TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A TEENAGER IS CHARGED WITH MURDER OVER THE DEATH OF AMERICAN STUDENT KYLE WHORRALL AT AN AUCKLAND BUS STOP AS FRIENDS REMEMBER 'A PASSIONATE MAN WHO CARED'. MOST TIMES, THEY WERE LOOKING AT ME AS IF I WAS THE DEMONIC ONE. A WOMAN SPEAKS OUT ABOUT DESTINY CHURCH'S 'MAN UP' PROGRAMME ` THE ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUP PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF. THE ABUSE, THE BULLYING AND BRIAN TAMAKI'S RESPONSE ` A 1 NEWS IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION. AND BILLIONS OF CLIPS FOR BILLIONS OF EYES. OUCH, CHARLIE. OW! YOUTUBE TURNS 20. THE CHANNEL THAT CHANGED THE WORLD'S VIEWING HABITS. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY, RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. 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. A BOY (16) HAS APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF AMERICAN STUDENT KYLE WHORRALL. A WOMAN IS ALSO FACING CHARGES, AND POLICE SAY THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ABOUT THE ATTACK ON SATURDAY NIGHT. JACOB JOHNSON HAS TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. GROUP SINGS: # KIA MARIA... # A MOURNING MEMORIAL IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MEADOWBANK A MORNING MEMORIAL IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF MEADOWBANK FOR A STUDENT ATTACKED AND KILLED AT THIS BUS STOP. MANY WHO GATHERED DIDN'T KNOW KYLE WHORRALL, BUT SOME WERE CLOSE TO HIM. WE WERE KYLE'S FLATMATES. HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WOULD JUST UNAPOLOGETICALLY GEEK OUT... (CHUCKLES) ...ON JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT. STUFF MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT, BUT WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU CARED, BECAUSE HE CARED ABOUT IT SO MUCH. KYLE ARRIVED IN NEW ZEALAND FROM THE U.S. AROUND FOUR YEARS AGO. HE WAS JUST MONTHS AWAY FROM FINISHING HIS PHD WITH AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY IN ENTOMOLOGY ` THAT'S THE STUDY OF INSECTS. FORMER MENTORS SAY HE HAD A PROMISING CAREER AHEAD OF HIM. I THINK HE REALLY THOUGHT OF NEW ZEALAND AS HIS HOME. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK HE WAS PLANNING ON STAYING THERE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. JUST AN HOUR BEFORE THIS GATHERING, NEWS BROKE POLICE HAD MADE TWO ARRESTS, INCLUDING A 16-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. I'M GLAD, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME. I'M HAPPY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOMEBODY, BUT IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE THING. THE BOY (16), WHO HAS AUTOMATIC NAME SUPPRESSION, ENTERED NO PLEAS WHEN HE APPEARED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. A WOMAN (32) ALSO APPEARED, CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO MURDER. IT'S ALLEGED SHE ACTIVELY SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE AGAINST THE MURDER-ACCUSED BY SELLING A CAR IN ORDER TO ENABLE HIM TO ESCAPE AFTER ARREST. BOTH WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. KYLE WHORRALL WAS LAST SEEN AT THE WOOLWORTHS INSIDE MEADOWBANK SHOPPING CENTRE AT ABOUT 9.40 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. FROM THERE, HE WALKED ABOUT 400m TO THE BUS STOP AT 69 ST JOHNS ROAD, WHERE HE WAS ATTACKED ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER. POLICE HAVE SEIZED A BLACK SUV THEY WERE LOOKING FOR BUT SAY THEY'RE AWARE THERE WERE OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THEIR INVESTIGATION IS FAR FROM OVER. THEY'RE STILL APPEALING FOR WITNESSES WHO WERE IN A WHITE TOYOTA UTE TO COME FORWARD. KYLE'S FRIENDS SAY HE'LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. MADE A DEFINITE IMPRESSION ON ALL OF US. BUILT UP A NETWORK. HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL FOUND FAMILY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT HIM. A STRONG NETWORK NOW LEANING ON EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT. LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT CARED ABOUT HIM. A STRONG NETWORK NOW LEANING ON EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. A FORMER DESTINY CHURCH MEMBER HAS SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE CHURCH'S 'MAN UP' GROUP, WHICH IS BILLED AS AN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMME. BUT A WOMAN ON THE RECEIVING END OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF ITS FORMER MEMBERS SAYS SHE WAS BLAMED FOR BEING BEATEN. CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JOHN CAMPBELL REPORTS FOR THIS 1 NEWS IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION. I WAS LABELLED THE PROBLEM. I WAS THE ONE AT FAULT FOR TRIGGERING THE MAN. HOW POWERLESS DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? (BLEEP)ING WORTHLESS AS. (SNIFFLES) TE AHI LEFT DESTINY AFTER REPEATEDLY BEING BEATEN BY HER FORMER PARTNER. HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CHURCH'S 'MAN UP' ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMME. WHAT DO YOU THINK 'MAN UP' IS? BULLSHIT. IS IT AN ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMME? AN EFFECTIVE, MEANINGFUL ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAMME? NO. AND I SAID, 'GREAT JOB WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 'BUT I WANT YOU TO STORM THE LIBRARY THEY'RE IN...' (AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHOOP) '...AND SHUT IT DOWN.' (CLAMOURING) TE ATATU LIBRARY, WEST AUCKLAND IN FEBRUARY ` SEVEN PEOPLE ARE NOW FACING COMMON ASSAULT CHARGES. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT 'MAN UP' STOPS VIOLENCE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. EVEN IF IN SOME CONTEXT THEY STOP BEATING THEIR PARTNERS, EVEN IF IN SOME CONTEXTS THEY STOP BEATING THEIR PARTNERS, THEY ARE NOW PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE TRAINED AND THEY ARE TAUGHT TO BE VIOLENT AGAINST OTHER MEMBERS OF COMMUNITIES. THERE WAS A LOT OF LIES OF VIOLENCE ` THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME PUSHY-BARGEY. BUT, HEY, I'D SMACK SOMEBODY OVER WHO'S GONNA PERVERT MY LITTLE CHILD IN A ROOM. BRIAN TAMAKI AND DESTINY CHURCH DECLINED TO ANSWER ANY OF OUR QUESTIONS, EVEN IN WRITING. THIS GOVERNMENT'S WATCHING ME. I'M A DANGEROUS MAN. IT'S NOT SAFE. IT'S NOT HEALTHY. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NEVER LIVE IN FEAR OF SOMETHING, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR GOD. WERE THERE TIMES YOU TOLD DESTINY WHAT YOUR EX WAS DOING, AND AS A RESULT OF YOU TELLING DESTINY, YOUR EX WOULD BEAT YOU UP AGAIN? YEAH. YEP. (SNIFFLES) UNDER A PROTECTION ORDER, SHE LIVES IN HIDING AND WOULD ONLY SPEAK WITH HER FACE BLURRED. MANY TIMES I WENT THERE TO ASK FOR HELP TO LEAVE OR HAVE HIM REMOVED. MOST TIMES, THEY WERE LOOKING AT ME AS IF I WAS THE DEMONIC ONE, I WAS THE ONE... (INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS) I WAS THE PROBLEM. THE VICTIM WAS THE PROBLEM. YUP. I'VE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN 20 CURRENT AND FORMER DESTINY MEMBERS AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHURCH, ITS PUBLIC ANGER AND ITS CHARITY STATUS. ALL WERE TERRIFIED TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. SO THIS IS AN ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUP THAT PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY AFRAID OF? YEAH. IS` IS THAT THE CASE? ABSOLUTELY. POLICE AND CORRECTIONS ARE NO LONGER WORKING WITH 'MAN UP', AND THE CHURCH'S CHARITY STATUS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. SO THE HARM THAT DESTINY CHURCH DOES IS NOT JUST A HARM TO INDIVIDUALS; IT'S ACTUALLY A HARM TO ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S A HARM TO THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE TOLERATING IT. WE SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATING IT. JOHN JOINS ME NOW. JOHN, WHERE IS THE INVESTIGATION AT NOW? I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON WHO SAY THEY ARE NOT IN POSITION TO PROVIDE CONCRETE TIMEFRAMES. WE CAN HOPEFULLY PROVIDE AN UPDATE IN THE COMING WEEKS. CHARITY SERVICES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER DESTINY'S SERVICES ARE FIT FOR PURPOSE. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WELLINGTON IS THAT IT IS WEEKS AWAY RATHER THAN MONTHS. BUT THEY HAVE TO ADOPT EVERY I. THERE IS A SUSPICION THAT THEY WILL REACT NEGATIVELY TO REMOVAL FROM THE REGISTER. WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY LOOKING AT? GOOD QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS ESSENTIALLY GOVERNED BY THE CHARITIES ACT 2005. THERE IS A SECTION WHICH DESCRIBES SERIOUS WRONGDOING. AN ACT OR COURSE OF CONDUCT BY A PERSON THAT IS OPPRESSIVE OR IMPROPERLY DISCRIMINATORY. SO THE QUESTION IS ` IS A CHARITY OPPRESSIVE OR IMPROPERLY DISCRIMINATORY WHERE IT RAISED A LIBRARY, WHERE IT STORMS A PARADE? IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE BEHAVIOUR THAT THE ACT WOULD DEFINE FROM A CHARITY? AND THEN, BECAUSE MUCH OF THAT IS DONE BY MAN UP, WHICH IS A SUB BRANCH, THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT EXTENT IS DESTINY ASSOCIATED? WE SAW IN THAT CLIP AND MY INVESTIGATION BRIAN TAMAKI QUITE EXPLICITLY BOASTING AROUND HAVING DEPLOYED WHAT HE CALLS HIS ARMY, HIS GANG, HAVING SENT TO THE AMOUNT TO DO THIS ACTION. SO THE CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS INVOLVEMENT AND THE ACTION WILL BE READILY EASY TO ESTABLISH. BRIAN HIMSELF DOES ONE OF HIS SERMONS AND HE SAYS, STUFF YOUR CHARITY. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED CHARITY, THERE IS INCREASINGLY A SENSE THAT HE IS MOVING AWAY FROM ANY TRADITIONAL BEHAVIOUR CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE KNOW AS AN EVANGELICAL CHURCH. SO MAYBE THIS RAGE IS HIS NEW MODEL AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A CHARITY ANYWAY. THAT REPORT IS DUE OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WERE TO MARK FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. TENA KOE. THANKS, JOHN. AND JOHN'S EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION IS STREAMING NOW ON TVNZ+. ON YOUR SMART TV, HEAD TO THE MENU ON THE LEFT AND CLICK ON 'NEWS'. THERE YOU'LL FIND ALL FIVE EPISODES OF THE SERIES THAT IS CALLED 'UNDER HIS COMMAND'. POPE FRANCIS' BODY IS NOW LYING IN STATE, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS ALREADY HAVING PAID THEIR RESPECTS. BELLS TOLLED AS HIS BODY WAS CARRIED FROM HIS RESIDENCE INTO ST PETER'S BASILICA. BY THE TIME THE PROCESSION BEGAN, THE QUEUE WAS ALREADY 8 HOURS LONG WITH MOURNERS LINED UP AROUND THE SQUARE. BY THE TIME THE PROCESSION BEGAN, THE QUEUE WAS ALREADY 8 HOURS LONG WITH MOURNERS LINED UP AROUND THE SQUARE. THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM INSIDE ST PETER'S. IT'S JUST AFTER 8 IN THE MORNING THERE. IT WAS DUE TO CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT, BUT VATICAN OFFICIALS DECIDING TO KEEP THINGS MOVING THROUGH THE NIGHT ALLOWING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO PASS BY THE PONTIFF. THE CASKET DELIBERATELY AT GROUND LEVEL, AS THE POPE WANTED, NOT ON A RAISED PODIUM. SWISS GUARDS KEEPING WATCH AS A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE COFFIN. