THE PM GETS GRUMPY AS HE COMES UNDER PRESSURE OVER WHAT LABOUR CALLS HIS FAMILY BOOST FLOP. SOLD FOR A DOLLAR ` SKY IS TO BUY TV THREE AND THREENOW. WE SEE WHAT IT MEANS FOR VIEWERS. AND WE'RE AT THE OPENING OF A SPECIAL PLACE AIMING TO HELP YOUNG PARENTS AND MOTHERS-TO-BE FORCED TO LIVE IN THEIR CARS. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND BRIGIT KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI HAERE MAI, MALO E LELEI. WELCOME TO THREENEWS. THE FINANCE MINISTER IS TONIGHT MEETING WITH FONTERRA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO DISCUSS THE NEARLY 50% SURGE IN THE PRICE OF BUTTER. NICOLA WILLIS TODAY ACKNOWLEDGED KIWIS THINK THE COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH, AND THE OPPOSITION AGREES, WITH LABOUR ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF FAILING TO ADDRESS THE STRAIN ON HOUSEHOLDS. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON HIT BACK, SAYING, AND I QUOTE, 'I'M NOT TAKING ANY LECTURES FROM FRICKIN' CHRIS HIPKINS 'OR THE LABOUR PARTY.' HERE'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL. I THINK WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHY THE PRICE OF BUTTER IS ASTRONOMICAL RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST UPSETTING. THE FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO KNOW, TOO. I THINK KIWIS FEEL THE COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH, AND BUTTER IS A SYMPTOM OF THAT. SO TONIGHT SHE'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE FONTERRA FOR A 'PLEASE EXPLAIN'. MILES HURRELL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THE PRICE OF A BLOCK OF BUTTER, AND IT'S IN HIS INTERESTS TO DO SO. HE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT, THOUGH. THIS WAS A MONTH AGO. RESPECTFULLY, THE NEW ZEALAND ELEMENT OF THAT IS VERY, VERY SMALL; IT'S THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET THAT DRIVES THAT IN THE NEW ZEALAND CONTEXT. AND IN A STATEMENT TODAY, FONTERRA REITERATED THAT ` IF YOU WERE HAVING THAT MEETING WITH FONTERRA, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? I'D SAY, 'WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS?' 'WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THIS VERY REAL ISSUE THAT 'NEW ZEALANDERS ARE FACING?' THAT 'VERY REAL ISSUE' THE RISING COST OF LIVING, PROVIDING POLITICAL AMMUNITION TODAY FOR THE OPPOSITION AFTER NATIONAL CAMPAIGNED ON FIXING IT. BUTTER IS UP ALMOST 50%, TOMATOES 33%, BUTTER IS UP ALMOST 50%, TOMATOES 33%, LETTUCE AND BROCCOLI 33%, STEAK'S UP 22%, AND RATES, INSURANCE, ELECTRICITY, AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. WELL, I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT IRONIC BEING ASKED THAT QUESTION BY THAT MEMBER, DON'T YOU THINK? BECAUSE IT WAS HIS GOVERNMENT THAT CREATED OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING, TRIPLED THE DEBT THREE TIMES. THEY PROMISED OVER 21,000 FAMILIES THAT THEY'D BE GETTING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT UNDER THE FAMILYBOOST CHILDCARE REBATE. IT TURNS OUT ONLY 153 FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED THAT THROUGH THE LAST YEAR. I THINK IT SHOWS THAT THEY MISJUDGED THE FAMILYBOOST POLICY. I'M NOT TAKING ANY LECTURES FROM FRICKIN' CHRIS HIPKINS OR THE LABOUR PARTY ON NOT SUPPORTING LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME WORKING NEW ZEALANDERS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS WIDENED THE ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILYBOOST, WHICH PROVIDES TAX REFUNDS ON THE COST OF EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND MORE THAN 60,000 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED A PAYMENT, JUST NOT THE FULL ENTITLEMENT. IT IS ONE THING TO BE UNHAPPY ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING ` ACTUALLY, WE ALL ARE ` IT'S ANOTHER THING TO CONSTRUCTIVELY BE PROGRESSING IDEAS TO ADDRESS IT. I'M NOT SEEING THAT FROM LABOUR; I'M SEEING SHALLOW, ATTACK POLITICS, WHICH DOESN'T PUT BREAD ON ANYONE'S TABLE. BUT THE WITH THE COST OF LIVING ON THE RISE, THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE A CHALLENGE TO BUTTER-UP VOTERS AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. AND ZANE, A NEW POLITICAL POLL SUGGESTS IT'LL BE A TIGHT RACE? IT IS OUR NEW TALBOT MILLS POLL PROVIDED TO THE POST AND IT SHOWS A MAJORITY THINK THE COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK. WHAT MIGHT BE MOST WORRYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT IS 76% THOUGHT THAT THE ECONOMY WAS NOT DOING WELL. WHILE 38% THINK THE GOVERNMENT DESERVE TO BE RE-ELECTED, OTHERS THINK TO GIVE ANOTHER PARTY AGO. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THIS SAID THAT, ' IT IS THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, THE ECONOMY IS TOUGH AND IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOWN ON THE GOVERNMENT.' BUT HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD JUDGE THE GOVERNMENT ON WORK THAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE ARE BETTER TIMES TO COME. 