE EARLY HOURS. TOM WALSH HAS ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO COMPETE AT THE 2028 L.A. OLYMPICS AFTER COMPETING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A GROIN INJURY ROBBED HIS HOPES AT LAST YEAR'S PARIS GAMES. WALSH TOOK PART IN YESTERDAY'S SIR GRAEME DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL, HIS FIRST EVENT IN SIX MONTHS. WHILE HE COULD MANAGE A BEST THROW OF JUST 20.86M, FINISHING SECOND TO JACKO GILL, IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOLLOWING HIS RETURN FROM INJURY. THEY WERE ONE OF THE PACE SETTERS FOR MUCH OF LAST SEASON, BUT THE HURRICANES KNOW THEY'LL HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM IF THEY'RE TO MAKE ANOTHER FAST START THIS YEAR. BATTLING AN INJURY CRISIS BEFORE THE SEASON HAS EVEN BEGUN, THE HURRICANES HEAD TO CHRISTCHURCH ON FRIDAY, WHERE THEY EXPECT TO RUN INTO A CRUSADERS SIDE HUNGRY FOR REDEMPTION. THEY ENJOYED CONTRASTING SEASONS IN 2024. THE HURRICANES PARKED NEAR THE TOP OF THE TABLE. THE CRUSADERS NEAR THE BOTTOM. BUT DON'T TELL CLARK LAIDLAW ROB PENNEY'S SIDE WILL BE EASY BEATS IN 2025. THERE'LL BE NO TEAM THINKING YOU CAN ROLL DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH AND PICK UP EASY POINTS. IT'S A REALLY TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLY MOTIVATED, TO TURN AROUND WHAT HAPPENED LAST SEASON. SO YEAH, WE'RE` WE'RE NOT WALKING DOWN THERE INTO ANYTHING WE'RE NOT EXPECTING. WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING IS A CRUSADERS SIDE WITH FRESH MOTIVATION AND A DESIRE TO RIGHT SEVERAL WRONGS FROM A DISASTROUS 2024 SEASON. I THINK WE'D ALL BE SURPRISED TO SEE IT REPLICATE. TO BE HONEST, THOUGH, AFTER PRE-SEASON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE OPPOSITION. SO WE GENUINELY HAVEN'T TALKED TOO MUCH AROUND THE CRUSADERS. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSSED IN ON HOW WE WANT TO PLAY THE GAME. LAIDLAW'S BIGGEST CONCERN MIGHT BE WHO HE'S GOING TO GET TO DO THAT. ALREADY FACING AN INJURY CRISIS AT FIRST FIVE, LAIDLAW HAS REVEALED DEVAN FLANDERS WILL JOIN REUBEN LAVIN BEING OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE ASAFO AUMUA WON'T BE BACK UNTIL ROUND THREE. HE'S MISSED MOST OF PRE-SEASON, SO WE'VE GOT TO SET HIM UP TO SUCCEED FOR THE WHOLE SEASON, NOT JUST THE FIRST TWO GAMES. IT'S OBVIOUSLY TEMPTING WITH ALL YOUR RETURNING PLAYERS FROM THOSE TOURS THAT, YOU WANT TO RUSH THEM BACK IN, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GAMES AHEAD OF US, SO WE'LL TRY TO SET THEM UP TO SUCCEED FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. HAVING SPLIT THEIR TWO PRE-SEASON HIT-OUTS, LOSING TO THE CHIEFS BEFORE TOPPLING THE BLUES IN WAINUIOMATA, LAIDLAW IS RELATIVELY PLEASED WITH HOW HIS SIDE IS PLACED HEADING INTO THE SEASON. WE'VE DEFINITELY GOT A BIT OF CONVICTION AROUND HOW WE WANT TO PLAY THE GAME AND SOME REAL, I GUESS, CLARITY AROUND HOW WE WANT TO PLAY THE GAME. CLARITY THAT'S ABOUT TO BE PUT TO THE TEST AGAINST A CRUSADERS SIDE NOT LACKING ANY MOTIVATION. IRELAND ARE THE ONLY UNBEATEN SIDE LEFT IN THE SIX NATIONS AND REMAIN ON TRACK TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM EVER TO WIN THREE TITLES IN A ROW. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TOOK LESS THAN 10 MINUTES TO GET ON THE BOARD BEFORE CALEAN DORRIS EXTENDED THE ADVANTAGE. DESPITE SCOTLAND GOING OVER ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME, IRELAND RAN AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF TO CLAIM A 32-18 VICTORY. PRENDERGAST. PICKS HIS PASS. AND IT'S HIGH! ATTACKING RUGBY! AWAY TO THE RIGHT. SURELY THEY CAN FINISH THIS! IRELAND SHOULD HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE MAKING IT THREE FROM THREE IN A FORTNIGHT, WITH A TRIP TO ROCK-BOTTOM WALES. PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE F.A. CUP BY THE BOTTOM-PLACED TEAM IN THE SECOND-TIER CHAMPIONSHIP. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE GOT THE BETTER OF THE REDS WITH A NARROW 1-0 WIN IN FRONT OF THEIR ECSTATIC FANS. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER REPORTS. YOUNG AND OLD, THE PLYMOUTH FAITHFUL, ROCK-BOTTOM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP, DID NOT SEE THIS COMING. ARNE SLOT RESTED HIS STAR NAMES ` AND HOW HE REGRETTED IT. LIVERPOOL'S YOUNGER FACES WERE ABOUT TO LEARN A LESSON. THIS WAS THE MOMENT IT ALL WENT PEAR-SHAPED. OH, THAT'S A PENALTY. A CLUMSY HANDBALL FROM HARVEY ELLIOTT ` PENALTY TO PLYMOUTH, AND RYAN HARDY SCORED THE GOAL HE'LL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER. (CHEERING) WELL, WHO SAW THIS COMING? THEN IT WAS ABOUT HANGING ON. AND REMARKABLY, THE CLUB WITH THE WORST DEFENSIVE RECORD IN THE TOP FOUR DIVISIONS KEPT LIVERPOOL OUT. THAT WAS A CHANCE. AMID UNBEARABLE TENSION, THE GREEN ARMY PRAYED THEY WOULD HOLD FIRM. BUT AS LIVERPOOL THREW EVERYTHING AT THEM IN THE CLOSING MINUTES... WHAT A SAVE! ...PLYMOUTH KEEPER CONOR HAZARD REFUSED TO BUCKLE. HE'S MADE ANOTHER TERRIFIC STOP. AND THAT WAS THAT ` A FAMOUS CUP GIANT-KILLING. THE F.A. CUP WEAVES ITS MAGIC ONCE AGAIN! WE ALL CAME TODAY WITH A DREAM, AND THE DREAM WAS TO GET TO THE NEXT ROUND, AND WE'VE DONE IT, SO... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, TO BE HONEST. WE'VE DONE IT. THEY'LL REMEMBER THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME ` THE DAY THEY KNOCKED MIGHTY LIVERPOOL OUT OF THE F.A. CUP. AND FINALLY, THE BLACK CAPS HAVE MADE A SOMEWHAT PROMISING START IN THEIR SECOND TRI-SERIES MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. IT WAS A FRUSTRATING START FOR THE BLACK CAPS, WITH TEMBA BAVUMA FRENCH-CUTTING WILL O'ROURKE FOR FOUR DELIVERIES IN A ROW. FOR FOUR ` TWO DELIVERIES IN A ROW. THE IMPOSING PACE BOWLER HAD THE LAST LAUGH, THOUGH, LATER REMOVING THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN FOR 20. SOUTH AFRICA ARE CURRENTLY 62 FOR 1. IMPORTANT SERIES FOR THE BLACKCAPS. THIS WEEK MARKS SEVEN YEARS SINCE THE PARKLAND SCHOOL SHOOTING IN FLORIDA, WHEN A FORMER STUDENT AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH WALKED INSIDE AND KILLED 17 PEOPLE. WITH DOZENS OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS SINCE THEN AND A PRO-GUN PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AN OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY IS HOPING TO PROVIDE A REMINDER OF THE BROKEN LIVES BEHIND THE STATISTICS. KIRAN MOODLEY MET BOTH THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAR OF THE FILM, SURVIVOR SAM FUENTES. I DON'T REALLY FEEL ANYTHING YET. I HAVEN'T CRIED YET. SAM FUENTES HAS A STORY THAT'S TRAGICALLY BOTH NORMAL AND UNIQUE IN AMERICA ` NORMAL IN THAT SHE IS A SURVIVOR OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING; UNIQUE IN THAT SHE HAD THE CHANCE TO CONFRONT HER SHOOTER IN COURT. WHEN YOU CAN SINGLE-HANDEDLY STARE YOUR FRIEND'S KILLER IN THE FACE AND TELL THEM EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED, WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND NOT BE FAZED BY THAT. HEAVY TACTICAL TEAMS ARE ON THE GROUND. THE SHOOTER STILL AT LARGE. SAM WAS INJURED ON VALENTINE'S DAY IN 2018 IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA WHEN A FORMER STUDENT KILLED 17 PEOPLE AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL. IN A NEW OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY, DIRECTOR KIM SNYDER FOLLOWS SAM AS SHE GRAPPLES WITH THE TRAUMA AND THE MEANING OF JUSTICE. WHEN I WAS SHOT, AND I'D LOST... MY FRIENDS. UM, I LOST SO MUCH IN THAT SHOOTING. I LOST MY SENSE OF SAFETY, MUCH OF MY AUTONOMY, UM, MY MOBILITY. SO MUCH OF MY OWN CONTROL WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. SO IN MANY