THE HEAD OF THE FBI OPENS AN OFFICE IN WELLINGTON... DOES IT RISK ANTAGONISING CHINA? IT WAS A DISRUPTED SLEEP FOR SOME, AS TSUNAMI ALERTS PINGED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. SO DID KIWIS TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY? A GROWING NUMBER OF NEW ZEALANDERS ARE SEEKING HELP TO GET OUT OF DEBT. ARE BUY-NOW PAY-LATER SCHEMES TO BLAME? AND 40 YEARS AFTER SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND NEIL ARMSTRONG JOURNEYED TO THE NORTH POLE, THEIR SONS ARE RE-LIVING THE ADVENTURE. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. THE REASON FOR THE FBI DIRECTOR'S SECRET VISIT TO WELLINGTON HAS BEEN REVEALED ` IT WAS TO OPEN A NEW FBI BASE IN NEW ZEALAND. KASH PATEL WAS SPOTTED IN PARLIAMENT'S BASEMENT YESTERDAY, BUT NO ONE IN THE BEEHIVE OR THE U.S. EMBASSY WOULD SAY WHY HE WAS HERE. TURNS OUT HE WAS MEETING WITH MINISTERS, POLICE, AND SPY AGENCY BOSSES ABOUT THE FBI'S NEW OFFICE. HERE'S LLOYD BURR. KIA ORA. I DON'T KNOW IF I NAILED THAT. YOU DID IT BRILLIANTLY. IT WAS THE VISIT NO ONE WAS MEANT TO KNOW ABOUT ` THE BOSS OF THE FBI SLIPPING INTO THE COUNTRY TO OPEN HIS AGENCY'S NEWEST BRANCH. BUT KASH PATEL WAS SPOTTED AT PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY, AND ALL OF THIS FOOTAGE WAS RELEASED THIS AFTERNOON, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THE UK'S DAILY MAIL LIFTED THE LID ON IT ALL. THE FBI IS ACTUALLY PRIORITISING A PERMANENT PRESENCE ACROSS ALL FIVE EYES COUNTRIES, AND HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAD NOT HAD THAT UNTIL THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. THIS INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY EMBASSY STAFF ` THE U.S. WANTING TO CONTROL THE WHOLE PROCESS. EVEN NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS REFUSING TO SAY ANYTHING UNTIL A U.S. EMBASSY STATEMENT WAS RELEASED. THERE'LL BE A STATEMENT THAT'LL COME OUT LATER. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT COMING OUT LATER. THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT COMING OUT LATER. I WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY FURTHER COMMENT. I'M NOT COMMENTING. THERE'S A STATEMENT COMING OUT LATER TODAY. I WON'T COMMENT ON THE DAILY MAIL. THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT. WAIT FOR THE STATEMENT. THERE WILL BE A STATEMENT. I WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING ANY MORE DETAIL. RELEASED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS PRESS CONFERENCE... OH, YOU'VE JUST GOT THE STATEMENT? THERE YOU GO. I HAVEN'T READ THE STATEMENT. I'LL GO AWAY AND READ IT. I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT. I WON'T TALK TO THE PACIFICS ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE MEETINGS. I'VE GOTTA GO, GUYS. GOTTA GO. PATEL MET WITH MARK MITCHELL, SPY AGENCIES MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS, AND FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS. IT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY, ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE TSUNAMI WARNING WENT OFF. (LAUGHS) PATEL SENDING OFF A WARNING TO CHINA. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GLOBAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME ARE THE ONES WHERE AMERICA AND NEW ZEALAND WORK TOGETHER, LIKE COUNTERING THE CCP IN THE INDO-COMPAC THEATRE. THE CCP IS THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY WHICH GOVERNS CHINA. THERE ARE CONCERNS OVER ITS INFLUENCE, ESPIONAGE, AND ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME RINGS, NOT THAT NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. HE DOES SPECIFICALLY MENTION CHINA AND COUNTERING THAT THREAT. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? I DON'T RESPOND TO OTHER PEOPLE'S PRESS RELEASES. I'M NOT SPEAKING TO` NOT SPEAKING ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY STUFF. THAT'S FOR THE PRIME MINISTER OR WINSTON. I DON'T PREDICT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WHY DON'T YOU ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT? FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE THOROUGHLY UNDIPLOMATIC. CHINA'S OUR BIGGEST TRADING PARTNER, SO THE FBI'S NEW BASE HERE MIGHT AGITATE THEM. DO YOU THINK CHINA WILL BE BRASSED OFF THAT THE FBI HAS SET UP SHOP HERE? I DON'T HAVE A VIEW ON THAT. COULD THEY RETALIATE? I DON'T HAVE A VIEW ON THAT. OPPOSITION PARTIES CERTAINLY DO. JUST NO. WE'RE NOT ANOTHER STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWING FOREIGN POWERS TO BE SETTING UP SHOP LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL. I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EXPLANATION, AND I THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THE GENERAL RATIONALE FOR THIS. SO WHAT IS IT, APART FROM COUNTERING CHINA? COUNTERING THE NARCOTICS TRADE; WORKING AGAINST CYBER INTRUSION AND RANSOMWARE OPERATIONS; AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROTECTING OUR RESPECTIVE CITIZENRY HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, AT HOME IN AMERICA, AND ACROSS THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF OUR CAMERAMAN WHEN HE WAS FILMING THE U.S. EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON, WHERE THE FBI OFFICE IS BASED. DO YOU HAVE ANY ID ON YA? YES I DO. PRESS PASS OR DRIVERS? I'M WITH THE PRESS. THE AMERICANS ALREADY POLICING THE STREET OUTSIDE. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ESCAPED LARGELY UNSCATHED AFTER THE SIXTH MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE ON RECORD TRIGGERED TSUNAMI WARNINGS ACROSS THE PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND'S ENTIRE COASTLINE WAS PUT UNDER AN ACTIVE THREAT NOTICE. BUT GREMLINS IN THE SYSTEM MEANT SOME WERE SENT MULTIPLE ALERTS, AND OTHERS NONE AT ALL. HERE'S SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY. ON THE FAR EASTERN EDGE OF RUSSIA, YOU COULD HEAR THE LAND SLIDE AS THE 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT. AT A RUSSIAN HOSPITAL, CANCER SURGERY WAS INTERRUPTED AND THE PATIENT HELD STEADY AS THE OPERATING THEATRE RATTLED AROUND THE DOCTORS. THESE WERE THE FIRST EFFECTS OF ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES EVER RECORDED. IT STRUCK OUT AT SEA AND THREW WATER UP ON TO THE COAST OF THE CORAL ISLANDS WHERE IT REARRANGED THE LAYOUT OF THIS FISH PROCESSING FACTORY AS TSUNAMI WARNINGS HOWLED... (SIREN WAILS) ...URGING PEOPLE TO GET IN THEIR CARS AND HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND. 