MINISTER MARK MITCHELL TOURS THE FLOOD-RAVAGED REGION OF TASMAN AS FARMERS WARN IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO REBUILD. TOUGHER SENTENCING LAWS COME INTO FORCE TODAY. IT'S PREDICTED THEY'LL PUSH UP THE PRISON POPULATION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. AND KIWI FORMULA 1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON WILL START THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX FROM SIXTH PLACE. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA. THIS IS THREENEWS. FARMERS SAY IT COULD TAKE YEARS TO RESTORE THE MOTUEKA VALLEY TO ITS FORMER STATUS. ACCESS IS STILL RESTRICTED, AS THEY ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP 48 HOURS AFTER THE RIVER BURST ITS BANKS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY MINISTER MARK MITCHELL TODAY TOURED THE AREA AND SAYS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT. ADAM HOLLINGWORTH REPORTS. OKKO VAN DE POL AND DEBBIE MCCARTHY WOKE UP ON FRIDAY AT 3AM TO THE SOUND OF TREES CRASHING AGAINST THE RIVER BRIDGE. THEIR PROPERTY WAS ABOUT TO FLOOD. IT WAS ABOUT TO HEAR ON ME. CARRIED THE KIDS AND BACKPACKS. PRETTY SCARY. WE BASICALLY LEFT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REASON TO STICK AROUND. SAID THAT EVERYTHING WAS WET AND MUDDY. ORCHARDS GET WASHED AWAY. WE HAVE BEEN SITTING DUCKS. THERE IS NOT MUCH WHEN MOTHER NATURE AS HAVING HER SAY. WE HAD TO SIT BACK AND LET IT PLAYERS COURSE. IT IS THE SAME STORY FOR SCORES OF HIS COLLEAGUES UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY AS THE RIVER BURST ITS BANKS AND CHANGED COURSE. ONCE YOU HAVE A RIVER FLOWING THROUGH YOUR FARM, IT IS REALLY MENTALLY HARD TO DEAL WITH. JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THERE HAS BEEN SOME REAL CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT. HE PREDICTS MOST WILL GET BACK. WE GET KNOCKED DOWN BUT WE GET BACK UP. TO GIVE UP IS NOT IN THE NEW ZEALAND SPIRIT. IN THE SHORT TERM, IT WILL TAKE MONTHS. TO GET OUR PASTURES BACK TO... WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING A PRODUCTION TO BE, IT WILL BE YEARS. THE MINISTER FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY TOURED THE AREA TODAY AND HE SAYS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE SUPPORT WITH $100,000 ALREADY PLEDGED. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. THERE WILL BE SOME MSD REQUIREMENTS. I HAVE ACTIVATED MY RELIEF FUND. TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN YELLOW STICKERED. UP TO 150 MORE MILLIMETRES OF RAIN. EVERYTHING IS WET AND THE RIVERS ARE HIGH. HOPEFULLY A DROP FURTHER BEFORE THE WEATHER EVENT HITS US. THE MAN WHO DIED WHILE CLEARING FLOOD DAMAGE FROM HIS PROPERTY SOUTH-EAST OF NELSON HAS BEEN NAMED AS A HOP GROWER. TOUGHER SENTENCING LAWS HAVE COME INTO EFFECT TODAY, MARKING A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S MISSION TO RESTORE LAW AND ORDER. JUDGES WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO REDUCE AN OFFENDER'S SENTENCE BY MORE THAN 40% FOR MITIGATING FACTORS LIKE AGE AND REMORSE. JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL GOLDSMITH SAYS THE CHANGES ARE ABOUT KEEPING NEW ZEALANDERS SAFE. WE WANT TO HAVE FEWER VICTIMS OF CRIME, AND A GOOD PLACE TO START IS WITH THAT VERY, VERY SMALL GROUP OF NEW ZEALANDERS WHO CREATE MULTIPLE VICTIMS TIME AND TIME AGAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE OUT OF