NEW ZEALANDERS WERE TOLD TO 'SURVIVE TIL 25'. NOW AFTER KIWIBANK RELEASED ITS LATEST REGIONAL REPORT, WE MAY NEED A NEW SLOGAN. AS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA DEEPENS, PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATES HAMAS WILL NOW PROBABLY BE HUNTED DOWN. AND A BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WATER AT A NORTH AUCKLAND BEACH THIS MORNING. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALERTED POLICE. CAPTIONS BY AND JULIE TAYLOR AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA. THIS IS THREENEWS. THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LEADING THE COUNTRY'S SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY WHILE PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND ARE SLIPPING FURTHER BEHIND. THAT'S ACCORDING TO KIWIBANK'S LATEST REGIONAL REPORT, WHICH FINDS THE GAP BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH IS GROWING. AND AS SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY EXPLAINS, ONE OF THE BANK'S TOP ECONOMISTS SAYS IT'S TIME TO SPEED THINGS UP. THE HIGHER YOU GO, THE CLEARER IT GETS. THE SOUTH IS LEADING THE WAY. WE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO, THE MORE OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE ARE AND THE BETTER THE ECONOMIES ARE PERFORMING. TOURISM, FARMING AND CONSTRUCTION IS KEEPING REGIONS LIKE SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO HUMMING. THERE'S A FEW THINGS. FIRSTLY, I THINK, FARMERS ARE GETTING PAID. THEY ARE RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, HIGH COMMODITY PRICES, WHICH IS GREAT. SO THEY ARE SPENDING MORE ON THEIR ON THEIR FARMS. WE'VE ALSO SEEN TOURISM BOUNCE BACK. THERE'S SOME STRONG BUILDING ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN SOUTHLAND. OTAGO IS DOING, YOU KNOW, QUITE WELL. AND CHRISTCHURCH` CHRISTCHURCH IS A REAL STANDOUT. CHRISTCHURCH IN PARTICULAR, NOW SEEN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S CHRISTCHURCH IN PARTICULAR, NOW SEEN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES. NOW THE CITY IS JUST SO COOL. MOST LIVEABLE CITIES. NOW THE CITY IS JUST SO COOL. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN TO WALK AROUND. I IMAGINE IT'S FUN TO` TO LIVE THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC THAT AUCKLAND'S GOT. YOU DON'T HAVE THE BURST PIPES THAT WELLINGTON HAS GOT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING DOWN FROM WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH BECAUSE IT'S A BETTER, LIFESTYLE. IT'S EASY TO GET AROUND. HOUSES ARE A BIT CHEAPER AND THE OTHER THING IS TOO. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS MOVING HERE, BUT THE RECOVERY IS SLOW-GOING TO SAY THE LEAST. NORTH ISLAND REGIONS LIKE NORTHLAND, GISBORNE AND TARANAKI HAVE ALL GONE BACKWARDS. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A REALLY BAD RECESSION. HOUSEHOLDS ARE BEING HIT WITH HIGH INFLATION. SO HIGHER FOOD PRICES, HIGHER ENERGY PRICES, COUNCIL RATES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS. THERE'S A LOT OF INFLATION OUT THERE. THE LABOUR LEADER AND MP PEENI HENARE HIT OTARA MARKET THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AUCKLAND'S BY ELECTION, FALLING FAR OUT. BUSY MORNING. FAR OUT, PUMPING MATE. WELL, EVERYONE'S COMING HERE BECAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY THE PRICES AREN'T TOO BAD. PRICES ARE SO COMPETITIVE. BY MAKING BAD DECISIONS AS A GOVERNMENT THEY'VE PROLONGED THE ECONOMIC AGONY FOR NEW ZEALAND. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN RECOVERY BY NOW. OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT ALSO EXPERIENCED A SPIKE IN INFLATION ARE WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. AND YET IN NEW ZEALAND, THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE. SACRIFICE THAT I'M MAKING IS MOVING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE HERE. SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING BECAUSE OF THAT. EXPENSIVE. VERY EXPENSIVE. IT'S A STRUGGLE ON FAMILIES. THE PRICES ARE GOING UP. INFLATION IS JUST NOT GOING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. AND A LOT OF HUNGRY FAMILIES OUT HERE. FINANCE MINISTER NICOLA WILLIS TOLD THREE NEWS TODAY. KIWIBANK IS URGING THE RESERVE BANK TO DO MORE. IT WAS THE RESERVE BANK THAT CAUSED THIS RECESSION. IT'S THE RESERVE BANK THAT NEEDS TO STIMULATE US OUT OF THIS RECESSION. SO THE RESERVE BANK NEEDS TO LOWER INTEREST RATES. THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THEY'VE PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. WE'RE GOING NOWHERE. WE WERE CONSTANTLY TOLD LAST YEAR, SURVIVE TILL 25. BUT PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR A NEW SLOGAN. HOW ABOUT NO FIX TILL '26? OR DON'T WAIT TILL '28 TO STIMULATE. BUT WHILE SLOGANS MAY BUY US TIME, THEY WON'T BUY US GROCERIES. A BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WATER AT A NORTH AUCKLAND BEACH THIS MORNING. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALERTED POLICE AT 6.50. AFTER POLICE RECOVERED THE BODY, A RAHUI WAS PLACED AT ARKLES BAY IN WHANGAPARAOA. THE PUBLIC ARE ASKED TO AVOID WATER ACTIVITIES AND SEAFOOD GATHERING THERE UNTIL WEDNESDAY. POLICE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE DECEASED PERSON YET. FAMILY, FRIENDS AND POLICE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING IN THE AREA, THOUGH, FOR TYLER PORTER (20) WHO WAS LAST SEEN AROUND ARKLES BAY 10 DAYS AGO. POLICE SAID WORK IS NOW UNDER WAY TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON AND ESTABLISH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR DEATH. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GIVEN AN UNCOMPROMISING VIEW ON THE COLLAPSED GAZA PEACE TALKS. HE CLAIMED HAMAS DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A DEAL AND SAID THEY WANTED TO DIE AND WOULD NOW BE HUNTED DOWN AS IT WAS TIME, AS HE PUT IT, TO FINISH THE JOB. MEANWHILE, A DAY AFTER PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAID FRANCE WOULD RECOGNISE PALESTINE AS A STATE, 221 BRITISH MPs HAVE SIGNED A LETTER URGING THE UK TO TAKE THE SAME STEP. AND IN A JOINT STATEMENT TODAY, THE UK, FRANCE AND GERMANY CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS THE HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN GAZA. GERAINT VINCENT REPORTS. THESE PICTURES WERE FILMED FOR ITV NEWS IN GAZA CITY THIS MORNING. THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN HERE IS MALNOURISHED. THIS CHILD IS A 2�-YEAR-OLD BOY CALLED YAZAN. 'HE IS STARVING,' SAYS HIS AUNT REWA. HIS PARENTS HAVE NO FOOD AND NO MILK TO GIVE HIM BECAUSE OF THE SIEGE, AND HIS HEALTH IS DETERIORATING. HE CAN'T STAND UP, SHE SAYS. IF HE TRIES, HE FALLS DOWN IMMEDIATELY. (PEOPLE SHOUT, CLAMOUR) WHAT FOOD THERE IS IN GAZA IS SCARCE AND SHORT OF NUTRIENTS. AID AGENCIES WARN OF MASS STARVATION, BUT ISRAEL SAYS THERE ARE A THOUSAND TRUCKLOADS OF AID WAITING AT ONE OF THE BORDER CROSSINGS, WHICH THE U.N. REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING WITH. I WANT TO EMPHASISE THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOESN'T LIMIT THE TRUCKS OF AID COMING TO GAZA STRIP. THE MAIN ISSUE OF THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTING ISSUE. THE DISPUTE OVER WHY THE AID ISN'T GETTING TO WHERE IT'S NEEDED IS GROWING EVER MORE BITTER. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. WE'RE NOT SITTING AROUND AND WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO TELL US WHAT TO DO. BUT SOMETIMES YOU GO TO THE FIRST HOLDING POINT AND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AN INCIDENT HAPPENS WHERE WE HAVE TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR US TO MOVE. SOMETIMES A ROUTE IS GIVEN TO US THAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS TOO DANGEROUS, SO WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE MISSION OURSELVES. ONE SURE WAY OF GETTING FOOD IN WOULD BE A CEASEFIRE. BUT THE TALKS IN DOHA HAVE STALLED AGAIN AFTER ISRAEL AND AMERICA WITHDREW THEIR NEGOTIATING TEAMS. IT WAS TOO BAD. HAMAS? HAMAS DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL. I THINK THEY WANT TO DIE AND IT'S VERY, VERY BAD. I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE HUNTED DOWN. ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON THAT FOREIGN COUNTRIES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DROP AID INTO GAZA ONCE AGAIN, AS THE RAF DID LAST YEAR. SUCH IS THE EXTENT OF GAZA'S CRISIS, THOUGH, THOSE FLIGHTS WOULD BE JUST DROPS IN AN OCEAN OF DESPERATE NEED. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVED IN HIS LATE MOTHER'S HOMELAND OF SCOTLAND OVERNIGHT AND PLUNGED STRAIGHT INTO CONTROVERSY. HE SAID EUROPE NEEDED TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER ON IMMIGRATION OR, AS HE PUT IT, 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE EUROPE ANY MORE.' HE ALSO DESCRIBED ILLEGAL MIGRATION AS AN 'INVASION'. ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN REPORTS. GREETED BY SUPPORTERS AND PLANE SPOTTERS RATHER THAN PROTESTERS. WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUCHED DOWN AT PRESTWICK AIRPORT THIS EVENING, NO ONE WAS QUITE SURE WHAT THIS VISIT WAS FOR. HERE FOR FOUR DAYS TO VISIT TWO OF HIS GOLF COURSES. HE MAY HAVE LANDED ON AIR FORCE ONE, BUT THIS ISN'T AN OFFICIAL TRIP. A PRIVATE VISIT, SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE. PART-GOLFING HOLIDAY, PART-PROMOTION FOR HIS OWN BUSINESS INTERESTS, WITH A BIT OF DIPLOMACY THROWN IN. BUT DONALD TRUMP WAS BARELY DOWN THE AEROPLANE STEPS BEFORE WADING INTO POLITICS, SOME OF IT DIPLOMATIC, SOME OF IT NOT SO MUCH. THE OTHER THING. STOP THE WINDMILLS. KILLING THE BEAUTY OF YOUR COUNTRIES. YOU HAD BETTER GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE EUROPE ANYMORE. YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, AND AS WE KNOW, LAST MONTH, WE HAD NOBODY ENTERING OUR COUNTRY. WE SHUT IT DOWN. AND YOU HAVE TO STOP THIS HORRIBLE INVASION THAT IS HAPPENING TO EUROPE. TRUMP IS HEADED FIRST TO HIS GOLF COURSE JUST DOWN THE COAST AT TURNBERRY, WHICH HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF A FORTRESS FOR THIS WEEKEND. SECURITY, IN PART, BEING PROVIDED AND PAID FOR BY HIS SCOTTISH HOSTS. HUNDREDS OF EXTRA OFFICERS DRAFTED IN TO THE BEMUSEMENT OF MANY PEOPLE HERE. THERE'S ENOUGH TROUBLE GOING ON IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP COMING TO SCOTLAND TO PLAY GOLF. THE BILL WILL LAND AT THE DOORSTEP OF SCOTTISH PEOPLE. IS IT WORTH IT? I DON'T SEE WHY IT IS. NO, NOT FOR A PRIVATE VISIT. WHEN HE LAST PLAYED GOLF HERE AS PRESIDENT, PROTESTERS GOT WITHIN SHOUTING DISTANCE, AND INSIDE THE RESTRICTED AIRSPACE. THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATED, AS THEY ARE DUE TO AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. AND INSIDE THE RESTRICTED AIRSPACE. THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATED, AS THEY ARE DUE TO AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN SCOTLAND WHO IS A FAN OF TRUMP. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN UKRAINE THAT IS A FAN OF TRUMP. I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT NOBODY IN GAZA IS A FAN OF TRUMP. WE SHOULD NOT BE HERE EITHER, AND WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT HE IS NOT WELCOME. WITH AMERICAN AND SCOTTISH FLAGS FLYING, THE PRESIDENT WAVED FROM HIS ARMOURED LIMO AS HIS MOTORCADE PASSED THROUGH AYRSHIRE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A WEEKEND OF GOLF. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WHILE HE'S HERE? AWARD-WINNING ACTOR MICHAEL WARD, WHO STARED IN THE UK'S NETFLIX SERIES 'TOP BOY', HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. POLICE SAY THE ACTOR IS BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPE AND THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST THE SAME WOMAN. THE OFFENCES ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 2023. THE 27-YEAR-OLD DENIES ALL CLAIMS, SAYING, 'I HAVE FULL FAITH MY NAME WILL BE CLEARED'. WARD WILL APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` BRITISH JAZZ ARTIST DAME CLEO LAINE HAS DIED AGED 97. CLEO LAINE WAS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST BRITISH JAZZ VOCALISTS OF ALL TIME AND ENJOYED BROAD POPULAR APPEAL. AND IN SPORT ` THE YOUNGEST BLACK FERN GETS THE CALL-UP AHEAD OF THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP. AND LIAM LAWSON IS PIPPED FROM THE TOP 10 SPOT IN THE QUALIFIERS, SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE KIWI RACER? SOUTH PARK HAS ENTERED THE FRAY SURROUNDING THE MERGER BETWEEN PARAMOUNT GLOBAL AND SKYDANCE MEDIA, WITH A STINGING PARODY OF DONALD TRUMP. THE MERGER'S APPROVAL CAME SOON AFTER PARAMOUNT GLOBAL AGREED TO PAY US$16 MILLION TO SETTLE A LEGAL DISPUTE WITH TRUMP OVER AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER VP KAMALA HARRIS THAT ITS SUBSIDIARY CBS RAN. JUST HOURS AFTER PARAMOUNT BOUGHT GLOBAL STREAMING RIGHTS FOR 'SOUTH PARK' IN A BILLION-DOLLAR DEAL ON THURSDAY, THE 27th SEASON OPENED WITH A TRUMP-LADEN EPISODE. IT SHOWS THE SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY BEING SUED BY TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT STUMBLING ABOUT NAKED IN THE DESERT. A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON SAID NO FOURTH-RATE SHOW COULD DERAIL PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOT STREAK. AND SOUTH PARK CO-CREATOR TREY PARKER OFFERED THE MOST INSINCERE APOLOGY HE COULD MUSTER. NO MATTER HOW HOT IT GETS... HE'S NOT AFRAID TO FIGHT FOR AMERICANS. DID YOU ANTICIPATE THE REACTION TODAY? HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING IT? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? WE'RE TERRIBLY SORRY. (LAUGHTER) THE SOUTH PARK EPISODE ALSO FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY CBS THAT 'THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT' WILL END NEXT YEAR, WITH COLBERT KNOWN FOR BEING ONE OF TRUMP'S STAUNCHEST CRITICS ON LATE-NIGHT TV. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE DAY'S SPORT. THREENEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! THE FOURTH-PLACED WARRIORS ARE HUNTING THEIR 13th WIN OF THE NRL SEASON, AS THEY HOST THE BOTTOM-OF-THE-TABLE GOLD COAST TITANS AT GO MEDIA STADIUM IN AUCKLAND. IT WAS A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR MARATA NIUKORE PLAYING IN HIS 150th NRL MATCH, AND THE WAHS GAVE HIM TWO EARLY TRIES TO CELEBRATE. NOT AGAIN! BUT THE TITANS HIT BACK WITH TWO OF THEIR OWN. FANTASTIC SCORE BY THE TITANS. HE'S GOT SOME SPACE. IT IS A TRY. A PENALTY GOAL EXTENDED THE TITANS LEAD TO 12-10 AT HALFTIME, AND THEY'VE JUST CROSSED AGAIN AFTER THE BREAK. TO NOW LEAD 18-10 15 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF. AND THE WARRIORS WOMEN HAVE SLIPPED TO 10th ON THE WNRL LADDER AFTER A 20-10 LOSS TO THE TITANS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. THE TITANS CROSSED IN THE CORNER EARLY TO LEAD 6-0, BEFORE WEAK WARRIORS DEFENCE SAW THEM EXTEND THAT LEAD TO 14-0. THEY MUST SCORE. YES, THEY DO, IN THE CORNER. SHE'LL SCORE! TRY NUMBER THREE. THE WARRIORS FINALLY SCORED ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME TO TRAIL 14-4. A FOURTH TRY BLEW THE TITANS LEAD OUT TO 20-4, BUT THE WAHS CROSSED WITH 10 TO PLAY TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE. WARRIORS TESTING THE SKILFUL DEFENCE, AND THEY SCORE. 20-10 IS HOW IT WOULD STAY, THOUGH. THE WARRIORS WOMEN NOW HAVE JUST ONE WIN FROM FOUR. THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE BLACK FERNS WORLD CUP SQUAD IS STILL PINCHING HERSELF AFTER RECEIVING THE PHONE CALL THAT CONFIRMED HER PLACE IN THE SQUAD OF 32. DESPITE BEING JUST 18, BRAXTON SORENSEN-MCGEE IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE BRIGHT STARS OF THE WOMEN'S GAME. THE BLUES FULLBACK IMPRESSED IN HER FIRST SEASON OF SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI, EARNING HER A CALL-UP TO THE BLACK FERNS FOR THE PACIFIC 4 SERIES, BUT SHE ADMITS THE WORLD CUP SELECTION WAS A SHOCK. THAT'S PRETTY UNREAL, UM... TO EVEN THINK THAT I'D BE HERE, RIGHT NOW, AT THE START OF THE` I WOULDN'T THINK THAT, YEAH. I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE IN BLUES EITHER, WHICH WAS... WHICH IS PRETTY COOL TO BE IN BLUES, BE AMONGST THE GIRLS AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY BE IN THIS SQUAD TOO. THE BLACK FERNS WORLD CUP DEFENCE STARTS AGAINST SPAIN IN YORK ON AUGUST 23. LIAM LAWSON'S PRODUCED THE BEST SPRINT QUALIFYING RESULT OF HIS FORMULA 1 CAREER, AND WILL START IN 11TH FOR TONIGHT'S SPRINT RACE IN BELGIUM. THE RACING BULLS DRIVER HAD A NERVOUS START, ALMOST BEING TAKEN OUT BY NICO HULKENBERG EXITING THE PIT LANE. BUT LAWSON PUT THAT BEHIND HIM TO BE THE LAST DRIVER TO BE ELIMINATED IN THE SECOND SESSION OF QUALIFYING. HE MISSED OUT ON A TOP 10 SPOT BY JUST .041 SECONDS. THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX MARKS A NEW ERA FOR RED BULL. WITH LAURENT MACK-IAS REPLACING CHRISTIAN HORNER AS TEAM PRINCIPAL. AFTER HORNER WAS SENSATIONALLY SACKED AFTER 20 YEARS IN THE ROLE. HORNER, THOUGH, WAS QUICK TO REACH OUT TO THE NEW BOSS. YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN` HE HAS BEEN REALLY JUST FANTASTIC, WITH ME. YOU KNOW FROM` IN A DIFFICULT CONTEXT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE FOR HIM. SEVEN-TIME CHAMPION LEWIS HAMILTON HAD A QUALIFYING TO FORGET. THIS SPIN ENDING HIS SESSION EARLY. AND HE'LL START BACK IN 18TH. OSCAR PIASTRI WILL START ON POLE FOR TONIGHT'S SPRINT RACE. STICK WITH US. I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY WEATHER FORECAST