PAKISTAN SAYS ITS RETALIATORY STRIKES ON INDIA ARE UNDERWAY AS THE TWO NUCLEAR STATES APPEAR ON THE BRINK OF ALL-OUT WAR. AS THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL TURNS 50, DISQUIET GROWS AROUND THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO FAST-TRACK A REVIEW. AND THE NEW POPE'S BIG BROTHER SPILLS SOME FAMILY SECRETS AND REVEALS THE PONTIFF WATCHED 'THE CONCLAVE' FILM JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS SELECTION. KIA ORA. THIS IS THREE NEWS. AS WE GO TO AIR TONIGHT, INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE EDGING CLOSER TO FULL-SCALE WAR. NEW ATTACKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. PAKISTAN HAS ACCUSED INDIA OF FIRING MISSILES AT KEY MILITARY BASES, INCLUDING ONE CLOSE TO THE CAPITAL, ISLAMABAD. THESE IMAGES SHOW THE PESHAWAR SKYLINE, WITH RED LIGHTS IN THE AIR AND THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE. STATE TV IN PAKISTAN WENT ON TO STATE IT HAS STARTED ITS RETALIATION AGAINST WHAT IT CALLS INDIAN AGGRESSION. ITV'S JOHN RAY REPORTS FROM THE VOLATILE INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER. (EXPLOSIONS POP, BOOM) THE SKIES OVER KASHMIR TONIGHT ILLUMINATED BY THE OMINOUS SPECTACLE OF BATTLE. WITH EVERY MISSILE, THIS CRISIS DEEPENS. TODAY, WE DROVE NORTH TO INDIA'S BORDER WITH PAKISTAN. TROOPS MOVE FREELY HERE ALONG ROADS ALL BUT DESERTED OF THE USUAL HEAVY TRAFFIC. INDIA HAS REDOUBLED ITS GUARD... WHERE WATCHTOWERS AND A WIRE FENCE MARK THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN NATIONS WHOSE DESTINY SEEMS TO BE CONFLICT. WAR IS COMING. WAR IS COMING? IT'S COMING. JAGTAR SINGH REMEMBERS THE LAST WAR 50 YEARS AGO AND IS READY FOR THE NEXT. THIS IS WAR AGAINST THE MILITANTS. AGAINST THE TERRORISTS? TERRORISTS. A MILE FROM THE BORDER, AND NO ONE DOUBTS THAT INDIA CAN AND WILL WIN. 'WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS,' SAYS JAGTAR'S FRIEND. 'WE ARE VERY POWERFUL.' PERHAPS THE SAME CONFIDENCE CAN BE FOUND IN PAKISTAN, WHICH LIES JUST BEYOND THIS CLOSED CHECKPOINT. ACROSS THEIR MUTUAL BORDER, THESE TWO NUCLEAR-ARMED NATIONS HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING MISSILE, DRONE AND SHELL FIRE WITH AN INCREASING INTENSITY. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THESE NEIGHBOURS AND RIVALS ARE CLOSER TO ALL-OUT WAR THAN ANY TIME IN DECADES. IN PAKISTAN-CONTROLLED KASHMIR, ANOTHER NIGHT OF BOMBARDMENT LEFT DAMAGED HOUSES AND SEVERAL DEAD (SPEAKS PAKISTANI LANGUAGE) 'IF INDIA THINKS WE ARE WEAK, THIS IS THEIR MISTAKE,' SAYS THIS MAN. 'OUR ARMY HAS GIVEN THEM A GOOD ANSWER.' (PROTESTER SHOUTS ON LOUDSPEAKER) IN PAKISTAN, AMID FRESH ANTI-INDIA PROTESTS, THE ARMY VOWED TO STRIKE AT A TIME AND PLACE OF ITS CHOOSING. WHATEVER THEY MAY DO, WE ARE PREPARED FOR ANY EVENTUALITY. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE IT? FINE. BUT WHAT THEY HAVE STARTED, I'LL TELL YOU, WE'LL FINISH IT. (AIR RAID SIREN SOUNDS) TONIGHT, WE HEARD AIR RAID ALERTS AND THEN THE SOUND OF AIR DEFENCE GUNS IN ACTION ` ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE BRINK. IN ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW SERIOUS THE ESCALATING SITUATION IS, BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE CANCELLED THEIR HIGHLY LUCRATIVE PREMIER CRICKET TOURNAMENTS. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET SAYS ALL NEW ZEALAND PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THOSE TOURNAMENTS HAVE NOW LEFT OR ARE LEAVING PAKISTAN AND INDIA. AND WE'VE JUST HEARD NEW ZEALAND PLAYERS, INCLUDING KANE WILLIAMSON, LEFT PAKISTAN FROM THE NUR KHAN AIRBASE THREE HOURS BEFORE IT WAS HIT BY INDIA. THERE ARE INCREASING CONCERNS AROUND THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO BRING THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL BACK TO ITS 'ORIGINAL INTENT' AND TO CARRY OUT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO THE TRIBUNAL. CRITICS SAY IT'S THE LATEST ATTEMPT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO ROLL BACK PROGRESS MAORI HAVE MADE AND ERODE THEIR RIGHTS. RUWANI PERERA WITH THE STORY. THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL WAS TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF GIVING MAORI A VOICE THIS YEAR. INSTEAD, 2025 WILL SEE THE FORUM FOR MAORI GRIEVANCES HAVING TO JUSTIFY ITS EXISTENCE. IT COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT DECISION TO REVIEW THE TRIBUNAL AS PART OF ITS COALITION DEAL WITH THE ACT PARTY AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST. NO MORE OF THIS BUSINESS CHASING AN IDEOLOGICAL FANTASY SUCH AS LAWYER ROIMATA SMAIL WORKED ON A TRIBUNAL CLAIM IN 2016 ON THE OVER-REPRESENTATION OF MAORI IN PRISON AND QUESTIONS THE NEED FOR A REVIEW. IT'S PART OF ROLLING BACK A LOT OF PROGRESS FOR MAORI. OFTEN THE CROWN DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO TALK TO MAORI, AND THE TRIBUNAL HAS DONE A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK TO BUILD BRIDGES. BUT ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL 'HAS GONE WELL BEYOND ITS BRIEF AND HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY ACTIVIST'. THE TRIBUNAL IS EVIDENCE-BASED, VERY METHODICAL, CAREFUL AND INDEPENDENT IN WHAT IT SAYS IN ITS REPORT. AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THE REVIEW SETS OUT TO CONSIDER THE TRIBUNAL'S POWERS AND HOW CLAIMS ARE MANAGED. WATERING DOWN THE POWERS OF THE TRIBUNAL WOULD BE A REAL LOSS FOR US AS A COUNTRY. IT ALREADY GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY. SO THE POWER STILL SITS WITH THE CROWN WHETHER IT'S GOING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. MAORI DEVELOPMENT MINISTER TAMA POTAKA IS CO-ORDINATING THE REVIEW AND WILL AWAIT FEEDBACK FROM AN EXPERT ADVISORY PANEL. ITS FINDINGS ARE DUE IN SEPTEMBER. IF IT LOSES ITS ABILITY TO SPEAK PLAINLY, TO TELL THE TRUTH, THAT'S REALLY A BIG LOSS FOR US. MEANWHILE, THE TRIBUNAL HAS BROUGHT FORWARD ITS URGENT INQUIRY INTO THE REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL BY THREE WEEKS BECAUSE OF FEARS THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL WILL LEAD TO UNDERMINING PROTECTIONS FOR MAORI IN AREAS LIKE HEALTH AND EDUCATION. THE TREATY OF WAITANGI AND ITS PLACE IN OUR DEMOCRACY ONCE AGAIN BACK ON THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA. PROTESTS AGAINST THE CHANGES TO PAY EQUITY LAWS HAVE CONTINUED TODAY. UP TO 2000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT IN NELSON DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S HASTY LAW CHANGE THIS WEEK. A PETITION CALLING FOR A REVERSAL OF ALL CLAIM CANCELLATIONS AND TO UNDO THE LAW CHANGE, WHICH WAS STARTED BY UNIONS THREE DAYS AGO, HAS MORE THAN 60,000 SIGNATURES. POPE LEO XIV HAS CARRIED OUT HIS FIRST TASK SAYING MASS AT ST PETER'S IN THE VATICAN. SPEAKING ENGLISH IN HIS DISTINCTIVE AMERICAN ACCENT, POPE LEO SAID HIS ELECTION WAS BOTH A CROSS TO BEAR AND A BLESSING. THEN THE CHICAGO-BORN ROBERT PREVOST, THE USA'S FIRST POPE, SPOKE OF THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. ITV'S JAMES MATES HAS