TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE FINAL LAP FOR THE SPEEDWAY AT WESTERN SPRINGS. SUPPORTERS RALLY FOR A LAST-MINUTE BATTLE TO KEEP MOTOR RACING AT THE ICONIC VENUE ON THE LAST DAY OF RACING THERE. FLIGHTS RESUME AT LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT AFTER A FIRE FORCED IT TO SHUTDOWN. THE CHAOS IT CAUSED AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATION. AND TRIBUTES FLOW FOR BIG-HITTING BOXING LEGEND GEORGE FOREMAN. THE KNOCKOUTS, THE GRILL, AND THE FAMOUS RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE. GOOD HEAVY RIGHT HAND TAKEN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHEEK BY ALI. GOOD RIGHT HAND THROWN BY FOREMAN THAT TIME. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS ` POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT IN CARTERTON, WAIRARAPA. A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND OTHER ROADS ARE CLOSED AROUND THE DISTRICT. 1 NEWS REPORTER SAM OLLEY IS ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE BUT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM UPPER HUTT. SAM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? POLICE HAVE SAID THAT THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN 4 AND 4.30. THEY ARE NOT REVEALING MUCH AT THIS STAGE BESIDES MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY TWO. ONE PERSON HAS DIED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE PUBLIC BECAME AWARE OF THEM ON THE MAIN STREET. THERE IS NOW A GAZEBO OUTSIDE THE NEW WORLD. A CUSTOMER TOLD US THAT SOMEONE OVER A SPEAKER TOLD CUSTOMERS TO QUIETLY AND CALMLY LEAVE THE STORE. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A FALSE ALARM OR A DRILL UNTIL SHE WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW EMERGENCY VEHICLES. SHE LEFT THE SCENE. POLICE HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING TO TWO PEOPLE IN RELATION TO THIS, BUT HAVE REITERATED THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS WIDER RISK TO THE PUBLIC. THE THUNDEROUS ROAR AND RUMBLE OF REVVED UP MOTORS REVERBERATING ACROSS CENTRAL AUCKLAND IS ABOUT TO FALL SILENT. AFTER 96 YEARS OF HIGH-SPEED THRILLS AND SPILLS, IT'S THE FINAL LAP FOR SPEEDWAY AT WESTERN SPRINGS TONIGHT. THE END OF AN ERA FOR MOTORSPORTS IN NEW ZEALAND. AND THE BATTLE TO KEEP SPEEDWAY RACING AT THE FAMOUS VENUE CONTINUED RIGHT TO THE END. HUNDREDS TURNING OUT TODAY TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSURE. RACING NOW MOVING TO WAIKARAKA PARK IN THE SUBURB OF ONEHUNGA. A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL MOVE BY THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL. ESTABLISHED IN 1929, WESTERN SPRINGS SPEEDWAY'S BECOME A BEDROCK OF THE COUNTRY'S MOTORSPORT RACING AND CULTURE. WE'LL CROSS LIVE TO JACOB JOHNSON AT THE VENUE SHORTLY. FIRST, THE RICH HISTORY AND LAST-MINUTE BATTLE. SAVE OUR SPEEDWAY! (HORN BLOWS) ALL CHANT: SAVE OUR SPEEDWAY! AN 11TH HOUR ATTEMPT FROM SPEEDWAY SUPPORTERS TO SAVE THEIR VENUE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO. WELL, I'VE COME HERE LIKE MOSTLY MY ENTIRE LIFE. WE FEEL WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT RAILROADED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND HEY, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE. CALLING FOR THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER ITS PLAN TO MOVE ALL SPEEDWAY EVENTS IN AUCKLAND TO WAIKARAKA PARK, ENDING ALMOST A CENTURY OF RACING AT WESTERN SPRINGS. IT'S A PLACE WHERE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN COME AND SEE FOUR GENERATIONS OF ONE FAMILY SITTING TOGETHER, EATING A DUSTY HOT DOG, ENJOYING THE FAMILY FUN OF SPEEDWAY. WE'VE EXPLORED EVERY ANGLE WE COULD AROUND... WAS THERE A WAY THAT WE HAVE ANY RIGHTS AND WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING? SO PRETTY MUCH, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO LEASE YOU THEIR STADIUM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THIS MARCH, WHICH HAS CLOSED DOWN PART OF THE BUSY GREAT NORTH ROAD. THE MESSAGE SIMPLE: SAVE THE SPEEDWAY. MANY HERE UNIMPRESSED WITH HOW DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AROUND THE COUNCIL TABLE, INCLUDING SOME COUNCILLORS. THERE'S BEEN A SORRY LITANY OF... OF ABUSE OF PROCESS AND A NUMBER OF THERE'S BEEN A SORRY LITANY OF... OF ABUSE OF PROCESS AND A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE GROUPS HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTED. IN A STATEMENT, AUCKLAND COUNCIL TELLING ONE NEWS THERE WERE SOME ERRORS WITH LETTERS OF SUPPORT, BUT SAYS THESE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GENUINE MISUNDERSTANDINGS WHICH WERE CORRECTED BEFORE ANY DECISIONS WERE MADE. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF RACING BEGAN THIS MORNING. THOSE COMPETING SAY 'IT'S BITTERSWEET'. THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE DRIVERS COME FROM AMERICA AND THEY COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO RACE HERE, AND YOU DON'T GET THAT ANYWHERE ELSE. I'M VERY SAD ABOUT THE OCCASION, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS EVENING AND WE'VE REALLY GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. GRAHAM STANDRINGS WON MORE FEATURE RACES AT WESTERN SPRINGS THAN ANY OTHER DRIVER. UNDER AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S PLAN, THEIR NEW VENUE, WAIKARAKA PARK WOULD GET AN $11m UPGRADE. HE BELIEVES THAT'S A POSITIVE. PROVIDED THAT WE'D GET THE REBUILD OF WAIKARAKA PARK, UM, DONE REALLY WELL. IF WE CAN DO THAT, OKAY THEN THE SPORT WILL GROW. BUT FOR SOME THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER. I THINK THERE'S A