THE PM LEAVES CHINA, SAYING HE'S SEEN NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS THE SUPERPOWER IS WORKING WITH RUSSIA, IRAN OR NORTH KOREA TO UNDERMINE THE WEST. THE WINDOW FOR DIPLOMACY APPEARS TO HAVE SLAMMED SHUT ` IRAN RULES OUT NEW NUCLEAR TALKS UNTIL ISRAEL'S ATTACKS STOP. AND... AND WE'RE LIVE FROM APOLLO PROJECT STADIUM AS THE CHIEFS TAKE ON THE CRUSADERS IN TONIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL. CAPTIONS BY LELE SIMEON AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 WERE YOU WILL KIA ORA. THIS IS THREENEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA OR IRAN. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S WRAPPED UP HIS VISIT TO CHINA AND IS OFF TO BELGIUM, THEN THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE HE WILL ATTEND THE ANNUAL NATO SUMMIT. LUXON'S COMMENTS CONTRADICT CLAIMS MADE BY NATO HEAD MARK RUTTE THAT ALL FOUR NATIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO UNDERMINE THE WEST. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. 53 YEARS AFTER NEW ZEALAND ESTABLISHED RELATIONS WITH CHINA, CHRISTOPHER LUXON ARGUES IF NOT BEST FRIENDS, THEY'RE CERTAINLY OLD FRIENDS. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS IN GOOD HEART. THIS IS A MATURE, SERIOUS, RESPONSIBLE RELATIONSHIP. WE HAVE A VERY... A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD GOOD RAPPORT WITH THESE LEADERS. RAPPORT STRONG ENOUGH TO AGREE TO DISAGREE ON OCCASION. WE DO TALK ABOUT THE AREAS OF COLLABORATION AND, OBVIOUSLY, OF COMMON INTEREST, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FRAME FOR HANDLING MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. LUXON WON'T DISCUSS WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BUT CHINA'S STRENGTHENING OF TIES WITH THE COOK ISLANDS, WHICH TRIGGERED NEW ZEALAND'S WITHHOLDING OF AID, MUST HAVE FIGURED. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO IT. I'VE SPOKEN AD NAUSEAM ABOUT THE COOKS AND THE CHALLENGE` YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ISSUE ACTUALLY IS. I'VE GOT NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY. AND YET NATO ALLIES WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THE PM ON THE SIDELINES AT THE NETHERLANDS SUMMIT. THE COOKS MAY TURN TOWARDS CHINA EVEN MORE. THE HOPE IS THAT THEY WON'T, BUT THEY MIGHT. AND SO MR LUXON WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AT NATO TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA HAS HIS BACK ON THIS QUESTION. THIS AFTER NATO'S SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, POINTED THE FINGER AT CHINA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA, IRAN AND RUSSIA EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND NOT ONLY RUSSIA ` ALSO CHINA BUILDING UP ITS MILITARY; WORKING TOGETHER WITH IRAN, WITH NORTH KOREA, SUPPORTING RUSSIA'S WAR EFFORT IN UKRAINE. SO THIS WORLD IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM 5 TO 10 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT MARK RUTTE, WHO'S A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE'S BEEN PRETTY DIRECT WITH HIS DUTCH DIRECTNESS, AS YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, CHINA COLLABORATING WITH RUSSIA OR IRAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES TO COORDINATE AGAINST THE WEST AT ALL. I THINK HE'S BEING DIPLOMATIC. IN TERMS OF A FORMAL TREATY, THERE'S NOTHING WHICH TIES THE FOUR OF THEM TOGETHER. PROFESSOR