A WARNING FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO PETROL COMPANIES ` MAKE SURE FALLING OIL PRICES FLOW THROUGH TO THE PUMPS. WINSTON PETERS SAYS IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WHO MISLEAD MINISTERS SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL. ACC SAYS INJURIES COST THE COUNTRY $8.7b LAST YEAR, AND THE PLACE THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO HAPPEN IS IN YOUR OWN HOME. AND LIONEL MESSI BOLSTERS HIS CASE AS THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER OF ALL TIME WITH HIS FIRST WORLD CUP HAT-TRICK. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE AND JESSIE PURU. 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. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS PUT FUEL COMPANIES ON NOTICE, MAKING CLEAR ITS EXPECTATION THAT THE DROP IN OIL PRICES BE PASSED ON TO CUSTOMERS. IT COMES AS WESTPAC REPORTS A SHARP FALL IN CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AS HOUSEHOLDS GRAPPLE WITH THE RISE IN FUEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT. THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE, AND SINCE THEN, IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE AGREED TO A FRAMEWORK TO END THE WAR. BUT AS ZANE SMALL REPORTS, THE PEACE DEAL ALREADY LOOKS TO BE ON SHAKY GROUND. FOUR REPORTED FATALITIES AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES ON LEBANON, TARGETING THE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH. ATTACKS THAT PUT AT RISK THE PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN BECAUSE THE LATTER VIEWS IT AS A BREACH OF THE CONDITIONS. TRANSLATOR: ANY MILITARY ATTACK BY THE ZIONIST REGIME ON LEBANON FROM NOW ON, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUED OCCUPATION OF LEBANESE TERRITORIES FROM NOW ON, WILL IN OUR VIEW BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, ISRAEL'S FIGHTING HEZBOLLAH TOO LONG, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN AN APARTMENT EVERY TIME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY. ON THE ROAD TO SOUTHERN LEBANON, LOCALS CLING TO HOPE OF A LASTING PEACE AGREEMENT. TRANSLATOR: I HOPE IT BECOMES PERMANENT ` A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING AND GOING. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE. WE'RE FED UP AND TIRED. THE CONFLICT HAS SENT RIPPLES ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR MONTHS, WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ CAUSING OIL PRICES TO SURGE. THE PRICE OF DIESEL IS UP 76.8% COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, WHILE PETROL IS 28.7% HIGHER. YOU'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU GO TO FILL UP, IT'S GONE UP QUITE A LOT? OH MY GOSH, YEAH, BY, LIKE, AT LEAST $30. WESTPAC'S LATEST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURVEY SHOWS A SIZEABLE DROP AS HOUSEHOLDS GRAPPLE WITH THE RISE IN FUEL AND OTHER LIVING COSTS. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE HAS FALLEN SHARPLY IN NEW ZEALAND, THAT'S AS WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A SIGNIFICANT LIFT IN LIVING COSTS AND INCREASES IN MORTGAGE RATES. THE SURVEY FOUND THAT HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BECOME MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE OUTLOOK FOR THE ECONOMY, WITH THE WAR CASTING A LONG SHADOW. IT'S REALLY TOUGH FOR EVERYONE AND WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, IT JUST MAKES THINGS WORSE. YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE SPENDING A BIT MORE EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE SUPERMARKET. BUT THE PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN. COULD SIGNAL CHEAPER PRICES AT THE PUMP. WE COULD SEE PRICES DROP TO AS LOW AS ABOUT $2.90 A LITRE. THAT'LL BE A BIG RELIEF FOR A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR THOSE FALLS IN GLOBAL OIL PRICES TO FLOW THROUGH TO NEW ZEALAND CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY WITH DISRUPTIONS TO FUEL INVENTORIES AROUND THE GLOBE. THE PRICE OF BRENT CRUDE, THE GLOBAL BENCHMARK