NATIONAL CAMPAIGNED ON THE FAMILYBOOST POLICY ` YOU IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THOUSANDS OF KIWIS, GIVING UP TO $975 EVERY QUARTER FOR EARLY CHILDCARE, BUT THE TAKE-UP HAS BEEN SHOCKINGLY LOW. A BOY (16) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF U.S. STUDENT KYLE WHORRALL. AS SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS HOW ISRAEL IS FLATTENING THE GAZAN CITY OF RAFAH, THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT DEMANDS THAT HAMAS LAY DOWN ITS ARMS AND RELEASE ISRAELI HOSTAGES. THOUSANDS QUEUE FOR HOURS TO SAY GOODBYE TO POPE FRANCIS. AND KIWI POP STAR LORDE IS BACK WITH HER FIRST NEW RELEASE IN FOUR YEARS. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI, AND WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADMITTED ITS ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY FAMILIES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL BENEFIT OF ITS FLAGSHIP CHILDCARE TAX POLICY WAS WRONG. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAID 21,000 HOUSEHOLDS WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE FULL $75 PER WEEK TAX REBATE UNDER ITS FAMILYBOOST SCHEME, BUT NEW FIGURES SHOW ONLY 249 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED THE FULL PAYMENT SINCE THE POLICY CAME INTO EFFECT LAST YEAR ` THAT'S JUST 1.2% OF THE EARLIER ESTIMATE. ZANE SMALL HAS MORE. IF THE COST OF LIVING IS HARD ON YOUR FAMILY YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THIS. BECAUSE FROM TODAY, LOW- TO MIDDLE- INCOME FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR FAMILYBOOST. IT WAS NATIONAL'S FLAGSHIP POLICY FOR FAMILIES ` A 25% REBATE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COSTS. THESE PAYMENTS WILL MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE ` UP TO $975 DIRECT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS. THAT'S UP TO $75 A WEEK ` AND AHEAD OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, THE FINANCE MINISTER SUGGESTED TENS OF THOUSANDS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL BENEFIT. BUT BASED ON OFFICIAL MODELLING, AROUND 21,000 FAMILIES WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE FULL PAYMENT. BUT IN RESPONSE TO A WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FROM LABOUR, THE GOVERNMENT HAS REVEALED THAT SO FAR JUST 249 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED THE FULL $975 SINCE THE SCHEME BEGAN LAST JULY. IT'S CLEARLY SHOWN THAT THE NATIONAL PARTY'S COST-OF-LIVING FLAGSHIP POLICY DURING THE ELECTION, AND NOW IN GOVERNMENT, HAS FAILED. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY ARE ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE THEY BOTH NEED TO HAVE AN INCOME OF LESS THAN $140,000 PER HOUSEHOLD, AND THEN BE PAYING ECE FEES OF MORE THAN $300 A WEEK. AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE'S CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE DURING THE YEAR, SO IT'S A DIFFICULT ESTIMATE TO FORM. BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM THE DATA THAT'S COMING THROUGH IS THAT FEWER PEOPLE ARE MAKING THAT CLAIM THAN IRD THOUGHT WOULD BE THE CASE. NLAND REVENUE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TAKE-UP OF FAMILYBOOST TO DATE HAS BEEN LOWER THAN ITS INITIAL ESTIMATE, BUT THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES RECEIVING THE FULL AMOUNT IS EXPECTED TO RISE, AS HOUSEHOLDS HAVE UP TO FOUR YEARS TO CLAIM A REBATE. IT SEEMS THE ISSUE WITH THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS THAT INLAND REVENUE DIDN'T HAVE RELIABLE DATA ON HOW MUCH FAMILIES WERE PAYING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. THE FAMILY BOOST POLICY WAS A KEY PART OF NATIONAL'S TAX RELIEF PLAN. AN AVERAGE-INCOME HOUSEHOLD FAMILY WITH YOUNG KIDS ` $250 EXTRA A FORTNIGHT. NATIONAL LATER ACCEPTED THAT ONLY ABOUT 3000 FAMILIES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL $250, FOLLOWING ANALYSIS RELEASED BY CRAIG RENNEY, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF LABOUR'S POLICY COUNCIL. AND AFTER FACTORING IN TODAY'S FAMILY BOOST DATA, THE CTU ECONOMIST SAYS HARDLY ANY HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE RECEIVING NATIONAL'S FULL TAX BREAK. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN GET THE $250 AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY A SUBSET OF THE 249 PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING THE FAMILYBOOST MAXIMUM. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY THE NUMBER WILL BE ALMOST INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM ZERO. BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S ESSENTIALLY JUST ABOUT NO ONE IN NEW ZEALAND WHO FITS THAT INCREDIBLY NARROW BAND OF PEOPLE WHO COULD ACCESS THAT TOTAL BENEFIT. NO, IT'S FAR TOO SOON TO SAY ` WE EVEN HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE FAMILYBOOST SCHEME GOING FOR A YEAR YET. SO CRAIG RENNEY IS ONCE AGAIN LEAPING TO RHETORIC BEFORE HE'S GOT THE FACTS. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, THOUGH ` NOT AS MANY FAMILIES AS EXPECTED GOT A FINANCIAL BOOST FROM FAMILYBOOST. SO, ZANE, IS THE GOVERNMENT OPEN TO CHANGING THE POLICY? YES, NICOLA WILLIS SAYS SHE IS TAKING ADVICE ON HOW TO TWEAK THE POLICY SO MORE FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THE POLICY SHE HAS PUT A BUDGET ASIDE OF 75 MILLION. SHE HAS PROMISED THAT THE MONEY WILL ONLY BE SPENT ON THE POLICY SO MORE FAMILIES CAN ACCESS IT AND PERHAPS ALLOWING FAMILIES WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILD TO MAKE THE CLAIM. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT MORE THAN 56,000 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED A PAYMENT BUT NOT THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT. A MALE (16) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AND MURDER OF A MAN (33) WHO WAS ATTACKED AT AN AUCKLAND BUS STOP OVER THE WEEKEND. KYLE WHORRALL WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FROM MEADOWBANK ON SATURDAY EVENING BUT LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES. A WOMAN (32) HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY TO MURDER AFTER THE FACT. POLICE ALLEGE THE WOMAN ACTIVELY SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE AGAINST THE ACCUSED. AT A MEMORIAL VIGIL TODAY, WHORRALL WAS REMEMBERED AS GENTLE, VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND A DEDICATED ENTOMOLOGIST, OR INSECT SCIENTIST. HE WAS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD JUST GEEK OUT ABOUT ANYTHING HE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT, ANYTHING HE TALKED ABOUT, HE CARED ABOUT. HIS FATHER DESCRIBED HIM AS A 'KIND SOUL' WHO HAD NO ENEMIES. THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY AND FRANCE HAVE MADE A JOINT STATEMENT CALLING ON ISRAEL TO STOP BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA. THEY CALLED IT 'INTOLERABLE' AND WARNED OF AN ACUTE RISK OF STARVATION, EPIDEMIC, DISEASE AND DEATH. THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE STATEMENT, SAYING THE AID WAS STOLEN BY HAMAS 'TO REBUILD ITS WAR MACHINE'. MEANWHILE, 10 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON A SCHOOL SHELTERING DISPLACED FAMILIES IN GAZA, WHILE ANOTHER HIT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AND A WARNING, OUR REPORT FROM CHANNEL 4'S HARRY FAWCETT CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES. IN GAZA CITY, ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT THIS WAR TURNED FIRST INTO A REFUGE AND NOW INTO AN INCINERATED RUIN. DISPLACED FAMILIES HAD BEEN SLEEPING HERE WHEN THE MISSILES STRUCK ` 70 IN THIS ROOM ALONE, SURVIVORS SAY. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: I HAD A FRIEND OVER THERE. HE WAS LIKE A MUMMY. HE'D BEEN BURNED ALIVE. HIM AND MY COUSIN. I HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS THAT WERE ALSO BURNED. OVER THERE, THERE WAS ANOTHER LADY AND HER CHILD. ALL I SAW WERE BONES. JUST BLOODSTAINS AND BONES. NO BODIES. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAID THE TARGET WAS A COMMAND AND CONTROL COMPOUND BELONGING TO HAMAS AND PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD. THE SPACE BEHIND THE SCHOOL HAD BEEN CROWDED WITH TENTS. BISAN KAFARNAH SAYS SHE HAD RETURNED, EXCITED, TO HER DAMAGED HOME IN NORTHERN BEIT HANOUN WHEN THE CEASEFIRE BEGAN, ONLY TO BE FORCED OUT AGAIN, AND NOW BOMBED, HERE IN GAZA CITY. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: OUR KIDS JUST WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE. MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN TELLING ME FOR TWO DAYS THAT ALL SHE CAN SMELL IS BLOOD. A FEW STEPS AWAY, IN THE SCHOOL COURTYARD, A WAVE OF GRIEF. 'MY BROTHER'S KIDS,' HE SAYS. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: ARE THESE TERRORISTS? ARE THESE THE ONES THREATENING YOU, NETANYAHU? ARE THESE THE ONES SHOOTING ROCKETS? GAZA'S HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY ISRAELI STRIKES HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 1600 PEOPLE SINCE THEY RESUMED JUST OVER A MONTH AGO. TODAY BRITAIN, GERMANY AND FRANCE CALLED THE SIMULTANEOUS ISRAELI AID BLOCKADE 'INTOLERABLE', ADDING THAT PALESTINIAN TERRITORY MUST NOT BE REDUCED OR SUBJECTED TO DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE. BUT ISRAEL CONTINUES TO CREATE WHAT IT CALLS A BUFFER ZONE INSIDE GAZA, DEMOLISHING MORE BUILDINGS IN SOUTHERN RAFAH. THE SATELLITE COMPANY PLANET LABS RELEASED NEW IMAGES OF THE AREA, SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH HAS BEEN DESTROYED IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. FROM THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK TODAY, THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNING ISRAEL BUT ALSO DEPLOYING HARSH LANGUAGE AGAINST HAMAS, DEMANDING IT LAY DOWN ITS ARMS AND RELEASE HOSTAGES. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: STOP THE ISRAELI GENOCIDAL WAR IN THE GAZA STRIP. THIS REALLY MUST STOP. EVERY DAY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DEATHS. WHY DON'T THEY JUST WANT TO HAND OVER THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE? YOU SONS OF DOGS, JUST HAND OVER THE HOSTAGES AND LET'S GET OUT OF THIS MESS. BLOCK THEIR EXCUSES. MAHMOUD ABBAS ALSO EXPECTED THIS WEEK TO NAME A SUCCESSOR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT THE AGE OF 89. ALL OF IT SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT TO REASSURE POTENTIAL PARTNERS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY'S READINESS TO TAKE OVER THE RUNNING OF A POST-WAR GAZA. BUT GAZA REMAINS IN THE GRIP OF RENEWED WAR, RENEWED SUFFERING. AMONG THOSE KILLED IN THIS MORNING'S STRIKE, TWIN SISTERS SABA AND SANA. FOR THEM, FOR MORE THAN 51,000 OTHERS, THERE WILL BE NO POST-WAR GAZA. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED UKRAINIAN LEADER VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY OF PROLONGING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA. HE WROTE ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL WEBSITE THAT A PEACE DEAL WAS CLOSE AND THAT ZELENSKYY HAD 'NO CARDS TO PLAY' AND SHOULD 'GET IT DONE'. AT A PEACE SUMMIT IN LONDON, BRITAIN AND EUROPE WERE SIDELINED WHEN AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMATIC TEAM PULLED OUT, WHILE ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, A RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKE HIT A BUS, KILLING NINE WORKERS AND INJURING 50. ITV'S JOHN RAY HAS THE LATEST. FOR UKRAINE, THE COSTS OF RUSSIA'S INVASION KEEP MOUNTING ` NINE DEAD, DOZENS INJURED IN THIS DRONE ATTACK ON A BUS. BUT AS THE WAR RAGES ON, A NEW CALCULATION EVEN MORE URGENT. WHAT PRICE A PEACE DEAL THAT AMERICA SAYS IS NOW OR NEVER? 