TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` THE POPE'S FINAL HOURS REVEALED AS THE VATICAN PREPARES FOR A FUNERAL WITH A HOST OF WORLD LEADERS AND 250,000 FAITHFUL ATTENDING. WE'RE LIVE TO ROME. THE COSTLY FALLOUT OF TRUMP'S TRADE WAR AS ECONOMIC FORECASTS TAKE A DIVE ` WHAT AMERICA'S FLAILING FINANCIAL FORTUNE MEANS FOR US. ?*9 - READER? WS *PLEASE WRITE 5" ON CAMERA TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS... AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON BRUSHES OFF A STRAY SHELL CASING AS HE TALKS UP ONGOING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE ON HIS UK VISIT. CAPTIONS BY JASON CONRAN, RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 TENA TATOU KATOA I TENEI PO, GOOD EVENING. OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS CONFIRMED HE'LL ATTEND THE POPE'S FUNERAL IN ROME THIS WEEKEND. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL JOIN OTHER WORLD LEADERS, ROYALS, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS PAYING THEIR LAST RESPECTS TO THE LATE PONTIFF. THE VATICAN HAS RELEASED IMAGES OF POPE FRANCIS' BODY AND DETAILS OF HIS FINAL HOURS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS IN ROME TO GIVE US THE LATEST SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, HER REPORT. AT POPE FRANCIS' FAVOURITE PLACE TO PRAY, THE FAITHFUL GATHERED FOR A SPECIAL MASS IN HIS MEMORY. (OPERATIC SINGING) HE WAS LOVED BY EVERYBODY ` THE MUSLIMS, THE CHRISTIANS AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO CHURCH. LIKE, MY SON DOESN'T GO TO CHURCH, AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT HE WROTE TO ME? HE SAID, 'I'VE LOST MY FAVOURITE POPE.' AND MY HUSBAND NEVER GOES TO CHURCH, AND HE HAS SAID THE SAME THING. SO, HE WAS A PEOPLE'S POPE. ALL THROUGH THE DAY, PEOPLE PAYING THEIR RESPECTS, COMING TO TERMS WITH THEIR LOSS. THE VATICAN RELEASING IMAGES OF THE 88-YEAR-OLD LYING IN THE SIMPLE WOODEN COFFIN HE'D ASKED FOR, HIS BODY BLESSED WITH HOLY WATER, THE FIRST MAJOR PRAYER RITUAL AFTER HIS DEATH. HE'LL SOON BE MOVED TO SAINT PETER'S BASILICA, WHERE THOUSANDS WILL PAY THEIR LAST RESPECTS AHEAD OF THE FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. IT WILL BE A PARED-BACK AFFAIR ` IN LIFE AND DEATH, POPE FRANCIS IS BREAKING TRADITION. THIS IS WHERE POPE FRANCIS WILL BE BURIED. WE'RE JUST A FEW KILOMETRES AWAY FROM THE VATICAN, AT A CHURCH IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. HE WILL BE THE FIRST POPE TO BE BURIED OUTSIDE THE VATICAN IN 120 YEARS. THIS UNDERSTATED APPROACH, THE SAME HUMBLE TOUCH POPE FRANCIS BROUGHT TO HIS PAPACY. IN MY OPINION, POPE FRANCIS WAS A REVOLUTIONARY POPE. WE WANTED TO COME HERE BEFORE IT GETS SUPER BUSY, AND HOPEFULLY WE` HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE HIM WHEN THEY BURY HIM. BUT IF NOT, AT LEAST WE CAN SAY THAT WE CAME TO THE BASILICA WHERE HE'S GONNA BE BURIED. WE HAD A TRIP BOOKED FROM IRELAND, JUST TO COME THIS WEEKEND ANYWAY, SO, WE 100% WANTED TO COME AND JUST PAY OUR RESPECTS, I SUPPOSE. NEW DETAILS OF THE POPE'S FINAL HOURS HAVE BEEN REVEALED, INCLUDING HIS LAST WORDS. BEFORE HIS LAST RIDE AMONGST THE PEOPLE IN SAINT PETER'S SQUARE ON EASTER SUNDAY, THE VATICAN SAYS THE POPE HESITATED, ASKING HIS PERSONAL NURSE, 'DO YOU THINK I CAN MANAGE IT?' LATER THANKING THEM FOR ASSURING HIM HE COULD. AND WITH HINDSIGHT, IT'S CLEAR THAT HE WAS SAYING GOODBYE. AND, SO, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME. TO HEAR THE NEWS THE NEXT DAY WAS SUCH A SHOCK TO US. NOT LONG AFTER WAKING THAT NEXT MORNING, THE VATICAN SAYS HE GESTURED FAREWELL WITH HIS HAND BEFORE DYING OF A STROKE AND HEART FAILURE. THE VATICAN SAYS HE DID NOT SUFFER. IN LIFE AND DEATH, POPE FRANCIS HAD A RESOLUTE DESIRE TO BE AMONG HIS PEOPLE. WE CAN GO LIVE TO MEI IN VATICAN CITY NOW ` WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON FUNERAL GUESTS, MEI? GOOD EVENING. AFTER MUCH SPECULATION, CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR NEW ZEALAND AT THE FUNERAL. HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE UK, HEADING OVER TO TURKEY FOR ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS AND THEN WILL HEAD TO ROME. HE WILL JOIN AND CELEBRATE THE SERVICE OF A POPE THAT SERVED MORE THAN 1 BILLION CATHOLICS WORLDWIDE AND MORE THAN HALF A MILLION IN NEW ZEALAND. HE WILL JOIN OTHER WORLD LEADERS HERE AS WELL, LIKE VLADIMIR ZIELINSKI, DONALD TRUMP, KEIRA STORMER, AND THE PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA, THE POPE'S HOME NATION. ALSO KING CHARLES WILL BE UNABLE TO MAKE IT. PRINCE WILLIAM WILL BE HERE ON HIS BEHALF. KING CHARLES WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO MEETING THE PUB, BUT HE WILL BE UNABLE TO COME BACK AND BE HERE FOR THE SERVICE. ROYAL PROTOCOL SAYS THAT HE DOES NOT ATTEND MEETINGS LIKE THIS. A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT? AS WELL AS ALL THE WORLD LEADERS THAT WILL BE HERE AS WELL, WE EXPECT HUGE CROWDS OF MOURNERS TO BE AT THE FUNERAL. ONE ESTIMATE SAYS ONE QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE COULD BE HERE. IN MASSIVE SECURITY OPERATION IS GOING ON BEHIND ME, BARRICADES COMING IN, EXTRA POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL ` MORE THAN 1000 PROTEIN ACROSS ITALY. SOLDIERS ARE WALKING AROUND AS WELL. THE SWISS GUARD, THE ORNATELY DECORATED MILITARY GUARD THAT ALREADY HELPS OUT AND SECURES THE POPE AND THE VATICAN. THERE ARE ALREADY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TURNING UP TO LINEUP, BECAUSE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED IN IT TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO THE POPE, WHO WILL BE LYING JUST BEHIND ME IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA. AND FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR THAT