'THE WAR IN GAZA MUST END NOW.' THAT'S THE FIRST LINE OF A JOINT STATEMENT SIGNED BY NEW ZEALAND AND 28 OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, CANADA, FRANCE AND THE UK. IT CALLS ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON THE FLOW OF AID, AND SAYS THE SUFFERING OF CIVILIANS IN GAZA HAS REACHED NEW DEPTHS. AND A WARNING ` THIS REPORT CONTAINS CONFRONTING IMAGES. ARE THEY ASSEMBLED NEAR THE BORDER, DRIVEN BY THE HOPE THAT SURVIVAL COULD BE THEIR REWARD DESPITE THE IMMENSE RISK. THEN REALITY STRUCK. AS THEY MOVED TOWARDS A CONVOY, ISRAELI GUNFIRE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF DOZENS MORE PALESTINIANS. A BRITISH DOCTOR ON A HOSPITAL WARD GAVE A CHILLING ACCOUNT OF TREATING THE INJURED WHO WERE SIMPLY QUEUING FOR AID. A VERY, VERY CLEAR CLUSTERING OF BODY PARTS BEING TARGETED, AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF A GAME IS BEING PLAYED. IT'S, 'TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT THE HEAD; 'TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT THE NECK; 'THE NEXT DAY IT'S GOING TO BE THE TESTICLES.' IT'S APPALLING. THE NEW ISRAELI AID SYSTEM IS INHUMANE. TODAY IN UNITY... SO THE RESUMPTION AT SCALE OF HUMANITARIAN AID. ...29 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND... WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH ISRAEL, THEY'RE GOING TOO FAR. ...DEMANDED AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE WAR IN GAZA AND FOR ISRAEL TO LIFT AID AGE RESTRICTIONS. WE'RE CALLING IT OUT AND SAYING IT'S GOT TO STOP. I MEAN, IT'S GOTTEN TO A NEW DEPTH, AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IN THE JOINT STATEMENT, THE 29 COUNTRIES URGED AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE WAR IN GAZA AND CALLED THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S AID DELIVERY MODEL 'DANGEROUS', SAYING... FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF NEW ZEALAND. FURTHER BLOODSHED SERVES ABSOLUTELY NO PURPOSE, AND THEREFORE IT MUST STOP. NEW ZEALAND WITH OUR PARTNERS REAFFIRMS OUR COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, QATAR AND EGYPT TO ACHIEVE A CEASEFIRE. WE WISH THEM WELL IN THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TASK. HOURS AFTER THE JOINT STATEMENT WAS RELEASED, ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON POSTED ON X THAT IT WAS 'DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY', ADDING THAT IT IS 'BETTER TO AVOID STATEMENTS OF THIS KIND.' THIS VIDEO CAPTURES THE CHAOS A FEW WEEKS AGO ` A FRANTIC SCENE WHERE EVERY MOMENT COUNTS AND CHOICES CAN DETERMINE WHO LIVES OR DIES. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY GRASPING AT A RARE CHANCE TO EAT AT AN AID DISTRIBUTION SITE. FOR TWO MONTHS, IT'S BEEN THE ROLE OF THE GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION TO DISTRIBUTE AID. BACKED BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL, IT RELIES ON THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCE TO PROVIDE SECURITY. WE'VE ALSO ROUTINELY PRESSED THE IDF TO FACILITATE THE SAFE MOVEMENT OF CIVILIANS, ACCESSING AID AT ALL POINTS. THEY HAVE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROCEDURES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRESS THEM. WHETHER THE JOINT STATEMENT OF UNITY WILL DO ANYTHING TO STOP THE SUFFERING SEEMS, AT THIS POINT, A FAINT HOPE. THE LAWYER FOR ROBERTO AND DANNY JAZ ` CONVICTED OVER DOZENS OF SEX CRIMES AT THE MAMA HOOCH VENUE IN CHRISTCHURCH ` SAYS THEY DIDN'T GET ACCESS TO A FAIR TRIAL AS HE LODGED AN APPEAL ON THEIR BEHALF. THE BROTHERS WERE CONVICTED OF NEARLY 70 CHARGES RELATING TO THE RAPE, DRUGGING, DRINK SPIKING, STUPEFYING AND FILMING OF WOMEN IN THEIR TEENS AND EARLY 20s AT MAMA HOOCH AND THE NEIGHBOURING VENUTI RESTAURANT BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018. ROBERTO JAZ WAS GIVEN 17 YEARS IN PRISON, WHILE OLDER BROTHER DANNY IS SERVING 16-AND-A-HALF YEARS. DEFENCE LAWYER RON MANSFIELD TOLD THE CHRISTCHURCH HIGH COURT THE JUDGE IN THEIR ORIGINAL TRIAL DID NOT CONSIDER ALL THE EVIDENCE APPROPRIATELY. HE REPEATEDLY OVERSIMPLIFIED POINTS AND FAILED TO CONSIDER OTHERS. EFFICIENCY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE TRIAL JUDGE. RON MANSFIELD SAYS HIS CLIENTS WANT THE MATTER RETURNED TO THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT FOR A RETRIAL. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN FIVE YEARS, A MAJOR NEW ZEALAND MEDIA COMPANY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR A SINGLE DOLLAR. SKY TV HAS AGREED TO FULLY ACQUIRE TV3 OWNER DISCOVERY NEW ZEALAND, WHICH IS PART OF THE U.S. MEDIA GIANT WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. IT'S BEEN HERALDED AS GREAT NEWS FOR KIWIS WHO COULD SEE MORE LOCALLY OWNED CONTENT. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. WHEN TV3 BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN 1989, IT WAS NEW ZEALAND FRONT AND CENTRE, LOUD AND PROUD. # TV3, COME HOME TO THE FEELING! # THE KIWI OWNERSHIP LASTED JUST A FEW YEARS, BUT NOW, AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, TV3 IS COMING HOME. $1 ` DO YOU ACTUALLY HAND OVER THAT DOLLAR COIN? NO, WE DON'T. IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE AGREEMENT, SO THAT'S JUST PART OF THE TRANSACTION. SKY WILL OFFICIALLY TAKE OVER THREE NEXT WEEK, HAPPILY GAINING A NEW ADVERTISING REVENUE AND, CRUCIALLY, AN ONLINE PLATFORM ` THREE NOW. FOR US, STRATEGICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. FAMOUS FOR ITS SUBSCRIPTION OFFERINGS, SKY NOW HAS A NEW OPTION WHEN IT COMES TO BROADCASTING FREE TO AIR. OF COURSE THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE, 'WHERE IS THE PLACE FOR US TO BE PUTTING SOME FREE-TO-AIR SPORT 'THAT MAXIMISES THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT?' UNTIL NOW TVNZ HAD BEEN DOMINATING THAT CONVERSATION. WHY WOULDN'T YOU PUT IT ON THREE? (LAUGHS) WELL, WE HAVE TO WORK OUT WHO IS THE AUDIENCE, AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER IT, AND THINK ABOUT THE CHANNEL IDENTITIES. WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY BOUGHT THREE IN 2020 FOR A RUMOURED $33M. ANY REGRETS? NO REGRETS. BUT IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. DONT THINK ANYTHING CAN PREPARE ANYONE FOR THE LEVEL OF MARKET CHANGE WE'VE SEEN HERE LOCALLY. DESPITE AXING NEWSHUB LAST YEAR, THE COMPANY'S STILL NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE. IT TAKES A WHILE TO REALISE THIS THING THAT YOU BOUGHT FOR A LOT OF MONEY IS ONLY WORTH A DOLLAR. MEDIA COMMENTATOR DUNCAN GRIEVE IS HOPEFUL THE SKY DEAL WILL RESULT IN MORE KIWI CONTENT. YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT, BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES YOU FROM THE LIKES OF NETFLIX OR YOUTUBE. SKY HAS SAID IT WILL HONOUR ALL EXISTING CONTRACTS, WHICH INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT WITH STUFF TO PROVIDE THE DAILY THREE NEWS BULLETIN. HOWEVER, THE LENGTH OF THAT CONTRACT IS NOT PUBLICLY KNOWN. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING TO THE AUDIENCES, AND IF THERE IS ADVERTISING FUNDING THAT MAKES SENSE TO SPONSOR PROGRAMMES, OR LOOK AT DIFFERENT-OPINION SHOWS, OF COURSE WE'LL EXPLORE THAT. SINEAD BOUCHER ` WHO BOUGHT STUFF FOR $1 FIVE YEARS AGO ` DESCRIBED THE NEWS TODAY AS 'A BRILLIANT MOVE', ADDING ` THE MEDIA MINISTER EQUALLY DELIGHTED. I THINK ITS BEEN ENCOURAGING TO SEE INVESTMENT IN NEW ZEALAND MEDIA. ENCOURAGING ` $1? NOT THAT IT'S A DOLLAR, BUT THE FACT WE'VE GOT INVESTMENT IN TV3 ` I THINK ITS QUITE EXCITING. NEW ZEALAND ` WHERE A BLOCK OF BUTTER COSTS CLOSE TO $10, AND YOU CAN BUY A MAJOR MEDIA COMPANY FOR A GOLD COIN DONATION. LISETTE, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A WIN-WIN. IS IT? THINGS HAVE FELT PRETTY POSITIVE TODAY. INVESTORS ARE LOVING IT. THE SHARES AND SKY HAVE GONE UP 5%. FOR SKY, THREENOW IS A HUGE WIN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO INVEST IN BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE THEMSELVES. THEY ALREADY HAVE A FREE TO AIR CHANNEL, BUT KIWIS LOVE THOSE ONE, TWO, THREE ON THE REMOTE. THREE GENERALLY HAS A GREATER AUDIENCE THAN SKY. SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SPACE, THE NEXT ROUND OF RUGBY RIGHTS ARE DUE TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING WEEKS. WILL THAT END UP ON THREE? WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT IS A LONG WAY FROM THIS MORNING WHEN WE WEREN'T IN THE CONVERSATION AT ALL. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST INDICATION OF HOW THIS BIG MEDIA SHAKEUP IS GOING TO SHAKE DOWN FOR KIWIS. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF AN IWI-LED HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANISATION SAYS ITS WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER, TELLING THREE NEWS TOO MANY PREGNANT WOMEN OR YOUNG PARENTS ARE SLEEPING IN CARS. KI TUA O MATARIKI OPENED A NEW HUB IN AUCKLAND'S GLEN INNES THIS MORNING, HOPING TO COMBAT THE ISSUE VIA WRAP AROUND SUPPORT. IMOGEN WELLS WAS THERE. # TUTIRA MAI NGA IWI, AUE! TAMARIKI IN GLEN INNES THIS MORNING SINGING AS THEY WORK... # WHAIA TE MARAMATANGA... ...PLANTING HARAKEKE GIFTED TO TE WHARE PIRINGA ` A NEW IWI-LED HUB SPECIFICALLY FOR SUPPORTING YOUNG PARENTS. WE HAVE A RANGE OF SERVICES ALL TARGETED TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG WHANAU. TODAY'S OPENING SAW THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER OVER KAPA HAKA... (GROUP PERFORM MOTEATEA) ...AND KAI. HOW MANY SAUSIES YOU GOT THERE? ENOUGH TO FEED A VILLAGE. BECAUSE KI TUA O MATARIKI'S IMPACT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. THIS IS MY SECOND FAMILY. KATRINA HAD HER BABY AGED 18 AND SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE SHE'D BE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE ORGANISATION'S AID, HELPING WITH EVERYTHING ` FROM MIDWIVES TO IMMUNISATIONS TO CLOTHING. LIFE'S AMAZING. (CHUCKLES) LIFE'S BETTER THAN GOOD. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME, TEEN PREGNANCY IS SCARY, AND IT WAS DEFINITELY SCARY. BUT FOR ME, I GET TO ENJOY LIFE IN MY NEW HOME, BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE, WITH MY SON, WITH MY PARTNER AND ALSO WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER. BECAUSE FOR SOME, SIMPLY HAVING A HOME THIS WINTER IS A LUXURY. THE REASON, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WE EXIST IS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT OUR WHANAU ARE IN, AND WE CAN'T LEAVE THEM TO BE LIVING IN CARS. AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHERE SOME OF OUR WHANAU ARE. WE CAN'T HAVE OUR MAMAS OR A HAPU MAMA IN CARS, HOMELESS. THE COST OF LIVING MAKING LIFE THAT MUCH HARDER EVERY DAY. I USED TO GET, LIKE, $10 MINCE LIKE THIS. NOW YOU'RE GETTING IT LIKE THIS. HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE IN THIS ECONOMY WITH THE PRICES GOING UP AND UP? TE WHARE PIRINGA NOW PROVIDES A SPECIFIC PLACE AND SPACE WHANAU CAN COME WHEN THEY'RE MOST IN NEED. WE ARE THE DAUGHTERS OR THE SONS OF MUMS WHO WERE YOUNG WHEN THEY HAD US, AND WE KNOW THOSE BARRIERS. WE'VE LIVED THEM. COME AND BE WITH US. WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU. SO THAT THE TAMARIKI OF TODAY AND TOMORROW CAN CONTINUE SINGING. # ME TE AROHA... # IMOGEN'S HERE WITH, ONCE AGAIN, A LOOK AT TODAY'S CHILLY TEMPERATURES. IT IS DEFINITELY BECOMING A BIT OF THEME, ISN'T IT, LAURA. THE AWARD FOR COLDEST SPOT TODAY GOES TO TWIZEL ` GETTING DOWN TO MINUS 6-DEGREES. AND IT WAS SO CHILLY IN NELSON THIS MORNING, DIANE CAPTURED THIS SHOT OF FROST ON THE SAND. 2 DEGREES WAS THEIR LOW THIS MORNING, AND SHE TELLS ME THAT STILL WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP SOME PEOPLE JUMPING IN THE OCEAN FOR A QUICK DIP. THERE'S MORE FROST TO COME AS WELL. I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS LATER IN THE BULLETIN. AHEAD ON THREENEWS ` RUSSIA ISSUES A FRESH CALL FOR PEACE TALKS HOURS AFTER BOMBARDING UKRAINE WITH MORE THAN 450 DRONE AND MISSILE STRIKES. HORRIFIC AND HARROWING DETAILS ARE REVEALED IN A DOUBLE MURDER CASE THAT HAS SHOCKED BRITAIN. AND NEW FIGURES SHOW A HUGE SLOWDOWN IN THE NUMBER OF KIWIS SWITCHING TO EVs. WELCOME BACK. A BANGLADESH AIR FORCE TRAINING AIRCRAFT HAS CRASHED INTO A SCHOOL IN THE CAPITAL, DHAKA, KILLING 20 PEOPLE. THE PILOT AND STUDENTS ARE AMONG THE VICTIMS, BUT MORE THAN 170 OTHER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM THE SMOULDERING TWO-STOREY BUILDING. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDERWAY. UKRAINE'S MILITARY CHIEFS HAVE WARNED THERE'S A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS AND AMMUNITION AFTER MUCH OF THEIR COUNTRY CAME UNDER YET ANOTHER WIDE-SCALE RUSSIAN ATTACK. RUSSIA FIRED MORE THAN 450 DRONES AND MISSILES ` MOST OF THEM TARGETING THE CAPITAL KYIV ` KILLING TWO PEOPLE. CHANNEL FOUR'S LINDSEY HILSUM IS IN KYIV. 'LET'S HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF PEACE TALKS,' SAID THE KREMLIN, A FEW HOURS AFTER LAUNCHING 450 DRONES AND MISSILES AT UKRAINE. HERE IN KYIV, EXPLOSIONS REVERBERATED ACROSS THE CITY. (EXPLOSION BOOMS) SUDDENLY, THOSE TAKING SHELTER IN THE METRO FOUND THEY WERE BREATHING SMOKE AND EMERGE TO SEE THE DEBRIS OF A DIRECT HIT ABOVE THE PLACE THEY HAD THOUGHT WAS SAFE. JUST ANOTHER MONDAY MORNING IN KYIV. PEOPLE TAKE THE UNDERGROUND TO WORK. THEY COME OUT AND DISCOVER THAT THE METRO STATION WAS BLOWN UP BY A RUSSIAN DRONE OVERNIGHT. THE ENTRANCE HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SOME PEOPLE STOP AND TAKE PICTURES. OTHERS JUST WALK ON BY. IT'S BECOME NORMAL NOW. TODAY, UKRAINE LAUNCHED DRONES AT MOSCOW'S AIRPORTS, GROUNDING FLIGHTS. RUSSIANS GETTING A SMALL TASTE OF WHAT UKRAINIANS ENDURE ALL THE TIME. BUT THIS IS NOT AN EQUAL FIGHT. RUSSIA'S DEFENCE MINISTRY TV CHANNEL HAS SHOWN RARE PICTURES OF A HUGE DRONE FACTORY AT YELABUGA, 1000KM EAST OF MOSCOW. THE RUSSIANS ARE PRODUCING ENOUGH DRONES TO KEEP POUNDING UKRAINE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR MONTHS, MAYBE YEARS TO COME. A WARNING ` OUR NEXT REPORT CONTAINS DISTURBING CONTENT. A PORN ACTOR HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A DOUBLE MURDER THAT SHOCKED THE POLICE TEAM INVESTIGATING IT. YOSTIN MOSQUERA DECAPITATED AND DISMEMBERED TWO MEN WHO HAD BEFRIENDED HIM IN LONDON ` MEN WHO HAD HOUSED HIM FOR A MONTH AND WHO HAD HOLIDAYED WITH HIM. HE WAS CAUGHT TRYING TO DISPOSE OF A SUITCASE WITH THEIR BODY PARTS INSIDE OFF A BRIDGE IN BRISTOL. ITV'S CARI DAVIES REPORTS. AFTER 48 HOURS ON THE RUN, COLOMBIAN DOUBLE MURDERER YOSTIN MOSQUERA WAS CAUGHT OUTSIDE A BRISTOL TRAIN STATION. AT THIS TIME, MATE, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST ON SUSPICION OF MURDER. THE PORNOGRAPHIC PERFORMER HAD DECAPITATED AND DISMEMBERED PAUL LONGWORTH AND ALBERT ALFONSO IN THEIR LONDON HOME, BEFORE DUMPING THEIR REMAINS ON A BRISTOL BRIDGE. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE IS ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST ICONIC LANDMARKS. TWO NIGHTS BEFORE HIS ARREST, MOSQUERA WAS SPOTTED TRYING TO SHIFT TWO SUITCASES ACROSS IT. A PASSER BY REMEMBERS SEEING MOSQUERA STRUGGLING WITH THE WEIGHT. HE PUTS IT DOWN SORT OF 3yd FROM US, AND MY SON, WHO'S OUTGOING, SAID, 'WOW, MAN, THAT'S A VERY HEAVY SUITCASE. 'WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN THERE, A BODY?' WHEN MOSQUERA WAS CONFRONTED BY BRIDGE STAFF, HE BOLTED. A CYCLIST CHASED HIM AND FILMED HIM RUNNING AWAY. AN ADDRESS LABEL LEFT ON ONE OF THE SUITCASES LED POLICE TO THIS LONDON STREET ` SCOTTS RD IN SHEPHERD'S BUSH, WHERE PAUL AND ALBERT LIVED. THE COUPLE HAD HOSTED MOSQUERA IN THEIR FLAT FOR A MONTH BEFORE HE TOOK THEIR LIVES AND TRIED TO TAKE THEIR MONEY. THIS WAS A MAN THEY HOLIDAYED WITH. HERE'S THE TRIO IN MOSQUERA'S NATIVE COLOMBIA IN MARCH 2024. IT'S BELIEVED ALBERT AND MOSQUERA FIRST MET ONLINE THROUGH A SHARED INTEREST IN CREATING EXTREME SEXUAL CONTENT. IN THE EVENING OF THE 8TH OF JUNE LAST YEAR, ALBERT AND MOSQUERA RETURNED TO THE SCOTTS RD FLAT. WHILE ALBERT WAS AT WORK, MOSQUERA HAD KILLED PAUL WITH A HAMMER. LATER, ALBERT AND MOSQUERA BEGAN FILMING A SEX SESSION. WITH THE CAMERAS STILL ROLLING, MASCARA REPEATEDLY STABBED ALBERT WITH A KNIFE. THIS IS THE CHILLING AFTERMATH. (SINGS) MOSQUERA SANG AND DANCED BEFORE TRYING TO ACCESS ALBERT'S BANK ACCOUNT ONLINE. IT'S CERTAINLY UP THERE AS ONE OF THE MOST TRAUMATIC AND SHOCKING MURDERS I'VE EVER DEALT WITH. I THINK THE FACT THAT IT WAS COMMITTED DURING SUCH AN INTIMATE MOMENT BETWEEN ALBERT AND YOSTIN, AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS FILMED SO CLOSE UP, IT WAS A REALLY HARROWING WATCH. ALBERT AND PAUL BELIEVED MOSQUERA WAS A FRIEND ` A FRIEND ALBERT TRUSTED WITH HIS MOST INTIMATE FANTASIES. IN REALITY, MOTIVATED BY MONEY, HE STAGED A DEADLY BETRAYAL. SCIENTISTS SAY ITS A 1.5-MILLION-YEAR-OLD TIME CAPSULE. SO WHAT MIGHT THEY LEARN FROM THESE PIECES OF ANTARCTIC ICE FORMED BEFORE HUMANS WALKED THE EARTH? WE'LL FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK. ALSO AHEAD ` WHAT'S BEHIND THE SHARP DROP-OFF IN KIWIS BUYING FULLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES? AND LATER IN SPORT ` COULD A CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY RULES SEE MORE OF OUR TOP NETBALLERS HEAD OFF SHORE? (MAN PANTING) VOICEOVER: Drivers on drugs get stopped on our roads more than you might think. Trouble is... Jesse. Jesse, Jesse! ...it's not always by the police. Look at me Jesse! Jesse look at me! Listen to me. You'll be okay, all right? We're gonna get you out, okay? Just remain calm. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT ` THE PRIME MINISTER AND CHRIS HIPKINS CLASH OVER THE COST OF LIVING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON TELLING REPORTERS THAT HE'S NOT TAKING ANY LECTURES FROM, QUOTE, A 'FRICKIN' CHRIS HIPKINS AFTER THE LABOUR LEADER CALLED THE FAMILY BOOST SCHEME A FLOP. NEW ZEALAND HAS CO-SIGNED A LETTER WITH 28 OTHER NATIONS SAYING THE WAR IN GAZA MUST END NOW. AND SKY TV IS TO BUY TV THREE AND THREENOW FOR A DOLLAR. IMPORTS OF FULLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES FELL BY NEARLY 60% IN THE YEAR TO JUNE. STATS NZ SAYS OVERALL THE VALUE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE IMPORTS WAS DOWN 23%, OR $1.4B. OF THAT, EV IMPORTS SAW THE LARGEST DECLINE ` DOWN MORE THAN $500M. THE DROP COMES AFTER THE GOVERNMENT DITCHED THE CLEAN CAR REBATE SCHEME AT THE END OF 2023 AND INTRODUCED ROAD USER CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN APRIL LAST YEAR. FIVE OTHER REPUBLICAN STATES ARE IN CONSULTATION TO OPEN THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. BUILT ON AN AIRSTRIP IN FLORIDA'S EVERGLADES, THE FACILITY IS SURROUNDED BY WETLANDS THAT'S HOME TO ALLIGATORS, CROCODILES AND POISONOUS SNAKES, DESCRIBED AS 'NATURE'S OWN SECURITY SYSTEM'. BUT HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS SAY THE CENTRE IS AN ATTACK ON CIVIL LIBERTIES. CHANNEL FOUR'S ANDY DAVIES VISITED THE SITE. DAWN, AND WE'RE HEADING DEEP INTO THE HEART OF FLORIDA'S EVERGLADES. IT'S IN THIS VAST SUBTROPICAL EXPANSE OF WETLANDS, UNIQUELY, THAT THIS NOW INFAMOUS DETENTION CENTRE LIES. THE AREA HAS BEEN HOME TO FIVE GENERATIONS OF GLADES MAN MARSHALL JONES'S FAMILY. AND IT IS TEEMING WITH ALLIGATORS. ALLIGATORS' FIRST WARNING IS A HISS. SECONDLY, THEY'LL LET OUT A CHUFF LIKE A LION, AND THEN THIRDLY, THEY'LL SNAP THEIR JAWS TOGETHER. THAT JAW CLAP IS REALLY THEIR FINAL WARNING. 'NO ONE ESCAPES PAST THESE ALLIGATOR COPS,' TRUMP HAS GLEEFULLY PROCLAIMED, WHILE FLORIDA'S REPUBLICAN PARTY SELLS 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' MERCHANDISE. IT IS A MAKESHIFT TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTRE FOR UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS ON A LITTLE-USED AIRFIELD. IT'S HEAVY-DUTY TENTS AND SLEEPING PODS FOR STAFF PUT UP IN JUST EIGHT DAYS. THE CAGES FOR THE HUNDREDS ALREADY DETAINED HERE, INSPECTED RECENTLY BY AN ADMIRING PRESIDENT. NEW SHOWER UNITS ARE STILL BEING BROUGHT IN. BY THE ENTRANCE, SOME LOOK ON, APPALLED. IT'S AN ABOMINATION. IT'S SHAMEFUL. THE CONSTITUTION IS BEING SPIT ON ON A DAILY BASIS. WE'D ASKED TO FILM INSIDE BUT GOT NO ANSWER, SO TRY A MORE DIRECT APPROACH AT THE ENTRANCE CHECKPOINT... HI THERE. HELLO. IS IT OK TO GO THROUGH? ...AND ARE GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT. WE'RE A NEWS CREW FROM BRITISH TELEVISION. HEY, THEY'RE TAKING PICTURES. DON'T TAKE A PICTURE. RIGHT, WE'LL TURN AROUND. WE'LL TURN AROUND HERE. IT WAS FLORIDA'S REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO CAME UP WITH THE NAME. AS I CALL IT, ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. WE ASKED HIM AND OTHER LOCAL REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE. THE DEMOCRATS HYSTERIA HERE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS NOTHING OTHER THAN INSANITY. HERE THEY ARE, CRYING AND SCREAMING AND PROTECTING ILLEGAL ALIENS, MANY OF WHOM, AS YOU JUST DESCRIBED, HAVE COMMITTED SOME OF THE MOST HEINOUS CRIMES. BUT VAST NUMBERS DETAINED, THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTS, DON'T HAVE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS. ONE ESTIMATE PUTS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS IN FLORIDA AT OVER A MILLION. MANY NOW SCARED, LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE'S RUSH MANY NOW SCARED, LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE'S RUSH TO EMBRACE TRUMP'S DRIVE FOR MASS ARRESTS AND MASS DEPORTATIONS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SCHOOLS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORK. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHURCH. THEY'RE LITERALLY INMATES IN THEIR OWN HOME. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN A PLACE SURROUNDED BY ALLIGATORS TOO? IT'S CRAZY. WITH DONALD TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' NOW FREEING UP BILLIONS MORE FOR IMMIGRATION CONTROL, HIS BORDERS ARE AS PROMISING ENFORCEMENT ON A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE. OPPONENTS DESCRIBE A SENSE OF DREAD, AS OTHER STATES, IT SAID, NOW DEEM 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' A MODEL TO EMULATE. A SECTION OF ANTARCTIC ICE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE UK AS PART OF A STAGGERINGLY AMBITIOUS PROJECT. SCIENTISTS DRILLED ALMOST 3KM BELOW GROUND, EXTRACTING ICE THAT FORMED BEFORE HUMANS WALKED THE EARTH. AS ITV'S MARTIN STEW EXPLAINS, IT'S A PERFECTLY PRESERVED 1.5 MILLION-YEAR-OLD TIME CAPSULE. WE'RE ABOUT TO BRAVE -20 TO GET OUR HANDS ON THE OLDEST ANTARCTIC ICE IN THE WORLD... IN CAMBRIDGE, IN A FREEZER. SO IN THIS BOX HERE, WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY SPECIAL ICE. IF I CAN GET IT OPEN, WE HAVE THE VERY OLDEST ICE THAT WAS COLLECTED FOR BeyondEPICA. CAN WE LIFT SOME OF IT UP VERY CAREFULLY? YES. AS I LIFT THIS, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT PEOPLE HAVE PUT INTO... YEAH. ...TO GETTING THIS. JAMES VEALE WAS PART OF THE MULTINATIONAL EUROPEAN TEAM WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS PAINSTAKINGLY DRILLING INTO THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET, BORING DOWN 2.8KM. I NOTICE THERE ARE SOME BUBBLES IN HERE, BUT IN SOME OF THE OLDER ONES THERE'S ALMOST NO BUBBLES AT ALL. YEAH. WHEN