THE DEAL IS DONE - TRUMP AND IRAN REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES OPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHICH THE TWO SIDES SAY WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON FRIDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS POSTED 'OIL WILL FLOW' AS OIL PRICES SLIDE FOLLOWING NEWS OF THE DEAL. WHAT WILL IT MEAN AT THE PETROL PUMP HERE? AND IT ALL COMES THE DAY BEFORE THE ALL WHITES ARE SET TO FACE IRAN AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. SO HOW ARE THEY PREPARING FOR THE BIGGEST GAME OF THEIR LIVES? CAPTIONS BY JOHNATHAN CHUI AND BRIGIT KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 NAU MAI, HAERE MAI. WELCOME TO THREE NEWS. AFTER MORE THAN 100 DAYS OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN, A PEACE PACT HAS BEEN REACHED AND WILL BE SIGNED ON FRIDAY. IT TRIGGERS AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE WAR INCLUDING, IRAN SAYS, IN LEBANON, AND THE REOPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. BUT THE REST OF THE CONDITIONS ARE STILL UNKNOWN, AND THERE WILL BE A 60-DAY NEGOTIATION TO IRON OUT THE DETAILS. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. DONALD J TRUMP. (CHEERING) AT 80 YEARS OLD, DONALD TRUMP SURE KNOWS HOW TO SELL A CELEBRATION; A BIRTHDAY BASH FOR HIM AND THE COUNTRY UPSIZED TO A PEACE PARTY AT THE 11TH HOUR. ALTHOUGH THIS UFC FIGHT NIGHT ON THE WHITE HOUSE FRONT LAWN COULD HARDLY GET MUCH BIGGER. (MARCHING BAND PLAYS) THAN THE U.S. PRESIDENT PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO SHINE THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTS ON HIS GOOD NEWS. # LAND OF THE FREE. # AFTER MORE THAN 100 DAYS OF WAR WITH IRAN AND NEARLY 40 FALSE PROMISES OF PEACE, TRUMP FINALLY GOT THE DEAL DONE. READS: HE POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL THIS MORNING, BEFORE LEAVING THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO FIELD QUESTIONS ON FOX NEWS. I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SING 'KUMBAYA' TOMORROW. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LEARN THE WAYS OF PEACE. BUT I DO THINK WE TOOK A MAJOR, MAJOR STEP TONIGHT. JD VANCE CONFIRMING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WILL BE SIGNED AT THE END OF THE WEEK IN SWITZERLAND ` A STONE'S THROW FROM WHERE THE G7 SUMMIT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. I THINK WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT THE LOGISTICS ON WHO'S GOING TO ATTEND THAT SIGNING CEREMONY. I CERTAINLY PLAN TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF COULD BE THERE. IRANIAN STATE TELEVISION FOLLOWED WITH THEIR OWN CONFIRMATION... (SPEAKS FARSI) ...BROADCASTING NEWS OF AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT END TO THE WAR ON DIFFERENT FRONTS, INCLUDING LEBANON. ISRAEL IS YET TO RESPOND, BUT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS SHOWN LITTLE INTEREST IN ENDING HIS FIGHT AGAINST HEZBOLLAH. JUST THIS MORNING, BEIRUT WAS TARGETED; ISRAEL OBLITERATING BUILDINGS IN LEBANON'S CAPITAL AND THREATENING TO BLOW UP THE DEAL TRUMP WAS TOUTING AS JUST HOURS AWAY. IT DROVE A FURIOUS U.S PRESIDENT TO THE PHONE, UNLEASHING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AXIOS. READS: IT'S BEEN REPORTED A FRANTIC EFFORT TO SAVE THE DEAL THEN FOLLOWED... (SPEAKS FARSI) ...IRAN QUICK TO FRAME IT AS THEIR VICTORY. THEIR TOP MILITARY COMMANDER SAYING THEY HAVE SHOWN THE U.S AND ISRAEL THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AND SURRENDER. THIS REALLY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAR ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING FOR THE U.S. PUT US BACK RIGHT WHERE WE WERE ON FEBRUARY 27TH, AND ONLY IN A WORSE SHAPE, BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING OVER OPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. SO FAR, THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF THE FATE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME ` TRUMP'S STATED REASON FOR BEGINNING THE WAR, AND IT REMAINS THE STICKIEST POINT OF THE 60-DAY NEGOTIATIONS WHICH NOW BEGIN. WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS A START, AND IT CERTAINLY HAS BROKEN THROUGH ALL OF THE STALEMATES, AND THE DELAYS, AND THE MISSILE STRIKES. SO I THINK IT IS A START. BUT WITH THE OFFICIAL SIGNING STILL DAYS AWAY, THE U.S PRESIDENT WILL NEED TO BE USING HIS BIRTHDAY WISH WISELY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEAL HAD AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON GLOBAL OIL PRICES, WHICH FELL ABOUT 4%. ONE ECONOMIST SAYS THAT COULD PUSH PETROL PRICES BACK TOWARDS $2.80 A LITRE WITHIN WEEKS. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT IS WARNING FUEL COMPANIES IT EXPECTS THOSE SAVINGS TO BE PASSED ON. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. MOTORISTS ARE STILL PAYING OVER $3 A LITRE FOR 91 TODAY. BUT AFTER A SHARP FALL IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES, RELIEF COULD FINALLY BE ON THE HORIZON. EVEN ON THE BASIS OF WHERE PRICES GOT TO AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, IT LOOKED LIKE WE MIGHT BE HEADING INTO THE $2.80 OR $2.90 RANGE FOR 91 FUEL. THERE'S BEEN A FURTHER FALL IN PRICES SINCE THEN, AND THE EXCHANGE RATE HAS GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, AS WELL. SO IF THOSE SORTS OF PRICES STICK, THEN YOU WOULD EXPECT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO SEE THAT 91 FUEL PRICE HEAD DOWN TOWARDS $2.80. THE PRIME MINISTER ISN'T PUTTING A TIMEFRAME ON IT, BUT HE IS PUTTING FUEL COMPANIES ON NOTICE. TO ANY OIL EXECUTIVE LISTENING TO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, FRANKLY, WE EXPECT THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY COMMISSIONED THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO MONITOR THAT. I RECEIVE A DAILY REPORT FROM MY OFFICIALS AT THE MINISTRY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON PRICING. