ISRAEL FINALLY ADMITS FAULT IN THE KILLING OF 15 RESCUE WORKERS, BLAMING 'PROFESSIONAL FAILURES'. FIVE DAYS AFTER CYCLONE TAM HIT, SOME ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER WHILE THE STORM WARNINGS KEEP ROLLING IN. CAN THE U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY SURVIVE A SECOND SCANDAL FOLLOWING REPORTS HE SHARED AIRSTRIKE DETAILS WITH ANOTHER GROUP CHAT THAT INCLUDED HIS WIFE? CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND BRIGIT KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 ISRAEL HAS ADMITTED WHAT IT CALLS 'PROFESSIONAL FAILURES' IN THE KILLINGS OF 15 PALESTINIAN AID WORKERS. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND A SERIES OF FAILURES AND BREACHES OF ORDERS, AND A DEPUTY BRIGADE COMMANDER HAS BEEN FIRED. BUT THE IDF DENIES CLAIMS SOME OF THE VICTIMS WERE BOUND AND EXECUTED. A WARNING, THIS REPORT FROM ITV'S SAM HOLDER CONTAINS DETAILS AND IMAGES FROM THE INCIDENT. 'AN OPERATIONAL MISUNDERSTANDING' ` THAT IS THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE'S EXPLANATION FOR WHY MORE THAN A DOZEN PALESTINIAN EMERGENCY WORKERS WERE KILLED. ISRAEL HAD INITIALLY CLAIMED THIS CONVOY IN GAZA, IN MARCH, HAD BEEN TRAVELLING WITH NO LIGHTS, CLEARLY DISPROVEN BY VIDEO, WHICH WAS LATER RECOVERED. AN IDF INTERNAL INVESTIGATION NOW SAYS THAT 'POOR VISIBILITY' WAS TO BLAME FOR THE VEHICLES NOT BEING RECOGNISED AS AMBULANCES. THOSE ON BOARD CAME UNDER FIRE FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES. THEY COULD BE HEARD PRAYING. 15 MINUTES AFTER THIS, A UN VEHICLE WAS ATTACKED BY THE SAME SOLDIERS. THE REPORT BLAMED THIS ON A BREACH OF ORDERS. IN A STATEMENT, THE IDF SAID ` AFTER THE 15 WERE KILLED, THEIR BODIES WERE BURIED. IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE RESCUE TEAMS WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THEM. THEY FOUND THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD BEEN CRUSHED. THE IDF REPORT ACCEPTS THIS DECISION BY SOLDIERS HAD BEEN WRONG, BUT PROVIDES NO FURTHER EXPLANATION. THE REPORT ALSO CLAIMS THAT SIX OF THOSE KILLED WERE HAMAS TERRORISTS. NO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE HAS BEEN OFFERED. THE IDF SAYS IT REGRETS THE HARM CAUSED TO UNINVOLVED CIVILIANS, BUT THEY STILL HAVE NOT APPROVED ANY KIND OF EXTERNAL OR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A CRASH IN TARANAKI THIS AFTERNOON. THE ACCIDENT, INVOLVING TWO CARS, CLOSED A SMALL SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 3 NEAR THE TOWN OF MIMI. THE EASTER HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL NOW STANDS AT THREE. EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE TAM ISN'T DONE WITH US YET ` THE METSERVICE HAS ANNOUNCED MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS FOR LARGE PARTS OF THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, INCLUDING TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. THE BAY OF PLENTY, ROTORUA, TAUPO, GISBORNE, HAWKE'S BAY AND TAIHAPE ARE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9pm, AND WHILE THE BAD WEATHER IS MOVING AWAY FROM AUCKLAND, SOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER, FIVE DAYS AFTER THE STORM FIRST HIT. ZANE SMALL REPORTS. (GENERATOR THRUMS) THIS GENERATOR IS WHAT'S POWERING MATTHEW MCGRATH'S FAMILY HOME IN WAITAKERE. PLUGGING IN ALL THE KITCHEN APPLIANCES. OH YEAH, YOU'VE GOT IT GOING INTO EACH ROOM. YEAH. AND THEN WE'VE JUST GOT THE TWO FREEZERS. THE HOUSEHOLD WAS DISCONNECTED FIVE DAYS AGO. SINCE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, SO, YEAH ` AROUND 1AM, THURSDAY. SO, IT'S NOW MONDAY. IT'S NOT HOW HIS FAMILY IMAGINED THEIR EASTER WEEKEND. YOU'D HOPE TO GET A BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WE'VE BASICALLY BEEN SPENDING THE WHOLE TIME GETTING THE