NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E E LELEI, WELCOME TO THREENEWS. UNIONS REACT WITH FURY AFTER THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE RULES, MAKING IT HARDER FOR FEMALE WORKERS TO MAKE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS NATIONAL ANNOUNCES A MEMBER'S BILL TO BAN UNDER-16S FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ACT SAYS IT'S UNWORKABLE. AN EMOTIONAL PLEA FROM THE SISTER OF MURDER VICTIM JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA AS THE INQUEST INTO HER DEATH DRAWS TO A CLOSE. AND IS THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL FOR EXAMS ON COMPUTERS? CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 THE SISTER OF JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA, NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E E LELEI, WELCOME TO THREENEWS. THE SISTER OF JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA, WHO WAS MURDERED BY A RECENTLY PAROLED RAPIST, SAYS SERIOUS, NEGLIGENT AND IRREPERABLE FAILURES WERE TO BLAME FOR HER DEATH. SARAY BONILLA HAS CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE HER SISTER'S DEATH A TURNING POINT FOR EVERY PERSON WHOSE SAFETY DEPENDS ON A JUST AND RESPONSIBLE SYSTEM. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY WAS IN COURT. EX PRISONER AND CONVICTED RAPIST JOSEPH BRIDER BRUTALLY MURDERED HIS NEIGHBOUR JULIANA BONILLA-HERRERA IN HER CHRISTCHURCH HOME. SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE. BUT HAD NO CHANCE IN THE HORRIFIC AND VIOLENT ASSAULT. HER SISTER SARA BEAMED INTO COURT FROM CALIFORNIA AND HER POWERFUL STATEMENT WAS READ TO THE CORONER. JULIANA IS NO LONGER WITH US DUE TO SERIOUS, NEGLIGENT, AND IRREPARABLE FAILURES. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT SUCH ERRORS ARE NEVER REPEATED. THE CORONER IS LOOKING AT WHAT SYSTEMIC AND OTHER FAILURES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL'S DEATH. I TRUST THAT THE DECISIONS MADE HERE WILL MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND GIRLS. BRIDER WAS RELEASED TO LIVE ALONE TO BE MONITORED BY CORRECTIONS STAFF AND HELPED REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY BY PATHWAY TRUST. BONILLA-HERRERA HAD TOLD FRIENDS THAT BRIDER FRIGHTENED HER AND SHE FELT INSECURE IN HER FLAT, BUT SHE KNEW NOTHING OF BRIDER S VIOLENT PAST. WITHIN WEEKS OF GETTING OUT OF PRISON BRIDER BROKE INTO JULIANA'S HOME NEXT DOOR AND MURDERED HER IN A PARTICULARLY BRUTAL ASSAULT. IN HONOUR OF JULIANA, AND IN DEFENCE OF ALL WHO REMAIN AT RISK, MAY THIS BE THE MOMENT WE STOP REPEATING AVOIDABLE MISTAKES, AND START BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT TRULY PROTECTS. THE CORONER WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BURDEN SHOULD NEVER BE ON WOMEN TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE FROM MEN. AND SHE ADDRESSED JULIANA'S SISTER DIRECTLY ONLINE. AND FINALLY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU I'M PROFOUNDLY SORRY THAT HER LAST MOMENTS WERE SO HORRIFYING, I AM SURE YOUR SISTER WOULD BE PROUD OF THE STRENGTH AND THE DIGNITY THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN. BONILLA WILLED THE MEMORY OF HER SISTER TO BE HONOURED. LET THIS BE A TURNING POINT, A MOMENT WHERE WE, AS A SOCIETY, WE OWE IT TO JULIANA, AND TO EVERY PERSON WHOSE SAFETY DEPENDS ON A JUST AND RESPONSIBLE SYSTEM, TO ACT NOW, TO DO BETTER, AND TO NEVER AGAIN ALLOW PREVENTABLE FAILURES TO COST INNOCENT LIVES. FOR HER FAMILY, JULIANA'S DEATH NOW A PLEA TO THOSE IN POWER ` LET HER BE THE LAST. FOR HER FAMILY, JULIANA'S DEATH NOW A PLEA TO THOSE IN POWER ` LET HER BE THE LAST. IT'S AN ATTACK ON WORKING WOMEN ` THAT'S A UNION'S RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S SHOCK MOVE, HALTING ALL CURRENT PAY EQUITY CLAIMS. THE CHANGES, ANNOUNCED BY WORKPLACE RELATIONS MINISTER BROOKE VAN VELDEN, WILL RAISE THE BAR FOR PROVING HISTORICAL UNDERVALUATION IN FEMALE-DOMINATED WORKFORCES. THE MOVE CUTS OFF CURRENT CLAIMS AND MAKES LODGING NEW ONES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER JENNA LYNCH BEGINS OUR COVERAGE OF A DAY OF SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENTS. WHEN WORKERS ARE UNDER ATTACK STAND UP FIGHT BACK A SPONTANEOUS RALLY ` ORGANISED AT LATE NOTICE ` SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE. WHAT DO WE WANT? THE VISCERAL ANGER ON FULL SHOW... ...AS THESE WORKERS DIGESTED THE NEWS THE GOVERNMENT WAS PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER PAY EQUITY CLAIMS. WE ARE SO UNDERVALUED IN THE CARE AND SUPPORT SECTOR CARE AND SUPPORT WORKERS ARE FUMING... ...LIBRARY WORKERS GUTTED... I AM SO HER ABOUT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. ...NURSES THROWN FOR A LOOP, TOO... THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS HAVING ME ON. WHEN SOMEONE SAID THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO UP TO PARLIAMENT, BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DO THAT THE WORKPLACE RELATIONS MINISTER MADE THE SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD URGENTLY AMEND THE LAW MAKING IT HARDER FOR A WORKFORCE TO PROVE GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION. EQUAL PAY IS ABOUT GENDER-BASED AND SEX-BASED DISCRIMINATION THE LEGISLATION CAME ABOUT AFTER AGED CARE WORKER KRISTINE BARTLETT WON A LANDMARK 5-YEAR LONG PAY EQUITY BATTLE THAT REACHED THE SUPREME COURT, THAT RESULTED IN A $2B SETTLEMENT. THAT RESULTED IN A $2B SETTLEMENT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT I'M EMOTIONALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AT THE MOMENT EMPLOYEES OR UNIONS CAN TAKE A CASE ON BEHALF OF A WORKFORCE IF IT'S 60% FEMALE DOMINATED AND UNDERVALUED. THAT'LL CHANGE TO 70%, AND THERE MUST BE EVIDENCE THE CASE HAS, QUOTE, 'MERIT.' CURRENTLY, THE TWO PARTIES LOOKING TO SETTLE WORK THROUGH A CLAIM BY LOOKING AT WHAT MALE-DOMINATED JOBS ARE PAID IN OTHER INDUSTRIES AND TRY TO DETERMINE A FAIR VALUE FROM THAT. THAT'LL CHANGE TOO, THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCING A HIERARCHY OF COMPARATORS. WE WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO COMPARE THEMSELVES TO MALE DOMINATED FIELDS WITHIN THE SAME EMPLOYER OR IF THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE WITH MALE DOMINATED FIELDS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY IN SOME CASES ` LIKE CARE AND SUPPORT WORKERS - THERE ISN'T A GOOD MALE-DOMINATED COMPARATOR IN THE SAME INDUSTRY. WE SHOULD BE VALUED FOR WHAT WE DO. NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIPE PASSES, LET'S BE REAL. THE LAW IS BEING RAMMED THROUGH UNDER URGENCY WITH ZERO CONSULTATION; WOMEN DON'T GET TO TELL PARLIAMENT HOW THEY FEEL. LOOK AT THESE WOMEN HERE, WE ARE ALL SITTING AROUND THE CABINET TABLE, AND HAVE VERY STRONG VOICES, DO YOU THINK THAT YOU REPRESENT LOW PAID WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY? THE CHANGES WILL SAVE THE GOVERNMENT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE POLICY CHANGES THAT I'M DELIVERING TODAY WILL GO SOME WAY AND QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL WAY TO FIND VERY SIGNIFICANT COST REDUCTIONS TO GOVERNMENT NO ONE WILLING TO SAY HOW MUCH, EXCEPT IT STARTS WITH A 'B.' A COULD BE UP TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE COURSE. I WILL MAKE CLEAR AT THE BUDGET. I CAN'T DISCLOSE IT THAT'S BUDGET SENSITIVE INFORMATION. HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO SAVE YOUR BUDGET? NO. SHE SAYS NO, BUT HE SAYS BROOKE VAN VELDEN HAS SAVED NICOLA WILLIS'S BUDGET. HE HAS MADE PAY EQUITY WORKABLE FOR NEW ZEALAND WOMEN AND MEN. WILLIS SAYS WOMEN WILL WIN FROM HER BUDGET, JUST NOT ON THE EQUAL PAY FRONT. THIS IS NICOLA WILLIS SAYING SORRY YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE SACRIFICIAL LAMBS TO NEW ZEALAND WORKERS TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK. SO THOSE WHO ARE FEELING HURT AND ANGRY... THAT MONEY WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO SUPPORTING WOMEN LIKE TEACHERS AND NURSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HEALTH SYSTEM CAN PAY THEM WELL. WILL THAT BE GOING INTO THEIR PAY? SO THOSE WHO ARE FEELING HURT AND ANGRY... IT'S LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE MAY JUST HAVE THOSE FEELINGS INTENSIFY WHEN WILLIS UNVEILS HER BUDGET LATER THIS MONTH. JENNA, HOW QUICKLY WILL THE LAW BE PASSED, AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE SAVINGS? THEY ARE RIPPING THROUGH THIS AT A RECORD PACE IT IS LIKELY THAT THE BILL WILL BE PASSED INTO LAW THIS EVENING WE WERE ALL WONDERING HOW NICHOLAS WAS GOING TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK WITH THE $1.3 BILLION SHE GIVEN HERSELF TO SPEND AND ALL OF THE DEMAND ON GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, THERE WAS SPECULATION IT WAS CUTTING TO KEEP SATURDAY'S SUBSIDY AND NOW WE HAVE THE ANSWER, AND BECAUSE SHE HASN'T SAID HOW MUCH IT IS, THAT IS NOW GIVING LABOUR A MASSIVE STICK WITH WHICH TO HIT GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE ANYTHING THEY ANNOUNCE FROM HERE WILL BE JUDGED AGAINST WOMEN IS WORTH TAKING EQUAL PAY OFF THE TABLE MEANWHILE, NATIONAL HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S MODELLED ON A LAW PASSED IN AUSTRALIA, THE ONUS WOULD BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO VERIFY A USER'S AGE, OR ELSE FACE A FINE. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, IT SEEMS NATIONAL'S COALITION PARTNERS WILL NEED CONVINCING. TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA... I'M HERE WITH NATIONAL MP CATHERINE WEDD, WHO HAS LAUNCHED AN INCREDIBLE BILL... ...TO PROPOSE A BAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S. IT PUTS THE ONUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO VERIFY THAT SOMEONE IS OVER THE AGE OF 16. THE IDEA HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD AS A MEMBERS' BILL BY THE MP FOR TUKITUKI, CATHERINE WEDD, TO 'PROTECT UNDER-16S FROM SOCIAL MEDIA HARM.' LOOK, THIS BILL TODAY IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE, YOUNG TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN FROM ONLINE HARMS. THE HEADMASTER AT CHRISTCHURCH BOYS' HIGH, NIC HIL, SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL. WHAT I DO LIKE ABOUT A BAN IS IT SENDS A GREAT MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAND BY AND LET THIS HARM HAPPEN. MIXED REACTIONS ON THE STREETS, THOUGH. RESTRICTIONS DEFINITELY PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A TOTAL BAN, BECAUSE KIDS FIND A WAY AROUND IT ANYWAY. I REALLY APPROVE. I'VE GOT TWO TEENAGERS, AND I'D LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL. MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY FORM OF THEM COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR JUST PEOPLE THEY DON'T SEE MUCH. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD MANAGE THAT. LIKE, I DEFINITELY SAID THAT I WAS OVER 13, OR WHATEVER THE REQUIREMENT WAS JUST TO GET ONTO IT. THE BILL WOULD MANDATE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IMPLEMENT STRICT AGE VERIFICATION MEASURES TO PREVENT UNDER-16S FROM CREATING ACCOUNTS ` THOUGH, IT DOESN'T SPECIFY WHICH PLATFORMS, WHETHER THAT'S FACEBOOK OR YOUTUBE. IT ALSO STATES THAT NON-COMPLIANT PLATFORMS COULD FACE FINES OF UP TO $2m. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY BANNED MOBILE PHONES IN SCHOOLS, AND NATIONAL'S PROPOSED BAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S IS MODELLED ON A LAW PASSED IN AUSTRALIA THAT COMES INTO EFFECT LATER THIS YEAR. AND THIS ONE'S FOR THE MUMS AND DADS. SOCIAL MEDIA IS DOING HARM TO OUR KIDS, AND I'M CALLING TIME ON IT. ENTREPRENEUR CECILIA ROBINSON IS THE CO-CHAIR OF BEFORE 16, A GROUP ADVOCATING FOR A BAN IN NEW ZEALAND. I FEEL AS IF, AS A MUM WITH A 9-YEAR-OLD AND A 3-YEAR-OLD AND A 13-YEAR-OLD, WE NEED TO DRIVE CHANGE NOW. BUT SHE WAS HOPING FOR A GOVERNMENT BAN. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THEY'RE SUPPORTING A PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILL, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THEM GO FURTHER THAN THAT. A MEMBERS' BILL IS SUBMITTED BY AN MP WHO IS NOT A MINISTER. IT GOES INTO PARLIAMENT'S BISCUIT-TIN LOTTERY SYSTEM, WHERE BILLS ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED TO GO BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NO, I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE JUST LEAVING THAT TO A MEMBER'S BILL. IF YOU LOOK AT AUSTRALIA, THERE'S BEEN SOME GOVERNMENT-LED ACTION IN THAT AREA. I WANT TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT INTO A GOVERNMENT BILL. TO DO THAT, NATIONAL WOULD NEED THE SUPPORT OF ITS COALITION PARTNERS. WE'D BE MUCH BETTER TO HAVE A PROPER, TRANSPARENT, QUALITY PUBLIC INQUIRY, LEARN FROM THE AUSTRALIAN MISTAKES INSTEAD OF MAKING THE MISTAKES WITH THEM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'D END UP DOING, AND ACTUALLY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I'D JUST SAY, IF DEALING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA HARM IS WORTH DOING, IT'S WORTH DOING RIGHT. SO, DON'T EXPECT A GOVERNMENT BAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S ANY TIME SOON, BECAUSE NATIONAL STILL HAS CONVINCING DO TO. JENNA, INTERESTING TIMING WITH THOSE TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. EVERYONE KNOWS SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DISTRACTION, AND NATIONAL WOULD WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TODAY, THIS IS GOOD RETAIL POLITICS, PARENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO THEY DROP ON A DAY WHERE THEY WANT TO BURY SOME BAD NEWS AND THAT PAY EQUITY LEGISLATION, WHAT IT COULD DO IS END UP BEARING THEIR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN TROMPING FOR A LONG TIME, IT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM GOOD ATTENTION AND ACQUIRED A IN A QUIETER PATCH THE AUDITOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED AN INQUIRY INTO THE REVAMPED SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMME. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY CHANGED PROVIDERS LAST YEAR WITH THE SCHOOL LUNCH COLLECTIVE TAKING OVER. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN WIDELY CRTICISED SINCE. THE INQUIRY WILL COVER THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S PLANNING, PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT IMPLEMENTATION UNDER ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR'S ALTERNATIVE MODEL. THE AUDITOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS IT DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE BECAUSE OF CONCERNS RAISED BOTH IN THE MEDIA, AND DIRECTLY WITH THEM. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST WOOLWORTHS NZ FOR ALLEGED INACCURATE PRICES AND MISLEADING SPECIALS. THE COMMISSION INDICATED IN DECEMBER IT WAS LOOKING TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN, AND SAYS IT HAS NOW DONE SO FOR PRICING WHICH MAY HAVE BREACHED THE FAIR TRADING ACT. IN MARCH, THE COMMISSION LAID SIMILAR CHARGES AGAINST PAK'NSAVE IN AUCKLAND'S SILVERDALE, AND PAK'NSAVE MILL ST IN HAMILTON. FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER MIKE BUSH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW TOP COP FOR VICTORIA. CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT, PREMIER JACINTA ALLAN SAID BUSH MADE THE COMMUNITY SAFER IN NEW ZEALAND AND HE'LL MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER IN VICTORIA. BUSH WAS COMMISSIONER HERE FROM FROM 2014 UNTIL 2020 AND WAS NAMED A COMPANION OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT FOR HIS SERVICES TO POLICE, SINCE LEAVING THE FORCE HE HAS LED REVIEWS INTO ORANGA TAMARIKI AND THE RESPONSE TO CYCLONE GABRIEL. HE'LL START HIS NEW ROLE IN LATE JUNE. BLACK FASHION HAS TAKEN CENTRE STAGE AT ARGUABLY THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FASHION EVENT IN THE WORLD ` THE MET GALA IN NEW YORK. LORDE WAS AMONG THE ENTERTAINERS, ACTORS AND ATHLETES WHO WERE INVITED TO THE FAMOUS EVENT, WHERE THE THEME CELEBRATED THE CONCEPT OF 'DANDYISM' ` A STYLE THAT FOUND POPULARITY DURING THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE OF THE 1920S. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. # AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, # AIN'T NO VALLEY LOW ENOUGH.... WHEN THE TUXEDO-CLAD GOSPEL CHOIR GOT STARTED, IT WAS CLEAR THE CARPET WAS SET FOR BIG THINGS # AIN'T NO RIVER WIDE ENOUGH TO KEEP ME FROM YOU. AND THERE AIN'T NO DRESS BIG ENOUGH TO KEEP DIANA ROSS FROM GETTING UP THE MET GALA STAIRS ` THE 81-YEAR-OLD WARMING UP THE RUNWAY FOR THE FIRST-TIMERS TO FOLLOW. COME ON, NOW. DEBUTANTS BRACING FOR THE WHIRLWIND ` AND TWIRLWIND ` OF MET GALA MADNESS. UH` I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. AND THE LOOMING LISTS THAT LABEL THEM BEST-DRESSED OR OTHERWISE. THE WHOLE THING'S WOW. PINSTRIPE BEAUTY ` BEADS, BOWS AND NEW BABY BUMPS TO BOOT ` A GUEST LIST OF CELEBRITY ELITE LIT UP THE NEW YORK NIGHT ALL HOPING TO STRIKE THE RIGHT KEY WITH THE FASHION POLICE. OI! FOUR YEARS SINCE HER LAST APPEARANCE, LORDE WAS BACK STRIKING A POSE ON THE MOST DAUNTING CARPET OF ALL, JOINING THE JEWEL-DRIPPING STARS, EACH PAYING OVER 100 GRAND FOR A TICKET. NOT JUST THE SPARKLIEST OF THE SCREEN AND STAGE, BUT SUPERMODEL STARPOWER AND THE GOATs OF SPORT ` THE MAT, THE COURT, THE 100m TRACK... WHEN I HEARD THE THEME, I WAS, LIKE, I'M JUST GONNA SHOW UP AND FLOW, LIKE I NORMALLY DO. AND OF COURSE, THE FORMULA 1 GRID... THE SUIT IS SO FLY. I LOVE IT. LEWIS HAMILTON WASN'T THE ONLY RACER IN TOWN ` DAMSON IDRIS, THE STAR OF AN UPCOMING F1 FILM, PUTTING HIMSELF IN POLE POSITION WITH THE CRITICS. (CHEERING) IN 22 YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST GALA TO CELEBRATE MEN'S FASHION ` THE THEME ` SUPERFINE TAILORING, BLACK STYLE. A DECLARATION OF IDENTITY AND CELEBRATION OF DANDYISM, A CONCEPT MADE FAMOUS IN THE 1920S BY THOSE WHO DRESSED TO ASSERT THEMSELVES IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN DENIED THEM DIGNITY. IT'S AN HONOUR, BECAUSE IT CELEBRATES US. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, BELOVED COLOURS ON THIS PLANET, WHICH IS BLACK. AND GIVEN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL CLIMATE, IT'S AN HONOUR, BECAUSE IT CELEBRATES US. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, BELOVED COLOURS ON THIS PLANET, WHICH IS BLACK. AND GIVEN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL CLIMATE, THE THEME CAME, FOR MANY, AT THE PERFECT TIME. WHAT IS NEEDED MOST OF ALL IN LIFE TODAY ` LOVE ` NOT CONFUSION, NOT HATE ` LOVE. THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY WAS DAPPER AND DANDY. (JAUNTY JAZZ SAXOPHONE PLAYS) ...AS THE BIGGEST NAMES IN FASHION TIPPED THEIR HATS TO THOSE WHO STAND TALL AND PROUD, AND WHO ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAND OUT. IMOGEN'S HERE WITH WEATHER NOW, AND THERE WERE COOL TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY HAS KNOCKED THEM OUT THE PARK! YEAH, FORGET THOSE NEGATIVE-ONE-POINT SOMETHINGS FROM TUESDAY, LAURA ` RAETIHI SAW THOSE YESTERDAY AND DECIDED TO GO A COUPLE OF DEGREES LOWER, GETTING DOWN TO NEGATIVE-4 AT ONE POINT TODAY. KAITAIA WASN'T INTERESTED IN ANY OF THAT, THOUGH, WITH A HIGH OF 20. I'LL HAVE YOUR WEDNESDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. KING CHARLES HAS LED COMMEMORATIONS MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF V.E DAY ` NEXT ON THREE NEWS, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS AS THE END OF WORLD WAR II IS REMEMBERED. ISRAEL APPROVES A PLAN TO TAKE OVER GAZA AND STAY PUT THERE INDEFINITELY, AND THE U.S. OFFERS MIGRANTS $1000 TO SELF-DEPORT. THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE HAS BEGUN PREPARATIONS TO CAPTURE ALL OF GAZA AND STAY THERE INDEFINITELY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ARMY RESERVISTS HAVE BEEN CALLED UP ` DESPITE HEATED OPPOSITION FROM SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES, WHO SAY ESCALATING THE WAR PUTS THEIR LIVES IN EVEN GREATER DANGER. ITV'S IAN WOODS REPORTS. A CALL-UP FOR RESERVISTS AND TALK OF CAPTURING THE ENTIRE GAZA STRIP, THOUGH IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG AN ISRAELI OCCUPATION WOULD LAST. (SPEAKS HEBREW) A CALL-UP FOR RESERVISTS AND TALK OF CAPTURING THE ENTIRE GAZA STRIP, THOUGH IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG AN ISRAELI OCCUPATION WOULD LAST. (SPEAKS HEBREW) BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLED IT A POWERFUL OPERATION TO DEFEAT HAMAS AND RESCUE REMAINING HOSTAGES. (SHOUTING IN HEBREW) BUT MANY RELATIVES OF THOSE HELD DISAGREE. THE MOTHER OF ONE HOSTAGE TOLD ISRAELI MPS IT WAS RECKLESS AND URGED RESERVISTS TO REFUSE TO REPORT FOR DUTY. (CHANTING IN HEBREW) PROTESTERS SAY ESCALATING THE WAR IS DONE FOR POLITICAL REASONS. THEY JUST WANT TO HOLD THE STRIP OF GAZA AND MAKE A NEW SETTLEMENT THERE. PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO DIE EVERY DAY IN AIRSTRIKES, WHICH RESUMED AFTER THE END OF A BRIEF TRUCE... (SHOUTING) AND AFTER A TWO-MONTH LONG BLOCKADE OF HUMANITARIAN AID. FOOD SHORTAGES IN GAZA HAVE BECOME CRITICAL. THE UN SAYS MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN IS RISING ` ISRAEL DISAGREES. THERE IS FOOD IN GAZA. THE 'HUNGER STORY' IS BEING ENGINEERED BY HAMAS AND IT'S BEING REPEATED, UNFORTUNATELY, WITHOUT QUESTION, BY TOO MANY OF THE MEDIA. HAMAS HAVE HIJACKED THE HUMANITARIAN AID THAT WAS SENT IN TWO MONTHS AGO. SO THE SECOND PART OF ISRAEL'S NEW STRATEGY IS TO INSIST THAT THEY CONTROL WHO GETS THE AID AND HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED. THE UN AND AID ORGANISATIONS SAY THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED, AND WON'T COOPERATE. THIS WOULD VIOLATE THE HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES OF NEUTRALITY, IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE, AND COULD ALSO PUT PEOPLE AT RISK. THE TOUGH TALK MAY PUT PRESSURE ON HAMAS TO RETURN TO NEGOTIATIONS, BUT ANY ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT IS UNLIKELY UNTIL AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST NEXT WEEK. COMMEMORATIONS HAVE BEGUN IN THE UK MARKING 80 YEARS SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE. IN LONDON, THOUSANDS LINED THE ROUTE FROM PARLIAMENT SQUARE TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR A GRAND MILITARY PARADE, WHILE ABOVE THEM A WW2 LANCASTER BOMBER LED AN RAF FLY-PAST. ITV'S CHRIS SHIP WAS THERE. 80 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, KING CHARLES' GRANDFATHER LED A NATION WHICH HAD JUST DEFEATED FASCISM IN EUROPE. TODAY, WEARING THE SAME NAVAL UNIFORM GEORGE VI WORE IN 1945, THE KING SAT AMONG VETERANS AND THREE GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY TO MARK THE SACRIFICE OTHERS MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM. THOSE WHO DID THAT FIGHTING ARE INEVITABLY FEWER IN NUMBER. BUT TODAY IT WAS ALAIN CANET, WHO JOINED THE RAF IN 1942 BUT TODAY IT WAS ALAIN CANET, WHO JOINED THE RAF IN 1942 AND WILL BE 101 LATER THIS MONTH, WHOSE PERMISSION WAS SOUGHT TO START THE PROCESSION. THANK YOU AND YOUR GENERATION FOR SECURING OUR FREEDOM 80 YEARS AGO. ALAN SAID HIS THOUGHTS AT THIS PROUD MOMENT TODAY WERE AND ALWAYS ARE... ...CARRY ON, SIR. ...WITH THE FALLEN. WE LOST QUITE A FEW PILOTS. I JUST REMEMBER THOSE THAT DIDN'T COME BACK. THAT'S THE THING THAT STICKS IN MY MIND. I'M LUCKY; I GOT HOME. (MILITARY BAND PLAYS MARCH) IN TOTAL, A THOUSAND MEMBERS OF TODAY'S ARMED FORCES MARCHED IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THEM. THE PROCESSION INCLUDED MEMBERS OF UKRAINE'S MILITARY FIGHTING A DIFFERENT AGGRESSOR IN A DIFFERENT ERA. THE KING TOOK THE SALUTE AT THE END OF THE MALL, NEXT TO HIM, A VETERAN FROM THE FIRST AID NURSING YEOMANRY, THE UNIFORM OF WHICH PRINCESS ANNE WORE JUST AS HER MOTHER DID 80 YEARS AGO. IN 1945, A 19-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS ELIZABETH, WHO'D SERVED IN THE AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICES, JUST AS HER MOTHER DID 80 YEARS AGO. IN 1945, A 19-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS ELIZABETH, WHO'D SERVED IN THE AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICES, FAMOUSLY