PUBLIC VIEWING, WHICH WILL GO ON FOR THREE DAYS. RIGHT NOW POPE FRANCIS' BODY IS AT HIS RESIDENCE IN THE HOUSE OF ST MARTHA. IN A SHORT TIME, HE'LL BE CARRIED TO ST PETER'S BASILICA TO LIE IN STATE. THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD IN ST PETER'S SQUARE ON SATURDAY NIGHT OUR TIME. THE CONCLAVE TO SELECT A NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BE HELD IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN A FEW WEEKS. AMONG THE CARDINALS THERE WILL BE NEW ZEALANDER JOHN DEW, VOTING IN THE CONCLAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME. SIMON MERCEP REPORTS. TODAY HE WAS IN WELLINGTON. TONIGHT HE'S FLYING TO ROME. IT'S QUITE, UM, AWESOME. WHEN I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMING FROM A TINY LITTLE TOWN IN CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY AND GOING TO BE PART OF A GROUP ELECTING SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH. FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOHN DEW WILL BE ONE OF 135 CARDINALS WHO'LL GATHER IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL, TAKE THE OATH OF SILENCE AND ELECT A NEW POPE. LIKE FRANCIS, HE WANTS THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE TO BE A VOICE FOR THE POOR, MARGINALISED AND VULNERABLE. IT NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO VERY POLITICALLY ASTUTE AND IS ABLE TO SPEAK OUT AND... IN A WORLD, THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. HE SAYS HE HAS AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THE VOTE, BUT OBSERVERS TALK OF TWO FRONTRUNNERS ` THE ITALIAN PIETRO PAROLIN, AN EXPERIENCED VATICAN DIPLOMAT; AND A FILIPINO, LUIS TAGLE, SEEN AS A CHARISMATIC CHAMPION OF THE POOR. BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR SURPRISE. THEY'RE VERY INDEPENDENT-MINDED, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE POPE WHO'D CHOSEN THEM IS NO LONGER POPE, AND THEY'LL MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS VERY UNPREDICTABLE. THE IDENTITY OF A NEW POPE OBVIOUSLY IS OF HUGE SIGNIFICANCE TO CATHOLICS THE WORLD OVER, BUT MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITH, OR PERHAPS NO FAITH AT ALL. WHY SHOULD THE POPE MATTER TO THEM? AN ANGLICAN LEADER SAYS THE ANSWER LIES IN THE POPE'S ABILITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE. HE'S A SOFT POWER. HE HAS NO BIG AIR FORCE OR NAVY. HE JUST SPEAKS FROM HEART TO HEART. AND WE NEED THAT IN THE WORLD, BECAUSE IN THE POLITICS OF THE WORLD, OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF ELECTIONS, PARTY POLITICS ` AND SO THEY SHOULD IN DEMOCRACIES ` BUT HE'S GOT A FREEDOM TO SPEAK TO CORE ETHICS AND VALUES. THAT POWER ALSO COMES FROM A PERSONAL TOUCH. AS CARDINAL DEW EXPERIENCED MEETING POPE FRANCIS SOON AFTER THE KOKODA EARTHQUAKE. 'IN NEW ZEALAND, THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. 'ARE PEOPLE OK?' THAT EXCHANGE DIDN'T PROMPT A DESIRE TO BE POPE HIMSELF. NO, I DON'T, AT ALL. BUT HE WILL HAVE A VOICE CHOOSING THE NEW LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. SIMON MERCEP, 1 NEWS. TO OTHER NEWS ` THE U.S. PRESIDENT NOW SAYING HUGE TARIFFS ON CHINA WILL BE REDUCED, QUOTE, 'SUBSTANTIALLY' MARKING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT TRUMP TURNAROUND. THIS FOLLOWS A MAJOR REPORT RINGING ALARM BELLS ABOUT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, THE UNITED NATION'S FINANCIAL AGENCY, PAINTS A GLOOMY PICTURE IN ITS LATEST GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT. IT HAS SLASHED THE GROWTH OUTLOOK WORLDWIDE, BLAMING TRUMP'S TARIFFS FOR FUELLING UNCERTAINTY. THIS INCLUDES A FORECAST ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN FOR OUR TWO LARGEST EXPORT MARKETS, CHINA AND THE U.S. THE MAIN CONCERN IS AMERICA ` THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ECONOMY EXPECTED TO BE THE HARDEST HIT. AS THIS GRAPH SHOWS, ITS ECONOMY WAS PROJECTED TO GROW 2.7% THIS YEAR. NOW IT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO 1.8%. FORECAST DECLINES FOR OTHER MAJOR ECONOMIES LIKE CANADA, JAPAN THE UK AND GERMANY ALSO ADDING TO GLOBAL NERVOUSNESS. BUT THE SUBSTANTIAL FALL IN THE U.S. WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST KNOCK ON-EFFECT ` AS THE SAYING GOES, 'WHEN AMERICA SNEEZES, THE WORLD CATCHES A COLD'. SO WHAT'S THE FORECAST FOR NEW ZEALAND? HERE'S RYAN BOSWELL. WITH MEAT, DAIRY, FRUIT AND WINE SOME OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST EXPORTS, BUSINESS LEADERS ARE TRYING TO STAY OPTIMISTIC IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY. SOMETIMES IN TROUBLING TIMES SUCH AS THESE, EXPORTING FOOD IS A GOOD THING TO BE EXPORTING, BECAUSE IT TENDS TO BE QUITE RESILIENT. DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS CAUSING A RADICAL RETHINK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND SLASHING ITS FORECAST FOR GLOBAL GROWTH. THE SURGE IN POLICY UNCERTAINTY IS A MAJOR DRIVER OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. IF SUSTAINED, THE INCREASE IN TRADE TENSIONS AND UNCERTAINTY WILL SLOW GLOBAL GROWTH SIGNIFICANTLY. THE U.S. ECONOMY HAS BEEN GIVEN THE BIGGEST DOWNGRADE OF ADVANCED ECONOMIES, AND CHINA'S GROWTH IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY NEEDS A CLEAR, STABLE AND PREDICTABLE TRADING ENVIRONMENT ` ONE THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF THE LONG-STANDING GAPS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADING RULES. FOLLOWING RECESSION LAST YEAR, NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO SEE MODEST GROWTH THIS YEAR AND NEXT ` THE IMF ALSO PREDICTING INFLATION WILL DROP WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT RISES. FOR NEW ZEALAND, IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, A TOUGH HIT OF 'WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?' OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER, CHINA, HAS ALREADY BEEN IN A WEAK ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, AND IS CONTINUING TO WEAKEN. THE U.S. LAST YEAR BECAME OUR SECOND LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, AND NOW THE UNCERTAINTY THAT'S STEMMING FROM IT IS ALSO A REAL CHALLENGE. HOWEVER, THE IMF PRAISED NEW ZEALAND AND OTHERS WHO HAVE NEGOTIATED THEIR OWN FREE TRADE DEALS. WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF OUR EXPORTS GOING INTO COUNTRIES TARIFF-FREE, SO I THINK PERHAPS WHAT'S PLAYING OUT IN THE UNITED STATES MAYBE WILL REINFORCE TO COUNTRIES THAT` REMIND THEM JUST WHY FREE TRADE IS SO BENEFICIAL TO GROWTH. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING TODAY IT HAD RECEIVED 18 PROPOSALS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES FOR TRADE DEALS, PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO INDICATING THE TARIFFS ON CHINA WILL DROP. IT'LL COME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT IT WON'T BE ZERO. NEW ZEALAND BUSINESSES URGED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE WORLD IN THE HOPE OF ATTRACTING NEW OPPORTUNITIES. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS UK COUNTERPART SIR KEIR STARMER HAVE VISITED AN ARMY BASE IN ENGLAND WHERE KIWI TROOPS ARE HELPING TO TRAIN UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS EXTENDED NEW ZEALAND'S MILITARY SUPPORT. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. (GUNSHOTS) UKRAINIAN TROOPS PREPARING FOR TRENCH WARFARE. BRITISH AND KIWI SOLDIERS ARE HELPING TO TRAIN THEM AS THE COUNTRIES' TWO LEADERS WERE WATCHING ON. CHRISTOPHER LUXON EVEN COPPING A LITTLE FRIENDLY FIRE ` A SHELL CASING TO THE SHOULDER. THESE TROOPS WILL SOON BE HEADING BACK HOME TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE HEROES. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS A HERO, AND ALL UKRAINIAN CITIZENS ARE HEROES AS WELL, IN OUR EYES. THE TWO PRIME MINISTERS SAY IT WAS INSPIRING WATCHING THE TRAINING. SHOWING THE WAY IN WE WHICH WE WORK TOGETHER IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR UKRAINIANS TO KNOW THAT UKRAINIAN ALLIES STAND TOGETHER IN OUR SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. THE TWO ALSO CHECKING OUT A KIWI COMPANY AT THE FOREFRONT OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY. WE WERE FOUNDED IN MT MAUNGANUI, IN NEW ZEALAND. THE UK JUST BOUGHT $70m WORTH. THIS WEEK NEW ZEALAND EXTENDED ITS MILITARY TRAINING SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER 18 MONTHS. WE STAND WITH UKRAINE, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT ` WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND WITH UKRAINE, BECAUSE THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR VALUES WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT. THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY. THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SET OF RULES THAT WE BELIEVE IN AS A COUNTRY. SO, I THINK US CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT COMES AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN INDICATES HE'S NOW OPEN TO DIRECT TALKS WITH UKRAINE'S VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE EARLY IN THE WAR. THE KREMLIN SAYS PUTIN'S OPEN TO DISCUSSING NOT HITTING CIVILIAN TARGETS. AND YET, RUSSIA CONTINUES TO ATTACK UKRAINIAN TOWNS AND CIVILIANS. THIS WAR COULD END TOMORROW, FRANKLY, IF RUSSIA REMOVED ITS TROOPS. IT' S AN ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, UNJUST WAR. SHOULD THERE BE A LONGER-TERM PEACE DEAL, THE PRIME MINISTER'S MAKING CLEAR NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY PARTY TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE HERE IN EUROPE AROUND WHAT MAY BE POSSIBLE POST THE CEASEFIRE. AND AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE'RE OPEN TO PARTICIPATING IN A PEACEKEEPING ARRANGEMENT, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO SEE PEACE SECURED FIRST. FOR UKRAINIANS, IT MUST SEEM LIKE PEACE IS A LONG WAY OFF. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. A CLAIM SOMEONE HELPED JOHN BECKENRIDGE AND HIS STEPSON ESCAPE 10 YEARS AGO WAS TURNED ON ITS HEAD AT THE CORONER'S HEARING IN CHRISTCHURCH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER POLICE SHARED THE STATEMENT OF A MAN WHO ACCUSED HIS FAMILY MEMBER OF HELPING STAGE THE DISAPPEARANCE, THE ACCUSER GAVE EVIDENCE AND CHANGED HIS STORY. THOMAS MEAD REPORTS. DID THE BECKENRIDGES DIE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS CLIFF, OR WAS IT ALL STAGED? TODAY, POLICE REVEALED THEY'D EXPLORED A NEW THEORY. 'OLIVER CONFIRMED THAT PAUL HAD DISCLOSED THAT HE AND OTHERS 'HAD ASSISTED THE BECKENRIDGES AND THEY WERE ALIVE.' SAYING THAT IN 2023, THIS MAN, OLIVER WATSON, CALLED THEM, CLAIMING HIS COUSIN, PAUL WATSON, HAD ADMITTED HELPING THE BECKENRIDGES ESCAPE. AND YOU'RE PROVIDED A STATEMENT TO THE POLICE? YES. AND YOU'VE GOT THAT STATEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU? YES. BUT READING IT BACK, HE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED HIS STORY. 'WE HELPED THEM OUT, AND THEY ARE ALIVE' ` THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID. THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. HE SAID TO ME, 'DON'T WORRY, THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.' THAT WAS ALL HE SAID. SHOCK FLOODING THE COURTROOM. DO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE RETRACTING ALLEGATIONS THAT PAUL WATSON HELPED THE BECKENRIDGES? ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A COMPLETE TURNAROUND FROM WHAT YOUR` FROM WHAT YOUR STATEMENT... I KNOW IT IS. I KNOW IT IS. PAUL WATSON, WHO 1 NEWS INTERVIEWED BACK IN 2015, OWNED THE LAND WHERE THE CAR WENT OVER THE CLIFF. I SUSPECT THIS ALLEGATION IS MOTIVATED BY HIM WANTING MY FARM. THERE IS SOME RESENTMENT THERE. OF COURSE THERE IS, YES. IN COURT, THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYING HE'S NEVER MET THE BECKENRIDGES. HELPING JOHN BECKENRIDGE WOULD MAKE ME COMPLICIT WITH HIS CRIME, AND I WOULD NOT DO THAT. THE COUSINS HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER FOR DECADES. AS A CHRISTIAN, I TOTALLY FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT` FOR ALL THIS YOU'VE THROWN ON ME. PAUL, IF I'VE PUT YOU THROUGH STRESS, I'M SO SORRY, MAN. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY` TO WISH YOU A VERY GOOD, HAPPY LIFE. THANK YOU. SOBS: THANK YOU, PAUL. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THE HEARING FINISHING WITH STILL MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MYSTERY THAN ANSWERS. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE NEI. JUST AHEAD ` WHAT LABOUR'S NOW CALLING FOR FOLLOWING WINSTON PETERS' COMMENTS DURING A HEATED RNZ INTERVIEW. AND AFTER INITIALLY BEING SHUT DOWN BY POLICE, LORDE SHOWS OFF HER NEW SINGLE AT A POP-UP EVENT IN NEW YORK. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` CARTWHEELS, CRAFTS AND CAFFEINE. WHAT'S SAFE FOR KIDS? WE'VE GOT THE BUZZ. AND IT'S HOT, GRITTY, AND GAINING VALUE ` WE DIG INTO THE PROCESS BEHIND THE GOLD BOOM. PLUS ` FROM CROWDED HOUSE TO SOLD-OUT SHOWS, THE AWARD-WINNING MEL PARSONS IS JUST GETTING STARTED. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. A HEATED INTERVIEW HAS SPARKED CALLS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO STEP IN OVER COMMENTS MADE BY HIS CURRENT DEPUTY. WINSTON PETERS APPEARED TO THREATEN RNZ'S FUNDING DURING AN INTERVIEW ON THE STATION'S MORNING REPORT PROGRAMME. ABBEY WAKEFIELD REPORTS. (BIRD TWITTERS ENERGETICALLY) THE YELLOWHEAD ROUNDING OUT MORNING REPORT TODAY, BUT NEW ZEALAND'S DEPUTY HEAD... (LAUGHS) ...WAS THE ONE RUFFLING FEATHERS. I'M THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE, AND I PUT UP THE ARGUMENT FOR YOU TO ANSWER. I THOUGHT YOUR JOB WAS TO HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. IT IS, AND ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT THIS INTERVIEW WILL SEE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, AND I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YOU CAN'T HELP YOURSELF. YOU'RE DOING MOST OF THE TALKING, AREN'T YOU? THE FACT IS YOU'RE PAID FOR BY THE TAXPAYER, AND SOONER OR LATER, WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT WATER OFF TOO, BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ABUSE ON THE TAXPAYER, YOU'RE NOT HEARING BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY, YOU KEEP ON PUTTING THE ARGUMENT OF THE WOKE LEFT. YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. THIS EXCHANGE DURING AN INTERVIEW ABOUT A NEW ZEALAND FIRST MEMBER'S BILL ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE A 'WOMAN' AND A 'MAN' IN LAW. THREATENING A MEDIA ENTITY THAT IS STATUTORILY INDEPENDENT WITH CUTTING THEIR FUNDING BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE BEING INTERVIEWED IS UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR ANY MINISTER ` EVEN MORE UNACCEPTABLE WHEN THAT PERSON HAPPENS TO BE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. THE SOON-TO-BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS MR PETERS DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO CUT FUNDING FROM RNZ. THE PERSON TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WOULD ACTUALLY BE PAUL GOLDSMITH. SO, WE ASKED PAUL GOLDSMITH IF THAT WAS THE CASE ` HE TOLD 1 NEWS THAT MR PETERS HAS HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE WITH WHICH HE WON'T BE SEEKING TO INTERFERE. RNZ SAYS IT HAS A RIGOROUS EDITORIAL POLICY, AND THAT CORIN DANN CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER IN WHAT WAS A ROBUST POLITICAL INTERVIEW. IT'S SO TYPICAL THAT RNZ AND YOUR FORM WILL START PUTTING THEIR ARGUMENTS. WELL, THAT'S MY JOB, MR PETERS ` TO PUT UP AN ARGUMENT. AN ARGUMENT WHICH MAY NOT BE OVER YET ` MR PETERS TAKING TO FACEBOOK AFTER THE INTERVIEW TO CALL CORIN DANN AN 'ARROGANT WOKESTER LOSER'. SCAMS COST PEOPLE UP TO $2b A YEAR. BUT FROM NOVEMBER, CONSUMERS TRICKED INTO PAYING MONEY WILL GET REIMBURSED BY THEIR BANK IF IT FAILED TO PROTECT THEM, AS PART OF AN UPDATED CODE OF PRACTICE. CUSHLA NORMAN EXPLAINS. ANNA STRONG SETTLING INTO HER FIRST HOME, BUT SHE NEARLY DIDN'T GET IT AFTER LOSING HER DEPOSIT IN AN ONLINE RUSE, WITH SCAMMERS POSING AS HER LAWYERS. NONE OF IT LOOKED CONCERNING, BUT YES, THE $41,000, SADLY, WASN'T TRANSFERRED TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. ANNA DID GET HER MONEY BACK, BUT TO BETTER PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE HER, 13 BANKS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SAFEGUARDS, LIKE MAKING SURE THE PAYEE NAME MATCHES THE ACCOUNT. WELL, THERE'LL BE SHARING OF SCAMMER ACCOUNTS BETWEEN BANKS THAT'LL BE QUITE A SOPHISTICATED WAY OF ACTUALLY MOVING QUITE QUICKLY. A 24/7 REPORTING CHANNEL, IDENTIFYING AND EDUCATING CUSTOMERS ABOUT HIGH-RISK TRANSACTIONS, ALSO FLAGGING HIGH-RISK TRANSACTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN URGING BANKS TO TAKE MORE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TO PROTECT THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR A LONG TIME. SO, I'M DELIGHTED THAT THE BANKS HAVE INSTITUTED THIS NEW CODE OF PRACTICE. THE BANKS ARE ALSO EXPANDING COMPENSATION, SO VICTIMS OF UNAUTHORISED SCAMS ARE COVERED, AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS DECEIVED INTO ALLOWING A PAYMENT. IT RECOGNISES THAT THE SOPHISTICATION OF MODERN SCAMMING ` THIS ISN'T YOUR WEST AFRICAN PRINCE CALLING UP AND SAYING THAT YOU