ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES EVER RECORDED TRIGGERS TSUNAMI WARNINGS AND EVACUATIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE. WE'VE GOT THE LATEST ALERTS FROM EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HERE. A KNIFE WIELDING MAN IS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO KILL STRIKING NURSES. GLORIAVALE'S LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO 12 CHARGES OF SEXUAL OFFENDING. AND THE CANADIAN COACH WHO ONCE SPIED ON THE FOOTBALL FERNS WILL SOON TAKE CHARGE OF THE PHOENIX WOMEN. CAPTIONS BY TOM CLARKE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREENEWS. A MASSIVE AND SHALLOW QUAKE NEAR RUSSIA TODAY PROVOKED WARNINGS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY AS FAR AWAY AS NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN AND CALIFORNIA. NEW ZEALAND IS FACING A THREAT OF 'STRONG AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS AND UNPREDICTABLE SURGES' ALONG THE COASTLINE TONIGHT. THE MAGNITUDE 8.8 QUAKE HIT NEAR RUSSIA'S KAMCHATKA PENINSULA AT A DEPTH OF 20km. THERE WERE REPORTS OF WAVES UP TO 4m IN THE REGION, AND BUILDINGS WERE SWEPT OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS. (WOMAN SCREAMS) THE TERRIFYING MOMENT ONE OF THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES EVER RECORDED HITS THE EASTERN COAST OF RUSSIA, TRIGGERING A TSUNAMI THAT WASHED AWAY BUILDINGS. AT EXACTLY 11.24am NEW ZEALAND TIME, THE 8.8-MAGNITUDE QUAKE STRUCK AT A DEPTH OF AROUND 20km, CAUSING WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WAVES AROUND RUSSIA AND NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS JAPAN. AS PEOPLE IN JAPAN TOOK REFUGE ON ROOF TOPS, THE COUNTRY'S FIRE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY IMMEDIATELY ISSUED AN EVACUATION ADVISORY TO MORE THAN 900,000 RESIDENTS ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST 3m WAVES WERE EXPECTED THERE. MEANWHILE, THE AMERICAN NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE HAS ISSUED AN ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF THE U.S. WEST COAST, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND HAWAII. HAWAII'S GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN HAS TOLD RESIDENTS THE EXPECTED TSUNAMI 'WILL NOT HIT ONE BEACH, BUT WRAP AROUND THE ISLANDS'. NOW, LET ME PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE. AN 8.7 EARTHQUAKE IS A BIG EARTHQUAKE, AND IT MEANS IT CAN GENERATE A LARGE WAVE, A TSUNAMI WAVE, WHICH WE DO EXPECT TO COME AND ARRIVE SOMETIME AROUND 7.10pm. GUYS, LITERALLY EVERYWHERE IS SHUTTING. KIWI KAT MARR IS HOLIDAYING IN HAWAII. SHE HAD JUST ARRIVED IN WAIKIKI WHEN THE TSUNAMI SIRENS STARTED. WE THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOSH. WHAT'S GOING ON?' AND THEN WE GOT A THIRD ONE, SO WE DECIDED TO COME BACK TO OUR ACCOMMODATION. ON THE WAY BACK, WE NOTICED ALL OF THE SHOPS WERE CLOSING. WE NOTICED TRAFFIC WAS STARTING TO BUILD, YOU'D BE LUCKY TO FIND A SHOP, TO FIND WATER. WE HAVE HEARD SIRENS GOING OFF ALL AFTERNOON. KAT SAYS THE ROADS HAVE BEEN GRIDLOCKED WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE COAST. SHE AND HER FRIEND ARE PREPARING TO WAIT IT OUT IN THEIR 29TH-FLOOR HOTEL ROOM. WE ARE SCARED, BUT ALSO, I GUESS, WE'RE LIKE, IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN, IS IT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN? WE DON'T KNOW. IT IS THE UNKNOWN THAT MAKES US FEEL UNEASY. WE HAVE GOT STACKS, WE HAVE GOT FOOD, THAT IS ALL WE CAN DO. THE RUSSIAN PENINSULA HAD ALREADY SEEN A SERIES OF QUAKES OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS, AND AUTHORITIES IN RUSSIA ARE WARNING OF STRONG AFTERSHOCKS. THERE'S NO WORD YET ON CASUALTIES AS THOSE IN AFFECTED COASTAL REGIONS PREPARE FOR A LONG AND UNCERTAIN NIGHT AHEAD. IMOGEN'S HERE NOW WITH DETAILS ON WHEN WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE SURGES AND STRONG CURRENTS FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, IMO? SAM, FOLLOWING THAT 8.8 EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA, OFFICIALS SAY TO EXPECT STRONG CURRENTS, AND UNUSUAL, UNPREDICTABLE SURGES HERE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THAT WARNING APPLIES TO THE COUNTRY'S ENTIRE COASTLINE, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ALSO EXTENDS TO THE CHATHAMS. EXPECT UP TO 1M WAVES WHEN THEY DO HIT OVERNIGHT, AND THEY'LL LIKELY LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE ADVICE ` BASICALLY, DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE DON'T BE TEMPTED TO GO SIGHTSEEING IN THE WEE HOURS OF TOMORROW MORNING. AND IF YOU'RE ON THE WATER IN A BOAT, GET TO SHORE AND DON'T HEAD OUT AGAIN UNTIL WE'VE HEARD IT'S SAFE TO DO SO FROM OFFICIALS. I'LL BE BACK LATER ON WITH TOMORROW'S FORECAST. SOME NURSES WERE IN TEARS TODAY AS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE OVER PAY AND WHAT THEY SAY ARE DANGEROUS STAFFING LEVELS. IN CHRISTCHURCH, ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO KILL PROTESTING NURSES. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS 4300 PROCEDURES AND SURGERIES HAD TO BE POSTPONED TODAY, WHILE THE GOVERNMENT ACCUSED NURSES OF ENDANGERING PATIENTS BY GOING ON STRIKE. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. AT 9 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, NEARLY 40,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE. MANY OF THEM TOOK TO THE STREETS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AUCKLAND... (CHEERING) ...CHRISTCHURCH... ( CROWD CHANTS) ...NELSON... ( CAR HORNS BEEP) ...WELLINGTON... IT'S PERSONAL FOR ME. MY COUSIN PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK.WHAT IT'S PERSONAL FOR ME. MY COUSIN PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK, AND IT TOOK FIVE HOURS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO GET TO HER. WE DO THIS FOR OUR PATIENTS AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO PEOPLE TOO. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING, KEEP OURSELVES HEALTHY, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT HEALTHY, HOW CAN WE LOOK AFTER ANYONE ELSE? (CROWD CHANTS) WE WANT TO HAVE A HEALTH SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN ACCESS THE SERVICES THEY NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND WE WON'T GET THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF. CROWD CHANTS: SAFE STAFFING NOW! SAFE STAFFING NOW! WE'RE HERE FIGHTING FOR SAFE STAFFING, FIGHTING FOR ADEQUATE PAY FOR OUR HEALTH SECTOR, FIGHTING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE NOTE WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN NEW ZEALAND. I'M HERE BECAUSE I FEEL THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM OF NZ IS BEING SHAFTED. THE STRIKE IS OVER PAY, AND A SYSTEM NURSES SAY IS DANGEROUSLY UNDER-STAFFED. THESE NURSES ARE FIGHTING FOR SAFE STAFFING EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ` UNDERSTAFFING HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES ON PATIENT SAFETY. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAYS 4300 PLANNED PROCEDURES AND SPECIALIST APPOINTMENTS HAVE HAD TO BE POSTPONED AS A RESULT OF TODAY'S STRIKE. THE GOVERNMENT TODAY POINTING THE FINGER BACK AT NURSES AND THEIR UNION. STRIKING DOES NOT HELP PATIENTS. THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS HAD THEIR CARE DISRUPTED. THOUSANDS HAD OPERATIONS ` HIPS, KNEES, CATARACTS CANCELLED AND POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE ACTION OF THE UNION TODAY. THEY SHOULD GET BACK AROUND THE NEGOTIATING TABLE RATHER THAN WALKING OFF THE JOB. ONE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER ALLEGEDLY THREATENING STRIKING NURSES WITH A KNIFE. BYSTANDERS HEARD THE MAN SAY HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS DYING IN HOSPITAL. IF WE ARE NOT SAFE... YOU'RE NOT SAFE! THE STRIKE FINISHES AT 9AM TOMORROW. HEALTH NZ IS ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. FOR STRIKING NURSES, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY TOO. I'VE BEEN THROUGH EARTHQUAKES, TERRORIST ATTACKS, COVID PANDEMICS, AND TO BE CALLED A HEALTHCARE HERO DOESN'T PAY OUR BILLS. HEROES THAT TODAY ARE ASKING TO BE HEARD. GLORIAVALE LEADER HOWARD TEMPLE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO INDECENT ASSAULT ON A DRAMATIC THIRD DAY OF HIS JUDGE-ALONE TRIAL AT THE GREYMOUTH DISTRICT COURT. THE 85-YEAR-OLD HAD EARLIER PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 24 COUNTS OF SEXUAL OFFENDING AT THE WEST COAST CHRISTIAN SECT TO 24 COUNTS OF SEXUAL OFFENDING AT THE WEST COAST CHRISTIAN SECT, INVOLVING GIRLS AGED FROM 9 YEARS OLD TO 20. BUT TODAY TEMPLE CHANGED HIS PLEA TO GUILTY ON 12 OF THE CHARGES DATING FROM 1998 TO 2022. HOW DO YOU PLEAD ` GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? GUILTY. THE CHARGES INCLUDE INDECENT ASSAULT, DOING AN INDECENT ACT, AND COMMON ASSAULT. THE 12 REMAINING CHARGES WERE DROPPED. TEMPLE HAS BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL UNTIL THE 11TH OF AUGUST, WHEN A DATE WILL BE SET FOR SENTENCING. NEW ZEALAND HAS REITERATED ITS DESIRE TO RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE, SAYING IT IS ESSENTIAL TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. HOWEVER, IT'S AGAIN STOPPED SHORT OF COMMITTING TO IT TODAY. IT COMES AFTER FRANCE SAID LAST WEEK IT WOULD RECOGNISE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD, AND OVERNIGHT, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER SAID HE WOULD DO THE SAME UNLESS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TOOK A NUMBER OF 'SUBSTANTIVE STEPS' TO END THE 'APPALLING' GAZA CONFLICT, INCLUDING AGREEING TO A CEASEFIRE. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. NEW ZEALAND IS MORE THAN 16,000km FROM THIS, BUT THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY HAS TWISTED THE HEARTS OF MANY KIWIS IN A WAY THAT HAS FELT VISCERAL AND PERSONAL. SO WHILE NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON RECOGNISING THE STATE OF PALESTINE HAS BEEN... IT'S A QUESTION, AS YOU'VE HEARD THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAY, OF WHEN, NOT IF. ...WITH EVERY NEW IMAGE OF A STARVING GAZAN OR A MOURNING FAMILY... (WAILS) ...THE QUESTION OF 'WHY NOT NOW?' IS GROWING LOUDER. THIS IS A DEFINING MOMENT IN GLOBAL POLITICS, AN ISSUE OF GREAT FUNDAMENTAL, MORAL, LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND WE NEED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR WHERE WE STAND. THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION MEANS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE. WHEN THE QUESTION WAS PUT DIRECTLY TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT TODAY, HE RESPONDED... WE DO NEED TO SEE PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES RELATING TO PALESTINIAN LEGITIMACY AND VIABILITY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNANCE, COMMITMENT TO NON-VIOLENCE, REGIONAL SUPPORT AND SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR ISRAEL. IF WE RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE, NEW ZEALAND WANTS TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE RECOGNISING IS A LEGITIMATE, REPRESENTATIVE, VALUABLE POLITICAL ENTITY. WITH HAMAS STILL HOLDING ISRAELI HOSTAGES, PETERS SAID HE WAS CONCERNED RECOGNISING PALESTINE WOULD REWARD HAMAS FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM. THAT'S MOST LIKELY HOW IT WILL BE INTERPRETED. THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS ACCUSED THE UK OF EXACTLY THAT AFTER SIR KEIR STARMER MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OVERNIGHT. I CAN CONFIRM THE UK WILL RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER, UNLESS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TAKES SUBSTANTIVE STEPS TO END THE APPALLING SITUATION IN GAZA. A CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT, WHICH WOULD BE WITHDRAWN IF ISRAEL AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE AND LONG-TERM PEACE PLAN, ALLOWED U.N. AID TO ENTER GAZA AND STOPPED LAND ANNEXATIONS IN THE WEST BANK. THERE NEEDN'T BE CONDITIONS ON IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY, JUST NEEDS TO HAPPEN. TODAY NEW ZEALAND DID SIGN A NEW JOINT STATEMENT WITH 14 OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, DECLARING THAT PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD IS 'AN ESSENTIAL STEP' TOWARD A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. I THINK IT GOES FURTHER THAN THE UK. THE UK WOULDN'T SIGN UP TO THIS STATEMENT. BUT STILL ROBERT PATMAN THINKS WE NEED TO GO FURTHER, NOW. IF NEW ZEALAND TAKES THAT STEP, IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO TAKE THAT STEP. 142 COUNTRIES HAVE ALREADY RECOGNISED... HAVE RECOGNISED A PALESTINIAN STATE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE U.N. IN GAZA, PALESTINIANS SCAN THE SKIES, NOT LOOKING JUST FOR ISRAELI BOMBS, BUT FOR AID DROPPED FROM THE AIR; STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE AS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD STRUGGLE TO DECIDE WHERE TO STAND ON THE POLITICAL MINEFIELD. MILLIONS OF STARVING PALESTINIANS IN GAZA CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT FOR DIPLOMATIC ACTION. THEY ARE IN URGENT NEED OF AID NOW. AND A WARNING ` OUR NEXT STORY BY ITV'S EMMA MURPHY CONTAINS IMAGES OF MALNOURISHED CHILDREN. (CRIES) WHEN THE WORLD IS WARNED ABOUT A WORST-CASE SCENARIO OF FAMINE IN GAZA, IT'S BASED ON CHILDREN LIKE THIS, THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY DESPERATELY ILL AND SERVE AS A WARNING AS TO WHAT MIGHT LAY AHEAD FOR OTHERS. AT 13 MONTHS OLD, SHE WEIGHS ONLY 13 POUNDS. THE RED BAND ON HER ARM DENOTES HER SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION. THE CONSTANT HUM OF THE DRONE A REMINDER OF THE DOUBLE THREAT TO HER YOUNG LIFE. (DRONE HUMS) HER MOTHER DESCRIBES HOW THE WEIGHT KEEPS FALLING OFF HER AND HER AND HER IMMUNE SYSTEM IS FAILING. SHE'S BEEN WITHOUT THE RIGHT NUTRIENTS FOR MONTHS. HER FATHER TRIES, WITHOUT SUCCESS, TO FIND HER AID. TODAY HE TRIED AGAIN AND WAS INJURED. (CROWD CLAMOURS) SO MUCH AID IS NEEDED FOR SO MANY, AND YET SO LITTLE IS GETTING THROUGH. PALESTINIANS IN GAZA HAVE THE POTS TO EAT FROM, JUST NOT THE FOOD TO FILL THEM. SOME SUPPLIES ARE GETTING THROUGH BY LAND, BUT THEY'RE SEIZED WITHIN MOMENTS OF CROSSING THE BORDER. THE PRIMAL WISH TO SURVIVE AND HUNGER ARE A POTENT MIX. SOME SUPPLIES ARE GETTING IN. JORDAN'S AIR FORCE ONCE AGAIN LEADING A MULTI-NATION RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS. THIS AID, WHICH TAKES HOURS TO LOAD AND SECONDS TO CAST OUT INTO THE SKIES ABOVE GAZA, IS LESS THAN ONE LORRY CAN CARRY. IT'S ESTIMATED 1000 LORRIES A DAY ARE NEEDED SIMPLY TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEED. BUT THIS WAY AT LEAST THE AID CAN GET FURTHER INTO BESIEGED AREAS. THE AMOUNT OF AID THAT CAN BE DROPPED FROM PLANES LIKE THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN A POPULATION IN PERIL. IT'S FAR FROM THE PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT THERE IS NO PERFECTION IN THIS SITUATION AND NO SIGN OF ANY SOLUTION TO THIS WAR. SO THIS IS ONE WAY OF GETTING SOME HELP IN. PARCELLED UP BENEATH THE PARACHUTES ARE BASIC FOODSTUFFS, SOME SUSTENANCE FROM THE SKY. ON THE GROUND, AS SOON AS THE PLANES ARE SPOTTED, THEY RUSH TO FIND THEIR CARGO BEGINS. (CROWD CLAMOURS) FOR MANY, THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE TO EAT, AND IT IS A FRENZY OF MOVEMENT TO TRACK DOWN WHERE THE PARACHUTES LANDED. GIVEN THE DIFFICULTIES OF DIRECTING WHERE IT WILL END UP, SOME LANDS IN THE SEA, BUT THE WATER IS NO BARRIER. THIS MAN SAYS HE NEARLY DROWNED TRYING TO FEED HIS SON, THEN REFLECTS THAT THEY'RE DYING ANYWAY, SO WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD DROWNING MAKE? IT IS A DESPERATE WAY TO LIVE, FEARING DEATH FROM AIRSTRIKES AND NOW FROM HUNGER. AS ONE CHILD RUNS AWAY WITH BISCUITS FOUND IN THE SEA, ANOTHER DESPAIRS. (CHILD SOBS) 'IT WAS A WASTE,' SHE SAYS. 'I GOT NOTHING.' NO WONDER SHE WEEPS THAT TODAY SHE DIDN'T FIND FOOD. SHE HAS NO GUARANTEES SHE WILL FIND IT TOMORROW EITHER. THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO REPEAL THE BAN ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION THIS WEEK, WITH THE LEGISLATION IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PASSING THROUGH PARLIAMENT. BUT A LAST-MINUTE AMENDMENT GIVING RESOURCES MINISTER SHANE JONES THE POWER TO DECIDE WHO CLEANS UP DECOMMISSIONED SITES HAS ANGERED THE OPPOSITION, WHICH SAYS HE'S PANDERING TO OIL AND GAS COMPANIES. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL REPORTS. THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE TUI OIL FIELD 50KM OFF THE TARANAKI COAST CONCLUDED LAST MONTH. ONCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS REMOVED, THE WELLS ARE CONSIDERED PLUGGED AND ABANDONED, LEAVING THE SEA FLOOR FREE FROM ANY EQUIPMENT AND RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL STATE. IT COST TAXPAYERS $293 MILLION TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE MALAYSIAN PERMIT HOLDER WENT BUST IN 2020, WHICH PROMPTED THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE THE LAW. SO WE COULD AVOID THE SITUATION WHERE TAXPAYERS WERE LUMBERED WITH THE LIABILITY AGAIN. BUT NOW THE POWER TO DECIDE WHO CLEANS UP WILL SIT WITH RESOURCES MINISTER SHANE JONES. IT POSITS THE RESPONSIBILITY WITH A MINISTER TO MAKE THE JUDGEMENT AS TO WHAT FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE NO STATUTE, NO BUREAUCRAT CAN KNOW ALL THE SCENARIOS. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT HE SENT HIS OFFICIALS AWAY TO SIT DOWN WITH OIL AND GAS COMPANIES WHO MAKE DEMANDS, AND THE MINISTER CAPITULATED. IT WAS AN 11TH-HOUR AMENDMENT TO THE COALITION'S LEGISLATION TO REPEAL THE PREVIOUS LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S BAN ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION. I FEEL IT'LL RESTORE... CONFIDENCE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'LL OVERCOME THE SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR THAT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE AT JACINDA'S DECISION TO CANCEL THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. TECHNICALLY, IT WAS HIS DECISION TOO. THOUGH, AT THE TIME, HE CLEARLY DIDN'T LOOK TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT. SHANE JONES STOOD NEXT TO JACINDA ARDERN IN 2018 TO ANNOUNCE THE BAN WHEN NEW ZEALAND FIRST WAS IN GOVERNMENT WITH LABOUR AND THE GREENS. THIS IS AN MMP GOVERNMENT, AND WITHIN THE PRIVACY OF OUR OWN DISCUSSIONS, WE HAVE OUR SAY. IT WAS A FAR CRY FROM 2007, WHEN LABOUR WAS IN GOVERNMENT UNDER HELEN CLARK, WHO ATTENDED THE LAUNCH OF THE TUI OIL FIELD. A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE TUI FIELDS BRINGS MANY BENEFITS TO US, NOT LEAST THE CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC AND JOB GROWTH. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. IT'S BEEN ABUNDANTLY CLEAR FOR A LONG TIME THAT NEW ZEALAND HAD TO PLAN FOR A FUTURE THAT WAS BEYOND GAS AND WAS BEYOND OIL. THE COALITION WANTS TO RESTORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION FOR ENERGY SECURITY. $200 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO CO-INVEST IN NEW GAS FIELDS. I'M CONFIDENT BASED ON MY RECENT TRIP UP TO SINGAPORE THAT THERE'S ONGOING INTEREST. NOT ONLY IS THE GOVERNMENT LETTING DOWN NEW ZEALANDERS BY NOT PROTECTING THEIR INTERESTS, NOT INVESTING TO CREATE THE JOBS HERE, THAT THEY'VE BEEN WARNED BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE WITH THE PASSING OF THIS LEGISLATION THAT THIS COULD DAMAGE OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, AND IT COULD PUT AT RISK OUR TRADE DEALS. BUT IN THIS HOUSE, THE COALITION HOLDS THE POWER, AND THE OIL AND GAS BAN REPEAL IS SET TO PASS INTO LAW TOMORROW. AND, ZANE, THE GOVERNMENT'S ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO EXPAND KIWIBANK? KIWI BANK HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO RAISE UP TO $500 MILLION IN NEW CAPITAL TO HELP IT COMPETE AGAINST THE BIG FOUR AUSTRALIAN BANKS. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILY WITH THE STRUCTURE, KIWI BANKS PARENT COMPANY HAKIMI GROUP CAPITAL WHICH IS GOVERNMENT OWNED. TODAY THE FINANCE MINISTER SAID THERE IS SUFFICIENT INTEREST FROM INVESTORS FROM WITHIN NEW ZEALAND TO RAISE THAT MONEY TO HELP KIWI BANK GROW AND COMPETE AGAINST THE LIKES OF ANZ. FURTHER DOWN IN HER ANNOUNCEMENT, SHE SAID, QUOTE, A FUTURE GOVERNMENT MAY CHOOSE TO PUBLICLY LIST KIWI BANK ON THE STOCK MARKET AND SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST 51% OWNERSHIP. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING NATIONAL WOULD CAMPAIGN ON AT THE NEXT ELECTION, AND IT WILL SET IT APART FROM NEW ZEALAND FIRST WITH WINSTON PETERS CLEARLY NOT KEEN ON THE IDEA. WHAT WE HAVE INDICATED IS THAT WE WOULD STILL WANT A KIWI SHARE, WE WOULD STILL WANT A MAJORITY NEW ZEALAND OWNERSHIP OF IT, KEEP NEW ZEALAND IDENTITY. WE WOULD WANT LIMIT ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIP. THE REALITY SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD GO INTO THE ACTION WITH POLICY, THE POLICY DOESN'T EXIST NOW. THAT IS NATIONAL'S POLICY, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO CAMPAIGN ON IT. ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUE, WE HAVE JUST LEARNT THAT THE FBI DIRECTOR WAS IN THE BEEHIVE TODAY, AND HE WAS SPOTTED IN THE BASEMENT BY A REPORTER. HE IS A FORMER TRUMP ADVISER, KASH PETAL, HE IS GOING HEAD OF THE FBI. WE DON'T KNOW WHY HE IS HERE, BUT IT IS WORTH REMEMBERING THAT NEW ZEALAND IS PART OF AN INTELLIGENCE SHARING ALLIANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, UK, AND A THRILLER, CALLED THE FIVE EYES. MYSTERIOUS HIGH-LEVEL VISIT ON A BUSY DAY AT THE BEEHIVE. COMING UP ` WASHED OUT ROADS HAVE LEFT PEOPLE STRANDED IN KAWAKAWA AFTER YESTERDAY'S HEAVY FLOODING, WHILE A SEAL MAKES THE MOST OF IT WITH A DIP AND A FEED IN A PADDOCK. AND 30 PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED OR BEEN SWEPT AWAY AS FLOODING SWEEPS THROUGH BEIJING. IT'S ONE OF THE REGIONS HIT HARDEST BY THIS YEAR'S STORMS, AND IT MAY JUST BE A SIGN OF WHAT'S TO COME. NORTHLAND IS ON THE FRONT LINE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER IT'S PREPARED. AVA WHITWORTH REPORTS. BRO, HAVE A GO AT THIS, BOYS. SHE IS PISSING DOWN. PUBLIC TOILET THERE, SOME DUDE'S CAR OVER THERE, BRO, FULLY FLOODED. PLAYGROUND, MAYHEM. LOOK AT THIS. IT IS PISSING DOWN! NORTHLAND'S BEEN BATTERED ` FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, AND ROADS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT, BUT THE BIG QUESTION NOW ISN'T JUST HOW THE REGION RECOVERS. IT'S WHETHER IT'S PREPARED FOR WHAT'S NEXT. WE'VE HAD THESE SORT OF STORMS IN THE PAST FOREVER ` ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT FEATURES OF THE WEATHER. BUT AS THE CLIMATE WARMS UP, YOU END UP PUTTING MORE MOISTURE IN THE AIR. SO THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES 'MOISTER AND MOISTER', WETTER AND WETTER. SO WHEN IT RAINS, YOU GET MORE AND MORE RAIN COMING OUT. SO THESE REALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS ARE BOUND TO BECOME WORSE AND MORE FREQUENT. PROF JAMES RENWICK SAYS WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALREADY IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE AREN'T BUILT FOR WHAT'S COMING. WHO IS PREPARED FOR MULTIPLE EVENTS LIKE THIS? A ONE-DAY RAINFALL EVENT CAN WASH AN AWFUL LOT OF SEDIMENT AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF OFF THE HILLS, AND IT CAN TAKE MONTHS TO CLEAN THAT UP. SO IF YOU'RE GETTING THESE EVENTS EVERY FEW WEEKS, YOU NEVER REALLY HAVE THE CHANCE TO CATCH UP. A REGION ALREADY VULNERABLE AND NOW FACING MORE FREQUENT HITS, WITHOUT MUCH BREATHING ROOM IN BETWEEN. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN NORTHLAND COUNCILS ARE UNDERWAY, BUT IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT FUNDING AND RESILIENT FUNDING IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, TO PROTECT THEM FROM FUTURE WEATHER EVENTS, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ON A BIPARTISAN MANNER ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTION FRAMEWORK. BUT ADAPTATION, RENWICK WARNS, ONLY GOES SO FAR. WITHOUT MAJOR ACTION, ENTIRE COMMUNITIES MAY FIND THEMSELVES OUT OF TIME. WE NEED TO ADAPT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND, REALLY IMPORTANTLY, WE NEED TO MITIGATE. WE NEED TO STOP EMITTING GREENHOUSE GASES, STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. OTHERWISE, WE'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MANAGE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ADAPT, AND WHOLE COMMUNITIES WILL JUST HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO LIVE. NORTHLAND'S BEEN THROUGH STORM AFTER STORM, BUT IF THIS IS JUST THE START, IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR IF IT'S READY FOR WHAT'S COMING NEXT. RESCUE CREWS HAVE BEEN PULLING PEOPLE THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THEIR HOMES AFTER FLOOD WATERS ENGULFED LARGE PARTS OF BEIJING. BUT 30 PEOPLE AND COUNTING HAVE DROWNED OR BEEN SWEPT AWAY. ALMOST A YEAR'S WORTH OF RAIN FELL IN BEIJING IN JUST FOUR DAYS. ITV'S DEBI EDWARD HAS MORE. THE MASSIVE DELUGE OF RAIN IN BEIJING'S MIYUN DISTRICT FLOODED ITS STREETS WITH TORRENTS OF MUDDY WATER. THE LOCAL RIVER BURST ITS BANKS AND SWEPT UP EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. A FLEET OF DIGGERS WAS USED TO RESCUE SOME OF THE HUNDREDS LEFT TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES. THE BUCKET OF THIS DIGGER CARRYING AN ENTIRE FAMILY TO SAFETY. IN THE MOUNTAINS OF HUAIROU DISTRICT, THE ARMY WAS BROUGHT IN TO REACH A VILLAGE CUT OFF BY A LANDSLIDE ` THE ELDERLY STRETCHERED OUT ACROSS TREACHEROUS TERRAIN. THIS SOLDIER SAID SOME OF THEM WERE VERY ILL, SO EACH STEP WAS BEING TAKEN WITH EXTREME CAUTION. AFTER THE ELDERLY, THE REST OF THE VILLAGE WAS GINGERLY LED ALONG THE MOUNTAIN RIDGE. (BABY CRIES) A MOTHER VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER BABY HELD IN THE ARMS OF A SOLDIER. PRESIDENT XI HAS CALLED FOR AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. IT IS THE RAINY SEASON IN BEIJING, BUT THIS YEAR, ALL THE RAIN SEEMED TO ARRIVE AT ONCE. ALMOST HALF A METRE FELL IN MIYUN IN THE SPACE OF A FEW DAYS. AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, MOST BY DROWNING, SOME IN HOMES THAT COLLAPSED DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE DOWNPOURS. MORE THAN 80,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TEMPORARY SHELTER IN THIS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN MIYUN. THE DEPUTY HEAD OF THE DISTRICT SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AFTER 140 PEOPLE. THE OLDEST IS 91. THE YOUNGEST IS 7. IN NEIGHBOURING HEBEI PROVINCE, THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE WATER ROSE LEFT THIS WOMAN TRAPPED IN HER CAR. (WOMAN SCREAMS) HER SCREAMS WERE HEARD BY RESCUE TEAMS, WHO MANAGED TO GET HER OUT IN TIME. THE START OF AUGUST IS USUALLY WHEN WE SEE THE WORST OF THIS KIND OF WEATHER, SO THE REGION IS ON HIGH ALERT IN CASE THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME. STILL TO COME ` NOTES LEFT BY THE NEW YORK GUNMAN REVEAL A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR HIS RAMPAGE AND HIS TARGET, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NFL. AND FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME, A POTATO TOP HAS WON THE SURPEME PIE AWARD ` AND THE TWIST? THE FILLING WAS POTATO TOO. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT ` A MASSIVE AND SHALLOW QUAKE NEAR RUSSIA TODAY PROVOKED WARNINGS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY AS FAR AWAY AS NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN AND CALIFORNIA. NEW ZEALAND IS FACING A THREAT OF 'STRONG AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS AND UNPREDICTABLE SURGES' AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NURSES WALKED OFF THE JOB TODAY TO STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY AND AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY ARE DANGEROUS STAFFING LEVELS. THE MAN WHO SHOT DEAD FOUR PEOPLE IN A NEW YORK OFFICE BUILDING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TARGETING THE NFL HEADQUARTERS BASED AT THE ADDRESS. POLICE SAY A NOTE WRITTEN BY THE GUNMAN, SHANE TEMURA, ACCUSED THE NFL OF CONCEALING THE DANGERS TO PLAYERS' BRAINS FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL. IT ALSO REFERRED TO THE BRAIN DISEASE CTE AND SAID 'STUDY MY BRAIN, PLEASE. I'M SORRY.' POLICE SAY TEMURA FIRED SHOTS AT AN NFL CREST IN THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING. BUT HE APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN THE WRONG ELEVATOR TO THE NFL HEADQUARTERS, INSTEAD EXITING AT THE OFFICES OF A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WHERE HE KILLED TWO EMPLOYEES. AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OR EPA, HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO OVERTURN A KEY SCIENTIFIC FINDING THAT HAS BEEN USED TO REGULATE CARBON EMISSIONS SINCE 2009. THE 'ENDANGERMENT FINDING' DETERMINED THAT POLLUTANTS CAUSED BY BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ENDANGER HUMANS AND COULD BE REGULATED UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT. THE FINDING IS THE LEGAL UNDERPINNING OF A HOST OF CLIMATE REGULATIONS FOR POWER PLANTS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND OTHER POLLUTION SOURCES THAT ARE HEATING THE PLANET. ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN SAID IT WAS NOT A BINARY CHOICE TO EITHER PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OR GROW THE ECONOMY. THE EPA, UNDER DONALD TRUMP, HAS HAD TO CHOOSE TO DO BOTH. A POTATO-TOP PIE WITH A POTATO FILLING HAS TAKEN OUT THE SUPREME PRIZE AT THIS YEAR'S PIE AWARDS. THE POTATO IS COOKED IN A FONDANT STYLE, FINISHED IN AU GRATIN LAYERS. IT'S CREATOR, SAMRAKSMEY SO, FROM ROSEDALE BAKERY & CAFE IN AUCKLAND'S ALBANY SAYS HE WAS INSPIRED BY A PICTURE OF FRENCH-STYLE LAYERED POTATOES IN A MAGAZINE. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S TASTED SUCCESS ` SO WON BEST SAUSAGE ROLL IN 2023. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? A BIT CONTROVERSIAL? I LIKE A POTATO TOP PIE, BUT I LIKE TO KEEP THE FILLING TO MINCE. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL STILL GO AND TRY IT. IT LOOKS GREAT TO ME. AND A CONTROVERSIAL APPOINTMENT FOR THE PHOENIX? MORE SO THAN THE POTATO TOP PIE. YOU REMEMBER THE SPYING CONTROVERSY AT THE OLYMPICS? THE COACH WAS FIRED FOR HER ROLE IN THAT AND SERVED A 12 MONTH BAN, AND SHE HAS NOW BEEN APPOINTED THE COACH OF THE PHOENIX. IT IS ALMOST LIKE A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON BEV PRIESTMAN'S APPOINTMENT NEXT. PLUS, THE WARRIORS BATTLE AN INJURY CRISIS AS THEY TRY AND GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS. AND ROB PENNEY RE-SIGNS WITH THE CRUSADERS, WITH HIS SIGHTS ALREADY ON DEFENDING THEIR SUPER RUGBY TITLE. VOICEOVER: In these hallowed halls, dough met destiny. A revolution in pizza was born. The world's only original stuffed crust. Straight from the source... at Pizza Hut. THREENEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! SHE WAS FIRED FOR HER PART IN CANADA'S SPYING SCANDAL AGAINST THE FOOTBALL FERNS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. NOW NEW ZEALAND IS WHERE BEV PRIESTMAN HAS BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO REBUILD HER CAREER. PRIESTMAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW COACH OF THE PHOENIX WOMEN, TASKED WITH TURNING THE CLUB AROUND AFTER A DIFFICULT PAST FEW SEASONS. AND DESPITE HER CHEQUERED PAST, HER APPOINTMENT IS SEEN AS A GAME-CHANGER. A COACH OF THIS CALIBRE AT THE PHOENIX COULD ONLY BE SEEN AS A PIPE DREAM A FEW YEARS AGO. BEV PREISTMAN HAS QUITE THE CV, HIGHLIGHTED BY OLYMPIC GOLD IN TOKYO WITH CANADA, BUT ONE THAT'S ALSO MARRED BY HER INVOLVEMENT IN A SPYING SCANDAL AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF WHAT WENT ON IN PARIS AND THE THINGS AROUND THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I'VE TAKEN THAT 12 MONTHS TO REFLECT, TO LEARN, TO GROW. PRIESTMAN WAS HANDED A 12-MONTH BAN FROM FOOTBALL FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE SPYING SCANDAL THAT SAW CANADA FLYING DRONES OVER FOOTBALL FERNS TRAINING. TODAY SHE TOOK FULL OWNERSHIP OF HER MISTAKE. I KNOW I HAVE TO EARN THE TRUST OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, AND I'LL BE WORKING HARD TO DO THAT, BUT, LIKE I SAY, I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE, AND I CAN WAIT TO GET TO WORK. THE PHOENIX FEEL PRIESTMAN'S DONE HER TIME AND DIDN'T HESITATE TO SNAP HER UP. WE DISCUSSED WHAT'D GONE ON, AND WE'RE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH WHO BETH IS ` WHO SHE IS AS A FOOTBALL COACH, WHO SHE IS AS A PERSON. BUT WHILE HER APPOINTMENT MIGHT BE SEEN AS CONTROVERSIAL FOR SOME, FORMER FOOTBALL FERN ANNA GREEN FEELS IT'S A MASTERSTROKE. IT'S A REAL COUP THAT THEY'VE MANAGED TO GET SOMEONE OF BEV'S QUALITY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE A-LEAGUE. SHE'S A PROVEN WINNER. SHE'S GOT A GREAT TRACK RECORD IN TERMS OF RESULTS. PRIESTMAN IS DETERMINED TO LEAD THE PHOENIX TO SILVERWARE IN THE A-LEAGUE. I'VE GOT NO DOUBT WE CAN GO AND DO SOME FIRSTS FOR THIS FOOTBALL CLUB, AND I THINK THAT'S THE AIM IS TO CREATE SOME MOMENTS THAT THIS FOOTBALL CLUB HAS NOT HAD BEFORE. THAT WOULD NO DOUBT GO A LONG WAY TO MAKING UP FOR WHAT BEV PRIESTMAN FEELS WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF HER LIFE 12 MONTHS AGO. AUCKLAND FC HAVE PUT ON A CLINIC IN THEIR INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA CUP MATCH. THE REIGNING A LEAGUE PREMIERS RAN AWAY WITH A 4-0 WIN AGAINST THE GOLD COAST KNIGHTS OVERNIGHT. THE PRE-SEASON KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT, WHICH INCLUDES TEAMS FROM A VARIETY OF DIVISIONS ACROSS AUSTRALIA, COULDN'T HAVE GOT OFF TO A BETTER START FOR AUCKLAND. JESSE RANDALL FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET IN JUST 35 SECONDS. EARLY CHANCE FOR AUCKLAND. IT IS ALMOST A BRILLIANT SAVE. COULD IT BE MORE PERFECT IN THE OPENING MINUTE. ALMOST THE OPENING 30 SECONDS. AUCKLAND FC PROGRESS TO THE ROUND OF 16. THEY ALSO TAKE ON THE BRISBANE ROAR IN A PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY ON SUNDAY. LYDIA KO'S APPROACHING HER