TONIGHT ON 1 NEWS ` A TEENAGER DIES AFTER PLAYING AN IMPROMPTU TACKLE GAME BASED ON THE DANGEROUS AND CONTROVERSIAL CRAZE KNOWN AS 'RUN IT STRAIGHT' ` NOW ANOTHER WARNING FROM POLICE AND BRAIN INJURY EXPERTS. AN INVITATION TO SHOPLIFT AND STEAL WITHOUT BEING INVESTIGATED BY POLICE? OUR TOP COP FRONTS TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT RETAIL CRIME'S A TOP PRIORITY AFTER A CONFUSING MEMO. AND CELEBRATIONS TURN TO CHAOS AND TERROR AS A CAR PLOUGHS INTO A VICTORY PARADE FOR THE LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB, INJURING DOZENS. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS, LENA ERAKOVICH AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 TENA TATOU KATOA. GOOD EVENING. 'DON'T DO IT' ` THE STRONG MESSAGE FROM A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, POLICE AND BRAIN EXPERTS TONIGHT, AFTER A 19-YEAR-OLD DIED PLAYING A TACKLE GAME BASED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA TREND. RYAN SATTERTHWAITE SUFFERED A HEAD INJURY PLAYING A PRIVATE 'RUN IT'-STYLE GAME IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON SUNDAY. MANY EXPERTS AND OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE FULL-CONTACT CRAZE. JAMES FLEURY REPORTS. TWO MEN GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD AT FULL SPEED IN AN ADRENALINE-FUELLED CRAZE THAT HAS TAKEN SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM. THE HIGH-SPEED RUN HAS LONG RAISED RED FLAGS FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ALL TOO WELL HOW A SEEMINGLY SIMPLE GAME CAN GO SO WRONG. FROM DAY ONE, WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE RISK TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THESE DEVELOPING BRAINS, AND THE RISK THAT PARTICIPATION IN THIS TYPE OF EVENT WOULD HAVE FOR THEM. THERE'S THE VERY IMMEDIATE RISK, FROM THAT HIGH-SPEED IMPACT, OF BRAIN INJURY OR DEATH. HER WORST FEARS REALISED TODAY, WITH THE NEWS RYAN SATTERTHWAITE (19) DIED IN HOSPITAL ON MONDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING CRITICALLY INJURED IN AN IMPROMPTU GAME OF THE SOCIAL-MEDIA DRIVEN TREND IN PALMERSTON NORTH ON SUNDAY. I CAN SAY IT WAS A` ONE SPECTACULAR TACKLE, AND YET SUFFICIENTLY VIOLENT ENOUGH TO GIVE THIS MAN A FATAL BRAIN INJURY. JUST ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN, DEVASTATED FOR THE FAMILY, DEVASTATED FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE LOST THIS YOUNG MAN. RYAN WAS A FORMER STUDENT OF PALMERSTON NORTH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH TWO OF HIS BROTHERS. THE SCHOOL RECTOR TOLD 1 NEWS THEY WERE ALL GOOD FELLAS, AND HE WAS SADDENED BY RYAN'S DEATH. THE PRINCIPAL IS AMONG THOSE NOW WARNING ANY OTHERS DRAWN TO THE TREND TO JUST NOT DO IT. THE RISKS ARE JUST TOO GREAT. IF IT'S NOT A FATAL INJURY LIKE IN THIS OCCASION, IT'LL BE SOME OTHER SORT OF INJURY, PERHAPS A LIFE-CHANGING INJURY. SO YOUNG MEN NEED TO JUST THINK A LITTLE BIT CAREFULLY ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT THEY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CRITICISM NOW BEING THROWN AT EVENT ORGANISERS, WHO WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON GAME BUT HAVE TURNED THE SOCIAL MEDIA CRAZE INTO A HEAVILY MARKETED EVENT. I'D SAY THAT THESE PROMOTERS OF THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN REALLY CYNICAL, AND THEY HAVE USED SOCIAL MEDIA VERY EFFECTIVELY TO TARGET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY HAVE LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A BIT OF FUN, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY COULD DO IN THEIR BACKYARD. TODAY'S TRAGEDY SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD TRY AT HOME. AND JAMES IS WITH US NOW LIVE FROM PALMERSTON NORTH. ANY REACTION FROM THE RUN-IT ORGANISERS, JAMES? RU WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE RUNIT CHAMPION LEAGUE THEY SAY THAT THIS IS A TRAGIC INCIDENT AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE MATTER OF THE MAN WHO DIED, THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT ENDORSE ANY COPYING OF THE SPORT, THEY SAY THAT THE SPORT MUST TAKE PLACE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND THAT ANY OF THE EVENTS WHICH TAKE PLACE IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND TAKE PLACE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AND THEY HAVE 24 HOUR OUR SUPERVISION BY A MEDICAL OFFICIAL, COMPETITORS ARE ALSO SCREENED EITHER SIDE OF THE EVENT FOR CONCUSSION, AND THERE ARE GUIDELINES AROUND HOW TO PROPERLY TACKLE SOMEONE. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH POLICE AND THE FAMILY HAS SAID THEY ARE REQUESTING PRIVACY AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILY THEMSELVES, BUT WHILE THIS ISN'T A CRIMINAL MATTER, POLICE SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW INQUIRIES ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER THANKS, JAMES FLEURY IN PALMERSTON NORTH. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS SLAMMED A MEMO SENT TO STAFF ABOUT NOT INVESTIGATING RETAIL CRIME BELOW CERTAIN THRESHOLDS AS 'CONFUSING AND UNHELPFUL'. RICHARD CHAMBERS SAYS RETAIL CRIME REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY, AND HE HAS ASKED ALL DISTRICT COMMANDERS TO CONTINUE CATCHING OFFENDERS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. DEMELZA LESLIE HAS THE DETAILS. CRIME COSTS NEW ZEALAND BUSINESSES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A DAY. AND RETAILERS SAY A POLICE DIRECTIVE TO IGNORE THAT IS A BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE.. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR EVERYONE. IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE RETAILERS, BUT EVERY NEW ZEALANDER IS PAYING THE PRICE. THE NATIONAL DIRECTIVE WAS SENT TO POLICE IN MARCH, INDICATING THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF SHOPLIFTING BELOW $500, PETROL DRIVE-OFFS BELOW $150, AND ONLINE FRAUDS BELOW $1000, REGARDLESS OF LINES OF INQUIRY. THESE POLICIES HAVE ALREADY FAILED IN THE UK AND AMERICA, WHERE THE GANGS ARE EXPLOITING SIMILAR POLICIES. PETROL STATION OWNERS SAY IT WILL MEAN MORE BRAZEN THEFTS ON TOP OF THE ALREADY 100 SHOPLIFTING AND FUEL THEFTS THEY REPORT EACH DAY. IT COSTS AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO RECOUP THAT COST. BUT ALSO THE EMOTIONAL HARM AS WELL, WHEN THESE INCIDENTS TAKE PLACE. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER FORCED TO EXPLAIN. I THINK, WITH THE RIGHT INTENT, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE BEING HELPFUL, BUT ACTUALLY, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY TO ADDRESS DEMAND, WE MUST ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THOSE DECISIONS EXTERNALLY. OUR ROLE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE NEW MESSAGE TO STAFF? THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO CATCH OFFENDERS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. WE WON'T ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT WE WILL DO OUR ABSOLUTE BEST FOR THE RETAIL COMMUNITY TO HOLD OFFENDERS TO ACCOUNT. AND I WANT TO REASSURE THE RETAIL COMMUNITY THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE, ON MY FIRST DAY AS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, I MADE VERY CLEAR WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES WERE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT'S GOOD TO SEE CHAMBERS CORRECT THE DIRECTIVE. YEAH, LOOK, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER CLARIFY HIS REMARKS, TO SAY THAT THEY WANT TO GO AFTER ALL CRIME. AND SO THEY GOT THAT WRONG. WE'RE A PARTY OF LAW AND ORDER. WE EXPECT OUR POLICE TO TACKLE CRIME EVERYWHERE. AND EVEN IF THAT CRIME IS UNDER $100. DEMELZA LESLIE, 1 NEWS. A CHRISTCHURCH FOODBANK'S REELING AFTER THIEVES STRIPPED FREEZERS OF MEAT DESTINED TO FEED OVER 100 FAMILIES. THE COUPLE WHO RUN THE FACILITY IN HOON HAY MADE THE DEVASTATING DISCOVERY YESTERDAY, BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT HAS RESTORED THEIR FAITH IN HUMANITY. LISA DAVIES WENT TO MEET THEM. THE BREAK-IN THAT'S BROKEN HEARTS. THAT'S WHAT HITS THE HARDEST, IS THAT THIS FOOD WAS DESTINED TO THOSE ONES THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES. THE THIEVES ALMOST CASUAL DURING THE SELFISH SMASH-AND-GRAB. CAN YOU SEE THEIR FACES AT ANY STAGE? NO, THEY HAVE BALACLAVAS AND HATS ON. CORRIN WEBSTER NOTICED THE BENT LOCKS YESTERDAY. THEY PRETTY MUCH TOOK PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS' WORTH OF STOCK. SHIT. PISSED OFF, SO... YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHO STEALS FROM A FOOD BANK. IT'S ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING THAT SOMEBODY` YOU'RE NOT STEALING FROM ME, YOU'RE NOT STEALING FROM A BUSINESS ` YOU WERE TAKING FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF THE ONES THAT NEED IT THE MOST. BUT TODAY... YOU ARE A BLESSING. YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. YOU'RE AMAZING. YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK. ...THEY SAW ANOTHER SIDE. OH... I WAS IN THE LOWEST OF MY LOWEST, AND THEY LIFTED ME UP. SO... GIVE BACK, I SUPPOSE. YEAH. GIVE IT BACK. EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. I KNOW. YOU'RE AMAZING. AND SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED. THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB. YEAH, WITHOUT THEM` I MEAN, I'M A PENSIONER, BUT WITHOUT THEM, ONE OF THESE DAYS, I MIGHT BE STUCK. DONATIONS FLOODED IN TO ENSURE 145 FAMILIES WILL STILL GET THEIR FOOD PARCELS THIS WEEK. I WAS VERY ANGRY. TIMES ARE TOUGH, PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND STEAL FROM POOR PEOPLE? NICOLE AND CORRIN STARTED THE FOOD BANK FIVE YEARS AGO. THE POOR GUYS ` THEY'VE HAD SO MUCH OF THEIR STUFF STOLEN, AND THEY PUT SO MUCH OF THEIR LIFE AND EFFORT INTO THIS FOOD BANK. ...SOMETIMES WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GOES HUNGRY. THIS CRIME PUT THAT IN JEOPARDY ` UNTIL WORD GOT OUT. VOICE BREAKS: MORE THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER DREAMED OF` UM, OVERNIGHT, WE'VE HAD HUGE COMPANIES REACH OUT TO US WITH TRUCKLOADS OF DONATIONS. I'M GETTING TOO EMOTIONAL. I'M GOING AWAY FOR A BIT. ...TO SHED TEARS OF GRATITUDE. GIVE YOU A HUG, EH? ...FOR THOSE WHO'VE SHOWN JUST HOW VALUED THEY ARE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. OVERSEAS NOW, AND A MAN (53) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A CAR PLOUGHED THROUGH A CROWD, INJURING DOZENS AT A LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB VICTORY PARADE. BRITISH POLICE HAVE DECLARED IT A MAJOR INCIDENT BUT SAY IT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS TERRORISM-RELATED. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON HAS THE LATEST. THOUSANDS OF FOOTBALL FANS CELEBRATING AN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE ` BUT IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, JUBILATION IN LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE TURNED TO PANIC. WHAT THE (BLEEP)? SADLY, AT 6 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING, AS THE PARADE WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, WE RECEIVED REPORTS THAT A CAR HAD BEEN IN A COLLISION WITH A NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS ON WATER ST, IN LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE. THE CAR MOVED FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS IN A HOSTILE CROWD, BEFORE ACCELERATING INTO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. (SHOUTING) OUR CREWS RAPIDLY LIFTED THE VEHICLE, REMOVED THREE ADULTS AND ONE CHILD FROM BENEATH, AND PASSED THEM TO OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE COLLEAGUES. DOZENS WERE INJURED, SOME TREATED ON SITE. AND 27 PATIENTS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. SADLY, FOUR OF THE INJURED WERE CHILDREN, WHO WERE ENJOYING THE DAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. TWO OF THE HOSPITALISED, ONE OF THEM A CHILD, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. (SUPPORTERS SING, CHANT) LIVERPOOL SUPPORTERS HAD FILLED MERSEYSIDE FOR A GLIMPSE AT THEIR HEROES. BUT FOR THOSE LINING WATER ST, THE NIGHT ENDED IN ANGER. KILL HIM! KILL HIM! KILL HIM! (BLEEP!) HONESTLY, THE CHANGE IN THE MOOD FROM WHAT HAS BEEN A GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS DAY, TO JUST... HELL ON EARTH, YEAH, IT WAS TERRIFYING. IT GENUINELY WAS TERRIFYING. POLICE ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE ORDER AS ONLOOKERS TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. OFFICIALS QUICK WITH INFORMATION, AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID SPECULATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. A 53-YEAR-OLD WHITE BRITISH MAN FROM THE LIVERPOOL AREA WAS ARRESTED. WE BELIEVE HIM TO BE THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. POLICE BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND HAVE RULED OUT TERRORISM. BUT AFTER IT MARRED A CITY'S CELEBRATION, THE QUESTION THEY NOW ASK IS WHY. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO CLIMB FROM ISRAELI STRIKES ON OCCUPIED GAZA ` MORE THAN 50 KILLED IN THE LATEST ATTACKS. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S HITTING HAMAS CONTROL CENTRES, BUT IS FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO HALT STRIKES AND LET MORE AID INTO THE TERRITORY. ISRAEL DOESN'T ALLOW INTERNATIONAL MEDIA TO REPORT FROM GAZA ` THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON SENT THIS REPORT FROM JERUSALEM. (SHOUTING, SIRENS) EACH NIGHT IN GAZA IS A GAMBLE ` THE ODDS OF SURVIVAL IN ANY SHELTER IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT. THIS GAZA CITY SCHOOL A TEMPORARY HOME FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE ` TO ISRAEL, A COMMAND CENTRE FOR HAMAS AND ISLAMIC JIHAD. DOCTORS SAY 35 PEOPLE WERE KILLED HERE AS THEY SLEPT, THEIR BODIES BURNED IN THE CLASSROOMS. THIS TINY SURVIVOR CAPTURED CALMLY STEPPING THROUGH THE FLAMES. HOURS LATER, IN DAYLIGHT, HER FIRST GLIMPSE OF WHAT SHE ESCAPED. WARD AL-SHAIKH KHALIL (6) WENT TO SLEEP HERE LAST NIGHT WITH HER FAMILY. HER MOTHER AND FIVE SIBLINGS WERE KILLED, HER FATHER AND BROTHER BADLY INJURED. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: I COULDN'T WALK ON THE FIRE. IT WAS FULL OF SMOKE, AND MY HANDS WERE BURNED. HER UNCLE COAXES HER TO GO ON. (SPEAKS ARABIC) (SPEAKS ARABIC) MY MOTHER WAS MARTYRED. SHE'S NOW IN A GRAVE. GAZA'S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE HAS KILLED MORE THAN 3500 PEOPLE SINCE MARCH. ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS NOW ELIMINATED MOST OF THE SENIOR HAMAS COMMAND, AND IS CONTINUING ITS MILITARY PLAN FOR GAZA, DESPITE STINGING CRITICISM FROM ALLIES AND U.S. PRESSURE TO END THE WAR. (CROWD CHANTS) IN JERUSALEM TODAY, THEY CELEBRATED ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF ARAB LAND IN A PREVIOUS WAR. IT'S MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY SINCE ISRAEL'S ARMY CAPTURED EAST JERUSALEM. SOME ISRAELI NATIONALISTS NOW HAVE THEIR EYES ON GAZA, BUT THE WAR STILL DIVIDES OPINION HERE. SOME ISRAELI NATIONALISTS NOW HAVE THEIR EYES ON GAZA, WAR IS TOUGH, WAR IS TERRIBLE, BUT THE WAR STILL DIVIDES OPINION HERE. WAR IS TOUGH, WAR IS TERRIBLE, EVERY WAR THAT THERE'S BEEN IN THE WORLD, THERE'S BEEN CASUALTIES. AND WE'RE DOING AS AN ARMY EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMISE THE CASUALTIES. ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF. THERE'S NO QUESTION. IF ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES PUT THEIR ARMS DOWN, WE WOULD BE IN PEACE IMMEDIATELY. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SAID ISRAEL IS FIGHTING FOR ITS SURVIVAL IN GAZA, BUT UNDER THREAT OF DISPLACEMENT, MALNUTRITION, MILITARY CONTROL, IT'S GAZANS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL HAS TOLD THE BBC THE GROUP HAS AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE DEAL PROPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES, BUT THE U.S. DENIES ANY DEAL IS DONE. BACK HERE ` 'PUSHED TO THE BRINK' ` THAT'S HOW SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF ARE DESCRIBING WORKING CONDITIONS AT GISBORNE HOSPITAL. THEY SAY THE NUMBER OF VACANT JOBS IS LEAVING THEM EXHAUSTED AND OPERATING IN A CONSTANT STATE OF CRISIS. THEY'RE DUE TO STRIKE TOMORROW, AS OFFICIALS ADMIT STAFFING LEVELS AT REGIONAL HOSPITALS ARE CHALLENGING. HENRY McMULLAN MET SOME WHO ARE STRUGGLING ON THE FRONTLINE. NO, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SENT. IT'S A PHONE ALWAYS ON. I HAVE TWO PHONE CALLS COME THROUGH WHILE I'M FINISHING THE CURRENT ONE. FINDING TIME FOR JUST A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK CAN BE TOUGH FOR THESE GISBORNE HOSPITAL WORKERS, MEETING US OFF-SITE TO DESCRIBE HOW THEY'RE STRETCHED TO THE BRINK BY STAFFING SHORTAGES. WE ARE STILL AT RISK OF HAVING TO SHUT DOWN AT LEAST ONE OF OUR TEAMS FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS OVER THIS WINTER. WE'VE COME CLOSE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO NOT HAVING DOCTORS TO STAFF OUR SERVICE. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT ANY WOMAN COMING TO THE HOSPITAL WHO NEEDED AN OBSTETRICIAN OR GYNAECOLOGIST ACUTELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE. CONTINUOUS WORK FOR 77.5 HOURS. I WAS ON-CALL FOR 72 OF IT, AND ON-SITE FOR ABOUT 43. THAT'S ONE WEEKEND. THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS THAT'S ONE WEEKEND. THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR YEARS AND ARE SPEAKING OUT NOW, AS THEY SAY PATIENTS' LIVES ARE AT RISK. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY WE'VE HAD PATIENTS DIE ON WAITING LISTS FOR PROCEDURES THAT THEY NEED. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO COME IN FOR CARE AND ARE DELAYED GETTING TRANSFERRED AND HAVE BAD OUTCOMES AS WELL. ALWAYS CONCERNS OVER HARM THAT CAN OCCURS ON WAITLISTS, AND SO THAT'S A REAL FOCUS OF OURS ` AGAIN WHY WE'RE ARE PUTTING IN THESE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS, TO BRING IN THESE SHORT-TERM LOCUMS TO SUPPORT THEM, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE HOSPITAL SAFE, WE CAN KEEP THE SURGICAL LIST GOING. WHILE THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT RECRUITMENT, LOCAL DOCTORS SAID LAST YEAR ALMOST HALF OF HOSPITAL ROLES WERE VACANT, A FIGURE TE WHATU ORA DISPUTES, WITH LOCUMS BEING RELIED ON TO FILL GAPS. REALLY HIGH RATES OF THOSE PEOPLE TO COME FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH WE ALL FIND FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE IF WE COULD PAY PERMANENT PEOPLE THAT MONEY THAT TO STAY HERE AND WORK HERE... WE'VE