TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS ` DANGER AND CHAOS AT A BOYRACER MEETING. (ENGINE REVS, TYRES SKID) BYSTANDERS KNOCKED DOWN, AND RUN OVER, OFFICERS INJURED. POLICE VOW THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR WON'T BE TOLERATED. WELCOMED INTO THE FOLD. ACT'S DAVID SEYMOUR OFFICIALLY TAKES OVER AS CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S NUMBER TWO. AND TAYLOR'S VERSION IS NOW TAYLOR'S VICTORY. HOW THE SINGING SUPERSTAR EARNT BACK HER MUSIC RIGHTS. # BABY, NOW WE GOT BAD BLOOD, HEY. # CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. 'COWARDLY, VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR' THAT'S THE POLICE MINISTER'S ASSESSMENT OF CHAOTIC SCENES AT A STREET RACER MEETING IN LEVIN LAST NIGHT. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED, AND BYSTANDERS HIT BY CARS AT THE GATHERING OF AROUND A THOUSAND BOY RACERS. POLICE ARMED WITH RIOT SHIELDS WERE TARGETED BY FIREWORKS. EVEN A TOMAHAWK AIMED AT THEM. ABBEY WAKEFIELD WAS THERE. CHAOS RETURNING TO THE STREETS OF LEVIN. (CAR REVS) THIS INTERSECTION TRANSFORMED INTO A SKIDPAD. DRIVERS HERE TO RECREATE A SIMILAR EVENT FROM A YEAR AGO, WHICH SAW POLICE OUTNUMBERED AND OFFICERS HOSPITALISED. THIS TIME AROUND, POLICE WERE BETTER PREPARED, WITH AROUND 100 STAFF READY TO DEPLOY. AND 30 MINUTES AFTER THE EVENT STARTED, OFFICERS WITH RIOT SHIELDS MOVED IN TO RESTORE ORDER. WITH THE EAGLE HELICOPTER HOVERING ABOVE, FIREWORKS, A TOMAHAWK AND GLASS BOTTLES WERE AIMED AT POLICE AND CARS USED AS WEAPONS. WE RESPONDED TO WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY A LARGE, UNRULY EVENT STARTING IN LEVIN. IT ESCALATED THERE, MOVED INTO RURAL AREA ON THE FRINGES OF LEVIN, AND FROM THERE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF PALMERSTON NORTH AND FINALLY INTO PALMERSTON NORTH. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN LEVIN. A COMBINATION OF FIREWORKS BEING FIRED AT THE STAFF AND OTHER WEAPONS BEING OFFERED AND, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE RAMMED TO ONE OF OUR VEHICLES. FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE INJURED, AND POLICE SAY A YOUNG WOMAN HAD BOTH OF HER LEGS RUN OVER. WHEN POLICE TRIED TO HELP THE INJURED, THEIR TYRES WERE SLASHED. CLEAR CONDEMNATION FOR THE COWARDLY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR OF THESE BOY RACER GROUPS THAT CAME OUT OVERNIGHT. I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE POLICE RESPONSE. WITH THE TOWN OVERRUN AGAIN, LEVIN LOCALS ARE FED UP. THEY NEED TO TAKE THE CARS OFF THEM AND CRUSH THEM. IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE FREAKY. WE CAN'T HANDLE IT. NO, REALLY, IT'S THE WHOLE TOWN. THIS MORNING, LIVING'S MAIN INTERSECTION WAS COVERED IN THIS MORNING, LEVIN'S MAIN INTERSECTION WAS COVERED IN DESTROYED TYRES, BROKEN GLASS, AND REEKED OF BURNT RUBBER. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND YOU THERE, BERNIE? (CAR REVS REPETITIVELY) UH, IT'S PRETTY HORRIFIC, ISN'T IT? UM, THE REMNANTS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME PRETTY BAD BEHAVIOUR. UM, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MAYHEM. IT'S JUST` I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT, TO BE HONEST. TOUGHER CONSEQUENCES FOR BOY RACERS ARE ON THEIR WAY, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INTRODUCED TO PARLIAMENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO SEE THAT ADVANCE AND PROGRESS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. THE POLICE MINISTER AND COMMISSIONER ARE BOTH HEADING TO THE DISTRICT TONIGHT AS KING'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND CONTINUES, ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR MORE SCENES LIKE THESE. ABBEY WAKEFIELD, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALAND HAS A NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, WITH DAVID SEYMOUR TAKING OVER THE ROLE HALFWAY INTO THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S TERM ` THE MOVE PART OF THE COALITION AGREEMENT. AND WHILE THE ACT LEADER IS PROMISING HE'LL WORK HARD FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS, HIS CRITICS SAY HE ONLY SERVES THE WEALTHY ELITE. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR DAVID SEYMOUR. SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MATE. SPECIAL DAY. VERY SPECIAL DAY. HIS FIANCEE, FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR THIS ` PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MR SEYMOUR ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. HE'S TAKEN OVER FROM WINSTON PETERS... TO DAVID ` CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S A REALLY AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT. ...BUT GETTING HERE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY. UH, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED ME WHEN IT'S BEEN VERY TOUGH TIMES. FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, YOU'RE SORT OF A ONE-MAN BAND IN PARLIAMENT. DO YOU EVER THINK YOU'D, YOU KNOW` YOU'D BE STANDING HERE TODAY AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? NO. I REMEMBER CHRIS FINLAYSON VERY KINDLY TOOK ME OUT TO DINNER AS A NEW MP 10 YEARS AGO AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY YOU'LL BE THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. AND I DIDN'T JUST NOT THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN ` I THOUGHT IT WAS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. SO THANK YOU, CHRIS FINLAYSON. YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING. AND HE'S PROUD OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. IF I'VE PROVED ANYTHING, IT'S THAT ANYONE CAN DANCE. THE PUBLIC CAN BE THE JUDGE OF THAT. HE ALSO WEIGHED IN TODAY ON MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP'S BEHAVIOUR. HE WAS MOUTHING OFF... ...AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS. THE MINISTER CALLED A 'DICKHEAD' BY SINGER DON MCGLASHAN. WELL, JUST BECAUSE YOU BECOME A SENIOR MINISTER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD STOP HAVING OPINIONS. DAVID SEYMOUR'S POLITICAL RIVALS, THOUGH, ARE LESS THAN COMPLIMENTARY ON HIS PROMOTION. DAVID SEYMOUR IS FAR MORE INTERESTED IN CARVING OUT A SMALL NICHE OF VOTERS THAN HE IS IN SERVING ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. WHETHER IT'S HIS DESIRE TO LOOSEN FIREARMS REGULATION, INTRODUCE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO THE DETRIMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE DIVISIVE TREATY PRINCIPALS DEBATE. HE'S SIMPING FOR BILLIONAIRES. SO I'M SURE HE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING THE BURNT SCHOOL LUNCH VIBE TO EVERYTHING HE DOES. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO MESS UP SCHOOL LUNCHES. IN HIS EPSOM ELECTORATE, THOUGH, THE REACTION MORE MIXED. MIGHT GIVE HIM A GO. YEAH? YEAH, WHAT IS IT? WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT HIM? OH, I DIDN'T SAY I LIKE HIM. UM, YEAH, BUT HE'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE A YOUNGER VERSION OF WINSTON, ISN'T HE? HE SAYS WHAT HE THINKS. YEAH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. LIKE` WITH ALL HIS CHOICES THAT HE'S MADE LEADING UP TO THAT. LIKE WHAT? WHAT CHOICES? LIKE GOING AGAINST OUR TREATY. I LIKE THE` WHEN HE'S THE EDUCATION, HE'S SAYING THE KIDS SHOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL. YEAH, HE'S DOING A LOT OF SILLY THINGS. UM, DRIVING UP THE STEPS. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID THAT. VERY FUNNY TO LOOK AT, BUT I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BE IN THERE. THE NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON DANCING TO HIS OWN BEAT. BENEDICT JOINS ME NOW. WHAT CHANGES ARE WE GOING TO SEE WITH DAVID SEYMOUR AS OUR 2IC? FIRST OF ALL, EVERY TIME THE PRIME MINISTER GOES OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THAT'S WHEN DAVID SEYMOUR WILL STEP UP. IF THERE IS ANYTHING GOING ON DOMESTICALLY, THAT IS WHEN HE WILL FRONT UP, AND THEY WILL ALSO HAPPEN AT PARLIAMENT WHEN THE PAYMENTS TO IS NOT THERE TO FEEL CLOSE QUESTIONS. HE WILL STEP INTO ANSWER ON BEHALF OF THE PRIME MINISTER. WE MIGHT SEE HIM OR REGULARLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE. WE WILL ALSO SEE A SWITCH AT PARLIAMENT. THE ACT PARTY WILL SWAP PLACES WITH NEW ZEALAND FIRST. NOW DAVID SEYMOUR WILL SIT NEXT TO THE PRIME MINISTER. HAS BEEN A BIT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ACT AND NATIONAL ABOUT HOW THAT WILL WORK, BECAUSE ACT HAS MORE MPS THAN NEW ZEALAND FIRST. THREE OF THE MPS MIGHT HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SET. THE ACT PARTY ARE MAKING A BIT OF A WEEKEND OF IT, AREN'T THEY? THEIR HAVING AN AFTER PARTY TOMORROW, OR A CELEBRATION BRUNCH, REFLECTING FROM GOING FROM ONE MP UP TO 11 AROUND THE CABINET. THEY ARE INVITING SUPPORTERS AND PARTY MEMBERS TO THE WATERFRONT IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW. DAVID SEYMOUR SAYS HE WILL OUTLINE HIS GOALS AND DREAMS FOR BEING DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND HOW HE WILL HANDLE IT. THANKS BENEDICT. WITH DAVID SEYMOUR TAKING UP HIS NEW ROLE, OUR CHIEF CORRESPONDENT JOHN CAMPBELL SPOKE WITH WINSTON PETERS ABOUT HIS TIME AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR HIM. SO 1993, YOU LAUNCHED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. DID YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATION THAT YOU WOULD BE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN 2025? NO. I HAD NO EXPECTATION I'D BE IN POLITICS IN (CHUCKLES) 2025. HE MIGHTN'T HAVE EXPECTED IT, BUT THE OUTGOING DEPUTY PM KNOWS POLITICS. JUST ASK THE INCOMING GUY. WHOSE DETERMINATION WAS IT THAT WINSTON PETERS WENT FIRST AND YOU WENT SECOND? HOW WAS THAT ARRIVED AT? LOOK, TO BE HONEST, I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER. DID YOU NEGOTIATE TO GO FIRST? I THINK SO, YES. YEAH. GENIUS. SO THAT GIVES YOU 18 MONTHS TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEXT ELECTION WITHOUT BEING DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. AT WHAT STAGE DO YOU START... YOU'RE THE FIRST JOURNALIST THAT ACTUALLY PICKED UP ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I'M FREE TO GET OUT AND CAMPAIGN HARD. I'M FREE TO BEGIN THE CAMPAIGN I WANTED. HE MAY HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT. EACH TIME WINSTON PETERS AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE NEAR A COALITION GOVERNMENT, THE NEXT ELECTION HAS GONE BADLY FOR THEM. AT SOME STAGE, THOUGH, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CAMPAIGN TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM A COALITION GOVERNMENT YOU WERE PART OF, RIGHT? OF COURSE WE'RE DIFFERENT. IF WE WERE THE SAME, WE'D BE IN THE SAME PARTY. WHEN WILL YOU GUYS GET THAT? HIS PUGNACIOUSNESS IS STILL RIGHT THERE ON THE SURFACE. BUT IF A WEEK IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS, PETERS' ALMOST 50 YEARS IS AN ETERNITY. THIS PARTY, LAUNCHED ON THIS HISTORIC DAY, IS CALLED NEW ZEALAND FIRST. 32 YEARS LATER, HE'S RECENTLY CITED 94-YEAR-OLD WARREN BUFFETT. WHY? ARE YOU GONNA HANG AROUND TILL 94? I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YOU KIND OF DID. NO, I DIDN'T. I JUST SAID THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY ARE BEING WRITTEN OFF, WHEREAS SO MUCH OF THE COMPONENTRY OF OUR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY RESPECTS EXPERIENCE AND AGE. GO AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU'LL SEE RESPECT FOR EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE, NOT SOMEBODY LEARNING ON THE JOB. WAS THAT A BURN? CAN PETERS DO IT AGAIN? CAN THE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIAN OVERCOME HAVING BEEN IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT? THERE'S A FAMOUS GUY CALLED AL JOLSON. YOU KNOW WHAT HIS FAMOUS COMMENT WAS? NO. YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. (LAUGHS) DON'T LAUGH. YOU'RE LAUGHING ` I'M GONNA HAVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU ON ELECTION NIGHT, 2026. OK. I'M NOT SAYING YOU` I'LL SEE WHETHER YOU'RE LAUGHING THEN. JOHN CAMPBELL, ONE NEWS. AND JOHN'S EXTENDED SIT-DOWN WITH THE NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS STREAMING NOW ON TVNZ+. ON YOUR SMART TV HEAD TO THE MENU ON THE LEFT AND CLICK ON 'NEWS'. THE FULL-LENGTH INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH DAVID SEYMOUR AND WINSTON PETERS ARE THERE TOO. A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN OCCUPIED GAZA IS STILL UNDER REVIEW BY HAMAS. WHO SAY THE PLAN FAILS TO MEET SOME OF ITS CORE DEMANDS. ISRAEL HAS ACCEPTED THE PLAN, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE U.S. PROPOSED DEAL. MEANWHILE, THE LAST REMAINING HOSPITAL IN GAZA'S NORTHERN PROVINCE HAS BEEN EVACUATED AFTER ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT. THE BBC'S LUCY WILLIAMSON REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM. NOTHING COULD SAVE AL-AWDA HOSPITAL. ITS DOCTORS TOLD TO LEAVE, ITS DWINDLING SUPPLIES STUFFED INTO BAGS, IT'S AMBULANCES BLOCKED BY THE RUINED ROAD. THE LAST HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA NOW THE LATEST CASUALTY OF THE WAR. THIS FOOTAGE SENT TO US BY ITS DIRECTOR, MOHAMMED SALHA, SEEN HERE IN THE GREEN SHIRT. PATIENTS AND STAFF WERE TAKEN SOUTH OVERNIGHT TO SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY. RELATIVE SAFETY FOR SURVIVORS OF A TWO WEEK SIEGE. THEIR HOSPITAL REPORTEDLY HIT 28 TIMES IN THIS WAR, GREETED WITH HUGS FROM COLLEAGUES WHO UNDERSTAND. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: THIS IS A BLACK DAY FOR OUR HOSPITAL GOING OUT OF SERVICE. THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES CLEARLY THREATENED US THAT IF WE DIDN'T EVACUATE THE HOSPITAL, THEY WOULD INVADE IT AND KILL EVERYONE INSIDE. TODAY, WE EVACUATED 82 MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL TEAM AND 13 PATIENTS BECAUSE THE OCCUPATION FORCES STARTED ACTING ON THEIR THREATS BY BOMBING THE TOP FLOORS OF AWDA HOSPITAL AND FIRING DIRECTLY FROM TANKS ON THE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS. WE PUT HIS CLAIMS TO ISRAEL'S ARMY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T YET PROVIDED A RESPONSE. HOURS AFTER THEY ARRIVED IN GAZA CITY, ANOTHER AIRSTRIKE BROUGHT NEW CASUALTIES FLOODING IN. THE DUST-FILLED STREETS FULL OF CRIES. FOR MY DAD. MY SON. TRANSLATOR: AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO, THEY CALLED US AND ORDERED US TO EVACUATE WITH THE NEIGHBOURS. WE EVACUATED THE WHOLE AREA AND THEY STRUCK THAT HOUSE. WE EVACUATED THE CAMP AND THOSE BEYOND THE CAMP HAVE DIED. THEY WERE TORN TO PIECES. THEY WERE CHILDREN AND THERE WAS NO AMBULANCE. ISRAEL SAYS IT CONTINUES TO TARGET TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP, BUT WITH LITTLE HEALTH CARE OR AID IN THE NORTH, THERE ARE FEARS THAT ISRAEL IS MAKING NORTHERN GAZA UNLIVEABLE TO PUSH ITS POPULATION INTO THE SOUTH. THAT PIECE BY PIECE, GAZA WILL BE EVACUATED JUST AS ITS HOSPITALS WERE. THE U.N. SAYS OCCUPIED GAZA IS NOW THE HUNGRIEST PLACE ON EARTH WITH 100% OF PEOPLE AT RISK OF FAMINE. A WOMAN HAS DIED AT AUCKLAND'S FARM COVE AFTER A WATER INCIDENT THIS MORNING. THE GROUP OF CANOEISTS SHE WAS WITH FOUND HER BODY IN THE WATER AROUND 7:30am AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO SHORE. POLICE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INFORMING THE FAMILY, AND THE CORONER IS INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. IT'S GROWING, AND IT'S GROWING QUICK. THAT'S HOW THE MAORI ECONOMY IS BEING DESCRIBED, WITH NEW DATA REVEALING MAORI ASSETS ARE NOW WORTH A STAGGERING $126bn, UP MORE THAN 80% SINCE 2018. IWI AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE LARGELY DRIVING THAT GROWTH. INVESTING IN HORTICULTURE, FISHERIES, FARMS, HOTELS AND EVEN SKYSCRAPERS TO BUILD WEALTH. OUR TWO RICHEST TRIBES ALONE, NGAI TAHU AND WAIKATO ARE COLLECTIVELY WORTH MORE THAN $4BN. BUT AS THE TRIBAL COFFERS SOAR, QUESTIONS INCREASE ABOUT INVESTMENTS, THE BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE, AND WHY DO MAORI CONTINUE TO FACE MAJOR DISPARITIES? IN A SPECIAL 1NEWS SERIES, 'THE MAORI DOLLAR', TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S BEHIND OUR THRIVING MAORI ECONOMY, BEGINNING WITH THE REMARKABLE RISE OF CENTRAL AUCKLAND POWERHOUSE NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI. AUCKLAND'S STRIKING LANDSCAPE CONCEALS A SHAMEFUL HISTORY. WE WERE RENDERED DOWN TO THE QUARTER-ACRE SECTION, WHICH IS OUR URUPA DOWN AT THE PA. THAT'S ALL WE HAD LEFT. WE LOST EVERY ACRE OF LAND. WE LOST OUR LANGUAGE. WE HAD PEOPLE DYING WAY BEFORE WHEN THEY SHOULD. NOW NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI, ONCE FORCED OFF THEIR LAND, IS RISING ABOVE IT. SO THE TOWER WILL GO THERE WHERE THERE'S THE DOWNTOWN CAR PARK. BE A NEW ADDITION TO AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT. THE HAPU HAS PARTNERED WITH PRECINCT PROPERTIES TO BUILD A 56-STOREY SKYSCRAPER ` A $2bn PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE NINE YEARS TO COMPLETE. EARLY INVESTMENT SUCCESS AND AN $18m TREATY SETTLEMENT IN 2011 HAVE HELPED NGATI WHATUA ORAKEI GROW ITS TOTAL ASSETS TO $1.5bn TODAY. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED HECTARES OF LAND NOW. INCLUDING LAND AT SPARK ARENA, THE ADINA HOTEL AND MULTIPLE SITES ON THE NORTH SHORE. WE'VE HAD TO BASICALLY BUY BACK EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. THE RETURN ON THESE ASSETS MEANS IT CAN AFFORD TO OFFER FREE UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE TO ITS 7000 MEMBERS. I HAD A CLOTTED SUPERFICIAL VEIN UNDER MY ARM. YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, HONESTLY, I'M TERRIBLE. I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THAT CHECKED. THE SCHEME, THROUGH INSURER NIB, COVERS SURGERY, GP VISITS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND DENTAL TREATMENTS. OVER 90% OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE NOW ACCESSED IT. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. HAD I NOT HAD ACCESS TO THAT, I COULD HAVE DIED. WE ARE ACTUALLY HELPING THE CROWN, THE GOVERNMENT, BY KEEPING OUR WHANAU OUT OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS. BUT BEING BASED IN NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMIC ENGINE ROOM HAS UNIQUE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING IWI OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND WANTING TO INVEST THERE TOO. WE HAVE A LIST OF THEM. I MEAN, EVEN NGAI TAHU CAME IN AND DIDN'T COME TO THE MARAE FIRST. NGAI TAHU, BASED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, OPENED THE ALL BLACKS TOURISM EXPERIENCE AT SKYCITY IN 2020. YOU KNOW, THEY MADE AMENDS FOR THAT. THEY HAVE LEFT TOWN. AND WHILE THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS IMPROVED, ITS NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR NGAPUHI COULD BE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN AUCKLAND NEXT. THE TRIBES IN AUCKLAND WILL SAY, 'OH, NGAPUHI HAVE GOT NO LEGIT CLAIM THERE,' BUT THEY DO. IF A NGAPUHI BUYS A HOUSE, PAI ANA. BUT IF THE IWI ENTITY INVESTS HERE, UNDER, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES, THEN WE EXPECT OUR TIKANGA TO BE FOLLOWED. I'M SAYING TO THEM, WE WANT ALL OF THE REMAINING ASSETS ON THE CROWN'S BALANCE SHEET WITHIN THE AUCKLAND AREA. ALL WE'VE ASKED IS THE COURTESY THAT THEY COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, NOT THE BACK DOOR. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. AS THEY FIGHT TO REBUILD THEIR ECONOMY AND RECLAIM WHAT WAS ONCE THEIRS. TE ANIWA HURIHANGANUI, ONE NEWS. HAVE WE SEEN THE LAST OF THE DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK BROMANCE? HE WAS KEY TO THE PRESIDENT'S ELECTION VICTORY, THEN TOOK A CHAINSAW TO SPENDING. BUT TRUMP SAYS HE'LL LIKELY BE BACK. PLUS ` FROM NOW ON, I'M NUMBER ONE. ME, MARGARET HOULIHAN, AND BELIEVE ME, SOLDIER, I DESERVE BETTER THAN YOU! THE WORLD SAYS GOODBYE TO THE ACTRESS WHO PLAYED THE SASSY 'HOT LIPS' HOULIHAN IN THE POPULAR TV SHOW M*A*S*H. Alright, let's get straight to the numbers. VOICEOVER: Things are easier to share when they're not very good. But not this. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. U.S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK'S OFFICIAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP HAS COME TO AN END. MUSK'S ROLE LEADING THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ` OR DOGE ` HAD A LEGAL TIME LIMIT, BUT THE DEPARTING BILLIONAIRE HAS CRITICISED THE ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH TO CUT SPENDING. U.S CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ELON. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. (APPLAUSE) A BIG GOLDEN KEY A PARTING GIFT FOR ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST DIVISIVE BILLIONAIRES. HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. ELON MUSK STANDING DOWN AS HEAD OF DOGE ` DONALD TRUMP'S HEAD OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ` A POSITION HE COULD ONLY HOLD FOR 130 DAYS. AT AN OVAL OFFICE SEND-OFF TODAY, BOTH MEN HAD NOTHING BUT NICE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT EACH OTHER. THE DOGE TEAM WILL ONLY GROW STRONGER OVER TIME. THE DOGE INFLUENCE WILL ONLY GROW STRONGER. BEHIND THE SCENES, THOUGH, THINGS APPEAR MORE COMPLICATED. YES! ELON MUSK WAS TRUMP'S BIGGEST DONOR ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, PROMISING TO TAKE A CHAINSAW TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THIS IS WHAT VICTORY FEELS LIKE. YEAH! A ROLE HE BEGAN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TRUMP'S INAUGURATION. PROTESTERS CHANT: NOT FOR SALE! NOT FOR SALE! OVERSEEING THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS ACROSS SEVERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE SHUTTERING OF ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST FUNDERS OF AID. BUT RECENTLY, ELON MUSK HAS BEGUN TO CRITICISE DONALD TRUMP'S GOVERNMENT. IN PARTICULAR, THE PRESIDENT'S SPENDING BILL, WHICH MUSK SAYS UNDERMINES THE WORK THAT DOGE HAS BEEN DOING. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I DON'T ENTIRELY AGREE WITH. BUT IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BRING THAT UP IN AN INTERVIEW BECAUSE THEN IT CREATES A BONE OF CONTENTION. SO THEN I'M A LITTLE STUCK IN A BIND WHERE I'M LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO` (STAMMERS) I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING THE ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. MUSK HAS PREVIOUSLY CLAIMED HE COULD EASILY CUT USD $1 TRILLION OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING. HE'S ACHIEVED A SLIVER OF THAT. ALSO, SOME HERE SAY HIS DOGE CRUSADE HAS AFFECTED THE REPUTATION OF HIS OWN COMPANIES, SUCH AS TESLA. WHILE TRUMP SAYS GOODBYE FOR NOW... ELON IS REALLY NOT LEAVING. HE'S GOING TO BE BACK AND FORTH, I THINK. I HAVE A FEELING. IT'S HIS BABY, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. ...LEAVING A LEGACY QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER. LOGAN CHURCH, ONE NEWS, LOS ANGELES. 'ALL THE MUSIC I'VE EVER MADE NOW BELONGS TO ME'. THOSE ARE THE TRIUMPHANT WORDS OF SINGER TAYLOR SWIFT. IT FOLLOWS YEARS OF A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO REGAIN OWNERSHIP OF HER FIRST SIX ALBUMS. THE DEAL ISN'T JUST FOR THE MUSIC, IT INCLUDES HER MUSIC VIDEOS, ALBUM ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONCERT FILMS. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAVID SILLITO. # YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND. # SHE'S UPSET. SHE'S GONE. # THIS IS 'YOU BELONG WITH ME' BY TAYLOR SWIFT, RELEASED IN 2008. NOW LET'S CHANGE THE MUSIC. # YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND. SHE'S UPSET... # IT MIGHT SOUND THE SAME, BUT IT ISN'T. THIS IS 'YOU BELONG WITH ME' FROM 2021, TAYLOR'S VERSION. TAYLOR SWIFT'S BATTLE OVER HER EARLY ALBUMS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS. WHEN THE RIGHTS TO THOSE RECORDINGS WERE SOLD BY HER OLD LABEL TO MUSIC MOGUL SCOOTER BRAUN AND THEN TO AN INVESTMENT FUND. SHE WAS FURIOUS, BUT DENIED THE CHANCE TO OWN HER OWN MUSIC. SHE CAME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE, RERECORDING HER ALBUMS NOTE FOR NOTE, A STRATEGY THAT'S WORKED. IN A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON HER WEBSITE, SHE CONFIRMED A DEAL HAD BEEN DONE. SHE'S ACQUIRED, SHE SAYS, IT'S QUITE A VICTORY AND BEING SEEN AS AN INSPIRATION FOR OTHER ARTISTS. IT'S SHOWING THEM DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE POWER OF OWNING YOUR RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, MOST ARTISTS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT COPYRIGHT. THEY JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THEIR ART, WHICH IS REALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT SHE'S SHOWING WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU ALSO BECOME A PIONEER IN THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS BEING THE CREATIVE ARTIST. NO FIGURES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, BUT IT'S THOUGHT THE PREVIOUS SALE WAS AROUND $300 MILLION. HOWEVER, SHE CAN AFFORD IT. IT'S WORTH NOTING AS SHE RELEASED THIS CELEBRATORY PICTURE TODAY, SHE'S ALSO RECENTLY JOINED THE LIST OF THE WORLD'S BILLIONAIRES. TAYLOR SWIFT HAS THANKED HER FANS, SAYING THEIR ATTENDANCE AT HER RECORD-BREAKING ERAS TOUR ALLOWED HER TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF HER BACK CATALOGUE. IT'S REPORTED THE TWO-YEAR TOUR SOLD THE EQUIVALENT OF NZD $3.3BN WORTH OF TICKETS. RUSSELL BRAND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF RAPE AND ASSAULT IN A LONDON COURT. THE BRITISH COMEDIAN APPEARED IN THE SOUTHWARK COURT TO FORMALLY DENY FIVE CHARGES. THE OFFENCES ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN 1999 AND 2005 AND RELATE TO FOUR WOMEN. RUSSELL BRAND REMAINS ON BAIL UNTIL THE TRIAL NEXT YEAR. AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND ANOTHER SIX INJURED AFTER A ROCK COLLAPSE AT A QUARRY IN INDONESIA. DIGGERS ARE BEING USED IN THE RESCUE OPERATION AS THEY TRY TO FIND SURVIVORS AND LOCATE HEAVY MACHINERY ALSO BURIED IN THE ROCK SLIDE. IT HAPPENED IN CIREBON IN WEST JAVA. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS LORETTA SWIT HAS DIED AGED 87. SHE WAS MOST WELL KNOWN FOR PLAYING HEAD NURSE MAJOR MARGARET 'HOT LIPS' HOULIHAN ON THE HIT TV SHOW M*A*S*H. US ABC'S DAVID MUIR LOOKS BACK AT HER CAREER. (M*A*S*H THEME PLAYS) LORETTA SWIT - COMMANDING THE SCREEN ON M*A*S*H FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. FROM NOW ON, I'M NUMBER ONE ` ME, MARGARET HOULIHAN. AND BELIEVE ME, SOLDIER, I DESERVE BETTER THAN YOU. THE TOUGH BY THE BOOK MAJOR HOULIHAN WAS THE HEAD NURSE OF THEIR MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL DURING THE KOREAN WAR. EVOLVING IN HER ROLE TO A LEADER FIGHTING FOR RESPECT IN A MAN'S WORLD. WE ACTUALLY SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU. WE LIVE, WE BREATHE, WE DREAM. INFUSING HUMANITY INTO MAJOR HOULIHAN TO SHOWING INFUSING HUMANITY INTO MAJOR HOULIHAN TOO, SHOWING A VULNERABILITY. SWIT WOULD STAR IN 240 OF M*A*S*H'S 251 EPISODES, EARNING TWO EMMY AWARDS ALONG THE WAY. SICKENING. ALONG ALAN ALDA'S CAPTAIN HAWKEYE PIERCE, ONE OF ONLY TWO ACTORS THERE FOR BOTH THE PILOT BACK IN 1972 AND THE SERIES FINALE IN 1983. THEIR 35 SECOND KISS WAS SEEN BY NEARLY 106 MILLION VIEWERS ` STILL THE MOST WATCHED SINGLE EPISODE OF ANY TELEVISION SERIES IN U.S. HISTORY. LORETTA SWIT WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 1937, IN PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, PASSING AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87. TONIGHT, HERE, IN HER OWN WORDS. I WOULD HOPE TO BE REMEMBERED AS AN ARTIST WHO TRIED TO USE PARTS OF HER PROFESSION TO FURTHER OTHER ARENAS THAT WERE POSITIVE. IT'S VERY SATISFYING FOR ME TO HAVE NURSES TELL ME THAT THEY BECAME NURSES BECAUSE OF WATCHING ME. AND THAT'S` THAT'S A VERY, VERY GREAT COMPLIMENT AND A VERY WONDERFUL THING TO` TO HAVE DONE WHILE I WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITHIN MY PROFESSION. IT'S UNDERSTOOD SWIT DIED AT HER HOME IN NEW YORK CITY FROM NATURAL CAUSES. A MURI AKE NEI, STILL TO COME ` RUGBY LEGEND DAME FARAH PALMER EXPLAINS HOW THE TEAM RAILED AGAINST THE NAME HER 1998 TEAM WAS TAGGED WITH. THEY WERE CALLING US THE 'GAL BLACKS' AND THE 'LADY BLACKS'. AND WHEN PAUL HOLMES INTERVIEWED US, WE KIND OF SAID ` WE'RE GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT, 'WE DON'T WANNA BE THE GAL BLACKS'. 'WE THINK OUR NAME SHOULD BE BLACK FERNS...' HER LEGACY LEADING THE WOMEN'S TEAM TO WORLD CUP VICTORY MORE THAN ONCE. AND THE WILD WINDS ARE MOSTLY DYING DOWN. TOMORROW, A MORE CALM DAY ON THE CARDS, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF WARNINGS STILL IN PLACE, WHILE OTHERS ARE IN FOR A SUNDAY IN THE SUN. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THIS WEEK'S NEWSMAKER REVISITED IS ARGUABLY OUR GREATEST WORLD RUGBY WINNING CAPTAIN. DAME FARAH PALMER CAPTAINED THREE WORLD CUP WINNING TEAMS WITH THE BLACK FERNS. THE FIRST WIN IN 1998 INSPIRING A SEA CHANGE IN THE WAY WOMEN'S RUGBY IS PERCEIVED ` SOMETHING SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT. (BRIGHT MUSIC) (BRIGHT MUSIC) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) FARAH PALMER IS ALWAYS STEPPING UP FOR BIG TROPHIES AND NEW CHALLENGES. IT'S HOW SHE FIRST GOT HER HANDS ON THE OVAL BALL. PROBABLY WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16 OR 17 BACK AT THE PIOPIO RUGBY CLUB, I THINK THEY HAD A MARRIED VERSUS SINGLES MEN'S GAME, AND SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LAUGH TO HAVE A WOMEN'S GAME JUST PRIOR TO IT. SO I THINK THEY LITERALLY RAN AROUND THE SIDELINES AND SAID, 'WHO WANTS TO PLAY?' AND I REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING SPORTS. SO YEAH, I SAID YES. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GIGGLING, I THINK, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES WE WERE GOING TO TRAINING AND PLAYING, BECAUSE YOU DO FEEL SO MUCH FREEDOM. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT. AND WHEN DID IT BECOME SOMETHING THAT YOU THOUGHT, 'OH, WE COULD GO QUITE FAR HERE. I COULD TAKE THIS QUITE FAR'? I THINK WHEN I WENT DOWN TO OTAGO AND STARTED PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY CLUB THERE, AND THEN STARTED MAKING THE B TEAM. (PLAYERS GRUNT) IT WAS JUST THESE LITTLE PROGRESSIVE THINGS WHERE I WAS THINKING, 'ACTUALLY, I CAN BE QUITE GOOD AT THIS SPORT IF I REALLY, 'REALLY PUT SOME EFFORT INTO IT.' AND IN 1998, AT WHAT WAS THEN THE FIRST OFFICIAL WOMEN'S WORLD CUP, FARAH AND HER TEAM-MATES WERE ALL IN. WE WANTED TO PROVE THAT WE WERE ALL ATHLETES AND DESERVED TO BE WEARING THE BLACK JERSEY. PLAYERS SHOUT: FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE! WE WERE TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE MORE PROFESSIONAL. AFTER THE GAME, WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO CARBO-LOAD, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR NUTRIENTS BACK IN OUR BODY. AND WE WERE DRINKING` EVERYONE ELSE WAS MAYBE HAVING SOME ALCOHOL AFTER THEY WERE PLAYING, AND HERE WE WERE WITH OUR DRINK BOTTLES. THEY WERE ALL LAUGHING AT US. ARCHIVE: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED TO BE AN ENGLISH PLAYER WITH THE DETERMINATION THE KIWIS WERE SHOWING. THE SEMI-FINAL WAS THE CONFRONTATION OF THE COMPETITION. ARCHIVE: THE WOMEN IN BLACK JUBILANT, KNOWING ENGLAND WAS THE BIGGEST HURDLE TO THE TITLE. BY NOW, THE HYPE WAS BUILDING ` SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES FROM HOME FLOODING IN AND TV APPEARANCES. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SO WELL, DO YOU THINK? WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SEVEN MONTHS NOW AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD OUT IN THE GAME AGAINST USA, DON'T YOU WORRY. AS GOOD AS HER WORD. FIRST LOOK AT THE BLISTERING SPEED OF THE STAR WINGER VANESSA COOTES. VICTORY NOT IN DOUBT ` WINNING THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 44-12. JUST A RELIEF. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE AND ALL THE SCEPTICISM AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN JUST PUT UNDER OUR BELTS NOW BECAUSE` BECAUSE WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE WORLD CHAMPS. WELL, A FEW CELEBRATIONS IN AMSTERDAM, BUT THE GAL BLACKS` (RECORD SCRATCHES) EXCUSE ME ` THE WHO? THE GAL BLACKS SAY... THEY WERE CALLING US THE GAL BLACKS AND THE LADY BLACKS. AND WHEN PAUL HOLMES INTERVIEWED US, WE KIND OF SAID, 'WE'RE GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT. 'WE DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED THE GAL BLACKS.' AND WE KIND OF SAID, WE THINK OUR NAMES SHOULD BE BLACK FERNS, BECAUSE WE WEAR BLACK AND WE HAVE THE FERN. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING DEEPER TO IT. HAD YOU DECIDED WITHIN THE TEAM BLACK FERNS WAS THE NAME YOU WANTED? WE HAD A TEAM MEETING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DEBATE. WE WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN IDENTITY AS WELL AS ALL BLACKS HAVE THEIR OWN ONE AS WELL. THEY DON'T LIKE GAL BLACKS, BUT IT'D BE NICE IF WE DID HAVE A NAME. SO WE WENT HOME FOR THE NZR'S MARKETING TEAM TO DO SOME RESEARCH, AND THEN AFTER SIX MONTHS THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, OH YES, YOUR NAME SHOULD BE BLACK FERNS. THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED ALL ALONG ANYWAY. OUR BLACK FERNS THE WORLD CUP'S MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM ` CHAMPIONS SIX TIMES. FARAH CAPTAIN FOR THREE OF THOSE. THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT SET TO BE THE BIGGEST YET. I SEE LITTLE GIRLS WEARING JERSEYS, PLAYING RUGBY. MY DAUGHTER IS 12. I WENT AND PLAYED SOME RUGBY DRILLS WITH HER GIRL GUIDES KIND OF THING, AND THEY JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. THEY KNOW A LOT OF THE NAMES. THEY WANT TO WEAR A BLACK FERNS JERSEY. SO YEAH, IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S SUCH A HUGE SHIFT FROM WHERE WE WERE BACK IN 1998. THE WOMEN'S GAME NOW A FIXTURE ON THE PROFESSIONAL RUGBY SCENE THANKS TO TRAILBLAZERS LIKE FARAH. FEEL LIKE WE DEFINITELY WERE THE DARLINGS OF NEW ZEALAND AT THAT TIME, AND SHONE A LIGHT ON WOMEN'S RUGBY AT THAT MOMENT THAT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. SO IT WAS REALLY LOVELY TO BE A PART OF THAT. THIS SHE FELT VERY RELIEF LIFTING THE CUP. THE CURRENT FERNS TEAM HAVE A LOT TO THANK FOR DAMON FARAH. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE PLAYOFF PICTURE BECOMING A LITTLE CLEARER IN SUPER RUGBY. THE TOP OF THE TABLE ALL LOCKED IN ` ONE TWO, THREE, AS THE CHIEFS STAY TOP DOG FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS, AN ALL BLACKS LOCK STARS IN DUNEDIN. A COUPLE OF TEST MATCH BACKS TURN IT ON AT EDEN PARK. THE BLUES IN THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AT LEAST. PLUS ` A FLARE UP OFF THE COURT AT THE FRENCH OPEN. SOMEONE'S LOOKING DOWN ON GOLFER DANIEL HILLIER IN AUSTRIA. AND A PROMISING AND NEW LOOK START IN BARCELONA. LIAM LAWSON CONTINUES HIS CLIMB IN F1. ANEI NGA KORERO HAKINAKINA O TE WA, WELCOME TO SPORT. AND IT'S TAKEN UNTIL THE LAST FEW GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT THE SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFFS ARE ALMOST LOCKED IN. THE CHIEFS HAVE FINISHED TOP, MORE ON THEM IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST TONIGHT, THE BLUES NEEDING TO BEAT THE WARATAHS THIS AFTERNOON AT EDEN PARK TO KEEP THEIR TOP SIX HOPES ALIVE. DOING IT IN DOMINANT FASHION TOO ` WINGER MARK TELE'A AND MIDFIELDER RIEKO IOANE SCORING DOUBLES TO GIVE THE BLUES AN 18-POINT HALF-TIME LEAD. CAN'T MAKE IT. BUT IT'S THERE AGAIN, TELEA, QUICKLY THROUGH THE HANDS OF RIEKO IOANE. FRONT ROWS COME UP, AND IT ALL ENDS UP IN A HEAP, BUT THE