SLIPPED OUT OF THE PALACE WITH HER SISTER AND JOINED THE CROWDS OUTSIDE. ARCHIVE: VAST CROWDS OUTSIDE THE PALACE... AND THE CROWDS WERE BACK AGAIN TODAY. SO AFTER THE MILITARY PROCESSION, THIS IS THE MOMENT THE PUBLIC GET TO TAKE PART THEMSELVES, PERHAPS TO SAY A PERSONAL THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE 80 YEARS AGO, AND OF COURSE, TO GET AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN TO THE PALACE. SO WHY DID YOU COME HERE TODAY? JUST BECAUSE MY GRANDDAD FOUGHT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, SO DID MY HUSBAND'S. RIGHT. JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. ALL THE VETERANS THAT, YOU KNOW` AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT AT WAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOUGHT FOR US TO BE IN THE SITUATION WE ARE NOW IN THE COUNTRY WE ARE NOW. YOUR BIRTHDAY IS ON FRIDAY? YES, INDEED. THERE YOU GO. 80TH BIRTHDAY! EXACTLY. WHEN THE WAR WAS ENDING, I WAS BEING BORN. WOW! OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT V.E. DAY! NO. ONLY THE STORIES. JUST THE STORIES. ONE DAY, THE DUTY OF LEADING THE NATION IN REMEMBRANCE WILL PASS FROM KING CHARLES TO PRINCE WILLIAM AND THEN TO PRINCE GEORGE. TODAY, HOWEVER, HE AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER LOUIS COULD JUST ENJOY THE MOMENT AND TAKE IN THE FLY-PAST OVERHEAD, WHICH WAS SPECTACULAR, AS IT ALWAYS IS. NEXT ON THREE NEWS ` FIRE CREWS AND POLICE HAVE CONTINUED SCOURING THE WRECKAGE AFTER A HUGE BLAZE GUTTED AN AUCKLAND MCDONALD'S ` WAS IT ARSON? A MAGICIAN REVEALS HER GREATEST TRICK ` HOW SHE CONVINCED A MEN-ONLY MAGIC CLUB TO ACCEPT HER AS A MEMBER. AND LATER IN SPORT ` ANOTHER DENT TO CHRIS WOOD'S HOPES AND LATER IN SPORT ` ANOTHER DENT TO CHRIS WOOD'S HOPES OF PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ` BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. THIS IS THREE NEWS ` IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. UNIONS HAVE RALLIED AT PARLIAMENT AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED AN OVERHAUL OF THE PAY EQUITY PROCESS. IT MEANS ALL CURRENT PAY EQUITY CLAIMS ARE CANCELLED, AND IT WILL BE MUCH HARDER TO BRING A CLAIM IN THE FUTURE. STUDENTS AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY WELLINGTON ARE BEING TOLD THEY'LL HAVE TO HANDWRITE THEIR EXAMS RATHER THAN USE A COMPUTER OVER FEARS IT WOULD BE TOO EASY TO USE AI IF THEY DO THEM ON THEIR LAPTOPS. AS ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS, THE NEWS HAS BEEN GREETED WITH SHOCK BY SOME STUDENTS, WHO SAY THEIR HANDWRITING SKILLS ARE NO LONGER UP TO SCRATCH. AH, THE LOST ART OF HANDWRITING ` ALMOST KILLED OFF BY THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD, BUT POTENTIALLY SPARED BY THE NEXT BIG THING IN COMPUTING ` AI. WHERE WE PREVIOUSLY FELT THAT WE COULD INVIGILATE AN EXAM ON A LAPTOP, THINGS HAVE MOVED SO FAST WITH EMBEDDED AI THAT IT INTRODUCED ENOUGH AMBIGUITY THAT WE'VE MOVED TO HANDWRITTEN EXAMS TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE ASSESSMENT. STUDENTS SCRIBBLED FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE GOOD OLD LAPTOP FLIPPED OPEN ITS LID, BUT NOW CURSIVE SCRIPT'S MAKING A NECESSARY BUT PERHAPS UNWELCOME COMEBACK. UM` MY HANDWRITING IS ACTUALLY QUITE ATROCIOUS, YOU KNOW, JUST` I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT I HAVE TERRIBLE FINE MOTOR SKILLS. LAW STUDENTS AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY WELLINGTON LIKE SENIOR TAINE TE HUKI WERE YESTERDAY ASKED TO COMPLETE TWO FOURTH AND FIFTH-YEAR EXAMS WITH PEN AND PAPER IN JUST FOUR WEEKS' TIME. WE WERE BLINDSIDED BY IT IN A LECTURE, AND EXAM TIME IS RELATIVELY IMMINENT AS WELL. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS... YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T REALLY DO AS MUCH CONSULTATION AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY WELLINGTON STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION IS CONCERNED STUDENTS HAVE LITTLE TIME TO ADAPT. IT HAS CAME AT A LAST MINUTE, WHERE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THE LAW FACULTY COULD HAVE SAID, 'HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING PEN AND PAPER, BUT TO COME OUT FOUR WEEKS AWAY FROM THE` FOUR WEEKS AWAY FROM THE EXAMS, WHICH KIND OF PUTS STUDENTS IN A STRESSFUL HOLE. IT'S ALL TOO EASY TO TAP INTO AI ONLINE, AND VIC SAYS IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MONITOR EXAMS ON LAPTOPS. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE GIVEN THEM MORE, BUT EVERYTHING'S MOVING SO QUICKLY IN THIS SPACE. WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH STUDENTS TO PUT IN ACCOMMODATIONS TO ADDRESS THE SHORT NOTICE, THOUGH. VIC'S COMMITTED TO ENSURING NO ONE IS DISADVANTAGED, INCLUDING DISABLED STUDENTS. FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOCK DOWN CERTAIN COMPUTERS AND ALLOW THEM TO TYPE RATHER THAN HANDWRITE, SO WE'RE QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THEIR EXPERTS ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME AHEAD OF MID-YEAR EXAMS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO PRACTICE MY HANDWRITING A LITTLE BIT, AND ALSO JUST HOPE THAT, UH... THE GRADING STANDARDS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LAW FAC SAYS IT WILL REVIEW RESULTS TO ENSURE THIS COHORT'S PERFORMANCE IS IN LINE WITH PREVIOUS YEARS, AND CONFIRM THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THIS... DECISION. AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO A HUGE FIRE AT AN EAST AUCKLAND MCDONALDS YESTERDAY THAT SENT THICK SMOKE BILLOWING ACROSS THE CITY. AS AVA WHITWORTH REPORTS, POLICE ARE TREATING THE BLAZE AS SUSPICIOUS. A MASSIVE FIRE TORE THROUGH A MCDONALD'S IN EAST AUCKLAND YESTERDAY, LEAVING THE BUILDING IN RUINS AND SPARKING A POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECTED ARSON. THE PAKURANGA STORE WENT UP IN FLAMES JUST BEFORE 3 P.M., WITH THICK SMOKE VISIBLE ACROSS THE CITY. FIRE AND EMERGENCY RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS AT 2.59PM AND CREWS ARRIVED TO FIND