WAYS, CONFRONTING MY SHOOTER WAS... SORT OF A... A PATH TO GAINING SOME CONTROL BACK. I REALLY HOPE THAT DEATH BY NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, CONNECTS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL RECKONING WITH THEIR OWN TRAUMA. IN THE FILM, YOU OFTEN CROSS OUT THE KILLER. YOU KNOW, I ASSUME WHEN IT COMES TO CROSSING OUT THE KILLER, IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE BECOME MARTYRS TO THESE EVIL CAUSES. WELL, THERE IS A MOVEMENT CALLED 'NO NOTORIETY' IN GENERAL, WHERE VICTIM COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY TRYING TO IMPLORE MEDIA NOT TO USE THE NAME AND THE IMAGE OF THE SHOOTER, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH EVIDENCE OF THIS COPYCAT. SO WE WANTED VERY MUCH IN DEATH BY NUMBERS TO, UM... TO INTERWEAVE THE HORROR OF THE COURTROOM, THE REALITY, BUT THE IDEA OF CROSSING OUT HIS FACE THROUGH HER MARKER, HER JOURNALLING, SO TO SPEAK. AND THEN TOGETHER, WE MADE A DECISION THAT HE SHOULD BE REVEALED AT THE END ONLY WHEN SAM... STARES HIM DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAS THE COURAGE TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KILLED WILL HAVE A LEGACY MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU, AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEARLY KILLED WILL LIVE THEIR LIVES, THOUGH WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY, WITH A COMPASSION AND A DIGNITY IN WAYS YOU WILL ONLY DREAM. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PARKLAND SHOOTING, THE STUDENTS STARTED A MASS MOVEMENT FOR GUN CONTROL, MARCHING ON THE FLORIDA STATE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, AS WELL AS WASHINGTON DC. THE NEW U.S. PRESIDENT IS NOT IN FAVOUR OF GUN CONTROL AND HAS ALREADY REPORTEDLY CLOSED THE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. HOW... HOPEFUL ARE YOU OF YOUR CAUSE AT THE MOMENT? UH, HOPE IS OBLIGATORY... I FEEL. BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE I HAVE... A LEGACY TO UPHOLD. I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE GET BETTER. EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE MOST CONVENIENT FEELING TO HAVE AT TIMES, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MOVES ME FORWARD. LAURA'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER. AND WHAT WILL TUESDAY BRING US? WELL, THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND IS NOT EXPECTED TO STICK AROUND TOMORROW. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME SHOWERS AND CLOUD ABOUT, MAINLY IN EASTERN AREAS, AND IT COULD GET HEAVY AROUND WAIKATO, BUT THE WESTERN PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, AND ACTUALLY, MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS IN FOR MORE SETTLED WEATHER AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA, NEXT. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING TRAMPOLINES AND LOOSE FURNITURE. NAU MAI ANO, AND A REMINDER OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT, THEN THAT SHOULD DIE AWAY OVERNIGHT. HEADING INTO TUESDAY, THE FRONTS TO THE EAST OF AOTEAROA WILL BRING CLOUDY AND COOL WEATHER TO EASTERN PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, AND SOME WET WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF WAIKATO, AUCKLAND AND NORTHLAND. YOU CAN SEE IT WILL BE WET OVERNIGHT FOR EASTERN AREAS, BUT THAT WILL EASE INTO TUESDAY. A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ANOTHER COOL DAY AHEAD, THOUGH, BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE LATER ON IN THE WEEK TO TE IKA A MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, AND SOUTHERN AUCKLAND AND INLAND WAIKATO MAY SEE ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. CLOUDY IN THE EAST AND SHOWERS IN HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD CAN BE EXPECTED. SO LET'S HEAD TO THE TOP OF THE NORTH ` AND A MAINLY FINE START TO YOUR TUESDAY, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD IN AREAS, BUT AFTER LUNCH, A FEW SHOWERS ARRIVE ` POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON. SHOWERS ON AND OFF ALL DAY FOR TAURANGA AND ROTORUA. THE REST WILL JOIN YOU IN THE AFTERNOON ` HEAVIER IN THE WEST ` STRONG SOUTHEASTERLIES IN CENTRAL AREAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY AND SOUEASTERLY WINDS BEFORE DAWN, WHICH SHOULD EASE BY LUNCHTIME. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR HAWKES BAY, LESS INTENSE SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. A FINE DAY FOR WHANGANUI, SOME CLOUD AROUND ELSEWHERE AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR TAUMARUNUI THAT COULD BE HEAVY AND THUNDERY. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A CLEAR DAY OUT WEST, SOME MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR NELSON, AND REEFTON WILL GET A SPRINKLE TOO. LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL. NO ONE WILL ESCAPE THE RAIN HERE, BUT IT WON'T LAST ALL DAY, AND IT WON'T BE TROPICAL ` HIGHS OF 17 FOR MOST. KAIKOURA, THOSE SOUTHERLIES SHOULD EASE IN THE AFTERNOON. AND SOME VERY COOL HIGHS HERE TOO, 17'S AND 18'S IN PARTS. SOME SHOWERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH, AND CLOUDY IN CENTRAL OTAGO. LET'S HEAD TO OUR MAIN CENTRES ` CLOUDY PERIODS FOR OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, THOSE WESTERLIES TURNING SOUTHERLY IN THE MORNING. THAT RAIN IN THE CHATHAMS SHOULD CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. OTAUTAHI ` CHRISTCHURCH, THAT OVERNIGHT RAIN WILL BECOME LIGHT IN THE MORNING AND SHOULD EASE FROM NOON. LIGHT WINDS FOR YOUR TUESDAY. TE WHANGANUI A TARA ` WELLINGTON, A MOSTLY CLOUDY MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS CLEARING TO FINE SPELLS IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THOSE FRESH SOUTHEASTERLIES WILL EASE IN THE EVENING. LET'S HEAD TO HAWKES BAY. SOUWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEFORE DAWN AND OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM MORNING, EASING IN THE EVENING. TAURANGA, YOU'LL REACH 25 TOMORROW. YES, YOU WILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS, AND YES THEY WILL BE PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY, CLEARING IN THE EVENING. KIRIKIRIROA ` HAMILTON, TOMORROW IS LOOKING SIMILAR TO TODAY. A DRY START BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON, SOME POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY. AND A MAINLY FINE START FOR AUCKLAND BUT A FEW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, POSSIBLY HEAVY AND THUNDERY SOUTH OF THE CITY. SOUTHWESTERLIES EASING IN THE EVENING, HEADING TO AUSTRALIA ` AND THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE NORTH AND EASTERN AREAS, AND IN THE PACIFIC, LOTS OF CLOUD AND STORMY WEATHER, HUMID TOO. HIGHS ALL REACHING 30. BACK HERE NOW ` AND A LARGE HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM COVERS MOST OF NEW ZEALAND ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME SHOWERS ARRIVING ON FRIDAY, WHEN THE HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST, BUT EXTENDS A RIDGE OVER THE COUNTRY. A VERY FINE OUTLOOK FOR EVERYONE HERE WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY INCREASING ACROSS THE WEEK. THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND IS LOOKING MOSTLY FINE, JUST A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND THAT SHOULD MOSTLY CLEAR BY FRIDAY. AND I SAID WARMER DAYS WERE ON THE HORIZON, AND HERE THEY ARE. BONUS ` THEY ARE ALSO DRY. AND WE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE PANCAKE ROCKS AT PUNAKAIKI EMAILED IN, CAPTURING A MOODY DAY ON THE WEST COAST. 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