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. THE TURNAROUND HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. BRENT CRUDE HAS FALLEN TO AROUND US$84 A BARREL AFTER BRIEFLY SURGING TO ABOUT US$138 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CONFLICT. IT'S VERY HARD TO PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT REALISTICALLY, IT WILL BE NEITHER THE UNITED STATES, OR IRAN OR ISRAEL THAT WILL FULLY OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IT WILL BE THE OWNERS OF THE VESSELS AND THEIR INSURERS. THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER SOME FORM OF PEACE AND STABILITY EXISTS THERE. AND AS THE STRAIT OPENS, CURRENTLY, THEY WILL FLEE AND THEY WILL GET OUT, AND THOSE TANKERS WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 10 DAYS TO GET TO THE REFINERIES THEY WERE DESTINED TO. ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S OIL SUPPLIES PASSED THROUGH THE HORMUZ STRAIT BEFORE TANKER TRAFFIC PLUNGED IN EARLY MARCH DUE TO THE IRAN WAR. THE DISRUPTION TO HORMUZ HAS TRIGGERED ONE OF THE BIGGEST OIL SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS IN HISTORY. ONCE FUEL PRICES DO COME DOWN, ECONOMISTS SAY BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SHOULD SPIKE. I THINK MANY PEOPLE WILL SEE THE FALLING PETROL PRICE THE TALK OF A PERIOD OF CEASEFIRE, AND RESUMED, FLOWS THROUGH THE STRAIT AS REDUCING UNCERTAINTY. SO I COULD IMAGINE THAT BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE WILL PICK UP QUITE NOTICEABLY FROM HERE, AND AS A RESULT, WE MAY SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THINGS LIKE HOUSEHOLD SPENDING AND HIRING AS WELL. FALLING GLOBAL OIL PRICE, LOWER PRICES AT THE PUMP HERE MEANS LOWER INFLATION AND MORE GROWTH IN OUR ECONOMY, AND THOSE ARE THINGS I KNOW EVERY KIWI WILL WELCOME. BUT THE FRAGILITY OF THE PEACE DEAL LEAVES THE WORLD STILL ON TENTERHOOKS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD NEWS OF A BREAKTHROUGH. IT IS TOO SOON TO CALL A SUSTAINED FALL IN FUEL PRICES. THERE'S THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HOW ISRAEL RESPONDS ON THIS, AS WELL, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE EXPECTED TO CEASE OPERATIONS IN LEBANON. SO PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, HERE FOR MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND REVERSALS, AND MARKETS CAN GO UP AS FAST AS THEY CAN GO DOWN. BEST CASE, WE HAVE PEACE FOR MONTHS AND IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL. WORST CASE, THEY DON'T EVEN SIGN IT ON FRIDAY AND START SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER, AND I WOULD TOSS A COIN FOR EITHER OF THOSE. THE OIL SHOCK MAY BE EASING, BUT WITHOUT ENDURING PEACE, THE UNCERTAINTY WILL REMAIN. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXPERT PROFESSOR AL GILLESPIE JOINS US NOW. KIA ORA, AL. SO, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS DEAL? ONLY THIS MORNING, ISRAEL WAS ATTACKING BEIRUT. IRAN SAYS IT PROTECTS LEBANON, AND I WONDER IF... THAT'S THE WEAK POINT THAT COULD SEE THE WHOLE DEAL PUT INTO JEOPARDY. GOOD EVENING. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ON PAPER. IT'S A START, BUT I'M KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED AND NOT HOLDING MY BREATH. TRYING TO KEEP COUNTRIES LIKE ISRAEL IN CHECK AT THE MOMENT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT, AND EVEN HEZBOLLAH WITH IRAN IS ALSO HARD TO KEEP IN CHECK AT THE SAME TIME. WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IF THE SHOOTING STOPPED, IT'S A GOOD THING. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DECLARED, 'LET THE OIL FLOW.' WILL IT ` DO YOU THINK ` AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DEAL? WELL, FIRST YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY A DEAL. THIS IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THIS IS THE LOWEST LEVEL KIND OF AGREEMENT YOU CAN GET BETWEEN COUNTRIES. IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH A SENATE OR PARLIAMENT. IT'S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OFFICIALS. WILL THE OIL FLOW? IT DEPENDS ON THE DETAILS. THIS IS A BIG ISSUE, AND IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRAIT IS OPEN, AND IT'S UNIMPEDED AND THERE'S NO TOLLS ON IT. IF MR TRUMP ACHIEVES THAT, IT'S A VICTORY, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE OUT OF A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS. AS YOU SAID, WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DETAILS OF THIS 'MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING', BUT CAN YOU SEE IN IT ANY MAJOR GAINS FOR THE U.S.? EVEN IF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ DOES REOPEN, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST REOPENING SOMETHING THAT WAS OPEN BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN. WELL, THE OTHER BIG THING TO LOOK FOR IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE NUCLEAR ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHETHER IRAN AGREES IT CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, WHICH THEY ALREADY ACCEPT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM, AND THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND WHETHER THEY CAN USE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE YET TO SEE. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT MR TRUMP COULD COME OUT WITH THE DEAL ON THIS QUESTION VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT OBAMA HAD IN 2015. THERE HASN'T BEEN 'REGIME CHANGE' AS PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT. OF COURSE, BIG QUESTION MARK STILL OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. WHAT HAS PRESIDENT TRUMP ACHIEVED AFTER OVER 100 DAYS AT WAR AND THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT? WELL, THAT'S THE THIRD ISSUE THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT WITH THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S ABOUT REGIME CHANGE OR HUMAN RIGHTS. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A REPUGNANT COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY IT TREATS ITS OWN CITIZENS. