THE LONG ROAD TO GETTING AN EXPRESSWAY FROM AUCKLAND TO WHANGAREI COULD FINALLY BE NEARING AN END, ALONG WITH THOSE FRUSTRATING SLIPS AT THE BRYNDERWYNS. THE POPE'S FINAL JOURNEY TO ST PETER'S BASILICA IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AS THE PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS HE'LL ATTEND THE FUNERAL. A THREE NEWS EXCLUSIVE ` IS A BRITISH FRAUDSTER WHO RIPPED OFF TAXPAYERS TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF POUNDS NOW DOING BUSINESS HERE? AND HE GOES, 'RUN! HE'S GOT A GUN!' AND OH, OUR HEARTS STARTED TO POUND. AND I SAID, 'OH, MUM, WHERE'S MUM?' AND DOES THIS VIDEO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF TWIN TELEPATHY? CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI, WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. IT'S BEING HAILED AS A 'GENUINELY TRANSFORMATIONAL' OPPORTUNITY TO BOOST JOBS AND GROWTH. PLANS FOR A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR NORTHLAND EXPRESSWAY CONNECTING AUCKLAND AND WHANGAREI ARE FINALLY TAKING SHAPE. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY HAS FINALISED ITS PREFERRED ROUTE FOR THE NEW ROAD CORRIDOR, TO BE BUILT IN THREE STAGES, THAT WILL AVOID PARTS OF THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS PRONE TO SLIPS. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, DON'T EXPECT TO DRIVE ON THE NEW ROAD ANY TIME SOON. SPEED RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE AT THE SITE OF A SLIP IN THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS THAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY. TRAFFIC WAS TEMPORARILY REDUCED TO A SINGLE LANE, AND IT CAME LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER SH1 THROUGH THE BRYNDERWYNS FINALLY RE-OPENED AFTER SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS FROM SLIPS DURING CYCLONE GABRIELLE. THE THREE-MONTH CLOSURE PROBABLY WOULD'VE COST US $200M, THAT WE'VE JUST EXPERIENCED. IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. THE GOVERNMENT IS FORGING AHEAD WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ` A NEW MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR NORTHERN EXPRESSWAY. THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITTED TO UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF NORTHLAND, AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS BETTER TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR BIGGEST CITY, AUCKLAND, AND THIS EXTREMELY EXCITING AND, UH, RICH REGION. IT'LL BE BUILT IN THREE STAGES. THE FIRST SECTION ` WARKWORTH TO TE HANA ` IS ALREADY CONFIRMED. IT'LL BE TOLLED AND DELIVERED UNDER A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE INVESTORS ARE STILL YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR AND FINISH AROUND 2032. TODAY, THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY ANNOUNCED ITS PREFERRED ROUTE FOR THE SECOND SECTION ` A NEW ROAD MOSTLY TO THE EAST OF SH1 AVOIDING PROBLEMATIC PARTS OF THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS, AND WILL MAKE IT'S WAY UP TO WHANGAREI. BOTH SECTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE TOLLED. THE STEEPNESS OF THE TERRAIN OF THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS OFTEN LEADS TO SLIPS, SO THE NEW PROPOSED ROUTE TO THE EAST IS SAID TO BE MORE DIRECT AND HAS MORE PREDICTABLE GEOLOGY THAT CAN BE MANAGED THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN. NZTA WILL BE ENGAGING WITH LANDOWNERS IN AND AROUND THIS AREA AND INDEED ALONG THE WHOLE ROUTE AND TALKING TO THEM AND SAYING, 'YOU'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY LAND 'THAT THE GOVERNMENT OR NZTA WILL NEED TO ACQUIRE.' THE TRANSPORT MINISTER DESCRIBED THE EXPRESSWAY AS A 'GENUINELY TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 'TO BOOST JOBS AND GROWTH'. TIMELY, PERHAPS, CONSIDERING WESTPAC'S REGIONAL ROUNDUP REPORT TODAY SAYS 'ECONOMIC CONDITIONS HAVE REMAINED COOL ACROSS THE COUNTRY' WITH NORTHLAND'S ECONOMIC TEMPERATURE DESCRIBED AS 'FROSTY'. OUR REGION HAS LONG SUFFERED FROM ITS ROADING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO TODAY WE ANNOUNCE THE` EFFECTIVELY I LOOK AT IT AS MAKING UP FOR GENERATIONS OF UNDER-INVESTMENT. THE NEW MEGA HIGHWAY DOESN'T COME CHEAP THOUGH. BALLPARK, IT'S MULTI-BILLIONS. WE'RE TALKING MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE WHOLE OF THE CORRIDOR, BECAUSE IT'S A 100KM` IT'S A 100KM ROAD, GIVE OR TAKE. BUT IT WILL BE BUILT IN STAGES OVER MANY YEARS. BUT THE TRANSPORT MINISTER INSISTS IT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT TO ENSURE NORTHLAND'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL DOESN'T SLIP AWAY. THE POPE IS LYING AT REST IN HIS FORMER RESIDENCE INSIDE THE VATICAN TONIGHT, AS MORE DETAILS EMERGED OF HIS FINAL MOMENTS. VATICAN SOURCES SAID POPE FRANCIS AWOKE EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING AND LATER SUFFERED A FATAL STROKE AND FELL INTO A COMA. IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR, A CEREMONY WILL SEE HIS COFFIN TAKEN TO ST PETER'S BASILICA WHERE HE WILL LIE IN STATE FOR THREE DAYS. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY NIGHT NEW ZEALAND TIME WITH WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING DONALD TRUMP, PRINCE WILLIAM AND CHRISTOPHER LUXON ATTENDING. ITV'S JAMES MATES REPORTS. (CHANTING IN LATIN) FLANKED BY THE UNIFORMED SWISS GUARDS WHO ATTENDED HIM IN LIFE AND NOW IN DEATH, THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS LIES IN THE CHAPEL OF HIS APARTMENT IN THE VATICAN, BLESSED BY HIS CHAMBERLAIN, CARDINAL KEVIN FARRELL. DRESSED IN RED ROBES, WEARING THE WHITE PAPAL MITRE, THE COFFIN, A SIMPLE WOODEN ONE ` NOT THE ELABORATE THREE-LAYERED COFFIN TRADITIONALLY USED TO BURY A POPE. (PRAYING IN LATIN) IN THIS, HIS BODY WILL BE CARRIED IN PROCESSION TOMORROW TO LIE IN STATE IN ST PETER'S BASILICA FOR THE THREE DAYS LEADING UP TO SATURDAY'S FUNERAL. THE CARDINALS, WHO'LL ATTEND THE FUNERAL AND THEN, NINE DAYS LATER, BEGIN TO CHOOSE HIS SUCCESSOR, ALREADY ARRIVING AT THE VATICAN. BUT BEFORE THE SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS START, THEY AND THE CHURCH WILL FOCUS ON HONOURING THE DEPARTED POPE FRANCIS. HIS BODY WILL BE TAKEN FROM THE CHURCH OF THE HOUSE OF ST MARTHA AT 9AM TOMORROW TO ST PETER'S. IT'LL LIE ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN AN OPEN COFFIN FOR MOURNERS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. THE FUNERAL'S AT 10AM ON SATURDAY ` AN OUTDOOR MASS IN ST PETER'S SQUARE ` A CEREMONY GREATLY SIMPLIFIED IN LINE WITH THE POPE'S WISHES. THE BURIAL, THOUGH, IS AT THE SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE BASILICA IN ROME ` ONE OF FRANCIS'S FAVOURITE CHURCHES. THE FIRST TIME THE POPE'S CHOSEN NOT TO BE BURIED IN THE VATICAN IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS. AROUND THREE-QUARTERS OF THE CARDINALS WILL CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE WERE THEMSELVES CHOSEN BY POPE FRANCIS. BUT THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BYZANTINE WORLD OF VATICAN POLITICS SAY THAT MAY NOT MEAN THEY WANT TO CARRY ON IN THE SAME DIRECTION. WHEN A POPE IS DEAD, IT'S LIKE THE CHILDREN WHEN THE FATHER IS DEAD ` EVERY CHILD DOES WHAT HE WANTS. HE GOES HIS WAY. SO THE FACT THAT ABOUT 110 CARDINALS ARE CHOSEN BY BERGOGLIO DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU WILL HAVE A POPE FRANCIS NUMBER TWO. WHAT KIND OF POPE WILL WE HAVE? THE CHURCH IS VERY SPLIT. IT'S VERY DIVIDED. NOT LEAST ON FRANCIS'S DETERMINATION TO GIVE WOMEN AN EVER GREATER ROLE IN HIS CHURCH. LOOK AROUND THE VATICAN DEPARTMENTS, OR DICASTRIES, AS THEY CALL THEM, AND YOU SEE WOMEN, BOTH SISTERS AND LAY WOMEN, IN VERY IMPORTANT ROLES. AND ALSO, WE'RE REGULARLY CONSULTED NOW BY VARIOUS VATICAN DEPARTMENTS ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH AND THE FUTURE. DOES THIS CONTINUE? I DO BELIEVE IT WILL CONTINUE. AT THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, THE TOMB CHOSEN BY POPE FRANCIS HAS BEEN BOARDED UP AS IT'S BEING PREPARED TO RECEIVE HIS COFFIN ON SATURDAY. THE QUESTION FOR THE CHURCH NOW IS WHICH, IF ANY, OF HIS REFORMS MAY SOON BE BURIED WITH HIM? THE FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF WELLINGTON WILL BE THE ONLY NEW ZEALANDER TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE CONCLAVE TO ELECT A NEW POPE. CARDINAL JOHN DEW IS HEADING TO ROME FOR POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL, AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SECRET PROCESS TO DECIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S NEW LEADER. DEW TOLD THREE NEWS IT'S A HUGE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S QUITE AWESOME WHEN I THINK OF SOMEONE COMING FROM A TINY LITTLE TOWN IN CENTRAL HAWKE'S BAY AND GOING TO BE PART OF A GROUP OF ELECTING SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO LEAD THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH FOR THE NEXT HOWEVER MANY YEARS. DEW WILL BECOME THE THIRD NEW ZEALAND CARDINAL TO VOTE IN A PAPAL ELECTION. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL ATTEND POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL, ON HIS WAY HOME FROM A VISIT TO EUROPE. LUXON MET HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART SIR KEIR STARMER AT DOWNING STREET, WHERE THEY DISCUSSED ISSUES LIKE TRADE AND SECURITY. THEY ALSO VISITED A MILITARY SITE IN SOUTH ENGLAND WHERE KIWI AND UK FORCES ARE TRAINING UKRANIAN SOLDIERS. WHILE THERE, LUXON TOLD THE UKRAINIAN TROOPS THEY ARE HEROES. IT IS INCREDIBLY SOBERING TO THINK THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT TO THIS PLACE TO TRAIN, YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THE BATTLEFRONT, YOU'VE COME BACK NOW AS LEADERS, UH, TO ACTUALLY DO MORE TRAINING, AND IN A MATTER OF DAYS, COULD BE BACK AT THE FRONT LINE AGAIN, ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND THE DEFENCE OF YOUR COUNTRY IN WHAT IS AN INCREDIBLY UNJUST, ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL WAR STARTED BY RUSSIA. WHILE LUXON WAS WATCHING A TRAINING EXERCISE, HE SEEMED TO BE HIT OR GRAZED BY A FLYING SHELL CASING. HE STEPPED BACK BUT APPEARED UNHURT, AND CONTINUED HIS CONVERSATION. A MAN WHO CLAIMED HIS COUSIN HAD HELPED JOHN BECKENRIDGE AND HIS STEPSON MIKE ESCAPE HAS RETRACTED HIS STATEMENT. A CORONER'S HEARING IS UNDERWAY TO ASSESS NEW EVIDENCE INTO THE PAIR'S DISAPPEARANCE. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE 2015. JOHN'S CAR WAS FOUND SUBMERGED AT THE BOTTOM OF A CLIFF IN SOUTHLAND, AND POLICE BELIEVE THEY DIED IN A MURDER-SUICIDE. OLIVER WATSON ALLEGED HIS COUSIN PAUL ` WHO OWNED THE CLIFFTOP LAND CENTRAL TO THE CASE ` HAD TOLD HIM HE'D HELPED THE PAIR ESCAPE. PAUL WATSON DENIES THAT CONVERSATION, AND OLIVER RETRACTED HIS CLAIM AT TODAY'S HEARING. THE HEARING HAS NOW CONCLUDED. REGULATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO UNRAVEL RED TAPE FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SECTOR. SEYMOUR SAYS CABINET WILL SIMPLIFY REGULATIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND PLANS TO DROP OR CHANGE THREE-QUARTERS OF AROUND 98 LICENSING CRITERIA FOR PRE-SCHOOLS. BUT AMONG THE LONGER-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS IS A MOVE TO LOOSEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH HAS MANY IN THE SECTOR UP IN ARMS. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES HAVE LONG COMPLAINED THEY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICE ` MANY OF THEM ARE UNNECESSARY HOOPS. AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE REGULATOR WAS REQUIRED TO WRITE TO KIWIRAIL TO ASK A TRAIN OPERATOR TO STOP HONKING THEIR HORN WHEN THE CHILDREN WENT OUT TO WAVE AT THE TRAIN. REGULATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR WANTS TO CUT RULES THAT GIVE REGULATORS POWER TO SHUT DOWN CENTRES THAT DON'T COMPLY. I BELIEVE IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAT REGULATORS ARE THERE TO HELP PEOPLE COMPLY RATHER THAN PUNISH THEM, ESPECIALLY PUNISH THEM ARBITRARILY AND UNPREDICTABLY. REGULATIONS THAT STIPULATE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WARM A CENTRE IS. THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE EXACTLY 18 C. NOW, OBVIOUSLY TEMPERATURE IS IMPORTANT TO SMALL CHILDREN, BUT WE KNOW THAT CHILDREN HAVE EXISTED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND THEY CAN TAKE A DEGREE OR TWO EITHER SIDE. SEYMOUR SAYS SAFETY WILL CONTINUE TO BE PARAMOUNT, BUT THE TEACHERS UNION, NZEI, SAYS THE RULES ARE ALL ABOUT SAFETY. THE CHANGES, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY CUTS TO THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. THEY'VE WATERED DOWN QUALIFIED TEACHER REQUIREMENTS AND WITHDRAWN SAFETY CRITERIA. DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS THERE'S NO CURRENT PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS, BUT HIS REPORT ARGUES THE CASE FOR DOING EXACTLY THAT IN THE NAME OF FLEXIBILITY. IF YOU TALK TO PARENTS, THEY ARE PAYING AN AWFUL LOT. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING VALUE FOR MONEY, AND THAT MEANS THE BEST RATIOS OF THE BEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT MONEY CAN BUY. BUT ONE SECTOR GROUP, TE RITO MAIOHA, EARLY CHILDHOOD NEW ZEALAND, SAYS THE REQUIREMENT FOR TEACHERS TO GET A THREE YEAR QUALIFICATION WAS HARD-WON AND COULD EASILY BE LOST. YOU WOULDN'T DUMB DOWN A SURGEON'S QUALIFICATIONS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, SO WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO A TEACHING PROFESSION? BUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL SAYS THE REPORT'S MOST PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE ASKING THE MINISTER TO FOCUS ON SOME EASY` EASY-TO-REACH THINGS NOW, BECAUSE 18 MONTHS IS GOING TO DRAG ON. SEYMOUR SAYS THIS WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PROVIDERS INTO A THRIVING MARKET WITH REDUCED OPERATION COSTS AND COMPLIANCE HEADACHES. TE PATI MAORI HAS SKIPPED ANOTHER APPEARANCE BEFORE PARLIAMENT'S PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE OVER THEIR HAKA. HANA-RAWHITI MAIPI-CLARK LED A GROUP OF MPS IN A HAKA DURING A VOTE ON THE CONTENTIOUS TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE PARLIAMENT'S 'COURT'. TE PATI MAORI MPS SKIPPED THEIR FIRST HEARING ` CLAIMING THE COMMITTEE HAD DENIED A NUMBER OF THEIR REQUESTS. AND, THEY DIDN'T SHOW FOR TODAY'S 'SECOND CHANCE' HEARING INSTEAD SUBMITTING WRITTEN STATEMENTS. A BRITISH BUSINESSMAN ACCUSED OF MASSIVE TAX FRAUD AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME HAS REPORTEDLY SET UP LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND AND IS INVOLVED AS A SHAREHOLDER IN AT LEAST ONE COMPANY HERE. THREE NEWS HAS UNCOVERED GREGORY CANDY-WALLACE'S LONG FRAUDULENT HISTORY AND CONNECTION WITH AUCKLAND AND WHY AUTHORITIES HERE MIGHT NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIS BUSINESS INTERESTS. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. CARDIFF, WALES ` THE ORIGIN OF A SPRAWLING TAX FRAUD WEB ` AND ALLEGEDLY AT THE CENTRE, A MAN NOW WITH TIES TO NEW ZEALAND. THEY WERE ALL BASED IN THE SAME OFFICE BUILDING IN QUITE A POSH PART OF CARDIFF, AND THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY DORMANT COMPANIES, NO REAL ONLINE PRESENCE, QUITE VAGUE DESCRIPTIONS ONLINE. AT THE FOREFRONT, A MAN BY THE NAME OF GREGORY CANDY-WALLACE, WHOSE BUSINESS DEALINGS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE UK'S NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY, AS WELL AS A LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST. WE FOUND ONE OF THE COMPANY DIRECTORS, GREG CANDY-WALLACE, WHO IS A 64-YEAR-OLD BRIT. HE WAS AT THE CENTRE OF A MAJOR COURT CASE BROUGHT BY THE UK'S NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY, OR THE NCA, AND THEY DESCRIBED CANDY WALLACE AS CONTROLLING COMPANIES IN AN INTERNATIONAL MONEY-LAUNDERING NETWORK RUN BY AN ORGANISED CRIME GROUP. ONLINE, HIS ONLY PUBLIC FOOTPRINT SEEMS TO DO WITH WATER POLO. HE'S A BIT OF A GHOST IN TERMS OF HIS ONLINE PRESENCE. HE DOES SEEM TO BE A WATER POLO ENTHUSIAST FROM THE VERY VAGUE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT WHICH WE MANAGED TO FIND. BUT UK COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY THREE NEWS SHOW HIS MOST RECENT KNOWN ADDRESS IS AN AUCKLAND. IT SEEMS CANDY-WALLACE SORT OF HAD A NEW LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE NCA SAYS THE CRIME GROUP CANDY-WALLACE WAS A PART OF DEFRAUDED THE UK TAX SYSTEM BY MORE THAN $112m, FUNNELLING IT THROUGH BRITISH BANK ACCOUNTS BEFORE MOVING IT OFFSHORE. LAUNDERED THROUGH QUITE A COMPLICATED NETWORK OF UK BANK ACCOUNTS, AND THEN ENDING UP IN MOSTLY HONG KONG AND TAIWAN ACCOUNTS. HE AVOIDED A CONVICTION IN THE UK, SETTLING OUTSIDE OF COURT INSTEAD. THE NCA WAS ALL SET TO TAKE CANDY-WALLACE AND HIS ASSOCIATES TO A CIVIL TRIAL, BUT THEY ACTUALLY REACHED A SETTLEMENT WHERE THEY RECOVERED ASSETS WORTH AROUND �5.8m, UM, NOWHERE NEAR THE �50m FRAUD AMOUNT. BUT THE DEFENDANTS DID ACCEPT THAT THE SETTLEMENT MONEY WAS THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME. WE VISITED SEVERAL AUCKLAND ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH CANDY-WALLACE... (KNOCKS ON DOOR) ...BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONLINE SEARCHES ALSO SHOW HIS BUSINESS INTERESTS IN NEW ZEALAND. WE WENT TO THE GOVERNMENT HERE TO SEE IF THEY WERE AWARE OF CANDY-WALLACE. THEY SAID THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY'S OFFICE CAN CONFIRM THAT MR. CANDY-WALLACE IS NOT A DIRECTOR OF ANY NEW ZEALAND REGISTERED COMPANY, BUT HE IS LISTED AS A SHAREHOLDER OF FM GROUP LIMITED. FM GROUP LISTS HIS CO SHAREHOLDER AS A MAN WITH A SIMILAR SURNAME, BILL CANDY, WHO IS LISTED ON DOCUMENTS BOTH HERE AND THE UK. I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF HIS FAMILY CONNECTION IN NEW ZEALAND, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN BUSINESSES WITH HIS FORMER FATHER-IN-LAW. WE FOUND BILL CANDY AT AN ADDRESS IN AUCKLAND, WHO TOLD US GREG CANDY-WALLACE IS HIS EX SON-IN-LAW. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S BEEN LINKED TO AN INTERNATIONAL MONEY-LAUNDERING NETWORK, AND WE JUST WANTED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HIS BUSINESS INTENTIONS ARE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. (ELECTRONIC BEEP) AUTOMATED VOICE: END OF CALL. THE CALL THEN ENDED ABRUPTLY. GREG CANDY WALLACE HAS A LONG HISTORY. THERE ARE, I THINK, TWO OTHER CASES GOING BACK ALMOST 20 YEARS, WHERE HE HAS BEEN NAMED AS BEING LINKED TO SUSPECTED TAX FRAUD, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A NEW PATTERN OF BEHAVIOUR. ONE OF CANDY-WALLACE'S ASSOCIATES IS IN A UK PRISON, NOT FOR FRAUD, BUT FOR PLOTTING A BOMBING AGAINST THE NCA'S LAWYERS. GREG CANDY-WALLACE MAY NOT BE BEHIND BARS, BUT HE MAY WELL BE BEHIND A DESK IN NEW ZEALAND. IMO'S HERE NOW, AND HOW'S THE WEATHER? A LOT DRIER THAN IT HAS BEEN, THAT'S FOR SURE! 22 DEGREES WAS THE HOTTEST IT GOT TODAY FOR THE LIKES OF AUCKLAND, TAURANGA, HAMILTON AND WHAKATANE. 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WHILE DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS PETERS DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO CUT RNZ'S FUNDING, EVEN IF HE WANTED TO. THE GOVERNMENT OF COURSE HAS A BUDGET COMING UP AND HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT ALL THE FINE LINE ITEMS, RNZ IS UNDER THE PORTFOLIO OF HIP CULTURE AND HERITAGE SO THE PERSON TO ANNOUNCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT SHOULD BE PAUL GOLDSMITH. RNZ STOOD BY THE INTERVIEW, SAYING IT WAS CONDUCTED IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. GUNMEN HAVE SHOT DEAD AT LEAST 26 TOURISTS AT A RESORT IN INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR. INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR POLICE DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT AS A 'TERROR ATTACK' AND SAY AT LEAST FOUR GUNMEN FIRED AT DOZENS OF TOURISTS FROM CLOSE RANGE. THEY'VE BLAMED MILITANTS FIGHTING AGAINST INDIAN RULE. MOST OF THE TOURISTS KILLED WERE INDIAN. DONALD TRUMP WON'T ADMIT IT, BUT HE APPEARS TO HAVE BLINKED FIRST IN HIS TRADE WAR WITH CHINA. THE PRESIDENT HAS SUGGESTED HE'LL SUBSTANTIALLY CUT HEFTY TARIFFS IMPOSED ON CHINESE GOODS. THE BACKDOWN CAME AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WARNED HIS POLICIES WERE SLOWING GLOBAL GROWTH, WITH THE U.S. ECONOMY HIT PARTICULARLY HARD. ITV'S JOEL HILL REPORTS. THE PORT OF BALTIMORE ` GATEWAY TO AMERICA. MORE IMPORTS OF CARS ARRIVE HERE THAN AT ANY OTHER U.S. PORT. TRAFFIC HAS ALREADY SLOWED, BUT THE FULL IMPACT OF THE TRADE WAR PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS UNLEASHED HAS YET TO BE FELT. TRUMP DOES WHAT HE PROMISES, AND HE'S A DISRUPTER. GEOFF POHANKA VOTED FOR TRUMP AND BELIEVES AMERICA IS BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY BY OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT HIS FAITH IS BEING TESTED. MOST OF THE CARS AT THE 21 DEALERSHIPS HE OWNS ARE NOW SUBJECT TO TARIFFS, AND HE HAS SEEN HIS PENSION AND THE SHARES HE OWNS FALL IN VALUE. YOU KNOW, A 25% TARIFF WOULD REALLY BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE CAR BUSINESS. IT'S REALLY UNTHINKABLE AT THAT LEVEL, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT WOULD BE DAMAGING, AND I THINK WE'D HAVE TO FIND SOME OF THE STRATEGY. BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO BLINK FIRST. I THINK THE OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BLINK FIRST. (APPLAUSE) FIRST, AN OBVIOUS PRIORITY IS TO RESTORE TRADE POLICY STABILITY. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY NEEDS A CLEAR, STABLE AND PREDICTABLE TRADING ENVIRONMENT. DONALD TRUMP INHERITED AN ECONOMY ON A ROLL. THREE MONTHS AGO, THE IMF PREDICTED THE U.S. ECONOMY WOULD GROW BY 2.7% THIS YEAR ` THE FASTEST GROWTH IN THE G7. NOW, THE IMF HAS CUT ITS FORECASTS FOR ALL THE G7 NATIONS, BLAMING TARIFFS AND THE UNCERTAINTY THEY'VE CREATED. THE FUND HAS REDUCED ITS GROWTH FORECAST FOR THE UK BY 0.5%. THE DOWNGRADE TO THE UNITED STATES WAS MUCH BIGGER. TRUMP SAID THERE WOULD BE PAIN BUT INSISTS IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ACTUALLY A GENIUS, THAT HE` THAT HE KNOWS SOMETHING YOU DO NOT? WE HAVE A BOX IN OUR REPORT THAT LOOKS AT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE TARIFFS IF THEY ARE MAINTAINED, AND IT IS NEGATIVE FOR ALL REGIONS, JUST LIKE THE SHORT-TERM IMPACT. SO WE ARE SEEING A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN THE SHORT TERM, IN THE MEDIUM TERM, IN THE LONG TERM. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMS TARIFFS ON IMPORTS WILL PAY FOR TAX CUTS, REVIVE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND KERB CHINA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE. THE IMF BELIEVES TARIFFS WILL DO NONE OF THESE THINGS. ON THE CONTRARY, IT ARGUES THE PRESIDENT IS DOING SERIOUS HARM TO THE PROSPERITY OF HIS OWN COUNTRY AND ITS TRADING PARTNERS. GEOFF POHANKA'S FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE CAR BUSINESS FOR OVER 100 YEARS. THE COMPANY HAS WEATHERED PLENTY OF DOWNTURNS. SOME THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD TRIGGER THE NEXT BIG CRISIS, BUT GEOFF REMAINS HOPEFUL. FOR NOW, AT LEAST, HE STILL BELIEVES. RENTAL LISTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SURGED TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL IN OVER A DECADE. TRADE ME FIGURES SHOW IT'S A TENANT'S MARKET, WITH LISTINGS UP 41% IN MARCH COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. MEANWHILE DATA FROM REALESTATE.CO.NZ SUGGESTS IT'S A BUYER'S MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY, WITH $63M TRIMMED FROM ASKING PRICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. IN AUCKLAND, THE AVERAGE DROP PER LISTING WAS NEARLY $60,000. COMING UP ` LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE ` THE MILLIPEDE INVASION OF OWHIRO BAY THAT'S GOT SOME LOCALS THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE AREA. PLUS, IS TWIN TELEPATHY A REAL THING? WE'VE GOT THE INTERVIEW THAT MIGHT HAVE DECIDED THE DEBATE FOR GOOD. AND LATER IN SPORT ` A BIG BOOST FOR THE WARRIORS, WITH FULLBACK CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD RESIGNING FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS UNVEILED ITS PREFERRED ROUTE FOR THE NORTHLAND EXPRESSWAY THAT CONNECTS AUCKLAND TO WHANGAREI, WHILE AVOIDING PARTS OF THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS PRONE TO SLIPS. A PROCESSION TO TAKE POPE FRANCIS' COFFIN TO ST PETER'S BASILICA WILL GET UNDERWAY SHORTLY AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL THIS WEEKEND. AND A CORONIAL HEARING INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN BECKENRIDGE AND HIS STEPSON MIKE HAS CONCLUDED AFTER A MAN WHO CLAIMED HIS COUSIN HELPED THEM ESCAPE RETRACTED HIS STATEMENT. WILD CHIMPANZEES IN WEST AFRICA HIS COUSIN HELPED THEM ESCAPE RETRACTED HIS STATEMENT. WILD CHIMPANZEES IN WEST AFRICA COULD EXPLAIN WHY HUMANS USE BOOZE AS A SOCIAL LUBRICANT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SHARING FRUIT CONTAINING ALCOHOL ` NOT IN QUANTITIES TO GET ROARING DRUNK, BUT ENOUGH FOR A FUZZY BEER BUZZ FEELING. ITV'S SANGEETA KANDOLA EXPLAINS: LIKE OLD MATES, ONE-BY-ONE THEY HUDDLE UP, SEEMINGLY MEETING FOR DRINKS, JUST LIKE THEIR CLOSEST RELATIVES HUMANS. JUST LIKE THEIR CLOSEST RELATIVES HUMANS. (CHUMPS HUFF) THESE WILD CHIMPS HAVE BEEN GOING BANANAS FOR THIS FERMENTED FRUIT ` (CHUMPS HUFF) *(CHIMPS HUFF) THESE WILD CHIMPS HAVE BEEN GOING BANANAS FOR THIS FERMENTED FRUIT ` NOT A BANANA, BUT AN AFRICAN BREADFRUIT ` THAT, WHEN RIPE, CARRIES A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL. EXPERTS SAY THIS FOOTAGE FROM GUINEA-BISSAU'S NATIONAL PARK IS THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE YET OF SOCIAL BONDING BY THE CHIMPS WHEN SHARING THIS ALCOHOLIC FRUIT. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THIS RESEARCH HAS REALLY BROUGHT UP, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE IN FUTURE RESEARCH, IS WHETHER THERE ARE REAL SOCIAL BENEFITS, WHETHER THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO A SITUATION OF FEASTING IN HUMANS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND TO GET AT THAT QUESTION, WE'D NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S SHARING WITH WHO AND UNDER WHAT CONTEXTS. THE BOOZY FRUIT SHARED BY THESE CHIMPS WAS TESTED FOR ALCOHOL CONTENT. THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOUND WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 0.61% STRENGTH, SO COMPARATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS CONSUMED BY HUMANS, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO GET DRUNK. NONETHELESS, THE FOOTAGE ALSO SHOWED THEY DID APPEAR TO PARTAKE IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONKEYING AROUND. (CHIMPS HUFF) WHAT BEGAN AS A NUISANCE HAS NOW BECOME A NIGHTLY SOURCE OF TORMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF WELLINGTON'S OWHIRO BAY ` PORTUGUESE MILLIPEDES ` ATTRACTED BY THE LIGHT ` ARE POURING THROUGH CRACKS AND UNDER DOORS AT SUCH A RATE ONE LOCAL SAID IT'S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A HORROR MOVIE. SOME SAY THEY'RE SWEEPING UP HUNDREDS OF THE TINY BUGS A DAY AND ARE EVEN CONSIDERING MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. AMY RIDOUT HAS MORE. THEY'RE CALLED PORTUGUESE MILLIPEDES. THESE TINY CREEPY CRAWLIES HAVE BEEN BUGGING RESIDENTS OF WELLINGTON'S SOUTH COAST FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT NOW THEY HAVE SWARMS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES. THE MILLIPEDES ARE NATIVE TO EUROPE, BECAME ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRALIA, BUT ARE SPREADING ALONG THE CAPITAL'S SOUTH COAST. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN SPOTTED IN THE HUTT VALLEY. RESIDENTS SAY THEY SWEEP UP PILES OF DEAD MILLIPEDES EACH DAY AND THAT IT'S A LOSING BATTLE. BECAUSE IT'S STILL A RELATIVELY NEW NUISANCE PEST, MPI SAYS TOO LITTLE IS KNOWN TO HAVE ANY PLAN TO TACKLE THEM, AND THEY WARN USING HARSH CHEMICALS COULD IMPACT OUR FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. IT'S MEANT LOCALS ARE FRUSTRATED AND OVERWHELMED, SAYING IT'S AN INFESTATION INTO THEIR HOMES AND LIVES THAT NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION. GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL SAYS THERE'S NO PLANS TO MANAGE THE MILLIPEDES AS THEY ARE NOT LISTED AS PESTS. HOWEVER THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S KEEPING TRACK OF SUBURBS AND WATCHING FOR ANY SIGNS OF SPREAD. A POP UP CONCERT BY LORDE SENT FANS INTO A FRENZY IN NEW YORK CITY. (CROWD CLAPS, CHANTS) # WE WANT LORDE! WE WANT LORDE! # WE WANT LORDE! THE KIWI SINGER TEASED THE EVENT, URGING HER FOLLOWERS TO MEET HER AT THE