DOUBLE TROUBLE IN CANTERBURY AS WASTEWATER MIXES WITH STORM WATER IN BANKS PENINSULA. IT'S ELECTION DAY IN AUSTRALIA, AND ANTHONY ALBANESE AND PETER DUTTON HAVE BEEN OUT COMPETING FOR EVERY LAST VOTE. ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG WAS DUE TO BOARD A SHIP TAKING AID TO GAZA THAT WAS HIT BY DRONES. AND PRINCE HARRY'S LOST HIS APPEAL OVER UK SECURITY, BUT IS IT TOO LATE FOR A FATHER-SON RECONCILIATION? SOME RESIDENTS OF BANKS PENINSULA ARE FACING A DOUBLE BLOW OF FLOODING BY STORM WATER AND NOW WASTEWATER. AS THE ROAD INTO BANKS PENINSULA REOPENED, ONE AKAROA MAN IS CLEARING UP AFTER HIS PROPERTY WAS INUNDATED WITH SEWAGE WHEN A WASTEWATER MAIN BLEW ON BEACH ROAD. HE SAYS THE COUNCIL IS REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. IT'S ONE THING TO BE FLOODED WITH RAINWATER, QUITE ANOTHER TO BE FLOODED WITH SEWAGE TOO. A LOT OF SEWAGE BEING DISCHARGED IN PLACES WHERE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, THE STORM WATER RUNNING INTO THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM. THAT'S THE PROBLEM FACING GEORGE WAGHORN, WHO OWNS THE TOURISM VENTURE AKAROA DOLPHINS. YEAH, THERE'S MORE TOILET PAPER AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, POOS. PICKED UP MOST OF IT. THE SEWERAGE PUMP DOWN NEAR THE FIRE STATION WENT OFFLINE, SO IT BACKED UP THE STREET, WENT TO THE WEAKEST POINT, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE HERE. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF POOS AND TOILET PAPER THROUGH THE LAWN AND IN THE CARPET, IN THE SHOPS. LOVELY ` LOVELY STUFF (!) A RIVER OF EFFLUENT GUSHED OUT OF A 15cm PIPE. RAW WATER SEWERAGE COMING OUT THIS HIGH. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE STORM WATER AND SEWAGE ON THIS WHOLE SIDE OF TOWN WAS COMING IN HERE. AND WAGHORN ISN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE REACTION HE SAYS HE GOT FROM CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALS. THEY CAME ROUND AND HAD A LOOK, AND STRAIGHT AWAY IT WAS MY PROBLEM. WAGHORN REJECTED THE ASSESSMENT IT CAME FROM A FAULT ON HIS PROPERTY, INSTEAD BLAMING THE SEWAGE PUMP DOWN THE ROAD. THE COUNCIL SAYS IN SITUATIONS WHERE WASTEWATER OVERFLOWS ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT WILL ASSIST WITH ANY CLEAN-UP REQUIRED, WHILE MORE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES ARE BEST MANAGED THROUGH THE CUSTOMER'S INSURANCE. NEXT DOOR IS A HAIR SALON, WHICH FOUND ITSELF IN THE SAME SMELLY BOAT ` IN 4cm OF WATER. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS STORM WATER AND SEWERAGE WATER MIXED TOGETHER, SO WE HAD TO ABANDON SHIP. COUNCIL OFFICIALS THIS AFTERNOON ASKED RESIDENTS TO REDUCE THEIR USE OF THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM WHILE THEY FIX THE PROBLEM. A DIFFICULT JOURNEY INTO BANKS PENINSULA ALONG AKAROA HIGHWAY EASED AFTER CONTRACTORS OPENED LAKE FORSYTH TO THE SEA LAST NIGHT; THE ROAD WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS AFTERNOON. AND DESPITE EARLIER CONCERNS, LAKE ELLESMERE WATER LEVELS DROPPED AFTER THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SELWYN WAS LIFTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE EVACUATED ABOVE AKAROA ON LIGHTHOUSE RD, AFTER CRACKS FORMED IN ASPHALT, RAISING FEARS THE WHOLE ROAD COULD SLIDE AWAY. THIS TIME? OH NO, NOT AGAIN. (LAUGHS) FLEA BAY RESIDENT SHIREEN HELPS CAN'T EVACUATE BECAUSE SHE HAS A FARM WITH LIVESTOCK. BUT SHE FEARS THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SLIP LIKE THE ONE THAT CLOSED THE ROAD FOR A YEAR BACK IN 1993. IF IT RAINED VERY HEAVILY, THAT MIGHT ALL COME