POPE FRANCIS WANTED A SIMPLE FUNERAL, BUT MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 50 HEADS OF STATE AND 10 REIGNING MONARCHS, WILL ATTEND. IT'S ALL SMILES AS TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHILE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ADMITS UKRAINE CAN'T WIN BACK CRIMEA. A DEEPENING CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS ` WHY THE FBI ARRESTED A MILWAUKEE JUDGE. AND AN UNLIKELY DOUBLE FROM JACKSON FORD HELPS THE WARRIORS CLIMB FURTHER UP THE LADDER ON A NIGHT TO REMEMBER IN CHRISTCHURCH. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA, THIS IS THREE NEWS. NEW ZEALANDERS WILL JOIN MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD IN MOURNING, AS POPE FRANCIS IS FAREWELLED IN TWO HOURS' TIME AT A STATE FUNERAL IN ROME. GLOBAL LEADERS ARE GATHERING BENEATH ST PETER'S DOME, INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON AND US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. IN THE FINAL HOURS, IT FELT LIKE EVERYONE IN THE CITY WAS TRYING TO SQUEEZE THEIR WAY INTO ST PETER'S SQUARE TO GET ONE FINAL GLIMPSE OF THE POPE. OVER THREE DAYS, 250,000 MOURNERS FILED PAST POPE FRANCIS IN ST PETER'S BASILICA. NOW THE DOORS HAVE CLOSED, HIS COFFIN SEALED. THE POPE RESTING IN SILENCE. PILGRIMS AND PRESIDENTS NOW GATHER, THE FAITHFUL AND CURIOUS ALIKE, IN WHAT IS BOTH A CHAPTER'S END FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND A MOMENT OF HISTORY. THE BARRIERS NOW UP IN PREPARATION FOR ALL DESCENDING ON ROME. THE FUNERAL ROLL CALL FEATURES 170 FOREIGN DIGNITARIES, INCLUDING DOZENS OF HEADS OF STATE. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND HIS WIFE ARRIVING IN TIME TO BE ONE OF THE LAST TO STAND BESIDE THE LATE POPE. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER WITH ITALIAN LEADER GIORGIA MELONI AND DONALD TRUMP AND HIS WIFE, MELANIA. THE U.S. PRESIDENT TELLING REPORTERS ON HIS WAY THERE WHY HE WAS GOING. YOU KNOW, I WON THE CATHOLIC VOTE, AND I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT EVER HAPPENED WHERE A REPUBLICAN WON THE VOTE, AND I WON IT BY A LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP TO THE CATHOLICS. THE PAPAL FUNERAL COULD BE A MINEFIELD OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, GIVEN THE FRACTIOUS RELATIONS OF SOME COMING. IT'S A LITTLE DISRESPECTFUL TO HAVE MEETINGS WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FUNERAL OF A POPE... THEY SAY. BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE. I'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE. NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL BE THERE, TOO, FRESH OUT OF GALLIPOLI. THE POPE HAD BETTER RELATIONS WITH SOME HEADS OF STATES THAN OTHERS. 'WHO INVITED THAT LOT?' READS THE GRAFFITI ON A WALL NEAR THE BASILICA, NO DOUBT IN THE MIND OF THE ARTIST ` WHOSE GOODBYE WOULD MATTER MOST TO THE POPE. IN CHRISTCHURCH, THAT GOODBYE HAS ALREADY BEGUN. YESTERDAY WE POSTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A MASS FOR HIM, FOR THE DIOCESE, AND WE GAVE PEOPLE ABOUT 36 HOURS NOTICE, AND 500 PEOPLE TURNED UP HERE. IT REALLY AMAZED ME. BISHOP MICHAEL STOOD IN ST PETER'S SQUARE WHEN FRANCIS WAS FIRST REVEALED TO THE WORLD. I STOOD WITH 100,000 PEOPLE WHEN HE CAME OUT ON TO THE BALCONY AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO US, SAID, 'GOOD EVENING,' WHICH WAS A VERY INFORMAL WAY OF GREETING US. THAT HUMILITY DEFINED HIS PAPACY ` A LEADER KNOWN NOT FOR GRANDEUR BUT GENTLENESS. THE BISHOP MET HIM TWICE PERSONALLY AFTER THAT. VERY DOWN TO EARTH. WHEN YOU MEET HIM, HE IS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE EXPLAIN` EXPERIENCE HIM TO BE ` A VERY CARING, GENTLE, WARM-HEARTED PERSON. IN KEEPING WITH HIS VALUES, POPE FRANCIS HAS REQUESTED A SIMPLE FUNERAL. BUT ROME MAY HAVE OTHER IDEAS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE, YOU KNOW WHEN A FAMILY COME AND THEY SAY, 'MUM DIDN'T WANT A EULOGY, SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE FOUR.' IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. HE'S ASKED FOR IT TO BE SIMPLE. I'VE ALREADY SEEN HIS CASKET. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE SIMPLEST CASKET I'VE EVER SEEN. (CHUCKLES) I THINK ROME IS ROME. ITALIANS ARE ITALIANS, AND THEY DO IT THE ITALIAN WAY. AND UNDER THOSE ITALIAN ANCIENT COLUMNS AND SOLEMN SKIES, THE WORLD PREPARES TO SAY GOODBYE TO A POPE WHO LED WITH MERCY IN A WORLD NOW OFTEN RULED WITH MIGHT. ONE OF THE POPE'S BIGGEST CONCERNS IN HIS LATER YEARS WAS THE PLIGHT OF THE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. HE CALLED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GAZA CITY EVERY NIGHT AT THE SAME TIME, KNOWN AS 'POPE O'CLOCK' BY PARISHIONERS, AND IN HIS EASTER BLESSING JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH, HE APPEALED TO THE WARRING PARTIES TO CALL A CEASEFIRE, RELEASE THE HOSTAGES AND COME TO THE AID OF STARVING PEOPLE. BUT AS ITV'S JOHN RAY REPORTS, ONE BRITISH VOLUNTEER NURSE SAYS THE SITUATION IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. BOMB! (EXPLOSION BOOMS) GAZA'S HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRING LINE FOR MUCH OF THIS WAR, ESPECIALLY OF LATE, WITH FIVE ATTACKED IN JUST THE LAST FIVE WEEKS. ISRAEL SAYS IT TARGETS THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE TERROR HUBS USED BY HAMAS. BUT WHATEVER THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS, WHAT'S CLEAR IS THAT, AT GAZA'S GREATEST TIME OF NEED, ITS HEALTH SERVICE IS BATTERED AND BURNED AND STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE. WHILE IT'S TRYING TO FILL THE GAPS WITH TWO FIELD HOSPITALS, THE BRITISH CHARITY UK-MED IS HAMSTRUNG BY SUPPLY SHORTAGES CAUSED BY ISRAEL'S EIGHT-WEEK-OLD SIEGE, PREVENTING ANY AID FROM ENTERING GAZA. MANY PATIENTS ARE CHILDREN INJURED IN AIRSTRIKES. HERE THEY'RE OPERATING ON A YOUNG GIRL WITH A WOUNDED ARM. NHS NURSE PAULA TOBIN IS ON HER FOURTH DEPLOYMENT TO GAZA. EACH TIME I COME BACK, THIS SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE. THERE ARE MORE INJURIES, MORE PEOPLE WITH EXPLOSIVE INJURIES, LESS AND LESS CONSUMABLES AVAILABLE. STAFF AT THIS FIELD HOSPITAL SAY THE WAR IS GETTING CLOSER, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE TENTS PITCHED ALL AROUND ARE NO LONGER IN A HUMANITARIAN END ZONE AND BOMBS HAVE BEEN FALLING ON THEM. (MISSILE WHOOSHES, EXPLOSION BOOMS) ISRAEL HAS QUIETLY DROPPED SAFE AREA DESIGNATIONS, AND THEY NO LONGER APPEAR ON IDF MAPS. SINCE THE CEASEFIRE'S COLLAPSE, DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN 23 AIRSTRIKES ON THE BIGGEST TENT ENCAMPMENT. THE TOLL WOULD BE FAR HIGHER HAD THE DUD BOMBS THAT LITTERED THE AREA GONE OFF INSTEAD. IT USED TO BE SAID THAT NOWHERE IN GAZA IS SAFE, BUT NOW THAT SEEMS TO BE OFFICIAL. BRICKS AND MORTAR ARE PREFERABLE TO TENTS, BUT BUILDINGS ARE ALSO IN SHORT SUPPLY. TO GET A ROOF OVER HER HEAD, MIRVAT AL-BASYOUNI MOVED INTO WHAT'S LEFT OF THE AUDITORIUM IN A GAZA UNIVERSITY. AGED 33, SHE HAS ONE LEG AND TWO CHILDREN, AND SHE USED TO BE A STUDENT HERE. TRANSLATOR: EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW. EVERY MEMORY I RECALL BRINGS ME TO TEARS. WE NOW SLEEP ON THE STAGE. SHE IS CLINGING TO THE REMNANTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SHE THOUGHT WOULD PROPEL HER TO A VERY DIFFERENT EXISTENCE FROM THIS ONE. OUR LIFE USED TO FEEL LIKE PARADISE. NOW IT'S WORSE THAN HELL. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD TIME MAGAZINE THAT CRIMEA WILL STAY WITH RUSSIA IN ANY PEACE DEAL WITH UKRAINE. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS CONCEDED THAT UKRAINE DOESN'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO WIN BACK THE PENINSULA THAT WAS ILLEGALLY ANNEXED BY RUSSIA IN 2014. NEIL CONNERY HAS THE LATEST. U.S. ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF BEAMED. HOW ARE YOU, MR PRESIDENT? FINE. JUST FINE, THANK YOU. 'FINE. JUST FINE, THANK YOU,' PRESIDENT PUTIN REPLIED IN RARE REMARKS IN ENGLISH. FOR THREE HOURS OF TALKS MOSCOW LATER CALLED CONSTRUCTIVE ` ON ONE SIDE, THE FULL MIGHT OF THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION; ON THE OTHER, STEVE WITKOFF AND AN INTERPRETER. BACK IN WASHINGTON, WITKOFF'S BOSS WAS DETERMINED TO SOUND OPTIMISTIC. I THINK RUSSIA... AND UKRAINE, I THINK THEY'RE COMING ALONG, WE HOPE, VERY FRAGILE. THEY'RE MEETING WITH PUTIN RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AND I THINK, IN THE END, WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH A LOT OF GOOD DEALS. BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET OUT OF WAR SO THAT WE CAN SAVE 5000 PEOPLE A WEEK, AND THAT'S WHAT MY AIM IS. BUT EARLIER, RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID WORK WAS STILL NEEDED ON ELEMENTS OF THE DEAL. THE STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT MENTIONS A DEAL, AND WE ARE READY TO REACH A DEAL. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME SPECIFIC... POINTS, ELEMENTS OF THIS DEAL WHICH NEED TO BE FINE-TUNED. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TODAY VISITED THE SITE OF A RUSSIAN STRIKE WHICH CLAIMED 12 LIVES. ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IN ANY DEAL REMAINS CRIMEA. DONALD TRUMP SAYS CRIMEA WILL STAY WITH RUSSIA. ZELENSKYY REPLIED ` UKRAINE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS ONCE A FULL, UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE IS AGREED. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) 'WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IS TRUE, AND I AGREE WITH HIM IN THAT, 'TODAY, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH WEAPONS TO RETAIN CONTROL 'OVER THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA.' IN MOSCOW, ONE OF RUSSIA'S MOST SENIOR GENERALS WAS KILLED IN A BOMB EXPLOSION. GENERAL YAROSLAV MOSKALIK IS THE LATEST PRO-KREMLIN FIGURE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY UKRAINIANS IN RUSSIA. DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TALK OF PEACE, THE CHANCES OF A DEAL OVER UKRAINE STILL FEEL REMOTE. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, THE WOMAN WHO ACCUSED PRINCE ANDREW OF ASSAULTING HER WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER, HAS DIED BY SUICIDE. HER FAMILY SAID THE 41-YEAR-OLD PASSED AWAY AT HER FARM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. IN 2021, SHE FILED A LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE DUKE OF YORK OF RAPING HER WHEN SHE WAS 17 AFTER GEOFFREY EPSTEIN AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL TRAFFICKED HER TO LONDON. A YEAR LATER, SHE AGREED TO AN OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT WITH PRINCE ANDREW UNDERSTOOD TO BE WORTH MILLIONS OF POUNDS. BUT THE PRINCE HAS ALWAYS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC ESCALATION IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S FEUD WITH THE U.S. JUDICIARY AFTER THE FBI ARRESTED A MILWAUKEE JUDGE. SHE IS CHARGED WITH HELPING A MEXICAN DEFENDANT TO EVADE IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. DAN RIVERS REPORTS. JUDGE, JUDGE, ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? AFTER APPEARING IN COURT RATHER THAN PRESIDING OVER IT, JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN LEFT WITHOUT COMMENT TODAY. SHE IS A VETERAN OF NINE YEARS ON THE BENCH. PROTESTERS CHANT: DUGAN WILL BE FREE. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. BUT NOW, AT THE CENTRE OF A POLITICAL AND LEGAL STORM. HER CASE HAS SPARKED PROTESTS IN SUPPORT AND ANGRY DENUNCIATION OF THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT'S BRAZEN ATTACK ON THE JUDICIARY. JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN'S ARREST IS NOT JUST ABOUT HER, RIGHT? THIS IS ABOUT STRIKING FEAR IN THE HEART OF THE JUDICIARY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I, AS A PERSON WHO FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES ALMOST, REPRESENTED LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. SHE'S BUILT HER CAREER ON SUPPORTING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED BUT IS ACCUSED OF HELPING AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT LEAVE HER COURTROOM BY A JURY DOOR TO AVOID WAITING IMMIGRATION AGENTS. WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR JUDICIARY IS BEYOND ME. DONALD TRUMP'S ATTORNEY GENERAL TONIGHT TOOK TO THE AIRWAVES TO LAMBAST HER. THEY'RE DERANGED, IS ALL I CAN THINK OF. I CANNOT BELIEVE` I THINK SOME OF THESE JUDGES THINK THEY ARE BEYOND AND ABOVE THE LAW, AND THEY ARE NOT. AND WE'RE SENDING A VERY STRONG MESSAGE TODAY. JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN'S CASE IS ALREADY BECOMING DEEPLY POLITICAL, WITH THE MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE ACCUSING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OF UNDERMINING THE COURTS. THEY'RE SCARING PEOPLE. THEY'RE SCARING PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY'RE SCARING PEOPLE IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEN FOLKS DON'T PARTICIPATE IN OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM, BAD THINGS HAPPEN. OUR COMMUNITY BECOMES LESS SAFE. THE JUDICIARY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT COUNTERWEIGHT TO DONALD TRUMP'S DESIRE TO SIMPLY DEPORT IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. NOW HE'S ACCUSED OF USING THE FBI TO CRACK DOWN ON JUDGES WHO WON'T ENACT HIS WILL ` THE LATEST CHAPTER IN AN UNFOLDING CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. COMING UP IN SPORT ` THE CHRISTCHURCH CROWD WAS SEEING DOUBLE LAST NIGHT, WITH BOTH ADAM POMPEY AND JACKSON FORD SCORING TWICE AS THE WARRIORS PUT THE KNIGHTS TO THE SWORD. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREE NEWS SPORT. FRONT ROWER JACKSON FORD WAS THE UNLIKELY HERO OF THE WARRIORS' 26-12 WIN OVER THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. THE 27-YEAR-OLD CELEBRATED HIS 50TH GAME FOR THE CLUB WITH TWO TRIES, HELPING THEM TO THEIR FIRST ANZAC DAY WIN SINCE 20-14. ANGUS GILLIES REPORTS. THE WARRIORS GOT OFF THE MARK THANKS TO A BIG 'DON'T ARGUE' FROM THEIR FILL-IN WINGER. HERE'S POMPEY! POMPEY! THEY CAUSED ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS BY CONTESTING THE HIGH BALL, AND IT PRODUCED POINTS WHEN JACKSON FORD WAS FOUND FOLLOWING THE BALL LIKE A BLOODHOUND. AND IT'S A TRY! JACKSON FORD IN HIS 50TH. THE FRONT-ROWER CELEBRATED HIS 50TH GAME FOR THE WARRIORS WITH ANOTHER TRY BEFORE HALF TIME. AND IT'S FORD AGAIN. LIKE, HE DOESN'T BRAG A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A PRETTY MODEST GUY ` JACKO, BUT IF I WAS HIM, I'D BE BRAGGING. HALFBACK LUKE METCALF DID HIS BEST TO EXTINGUISH A NEWCASTLE FIGHTBACK, BUT LEG CRAMPS FOILED HIS PLAN. WELL, HE HAD TOO MUCH GAS! SHARPE'S CRACKING HIM. LUKEY TOOK THE INTERCEPT AND HE ACTUALLY GOT MOWED DOWN. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT QUICKLY? YEAH, HE BLAMED IT ON CRAMPS STRAIGHT AWAY. SO HE SAID HE'S NEVER BEEN MOWED DOWN BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW. WAYDE EGAN HAD A BETTER PLAN, AND HIS INVOLVED RUNNING ONLY A METRE. AND EGAN... SCORES THE TRY! AND WHEN A LEMON OF A PASS WAS TRANSFORMED INTO LEMONADE BY ADAM POMPEY, THE GAME WAS IN THE BAG. WITH POMPEY WHO AGAIN MAKES SOMETHING FROM NOTHING! FINAL SCORE 26-12 TO THE WARRIORS. BRING ON THE COWBOYS IN BRISBANE IN THE MAGIC ROUND NEXT SATURDAY. BRO, YOU'VE GOT TO RECOVER FAST, BRO. RECOVER FAST AND RECOVER HARD. WE'RE PLAYING A GRITTY GAME AT THE MOMENT, AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO PLAY. WE WANT TO PLAY THAT SORT OF FOOTY, AND WE GET TO TAKE IT TO THE MAGIC ROUND IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. SO I CAN'T WAIT. GOOD IS GOOD. WARRIORS FANS WILL TAKE 'GRITTY'. CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR NEW ZEALAND SIDES IN SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC SO FAR THIS WEEKEND. THE BLUES' TITLE DEFENCE TOOK ANOTHER HIT AS THEY FELL TO A 35-21 LOSS TO THE REDS, WHILE THE CHIEFS HAVE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE AFTER DEMOLISHING THE WESTERN FORCE 56-22. ROSS MCNAUGHTON HAS THE ACTION. A PROUD DAD AND NOW A CHIEFS CENTURION, SAMISONI TAUKEI'AHO LED HIS TEAM OUT. AND WHILE THE VISITORS THREATENED TO RUIN THE OCCASION BY SCORING FIRST, THE CHIEFS QUICKLY FOUND A SPECTACULAR REPLY. AND NARAWA'S AFTER IT! HE'S GOT IT! EMONI NARAWA! OH, WHAT A BRILLIANT TRY! THE FORCE HIT BACK SO FAST, BOTH THE CHIEFS AND THE BROADCASTERS WERE CAUGHT NAPPING. WHILE WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOOK AT THIS, I THINK THE FORCE HAVE DONE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR HERE. THEY HAVE SCORED FROM THE RESTART. REPLAYS SHOWED THE FORCE HAD TAKEN A SNEAKY QUICK KICK-OFF THAT WINGER HARRY POTTER JUST MANAGED TO GET TO FIRST. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE! ANXIOUS MOMENTS FOR THE FANS IN THE BAY, BUT TAUKEI'AHO POWERED OVER TO PUT THE CHIEFS IN FRONT, AND IT WAS A LEAD THEY NEVER RELINQUISHED. HE'S GOT RATIMA WITH HIM! AND CORTEZ RATIMA SCORES FOR THE CHIEFS! CORTEZ RATIMA CROSSED FOR A DOUBLE AS THE CHIEFS PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF, MARKING THEIR FIRST MATCH AT THE MOUNT IN 12 YEARS WITH A HUGE WIN. AT SUNCORP STADIUM, VERN COTTER'S EXPRESSIONS TOLD THE STORY OF THE BLUES' NIGHT, AND HE HAD PLENTY TO BE GRUMPY ABOUT. HIS SIDE CONCEDED TWICE IN THE OPENING SEVEN MINUTES... NOW LYNAGH ` LOOKING FOR HIS SECOND! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE, WHISTLE BLOWS) ...WHILE MARK TELE'A'S MATCH ONLY LASTED HALF AN HOUR, RED-CARDED FOR UPENDING THE OPPOSING WINGER. DEFENSIVE LAPSES OF A DIFFERENT KIND ALLOWED THE REDS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE MATCH. OH, ANDERSON ` GOES THROUGH WITHOUT A FINGER LAID ON HIM! THE BLUES PLAYOFF PROSPECTS LOOKING EVEN MORE REMOTE AFTER THEIR SEVENTH LOSS OF THE SEASON. WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A MOVE AT SOME POINT, AND WE SORT OF TARGETED TODAY, BUT IT DIDN'T GO WELL FOR US. THEY'LL NEED FRIDAY'S CLASH WITH THE FORCE TO GO BETTER IF THEY'RE TO GET THEIR CAMPAIGN BACK ON TRACK. AND MOANA PASIFIKA COULD DROP THE BLUES TO 10TH IN THE SUPER RUGBY STANDINGS WITH VICTORY OVER THE FIJIAN DRUA. THE FIJIANS' DEFENCE HELD FIRM UNTIL THE 25TH MINUTE, BUT FROM THERE, THE MOANA PASIFIKA FORWARDS TOOK OVER WITH FOUR MORE TRIES, INCLUDING AN ARDIE SAVEA SPECIAL. LITTLE BALL INSIDE TO ARDIE SAVEA. PUTS A LITTLE KICK OVER THE TOP FOR HIMSELF. ARDIE SAVEA! OH, WHAT HAVE WE JUST SEEN?! A SHORT TIME AGO, MOANA PASIFIKA LED 27 TO 15 WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT. DAME LYDIA