DONALD TRUMP APPEARS TO BE WARMING TO THE PROSPECT OF REGIME CHANGE AS THE WORLD AWAITS IRAN'S RESPONSE TO AMERICA'S ATTACK. THE BROTHER OF A NEW ZEALANDER WHO WAS TRAPPED IN IRAN TELLS US HOW SHE ESCAPED AND HER PLANS TO GET BACK HOME. IRAN IS THREATENING TO CLOSE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ONE OF THE WORLD'S KEY OIL ROUTES. LATER, WE ASK AN EXPERT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT. AND A DAY OF MIXED EMOTIONS FOR CALEB CLARKE AS HE'S PICKED FOR THE ALL BLACKS AND SENTENCED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING. NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. QUESTIONS ARE GROWING TONIGHT OVER JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE THE U.S. STRIKES HAVE INFLICTED ON IRAN AFTER DONALD TRUMP MADE THE UNPRECEDENTED CALL TO THRUST AMERICA INTO A DIRECT MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH THE MIDDLE EASTERN NATION. TRUMP SAYS HIS BOMBERS HIT THE BULLSEYE, BUT WITH THE DAMAGE MOSTLY CONTAINED UNDERGROUND, IT'S HARD TO ASCERTAIN JUST HOW SEVERELY THE NUCLEAR FACILITIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, AND NEW IMAGES SUGGEST IRAN HAD ALREADY MOVED ITS URANIUM STOCKPILES AS A PRECAUTION. IT COMES AS TRUMP TODAY DECLARED A REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN IS POSSIBLE AND CALLED A NATIONAL SECURITY MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE, UNEXPECTEDLY DELAYING HIS TRIP TO THE NATO SUMMIT. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. THIS PLUME OF SMOKE HAS DETONATED DREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE AND SUPERCHARGED TENSIONS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. FILMED BY AN IRANIAN REPORTER... (SPEAKS FARSI) ...IT IS THE FIRST LOOK AT OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER, AN EXPLOSIVE SHOW OF U.S. MILITARY MIGHT. FINAL BATTLE DAMAGE WILL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT INITIAL BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS INDICATE THAT ALL THREE SITES SUSTAINED EXTREMELY SEVERE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION. THAT ASSESSMENT ` BY AMERICA'S MOST SENIOR GENERAL ` SUBTLY BUT NOTABLY DIFFERENT TO THE PRESIDENT'S, WHO FIRST DECLARED THE NUCLEAR FACILITIES WERE... TOTALLY OBLITERATED. THE B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS RETURNED TO THEIR BASE IN MISSOURI TODAY 37 HOURS AFTER THE AUDACIOUS ATTACK, WHICH SAW THEM USE DECOYS AND REFUEL MID-FLIGHT TO THEN PENETRATE IRAN'S AIRSPACE UNDETECTED. THE U.S. STRUCK THREE LOCATIONS. TOMAHAWK MISSILES FIRED FROM A SUBMARINE TO HIT A RESEARCH CENTRE, WHILE THE SO-CALLED 'BUNKER BUSTER' BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON TWO UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR SITES. AT FORDO, THE MOST VITAL OF THE THREE, SATELLITE IMAGES NOW REVEAL CRATERS WHERE THE BOMBS HIT. BUT THIS SATELLITE IMAGE IS PULLING FOCUS, REVEALING AN UNUSUAL QUEUE OF TRUCKS NEAR FORDO WEEKS AGO, SPARKING SUSPICION IRAN HAD ALREADY MOVED ALL OF ITS ENRICHED URANIUM, PRE-EMPTING AN ATTACK. THIS MISSION WAS NOT AND HAS NOT BEEN ABOUT REGIME CHANGE. THERE'S A DIFFERING OF PERSPECTIVE ON THAT POINT, TOO. TRUMP HAS SINCE POSTED THAT... IRAN'S ARSENAL IS THOUGHT TO BE SEVERELY DEPLETED. AFTER A WEEK OF WAR, THEY'VE FIRED HUNDREDS OF MISSILES, AND ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE DESTROYED HALF OF ITS MISSILE LAUNCHERS. STILL, THE REGIME IS WARNING OF ENDLESS CONSEQUENCES, FURIOUS AT TRUMP FOR SLAMMING SHUT THE TWO-WEEK DIPLOMATIC WINDOW JUST TWO DAYS IN. THE DOOR FOR DIPLOMACY SHOULD BE ALWAYS... KEEP OPEN, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW. MY COUNTRY HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK, UNDER AGGRESSION, AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND. WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WHILE MANY OF THE 20 U.S. BASES IN THE REGION ARE WITHIN RANGE OF IRAN'S MISSILES, IT COULD ALSO USE PROXIES SUCH AS KATA'IB HEZBOLLAH IN IRAQ TO HIT BACK, OR ITS ALLIES THE HOUTHIS COULD REACTIVATE THEIR ATTACKS ON SHIPS IN THE RED SEA. ALREADY, IRAN'S PARLIAMENT HAS VOTED TO CLOSE THE KEY STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHICH WOULD HAMSTRING GLOBAL TRADE. YET ACROSS AMERICAN NETWORKS... THIS WAS THE RIGHT CALL AT THE RIGHT TIME. ...ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN ARE CHEERLEADING THE MOVES MADE BY THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. WE WERE OVER THE OCEAN BEFORE THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I THINK THAT WE HAVE REALLY PUSHED THEIR PROGRAMME BACK BY A VERY LONG TIME. THE UK HAS BEEN DIPLOMATIC. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOW DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. BUT FRANCE IS URGING THE U.S. TO SHOW RESTRAINT. NEW ZEALAND IS CALLING FOR DIALOGUE. WE DO NOT WANNA SEE A NUCLEAR-ARMED IRAN. RUSSIA HAS LABELLED IT AN IRRESPONSIBLE VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND CHINA HAS STRONGLY CONDEMNED IT. DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION HAS TRIGGERED ALARM THE WORLD OVER, BUT IRAN'S NEXT MOVE COULD BE EVEN MORE MOMENTOUS. WE HAVE SINCE HEARD MORE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IRAN. TRUMP IS DOING AS TRUMP DOES, PUTTING UNTRUTHS SOCIAL. HIS LATEST COMMENTS ON HIS ORIGINAL ONE SAYING THAT OBLITERATION IS THE ACCURATE TERM FOR WHAT HAS OCCURRED. HE DESCRIBED IT AS YOU MENTIONED AS A BULL'S-EYE THAT HIT ON THE NUCLEAR SITES. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER IS IN MOSCOW. THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED HE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH PUTIN AND WILL HAVE WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS COMMON CHALLENGES AND THREATS. WORTH NOTING THOUGH IS THAT UNLIKE YESTERDAY WHEN THERE WAS A BARRAGE OF RETALIATION, SO FAR OVERNIGHT REPORTS SAY THERE WERE ONLY ONE MISSILE FIRED FROM IRAN TO ISRAEL. THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN THE EXCHANGE OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL FOLLOWING AMERICA'S BOMBING RAID. THE IDF SAYS IT STRUCK MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE IN TEHRAN AND WESTERN IRAN, WHILE IRAN LAUNCHED MORE THAN 40 MISSILES AT ISRAEL, DESTROYING BUILDINGS BUT CAUSING FEW CASUALTIES. ITV'S DEBI EDWARD REPORTS. SMOKE AND DUST FILLED THE MORNING SKY IN THIS SUBURBAN STREET, WHERE AN IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE HAD MANAGED TO PIERCE THROUGH ISRAEL'S AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS AND INFLICT ITS DAMAGE. IT HAD FALLEN SHORT OF ITS INTENDED TARGET, HITTING THIS ROW OF HOUSES INSTEAD. THE MISSILE HIT THE HOUSE HERE ON THE CORNER OF THE STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. THE CARS HERE ON THE ROAD HAVE BEEN CRUMPLED AND SCORCHED BY THE POWER OF THE BLAST AND THE SHOCKWAVES. THE MISSILE LANDED JUST METRES FROM THE BLEICHER FAMILY. THEY EMERGED FROM THEIR BASEMENT SHELTER TO FIND EVERYTHING DESTROYED. ALL THE GLASS WAS ON THE FLOOR. THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN, AND... EVERYTHING WAS FALLING APART. BUT, YEAH, WE TRIED TO EVACUATE, LIKE, YEAH, AS FAST AS WE CAN. AND THANK GOODNESS YOU HAD THIS SHELTER UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. YES. BECAUSE OF THE SHELTER, WE WERE SAFE. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. LIKE, A SECOND AFTER WE GOT IN, WE HEARD THE BOOM, SO... LUCKILY WE MADE IT IN TIME. (EXPLOSIONS BOOM) CENTRAL TEL AVIV WAS ONCE AGAIN A MAIN TARGET, AND FOLLOWING SUNDAY MORNING'S BARRAGE, THIS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WAS LEVELLED BY A DIRECT STRIKE. ELLA KAUFMAN (100) AMONG THOSE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES. AT AN ELDERLY CARE FACILITY SOUTH OF TEL AVIV, PATIENTS HAD COWERED IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING. AMIR SHOWED ME THE DESTRUCTION, SAYING IT WAS A MIRACLE THEY GOT EVERYONE OUT UNSCATHED. WE WERE SITTING HERE WITH OUR PATIENTS ` ALSO IN THE SECOND FLOOR, SAME THING ` AND... THE BOMB FELL 100M FROM HERE. IRAN HAS WARNED OF WORSE RETALIATION TO COME. THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS BOTH JUST THE BEGINNING AND THE END. THE NUMBER OF NEW ZEALANDERS REGISTERED AS CURRENTLY BEING IN IRAN AND ISRAEL HAS INCREASED TO MORE THAN 100 IN EACH COUNTRY. A DEFENCE FORCE FLIGHT PLUS PERSONNEL ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR WAY TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN CASE THEY'RE NEEDED TO HELP EVACUATE KIWIS FROM THE REGION. AT LEAST TWO NEW ZEALANDERS MANAGED TO LEAVE IRAN OVERNIGHT. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE DETAILS. A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE FLEEING IRAN ACROSS THE TURKISH BORDER, WHICH, LAST NIGHT, INCLUDED AT LEAST TWO NEW ZEALANDERS. ONE OF THOSE IS MARYAM. HER BROTHER IN AUCKLAND HADN'T HEARD FROM HER IN FIVE DAYS. ON SATURDAY, I WAS JUST VACUUMING MY HOUSE, AND IT JUST GOT TO A POINT WHERE I JUST FELT OVERWHELMED AND KINDA HAD A BREAKDOWN, BECAUSE I JUST NEEDED TO HEAR SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THERE. AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE U.S. GOT INVOLVED. BUT FINALLY, RELIEF ` AROUND 2 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. WE GOT A TEXT FROM HER THAT SHE IS IN A BORDER CITY IN TURKEY, A CITY CALLED VAN. UH, SHE'S GETTING ON A BUS, WHICH IS GONNA BE A 16-HOUR DRIVE OVER TO ISTANBUL. SHE'S FINE. SHE'S SAFE. SHE'S WITH HER FIANCE AND WITH HER MOTHER AS WELL. THIS IS THE THREE OF THEM ON A PLANE IN IRAN A FEW WEEKS BACK. MARYAM'S MOTHER IS ALSO A KIWI, AND HER FIANCE HOLDS A NEW ZEALAND VISA. THE USUAL DRIVE FROM WHERE THEY WERE SHELTERING IN IRAN TO THE TURKISH BORDER TAKES 15 HOURS, BECAUSE IRANIANS CAN TRAVEL TO TURKEY WITHOUT A VISA. THOUSANDS ARE NOW HEADING THERE EVERY DAY, CAUSING HUGE DELAYS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MANAGED TO ARRANGE THIS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW SHE` HOW THE JOURNEY WAS BESIDES THE FACT THAT SHE'S EXHAUSTED AND SHE'S NOT PHYSICALLY HURT. AMIR AND HIS FAMILY ARE NOW TRYING TO BOOK COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FOR THE TRIO OUT OF TURKEY BACK TO AUCKLAND. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SAYS THERE ARE CURRENTLY 119 NEW ZEALANDERS REGISTERED IN IRAN AND 117 IN ISRAEL, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE AWARE SOME MAY HAVE MADE IT ACROSS THE BORDER AND NOT UPDATED THEIR REGISTRATION DETAILS. THEIR ADVICE TO KIWIS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES REMAINS THE SAME ` GET OUT VIA LAND IF POSSIBLE, AND IF NOT, SHELTER IN PLACE. THEY ARE ALSO URGING NEW ZEALANDERS AT ANY COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO MAKE SURE THEY REGISTER WITH SAFE TRAVEL. THIS IS THE HERCULES THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAS DEPLOYED ON STANDBY TO BRING STRANDED NEW ZEALANDERS HOME. FLIGHT RADAR SHOWS THE FLIGHT LEAVING AUCKLAND JUST BEFORE 9 THIS MORNING. THE PLANE AND NZDF PERSONNEL ARE HEADING TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AS THE SITUATION WORSENS, PEOPLE ARE REGISTERING WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, WHICH WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CIRCUMSTANCES. A PERSON THAT HAS STAYED THERE FOR THIS LONG MAY HAVE COMPELLING REASONS FOR THEM TO STAY. WE DON'T JUDGE THAT, BUT WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST THEM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE KIWI SPIRIT. THE DEEPER THE CONFLICT GROWS, THE MORE OVERWHELMING THE TOLL ON NEW ZEALANDERS LIKE MARYAM. DID SHE GIVE ANY INDICATION OF HOW SHE WAS FEELING OR HOW SHE WAS DOING? SHE JUST SAID PHYSICALLY SHE'S SAFE. THE FACT THAT SHE DID NOT PATCH UP ON HER EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE, WE ALL KIND OF ASSUMED THAT SHE IS NOT DOING GOOD ON THAT END. I MEAN, NOT ASSUME; WE KNOW SHE'S NOT DOING THAT GOOD ON THAT END. 11 DAYS INTO THE WAR, THEY MADE IT OUT, BUT MANY OTHER KIWIS HAVEN'T YET BEEN SO FORTUNATE. ALL BLACKS WINGER CALEB CLARKE HAS AVOIDED A CONVICTION FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING BUT HAS BEEN BANNED FROM DRIVING FOR A YEAR. THE 29-TEST INTERNATIONAL PLEADED GUILTY TO TWO CHARGES, INCLUDING FAILING TO STOP FOR POLICE, AFTER HE RODE HIS YAMAHA MOTORBIKE AT 110KM/H IN A 50 K RESIDENTIAL ZONE IN AUCKLAND LATE LAST YEAR. POLICE TRACKED HIM WITH A