FLOODING, SNOW AND HIGH WINDS A TERRIFYING TREBLE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT HAS COST ONE LIFE AND HAS LEFT RESIDENTS PICKING UP THE PIECES. DONALD TRUMP GETS A HUGE WIN IN THE SUPREME COURT, BUT IT'S OMINOUS FOR THE CHILDREN BORN IN THE U.S. OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS. TWO TEENS ARE IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN AUCKLAND AFTER A TRAGIC DECISION TO FLEE POLICE. AND LORDE STUNS FANS WITH A SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT GLASTONBURY AND LEWIS CAPALDI'S HEROIC RETURN TO THE STAGE. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI, AND WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. A PERSON HAS DIED IN THE TASMAN DISTRICT AFTER A TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE CLEARING FLOOD DAMAGE IN WAI-ITI NEAR WAKEFIELD THIS MORNING. DESPITE BEST EFFORTS BY EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE PERSON DIED AT THE SCENE. MEANWHILE, A TORNADO IN WAITARA DAMAGED AT LEAST 11 HOMES, A CAR ENDED UP ON ITS ROOF IN SNOW NEAR QUEENSTOWN, AND IN MOTUEKA, HOUSE ROOFS, SHACKS, TREES AND TRAMPOLINES WERE SEEN FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. RESIDENTS OF MOTUEKA VALLEY WATCHED WITH GROWING ALARM YESTERDAY AS THE RIVER ROSE AND ROSE. WE WALKED AROUND AND SAID, 'THIS IS CRAZY, THIS IS AS HIGH AS IT GETS.' AND THEN BY 1 O'CLOCK, IT WAS ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE. AND YEAH, THEN WE PROBABLY STARTED TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. PHOTOGRAPHER AIMEE JULES' NEIGHBOURS' HOME IS EMPTY BUT STILL SURROUNDED BY WATER. HER MOVEMENTS TOO ARE RESTRICTED. WE CAN STILL GET OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND DRIVE UP THE VALLEY A BIT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME BRIDGES OR SOMETHING. SO YEAH, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY LOCKED IN. I THINK ACROSS THE RIVER, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE STUCK WHERE THEY ARE. SHE'S SEEN EVIDENCE THAT OTHERS ARE STRUGGLING BY SIMPLY WATCHING THE CURRENTS. THERE USED TO BE A LINE OF WILLOWS EVERYWHERE THERE, AND NOW YOU CAN SEE ONLY TWO LEFT STANDING. MASSIVE TREES FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER, AND HOUSE ROOFS AND TRAMPOLINES AND ALL SORTS. AND A FALLING TREE HAS COST ONE PERSON THEIR LIFE. THEY WERE REPORTEDLY CLEANING FLOOD DAMAGE NEAR WAKEFIELD WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. MEANWHILE, AN AUSTRALIAN FAMILY OF FOUR WHO ARRIVED IN THE MOTUEKA VALLEY A FEW MONTHS AGO HAVE STARTED A GIVEALITTLE PAGE AFTER THEIR HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY REMAINS ACROSS NELSON TASMAN, BUT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ABATED. THAT LOOKS LIKE TO EASE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE HAS BEEN SOME PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF RAIN THOUGH, SO PARADISE VALLEY IN THE RANGES RECORDED 500mm OF RAIN OVER THAT 72-HOUR PERIOD, SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE RIVER AS WELL BECAUSE ALL THAT WATER'S GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE, AND IT ALL TRAVELS DOWN. THE NGATIMOTI VALLEY IS NOW HOME TO UK TV PERSONALITY NOEL EDMONDS WHO'S MAKING A REALITY SHOW ABOUT HIS LIFE HERE. WE'VE HAD A BIG DISASTER IN THE TASMAN AREA. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BECAUSE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING EVENT. FURTHER NORTH, A TORNADO DAMAGED AT LEAST 11 HOMES IN WAITARA. SHIRLENE PATERSON TOOK THESE PICTURES AFTER HER 100-YEAR-OLD BUNGALOW SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE TYPE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED IN OVER TARANAKI LAST NIGHT ` THEY WERE THE RIGHT KIND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORNADOS, SO YES, WE BELIEVE IT WAS A TORNADO. THE DAMAGE THAT IT LEFT WOULD INDICATE A TORNADO. THESE WERE THE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS ON SH6 IN KAWARAU GORGE NEAR QUEENSTOWN. A CAR FLIPPED ON ITS ROOF ON SH6 WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKING AROUND IT THIS MORNING. 