A LEFT-LEANING LANDSLIDE FOR AUSTRALIA'S ANTHONY ALBANESE, WITH DONALD TRUMP LOOMING LARGE OVER THE ELECTION RESULT. OUR DEFENCE FORCE'S AGEING MARITIME CHOPPERS ARE FOR THE CHOP. THEY'LL BE REPLACED TO UPGRADE THE RANGE OF OUR FRIGATES. THE ROYAL RIFT INTENSIFIES WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO PRINCE HARRY'S LATEST COMMENTS. AND LUKE METCALF CAPS OFF A STUNNING DISPLAY WITH A MATCH-SAVING TACKLE FOR THE WARRIORS. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. AUSTRALIAN VOTERS HAVE DELIVERED ANTHONY ALBANESE WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS 'A WIN FOR THE AGES', WITH LABOR SET TO HOLD MORE SEATS THAN AT ANY POINT IN ITS HISTORY. MEANWHILE, THE MAN KNOWN AS THE 'AUSTRALIAN TRUMP', PETER DUTTON, HAS BEEN BOOTED OUT OF PARLIAMENT IN A BLOODBATH FOR THE COALITION. THIS WASN'T ON THE BINGO CARD FOR 2025 ` ANTHONY ALBANESE SOAKING UP A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. CELEBRATORY SCENES IN THE LABOR CAMP, A FAR CRY FROM THE HUMILIATING DEFEAT PREDICTED JUST THREE MONTHS AGO. AUSTRALIANS HAVE CHOSEN TO FACE GLOBAL CHALLENGES THE AUSTRALIAN WAY. DEFYING PUNDITS AND POLLS AND THE SO-CALLED 'INCUMBENCY CURSE', ALBANESE HAS BECOME THE FIRST AUSSIE PM TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK TERMS IN TWO DECADES. THANK YOU ALL! IT WAS A BRUISING NIGHT FOR OPPOSITION LEADER PETER DUTTON, NOT ONLY LOSING THE ELECTION BUT ALSO HIS SEAT OF 24 YEARS. NOW, WE DIDN'T DO WELL ENOUGH DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. THAT MUCH IS OBVIOUS TONIGHT, AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AT THE START OF THE YEAR, DUTTON LOOKED DESTINED FOR OFFICE. HE SURGED TO RECORD POPULARITY. BUT NOT LONG AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S INAUGURATION, SUPPORT STARTED SWERVING. DUTTON, WITH HIS BRAND OF HARD-LINE CONSERVATISM, WAS UNABLE TO SHAKE OFF HIS AMERICAN SHADOW, DUBBED 'AUSTRALIA'S TRUMP'. FROM WHAT AUSTRALIANS HAVE SEEN THUS FAR, THEY'D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT YOU ARE RIGHT UP DONALD TRUMP'S ARSE. (CHUCKLES) MR DUTTON, HAVE YOU DISTANCED YOURSELF, DO YOU THINK, FROM MR TRUMP'S STYLE ENOUGH? THERE WAS A LOT THAT SOUNDED FAMILIAR. DUTTON PLEDGED TO AXE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ROLES, AND... THERE IS A LOT OF WASTE. ...APPOINT A MINISTER FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. BUT IT WAS TRUMP'S 10% TARIFF, ESTIMATED TO COST AUSTRALIA BILLIONS, THAT ULTIMATELY COST DUTTON MOST DEARLY. THIS IS NOT THE ACT OF A FRIEND. DUTTON HAD BACKED THE WRONG HORSE. AUSTRALIAN TRUST IN THE U.S. TANKED, AND SO TOO DID THE SUPPORT OF ANYONE EVEN SLIGHTLY ALIGNED WITH TRUMP. A SIMILAR REVERSAL OF POLITICAL FORTUNES HAS JUST UNFOLDED IN CANADA, WITH A LAST-MINUTE BOOM OF VOTES FOR THE ANTI-TRUMP MARK CARNEY. VOTERS NOT JUST PICKING A PARTY BUT A LEADER WHO WAS WILLING TO STAND UP TO WASHINGTON. NEW ZEALAND IS WATCHING CLOSELY. THESE ARE UNCERTAIN TIMES AT THE MOMENT, AS YOU'VE SEEN. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ` AS I SAID IN SINGAPORE, CANADA, AUSTRALIA ` THE PUBLIC VOTING FOR GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE THEIR EYES ON THE RIGHT THINGS. THE MOVE AWAY FROM TRUMP-ESQUE LEADERS SOMETHING WINSTON PETERS WAS PARTICULARLY EAGER TO COMMENT ON. CAN I` CAN I ANSWER THAT? (CHUCKLES) I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT. WELL, I CAN I JUST` CAN I JUST SAY THIS? LOOK, OUR BUSINESS IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW POLITICS WORKS, TO READ THE ROOM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING OUT IN THE REAL WORLD WHERE OUR MASTERS ARE, AFTER ALL, THE PEOPLE AND THE VOTERS. DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION VICTORY LIFTED RIGHT-WING SPIRITS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE, BUT AN ADVERSE REACTION IS NOW RIPPLING AROUND THE GLOBE... (CROWD CHANT) ...A LEAN LEFT OR A TILT AWAY FROM TRUMP. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED IT'S SET ASIDE $2B TO BUY FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS TO REPLACE ITS AGEING FLEET OF SEASPRITES. IT'S PART OF THE $12B DEFENCE CAPABILITY PLAN, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND ON OPERATIONS. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. IT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEFENCE SPENDING, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS NEW ZEALAND MUST PULL ITS WEIGHT. WE'RE SAYING THE CALCULATION IS PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S NO LONGER A BENIGN ENVIRONMENT. NEW ZEALAND CAN'T` HAS TO CARRY ITS OWN WEIGHT. NEW ZEALAND HAS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ITS OWN CONTRIBUTION. $2b WERE EARMARKED FOR THE FIVE NEW CHOPPERS IN THE $12b DEFENCE CAPABILITY PLAN. THIS WILL INCREASE THE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY AND SURVEILLANCE RANGE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S FRIGATES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING NON-COMBAT TASKS LIKE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF. BUT THE LAST BILLION DOLLARS, FOR ACTIVITIES, PERSONNEL AND ESTATE IS A NEW SPENDING PROMISE. NECESSITY. (LAUGHS) NECESSITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO` WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT. THE SEASPRITES ARE ON THEIR LAST LEGS OPERATIONALLY. THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAS SHOWN AN ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE AT BEING ABLE TO KEEP CLASSIC PLANES GOING FOREVER. UM, IT'S` IT'S JUST` IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. THESE SEASPRITES HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL SINCE 2001. THIS IS A 2016 VERSION. THEY'RE KIND OF THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF CHOPPERS. THEY'RE CAPABLE OF ALL SORTS OF TASKS. THE DEFENCE FORCE DID HAVE EIGHT OF THEM, BUT THREE OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANNIBALISED FOR PARTS, AND THEY'RE DUE TO END THEIR LIFE BY THE END OF THE DECADE. IT'S PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO DOUBLE DEFENCE SPENDING TO 2% OF GDP BY 2032-2033. A BUSINESS CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED BY CABINET THIS YEAR, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO EQUIP PERSONNEL TO DEPLOY MORE OFTEN IN MORE PLACES AND FOR LONGER. THE STATES OF EMERGENCY IN CHRISTCHURCH AND SELWYN WERE LIFTED TODAY, BUT ONE REMAINS IN PLACE FOR BANKS PENINSULA. CANTERBURY WAS HIT BY MASSIVE FLOODING ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL SAYS THINGS HAVE NOW SETTLED DOWN, ALTHOUGH IN BANKS PENINSULA, THERE ARE STILL ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME LAND INSTABILITY. THE RIFT BETWEEN PRINCE HARRY AND THE REST OF THE ROYAL FAMILY APPEARS TO HAVE DEEPENED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE PRINCE'S LATEST TV INTERVIEW. ITV'S CHRIS SHIP REPORTS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE FROM A BUCKINGHAM PALACE INSIDER. ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AT A PALACE RECEPTION, KING CHARLES SHARED WITH THE INVITED GUESTS A MESSAGE ABOUT HIS OWN CANCER JOURNEY, CALLING IT FRIGHTENING AND DAUNTING. IT WAS HIS MOST PERSONAL REFLECTION YET ON HIS ILLNESS. BUT YESTERDAY, PRINCE HARRY SPOKE ABOUT HIS FATHER'S CANCER IN A DIFFERENT WAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY FATHER HAS. UM, YOU KNOW, HE` HE` HE WON'T SPEAK TO ME. UM, YOU KNOW, HE` HE` HE WON'T SPEAK TO ME. HOURS AFTER HARRY'S INTERVIEW WAS BROADCAST, A ROYAL SOURCE TOLD ITV NEWS... THAT THE PRINCE'S REMARKS WERE IN 'PARTICULARLY POOR TASTE,' AND ADDED THAT THEY SUGGEST SOMETHING 'ENTIRELY CONTRARY TO THE REALITY.' HARRY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED HIS FAMILY ARE FINDING IT HARD TO FORGIVE HIM FOR SHARING PERSONAL AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IN HIS MEMOIR, 'SPARE'. BASED ON WHAT THE ROYAL INSIDER TOLD US, HE'D BE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT CONCLUSION. THE SOURCE SAID HARRY HAD PROVED AGAIN AND AGAIN ` WITH HIS BOOK, HIS NETFLIX SERIES, AND NOW ANOTHER TV INTERVIEW ` THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE TRUSTED TO REMAIN PRIVATE. I WOULD LOVE RECONCILIATION WITH MY FAMILY. I'VE ALWAYS` I'VE` YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT IN CONTINUING TO FIGHT ANY MORE. AS I SAID, LIFE IS PRECIOUS. IT IS HARD TO RECALL SUCH AN ANGRY RESPONSE FROM PALACE INSIDERS TO ANY OF HARRY'S INTERVENTIONS IN RECENT YEARS. AND FOR ALL OF HIS CLAIMS YESTERDAY THAT HE WANTS TO RECONCILE WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS INTERVIEW, AND IN PARTICULAR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT HIS FATHER'S CANCER, APPEAR TO HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. FOR A SON WHO CLAIMS TO WANT A FAMILY RECONCILIATION, IT IS A VERY CURIOUS WAY TO BUILD BRIDGES. THE ACRIMONIOUS DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX HAPPENED AT A TIME WHEN THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS IN FAILING HEALTH, BUT HARRY HAD ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS GRANDMOTHER SUPPORTED HIS DECISION TO LEAVE. IN LIGHT OF HIS MOST RECENT COMMENTS, THE ROYAL SOURCE, SPEAKING ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY, SAID SIMPLY, HARRY'S BELOVED GRANDMOTHER, THE LATE QUEEN, WOULD HAVE BEEN 'TRULY HORRIFIED' BY IT ALL. HE'S JUST LAUNCHED A FASHION LABEL, BUT KATE SYLVESTER'S SECOND SON TOM IS ALSO ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR. WE WILL HAVE HIS STORY AFTER THE BREAK. AND IN SPORT ` LIAM LAWSON WINS, THEN LOSES HIS FIRST POINTS FOR THIS F1 SEASON. WE'LL HAVE THE SPRINT DRAMA. AND THE CROWD GOES WILD AS THE WARRIORS TAKE A MAGIC ROUND VICTORY IN BRISBANE, WITH HALFBACK LUKE METCALF SAVING THE DAY. WELCOME BACK. THE SON OF ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST DECORATED