REMEMBRANCE AND SACRIFICE ` CROSSES MARKING THE FALLEN FROM A WAR 110 YEARS AGO. THEIR SERVICE HONOURED HERE AT THE AUCKLAND WAR MUSEUM. AND ON ANZAC DAY, NEW ZEALANDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAKING SURE IT IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. (BUGLE PLAYS 'THE LAST POST') VETERANS, SOLDIERS, AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS PAYING RESPECTS; WREATHS LAID IN SERVICES HERE AND AT GALLIPOLI'S ANZAC COVE. WE REMEMBER THE STORIES OF SELFLESS ACTS OF COURAGE THAT ORDINARY MEN COMMITTED TO SAVE THEIR MATES. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KEI AKU PIKI KOTUKU, E MIHI ANA KI A KOUTOU I TENEI RA. WHAKAHIRAHIRA O ANZAC, TENA KOUTOU KATOA. NAU MAI KI TAMAKI PAENGA HIRA, OTIRA, KIA KARERE TAHI. WELCOME TO 1 NEWS TONIGHT ` LIVE FROM THE AUCKLAND WAR MUSEUM. AS THE SUN SETS HERE ON ANZAC DAY, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. WE'VE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT AS WE MARK THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GALLIPOLI LANDINGS. WE'RE LIVE TO TURKIYE SHORTLY, BUT FIRST HOW KIWIS YOUNG AND OLD HERE MARKED THE DAY. CLOAKED IN THE DARK... (PUTATARA BELLOWS) (PERFORMS KARANGA) ...THOUSANDS IN OUR BIGGEST CITY ANSWERED THE CALL... HOLDING FIRM IN THE WIND AND DRIZZLE, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, TO REMEMBER. MY FATHER ` HE SERVED IN A COMPANY ` THE GUN DIGGERS, 28TH MAORI BATTALION. MY GRANDFATHER HERE ` BASIL SILVER. FROM COMMEMORATIONS IN ROTORUA, LAKESIDE IN QUEENSTOWN... (JETS ROAR) ...RUGGED-UP KIDS IN NEW PLYMOUTH, EVEN BRAVING MINUS-25 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN ANTARCTICA TO LAY WREATHS OUTSIDE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND, NEW ZEALANDERS TAKING TIME TO REMEMBER AN EVENT WHICH SHAPED OUR YOUNG NATION. ON THIS DAY, ANZAC RECEIVED ITS BAPTISM OF FIRE AND BECAME ONE OF THE IMMORTAL NAMES IN HISTORY. 110 YEARS AGO, ANZAC TROOPS WERE LANDING ON THE SHORES OF GALLIPOLI ` A BLOODY AND DISASTROUS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ALLIES. 2779 KIWI SOLDIERS REMAIN BURIED THERE, 17,000KM FROM HOME. EVERYBODY GOES AWAY THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BACK. I FEEL FOR THEM, AND THAT'S WHY I COME HERE AND REMEMBER THEM EVERY YEAR. YEAH. THEY WERE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I. THEY NEVER MADE IT BACK. MANY THAT DID CHANGED FOREVER. THEIR STORIES NOW KEPT ALIVE BY THE NEXT GENERATION. MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER ` HE FOUGHT IN EGYPT FOR, LIKE, ONE-MONTH TERM. AND HE ACTUALLY GOT SHOT IN THE HEART, BUT WAS SURVIVED BY HIS CAMERA (CHUCKLES) AND WENT TO GO HOME AND CARRY ON THE LINES. VETERAN PARADES MAY BE SMALLER IN NUMBER NOW, THE PACE NOT AS SWIFT, BUT THE PULL OF THE DAY IS STILL STRONG. (GROUP PERFORMS HAKA) THIS IS MY FIRST TIME COMING HERE, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. BEING A PART OF EVERYTHING AND LISTENING AND FEELING THE VIBE, IT WAS SO COOL. FIRST TIME HERE TODAY. FIRST TIME HERE AT THE WAR MEMORIAL. THE WHANAU WANTED TO COME. IT'S OUR NATIONAL DAY, OUR IDENTITY. PHIL ISN'T A NEWCOMER. THE 91-YEAR-OLD HAS CARRIED THE WELLINGTON RSA FLAG FOR 23 YEARS. TODAY, FOR THE LAST TIME. I WAS IN KOREA. I'M ONE OF THREE LEFT HERE IN WELLINGTON OF THE K-FORCE. I THINK I'M ONE OF THE LAST MEN STANDING. E KORE RATOU... E KOROHEKETIA. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. (BUGLE PLAYS 'THE LAST POST') IT BRINGS US TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE PRESENT DAY SERVICEMEN AND PLUS` PLUS THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE, AND THE ONES WHO NEVER CAME BACK. ('THE LAST POST' CONTINUES) STANDING AT ANZAC COVE, WHERE 110 YEARS AGO OUR SOLDIERS CAME ASHORE, CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAID, 'WE REMAIN PROUD OF THOSE WHO SERVED BUT DO NOT GLORIFY WHAT HAPPENED.' MORE THAN 2700 KIWIS DIED IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON IS THERE.WHAT HAPPENS CAMPAIGN AND JOINS US NOW. WILL GOOD EVENING FROM AS THAT COPE WHERE SO MANY OF THE SOLDIERS MET THE GRISLY DEATH AT 110 YEARS AGO. THE DAWN SERVICE WRAPPED UP A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. 2500 PEOPLE WERE HERE, MAINLY AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS. THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE RATE SINCE 2015 THE LATE-NIGHT TREK INTO ANZAC COVE A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING... KIA ORA. WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS TRAVELLED FROM? KARAMEA. KARAMEA. BEANIES, GLOVES. THERMALS. SCARVES. THERMALS UNDERNEATH ALL HERE. I'VE BEEN BEFORE. I KNOW HOW COLD IT GETS. ...FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ACROSS GENERATIONS TOO, LAYING OUT SLEEPING BAGS, BLOWING UP PILLOWS, LYING NEXT TO STRANGERS, TRYING TO STAY WARM AND MAYBE GET SOME SLEEP AS THEY WAIT FOR THE DAWN SERVICE TO BEGIN. NOT ONLY IS THIS THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE IN TEN YEARS, BUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS CHANGING TOO. IT USED TO BE YOUNG KIWIS ON THEIR OE. NOW IT'S PEOPLE OVER 50. 