HELICOPTER. TODAY, CLARKE SPOKE OUTSIDE COURT WITH HIS FAMILY THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. JUST TO SEE MY FAMILY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO PUT THEM THROUGH. IT'S BEEN A... SORRY. IT'S BEEN A HARD... SORT OF ROAD TO GET HERE, AND SO JUST PUTTING ALL MY FAMILY, SORT OF, AT BAY AS WELL, NOT JUST ME. BUT, UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY HUMBLING, AND JUST REAL GRATEFUL TO FINALLY MOVE PAST IT, EH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CALEB HAS LEARNED IS THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HE IS A ROLE MODEL AND SEEN AS A ROLE MODEL, SO HE KNOWS THE CONSEQUENCES TOO, AND AS YOU SEE, HE'S REALLY REMORSEFUL OF HIS DECISIONS THAT HE MADE THAT NIGHT. PROSECUTORS HAD ASKED FOR CLARKE TO BE CONVICTED, ARGUING IT WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE IF A ROLE MODEL LIKE HIM WAS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH OFFENDING LIKE THIS. AND CALEB CLARKE WAS TODAY NAMED IN THE FIRST ALL BLACKS SQUAD OF THE YEAR. HEAD COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON HAS CALLED UP FIVE UNCAPPED PLAYERS FOR THE UPCOMING SERIES AGAINST FRANCE, WITH HIGHLANDERS LOCK FABIAN HOLLAND AND MIDFIELDER TIMOCI TAVATAVNAWAI, CHIEFS HOOKER BRODIE MCALISTER AND PROP OLLIE NORRIS, AND HURRICANES FLANKER DU'PLESSIS KIRIFI INCLUDED. OLLIE RITCHIE WAS AT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN TARANAKI. SCOTT ROBERTSON AND HIS COACHING TEAM MADE NO APOLOGIES THAT GOOD PLAYERS WERE GOING TO MISS OUT ON THE FIRST ALL BLACKS SQUAD OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE VERY MUCH USED SUPER RUGBY FORM AS THEIR MAIN GUIDE, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLAYERS LIKE DU'PLESSIS KIRIFI, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S A PLAYER WHO'S BEEN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE ALL BLACKS FOR SOME TIME NOW. HE'S BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WIDER SQUAD AS INJURY COVER ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, BUT HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO BANG THAT DOOR DOWN UNTIL THIS YEAR. HE'S RELISHED THE HURRICANES CO-CAPTAINCY. HE LEADS THE LIONS IN THE NPC AS WELL. AND HE'S MADE SURE THAT HE WAS ONE OF THOSE NAMES ON THE TEAM SHEET. IT'S THE ULTIMATE STORY OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALL BLACK, AND HE HAS HUNG IN THERE. IT HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR HIM. I THINK HE GOT HIS FIRST TASTE OF THE ALL BLACKS IN 2020. I THINK, WITH THE LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT HE'S HAD WITH WELLINGTON AND THE HURRICANES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THE BEST OF HIM AND HE'S GROWN AS A MAN, AND HE'S WE BELIEVE HE'S REALLY READY NOW. AND HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT PERFORMER FOR THE HURRICANES. THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, HE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING. SO IT'S A GREAT STORY, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIM. A GUY LIKE FABIAN HOLLAND FROM THE NETHERLANDS, THE FIRST ALL BLACK OF DUTCH DESCENT, IS IN A SIMILAR ILK, HIS FORM FOR THE HIGHLANDERS SIMPLY TOO GOOD TO IGNORE. THERE IS GOING TO BE A BALANCE OF EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH WHEN IT COMES TO THAT GAME DAY 23 FOR THE FRENCH SERIES, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE ` THEY FEEL THEY HAVE GOT THE RIGHT BALANCE, THE RIGHT BLEND OF SUPER RUGBY FORM AND ALL BLACKS FORM TO GO WELL AGAINST THE FRENCH. SOME OF THOSE NAMED IN THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD ARE STILL IN PARTY MODE, AND NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR SELECTIONS. CHRISTCHURCH FANS WERE OUT IN FORCE AS THE CRUSADERS CELEBRATED THEIR 15TH SUPER RUGBY TITLE WITH A VICTORY PARADE. OH, IT MEANS SO MUCH. WE'VE GOT SUCH PASSIONATE, COOL SUPPORTERS. TO SEE THEM ALL OUT HERE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACES MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT, EH, SO... HAVE THE CELEBRATIONS STOPPED SINCE THE END OF THE GAME? UH, YEAH, POSSIBLY. (LAUGHTER) SOME PLAYERS ADMITTED THEY HADN'T HAD MUCH, IF ANY, SLEEP SINCE SATURDAY NIGHT AND THANKED THEIR SUPPORTERS FOR HELPING BRING HOME THE TROPHY. LAURA'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER ` AND WE'RE HAVING A SETTLED RUN. YES, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW TOO, BUT HERE'S HOW TODAY PANNED OUT. WHAKATANE WAS THE WARMEST SPOT, ON 19. LOTS OF PLACES GOT TO 18 TODAY, THOUGH. TIMARU AND TWIZEL WERE THE COLDEST SPOTS ON NEGATIVE-3. MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE EXPECTED TO GET DOWN BELOW ZERO TOMORROW MORNING, SO A CHILLY NIGHT AHEAD, BUT SOME WARMER DAYS ARE COMING. I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS, AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON THREE NEWS ` A WELLINGTON WOMAN GOES ON TRIAL, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER MOTHER. KIDSCAN IS REPORTING A DISTURBING SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR FOOD AT SCHOOLS. WE SPEAK TO THE CHARITY'S FOUNDER DAME JULIE CHAPMAN. AND LATER ` HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT YOUR BRAINWAVES WOULD SOUND LIKE IF THEY WERE TURNED INTO MUSIC? SOMETHING LIKE THIS, APPARENTLY. 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. AND LEFT FOR DEAD BY HER DAUGHTER (53), WHO STAGED THE SCENE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HER MOTHER HAD FALLEN. BUT THE DEFENCE SAYS THE KILLER WAS SOMEONE ELSE WHO ENTERED THE HOUSE AFTER DELUNEY HAD VISITED HER MOTHER IN KHANDALLAH IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS. POLICE AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS SAY THEY'VE DISRUPTED A WELLINGTON-BASED SYNDICATE DEALING IN A VARIETY OF DRUGS. THEY'VE SEIZED 23KG OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND MDMA PILLS AFTER A MONTH-LONG OPERATION IDENTIFIED A GROUP SMUGGLING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF DRUGS INTO THE COUNTRY. THE SEIZED SUBSTANCES HAVE A STREET VALUE OF MORE THAN $8 MILLION. FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION. POLICE ALSO LOCATED A LOADED PISTOL AND AMMUNITION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS NEW SO-CALLED 'GOLDEN VISA' HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 180 APPLICATIONS IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS, AND THE GREATEST INTEREST IS COMING FROM THE U.S. THE VISA AIMS TO ATTRACT WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS HERE, OFFERING THEM A FAST-TRACK TO RESIDENCY IN RETURN FOR INVESTMENT. ECONOMIC GROWTH MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS SAYS APPLICATIONS FOR THE ACTIVE INVESTOR PLUS VISA REPRESENT ALMOST $900M OF NEW INVESTMENT IN BUSINESS HERE. IN A WORLD THAT IS UNSTABLE, THOSE WHO ARE SMART SEE THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL. WE WANT TO PUT THEIR DOLLARS AND EXPERTISE TO WORK. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE VISA IN FEBRUARY, AND AS OF TODAY, 100 APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT A STATEMENT FROM THE CEO OF AIR INDIA AFTER THE CRASH IN AHMEDABAD THAT KILLED 270 PEOPLE. NEW ZEALANDER CAMPBELL WILSON SPOKE ABOUT HIS DEEP SORROW OVER THE TRAGEDY, BUT HIS WORDS BORE A STRIKING SIMILARITY TO A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO OF AMERICAN AIRLINES AFTER A MID-AIR COLLISION FIVE MONTHS EARLIER. BUT FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP SORROW ABOUT THIS EVENT. FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP SORROW ABOUT THESE EVENTS. BOTH: AND OUR EFFORTS NOW ARE FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON THE NEEDS OF OUR PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS, CREW MEMBERS, CREW MEMBERS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. THE CHAIRMAN OF AIR INDIA SAYS HE HADN'T ANALYSED THE STATEMENT WORD FOR WORD, BUT WOULD LOOK INTO IT. CHILDREN'S CHARITY KIDSCAN SAYS IT'S SEEING WHAT IT CALLS A 'DISTURBING' SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR FOOD IN SCHOOLS. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT'S EXPERIENCING A 15% INCREASE IN NEED FOR ITS SERVICES. HERE'S IMOGEN WELLS. KEEPING THE SHELVES STOCKED AT THE KIDSCAN WAREHOUSE ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER. THE CHARITY'S SEEN A 15% INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR FOOD COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. WHAT THIS IS TELLING US IS THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS WORSE THAN EVER, AND THERE'S A MUCH DEEPER NEED GOING ON. CARLTON SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GARY JOHNSTON SAYS PROVIDING KAI HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT HIS WHANGANUI SCHOOL DOES, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF AGENCIES LIKE KIDSCAN, BECAUSE TOO MANY TAMARIKI WERE SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL COLD AND HUNGRY. BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING FOR EVERYBODY, THAT'S NOT SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT'S A, UM... YOU KNOW, THAT SINGLES PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE. IT'S JUST ACROSS THE BOARD. EVERYBODY GETS FED. IT MAKES... CREATES FOR BETTER EQUALITY, I THINK, AND EQUITY. A LACK OF FOOD ALONG WITH THINGS LIKE WARM CLOTHING AND SHOES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN CAUSE KIDS TO FALL BEHIND IN THEIR LEARNING, LEAD TO MISBEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL STRUGGLES. AND IN HIS NEARLY TWO DECADES IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, THINGS APPEAR TO BE WORSE THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN. IT'S DEFINITELY MORE VISIBLE. IT JUST FEELS LIKE AND YOU HEAR MORE OFTEN THAT FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING. KIDSCAN SAYS IT'LL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MORE THAN 900 KIWI SCHOOLS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTRES THIS YEAR ALONE. IT'S FRUIT POTS. IT'S MUESLI BARS. IT'S HEAT-AND-EAT MEALS. IT'S BAKED BEANS. IT'S, UM, SPREADS FOR BREAD. OVER WINTER, WE WILL SEND OUT MORE THAN 70,000 JACKETS AND AROUND 55,000 PAIRS OF SHOES. THE SHOES GIVE THE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO` SOMETIMES, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING ON A TRIP OR NOT. EARLIER THIS YEAR, DATA FROM STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND REVEALED THE GOVERNMENT HAD FAILED TO MEET ALL OF ITS CHILD POVERTY TARGETS. INSTEAD, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN MATERIAL HARDSHIP GREW FROM 144,000 IN 2023 TO NEARLY 157,000 IN 2024. AS A SOCIETY, AS NEW ZEALANDERS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. THERE ARE INITIATIVES WE CAN POINT TO WHICH I THINK WE CAN SAY WE'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE THERE. INITIATIVES LIKE THE GOVERNMENT'S LUNCH IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMME, WHICH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS IN CHARGE OF. WE'VE JUST INCREASED ` THROUGH KIDSCAN, INTERESTINGLY ` 10,000 MEALS FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN FUNDED WITH SAVINGS BY MAKING THE HEALTHY SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMME MORE EFFICIENT. FOR DAME JULIE CHAPMAN, THE SILVER LINING TO HER WORK IS THE FEEDBACK. HEARING FROM STUDENTS WHO ARE OLDER ` THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS, THEY'RE GOING ON TO CAREERS ` AND JUST HOW THAT LITTLE BIT OF A HAND UP ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE HAVING FOOD IN YOUR BELLY AND SHOES ON YOUR FEET IS SOMETHING ALL KIWI KIDS DESERVE. COMING UP ` SCIENTISTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT RISING SEA TEMPERATURES IN ANTARCTICA. THEY SAY AN INCREASE OF JUST ONE DEGREE WILL WIPE OUT SPECIES THAT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN DISCOVERED YET. AND LATER IN SPORT ` THERE ARE FIVE NEW FACES IN THE ALL BLACKS AS SCOTT ROBERTSON NAMES HIS FIRST SQUAD OF THE YEAR. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES. QUESTIONS REMAIN TONIGHT ABOUT IRAN'S URANIUM STOCKPILE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTS A REGIME CHANGE THERE IS POSSIBLE. AND A DEFENCE FORCE HERCULES ` SEEN HERE LEAVING WHENUAPAI AIRBASE THIS MORNING ` IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALANDERS NEEDING TO ESCAPE THE WAR ZONES IN IRAN AND ISRAEL. THE WORLD'S SHAREMARKETS ARE WAITING TO HEAR IF IRAN'S SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE A DECISION BY ITS PARLIAMENT TO CLOSE THE CRUCIAL STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE STRAIT IS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE BECAUSE AROUND 20% OF GLOBAL OIL SUPPLIES AND NATURAL GAS PASS THROUGH THIS NARROW BODY OF WATER. TO GAUGE HOW THIS COULD IMPACT NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY, I SPOKE TO INFOMETRICS CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRAD OLSEN AND BEGAN BY ASKING HIM WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OIL PRICES TODAY. WE'VE SEEN THE OIL PRICES HAVE POPPED HIGHER NOW THAT THE MARKETS HAVE OPENED, AS THEY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FURTHER ATTACKS OVER THE WEEKEND MEAN FOR OIL PRICES AND STABILITY IN THE REGION. AT ONE POINT, YOU SAW QUITE A SPIKE IN OIL PRICES AT THE START OF THE SESSION. DEPENDING ON THE MIX, YOU WERE LOOKING AT ` I THINK I SAW NUMBERS OF UP TO 5%. THEY QUICKLY SETTLED BACK MORE TO A 2% GAIN COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARE SORT OF BOBBLING AROUND THAT 1.5% TO 2% MARK. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT BUT DOES JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT ON TOP OF THE ROUGHLY 7% INCREASE YOU HAD LAST WEEK, YOU'RE GETTING NEAR TO A DOUBLE-DIGIT PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN OIL PRICES OVER JUST THE LAST ONE AND A HALF WEEKS. THAT DOES PUT PRESSURE ON THE LIKES OF PETROL PRICES FOR WHAT WE PAY HERE AT HOME. YOU MIGHT BE SEEING ANOTHER 10c TO POTENTIALLY 15c A LITRE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, DEPENDING ON HOW ALL OF THIS PLAYS OUT, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOME OF THE REACTION FROM IRAN. SO WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS OVER JUST HOW MUCH FURTHER THERE MIGHT BE TO GO. YEAH, BRAD, BECAUSE CURRENTLY PETROL IS SITTING AT AROUND $2.23 TO $ 2.30 FOR 91, UP TO $2.52 OR $2.85 FOR 95 OR 98. IF THINGS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE IN IRAN, IN YOUR VIEW, COULD WE SEE IT SURPASSING $3 A LITRE ANY TIME SOON? THERE'S STILL POTENTIAL THAT NEW ZEALAND PETROL PRICES COULD HIT ABOVE $3 A LITRE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY RIGHT THIS MOMENT. SO FAR, OIL PRICE REACTION GLOBALLY HAS BEEN A BIT MORE CONTAINED. WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF CONFLICTS AND ASSAULTS AND SIMILAR BREAKOUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND OFTEN MARKETS OVERREACT ONLY FOR THINGS TO PULL BACK. SO FAR, OIL SUPPLY ITSELF HAS NOT BEEN THREATENED, ALTHOUGH IF IRAN DID COME THROUGH WITH A BLOCKADE OR OTHER STOPPAGE OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHERE ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S OIL GOES THROUGH, THEN YES, THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU'D SEE THAT GREATER LEVEL OF PRESSURE. ALSO REMEMBERING THAT ALL OF THIS IS MOVING VERY FAST. ALTHOUGH WE SAW THOSE INCREASES IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES LAST WEEK, THAT HASN'T YET TRANSLATED DIRECTLY THROUGH INTO THE PETROL PRICES WE ARE PAYING AT THE PUMP HERE TODAY IN NEW ZEALAND. TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR ALL OF THAT TO ADJUST, BUT CERTAINLY AT THE MOMENT, YES, THERE'S MORE UPWARDS PRESSURE. WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO SEE OIL PRICES GO QUITE A BIT ABOVE WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE. SOME MARKET EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT, YES, IT COULD GO THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE ON THE CURRENT NUMBERS. YEAH, ALL EYES ON THE HORMUZ STRAIT AND WHAT DOES HAPPEN THERE. IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BRAD, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS WILL OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE U.S. MILITARY STRIKES ON IRAN. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO SEE? AT THE MOMENT, WE THINK THAT THE FINANCIAL MARKET IMPACT MIGHT BE A BIT MORE MUTED THAN YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE EXPECTED. IF WE LOOK AT HOW THE LIKES OF THE NEW ZEALAND MARKET HAS GONE TODAY ` AND A NUMBER OF ASIAN MARKETS ` AGAIN, YES, THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF REACTION, A BIT OF WEAKNESS IN PART, BUT CERTAINLY NOT NEARLY AS WIDESPREAD AS YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT, GIVEN THIS IS ANOTHER MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE MAKING COMPARISONS TO THIS BEING LIKE BACK IN THE 1960S WHEN YOU HAD THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. WHAT I THINK IS DIFFERENT AT THE MOMENT IS THAT, AGAIN, WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF QUITE VOLATILE MOVING PARTS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. THERE'S ALREADY A WEAKER STARTING POINT, AND SO FAR, THE CONFLICT DOES STILL APPEAR LIMITED ENOUGH. YOU'VE STILL SEEN CONFLICT, YES, IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT NOT PLAYING OUT WIDER INTO REGIONAL PLAYERS. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ATTACKS ON SHIPPING OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO FAR, THERE'S CAUTION ABOUT JUST HOW WIDE THIS COULD GO, BUT NO ACTUAL REALITY YET. WE KNOW THAT RISING SEA TEMPERATURES ARE A THREAT TO WILDLIFE IN ANTARCTICA, AND THAT INCLUDES SEA LIFE WE AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF YET. SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT MANY SPECIES WILL BE WIPED OUT BEFORE THEY'RE DISCOVERED, AND A TEMPERATURE RISE OF JUST 1 DEGREE WILL BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. MARTIN STEW FROM ITV REPORTS. IF YOU THOUGHT THE WILDLIFE ON THE ICE WAS IMPRESSIVE IN ANTARCTICA, WAIT UNTIL YOU LOOK UNDER THE WATER. HOW MANY SPECIES ARE THERE ON THE SEABED? THERE'S AROUND 20,000 SPECIES ACROSS ANTARCTICA, AND WE ARE STILL DISCOVERING NEW SPECIES EVERY YEAR. THIS IS THE AQUARIUM AT ROTHERA STATION. I HAVE A BRITTLE STAR, WHICH I CAN SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE. AND THESE GUYS SURVIVE IN, WHAT, ZERO DEGREES? YEAH. SO, THE SEAWATER WILL GET TO MINUS-1, WHICH WILL FREEZE OVER, AND THESE GUYS REALLY LIKE THE COLD. 