DOWN, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONS AND TONS OF EARTH. IF IT'S GOT WATER BEHIND IT, IT WOULD MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY, AND IT COULD GO RIGHT THROUGH HERE. LIKE OTHER BANKS PENINSULA RESIDENTS, SHE'S KEEPING HER FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE WEATHER TO STAY DRY FOR A FEW WEEKS, IF NOT MORE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS POSTED AN AI-GENERATED IMAGE OF HIMSELF DRESSED IN PAPAL ATTIRE, DAYS AFTER SAYING HE WOULD LIKE TO BE POPE. TRUMP POSTED THE IMAGE ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TRUTH SOCIAL, AND IT WAS ALSO SHARED BY THE WHITE HOUSE. WHILE SOME FOUND THE POST HUMOROUS, OTHERS ACCUSED TRUMP OF MOCKING POPE FRANCIS' DEATH. IT'S ELECTION DAY ACROSS THE DITCH, WITH AUSTRALIANS CURRENTLY VOTING FOR THEIR NEXT PRIME MINISTER, SOME EVEN ROLLING STRAIGHT OFF SYDNEY'S BONDI BEACH TO CAST THEIR BALLOT THIS MORNING. OPPOSITION LEADER PETER DUTTON HAD BEEN OUTPERFORMING ANTHONY ALBANESE IN PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER RANKINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT TENSIONS OVER TRUMP AND TRADE LOOK TO HAVE SHIFTED MOMENTUM, WITH ALBANESE'S LABOR GOVERNMENT NOW PREDICTED TO SECURE A LANDSLIDE VICTORY. UNLIKE NEW ZEALAND, CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES UNTIL POLLS CLOSE IN AUSTRALIA. AND BOTH LEADERS HAVE BEEN OUT IN FORCE TODAY, GIVING THEIR FINAL PITCH. WE'VE BUILT REALLY STRONG FOUNDATIONS DURING THIS TERM, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO KICK GOALS FOR AUSTRALIA. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF QUIET AUSTRALIANS OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT BE TELLING THEIR NEIGHBOURS HOW THEY'RE VOTING, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE POLLING BOOTH AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GONNA REWARD ANTHONY ALBANESE 'FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.' EARLY RESULTS ARE EXPECTED IN JUST UNDER TWO HOURS, WHEN THE FIRST POLLING CENTRES CLOSE. A SHIP CARRYING DESPERATELY NEEDED AID TO GAZA WAS HIT BY DRONES OVERNIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF MALTA. GRETA THUNBERG WAS AMONG THE ACTIVISTS PLANNING TO SAIL TO GAZA IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK ISRAEL'S TWO-MONTH AID BLOCKADE. AS CHANNEL 4'S HARRY FAWCETT REPORTS, MOST FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAVE RUN OUT THERE NOW. (URGENT SHOUTING) IN THE GRIP OF A GROWING HUNGER CRISIS, GAZA'S PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING KILLED DAILY FROM THE AIR. THIS WAS JABALIA IN NORTHERN GAZA THIS AFTERNOON, IMAGES FILMED BY A PALESTINIAN MEDIC ` RESCUERS STRUGGLING TO GET INTO WHAT REMAINS OF A HOUSE HIT BY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE THAT KILLED AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE; DOZENS MORE INJURED, CHILDREN AMONG THEM. THE DEAD SHARING AMBULANCES WITH THOSE WHO ARE SOMEHOW STILL LIVING. (BOOM!) 1200 MILES AWAY, ANOTHER APPARENT STRIKE ` ON A BOAT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF MALTA. ACTIVISTS DUE TO SAIL WITH AID TOWARDS GAZA SAY THEY WERE ATTACKED BY TWO DRONES. TRANSLATOR: THEY ATTACKED THE SHIP WITH BOMBS. FROM HERE, I'M CALLING ESPECIALLY ON ISRAEL ` WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU WILL NEVER SUCCEED. 