60 YEARS OF AGE. IT'S TIME WE CAME INTO ANZAC DAY HERE. MY GRANDFATHER WAS HERE IN 1915 AND HE ENDED UP AT CHUNUK BAIR. HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST NEW ZEALANDERS UP THERE. NOW IN 2025, AS THE SUN RISES... (PUTATARA BELLOWS) ...A MOVING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO GAVE SO MUCH. FIRST THE MAORI. (PERFORMS KARANGA) THEN THE AUSTRALIAN. (DIDGERIDOO HUMS) CHRISTOPHER LUXON THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND GALLIPOLI COMMEMORATIONS SINCE 2015. ANZAC TROOPS CAME ASHORE HERE, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEIR BROTHERS FROM HALF A WORLD AWAY. HERE, WEARING THE MEDALS OF HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, WHO FOUGHT IN FRANCE DURING WWI. WHAT HAPPENED HERE SCARRED GENERATIONS OF NEW ZEALANDERS. WHILE WE REMAIN PROUD OF THOSE WHO SERVE, WE DO NOT GLORIFY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WE KNOW TOO MUCH TO DO THAT. INSTEAD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE AND THE TENACITY OF THE ANZACS, AND WE RESPECT THE VALOUR OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS. ROYALTY TO EXPRESSING GRATITUDE. WE STAND HERE AT DAWN TO COMMEMORATE THE ANZACS, REMEMBERING THEIR BRAVERY, COURAGE AND SACRIFICE. WE ALSO REMEMBER ALL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEN AND WOMEN WHO SINCE THAT DAY HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY. # GOD DEFEND OUR FREE LAND. # WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT SERVICE? IT WAS REALLY MOVING. IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT. I'M NOT A PARTICULARLY EMOTIONAL PERSON, BUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK OF ALL THOSE LIVES GONE. IT WAS FANTASTIC. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO MOVING. 110 YEARS ON, THE CROWDS STILL COME TO HONOUR THE SACRIFICE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. MANY OF THE KIWIS THAT WERE HERE ARE NOW MAKING THE 5 KM TREK UP TO JENNA KABIR FOLLOWING THE SOLDIERS. DURING WORLD WAR I IT WAS A KEY PART OF GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN. NEW ZEALANDERS FOUGHT TO CAPTURE AND THEN DEFEND THAT HELL. TODAY IT IS A SITE, RATING SOLDIERS WHOSE GRAVES ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SERVICE STARTS THERE IN JUST TWO HOURS. CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL MAKE ANOTHER SPEECH. THEN HE WILL BE IN ROME. THANKS, MEI. KING CHARLES HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO WHAT HE CALLS THE 'INDOMITABLE ANZAC SPIRIT' HE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT PASSING YEARS DIDN'T DIMINISHWHAT THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACE AND FREEDOM. AND MENTIONING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND VETERANS, HE SAID GENERATIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW THE ANZAC SPIRIT OF COURAGE, MATESHIP AND SACRIFICE. THIS YEAR MARKS OUR FIRST ANZAC DAY WITHOUT A SINGLE SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION. SIR ROBERT GILLIES, OR 'BOM' AS HE WAS COMMONLY KNOWN, WAS THE LAST TO FALL AT 99 YEARS OLD. AND AS TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI REPORTS, THOSE LEFT BEHIND ARE DETERMINED TO REMEMBER THEIR LEGACY. # HE A PUPU. # HE A PUPU. # THEY WERE REVERED AROUND THE WORLD AND ONE OF OUR MOST DECORATED INFANTRY UNITS FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. BUT THE STORY OF THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION IS ULTIMATELY ONE OF TRAGEDY. OF THE MORE THAN 3500 MEN WHO SERVED, ONE IN SIX DIED ` THE HIGHEST CASUALTY RATE WITHIN THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION. WAR CREATES A LOT OF GRIEF, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN B COMPANY HERE, WHERE WHOLE FAMILIES MORE OR LESS WERE WIPED OUT. SIR BOM GILLIES OF B COMPANY SURVIVED AND WAS THE LAST MAN STANDING UNTIL HIS PASSING LATE LAST YEAR. KA TANGI AKE NGAKAU KI A KORO BOM, OTIRA KI A TATOU KOROUA KUA TIRAHA, OTIRA E MOE ANA I TE MOENGA ROA I TENEI WA. BUT HIS LEGACY WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. EMERGING ARTIST NIKAU GRACE RELEASING A NEW WAIATA THIS WEEK TO REMEMBER THE BATTALION SACRIFICES. # MO TE ATUA, TE KINGI, ME TE WHENUA. # WHENUA. # THEY HAD THEIR LAND TAKEN FROM THEM AND GIVEN TO THE PAKEHA RETURNING SOLDIERS. THEY WERE REFUSED ENTRY INTO RSAs. LIKE, THEY WERE JUST TREATED AS LESS THAN HUMAN. SHE COLLABORATED WITH TE KAPA HAKA O NGATI WHAKAUE ON THE SONG. ... E NGUNGURU NEI! I AU! AU! AUE HA! HE NUI ONA KORERO MO TE KORETAKE O TENEI MEA TE PAKANGA, MEHEMEA, I A IA TE KOWHIRINGA KUA KORE IA E HOKI ANO KI TE PAKANGA. WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THE SACRIFICES. A MESSAGE SIR BOB WAS JUST AS DETERMINED TO SHARE WHEN HE WAS ALIVE. ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTED US TO DO WAS HAVE SOME SORT OF MEMORIAL. NOW WORK IS UNDERWAY BY THE ROTORUA MUSEUM TO FULFIL THAT WISH, BY REFRESHING ITS B COMPANY COLLECTION AND ASKING DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO SERVED TO SEND THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS. OUT OF THE 900-ODD MEN` OF PHOTOGRAPHS, WE DIDN'T HAVE 300 OF THOSE MEN. AND SO THIS CALL-OUT IS TO TRY AND REALLY CAPTURE THOSE. THE MUSEUM PLANS TO REVEAL ITS NEW COLLECTION WHEN IT REOPENS IN 2027. THIS IS MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER, TE KAPUA I WAHO. HE WAS ALSO A B COMPANY SOLDIER IN THE 28TH MAORI BATTALION, AND HE DIED IN NORTH AFRICA AT JUST 26 YEARS OLD. IT'S NOW UP TO DESCENDANTS TO HOLD THEIR MEMORIES. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, 1 NEWS. BOOING AT A DAWN SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IS BEING CONDEMNED. AN ELDER WAS JEERED AS HE WAS GIVING A WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY ADDRESS. I'M HERE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO MY FATHER'S COUNTRY. (BOOING) BEAUTIFUL BUNANRANGA COUNTRY. (BOOING) THE SMALL GROUP OF HECKLERS WERE ESCORTED FROM THE SERVICE BY POLICE AND EVENT OFFICIALS. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER ATTENDING THE SERVICE CALLED THE BOOING 'DEPLORABLE'. AND WE HAVE MORE ANZAC COVERAGE COMING UP LATER IN THE BULLETIN. BUT NOW TO OTHER NEWS ` WORKERS FOR A CHARITY THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SAY THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN AFTER THEIR WORKPLACE BURNT TO THE GROUND IN A HUGE FIRE OVERNIGHT. IT PROMPTED A LARGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ` FIREFIGHTERS DESCRIBING THE BLAZE AT THE RECYCLING FACILITY AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THEY'VE SEEN ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. NOW THE CHARITY SAYS IT'LL NEED PUBLIC SUPPORT TO RECOVER. JACOB JOHNSON REPORTS. (CAMERAPERSON EXCLAIMS) BALLS OF FIRE AND THICK BLACK SMOKE BLANKETING THE NIGHT SKY AS THIS RECYCLING PLANT WENT UP IN FLAMES. IT'S THE LARGEST FIRE THAT I CAN REMEMBER FOR A FEW YEARS ON THE NORTH SHORE. ALMOST 40 FIRE TRUCKS AND VEHICLES AND AROUND 90 PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE BLAZE, WHICH BROKE OUT AT ABOUT 5.30PM. WE'RE PRETTY SURE IT STARTED IN THE BATTERY RECYCLING AREA, BUT OUR FIRE INVESTIGATORS WILL CONFIRM THAT. BY THE MORNING IT WAS UNDER CONTROL. CREWS DAMPENING DOWN HOTSPOTS AND TAKING DOWN THE REMAINS OF THE DESTROYED RECYCLING FACILITY RUN BY THE ABILITIES GROUP ` A CHARITY PROVIDING WORK FOR MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF DISABILITIES. MY MUM WAS CALLING ME AT THE MALL TELLING NE MY JOB WAS ON FIRE. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HEARTBROKEN. SAD. HEAPS OF MEMORIES. GLEN BISHOP ALSO WORKED HERE, COMING FOR A LOOK THIS MORNING WITH HIS MUM. I WAS IN TEARS LAST NIGHT WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE TV. I'M ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED FOR ALL THE WORKERS THAT WORK HERE AND THE STAFF WHO ARE SO DEDICATED TO THEIR JOBS. THE CHARITY DIDN'T WANT TO DO AN INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS IT'S THANKFUL NOBODY WAS HURT, ADDING IT'S NOW DEALING WITH THE HEARTBREAKING REALITY OF A FIRE THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED ITS PREMISES. THEY'RE WELL KNOWN ON THE SHORE FOR DECADES AND DECADES. MANY OF US HAVE DROPPED THEIR BATTERIES AND POLYSTYRENE AND OTHER THINGS OFF TO THE GROUP THERE, AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. CHEMICAL RUNOFF FROM THE BLAZE HAS POLLUTED TWO NEARBY NORTH SHORE BEACHES AND AN ESTUARY. THE WATER QUALITY MONITORING SITE, SAFESWIM, HAS A HAZARD WARNING IN PLACE, ADVISING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FOR NOW. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ITSELF DIDN'T GO FULLY TO PLAN ` AN AERIAL LADDER BREAKDOWN STRANDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT A FULL INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY. THERE ARE QUESTIONS NOW, TOO, OVER WHAT'S NEXT FOR THOSE WHO WORKED HERE. THE LOCAL BOARD ARE WORKING AT THE MOMENT WITH ABILITIES TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS TO HELP THEM, SUPPORT THEM. A GIVEALITTLE PAGE HAS ALSO BEEN SET UP FOR THE CHARITY, WHICH NOW FACES A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE NEI, JUST AHEAD ` RUSSIA HANDS KYIV IT'S DEADLIEST DAY IN MONTHS. DONALD TRUMP ISN'T HAPPY, AND LEVELS RARE CRITICISM AT VLADIMIR PUTIN. WHAT HE TOLD THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK TO THE AUCKLAND WAR MUSEUM. MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE A LITTLE TECHNICAL PROBLEM ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE VIEWED THE POPE'S BODY BY THE TIME HIS COFFIN IS SEALED TOMORROW MORNING. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS REPORTS FROM ROME. THOSE DETERMINED TO SAY FAREWELL IN PERSON ALSO CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF THOSE ALREADY FORGING A NEW ERA. CARDINALS NOW MEETING DAILY BEFORE THE SECRETIVE VOTE TO CHOOSE A SUCCESSOR TO POPE FRANCIS. AS THE CONCLAVE PROCESS INCHES CLOSER, CARDINALS, INCLUDING NEW ZEALANDER JOHN DEW, HAVE BEEN SUMMONED TO THE HEART OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY NEED TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, HELP RUN THE VATICAN, AND HEAR HOW TO CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE WISELY. ROME IS PACKED WITH PEOPLE. THE ETERNAL CITY'S NOW EXPECTING AS MANY AS 500,000 FOR THE FUNERAL. IT IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN ROME BECOMES CARPA MUNDI ` THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE ` WHICH IT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. THE NEW ZEALANDER CALLS ROME HOME. SHE'S STILL DECIDING IF SHE'LL VISIT THE POPE'S BODY, BUT SAYS IT'S A SPECIAL TIME REGARDLESS. SHE REMEMBERS A SHORT CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH FRANCIS FONDLY. I ENDED UP SAYING, 'HOLY FATHER, YOU SHOULD COME TO NEW ZEALAND.' AND HE STOPPED AND HE LOOKED AND HE SAID 'MAY LONG TANO!' ` IT'S A LONG WAY AWAY! FAMILY FRIEND CARLOTTA RETURNED TO ROME LAST DECEMBER AFTER A FIVE-YEAR STINT IN HER MOTHER'S HOMELAND OF NEW ZEALAND. SHE SAYS LIVING IN THE SAME CITY AS THE POPE GIVES LOCALS A SENSE OF BELONGING. IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE HE'S LEFT A BIG MARK ON EVERYONE, EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T CONFORM TO THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. SO I FEEL LIKE I FELT THE IMPACT MYSELF, AS WELL. FOR OTHERS, THE FOCUS IS SECURING THEIR FINAL MOMENT WITH POPE FRANCIS ` SOME WAITING IN LINES MORE THAN 3km LONG. I DIDN'T THINK I'D CRY, BUT WHEN I SAW HIM, I DID. I STARTED TO CRY. IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL. ST PETER'S BASILICA HAS BEEN OPEN FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL STREAMING IN. AN EARLIER HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN DID NOTHING TO TURN THE CROWDS AWAY. THAT IS THE LEVEL OF DEVOTION THE PEOPLE HAVE FOR THEIR POPE. TIME NOW RUNNING OUT FOR THOSE STILL TRAVELLING TO ROME TO PAY THEIR PERSONAL RESPECTS BEFORE POPE FRANCIS IS FINALLY LAID TO REST. AND KATE JOINS US FROM VATICAN CITY NOW. KATE, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE FUNERAL TOMORROW NIGHT? WHEN THE BODY OF POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES OUTSIDE THE BASILICA OF ST MARY MAJ, THAT IS THE CHURCH HE CHOSE TO BE BURIED IN OUTSIDE VATICAN CITY WHERE WE ARE, HIS BODY WILL BE GREETED. THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART. THEY WILL PLAY HIS RESPECT HIM. THIS SPEAKS TO POPE FRANCIS' HUMILITY. WHEN HE VISITED PRISONERS EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE WAS TOO UNWELL TO WASH THEIR FEET. THIS IS OF WHICH RITUAL THE POPE HAS EXTENDED IN THE PAST. ' THIS TIME I COULDN'T DO IT' WAS THE LAST THING HE SAID TO HIS DOCTOR. AND DO WE KNOW WHEN MOST OF FOREIGN DIGNITARIES ARE ARRIVING? US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO TOUCH DOWN HERE IN ROME JUST 10 HOURS AHEAD OF THE FUNERAL. HE IS EXPECTED TO LIVE PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THE FUNERAL. HE IS ONE OF 170 LEADERS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN JUST A FEW WAS AHEAD OF TIME. THANKS, KATE. AND THE FUNERAL OF POPE FRANCIS IS BEING LIVE STREAMED ON 1 NEWS. YOU CAN WATCH IT ON 1NEWS.CO.NZ AND ON TVNZ+ BEGINNING FROM 8PM ON SATURDAY NIGHT. AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN KYIV IN RUSSIA'S BIGGEST STRIKE ON THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL IN MONTHS. THE ATTACK PROMPTING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO DELIVER HIS STERNEST REBUKE OF MOSCOW YET, SAYING IT WAS NOT NECESSARY AND VERY BAD TIMING. CORAZON MILLER HAS MORE. (MISSILES EXPLODE) STRIKING AT THE HEART OF UKRAINE, ITS CAPITAL KYIV RATTLED BY A BARRAGE OF DEADLY RUSSIAN MISSILES. RESCUERS WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND RUBBLE TO PULL PEOPLE FREE. BY DAYBREAK, THE SCALE OF THE DAMAGE BECAME CLEAR. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE BUILDING AND SAW THAT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED... PROBABLY SCARED IS THE WRONG WORD. PRESIDENT FORCED TO CUT HIS TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA SHORT, WITH THE ATTACKS BELIEVED THE DEADLIEST TO HIT KYIV SINCE LAST JULY, AND AT A POINT WHEN THE U.S. HAS BEEN PUSHING HARD FOR A CEASEFIRE. BUT UKRAINIANS ARE CRITICAL OF ITS ABILITY TO BROKER A FAIR DEAL. TRANSLATOR: TRUMP IS ALL PRO-RUSSIAN. ALL THEY DO IS PUT PRESSURE ON THE VICTIMS ON THE WEAKER SIDE. THEY DO NOT SET ANY CONDITIONS FOR THE AGGRESSOR TO MEET. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRUMP ISSUING HIS STERNEST REBUKE OF PUTIN TO DATE. THE U.S. PRESIDENT STILL SURE HE CAN GET THE WARRING PARTIES TOGETHER ON A DEAL, I THINK WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL. THOUGH HIS LEAKED PEACE PLAN LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A LOSS FOR UKRAINE. IT WOULD SEE RUSSIA KEEP TERRITORY IT NOW OCCUPIES IN THE EAST. MOSCOW WOULD GIVE UP ITS AMBITION TO CONTROL THE REST OF THE LAND IT'S FAILED TO SEE SO FAR. IN RETURN, IT WOULD GET TO KEEP CRIMEA, WHICH IT ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED IN 2014. WHAT CONCESSIONS HAS RUSSIA OFFERED UP THUS FAR TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE CLOSER TO PEACE? STOPPING THE WAR. STOPPING TAKING THE WHOLE COUNTRY. PRETTY BIG CONCESSION. ONE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MORE UNLIKELY CONCESSION FROM UKRAINE TO GIVE UP ON 20% OF ITS LAND. CORAZON MILLER, 1 NEWS. THERE ARE GROWING FEARS OF A MILITARY CONFLICT BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA FOLLOWING AN ATTACK IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR THAT KILLED 26 TOURISTS. AFTER INDIA CLOSED THE MAIN BORDER CROSSING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND SAID IT WOULD SUSPEND A WATER-SHARING TREATY, PAKISTAN HAS RESPONDED SAYING LIMITING WATER SUPPLY WILL BE VIEWED AS AN ACT OF WAR. ISLAMABAD HAS ALSO HAS SUSPENDED CERTAIN VISAS ISSUED TO INDIAN NATIONALS, EXPELLED DIPLOMATS, AND CLOSED ITS