GOT A LARGE INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAMME, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING DOCTORS IN, BUT WHEN YOU DO RECRUIT SOMEBODY FROM OVERSEAS, IT DOES TAKE MANY MONTHS BEFORE THEY DO TURN UP ON SITE. WORKERS WANT A CLEAR AND SUSTAINABLE STAFFING PLAN, TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN GOOD RECRUITS ` SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN CALLING FOR IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO OFFICIALS. THEY SAY THEIR RESPONSE HAS NOT BEEN GOOD ENOUGH. LOSING EVEN ONE MORE COLLEAGUE IS GOING TO BE DISASTROUS FOR THE SERVICE. I WONDER IF THEY LIVED IN AUCKLAND OR WELLINGTON WOULD THEY HAVE SURVIVED THAT? OR WOULD THAT HAVE HAPPENED? AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT POSTCODE LOTTERY HERE, BUT WE DO. DEDICATED TO CARING FOR OTHERS, NOW PREPARING TO STRIKE FOR A LITTLE CARE OF THEIR OWN. HENRY MCMULLAN, 1 NEWS. IN GOOD NEWS FOR BORROWERS, MORTGAGE RATES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DROP AHEAD OF A WIDELY ANTICIPATED CUT TO THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE TOMORROW. ECONOMISTS ARE LARGELY EXPECTING THE RESERVE BANK TO LOWER THE OCR FROM ITS CURRENT 3.5% TO 3.25%. CONFIDENCE IN THAT FORECAST SAW BNZ DROP BOTH FIXED AND FLOATING HOME LOAN RATES THIS MORNING. MORE BANKS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW SUIT IN THE COMING DAYS. AND JUST A WEE CORRECTION TO OUR COVERAGE OF THE TACKLE GAME DEATH ` POLICE SAY IT IS NOT A CRIMINAL MATTER, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE INQUIRIES ON BEHALF OF THE CORONER. E WHAI AKE NEI ` JUST AHEAD ` WHY OYSTER HARVESTING HAS BEEN PAUSED IN MATAKANA, NORTH OF AUCKLAND, AND WHO IS BEING BLAMED, WITH FEARS OYSTERS FROM THE REGION COULD BE OFF THE MENU PERMANENTLY. PLUS ` WHY A VISIT FROM ITS SOVEREIGN, KING CHARLES, IS SEEN AS BEING SO IMPORTANT TO CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY. THEN ON SEVEN SHARP ` IF YOU FOUND A WALLET ON THE GROUND WITH MONEY IN IT, WOULD YOU HAND IT IN? I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL GET GIVEN BACK TO ME VERY QUICKLY. HERE'S THE WALLET. IF WE PUT HERE, IT'LL JUST LOOK LIKE IT'S JUST FALLEN OUT OF SOMEONE'S POCKET. AND FIXING THE GREAT WALL OF... TARANAKI. JOIN US TONIGHT AT 7. Alright, let's get straight to the numbers. VOICEOVER: Things are easier to share when they're not very good. But not this. NAU MAI HOKI MAI. THE SOUTH ISLAND'S LARGEST WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS SCRAMBLING TO FIX A LARGE HOLE IN ITS PREDATOR-PROOF FENCE AFTER HEAVY DOWNPOURS STRUCK NELSON. AROUND HALF A MONTH'S RAIN FELL IN JUST A FEW HOURS YESTERDAY, CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING. OUR NELSON-BASED REPORTER JESSICA RODEN HAS MORE. (WATER THUNDERS) LIKE A DAM BURST, A TORRENT OF WATER CASCADING THROUGH THIS PROTECTED SANCTUARY. IT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS OF VERY INTENSE RAIN, AND DOWN OUR FENCE TRACK, IT LOOKED JUST LIKE` LIKE A RIVER. NOW, BELOW THIS MAKESHIFT COVERING IS A LARGE HOLE AFTER PART OF THE HILLSIDE CAME DOWN AS NELSON WAS HIT WITH A HUGE, UNEXPECTED DOWNPOUR YESTERDAY. WELL, YESTERDAY THE WATER WAS COMING DOWN FROM HERE, AND TO GET A SCALE OF JUST HOW DEEP IT WAS, THE LEAVES HERE SHOW IT WAS ABOUT WAIST HEIGHT IN THIS AREA. HERE AT THE SANCTUARY, THEY RECEIVED EVEN MORE RAIN THAN THE 2022 STORM WHICH DECIMATED THE REGION. WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW JUST YET HOW MUCH WATER ` OUR WATER METERS WERE OFF THE SCALE, WHICH GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH WATER WAS ACTUALLY COMING INTO THE SANCTUARY AROUND THE HILLSIDE HERE. VOLUNTEERS DID WHAT THEY COULD. AT THIS STAGE, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT 50,000-PLUS TO THE EXTENT OF THIS DAMAGE HERE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO, UH` TO REALLY WORK TOWARDS SAFEGUARDING THE SANCTUARY. STAFF STILL GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DAMAGE. WELL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SPENT MUCH TIME INSIDE THE SANCTUARY, BECAUSE FOR US, KEEPING THE PESTS OUT IS THE PRIORITY. ONCE WE'VE GOT ALL THAT SORTED OUT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK INSIDE, AND WE'LL BE SORTING OUT OUR VISITOR TRACKS SO THAT WE CAN REOPEN. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE SANCTUARY HIT A MAJOR MILESTONE, WELCOMING LITTLE SPOTTED KIWI BACK TO THE MAINLAND OF THE SOUTH ISLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CENTURY. WHILE THERE'S NO SIGN PESTS HAVE GOT INSIDE, CREWS HERE ARE DIGGING IN BEFORE MORE RAIN HITS TOMORROW. JESSICA RODEN, 1 NEWS. 130kg OF COCAINE HAS BEEN SEIZED AT THE PORT OF TAURANGA. CUSTOMS OFFICERS FOUND THESE BRICKS LOOKING THROUGH DUFFEL BAGS IN A SHIPPING CONTAINER WHICH ARRIVED FROM ITALY VIA PANAMA. THE HAUL, WORTH AROUND $50m, COMING JUST WEEKS AFTER 157kg OF COCAINE WAS ALSO DISCOVERED AT THE PORT. AN AUSTRALIAN MAN IS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY IN INDONESIA, ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SMUGGLE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COCAINE INTO BALI. AUTHORITIES SAY 43-YEAR-OLD LAMAR AARON AHCHEE WAS CAUGHT WITH 1.8KG OF COCAINE HIDDEN INSIDE LINDT CHOCOLATE BALLS. POLICE MOVED IN DURING A CONTROLLED DELIVERY OPERATION AFTER A PUBLIC TIP-OFF. IT'S ALLEGED AHCHEE WAS OFFERED AROUND 50M RUPIAH ` AROUND $5,000 ` TO PICK UP THE DRUGS AND DISTRIBUTE THEM. IN THE LARGEST AIR ATTACK ON UKRAINE SINCE THE START OF THE WAR, RUSSIA SENT IN NINE CRUISE MISSILES AND MORE THAN 350 ATTACK DRONES OVERNIGHT. FOLLOWING THE BOMBARDMENTM U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LASHED OUT AT RUSSIA'S LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN AS HAVING 'GONE CRAZY'. A KREMLIN SPOKESPERSON RESPONDED SAYING EVERYONE IS EMOTIONAL, ADDING RUSSIA'S GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICANS FOR STARTING CEASEFIRE TALKS. AND AFTER ALL THE TALK FROM DONALD TRUMP ABOUT MAKING AMERICA'S NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR THE 51ST U.S. STATE, KING CHARLES HAS ARRIVED IN CANADA ` HIS VISIT BEING SEEN AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOLLOWING THE THREATS. THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER FORMALLY INVITING THE KING TO OPEN CANADA'S NEW PARLIAMENT. THE BBC'S DANIELA RELPH REPORTS. THE KING AND QUEEN, FLOWN INTO OTTAWA BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE AT A DIPLOMATICALLY CHARGED TIME. ON THE TARMAC WITH A WELCOME PARTY ` CANADA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, MARK CARNEY. (LIVELY STRING MUSIC PLAYS) THERE IS NO BETTER WAY OF ASSERTING YOUR SOVEREIGNTY AS A COUNTRY THAN HAVING A VISIT FROM YOUR SOVEREIGN. THE KING AND QUEEN WILL BE ON THE GROUND IN CANADA FOR LESS THAN 24 HOURS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS THE VISIT WILL BE SHORT BUT IMPACTFUL. (GROUP SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE) WE ARE A NATION STATE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL CONNECTION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CROWN, AND WE WANT TO SHOW THE SOLIDARITY THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CROWN AT THIS TIME, WHEN THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF OF CANADA'S SOVEREIGNTY, AND ALSO THE FUTURE OF THIS NATION-STATE. A SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES IN THIS VAST COUNTRY. FIRST STOP FOR THE KING AND QUEEN WAS AN EVENT IN OTTAWA'S LANSDOWNE PARK. LARGE CROWDS CAME OUT, AND AT A STREET HOCKEY DEMONSTRATION, IT WAS THE KING WHO DROPPED THE PUCK TO START THE GAME. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HE WILL BE CAREFUL WITH HIS WORDS DURING THIS TRIP ` 'WALKING A DIPLOMATIC TIGHTROPE' IS HOW ROYAL SOURCES PUT IT. BUT FOR MANY CANADIANS, THE ROYAL VISIT IS A POWERFUL AND VISIBLE SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP. PERHAPS IF YOU WERE TO JUST GRAB SOMEONE ON THE STREET, THEY MIGHT SAY TO YOU, 'YEAH, I'D LOVE HIM TO SAY, "ELBOWS UP, BACK OFF, DONALD,"' BUT I THINK IT IS BROADLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S SIMPLY NOT THE ROLE OF A MONARCH. THAT SAID, THE MORE OVERT HE CAN BE, I THINK THE BETTER IT WILL BE RECEIVED BY CANADIANS. AN OFFICIAL AUDIENCE WITH THE MAN WHO INVITED HIM TO CANADA. TOMORROW, THE KING WILL DELIVER THE SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT THAT LAYS OUT MARK CARNEY'S PLANS FOR GOVERNMENT ` ANOTHER SYMBOLIC MOMENT ON A TRIP THAT IS FULL OF THEM. THE LAST TIME A MONARCH DELIVERED WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE IN CANADA WAS IN 1977, BY KING CHARLES' MOTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH. A MURI AKE NEI ` COMING UP ` SHEEP JIBES DIRECTED AT KIWIS WILL INEVITABLY REMAIN HIGH, BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE THE BUTT OF THOSE JOKES IS DWINDLING FAST. COMING UP ` THE SHRINKING FLOCK ` FAR FROM FUNNY FOR FARMERS ` WHAT THEY SAY IS CAUSING THE DECLINE, AS AN SOS CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED TO SAVE OUR SHEEP. PLUS ` OH, IT FEELS GREAT. FELT GREAT STRAIGHT AFTER THE RACE, BUT NOT LATER ON ` THE INJURIES THIS KIWI ENDED UP WITH ` ALL TO WIN A BLOCK OF DOUBLE GLOUCESTER AT THE UK'S ANNUAL CHEESE CHASE. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP, THE PEOPLE MAKING SURE CHILDREN AREN'T MISSING OUT ON A VITAL EDUCATION TOO. PLUS ` SO HIGH, CAN'T GET OVER IT, SO LOW, CAN'T GET UNDER IT ` THE FENCE ALLOWING PARADISE TO FLOURISH IN TARANAKI. AND IT'S A DEEP DIVE INTO THE MURKY WATERS FOR RUBBISH ` THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF GETTING RID OF THIS JUNK. THAT'S COMING UP AT 7. FORMER CHILDREN'S TV HOST AND EXECUTIVE HERE AT TVNZ, ANDREW SHAW, HAS DIED AGED 68 AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE 1970S ON 'HERE'S ANDY,' WHICH LATER BECAME 'HEY HEY, IT'S ANDY.' SHAW WENT ON TO BECOME A DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF MANY SHOWS, BEFORE RISING TO BECOME HEAD OF COMMISSIONING, PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITIONS. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INDUSTRY WERE HONOURED IN 2020, WHEN HE WAS NAMED TELEVISION LEGEND AT THE NEW ZEALAND TELEVISION AWARDS. OYSTER FARMERS NORTH OF AUCKLAND SAY THEY MAY HAVE TO SHUT UP SHOP FOR GOOD AFTER MEETING WITH WATERCARE TO DISCUSS SEWAGE OVERFLOWS THAT HAVE LEFT ALL OF THEIR STOCK INEDIBLE. THE MARINE FARMS ARE LOCATED IN AND AROUND MATAKANA, ABOUT AN HOUR'S DRIVE NORTH OF CENTRAL AUCKLAND. JACOB JOHNSON VISITED THE AREA TO GET REACTION FROM CONCERNED BUSINESS OWNERS. IT'S ALMOST THE PEAK OF THE OYSTER SEASON. AND WHILE THE TEAM HERE IS STILL KEEPING TABS ON THE MOLLUSCS GROWING IN THESE TUMBLERS, NONE OF THEM CAN BE EATEN AT THE MOMENT. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A BUSINESS IN A FEW MONTHS TIME. IT MIGHT BE GAME OVER. AN OVERNIGHT DOWNPOUR ONLY WORSENING THE SITUATION; YOU CAN SEE THE CLUMPS OF TOILET PAPER THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS PIPE. WHEN YOU HAVE SEWAGE IN THE AREA, WHEN WE FIND IT THROUGH OUR VERY GOOD TESTING THAT WE DO, WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN FOR 28 DAYS. HE FOUND THE WATER WAS CONTAMINATED WITH NOROVIRUS, WHICH CAN CAUSE VOMITING AND DIARRHOEA. OVERFLOWS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY, MEANING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE FOR MONTHS. WE HAVE A NETWORK THAT'S REACHING ITS CAPACITY, SO WHEN IT RAINS, WE DO GET OVERFLOWS INTO THE HARBOUR. THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED OR CATERED FOR THE AMOUNT OF COCK-UPS THAT THEY DID, FIVE OR EVEN FOUR, THREE, MAYBE UP TO 10 YEARS AGO. TOM WALTERS COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY HIS LEASE THIS MONTH. THE ONLY THING KEEPING HIS BUSINESS AFLOAT RIGHT NOW ARE THESE OYSTERS HE MANAGED TO GET FROM KAIPARA. WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO SEE COMPENSATION. IT'S COMPLETELY DESTROYING MY SOUL IN A WAY, BIT BY BIT. IT'S VERY, VERY SAD. THERE ARE 10 OYSTER BUSINESSES THAT OPERATE OUT OF THIS HARBOUR. THEY MET WITH WATERCARE YESTERDAY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. IS COMPENSATION ON THE TABLE? SO, WATERCARE IS A PUBLIC ENTITY ` SO TYPICALLY WE DON'T PROVIDE COMPENSATION, BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS SUPPORT THE OYSTER GROWERS IN OTHER WAYS AS WE CAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I JUST HOPE THAT ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING WHERE ALL WE SMELT WAS THE EXCREMENT UPON THEIR BREATH. WATER IS CURRENTLY UPGRADING WASTEWATER SERVICES IN THE AREA AS PART OF A $450M PROGRAMME, BUT THE PIPELINE THAT WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WON'T BE READY UNTIL 2028. IN THE SHORT TERM, A LARGER PIPE WILL BE INSTALLED HERE BY SEPTEMBER, TO REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF OVERFLOWS. FRANKLY, WAITING UNTIL END OF SEPTEMBER MIGHT BE TOO LONG FOR MOST OF US HERE. ..WITH THEIR LIVELIHOODS ON THE LINE. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. THERE'S A CALL FOR URGENT GOVERNMENT ACTION TO SAVE OUR DWINDLING SHEEP INDUSTRY. NEW ZEALAND HAS LOST MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE NATIONAL FLOCK SINCE THE '80S, AND FEDERATED FARMERS IS BLAMING FORESTRY. RYAN BOSWELL EXPLAINS. NESTLED IN CANTERBURY'S RAKAIA GORGE, REDCLIFFS STATION SPANS OVER HUNDREDS OF HECTARES... (SHEEP BLEATS) ...AND IS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF SHEEP. PRICES HAVE IMPROVED A LOT, INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE DOWN. IN 1982, NEW ZEALAND WAS FAMOUSLY HOME TO 70 MILLION SHEEP. (BLEATS) NOW THERE ARE FEWER THAN 25 MILLION, AND THIS FARMER'S WORRIED. YOU'RE SEEING BLANKET PLANTING OF GOOD PRODUCTIVE FARMLAND IN PINE TREES. A NEW CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED CALLED 'SAVE OUR SHEEP'. (WHISTLES) FEDERATED FARMERS WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY REVIEW THE ETS, AND TO EITHER LIMIT OR STOP THE OFFSETTING OF FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS WITH FORESTRY. EVERY SHEEP FARMER IN NEW ZEALAND WOULD BE BETTER OFF PLANTING THEIR FARMS IN PINE TREES. OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE LAND USED FOR SHEEP FARMING HAS DECREASED BY 30%, WITH FEDERATED FARMERS BLAMING CARBON FORESTRY, BUT SOME IN THE FORESTRY SECTOR SAY THERE'S NO CORRELATION, AND DATA FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SHOWS LAND USE FOR FORESTRY IS MORE OR LESS STABLE. THEY'VE MAYBE GOTTEN A LITTLE MISGUIDED ON CAUSATION OF SOME OF THE CHANGES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. FARMERS ARGUE NEW ZEALAND IS OUT OF STEP, AND FOOD PRODUCTION AND THE VIABILITY OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER THREAT, AND THE MINISTER AGREES, PINNING THE BLAME ON THE LAST GOVERNMENT. AS OF OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE LEGISLATION IN PLACE TO BAN 'FULL-TO-FARM' CONVERSION BECAUSE OF THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECT IT'S HAVING ON ALL RURAL COMMUNITIES, BUT PARTICULARLY SHEEP FARMERS. THE MINISTER CONCEDES MORE WORK IS NEEDED TO ENSURE BOTH FARMS AND FORESTS THRIVE WELL INTO THE FUTURE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. A KIWI HAS WON THE FINAL MEN'S RACE CHASING A WHEEL OF CHEESE DOWN A STEEP DAMP HILL NEAR GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN THE UK, LATER REVEALING HE BROKE SOME RIBS AND SUFFERED INTERNAL BLEEDING DOING SO. THE ANNUAL EVENT, BELIEVED TO DATE BACK TO THE 1820S, SEES COMPETITORS SPRINT AND TUMBLE DOWN COOPER'S HILL, ALL TO WIN PRESTIGE AND A 3.5kg WHEEL OF DOUBLE GLOUCESTER. A GERMAN YOUTUBER WON THE FIRST MEN'S RACE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, AND NEW ZEALANDER BYRON SMITH WON THE THIRD. OH, IT FEELS GREAT. I DID THIS LAST YEAR AND I CAME SECOND. SO I WENT IN THE THIRD RACE, AND I'M HAPPY I DID, BECAUSE I MANAGED TO WIN. YES ` ORGANISERS MAINTAIN THAT ALL COMPETITORS KNOW THEY'RE TAKING PART AT THEIR OWN RISK. KATE'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A BLOW FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX. YES, KOSTA BARBAROUSES IS OFF TO ANOTHER CLUB, THE STRIKER OPTING OUT OF A CONTRACT EXTENSION. SO WHERE WILL HE GO NEXT? AND DESPITE THAT BIG LOSS TO THE CHIEFS, WHY ARE MOANA HEADED TO THE CAPITAL IN SUCH GOOD SPIRITS? PLUS, FORMER ALL BLACK LUKE McALISTER IS BACK AT SCHOOL PASSING ON HIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION. AND IN WEATHER, WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK ` WE'VE GOT A NEW RAINMAKER ON THE WAY ` THIS ONE HAS SOME PUNCH WITH IT, SO HEADS UP. WE'VE GOT A SPELL OF RAIN WORKING IN MAINLY TO THE WESTERN AREAS THROUGH THE LATER PARTS OF THE DAY. INCREASING CLOUD FOR A LOT OF US. TO THE FAR SOUTH AND EAST, YOU'RE FINE AND DRY, BUT HOW IT'S SHAPING UP AT YOUR PLACE ` AFTER SPORT. KIA ORA ` WELCOME TO SPORT. THE PHOENIX HAD AN A-LEAGUE SEASON TO FORGET, AND TODAY, ANOTHER BLOW ` TOP GOAL-SCORER KOSTA BARBAROUSES CUTTING HIS TIME WITH THE CLUB SHORT. THAT LEAVES THE WELLINGTON-BASED SIDE MINUS A STAR STRIKER, BUT THEY'RE ASSURING FANS THEY'LL FIND A REPLACEMENT. LUKE ROBINSON REPORTS. HE WAS THE SHINING LIGHT IN A DARK SEASON FOR THE PHOENIX. (CHEERING) IT IS SPECTACULAR! BUT NOW KOSTA BARBAROUSES IS GONE, DECLINING THE OPTION FOR A FINAL YEAR ON HIS CONTRACT, INSTEAD CHOOSING TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. HE FEELS HIS FOOTBALL IS GOING TO BE BETTER SERVED AWAY FROM THE PHOENIX. BARBAROUSES SCORED NEARLY 40% OF THE CLUB'S GOALS THIS SEASON, NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR A RECORD THIRD TIME, ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER PHOENIX ACCOLADES. HE'S A WELLINGTON BOY, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN A` HE'S HAD A STELLAR CAREER, SO HE'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FOOTBALL CLUB. YOU KNOW, HIS CONTRIBUTION WITH GOALS OVER THE LAST TWO SEASONS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT AS WELL, SO YEAH, HE'LL BE A BIG MISS. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEIR CURRENT FORM ` ONE OF THEIR WORST SEASONS EVER, FINISHING 11TH. DO YOU THINK IF THIS SEASON WENT BETTER, HE WOULD BE HERE NEXT YEAR? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT ` I CAN'T SPEAK FOR KOSTA. WITH NEXT YEAR A WORLD CUP YEAR, THE 67-CAP ALL WHITE IS STILL EXPECTED TO FEATURE IN THE LEAGUE, LINKED WITH BOTH THE MELBOURNE VICTORY AND WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS. THE PHOENIX, THOUGH, ARE CONFIDENT THEY CAN REPLACE THEIR SECOND-HIGHEST GOAL-SCORER EVER. YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOST PLAYERS LIKE ROY KRISHNA, ULI DAVILA, NATHAN BURNS ` YOU KNOW, ALL HAVING EXCELLENT SEASONS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE... AND WE'LL DO THAT AGAIN. THE SILVER LINING ` WITH A SIGNIFICANT SALARY NOW FREED UP, THEY CAN MAKE A PLAY FOR A BIG SIGNING. YEAH, KOSTA LEAVES A GOOD CONTRACT ON THE TABLE, WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO UTILISE NOW BACK INTO THE SQUAD. BUT FOR NOW... IT'S FORCED IN BY KOSTA BARBAROUSES! ...THIS AUSTRALIA CUP GOAL HIS FINAL FOR THE SIDE, IN A GLITTERING THIRD STINT CUT SHORT WITH THE MEN IN YELLOW. LUKE ROBINSON, 1 NEWS. MOANA PASIFIKA HAVE MOVED ON FROM THEIR 78-POINT LOSS TO THE CHIEFS, WITH THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD OF THEM THIS WEEKEND, TAKING ON THE HURRICANES FOR A SPOT IN THE SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC PLAYOFFS. BUT TANA UMAGA'S SIDE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BEAT THEM. # HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR TANA. # HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM IN MOANA PASIFIKA CAMP, SATURDAY'S BIG DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE CHIEFS PARKED, INSTEAD, FOCUSING ON THE PRESENT. (ALL CHEER) ...AND A CERTAIN COACH'S BIRTHDAY. IF YOU GET A BIRTHDAY IN THIS TEAM, YOU HAVE TO GO INTO A HUDDLE. MINE, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER IN THE YEAR. LOCK TOM SAVAGE (36) PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN MOANA'S SUCCESS THIS YEAR. A MAIDEN FINALS BERTH WAS WHAT HE WAS AIMING FOR WHEN HE SIGNED WITH THE CLUB. I KNEW THE POTENTIAL IN THIS GROUP, AND I WAS EXCITED BY THE CHALLENGE. I KNEW IT WASN'T GONNA TO BE AN EASY THING, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS GONNA GO INTO THAT, BUT YEAH, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T THINK THIS COULD BE A TEAM THAT'S GOT A CHANCE OF WINNING A TITLE. THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A CHAMPION TEAM ON THE WEEKEND... A RECORD NIGHT FOR THE CHIEFS IN HAMILTON. THEY'VE BLOWN MOANA PASIFIKA OFF THE PARK. ...THRASHED BY 78 POINTS. THAT DEFINITELY STUNG. IT WAS A QUIET BUS RIDE HOME. BUT WE JUST HAD TO REVIEW IT QUICKLY, LOOK AT OURSELVES ON MONDAY, ESPECIALLY, TRY AND FLUSH IT AND THEN GET ON TO THE 'CANES. MOANA ARE SIXTH ON THE LADDER AND MEET THE FOURTH-PLACED HURRICANES IN WELLINGTON ON SATURDAY. A BONUS-POINT WIN WOULD GUARANTEE THEM A PLAYOFF SPOT. THE LAST TIME THE TWO SIDES MET, IT WAS MOANA WHO CAME OUT ON TOP. AND A HAT TRICK FOR THE MIRACLE MAN, MIRACLE FAILANGI, HAS GOT NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM ON ITS FEET AGAIN. A BIG CROWD EXPECTED AT THE CAKE TIN, AS ARDIE SAVEA RETURNS HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OPPOSITION COLOURS. AS ARDIE SAVEA RETURNS HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OPPOSITION COLOURS. THERE'S A BIG PASIFIKA COMMUNITY DOWN IN WELLINGTON, SO HOPEFULLY THEY TURN OUT AND MAKE SOME NOISE FOR US. OBVIOUSLY A FEW WELLY BOYS, A FEW EX-HURRICANES IN THE TEAM HERE THAT'LL BE EXCITED TO GET DOWN THERE AND PLAY WELL. PEOPLE MAKING NOISE FOR THEM IN THE CAPITAL, AND FROM CLOSER TO HOME. ALL: GO, MOANA! HOPING TO BE BACK AT NORTH HARBOUR NEXT WEEK AS PART OF THE FINAL SIX. OKLAHOMA CITY HAVE TAKEN A 3-1 LEAD IN THE NBA'S WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS AFTER A 128-126 WIN OVER THE TIMBERWOLVES IN MINNESOTA. SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER WITH A GAME HIGH 40 POINTS HELPING THE THUNDER DOMINATE. THE TIMBERWOLVES LEVELLING THE SCORES IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BUT THEY COULDN'T KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING ` THE THUNDER WITH ALL SORTS OF TRICKS. STOPS, FALLS DOWN, GETS IT TO WILLIAMS, 3-POINTER, JALEN WILLIAMS WITH A BIG BUCKET. THAT GRIP ON THE CONVERSE IS GOOD, AND SO IS THAT 3! THE THUNDER COULD SECURE THE SERIES AT HOME ON THURSDAY. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAD TO FIGHT FOR A CHAOTIC ONE-GOAL WIN OVER THE SOUTHERN STEEL IN DUNEDIN, TO MAINTAIN THEIR UNBEATEN SEASON. WITH A SLIM LEAD LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, POWERHOUSE SHOOTER DONNELL WALLAM INJURED HER WRIST, FORCING A RESHUFFLE, 169cm-TALL PETA TOEAVA SWITCHING TO GOAL ATTACK. THE STEEL NUDGED AHEAD WITH LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES REMAINING. THE MYSTICS SQUARED THINGS UP WITH A TWO-POINT SUPER SHOT BEFORE A KEY PLAY FROM THE MIDCOURTER-TURNED-SHOOTER. THE PRESSURE BACK ON THE HOME SIDE. A TURNOVER! PETA TOEAVA! MYSTICS! VUI. APPROPRIATELY ` WHO ELSE? SHE HAS TURNED THIS ONE AROUND FOR THE MYSTICS. THAT TURNOVER IN THE DYING MOMENTS MADE THE DIFFERENCE, THE MYSTICS CLINCHING A 55-54 WIN. IT'S THE AGE-OLD QUESTION SPORTING STARS PUT OFF, BUT EVENTUALLY MUST FACE ` WHAT TO DO ONCE THEY'RE RETIRED. FOR SOME, IT'S GIVING BACK TO THE GAME, AND FOR OTHERS, IT'S INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION. BRODYN KNUCKEY FOUND A FORMER ALL BLACK WHO'S DOING BOTH. LUKE McALISTER ALWAYS LIKED TO PUSH THE LIMITS THROUGHOUT HIS PLAYING CAREER. LAST ONE HERE. SO FINDING HIM IN A PLACE BUILT ON RULES AND REGULATIONS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY. I'M BACK AT THE OLD STOMPING GROUND, THE OLD SCHOOL. THEY THREW ME` A LITTLE GIG AT ME, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED BACK SINCE. I LOVE WORKING WITH THE KIDS, AND ENJOY IT SO MUCH, SO IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. 