ISRAEL ALLOWS FOOD TO BE AIRDROPPED INTO GAZA, BUT AID AGENCIES SAY IT'S A 'GROTESQUE DISTRACTION' THAT WON'T STOP STARVATION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS FOUND A SOLUTION TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. AND THERE'S ANGER IN AUSTRALIA OVER THE CONTROVERSIAL CALL THAT HANDED THE LIONS THE SERIES DECIDER. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND JASON CONRAN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 KIA ORA. THIS IS THREENEWS. THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS ALLOWED AIRDROPS TO RESUME IN GAZA, BUT AID AGENCIES SAY THEY'RE JUST A 'GROTESQUE DISTRACTION' THAT WON'T STOP STARVATION. THE GLOBAL OUTRAGE IS GROWING AROUND GAZA, BUT HOPES OF AN IMMINENT CEASEFIRE ARE NOT AND CHILDREN ARE DYING DAILY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FOOD. PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, TO TAKE A STRONGER STAND. AND A WARNING ` JULIET SPEEDY'S STORY CONTAINS CONFRONTING IMAGES. A TINY BABY WRAPPED NOT IN A SWADDLE BUT IN A BURIAL SHROUD. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: MY 5 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER DIED OF MALNUTRITION DUE TO A LACK OF BABY FORMULA ` THE CLOSURE OF THE CROSSING AND THE BAN ON THE ENTRY OF BABY FORMULA. WITH MY DAUGHTER'S DEATH, MANY WILL FOLLOW. (CROWD CLAMOURS) AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF BOMBS AND BULLETS, THERE'S NOW ANOTHER KILLER IN GAZA ` STARVATION. DAY AFTER DAY, THE WORLD IS WATCHING THESE HORRIFYING IMAGES OF STARVING PALESTINIANS. THE U.N SAYS ALMOST A THIRD OF GAZANS ARE NOT EATING FOR DAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT OTHER THAN MASS STARVATION. AND IT'S MAN-MADE, AND THAT'S VERY CLEAR. THE U.N SAYS NEARLY 60,000 CIVILIANS HAVE DIED SO FAR, 70% OF THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ISRAEL IS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE TO EASE RESTRICTIONS AND BLOCKADES, BUT ISRAEL AND ITS SUPPORTERS IN NEW ZEALAND SAY THE AID AGENCIES ARE THE PROBLEM. THE AID'S NOT GETTING THROUGH NOT BECAUSE THE ISRAELIS ARE HOLDING IT UP, BUT BECAUSE IT'S BEING HELD UP BY U.N AGENCIES AND OTHER AID AGENCIES ON THE GAZA SIDE OF THE BORDER. IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, ISRAEL SAYS IT'S ALLOWED AERIAL DROPS OF AID TO RESUME, BUT A SENIOR U.N OFFICIAL HAS WARNED THEY WILL NOT REVERSE THE DEEPENING STARVATION, AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, INEFFICIENT AND CAN EVEN KILL STARVING CIVILIANS. CONDEMNATION IS NOW COMING FROM AN INCREASING NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS. OVER 200 BRITISH MPs HAVE SIGNED A LETTER CALLING ON THE UK TO FOLLOW FRANCE IN RECOGNISING PALESTINE AS A STATE. ISRAEL SUPPORTER DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN MET WITH PROTESTS ON A VISIT TO SCOTLAND, BUT HE'D ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR WHAT HE THOUGHT OF EMMANUEL MACRON'S SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS ` WHAT HE SAYS DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW. HIS STATEMENT DOESN'T CARRY ANY WEIGHT. NEW ZEALAND WON'T RECOGNISE IT AS A STATE YET, BUT SAYS IT SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PALESTINIAN STATE. OUR LONG-STANDING POSITION IS THAT IT'S A MATTER OF, UM, UH, WHEN, NOT IF, UH, AND FOR RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND WHAT MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, UM, IN THE WEST HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR IS WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. I