HE'S FREE BUT ANGRY ` STEPHEN STONE SPENT DECADES IN PRISON BUT FOUND OUT TODAY HE WON'T BE RETRIED IN CONNECTION WITH DEANE FULLER-SANDYS' AND LEAH STEPHENS' DEATHS. CROSSING THE COOK STRAIT IS ABOUT TO GET HARDER, WITH THE ONLY RAIL-ENABLED FERRY, THE ARATERE, TO BE RETIRED THIS YEAR, WITH SOME JOBS TO BE LOST. IT'S PARTY TIME IN MAGA WORLD AND ACROSS THE BORDER, SO WHO HAS THE MOST TO CELEBRATE AFTER TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS? AND BLAIR TUKE TALKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND FOLLOWING THE SHOCK DEPARTURE OF LONG-TIME TEAMMATE PETER BURLING. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND LELE SIMEON. 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 THREENEWS. AFTER 27 YEARS IN PRISON, STEPHEN STONE IS FINALLY A FREE MAN AFTER IT WAS REVEALED TODAY HE WON'T BE RETRIED FOR MURDER. STONE'S CONVICTIONS FOR THE MURDERS OF DEANE FULLER-SANDYS AND LEAH STEPHENS IN 1989 WERE QUASHED LAST YEAR. NOW THE CROWN SAYS A LACK OF NEW EVIDENCE AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THREE WITNESSES HAS RESULTED IN HIS ACQUITTAL. STONE WANTS COMPENSATION, BUT THAT'S UNLIKELY TO QUELL THE DEEP ANGER AND FRUSTRATION HE FEELS AT HIS TREATMENT. HE SPOKE TO CATRIN OWEN. JUST MOMENTS AFTER HEARING HIS FATE, STEPHEN STONE WAS IN NO MOOD TO CHAT. (BLEEP) OFF. INSTEAD, LEAVING HIS LAWYER TO REACT OUTSIDE TO THE CROWN'S DECISION. THIS IS NOT A VICTORY TODAY. WE'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THIS WAS A TRAVESTY. THIS IS A CASE THAT WAS ENGINEERED BY THE POLICE. THE EVIDENCE AGAINST ALL OF THESE DEFENDANTS WAS NOT CREDIBLE, AND WE'RE JUST EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE STILL HERE 27 YEARS ON HAVING TO FIGHT THIS. LATER, STONE WAS MORE WILLING AND DIRECT. I WANT TO RUB EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT ` RUB THEIR NOSES IN THE GROUND. YOU KNOW, PUT THEM IN A CAGE FOR 28 YEARS AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL. HIS OVERRIDING EMOTIONS TIED UP IN ANGER, FRUSTRATION AND CONFUSION. ANGRY. STILL ANGRY. JUST EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED. THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 1989, THIS SHIT, AND BEFORE THAT... LONG TIME. (CHUCKLES) AND STILL NOT OVER IT. I'VE BEEN (BLEEP) STRUGGLING SINCE I'VE BEEN OUT. I'VE HAD NO ASSISTANCE FROM NO (BLEEP), APART FROM MY LOVED ONES AND THAT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT? WELL, (BLEEP). I'VE HAD 34 YEARS, AND THEY JUST PUSHED ME OUT THE GATE. WHERE'S YOUR (BLEEP) DUTY OF CARE FOR THAT OR WHATEVER? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, NOTHING. STONE SPENT 27 YEARS IN PRISON, CONVICTED IN 1999 FOR KILLING DEANE FULLER-SANDYS AND RAPING AND MURDERING LEAH STEPHENS IN 1989. BUT HIS CONVICTIONS, ALONG WITH GAIL MANEY'S FOR ORDERING THE HIT ON FULLER-SANDYS, WERE QUASHED LAST OCTOBER, ALONGSIDE TWO OTHERS. IT HAS BEEN QUITE CONFUSING FOR US NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON, WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE INNOCENT PEOPLE. THE COURT OF APPEAL ORDERED A RETRIAL FOR STONE, BUT TODAY, THE CROWN OPTED NOT TO PROCEED. CROWN SOLICITOR ALYSHA MCCLINTOCK SAID THEY HAD EXAMINED THE MATTER VERY CAREFULLY BUT... THREE WITNESSES WERE UNAVAILABLE, AND ADDITIONAL ESR TESTING OF SAMPLES HAD NOT PRODUCED ANY MORE COMPELLING EVIDENCE. I WENT TO JAIL WHEN MY SON WAS 4 YEARS OLD. WHEN I GOT OUT, HE WAS 34. YOU KNOW? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HALF MY GRANDKIDS. HEAPS OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED AROUND AND JUST LIKE (BLEEP) SHIT ON ME, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE BULLSHIT CHARGES. STONE HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE AND KEPT BUSY IN PRISON BY LEARNING HOW TO CARVE. PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TIM MCKINNEL HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR STONE. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS HOW DO FOUR PEOPLE GET WRONGFULLY CONVICTED ACROSS TWO DIFFERENT TRIALS FOR TWO ALLEGED MURDERS, WHEN IN OUR VIEW, NONE OF THE EVENTS THAT BASED THE CROWN PROSECUTION EVER OCCURRED AT ALL? THERE ARE ENORMOUS UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN. MCKINNEL WANTS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO WHAT HE'S CALLED A 'CORRUPTED' POLICE INVESTIGATION. THERE'S MULTIPLE FAILURES THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OVER 30 YEARS, AND SO QUESTIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY DO NEED TO BE ANSWERED, BUT THAT CAN'T BE DONE BY ONE OR TWO INQUIRIES. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OVERARCHING INQUIRY INTO TO HOW THIS COULD'VE OCCURRED AND HOW WE PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENING AGAIN. STONE WANTS COMPENSATION FOR THE YEARS HE'S SPENT BEHIND BARS BUT ACCEPTS MOVING ON WITH HIS LIFE WON'T BE EASY. I'VE HAD EVERYTHING SORTED. I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. SO WORK, YOU KNOW ` GOT TO WORK. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO WHAT I'M DOING, YOU KNOW. I'VE JUST FOUND SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN-MINDED ENOUGH TO GET OVER THIS SHIT AND GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW? OTHERWISE, WHAT DO YOU DO, YOU KNOW? WHILE TODAY'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR STEPHEN STONE, FOR THE FAMILIES OF DEANE FULLER-SANDYS AND LEAH STEPHENS, THEIR LONG WAIT FOR ANSWERS CONTINUES. KIWIRAIL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ARATERE INTERISLANDER FERRY WILL BE RETIRED THIS YEAR. THE ARATERE IS THE ONLY RAIL-ENABLED COOK STRAIT FERRY, AND REPLACEMENTS ARE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AWAY. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JENNA LYNCH JOINS US NOW. JENNA, WHY IS THE ARATERE BEING DECOMMISSIONED? DESPITE THIS BEING THE FERRY THAT RAN INTO ALL THE TROUBLES WHEN IT RAN AGROUND, IT IS NOT THE SHIP THAT IS THE PROBLEM. SHE STILL HAS A FEW YEARS YET IN HER. IT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY NEED TO DECONSTRUCT THE BIRTH. THEY NEED TO BUILD A DOUBLE LINK SPAN THAT WILL CATER TO THE NEW FERRIES. IT NEEDS SOME WORK DONE. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN WHILE THE ARATERE IS STILL SAILING. THEY NEED TO TAKE HER OFF THE WATER SO THAT THEY CAN UPGRADE THE PORT SIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THIS MEANS WE ARE GOING TO BE WITHOUT RAIL FERRIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THAT'S IF THEY TURN UP ON TIME. WE HAVEN'T SIGNED CONTRACTS FOR NEW FERRIES YET. KIWIRAIL SAYS THEY ARE GOING TO USE ROAD BRIDGING IN THE MEANTIME ` FREIGHT COMES DOWN ON TRAINS, PUT IT ON A TRUCK, DRIVE OFF, PUT IT BACK ON THE TRAIN. THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO USE IN COASTAL SHIPPING. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON JOBS. KIWIRAIL IS NOT SAYING HOW MANY JOBS WILL BE AFFECTED BUT ONE SOURCE TOLD ME THIS MAY BE OVER 100. A TEMPORARY LINK SPAN WOULD HAVE COST $120 MILLION. THE MINISTER SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUDGETING AND UNDERSTANDING TAXES ARE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL SKILLS SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL LEARN AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL PREPARE YOUNG KIWIS TO MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS IN A COMPLEX FINANCIAL WORLD. AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, A RECRUITMENT AGENT SAYS IT'S TIMELY GIVEN THE DETERIORATING JOB MARKET AND SLUGGISH ECONOMY. IF YOU PRACTISE AND PRACTISE AND PRACTISE, IT'S IN YOUR LONG-TERM MEMORY. THAT IS THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S AMBITION FOR STUDENTS LEARNING FINANCIAL LITERACY AS OF NEXT YEAR. IT'LL BE A CORE ELEMENT OF THE REFRESHED SOCIAL SCIENCES CURRICULUM ` SKILLS SUCH AS IDENTIFYING NEEDS VERSUS WANTS, AND HAVING A BANK ACCOUNT. WE WILL BE INCLUDING FINANCIAL EDUCATION RIGHT FROM YEARS 1 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO YEAR 10. OLDER STUDENTS IN YEARS 11 TO 13 WILL LEARN ABOUT BUDGETING, INVESTMENT, INTEREST RATES, TAXES AND INSURANCE. ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT OFTEN COMES THROUGH IS THAT SOME PEOPLE END SCHOOL WITHOUT THE BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY TO MAKE GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY. RECRUITMENT AGENT SHANNON BARLOW SAYS IT'S TIMELY GIVEN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS, PARTICULARLY BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET. YESTERDAY, THE FINANCE MINISTER REVEALED HER OPERATING ALLOWANCE ` OR NEW MONEY ` FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET WOULD SHRINK FROM $2.4b TO $1.3b TO AVOID MORE BORROWING, SIGNALLING A GLOOMY WINTER AHEAD. WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT OF GLOBAL INSTABILITY FOLLOWING TRUMP'S TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENTS. TO HAVE THIS NEWS IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A KNOCK. THAT KNOCK IS REFLECTED IN ANZ'S BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY OUT TODAY SHOWING CONFIDENCE HAS FALLEN. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS SINCE THE RESERVE BANK STARTED CUTTING INTEREST RATES, BUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS HAVE REMAINED RELATIVELY COOL, WITH PARTICULAR SOFTNESS IN PARTS OF RETAIL, HOSPITALITY AND CONSTRUCTION. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS RISEN EACH QUARTER FOR A YEAR NOW AS LABOUR SUPPLY CONTINUES TO OUTPACE DEMAND, AND ANALYSTS SAY THAT IS WEIGHING ON GROWTH. NEW EMPLOYMENT DATA SHOWS FILLED JOBS WERE DOWN 1.4% IN THE YEAR TO MARCH, THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE THAN 34,000 ROLES. EASILY 200-PLUS APPLICATIONS PER JOB IS A PRETTY COMMON STAT AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT MEANS THAT ALSO IT PUTS PRESSURE ON BUSINESSES OR YOUR HR TEAM OR RECRUITMENT TO GO THROUGH THAT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE ROLE AND BEING ABLE TO FILTER THROUGH THAT SHEER VOLUME. THE SILVER LINING OF THE SLUGGISH ECONOMY IS THAT IT'S A BUYER'S MARKET FOR PROPERTY. THE LATEST CREDIT DATA SHOWS A STRONG PICKUP IN NEW MORTGAGE LENDING ` A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION FOR A YOUNG MIND TO TAKE IN. ZANE, YOU MENTIONED THE JOB MARKET. THERE'S AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UPDATE NEXT WEEK. THAT'S RIGHT. THE ANNUAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CURRENTLY SITS AT 5.1%. ANZ ECONOMISTS THINK THAT IT WILL RISE TO 5.3%. THE SAME DAY, THE RESERVE BANK WILL RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT. THAT WILL GIVE AN INSIGHT INTO HOW THE CENTRAL BANK VIEWS THE CURRENT CLIMATE. AND HOW MUCH THE ECONOMY WILL BE AFFECTED BY TRANS TARIFF SITUATION. EIGHT IN MAY, THEY WILL DELIVER ANOTHER CASH RATE UPDATE, AND GIVEN THE COOL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ANOTHER CUT IS LOOKING LIKELY. A BUSY MAY AHEAD. DONALD TRUMP HAS CELEBRATED THE 100TH DAY OF HIS SECOND TERM DOING WHAT HE LOVES BEST ` RAILING AGAINST HIS ENEMIES, MAKING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION AND BOASTING ABOUT HIS PERCEIVED ACHIEVEMENTS. AT A CAMPAIGN-STYLE RALLY IN MICHIGAN, TRUMP TOLD THE CROWD HIS WAS THE BEST START TO A PRESIDENCY IN HISTORY. HE ALSO REVEALED HIS NOT-SO-SURPRISING PICK FOR THE NEXT POPE. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. (VILLAGE PEOPLE'S 'YMCA') # YOUNG MAN... AS WITH THE 99 DAYS BEFORE... # YOUNG MAN. # DAY 100 WAS A TEXTBOOK ROLL-OUT OF DONALD TRUMP'S SIGNATURE MOVES AND TRADEMARK HYPERBOLE. WOW. HELLO. 'YELLO', MICHIGAN. DESCRIBING HIS SECOND TERM SO FAR IN PREDICTABLE FASHION. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST 100 DAYS OF ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE. THIS IS THE BEST, THEY SAY, 100-DAY START OF ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, AND EVERYONE IS SAYING IT. THERE ARE MANY, OF COURSE, WHO ARE NOT SAYING THAT. POLITIFACT, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT AMERICAN FACT-CHECKER, HAS BEEN USING A MAGA-METER TO KEEP ON TOP OF TRUMP'S 75 CAMPAIGN PROMISES. SO FAR, SIX HAVE BEEN KEPT, INCLUDING PUTTING TARIFFS ON CHINA. BUT THE PROMISE TO END THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR IN A DAY COUNTS AS A BROKEN ONE. FOUR HAVE BEEN STALLED, AND 23 ARE IN THE WORKS. (CAR HORNS HONK) THE EMPTY PROMISES AND THE FACT THAT MUCH OF WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE HAS BEEN DIVISIVE TODAY SAW PROTESTORS DISRUPT HIS VICTORY LAP. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) FROM THREATENING TO ANNEX GREENLAND AND CANADA AND TURN GAZA INTO A RIVIERA RESORT TO THE TARIFF TURMOIL, HIS DEPORTATION OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL MIGRANTS, AND HIS BLISTERING WAR ON 'WOKE'. I ENDED ALL OF THE LAWLESS, SO-CALLED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION BULLSHIT. HIS CRITICS WERE DISMISSED AS FAKE NEWS. THE PRESIDENT OUT TO TOUT HIS TEAM'S SUCCESS. ELON MUSK EARNING SPECIAL PRAISE FOR HIS WORK CUTTING BACK BUREAUCRATIC FAT. YOU'RE FIRED! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. YOU'RE FIRED! GET OUT OF THERE! THERE WAS NO ITEM ON THE TRUMP AGENDA TOO SMALL TO MENTION. BY THE WAY, DID YOU JUST SEE WHAT I DID? STRAWS. I WIPED OUT THE PAPER STRAW ` LITTLE THING. THESE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS. WHAT IS IRREFUTABLE IS THAT FOR EACH OF HIS 100 DAYS IN OFFICE THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS DOMINATED GLOBAL HEADLINES, SOMETHING HE'D MANAGED TODAY, BEFORE EVEN ARRIVING AT THE MAIN EVENT. I'D LIKE TO BE POPE. THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER ONE CHOICE. POPE TRUMP ` ONE THING WE CAN, AT LEAST, RULE OUT. WE'VE JUST GOTTEN STARTED. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN ANYTHING YET. IT'S ALL JUST KICKING IN. 100 DAYS DONE. (LEE GREENWOOD'S 'GOD BLESS THE USA' PLAYS) 1361 TO GO. WHILE TRUMP PARTIED WITH THE MAGA FAITHFUL, NORTH OF THE BORDER, MARK CARNEY ALSO HAD HIS DANCE SHOES ON AS HE CELEBRATED BEING RE-ELECTED AS CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER. HIS LIBERAL PARTY, WHICH WAS DOWN AND OUT IN THE POLLS, BENEFITED FROM A HUGE BACKLASH TO TRUMP'S SECOND TERM. AND AS SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY REPORTS, THE TRUMP FACTOR IS EXPECTED TO LOOM JUST AS LARGE WHEN AUSTRALIANS VOTE IN THE FEDERAL ELECTION THIS WEEKEND. CANADA'S LIBERAL LEADER MARK CARNEY AND HIS WIFE CELEBRATING VICTORY ON THE DANCE FLOOR, ELBOWS UP TO DONALD TRUMP. PUT YOUR ELBOWS UP! IT'S THE ICE HOCKEY FIGHTING POSTURE NOW A MOTTO OF RESISTANCE TO HIS NEIGHBOUR. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRYING TO BREAK US SO THAT AMERICA CAN OWN US. THAT WILL NEVER... THAT WILL NEVER, EVER HAPPEN. AND CARNEY'S WARNING WASN'T JUST FOR CANADIANS. THE SYSTEM OF OPEN GLOBAL TRADE ANCHORED BY THE UNITED STATES, A SYSTEM THAT CANADA HAS RELIED ON SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, A SYSTEM THAT WHILE NOT PERFECT HAS HELPED DELIVER PROSPERITY FOR A COUNTRY FOR DECADES, IS OVER. BEFORE TRUMP RE-ENTERED THE SCENE, CARNEY'S LIBERAL PARTY WAS HEADED FOR AN OVERWHELMING DEFEAT. BUT HIS SHARP OPPOSITION TO THE U.S. PRESIDENT ELECTRIFIED MANY VOTERS WITH HIS CLEAR MESSAGE OF SOVEREIGNTY AND STABILITY. AND NOW AFTER A CAMPAIGN DEFINED BY THE U.S. PRESIDENT, HE'LL SOON HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM. THE PAIR AGREEING TO MEET IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN TRUMP CALLED CARNEY TO CONGRATULATE HIM. CLOSER TO HOME, AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE WILL BE HOPING FOR A SIMILAR ANTI-TRUMP BUMP WHEN THE COUNTRY HEADS TO THE POLLS THIS WEEKEND. FLOWING THROUGH ALL TO A TWO-PARTY PREFERRED LABOUR LEAD OF 53/47. ALBANESE, WHO WAS ALSO TRAILING IN THE POLLS, IS NOW THE BOOKIE'S FAVOURITE TO WIN, AFTER TAPPING INTO VOTERS WARY OF TRUMP-STYLE POLITICS. WHY DO YOU THINK AUSTRALIANS ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT DONALD TRUMP? I THINK THEY'RE WORRIED THAT SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT PETER DUTTON HAS PUT FORWARD SEEM TO BE BORROWED DIRECTLY ` SACKING PUBLIC SERVANTS IS WHAT WE SAW WITH DOGE. MR DUTTON HAVE YOU DISTANCED YOURSELF, DO YOU THINK, FROM MR TRUMP'S STYLE ENOUGH? I HAVEN'T SOUGHT TO BE ANYBODY OTHER THAN MYSELF. HE CERTAINLY IS BEING SEEN AS BEING LIKE TRUMP IN THE SENSE OF HAVING RIGHT-WING POPULIST VIEWS, AND I MEAN YOU SAW LAST NIGHT IN THE DEBATE WITH ALBANESE, HE DESCRIBED THE ABC AND THE GUARDIAN AS 'HATE-MEDIA'. THE POLLS ARE CLOSE, AND TRUMP'S PREPARING FOR A PHONE CALL. THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER IS HAVING AN ELECTION THIS WEEKEND. WILL YOU SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT TRADE? THEY ARE CALLING, AND I WILL BE TALKING TO HIM, YES. AND LIKE CARNEY, WHOEVER WINS MIGHT FIND THE ELECTION BATTLE WAS JUST THE BEGINNING. THREE-TIME AMERICA'S CUP WINNER BLAIR TUKE SAYS HE'S STILL IN TALKS WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND OVER HIS FUTURE. TUKE AND HIS LONG TIME TEAM MATE PETER BURLING SPOKE THIS MORNING AT THE LAUNCH OF A FOILING EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR HAURAKI GULF MARINE PROTECTION. BUT THE PAIR DID ADDRESS THE SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BURLING WOULDN'T BE RETAINED BY THE CUP HOLDERS, AFTER 10 YEARS AS HELMSMAN AND TUKE GAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS OWN FUTURE. STILL WORKING THROUGH EXACTLY WHERE MY FUTURE LIES, IN ONE THING IS FOR SURE, AND WORKING FOR THE BLACK FOILS IS TOTALLY LOCKED-IN. TUKE SAYS BURLING'S EXIT FROM TEAM NEW ZEALAND