THIS JUST ONE OF THE VIDEOS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT APPEARS TO SHOW THE MOMENT A BYSTANDER WAS HIT, WIPED OUT BY A SPINNING CAR. THE TRAVELLING TERROR CAUSED CHAOS AT FOUR SEPARATE POINTS OVERNIGHT, POLICE FIRST ATTACKED WITH FIREWORKS AND A VEHICLE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO BREAK UP THE ORIGINAL GATHERING IN LEVIN. FIREWORKS BEING FIRED AT OUR STAFF ` A COUPLE OF THE STAFF RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES FORM THOSE ` AND ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF A TOMAHAWK. OUT OF TOWN, ON STATE HIGHWAY 57, THINGS ESCALATED FURTHER ` POLICE FORCED TO DEPLOY RIOT-CONTROL SPONGE BULLETS WHEN A PEDESTRIAN BYSTANDER WAS HIT BY A CAR. BUT WITH THE ROAD CROWDED, THE AMBULANCE COULDN'T GET THROUGH. WE HAD GRAPHIC EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE BEING AWARE THAT PEOPLE HAD BEEN INJURED BUT MAKING NO EFFORT TO ASSIST THEM; INSTEAD, THEY HAD THEIR PHONES OUT, FILMING THEM. IT WAS PATHETIC. IT WAS 20 MINUTES UP THE ROAD, ON STATE HIGHWAY 56, WHERE THINGS GREW EVEN UGLIER ` FOUR PEOPLE, AGED 16 TO 20, WERE HIT BY CARS; A FEMALE HAD BOTH HER LEGS RUN OVER. THE GROUP WAS RUSHED TO PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL AS THE POLICE EAGLE TRACKED ONE OF THE DRIVERS; AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED ON A RANGE OF SERIOUS CHARGES. IT WAS AROUND 2am WHEN AN INTERSECTION IN PALMERSTON NORTH WAS DOUSED IN DIESEL AND SET ALIGHT ` THE FIERY GRAND FINALE. THAT MOB MENTALITY THAT COMES WITH THESE LARGER EVENTS MEANS THAT THEY'RE VERY` THE RISKS ARE VERY HIGH. THE ROADS TODAY WERE MARKED WITH THE MADNESS OF THE NIGHT, WHICH OCCURRED ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY SINCE A SIMILAR STREET-RACING EVENT WAS HELD IN LEVIN. THE CROWD THIS YEAR WAS LARGER THAN LAST YEAR'S, IN MY OPINION, HAVING OBSERVED BOTH EVENTS NOW, AND TO MY EYE, IT WAS MUCH MORE UNRULY. EXTRA POLICE REMAIN IN THE AREA, DEPLOYED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS ` OFFICERS DESPERATE TO AVOID INVASION 3.0. CABINET MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS COMMENTS TO HIMSELF AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAYING A PERFORMANCE AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS WAS "A LOAD OF CRAP". SOME IN THE AUDIENCE IN FRONT OF HIM AT THURSDAY'S EVENT WERE WAVING MAORI SELF-DETERMINATION ` TINO RANGATIRATANGA ` FLAGS DURING STAN WALKER'S PERFORMANCE. THE ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS DEFENDED BISHOP IN HIS FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. IT'S LIKELY FEW IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY VOTE FOR GOVERNMENTS FROM THE RIGHT, BUT MATTERS CAME TO A HEAD WHEN STAN WALKER PERFORMED AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS EARLIER THIS WEEK. KIA TAU KOE, 'CHILL OUT,' A WOMAN INTERVENES, THEN THE MINISTER CLASHES WITH MUSICIAN DON MCGLASHAN; AN EXCHANGE YOU CAN'T REALLY HEAR, BUT MCGLASHAN ` WHO WAS TO PERFORM LATER IN THE SHOW... # NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO... ...GAVE RNZ NEWS HIS TAKE ON THE ENCOUNTER. I SORT OF TURNED TO HIM AND SAID, 'AH, SHUT UP, YOU (BLEEP) HEAD.' AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I THOUGHT, 'OH, I KNOW THAT