PARK AT 7PM. THOSE WHO CRACKED THE CODE HEADED TO WASHINGTON SQUARE IN THEIR DROVES, EXCEPT NO ONE TOLD THE POLICE. THEY SHUT IT DOWN EVEN BEFORE IT HAD BEGUN. LORDE LATER APOLOGISED TO FANS ON HER INSTAGRAM STORY. TORVILL AND DEAN BECAME PART OF SPORTING LEGEND WITH THEIR UNFORGETTABLE OLYMPIC ICE DANCE GOLD IN 1984. SO IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT THEIR FINAL GOODBYE TO PERFORMING SHOULD BE LONG, AND GRACEFUL. THEY'RE EMBARKING ON A FAREWELL TOUR OF 34 SHOWS, ENDING IN THEIR HOME CITY OF NOTTINGHAM. ITV'S EMMA VOLNEY REPORTS. (RAVEL'S 'BOLERO' PLAYS) THEY'VE CAPTIVATED THE NATION FOR DECADES. BUT NOW TORVILL AND DEAN ARE TAKING TO THE ICE ONE FINAL TIME FOR A FAREWELL TOUR. AS THEY TOLD ME, IT'S THE END OF AN ERA. IT IS THE LAST TIME THAT WILL BE SKATING TOGETHER, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S RIGHT, AND I THINK WE BOTH KNOW THAT IT'S TIME, THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS ONE LAST TOUR IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN STILL SKATE, AND THEN SAY GOODBYE. YEAH. WELL, NOT TO EACH OTHER. NO. NOT TO EACH OTHER. (LAUGHS) THE TOUR A CELEBRATION OF A CAREER THAT TOOK THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE 1984 WINTER OLYMPICS. (RAVEL'S 'BOLERO') THIS, THE PERFORMANCE THAT DEFINED THEM, DANCED TO RAVEL'S BOLERO. PERFECT SCORES AND GOLD. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? UM, WHEN WE LOOK BACK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE HAD. AND, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE WON THE OLYMPICS IN '84 THEN OPENED A LOT MORE DOORS FOR US FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO THIS DAY. YEAH, WE'RE STILL GOING 41 YEARS LATER AFTER THE OLYMPICS... YEAH. ...UM, HAS BEEN AMAZING. JAYNE TORVILL AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN! (CROWD CHEERS) (SHIMMERING MUSIC) BUT IT'S ITV'S DANCING ON ICE THAT'S KEPT THEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND AS THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDS. WE'LL NEVER NOT BE FRIENDS AND WE'LL NEVER NOT SEE EACH OTHER. IT'S JUST THAT WE WON'T HAVE REGULAR SESSIONS ON THE ICE ANY MORE. BEST FRIENDS. YEAH. YEAH. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER. (RAVEL'S 'BOLERO' PLAYS) AN ICONIC DUO TAKING THEIR FINAL TURN ON THE RINK. WITH A CLOSING MOMENT TO MATCH THE ONE THAT MADE THEM LEGENDS. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT, AND A SURPRISE RETURN FOR THE CHIEFS? YES, FOR YOUR CHIEFS, HE'S BACK VERY EARLY FROM INJURY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUT FOR ALL OF SUPER RUGBY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A JULY RETURN FOR THE ALL BLACKS WE'LL HAVE MORE ON SITITI'S RETURN NEXT. PLUS, THE GOOD NEWS KEEPS COMING AS CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD STAYS PUT WITH THE WARRIORS FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. AND PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE GETS THE NOD FOR THE FIRST BLACK FERNS CAMP, ALONGISDE HER 18-YEAR-OLD SUPERSTAR BLUES TEAM MATE. BORN TO ADVENTURE, WITH SUZUKI MOTORCYCLES AND THREE NEWS SPORT. FULLBACK CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD HAS RE-SIGNED WITH THE WARRIORS FOR ANOTHER TWO SEASONS AHEAD OF HIS RETURN FROM INJURY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. DESPITE OTHER OFFERS, THE 29-YEAR-OLD SAYS IT WAS AN "EASY DECISION" TO STAY AT THE CLUB AND IS EAGAR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS FOOTY IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT STARTS WITH FRIDAY NIGHT'S ANZAC DAY CLASH AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. LUCY THOMSON REPORTS. DISTANCE IS GOOD! DIRECTION IS FANTASTIC! THE WARRIORS ARE STILL RIDING THE HIGH OF THAT WIN AT MOUNT SMART. ALL-IN-ALL, GOOD VIBES AROUND AT TRAINING NOW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP STACKING THEM UP. BUT TWO POINTS ISN'T THE ONLY THING THE SIDE TOOK AWAY FROM SATURDAY'S WIN. WE HAD A REAL HARD LOOK AT OURSELVES AND WHY WE MADE IT SO HARD AT THE END OF THE GAME. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER DECLARING THERE'S PLENTY TO WORK ON IF THEY ARE TO SECURE A FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN AT HOME, THIS TIME IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CHRISTCHURCH CROWD ON FRIDAY NIGHT. I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME REAL CONCENTRATION ISSUES AROUND OUR TRY-LINE DEFENCE, LIKE WE'VE LET SOME REAL SIMPLE TRIES IN EARLY. AN AREA THEY'LL WANT TO TIDY UP AGAINST A NEWCASTLE SIDE COMING OFF THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS OF THE SEASON AFTER A 34-14 DEFEAT TO THE SHARKS. THEY'RE GONNA BE HUNGRY, JUST LIKE US WHEN WE HAD A GAME LIKE THAT ` ALL YOU WANNA DO IS GET BACK ON THE PITCH IN AND RIGHT YOUR WRONGS, AND THAT'LL BE NO DIFFERENT FOR THEM THIS WEEKEND. IT'S A SHORT TURNAROUND, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING THEM TO COME FULL GUNS BLAZING. AND WITH THE WEIGHT OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS OFF HIS SHOULDERS, CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD IS EAGER TO DO THE SAME. YEAH, THERE WERE OPTIONS. THERE WERE CROSS-ROADS THAT WE HAD TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A PART OF THE BUSINESS SIDE OF RUGBY LEAGUE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY AND STOKED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION. I'M SO GLAD HE HASN'T LEFT. UM, HE'S A BIG PART OF OUR ENERGY AT THIS PLACE. HIS CULTURE AND WHAT HE WHAT HE DELIVERS HERE IS HUGE, AND HE'S A GREAT PLAYER. A PLAYER THEY'RE HAPPY TO HAVE BACK FROM CONCUSSION PROTOCOLS THIS WEEK AS THEY LOOK TO COMMEMORATE ANZAC DAY WITH A WIN. AS EXPECTED PORTIA WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BLACK