AS KIWIS GATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS, THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS THE LESSONS OF THE PAST ARE BEING FORGOTTEN. A HUGE FIRE THAT TRIGGERED EMERGENCY WARNINGS IN AUCKLAND DESTROYS A CHARITY RECYCLING CENTRE THAT PROVIDED WORK FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. AND ` 'VLADIMIR, STOP!' TRUMP ISSUES A RARE REBUKE OF PUTIN AFTER THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON KYIV IN MONTHS. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 202 KIA ORA. THIS IS THREENEWS. KIWIS GATHERED BEFORE SUNRISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MARK ANOTHER ANZAC DAY. BUT THIS YEAR, THE TRADITION OF REMEMBRANCE FELT ESPECIALLY RELEVANT, WITH WAR AND INSTABILITY DOMINATING THE HEADLINES. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS MORE. AT THE BREAK OF DAWN ACROSS NEW ZEALAND, THOUSANDS STOOD SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN SOLEMN SILENCE. SOME CAME WITH MEDALS ON THEIR CHESTS, MANY WITH MEMORIES IN THEIR HEADS. (BUGLE PLAYS 'THE LAST POST') 'THE LAST POST' PIERCED THE MORNING STILLNESS ` A CHANCE TO REMEMBER AROUND 30,000 NEW ZEALANDERS IN BOTH WORLD WARS WHO LEFT HOME NEVER TO RETURN, AND MANY MORE LOST IN UNIFORM SINCE. A DAY TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRIES. WE HAVE OUR ROLL OF HONOUR ` OVER 4800 NAMES. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE IS 24. FOR MANY FAMILIES, ANZAC DAY IS DEEPLY PERSONAL ` A REMINDER OF BRAVERY AND LOSS. MOST OF MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY, SO IT'S, LIKE, TO COMMEMORATE AND REMEMBER THEM. WELL, IF WE TAKE THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND HOW TERRIBLE THAT WAS... I HAD TWO UNCLES KILLED. MIND YOU, I WASN'T ALIVE THEN. ONE WAS TAKEN AS PRISONER OF WAR, AND THE OTHER LOST AN ARM. AND THAT WAS IN ONE FAMILY. IT'S 80 YEARS SINCE WWII ENDED AND 110 SINCE THE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS LANDED AT GALLIPOLI, WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER WAS TODAY. SOME 16,000 KIWIS SERVED HERE. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE A NATION OF JUST A MILLION PEOPLE; OUR CONTRIBUTION AS A SMALL NATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD WAS DISPROPORTIONATE. A BOND BUILT THEN BETWEEN AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS, MANY WHO WERE IN TURKEY TODAY TO REMEMBER. WE THINK OF THEM ALL. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. NICOLA WILLIS REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT BACK HOME. WE REMEMBER AND PAY TRIBUTE TO YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TODAY. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL ADDRESSING AUCKLAND'S SERVICE. IN THESE VOLATILE AND UNCERTAIN TIMES, NEW ZEALAND CONTINUES TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE IDEAL OF PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS. AS SERVICES CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, KIWIS GATHERED TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAD FALLEN ` BUT WHILE ALSO REFLECTING ON TODAY'S INCREASINGLY TENSE GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT'S RESHAPING THE WAY NEW ZEALAND THINKS ABOUT SECURITY AND DEFENCE. I THINK TODAY IN THE WORLD, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT, I THINK, THAT PLACES LIKE US EXIST SO THAT WE DON'T FORGET. BECAUSE IF WE FORGET, THEN WE RISK ` AS WE MAY AT THE MOMENT ` REPEAT. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THOSE MAKING DECISIONS THAT COULD LEAD US TO WAR NOW MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS, ON YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. CHOIR SINGS: # ...ALL MY LIFE # SHALL SURELY FOLLOW ME... TODAY, IT'S, LIKE, A DAY THAT WE REMEMBER ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN LOST AT WAR AND STUFF. HOW BRAVE WERE THEY? REALLY BRAVE. CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THAT? PROBABLY. (CHUCKLES) YOU'RE BRAVE TOO? YEAH. CAN YOU IMAGINE ANOTHER WAR HAPPENING AND NEW ZEALANDERS HAVING TO GO AND FIGHT AGAIN? YEAH. PROBABLY WITH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA. SO, YEAH. SO DOES ANZAC DAY FEEL A BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR COS OF THAT? YEAH, SORT OF. LIKE, MY WHOLE FAMILY'S TALKING ABOUT IT. # E IHOWA ATUA... FOR THE YOUNGEST VOICES AT TODAY'S SERVICES, WAR ISN'T JUST HISTORY; IT'S A REALITY THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE OF. A CHARITY THAT PROVIDES WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN AUCKLAND HAS EXPRESSED HEARTBREAK AFTER ITS RECYCLING FACILITY ON THE NORTH SHORE BURNED TO THE GROUND OVERNIGHT. THE NON-PROFIT, CALLED ABILITIES GROUP, HAS LAUNCHED A FUNDRAISING PAGE TO SUPPORT THE REBUILD AND STAFF WHO NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE TO WORK. MEANWHILE, THE UNION HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT FIRE AND EMERGENCY'S EQUIPMENT AFTER TWO FIREFIGHTERS BECAME STUCK IN A BASKET OVER THE BLAZE WHEN AN AERIAL LADDER TRUCK BROKE DOWN. ZANE SMALL REPORTS. FROM ABOVE, A THICK BLACK PLUME OF SMOKE IS SEEN EMERGING FROM A RAGING INFERNO. THIS MONSTER BLAZE BROKE OUT ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE YESTERDAY EVENING AT A RECYCLING FACILITY. IT BURNED UNTIL JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, WHEN FIREFIGHTERS BROUGHT IT UNDER CONTROL. BUT THE BUILDING COULD NOT BE SAVED. IT'S A TOTAL LOSS. MOST OT THE BUILDING HAS BURNED TO THE GROUND, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DEMOLISHING WHAT'S LEFT STANDING JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS. SPEAKING OF SAFETY ` ONE OF THE TRUCKS BROKE DOWN AMID THE BLAZE, LEAVING TWO FIREFIGHTERS STUCK UP A LADDER AND EXPOSED TO BURNING EMBERS. THE FIREFIGHTERS' UNION SAYS IT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY FLEET. FENZ TOLD US THE CREW WAS REMOVED TO SAFETY AND A FULL INVESTIGATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT. IT'S THOUGHT THE FIRE WAS SPARKED BY BATTERIES AT THE RECYCLING PLANT. FIRE AND EMERGENCY STAFF WERE LIAISING WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING LAST NIGHT, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE FACILITY WAS RUN BY A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION CALLED ABILITIES GROUP, WHICH PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. PAUL HAS BEEN DOING CATERING THERE FOR YEARS. WELL, THEY EMPLOY ABOUT 105 TO 115 KIDS WITH DISABILITIES, YOU KNOW, AND THEY TURN UP EVERY DAY AND THEY WORK HARD AND DO A GREAT JOB. ABILITIES GROUP HAS LAUNCHED A FUNDRAISING PAGE TO SUPPORT THE REBUILD AND STAFF WHO NO LONGER HAVE A PLACE TO WORK. LOCAL COUNCILLOR RICHARD HILLS SAYS IT'S A TRAGEDY. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO FIND A PLACE AND, I GUESS, A REFUGE FOR THESE WORKERS AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. DIGGERS WERE BROUGHT IN TO OPEN UP THE STRUCTURE TO FULLY EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. WE'RE TOLD THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES INVOLVED ARE NO LONGER A HAZARD. HOWEVER, CHEMICALS IN THE WATER FROM THE RECYCLING PLANT SPARKED WARNINGS AGAINST SWIMMING AT NEARBY BEACHES. A LOT OF WATER USED TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT, AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN SOME RUN-OFF, UM, AND I BELIEVE AUCKLAND COUNCIL ARE MONITORING THAT SITUATION. SO WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO KEEP OUT OF THE WATER. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ADVISE SWIMMING OR EVEN WADING OR LETTING YOUR PETS, DOGS RUN INTO THE WATER THERE ` AT LEAST TILL SATURDAY NIGHT. BUT THERE IS NO COMING BACK FOR THE BUILDING THAT NOW LIES IN RUIN. POLICE INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF KYLE WHORRALL ARE SEARCHING FOR A 2004 SILVER MITSUBISHI GRANDIS AND ITS OCCUPANTS. THE CAR, REGISTRATION GNG652, MAY HAVE TRAVELLED TO NORTHLAND IN RECENT DAYS. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR OR ITS OCCUPANTS. U.S.-BORN WHORRALL WAS KILLED AT A BUS STOP ON AUCKLAND'S ST JOHN'S ROAD ON SATURDAY NIGHT. HIS FATHER HAS SPOKEN OF HIS SHOCK, TELLING RNZ HE'S BECOMING MORE DISGUSTED AS THIS CASE GOES ON. YESTERDAY A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY APPEARED IN YOUTH COURT CHARGED WITH MURDER. A 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. DONALD TRUMP HAS ISSUED A RARE REBUKE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, DEMANDING IN AN ALL-CAPS SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE ` 'VLADIMIR, STOP!' ` AFTER RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES ON KYIV KILLED 12 PEOPLE. BUT THE TOUGH TALK DIDN'T LAST; JUST HOURS LATER IN THE OVAL OFFICE, HE INSISTED PUTIN STILL WANTS PEACE. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. (AIR RAID SIREN WAILS) DONALD TRUMP PROMISED TO END THIS WAR. LAST NIGHT, VLADIMIR PUTIN RAMPED IT UP ` (TENSE MUSIC) A DEVASTATING NIGHT OF ATTACKS IN KYIV, RUSSIAN STRIKES LIGHTING UP THE SKYLINE. (MISSILE WHOOSHES, MAN EXCLAIMS IN UKRAINIAN) AMID ALL THE TALK OF PEACE DEALS, THIS IS THE REALITY ` (URGENT CHATTER IN UKRAINIAN) CIVILIANS BURIED IN THE RUBBLE OF THEIR HOMES, SURVIVORS CAREFULLY DUG OUT. BUT AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AS UKRAINE WAS CONFRONTED WITH ONE OF THE WORST NIGHTS OF THIS THREE-YEAR-OLD CONFLICT. PRESIDENT TRUMP REBUKED VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR THE ATTACKS, POSTING... ...SAVING LIVES AND... YET IN SUBSEQUENT APPEARANCES IN THE OVAL OFFICE, HE DODGED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT PRESSURE HE WOULD EXERT ON RUSSIA. 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. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ONLY CONCESSION APPEARS TO BE NOT GIVING RUSSIA THE WHOLE OF UKRAINE. WHEN PRESSED, HE COULDN'T SPECIFY ANY ULTIMATUM HE'D GIVE PUTIN. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PRESSURE I'M PUTTING ON RUSSIA. THEY'RE DEALING... YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PRESSURE I'M PUTTING ON RUSSIA. WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE` CAN YOU MAYBE TELL US, THEN? WHAT KIND OF PRESSURE ARE YOU PUTTING ON THEM? WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON RUSSIA, AND RUSSIA KNOWS THAT, AND SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO IT KNOW, OR HE WOULDN'T BE TALKING RIGHT NOW. THE PRIME MINISTER UNDERSTANDS THAT BETTER THAN ANYBODY. HE WOULDN'T BE TALKING RIGHT NOW. HE'S TALKING, AND WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE. I THINK HE WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL. TODAY, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CUT SHORT HIS TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA AS THE FULL SCALE OF THE RUSSIAN ATTACKS BECAME CLEAR. NOW HIS COUNTRY IS FACING THE POSSIBILITY THAT, FAR FROM ENDING THE WAR, AMERICA MIGHT WALK AWAY FROM IT, LEAVING ITS PEOPLE EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO PUTIN'S AGGRESSION. COMING UP ` THEY'RE HAVING TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN ALL NIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS QUEUEING TO SEE THE POPE, BUT AMID THE SADNESS, THERE'S ALSO ANGER AT HIS RESPONSE TO ABUSE IN THE CHURCH. AND IN SPORT, BOGEYS AND BIRDIES ` AN UP-AND-DOWN OPENING ROUND FOR DAME LYDIA KO AT THE FIRST MAJOR OF THE YEAR. THE QUEUES TO SEE THE POPE'S BODY HAVE GROWN SO LONG THAT ST PETER'S BASILICA IS BEING KEPT OPEN OVERNIGHT. THE MOURNERS COMING FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND WITH VASTLY DIFFERING ATTITUDES TO THE LEGACY OF POPE FRANCIS. ITV'S RACHEL YOUNGER REPORTS. THEY CAME IN THEIR THOUSANDS. THE POPE'S DEATH FILLING ST PETER'S SQUARE WITH LIFE, IN ALL ITS UNPREDICTABLE GLORY. AND IN THE HOURS OF WAITING, TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE LATE POPE'S LEGACY AND WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT. VERONICA, FROM MEXICO CITY, WAS UNDER ORDERS FROM HER MOTHER TO QUEUE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, BUT TOLD ME THINGS AREN'T AS CLEAR CUT FOR HER GENERATION. WE'RE STRUGGLING THERE. WE'RE TRYING TO, LIKE, RECOVER THE FAITH. DOES THE NEXT POPE NEED TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE? EMBRACE GAY MARRIAGE, FOR EXAMPLE? WOMEN PRIESTS? I REALLY DON'T KNOW. LIKE, I THINK HE MADE HUGE EFFORTS TO MAKE A CHANGE AND MAKE EVERYONE FEEL INCLUDED. SO MAYBE IT WOULD BE WORTH IT. BIBIANA HAD TRAVELLED HOURS TO BE HERE, BUT DRAPED IN A RAINBOW FLAG, SHE NOW WANTS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO GO ON ITS OWN JOURNEY. BECAUSE THIS POPE IS A POPE` A POPE WITHOUT WALL FOR HEARING PEOPLE EVERY DAY, IN EVERY SITUATION, IN EVERY COUNTRY. IN FACT, SO MANY HAVE WANTED TO SQUEEZE THROUGH THESE DOORS THAT THE BASILICA IS NOW OPEN AROUND THE CLOCK. A VERY PUBLIC SETTING FOR THE PRIVATE GRIEF OF SOME OF THE FAMILY OF POPE FRANCIS, WHO CAME TO MOURN TODAY. THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES IN PAIN. DAYS LIKE THIS MAY SHOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT ITS BEST, BUT THEY'RE AGONISING FOR THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED IT AT ITS VERY WORST ` SURVIVORS OF THE CLERICAL SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL, WHO FEEL THE POPE LET THEM DOWN. IT'S HARD TO SEE, SORT OF, THE... THE CELEBRATION ONGOING OR BEHIND` BEHIND US RIGHT NOW OF THE POPE'S LIFE AND LEGACY, WHEN HE WAS SO INATTENTIVE TO WHAT SURVIVORS NEEDED AND UNRESPONSIVE TO THE DEMAND FOR ZERO TOLERANCE. HE WAS A POPE WHO ALWAYS INSISTED HE NEEDED THE PEOPLE'S PRAYERS AS MUCH AS THEY NEEDED HIS. TODAY, THE PRAYERS AND THE PEOPLE CAME THICK AND FAST, AND NO TWO WERE THE SAME. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE WITH SUZUKI IGNIS AND THREENEWS SPORT. DAME LYDIA KO HAS SALVAGED HER OPENING ROUND WITH BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES AT THE FIRST MAJOR OF THE YEAR, THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP. STARTING HER FIRST ROUND ON THE BACK NINE, THE KIWI FOUND HERSELF IN TROUBLE EARLY, MAKING THREE BOGEYS TO SIT OUTSIDE THE TOP 100. BUT THE HALL-OF-FAMER PULLED OFF BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES ON THE PAR 3 SEVENTH AND PAR 5 EIGHTH TO FINISH THE FIRST ROUND WITH A ONE-OVER 73. OK, ONE SHOT CLOSER TO EVEN PAR AFTER THE ROUGH START. KO'S CURRENTLY IN A TIE FOR 61st, EIGHT SHOTS OFF CO-LEADERS YAN LIU OF CHINA AND RYU HAE-RAN OF SOUTH KOREA. WITH PHOENIX COACH GIANCARLO ITALIANO SIGNED ON FOR ANOTHER SEASON, THE CLUB IS NOW TURNING ITS ATTENTION TO THE PLAYER ROSTER. THEIR STAR ALL WHITES STRIKER KOSTA BARBAROUSES IS OFF CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE A-LEAGUE SEASON. THE 35-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN THE CLUB'S TOP SCORER FOR THE PAST TWO CAMPAIGNS AND THIS YEAR SURPASSED THE 100-GOAL CAREER