THE STRIKES WERE A SPECTACULAR MILITARY SUCCESS, THE U.S. ENTERS ISRAEL'S WAR WITH IRAN, BOMBING THREE NUCLEAR SITES. SO WILL TEHRAN RETAILIATE? OUR DEFENCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ANNOUNCE A PLAN TO GET KIWIS OUT OF THE WARZONE, WHILE URGING A RETURN TO DIPLOMACY. AND THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SUPER RUGBY SIDE EVER DOES IT AGAIN. BUT WILL THEIR COACH BE BACK FOR THE TITLE DEFENCE? CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA, THIS IS THREE NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE PEACE. HE CONFIRMED THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE U.S. HAD JOINED ISRAEL'S WAR ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES, WITH WHAT HE CALLED 'MASSIVE PRECISION STRIKES'. SPEAKING OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, TRUMP APPEARED TO ISSUE AN ULTIMATUM, CALLING IRAN A BULLY AND SAYING IF IT DOESN'T MAKE PEACE, FUTURE ATTACKS WILL BE FAR GREATER. ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, IRAN RESPONDED WITH MISSILES LAUNCHED TOWARDS ISRAEL. THE FIRST INDICATION OF THIS ESCALATION CAME THIS MORNING, NEW ZEALAND TIME, AS AMERICAN B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS WERE SEEN BY COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TRACKERS FLYING OUT OVER THE PACIFIC. EARLIER, IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT WOULD BE 'VERY, VERY DANGEROUS'. ABBAS ARAGHCHI WAS IN TURKIYE FOR TALKS WITH ISLAMIC COUNTRIES. AND AS THE HOSTILITIES CONTINUE, OUR FOREIGN AND DEFENCE MINISTERS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO GET KIWIS OUT OF THE WAR ZONE. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER HAS THE DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T NEED THE FULL TWO WEEKS TO DECIDE, THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT TO A MISSION OF SEISMIC SIGNIFICANCE. THE STRIKES WERE A SPECTACULAR MILITARY SUCCESS. IRAN'S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITIES HAVE BEEN TOTALLY OBLITERATED. IRAN, THE BULLY OF THE MIDDLE EAST MUST MAKE PEACE. IF THEY DO NOT, FUTURE ATTACKS WILL BE FAR GREATER AND A LOT EASIER. THESE UNVERIFIED VIDEOS PROVIDE THE FIRST LOOK DONALD TRUMP EMERGED SELF-DECLARED 'VICTORIOUS' AFTER HOURS LOCKED AWAY IN THE SITUATION ROOM, WHERE HE ORDERED AN UNPRECEDENTED ESCALATION IN THE WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL, THE U.S. HITTING THREE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITES. OUR OBJECTION WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT CAPACITY AND A STOP TO THE NUCLEAR THREAT, TO THE WORLD'S TOP SPONSOR OF TERROR. ONE OF THE BLASTS TARGETED IRAN'S FORDOW FACILITY. THE HIGHLY SECRETIVE SITE IS HIDDEN IN A MOUNTAINSIDE SOUTH OF TEHRAN AND IS KEY TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. ONLY THE U.S. HAS A BOMB CAPABLE OF DESTROYING THE FORTIFIED FORDOW, ABLE TO PENETRATE 18m OF CONCRETE OR 61m OF EARTH BEFORE EXPLODING. SUSPICIONS WERE RAISED EARLIER IN THE DAY, WHEN MULTIPLE U.S. B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS WERE TRACKED ON THE MOVE ` THE ONLY AIRCRAFT THAT CAN CARRY THE BOMB. U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE SINCE CLAIMED THE ATTACK ON FORDOW ALONE REQUIRED SIX B-2 BOMBERS AND 12 BOMBS. I WANNA CONGRATULATE THE GREAT AMERICAN PATRIOTS WHO FLEW THOSE MAGNIFICENT MACHINES TONIGHT, AND ALL OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, ON AN OPERATION THE LIKES OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS NOT SEEN IN MANY, MANY DECADES. BUT THE U.S. WAS NOT A LONE NATION AT WORK. THE ATTACK WAS ORCHESTRATED WITH HELP FROM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. WE