TRUMP SAYS ISRAEL AND IRAN HAVE AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE AFTER IRAN ATTACKED A U.S. AIR BASE IN QATAR. SO IS THIS THE END OF HOSTILITIES? A NEW ZEALANDER WHO WAS IN IRAN TELLS US ABOUT HER ESCAPE ` AND WHY IT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE SHE MAKES IT HOME. ANTI-WAR PROTESTS OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT ` AND INSIDE, LABOUR WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN AMERICA'S ATTACK ON IRAN. AND LATER ` HALFWAY TO THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE ` WE'VE GOT THE FIRST SNAPS FROM THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CAMERA. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI ` WELCOME TO THREENEWS. AS WE COME TO AIR TONIGHT, IT APPEARS A CEASEFIRE HAS BEGUN IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER A FINAL IRANIAN STRIKE KILLED FOUR PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL THIS AFTERNOON. A FAST-MOVING DAY OF HIGH DRAMA AND DEEP CONFUSION STARTED WITH IRAN ATTACKING A U.S. AIRBASE IN QATAR ` BUT ONLY AFTER WARNING QATAR IT WAS COMING. DONALD TRUMP DESCRIBED IT AS 'A VERY WEAK' RESPONSE BUT THANKED IRAN FOR THE HEADS-UP. THEN, JUST HOURS LATER, HE WAS BACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS TIME ANNOUNCING ISRAEL AND IRAN HAD AGREED TO A 'COMPLETE AND TOTAL' CEASEFIRE. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER HAS THE LATEST. LIKE SHOOTING STARS OF TERROR ` QATAR WAS SUDDENLY, TEMPORARILY, DRAWN INTO WAR. THE IRANIANS DUBBED IT 'OPERATION ANNUNCIATION OF VICTORY' ` ORDERING REVENGE ON THE U.S. FOLLOWING THE WEEKEND STRIKES, SENDING 14 BALLISTIC MISSILES TO AMERICA'S LARGEST MIDDLE EASTERN BASE, IN QATAR. I SAW THESE MISSILES IN THE SKY, AND THEY WERE BEING INTERCEPTED, AND THE BANGING ` LIKE, IT'S A REALLY LOUD BANG, AND IT'S TERRIFYING. LIKE, I... I'M NOT USED TO THAT SORT OF THING, SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY TERRIFYING. LIKE, ALL I CAN DESCRIBE` AND THERE WAS PAN` I PANICKED. AND I'M SHAKING` I'M STILL SHAKING A LITTLE BIT. AUCKLANDER CATHERINE HALLINAN WAS AMONG THOSE WHO STARED IN HORROR AS DOHA'S NIGHT SKY BURST ALIVE WITH INTERCEPTIONS. (CLAMOURING) IRANIANS HAD WARNED QATARI OFFICIALS OF THE PLAN, BUT THE PUBLIC WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. IT'S LIKE, 'OH MY GOD.' IT REALLY MAKES ME WANNA COME HOME, YOU KNOW? HALLINAN HAS LIVED IN QATAR FOR 12 YEARS AND IS NOW FRANTICALLY TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER HER SHATTERED SENSE OF SAFETY. THE INITIAL BURST OF MISSILES ` THAT WAS, LIKE, ABOUT 15 MINUTES, BUT I` MY SENSE OF TIME WASN'T GOOD, I THINK, COS I WAS LIKE, 'HOLY SH... HOLY CRAP!' YOU KNOW, 'THIS IS...' I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I COULDN'T` IT WAS JUST SO SHOCKING. JUST A MONTH AGO, DONALD TRUMP VISITED THE BASE IN QATAR. I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL HELLO TO AL UDEID AIR BASE. TODAY HE DESCRIBED THE STRIKE AS 'A VERY WEAK' RESPONSE BUT THANKED IRAN FOR GIVING EARLY NOTICE. THE AIR DEFENCES WELL-POSITIONED TO DO THEIR JOB; THE BASE SURVIVED UNSCATHED, AND NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT JUST AS THIS CONFLICT THREATENED TO SPREAD, THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION PROMISED PEACE. TRUMP BEGAN HIS VICTORY LAP WITH THIS POST, ANNOUNCING THAT 'A COMPLETE AND TOTAL CEASEFIRE' HAD BEEN AGREED AND THAT 'THE WAR WILL BE CONSIDERED ENDED'. THE IRANIAN STATE MEDIA DELIVERED THE NEWS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY, CLAIMING TRUMP HAD REQUESTED THE CEASEFIRE IN A 'BEGGING-LIKE MANNER'. (MISSILES BOOM, PEOPLE SCREAM) IN THE FINAL HOURS OF WHAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS NOW DUBBED 'THE 12-DAY WAR', BOTH IRAN AND ISRAEL FOUGHT TO HAVE THE LAST SAY. (BOOM! CAR ALARM BLARES) IRANIAN MISSILES WERE SPRAYED ACROSS ISRAEL, THE FIREPOWER REBOUNDING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY; TEHRAN ENDURING ONE OF ITS WORST 24 HOURS. (DISTANT BOOM) ISRAEL CLAIMS TO HAVE KILLED 100 MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IN A SINGLE HIT, AND SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM AN EARLIER ATTACK SHOWS THE FRONT BEING BLOWN OFF THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON IN TEHRAN, WHERE THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HOLDS ITS OPPONENTS AND CRITICS IN BRUTAL CONDITIONS. (AIR-RAID SIRENS WAIL) THESE IMAGES SHOULD BE THE LAST OF THEIR KIND IF TRUMP IS PROVEN RIGHT, PROMISING TONIGHT THAT THE CEASEFIRE WILL 'LAST FOREVER'. HIS HIGH-RISK GAMBLE HAS PAID OFF ` FOR NOW, BUT THE SELF-NAMED 'PEACEMAKER PRESIDENT' IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF SECURING WORLD PEACE. LISETTE, IS THE CEASEFIRE HOLDING? TRUMP THINKS IT WILL LAST FOREVER. FOR NOW, IT IS HOLDING. TRUMP HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THAT THE CEASEFIRE IS IN EFFECT. HE HAS ALSO ADDED PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATED. AMERICA HAS DECLARED IT AND IRAN HAS AGREED. BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ISRAEL. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAVE FORMALLY ACCEPTED THE CEASEFIRE AND THE TERMS OF IT. OBVIOUSLY, PEACE AND REPAIR AS A POSITIVE THING, BUT THERE WAS A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE DONALD TRUMP CAN TALK THIS UP AS A SUCCESS. CRITICALLY, AMERICA NEEDS TO KEEP A NUCLEAR WEAPON OUT OF ARABIAN HANDS. WE DON'T KNOW YET DESPITE A TRUMP CLAIMING IT WAS AN ALLITERATION WE DON'T HAVE PROOF OF THAT. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IRAN DID MANAGE TO REMOVE THOSE STOCKS PRE-EMPTING AN ATTACK. INDEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. A NEW ZEALANDER WHO SPENT THREE DAYS ESCAPING IRAN HAS TOLD THREENEWS OF HER STRESSFUL AND FRIGHTENING ORDEAL. THE AUCKLANDER, WHO WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS MARYAM, IS NOW IN A HOTEL IN ISTANBUL BUT STILL CAN'T GET A FLIGHT BACK TO NEW ZEALAND FOR HERSELF AND HER FIANCE. SHE TOLD SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY THAT THE FULL IMPACT OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS HASN'T SUNK IN YET. (MISSILE WHOOSHES, BOOM!) AS THE FIRST ISRAELI BOMBS EXPLODED IN TEHRAN NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, MARYAM AND HER FAMILY BEGAN TRYING TO GET OUT. (BOOM!) AS THE DAYS WENT ON, IT GOT HARDER AND HARDER, AND IT CAME TO THE POINT WHERE WE THOUGHT... WE ACTUALLY GAVE UP FOR A FEW DAYS TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT. UM, BUT MY PARTNER WAS QUITE, UH... YEAH, HE WAS REALLY KEEN ON JUST GETTING OUT. THE KIWI-IRANIAN, WHO HASN'T SLEPT PROPERLY IN WEEKS, ENDED UP ON A THREE-DAY MISSION TO ESCAPE THE CONFLICT ZONE. JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO THE BORDER, WE PASSED A CITY CALLED TABRIZ, AND AS SOON AS WE PASSED IT, IT GOT HIT. SO IT WAS JUST CONSTANT FEAR OF, 'WHERE IS IT GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?' A FAMILY MEMBER DROVE HER, HER FIANCE AND HER MUM 15 HOURS TO THE TURKISH BORDER; THE FINAL LEG A GRUELLING 26-HOUR BUS RIDE TO ISTANBUL, WHERE THEY REMAIN. THE MOST DIFFICULT PART WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT FAMILY BACK HOME, JUST THINKING ABOUT MY COUNTRY. SHE SAYS PEOPLE STILL IN IRAN LIVE WITH CONSTANT WORRY. PEOPLE ARE JUST IN FEAR ALL THE TIME. LIKE, WE WERE EVEN JOKING TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE SAYING, 'HAVE THIS MEAL ` MIGHT BE YOUR LAST.' THERE ARE NOW 135 NEW ZEALANDERS REGISTERED AS BEING IN IRAN, AND A FURTHER 115 IN ISRAEL. DEFENCE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS SAYS THE HERCULES AND NZDF PERSONNEL ARE STILL EN ROUTE TO THE REGION, BUT MARYAM SAYS THAT'S NOT THE HELP THAT'S NEEDED. HERCULES IS NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING. ONCE THE AIRSPACE OPENS, OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE ARE GONNA FLY OUT WITH THE FIRST TICKET THEY CAN GET. HERCULES IS NOT HELPFUL. BUT WHAT THEY CAN DO IS HIRE A TAXI, FIND WAYS FOR THEM TO GET OUT THROUGH THE BORDERS. COLLINS INSISTS IT'S THE BEST PLAN. I THINK ONCE THE ONCE THEY'RE THERE, WE CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY. THAT'S THE POINT OF BEING BASED THERE. BUT OF COURSE, THE POINT IS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN TOLD FOR QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. WHILE SOME ARE TRYING TO GET HOME, AUCKLAND AIRPORT THIS MORNING FILLED WITH OTHERS STILL FLYING TO OR THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. MISSILES FLUNG INTO THE U.S. MILITARY BASE, RIGHT? SO... YEAH, KINDA DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, SO... WHETHER WE GET A FLIGHT TO DOHA TODAY OR NOT. WE'RE ALWAYS A BIT CAUTIOUS, EH. I WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE WORRIED THAN MY WIFE AND SON, BUT... WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THINGS WILL BE DONE SENSIBLY, SO WE... OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WERE TOO WORRIED, WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING ON THE PLANE. ALL MARYAM WANTS TO DO IS GET ON A FLIGHT HOME, BUT THEY'RE YET TO SECURE A BOOKING. SHE SAYS THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IS YET TO HIT HER. I AM EXHAUSTED, BUT MENTALLY, UM... I THINK IT STILL HASN'T SET IN WHAT HAS HAPPENED, COS I WAS JUST IN FLIGHT MODE. NOW SAFELY ACROSS THE BORDER ` BUT STILL STUCK IN LIMBO. PASSIONS RAN HIGH BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TODAY AS THE WAR DOMINATED THE POLITICAL AGENDA. DESPITE TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CEASEFIRE, THE OPPOSITION IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO CONDEMN AMERICA'S ATTACK ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES, WHICH LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS HAS DESCRIBED AS 'CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW'. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL HAS THE LATEST. 'NO WAR ON IRAN' ` THE MESSAGE FROM DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING... ON THE DAY THAT WE HEARD THAT IRAN HAD BEEN BOMBED BY THE U.S., WE WERE COMPLETELY HORRIFIED. ...PROTESTING THE UNITED STATES' SURPRISE ATTACK ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES TWO DAYS AGO. TRUMP IS BEHAVING LIKE A BULLY. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW. THE OPPOSITION AGREES. THE UNITED STATES' STRIKES ON IRAN ARE CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL LAW. THEY HAVEN'T MADE THE CASE THAT THEY WERE UNDER IMMINENT THREAT. I THINK IT'S A PRINCIPLED POSITION THAT NEW ZEALAND COULD TAKE AND SHOULD TAKE. THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL HAS CALLED OUT AMERICA'S ATTACK. THE BOMBING OF IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES BY THE UNITED STATES MARKS A PERILOUS TURN IN A REGION THAT IS ALREADY REELING. AND THE GREENS WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THE SAME. WHEN THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL WAS QUICK OFF THE MARK TO CONDEMN THE DANGEROUS ESCALATION, TO CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THE U.S., THEN WE WOULD EXPECT THAT FROM OUR GOVERNMENT. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNITED STATES, WHO'VE SAID THAT THEY RESPONDED LEGALLY; THIS IS COLLECTIVE DEFENCE, IN THEIR VIEW ` WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND WE DON'T TAKE A VIEW ON IT. THE OPPOSITION INSPIRED BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK, WHO IN 2003 CRITICISED THE U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ AND REFUSED TO SEND NEW ZEALAND COMBAT TROOPS. WE WERE TOLD THEN NEW ZEALAND SHOULD STAY SILENT. WE WERE TOLD THEN THAT IT WAS IN OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. WE DIDN'T, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT LEGALITY MATTERS. UNLIKE SOME, WE WAIT TILL WE GET THE EVIDENCE. WILL THE MINISTER CONDEMN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES' ILLEGAL STRIKES ON IRAN? I HAVE TO SAY ` WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROXIES FOR IRAN THAT HAVE COMMITTED SO MUCH TERRORISM AND THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES ` HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, THE HOUTHIS... WITH RESPECT TO IRAN, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THE GREENS HAVE BEEN NOT A SYLLABLE, NOT A SOUND, NOT A MUTTER, NOT A MURMUR ` NO CONDEMNATION WHATSOEVER. HAVE YOU HAD ANY ADVICE ON WHETHER THE U.S. ATTACK WAS LEGAL? WELL, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ADVICE OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS, COMMENTED ON A VARIETY OF ANGLES. BUT, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF ARE WE GETTING A LEGAL OPINION ON IT? UH, NO, NOT AT THIS POINT. SO NO CLOSER TO A CONSENSUS ON WHETHER THE U.S. COMMITTED ILLEGAL AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN. SO, ZANE, THE GOVERNMENT IS TREADING CAREFULLY ON THIS ISSUE? VERY MUCH SO. THE FOREIGN MINISTER IN HIS SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT TODAY SAID TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS NOT BLACK OR WHITE AND SUGGESTED THAT THE OPPOSITION SHOULD PAUSE TO REFLECT ON WHETHER THEY ARE SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON OR SIMPLY VIRTUE SIGNALLING. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A CLEAR POSITION ON THE UNITED STATES STRIKES. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE IS IN FAVOUR OF ACTION TO PREVENT IRAN GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I REACHED OUT TO THE US EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON TODAY TO SEE IF THE AMERICANS HAD ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT BEING ACCUSED BY THE OPPOSITION OF BREACHING INTERNATIONAL LAW. I WAS TOLD THE EMBASSY HAS NO RESPONSE AT THIS TIME. THANKS, ZANE. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO PROFESSOR SHAHRAM AKBARZADEH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES FORUM AT MELBOURNE'S DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, AND BEGAN BY ASKING HIM IF, GIVEN THE VERY FLUID AND VOLATILE SITUATION, HE THINKS A CEASEFIRE WILL HOLD. UM, LET'S HOPE THAT IT DOES HOLD. FROM THE IRANIAN POINT OF VIEW, THIS MIGHT OFFER A WAY TO SAVE FACE AND STOP THE CONFLICT. BECAUSE IRAN, AS YOU WILL RECALL, WAS INVOLVED IN A NUCLEAR TALK, DISCUSSION, WITH THE UNITED STATES WHEN IT WAS ATTACKED, AND IRAN DID NOT SEEK TO HAVE WAR WITH ISRAEL OR WITH THE UNITED STATES. SO IRAN WAS PUT IN A BIND WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR ANY GOVERNMENT, REALLY. BUT A CEASEFIRE IS A WAY OUT FOR IRAN, SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL HOLD. HOW WELL CALIBRATED WAS THIS RETALIATION THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY BY IRAN AGAINST THE U.S. AIR BASE IN QATAR? AS YOU SAY, SAVING FACE IS VERY IMPORTANT; WAS THIS A WAY TO DO THAT WITHOUT FURTHER ESCALATING THE HOSTILITIES? VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IRAN FELT THAT IT DID HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE U.S. BOMBING OF ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES ` THAT COULD NOT GO UNPUNISHED WITHOUT A RESPONSE FROM IRAN. SO IRAN HAS TRIED TO... BASICALLY MITIGATE RISK OF ESCALATION BY PROVIDING ADVANCE WARNING TO THE UNITED STATES TO LET THEM KNOW THIS WAS COMING AND THEN HIT THE BASE IN QATAR. IT IS A RISKY MOVE, BECAUSE NOW RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND QATAR ARE GOING DOWNHILL, AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. SO IRAN IS RISKING ALIENATING ITS NEIGHBOURS, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE PRICE FOR IRAN TO PAY, BECAUSE IT REALLY FELT IT HAD TO RESPOND TO THE UNITED STATES. IS IT AT ALL POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD BE ONE AND DONE FOR AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HOSTILITIES WITH IRAN? OR DO YOU THINK THAT IF THE CEASEFIRE DOESN'T HOLD, THAT INEVITABLY AMERICA WILL BE DRAWN BACK IN? WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE IRONY OF THE SITUATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME TO OFFICE WITH THE PROMISE OF ENDING WARS. EVEN WHEN, UH, ISRAEL... ATTACKED IRAN, THE INITIAL RESPONSE BY THE UNITED STATES WAS THAT, 'OH, WE DIDN'T KNOW. THIS WAS A UNILATERAL ISRAELI ATTACK. 'WE DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED.' UM, BUT THE UNITED STATES IS AN ALLY OF ISRAEL, IS COMMITTED TO ISRAEL'S DEFENCE, AND THE U.S. WAS DRAGGED INTO THE CONFLICT. IT WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE. SO IF THIS CEASEFIRE DOESN'T HOLD, I THINK THERE IS SERIOUS RISK THAT, UM, WAR WILL CONTINUE AND THE U.S. WILL BE DRAGGED INTO IT AND THIS WILL BE TRUMP'S LEGACY, AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TRUMP IS TRYING TO AVOID. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF AMERICA'S ATTACK ON IRAN? AND ALSO, FURTHERMORE, WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE UNITED NATIONS' ABILITY TO PREVENT OTHER SUPERPOWERS FROM TAKING UNILATERAL ACTION LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE? AMAZING. AMAZING QUESTION. THIS IS EXACTLY RIGHT ` THE U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN WAS ILLEGAL. THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT COMING FROM IRAN TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES. IN FACT, IRAN HAD WARNED THE UNITED STATES NOT TO ENTER THE WAR ON THE SIDE OF ISRAEL. SO THERE WAS NO THREAT COMING FROM IRAN TO THE UNITED STATES; THERE WAS NO IMMINENT DANGER. THE U.S. CHOSE TO ENTER THE WAR. UM, THAT MAKES THE WAR` THAT MAKES THE U.S. ACTION ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A MATTER OF SELF-DEFENCE. AND IT DOES REALLY DISCREDIT THE WHOLE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER MEETING, AND NO ONE IS REALLY PREPARED TO STAND UP TO THE UNITED STATES AND CONDEMN IT AND HOLD THE U.S. ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTION ` AND, FOR THAT MATTER, ISRAEL, FOR ITS ASSAULT ON IRAN. PROFESSOR SHAHRAM AKBARZADEH FROM MELBOURNE'S DEAKIN UNIVERSITY. IMOGEN'S HERE WITH A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. AND IT WAS COLD! SAM, IF THERE WAS A MORNING TO RUG UP WARM, IT WAS TODAY, WITH PLENTY OF SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES. LOOK AT THIS THERMAL MAP ` THAT IS A LOT OF BLUE. TODAY'S COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS -5.6 ` THAT WAS IN TWIZEL. I'M CHILLY JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT. NOW, FROM TOMORROW, WE'RE IN FOR SOME WET AND WINDY WEATHER ` I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. THANKS SO MUCH, IMO. JUST AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` WHILE THE WORLD'S ATTENTION HAS BEEN DIVERTED, THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA DEEPENS BY THE DAY. THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE UNIVERSE TAKEN BY THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DIGITAL CAMERA ARE RELEASED, SHOWING DETAIL NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND LATER ` THE THIRD AND POSSIBLY FINAL SERIES OF SQUID GAMES IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED; WE SEE THE PERSONAL TOLL IT'S TAKEN ON THE DIRECTOR AND WRITER BEHIND THE GROUNDBREAKING SHOW. WELCOME BACK. AND A WARNING ` THERE ARE DISTRESSING IMAGES IN THIS NEXT REPORT. WHILE THE WORLD'S ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE CONFLICT IN IRAN, THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA IS GROWING BY THE DAY. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE HAVE DIED TRYING TO ACCESS FOOD AID IN THE PAST MONTH ALONE. THEY DESCRIBE THE SITUATION AS 'A DEATH SENTENCE 'FOR PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE'. CHANNEL FOUR'S SECUNDER KERMANI REPORTS. (SIREN WAILS, CAR HORN BLARES) THEY CAME HOPING TO COLLECT FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES; THEY LEFT CARTING AWAY THE DEAD. A MAN'S BODY COVERED BY THE EMPTY CARDBOARD BOX OF AID HE WANTED TO TAKE HOME. (SHOUTS IN ARABIC) 'PEOPLE CAME HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE HUNGRY,' HE SAYS, 'BUT THE ISRAELI ARMY STARTED FIRING BULLETS AND SHELLS AT THEM.' IT'S AN ALMOST DAILY TRAGEDY ` PALESTINIANS GUNNED DOWN WHILST DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR FOOD. THIS TIME, IT WASN'T OUTSIDE THE NEW ISRAELI- AND U.S.-BACKED GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION SITES... (TRUCK HORN BLARES) ...BUT IN THE NORTH, WHERE A LIMITED NUMBER OF U.N. AND OTHER TRUCKS ARE AT TIMES ALLOWED TO ENTER BY ISRAEL. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING JUST TO GET A BITE OF FOOD. WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE SEEING PEOPLE DIE IN FRONT OF US? THE U.N. SAYS GAZA'S ENTIRE POPULATION IS AT RISK OF FAMINE. AND IN THESE REAL-LIFE HUNGER GAMES, THE STRONGEST PUSH THEIR WAY TO THE FRONT; OTHERS LEFT BEHIND. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: I CAME TO GET FOOD TO FEED MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND BRING THEM WHAT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED HERE, BUT I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THIS ONE ATTACK. THE ISRAELI ARMY HAD NO COMMENT. YOU WONDER HOW ANYONE HAS TEARS LEFT AMIDST SUCH GRIEF. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'HE WAS JUST AN INNOCENT CHILD,' CRIES THIS GRANDFATHER. 'WHERE IS THE HUMANITY?' PRIOR TO THE WAR WITH IRAN, INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OF ISRAEL'S ACTIONS HERE HAD BEEN GROWING. TODAY, THE EU DEBATED SUSPENDING THE PACT THAT GOVERNS THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL, THOUGH THAT'S UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN. ISRAELI OFFICIALS DENY DELIBERATELY STARVING GAZANS, BUT VISITING THE BESIEGED STRIP, THE LOCAL HEAD OF THE U.N.'S HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE WAS DAMNING OF ISRAEL'S ACTIONS. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS CARNAGE. IT IS WEAPONISED HUNGER, IT IS FORCED DISPLACEMENT, AND IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE FOR PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE. ALL OF THIS COMBINED ` IT APPEARS TO BE THE ERASURE OF PALESTINIAN LIFE FROM GAZA. PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO FLEE MORE THAN 80% OF GAZA FOR THE SUPPOSEDLY SAFER TENT CAMPS OF AL-MAWASI, BY THE COAST. LAST NIGHT, AN ISRAELI STRIKE HIT HERE TOO. THE WORLD MAY BE MORE FOCUSED ON THE WAR WITH IRAN, BUT HOW CAN WE ALLOW SUCH IMMENSE SUFFERING IN GAZA TO BE FORGOTTEN? AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED IN A RUSSIAN MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK IN THE KYIV REGION. AUTHORITIES SAY RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND HOSPITALS WERE AMONG THE TARGETS. SIX OF THE VICTIMS WERE KILLED IN A HIGH-RISE BUILDING IN THE CAPITAL. ACCORDING TO UKRAINE'S AIR FORCE, THE BARRAGE INCLUDED 352 DRONES AND 16 MISSILES. HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AT A PROPERTY ON WELLINGTON'S SOUTH COAST. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE REMAINS WERE FOUND BY THE OWNER OF THIS HOUSE IN OWHIRO BAY WHILE THEY WERE GARDENING AT THE WEEKEND. AN INVESTIGATION'S NOW UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE HOW OLD THEY ARE, AND FORMAL IDENTIFICATION COULD TAKE SOME TIME. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS BEING URGED TO CONTACT POLICE. THE MAN CONVICTED OF HAVING A SECRET SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A 13-YEAR-OLD WHILE FIGHTING TO KEEP HIS NAME SUPPRESSED IS APPEALING HIS JAIL SENTENCE. LUCA FAIRGRAY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THREE CHARGES OF SEXUAL CONNECTION WITH A YOUNG PERSON AND SUPPLYING CANNABIS TO THE GIRL. HE'S SERVING A FOUR-AND-A-HALF-YEAR PRISON TERM. TODAY, FAIRGRAY APPEALED HIS SENTENCE TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, ARGUING IT WAS 'MANIFESTLY EXCESSIVE'. THE COURT HAS RESERVED ITS DECISION. WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY IS THE FIRST REAL GLIMPSE OF THE COSMOS HAS BEEN REVEALED IN PICTURES FROM THE BIGGEST DIGITAL CAMERA EVER BUILT. THE VERA C RUBIN OBSERVATORY HAS BEEN BUILT ON A MOUNTAINTOP IN CHILE IN ORDER TO GET A DEEPER LOOK AT THE NIGHT SKY. THE FIRST PICTURES SHOW MULTIPLE GALAXIES, COLOURFUL NEBULAS, AND STARS. THE IMAGES FEATURE THE VIBRANT TRIFID AND LAGOON NEBULAS LOCATED THOUSANDS OF LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH. A LIGHT YEAR IS NEARLY 9 TRILLION KILOMETRES. A GAGGLE OF GALAXIES KNOWN AS THE VIRGO CLUSTER HAVE ALSO BEEN CAPTURED, INCLUDING TWO BRIGHT BLUE SPIRALS. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` WHY DIAGNOSING AND MEDICATING KIWIS WITH ADHD IS ABOUT TO GET CHEAPER AND EASIER. THE GROUNDBREAKING AND RECORD-BREAKING SHOW SQUID GAME IS COMING TO AN END ` WE SEE WHY IT'S HAD SUCH AN IMPACT. AND LATER, IN SPORT ` THE UPS AND DOWNS OF QUINN TUPAEA'S JOURNEY BACK TO THE ALL BLACKS. VOICEOVER: From simplicity comes invention. Cheese meets dough a timeless dance imagined anew. The new cheese-encrusted triple cheese stuffed crust. Only at Pizza Hut. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP SAYS A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN IS NOW IN EFFECT, ENDING WHAT HE'S CALLING 'THE 12-DAY WAR'. THE CEASEFIRE CAME AFTER IRAN LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON AN AMERICAN BASE IN QATAR. IRAN HAD WARNED QATAR, AND THE MISSILES WERE INTERCEPTED, WITH NO CASUALTIES REPORTED. PROTESTERS AND OPPOSITION MPS HAVE CONDEMNED THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO AMERICA'S ATTACK ON NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN, SAYING IT BREACHED INTERNATIONAL LAW. FROM NEXT YEAR, GPs AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS WILL BE ABLE TO START MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ADULTS WITH ADHD. CURRENTLY, GPs AND NURSES CAN ONLY PRESCRIBE ADHD MEDICINE ON A WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION FROM A PSYCHIATRIST OR AFTER SOMEONE HAS ALREADY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CONDITION. MEDSAFE SAYS THE CHANGE WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO ADHD TREATMENT FOR THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION, IT WAS DECIDED TO PUSH BACK THE START DATE TO NEXT FEBRUARY OVER CONCERNS ABOUT SUPPLY ISSUES AND TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR TRAINING. AG-TECH COMPANY HALTER IS THE LATEST KIWI COMPANY TO BECOME A UNICORN ` AN UNLISTED START-UP VALUED AT 1 BILLION USD. HALTER IS A VIRTUAL FENCING SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF SOLAR-POWERED COLLARS LINKED TO AN APP WHICH ALLOWS FARMERS TO MOVE HERDS OF CATTLE. IT ALSO MONITORS THE ANIMALS' HEALTH. IT'S JUST RAISED $165m IN AN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FUNDING ROUND. THE COMPANY WAS STARTED IN 2016, WHEN FOUNDERS CRAIG PIGGOTT AND MAX OLSEN WERE STILL AT UNIVERSITY. A WINGSUIT FLYER HAS BEEN KILLED DURING A BASE JUMP IN THE SWISS ALPS. LIAM BYRNE (24), A BRITISH CHAMPION IN THE SPORT, DIED AFTER HE AND TWO OTHERS LAUNCHED A JUMP FROM AROUND 2400m IN CENTRAL SWITZERLAND. HIS FAMILY HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR SON'S BOLD SPIRIT AND KIND HEART, SAYING HE FELT MOST ALIVE WHEN HE WAS BASE JUMPING. SCIENTISTS HAVE REVEALED THE NUMBER OF EMPEROR PENGUINS IS DECLINING QUICKER THAN FEARED. THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION IS MONITORED BY TRACKING PENGUIN POO FROM SPACE. EMPEROR PENGUINS REQUIRE SEA ICE TO STAY FROZEN FOR TWO-THIRDS OF THE YEAR SO THEY CAN BREED. ITV'S MARTIN STEW REPORTS. AS GRACEFUL THROUGH THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AS THEY ARE CUTE ON LAND, THEY'VE EVOLVED TO WEATHER TEMPERATURES DOWN TO MINUS-60, SHIELDING CHICKS FROM ANTARCTIC BLIZZARDS. WHAT THEY CAN'T COPE WITH OR CONTROL IS THE WARMING OCEAN. THESE EMPERORS ARE THE LARGEST TYPE OF PENGUIN. THEY CAN WEIGH UP TO 45kg. BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM ` THEY CAN'T BREED ON THE LAND. THEY NEED SEA ICE, AND THAT IS SHRINKING FAST. IT NEEDS TO STAY FROZEN AND STABLE FOR AT LEAST EIGHT MONTHS. IF THE ICE STARTS TO BREAK UP BEFORE THE CHICKS ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO SWIM, THEY'LL DROWN. (CHICKS PEEP) HOW SAD WOULD IT BE IF WE LOST THESE GUYS? I THINK IT'D BE CATASTROPHIC. THEY'RE JUST SO CHARISMATIC, YOU KNOW, THE EMPEROR BEING AN ICONIC SPECIES. THIS PENGUIN HAS BECOME SEPARATED FROM HIS COLONY. MOST LIVE SO REMOTELY, THE ONLY WAY TO MONITOR THEM IS FROM SPACE BY STUDYING THE TELL-TALE STAINING ON THE ICE FROM PENGUIN POO. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY LARGE DECREASE. PETER FRETWELL HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON NUMBERS, AND NEWS IS EVEN WORSE THAN FEARED. THEIR POPULATIONS HAVE DECREASED BY AROUND 22% OVER A SECTOR OF ANTARCTICA, WHICH CONTAINS ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL THE EMPEROR PENGUINS. THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE AS FAST AS MODELLING DONE ACROSS THE WHOLE CONTINENT JUST SEVEN YEARS AGO. THIS IS VERY WORRYING, BECAUSE OUR PREDICTIONS OF THEIR FUTURE ARE QUITE DIRE ANYWAY. WE'RE PREDICTING THAT THERE'LL BE VERY, VERY FEW LEFT BY THE END OF THE CENTURY. SO TO SEE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVEN WORSE THAN THAT IS QUITE AN EYE-OPENER, REALLY. (ADULT PENGUINS CAW) EVEN IN AREAS WHERE SEA ICE HAS HELD FIRM, IT APPEARS STORMS, RAINFALL AND GREATER EXPOSURE TO PREDATORS LIKE ORCA HAS HIT COLONIES TOO. AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY THREATS. THESE ARE GENTOO PENGUINS ` UNLIKE EMPERORS, THEY DON'T NEED SEA ICE TO BREED. BUT THEY DO HAVE A CHALLENGE THEY'RE FACING ` BIRD FLU. IT'S COME TO ANTARCTICA. AT THE MOMENT, FORTUNATELY, MORTALITY RATES IN BIRDS ARE LOW. YOU DON'T NEED TO LOOK FAR TO SEE SPECIES SUCCEEDING WHEN ALLOWED, HAVING BEEN HUNTED TO NEAR EXTINCTION FOR THEIR PELTS, FURRY SEALS ARE ROARING BACK, PROOF NATURE FINDS A WAY, EVEN IN THIS BRUTAL ENVIRONMENT, IF WE GIVE IT A CHANCE. THE THIRD AND, WE'RE TOLD, FINAL SEASON OF NETFLIX'S MOST-WATCHED SERIES IS RELEASED THIS WEEK. SQUID GAME HAS NOT ONLY CHANGED THE WAY SHOWS ARE MADE, IT ALSO PROMPTED A SURGE IN PEOPLE WANTING TO LEARN KOREAN. BUT AS THE DIRECTOR AND WRITER TOLD ITV'S RISHI DAVDA, ITS SUCCESS CAME AT A PERSONAL COST, AND EVEN A FEW LOST TEETH. (PA PLAYS CHILD SINGING IN KOREAN) (SHOUTS IN KOREAN) WHEN CHILDREN PLAY, IT'S USUALLY JUST BRAGGING RIGHTS UP FOR GRABS, BUT SQUID GAME RAISED THE STAKES TO LIFE OR DEATH. (GLASS SHATTERS) (PLUMMETING SCREAM) THE FICTIONAL THRILLER PITS HUNDREDS OF INDEBTED INDIVIDUALS AGAINST EACH OTHER WITH THE PROMISE OF GREAT WEALTH ` A JACKPOT WHICH INCREASES AS CONTESTANTS ARE KILLED. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THE SERIES WAS SO WIDELY LOVED. MANY THOUGHT THE SQUID GAME WAS JUST A STRANGE SURVIVAL SHOW THAT'S VERY ENTERTAINING AND SOMETHING TO KILL TIME, BUT ONCE YOU WATCH THE SERIES, YOU REALISE THAT IT IS A SATIRE AND AN ALLEGORY OF THE MODERN WORLD, AND IT GIVES YOU FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. (WOMAN SPEAKS KOREAN OVER PA) SEASON ONE OF SQUID GAME IS STILL NETFLIX'S MOST WATCHED SHOW EVER. WHEN SEASON TWO CAME OUT, LANGUAGE LEARNING APP DUOLINGO NOTED A 63% INCREASE IN BRITISH PEOPLE STUDYING KOREAN. (CHUCKLES, SPEAKS KOREAN) OH, I NEVER EXPECTED THAT TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE KOREAN IS ONLY USUALLY USED IN KOREA. WHEN WE WANT TO LEARN A LANGUAGE, WE LEARN ONE THAT WE CAN USE IN MANY COUNTRIES. TO KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE NOWADAYS WANT TO LEARN KOREAN, I FEEL SO GRATEFUL, AND I LOVE TO HEAR IT. (SPEAKS KOREAN) DIRECTOR HWANG SPENT YEARS CREATING THE SCRIPT. DEPICTING THE VIOLENCE AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA TOOK ITS TOLL. TRANSLATOR: WHILE I WAS MAKING SEASON ONE, I LOST A LOT OF TEETH. I HAD TO ACTUALLY TAKE OUT 7 OR 8. THAT IS HOW MUCH PHYSICAL STRESS I WAS UNDER. WORKING ON SEASON TWO AND THREE, IT WAS MORE PHYSICALLY DEMANDING, BECAUSE IT TOOK LONGER TO FILM. AFTER THAT, I HAD TO TAKE OUT TWO MORE TEETH. ONCE EVERYTHING WAS DONE, I LET OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF. (SPEAKS KOREAN) SEASON THREE IS OUT THIS FRIDAY. IT'S BEEN TRICKY FOR LEE JUNG-JAE TO KEEP THE PLOT UNDER WRAPS. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO NOT GIVE SPOILERS AWAY WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT? TRANSLATOR: ESPECIALLY CLOSE FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AROUND ME, THEY ASK ME FOR A LOT OF SPOILERS. THEY WOULD ASK ME, 'IS SEASON THREE REALLY THE FINAL SEASON?' OR ONE OF THEIR FAVOURITE QUESTIONS TO ASK IS, 'WHEN DO YOU DIE?' OF COURSE, MY LIPS ARE SEALED. I WILL NEVER TELL THEM. I'M VERY STRICT ABOUT THAT. (GLACIAL PERCUSSIVE MUSIC) THE SERIES IS COMING TO AN END, BUT ITS SUCCESS HAS INSPIRED A REALITY SHOW SPINOFF, WHERE YOU CAN WIN MILLIONS WITHOUT PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT. OLLIE'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT. YOU ARE BACK FROM THE NAKI. AND YOU'VE GOT MORE ON THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD? BEAUTIFUL DAY DOWN THERE, IT ALWAYS IS, AND WE TALK TO SOME OF THOSE UNCAPPED PLAYERS YESTERDAY. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND THEM. QUINN HAS HAD A HORRIFIC RUN OF INJURIES, HE COPPED THAT INJURY IN 2022 AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET BACK IN THE ALL BLACKS, WE WILL HAVE A STORY NEXT. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM TUAPEA NEXT, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES HIS CHIEFS TEAMMATE OLLIE NORRIS HAD TO MAKE TO EARN HIS FIRST ALL BLACKS SELECTION. THREENEWS SPORT WITH SUZUKI, SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE STARS WITH WHANAU AWHINA PLUNKET. THREE YEARS AGO, QUINN TUPAEA SUFFERED A HORRIFIC KNEE INJURY THAT ENDED HIS SEASON AND KEPT HIM OUT OF THE ALL BLACKS EVER SINCE. BUT AFTER A STELLAR SEASON FOR THE CHIEFS, TUPAEA'S FORM DEMANDED A RECALL. AND HE WASN'T THE THE ONLY ONE IN THE CHIEFS COUNTRY CELEBRATING THE FIRST ALL BLACKS SQUAD OF THE YEAR. QUINN TUPAEA'S LAST MEMORY OF WEARING THE BLACK JERSEY IS ONE HE'D RATHER FORGET ` A SICKENING CLEANOUT FROM WALLABIES LOCK DARCY SWAIN ENDED HIS SEASON IN 2022, DASHING HOPES OF MAKING THE WORLD CUP SQUAD THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND HAS HAD HIM TRYING TO REBUILD HIS TEST CAREER EVER SINCE. HE'S JUST TAKEN THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS DOING THAT. QUINN TUPAEA. TUPAEA AT LONG LAST HEARD HIS NAME CALLED OUT IN THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD AGAIN, RIDING A SIMILAR WAVE OF EMOTION TO WHEN HE WAS FIRST NAMED, IN 2021. YEAH, SPECIAL HEARING YOUR NAME CALLED OUT, AND... LIKE THE FIRST TIME, I HAD HOPES, BUT DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET NAMED. SO, UM... YEAH, IT WAS A PRETTY EMOTIONAL NAMING, YEAH. BUT WITH HIS NAME FURTHER DOWN THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER LIST, TUPAEA HAD TO BE PATIENT. SO I THINK THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX LAST NAMES WITH T'S BEFORE MYSELF, AND THEN ONCE I HEARD 'TAVATAVANAWAI', AND I SORT OF KNEW THERE WERE FOUR OTHER MIDFIELDERS ALREADY NAMED, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SLIM CHANCE. NO ONE CAN ARGUE TUPAEA ISN'T FULLY DESERVING OF AN ALL BLACK RECALL ` HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE CHIEFS' BEST AND IS DETERMINED TO REPLICATE THAT FORM IN BLACK. TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER THIS SEASON AND BE STANDING HERE IN AN ALL BLACKS SQUAD IS, UM... YEAH. I'M VERY PROUD, YEAH. THE NEWS WAS JUST AS GOOD FOR TUPAEA'S CHIEFS TEAMMATE OLLIE NORRIS, WHO ENDURED AN EMOTIONAL AFTERNOON WITH HIS PARTNER. OLLIE NORRIS. IT'S A REAL SPECIAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY HAVING MY PARTNER THERE. SHE STAYED HOME FROM WORK SICK THAT DAY. I THINK... HER WORK` I THINK SHE WAS PRETTY SICK. SHE MORE THAN LIKELY PERKED UP PRETTY QUICKLY. NORRIS' CALL-UP IS ONE HIS CHIEFS UNDER-18 COACH PREDICTED COULD HAPPEN, BUT ONLY IF HE MADE THE SWITCH FROM THE LOOSE FORWARDS TO THE FRONT ROW. HE JUST SAID THAT I COULD PLAY 100 GAMES FOR MY CLUB AT NUMBER EIGHT, OR I COULD BE AN ALL BLACK PROP, AND AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT HE WAS SELLING ME THE DREAM AND TRYING TO GET ME TO MOVE. IF HE WAS, THEN IT'S WORKED WONDERS. BUT NOW NORRIS IS THERE, HE DOESN'T WANT TO JUST BE A NAME IN THE SQUAD, ALREADY RE-SETTING, WITH THE GOAL NOW OF WEARING THE BLACK JERSEY. PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST HOUR OR TWO, I WAS PRETTY.... I WAS PRETTY STOKED JUST TO GET NAMED AND THEN PRETTY` SHIFTED PRETTY QUICK TO, 'RIGHT, 'NOW NEED TO GET ON THE FIELD AND BE OFFICIALLY AN ALL BLACK.' OLLIE NORRIS ALREADY HAS A MOUNTAIN OF MESSAGES TO GET THROUGH ` AN ALL BLACK DEBUT IS SURE TO HAVE HIS PHONE BLOWING UP EVEN MORE. RIVEZ REIHANA IS HOPEFUL A STANDOUT END TO THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON WITH THE CRUSADERS CAN HELP HIM PRODUCE SIMILAR PERFORMANCES FOR THE MAORI ALL BLACKS. REIHANA WAS TODAY NAMED IN THE MAORI ALL BLACKS FOR THE SECOND TIME, WITH THE FIRST SQUAD OF THE YEAR UNVEILED AT A FUNCTION IN AUCKLAND. THE CRUSADERS FIRST FIVE, FRESH OFF A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE IN THE FINAL, FEELS HIS GAME IS IN A GOOD PLACE. IT'S JUST BEEN GOOD TO HAVE PERFORMANCE AFTER PERFORMANCE GIVES YOU A LOT OF CONFIDENCE HEADING INTO OTHER FIXTURES. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS BEGIN THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE JAPAN 15 ON SATURDAY BEFORE FACING SCOTLAND IN WHANGAREI A WEEK LATER. THE BLUES QUARTET OF JOSH BEEHRE, HOSKINS SOTUTU, MARK TELE'A AND RICKY RICCITELLI HAVE ALL BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BARBARIANS SQUAD FOR THEIR UPCOMING CLASH WITH THE SPRINGBOKS. IT WILL BE THE FINAL CLASH WITH SOME OF THEIR BLUES TEAMMATES FOR TELE'A AND RICCITELLI, WITH THE PAIR BOTH DEPARTING THE CLUB FOR JAPAN AND FRANCE RESPECTIVELY. FORMER ALL BLACK CAPTAIN SAM CANE WILL ALSO PLAY FOR THE BARBARIANS. THE HANGOVER FROM THE WARRIORS' LOSS TO THE PANTHERS HAS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT WORSE, WITH WINGER DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK SET TO BE SIDELINED FOR UP TO SIX WEEKS. WATENE-ZELEZNIAK LEFT THE FIELD TOWARD THE END OF THE FIRST HALF IN SATURDAY'S DEFEAT AFTER A HIP-DROP TACKLE FROM PENRITH FORWARD SCOTT SORENSEN. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER SAYS LOSING WATENE-ZELEZNIAK IS A BIG BLOW. IT'S A BIG HIT, HE'S A GOOD PLAYER, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY LOST SO LONG FROM THE START, BEING WITHOUT A GOOD PLAYER FOR OUR PERIOD OF TIME, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIND A PLAYER AND I'M SURE WE CAN DO THAT. WEBSTER HAS REVEALED TAINE TUAUPIKI IS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION, THOUGH, AFTER BEING KNOCKED OUT PLAYING NEW SOUTH WALES CUP LAST WEEKEND. THE SOUTHERN STEEL HAVE PULLED OFF A REMARKABLE FOURTH QUARTER TO STUN THE CENTRAL PULSE 58-57 IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP. THE PULSE LED BY NINE AT THREE-QUARTER TIME, BUT THAT WAS EVENTUALLY CUT TO JUST THREE. KATE HEFFERNAN NAILED A TWO-POINT SUPER SHOT TO CLOSE IT TO ONE, BEFORE TYING THINGS UP WITH 40 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. THAT LEFT ALIYAH DUNN WITH A CHANCE TO WIN IT AT THE DEATH. DUNNE TO WIN IT FOR THE STEEL! (WHISTLE BLOWS) THEY WANTED HEART, AND THEY WANTED SMARTS, AND THEY GOT BOTH IN THE FINAL FIVE MINUTES. THE WIN KEEPS THE STEEL'S PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE ` THEY FACE THE MAGIC NEXT ON SATURDAY. JUST A FEW ROUNDS TO GO, THAT IS GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE. THANKS SO MUCH. A DELIVERY BIKE RIDER HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM AFTER COMING TO THE AID OF A TRAIN FULL OF STRANDED PASSENGERS. THE TRAIN GOT STUCK ON A BRIDGE IN SWELTERING TEMPERATURES IN SOUTH LONDON, BUT HELP WAS AT HAND FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE WITH A GOLDEN ARM. ITV'S SALLY BIDDULPH HAS THE STORY. HOW'S THIS FOR A SPECIAL DELIVERY? (CHEERING) BOTTLES OF WATER THROWN DIRECTLY INTO THE CARRIAGE OF A STRANDED TRAIN ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR. (CHEERING) PASSENGERS CHEERED, POSTING ON TIKTOK, 'GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL ` 'STRANDED ON A TRAIN, SAVED BY JUST EAT.' LONDON! A TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS' GROUP QUICKLY REPOSTED THE FOOTAGE, SPREADING THE WORD. AND WHAT GREAT AIM AND POWER ` EVEN ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF ENGLAND CRICKET, WHICH POSTED: THREE TRAINS WERE STRANDED ON SATURDAY IN SOUTH LONDON, AFTER ANOTHER TRAIN GOT STUCK AT A MAJOR JUNCTION. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. OPERATOR THAMESLINK SAID THEY WERE TRULY SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED ` HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS HAVING TO EVACUATE AND WALK ALONG THE TRACKS TO THE CLOSEST STATION. (WHOOPING) BUT EVERY STORY NEEDS A HERO, AND THIS ONE WAS A DELIVERY DRIVER WITH THE HIDDEN TALENT OF AN OUTFIELDER. IMOGEN'S BACK, AND THERE ARE SOME WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS COMING INTO PLAY TOMORROW? YES ` THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FROM 9am AROUND FIORDLAND AND DOUBTFUL SOUND, ALONG WITH A STRONG WIND WATCH. THE HEADWATERS OF THE OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS HAVE A HEAVY RAIN WARNING FROM LUNCHTIME, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE STRONG WIND WATCHES FOR CANTERBURY HIGH COUNTRY, QUEENSTOWN LAKES, CENTRAL OTAGO, AND SOUTHLAND FROM LUNCH TOO. I'LL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST NEXT. (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. LOOKS LIKE WILD WEATHER AHEAD FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PREPARE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME BY SECURING LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRAMPOLINES AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVED EAST OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY ` TOMORROW, AN ACTIVE FRONT AND NORTH TO NOR'WEST GALES MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MOST OF THE COUNTRY AS THE WEEK GOES ON, AND YES, INTO THE WEEKEND TOO ` IT'LL FIRST HIT THE LOWER SOUTH TOMORROW MORNING, BRINGING THOSE YELLOW HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND WARNINGS, WHICH COULD BE UPGRADED TO ORANGE AND EXTENDED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAND AS THE DAY GOES ON. WEDNESDAY IS WARNING- AND WATCH-FREE FOR THE NORTH ISLAND, THOUGH ` QUITE A BIT OF MORNING FOG AROUND WITH THE ODD SHOWER ABOUT TOO, LOTS OF CLOUD AND NOR-NOR'EAST WINDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR KAITAIA TOMORROW ` COULD BE SOME IN THE EVENING FOR WHANGAREI TOO, BUT OTHERWISE A DRY DAY FOR THE REST, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD AND FRESH NOREASTERLIES. PLENTY OF CLOUD HERE TOMORROW TOO, WITH AREAS OF MORNING FROST AND FOG ABOUT FOR TOKOROA, TAUPO AND ROTORUA AND NOR'EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTY STARTS ALL ROUND, AND POSSIBLY SOME MORNING FOG FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY WITH A MIX OF NORTH, NOR'WESTERS AND NOR'EASTERS ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, A FROSTY, FOGGY START IN TAUMARUNUI; COULD BE THE ODD SHOWER IN NEW PLYMOUTH AND WELLINGTON. NOR- AND NOREAST WINDS FROM 9am, A HEAVY RAIN WARNING KICKS IN ACROSS WESTLAND, WITH RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR ALL HERE AT SOME POINT; THEN, FROM MIDNIGHT, HEAVY RAIN WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR TASMAN AND THE GREY DISTRICT TOO AND ALSO AROUND THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS. BEFORE THEN, THAT STRONG WIND WATCH KICKS IN FROM NOON FOR CANTERBURY AND MARLBOROUGH SOUTH OF SEDDON. CHILLY STARTS, WITH NOR'EASTERS DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL, AND AGAIN, A HEAVY RAIN WARNING KICKS IN FOR THE HEADWATERS OF THE OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS FROM MIDDAY TOMORROW, WITH A STRONG WIND WATCH FOR QUEENSTOWN, CENTRAL OTAGO, AND SOUTHLAND FROM THEN TOO, WITH RAIN TO COME AT NIGHT FOR MOST. DUNEDIN ` FINE TOMORROW WITH MORNING FROSTS, BEFORE CLOUDING OVER AROUND MIDDAY NOR'EASTERS, AND A HIGH OF 16. SAME FOR CHRISTCHURCH ` FINE WITH MORNING FROSTS, CLOUDS ROLLING IN COME EVENING, AND THOSE NOR'EASTERS PICKING UP EARLY AFTERNOON. IT'LL BE A CLOUDY START TO THE DAY IN WELLINGTON, WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. YOU'LL HAVE SOME STRONG NORTHERLIES THEN TOO. HAWKE'S BAY LOOKING MAINLY FINE, WITH POSSIBLE MORNING FOG OR FROSTS, AND YOUR NOR'WESTER WINDS TURNING NOR'EASTER IN THE EVENING. NOW, TOMORROW WILL BE A CLOUDY ONE IN TAURANGA, WITH NOR'EASTERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. AND 16 IS YOUR HIGH. HAMILTON ` COULD BE SOME FOG TO START THE DAY, WITH CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT. NOR'EASTERS DEVELOPING HERE TOO IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE SPELLS TOMORROW FOR AUCKLAND, WITH THOSE NOR'EASTERS ONCE AGAIN MAKING AN APPEARANCE, BECOMING FRESH IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'LL BE A CLOUDY AND SHOWERY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE DITCH, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE THE SAME THING IN THE PACIFIC, BUT THERE'S SOME SUNSHINE IN FIJI AND THE COOK ISLANDS. BACK HOME ` AND THAT FRONT IS GOING TO START MOVING NOR'EAST FROM THURSDAY OVER CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND. THERE'LL BE SOME RAIN FOR THE WEST, WHICH IS GOING TO STICK AROUND TILL AT LEAST SATURDAY, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GALE NORTHERLIES. THERE'LL ALSO BE A STRONG WIND WATCH IN WELLINGTON ON THURSDAY, ALONG WITH A HEAVY RAIN WATCH FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, AND MANY OF THOSE WATCHES AND WARNINGS THAT WILL COME INTO PLAY TOMORROW AND THURSDAY CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK, SO IT'S BEST TO STAY AS UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE. BUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS SHOT TAKEN BY VAL AT GODLEY HEAD RESERVE IN CANTERBURY? AND A BIG THANK YOU, BRUCE, WHO CLEARLY KNOWS THE WAY TO MY HEART ` BABY ANIMALS. LAMBS ALREADY?! THEY ARE VERY CUTE. THAT IS THREENEWS 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 ` PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. 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