'MR McALISTER', HE'S KNOWN AS NOW, ENJOYING HIS SECOND YEAR OF TEACHING AT WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S COOL TO BE A PART OF, AND WATCHING THESE GUYS GO FROM, I GUESS` OR BEING ABLE TO HELP SHAPE THEIR YOUNG ADULT, YOUNG MEN LIFE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, INTO THE REAL WORLD WHEN THEY LEAVE SCHOOL. IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT JOURNEY FOR THEM. UNSURPRISINGLY, McALISTER ALSO SHAPING HIS ALMA MATER'S NEXT POTENTIAL RUGBY STARS, BECOMING AN ASSISTANT COACH TO THE FIRST 15. WE'VE ALL SEEN HIM PLAY BEFORE, AND WE ALL LOOKED UP TO HIM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN HE CAME INTO THE ENVIRONMENT LAST YEAR, HE REALLY MADE A BIG CHANGE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BACKS, AND OVERALL JUST THE ENVIRONMENT AND JUST THE TEAM. AND YES, THEY'VE WATCHED THE YOUTUBE HIGHLIGHT REELS. IT'S AWAY TO McALISTER. McALISTER MUST SCORE, OR SOMEBODY ELSE WILL. IT'LL BE LUKE McALISTER. YEAH, HE LIKES TO TRY THINGS. HE LIKED TO GO FOR A CHIP AND CHASE, AND THEN US BOYS GET TO FEED OFF THAT. AND BOYS THAT DO LIKE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES ON THE FIELD, THEY LIKE TO TRY NEW THINGS, THEY GET TO DO THAT. I'LL NEVER GET MAD AT THE BOYS FOR HAVING TO GO. THAT'S HOW I PLAYED THE GAME, AND THAT'S HOW I WAS COACHED TO PLAY THE GAME. SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY, UH` WELL, I GUESS PHILOSOPHIES IS YOU PLAY BY` PLAY WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. AS FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD IN HIS COACHING CAREER... YEAH, I'M QUITE HAPPY IN THIS SPACE, MATE. I'M ENJOYING, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WORKING WITH THESE GUYS. I DON'T HAVE ANY ASPIRATIONS TO GO ANY HIGHER AT THE MOMENT. ...MORE WORRIED ABOUT HIS STUDENTS' FUTURES THAN HIS OWN. OI. NICE BOYS, GOOD-GOOD-GOOD! MR McALISTER SEEMINGLY A GOOD FIT. SWEET, LET'S GO. BRODYN KNUCKEY, 1 NEWS. MITCH BARNETT'S LEADERSHIP AT THE WARRIORS HAS TRANSLATED TO A BIGGER ROLE WITH THE BLUES FOR THIS YEAR'S ORIGIN SERIES. THE 31-YEAR-OLD ONLY MADE HIS DEBUT LAST YEAR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES, MISSING THE BIRTH OF HIS SECOND CHILD TO ATTEND CAMP, BUT HE'LL START IN GAME ONE TOMORROW NIGHT IN BRISBANE. THE WARRIORS CO-CAPTAIN ALSO BROUGHT INTO THE TEAM'S LEADERSHIP GROUP. IT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK, UM, GIVEN I ONLY SORT OF PLAYED THE ONE GAME, BUT I WAS IN AND AROUND THE CAMP FOR ALL THREE LAST YEAR, AND, YEAH, SOME OF THEM MUST HAVE LIKED ` OR I'M GUESSING LAURIE DID ` WHAT I HAD SORT OF BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE OVER AT THE WARRIORS, SO FAR THIS YEAR, SO, PLAYED MORE OF A ROLE IN IT. SO FAR THIS YEAR, SO, PLAYED A MINOR ROLE IN IT. THE BLUES ARE THE ORIGIN DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. WHILE A STOUSH BETWEEN THE AMERICA'S CUP DEFENDER AND A NUMBER OF CHALLENGERS SHOWS NO SIGN A RESOLUTION, AND A NUMBER OF CHALLENGERS SHOWS NO SIGN OF RESOLUTION, THE HOSTING RIGHTS FOR THE NEXT EVENT HAVE BEEN FORMALLY ACCEPTED IN ITALY. TEAM NEW ZEALAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE GRANT DALTON JOINING THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI AND THE NAPLES MAYOR IN ROME FOR A PRESENTATION CEREMONY. I WEAR TWO HATS; ONE IS AS THE CEO OF TEAM NEW ZEALAND ` THREE CONSECUTIVE WINS, GOING FOR OUR FOURTH. AND ALSO, THE CEO OF AMERICA'S CUP EVENTS. IN MY DAY JOB, ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS ACTUALLY TO NOT LEAVE THE AMERICA'S CUP IN NAPLES WHEN I FINISH IN 2027. LAST WEEK CHALLENGER OF RECORD ATHENA RACING AND AMERICAN MAGIC ACCUSED TEAM NEW ZEALAND OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE PROTOCOL, SOMETHING THE DEFENDER CALLED 'UNREASONABLE.' ALL CONTROVERSY IN THE AMERICA'S CUP. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? THANKS. STAY WITH US ` DAN SAYS THERE IS ANOTHER RAINMAKER ON THE WAY, WITH WATCHES AND WARNINGS ALREADY IN PLACE ` WHO GETS THE WORST OF IT NEXT. THEN, ON SEVEN SHARP ` REPAIRING THE GREAT WALL OF TARANAKI. FIND OUT WHO'S BEING KEPT OUT ` AND IN. PLUS ` WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND A WALLET WITH 10 BUCKS IN IT? KEEP IT ` OR CALL THE NUMBER INSIDE? WE PUT IT TO THE TEST, TONIGHT AT 7. (SONG): 'COLD AS ICE' BY FOREIGNER BEN: Hello? From the bank? Really? VOICEOVER: Know it's really ASB with Caller Check. (PHONE RINGING) # You're as cold as ice # We can verify it's us through the ASB Mobile Banking app. BEN: Oh, it is you ASB! A SURE SIGN OF A GETTING TO THE END OF AUTUMN AND GETTING TO THE BEGINNING OF METEOROLOGICAL WINTER. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SATELLITE, THINGS MEAN BUSINESS. THINK OF A BONFIRE, THAT CLOUD,, PUT PETROL ON IT - UP IT GOES. THAT GOOD FLOW IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, BRINGS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, A GOOD RAINMAKER. RAIN COMING IN, A GOOD BAND OF IT. THURSDAY, THUNDER IN THAT UNSTABLE AIR, IN THE THIRD PUNCH, COLD AIR, 500M SNOW LEVEL BY FRIDAY. SO A LOT OF THINGS COMING IN. HIGH PRESSURE BY THE WEEKEND, WE WILL NEED IT AS WELL. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING AWAY, NAPIER 20 TODAY AND THAT WARM, WEST TO NORWEST FLOW. NO CALL HERE YET, THAT SYSTEM IS GETTING WOUND UP AND WORKING TOWARDS US. ALREADY WE HAVE A WATCH TOWARDS THE BAY OF PLENTY. RAIN WATER FOR PARTS OF TASMAN, NORTH AND WEST OF MOTUEKA. FURTHER EAST, ALSO A WATCH FOR THE RAIN` THE RAIN RAIN IS HARDER THESE DAYS, SO WATCH FOR THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. MORE LIKELY FOR THE END OF THE DAY, WORKING IN AT WESTERN AREAS. SOUTH AND EAST, YOUR DAY IS OKAY, IT JUST CLOUD INCREASING UNTIL THE NIGHT. SHOWERS WILL TURN PERSISTENT ` WATCH OUT FOR FLASH FLOODING, MOST OF IT PROBABLY A NIGHTTIME. AUCKLAND, SAME AGAIN LIKE IT WAS THE OTHER NIGHT. COULD BE THUNDERY. TO THE BAY OF PLENTY, CENTRAL PLATEAU, ONE OR TWO SHOWERS. A RAIN WATCH FOR THE LIKES OF WHAKATANE. RAIN TURNS HEAVY FOR TAURANGA. DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD TO START OFF, BUT THE RAIN TURNS HEAVY AND PERSISTENT FOR THE END OF THE DAY. COLD START FOR MASTERTON. END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE INTO THAT WET WEATHER, 18 TO ABOUT 20. FOR WELLINGTON, RAIN ARRIVES FOR THE LATER PARTS OF THE DAY, INTO THE NIGHTTIME. HEADS UP, NELSON, MORE RAIN, WILL TURN HEAVY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WEST COAST, NOT SEEING AS MUCH. RAIN COMES IN FOR YOU CHRISTCHURCH AT NIGHT. WEST COAST PICKS UP THE RAINS FOR THE END OF THE DAY. QUEENSTOWN, JUST A FEW LATE DAY SHOWERS. MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH IS DRY. YOU WILL GET IT LATER ON AS THAT FRONT BANGS AROUND AND WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH. DUNEDIN, A DRY DAY, THE RAIN WILL BE COMING THROUGH.