YOU GET THIS DEEP, THE PRESSURE FROM THE ICE IS SO GREAT THAT THE` THOSE AIR BUBBLES GET SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER AND COMPRESSED UNTIL WHEN YOU GET TO THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AT ALL. WOW. BUT IT'S STILL THERE, AND WE CAN STILL ANALYSE IT. THAT'S WHERE DOCTOR LIZ THOMAS COMES IN. HER TEAM WILL BE WORKING 15HOURS A DAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS HER TEAM WILL BE WORKING 15 HOURS A DAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS TO SLOWLY MELT THE ICE. (ICE FIZZES) WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS THE SOUND OF HISTORY BUBBLING TO LIFE. THE ANALYSIS IS DONE NEXT DOOR. SO WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING, COMING THROUGH THESE LITTLE TUBES HERE ` AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUBBLES AS THEY GO OVER THE PUMPS ` THAT'S THAT MELTWATER FROM THE ICE CORE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL. AND THE AIR THAT'S INSIDE THAT ICE THAT HASN'T BEEN AROUND` EXPOSED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS? THAT IS WHAT I THINK IS STAGGERING. SO WHEN WE WERE IN THERE AND WE WERE WATCHING IT MELT, AND THOSE BUBBLES WERE BEING RELEASED ` THAT IS AIR THAT'S BEEN LOCKED AWAY FOR POTENTIALLY A MILLION YEARS, MAYBE EVEN A MILLION-AND-A-HALF YEARS. BY ANALYSING THAT MELT WATER, THE TEAM CAN MEASURE IMPURITIES BY ANALYSING THAT MELTWATER, THE TEAM CAN MEASURE IMPURITIES FROM THINGS LIKE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, TEMPERATURES FROM THE PAST, AND GASES IN THE AIR. WE KNOW, WITH A HUGE DEGREE OF CERTAINTY, THAT THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY IS HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST 800,000 YEARS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE IS 'HOW DID THAT CARBON DIOXIDE CHANGE 'BEYOND THAT PERIOD?' AND THAT MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE VITAL QUESTION OF WHY TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN ICE AGES BECAME MORE EXTREME A MILLION YEARS AGO AND SLOWED FROM HAPPENING EVERY 41,000 YEARS TO EVERY 100,000 YEARS. IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, WE'VE GOT A BETTER CHANCE OF PREDICTING HOW OUR PLANET WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT NEXT. AND COULD MORE SILVER FERNS PLAY THEIR NETBALL OVERSEAS? THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE SILVER FERNS ELIGIBILITY CHANGE NEXT AS WELL AS WHAT'S MAKING THE MYSTICS TICK THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE. PLAYERS LIKE GRACE COULD STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DE SILVA FERNS. THAT COULD OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS OVER THERE. THE SILVER FERNS WANT TO KEEP THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP STRONG WITH PLAYERS OVER HERE. IT IS A COMPLEX SITUATION. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE SILVER FERNS ELIGIBILITY CHANGE NEXT AS WELL AS WHAT'S MAKING THE MYSTICS TICK AS THEY EYE AN ANZ PREMIERSHIP THREE-PEAT. AND MORE THAN 30 YEARS SINCE MAKING HER PROFESSIONAL TENNIS DEBUT, VENUS WILLIAMS MAKES A RETURN TO THE COURT. IT WAS THE TOPIC OF MUCH DEBATE, BUT NETBALL NEW ZEALAND'S DECISION TO CHANGE THEIR SELECTION CRITERIA TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PLAYING OVERSEAS IS BEING SEEN AS A WIN FOR THE SILVER FERNS. PLAYERS WHO PLAY OFFSHORE WILL NOW BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AND ONE SILVER FERN FEELS THAT WILL ONLY MAKE THE TEAM STRONGER IN THE LONG RUN. GRACE NWEKE HAS BEEN A REVELATION FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES SWIFTS. THE BIG HIGH BALL GOES IN TO NWEKE. BUT UNTIL NOW IT'S BEEN UNLIKELY THE SILVER FERNS WOULD REAP THE BENEFITS, BUT WITH NETBALL NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCING THEY'LL NOW CONSIDER THOSE PLAYING OVERSEAS FOR SELECTION THROUGH A FORMAL EXEMPTION PROCESS, MORE COULD FOLLOW NWEKE'S LEAD, AND MICHAELA SOKOLICH-BEATSON DOESN'T THINK THAT'S SUCH A BAD THING. POTENTIALLY MORE SILVER FERNS WEEK-IN, WEEK-OUT, PLAYING AGAINST THE LIKES OF GIRLS THAT PLAY IN JAMAICA, THE ENGLAND TEAM, AUSTRALIAN TEAM. SO I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT INTERNATIONAL-LEVEL NETBALL, THEN YEAH ` I THINK FOR THE SILVER FERNS, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SEE THAT AS STRENGTHENING THEIR TOP SIDE. INTERNATIONAL NETBALL IS HARDLY FRONT OF MIND FOR SOKOLICH-BEATSON THIS WEEK THOUGH, INSTEAD OUT TO LEAD THE NORTHERN MYSTICS TO AN ANZ PREMIERSHIP THREE PEAT. EVERYTHING RAMPS UP ` THE INTENSITY, THE INTENT. EVERYTHING IS JUST HEIGHTENED; THE NERVES ARE HEIGHTENED, AND I THINK THAT ` BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THERE; WE'VE DONE THAT ` WE KNOW HOW TO CONTROL A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CONTROL. THE MYSTICS ARE NO STRANGERS TO THIS TIME OF THE SEASON, HAVING WON THE PAST TWO GRAND FINALS AND HOPING LESSONS LEARNED FROM A SLOW START AGAINST THE PULSE IN LAST YEAR'S DECIDER WILL HELP THEM AGAINST THE TACTICS ON SUNDAY. I THINK THE PRESSURE IS DIFFERENT AS WELL, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT PRESSURE AT TRAINING, SO THAT WHEN IT DOES COME, WE'RE USED TO IT. BUT I THINK IF WE PUT THE FOOT DOWN EARLY, THAT'S GOING TO HELP US HEAPS. FOR THE TACTICS, IT'S A CASE OF 'WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN' IN YEARS GONE BY. HAVING LAST MADE THE FINAL IN 2021, THE TACTICS HAVE NEVER LIFTED SILVERWARE IN THE ANZ PREMIERSHIP, AND THE MYSTICS EXPECT YEARS OF FAILING TO BE A KEY MOTIVATOR FOR THEM ON SUNDAY. I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS THE TACTICS BEING