15 YEARS AGO, AN ISRAELI RAID ON AN EARLIER SUCH MISSION KILLED 10 TURKISH ACTIVISTS. ISRAEL HAS SO FAR NOT COMMENTED ON LAST NIGHT'S INCIDENT, BUT A FLIGHT TRACKING APP SUGGESTS AN ISRAELI MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE FLEW LAPS OVER THE AREA BEFORE THE ALLEGED ATTACK. I WAS PART OF THE GROUP WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BOARD THAT BOAT TODAY TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE TOWARDS GAZA, WHICH IS ONE OF MANY ATTEMPTS TO OPEN UP A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR. IT IS NOW TWO MONTHS TO THE DAY SINCE ISRAEL PREVENTED ALL HUMANITARIAN AID FROM ENTERING GAZA. THE RESULTS EVER CLEARER TO SEE, HARDER TO WATCH ` AS HERE IN NUSEIRAT, IN THE CENTRE OF THE STRIP. (GUNSHOTS) SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT IS A BREEDING GROUND FOR LOOTING AND VIOLENCE. INCREASINGLY COORDINATED ARMED GANGS ARE STEALING WHATEVER THEY CAN FIND. THE U.N. CHILDREN'S FUND, UNICEF, SAYS MORE THAN 9000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO GAZA'S HOSPITALS WITH MALNUTRITION THIS YEAR. OSAMA AL-RAQAB (5) HAS AN UNDIAGNOSED PRE-EXISTING CONDITION, POSSIBLY CYSTIC FIBROSIS. ISRAELI BOMBING HAS DESTROYED DIAGNOSTIC LABS; THE BLOCKADE HAS CUT OFF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. (SHOUTING, SCREAMING) ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTS SUGGEST THE ARMY IS DRAWING UP PLANS FOR A RESUMPTION OF AID WHERE FOOD BOXES WOULD BE DELIVERED TO INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES IN A BID TO BYPASS HAMAS, BUT THERE'S SCEPTICISM THAT COULD BE DONE AT THE SCALE AND SPEED NECESSARY AS GAZA LURCHES EVER FURTHER INTO HUNGER. PRINCE HARRY SAID HE FEELS 'DEVASTATED' AFTER LOSING A LEGAL BATTLE OVER RECEIVING TAXPAYER-FUNDED SECURITY WHEN HIS FAMILY VISITS THE UK. HE SAID THAT WHEN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD PLAYED A PART IN DOWNGRADING HIS SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS, IT KNOWINGLY PUT HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN HARM'S WAY. AND HE SAID IT'S THE ONLY ISSUE PREVENTING RECONCILIATION WITH HIS FATHER, KING CHARLES, WHO STILL ISN'T SPEAKING TO HIM. ITV'S CHRIS SHIP REPORTS. WHEN PRINCE HARRY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MEGHAN IN 2022 TO MARK QUEEN ELIZABETH'S PLATINUM JUBILEE, HE CONSIDERED THE UK TO BE A SAFE PLACE TO BRING HIS WIFE. BUT EVER SINCE THIS MOMENT, MEGHAN HAS NOT BEEN BACK. HARRY'S TAXPAYER-FUNDED SECURITY, HE ALWAYS CLAIMED, IS NOT AT A HIGH ENOUGH LEVEL, AND HE ONCE AGAIN SAID TONIGHT THAT MEANS HE CAN'T BRING HIS FAMILY TO HIS COUNTRY OF BIRTH. I CAN'T SEE A WORLD IN WHICH I WOULD BE BRINGING MY WIFE AND CHILDREN BACK TO THE UK AT THIS POINT. AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GONNA MISS IS, WELL, EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, I LOVE MY COUNTRY. I ALWAYS HAVE DONE, UM... DESPITE WHAT SOME PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY HAVE DONE. THE COURT CASE, WHICH WENT AGAINST PRINCE HARRY TODAY, WAS THE ONE HE'D ATTENDED IN PERSON AT THE COURT OF APPEAL LAST MONTH. HE WAS CHALLENGING A PREVIOUS HIGH COURT RULING WHICH HAD FOUND THE HOME OFFICE WAS RIGHT TO DOWNGRADE HIS SECURITY AFTER HE LEFT THE ROYAL FAMILY. BUT JUDGES ONCE AGAIN REJECTED HARRY'S CASE TODAY. THE DECISIONS TAKEN IN THE DECISION LETTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY WERE TAKEN, I SAID IN MY JUDGEMENT, AS AN UNDERSTANDABLE AND PERHAPS PREDICTABLE REACTION TO THE DUKE OF SUSSEX HAVING STEPPED BACK FROM ROYAL DUTIES AND HAVING LEFT THE UK TO LIVE PRINCIPALLY OVERSEAS. SO THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE DUKE OF SUSSEX'S APPEAL WOULD BE DISMISSED. HARRY WAS CLEARLY UPSET BY THAT DECISION, AND WHILE PUBLICLY CRITICISING HIS FAMILY, BE IT IN BOOKS OR ON TV, IS NOTHING NEW, SINGLING OUT A GOVERNMENT ` IN THIS CASE, THE CONSERVATIVE ONE OF 2020 ` IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. THIS ALL WAS INITIATED UNDER A PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT, AND THERE IS NOW A NEW GOVERNMENT. UM... I HAVE HAD IT DESCRIBED TO ME, ONCE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE FACTS, THAT THIS IS A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED ESTABLISHMENT STITCH-UP. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN FOR RELATIONS WITH HIS FAMILY? HARRY HAS SEEN THE KING JUST ONCE FOLLOWING HIS CANCER REVELATION AND HAS SINCE BEEN IN LONDON AT THE SAME TIME AS HIS FATHER, AND THE PAIR HAVE NOT MET. I WOULD LOVE RECONCILIATION WITH MY FAMILY. I'VE ALWAYS` YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT IN CONTINUING TO FIGHT ANY MORE. AS I SAID, LIFE IS PRECIOUS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY FATHER HAS, YOU KNOW? HE WON'T SPEAK TO ME BECAUSE OF THIS SECURITY STUFF. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO` IT WOULD BE NICE TO RECONCILE. DESPITE A REJECTION AT THE COURT OF APPEAL, HARRY SAID TONIGHT HE WILL WRITE TO THE HOME SECRETARY. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` RUSSELL BRAND'S IN COURT. THE BRITISH ACTOR AND COMEDIAN IS FACING CHARGES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING FOUR WOMEN. AND IN SPORT, THE FIJIAN DRUA STUN THE REDS WITH A LAST-MINUTE TRY TO CLINCH VICTORY IN SUVA. FARAGE SAID LABOUR'S VOTE HAD COLLAPSED, AND THE CONSERVATIVES WERE 'TOAST'. RUSSELL BRAND HAS APPEARED IN COURT TO FACE CHARGES OF RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND INDECENT ASSAULT RELATING TO FOUR WOMEN. THE ALLEGED ASSAULTS HAPPENED BETWEEN 1999 AND 2005. THE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN DID NOT ENTER A PLEA AND SPOKE ONLY TO CONFIRM HIS NAME AND ADDRESS AND TO THANK THE JUDGE WHEN HE WAS GRANTED BAIL UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. BRAND HAS PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREE NEWS SPORT. THE BLUES' STUTTERING TITLE DEFENCE MAY FINALLY BE ON TRACK AFTER A MUCH-NEEDED WIN OVER THE WESTERN FORCE LAST NIGHT. VERN COTTER'S SIDE SECURED A VITAL BONUS POINT IN THE 40-19 VICTORY ` BUT ONLY JUST. ROSS MCNAUGHTON REPORTS. THE BLUES JUST NEED TO GET IT INTO TOUCH. THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE OUT THE GAME MAY HAVE BEEN FAR FROM CLINICAL... IF THAT WAS GOLF, YOU'D BE BUYING A LOT OF WHISKIES. ...BUT THE BLUES CLUNG ON TO THEIR BONUS-POINT LEAD, THE MUCH SAFER BOOT OF BEAUDEN BARRET FINALLY PUTTING THE GAME TO BED. THE GOOD THING WAS WE STAYED COMPOSED AND MANAGED TO KEEP THE FIVE POINTS, SO, UM... YEAH. AND THAT GIVES US ANOTHER CHANCE ` WE'RE STILL IN. THE FORCE GAVE THE BLUES PLENTY OF UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS IN THE FIRST HALF ` THE VISITORS VERY MUCH IN THE GAME, TRAILING BY JUST FIVE AT THE BREAK. BUT THE BLUES WASTED NO TIME ADDING TO THEIR LEAD IN THE SECOND 40. THIS IS A PASS WIDE FROM BARRETT TO AJ LAM! (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH OF THE GAME... AND WHILE THE FORCE FOUND A SPECTACULAR REPLY, FINISHED BY KURTLEY BEALE IN HIS FIRST GAME IN 10 MONTHS... AND KURTLEY BEALE IS IN! ...THE BLUES HIT STRAIGHT BACK THOUGH A PRECISION KICK OF THEIR OWN. KICKED OUT TOWARDS THE WING. FORBES HAS GOT IT! FORBES IS IN! THE HOME SIDE EVENTUALLY POWERED AWAY TO A DESPERATELY NEEDED 40-19 WIN. IN THE SECOND HALF, PLAYERS LIFTED THEIR EFFORT, AND WE GOT RESULTS FROM THAT EFFORT LIFT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT... YOU