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON ON HOW THE DAY UNFOLDED. (BELL TOLLS) THE TOLL FROM ST PETER'S GREAT BELL... (SOLEMN SINGING IN LATIN) ...THE BEAT FOR A MOURNFUL MARCH. (BELL CONTINUES TOLLING, SINGING CONTINUES) FLANKED BY CARDINALS AND CLERGY, THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS CARRIED FROM HIS RESIDENCE TOWARD THE PEOPLE HE WISHED TO BE CLOSE TO IN LIFE AND DEATH. THEIR SPONTANEOUS WELCOME IN THE VATICAN'S PUBLIC SQUARE, HIS PLAIN WOODEN CASKET STILL OPEN. (SINGING IN LATIN CONTINUES) AND IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE GILDED SPLENDOUR OF ST PETER'S BASILICA, THE PEOPLE'S POPE AGAIN BREAKING THE BARRIERS AND BONDS OF ANCIENT TRADITIONS ` PLACED NOT ON A RAISED PLATFORM BUT FACING THE PEWS, ON THE SAME LEVEL AS HIS FAITHFUL. OUTSIDE, THEY WAITED IN THE RISING HEAT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE HERE BEFORE THE EVEN GATES OPENED, AND CROWDS HAVE BEEN BUILDING EVER SINCE. FOR MANY, THERE'S A SMALL WINDOW HERE TO NOT ONLY PAY THEIR RESPECTS BUT BE PART OF HISTORY. FOR ME, I DON'T CARE EVEN IF IT WILL BE HOURS AND HOURS, BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEE, AND I HAVE REALLY TO CONFIRM THAT HE... HE HAS REALLY LEFT US. AND I THINK HE WAS A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR THE CHURCH, AND IT'S BEEN EXTINGUISHED. I'M NOT VERY, LIKE, RELIGIOUS, BUT WHEN I SAW THE POPE DIED, I CAME TO MASS, AND I WAS REALLY MOVED. MORE THAN 20,000 TODAY FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AFTER WAITING FOR HOURS, AFFORDED JUST SECONDS TO PAY PERSONAL RESPECTS, SOME SHARING PERSONAL MEMORIES. SO MANY COMING THE VIEWING HOURS EXTENDED. YEAH, A VERY, VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE TO SEE HIM SO VULNERABLE AFTER SO LONG BEING SO UNWELL. WALKING IN, JUST` IT'S JUST SUCH A SURREAL PLACE, AND IT'S VERY HOLY. AND SEEING THE BODY AND JUST REMEMBERING EVERYTHING THAT HE STOOD FOR IS VERY IMPORTANT. WITH MANY MORE EXPECTED AT THE FUNERAL, A VAST SECURITY OPERATION IS TAKING SHAPE ` ON THE WATER, THE STREETS AND IN THE SKY. THIS SOLDIER ARMED WITH AN ANTI-DRONE DEVICE. MUCH OF THIS FOR THE FOREIGN DIGNITARIES ARRIVING FOR THE POPE'S FINAL FAREWELL ON SATURDAY. BUT TODAY WAS FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SAY PERSONAL GOODBYES. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, ROME. FANS IN THE FOOTBALL-LOVING POPE'S HOMETOWN OF BUENOS AIRES ARE PAYING SPECIAL TRIBUTE. MEMBERS OF THE SAN LORENZO FOOTBALL CLUB PACKED A LOCAL CHURCH FOR A MASS REMEMBERING THE LATE PONTIFF. POPE FRANCIS WAS A LIFELONG SUPPORTER OF THE CLUB. THE CHAPLAIN SAYS EVEN WHEN HE BECAME POPE, HE INSISTED ON PAYING THE MEMBERSHIP FEE HIMSELF EACH YEAR. PLAYERS WILL WEAR SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE JERSEYS AT THE GAME ON SATURDAY. POPE FRANCIS WAS THE FIRST LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FROM LATIN AMERICA. IN ABOUT AN HOUR FROM NOW, THE FIRST OF THE GALLIPOLI SERVICES WILL START IN NORTH-WESTERN TURKIYE, 110 YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE COSTLY CAMPAIGN. CHRISTOPHER LUXON FLYING IN FROM LONDON, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER IN A DECADE TO ATTEND LOCAL COMMEMORATIONS FOR THE WWI BATTLE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS THERE AND JOINS US LIVE. A BUSY DAY AND NIGHT AHEAD, MEI. GOOD EVENING. YES, A BUSY DAY AND NIGHT AHEAD INDEED. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND SERVICES AT GALLIPOLI SINCE 2015. BUT BEFORE THAT, HE HAS A FEW OTHERS TO GO TO. HE HAS A SERVICE IN TURKEY FOLLOWED BY ONE IN FRANCE FOLLOWED BY IRISH AND COMMONWEALTH. IT'S A REMINDER OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF SOLDIERS THAT DIED HERE, NOT JUST AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT DECADES ON, SO KIWIS STILL FLOCK HERE. THIS WILL BE THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE SINCE 2015. IT'S THE 110th ANNIVERSARY, AND PEOPLE LIKE COMMEMORATIONS THAT END IN 0, SO IT PROVIDES A GREATER EMPHASIS AND A GREATER INTEREST, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES. MANY OF THOSE KIWIS ARE PROBABLY STILL ASLEEP, GEARING UP FOR THE LONG HONOURED TRADITION OF STAYING THE NIGHT AT ANZAC COVE, TRYING TO STAY WARM AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS, PLAYING CARDS AS THEY AWAIT THAT DAWN SERVICE. THAT SERVICE STARTS AT TWO.30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I WILL BRING YOU ALL OF THE LATEST TOMORROW NIGHT AT ONE NEWS AT SIX. AND VERY LONG NIGHT. SEE YOU SOON. 75kg OF COCAINE, WORTH CLOSE TO $30 MILLION, HAS BEEN SEIZED FROM AN AUCKLAND BUSINESS. THE DRUGS WERE FOUND BY A WORKER IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT HAD PASSED THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA LATE LAST MONTH. POLICE SAY THE DRUG STASH IS A SIGNIFICANT FIND THAT HAD PASSED THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA LATE LAST MONTH. POLICE SAY THE DRUG STASH IS A SIGNIFICANT FIND THAT SHOULD PUT A NOTICEABLE DENT IN THE SUPPLY OF IT HERE. A MURI AKE NEI ` JUST AHEAD ` WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW AS THE FINANCE MINISTER RESPONDS TO CRITICISM THE FAMILY BOOST CREDIT SCHEME IS A 'FAILURE'. PLUS... TO CRITICISM THE FAMILY BOOST CREDIT SCHEME IS A 'FAILURE'. PLUS... WE DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE VICTIMS AT ALL, AND I THINK THE EVIDENCE IS GONNA SHOW THAT THEY'RE NOT VICTIMS. MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S BACK IN COURT. HIS RAPE RETRIAL GETS UNDERWAY IN NEW YORK. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` A GRANDSON'S ANZAC STORY, PACKED WITH HISTORY, HEART AND AN UNEXPECTED TWIST. AND WE CELEBRATE A GREAT NEW ZEALANDER ` GRUMPS ` WHO'S BEEN KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON FOR 52 YEARS. PLUS, A MUSICAL AND A MURDER ` SOME SURPRISING THEATRE COMING YOUR WAY. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS VOWING SHE'LL PUT THINGS RIGHTS AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE GOVERNMENT'S FAMILY BOOST PROGRAMME, WHICH IS STRUGGLING TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS. NICOLA WILLIS' ANNOUNCEMENT COMING JUST HOURS AFTER LABOUR BRANDED THE SCHEME A FLOP, WITH ONLY HALF OF THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF FAMILIES RECEIVING PAYMENTS SO FAR. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. FAMILYBOOST WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO MAKE EARLY CHILDCARE EDUCATION A BIT MORE AFFORDABLE FOR AROUND 100,000 KIWI FAMILIES. THAT'S A HARDER TRACK THAN THE LAST ONE, ISN'T IT? BUT UPTAKE'S BEEN SLOW, AND VERY FEW HAVE RECEIVED THE MAXIMUM $75 A WEEK. THEY ALSO PROMISED THAT 100,000 FAMILIES WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS FAMILYBOOST; LESS THAN HALF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, LABOUR WAS PUTTING IN THE BOOT. IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT THEIR POLICY HAS FAILED. SO WE ASKED THE FINANCE MINISTER IF LABOUR'S CRITICISM WAS ON THE MONEY. I'M SURPRISED IT'S NOT REACHING MORE FAMILIES, BECAUSE WE WERE ADVISED IT WOULD REACH AS MANY 100,000 FAMILIES THIS YEAR. HOW MANY FAMILIES IS IT REACHING? IT'S REACHED ABOUT 50,000 FAMILIES SO FAR. SO ABOUT HALF OF WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? YEAH. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SCHEME TO MAKE SURE MORE FAMILIES CAN BENEFIT FROM IT. THE GOVERNMENT'S NOW GETTING ADVICE ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE FAMILYBOOST MONEY GETS OUT THE DOOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF TWEAKING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE KIWI FAMILIES CAN GET THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THIS MONEY? WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE APPLICATION PROCESS; ALSO THE INCOME THRESHOLDS, WHETHER FAMILIES WHO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHILD IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CAN MAKE MORE THAN ONE CLAIM ` THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE COULD DO TO MAKE THIS MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT LABOUR HAS BEEN CALLING FOR. FALL ON YOUR SWORD ` MAKE IT EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO ACCESS THIS, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS, AND THIS IS WHAT FAMILIES NEED RIGHT NOW. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS HOPING TO ANNOUNCE EXACTLY WHAT CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO FAMILYBOOST AFTER THE BUDGET. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. INDIA'S TAKEN MULTIPLE MEASURES TO TARGET PAKISTAN FOLLOWING AN ATTACK BY ISLAMIST GUNMEN THAT KILLED 26 TOURISTS. THEY INCLUDE CLOSING THE MAIN BORDER CROSSING AND CANCELLING A WATER-SHARING AGREEMENT. THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE NEAR THE PICTURESQUE HIMALAYAN TOWN OF PAHALGAM IN INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR. THE REGION'S CLAIMED BY BOTH INDIA AND PAKISTAN AND SEEN DECADES OF MILITANT VIOLENCE. THE BBC'S SOUTHEAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT YOGITA LIMAYE REPORTS. (GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING) THESE ARE THE MOMENTS WHEN GUNMEN OPENED FIRE AT TOURISTS IN PAHALGAM'S MEADOWS ` FOOTAGE VERIFIED BY THE BBC. DOZENS WERE KILLED. THIS PHOTO HAS BECOME A DEFINING IMAGE. HIMANSHI NARWAL'S RED BANGLES IDENTIFY HER AS A NEW BRIDE. 'THE GUNMAN SAID MY HUSBAND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A MUSLIM, 'AND THEN HE SHOT HIM,' SHE'S HEARD SAYING IN THIS VIDEO, SUGGESTING THAT SOME OF THE VICTIMS WERE TARGETED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RELIGION. MARRIED LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, HER HUSBAND WAS 26, A NAVAL OFFICER. THEY WERE ON THEIR HONEYMOON. THIS IS A REGION THAT'S NOT A STRANGER TO CONFLICT. IT'S FACED AN ARMED INSURGENCY FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. BUT RARELY IN THOSE THREE AND A HALF DECADES HAVE WE SEEN AN ATTACK DIRECTED AT TOURISTS ON THIS SCALE. IN SOUTH KASHMIR, ANOTHER HOME IN GRIEF ` THIS IS THE FAMILY OF SYED ADIL HUSSAIN, THE ONLY LOCAL MAN WHO WAS KILLED. HE TOOK PEOPLE AROUND PAHALGAM ON HORSEBACK AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD TRYING TO PROTECT A TOURIST. (CROWD CHANTS IN KASHMIRI) LOCALS MARCHED ON THE STREETS, CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. (CHANTING CONTINUES) 'STOP THE BRUTAL MURDER OF OUR GUESTS,' THEY CHANTED. (SPEAKS KASHMIRI) TRANSLATOR: WE ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED. THEY WERE OUR GUESTS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK. THE PERPETRATORS SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED. INDIAN SECURITY FORCES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE ATTACKERS. WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THIS LOCATION WILL HAVE DEEP RAMIFICATIONS ` FOR THE REGION AND FOR THE ALREADY FRAUGHT TIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ATTACK AND WILL HOLD A SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO RESPOND. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED UKRAINE'S LEADER OF HARMING UKRAINE'S PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND PROLONGING THE WAR. THIS BEFORE AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 63 INJURED FOLLOWING A DRONE AND BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK ON KYIV. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY CONTINUES TO PUSH BACK ON CEDING CRIMEA TO RUSSIA AS PART OF A POTENTIAL PLAN, WHICH WAS ILLEGALLY ANNEXED IN 2014. ACCORDING TO LEAKS, THE U.S.-BACKED DEAL WOULD SEE RUSSIA KEEP TERRITORY IT OCCUPIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE. WE'VE ISSUED A VERY EXPLICIT PROPOSAL TO BOTH THE RUSSIANS AND THE UKRAINIANS, AND IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO EITHER SAY YES OR FOR THE UNITED STATES TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS PROCESS. BUT ZELENSKY CONTINUES TO SAY RECOGNISING THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA BUT ZELENSKYY CONTINUES TO SAY RECOGNISING THE OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA ISN'T PART OF UKRAINE'S CONSTITUTION. HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S 'ME TOO' RETRIAL HAS OPENED A YEAR AFTER THE FORMER MOVIE MOGUL'S FIRST TWO CONVICTIONS FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WAS OVERTURNED. THE NOW-73-YEAR-OLD'S BACK IN COURT AFTER IT WAS FOUND LAST APRIL HE DIDN'T GET A FAIR TRIAL, WITH NEW YORK'S TOP COURT RULING THE JUDGE SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED THREE WOMEN TO TESTIFY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE INITIAL CHARGES. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY IN 2020 AND SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN PRISON. IN OPENING STATEMENTS TODAY, THE PROSECUTION TEAM TOLD JURORS WEINSTEIN HAD A 'PSYCHOLOGICAL HOLD' ON VICTIMS. BUT THE DEFENCE TEAM SAYS MANY OF THE WOMEN CONTINUED TO SEE WEINSTEIN AFTER THE ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULTS, AND THE CASE WILL FALL ON ITS FACE. HERE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE VICTIMS AT ALL, AND I THINK THE EVIDENCE IS GONNA SHOW THAT THEY'RE NOT VICTIMS; THAT, IN FACT, THEY WERE WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP WHERE MR WEINSTEIN WOULD HELP THEM WITH CERTAIN THINGS IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN RETURN, THEY WOULD SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH HIM IN A ROMANTIC WAY. WEINSTEIN REMAINS BEHIND BARS BECAUSE OF A SEPARATE CONVICTION FOR RAPING AN ITALIAN MODEL AND ACTRESS IN CALIFORNIA, FOR WHICH HE WAS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON. ME U TONU MAI ` COMING UP ` A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, INCLUDING FOR TORTY THE GREEK LAND TORTOISE, NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY SURVIVING WWI VETERAN. PREPARATIONS ARE WELL UNDERWAY FOR ANZAC COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLUS... WHEN I'M CLEANING, I WILL WATCH VLOGS OF PEOPLE ALSO CLEANING. YOUTUBE TURNS 20. OVER TWO DECADES, HOW BIG THE SITE'S BECOME. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` MAINPOWER'S MAIN MAN STANDING STRONG THROUGH EVERY STORM FOR OVER 50 YEARS. AND THE HISTORY LESSON NEW PLYMOUTH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL WON'T FORGET THANKS TO A MUCH-LOVED TEACHER. PLUS, LAUGHS AND A LITTLE AGATHA CHRISTIE ` TWO DARING NEW THEATRE SHOWS DEBUT TONIGHT, AND WE'RE TAKING YOU BEHIND THE SCENES. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ON THE COUCH 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. FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE EVE OF ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS. FROM DAWN SERVICES TO KNITTED BLANKETS AND EVEN A GREEK TORTOISE SMUGGLED BACK INTO NEW ZEALAND AFTER WORLD WAR ONE, KIWIS ARE REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ISOBEL PRASAD HAS MORE. (DRUM ROLL) FINAL PREPARATIONS AT AUCKLAND'S WAR MEMORIAL CENOTAPH... (PUTARATARA SOUNDS, COLONEL SHOUTS COMMAND) ...WHERE MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER AT DAWN TO MARK 110 YEARS SINCE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS LANDED IN GALLIPOLI. YOU KNOW, FREEDOM DOESN'T COME FREE, DOES IT? SO... ONE DAY A YEAR TO COME OUT AND HONOUR NEW ZEALANDERS, YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. IT'S ONE OF MANY SERVICES PLANNED ACROSS AOTEAROA TO COMMEMORATE OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS. (PLAYS 'THE LAST POST') COMMUNITIES OBSERVING THE OCCASION IN OTHER WAYS TOO ` CHRISTCHURCH'S STERLING RETIREMENT VILLAGE HAS SPENT THE PAST TWO YEARS CRAFTING THIS ANZAC BLANKET. WE THINK WE HAVE GOT ABOUT 2000 POPPIES ON IT. EACH POPPY TAKES ABOUT ONE HOUR TO KNIT. MOST OF US HAVE KNITTED ABOUT TWO A NIGHT. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE PLANNING TO BRAVE THE MORNING COLD TO HONOUR THEIR LOVED ONES. I'VE WALKED EVERY ANZAC DAY SINCE, BUT NOT JUST FOR DAD; IT'S FOR UNCLE DAN AND UNCLE PERCY, THAT ALL DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR. ANZAC DAY WILL BE A QUIET ONE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY SURVIVING WWI VETERAN, TORTY THE TORTOISE. TORTY SLEEPS FOR FIVE MONTHS, SO SHE GENERALLY GOES INTO BRUMATION USUALLY ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL. THE GREEK REPTILE STILL GOING STRONG MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER SHE WAS RESCUED BY KIWI STRETCHER BEARER STEWART LITTLE. HE SAW HER RUN OVER BY A FRENCH GUN WAGON. HE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A SQUASHED TORTOISE, BUT WHEN SHE GOT UP AND STARTED TO MOVE, HE THOUGHT, 'SHE'S A SURVIVOR.' AS FOR TOMORROW'S DAWN SERVICE, THE RSA HOPES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TURN OUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT US. IT'S ABOUT HONOURING THE 33,005 NEW ZEALANDERS SINCE THE LAND WARS RIGHT UP TO AFGHANISTAN. AND ENSURING THEIR BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. ISABELLE