TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` YET ANOTHER SQUABBLE. ANDREW BAYLY ADMITS THIS ONE GOES TOO FAR. I PLACED A HAND ON THEIR UPPER ARM, WHICH WAS INAPPROPRIATE. WHERE THE INCIDENT WITH ONE OF HIS STAFF TOOK PLACE, AS BAYLY RESIGNS FROM HIS MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS. HUNDREDS OF CHARGES FOLLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GANG PATCH LAW, BUT IS GANG CRIME GOING DOWN? AND WHAT UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S WILLING TO DO FOR PEACE AS RUSSIA LAUNCHES ITS LARGEST DRONE ATTACK SINCE INVADING THREE YEARS AGO. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY, ALEX BACKHOUSE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. NATIONAL'S ANDREW BAYLY HAS RESIGNED AS A MINISTER AFTER PUTTING A HAND ON ONE OF HIS STAFF. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS FOR THE NOW FORMER COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER AFTER HE ADMITTED IN OCTOBER TO CALLING A WINERY WORKER A LOSER. HERE'S THE TIMEFRAME OF WHAT UNFOLDED AND WHEN FOR THE LATEST INCIDENT. THE ALTERCATION OCCURRED IN BAYLY'S OFFICE LAST TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18TH. THE FOLLOWING EVENING, THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE STAFF WERE INFORMED, ALONG WITH MINISTERIAL SERVICES. SOME TIME ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE WITH THE AFFECTED PARTIES AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON WAS TOLD ABOUT IT. THEN, ON FRIDAY EVENING, BAYLY RESIGNED. POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS STANDING BY LIVE WITH MORE ON THE FALLOUT. FIRST ` HER REPORT. UNDER THE GLARE OF THE HOT AFTERNOON SUN, ANDREW BAYLY AND HIS SMALL SUPPORT CREW MADE THE LONG, DREADED WALK TOWARDS MEDIA TO ANNOUNCE THE END OF HIS MINISTERIAL CAREER. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOURSELF TO ACCOUNT; TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS. I HAVE MADE THE PERSONAL CHOICE TO RESIGN AS A MINISTER, AND HAVE OFFERED MY RESIGNATION TO THE PRIME MINISTER, WHICH HE HAS ACCEPTED. BAYLY ADMITTED TO QUOTE 'OVERBEARING' BEHAVIOUR LAST WEEK, DURING AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION WITH A STAFFER IN HIS OFFICE. I TOOK THE DISCUSSION TOO FAR, AND I PLACED A HAND ON THEIR UPPER ARM, WHICH WAS INAPPROPRIATE. ASKED WHAT 'ANIMATED' MEANT... LIVELY. ...AND HOW HE GRABBED THE STAFFER... IT WAS` I HELD THE ARM. BAYLY EXPLAINING HE WAS SIMPLY 'IMPATIENT TO DRIVE CHANGE' IN HIS PORTFOLIOS. HAVE YOU BEEN AGGRESSIVE LIKE THAT IN OTHER SITUATIONS? I'VE NEVER HAD` ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED BEFORE. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT HE RECOGNISED THAT HE DIDN'T MEET HIS OWN STANDARDS. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT HE THEN REFLECTED ON THAT. BUT THAT REFLECTION WASN'T ENTIRELY SELF-INITIATED. IN FACT, THE DAY AFTER THE STAFFER INCIDENT, IT WAS BUSINESS-AS-USUAL FOR BAYLY, WHO DID AN INTERVIEW WITH 1NEWS. OH, FAR OUT. THAT'S QUITE THE TIMELINE. I WASN'T AWARE THAT HE WAS DOING PUBLIC INTERVIEWS WHILST ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON. ONCE A COMPLAINT WAS LAID THAT EVENING, THE REFLECTION TRULY SET IN, AND FOLLOWS A SEPARATE COMPLAINT LAST YEAR AFTER BAYLY HUMILIATED A WINE WORKER DURING A MINISTERIAL VISIT. DID HE CALL THE WORKER A LOSER? YES. WE'VE NOW GOT MINISTERS SACKING THEMSELVES, WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD HAVE SHOWN SOME LEADERSHIP AND DONE THAT MONTHS AGO. THAT'S A HYPOTHETICAL, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE, BECAUSE HE ` MOST IMPORTANTLY ` HAD RECOGNISED THAT HIS BEHAVIOUR HADN'T MET HIS OWN HIGH STANDARD. BAYLY WILL REMAIN AS THE MP FOR PORT WAIKATO. AS FAR AS I KNOW ` HE'S BEEN OK. IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA IF HE'S NOT REALLY, UH.... COPING WITH THE JOB. WITH HIS POLITICAL CAREER IN FREEFALL, THE QUESTION IS, WHY HE RESIGNED ON FRIDAY THE QUESTION IS WHY HE RESIGNED ON FRIDAY AND IT WAS ONLY MADE PUBLIC TODAY. TO BE HONEST, I WOULD HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY DOING THIS INTERVIEW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I'VE HAD TO TALK TO MY FAMILY, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE MADE THE DECISION, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ANNOUNCING IT TODAY. THE NOW-FORMER MINISTER, CALLING IT A DAY. SO, MAIKI ` ANDREW BAYLY STAYING ON AS AN MP. IS THAT UNUSUAL? SOME PEOPLE WILL QUESTION WHETHER HE SHOULD HAVE MADE A FORMAL EXCEPT FROM POLITICS ALTOGETHER, BUT IT HAS TO BE SAID THE STANDARD, THRESHOLD TO INITIATE A COMPLETE RESIGNATION FROM PARLIAMENT THAT IS A HIGH THRESHOLD. WHILE THIS IS HIS SECOND OFFENCE, THEY ARE RELATIVELY MINOR. THEY ARE NOT SO SERIOUS TO WARRANT THAT SACKING OR COMPLETE WALKOUT. IT ALSO HAS TO BE NOTED THAT ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE LATEST INCIDENT SAY THAT THE GRABBING OF THE ARM OF THE STAFFER WAS NOT VIOLENT OR SEXUAL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT NOTE. IN TERMS OF THE FIRST INCIDENT THOUGH WHEN THE WINERY WORKER WAS CALLED A LOSER... I RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM THE WORKER WHO SAID HE FELT VINDICATED. HE SAID THAT THE BEHAVIOUR FROM THE MINISTER WAS HORRID AND LEFT HIM VERY UPSET. TAKING THIS FORWARD, BAILEY IS NO LONGER A MINISTER. WHO PICKS UP HIS PORTFOLIOS? I WAS INFORMED OF THE NEWS THIS MORNING, SO IT MEANS THOSE PORTFOLIOS WERE VACANT OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THE NATIONAL MINISTER WILL BE TAKING UP THE POSITION. HE HAS BEEN A MINISTER AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. HE IS NOT ENTIRELY NEW TO IT, BUT HE WILL GET HIS HEAD AROUND THE NEW PORTFOLIOS AND BAILEY WILL BE SITTING AT THE BACK OF PARLIAMENT PROBABLY TRYING TO KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN. HE IS ON TWO STRIKES AND ONE MORE WOULD SEE HIM OUT COMPLETELY PROBABLY. 