WON AN INHERITANCE. TO KNOW THAT THERE IS THAT SAFETY NET FOR PEOPLE, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS THEIR FAULT, AND THAT THERE IS A WAY FORWARD IS GONNA BE SUCH A REASSURANCE. CONSUMERS WILL BE COVERED IF CERTAIN CRITERIA IS MET, INCLUDING IF THE PAYMENT IS MADE TO A NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNT, A THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT SERVICE ISN'T USED, THE PRODUCTS WERE NOT BOUGHT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETPLACE, AND THE SCAM IS REPORTED TO THE POLICE AND BANK WITHIN THREE MONTHS. THEY HAVE STRUCK THE BALANCE IN A NOT-TOO-BAD WAY, THERE IS SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY LEFT THERE ` IF YOU IGNORE LEGITIMATE WARNINGS, YOU WON'T BE COVERED. BANKS WILL COMPENSATE A CUSTOMER UP TO THREE TIMES, AND FOR A MAXIMUM OF $500,000. CUSHLA NORMAN, 1 NEWS. AT LEAST 26 TOURISTS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND KILLED, AND TEN MORE INJURED BY SUSPECTED MILITANTS IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR. THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE IN PAHALGAM, WITH GUNMAN EMERGING FROM THE FOREST ABOVE THE POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION IN THE HIMALAYAS. NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY, BUT INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SAYS THE PERPETRATORS WOULD 'BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE'. AFTER INITIALLY BEING SHUT DOWN BY NEW YORK POLICE, A POP-UP SHOW FROM KIWI POP-STAR LORDE HAS GONE AHEAD. THOUSANDS OF FANS WERE TOLD TO DISPERSE WASHINGTON PARK SQUARE LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE LORDE WAS DUE TO PERFORM. THE SINGER EVENTUALLY SHOWING UP AFTER DARK, DANCING ALONG TO HER NEW SINGLE 'WHAT WAS THAT'. (CHEERING) # I TRIED # I TRIED # TO LET # TO LET # WHATEVER HAS TO PASS THROUGH ME, # PASS THROUGH. LORDE ANNOUNCED THE SURPRISE GIG JUST THREE HOURS AHEAD OF TIME. TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO APOLOGISE TO FANS FOR THE POLICE SHUTDOWN. ME U TONU MAI ` COMING UP ` A TEARFUL END TO THE CORONER'S INQUEST INTO OLYMPIC CYCLIST OLIVIA PODMORE'S SUDDEN DEATH. PLUS ` A MISSION IS LAUNCHED ` EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS OF FOOD PRODUCTION IN SPACE TO HELP CURB THE SKYROCKETING COST OF FEEDING ASTRONAUTS. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` THE PRICE OF GOLD'S REACHING RECORD HIGHS ` MEET THE FOUR BROTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN TURNING IT INTO TREASURE FOR 50 YEARS. AND WE'RE TALKING KIDS AND CAFFEINE ` FROM TEA WITH NAN TO FIZZY WITH FRIENDS ` HARMLESS OR HYPED-UP? PLUS ` CELEBRITY CHEFS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE ` MANU AND COLIN ARE OFF THE GRID IN AOTEAROA. THAT ` AND MUCH MORE ` COMING UP AT 7. VOICEOVER: One minute you're doing a little DIY. The next you've done too much. With Tower, you can save $75 on every new comprehensive car or contents insurance policy. Ts&Cs apply. Got a minute? Get a quote. 'I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE LIVVY PROUD.' THAT FROM THE MOTHER OF OLIVIA PODMORE AS THE INQUEST INTO THE OLYMPIAN'S DEATH CAME TO AN EMOTIONAL END IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. BOTH HER PARENTS GIVING TEARFUL CLOSING REMARKS, EVEN DRAWING A REACTION FROM THE CORONER OVERSEEING THE HEARING. SPORTS EDITOR ABBY WILSON WAS IN COURT. MR PODMORE, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, IT'S BEEN A LONG AND HARD PROCESS FOR THE FAMILY OF OLIVIA PODMORE. WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT OLIVIA FACED (VOICE BREAKS) WHILE BEING UNDER THE CARE OF CYCLING NEW ZEALAND. THE OLYMPIAN'S HIGH-PERFORMANCE JOURNEY HAS BEEN SCRUTINISED AS PART OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST. IT'S TAKEN NEARLY FOUR YEARS TO PIECE TOGETHER THE FULL STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE SHOCKED. FROM HER ROLE AS AN INADVERTENT WHISTLEBLOWER, TO MISSING SELECTION AND WATCHING FROM HOME AS HER FRIENDS AND TEAMMATES COMPETED AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS ` THE COURT HEARING EVIDENCE FROM FRIENDS, DOCTORS, AND THOSE IN THE BROADER HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENT. HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND HAS ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR THAT SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO WAS UNACCEPTABLE. WE WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF LIV, AND AMAZED AT THE COURAGE SHE SHOWED, LASTING AS LONG AS SHE DID. THE ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED MAINTAIN CHANGE IS UNDERWAY. THIS IS TANGIBLE WORK AND ACTION, NOT PAPER POLICY. WHILE TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE HEARING, THE FINDINGS ALWAYS TAKE SOME TIME. THE CORONER MAKING SPECIAL MENTION IN HER CLOSING REMARKS, THOUGH, THAT SHE'S ANXIOUS THINGS ARE DONE AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AS SHE'S AWARE THE DELAY IS DISTRESSING. THE CORONER'S EMOTION EVIDENT AS SHE DIRECTLY ADDRESSED WHANAU. I WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY THANK FAMILY. UM... YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS INQUEST COMING UP FOUR YEARS, AS YOU MENTIONED. YOU HAVE ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF YOUR DAUGHTER WITH CARE, DETERMINATION, AND WITH RESPECT. REMEMBER HER AS THE HAPPY, BUBBLY BUT DETERMINED GIRL WITH THE LONG BLONDE HAIR WHO WANTED TO BE... A CHAMPION. THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY WITHOUT THEIR DAUGHTER CONTINUES. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE LIVVY PROUD. UM... (VOICE BREAKS) I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THE BEST JOB THAT WE COULD DO. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTRES ARE SET TO HAVE SIMPLIFIED REGULATIONS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. CABINET'S ACCEPTED 15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOWING A REVIEW INTO THE ECE SECTOR. PART OF THE CHANGE WILL INVOLVE AMENDING LAWS IN PARLIAMENT, WITH A BILL SET TO BE INTRODUCED IN JULY. REGULATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS ECE PROVIDERS WILL NO LONGER BE BURDENED WITH 98 SEPARATE LICENSING CRITERIA, WHICH HE CALLS OUTDATED. A MISSION HAS BLASTED OFF TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF GROWING FOOD IN SPACE TO HELP BRING COSTS BACK DOWN TO EARTH. FEEDING ASTRONAUTS CURRENTLY COSTS AS MUCH AS $45,000 A DAY, SO LAB-GROWN STEAK MASHED POTATOES AND DESSERTS COULD SOON BE ON THE MENU, AS THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. ONE. IGNITION. ENGINES FULL POWER AND LIFT-OFF. GO, FALCON. GO, BANDWAGON THREE. UP AND ON ITS WAY INTO ORBIT. ONBOARD, A SMALL SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT TO SEE IF ASTRONAUTS CAN GROW FOOD FOR THEMSELVES IN TEST TUBES. IT'S A MINI VERSION OF THIS SETUP. BUBBLING AWAY IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST. IT'S PRODUCING PROTEINS THAT'S DRIED INTO A POWDER, WHICH CAN BE TURNED INTO ALL SORTS OF FOOD. THEY CAN PRODUCE PROTEINS, THEY CAN PRODUCE FATS, THEY CAN PRODUCE CARBOHYDRATES, FIBRES, AND THEN THEY CAN BE COMBINED TO DO DIFFERENT RECIPES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISHES IN THE END. IMAGINE HAVING A 3D BIO-PRINTER AND PRINTING OUT THE STEAK THAT YOU WANT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE SPACE STATION. YOU COULD TURN IT INTO A STEAK? YES, THAT'S THE AIM. RIGHT NOW, EATING IN SPACE ISN'T A GOURMET EXPERIENCE. ALTHOUGH THE ASTRONAUTS ARE ENJOYING THEMSELVES, THE FOOD ITSELF ISN'T MUCH FUN. A LOT OF IT IS FREEZE-DRIED. THEY HAVE THE SAME THINGS MOST DAYS, AND IT'S REALLY PRICEY. JACOB'S JOB IS TO TURN THE CHEMISTRY INTO CUISINE. ALL HIS INGREDIENTS CAN BE LAB-GROWN. THEY AREN'T YET, BUT HE'S PRACTISING FOR THE DAY THEY CAN. MAKING SPICY DUMPLINGS TODAY, BUT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ANYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, FRENCH CUISINE, CHINESE CUISINE, INDIAN CUISINE. ANY KIND OF CUISINE WILL BE POSSIBLE TO BE REPLICATED IN SPACE, JUST BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. THE EXPERIMENT WILL BE IN EARTH'S ORBIT FOR JUST A FEW HOURS. IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE TO HELP DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY. IF ALL GOES WELL, ASTRONAUTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COULD BE TRYING OUT SOME LAB-GROWN FOOD IN JUST A FEW YEARS' TIME. THE TEAM CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH SAY THE DREAM IS TO ONE DAY HAVE LAB-GROWN FOOD FACTORIES ON THE MOON. ZION'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A SHAKE-UP TO SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI? WE HEAR FROM ONE BLACK FERN WHO'S CROSSING THE DITCH WHILE SHE CAN AND THE WARRIORS LOCK IN THEIR FULLBACK FOR TWO MORE YEARS ` WE SPEAK WITH CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD. PLUS ` WHY DAVID NYIKA LOOKS BACK ON HIS RECENT DEFEAT IN THE RING WITH FONDNESS. AND IN WEATHER` WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY. FINALLY, THE WEATHER STARTED TO GO ON AN EVEN KEEL AS HIGH PRESSURE COMES IN. BUT WITH THAT, TOO, CLEAR SKIES, LIGHT WINDS, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHILLY NIGHT. SOME FROST AROUND, CHILLY FOR QUITE A FEW OF US MAYBE, AS WELL AS MINUS TWO, MINUS THREE. FINE BY DAY. ONE OR TWO SHOWERS TO THE FAR NORTH. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. THE CROSS-CODE SWITCH FOR FEMALE RUGBY PLAYERS MIGHT NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH LONGER, WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY SET TO MAKE CHANGES TO SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI. IT COMES AS A GROWING NUMBER OF PLAYERS EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES ON TOP OF THEIR RUGBY COMMITMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE NRLW, AND NOW THE AFLW. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. AFTER YET ANOTHER STANDOUT SUPER SEASON... SHE'S GOT THE PASS AWAY TO GRACE BROOKER ` PINNING THE EARS BACK! ...THE MATATU MIDFIELDERS TAKING ON A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME ` AFL. MY GREATEST GOAL IS TO BE THE BEST ATHLETE I CAN POSSIBLY BE, AND WATCHING THAT SPORT, LIKE, THEY ARE ATHLETES ` THEY'VE GOT THIS VERTICAL GAME, THEY'VE GOT THIS QUICK, FAST-THINKING GAME AND A COMPLETE CHANGE-UP OF SKILLS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT REALLY DREW ME IN. AND THERE'S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT FOR THE FORMER BLACK FERN, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY WORKING TO EXPAND AUPIKI, WITH ITS SCHEDULE LIKELY TO PUSH THE COMPETITION LATER INTO THE YEAR AND CLASH WITH OTHER CODES. I'M OVER THE THE PLANS THAT ARE LIKELY TO HAPPEN ` I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY CONTRACT SO MANY PLAYERS AND YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY IS ONLY GOING TO HELP THE GAME AT THE MOMENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THINGS WILL TIGHTEN UP A BIT AS OUR COMPETITIONS CONTINUE TO BUILD, AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR TEST WINDOWS ARE. SO, YEAH, THINGS WILL PROBABLY TIGHTEN UP A BIT AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS. FOR BROOKER, THAT DECISION THIS YEAR, AT LEAST, WAS TAKEN OUT OF HER HANDS ` NOT RECEIVING A CENTRAL CONTRACT,. ALLOWING THE 25-YEAR-OLD TO SIGN A ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH TOP-EIGHT AFLW SIDE ESSENDON. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO, LIKE, START BACK AT THE BOTTOM. YOU KNOW, WITH RUGBY, I'VE KIND OF LEARNED A LOT, I'VE STILL GOT HEAPS TO LEARN, BUT I'M AT THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH RUGBY, WHEREAS AFL, I'M JUST GOING TO COME IN AND BE A COMPLETE LEARNER, AND JUST BE LIKE, 'TEACH ME EVERYTHING YOU GUYS KNOW.' (LAUGHS) BECAUSE JUST LIKE HER 15S STINT IN JAPAN LAST YEAR, BROOKER SEES THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A WAY TO ENHANCE HER SKILL SET. DO YOU SEE THAT BLACK FERNS DOOR AS BEING CLOSED, OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP KNOCKING ON IT? NO, I'LL DEFINITELY KEEP KNOCKING ON IT. AND I'VE HAD THAT TASTE ` I'VE HAD THAT TASTE OF THE BLACK JERSEY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY, LIKE, STOP THAT HUNGER. WHETHER OR NOT IT HAPPENS, I'LL JUST DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, I PUT MY HAND UP INSTEAD OF MY HAND OUT. BROOKER HEADS TO THE BOMBERS NEXT WEEK, READY TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. THE WARRIORS HAVE A CHANCE TO CEMENT THEIR PLACE IN THE NRL'S TOP FOUR AGAINST THE KNIGHTS IN CHRISTCHURCH ON FRIDAY. FULLBACK CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD CELEBRATING A RETURN TO THE STARTING LINE UP, AS WELL AS HIS NEXT MOVE. NEVER SHORT OF ENERGY ` (CHANTING) ...OR INTENSITY. A BIG PART OF THE WARRIORS HEART AND SOUL, LOCKED IN FOR TWO MORE YEARS. WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO SEE YOURSELF IN A JERSEY OTHER THAN THE WARRIORS ONE? YEAH. VERY HARD, VERY HARD. EVER SINCE I COME TO THE CLUB, ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS` WAS BE HERE FOR LIFE. AND BEING AT THE CROSSROADS OF MAYBE SEEING MYSELF IN A DIFFERENT JERSEY, IT WAS MAKING ME FEEL A BIT WEIRD. I COULDN'T SEE MYSELF IN ANY OTHER JERSEY AND AT ANY OTHER CLUB. HAVING DEBUTED FOR THE CLUB IN 2017, CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD LEFT TO JOIN CANBERRA TWO YEARS LATER, BEFORE RETURNING HOME IN 2023, AND DESPITE ALL THE NOISE, MAKING THE FULLBACK POSITION HIS OWN. NICOLL-KLOKSTAD! OPTIONS TO LEAVE THE AUCKLAND CLUB ON THE TABLE, TURNING THEM ALL DOWN TO STAY WHERE HE IS. YEAH, IT'S A MASSIVE DECISION, MATE. IT'S` IT'S FAMILY. IT'S ` IS THIS WHAT'S BEST FOR MYSELF? DO I SEE MYSELF GROWING HERE? WHICH I DO. IS THE PLAYING GROUP GONNA BE GROWING? WHICH I THINK THEY ARE. AND I FEEL LIKE THE CLUB'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I FEEL LIKE I PLAY MY BEST FOOTY UNDER ANDREW WEBSTER. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HIS BEST FOOTY UNDER ME OR WHAT I'VE DONE. THE THING I FIND WITH CHARNZE IS THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE SO MUCH. I THINK WHAT HE FINDS IS IMPORTANT, I DO AS WELL, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD MATCH. NICOLL-KLOKSTAD BACK IN THE SIDE TO FACE NEWCASTLE IN CHRISTCHURCH ON ANZAC DAY. WINNING ON APRIL 25th RARE ` SO RARE, THE LAST TIME WAS A DECADE AGO. WE'VE LOOKED REALLY GOOD FOR BIG PERIODS ON ANZAC DAY, BUT THEN HAVEN'T FINISHED IT OFF. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CLUB, AND WE WANNA BE GOOD AT THAT. THE WARRIORS MAKING A HABIT OF FINISHING OFF GAMES THIS SEASON. TIME NOW TO DO IT DOWN SOUTH. MANCHESTER CITY INFLICTED A MAJOR BLOW IN THE TUSSLE FOR NEXT SEASON'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOTS, SCORING DEEP IN INJURY TIME TO BEAT ASTON VILLA 2-1. THE GAME LOCKED UP 1-1 WITH TIME ALMOST UP, BEFORE MATHEUS NUNES STRUCK. ACROSS THE FACE... AND IT'S MATTHIAS NUNEZ WHO WINS IT AT THE DEATH FOR MANCHESTER CITY! UNAI EMERY CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE IT. AND HE COULD BE THE ONE THAT TAKES MANCHESTER CITY BACK INTO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. CITY MOVING UP TO THIRD ON THE TABLE, VILLA STUCK IN SEVENTH, TWO POINTS OFF A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOT. FINALLY TONIGHT ` DAVID NYIKA STICKS HIS GOALS ON POST-IT NOTES ON HIS MIRROR TO LOOK AT EVERY DAY, REMOVING THEM ONCE ACHIEVED. THERE WAS ONE BIG ONE HE DIDN'T PEEL OFF IN JANUARY - BEATING TITLE-HOLDER JAI OPETAIA. SINCE THEN, NYIKA HAS BEEN LOOKING AT HIMSELF AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS COMEBACK BOUT. HERE'S JENNY SUO. (CHEERING) IT'S A MOMENT MOST BOXERS WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO FORGET, SO, GOOD THING DAVID NYIKA DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. I REMEMBER LOOKING ACROSS FROM JAI. I REMEMBER THE FIRST ROUND, THE SECOND ROUND, THE THIRD ROUND, THE FOURTH ROUND. THE ONLY THING I DON'T REMEMBER IS GETTING KNOCKED OUT, WHICH IS AWESOME. OUT COLD FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER A BRUTAL BLOW FROM AUSSIE JAI OPETAIA IN THE IBF TITLE FIGHT. NYIKA ENTERED THE BIGGEST BOUT OF HIS LIFE WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS NOTICE. HIS UNDEFEATED RECORD SHATTERED. BUT HE LOOKS BACK WITH FONDNESS. OH, I GET EMOTIONAL, BUT LIKE, UM, I'VE GOT MY FAMILY AROUND ME AND IT'S LIKE, UH, I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. CHOKING UP: I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM, BUT, UM... YEAH, YEAH. IT'S HEAVY. IT'S REALLY, REALLY HEAVY. UM, I'M BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHO I AM IN THE RING. AND I COME BACK TO THE CHANGING ROOM, I'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE, LIKE, CONCERNED, AND THEY'RE LIKE, 'OH, DAVE, EVERYTHING'S OK. YOU'RE OK.' I'M SO HAPPY THAT I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF THAT. THREE AND A HALF MONTHS ON, CONFIRMATION OF ANOTHER BOUT IN JUNE. I'M ALREADY IN GOOD SHAPE. I'VE ALREADY BEEN TRAINING. I HAD THREE WEEKS FOR JAI, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE BEST DAVID NYIKA. MEXICAN GILBERTO RAMIREZ ON NYIKA'S LIST. RAMIREZ AND JAI OPETAIA ` THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO THAT HAVE IMPRESSED ME IN THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION, AND, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T SEE ANYONE THAT CAN BEAT ME. I BELIEVE DAVE IS ONE OF THE MOST SKILFUL BOXERS IN BOXING. AND, UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA GET BACK THAT AND RELY ON HIS NATURAL TALENTS AND` AND USE THOSE` THOSE FEET, BECAUSE I THINK HE'S GOT THE BEST FEET IN THE SPORT OF BOXING. DANCING NOW WITH RENEWED FOCUS AND MOTIVATION. I'VE LEARNT SO MUCH MORE FROM MY LOSSES. I'M NOT STUPID, I'M NOT SILLY. I KNOW THAT I'VE ONLY GOT A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE SPORT. I'M GONNA, LIKE, LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. AND HE'S GOT SOMETHING EXTRA TO FIGHT FOR NOW TOO. YOU BELIEVE IN HIM ENOUGH TO LET HIM MARRY YOUR DAUGHTER? (LAUGHS) LOOK, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER SON-IN-LAW. PROPOSING TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, MANAGER NOEL THORNBERRY'S DAUGHTER, IN MEXICO, JUST DAYS AFTER HIS BOUT AGAINST OPETAIA, WHAT'S SCARIER ` YOUR NEXT BIG FIGHT OR GETTING MARRIED? I'M NOT SCARED OF GETTING MARRIED AT ALL. FIRST, ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT AND A DIFFERENT RING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE ONE STILL ON HIS POST-IT NOTE. JAI IS STILL THAT GUY UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW. (LAUGHS) I'VE STILL GOT A CHIP ON MY SHOULDER. I STILL WANT TO KNOCK THAT DUDE OUT, MAN. DAVID NYIKA IS READY. I WILL BE A WORLD CHAMPION. IT WASN'T MY TIME. UH, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BACK. I'LL BE BACK AND I'LL BE BETTER. JENNY SUO, 1 NEWS. JAMES O'CONNOR'S FORM FOR THE CRUSADERS HAS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF A WALLABIES RECALL TO PLAY THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS IN JULY. BUT THE 34-YEAR-OLD WON'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO PRESS HIS CASE ON SATURDAY IN SUPER RUGBY'S SOUTHERN DERBY. LUKE ROBINSON HAS THE DETAILS. HE WAS THE MAN OF THE MOMENT ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO. HERE HE GOES. THERE IT GOES. AND IT IS OVER. THIS WEEK, NO ROOM IN THE CRUSADERS MATCHDAY 23 FOR AUSSIE VETERAN JAMES O'CONNOR. IT'S ABOUT ROSTER MANAGEMENT. YOU'LL GET IT. IT'S, UM, AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF, UH, PREPARING THE GROUP FOR THE COMPETITION AS IT UNFOLDS. BUT THE RED AND BLACKS HEAD TO DUNEDIN WITH A TEAM STACKED WITH ALL BLACKS, LOOKING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF LAST YEAR'S DEFEAT IN THE SOUTHERN DERBY WHEN THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE HIGHLANDERS. FOR US, IT'S QUITE HOSTILE. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. YOU GO DOWN THERE, YOU UNDERESTIMATE THE CHALLENGE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AT YOUR PERIL. UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO THAT TRAP. UM, WE PROBABLY DID IT LAST YEAR. WE PROBABLY WEREN'T WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE, AND THEY TAUGHT US A LESSON. THE HIGHLANDERS IN A TANGLE OF THEIR OWN, HAVING LOST FIVE OF THEIR LAST SIX GAMES, BOOSTED BY THE RETURN OF ALL BLACKS PROP ETHAN DE GROOT, ALONG WITH SEAN WITHY FOLLOWING HIS TWO-WEEK SUSPENSION. IT'S AN EXCITING GAME FOR THE BOYS, BECAUSE THE HIGHLANDERS AND THE CRUSADERS GAMES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONALLY AN EXCITING MATCH, AND ONE THEY WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO. THEIR RUN OF RESULTS HAVE SEEN THEM TUMBLE DOWN THE STANDINGS TO NINTH, NOW STUCK IN A LOGJAM OF TEAMS FIGHTING FOR THE PLAY-OFFS. IT'S ONE POINT, I THINK, AMONGST THE OTHER 4 OR 5 TEAMS, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA` IT'S GONNA BE A TIGHT RACE HOME. THE TURNAROUND NEEDED, STARTING WITH THE CRUSADERS UNDER THE ROOF IN DUNEDIN. BECAUSE THE HOME WON'T WON'T HELP US, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR RUGBY RIGHT. CROUCH BEING SET AND READY FOR THE SOUTHERN BATTLE. LUKE ROBINSON, 1 NEWS. THANKS. STAY WITH US ` DAN SAYS IT COULD BE A CHILLY NIGHT FOR SOME OF US TONIGHT ` DETAILS NEXT. COMING UP AT 7 ` FORGET YOUR CRYPTO ` GOLD'S GOING OFF, AND FOUR KIWI BROTHERS ARE RIDING THE WAVE. AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN AND OFF THE BEATEN TRACK ` COLIN AND MANU ARE EATING UP ADVENTURE IN AOTEAROA. LIKE, WHEN YOU FLY INTO IT, LIKE A SNOW-SCRAPED MOUNTAIN ON A CHOPPER, AND YOU'RE SIPPING A WHISKEY, AND WE'RE JUST HAVING A WHISKEY TOGETHER, AND WE GO, 'WE'VE GOT TO THE STAGE IN OUR LIVES WHERE WE CAN DO THIS, LIKE, HOW LUCKY ARE WE?' WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE COUCH AT SEVEN. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumers's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLINGIN. A NICE CHANGE FOR MANY OF US. A CHILLY NIGHT TONIGHT. EXTRA BLANKETS AND HEAT PUMP. REMNANTS OF LAST SOUTHERLY. EASTERLY FLICK. 22 FOR TOP TEMP. A REAL CONTRAST ` COOLER TO THE DEEP SOUTH, HAVE A LOOK AT THE NIGHT. BELOW FREEZING SPREADING NORTH. MINUS TWO OR THREE TOWARDS INTERIOR. LOVELY OVERALL IN THE DAY. ONE LITTLE TROUGH IS STUCK. ANZAC DAY ` OVERNIGHT ITLL BE A COOL ONE. COUPL EOF SHOWERS. LOOKING DRY FOR DAWN SERVICE. COULD HAVE A SPOT OF RAIN NORTH. DAY IS FINE, AUCKLAND HAS A DRY DAY EXCEPT RODNEY. COUPLE OF LAYERS. COULD BE A TOUCH OF FROST. BREEZE EASING BACK. EAST ` CLOUDS, LEFOTVER BREEZE, ALL LOOKING FINE. WEST ` CHILLY ONE. WELLINGTON ` EARLY CLOUD. TE WAI POUNAMU IT'S GONNA BE COLD. A TOUCH OF FROST IN CHRISTCHURCH. A CHILLY START. TWO AND ONE. DEEP SOUTH LOOKING GOOD. DUNDEDIN COLD IN MORNING. ONE CHANGE - COULD BE A TWIST IN ATMOSPHERE FOR DAWN SERVIICE.