THE COMMUNITY FOR LONGER SO THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY CAN BE SAFE. THE REFORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE PRISON POPULATION BY MORE THAN 1300 OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. AUCKLAND POLICE ARE CHECKING CCTV FOR A GIRL (17) WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS. WHETU BENNETT WAS LAST SEEN AT WEST AUCKLAND'S LYNN MALL ON TUESDAY. THE TEENAGER HAD RECENTLY MOVED UP FROM MORRINSVILLE TO LIVE WITH HER BOYFRIEND. HER FAMILY SAY THEY ARE DISTRAUGHT BY HER DISAPPEARANCE. EMERGENCY STAFF WERE STRETCHED TO THEIR LIMITS IN AUCKLAND TODAY BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. 130 CREWS WERE TAKING PART IN A SIMULATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODING EVENT ON THE WEST COAST. IT INCLUDED A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION, A MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT AND AN EVACUATION OF VICTIMS VIA BOAT AND HELICOPTER. TEAMS WILL ASSESS WHAT WORKED WELL AND IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT TO ENHANCE THEIR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO FUTURE REAL-LIFE EVENTS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS HAVE LINED THE STREETS OF TEHRAN FOR THE FUNERALS OF THE MILITARY COMMANDERS AND NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS KILLED DURING ITS 12-DAY WAR WITH ISRAEL. STATE MEDIA CLAIMED MILLIONS TURNED OUT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF AROUND 60 PEOPLE, BUT IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI WAS NOT AMONG THEM. HERE'S ITV'S DEBI EDWARD. THE STREETS OF CENTRAL TEHRAN WERE PACKED WITH MOURNERS FOR WHAT STATE TV CALLED THE PROCESSION OF THE MARTYRS. CHANTING 'DEATH TO AMERICA' AND 'DEATH TO ISRAEL', THE CROWD, MANY IN TEARS, WAVED FLAGS AND REACHED OUT TO TOUCH THE CONVOY OF COFFINS CARRYING IRAN'S TOP MILITARY COMMANDERS AND NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS KILLED DURING THE 12-DAY WAR WITH ISRAEL. (WOMAN CRIES) THE MASS FUNERAL ALSO INCLUDED FOUR WOMEN AND FOUR CHILDREN KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES. IN THE THRONG OF ISLAMIC REGIME SUPPORTERS, THERE WAS CLEARLY STILL A DESIRE FOR REVENGE. THIS WOMAN DESCRIBED DONALD TRUMP AS A BLOODSUCKER AND SAID IRAN WOULD RETALIATE IN THE NAME OF ITS DEAD, SENDING AMERICA AND ISRAEL TO HELL. IRAN HAS SUFFERED ITS WORST MILITARY BLOW IN DECADES. AT LEAST 10 OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP BRASS WERE ASSASSINATED, AND 16 SCIENTISTS CENTRAL TO THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME WERE ALSO TAKEN OUT IN ISRAEL'S AERIAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE COUNTRY. WITH A QUESTION MARK REMAINING OVER THE SUCCESS OF AMERICA'S STRIKE ON THE COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES, A WAR OF WORDS HAS BROKEN OUT AFTER IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER ACCUSED THE U.S. OF FAILING TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT. IN RESPONSE, DONALD TRUMP CLAIMED TO HAVE SAVED THE AYATOLLAH FROM AN UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH, WARNING IRAN THINGS MIGHT ONLY GET WORSE. AT TODAY'S FUNERAL, THE CURRENT CEASEFIRE WAS DESCRIBED AS JUST A PAUSE. (MAN WEEPS) IT HOLDS FOR NOW, BUT THE LACK OF DIPLOMACY MAKES IT A SOMEWHAT TENUOUS TRUCE. A WARNING ` OUR NEXT STORY CONTAINS CONFRONTING IMAGES