'THE POLICING OF GANGS IS AND WILL REMAIN AN ALL-OF-POLICE PRIORITY.' THAT FROM COMMISSIONER RICHARD CHAMBERS, PROMISING THERE'LL BE NO LET-UP FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S GANG CRACKDOWN, WHICH CAME INTO FORCE IN NOVEMBER. FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GANGS ACT, PATCHES ARE BANNED IN PUBLIC AND POLICE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP GANG MEMBERS FROM CONGREGATING, DATA RELEASED TODAY REVEALING MORE THAN 3000 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID BETWEEN THE 21ST OF NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND FEBRUARY 19TH. BREAKING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN, MORE THAN 330 CHARGES FOR INSIGNIA BREACHES HAVE BEEN FILED AND MORE THAN 3000 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID RELATING TO OTHER OFFENCES, INCLUDING SERIOUS VIOLENCE, DRUG-RELATED CRIMES, AND FIREARMS POSSESSION. DONNA-MARIE LEVER HAS MORE. IT'S POLICE VERSUS THE PATCH, AND JUST THREE MONTHS SINCE THEY WAGED A WAR ON GANGS, THE GOVERNMENT'S CLAIMING AN EARLY ADVANTAGE. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS, AND WHAT I'D JUST SAY TO YOU AGAIN IS THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT 1/4 OF 1% OF THE POPULATION DRIVING UP TO A 1/4 OR 1/5 OF OUR SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT AROUND VIOLENT CRIME. IN NOVEMBER IT BECAME ILLEGAL FOR ANY GANG INSIGNIA TO BE DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC, BUT SOME BELIEVE THERE MAY BE ISSUES POLICING IT LONG-TERM. HAVING THE RESOURCES; YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO TURN UP EN MASSE WHEN THERE ARE LARGE GANG GATHERINGS; MAKING SURE THEY ARE COMPLYING, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE SEARCH WARRANTS. VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS, AND WE ARE. FOR HOW LONG? FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, AND THAT'S FOREVER. OR AT LEAST UNTIL GANGS FIND WAYS AROUND THE LAW. IT JUST` YOU KNOW, MAKES US COME UP WITH OTHER FORMS, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FACIAL TATTOOS ARE GONNA BE REALLY` REALLY, UM` WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE OF THAT. AND SO IF YOU THINK PATCHES ARE INTIMIDATING, WELL, I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND THAT A FACIAL TATTOO MIGHT BE EVEN MORE INTIMIDATING. OTHERS SAY THE TOUGH STANCE HAS POTENTIAL TO BACKFIRE TOO. THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE, THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ORGANISED CRIME ` IF YOU'VE GOT GREATER VISIBILITY, THAT MAKES ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION EASIER, SO THIS MAY HAVE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THE NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE WHETHER THE CHARGES HOLD UP IN COURT, RESULTING IN CONVICTIONS. THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS UP TO SIX MONTHS IN PRISON, OR A FINE OF UP TO $5000, PLUS THE LOSS OF THEIR PATCH. (MOTORBIKES REV) SO, HAS THE BAN HAD AN IMPACT ON VIOLENT CRIME, OR IS IT JUST MAKING THE STREETS SEEM SAFER? I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WHETHER CRIME HAS GONE DOWN ` YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE HIDDEN CRIME FROM GANGS, YOU WON'T KNOW ABOUT YET, BUT DO PEOPLE FEEL SAFER? DO THEY FEEL BETTER SITTING IN THEIR CAFE OUTSIDE AND NOT SEEING GANG MEMBERS WALKING PAST? CERTAINLY DO ` AND I THINK THAT'S` YOU KNOW, FEELING SAFE IS SOMETIMES JUST AS IMPORTANT AS BEING SAFE. I THINK THIS WAS LARGELY ALWAYS A POLITICAL EXERCISE, BUT IN SAYING THAT, THE PUBLIC HAD HAD A GUTFUL OF THE GANGS. FOR NOW, GANGS REMAIN IN THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGHTS... OUR MESSAGE TO THEM IS VERY CLEAR ` THE DAYS OF BEHAVING LIKE YOU ARE ABOVE THE LAW ARE OVER. ...WITH POLICE VOWING TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW ` FIREFIGHTERS ARE RIGHT NOW BATTLING A BLAZE NEAR NGUNGURU, A COASTAL COMMUNITY 26km NORTHEAST OF WHANGAREI, NOT FAR FROM TUTUKAKA. VIDEO SENT TO 1NEWS SHOWS HUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE BILLOWING INTO THE AIR. A SHORT TIME AGO, FIREFIGHTERS TOLD 1NEWS THE 4ha SCRUB FIRE IS UNCONTROLLED AND ENDANGERING SOME HOMES. MORE THAN 40 FIREFIGHTERS ARE AT THE SCENE, ALONG WITH THREE HELICOPTERS. A SHORT TIME AGO, UKRAINE MARKED THREE YEARS SINCE RUSSIA'S FULL-SCALE INVASION, A WAR THAT'S COST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES AND UPENDED THE GLOBAL ORDER. AS RUSSIA LAUNCHED ITS BIGGEST DRONE ATTACK YET, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT DELIVERED A PLEDGE ` VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY VOWING TO RESIGN IF IT HELPS HIS WAR-TORN NATION ACHIEVE PEACE AND NATO MEMBERSHIP. IT FOLLOWS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING HIM A DICTATOR AND AN OBSTACLE TO ENDING THE WAR, PART OF TRUMP'S DRAMATIC SHIFT TOWARDS RUSSIA. UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT SAYS MORE THAN 46,000 SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED, NEARLY 400,0000 WOUNDED. RUSSIA HAS NOT RELEASED OFFICIAL FIGURES RECENTLY. THE UN SAYS NEARLY 13,000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 29,000 INJURED, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RISING SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PAST YEAR AS RUSSIA INCREASED AERIAL ATTACKS. AS THE WAR ENTERS ITS FOURTH YEAR, UKRAINE IS COUNTING ON SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S., INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND, MORE THAN EVER. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON REPORTS. 1095 DAYS SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, RUSSIA LAUNCHED ITS LARGEST SINGLE COORDINATED DRONE ATTACK ON UKRAINE TO DATE, MORE THAN 260 FIRED. RECENT TALKS OF PEACE MEAN VERY LITTLE HERE. THESE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS SAY THEY'LL FIGHT TIL THE END, EVEN WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE U.S. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF NO RETURN, WE HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH, WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH, WE HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH, WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH, THIS WAR HAS TAKEN AWAY SO MANY LIVES. WE WILL FIND A WAY. TRANSLATOR: HOW LONG WILL WE HOLD ON? UNTIL THE LAST MAN STANDING. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. WITH OR WITHOUT HELP, WE WILL STAND FIRM. AND ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR, U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PUSH FOR A QUICK PEACE DEAL WITH RUSSIA U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PUSH FOR A QUICK PEACE DEAL WITH RUSSIA CONTINUES TO POSE ANOTHER THREAT FOR UKRAINE, IT'S LEADER AGAIN REJECTING TRUMP'S MINERALS-FOR-WEAPONS DEAL. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, OFFERING TO GIVE UP HIS PRESIDENCY IN EXCHANGE FOR PEACE, AND MOREOVER, NATO MEMBERSHIP. TRANSLATOR: IF, TO ACHIEVE PEACE, YOU REALLY NEED ME TO GIVE UP MY POST ` I'M READY. I CAN TRADE IT FOR NATO, IF THERE ARE SUCH CONDITIONS. NATO'S COLLECTIVE SECURITY A WAY TO GUARD UKRAINE FROM FUTURE RUSSIAN ATTACK. PUTIN STARTED THIS WAR BECAUSE HE WANTED TO OCCUPY THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND GO FURTHER TO FORCIBLY RESTORE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, HE DREAMS ABOUT HIS HISTORICAL LEGACY. THIS IS HIS LOGIC AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 2022 FOR HER WORK DOCUMENTING ALLEGED RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES. SHE SAYS UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR WORLD PEACE. I WILL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE ARE FAR FROM EACH OTHER, FROM GEOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE IN A POINT OF VALUES. SO THANK YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT. TODAY, NEW ZEALAND PLEDGING ANOTHER $3 MILLION IN AID TO UKRAINE, AS WELL AS MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN ENTITIES. ACROSS THE WORLD, OTHER ALLIES AGAIN CONFIRMING ONGOING SUPPORT AND AID FOR UKRAINE. THE PRICE OF DEFENDING UKRAINE HAS BEEN HEFTY ` MORE THAN $704 BILLION. (BOOM!) BUT THAT'S JUST FINANCIAL. MORE THAN 46,000 UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS HAVE DIED, UNKNOWN THOUSANDS OF RUSSIANS TOO. AND EVEN IF THERE IS A PEACE DEAL SOMETIME IN THIS FOURTH YEAR OF WAR, UKRAINE WILL BE COUNTING THE TRUE COST FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME. MEI HERON, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE BIGGEST MAORI PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD, TE MATATINI, IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. OVER 2000 PERFORMERS ARE ALREADY POURING INTO TARANAKI TO COMPETE THIS YEAR, THE MOST IN THE FESTIVAL'S 53-YEAR HISTORY. FOR MORE ON WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT HERE'S OUR MAORI AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI. ON SATURDAY, FINAL STAGE, IT IS ALL ON, WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST BATTLING IT OUT TO WIN THE OLYMPICS OF KAPA HAKA. (TRUMPET PLAYS) TARANAKI MAUNGA; TARANAKI TANGATA. (TRUMPET CONTINUES) TARANAKI IS THE MOUNTAIN; TARANAKI ARE THE PEOPLE. THIS IS A BIG KAUPAPA, TE ANIWA, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL THAT THE MOTU ARE HERE AND UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS WE ARE, HERE IN TE KAHUI MAUNGA. (HORNS BLOW) AS COMPETITORS ARRIVED, THE HOST REGION FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL PUTTING ON A SPECTACLE STEEPED IN HISTORY. THE SIGNIFIANCE OF THE USE OF POI IS A FORM OF RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE TO RAUPATU. THEIR CLOTHES A NOD TO THEIR ANCESTORS, WHO WERE KNOWN FOR PEACEFUL RESISTANCE. SO TODAY WE CLOAK OURSELVES WITH THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO'VE PASSED ON. ON THE EVE OF TE MATATINI, THE NERVES HERE ARE PALPABLE ` EVEN FOR THOSE WHO'VE DONE IT ALL BEFORE. 13 MATATINIS ` STARTED AS A YOUNG FULLA, 17-YEARS-OLD, AND STILL HANGING AROUND. DO YOU STILL GET NERVOUS? OH, YES. YES. THE TEAM, I LOOK AT THE TEAM, AND THEY GOT NO NERVES, BUT MYSELF? I'VE GOT NERVES. AS THE LEADER OF REIGNING CHAMPS TE KAPA HAKA O TE WHANAU-A-APANUI, THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE. WE'RE SORT OF STUCK IN THE ERA OF THE 1940S, '50s '60s ` THAT TIME. AND WE'RE JUST THERE BY OURSELVES. I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST BEING DIFFERENT, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN ` IS BE YOURSELF, BE DIFFERENT; DON'T BE ANYONE ELSE. THERE ARE NEW GROUPS HERE TOO. OUR KAPA IS TE WHIRI KOKO O RANGITANE. WE ARE A KAPA A IWI, THE FIRST KAPA A IWI OF MANAWATU. HALF OF THEM HAVE NEVER PERFORMED IN THE COMPETITION BEFORE, INCLUDING HIS 15-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. HOW HAS THIS EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH YOUR PAPA? IT WAS MUCH EASIER, COS I HAD A ROLE MODEL TO GO OF. I'LL RETIRE ONCE ALL FOUR OF MY KIDS ARE ON STAGE WITH ME. (LAUGHS) NEW PLYMOUTH IS ABOUT TO BE INUNDATED WITH SPECTATORS. ALL HOTELS ARE BOOKED, RESTAURANTS ARE BOOKED, BARS ARE BOOKED, KARAOKE BARS ARE BOOKED, AND, AS YOU SAY, ALL OF OUR MARAE ARE ABSOLUTELY CHOCKER. MANY ON THE GROUND FEELING... VERY READY. ...TO TAKE ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN THE KAPA HAKA WORLD. TE ANIWA'S WITH US LIVE NOW FROM THE BOWL OF BROOKLANDS IN NEW PLYMOUTH. A NEW AWARD'S JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED ` WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? THAT'S RIGHT. WHEN THIS KICKS OFF HERE TOMORROW, IT WON'T BE JUST THE JUDGES THE GROUPS NEED TO IMPRESS, BUT THERE IS A PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD. THIS GIVES THE AUDIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ITEM OF THE FESTIVAL, THAT BE THEY CONVOKED USING THE PHONE AT AS SOON AS THE ITEM HAS BEEN PERFORMED. IT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHICH GROUP HAS CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE. THE STAGE IS SET. THESE TEAMS HAVE PUT SO MUCH HARD WORK INTO THESE PERFORMANCES, AND WE'LL GET A TASTE OF THAT TOMORROW. I WILL BE HERE ALL WEEK CAPTURING THOSE MAGIC MOMENTS AS THEY UNFOLD. E WHAI AKE NEI ` UP NEXT ` THE LATEST ON THE POPE'S CONDITION CATHOLIC PILGRIMS KEEP VIGIL IN ROME AS THE VATICAN UPDATES HIS HEALTH DIAGNOSIS ` WHAT THE NEW SIGNS ARE SHOWING. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` YOUTHLINE ` IT'S A KIND VOICE IN THE DARK FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ` HOW YOU CAN HELP KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. PLUS ` NAU MAI HOKI MAI. THE POPE REMAINS IN A 'CRITICAL' CONDITION AND IS SHOWING MILD SIGNS OF KIDNEY FAILURE, THE VATICAN SAYS, BUT IN A STATEMENT, THE TOP OFFICIALS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALSO SAY POPE FRANCIS 'CONTINUES TO BE ALERT AND WELL-ORIENTED'. THE BBC'S SARAH RAINSFORD REPORTS FROM ROME. THIS WAS A SUNDAY MASS THE POPE HAD PLANNED TO SAY, BUT FOR THE CROWD OUTSIDE ST PETER'S BASILICA, THERE WAS NO SIGHT OF HIM. POPE FRANCIS IS STILL CRITICALLY ILL, THE VATICAN SAYS, AND HE HIMSELF HAS ASKED CATHOLICS TO PRAY FOR HIM. # PER TUTTI... THIS IS A JUBILEE YEAR FOR THE CHURCH, AND THIS MASS IS ONE OF THE BIG EVENTS, PAPA FRANCESCO. THE ARCHBISHOP SAID THOSE GATHERED FELT THE POPE'S PRESENCE. ...LO SENTIAMO VICINO A NOI. BUT EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH KNOWS THIS IS SERIOUS. NICOLA AND HER FAMILY ARE CATHOLICS FROM MANCHESTER, FOLLOWING THE UPDATES CLOSELY. IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE THAT HE'S GOTTEN WORSE AND HE'S IN A WORSENING CRITICAL CONDITION. UP UNTIL RECENTLY, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST A SMALL ILLNESS, AND HE WAS GOING TO BE OK, BUT NOW IT IS QUITE CONCERNING (SPEAKS ITALIAN) TRANSLATOR: WE'RE VERY, VERY SORRY. WE'RE HERE, WORRIED FOR HIM. WE'LL SAY A LOVELY PRAYER. THE POPE WAS FRAIL BEFORE THIS, BUT HE WAS STILL WORKING EVEN ON THE DAY HE WAS HOSPITALISED. 88, AND NOT VERY MOBILE, BUT NOT A MAN EITHER WHO LIKES TO REST. NOW, BENEATH HIS HOSPITAL WINDOW, THERE ARE PRAYERS FOR AN ARGENTINIAN POPE WITH ITALIAN ROOTS. THE NEWS THAT HE'D TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE HAS SHAKEN MANY HERE. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) 'I HOPE HE MAKES IT,' IRIS TELLS ME. SO, IN A CITY FULL OF PILGRIMS FOR A HOLY YEAR, THE VIGIL GOES ON. WE'RE TOLD POPE FRANCIS PASSED A PEACEFUL NIGHT, BUT HE IS NOT OUT OF DANGER. THE POPE HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL MANY TIMES DURING HIS 12-YEAR TENURE. THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE CLAIMED VICTORY IN GERMAN ELECTIONS, AS THE FAR RIGHT SURGED INTO SECOND PLACE. FRIEDRICH MERZ IS LIKELY TO BECOME THE NEXT GERMAN CHANCELLOR AFTER HIS CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION PARTY TOPPED THE BALLOT WITH 28.8% OF THE VOTE, ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLS. THE FAR RIGHT 'ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY' PARTY NEARLY DOUBLED ITS VOTE, WITH A RECORD 20.5% BUT IT'S UNLIKELY TO BE PART OF A COALITION, AS OTHER PARTIES ARE REFUSING TO WORK WITH THE ONCE FRINGE PARTY. IMMIGRATION, THE ECONOMY, AND DONALD TRUMP DOMINATED THE SNAP ELECTION. GERMANY IS EUROPE'S BIGGEST ECONOMY AND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY. THE ESCALATING SOPHISTICATION OF EMAIL SCAMS IS SPARKING NEW WARNINGS TO CHECK EVEN THE SMALLEST DETAILS OF MAJOR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS. AN AUCKLAND WOMAN ALMOST LOST HER HOUSE DEPOSIT AFTER SCAMMERS POSED AS HER LAWYERS, USING DETAILED INFORMATION TO DECEIVE HER. JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS. AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, ANNA STRONG PAID A $41,000 DEPOSIT FOR HER FIRST HOME. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT SHE THOUGHT. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO PAYING THE SETTLEMENT MONEY, SADLY, I LEARNED THAT THAT DIDN'T GO TO MY REAL LAWYERS AND WENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN MASQUERADING FOR PROBABLY THREE WEEKS IN MY INBOX. SCAMMERS TOLD THE 31-YEAR-OLD TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO AN INTERMEDIARY ACCOUNT. BY THE TIME SHE REALISED SOMETHING WAS WRONG, IT WAS TOO LATE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER FELT SUCH A... GUT-PUNCH MOMENT. WHEN SHE WENT BACK, SHE FOUND JUST TWO SIGNS THE SCAM EMAILS WERE FAKE. ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER LAWYERS HAD THE WORD 'PURCHASE' IN THE SUBJECT LINE, EMAILS FROM THE SCAMMERS DID NOT, AND WHILE SIMILAR, THE EMAIL ADDRESSES WERE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. SAY IT WAS 'MY-LAWYER-AT-THEIR COMPANY.COM' ` IT BECAME 'MY-LAWYER-THEIR-COMPANY @OUTLOOK.COM.' ASIDE FROM THAT, SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL. THEY HAD MY LOT NUMBER, THEY KNEW, LIKE, WHERE IT WAS` THEY KNEW WHAT STAGE IN FINANCES I WAS AT. THAT IDEA OF SORT OF COMPROMISING SOMEBODY'S EMAIL, EITHER ACTUALLY COMPROMISING IT OR, YOU KNOW, SPOOFING IT, MAKING A REALLY GOOD COPY OF IT, THEY'RE CLEARLY GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT IT. BUT ANNA'S STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING. SIX WEEKS AFTER LOSING THE FUNDS, THEY WERE RETURNED TO HER. SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED HER BANK. BY SOME MIRACLE, THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN WHO THEY WERE AND REVERSE THE MONEY. IN A STATEMENT, POLICE SAY THE