'STAY THERE,' SAID THE REGIONAL GOVERNOR, 'UNTIL THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS WITHDRAWN.' (SIREN BLARES) HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES ACROSS THE OCEAN IN JAPAN, WHERE THEY'VE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A GIANT WAVE THAT DESTROYS EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH, TOWN CENTRES IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY QUICKLY EMPTIED, AND MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE WERE ORDERED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. SOME GATHERED ON ROOFTOPS FOR FEAR OF WHAT MIGHT BE ON THE WAY. 'I GRABBED ONLY WHAT I COULD CARRY AND CAME HERE AS SOON AS I COULD,' SAYS THIS WOMAN. SUCH WAS THE STRENGTH OF THE QUAKE, THE TSUNAMI WARNING STRETCHED ACROSS THE PACIFIC. FELT AS FAR AS CHILE... (SIREN DRONES) ...AND CALIFORNIA. IN HAWAII, GUESTS ON THE LOWER FLOORS OF THIS HOTEL MOVED TO THE CORRIDORS UPSTAIRS, WHILE ON THE BEACHES, THE SIRENS BLARED AND SOME WORRYING SIGHTS WERE SEEN. WHEN THAT WATER RECEDED IN HALEIWA WE SAW SOME BOATS KIND OF LAYING ON THE DRY ROCK AND SAND, THAT GAVE US PAUSE. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR NO REASON. WHEN THE WATER PULLS BACK LIKE THAT, THAT MEANS THERE'S ACTIVITY IN THE OCEAN. SO, AGAIN, WE KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE DON'T SUFFER A BIG TSUNAMI. BACK HERE, THE ENTIRE COASTLINE OF NEW ZEALAND WAS DECLARED 'UNDER ACTIVE THREAT' AND A DANGER TO SWIMMERS, SURFERS, PEOPLE FISHING, AND ANYONE IN OR NEAR THE WATER OR CLOSE TO SHORE. WARNING SYSTEMS ARE BETTER THAN THEY USED TO BE, WITH THESE GPS TSUNAMI BUOYS WHICH SEND OUT REAL-TIME DATA. DART BUOYS AROUND THE PACIFIC WERE SAYING THAT WE WERE HAVING AN EVENT COMING TOWARDS US, AND ACTUALLY, ALL THE EVIDENCE SHOWED THE EXPERT GROUP SCIENTISTS THAT IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. BUT THE OFFICIAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERTS THAT WERE SENT OUT WERE A MESS. SOME RECEIVED MULTIPLE ALERTS ACROSS THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT; OTHERS RECEIVED NONE AT ALL. EVEN PARLIAMENT WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT TO DO. (PHONE ALERTS BLARE) DO WE KNOW? CAN I HAVE SOME ADVICE PLEASE, FROM THE... I THINK WE WILL. WE'LL JUST ADJOURN FOR A MOMENT UNTIL WE'RE CERTAIN. YES, TOTALLY ACCEPT THE FACT HAD WE'VE HAD LATE ALERTS, MULTIPLE ALERTS, SOME ALERTS THAT HAVEN'T COME THROUGH. APPARENTLY THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF TECHNICAL REASONS FOR THAT. NEMA IS NOW WORKING WITH THE TELCOS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT SYSTEM EVEN BETTER. THE PIER CLOSED AT NEW BRIGHTON BEACH. PEOPLE WERE WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL BEACHES, BUT MANY IGNORED THAT. DID GET THE TSUNAMI WARNINGS ON MY PHONE, BUT SORT OF HISTORICALLY, THESE TSUNAMI WARNINGS HAVE NEVER REALLY MATTERED TOO MUCH. I FELT REASONABLY SAFE, AND I THOUGHT I'D COME DOWN AND KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. WE JUST CAME TO THE HOT POOLS, BUT AS THE TIDE'S GOING OUT, IT LOOKS PRETTY SAFE. THERE'S BEEN A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF ALERT THAT'S GONE OUT. THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO IGNORE THESE, AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. SOME HAVE QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR AN ALERT AT ALL, BUT MITCHELL DISMISSES THOSE CONCERNS. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EVENT, AND A MASSIVELY SIGNIFICANT EVENT LIKE THE EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA. BECAUSE HE SAYS OFFICIALS NEVER KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS OR SOMETHING AS DRAMATIC AS THIS ` THE BOXING DAY TSUNAMI OF 2004, WHICH COST 228,000 LIVES. LAURA'S HERE NOW, WITH THE LATEST FROM THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. YES, NEMA HAS REDUCED THE RISK AREA. THE NATIONAL ADVISORY FOR THE EAST COAST OF BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS AND THE CHATHAM ISLANDS AND ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVERNIGHT. EXPECT STRONG AND UNUSUAL CURRENTS ON THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND COOK STRAIT, MEET THAT SAME THRESHOLD, BUT THE TSUNAMI ACTIVITY THREAT IS AT THE LOW END OF THE SCALE. AND SAM, NEMA WILL UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION AT AROUND 7.30 TONIGHT. INSIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 700 FINANCIAL MENTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY PAINT A PICTURE OF THE RISING NUMBER OF 'WORKING POOR'. THE FINCAP REPORT SHOWS AN 88% INCREASE OVER FOUR YEARS IN FINANCIAL MENTOR CLIENTS WHO ARE IN WORK BUT STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF LIVING. AS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL REPORTS, BUY-NOW PAY-LATER DEBTS ARE ON THE RISE AND BECOMING AN INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. CHRIS MARTIN, CLARE JANUARY AND BRIAN KLEE, FINANCIAL MENTORS AT THE CHARITABLE TRUST SUPERGRANS, BASED IN LOWER HUTT. THEIR INSIGHTS HELPED FORM FINCAP'S LATEST 'VOICES REPORT' THAT EXPOSES THE GROWING DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WE'VE WORKED WITH 580 FAMILIES, 583 TO BE EXACT, AND THAT'S ABOUT A 500-600% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE REPORT SAYS THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING MADE UP 29% OF