TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE PRIME MINISTER SETS A MAJOR GOAL IN INDIA. (BRIGHT, PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYS) WILL CHRISTOPHER LUXON END UP LEAVING NEW DELHI AS UPBEAT AS HE ARRIVED? AS THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY MOURNS AN INNOCENT CRASH VICTIM, THIS CCTV FOOTAGE REVEALS THE SPEED A DRIVER ` ALLEGEDLY FLEEING POLICE ` WAS TRAVELLING JUST BEFORE THE COLLISION. AND WHAT'S UP... AND WHAT'S DOWN AS THE LATEST YEAR-ON-YEAR FIGURES REVEAL THE STATE OF OUR HOUSING MARKET. CAPTIONS BY JASON CONRAN, ALEX WALKER AND ALEX BACKHOUSE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS MEETING SHORTLY WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART, NARENDRA MODI, AS BOTH COUNTRIES CONTINUE TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT INDIA IN NEARLY A DECADE, LUXON IS ALREADY CALLING THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE WORLD'S MOST POPULATED COUNTRY A GREAT WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. HE'S THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT INDIA POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN IS STANDING BY LIVE IN NEW DELHI WITH MORE ON THE TALKS. FIRST, HER REPORT. TOUCHING DOWN ON INDIAN SOIL. (BRIGHT, PERCUSSIVE MUSIC PLAYS) THE WELCOME WARM, LOUD, AND OVERALL PROMISING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS A MAN ON A MISSION, HOPING TO ACHIEVE WHAT NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTERS BEFORE HIM COULD NOT ` A TRADE DEAL WITH INDIA. AS YOU WILL HAVE HEARD, WE'VE HAD AN ECONOMIC BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RELATIONSHIP, ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS ABLE TO COMMENCE. AND SO, UH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD WIN. IT'S A GREAT WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. TRADE MINISTER TODD MCCLAY HAS PUT IN SERIOUS MILEAGE TO DRIVE THE RELATIONSHIP. MY COUNTERPART MINISTER GOYAL AND I HAVE NOW MET EIGHT TIMES. IT'S MY FIFTH VISIT TO INDIA TO TALK ABOUT OUR TRADING RELATIONSHIP. MCCLAY FINALLY GETTING HIS FLOWERS. ALTHOUGH WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT TO ACHIEVE OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW. DAIRY HAS LONG BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE. PRIME MINISTER, CAN YOU GIVE A GUARANTEE THAT DAIRY WILL BE INCLUDED IN A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT? WE KNOW THERE WILL BE CHALLENGES ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS FOR BOTH SIDES, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. WE WILL WORK THOSE THROUGH. NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT NEED TO ABANDON DAIRY, BUT NEW ZEALAND PROBABLY NEEDS TO ABANDON THE APPROACH OF PUTTING DAIRY FIRST. BHAV DHILLON WAS INVOLVED IN NEW ZEALAND'S PREVIOUS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH INDIA. DID WE UNDERVALUE THE RELATIONSHIP? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK, YOU KNOW... PROOF'S IN THE PUDDING. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE FOR NINE YEARS ` YES, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF COVID IN BETWEEN ` BUT THE WORLD DID NOT STOP. LOOK, I THINK WE HAVE UNDERVALUED THIS RELATIONSHIP, FRANKLY. THIS IS, AS I SAID, THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY, GONNA BE THE THIRD BIGGEST ECONOMY. LABOUR, THOUGH, REJECTING THAT. I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT SIX MINISTERIAL, UH, EXCHANGES WITH INDIA, OR TRIPS TO INDIA, OUTBOUND TRAVEL TO INDIA, PLUS SEVERAL OF THEM COMING TO NEW ZEALAND. TRAVEL IS ALSO A BIG FOCUS, AND A DIRECT FLIGHT MAY BE ON THE HORIZON. AIR NEW ZEALAND IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO CONNECT INDIA AND NEW ZEALAND DIRECTLY IN THE FUTURE. CURRENTLY, AROUND 90,000 INDIANS VISIT NEW ZEALAND EACH YEAR. FROM AN AIR NEW ZEALAND PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE INDIA REALLY HIGH ON OUR LIST OF FUTURE DESTINATIONS. AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN MY FRIEND. PLENTY TO CHEW OVER AS THE RELATIONSHIP TAKES OFF. SO MAIKI, CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S CALLING THESE TALKS A WIN. ARE THEY? YOU CAN CERTAINLY SAY IT IS A WIN FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND HIS COALITION AT THE STAGE. EVEN THE LABOUR PARTY ACKNOWLEDGED AS MUCH TODAY. A LOT IS RIDING ON THIS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. THIS GETS THEM A STEP CLOSER. GARY WILL BE A PINCH POINT. TODD MCCLAY TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE A FEW WAYS WE COULD DEAL WITH DAIRY. IS MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN A DEAL, IF INDIA OFFERED A DEAL IN DAIRY WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, NEW ZEALAND COULD EXPECT THE SAME. ANOTHER OBSTACLE NEW ZEALAND FACED IN AN AGREEMENT MEANS THAT IT WILL COME IN OVER TIME. FOR INSTANCE THE FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, DAIRY CAME IN 20 YEARS LATER. EVERYTHING IS UP FOR NEGOTIATION, AND YOU CAN EXPECT THE NEGOTIATIONS TO BE THOROUGH. AND WITH THE TWO PRIME MINISTERS MEETING IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT MEETING? THE MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO PRIMITIVES ARE SIGNIFICANT. IT IS NOTHING LIKE THE ASIA SUMMIT LAST YEAR, MEETING FACE-TO-FACE ON ONE'S OWN SOIL. FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO INDIA SO THEY WILL BE FOCUSING ON THAT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL BE THE CHIEF GUEST AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT INDIA'S PREEMINENT CONFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY AND DEFENCE. WITH INDIA BEING A SIGNIFICANT PLAYER IN THE INDO-PACIFIC, AND GIVEN NEW ZEALAND'S STRONGEST VISION AND INFLUENCE IN THE PACIFIC, EXPECT TRADE-IN DEFENCE TO BE BIG TALKING POINTS WHEN THE MINISTERS MEET TODAY. BACK HERE, NEW ZEALAND'S FILIPINO COMMUNITY IS REELING AFTER A FATHER OF THREE WAS KILLED WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE SMASHED INTO HIS CAR WHILE ALLEGEDLY FLEEING POLICE. A MAN (22) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH AFTER YESTERDAY'S FATAL COLLISION IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PENROSE. CCTV FOOTAGE OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SHOWS A CAR MOVING AT HIGH SPEED AND DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. SIMON MERCEP HAS DEVELOPMENTS. THE CRASH ON AUCKLAND'S GREAT SOUTH ROAD TOOK THE LIFE OF JESSAN TAMPUS, A TRADESMAN IN HIS 50s, SEEN HERE WITH TWO OF HIS THREE CHILDREN. HE'D BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS, HOPING TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY FOR HIS FAMILY TO JOIN HIM. THIS COMMUNITY ADVOCATE HAS CONTACTED RELATIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES. WHEN I TALKED TO THEM, THEY SAID IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT, BUT I TOLD THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED. THEY'RE EXPECTING THAT THEIR DAD CAN GIVE THEM A GOOD LIFE. ANOTHER FILIPINO WAS IN THE CAR WITH JESSAN TAMPUS. AND NOW AT THE PRESENT, HE'S IN THE ICU. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IN THE HOSPITAL ` TO VISIT HIM. POLICE SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED AFTER A SPEEDING CAR IGNORED THEIR SIGNALS FOR IT TO STOP. THIS CAR YARD SALES MANAGER WAS AT WORK NEARBY AT THE TIME. WE WERE PARKING, MOVING CARS AROUND IN THE FRONT HERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL WE HEARD WAS JUST A LOUD, FAST CAR APPROACHING. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD SIRENS AS WELL. AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW IS A LOUD BANG. POLICE FIRST NOTICED THE CAR ALLEGEDLY SPEEDING ON VESTEY DRIVE JUST BEFORE 2PM. MOMENTS LATER, IT CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE ON GREAT SOUTH ROAD, CRASHING INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. WE'VE RECEIVED CCTV FOOTAGE, VERY CLOSE TO THE CRASH SCENE, TAKEN MOMENTS BEFOREHAND. AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, A POLICE CAR APPROACHES THE LIGHTS. AND THEN, GOING THE OTHER WAY, A CAR SPEEDS PAST ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONE LOCAL BUSINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE LIGHTS TOLD US ONE CUSTOMER HAD TO DO A U-TURN TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SPEEDING CAR, WHICH CAME DOWN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE IMPACT WAS JUST HERE, WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE TAR SEAL WAS GOUGED ON THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. VERY FRIGHTENING, COS IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR DOORSTEPS. HOW BAD A MESS WAS IT? UH, VERY BAD. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS WILLING TO APPROACH THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR, COS WE WERE THAT... FRIGHTENED TO SEE WHAT MESS IT COULD BE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER (22) OF THE SPEEDING CAR IS IN A STABLE CONDITION AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT THIS FRIDAY, CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH. MEANWHILE, THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IS RAISING FUNDS TO HELP REPATRIATE THE BODY OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. A TEENAGER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER BUT ACQUITTED OF MURDERING ENERE TAANA-MCLAREN (16) AT A DUNEDIN BUS HUB LAST YEAR. THE 14-YEAR-OLD'S LAWYER SAID IT WAS SELF-DEFENCE, WHILE THE CROWN ARGUED HE INITIATED THE CONFRONTATION LAST MAY. A JURY REACHING THE VERDICT TODAY AFTER BEGINNING DELIBERATIONS LAST WEDNESDAY. THE DEFENDANT ` WHO CONTINUES TO HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION ` IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED IN JULY. MEANWHILE, FIGURES RELEASED TO 1 NEWS UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOW THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS NATIONWIDE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S WORKING ON LAW CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND IS PROMISING MORE FUNDING IS ON THE WAY. JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS. IS SHE ALL RIGHT? YEP. STOPPING PASSENGERS FROM BOARDING WITHOUT PAYING. SHE'S PROBABLY HAVEN'T GOT A FARE, AND SHE'S SEEN US OFFICERS ON BOARD THE TRAIN, THESE TRANSPORT OFFICERS ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE ON AUCKLAND'S TRAINS, BUSES AND FERRIES. THEY'RE AMONG A GROUP OF 51 TRAINED STAFF WHO PATROL AREAS OF CONCERN ON THE NETWORK. CATCHING FARE-DODGERS IS JUST ONE OF THEIR JOBS. ALONGSIDE THAT, WE ALSO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY FOR OUR PATRONS. SAFETY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT HAS BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT OVER THE PAST YEAR, WITH SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE ATTACKS ON DRIVERS AND ON PASSENGERS IN OCTOBER, A WOMAN WAS STABBED AND KILLED DURING A BUS JOURNEY IN AUCKLAND. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT WE HAVE NOTICED SOME SLIGHT INCREASES WITH INCIDENTS IN AND AROUND PUBLIC TRANPORT NETWORKS. POLICE FIGURES RELEASED TO 1 NEWS UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOW CRIME AT TRANSPORT TERMINALS ` AND ON TRANSPORT ITSELF ` IS STEADILY RISING. REPORTED OFFENCES AGAINST VICTIMS INCREASED AROUND 6% LAST YEAR, THAT INCLUDES A RISE IN ACTS INTENDED TO CAUSE INJURY, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN BURGLARIES AND THEFTS. MEANWHILE, CRIMES THAT DON'T INVOLVE A VICTIM SURGED, UP AROUND 14%. FOR EXAMPLE ` DANGEROUS OR NEGLIGENT ACTS; ILLICIT DRUG OFFENCES; PROPERTY DAMAGE; AND PUBLIC ORDER OFFENCES. THE FIGURES ALSO SHOW THAT WHILE CRIME ON TRANSPORT AND AT TRANSPORT HUBS IN WELLINGTON REMAINED RELATIVELY STEADY BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND HERE IN AUCKLAND. WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN HORRIBLE IN TERMS OF THAT ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. IT IS IMPROVING. SHE SAYS THAT IS THANKS, IN PART, TO THE PRESENCE OF TRANSPORT OFFICERS, WITH MORE BEING TRAINED, AND DETERRENTS LIKE THESE DRIVER SAFETY SCREENS ON BUSES BEING ROLLED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. IT HAS MADE SOME DIFFERENCE. WE DO URGE ALL OTHER COUNCILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO START IMPLEMENTING THE SAME SCREENS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS MORE FUNDING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR SO OTHER REGIONS CAN GET BUS SCREENS. AND LAW CHANGES ARE GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT, WHICH COULD MEAN HARSHER SENTENCES FOR CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANSPORT WORKERS. NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME. WE DO HAVE GOOD DAYS AND WE DO HAVE BAD DAYS. HOPES TRANSPORT SAFETY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. GOOD NEWS FOR BUYERS ` NOT SO GOOD FOR SELLERS. THE LATEST REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE FIGURES SHOWING THE MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IS NOW JUST OVER $770,000, DOWN 2.4% YEAR-ON-YEAR TO THE END OF FEBRUARY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THOSE NUMBERS HAVE TRACKED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES THE COVID PANDEMIC STARTING IN 2020, MOVING THROUGH TO THE PEAK IN NOVEMBER 2021, REACHING $925,000, THEN SLOWLY COMING DOWN AGAIN TO HIT TODAY'S FIGURE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. THE LATEST DATA ALSO REVEAL SOME BIG REGIONAL VARIATIONS AND SURPRISES, AS BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS. THE VIBES ARE POSITIVE IN NELSON AND GISBORNE. IT'S JUST A HIVE OF ACTIVITY. WE'VE GOT OVER 230 PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET IN GISBORNE AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS A LOT. OPEN HOMES ARE BUSY. IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM THE PAST 18 MONTHS. IT FEELS LIKE CHALK AND CHEESE, REALLY. UM, DEFINITELY MORE BUSY. AND, LIKE, AS SOON AS SOMETHING COMES ON THE MARKET, WE'RE GETTING ENQUIRY. NATIONWIDE LISTINGS ARE UP, BUT SO IS INTEREST FROM BUYERS. THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN DORMANT IN THE MARKET FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO THE ECONOMY, INTEREST RATES AND THE LENDING CRITERIA. WHILE THIS ORIGINAL BACH IN NORTH AUCKLAND IS PRIME BEACHFRONT REAL ESTATE, DRUE MATICH SAYS ENTHUSIASM IN ALL PROPERTY IS HIGH. THERE'S JUST A BIT MORE EXCITEMENT AND CONFIDENCE. SO AS SOON AS ONE PERSON GETS CONFIDENCE, IT'S A ROLLING EFFECT OF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DO GET CONFIDENT IN THE MARKET. THERE ARE BIG REGIONAL VARIATIONS. GISBORNE HAS HAD THE BIGGEST FALL OF 5.5% IN THE PAST YEAR... YOU THINK BACK TO 2021, WHEN THERE WAS BIG PRICES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SELLING HOUSES AT THE MOMENT WHICH MAY BE $100,000 LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK THEN. ...WHILE THE WEST COAST HAS HAD THE BIGGEST ANNUAL PRICE JUMP OF MORE THAN 16%. SO LONG MAY IT LAST. I'D JUST SAY ` ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING FOR A WONDERFUL LIFESTYLE AND WANTS TO BE MORTGAGE-FREE, WELL, THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME. AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST DROPS SINCE THE 2021 PRICE EXPLOSION. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN QUITE CAUTIOUS, AND IT HAS SORT OF AFFECTED THE WELLINGTON MARKET A LITTLE BIT. BUT I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE WORST IS OVER, SO TO SPEAK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GAINS TO POTENTIALLY COME. THE CAPITAL ALSO FACING COUNCIL VALUATIONS FALLING BY UP TO 25%. WE'VE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CORRECTION HERE. BUYERS OUTLOOK IS REALLY GOOD, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE TURN UP TO OPEN HOMES NOW. THAT FOMO IS STARTING TO CREEP BACK IN, WHERE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING BETWEEN, JUST SAY, 10 AND 20 GROUPS OF BUYERS THROUGH AN OPEN HOME, BACK LAST YEAR, WE WEREN'T SEEING THOSE VOLUMES. WE WERE LUCKY TO GET TWOS AND THREES. INSTEAD OF ANOTHER BOOM, AGENTS ARE PREDICTING A SLOW AND STEADY MARKET. THAT'S SURE TO BE WELCOMED BY MANY. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. A CANTERBURY COUPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT STUNNED AND TRAUMATISED AFTER A VEHICLE PLOWED INTO THEIR HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND, LANDING ON THEIR BED AS THEY SLEPT. DEFYING ALL ODDS, THE PAIR MANAGED TO GET OUT UNSCATHED FROM BENEATH THE WRECKAGE OF THE CAR, WHICH TOOK OUT THEIR BEDROOM WALL. HERE'S DONNA-MARIE LEVER WITH THEIR STORY. (DEBRIS CLATTERS) THE AFTERMATH OF A VIOLENT WAKE-UP CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THIS CAR ROLLING AND SMASHING THROUGH THE SIDE OF A ROLLESTON HOME AT SPEED, LANDING ON A COUPLE'S BED AS THEY SLEPT. THE NOISE, THE SOUND OF IT. IT WAS THE WORST THING I EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. THUNDER, CRASHING IN, AND THEN... BIG BANG. AND IT'S THE SCARIEST THING I EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE AND I STILL HEAR IT WHEN I SIT IN A QUIET PLACE. SUE-ANN WAS PINNED UNDER THE WRECKAGE, UNABLE TO MOVE. I ONLY HEARD HIM SCREAMING. I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM SCREAM LIKE THAT BEFORE. BUT SOMETHING KICKED IN AS HE BATTLED TO FREE HIS WIFE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID IT, BUT I JUST KNOW I HAD THE CAR ON THE ONE SIDE AND I HAD HER HAND IN MY OTHER. THE THOUGHT OF LIVING WITHOUT HIS OTHER HALF WAS TOO MUCH. YEAH, IT'S MY BEST FRIEND. SHE'S MY EVERYTHING. YEAH, I WOULDN'T GO` I WOULDN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT HER. DEFINITELY. SHE'S THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN. BEST PART OF ME, ACTUALLY. BOTH WERE LEFT SHAKEN AND BADLY BRUISED, BUT MIRACULOUSLY, THEY ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. SO SURPRISED WHEN THE DOCTOR SAID EVERYTHING WAS CLEAR. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. AND ALL THE TESTS, IT'S NOT JUST THE ONE, THE CT SCANS, THE SONAR, THEY DID THE... BOTH: X-RAYS. IT'S` IT'S AMAZING. I` I DON'T UNDERSTAND. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS LEFT IN A MODERATE CONDITION. A 35-YEAR-OLD NOW FACES DRINK DRIVING CHARGES AND IS DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. THE COUPLE WERE RENTING THIS HOME WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN AND HAD NO INSURANCE, BUT THEY'RE THANKFUL THEY STILL HAVE EACH OTHER. DONNA MARIE LEVER, 1 NEWS. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY AFTER DOZENS OF YOUNG REVELLERS ARE KILLED IN A NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN NORTH MACEDONIA. JUST AHEAD ` THE MOMENT THE FIRE STARTED, AND WHAT SURVIVORS SAY HAPPENED NEXT. THEN ` THE TOLL FROM A WAVE OF U.S. AIRSTRIKES TARGETING HOUTHI REBELS THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE DILEMMA OF THE WOODEN SPOON. HANDY KITCHEN HELPER OR GERMY LITTLE STIRRING STICK? PLUS ` WE RIDE ALONG WITH THE POLICE. COULD A CAREER HELPING OTHERS BE WHAT YOU'RE AFTER? AND THE SEA SHELL COLLECTION THAT GOT THE CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. ('COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER) (READS) "Additional tax refunds. Click the link to..." # You're as cold as ice... # Not clicking the link. (CLEARS THROAT) VOICEOVER: If something seems suss, we're here to help 24/7 on 0800 ASB FRAUD. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. A SURVEY OF ABOUT 250 FAMILIES CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HAS REVEALED MORE THAN A THIRD HAVE HAD THEIR SUPPORT FUNDING SLASHED. IT ALSO FOUND ONLY 12% ARE HAPPY WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM. THE GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING ITS DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES TO LOOK AT HOW THOSE MOST AFFECTED WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING DISTRIBUTED. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER EXPLAINS. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO, CHAMP. 19-YEAR-OLD JORDAN HAS ANGELMAN SYNDROME. THIS MEANS HE'S GENERALLY HAPPY, BUT ALSO SEVERELY DISABLED, NON-VERBAL, AND SLEEPS ONLY 2 TO 4 HOURS A NIGHT SINCE HE WAS A BABY. WE'RE EXHAUSTED. WE DON'T SLEEP. THE PRESSURE ON HIS FAMILY, WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR HIM, IS EXTREME. THEY COUNT ON GOVERNMENT-FUNDED SUPPORT, INCLUDING SHORT-TERM RESPITE CARE, ALLOWING THEM TO REST TWO DAYS A MONTH. LAST YEAR I HAD HUGE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND I WAS SUICIDAL. THAT PACKAGE AND MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENING, THE SERVICE INTERVENING ` HELPED ME THROUGH THAT. I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE HERE TODAY IF I DIDN'T HAVE THAT. BUT NOW THERE'S UNCERTAINTY. THEIR ANNUAL REVIEW WAS DELAYED BY SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THEY WERE ONLY NOTIFIED LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. THEIR SUPPORT, WHICH ENDS IN A FORTNIGHT, HAS BEEN EXTENDED. MORE THAN A THIRD OF 250 OTHER FAMILIES SURVEYED BY CARERS NZ HAVE HAD A DECREASE IN SUPPORT AND FUNDING SINCE OCTOBER. MORE THAN 70% OF CARERS HAVE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND THIS IS REALLY EXACERBATING THOSE FEELINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE WORST CASE, PEOPLE FEEL THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO KILL THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBER, AND THAT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND OFTEN WHAT GETS PEOPLE THROUGH IS HOPE. AND AT THE MOMENT, IT'S HOPE THAT'S BEING CHALLENGED. LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT INCREASED ITS DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES BY AN ADDITIONAL $1.1 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. IT'S CURRENTLY HOLDING A NATIONWIDE CONSULTATION PROCESS TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND HOW DISABILITY FUNDING SHOULD WORK. YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AND HOW IT'S BEING SPENT, SO THERE HAVE BEEN PAUSES WHILE THE GOVERNMENT FIGURES THAT OUT. THE PROBLEM IS, IN THAT TIME FRAME, LIFE DOESN'T STOP. FAMILIES LIKE THE WINTHERS HOPE THEY'LL BE LISTENED TO, FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR BOY. WORRIED FOR HIS FUTURE, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR HIM ADEQUATELY AND GIVE HIM THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE HIM. RESOURCES MAY BE STRETCHED, BUT THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF LOVE IN JORDAN'S WORLD. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. POLICE IN NORTH MACEDONIA HAVE DETAINED AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE AS THEY INVESTIGATE A NIGHTCLUB FIRE THAT KILLED 59 YOUNG PEOPLE. THE BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY PYROTECHNICS, WITH SURVIVORS SAYING 500 REVELLERS INSIDE RUSHED FOR THE EXITS. THE TRAGEDY UNFOLDED IN THE CITY OF KOCANI, AN HOUR FROM THE CAPITAL, SKOPJE. SOME OF THE 155 INJURED HAVE BEEN SENT TO HOSPITALS IN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. THE BBC'S GUY DELAUNEY REPORTS. (BAND PLAYS, CROWD CHEERS) THIS WAS THE MOMENT WHEN A GREAT NIGHT OUT TURNED INTO A DISASTER. NORTH MACEDONIA'S INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS SPARKS FROM ONSTAGE PYROTECHNICS HIT A CEILING ` WHICH WAS MADE OF HIGHLY FLAMMABLE MATERIAL ` AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB IN KOCANI. AS MANY AS 1500 YOUNG PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE AT THE TIME FOR A CONCERT BY THE POPULAR BAND DNK. THE FLAMES SOON TOOK HOLD. SURVIVORS SAID THERE WAS A CRUSH INSIDE AS PEOPLE RUSHED FOR THE EXITS. MARIJA LOST HER SISTER IN THE PANIC. (SPEAKS MACEDONIAN) TRANSLATOR: THE FIRE BROKE OUT. EVERYONE STARTED SCREAMING AND SHOUTING, 'GET OUT! GET OUT!' BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS ONLY ONE EXIT. THEN EVERYONE STARTED PUSHING EACH OTHER, SO I HEADED FOR THE EXIT. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT I ENDED UP ON THE GROUND. I COULDN'T GET UP, AND AT THAT MOMENT, PEOPLE STARTED STOMPING ON ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT SOMEHOW, I MANAGED TO GET OUT. POLICE ARE NOW BLOCKING OFF THE WAY INTO THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB ` WHICH IS BEHIND THIS YELLOW AND GREEN HOTEL THAT YOU CAN SEE ` BECAUSE THIS IS NOW THE SITE OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. QUITE APART FROM THE FACT THAT THE VENUE WENT ON FIRE AND BURNED SO FIERCELY, THE POLICE AND THE AUTHORITIES WANT TO KNOW WHY IT WAS SO MANY PEOPLE WERE PACKED INSIDE AND SO MANY OF THEM APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN UNDERAGE. THE AUTHORITIES SAY THOSE WHO DIED WERE AGED FROM 14 TO 24. OUTSIDE THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, DEVASTATED PARENTS SPOKE OF THEIR LOSS AND THEIR ANGER. (SPEAKS MACEDONIAN) TRANSLATOR: WHY IS THE MAYOR NOT HERE? WHY DIDN'T THE MAYOR SEND AN INSPECTION TO CHECK UP ON THIS CLUB? TRANSLATOR: I ONLY HAD ONE CHILD ` ONE. ONLY ONE! AND THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM ME. AND TONIGHT, PEOPLE GATHERED AT A VIGIL ON KOCANI'S RIVERSIDE TO REMEMBER THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. MINISTERS ARE PROMISING AN URGENT INVESTIGATION, SAYING EVERYONE WHO FAILED MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. FOUR OF THOSE PERFORMING IN THE BAND DIED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOW ORDERED EMERGENCY INSPECTIONS OF ALL RESTAURANTS, NIGHTCLUBS AND MUSIC VENUES. YEMEN'S HOUTHI REBELS HAVE VOWED TO ESCALATE THEIR RESPONSE AFTER CLAIMING U.S. AIRSTRIKES HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN. THE U.S. SAYS IT WILL HIT THE HOUTHIS UNTIL THEY STOP ATTACKING SHIPS IN THE RED SEA, WHILE WARNING IRAN OVER ITS SUPPORT FOR THE GROUP. ALI PUGH WITH THIS UPDATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMISED 'HELL WOULD RAIN DOWN' AND ACCORDING TO THIS FOOTAGE FROM THE HOUTHI REBELS' MEDIA ARM, IT DID. SMOKE POURING FROM YEMEN'S CAPITAL FOLLOWING AN INTENSE WAVE OF U.S. AIRSTRIKES ON HOUTHI-HELD AREAS. THE HOUTHI HEALTH MINISTRY CLAIMS DOZENS WERE KILLED, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WATCHING IT UNFOLD FROM HIS FLORIDA GOLF COURSE. (SPEAKS ARABIC) THE HOUTHIS VOWING TO ESCALATE THEIR RESPONSE, CLAIMING THEY'VE ALREADY LAUNCHED MISSILES AND DRONES AT THIS AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE RED SEA ` THOUGH THE U.S. SAYS THEY DIDN'T COME CLOSE. SINCE THE DEADLY HAMAS-LED ATTACK ON ISRAEL IN 2023 AND ISRAEL'S RESPONSE, THE HOUTHIS HAVE ATTACKED MORE THAN 100 VESSELS ON THE RED SEA, AND SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO TARGET THE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LANE UNTIL MORE AID IS SENT TO THE GAZA STRIP, POSTING THIS CHILLING ANIMATED VIDEO ON 'X' OF COFFINS DRAPED IN AMERICAN FLAGS FLOATING IN THE OCEAN. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS COME OUT SWINGING AGAINST IRAN. IT IS IRAN THAT HAS REPEATEDLY FUNDED, RESOURCED, TRAINED AND HELPED THE HOUTHIS TARGET NOT ONLY U.S. WARSHIPS, BUT GLOBAL COMMERCE, AND HAS HELPED THE HOUTHIS SHUT DOWN TWO OF THE WORLD'S MOST STRATEGIC SEA LANES. THE U.S. SAYS IT'LL CONTINUE ITS STRIKES UNTIL THE HOUTHIS COMMIT TO STOPPING THEIRS... (JET ENGINE ROARS) ...A SHORT TIME AGO POSTING VISION OF MORE WARJETS HEADED TO HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN, A COUNTRY ALREADY ON THE BRINK OF WIDESPREAD FAMINE FOR MILLIONS. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENCE UNREPENTANT, SAYING ON FOX, 'THE ERA OF PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH IS BACK.' ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM THREE DAYS OF DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES AND SEVERE STORMS IN THE U.S. HAS RISEN TO 40. AT LEAST 500 HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN PARTS OF AMERICA'S MIDWEST AND SOUTH. 60 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECORDED ACROSS EIGHT STATES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, AND POWERFUL WINDS SPAWNED BY THE SAME STORM SYSTEM ARE FANNING WILDFIRES THAT HAVE RAZED AT LEAST 300 HOMES. DESPITE A U.S. JUDGE'S LAST-MINUTE ORDER BARRING IT, THE VATICAN HAS RELEASED THE FIRST PHOTO OF THE POPE SINCE HE WAS HOSPITALISED A MONTH AGO. POPE FRANCIS IS SEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR AT A CHAPEL IN ROME'S GEMELLI HOSPITAL. HE'S THANKED WELL-WISHERS AND DESCRIBED HIS BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA AS A 'PERIOD OF TRIAL'. JUST AHEAD ` ONE WELLINGTON SUBURB, TWO SERIOUS INCIDENTS OVERNIGHT. POLICE FIND A MAN UNCONSCIOUS ON A MIRAMAR STREET AFTER BEING CALLED TO A HOME INVASION NEARBY. THE POSSIBLE CONNECTION AND HOW LOCALS COULD HELP THE INVESTIGATION. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` WE RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT TO SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON THE FRONT LINE AS A POLICE OFFICER. PLUS ` HOW A STAPLE IN THE KITCHEN COULD BE QUITE THE HOME FOR BACTERIA. AND TURNING A TRIP TO THE BEACH INTO WORKS OF ART. THE ARTIST WHO'S TAKING SHELL COLLAGE TO A NEW LEVEL. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. SONG: # You're as cold as ice... # What's your address? Not telling. What's your bank account number? 123... Nah! Would you be interested in... Nope. How about a deal... Nah! Pay here! (*Pfffft SOUND*) Negative. Not. Telling. (PHONE RINGS) # Cold # As # Ice... # Hello? My card number? It's, um... Ooh, yeah! # You're as cold as ice... # HOKI MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. WELLINGTON POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP AS THEY TRY TO DETERMINE IF TWO SERIOUS INCIDENTS IN MIRAMAR OVERNIGHT ARE LINKED. ONE PERSON WAS FOUND AT AN INTERSECTION UNCONSCIOUS AND CRITICALLY INJURED, WHILE ANOTHER PERSON SUSTAINED INJURIES AFTER AN INTRUDER ENTERED THEIR HOME. ABBEY WAKEFIELD FILED THIS REPORT. THIS IS ONE OF THE SCENES POLICE ARE EXAMINING TODAY WHERE BLOODSTAINS CAN BE SEEN ON THE FOOTPATH OF THE INTERSECTION OF CAMPERDOWN RD AND TOTARA RD IN MIRAMAR. AT 2.30AM, OFFICERS ON PATROL FOUND A PERSON HERE UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON DARLINGTON RD WHERE AN INTRUDER LEFT ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME WITH MINOR INJURIES. POLICE ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE IF THESE INCIDENTS ARE LINKED. THE OFFENDER HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TALL MAN OF THIN, ATHLETIC BUILD, ALSO WEARING A WHITE CAP. AN OLYMPIAN, A CONSERVATION GROUP AND SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE ALL JOINING FORCES TO FIGHT A PROPOSAL THAT COULD IMPACT A PRISTINE RIVER IN THE BAY OF PLENTY. THE KAITUNA RIVER, WHICH FLOWS OUT OF LAKE ROTORUA, IS USED AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR KAYAKERS. BUT LAND OWNERS ARE PLANNING A NEW HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME ` AS OUR BAY OF PLENTY REPORTER JORDYN RUDD EXPLAINS. KAYAKING RUNS THROUGH RIVER MUTTON'S VEINS. THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S GROWN UP IN A FAMILY OF PADDLERS, WITH THE KAITUNA RIVER ON HER BACK DOORSTEP. THE KAITUNA, TO ME, IS MY HOME. YEAH, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL TO ME, AND I LOVE IT HERE. IT'S ALSO WHERE OLYMPIAN CANOE SLALOMIST MIKE DAWSON FINESSED HIS CRAFT. IT'S CULTURALLY SO SIGNIFICANT FOR, UM... FOR NEW ZEALAND. IT'S A PLACE THAT PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO EXPERIENCE, TO PADDLE, TO TRAIN, TO RAFT. ONCE IT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD, YOU NEVER WANNA LEAVE THIS PLACE. BUT THIS PLACE COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE, WITH