PLACE READY, GETTING DINNER READY BEFORE THE LIGHT RUNS OUT. THANKS TO EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE TAM, THE NORTH ISLAND BAS BEEN BATTERED BY BAD WEATHER THE ENTIRE LONG WEEKEND. AUCKLAND WAS LASHED BY A SERIES OF SUDDEN AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF THE CITY. MORE THAN 750 LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE RECORDED OVER A FOUR-HOUR PERIOD... (THUNDER RUMBLES) AND 20,000 HOUSEHOLDS WERE WITHOUT POWER AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM. THE ORANGE AREAS SHOW WHERE POWER IS STILL OUT. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GENERATOR, WE'D BE IN BIG TROUBLE. LINES COMPANY VECTOR SAYS THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE LONG WEEKEND HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL, AND CREWS WORKED THROUGH ANOTHER NIGHT TO RESTORE POWER TO AFFECTED AREAS, BUT A SPOKESPERSON SAID THANKS TO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT, IT'S NOW DOWN TO A FINAL GROUP OF CUSTOMERS STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. WITH THE OUTAGES CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY ARE COMING, WHEN THEY'RE COMING, WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED ` VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION FROM VECTOR. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER PRESSURE, WITH MOTORWAY BREAKDOWNS AND A SLIP IN THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS THAT TEMPORARILY BLOCKED PART OF STATE HIGHWAY 1. BUT THE WILD WEATHER IS NOW HEADING SOUTH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR LARGE PARTS OF THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. CYCLONE TAM HAS HUNG AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW DAYS ` THE UNWELCOME EASTER GUEST, I GUESS, BUT FORTUNATELY, IT IS WEAKENING. IT'S FIZZLING OUT, AND IT'S ALMOST DONE. AND WITH VECTOR SAYING ITS TEAMS ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON, THE MCGRATH FAMILY'S POWER OUTAGE MAY SOON BE OVER TOO. (GENERATOR THRUMS) POLICE SAY THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO OFFENDERS AFTER A MAN WAS FATALLY ATTACKED AT A BUS STOP IN EAST AUCKLAND AT THE WEEKEND. INVESTIGATORS URGENTLY WANT TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE WHO SAW SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AROUND THE BUS STOP NEAR 69 SAINT JOHNS ROAD, BETWEEN 9PM AND 10PM ON SATURDAY. THE VICTIM IS A CAUCASIAN MAN (33) WHO HAS NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY IDENTIFIED, BUT POLICE BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHO HE IS AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH NEXT OF KIN. THE MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK IS NOT YET CLEAR, AND POLICE DON'T KNOW IF THE VICTIM WAS WAITING FOR A BUS AT THE TIME, OR IF HE WAS TAKING SHELTER FROM THE STORM. REPORTS IN THE U.S. SAY DEFENCE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SHARED YEMEN MISSILE STRIKE PLANS WITH ANOTHER CHAT GROUP THAT INCLUDED HIS WIFE AND BROTHER. IT COMES AFTER A REPORTER WAS ADDED TO A SEPARATE CHAT GROUP ABOUT THE ATTACK, AND AS ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS, WASHINGTON INSIDERS ARE WONDERING WHETHER THE FORMER FOX NEWS HOST CAN SURVIVE A SECOND SCANDAL. BREAKING NEWS NOW ON THE PENTAGON TONIGHT, WITH A NEW REPORT THE DEFENCE SECRETARY SHARED MILITARY INFORMATION ABOUT A U.S. STRIKE IN A PRIVATE SIGNAL GROUP CHAT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. WHOOPS, HE DID IT AGAIN. THIS TIME, PETE HEGSETH APPEARS TO HAVE SHARED THOSE DETAILS WITH A SECOND SIGNAL GROUP. THIS ONE INCLUDED HIS WIFE, BROTHER AND PERSONAL ATTORNEY. LAST MONTH, IT EMERGED HEGSETH SHARED DETAILS ON SIGNAL OF THE SAME STRIKE ON YEMEN TO ANOTHER GROUP OF