WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SO LONG AND SO HARD THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE (BLEEP) THEY'RE DOING. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? F IS FOR FURY AS TRUMP UNLEASHES ON ISRAEL AND IRAN FOR BREAKING HIS CEASEFIRE. MEANWHILE, A LEAKED INTELLIGENCE REPORT CONTRADICTS TRUMP'S CLAIM THAT IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES WERE OBLITERATED. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS JOINS US TO UNPACK THE DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. PLUS, WE'LL CROSS TO THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER IS ATTENDING THE NATO SUMMIT. AND IN SPORT ` AUCKLAND CITY HOLD ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS FOOTBALL TEAMS TO A 1-1 DRAW, PROMPTING A NATIONAL OUTCRY IN ARGENTINA. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. THE ISRAEL-IRAN CEASEFIRE APPEARS TO BE HOLDING ` JUST. IN FACT, THE ONLY BOMB DROPPED TODAY WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UNPRECEDENTED F-BOMB AS HE RAILED AGAINST BOTH IRAN AND ISRAEL FOR CONTINUING TO TARGET EACH OTHER AS THE CEASEFIRE DEADLINE PASSED. HIS VERBAL BARRAGE CAME AS HE HEADED TO THE NATO SUMMIT IN THE NETHERLANDS, WHERE HE RECEIVED A REMARKABLY WARM WELCOME DESPITE RAISING DOUBTS ABOUT AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO DEFENDING ITS ALLIES. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE U.S., A LEAKED INTELLIGENCE REPORT HAS CONTRADICTED TRUMP'S CLAIM IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES HAVE BEEN OBLITERATED ` A LEAK HIS ADMINISTRATION DESCRIBED AS 'TREASONOUS'. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP BOASTED THE U.S. HAD OBLITERATED IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS AN EARLY INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT SAYING AMERICAN BOMBING OF THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN SET BACK THE PROGRAMME BY LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. THE STRIKES SEALED OFF THE ENTRANCES TO TWO OF THE FACILITIES BUT DID NOT COLLAPSE THEIR UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS. AND IN ANY CASE, MUCH OF IRAN'S STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM WAS MOVED BEFOREHAND TO SECRET LOCATIONS. THIS AFTERNOON, TRUMP RESPONDED, PREDICTABLY DESCRIBING IT AS 'FAKE NEWS'... THEY HIT THE TARGET PERFECTLY, WIPED IT OUT, AND, UH, THE PRESS IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL. ...WHILE TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY CALLED FOR WHOEVER LEAKED IT TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON. LEAKING THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION, WHATEVER THE INFORMATION, WHATEVER SIDE IT COMES OUT ON, IS OUTRAGEOUS. IT'S TREASONOUS. SO IT OUGHT TO BE INVESTIGATED, AND WHOEVER DID IT, WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. (SPEAKS HEBREW) 'WE BROUGHT TO RUIN IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME,' SAID ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREED. THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. SO DO THEY` THE LAST THING ON IRAN'S MIND RIGHT NOW IS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) AARGH! THE DEADLINE CEASEFIRE HAD COME AND GONE AS BOTH SIDES SOUGHT ANY ADVANTAGE. THIS IS TEHRAN UNDER BOMBARDMENT. IRANIAN MISSILES, TOO, WERE PENETRATING ISRAEL'S IRON DOME, ONE HITTING AN APARTMENT BLOCK, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE IN BE'ER SHEVA. HOW DID THE MISSILE GET THROUGH? AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO 100%, SO, UH, JUST LIKE IN PREVIOUS... SCENES THAT YOU'VE SEEN, THERE'S NO 100% OF SEALING IN THE AIR DEFENCE. BOTH COMBATANTS INCURRED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WRATH BY VIOLATING THE TRUCE ` ESPECIALLY, IT SEEMS, HIS ALLIES IN ISRAEL. SO I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THEM; I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IRAN EITHER. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SO LONG AND SO HARD THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE (BLEEP) THEY'RE DOING. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? DESPITE THE CHOICE LANGUAGE, TRUMP'S CEASEFIRE IS BEING WELCOMED AROUND THE WORLD. THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC ESCALATION AND ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE. WELL, CLEARLY, THERE'S A CEASEFIRE, AND HE WAS CALLING FOR ONE, SO I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE HIM A BIT OF CREDIT, WOULDN'T YOU? WHILE WALL STREET NEARED RECORD HIGHS, AND OIL PRICES FELL. BUT WHILE IT APPEARS TO BE HOLDING, CRITICS SAY IT'S A TRUCE WITHOUT A PLAN, AND THAT MAKES IT FRAGILE. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS AMONG WORLD LEADERS ATTENDING THE NATO SUMMIT IN THE NETHERLANDS, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER WON'T GET TO MEET DONALD TRUMP. THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY SPARKED CONTROVERSY BY NOT COMMITTING TO NATO'S ARTICLE 5 GUARANTEE THAT AN ATTACK ON ONE MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE IS CONSIDERED AN ATTACK ON ALL. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL HAS THE DEVELOPMENTS. DONALD TRUMP TOUCHED DOWN FOR THE NATO SUMMIT, GUNG-HO ON THE BACK OF A CEASEFIRE HE ANNOUNCED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN. THE U.S. LEADER GIVEN A ROYAL WELCOME TO THE NETHERLANDS ` A DINNER HOSTED BY THE DUTCH KING AND QUEEN. TO OUR ALLIANCE. BUT THAT NATO ALLIANCE ` A MILITARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S., CANADA AND EUROPE ` NOW LOOKS TO BE UP FOR RE-INTERPRETATION AFTER COMMENTS TRUMP MADE ON AIR FORCE ONE IN WHICH HE WOULDN'T COMMIT TO NATO'S ARTICLE 5 GUARANTEE THAT AN ATTACK ON ONE MEMBER IS CONSIDERED AN ATTACK ON ALL. THERE'S NUMEROUS DEFINITIONS OF ARTICLE 5 ` YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? BUT I'M COMMITTED TO, UH... BEING THEIR FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BECOME FRIENDS WITH MANY OF THOSE LEADERS. TRUMP'S PRESENCE AT THE NATO SUMMIT SEEMED LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON TO HAVE HIS FIRST MEETING WITH AMERICA'S LEADER. IT WAS REPORTED IN ASIAN MEDIA THAT TRUMP WANTED TO MEET WITH THE LEADERS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC FOUR NATO PARTNERS ` NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ` BUT CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS THE ONLY IP-4 PRIME MINISTER ATTENDING THIS NATO SUMMIT, AND HE WON'T GET TO MEET TRUMP THE WAY FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN DID IN 2019. IT GENUINELY IS A SCHEDULING ISSUE. I THINK HE'S HERE FOR 24 HOURS OR SOMETHING AND THEN STRAIGHT BACK AGAIN. TRUMP CLEARLY IN DEMAND AT NATO. THE U.S. LEADER POSTED A SCREENSHOT OF A MESSAGE HE RECEIVED FROM NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE IN WHICH HE HEAPED PRAISE ON THE PRESIDENT FOR GETTING NATO MEMBERS TO AGREE TO RAISE DEFENCE SPENDING TO 5% OF GDP. 