FASHION DESIGNERS HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE DEVASTATING INJURY THAT'S CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. TOM CONWAY, KATE SYLVESTER'S MIDDLE SON, IS NOW CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, BUT IS PROVING AN INSPIRATION FOUR MONTHS ON FROM THE ACCIDENT. HE SPOKE TO TONY WALL. TOM CONWAY HAS ALWAYS FOUND IT HARD TO SIT STILL. A SELF-CONFESSED ADRENALINE JUNKIE, THAT ALL ENDED WHEN HE BROKE HIS NECK DIVING INTO THE FAMILY SWIMMING POOL IN JANUARY. I HAVE A BAD SHOULDER, SO I DON'T LIKE TO DIVE HEAD-FIRST WITH MY ARMS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S PRONE TO DISLOCATING. SO I WAS DOING A PENGUIN DIVE TO HELP MY SHOULDER, AND I CALCULATED IT WRONG, AND I HIT MY HEAD AGAINST THE FLOOR OF THE POOL. INSTANTLY PARALYSED, HE WAS IN DANGER OF DROWNING UNTIL HIS MATE ELIJAH SAVED HIM. HE MUST HAVE SEEN THAT I WAS STRUGGLING TO GET TO THE SURFACE, OR` I DO REMEMBER ACTUALLY PASSING OUT AND GIVING UP AT ONE POINT, SO MAYBE HE SAW ME STATIONARY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. I'M NOT TOO SURE. I WASN'T CONSCIOUS. SO HE PULLED ME OUT. HE WAS RUSHED TO MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. FOUR HOURS LATER, I WAS GETTING SURGERY. THEY WERE REMOVING THE FRACTURED BONES AND TAKING A BONE FROM MY HIP, DOING A HIP BONE GRAFT TO REPAIR THAT VERTEBRAE AND TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF THE SPINAL CORD. AND, YEAH, SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH BUT GREAT ROAD TO RECOVERY OF GETTING MORE MOVEMENT BACK DAY BY DAY. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. HIS FATHER, WAYNE CONWAY, IS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY HIS SON HAS APPROACHED HIS DEVASTATING INJURY. TOM WAS INSPIRATIONAL. I JUST CAN'T... JUST SO POSITIVE AND... AND YOU JUST SEE HOW HE INTERACTS WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE. HE JUST, YOU KNOW` HE JUST LIGHTENS UP THE ROOM WHEN HE WALKS INTO ANY SPACE. BUT TOM HAS HAD HIS DARK MOMENTS. SOME NIGHTS, I'LL JUST BE LYING IN BED, AND I'LL JUST BE A HEAD, YOU KNOW, OR JUST A` JUST A LITTLE HEAD, AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON MY OWN. I'M ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE HELP OF OTHERS. I CAN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF. AND HOW DO YOU GET THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS? YOU GET THROUGH THEM JUST BY THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS I CAN DO AND HOW LUCKY I AM TO BE HERE AT ALL, AND ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND, LIKE, THINKING ABOUT MY PARTNER AND HOW MUCH I LOVE HER AND THINKING ABOUT THE BRAND WITH MY BROTHERS AND THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THOSE PROSPECTS GET ME THROUGH, THOSE THINGS I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO. TOM WANTS TO JOIN HIS BROTHERS WITH THEIR LAUNCH OF A NEW FASHION LABEL CALLED SYLVESTER AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. I'M SO THANKFUL. LIKE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOT LIMITED MOVEMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE I WON'T BE ABLE TO WALK, IT'S AMAZING TO BE ALIVE. LIKE, I CAN STILL TASTE BEAUTIFUL FOOD. I CAN STILL LISTEN TO MUSIC. I CAN STILL CREATE ART WHEN I'M READY. I CAN STILL DESIGN CLOTHING, AND I CAN STILL HANG OUT WITH MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND MY PARTNER. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. LEGENDARY JOURNEYS WITH SUZUKI JIMNY 5 AND THREE NEWS SPORT. AS ONE WARRIORS FAN TEXTED LAST NIGHT, 'OMG, IS THIS THE NIGHT METCALF BECOMES A SUPERSTAR?' THEY WERE OF COURSE REFERRING TO LUKE METCALF, WHO STARRED IN THE WARRIORS' GRITTY 30-26 WIN OVER THE COWBOYS. ANGUS GILLIES REPORTS. IT HAPPENED IN BRISBANE, BUT IT FELT LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN AUCKLAND. DROPPED OVER! WARRIORS! WARRIORS WIN AN EPIC MAGIC ROUND STRUGGLE! TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CROWD ENDED UP IN SUCH A FRENZY, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST HALF. IT'S A WARRIORS TRY! LUKE METCALF'S FIRST TRY WAS THE START OF A GOLDEN PERIOD FOR THE WARRIORS. JUST GORGEOUS PLAY FOR RICK CORSIE. WHO GETS OVER IN THE CORNER. JUST GORGEOUS PLAY FOR RICK CORSIE, WHO GETS OVER IN THE CORNER. ...MCCINTYRE GEARED IT ` AT LAST, RAIN GETTING HEAVIER, HARRIS-TAVITA, WITH SOFT TOUCH AND... THE REBOUND! AND IT'S OVER! THE COWBOYS HOLDING ON, BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER? HARRIS-TAVITA, METCALF ` METCALF IS OVER! METCALF'S SECOND TRY JUST WHAT THE COACH ORDERED. WELL, I THINK HE'S BEEN TRYING TO PROVE THAT HE CAN MANAGE THE TEAM. LIKE, I THINK HE'S PROVED THAT NOW, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PLAY A BIT OF FOOTY. AN ADAM POMPEY INTERCEPT SET THE WARRIORS UP FOR A 28-12 HALF-TIME LEAD. ...COMING AT HIM, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET HIM! WHAT A FINISH TO THE FIRST HALF FOR THE WARRIORS. AND METCALF FOLLOWED UP HIS BEST 40 MINUTES THIS SEASON WITH A KICK TO MAKE IT AN 18-POINT LEAD. THEN A MISTAKE FROM THE REF. WATCH HIS BACK FOOT. IT'S IN THE AIR, I THINK. YEAH. OH, THAT'S A TERRIBLE DECISION. THAT'S AWFUL. ...WHO ALSO MISSED THE WARRIORS' REQUEST FOR A CHALLENGE... THEY HAD HANDS WAVING, WANTING THE REFEREE TO STOP PROCEEDINGS. ...SEEMED TO FLICK A SWITCH, GIVING MOMENTUM TO THE COWBOYS. HERE COMES DERBY, AND HERE COME THE COWBOYS! HERE'S DRINKWATER. THERE'S THE PASS. IT'S PARRIED UP BY TAULAGI? I DON'T THINK SO! A SPRINT TO DRINKWATER, ROLLS IT IN, PURDUE` OH, PUT DOWN` NANAI SCORES! NANAI IS OVER! NOW IT WAS 30-26, AND JUST AS AN EQUALISER SEEMED IMMINENT... HE'S OVER AGAIN! TAULAGI! ...THAT MAN, METCALF, SAVED THE DAY. WE'RE MORE PROUD OF THAT TACKLE THAN THAN ANYTHING ELSE HE DID ALL NIGHT. ...AND SO WERE THE FANS. EVEN METCALF'S PREDECESSOR WAS ABLE TO BASK IN THE GLORY. CROWD CHANTS: # SHAUNY! SHAUNY! THE SORCERER'S MAGIC WAND NOW WELL AND TRULY PASSED TO THE APPRENTICE. AND A LATE TRY-SAVING TACKLE WAS CRUCIAL FOR THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS AS WELL, AS THEY HELD ON TO BEAT AUSTRALIA 21-19 IN LOS ANGELES. WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT, NEW ZEALAND TOOK THE LEAD WHEN BRADY RUSH SCORED UNDER THE POSTS. THEN THE ALL BLACKS SEALED THE VICTORY WITH THAT TRY-SAVING TACKLE THAT EFFECTIVELY SENT THEM INTO THE SEMI-FINALS. THE BLACK FERNS' PATH TO THE SEMIS WAS FAR LESS DRAMATIC AS THEY RATTLED OFF THREE COMFORTABLE WINS. THE HURRICANES HAVE ANNOUNCED THEMSELVES AS GENUINE CONTENDERS, DEFEATING THE TABLE-TOPPING