ALL RECORDED REASONS FOR HARDSHIP IN 2024, FOLLOWED BY HEALTH ISSUES, DECREASED INCOME, UNEXPECTED COSTS, OWING MONEY TO WINZ AND JOB LOSS. IT ALSO NOTES THAT... THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN WAGES AND SALARIES ONLY JUST MATCHED INCREASES IN LIVING COSTS FOR 2024 AND FOR SOME HOUSEHOLDS, COST INCREASES CONTINUED TO OUT IT TO OUTPACE INCOME. THE INCOME SUPPORT PEOPLE DO RECEIVE IS INCREASINGLY INSUFFICIENT, AND IS LEADING TO BUY-NOW PAY-LATER DEBT AND DEBT TO GOVERNMENT, AND ONE-IN-EIGHT CLIENTS SOUGHT KIWISAVER HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS LAST YEAR. AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY CONCERNING TO FINANCIAL MENTORS IS THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY FACED BY THOSE WHO ARE IN PAID WORK, BUT ARE INCREASINGLY PRESENTING FOR SUPPORT DUE TO THE RISING COST OF LIVING, AND IT'S COINCIDING WITH A RISE IN THE USE OF BUY-NOW PAY-LATER DEBT, WHICH IS BECOMING AN INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. AFTERPAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PURCHASE AND TAKE HOME AN ITEM, AND PAY FOR IT IN 4 PAYMENTS OVER 6 WEEKS, INTEREST-FREE. HOWEVER, MISSED PAYMENTS INCUR A FEE OF UP TO 25%. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD US.. ....BUT THE FINCAP REPORT SAYS BUY-NOW PAY-LATER DEBTS DOUBLED AS A PERCENTAGE OF DEBTS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, THEY'VE HAD HIGH-POWERED JOBS, THEY'RE TRYING TO PAY MORTGAGES TO PAY OFF CARS, FEED THE CHILDREN, OTHERS THAT JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. ONE OF THE HARDEST AREAS IS PEOPLE BORROWING MONEY FOR CARS. THE REPORT WAS RELEASED AT THE BEEHIVE TODAY, ATTENDED BY CONSUMER AFFAIRS MINISTER SCOTT SIMPSON. THE REALITY IS THAT FOR MANY NEW ZEALANDERS, THEY'RE DOING IT TOUGH, AND THEY'RE DOING IT TOUGH FOR A WHOLE RANGE OF REASONS. THE OPPOSITION, BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT. AN ADVOCATE IN TARANAKI, SAID, QUOTE, 'WE'VE BEEN FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND CHECKING IN ON OUR WHANAU FOR 10 MONTHS AND THE NUMBERS HAVE DOUBLED' UNQUOTE. THE MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING IT TOUGH BECAUSE NEW ZEALAND HAS GONE THROUGH A PROLONGED COST OF LIVING CRISIS AND HAS ENDURED A RECESSION CREATED BY THE PROFLIGATE FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT OF THE LAST GOVERNMENT. REGARDLESS OF WHO'S TO BLAME, THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. JUST ASK THIS TRIO. THE DEMAND FOR THINGS LIKE FOOD PARCELS ` THIS MONTH WE'VE HAD 53 REFERRALS. WE USED TO GET ABOUT 10 TO 12. THREE FINANCIAL MENTORS SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE GROWING RANKS OF WORKING POOR. AND ZANE, NURSES WENT ON STRIKE YESTERDAY WANTING A BETTER OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT. IS THERE ANY UPDATE THERE? I'VE JUST HEARD FROM THE NURSES UNION, AT THIS STAGE NO FURTHER MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SET UP, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE PAUL COLTER TOLD ME THEY WANT TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT, BUT THE DEADLOCK CONTINUES FOR 36,000 NURSES. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND SAID DESPITE HEAVY OCCUPANCY HOSPITALS GOT THROUGH THE STRIKE WITHOUT INCIDENT, THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TONIGHT, WITH UNION REPRESENTATIVES MEETING WITH MIDWIVES TO ACCEPT THEIR LATEST OFFER, IS OVER 29 MONTHS AND INCLUDES A 3.5% SALARY INCREASE. THE EPSTEIN FILES. IT'S THE ONE CONTROVERSY DONALD TRUMP JUST CAN'T SEEM TO SHAKE, AND DEMOCRATS ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP IT IN THE HEADLINES. THEY'VE DUG UP A 100-YEAR-OLD LAW TO TRY TO FORCE THE RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTS. IT COMES AS TRUMP INTRODUCED A NEW NARRATIVE ABOUT HOW HE FELL OUT WITH EPSTEIN. HE SAYS THE PAEDOPHILE FINANCIER POACHED HIS EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, WHO CLAIMED SHE'D BEEN TRAFFICKED TO PRINCE ANDREW AND LATER COMMITTED SUICIDE. ITV'S DAN RIVERS HAS THE LATEST. ('90S DANCE MUSIC PLAYS) DONALD TRUMP'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PAEDOPHILE FINANCIER JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS DENIED THOUGH, HE KNEW ABOUT EPSTEIN' SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS... WOULD YOU DECLASSIFY THE EPSTEIN FILES? YEAH, YEAH. ...BUT DESPITE CAMPAIGNING ON A PROMISE TO RELEASE ALL THE GOVERNMENT FILES ON EPSTEIN... YOU DON'T WANT TO AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVES IF IT'S PHONEY STUFF IN THERE, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PHONEY STUFF WITH THAT WHOLE WORLD. SINCE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HE'S DONE HIS BEST TO DEFLECT AND DISTRACT FROM THE ISSUE. ARE YOU STILL TALKING ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN? WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN OVERLY INTERESTED IN IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING` IT'S A HOAX THAT'S BEEN BUILT UP. TODAY, THE DEMOCRATS THREATENED TO USE AN OBSCURE LAW FROM 1928 TO FORCE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO MAKE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES PUBLIC. THE EVASIONS, THE DELAYS, THE EXCUSES. THEY ARE NOT JUST ODD, THEY'RE ALARMING. IT BEGS THE QUESTION ` IF THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE, WHY ALL THE EVASIVENESS? AND LAST NIGHT, QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN CONTINUED TO SWIRL. THE PRESIDENT CONFIRMING THE TWO FELL OUT BECAUSE EPSTEIN WAS POACHING YOUNG WOMEN FROM THE SPA AT TRUMP'S FLORIDA ESTATE. YEAH, HE TOOK PEOPLE. AND BECAUSE HE TOOK PEOPLE, I SAY, 'DON'T DO IT ANYMORE.' YOU KNOW, THEY WORK FOR ME. AND HE TOOK, UH... BEYOND THAT, HE TOOK SOME OTHERS. AND ONCE HE DID THAT, THAT WAS THE END OF HIM. ONE OF THOSE SPA WORKERS WAS VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, WHO CLAIMED SHE'D BEEN ABUSED BY BOTH EPSTEIN AND PRINCE ANDREW, SOMETHING HE'S ALWAYS DENIED. YOU KNOW, PERSONS` THAT INCLUDE VIRGINIA GIUFFRE? UH, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK SHE WORKED AT THE SPA. I THINK SO. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE. HE` HE STOLE HER. AND BY THE WAY, SHE HAD NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT US, AS YOU KNOW. NONE WHATSOEVER. HER SUICIDE, TOGETHER WITH EPSTEIN'S, HAVE PERPETUATED CONSPIRACY THEORIES OF A SPRAWLING DEEP STATE COVER-UP TO PROTECT POWERFUL MEN INVOLVED IN THE ABUSE. THE SO-CALLED EPSTEIN FILES HAVE BECOME SHORTHAND FOR A COVER-UP AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AN IDEA BEING WEAPONIZED BY THE DEMOCRATS WHO SENSE DONALD TRUMP'S RELUCTANCE TO RELEASE THEM MIGHT BE A WEAKNESS THEY CAN EXPLOIT. STILL TO COME ` CANADA'S THE LATEST COUNTRY TO SAY IT'LL RECOGNISE PALESTINE AS A STATE. IT FOLLOWS ARAB AND MUSLIM STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLING FOR HAMAS TO DISARM AND HAND OVER POWER IN GAZA AND THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. IT'S IN THEIR DNA ` THE SONS OF SIR ED AND NEIL ARMSTRONG HAVE JUST FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR FAMOUS DADS ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE. AND BIRMINGHAM COMES TO A STANDSTILL TO FAREWELL ITS FAVOURITE SON, OZZY OSBOURNE. GIRL: I'm a Weet-Bix kid! BOY: He's one! SKATEBOARD BOY: Me too! DAD: And me! ARDIE: I'm a Weet-Bix kid, are you? VOICEOVER: Try Weet-Bix Bites. Bite-Sized Goodness. CANADA WILL RECOGNISE PALESTINE AS A STATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER. PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS THE LEAD OF FRANCE AND BRITAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK. MEANWHILE, ARAB AND MUSLIM STATES INCLUDING QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA AND EGYPT HAVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CALLED FOR HAMAS TO DISARM AND HAND OVER POWER IN GAZA. THE 22-MEMBER ARAB LEAGUE, THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN UNION AND 17 OTHER COUNTRIES BACKED A DECLARATION SIGNED AT A UN CONFERENCE CO-HOSTED IN NEW YORK BY SAUDI ARABIA AND FRANCE. THE DECLARATION SAID GOVERNANCE, LAW AND SECURITY ACROSS ALL PALESTINIAN TERRITORY MUST LIE SOLELY WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WITH APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. ON THE GROUND IN GAZA, OFFICIALS SAY DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVERNIGHT, MOST OF THEM AS THEY TRIED TO SEEK HUMANITARIAN AID. AND, AS ALWAYS, A WARNING, AND A REMINDER, THAT ANY STORY OUT OF GAZA THESE DAYS CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES. HERE'S CHANNEL 4'S SECUNDER KERMANI. (WAILS) SO TINY, SO FRAIL. BABY WATEEN IS THREE MONTHS OLD, BUT WEIGHS LESS THAN WHEN SHE WAS FIRST BORN ` SUFFERING AS GAZA STARVES. (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'MILK AND DIAPERS,' HER MOTHER SAYS, 'THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR MY DAUGHTER. 'IF SHE STAYS LIKE THIS, I'M GOING TO LOSE HER.' WATEEN'S MOTHER, LIKE SO MANY IN GAZA RIGHT NOW, UNABLE TO BREASTFEED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FOOD. AROUND 90 CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM HUNGER IN GAZA DURING THIS CONFLICT, MANY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE MOST VULNERABLE ` THOSE SUFFERING FROM OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BUT DOCTORS SAY WATEEN WAS BORN HEALTHY. TRANSLATOR: THERE'S A TOTAL LOSS OF MUSCLE. IT'S ONLY SKIN ON TOP OF BONES, WHICH IS AN INDICATION THAT THE CHILD HAS ENTERED SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION. AID IS BEING AIRDROPPED INTO GAZA NOW, AND ISRAEL IS ALLOWING MORE TRUCKS IN, TOO. BUT THE CHAOS ON THE GROUND MEANS MOST ARE IMMEDIATELY LOOTED BY DESPERATE PEOPLE AND CRIMINALS. (SCREAMING) THE AMOUNT OF FOOD ENTERING THE TERRITORY IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO FEED A DESPERATE POPULATION THAT MANY ALLEGE ISRAEL HAS DELIBERATELY CHOSEN TO STARVE. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: NOTHING REACHES US FROM THE AID THAT COMES THROUGH LAND, AIR AND SEA. GANGS AND THIEVES TAKE ALL OF IT AND SELL IT AT HIGH PRICES. SO WHAT BENEFIT DO WE GET FROM THIS? NOTHING AT ALL. WE USED TO HAVE MONEY, BUT NOW IT'S ALL GONE. (SCREAMS) IN GAZA, EVERY NEW DAY BRINGS FRESH PAIN. HERE, A DISTRAUGHT SON CRIES OUT FOR HIS FATHER. (SHOUTS IN ARABIC) SO MANY OF THOSE KILLED BY ISRAEL SHOT WHILE SEEKING AID. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY IS TRAVELLING TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO DISCUSS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. HOW MANY MORE BODIES TO BURY BEFORE IT'S BROUGHT TO AN END? STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` WE TALK TO THE SONS OF SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND NEIL ARMSTRONG WHO ARE ON EPIC JOURNEY TO THE NORTH POLE, REPLICATING A TREK THEIR FAMOUS FATHERS TOOK 40 YEARS AGO. AND MATT HENRY STARS AS THE BLACKCAPS LOOK TO SEIZE CONTROL AGAINST ZIMBABWE IN THE FIRST TEST IN BULAWAYO. It's almost time to vote in the local elections. So make sure you're enrolled and your details are up to date by the 1st of August. Nice one pup, that was your fastest fetch yet. Go to vote.nz or call 0800 36 76 56. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE REASON FOR THE FBI DIRECTOR'S SECRET VISIT TO WELLINGTON HAS BEEN REVEALED ` IT WAS TO OPEN A NEW FBI BASE IN NEW ZEALAND. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DEFENDED THE TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, DESPITE SOME PEOPLE BEING SENT MULTIPLE ALERTS AND OTHERS NONE AT ALL. FINANCIAL MENTORS SAYS THERE'S BEEN AN 88% INCREASE IN FOUR YEARS IN THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WHO ARE IN WORK BUT STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF LIVING. THE BRITISH POP STAR JESS GLYNNE HAS SAID SHE WAS SICKENED BY A WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT USES HER MUSIC. ONE OF HER SONGS IS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR AN ADVERT FOR LOW-COST AIRLINE JET2, WHICH HAS GONE VIRAL ONLINE. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOW USED IT IN A POST ABOUT DEPORTING IMMIGRANTS. ITV'S BAIRBRE HOLMES EXPLAINS. # DARLING, HOLD MY HAND. # NOTHING BEATS A JET2 HOLIDAY. IT'S A BIZARRE PAIRING ` BRITISH PACKAGE HOLIDAY BRAND JET2 AND THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THIS VIDEO COMBINING THE TWO WAS POSTED ON THE WHITE HOUSE'S SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS EARLIER TODAY. IT'S A NEW TWIST TO A USUALLY LIGHT-HEARTED ONLINE TREND. FOR WEEKS NOW, THOUSANDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS HAVE POSTED VIDEOS OF HOLIDAY MISHAPS... NOTHING BEATS A JET2 HOLIDAY. ...IRONICALLY SET TO JET2'S TV JINGLE... RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SAVE �50. ...BAD WEATHER FEATURING HEAVILY. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE VERSION APPEARS TO SHOW ACTUAL DEPORTATIONS AS THEY TAKE PLACE. DONALD TRUMP HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR STOKING CONTROVERSY ONLINE, AND UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY, THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE ACCOUNTS HAVE JOINED IN. THE APPEAL IN SOCIAL MEDIA IS MORE VISCERAL AND EMOTIONAL THAN IT IS INTELLECTUAL. SO I THINK YOU WANT TO PUT OUT STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S VERY FAST, ATTRACTIVE; IT KEEPS THE VIEWERS' INTEREST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL THE NARRATIVE. THEY'RE TRYING TO APPEAL TO A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE WITH A SPECIFIC MESSAGE. # DARLING, HOLD MY HAND. # THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ADVERT, AND WHILE JET2 HAS NOT YET COMMENTED, THE SINGER OF THE SONG FEATURED, POP STAR JESS GLYNNE, WROTE ON INSTAGRAM, SAYING... THE POST CAME HOURS AFTER DONALD TRUMP DEPARTED SCOTLAND. THE PRESIDENT A FREQUENT FLYER WHEN IT COMES TO SPARKING ONLINE OUTRAGE. 40 YEARS AGO SIR EDMUND HILLARY, THE FIRST PERSON TO STAND ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, AND NEIL ARMSTRONG, THE FIRST TO STEP FOOT ON THE MOON, JOINED FORCES ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE. IT WAS A MEETING OF HEROES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF EXPLORATION, DUBBED 'EXPLORERS OF THE EXTREMES' BY THE MEDIA BACK THEN. THEIR SONS, PETER HILLARY AND MARK ARMSTRONG, HAVE RETRACED THEIR FAMOUS FATHERS' FOOTSTEPS, GIVING US AN UPDATE FROM ONBOARD AN ICEBREAKER. IT'S A RETURN TO THE NORTH POLE FOR PETER HILLARY. IT REALLY IS EXCITING. AND THE ICE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE WORLD HAS CHANGED REMARKABLY. 40 YEARS AGO, HE JOINED HIS FATHER, SIR ED, AND NEIL ARMSTRONG, TWO OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST EXPLORERS ON THEIR ORIGINAL EXPEDITION. WE WERE TOGETHER FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS IN LITTLE HUTS WAITING FOR WEATHER WINDOWS BECAUSE WE WERE FLYING IN SMALL SKI-EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT OUT TO THE POLE. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE FLYING AROUND LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND IN A SMALL AIRCRAFT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS PEAK SUMMER, AND THE ICE IS BROKEN UP. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE, BUT WE'RE ON THESE HUGE LEADS OF OPEN ARCTIC OCEAN. SO A BIG CHANGE FROM WHEN WE WERE 40 YEARS AGO. JOINING PETER TO RETRACE THEIR FAMOUS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS IS MARK ARMSTRONG, NEIL'S SON, WHO SAYS DOCUMENTING THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH FROM NORWAY HAS BEEN A KEY PART OF THE 2025 EXPEDITION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST COMMEMORATE THIS AMAZING ADVENTURE 40 YEARS AGO, BUT WE LOOK AT THE ARCTIC TODAY. WE LOOK AT HOW OUR PLANET IS CHANGING TODAY. THEY'RE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY WITH AN ICELANDIC FILM CREW, BRINGING TOGETHER PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL TRIP. IT WAS KEPT SECRET UNTIL ITS COMPLETION AT THE REQUEST OF NEIL ARMSTRONG. HE OFTEN HAD EXPERIENCES WHERE THE MEDIA MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND, OR THERE WERE CAMERAS, AND THAT SORT OF THING. BEING AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT AND THE FIRST TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON MADE ARMSTRONG A GLOBAL HOUSEHOLD NAME. THE ARCTIC WAS ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM CIVILISATION AS YOU COULD GET WHILE REMAINING ON THE PLANET. I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, MY DAD WANTED TO GO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FRIEND ED. AND FOR MY FATHER, HE WAS NOT THE EXPERIENCED ARCTIC EXPLORER THAT PETER'S FATHER WAS, AND HE SAW THAT AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE MASTER, IF YOU WILL. AND THEY'VE KEPT IT IN THE FAMILY ` THIS TIME SHARING THE EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE WITH PETER'S SON, ALEXANDER, SHARING MANY A LAUGH ALONG THE WAY. I'M TRYING! IT'S REALLY BEEN FANTASTIC. IT'S A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME; IT'S COMING BACK FOR PETER. AND IT'S BEEN QUITE NICE TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. REACHING 90 DEGREES NORTH ` THE VERY TOP OF THE WORLD ` ON BOARD THE ICEBREAKER A REMARKABLE MOMENT... THE CAPTAIN... WAS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS. WE HAVE TO GET IT AT 90.000. BIG CELEBRATION WHEN THE NUMBERS WERE JUST THERE, AND IT WAS QUITE A PLEASURE TO WATCH. ...AND EXPLORING THE ICE ON FOOT, WARY OF POLAR BEARS AND BECOMING THEIR PREY. THE REALITY OF STANDING THERE AT THE NORTH POLE, WE COULD ALL BARELY BELIEVE WE WERE THERE. AND YOU SUDDENLY REALISE THE EXPEDITION TEAM HAVE POSTED ARMED GUARDS AT THE