KNOW THIS GOVERNMENT'S ANXIOUS TO AVOID CRITICISM FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE, AND POLITICS IS NOT ABOUT SOFT OPTIONS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE OPTIONS WHICH ARE SENSIBLE AND ROBUST, EVEN IF IT OFFENDS SOME TRADITIONAL ALLIES. AMERICA IS NOT A DISINTERESTED PLAYER; IT'S COMMITTED TO ONE SIDE IN THIS CONFLICT. WE ARE NOT. THE SITUATION IS NOW INCREASINGLY BEING DESCRIBED AS A GENOCIDE. THIS UK SURGEON JUST BACK FROM GAZA ` I WOULD LIKE OUR GOVERNMENT TO BE RECOGNISING THAT THERE IS A GENOCIDE BEING CARRIED OUT, RECOGNISING THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAR CRIMES BEING COMMITTED DAILY. NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO FURTHER AND EVEN PRESS AHEAD OF THE PACK TO BE IN THE FRONT LINE OF NATIONS SAYING TO ISRAEL, 'YOU'RE STARVING A POPULATION HERE.' ISRAELI SCHOLARS ON GENOCIDE, OR HOLOCAUST STUDIES, ARE VIRTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UNITED IN AGREEMENT THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING HAS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS GENOCIDE. IT'S CERTAINLY NOW BEING DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISES SINCE WORLD WAR II. CHILDREN NOW BORN INTO A WAR ZONE AND LIVES ENDED WHEN THEY'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS FOUND A SOLUTION TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. FROM TOMORROW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY PLASTERBOARD, WINDOWS AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIALS FROM THE US, UK AND AUSTRALIA WITHOUT NEEDING TO PAY FOR ANY EXTRA CERTIFICATIONS. POLITICAL REPORTER GLENN MCCONNELL EXPLAINS. REMEMBER THE GREAT GIB CRISIS OF 2022? GOOD EVENING. THE COUNTRY'S GIB CRISIS IS SO BAD... THERE'S 28 CONTAINERS OF PLASTERBOARD THAT ARE ON THE WAY TO NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS MEGAN WOODS BURSTING THROUGH THE DOOR, SHOUTING AND YELLING, 'I'VE FOUND IT, I'VE FOUND IT, I'VE FOUND IT ` 'THE SOLUTION TO OUR GIB CRISIS.' WELL, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS, AND NOW CHRISTOPHER LUXON'S IN CHARGE. HERE'S HIS SOLUTION TO THE GIB CRISIS. THOUSANDS OF OVERSEAS BUILDING PRODUCTS WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BE ABLE TO BE PURCHASED IN NEW ZEALAND, PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED COMPETITION AND LOWERING THE COST OF BUILDING. IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD IN NEW ZEALAND. COMPARED WITH AUSTRALIA, IT IS ` AND THAT IS WHY, FROM TOMORROW, PLASTERBOARD MANUFACTURED BY MANY COMPANIES, NOT ONLY IN NEW ZEALAND BUT ALSO IN AUSTRALIA, THE UK, EUROPE AND OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAYS THIS PLAN ISN'T THE SILVER BULLET, BUT IT HELPS. THE TANGIBLE EFFECT OF THIS IS WE'LL HAVE MORE COMPETITION. WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO BETTER PRODUCTS. THERE WILL BE MORE SUPPLY CHAIN CERTAINTY. ALL OF THAT HELPS. THE ISSUE IS COMPETITION ` IN NEW ZEALAND, FLETCHER BUILDING PRODUCES 97% OF PLASTERBOARD ` THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW AS GIB. BUT IF IMPORTED MATERIAL DOES FLOOD THE MARKET, HOPEFULLY BUILDING WILL GET CHEAPER. CANTERBURY FIREFIGHTERS WERE KEPT BUSY OVERNIGHT WITH A SLEW OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES. A DOZEN BLAZES WERE REPORTED IN THE REGION, INCLUDING THIS VEGETATION FIRE NEAR THE SMALL TOWN OF SHEFFIELD. IT TOOK 50 FIREFIGHTERS, THREE HELICOPTERS AND HEAVY MACHINERY TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL AFTER IT RIPPED THROUGH 70 