FERNS TRAINING SQUAD FOR THEIR FIRST CAMP OF THE YEAR. FRESH OFF ANNOUNCING SHE'S COMING OUT OF INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT, WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE IS ONE OF 22 MEMBERS OF THE 2022 WORLD CUP SQUAD TO BE INCLUDED BY ALLAN BUNTING. ALSO SELECTED IS BLUES STAR BRAXTON SORENSEN-MCGEE (18) WHO WAS A STANDOUT DURING THEIR SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI TITLE RUN. HAVING ORIGINALLY BEEN RULED OUT FOR THE ENTIRE SUPER RUGBY SEASON, WALLACE SITITI IS SET TO MAKE A MIRACULOUS RETURN FOR THE CHIEFS THIS WEEKEND. LAST YEAR'S WORLD RUGBY BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR UNDERWENT KNEE SURGERY FOLLOWING THE ALL BLACKS' END-OF-YEAR TOUR, WITH HIS RETURN TO PLAY SET DOWN FOR THE START OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEASON. BUT SITITI'S BEEN WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH HIS REHAB AND WILL MAKE HIS RETURN FROM THE BENCH IN FRIDAY'S CLASH WITH THE FORCE. THE CRUSADERS ARE EYEING SOME DUNEDIN REDEMPTION THIS WEEK AS THEY LOOK TO MAINTAIN THEIR SPOT NEAR THE TOP OF THE SUPER RUGBY LADDER. TO DO THAT, ROB PENNEY HAS LARGELY STUCK WITH THE SIDE THAT'S WORKED FOR HIM ALL SEASON, RESISTING THE TEMPTATION FOR MASS CHANGES, ALTHOUGH HE HAS MADE ONE THAT MIGHT TURN A FEW HEADS. HERO ONE WEEK... THERE HE GOES. THERE IT GOES! AND IT IS OVER. HERE HE GOES. THERE IT GOES. ...SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENT THE NEXT. TOUGH GIG, ISN'T IT? GET RELEGATED. IF ANYTHING IS POINTED TO THE TURNAROUND IN THE CRUSADERS FORTUNES THIS YEAR, BEING ABLE TO HAND JAMES O'CONNOR A REST AFTER WINNING THEM THE GAME THE WEEK PRIOR WOULD BE IT. 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. ROB PENNEY, ALL TOO AWARE HE'LL NEED THE LIKES OF O'CONNOR LATE IN THE SEASON AS THEY LOOK TO MAKE A DEEP RUN IN THE PLAYOFFS. BEFORE THEY GET THERE, THE CRUSADERS HAVE THEIR SIGHTS SET ON OVERCOMING THE HIGHLANDERS IN DUNEDIN. THEY'RE TOUGH GAMES, AND WE'RE EXPECTING NO DIFFERENT THIS WEEK AS WE HEAD DOWN TO THE HIGHLANDERS. THEY'LL BE` THEY'LL BE HURTING AND THEY'LL BE, UM` THEY'LL BE UP FOR RED AND BLACK TRAVELLING SOUTH, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ARE. THEY SHOWED THAT LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH THE CRUSADERS ARE A VASTLY DIFFERENT SIDE TO THE ONE WHO SUCCUMBED TO THE SOUTHERNERS UNDER THE ROOF IN 2024. THIS YEAR, THEY ARE FLYING HIGH SECOND ON THE LADDER, WITH JUST TWO DEFEATS. SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT FLOW OR MOMENTUM. WE'VE MANAGED TO` TO CAPTURE IT, AND IT'S UP TO US NOW TO TRY TO KEEP IT AS LONG AS WE CAN. WHILE THE CRUSADERS LOOK TO SOLIDIFY A TOP-TWO SPOT, ACROSS THE DITCH, THE HURRICANES ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO CLAW THEIR WAY INTO THE TOP SIX. ANOTHER CASE OF ONE THAT GOT AWAY LAST WEEK, FORCED TO SETTLE FOR A DRAW WITH THE FORCE. IT'S DEFINITELY BUILDING A BIT OF CHARACTER WITHIN OUR GROUP. AND, UM` AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RUN HOME, AND, SORT OF, LAST BACK-END OF THE SEASON. AND WITH THE BRUMBIES IN CANBERRA UP NEXT, THEY KNOW THEIR SEASON HANGS IN THE BALANCE. ONE GAME AT A TIME, AS YOU ALWAYS SAY, AND THE BRUMBIES ARE FRONT OF MIND, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA START, YOU KNOW, CAPITALISING ON A FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN A GAME TO GIVE OURSELVES A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY. THE YEAR MAY END WITHOUT PLAYOFF RUGBY IF THEY DON'T. THE LAKERS HAVE GRABBED THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE NBA PLAYOFFS WITH A 94-85 WIN OVER THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IN GAME TWO OF THEIR ROUND ONE SERIES. THE LAKERS DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE IN THE FIRST HALF ` LUKA DONCIC AGAIN LEADING THE WAY FOR HIS NEW TEAM. ANTHONY EDWARDS DID HIS BEST TO LEAD THE TIMBERWOLVES FIGHT BACK, BUT THE LAKERS HELD TOUGH. HE STOLE THE BALL, HE DRIVES INSIDE, THE STEAL IN THE TWO THE SERIES TIED 1-ALL, IT NOW HEADS TO MINNESOTA FOR GAME THREE ON SATURDAY. DEFENDING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS MANCHESTER CITY HAVE LEFT IT UNTIL ADDED TIME TO GRAB THE WINNER AGAINST ASTON VILLA THIS MORNING. CITY TOOK JUST SEVEN MINUTES TO OPEN THE SCORING THROUGH BERNADO SILVA, ONLY TO HAVE THE LEAD ERASED TEN MINUTES LATER WHEN THEY GAVE AWAY A PENALTY. AND WITH THE GAME LOOKING DESTINED FOR A DRAW, CITY GRABBED THE WINNER FIVE MINUTES INTO ADDED TIME. AND IT'S NUNES WHO WINS IT AT THE DEATH FOR MANCHESTER CITY THE WIN LIFTS CITY ABOVE CHRIS WOOD'S NOTTINGHAM FORREST INTO THIRD ON THE PREMIER LEAGUE LADDER. AND STILL AND WITH A CHANCE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL WE'RE GONNA WIN, IT'S FINE. A PAIR OF AUSTRALIAN TWINS HAS REIGNITED DEBATE ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF TWIN TELEPATHY. BRIDGETTE AND PAULA POWERS WERE INTERVIEWED ON CHANNEL 7 NEWS AFTER THEIR MOTHER WAS CONFRONTED BY A GUN-WIELDING CAR THIEF. THE VIDEO'S GONE VIRAL, AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHY. BOTH: AND WE HEARD THIS BIG BANG. WE SAID, 'OH NO, ANOTHER CAR ACCIDENT.' SO WE DROP EVERYTHING, AND WE WENT RUNNING OUT THE FRONT. WE SEEN MUM RUNNING OUT FROM THE HOUSE UP THERE. AND THEN OTHER CARS WERE PULLING UP AND CHECKING TO SEE IF THE PERSON WAS OK. AND ONE GUY ` HE WAS UP THERE WITH OUR MUM. AND HE` HE WENT UP THERE. AND HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN TOWARDS US. AND HE GOES, 'RUN! HE'S GOT A GUN!' AND OH, OUR HEARTS STARTED TO POUND. AND I SAID, 'OH, MUM, WHERE'S MUM?' AND POOR MUM WAS STUCK UP THERE, BUT APPARENTLY OUR BRAVE MUM ` SHE GOES, 'ARE YOU ALL RIGHT.' BECAUSE HE HAD ALL BLOOD ALL OVER HIS FACE. AND HE GOES, 'I'LL SHOOT YOU.' SHE GOES, 'HEY, I'M HERE TO HELP.' AND MUM DISTRACTED HIM TO MAKE HIM LOOK THE OTHER WAY, AND HE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. AND MUM RAN INTO THE BUSH BEHIND THE FENCE. AND THE GUY GOES TO HER, 'I'LL FIND YOU AND I'LL SHOOT YOU.' IMO'S BACK WITH YOUR WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE LONG WEEKEND, IMO'S BACK WITH YOUR WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE LONG WEEKEND, I'M NOT GONNA TRY AND SPEAK WITH YOU. AND YOU'VE GOT GOOD AND BAD NEWS? YEAH, WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD, FRIDAY, ANZAC DAY, IS LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR AND FINE FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. IT'LL BE CHILLY THOUGH FOR THOSE GETTING UP FOR DAWN SERVICES, SO WRAP UP WARM. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT FROM SATURDAY, WET WEATHER MAKES AN APPEARANCE FOR MOST IN THE NORTH ISLAND AND SETTLES IN FOR SUNDAY AS WELL. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. AMS HAS BEEN PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS, RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE, FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. A SERIES OF FRONTS PUSHED BANDS OF RAIN AND STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, BUT THINGS STARTED TO EASE FOR THOSE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND AS THE DAY WENT ON. TOMORROW, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE MOTU, WHICH MEANS A MOSTLY SETTLED DAY IS ON THE CARDS FOR ALL DOWN SOUTH; PLENTY OF FROST AROUND, THOUGH. AND THERE'LL BE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MIX ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD ON THE CARDS AND SOME CHILLIER TEMPERATURES TOO. THERE'LL BE A FEW SHOWERS FOR WHANGAREI AND KAITAIA, CLEARING BY AFTERNOON, AND THEN THAT IS WHEN WHITIANGA COULD SEE ONE OR TWO. MOSTLY FINE WITH CLOUDY PERIODS EVERYWHERE ELSE.. FINE FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO, WITH EASTERLY WINDS, BUT IT'LL BE A CLOUDY DAY FOR THE REST, WITH SOUEASTERLIES IN THE MIX AS WELL. WHAKATANE, YOU'LL BE THE WARMEST ON 19 DEGREES. A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL OUT EAST WITH A MIX OF SOU' AND SOUEASTERLY WINDS ABOUT, TOO. MASTERTON, YOU COULD HAVE OVERNIGHT FROST. AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. TAUMARANUI, YOU COULD HAVE SOME MORNING FROST WITH THAT CHILLY 2 DEGREES. SOUEASTERLIES ALL ROUND. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` NELSON'S IN FOR A FINE DAY, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, THERE'LL BE SOME CLOUD, BUT FINE BREAKS IN THE AFTERNOON. GREYMOUTH, THOUGH, YOU'LL HAVE OCCASIONAL RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GOODIE TO THE EAST, BUT LOOK AT THOSE LOWS ` THERE WILL BE SOME EARLY FROST AROUND FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE. LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL TOO. SAME STORY FOR EVERYONE DOWN HERE, TOO. EARLY FROSTS FOR THE LIKES OF OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA, BUT OTHERWISE FINE. WITH WESTERLY WINDS. DUNEDIN, YOU'RE IN FOR A FROSTY ONE TONIGHT, BUT YOUR THURSDAY IS LOOKING FINE WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 14. AND IN THE 03, MORE OF THAT OVERNIGHT FRONT, PARTICULARLY IN SHELTERED AREAS, BUT THERE'LL PLENTY OF SUN AROUND TOMORROW. 14 IS YOUR HIGH IN THE CAPITAL. THOSE FRESH SOUTHERLIES WILL TURN TO SOUEASTERLIES OVERNIGHT. THEY'LL EASE BEFORE DAWN, AND IT'S LOOKING MOSTLY FINE TOMORROW APART FROM A BIT OF CLOUD. HAWKES BAY IS IN FOR A PARTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY. YOU'LL HAVE SOME EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, EASING BEFORE DAWN TOMORROW. MORE OF THAT CLOUD HERE IN TAURANGA AS WELL, AND THERE COULD BE A SHOWER OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SOUEASTERLIES EASING BY AFTERNOON AND IN KIRKIRIROA, HAMILTON, LOOK AT THAT ` THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE A FINE DAY WITH EASTERLY WINDS. 18 IS YOUR HIGH. AND AUCKLAND'S IN FOR A FINE DAY TOMORROW AS WELL. THERE'LL BE SOME FRESH EASTERLIES IN THE MORNING, BEFORE BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AT NIGHT. ACROSS THE DITCH IN AUSTRALIA, IT'S A MOSTLY CLOUDY, SHOWERY DAY, WITH SOME SUN IN ALICE SPRINGS. AND MORE WET STUFF IS ON THE CARDS FOR MOST IN THE PACIFIC, BUT IT'S LOOKING FINE IN NIUE AND TONGA! TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THE END OF THE WEEK HAS IN STORE ` AND ANZAC DAY IS LOOKING PRETTY DRY, WITH CLEAR WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` IT WILL BE COLD, THOUGH. AND THEN WET WEATHER WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY. NOW FOR THOSE NORTH OF AUCKLAND, IT COULD GET HEAVY, AND SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL SETTLE IN FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME RAIN ON WEST COAST TOO, AND SOME STRONG WINDS, BUT THERE'LL STILL BE PLENTY OF FINE WEATHER IN THE MIX, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS PLENTY OF SUN FORECAST FOR FRIDAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, WHICH IS WHEN THE WARRIORS TAKE ON THE KNIGHTS AT THE APOLLO PROJECTS STADIUM. AND THANKS TO BEN FOR CAPTURING THIS GORGEOUS AUTUMN MORNING AT WAIHI BEACH TODAY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SURFING AT ALL, BUT THOSE LOOK LIKE PRETTY GOOD CONDITIONS TO ME THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US.I ALSO DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SURFING YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.WITH CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND JOHN GIBBS CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.