AIRSPACE TO INDIAN FLIGHTS. THE GUNMEN ARE YET TO BE CAUGHT, WITH LOCAL POLICE SAYING TWO OF THE SUSPECTS ARE PAKISTANI CITIZENS. HUNDREDS OF SEA ANIMALS INCLUDING DOLPHINS, SEA LIONS, AND WHALES ARE SICK AND DYING AS A RESULT OF A TOXIC ALGAE BLOOM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. EXTENDING FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN LUIS OBISPO, THE BLOOM PRODUCES A NEUROLOGICAL TOXIN CALLED DOMOIC ACID WHICH CAUSES AFFECTED ANIMALS TO EXPERIENCE SEIZURES AND DISORIENTATION. ALTHOUGH ALGAE BLOOMS OCCUR NATURALLY, SCIENTISTS BELIEVE DEBRIS FROM THE WILDFIRES EARLIER THIS YEAR HAVE EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM. ME U TONU MAI. COMING UP ` THE MOMENT THE PEOPLE OF HANMER HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR. WE REVEAL THE WARTIME HOSPITAL BLOCK BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. WE GET REALLY ATTACHED TO THIS BUILDING. THAT IS MORE THAN BRICKS AND MORTAR. AND DESPITE THE SOUTH ISLAND LIKELY MISSING OUT ON GETTING THEIR OWN NRL TEAM, WHY LEAGUE FANS IN TE WAIPOUNAMU WILL STILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE GAME LIVE FROM THE SIDELINES. AND IN WEATHER ` WE'RE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL MIXED BAG FOR SATURDAY AND THE WEEKEND. FURTHER NORTH, DIFFERENT STORY. BUT FOR MANY OF US, IT'S GOING TO BE SOME SUN, SOME CLOUD, MAYBE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TO THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST. BUT THE FURTHER NORTH YOU ARE, HEADS UP FOR SOME PATCHY RAIN. COULD EVEN BE SOME THUNDER AS WELL. HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE AFTER SPORT. NEW HISTORY WAS MADE IN HANMER SPRINGS, NORTH OF CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. AN OLD SOLDIERS' BLOCK THAT ONCE REHABILITATED SOLDIERS SUFFERING FROM THE TRAUMA OF WWI HAS BEEN RESTORED. IT'LL NOW SERVE AS A COMMUNITY HALL. THOMAS MEAD REPORTS. IT S A MOMENT THIS COMMUNITY HAS WAITED YEARS FOR... ...THE SEATS PACKED... ...STANDING ROOM ONLY... ...AS A HOSPITAL BLOCK BUILT FOR WAR HEROES IS REBORN... ...FOR A NEW GENERATION. IT'S MORE THAN THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT THE STORIES THAT ARE BEING TOLD EVERYDAY. THE WING WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1916, AND USED IN BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS TO PROVIDE A SANCTURY FOR SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM BATTLE. A WAY TO HEAL THEM IN BODY AND IN MIND. ONE OF THOSE PATIENTS WAS BOB SIM, WHO SPENT YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR DURING WWII. DAD HAD A LOT OF NIGHTMARES, SCREAMING ` NOT A LOT, BUT I REMEMEBR SCREAMING, THE SCREAMING AND HIM BEING VERY UPSET DURING THE NIGHT. WHILE RECOVERING HERE, HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS NURSE, ISLAY. THIS IS THE UNIFORM SHE WORE WHILE TREATING HIM. THEIR MARRIAGE WAS LIFELONG, LASTING 49 YEARS. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12, I USED TO GET QUITE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE WE'D GO SOMEWHERE AS A FAMILY AND OUR PARENTS WOULD HOLD HANDS, SO, THAT WAS VERY SWEET. THEIR STORY ONE OF MANY NOW PRESERVED. THE BLOCK WILL NOW BE USED AS A COMMUNITY HALL. BUILDER MARK O BRIAN MANAGED TO KEEP MANY OF THE ORIGINAL TOUCHES IN THE REMODEL. THERE WERE 80 PATIENTS IN HERE, SO THERE WOULD'VE BEEN 80 BEDS, SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, UM, 80 IS A LOT. THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FRESH AIR TO CIRCULATE. THEY WOULD OPEN THESE WINDOWS HERE, THEY WOULD OPEN THE WINDOWS ALONG THE WALL. PROUD TO BRING NEW LIFE TO THE BUILDING. YEAH, YOU CAN BE A BIT EMOTIONAL WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. AND TODAY, THERE WERE LITTLE GLIMPSES OF WHAT LIFE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE BACK THEN. THE OLD HALL FULL ONCE AGAIN... ...ACTORS DONNING THE UNIFORM OF THE TIME... THIS WAY TO THE GYMNASIUM ON THE RIGHT. COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO HONOUR THE PAST WITH A NEW FUTURE. THOMAS MEAD, 1 NEWS. AS QUEENSTOWN REMEMBERED THE FALLEN IN A TRADITIONAL DAWN SERVICE THIS MORNING, THERE WAS ALSO A SPECIAL EVENT NEARBY HONOURING BRITISH NURSE EDITH CAVELL. SHE'S NOT AN ANZAC, BUT HER HEROICS DURING WWI ARE ACKNOWLEDGED WITH A WELL-KNOWN BRIDGE NAMED IN HER HONOUR. JARED MCCULLOCH EXPLAINS. (BAGPIPES PLAY) FOR GRAHAM GLASS AND HIS TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, MARCHING ACROSS THIS HISTORIC BRIDGE ON ANZAC DAY HAS BECOME A TRADITION. IT'S JUST AWESOME BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY USUALLY COME OUT ` LOTS OF THEM ` AND SUPPORT IT. SO, IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR THE ARTHUR'S POINT COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE ANZAC DAY. BUT THERE'S A BACK STORY FAR FROM HERE. SO THIS IS JUST REMEMBERING EDITH CAVELL, VERY FAMOUS WWI NURSE FROM ENGLAND. EDITH CAVELL WORKED IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED BELGIUM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, HELPING HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS ESCAPE, TREATING THE INJURED ON BOTH SIDES. GERMANY EXECUTED HER IN 1915. SHE'S HONOURED IN LONDON'S TRAFALGAR SQUARE AND HERE, BY AN UNOFFICIAL MEMORIAL BEARING HER NAME. THE