MATTER WAS INVESTIGATED, BUT BECAUSE THE FRAUD WAS COMMITTED OFFSHORE, THEY COULDN'T MAKE AN ARREST. THEY SAY BANKS ARE GENERALLY IN THE BEST POSITION TO INTERVENE AND RECOVER MONEY FROM SCAMMERS. ANNA'S LAWYERS DECLINED TO COMMENT. THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST AS MUCH A VICTIM IN THIS AS I AM, HAVING CONNECTED WITH THE POLICE AND SEEING A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT, REALLY SOPHISTICATED SCAMS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN HOUSE-BUYING, COME TO LIGHT. NOW IN HER NEW HOUSE, SHINING A LIGHT ON HER OWN SCAMMING EXPERIENCE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS. JACOB JOHNSON, ONE NEWS. NELSON AIRPORT IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO EXTENDING ITS RUNWAY DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ` THE AIRPORT TODAY GIVING NOTICE OF THE PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT THE NEW AIRPORT BOSS ADMITS HE NEEDS TO DO HIS HOMEWORK ON HOW IT WILL IMPACT NEARBY RESIDENTS. OUR NELSON-BASED REPORTER JESSICA RODEN EXPLAINS. (JET ENGINE ROAR) PLANES OVERHEAD ARE NOTHING NEW FOR MANY NELSON RESIDENTS, BUT A PLANNED RUNWAY EXTENSION COULD BRING THEM A WHOLE LOT CLOSER. THE RUNWAY HERE AT NELSON AIRPORT IS ONE OF THE SHORTEST RUNWAYS IN THE WORLD FOR THE AIRCRAFT TYPES THAT OPERATE HERE. THE AIRPORT WANTS TO EXTEND THE RUNWAY, MOVING IT 370m TOWARDS TAHUNANUI. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GROW NATURALLY IN THE FUTURE AND OUR PASSENGER NUMBERS INCREASE AS THE POPULATION GROWS AND BUSINESS GROWS ACROSS THE REGION, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT RUNWAY LENGTH. HE SAYS NEW AIRCRAFT WILL NEED LONGER RUNWAYS AND CURRENT AIRCRAFT ARE SOMETIMES WEIGHT-RESTRICTED. BUT THE NEIGHBOURS AREN'T HAPPY. EFFECTIVELY WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT TO WITHER ON A VINE. MORE THAN 100 LONG-TERM PARK RESIDENTS POTENTIALLY FACE EVICTION. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS. I FEAR FOR THEM, I REALLY DO. ANOTHER CONCERN ` LIMITATIONS AROUND BUILDING. IT MEANS NO INTENSIFICATION, SO NO ONE COULD ADD A GRANNY FLAT OR EVEN POSSIBLY A SHED OR A SLEEPOUT TO THEIR PROPERTY. WE PUT THAT TO THE NEW CEO, WHO STARTED IN OCTOBER. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THAT SPACE. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T COMMUNICATE ON WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. THAT'S A DECISION THAT YOU'RE MAKING THAT HAS QUITE A BIG IMPACT ON THOSE COMMUNITIES? YEAH I AGREE, THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO BE MORE ACROSS AND THAT'S MORE OF THE HOMEWORK I NEED TO DO AS WE GO THROUGH THESE WEEKS AHEAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS GONNA MEAN BECAUSE NO-ONE HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO SPELL IT OUT TO US. THE ASSOCIATION WANTS THE AIRPORT TO CONSIDER EMAs, SOMETHING QUEENSTOWN IS PUTTING IN, WHICH STOPS PLANES IF THEY OVERSHOOT ` THE AIRPORT BOSS SAYING TODAY IT WILL BE LOOKED AT, AND PROMISING TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT MAY BE TOO LATE. I CAN SEE THIS ENDING UP IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT, WHICH IS MADNESS. WITH THE EXTENSION ITSELF STILL A DECADE AWAY, MANY HOPING THERE'S TIME TO COME TO A COMPROMISE. JESSICA RODEN, ONE NEWS. NEW ZEALAND'S NEWEST MORMON TEMPLE IS OPENING ITS DOORS FOR FOUR WEEKS. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS' SECOND TEMPLE HAS BEEN TAKING SHAPE IN MANUKAU, NEXT TO STATE HIGHWAY 1 SINCE 2020. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RUNNING TOURS INSIDE THE 4000m2 TEMPLE, WITH ITS 54m SPIRE, UNTIL APRIL. AFTER THAT, THE BUILDING WILL BE DEDICATED, AND ONLY CHURCH MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE. E HAERE AKE NEI ` STILL TO COME ` NAILING IT ` THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE OLD STATE HOUSE BOUGHT FOR JUST $1, AND HOW THEY HAMMERED IT TO BUILD REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE, HOW MUCH THE RENOVATED HOME'S NOW GOING FOR. THEN, COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` WHEN NIGHT TIME IS NOT A GOOD TIME; THAT'S WHEN YOUTHLINE HITS PEAK DEMAND. WHAT WE KNOW WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO TO BED ` WHEN IT'S TIME TO SETTLE DOWN, REMOVE ALL OF THE DISTRACTIONS ` THEY CAN GET QUITE CAUGHT UP IN THEIR HEADS. IT'S ABOUT HAVING SOME SKILLS TO STOP THOSE KIND OF THOUGHTS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SLEEP. PLUS ` THEY'RE A DOUBLE DELIGHT. MEET PATRICIA AND PAULINE FROM PATEA, WHO KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT TE MATATINI. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE ` IN A NATIONAL FIRST, AN AUCKLAND COLLEGE IS ENTERING THE RENO MARKET. AFTER BUYING A FORMER STATE HOUSE FOR JUST $1, STUDENTS AT ONE TREE HILL COLLEGE HAVE BEEN HAMMERING AWAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KAINGA ORA, AND NOW THEIR THREE-BEDROOM BUNGALOW IS UP FOR GRABS. REPORTER LUCY BENDELL WENT FOR A TOUR. AN EARLY MORNING SCHOOL RUN WITH A DIFFERENCE ` THIS IS A STATE HOUSE ON ITS WAY TO A NEW LIFE AS A PRACTICAL CLASSROOM. WE PAID $1 FOR THE HOME, AND IF WE HADN'T TAKEN IT, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO LANDFILL. FOR 10 MONTHS, 70 YEAR 12 AND 13 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN GETTING THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE TO GIVE THIS HOUSE A FACELIFT. IN THE CLASSROOM, WE'RE NORMALLY LEARNING HOW TO MAKE, LIKE, FURNITURE AND LEARNING HOW TO USE TOOLS, AND THEN COMING ON TO, LIKE, A CONSTRUCTION SITE HERE AT SCHOOL ` IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. ...GETTING A TASTE FOR THE TRADES WITHOUT LEAVING THE SCHOOL GATES. BUILDING THE HOUSE HERE ALLOWED THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MIMIC THOSE TYPES OF SKILLS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY COULD LEARN, WORK WITH OTHERS, WORK WITH DIFFERENT TRADES.. PLUGGING THE GAP ` MAKING THE TRANSITION TO A REAL JOB A LITTLE EASIER. YOU GET TO SEE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRADES ` WE'VE SPOKEN TO, LIKE, THE ELECTRICIANS, THE TILERS AND EVERYTHING. NEXT TERM, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUT ON TO A WORK PLACEMENT SITE FOR ONE DAY A WEEK. SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY NOW KEEN TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAMME, AND IT'S PROVING A HIT WITH THE INDUSTRY TOO. AND IT'S A WAY OF THEM TRYING BEFORE THEY BUY, ESSENTIALLY ` SO THEY MIGHT` THEY MIGHT BE PAINTING, THEY MIGHT BE DOING BUILDING, THEY COULD BE TILING OR ENGINEERING. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOLS TO INTEGRATE REAL-LIFE LEARNING INTO THE EVERYDAY CURRICULUM IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT MORE SCHOOLS ARE CERTAINLY TAKING ON, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE SCHOOLS DO THAT. THIS THREE-BEDROOM, ONE-BATHROOM HOME WITH AN OPEN KITCHEN, LIVING AND DINING SPACE HAS STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY NOT OFTEN SEEN IN A HOME OF THIS SIZE. THE LISTING GOES LIVE TODAY, AND AN AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE HERE ON SITE ON THE 3RD OF APRIL. THE AUCTION STARTS AT $200,000, AND WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR TRADE ACADEMY. (CHEERING) WELL, IT'S A GAME-CHANGER, I THINK, FOR MANY YOUNG LIVES, IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE PUT TOGETHER, HOW A WORKPLACE OPERATES. ...BUILDING A CONNECTION FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE TRADE SECTOR, ONE NAIL AT A TIME. LUCY BENDELL, 1 NEWS. A PUSH TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG CHILDREN WAITING IN PAIN FOR DENTAL SURGERY GOT UNDERWAY IN CANTERBURY AT THE WEEKEND. THE $500,000 INITIATIVE WAS DESIGNED BY HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TO ADDRESS THE GREATEST NEED WHEN IT COMES TO DELAYS IN COSTLY DENTAL CARE. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. PREPARING FOR THEIR SMALLEST PATIENTS... CHILD: WHAT?! YEAH. THIS IS A NICE, COMFY BED. SO WILL YOU HOP ON HERE... ...INSIDE A BUS THAT'S TAKING DENTAL SURGERY DIRECT TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR TEETH? INDYKA`ROSE (5) HAS WAITED EIGHT MONTHS FOR HER SURGERY. GETTING HER TEETH DONE TODAY, EH? IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME, EH, INDYKA? ...DOUBLE THE CURRENT TARGET TIMEFRAME. THAT'S WHY HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS GIVEN CANTERBURY $500,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, PART OF THAT COVERING THIS MOBILE SURGICAL SERVICE. IT'S JUST A RELIEF, EH, INDYKA? NO MORE CRYING, SORE AT NIGHT. ...LEADING TO HER GETTING BUMPED UP THE PAEDIATRIC WAITING LIST. THE BIGGEST THING IS ACTUALLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM ` IT'S NOT JUST THE CHILDREN THAT'S MISSING OUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEY MISS OUT SCHOOL DAYS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TOOTHACHE OR A DENTAL INFECTION. EIGHT OTHER CHILDREN WERE TREATED WHILE THIS CLINIC WAS IN RANGIORA ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER 118 WILL BE HELPED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKENDS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ACTUALLY FAMILIES ABLE TO COME HAVE ACCESS AND COME AND GET THEIR TREATMENT DONE IN A NICE` IN A WAY THAT'S EASY FOR THEM, AND REMOVING THOSE BARRIERS FOR THEM. THE FUNDING ALSO MEANS THAT 300 CHILDREN WITH DENTAL PROBLEMS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A SPECIALIST FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM NEXT MONTH AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY UNITS AROUND CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD, AND IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE WAITLIST TIMES. FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING... YOU KNOW, JUST HOW MUCH STRESS IT TAKES OFF THE CHILD THEMSELVES WITH THE PAIN THAT THEY GO THROUGH, AND THE WAITING LIST IS JUST, LIKE, SO LONG. ONE THING THEY CAN'T DO ` TAKE AWAY THAT FEAR OF THE DENTIST... SHE'S VERY NERVOUS. ...BUT SOON SHE'LL BE PAIN-FREE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT, AND CAN THE BLACK CAPS MAKE IT TWO FROM TWO AT THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY? WE'LL FIND OUT TONIGHT, FACING BANGLADESH IN A FEW HOURS TIME. CAN ANYTHING STOP THEM? A THREE-PEAT FOR THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS IN VANCOUVER AS THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS SUFFER ANOTHER BLOW. AND A HEALTHY LEAD FOR THE REDS AS THE STAGE IS SET FOR HEALTHY COMPETITION ON THE GREENS OF MILLBROOK. AND IN WEATHER, WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY ` FOR A LOT OF US, THINGS ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD. YOU'VE GOT THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, SO IT'S MOSTLY FINE ` COULD JUST BE THE ODD LITTLE SHOWER HERE AND THERE, BUT CHANGES DOWN SOUTH ` A NEW FRONT HITS THE FAR SOUTH ` WITH THAT, THERE'S A SPELL OF SOME RAIN. BUT HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE ` AFTER SPORT. 