CABINET OFFICIALS. BUT UNLIKE THAT CHAT, THIS ONE WAS CREATED BY SECRETARY HEGSETH AND HE REPORTEDLY USED HIS PRIVATE PHONE RATHER THAN HIS GOVERNMENT ONE TO ACCESS THAT CHAT. THIS ONE WAS TO HIS INNER CIRCLE, BUT THAT FIRST SIGNAL GROUP INCLUDED A JOURNALIST FROM THE ATLANTIC. NOBODY WAS TEXTING WAR PLANS. NO, THAT'S A LIE. HE WAS TEXTING WAR PLANS. AT THE TIME THE NEWS OF THE FIRST LEAK BROKE, PRESIDENT TRUMP BACKED HIS MAN. I THINK IT'S ALL A WITCHHUNT; THAT'S ALL. I THINK IT'S A WITCH HUNT. BUT THERE IS AN ARGUMENT THAT TO LEAK ONE CHAT MAY BE REGARDED AS A MISFORTUNE; TO LEAK TWO LOOKS LIKE CARELESSNESS ` ESPECIALLY WHEN HEGSETH'S WIFE, A FORMER FOX NEWS EMPLOYEE, HAS ALREADY DRAWN CRITICISM FOR ACCOMPANYING HER HUSBAND TO SENSITIVE MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS. I THINK NOW YOU'LL HEAR FROM OFFICIALS WHO ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER PETE HEGSETH IS, SORT OF, THE MAN FOR THE JOB AT THIS VERY FRAUGHT MOMENT. BECAUSE THIS COMES AS A FORMER PRESS SECRETARY CLAIMS THERE'S BEEN A MONTH OF 'TOTAL CHAOS' AT THE PENTAGON, FROM LEAKS OF SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL PLANS TO MASS FIRINGS. JOHN ULLYOT CLAIMS, 'THE DYSFUNCTION IS NOW A MAJOR DISTRACTION'. YEAH, THESE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTE CHAOS, AND I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS THE INCOMPETENCE OF WHAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN SECRETARY HEGSETH SITTING AT THE TOP. WE DON'T HAVE QUALIFIED LEADERSHIP, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, SORT OF, SOUNDING THE ALARM BELLS ON WHEN HE WAS CONFIRMED. NOT THE IDEAL MESSAGE TO SEND TO FRIENDS AND ADVERSARIES ALIKE. THE 30-HOUR EASTER TRUCE ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT PUTIN YESTERDAY HAS EXPIRED, WITH BOTH SIDES ACCUSING THE OTHER OF MULTIPLE BREACHES. THE U.S., WHICH HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR A PERMANENT PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING, SAID IT WOULD WELCOME AN EXTENSION OF THE CEASEFIRE. ITV'S GRAHAM STOTHARD HAS THE LATEST. (PRAYS IN UKRAININAN) (OTHERS RESPOND IN UKRAINIAN) OUTSIDE THE RUINS OF A BOMBED-OUT CHURCH IN NORTHERN UKRAINE, WORSHIPPERS MARKED EASTER SUNDAY, UNABLE TO PRAY INSIDE. THEY CAME HERE FROM THE NEARBY CITY OF LUKASHIVKA, FEARING THAT RUSSIAN FORCES MAY TARGET LARGE GATHERINGS DESPITE PUTIN'S PROMISE OF A TRUCE. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) THEY HAVE REASON TO BE SCEPTICAL. IN AN EASTER MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, HE SAID HE HOPED FOR A DAY OF PEACE, BUT ACTS MADE IT CLEAR TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY, CLAIMING THEY HAD ALREADY SEEN NEARLY 50 RUSSIAN ASSAULTS. UKRAINIAN POLICE ALSO RELEASED THESE PHOTOS FROM DONETSK IN THE EAST ` DAMAGE, THEY SAY, WAS CAUSED BY RUSSIAN SHELLING THIS MORNING, REPORTS CORROBORATED BY THE COUNTRY'S LAWMAKERS. SO I REACHED OUT TO TO THE PEOPLE I KNOW ON THE FRONT LINES, AND THEY ALL CONFIRMED IT WAS AFTER THE CEASEFIRE WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE ` THE RUSSIANS WERE SHELLING THE UKRAINIAN POSITIONS WITH ARTILLERY. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) ON RUSSIA'S FRONT LINE, SOLDIERS WERE GIVEN EASTER GIFTS AND BLESSINGS. MEANWHILE, IN MOSCOW, PRESIDENT PUTIN ATTENDED AN ORTHODOX SUNDAY SERVICE. (CHORAL SINGING IN RUSSIAN) THE KREMLIN HAS ALSO ACCUSED UKRAINE OF BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE, BUT PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE. THE INSTABILITY OF EVEN THIS ONE-DAY TRUCE, HELD ON ONE OF THE MOST SACRED DAYS OF THE YEAR FOR BOTH COUNTRIES' CITIZENS, MAKES A LONGER ONE EVEN HARDER TO IMAGINE. HUGE CROWDS CHEERED A SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY THE POPE AS HE WISHED THEM A HAPPY EASTER FROM THE VATICAN BALCONY. IN AN ADDRESS GIVEN BY ONE OF HIS ARCHBISHOPS, POPE FRANCIS CALLED FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE AND GAZA AND MADE AN APPEAL FOR MIGRANTS AND OTHERS AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE. HE WAS THEN CARRIED THROUGH THE FAITHFUL ON HIS POPEMOBILE, STOPPING SEVERAL TIMES TO BLESS BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN. THE 88-YEAR-OLD, WHO IS RECOVERING FROM DOUBLE PNEUMONIA, WAS ALSO WELL ENOUGH FOR A BRIEF MEETING WITH THE U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE, WITH WHOM HE HAS CLASHED PUBLICLY OVER TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES. COMING UP IN SPORT ` MARTIN GUPTILL OPENS UP ABOUT HIS HURT AND DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE WAY NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HANDLED THE END OF HIS INTERNATIONAL CAREER. AND LIVERPOOL CONSIGN LEICESTER CITY TO THE DROP, BUT THEY'LL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE EPL TITLE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. FORMER BLACKCAP MARTIN GUPTILL HAS OPENED UP ABOUT THE END OF HIS INTERNATIONAL CAREER, DESCRIBING IT AS 'ABRUPT, DISAPPOINTING 'AND LACKING ANY CLEAR COMMUNICATION FROM NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'. SPEAKING ON BRODIE KANE'S KIWI YARNS PODCAST, GUPTILL SAID HE STILL HAD 'PLENTY MORE IN THE TANK' WHEN HE WAS DROPPED FROM THE NATIONAL SIDE THREE YEARS AGO AND LEFT WITH NO REAL EXPLANATION. CAN WE TALK, THEN, ABOUT HOW YOUR INTERNATIONAL CAREER ENDED? BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP. WELL, IT JUST, SORT OF, HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO REAL WRITING ON THE WALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT JUST, SORT OF, ABRUPTLY ENDED. YOU KNOW, MY LAST 10 ONE-DAYERS, I'VE... YOU KNOW, IN HALF OF THOSE INNINGS I'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THEN, YEAH, I'M JUST, I GUESS, BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE TO BRING YOUNG GUYS THROUGH, SO... ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS, IT IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST; IT IS PROFESSIONAL SPORT, BUT I FEEL LIKE MY CAREER WASN'T OVER, WASN'T DONE. OK, SO YOU'RE A BIT OLDER. THEY WANT TO LET YOUNGER PEOPLE THRIVE AND SHINE AND THAT. BUT, ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, I'M LIKE, IT KIND OF DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF YOU'RE PERFORMING WELL. YEAH, IT'S A STRANGE ONE. MY LAST TWO INNINGS, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS I WOULD HAVE HOPED AGAINST AUSTRALIA, THREE YEARS AGO. SO WHETHER THEY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, I'M NOT SURE. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IT WAS A SERIES LATER THAT SEASON THAT BASICALLY THE TOP 3 OR 4 FIRST-CHOICE BATTERS WERE ALL AT IPL ` NO ONE TO REALLY OPEN THE BATTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NO EXPERIENCED OPENERS FOR YOUNGER GUYS TO LEARN OFF. I THOUGHT, 'OH, MAYBE I'LL GET A CRACK THERE', AND IT JUST NEVER CAME. I JUST NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE NEXT LOT OF GUYS COME THROUGH, REALLY, SO A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING AT MY END. WHAT'S COMMUNICATION BEEN LIKE SINCE YOUR LAST GAME? LAST COMMUNICATION I HAD WAS... THAT I WASN'T BEING SELECTED FOR THE 2023 CRICKET WORLD CUP, AND THAT WAS MID-2023. WOW! AND I FEEL LIKE I'D ALREADY BEEN RETIRED FOR THE LAST, SORT OF, 18 TO 24 MONTHS ANYWAY, SO... IT'S A STRANGE ONE. BUT THERE'S BEEN NO, SORT OF, LIKE, FINITE, 'RIGHT`' OR EVEN, LIKE, THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE... SOMETHING BEING YOUR LAST, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, VERY