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE DRIVING CONCERNS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT, AND WHETHER THIS WILL BE PART OF THE DEAL OR NOT, WE'RE YET TO SEE. THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR IS WHETHER THERE'S CONTROL OVER THE PROXIES IN THE REGION, WITH HEZBOLLAH AND THE HOUTHI IN YEMEN. AND ALSO, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT MR TRUMP HAD. SO FIVE MAJOR CONCERNS FOR THE AMERICANS. I THINK IF THEY GET THREE OF THEM, THEY'LL COUNT IT AS A SUCCESS. AND JUST FINALLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LONG-TERM RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS CONFLICT WILL BE? IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE COULD HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT TRYING TO GET THAT RIGHT NOW ON A BROADER SCALE IS A VERY BIG ASK. RIGHT NOW, I'D BE HAPPY IF THEY CAN STOP SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER FOR 60 DAYS. OK, WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE. AL GILLESPIE, PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AT WAIKATO UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THE LATEST POLITICAL POLL SHOWS THE COALITION WITH ENOUGH SUPPORT TO RETAIN POWER, BUT LABOUR IS STILL THE MOST POPULAR PARTY. MORE THAN HALF OF RESPONDENTS IN THE POST-FRESHWATER STRATEGY POLL FELT THE COUNTRY WAS HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AT 57% ` UP FROM 55%. AND WITH THE COST OF LIVING THE MAIN CONCERN, THE GREENS ARE PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON INEQUALITY, WITH NBR'S RICH LIST OUT TODAY SHOWING ASSETS HELD BY NEW ZEALAND'S SUPER WEALTHY HAVE INCREASED TO $129B. HERE'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL. ELON MUSK NOW THE WORLD'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE... (CHEERING) ...AFTER HIS COMPANY SPACEX WAS LISTED ON THE STOCK MARKET... IGNITION. ...A NET WORTH THAT DWARFS NEW ZEALAND'S WEALTHIEST ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW'S 'RICH LIST' OUT TODAY. NEW ZEALAND'S RICHEST ARE NOW WORTH A COMBINED $129B. BUT THAT $129B FIGURE HAS INCREASED 26% IN JUST A YEAR. AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, NICK AND MAT MOWBRAY ` THE FOUNDERS OF TOY COMPANY ZURU ON TRACK TO EXCEED $5B IN REVENUE THIS YEAR. MOST PEOPLE WON'T BEGRUDGE PEOPLE ON THE RICH LIST, YOU KNOW, DOING WELL IF THEY'RE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND ALL THE REST OF IT, BUT PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN SITUATION AND THINKING, 'WELL, THE RICH LIST MAY HAVE GONE UP BY A QUARTER 'IN TERMS OF THEIR WEALTH, 'BUT MY WEALTH SURE AS HELL HASN'T GONE UP BY A QUARTER.' THE GREENS HAVE CALCULATED THAT THE WEALTHIEST 150 NOW OWN AS MUCH AS HALF OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. THAT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED AS A COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO FIX OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURE EVERYBODY HAS A FAIR GO IF WE FIX THE TAX SYSTEM. I THINK WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING SUCCESS IN THIS COUNTRY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE WEALTH CREATORS OR WEALTH GENERATORS THAT CREATE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIWIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A GOOD THING. WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE, THOUGH, IS A WEALTH TAX WOULD PUT A WRECKING BALL THROUGH THIS ECONOMY. THE LATEST POLITICAL POLL OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND VOTERS SHOWS THE COALITION HAS ENOUGH COMBINED SUPPORT TO RETURN TO POWER WITH 68 SEATS TO THE LEFT BLOC'S 62. THE POST AND FRESHWATER STRATEGY POLL SHOWS LABOUR DOWN TWO POINTS BUT STILL THE MOST POPULAR PARTY ON 35%, WHILE NATIONAL IS DOWN A POINT TO 29%. NEW ZEALAND FIRST IS UP TO 12%; THE GREENS UNCHANGED ON 10%; ACT IS UP A COUPLE POINTS TO 8%; AND TE PATI MAORI REMAINS AT 2%. LABOUR'S BEEN WORKING ON PRACTICAL, DELIVERABLE, AFFORDABLE COST-OF-LIVING MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES. NATIONAL IS NOW ON THE ATTACK, CASTING DOUBT ON LABOUR'S PROMISES, WITH NICOLA WILLIS AT THE WEEKEND CHALLENGING THE PARTY TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S DESCRIBED AS AN $18.2N GAP BETWEEN SPENDING PROMISES AND REVENUE MEASURES. SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP, AND WHILE THE LABOUR PARTY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EVADED QUESTIONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, LET'S BE CLEAR ` IT HAS VERY TOUGH CHOICES AHEAD OF IT. WE'LL SET OUT OUR OWN FISCAL PLAN CLOSER TO THE ELECTION WHICH WILL SHOW HOW WE WILL BALANCE THE GOVERNMENT'S BOOKS. NEW ZEALAND FIRST ALSO ON A MISSION TO DISCREDIT THE LEFT. CHLOE WANTS TO BE THE NEXT MINISTER OF FINANCE. (LAUGHTER) OH, YOU CAN LAUGH... BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD A NIGHTMARE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE SHORTLY IF THAT HAPPENS. WELCOME TO THE PARTY, MR PETERS. LOVE TO BE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY THAT MOVES OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. AND HER IDEA OF MOVING THE COUNTRY FORWARD IS TO TAX WEALTH. AND, ZANE, WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE GREENS' TAX IDEAS THIS WEEK? THAT'S RIGHT. THE GREENS WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE TAX POLICY LATER THIS WEEK. I CAN CONFIRM THAT LABOUR WILL BE MAKING THEIR POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW THE PRIME MINISTER DID REVEAL THAT SHE HAS INSTRUCTED HIS OFFICE TO RELEASE THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS THAT FORMER PRIME MINISTERS RECEIVED. BECAUSE OF THE LOTS AND SAYS HE HAS ASKED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS. BUT HE DID NOT SAY IF HE EXPECTS ANY CHANGES TO COME FROM THEM. THANK YOU, ZANE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, NEW YORK FINALLY HAD AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TO CELEBRATE, AND CELEBRATE IT DID. KNICKS FANS FLOODED THE STREETS OVERNIGHT IN THE BIG APPLE, BUT WHAT STARTED AS A CITY-WIDE PARTY QUICKLY SPIRALLED INTO VIOLENCE, FIRES AND ARRESTS. AVA WHITWORTH REPORTS. FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, NEW YORK KNICKS FANS WAITED FOR THIS MOMENT. AFTER 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE FINALLY NBA CHAMPIONS ONCE AGAIN. SO WHEN THE FRANCHISE FINALLY WON ITS FIRST NBA CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1973, THE CELEBRATIONS WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE MASSIVE. THE GAME MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN TEXAS, BUT THE PARTY BELONGED TO NEW YORK. MY MAYOR'S STILL MUSLIM! MY BAGELS? STILL JEWISH! THE POPE'S ON OUR SIDE! ALL: KNICKS IN FIVE! (CHEERING) FANS FLOODED TIMES SQUARE. EVEN MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI JOINED SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC VICTORY. KNICKS IN FIVE! (CHEERING) AT FIRST, IT WAS PURE EUPHORIA... FEELING ECSTATIC RIGHT NOW. AMAZING IT'S A NEW YORK STORY, BABY. ...BUT AS THE CROWDS GREW, SO DID THE CHAOS. SCHOOL BUSES BECAME CLIMBING FRAMES, PEOPLE JUMPING ON ROOFS, SMASHING WINDOWS, AND SWINGING BASEBALL BATS. FIVE BUSES WERE EITHER SET ALIGHT OR DESTROYED. THAT SHIT GON' BLOW. POLICE VEHICLES WERE ALSO TARGETED. YEAH! (SHOUTING) OFFICERS SAY CROWDS BECAME INCREASINGLY RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS, WITH FIGHTS BREAKING OUT, FIREWORKS LAUNCHED INTO PACKED STREETS, AND PEOPLE REFUSING ORDERS TO DISPERSE. THEN CAME GUNFIRE. (GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING) OH, GOD! AFTER A 17 YEAR OLD BOY WAS SHOT IN THE FOOT NEAR TIMES SQUARE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING AS PANICKED CROWDS SCATTERED THROUGH MIDTOWN. NYPD SAID AMBULANCES COULDN'T REACH HIM BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, FORCING OFFICERS TO TAKE HIM IN THEIR OWN CARS. AUTHORITIES ALSO REPORTED FOUR STABBINGS OR SLASHINGS DURING THE CHAOS. BY SUNRISE, 63 PEOPLE HAD BEEN ARRESTED, FACING CHARGES RANGING FROM ASSAULTING POLICE TO WEAPONS POSSESSION, CRIMINAL DAMAGE, AND RESISTING ARREST. A CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATION 53 YEARS IN THE MAKING ENDING WITH JOY FOR KNICKS FANS, BUT IT SPELT OVERTIME FOR NEW YORK POLICE. IMO'S HERE NOW WITH TODAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND THERE WERE SOME NICE, MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY! NICE AND MILD IS RIGHT, SAM. IT GOT TO 21 IN NAPIER, WITH 3 DEGREES THE COLDEST AROUND THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, BUT THINGS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO TAKE A TURN THANKS TO COOL SOUTHERLIES. SO IN CHRISTCHURCH IT WAS NEARLY 18 DEGREES AT 3AM THIS MORNING, BUT BY MIDDAY IT HAD DROPPED TO BELOW 10. I'LL BE BACK WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE WEEK'S SHAKING DOWN AFTER SPORT. STAY WITH US ` STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` TWELVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A PLANE FULL OF SKYDIVERS CRASHES AND BURSTS INTO FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AND A POPULAR AMERICAN SINGER WHO WAS DUE TO TOUR HERE IS AMONG SIX FATALITIES AFTER TWO HELICOPTERS COLLIDE IN RIO. PLUS ` SWITZERLAND VOTES DOWN A REFERENDUM TO CAP THE POPULATION AT 10 MILLION. Hi! I'm a real Skinny mobile customer and a real life human man. # Real life... you... And Skinny have cloned me... with AI. They pay to use my face so my clients can sell Skinny all year long. It's the ultimate side hustle. # He's a real life human man... # It's just another way Skinny keeps prices low and customers happy. A NEW ZEALAND MAN IS BELIEVED TO BE AT THE CENTRE OF A VIOLENT ATTACK IN A SMALL SWEDISH VILLAGE THAT HAS CLAIMED ONE LIFE AND LEFT TWO CHILDREN BADLY INJURED. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE HAS CONFIRMED IT IS IN CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY OF A NEW ZEALANDER IN SWEDEN. POLICE SAY THE TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND INJURED AT A HOUSE AND BOTH TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. ONE OF THE CHILDREN IS REPORTED TO HAVE LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THE MALE SUSPECT WAS FOUND DEAD NEAR THE HOUSE. A PLANE CARRYING 11 SKYDIVERS AND A PILOT CRASHED MOMENTS AFTER TAKE-OFF AT A WESTERN MISSOURI AIRPORT ON SUNDAY, KILLING EVERYONE ABOARD. THE PLANE HAD TAKEN OFF SHORTLY BEFORE MIDDAY. IT THEN MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN AND CRASHED ABOUT 250M FROM THE RUNWAY, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE AN ACCIDENT, THE LOCAL SHERIFF SAID DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE. AND IN ANOTHER AVIATION TRAGEDY, SIX PEOPLE ALSO HAVE DIED FOLLOWING A MID-AIR HELICOPTER COLLISION IN BRAZIL. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN PLUNGED INTO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEALERSHIP, TRIGGERING A 20-CAR FIRE. AMONG THOSE KILLED WAS SINGER-SONGWRITER OLIVER TREE, WHO WAS IN RIO AS PART OF HIS WORLD TOUR. CARLOS NORTON REPORTS. FAR FROM THE FIZZ OF YESTERDAY'S BRAZILIAN WORLD CUP GAME, DEVASTATION STRUCK WESTERN RIO DE JANEIRO TODAY ` TWO HELICOPTERS COLLIDING IN MID-AIR, THE AFTERMATH SEEN FROM THE GROUND BELOW. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'WHEN I LOOKED UP, I SAW TWO HELICOPTERS. 'ONE WAS ON FIRE, 'AND I SAW A MAN JUMPING OUT FROM THE OTHER HELICOPTER ` 'I THINK, OUT OF DESPERATION.' ONE AIRCRAFT SEEN HERE FALLING FROM THE SKY. 'THE OTHER WAS FALLING. 'IT WAS TERRIFYING, ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING.' FIRE AND EMERGENCY CREWS RUSHED TO THE SCENE BUT IN VAIN. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'THERE WERE ALREADY FIVE VICTIMS DECEASED IN THE FIRST AIRCRAFT. 'WE ALSO FOUND A SIXTH VICTIM IN THE SECOND AIRCRAFT, 'WHICH WAS LOCATED AROUND 100M AWAY FROM THE SCENE.' THE FIRST HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO AN EV DEALERSHIP, SPARKING A FIRE OF AT LEAST 20 VEHICLES. (PANICKED CHATTER, EXPLOSIONS POP) THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THE LOCATION OF THE CRASH PREVENTED A HIGHER DEATH TOLL. THE FIRST CONFIRMED FATALITY AMONG THE WRECKAGE WAS AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER OLIVER TREE. (ELECTRO-POP MUSIC PLAYS) KNOWN FOR HIS ABSURD COMEDY AND SIGNATURE BOWL-CUT, HE WAS SHOT TO STARDOM IN RECENT YEARS, BOASTING ALMOST 20 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, AND IN BRAZIL FOR HIS WORLD TOUR. (YELLS EXCITEDLY) THE ARTIST WAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM AT AUCKLAND'S TOWN HALL IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. ACROSS THE WORLD, TRIBUTES ARE FLOWING FOR THE SINGER. YOUTUBER KSI POSTED THIS PHOTO TO HIS INSTAGRAM, WITH THE CAPTION, 'YOU SHOULD STILL BE HERE. 'YOU STILL HAD SO MUCH LIFE TO LIVE, SO MUCH MUSIC TO MAKE. 'I LOVE YOU, BRO.' AMONG THE OTHERS KILLED WERE TWO PILOTS, A MUSIC PRODUCER, VIDEO DIRECTOR, AND AN ARGENTINIAN YOUTUBER NAMED GASPI WITH ALMOST THREE MILLION FOLLOWERS. AND AS INVESTIGATORS PIECE TOGETHER WHAT WENT WRONG, FANS AND FAMILIES ARE LEFT MOURNING LIVES THAT ENTERTAINED MILLIONS AND ENDED IN AN INSTANT. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` A FINANCIAL U-TURN FOR KIWIS WHO ARE DOING AWAY WITH PROPERTY INVESTMENTS AND PILING INTO U.S INDEX FUNDS. WE LOOK AT THE RISKS OF THIS NEW TREND. THE NEW AI FILM WHICH PREMIERED AT A MAJOR NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL ` IS IT NOTHING MORE THAN AI SLOP? OR THE FUTURE OF FILMMAKING? AND IT'S BECOME ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT GAMES OF THE WORLD CUP ` HOW THE ALL WHITES ARE TRYING TO STAY FOCUSSED ON FOOTBALL AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S CLASH WITH IRAN. (BRIGHT PIANO MUSIC) (PHONE CHIMES) Thank you, Sam! You're welcome, Wendy. SONG: # You, you've got what I need # You've got everything you need # You're like medicine... # VOICEOVER: Wonderful stories enter our stores every day. Thank you so much. Find your wonderful. New World. (SCOTTISH BAGPIPE MUSIC) (INDECIPHERABLE YELLING) Oooh! Wow. There's one... the Mahoenui giant weta. VOICEOVER: One New Zealand, National Conservation Partner of DOC. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT ` ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HERALDS A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN, BUT QUESTIONS ` AND RISKS ` REMAIN. A SUDDEN PLUNGE IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES MEANS PETROL COULD SOON BE LESS THAN $3 A LITRE, AND IT COMES WITH A WARNING FROM GOVERNMENT THAT SAVINGS BE PASSED ON. AND THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF ARRESTS IN NEW YORK AS CELEBRATIONS OVER THE KNICKS' NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WIN TURNED TO CHAOS. FOR YEARS, KIWI INVESTORS HAVE POURED THEIR LIFE SAVINGS INTO BRICK AND MORTAR TO THE POINT WHERE OVER 57% OF OUR HOUSEHOLD WEALTH IS TIED UP IN PROPERTY. BUT WITH THE HOUSING MARKET STAGNATING, A NEW TREND HAS EMERGED ` KIWIS ARE DITCHING PROPERTY AND PILING INTO U.S INDEX FUNDS. AND PILING INTO U.S. INDEX FUNDS. BUT ARE WE JUST SWAPPING ONE DANGEROUS MISTAKE FOR ANOTHER? JOINING ME NOW TO TALK PROPERTY INVESTMENTS AND RISK IS STUFF MONEY EDITOR DAMIEN VENUTO. KIA ORA, DAMIEN. SAM. SO, WE'VE HEARD THAT THE PROPERTY MARKET ISN'T DOING ALL THAT WELL, BUT HOW BAD IS IT REALLY LOOKING? LOOK, IT'S NOT FEELING GREAT RIGHT NOW. WHETHER YOU'RE A PROPERTY INVESTOR OR WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE DROPPED ABOUT 15% TO 18% FROM THE PEAK IN 2021. AND IF YOU TAKE THAT IN TERMS OF MEASURING IT WITH INFLATION, YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A 30% DROP IN THE REAL VALUE OF THE MONEY. SO IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT DROP. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT KIWI INVESTORS ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY MIGHT GET A BETTER RETURN. SO THEY'RE INVESTING IN INDIVIDUAL SHARES, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO INVEST IN THOSE INDEX FUNDS WHICH TRACK THE PERFORMANCE OF A WIDER ARRAY OF COMPANIES IN A SINGLE MARKET. SO THIS IS A BIG CHANGE THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. WHAT ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND IT? LOOK, THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT FACTORS HERE. NUMBER ONE IS IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH INVESTORS WHO GET BURNT BY SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. SO, AFTER 2021, AFTER THE PROPERTY PRICES CAME DOWN AND THINGS STARTED TO STAGNATE, KIWI INVESTORS STARTED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. AND THIS DOES REMIND ME ` IT'S SOMEWHAT REMINISCENT AND THIS DOES REMIND ME` IT'S SOMEWHAT REMINISCENT OF THAT PERIOD WHEN WE SAW THE FINANCE COMPANIES COLLAPSE IN THE 2000's. WE SAW 60 COMPANIES COLLAPSE; KIWI INVESTORS LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENED OFF THE BACK OF THAT WAS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SHIFTED INTO PROPERTY. THE GOOD TIMES ARE NEVER MEANT TO END. WE SAW PROPERTY PRICES DOUBLED DURING THAT PERIOD. BUT THE GOOD TIMES DID END, AND NOW KIWI INVESTORS ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE. AND THE RISK HERE IS THAT YOU'RE JUST PUTTING TOO MANY EGGS IN A SINGLE BASKET WHEN YOU MOVE LIKE THAT. YEAH, OK. SO WE'VE SEEN THIS SHIFT INTO SHARES, PARTICULARLY INDEX FUNDS. SO WHAT ARE THE RISKS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF HERE? SO, WHEN YOU ARE INVESTING IN AN INDEX FUND, GENERALLY, YOU'RE INVESTING IN A HUGE SPREAD OF COMPANIES. YOU CAN FOOL YOURSELF INTO THINKING THAT THAT'S DIVERSIFICATION, BECAUSE YOU'RE INVESTING IN MORE THAN ONE COMPANY, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY INVESTING IN IS ` IT'S ONE GEOGRAPHIC REGION. YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE U.S., FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE S&P 500. AND ROBIN CONWAY FROM FISHER FUNDS TOLD ME THAT THE TOP 10 COMPANIES ON THE S&P 500 NOW ACCOUNT FOR AROUND 35% TO 40% OF THE ENTIRE INDEX WEIGHTING. SO THAT IS THAT'S AN ENORMOUS CONCENTRATION OF POWER. AND THEN IF YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF THOSE COMPANIES ARE ALSO INVESTED IN AI, YOU'RE HEDGING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF YOUR WEALTH ON AI EITHER PERFORMING REALLY WELL OR NOT PERFORMING WELL AT ALL. OK. AND BIG NEWS TODAY WITH THE U.S.