WORKED AS A TEAM, LIKE PERHAPS NO OTHER TEAM HAS WORKED BEFORE. ISRAEL TODAY DECLARED TRUMP HAS WRITTEN HIS NAME IN GOLD IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. HISTORY WILL RECORD THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTED TO DENY THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS REGIME THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPONS. NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS LEARNT THE NEWS WITH EVERYONE ELSE. THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS THAT I'VE EVER DEALT WITH. AND IT TAKES ME TO THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, THE LEVEL OF INFLECTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AS THE SITUATION DETERIORATES ACROSS THE REGION, OUR GOVERNMENT IS DEPLOYING A HERCULES TO ASSIST THE 193 KIWIS STRANDED IN ISRAEL AND IRAN. IT WILL TAKE A SEVERAL DAYS TO GET TO THE MIDDLE EAST FROM AUCKLAND, WITH WHEELS UP SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. THE FEAR OF RETALIATION IS GROWING BY THE HOUR, IRAN CONDEMNING AMERICA'S 'SAVAGE ASSAULT' AS THIS NEWS ANCHOR, SPEAKING NEXT TO A MAP OF U.S. BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ANNOUNCED... 'MR PRESIDENT, YOU STARTED IT, WE WILL FINISH IT.' THE PRESIDENT IS DIGGING IN.. REMEMBER THERE, WERE MANY TARGETS LEFT. TONIGHT'S WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT BY FAR AND PERHAPS THE MOST LETHAL. BUT IF PEACE DOES NOT COME QUICKLY, WE WILL GO AFTER THE OTHERS WITH PRECISION AND SKILL. IRAN CONTINUES TO DOWNPLAY THE DAMAGE DONE. BUT TRUMP IS CLAIMING TO HAVE DECAPITATED IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, AND WILL BE HOPING THAT'S ENOUGH TO FORCE AN END TO THE WAR. I WANT TO JUST SAY, WE LOVE YOU GOD AND WE LOVE OUR GREAT MILITARY. PROTECT THEM. THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES IT DIFFERENTLY... AS ALWAYS, IT IS THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE MOST IMPORTANT ROOMS THAT PAY THE PRICE FIRST FOR THE DECISIONS MADE INSIDE THEM. LISETTE, IRAN IS RESPONDING AND CLEARLY NOT CHOOSING PEACE? NO, IT IS MORNING THERE NOW MISSILES ARE FLYING TOWARDS ISRAEL, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO BREACH ANY DEFENCES AGAIN AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO BE WOUNDED, WHAT WILL BE CRITICAL NOW THEY PREVIOUSLY THREATENED TO TARGET US BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HOPEFULLY THAT DOES NOT EVENTUATE. THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAS SAID THAT AMERICAN ATTACKS WILL HAVE LASTING IMPACTS, SO WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM PEACE. AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH IN BRAZIL. 21 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THE BALLOON IN PRAIA GRANDE WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND TUMBLED FROM THE SKY. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF THE CRASH. 13 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PILOT, SURVIVED BY JUMPING OUT. CHRISTCHURCH POLICE BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND THE BODY OF MISSING GRANDMOTHER ELISABETH NICHOLLS. THE 79-YEAR-OLD, WHO HAD DEMENTIA, WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING HER RICCARTON RETIREMENT HOME TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. THE DISCOVERY COMES JUST A DAY AFTER POLICE SAID THEY WERE FOCUSING ON A SEARCH AREA NEAR THE EASTERN END OF HAGLEY PARK. HER FAMILY SAY THEY ARE RELIEVED HER BODY HAS BEEN FOUND. KIWI VOTERS APPEAR TO WANT TO SEE MORE BIG EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT NOT AT ANY COST. A POST/FRESHWATER STRATEGY POLL HAS FOUND VOTERS SUPPORT GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR EVENTS TO A POINT, BUT ARE NOT SO KEEN TO SEE MONEY SPENT ON VENUES TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. HERE'S ANDREA VANCE. RUGBY MIGHT STILL DRAW SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHEERS IN NEW ZEALAND. OH, ANOTHER ONE! BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTING THE BILL FOR VENUES, KIWIS AREN'T CHEERING. # SKY FULL OF STARS. # FROM HIGH-PROFILE CONCERTS TO WORLD CUPS, BIG EVENTS COST BIG MONEY. PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY SAYING, 'WHY CAN'T WE HAVE AS MUCH SPENT ON BIG EVENTS AS THEY DO IN SYDNEY?' WELL, THE REASON IS THAT THEY HAVE A BED NIGHT LEVY. AND KNOW IT APPEARS VOTERS AGREE THAT IT'S TIME FOR TOURISTS TO PITCH IN. THE LATEST POST/FRESHWATER STRATEGY POLL SHOWS A CLEAR MAJORITY SUPPORT A 2.5% VISITOR LEVY ON HOTEL STAYS, A KIND OF BED TAX TO HELP FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAJOR EVENTS. AUCKLAND AND QUEENSTOWN SAY AN ACCOMMODATION LEVY IS NECESSARY FOR THEIR CITIES TO FLOURISH. AUCKLANDERS ARE PARTICULARLY LIKELY TO SUPPORT SUCH A MOVE. THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IS ON BOARD. 'CAUSE IT TAKES THAT PRESSURE OFF THE RATEPAYER BASE AND ENSURES THAT YOU ALMOST HAVE A USER-PAYS FUNDING MODEL THAT IS SUPPORTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN SUPPORT BASE. OUR POLLS SHOWED THE STRONGEST SUPPORT FOR A BED LEVY WAS ACTUALLY NATIONAL PARTY SUPPORTERS, WHICH IS IN CONTRAST TO THE PARTY'S OWN CURRENT POSITION. TOURISM MINISTER LOUISE UPTON HAS REJECTED THE IDEA. ONCE THEY REALISE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE, THEY'LL DO IT. AND I'M SURE THAT THAT'LL BE THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ELECTION IF I GET BACK AS MAYOR. THE POLLS SUGGEST RUGBY UNION REMAINS OUR MOST FOLLOWED SPORT, WELL AHEAD OF LEAGUE AND FOOTBALL. IT MIGHT RULE THE STANDS AND SCREENS, BUT THERE IS FAR LESS PASSION FOR PAYING FOR IT. JUST OVER A THIRD OF VOTERS SAY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T FUND ANY NEW STADIUMS. IT'S OLDER VOTERS WHO DON'T WANT TO FUND NEW STADIUMS. HOWEVER, YOUNGER VOTERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING A NEW VENUE ON THE AUCKLAND SKYLINE. AND ONLY 22% BACK UPGRADING EDEN PARK WITH TAXPAYER MONEY. WE'RE A NATIONAL STADIUM. ARTISTS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT TIMES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WELLINGTON, DUNEDIN, CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND. THEY COME TO EDEN PARK. THE BIGGEST CROWD, THE GREATEST ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR THE CITY. STADIA ARE QUITE A DIFFICULT TOPIC IN WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION. AND EMOTION IS NEVER A GOOD THING TO BE INVOLVED IN MAKING DECISIONS. BUT I GET WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING. WHILE TWO IN FIVE NEW ZEALANDERS BACKED GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR MAJOR EVENTS TO GENERATE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, OTHERS SAY THE RETURNS DON'T JUSTIFY THE PRICE TAG. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR ` KIWIS ARE HAPPY TO CHEER ON FROM THE SIDELINES. JUST DON'T ASK THEM TO PAY EXTRA FOR IT. SPEAKING OF EVENTS, OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT. AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RUGBY MATCH LAST NIGHT. SUPER RUGBY FINAL LAST NIGHT AT A TEMPORARY STADIUM THIS WAS QUITE THE DISPLAY BY THE CRUSADERS, YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR THE CHIEFS. YOU DO HAVE TO FEEL FOR THEM, THEY'VE BEEN THE BEST TEAM ALL YEAR. CLAYTON MCMILLAN WAS DESERVING OF GOING