LAND OWNERS TAHEKE 8C LOOKING TO DIVERT PARTS OF THE RIVER FOR A HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME. IT WILL DIVERT WATER THIS WAY BUT MAINTAIN A MINIMUM FLOW OF 2.5 CUSECS DOWN HERE. THIS SCHEME WILL ADD VALUE NOT ONLY FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE BUT FROM AN EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVE AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE. THE PROPOSED GREEN ENERGY HUB, INCLUDING TAHEKE 8C'S GEOTHERMAL PROJECT, AIMS TO PROVIDE 85% OF THE ELECTRICITY CURRENTLY IMPORTED INTO THE BAY OF PLENTY REGION. SOMETIMES, THE NEEDS OF A MANY OUTWEIGH THE MEANS OF A FEW. THE PROPOSED WEIR WOULD DIVERT THE RIVER FLOW, AFFECTING THREE SECTIONS OF WHITE WATER. WHEN WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THAT, UH, YEAH, IT WAS VERY CONFRONTING. TAHEKE 8C IS LOOKING TO SUBMIT ITS PROPOSAL UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S FAST TRACK APPROVAL SCHEME, WHICH OPENED LAST MONTH, AIMING TO SPEED UP HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY PROJECTS. FOREST & BIRD HAS JOINED CALLS TO HALT THE PROJECT, SAYING IT THREATENS THE RIVER'S ECOLOGICAL HEALTH. THE FLOW DOWN THE RIVER WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 2.5 CUSECS. THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF, YOU KNOW, NEAR ON FILLING A OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL EVERY 40 MINUTES. THAT REDUCED FLOW WILL IMPROVE THE AQUATIC LIFE. TAHEKE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, LIKE, HOW MUCH EFFECT THIS IS GONNA HAVE ON PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS RIVER. TAHEKE 8C IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSAL IN THE COMING MONTHS. JORDYN RUDD, 1 NEWS. JENNY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT. AND THE WARRIORS WILL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANT COACH FOR A TIME? THAT'S RIGHT. RICHARD AGAR HIT WITH A BAN AND HIT IN THE POCKET AFTER HIS RUN-IN WITH A JOURNALIST IN LAS VEGAS. PROBABLY SOME REGRET TOO FOR THE BLACK FOILS. WHAT LOST THEM TOP SPOT AT THE LATEST SAIL GP EVENT IN L.A.? PLUS ` LIAM LAWSON ON WHAT WENT WRONG AS HE LOOKS AHEAD TO THIS WEEKEND'S SHANGHAI GRAND PRIX, AS LEWIS CLAREBURT PICKS HIMSELF UP FROM HIS PARIS DISAPPOINTMENT. AND IF IT HIT 30 DEGREES AT YOUR PLACE TODAY, TOMORROW WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT DAY. IT'S 'A PACK THE RAINCOAT AND EXTRA LAYER' DAY FOR MOST. PLUS ` WE HAVE STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST TOO. DETAILS COMING UP AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA, WELCOME TO SPORT. 'WE TOOK A CHANCE' ` THOSE THE WORDS FROM LIAM LAWSON AS HE REFLECTS ON A DISASTROUS DEBUT RACE FOR RED BULL, THE KIWI CRASHING OUT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, NOW WITH JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS TO REGROUP BEFORE ROUND TWO OF THE FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WAS THERE. RACING ON ALBERT PARK'S STREET CIRCUIT LIKE RUNNING ON A KNIFE'S EDGE ` ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. YEAH, I'M IN THE WALL, MATE. THERE'S JUST NO GRIP, SORRY. YEAH, WE WERE REALLY STRUGGLING, TO BE HONEST. SO, I HAD A LOT OF TYRE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT EARLY ON IN THE RACE. SO, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST BEEN A TOUGH WEEKEND. 'TOUGH' AN UNDERSTATEMENT ` FROM CAR ISSUES IN PRACTICE TO A LACK OF RUNNING TIME. TURN TWO ON LAP 47 ENDING LAWSON'S RED BULL RACE DEBUT. BUT HE HELD ON THERE, TRYING TO DO HIS BEST. AND IT'S JUST THE CONDITIONS OF THE DAY, AND IT'S BAD LUCK. IT'S JUST A LEARNING CURVE. AND OF COURSE, HE HAD REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT WEATHER CONDITIONS. A GAMBLE TO STAY ON SLICK TYRES ULTIMATELY COSTING RED BULL'S NUMBER TWO DRIVER, WORLD CHAMPION TEAMMATE MAX VERSTAPPEN, OPTING FOR THE CHANGE TO INTERMEDIATES. THEY'RE ALL IN FOR THE WIN. NO, HE PEELS IN! HE PEELS IN! THEY CAN'T HANG ON ON SLICK TYRES ON A WET TRACK. WE TOOK A CHANCE, TO BE HONEST, HOPING AT LEAST HALF THE TRACK WOULD STAY DRY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS BUCKETING DOWN WITH RAIN, SO, UM... YEAH. AT THAT POINT, TO BE HONEST, I HAD BACKED OUT AT PUSHING AT THAT POINT. BECAUSE IT WAS SO WET, I WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY ON TRACK. BUT OBVIOUSLY, NOT IDEAL. LAWSON ONE OF SIX DRIVERS FAILING TO FINISH THE RACE. PADDOCK CHATTER ALREADY IN FULL SWING. HE WAS MILES OFF. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOO HARSH ON DEBUT, BUT AT TIMES, HE WAS THREE SECONDS OFF HIS TEAMMATE PER LAP. YEAH, IT'S NOT BEEN A GOOD DAY. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEEN A GOOD WEEKEND, FRANKLY. BUT PROMISINGLY THE KIWI RECORDED THE SECOND-FASTEST LAP IN THE RACE, BEHIND RACE WINNER LANDO NORRIS. LAWSON HAS NO TIME TO DWELL ON THIS. FROM MELBOURNE, HE GOES TO SHANGHAI FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CHINESE GRAND PRIX. WHATEVER THE NAYSAYERS ARE SAYING, THEY CAN KEEP SAYING IT. LIAM WILL KEEP HIS HEAD DOWN AND KEEP FOCUSED. YES, THE CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR LAWSON IS IMMENSE, BUT SO TOO IS THE POTENTIAL. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS, MELBOURNE. THE BLACK FOILS HAVE HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND AT THE LATEST SAIL GP EVENT IN LOS ANGELES. IT'S A BETTER RESULT AFTER A COUPLE OF POOR REGATTAS, IT'S A BETTER RESULT AFTER A COUPLE OF POOR REGATTAS BUT ONE THE BLACK FOILS WILL LOOK BACK ON AS ONE THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON. JORDAN OPPERT HAS THE ACTION. ALL ABOUT TIMING NOW. HOW ARE WE LOOKING, PETER BURLING? WE ARE ON TIME. AS THE BLACK FOILS WELL KNOW, A FAST START OFTEN LEADS TO FAVOURABLE RESULTS... IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME CATCHING BURLING AND CO FROM HERE. ...QUICKLY SETTING THE TOP SPEED OF THE DAY. BUT TODAY, THE START WAS THE LEAST OF THEIR ISSUES, DROPPING OFF THEIR FOILS IN TOO MANY MANOEUVRES. NEW ZEALAND ARE OFF THE FOILS. ANOTHER ERROR BY THE BLACK FOILS. YEAH, I FELT LIKE WE MADE A FEW INCORRECT DECISIONS AROUND THE RACETRACK. DEFINITELY A FEW THINGS I LOOK BACK AND KICK MYSELF ON TECHNICALLY. AND THEN, YEAH, WE HAD THAT ONE BIG EVENT WHICH KIND OF PUT THEM A LONG WAY IN FRONT. UM, YEAH, A REAL SHAME TO LET SOMEONE PASS IN THE FINAL WHEN YOU NEEDED MARK ONE. YOU