PRASAD, 1 NEWS. AND TODAY MARKS A SIGNIFICANT DATE IN THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL MEDIA ` YOUTUBE HAS TURNED 20. IT'S NOW THE SECOND MOST VISITED WEBSITE IN THE WORLD BEHIND GOOGLE SEARCH, BOTH OF WHICH ARE OWNED BY THE TECH GIANT. THE BBC'S JAYNE MCCUBBIN REPORTS. COOL THING ABOUT THESE GUYS IS THAT THEY HAVE REALLY... THIS IS THE CLIP THAT STARTED IT ALL. ...REALLY LONG, UM, TRUNKS. (SHRIEKS) AND 20 YEARS LATER, 2.5 MILLION CLIPS ARE UPLOADED EVERY DAY. FIVE BILLION CLIPS ARE WATCHED EVERY DAY. (LAUGHS) YOUTUBE HAS CHANGED THE WAY WE THINK, FEEL AND INTERACT WITH THE WORLD. NORMAL TELLY? NAH, NOT SO MUCH. PROBABLY MORE ON YOUTUBE. I WATCH, LIKE, DOCTOR ASMR. SOFTLY: TAKE A SEAT. IT'S LIKE FAKE, LIKE, CHECK-UPS. HEAD TO TOE CHECK-UPS. (LAUGHS) INFORMATION ON GUITARS. HERE'S A SONG. YOUTUBE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED OUR VIEWING HABITS. SO, I NEED TO OPEN A PARCEL. GO. IRON THE CLOTHES. START FILMING. (BEEP!) YEAH, THAT'S FINE. JOSIE PEACHES HAS GROWN UP WITH YOUTUBE. THIS TOP ` I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS IN PERSON, AND IT IS... EVEN AS A CONSUMER, IT'S ME FAVOURITE PLATFORM. WHEN I'M CLEANIN', I WILL WATCH VLOGS OF PEOPLE ALSO CLEANIN'... WHAT? ...AND IT KEEPS ME GOING FOR SO MUCH LONGER. (LAUGHS) SO, YOUTUBE FOR ME IS... IF I'M SAD, PUT YOUTUBE ON; IF I'M HAPPY, PUT YOUTUBE ON; IF I NEED SOME MOTIVATION, PUT YOUTUBE ON. YOUTUBE. ALL THE TIME, YOUTUBE. GENUINELY. HELLO, EVERYONE! WELCOME TO THE REDMEN TV. YES, THE NEWS IS... THIS WAS ALL INITIALLY IN THE BACK ROOM OF MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW, LIKE, ME WIFE GAVE UP HER DINING ROOM ` SHE ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF THIS ` AND NOW IT'S BECOME A... LIKE A LITTLE EMPIRE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO ALMOST ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH AND SOMEONE WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE. LONG LIVE VIRGIL VAN DIJK. BUT PAUL KNOWS THAT WHAT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS ISN'T ALWAYS SO GOOD FOR FAMILY LIFE. THE REAL CONCERN IS NOT BEING ABLE TO TRACK WHAT THEY'RE WATCHING AND ALSO THE ADDICTIVENESS AND WHAT` WHAT COMES NEXT. OUCH! OUCH, CHARLIE! OWWWW! BILLIONS OF CLIPS ATTRACT BILLIONS OF EYES FOR BILLIONS OF HOURS. (CHORTLES) BUT AFTER 20 YEARS, HAS THAT ADDED UP TO TIME WELL SPENT? SOFTLY: OK. WHISPERS: NO NEED TO BE STRESSED DURING THIS MEDICAL EXAM, OK? HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, IT'S ESTIMATED A WHOPPING 4.14m PEOPLE WATCH YOUTUBE ` THAT'S AROUND 80% OF THE POPULATION. ZION'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET WILL HAVE A TEAM IN AMERICA SOON, BUT HOW HAS THE CRICKET COMMUNITY RECEIVED THE NEWS? WE FIND OUT NEXT. AND THE CHIEFS WELCOME BACK THEIR AWARD-WINNING LOOSE FORWARD JUST IN TIME FOR THEIR PLAY-OFF RUN. PLUS, THE SEASON MAY BE A WRITE-OFF, BUT THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX ARE STICKING BY THEIR GAFFER. AND IN WEATHER, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS FOR ANZAC DAY. YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT TO WEAR? GRAB SOME EXTRA LAYERS ` GONNA BE A CHILLY START FOR QUITE A FEW OF US. SOME SINGLE FIGURES AS WE START OFF AT DAWN SERVICE ` OTHERWISE FINE. THERE COULD BE ONE OR TWO SHOWERS ARRIVING TO THE FAR NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. ELSEWHERE, THINGS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ` A DECENT DAY. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO SPORT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HAVE DIPPED THEIR TOES INTO FRANCHISE CRICKET, BECOMING THE FIRST NATIONAL BODY TO INVEST IN A LEADING PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE. THEY'LL BECOME A PART OWNER OF A MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET TEAM IN THE U.S. FROM 2027, SOMETHING THEY HOPE ENCOURAGES TOP PLAYERS TO PRIORITISE THE BLACK CAPS. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS ENTERING THE MAJOR LEAGUES ` (PLAYS NATIONAL ANTHEM) ...THE NATIONAL BODY BECOMING A PART OWNER OF A FRANCHISE IN AMERICA'S MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET IN 2027. WE THINK BY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY SUCH AS THIS, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE CONTRACTED NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, THEY'LL PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND CRICKET FOR AS LONG AND AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, WHILE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES. A NUMBER OF KIWIS HAVE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE BEFORE, INCLUDING GLENN PHILLIPS, MARTIN GUPTILL, RACHIN RAVINDRA AND TRENT BOULT. CLASHING ENDS AND CAN'T! THE MAGIC OF TRENT BOULT. AND WITH FRANCHISE CRICKET HAVING A STRONG HOLD ON THE GAME, TO THE POINT SOME PLAYERS HAVE DECLINED CONTRACTS WITH NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, THE NATIONAL BODY HOPE THIS MOVE WILL SEE PLAYERS MAKE WEARING THE BLACK CAP A PRIORITY. IT IS A RETENTION OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. WE EXPECT THIS TEAM TO HAVE A VERY HEAVY NEW ZEALAND INFLUENCE. REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RETAIN THE KEY PLAYERS SUCH AS RACHIN RAVINDRA, BUT ALSO THE UP-AND-COMERS AND THE NEXT LEVEL. 