OUT WITH A TITLE, BUT THE CRUSADERS JUST FLEX THEIR MUSCLES AT THE END. WE WILL HAVE ALL THE CELEBRATIONS FROM CHRISTCHURCH NEXT. BUT WILL ROB PENNEY BE BACK TO DEFEND IT? AND THE WARRIORS CRASH BACK TO EARTH, WITH A SHOCK TO LOSS TO AN UNDER-STRENGTH PANTHERS SIDE. VOICEOVER: In these hallowed halls, dough met destiny. A revolution in pizza was born. The world's only original stuffed crust. Straight from the source... at Pizza Hut. # It's time for the good times # Forget about the bad times, yeah # One day to come together # To release the pressure # We need a holiday # Holiday # Oh yeah, oh yeah # Celebrate # Oh, it would be so nice # Holiday. # (DRAMATIC MUSIC) LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, WITH SUZUKI JIMNY FIVE-DOOR AND THREE NEWS SPORT. 12 MONTHS AGO THE CRUSADERS WERE REELING. HAVING MISSED THE PLAY-OFFS ENTIRELY, THEIR PATH BACK TO SUPER RUGBY SUPERIORITY LOOKED TO BE A LONG ONE. BUT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP DNA HAS ONCE AGAIN SHONE THROUGH, DEFEATING THE CHIEFS IN LAST NIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL TO MAKE IT EIGHT TITLES IN NINE YEARS. AND FOR THE CHIEFS, IT WAS ONCE AGAIN A CASE OF WHAT COULD'VE BEEN. THE CRUSADERS BACK ON TOP. (CHEERING) THE PERENNIAL WINNERS ADDING YET ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TO THEIR ALREADY-CLUTTERED TROPHY CABINET. (ALL CHEER) SMALL MARGINS, YOU KNOW? BUT AT THE BUSINESS END, THE RIGHT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND THAT WAS EVIDENT TODAY. THIS TIME A YEAR AGO, ROB PENNEY'S JOB WAS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER A DISASTROUS FIRST YEAR IN CHARGE. BUT THE CRUSADERS STUCK BY HIM, AND HE'S REPAID THE FAITH, THE PLAYERS ADMITTING THAT VICTORY WAS FOR PENNEY. THAT'S GONNA BRING A TEAR TO MY EYE. YOU'LL BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU START TALKING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST THE JOY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEEP IN SONG, WRAPPED IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN SOME SMALL WAY TO THAT FEELING FOR THESE YOUNG MEN. LAST NIGHT WAS HARDLY CHAMPAGNE RUGBY. BUT THE CRUSADERS DID ENOUGH TO SUFFOCATE THE CHIEFS. DESPITE FALLING BEHIND EARLY, CODIE TAYLOR SHOWED ALL HIS EXPERIENCE TO GET THEM BACK IN IT. SPRINTING FOR THE CORNER! HE'S IN! THE BOOT OF RIVEZ REIHANA KEPT THE CRUSADERS' NOSES IN FRONT. AND WHILE THE CHIEFS HUNG TOUGH, THEY WERE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES. THEIR SCRUM WAS DISMANTLED. HERE COMES THE PRESSURE. THERE'S THE PENALTY. THEIR LINEOUT WAS MESSY. TAKEN DOWN BY AH KUOI. IT'S BEEN DROPPED, THOUGH. AND THE CRUSADERS DOMINATED THE AERIAL BATTLE... AND JACOMB CAN'T TAKE IT CLEANLY. ...FORCING THE CHIEFS TO COUGH UP POSITION. IN THE END, THE CRUSADERS DID WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE'RE A DIFFERENT BEAST IN THE PLAY-OFFS. AND ONCE WE'RE AT HOME, A TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY. THE CHIEFS FELT EVERY BIT OF THAT, IN ANOTHER CASE OF HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. THIS WAS THEIR FOURTH FINAL IN FIVE YEARS, AND THIRD IN A ROW, AND THEY'RE YET TO CLAIM A SINGLE PIECE OF SILVERWARE FROM THEM. WE THOUGHT THAT THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM, AND, YEAH, IT'S... IT'S A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW. THIS WAS NOT HOW CLAYTON McMILLAN WANTED HIS TIME TO END. BUT HE DEPARTS FOR MUNSTER WITH HIS HEAD HELD HIGH. IT'S CLEAR HE LEAVES THE CHIEFS IN A FAR BETTER PLACE THAN HE FOUND THEM. IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT, UM... I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE GROWTH IN THE ORGANISATION, THE GROWTH IN YOUNG MEN AND SEEING THEM ENRICH THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES THROUGH GETTING TO HIGHER HONOURS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL LOOK BACK ON WITH A LOT OF FONDNESS. THE CRUSADERS MAY YET HAVE A NEW COACH AS WELL. PENNEY IS NOW OFF CONTRACT AND WAS GIVING NOTHING AWAY WHEN ASKED IF HE'LL BE BACK TO DEFEND THE TITLE. OH, NOT SURE YET. YEAH. NOT SURE YET. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE YET. ONE THING HE CAN BE SURE ABOUT IS THE CELEBRATIONS FOR A 15th SUPER RUGBY TITLE ARE ONLY JUST BEGINNING. THOSE CELEBRATIONS DIDN'T END ON THE FIELD. THE CRUSADERS' PARTY KICKED INTO ANOTHER GEAR WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO THE SHEDS. AND GORDON FINDLATER WAS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT. (ALL CHEER) YOU WANT ME TO DRINK IT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, HAVE A SIP. I WANNA KNOW... (LOUD MUSIC PLAYS) OH, HE'S GONE THE WHOLE... HE'S GONE THE WHOLE THING! OUTSTANDING! HOW DOES THAT TASTE? DIDN'T TOUCH THE SIDES. SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN AND A DANGEROUS SIGN. (WHISTLE BLOWS) HOW SATISFYING IS THIS, AFTER LAST YEAR? OH, MAN, I'M JUST SO STOKED FOR ROB PENNEY, OUR COACH. OBVIOUSLY FACED A LOT OF CRITICISM LAST YEAR. LIKE, WE KNEW WE WEREN'T FAR OFF. TO COME OUT THIS YEAR AFTER COMING 11th LAST YEAR IS JUST AMAZING. WE'RE JUST SO STOKED. (ALL CHANT) C...! C...! PLENTY OF MEMORIES. I THINK WE'LL MAKE ANOTHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WELL. AFTER THE GAME, I JUST HAD NO EMOTIONS, AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO SINK IN. IT'S STARTING TO SINK IN, EH? OH, NOW I'M FEELING, LIKE, PRETTY GOOD. (ALL SING 'ISLANDS IN THE STREAM') DOES THIS GET OLD? THIS IS THE STUFF THAT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE SPECIAL. SO MUCH EFFORT GOES INTO A SEASON, WHETHER YOU'RE A PLAYER OR MANAGEMENT. I'LL NEVER GET SICK OF THIS. YEAH! IS THIS TO KEEP THE CHAMPAGNE OUT OF THE EYES? IS THIS TO KEEP THE CHAMPAGNE OUT OF THE EYES? 100%. YEP. THE CHAMPAGNE, THE WATER. STRATEGIC. SO I'LL KEEP THIS ON ALL NIGHT, ACTUALLY. THE SUPER RUGBY TROPHY ` IT NEEDS A BIT OF A REDESIGN. IT'S A BIT CONTROVERSIAL. YOU CAN'T DRINK OUT OF IT. (CHUCKLES) WELL, THEY'RE STILL TRYING. WHOO-HOO! # HOLD ME CLOSER, AND I FEEL NO PAIN... # WAS IT RIVEZ? DID HE GET MAN OF THE MATCH TONIGHT? BUT WHO'S GONNA BE THE MVP TONIGHT? (LAUGHS) FIRSTLY, REALLY STOKED FOR RIVEZ. CAME IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON. 10'S NOT AN EASY POSITION TO PLAY. HE PLAYED AWESOME. TONIGHT THERE'LL BE A FEW BLOKES PUTTING THEIR HANDS UP, BUT I'D SAY THERE'LL BE A COUPLE... (ALL CHEER) WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER HAS REJECTED SUGGESTIONS THE WARRIORS TOOK AN UNDER-STRENGTH PANTHERS SIDE LIGHTLY, INSISTING HIS SIDE SIMPLY WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH. THE WARRIORS FELL TO JUST THEIR FOURTH LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT GOING DOWN TO THE PANTHERS 28-18. DESPITE THE REIGNING PREMIERS MISSING FIVE STARTERS DUE TO STATE OF ORIGIN, WEBSTER SAYS HIS SIDE WERE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES. IF WE PLAYED OUR BEST GAME TONIGHT AND THEY PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME AND WE GOT BEATEN BY THAT SCORELINE THEN I'D BE UPSET. BUT WE DIDN'T PLAY WELL. SO I THINK WE BEAT OURSELVES TONIGHT. SO I THINK WE BEAT OURSELVES TONIGHT. AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD, THE PANTHERS. THE LOSS DROPS THE WARRIORS TO FOURTH ON THE TABLE AHEAD OF A TRIP TO BRISBANE TO FACE THE BRONCOS ON SATURDAY. I HAVE HEARD