'YOU WILL ACHIEVE SOMETHING NO AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN DECADES 'COULD GET DONE,' HE SAYS. OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE HERE, BUT DO YOU REALLY THINK IF DONALD TRUMP HADN'T BEEN PRESIDENT THAT WE WOULD GET TO THE 5%? I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON ALSO GOT A SHOUT OUT FROM THE NATO LEADER, WHO DESCRIBED NEW ZEALAND AS 'A HIGHLY VALUED PARTNER 'PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT TO UKRAINE'. WE'VE BUILT A GOOD FRIENDSHIP SINCE THEN. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOT COMMITTING NEW ZEALAND TO THE SAME DEFENCE SPENDING TARGET AS NATO MEMBERS. FROM A NEW ZEALAND POINT OF VIEW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR EXPENDITURE ` WE'VE GOT A VERY CLEAR, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ` A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED BY THAT. THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET INCLUDED $9B OF NEW DEFENCE SPENDING UNDER A PLAN TO LIFT IT TO MORE THAN 2% OF GDP IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. DO YOU THINK NEW ZEALAND RISKS FALLING BEHIND WITH THESE BIG EXPENSES? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COUNTRIES IN NATO ARE AROUND THE 1% MARK. WE ARE AROUND THE 1% MARK, MOVING TO 2%, BUT ON QUITE A TRAJECTORY TO GO UPWARDS. AND WE ARE ALSO CHECKING IN EVERY TWO YEARS, OR EVEN EARLIER, IF CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY'S PRESENCE AT THE SUMMIT A REMINDER OF RUSSIA'S INVASION AND WHY NATO IS ARMING UP. BUT THE LATEST FLARE-UP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN ` A WAKE-UP CALL TO WORLD LEADERS THAT NO NATION IS IMMUNE FROM CONFLICT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S DUE TO MEET CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE POST'S THOMAS MANCH IS IN THE HAGUE. I SPOKE TO HIM A SHORT TIME AGO AND ASKED WHAT WE CAN READ INTO THE FACT THAT LUXON WON'T BE GETTING A FORMAL MEETING WITH THE U.S. PRESIDENT THIS TRIP. I THINK ANY MEETING WITH TRUMP IS DETERMINED ON, YOU KNOW, THE WHIMS OF WHAT HE WANTS AND HIS SCHEDULE. COMING INTO THIS MEETING, THERE WAS SUGGESTION, AND IT WAS ON THE NATO PROGRAM, THAT TRUMP WOULD MEET WITH THE IP FOUR LEADERS ` THAT TRUMP WOULD MEET WITH THE IP4 LEADERS ` THAT'S A GROUP OF COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDES NEW ZEALAND, AND THEREFORE INCLUDES LUXON. YOU KNOW, MANY OTHER IP4 LEADERS DECIDE` WELL, ALL THE OTHER IP4 LEADERS DECIDED NOT TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, AND THE MEETING WITH TRUMP APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THIS DOES NOT RULE OUT LUXON COMING ACROSS TRUMP AT THE SUMMIT AT SOME POINT TODAY, BUT THERE IS NO FORMAL MEETING SCHEDULED. OK. HOW HAS THE PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP CHANGED THINGS THERE? WE KNOW HE'S ALSO` IS DUE TO SPEAK SHORTLY. WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FROM HIM? WELL, YOU KNOW, TRUMP'S WAR IN IRAN HAS REALLY CONSUMED DIALOGUE LEADING UP INTO THE SUMMIT TODAY. BUT BEYOND THAT, HIS HIS INTERESTS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO SHARE THE BURDEN OF DEFENCE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NATO ALLIANCE. WITH SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTER, HE HAS, SORT OF` WITH SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE, HE HAS, SORT OF` CLAIMING A WIN IN ATTAINING AGREEMENT FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES HERE AT NATO TO REACH 5% OF GDP ON DEFENCE SPENDING. SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO COME AWAY WANTING TO CLAIM IT A SUCCESSFUL SUMMIT, BUT IT HAS BEEN KEPT VERY SHORT AND VERY CONTAINED DUE TO THE RISK THAT TRUMP POSES TO ANY SORT OF MULTILATERAL GROUPING. OKAY. WOULD YOU SAY THAT GIVEN GLOBAL EVENTS, THAT THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE OVERALL TONE OF THIS NATO SUMMIT? CERTAINLY. I THINK THEY'VE HAD TO WORK VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN UNITY, PARTICULARLY WITH ANOTHER CONFLICT BREAKING OUT ` YOU KNOW, ALBEIT OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL SCOPE OF NATO, YOU KNOW, THEIR TRADITIONAL REGION ` BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD, I THINK, TO HAVE A UNIFIED MESSAGE; LUXON'S SAYING THE SAME. HE'S SAYING A UNIFIED MESSAGE WHEN HE MEETS ALL OF THESE LEADERS, AND HE'S ALSO ECHOING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN IRAN, ABOUT THE NEED FOR NATO. SO, YOU KNOW, DESPITE ALL THE, SORT OF, CHAOS TRUMP BRINGS TO THE EQUATION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER. HOW HAS PRIME MINISTER LUXON BEEN RECEIVED BY THOSE THAT HE'S MET SO FAR? LUXON HAS BEEN RECEIVED VERY WARMLY, PARTICULARLY BY THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, MARK RUTTER, THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL, MARK RUTTE, WHO HE HAS A SORT OF PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH ` THEY BOTH WORKED AT UNILEVER IN THE PAST; AND ALSO BY, MOSTLY, LEADERS OF THE NETHERLANDS; AND ALSO THE NORDIC COUNTRIES THAT HE'S BEEN MEETING HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY LOW-STAKES MEETINGS FOR LUXON, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE HE'S HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER IP4 LEADERS DIDN'T SHOW UP. AND JUST FINALLY, WHAT IS COMING UP FOR THE NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER TODAY? ANOTHER BIG DAY OF MEETINGS, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, SERIES OF BILATERALS, BUT THEN, ALSO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IP4 MEETING. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS HE GETS IN THE ROOM WITH JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH KOREA, AND MARK RUTTE THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL. AND THEY TALK ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MILITARY ALLIANCE AND THE INDO-PACIFIC COUNTRIES, OF WHICH NEW ZEALANDER IS A PART. AND THE INDO-PACIFIC COUNTRIES OF WHICH NEW ZEALANDER IS A PART. A BIG DAY AHEAD. THE POST'S THOMAS MANCH THERE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. NOW, DONALD TRUMP WASN'T THE ONLY POLITICIAN IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR USING COLOURFUL LANGUAGE TODAY, WITH WINSTON PETERS CAUGHT MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT TE PATI MAORI'S TAKUTA FERRIS. THE FOREIGN MINISTER JOINED ME EARLIER, AND WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT THE STATE OF THE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL. THE SITUATION'S VASTLY IMPROVED NOW, BECAUSE PEACE HAS BROKEN OUT, UH, FROM THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH IRAN AND FROM ISRAEL. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HOLD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN... LET DOWN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. WE MUST NOT GET OVERCONFIDENT. LET'S KEEP ON DOING THE JOB WE WERE SEEKING TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE, LOOK AFTER OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL THERE, WHO WANT TO GET OUT, AND, UH, AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS. I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP USING THE F-WORD IN RELATION TO ISRAEL AND IRAN'S CONTINUED HOSTILITIES. IS THAT A SIGN OF JUST HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE HERE? WELL, IT'S A SIGN OF A LOT OF THINGS, BUT ALSO ONE OF AWFUL FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF HAVE BEEN... OVER MY WHOLE LIFETIME, THE NEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST HAS DOMINATED INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND HERE WE ARE AT A TIME WHEN... MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SEE A PEACEFUL OUTCOME. AND I CAN, YOU KNOW... I CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEONE'S... UTTER EXPRESSION OF, UH... IMPATIENCE AND CONCERN. JUST, UH... IT'S THE WAY SOMETIMES IT IS. YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU WANT TO WAIT TO HAVE ALL OF THE FACTS BEFORE TAKING A POSITION ON THE LEGALITY OF THE U.S. BOMBING RAID ON IRAN. SO I WONDER ` WHERE WILL THAT EVIDENCE COME FROM, AND WHEN? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? WELL, IT ONLY COMES FROM PROOF A) THAT THERE WAS THE HIGH... UH, DEGREE OF DANGER FROM THE... EXACERBATED NUCLEAR, UM... DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING WHILST IRAN HAD TOLD US THEY WEREN'T ENGAGED WITH THAT. NOW, THAT'S A MATTER OF EVIDENCE. AND ALSO THE, UM... LEVEL OF` WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DESTRUCTION, THE LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION OF THAT UTILITY, WHETHER THAT'S A FACT OR NOT. NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT'LL PROVE THAT IS TIME AND THE EVIDENCE, AND WE CAN'T JUST COME OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD AND MAKE SPECULATIVE COMMENTS, COS THEY'RE NOT HELPFUL. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY IT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED, AND TO WHAT DEGREE CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT THERE IS NO DANGER NOW? IF THE U.S., IN THIS INSTANCE, WAS DRAWN INTO A PROTRACTED CONFLICT WITH IRAN, WOULD THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDER SENDING KIWI TROOPS IN A COMBAT CAPACITY THIS TIME? WELL, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE FOR MY CABINET COLLEAGUES TO DECIDE UPON. IT WOULD BE FOR US TO CONSULT ACROSS THE HOUSE, HOPEFULLY, AS IT HAPPENED IN 2003. I CAN RECALL THE 2003 DECISION. MY PARTY AT THE TIME WAS OPPOSED TO GOING INTO IRAQ FOR VERY, VERY SOUND REASONS. BUT THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE NOW. BUT AGAIN, I COULD EXPRESS THE HIGH UNLIKELIHOOD OF THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT I HAVE TO CONSULT MY COLLEAGUES FIRST BEFORE MAKING ANY COMMENT LIKE THAT. AND JUST FINALLY, MINISTER PETERS, I WANT TO RETURN FOR A MOMENT TO POLITICAL PROFANITIES. NOW, UH, YOU YOURSELF WERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA ON A HOT MIC TODAY SAYING AN EXPLETIVE IN PARLIAMENT. YES, I AM POSITIVE. OK. WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? IT'S NOT AN EXPLETIVE, BY THE WAY. IT IS NOT AN EXPLETIVE. OK, OK. WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANNA CALL IT AN EXPLETIVE, IT IS NOT AN EXPLETIVE. OK, OK. WELL, IF YOU DON'T WANNA CALL IT AN EXPLETIVE, YOU COULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT CALLING SOMEBODY A DICKHEAD IS CALLING THEM NAMES. I MEAN, IT'S SCHOOLYARD BEHAVIOUR, ISN'T IT? AND DON'T YOU THINK THAT KIWIS SHOULD EXPECT THEIR POLITICIANS IN THE HOUSE TO UPHOLD A HIGHER LEVEL? WELL, IF YOU GO INTO THE SCHOOLYARD, YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING ` STICKS AND STONES CAN BREAK MY BONES, BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME. TOO MANY SOFT PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT` WELL, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE TAKUTA FERRIS GOT UNDER YOUR SKIN AND HE THREW YOU OFF YOUR GAME, AND SO YOU WERE MUTTERING UNDER YOUR BREATH AND CALLING HIM NAMES. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? (LAUGHS) HE DIDN'T THROW ME OFF MY GAME. I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT THAT THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO BE HAD TO WHAT HE WAS DOING. IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO, JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK, WHEN YOU WERE VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT BROOKE VAN VELDEN USING THE C WORD IN THE HOUSE. THERE WAS A PROTESTER WHO WAS CALLING YOU NAMES WHILE YOU WERE OUT AND ABOUT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, AND NOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A CHANGE IN STANDARDS, MINISTER PETERS, WHEN YOU USE A WORD LIKE THAT YOURSELF IN THE PARLIAMENT. NO, IT'S NOT A CHANGE IN STANDARDS. NO, IT'S NOT A WORD LIKE THAT. ONE IS A PROFANITY. ONE IS A CURSE WORD. ONE IS ANTI-WOMEN IN PARTICULAR, AND MINE IS JUST A STATEMENT, AND IT'S NOT A PROFANITY. IT'S NOT A SWEAR WORD. I CHALLENGE YOU ON THE, UH, THESAURUS` I CHALLENGE YOU ON THE DICTIONARY, AND YOU CAN'T GIVE ME ANY EVIDENCE, BUT YOU CARRY ON WITH THE SAME LINE OF QUESTIONING. OK. WELL, WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. MINISTER PETERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. WELL, THANK HEAVENS FOR THAT. (CHUCKLES) FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS THERE. AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT AFTER TE PATI MAORI'S TAKUTA FERRIS RAISED A POINT OF ORDER, PETERS DID APOLOGISE; HOWEVER, THE SPEAKER IS REVIEWING THE INCIDENT. OK, LAURA'S HERE WITH WEATHER ` AND CHRISTCHURCH WAS THE PLACE TO BE TODAY? YES, CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT TOOK OUT TODAY'S TOP TEMPERATURE. AFTER A HIGH OF 12 YESTERDAY, THE GARDEN CITY REACHED 19 TODAY. NOT FAR AWAY, IN TIMARU, WAS THE COLDEST SPOT ON MINUS-1. NOT TOO MUCH RAIN OR WIND TODAY ` THAT IS SET TO CHANGE. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE RAIN STARTING TO FALL WHERE YOU ARE NOW. THERE ARE SOME WARNINGS AND WATCHES IN PLACE. I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` A HARROWING LOOK AT THE WAR'S IMPACT ON SOME OF GAZA'S YOUNGEST AND MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN THROUGH THE EYES OF VOLUNTEER DOCTORS FIGHTING TO SAVE THEM. A POLICE OFFICER IS SET TO BE CHARGED OVER THE FATAL PURSUIT OF A TEENAGE GIRL IN NORTHLAND. PLUS ` PROTESTERS IN VENICE ARE CLAIMING VICTORY AFTER JEFF BEZOS BOOKS A NEW VENUE FOR HIS WEDDING. OUR NEXT STORY IS ABOUT SOME OF THE YOUNGEST VICTIMS OF THE WAR IN GAZA, AND IT COMES WITH A STRONG WARNING THAT THE IMAGES AND DETAILS ARE CONFRONTING. BRITISH AND AMERICAN DOCTORS WORKING IN GAZA'S NASSER HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE HORRIFIC INJURIES SUFFERED BY CHILDREN SHOT WHILE TRYING TO GET FOOD. BUT THEY SAY JUST AS DISTRESSING IS THE IMPACT ISRAEL'S FOOD RESTRICTIONS ARE HAVING ON BABIES AND TODDLERS WHO ARE DYING BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF FORMULA. ITV'S JOHN RAY REPORTS. YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE FAINTEST SOUNDS OF HOPE... (MACHINES BEEP LOUDLY) ...WHERE THERE IS PRECIOUS LITTLE. BUT NO ONE SLEEPS PEACEFULLY HERE... (BABY FUSSES) ...NOT WHEN REALITY IS SO DISTURBING. SO THERE'S JUST SKIN AND BONES. AND ALSO HE HAS RECURRENT CHEST INFECTIONS. THIS IS HASSAN ` HE'S THREE YEARS OLD. HE WEIGHS LESS THAN A CHILD OF THREE MONTHS. HE HAS ALSO RICKETS, SO HYPOVITAMINOSIS ` DECREASED VITAMIN D. HE IS UNABLE TO HOLD HIS LEGS UP, HIS ARMS UP WITH IT, BECAUSE HE HAS NO ENERGY. HE'S UNABLE TO CRY. THESE ARE PREMATURE BABIES IN THE NASSER HOSPITAL. HERE, THERE ARE NEWBORNS ALREADY RUNNING OUT OF TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BABIES WILL LITERALLY STAY HERE UNTIL THEY DIE. THEIR BASIC NEED IS THEIR BIGGEST WEAKNESS. ISRAEL'S BLOCKADE MEANS THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF FORMULA FEED THAT COULD PROVE FATAL. WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE PAEDIATRICS HERE, AND THEY'RE LETTING US KNOW THAT THE SUPPLY IS ONLY GOOD FOR ANOTHER 48 HOURS. AND HERE WE'RE RATIONING THEM, JUST GIVING A LITTLE BY LITTLE TO THE BABIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST, AND THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, SLOWLY DYING. THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WON'T ALLOW ITV NEWS AND OTHER MEDIA INTO GAZA, BUT IT'S TEAM OF VOLUNTEER DOCTORS HAS KEPT DIARIES FOR US ` TOO OFTEN A RECORD OF DESPAIR. HE LOOKS LIKE AN OLD AGE, AN OLD AGE. ONE SECOND. THESE ARE CIVILIAN MEDICS, AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF WAR. BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN. WE'RE TOLD THESE CASUALTIES COME FROM ANOTHER BLOODY INCIDENT AT A U.S./ISRAELI AID STATION. IT'S HORRIFIC. IT'S AWFUL. NO ONE SHOULD BE ENDURING THIS. A YOUNG BOY HERE, MAYBE ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. THE DOCTORS SAY THE VICTIMS WERE SHOT WHILE THEY WAITED FOR FOOD. SO IT'S JUST BLOOD UPON BLOOD, AND WE'RE JUST EXHAUSTED. IT'S BEEN 20 MONTHS OF THIS, OVER 600 DAYS. WE'RE JUST` WE'RE JUST EXHAUSTED. THESE JUST INNOCENT KILLINGS JUST DO NOT STOP. PERHAPS THEY DREAM OF PEACE; PERHAPS SOME WILL LIVE TO SEE IT, BUT FOR HASSAN, THE LITTLE BOY BARELY THE SIZE OF A BABY, IT'S TOO LATE. HE DIED OVERNIGHT. THE FOOD HE NEEDED TRAPPED A FEW MILES AWAY, BEYOND A CHECKPOINT ` CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH. A POLICE OFFICER IS SET TO BE CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH, OVER THE FATAL PURSUIT OF A TEENAGE GIRL IN NORTHLAND. ANGEL RILEY (17) DIED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2023, WHEN SHE HIT A TREE WHILE BEING FOLLOWED BY POLICE. SHE'D BEEN DRIVING ON BEACH ROAD IN THE WHANGAREI SUBURB OF ONERAHI, WHEN SHE TURNED OFF A SIDE STREET BEFORE HEADING BACK WHERE SHE CAME FROM. THERE WAS A POLICE CHECKPOINT AT A NEARBY INTERSECTION. ANGEL'S FAMILY HAS BEEN TOLD THE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE CHASE, KNOWN AS 'OFFICER A', WILL BE PROSECUTED AND CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH. THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED ITS DRAFT 30-YEAR PLAN FOR NEW ZEALAND INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH DEFENCE FORCE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED AS A PRIORITY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION IS ENDORSING 17 PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS THAT IT BELIEVES WILL MEET NEW ZEALAND'S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, THAT ARE DELIVERABLE AND THAT REPRESENT 'GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY'. THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WILL ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL IF IT IS ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED ACROSS SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS OVER THE LONG TERM. WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE; THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST PLAN. WHAT DIFFERENTIATES THIS PLAN IS THAT IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE COMMISSION, SEPARATE FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY. SO THIS NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS NOT THIS GOVERNMENT'S PLAN; IT'S NEW ZEALAND'S PLAN. A NEW VAULT FOR THE RESERVE BANK IS ALSO ON THE LIST. STILL TO COME ` WHY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THEIR BOSSES, AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR YOUR KIDS. WINNIE THE POOH WOULD BE PROUD. TWO BEARS ESCAPE THEIR ENCLOSURE AND HEAD STRAIGHT FOR THE HONEY. AND LATER IN SPORT ` START PLANNING, PETROLHEADS, AS SUPERCARS CONFIRM THE DATES FOR NEW ZEALAND'S DOUBLE ROUND. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AFTER THE U.S. PRESIDENT DROPPED THE F-WORD, LAID INTO ISRAEL AND REJECTED AN AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT THAT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME HAS NOT BEEN DESTROYED. MEANWHILE, CHRISTOPHER LUXON WON'T GET TO MEET DONALD TRUMP AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN THE NETHERLANDS, BUT HE DID GET A SHOUT OUT FROM NATO'S LEADER, WHO DESCRIBED NEW ZEALAND AS 'A HIGHLY VALUED PARTNER PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT TO UKRAINE'. AND A POLICE OFFICER IS SET TO BE CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH OVER THE FATAL PURSUIT OF A TEENAGE GIRL IN NORTHLAND. THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION IS CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION OVER THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S NEW GUIDELINES THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER SCHOOLS ARE DEEMED OPEN FOR TEACHING. THE MINISTRY HAS WARNED SCHOOLS THEY WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED 'OPEN' IF ONLY SOME YEAR GROUPS WERE PRESENT OR THEY WERE ONLY PROVIDING SUPERVISION. FROM NEXT YEAR, THE RULES AROUND SCHOOLS BEING CONSIDERED 'OPEN' WILL BE BASED ON HALF-DAYS, WHICH ARE PERIODS OF TWO HOURS OR MORE. SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO BE OPEN FOR ONE HALF-DAY BEFORE NOON AND ONE HALF-DAY AFTER NOON FOR EVERY DAY OF THE SCHOOL TERM. PRIMARY SCHOOLS MUST BE OPEN FOR AT LEAST 382 HALF-DAYS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT LEAST 376 HALF-DAYS. EARLIER, I SPOKE TO SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL OF KAITAIA COLLEGE LOUISE ANARU AND BEGAN BY ASKING IF THESE GUIDELINES ARE ABOUT MAKING TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS MORE ACCOUNTABLE. I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT THE MINISTRY'S INTERPRETATION OF 'OPEN FOR INSTRUCTION' HAS CHANGED SO MUCH THAT IT'S NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR SECONDARY... SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT. SO WHAT IMPACT` IF THESE NEW GUIDELINES COME INTO PLAY, WHAT IMPACT WILL THEY HAVE ON SECONDARY SCHOOLS? WELL, LEGAL OPINION AND SPANZ AGREE. THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS WHERE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE NOT CONSIDERED OPEN FOR INSTRUCTION ` FOR EXAMPLE, A SENIOR STUDY LEAVE OVER THE EXAM PERIOD; STAGGERED STARTS FOR CERTAIN YEAR LEVELS TO RECEIVE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION AND TRANSITION; AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MEET OUR MORAL OR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO GIVE EFFECT TO TE TIRITI IN WELCOMING OUR NEW STUDENTS ` YEAR NINES, FOR EXAMPLE ` THROUGH POWHIRI AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. OK, SO, WHAT WILL YOU AND ALL OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND DO IF THE MINISTRY DECIDES THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN ON THIS LATER IN THE YEAR? SO, SPANZ, WE WILL TALK WITH OUR MEMBERS. WE WILL SEEK ADVICE FROM THEM, AND THEN WE WILL MEET AS AN EXECUTIVE AND TAKE ACTION FROM THERE. ARE YOU HEARING FROM PARENTS A SIMILAR SENTIMENT TO WHAT THE MINISTRY IS SAYING? ARE PARENTS WANTING MORE TIME IN CLASS WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND LESS TIME ON THESE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SCHOOLS AND PARENTS WANT THE SAME THING. WE WANT THE VERY BEST LEARNING FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR INSTRUCTION. IT'S THE NEW GUIDELINES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S NO LONGER FEASIBLE OR BEST PRACTICE TO DO SO. OK. AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TODAY TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION? LET'S WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS. THE WHANAU ORA COMMISSIONING AGENCY HAS CREATED THE LONGEST AD EVER MADE HERE. IT FEATURES TUHOE ARTIST AND ACTIVIST TAME ITI READING OUT NAMES OF NEW ZEALANDERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED ON TO THE MAORI ELECTORAL ROLL. KIA ORA. I'M HERE TO CALL THE ROLL. RAWIRI SHEDLOCK. THE 30-MINUTE-LONG AD IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MAORI TO JOIN THE ROLL. A BABY HAS BECOME THE YOUNGEST IN BRITAIN TO HAVE A LIFE-SAVING BLOOD TRANSFUSION WHILE STILL IN THE WOMB. ARTHUR RANSOM WAS AT JUST 16 WEEKS GESTATION, ARTHUR RANSOM WAS AT JUST 16 WEEKS GESTATION WHEN HE SUFFERED HEART FAILURE DUE TO AN INFECTION. THE SURGEON WHO CARRIED OUT THE OPERATION SAID IT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE TO SAVE HIS LIFE. BUT NOW AT 6 MONTHS OLD, YOUNG ARTHUR IS THRIVING. ITV'S RACHEL YOUNGER HAS HIS REMARKABLE STORY. IS HE TICKLING YOUR TUMMY? (BABY GIGGLES) IT'S SURELY ONE OF LIFE'S SWEETEST SOUNDS, BUT ARTHUR'S LAUGH IS EVEN MORE PRECIOUS, BECAUSE FOUR MONTHS INTO HER PREGNANCY, HIS MOTHER WAS TOLD ONLY A MIRACLE COULD SAVE HIM. HE WAS VERY, VERY POORLY, AND WE COULD SEE OURSELVES, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SCAN, THAT HIS WHOLE BODY WAS FILLED WITH FLUID. YOU COULD SEE AROUND HIS HEART. IT WAS JUST` THERE WAS FLUID EVERYWHERE, SO WE KNEW THAT HE WAS A REALLY POORLY BABY. THAT SCAN REVEALED ARTHUR HAD PARVOVIRUS, WHICH MAISYIE, A PRIMARY TEACHER, HAD UNKNOWINGLY CONTRACTED AT SCHOOL. HIS HEART WAS FAILING, BUT HE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE IN EXCEPTIONAL HANDS. SO, THIS IS ARTHUR. (LAUGHS) VERY HANDSOME. (LAUGHS) HE IS. NOW, SIX MONTHS AFTER HIS BIRTH, THE OBSTETRICIAN WHO SAVED ARTHUR'S LIFE BY PERFORMING A BLOOD TRANSPLANT IN THE WOMB, IS SEEING HIS FACE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HOW MUCH DANGER WAS ARTHUR IN, AND HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU YOU COULD SAVE HIM? I WOULD SAY THE BABY HAD 50/50. THEY'RE VERY TINY. THEY'RE VERY SMALL. SO UNLESS YOU'RE SO PRECISE, AND YOU JUST MISS YOUR TARGET BY ONLY A MILLIMETRE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFUSION, AND YOU LOSE THE BABY ` SOMETIMES DURING THE PROCEDURE, OR SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. INSTEAD, OPERATING AT ST GEORGE'S IN LONDON, SHE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFUSED HIS LIVER, THIS NEXT SCAN SHOWING HOW THE EXCESS FLUID DISAPPEARED ` A LIFE-SAVING PROCEDURE THAT IN OLDER BABIES IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE UMBILICAL CORD. BUT ARTHUR COULDN'T WAIT, AND HIS FAMILY ARE FOREVER THANKFUL. WE'RE SO, SO GRATEFUL. YEAH. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH ` HONESTLY. A PLEASURE. I MEAN, I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT HIM. HE'S JUST SO AMAZING, SO HEALTHY AND DEVELOPED NORMALLY, AND SO, YEAH, WELL DONE. A BABY WHOSE LIFE HUNG IN THE BALANCE BEFORE BEING SAVED EVEN BEFORE HE WAS BORN. PROTESTERS ARE CLAIMING VICTORY AFTER U.S. TECH BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS CHANGED VENUES FOR HIS LAVISH WEDDING TO TV PRESENTER LAUREN SANCHEZ IN VENICE. THE A-LIST MEGA-EVENT HAS ATTRACTED PROTESTS FROM A NUMBER OF GROUPS, AND ALTHOUGH THE VENUE FOR THE THREE-DAY LEAD-IN PARTY HAS NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY REVEALED, SATURDAY'S NUPTIALS HAVE HAD TO BE MOVED TO A FACILITY OUT OF THE CENTRE OF THE CITY. AROUND 200 GUESTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CELEBRITIES, ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. HEADING OVER? NO. ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE A GOOD PARTY. AND AN UNBELIEVABLE RESULT AT FOOTBALL'S CLUB WORLD CUP? AUCKLAND CITY FC, A TEAM FULL OF PART-TIMERS ` THEY ALL HAVE JOBS BACK IN NEW ZEALAND AND ARE NOT FULL-TIME PROFESSIONALS ` TAKING ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD, BOCA JUNIORS. A 1-1 DRAW. THEY COME HOME WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.6 MILLION. WE'LL HAVE REACTION TO AUCKLAND CITY FC'S BRILLIANT RESULT AT THE CLUB WORLD CUP NEXT. PLUS ` ZOE HOBBS RUNS A SUB-11-SECOND 100M FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. AND A SUPERCARS DOUBLE HEADER IS COMING TO OUR SHORES. WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS NEXT. 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. (PHONE CHIMES) (BRIGHT MUSIC) Thank you, Sam. You're welcome, Wendy. Chillies. SONG: # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... # Here you go, mate. Thank you. (ENGINE REVS) MAN: OK, turn off the car. (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Dad! Hey, man. Yeah, just...I'm teaching Samara how to drive. # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Hi! Could you do something for me? # Ooh-ooh-hoo... # Thanks. # Ooh-ooh-hoo # Ooo-ooh # Oh, baby, you # You've got what I need # You got everything I need # You're like medicine to me # Oh, baby # You... # Hey, babe. I'm home. I made your favourite. # What I need # You've got everything I need # You're like medicine... # Too spicy? # To me, oh, baby... # I love it. Mm. VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Find your wonderful. New World. THEY'D CONCEDED A WHOPPING 16 GOALS IN THEIR FIRST TWO MATCHES AT THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP, AND NATURALLY, AUCKLAND CITY FC WERE EXPECTED TO FACE A SIMILAR BARAGE FROM SOUTH AMERICAN GIANTS BOCA JUNIORS THIS MORNING. BUT THE TEAM OF FULL-TIME WORKERS AND PART-TIME FOOTBALLERS HAVE PULLED OFF THE BIGGEST RESULT IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY TO DRAW 1-ALL. COMING HOME HAVING SECURED A POINT MEANS AUCKLAND CITY ALSO SECURE A DECENT PAYCHEQUE TO GO WITH IT. A DRAW THAT FELT EVERY BIT LIKE A WIN FOR AUCKLAND CITY FC. THEY HAVE PRODUCED THE PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME! THIS WAS MEANT TO BE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC. BOCA JUNIORS ARE POWERHOUSES OF SOUTH AMERICAN FOOTBALL IN THE ARGENTINA TOP LEAGUE, AND FOR THE FIRST 50 MINUTES, IT WAS GOING TO SCRIPT. HE HAS FOUND A WAY IN! BOCA JUNIORS WERE PEPPERING AUCKLAND'S GOAL. GOALKEEPER NATHAN GARROW WAS RUN OFF HIS FEET. THANKFULLY, THE WOODWORK WAS DOING SOME OF THE WORK FOR HIM. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? STILL REMAINS 1-0 ON THE SCORELINE. BUT AS MUCH AS THEY TRIED, THEY SIMPLY COULD NOT FIND A SECOND. AFTER WATCHING THE BALL GO INTO THE BACK OF THEIR NET 16 TIMES ALREADY, ONE FINALLY WENT THE OTHER WAY... FLOATS THIS ONE IN, AND` OH, THEY HAVE SCORED! ...CHRISTIAN GRAY RISING UP AND NETTING AUCKLAND'S FIRST AND ONLY GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT. WHAT A MASSIVE MOMENT THIS IS FOR AUCKLAND CITY. IT WAS A GOAL THAT MEANT FAR MORE THAN JUST SALVAGING A POINT. THAT POINT IS WORTH AN ADDITIONAL $1.6M FOR AUCKLAND CITY. WE RELY ON VOLUNTEERS; WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. I'M JUST HAPPY THEY'RE HAPPY ` THE CLUB DESERVES IT. IT'S A WORLD AWAY FROM GRAY'S USUAL LIFE. HE'S HAD TO TAKE TIME OUT FROM HIS STUDENT TEACHER ROLE AT MT ROSKILL INTERMEDIATE TO BE AT THE CLUB WORLD CUP. THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE GOING BACK TO, AND THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, THANKFULLY. HE WAS VERY NEARLY HEADING BACK WITH THREE LOSSES. THAT IS GOING TO DEFLECT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. BUT VAR FOUND A HANDBALL, THE DEADLOCK WAS RESTORED, AND AUCKLAND HELD OUT A FLURRY OF LATE CHANCES TO GRAB A 1-ALL DRAW. AND AUCKLAND HELD OUT A FLURRY OF LATE CHANCES TO GRAB A 1-1 DRAW. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT BACK, I THINK. RESPECT AND A HEALTHY BANK BALANCE, AS AUCKLAND CITY NOW RETURN HOME AFTER A BRILLIANT END TO THE CLUB WORLD CUP. THE BLACKCAPS WILL HAVE JUST ONE RED BALL SERIES THIS SUMMER, WITH THREE TESTS AGAINST THE WEST INDIES IN DECEMBER THE ONLY LONG-FORMAT GAMES ANNOUNCED IN TODAY'S HOME SCHEDULE. AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH INJURIES, PACEMAN KYLE JAMIESON IS HOPEFUL OF MAKING HIS FIRST TEST APPEARANCE IN ALMOST 18 MONTHS WHEN THE WINDIES RED BALL SERIES STARTS AT HAGLEY OVAL ON DECEMBER 2ND. YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY STILL ON THE TABLE, AND, YEAH, GUESS HAVING THREE TESTS IS NICE, AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO GUESS HAVING THREE TESTS IS NICE, AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO THAT WE USUALLY, UM, GET, TO BE FAIR, AT HOME. SO, YEAH, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THE OTHERWISE WHITE-BALL-DOMINATED SUMMER STARTS WITH A VISIT FROM AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER, FOLLOWED BY ENGLAND LATER THAT MONTH AND FINISHING WITH A DOUBLE HEADER SERIES WITH THE WHITE FERNS ALSO TAKING ON SOUTH AFRICA. ZOE HOBBS HAS PRODUCED THE PERFORMANCE OF HER LIFE TO RUN SUB-11 SECONDS IN THE 100M FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HER CAREER. COMPETING AT THE OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE MEET, HOBBS MADE A BRILLIANT START, LEADING THE FIELD UNTIL THE 60M MARK BEFORE BEING PIPPED IN THE LAST FEW STRIDES TO FINISH THIRD. HER TIME OF 10.94 SECONDS SET A NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA RECORD. I CAME OUT REALLY LOW, ALMOST STUMBLED, BUT I MANAGED TO HOLD IT, AND THEN... MAYBE AT ABOUT 30, I WAS STILL AHEAD, AND I WAS LIKE, 'WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? JUST KEEP GOING, JUST KEEP FLOWING.' (PANTS) I DON'T KNOW! I'M MIND-BLOWN, BUT I'M SUPER STOKED. THE RACE WAS THE FIRST TIME HOBBS HAS RUN SUB-11 SECONDS IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NEW ZEALAND WILL HOST A SUPERCARS DOUBLE HEADER, WITH THE INAUGURAL RUAPUNA ROUND IN CHRISTCHURCH SET FOR APRIL 17TH TO 19TH, THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE TAUPO EVENT. IT GETS BETTER FOR MOTORSPORT FANS, WITH NEWS BOTH EVENTS ARE LOCKED IN FOR THREE YEARS, GIVING KIWIS A DOUBLE DOSE OF V8s THROUGH UNTIL 2028. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. THINGS WERE A BIT SLOWER-PACED ON THE MAIN STREET AT RUAPUNA TODAY... BUT COME APRIL, FORMALITIES WILL BE REPLACED BY HIGH-OCTANE ACTION. INTENSE, ABSOLUTELY INTENSE. SO I SEE THIS PLACE DELIVERING SOME EPIC BATTLES, JUST HOPEFULLY IT'S WITH ALL THE KIWIS AT THE FRONT. JUST TWO YEARS AGO, NEW ZEALAND HAD NO ROUND ON THE SUPERCARS CALENDAR. THAT CHANGED IN 2024, WHEN TAUPO WAS ESTABLISHED, GIVING KIWI DRIVERS A CHANCE TO ONCE AGAIN WIN ON HOME SOIL. AND NEW ZEALANDERS LOVED EVERY MILLIMETRE OF THIS DRIVE BY YOUNG MATT PAYNE WHO WINS THE JASON RICHARDS TROPHY. BY YOUNG MATT PAYNE, WHO WINS THE JASON RICHARDS TROPHY. IT'S PRETTY EMOTIONAL TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS GROW UP DREAMING OF SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, BUT TO ACTUALLY LIVE IT THROUGH AND HAVE THAT FEELING AND REALITY IS` BUT TO ACTUALLY LIVE IT THROUGH AND HAVE THAT FEELING AND REALITY IS` IS PRETTY SURREAL, I HAVE TO SAY. IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY MOST SPECIAL WEEKENDS IN MOTORSPORT. NOW THEY HAVE TWICE THE CHANCE, WITH RUAPUNA ADDED AS A SECOND LEG OF AN NZ DOUBLE HEADER, AND THE FIRST EVER IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE, LIKE, THE SOUTH ISLAND BOGAN TO A NORTH ISLAND BOGAN? LOOK, I FEEL LIKE HERE THE CROWD'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A BIT MORE ROWDY. THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW MORE OF THEM. I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE COME TO AN EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME ` WE SAW IT IN TAUPO 2024 ` YOU KNOW, THE CROWD WAS AMAZING. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AS FAR AS CHRISTCHURCH MAYOR PHIL MAJOR YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AS FAR AS CHRISTCHURCH MAYOR PHIL MAJOR, WHO IS A SELF-CONFESSED PETROLHEAD. PHIL, YOU'VE DONE A FEW LAPS AROUND HERE. DONE ONE IN THESE FORMULA-5000S BEFORE? YEAH, I WAS VERY LUCKY. I HAD A FORMULA-5000 BID THAT WAS MADE DOWN IN INVERCARGILL. I HAD A FORMULA-5000 BED THAT WAS MADE DOWN IN INVERCARGILL. I HAD ONE FOR ABOUT 10 OR 12 YEARS AND HAD AN ABSOLUTE BALL. SCARE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF YOU, BUT GOOD FUN. THE MAYOR ISN'T THE ONLY ONE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP THOUGH. EXPECT THOSE TO BE COMING IN BY THE DROVES NEXT APRIL. EXPECT THOSE TO BE COMING IN BY THE DROVES NEXT APRIL. THE INAUGURAL EVENT HERE AT RUAPUNA IS EXPECTED TO BRING IN AROUND 20,000 VISITORS TO CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S A GREAT SELL POINT FOR AUSSIE FANS TO GO, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? 'LET'S PACK UP AND HEAD OVER TO NEW ZEALAND FOR A WEEK AND A HALF, 'LET'S PACK UP AND HEAD OVER TO NEW ZEALAND FOR A WEEK AND A HALF 'AND TAKE IN SOME OF THE SCENERY, BUT ALSO TAKE IN SOME GREAT ACTION.' 'AND TAKE IN SOME OF THE SCENERY BUT ALSO TAKE IN SOME GREAT ACTION.' LET'S HOPE THE SCENERY CAN INVOLVE THE KIWIS BEING ON THE PODIUM. OPENER BEN DUCKETT INSPIRED ENGLAND TO A STUNNING FINAL-DAY RUN CHASE AS THEY TOOK A 1-NIL LEAD IN THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST INDIA. THE HOSTS WERE SET A MAMMOTH 371 FOR VICTORY ON DAY FIVE, WITH BAZ BALL COMING TO THE FORE. DUCKETT TOP-SCORED WITH A BLISTERING 149 AS ENGLAND WON BY FIVE WICKETS. OVER MID-ON. ANOTHER FAMOUS WIN. YEAH, IT'S JUST BEEN PROPER EFFORT FROM EVERYONE WITH THE BALL IN THE FIELD. WE GOT PUT UNDER SOME PRESSURE WITH THE BAT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FEND THAT OFF. AND BEING ONE NIL UP IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT START. THE SECOND TEST IS AT EDGBASTON IN A WEEK. PROBABLY HELPS THEY HAVE THREE KIWIS ON THE COACHING STAFF. ZOE HOBBS ` 10.94! SHE COULD GO QUICKER AS WELL I RECKON. WHEN TWO BROWN BEARS ESCAPED FROM THEIR ENCLOSURE AT A WILDLIFE PARK IN DEVON IN THE UK, THEIR KEEPERS DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR. MISH AND LUCY MADE STRAIGHT FOR THE HONEY STORE AND QUICKLY SCOFFED A WEEK'S WORTH OF FOOD. NOW THE BROTHER AND SISTER ARE SAFELY BACK IN THEIR ENCLOSURE AND ARE SAID TO BE VERY HAPPY. ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN REPORTS. IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT JUST STORYBOOK BEARS WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH HONEY, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MISH AND LUCY ARE JUST A BIT MORE SAVVY THAN WINNIE THE POOH, YESTERDAY FINDING A WAY OUT OF THEIR ENCLOSURE AND INTO THEIR KEEPERS' STORAGE HUT. ROOTING AROUND WITH JUST ONE THING ON THEIR MINDS ` OR AT LEAST IN THEIR NOSTRILS ` THESE YOUNG BEARS WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE SWEET STUFF ` A WEEK'S WORTH OF HONEY, ACCORDING TO THE STAFF HERE. THEY IGNORED ALL THE BENEFICIAL ITEMS, LIKE THE ROOT VEGETABLES AND THE CAULIFLOWER, AND WENT STRAIGHT FOR APPLES, BANANAS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOUND THE HONEY STORE, WHICH THEY MADE A BEELINE FOR AND LARGELY DECIMATED. HOW MUCH DID THEY GET THROUGH? TOO MUCH ` TOO MUCH FOR A YOUNG BEAR. IT WAS WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS SPOTTED ` IN AN AREA NORMALLY ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO THEIR KEEPERS ` THAT THE PARK WAS EVACUATED, AND STAFF TRAINED IN FIREARMS WERE DEPLOYED. BUT IN THE END, IT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARY. DESPITE ALL OF THEIR NEWFOUND FREEDOM, THEY DIDN'T REQUIRE TERRIBLY MUCH PERSUASION