1 NEWS APPROACHED A NUMBER OF THOSE INVOLVED IN CRICKET TO SPEAK TODAY ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT. MOST STILL PROCESSING THE SURPRISING NEWS. WHILE IT'S BEEN SOLD AS A MOVE TO RETAIN OUR TOP TALENT, THERE'S A FEELING THAT SPENDING MONEY OFFSHORE IS AN INTERESTING APPROACH. WE'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF PLAYERS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A SECOND FRANCHISE IN 2031, LIKELY TO BE BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT AS FOR 2027, EITHER TORONTO OR ATLANTA TIPPED TO BE HOME, ALTHOUGH OTHER OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. LAS VEGAS AN OPTION? LAS VEGAS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY. SO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET ROLLING THE DICE IN A NEW ERA FOR THE GAME. OF COURSE, THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE IS THE MOST LUCRATIVE FRANCHISE COMPETITION, AND FORMER BLACK CAP TRENT BOULT ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PAID PLAYERS. BOULT PROVING HIS WORTH TODAY, RIPPING THROUGH THE SUNRISERS LINEUP AND TAKING A WICKET WITH THE LAST BALL OF THE INNINGS. STRAIGHT FOR ANOTHER WICKET. AND THE SUNRISERS HAVE ENDED WITH 143, AND TRENT BOULT HAS FOUR FOR 26 FROM HIS FOUR. BOULT'S MUMBAI INDIANS SIDE CRUISING TO VICTORY WITH MORE THAN FOUR OVERS TO SPARE, LIFTING THEM INTO THE TOP THREE. HE WAS LAST YEAR'S WORLD RUGBY BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND SUPPOSED TO BE SIDELINED FOR THE ENTIRE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. BUT WALLACE SITITI HAS BEEN NAMED TO START ON THE BENCH IN TOMORROW'S CHIEFS' MATCH AGAINST THE FORCE IN MT MAUNGANUI. BAY OF PLENTY REPORTER JORDYN RUDD HAS MORE. THE MISSING PIECE OF THE CHIEF'S PUZZLE ` HOW ARE YOU, BRO? BACK IN THE THICK OF IT FAR SOONER THAN EXPECTED. THANKS, GUYS. IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN HARD TO JUST WATCH ON THE SIDELINE. THE BOYS HAVE BEEN GOING WELL. SO, YEAH, I'VE MISSED IT QUITE A BIT. CAN YOU SIGN MY BACK? YEAH, FOR SURE. JUST 14 WEEKS POST-KNEE SURGERY, WALLACE IS IN LINE TO PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI, NAMED ON THE BENCH AGAINST THE FORCE. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A MONTH AND A BIT EARLY, SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL. UM, THE WORK` THE WORK THAT THE CHIEFS CREW DID AS WELL. PHYSICALLY, STILL GETTING THERE IN TERMS OF FINDING MY FITNESS AGAIN. I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO THE PACE MENTALLY. I'M EXCITED. JUST A PHENOMENAL RECOVERY, AND GREAT WORK BY OUR MEDICAL TEAM AND WALLACE. HE'S BEEN VERY DILIGENT AROUND HOW HIS HOW HE'S GONE ABOUT HIS REHAB, AND YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY COME, I RECKON, ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS EARLY. CURRENTLY SECOND ON THE TABLE, THE CHIEFS WILL MAKE HISTORY WITH THE FIRST-EVER SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC GAME AT BAY OVAL, AND WITH SIX ROUNDS OF THE REGULAR SEASON REMAINING, THERE'S CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AS TO WHAT SITITI WILL BRING OFF THE BENCH. WE'VE GOT A 6-2 SPLIT, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE WE'D NEED TO USE THEM UNTIL LATER ON IN THE GAME, AND WE JUST HOPE HE COMES ON AND INJECTS THE SORT OF ENERGY, AND GO-FORWARD THAT HE'S DONE FOR US LAST YEAR. THE SORT OF ENERGY THAT SAW SIITI MAKE HIS ALL BLACKS DEBUT AND THEN PICK UP A HANDFUL OF MAJOR AWARDS. RELYING ON HIS OWN FORMULA TO GET BACK ON THE PARK THIS SEASON. AGH, JUST A LOT OF UPS, DOWNS. I'VE GOT TO WATCH MY EATING, A LITTLE LESS FIZZY AS WELL, SO, YEAH. A LITTLE LESS FIZZY` IS THAT THE SECRET? OH, I THINK SO. I THINK YOU HAVE TO. THE CHIEFS BUBBLING AHEAD OF THEIR HISTORIC ANZAC DAY MATCH ` ALL CHANT: GO THE CHIEFS! ...WITH THEIR NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON BACK. JORDYN RUDD, 1 NEWS. STEVEN ADAMS AND THE HOUSTON ROCKETS HAVE BOUNCED BACK IN EMPHATIC FASHION TO LEVEL THEIR NBA PLAYOFFS SERIES AGAINST THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, THE ROCKETS JUMPING OUT TO AN EARLY 20 LEAD AND NEVER REALLY IN TROUBLE. JALEN GREEN LEADING ALL SCORERS WITH 38 POINTS. AND A TURNOVER NOW. GREEN ON THE RUN... RISES HIGH AND THROWS IT DOWN! JALEN GREEN WITH A HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT. THE ROCKETS WINNING 109-94. GAME THREE OF THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES WILL BE IN SAN FRANCISCO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE MAN KNOWN AS CHIEF, GIANCARLO ITALIANO, HAS RE-SIGNED AS COACH OF THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX FOR ANOTHER SEASON. IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CLUB ACHIEVED THIS SEASON, BUT BASED ON A BELIEF THE PHOENIX CAN RISE ONCE AGAIN. LUKE ROBINSON REPORTS. CHIEF STAYING AT HIS POST FOR ANOTHER SEASON. GIANCARLO ITALIANO'S IMMEDIATE FUTURE NOW CONFIRMED, RE-SIGNING WITH THE NIX UNTIL THE END OF NEXT SEASON, WITH AN OPTION FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THIS SEASON WAS NOT IDEAL, SO I HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. STAYING WASN'T SOMETHING I HAD TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT. IT COMES AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION FOLLOWING THE CLUBS POOR SEASON, CURRENTLY 11TH ` 13 POINTS OUTSIDE THE PLAYOFFS. LAST SEASON'S RESULTS PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE DECISION. WE DECIDED TO BACK HIM. HE'S GOT GOOD EXPERIENCE, HE'S TAKEN THE CLUB TO SECOND LAST YEAR. WE FEEL LIKE HE'S THE RIGHT GUY TO TAKE US FORWARD. HIS TWO YEARS IN CHARGE HAVE BEEN STARKLY CONTRASTING. OSCAR ZAWADA. ITS ABSOLUTE BEDLEM IN THE CAPITAL. TOP TWO, AND BEATEN SEMI-FINALISTS LAST SEASON, THIRD FROM LAST THIS TIME AROUND. BUT WITH ITALIANO'S SIGNATURE INKED, THE FOCUS NOW RECRUITMENT AND GETTING IT RIGHT. WITH THE POT OF MONEY WE HAVE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD. DID IT WORK OUT? THAT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE AROUND PLAYER AVAILABILITY. IF I FELT AS THOUGH THERE WASN'T ENOUGH RESOURCES, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GOOD FIT FOR EITHER OF US. BUT IM CONFIDENT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD. FANS DIVIDED ` AT TIMES, HE WAS SALUTED, AT OTHERS, SLANDERED. MY AMBITION AND DESIRE IS TO MAKE SURE THE CLUB DOES WELL. I'M NOT ONE WHO QUITS BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A BAD YEAR. WELLINGTON'S DEMISE AMPLIFIED BY WHAT AUCKLAND ARE ACHIEVING AT THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE. ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL IS BLUE AND BLACK! DOES THIS SEASON'S LACK OF SUCCESS HURT MORE GIVEN WHAT AUCKLAND IS DOING? YES, OF COURSE IT DOES. MY RESOLVE IS QUITE STRONG NOW, AND I WANT TO BRING SUCCESS TO THIS CLUB. THE NIX HAVE THEIR MAN ` TIME WILL TELL IF HE'S THE RIGHT ONE. LUKE ROBINSON, 1 NEWS. AFTER YEARS OF CALLS FOR A EUROPEAN BASE, THE BLACK STICKS MEN ARE MAKING MOVES, HOLDING A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND TRAINING CAMP IN GERMANY AS THE SPORT GRAPPLES WITH FUNDING CUTS AND DECENTRALISATION. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE WITH THE STORY. THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY, A NEW DIRECTION IS TAKING SHAPE FOR THE BLACK STICKS MEN. WE'VE GOT 38 PLAYERS IN TOTAL PLAYING IN EUROPE AT THE MOMENT, AND 15 ON OUR PROBABLY IMMEDIATE RADAR. SO, WE'VE BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER TO DO A CAMP BASED HERE IN HAMBURG. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE BLACK STICKS MEN'S COACHES TRAVELLING TO THEIR TOP PLAYERS, COMPETING IN OVERSEAS LEAGUES AND HOLDING A WEEK LONG CAMP. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE FUTURE. PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE BASED IN EUROPE PLAYING AT CLUBS, AND SO THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE KEY FOR US. BUT A BIG THING FOR GREG AND I'S TO KEEP THE CONNECTION GOING IN EUROPE, MEET WITH THE COACHES, SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY GET MORE PLAYERS BASED OVER HERE. BECAUSE, FOLLOWING THE SPORT'S NEAR $1.5m FUNDING CUT AND MOVE TO DECENTRALISE, COACHES WELL-AWARE OVERSEAS LEAGUES ARE THE BEST OFFERING ` BOTH COMPETITIVELY AND FINANCIALLY. I'M WORKING FOR A COMPANY HERE THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT I STUDIED, AND THEN ALONGSIDE THAT I CAN PLAY HOCKEY. I'M ONLY WORKING 20 HOURS A WEEK, AND THAT ALLOWS ME TO TRAIN AND BE A PROFESSIONAL. LIKE, YOU DON'T GET THAT CHANCE IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING. WE HAVE TO PURSUE EITHER STUDYING FULL-TIME OR WORKING FULL-TIME. A PERMANENT BASE IN EUROPE SOMETHING NEW ZEALAND HOCKEY ARE OPEN TO EXPLORING. WE SAY WE'RE, LIKE, THINKING WHERE EVERYTHING'S ON THE CARDS. I HAVE BEEN IN EUROPE WHEN OTHER NATIONS HAVE DONE IT, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT IF WE HAD THE PLAYER BASE. ARGENTINA DID THIS PRE-RIO, AND, WELL THEY WON THE GOLD MEDAL, SO IT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO. AFTER COMING LAST AT THE MOST RECENT OLYMPICS, A MOVE TO EUROPE MIGHT NOT JUST BE A STRATEGY, BUT THE BLACK STICKS' BEST SHOT AT GETTING BACK TO THE TOP. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS ARE FIRED UP FOR WHAT WILL BE THE CLUB'S FIRST EVER ANZAC DAY CLASH, EVEN THOUGH BRACING FOR A BITTERLY COLD NIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW. THE KNIGHTS BRINGING OUT A SPECIAL JERSEY FOR THE OCCASION, HONOURING THE NEARLY 600 NEWCASTLE MEN WHO SERVED IN THE 35th BATTALION DURING WORLD WAR ONE. WE'RE WEARING A JERSEY THAT GOT ENTERED INTO THE WAR MEMORIAL LAST MONDAY. IT'S GONNA BE THE ONLY SPORTING JERSEY TO EVER DO THAT, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WEAR IT WITH PRIDE AND PUT ON A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR THAT. THE VISITORS PRESENTLY 14th ON THE NRL TABLE, HAVING LOST THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES. TOMORROW'S MATCH AT APOLLO PROJECTS STADIUM A SELL-OUT. THANKS SPORT. STAY WITH US. JUST AN UPDATE ON THE BREAKING NEWS ABOUT THE HUGE BLAZE AT A COMMERCIAL SITE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A WELL-INVOLVED FIRE AT ABILITIES GROUP RECYCLING DEPOT IN WAIRAU VALLEY JUST BEFORE 5.30 THIS EVENING. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE BATTERIES ON FIRE INSIDE THE FACTORY. MULTIPLE FIRE CREWS FROM ACROSS AUCKLAND ARE RESPONDING. FIRE AND EMERGENCY IS ASKING PEOPLE IN THE AREA TO STAY INSIDE AND CLOSE WINDOWS, BUT THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE NEED TO EVACUATE UNLESS ADVISED TO DO SO. ROAD CLOSURES ARE IN PLACE. FOR UPDATES, HEAD TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ. STAY WITH US. DAN SAYS IT COULD BE A CHILLY DAWN SERVICE FOR MANY OF US, AND SOME WILL NEED A RAINCOAT. WEATHER UP NEXT. COMING UP AT 7 ` HIS POP SERVED THE COUNTRY AND NOW HE SERVES HIS COMMUNITY. INSIDE A CAFE STEEPED IN HISTORY ` HEART AND HOT CUPPA. AND WHAT'S GOT THESE NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SO RIVETED? PRETTY CRAZY, COS... YEAH. ...WHOA, IT'S JUST MIND-BLOWING. ALL THAT AND MORE AT 7. GIRL: I'm a Weet-bix kid. BOY: He's one. KID: Me too. MAN: And me. RUGBY PLAYER: I'm a Weet-bix kid, are you? Breaking news, Skinny Mobile has found a new way to keep prices low. They've digitally cloned their happiest customer, to make really cost-effective ads. I'm a real Skinny Mobile customer who loves them so much that I let them digitally clone me using A.I. 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THE UPPER LOW BENDS THROUGH, MAYBE 50MM UP NORTH. ITS A BIT MUCKY. WEEKEND FINE WITH WET WEATHER.