NEXT. CHECK OUT THESE SUNRISE COLOURS IN LAUDER, IN CENTRAL OTAGO THIS MORNING. WILL TOMORROW SEE ANOTHER GOODY? WELCOME BACK. YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SATURDAY EVENING. KIWIBANK'S LATEST REGIONAL REPORT SAYS THE SOUTH ISLAND IS LEADING THE COUNTRY'S SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY WHILE PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND ARE SLIPPING FURTHER BEHIND. AS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA DEEPENS, PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATES HAMAS WILL NOW PROBABLY BE HUNTED DOWN. AND A BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WATER AT A NORTH AUCKLAND BEACH THIS MORNING. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALERTED POLICE. THE DEATH WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY OF 97-YEAR-OLD BRITISH JAZZ STAR DAME CLEO LAINE. # HERE AS WELL, WE HAVE A SHOWDOWN. # I'M TOO HIGHBROW; YOU'RE TOO LOW DOWN. # CRAZY RHYTHM, IT'S GOODBYE TO YOU. # SHE WAS A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER IN 1985 FOR HER LIVE ALBUM 'CLEO AT CARNEGIE ` THE 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT.' SHE WAS FAMED FOR HER TRADEMARK HUSKY VOICE AND COLLABORATIONS WITH MUSIC LEGENDS LIKE SINATRA AND RAY CHARLES. DAME CLEO LAINE AND HER HUSBAND JOHN DANKWORTH WERE KNOWN AS TWIN ICONS OF BRITISH JAZZ. AND IN 1997, SHE BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH JAZZ ARTIST TO BE MADE A DAME. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT'S BEEN OVER US IS STILL SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY EAST, AND FROM TOMORROW, THAT FRONT FROM THE TASMAN STARTS TO MAKE ITS APPROACH. BIT OF CLOUD AND SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST AND SOUTH, WITH A MOSTLY DRY SUNDAY ON THE CARDS FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. CLOUD ALL ROUND, AND THERE IS THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN NORTHLAND. MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON, BUT THAT'LL BURN OFF. AND LOOK AT THAT 18 DEGREE HIGH IN KATAIA. BIT OF THE SAME HERE. CLOUD FOR EVERYONE, WITH MORNING FOG FOR TOKOROA. MORNING FROSTS IN TAUPO AND NOREASTERS. A FINE BUT FROSTY ONE OUT EAST. NOR AND NOREASTER WINDS ABOUT DEVELOPING FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON, AND MAINLY FINE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. MORNING FROSTS IN PALMY AND TAUMARUNI. WITH CLOUDY PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALONG THE KAPITI COAST. CLOUD ALL ROUND HERE. WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY'LL COME IN THE EVENING THOUGH FOR NELSON. HOKITIKA ` YOUR EASTERLIES WILL TURN NOTHERLY IN THE ARVO AS WELL. FAR CLEARER WEATHER ON THE OTHER SIDE. MORNING FROSTS ACROSS THE BOARD, CHECK OUT THOSE CHILLY LOWS AT THE BOTTOM THERE, BUT THINGS WILL WARM UP TO MID-TEENS. MORNING FROSTS FOR MOST, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD TO GO AROUND AS WELL. QUEENSTOWN YOU'RE IN FOR AN OVERCAST AFTERNOON. AND OBAN, YOU'LL HAVE SHOWERS DEVELOPING THEN AS WELL. IT'S GONNA BE A MOSTLY SHOWERY DAY ACROSS AUSSIE TOMORROW. BUT CHECK OUT ALL THAT SUN HITTING THE PACIFIC. HERE'S HOW THE START OF THE WORKING WEEK IS LOOKING SO FAR. AND A WARNING, WET WEATHER WILL BE MAKING A RETURN. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON www.stuff.co.nz I'M IMOGEN WELLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY AND JULIE TAYLOR AND LELE SIMEON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025