FACE.' AND THEN HE SAID, 'WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?' AND I SAID, 'AH, SHUT UP, YOU (BLEEP)HEAD! AND HE SAID` HE SAID, 'I COULD SAY THE SAME TO YOU.' AND I SAID, WELL, 'I WASN'T TALKING, AND YOU WERE.' AND THEN I REALISED I WAS, UM` I REALISED I WAS TALKING TO, UH, THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE. CHRIS BISHOP RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING ` THE SPAT THREATENED TO OVERSHADOW DAVID SEYMOUR'S FIRST DAY AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. IF MY CAREER PROVES ANYTHING, IT'S THAT ANYBODY CAN DANCE. SEYMOUR SASHAYING TO HIS CABINET COLLEAGUES DEFENCE. WELL, I DIDN'T SEE THE STAN WALKER PERFORMANCE, SO I CAN'T REALLY JUDGE, BUT I'VE KNOWN CHRIS BISHOP FOR 10 YEARS. HE'S A PRETTY MODERATE SORT OF GUY ON MOST THINGS. SO MY FIRST INCLINATION IS MAYBE HE'S RIGHT. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MR BISHOP WAS A LITTLE BIT TIRED AND EMOTIONAL WHEN HE SAID WHAT HE SAID? NO. I MEAN, CHRIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE I KNOW. SO HE PUTS IN HUGE HOURS, BUT I WOULDN'T PUT ANY INNUENDO AROUND THAT. AND USING HIS NEWFOUND STATUS AS DEPUTY PM, DAVID SEYMOUR DIPLOMATICALLY INSISTS THAT JUST LIKE THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES AT THEIR AWARDS NIGHT, CHRIS BISHOP HAD THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS OPINIONS FREELY. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT COVID WAVE HERE, HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNING OF A SUDDEN SPIKE IN CASES AND A NEW VARIANT. EPIDEMIOLOGIST PROFESSOR MICHAEL BAKER SAYS WE'VE HAD A LONG SPELL WITH LOW CASE NUMBERS, BUT WASTE WATER TESTING IN MAY HAS SHOWN A BIG JUMP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS NEW SUBVARIANT, NB.1.8.1, IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. AND WE OFTEN GET NEW SUBVARIANTS ` IN FACT, ALL THE TIME ` BUT THE BIG TEST IS WHETHER THEY HAVE A GROWTH ADVANTAGE ` IN OTHER WORDS, THEY INFECT MORE PEOPLE, AND THIS ONE IS DOING THAT INTERNATIONALLY, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME EVIDENCE THAT THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN NEW ZEALAND. PROFESSOR BAKER SAYS THE LAST WAVE HERE WAS IN JUNE LAST YEAR. THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD HAS FINISHED HIS WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE ` FOR NOW. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS FAREWELLED ELON MUSK AT A SPECIAL MEDIA CONFERENCE IN THE NEWLY REFURBISHED OVAL OFFICE. THE TECH BILLIONAIRE WAS SPORTING A BLACK EYE FOR THE OCCASION. ITV'S DAN RIVERS WITH MORE. EVEN BY HIS OWN ECCENTRIC STANDARDS, THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN CUT AN UNUSUAL FIGURE IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, SPORTING A 'DOGEFATHER' T-SHIRT AND A BLACK EYE ` BRUISED ALSO BY HIS ATTEMPTS TO CUT GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY. MR MUSK` MR MUSK, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE EASIER ` COLONISING MARS OR MAKING THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENT? IT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT I THINK COLONISING MARS AND MAKING LIFE MULTIPLANETARY IS HARDER. (REPORTERS CLAMOUR) A QUESTION ABOUT HIS ALLEGED REGULAR