AL GILLESPIE SAYS INSTEAD, THE QUARTET DO HAVE OVERLAPPING BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS. AND IN MANY WAYS, THAT'S A GOOD THING ` THAT MEANS THAT WARS SUCH AS THOSE AROUND ISRAEL AND IRAN CAN BE CONTAINED. NEW ZEALAND'S NOT A NATO MEMBER BUT WILL CERTAINLY BE ASKED TO HELP ` AND IF YOU THOUGHT UPPING DEFENCE SPENDING TO 2% OF GDP WAS A BIG DEAL, THINK AGAIN. AMERICA HAS RECENTLY ASKED AUSTRALIA TO GET TO THE 3.5% TARGET. IF AUSTRALIA GETS ASKED, YOU CAN EXPECT WE'LL GET ASKED AS WELL. BIG NUMBERS IN TIMES OF AUSTERITY, BUT PROFESSOR GILLESPIE SAYS EXTERNAL THREATS TO MANY OF OUR TRADITIONAL ALLIES ARE BIGGER THAN AT ANY POINT THIS CENTURY. ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS BEGUN A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS ON IRAN, AND IN TURN, IRAN SAYS THERE WILL BE NO NEW NUCLEAR TALKS UNTIL THE ATTACKS STOP. IT APPEARS THE SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIPLOMATIC END TO HOSTILITIES IS NOW FIRMLY CLOSED. THE CONFLICT IS NOW SAID TO BE IN A PERILOUS STATE, WITH THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE CLAIMING THE OPERATION TO DESTROY IRAN HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE PLANNING. RUWANI PERERA HAS THE LATEST. (AIR-RAID SIRENS WAIL) SIRENS PIERCE THE NIGHT SKY ON ISRAEL'S WEST BANK AS A WAVE OF IRANIAN MISSILES ARE INTERCEPTED BY ISRAEL'S AIR DEFENCE. ANY HOPES OF DIPLOMATIC TALKS DE-ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THIS CONFLICT HAVE BEEN DASHED. (BOOM! ALARMED SHOUTING) EARLIER, AN IRANIAN MISSILE EXPLOSION IN ISRAEL'S HAIFA STRUCK AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME AS THE FIRST FACE-TO-FACE DIPLOMATIC TALKS GOT UNDERWAY IN GENEVA. NO AMERICAN PRESENCE AT THE TABLE, BUT WHILE THE MEETING BETWEEN THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND OFFICIALS FROM BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE EU LOOKED CORDIAL, THEY LEFT WITHOUT A BREAKTHROUGH. IRAN IS READY TO CONSIDER DIPLOMACY ONCE AGAIN AND ONCE THE AGGRESSION IS STOPPED AND THE AGGRESSOR IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CRIMES COMMITTED. IN THIS REGARD, I MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT IRAN'S DEFENCE CAPABILITIES ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE. NO CHANCE OF A QUICK RESOLUTION; ISRAEL'S MILITARY CHIEF ISSUING A STERN WARNING FOR IRAN TO BRACE ITSELF FOR 'A PROLONGED CAMPAIGN'. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ASSESSING THE DAMAGE AFTER THE ATTACK ON HAIFA'S PORT, WHICH LEFT A TEENAGER IN SERIOUS CONDITION. HE SAYS ISRAEL IS IN NO RUSH TO END HOSTILITIES. AS LONG AS IT TAKES, BECAUSE WE FACE AN EXISTENTIAL DANGER, A DUAL EXISTENTIAL DANGER ` ONE FROM 20,000 SUCH ROCKETS. 20,000, NOT ONE. THIS IS ONE ROCKET, ONE MISSILE. AND THE OTHER IS, OF COURSE, ATOMIC BOMBS IN THE HANDS OF THESE... THIS MAD REGIME. IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT HAS REJECTED ANY NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE U.S. OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME FOLLOWING AN ULTIMATUM FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO END ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OR FACE THE U.S. UNLEASHING MILITARY ACTION. WHAT INTELLIGENCE DO YOU HAVE THAT IRAN IS BUILDING A NUCLEAR WEAPON? YOUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE AT THIS POINT. WELL, THEN