STRANGE. YEAH, AS YOU SEE, OTHER GUYS GET THEIR SWAN SONG AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING, AND, LOOK, I'M A PRETTY LOWKEY, SORT OF, PERSON, DON'T REALLY ENJOY THE LIMELIGHT, THAT SORT OF THING. SO, LIKE, IT DOESN'T MATTER TOO MUCH TO ME. IT JUST FEELS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DOUBLE STANDARD AT TIMES. FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN TREATED PRETTY BADLY. HOW DOES THAT FEEL TO GO THROUGH THAT? OH, IT'S PRETTY SHITTY, IF I'M BEING HONEST. AND THEN MY WAY TO DEAL WITH IT WAS TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN MORE CRICKET AWAY FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT I CHOSE TO DEAL WITH IT. WHETHER IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO OR NOT ` WHO KNOWS. IF I HAD MY TIME AGAIN, WOULD I DO IT DIFFERENTLY? PROBABLY NOT. LIAM LAWSON ENDED UP BACK WHERE HE STARTED, IN 12TH PLACE, AFTER BEING HIT WITH A 10-SECOND TIME PENALTY DURING THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX THIS MORNING. THE KIWI WAS PENALISED FOR GAINING AN ADVANTAGE BY GOING OFF THE TRACK WHILE PASSING ALPINE DRIVER JACK DOOHAN AT TURN TWO ON LAP 28. DESPITE CROSSING THE LINE IN 11TH, JUST OUTSIDE THE POINTS, THE PENALTY SAW HIM RELEGATED TO 12TH. I DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT START, AND JUST WRONG PLACE ON THE FIRST TURN WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPEN, I WENT OFF TRACK. IT'S A SHAME, THE CAR WAS PRETTY QUICK, HONESTLY, AND WE JUST SPENT THE WHOLE RACING TRAFFIC AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT WE DID. YEAH, IT'S A SHAME. MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI PICKED UP HIS THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON, WITH POLE-SITTER MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND AND FERRARI'S CHARLES LECLERC FINISHING THIRD. 2016 CHAMPIONS LEICESTER CITY HAVE BEEN RELEGATED FROM THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER LOSING 1-0 TO LIVERPOOL. BUT THE REDS WILL HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE THEY CAN BE CROWNED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AFTER ARSENAL BEAT IPSWICH. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER ROUNDS UP THE ACTION. HERE COME ARSENAL. THE JOB FOR ARSENAL WAS KEEP LIVERPOOL WAITING FOR THE TITLE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS NEVER REALLY IN DOUBT ONCE THEY SCORED FIRST. TROSSARD'S OPENER WAS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND FROM MARTINELLI, ENOUGH TO KEEP THAT LIVERPOOL CHAMPAGNE ON ICE. THE GAME'S BIG TALKING POINT WAS LEIF DAVIS'S RECKLESS CHALLENGE ON BUKAYO SAKA. ARSENAL CAN ILL AFFORD TO LOSE HIM WITH A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI TO COME. DAVIS WAS SENT OFF; SAKA WAS OK. FOR THE RECORD, ARSENAL SCORED TWO MORE. THE OUTLOOK FOR IPSWICH, THOUGH, IS BLEAK ` THEY'RE GOING DOWN. ARSENAL HAVE FOUND A WAY THROUGH. LEICESTER ARE GOING DOWN TOO, BUT AT LEAST THEY TRIED TO GO OUT WITH A BANG AGAINST THE CHAMPIONS ELECT. AGAINST THE BASE OF THE POST! BY THEN, LIVERPOOL AND MO SALAH HAD ALREADY BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH BOTH POSTS ` HARDER TO MISS THAN SCORE FOR A MAN OF HIS CALIBRE. AND THERE WAS NO FLAG. IT LOOKED LIKE THE FREE=-SCORING RUNAWAY PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS IT LOOKED LIKE THE FREE-SCORING RUNAWAY PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS WERE HAVING A RARE OFF-DAY IN FRONT OF GOAL UNTIL... ALEXANDER-ARNOLD! TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, WHO'S TIPPED TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL FOR REAL MADRID THIS SUMMER, MADE IT CLEAR TO THOSE FANS WHO MIGHT FEEL BETRAYED BY HIS EXPECTED DEPARTURE THAT HIS HEART WILL ALWAYS BE