SHOULD` YOU SHOULD WIN THOSE ONES. EARLIER IN THE LAST THREE FLEET RACES, WITH A FINAL SPOT ALL BUT CONFIRMED, NEW ZEALAND SAILED CONSERVATIVELY ON A SHORTENED, CONDENSED COURSE, DUE TO LIGHT WINDS. THEY LOOK SO GOOD RIGHT NOW. THEY JUST LOOK CLEAN. WHICH MAKES AN UNTIDY FINAL ALL THE MORE DISAPPOINTING. CANADA SWEEPING IN TO TAKE THEIR FIRST VICTORY SINCE CHRISTCHURCH IN 2023. BEEN 727 DAYS IN THE MAKING. THE EMIRATES WINNING MOMENT GOES THE WAY OF NORTHSTAR CANADA. THEY GOT THE JUMP ON US AT THE START. WE GOT A JUMP ON THEM ON THE JIBE, AND THEN... WE JUST HAD AN OPTION FOR A` FOR A SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM WITH A RIGHT TURN. AND I THINK FROM THERE, THE WAY THAT THE COURSE WAS LAID OUT, IT WAS KIND OF IN OUR FAVOUR, AND THEY WERE GOING TO STRUGGLE AT THE TOP. AND UM, YEAH ` WE GOT PAST, WE HELD ON. NEW ZEALAND STILL SIT THIRD IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS. WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK BACK ON IT AND KICK OURSELVES A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR A FEW OPPORTUNITIES MISSED. BUT ALL IN ALL, I MEAN IT'S A` IT'S A CHALLENGING RACE. THE TOP THREE TEAMS ARE SUPER GOOD. JUST PROUD OF REALLY PUSHING. I MEAN, EIGHT RACES THIS WEEKEND IS A LOT OF RACING. SO YEAH, A LOT TO LEARN. NOT LONG TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO EVENT THIS WEEKEND. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. WARRIORS ASSISTANT COACH RICHARD AGAR IS FACING A THREE-GAME BAN AND $10,000 FINE AFTER HIS RUN-IN WITH A JOURNALIST IN LAS VEGAS. AGAR REPORTEDLY PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY ASSAULTED A BRITISH JOURNALIST DURING HALFTIME OF THE WARRIORS' HEAVY DEFEAT TO CANBERRA. THE NRL TODAY ISSUED AGAR WITH A BREACH NOTICE, PREVENTING HIM FROM PERFORMING ANY DUTIES WITH THE WARRIORS ON MATCH DAYS OR TRAVELLING WITH THE SIDE TO AWAY GAMES. AGAR HAS FIVE DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE. KIWI CYCLIST ALLY WOLLASTON'S MADE A STATEMENT ON HER RETURN TO THE TRACK, WINNING THE WOMEN'S OMNIUM AT THE NATIONS CUP IN TURKIYE. THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION HAD TO WORK HARD FOR IT ` BACK IN 14TH AFTER THE SCRATCH RACE, RIDING HER WAY BACK TO THE TOP IN THE POINTS RACE. IT'S SECOND PLACE FOR ALLY WOLLASTON. COMES THROUGH, TAKES MAXIMUM POINTS. 128 POINTS TO THE WORLD CHAMPION. IT MEANS A LOT. I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE TRACK SINCE THE WORLD CHAMPS IN COPENHAGEN, AND YEAH, IT'S BEEN MY FIRST RACE IN THE RAINBOWS, AND I FELT A BIT OF PRESSURE OUT THERE TODAY, AND TO COME AWAY WITH A WIN IS JUST, YEAH, AMAZING. IT WAS NEW ZEALAND'S THIRD MEDAL AT THE NATIONS CUP. NEWCASTLE UNITED'S LONG 56-YEAR WAIT FOR A MAJOR TROPHY IS OVER, WINNING TODAY'S ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP FINAL 2-1 OVER LIVERPOOL. DAN BURN'S POWERFUL HEADER PUTTING NEWCASTLE AHEAD JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME; ALEXANDER ISAK THEN DOUBLING THE LEAD WITH A SWEEPING SHOT FROM CLOSE RANGE. A LATE LIVERPOOL GOAL TO SUBSTITUTE FEDERICO CHIESA MADE FOR A NERVY FINISH, BUT THE TOON ARMY WERE SOON IN FULL CELEBRATION MODE. (WHISTLE BLOWS, RAUCOUS CHEERING) NEWCASTLE UNITED HAVE WON A TROPHY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1969! 56 YEARS OF HURT. NEWCASTLE'S LAST MAJOR TROPHY WAS THE INTER-CITIES FAIRS CUP IN 1969. WELLINGTON IS HILLY, BUT NOT EXACTLY AT ALTITUDE. BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED A HANDFUL OF OUR TOP SWIMMERS GETTING IN SOME ALTITUDE TRAINING IN THE CAPITAL. LEWIS CLAREBURT ONE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACILITIES AT THE NZCIS AS HE LOOKS TO GET OVER HIS PARIS OLYMPICS DISAPPOINTMENT. HERE'S LUKE ROBINSON. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A NORMAL DAY ON THE TOOLS... OOH! BUT FOR LEWIS CLAREBURT AND CARTER SWIFT, THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH ELSE TO DO. (LAUGHS) YEAH. CONFINED TO THIS ROOM FOR 14 HOURS A DAY IN THE NAME OF ALTITUDE TRAINING, ONLY LEAVING IT TO SWIM... AND TRAIN IN THE GYM. IT'S, LIKE, BEEN PROVEN TO HELP WITH SWIMMING PERFORMANCE, IN SORT OF, LIKE, THE LEGAL SENSE. THE ALTITUDE MONITORED BY THIS BOX; THE PAIR SHARING THIS SPACE FOR THREE WEEKS. IT'S ALWAYS FUN LIVING WITH LEWIS. HE KEEPS ME ON THE TOES TOO. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST SEEING WHAT HE DOES DIFFERENTLY TO WHAT I DO DIFFERENTLY. CLAREBURT, THE 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WORLD CHAMPION, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE FOLLOWING HIS DISAPPOINTING SIXTH AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. IT'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW. I WALK AWAY SORT OF, NOT SATISFIED. I WANTED TO BE ON THE PODIUM, AND OBVIOUSLY, I WASN'T. YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PODIUM HAD I HAD A GOOD PERFORMANCE, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK I PERFORMED THE WAY I SHOULD HAVE. THE FRUSTRATION IN FRANCE AFFECTING HIS PASSION IN THE POOL. IS THE DRIVE STILL THERE AND IS L.A. THE GOAL? IT DEFINITELY TOOK A WHILE TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT UNTIL THE END OF LAST YEAR I WANTED TO ACTUALLY TRAIN PROPERLY. TOOK ME UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO REALLY FIND MY PROPER MOTIVATION. NOW BACK LOVING SWIMMING AND THE FACILITIES ON OFFER AS HE LOOKS TO ADD A THIRD OLYMPICS TO HIS RESUME ` ON ONE CONDITION. IDEALLY, I WANT TO GO TO L.A, BUT IF I DECIDE TWO YEARS DOWN THE TRACK THAT I DON'T WANT TO SWIM ANY MORE, THEN THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS L.A, BUT I'M ONLY DOING THIS IF I'M GOING TO ENJOY IT. CURRENTLY ENJOYING IT, HOPING ALTITUDE CAN HELP TAKE HIM TO THE TOP OF THE SPORT. LUKE ROBINSON, 1 NEWS. THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, THE RICHEST TOURNAMENT IN GOLF, WILL BE DECIDED BY A THREE-HOLE PLAYOFF BETWEEN RORY MCILROY AND JJ SPAUN AFTER A STORM INTERRUPTED THE FINAL ROUND. MCILROY BUILT A THREE-SHOT LEAD ON THE BACK NINE AFTER A FOUR-HOUR RAIN DELAY, BUT SPAUN REFUSING TO GO AWAY, AFTER A FOUR-HOUR RAIN DELAY, BUT SPAUN REFUSED TO GO AWAY, HAVING THIS PUTT FOR THE WIN AS DARKNESS SET IN. MCILROY LOOKING TO REPEAT HIS VICTORY OF 2019. YEAH, LOOK, ALL DAY, IT WAS A BIT OF A BATTLE. I'M STANDING HERE FEELING LIKE I PROBABLY SHOULD BE GOING HOME WITH THE TROPHY TONIGHT, BUT, UM, THAT'S