COMMUNITIES ARE CUT OFF, THE CHRISTCHURCH STATE OF EMERGENCY IS EXTENDED, AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS SITTING OVER PARTS OF CANTERBURY ` WE HAVE THE STATS FROM THE MAYDAY STORM. HIGH-PROFILE PROPERTY DEVELOPER SIR BOB JONES HAS DIED. FAMOUS ` AMONG OTHER THINGS ` FOR PUNCHING A JOURNALIST, WE LOOK AT HIS COLOURFUL PAST. WE EXAMINE JUST HOW MUCH TRAFFIC JAMS ARE COSTING OUR BIGGEST CITY ` AND SEE SOME SOLUTIONS. AND LATER, IN SPORT ` LISA CARRINGTON'S SET TO SKIP INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THIS YEAR; WE LOOK AT HER LONG-TERM PLAN. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI ` WELCOME TO THREENEWS. CHRISTCHURCH'S STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN EXTENDED, AND AS WE GO TO AIR TONIGHT, THE BANKS PENINSULA COMMUNITY OF LITTLE RIVER REMAINS CUT OFF. THERE ARE STILL HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT POWER IN CANTERBURY AND WELLINGTON, WHERE POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING WINDS WREAKED HAVOC. JULIET SPEEDY IS WITH US. JULIET, WHERE ARE THE MAJOR TROUBLE SPOTS TONIGHT? LOLOHEA HERE IN THE CENTRAL CITY YOU WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL. WE ARE UNDER CLEAR SKIES. THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR OTHER PARTS OF CANTERBURY, PARTICULARLY BANKS PENINSULA THAT IS LARGELY CUT OFF. IN TAI TAPU, THE LINE BETWEEN PADDOCK AND POND HAS OFFICIALLY VANISHED. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL A FARMER'S NORMAL NIGHTMARE, BUT WHEN THIS TAI TAPU PADDOCK TURNED INTO A LAKE, ONE LOCAL FARMER DECIDED TO ENJOY THE COMMUTE. COMMUTING, THOUGH, WASN'T EASY FOR SOME IN CANTERBURY TODAY. THIS MAN NEARLY DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH. THAT WAS A PRETTY BRAVE MANOEUVRE YOU PULLED OFF THEN. HOW WAS THAT? I DON'T THINK IT WAS BRAVE. I THINK IT WAS BLOODY MAD, ACTUALLY. I DIDN'T THINK IT LOOKED TOO BAD, BUT WHEN I GOT HALFWAY ACROSS, I WISHED I HADN'T BOTHERED. THE FOURTH-WETTEST DAY ON RECORD IN CHRISTCHURCH HAS IMPACTED SOME COMMUNITIES BADLY. IN SELWYN'S DOYLESTON, THE WATER DIDN'T KNOCK; IT WALKED RIGHT IN. TOTAL DEVASTATION INSIDE TOM DOWIE'S HOME. IT WAS PRETTY BAD. THE PLACE WAS SURROUNDED. THE WATER WAS GOING IN THE FRONT, COMING OUT THE BACK ` 6 TO 8 INCHES INSIDE. PRETTY DISAPPOINTING. HE SAYS IT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. THE COUNCIL KNEW THIS EVENT WAS COMING. YESTERDAY THE WEATHER WAS FINE ` PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR OPENING THE LAKE. SO IF THE LAKE WAS OPENED, THE BOGGY CREEK ACROSS THE ROAD WOULDN'T HAVE FLOODED, WOULDN'T HAVE BACKED UP, WOULDN'T HAVE COME ACROSS THE ROAD INTO ALL THESE SECTIONS. IT WAS BOTH SIDES OF DOYLESTON, AND IT CAME QUICKER. WE HAD IT ALL UNDER CONTROL, AND WE KEPT THE CULVERT OPEN. WE WENT OFF FOR LUNCH THINKING IT WAS ALL UNDER CONTROL AND CAME BACK, AND IT WAS FLOODED. CHRISTCHURCH'S RIVERS RAN HIGH AND WIDE, AND OFFICIALS KNOW JUST HOW CLOSE IT GOT. IF RAIN HAD GONE ON FOR MUCH LONGER, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DEEP STRIFE. IN LYTTELTON, ONE NEW BUILD MET THE HILLSIDE HEAD-ON; ITS OWNERS WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE. AND FORGET GETTING OVER THE HILL ` DYERS PASS WAS CLOSED DUE TO SLIPS. WHILE MOST OF THE CITY RECOVERED FAIRLY QUICKLY OVERNIGHT, YOU'LL SEE IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY ONCE YOU GET OUT RURALLY. WE'RE HERE IN TAI TAPU, ONLY 15 MINUTES OUT OF THE CITY, WHERE MUCH OF THE FARMLAND AND MANY STREETS REMAIN WELL UNDERWATER. VOLUNTEERS WERE OUT AND ABOUT ACROSS CANTERBURY. WE WILL COME IN AT THE BACK END TO SUPPORT, CLEAN UP THEIR SECTIONS, THEIR HOUSES ` ANYTHING THEY MIGHT NEED THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVEN'T DONE. PARTS OF BANKS PENINSULA STILL CUT OFF. TODAY I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE AIR AND GET AROUND THE SELWYN DISTRICT. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SURFACE FLOODING, WHICH WAS, OBVIOUSLY, EXPECTED, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF RAIN WE'VE HAD THE PAST 48 HOURS. WE LANDED AND WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE COMMUNITY IN LITTLE RIVER. THEY'VE BEEN RESILIENT. THEY HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. FURTHER NORTH, THE CLEAN-UP BEGINS AFTER YESTERDAY'S WEATHER BATTERED THE CAPITAL. POWER IS STILL OUT TO SOME PARTS. LINES OF DEBRIS FROM YESTERDAY'S STORM LITTER EASTBOURNE. YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE TRUCK HERE IS ON A DRY ROAD TODAY; LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO, THIS ROAD WASN'T VISIBLE. FLIGHTS RESUMED INTO WELLINGTON TODAY, BUT THE CHOPPY CONDITIONS NEAR LAND WERE CLEAR FROM THE AIR, MAKING THE DESCENT A LITTLE ROPEY. (CABIN RATTLES) BUT MOST ` LIKE THIS ONE ` WERE SUCCESSFUL. PLANE SPOTTING ON THE GROUND SHOWS YOU JUST HOW IMPRESSIVE THAT IS. WITH GALE SOUTHERLIES GUSTING 110km/h... (WIND GUSTS) ...FILMING THE PLANES NO EASY TASK. THE PERTH GLORY FOOTBALL TEAM NEVER MADE IT, SO TONIGHT'S MATCH AGAINST THE PHOENIX HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SUNDAY. MANY EVENTS BACK IN THE SOUTH ALSO CALLED OFF ` LOOKS LIKE RUGBY'S ON HOLD AT WAIHORA RUGBY CLUB ` BUT THERE'S ALWAYS JET-BOATING. JULIET, BANKS PENINSULA IS LARGELY CUT OFF, AND THERE'S A RISK IN AKAROA TONIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. IT HAS A HAZARD THAT IS REALLY WORRYING AUTHORITIES. A GIANT CRACK HAS COME UP ALONG THE HILLSIDE. PROPERTIES AROUND LIGHTHOUSE ROAD HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVACUATED AND THEY HAVEN'T RULED OUT FURTHER EVACUATIONS. THEY HAVE HAD TEAMS OUT THERE ALL DAY. THEY ARE STILL UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL NEED TO DRY OUT FOR A FEW DAYS YET. MEANWHILE, IN AUCKLAND, THERE WAS SOME BRIEF WILD WEATHER FROM AROUND LUNCHTIME. LIGHTNING STRUCK THE SKY TOWER ` JUST ONE OF AROUND 160 LIGHTNING STRIKES FOR THE SUPERCITY; HAIL ` SOME AS BIG AS 20mm IN DIAMETER ` AND HEAVY RAIN SWEPT ACROSS THE CITY, WITH SURFACE FLOODING IN AREAS TOO. IMOGEN, YOU'VE GOT SOME STATS ON ALL THE