AND DETAILS. IF YOU WERE WATCHING ON WEDNESDAY, YOU WILL REMEMBER HASAN. HE WAS THE LITTLE BOY, ALMOST 3 YEARS OLD, IN A GAZAN HOSPITAL, WHO WAS THE SIZE OF A 3-MONTH-OLD BECAUSE OF SHORTAGES OF FOOD AND BABY FORMULA. HASAN DIED SOON AFTER HE WAS FILMED. SINCE ISRAEL BEGAN THEIR AID BLOCKADE IN MARCH, AT LEAST 59 CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION. ITV'S JOHN RAY REPORTS. TODAY, HIS FAMILY HAVE ONLY THESE FEW PHOTOS AND THEIR MEMORIES. SO, THERE'S JUST SKIN AND BONES. THE LAST OF WHICH WILL BE THESE HAUNTING IMAGES OF A LITTLE BOY WHO WEIGHED LITTLE MORE THAN A BABY. HE IS UNABLE TO HOLD HIS LEGS UP, HIS ARMS UP. NOW HIS MOTHER, WHO NEVER LEFT HIS SIDE, HAS SPOKEN TO ITV NEWS. TRANSLATOR: HE SUFFERED FROM UNDERNOURISHMENT. EVEN WHEN I MANAGED TO FIND FOOD, IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. I SIMPLY COULDN'T AFFORD IT. WHERE HASAN DIED, THERE ARE 25 CHILDREN WHOSE FRAGILE LIVES RELY ON MEDICINES AND FOOD STUCK BEHIND ISRAEL'S AID BLOCKADE. (WAILS) THE SMALLEST VICTIMS OF A CRISIS, THE HEAD OF GAZA'S RED CRESCENT TOLD US, MAKES HIS JOB IMPOSSIBLE. THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS UNDESCRIBABLE. WHEN YOU AS A HUMANITARIAN WORKER SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CHILDREN WHO ARE WASTING AWAY, HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? YOU FEEL USELESS? ISRAEL HAS OPENED ITS OWN AID ROUTES. BUT THE CRUSH AND THE CHAOS OF THE DESPERATE AND THE HUNGRY HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN FOLLOWED BY SHOOTING. (RATTLING GUNFIRE) MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN RECENT WEEKS. IF THERE ISN'T A MECHANISM FOR GETTING AID INTO GAZA, THERE ARE TWO MILLION PEOPLE THERE ` HOW MANY OF THEIR LIVES ARE AT IMMEDIATE RISK, DO YOU THINK, NOW? THE RED CRESCENT SAYS A CEASEFIRE IS WHAT GAZA NEEDS OR THERE WILL BE MORE GRIEVING MOTHERS OF CHILDREN LIKE HASAN. BRITISH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IF CRIMINAL ACTS WERE COMMITTED DURING TWO PERFORMANCES AT GLASTONBURY. CONTROVERSIAL IRISH BAND KNEECAP URGED THE CROWD TO RIOT OUTSIDE WESTMINSTER COURT, WHILE PUNK DUO BOB VYLAN LED CHANTS OF 'DEATH TO THE IDF'. ITV'S RISHI DAVDA HAS MORE. FREE, FREE... CROWD: PALESTINE! FREE, FREE... PALESTINE! BEFORE KNEECAP HAD EVEN TAKEN TO GLASTONBURY'S WEST HOLTS STAGE, PUNK DUO BOB VYLAN CAUSED CONTROVERSY, DEMANDING THE FREEING OF PALESTINE, BUT THEN CALLING FOR THE DEATH OF THOSE IN THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES. (CHEERING) THEY DEPARTED TO CROWD CHEERS THAT ONLY GREW AS KNEECAP ARRIVED. (LOUD UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) THEIR SET WAS INCREDIBLY DIVISIVE FOLLOWING A TERRORISM CHARGE FOR ONE OF ITS MEMBERS. GLASTONBURY, I'M A FREE MAN! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) LIAM OG O hANNAIDH, WHO PERFORMS UNDER THE NAME 'MO CHARA', CELEBRATED WHAT HE CALLED 'FREEDOM'. LAST WEEK AT WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT, HE WAS RELEASED ON UNCONDITIONAL BAIL AFTER ALLEGEDLY DISPLAYING A HEZBOLLAH FLAG AT A GIG LAST YEAR, SOMETHING HE DENIED. TODAY, HIS BANDMATE NAOISE O CAIREALLAIN RECOGNISED A POSSIBLY UNWISE CRY FOR FANS TO START A RIOT AT THE NEXT COURT DATE, LATER ASKING FOR JUST SUPPORT INSTEAD. ...FOR A TRUMPED-UP TERRORISM CHARGE... (CROWD BOOS) WE'LL GO TO SUPPORT MO CHARA. WE'LL START A RIOT OUTSIDE THE COURTS. THE GROUP THANKED GLASTONBURY ORGANISERS THE EAVISES FOR NOT DROPPING THEM FROM THE LINE-UP. THE PRESSURE THAT THAT FAMILY WAS UNDER... PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER SAID IT WASN'T APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO PERFORM AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF PROFANITY-LADEN CHANTS FROM KNEECAP AND THE CROWD. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE FIRM BACKERS OF THE IRISH TRIO. ALWAYS THE SAME MESSAGE, ALWAYS THE SAME SONGS. AND, YEAH, WE'LL KEEP GOING. ARTISTS HAVE ALWAYS HAD POLITICAL... SPOKEN OUT POLITICALLY, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. I LOVE KNEECAP. I'M IRISH. I JUST LOVE THE WHOLE MESSAGE AND THE MUSIC. SO WHY WOULD I NOT BE HERE? THE GOVERNMENT HAS STRONGLY CONDEMNED BOB VYLAN'S ACTIONS. THE CULTURE SECRETARY HAS SPOKEN TO THE BBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO SEE WHAT DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE AHEAD OF BOB VYLAN'S PERFORMANCE AND ITS LIVE BROADCAST. MEANWHILE, AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE HAS TONIGHT SAID IT IS ASSESSING VIDEOS OF COMMENTS MADE BY TODAY'S ACTS ON THE WEST HOLTS STAGE TO DECIDE WHETHER ANY OFFENCES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED REQUIRING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` THE WARRIORS LOSE THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE GAME AGAINST THE BRONCOS, AND TWO OF THEIR STAR PLAYERS. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS DOMINATE THE JAPAN XV IN TOKYO, AND A DEBUTANT GETS ON THE SCOREBOARD. AND HAS LIAM LAWSON FINALLY CAUGHT THE BREAK HE'S NEEDED? HE'S STARTING FROM SIXTH PLACE TOMORROW. LEGENDARY JOURNEYS WITH SUZUKI JIMNY 5 AND THREENEWS SPORT. KIWI FORMULA 1 DRIVER LIAM LAWSON HAS SECURED HIS BEST QUALIFYING RESULT OF THE SEASON. HE'LL BE STARTING THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX FROM SIXTH ON THE GRID, AHEAD OF BOTH REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION MAX VERSTAPPEN AND TEAMMATE ISACK HADJAR, WHO COULD MANAGE ONLY 13TH. LAWSON SAID HIS TEAM HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THE CAR TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR HIM. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS STARTED THEIR INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN WITH A BANG, THUMPING THE JAPAN XV 53-20 IN TOKYO. JAPAN LED 17-15 AT THE BREAK, AFTER KAZUMA UEDA SCORED TWICE. THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND CATCH THEM INSIDE OF THE 22. THEY WILL! LOOKING TO SHIFT IT WIDE, CATCH THE MAORI ALL BLACKS ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEY WILL! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE, WHISTLE BLOWS) BUT IN THE SECOND HALF, IT WAS ALL THE MAORI ALL BLACKS. THEY NOTCHED UP 38 UNANSWERED POINTS, INCLUDING A TRY TO DEBUTANT KEMARA HAUITI-PARAPARA. THE MAORI ALL BLACKS TRAVEL HOME ON A HIGH, READY FOR THEIR CLASH WITH SCOTLAND IN WHANGAREI NEXT SATURDAY. THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS STARTED THEIR AUSTRALIA TOUR WITH AN EMPHATIC 54-7 WIN OVER THE WESTERN FORCE. IN THEIR FIRST MATCH IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 2013, THE LIONS RAN IN EIGHT TRIES IN FRONT OF MORE THAN 46,000 FANS, MOST OF WHOM WERE SUPPORTING THE TOURISTS. AFTER A STRONG FIRST HALF, THE LIONS RAN RIOT IN THE SECOND WITH FIVE TRIES. THE LIONS PLAY THE QUEENSLAND