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. YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD POSITION. YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW. BUT IN AN ECHO OF THAT INFAMOUS OVAL OFFICE ENCOUNTER, DONALD TRUMP SEES UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT AS THE CHIEF OBSTACLE ` IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, WRITING: PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS THE PEACE PLAN HIS FINAL OFFER. VLADIMIR PUTIN IS REPORTED TO BE READY TO FREEZE HIS INVASION MORE OR LESS ALONG THIS CURRENT FRONT LINE, LEAVING RUSSIA WITH CONTROL OF MOST OF THESE FOUR REGIONS. THE U.S. WOULD RECOGNISE RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER CRIMEA, WHICH RUSSIA SEIZED ILLEGALLY IN 2014. IT WOULD LIFT SANCTIONS AS WELL AS PROMISING THAT UKRAINE WOULD NEVER JOIN NATO. IN RETURN FOR GIVING UP AROUND A FIFTH OF ITS TERRITORY, UKRAINE IS OFFERED WHAT'S CALLED 'ROBUST SECURITY GUARANTEES' FROM THE COALITION OF THE WILLING ` NATIONS FROM EUROPE AND BEYOND. BUT THERE'S NO EXPLICIT ROLE FOR THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, AND NO ENTHUSIASM FROM UKRAINE. IF THIS WAS THE PLAN FROM DAY ONE, NOW, WE DIDN'T NEED NO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIS, RIGHT? WE COULD JUST IMMEDIATELY SURRENDER OUR TERRITORIES, SURRENDER OUR CLAIMS TO CRIMEA, GIVE UP EVERYTHING WE HAVE... YOU KNOW, FALL BELLY UP, AND THAT WOULD BE IT. TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY, STEVE WITKOFF, SHUNNED PLANNED TALKS WITH UKRAINE IN LONDON TODAY, BUT IS DUE TO MEET VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR A FOURTH TIME, THOUGH THE KREMLIN TODAY REJECTED MUCH OF THE PEACE PLAN TOO. (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE) STILL, IN A WAR THAT HAS DRAGGED ON FOR THREE YEARS, DEAL OR NO DEAL, POTENTIALLY DECISIVE DAYS LIE AHEAD. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY BEGAN THE FORMAL PROCESS OF SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF THE MOST INFORMAL POPES IN ITS LONG HISTORY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE FILING PAST THE MODEST OPEN COFFIN WHERE POPE FRANCIS WILL NOW LIE IN STATE, UNTIL THE EVENING BEFORE HIS FUNERAL ON SUNDAY. MEANWHILE, THERE'S ALREADY TALK OF MANOEUVRINGS AMONG CARDINALS, AHEAD OF THE ELECTION OF THE NEXT POPE. HERE'S JAMES MATES. IN NOMINE PATRIS, ET FILII ET SPIRITUS SANCTI. BLESSED BY THE PRAYERS OF A CARDINAL, POPE FRANCIS IS TAKEN FROM THE CHAPEL OF THE SIMPLE VATICAN APARTMENT HE'D CALLED HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. (BELL TOLLS) A PROCESSION THAT WOULD BEAR HIS COFFIN THROUGH ST PETER'S SQUARE AND INTO THE GREAT BASILICA. (CHOIR SINGS) LED BY HIS CARDINALS, ACCOMPANIED BY A VATICAN CHOIR... (CHOIR SINGS IN LATIN) AND, AS ALWAYS, A POPE IN THE VATICAN NEVER FAR FROM HIS MAGNIFICENTLY UNIFORMED SWISS GUARDS. AN ESTIMATED 20,000 THRONGED THE SQUARE, BOTH THE FAITHFUL AND CURIOUS TOURISTS, MOSTLY IN SILENCE, SOMETIMES IN SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE. (SUBDUED APPLAUSE) A CHANCE BOTH TO SEE FRANCIS IN DEATH AND TO SHOW THEIR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR A LIFE OF SERVICE. (CHOIR SINGS) SURROUNDED BY THE GLORIOUS RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE OF ST PETER'S, THE COFFIN WAS PLACED AT THE ALTAR, WHERE IT WILL LIE IN STATE FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. THE ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER, CARDINAL VINCENT NICHOLS, WAS AMONG THE MANY CARDINALS IN ST PETER'S. APPOINTED BY POPE FRANCIS, TODAY, HE SPOKE OF HIS ADMIRATION FOR A MAN WHO WORKED TO THE VERY END. HE DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON. WHAT STATE DID HE LEAVE THE CHURCH IN? I'M` (STAMMERS) I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT A HIGH ENOUGH LADDER TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. FRANCIS WAS NOT AFRAID TO MAKE DECISIVE DECISIONS. NOT AT ALL. BUT THERE WERE DEFINITELY PEOPLE IN THE VATICAN AND OUTSIDE WHO DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE WAS DOING. CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY. CARDINAL NICHOLS WILL HELP CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE AT THE CONCLAVE. LIKE THE REST OF US, HIS EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN SHAPED BY HOLLYWOOD. THERE'S A BOOK, THERE'S A FILM, BUT THIS IS A REALITY. I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. NOW, I THINK IN THE BOOK, THERE IS THIS REAL TENSION BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE CERTAIN AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT, BETWEEN CERTAINTY, WORRY, DOUBT. IS THAT TRUE? WHICH ARE YOU? OH, I'D BE ON THE WORRY SIDE. YEAH. I'D BE WORRIED TO TRY AND GET THIS RIGHT. AND YOU GO IN WITH A COMPLETELY OPEN MIND? NO, NOT WITH AN OPEN... NOT WITH A COMPLETELY OPEN MIND` COMPLETELY OPEN TO GOD, I HOPE. WILL YOU GO IN WITH A VIEW THAT THE CHURCH NEEDS TO GO IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, OR THAT BASICALLY WHAT'S NEEDED HERE IS A UNIFYING CANDIDATE WHO CAN KEEP THE TWO SIDES OF THE CHURCH TOGETHER? WELL, WHOEVER IS THE HOLY FATHER, WHOEVER IS THE POPE, HAS THE JOB OF KEEPING THE CHURCH TOGETHER. SO THAT'S` THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE CROSS THAT HE WILL BE ASKED TO PICK UP. SO IT'S HOW YOU GO ABOUT DOING THAT. THE DIRECTION THE CHURCH HAS TO GO IN IS NOT DIFFICULT TO SEE. IT WAS ENCAPSULATED IN A PRAYER THIS MORNING. WE PRAY THAT THE CHURCH CAN BE A... CAN FOMENT, CAN BRING ABOUT RENEWAL WITHIN THE HUMAN FAMILY. THIS EVENING, PILGRIMS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD ARE AMONG THE THOUSANDS FILING PAST THE COFFIN ` A STEADY STREAM THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE MAGNIFICENT OPEN-AIR MASS AND FUNERAL ON SATURDAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER WITH IMO. AND IT'S BEEN A PRETTY CHILLY ONE FOR MANY. YEAH, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. PLENTY OF COLD, CHILLY STARTS FROM THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND DOWN THIS MORNING. IT WAS NEGATIVE-2.6 AT ONE POINT IN TWIZEL. AND DUNEDIN AIRPORT RECORDED NEGATIVE-2.5. I MENTIONED IT LAST NIGHT, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TODAY, THOSE DAWN SERVICES WILL BE COLD AS WELL TOMORROW. SO WRAP UP WARM. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` INDIA HAS ACCUSED PAKISTAN OF SUPPORTING CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM AFTER GUNMEN KILLED 26 PEOPLE IN INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR. AND THE GROUND-BREAKING BLOOD TEST TO DETECT CANCER BEFORE THERE ARE ANY SYMPTOMS. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT HAS VOWED TO BRING THE PERPETRATORS OF YESTERDAY'S DEADLY ATTACK ON TOURISTS IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR TO JUSTICE. A LITTLE-KNOWN ISLAMIST GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHOOTINGS, THAT LEFT 26 PEOPLE DEAD. BUT INDIA IS ACCUSING NEIGHBOURING PAKISTAN OF SUPPORTING WHAT IT CALLS CROSS-BORDER TERRORISM. ITV'S NEIL CONNERY REPORTS. AS INDIA BURIES ITS TOURISTS KILLED IN KASHMIR, ITS GRIEF SPREADS. THE VICTIMS CAME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE VICTIMS CAME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THERE ARE FEARS FOR WHAT IT MEANS FOR RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN. FAMILIES ENJOYING THE TRANQUILLITY OF KASHMIR'S BEAUTY JOLTED BY THE SOUNDS OF TERROR. (GUNSHOTS ECHO) IT'S BELIEVED FOUR GUNMEN SUSPECTED OF BEING SEPARATIST MILITANTS BEGAN SHOOTING INDIAN TOURISTS. (SCREAMING) ONE TERRIFIED FAMILY MISTAKES AN INDIAN ARMY SOLDIER AS A THREAT. 'SPARE MY CHILDREN,' THIS WOMAN CRIES OUT BEFORE SHE'S REASSURED. I'M INDIAN ARMY! BUT INDIAN NAVAL OFFICER VINAY NARWAL WASN'T SO FORTUNATE. HE WAS KILLED IN THE ATTACK, ON HIS HONEYMOON. LAST WEDNESDAY HIS WIFE, HIMANSHI, MARRIED HIM. TODAY SHE BURIED HIM. INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER, NARENDRA MODI, CUT SHORT A VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA TO RETURN HOME. TONIGHT INDIA'S FOREIGN SECRETARY VOWED TO CATCH THOSE RESPONSIBLE. INDIA WILL BE UNRELENTING IN THE PURSUIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED ACTS OF TERROR OR CONSPIRED TO HOLD THEM... TO MAKE THEM POSSIBLE. (PROTESTERS CHANT) OUTSIDE THE PAKISTAN HIGH COMMISSION IN NEW DELHI, THEY CHANTED 'SHOOT THE TERRORISTS'. PAKISTAN DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT. BUT INDIA HAS DOWNGRADED RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBOUR, CLOSING A KEY BORDER. AS SECURITY HAS RAMPED UP ACROSS INDIAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR, TENSIONS ARE RISING, WITH FEARS OVER THE FALLOUT FROM THE ATTACK. SCIENTISTS HOPE THAT A GROUND-BREAKING BLOOD TEST COULD DETECT CANCER BEFORE IT SHOWS ANY SYMPTOMS. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY USES AI TO SEARCH FOR MICROSCOPIC SIGNS OF THE DISEASE. IT'S STILL IN THE TRIAL PHASE, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT IT COULD CATCH TUMOURS BEFORE THEY DEVELOP, REDUCING THE NEED FOR TREATMENTS LIKE CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIOTHERAPY AND INVASIVE SURGERY. ITV'S MARTIN STEW REPORTS. ROBOTIC KEYHOLE SURGERY TO REMOVE A 3cm TUMOUR FROM KELLY'S BOWEL. THIS IS CUTTING-EDGE CANCER TREATMENT. THE NEXT ADVANCE IS TO SPOT TUMOURS BEFORE SYMPTOMS EVEN BEGIN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO DIAGNOSE CANCER EARLY, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL AND OVERALL SURVIVAL FOR OUR PATIENTS. IN THIS LAB IN SOUTHAMPTON, THEY'RE DEVELOPING A BLOOD TEST WHICH MAY BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT. IT WORKS BY DETECTING SMALL MOLECULES CALLED MicroRNAs IN THE BLOOD. THESE CAN INDICATE CANCER. AI IS ABLE TO USE THAT DATA TO PREDICT WHERE IN YOUR BODY TUMOURS COULD BE. DEVELOPERS SAY IT CAN DETECT 12 TYPES OF CANCER, INCLUDING LUNG, BREAST AND BOWEL. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED SIMILAR BEFORE. THE BOSS OF THERANOS, A U.S. BLOOD TESTING COMPANY, WAS JAILED FOR 11 YEARS FOR DEFRAUDING INVESTORS, AFTER FAILING TO DELIVER ON PROMISES. WE'VE SEEN BLOOD TESTING IN THE PAST THAT'S PROMISED LOTS AND NOT DELIVERED. HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THIS IS GOING TO DELIVER? SO FAR, THE DATA IS REALLY COMPELLING. WE'RE USING A METHOD CALLED QPCR, WHICH YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THROUGHOUT THE COVID PANDEMIC. YOU TOOK A NASAL SWAB, SENT IT OFF FOR PCR TESTING. IT'S CHEAP, IT'S SCALABLE. SO IT'S KIND OF A LOT MORE OF A STANDARDISED, WELL-TRUSTED TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING. THE INVESTMENT TODAY IS RELATIVELY SMALL, COMPARED TO THE BUDGETS OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. AND TESTS STILL NEED A YEAR OF TRIALS BEFORE EVEN BEING CONSIDERED BY THE NHS. THEY DO, THOUGH, OFFER THE TANTALISING HOPE OF LIFE-SAVINGLY EARLY, ACCURATE DIAGNOSES IN THE FUTURE. A HUGE FIRE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE IS SENDING THICK PLUMES OF BLACK SMOKE ACROSS THE CITY. A LARGE NUMBER OF FIRE ENGINES HAVE BEEN SEEN HEADING FOR THE BLAZE ON HILLSIDE RD IN GLENFIELD. ACCORDING TO A POST ON FACEBOOK, THE FIRE IS AT A WORKSHOP. THE GLENFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH HAS OPENED ITS DOORS TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO ESCAPE THE SMOKE. STILL TO COME ` THE MORNING COMMUTE FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND TO THE CITY CAN BE HELL. NOW A $91M CASH INJECTION WILL ENSURE THE DESIGN WORK AND CONSENTS REQUIRED