BALL IS CLEARED AWAY, PUTS THE KICK THROUGH THIS TIME. IOANE'S AFTER IT, AND HE'S GOT IT. I DON'T THINK HE'S CONTROLLED IT` YES, REFEREE SAYS TRY. IOANE THEN SCORING A THIRD. WHICH TAKES HIM TO 54 TRIES IN BLUE, EQUALLING DOUG HOWLETT'S BLUES TRY-SCORING RECORD. THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN THIS GAME, THE BLUES, TO GET THEMSELVES` NOW HERE IS RIEKO IOANE HEADING OFF AFTER ANOTHER ONE` CAN HE GET IT DOWN? YES! HAT-TRICK! JUST SOLIDIFYING HIS CREDENTIALS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BLUES FRANCHISE. AGAIN, THE KICK, THE CHASE. WE KNOW THAT'S HIS TRADEMARK, BUT IT IS THE POWER THAT GETS IT DONE FOR RIEKO IOANE. THE BLUES WINNING 46 - 6. IT MEANS MOANA PASIFIKA NEED TO BEAT THE HURRICANES TONIGHT, WITH A BONUS POINT TO CLAIM THE SIXTH SPOT AND OVERTAKE THE BLUES. THE CHIEFS HAVE CONFIRMED TOP SPOT FOR THE PLAYOFFS, HOLDING OFF THE HIGHLANDERS 41-24 IN DUNEDIN. IT MEANS HOME ADVANTAGE FOR THE KNOCKOUT PHASES. WHILE THE CRUSADERS HAVE LOCKED UP SECOND PLACE, WITH A NAIL BITER AGAINST OLD RIVALS, THE BRUMBIES IN CANBERRA. FINISHING SECOND OR DROPPING TO THIRD - IT CAME DOWN TO THIS. NOW THEY START TO GET THE MOMENTUM - BELL! HOOKER, GEORGE BELL, THE LATE WINNING TRY, BUT NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. WING SEVU REECE APPEARED TO KNOCK THE BALL ON BEFORE THE PENALTY WAS AWARDED, WHICH LED TO THE ROLLING MAUL. IT'S A CLEAR KNOCK. MAYBE RUGBY JUSTICE FOR CRUSADERS TEAMS FROM OVER THE YEARS IN CANBERRA. FIRST HALF THE CRUSADERS BOUNCED OUT TO A 25-14 LEAD. I THINK DARTS... ANDREW HANNAH WITH THE STEP! REECE NEVER FAR FROM THE ACTION - UNDER ADVANTAGE REAR DROPPED GOAL FROM THE OUTSIDE BACK. AND DROP GOAL IS THROUGH. ALWAYS THE SCENE OF DRAMA. CANBERRA PROVIDED MORE AS THE BRUMBIES FOUND THEIR FAMOUS QUICK HANDS. TOM WRIGHT PULLS THROUGH A HOLE - INSIDE SWITCH PLAY TO MUIRHEAD! WING ANDY MUIRHEAD, WHO HAS PLAYED EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY GAME THIS SEASON, HELPING THE BRUMBIES TAKE THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH JUST MINUTES TO PLAY. BEFORE BELL RANG WITH THAT PRAGMATIC CRUSADERS LATE SURGE. THE FORMER CHAMPS NOW HAVE HOME ADVANTAGE FOR THE PLAYOFFS. EARLIER IN DUNEDIN, THE CHIEFS TOOK ON THE BOTTOM-PLACED HIGHLANDERS, HURTING THEM EARLY WITH TWINKLE TOES PLAY AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF BRUTE FORCE. TEST LOCK TUPOU VAA'I - A DOUBLE IN THE SPACE OF TWO MINUTES! TUPOU VAA'I! HE'S GONNA GO AND AGAIN. SHELLSHOCKED AND DOWN 19-0. THE SOUTHERNERS PUT UP A SPIRITED FIGHTBACK, AS THEY HAVE DONE DURING A FRUSTRATING SEASON. IN FACT, THEY CLAWED BACK TO A 10-POINT DEFICIT WITH LESS THAN TEN TO PLAY. CHASING THE UPSET, A SHORT GOAL LINE DROP OUT BACKFIRED. GAME OVER. IS` THEY'RE GOING TO SCORE ANOTHER TRY! TUPOU VAA'I AGAIN WITH THE SOFT HANDS AND A HAT TRICK. THE CHIEFS SECURING THE LAST PLAY BONUS POINT WIN WITH POLE POSITION NOW FOR THAT ELUSIVE SUPER TITLE. TRYING TO GET THE BALL. THE MAINLAND TACTIX HAVE HANDED THE NORTHERN MYSTICS THEIR FIRST LOSS IN THIS YEAR'S A.N.Z PREMIERSHIP WITH A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE IN RANGIORA. ELLIE BIRD SHOOTING A PERFECT 50-FOR-50 IN THE 61-50 WIN. A BIG FOURTH QUARTER FROM THE CANTABS ENSURING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS HAD NO CHANCE OF A COMEBACK. I WAS HAPPY TO GET A GOOD WIN BY A GOOD MARGIN. THEY ARE A REALLY GOOD TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING REALLY WELL THIS SEASON. WE REALLY WANTED TO FINISH THE GAME STRONG AND ALSO NOT LET THEM GET A BONUS POINT, SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT ONE. THE TACTIX LEAPFROGGING THE MYSTICS TO GO TOP OF THE TABLE. IT'S BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD SO FAR IN THE THIRD ROUND AT THE FRENCH OPEN, BUT AWAY FROM THE CLAY COURTS, IT'S BEEN ANYTHING BUT. TOP SEEDS SUCH AS CARLOS ALCARAZ ADVANCING WITH RELATIVE EASE AS QUESTIONS AROUND THE SCHEDULING OF WOMEN'S MATCHES AT ROLAND-GARROS HAVE RESURFACED. HERE'S BRODYN KNUCKEY. THE STARS OUT AND SHINING UNDER THE LIGHT AT ROLAND-GARROS ` OR AT LEAST SOME... (GRUNTS) IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. ...CARLOS ALCARAZ ADVANCING TO THE FOURTH ROUND AT THE FRENCH OPEN IN FOUR SETS AGAINST FABIAN MAROZSAN, WINNING THE FIRST TWO IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. BREATHTAKING FROM THE DEFENDING CHAMP, WHO'S LOOKING EXTREMELY GOOD HERE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE UNSEEDED HUNGARIAN HAD HIS MOMENTS... OH, THAT IS DELICATELY DONE, AND RIGHTLY SO, TAKING THE ACCLAIM OF THE CROWD HERE ON PHILIPPE CHATRIER. NO SUCH WORRIES IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW... ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL HITTING FROM SWIATEK. THREE OF THE TOP FIVE SEEDS, INCLUDING THREE-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPION IGA SWIATEK, ALL ADVANCING IN STRAIGHT SETS... AND THERE IT IS. BUT THE DEFENDING CHAMPION PROVES IRRESISTIBLE IN THE END. ...ALTHOUGH DOING SO EARLIER IN THE DAY ` THE LACK OF WOMEN'S MATCHES IN NIGHT SESSIONS QUICKLY BECOMING A HOT TOPIC ONCE AGAIN IN PARIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE EQUAL, BECAUSE THE WOMEN'S MATCHES CAN BE ENTERTAIN` AN ENTERTAINMENT THE SAME WAY. THERE'S BEEN NO HEADLINE WOMEN'S MATCHES IN THE EVENING SO FAR IN 2025, AND JUST TWO IN TOTAL OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS COMBINED. IT HAS NEVER BEEN THAT THE GIRLS ARE NOT WORTHY TO PLAY AT NIGHT. IT'S NEVER` IT'S NEVER BEEN THIS. ORGANISERS REITERATING DURATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ISSUE, WITH ONLY ONE MATCH ALLOWED EACH NIGHT DUE TO CURFEW AND FRENCH TELEVISION BROADCAST DEALS. THE TWO SETS CAN GO REALLY FAST. WHEN, THE THREE SETS YOU HAVE THREE SETS MINIMUM, SO IT'S ONE HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS, MAYBE MORE, I DON'T KNOW. REGARDLESS, THE WOMEN'S TENNIS ASSOCIATION IS CALLING FOR MORE BALANCE IN THE SCHEDULE. PEOPLE LIKE IT. WE CAN PUT