STORY GOES A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS: A LOCAL GOLD MINER WHO LIVED IN A NEARBY SOD HUT SUGGESTED THE BRIDGE BE NAMED IN THE BRITISH NURSE'S HONOUR. WHILE THE BOROUGH COUNCIL AT THE TIME DECLINED THAT SUGGESTION, THAT DIDN'T STOP THE GOLD MINER FROM PAINTING HER NAME ON THE BRIDGE, AS WELL AS ON A NEARBY ROCK, SAYING THEY WERE APPROACHING THE EDITH CAMPBELL BRIDGE. WHILE THE PAINT HAS NOW FADED, THE NAME EVENTUALLY STUCK. FORMAL RECOGNITION WAS RECENT, AND NOW IT'S PART OF THE OFFICIAL ANZAC SERVICE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WITH GROUPS LINING THE CATEGORY ONE HERITAGE STRUCTURE AT ARTHUR'S POINT, NEAR THE SHOTOVER JET. THERE'S A GIRL FROM UP THE HILL, VICTORIA. SHE SAID, 'I'VE GOT THIS IDEA, I'LL GET YA TO PLAY THE BAGPIPES AT MIDDAY ON THE EDITH CAVELL BRIDGE, AND IT GREW FROM THERE, AND IT'S JUST HAPPENED EVERY YEAR NOW. (BAGPIPES PLAY) GRAHAM AND HIS BAGPIPES BRINGING TRAFFIC TO A HALT FOR EIGHT MINUTES. IT'S HERE TO STAY. IT'S JUST GOT TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO CONTINUE IT. A TRIBUTE FROM KIWIS FAR FROM EDITH CAMPBELL'S HOMELAND. JARED MCCULLOCH, 1 NEWS. AND THAT'S IT FROM ME FOR THE MOMENT. JENNY HAS THE DAYS SPORTS FOR YOU. AND THE WARRIORS ARE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. THANKS, MELISSA. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT ` TAKING ON THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IN CHRISTCHURCH, AS MORE IS REVEALED ABOUT THE CHANCES OF A TE WAIPOUNAMU SIDE JOINING THE NRL. PLUS ` OUR TOP RIDERS HIT THE CAMBRIDGE CYCLING FESTIVAL, WITH THE NEXT OLYMPICS AND A MISSING FRIEND ON THEIR MINDS. IMAGINE BEING ON A TWO-YEAR WINNING STREAK. BUT THE AUCKLAND FOOTBALL TEAM NOW CHASING FIFA GLORY HAS HIT A SNAG. AND IT'S EUBANK VERSUS BENN ` WILL A DECADES-LONG FAMILY FEUD FINALLY BE SETTLED THIS WEEKEND? KIA ORA, WELCOME TO SPORT. AND THE CHANCES OF A SOUTH ISLAND SIDE JOINING THE NRL APPEAR DASHED FOR SOME TIME, WITH NEWS A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CLUB ARE LIKELY TO JOIN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AS EXPANSION TEAMS. THE WARRIORS LOOKING TO CEMENT THEIR PLACE AS NEW ZEALAND'S TEAM, CONFIRMING THEY'LL TAKE GAMES TO CHRISTCHURCH FOR AT LEAST THREE MORE YEARS. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO FIND A WARRIORS FAN IN CHRISTCHURCH. A CAPACITY CROWD OF 17,000 EXPECTED AT TONIGHT'S MATCH AGAINST THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS THAT SOLD OUT WEEKS AGO. HOW SPECIAL IS IT TO HAVE AN ANZAC DAY WARRIORS FIXTURE HERE? OH, IT'S SO COOL BECAUSE, YEAH, NORMALLY IT'S OVER AN AUSSIE. SO YEAH, IT'S AWESOME THAT WE GET IT. OUR MESSAGE IS WE LOVE THEM. WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY CELEBRATE US AS MUCH AS WE CELEBRATE THEM. IT COMES AS THE CLUB SIGNED A THREE-YEAR DEAL WITH TE KAHA, THE CITY'S NEW MULTI-USE STADIUM SET TO OPEN NEXT YEAR, ULTIMATELY BURYING ANY BIDS FOR A SOUTH ISLAND-BASED OUTFIT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. EVERYONE LOVES THE WARRIORS COS IT IS THE NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS, IT'S NOT JUST THE AUCKLAND WARRIORS. I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE BACK IN THE DAY AND SEEING SOMEONE ON THE TV ROCK UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO, IT IS PRETTY SPECIAL. AND UM, SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL YOU NEED ` TO HAVE A DREAM. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THEM? UM, THE WAY THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AGAINST ANY TEAM. CANTERBURY RUGBY LEAGUE BELIEVE THE WARRIORS INFLUENCE HAS CORRELATED TO AN UPTAKE OF PEOPLE PLAYING HERE. (CHATTER, LAUGHTER) LAST YEAR SAW A 50% INCREASE IN TEAMS ACROSS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE GRADES. I LOVE MY LEAGUE. I'VE BEEN PLAYING LEAGUE SINCE I WAS TWO, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP CARRYING THAT LEAGUE WITH ME. WE SEE ALL THESE YOUNG GIRLS SITTING THERE AND THEY'RE JUST LOOKING UP, AND I THINK, NOW, FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY SEE A PATHWAY, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO BE ABLE TO BRING US PLAYERS DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW, AND INSPIRE YOUNG GIRLS TO KEEP GOING ` I JUST THINK IT'S SO COOL. THE WARRIORS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING SPECIAL, BOTH OFF THE FIELD AND ON IT. YOU JUST WANNA WIN, BUT OF COURSE, WITH THE ANZACS BEING THERE, IT'S GOING TO MEAN A BIT MORE. BUT, UM, YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET` THE BOYS CAN GET IT DONE. A WIN WOULD CERTAINLY CAP OFF A THRILLING FEW DAYS IN CHRISTCHURCH. JORDYN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. THE WARRIORS HAVE A CHANCE TO CLOSE THE GAP ON THE BULLDOGS AT THE TOP OF THE NRL TABLE TO JUST TWO POINTS, AFTER THE DOGGIES WERE THRASHED BY THE BRONCOS. THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN BULLDOGS CONCEDING AFTER 90 SECONDS, AND TORN APART IN A FIRST HALF OFTEN PLAYED IN ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS, GOING INTO THE BREAK TRAILING BY 34-0. REYNOLDS KICKING AGAIN. OUT FOR MARINER AGAIN. WHAT A MASTERCLASS ALREADY, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN NEAR HALFTIME. ADAM REYNOLDS ABSOLUTELY TEARING THE DOGS TO SHREDS HERE AT SUNCORP. THE FINAL SCORE 42-18. TO COMPOUND THINGS, THREE BULLDOGS FACE BANS FOR HIGH SHOTS. UP TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE GATHERED IN CAMBRIDGE TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL CYCLING FESTIVAL, FROM THE YOUNG, TO THE YOUNG AT HEART. FOR MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND CYCLING TEAM, IT WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS MISSING WHO WASN'T FAR FROM THEIR THOUGHTS. HERE'S BRODYN KNUCKEY. A WORLD AWAY FROM THE ANGUISH OF THE OLIVIA PODMORE CORONIAL INQUIRY... (AIRHORN BLOWS) ...NEW ZEALAND'S TOP CYCLISTS REMEMBERING THE JOY OF RIDING THEIR BIKE. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT SHE DID AND WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS SUCH A BIG FAN OF THE NEXT GENERATION COMING THROUGH. IT'S BEEN A HUGE WEEK FOR THE CYCLING COMMUNITY ` THE PODMORE INQUIRY WRAPPING UP IN CHRISTCHURCH. IN CAMBRIDGE, CYCLISTS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TAKING PART IN THE ANNUAL CYCLING FESTIVAL. WE'RE JUST OUT HERE TRYING TO DO OUR PART FOR THEM AND ALSO OUR PART FOR HER AND KEEPING ON THAT LEGACY, FOR SURE. IT'S SO COOL, EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE PROBABLY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS FESTIVAL, AND I THINK IT REALLY JUST REMINDS YOU WHY YOU RIDE. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND TRACK CYCLING TEAM TAKING PART IN TODAY S FESTIVITIES, GETTING THEIR COMPETITIVE FIX WITH SPRINTS ALONG THE MAIN DRAG... (ANNOUNCER ON MEGAPHONE) ...AS A NEW OLYMPIC CYCLE BEGINS. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ` I'M NOT USED TO GOING THIS FAST ON MY ROAD BIKE. I'M TRYING TO TRUST MY TIRES, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF SQUEAL IN THERE. ALTHOUGH TODAY S SPRINT SHOWDOWNS DIDN'T EXACTLY GO TO PLAN FOR SAM DAKIN... I DON'T NORMALLY BLAME MY EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA PUSH FOR TODAY. LITERALLY JUST DROPPED MY CHAIN. LITTLE BIT FILTHY ON IT. ...DAKIN EYEING HIS THIRD OLYMPICS IN LOS ANGELES IN 2028. I THINK THE TOKYO ONE WAS REALLY SHORT ` I CAME IN IN 2019, I WAS RUSHING TO THE SQUAD IN 2020, WENT IN 2021. PARIS WE HAD A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THERE WERE THREE STAFFING CHANGES WITH THE HEAD COACH. THIS TIME IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'VE GOT WORLD CLASS STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I THINK THIS WILL BE THE BEST CYCLE I'LL EVER GET OUT OF MYSELF. BUT STILL TIME TO ENJOY THE GRASSROOTS OF THE SPORT AND EVERYTHING IT HAS TO OFFER. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. TWO BIRDIES IN THE LAST THREE HOLES SAVED LYDIA KO'S ROUND AT THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIPS ` THE YEAR'S FIRST MAJOR ON THE WOMEN'S GOLF TOUR. THE BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION WAS THREE OVER AFTER SIX HOLES BUT RALLIED TO FINISH ONE OVER, AND, IN A TIE FOR 61ST, EIGHT SHOTS OFF THE LEADERS. OK, ONE SHOT CLOSER TO EVEN PAR AFTER THE ROUGH START. ONE THING ABOUT LYDIA, SHE IS NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP. SHE'S GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING TILL THE VERY END. KO WENT INTO THE TOURNAMENT COMPLAINING OF TINGLING IN HER RIGHT ARM AFTER STRAINING HER NECK. NOW IF THE SAYING GOES, 'YOU LEARN MORE FROM LOSING THAN WINNING,' THEN AUCKLAND UNITED'S PREMIER WOMEN'S TEAM MIGHT HAVE THE PROBLEM EVERYONE WANTS. UNDEFEATED IN ALMOST TWO YEARS, THEY NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY IN FIFA'S FIRST EVER WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CUP. BUT IT TURNS OUT SUCCESS COMES AT A PRICE. # LET'S GO, LET'S GO BACK, YOU KNOW I NEED YOU...# HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU GONE UNBEATEN NOW? OH, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD'VE FACT-CHECKED THIS, BUT I WANNA SAY 53. WE HOLD EVERY TITLE THAT YOU CAN HOLD IN NEW ZEALAND ` IT IS THE KATE SHEPHERD CUP, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, THE NORTHERN LEAGUE AND THE OFC. IF YOU'RE FORGETTING THE LENGTH OF YOUR WINNING STREAK AND YOUR TITLES, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING OK. WE HAVE BUILT AN INCREDIBLE TEAM CULTURE WHERE THE ENVIRONMENT JUST, LIKE, CULTIVATES WHAT WE WANNA DO. WE NEVER SET OUT TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR ` IT'S BEEN A GREAT BY-PRODUCT OF ALL THE WORK THAT THE GIRLS HAVE PUT IN. GEARING UP FOR THE OCEANIA FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (OFC) QUALIFIER IN TAHITI NEXT MONTH, THEIR PATHWAY TO FIFA'S VERY FIRST WOMEN'S CLUB WORLD CUP. IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE HAVE TO WIN AS MANY OF THE FOUR OFC COMPETITIONS AS POSSIBLE. IF THEY WIN IN TAHITI, THEY'RE ALSO A STEP CLOSER TO FIFA'S INAUGURAL WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS CUP NEXT YEAR. BUT IT COMES AT A COST ` $170,000 TO GET THE TEAM TO TAHITI ALONE. IT'S MEANT SAUSAGE SIZZLES AND FUNDRAISERS, EVEN HITTING HALF-TIME AT AN AUCKLAND FC GAME. A 'GIVE A LITTLE' PAGE SET UP, BUT PLAYERS HAVE TO FIND 50k TO GO. TAKING THREE WEEKS OFF THAT WORK THAT I DO MEANS NO INCOME, PLUS HAVING TO PAY FOR THE TRIP. UM, IT'S NOT EASY. LAST YEAR, AUCKLAND UNITED BECAME THE FIRST