VERY STRONG PROSPECT NOW THAT THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW. I UNDERSTAND A K.C. HAS BEEN ENGAGED. THE BEAUTY OF WESTERN SPRINGS IS THE NATURAL AMPHITHEATRE. IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DESTROYING A REALLY BEAUTIFUL AUCKLAND ASSET. AN ASSET THESE FANS DESPERATELY WANT TO KEEP. LET'S GO TO JACOB NOW. THE FINISH LINE NEARS THE CHEQUERED FLAG. WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE FINAL FAREWELL TONIGHT JACOB? YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RACING IS WELL UNDERWAY. THERE ARE 14,000 FANS HERE TONIGHT. ALMOST A SELL-OUT. THEY ARE DOING THINGS THEY HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. FOR INSTANCE, A 96-LAP RAACE TO MARK 96 YEARS. OK JACOB, WHAT ARE THE PLANS NOW FOR WESTERN SPRINGS? THERE ARE THREE PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE HERE. ONE IS FOR A 12 1/2 THOUSAND SEAT PRECINCT STADIUM. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IT IS BACKED BY THE TEAM BEHIND AUCKLAND FC. NBA STAR STEPHEN ADAMS IS ALSO GETTING BEHIND THE PROPOSAL. THIS IS JUST ONE OPTION. CRS RECORDS, A MUSIC PROMOTER, WANTS TO FUND A LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. PONSONBY RUGBY CLUB WANTS TO EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE OTHER SPORTS AND CONCERTS AS WELL. THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE ON ITS PREFERRED OPTION IN EARLY MAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC GET TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF THIS PLACE. THANKS. JACOB JOHNSON, AT, FOR THE LAST TIME, WESTERN SPRINGS SPEEDWAY. GEORGE FOREMAN, THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING GREAT WHO ALSO BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS GRILL, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 76. HIS ENDURING AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER WENT FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO THE OLDEST WORLD CHAMPION IN HISTORY. AS TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI REPORTS, HE'S ALSO REMEMBERED FOR A FAMOUS BOUT AGAINST MUHAMMAD ALI. THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE. GEORGE FORMAN AND MUHAMMAD ALI. TWO AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHTS SLUGGING IT OUT IN ZAIRE, AFRICA, 1974. STILL CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGHTS IN HISTORY, AND BACK THEN, THE MOST WATCHED TELEVISED EVENT. GEORGE FOREMAN WAS JUST BOWLING, KNOCKING EVERYONE OUT, AND MUHAMMAD ALI - HE WASN'T AS POWERFUL WITH HIS PUNCHES AS GEORGE FOREMAN, SO EVERYONE WROTE HIM OFF. I GOT INTO THE RING WHEN I FOUGHT HIM, EXPECTING A BIG BRUTE, SOMEBODY WHO COULD BOX WHO COULD JAB WHO COULD PUNCH, I DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THAT, BUT I DID FIND A PRESENCE LIKE NO OTHER. A PRESENCE THAT LED TO THE UNTHINKABLE... MUHAMMAD ALI DID WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, THE ROPE-A-DOPE, HE STAYED ON THE ROPES, AND GEORGE TRIED CLUBBING HIM AWAY, CLUBBING HIM AWAY, AND HE ENDED UP BLOWING HIMSELF OUT. AN UNBEATEN FOREMAN... TAKEN OUT BY THE UNDERDOG. BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE END OF HIS LONG, ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN THE RING. THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST WENT ON TO WIN A SECOND HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1994. MICHAEL MOORER WAS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND GEORGE FOREMAN WENT IN THERE AT 46 AND TOOK THE CROWN. BECOMING THE OLDEST HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION IN HISTORY. MANY, MANY FIGHTS THAT I'VE WATCHED, YOU KNOW HE BEAT JOE FRAZIER AND JOE FRAZIER WAS ONE OF THE BEST HEAVY WEIGHTS TO WALK THIS PLANET AND YOU KNOW HE FOUGHT HIM WITH AN UPPERCUT, HE LIFTED BOTH HIS FEET. HE FINALLY HUNG UP HIS GLOVES IN 1997 AND SPENT THE LATTER PART OF HIS CAREER ENDORSING PRODUCTS. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THEM. IT'S MY GEORGE FOREMAN OVEN. OVER A HUNDRED MILLION GEORGE FOREMAN GRILLS HAVE BEEN SOLD WORLDWIDE. HIS WORK IN AND OUT OF THE RING MAKING HIM A HOUSE-HOLD NAME. GEORGE FOREMAN, JOE FRAZIER AND MUHAMMAD ALI, THEY'RE ALL GONE NOW. BOXING GREATS... WHO WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. ONE OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS, HEATHROW, IS BACK OPEN AGAIN AFTER SHUTTING DOWN FOR 18 HOURS. QUESTIONS NOW BEING RAISED ABOUT HOW SUCH A CRITICAL FACILITY WAS CRIPPLED WITHOUT A BACKUP PLAN. A FIRE AT A NEARBY ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION BROUGHT EUROPE'S BUSIEST AIRPORT TO A STANDSTILL, SPARKING WORLDWIDE TRAVEL CHAOS. EXPERTS WARNING IT COULD TAKE A WEEK TO CLEAR THE BACKLOG. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WAS AT HEATHROW TO BRING US BREAKING NEWS LAST NIGHT. SHE HAS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. GROUNDED WITH NOWHERE TO GO ` ONE OF EUROPE'S BIGGEST TRAVEL HUBS AT A COMPLETE STANDSTILL, POWER KNOCKED OUT TO ALL OF LONDON HEATHROW'S FOUR PASSENGER TERMINALS AND CARGO BUILDING. AN OIL-FUELLED FIRE AT A NEARBY ELECTRICAL STATION CAUSING CHAOS ON THE GROUND AND IN THE SKIES TOO. SO WE'VE JUST HEARD THAT WE'VE BEEN TURNED AROUND. WE'RE ON A 14-HOUR FLIGHT FROM SINGAPORE TO HEATHROW, AND WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, THEY'VE TURNED US AROUND. WE WERE THREE HOURS IN, SO WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD TO GO BACK. SO I GUESS THEY'RE TAKING ALL THE CLOSE ONES THAT HAVEN'T GOT FUEL AND LANDING THEM ALL OVER THE SHOW, AND WE'VE BEEN DEEMED TO BE TOO FAR AWAY, SO BACK WE GO. THESE KIWIS WERE ON ONE OF 120 FLIGHTS THAT HAD TO BE IMMEDIATELY DIVERTED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DEPARTURE POINT OR TO A NEARBY AIRPORT. THEY NOW JOIN OVER 200,000 DISRUPTED PASSENGERS. AIRPORTS AROUND THE WORLD PACKED WITH TRAVELLERS DESPERATE FOR MORE INFORMATION. THEY TOLD US THAT THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND THERE IS NO FLIGHT FOR THE NEXT TWO, THREE DAYS. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LAND IN HEATHROW AND THEN GO TO HELSINKI FOR A TOUR, AND NOW WE CAN'T GET ANYWHERE. HEATHROW AIRPORT SAYS THE AMOUNT OF POWER LOST WAS EQUAL TO A SMALL CITY'S USAGE. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR INCIDENT. I MEAN, SHORT OF ANYBODY GETTING HURT, THIS IS AS BIG AS IT GETS FOR OUR AIRPORT, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY COMING BACK QUITE FAST, I WOULD SAY, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THEN BRING BACK UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. IT'S FUELLING SYSTEMS, IT'S BRIDGES, IT'S ESCALATORS, ELEVATORS. HEATHROW IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD. LAST YEAR, 83.9 MILLION PEOPLE CAME THROUGH. IT SERVICES AROUND 1300 FLIGHTS A DAY. THAT'S A PLANE TAKING OFF OR LANDING HERE ONE EVERY MINUTE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THERE IS NO ACTIVITY HAPPENING AT HEATHROW AIRPORT. AND AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST OF THESE THINGS, IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE BACKLOG TO CLEAR. COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICE ARE NOW LEADING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THEY SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, BUT ARE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND. THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT WILL NEED TO BE FULLY INVESTIGATED, AND VERY THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE GOVERNMENT DEMANDING ANSWERS, CONCERNED ABOUT HEATHROW AIRPORT'S RESILIENCE. THE BACKUP ARRANGEMENTS HAVE NOT WORKED. AND AGAIN, IN ANY INVESTIGATION, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY HOW THIS SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN PLANNED IN THIS WAY SO THAT IT'S SO VULNERABLE. WHILE FLIGHTS HAVE NOW RESUMED, THE REMNANTS OF THIS FIRE SMOULDERING ON. SO, TOO, THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR TRAVELLERS ` THE COST EXPECTED TO BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT HOW THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR TRAVEL HUBS. THE BIG PICTURE ` ABOUT 27km FROM CENTRAL LONDON, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE NORTH HYDE SUBSTATION THAT POWERS NEARBY HEATHROW AIRPORT. THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN MOMENTS AFTER THE FIRE STARTED, JUST AFTER 11.30pm UK TIME. MINUTES LATER, A SECOND BLAST ROCKED THE AREA, LOCALS REPORTING A POWER OUTAGE. IT WASN'T TILL MORE THAN AN HOUR AND HALF LATER A MESSAGE WENT OUT TO ALL PILOTS THAT THE AIRPORT IS SHUTTING DOWN. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT HOW IT PLAYED OUT IN THE AIR WITH THE TRACKING SITE FLIGHT RADAR. SPED-UP VIDEO SHOWING ALL THOSE FLIGHTS HEADING FOR HEATHROW ` AND THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED AFTER THE CLOSURE. THE KNOCK-ON EFFECT SET TO CONTINUE. A MAN IN HIS 20s HAS DIED FOLLOWING A JET-BOAT INCIDENT ON THE RUAMAHANGA RIVER, NEAR MASTERTON, YESTERDAY. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED AFTER A JET BOAT PASSENGER WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE. HE DIED AT THE SCENE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER, AND MARITIME SAFETY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. COMING UP ` A CRITICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN SUDAN'S LONG-RUNNING CIVIL WAR. SOLDIERS CELEBRATE AS THEY RE-CLAIM THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE FROM REBELS AFTER TWO YEARS. JUBILANT SCENES ` BUT WILL IT LAST? PRINCE WILLIAM'S BACK IN COMBAT MODE ` THE ROYALS ON THE FRONT LINES OF NATO'S DEFENCES IN THE UKRAINE CONFLICT. WHAT THE HEIR TO THE THRONE TOLD TROOPS ABOUT HOW IT FEELS IN THE REGION. (PHONE CHIMES) SONG: # You # You've got what I need... # Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. A QUEENSTOWN COUNCILLOR IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAYS ARE PLANS TO USE EMERGENCY POWERS TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER INTO THE SHOTOVER RIVER. THE COUNCIL MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BUT NIKI GLADDING'S SO CONCERNED, SHE'S DECIDED TO BLOW THE WHISTLE. QUEENSTOWN-BASED REPORTER JARED MCCULLOCH HAS MORE. IN QUEENSTOWN, YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK OF TOURISTS BUNGY JUMPING AND JETBOATING. BUT THIS COUNCILLOR'S NOW SPEAKING OUT OVER CLAIMS THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER INTO THE SHOTOVER RIVER. LOOK I WAS STUNNED, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU HEAR EVERY DAY. THE WASTEWATER PLANT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR QUEENSTOWN COUNCIL FOR YEARS.. IT'S BEEN SLAPPED WITH INFRINGEMENT NOTICES BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THERE'S ALSO AN ONGOING ENVIRONMENT COURT ORDER INTO THE FACILITY. COUNCIL HELD A WORKSHOP BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ON THURSDAY INFORMING COUNCILLORS ABOUT THE ONGOING ISSUES OF THE DISPOSAL FIELD'S PERFORMANCE. NOW SHE CLAIMS THE COUNCIL WANTS TO USE EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER SECTION 330 OF THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT TO DISCHARGE TREATED EFFLUENT INTO THE SHOTOVER. THEY CITED THREE POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES. ONE, AN AMENITY EMERGENCY, TWO, A HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THREE, A BIRD STRIKE AVIATION-RELATED EMERGENCY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE BIRDS THAT ARE ATTRACTED TO THE PONDED WATER. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE PROXIMITY, THE WATER TREATMENT PONDS SIT BELOW QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT AND ALONGSIDE THE SHOTOVER RIVER, AND THAT WATER IMMEDIATELY FLOWS INTO THE NEARBY KAWARAU RIVER. QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT TOLD 1 NEWS IN A STATEMENT IT HAD HIGHLIGHTED THE INCREASED RISK OF BIRDS TO COUNCIL. IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD EVERYBODY AS SOON AS THEY DECIDED IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. NIKI GLADDING WORRIES THE COUNCIL'S MISUSING THE EMERGENCY POWERS AND CLAIMS THE PLAN WOULD SEE 12,000M3 OF TREATED WASTEWATER PUMPED INTO THE RIVER EACH DAY. I CAN SEE THERE IS A RISK FROM THE BIRDS. IF WE LOOK AT THOSE OTHER WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT AND THEY PROVE IMPOSSIBLE, THEN ABSOLUTELY SECTION 330 MAY BE APPROPRIATE. BUT WE NEED TO LET LOCAL RUNANGA, WE NEED TO LET COUNCILS DOWNSTREAM KNOW. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN FEED IN AND WE MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. COUNCIL HAS PUT $77M ASIDE FOR A LONG TERM SOLUTION, AND HAS BEEN ASSURING THE COMMUNITY THE WASTEWATER PLANT REMAINS EFFECTIVE. I FEEL IT'S SNEAKY. BUT THIS WHISTLE-BLOWING COUNCILLOR IS NOT CONVINCED THEY'RE TAKING THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION. LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO JARED MCCULLOCH IN QUEENSTOWN. JARED, THERE'S NOT BEEN MUCH COMMENT THERE FROM THE COUNCIL ` WHY IS THAT? WE WERE ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE LATE YESTERDAY FORESHADOWING AN UPDATE ON THE FACILITY. THAT RELEASE TALKED ABOUT THE BIRDS BUT NOT THE EMERGENCY MEASURES WE HAVE HEARD. THEY DID SAY A FURTHER UPDATE TO MEDIA NEXT WEEK WHERE WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS. THAT COUNCIL BELIEVED IT WAS TOO IMPORTANT TO WAIT AND WANTED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC. EYE PUT FURTHER QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL TODAY AND ASKED FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT WEEK. KEEP IN MIND IT IS A LONG WEEKEND DUE TO OTAGO ANNIVERSARY. THANKS. JARED MCCULLOCH IN QUEENSTOWN. THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS MET WITH ESTONIAN FORCES DURING A VISIT TO THE BALTIC STATE ON DAY TWO OF HIS TRIP TO STRENGTHEN UK TIES WITH ITS NATO ALLY. THE ROYAL, WEARING MILITARY FATIGUES, TALKED WITH ESTONIAN SOLDIERS TRAINING ALONGSIDE BRITISH TROOPS DURING A VISIT TO A MAJOR MILITARY BASE. PRINCE WILLIAM TRAVELLED IN A TANK AND WATCHED A TACTICAL EXERCISE IN TRENCH WARFARE. THE CAMP IS JUST OVER 100km FROM THE RUSSIAN BORDER. THE UK HAS 900 TROOPS STATIONED THERE ` ITS BIGGEST DEPLOYMENT OVERSEAS. HE TOLD TROOPS IT MUST FEEL LIKE A TENSE TIME TO BE IN THE REGION. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE CLASHED WITH POLICE IN ISTANBUL FOR A THIRD NIGHT AFTER THE CITY'S MAYOR WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AND TERRORISM. PROTESTERS WERE FACED WITH RUBBER BULLETS AND WATER CANNON. TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN REFERRING TO THEIR ACTIONS AS 'STREET TERRORISM' AS THEY DEFIED HIS BAN ON GATHERINGS. ISTANBUL'S MAYOR IS A RIVAL TO ERDOGAN ` THE ARREST VIEWED BY SOME AS AN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK HIM FROM RUNNING IN THE 2028 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. SO FAR, 53 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS. THE SUDANESE ARMY HAS RE-TAKEN THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN THE CAPITAL KHARTOUM FROM OCCUPYING REBELS, WHICH COULD BE A TURNING POINT IN THE ONGOING CIVIL WAR. THE COUNTRY IN NORTH-EASTERN AFRICA, JUST SOUTH OF EGYPT, HAS A POPULATION OF 50 MILLION AND HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY TURMOIL FOR TWO YEARS. THE BBC'S BARBARA PLETT USHER REPORTS. HANDS UP AND TRIUMPHANT ` SEIZING BACK SUDAN'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF POWER. INSIDE, REMNANTS OF HEAVY FIGHTING AGAINST THE PARAMILITARY RSF. NOW THE ARMY'S RECAPTURED MUCH OF KHARTOUM'S STRATEGIC CENTRE. (ALL SING) WE WERE GIVEN ACCESS AS THE MILITARY LAUNCHED THIS OFFENSIVE. THESE TROOPS ARE HEADING INTO THE BATTLE ZONE IN KHARTOUM, SAYS THE ARMY, TO CARRY OUT A SPECIAL OPERATION AGAINST RSF FIGHTERS THERE. THE INTENSE BATTLE'S FOLLOWED WEEKS OF AN ARMY ADVANCE. THESE VIDEOS POSTED BY SOLDIERS SHOWING THE SURGE TOWARDS THE PALACE. BUT MILITARY SUCCESSES DON'T EASE THE CIVILIAN COST OF THE WAR. AT THIS MORGUE, MORE VICTIMS OF SHELLING. (CRIES) LITTLE OMNIA WAS IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS WHEN THE SHELLS STRUCK. HER SURVIVAL'S SEEN AS A MIRACLE, ORPHANED ALONG WITH THREE BROTHERS. TRANSLATOR: WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO AFFECT THEM IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL TRY TO MAKE UP TO THEM THE AFFECTION OF THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HARD. YET AGAIN, THE WOMEN GATHER TO MOURN. NOTHING LIKE NORMAL LIFE IS POSSIBLE, THEY TELL ME. TRANSLATOR: WE WAKE AND FALL ASLEEP TO THE SOUND OF SHELLING. THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS IN A STATE OF TERROR. WE ARE ALWAYS IN A STATE OF SADNESS. THE SCALE OF DEATH IS MEASURED BY THE EXPANDING GRAVEYARD. THESE FRESH