MY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS WRONG. WHO IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SAID THAT? YOUR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, TULSI GABBARD. SHE'S WRONG. WE URGE IRAN TO CONTINUE THEIR TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS A PERILOUS MOMENT, AND IT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T SEE REGIONAL ESCALATION. (CROWD CHANTS) EMOTIONS IN THIS STALEMATE RUNNING HIGH ON THE STREETS OF TEHRAN AS THOUSANDS OF ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTORS WHO REJECT U.S. INTERVENTION CHANTED, 'DEATH TO ISRAEL AND AMERICA.' I'M GIVING 'EM A PERIOD OF TIME, AND, UH... I WOULD SAY TWO WEEKS WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM. (AIR-RAID SIRENS WAIL) A WEEK INTO THIS WAR, AGGRESSION AND INVASION ON BOTH SIDES CONTINUE AS THE DEADLINE THREATENED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COUNTS DOWN. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE AND ACTIVIST MAHMOUD KHALIL SAYS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 'CHOSE THE WRONG PERSON' TO TARGET IN ITS CRACKDOWN ON STUDENT PROTESTERS. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED KHALIL IS NOT A FLIGHT RISK NOR THREAT TO HIS COMMUNITY, AND HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM DETENTION AS HIS IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE. HE WAS A PROMINENT VOICE IN COLUMBIA'S PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS LAST YEAR, AND HIS MARCH ARREST SPARKED DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS ARGUED HIS ACTIVISM IMPEDES ON ITS FOREIGN POLICY AND HAS MOVED TO HAVE HIM DEPORTED. HERE, A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN RELATION TO AN ONGOING HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN TURANGI. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO A HINERANGI ST ADDRESS YESTERDAY, WHERE POLICE SAY A PERSON WAS FOUND DEAD. POLICE SAY THE MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BREACHING A PROTECTION ORDER, BUT FURTHER CHARGES ARE BEING CONSIDERED. A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE WILL REMAIN IN TURANGI OVER THE COMING DAYS AS INQUIRIES CONTINUE. BRITAIN'S PARLIAMENT HAS VOTED IN A BILL TO LEGALISE ASSISTED DYING IN A MOVE SEEN AS THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST SOCIAL CHANGE IN A GENERATION. THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS FOR MONTHS OF SCRUTINY. IF THEY VOTE IN FAVOUR, IT WILL MEAN ENGLAND AND WALES WILL FOLLOW US AND COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRALIA AND CANADA IN ALLOWING TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE TO END THEIR OWN LIVES WITH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. AMERICAN SINGER CHRIS BROWN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO AN ASSAULT CHARGE LAID AFTER AN ALLEGED BOTTLE ATTACK IN A LONDON NIGHT CLUB TWO YEARS AGO. HE APPEARED IN A LONDON COURT OVERNIGHT, WHERE HE DENIED ONE ASSAULT CHARGE; HE DIDN'T HAVE TO ENTER A PLEA ON ANOTHER, RELATED TO THE SAME INCIDENT. THE 36-YEAR-OLD WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH. IT'S JUST OVER A WEEK SINCE THE DEADLY AIR INDIA PLANE CRASH, AND DETAIL ABOUT THE CAUSE IS HARD TO COME BY AS THE FLIGHT RECORDER ANALYSIS CONTINUES. THE AIRLINE'S BOSS HAS TOLD INDIAN TELEVISION THAT ONE ENGINE WAS NEW, THE OTHER HAD A PROPER SERVICE HISTORY, AND BOTH PILOTS WERE