KO'S GOING TO NEED A REMARKABLE FINAL TWO ROUNDS IF SHE'S TO WIN A FOURTH CAREER MAJOR TITLE AT THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP. AT THE HALFWAY STAGE IN TEXAS, SHE'S 8 SHOTS OFF THE LEAD AT ONE OVER PAR. LIKE HER OPENING ROUND, KO'S SECOND WAS A MIXED BAG WITH A BOGEY, A DOUBLE BOGEY, AND THREE BIRDIES ` ONE OF THEM SET UP BY THIS STUNNING APPROACH SHOT ON THE 11TH. YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER FORECAST IS NEXT. THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WATCH AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. WORLD LEADERS HAVE GATHERED IN ROME FOR THE POPE'S FUNERAL, WHICH IS SET TO BEGIN IN JUST OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF. AND VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, THE WOMAN WHO ACCUSED PRINCE ANDREW OF ASSAULTING HER WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER, HAS DIED BY SUICIDE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. WILD WEATHER IS A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. THAT HEAVY RAIN WATCH IS STILL IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1PM TOMORROW, AND THERE'S ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TOO, STARTING FROM 10PM TONIGHT. THAT'S ALSO UNTIL 1PM TOMORROW. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT SHORTLY. BUT TOMORROW'S LOOKING FINE FOR MOST IN THE SOUTH, WITH SOME SHOWERS OUT WEST. AND IT'S PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND DOWNPOURS, POSSIBLY, FOR NORTHLAND. NOW, A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND THE FAR NORTH THIS EVENING BEFORE SPREADING TO DARGAVILLE AND WHANGAREI BY 6AM TOMORROW MORNING. NOW, THIS COULD MEAN SURFACE OR FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY AROUND LOW-LYING AREAS, SO THE ADVICE IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND WARNINGS ONLINE AND TO BE AWARE THAT DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD BE HAZARDOUS. NOW, WET WEATHER IS ALSO ON THE CARDS FOR THOSE HERE SOUTH OF NORTHLAND. IT COULD GET HEAVY AND THUNDERY IN AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA. HAMILTON, YOU ARE IN FOR OCCASIONAL RAIN. NOR'EASTERLY WINDS ALL ROUND. AND IT'S OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR EVERYONE HERE AS WELL, WITH CLOUD HANGING AROUND FOR ALL, TOO. EASTERLIES FOR TOKOROA, NOR'EASTERLIES FOR EVERYONE ELSE. GISBORNE, YOU'RE IN FOR THE CHANCE OF MORNING AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS, BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S LOOKING LIKE A FINE SUNDAY FOR THE REST WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI. PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, THOUGH, FOR THE REST WITH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS. AND IT'S LOOKING SIMILAR FOR THIS PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS IS THE FORECAST FOR EVERYBODY AND LIGHT WINDS. FINE DAYS FOR ALL OUT EAST WITH A BIT OF THAT HIGH, PATCHY CLOUD WITH A MIX OF NOR', NOR'WESTERLY AND NOR'EASTERLY WINDS. MORE OF THAT HIGH, PATCHY CLOUD HANGING AROUND FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH TOO. OTHERWISE, A FINE SUNDAY FOR MOST, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR STEWART ISLAND. IN AUSTRALIA, IT'S SUNDAY SHOWERS IN MELBOURNE, AND IT'S STILL RAINING IN SYDNEY, WITH A MOSTLY WET DAY FORECAST FOR THE PACIFIC AS WELL. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW YOUR WORKING WEEK IS SHAPING UP. (RELAXED MUSIC CONTINUES) THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH PICTURES FROM THE HOLI HINDU FESTIVAL IN HAGLEY PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH. I'M IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025