HECTARES OF GORSE, BROOM AND PINE TREES. CREWS ALSO RESPONDED TO 11 OTHER SMALL FIRES IN THE SELWYN DISTRICT. COUNCILS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO USE FEWER ROAD CONES OR MISS OUT ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING. TRANSPORT MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYS MANY ARE STILL USING THE OLD CODE OF PRACTICE ON LOCAL STREETS WHICH TAKES AN OVER-THE-TOP APPROACH TO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. HE'S TOLD COUNCILS HE WILL NOT APPROVE FUNDING FOR ROADING PROJECTS UNLESS THEY FOLLOW THE NEW GUIDELINES WHICH REQUIRES A MORE SENSIBLE USE OF ROAD CONES. NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN A NATION OBSESSED WITH BUTTER IN RECENT WEEKS. THE FINANCE MINISTER'S BLAMING THE SUPERMARKETS FOR HIGH PRICES, AND WE CAN TELL YOU THAT SOUTH ISLANDERS ARE CONSISTENTLY HAVING TO PAY MORE FOR A GOLD BAR OF THE GOOD STUFF. HERE'S AMELIA WADE. WE'VE BEEN HAVING A BIT OF A BUTTER MELTDOWN THIS WEEK, SO WE THOUGHT WE'D 'BUTTER' CHECK ` IS IT JUST US? I'M IN SYDNEY, AND A BLOCK OF BUTTER HERE COSTS $7.60. SO I'VE JUST DONE THE WEEKLY SHOP HERE IN QATAR, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND FOR 500G OF BUTTER, IT'S 35 RIYALS ` THAT'S THE LOCAL CURRENCY ` WHICH EQUALS ROUGHLY NZ$16 PER BLOCK. I'M IN ALBANIA, AND THIS BUTTER... COSTS 350 LEK, OR $7, FOR 200g. OVER IN BEIJING, CHINA, AT THE MOMENT, AND HAVE FOUND SOME NEW ZEALAND BUTTER SELLING FOR ABOUT $13.50 NEW ZEALAND EQUIVALENT. AND I'M IN AUCKLAND, AND HAVE JUST BOUGHT THIS BLOCK OF ANCHOR BUTTER FOR ` YOU BUTTER BELIEVE IT ` $11. ALL ROADS LEAD BACK TO SUPERMARKET COMPETITION. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL LEVER THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ON THIS ISSUE. WE INVESTIGATED HOW ARE TWO MAJOR SUPERMARKET CHAINS ARE PRICING BUTTER, AND FOUND CONSISTENTLY IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE SOUTH ISLAND THAN THE NORTH. NO, WE THINK THAT'S TERRIBLE. I DO NOT THINK THAT'S FAIR, AND THEY SHOULD CHANGE THAT. ISN'T MOST OF THE BUTTER FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND? ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, PAK'nSAVE NORTH ISLAND STORES CHARGED $8.29 FOR A 500g BLOCK OF ROLLING MEADOW, ITS CHEAPEST BLOCK. BUT AT ALL ITS SOUTH ISLAND STORES THE SAME BLOCK OF BUTTER COST $9.89. WITH A SUPER BIRTHDAY DEAL SPECIAL OF $8.79. THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF AT LEAST $0.50. MEANWHILE, WOOLWORTHS CHARGED $8.49 FOR A BLOCK OF ITS 'ESSENTIALS' BUTTER IN ITS NORTH ISLAND STORES AND $8.95 AT ITS SOUTH ISLAND STORES, A DIFFERENCE OF $0.46. NEITHER WOOLWORTHS NOR FOODSTUFFS, WHICH OWNS NEW WORLD AND PAK'nSAVE, WOULD APPEAR ON CAMERA. FOODSTUFFS SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT... AND WOOLWORTHS SAID SIMPLY... LOWER YOUR PRICES! YEAH, LOWER YOUR PRICES. WHY ARE YOU HATING ON THE SOUTH? COME ON, GUYS. IT'S EXPENSIVE DOWN HERE TOO. SOMEBODY'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY SOMEWHERE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH THE PRICE OF BUTTER AND MILK AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS IN NEW ZEALAND IS IT'S REALLY OPAQUE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY IT'S FONTERRA OR IT'S THE SUPERMARKETS OR IT'S TRANSPORT COMPANIES OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW, AS A DAIRY FARMER'S SON, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD NEVER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PRICE OF