WOMEN'S OPEN DEFENCE WITH A CLEAR MIND DESPITE FAILING TO RECORD A TOP-10 FINISH SINCE MARCH. KO PRODUCED A STUNNING FINAL ROUND AT ST ANDREWS A YEAR AGO TO CLAIM HER THIRD MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP. WHILE THE 28-YEAR OLD IS CONFIDENT SHE CAN PRODUCE SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS TIME, SHE'S NOT WEIGHED DOWN BY ANY SORT OF EXPECTATION TO DO SO AS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU WIN, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM ME. I DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE TO ANYBODY THAT I CAN WHEN THE WOMEN'S OPEN. SO THAT LETS ME BE FREE AND KINDER FOCUS ON WHAT THIS WEEK WILL BRING. KO WILL TEE OFF IN HER FIRST ROUND JUST BEFORE 2AM ON FRIDAY MORNING. AN INJURY-RAVAGED WARRIORS SIDE IS DETERMINED THEY CAN BOUNCE BACK AGAINST THE DOLPHINS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT WILL BE NO EASY FEAT, WITH CAPTAIN JAMES FISHER-HARRIS, WAYDE EGAN AND CHANNEL HARRIS-TAVITA ALL PICKING UP INJURIES IN THE LOSS TO THE GOLD COAST TITANS AND RULED OUT THIS WEEK. MITCH REDMAN HAS THE STORY. THE WARRIORS WERE BACK TO BEING THEMSELVES AT TRAINING TODAY. (CHEERING) A STARK CONTRAST TO SATURDAY NIGHT ` UPSET AT HOME BY WOODEN SPOON CONTENDERS THE GOLD COAST TITANS. WE SORT OF JUST WENT AWAY FROM OUR GAMEPLAN A BIT, AND, YEAH, DEFENSIVELY, WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH, SO DEFINITELY SOME WORK ON OUR DEFENCE. IT'S AN AREA THAT'S BEEN HURTING THE WARRIORS. WE SAW LAST WEEK THIS RIGHT EDGE DID HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT THINGS IN PLACE WHERE IF ONE PERSON MAKES A WRONG DECISION, THERE SHOULD BE TWO OR THREE WRONG DECISIONS BEFORE A TRY, SO AS I SAID, IT'S A TEAM OUTLOOK, NOT JUST A RIGHT EDGE. WITH TEAMS SEEMINGLY BREEZING THROUGH FOR TRIES IN RECENT WEEKS, ANDREW WEBSTER'S AWARE THE TEAM'S DEFENSIVE CONFIDENCE MAY HAVE TAKEN A HIT. BUT HE'S SURE IT WILL RETURN. CONFIDENCE COMES FROM GOOD REPS AT TRAINING. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET IT BACK. YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT... TO HOPE IT'LL COME BACK. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE IT WORK AND MAKE IT HAPPEN OURSELVES. THE WARRIORS TAKING ON THE PROBLEM AS A COLLECTIVE, NOT BLAMING ONE POSITION OR ONE PLAYER. THEY'RE WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES. THEY TAKE IT ON THE CHIN. THEY TRY TO WORK HARD. BUT EVERYONE IS PLAYING A PART IN IT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN HAPPENING TOO MUCH ON OUR RIGHT EDGE. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. I KNOW IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING TO THE FANS AT HOME, BUT STICK WITH US. WE'RE WORKING HARD AT TRAINING. WORKING HARD TO GET BACK WINNING TO KEEP THEIR TOP FOUR SPOT IN CHECK. FRESH OFF LEADING THE CRUSADERS TO A 14th TITLE IN CLUB HISTORY, ROB PENNEY HAS RE-SIGNED WITH THE SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. PENNEY OVERSAW A REMARKABLE TURNAROUND IN FORTUNES THIS SEASON, GOING FROM MISSING THE PLAYOFFS ENTIRELY TO SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS IN THE SPACE OF A YEAR. WHILE HE WAS PLEASED TO BRING ANOTHER TITLE TO CHRISTCHURCH, PENNEY HAS QUICKLY MOVED ON. GREAT TO GET THE RESULT, GREAT TO GET THE OUTCOME, BUT THAT IS HISTORY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF I WAS GOING TO BE REMAINING HERE THAT THE PLANNING WAS WELL IN PLACE. PENNEY THE REMAINDER OF THE CRUSADERS COACHING GROUP ALSO REMAINS UNCHANGED. FINALLY TONIGHT, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS HAVE JOINED THE TRIUMPHANT LIONESS CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON. THE TEAM HELD AN OPEN-TOP BUS PARADE ALONG THE MALL AFTER BECOMING BACK-TO-BACK EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS WITH A DRAMATIC WIN OVER SPAIN ON SUNDAY. ITV'S STEVE SCOTT REPORTS. (BRASS BAND PLAYS FANFARE MUSIC) AS HOMECOMINGS GO, THIS WAS VERY SPECIAL. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY DESERVED. FOR A MONTH, THE LIONESSES HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A SWISS BUBBLE. ONLY TODAY COULD THEY REALLY APPRECIATE JUST HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO SO MANY. THIS IS JUST UNREAL. UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT COMING INTO IT TODAY, BUT EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED ON THE BUS. AND, YEAH, IT FEELS SO NICE TO COME BACK TO ENGLAND AND CELEBRATE IT WITH OUR FANS. THE LIONESSES MAIN TOURNAMENT MANTRA WAS 'PROPER ENGLAND'. THIS WAS CERTAINLY LIVING UP TO THAT. WHAT A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR WOMEN'S FOOTBALL THAT WE CAN BE HERE CELEBRATING, AND, YEAH, IT'S EMOTIONAL. IT'S AN EMOTIONAL DAY. (BRASS BANDS PLAYS GALA'S 'FREED FROM DESIRE') CROWD: # NA-NA, NA-NA, NA-NA-NA, NA-NA-NA, NA-NA! AS ONE LIONESSES ANTHEM FOLLOWED ANOTHER, FANS FLOODED THE MALL. THE PARTY WAS ABOUT TO CRANK UP A NOTCH. USUALLY IT'S ONLY ROCK STARS OR ROYALTY WHO GET THIS VIEW, BUT IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD, THESE LIONESSES ARE BOTH. IN LESS THAN TWO DAYS, LEAH WILLIAMSON HAS ALREADY DONE THIS COUNTLESS TIMES... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...BUT IT'S SOMETHING SHE'LL NEVER TIRE OF. 2022 WAS SPECIAL, BUT TODAY WAS EVEN MORE SO, FITTING IN EVERY WAY FOR A TEAM WHO'S JUST CREATED THEIR OWN PIECE OF SPORTING HISTORY. # ...TOUCHING YOU. # SWEET CAROLINE... AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TODAY WAS EVER GOING TO END. # SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD! THE SOUNDTRACK THAT FOLLOWS THE LIONESSES WHEREVER THEY GO AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL. BANGER OF A TUNE. THE CELEBRATIONS ARE PROBABLY STILL GOING. THEY ARE PROBABLY HOPING THEY CAN HAVE A BIT OF A SLEEP IN. LOOKS LIKE THEY NEEDED ONE. HERE'S ONE FROM THE CELEBRITY RUMOUR MILL ` FORMER CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND POP STAR KATY PERRY HAVE HAD DINNER TOGETHER IN MONTREAL THIS WEEK. TMZ RAN PICTURES OF THE MEETUP, SPARKING SPECULATION OF A BUDDING ROMANCE. A COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT FOR THE RESTAURANT LE VIOLON CONFIRMED THAT THEY SPENT ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THE FINE-DINING SPOT. PERRY RECENTLY SPLIT FROM LONG-TIME PARTNER ORLANDO BLOOM AND IS ON TOUR IN CANADA. IMO'S BACK, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, OUR LOWEST TEMPERATURE WASN'T IN THE NEGATIVES. I KNOW, SAM. IT IS SHOCKING. TODAY'S LOW OF 1 DEGREE IN TWIZEL IS A WHOPPING 6 DEGREES WARMER THAN MONDAY'S LOW, WHICH WAS NEGATIVE-5 IN RAETIHI. OUR WARMEST SPOT WAS WHANGAREI, HITTING 19 DEGREES. AND TODAY WAS FAR WETTER THAN YESTERDAY AS WELL. I'LL HAVE TOMORORW'S FORECAST AFTER THE BREAK. NAU MAI ANO. AFTER A WET AND WINDY 24 HOURS, THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN QUITE NICELY, BUT OF COURSE WE DO HAVE THOSE STRONG AND UNUSUAL CURRENT WARNINGS AROUND MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S COASTLINE OVERNIGHT TOMORROW, A DEEP LOW TO THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY DIRECTS STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TOWARDS THE EAST OF BOTH ISLANDS, AND ESSENTIALLY EVERYONE IS IN FOR A SHOWER OR TWO AT SOME STAGE TOMORROW, SHOWERS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. THERE IS ONE SPOT THAT MANAGES TO ESCAPE THE WET STUFF, AND A FRONT WILL START TO MAKE ITS WAY ON TO THE LOWER SOUTH LATE IN THE EVENING. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT LOTS OF CLOUDY, AND EVEN FOGGY STARTS IN THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH THE CHANCE OF THOSE SHOWERS TURN TO THUNDER AND HAIL IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY ` BIT OF MORNING FOG AROUND HERE AND STILL SOME SHOWERS TO COME, WHICH COULD GET THUNDERY AND HAVE A BIT OF HAIL IN THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST, AND THERE'LL BE SOME LIGHT WINDS. MORNING FOG AND CLOUDY STARTS HERE, WITH SHOWERS FOR ALL IN THE ARVO. THINGS SHOULD CLEAR UP BY DINNER TIME, WHICH IS WHEN SOU'EASTERLIES START DEVELOPING. SHOWERS START IN WAIRARAPA. THEY'LL CLEAR COME AFTERNOON, WHICH IS WHEN THEY'LL ROLL IN TO HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. NOR'WESTERS TURNING SOUTHERLY IN GIZZY, THOUGH. SOU'WESTERS FOR THE REST, AND IT'LL BE A SHOWERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND, SHOULD CLEAR TO FINE BY THE EVENING, IF NOT EARLIER, WITH SOME SOU'EASTERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HOKITIKA, YOU ARE BASICALLY THE ONLY SPOT IN THE COUNTRY THAT'LL BE SHOWER-FREE. EVERYONE ELSE HAS THE CHANCE OF ONE OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH A MIX OF SOUTH, SOU'EAST, AND EASTERLY WINDS, SHOWERS ACROSS THE BOARD. ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE, SHOULD CLEAR BY AFTERNOON FOR MOST. BY EVENING FOR BLENHEIM, SOUTH, SOU'WEST, AND WESTERLIES ABOUT TOO. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AROUND FOR ALL. POSSIBLY ONLY COMING IN THE EVENING FOR INVERCARGILL. OTHERWISE, SHOULD BE CLEAR AFTERNOONS. AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SOUTH, SOU'WEST, AND WESTERLIES AROUND. DUNEDIN, THURSDAY WILL BE CLOUDY, WITH THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER UNTIL EVENING, SOUTHERLIES TURNING WESTERLY AT NIGHT. SHOWERS IN CHRISTCHURCH WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT HANG AROUND BANKS PENINSULA AND YOUR SOUTHERLIES WILL BE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES AT TIMES. SHOWERS TO START THE DAY IN THE CAPITAL, BECOMING CONFINED TO THE SOUTH COAST IN THE AFTERNOON, CLEARING TO FINE ELSEWHERE. SOUTHERLIES PICKING UP IN THE MORNING. CLOUD INCREASING IN THE MORNING FOR HAWKE'S BAY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND SOU'WESTERLY WINDS. TAURANGA, FINE TO START, THEN SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON, AND SOU'EASTERS DEVELOPING AT NIGHT. THERE'LL BE SOME MORNING FOG IN HAMILTON WITH A FEW SHOWERS UNTIL DINNER TIME AND LIGHT WINDS. MORNING FOG IN AUCKLAND TOO. THEN A CLOUDY, SHOWERY DAY WHICH COULD TURN TO THUNDER AND HAIL FROM AFTERNOON, AND THERE'S MORE RAIN ON THE CARDS IN SYDNEY AND PLENTY OF CLOUD ALONG THE COAST, WITH SUN RETURNING TO PARTS OF THE PACIFIC, BUT THE WET STUFF IS STILL HANGING AROUND. LOOKING TO FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND, A COUPLE OF WEEK FRONTS EMBEDDED IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW MEAN SHOWERS WILL STILL BE HANGING ROUND EASTERN PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW ZEALAND, WITH EAST TO SOU'EAST WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND ISOLATING THE WET STUFF TO THE NORTH'S EAST. WE'LL ALSO START TO SEE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WEEK, WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND SHOULD MEAN MOSTLY FINE DAYS ALL ROUND AND THANK YOU TO JILL FOR CAPTURING THE SKY THIS MORNING AT KOHI BEACH IN AUCKLAND. SHE SAID IT WAS A DELIGHT TO WITNESS AFTER SUCH AN ATROCIOUS TUESDAY. POSSIBLY BEST TO AVOID BEACHES AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH, SAM. VERY GOOD ADVICE. EARLIER WE ASKED YOU 'IS POTATO TOP THE KING OF PIES?' AFTER A POTATO-TOP PIE WITH A POTATO FILLING WON THIS YEAR'S SUPREME PIE AWARD. AND WHILE THE JUDGES WERE CONVICED, IT APPEARS YOU LOT AREN'T ` 71% SAY NO. JUST PUT SOME SAUCE ON IT, AND SHE WILL BE RIGHT, I SAY. 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.