CHIEFS 35-17 IN THE CAPITAL LAST NIGHT. THE CHIEFS MADE A STRONG START, SNARING AN INTERCEPT TRY ON THE CUSP OF HALF-TIME TO LEAD AT THE BREAK. IT WAS ALL THE CANES FROM THERE, THOUGH ` BAILYN SULLIVAN CROSSING THE LINE FOUR TIMES. HERE COMES THE CROSS KICK! BAILYN SULLIVAN AGAIN! (WHISTLE BLOWS) WHAT A KICK FROM REUBEN LOVE! GOT IT OFF TO HIGGINS ` JABBED A LITTLE KICK THROUGH! OH-HO! HE'S GOT FOUR! THE WIN MOVES THE HURRICANES TO FIFTH, 11 POINTS BACK FROM THE CHIEFS. ARDIE SAVEA HAS PRODUCED A TRY-OF-THE-SEASON CONTENDER TO EDGE MOANA PASIFIKA TO VICTORY OVER THE HIGHLANDERS IN DUNEDIN. THE VISITORS LOOKED TO BE UP AGAINST IT WHEN THEY WERE REDUCED TO 14 THE VISITORS LOOKED TO BE UP AGAINST IT WHEN THEY WERE REDUCED TO 14 AFTER THIS HIGH SHOT FROM WILLIAM HAVILI. BEING A MAN DOWN ONLY SEEMED TO INSPIRE THEIR CAPTAIN. LOOKING TO PLAY A TUNE DOWN THE SHORT SIDE, SAVEA` LOOKING TO PLAY A TUNE DOWN THE SHORT SIDE, SAVEA ` CAN HE GET THE BOUNCE? HE CAN! CAN HE SCORE THE TRY? HE ABSOLUTELY CAN! OH, THAT IS SPECIAL, ARDIE SAVEA! MOANA THEN TRAILED LATE BEFORE A DRAMATIC CHARGE-DOWN SAW THEM CLAIM THE VICTORY 34-29. LIAM LAWSON LOOKED LIKE HE HAD SCORED HIS FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON, BUT IN THE END, IT WAS A DAY OF FRUSTRATION ` A PENALTY FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A CRASH RELEGATING HIM FROM 7TH TO 13TH IN TODAY'S SPRINT RACE AT THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT'S LIGHTS OUT! AWAY WE GO! A WET BEGINNING TO THE DAY IN MIAMI MADE FOR A FRANTIC START IN THE SPRINT RACE. ...AND HAS THE INSIDE LINE INTO THE FIRST CORNER! AND ANTONELLI HAS TO BACK OUT OF IT, AND HE'S GONNA LOSE PLACES NOW, AS THROUGH GOES PIASTRI, THROUGH GOES NORRIS, AND THROUGH GOES MAX VERSTAPPEN! WHILE 18-YEAR-OLD SENSATION KIMI ANTONELLI WAS GOING BACKWARDS, IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY FOR LIAM LAWSON. LIAM LAWSON UP INTO 9TH FROM 14TH. THE EXCITEMENT WASN'T LIMITED TO THE OPENING LAP EITHER. OH, AND THERE'S CONTACT IN THE PIT LANE BETWEEN VERSTAPPEN AND ANTONELLI. MAX VERSTAPPEN SLAPPED WITH A 10-SECOND PENALTY FOR THIS UNSAFE PIT RELEASE, SEEING HIM FINISH OUTSIDE THE POINTS. HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE ON THE STEWARDS' NAUGHTY LIST. LIAM LAWSON WAS GIVEN A FIVE-SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR THIS INCIDENT WITH FERNANDO ALONSO. YEAH, I THINK LIAM LAWSON MIGHT HAVE SOME PROBLEMS THERE WHEN THEIR STEWARDS GET HOLD OF THAT ONE. MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS WOULD TAKE THE SPOILS, WHILE LAWSON WOULD FINISH THE RACE IN 7TH BUT WOULD LATER BE RELEGATED TO 13TH DUE TO THE PENALTY. I MADE SURE TO GET MY WHEELS AHEAD AT THE APEX WHEN TRYING TO OVERTAKE, AND I FEEL I DID THAT, AND THEN I GOT SQUEEZED OFF. SO OBVIOUSLY NOT MY INTENTION, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I HAD MY WHEELS AHEAD. SADLY, THE DAY DIDN'T IMPROVE FROM THERE ` BATTERY ISSUES SEEING HIM QUALIFY 15TH FOR TOMORROW'S GRAND PRIX. WAIT, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS BATTERY? YEAH, WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM. LAWSON NOW HOPING FOR DRAMA OF THE POSITIVE KIND TOMORROW AS THE SEARCH FOR HIS FIRST POINTS CONTINUES. AUCKLAND FC'S 14-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK HAS