REDS IN BRISBANE ON WEDNESDAY. AND THE SPRINGBOKS HAVE SMASHED A BARBARIANS TEAM STACKED WITH PAST AND PRESENT ALL BLACKS 54-7 IN CAPE TOWN. IN THEIR FIRST HIT-OUT OF THE YEAR, SOUTH AFRICA LED 19-NIL AT HALFTIME AND NEVER LOOKED BACK, SCORING ANOTHER SIX TRIES. IT WAS A TOUGH OLD TIME FOR THE WARRIORS IN BRISBANE ` THEY SUFFERED THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE LOSS ` 26-12 TO THE BRONCOS ` AND TWO OF THEIR STARS WERE INJURED. LUKE METCALF AND CHARNZE NICCOL-KLOKSTAD BOTH HAVE KNEE INJURIES, AND WHILE THE WARRIORS HAVE A BYE NEXT WEEK, COACH ANDREW WEBSTER ISN'T EXPECTING EITHER OF THEM BACK FOR THE NEXT GAME. PILISITA MATENI REPORTS. TWO MINUTES IN, AND CHARNZ NICCOL-KLOKSTAD WAS PUTTING HIS BODY ON THE LINE, AND BRISBANE WERE REFUSING TO BE STOPPED. BRISBANE SCORE WITH THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY! AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, NICCOLL-KLOKSTAD WAS DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING, AND SO WERE BRISBANE. BUT THE SCORE WAS NOW 18-NIL, AND THE BRAVE FULLBACK WAS OUT WITH A KNEE INJURY. LUKE METCALF WAS THE NEXT TO BE HOLDING HIS KNEE, FORCED TO LEAVE THE FIELD ` NEITHER OF THEM ARE EXPECTED BACK FOR A WHILE, AND TE MAIRE MARTIN ENDED UP PLAYING THREE POSITIONS. LOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PLAYERS CAN COME ON AND PLAY HOOKER, WHEN WADE EGAN GOES HIA, AND THEN HE MOVES TO FULLBACK AT HALFTIME, AND THEN MOVES TO HALFBACK AND DOES A GOOD JOB IN ALL THREE ROLES. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER NOT AS IMPRESSED BY SOME OF THE REFFING OF THE OFFSIDE. AND NOW A PENALTY HERE FOR THE BRONCOS AS THE WARRIORS ARE CALLED OFFSIDE! WADE EGAN IN THE FIRST HALF, IT'S, LIKE, HOW'S HE OFFSIDE. HE'S 3M ONSIDE. IT'S LIKE THEY'VE JUST MADE THAT UP. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE BRONCOS SCORED A TRY. KARAPANI UNTOUCHED! THEN IN THE SECOND HALF, THE REF MISSED REECE WALSH BEING OFFSIDE AND PENALISED THE WARRIORS FOR TAKING HIM OUT. TODD, I AGREE WITH YOU ` HE'S OFFSIDE. HE'S A MILE OFFSIDE. IF THEY CHALLENGE THAT, THEY WIN. YEP. WHICH, AGAIN, GAVE THE BRONCOS TWO POINTS. YEAH, I WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT. HE WAS MILES OFFSIDE ` LIKE, MILES OFFSIDE. REECE WALSH IS WAY IN FRONT ` THE FIRST INFRINGEMENT IS THAT. THEY'LL PROBABLY GIVE ME CRAP THAT IT'S FOUL PLAY OR SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MISS IT. I'M NOT A TOUCH JUDGE, I'M NOT A REF, BUT I WAS DOWN THERE, AND I COULD SEE IT. THERE WERE SOME POSITIVES ` LEKA HALASIMA IS MAKING A GOOD HABIT OF DOING THIS. HALASIMA SCORES NEXT TO THE POSTS! (WHISTLE BLOWS) AND ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK WAS DOING THIS AT ONE END. NOW IT COMES ACROSS, AND ROGER IS OVER! AND THIS AT THE OTHER. WHAT A TACKLE, ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK! CAN'T HELP FEELING THE WARRIORS ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT MORE DEFENCE LIKE THAT WHEN THEY HOST THE TIGERS IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. CANTERBURY'S TACTIX HELD A ONE-POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE ANZ NETBALL PREMIERSHIP TABLE BEFORE THEY TOOK ON THE FOURTH-PLACED WELLINGTON PULSE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PULSE HAD A NARROW ADVANTAGE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THEY PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND, WINNING