MORE. (CHOIR SINGS SACRED MUSIC) THE FIRST DAY IN A NEW JOB, AND THERE'S A MASS TO BE SAID IN ST PETER'S. FOR A NEW POPE, THERE IS NO HANDOVER, NO INDUCTION SESSION. FOR LEO XIV, HIS PAST LIFE ENDED IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL YESTERDAY EVENING. HE NOW LEADS THE CARDINALS WHO ELECTED HIM AND A CHURCH OF 1.4 BILLION CATHOLICS, AND WHEN HE ADDRESSED THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING, IT WAS TO SAY, 'I WILL NEED YOUR HELP.' YOU HAVE CALLED ME TO CARRY THAT CROSS AND TO BE BLESSED WITH THAT MISSION, AND I KNOW I CAN RELY ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO WALK WITH ME AS WE CONTINUE, AS A CHURCH, AS A COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS OF JESUS' BELIEVERS TO ANNOUNCE THE GOOD NEWS, TO ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL. AND AS HE LEFT THE MASS, HIS CARDINALS GAVE HIM THEIR UNEQUIVOCAL ENDORSEMENT. (ORGAN MUSIC, APPLAUSE) HE IS, THEY HOPE AND BELIEVE, THE MAN TO UNIFY THEIR CHURCH. IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO REALISE THAT CARDINAL PREVOST IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO REALISE THAT CARDINAL PREVOST HAD A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HOWEVER DISCRETE THE ARCHBISHOP IS BEING, IT'S CLEAR THAT FROM VERY EARLY ON IN THE CONCLAVE, HIS COLLEAGUES SAW IN ROBERT PREVOST A MAN WHO CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD POPE FRANCIS WAS TRAVELLING, WHILST HAVING THE DIPLOMATIC SKILLS TO KEEP EVEN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE ON BOARD. IN CHICAGO, WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED, POPE LEO'S BROTHER HAS BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT HOW HIS VOCATION TO BECOME A PRIEST BECAME EVIDENT FROM AN EARLY AGE. JOHN PREVOST HAS ALSO REVEALED HIS LITTLE BROTHER WATCHED THE FILM 'CONCLAVE' JUST DAYS BEFORE ENTERING THE SISTINE CHAPEL FOR THE REAL THING. ITV'S DAN RIVERS MET UP WITH THE POPE'S BIG BROTHER. WHERE ARE YOU IN THAT? YOU CAN'T TELL? (LAUGHS) WELL... THIS IS ME. THAT'S YOU? OK. THIS IS THE POPE. RIGHT. FOR JOHN PREVOST, LOOKING THROUGH THE FAMILY PHOTOS HAS SUDDENLY TAKEN ON NEW MEANING. HIS BROTHER ALWAYS SHOWED AN INTEREST IN THE PRIESTHOOD. HE WOULD TAKE OUR MUM'S IRONING BOARD AND PUT A TABLECLOTH OVER IT AND SAY MASS. HE HAD A SERMON AND EVERYTHING. (CHUCKLES) AND HOW OLD WAS HE? FIRST GRADE. HE KNEW THE PRAYERS IN LATIN AND ENGLISH. OH, HE'S CALLED FOR TWO HOURS ALREADY. SINCE THE NEWS BROKE, JOHN PREVOST HAS BEEN FIELDING... AND MISSING CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE VATICAN. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM HEARING THAT THIS THING RANG, AND WE ARE BEING FILMED AND RECORDED. (LAUGHS) HIS BROTHER DIDN'T STAY ON THE LINE LONG WHEN HE REALISED THE CALL WAS BEING FILMED. NOW HE'S PREPARING TO FLY TO ROME TO SEE THE POPE AND HAS ONE QUESTION FOR HIS LITTLE BROTHER. HOW ARE YOU DOING? HAS IT HIT YOU YET? THAT KIND OF QUESTION. COS HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO HIT, YOU KNOW? A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PREVOST FAMILY WORSHIPPED HERE AT ST MARY'S IN THE 1960S. THE CHURCH HAS FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR, LIKE SO MANY OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND IT. BUT NOW DALTON HAS FOUND NEW NOTORIETY AS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WHICH RAISED A POPE. (PLAYS ORGAN MUSIC) IT'S ALL A LONG WAY FROM THE FAMILY'S HUMBLE ROOTS HERE IN CHICAGO, WHERE JOHN, A FORMER ALTAR