GRAVES, WE'RE TOLD, HOLD VICTIMS OF RSF FIRE. BUT BOTH SIDES ARE CONDEMNED FOR WAR CRIMES, THE ARMY ACCUSED OF MASS KILLINGS ELSEWHERE. ABDIN DURMA GRAVES BEFORE THE WAR; NOW HE DOES NOTHING ELSE. (SHOUTING) THE ARMY NOW BELIEVES IT'S ON COURSE TO RETAKE THE REST OF THE CAPITAL, BUT THEY REMAIN A LONG WAY STILL FROM WINNING THE WAR. THE RSF REBEL GROUP STILL CONTROLS MOST OF THE DARFUR REGION IN WESTERN SUDAN AND PARTS OF THE SOUTH. COMING UP ` AIRBNB-ERS SAY THEY CAN'T SURVIVE A PROPOSED WELLINGTON COUNCIL CLAMPDOWN ON HOMEOWNERS WHO RENT TO SHORT-STAY GUESTS. HOW IT'LL WORK, AND THE DISCLOSURE TO COUNCIL NO OWNER IS MAKING RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S BEEN A SUNNY START TO SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, THANKS TO A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PARKED UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. HOWEVER, A RAIN BAND WORKED ITS WAY ONTO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND TODAY AND IS MAKING ITS WAY NORTHWARDS TOMORROW. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. IT'S A COUNTRY OF 'GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH'. THAT'S HOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON DESCRIBED INDIA AFTER SPENDING THE PAST WEEK GETTING FREE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS OFFICIALLY OFF THE GROUND. THE PRIME MINISTER WAS THERE AT THE INVITATION OF HIS COUNTERPART, NARENDRA MODI. LUXON SAT DOWN WITH POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY AGREE AND DISAGREE ON. A NEW WARMTH BETWEEN TWO GOVERNMENTS WHICH FOR THE LAST DECADE HAD COOLED. I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED HERE OVER THE LAST WEEK. IT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. THESE ARE TWO COUNTRIES THAT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE DOING A LOT MORE TOGETHER. DAY ONE IN INDIA SAW NEGOTIATIONS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED FOR A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. I THINK WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IS A PROJECTION FROM BOTH PRIME MINISTERS TO OUR TRADE MINISTERS AND ON TO OUR TEAMS THAT ACTUALLY, WE WANT TO DO A DEAL. (HORN HONKS) BUT A DEAL INVOLVING DAIRY IS STILL A SENSITIVE TOPIC. DOMESTICALLY, INDIANS ARE BIG PRODUCERS. 45% OF THE POPULATION ARE SMALL FARM HOLDERS. THE ANSWER IS NOT TO SAY LET'S NOT TRY. THE ANSWER IS NOT TO SAY, 'OH, IT'S JUST TOO HARD, LET'S GIVE UP BEFORE WE'VE EVEN STARTED.' AND SO WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT UP FRONT WITH THE INDIAN COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. THE SUBJECT OF SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS HAD MORE CONSENSUS, ANNOUNCING OUR DEFENCE FORCES WILL UNDERTAKE JOINT TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENTS. IF YOU WANT PROSPERITY, IN 2025, IT COMES WITH SECURITY, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT HE CALLED THE ANTI-INDIA SIKH SEPARATIST KHALISTAN GROUP, WHICH IS BASED IN NEW ZEALAND. HE SHARED WITH ME A BROAD ASSESSMENT FROM THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW AS A GLOBAL RISK AROUND THAT WITH RESPECT TO TERRORISM. CHRISTOPHER LUXON DECLARING FREE SPEECH WHILE AT A PROTEST IN AUCKLAND, THEY CHANTED 'KILL MODI'. SOME WILL ARGUE THERE'S FREE SPEECH, AND THEN THERE'S HATE SPEECH. DOES THIS ERR INTO THAT REALM? WELL, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE CASE. WHAT I CAN SAY TO YOU VERY CLEARLY IS WHAT I SAID TO PRIME MINISTER MODI ` THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT ASSESSMENT OF HOW YOU SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT RISK. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, WE ARE A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE FREE SPEECH. WE HAVE PROTESTS. IT'S THE AREAS OF ALIGNMENT, THOUGH... (THWACK! ALL EXCLAIM) THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH FOR THE NEXT 50 TO 100 YEARS. AND SO REALLY, FOR THEM, IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY COOPERATING WITH NEW ZEALAND. ...WHICH BOTH COUNTRIES ARE FOCUSED ON. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW ON Q+A WITH JACK TAME TOMORROW FROM 9am ON TVNZ 1. WELLINGTON AIRBNB AND SHORT-STAY ACCOMMODATION HOSTS SAY A RATES CRACKDOWN WOULD NEARLY QUADRUPLE THEIR BILLS AND CRIPPLE THEIR INCOME. COUNCIL CURRENTLY RELIES ON HOMEOWNERS TO DECLARE SHORT-TERM RENTAL BUSINESSES, BUT NO AIRBNB OWNER HAS. AS SAM OLLEY REPORTS, THE COUNCIL'S NOW PLANNING TO GET TOUGH. EMMA REED MAKES UP TO $24,000 A YEAR FROM HER TWO AIRBNB COTTAGES. BUT IF SHE PAID COMMERCIAL RATES 3.7 TIMES MORE THAN RESIDENTIAL, SHE'D MAKE A LOSS. IT'S JUST NOT VIABLE. WE'D HAVE TO SHUT DOWN. SHE HASN'T REPORTED HERSELF AS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY. SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS MEANT TO. I MEAN, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED. APPARENTLY THEY'VE GOT A REGISTER, BUT THEY'VE GOT NO ONE ON IT. UM, I MEAN, I'M PAYING GST. I` I PAY TAXES. OVERALL, THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL TELLING 1 NEWS IT'S NOT AWARE OF ANY AIRBNB HOST VOLUNTARILY COMING FORWARD TO SAY THEY'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS. SO THE COUNCIL'S CONSULTING THE PUBLIC, LOOKING TO CLAMP DOWN AND CHECK ONLINE LISTINGS AND OCCUPANCIES AND SEND COMMERCIAL RATES BILLS TO HOSTS BOOKING 60 NIGHTS A YEAR. THIS IS A POLICY WHICH IS EITHER EQUIVALENT TO, OR EVEN NOT AS STRICT AS MOST OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY CAPITAL CITIES. BUT SOME FEAR IT'S TOO DIVISIVE... AND RATIFYING NEIGHBOURS SPYING ON