EXCEPTIONAL. ITV'S SEJAL KARIA REPORTS FROM AHMEDABAD IN INDIA. IT WAS IN THE AIR FOR JUST 40 SECONDS BEFORE IT CAME CRASHING DOWN. (CAR HORN BLARES) A WEEK ON, WE STILL HAVE NO CLUES AS TO WHY. INVESTIGATORS REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT ` INDIA'S WORST IN DECADES ` SIFTING THROUGH WRECKAGE AND COLLECTING EVERY PIECE OF THE AIR INDIA AIRCRAFT THEY CAN FIND TO HELP THEM WORK OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. DEFENDING THE PLANE'S RECORD TO ONE OF INDIA'S BIGGEST TV NETWORKS ` THE CHAIRMAN OF TATA GROUP, WHICH OWNS THE AIRLINE. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS A NEW ENGINE, PUT IN MARCH 2025. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS LAST SERVICED IN 2023. BOTH THE ENGINE HISTORIES ARE CLEAN. WHEN I SAW THAT, I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WITH THE TEAM. BOTH THE PILOTS ARE EXCEPTIONAL PILOTS. FOR DOZENS OF FAMILIES, THOUGH, THE AGONY OF WAITING GOES ON ` FOR ANSWERS AND FOR THE BODIES OF THEIR LOVED ONES TO BE RETURNED. DOCTORS ARE STILL CARRYING OUT DNA PROFILING TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS ` PASSENGERS WHO SEVEN DAYS AGO WERE FLYING OVER THE BUSTLING CITY OF AHMEDABAD, BOUND FOR HOME, BUT WHO NEVER MADE IT. AIR INDIA IS NOW INSPECTING ITS ENTIRE FLEET OF BOEING 787 DREAMLINER AIRCRAFT TO ENSURE THEY'RE FIT TO FLY. AT LEAST 270 LIVES LOST IN AN INSTANT ` AMONG THEM, ENTIRE FAMILIES DEVASTATED. AND QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN OVER WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT FATEFUL FLIGHT. SPORT'S NEXT ON THREENEWS. WE'RE LIVE IN OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH, WITH LESS THAN AN HOUR TO GO UNTIL THE CHIEFS AND CRUSADERS SQUARE OFF IN THE SUPER RUGBY FINAL. THE WARRIORS HAVE A REAL FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS AGAINST THE UNDERSTRENGTH PENRITH PANTHERS. # DAYDREAM. I FELL ASLEEP AMID THE FLOWERS. # AND A MUSICAL INTRODUCTION FOR LUNA ROSSA'S NEWEST AMERICA'S CUP TEAM MEMBER, KIWI PETE BURLING. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREENEWS SPORT. IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR, THE CRUSADERS AND CHIEFS WILL BATTLE IT OUT IN THE SUPER RUGBY GRAND FINAL IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE CHIEFS ARE HOPING TO END A RUN OF THREE GRAND-FINAL LOSES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WHILE THE CRUSADERS ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THEIR UNBEATEN HOME PLAYOFF RECORD TO 32 GAMES. GORDON FINDLATER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM APOLLO PROJECTS STADIUM IN CHRISTCHURCH. AND GORDON, THERE'S EXTRA REASON FOR THE HOME SIDE TO KEEP THAT RECORD GOING AS THEY LOOK TO SEND OFF THE STADIUM WITH A BANG? THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S BITTERSWEET FOR PEOPLE IN CHRISTCHURCH BECAUSE WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE NEW STADIUM IN THE CENTRAL CITY NEXT YEAR. IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE A TEMPORARY STADIUM. IT'S ALL OF EVER KNOWN REALLY. MOVE DOWN IN 2010, GOT TO PLAY JADE LANCASTER STADIUM SO IT'S A PLACE THAT CLOSE TO MY HEART. IS FREEZING AS COLD YOU'VE HAD TO GRIND AWAY. IS BEEN A PLACE THAT WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO COME AND ENJOY A LOT OF SUCCESS, NOT ONLY RUGBY BUT OTHER SPORTS TOO. ASSIST THE FINAL EVERYONE WANTED? MAYBE THE BRUMBIES, SORRY AUSSIE. THEY CREATED