BEEN BROKEN ` THE PREMIER'S PLATE WINNERS DEFEATED 4-2 BY WESTERN UNITED. IT WAS A GREEN AND BLACK ONSLAUGHT EARLY ON ` WESTERN UNITED RUNNING OUT TO A 3-0 LEAD EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF BEFORE AUCKLAND PEGGED BACK THE GAP. THEY NOW HAVE A WEEK OFF BEFORE THE SEMI-FINALS. I'LL HAVE THE WEATHER FOR THE START OF YOUR WORKING WEEK. PLUS, WE'LL SHOW THE STUNNING SHOTS SENT IN BY OUR VIEWERS. VOICEOVER: One minute you're doing a little DIY. The next you've done too much. With Tower, you can save $75 on every new comprehensive car or contents insurance policy. Ts&Cs apply. Got a minute? Get a quote. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. ANTHONY ALBANESE HAS WON THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE, WITH DONALD TRUMP LOOMING LARGE OVER THE RESULT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED IT'LL SPEND $2B TO REPLACE OUR AGEING MARITIME HELICOPTER FLEET. AND THE ROYAL RIFT INTENSIFIES, WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSE FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO PRINCE HARRY'S LATEST COMMENTS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. AMI HAS BEEN PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS, RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE, FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. A.M.I., BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. A SOUTHERLY FLOW EASES OFF AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY AND REMAINS IN PLACE TOMORROW. IT'S MAINLY FINE IN THE SOUTH WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. AND SIMILAR IN THE NORTH ` MAINLY FINE WITH JUST SOME CLOUDY PERIODS. THERE WILL BE MORNING CLOUD FOR MUCH OF THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW ` SOME FOG FOR HAMILTON, BUT THINGS WILL CLEAR FOR A FINE AFTERNOON IN MOST PLACES. A FINE DAY ACROSS THE BOARD HERE, BUT IT'LL BE A FROSTY START FOR TOKOROA, AND THERE ARE SOME MORNING SOUTHERLIES IN STORE FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. GISBORNE DEALING WITH SOME MORNING CLOUD BUT SHOULD BECOME FINE IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. AND IT'LL BE COLD OVERNIGHT FOR TAUMARUNUI ` THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING AS LOW AS 0 ` BUT A FINE DAY ACROSS THE BOARD HERE. JUST LIGHT WINDS. A CHANCE OF A MORNING SHOWER FOR WESTPORT AND REEFTON. THE WEST COAST SET FOR A CLOUDY DAY. SOME LIGHT WINDS FOR GREYMOUTH. MAINLY FINE HERE ` CHRISTCHURCH IN FOR A MORNING FROST AND NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING. AND A NICE LOOKING DAY FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY. FINE, BUT THE FROSTS CONTINUE FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA. INVERCARGILL WITH SOME NORTHERLIES EASING INTO THE EVENING. A MOSTLY CLOUDY PICTURE ACROSS THE TASMAN. AND IT'S WET IN THE PACIFIC, EXCEPT FOR SUNNY RAROTONGA. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD. (RELAXED MUSIC CONTINUES) THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M LISETTE REYMER. I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH SOME OF YOUR WEATHER PICTURES FROM THE PAST WEEK. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SENDING THEM IN AND JOINING US THIS EVENING. 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