BUTTER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KEEPS, YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS GOING, OUR SCHOOLS OPEN NOW, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S` LIKE I SAY, IT REALLY IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS BUILT ON. A LAND BUILT ON BUTTER, WHICH KIWIS ARE BEING SPREAD PRETTY THIN TRYING TO AFFORD. OLLIE'S GOT SPORT NEXT ` JUSTICE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. WIND UP THE CHRISTCHURCH GUY. AND IT WAS QUITE THE DRAMATIC END TO THE LION'S TEST LAST NIGHT. NOT WITHOUT SOME CONTROVERSY AT THE END WASN'T A PENALTY NOT AWARDED? THE WALLABIES CERTAINLY THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN AWARDED AND THAT WOULD HAVE WON IT FOR THEM. WE'LL HAVE THE FIERY REACTION TO THE SECOND TEST NEXT. PLUS, CAN THE TACTIX FINALLY END THEIR ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE DROUGHT? VOICEOVER: From simplicity comes invention. Cheese meets dough a timeless dance imagined anew. The new cheese-encrusted triple cheese stuffed crust. Only at Pizza Hut. THREENEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! THE CANTERBURY TACTIX HAVE AT LONG LAST ENDED THEIR ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE DROUGHT WITH A DOMINANT 58-46 WIN OVER THE NORTHERN MYSTICS IN THIS AFTERNOON'S GRAND FINAL. THE TACTIX BLEW THE MYSTICS OFF COURT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AS THEY RACED OUT TO A NINE-GOAL ADVANTAGE. THE MYSTICS WERE THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES AS LOOSE PASSING ALLOWED THE VISITORS TO CONTINUE THEIR DOMINANCE. IN THE END, THE DAMAGE WAS DONE IN THE FIRST QUARTER AS THE TACTIX STORMED TO VICTORY. HISTORY MADE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 28 SEASONS OF THE FRANCHISE, THE BEST OF NETBALL IN NEW ZEALAND, THE TITLE IS GOING TO CANTERBURY. I THOUGHT WE BROUGHT THE ENERGY FROM THE BEGINNING. WE WERE HUNGRY FOR IT AND HAD FULL BELIEF WE COULD DO IT. IT WAS THE TACTIX'S FIRST ANZ PREMIERSHIP TITLE, HAVING LOST BOTH OF THEIR GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES BEFORE THIS. IT WILL GO DOWN AS A SERIES VICTORY FOR THE LIONS, BUT THE WALLABIES ARE ADAMANT LAST NIGHT'S RESULT SHOULD'VE GONE THEIR WAY AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL CLEANOUT THAT LED TO THE LIONS' MATCH-WINNING TRY WENT UNPUNISHED. HUGO KEENAN'S LAST-MINUTE WINNER COMPLETED A REMARKABLE LIONS COMEBACK IN MELBOURNE AS THEY SNUCK HOME 29-26. THIS IS THE MOMENT THE WALLABIES FEEL COST THEM A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LIONS SERIES TO A DECIDER. THERE IT IS, ON THE NECK. YOU CANNOT DO THAT. THIS TRY WILL BE DISALLOWED. JAC MORGAN'S CLEANOUT ON CARLO TIZZANO APPEARED TO HAVE ALL THE MAKINGS OF A PENALTY ` DIRECT CONTACT ABOVE THE SHOULDER-LINE. THE OFFICIALS, THOUGH, SAW IT DIFFERENTLY. WE DON'T SEE ANY FOUL PLAY. TRY STANDS. NO PENALTY WAS AWARDED, AND THE RESULTING HUGO KEENAN TRY THAT SEALED A SERIES VICTORY FOR THE LIONS STOOD. THE END IS A PENALTY TO THE WALLABIES. AND THE REFEREES WERE TOO WEAK TO GIVE IT. JOE SCHMIDT WAS JUST AS UNIMPRESSED. A PLAYER WHO DIVES OFF HIS FEET, IS CLEARLY BEATEN TO THE POSITION OVER THE BALL, MAKES NET CONTACT... IT WAS A TOUGH ONE TO TAKE. IT WAS A CONTENTIOUS CALL THAT'S DIVIDED OPINION, AND ONE SCHMIDT FEELS GOES AGAINST WORLD RUGBY'S PLAYER SAFETY PUSH. YOU CANNOT HIT SOMEONE ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SHOULDERS, AND, UM... AND THERE'S NO THERE'S NO BIND WITH THE LEFT ARM. THE HAND'S ON THE GROUND. UNSURPRISINGLY, ANDY FARRELL DIDN'T QUITE SEE IT THAT WAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BRILLIANT