WEATHER WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS? I DO, LAURA. THEY SHOW THERE WAS A LOT OF RAIN AND A LOT OF WIND. CANTERBURY GOT UP TO 200mm OF RAIN BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY; BANKS PENINSULA GOT UP TO 300mm. THE WETTEST PARTS OF WELLINGTON RECORDED BETWEEN 120mm AND 150mm IN THAT SAME THREE-DAY TIME FRAME, WITH WAVES MEASURING 12M ` 12M! ` OFF THE CAPITAL'S SOUTHERN COAST. WIND-WISE, WELLINGTON AIRPORT GOT ITS STRONGEST SOUTHERLY SINCE 2013, WITH 118km/h WINDS, AND THE TOP OF MT KAUKAU IN KHANDALLAH RECORDED A GUST OF 168km/h BEFORE THE BAD WEATHER FORCED IT OFFLINE. I'LL BE BACK LATER FOR MORE ON WHAT'S COMING UP. TO THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS NOW, AND PROPERTY MAGNATE SIR BOB JONES HAS DIED, AGED 85. SIR BOB WAS FAMOUS FOR PUNCHING JOURNALIST ROD VAUGHAN AND FOR FOUNDING AN UNSUCCESSFUL POLITICAL PARTY. HE LIVED A COLOURFUL LIFE AND OFTEN COURTED CONTROVERSY. A STATEMENT FROM FAMILY SAID HE DIED PEACEFULLY AT HOME SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. WHEN REPORTERS USED A HELICOPTER TO TRACK BOB JONES TO A REMOTE VALLEY IN TAUPO 40 YEARS AGO, THE FORMER BOXER CAME OUT FIGHTING AND NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION HISTORY WAS MADE. GET THE (BLEEP) OUT OF HERE! ALL RIGHT. NO NEED TO... WELL, THIS IS WHERE WE FOUND BOB JONES, BY THE BANKS OF THE RIVER HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT FOR OUR TROUBLES. JONES WAS CONVICTED OF ASSAULT AND FINED $1000 ` AND, FAMOUSLY, ASKED THE JUDGE IF HE COULD PAY $2000 MORE TO DO IT AGAIN. FOUR YEARS LATER, THE MILLIONAIRE PROPERTY DEVELOPER WAS KNIGHTED. HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST PROPERTY AGED 22 AND WAS WORTH MORE THAN A BILLION BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HE ALSO DABBLED IN POLITICS, FORMING THE NEW ZEALAND PARTY, WHICH WON NO SEATS BUT HELPED BRING LABOUR INTO GOVERNMENT IN 1984. SIR BOB BECAME INCREASINGLY FAMOUS FOR HIS UNGUARDED COMMENTS. I WANT TO TELL ANTI-MAORI JOKES. I WANT TO TELL ANTI-IRISH JOKES. IN 2015, HE WAS REMOVED FROM AN AIR NEW ZEALAND FLIGHT. EXCUSE ME, SIR BOB, WERE YOU REMOVED FROM A FLIGHT EARLIER TODAY? I SAID I HAD NO COMMENT. WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THE CABIN CREW? OH, DON'T BE CHILDISH. HIS OPINIONS IN A COLUMN FOR THE NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW IN 2018 ALSO LANDED HIM IN HOT WATER. IN IT, HE CALLED FOR A NEW PUBLIC HOLIDAY CALLED 'MAORI GRATITUDE DAY', WHERE MAORI WOULD BRING PEOPLE BREAKFAST IN BED AND DO OTHER HOUSEHOLD CHORES. NOW, THIS IS CHILDISH, TO SAY THAT'S HATE SPEECH. IT'S OBVIOUSLY FACETIOUS. THE COLUMN PROMPTED CALLS FOR HIS KNIGHTHOOD TO BE REVOKED; A PETITION ORGANISED BY FILMMAKER RENAE MAIHI GATHERED 90,000 SIGNATURES. ...I FEEL ABOUT MAIHI'S UNFORGIVEABLE AND DISGRACEFUL, PERSONAL ATTENTION-SEEKING EFFORTS AT MY EXPENSE. SIR BOB TOOK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MAIHI FOR DEFAMATION BUT WITHDRAW HIS CASE AFTER FIVE DAYS. SIR BOB IS SURVIVED BY NINE CHILDREN, THOUGH HE NEVER PUBLICLY CONFIRMED HOW MANY HE ACTUALLY HAD. LOOK, PLEASE GET OUT OF THE WAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REMOVED HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, MIKE WALTZ. HE'S THE ONE WHO SOMEHOW INCLUDED A JOURNALIST IN A CHAT GROUP ABOUT SECRET MILITARY PLANS. WALTZ HAS NOW BEEN SHUFFLED SIDEWAYS AS THE NOMINEE FOR U.N. AMBASSADOR. ITV'S DAN RIVERS HAS MORE. HAVE A GOOD DAY! AS MIKE WALTZ LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE, HIS DAY WAS ABOUT TO GET SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE. HE WAS CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM A PRAYER MEETING IN THE ROSE GARDEN. THE PRESIDENT FULL OF GUSHING PRAISE FOR THE MAN ABOUT TO TEMPORARILY REPLACE HIM. MARCO RUBIO ` UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE. MARCO ` WHEN I HAVE A PROBLEM, I CALL UP MARCO; HE GETS IT SOLVED. THIS AFTERNOON CAME THE CONFIRMATION, DONALD TRUMP POSTING WALTZ'S DEMOTION TO U.N. AMBASSADOR AND CONFIRMING MARCO RUBIO 'WILL SERVE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR WHILE CONTINUING 'HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.' DONALD IS NOT GONNA MAKE AMERICA GREAT; HE'S GONNA MAKE AMERICA ORANGE! (LAUGHTER, CHEERING) RUBIO'S RISE UNDER TRUMP HAS SURPRISED SOME... LITTLE MARCO RUBIO ` HE'S A TOTAL DISASTER. ...AFTER A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN IN WHICH BOTH MEN MADE JOKES AT EACH OTHER'S EXPENSE. HAVE YOU SEEN HIS HANDS? THEY'RE LIKE THIS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT MEN WITH SMALL HANDS. (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMS) YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM! YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM. I COULD GRAB THAT GUY LIKE NOTHING ` BOOM! ` HOLD HIM UP. AND, LOOK, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. I BUILT THE GROUP. MIKE WALTZ'S FALL FROM GRACE WAS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE SO-CALLED SIGNALGATE SCANDAL, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY INCLUDED A JOURNALIST ON A SENSITIVE GROUP CHAT... (ENGINE ROARS) ...ABOUT MISSILE STRIKES IN YEMEN. TODAY, TRUMP'S LOYALISTS DIDN'T EXACTLY SEEM UPSET BY HIS DEPARTURE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PRESIDENT DECIDES WHO HE WANTS ON HIS TEAM, AND HE MADE THAT DECISION. WAS IT THE RIGHT DECISION, AFTER SIGNALGATE? THAT'S A DECISION FOR THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE, AND HE'S MADE IT. DEMOCRATS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE LOSS OF EXPERIENCE INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, HE WAS TRAINED IN THE MILITARY ` SUPERBLY TRAINED IN THE MILITARY; VERY RESPONSIBLE GUY ` AND I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE WORRIED THAT HE MAY BE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY FIRMAMENT WHO WAS GIVING DONALD TRUMP HONEST ADVICE, AND THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SORT OF GOING ALONG WITH THE ETHIC THAT YOU CAN OBSERVE IN THE CABINET