DRUG TAKING REPORTED IN TODAY'S NEW YORK TIMES WAS ABRUPTLY BATTED AWAY. THERE IS A NEW YORK TIMES REPORT TODAY THAT ACCUSES YOU` THAT NEW YORK TIMES? LET'S MOVE ON. HIS SHINER COULDN'T BE IGNORED, THOUGH. HE BLAMED HIS SON X. YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST HORSING AROUND WITH LITTLE X, AND I SAID, UH, 'GO AHEAD ` PUNCH ME IN THE FACE,' AND, UH, HE DID. TURNS OUT EVEN A 5-YEAR-OLD PUNCHING YOU IN THE FACE ACTUALLY DOES... THAT WAS X THAT DID THAT? CHUCKLES: YEAH. AFTER 130 DAYS OF RADICAL CUTS, INCLUDING LAYING OFF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS AND CLOSING ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS, ELON MUSK HINTED HE WAS STILL OPEN TO HELPING PRESIDENT TRUMP. WELL, I EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADVICE WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE ADVICE. I HOPE SO. BY THE WAY, ISN'T THIS INCREDIBLE? THERE WAS NO SENSE OF IRONY TODAY, AS THE MAN CHARGED WITH CUTTING GOVERNMENT WASTE ADMIRED THE 24-CARAT GOLD RECENTLY APPLIED TO THE CEILING OF THE OVAL OFFICE. THE OVAL OFFICE HAS` YOU KNOW, FINALLY HAS THE MAJESTY THAT IT DESERVES, THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT. (CHEERING) HIS ODYSSEY INTO POLITICS.... YEEEEES! (IMITATES CHAINSAW) ...WAS AT TIMES LIKE A PANTOMIME. THIS IS THE CHAINSAW FOR BUREAUCRACY! BUT BEHIND THE BRAVADO, HE FUNNELLED MORE THAN $280m INTO DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN... THAT'S` THAT'S THE REASON I'M HERE. ...BUYING A PLACE AT THE CABINET TABLE AND FREQUENTLY CLASHING WITH OTHERS AROUND IT. I GAVE HIM A LITTLE SPECIAL SOMETHING. WE HAVE HERE... THANK YOU. A SIGN OF HIS AFFECTION CAME AS ELON MUSK WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE TODAY ` HE WAS GIVEN THIS GOLDEN GOODBYE. THANK YOU, ELON. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE) PERHAPS DONALD TRUMP HOPING IT WILL UNLOCK MUSK'S RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE ONE DAY. BACK HERE, AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE OF A FORMER GREYMOUTH WOMAN WHO HELPED POLICE TO BRING DOWN A LOCAL GANG PRESIDENT AND HIS MINIONS. TONY WALL REPORTS. AOTEAROA NATIVES ` JUST THUGS. NIKITA CASE IS TALKING ABOUT A GANG THAT TERRORISED GREYMOUTH. THEY WERE SMASHING HOUSES AND SAYING THEY OWN THE PLACE. THEY WERE BASHING PEOPLE. UM... (SIGHS) GOD, IT WAS JUST... IT WAS TOXIC. IT WAS SCARY. IT'S JUST A` LIKE A CONTROL. THEY THOUGHT THEY CONTROLLED EVERYONE, AND YOU JUST HAD TO DO WHAT THEY SAID. THEN ONE NIGHT, IN MARCH OF 2022, THE TERROR CAME TO CASE'S HOME. SHE ADMITS SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY USED AND SOLD METH BUT WAS THREE MONTHS SOBER AT THE TIME. I GOT A KNOCK AT THE DOOR BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS WANTING TO BUY METH OR SMOKE METH, SO WHEN I SAID I DIDN'T DO EITHER, HE HUMBLED A BIT. THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE AS THE NATIVES' PRESIDENT, BRAD KAHUI, SUDDENLY BURST IN. HE WAS SCREAMING AT HIS MEMBER, 'WHERE'S THAT P PIPE?' HE JUST KEPT SCREAMING AT THIS GUY FOR THIS P PIPE, AND THEN HE PUNCHED HIS MEMBER A COUPLE TIMES IN MY HALLWAY. IT WAS PRETTY SCARY FOR MY KIDS. TERRIFYING? 