CLEAR-OUT. DID YOU? GOOD LUCK CONVINCING ANYONE IN AUSTRALIA OF THAT. THE HEAD OF THE REFEREES IS OUT HERE ON A JUNKET. HE NEEDS TO HAUL THOSE REFEREES IN AND ASK FOR A PLEASE EXPLAIN. IF I'M THE WORLD RUGBY BOARD THAT ARE HERE, IF I'M DAN HERBERT, THE CHAIR OF AUSTRALIAN RUGBY, IF I'M PHIL WAUGH, THE CHAIR` THE CEO OF RUGBY, I'M ASKING FOR A PLEASE EXPLAIN. IT WAS AN ENDING LITTERED IN CONTROVERSY TO A GAME THAT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING FOR THE WALLABIES, AT ONE STAGE HOLDING A 23-5 LEAD AS THE MEN IN GOLD TORE THROUGH THE VISITORS' DEFENCE. THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS FROM THE WALLABIES. THE SCRIPT FLIPPED IN THE SECOND HALF, THOUGH. THE LIONS SMELLED BLOOD AND SURGED BACK INTO THE CONTEST TO EVENTUALLY TAKE THE SPOILS. BUT THIS TEST WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ONE MOMENT. TO NOT GET THE RESULT, TO NOT GO INTO A SERIES DECIDER, REALLY HURTS EVERYONE. PRIDE IS NOW ALL THE WALLABIES CAN WALK AWAY FROM THE SERIES WITH, BUT ARE UNLIKELY TO EVER SHAKE THE FEELING THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEADING TO SYDNEY WITH THE SERIES STILL ALIVE. THE BLACK FERNS 15 HAVE BEEN PUSHED ALL THE WAY BY SOUTH AFRICA, BUT ULTIMATELY KICKED OFF THEIR TWO-MATCH TOUR OF THE REPUBLIC WITH A WIN. KELSEY TENETI WAS THE CHIEF DESTROYER FOR THE BLACK FERNS 15, RUNNING IN A HAT TRICK TO HELP SECURE A 34-26 VICTORY. HER 50m SOLO EFFORT THE BEST OF THE LOT. ...BUT NOW IT IS. TENETI'S AFTER THIS. IT'S ALL IN THE BOUNCE! TENETI'S GOING IN AGAIN! (WHISTLE BLOWS) CALAMITY FOR THE SPRINGBOK WOMEN ` THIS MATCH IS RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM. THERE WAS A SCARY MOMENT LATE IN THE GAME WHEN REESE ANDERSON APPEARED TO COLLAPSE BEFORE BEING HELPED FROM THE FIELD. TADEJ POGACAR'S FOURTH TOUR DE FRANCE CROWN IS NOW A MERE FORMALITY AFTER THE DEFENDING CHAMPION COMFORTABLY MAINTAINED HIS SIZEABLE LEAD IN THIS MORNING'S PENULTIMATE STAGE. WET WEATHER WREAKED HAVOC WITH RIDERS ON THE MOUNTAINOUS STAGE AS THE DESCENTS PROVED PARTICULARLY TRICKY TO NAVIGATE. THE STAGE WAS EVENTUALLY WON BY AUSTRALIAN KADEN GROVES, WITH POGACAR FINISHING BACK IN THE PELOTON. POGACAR JUST NEEDS TO CROSS THE LINE IN PARIS IN TOMORROW MORNING'S FINAL STAGE TO BE CONFIRMED AS THE CHAMPION. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE HELD THEIR NERVE TO CLAIM THEIR T20 TRI-SERIES TITLE BUT NEEDED A COUPLE OF MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE IN THE FINAL OVER TO EDGE SOUTH AFRICA. BATTING FIRST, RACHIN RAVINDRA AND DEVON CONWAY LED THE CHARGE FOR THE BLACKCAPS AS THEY POSTED 180/5. IN REPLY, THE PROTEAS WENT CLOSE, NEEDING SEVEN OFF THE FINAL OVER, BEFORE MATT HENRY SAVED THE DAY. I DON'T THINK HE CAN. HAS HE GOT ENOUGH? YES! BRILLIANT TAKE! LENGTH DELIVERY. IS IT OUT THE MIDDLE? HAS IT GONE THE DISTANCE? NO! BRILLIANT CATCH! IT'S MITCHELL AGAIN! THE BLACKCAPS WILL NOW STAY IN ZIMBABWE AS THEY PREPARE FOR A TWO-TEST SERIES. WARRIORS COACH ANDREW WEBSTER FEELS THERE'S A BIG ISSUE WITH A RULE CONCERNING THE PLAY-THE-BALL. LATE IN HIS SIDE'S 24-16 LOSS TO THE GOLD COAST TITANS, CHANEL HARRIS-TAVITA WAS DELIBERATELY PUSHED OVER BY A DEFENDER AND THEN PENALISED BECAUSE HE HAD PLANTED THE BALL BEFORE HE LOST IT. THE WARRIORS CHALLENGED THE DECISION, ONLY TO BE DENIED, AND THAT EFFECTIVELY SNUFFED OUT ANY HOPE OF A COMEBACK. WEBSTER BLAMED THE RULE, NOT THE TITANS PLAYER. YOU CAN BASICALLY PROFESSIONAL FOUL IN TACKLING IF YOU SEE HIM PLANT THE BALL. COS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ` HE PLANTED THE BALL AND