A BIT OF ARRIVAL WHEN I WAS PLAYING, SKIN TO BE OFF THE BALL FISTICUFFS AND THAT. THEY HAVE BEEN THE BEST TEAM ALL YEAR AND I THINK THAT QUARTER-FINAL LOSS AGAINST THE BLUES GAVE THEM A KICK UP THE BACKSIDE BUT HEY, 31 HAVE TRIED AND 31 HAVE FAILED. THERE WAS AN BANTER THROWN OUT BY CRUSADERS CEO. BOUGHS ALLOWED TONIGHT, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY? IT'S KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE IN THE PAST WOULD TRY AND SNEAK BOOZE AND BUT NOW THEY MIGHT BE SEEKING AND COWBELLS. GIVE IT A WEE SHAKE. THAT IS TREASON. PLEASE TAKE THAT BACK, I FEEL SICK. I THINK THEY GETTING CREATIVE, I SAW SOMEONE WITH A PHONE OUT THERE. MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NAP DESIGNER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, IZZY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT IMAGINE. I DO HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NAME YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE WARRIORS ARE FACING A STERN TEST FROM THE 11th-PLACED PENRITH PANTHERS IN THE NRL CLASH AT MOUNT SMART THIS EVENING. THE PANTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERSTRENGTH AFTER STATE OF ORIGIN, BUT THEY WERE CERTAINLY UP FOR THE FIGHT AS THE TEAMS EXCHANGE TRIES. THERE'S MCLEAN AGAIN.. METCALF ON THE LAST... IT'S BEEN KNOCKED ON! JACKSON FORD'S OVER. BUT THE PANTHERS WOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THE FIRST HALF. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GAP. SORENSON IS GOING TO SCORE. PENRITH UP 8-6 AT HALF TIME, AND A SHORT TIME AGO, THE SCORE 12-8 TO THE WARRIORS. LUNA ROSSA SEEM DETERMINED TO MAKE SWEET MUSIC WITH PETER BURLING, JUDGING BY THE WAY THE ITALIAN SAILING SYNDICATE INTRODUCED THEIR NEWEST RECRUIT ON INSTAGRAM. (WALLACE COLLECTION'S 'DAYDREAM') # DAYDREAM. # I FELL ASLEEP AMID THE FLOWERS. # IT'S NOT KNOWN WHAT ROLE BURLING WILL HAVE FOR THE ITALIANS DURING THE 2027 AMERICAS CUP, BUT IT'S EXPECTED NATIONALITY RULES WILL KEEP HIM OFF THE BOAT. BURLING, A THREE-TIME AMERICA'S CUP WINNER, LEFT TEAM NEW ZEALAND IN APRIL AFTER THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH A NEW DEAL. LYDIA KO'S ENDURED ANOTHER DIFFICULT DAY AT THE WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. SHE MADE THE CUT BUT SITS 10 SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. THE KIWI DID FARE SLIGHTLY BETTER IN HER SECOND ROUND ` A ONE OVER PAR 73 HAS HER TIED FOR 36TH. KO MANAGED THREE BIRDIES, BUT THAT GOOD WORK WAS UNDONE BY FOUR BOGEYS. FAIRLY LEVEL. OH, GOODNESS ` SHE JUST... I DON'T WANT TO SAY DUFFED IT, BUT FOR HER, THAT WAS A DUFF. STEVEN ALKER'S GOING A LOT BETTER ON THE MEN'S PGA SENIORS TOUR ` HE'S TIED FOR THE LEAD AT THE KAULIG COMPANIES CHAMPIONSHIP, THE THIRD MAJOR OF THE YEAR. ARGENTINA HAVE SPOILED THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS' LEAVING PARTY WITH A 28-24 WIN IN DUBLIN. THE LIONS HOSTED THE PUMAS IN A FINAL HIT-OUT AHEAD OF THEIR THREE-TEST TOUR TO AUSTRALIA, AND DESPITE COMING BACK FROM AN 11-POINT HALFTIME DEFICIT, THEY COULDN'T HOLD OFF THE PUMAS, ARGENTINA SEALING THE WIN WITH A SPECTACULAR 70m TRY. ...HAD A SUPER MATCH TONIGHT, AND THEY'VE GOT OPTIONS ALL THE WHILE HERE, ARGENTINA. BRILLIANT, SEARING ATTACK. THE KICK TOWARDS THE CORNER. THE CHASE-OFF. CORDERO! CAN HE GET THERE? (WHISTLE TRILLS) MAGNIFICENT. ARGENTINA CLAIMING THEIR FIRST-EVER VICTORY OVER THE LIONS. COACH ANDY FARRELL WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH HIS SIDE'S ERROR RATE, BUT THERE WAS ONE BIG POSITIVE ` THE LIONS GOT THROUGH THE MATCH WITHOUT ANY MAJOR INJURIES. I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER OUTLOOK NEXT HERE ON THREENEWS. THEN ` WE SEE HOW PARTS OF THE UK AND EUROPE ARE BRACING THEMSELVES FOR A HEATWAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS LEFT CHINA, SAYING HE'S SEEN NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS THE SUPERPOWER IS WORKING WITH RUSSIA, IRAN OR NORTH KOREA TO UNDERMINE THE WEST. ISRAEL SAYS IT HAS BEGUN A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS ON IRAN, AND IN TURN, IRAN SAYS THERE WILL BE NO NEW NUCLEAR TALKS UNTIL THE ATTACKS STOP. AND THE SUPER RUGBY FINAL IS ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, WITH THE CRUSADERS HOSTING THE CHIEFS. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. A FRONT APPROACHED THE FAR SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW, ALONG WITH SOME STRONG SOU'WESTERS, WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND. PLENTY OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH THOSE WINDS TOMORROW IN THE SOUTH ISLAND; SOME TO COME IN THE NORTH AS WELL, AND PLENTY OF CLOUD. MOST ARE IN FOR A FINE START UP TOP, BUT CLOUD EVENTUALLY ROLLS IN FOR ALL FROM MIDDAY, BRINGING SHOWERS FOR AUCKLAND. FRESH SOU'WESTERS ABOUT AS WELL. BIT OF THE SAME, MINUS THE SHOWERS ` FINE TO START, BUT CLOUD COME EVENING. SOUTHERLIES TURNING WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOON NORTH OF TAURANGA. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TILL EVENING FOR MOST HERE. COULD CLEARS UP BY LUNCHTIME FOR HAWKE'S BAY AND MASTERTON. SOU'WESTERS TURNING NOR'WESTER LATER IN THE DAY. MOST ARE IN FOR SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. WELLINGTON, YOURS START FIRST THING BUT SHOULD CLEAR; SOUTHERLIES FOR YOU AND NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE MORNING TOO. FROSTY STARTS FOR MOST HERE, WITH RAIN DEVELOPING FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE SOUTH OF NELSON, WHICH COULD GET HEAVY IN GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA. FROSTY STARTS HERE TOO. SHOWERS AND RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND KAIKOURA. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL HAVE STRONG SOU'WESTERS AT NIGHT TOO. CHILLY SUNDAY STARTS HERE AS WELL, WITH RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY EVERYWHERE. COULD CLEARS COME EVENING. STRONG SOU'WESTERS FOR DUNEDIN IN THE AFTERNOON. PLENTY OF FINE SUNDAY WEATHER TO GO AROUND ACROSS THE DITCH, BUT IT'S SHOWERS ON THE MENU FOR MOST IN THE PACIFIC. NOW HERE'S HOW THE START OF THE WEEK'S LOOKING WEATHER-WISE SO FAR. SPEAKING OF WEATHER ` FRENCH AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED HEALTH WARNINGS AHEAD OF AN EARLY SUMMER HEATWAVE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TEMPERATURES IN PARTS OF BRITAIN ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AT 12 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND FRANCE IS FORECAST TO BE EVEN HOTTER, HITTING UP TO 38 DEGREES IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND THROUGH TO MONDAY, WITH INCREASED HEALTH RISKS ANTICIPATED. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON stuff.co.nz. I'M IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY LELE SIMEON AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025