EACH OTHER, LIKE THE WORST OF EASTERN EUROPE BEFORE THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. ...OTHERS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING VISITORS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO TO PORIRUA OR LOWER HUTT, WHICH DOESN'T CHARGE IN THE SAME WAY. ON AVERAGE, AIRBNBs HERE IN WELLINGTON MAKE MORE THAN $19,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE NOW, BUT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT REPORTS SAY THAT'S PUSHED UP HOUSE PRICES AND RENT. WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO RENT OR WANT TO BUY, THEY'RE ALL TAKEN UP BY THE AIRBNB. AND SO I THINK THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED A COMMERCIAL RATE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT MAKES SENSE. IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. NO, NOT COMMERCIAL RATES. THERE'D BE... THERE'D BE NO MONEY FOR THEM LEFT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INCOME. AUCKLAND AND QUEENSTOWN COUNCILS HAVE A GRADUATED SYSTEM. RATES SHIFT DEPENDING ON LOCATION AND POPULARITY, RAMPING UP WHEN THEY HIT MORE THAN 180 NIGHTS A YEAR, WHILE ROTORUA AND CHRISTCHURCH BUMP RATES UP AFTER MORE THAN 60 NIGHTS, LIKE WELLINGTON PLANS TO. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE AIRBNB, IT'S GOING TO BE BOOKABACH. IT'S GOING TO BE THE HOLIDAY HOUSES ON TRADE ME. THE LONG TERM PLAN CONSULTATION CLOSES IN FOUR WEEKS. SAM OLLEY, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT ` AND IT'S BEEN A CRAZY 24 HOURS! HARRY BACK IN MANDY CLARKE'S ARMS, SAFE AND SOUND BUT A LITTLE WORSE FOR WEAR. HE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT WITH OUR FAMILY OVER THE YEARS. HE IS PART OF THE FAMILY FOR US A MONTH LATER HE WAS BLOTTED ON THE GROUNDS OF QUAKERS HILL, 10KM AWAY. SO THEY CARED FOR HIM FROM AFAR, HELPING LITTLE HARRY AND JOY EXTREME HEAT IN SUMMER STORMS. HE MISSED OUT ON CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. I WAS SO EXCITED AND WE WERE CRYING AND KEEP WAITING FOR THAT PHONE CALL MID LAST MONTH THE LOCAL RESCUE AGENCY FILLING A CAGE... C, CHICKEN, A SMOKE SPRAY. BACK HERE, THE ALL WHITES ARE A STEP CLOSER TO THE WORLD CUP ` BUT SOME ODD SCENES DURING THE GAME IN WELLINGTON. ROGER TUIVASA SCHECK, ON ONE LEG, HELPS SAVE THE WARRIORS. AND THE TWO SUPER RUGBY LADDER LEADERS CONTINUE TO CARVE UP THE COMPETITION. ANEI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA. WELCOME TO SPORT, AND TONIGHT, LIAM LAWSON'S FIRST TASTE OF A FORMULA ONE SPRINT RACE. THE QUICK FIRE 19-LAP RACE IN CHINA HAS BEEN WON BY LEWIS HAMILTON, HIS FIRST VICTORY IN A FERRARI. LAWSON STARTED FROM THE BACK OF THE GRID, BUT DIDN'T STAY THERE FOR LONG. HERE'S KATE WELLS. STARTING THE SPRINT RACE AT THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX FROM 19th, THE PRESSURE WAS ON LIAM LAWSON. HE'S GOTTA MAKE HIS WAY THROUGH HALF A DOZEN OF THOSE CARS AT LEAST. MAYBE 10. HE MIGHT NOT'VE DONE THAT, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY A BIG IMPROVEMENT. LAWSON DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IN THIS RACE, AND THAT'S JUST SHOW HE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WORKING HIS WAY UP WITH A HANDFUL OF PRESSURE PASSES... LIAM LAWSON MIGHT MAKE IT TWO MOVES THAT IS MADE ON CARLOS SAINZ IN ONE THE CORNER. HE DOES, PICKS UP THE PIECES AND MOVES AHEAD. ...TO FINISH 14th IN THE 19-LAP RACE, THE 23-YEAR-OLD LEARNING VALUABLE LESSONS IN HIS SECOND RACE FOR RED BULL. EVEN IF YOU'RE FASTER, IT'S STILL QUITE HARD TO OVERTAKE, JUST GRAINING THE TYRES FOLLOWING OTHER CARS. WE ALL KNOW QUALIFYING IS IMPORTANT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS REALLY SHOWS IT. SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T NEED TO DO ANY OVERTAKING ` IT'S A P1, BABY. GREAT JOB, GUYS. WOO. YES! LEWIS HAMILTON IN JUST HIS SECOND RACE WITH FERRARI HOLDING OFF OSCAR PIASTRI AND MAX VERSTAPPEN TO TAKE MAXIMUM POINTS. LAWSON'S PERFORMANCE IN THE SPRINT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON LAST NIGHT ` LAST IN QUALIFYING. LET'S GET DOWN TO TURN SIX. GOES IN OK, A BIT TENTATIVE WITH THE WHEEL. CLEAR SIGN OF A DRIVER WHO'S NOT AT ONE WITH THAT CAR. MATE, I'M REALLY SORRY, BUT I JUST` I HONESTLY COULD NOT GET THE TYRES DOWN. WHILE THE WORLD OF FORMULA ONE IS CUTTHROAT... FOR LIAM LAWSON, THAT IS PLUM LAST, AND THAT IS BAD NEWS. ...RED BULL TEAM BOSS CHRISTIAN HORNER IS IN LAWSON'S CORNER. I JUST TOLD HIM, LOOK, IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS AND IGNORE SOCIAL MEDIA. GET YOUR HEAD DOWN. AND HE'LL BE FINE. HE JUST NEEDS A BIT OF TIME. BUT LAWSON WILL KNOW THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO PROVE HIMSELF. KATE WELLS, 1 NEWS. MORE HISTORY FOR KIWI SNOWBOARD STAR ZOI SADOWSKI SYNNOTT IN SWITZERLAND, BECOMING A SLOPESTYLE WORLD CHAMPION FOR A RECORD THIRD TIME. THE 24-YEAR-OLD FROM WANAKA INITIALLY STRUGGLING IN THE TRICKY CONDITIONS. SITTING SIXTH HEADING INTO HER FINAL RUN BUT EXECUTING A SERIES OF TECHNICAL ELEMENTS TO TAKE THE TITLE. OH MY GOD, I CAN'T. I CAN'T REALLY BELIEVE IT. COMING INTO THIS WEEK, I WAS JUST FEELING INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS WHOLE WINTER AFTER MY INJURY LAST YEAR, AND JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE THE SUPPORT FROM MY SPONSORS, MY TEAM, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SADOWSKI SYNNOTT'S FINISHED ON THE PODIUM AT ALL FIVE SLOPESTYLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SHE'S COMPETED IN THROUGHOUT HER DECORATED CAREER. HAMISH KERR HAS GONE AGONISINGLY CLOSE TO DEFENDING HIS WORLD INDOOR TITLE FINISHING SECOND IN THE HIGH JUMP IN NANJING. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION CLEARING 2.28m WITH HIS FIRST ATTEMPT. BUT STRUGGLING WHEN THE BAR WAS LIFTED 3cm. SOAK UP THE ATTEMPT FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPION, HAMISH KERR, HE WANTS TO STAY IN THIS FINAL. 2.30M OUTDOORS IN NEW ZEALAND? UH, CLOSE TO 2.31M. BUT HE MISSES! KOREA'S WOO SANG HYEOK - THE ONLY ONE TO SUCCEED AT THE HEIGHT TO TAKE GOLD. SPRINTER ZOE HOBBS WON HER HEAT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WOMEN'S 60M TO MOVE THROUGH TO TONIGHT'S SEMIFINALS. THE ALL WHITES ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM CLAIMING A SPOT AT NEXT YEAR'S FIFA WORLD CUP. THE ONLY CONTROVERSY IN AN OTHERWISE DOMINANT PERFORMANCE AGAINST FIJI. ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CHRIS WOOD MISBEHAVING IN THE CROWD IN A GOOD WAY. ZION DAYAL EXPLAINS. USUALLY YELLOW CARDS ARE HANDED OUT FOR INDISCRETIONS. CHRIS WOOD IS IN THE CROWD. ALL WHITES CAPTAIN CHRIS WOOD RECEIVING ONE FOR BEING A NICE GUY. YELLOW CARD HE RECEIVED FOR STEPPING INTO THE CROWD... THAT'S RIDICULOUS! TO MEET HIS FANS. THE GAME ALL BUT OVER. WOOD TRYING TO PLEASE FANS BUT NOT PLEASING THE REFEREE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE IF THAT'S THE RULES, THAT'S THE RULES. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, UH, JUST DOING SOMETHING NICE AND TRYING TO SIGN THE FANS. THAT HIS ONLY BLEMISH IN AN OTHERWISE DOMINANT PERFORMANCE. AND CHRIS WOODS! WOODS SCORING A HAT TRICK. PAYNE INTO THE AREA` CHRIS WOODS JOLLY! IN NEW ZEALAND'S 7-0 ROMP OVER FIJI. LET'S SEE IF HE CAN PRODUCE SOME OF THAT DELIVERY. HE CAN AND BARBAROUSES SCORES! THE ALL WHITES NOW, 90 MINUTES AWAY FROM BOOKING A SPOT AT THE WORLD CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS. THE WORLD CUPS IS WHAT EVERYONE DREAMS OF AS A KID, SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN GRASP AND WITHIN TOUCHING REACH IS PRETTY COOL. STANDING IN THEIR WAY, NEW CALEDONIA. PHILIPPINES... SO HE'S THE KEEPER OF HIS LINE. WHO BEAT TAHITI 3-0 IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL. THE SMALL FRENCH TERRITORY SITS 63 PLACES BELOW NEW ZEALAND IN THE WORLD RANKINGS. THEY TYPICALLY HAVE A FEW QUALITY PLAYERS PLAYING IN FRANCE, DEFINITELY NO SLOUCHES. SO WE... IF WE DON'T SHOW UP WITH ANY, UM, COMPLACENCY, THEN... WE SHOULD GET THE JOB DONE. THE TWO SIDES LAST MET IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS IN 2022. NEW ZEALAND VICTORIOUS 7-1 IN THAT MATCH. ALL SIGNS SUGGEST A FAIRLY SIMILAR RESULT COME MONDAY NIGHT, SOON AS IT WAS OBVIOUS WE GOT THAT GUARANTEED SPOT. I WAS LIKE, IF THAT'S NOT US, THEN WE'VE DONE SOMETHING PRETTY DISASTROUS TO` TO NOT GET THERE. SO... BUT WE STILL NEED TO DO ALL THE LITTLE THINGS RIGHT AND GET EVERYTHING RIGHT ON THE NIGHT TO, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE... IT'S THE ALL WHITES TO LOSE. EDEN PARK AWAITS FOR WHAT SHOULD BE AN HISTORIC NIGHT FOR NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL. ZION DAYAL, 1 NEWS. TO SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC ` AND THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE SUFFERED ANOTHER CLOSE LOSS IN DUNEDIN, THIS TIME TO THE QUEENSLAND REDS THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER A FIRST HALF OF THE DROPSIES, A DECISIVE TRY CAME FOR THE HIGHLANDERS AFTER SUSTAINED PRESSURE CLOSE TO HALFTIME. HERE'S TELEA STEPPING. LOOKING GOOD. TELEA POWERING, SCORING! BUT THE REDS' SLICK SET PIECE GOT THEM BACK INTO THE GAME LATE IN THE SECOND HALF. A CHEEKY TRY WITH 10 TO PLAY GAVE QUEENSLAND BREATHING ROOM, WINNING IN THE END 29-23. THE CHIEFS REMAIN TOP OF THE TABLE FOR ANOTHER WEEK, BLITZING MOANA PASIFIKA IN THE FIRST HALF IN PUKEKOHE, SCORING SIX TRIES. STEVENSON'S THERE. NOW MACKENZIE. OFF HE GOES, DAMIEN MACKENZIE. OH-HO! WHAT A TRY. THE CHIEFS LED 43-7 AT THE BREAK BEFORE A SPIRITED MOANA FIGHTBACK. THEY CLOSED TO WITHIN EIGHT POINTS WITH FIVE TO PLAY, BUT IN THE END THE CHIEFS HOLDING ON 50-35. WHILE THEIR MEN'S TEAM FACES A HUGE BATTLE TONIGHT AGAINST THE CRUSADERS, THE BLUES WOMEN REMAIN THE ONES TO BEAT IN SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI. THOUGH THE BATTLE OF THE BOMBAYS GOT OFF TO A SICKENING START ` A HEAD INJURY TO THE MANAWA'S CHARMAINE SMITH STOPPING THE MATCH UNTIL SHE COULD BE SAFELY STRETCHERED OFF. WHEN PLAY RESUMED, THE BLUES RE-GAINED CONTROL, BEATING THE CHIEFS 36-21. GETTING THE OFFLOAD AWAY FOR WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE. AROUND ONE, THROUGH TUKUAFU, AND THERE SHE IS AGAIN. WELL, THE GREATS DON'T ALWAYS NEED IT TO GO THEIR WAY, BUT WHEN IT DOES, THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN DO. PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE. EARLIER, THE WINLESS HURRICANES POUA PUSHED MATATU IN LOWER HUTT. THE SOUTHERNERS PULLING AWAY IN THE LAST QUARTER WITH THREE LATE TRIES TO WIN 43-24. THE WARRIORS HAVE PULLED OFF ANOTHER GUTSY WIN, BEATING THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018 TO GO BACK-TO-BACK AT MOUNT SMART STADIUM. BUT THE 14-6 VICTORY COULD HAVE COME AT A COST, WITH A COUPLE OF KEY PLAYERS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. IF THERE WAS A MOMENT THAT DEFINED THE WARRIORS' GUTSY WIN, IT WAS THIS IN THE 54th MINUTE. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT ` ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK, TAKE A BOW. HAVING ALREADY TORN HIS HAMSTRING, ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK PUTTING HIS BODY ON THE LINE AGAIN TO STOP BIG DOMINIC YOUNG IN HIS STRIDE. THOSE BIG PLAYS, THEY WERE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, AND YOU NEED THEM. LIKE, YOU JUST CAN'T COME OUT AND EVERYTHING BE FLUFFY ALL THE TIME. YOU'VE GOTTA EARN IT AND YOU'VE GOTTA BE TOUGH. AND YOU GOTTA FIND A WAY AGAINST GOOD CLUBS. IT WAS A GAME WON OFF THE BACK OF BRUISING DEFENSIVE EFFORTS. HE'S STILL FEELING THAT, ISN'T HE? HAVING TRAILED FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, THEY'D FIND ANOTHER GEAR IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES ` FIRSTLY THROUGH SOME INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE FROM THEIR FIVE EIGHT... OH, YES! SHUT DOWN HARRIS-TAVITA! ...BEFORE ALI LEIATAUA DOUBLED DOWN TO PUT THE MATCH OUT OF REACH. LEIATAUA! THAT'S THE MATCH-WINNER FOR THE WARRIORS. TUIVASA-SHECK'S INJURY AND TAINE TUAUPIKI'S ALLEGED HIP DROP WHICH SAW HIM PLACED ON REPORT NOT DAMPENING SPIRITS JUST YET. IT'S STILL NOT PRETTY. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE YET. BUT I THINK WE'RE HOLDING OUR NERVE. I MEAN, WHEN WE CONCEDED, WE GATHERED OURSELVES FAST. I THINK WE WERE WAY BETTER AT THE MENTAL CHALLENGE OF ADVERSITY. IT'S THE FEWEST POINTS THE WARRIORS HAVE CONCEDED SINCE THEIR 2023 SEASON. (CROWD CHANTS, CHEERS) OH, YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT, TO SEE MY WIFE WITH MY BABY. UM, YEAH. IT MAKES THIS MOMENT MORE SPECIAL ` 50 GAMES FOR THE CLUB AND THE BOYS GOT THE WIN. MOUNT SMART MAGIC ONCE AGAIN ` HOPING THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUES ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE WEST TIGERS NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. GOOD PERFORMANCE. BLACKCAPS AND PAKISTAN AFTER THE NEWS. COMING UP ` RAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST STARTS TO HEAD NORTH ON SUNDAY. RENEE HAS THE DETAILS NEXT. ON Q+A THIS WEEK ` AS THE PRIME MINISTER RETURNS FROM INDIA, WE ASK CHRISTOPHER LUXON WHAT MORE IT'LL TAKE TO TURN AROUND THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY. Q+A, TOMORROW 9am ON 1 AND TVNZ+. Hi! Could you do something for me? # You've got what I need... # Thanks. # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. 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... # KIA ORA, HELLO AGAIN. IT'S BEEN SUNNY AND WARM FOR LARGE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. WE HAVE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PARKED UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, AND IT'S KEEPING SKIES CLEAR FOR MUCH OF TE IKA A MAUI. MEANWHILE, A WET WEATHER SYSTEM SLOWLY PUSHED ON TO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, BRINGING RAIN TO FIORDLAND AND SOUTHLAND. AS WE MOVE INTO SUNDAY, YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN MAKES ITS WAY NORTHWARDS UP THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE NORTH ISLAND REMAINS DRY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE. FROM THE TOP ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 24 DEGREES FOR EVERYONE HERE. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, YOU WAKE TO AREAS OF CLOUD, BUT THE SUN QUICKLY COMES OUT TO PLAY. SOU'WESTERLIES FOR A TIME AFTER LUNCH AND A TOP OF 23. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` MAINLY FINE AFTER MORNING CLOUD BURNS OFF. WESTERLIES, AND 23 IS YOUR HIGH. THE SUN'S OUT ACROSS THE CENTRE NORTH. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUD AT FIRST FOR TOKOROA, TAUPO AND TAUMARUNUI. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE IN FINE FORM. TAURANGA, IT'S ONE OUT OF THE BOX FOR YOU ` BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE. 25 IS YOUR HIGH. IT'S SUNSHINE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE EAST. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON WILL GET SOME HIGH CLOUD FROM EVENING. 26 DEGREES FOR HASTINGS. IT'S A GREY START TO SUNDAY FOR THE WEST, BUT A GOLDEN AFTERNOON IS PROMISED. NEW PLYMOUTH AND LEVIN SHARE A TOP OF 21. WELLINGTON, CLOUDY PERIODS WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE ABOUT THE CAPITAL MORNING AND NIGHT. FRESH NORTHERLIES EASING AFTER LUNCH. 21 IS YOUR HIGH. TE WAIPOUNAMU ` PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE TOP OF THE SOUTH. BLENHEIM WARM ON 27 DEGREES. KAIKOURA, OCCASIONAL RAIN LATE AT NIGHT AND A FEW EVENING SHOWERS FOR WESTPORT. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` CLOUD INCREASING WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FROM AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES KICK IN FROM MIDDAY, AND 24 DEGREES. A RAINCOAT WILL BE NEEDED HERE; IT'S A WET DAY FOR THIS GROUP WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SHOWERS. 21 FOR ASHBURTON; 20 FOR THE REST. TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN ` CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. AFTERNOON FINE BREAKS, BUT CLOUD RETURNS IN THE EVENING. SOUTHERLIES, AND 20 IS YOUR HIGH. SOUTHERLIES, AND 20 IS YOUR HIGH. HEAVY RAIN EASING ABOUT MILFORD SOUND AND CLEARING TO A FINE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR THE REST AND A HIGH OF 18 FOR MOST OF THIS GROUP. OTEPOTI DUNEDIN ` MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. WESTERLIES AND 19. ON MONDAY, THE RAIN BAND MOVING UP THE COUNTRY WEAKENS AND BECOMES SLOW-MOVING OVER CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND. TUESDAY BRINGS A MIX OF FINE SPELLS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. RAIN ABOUT THE NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND CLEARING AS THE DAY ROLLS OUT. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY EVENING.THIS AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE ` www.onenews.co.nz FROM US, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025