29cm OF SNOW FELL AT CARDRONA SKI RESORT ` A MASSIVE BOOST FOR SKIERS AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME IN THE SEASON. BUT, BUCKLE UP, BECAUSE ANY RESPITE MAY ONLY LAST A FEW DAYS. THERE ARE SOME RAIN AND SHOWERS EXPECTED TOMORROW. THERE COULD BE SOME THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT THEN WE START TO SEE A CLEARING TREND FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. HOWEVER, THE NEXT PARTICULAR SYSTEM ISN'T TOO FAR AWAY. PENCIL IN WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY FOR ANOTHER COMPLEX SYSTEM TO ARRIVE IN THE NORTHWEST. FOUR TEENAGERS ARE IN HOSPITAL AFTER THEY FLED POLICE IN A CAR WEST OF AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. TWO REMAIN IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AND TWO ARE SERIOUS AFTER THE CAR WENT OFF THE COATESVILLE-RIVERHEAD HIGHWAY, COMING TO REST UPSIDE-DOWN NEXT TO A HOUSE. THE POLICE HAD SIGNALLED FOR THEM TO STOP DUE TO ERRATIC DRIVING, BUT OFFICERS DID NOT INITIATE A PURSUIT. POLICE SAY AT THE HEART OF THIS IS A TRAGIC DECISION TO FLEE FROM POLICE, AND IF YOU ARE SIGNALLED TO STOP, PLEASE PULL OVER. DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD A HUGE LEGAL VICTORY WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING THAT JUDGES IN LOWER COURTS HAVE LIMITED ABILITY TO BLOCK PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS. THE CASE CENTRED ON WHETHER TRUMP COULD USE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN, BORN IN AMERICA, OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS. IN A 6-3 RULING, THE SUPREME COURT'S CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES SIDED WITH THE PRESIDENT. ITV'S DAN RIVERS REPORTS. GOOD MORNING. USUALLY THE PRESS GOES TO TRUMP IN THE OVAL OFFICE, BUT TODAY, HE CAME TO THEIR BRIEFING ROOM TO REVEL IN THIS RULING. WELL, THIS WAS A BIG ONE, WASN'T IT? THIS WAS A BIG DECISION. THE SUPREME COURT TODAY LIMITED THE POWER OF LOWER COURT JUDGES TO BLOCK POLICIES THEY DEEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL. TRANSLATED INTO TRUMP SPEAK ` RADICAL LEFT JUDGES EFFECTIVELY TRIED TO OVERRULE THE RIGHTFUL POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT TO STOP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM GETTING THE POLICIES THAT THEY VOTED FOR IN RECORD NUMBERS. IT WAS A GRAVE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, FRANKLY. AND INSTEAD OF MERELY RULING ON THE IMMEDIATE CASES BEFORE THEM, THESE JUDGES HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DICTATE THE LAW FOR THE ENTIRE NATION. REPORTERS: MR PRESIDENT... THIS WAS HARDLY A HOSTILE CROWD FROM 2028. THE PRESS ROOM IS NOW BULGING WITH PRO-TRUMP MEDIA OUTLETS. (LAUGHTER) I LIKE HIM. I LIKE HIM. THIS RULING MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR TRUMP'S ATTEMPTS TO CRACK DOWN ON IMMIGRATION. IF CHILDREN ARE BORN IN THE USA, THEY ARE CITIZENS UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. BUT TRUMP IS CHALLENGING THAT BIRTHRIGHT FOR FOREIGNERS. TODAY, HIS TOP LEGAL OFFICIAL BOASTED THE RULING WILL BEEF UP HIS POWER TO CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. YOU SHOULD ALL FEEL SAFER NOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN DEPORT ALL OF THESE` ALL OF THESE GANGS, AND NOT ONE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE CAN THINK THEY'RE AN EMPEROR OVER THIS ADMINISTRATION AND HIS EXECUTIVE POWERS AND WHY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ELECTED HIM. BUT THE THREE LIBERAL JUDGES ON THE SUPREME COURT DISSENTED. ONE, SONIA SOTOMAYOR TOOK THE UNUSUAL STEP OF READING OUT HER OBJECTIONS. SHE SAID ` THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DEMOCRAT SENATE LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TODAY DESCRIBED THE RULING AS 'A TERRIFYING STEP TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM'. THIS RULING HAS SIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTED THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY AND IS BEING CELEBRATED HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS A KEY VICTORY FOR DONALD TRUMP. THE JUDICIARY WAS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING CHECKS ON THE EXECUTIVE ` A CHECK WHICH IS NOW SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED. GAZA'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE SAYS HIGHLY-ADDICTIVE OXYCODONE OPIOID PILLS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED INSIDE BAGS OF FLOUR HANDED OUT BY THE U.S. AND ISRAELI-BACKED AID DISTRIBUTION CENTRES. THE MEDIA OFFICE EXPRESSED ITS DEEP CONCERN AND CONDEMNATION, AND SAID THERE ARE FEARS MORE PILLS MAY HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY GROUND OR DISSOLVED INTO THE FLOUR. IT COMES AS THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL STATED THE AID OPERATION IS KILLING PEOPLE AND INHERENTLY UNSAFE, AND FOLLOWS REPORTS ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARE BEING ORDERED TO FIRE ON UNARMED CIVILIANS SEEKING FOOD. HERE'S CHANNEL 4'S ALEX THOMSON. FOR WEEKS NOW, IMAGES LIKE THESE GRIMLY FAMILIAR. FOOD DISTRIBUTION BY G.H.F., THE ISRAELI, U.S.-SPONSORED 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION.' FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA GOVERNMENT SAY 549 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE FOUNDATION'S WORK, 4066 INJURED. (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE) MAN MURMURS: YAA ALLAH... IN THAT FIRST MONTH, ISRAEL'S HAARETZ NEWSPAPER DOCUMENTS 19 INSTANCES OF THE ISRAELI ARMY OPENING FIRE NEAR THESE FOOD HANDOUTS, AND TODAY IT REPORTS ISRAELI SOLDIERS SAYING THEY WERE ORDERED TO OPEN FIRE ON CROWDS OF CIVILIANS SEEKING FOOD, EVEN THOUGH THEY POSED NO THREAT. THE ISRAELI ARMY SAYS IT'S NOW INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL WAR CRIMES. IN THE PAST FEW HOURS, THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL PASSED THIS VERDICT ON ISRAEL AND AMERICA'S AID OPERATION IN GAZA ` ANY OPERATION THAT CHANNELS DESPERATE CIVILIANS INTO MILITARISED ZONES IS INHERENTLY UNSAFE. IT'S KILLING PEOPLE. IT'S TIME FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. AND IN ISRAEL ITSELF LAST NIGHT, POLICE CONFRONTING PROTESTERS IN CENTRAL TEL AVIV WHO ARE DEMANDING PEACE IN GAZA AND THE RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES. UNDER PRESSURE FROM ALL THIS AND THE U.S. TO CUT A PEACE DEAL WITH HAMAS AND END 628 BLOODY DAYS OF WAR IN THE STRIP, PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SUDDENLY DROPPING HINTS ABOUT A POSSIBLE END TO IT ALL... (SPEAKS HEBREW) 'ALONG WITH THE RELEASE OF OUR HOSTAGES 'AND THE DEFEAT OF HAMAS, 'THERE IS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT MUST NOT BE WASTED. 'WE MUST NOT WASTE EVEN A SINGLE DAY.' THAT MEREST HINT OF A MOVE FOR PEACE STOKING FAR RIGHT FURY, ISRAEL'S FINANCE MINISTER POSTING ` 'YOU'VE GOT NO MANDATE, PRIME MINISTER.' BUT IT IS THE WHITE HOUSE AND GULF STATES' VISION OF PEACE WHICH WILL LIKELY COUNT MOST WHEN IT COMES TO REBUILDING GAZA. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ON THREE NEWS ` $80M NZD ` THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S ESTIMATED JEFF BEZOS'S ITALIAN WEDDING WILL COST, BUT MANY IN VENICE WISH HE'D JUST GO AWAY. AND IN SPORT, THE ALL BACKS HAVE THEIR FIRST HIT OUT OF THE YEAR AS THE COMPETITION FOR MIDFIELD SELECTION FOR THE FRENCH SERIES HEATS UP. PLUS, IS MERCEDES ABOUT TO PULL OFF THE BIGGEST DRIVER COUPS IN FORMULA 1 HISTORY BY SIGNING RED BULL'S FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION MAX VERSTAPPEN? HUNDREDS OF GLOBAL A-LISTERS HAVE DESCENDED ON VENICE FOR THE WEDDING OF AMAZON BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS AND LONG-TERM PARTNER LAUREN SANCHEZ. SECURITY IS TIGHT, WITH MANY LOCALS UNHAPPY AT HAVING THEIR CITY OVERRUN BY WHAT THEY SEE AS A CELEBRITY CIRCUS. ITV'S LEYLA HAYES HAS MORE. (SCATTERED CHEERS) HEY, JEFF! CONGRATULATIONS! A SMILE AND A WAVE FROM JEFF BEZOS AS THE AMAZON FOUNDER SET OFF FOR HIS WEDDING CEREMONY TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS! BRIDE-TO-BE LAUREN SANCHEZ WAS ALSO SMILING ON HER WAY TO EXCHANGE VOWS. AMONG THOSE INVITED TO VENICE FOR THE BILLIONAIRE BASH WERE CELEBRITIES, INCLUDING KIM KARDASHIAN, WHO TRAVELLED WITH HER SISTER KHLOE. ORLANDO BLOOM AND USHER WERE ALSO AMONG THE GUESTS, ALONG WITH CHAT SHOW HOST OPRAH WINFREY. AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO WAS TRYING HIS BEST TO HIDE UNDER A CAP. THE EXTRAVAGANT AFFAIR IS EXPECTED TO COST MORE THAN �30 MILLION... THE WEDDING FESTIVITIES HAVE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF HERE IN VENICE... ...AND HAS ATTRACTED MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD... (SPEAKS FRENCH) THIS LIFE SIZED MANNEQUIN OF BEZOS, CLUTCHING AN AMAZON BOX, WAS DROPPED INTO VENICE'S GRAND CANAL MARCH TO THE BEMUSEMENT OF TOURISTS. CROWD CHANTS: # YOU HAVE GOT TO GO # YOU HAVE GOT TO GO! THESE ACTIVISTS IN SAINT MARK'S SQUARE SEE THE WEDDING AS A SYMBOL OF WEALTH INEQUALITY. I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT BRINGING MONEY TO THE CITIZENS, IT'S NOT BRINGING MONEY TO VENICEM IT'S NOT BRINGING MONEY TO VENICE, IT'S BRINGING MONEY TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS WEDDING. BUT OTHERS SAY THE HIGH-ROLLING VISITORS WILL BE GOOD FOR VENICE. THIS EVENT ARE VERY RESPECTFUL TO THE CITY. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT. THE DAILY LIFE IS, OF COURSE, BUSINESS AS USUAL. THERE IS NO PROBLEM FOR THE CITY MANAGING THIS KIND OF EVENT. THE WEDDING BETWEEN LAURENCE SANCHEZ AND JEFF BEZOS IS ALREADY MAKING WAVES. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREENEWS SPORT. SAVOUR EVERY MOMENT WITH SUZUKI S-CROSS HYBRID AND THREENEWS SPORT. THE WARRIORS ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S DEFEAT TO THE PANTHERS AS THEY TAKE ON THE BRONCOS IN BRISBANE. IN A SOLD-OUT SUNCORP, IT WAS THE HOMESIDE THAT CROSSED THE LINE INSIDE THE FIRST THREE MINUTES. THE WARRIORS WERE DENIED IN THE CORNER MOMENTS LATER BEFORE SOME WEAK DEFENSE SAW THE BRONCOS IN AGAIN. THE WAHS WEREN'T MUCH BETTER ON ATTTACK AND THEN LOST WADE EAGAN TO A HEADKNOCK. THE BRONCOS THEN WITH A HAMMER BLOW RIGHT ON HALFTIME. HE IS OVER AND HE HAS SCORED! RIGHT ON HALF-TIME@ RIGHT ON HALF-TIME! 10 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, THE BRONCOS LEAD 18-6. AND THE CANBERRA RAIDERS HAVE PLENTY TO CELEBRATE AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 22-18 WIN OVER THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS. THE RAIDERS RAN IN THREE TRIES TO HAVE A CUSHY 16-0 LEAD AT THE BREAK BEFORE THE KNIGHTS STAGED A SECOND-HALF COMEBACK. BUT THE GREEN MACHINE HELD ON TO POST THEIR SIXTH WIN ON THE TROT. AND IT WAS EXTRA SPECIAL FOR JOSH PAPALI'I, WHO SACRIFICED BEING AT HIS WIFE'S SIDE FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON JUST TWO HOURS BEFORE KICK-OFF. MY MISSUS TOLD ME TO MAKE SURE WE COME BACK WITH THE TWO POINTS, AND SHE'LL DELIVER THE BABY, SO... (LAUGHTER) ...I'M GLAD WE'VE DONE BOTH. I'M GLAD SHE HELD HER` I'M GLAD SHE HELD HER END OF THE BARGAIN UP. THE 13TH WIN OF THE SEASON SEES THE RAIDERS MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE HELD THEIR FIRST TRAINING SESSION OF THE YEAR IN ALBANY AS THEY PREPARE TO FIRST TAKE ON FRANCE IN A THREE-TEST SERIES STARTING NEXT WEEK. CRUSADERS' NUMBER EIGHT CHRISTIAN LIO-WILLIE HAS MOVED FROM INJURY COVER INTO THE SQUAD TO REPLACE WALLACE SITITI WHO'S BEEN RULED OUT OF THE SERIES WITH AN ANKLE INJURY. JORDIE BARRETT RETURNS FROM HIS SIX-MONTH STINT WITH IRISH CLUB LEINSTER, AND THE 68-TEST VETERAN IS EXCITED ABOUT THE COMPETITION FOR SELECTION WITH 6 MIDFIELDERS NAMED IN THE SQUAD. LOOK, I WAS WATCHING EVERY WEEK SUPER RUGBY. GREAT COMPETITION. THE MATCHES WERE AWESOME, AND THE BOYS SELECTED HERE HAVE EARNED THEIR POSITION ON THE TEAM, AND I HAD TO DO THE SAME THING WHILE I WAS PLAYING AWAY. IT'S NO DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR WHETHER I'M PLAYING HERE OR ABROAD, SO THERE'S GREAT COMPETITION. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH EACH OTHER, AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE TEAM. THE FIRST TEST IS IN DUNEDIN NEXT SATURDAY. LIAM LAWSON HAS OUTPACED RACING BULLS TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR IN PRACTICE FOR MONDAY'S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX. SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA THE KIWI MANAGED A 15TH-PLACE FINISH THE KIWI MANAGED A 15TH-PLACE FINISH IN PRACTICE ONE, 12TH IN PRACTICE TWO, AND LOGGED A VITAL 65 LAPS TO PREPARE FOR TOMORROW'S QUALIFYING SESSION. LAWSON'S BEST LAP WAS 0.96S OFF THE PACE SET BY MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS, BUT THE DAY WAS DOMINATED WITH SPECULATION RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN IS MOVING TO MERCEDES. TEAM PRINCIPAL TOTO WOLFF CONFIRMING MERCEDES ARE IN TALKS WITH THE FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, BUT IT'S FAR FROM A DONE DEAL. I'M ALWAYS OPEN ABOUT THESE THINGS, AND I'M SAYING IT HOW IT IS, AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SAYING, YOU KNOW, 'WE'RE GONNA SIGN MAX.' BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR AWAY THAT IT'S NOT REALISTIC. IF VESTAPPEN IS LURED TO MERCEDES IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVER SWITCHES IN F1 HISTORY. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK, LEWIS CAPALDI'S HEROIC COMEBACK TO GLASTONBURY. AND LORDE SENDS FANS INTO A FRENZY WITH A SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT THE FESTIVAL. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. FLOODING, SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ` A TERRIFYING TREBLE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT COST ONE LIFE AND HAS LEFT RESIDENTS PICKING UP THE PIECES. A CRASH HAS LEFT TWO TEENS IN AUCKLAND IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A 'TRAGIC' DECISION TO FLEE POLICE. DONALD TRUMP GETS A HUGE WIN IN THE SUPREME COURT. BUT IT'S OMINOUS FOR THE CHILDREN BORN IN THE U.S. OF UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS. LORDE SENT FANS INTO A FRENZY WITH A SURPRISE PERFORMANCE IN THE SWELTERING HEAT AT GLASTONBURY OVERNIGHT. THOUSANDS OF FANS FLOCKED TO THE WOODSIES STAGE AFTER RUMOURS OF A SET FROM THE 'ROYALS' HIT-MAKER SPREAD AROUND WORTHY FARM. SUCH WAS THE EXCITEMENT THAT BOSSES ANNOUNCED THE STAGE HAD TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO OVERCROWDING SHORTLY BEFORE HER SET BEGAN. MEANWHILE, LEWIS CAPALDI MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE GLASTONBURY STAGE. THE SCOTTISH SINGER HAS TOURETTE'S SYNDROME AND TOOK A BREAK AFTER TWITCHES INTERRUPTED HIS LAST APPEARANCE AT THE FESTIVAL TWO YEARS AGO. HERE'S ITV'S RISHI DAVDA. # I GUESS I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY YOU HELP ME ESCAPE. FINISHING WHAT HE STARTED 734 DAYS AGO. # AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO GET ME THROUGH IT ALL. # LEWIS CAPALDI WAS MET WITH A SEA OF SUPPORT FOR HIS NOT-SO-SECRET SET. IN 2023, HIS GLASTONBURY PERFORMANCE WAS BADLY HAMPERED BY TICS AS A RESULT OF HIS TOURETTE'S, LEAVING HIM UNABLE TO SING, FORCING THE STAR TO TAKE AN EXTENDED BREAK. THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVEN'T BEEN THE BEST FOR ME. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT. THE SCOTTISH SINGER LEFT THE LIMELIGHT TO LOOK AFTER HIS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. # GONNA GET UP AND LIVE. RELEASING A NEW SONG, 'SURVIVE', ALL ABOUT GETTING BETTER. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO, LIKE, THINK THAT MAYBE THIS WOULDN'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. TODAY, BACK ON THE PYRAMID STAGE WAS CLEARLY AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR EVERYONE. THE TIME WE WAS HERE WHEN THE CROWD GOT HIM THROUGH IT, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. OBVIOUSLY THIS TIME IT'S JUST BEEN EVEN BETTER SEEING HIM COME BACK LIKE THAT. AND YOU JUST THINK OF HIS BRAVERY, DON'T YOU? FROM` COMING BACK. FROM THE LAST TIME. WE WAS HERE THE LAST TIME THAT HE WAS PERFORMED, AND IT WAS HARD FOR HIM. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE HIM BACK AGAIN. UNBELIEVABLE. JUST... HE'S SPECIAL. (CHUCKLES) HE WAS REALLY GOOD. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD. HARD TO KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS IN WHEN HE'S UP THERE. THE MUSIC'S JUST STARTED ON THE MAIN STAGES. A RETURNING LEWIS CAPALDI HAS SET THE BAR VERY HIGH FOR THOSE THAT FOLLOW. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. MAKING THE MOST OF THE WEATHER AND HEADING AWAY? KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE BY CHECKING LATCHES. THERE IS STILL A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR DUNEDIN AND CLUTHA UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT, WITH A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING TILL THEN AS WELL ALONG LINDIS PASS. NOW, TOMORROW, A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ON TO THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT THAT IS FOLLOWED BY AN UNSETTLED SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT REACHING THE FAR SOUTH TOMORROW NIGHT. SOME ON-OFF SHOWERS FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. NOTHING AS BAD AS WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, THOUGH, AND SUNDAY IS LOOKING LIKE A DRIZZLY ONE FOR MANY IN THE NORTH. IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOUDY ONE FOR ALL HERE, WITH THE ODD SHOWER ABOUT. SOUTH-WESTERLY FOR MOST; WESTERLIES, THOUGH FOR WHITIANGA AND HAMILTON. MUCH OF THE SAME HERE. SHOWERS COULD HANG ABOUT TILL EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ROUND EASING IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THERE WILL BE SPOTS OF RAIN TOMORROW FOR THE WAIRARAPA. CLEARING TO FINE COME AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AROUND FOR THE REST. SOUTH- AND SOUTH-WESTERLY WINDS. SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN FOR NEW PLYMOUTH IN TAUMARUNUI. THEY WILL PERSIST TILL THE AFTERNOON FOR THE REST HERE. BIG MIX OF WINDS ABOUT TOO, WELLINGTON. YOUR SOUTHERLY WILL TURN NORTHERLY IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN FOR THE TOP. THEY'LL BE DEVELOPING IN THE EVENING FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, THOUGH, AND RETURN THEN AS WELL FOR REEFTON AND WESTPORT. SOUTHWESTERS ALL ROUND. ASHBURTON AND TIMARU ARE IN FOR FINE DAYS ONCE ANY CLOUD CLEARS. THERE'LL BE A FEW MORNING SHOWERS ABOUT FOR THE REST HERE WITH RAIN ABOUT TOO FOR BANKS PENINSULA. CLOUD AROUND FOR ALL RIGHT DOWN SOUTH WITH SHOWERS AROUND IN THE MORNING FOR DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL; ARRIVING IN THE EVENING IN QUEENSTOWN, WEST AND SOUTH WESTERLY WINDS. IT'LL BE A FINE SUNDAY IN SYDNEY, BUT IT'S SHOWERS ON THE MENU FOR MELBOURNE. AND IN THE PACIFIC, ONLY FIJI IS IN FOR CLEAR SKIES. NOW HERE'S HOW THINGS ARE SHAPING UP FROM MONDAY BACK HOME. (AMBIENT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. (AMBIENT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M IMOGEN WELLS, THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. 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