IS THE END OF AN ERA WITH THE DUO, ALONGSIDE ANDY MALONEY, THE FIRST SAILORS IN MODERN TIMES TO WIN THREE CONSECUTIVE AMERICA'S CUPS. THE VOLATILE AUTUMN CONTINUES WITH MORE WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY ` MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT ` BUT CHRISTCHURCH IS IN THE FIRING LINE RIGHT NOW WITH SOME SURFACE FLOODING IN THE CITY. THESE PICTURES FROM PAGES RD IN ARANUI. HEAVY RAIN HAS SET IN AND IS EXPECTED TO STAY UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING. THERE ARE ALREADY SLIPS ON NORTH CANTERBURY ROADS, AND SNOW IS EVEN FORECAST FOR THE CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY. SPEAKING OF WEATHER, IMOGEN'S HERE AND CHRISTCHURCH ISN'T THE ONLY SOAKED AREA IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S NOT, LAURA. IN FACT THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WETTEST APRILS FOR THE UPPER NORTH. KERIKERI RECORDING 570MM THIS MONTH, COMPARED TO 429 IN 1999. LOOK AT THAT WET STUFF MOVING ACROSS THE ISLAND TOO WHERE IT'S WELL AND TRULY SETTLED IN AROUND WELLINGTON TODAY, AND THERE IS PLENTY MORE TO COME. I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` THE LIGHTS ARE COMING BACK ON BUT THE CAUSE OF THE MASSIVE POWER CUT THAT SHUT DOWN LARGE PARTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL REMAINS A MYSTERY. ISRAEL IS ACCUSED OF DELIBERATE STARVATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. WELCOME BACK. POWER'S BACK, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN AFTER THE DRAMATIC ELECTRICITY CUTS THAT AFFECTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, CREATING A DAY OF CONFUSION. SPAIN'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO PREVENT ANOTHER BLACKOUT, DESPITE OFFERING LITTLE EXPLANATION FOR THE CAUSE OF THE BIGGEST BLACKOUT IN THE COUNTRIES' HISTORIES. ITV'S SEJAL KARIA HAS MORE. THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS OF SPAIN'S BIGGEST BLACKOUT MAY HAVE PASSED, BUT THE CHAOS IT HAS CAUSED IS FAR FROM OVER. AT BARCELONA'S MAIN RAILWAY STATION, ANGER, CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION... WITH HUNDREDS OF TRAINS CANCELLED OR DELAYED AND THOUSANDS OF STRANDED COMMUTERS FACING HOURS OF DISRUPTION. THIS WOMAN COULD BARELY HIDE HER CONTEMPT. (SPEAKS SPANISH) 'THEY'RE TREATING US BADLY,' SHE TOLD US. IN QUEUES SNAKING ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE STATION, WE FOUND YOSRA, WHO SLEPT HERE LAST NIGHT AFTER HER TRAIN TO MADRID WAS CANCELLED. I HAD TO PASS THE WHOLE NIGHT HERE IN THE STATION, AND NOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO TO TAKE OUR NEW TICKETS, SUPPOSEDLY. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION YET. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL GO TODAY OR WE HAVE TO STAY ANOTHER NIGHT HERE. EVERYONE COULD GET COMPENSATION AFTER ALL THIS, YOU KNOW? WE'RE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW... WE'RE GOING THROUGH HELL STANDING OVER HERE ALL DAY. WE PAID ALREADY. IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T PAY FOR THE SERVICE. I MEAN, THE SERVICE GOT INTERRUPTED ` IT'S NOT OUR FAULT. OTHERS LIKE ANGELIKA WERE TRAPPED ON A TRAIN OVERNIGHT, ONLY ARRIVING IN BARCELONA THIS MORNING AFTER DEPARTING MADRID 24 HOURS AGO. IT WAS QUITE ROUGH COS, LIKE, WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD IN THAT TRAIN, IT WAS REALLY HARD COS LIKE THE TOILETS WERE CLOSED. THEY PROVIDED US WITH WATER, AND THEY WERE ALSO, LIKE, GIVING SANDWICHES, BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH. SO WE DIDN'T GET ANY, LIKE... YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITY WAS KIDS AND ELDERS. LAST NIGHT ON THE METRO IN MADRID, PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO WALK ALONG THE TRAIN TRACKS USING JUST THEIR PHONES FOR LIGHT. THE MASSIVE POWER CUT ALSO MEANT OTHERS WERE STUCK AT STATIONS. THIS WAS THE EARLY HOURS IN MADRID. THE POLICE AND ARMY CALLED IN TO PROVIDE BLANKETS AND FOOD. OUTSIDE, THERE WAS CHAOS ON THE STREETS. ROADS WERE CLOGGED AS TRAFFIC LIGHTS WENT ON THE BLINK. AND PEOPLE CROWDED ROUND RADIOS TO GET INFORMATION AS THE OUTAGE TOOK DOWN THE INTERNET AND MOBILE PHONE SIGNALS. WHEN THE LIGHTS FINALLY CAME BACK ON, THERE WAS PURE, UNADULTERATED JOY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) BUT ALSO MANY QUESTIONS OVER WHY AND HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN MODERN 21ST-CENTURY SPAIN. ISRAEL HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF DELIBERATE STARVATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE HAGUE. ITS TWO-MONTH BLOCKADE ON FOOD REACHING THE GAZA STRIP IS CAUSING HARDSHIP AND HUNGER. AND THE UN'S REFUGEE AGENCY SAYS THE SIEGE HAS BECOME A SILENT KILLER. ITV'S JOHN IRVINE REPORTS. A NEW DAY IN GAZA. BUT WHILE THE ARMCHAIR MAY BE COMFORTABLE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RELAX. (EXPLOSION) DESPITE THE AIRSTRIKES, PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. THEY ARE COMPELLED TO DO SO BY HUNGER. ALAA ABU ARAB HAS TAKEN ONE OF HER CHILDREN ON THE HUNT BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN NORTHERN GAZA THE AREA HARDEST HIT BY THE ISRAELI SIEGE, THEY ARE NEVER SURE WHERE THE NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: YES, I CAN WALK BUT I AM PREGNANT. THE SHELLING DOESN'T STOP AND MY INJURED HUSBAND CAN'T GO AND GET FOOD SO I GO AND I AM STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE FOR MY CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE CAN LIVE LIKE THIS. (SHOUTING) ON THIS DAY THEY DECIDED TO TRY A STREET KITCHEN WHERE THEY HAD BEEN LUCKY BEFORE BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED THE SCENES WERE ALREADY CHAOTIC. (SHOUTING) EVERYONE ON THE GAZA STRIP KNOWS THAT FOOD SUPPLIES ARE DWINDLING. THE FEAR THAT THEIR NEXT MEAL MAY BE THEIR LAST MEANS IT'S AN UNSEEMLY SCRAMBLE. AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST. ALAA HAS TO RELY ON PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION IF THERE IS TO BE DINNER ON THE TABLE. AFTER A LONG WAIT, SHE'S SUCCESSFUL AND READY FOR THE TREK BACK TO THEIR TENT. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: WE DON'T WANT MORE WAR OR BLOODSHED. FOR A YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS, ALL WE HAVE SEEN IS DESTRUCTION, DISPLACEMENT, STARVATION AND DEATH. AFTER IT HEATS THEIR ONE MEAL OF THE DAY THE FIRE PROVIDES LIGHT AND WARMTH IN THE PITCH BLACK OF ANOTHER NIGHT WITHOUT POWER. TODAY THE FAMILY GOT FED BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES ABOUT TOMORROW. COMING UP ON THREENEWS ` DANNII MINOGUE REVEALS THE MENTAL TOLL OF CONSTANTLY BEING COMPARED TO BIG SISTER, KYLIE. LATER LLOYD BURR DISCOVERS THE DELIGHTS OF EDIBLE STOMACH LININGS AT NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY REMAINING TRIPE CLUB. AND IN SPORT... IS ANOTHER BLACKCAP GREAT IN LINE FOR AN ENGLAND COACHING POSITION? THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. STEPHEN STONE IS ANGRY AND CONFUSED AFTER THE CROWN DECIDES HE WON'T FACE RETRIAL FOR TWO MURDERS HE SPENT 27 YEARS IN JAIL FOR. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED FINANCIAL LITERACY LESSONS FOR SCHOOL KIDS, SAYING THEY'LL PREPARE YOUNG KIWIS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS IN A COMPLEX FINANCIAL WORLD. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CELEBRATED THE 100TH DAY OF HIS SECOND TERM. HE'S HAILED HIS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AS A SIGNATURE ACHIEVEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS REINSTATING A TOTAL BAN ON PRISONER VOTING RIGHTS, DESPITE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE COURTS AND EXPERTS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. IN 2015, ARTHUR TAYLOR, AN INFAMOUS CRIMINAL WHO EARNED A REPUTATION AS A 'JAILHOUSE LAWYER' SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED AT THE HIGH COURT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS BREACHING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH ITS PRISONER VOTING BAN. THE HIGH COURT ISSUED A DECLARATION THAT SAID THE BAN WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT. AHEAD OF THE 2020 ELECTION, THE LABOUR-LED COALITION AMENDED THE LAW SO THAT PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES UNDER THREE YEARS COULD VOTE. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THAT'LL BE OVERTURNED, DESPITE THE HIGH COURT'S RULING. I DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYONE SAYS ABOUT IT. I AM JUST SAYING TO YOU THAT AS NEW ZEALANDERS, WE HAVE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO EACH OTHER. IF YOU WANT TO CAUSE HARM AND SUFFERING ON A FELLOW NEW ZEALANDER AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN PRISON BECAUSE OF IT, THAT MEANS THAT YOU TEMPORARILY GET` THE RIGHT TO A VOTE IS WITHDRAWN. THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PRISONERS ALREADY SERVING SENTENCES OF LESS THAN THREE YEARS WHEN THE BAN COMES INTO FORCE WOULD RETAIN THE ABILITY TO VOTE AT THE NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. THE BAN WOULD NOT APPLY TO PEOPLE DETAINED ON REMAND OR SERVING HOME DETENTION SENTENCES. TWO MEN ACCUSED OF CHOPPING DOWN A FAMOUS BRITISH SYCAMORE TREE WHICH STOOD AT HADRIAN'S WALL SINCE THE 1800S HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED IN COURT AS 'MINDLESS VANDALS' ON 'A MORONIC MISSION'. DANIEL GRAHAM AND ADAM CARRUTHERS ARE ACCUSED OF DRIVING FROM CARLISLE TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND BEAUTY SPOT AT NIGHT WHERE THEY FILMED THEMSELVES CUTTING DOWN THE TREE WITH A CHAIN SAW. THE SYCAMORE GAP TREE WAS FELLED IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. THE PAIR SENT MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER THE NEXT DAY GLORIFYING WHAT THEY DID AND REVELLING IN THE FACT THEY WOULD BE ON THE NEWS. THEY BOTH DENY CRIMINAL DAMAGE. POPSTAR AND TV PRESENTER DANNII MINOGUE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE PRESSURE OF FAME AND HOW SHE WOULDN'T 'BE HERE' IF SHE'D LISTENED TO ONLINE TROLLS. THE AUSTRALIAN STAR SAYS HER BODY WAS CONSTANTLY BEING COMPARED WITH THAT OF HER SISTER, KYLIE, AND THE PRESS INTRUSION AND HER RELENTLESS WORKING SCHEDULE FORCED HER TO QUIT. ITV'S RISHI DAVDA HAS MORE. I WAS THEN COMPARED TO MY SISTER WHO IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BODY SHAPE, ALWAYS HAS BEEN OUR ENTIRE LIVES. CRITICS HAVE OFTEN COMPARED THEIR CAREERS BUT DANNII MINOGUE HAS NOW OPENED UP ABOUT HAVING HER FIGURE ANALYSED AGAINST THAT OF SISTER, KYLIE. I WASN'T LIVING UP TO HER BODY, WHICH AT THE TIME, FITTED THE STANDARDS OF WHAT IS THE ONLY BODY SHAPE THERE WAS - SLIM. # SO WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE KITCHENS # THE AUSTRALIAN SIBLINGS FOUND FAME AT AN EARLY AGE, SPEAKING ON FERN COTTON'S 'HAPPY PLACE' PODCAST. DANNII SAID THAT AFTER MOVING TO THE UK, SHE FACED A HURTFUL PRESS, SCRUTINY AND ONLINE COMMENTARY. I KNOW THAT IF I WASN'T MENTALLY STRONG AND I DID HAVE ANY KIND OF EATING DISORDER, I WOULD NOT BE ALIVE NOW. IT WAS SO BRUTAL AND WENT ON FOR YEARS... WITH THIS INCREDIBLE TALENT THAT HE HAS. THE SINGER, ACTRESS AND TV PRESENTER WAS A JUDGE IN THE X FACTOR FOR THREE YEARS, BATTLING A BUSY SCHEDULE AND AN INVASIVE PAPARAZZI. AS HOST OF THE U.K.'S FIRST SAME-SEX DATING SHOW, SHE NOW HAS ACCESS TO AN ON-SITE PSYCHIATRIST AS DO THE CAST AND CREW. THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED 'IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY THEY'RE THERE WAS IN THE FIRST SEASON OF 'I KISSED A BLOKE'. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL BACK IN THE X FACTOR DAYS. IT TOOK A REAL TOLL ON EVERYONE. # ALL THE LOVERS # SHE'S MADE HER MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY AND SAYS HER FAMILY BOND IS STRONGER THAN EVER. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT AND PETER BURLING'S SPOKEN ABOUT HIS TEAM NEW ZEALAND EXIT? WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM BURLING NEXT AS WELL AS WHAT HIS DEPARTURE READ IN WHEN HE IS GOING NEXT. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM BURLING NEXT AS WELL AS WHAT HIS DEPARTURE FROM TEAM NEW ZEALAND MAY MEAN FOR HIS LONG TIME MATE BLAIR TUKE. AND THE PANTHERS ARE ON THIN ICE WITH THE NBL AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF FAILING TO FULFIL PLAYER PAYMENTS. Introducing the new Subway Signature Menu. It's all... Oh, hey Andy, whatcha doing? Bit busy Hame, just the new Subway ad. Oh right. No, go for it. Yeah, OK... It's all your favourites, with specially chosen ingredients for just the right amount of juicy, melty, cheesy, crispy, tangy, smoky, saucy, all-round cravey awesomeness. That's great Andy. Now just finish with saying "It's your shortcut to Tasty Town my friends." Is that coming from you or from subway? That's from all of us mate! BORN TO ADVENTURE WITH SUZUKI MOTORCYCLES AND THREENEWS SPORT. PETER BURLING MAINTAINS THERE'S NO BAD BLOOD BETWEEN HIM AND GRANT DALTON FOLLOWING HIS SHOCK SPLIT WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND. BURLING LED TEAM NEW ZEALAND TO THREE CONSECUTIVE AMERICA'S CUP TITLES BUT WON'T BE PART OF THEIR NEXT DEFENCE AFTER FAILING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEAM. WHILE BURLING SAID HE WAS PROUD OF WHAT HE'D ACHIEVED THERE, HE MADE IT CLEAR THE SPLIT IS SOMETHING HE'D RATHER NOT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE WEEKS SINCE THE SHOCK SPLIT FROM TEAM NEW ZEALAND. SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEN, PETER BURLING WAS HARDLY QUICK TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG SHOCK FOR YA? YEAH. UM... BURLING SEEMINGLY SHOCKED AT FIRST BY THE QUESTION ON MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS BEFORE GIVING LITTLE AWAY. YOU KNOW, I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, WE DIDN'T MANAGE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. PRESSED FURTHER, IT BECAME CLEAR BURLING WASN'T KEEN TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER BE INVOLVED IN THE AMERICA'S CUP AGAIN IN ANY CAPACITY? WELL, WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE HAURAKI GULF. YEAH, I MEAN... (CLEARS THROAT) WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SAILGP TEAM, BUT WE'RE REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HAURAKI GULF. BURLING WAS HAPPY TO CLEAR ONE THING UP, THOUGH, CLAIMING THERE'S NO BAD BLOOD BETWEEN HIM AND TEAM NEW ZEALAND CEO GRANT DALTON. LOOK, I'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GRANT. WE GET ALONG REALLY WELL AND BOTH HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A MASSIVE PART OF YOUR LIFE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. A PERIOD THAT'S NOW OVER, ALLOWING BURLING TO CONCENTRATE ON THING'S HE'D MUCH RATHER TALK ABOUT THAN THE AMERICA'S CUP. NEXT MONTH, HE AND BLAIR TUKE WILL LEAD THE FOIL4THEGULF EVENT, HELPING PROMOTE ATTENTION ON THE HAURAKI GULF MARINE PROTECTION BILL. IT'S BEEN THROUGH TWO READINGS NOW AND REALLY IS STALLED IN PARLIAMENT, SO FOR US, IT'S REALLY TRYING TO GET THE ENERGY BACK INTO THAT BILL, TRYING TO GET SOME POSITIVE CHANGE INTO THE HAURAKI GULF. BURLING HAPPY TO SPEAK ON ONE TYPE OF CHANGE WHILE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS STILL SURROUND ANOTHER. THE INDIAN PANTHERS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING KICKED OUT OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF FAILING TO FULFIL PLAYER PAYMENTS THE WINLESS PANTHERS, WHO ARE COMPETING IN THE LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, FAILED TO TAKE THE COURT FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE CANTERBURY RAMS LAST NIGHT. TWO-TEST ALL BLACK FOLAU FAKATAVA HAS RECOMMITTED TO THE HIGHLANDERS AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY THROUGH TO 2027. FAKATAVA MADE HIS ONLY APPEARANCES FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN 2022 WHEN THE SIDE LOST THE JULY SERIES TO IRELAND AT HOME. SINCE MAKING HIS DEBUT FOR THE HIGHLANDERS IN 2019, FAKATAVA HAS GONE TO MAKE 55 APPEARANCES FOR THE CLUB. HAVING MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BACK FROM INJURY LAST WEEKEND, WALLACE SITITI IS DETERMINED TO ENSURE HE PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF LAST YEAR. SITITI WAS ONE OF THE FINDS OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR, CEMENTING HIMSELF AS A REGULAR ALL BLACK STARTER AND WINNING WORLD RUGBY'S BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR. BUT THE 22-YEAR-OLD IS WARY OF THE SECOND YEAR BLUES AND HAS SOUGHT ADVICE TO ENSURE HE DOESN'T FALL INTO THE TRAP. WALLACE SITITI TOOK ALL OF TWO MINUTES TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE FELT IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY. WALLACE SITITI! LAST YEAR'S WORLD RUGBY BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR GOT 10 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH IN THE CHIEFS' WIN OVER THE FORCE, HIS FIRST TASTE OF RUGBY THIS SEASON. ONCE I GOT OUT, THERE WAS A BIT MORE RELIEF AND ABLE TO TICK THAT BOX NOW AND SEE WHETHER WE COULD COME BACK AND REHAB, AND NOW IT'S ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, BUILDING AND BUILDING MY FOUNDATION. WHILE IT MAY HAVE ONLY BEEN 10 MINUTES, SITITI HAD LITTLE TROUBLE PROVING HE'S LOST NONE OF HIS CLASS. IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE, GIVEN THE SORT OF FORM HE SHOWED LAST YEAR, BUT THAT WAS LAST YEAR. SITITI IS EAGER TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. AFTER, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BIT OF A BREAKTHROUGH AND, UM, NOW THAT'S SORT OF UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S... IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE MOST OF IT AND