RED. 1-0 CONFIRMED LEICESTER'S RELEGATION, BUT LIVERPOOL MUST WAIT ANOTHER WEEK TO CLINCH A JOINT RECORD 20TH ENGLISH TITLE. WELLINGTON PHOENIX CAPTAIN ANNALIE LONGO HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT FROM PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, ENDING HER CAREER WITH A 1-1 DRAW AGAINST WESTERN UNITED. THE 138-CAP FOOTBALL FERN MADE THE SUDDEN CALL AFTER THE PHOENIX WOMEN'S FINAL ROUND MATCH IN PORIRUA. WHERE THE SIDE LEVELLED THE SCORES IN THE 83RD MINUTE TO END THEIR SEASON WITH A DRAW. YEAH, THAT IS THE LAST GAME FOR ME, IT IS OBVIOUSLY ` CONDITIONS, THE RAIN AND WIND IN THE PHOENIX, WE TURNED IT ON AGAIN IN WELLINGTON, PROUD OF THE ENERGY, THE SECOND HALF WAS GOOD, THEY DON'T NEED ME. THE MATCH ALSO MARKED THE END FOR COACH PAUL TEMPLE, WHOSE CONTRACT WON'T BE RENEWED NEXT SEASON. STILL TO COME ` YOUR EASTER MONDAY WEATHER AND THE SURPRISE CELEBRITY ROMANCE THAT MIGHT HAVE YOU SPITTING OUT YOUR POPCORN. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. WILD WEATHER IS A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR EMERGENCY CHECK LIST. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOOD, WATER, BATTERIES AND PORTABLE CHARGERS. THERE IS ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE HERE INTO THIS EVENING AS CYCLONE TAM WEAKENS AND FILLS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TARANAKI. A COLD FRONT MOVES ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE SOUTHWEST ALSO. IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH PATCHY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHILE THERE WILL BE SHOWERS, EVEN POSSIBLE DOWNPOURS, FOR SOME IN THE CENTRAL NORTH. THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY IS MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THE CHANCE OF THE ODD SHOWER, WITH WESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN AUCKLAND IN THE MORNING. AND PARTLY CLOUDY HERE TOO ` A FEW SHOWERS FOR TAUPO, ROTORUA AND WHAKATANE, AND LIGHT WINDS THERE AS WELL ` MORNING RAIN ON THE MENU FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON WILL MANAGE SOME FINE SPELLS IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED MORNING SHOWERS ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, THEN FINE SPELLS FOR WHANGANUI AS THINGS TURN WET IN TAUMARUNUI. SOME SUNSHINE ON THE CARDS FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, BUT CLOUDING OVER AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. LIGHT WINDS FOR NELSON AND REEFTON. AND A CLOUDY START TO TUESDAY HERE. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE FOR CHRISTCHURCH, CLEARING TO A FINE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA ARE FINE, WITH SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING. SOME HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE FOR INVERCARGILL. BRISBANE AND ALICE SPRINGS GET THE BEST OF IT ACROSS THE TASMAN. AND IT'S SHOWERS FOR MOST OF THE PACIFIC. LET'S HAVE A LOOK WHAT THE REST OF THE WEEK HAS IN STORE FOR US. AND FINALLY, WHILE MOST OF US WERE SEARCHING FOR EASTER EGGS THIS WEEKEND, ELIZABETH HURLEY APPEARS TO HAVE FOUND LOVE WITH COUNTRY CROONER BILLY RAY CYRUS. HURLEY POSTED THIS PICTURE OF THE PAIR KISSING TO INSTAGRAM, SIMPLY CAPTIONED 'HAPPY EASTER', PROMPTING ONE QUICK-WITTED FAN TO RESPOND THIS MEME OF CYRUS'S DAUGHTER MILEY. HURLEY'S HAD A STRING OF HIGH-PROFILE RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING WITH THE LATE SHANE WARNE, AND ACTOR HUGH GRANT, SO, HOPEFULLY, THIS ONE DOESN'T END WITH AN 'ACHY BREAKY HEART'. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT ` THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M LISETTE REYMER. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND BRIGIT KELLY. 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