BOY, IS NOW WONDERING WHETHER LEO XIV WILL EVER HAVE TIME TO VISIT AND HELP AROUND THE HOUSE AGAIN. I HAD HIM UP ON THE ROOF, CUTTING TREES, AND I DON'T THINK HE'LL DO THAT ANY MORE AS THE POPE. (LAUGHS) HE ALSO CONFIRMED HIS BROTHER WATCHED THE FILM 'CONCLAVE' JUST BEFORE TAKING PART IN THE REAL THING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND I'VE WATCHED IT TWICE, AND I SAID, 'DID YOU WATCH IT YET?' HE SAID HE DID. I SAID 'WELL, WATCH IT AGAIN SO YOU KNOW HOW TO ACT.' TONIGHT, A PROUD BROTHER IS STARTING HIS VERY OWN PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE TO ROME, NOW CONTENDING WITH HIS OWN CELEBRITY STATUS, FOR THE PREVOST FAMILY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. ENJOY! STILL AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` RUSSIA'S LEADER PRESIDES OVER A DISPLAY OF MILITARY MIGHT AS THE COALITION OF THE WILLING PREPARES TO MEET IN UKRAINE FOR TALKS. IN SPORT, THE BLACK FERNS SHOW PLENTY OF 'GET UP AND GO' IN THEIR FIRST TEST OF THE YEAR. AND ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME, WITH THE SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFFS LOOMING? WELCOME BACK. EUROPEAN LEADERS FROM THE SO-CALLED 'COALITION OF THE WILLING' WILL MEET IN UKRAINE TOMORROW FOR TALKS IN KYIV. BUT OVERNIGHT, FLANKED BY POWERFUL FRIENDS, RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT PUTIN BASKED IN REFLECTED GLORY OF RUSSIA'S MIGHTIEST VICTORY DAY PARADE SINCE HE LAUNCHED THE INVASION OF UKRAINE THREE YEARS AGO. LEADERS INCLUDING CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI WERE IN MOSCOW TO WATCH A HUGE DISPLAY OF TROOPS AND ARMAMENTS COMMEMORATING VICTORY OVER NAZI GERMANY 80 YEARS AGO. THE ASSERTIVE MESSAGE BEING SENT OUT BY THIS MASSIVE SHOW OF MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC STRENGTH WAS UNMISTAKABLE, AS ITV'S EMMA MURPHY EXPLAINS. IT WAS BILLED AS RUSSIA'S LARGEST VICTORY DAY PARADE. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE IMMENSE SOVIET SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND A SHOWCASE OF RUSSIAN MIGHT AND SCALE. A CHANCE FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN TO BUILD PATRIOTISM AT HOME AND PROJECT POWER ABROAD. A LATTER-DAY WARTIME LEADER SEEMINGLY USING THE PAST TO LEGITIMISE THE PRESENT. TRANSLATOR: RUSSIA HAS BEEN AND WILL BE AN IMPASSABLE BARRIER FOR NAZISM. RUSSOPHOBIA, ANTI-SEMITISM, TRUTH AND FAIRNESS ARE ON OUR SIDE. ALL OUR COUNTRY, SOCIETY, PEOPLE SUPPORT THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE. A SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION IS A WAR AGAINST A ONCE-BROTHER NATION, UKRAINE, WITH WHOM THEY FOUGHT AND DIED 80 YEARS AGO, BUT NOW FIGHT AND KILL ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE FRONTLINE. THE DRONES WHICH MAIM AND SLAUGHTERED DAILY ON SHOW. SO TOO THE TANKS NOW RESTOCKED AND BACK IN THE PARADE, HAVING NOT BEEN SO TOO THE TANKS, NOW RESTOCKED AND BACK IN THE PARADE, HAVING NOT BEEN PART OF IT LAST YEAR. THIS WAS PUTIN'S DAY TO SHOWCASE GLOBAL ALLEGIANCES AS THE WEST SEEKS TO ISOLATE AND INCREASE SANCTIONS ON HIM. BY HIS SIDE, IN A VERY PUBLIC SHOW OF SUPPORT, THE CHINESE LEADER, PRESIDENT XI, WEARING THE RIBBON OF SAINT GEORGE HONOURING RUSSIAN MILITARY HEROISM. THE UKRAINIANS WERE ALSO BUILDING ON THEIR OWN ALLIANCES, PREPARING FOR A MEETING IN KYIV TOMORROW OF THE COALITION OF THE WILLING TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TOWARDS PEACE. SERIOUS WORK AHEAD. AND WE NEED THIS COALITION. AND WE NEED IT TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO GUARANTEE SECURITY THE WAY WE ALL AGREE ON. ITS EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MET IN LVIV TO HONOUR UKRAINE'S DEAD. UKRAINE'S LEADERS CONTINUED TO DEMAND A 30-DAY CEASEFIRE, NOT THE THREE DAYS OFFERED BY RUSSIA. THAT ENDS TOMORROW, PROMPTING WARNINGS FROM THE AMERICANS OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AIR ATTACKS. FEAR SHARED IN KYIV. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKA S CROSS HYBRID THE BLACK FERNS LOOK TO BE IN NO DANGER OF LOSING THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD AGAINST THE WALLAROOS THIS EVENING. WINGER AYESHA LETI-I'INGA GOT THE BLACK FERNS OFF TO THE PERFECT START IN THEIR FIRST TEST OF THE YEAR, BAGGING A DOUBLE WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. THEN, ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME, BRAXTON SORENSON-MCGEE (18) GOT HER CHANCE. JOSEPH. WIDE BALL, BOUNCING TO SORENSEN-MCGEE, WHO DIVES IN THE CORNER! THE BLACKFERNS LED 19-0 AT THE BREAK AND SCORED AGAIN EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE BLACKFERNS LEADING 26-5 WITH 25 MINUTES LEFT. THE BLUES ARE FINDING FORM AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. LAST NIGHT'S 34-5 WIN OVER THE FIJIAN DRUA, LAST NIGHT'S 34-5 WIN OVER THE FIJIAN DRUA THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT BONUS POINT VICTORY. BUT AS ROSS MCNAUGHTON REPORTS, AN EVEN BIGGER CLASH AWAITS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. NOTHING LIKE AN AUTUMN ESCAPE TO FIJI TO LIFT THE MOOD. VERY NICE. I CAUGHT UP WITH SOME FRIENDS I HADN'T SEEN FOR A WHILE, HAD SOME NICE, FRESH COCONUT. AND HIS TEAM HAD A BONUS POINT WIN. FIVE VITAL COMPETITION POINTS MAKING UP FOR A LACK OF REST AND RELAXATION, AND AN ABUNDANCE OF BUMPS AND BRUISES. WE KNEW THE IMPORTANCE COMING HERE, SO I THINK YOU SAW THAT IN THE PERFORMANCE. IT WAS A SOLID, WELL-CONSTRUCTED PERFORMANCE. IT WAS A PERFORMANCE THAT STARTED UP FRONT. NO COINCIDENCE THAT THREE OF THE TEAM'S FIVE TRIES WERE SCORED BY FRONT-ROWERS. PICK AND GO HERE, AND THEY'RE OVER! GET OUR SET PIECE RIGHT AND GET PENALTIES, GET IN THE RIGHT PART OF THE FIELD WHICH LED TO US GETTING SOME TRIES. THE BLUES UP TO FIFTH ON THE COMPETITION LADDER AND WITH ONLY THE TOP SIX MAKING THE PLAYOFFS, THE SUCCESS OF THEIR SEASON COULD HINGE ON NEXT WEEKEND'S CLASH WITH SEVENTH-PLACED MOANA PASIFIKA. COTTER DEMANDING TOTAL FOCUS FROM HIS SIDE AHEAD OF THE MATCH. EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT TOGETHER, THINKING ABOUT BEING TOGETHER AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND FOR THE GAME ON THE WEEKEND. BIG TEST FOR US NEXT. AND FOR THE GAME ON THE WEEKEND. SO BIG TEST FOR US NEXT. SITTING ON THE CUSP OF A PLAYOFF SPOT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THE SIDES HAVE IN COMMON. I'VE GOT A BROTHER THAT'S PLAYING IN MOANA, SO I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUMPING HEADS WITH HIM ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOYS THAT WE KNOW. NO TIME FOR FAMILY FAVOURS WHEN A FINALS PLACE IS ON THE LINE. AN INSPIRED FINAL 20 MINUTES FROM LATRELL MITCHELL HAS LED THE RABBITOHS TO A 22-14 COMEBACK WIN OVER THE BRONCOS IN THE NRL. TWO SECOND-HALF TRIES GOT THE BUNNIES BACK IN THE MATCH AFTER THEY'D TRAILED 14-0 AT THE BREAK, BEFORE MITCHELL DENIED BRONCOS WINGER DEINE MARINER IN THE CORNER. THE FULLBACK SLOTTED A PENALTY TO LEVEL THE MATCH, THEN WITH GOLDEN POINT BECKONING HE STEPPED UP FOR A LONG RANGE DROP GOAL AND JUST GOLDEN POINT BECKONING HE