'BERGS SCOUR THE SEABED. THINK OF THEM AS AN UNDERWATER EQUIVALENT OF A FOREST FIRE. AS THE TEMPERATURE WARMS, WE'RE SEEING MORE ICE CARVE. THAT'S DETACHED FROM UNDERNEATH. AS SCIENTISTS FILM FOR THEMSELVES ON THIS TRIP. OH MY GOD. A LITTLE BIT OF DISTURBANCE IS GOOD BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM STRONGER. A LITTLE BIT OF DISTURBANCE IS GOOD, BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM STRONGER. IT MAKES THEM GROW BACK IN NUMBERS. BECAUSE IT'S MORE FREQUENT, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GROW BACK. OCEANS ARE WARMING, TOO. TO SIMULATE PROJECTED TEMPERATURE RISES, SCIENTISTS HAVE USED HEAT PADS. MOST ANTARCTIC SEABED SPECIES STARTED DYING WITH AN INCREASE OF JUST A DEGREE OR TWO. IF THE EARTH WARMS UP, THE FIRST PLACE IS TO DISAPPEAR ARE THE COLD ONES. THE FIRST PLACES TO DISAPPEAR ARE THE COLD ONES. AND WHEN THEY'RE GONE, YOU CAN'T GET THEM BACK. DON'T FORGET ALSO THAT ALL THOSE ANIMALS THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT ` THE PENGUINS, THE BIRDS AND THE WHALES ` THEY DEPEND ON THAT ECOSYSTEM. TO GET THE CLEAREST VIEW OF EXACTLY WHAT'S CHANGING, YOU NEED TO GET UNDER THE ICE. DIVERS OFTEN HAVE TO CUT A HOLE, PLUNGING INTO THE DARK, FROZEN WATERS. BEFORE PLUNGING INTO THE DARK, FROZEN WATERS. THEY STAY TETHERED TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN ALWAYS GET BACK OUT OF THE HOLE. AN ICEBERG OF THIS SORT OF SIZE IS LIKELY TO BE ABOUT AS DEEP AS THE BOAT IS. ROCKS AND ICE AREN'T THE ONLY DANGER. FOR ALL THE PLANNING, THERE'S ONE THING WHICH MEANS DIVING WILL DEFINITELY BE OFF ` LEOPARD SEALS. THEY'RE AN APEX PREDATOR, AND THEY FEED ON THE PENGUINS AND THE BIRDS AROUND HERE. THEY WILL BASICALLY FEED ON ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN FIND. THEY WILL BASICALLY FEED ON ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND. THESE, OF COURSE, ARE PENGUINS, BUT MORE THAN HALF OF THE SPECIES DOWN HERE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN NAMED. IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT THEM BEFORE MANY ARE LOST. MITCH IS HERE WITH SPORT NOW. AND SCOTT ROBERTSON'S NAMED HIS FIRST ALL BLACK SIDE FOR THE YEAR. BIG DAY. THAT'S RIGHT. FIVE NEW CAPS, SAM ` A FEW NAMES WHICH MAY BE OF SURPRISE TO SOME ` AND AS ALWAYS, THERE'S SOME NAMES MISSING, BUT ALL IN ALL, RAZOR HAS REWARDED SOME OUTSTANDING FORM FROM SUPER. WE WILL DIG DEEP INTO THE FIRST ALL-BLACK SQUAD OF THE YEAR NEXT. PLUS ` IT'S TAKEN ALL SEVEN GAMES OF THE FINALS, BUT THE NBA CHAMPIONS HAVE FINALLY BEEN CROWNED. AND THEN ` SCOTT DIXON'S SEEN HIS FIRST WIN OF THE INDYCAR SEASON RACE AWAY FROM HIM AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. WELCOME TO A NEW SWIFT WORLD WITH SUZUKI AND THREE NEWS SPORT. ALL BLACKS HEAD COACH SCOTT ROBERTSON IS POISED TO HAND TEST DEBUTS TO AS MANY AS FIVE PLAYERS IN NEXT MONTH'S SERIES AGAINST FRANCE. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, ROBERTSON'S NAMED HIS FIRST SQUAD OF 2025 ` A 35-MAN GROUP TO BE CAPTAINED BY SCOTT BARRETT, WHO WAS ALWAYS EXPECTED TO RETAIN THE JOB DESPITE ARDIE SAVEA'S STRONG CASE TO TAKE OVER. BARRETT WILL BE JOINED BY DUTCH-BORN LOCK FABIAN HOLLAND, WHO'S IN JUST SIX YEARS AFTER MOVING FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF BEING AN ALL BLACK. HOLLAND'S JOINED BY HIS HIGHLANDERS CO-CAPTAIN TIMOCI TAVATAVANAWAI, WHOSE BRILLIANT SUPER RUGBY FORM IN THE MIDFIELD WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. IT IS A SIMILAR STORY FOR FLANKER DU'PLESSIS KIRIFI. THE HURRICANES PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN CLOSE BEFORE, THE HURRICANES PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN CLOSE BEFORE BUT DEMANDED INCLUSION THIS TIME. PROP OLLIE NORRIS (25) IS ALSO IN LINE TO WEAR THE ALL BLACK JERSEY, A STANDOUT FOR THE CHIEFS THROUGHOUT THE SUPER RUGBY FINALS. AND FINALLY, HIS FELLOW CHIEFS FRONT ROWER BRODIE MCALISTER GETS THE NOD AT HOOKER. SO FIVE NEW FACES FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON TO INTEGRATE INTO A GROUP THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER BEFORE THE MERCURIAL FRENCH ARRIVE. HERE'S OLLIE RITCHIE. HUGS WITH MUM AND DAD HIT A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'VE ACHIEVED A LIFELONG DREAM. DU'PLESSIS KIRIFI ` HURRICANES, WELLINGTON. YEAH, I GUESS I HAD A BIG DECISION TO MAKE AT THE START OF THE SEASON ABOUT WHETHER I WAS GONNA STAY IN NEW ZEALAND, UM, OR HEAD OVERSEAS. AND PART OF THAT DECISION WAS AROUND FULFILMENT AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND... MY PARTNER, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY FELT LIKE I HADN'T REALLY GIVEN IT MY ALL YET, AND I WOULD BE LEAVING WITH SOME... I GUESS, SOME QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. THEY'RE VERY MUCH BEING ANSWERED NOW. WELL, HE'S HEARTY, ISN'T HE? YOU KNOW, HE LOVES THE GAME. UM, HE'S MATURED BEAUTIFULLY IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. HE'S SO CONSISTENT IN HIS GAME. I THINK IT'S THE ULTIMATE STORY OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALL BLACK, AND HE HAS HUNG IN THERE. IT HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR HIM, AND HE'S GROWN AS A MAN, AND HE'S, UM` WE BELIEVE HE'S REALLY READY NOW. READY, TOO, IS TIMOCI TAVATAVANAWAI ` ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T QUITE READY TO TAKE THE PHONE CALL. I ACTUALLY MISSED A CALL FROM RAZOR YESTERDAY. (LAUGHTER) YEAH, UH, I WAS DOING SOME GARDENING AT WORK` AT HOME, THEN, UM, YEAH, GOT MY PHONE, AND I SAW THE MISSED CALL FROM RAZOR. JUST CALLED HIM STRAIGHT AWAY, AND YEAH, HE TOLD ME THE NEWS. FABIAN HOLLAND'S PATH TO THE ALL BLACKS IS ONE FAR LESS TRAVELLED. IN FACT, IT'S NEVER BEEN TRAVELLED. BORN AND RAISED IN THE NETHERLANDS, HOLLAND MADE THE MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND AS A TEENAGER, INTENT ON ONE DAY WEARING THE BLACK JERSEY. GROWING UP IN THE NETHERLANDS, UM... IT'S SOMETHING UNTOUCHABLE. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW... YOU DON'T` YOU DON'T THINK` YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT YOU DON'T` YOU DON'T ACTUALLY THINK THAT, UM... THAT IT'S EVER... THAT IT'S EVER, UM, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED. BUT AS THE NEW ALL BLACKS SOAK UP THEIR MOMENT, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO MISS OUT. INCUMBENTS ETHAN BLACKADDER, DALTON PAPALI'I AND DAVID HAVILI ALL OVERLOOKED THIS TIME. SOME GREAT PLAYERS MISS OUT. THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A COUPLE OF CALLS THAT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. COASTAL RUGBY CLUB IS A WORLD AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AND THE EXPECTATION THESE NEW ALL BLACKS ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE. AND AFTER A MIXED FIRST YEAR IN CHARGE FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON, THE ALL BLACKS HEAD COACH FEELS READY FOR YEAR TWO. AS A COACHING GROUP AND, UM, A WHOLE MANAGEMENT GROUP, YOU ALL LEARN REALLY QUICKLY, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN MY JOB IS TO TAKE AS MANY DISTRACTIONS AWAY SO WE'VE GOT CLEAR HEADS AND PLAY SOME GREAT FOOTY. SCOTT ROBERTSON WILL WANT TO SEE THAT FROM TEST ONE, WITH FRANCE NO DOUBT INTENT ON CAUSING AN EARLY UPSET. THE THUNDER HAS CREATED NBA HISTORY, CLAIMING THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE THE TEAM MOVED FROM SEATTLE TO OKLAHOMA CITY. IT TOOK UNTIL GAME SEVEN TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE THUNDER WON THE SERIES 4-3 AND DEFEATED THE PACERS 103-91 THIS AFTERNOON. FOR INDIANA, IT ALL WENT HORRIBLY WRONG EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WITH STAR GUARD TYRESE HALIBURTON RULED OUT FOR THE REST OF THE GAME WITH AN ACHILLES INJURY. RIGHT CALF, RIGHT AWAY. ONE OF THE MOST LOVABLE PLAYERS IN THIS LEAGUE, ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG LEADERS IN THIS TEAM ` HIS FATHER STRUGGLING WITH THIS MOMENT. BUT IF YOU ARE INDIANA, YOU STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. THE PACERS MANAGED TO HOLD ON TO THE LEAD INTO THE HALFTIME BREAK, BUT A HIGH TURNOVER COUNT ULTIMATELY STUNG THE INDIANA SIDE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS, SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER CLAIMED BOTH THE REGULAR SEASON AND FINAL MVP HONOURS. UM, SO MANY HOURS, SO MANY MOMENTS, SO MANY EMOTIONS. SO MANY NIGHTS OF DISBELIEF. IT'S CRAZY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL HERE. THIS GROUP WORK FOR IT AND PUT IN THE HOURS, AND WE DESERVE THIS. THE THUNDER ARE THE SEVENTH DIFFERENT TEAM TO WIN THE NBA FINALS SINCE 2018. SCOTT DIXON HAS BEEN CRUELLY DENIED A FIRST INDYCAR WIN OF THE SEASON, FORCED TO COME INTO THE PITS WITH JUST TWO LAPS REMAINING BECAUSE HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. STARTING FROM 25TH ON THE GRID, DIXON WAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF DRIVERS THAT DECIDED TO PIT EARLY IN THE RACE AFTER A CRASH ON THE OPENING LAP. FOR THE MOST PART, THAT WORKED, DIXON LEADING FOR A RACE-HIGH 27 OF 55 LAPS. HOWEVER, WITH THE END OF THE RACE IN SIGHT AND NO LATE YELLOW FLAG ` WHICH DIXON CRUCIALLY NEEDED ` HE WAS FORCED TO REFUEL AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME. SCOTT DIXON, AS EXPECTED, SHORT AND COMING TO PIT LANE FOR A SPLASH AND DASH. THIS SHOULD MEAN THAT PALOU CAN MAKE IT, COS HE WAS TWO LAPS TO THE GOOD, AND THERE'S TWO LAPS AT THE LINE. MY WORD. DIXON'S TEAMMATE WENT ON TO TAKE THE CHEQUERED FLAG, EXTENDING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO 73 POINTS. DIXON FINISHED NINTH. KIWI STEVE ALKER HAS NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON ANOTHER SENIOR MAJOR GOLF TITLE, LOSING A PLAYOFF AT THE SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. IT CAPPED A SOLID MORNING FOR NEW ZEALAND'S OTHER TOP GOLFERS, WHO BOTH MADE STRONG FINISHES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE EVENTS ON THE PGA AND LPGA TOURS. DAME LYDIA KO SAVED HER BEST TILL LAST AT THE YEAR'S SECOND WOMEN'S MAJOR, SHOOTING A ONE-UNDER 72 IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TO FINISH IN A SHARE OF 12TH. AUSTRALIAN MINJEE LEE WON THE EVENT, HER THIRD MAJOR. MEANTIME, RYAN FOX PRODUCED FOUR BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE OF THE LUCRATIVE TRAVELLERS CHAMPIONSHIP TO STORM UP THE LEADERSHIP AND FINISH IN A SHARE OF 17TH. IT'S FOX'S FOURTH TOP-20 FINISH IN HIS LAST FIVE TOURNAMENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES TWO VICTORIES AND STRONG FINISHES AT TWO MAJORS. OUR GOLFERS JUST SEEM TO BE ON FIRE AT THE MOMENT, DON'T THEY, SAM? I WISH SOME OF THAT GOOD LUCK WOULD RUB OFF ON ME. THEY ARE GOING SO WELL. WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF REFUELLING FOR SCOTT DIXON? MY GOSH. THANKS SO MUCH. THE BIBLE URGES BELIEVERS TO SING PRAISE WITH TRUMPET, LUTE AND HARP, BUT NOTABLY NOT WITH BRAIN WAVES AS AN INSTRUMENT. BUT THAT IS WHAT RECENTLY FILLED THE MAJESTIC DOME OF LONDON'S ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. AS PART OF AN EXPERIMENTAL RECITAL, AN ORGANIST WAS ATTACHED TO A SCANNER, TRANSLATING HIS OWN BRAIN WAVES INTO SOUND WAVES AND MUSIC. ITV'S MARTHA FAIRLIE WAS THERE. (RINGING, ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYS) THERE ARE FEW WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE OTHERWORLDLY SOUNDSCAPE THAT COMES FROM THE MIND OF FRANZ DANKSAGMULLER. HE'S BEEN USING HIS OWN BRAINWAVES TO TURN THE TRADITIONAL SOUNDS OF THE ST PAUL'S ORGAN INTO A HIGH-TECH, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, HE GENERATES AN ELECTRONIC INTERPRETATION OF HIS EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO HIS SURROUNDINGS, SO EVERY PERFORMANCE IS UNIQUE. THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE, AND THIS IS ABOUT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOTIFS I'VE EVER ACHIEVED WITH` WITH` WITH THIS. SO I COULD TELL` I WAS VERY EXCITED. MY BRAIN WAS WORKING. AND YES, SO I NEED THE AUDIENCE. I NEED THE EXCITEMENT FOR MY BRAIN TO BE ACTIVE AND NOT JUST RELAXED AND, LET'S SAY, BORING. THE TECH HE'S DEVELOPED ALLOWS HIM TO ENTER INTO NEW DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC. AND THESE ARE FLEX SENSORS. EACH TIME I BEND MY FINGERS TO A SPECIFIC THRESHOLD, THERE'S A SIGNAL SENT OUT. AND... (OVERLAPPING NOTES RUMBLE) SO I CAN SHAPE THE SOUND WITH MY FINGERS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE SOUNDS YOU'RE GETTING THERE. YES. AND WITH HIS BRAIN SCANNER AND DIGITAL GLOVE, FRANZ HAS REVEALED A NEW SIDE TO THE GRAND ORGAN OF ST PAUL'S. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING WHEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO IT? WELL, I HEAR EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I HEAR... I HEAR THE FUTURE. I HEAR SPACE, I HEAR WHALES, I HEAR... UM, A SORT OF COMBINED MUSIC AND NATURE... I'M REACHING. BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL I'M TRYING TO REACH FOR WORDS HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE QUITE GOT THE VOCABULARY FOR IT YET. THE RESULT IS A FUSION OF MUSIC, PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY DIRECT FROM THE MIND OF THE COMPOSER. WOW. THAT REALLY WAS SOMETHING. LAURA'S HERE ` AND THERE'S SOME HEAVY RAIN COMING? (LAUGHS) YOU WISH YOU WERE THERE, DIDN'T YOU? YES, I AM SO THANKFUL THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS THERE AND DID A STORY ON IT AND WE COULD ENJOY IT HERE IN LITTLE OLD NEW ZEALAND. SO AN EARLY HEADS-UP ` THERE WILL BE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST GALES AND THEN AN ACTIVE FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH TO FRIDAY. SO, SOME WATCHES FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE IN PLACE FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT EXPECT MORE TO BE ADDED. I'LL HAVE TUESDAY'S FORECAST NEXT. AMI HAS BEEN PROTECTING NEW ZEALANDERS, RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE, FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. NAU MAI ANO. LAST WEEK OF TERM TWO AT SCHOOL, AND TOMORROW IS LOOKING LIKE A MOSTLY DRY DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD FROM THE WEST AND SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOMORROW, BRINGING MUCH MORE SETTLED WEATHER FOR MOST AND A NORTHERLY FLOW, SO SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES IN STORE LATER IN THE DAY. A BIT OF CLOUD BUILDING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND, THAT COULD BRING AN EVENING SHOWER FOR SOME. ON THE EAST SIDE, THE SKIES ARE LOOKING A LOT CLEARER, SO SOME FROSTY STARTS AGAIN FOR YOU. IN TE IKA-A-MAUI, THE NORTH ISLAND, THERE COULD BE SOME SHOWERS FOR THE VERY TOP OF THE ISLAND AND SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR MANY AREAS, BUT THE AFTERNOONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE A LOT BRIGHTER, WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED FOR MOST. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF A SHOWER FOR NORTHLAND. SOME MORNING CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE THAT SHOULD CLEAR EARLY, MORE LIKE THE AFTERNOON FOR AUCKLAND. A FROSTY START FOR SOME HERE, AND THEN SOME CLOUD ABOUT. WHAKATANE SHOULD STAY FINE UNTIL THE EVENING BEFORE THE CLOUD ARRIVES. A MINUS-2 START FOR MASTERTON, AND PRETTY COLD FOR ALL, ACTUALLY. THEN A MOSTLY CLEAR DAY WITH NORTHERLIES OR NORWESTERS RAMPING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. QUITE CLOUDY FOR MOST HERE. PALMERSTON NORTH COULD GET A LIGHT MORNING SHOWER. AND THE FINE SPELLS WILL INCREASE FROM MIDDAY FOR ALL. WELLINGTON COULD GET SOME SHOWERS HEADING INTO THE NIGHT. A FINE TUESDAY FOR NELSON; SOME CLOUD AROUND FOR EVERYONE ELSE. IT SHOULD REMAIN DRY FOR MOST OF THE DAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS EXPECTED IN THE EVENING. ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT AHEAD AND A FINE AND FROSTY START FOR ALL. CLEAR BRIGHT SKIES, SOME VARIABLE HIGH CLOUD AT TIMES. AND FROSTS RETURNING IN THE EVENING FROM CANTERBURY SOUTH. FROSTS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE DAY FOR CENTRAL OTAGO. AND A SUNNY DAY AND HIGH CLOUD FOR MANY AREAS. LET'S LOOK AT OUR MAIN CENTRES NOW. A CLEAR DAY FOR OTEPOTI DUNEDIN ` NORTHERLIES WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE AFTERNOON, AND YOU'LL GET TO 12 TOMORROW. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH ` FINE WITH AREAS OF MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. NORTHERLIES IN THE MORNING AND SOME HIGH CLOUD AT TIMES. 11 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA WELLINGTON, SOME EARLY CLOUD, BUT THE FINE SPELLS WILL INCREASE. NORTHERLIES RAMPING UP FROM THE AFTERNOON, AND ONE OR TWO SHOWERS DEVELOPING AT NIGHT. TE MATAU-A-MAUI HAWKE'S BAY ` EARLY FROST AND THEN A FINE TUESDAY. JUST SOME NORTHERLIES FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 15 DEGREES FOR BOTH CENTRES. TAURANGA ` THE MORNING CLOUD WILL CLEAR TO A FINE DAY WITH THE SOUWESTERS EASING EARLY ON TOO. 16 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` EARLY FOG AND SOME FROST, AND THEN A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. 15 DEGREES. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` SOUWESTERS EASING IN THE MORNING, AND THEN OFTEN CLOUDY FOR YOU TOO, BUT THERE WILL BE BURSTS OF FINE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERSEAS NOW ` LOTS OF SHOWERS FOR THE BOTTOM EASTERN COAST AND AROUND TO MELBOURNE AND HOBART TOO. IN THE PACIFIC, THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIJI, AND THEN MOSTLY SHOWERY FOR OTHER ISLANDS ` FINE FOR THE COOK ISLANDS. BACK HOME ` MIDWEEK IS LOOKING MAINLY FINE IN THE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH AND WEST. THAT WILL CRANK UP TO RAIN ON THURSDAY, WITH CLOUD INCREASING ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. AND NORTHERLIES WILL RISE TO GALE IN EXPOSED PLACES. FRIDAY WILL BE WET, HEAVY FALLS SPREADING EAST. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, MOSTLY CLOUDY ON WEDNESDAY. SOME RAIN IN THE WEST AND NORTH THAT WILL BE HEAVY IN FIORDLAND AND WESTLAND. THURSDAY, THE RAIN WILL EASE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH, AND THE GALE NORWESTERS WILL EASE TOO. THEN FRIDAY WILL HAVE HEAVY FALLS, EASING IN THE SOUTH. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. AND A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN PORIRUA. LOOKS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON stuff.co.nz. I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. POMARIE, I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JASON CONRAN AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025