-IRAN PEACE DEAL DUE TO BE SIGNED ON FRIDAY. WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL FLOW-ON EFFECTS FOR US HERE? SAM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ONE THING RIGHT NOW, LOOK AT DIESEL PRICES. IF THOSE DIESEL PRICES COME DOWN, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR US, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT INFLATION PRESSURE IS GOING TO COME DOWN, AND THAT'S GOING TO PUT LESS PRESSURE ON THE RESERVE BANK TO HIKE THOSE OCR FIGURES. SO I THINK EVERY HOMEOWNER IN NEW ZEALAND MUST BE SITTING THERE WITH BATED BREATH RIGHT NOW HOPING THAT TRUMP AND IRAN SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE SO WE CAN MOVE ON. OK. OUR STUFF MONEY EDITOR DAMIEN VENUTO. THANKS SO MUCH. VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND HAVE REJECTED A PROPOSAL TO LIMIT THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION TO 10 MILLION. SWITZERLAND RESULTS SHOWED NEARLY 55% OF PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST, RESULTS SHOWED NEARLY 55% OF PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST, WITH A TURNOUT OF 60%. THE PROPOSAL CAME FROM THE RIGHT-WING SWISS PEOPLE'S PARTY, WHICH CAMPAIGNS ON ANTI-IMMIGRATION PLATFORMS. WELCOMING THE NO-VOTE, SWITZERLAND'S JUSTICE MINISTER SAID IT WAS ` 'A SIGN OF STABILITY, OPENNESS AND RELIABILITY.' THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION HAS GROWN RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS TO 9.1 MILLION, 27% OF WHOM ARE NOT SWISS CITIZENS. A MASSIVE SECURITY OPERATION IS IN PLACE IN THE FRENCH RESORT TOWN OF EVIAN LES BAINS ON THE SWISS BORDER AHEAD OF THE G7 SUMMIT THIS WEEK. AROUND 10,000 POLICE OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER FRANCE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED, WITH DONALD TRUMP AMONG THE WORLD LEADERS SET TO ATTEND. PROTESTS AGAINST THE THREE-DAY SUMMIT BROKE OUT IN NEARBY GENEVA YESTERDAY. A CAR WAS SET ALIGHT AND PROTESTERS THREW ROCKS AT RIOT POLICE, A CAR WAS SET ALIGHT AND PROTESTERS THREW ROCKS AT RIOT POLICE WHO RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS. THE G7 LEADERS ARE SET TO DISCUSS ISSUES INCLUDING THE MIDDLE EAST, UKRAINE AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMBALANCES. OLLIE'S IN WITH SPORT. AND IT'S ALMOST KICK-OFF TIME FOR THE ALL WHITES. YES. 1 PM TOMORROW, SAM. GET YOUR WORK DONE IN THE MORNING AND PUT YOUR FEET UP, WATCH A COUPLE OF HOURS OF FOOTBALL. 16 YEARS IN THE WEIGHTING THAT ALL WHITES SINCE THE LAST APPEARANCE BACK IN 2010. BIG CHANCE FOR THEM TO GRAB A CRUCIAL POINT AGAINST IRAN. THEY ARE RANKED HIGHER THAN THEM, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ALL WHITES TO RISE. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST OUT OF THE ALL WHITES CAMP NEXT. PLUS ` LEWIS HAMILTON SURGES TO VICTORY IN BARCELONA TO GET HIS FIRST WIN IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. AND RYAN FOX COMES UP WITH ONE OF THE SHOTS OF THE TOURNAMENT LEGENDARY JOURNEYS WITH SUZUKI. BOTH THE ALL WHITES AND IRAN ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON FOOTBALL, NOT GEO-POLITICS A DAY OUT FROM THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER. AFTER BASING THEMSELVES IN MEXICO FOR THE LEAD-UP TO THE TOURNAMENT, IRAN HAS ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S CLASH. RANKED 21ST IN THE WORLD, THEY ARE CLEAR FAVOURITES, WITH NEW ZEALAND RANKED 85TH. BUT AS MITCH REDMAN REPORTS, THEY'VE HAD A BUILD-UP LIKE NO OTHER. NEW ZEALAND AND IRAN HAVE HAD TWO VERY DIFFERENT BUILD-UPS TO THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER. THE ALL WHITES HAD ONE FINAL HIT-OUT IN SAN DIEGO TODAY BEFORE A TWO-HOUR BUS TRIP UP THE CALIFORNIAN COAST TO LA, WHILE IRAN ONLY JUST ARRIVED IN THE U.S., WERE MET BY PROTESTS AND LEVELS OF SECURITY ABOVE AND BEYOND ANY OTHER TEAM. WE CAME TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ` 'WE CAME TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ` 'BOTH THOSE IN IRAN AND THOSE OUTSIDE IRAN.' 'WE NEED TO ENTER BIG TOURNAMENTS LIKE THE WORLD CUP WITH A PLAN, 'RIGHT? WE FELL FAR BEHIND OUR PLAN.' IRAN HAVE HAD LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOOTBALL IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE TOURNAMENT. THEIR NATIONAL LEAGUE WAS SUSPENDED IN FEBRUARY, AND INTERNATIONALLY, THEY'VE ONLY MANAGED FOUR FRIENDLIES THIS YEAR. IT CAN HELP THEM IN CERTAIN WAY. THEY'VE HAD TIME OFF. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PREPARE LONGER FOR THE COMPETITION. THERE'S PROS AND CONS. AROUND 35,000 IRANIANS ARE EXPECTED TO PILE INTO THE LOS ANGELES STADIUM TOMORROW ` HALF OF THE VENUE'S CAPACITY. QUITE THE WORLD CUP WELCOME FOR THE ALL WHITES. UNTIL YOU PLAY ON THE BIG STAGE OR IN A PROPER WORLD CUP GAME, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. THAT WILL BE THE BIG THING ` HOW THE BOYS CAN OVERCOME THAT AND STILL APPLY THEIR FOOTBALLING ABILITY AND SHOW THE WORLD WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A TEAM. AS ONE OF TWO REMAINING MEMBERS FROM THE 2010 WORLD CUP TEAM, CHRIS WOOD IS HOPING TO TURN HEADS ONCE AGAIN. IRAN PERHAPS THE ALL WHITES BEST OPPORTUNITY TO CLAIM A FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP WIN. WE'VE STUDIED THEM. WE'VE TAKEN ON BOARD WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. THEY'RE A VERY GOOD SIDE. THEY'RE NOT TOP 20 OR CLOSE TO TOP 20 IN THE WORLD FOR NO REASON. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS AROUND. I WANT THE PLAYERS TO ENJOY THAT. THEY SHOULD ENJOY THE BIG CROWD. THAT'S WHY YOU PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THESE BIG GAMES AND BIG OCCASIONS. IT'S MORE THAN JUST FOOTBALL DOMINATING THE BUILD-UP TO THE ALL WHITES WORLD CUP RETURN. MEANWHILE, THE ALL WHITES HAVE SUFFERED A MAJOR INJURY BLOW AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S OPENING MATCH. ANDREW VOERMAN IS WITH THE TEAM IN SAN DIEGO AND FILED THIS REPORT. I'M HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WHERE THE ALL WHITES ARE HAVING THEIR LAST TRAINING SESSION BEFORE FACING IRAN IN THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER ON MONDAY NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES. THERE'S BEEN CONCERNING NEWS FOR MIDFIELDER MATT GARBETT, WHO PULLED UP WITH A HAMSTRING ISSUE IN YESTERDAY'S SESSION. HE WAS DUE TO DO MEDIA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HERE IN SAN DIEGO, BUT WAS A LATE WITHDRAWAL. HE'S NOT HERE AT ALL TODAY AND IS BEING ASSESSED BEFORE ANY FURTHER UPDATE IS GIVEN. COACH DARREN BAZELEY WILL BE HOPING HE ONLY MISSES THE IRAN MATCH, NOT THE TWO TO FOLLOW IN GROUP G. WITH GARBETT OUT, JESSE RANDALL, BEN OLD AND CALLUM MCCOWATT COULD ALL BE A CHANCE TO COME INTO THE ATTACKING MIDFIELD TRIO WHERE SARPREET SINGH AND ELIJAH JUST ARE EXPECTED TO START. THE NETHERLANDS AND JAPAN WERE UNABLE TO BE SEPARATED IN THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER THIS MORNING. THE TWO TOP 20-RANKED SIDES KEPT EACH OTHER SCORELESS IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE THE DUTCH WENT 1-0 UP EARLY IN THE SECOND. THAT SPARKED A FRANTIC 15 MINUTES WHERE TWO FURTHER GOALS WERE SCORED, THAT SPARKED A FRANTIC 15 MINUTES WHERE TWO FURTHER GOALS WERE SCORED BEFORE JAPAN FOUND A LATE EQUALISER IN THE 88TH MINUTE. IT IS 2-2. (CHEERING) GERMANY CLAIMED THE BIGGEST WIN OF THE WORLD CUP SO FAR WITH A 7-1 DRUBBING OF CURACAO. THE IVORY COAST UPSET ECUADOR ` A TEAM RANKED 10 PLACES THEIR SENIOR ` 1-0, WHILE SWEDEN FINISHED OFF THE DAY'S PLAY WITH A 5-1 WIN AGAINST TUNISIA. ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE HIS LAST FORMULA ONE VICTORY, LEWIS HAMILTON IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TOP STEP. HAMILTON AND HIS FERRARI TEAM DELIVERED A MASTERCLASS IN STRATEGY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR AND EDGE AHEAD OF THE TWO MERCEDES. IT IS HAMILTON'S FIRST VICTORY IN FERRARI RED, IT IS HAMILTON'S FIRST VICTORY IN FERRARI RED AND HAS HIS RIVALS WARY OF WHAT COULD BE TO COME. IT'S BEEN A LONG 686 DAYS AND 41 GRAND PRIXES FOR LEWIS HAMILTON, BUT HIS AGONISING WAIT TO TASTE VICTORY IN FORMULA ONE AGAIN IS OVER. AND HAMILTON IS BACK ON THE TOP STEP OF THE PODIUM! HAMILTON WINDING BACK THE CLOCK TO DELIVER FERRARI THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AND A THIRD PODIUM IN A ROW. I STARTED OUT A DREAM LAST YEAR, WHICH SEEMED ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE DURING` (CHUCKLES) DURING MY TIME LAST YEAR, BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE, AND THE TEAM JUST CONTINUED TO LIFT ME UP. HIS TEAM MORE THAN DELIVERED FOR HIM TODAY AS THEY TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF A VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR ON LAP 41. FERRARI OPTED TO PIT HAMILTON, GIVING HIM FRESH TYRES FOR THE RUN HOME WHILE HOLDING ON TO FIRST PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAS WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY FOR FERRARI. WHAT TIMING! IT COULDN'T HAVE GONE BETTER FOR LEWIS HAMILTON AND FERRARI. HAMILTON STILL HAD WORK TO DO, THOUGH, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF THE TWO MERCEDES WHO WERE HOT ON HIS TAIL. TWO SOON BECAME ONE, THOUGH, AS ENGINE TROUBLE SPELLED THE END OF THE RACE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER KIMI ANTONELLI. PROBLEM FOR ANTONELLI! AND THE ENGINE'S GONE. HEARTBREAK... FOR ITALY AND MERCEDES. LIAM LAWSON WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS WHO BENEFITTED FROM THAT ` ANTONELLI'S WITHDRAWAL AND FRANCO COLAPINTO BEING HANDED A 10s PENALTY AFTER THE RACE SAW THE KIWI MOVE UP TWO PLACES FROM 11TH TO 9TH. IT'S GREAT WE FINISHED IN THE POINTS, BUT IF THE TOP GUYS HAD HAVE FINISHED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE. WE GOT KNOCKED OUT BY THE ALPINES. THEY WERE QUICKER THAN US TODAY. SO SOMETHING FOR US TO REVIEW. REGARDLESS, IT'S THREE-POINT FINISHES IN A ROW FOR LAWSON, BUT THE BARCELONA CIRCUIT BELONGED TO A RESURGENT HAMILTON. TODAY'S VICTORY SOLIDIFIES SECOND SPOT IN THE DRIVER STANDINGS, 41 POINTS ADRIFT OF ANTONELLI AT THE TOP. COULD HAMILTON DARE TO DREAM OF AN EIGHTH DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP? WE'LL TAKE IT. IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY TO GO, AND THEY STILL HAVE GREAT PACE, AS YOU CAN SEE. BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING. WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRYING TO CLOSE THAT GAP. THE WORK TO DO THAT BEGINS STRAIGHT AWAY AS HAMILTON AND FERRARI EYE MORE POINTS IN AUSTRIA IN A FORTNIGHT. RYAN FOX HAS FINISHED TIED FOR EIGHTH IN HIS CANADIAN OPEN DEFENCE, FINISHING AT 12-UNDER PAR. FOX FIRED A TWO-UNDER 68 IN TODAY'S FINAL ROUND, PRODUCING ONE OF THE SHOTS OF THE TOURNAMENT FOR AN EAGLE ON 12. EH! AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. WITH SPEED BEFORE THE TWO. THE TOURNAMENT WAS WON BY BUD CAULEY WHO FINISHED ON 17 UNDER PAR. WORLD CHAMPIONS HAMISH KERR AND GEORDIE BEAMISH HEADLINE THE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETICS TEAM FOR NEXT MONTH'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES. KERR WILL BE LOOKING TO ADD A SECOND GOLD MEDAL FOLLOWING HIS WIN IN BIRMINGHAM FOUR YEARS AGO, WHILE BEAMISH WILL ARRIVE IN CAREER-BEST FORM FOLLOWING HIS STEEPLECHASE BREAKTHROUGH AT LAST YEAR'S WORLD CHAMPS. IMOGEN AYRIS MAKES HER RETURN AS THE REIGNING COMMONWEALTH GAMES BRONZE MEDALLIST IN THE POLE VAULT. TOM WALSH AND JACKO GILL WILL BE BACK IN THE SHOT PUT AFTER THEIR STUNNING GOLD-SILVER FINISH IN BIRMINGHAM. PLENTY OF MIDDLE CHANCES THERE IN THE COMMON GAMES ` NEXT MONTH. FIFA TO GET THROUGH FIRST. ALL EYES ON THAT TOMORROW NIGHT. IT PROBABLY HAD TO HAPPEN ` A FEATURE FILM MADE BY AI. WHAT IS PERHAPS MORE UNEXPECTED IS THAT A MAJOR FILM FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK HAS CHOSEN TO SCREEN IT. 'DREAMS OF VIOLETS' TELLS THE STORY OF THE IRANIAN ANTI-GOVERNMENT UPRISINGS IN JANUARY. IT WAS MADE IN WEEKS ON A TINY BUDGET, AND IT'S DIRECTOR DENIES IT SIGNALS THE END OF THE TRADITIONAL FILM INDUSTRY. ITV'S NINA NANNAR REPORTS. THE EVENTS IN THIS FEATURE FILM MAY BE REAL BUT NOTHING ELSE IS. EVERY IMAGE IN DREAMS OF VIOLETS IS GENERATED BY AI. IT JUST WEEKS TO MAKE, COST LESS THAN �2000 AND IN BEING ACCEPTED INTO A MAJOR FILM FESTIVAL IS A HUGELY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR THIS GREEN INDUSTRY. THE FILMS IRANIAN CREATOR LIVING IN EXILE DECIDED AI WAS A WAY TO TELL THE STORY. TO TELL THE STORY PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS UNIQUE SCENARIO IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE COMING THROUGH FILM SCHOOL, PEOPLE LEARNING THESE SKILLS WITH A VIEW TO A CAREER IN INDUSTRY? I WOULD SAY IT IS A NEW UNKNOWN SKILL TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT I AM HOPING THAT I CAN EXPAND THIS INTO ROLES AND WELL-DEFINED JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN JOIN US. AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHY AM DOING THIS IS TO SET UP A NEW GENERATION OF A STUDIO FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN AND BRING THEIR TALENT AND LEARN AND BE ABLE TO WORK FOR A LONG TIME ON THESE STORIES. MEANING HOLLYWOOD HOLDING UP THEIR HANDS AND SAYING THAT THIS IS THE END OF MOVIEMAKING AS WE KNOW IT. I DO NOT THINK SO. I THINK THIS IS A TANGENTIAL PATH. AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE MANY MOVIES AND STORIES... THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FILMMAKING HAS HUGE DIVISIVE WITH PROTESTS BY SCREEN WORKERS IN HOLLYWOOD FEARING JOB LOSSES. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY HAS TAKEN LEGAL ACTION TO PROTECT HIS LIKENESS BEING USED TO AI AND OSCAR'S ORGANISERS HAVE RULED THAT ONLY ACTING AND WRITING BY HUMANS IS ELIGIBLE FOR REWARDS. I THINK IN THE COMING YEARS IT'LL BECOME MORE PRESSING FOR THEM TO MAKE A STAND AND DECIDE WHERE THEY FIGURE IN THIS ARGUMENT. BECAUSE ANYONE, ANY MAJOR FILM FESTIVALS, ANY MAJOR AWARD FESTIVALS NEED TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT HOW THEY MONITOR AI. NEW YORK'S TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDED BY ROBERT DE NIRO SAYS IT CHAMPIONS ARTIST WHO PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF STORYTELLING. FASCINATING. IMO'S BACK NOW. AND AS ONE FRONT LEAVES, ANOTHER ARRIVES. SOMEONE'S HAVING FUN TURNING THE TAPS ON AND OFF, BECAUSE LATE TOMORROW, AS THAT FRONT FROM THE WEEKEND FINALLY MOVES AWAY, DING DONG! WE'VE GOT ANOTHER HITTING THE BOTTOM, SCOOTING UP THE COUNTRY VERY FAST. THURSDAY, WE GET A BREATHER THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE, THEN WHAT DO YOU KNOW ` ANOTHER ONE ON FRIDAY. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT ALL OF THIS AFTER THE BREAK. We got a new car you have to plug in. How far does it go? Turns out it went for one huge argument. I'm driving and it's my stereo! For two wee stops. (BARKS) One masterpiece. Girls! (ALL LAUGH) Four unlucky possums... hang on... FIVE! And two drivers. Do you know your left? So pretty far. Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at ChargeNet stations. You know, coffee spikes your cortisol. Yeah, but it's good for your liver. Pro tip, magnetic hydration. (DOG BARKS) (QUIRKY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) Cardio ruins muscle gains. Hey! Standing ruins your knees. Sleep is overrated. Sitting is hard on your hips. (UNINTELLIGIBLE CHATTER) (NOTIFICATION BEEPS) (QUIRKY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) NAU MAI ANO ` WELCOME BACK. SOME OF US MANAGED TO CLING ON TO THOSE 'WARMER THAN IT HAS BEEN' TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING, BUT I DID WARN YOU NOT TO GET TOO USED TO THEM ` WE'VE GOT COOLER AIR SHOOTING UP AND ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, HOT ON THE HEELS OF THAT BAND OF RAIN WHICH TOMORROW IS GOING TO KEEP DRAGGING WET WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. SO SOME FREEZING TEMPERATURES AROUND CENTRAL OTAGO AND INLAND CANTERBURY TONIGHT, WHICH'LL MEAN SOME ICY ROADS TOMORROW MORNING. IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND UNTIL THE NEXT BAND OF WET WEATHER HITS LATE IN THE DAY. THEN THAT FRONT KEEPS CHARGING ON UP THE COUNTRY, STICKING AROUND AND MAKING FOR A PRETTY DAMP ONE TOMORROW, BUT EVENTUALLY FLITTING OFF AND AWAY TO THE EAST. A WET START FOR THE TOP, NORWESTERS TURNING SOUTHERLY EARLY. THE RAIN EASES TO SHOWERS AND THINGS SHOULD GET CLEARER AND EVEN A BIT BRIGHTER THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. RAINY FROM THE GET-GO HERE, AS WELL, EASING TO SHOWERS BEFORE CLEARING COMPLETELY. TAUPO, YOU WON'T SHAKE IT TILL LATE. MIXED WINDS. SCHOOL RUN SHOULD BE DRY IN GISBORNE, THEN THE RAIN HITS LATE MORNING, CLEARING DOWN THE BOTTOM FIRST BEFORE EASING AND CLEARING ELSEWHERE. MIX OF WINDS HERE, TOO. TONIGHT'S WET STUFF WILL STILL BE KICKING ABOUT IN THE MORNING, BUT BECAUSE THE FRONT'S ON THE MOVE, THE AFTERNOONS LOOKING FAR BETTER. THE AFTERNOON'S LOOKING FAR BETTER. DAY-TIME SOUTHERLIES, EVENING NORTHERLIES. NELSON ` BIT CLOUDY, WITH THE CHANCE OF A MORNING SHOWER, THEN THE SCRIPT FLIPS, AND YOU TAKE ALL THAT WEST COAST MORNING SUN AS SHOWERS AND CLOUD CREEP IN LATE IN THE DAY. EARLY WET STUFF FOR ALL HERE, BUT IT CLEARS AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY, MAKING WAY FOR SOME FINE, DRY, CRISPY WEATHER. SOUWESTERS TURN NORTHERLY, AND THE MORNING WILL BE SO COLD AND FROSTY THEY GET THE SPECIAL FROZEN EMOJI HERE! MAINLY FINE DAY, BUT THAT NEXT FRONT HITS FROM THE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING. DUNEDIN ` AFTER A FROSTY START, YOU'LL HAVE A SUNNY DAY. CLOUD BUILDS IN THE EVENING BUT REMAINS DRY TILL LATE-LATE, 10 DEGREES THE HIGH. TONIGHT'S WET STUFF WILL BE GONE BY FIRST THING TOMORROW, CHRISTCHURCH, THEN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAY. SOUWESTERS TURN NOREASTERS, THEN TURN NORWESTER. 10 WILL FEEL LIKE EIGHT. WELLINGTON, A CLOUDY, SHOWERY MORNING CLEARING TO A PRETTY DECENT AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLIES TURN NORWESTER IN THE EVENING; HIGH OF 12. HAWKE'S BAY ` IT'S GONNA BE A RAINY MORNING EASING TO SHOWERS, CLEARING FOR A DRY EVENING, SOUTHWESTERS KICKING IN FROM THE ARVO. WET TO START IN TAURANGA EASING TO THE ODD SHOWER MID-ARVO, WET TO START IN TAURANGA, EASING TO THE ODD SHOWER MID-ARVO, CLEARING FOR THE EVENING; WESTERLIES AND A HIGH OF 16. HAMILTON, YOU'VE ALSO GOT A WET START, AND THINGS ALSO EASE AS THE DAY GOES ON ` NORTHERLIES TURNING WESTERLY; 15 FOR YOU. THE MORNING RAIN IN AUCKLAND WILL ALSO GRADUALLY EASE AS THE DAY TRUCKS ALONG. EARLY IN THE DAY. ACROSS THE DITCH, A FRESH SPELL OF WINTER RAIN FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VIC AND TASMANIA TOMORROW, BUT IT'S ANYTHING BUT WET ACROSS THE TOP. AND IT'S ANOTHER DAY OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIJI, WITH A LOT OF WET STUFF IN THE MIX FOR THE REST OF THE PACIFIC. NOW, THAT BAND OF RAIN HITTING THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND LATE TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE MOVING QUITE QUICKLY AND IS FORECAST TO JUMP THE COOK STRAIT AROUND LUNCHTIME WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THEN, OVERALL, LOOKS FAR MORE SETTLED AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN, BUT FRIDAY, YES ` ANOTHER FRONT BRUSHES UP AND ONTO THE LOWER SOUTH, SPREADING UP AND ON TO THE WEST COAST. LIKE I SAID, SAM, SOMEONE'S MESSING ABOUT WITH THE TAPS. WORTH MENTIONED IT'LL BE WET FOR A LOT OF THE NORTH ISLAND WORTH MENTIONING ` IT'LL BE WET FOR A LOT OF THE NORTH ISLAND AT 1PM TOMORROW ` PERFECT EXCUSE TO BE INDOORS WATCHING THE ALL WHITES PLAY THAT FIRST FIFA MATCH. BOTH: GO TO ALL WHITES. BOTH: GO THE ALL WHITES. I REALLY LIKE THAT RAINBOW. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. 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