MILESTONE. DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL SHAUN GILL SAYS CLARITY OVER THE COACH WILL HELP PLAYERS LIKE BARBAROUSES MAKE THEIR DECISION. KOSTA IS KOSTA BARBAROUSES, RIGHT? HE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE IMPORT IN THE A-LEAGUE FOR OTHER CLUBS. HE'S WON THE TITLE NUMEROUS TIMES. HE'S PLAYED A NUMBER OF GAMES FOR THE ALL WHITES. YOU KNOW, HE'S A` HE'S A` HE'S A WELLINGTON BOY. UH, SO HE'S, UH` HE'S A FAN FAVOURITE, AND HE'S AN EXPERIENCED A-LEAGUE PLAYER. UH, YOU KNOW, ANY CLUB WOULD WANT THAT. NEXT YEAR'S FIFA WORLD CUP IS LIKELY TO PLAY A ROLE IN BARBAROUSES' DECISION, AND WHETHER STAYING ON AT THE CLUB WILL GIVE HIM THE BEST CHANCE OF SELECTION. FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER JAMIE VARDY HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S LEAVING LEICESTER CITY AFTER 13 YEARS. AFTER JOINING FROM NON-LEAGUE, VARDY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN HELPING THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IN 2016 AND THE FA CUP IN 2021. NOW AGED 38, HE WANTS TO KEEP PLAYING AND HOPES TO SCORE FOR LEICESTER AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON. ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN LOOKS BACK AT VARDY'S IMPACT BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. HE WILL ALWAYS BE THE HERO IN ONE OF FOOTBALL'S FINEST FAIRYTALES. JAMIE VARDY,... VARDY! (CROWD ROARS) ...THE UNLIKELY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER WHOSE GOALS POWERED UNLIKELY LEICESTER... HOLD THE BACK PAGE, HOLD THE FRONT PAGE. ...TO PREMIER LEAGUE GLORY. ONE OF FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST CHARACTERS IS NOW SAYING FAREWELL. GUTTED THAT THIS DAY IS COMING, BUT I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO COME EVENTUALLY. AFTER 13 UNBELIEVABLE YEARS AT THIS CLUB WITH LOTS OF SUCCESS, SOME DOWNS, BUT THE MAJORITY ALL HIGHS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT MOMENTS ` TRAGEDY WHEN LEICESTER'S CHAIRMAN AND FOUR OTHERS WERE KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH AT THE STADIUM AND CONTROVERSY ` HIS WIFE REBECCA LOSING A HIGH COURT LIBEL CASE AGAINST COLEEN ROONEY. BUT THROUGHOUT IT ALL HE STAYED AT LEICESTER, HELPING THEM TO THE CLUB'S FIRST EVER FA CUP WIN. HIS REMARKABLE TIME HERE, THOUGH, DOES END IN DISAPPOINTMENT, WITH LEICESTER BEING RELEGATED AND VARDY CALLING HIS OWN FINAL SEASON EMBARRASSING, BUT THE CLUB DESCRIBED HIM TODAY AS ITS GREATEST EVER PLAYER. HE'S BEEN THROUGH, REALLY, ALL OF IT, ALL OF IT. AND WITH THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON GAMES AND ESPECIALLY WITH HIS PERSONALITY, OF COURSE, THAT IS ALSO... YOU DON'T SEE MANY ANY MORE LIKE THAT. DANGERMAN VARDY! HE SCORES! THE PLAYER WHO JOINED LEICESTER FROM NON-LEAGUE FLEETWOOD IS NOW LIKELY TO END HIS PLAYING DAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS AS REMARKABLE A FOOTBALLING STORY AS THE ONE HE INSPIRED IN THE EAST MIDLANDS. FORMER BLACK CAP COLIN MUNRO'S BEEN FINED 30% OF HIS MATCH FEE IN THE PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE AFTER APPEARING TO QUESTION AN OPPONENT'S BOWLING ACTION. TEMPERS FLARED AFTER MUNRO, PLAYING FOR ISLAMABAD UNITED, MADE A THROWING GESTURE AT BOWLER IFTIKHAR AHMED IN THE 10TH OVER OF HIS SIDE'S RUN CHASE, ACCUSING HIM OF CHUCKING. IFTIKHAR COMPLAINED TO THE SQUARE-LEG UMPIRE, WHILE SULTANS CAPTAIN MOHAMMAD RIZWAN WAS VISIBLY ANGERED AND BECAME INVOLVED IN A HEATED EXCHANGE WITH MUNRO. RIZWAN WAS ALSO FINED 30% OF HIS MATCH FEE, WITH ISLAMABAD GOING ON TO WIN BY SEVEN WICKETS TO CONTINUE THEIR UNBEATEN START TO THE SEASON. AFTER THE BREAK, I'LL HAVE YOUR SATURDAY WEATHER FORECAST. CHECK OUT THIS GORGEOUS SUNRISE IN TARANAKI THIS