'TRAUMATISING' IS THE WORD I WOULD USE. CASE TOLD THE POLICE ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. SOMEHOW, KAHUI FOUND OUT AND CONFRONTED HER. HE COME FLYING INTO THE GAS STATION NEXT TO ME, JUMPED OUT AND STOOD OVER ME ABOUT GOING TO THE POLICE, TRYING TO INTIMIDATE ME. I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE, AND HE'S BEEN IN PRISON EVER SINCE. BUT THAT WASN'T THE END OF HER ORDEAL. HE GOT A BURNER PHONE IN PRISON AND TEXTED... OR RANG HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THEN SHE TEXTED ALL THE MEMBERS TO BLOW MY CAR UP AND GIVE ME THE BASH AND TO MAKE ME DROP MY STATEMENT. SO MY CAR WAS THEN BLOWN UP IN MY DRIVEWAY, RIGHT WHERE MY KIDS SLEEP. IT'S JUST THIS BIG BANG, AND MY BED SHOOK. I RANG 111, TOOK MY KIDS INTO MY BEDROOM, BECAUSE I WAS TOO SCARED TO GO OUTSIDE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA BE WAITING FOR US. POLICE TRACED THE ATTACK BACK TO A NATIVES PROSPECT. HE LEFT HIS BACKPACK WITH, UM, A NOODLE PACKET INSIDE WITH HIS DNA ON IT. (CHUCKLES WEAKLY) THEY WEREN'T THE SMARTEST BUNCH. THEN CAME THE COURT PROCESS. IT WAS A GOOD 18 MONTHS OF ABSOLUTE HELL, BUT I STILL STOOD STRONG FOR MY KIDS, UM, FOR JUSTICE. FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING KAHUI, HAVE NOW BEEN IMPRISONED THANKS TO CASE'S BRAVERY. SAFE, FINALLY. I THINK JUSTICE FOR MY CHILDREN WAS THE ONLY GOAL FOR ME OUT OF THIS. CASE NOW LIVES IN WHANGAREI. SHE'S SET UP A BUSINESS HONOURING HER TWIN BROTHER, HOWIE, WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN 2019. FOR ME, I CHOSE TO HEAL AND TURN MY PAIN INTO PURPOSE, UM, SO I CREATED A BUSINESS CALLED HOWIE GLAM, UM, NAMED AFTER MY BROTHER, AND CREATED A SIGNATURE PROGRAMME CALLED 'LEARN TO LOVE YOU', WHERE I, UM, GOT MY CERTIFIED TRAUMA-INFORMED COACHING CERTIFICATE AND REIKI, AND NOW I HELP OTHERS HEAL, COME HOME TO THEMSELVES... AND JUST LIVE A LIFE OF PEACE, LOVE AND JOY. STILL AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` THERE IS STILL HOPE HAMAS WILL ACCEPT A 60-DAY GAZA CEASEFIRE. WE LOOK AT THE TERMS. TRIBUTES FLOW FOR '70s TV STAR LORETTA SWIT OF M*A*S*H FAME. AND IN SPORT ` CAN THE BLUES BEAT THE WARATAHS AND KEEP THEIR SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE? WELCOME BACK. HAMAS OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN GOING OVER THE LATEST GAZA CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL. THEY HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY REJECTED IT YET, BUT THE MILITANT GROUP SAYS IT FALLS A LONG WAY SHORT OF ITS DEMANDS. IF THEY DO AGREE, A 60-DAY PAUSE IN FIGHTING WILL BEGIN. HAMAS WOULD THEN RELEASE 28 HOSTAGES, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD. IN EXCHANGE, ISRAEL WOULD RETURN MORE THAN 1200 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND MORE AID WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO GAZA. LORETTA SWIT, THE AMERICAN ACTRESS BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING MAJOR MARGARET 'HOT LIPS' HOULIHAN ON THE TV SITCOM M*A*S*H, HAS DIED. WE OUGHT TO IMMUNISE EACH OTHER. MARGARET. ANOTHER DREAM COME TRUE? (LAUGH TRACK) THE 87-YEAR-OLD DIED AT HER NEW YORK HOME OF NATURAL CAUSES, ACCORDING TO HER PUBLICIST. SWIT WON TWO EMMYS FOR HER ROLE AS AN ARMY NURSE IN THE SERIES, WHICH HAD 11 SEASONS, STARTING IN 1972. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREE NEWS SPORT. MEANWHILE, THE TOP THREE SUPER RUGBY TEAMS HAVE BEEN DECIDED ` THE CHIEFS TOPPING THE TABLE AFTER A 41- 24 WIN OVER THE HIGHLANDERS. THE CRUSADERS HAVE GRABBED SECOND ` ONE SPOT ABOVE LAST NIGHT'S OPPONENTS THE BRUMBIES, ALTHOUGH THE 33-31 WIN DIDN'T COME WITHOUT CONTROVERSY. ROSS MCNAUGHTON REPORTS. NOW THEY START TO GET THE MOMENTUM... BELL! HE SCORES! THE CRUSADERS ARE IN! GEORGE BELL'S 77TH MINUTE TRY SEALING SECOND SPOT ON THE TABLE FOR THE CRUSADERS. COACH ROB PENNEY NO DOUBT A LOT HAPPIER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT. UM, SO PROUD OF THE BOYS, AND REALLY PLEASED FOR THEM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OCCASION NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AT HOME. THE BRUMBIES NOT QUITE SO PLEASED, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS SEVU REECE KNOCK-ON WAS MISSED BY BOTH THE ON AND OFF-FIELD OFFICIALS IN THE LEAD UP TO THE CRUSADERS MATCH WINNING TRY. AND WHILE COACH STEPHEN LARKHAM WAS DOWNPLAYING THE INCIDENT... WE MIGHT HAVE GOT LUCKY IN THAT FIRST HALF, AND THEY GOT A BIT LUCKY RIGHT AT THE END OF THE GAME THERE. ...THE AUSSIE PUNDITS WEREN'T. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE GAFFE THAT, QUITE SIMPLY, COST THE BRUMBIES THE GAME, COST THE BRUMBIES A HOME SEMI-FINAL AND COMPLETELY CHANGES THE MAKE-UP OF THIS COMPETITION. PENNEY SEEING THE INCIDENT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME 50-50 CALLS GENERALLY END UP GOING 50-50. AS I JUST SAID, 'THEY EVEN OUT. THEY EVEN OUT.' THE MATCH DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WOULD GO DOWN TO THE WIRE AS THE CRUSADERS BUILT AN 11-POINT HALFTIME LEAD, SEVU REECE EVEN SHOWING OFF HIS KICKING GAME. WHAT CAN'T THIS FELLA DO? STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE; FIELD GOAL FROM SEVU REECE. BUT A BRUMBIES SECOND HALF COMEBACK PUSHED THE CRUSADERS TO THE BRINK, THE HOSTS COMING CLOSE TO A MATCH-WINNER OF THEIR OWN DENIED BY A KNOCK-ON THAT WASN'T MISSED. THE BLUES LOOK SET TO KEEP THEIR SUPER RUGBY PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE, POISED FOR A BONUS POINT WIN OVER THE WARATAHS IN THEIR FINAL ROUND ROBIN MATCH. THE TEAM'S UP 43 TO 6 WITH A FEW MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY. BUT THEY COULD STILL MISS OUT ON THE PLAYOFFS IF MOANA PASIFIKA CAN BEAT THE HURRICANES AND CLAIM A BONUS POINT LATER TONIGHT. LYDIA KO IS EIGHT SHOTS OFF THE LEAD AT THE HALFWAY STAGE OF THE US OPEN. KO WAS IN DANGER OF MISSING THE CUT, WITH THREE BOGEYS AND A SOLITARY BIRDIE ON THE FRONT NINE, BUT A FURTHER THREE BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE SAW HER TO A 1 UNDER PAR 71 AND A SHARE OF 37TH. JAPAN'S MAO SAIGO HOLDS A THREE-SHOT LEAD, SITTING AT 8 UNDER AFTER TWO ROUNDS AT ERIN HILLS. HOLGER RUNE NEEDED FIVE SETS AND ALL OF HIS SKILLS TO ADVANCE TO THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN. THE 10TH SEED PRODUCING THE SHOT OF THE DAY ` AND PERHAPS THE YEAR ` AS HE BATTLED TO SUBDUE LOCAL HOPE QUENTIN HALYS. RUNE EVENTUALLY TRIUMPHING AFTER THREE HOURS AND 19 MINUTES. OH, THIS TIME` WHOA! (CHEERING) OH MY! REWIND IT BACK AND PUT IT UP AS ONE OF THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE SHOTS OF 2025. NO SUCH TROUBLE FOR WOMEN'S TOP SEED ARYNA SABALENKA ` SHE PROGRESSED WITH A STRAIGHT SETS WIN OVER UNSEEDED SERBIAN OLGA DANILOVIC. I'LL HAVE WEATHER DETAILS FOR THE REST OF THE LONG WEEKEND NEXT. PLUS ` WE SEE WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT IS SO HAPPY ABOUT. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES FOR SATURDAY EVENING. POLICE ARE BRACING FOR MORE STREET VIOLENCE AFTER A SERIES OF BOY-RACER EVENTS NEAR LEVIN AND PALMERSTON NORTH OVERNIGHT RESULTED IN INJURIES AND ARRESTS. AND CABINET MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT HIS COMMENTS TO HIMSELF AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAYING A PERFORMANCE AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS WAS 'A LOAD OF CRAP'. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. ONLY AMI GIVES YOU A YEAR OF ROADSIDE RESCUE FOR FREE WHEN YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE. A STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE COUNTRY TODAY, WITH HEAVY SOUTHWEST SWELLS DEVELOPING ABOUT THE EXPOSED COASTS, BUT THIS SHOULD EASE TOMORROW. OTHERWISE, IT'S MOSTLY FINE ACROSS THE SOUTH TONIGHT; JUST SOME SHOWERS ON THE WEST COAST. AND A SIMILAR STORY IN THE NORTH ` CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER. IT'LL BE A CLOUDY START TO SUNDAY FOR THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND; THE CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT HAMILTON, WHO WILL DISMISS ANY DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING. MAINLY FINE HERE ` JUST SOME WESTERLIES FOR TAUPO, ROTORUA AND WHAKATANE. THERE COULD BE AN AFTERNOON SHOWER FOR TAURANGA. THE EAST COAST IS LOOKING PRETTY FINE ACROSS THE BORDER ` HIGH OF 19 FOR NAPIER; FRESH WESTERLIES FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR NEW PLYMOUTH AND KAPITI; YOU COULD SEE AN AFTERNOON SPRINKLE OF RAIN IN TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. AND CLOUDY WITH SOME SHOWERS AS WE MOVE TO THE SOUTH ISLAND, HOKITIKA JOINING NELSON IN THE SUNSHINE BY THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY FINE HERE AS WELL ` JUST SOME AFTERNOON CLOUD AROUND; NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING FOR CHRISTCHURCH, ASHBURTON AND TIMARU. ALEXANDRA GETTING DOWN TO 2 DEGREES OVERNIGHT, AND THERE'S MORNING SHOWERS FOR MOST HERE. FRESH WESTERLIES FOR INVERCARGILL. AS FOR AUSTRALIA ` WELL, THEY ARE CLOUDING OVER, AND THE PACIFIC IS CLINGING TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES ` 31 IN FIJI. NOW LET'S CHECK OUT HOW THE REST OF THE WEEK IS LOOKING. (MELLOW TECHNO MUSIC) FINALLY TONIGHT, AND FINALLY FOR TAYLOR SWIFT, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER ONCE AGAIN OWNS ALL HER MUSIC, ENDING A LONG-RUNNING RIGHTS BATTLE. # WE ARE NEVER, EVER, EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER. # THE STAR ANNOUNCED ON HER WEBSITE THAT ALL THE MUSIC SHE'S EVER MADE NOW BELONGS TO HER, SAYING SHE HAS BEEN 'BURSTING INTO TEARS OF JOY'. SWIFT HAS BEEN LOCKED IN THE OWNERSHIP BATTLE SINCE 2019, WHEN MUSIC MANAGER SCOOTER BRAUN BOUGHT HER FORMER RECORD LABEL BIG MACHINE ` AND WITH IT, THE RIGHTS TO SIX OF HER ALBUMS. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. I'M LISETTE REYMER. CAUGHT ME DANCING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND JOHN GIBBS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025