TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE WIDENING RIFT OVER UKRAINE. A WAR OF WORDS ERUPTS BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, THE U.S PRESIDENT LAUNCHING A BLISTERING ATTACK ON THE UKRAINIAN LEADER. CHILLING NEWS ` A NEW STUDY FINDS THE WORLD'S GLACIERS ARE NOW MELTING FASTER THAN EVER RECORDED, NEW ZEALAND ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED. THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES, PLUS... OW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW! SIMPLY SENSATIONAL ` PAKISTANI CRICKET FANS IN AWE AFTER THE BLACKCAPS' GLENN PHILLIPS' AMAZING CATCH. THE REACTION FROM HIS TEAMMATES. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ, JESSIE PURU AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI KI NGA PITOPITO KORERO O TE WA. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS THIS EVENING. ONCE WARM RELATIONS ARE DESCENDING INTO A DEEPENING RIFT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF UKRAINE AND THE U.S. ` DONALD TRUMP FALSELY ACCUSING VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY OF BEING A DICTATOR WHO STARTED AN UNWINNABLE WAR WITH RUSSIA. ZELENSKYY CLAIMS TRUMP IS ECHOING RUSSIAN RHETORIC. THE ROW IS THE STARKEST THREAT YET TO AMERICA'S FUTURE SUPPORT OF UKRAINE, BOTH ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND IN PEACE TALKS. U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS. AS UKRAINE ROLLS INTO A GRUELLING THIRD YEAR OF RUSSIA'S LATEST INVASION... (BANG!) ...VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS FIGHTING A NEW BATTLE ` A WAR OF WORDS WITH HIS MOST POWERFUL ALLY. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: UNFORTUNATELY, PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WE RESPECT A LOT AS A LEADER OF THE NATION THAT WE REALLY RESPECT, THE AMERICAN NATION ` UNFORTUNATELY, HE LIVES IN THIS DISINFORMATION SPACE. ZELENSKYY'S CLAIM, ESSENTIALLY THAT THE U.S PRESIDENT IS ECHOING RUSSIAN RHETORIC, FOLLOWED TRUMP'S FURIOUS RESPONSE TO CONCERNS UKRAINE IS BEING LEFT OUT OF PEACE TALKS WITH RUSSIA. TODAY, I HEARD, 'OH, WELL, WE WEREN'T INVITED.' WELL, YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS. YOU SHOULD'VE ENDED IT... THREE YEARS. YOU SHOULD'VE NEVER STARTED IT. YOU COULD'VE MADE A DEAL. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT QUICK TO REMIND THE WORLD IT WAS HIS COUNTRY THAT WAS INVADED. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) TRANSLATOR: I WOULD LIKE TRUMP'S TEAM TO HAVE MORE TRUTH. ALL OF THIS DEFINITELY DOESN'T HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON UKRAINE. THEY ARE LETTING PUTIN OUT OF ISOLATION. WHICH TRIGGERED ANOTHER TIRADE... HE REFUSES TO HAVE ELECTIONS, IS LOW IN... THE REAL UKRAINIAN POLLS... I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU BE HIGH WITH, UH, EVERY CITY IS BEING DEMOLISHED? AND THE ONLY THING... HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT WAS PLAYING JOE BIDEN LIKE A FIDDLE. HE PLAYED HIM LIKE A FIDDLE. ...AND THEN THIS ` A DICTATOR WITHOUT ELECTIONS. ZELENSKYY BETTER MOVE FAST, OR HE'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A COUNTRY LEFT. ZELENSKYY IS NOT A DICTATOR. ELECTIONS HAVE LEGALLY BEEN POSTPONED SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE. SOME FEAR RUSSIA'S INCURSION NOW GOES BEYOND BORDERS. SOME OF HIS COMMENTS SOUNDED STRAIGHT FROM A RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA PLAYBOOK. WELL, IT SOUNDS AS IF DONALD TRUMP HAS CHANGED SIDES IN THIS, AWAY FROM THE SIDE, THE UKRAINIAN SIDE, THAT THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BACKING SINCE THE OUTSET. AS RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ONCE-FIRM FRIENDS GETS EVEN FROSTIER, TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO UKRAINE AND RUSSIA IS VISITING KYIV. CONCERNS ARE QUICKLY EVAPORATING, THOUGH, FOR THIS MAN ` VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL BE RELISHING AMERICA'S HEAD-SPINNING REALIGNMENT. TRANSLATOR: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE MANY ISSUES, INCLUDING THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS, WITHOUT INCREASING THE LEVEL OF TRUST BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. IT'S THAT SORT OF TRUST WHICH AMERICA'S EUROPEAN ALLIES FEAR THEY'RE NOW LOSING FAST. THE LEADERS OF FRANCE AND THE UK BOTH SCRAMBLING TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN COMING DAYS AND RUSHING TO FILL GAPS LEFT BY THE U.S. OUR JOB AS DEFENCE MINISTERS IS TO PUT UKRAINE IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE POSITION GOING INTO ANY TALKS, AND THAT MEANS CONTINUING TO STEP UP THE MILITARY AID. BUT AS UKRAINE'S TROOPS PREPARE FOR MORE RUSSIAN OFFENCES, THEY'RE VERY AWARE THEIR ALLIANCE WITH THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL NATION IS ON SHAKY GROUND. LOGAN'S WITH US NOW FROM NEW YORK. TRUMP'S WELL KNOWN FOR LASHING OUT WHEN CRITICISED. JUST HOW BAD IS THIS FOR UKRAINE? IT IS TERRIBLE. THE US HAS PROVIDED TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF AID. DONALD TRUMP SEEMS CERTAIN TO TURN OFF THE TAP. THE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THE OTHER INTERESTING ELEMENT IS WE ARE VERY USED TO DONALD TRUMP SAYING SOMETHING WE MIGHT NOT EXPECT. HE HAS USED SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OVER SEVERAL DAYS ON CAMERA AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE QUITE STRONGLY AGAINST ZELENSKY, INCLUDING CALLING HIM A DICTATOR, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT TRUE, BUT HAS THE REAL EFFECT OF SENDING THE RELATIONSHIP DOWN THE GURGLER. WHEN IT COMES TO THAT CRUCIAL MILITARY AID, MOST OF IT COMES FROM AMERICA. AND LOGAN, RUSSIA'S BEEN AMERICA'S BIGGEST ENEMY FOR DECADES, SO WHAT'S BEHIND THIS HUGE SHIFT BY TRUMP? IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS WENT SOUTH AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE RARE EARTH MINERALS DEAL THAT THE UKRAINE AND THE US WERE COOKING UP. SOME THINGS LIKE LITHIUM, TITANIUM AND URANIUM TO PAY FOR ONGOING MILITARY AID. UKRAINE WAS PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO GIVE UP 50% OF RESERVES AND ZELENSKY SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT, I AM NOT SELLING MY COUNTRY. WHERE TO FROM HERE? NO ONE KNOWS. THANKS, LOGAN. UKRAINIANS IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY AND THOSE LIVING HERE HAVE CONDEMNED DONALD TRUMP'S ATTACK ON VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY. 1 NEWS REPORTER SIMON MERCEP SPOKE TO A UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY LEADER LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND. THE HEADLINES IN UKRAINE TONIGHT ARE ALL ABOUT ONE MAN ` PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IN KYIV, MANY HAVE NO TIME FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S RHETORIC. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) 'HE'S TURNED THE VICTIM INTO AN ENEMY,' SHE SAYS. 'HE'S BETRAYED US.' (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) 'TRUMP HAS SIMPLY GIVEN UP ON UKRAINE.' 'HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN THE MORAL SIDE OF THINGS,' HE SAYS. BUT OTHERS WORRY THAT WITHOUT AMERICA'S WEAPONS, THEY CAN'T WIN. 'WE WON'T MAKE IT WITHOUT U.S. SUPPORT. 'WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES.' BACK HERE, EXPECT MORE RALLIES LIKE THIS OVER THE WEEKEND AS LOCAL UKRAINIANS GATHER TO MARK THREE YEARS OF WAR. THEY, TOO, FEEL SIDELINED BY DONALD TRUMP. TRUMP IS TREATING UKRAINIANS LIKE THEY'RE AN ASSET TO BE TRADED, LIKE THEIR FATE CAN BE DECIDED WITHOUT THEM. BUT IT'S NOT DIPLOMACY; IT'S DEHUMANISATION. DON'T ACCUSE ZELENSKYY OF BEING A DICTATOR, SHE SAYS. LOOK TO MOSCOW. I MEAN, IF YOU TALK ABOUT DICTATORS, LET'S BE FAIR. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, UKRAINE HAD FIVE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. RUSSIA HAD ZERO. SO THIS IS ONE THING THAT TRUMP CONVENIENTLY OMITS. TRUMP IS SPEAKING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE KREMLIN'S PLAYBOOK. THAT PLAYBOOK INCLUDES UKRAINE GIVING UP LAND NOW OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. DO YOU THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO THINK MAYBE WE DO HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME TERRITORY TO MAKE THIS CONFLICT GO AWAY? NOTHING'S CHANGED. UKRAINIANS ARE NOT WILLING TO CEDE TERRITORY. (MISSILES ZOOM) RUSSIA CURRENTLY HOLDS CRIMEA AND LARGE PARTS OF EASTERN UKRAINE, WHERE KATE TURSKA STILL HAS FAMILY. SHE'S NOT SURE SHE'LL EVER SEE THEM AGAIN. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IF IT WAS OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. I AM ON RUSSIA'S BANNED LIST. I CANNOT ACTUALLY GO TO RUSSIA AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SANCTIONS IMPOSED AGAINST ME FOR SPEAKING OUT. IN THE MEANTIME, UKRAINIANS HERE GATHER RELIEF SUPPLIES. THIS WEEKEND, A SEVENTH CONTAINER WILL BE LOADED UP TO BE SHIPPED HOME. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` AND BIOSECURITY NEW ZEALAND IS NOW INVESTIGATING AFTER ANOTHER FRUIT FLY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN AUCKLAND. THE LATEST IS IN THE SUBURB OF BIRKDALE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. THIS COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER ANOTHER MALE ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY WAS FOUND IN EARLY JANUARY IN A SURVEILLANCE TRAP IN A BACKYARD IN PAPATOETOE. A NEW ZEALAND-BORN TEENAGER SET TO BE DEPORTED TO INDIA HAS BEEN OFFERED RESIDENCY IN AN 11TH-HOUR DECISION BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. THE CASE OF DAMAN KUMAR (18), WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TO INDIA, WAS BROUGHT TO ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION CHRIS PENK BY ANOTHER MP. PENK GRANTED THE TEEN RESIDENCY, BUT HIS OVERSTAYING PARENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY MUST LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. KUMAR TOLD 1 NEWS WHILE HE'S HAPPY TO HAVE LEGAL STATUS, HE'S DISHEARTENED AND WORRIED FOR HIS PARENTS. OUR FOREIGN MINISTER'S FIRED A WARNING SHOT AT THE COOK ISLANDS AS NEW ZEALAND WRESTLES WITH THE PACIFIC COUNTRY'S DEVELOPING ALLIANCE WITH CHINA. WINSTON PETERS CALLING FOR A RELATIONSHIP RESET AMID THE ROCKIEST PATCH WITH ONE OF OUR CLOSEST OF FRIENDS. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER JOINS US SHORTLY, BUT FIRST HER REPORT. NEW ZEALAND AND THE COOK ISLANDS ARE GOING THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES. WINSTON PETERS LAID OUT WHAT NEW ZEALAND EXPECTS FROM ITS REALM COUNTRY. WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS WILL NOT SEEK BENEFITS ONLY AVAILABLE TO FULLY INDEPENDENT STATES SUCH AS SEPARATE PASSPORTS AND CITIZENSHIP OR MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED NATIONS OR THE COMMONWEALTH OR PURSUE POLICIES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AT A VARIANCE WITH NEW ZEALAND'S INTERESTS. THAT INCLUDES THIS ` THE SIGNING OF A NUMBER OF SECRET AGREEMENTS WITH CHINA, ALL EXCEPT ONE NEITHER NEW ZEALAND OR THE COOK ISLANDS PEOPLE KNOW THE CONTENTS OF. WHILE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF THE COOK ISLANDS AND NZ REMAINS RESOLUTELY STRONG, WE CURRENTLY FACE CHALLENGES IN THE GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO RESET THE GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP. WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES IN TRANSPARENCY. AND FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS, THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE WITH OUR PRIME MINISTER. THERE'S BEEN NO HONESTY ABOUT THIS DEAL ABOUT CHINA. OPINIONS ARE MIXED HERE WITH REGARDS TO THE COOK ISLANDS MOVING CLOSER TO CHINA, BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR ` MOST VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW ZEALAND AND ARE CONCERNED AT HOW THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED. LOCAL BUSINESSMAN ROHAN ELLIS SAYS WHILE CAUTION WITH CHINA IS NEEDED, IT'S OFFERING HELP THE COOK ISLANDS NEEDS TO DEVELOP AS A NATION. THIS REQUIRES CAREFUL DIALOGUE, CAREFUL MANAGEMENT BETWEEN ALL PARTIES, YOU KNOW, NEW ZEALAND INCLUDED. NEW ZEALAND HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, TO HELP GUIDE US