ON A NICE SHOW, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT SHOULD BE EQUAL. THAT'S IT. EXPECT MORE RALLIES AT ROLAND-GARROS ON AND OFF THE COURT. BRODYN KNUCKEY, ONE NEWS. DANIEL HILLIER REMAINS THE BEST OF THE KIWI GOLFERS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND, ALTHOUGH HE'S HAD SOME LUCK AT THE AUSTRIAN OPEN. TIED FOR FOURTH AT 7-UNDER, HILLIER HELPED BY THIS SHOT ON THE 9TH. THOUGH, HAND OFF THE CLUB NORMALLY MEANS 'I DON'T LIKE IT'. OH, NOW I HAVE TO SAY` THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE. HILLIER WRAPPING HIS ROUND WITH AN EAGLE TO BOOT, WHILE A STRONG FINISH LOOKS TO HAVE SAVED LYDIA KO AT THE U.S. OPEN. THREE BIRDIES ON A BLEMISH-FREE BACK 9 GETTING HER BACK INSIDE THE PROJECTED CUT. OH WOW! KO DRAINS ANOTHER ONE. KO TIED FOR 39TH AT EVEN-PAR BEFORE HEAVY RAIN ENDED HER ROUND WITH ONE HOLE TO PLAY. ELSEWHERE, RYAN FOX IS SEVEN SHOTS BACK IN A TIE FOR 12TH AT THE MEMORIAL IN OHIO, CARDING 4 BIRDIES AND 4 BOGEYS IN HIS SECOND ROUND. A SUGAR RUSH FROM HOME HASN'T HARMED RACING BULLS' KIWI DRIVER LIAM LAWSON FOR THE PRACTICE ROUNDS AHEAD OF THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. LAWSON WAS SIXTH FASTEST IN PRACTICE ONE AT THE BARCELONA TRACK, 0.6 OF A SECOND BEHIND TIMESHEET TOPPER LANDO NORRIS FROM MCLAREN. LAWSON FINISHING TWO SPOTS AHEAD OF TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR. HE THEN POSTED A TOP 10 IN PRACTICE TWO, ALL COMING OFF HIS BEST-EVER FINISH LAST WEEK. I THINK IT'S POSITIVE. IT'S A GOOD START TO THE WEEKENDS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD BASE TO BUILD ON, BUT OBVIOUSLY TOMORROW IS WHAT REALLY COUNTS. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SO` WE'LL OBVIOUSLY KEEP WORKING ON IMPROVING THE CAR. EARLIER, LAWSON'S CAR FITTED OUT WITH SENSORS TO TEST HOW THE RED BULL'S HANDLING THE REDUCTION IN FRONT WING FLEXIBILITY, BROUGHT IN FOR THIS ROUND. EVERYBODY'S CAR WAS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY AT THE START OF P1 BECAUSE OF THE NEW FRONT WING. WE'RE SLOWLY CHASING THE BALANCE. DID YOU FEEL A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CAR THIS WEEKEND? DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE. YOU DEFINITELY FEEL THE DIFFERENCE. I THINK FOR EVERYBODY, FOR EVERY TEAM, IT'S DIFFERENT. SO FOR US, HONESTLY, OUR CAR IS IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW, SO` BUT OBVIOUSLY WE EXPECT EVERYBODY TO KEEP IMPROVING. LAWSON HEADS INTO QUALIFYING OVERNIGHT. KEEP CHIPPING AWAY, HE'LL GET THERE SLOWLY BUT SURELY. THANKS, SPORT. COMING UP ` ERIN'S HERE WITH DETAIL OF REMAINING WEATHER WARNINGS, BUT A CALMER DAY ON THE WAY. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. A VERY WINDY TIME FOR THE LOWER SOUTH AND IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY, WHIPPING UP OUR LAKES AND PROMPTING WAVE WARNINGS TOO. YOU CAN SEE HERE OVERNIGHT THAT VERY STRONG WIND IN THE PURPLE COLOUR PUSHING OVER THE LOWER SOUTH WORKING UP THE EAST COAST TODAY, BUT THAT'S MOSTLY EASING NOW AS IT MOVES OFF. SOME VERY STRONG WINDS RECORDED, THOUGH. RADARS IN BOTH THE SOUTH AND NORTH ISLAND SEEING GUSTS OF 200ks OR CLOSE TO IT THIS MORNING. OTHER SPOTS IN OTAGO ALSO RECORDING VERY STRONG GUSTS. A REMAINING WARNING THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT A MOSTLY MORE CALM DAY TOMORROW ` JUST A FEW SHOWERS UP THE WEST COAST, AND A HEAVY SWELL WARNING TO THE WAIRARAPA COAST TOMORROW AND FOR MONDAY TOO. A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY UP TOP. A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS TO WHANGAREI ` THE CHANCE OTHERS WILL SEE THEM TOO, AND 18 DEGREES FOR ALL. A FEW SHOWERS PEPPERING YOUR SUNDAY, TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND. THINGS CLEAR IN THE EVENING. 18 IS YOUR HIGH. CLOUD TO COME AND GO, KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON. MAYBE A MORNING SPRINKLE TOO, AND A TOP OF 17 DEGREES. LOTS OF SUN ON OFFER IN CENTRAL SPOTS. TAUMARUNUI, THERE IS CHANCE YOU'LL SEE A SHOWER FROM AFTERNOON, AND 15 FOR YOU, ALONG WITH ROTORUA. A MAINLY FINE ONE, TAURANGA. AGAIN, THERE'S A CHANCE IT'LL BE SHOWER-BEARING CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. 18 IS YOUR HIGH. A SUNNY DAY IN THE EAST. A BIT OF A WIND STILL TO DANNEVIRKE UNTIL ABOUT LUNCHTIME, AND A COOLER 14 FOR YOU. NOT LOOKING BAD IN THE WEST ` THE ODD BIT OF CLOUD. A STRONG WIND IN WHANGANUI. A FEW POSSIBLE SHOWER POCKETS IN PALMERSTON NORTH IN THE MORNING, WHANGANUI IN THE AFTERNOON, AND 16 TO 18 DEGREES. SUNSHINE'S IN CHARGE ALL DAY IN TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON, WITH A HIGH OF 14. FINE FOR MOST AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH. WESTPORT, THOUGH, IS IN FOR A FEW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY, AND 15 FOR YOU AND BLENHEIM. SOME CLOUDY TIMES THROUGH THE MORNING, OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH. THINGS IMPROVE EARLY AFTERNOON. A CHILLY 1 OVERNIGHT AND A TOP OF 13. A FEW SHOWERS TO THE WEST CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HOKITIKA, AND JUST BIT OF CLOUD FOR THE EAST. AND 13 OR 14 DEGREES. CLOUD TO COME AND GO, TAHUNA QUEENSTOWN. ANY EARLY SHOWERS CLEAR, AND A COOL 11 IS YOUR HIGH. OAMARU SHOULD BE DRY, BUT OTHERS ARE ALL IN FOR A FEW SHOWERS. AND 11 FOR MOST HERE. SOME CLOUD ABOUT IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN. A FEW SHOWERS SHOULD CLEAR THROUGH YOUR MORNING. A BIT OF WIND HANGING ABOUT TOO. NOT AS WINDY AS THE CHATHAMS ` A WARNING IN PLACE UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON. MONDAY, A FEW SHOWERS IN THE WEST OF BOTH ISLANDS, BUT THE EAST'S MOSTLY FINE. TUESDAY, A BIT OF CLOUD AND THE ODD SHOWER FOR MOST, BUT RAIN AND SHOWERS TO FIORDLAND, SPREADING TO THE WEST AND SOUTH COASTS. WEDNESDAY AGAIN LOOKING LIKE SEVERE WEATHER, SO ENJOY THE BREATHER IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE, 1news.co.nz FROM US, NGA MIHI O TE PO, HEI APOPO. SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.