THEN HE WAS AGGRESSIVE WITH HIM, PUSHED HIM OVER, AND HE DROPS THE BALL. BUT THAT'S THE RULE. LIKE, WHEN YOU CHALLENGE IT, YOU CAN SEE THAT CHANEL'S CLEARLY GOT HIS KNEE ON THE GROUND, AND IT'S SILLY. WEBSTER SAID WHILE INJURIES HAD FORCED HIM TO PLAY PEOPLE OUT OF POSITION, HE HAD FAITH THE UNIT WOULD LEARN FROM ITS MISTAKES AND BOUNCE BACK AGAINST THE DOLPHINS ON FRIDAY. LIAM LAWSON HAS GIVEN HIMSELF A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE POINTS FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON. LAWSON WILL START FROM NINTH ON THE GRID FOR TOMORROW MORNING'S BELGIAN GRAND PRIX. THE KIWI WAS SEVENTH-FASTEST WHEN HE FINISHED HIS FINAL HOT LAP, BUT EVENTUALLY DROPPED TWO SPOTS. DESPITE STARTING IN THE TOP 10, LAWSON FELT HE LEFT PLENTY OUT THERE. I THINK WE PUT IT TOGETHER. I JUST, UM... HAD A MOMENT AT THE END OF THE LAP AND JUST LOST A... BIT OF TIME, AND OBVIOUSLY, WITH THESE MARGINS, IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING, SO, UM... YEAH. MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS WILL START FROM POLE AHEAD OF TEAM-MATE OSCAR PIASTRI IN SECOND. THE RACES AT 1am. I AM MORE OF A 6 AM HIGHLIGHT WITH A CUP OF COFFEE GAL. YOUR WEATHER FOR THE START OF THE WORKING WEEK IS NEXT. THIS WAS TODAY'S SUNRISE IN AUCKLAND, BUT I'M SORRY TO SAY WET AND WINDY WEATHER IS ON THE HORIZON. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREE NEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. ISRAEL HAS ALLOWED FOOD TO BE AIR DROPPED INTO GAZA AS IT FACES GROWING CONDEMNATION OVER THE DEEPENING HUNGER CRISIS AND IN A BID TO BRING DOWN BUILDING COSTS, FROM TOMORROW THOUSANDS OF OVERSEAS PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN NEW ZEALAND. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT THE WEATHER. WILD WEATHER IS A GOOD REMINDER TO CHECK YOUR EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOOD, WATER, BATTERIES AND PORTABLE CHARGERS. AMI, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. AFTER A PRETTY GOOD RUN OF SUNSHINE, A SWITCH IS ON THE WAY WITH A FAST-MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGING WIND AND RAIN TOO MANY PARTS FROM TUESDAY, BUT FOR SOME IT HITS TOMORROW EVENING. CLOUDY AND SHOWERING DAY FOR THE SOUTH'S WASTE, AND WIND AND RAIN WATCHES FROM 5 PM ONWARDS. SHOWERS FROM AFTERNOON HERE FOR ALL EXCEPT HAMILTON. STRONG WIND WATCH. THERE WILL BE SOME FROSTY STARTS WITH CLOUD INCREASING. ALSO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. AND I SENT FIND START TO THE WEEK HERE ONCE THE MORNING FROST BURNS OFF. PRETTY FUN FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH. TARANAKI AND WHANGANUI HAVE A STRONG WIND WATCH FROM 10. SHOWERS ROLL IN FROM HERE. NORTHEASTERLY STRENGTHENING AS THE DAY GOES ON. WET WEATHER-FREE ON THE OTHER SIDE. WANTED TO SHOWERS HERE, OTHERWISE CLOUDY. LOOKING WENT FOR MANY TOMORROW IN AUSTRALIA. THE SAME STORY IN THE PACIFIC. LET'S LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE SHAPING UP FROM TUESDAY. THE UPPER HALF OF THE NORTH AND THE TOP OF THE SOUTH WILL BE BASIS TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON. SOME RAIN WATCHES CHECKING IN, SO PLEASE CHECK IN ONLINE TO SEE HOW YOUR AREA WILL BE AFFECTED. (MELLOW MUSIC)( THAT IS THREENEWS 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 SOME MOMENTS FROM THIS WEEKEND'S ANNUAL WUTHERING HEIGHTS DAY, A TRIBUTE TO KATE BUSH, HELD IN DUNEDIN. (KATE BUSH'S 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS' PLAYS) CAPTIONS BY JASON CONRAN AND REBECCA SCHOLTZ. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.