PERIMETER OF WHERE WE WERE WALKING. BECAUSE THIS IS POLAR BEAR COUNTRY. ARMSTRONG AND HILLARY WANT THEIR DOCUMENTARY TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED TO THE NORTH POLE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN RADICAL CHANGES UP HERE, AND THESE ARE REALLY CLARION CALLS TO ALL OF US ABOUT THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND THE CHANGING CLIMATE. AND LIKE ASTRONAUTS WHO RETURN TO EARTH REALISING JUST HOW SMALL AND FRAGILE IT IS, THEY HOPE IT'LL MAKE US ALL MORE MOTIVATED TO PROTECT IT. MITCH IS IN WITH SPORT, AND CRICKET, BUTTER BAD FAMILY HOLIDAY. IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE. MITCH IS IN WITH SPORT, AND CRICKET, THE BLACKCAPS DOMINATE ZIMBABWE ON DAY ONE OF THE FIRST TEST? HARD TO SEE THIS TEST HEADING IN ANY OTHER DIRECTION THAN THE WAY OF THE BLACKCAPS. ZIMBABWE WERE BOWLED OUT ON DAY ONE OF THIS FIRST TEST, WITH MATT HENRY ALSO PICKING UP THE THIRD BEST FIGURES OF HIS CAREER. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE ACTION PACKED FIRST DAY NEXT. AND THEN ` THE WARRIORS SIDE YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF THAT ARE TOP OF THE TABLE WITH 14 WINS ON THE BOUNCE. PLUS, THE FRENCH SWIMMING STAR THAT'S SMOKED THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WORLD RECORD. # It's time for the good times # Forget about the bad times, yeah # Holiday # Oh yeah, oh yeah # Holiday. # THREE NEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! IT'S TAKEN JUST ONE DAY OF PLAY FOR THE BLACK CAPS TO TAKE TOTAL CONTROL OF THE OPENING TEST AGAINST ZIMBABWE. THE HOSTS HAVE NEVER BEATEN THE BLACK CAPS IN A TEST MATCH AND ARE PROBABLY REGRETTING THEIR DECISION TO BAT FIRST, MATT HENRY FINISHED THE DAY WITH THE BEST BOWLING FIGURES EVER ACHIEVED BY A NEW ZEALANDER IN ZIMBABWE. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. IT WAS A DAY OF BLACKCAPS BRILLIANCE AND BULAWAYO. OVERALL, TODAY'S PLAY HAS BEEN NEW ZEALAND. ASKED TO BOWL FIRST, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS FROM MATT HENRY. EDGE. IS IT TAKEN? YES IT IS. THE SIDE'S SENIOR BOWLER STRIKING IN JUST HIS SECOND OVER. HE WOULD CLAIM THREE SCALPS BEFORE LUNCH. YEAH! GONE. ZIMBABWE IN TROUBLE AT 67/4. JUST THREE BALLS AFTER THE BREAK, HENRY WAS FEASTING AGAIN. OH, DEAR. IS THERE AN EDGE ON THAT? IS THERE BAT? YES, THERE IS. TWO WICKETS IN THE OVER. SEPARATED BY 40 MINUTES OF LUNCH. HENRY DIDN'T DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON HIS OWN; NATHAN SMITH IN ON THE ACT. DOWN, GOING DOWN. OH! HE'S BEEN GIVEN. THE WELLINGTON QUICK CLAIMING THREE WICKETS IN JUST HIS THIRD TEST. THAT IS A GOOD SHOUT. THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN. BUT IT WAS AN INNINGS THAT BELONGED TO ONE MAN. IN THE AIR... GONE! VERY GOOD CATCH FROM THE CAPTAIN. HENRY FINISHING WITH FIGURES OF 6/39 ` THE BEST EVER TEST FIGURES BY A NEW ZEALANDER IN ZIMBABWE AND THE THIRD BEST OF HIS CAREER. YEAH, NO, IT IS GREAT, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN IT GOES YOUR WAY LIKE THAT TODAY, BUT I DO THINK THAT AS A GROUP WE ACTUALLY BOWLED REALLY WELL. WE CREATED PRESSURE FROM BOTH ENDS AND THANKFULLY, YEAH, THEY WENT MY WAY TODAY. ALL OUT FOR 149, ZIMBABWE'S BOWLERS NEEDED TO HAVE EQUAL SUCCESS. IN THE AIR. OOH. THAT IS A FIELDER. INSTEAD, DEVON CONWAY WILL YOUNG POURED ON EVEN MORE PRESSURE. CONWAY GETTING SOME MUCH-NEEDED RUNS, SCORING HIS FIRST 50 AFTER A SEVEN-INNINGS DROUGHT. THAT SHOULD BE IT. A QUICK ONE JUST TO PUSH THROUGH. MIDWICKET. GETS A 50. THE BLACKCAPS FINISHING THE DAY 92 WITHOUT LOSS, TRAILING BY JUST 57. IF CONWAY AND YOUNG CAN PUSH ON ON DAY TWO, A BIG FIRST-INNINGS LEAD LOOKS ON THE CARDS. PROVINCIAL RUGBY RETURNS TONIGHT, WITH AUCKLAND AND WAIKATO KICKING OFF THE NPC SEASON IN HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. IN A BLAST FROM THE PAST, FORMER ALL BLACKS FIRST-FIVE AARON CRUDEN WILL START FOR THE MOOLOOS IN THE NUMBER 10 JUMPER, WHILE ANOTHER FORMER ALL BLACK, LIMA SOPOAGA, HAS BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH. THE SURPRISE SELECTION WILL SEE SOPOAGA PLAY HIS FIRST NPC GAME IN NEARLY NINE YEARS, LAST LACING UP FOR THE SOUTHLAND STAGS IN SEPTEMBER 2016. ON SATURDAY, TARANAKI WILL PUT THE LOG O' WOOD ON THE LINE AGAINST NORTHLAND. IF THE TANIWHA WIN, IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME IN 47 YEARS THE REGION'S HELD THE SHIELD. THE WARRIORS ARE PROMISING TO BRING THE ENERGY TO MOUNT SMART STADIUM TOMORROW NIGHT. THE INJURY RAVAGED SIDE IS UP AGAINST THE EIGHTH-PLACED DOLPHINS WHO ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR SPOT IN THE TOP EIGHT. WARRIORS UTILITY CHARNZE NICHOLL-KLOKSTAD BELIEVES HIS SIDE'S TRAINED WELL THIS WEEK AND IS READY TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THE SHOCK LOSS TO THE TITANS. WILL BE GETTING INTO THE BACKEND OF THE SEASON AND IT HAS BEEN A BIG YEAR, BUT WE HAVE JUST GOT TO TAKE EACH GAME AS IT COMES AND THERE IS NO BIGGER GAME THAN THIS WEEKEND. THE WARRIORS REMAIN FOURTH ON THE LADDER AND ARE THREE POINTS CLEAR OF THE PENRITH PANTHERS. THERE ARE FIVE ROUNDS LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON. WHILE THE WARRIORS HANG ON BY A THREAD TO THEIR TOP FOUR POSITION, THEIR RESERVE TEAM HAS NO SUCH WORRIES. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CUP SIDE IS ON A 14-GAME WINNING STREAK, AND ANOTHER VICTORY AGAINST THE SECOND-PLACE DRAGONS ON SATURDAY WOULD SEE THEM CROWNED MINOR PREMIERS ` A RUN NEVER SEEN BEFORE AT THE WARRIORS CLUB. THEY MAY LOOK THE SAME AND TRAIN THE SAME, BUT ON PAPER, THOSE WEARING WHITE ARE PART OF THE WARRIORS' NEW SOUTH WALES CUP B TEAM. AND AS 2025'S PLAYED OUT, B IS FOR 'BLOODY GOOD BREEDING GROUND'. THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME FOR US, MATE. WE WOULDN'T BE A TOP-FOUR TEAM WITHOUT THEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THEY GET INTO FIRST GRADE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO WIN. AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE SUCCESSFUL SORT OF PATHWAYS OR RESERVE GRADE OR JERSEY FLAG YOU'RE TEACHING THESE YOUNG KIDS AT A YOUNG AGE HOW TO WIN. WINNING IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS NEW SOUTH WALES CUP SIDE'S BEEN DOING. THEY'VE COME UP TRUMPS IN 18 OF THEIR 19 GAMES THIS SEASON AND SET A NEW CLUB RECORD OF 14 WINS IN A ROW. IF THE STREAK CONTINUES THIS SATURDAY AGAINST THE DRAGONS, THEY'LL FLY HOME FROM WOLLONGONG WITH THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP LOCKED AWAY FOR THE SEASON. YEAH, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A GOAL OF OURS. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT PLAYING THE DRAGONS 1V2. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE LONG-TERM GOAL. WE SORT OF WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE GRAND FINAL AND HOPEFULLY TAKE IT OUT. THIS WEEKEND'S TOP-OF-THE-TABLE CLASH WON'T BE WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES. THE WARRIORS' FIRST TEAM HAS LOST SOME STARS TO INJURY, WHICH GIVES THE RESERVES OPPORTUNITIES TO STEP UP. THE TEAMS ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT EACH WEEK, WHICH IS CHALLENGING, BUT IT'S SORT OF COOL CHALLENGING. JETT CLEARY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. HE'S STEPPED INTO THE HALFBACK SLOT LEFT BY TANAH BOYD, WHO REPLACED LUKE METCALFE AT THE TOP. NOW THE 20-YEAR-OLD, A MEMBER OF ONE OF RUGBY LEAGUE'S ROYAL FAMILIES, IS FOLLOWING IN SOME PRETTY BIG FOOTSTEPS. HE'S SORT OF LEADING THE BOYS AROUND THE PARK, AND TO BE DOING IT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, I THINK IT'S UNREAL. BUT I THINK THAT JUST COMES WITH WHERE THE CLUB'S AT THE MOMENT. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF YOUNG BOYS THAT ARE READY TO STEP UP. EVERYONE LIKES TO PUT PRESSURE ON JETT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, AND WE LOVE HIM. HE'S GOING GREAT, BUT HE'S GOT LOTS TO WORK ON, AND HE KNOWS THAT. BUT HONESTLY, HE'S HAD A TERRIFIC COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND HE'S BUILDING CONFIDENCE, THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK, WILL HE BE PLAYING SOON? BECAUSE WE JUST WOULDN'T DO THAT TO HIM YET. A RESERVE TEAM STACKED WITH TALENT ` BOTH DEVELOPING AND DEVELOP. AND YOU GET GUYS LIKE BUNTY AFOA WHO HAVE DONE NEARLY EVERYTHING IN THE GAME. AND HE'S MIXING IT WITH, YOU KNOW, 18-, 17-YEAR-OLDS. SO IT MAKES BUNTY SORT OF FEEL YOUNG AGAIN. SO THE WARRIORS' FIRST-GRADE CLASH AGAINST THE DOLPHINS ARGUABLY THE CURTAIN RAISER TO SATURDAY'S B-TEAM BLOCKBUSTER... WHO ARE WE?! WARRIORS! ...STARRING A NEW SOUTH WALES CUP SIDE WITH PLENTY OF SPRING IN THEIR STEP. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN A NASCAR, BUT SHANE VAN GISBERGEN HAS CLAIMED HIS FIRST WIN ON AN OVAL TRACK. COMPETING IN THE U.S. LEGEND CAR SERIES, SVG TOOK OUT THE FINAL RACE OF THE COOK OUT SUMMER SHOOTOUT, DEFEATING MANY OF HIS NASCAR RIVALS WHO ALSO RACE IN THE MIDWEEK COMPETITION. SVG IS MIGHTY HOT ONTO NUMBER FOUR. SHANE VAN GISBERGEN. YOUR FIRST I HAD A BLAST, SOME A SHOOTOUT HAS BEEN GREAT. FUN TUESDAY NIGHTS. THANK YOU. WE HAD A BLAST. YES, ONE OF VAN GISBERGEN'S TEAMMATE'S IN THE SERIES NONE OTHER THAN HIS FORMER SUPERCARS RIVAL SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. SVG'S ATTENTION NOW TURNS TO THE NEXT NASCAR ROUND IN IOWA THIS WEEKEND. AND FINALLY, DAY FOUR OF THE WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS SEEN FRENCH SWIMMING SENSATION LEON MARCHARD SMASH A 14-YEAR-OLD RECORD IN THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLY. RACING IN THE SAME SEMI-FINAL WHICH SAW KIWI LEWIS CLAREBURT FINISH FOURTH TO QUALIFY FOR TONIGHT'S FINAL, MERCHAND NOT ONLY BEAT BUT SMASHED THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY MORE THAN A SECOND. A SENSATIONAL LEAD. YOU SUPERSTAR. A WORLD RECORD, THE FIRST OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND HE HAS BLOWN THE RECORD TO BITS. MEANWHILE, ERIKA FAIRWEATHER FINISHED SIXTH IN THE WOMEN'S 200 FREESTYLE; AUSTRALIA'S MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN CLAIMING THE TITLE. HE LOOKS LIKE HE COULD HAVE DONE THAT IN HIS SLEEP. HE MADE IT LOOK EASY. ONE TO WATCH FOR SURE. THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CAME OUT IN FORCE OVERNIGHT TO HONOUR ITS MOST FAMOUS SON, OZZY OSBOURNE. A BRASS BAND PLAYING BLACK SABBATH'S BIGGEST HITS LED THE PROCESSION AND THERE WERE CHANTS OF 'THANK YOU' FROM THE THOUSANDS LINING THE STREETS. STACEY FOSTER FROM ITV HAS MORE. (BRASS RENDITION OF BLACK SABBATH'S 'IRON MAN') HE WAS THE ULTIMATE FRONTMAN. AND TODAY, OZZY OSBOURNE TOOK CENTRE STAGE FOR THE FINAL TIME. IT WAS IN THIS CITY THAT HE GAVE BIRTH TO HEAVY METAL, AND A PLACE WHERE FANS WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET ONE LAST MOMENT WITH THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, IT WAS EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW, WHEN HIS CORTEGE WENT PAST... OH MY GOD. IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. IT WAS VERY, VERY TEARFUL. I WAS POURING A SWEAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SWEAT OR MY ACTUAL EYE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? CROWD: OZZY! OZZY! OZZY! OI! OI! OI! THE PROCESSION PAUSED AT THE ICONIC BLACK SABBATH BRIDGE, WHERE THE FAMILY'S GRIEF WAS ALSO ON SHOW. SHARON OSBOURNE, SUPPORTED BY THEIR CHILDREN KELLY AND JACK, AND WHAT FELT LIKE THE WHOLE OF BIRMINGHAM. CROWD: SHARON! SHARON! SHARON! THIS WAS A VERY PUBLIC OUTPOURING OF AFFECTION FOR A FAMILY WHO'VE LIVED THEIR LIVES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS. CROWD: OI! OI! OI! (BLACK SABBATH'S 'WAR PIGS') # DEATH AND HATRED TO MANKIND...# IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THREE WEEKS AGO, HE WAS ON STAGE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE. THE HARRISON FAMILY WERE AT THAT FINAL FAREWELL GIG. WE HAD SABBATH AT OUR WEDDING. PLAYED AT OUR WEDDING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S` THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ON IT. OUR GRANDSON, NOW HE'S SINGING SONGS BY HIM. AND FANS SAY HIS INFLUENCE ON THEM, AND THIS CITY, IS PERMANENT. (GIGGLES) JUST LOVE OZZY, AND BIRMINGHAM, AND MUSIC. JUST... MY LITTLE TRIBUTE TO HIM. IN 1982, I CAMPED OUTSIDE THE ODEON NEW STREET TO SEE HIM, AND WE GOT FRONT ROW SEATS. SO I'VE HAD THIS ALL MY LIFE. IT'S JUST GREAT TO SEE THIS IN BIRMINGHAM, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A BRUMMIE. (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) OZZY WILL NOW BE LAID TO REST AT A PRIVATE FAMILY FUNERAL, BUT THE OSBORNE'S ORGANISED AND PAID FOR THIS PROCESSION TO ALLOW FANS TO GIVE OZZY A ROCK STAR. SEND-OFF. LAURA'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER, AND NAPIER WAS TODAY'S WARMEST SPOT. YES, GETTING TO QUITE A WARM 18 DEGREES. DUNEDIN WAS THE COLDEST MAIN CENTRE ON 1.6 DEGREES. NOW THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET COOLER WITH A SOUTHERLY FLOW, BUT WE WILL GET SOME DRIER DAYS AND CLEARER NIGHTS, SO MORE FROSTS ARE ON THE HORIZON TOO. I'LL HAVE YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST, NEXT. ONLY AMI GIVES YOU A YEAR OF AMI ROADSIDE RESCUE FOR FREE WHEN YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE. NAU MAI ANO. THINGS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING DRIER AND MORE SETTLED, BUT FOR TOMORROW, THE DEEP LOW EAST OF NEW ZEALAND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARDS BRINGING SOME SHOWERS AND CLOUD AND BRINGING A SOUTHERN FLOW. A FRONT WILL MOVE ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT, HEADING NORTH, AND IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY A RIDGE OVER TE WAIPOUNAMU. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OVERNIGHT SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH AND MORNING SHOWERS TRAVELLING UP EASTERN AREAS. CLEARER SKIES TO THE WEST, A FEW SHOWERS HERE ` NOT IF YOU'RE IN THE WEST THOUGH ` BUT FOR MOST OTHER PARTS YOU COULD GET A SPRINKLING AND SOME STRONGER WINDS LATER IN THE DAY. SHOWERS THAT COULD BE HEAVY ALL DAY FOR NORTHLAND, A FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AUCKLAND AND MORNING SHOWERS FOR WHITIANGA. MORNING CLOUD FOR ALL, BUT THAT WILL BURN OFF TO A FINE DAY BUT NOT TOO TROPICAL WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS, SOU-EASTERS FOR TOKOROA, AND TAUPO ` IT'LL BE A MOSTLY CLOUD DAY HERE, WITH SHOWERS ARRIVING FROM THE AFTERNOON. THE SOU-WESTER WILL PICK UP AFTER MIDDAY, TOO, FOR DANNEVIRKE AND MASTERTON. A CLEAR FRIDAY FOR THOSE IN NORTHERN AREAS, THAT'S TARANAKI AND TAUMARUNUI, AND THEN THE CLOUD BUILDS FOR OTHERS WITH A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS FROM LUNCH TIME AND THE WINDS WILL RAMP UP THEN, TOO. SOME EARLY MORNING CLOUD FOR WESTPORT AND REEFTON, BUT THEN A LOVELY BRIGHT FINE DAY FOR THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. EASTERLIES DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON IN GREYMOUTH. MORNING SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF CANTERBURY, BUT THAT WILL CLEAR BY MIDDAY. STRONGER WINDS FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE AND CLEAR SKIES FOR BLENHEIM. SHOWERS HERE TOO, THAT SHOULDN'T STICK AROUND TOO LONG, PERHAPS UNTIL THE AFTERNOON FOR ALEXANDRA THOUGH, AND SOU-WESTERS STRENGTHENING IN THE MORNING FOR QUEENSTOWN. TO OUR MAIN CENTRES NOW ` THE ODD SHOWER BEFORE DAWN FOR OTEPOTI DUNEDIN AND THEN A BLUE-SKY DAY. THE SOU-WESTER WILL TURN NORWESTERLY IN THE EVENING, 9 DEGREES YOUR HIGH. OTAUTAHI CHRISTCHURCH, ALSO GETTING TO 9, YOU'LL HAVE SOME SHOWERS TOO THAT WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, BUT WILL CLEAR BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SOU-WESTER WILL BE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES FOR YOU, EASING AT NIGHT. TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON, SOME CLOUD AROUND FOR YOU THAT WILL BRING A FEW SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE SOUTHERLIES STRENGTHEN. 10 YOUR HIGH. TE MATAU A MAUI HAWKES BAY ` A PARTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY FOR YOU AND SOME LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS THAT COULD HANG AROUND INTO THE EVENING, TOO. SOU-WESTERLY WINDS AND 12 DEGREES FOR NAPIER, 11 FOR HASTINGS. TAURANGA ` ONCE THAT MORNING CLOUD CLEARS, YOU WILL HAVE A LOVELY BRIGHT DAY, BUT SOME SOUTHERLIES. YOU'LL GET TO 15. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` SOME MORNING FOG, BUT THEN A CLEAR DAY FOR YOU TOO. SOU-EASTERLY WINDS AND YOU'LL REACH 14. TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND ` SOME FOG BEFORE DAWN AND THEN A FINE DAY FOR MOST. IF YOU'RE NORTH OF OREWA YOU MIGHT GET SOME MORNING SHOWERS, SOU-EASTERLY WINDS AND 15 DEGREES. OVERSEAS NOW ` RAIN FOR SYDNEY AND SOME SHOWERS FURTHER UP THE COAST, CLEARER SKIES TOWARDS THE WEST. AND IN THE PACIFIC, WHERE THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE SWELLS, A FINE DAY AHEAD FOR VANUATU, FIJI AND TONGA. BACK HOME ` EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING SHOWERS TO EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND ON SATURDAY, THEY WILL CLEAR THOUGH, THEN BECOME ISOLATED IN THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE ISLAND ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND SO GENERALLY FINE IN THE WEST AND NORTH, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF TE WAIPOUNAMU. SUNDAY THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN CANTERBURY AND MARLBOROUGH, BUT OTHERWISE FINE AND THEN ON MONDAY, SOME EARLY MORNING FROSTS BUT THEN A CLEAR DAY FOR MOST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. THANKS LYN, FOR YOUR PICTURE CAPTURING THE RETURN OF THE RAIN AT TUAPIRO POINT NEAR KATIKATI. 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 SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY ALEX BACKHOUSE AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2025