IT 17-8, TO LEAD 30 POINTS TO 20 AT HALFTIME. THAT SET THE PULSE UP, AND THEY ENDED UP WINNING 59-50. KIWI UFC FIGHTER KAI KARA-FRANCE WAS NO MATCH FOR REIGNING FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION ALEXANDRE PANTOJA TODAY. THE 35-YEAR-OLD BRAZILIAN MADE IT FOUR STRAIGHT TITLE DEFENCES, CHOKING OUT KARA-FRANCE IN THEIR UFC 3-1-7 TITLE BOUT IN LAS VEGAS. PANTOJA NEEDED JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO ROUNDS TO TAKE CARE OF KARA-FRANCE, WHO HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SUBMIT AFTER PANTOJA UNLEASHED A DEVASTATING REAR-NAKED CHOKE HOLD. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` CHECK OUT TARANAKI THIS MORNING. BIT OF A ROUGH START, BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING MORE SETTLED TOMORROW. I'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER FORECAST NEXT. WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. TASMAN FARMERS SAY IT COULD TAKE YEARS TO RESTORE THE MOTUEKA VALLEY TO ITS FORMER STATUS, FOLLOWING DEVASTATING FLOODS. AND TOUGHER SENTENCING LAWS HAVE COME INTO EFFECT TODAY, THAT LIMIT THE USE OF MITIGATING FACTORS WHEN A JUDGE IS DECIDING A PUNISHMENT. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. 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 THREE NEWS WEATHER. A COLD, SHOWERY SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUED OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY. TONIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ON TO THE FAR SOUTH, BEFORE HEADING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW. NOW, THERE'LL BE SOME FINE SPELLS IN THE SOUTH, BUT SHOWERS STILL AROUND FOR MANY, AND IT'S LOOKING PRETTY SHOWERY AND CLOUDY FOR MOST IN THE NORTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR MOST UP TOP HERE TOMORROW, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD AND SOU'WESTERS; WESTERLIES, THOUGH, FOR HAMILTON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR TOKOROA TOO TOMORROW. OTHERWISE MAINLY FINE, WITH MORNING CLOUD AND LIGHT WINDS FOR THE REST. NOW, GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY MAINLY FINE, BUT A POSSIBLE EVENING SHOWER FOR YOU, AND YOUR WESTERLIES WILL TURN SOUTHERLY FROM AFTERNOON. WAIRARAPA ` FINE TO START, BUT SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON. CLOUD WITH SHOWERS FOR THE REST HERE. WELLINGTON AND KAPITI COAST, YOU WILL HAVE SOUTHERLIES FROM THE AFTERNOON. IT'S LOOKING FINE IN NELSON TOMORROW, BUT IT IS SHOWERS FOR THE REST, EASING AS THE DAY GOES ON, THOUGH. HOKITIKA, YOURS COULD GET HEAVY IN THE MORNING. CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH ` CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BUT FINE SPELLS IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE GONNA FLIP IT IN REVERSE FOR THE TOP, AND WE'VE GOT WEST AND SOU'WESTERS ABOUT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS FOR BREAKFAST FOR THE LOWER SOUTH HERE, BUT THEY WILL HANG AROUND ALL DAY FOR STEWART ISLAND. PLENTY OF CLOUD GO ROUND FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA, AND FIJI IS ONCE AGAIN THE PLACE TO BE IN THE PACIFIC. NOW, HERE'S HOW THINGS ARE SHAPING UP BACK HOME FROM TUESDAY. (ELECTRONIC DANCE 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. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER PICTURES. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025.