IN THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN ` LIKE, NOT WINNING FOR A WHILE, BUT BEING REALLY CLOSE TO IT. THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO US. A LOT OF THEIR CORE PLAYERS ARE THE SAME, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEEP LEVEL OF FIGHT IN THEM. SOMETHING THE MYSTICS ARE OUT TO MATCH AS THEY LOOK TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO EVER WIN THREE ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLES IN A ROW. SILVER FERNS CAPTAIN AMELIANNE EKANASIO HAS ANNOUNCED SHE WON'T PLAY INTERNATIONAL NETBALL THIS YEAR, STEPPING BACK FROM THE NATIONAL SIDE AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE. EKANASIO SAID SHE NEEDED A BREAK TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RESET, BUT STOPPED SHORT OF ANNOUNCING HER RETIREMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL GAME. EKANASIO HAS CAPTAINED THE FERNS SINCE 2021, AND HAS 79 APPEARANCES TO HER NAME. THE BLACK CAPS ARE HOPING TO KEEP THEIR UNBEATEN RUN IN THEIR T20 TRI-SERIES ALIVE WHEN THEY TAKE ON SOUTH AFRICA TONIGHT. THEY'VE MADE A STRONG START TO THE COMPETITION, WITH WINS OVER SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE IN THEIR OPENING TWO GAMES. YOUNGSTERS TIM ROBINSON AND BEVON JACOBS STARRED IN THE PREVIOUS WIN OVER THE PROTEAS, COMBINING FOR AN UNBEATEN PARTNERSHIP OF 103. WE'D LOST A FEW WICKETS, AND WE NEEDED JUST THAT CALM HEAD TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY THEIR STYLE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SITUATION OF THE GAME IS. AND WHEN IT'S TWO GUYS WHO HAVEN'T PLAYED MUCH` WELL, BEV HADN'T PLAYED AT ALL. TO SEE THEM GO OUT THERE AND DO THAT IN A TRYING SITUATION ` IT'S ALWAYS NICE. TONIGHT'S GAME WILL BE A PRELUDE TO THE TRI-SERIES FINAL, WITH BOTH SIDES ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR SATURDAY'S FINAL. OWEN FARRELL'S GONE FROM BEING A LATE-INJURY CALL UP TO CAPTAINING THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS. THE FORMER ENGLAND SKIPPER WAS INITIALLY CALLED INTO THE LIONS SQUAD AS AN INJURY REPLACEMENT FOR ELLIOT DALY. LIONS COACH AND FATHER ANDY FARRELL HAS NOW GIVEN HIS SON THE ULTIMATE PROMOTION, NAMING HIM AS CAPTAIN FOR TONIGHT'S MATCH AGAINST FIRST NATIONS AND PASIFIKA XV IN MELBOURNE. WHAT HE'S BOUGHT ALREADY TO THE GROUP SINCE HE'S ARRIVED HAS BEEN BRILLIANT. LIKE, YOUNGER GUYS ARE FEEDING OFF HIM. HIS WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS ABILITY TO PASS THAT ON OTHERS HAS SHON THROUGH TO PASS THAT ON OTHERS HAS SHONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE FIRST NATIONS AND PASIFIKA 15 HAVE NAMED AN EQUALLY EXPERIENCED PLAYMAKER TO LEAD THEIR SIDE, 95-TEST WALLABY KURTLEY BEALE ` WHO WAS PART OF THE LAST LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA IN 2013 ` NAMED AS CAPTAIN. STEVE TANDY'S BEEN HANDED THE TASK OF LEADING WALES OUT OF THE MIRE, STEVE TANDY'S BEEN HANDED THE TASK OF LEADING WALES OUT OF THEIR SLUMP, NAMED AS WARREN GATLAND'S PERMANENT SUCCESSOR AS HEAD COACH OF WALES. TANDY HAS BEEN SCOTLAND'S DEFENCE COACH FOR SIX YEARS, AND WILL LEAD THE WELSH INTO THE 2027 RUGBY WORLD CUP IN AUSTRALIA. WALES' WIN OVER JAPAN EARLIER THIS MONTH ENDED A RECORD RUN OF LOSSES AT 18. IT REACHED 14 WHEN GATLAND QUIT ` THE WORST RUN OF DEFEATS BY A TIER-ONE NATION. NOW RANKED 12TH IN THE WORLD, TANDY IS INTRUSTED WITH RETURNING WELSH RUGBY TO IT GLORY DAYS. WE HAVE GOT A TOUGH AUTUMN AHEAD, BUT SOME EXCITING GAMES. THAT'LL GIVE US BRILLIANT BENCHMARKS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE MIGHT BE COME THE WORLD CUP IN 2027. BUT THERE IS A LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. DAVE REDDIN TANDY'S FIRST GAME IN CHARGE WILL BE AGAINST ARGENTINA IN CARDIFF IN EARLY NOVEMBER BEFORE FACING THE ALL BLACKS LATER THAT MONTH. MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON FROM MAKING HER PROFESSIONAL TENNIS DEBUT, SEVEN-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION VENUS WILLIAMS HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO THE COURT AT THE AGE OF 45. THE FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE ` WHO ALSO WON 14 GRAND-SLAM DOUBLES TITLES ` TEAMED UP WITH HAILEY BAPTISTE TO WIN THEIR OPENING ROUND MATCH AT THE CITI DC OPEN. THE PAIR BEAT EUGENIE BOUCHARD AND CLERVIE NGUNOAE IN STRAIGHT SETS. MATCH POINT! THE BIG TEST COMES TOMORROW THOUGH, THE BIG TEST COMES TOMORROW THOUGH, WHEN WILLIAMS MAKES HER RETURN TO SINGLES, TAKING ON WORLD NUMBER 35 PEYTON STEARNS. THERE'S NO DOUBT I CAN PLAY TENNIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY COMING BACK TO MATCHES IT TAKES TIME TO GET IN THE SWING OF THINGS. I DEFINITELY FEEL I'LL PLAY WELL. I'M STILL THE SAME PLAYER. I'M A BIG HITTER. (LAUGHS) I HIT BIG ` THIS IS MY BRAND. WILLIAMS WILL BECOME THE OLDEST PLAYER TO COMPETE IN A WTA SINGLES MATCH SINCE MARTINA NAVRATILOVA IN 2002. YOU WOULD THINK SHE JUST EARNED THE RIGHT TO PUT HER FEET UP AND RELAX GIVEN WHAT SHE HAS DONE, BUT TO KNOW. AFTER 30 YEARS OF TENNIS TRAINING THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY WHY I HAVE NEVER WON A GRAND SLAM. THANK YOU, OLLIE. MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER, THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED TEENAGE SON THEO HUXTABLE ON THE COSBY SHOW, HAS DIED IN AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING IN COSTA RICA. THE 54-YEAR-OLD FOUND FAME IN THE SITCOM IN THE 1980S AND '90S, APPEARING IN ALL 197 EPISODES AND EARNING AN EMMY NOMINATION. CHAINED TO A BOULDER. WHAT ELSE? A GIANT EAGLE CAME DOWN AND STARTED PICKING IT TERMINATED HIS LIVER PIECE BY PIECE. PERFECT. YOU KNOW IT IS EXCITING TO BE SO NEAR TO A GREAT MIND. WELL, COULD YOU GET ANY NEARER TO MY GREAT MIND? JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT SAYS HE DROWNED ON A BEACH ON COSTA RICA'S CARIBBEAN COAST. WARNER WAS ALSO A POET AND A MUSICIAN, WINNING A GRAMMY FOR AN R&B PERFORMANCE. IMOGEN'S BACK, AND WE COULD SEE SOME WET STUFF OVER THE WEEKEND. WELL, THAT LOVELY RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT'S CURRENTLY OVER US IS GOING TO HANG AROUND FOR MOST OF THE WEEK, BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND, THAT HIGH ALSO MAKES ITS MOVE AWAY TO THE EAST, AND BEHIND IT TO THE WEST IS A BOUT OF LOW PRESSURE, WHICH LOOKS TO BE BRINGING A BAND OF WET WEATHER OUR WAY FROM SATURDAY. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS AFTER THE BREAK. NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. I KNOW I KEEP SAYING IT, BUT IT IS CHILLY. IN CASE YOU WANTED TO KNOW, THE REASON IT'S SO COLD IS THANKS TO THE AIR THAT'S COMING UP TOWARDS US FROM THE SOUTH. THAT COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SIT OVER US ALONG WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, WHICH MEANS VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE AIR MASS, WHICH IN TURN MEANS MORE COLD NIGHTS AHEAD.. WHICH IN TURN MEANS MORE COLD NIGHTS AHEAD. SO, PLENTY OF FROSTY STARTS ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT ALSO PLENTY OF SUN TO GO AROUND. PLUS, BIT OF FOG THAT'LL MAKE ITSELF KNOWN AT BOTH ENDS OF THE DAY, RIGHT DOWN THE BOTTOM. MEANWHILE, A SHOWERY, SOU'EAST FLOW WILL AFFECT EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH, MAKING IT ONE OF THE ONLY SPOTS REALLY TO SEE CLOUD AND WET STUFF, WITH MOST HERE IN FOR A GOOD WEDNESDAY. THERE'S STILL THE CHANCE, THOUGH, OF THE ODD SHOWER IN WHANGAREI. OTHERWISE, WEDNESDAY'S LOOKING FINE AND FROSTY FOR ALL, WITH SOU'EASTERS UP TOP, SOUTHERLIES SOUTH OF AUCKLAND. MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS FOR TOKOROA AND TAUPO, BUT IT'S FINE DAYS ACROSS THE BOARD. SOU'EASTERS FOR TOKOROA; SOUTHERLIES FOR EVERYONE ELSE. SIMILAR TO TODAY, IT'S LOOKING LESS SUNNY, MORE CLOUDY FOR THOSE OUT EAST, WITH THE ODD SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON FOR HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. 0 DEGREES FOR YOU MASTERTON, WHICH MEANS MORNING FROSTS, SOU' AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS. MORE FINE AND FROSTY STUFF FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH ANOTHER CHILLY START IN TAUMARUNUI, AND A MIX OF EAST, SOU', AND SOU'EASTERLY WINDS, WHICH SHOULD EASE FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. REEFTON SHOULD BE FOG-FREE TOMORROW, WITH EVERYONE HERE IN FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF FROSTY STARTS, AND FINE DAYS. LIGHT WINDS ABOUT AS WELL, AND IT'S LOOKING EXACTLY THE SAME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND, WITH FROST AND OR FOG IN THE MORNING FOR THOSE AT THE BOTTOM. LIGHT WINDS HERE TOO. MORNING FOG AND FROSTS FOR ALL BAR OBAN; THE FROSTS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE. OTHERWISE FINE DAYS ALL ROUND WITH LIGHT WINDS, AND THE FOG N FROSTS RETURN AT NIGHT FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA. SO, DUNEDIN, SOME MORNING FOG OR FROSTS FOR YOU TOMORROW, OTHERWISE A FINE DAY WITH A HIGH OF 12 DEGREES. SAME FOR YOU BUT COLDER, CHRISTCHURCH. MORNING FOG OR FROSTS, WITH A CHILLY MINUS-3 START, WARMING TO JUST 10. THERE'LL BE FINE SPELLS IN WELLINGTON, WITH CLOUDIER PERIODS AROUND THE SOUTH COAST. SOUTHERLIES TURNING EASTERLY AT NIGHT. IN HAWKES BAY THERE'LL BE CLOUD INCREASING IN THE MORNING WITH THE ODD SHOWER FROM AFTERNOON, AND SOU'WESTERLIES. TWO WORDS FOR YOU, TAURANGA ` FINE AND SOUTHERLIES. THAT'S YOUR HEADLINE FOR WEDNESDAY. 16 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. HAMILTON, YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING FINE WITH SOUTHERLIES TOMORROW, ALONG WITH MORNING AND EVENING FROSTS. AND IN AUCKLAND, ANOTHER CHILLY START, WITH FROST IN SHELTERED PLACES AND SOU'EASTERLY WINDS. PERTH IS IN FOR SOME MIDWEEK THUNDERSTORMS, WITH SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN DOMINATING ALONG AUSSIE'S COASTLINE. AND FIJI IS ALSO IN FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. IT WAS ABOUT TIME, TO BE FAIR, AFTER ALL THE SUN IT'S BEEN TEASING US WITH THESE LAST FEW WEEKS! THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT'S OVER US RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO CONTINUE CALLING THE COUNTRY HOME. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND ONCE WE HIT FRIDAY, IS GOING TO CONTINUE CALLING THE COUNTRY HOME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND ONCE WE HIT FRIDAY, IT'LL MOVE EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A COMPLEX TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE TASMAN SEA. SO SOME LOW PRESSURE MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS US, WHICH MOST LIKELY MEANS SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY EVEN THUNDERSTORMS, BUT IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE THEY'LL HAVE AN IMPACT TILL ABOUT SATURDAY AT THIS STAGE. AND A BIG THANKS TO COLIN FOR SENDING IN THIS PICTURE OF WHAT HE REFERRED TO AS AN UNEXPECTEDLY PRETTY LOOKING HUTT RIVER THIS MORNING. AN SURPRISINGLY PRETTY LOOKING HUTT RIVER THIS MORNING. EARLIER WE ASKED YOU IF YOU THINK THE SALE OF TV3 TO SKY FOR A DOLLAR IS A GOOD THING FOR NEW ZEALAND MEDIA, AND 57% OF YOU SAY, 'NO, IT'S NOT.' 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 LAURA TUPOU. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND BRIGIT KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025