AN INQUEST INTO A PAROLED RAPIST WHO KILLED A WOMAN LIVING ALONE RAISES QUESTIONS OVER THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO KNOW WHO'S LIVING ON THEIR STREET. HEALTH NZ SAYS THOUSANDS OF PLANNED PROCEDURES WILL BE AFFECTED WHEN SENIOR DOCTORS STRIKE ON THURSDAY. A NEW SCHEME WILL SHORTEN INSPECTION WAIT TIMES AND ALLOW SOME BUILDERS, PLUMBERS AND DRAINLAYERS TO SIGN OFF ON THEIR OWN WORK. AND AUCKLAND FC COACH STEVE CORICA GOT A BOX ON THE EAR, BUT THERE WAS NO STOPPING THE PREMIER'S PLATE VICTORY CELEBRATIONS. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND FAITH HAMBLYN. 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. A CORONIAL INQUEST IN CHRISTCHURCH IS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO KNOW WHEN DANGEROUS PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THEIR STREET. JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA WAS A COLOMBIAN WHO'D MOVED TO NZ AND LIVED ALONE. BUT A RAPIST IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH-RISK OFFENDER WAS PAROLED TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, AND JUST WEEKS LATER, SHE WAS DEAD. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. JOSEPH BRIDER SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING AND RAPING A WOMAN. AND JUST WEEKS AFTER HE WAS RELEASED, HE MURDERED A STRANGER WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR ` THE VICTIM, GRAPHIC ARTIST JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA (37), A COLOMBIAN LIVING IN NZ FOR 10 YEARS. AND THE INJURIES THAT WERE INFLICTED ON HER WERE HORRIFIC. ON RELEASE, BRIDER WAS DEEMED HIGH-RISK, BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BEDS IN A 24/7 SUPERVISED FACILITY, CORRECTIONS ALLOWED HIM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THIS FLAT IN ADDINGTON THROUGH REHABILITATION AGENCY PATHWAY TRUST. A CORRECTIONS OFFICER, IN ASSESSING BRIDER, WROTE DOWN HIS LIKELY TARGETS FOR FUTURE OFFENDING. READS: NEW GIRLFRIEND OR FEMALE, CASUAL SEX/HOOKUPS OR FEMALES NOT KNOWN TO HIM. DESPITE THIS, HE WAS HOUSED IN A FLAT ADJOINING A SINGLE WOMAN LIVING ALONE. JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA IMMEDIATELY HAD A BAD FEELING ABOUT HIM. READS: JULIANA TOLD SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SHE WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY AND THAT HER NEIGHBOUR, MR BRIDER, BEHAVED IN A MANNER THAT TROUBLED HER. ONE DAY, WHEN A PROBATION OFFICER VISITED BRIDER, HE WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS NEIGHBOURS. READS: IN RESPONSE, HE SAID THEY WERE ALL ELDERLY PEOPLE. THE PROBATION OFFICER DID NOT SEE ANY OF THE NEIGHBOURS DURING THIS VISIT. MEANWHILE, JULIANA, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE STREET, WAS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO THE MAN NEXT DOOR'S SADISTIC AND DEPRAVED CRIMINAL PAST. READ: SHOULD THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF HIS PRESENCE AND OFFENDING? THE CORONER WILL HEAR FROM STAFF WHO DEALT WITH BRIDER FROM CORRECTIONS AND PATHWAY TRUST, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEIR IDENTITIES ARE SUPPRESSED. JULIANA BONILLA-HERRRARA'S SISTER IS LISTENING IN FROM HER HOME IN CALIFORNIA, SO THE ENTIRE INQUEST IS BEING TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH. (SPEAKING SPANISH) I OFFER MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW THAT JULIANA WAS A VIBRANT, ADVENTUROUS AND INTERESTING PERSON, AND THAT SHE DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED IN SO MANY MORE WAYS THAN THE TERRIBLE WAY IN WHICH SHE DIED. REMEMBERED FOR THE LIFE SHE LIVED, NOT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LEFT HER UNPROTECTED. THOUSANDS OF PROCEDURES COULD BE AFFECTED WHEN SENIOR DOCTORS STRIKE ON THURSDAY. THE HEALTH MINISTER IS URGING THE UNION TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, BUT HE WON'T SAY IF HE'S ASKED FOR MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR DOCTORS' SALARIES. BUT THERE IS CASH IN THE KITTY FOR TEACHERS, WITH THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING IT WILL PAY FOR THEIR REGISTRATIONS. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, POLITICS REALLY IS JUST ONE BIG GAME OF WINNERS AND LOSERS. WINNERS AND LOSERS. THE WINNERS OF TODAY, TEACHERS ` THE GOVERNMENT FULFILLING ITS PROMISE TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR THEIR REGISTRATION FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS IS A SMALL BUT MEANINGFUL WAY OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY ARE PUTTING IN, AND HOW MUCH WE VALUE THEM AND THE EXTRAORDINARY HARD WORK THEY PUT IN EACH AND EVERY DAY. REGISTRATIONS COST ABOUT $550 RENEWED EVERY THREE YEARS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL COST THE GOVERNMENT $53M. IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. I HAVE A BLENDED FAMILY, SAY FAMILY BUDGET, $500 WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT FOR US. THE GOVERNNMENT INTRODUCED A POLICY TO PAY THE FEE FOR THOSE WHO'D LEFT THE PROFESSION LAST YEAR, AND IT'S ENCOURAGED 340 TEACHERS TO SIGN BACK UP. THIS TIME ROUND, THE GOVERNMENT'S PAYING FOR EVERYONE, FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH TO SECONDARY SCHOOL. IT WILL RELIEVE SOME OF THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN. THE SECTOR STOKED. RELIEVERS. I PAID MINE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, A LOT OF STAFF THERE WERE REALLY PLEASED. YOU COULD SEE THE REACTIONS, A GOOD BONUS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE KNOW FOR OUR BEGINNING TEACHERS, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST AND FOR OUR LEAVING TEACHERS. BUT ON THE LOSING TEAM TODAY, DOCTORS ` HEALTH NEW ZEALAND NOT COMING TO THE PARTY WITH THE PAYRISE THEY WANT. SO ON THURSDAY, IT'S SCALPELS DOWN. WE ARE DEFINITELY STRIKING ON THURSDAY. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND NOW TAKING URGENT STEPS TO APPLY FOR FACILITATION, AFTER THE UNION REPRESENTING DOCTORS DECLINED TO TAKE THEIR LATEST OFFER TO ITS MEMBERS FOR A VOTE. GET BACK TO NEGOTIATING TABLE. THIS IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING. THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WILL HAVE THEIR CARE DELAYED. WE WANT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT AND WHILE WE ARE GLAD THAT THEY ARE NOW INTERESTED IN MAKING SOME MOVES TO RESOLVE THIS, BLUNTLY, THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT MORE MONEY ON THE TABLE. HEALTH NZ SAYS THE OFFER WILL SEE FIRST-YEAR SPECIALISTS GET A 9.5% INCREASE, EQUATING TO $17,700, WHILE A SECOND-YEAR SPECIALIST WOULD GET A 6.2% INCREASE ` NEARLY $12,000. BUT THE UNION SAYS THAT DOESN'T TELL THE FULL STORY. LESS THAN 1%. OVER A 33 MONTH TERM. SO .77% FOR MOST OF OUR MEMBERS. THE STRIKE ACTION PLANNED WILL SEE AN ESTIMATED 4300 PLANNED PROCEDURES POSTPONED. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAID IN A STATEMENT, HAVE YOU ASKED THE FINANCE MINISTER IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE MONEY? WHAT I AM FOCUSED ON HERE IS SAYING THE DOCTOR'S UNION SHOULD PUT THIS OFFER TO ITS MEMBERS SO THAT THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE YOU ASKED FOR ANY MORE MONEY? GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. I UNDERSTAND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND IS NOW ASKING FOR URGENT FACILITATION. HEAVY ASKED FOR ANY MORE MONEY? WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS GETTING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. SO AS IT STANDS, WITH THE GOVERNMENT UNWILLING TO BUDGE, THE ULTIMATE LOSERS OF THURSDAY ` PATIENTS. DOES THIS OFFICIALLY MARK THE BEGINNING OF BUDGET SEASON? YES, YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON AND MINE. THE ULTIMATE POLITICAL GAME OF WINNERS AND LOSERS, THAT $53 MILLION ANNOUNCED TODAY WAS THE FIRST PREBUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT. THE EDUCATION MINISTER WOULD NOT SAY IF THAT WAS NEW MONEY OR WHETHER HE HAD COME FROM REPRIORITISATION, THE GOVERNMENT EUPHEMISM FOR CUTTING. THE FINANCE MINISTER WILL GIVE A SPEECH TOMORROW, SHE WILL ADDRESS THE STATE OF THE BOOKS IN LIGHT OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS, THE PATH TO SURPLUS, AND THE SIZE OF THE OPERATING ALLOWANCE, THAT IS NEW MONEY THAT THE GOVERNMENT GIVES ITSELF TO SPEND. NICOLA WILLIS HAS COMMITTED TO KEEPING BELOW THE CEILING OF $2.4 BILLION, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY SENT THEY FAILED TO FUND THE CANCER DRUGS, QUITE A TIGHT BUDGET FOR HER TO WORK WITHIN, BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS OPTIONS KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES IN THAT AREA, AS WE SAW TODAY, THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETING DEMANDS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S BOOKS. YES WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SPEECH, JENNA. POLICE ARE CONDUCTING AN AUDIT OF THEIR RECRUITMENT PROCESSES FOLLOWING REVELATIONS THREE APPLICANTS WERE APPROVED TO BEGIN TRAINING DESPITE FAILING THE PHYSICAL TEST. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION AND LABOUR BELIEVE THE RULES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BECAUSE OF PRESSURE TO FULFILL THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISE OF 500 EXTRA POLICE BY NOVEMBER. THE POLICE MINISTER TOLD THE HERALD THERE HAS BEEN NO POLITICAL INTERFERENCE WITH THE RECRUITING PROGRAMME. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER TUSHA PENNY TOLD THREE NEWS THAT THEIR PROCESS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR EXEMPTIONS, AND RECRUITMENT LEADERS HAVE BEEN REMINDED THERE ARE NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE DISCRETION CAN BE PROVIDED. POLICE IN CANADA SAY THE MAN ARRESTED AFTER PLOUGHING HIS CAR INTO CROWDS AT A FILIPINO FESTIVAL IN VANCOUVER WAS WELL KNOWN TO THEM AND HAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 20 INJURED. POLICE ARE YET TO DETERMINE A MOTIVE, BUT THEY'RE CONFIDENT IT'S NOT TERROR-RELATED. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. (MAN SHOUTS) AMBULANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN CALLED AND POLICE HAS BEEN CALLED. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK, ONE WITNESS CAPTURED THE CARNAGE ON A VANCOUVER STREET. THE TYRE MARKS STILL VISIBLE WHERE AN SUV PLOUGHED INTO A CROWD OF FESTIVAL-GOERS. THE INJURED WERE TREATED WHERE THEY WERE MOWED DOWN. MANY OF THE SCENES, TOO GRAPHIC TO SHOW. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST, LIKE, I'M MAD AT WHOEVER DID THAT BECAUSE, LIKE, LIKE, WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? LIKE, IT'S LIKE A FILIPINO FESTIVAL. IT FEELS KIND OF TARGETED. I'M JUST DEVASTATED AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I'M JUST GRIEVING WITH THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY TODAY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE FOOD STALLS AND BANNERS COMMEMORATING THE LAPU-LAPU FESTIVAL A REMINDER OF THE JOYFUL START OF THE EVENT. OH MY DAYS, HELP. THE DEBRIS, EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLENT WAY IT ENDED. THE DRIVER IS GONE. THE AUDI Q7 HIT BYSTANDERS WITH SUCH FORCE IT WAS LEFT SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE DRIVER, WHO POLICE SAID HAD A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, IS NOW IN CUSTODY. THE POLICE, CONFIRMING IT WAS NOT TERROR-RELATED. THIS IS THE DARKEST DAY IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. LAST NIGHT, THE ACTIONS OF A SINGLE PERSON SHATTERED OUR COLLECTIVE SENSE OF SAFETY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERSTATE HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED FOREVER BY THIS LONE INDIVIDUAL. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY CANCELLED SEVERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES, SPEAKING FOR A SHOCKED NATION WAKING UP TO THE NEWS... FAMILIES LOST A SISTER OR BROTHER, A MOTHER, A FATHER, A SON OR DAUGHTER. THOSE FAMILIES ARE LIVING EVERY FAMILY'S NIGHTMARE. HIS CONSERVATIVE OPPONENT, ALSO DELIVERED A SOMBRE MESSAGE. WE KNOW THAT TODAY WILL BE A DAY OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION FOR THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY AND FOR ALL CANADIANS, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR COUNTRY IS WITH YOU TODAY AS YOU MOURN THIS TERRIBLE LOSS. THE EVENTS IN VANCOUVER HAVE CAST A SHADOW OVER THE FINAL HOURS OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNING IN CANADA, THE FOCUS SHIFTING TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, RATHER THAN THE POLITICS OF THIS COUNTRY. CANADA VOTES TOMORROW IN AN ELECTION WHICH WILL BE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY DONALD TRUMP'S NEW HOSTILE ATTITUDE TO A COUNTRY HE WANTS TO BECOME AMERICA'S 51ST STATE. TONIGHT, THOUGH, THE NATION IS IN MOURNING AFTER SUCH AN APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE ` WITH NO OBVIOUS MOTIVE. A NEW SCHEME WILL ALLOW APPROVED BUILDERS, PLUMBERS AND DRAINLAYERS TO SIGN OFF THEIR OWN WORK. THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS AROUND 3000 HOMES A YEAR TO BE BUILT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR CONSENT, SHIFTING THE LIABILITY AWAY FROM LOCAL COUNCILS. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, IF BUILDING COMPANIES SELF-CERTIFY FAULTY WORK, THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $1.5M. AND THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE JIBBING. NICE. OK. YEAH. A BIT OF BUILDER BANTER FOR THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER, AS HE ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO SPEED UP THE BUILDING CONSENT PROCESS, WHICH CAN OFTEN TAKE UP TO A WEEK. WE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE A REQUIREMENT WHEREBY 80% OF INSPECTIONS WILL NEED TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A THREE-WORKING-DAY TIMEFRAME. TO ACHIEVE THAT TARGET, APPROVED BUILDING COMPANIES WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF THEIR OWN WORK WHEN DELIVERING LARGE NUMBERS OF SIMPLE, NEAR-IDENTICAL HOUSES. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HOUSES OF A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD DESIGN THAT ARE BUILT EVERY YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED MUCH MORE QUICKLY WITHOUT NEEDING INSPECTIONS AND CONSENTING FROM BUILDING CONSENT AUTHORITIES. THAT WOULD LEAVE THOSE COUNCIL-RUN AUTHORITIES TO FOCUS ON APPROVING HIGH-RISK, COMPLEX BUILDS. PLUMBERS AND DRAINLAYERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SELF-CERTIFY, WHICH ELECTRICIANS AND GASFITTERS CAN ALREADY DO. WE'VE BEEN SELF-CERTIFYING FOR GAS-FITTING FOR 14 YEARS NOW, AND SO THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT THE SYSTEM HAS WORKED. WITH BUILDING CONSENT AUTHORITIES FREED UP WITH FEWER INSPECTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS THE CHANGES WILL SEE AROUND 3000 HOMES BUILT EACH YEAR WITHOUT DELAYS FROM APPROVALS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW ZEALAND TOLD US,... I DON'T THINK ANY NZERS WANT TO SEE A REPEAT OF LEAKY BUILDINGS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ANY REGULATORY CHANGES IN THIS AREA STILL HAVE SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE. TO QUELL THOSE CONCERNS, BUILDING COMPANIES THAT SELF-CERTIFY WORK THAT IS FAULTY COULD FACE A FINE OF UP TO $1.5M. WE COULD USE SOLUTIONS LIKE VIRTUAL REMOTE INSPECTIONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND SELF-CERTIFICATION. WE'RE NOT REDUCING THE STANDARDS IN THE BUILDING CODE ` THERE'S NO LOWERING OF THE STANDARDS ` ALL WE'RE DOING IS FINDING A WAY THAT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT, TO DETERMINE THAT THE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MET. THE NEW SCHEME WILL BE INTRODUCED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, CHRIS PENK CONFIDENT HE WON'T BE DUCKING FOR COVER, BECAUSE HE'S CONVINCED LESS REGULATION WON'T LEAD TO ANOTHER LEAKY HOMES CRISIS. IMOGEN'S HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE DAY'S WEATHER, AND IT WASN'T NORTHLAND OR AUCKLAND THAT WERE THE WETTEST TODAY? IT WAS NOT, LAURA. WHITIANGA RECORDED THE MOST WET STUFF TODAY. LOOK AT THAT ` 23.4, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. TWIZEL WAS OUR COLDEST SPOT TODAY, GETTING DOWN TO 3 DEGREES. I'LL HAVE TOMORROW'S FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` SHE COMPLAINED TO DOMINO'S THAT A DELIVERY DRIVER WAS SEXUALLY HARASSING HER. THEIR RESPONSE ` AN OFFER OF FREE PIZZA VOUCHERS. DONALD TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS SINK TO A HISTORIC LOW. (SCREECHING) AND THE WORLD'S BEST SEAGULL IMPERSONATOR HAS SOME STIFF COMPETITION FROM HIS YOUNGER SISTER. THE U.S SECRETARY OF STATE HAS DOWNPLAYED HOPES OF AN IMMINENT CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING DONALD TRUMP'S MEETING WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AT THE VATICAN. MARCO RUBIO SAYS THERE ARE REASONS FOR OPTIMISM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY REALISTIC ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE. MEANWHILE, RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACKS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT KILLING FOUR PEOPLE ACROSS UKRAINE. HARRY FAWCETT FROM CHANNEL FOUR HAS THE LATEST. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SHOUTING MATCH IN FEBRUARY... YOU'RE GAMBLING WITH WORLD WAR III. ...AND YESTERDAY'S EARNEST CONVERSATION IN ROME, FOLLOWED BY THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST AS PRESIDENT TRUMP BEGAN HIS JOURNEY HOME FROM THE VATICAN, SPECULATING THAT MAYBE VLADIMIR PUTIN DIDN'T WANT TO STOP THE WAR ` IT ALL HAS SOME WONDERING WHETHER THERE WAS, IN THE BASILICA OF ST PETER, A ST PAUL-STYLE MOMENT OF CONVERSION FOR DONALD TRUMP, OR AT LEAST, A PUNCTURING OF WHAT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY HAS CALLED 'A RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION BUBBLE' AROUND THE PRESIDENT. THE U.S SECRETARY OF STATE TODAY SAYING INSTEAD, IT WAS SIMPLY A MATTER OF TRYING TO GET A DEAL OVER THE LINE. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY CRITICAL WEEK. THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT WEEK IN WHICH WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS AN ENDEAVOUR THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN, OR IF IT'S TIME TO, SORT OF, FOCUS ON SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT IN SOME CASES. SO, ULTIMATELY, LOOK, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T COME TO FRUITION THEN AS A NATION STATE, THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE WHO WE HOLD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT WANTING THE PEACE, BUT WE'D PREFER NOT TO GET TO THAT STAGE YET, BECAUSE WE THINK IT CLOSES THE DOOR TO DIPLOMACY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION AT VLADIMIR PUTIN. A MONTH AGO, HE SAID HE WAS, QUOTE, 'PISSED OFF' WITH RUSSIA'S BEHAVIOUR, THREATENING SECONDARY SANCTIONS, THEN ONLY TO PROPOSE A CEASEFIRE DEAL THAT UKRAINE SEES AS TAILOR-MADE FOR THE KREMLIN. SO IS THIS A GENUINE CHANGE IN DIRECTION, A DELIBERATE DESTABILISING TACTIC, OR JUST A FLIP IN ATTITUDE, THE FAMILIAR FLOP STILL TO FOLLOW? WELL, LOOK, MY GREAT FEAR IS THAT TRUMP WILL JUST CAVE INTO PUTIN. THAT'S BEEN THE OVERALL INDICATIONS ALL ALONG. IT'S A SIGN THAT THE UNITED STATES IS WEAK. IT SENDS A SIGNAL TO EVERY DICTATOR IN CHINA, IN NORTH KOREA, IN IRAN, THAT IF YOU STAND UP AND BULLY TRUMP, YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR WAY. FOR ALL TRUMP'S CRITICISM OF RUSSIA'S ATTACKS ON UKRAINE, RUSSIA LAUNCHED A FRESH WAVE OVERNIGHT. 149 DRONES TARGETING SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, KILLING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE. IN AN INTERVIEW RECORDED BEFORE TRUMP'S POST ON SATURDAY, RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID MOSCOW WOULD CONTINUE TO TARGET WHAT HE SAID WAS SITES USED BY UKRAINE'S MILITARY AND DOWNPLAYED TRUMP'S EARLIER THREAT TO IMPOSE SECONDARY SANCTIONS. WELL, WE HEAR MANY THINGS COMING FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HE'S SICK AND TIRED OF THE SITUATION IN THIS SETTLEMENT. WE CONCENTRATE, AS I SAID, ON THE REAL NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP SUPPORTS, AND INSTRUCTED HIS PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. IN SUMY, IN UKRAINE'S NORTHEAST, EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ORGANISING EVACUATIONS TODAY, WARNING OF INCREASING ATTEMPTS BY RUSSIAN FORCES TO ENTER UKRAINIAN TERRITORY. PRESIDENT TRUMP NO LONGER TALKS ABOUT ENDING THIS WAR IN A DAY, A CAMPAIGN PROMISE HE NOW SAYS WAS MADE IN JEST. A DEAL IN TIME FOR HIS 100TH DAY IN OFFICE MID-WEEK APPEARS SIMILARLY OUT OF REACH. HIS THREAT TO MOVE ON OSTENSIBLY GETTING CLOSER, EVEN IF THE TERMS OF SUCH A WITHDRAWAL ARE NO CLEARER. MEANWHILE, DONALD TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE FALLEN TO HISTORIC LOWS, AS HE NEARS HIS 100TH DAY IN OFFICE. JUST 41% OF VOTERS BELIEVE HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB ` THE LOWEST RATING IN 70 YEARS FOR A NEWLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT. THAT'S DOWN SEVEN POINTS SINCE FEBRUARY, WITH CONCERNS ABOUT TARIFFS, AND FOREIGN POLICY THE MAIN DRIVERS IN THE DROP. AN AUCKLAND MOTHER SAYS SHE FEELS 'DISGUSTED AND INSULTED' AFTER A COMPLAINT ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY A DELIVERY DRIVER RESULTED IN AN OFFER OF FREE PIZZA. THE WOMAN SPOKE TO JONATHAN KILLICK. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A WEEKLY PAYDAY TREAT SOON TURNED INTO A RECURRING VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. WHEN REBECCA GILLARD SAYS A DOMINO'S DELIVERY DRIVER DEVELOPED AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH HER. IT DID START WITH LITTLE GIFTS. IT STARTED WITH A PACKET OF LOLLIES, AND THEN IT BECAME A BOTTLE OF COKE ON MY PORCH THAT WAS LEFT WHEN I WASN'T HERE. HE HAD COME TO MY HOME, TRESPASSED ON MY PROPERTY. EVERY TIME HE DELIVERED, THE QUESTIONS GOT MORE INAPPROPRIATE ` 'WHO'S IN YOUR BED?', 'ARE YOU SINGLE?', 'DO YOU LIVE ALONE?' ...THAT BEHAVIOUR ALREADY CROSSED THE LINE FOR GILLARD, BUT SHE SAYS THINGS BECAME TRAUMATIC WHEN THE DRIVER ALLEGEDLY BARGED INTO HER HOUSE AND TRIED TO HUG HER. HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH IT OPEN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FORCE, AND HE THEN WENT IN AND GRABBED ME AND HUGGED ME AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS REALLY INAPPROPRIATE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR. GILLARD MADE A COMPLAINT WITH DOMINO'S AND WAITED SIX WEEKS FOR THE OUTCOME OF AN INVESTIGATION. THE RESULT? AN OFFER OF FREE PIZZA. AT FIRST I LAUGHED, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS DISGUSTING, OFFENSIVE AND AN INSULT. FREE PIZZA? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO FOR ME? FOR ALL THE TRAUMA THAT I'VE ENDURED? IT'S A JOKE. IT REALLY IS A JOKE THAT THEY'VE COME BACK TO ME OFFERING ME FREE PIZZA AND A $100 GIFT CARD. I CLOSE ALL MY WINDOWS AND DOORS EARLIER AT NIGHT NOW. I'M AFRAID TO LEAVE MY HOUSE, I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. I CAN'T WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER. IN A SUBSEQUENT STATEMENT TO THREE NEWS, A SPOKESPERSON FROM DOMINO'S AUSTRALIAN HEAD OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT RESPONSE, QUOTE, 'MISSED THE MARK'. VICTIM'S ADVOCATE LOUISE NICHOLAS SAYS REBECCA IS DOING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY A SERVICE BY COMING FORWARD. WE DO ENCOURAGE THOSE TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO POLICE BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S JUST A HUG OR OR INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING, THAT'S ACTUALLY A CRIME. WITH AN ORGANISATION WHERE THEIR EMPLOYEE HAS COMMITTED SUCH OFFENCES TO ACTUALLY SUGGEST THAT FREE FOOD IS GOING TO RELIEVE THE VICTIM OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT. DOMINO'S BEAUMONT FRANCHISE OWNER HARJOT SANHI DID NOT RESPOND TO INTERVIEW REQUESTS FROM THREE NEWS. BUT IN TEXT MESSAGES WITH GILLARD, HE SAYS HE WANTS TO 'SETTLE THE ISSUE SMOOTHLY'. I WOULD LIKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY, AND A WRITTEN APOLOGY. I THINK THEY NEED TO BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE. THEIR INVESTIGATION AND THEIR PROCESS WAS REALLY WRONG. THE GOVERNMENT IS SOON EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE A BILL THAT WILL MAKE STALKING ILLEGAL, AND DEFINE A LIST OF BEHAVIOURS THAT AMOUNT TO HARASSMENT. FOR VICTIMS AND THEIR ADVOCATES, IT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR FOUR PEOPLE SEEN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF A FIRE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. ARMED POLICE WERE TODAY ON GUARD OUTSIDE 'JUST FUNERALS', AS A SCENE EXAMINATION CONTINUED. THE PROPERTY APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, WITH BLACKENED AND BROKEN WINDOWS. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT POLICE WANT TO FIND FOUR PEOPLE SEEN FLEEING JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, NOT LONG AFTER EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALERTED TO THE BLAZE. STUFF UNDERSTANDS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE LINK WITH A DISPUTE OVER THE REMAINS OF A PATCHED MONGREL MOB MEMBER. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` THE LIFE-CHANGING TRIAL GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WITH A PEANUT ALLERGY. AND WHO WILL RULE THE ROOST WHEN THE WORLD'S BEST SEAGULL IMPERSONATOR COMES BEAK TO BEAK WITH HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGER YET ` HIS YOUNGER SISTER. AND IN SPORT, COACH VERN COTTER REFUSES TO SUGARCOAT HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE BLUES' PERFORMANCES SO FAR THIS SEASON. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES. A CHRISTCHURCH INQUEST INTO A PAROLED RAPIST WHO KILLED A WOMAN LIVING ALONE IS RAISING QUESTIONS OVER THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO KNOW WHO'S LIVING ON THEIR STREET. HEALTH NZ SAYS THOUSANDS OF PLANNED PROCEDURES WILL BE AFFECTED WHEN SENIOR DOCTORS STRIKE ON THURSDAY. ISRAEL HAS CARRIED OUT AIRSTRIKES ON A NEIGHBOURHOOD IN SOUTHERN BEIRUT, TARGETING A BUILDING IT SAYS WAS BEING USED BY HEZBOLLAH TO STORE PRECISION MISSILES. ATTACKS ON LEBANON'S CAPITAL HAVE BEEN RARE SINCE THE SIGNING OF A CEASEFIRE IN NOVEMBER. EVACUATION ORDERS WERE ISSUED PRIOR TO THE STRIKE, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A FATHER WHO KILLED HIS YOUNG SON IN A FIERY HIGH-SPEED CRASH IN 2019 HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON. NIKLAS GEBHARDT, SEEN HERE IN AUGUST 2022, PLEADED GUILTY TO THE MANSLAUGHTER OF HIS SON LACHLAN (6), WHO DIED NEAR RANGIORA IN A CAR POLICE SAY WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 130 KM/HR. GEBHARDT WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON, BUT THAT WAS LATER REDUCED BY NINE MONTHS ON APPEAL. HE APPEARED LAST MONTH BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD, WHO DEEMED HIS RISK OF REOFFENDING WAS LOW AND RELEASED HIM, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS INCLUDING ELECTRONIC MONITORING. A MAN WITH A POTENTIALLY DEADLY PEANUT ALLERGY IS NOW LIVING A NEAR-NORMAL LIFE AFTER TAKING PART IN A GROUNDBREAKING NEW STUDY. RICHARD LASSITER EATS A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEANUTS EACH MORNING, TO HELP DESENSITISE HIS BODY. IT'S SIMILAR TO STUDIES WHICH HAVE SEEN SUCCESS AMONG CHILDREN. ITV'S ELLIE PITT REPORTS. RICHARD LASSITER HAS KNOWN HE'S ALLERGIC TO PEANUTS, SINCE HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. TWICE, EATING THEM HAS NEARLY KILLED HIM, MOST RECENTLY WHEN HE WAS ON HOLIDAY IN CHILE, WHERE HE ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL. IT WAS TERRIFYING. YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER EXPECT TO SAY TO A NURSE, 'AM I GONNA MAKE IT?' I DID RECOVER, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. AFTER THIS, HE TOOK PART IN A SCIENTIFIC STUDY FOR THOSE WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES. IT INVOLVED, AT FIRST, EATING JUST 0.8MG OF PEANUT FLOUR MIXED INTO FOOD ` THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF AROUND 32 GRAINS OF RICE; THEN RECEIVING GRADUALLY HIGHER DOSES, FROM 6MG TO 1G OF PEANUT PROTEIN. EVENTUALLY, 67% OF THE STUDY PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO EAT AT LEAST FIVE PEANUTS WITHOUT HAVING A REACTION. IT'S GIVING PEOPLE HOPE ` HOPE THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO FEAR EVERY TIME THEY MAY GET ON A PLANE, OR MAYBE GOING ON A TRAIN. COULD YOU EVER HAVE IMAGINED HAVING PEANUTS IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE TRIAL? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IT WAS NEVER SOMETHING THAT WAS ON OUR SHOPPING LIST. AND IN FACT, WE'VE VERY RARELY HAD ANY SORT OF NUT IN THE HOUSE. THE TRIAL HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH MORE FREEDOM, TO TRAVEL AND TO EAT, AND TO ENJOY MY LIFE IN A WAY THAT I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE BEFORE. SCIENTISTS SAY NO ONE SHOULD TRY THIS POTENTIAL TREATMENT WITHOUT STRICT MEDICAL SUPERVISION, BUT WITH MORE RESEARCH, TINY DOSES COULD HELP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF UK ADULTS LIVING WITH A NUT ALLERGY. THE PRICE OF PREMIUM STEAK HAS SURGED IN THE PAST YEAR, AMID RISING U.S. DEMAND FOR NZ BEEF. STATS NZ TRACKS THE PRICE OF VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS, ONE OF WHICH IS PORTERHOUSE STEAK. THE LATEST PRICE, FOR MARCH 2025, WAS $38.43, UP FROM $31.50 A YEAR AGO. STATS NZ SAYS THAT REPRESENTS A 22% INCREASE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS ` THE LARGEST ANNUAL PRICE INCREASE SINCE 2011. it's gone up MOSTLY, IT IS REALLY OKAY FOR ME, BECAUSE I LOVE STEAK. I LOVE STEAK. AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR NZ BEEF IN THE U.S. AND A DROP IN SUPPLY IS WHAT'S DRIVING THE RISING PRICES. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT, AND A BIG NIGHT OF CELEBRATING FOR AUCKLAND FC? WE'LL HAVE MORE ON AUCKLAND FC'S HISTORY-MAKING DAY NEXT, AS THE CLUB TURN UP THE CELEBRATIONS AFTER SECURING THEIR FIRST PIECE OF SILVERWARE, BUT THE JOB IS FAR FROM COMPLETE JUST YET. BUT'S IT'S JOB DONE FOR LIVERPOOL, WHO EQUAL MANCHESTER UNITED WITH A 20TH ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE. TAKE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH SUZUKI SWIFT SPORT AND THREE NEWS SPORT. VOICEOVER: Cheesy Bites are back. For a limited tiiiime. Oh hi Mr Stephenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. VOICEOVER: TAKE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH SUZUKI SWIFT SPORT AND THREE NEWS SPORT. A DAY AFTER CLAIMING THEIR FIRST PIECE OF A-LEAGUE SILVERWARE, AUCKLAND FC HAVE THEIR EYES ON BECOMING THE FIRST EXPANSION TEAM TO WIN BOTH THE MINOR AND MAJOR PREMIERSHIP IN THEIR FIRST SEASON. THE COMPETITION NEWCOMERS SECURED THE PREMIER'S PLATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WHEN MELBOURNE CITY DREW NIL-ALL WITH ADELAIDE UNITED, BUT BEFITTINGLY CELEBRATED THEIR ACHIEVEMENT WITH A 1-NIL VICTORY AGAINST PERTH GLORY IN FRONT A HOME CROWD LAST NIGHT. HERE'S LUCY THOMSON. ALL: AH! CELEBRATIONS BEFITTING OF A HISTORY MAKING NIGHT FOR AUCKLAND FC. ALL: AH! THE PREMIERS' ELECT SOAKING UP A SEASON TO REMEMBER AND TOASTING TO WHAT'S STILL TO COME OF IT. BIT DUSTY TODAY. HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THEM MIGHT ` STILL BE CELEBRATING. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GUYS TO CELEBRATE. DESPITE ALREADY CEMENTING THEIR SPOT AT THE TOP OF THE REGULAR SEASON LADDER BEFORE THE GAME, THE HOSTS' DOMINATED THE OPENING HALF AGAINST PERTH, WITH A REMARKABLE 15 SHOTS AT GOAL. AND, AGAIN, IT'S ROGERSON! AND THE CHANCES ARE MOUNTING FOR AUCKLAND FC AS THE RAIN COMES DOWN. THEIR PATIENCE EVENTUALLY PAYING OFF, WHEN MARLEE FRANCOIS SLOTTED HIS FIRST FOR THE CLUB IN THE 62ND MINUTE TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK. OFF THE POST, AND IT GOES IN. THE DAM IS BURST! BUT THE 1-NIL WIN WASN'T THE ONLY THING THE CLUB WERE CELEBRATING, AS THEY SHARED THEIR SILVERWARE SPOILS WITH THE HOME CROWD. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL. IT WAS FITTING AT HOME. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A NZ TEAM HAS GOT THEIR HANDS ON THIS RATHER HEAVY PIECE OF SILVERWARE. AND WITH THE PLAYOFFS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY, AUCKLAND FC COULD BECOME THE FIRST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPETITION TO WIN BOTH THE MINOR AND MAJOR PREMIERSHIP IN THEIR OPENING SEASON. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY'LL HAVE TO BEAT STEVE CORICA'S FORMER TEAM, SYDNEY FC, OR THE ONLY SIDE THEY HAVEN'T BEATEN THIS YEAR ` ADELAIDE UNITED. WE'VE DRAWN WITH THEM TWICE. I DON'T MIND. IT'S FINE. THE TEAM WILL RETURN TO TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY, BEFORE HEADING TO MELBOURNE FOR THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON, WHERE THEY'LL LOOK TO CONTINUE THEIR 14-MATCH UNBEATEN RUN AGAINST WESTERN UNITED THE CLUB, AND ITS FANS HOPING THIS ISN'T THE LAST TASTE OF SUCCESS FOR CORICA AND THE TEAM. CHRIS WOOD AND NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF BOOKING A SPOT IN THE FA CUP FINAL, FALLING 2-NIL TO MANCHESTER CITY IN THIS MORNING'S SEMIFINAL. THE WRITING LOOKED TO BE ON THE WALL EARLY, AS CITY GRABBED THE LEAD AFTER JUST TWO MINUTES. FOREST HAD NO SHORTAGE OF CHANCES TO LEVEL THINGS UP, BUT COULDN'T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET. CITY THEN SEALED THE DEAL MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF. MANCHESTER CITY'S LEAD HAS DOUBLED. POWERS IT HOME. CITY WILL FACE CRYSTAL PALACE IN THE FINAL AT WEMBLEY ON MAY 18TH. THEY'VE STILL GOT FOUR GAMES TO GO, BUT SUCH HAS BEEN THEIR DOMINATION OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON, LIVERPOOL'S TITLE HAS ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED. THE REDS JUST NEEDED A POINT AGAINST SPURS THIS MORNING TO SECURE THEIR 20TH LEAGUE TITLE, AND A 5-1 DEMOLITION JOB DID JUST THAT. LIVERPOOL LEFT TO SOAK UP THE CELEBRATIONS OF A SEASON THEY'VE DOMINATED FROM START TO FINISIH. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER REPORTS. (CHANTING) THE RED SMOKE WAS RISING AROUND THE STREETS OF ANFIELD LONG BEFORE KICK-OFF, READY TO SIGNAL THE CROWNING OF THE NEW CHAMPIONS. # WALK ON, WALK ON... # AMID A NEAR-RELIGIOUS FERVOUR IN THEIR ANFIELD CATHEDRAL, LIVERPOOL FIRST HAD TO GET THE ONE POINT THEY NEEDED TO CLINCH THE TITLE. IT DID NOT START TOO WELL SPURS HAD THE GALL TO TAKE THE LEAD. THAT'S A GOOD HEADER AND THERE IS A KICK IN THE SHINS. BUT IT ONLY DELAYED THE INEVITABLE AND AFTER VAR'S INTERVENTION, LUIS DIAZ'S EQUALISER WAS ALLOWED TO STAND, JUST LIKE OLD TIMES. THEN, IT WAS JUST A PARTY. MCALLISTER GOT A SECOND, AND THE GOALS KEPT FLOWING. 2-1 BECAME 3-1, CODY GAKPO'S SHIRT REMOVAL GOT HIM A YELLOW CARD, BUT WHEN IN ROME... THE DAY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMPLETE WITHOUT A MO SALAH GOAL. MO SALAH! PERFECTLY FRAMED FOR POSTERITY. LIVERPOOL ARE THE CHAMPIONS FOR THEIR PEOPLE. THE LAST TIME LIVERPOOL WON THE LEAGUE, COVID MEANT THERE WERE NO FANS TO SEE IT. SO TIME TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. HOW ARE WE CELEBRATING? OH, WE'RE OUT` BOTH: ...ALL NIGHT! ALL NIGHT! THAT'S HOW I'LL BE. YES, WE CAME FIRST! FIRST WE CAN CELEBRATE IT, AFTER COVID. ENJOYING IT. (CHANTING) A TRIUMPH FOR BOSS ARNO SLOT IN HIS FIRST SEASON IN CHARGE, AND A PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. BUT LIVERPOOL WILL NOT NOW WALK ALONE.. # YOU'LL NEVER WALK... # THERE, SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH MANCHESTER UNITED ON A RECORD 20 ENGLISH TITLES. BLUES COACH VERN COTTER HAS PUT THE BOOT INTO HIS SIDE'S ATTITUDE, AS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS CONTINUE TO FLOUNDER NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE SUPER RUGBY LADDER. THE REDS HANDED THE BLUES THEIR SEVENTH LOSS OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY, PUTTING THEM IN MUST-WIN TERRITORY FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. WITH JUST FOUR MATCHES LEFT TO SNEAK INTO THE PLAYOFFS, COTTER HAS COME DOWN HARD ON HIS SIDE AFTER FAILING TO BACK UP THEIR TITLE-WINNING RUN FROM LAST SEASON. I THINK WHEN YOU WIN A COMPETITION, PEOPLE AROUND YOU CAN FEEL IT, WE HAVE THAT SAME THING WE HAVE FORGOTTEN. IT IS MORE THAT WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT IT IS A COMPETITION. IT IS A COMPETITION THAT HAS GOT TO ENGAGE YOURSELF FULLY. THE INJURY LIST WON'T HELP COTTER'S MOOD, WITH CALEB CLARKE, DALTON PAPALII AND AJ LAM ALL EXPECTED TO MISS FRIDAY'S CLASH WITH THE FORCE, WHILE MARK TELEA WILL LIKELY BE SUSPENDED, FOLLOWING HIS RED CARD AGAINST THE REDS. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE WOMEN'S MARATHON WORLD RECORD HAS BEEN SHATTERED AT THE LONDON MARATHON OVERNIGHT, WITH TIGST ASSEFA CLAIMING LINE HONOURS IN TWO HOURS, 15 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS. ASSEFA'S WINNING TIME WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR A WOMEN'S ONLY RACE ` SHE IS AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE RUN QUICKER IN A MIXED RACE. BUT HER RUN IN LONDON WAS DOMINANT, WINNING BY MORE THAN THREE MINUTES TO CLAIM THE WORLD RECORD. SHE IS GOING TO DO IT. SHE HAS 45 SECONDS TO GO. SHE IS ON THE HOME STRAIGHT. SHE IS GETTING THE CHAIRS ON THE MALL. THE WINNING RECORD. TIST ASSEFA. SABASTIAN SAWE CLAIMED THE MEN'S RACE, IN TWO HOURS, TWO MINUTES AND 27 SECONDS, IN WHAT WAS JUST HIS SECOND-EVER MARATHON. THE RUNNING SHOES ARE WORTH $1000. UNBELIEVABLE. OVERACHIEVER. NOT BAD. A BROTHER AND SISTER IN THE UK ARE TAKING BIRD IMPERSONATION TO NEW HEIGHTS. LAST YEAR, COOPER WALLACE (10) FROM CHESTERFIELD WAS CROWNED WORLD GULL SCREECHING CHAMPION. HE'S ABOUT TO DEFEND HIS TITLE IN BELGIUM, BUT WILL FACE STIFF COMPETITION FROM HIS LITTLE SISTER. EMMA VOLNEY HAS THE STORY. IT'S A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL SKILL. (SCREECHES) COOPER (10), THE BEST SEAGULL IMPRESSIONIST IN EUROPE, LAST YEAR CROWNED WINNER OF THE GULL SCREECHING CHAMPIONSHIPS ` YES, THAT'S THE THING ` IN BELGIUM. IT'S CRAZY. WE'VE HAD, LIKE, KOREAN TV PEOPLE OVER THE OTHER DAY. ALSO, I WON 1000 EUROS ON A GERMAN TV SHOW. THREE, TWO, ONE. (SCREECHES) HIS TALENT TURNING HIM INTO A GLOBAL STAR. (LAUGHS) HE'S THE 9-YEAR-OLD BRIT, WHOSE ANNOYING HABIT OF IMITATING BIRDS HAS NOW MADE HIM WORLD FAMOUS. THE REIGNING CHAMP NOW GEARING UP TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THIS YEAR'S CONTEST. BUT HE'S GOT SOME NEW COMPETITION ` FROM HIS YOUNGER SISTER. (SCREECHES) I WANTED TO DO IT BECAUSE MY BROTHER DOES IT, AND I WANTED TO BE LIKE EACH OTHER. WHO DO YOU THINK'S THE BEST? ME. NO, ME! THE ANSWER IS ME. NO, ME! DO YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE, ISN'T IT, HAVING TWO IN THE SAME COMPETITION. WE MIGHT HAVE TO SEPARATE THEM. COOPER HAS SAID THAT HE'LL BOW OUT GRACEFULLY IF SHELBY WINS, BUT WE'LL SEE ON THE DAY. AND THEIR IMPRESSIONS ARE SO GOOD, THEY EVEN GET REAL SEAGULLS FLOCKING TO THEIR HOUSE. FROM A BACK GARDEN IN CHESTERFIELD TO THE WORLD STAGE, FOR COOPER AND SHELBY, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT. IMOGEN'S BACK WITH WHAT'S COMING UP WEATHER-WISE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY WET WEEK? YUP, AFTER A WET WEEKEND FOR MANY, THERE'S STILL MORE TO COME ` EVERYONE'S GETTING A BIT OF SOMETHING THIS WEEK. THERE'S MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE CARDS FOR NORTHLAND AND IN CANTERBURY AND DISRUPTIVE SOUTHERLIES EXPECTED FOR THE CAPITAL. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS YOU NEED NEXT. 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. A.M.I., BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. THE SLOW-MOVING FRONT OVER THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND WEAKENED TODAY, WITH A COUPLE OF WEAK COLD FRONTS MOVING ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. WE'RE IN FOR A BUSY STRETCH OF WEATHER, WITH EVERYONE GETTING A BIT OF EVERYTHING. TOMORROW, THE WEST COAST COULD SEE SOME HEAVY FALLS, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF CLOUD ABOUT, WITH SHOWERS OUT EAST, AND THERE'S ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN WATCH COMING INTO FORCE IN NORTHLAND TOMORROW FROM 10AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO CLEAR YOUR DRAINS AND GUTTERS IN PREPARATION. SO RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS FOR KAITAIA AND WHANGAREI TOMORROW, ISOLATED AND ODD SHOWERS FOR THE REST, TURNING TO RAIN LATE AFTERNOON FOR WHITIANGA AND AUCKLAND ` CLOUDY FOR ALL HERE, WITH A WET AFTERNOON FOR EVERYBODY. JUST SHOWERS FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO, BUT IT'LL BE RAIN FOR THE REST AND EASTERLY WINDS OUT EAST. CLOUDY TO START, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AROUND. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, YOURS COME IN THE MORNING. PLENTY OF CLOUD HANGING ROUND THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TOO, WITH THE CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS ALL ROUND ` EASTERLIES FOR MOST. EARLY SHOWERS IN NELSON, WESTPORT AND REEFTON WILL CLEAR IN THE MORNING, BUT FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, RAIN WILL DEVELOP AS THE DAY GOES ON, POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA COULD SEE THE ODD MORNING SHOWERS, WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN FORECAST FOR CHRISTCHURCH DOWN. IT'LL CLEAR FOR A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH. A BIG MIX OF WINDS AROUND. CLOUDY PERIODS FOR ALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY. OAMARU'LL HAVE EARLY MORNING RAIN, THEN IT'S THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR ALL IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY. SOUWESTERLIES DEVELOPING IN INVERCARGILL. DUNEDIN YOU'RE ALSO IN FOR SOME EARLY RAIN, THEN FINE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. NOREASTERLIES TURNING SOUWESTERLY. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW. IT'S NOREASTERLIES FOR YOU TOO, WHICH WILL DIE OUT COME EVENING. HIGH OF 15. CLOUDY IN THE CAPITAL, WITH THE ODD MORNING SHOWER AND SOUTHERLIES ROLLING IN. THEY'LL EASE COME EVENING. 17 IS YOUR HIGH. MORE CLOUD AROUND HERE TOO IN HAWKES BAY, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLIES DEVELOPING THEN AS WELL. TAURANGA, YOUR CLOUD WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND YOU'RE IN FOR OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EASTERLY WINDS. MOSTLY CLOUDY IN HAMILTON, WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON. EASTERLIES HERE AS WELL AND A HIGH OF 22. AND IN AUCKLAND, IT'S ISOLATED SHOWERS, TURNING TO RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, WITH EASTERLY WINDS EASING AT NIGHT-TIME. PLENTY OF SHOWERY WEATHER ACROSS THE DITCH TOO IN AUSTRALIA. AND APART FROM SUN IN RAROTONGA AND SAMOA, IT'S EITHER CLOUDY OR SHOWERY IN THE PACIFIC. NOW, HEAVY RAIN IS ABOUT TO BE HAULED OVER MOST OF US, THANKS TO A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. NORTHLAND COULD HAVE THUNDERSTORMS TILL THURSDAY, AND THERE COULD BE HEAVY RAIN FOR SOME IN THE EAST OF THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS ALSO WHEN A LOW WILL BE LINGERING, DRIVING STRONG AND DISRUPTIVE SOUTHERLIES UP THE COOK STRAIT. METSERVICE WARNS THESE WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG, EVEN FOR WELLINGTON STANDARDS, SO MAYBE DON'T CYCLE TO WORK. COUPLE THAT WITH A KING TIDE, LOW PRESSURE AND HEAVY SWELLS, THERE COULD BE SOME TRAVEL DISRUPTION AROUND THE REGION, WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH TO THURSDAY AS WELL. NOW, A HEAVY RAIN WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR CHRISTCHURCH ON WEDNESDAY, AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR INLAND PARTS OF CANTERBURY ABOVE 600M. I APPRECIATE THAT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN, SO LET'S PAUSE AND TAKE IN THESE MOODY CLOUDS OVER THE MACKENZIE DISTRICT THIS MORNING ` THANKS TO GEORGE. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025.