FOR THE MILL ROAD PROJECT CAN BE COMPLETED. A NEW TARTAN IS BEING PRODUCED FOR ALL THE SCOTTISH WOMEN WHO WERE WRONGLY ACCUSED, AND IN MANY CASES EXECUTED FOR BEING WITCHES. AND DESPITE A SEASON TO FORGET, PHOENIX BOSSES ARE BACKING GIANCARLO ITALIANO TO TURN THE TEAM AROUND, KID: Me too. MAN: And me. RUGBY PLAYER: I'm a Weet-bix kid, are you? THIS IS THREE NEWS ` IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE IS OUR TOP STORY. NATIONAL CAMPAIGNED ON THE FAMILY BOOST POLICY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO THOUSANDS OF KIWIS, GIVING UP TO $975 EVERY QUARTER FOR EARLY CHILDCARE, BUT ONLY 249 FAMILIES RECEIVED THE FULL PAYMENT. A WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF 15,000 WILL BE WITHOUT A SUPERMARKET FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AFTER THE LOCAL COUNTDOWN CLOSES ITS DOORS FOR GOOD THIS EVENING. THE SITE AT TE ATATU PENINSULA HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY RIVAL FOODSTUFFS, WHICH PLANS TO OPEN A NEW WORLD AFTER REFURBISHING THE BUILDING. WOOLWORTHS SAYS TREATS WERE HANDED OUT TO LOCALS, AND A FAREWELL DINNER IS BEING HELD FOR STAFF, MANY OF WHOM ARE MOVING TO NEARBY WOOLWORTHS STORES. A $91M CASH INJECTION WILL ENSURE CONSTRUCTION ON THE LONG-AWAITED MILL ROAD PROJECT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND CAN START NEXT YEAR. MILL ROAD IS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 'ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE'. WHEN FINISHED, THE 21km HIGHWAY WILL RUN PARALLEL TO THE SOUTHERN MOTORWAY BETWEEN MANUKAU AND DRURY, AN AREA WITH HUGE POPULATION GROWTH. THE $90m BOOST WILL PAY FOR THE DESIGN WORK AND CONSENTS FOR STAGE ONE OF THE PROJECT. I JUST THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO SAVE LIVES AND TIME, SAVE MONEY, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND SOUTH HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A HELL OF A LONG TIME. TRANSPORT MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP DIDN'T RULE OUT TOLLING AS AN OPTION FOR THE NEW HIGHWAY, SAYING REVENUE WOULD SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF MILL ROAD. A NEW TARTAN IS BEING BROUGHT OUT IN SCOTLAND ` IT'S TO HONOUR THE WOMEN WHO WERE WRONGLY ACCUSED, CONVICTED AND EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT. LOUISE SCOTT REPORTS. (LOOM CLATTERS) TRADITIONAL LOOMS HAVE BEEN WEAVING TARTAN FOR CENTURIES. IT'S A STAPLE OF SCOTTISH CULTURE. NOW THESE THREADS ARE BINDING TOGETHER A LIVING MEMORIAL FOR SCOTS ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT. SO WHAT WE HAVE ON THIS LOOM IS THE SCARF DESIGN COMING TOGETHER. AND YOU CAN SEE IN DETAIL NOW IN THE THREAD COUNTS THAT WE HAVE. AND THE COLOUR CHOICE HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC TO REFLECT THE RED TAPE THAT THEY BOUND ALL THE LEGAL PAPERS WHEN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, TRYING THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN SCOTLAND AND THEN CONDEMNING THEM UNDER THE WITCHCRAFT ACT. THIS IS THE FIRST RUN OF THE WITCHES OF SCOTLAND TARTAN, WHICH HAS ALREADY GARNERED WORLDWIDE INTEREST. TARTAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SYMBOL OF COURAGE, TENACITY, COMMUNITY AND REBELLION ` YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE. THE PROJECT THAT WITCHES OF SCOTLAND IS REALLY WHAT TARTAN WAS MADE FOR. IT WAS REALLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, RECOGNISING THEY STAND TOGETHER AND THEY ARE FIRM IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN. NEARLY 4000 SCOTS, PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN, WERE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT BETWEEN 1563 AND 1736, WITH SOME EXECUTED ` DEPICTED HERE IN A 16TH-CENTURY PAMPHLET. A CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED LOOKING TO SECURE A LEGAL PARDON FOR THOSE CONVICTED, WHICH, SO FAR, HAS LED TO A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT. IT WAS INJUSTICE ON A COLOSSAL SCALE, DRIVEN AT LEAST IN PART BY MISOGYNY IN ITS MOST LITERAL SENSE ` HATRED OF WOMEN. FOR CAMPAIGNERS CLAIRE AND ZOE, THE TARTAN MARKS THEIR THIRD OBJECTIVE OF CREATING A MEMORIAL, AND I THOUGHT, HOW BRILLIANT WOULD IT BE IF WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING AND I THOUGHT, HOW BRILLIANT WOULD IT BE IF WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING WHERE WOMEN COULD TELL THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND AND COULD WEAR IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD? IT'S A CAMPAIGN THAT HAS REALLY MADE WOMEN EVERYWHERE SAY, 'YEAH, I IDENTIFY WITH THAT,' OR 'THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING,' OR 'WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.' WHILE THEY AWAIT A LEGAL PARDON, THE TARTAN IS ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN ENSURING THE STORIES OF THOSE PERSECUTED ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. LORDE IS MAKING HER GRAND RETURN TO CENTRE STAGE, OFFICIALLY RELEASING HER NEW SONG TODAY, TITLED 'WHAT WAS THAT?' # SINCE I WAS 17, I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING. # NOW WE BREAK FROM A DREAM. # WELL, BABY, # WHAT WAS THAT? (UPBEAT POP MUSIC) # WHAT WAS THAT? THE KIWI POPSTAR FIRST DEBUTED THE SONG AT A POP-UP EVENT IN A NEW YORK PARK EARLIER THIS WEEK. BUT THE SHOW WAS QUICKLY SHUT DOWN BY POLICE DUE TO THE CROWD SIZE. FOOTAGE FROM THAT PERFORMANCE IS FEATURED IN THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO, ALSO RELEASED TODAY. IT'S THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S FIRST SINGLE SINCE RELEASING 'SOLAR POWER' IN 2021. LUCY'S HERE WITH SPORT NOW, AND WELLINGTON PHOENIX COACH GIANCARLO ITALIANO IS HERE TO STAY. YES, HE HAS SIGNED ON FOR ANOTHER SEASON WITH THE CLUB, DESPITE FINISHING WELL DOWN THE A-LEAGUE LADDER. SO HOW DOES GIANCARLO ITALIANO PLAN TO TURN THINGS AROUND NEXT SEASON? PLUS, WHY IS NEW ZEALAND CRICKET INVESTING IN AN AMERICAN T20 LEAGUE? AND AS LIVERPOOL PREPARES TO BECOME ENGLISH CHAMPIONS FOR THE 20th TIME, THE CITY IS REMEMBERING ITS GREAT MANAGER BILL SHANKLY. (DYNAMIC ROCK MUSIC) TAKE TO THE WATER WITH SUZUKI ULTIMATE OUTBOARDS AND THREE NEWS SPORT. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE PUT THEIR FAITH IN GIANCARLO ITALIANO FOR ANOTHER SEASON. ITALIANO'S FUTURE AS HEAD COACH HAS BEEN HEAVILY SCRUTINISED, AFTER THE SIDE FAILED TO MAKE THE A-LEAGUE TOP SIX. BUT THE CLUB'S EXECUTIVES ARE BACKING HIM AS THE MAN TO TAKE THE TEAM FORWARD, AFTER GUIDING THEM TO NEW HEIGHTS DURING HIS FIRST SEASON IN CHARGE. IT WAS A RELAXED GIANCARLO ITALIANO WALKING INTO TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE... HEY. WITH A RENEWED CONTRACT AND RENEWED EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT SEASON. I'M NOT ONE THAT QUITS, OR JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A BAD YEAR, YOU KNOW, THROW MY TOYS IN AND, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE UP ` THAT WOULD BE VERY UNCHARACTERISTIC OF A LEADER. THE CLUB SIGNING HIM ON UNTIL THE END OF NEXT SEASON, WITH THE OPTION TO EXTEND, DESPITE A SEASON TO FORGET. SOMETIMES YOU LEARN A LOT OUT OF THE ADVERSITY, PARTICULARLY THE SEASON WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR. WE DECIDED TO BACK HIM. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL FIRST SEASON IN CHARGE, WHERE HE LED THE PHOENIX TO THE ELIMINATION FINAL... BARBAROUSES... ZAVADA! ITALIANO'S SECOND SEASON HAS BEEN QUITE THE OPPOSITE, WITH THE SIDE LANGUISHING IN 11th ON THE LADDER AFTER JUST SIX WINS FROM 24 GAMES. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S JOB IS EVER SAFE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S JOB IS EVER SAFE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT, PARTICULARLY HEAD COACHES, RIGHT? YOU'RE ALWAYS JUDGED ON YOUR RESULTS. BUT FOR US, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BEYOND THOSE AS WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT CONTEXT AND WHAT THE COACH HAS ALSO DONE BEFORE. EARLIER THIS MONTH, FAILURE TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS COST WOMEN'S COACH PAUL TEMPLE HIS JOB, DESPITE GENERAL MANAGER DAVID DOME ADMITTING BOTH THE MEN AND WOMEN HAD UNDERPERFORMED AGAINST EXPECTATION. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IT'S BEEN RELATIVE TO WHAT OTHER CLUBS ARE SPENDING WITHIN THEIR A-LEAGUE WOMEN AND A-LEAGUE MEN'S PROGRAMME. AND FOR US, THE INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT INTO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAMME WAS SUCH THAT TOP SIX WAS REALLY A MUST. AND DESPITE THIS SEASON'S RESULTS, THE CLUB SAYS ITALIANO MAINTAINS THE BEST WIN PERCENTAGE OF ANY PHOENIX COACH, AT 41.82%. I WANNA BRING SUCCESS TO THE CLUB. AND, AGAIN, I'VE LEARNT A LOT, AND I'M GONNA TRANSFER THAT INTO NEXT YEAR'S PERFORMANCES. FIGHTING TALK, FROM A COACH WITH A POINT TO PROVE NEXT SEASON. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET IS GOING STATESIDE, AGREEING TO TERMS TO LAUNCH A NEW MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET FRANCHISE IN 2027. IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND AGREEMENT, NZC IS INVESTING IN A LEADING TWENTY20 FRANCHISE LEAGUE. THE VENTURE IS SET TO CREATE PATHWAYS FOR PLAYERS AND COACHES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S HOPED THE MOVE WILL SEE FEWER PLAYERS OPT OUT OF CENTRALISED CONTRACTS. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET HAS SEEN SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST PLY THEIR TRADE STATESIDE. THE CHAMPIONS OF COGNIZANT MLC. FROM 2027, NEW ZEALAND CRICKET WILL SHARE A PIECE OF THE AMERICAN PIE. THEY'VE AGREED TO TERMS WITH U.S.-BASED COMPANY TRUE NORTH SPORTS VENTURES TO LAUNCH AN EXPANSION TEAM. WHEN WE DID OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN LAST YEAR, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE STREAMS. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE THOUGHT WE'D DO THAT IS POTENTIALLY INVEST IN OVERSEAS FRANCHISES. NZ CRICKET CEO SCOTT WEENICK BELIEVES AMERICA MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE OF ITS FRIENDLY TIME ZONE TO NEW ZEALAND AND BEING AN UP-AND-COMING LEAGUE. IT COULD ALSO BE KEY TO RETAINING TOP PLAYERS TO CENTRALISED CONTRACTS. IT IS A RETENTION OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. WE EXPECT THIS TEAM TO HAVE A VERY HEAVY NEW ZEALAND INFLUENCE, AND THEREBY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEN'S PLAYERS AS WELL AS THAT PATHWAY FOR OUR HIGH-PERFORMANCE STAFF. IT COULD BUCK THE RECENT TREND OF PLAYERS SUCH AS KANE WILLIAMSON AND TRENT BOULT BOTH OPTING OUT OF NEW ZEALAND CRICKET CONTRACTS. ESSENTIALLY TO TOP UP THEIR NEW ZEALAND CRICKET EARNINGS. AND MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET BEING IN OUR OFF-SEASON MEANS IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO THAT. THE EXPANSION TEAM IS RUMOURED TO BE BASED IN TORONTO OR ATLANTA. BUT WAIT ` THERE COULD BE A SECOND NEW ZEALAND-BACKED TEAM. THE HOLDING COMPANY NZ CRICKET HAS INVESTED IN ALSO HAS RIGHTS TO ANOTHER EXPANSION TEAM IN 2031. LAS VEGAS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET NOT AFRAID TO SHOW THEIR HAND, AS THE CRICKETING LANDSCAPE EVOLVES. DAME LYDIA KO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A TINGLING SENSATION IN HER RIGHT ARM IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE SEASON. THE WORLD NUMBER THREE TOLD MEDIA SHE WOKE UP WITH A NECK SPASM EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING TREATMENT ON IT. KO, WHO TURNS 28 TODAY, SAYS IT'S IMPROVING AND HOPES SHE WILLL BE ABLE TO PLAY THROUGH IT AT TOMORROW MORNING'S CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEXAS . ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN NASCAR HAS DECLARED HIS DESIRE TO DO A REVERSE SHANE VAN GISBERGEN AND TRAVEL DOWN UNDER TO RACE IN SUPERCARS. FORMER NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNER KYLE LARSON TOOK PART IN TODAY'S OPENING TEST DAY AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S INDY 500, AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS SECOND CRACK AT THE RACE. FOLLOWING THE TEST, HE WAS ASKED WHAT IS NEXT ON HIS BUCKET LIST. I'D LIKE TO RUN A SUPERCAR, IN PARTICULAR, ADELAIDE ` IT'S THEIR FINALE, THEY HAVE A SPRINTCAR TRACK IN THE CITY AS WELL, SO I CAN DO BOTH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION, SO WE'LL SEE WHERE IT KIND OF GOES. MEANWHILE, SCOTT DIXON WAS THE FASTEST IN TODAY'S TEST SESSION ` HIS AVERAGE LAP SPEED OF MORE THAN 362km/h JUST QUICKER THAN TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION JOSEF NEWGARDEN. FINALLY TONIGHT, LIVERPOOL CAN WRAP UP THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME FANS NEXT WEEK WITH A DRAW OR A WIN AGAINST SPURS. IT WOULD BE LIVERPOOL'S 20th TITLE, AND EQUAL MANCHESTER UNITED'S RECORD. AND THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL IS CURRENTLY CELEBRATING ITS FOOTBALL HISTORY WITH A PLAY CALLED 'RED OR DEAD', ABOUT THE CLUB'S LEGENDARY MANAGER BILL SHANKLY. NINA NANAA HAS MORE. WHEN BILL SHANKLY SPOKE, LIVERPOOL LISTENED. I HAVE DRUMMED IT INTO OUR PLAYERS TIME AND AGAIN THAT THEY ARE PRIVILEGED TO PLAY FOR YOU. (CROWD CHEER) OVER 15 YEARS AS LIVERPOOL MANAGER, THE CHARISMATIC SCOT BECAME A GODLIKE FIGURE TO THE FANS, BRINGING TROPHIES GALORE. ARCHIVE: IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A BETTER MAN. I PROMISE, YOU'RE THE GREATEST FOOTBALLERS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. AND NOW THE STORY OF HIS REIGN, FROM 1959, IS BEING TOLD ON STAGE ` WHERE ELSE BUT IN LIVERPOOL, A CITY HE EMBODIED. THE AWARD-WINNING ACTOR PLAYING HIM, A FELLOW SCOT, HIS CO-STAR A NATIVE LIVERPUDLIAN. SO WHEN HE CAME TO LIVERPOOL, HE WAS FEROCIOUSLY AMBITIOUS FOR HIMSELF AND FOR THE CLUB. AND WITH THAT AMBITION, HE HAD A CERTAIN PHILOSOPHY, AND THAT PHILOSOPHY WAS NO INDIVIDUALS, NO STARS, NO CELEBRITIES, EVERYBODY PLAYS FOR THE TEAM. WHICH, BACK AT THAT TIME, WAS REVOLUTIONARY WE SEE HIS LIFE IN THIS PLAY, DON'T WE? WE REALLY DO. WE SEE HIS LIFE WITH HIS WIFE, NESS. SO IT'S KIND OF SHAKESPEAREAN. CROWD CHANT: SHANKLY! SHANKLY! SHANKLY! 'RED OR DEAD' SHOWS SHANKLY AS THE ORATOR HE WAS. THE PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE, THE TEAM THAT'S HERE, THE MANAGER THAT IS HERE... HIS FAMOUS QUOTES OVER THE YEARS ADDING TO HIS LEGEND. SOMEBODY SAID, 'FOOTBALL IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH TO YOU.' I SAID, 'LISTEN, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT.' HOW DO YOU THINK BILL SHANKLY WOULD COPE IN FOOTBALL NOW, IF HE WERE THE SAME MAN? HE'D NEED TO WORK DIFFERENTLY WITH THE MEDIA. COS THAT'S A LOT OF BEING A MANAGER NOW, IS DEALING WITH THE MEDIA. DO YOU THINK HE HAD THE TEMPERAMENT TO DEAL WITH IT? I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY GOOD AT IT. HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY GUYS WHO KNEW HOW TO PLAY THE MEDIA. HE KNEW HOW TO FEED THEM A STORY. HE KNEW HOW TO GIVE THEM A QUOTE. WITH THE MONEY INVOLVED NOW, A LOT OF MANAGERS COME IN, AND THEY GO FROM CLUB TO CLUB. THERE'S NO GREAT IDENTITY WITH THEM, OR FOR THEM. THAT WAS ANATHEMA TO SOMEONE LIKE SHANKLY. FOR SOMEONE LIKE HIM, HE BECAME PART OF LIVERPOOL. HE SAID, DIDN'T HE, IN YOUR SPEECH, 'I WAS THE GREATEST MANAGER. I DIDN'T WIN ENOUGH.' JUST DIDN'T WIN ENOUGH. # AND YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. HE WAS ENOUGH FOR THE LIVERPOOL FAITHFUL. AND NOW THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO WORSHIP AGAIN. THAT IS A SPORT FOR THURSDAY. THE NAME CHARLIE DAVIES-CARR MIGHT NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF HIM, CALLED 'CHARLIE BIT MY FINGER'. AND HE WAS AMONG THOSE CELEBRATING THE SITE'S 20th BIRTHDAY TODAY. ITV'S EMMA VOLNEY REPORTS. 2005, THE YEAR YOUTUBE WAS BORN. TIMES WERE DIFFERENT, AND SO WAS HOW WE CONSUME CONTENT. FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF PIANO-PLAYING CATS... TO 'GANGNAM STYLE'... # OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE. ...AND MR BEAST, WITH ALL HIS CHALLENGES... BUT IT ALL BEGAN WITH THIS, A SIMPLE VIDEO UPLOADED 20 YEARS AGO FROM OUTSIDE A ZOO. THEY HAVE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LONG TRUNKS. BUT WHO COULD FORGET THIS ` THE BROTHERS WHO TOOK THE INTERNET BY STORM? OUCH, CHARLIE! OW! (SOBS) CHARLIE! THAT REALLY HURT! NOW ALL GROWN UP, THEY STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT IT BECAME. IT WAS, LIKE, AS YOUTUBE WAS COMING OUT, AS YOUTUBE WAS GETTING BIGGER, IT KIND OF GOT IN THAT, I DUNNO, SLIPSTREAM. YEAH. IT'S LIKE A SURFER ON A WAVE, ALMOST. BUT MAYBE WE HELPED YOUTUBE GET BIG AS WELL. AND FROM BEDROOMS TO MEGA-STARDOM, YOUTUBE HAS TAKEN ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE KSI AND TURNED THEM INTO HOUSEHOLD NAMES ON SHOWS LIKE 'BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT'. 2.5 BILLION USERS ACCESS YOUTUBE EVERY MONTH, WHILE 5 BILLION VIDEOS ARE NOW WATCHED EVERY DAY, AND 500 HOURS OF CONTENT IS UPLOADED EVERY MINUTE. YOU'RE SEEING CHANNELS AND YOUTUBERS WHO ARE GETTING INCREDIBLY SERIOUS AND ARE BREAKING INTO THE MAINSTREAM, JUST CULTURALLY AS WELL. YOU KNOW, MRBEAST HAS JUST DONE ONE OF AMAZON'S BIGGEST SHOWS, WITH A $100-MILLION BUDGET. THE SIDEMEN, HERE IN THE UK, ARE SELLING OUT WEMBLEY STADIUM FOR A CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH. WHAT STARTED AS SHAKY FOOTAGE OUTSIDE A ZOO, NOW A STREAMING GIANT, WHERE A SINGLE VIDEO CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. IMO'S BACK WITH A LOOK AT YOUR LONG WEEKEND WEATHER. AND IT'S STILL LOOKING PRETTY WET. FOR THOSE OF US IN THE NORTH ISLAND, UNFORTUNATELY, YES. TOMORROW COULD BE PRETTY WET FOR THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY. AND THAT WET WEATHER IS SET TO SPREAD DOWN THE ISLAND AS THE WEEKEND GOES ON. THE SOUTH ISLAND, THOUGH, IS IN FOR PLENTY OF DRY, SUNNY WEATHER, BEFORE A TROUGH MOVES IN ON SUNDAY. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. VOICEOVER: Cheesy Bites are back. For a limited tiiiime. Oh hi Mr Stephenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. VOICEOVER: MAKING THE MOST OF THE WEATHER BY HEADING AWAY? KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE BY PUTTING SECURITY LATCHES ON WINDOWS AND SETTING THE HOUSE ALARM. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. A WEAK FRONT MOVED OFF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVED WEST ACROSS AOTEAROA. NOW, MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS IN FOR A DRY BUT CHILLY ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICE. AND THEN THE REST OF THE DAY IS LOOKING GOOD FOR ANYONE WANTING TO GET OUTDOORS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO COVER MOST OF THE COUNTRY. HARDLY ANY OF YOU SHOULD GET A DROP OF THE WET STUFF. MEANWHILE, WARM, HUMID AIR IS GOING TO BRING RAIN IN FROM THE FAR NORTH, AND THERE COULD BE A SHOWER OR TWO FOR THOSE ALONG THE EAST COAST IN THE EARLY MORNING. SO TAKE A RAINCOAT IF YOU'RE GETTING UP. EVERYONE HERE IS IN FOR SOME FORM OF WET WEATHER. KAITAIA, YOUR RAIN COULD TURN HEAVY. IT'LL BE ISOLATED, AND ODD SHOWERS FOR THE REST, WITH FRESH EASTERLIES. FOR THOSE IN AND AROUND THE BAY OF PLENTY, THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY RAIN ` FOR MOST. ROTORUA AND TAURANGA COULD HAVE THE ODD AFTERNOON SHOWER. OTHERWISE, IT'S BE A CLOUDY ANZAC DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. TOMORROW IS LOOKING PRETTY FINE FOR ALL ALONG THE EAST COAST. THERE IS THAT CHANCE OF SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH FOR DAWN SERVICES, AS I MENTIONED. BUT OTHERWISE A SUNNY DAY IS ON THE CARDS, WITH HIGH CLOUD COME EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUDY PERIODS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A GREAT, SUNNY ANZAC DAY WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS AROUND FOR EVERYONE ELSE. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND ANY MORNING CLOUD, OR FOG IF YOU'RE IN REEFTON, WILL CLEAR, MAKING WAY FOR MORE SUNNY ANZAC WEATHER. AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES IN NELSON. AND THERE'S PLENTY MORE OF THAT GOOD WEATHER OUT EAST TOO. CHRISTCHURCH COULD HAVE SOME MORNING FOG, BUT THAT WILL CLEAR. LIGHT WINDS FOR ALL AS WELL. EARLY MORNING FROST IS ON THE CARDS FOR QUEENSTOWN, BEFORE TURNING FINE, JUST LIKE PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE HERE. OBAN, THOUGH, IS LOOKING PRETTY CLOUDY, WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN THE EVENING. DUNEDIN, TOMORROW IS LOOKING SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN IT WAS TODAY, WITH A FINE FRIDAY FORECAST, LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 17. THERE COULD BE SOME MORNING FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH, BUT OTHERWISE A FINE ANZAC DAY FOR YOU TOO. NORTHEASTERLIES EASING BY EVENING. THERE'S MORE OF THAT FINE WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE CAPITAL AS WELL, WITH NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. 17 IS YOUR HIGH. IT'S GOING TO BE MAINLY FINE IN HAWKE'S BAY TOMORROW, WITH HIGH CLOUD INCREASING IN THE EVENING AND NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. TAURANGA, IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY FOR YOU, WITH THE ODD SHOWER COME AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS AND A HIGH OF 19. THE SAME THING IS IN STORE FOR HAMILTON. A HIGH OF 19 AND A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. AND IT'S A BIT OF THE SAME IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW TOO. YOUR SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE MORNING, THOUGH, WITH A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY AND A HIGH OF 20. TAKING A LOOK OVERSEAS, AND A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR FELLOW ANZACS ARE IN FOR A WET ONE. AND IT'S RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN FOR OUR FRIENDS IN THE PACIFIC. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING PRETTY WET FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, ESPECIALLY NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND. AND THAT INCLUDES SUNDAY, WHICH IS WHEN AUCKLAND FC ARE PLAYING. SORRY TO BE THE BEARER OF THAT NEWS. FOR THOSE SOUTH OF TAUPO, YOUR SATURDAY MORNING LOOKS DRY. BUT RAIN COULD HIT YOU COME AFTERNOON AND REMAIN PATCHY THROUGH SUNDAY. OVERALL, THE SOUTH ISLAND IS IN FOR A FAR MORE SETTLED WEEKEND IN COMPARISON, WITH SUNNY AFTERNOONS ON THE CARDS FOR THE LIKES OF CHRISTCHURCH AND TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 20s. THERE COULD BE A SPRINKLING OF SHOWERS DOWN THE WEST COAST, AND THAT COULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON SUNDAY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE A TROUGH IS MOVING ON TO THE ISLAND, BRINGING WITH IT RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. NOT A HINT OF ANY OF THAT IN TEKAPO THIS MORNING, NEAR THE BASE OF THE TWO THUMB RANGE. GEORGE, WHO SENT THIS PICTURE IN, TELLS ME NOT EVEN A JUMPER WAS REQUIRED. BUT WITH A HIGH OF 14, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY BRAVE. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT ` THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MARIE ` I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY LENA ERAKOVICH AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025