THE MCDONALD'S ON PAKURANGA ROAD FULLY ALIGHT TODAY, POLICE AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS WERE AT THE SCENE. THE RESTAURANT BASICALLY A SHELL; THE ROOF HAS COLLAPSED, AND THE INSIDE IS GUTTED, WITH ONLY CHARRED FURNITURE AND TWISTED DEBRIS REMAINING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. A MCDONALD'S SPOKESPERSON SAYS PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED TO RAISE THE ALARM AND SAFELY EVACUATE CUSTOMERS AND STAFF. MCDONALD'S SAYS IT'S NOW FOCUSED ON SECURING THE SITE AND WORKING THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS TOWARDS REOPENING, WHILE SUPPORTING THE FRANCHISEE AND AFFECTED STAFF. POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE IS ONGOING. THE HOMEGROWN MUSIC FESTIVAL IS MOVING FROM THE CAPITAL TO HAMILTON. THE EVENT WILL RELAUNCH ON MARCH 14 NEXT YEAR. # FROM SHELTER. (ECHOES) THE FESTIVAL SPENT 18 YEARS ON THE WELLINGTON WATERFRONT FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ANDREW TUCK, WHO IS FROM HAMILTON, SAYS BRINGING HOMEGROWN 'HOME' IS ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE REGION THAT INSPIRED HIM. I CAN HEAR YOU CHUCKLING. YOU WILL BE THERE. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT ` AND THE WARRIORS AREN'T GETTING AHEAD OF THEMSELVES? WE HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, GOOD START OF THE SEASON, AND AN AWFUL AND IT ALL FALLS APART. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE WARRIORS NEXT AS THEY LOOK TO CONTINUE THEIR STRONG START TO THE SEASON. PLUS ` WE'RE WITH THE MAINLAND TACTIX, WHO MAY HAVE A SECRET WEAPON UP THEIR SLEEVES TO PREVENT THE NEW TWO-POINT SHOT. AND CHRIS WOOD'S HOPES OF PLAYING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON TAKE A DENT. (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) THEY MIGHT HAVE EQUALLED THEIR BEST START TO A SEASON IN CLUB HISTORY, BUT THE WARRIORS ARE PUMPING THE BRAKES ON ANY SUGGESTION THEY'RE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. CURRENTLY THIRD ON THE NRL LADDER AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE DRAGONS, THE WARRIORS ADMIT THERE IS WORK TO DO IF THEY'RE TO BE CONTENDERS COME THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON. ANY MAGIC ROUND CELEBRATIONS HAVE QUICKLY BECOME OLD NEWS FOR THE WARRIORS ` ANDREW WEBSTER'S SIDE BACK TO BUSINESS AND SEEKING IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT AHEAD OF A TRIP TO WOLLONGONG TO FACE THE DRAGONS. WE'RE NOT GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES. I KNOW WE'RE WINNING AND JUST WINNING, BUT WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, LIKE, IF WE WANT TO BE CONTENDERS. SO... WE'RE NOT SILLY ` LIKE, WE KNOW THAT. WHILE THEY GRABBED THEIR SIXTH WIN OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE COWBOYS, IT VERY NEARLY WENT THE OTHER WAY. THEY COUGHED UP 14 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF. NANAI SCORES! COURAGEOUS LATE-GAME DEFENCE SAVING THE WARRIORS' BLUSHES, ENOUGH TO KEEP WEBSTER CONTENT. THE MOOD IN THE GROUP IS REALLY GROUNDED ` NOT SATISFIED, BUT REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH OUR CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER. BUT DESPITE THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT, IT'S A VASTLY DIFFERENT STORY TO THE WARRIORS FROM LAST YEAR WHEN THEY MANAGED JUST NINE WINS ALL SEASON ` WEBSTER PRAISING HIS SIDE'S ATTITUDE AND WILL TO WIN. WELL, PROBABLY THE MISSING FORMULA WITH ALL THAT HAS JUST BEEN JUST HOW TIGHT THE BOYS ARE. LIKE, WE... I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE WEREN'T CLOSE LAST YEAR, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT LEVEL TOWARDS IT ` CARE, CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND WANTING TO HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS.. CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND WANTING TO HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS. THEY'LL NEED MORE OF THAT THIS WEEKEND ` SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE DRAGONS ISN'T AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS IT MAY SEEM ON PAPER, OR THE LADDER, WITH ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA SEVEN PLACES BELOW THEM GOING BACK IN THEIR HOME GROUND THIS WEEK, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A TOUGH SIDE TO CRACK. I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE COMPETING IN A LOT OF STUFF. AND THE MESSAGE IN THE WARRIORS CAMP IS SIMPLE. WE'LL BE BETTER ` AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE THIS WEEK. IT'LL BE THEIR BEST START TO A SEASON IN CLUB HISTORY IF THEY ARE. THE BLACK FERNS HAVE UPPED THE INTENSITY THIS WEEK AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST TEST IN AN ALL-IMPORTANT WORLD CUP YEAR. NEWCASTLE HAVING TICKED OFF A WEEK-LONG CAMP IN WELLINGTON, HAVING TICKED OFF A WEEK-LONG CAMP IN WELLINGTON, THE BLACK FERNS HAVE RELOCATED TO NEWCASTLE AHEAD OF KICK-OFF IN THE PAC 4. WITH LIMITED TIME TO IMPRESS BEFORE WORLD CUP SELECTION, ASSISTANT COACH STEVE JACKSON'S BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE'S SEEN. YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER COMPLAIN. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS PUT THEIR HAND UP, AND IF YOU WANT THEM TO DO MORE, THEY'LL DO MORE. YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD TRAIN ALL DAY, THEY WOULD. UM, YOU KNOW, SO A REALLY GOOD ATTITUDE TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THIS GROUP'S COME TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A FEW NEW PLAYERS IN THE GROUP. THE BLACK FERNS KICK OFF THEIR YEAR AGAINST THE WALLAROOS ON SATURDAY, ONE OF TWO TESTS AGAINST AUSTRALIA BEFORE THE WORLD CUP. SEVEN-TEST ALL BLACK PASILIO TOSI HAS RE-COMMITTED TO THE HURRICANES AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. TOSI DEBUTED TOSI DEBUTED OFF THE BENCH FOR THE ALL BLACKS AGAINST FIJI LAST YEAR, AND BECAME A REGULAR TIGHTHEAD REPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. TOSI'S NEW DEAL KEEPS HIM IN THE CAPITAL UNTIL 2028. THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP WILL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT LOOK WHEN IT GETS UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND, WITH A NEW TWO-POINT LINE IN PLAY DURING THE FINAL 5 MINUTES OF EACH QUARTER SET TO SEE SCORES SKYROCKET. WHILE THERE WILL BE EXTRA IMPORTANCE ON DISTANCE SHOOTING, REBOUNDS WILL ALSO BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER ` AND THE TACTIX HAVE A SECRET WEAPON IN THAT DEPARTMENT. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. THE MAINLAND TACTIX PUTTING IN SOME HEAVY LIFTING JUST FIVE DAYS OUT FROM THEIR OPENING MATCH OF THE SEASON, AND THEY HAVE A NEW COACH. JUST NICE TO BE BACK. YOU KNOW, ALL MY FAMILY ARE HERE. DONNA WILKINS TAKES OVER THE HELM OF THE TACTIX AT AN INTERESTING CROSSROADS ` A NEW TWO-POINT LINE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, AVAILABLE IN THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES OF EACH QUARTER. I LIKE THE TRADITIONAL GAME. SEE, I USED TO SHOOT IN THAT ZONE ANYWAY AND ONLY GOT ONE POINT, SO I FEEL A BIT ROBBED ABOUT IT, TO BE FAIR. WITH THE NEW RULE IN EFFECT DURING PRESEASON, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN PLENTY OF LESSONS TO BE LEARNED. ALSO, THE SHOOTING PERCENTAGES AREN'T HIGH FROM TWO-POINT RANGE, SO YOU'RE GIVING MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS TO GET THE BALL AND GET POSSESSIONS. THAT WILL BE THROUGH REBOUNDS, AN AREA WILKINS THRIVED IN HER CAREER; A DUAL`INTERNATIONAL IN NETBALL AND BASKETBALL. LOVED IT! (LAUGHS) IT'S SO GOOD, AND I THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON, SO IT'S GREAT. GOSH, THE AMOUNT OF WORK WE'VE DONE ON REBOUNDING IS RIDICULOUS, BUT I THINK WE` WE'RE QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE OF DONNA AND BEING ABLE TO BRING IN BACKGROUNDS OF BASKETBALL FOR US TO FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT. IT WON'T JUST BE VALUABLE ON THE DEFENSIVE END, EITHER. SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER IN THE SHOOTING CIRCLE. WE'RE LUCKY, YOU, LOOK ACROSS OUR SHOOTING CIRCLE AND WE'VE GOT GIANTS. LIKE, I'M SHORT WHEN I'M STANDING NEXT TO OUR THREE SHOOTERS, SO, OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ARE MASSIVE, BUT ALSO DOWN THE OTHER END ARE DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS AND OUR BOXING OUT, AND GOING AFTER THE BALL IS CRUCIAL. THE TACTICS HOPING THE CONTEST FOR REBOUNDS COULD LEAD TO THEIR SUCCESS THIS SEASON. CHRIS WOOD'S HOPES OF PLAYING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON HAVE BEEN DEALT A BLOW AFTER NOTTINGHAM FORREST WERE HELD TO A ONE-ALL DRAW AT CRYSTAL PALACE. PALACE GRABBED THE LEAD AFTER AN HOUR WITH A PENALTY, BUT FOREST RESCUED A POINT WHEN THEY FOUND AN EQUALISER FIVE MINUTES LATER. BUT WITH JUST ONE WIN FROM THEIR LAST FIVE PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES, FOREST ARE NOW LANGUISHING IN SIXTH PLACE WITH JUST THREE GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON ` THEY NEED TO FINISH IN THE TOP FIVE TO QUALIFY FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEXT SEASON. IT'S BEEN A DAY FOR COMEBACKS IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS, WITH BOTH THE BOSTON CELTICS AND OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER BLOWING BIG LEADS IN THE OPENING GAMES OF THEIR CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS. THE THUNDER LED BY 13 WITH LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES REMAINING AGAINST THE DENVER NUGGETS. HOWEVER, SOME LATE WOES AT THE FREE THROW LINE PROVED COSTLY. CROWN GRABS IT, SEVEN SECONDS LEFT GOT IT! A DEEP SHOT. WILLIAM'S THREE-QUARTER NO GUARD. THEY STEAL ONE. IT WAS NO BETTER FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, CELTICS ` DESPITE LEADING BY 20 IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THEY WERE SENT TO OVERTIME BY THE NEW YORK KNICKS, WHO WENT ON TO PREVAIL 108-105. TOUGH LOSS, SPEAKING OF COMEBACKS ` ELEZNIAK BACK FOR THE WARRIORS. IT WAS HER GREATEST ILLUSION ` AS A YOUNG MAGICIAN SOPHIE LLOYD DISGUISED HERSELF AS A MAN TO JOIN THE THEN MEN'S ONLY MAGIC CIRCLE BUT WHEN SHE FESSED UP, THEY BOOTED HER OUT. NOW, 30 YEARS LATER, SHE'S BEEN GIVEN AN APOLOGY AND INVITED BACK. ITV'S RAGS MARTEL HAS HER STORY. ARCHIVE: MAGIC TAPERS WERE FEATURED AT ST PANCRAS TOWN HALL. FOR A LONG TIME, MAGIC'S MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB WAS RESERVED FOR MEN. (PLAYFUL BRASS MUSIC) WOMEN WERE SEEN AS LITTLE MORE THAN ACCESSORIES AND ASSISTANTS. OH, LOOK! WE CALL THIS THE ZIGZAG LADY. NOW, I HAD THAT IN MY SHOW. BUT SOPHIE LLOYD HAD A KNACK FOR ILLUSIONS. AND IN 1991, SHE PULLED OFF THE MOST COMPLICATED TRICK OF HER CAREER. WE HAD TO THINK ABOUT THE HAIR, THE WIG. WE HAD TO GET THE HA` YOU KNOW, A WIG MADE PROFESSIONALLY. SHE SPENT NEARLY TWO YEARS DEVELOPING HER MAGICAL MALE ALTER EGO; HIS NAME WAS RAYMOND LLOYD. SHE WAS COACHED AND CAJOLED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BY HER FRIEND, THE MAGICIAN JENNY WINSTANLEY, POSING AS RAYMOND'S MANAGER. SHE SENT HIM IN TO THE MAGIC CIRCLE. WERE YOU NERVOUS? MY NERVES KICKED IN WHEN I HAD TO TALK TO THE EXAMINER. I SAID I HAD LARYNGITIS, SO I SORT OF TALK LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? AND THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE. AND THEY TOTALLY ACCEPTED THAT. I HAD TO WEAR GLOVES OR WHITE GLOVES TO COVER UP THE GIRLY HANDS, AND TO DO SLEIGHT OF MAGIC ` THAT WAS DIFFICULT WITH GLOVES ON. BUT HER DECEPTION WORKED ` AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT YEAR, WHEN THE MAGIC CIRCLE FINALLY DECIDED TO LET WOMEN IN THAT HER AND JENNY OWNED UP. WE GOT THERE TO SAY ROMAN WAS EXPELLED. WE GOT THE LETTER TO SAY ROMAN WAS EXPELLED. WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE? NO, WELL, WE JUST THOUGHT` THERE WAS 13, I THINK THAT DAY THEY HAD IN, WE THOUGHT WE'D BE ONE OF THE 13. AND THAT WAS QUITE` WE COULDN'T GET OUR HEADS AROUND IT. THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. THE MAGIC CIRCLE NOW