IN HOW WE MANAGE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. DO I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE WELL OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS? YES. YES. DO I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER? ABSOLUTELY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE THANK NEW ZEALAND, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT` IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON? WELL, NOT TIME TO MOVE ON, BUT TIME TO LOOK WIDER. FORMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT FLETCHER MELVIN AGREES. IF OUR GOVERNMENT ISN'T TRUSTED TO GO AND DEAL WITH CHINA, AND NEITHER IS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THEN MAYBE THE TWO DELEGATIONS SHOULD GO TOGETHER. WHEN NEW ZEALAND GOES TO CHINA MAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER. MAYBE THAT'S HOW YOU BRIDGE THE GAP ` DO THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. THAT GAP CURRENTLY A DEEP CREVASSE WITH NO BRIDGE IN SIGHT. BARB, WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES IN BRINGING THE TWO SIDES BACK TOGETHER? YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE COOK ISLANDS POSITION. THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THEIR NATION. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE CONSTRAINED WITHIN THE FREE ASSOCIATION WITH NEW ZEALAND. THEY ARE IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE MIDDLE GROUND WHERE THEY WANT BOTH. THEY HAVE NOT SHARED THE DETAILS OF THEIR AGREEMENTS, WHICH THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO DO. FROM NEW ZEALAND'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR ROUND COUNTRY, TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. CHINA HAS NOT INFORMED NEW ZEALAND THAT THERE ARE THREE MILITARY SHIPS WITH EXTREME STRIKE POWER DOWN THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA. THEY WERE HEADING EAST TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND DAUGHTERS. WATERS* THIS IS A REASON WHY NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT WANT ITS ROUND COUNTRY REALM* SIGNING SECRET DEALS WITH CHINA. HE CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS HE IS ENGAGING WITH THE PACIFIC AND GETTING WHAT THEY WANT BACK. THEY ARE RESETTING AID PROJECTS ` LESS BUT BIGGER. HE WANTS A RESET OF THE RELATIONSHIP. MAY BE THAT IS A WAY BACK TO THE TABLE FOR BOTH PARTIES. THANKS, BARB. THE MORTGAGE WARS ARE ON. THE OCR CUT YESTERDAY WITH PROMISES OF MORE TO COME HAS HOMEOWNERS SCRAMBLING FOR THE BEST DEALS. RETAILERS ARE ALSO HOPING FALLING INTEREST RATES WILL SEE SALES START TO PICK UP. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD REPORTS. THERE WAS A KICK IN THE STEP TODAY. THINGS HAVE BEEN A LOT BUSIER FOR THE START OF THE YEAR. SO IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT, BUT I FEEL PEOPLE ARE STILL A BIT WARY AND ARE STILL OUT THERE TRYING TO GET A GOOD DEAL. A RING OF POSITIVITY AT DRESS SMART MALL IN CHRISTCHURCH. BEEN BETTER SO FAR. SO YEAH, HOPEFULLY IT STAYS THAT WAY. I'M FEELING REALLY OPTIMISTIC. I'M EXCITED, TO BE HONEST, TO SEE WHAT THE YEAR BRINGS TO SEE HOW WE'RE LOOKING MONEY-WISE AT THE END OF IT. IF THE COST OF LIVING COME DOWN AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'D BE MUCH BETTER. THE RESERVE BANK DROPPED THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE YESTERDAY FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW, TAKING IT TO ITS LOWEST POINT IN TWO YEARS. SPEAKING TO MPS THIS MORNING, THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR ECHOED THE SENTIMENT OF CONSUMERS ` THIS YEAR IS LOOKING UP. THERE IS LIGHT AHEAD, AND IT'S NOT AN INCOMING TRAIN. IT IS POSITIVE GDP GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH COMING THROUGH, AND LOW AND STABLE INFLATION. BANKS WERE QUICK TO DROP INTEREST RATES WITHIN MINUTES OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, LEAVING MORTGAGE ADVISORS BUSY TODAY ADVISING CUSTOMERS AND RE-FIXING HOME LOANS. AT A $900,000 MORTGAGE, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ` IF YOU WERE FIXING IT TODAY, IT'S AN EXTRA $500 A FORTNIGHT IN YOUR BACK POCKET. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE EXPECTS BANKS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE, AND WITH SOME RATES NOW UNDER 5%, THE MORTGAGE WAR IS ON. I'M NOT SURE IF I LIKE THE TERM 'WAR'. I THINK IT'S A BIT OF A HUSTLE. LOWER RATES ARE SPARKING INTEREST IN THE FLAT HOUSING MARKET, WITH LISTINGS PICKING UP. IT WILL GET THE HOUSING MARKET A BIT MORE EXCITED. PEOPLE WILL BE LISTING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THERE'LL BE MORE BUYERS. IT'S LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT. FOR MANY THOUGH, SIGNS OF OPTIMISM ARE JUST THAT. AIR NEW ZEALAND'S FINANCIAL RESULTS OUT TODAY SHOW A HIT TO ITS PROFITS AND WARNINGS IT'S JETTING INTO A TOUGH SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR ` THE SAME MESSAGE FROM CASINO GIANT SKYCITY; ALSO ITS PROFITS TAKING A TUMBLE. THE RESERVE BANK THOUGH CONFIDENT THAT GROWTH IS ON THE UP. IT'S NOT EXACTLY GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. IT'LL BE SLOW AND STEADY GOING THOUGH. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHAT'S FUELLING A HUGE SURGE IN RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY AND THE MEASURES LOCAL POLICE ARE NOW TAKING TO STOP SHOPLIFTERS. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` ARE THE ROBOTS REALLY COMING FOR YOUR JOB? AN EXPERT TELLS US HOW TO STAY AHEAD OF THE AI WAVE. PLUS, A LITTLE HEART CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. WEE ARCHIE IS LIVING PROOF OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HEART HEALTH. AND WE MEET THE UNOFFICIAL QUEEN OF IRELAND. JOIN US AT 7. Where to from here, New Zealand? To amazing places, places of opportunity, technology, possibility, sustainability, every ability, places that are for all to enjoy ` yeah, everyone. Let's enjoy the path forged by those that came before us but also find new ones, maybe better ones. Life is our journey. Aotearoa ` our magnificent waka. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. A TOP PUBLIC HEALTH BOSS HAS SWIFTLY WITHDRAWN FROM TAKING PART IN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST A RAINBOW CROSSING IN WELLINGTON AFTER 1 NEWS QUESTIONED HIS INVOLVEMENT. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS ITS DIRECTOR OF PACIFIC HEALTH, DR JUNIOR ULU, DIDN'T WANT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE CASE TO BE MISINTERPRETED. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. ON WELLINGTON'S CUBA STREET THIS MORNING, IT WAS HARD TO FIND ANYONE WITH A BAD WORD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RAINBOW CROSSING. I THINK IT'S GREAT ` A BIT OF COLOUR, IT ADDS TO THE AREA, AND IT SUPPORTS THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY, AND I'M ALWAYS UP FOR THAT. FOR SURE. MY KIDS LOVE IT. THEY ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING COLOURFUL. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE INCLUSIVITY ESPECIALLY ON THIS KINDS OF STREET. TOURISTS LOVE IT TOO. I THINK IT'S PRETTY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, SO WE JUST TOOK SOME PICTURES HERE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. BUT RAINBOW CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK AROUND THE COUNTRY RECENTLY BY DESTINY CHURCH MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. IN WELLINGTON THIS WEEK, THERE'S BEEN A COURT CASE TAKEN BY CHURCH MEMBERS CHALLENGING THIS CROSSING'S LEGALITY AND SAFETY. ONE OF THOSE BEHIND THE LITIGATION ` THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S DIRECTOR OF PACIFIC HEALTH, DR JUNIOR ULU. HI, I'M JUNIOR, AND I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT WE OFFER ON MONDAY NIGHT HER AT DESTINY CHURCH WELLINGTON THROUGH BREAKOUT MONDAY. 1 NEWS CONTACTED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TODAY AND ASKED IF WE COULD TALK TO DR ULU ABOUT WHY HE WAS TAKING SUCH COURT ACTION AND WHETHER IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO BE DOING SO. AND WHILE HE WOULDN'T TALK TO US, JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, THE MINISTRY GOT BACK IN TOUCH AND SAID HE'D DECIDED TO STEP AWAY FROM THOSE COURT PROCEEDINGS. FIRSTLY, I UNDERSTAND HE HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THAT CASE. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVISED. FINALLY, I'M ADVISED HE WAS DOING THIS IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, NOT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE POLITICALLY IMPARTIAL. THE MINISTRY SAYS DR ULU TOLD THEM HE WAS ONLY INVOLVED BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE'S SAFETY AT THE CROSSING AND WITHDREW WHEN HE REALISED HIS MOTIVES COULD BE MISINTERPRETED. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. FIRE AND EMERGENCY STAFF WERE AMONG FIVE PEOPLE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL TODAY AFTER THE WALL OF A PORTABLE HOME COLLAPSED ON THEM IN TE POHUE IN HAWKE'S BAY. THE GROUP WAS ERECTING A CONVERTED SHIPPING CONTAINER WHEN A MACHINE HELPING HOLD UP THE STRUCTURE BROKE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED TO HAWKE'S BAY HOSPITAL ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY IN HASTINGS, WHILE THE OTHER PERSON NEEDED TO BE AIRLIFTED DUE TO SERIOUS INJURIES. RETAIL CRIME IN CANTERBURY HAS HIT A 10-YEAR HIGH, AND POLICE SAY IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS. SHOPLIFTING HAS SPIKED MORE THAN 300% IN A DECADE AND IS NOW A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE DISTRICT'S TOP COP. DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS MORE. SNATCHING AND STEALING STRAIGHT FROM THE SHELVES ` SHOPLIFTERS ARE OUT IN FORCE, SLAUGHTERING RETAIL'S BOTTOM LINE. THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKELY TO BE OUT OFFENDING EVERY DAY UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET HANDS-ON WITH THEM AND GET THEM BEFORE THE COURTS. CANTERBURY'S SEEN A SPIKE IN SHOPLIFTING OF MORE THAN 300% IN THE PAST DECADE, AND IT'S A PROBLEM PUSHING PRICES AT THE TILL EVEN HIGHER. BECAUSE IT'S A LOSS FOR THE BUSINESS, AND IT HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE CONSUMERS WHO ARE HAVING TO PAY THE PRICE OF THE SHOPLIFTING. POLICE HAVE RECENTLY ROLLED OUT THE COMMUNITY BEAT TEAM TO BOLSTER NUMBERS ON THE STREET, HITTING KEY RETAIL AREAS, AND IT'S STARTING TO MAKE A DENT. IT'S EARLY DAYS. THEY'VE ONLY BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. BUT WHAT WE DO SEE IS THAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT CONNECTION WITH THE RETAIL CRIME UNIT NATIONALLY, AND THEY'RE TELLING US ABOUT, HEY, HERE'S YOUR TOP-END OFFENDERS THAT YOU SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON. IN FACT, ONE OF THOSE WE GOT LAST WEEK ` WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THEM ON WEDNESDAY ` AND THE FRONT-LINE STAFF LOCKED THAT PERSON UP ON SATURDAY SO WE CAN ACT REALLY QUICKLY. THIS IS NOT JUST A CANTERBURY PROBLEM. POLICE SAY THEY'VE SEEN A SPIKE IN RETAIL CRIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH SIMILAR RISES IN MOST CENTRES. BUT THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEING FUELLED BY TOUGH TIMES. THEY'RE EITHER OFFENDING TO MAKE MONEY OR THEY'RE FEEDING A HABIT, BE THAT DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ` WHATEVER IT IS. WE'RE NOT SEEING SO MUCH THAT POVERTY IS PLAYING A PART IN THIS. THEY'RE OUT TO SHOPLIFT FOR SOMEONE ELSE, OR THEY'RE SELLING IT ON THE LIKES OF MARKETPLACE, ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I DO THINK THE COST OF LIVING IS CAUSING IT. AND SHOP OWNERS SAY THE PROBLEM'S POSSIBLY EVEN BIGGER THAN WE THINK. AND IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE HARD TO REPORT THEFT. IT'S QUITE TIME-CONSUMING. AND OFTEN THOSE LOWER VALUE ITEMS ` NOTHING HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOLEN THEM. RETAIL CRIME NOW A KEY FOCUS IN CANTERBURY AS POLICE VOW TO MAKE PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR PRODUCTS OR THEIR CRIME. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A DRIVER WHO FLED ON FOOT AFTER CRASHING INTO TWO HOUSES IN AUCKLAND. THIS IS THE DAMAGE CAUSED AFTER THE VEHICLE VEERED OFF DON BUCK ROAD IN MASSEY DOWN A BANK, SMASHING INTO THE SIDE OF TWO HOUSES BELOW. POLICE WERE ALERTED AROUND 4am AND A MANHUNT IS STILL UNDERWAY AFTER THE DRIVER ABANDONED THE CAR AND RAN OFF. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE INCIDENT. A MURI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ` THE ALARMING RETREAT OF GLACIERS AROUND THE WORLD THIS CENTURY, INCLUDING IN NEW ZEALAND, WHERE THEY ARE SHRINKING FASTER THAN JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE ELSE. WHY THE PACE OF MELTING IS INCREASING. AND UNBEATEN TO DATE ` COULD THESE OTAGO UNIVERSITY FRESHERS FINALLY OUTMUSCLE THE 60-SOMETHING CAMPUS COP? THE WINNER NEXT. AND THEN AT 7, THE FUTURE OF WORK IS CHANGING FAST, BUT ARE WE KEEPING UP? WE TALK AI, AUTOMATION AND HOW TO STAY AHEAD. AND HOW A LITTLE HEART CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. MEET ARCHIE, WHOSE JOURNEY PROVES JUST HOW IMPORTANT HEART HEALTH IS AT ANY AGE. AND IF YOU THOUGHT AT 84, CLIFF RICHARD HAD DONE IT ALL, THINK AGAIN. HE'S STILL GOT PLENTY MORE LEFT IN THE TANK. MY CHAT WITH SIR CLIFF IS COMING UP AT 7. VOICEOVER: Get double data this summer with Skinny mobile. That's double the true crime podcasts. VOICEOVER RADIO: It all started when the car broke down... at two times the summer banger playlists! Skinny has the happiest customers in the summer with double data, they're double happy. IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT, ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN EGYPT HAVE UNEARTHED THE FIRST TOMB OF A PHARAOH SINCE TUTANKHAMUN'S WAS FOUND OVER A CENTURY AGO. THE DISCOVERY, NEAR THE CITY OF LUXOR, IS KING THUTMOSE II, WHO IT'S BELIEVED REIGNED FROM ABOUT 1493 BC TO 1479 BC. ARCHAEOLOGISTS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE TOMB DUE TO INSCRIPTIONS ON NEARBY VESSELS. THUTMOSE II WAS AN ANCESTOR OF TUTANKHAMUN. THE WORLD'S GLACIERS ARE MELTING FASTER THAN EVER, WITH NEW ZEALAND'S RECEDING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STUDY TO DATE SHOWS CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING THIS CENTURY'S RAPID RETREAT. CUSHLA NORMAN REPORTS. FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER'S RETREAT IS UNDENIABLE, ITS EVERY MOVE CAPTURED ON CAMERA FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. SO IT'S NO SURPRISE TO SCIENTISTS HERE THAT AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS OUR GLACIERS HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ICE LOSS IN THE WORLD. SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE TEMPERATURE'S WARMING, AND THE ICE IS SHRINKING. THE STUDY, PUBLISHED IN NATURE JOURNAL, IS THE FIRST GLOBAL SNAPSHOT OF GLACIERS. IT ASSESSED 19 REGIONS AND FOUND, SINCE THE YEAR 2000, THERE'S BEEN AN AVERAGE ICE LOSS OF 5%. NEW ZEALAND IS AMONG THE TOP THREE HARDEST HIT, WITH OUR GLACIERS SHRINKING BY 29%. THOSE IN THE CAUCASUS AND MIDDLE EAST ALSO DIMINISHED, AND CENTRAL EUROPE'S SEEN THE WORST DECLINE. IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY WARMING TEMPERATURES. WE KNOW THAT NEW ZEALAND GLACIERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST SENSITIVE GLOBALLY TO CHANGES IN CLIMATE. WE'RE A VERY SMALL COUNTRY. OUR SOUTHERN ALPS ARE SURROUNDED BY WARM OCEAN. THESE GLACIERS WE HAVE HERE ARE MARITIME GLACIERS. THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO EVEN SMALL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 GLACIERS IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE 2900 OF THEM. THE STUDY ESTIMATES 270 BILLION TONS OF ICE IS BEING LOST ON AVERAGE EACH YEAR. SO, AS THE GLACIERS SHRINK, THAT WATER RUNS OUT TO SEA. WE GET INCREASES IN GLOBAL SEA LEVEL, BUT MORE THAN THAT, I GUESS, OR EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, IS THE LOSS OF FRESH WATER STORAGE, SO GLACIERS ARE A REALLY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FRESH WATER STORAGE ON LAND. THE PLIGHT OF GLACIERS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THIS PERFORMANCE BY RENOWNED CELLIST YO-YO MA IN THE SWISS ALPS LAST MONTH. (PLAYS BACH'S PRELUDE TO CELLO SUITE NO. 1) AS TODAY'S STUDY WARNS WE COULD LOSE HALF THE WORLD'S FROZEN RIVERS OF ICE BY THE START OF THE NEXT CENTURY IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. THE THIN BLUE LINE PUT ITS BODY ON THE LINE AT OTAGO UNIVERSITY TODAY WITH DUNEDIN'S CAMPUS POLICE OFFICER TAKING ON FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN A PUSH UP CHALLENGE. HE'S DONE IT FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS UNBEATEN. SO COULD THIS BE THE YEAR FRESHERS TAKE HIS TITLE? LISA DAVIES REPORTS. PUSHING THEIR BODIES TO THE LIMIT... ONE. TWO. ONE. TWO. GET A GOOD CHEST PUMP, YOU KNOW. I'M EXPECTING TO TRY AND BEAT HIM. (CHEERING) WE WERE PRACTISING LAST NIGHT AT 2.57am. ...THEY'RE ALL OUT TO BEAT THIS CAMPUS COP. (APPLAUSE) SENIOR CONSTABLE JOHN WOODHOUSE IS ABOUT TO TURN 65. MY GOAL IS 30, BUT I MIGHT GET FIVE. (BREATHES FORCEFULLY) (CHEERS) IT'S PRETTY SHARP. I HAVE TO BE ON THE GAME, I THINK. THE TALLY KEPT ON CLIMBING. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) OH, MAN, I'M TIRED AS. MARAMA NICHOLAS SET THE BAR HIGH WITH 68. NAH, HE'LL GET ME. HE'S UNDEFEATED. GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS, TO BE FAIR. BUT ANY NERVES CERTAINLY WEREN'T SLOWING HIM DOWN... ALL: EIGHT, NINE, 10... I TRY TO DO THEM EVERY DAY, IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS BRUSHING YOUR TEETH. ...AND HE JUST KEEP GOING... ...40, 41, 42, 43... ...AND GOING. ...70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75. (GRUNTS) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HE JUST SMOKED ME, EH. IT WAS JUST TOO EASY. THE TRADITION BEGAN DURING O-WEEK IN 2018... COME ON, JOHN! ...FOR CONSTABLE JOHN TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE LATEST BATCH OF FIRST YEARS. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CONSTABLE JOHN WOODHOUSE! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A CAMPUS COP, THAT HIS JOB IS TO WORK WITH YOU TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT ON CAMPUS. BUT CAN HE KEEP WINNING? AS HE GETS OLDER, THE AGE OF THE STUDENTS STAYS THE SAME. I WONDERED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, ACTUALLY, BUT HE MANAGED TO PUSH THROUGH. TODAY I THINK IT WAS REALLY EASY FOR HIM. WE'LL GET HIM NEXT TIME. WE'LL GET HIM NEXT TIME. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) LIKE THEY FOUGHT THE LAW... AND THE LAW WON. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. YOU COULD TAKE ON, SAV. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT ` AND A BIG WIN FOR THE BLACKCAPS. NOW COME THE SELECTION HEADACHES. MORE ON THIS EYE-CATCHING PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN NEXT. TWO BIG SCORES AND A GLENN PHILLIPS SPECIAL; THE BLACKCAPS KEEP UP THEIR WINNING RUN. PLUS, THE SUPER RUGBY STAR BACK WITH EXTRA BITE. THAT'S ONE COACH'S OPINION, AND YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING. AND WE CATCH UP WITH THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST MAN, HIS NEW COACH AND THE BOLD FUTURE PLANS. WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK THE WEATHER IS GOING TO SLOWLY QUIETEN DOWN YOU CAN PUT THAT RAINCOAT TO THE SIDE. THERE COULD BE SOME SIGNING CLOUD ON FRIDAY AS THE TROUGHS PASSED THROUGH. THE COULD BE SOME THUNDER. Um, where's my phone? It's right there, son. No. I'm certain that's your phone. No. This is my phone. The one with the googly camera, no scratches. This is not my phone day Santa. This is mine boy frog. Not true gnome king. Is so Man-Witch. Elf lord. Elf lord. Mince and cheese. Mince and cheese. Not-ting. Yes it is. You could ditch that old dunger. There's a few ways I can get you a new one. Yes! this is your... Shhh... VOICEOVER: We've made it easy to get you a new phone, whenever you want. One New Zealand, let's get connected. (MAN CHEWING) Okay. What should I write? How are we going to sell it? The car or boyfriend? What about tidy but slow? Yeah, you should definitely mention it's not very quick. We're selling the car. It's got a little exhaust. (LAUGHS) - Oh. - Wait. Are we talking about this car? Oh, God. (DOOR CLOSED) I think it should say. (THUNDERSTORM & RAIN PATTERS) VOICEOVER: When you list your car in AutoTrader. You could also win your own billboard NAU MAI KI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA ` WELCOME TO SPORT. AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE FIRED OUT AN EARLY WARNING ` THEY'RE CONTENDERS FOR THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. TWIN CENTURIES AND A STUNNING CATCH, HELPING THEM TO A 60-RUN WIN OVER PAKISTAN WHO ARE CO-HOSTING THEIR FIRST GLOBAL TOURNAMENT IN ALMOST 30 YEARS. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS ALL THE ACTION. OH, WOW, WOW, WOW! GET IN THE GAME, GLENN PHILLIPS! CALL IT SUBLIME OR SIMPLY SENSATIONAL. THE BLACKCAPS SETTING STANDARDS EARLY IN THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE GRAB. YEAH, WE KIND OF EXPECT THAT NOW FROM GLENN. HE LOVES ADDING A BIT OF MAYO TO HIS CATCHES, BUT THAT WAS DEFINITELY UP THERE. NEW ZEALAND HAD THE EXTRA EDGE IN KARACHI, NOW PLAYING PAKISTAN ON THEIR HOME SOIL, NOW RECORDING A FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN IN THE SUBCONTINENT CONDITIONS. ANY TIME YOU PLAY ON A SURFACE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TO THE ONES THAT WE'VE PLAYED ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE TRI-SERIES. BUT FOR US TO GET TO 320 WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS PROBABLY WELL ABOVE PAR. THE MAJORITY COMING OFF TOM LATHAM AND WILL YOUNG'S BACKS. HIGH AND GONE. YOUNG SUBBING IN FOR THE INJURED RACHIN RAVINDRA AND WRITING HIS NAME INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS ` THE FIRST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT TO SCORE A CENTURY. A MAGNIFICENT, FAULTLESS DISPLAY. IF YOU'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. AND THANKFULLY` YEAH, THANKFULLY I MANAGED TO GET IT DONE TODAY. LATHAM, ALSO SHOWING HIS CLASS... GOES OVER THE TOP. ...NOTCHING UP HIS EIGHTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CENTURY. GLENN PHILLIPS CHIPPING IN AS PER, TOO. LOVELY. DOWN THE GROUND POWER FROM PHILLIPS. GOES AGAIN, AND SIX MORE. TAKING ON THE GAME WITH THREE FOURS, FOUR SIXES, POWERING THE BLACKCAPS TO A TOTAL OF 320 AND WHAT WAS A SOLID ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE. LITTLE EDGE. NEW ZEALAND REGULARLY TAKING WICKETS, PACEMAN MATT HENRY AND WILL O'ROURKE BAGGING FIVE COMBINED. THIS COULD BE OUT. BRACEWELL'S GOT GOOD HANDS. SKIPPER MITCH SANTNER SENDING PAKISTAN INTO A SPIN WITH A HAT-TRICK. THE BLACKCAPS WRAPPING IT ALL UP WITH TWO OVERS TO SPARE. IT WAS PRETTY CLINICAL. I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF DO THE HARD YARDS WITH THE BAT AND BUILD PARTNERSHIPS, AND IT GETS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. MOMENTUM BUILDING, THE BLACKCAPS ARE ON A ROLL. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. LOOK OUT FOR THE FUR TO FLY THIS WEEKEND IN THE SUPER RUGBY DERBY GAME IN DUNEDIN BETWEEN THE BLUES AND HIGHLANDERS. BOTH TEAMS ARE COMING OFF DEFEATS, BOTH WANTING TO PROVE THEY HAVE A TON OF OOMPH UP FRONT, AND THE BLUES ARE WELCOMING BACK A MOTIVATED STAR. LOOKS CAN SOMETIMES BE DECEIVING. HAS STERN VERN HAD TO COME OUT OF THE LOG CABIN THIS WEEK? UH, WELL, WE HAD SOME, UH, PRETTY DECENT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PERFORMANCE, SO... AND SOME OF THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BIT STERN, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. THE MUCH-VAUNTED BLUES FORWARD PACK, MINUS INJURED ALL BLACK SAM DARRY, WAS OUTMUSCLED AT TIMES BY THE CHIEFS LAST WEEK ON EDEN PARK. WE'RE RUNNING ON DIESEL. ARE WE SHORT OF A GALLON? YEAH, I THINK WE WERE. A KEY TO A QUICK TURNAROUND ` WORK AND TRAINING, A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE AND THE RETURN OF HOSKINS SOTUTU, THE NUMBER EIGHT LAST YEAR'S SUPER PLAYER OF THE YEAR BUT UNWANTED BY THE ALL BLACKS. HOW MUCH HAS HE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT HIS FRUSTRATIONS? OH, I PROBED IT OUT OF HIM IN THE CHANGING ROOM. PRETTY EXPRESSIVE IN THE WAY THAT HE FELT HE MISSED OUT LAST YEAR, BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE COACH'S OPINION, AND YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING. HE'S BIG ON PROVING A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG. IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT MARCHING ON AND ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES, IT'S THIS MAN. JAMIE JOSEPH REALISES WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THEM UNDER THE ROOF ON SATURDAY. THE WAY THEY PLAY THE GAME IS VERY PHYSICAL. THEY'RE VERY, UM, PRESCRIBED, IF YOU LIKE, AND USE THEIR FORWARDS VERY WELL. LAST WEEK, WE PLAYED THE WALLABIES, AND THIS WEEK WE'RE PLAYING THE ALL BLACKS, SO, UM... IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH. DE GROOT'S MORE THAN READY. HE SAYS HE'S RECENTLY LOST 5 KILO TO HELP KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE GAME. 127 AT THE MOMENT. I NORMALLY RUN AROUND AT ABOUT 132, SO... SO WE CAN SEE THEY'VE GOT THEIR HARD WORKING BASE THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD, BUT THEY'VE BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF POWER AND A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED INTO THEIR GAME. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE BLUES DID CONSIDER A SPRINGBOKS-TYPE FORWARD-LADEN BOMB SQUAD ON THE BENCH. YEAH, I WAS KEEN TO GO TO A 7-1 DOWN IN DUNEDIN, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WE PROBABLY WEREN'T QUITE READY FOR IT. AFTER THROWING THAT CURVEBALL, LESS STERN, MORE VERN WAS OFF, BRACING HIMSELF FOR THE SOUTHERN CHALLENGE. BRITISH TENNIS PLAYER EMMA RADUCANU SAYS SHE'S PROUD SHE COMPLETED HER SECOND ROUND MATCH AT THE DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPS, DESPITE A WORRYING INCIDENT WITH A SPECTATOR. RADACANU PAUSED EARLY IN HER MATCH AGAINST CZECH PLAYER KAROLINA MUCHOVA. SHE LOOKED VISIBLY UPSET AS SHE APPROACHED THE CHAIR UMPIRE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, DOES IT, FOR RADUCANU. APPEARS TO BE IN TEARS HERE. AND THIS IS VERY, VERY CONCERNING. THE WTA REVEALING RADUCANU SPOTTED A MAN IN THE STANDS WHO HAD EARLIER APPROACHED HER EXHIBITING 'FIXATED BEHAVIOUR'. HE WAS EJECTED AND HAS BEEN BANNED FROM ALL EVENTS PENDING A THREAT ASSESSMENT. RADUCANU WENT ON TO LOSE IN STRAIGHT SETS. THE ALL WHITES HAVE CONFIRMED A FIXTURE AGAINST NORWAY IN OCTOBER WHICH WILL SEE PREMIER LEAGUE STARS CHRIS WOOD AND ERLING HAALAND COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY. ALTHOUGH HAALAND WILL BE HOPING IT GOES BETTER THAN TODAY'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GLAMOUR FIXTURE, WHERE MANCHESTER CITY HAVE BEEN BUNDLED OUT BY ANOTHER GOAL-SCORING MACHINE. HERE'S BRODYN KNUCKEY. A CLASH OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GIANTS, BUT ONLY ONE DELIVERING ON CLUB FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE. MBAPPE. IT'S OPENED UP. FREE FOR MBAPPE. THREE FOR REAL MADRID! A KYLIAN MBAPPE HAT-TRICK AT THE BERNABEU SEEING REAL MADRID ADVANCE 6-3 ON AGGREGATE OVER MANCHESTER CITY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF KNOCKOUT ACTION. THE FRENCH STRIKER PILING ON MORE WOE ON AN ALREADY DISAPPOINTING SEASON FOR THE SKY BLUES... OH! SENSATIONAL START! ...AND CARVING THEM TO PIECES. MBAPPE SCORES! WHEN KYLIAN GETS THE BALL IN AREAS THAT HE LIKES TO GET THE BALL, HE'S GOING TO BE DANGEROUS. RIGHT FOOT, LEFT FOOT. YOU SAW THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GOALS TODAY. IT MEANS CITY'S ONLY HOPES OF SILVERWARE LEFT THIS SEASON ARE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, WHERE THEY SIT A DISTANT FOURTH, AND THE FA CUP, WHICH IS ONLY AT THE ROUND OF 16. THE BEST TEAM WON. SO CONGRATULATE REAL MADRID AND NOW FOCUS ON OUR PREMIER LEAGUE. THINGS COULD BE WORSE THOUGH. JUST ASK FRENCH CLUB BREST. LOW CROSS, AND THERE'S A LITTLE STEP OVER THE NEAR-POST. PAST ELLIOTT FROM AN IMPOSSIBLE ANGLE! PSG ARE 2-0 UP. THE LIGUE 1 BATTLERS PUMMELLED 7-0 TODAY BY RIVALS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN. FIVE GOALS IN THE FINAL 30 MINUTES, MAKING IT A 10-GOAL DEMOLITION ON AGGREGATE. COULD BE IN AGAIN HERE. DO THEY? IT'S IN OFF THE POST. IT'S 7. 7 FOR PSG. JUST 16 TEAMS NOW REMAIN, MEANING MORE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES REQUIRED FOR A SHOT AT THE CROWN. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. THE WHO'S WHO OF NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS WILL DESCEND ON CHRISTCHURCH THIS WEEKEND FOR THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TRACK MEET. AMONG THEM ` THE IN-FORM TIAAN WHELPTON, WHO, UNDER A NEW HIGHLY ESTEEMED COACH, IS ALREADY SPRINTING FASTER THAN HE HAS BEFORE. JORDAN OPPERT CAUGHT UP WITH HIM... ONLY JUST. WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SHAVE MILLISECONDS, EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY SESSION COUNTS. MY BIGGEST GOAL IS TO BE THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO RUN UNDER 10 SECONDS. HE RECENTLY BROKE THE NATIONAL 60M RECORD AND, 10 DAYS AGO, WAS JUST TWO HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND OFF THE 100M RECORD. 10.10, MEETING RECORD. TIAAN WHELPTON. FIRST 60 IS PRETTY WORLD CLASS. IT'S THE LAST 40 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT ABILITY TO BALANCE AND MAINTAIN THAT SPEED. SO ONCE WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, I THINK WE'LL BE WELL ON OUR WAY TO 9s. 'WE' BEING WHELPTON AND HIS NEW COACH, DR ANGUS ROSS, WHO SEES STRIKING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS 24-YEAR-OLD AND THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN. HE'S NOT 5'10", YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF TYPICAL HEIGHT FOR A SPRINTER. HE'S QUITE A BIT TALLER THAN USAIN BOLT WAS. BUT PUT HIM AGAINST ANY OF THOSE FINALISTS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND I DOUBT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THEM WOULD BEAT HIM IN PURE POWER NUMBERS. SO NOW IT'S THE FINESSE PART OF RUNNING AND THE RHYTHM AND THE ELASTICITY THAT'S GOING TO BE HIS NEXT PIECE. DR ROSS IS KNOWN FOR HIS CUTTING-EDGE TECHNIQUES. A FORMER DECATHLETE AND BOBSLEIGH OLYMPIAN, HE'S HELPED IMPROVE MANY OF OUR TOP ATHLETES IN STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING AND HIS SPECIALITY, EXPLOSIVE POWER. I'M STEALING IDEAS FROM WHEREVER I CAN FIND THEM AND JUST TRYING TO BRING THEM TO THE WAY HE RUNS. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED IN CYCLING FOR A WHILE, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME BIG REVELATIONS IN CYCLING AND THEIR RECORDS ARE IMPROVING, AND IMPROVING, AND IMPROVING. AND SOME OF THAT IS DOWN TO` THEY'VE CHANGED GEARING. AND CAN WE DO THAT IN RUNNING? HIS OVERARCHING GOAL IS L.A. IN 2028. DO YOU THINK HE CAN GET THERE? OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A NO-BRAINER. I MEAN, IT'S` YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET THERE, WE'VE MESSED IT UP. I THINK IT'S GETTING THERE TO COMPETE RATHER THAN TRY AND WIN THE BLOODY THING, NOT TURN UP. THERE'S SO MANY TIMES` AND EVERY ATHLETE WILL TELL YOU THIS` WHERE I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO HANG UP THE SPIKES, BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M MORE EXCITED AND I'M MORE HUNGRY THAN EVER TO JUST KEEP GOING AND TO KEEP GETTING QUICKER AND QUICKER. AND READY TO GIVE THAT NATIONAL RECORD ANOTHER CRACK IN CHRISTCHURCH IN TWO DAYS' TIME. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. SOUTH ISLAND-BASED JOCKEY AND TRAINER SAMANTHA WYNNE IS THE FIRST FEMALE RIDER CONFIRMED FOR NEW ZEALAND'S RICHEST RACE, THE NZB KIWI ` WYNNE AND 'PIVOTAL TEN' NOMINATED FOR THE $3.5 MILLION RACE. THE FILLY WAS BOUGHT FOR JUST $15,000 IN 2022. SHE'S BEEN SECURED BY A RACE SLOT HOLDER FOLLOWING A STRING OF GOOD RESULTS OVER SUMMER. I'LL BE HONEST, I'D NEVER REALLY LOOKED TOO MUCH INTO THE RACE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW... US DOWN HERE, WE DON'T REALLY GET A LOOK IN ANY OF THEM BIG RACES, YOU KNOW? SO I NEVER TOOK IT SERIOUS. BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST AND HOPEFULLY DO THE SOUTH ISLAND PROUD. THE GLAMOUR 3-YEAR-OLD RACE WILL BE RUN AT ELLERSLIE IN JUST OVER A FORTNIGHT ON MARCH 8th. BIG COUPLE OF WEEKS AHEAD. THANKS, SAV. STAY WITH US. DAN SAYS TOMORROW HAS A FEW SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDER AROUND. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WEEKEND? DETAILS NEXT. AND THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` I CHAT WITH THE LEGENDARY SIR CLIFF RICHARD, STILL ROCKING IT WELL INTO HIS 80S. AND FROM ROCK 'N ROLL ROYALTY TO THE QUEEN OF IRELAND. HOW AN ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST BECAME A NATIONAL TREASURE. WOMAN: Excuse me. Sorry. VOICEOVER: There are loads of great reasons to travel New Zealand. When you're ready to take off, we'll zip you to epic spots across the country. If you just can't choose... pack them all. (PEOPLE TALKING) And if you're not ready to call it... a flight changes in your pocket. FLIGHT ATTENDANT: You all good there, Roman? Whether you're a first time flyer or a regular, great trips begin with Air New Zealand. SEEMS LIKE WE HAD AN ASSEMBLY LINE ON FRONTS AND TROUGHS. ONE MORE ACTIVE WANT TO COME THROUGH AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT LOOKING WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS. WE ARE BACK. THAT IS THE FEATURE. THAT IS WHAT'S COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS LUMP OF WHITE COMING THROUGH. HASTINGS, 30 DEGREES AND GISBORNE. YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COLOURS. TOMATO RED. AND EVEN CHRISTCHURCH, 27. HAVE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. INVERCARGILL, WATCH THIS. BACK TO THE TEENS. THAT FRONT WILL TRACK THROUGH AND THEN WE GET THE RETURN FLOW AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IT IS NOT BAD, HIGH PRESSURE. THROUGH THE HUMIDITY AWAY. JUST LEFTOVER SHOWERS HERE AND THERE. GOT SOME THUNDER ACROSS PARTS. SNOW LEVEL TO ABOUT 1000 M. LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF SNOW, THAT IS POSSIBLE, BUT THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRACKING NORTH. SUDDENLY CHANGE. COULD BE SOME THUNDER ON THAT, AND THEN YOU STRETCH THE FRONT OUT. IT IS ANOTHER CHANGE, SOME MORE SHOWERS AND BLUSTERY WINTER. THE SOME HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN FOR THE WEEKEND. XIAO WAS STILL FADING AWAY. BUT A LOT OF DECENT AND DRY WEATHER. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT BREEZE. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, AND MAYBE A SMALL CHANCE FOR A SECOND FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A LOT OF DECENT DRY WEATHER FOR HAMILTON. BAY OF PLENTY, CENTRAL PLATEAU, IT LOOKS DECENT. THERE ARE COUPLE OF SHOWERS. TAURANGA, 27. A SMALL TRANSFER SHOWER, BUT SOME DECENT FINE AND DRY WEATHER. TO THE EAST COAST, YOU WERE LOOKING PRETTY FINE. YOU WILL PICK UP SOME LATE DAY SHOWERS. THAT IS THE SOUTHERLY SLIDING UP THE EAST COAST. THERE WAS ALWAYS CHANCE OF RAIN WITH THAT. HASTINGS AT 28. REMEMBER THAT RISK OF SOME THUNDER, YOU WILL SEE A RUMBLE HERE AND THERE. IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO SOUTH. SHOWERS FROM TARANAKI IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THAT PUSHES AWAY. A COOLER, FRESHER FEELING. WELLINGTON, 23 AND LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. IN THE AFTERNOON IT WILL PUSH THROUGH AND THE SOUTHERLY WALKER WILL KICK IN. THINNING OUT BY THE END OF THE DAY IN WESTPORT. CHRISTCHURCH COULD SEE THAT IN THE MORNING, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THINNING OUT AND SOME THUNDER. INTERIOR SPOTS, LOOK OUT AS WE GO TO THE WARNINGS. YOU WILL NOTICE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES. SOUTHERLY, 17 IS THE BEST WE WILL GET. A PRETTY SIMILAR THING FOR QUEENSTOWN. THERE COULD BE SOME LOWER SINGLE FIGURES. ALEXANDRA ALL LOOKING GOOD. TO SOME EARLY CLOUD AND SPOTS OF RAIN. THE DEEP SOUTH, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THAT WET WEATHER. INVERCARGILL WILL SEE SOME SHOWERS. DUNEDIN, YOU GOTTA FINE AND GUSTY WIND. WE BRING IN THE HIGH PRESSURE FOR SATURDAY. IT WILL BE A CHILLY START, BUT I WOULDN'T CANCEL PLANS. IT WILL GRAZE UP THE EAST COAST WITH SOME SPOTS OF RAIN, BUT HIGH PRESSURE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE A BARBECUE.