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. A WIN FOR THE BLACK CAPS AGAINST BANGLADESH TONIGHT TODAY'S TOURNAMENT VICTORY IN VANCOUVER SECURED IN DOMINANT FASHION ` BUT THE WORRYING RUN OF POOR RESULTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS CONTINUED. KATE WELLS HAS ALL THE ACTION. SARAH HIRINI ` SHARP AS EVER OFF THE FIELD, BUT EVEN MORE DEADLY ON IT, LEADING THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS TO YET ANOTHER WORLD SERIES WIN. A TRIPLE TREAT FOR THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS IN VANCOUVER ` A THIRD-STRAIGHT TITLE. WE LOVE COMING HERE TO VANCOUVER, BEEN ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE STOPS. JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO COMES OUT AND SUPPORTS US, YEAH, IT'S NICE TO GET THE WIN HERE AGAIN. STEAMROLLING THEIR WAY TO THE TITLE, SCORING 237 POINTS IN SIX GAMES AND CONCEDING JUST 43 ` THRASHING RIVALS AUSTRALIA 29-10 IN THEIR SEMIFINAL, THEN PILING ON THE POINTS IN THE DECIDER AGAINST FIJI, WINNING 41-7. AND THIS IS DANGER FOR FIJI. AND IT IS RISI POURI LANE WHO OPENS THIS ONE UP. DANGEROUS ON ATTACK AND DEFENCE... BUT SHE'S DUMPED TO THE TURF BY MICHAELA BRAKE. ...WITH SOME TOUCHES OF INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE FROM THE LIKES OF JORJA MILLER. THAT LOPING STRIDE, AND THEN THE WAY SHE DROPS THE HIPS AND GETS THE FEND AWAY MAKES IT LOOK SO SIMPLE. ANOTHER ONE TO WATCH, MAIA DAVIS ` EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH AS THE 18-YEAR-OLD EXPERIENCED HER FIRST WORLD SERIES WIN. A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FOR FOUR WEEKS, AND IS NOW GOING TO SCORE A BRILLIANT SOLO TRY. OBVIOUSLY MIA DEBUTING, YOU COULD SEE JUST HOW HAPPY SHE WAS, RUNNING IN FOR HER FIRST TRY. HER PARENTS ARE IN THE CROWD TOO ` SHOUT OUT TO MANUKURA AND WHERE SHE'S COME FROM BACK HOME. AS FOR THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS ` WHO WON LAST YEAR'S EVENT IN VANCOUVER, ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING TOURNAMENT. COMING AT THEM WITH SPEED, THE BALL, THOUGH, DEFLECTED INTO TOUCH... (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND THAT'S THE MATCH. OUTPLAYED BY GREAT BRITAIN 31-10 IN THEIR PLAYOFF FOR FIFTH, YET TO REACH THE PODIUM THIS SEASON, AND SEVENTH IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS. BUT LEADING THE WAY YET AGAIN... THERE'S A WALL OF BLACK JERSEYS` A WAVE OF BLACK JERSEYS BEARING DOWN ON THEM. ...THE BLACK FERNS SEVENS POWERING TO ANOTHER TITLE. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. 10 YEARS AGO, A RELATIVELY SLIGHT FULLBACK WAS TEARING IT UP FOR THE HIGHLANDERS. NOW, AN EVEN SMALLER ONE IS GAINING ATTENTION ` FINN HURLEY IMPRESSING IN THE HIGHLANDERS 29-21 WIN OVER THE BLUES ON SATURDAY, DEVELOPING HIS GAME UNDER THE WATCH OF A CERTAIN BEN SMITH. WITH THE ABILITY THAT HE HAS TO POP UP EVERYWHERE, AND, UH... HE HAS A REMARKABLE SKILL SET, AND IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT AT THE RIGHT TIME AND BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, USE THAT SKILL SET TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE HE DID ON THE WEEKEND. THE HIGHLANDERS LOOKING FOR CONSECUTIVE WINS, WHEN THEY TAKE ON MOANA PASIFIKA IN AUCKLAND ON FRIDAY. A WIN FOR THE BLACK CAPS AGAINST BANGLADESH TONIGHT WILL SEE THEM PROGRESS TO THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY SEMIFINALS. IT COMES AFTER INDIA CRUISED TO A SIX-WICKET WIN OVER HOSTS PAKISTAN, VIRAT KOHLI SURPASSING 14,000 ODI RUNS, THEN HITTING THE WINNING RUNS TO BRING UP HIS 51ST ODI CENTURY. KOHLI DOWN. HE'S FOUND A GAP! THE KING HAS ADDED ANOTHER JEWEL TO HIS CROWN! YET ANOTHER SENSATIONAL INNINGS ` 100 NOT OUT, VIRAT KOHLI. INDIA REACHING THE TARGET OF 241 WITH 45 BALLS REMAINING. FINALLY TONIGHT ` RECORDS HAVE FALLEN, LIVERPOOL HAD APPARENTLY SUFFERED SOME STAGE FRIGHT RECENTLY, FOLLOWING A STRING OF DRAWN GAMES, BUT ANY ANXIETY SEEMS WELL AND TRULY EXTINGUISHED AFTER A CONVINCING 2-0 WIN OVER MANCHESTER CITY... THE REDS EXTENDING THEIR LEAD IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE TO A HEALTHY 11 POINTS. A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON... ARNE SLOT AND LIVERPOOL MOVE 11 POINTS CLEAR. LIVERPOOL'S CLINICAL FINISHING SEEING THEM EXTEND THEIR UNBEATEN RUN TO 23 MATCHES AND OPEN UP A MAMMOTH LEAD OVER A FALTERING PACK... SALAH AND THAT ONE DELIVERS! STRAIGHT FROM THE TRAINING GROUND TO THE ETIHAD STADIUM. ...THE MOVE DESIGNED AND PRACTICED THE DAY BEFORE THE GAME. SOMEONE CAME UP WITH A BRILLIANT PEN. IT WASN'T ME. YEAH, AND WE KNEW THAT THAT SPACE COULD BE THERE AND WE TRAINED IT YESTERDAY. THE EGYPTIAN SCORING HIS 25TH PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL OF THE SEASON BEFORE PLAYING PROVIDER FOR THE REDS. AND THIS IS A BULLSEYE, AND LIVERPOOL GET THEIR SECOND GOAL! LIVERPOOL'S CUTTING EDGE ATTACK TOO MUCH FOR THE FOUR-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, WHO STRUGGLED WITHOUT INJURED STRIKER ERLING HAALAND. THIS, THE CLOSEST THE HOSTS GOT BEFORE BEING RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE. OH MY GOSH, WHAT A FINISH! IT'S NOT GOING TO COUNT. THE FLAG IS UP. THE REDS ARE 11 POINTS AHEAD, 11 GAMES TO G. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PRESSURE CAN GET INTO US, SO HOPEFULLY WE JUST KEEP CALM AND JUST PLAY OUR GAME AND TRY TO WIN EACH GAME. MANCHESTER CITY REELING 20 POINTS BEHIND IN FOURTH, A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOT THE BEST THEY CAN HOPE FOR THIS SEASON AND LEVEL WITH THEM ON POINTS, NEWCASTLE, SEEMINGLY CRUISING TO VICTORY AGAINST NOTTINGHAM FOREST. ISAK... SCORES! THEY'RE RUNNING AWAY WITH IT NOW! LEADING 4-1 INSIDE 35 MINUTES, BEFORE A STIRRING FOREST FIGHTBACK. THEY COULDN'T, COULD THEY? THEY COULDN'T, THE MAGPIES HOLDING ON. EDDIE HOWE AND THOSE GEORDIES BREATHED A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF. CHRIS WOOD AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST STILL THIRD, BUT WOBBLING, LOSING THEIR THIRD GAME IN THE LAST FOUR. DON'T TELL LIVERPOOL FANS, BUT THE TITLE RACE SEEMS RUN, SURELY NOW THEIRS TO LOSE. LUKE ROBINSON, ONE NEWS. THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN HAVE OPENED THEIR NATIONS CUP HOCKEY CAMPAIGN WITH A DRAMATIC 5-4 WIN OVER KOREA, THE GAME PLAYED IN SCORCHING 33 DEGREE CHILEAN HEAT, NEW ZEALAND TWICE TRAILING BY TWO GOALS ` A STRONG SECOND HALF FEATURING SOME STUNNING GOALS SEEING THEM RECORD A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY... WE'LL FIND OUT... (COMMENTATOR EXCLAIMS) (CROWD CHEERS) JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE GIRLS. WE REALLY IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE SAID AT HALFTIME AND TOOK AWAY WHAT WE WERE PRACTISING THIS WEEK. WE FOUGHT TO THE END, AND IT PAID OFF, SO REALLY HAPPY. 