FROM GORDON FINN LATER, HE MADE IT OUT OF THE CHANGING SHED ALIVE. CRUSADERS PARADED TOMORROW 4 PM, I'LL BOOK OUR FLIGHTS DOWN. PACK YOUR BAGS. I'LL HAVE THE WEATHER FOR THE START OF YOUR WORKING WEEK NEXT, AND IT'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FUTURE KING, CELEBRATED WITH THIS SHOT TAKEN BY THE PRINCESS OF WALES. (ENGINE REVS) Oh. OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Long time no talk. Yeah, just... I'm teaching Samara how to drive. (BRIGHT MUSIC) Hi! Could you do something for me? SONG: # Oh, baby, you... # Thanks. # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. U.S WARPLANES HAVE HIT THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN IN WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING A VERY SUCCESSFUL ATTACK. A HERCULES IS BEING SENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN HOPE IT CAN EVACUATE NEARLY 200 KIWIS STRANDED IN IRAN AND ISRAEL. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. EVEN IF THE WEATHER ISN'T ON YOUR SIDE FOR A ROADIE, AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE WILL BE. AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. THE FRONT THAT QUICKLY MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY WILL WEAKEN TOMORROW AS IT MOVES OVER THE NORTH, FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WEST. PLENTY OF CHILLY STARTS AND EVENINGS ON THE CARDS TOMORROW FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND EVERYONE IN THE NORTH LOOKS TO BE IN FOR SHOWERS AND CLOUD TO START THE WORKING WEEK ` AS YOU CAN SEE UP HERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR MOST, EASING TO FINE IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY, THOUGH, WITH FRESH, STRONG WESTERLIES. WHAKATANE, YOU ESCAPE THE WET STUFF. BUT IT'S SHOWERS AROUND IN THE MORNING FOR THE REST, WITH POSSIBLE EVENING FROST FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA AND EVENING SOUTHERLIES FOR ALL. SHOWERS HERE WILL CLEAR AS THE DAY GOES ON. WESTERLIES WILL TURN SOUTHERLY FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY, WITH NIGHT-TIME FROSTS IN THE WAIRARAPA. MORE OF THE SAME HERE AS WELL. THOSE SHOWERS COULD GET HEAVY IN IN WHANGANUI, WITH SOUTHERLY FOR A TIME IN THE MORNING FOR PALMY, KAPITI COAST AND WELLINGTON. IT'S LOOKING FINE IN NELSON AND HOKITIKA TOMORROW, WITH THE CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS FOR THE REST HERE. SOUTHWESTERS ABOUT FOR ALL AS WELL. MORNING AND EVENING MONDAY FROSTS FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, WITH THE SAME AT NIGHT FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND BLENHEIM. WEST AND SOUTHWESTER WINDS. FINE AND FROSTY MORNINGS AND EVENINGS FOR MOST HERE TWO, WITH CLOUD AROUND IN DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL. SHOWERS CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON ON STEWART ISLAND. NOW, ACROSS THE DITCH, IT'S SHOWERS FOR BRISBANE, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE AND CANBERRA, WITH PLENTY OF WET WEATHER AND THE PACIFIC TOO. IT'S GOING TO BE HEAVIEST IN PORT VILA. NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING FROM TUESDAY BACK HOME. (RELAXED ELECTRONIC MUSIC) FINALLY FOR NOW, IT'S PRINCE WILLIAM'S 43rd BIRTHDAY. AND TO CELEBRATE, KENSINGTON PALACE HAS RELEASED THIS PHOTO, COMPLETE WITH PUPPIES. THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND SHOWS THE FAMILY'S COCKER SPANIEL ORLA, WITH THREE OF HER FOUR PUPPIES, WHICH WERE BORN IN MAY. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US, AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR SENDING IN YOUR WEATHER PICTURES OVER THE WEEKEND. 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