MEETINGS, WHICH IS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE FIRST 50% OF YOUR TIME PRAISING THE DEAR LEADER. MIKE WALTZ'S DEPARTURE IS LEAVING MANY CONCERNED DONALD TRUMP IS LOSING ONE OF THE FEW ADVISERS WHO DOESN'T TRUST RUSSIA. THAT COULD HAVE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN MANY PLACES, INCLUDING UKRAINE. JUST OVER 100 DAYS IN, AND DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST A KEY CONSIGLIERE. NOW THE WORLD IS WAITING TO SEE WHO WILL REPLACE HIM ` AND WHAT THAT SUGGESTS ABOUT THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF DONALD TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY. AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING, MIKE WALTZ WAS ON TV PROMOTING AMERICA'S LONG-AWAITED AGREEMENT WITH UKRAINE ON MINERALS AND ENERGY. IT'S A DEAL THAT'S MORE FAVOURABLE TO UKRAINE THAN MOST PEOPLE COULD HAVE IMAGINED AFTER THAT FEBRUARY FALLOUT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. ITV'S GERAINT VINCENT EXPLAINS. DON'T TELL US WHAT WE'RE GONNA FEEL. I'M NOT TELLING YOU. I'M ASKING AN HONEST QUESTION. BECAUSE YOU'RE IN NO POSITION TO DICTATE THAT. REMEMBER THIS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. GETTING THIS DEAL DONE HAS BEEN HARD. MR ZELENSKYY WAS SUPPOSED TO SIGN IT IN WASHINGTON IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD POSITION. I WAS` I WASN'T` YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW. BUT SEVEN WEEKS LATER, IN THE VATICAN FOR THE POPE'S FUNERAL, THE TWO PRESIDENTS HAD ANOTHER, MUCH MORE CONSTRUCTIVE MEETING, AND LAST NIGHT, THEIR MINISTERS PUT PEN TO PAPER ` THE U.S.-UKRAINIAN RELATIONSHIP APPARENTLY RESTORED. TODAY'S AGREEMENT SIGNALS CLEARLY TO RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED TO A PEACE PROCESS CENTRED ON A FREE, SOVEREIGN AND PROSPEROUS UKRAINE OVER THE LONG TERM. IT'S TIME FOR THIS CRUEL AND SENSELESS WAR TO END. THAT IS THE MOST PRO-UKRAINE LANGUAGE TO EMERGE FROM THE SECOND TRUMP PRESIDENCY SINCE IT BEGAN, AND IT'S BASED ON A DEAL TO SHARE THE PROFITS FROM FUTURE SALES OF UKRAINE'S MINERAL AND ENERGY RESERVES. FROM THE UKRAINIAN POINT OF VIEW, ITS TERMS ARE MUCH IMPROVED ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS. UKRAINE WON'T HAVE TO PAY AMERICA BACK FOR THE AID IT'S ALREADY RECEIVED, AND THERE'S TOUGHER LANGUAGE ON PUTIN; THE AGREEMENT REFERS TO 'THE RUSSIAN WAR MACHINE'. THE U.S. TAKES A CUT OF UKRAINIAN RESOURCES, BUT KYIV DECIDES WHAT'S MINED AND WHERE. WASHINGTON HAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED UKRAINE'S INTENTION TO JOIN THE EU, BUT THE DEAL DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPLICIT AMERICAN COMMITMENT TO UKRAINE'S DEFENCE. (SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS WELCOMED THE DEAL, HOPING IT'LL SECURE THE WEAPONS SUPPLIES HIS COUNTRY SO BADLY NEEDS. IN FACT, THERE'S MUCH YET TO BE CLARIFIED ` ACROSS A WAR-TORN LAND, NO ONE'S REALLY SURE WHERE EXACTLY THE MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE; MUCH OF THEM MAY BE IN GROUND CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA. STILL, FOR UKRAINIANS, IT'S NOT THE DETAILS BUT THE SYMBOLISM WHICH MATTERS. THE DEAL BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND UKRAINE SHOWS THAT WE CAN STILL TRUST UNITED STATES AS THE PARTNER OF THE WESTERN WORLD, AND RUSSIA IS NOT A PARTNER. NO SIGN, MEANWHILE, OF ANY SERIOUS RUSSIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH CEASEFIRE PROPOSALS ` ITS MISSILES CONTINUE TO RAIN DOWN ON UKRAINE'S CITIES. THIS MINERALS DEAL WAS DONE BY A COUNTRY DESPERATE FOR SUPPORT WITH AN ALLY WHO NOW WANTS TO GET PAID. THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND HAS ORDERED WESTPAC BANK TO PAY A $3.25M PENALTY FOR MISLEADING CUSTOMERS. ZANE SMALL IS WITH ME NOW. ZANE, WHAT HAPPENED? WESTPAC SELF REPORTED THIS TO THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AUTHORITY IN DECEMBER AFTER FINDING SOME PACKAGES HAD NOT BEEN DELIVERED TO SOME CUSTOMERS. THAT RESULTED IN $6.35 MILLION AND OVERCHARGES. THE JUDGE SAID WESTPAC USES PREFERENTIAL PRICING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN CUSTOMERS WITHOUT HAVING SYSTEMS THAT WERE DELIVERING ON THOSE PROMISES. WESTPAC TOLD US ALL CUSTOMERS HAD BEEN REMEDIATED. ULTIMATELY, WESTPAC IS PAYING THE PENALTY AT A COST OF $3M. AND, ZANE, SPEAKING OF COST, THERE'S BEEN SOME DEVELOPMENTS WITH AUCKLAND'S BILLION-DOLLAR CONGESTION ISSUE? THAT'S RIGHT. CONGESTION WILL COST AUCKLAND $2.6B A YEAR BY 2026. AND FOR ONE OF THE CITY'S BUSIEST ROADS, CONGESTION IS SO BAD THAT AUTHORITIES TODAY SAID ITS CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT WANTS TO RESTRICT RIGHT-HAND TURNS AT BOTTLENECK INTERSECTIONS OF DOMINION RD AND EXTEND BUS LANE HOURS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW. THE CITY'S LEADERS ARE PLEADING WITH AUCKLANDERS TO CONSIDER SIMEON BROWN HAS SAID TO TAKE ON FEEDBACK AUCKLAND TRANSPORT IS LOOKING AT RESTRICTING RIGHT-HAND TURNS AT BOTTLENECK INTERSECTIONS OF DOMINION ROAD AND EXTENDING BUS LANE HOURS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW. BUT THE MINISTER FOR AUCKLAND, SIMEON BROWN, HAS GIVEN THE TRANSPORT BODY A POINTED REMINDER TO LISTEN TO PUBLIC FEEDBACK. THE MINISTER FOR AUCKLAND GREETING THE DEPUTY MAYOR IN THE LEAFY SUBURB OF ORAKEI TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE FINAL STAGE OF A WALKING AND CYCLING PATH. HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT A CYCLEWAY. JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL, THE PATH WILL CONNECT THE CITY'S EASTERN SUBURBS TO THE CBD. A SAFE COMMUTING ALTERNATIVE FOR THOUSANDS OF AUCKLANDERS, FREEING THE ROADS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO DRIVE. WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE TO CYCLE, TO WALK OR TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT ON ONE OF AUCKLAND'S BUSIEST ARTERIALS, DOMINION ROAD, AUCKLAND TRANSPORT TODAY ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO EXPAND BUS LANE HOURS TO BEGIN AT 3pm RATHER THAN 4pm AND RESTRICT RIGHT-HAND TURNS AT BOTTLENECK INTERSECTIONS. WHILE AUCKLAND'S POPULATION