12TH-RANKED IRELAND AWAIT ON WEDNESDAY, COVERAGE LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+ FROM 7am. GOLFERS ARE DESCENDING ON QUEENSTOWN THIS WEEK FOR THE NEW ZEALAND OPEN. 156 PROFESSIONALS, 30 OF THEM KIWIS, WHO ARE OUT TO CHANGE RECENT HISTORY AT THE TOURNANMENT. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE IS THERE. PRIMED AND READY FOR A BIG WEEK ON THE GREENS OF MILLBROOK. THE STAGE SET, THE COMPETITION IS JUST CRANKING UP. I'M PROBABLY MORE NERVOUS FOR THIS WEEK THAN MOST WEEKS OUT ON TOUR. DAN HILLIER MAY HAVE BROUGHT SOME GOOD FORM WITH HIM TO QUEENSTOWN, BUT THERE'S PRESSURE ON FOR A KIWI TO BREAK AN EIGHT-YEAR DROUGHT. I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WIN A FEW EVENTS IN THE PAST, BUT I THINK WINNING YOUR NATIONAL OPEN, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO BEAT. RECENTLY, IT S BEEN THE AUSTRALIANS FINISHING ON TOP ` 11 AUSSIE CHAMPIONS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND JUST ONE KIWI WINNER. (CHUCKLES) I HATE TO SPEAK ILL OF A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE AUSTRALIANS, BUT IT REALLY SUCKS. MICHAEL HENDRY, THE LAST NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN THE TITLE IN 2017, BACK FOR ANOTHER CRACK AFTER A CANCER DIAGNOSIS TWO YEARS AGO. HOW SPECIAL WOULD THAT MOMENT BE, COME SUNDAY, IF YOU LIFTED THAT AGAIN? (EXHALES) I HAVE NO WORDS, LIKE, IT WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTE ULTIMATE. IT WAS REMEMBERING TIMES LIKE 2017 AND HOPING AND WISHING FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT GOT ME THROUGH THAT PERIOD. HENDRY AND HILLIER LEADING THE KIWI CHARGE IN A FIELD OF 156 PROS. AND THERE S EXTRA INCENTIVE HERE THIS WEEK ` WHOEVER TAKES OUT THE TITLE HERE AT MILLBROOK, WILL EARN AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION ONTO ONE OF GOLF S BIGGEST STAGES, THE BRITISH OPEN. I'M LUCKY ENOUGH THAT WITH MY START ON THE DP WORLD TOUR, I'VE GOT MYSELF IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET THROUGH THAT WAY AS WELL. A LOT OF THESE GUYS WILL BE ITCHING TO GET THEIR FIRST NOTCH UNDER THE BELT. I FEEL LIKE I'M A GOOD ENOUGH PLAYER TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD WEEK AND HAVE A TOP FINISH, BUT I HAVEN'T SHOWN THAT YET AT A MAJOR LEVEL, SO I'D LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'D LOVE TO PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD. EVERYONE LOOKING TO STEP UP, WITH THE STAKES NOW HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. FINALLY TONIGHT ` RECORDS HAVE FALLEN, QUITE LITERALLY, AT THE SKY DIVING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUCKLAND. MORE THAN 40 DIVERS TAKING PART IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING SPEED SKY DIVING, FOUR-WAY FORMATIONS AND WING SUITS. AUCKLAND'S JASON DODUNSKI, BREAKING AN OCEANIC RECORD FOR THE LONGEST WING SUIT FLIGHT FOR BOTH TIME AND DISTANCE, CLOCKING SPEEDS OF 290kmph AS HE FLEW MORE THAN 18km IN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE SAFELY DEPLOYING HIS PARACHUTE. THANKS SPORT. STAY WITH US. DAN SAYS THERE IS MORE FINE WEATHER ON THE WAY, BUT SOME OF US WILL SEE SOME RAIN; DETAILS NEXT. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` HOW YOU CAN HELP THE CHARITY THAT TROUBLED TEENS CALL ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT. PLUS ` THE CYCLE RACE THAT COMPLETELY LOST DIRECTION. DID ANYONE FIND THEIR WAY TO THE FINISH LINE? WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. (STARTLES) Shhh. (SOFT GRUNT) You've had a big day, Dad. VOICEOVER: Imagine if instead of the kids wearing you out... (SNORING) ..you wore them out. Get AIA Vitality and start thriving. THE WEEK IS MOSTLY ABOUT HIGH-PRESSURE, DOWN SOUTH A NEW FRONT, THAT LITTLE STRIP OF CLOUD THERE` THE BUSINESS END OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SEASON. TROPICAL DISTURBANCES ` TRACKING SOUTH, KEEPING MOST OF THEM AT BAY... THEY WILL STAY TO OUR NORTH. THE ONE IN THE CORAL SEA MAY LINGER, MAY HAVE TO WATCH FOR THAT LATER. FOR US, YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIGH-PRESSURE. THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE A TALE OF CLOUD, THE UPPER ENERGY PUSHING THROUGH. HAMILTON, 28 TODAY. LOTS OF RED TOMATO ON THE MAP TODAY, COULD BE A FEW MORE 30S IN THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE SOME WET WEATHER, MOSTLY TO THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE MAIN AREA OF BLUE HERE, PILES INTO THE WEST COAST FIRST PART OF THE MORNING. THE ENERGY GOES EAST. BY THE AFTERNOON, IT'S JUST A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN. MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY YOU COULD SEE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS. PARTS OF NORTHLAND ARE OK. SAME FOR AUCKLAND, JUST BUBBLING UP THE CLOUD, THE ODD LITTLE DOT OF A SHOWER, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED, HAMILTON 27, YOU ARE FINE. MAYBE THE ODD LITTLE SPOT IN THE MORNING. VERY SMALL CHANCE OF A SPOT OF RAIN, 25 FOR YOU. LOOKING GOOD FOR THE EAST COAST. YOU MIGHT SEE SOME STRENGTHENING WINDS. FURTHER WEST, THE START OF TA MATATINI. WINDS WILL PICK UP AND LIVE IN, SAME SORT OF THING FOR WELLINGTON. THE LOW 20S. NELSON AND BLENHEIM ARE FINE, SPOTS OF RAIN COMING AS THE FRONT COMES IN. CHRISTCHURCH, MIDDLE OF THE DAY INTO THE AFTERNOON, A SPELL OF RAIN IN THE WEST COAST, A FEW SPOTS FURTHER EAST. QUEENSTOWN, A MORNING SPELL OF RAIN. RAINCOATS FOR MILFORD SOUND, SAME FOR DUNEDIN. CLEARS AWAY, STILL SEEING SOME SHOWERS FOR WEDNESDAY. BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY, BACK TO HIGH-PRESSURE. COUPLE OF SHOWERS, BUT STILL SOME DECENT BEACH WEATHER TO COME.