STEPPED UP FOR A LONG RANGE DROP GOAL. MITCHELL. MITCHELL, FOR 48! A TWO-POINT FIELD GOAL, AND HE'S NAILED IT! LATRELL MITCHELL... HAS BOOTED A MONSTER! AND JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE, MITCHELL FOOLED THE BRONCOS DEFENCE INTO THINKING TIME WAS UP TO SCORE THE CHEEKIEST OF TRIES AT THE FINAL WHISTLE. I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER DETAILS NEXT. PLUS... TO SOME, HE'S REMEMBERED AS THE SHAKESPEARE OF STOKE. WE WILL TELL YOU WHO THIS NEWLY UNVEILED STATUE IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. PAKISTAN SAYS ITS RETALIATORY STRIKES ON INDIA ARE UNDERWAY AS THE TWO NUCLEAR STATES APPEAR ON THE BRINK OF ALL OUT WAR. AND POPE LEO XIV HAS CARRIED OUT HIS FIRST TASK SAYING MASS AT ST PETER'S IN THE VATICAN. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. MAKING THE MOST OF THE WEATHER AND HEADING AWAY? KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE BY FITTING SECURITY LATCHES ON WINDOWS AND SETTING THE HOUSE ALARM. THE FRONT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND MADE ITS WAY EAST TODAY. WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE COUNTRY. AND TOMORROW, IT'LL DOMINATE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND. WHICH MEANS SUNDAY IS LOOKING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST. AND FOR MOST IN THE NORTH ISLAND THINGS ARE PRETTY FINE WITH SOME FROSTY STARTS ON THE CARDS. IT'LL BE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY, THOUGH, FOR THOSE UP TOP, BUT LOOKING FINE FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. WITH SOU AND SOUEASTERLY WINDS. FINE AND FROSTY FOR THE LIKES OF TAUPO AND ROTORUA. WITH SUN ALL ROUND FOR EVERYBODY HERE. SOUEASTERLY WINDS. EASTERLIES FOR TAUPO. GISBORNE YOUR MORNING CLOUD WILL CLEAR TO FINE. WITH THE CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, YOU'LL HAVE MORNING FROSTS, OTHERWISE, FINE DAYS ALL ROUND. ANY MORNING CLOUD OR FOG AROUND HERE WILL CLEAR TO FINE, WITH SOUEASTERLY WINDS ABOUT FOR ALL AS THE DAY GOES ON TOO. NELSON, YOU'RE IN FOR A GREAT SUNDAY. IT'LL BE A CLOUDY START FOR EVERYONE ELSE. WITH THE CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH. BLENHEIM, YOU'RE ALSO IN FOR A GOODIE, WITH CLOUD AND THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE. CLEARING IN THE MORNING, BUT REMAINING CLOUDY. MORE SHOWERS ABOUT FOR ALL HERE EXCEPT QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA, WHERE YOU'RE IN FOR FINE DAYS. WITH A BIG MIX OF WINDS ABOUT TOO. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A PRETTY CLOUDY SUNDAY FOR AUSTRALIA. AND IN THE PACIFIC, IT'S WET WEATHER ALL ROUND. WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN FIJI. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE START OF YOUR WORKING WEEK IS LOOKING SO FAR. (RELAXED MUSIC CONTINUES) FINALLY TONIGHT, HE'S BEEN DUBBED THE SHAKESPEARE OF STOKE. LEMMY KILMISTER WAS THE FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF HEAVY METAL BAND MOTORHEAD, AND A DECADE AFTER HIS DEATH, HE'S BEEN HONOURED WITH A STATUE IN BURSLEM, ENGLAND ` HIS HOMETOWN. # IF YOU LIKE TO GAMBLE, I TELL YOU, I'M YOUR MAN. # YOU WIN SOME, LOSE SOME. # IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME! (HEAVY ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES) THE STATUE, WHICH WAS UNVEILED 50 YEARS AFTER THE METAL BAND'S FOUNDING, WAS CREATED FROM STAFFORDSHIRE CLAY AND CAST IN BRONZE. 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 IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.