FINE. I'LL RESET AND HOPEFULLY GO HOME WITH THE TROPHY TOMORROW MORNING. THE WINNER WILL COLLECT $7.8M. KIWI RYAN FOX WILL BANK NEARLY $420,000 FOR FINISHING IN A TIE FOR 12TH. AN EVEN BIGGER PAYDAY FOR FELLOW KIWI BEN CAMPBELL, POCKETING $2.6M FOR FINISHING THIRD AT THE LIV GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SINGAPORE. THE QUEENSTOWN GOLFER'S NOW 11TH ON THE SEASON STANDINGS IN HIS FIRST YEAR ON THE REBEL TOUR, WITH EARNINGS OF $4.5M. BOTH THE WHITE FERNS AND BLACKCAPS' PREPARATIONS FOR TOMORROW'S T20 DOUBLE-HEADER HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, HAVING TO DRIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO DUNEDIN AFTER THEIR FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED. THE BLACKCAPS EXPECTING A FIGHTING RESPONSE FROM PAKISTAN, WHO THEY COMPREHENSIVELY BEAT BY NINE WICKETS. JACOB DUFFY STARRING WITH THE BALL, TAKING 4/14 TO HELP ROLL THE VISITORS FOR JUST 91. IT WAS PRETTY CLINICAL FROM US. I GUESS, YOU COULD SAY, PAKISTAN CAUGHT ON THE HOP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE BOUNCE OF THE PITCHES. THE CLIMATE OVER THERE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY, IT'S SO DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY ARE USED TO AND QUITE AN INEXPERIENCED SIDE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY NORMALLY ARE. THEY'LL ADAPT AND ADJUST , AND I GUESS THEY'LL BE BACK STRONGER TOMORROW FOR IT. THE WHITE FERNS DECIDER AGAINST SRI LANKA GETS UNDERWAY FIRST FROM 10AM, LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ 1 AND TVNZ+. DON'T YOU HATE THAT? HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US. STAY WITH US. ERIN'S HERE WITH MORE WILD WEATHER ON THE WAY. AND THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE ARTIST INSPIRING ANYONE WHO'S EVER COLLECTED A SHELL OFF THE BEACH. PLUS ` FIND OUT WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE BEING ON PATROL. AND THE REAL PROBLEM WITH YOUR WOODEN SPOON. WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY AT 7. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. IT'S BEEN A DAY OF EXTREMES OUT THERE TODAY. AND HERE'S A SNAPSHOT ` NEARLY 100MM OF RAIN TO MILFORD SOUND, WITH MORE TO COME. DUNEDIN ` A VERY STICKY NIGHT LAST NIGHT, NOT DIPPING BELOW 21 DEGREES. TIMARU HIT NEARLY 34 TODAY. THIS AND DUNEDIN'S LOW IS 14 DEGREES WARMER THAN WE'D EXPECT. AND STRONG WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH TOO. AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MORE HEAVY RAIN WITH WARNINGS TRACK UP THE WEST COAST. THESE SPOTS HAVE BEEN UNUSUALLY DRY, SO THE RISK OF SURFACE FLOODING ` THINGS LIFTING BY ABOUT 6AM. BUT RAIN SPREADS TO PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S EAST TOO. AND THEN ` WATCH HOW THAT HEAVIEST BAND CROSSES THE NORTH ISLAND AS WELL. SO MOST SPOTS ARE IN FOR PERIODS OF RAIN. THERE COULD BE THUNDER AND STRONG WINDS IN THE MIX TOO. IT WAS THAT STRONG, WARM NOR'WESTER THAT DROVE UP TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TODAY. TOMORROW, THAT DROPS AWAY BEHIND THE RAIN WITH A SOUTHERLY SHIFT. AND THAT COOL AIR MASS WORKS UP THE COUNTRY TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY, BUT THEN THINGS BEGIN TO SETTLE AND WARM UP AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. STARTING OFF WITH JUST A BIT OF CLOUD ABOUT UP TOP. BUT WATCH THE RAIN BAND APPROACH, ARRIVING LATE MORNING TO KAITAIA IN THE AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTH, THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE MIX, AND A WIND PICKING UP THROUGH THE MORNING. 23 TO 26 DEGREES. A 'RAIN COAT AND EXTRA LAYER DAY', TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. SOME LATE MORNING RAIN, AND AGAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IT COULD BE HEAVY TOO. AND THE NORTHERLY WHIPPING AROUND TO A SOU'WESTER AND PICKING UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. YOUR 25-DEGREE HIGH ABOUT LUNCHTIME BEFORE DROPPING OFF. CLOUD TO START, HAMILTON. THEN IT MAY BE HEAVY FALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. 24 IS YOUR HIGH. POCKETS OF RAIN COMING AND GOING THROUGH THE MORNING HERE, BUT THEN THE HEAVIER BAND ARRIVES. YOU MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOW 20S FOR ALL. ON-AND-OFF RAIN, RAMPING UP FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON IN TAURANGA. 24 IS YOUR HIGH. KICKING OFF FINE IN THE EAST, BUT IN ROLLS THE WIND AND RAIN TO DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON IN THE AFTERNOON. PETERING OUT A BIT AND ARRIVING IN THE EVENING TO HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE. 25 FOR YOU, GISBORNE. A MESSY DAY IN THE WEST ` HEAVIER RAIN FROM LATE MORNING OR LUNCHTIME, THEN POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND LOW- TO MID-20S. THE WIND REALLY PICKING UP OVERNIGHT IN THE CAPITAL. GALE NORTHERLIES ` THAT EASES IN THE AFTERNOON. LATE MORNING, THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER IN THE AFTERNOON. 20 IS YOUR HIGH. RAIN OR SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH. HEAVIEST IN WESTPORT, WITH THUNDER LATER IN THE DAY, WITH 20 TO 22 FOR ALL. A VERY DIFFERENT DAY FROM TODAY, OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. NO MORE 30 DEGREES ` INSTEAD, SCATTERED RAIN. AND THOSE GUSTY NOR'WESTERS WILL BECOME STRONG SOU'WESTERS IN THE MORNING. 22 IS YOUR HIGH. SOME HEAVY FALLS CONTINUE IN THE WEST. THEY EASE, BUT GREYMOUTH MAY SEE HEAVY THUNDERY AFTERNOON SHOWERS. ON-AND-OFF RAIN AND STRONG WINDS IN THE EAST, AND MUCH, MUCH COOLER. AND THE WIND WILL EASE, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN, AND THE MERCURY'S PLUMMETING. OCCASIONAL RAIN, ALL CLEARING BY EVENING, BUT A VERY COOL 14. AND A FEW SHOWERS STICKING AROUND IN THE LOWER SOUTH, BUT A MUCH BETTER-LOOKING AFTERNOON. OAMARU WELL DOWN ON TODAY WITH 17. OCCASIONAL RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING, OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE CRICKET, RUG UP. CLOUDY WITH A FRESH SOUTHERLY KEEPING THINGS AT JUST 15 DEGREES. WEDNESDAY ` RAIN AND SHOWERS SPREAD TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE MORE SETTLED STUFF BUILDS OVER THE SOUTH. AND BY THURSDAY, THE FINE, SETTLED STUFF SPREADS NORTH. JUST SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE EAST AND LOWER NORTH ISLAND. SO, WE'RE ON A BIT OF A WEATHER ROLLERCOASTER AT THE MOMENT ` PREPARE FOR IT ALL. MUCH APPRECIATED.