KNOW, A BIT MORE INTENSITY AROUND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS NOW INTO THE TOP SIX ` BUT WITH A COUPLE OF AREAS TO IMPROVE ON IF THEY'RE TO KICK ON AND MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. AND THE BLUES' NEXT OPPONENTS, THE FIJIAN DRUA, HAVE PULLED OFF A STUNNING UPSET WIN OVER THE QUEENSLAND REDS IN SUVA THIS AFTERNOON. THE BOTTOM-PLACED DRUA HAD NO TROUBLE FINDING THE TRY LINE, BUT THE REDS TOOK CONTROL OF THE MATCH IN THE FINAL QUARTER AND LOOKED TO HAVE VICTORY IN THE BAG, AS THEY LED BY FOUR POINTS IN THE FINAL MINUTE. URU STEALS IT. BUT THEN IT GOES LOOSE. AND IT'S BEEN PICKED UP BY THE DRUA! THEY'RE OVER! THEY'VE SCORED THE WINNER. THE FIJIAN DRUA HAVE SCORED. IT WAS MAYHEM IN THE END. DESPITE THE 36-33 LOSS, THE REDS REMAIN FOURTH IN THE SUPER RUGBY STANDINGS. LIAM LAWSON WILL START FROM 14th ON THE GRID AT TOMORROW MORNING'S MIAMI GRAND PRIX SPRINT RACE. DESPITE FINISHING QUALIFYING AHEAD OF FIERCE RIVAL YUKI TSUNODA, WHO WAS BACK IN 18th, THE KIWI DIDN'T SOUND PLEASED WITH HIS RESULT. LAWSON: MY GOD, THAT WAS SO BAD. MERCEDES DRIVER KIMI ANTONELLI WAS QUICKEST, WHILE MAX VERSTAPPEN WILL START FROM FOURTH ` NOT BAD AFTER FLYING IN LATE FROM MONACO AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD. STEVEN ADAMS AND THE HOUSTON ROCKETS ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS AFTER A 115-107 WIN OVER THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS IN GAME SIX. THE GAME LOOKED SET TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE AS THE ROCKETS LED BY JUST TWO HEADING INTO THE FINAL QUARTER, BUT THE WARRIORS' OFFENCE WENT COLD DOWN THE STRETCH, AND HOUSTON TOOK OVER. BACK TO VAN FLEET. PUTS UP A THREE. IT'S GOOD! FRED VAN FLEET KNOCKS IT DOWN ` LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME. ADAMS HAD 17 POINTS, WHILE FRED TOP-SCORED FOR THE ROCKETS WITH 29. THE SERIES-DECIDING GAME SEVEN IS BACK IN HOUSTON ON MONDAY. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER. AND A NEW EXHIBITION FEATURES THE BEST OF THE ART ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS BEEN SECRETLY MAKING IN HIS GARAGE. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. THERE'S BEEN DOUBLE TROUBLE IN CANTERBURY AS WASTEWATER MIXED WITH STORM WATER IN BANKS PENINSULA TODAY. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS POSTED AN AI-GENERATED IMAGE OF HIMSELF DRESSED IN PAPAL ATTIRE, DAYS AFTER SAYING HE WOULD LIKE TO BE POPE. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRAMPOLINES AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE ITS WAY EASTWARD, AWAY FROM THE NORTH. MEANWHILE, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS MOVING ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, SPREADING ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW. IT'S MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH; AND IN THE NORTH, MAINLY FINE, WITH JUST THE ODD SHOWER. IT'S LOOKING FINE IN THE FAR NORTH ` A MORNING SHOWER OR TWO FOR KAITAIA, SOUTHEASTERLIES FOR MOST, AND 5 DEGREES OVERNIGHT FOR HAMILTON. THE SUN IS PUTTING ON A SHOW HERE AS WELL, ALTHOUGH TAUPO AND TAURANGA WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME SOUTHEASTERLIES. A MUCH CLOUDIER SCENE ACROSS THE LOWER EAST COAST; SHOWERS FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS, BUT THAT SHOULD PASS WITH THE MORNING. A FINE START FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND TAUMARUNUI; MORNING CLOUD EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT THAT WILL CLEAR FOR A FINE AFTERNOON. FINE FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND HERE; THE ODD SHOWER FOR WESTPORT, AND NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN NELSON. IT'S A BIT OF A MIXED BAG HERE, I'M AFRAID ` FINE IN BLENHEIM BUT CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. AND IT WILL BE AN EARLY FROST IN QUEENSTOWN WITH SOME LIGHT WINDS. THE CLOUD WILL CLEAR IN ALEXANDRA AND DUNEDIN FOR A FINE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE BOARD. ALICE SPRINGS GETS THE BEST OF IT IN AUSTRALIA, AND IT'S MOSTLY SHOWERS IN THE PACIFIC. NOW LET'S CHECK OUT THE WEEK AHEAD. (MELLOW TECHNO MUSIC) FINALLY TONIGHT, FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS HAD A SECRET IN HIS GARAGE. THAT'S WHERE THE POP STAR TOOK UP DRAWING AND SCULPTURE AND CREATED AROUND 3000 WORKS. NOW A MAJOR EXHIBITION IS BEING STAGED. AND ITV's SAM HOLDER WENT ALONG. EVEN AT A PRIVATE, UNPUBLICISED EVENT, ROBBIE WILLIAMS STILL GETS LEGIONS OF FANS OUTSIDE. # SO COME ON. LET ME... # ENTERTAIN YOU. HE'S SOLD 75 MILLION ALBUMS... # ME WITH THE FLOOR SHOW. # KICKING WITH YOUR TORSO. ...HAD A BLOCKBUSTER FILM WHERE HE WAS DEPICTED AS A CHIMPANZEE AND A MULTI-PART, ALL-REVEALING DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON NETFLIX. NOW HE'S OPENING HIS FIRST SHOW IN THE UK AS AN ARTIST. WHAT DOES ART ACHIEVE THAT THOSE THINGS DON'T? GOOD QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I JUST KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN COMPELLED TO DO THIS SINCE 2006. I'VE TOLD NOBODY ABOUT IT, SHOWN NO ONE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SUPPOSE THE SHAME OF BEING A CELEBRITY THAT MAKES ART. EVENTUALLY I WAS JUST LIKE, I SHOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THEM ` I'VE GOT 3000 OF THESE, AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. SO HERE I AM, BEING VULNERABLE. AND HERE I AM BEING BRAVE. VULNERABILITY, ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH ARE ALL TOPICS ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS BEEN REMARKABLY OPEN ON THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. AND THEY FORM THE HEART OF THIS EXHIBITION. LIKE THIS 'INTROVERT CHAIR'. WHEN I'M DRAWING THESE THINGS, OR COMING UP WITH THINGS THAT I THINK ARE FUNNY TO WRITE DOWN, I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THE CHAOS THAT IS IN MY LIFE. IT'S VERY GOOD FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH. AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE COMING HERE AND SEEING THESE PIECES TAKE AWAY? MERCHANDISE. (LAUGHS) # ...WITH A MAN. CAN I KICK IT? # YES, YOU CAN. HE'LL ALSO PRESUMABLY SELL PLENTY OF MERCHANDISE WHEN HE GOES BACK ON TOUR THIS SUMMER. ROBBIE FAMOUSLY FELL OUT WITH ONE OF THE '90s' OTHER BIGGEST ACTS. LIAM. HUNDRED GRAND OF YOUR MONEY. HUNDRED GRAND OF MY MONEY. WE'LL GET IN THE RING AND WE'LL HAVE A FIGHT. SO, WILL HE BE WATCHING OASIS THIS SUMMER? I DON'T GO TO CONCERTS, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M NOT GONNA GO TO THE OASIS SHOW. I'M NOT GONNA GO TO ANYONE'S SHOW, YOU KNOW. BUT I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST. THERE'S HUGE ROOM FOR NOSTALGIA, THANK GOD ` MY CAREER'S EXISTING ON IT. IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, I'M SUCCESSFUL. ALMOST 30 YEARS SINCE HE WAS ESSENTIALLY KICKED OUT OF TAKE THAT... # AND THROUGH IT ALL... ...AND WITH NUMBER ONE ALBUMS, AN ON-SCREEN CAREER AND NOW AN ART SHOW, SURELY EVEN ROBBIE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT. 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. I'M LISETTE REYMER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025