HAS ITS FIRST FEMALE CHAIR, BUT ITS MEMBERSHIP IS STILL MOSTLY MEN. WE HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, AND 15% OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GIRLS. THAT'S MORE THAN THE MEMBERSHIP, WHICH IS ONLY 5%. SO IT JUST SHOWS THAT IT'S ALREADY GROWING WITHOUT US EVEN TRYING. UNLIKE RAYMOND, ITS NEWEST MEMBER, SOPHIE, HAS NOTHING TO PROVE. BUT THREE DECADES LATER, SHE DOES PLAN TO LEARN SOME NEW TRICKS. IMOGEN'S BACK NOW ` AND THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS COMING INTO PLAY? YES ` LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/ EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IS WHEN IS A ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN AND GALE NORWESTERLIES HITS PARTS OF THE SOUTH, SO FROM 10PM WEDNESDAY TILL 8PM THURSDAY, THERE'S AN ORANGE HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR FIORDLAND NORTH OF DOUBTFUL SOUND AND FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY TILL EARLY MORNING FRIDAY, THERE'S THE SAME FOR THE RANGES OF THE WESTLAND DISTRICT. I'LL HAVE DETAILS ABOUT WIND WATCHES NEXT. VOICEOVER: Cheesy Bites are back. For a limited tiiiime. Oh hi Mr Stephenson. You're having a cheese dream, bro. VOICEOVER: AMI HAS BEEN PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE, FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. NORWESTERLIES STRENGTHENED OVER THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY WHILE A RIDGE COVERED THE NORTH ISLAND, AND TOMORROW, A STRONG, MOIST NORWESTERLY FLOW AFFECTS THE SOUTH AHEAD OF A FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST, WHILE THAT RIDGE OVER THE NORTH MAKES ITS WAY EAST. AS A REMINDER, HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FROM MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT UNTIL 3AM FRIDAY FOR THE RANGES OF THE WESTLAND DISTRICT, AND ALSO FROM 10PM TOMORROW NIGHT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIORDLAND NORTH OF DOUBTFUL SOUND. THE NORTH ISLAND, THOUGH, IS WATCH- AND WARNING-FREE, WITH PLENTY OF DRY AND FINE DAYS. ISOLATED SHOWERS ABOUT, THOUGH, FOR SOME UP NORTH ` THE TARARUA RANGES AND AROUND TARANAKI FOR A TIME TOMORROW. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR EVERYONE UP HERE EXCEPT HAMILTON, WITH NOR'EAST AND EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. FINE AND FROSTY FOR TOKOROA, TAUPO, AND ROTORUA, OTHERWISE THERE'LL BE PATCHES OF FINE WEATHER EVERYWHERE WITH CLOUDS HANGING ROUND AND LIGHT WINDS. A FINE DAY IS ON THE CARDS FOR ALL OUT EAST. DANNEVIRKE, YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORNING FROST. NORWESTERLY WINDS ALL ROUND. PLENTY OF CLOUD FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THINGS SHOULD CLEAR UP, THOUGH, FOR NEW PLYMOUTH, TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. NORWESTERLIES FOR ALL. NORTHERLIES FOR WELLINGTON. NELSON, YOUR WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING FINE, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE CLOUDY WITH EARLY MORNING SHOWERS FOR MOST. NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING, AND THAT HEAVY RAIN WARNING COMING INTO PLAY FROM MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. LOOKING BETTER OUT THIS WAY ` FINE WEATHER ALL ROUND, WITH HIGH CLOUD FROM AFTERNOON FOR SOME. A MIX OF NORWESTERLY AND WESTERLY WINDS. THERE'LL BE SOME CLOUD ABOUT RIGHT DOWN SOUTH AS WELL. POTENTIAL OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING FOR QUEENSTOWN. NOR', NORWEST, AND NOREASTERLY WINDS. DUNEDIN, TOMORROW IS LOOKING FINE, WITH HIGH CLOUD IN THE EVENING, AND NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. SAME THING HERE FOR CHRISTCHURCH ` FINE, WITH HIGH CLOUD FROM AFTERNOON AND NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. WELLINGTON, IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU, WELLINGTON, IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU, WITH NORTHERLY WINDS, WHICH WILL BE STRONG AT TIMES. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FINE DAY IN HAWKES BAY, WITH NORWESTERLIES, AND A HIGH OF 19 DEGREES. TAURANGA, TOMORROW IS LOOKING FINE, BEFORE BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING, WITH LIGHT WINDS ABOUT. AND WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING FINE AND FROSTY FOR HAMILTON, WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A HIGH OF 19. AUCKLAND, YOU'LL HAVE CLOUDY PERIODS TOMORROW WITH ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS AND NORTHEASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. PLENTY OF SHOWERS AND CLOUD ABOUT TOMORROW IN AUSTRALIA, AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S A MOSTLY WET DAY IN THE PACIFIC. BACK HOME, THURSDAY IS WHEN WET WEATHER STARTS TO KICK IN AROUND THE COUNTRY ` RAIN WILL START DEVELOPING IN THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. IT WILL BECOME HEAVY IN SOME PLACES ON FRIDAY, RIGHT THROUGH TO SATURDAY FOR THE LIKES OF GISBORNE, AND IT'LL BE HEAVY RAIN ON THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH, SPREADING UP THE ISLAND AS THE DAY GOES ON. NOW, THURSDAY MORNING ALSO SEES STRONG WIND WATCHES IN PLACE FOR MANY DOWN SOUTH ` WE'RE LOOKING AT CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY, QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT, CENTRAL OTAGO, CLUTHA, FIORDLAND, SOUTHLAND, AND STEWART ISLAND. FOR MOST, THAT'S JUST IN PLACE TILL THURSDAY EVENING, BUT IN CANTERBURY IT LASTS UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY. NOW, LAURA, HOLD YOUR BREATH, CHECK OUT THIS FIELD IN PARAKAI THIS MORNING SENT IN BY ALI HARLEY, WHERE PARACHUTE SPIDERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME. THOSE ARE WEBS YOU CAN SEE THERE ` YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO EVEN JUST GET CLOSE TO THAT. I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL. I MY GOSH, I APPRECIATE THE PICTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 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 LAURA TUPOU. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.