MORNING. BUT WHAT'S IN STORE TOMORROW? WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. POLICE INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF KYLE WHORRALL ARE SEARCHING FOR A 2004 SILVER MITSUBISHI GRANDIS AND ITS OCCUPANTS. THE CAR ` REGISTRATION GNG652 ` MAY HAVE TRAVELLED TO NORTHLAND IN RECENT DAYS. A CHARITY THAT PROVIDES WORK FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN AUCKLAND IS APPEALING FOR HELP TO REBUILD AFTER ITS RECYCLING FACILITY ON THE NORTH SHORE WAS DESTROYED IN A HUGE FIRE. AND DONALD TRUMP HAS ISSUED A RARE REBUKE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, DEMANDING IN AN ALL-CAPS SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE, 'VLADIMIR, STOP!' AFTER RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES ON KYIV KILLED 12 PEOPLE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRAMPOLINES AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. A HEAVY RAIN WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND UNTIL 9AM SUNDAY, THANKS TO THAT TROUGH THAT REACHED THE FAR NORTH THIS MORNING, BRINGING WITH IT PLENTY OF WET WEATHER, AND THAT IS SET TO CONTINUE. BUT A FINE SATURDAY IS ON THE CARDS FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH MORE RAIN FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, ALONG WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD. AND THERE'S THAT WET STUFF RIGHT THERE. KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI, YOUR RAIN COULD TURN HEAVY AND THUNDERY AS THE DAY GOES ON. WEST AUCKLAND COULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME IN THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE A CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL, WITH SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NOR-EASTERLY WINDS FOR EVERYONE, TOKOROA, THOUGH, YOU'LL HAVE EASTERLIES. NOW, THINGS WILL START FINE HERE, BUT GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY WILL HAVE SOME RAIN AND SHOWERS COME AFTERNOON. NOR'EASTERLIES ALL AROUND HERE AS WELL. CLOUDY WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. OTHERWISE, MAINLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE, BAR SOME CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE AFTERNOON. PLENTY OF FINE STARTS TO THE DAY HERE, BUT CLOUD WILL START TO ROLL IN FROM LATE MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS AROUND FOR ALL. VERY LITTLE CLOUD OUT THESE WAYS, THOUGH. FINE DAYS ALL ROUND, WITH LIGHT WINDS AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES IN CHRISTCHURCH. PLENTY OF SUN FOR THOSE RIGHT DOWN THE BOTTOM TOO. THERE'LL BE SOME MORNING FOG FOR ALEXANDRA, AND IT WILL BE A CLOUDY AFTERNOON FOR STEWART ISLAND. NOW SYDNEY'S IN FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, WITH SHOWERS FOR MANY IN AUSTRALIA AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIJI TOO, WITH PLENTY OF WET WEATHER ON THE CARDS FOR ALL AROUND THE PACIFIC. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE LOOKING BACK HOME. (RELAXED MUSIC) FINALLY TONIGHT ` CHINA HAS SENT ANOTHER THREE ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE WITH THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE 'SHENZHOU 20' MISSION. THE CREW TOOK OFF FROM THE COUNTRY'S LAUNCH SITE ON THE EDGE OF THE GOBI DESERT. THEY'LL REPLACE THE THREE ASTRONAUTS CURRENTLY ON THE CHINESE SPACE STATION. LIKE THEIR PREDECESSORS, THEY'LL STAY IN SPACE FOR SIX MONTHS. CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAMME HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN RECENT YEARS. IT WANTS TO PUT A PERSON ON THE MOON BEFORE 2030. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON stuff.co.nz. I'M IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025