MAXIMISE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE CREATED. TO ENSURE THERE'S NO DROP OFF IN HIS SECOND YEAR. SO HE'S LEANED ON THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. I CONNECTED REALLY WELL WITH A LOT OF THE SENIOR BOYS HERE, UM, GUYS LIKE ANTON, DAMIAN, TUPES AND SONI AS WELL. THEY'VE HELPED ME A LOT. UM, SORT OF KEPT ME IN CHECK. SITITI WILL COME OFF THE BENCH AGAIN FOR SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE HURRICANES IN WELLINGTON, A PLACE HE MADE HIS MARK IN LAST YEAR'S SEMI-FINAL, AND HE'S WARY OF THE CANES RESURGENCE FOLLOWING THEIR WIN OVER THE BRUMBIES. THEY SORT OF MADE A SHIFT AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE UP FOR WHATEVER'S AHEAD ON SATURDAY. FOR WALLACE SITITI, THAT'S JUST BEING BACK ON THE PARK AFTER A LONG INJURY LAYOFF. THE WALLABIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR FUTURE COACHING STRUCTURE, WITH JOE SCHMIDT TO REMAIN IN THE TOP JOB UNTIL MIDWAY THROUGH NEXT YEAR, BEFORE REDS COACH LES KISS TAKES THE REIGNS THROUGH TO 2028. SCHMIDT ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY HE'D BE STEPPING ASIDE FOLLOWING THIS YEAR'S RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP BUT HAS AGREED TO STAY ON LONGER SO KISS CAN SEE OUT HIS CONTRACT WITH THE REDS, AND THE NEW WALLABIES COACH DOESN'T PLAN ON SHAKING THINGS UP TOO MUCH. IT'S MASSIVELY IMPORTANT THAT THE PLAYERS KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A RIP AND TEAR. IT'S COME IN THERE. HOW DO I DOVETAIL AND MAKE THAT WORK BETTER? AND THE CONTINUATION PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE FROM DAY ONE WHEN WE FIRST CHATTED ABOUT THIS WITH PHIL, PETER AND DAN ` THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK WELL AND WE'LL KEEP OUR CONVERSATIONS GOING DOWN. KISS' FIRST TASK WITH THE WALLABIES IS LIKELY TO BE THE NEW NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH A HOME WORLD CUP THE FOLLOWING YEAR. JUST TWO DAYS ON FROM HAVING THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE HOPES OFFICIALLY ENDED, ARSENAL ARE NOW ON THE BRINK OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELIMINATION, GOING DOWN TO PARIS SAINT GERMAIN 1-0 IN THEIR OPENING LEG. PLAYING WITH HOME ADVANTAGE, THE GUNNERS WOULD HAVE COME INTO THIS MORNING'S SEMI-FINAL WITH CONFIDENCE BUT WERE IMMEDIATLY PUT ON THE BACKFOOT. AND PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HAVE THE LEAD AND DEMBELE HAS SCORED AFTER ONLY THREE MINUTES PLAY. IT'S A BRILLIANT FINISH BY DEMBELE! THERE IS NOBODY HOTTER IN WORLD FOOTBALL THAN OUSMANE DEMBELE. PSG NOW TAKE A 1-0 ADVANTAGE TO PARIS NEXT WEEK. ARSENAL NEEDING TO TURN THINGS AROUND IF THEY'RE TO REMAIN A HOPE OF WINNING THEIR FIRST EVER EUROPEAN CUP. FINALLY TONIGHT, TIM SOUTHEE'S TRANSITION FROM PLAYER TO COACH MAY BE A QUICK ONE ACCORDING TO REPORTS OUT OF THE UK. THE BBC ARE REPORTING SOUTHEE IS BEING LOOKED AT AS A PACE BOWLING CONSULTANT FOR ENGLAND'S UPCOMING HOME SUMMER. IF CONFIRMED, SOUTHEE WOULD COMPLETE A KIWI COACHING TRIO, JOINING HEAD COACH BRENDON MCCULLUM AND ASSISTANT COACH JETAL PATEL. THE MAKERS JUST GONE OVER THERE ARE NOW TAKEN ALL OUR TALENT. THANK YOU OLLIE. TRIPE IS KNOWN FOR ITS STOMACH-CHURNING STENCH AND AS A CHEAP YET POLARISING MEAL FROM GENERATIONS AGO. EXPLAINER EDITOR LLOYD BURR VISITS NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY REMAINING TRIPE CLUB TO SEE IF IT'S A DYING DELICACY OR MAKING A RESURGENCE. THIS IS TRIPE ` HONEYCOMB TRIPE, TO BE EXACT ` FROM THE SECOND STOMACH OF A COW. IT'S BEING PREPARED IN THE KITCHEN OF THE BIRKENHEAD RSA BY HEAD CHEF KELSEY SOUTHERN. IT STINKS. IT REALLY SMELLS BAD WHEN YOU'RE` WHEN IT'S BOILING. SHE DOES THIS ON THE LAST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FOR THE GATHERING OF WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE NEW ZEALAND'S LAST SURVIVING TRIPE CLUB. BUT, UM, TRIPE... TRIPE IS BEAUTIFUL. TRIPE ITSELF HAS NO TASTE. ROBYN HUNT HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH SHORE TRIPE AND ONION CLUB FOR DECADES. HE'S THE EVENING'S EMCEE AND TRIPE'S HYPE MAN. IF YOU PUT TRIPE AND YOU PUT ONIONS WITH IT, THAT GIVES IT THE TASTE. MEMBERSHIP SITTING AT AROUND 50 PEOPLE, AND IT'S CHEAP. WE CHARGE $15 A YEAR AND... 15? 15. ONE FIVE? ONE FIVE PER PERSON. YEAH, SO WE'RE NOT EXPENSIVE TO JOIN. YOU'VE GOT TO PAY FOR EACH MEAL, BUT THEY'RE DISCOUNTED, AND ON THE MENU TONIGHT IS TRIPE THREE WAYS ` FETTUCCINE TRIPE, ORIGINAL TRIPE AND ONION, AND SWEET AND SOUR BATTERED TRIPE. AND THE MEMBERS ARE RAVENOUS ` THE BAIN-MARIE GETTING A WORKOUT AND THE OLD-TIMERS RELISHING THEIR MONTHLY TRIPE FIX THAT'S PART DELICIOUS, PART NOSTALGIA AND PART SOCIALISING. IF YOU WANT TO TRY TRIPE. IF YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU LIKE TRIPE, THEN THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME AND EAT IT. ANGELA'S THE CLUB'S SECRETARY. HER SON IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND TECH WHIZ KID. AND SHOCK ALERT ` LIKE ME, HE'S NEVER TRIED TRIPE BEFORE... UNTIL NOW. I THINK IT'S JUST EASY TO SHOVE IT IN. (LAUGHS) MMM. I'M A TEXTURE PERSON, AND THAT'S A NO. MM. THE FLAVOUR IS FINE. I'M NOT CONVINCED, BUT I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. I'VE HAD WORSE. IT'S... IT'S NOT THE FLAVOUR. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN COMPARE IT TO. I DON'T THINK I'M A FAN. LUCKILY, THERE'S NON-TRIPE OPTIONS TOO, WHICH ALONG WITH THE RAFFLE, MAKES FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CAN STOMACH THE STOMACH. IMOGEN'S BACK, AND THERE'S MORE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS TO BE AWARE ABOUT. LAURA, WE'VE GOT WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF CANTERBURY AND KAIKOURA, WITH A HEAVY SNOW WARNING ALSO IN PLACE FOR HIGHER PARTS OF CANTERBURY. THERE'S ALSO SUPER STRONG SOUTHERLIES AROUND THE COASTAL REGIONS OF WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA, AND FERRY CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COOK STRAIT HAVE ALL BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FRIDAY. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. EVEN IF THE WEATHER ISN'T ON YOUR SIDE FOR A ROADIE, AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE WILL BE. AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. WE HAD SOME PRETTY STORMY CONDITIONS STARTING TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, BRINGING STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS, HEAVY RAINS AND CHOPPY SEAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO LOOKING COOLER TOO. IT'S GOING TO BE CLOUDY AND WET TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR THOSE OUT EAST, THERE IS PLENTY OF RAIN FORECAST, EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TO FRIDAY, AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST IN THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, WITH THE CONDITIONS IN WELLINGTON FOR THE NEXT DAY AND A HALF WILL BE SOMETHING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WITH THE TRIPLE THREAT OF WET WEATHER, STRONG SOUTHERLIES AND LARGE WAVES EXPECTED. TAKING A LOOK RIGHT UP TOP ` SHOWERS ARE STILL LINGERING AROUND HERE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. NORTHERLIES FOR HAMILTON. WESTERLIES EVERYWHERE ELSE, WHICH COULD APPROACH SEVERE GALES IN EXPOSED PLACES FOR AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND THE WAIKATO. NOW, PERIODS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS FOR ALL HERE. WHAKATANE, THEY COULD GET HEAVY AND THUNDERY IN THE MORNING. THINGS SHOULD CLEAR UP COME AFTERNOON. NOR- OR NOR'WESTERLIES TURNING SOU'WESTERLIES THEN TOO. ANOTHER WET MORNING HERE AS WELL, WITH STRONG SOU'WESTERLIES DEVELOPING LATE MORNING IN DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. NOW, THE ADVICE HERE IS TO SECURE ITEMS AROUND YOUR PROPERTY THAT COULD BE PICKED UP BY STRONG WINDS. HEAVY FALLS FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, KAPITI COAST AND WELLINGTON. STRONG SOU- AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS AROUND THIS AREA TOO, WITH THAT STRONG WIND WARNING IN PLACE FOR WELLINGTON ALL DAY AND SWELL WARNINGS IN THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND RAIN HERE SHOULD EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, WITH GALE SOU'EASTERLIES FOR ALL BELOW NELSON, EASING FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BLENHEIM, ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, YOUR RAIN SHOULD CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT WILL BE HEAVY FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND KAIKOURA, WITH STRONG GALY SOUTHERLIES AND SNOW POSSIBLE TO 700M IN CANTERBURY TOO. NOW, QUEENSTOWN'S THE COLDEST SPOT IN THE COUNTRY, WITH A HIGH OF 8 DEGREES TOMORROW. AND IT'S LOOKING CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER FOR EVERYONE, WITH FRESH SOUTHERLIES EASING IN THE EVENING. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAIN CENTRES, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD LIGHT SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR DUNEDIN. FRESH SOUTHERLIES HERE, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, IT'S RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS AND, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, POSSIBLE SNOW TO 700M. STRONG SOUTHERLIES FOR YOU TOO. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE CAPITAL TOO WITH SEVERE GALE SOUTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, GUSTING UP TO 130KM. NOW, THE LAST TIME WINDS HERE EXCEEDED 120 WAS 2013. SO TO REITERATE, IT'S GOING TO BE WINDY. HAWKE'S BAY, YOU'LL HAVE ONE OR TWO SHOWERS IN THE MORNING TURNING TO OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THAT WILL EASE COME EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS IN TAURANGA CLEARING TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. NOR'WESTERLIES TURNING TO FRESH SOU'WESTERLIES FOR THE AFTERNOON. HAMILTON, YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORNING SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT REMAINING CLOUDY. YOUR NORTHERLIES WILL TURN SOU'WESTERLIES LATE MORNING. AND IN AUCKLAND, IT'S MORE SHOWERS WITH LONG FINE BREAKS FROM THE AFTERNOON, WITH WESTERLIES RISING TO GALES OF UP TO 100km/h IN THE MORNING IN EXPOSED PLACES. A MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY'S ON THE CARDS IN AUSTRALIA. SHOWERS IN SYDNEY. AND MOSTLY WET IN THE PACIFIC TOO ` CLOUDY, THOUGH, FOR VANUATU AND NEW CALEDONIA. NOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THE END OF THE WEEK THROUGH TO THE WEEKEND ` FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE A BETTER DAY ACROSS THE BOARD WITH RAIN EASING IN MOST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND AND NOR'EASTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH MAY STILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. WELLINGTON, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL STILL HAVE ITS HEAVY RAIN WATCH IN PLACE UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COME SATURDAY, THOUGH, FAR MORE SETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO MOST REGIONS ACROSS THE MOTU, WITH JUST A FEW SCATTERED AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ABOUT WHICH I CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IN THE COMING DAYS AS THE FORECAST BECOMES CLEARER. NOW, PLENTY OF WEATHER TO KEEP AN EYE ON UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY, SO PLEASE DO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AS UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE AND NOT LEFT WITH YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS LIKE MT MAUNGANUI WAS THIS MORNING. VERY GOOD. THANKS SO MUCH, IMOGEN. THAT'S YOUR THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M LAURA TUPOU. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025