HAS GROWN RAPIDLY, DOMINION ROAD HASN'T; IT'S NARROW, AND THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT CAN FIT THROUGH IT EACH DAY ` ROUGHLY 25,000 ` HASN'T CHANGED, AND AUTHORITIES SAY IT CANNOT FIT ANY MORE. OUR CONCERN IS THAT AUCKLAND TRANSPORT DOESN'T LISTEN TO WHAT AUCKLANDERS NEED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING GOVERNANCE CHANGES TO THE WAY DECISIONS ARE MADE. AND SO MY MESSAGE TO AUCKLAND TRANSPORT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY ENGAGE CLOSELY WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. BUS LANES CAN BE REALLY POSITIVE FROM A PRODUCTIVITY POINT OF VIEW. HOWEVER, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE COUNCILS TO LOOK AT SPECIAL VEHICLE LANES, WHICH ALSO ALLOW TRUCK AND FREIGHT VEHICLES. TRANSPORTING NEW ZEALAND IS SEEKING A SIMILAR CARVE-OUT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S LEGISLATION TO ENABLE TIME-OF-USE CHARGING. THE IDEA IS THAT DRIVERS WOULD PAY A FEE FOR USING BUSY ROADS AT BUSY TIMES, WITH THE CHARGE ACTING AS A DETERRENT AND THEREFORE FREEING UP TRAFFIC. IF A BIG PART OF THE SELL IS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON PRICES AND GOODS, LOOK AT EXEMPTING FREIGHT, BECAUSE THOSE BENEFITS ARE GONNA BE PASSED ON TO ALL CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES. LEGISLATION'S GOING THROUGH PARLIAMENT NOW, SO THAT'S GOING THROUGH SELECT COMMITTEE; HEARING SUBMISSIONS WILL BE THE NEXT STAGE, AND THEN MAKING, POTENTIALLY, CHANGES TO THAT. ONCE THAT'S IMPLEMENTED, THAT'LL THEN TAKE TIME TO ACTUALLY COME INTO EFFECT. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE AND FREIGHT QUICKLY AND SAFELY AROUND OUR CITY; THAT'S A MECHANISM AND A TOOL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND HIS PRESENCE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TODAY PERHAPS IS A RECOGNITION THAT A WALKING AND CYCLING PATH IS A MECHANISM TO FREE UP ROADS. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` A NEW ZEALANDER WHO'S BEEN IN A BALI PRISON FOR A DECADE COULD BE FREED BY CHRISTMAS. ANTONY DE MALMANCHE HAS ALWAYS SAID HE IS A ROMANCE SCAM VICTIM. AND WE MEET ONE OF THE FRONTRUNNERS FOR THE CONCLAVE, WHICH BEGINS NEXT WEEK. COULD THE NEXT POPE COME FROM AFRICA? A NEW ZEALAND MAN WHO'S BEEN IN A BALI PRISON FOR A DECADE AFTER ALLEGEDLY FALLING VICTIM TO A ROMANCE SCAM COULD BE HOME BY CHRISTMAS. ANTONY DE MALMANCHE, SEEN HERE IN 2014, WAS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING. HE'S ALWAYS INSISTED HE BELIEVED HE WAS MEETING A WOMAN HE'D MET ONLINE. DE MALMANCHE, WHO TURNS 63 LATER THIS MONTH, IS DUE FOR RELEASE FROM BALI'S NOTORIOUS KEROBOKAN PRISON IN 2028. BUT HIS LAWYER, CRAIG TUCK, TOLD STUFF HE MET WITH HIS CLIENT AND INDONESIAN OFFICIALS LAST MONTH, AND IDEALLY, HE'D BE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE MUSHROOM MURDER TRIAL CONTINUES TO GRIP AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD. THE PROSECUTION HAS OPENED ITS CASE AGAINST ERIN PATTERSON, WHO'S ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND'S PARENTS AND AUNT BY SERVING THEM BEEF WELLINGTON MADE WITH POISONED MUSHROOMS. PATTERSON'S FORMER HUSBAND, SIMON, WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TO GIVE EVIDENCE, TELLING THE COURT HE'D FELT 'TOO UNCOMFORTABLE' TO ATTEND THE FATAL LUNCH. CHANNEL FOUR'S AMELIA JENNE HAS MORE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THE TRIAL OF ERIN PATTERSON BEGINS TODAY. FIRST ` TO BREAKING NEWS FROM THE MUSHROOM MEAL MURDER TRIAL. ARRIVING AT COURT TODAY WHERE HIS ESTRANGED WIFE STANDS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS FAMILY. THE TRIAL'S FIRST WITNESS, SIMON PATTERSON, TOLD THE JURY HE, TOO, WAS INVITED TO THE LUNCH, WHERE SHE SERVED UP DEADLY MUSHROOMS IN A BEEF WELLINGTON ` SOMETHING ERIN PATTERSON DENIES, PREVIOUSLY TELLING REPORTERS IT WAS ALL AN ACCIDENT. IN THE DAYS AFTER ERIN'S MEAL, SIMON'S PARENTS, DON AND GAIL PATTERSON, AS WELL AS HIS AUNT HEATHER WILKINSON, DIED. ONLY HIS UNCLE IAN RECOVERED FOLLOWING A LIVER TRANSPLANT. HE TOLD POLICE ALL FOUR HAD BEEN SERVED INDIVIDUAL BEEF WELLINGTONS OFF LARGE GREY PLATES, WHILE ERIN ATE HERS OFF A SMALL, LIGHTER-COLOURED PLATE. THEIRS CONTAINED THE DEADLY DEATH CAP MUSHROOM, WHICH LOOKS SIMILAR TO MANY EDIBLE MUSHROOMS BUT CONTAINS DANGEROUS TOXINS. WITHIN HOURS OF BEING EATEN, THEY CAN CAUSE... ALL FOUR OF ERIN PATTERSON'S GUESTS WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE COURT HEARD SHE'D INVITED HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY TO HER HOME FOR LUNCH TO DISCUSS A RECENT CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND HOW TO TELL THEIR CHILDREN ` A DIAGNOSIS THAT LATER PROVED TO BE UNTRUE. SIMON PATTERSON SAID THEY HAD AN AMICABLE SEPARATION BUT HAD RECENTLY FALLEN OUT. TEXT MESSAGES THEY EXCHANGED IN THE RUN-UP TO THE MEAL WERE READ TO THE COURT, WITH HIM TELLING HER... SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE ALLEGED MURDERS, ERIN PATTERSON WAS ARRESTED. THE PROSECUTION SAID A PHONE SEIZED DURING THE POLICE INVESTIGATION WAS SUBJECT TO A REMOTE FACTORY RESET DURING THEIR SEARCH OF HER HOUSE. THEY TOLD THE COURT HER PHONE DATA SUGGESTS HER TWICE VISITING AREAS WHERE DEATH CAPS HAD BEEN REPORTED. SHE WAS ALSO CAPTURED ON CCTV AT A DUMP, THROWING AWAY A MUSHROOM DEHYDRATOR SHE SHARED PHOTOS OF WITH FACEBOOK FRIENDS ` TELLING THEM SHE USED IT FOR COOKING. THIS DESPITE TELLING POLICE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ONE AND HAD NEVER FORAGED FOR MUSHROOMS. THE APPLIANCE CONTAINED TRACES OF THE DEADLY FUNGI. ERIN'S DEFENCE SAYS SHE LIED ONLY BECAUSE SHE WAS PANICKED AFTER HER GUESTS' DEATHS, AND SAID THINGS THAT WERE NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE OF PUBLIC SCRUTINY. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE MEAL? ERIN? YOU NEED TO LEAVE. SHE CRIED AS THE COURT HEARD HOW CLOSE SHE WAS TO HER IN-LAWS AND TO HER CHILDREN. THE PROSECUTION SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE DISCUSSING A MOTIVE, RATHER PROVING THAT SHE INTENDED TO KILL THEM. SHE, MEANWHILE, MAINTAINS THIS WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. THERE ARE JUST HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS. MOST POLLS PUT THE RULING LABOUR PARTY IN FRONT, BUT IT'S FAR FROM CERTAIN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GOVERN ALONE; EXPERTS BELIEVE THEY'LL NEED INDEPENDENTS TO GET THEM OVER THE LINE. HERE'S ADAM AGAIN. A LAST POLL AND A SLIVER OF HOPE FOR COALITION LEADER PETER DUTTON, THE NUMBERS TIGHTENING ` BUT NOT ENOUGH. THOSE NUMBERS, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ANTHONY ALBANESE MINORITY GOVERNMENT. PROBABLY A MINORITY GOVERNMENT FOR LABOUR, MAYBE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE THE CONSENSUS. PETER DUTTON IN ADELAIDE SHORING UP HIS VOTE, PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE ON THE BREAKFAST TV ROUND. IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU READ, THOUGH, UM, THERE IS NO PATH TO VICTORY FOR YOU ON SATURDAY. CARL, I THINK THIS HAS REALLY GOT THE ECHOES OF 2019, WHERE THE PUBLISHED POLLING WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MARGINAL SEATS. AH, 2019, WHEN SCOTT MORRISON PULLED OFF A REMARKABLE VICTORY. BUT AAP'S DOM GIANNINI SAYS THAT WAS PROBABLY A ONE-OFF. DOM, IS THIS ONE ALL OVER BAR THE SHOUTING? NO. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL OVER. WE'VE SEEN SOME SURPRISES ON ELECTION NIGHT BEFORE, AND THAT COULD VERY WELL BE THE CASE. THERE'S A LOT OF SEATS HERE THAT ARE VERY MARGINAL AND COULD GO DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT'S NOT ALL OVER, BUT CERTAINLY LABOUR'S IN POLE POSITION TO WIN THIS ONE. LABOUR IN POLE POSITION TO WIN A MINORITY GOVERNMENT OR A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT? MINORITY'S MORE LIKELY, UM, BUT IT COULD BE A MAJORITY. THEY ARE OUTSIDE ODDS FOR A MAJORITY. UM, SO, I MEAN, DEPENDS HOW SOME OF THE SEATS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE ON THE NIGHT AND WHAT FLIPS WHERE, BUT THE, UM` I THINK THE MORE LIKELY IS MINORITY, BUT THERE'S STILL A CHANCE THEY COULD GET ABOVE 76 SEATS. PETER DUTTON IS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT HIS OWN SEAT, LET ALONE THE ELECTION. PETER, YOU'RE ALSO IN DANGER. WHAT IS IT, 1.6, YOUR MARGIN IN DIXON? WHAT IF YOU END UP LOSING YOUR SEAT? OH, SARAH, LOOK, IT'S` IT'S A TIGHT SEAT. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. PETER DUTTON HAS APPEARED ON TELEVISION THIS MORNING. LOOKED FAIRLY DEFLATED, THOUGH, DIDN'T HE? UH, YES. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE POLLS, I THINK IT'S HARD TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC, ALTHOUGH THEY SAY INTERNAL POLLS ARE DIFFERENT. BUT A PATHWAY TO A MAJORITY IS... IT'S BARELY A GO TRACK, I THINK, AT THE MOMENT FOR THE LIBERALS. WHEREAS IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH ALBO'S DEMEANOUR... I KNOW THEY SAY NOTHING IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED, AND THERE ARE THE SCARS OF 2019 FOR LABOUR, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING MORE AND MORE OPTIMISTIC, ESPECIALLY AT HOME. THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS NOT A SHOO-IN BUT A GOOD BET FOR LABOUR. STILL AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` THE CONCLAVE BEGINS NEXT WEEK. WE MEET ONE OF THE CARDINALS WHO IS BEING SEEN AS A FRONTRUNNER IN THE SACRED SELECTION PROCESS. LATER ` AS THE LIVE AID MOVEMENT PREPARES TO MARK ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WE SEE HOW THE FOUNDERS ARE TAKING THEIR MESSAGE TO NEW AUDIENCES. AND LATER IN SPORT ` GOLDEN GIRL LISA CARRINGTON TAKES A YEAR OFF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION BUT STILL HAS THE OLYMPICS IN HER SIGHTS. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CHRISTCHURCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED, AND PARTS OF CANTERBURY REMAIN BADLY AFFECTED BY FLOODS AND WEATHER DAMAGE. COLOURFUL AND PROMINENT WELLINGTON BUSINESSMAN SIR BOB JONES HAS DIED AGED 85. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REMOVED HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, MIKE WALTZ. NEXT WEEK, THE PROCESS TO CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE WILL BEGIN. ONE OF THE CARDINALS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT IS PETER TURKSON FROM GHANA. IF SELECTED, CARDINAL TURKSON WOULD BE THE FIRST AFRICAN POPE FOR 1500 YEARS AND HAIL FROM A CONTINENT HOME TO A FIFTH OF WORLD'S 1.4 BILLION CATHOLICS. HOME TO A FIFTH OF THE WORLD'S 1.4 BILLION CATHOLICS. ITV'S RACHEL TOWNSEND IS IN GHANA. 4000 MILES FROM ROME AND A WORLD AWAY FROM THE OPULENCE OF THE VATICAN IS CAPE COAST, GHANA. (MEN CHANT) ONCE A PLACE USED BY THE BRITISH TO EXPORT SLAVES, NOW A BUSTLING FISHING TOWN THAT COULD SOON COME UNDER GLOBAL FOCUS. IT IS ALSO HOME TO ST PETER'S SEMINARY, WHERE HUNDREDS OF PRIESTS ARE TRAINED. ONE, AS A STUDENT, THEN SCHOLAR, WAS PETER TURKSON. THE SON OF A CARPENTER AND GUITARIST IN A FUNK BAND NOW A LEADING CARDINAL, A PEACE AND CLIMATE CAMPAIGNER AND IN LINE FOR THE PAPACY. OH, CARDINAL TURKSON WAS FULL OF LIFE. HE USED TO TEACH THE CURRENT RECTOR HERE. WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU THINK HE'LL WANT TO TAKE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN? THE CHURCH FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THE CHURCH FOR THE MARGINALISED, THE CHURCH FOR THE POOR. THE CHURCH IS ACTUALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT NOBODY WANTS TO TALK TO. ALTHOUGH AFFIRMING TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC VIEWS ON MARRIAGE, CARDINAL TURKSON HAS CALLED FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOMOSEXUALITY. THE LINE THAT FRANCIS USED WAS, 'WHO AM I TO JUDGE?' IS THAT SOMETHING` DO YOU THINK`? HE WILL CONTINUE FROM THAT LINE. HIS STORY CONTINUES TO INSPIRE STUDENTS TODAY. THE FIRST BLACK POPE... IT'S HUGE. HISTORIC. IT WILL BE HISTORICAL. SOMETHING HISTORICAL. AND I THINK AFRICA WILL BE PROUD. YES. GOD WILL BE PROUD. AND THIS INSTITUTION WILL BE VERY, VERY PROUD. AND PRIDE HAS SPREAD BEYOND THE SEMINARY. THE NEXT POPE COULD BE GHANAIAN. YES. AND WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO YOU? IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE I'M A CATHOLIC MYSELF. SO WE WILL BE HAPPY, SO MUCH HAPPY. A POPE FROM HERE? I WANT IT, AND I NEED IT TOO. THE ENTHUSIASM COMES AS NO SURPRISE. THIS CONTINENT IS WHERE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IS GROWING FASTEST. AND THEY SEE CARDINAL TURKSON AS ONE OF THEIR OWN. HAVING HIM IN THE PAPAL OFFICE WOULD NOT ONLY GIVE THEM A VOICE; THEY HOPE IT WILL HELP CHANGE OUTDATED STEREOTYPES ABOUT AFRICA. WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR JESUS CHRIST. THE FAITHFUL HERE BELIEVE THOSE DECIDING THE NEXT POPE WILL BE GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN A CONTINENT LONG EXPLOITED, AN AFRICAN PONTIFF COULD OFFER REAL HOPE AND RENEWAL. LUCY'S IN WITH SPORT. A TRANS-TASMAN HOOPS SHOWDOWN INCOMING? LAURA, IT'S BEEN ALMOST TEN YEARS SINCE THE TALL BLACKS PLAYED A SERIES AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN BOOMERS. BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE NEXT WEEK. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. PLUS, WELLINGTON'S WILD WEATHER CAUSES DISRUPTION TO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE A-LEAGUE. AND SHE'S VOWED TO BE ON THE START LINE AT THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS, BUT DAME LISA CARRINGTON WON'T BE RACING INTERNATIONALLY THIS YEAR. # What a time to be into Country.. # VOICEOVER: with Spark Mobile. VOICEOVER: What a time to be into combos. Spark Mobile. VOICEOVER: Cheesy Bites are back. For a limited tiiiime. Oh hi Mr Stephenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. VOICEOVER: # What a time to be into # one-hit-wonders with Spark Mobile. # # IT'S A FRENCH DAY. # IT'S A NICE DAY... # MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, WITH SUZUKI IGNIS AND THREENEWS SPORT. IT'S BEEN ALMOST 10 YEARS SINCE THE TALL BLACKS FACED THE AUSTRALIAN BOOMERS IN A TRANS-TASMAN SERIES, BUT THAT WILL ALL CHANGE NEXT WEEK, WHEN THEY FACE OFF IN THREE MATCHES. THE CANTERBURY RAMS HAVE SEVEN PLAYERS TAKING PART IN THE SERIES; AMONG THEM, BROTHERS KAIA AND TAMA ISAAC, BOTH BORN IN AUSTRALIA BUT REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT RUNS HIGH FOR BOTH KAIA AND YOUNGER BROTHER TAMA ISAAC. WHO WINS ONE ON ONE? OH, OBVIOUSLY ME. COME ON, NOW. YOU KNOW, THE BIG BRO. COME ON. (LAUGHS) IT'S ME. (CHUCKLES) WHY? WHAT'S THE SECRET? WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR GAME? I JUST GOT MORE DOG IN ME. (LAUGHS) THEY'LL NEED PLENTY OF THAT NEXT WEEK ` BOTH PART OF THE TALL BLACKS SQUAD TO TAKE ON AUSTRALIA IN THREE TESTS STARTING WEDNESDAY. AND ONE FRIEND WILL BECOME FOE ` RAMS FORWARD KYLE BOWEN IS, AS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL FROM HIS OUTSTANDING MOUSTACHE, AN AUSTRALIAN. YEAH, I THINK THE MOUSTACHE/MULLET COMBO HAS KINDA BECOME AN AUSTRALIAN STAPLE, SO IF IT'S A WAY I CAN REPRESENT MY COUNTRY, I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO DO IT. TECHNICALLY, THERE'S QUITE THE AUSSIE CONTINGENT AT THE RAMS. THAT'S BECAUSE BOTH ISAAC BROTHERS WERE BORN AND RAISED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH, ONLY MOVING CHRISTCHURCH A FEW YEARS AGO. FULL-BLOWN KIWI, TO BE HONEST, BUT... OBVIOUSLY GREW UP THERE, BUT, I MEAN, I'D SAY FULL-BLOWN KIWI. YEAH, YEAH, BORN OVER THERE, BUT WE'RE KIWIS, SO, UH... (CHUCKLES) YOU THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WERE SO KEEN TO GET YOUR BROTHER IN QUICKLY, SO THE AUSSIES COULDN'T GRAB HIM? YEAH, 100%. HAD TO DO THAT. BORN IN AUSSIE. MM. CONTROVERSIAL? YEAH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SOFT SPOT, A LITTLE WEAKNESS FOR THEM, SO I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK. UM... DID YOU GUYS MISS OUT? NAH, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT. I WOULDN'T SAY ALL THAT. (LAUGHS) JUST 18 AND HAVING ALREADY REPRESENTED THE TALL BLACKS ` IT MIGHT NOT BE LONG UNTIL THE AUSSIES WISH THEY HADN'T LET HIM SLIP, THOUGH. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A FEISTY PHYSICAL BATTLE, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNTRY TO DEVELOP AND GET BETTER AND HOPEFULLY BEAT 'EM. WHO'S GOT THE MOST DOG IN THEM? LIKE, WHO'S GONNA BE THE ONE YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR? UM, I THINK THOSE ISAAC BROTHERS ARE GONNA COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TENACITY. THEY MIGHT COME WITH AN AUSSIE TWANG AS WELL, BUT KAIA AND TAMA ISAAC BOTH HOPING FOR NOTHING MORE THAN A TALL BLACKS SERIES WIN ` AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TEAM BRAGGING RIGHTS. DAME LISA CARRINGTON WON'T COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY THIS YEAR BUT STILL INTENDS TO RACE AT THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS. NEW ZEALAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL OLYMPIAN HASN'T BEEN NAMED IN THE NATIONAL CANOE SPRINT SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD CUPS IN EUROPE. THE 35-YEAR-OLD WON THREE GOLDS FOR NEW ZEALAND IN PARIS LAST YEAR TO LIFT HER TALLY TO EIGHT GOLDS AND A BRONZE IN FOUR OLYMPICS. ALICIA HOSKIN, OLIVIA BRETT AND TARA VAUGHAN HEADLINE THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM ALONGSIDE AIMEE FISHER, WHO MISSED OUT ON A MEDAL LAST YEAR BUT WON A STAGGERING SEVEN GOLDS AT THE RECENT NATIONAL CHAMPS. ENGLAND FOOTBALL BOSSES WILL BAR TRANSGENDER WOMEN FROM PLAYING IN WOMEN'S FOOTBALL FROM THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. IT COMES AFTER THE UK SUPREME COURT RULED THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF A WOMAN IS BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX. SCOTLAND'S FA IS MAKING A SIMILAR BAN FROM NEXT SEASON, WHILE THERE ARE REPORTS CRICKET AUTHORITIES ARE SET TO FOLLOW. ITV'S STEVE SCOTT HAS MORE. 'U-TURN', 'FALLING INTO LINE', 'LONG OVERDUE' ` WHATEVER YOUR VIEW, THE FA HAS HAD A DRAMATIC RETHINK. IN A MONTH'S TIME, TRANS WOMEN FOOTBALLERS WILL BE BANNED FROM PLAYING IN THE WOMEN'S GAME. THE CHANGE OF POLICY FOLLOWS LEGAL ADVICE AFTER THE RECENT SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT, WHICH RULED THAT, IN LAW, A WOMAN IS DEFINED BY HER BIOLOGICAL SEX. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, THE FA SAID ` NATALIE WASHINGTON HAS PLAYED IN RECREATIONAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL FOR A DECADE NOW. SHE FINDS THE PROSPECT OF THAT ENDING HEARTBREAKING AND CAN'T CONTEMPLATE PLAYING IN THE MEN'S GAME. I FEEL INCLUDED AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO I'VE PLAYED WITH ALL THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FRIENDS OF MINE. AND SO IT WOULD BE A REAL WRENCH TO HAVE THAT TAKEN AWAY, RIGHT? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A TRANS WOMAN PLAYING IN MEN'S SPORT WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY OUTING ONESELF AND KIND OF ANNOUNCING TO THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE TRANS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, INCREASINGLY AT THE MOMENT, THAT MAKES PEOPLE A TARGET. THE FA SAY THEY RECOGNISE THE IMPACT THIS BAN WILL HAVE ON ITS 20 REGISTERED TRANS WOMEN PLAYERS. THIS MORNING, THEY BEGAN TO CONTACT THEM TO EXPLORE WAYS TO KEEP THEM INVOLVED IN THE GAME. COACHING AND VOLUNTEERING ARE TWO OF THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS. ONE, TWO, THREE! PULSE! ENGLAND NETBALL FOLLOWED FOOTBALL'S LEAD TODAY, AND CRICKET BOSSES ARE EXPECTED TO DO THE SAME TOMORROW. CYCLING, SWIMMING, RUGBY AND ATHLETICS ARE A FEW OF THE OTHER MAJOR SPORTS TO ENFORCE A BAN LONG BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT RULING. AS WE HEARD EARLIER, THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX'S FINAL A-LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST PERTH GLORY, SCHEDULED TONIGHT, HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE WEATHER. THE GLORY WERE UNABLE TO FLY FROM AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON YESTERDAY, WITH FLIGHTS GROUNDED IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL AS EXTREME WINDS LASHED PARTS OF THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. THE MATCH WILL NOW GO AHEAD ON SUNDAY; KICK-OFF'S AT 5pm. AN ALL-ENGLISH EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING A REALITY, WITH BOTH MANCHESTER UNITED AND TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR RECORDING CONVINCING WINS IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEGS. UNITED TOOK THE LEAD ON THE HALF-HOUR MARK AGAINST ATHLETIC BILBAO, COURTESY OF A CASEMIRO HEADER. ATHLETIC THEN CONCEDED A PENALTY AND WERE REDUCED TO 10 MEN, AND THE VISITORS MADE THE MOST OF THE NUMERICAL ADVANTAGE. OH, COOLNESS PERSONIFIED! THROUGH HERE! AND KEEPS HIS HEAD! EXTRAORDINARY. UNITED WILL TAKE A 3-0 LEAD INTO NEXT WEEK'S SECOND LEG. IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD FOR TOTTENHAM, WHO DEFEATED NORWEGIAN CLUB BODO/GLIMT 3-1. IF EITHER OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE STRUGGLERS CAN WIN THE TITLE, THEY'LL BOOK A SPOT IN NEXT YEAR'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. THAT IS A SPORT FOR FRIDAY. YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THERE LIVE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU ARE OFF TO EUROPE. ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU, LUCY. THE CREATORS OF LIVE AID SAY A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON THE CONCERT IS A CHANCE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE TO A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE. 40 YEARS ON FROM THE HISTORIC GIG AT WEMBLEY, SIR BOB GELDOF AND MIDGE URE HAVE RETURNED TO THE STADIUM TO LOOK BACK AT ITS SUCCESS ` AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW WEST END STAGE SHOW 'JUST FOR ONE DAY'. THEY SPOKE TO ITV'S RISHI DAVDA. # ALL WE HEAR IS RADIO GAGA. # FOUR DECADES LATER, FEW CONCERTS COME CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL LIVE AID. # YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ELECTRIC MUSIC. # AND MUSIC MUSICAL ICONS UNITING TO RAISE MONEY FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA. # TELL ME WHY. # BOB GELDOF AND MIDGE URE ALIGNED THE STARS FOR TWO SIMULTANEOUS SHOWS IN THE U.S. AND AT WEMBLEY. DO YOU GET THAT SORT OF RISE OF EMOTION, IN THE U.S. AND AT WEMBLEY. DO YOU GET THAT SORT OF RISE OF EMOTION, OR DOES IT FEEL COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? THERE'S AN ENERGY. THERE'S A THERE'S AN EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE EMPTY SEATS, VERY REMINISCENT OF HOW IT FELT 40-ODD YEARS AGO. WE MADE THE FOOLHARDY PROMISE (CHUCKLES) THAT WE'D STAY THE COURSE THINKING, 'I'LL DO THIS UNTIL AFTER JANUARY, AND THEN I'M OUT.' AND 40 YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE. # COS WE'RE LOVERS. # WELL OVER A BILLION PEOPLE WATCHED LIVE AID ON TV IN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES, RAISING �40M ON THE DAY. THESE BANDS ARE ONLY DOING IT BECAUSE THEY REALISE THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. SIR BOB BELIEVES THE EVENT EMPOWERED YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. WHEN I SEE THE CONCERT, I'M THINKING THIS ACTIVATES A WHOLE NEW GENERATION WHO OTHERWISE WOULD BE SORT OF POLITICALLY NUMB. YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE, AND A LITTLE OFTEN GOES A LONG WAY IN POLITICS. # I REMEMBER. # LIVE AID'S STORY HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A MUSICAL. AFTER TWO SOLD-OUT TOURS, IT COMES TO LONDON'S WEST END LATER THIS MONTH, FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ALBUM. THEATRE, MUSICAL HITS AN AUDIENCE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE DREAMED OF HITTING. WE HAVE A NEW VEHICLE TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT THERE. A NEW VEHICLE FOR GENERATING INCOME. GELDOF AND URE'S CREATION HAS BEEN WIDELY CELEBRATED BUT OCCASIONALLY CRITICISED OVER STEREOTYPICAL PORTRAYALS OF AFRICA AND ALLOCATION OF DONATIONS. FORGET ALL THE NOISE AROUND THE REST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT WE CAN GUARANTEE EVERYONE WATCHING THIS STANDING HERE TODAY IS THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ALIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT EVERYONE DID. # ...CHRISTMASTIME AT ALL? # FROM WEMBLEY TO PHILADELPHIA, MUSIC AT LIVE AID LASTED 16 HOURS. ITS LEGACY IS AT 40 YEARS AND COUNTING. IMOGEN'S BACK. AND IS THE WET WEATHER BEHIND US NOW? YES AND NO. ALWAYS THE WAY, ISN'T IT? WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW, SHOWERS MAY RETURN FOR PARTS OF CANTERBURY AND BANKS PENINSULA TOMORROW, AND IN THE FAR SOUTH TOO. THE NORTH ISLAND SHOULD MOSTLY ESCAPE THE WET STUFF, BUT EASTERN AREAS, AND WELLINGTON AND NORTHLAND, COULD ALSO SEE SOME EARLY SATURDAY SHOWERS. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS NEXT. Alright, I'm off. Where are you off to? To get the flu jab. You coming? Nah. I won't get the flu. Touch wood. (QUIRKY MUSIC) Touch wood. Kia ora! You here for the flu jab? Yeah. VOICEOVER: (SHOES TAPPING) (KEYBOARD TYPING) Wow. Hey J, this project might need a bit of... zhuhzhing. Holler back, Warren. Please let me know your thoughts. Best regards. Warren? (MUSIC PLAYS) AMI HAS BEEN PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. I AM HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE IN FOR A CHANGE WEATHER-WISE. A DEEP LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DIRECTING A STRONG, COLD SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY AND TOMORROW. SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY, AND TOMORROW, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS MOVING ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING MOSTLY DRY IN THE SOUTH, WITH A BRIEF FRONT CLIPPING THE FAR SOUTH, BRINGING SOME SHOWERS TOMORROW; AND MOST OF THE NORTH CAN EXPECT A SETTLED SPELL OF WEATHER, WITH A FEW SHOWERS SPRINKLED ABOUT THE ISLAND. A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR ALL UP TO TOMORROW, A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY FOR ALL UP TOP TOMORROW, BUT OTHERWISE LOOKING FINE. KAITAIA COULD HAVE SHOWERS, RETURNING AT NIGHT; FRESH SOU' AND SOU'WESTERLIES ABOUT FOR ALL. AND A BIT OF THE SAME OUT HERE ` MORNING CLOUD, TURNING TO FINE DAYS ALL ROUND, WITH SOU' AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS ABOUT. PERIODS OF EARLY RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR ALL; GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, IT'LL LINGER TILL EVENING, AND YOUR COASTAL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ROUGH TILL THEN TOO. MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL HERE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS UNTIL AFTERNOON OR EVENING FOR MOST. A MIX OF FRESH SOU' AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS TO THE SOUTH, A MIX OF FRESH SOU' AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS. TO THE SOUTH, WHERE IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GREAT SUNNY DAY FOR ALL, ACTUALLY. THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF CLOUD IN WESTPORT, BUT OTHERWISE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. AND FINER WEATHER FOR ALL OUT EAST TOO. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL STILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN, WITH SHOWERS RETURNING FOR MOST DOWN THE BOTTOM HERE IN THE EVENING. CLOUD IS GOING TO CREEP IN OVER THE DAY FOR MOST HERE, WITH THE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS ABOUT, AND A BIG MIX OF WINDS ABOUT TOO. IT'LL BECOME CLOUDY LATE MORNING IN DUNEDIN, WITH SHOWERS FROM AFTERNOON; SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS PICKING UP FOR A TIME DURING THE DAY. CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW IS LOOKING MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN ` YOU'RE IN FOR A MOSTLY FINE SATURDAY BEFORE A FEW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS TO START FOR WELLINGTON; GRADUALLY CLEARING TO FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE EARLY, STRONG SOUTHERLIES, EASING BEFORE DAWN. THERE'LL BE A PERIOD OF EARLY-MORNING RAIN IN HAWKE'S BAY BEFORE BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH FRESH SOUTH-WESTERLIES EASING IN THE EVENING. TAURANGA, APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD, IT'LL BE A FINE DAY FOR YOU, WITH SOU'WESTERLIES ON THE CARDS AND A HIGH OF 20. IT'S THE SAME THING FOR HAMILTON ` FINE APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD, WITH SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS. 18 IS YOUR HIGH. AND IN AUCKLAND, IT SHOULD BE A SHOWER- AND RAIN-FREE DAY ` YOUR FORECAST IS FINE APART FROM SOME MORNING CLOUD AND FRESH SOUTH-WESTERLIES. ANOTHER MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE DITCH IN AUSTRALIA. AND IT IS SHOWERS ON THE MENU FOR ALL IN THE PACIFIC, APART FROM NOUMEA. SUNDAY LOOKING NICE AND SUNNY ` A GOOD CHANCE TO GET OUTDOORS IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO THESE LAST FEW DAYS, AND/OR GET THE CLOTHES HORSE BACK OUT AND GET THAT LAUNDRY DRY.. AND/OR GET THE CLOTHES HORSE BACK OUT AND GET THAT LAUNDRY DRY. TEMPERATURES, THOUGH, ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON THE CHILLY SIDE, WITH DAYTIME HIGHS HOVERING IN THE LOW TO MID-TEENS. BUT OVERALL, THINGS ARE LOOKING FAR BETTER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN THANKS TO THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ESTABLISHING ITSELF OVER THE COUNTRY. TOMORROW'S SHOWERS MAY STICK AROUND TILL SUNDAY IN CANTERBURY AND BANKS PENINSULA, BUT THERE IS MINIMAL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. TUESDAY, THOUGH, IS WHEN WE'LL SEE A MOIST NOR'WESTERLY FLOW STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH COULD BRING A BIT OF RAIN. ANOTHER BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SENDING IN WEATHER PICS FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. TINA SENT THIS IN OF SUNRISE AT THE MOUNT TODAY. AND OUR GOOD FRIEND GEORGE, WHO WAS BEHIND THOSE BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF TEKAPO WE HAD YESTERDAY, TOOK THIS STUNNING SHOT IN THE MACKENZIE DISTRICT TODAY. HE HAS REALLY BEEN OUR MVP. THANKS SO MUCH. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS 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 JESSIE PURU AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025