KIWIS TO COMPETE IN THE WOMEN'S OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TAKING OUT THE QUALIFIER IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. SOME OF THESE GIRLS I'VE COACHED SINCE THEY WERE 12, SO, LIKE, TO SEE THEM COME ON THIS JOURNEY TO GET TO THIS POINT ` WE'VE KIND OF HAD THIS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND FOR A LONG TIME ` SO, FOR THIS TO BECOME A REALITY NOW AND A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GIRLS, IT'S, YEAH, SOMETHING WE'VE DREAMT ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEY SAY THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WEATHER TODAY ` HOPEFULLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN TAHITI. I KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED. IT'S MEANT TO BE LIKE 28 DEGREES. WE'LL PROBABLY COMPLAIN ONCE WE GET OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'LL BE TOO HOT. THE TEAM RED-HOT THEMSELVES. VICTORY IN TAHITI WOULD MEAN ANOTHER AFC COMPETITION IN AUGUST ` AN EXPENSIVE JOURNEY, BUT CAN THEY AFFORD NOT TO AT LEAST GIVE IT A GO? EUBANK AND BENN ` A FIGHT THAT'S MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN THE MAKING. BUT THIS TIME, IT'S THE SONS LOOKING TO SETTLE THE SCORE. CHRIS EUBANK JUNIOR AND CONOR BENN FACE OFF ON SUNDAY IN A BOUT DRIPPING WITH HISTORY, LEGACY AND BAD BLOOD. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE HAS MORE. PLENTY OF SECURITY SURROUNDING THEM. BOUND BY LEGACY, FUELLED BY A GRUDGE, AND READY TO IGNITE A RIVALRY THEIR FATHERS NEVER FINISHED. WE'RE NOT AT SCHOOL. AND COME SATURDAY NIGHT, I GET TO PUT MY HANDS ON HIM. YOU WILL BE AT SCHOOL ON SATURDAY, MY FRIEND. I'M TAKING YOU BACK TO SCHOOL. WELL DONE, WELL DONE, YOU. AT THAT SCHOOL, I'M GOING TO BE THE HEADMASTER, MY FRIEND. YEAH. AND YOU WILL BE IN DETENTION. THE LATEST CHAPTER IN A 35-YEAR BOXING SAGA ` TWO SURNAMES FOREVER LINKED. I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO NIGEL. I FIND THE MAN INTOLERABLE. I PERSONALLY DO HATE HIM. SO IS THERE ANY POINT TO ME ASKING YOU TO SHAKE HANDS AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT? NO, NO, NO. FATHERS CHRIS EUBANK SR AND NIGEL BENN ` TITANS OF BRITISH BOXING ` FOUGHT TWICE IN THE EARLY '90S. EUBANK WINNING THE FIRST; THE SECOND. ENDING IN A DRAW. YES, IT'S A DRAW. THE DECIDER NEVER HAPPENED, BUT NOW THEIR SONS OUT TO SETTLE THE SCORE. I'VE PREPARED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THESE MOMENTS, AND I'VE DONE IT ALL WITHOUT CHEATING. A JAB AT BENN, WHO FAILED A DRUGS TEST IN 2022. HIS REASONING ` CONTAMINATED EGGS. THEIR FIGHT POSTPONED, BUT THE TENSION REMAINED, COMING TO A HEAD EARLIER THIS YEAR. WHOA! EUBANK SLAPPING BENN WITH AN EGG. THIS TIME, NO STUNTS, BUT NO LESS HOSTILITY. YEAH, I'M COMING HERE TO TAKE HIS HEAD OFF. THEY'LL FIGHT AT THE MIDDLEWEIGHT LIMIT ` FOR BENN, A STEP UP. EUBANK JR ` A CUT DOWN. JUST FOCUS ON GETTING YOUR WEIGHT OFF, FAT BOY. YOU KNOW? YEAH. THE WEIGHT IS PAINFUL. AND THE WORST PAIN YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED COME SATURDAY NIGHT. I PROMISE YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION I ASK MYSELF IS, WHAT IS PAIN? OH, SHUT UP, CHRIS. (LAUGHTER) TIME FOR TALKING DONE. NO BOUTS, NO TITLE. JUST THE PRIDE OF A FAMILY NAME. MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE, 1 NEWS. AND THAT'S ALL FROM SPORTS. COMING UP ` DAN SAYS ITS GOING TO BE A MIXED BAG FOR THE WEEKEND. IT WILL BE FINE FOR SOME AND WET FOR OTHERS. DETAILS ON WHO'LL NEED THE RAINCOAT NEXT. VOICEOVER: Get your free Consumers's Guide to Hearing Aids. New Zealand's only independent guide to all the latest models. Choose the right hearing aid for your lifestyle and budget. Call 0800 45 45 42 for your free copy. KIDS PROBABLY SICK OF TH ERAINCOAT, UNFORTUNATELY MIGHT HAVE TO DO THE SAME. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. PATCHY RAIN AND THUNDER TO NORTHERN AREAS. HEAVY RAIN WATCH PARTS OF NORTHLAND. WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVEL. CONVERGING WINDS. WE SAW THAT WITH THE STORMS LAST WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING IN KAITAIA. HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN AUCKLAND. PATCHY RAIN TO EAST AUCKLAND. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN AUCKLAND. HEADS UPP FOR THUNDER. COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN HAMILTON. A LATE DAY SHOWER. CHANCE OF A SHOWER TOWARDS END OF DAY. EVERYONE ELSE JUST CLOUD. AFTERNOOON SHOWERS IN NEW PLYMOUTH. SAME IN WELLINGTON. TE WAI POUNAMU ` JUST SCATTERED CLOUD. DRY , NO PROBLEMS. COOLER START BUT DECENT LOOKINIG DAY. AFTERNOON CLOUD. MIGHT BE MORNING CLOUD IN QUEENSTOWN. COULD BE SOME MIST AND FOG. TEMPS 4, 3 , 5 DEGREES HIGHER. 20 AND SUNSHINE IN INVERCARGILL AND DUNEDIN. HEADS UP FOR HEAVIER BURSTS NORTH. THAT WILL THIN AWAY. IT IS GONNA BE WET FOR SOME. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS ANZAC DAY, ONE OF REFLECTION AND COMMEMORATION ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AS WE HONOUR OUR VETERANS' SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH PICTURES FROM THE DAY. KIA MAUMAHARA TONU TATOU KI A RATOU. (EMOTIONAL MARCHING BAND MUSIC) CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND RUBY WEBB-SAGARIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025