TO COME BACK INTO THEIR ENCLOSURE. MISH, HAVING EATEN HIS FILL, SIMPLY WALKED BACK IN AND FELL ASLEEP; LUCY WAS COAXED BACK SHORTLY AFTERWARDS WITH A BELL AND MORE OF HER FAVOURITE FOOD. THE PARK'S OWNERS SAY AT NO POINT COULD THE BEARS ENTER PUBLIC AREAS, BUT AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO HOW THEY BROKE FREE. WE FOCUS VERY MUCH ON THE POSITIVE ELEMENT, 'GREAT, WE GOT'` BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T EVER WANT TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND REASSURE THE LOCAL PEOPLE ` WHO I, INCIDENTALLY, HAVE TO SAY HAVE BEEN AMAZING. WE JUST RECEIVED A �100 DONATION FOR HONEY, WHICH IS` WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR. BUT BACK SAFELY BEHIND BARS, THESE TWO TREAT THIEVES ARE HAVING VEGETABLES ` FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AT LEAST. LAURA'S HERE AND STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE INCOMING. YUP, THIS IS GENERALLY FROM NOW UNTIL FRIDAY. LOTS OF WATCHES IN YELLOW, AND THE MORE SEVERE WARNINGS IN ORANGE. HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AROUND THE HEADWATERS OF THE CANTERBURY AND OTAGO LAKES AND RIVERS, AND FIORDLAND. THE RANGES OF WESTLAND DISTRICT, AND TASMAN. LOTS OF STRONG WIND FOR SURROUNDING AREAS TOO, INCLUDING WELLINGTON, AND A RAIN WATCH FOR TARANAKI. PLENTY GOING ON, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST, NEXT. WILD WEATHER IS A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOOD, WATER, BATTERIES AND PORTABLE CHARGERS. NAU MAI ANO. OVERNIGHT WON'T BE AS COLD, BUT TOMORROW IS LOOKING VERY CLOUDY. THAT IS THE THEME OF THURSDAY'S FORECAST ` OH, AND THE RAIN! THIS RAIN BAND OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH. THE CENTRE OF THE LOW OUT TO THE WEST WILL DEEPEN, SO THE RAIN AT THE TOP OF THE SOUTH WILL STICK AROUND FOR A BIT LONGER, AND THIS STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOME AREAS TOO. FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, MOST OF THE ACTION IS IN THE WEST AND THE NORTH FROM TONIGHT. IT SHOULD START CLEARING FROM THE AFTERNOON AS IT HEADS NORTH, SO LOTS OF MORNING CLOUD AND STRONG WINDS, WITH SHOWERS OR RAIN ARRIVING LATER IN THE DAY FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. STRONG MORNING NORTHERLIES HERE, THEN A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR ALL, WITH A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING, AND COULD BE HEAVY FOR NORTHLAND. SIMILAR HERE ` THE NORTHERLIES WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE MORNING, THE AFTERNOON IN ROTORUA, AND THEN A CLOUDY THURSDAY, WITH SOME SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT IN THE EVENING IN TOKOROA. NOT MANY CLEAR SKIES HERE EITHER, WITH CLOUD DOMINATING MOST OF THE DAY. THEY'LL BRING SOME RAIN FROM THE AFTERNOON IN MASTERTON, AND THE EVENING IN DANNEVIRKE. STRONG NORTHERLIES FOR ALL. CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST, BUT NOT UNTIL THE EVENING FOR TAUMARUNUI AND WHANGANUI. A WARMER NIGHT, THE LOWS ALL IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD NEWS ENDS, REALLY. RAIN FOR ALL ` HEAVY FROM LATE MORNING IN NELSON, AND POTENTIAL THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL FOR THE REST. IT SHOULD START TO CLEAR FROM THE AFTERNOON IN GREYMOUTH AND THE EVENING IN HOKITIKA. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AT PLAY HERE. CLOUDY FOR ALL. SOME BRIEF RAIN BEFORE DAWN FOR SOUTH CANTEBURY, AND BLENHEIM COULD GET SOME HEAVY AFTERNOON FALLS. AND CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED HERE TOO. COULD BE A BURST OF RAIN OVERNIGHT, BUT THAT WILL CLEAR EARLY ON. SHOWERS WILL PERSIST IN OBAN, AND INVERCARGILL COULD GET A FEW IN THE EVENING. TO OUR MAIN CENTRES NOW ` NORTHEASTERLIES DYING OUT EARLY MORNING IN OTEPOTI DUNEDIN, AND SOME RAIN BEFORE DAWN, THEN A CLOUDY DAY FOR YOU. 16 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. OTAUTAHI, CHRISTCHURCH ` THE NOREASTER WILL BE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES FIRST THING, BUT WILL EASE IN THE MORNING AND BE LIGHT WINDS FROM MIDDAY. SOME RAIN ALSO ARRIVING IN THE AFTERNOON. 17 FOR YOU. TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA, WELLINGTON ` CLOUDY PERIODS, WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING AFTER LUNCH. STRONG NORTHERLIES RISING TO GALE IN EXPOSED PLACES AND GUSTING 100 KM/H. 16 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. TE MATAU-A-MAUI, HAWKE'S BAY ` NORTHERLY WINDS AND A MOSTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY, BUT UNLIKE MANY OTHER PLACES, IT SHOULD STAY DRY. 18 DEGREES FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. 18 FOR TAURANGA TOO, BUT SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR YOU ` MAINLY IN THE MORNING, WHEN THE NORTHERLIES WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` ALSO WITH A HIGH OF 18. MOSTLY CLOUDY DURING THE DAY AND THE ODD SHOWER THAT WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT IN THE EVENING. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` SIMILAR FOR YOU. CLOUDY WITH NORTHERLIES RAMPING UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING. 19 DEGREES. OVERSEAS NOW ` APART FROM SOME SHOWERS IN MELBOURNE, ALL THE OTHER MAIN AUSSIE CENTRES SHOULD HAVE A DRY DAY TOMORROW. CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR THE PACIFIC ` SHOWERS IN NIUE, COOK ISLANDS AND TONGA. BACK HOME ` FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE RAIN IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH HEAVY FALLS THAT WILL EASE TO SHOWERS. GALE NORTHERLIES, POSSIBLY SEVERE IN EXPOSED PLACES. SATURDAY ` SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND. AND SUNDAY ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, CLEARING FOR MOST, BUT STICKING AROUND IN THE NORTH. THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL HAVE A RAINY FRIDAY TOO WITH HEAVY FALLS. JUST THE ODD SHOWER FOR FIORDLAND, SOUTHLAND AND CLUTHA. SATURDAY ` HEAVY RAIN IN THE EAST, WITH SNOW TO LOW LEVELS ABOUT CANTERBURY AND GALE SOU-WESTERS IN THE EAST. THEN SUNDAY ` SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH AND A FEW IN THE EAST, BUT OTHERWISE FINE. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. AND I DON'T SAY THIS OFTEN BUT IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. I HAVE GOT OVER THE RUGBY NOW, SO... THAT'S ALL GOOD. THEY CAN HAVE SOME GREAT WEATHER TOO. 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.