FOR OIL, FELL ROUGHLY 4% TO ABOUT US$80 A BARREL ` THE LOWEST SINCE EARLY MARCH. BUT THE AVERAGE PRICE OF 91 IS STILL SITTING ABOVE $3 A LITRE, SO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS PUT FUEL COMPANIES ON NOTICE. WE'RE JUST REMINDING FUEL COMPANIES AND REASSURING NEW ZEALANDERS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO, WHICH IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT AND WATCHING AND CALLING OUT IF WE SEE ANY CONCERNS. THAT HOPED-FOR REDUCTION IN FUEL PRICES HINGES ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE AGREEMENT HOLDING FIRM. AND, ZANE, WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON GDP TOMORROW. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE A LIFT IN THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE GDP DATA TOMORROW OF ABOUT 1%. YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW. THAT'S BECAUSE TOMORROW'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT UPDATE IS RETROSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, MOSTLY BEFORE THE CONFLICT BROKE OUT. THAT IS WHY THE UPDATE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. SHOWING HOW THE ECONOMY WAS TRACKING BEFORE THE FALLOUT FROM THE WAR. BUT THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN DOES HOLD, THEN IT WILL CHANGE THE PROJECTIONS, SUCH AS INFLATION. A LOT IS RIDING ON THAT SHAKY PEACE AGREEMENT. ZANE, THANK YOU. DOCTORS ARE ACCUSING THE HEALTH MINISTER OF MEDDLING AFTER HE REMOVED THE MEDICAL COUNCIL LEADERSHIP. SIMEON BROWN DECLINED TO REAPPOINT CHAIRPERSON DR RACHELLE LOVE AND HER DEPUTY, SIMON WATT, DESPITE BOTH REMAINING ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT UNDER THE STATUTORY NINE-YEAR TERM LIMIT. THE MOVE HAS PROMPTED CONCERN AMONG SOME SENIOR DOCTORS WHO SAY HE'S SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IN POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. MOLLY SWIFT REPORTS. THE HEALTH MINISTER HAS ACCUSED NEW ZEALAND'S MEDICAL REGULATOR OF STRAYING INTO IDEOLOGICAL TERRITORY. BUT THE SENIOR DOCTORS' UNION SAYS IT'S THE MINISTER WHO HAS AN AGENDA. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS ITS OWN IDEOLOGICAL DRIVERS AND IS MIRRORING THEM ON TO THE REGULATORY BODIES THAT THEY ARE NOW TRYING TO SHAPE. I THINK NEW ZEALANDERS UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION, WE SHOULD LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS. MINISTER SIMEON BROWN WAS QUESTIONED TODAY DURING PARLIAMENT'S HEALTH COMMITTEE SCRUTINY HEARING OVER HIS DECISION TO NOT RE-APPOINT THE EXISTING MEDICAL COUNCIL LEADERSHIP. WHY ARE YOU BETTER ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW PATIENTS AND THEIR CULTURE SHOULD BE RESPECTED THAN THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL? MINISTERS MAKE DECISIONS EVERY DAY ON MINISTERIAL` TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE. I HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DECISION. THAT DECISION COMES AFTER THE MEDICAL COUNCIL'S RECENT CONSULTATION ON TWO DRAFT STATEMENTS THAT SETS OUT UPDATED EXPECTATIONS FOR DOCTORS ON CULTURAL COMPETENCE. THESE REQUIRED CLINICIANS TO UNDERSTAND HOW CULTURE AFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES AND HOW BIAS AND SYSTEMIC FACTORS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INEQUITIES. OUR VIEW WAS THAT THE MEDICAL COUNCIL WAS DISTRACTED. WE WANT IT FOCUSED ON PATIENTS. WE WANT IT FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE WORKFORCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE MADE DECISIONS AROUND. BUT SOME DOCTORS AND SURGEONS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATORS. IT'S AN ATTACK ON THEIR INDEPENDENCE, AND I THINK ANY REGULATORY BODY SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. IT EVEN PROMPTED THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS TO RELEASE A STATEMENT THAT SAYS, WHILE THE MINISTER HOLDS THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS... THE SENIOR DOCTORS' UNION HAS DEFENDED THE NEED FOR CULTURAL COMPETENCE. WE KNOW THAT SOME PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND, PARTICULARLY MAORI, HAVE A LESSER LIFE SPAN. THEY HAVE A LESSER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN PAKEHA. THAT'S NOT OK, SO THE MINISTER CAN'T PRETEND THAT DOING THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS. OUR GOVERNMENT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO TREAT PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR HEALTH NEEDS AND TO ENSURE WE FOCUS RESOURCE WHERE IT MAKES THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. DR KENNETH CLARK HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIR AND MING-CHUN WU AS HIS DEPUTY. WINSTON PETERS WANTS PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO MISLED MINISTERS TO BE JAILED. IT COMES A DAY AFTER ERICA STANFORD TOLD A SELECT COMMITTEE IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS HAD DELIBERATELY WITHHELD INFORMATION ABOUT A FAILED TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE AND USED CREATIVE ACCOUNTING TO AVOID SCRUTINY. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THERE ARE A FEW BAD APPLES THAT NEED TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT. THE PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY IS THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE BEHAVE THAT WAY. THEY FAIL TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. NOW, FOR GOD'S SAKE, I WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL WITH A WINE BOX. DID ANYBODY GET PUT IN PRISON? NO. DO YOU THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOSE THEIR JOB, OR DO YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE`? OF COURSE THEY SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOB, AND THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN PRISON AS WELL. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER SIR BRIAN ROCHE WILL INVESTIGATE AND HAS PROMISED TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED. POLICE SAY THEY ARE FRUSTRATED AND DISAPPOINTED THE PARTNER OF A MISSING CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN HAS SO FAR REFUSED TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO FIND HER. IT'S NOW BEEN 10 MONTHS SINCE ROWENA WALKER DISAPPEARED FROM HER BURWOOD ADDRESS. POLICE BELIEVE SHE'S BEEN THE VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY AND IS NO LONGER ALIVE. THEY ACCEPT HER PARTNER IS NOT COMPELLED TO SPEAK TO THEM, BUT IS THE LAST PERSON KNOWN TO HAVE SEEN HER ALIVE. HER PARTNER IS THE LAST PERSON WE CAN VERIFY AS HAVING SEEN HER ALIVE. I CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS SINCE THEN, BUT WE HAVE NO INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THAT. POLICE SAY THEY'RE MOTIVATED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS FOR ROWENA'S FAMILY AND ARE URGING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED A REVIEW INTO WHETHER THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO FUND FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND THAN THROUGH INSURANCE LEVIES. THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS BEEN ASKED TO EXAMINE THE EXISTING FUNDING MODEL UNDER WHICH 95% OF FENZ FUNDING COMES FROM LEVIES ON PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICIES. AVA WHITWORTH REPORTS. WHO SHOULD PAY FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND? THAT'S THE QUESTION THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW ASKING, LAUNCHING A REVIEW INTO THE LEVY THAT'S ADDED TO INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND HELPS FUND THE COUNTRY'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICE. THE INSURANCE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE ARE FAIRER WAYS TO PAY FOR IT. WE THINK IT IS A CORE CROWN SERVICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT YOU HAVE THE LIKES OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY TURN UP AGAIN. OTHER JURISDICTION, OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER STATES THAT WE SHOULD BE COMPARING OUR SELVES TO DO FUND THAT OUT OF COUNCIL FUNDING OR GOVERNMENT FUNDING. FIRE CREWS DON'T JUST RESPOND TO FIRES ANY MORE; FIRE AND EMERGENCY NOW ATTENDS EVERYTHING FROM MEDICAL EMERGENCIES TO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS, PROMPTING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER INSURANCE HOLDERS SHOULD CONTINUE CARRYING MOST OF THE COST. IF THIS CONTINUES TO SEE RISES IN INSURANCE PREMIUMS BECAUSE OF THE FENZ LEVY, WE DONT WANT PEOPLE PAYING. THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE FOR US. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE INSURANCE CONTINUES TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. DESPITE THIS REVIEW, THE CURRENT CHARGES ARE ALREADY LOCKED IN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE MINISTER SAYS OTHER COUNTRIES DO IT DIFFERENTLY, SO WE COULD TOO. THERE ARE OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT DO IT BASED ON TAXATION. FOR ME ITS A QUESTION OF WHAT IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE, AND WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY WORK TO BE EASILY IMPLEMENTED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. VAN VELDEN SAYS LOTS OF KIWIS PAY NOTHING TOWARD THE SERVICE AT ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE BUT STILL RELY ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY WHEN DISASTER STRIKES. HAVING SAID THAT LEVY ORIGINALLY IN 2024, IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME THAT IT'S NOT THE FAIREST SYSTEM. THE FIREFIGHTERS' UNION SAYS WHATEVER MODEL IS CHOSEN, THE FOCUS MUST REMAIN ON PROPERLY FUNDING FRONTLINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THE CURRENT FUNDING OR MODEL IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL THE TYPES OF RESPONSES, YOU NEED TO FIRST INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT THE CURRENT FUNDING HAS BEEN USED FOR THE CORE PURPOSES OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY. FOR NOW, THE LEVY ISN'T CHANGING, BUT THE REVIEW COULD DETERMINE WHETHER FUTURE FUNDING COMES FROM INSURANCE BILLS, TAXPAYERS, RATEPAYERS, OR STAYS EXACTLY AS IT IS. IMO'S HERE WITH A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HIGHS AND LOWS. AND THE NORTH ISLAND CLAIMED BOTH WARMEST AND COLDEST? YES ` ALMOST CAME HOME WITH ALL FOUR WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS BUT IT'LL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR THE TRIPLE. THE BUBBLING MUD WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP AWAY THE COLD TODAY. ROTORUA, OUR CHILLIEST SPOT GETTING DOWN TO 0, WARMEST IN HASTINGS, WINDIEST A COUPLE HOURS DOWN THE ROAD, THEN WETTEST ALONG THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH A LOOK AT JUNE'S TEMPERATURES SO FAR, AND YOU MIGHT JUST BE SURPRISED! STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` IRAN'S COACH HITS OUT AT FIFA OVER ITS TREATMENT AT THE TOURNAMENT AFTER THE TEAM IS TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE U.S. IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWING THEIR DRAW WITH THE ALL WHITES. POLICE PAY ACTIVIST JOHN MINTO $10,000 FOR PEPPER SPRAYING HIM AT A PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST. AND KIWI ACTOR COHEN HOLLOWAY EXPLAINS HOW IMPERSONATING MORGAN FREEMAN HAS HELPED WITH HIS RECOVERY FROM STAGE FOUR BRAIN CANCER. Where did that come from? A total mystery. VOICEOVER: Mystery damage can come out of nowhere... Good thing Tower instantly approves over 87% of online car claims. Get $100 off new comprehensive car insurance today. Ts and Cs apply. 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. POLICE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PAY VETERAN ACTIVIST JOHN MINTO $10,000 FOR PEPPER SPRAYING HIM AT A PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST IN LYTTELTTON. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY RULED HIS ARREST IN FEBRUARY 2024 FOR OBSTRUCTION HAD NO LEGAL BASIS. IT ALSO FOUND THE USE OF PEPPER SPRAY WAS EXCESSIVE AND UNJUSTIFIED, AND NOTED INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE ACCOUNT OF THE OFFICER, AND VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT. MINTO SAYS HE WILL DONATE THE MONEY TO THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK AOTEAROA. A RUSSIAN FRIGATE FIRED WARNING SHOTS AT A BRITISH YACHT IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. RUSSIA SAYS THE CIVILIAN BOAT WAS MAKING A DANGEROUS APPROACH TOWARD THE WARSHIP. THE UK ALSO CONFIRMED THE WARSHIP FIRED WARNING SHOTS FOLLOWING FAILED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE BRITISH YACHT. A RETIRED COUPLE SAILING ON THE SMALL BOAT DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT AS SCARY AND SAY CLAIMS THEIR SHIP WAS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE NAVY VESSEL WERE LIES. THE MANAGER OF IRAN'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP SQUAD HAS DESCRIBED HIS TEAM'S TREATMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THEIR 2-ALL DRAW WITH THE ALL WHITES AS 'OPPRESSIVE' AFTER THEY WERE FORCED TO FLY TO MEXICO SOON AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE. THE GAME IN LOS ANGELES WAS THE MOST POLITICALLY CHARGED OF THE TOURNAMENT SO FAR, WITH PROTESTS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE REPORTS. NO MATCH IN THIS WORLD CUP HAS BEEN MORE POLITICALLY CHARGED THAN THIS. THE IRANIAN PLAYERS ON THE PITCH IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS WAGED WAR AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE FRAGILE PEACE DEAL OF RECENT DAYS. AS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S GIANT FLAG SPREAD OUT ON THE PITCH... (CROWD JEERS) IT WAS MET BY JEERS FROM THE MANY IRANIAN-AMERICANS WHO HAVE SETTLED IN LOS ANGELES AND WHO DESPISED THE REGIME. MANY BROUGHT INTO THE STADIUM THE FLAG THAT FIFA TRIED TO BAN ` THE LION AND SUN MONARCHIST SYMBOL THAT PREDATES THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION. ATTEMPTS BY SECURITY OFFICIALS TO PUNISH THOSE WAVING IT HAD LITTLE EFFECT. WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW TO THE WORLD IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THE TERRORIST REGIME OF IRAN. CHANTS: DEMOCRACY FOR IRAN. AND IN THE SHADOW OF THE STADIUM, PROTESTERS HAD GATHERED TO EXPRESS THEIR ANGER, MANY SAYING THEY WERE HOPING THAT IRAN WOULD LOSE THE MATCH. THAT TEAM IS NOT THE TEAM OF IRANIAN NATIONAL TEAM. THIS IS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TEAM AND THEY ARE CHEERING THE BLOOD AND` THE HANDS WITH THE BLOOD OF 50,000 PEOPLE IN TWO DAYS. AND EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW THAT. SO WHO WILL YOU BE CHEERING FOR, IRAN OR NEW ZEALAND? HERE TODAY, I WANT THEM TO LOSE ` THE IRAN TEAM. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TEAM SHOULD LOSE. FOR MANY OF THESE EXILED IRANIANS, THIS WHOLE MATCH IS A DISGRACE, A PROPAGANDA WEAPON FOR THE REGIME IN TEHRAN, AND THEIR FURY IS COMPOUNDED BY THE PEACE DEAL, IF WE CAN CALL IT THAT, THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS JUST SIGNED. ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP? I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT I THINK YOU CAN'T` A DEAL WON'T LAST WITH A TERRORIST REGIME. SO YOU THINK TRUMP HAS MADE A MISTAKE TO SIGN A DEAL WITH TEHRAN? YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED IN THE PRESIDENT? YES, SIR. YES. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, NEGOTIATING WITH DEVILS. BACK IN THE STADIUM, IRAN CAME FROM BEHIND TWICE, AND THE MATCH ENDED IN A 2-2 DRAW. FIFA'S PRESIDENT TOLD THE PLAYERS AFTERWARDS THAT THEY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR PERFORMANCE, DESPITE THE CONTROVERSY SWIRLING ALL AROUND THEM. CONTINUE TO PLAY WITH YOUR HEART, FOR YOUR PEOPLE, FOR YOUR FAMILIES, FOR YOUR FRIENDS. AND YET, JUST MOMENTS AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE, IRAN'S PLAYERS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE THE U.S. AND RETURN TO THEIR MEXICAN TRAINING BASE. THE TEAM MANAGER CALLING THAT AN ACT OF OPPRESSION. (PEOPLE CLAMOUR) IRAN'S SQUAD LEFT BEHIND A STADIUM STILL SURROUNDED BY ANGRY IRANIAN PROTESTERS. THIS COLLISION OF SPORTS AND GEOPOLITICS ON VIVID DISPLAY. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE CELEBRATING THE PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN. BUT IT RESTS ON COMMITMENTS THAT IRAN HASN'T ACTUALLY MADE YET, AND MAY NEVER MAKE. THE KEY QUESTION REMAINS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME ` INCLUDING ITS URANIUM ENRICHMENT ` A KEY COMPONENT OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THE DEAL IS LIKELY TO BE JUDGED AGAINST THE 2015 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER NATIONS, AND LATER ABANDONED BY TRUMP. HERE'S LISETTE REYMER. (EXPLOSIONS BOOM) THROUGH MORE THAN 100 DAYS OF WAR THAT'S SEEN MISSILES CAUSE CHAOS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, FROM KUWAIT TO QATAR AND BEYOND, TRIGGERED AN ECONOMIC SHOCK THAT COULD PLUNGE MILLIONS INTO POVERTY AND KILL THOUSANDS. THE MAN WHO STARTED THE CONFLICT HAS HAD ONE CONDITION FOR ENDING IT. THIS TERRORIST REGIME CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. THEY CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AND HE HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT HIS DEAL WITH IRAN WILL BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S. IT'S NOT LIKE THE OBAMA DOCUMENT, WHICH WAS JUST A TERRIBLE DOCUMENT. POSTING ON TRUTH SOCIAL JUST THIS WEEKEND, TRUMP WROTE ` HE'S TALKING ABOUT A DEAL KNOWN AS THE JCPOA ` THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION ` NEGOTIATED AND SIGNED IN JULY 2015 BY IRAN WITH THE U.S., THE EU, CHINA, RUSSIA, FRANCE, THE UK AND GERMANY ` ALL THE BIG PLAYERS. THIS DEAL DEMONSTRATES THAT AMERICAN DIPLOMACY CAN BRING ABOUT REAL AND MEANINGFUL CHANGE. URANIUM IS A NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT WHEN ENRICHED, IT CAN FUEL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. FINE. IT CAN ALSO HELP DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS. NOT SO FINE. UNDER OBAMA'S DEAL, IRAN AGREED TO LIMIT ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, REDUCING ITS STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM BY 98%. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO ENRICH URANIUM, BUT AT LEVELS FAR BELOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO FUEL A NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE'RE TALKING LESS THAN 4% PURITY. AND, CRUCIALLY, INTERNATIONAL MONITORS WERE ALLOWED ACCESS TO IRAN TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE COMPLYING. IN EXCHANGE, THE U.S. AGREED TO LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, INCLUDING ON OIL, TRADE AND BANKING. EVERYONE WAS FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THAT DEAL UP UNTIL 2018, WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT TRUMP DECIDED THE DEAL WAS A DISASTER. THE FACT IS, THIS WAS A HORRIBLE, ONE-SIDED DEAL THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER, EVER BEEN MADE. HE WITHDREW THE U.S. FROM THE AGREEMENT AND IRAN FOLLOWED, SUBSEQUENTLY KICKSTARTING ITS ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM. FAST FORWARD TO JUNE 2025, AND A CONCERNED TRUMP ORDERS AN ATTACK ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES. IRAN'S KEY NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT FACILITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY OBLITERATED. BY THIS POINT, IRAN WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE URANIUM ENRICHED UP TO 60% PURITY. REMEMBER, OBAMA HAD IT CAPPED AT AROUND 4%. IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, TRUMP DECIDED WAR WAS THE ONLY ANSWER, BUT STILL, THE NUCLEAR QUESTION REMAINS UNSOLVED. AND WHILE THIS WEEK THE PRESIDENT CELEBRATED A DEAL DONE, HE DOES NOT HAVE A LONG-TERM NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT RATHER AN AGREEMENT TO HALT THE WAR FOR 60 DAYS AND NEGOTIATE THE NUCLEAR MATTER. DO THEY WANT ACCESS TO THE WORLD ECONOMY? IF SO, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE UP THE LONG TERM NUCLEAR AMBITION. IF THEY DON'T WANT ACCESS TO THE WORLD ECONOMY AND THEY DON'T GIVE UP THAT AMBITION, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO REBUILD IT FROM WHERE IT IS TODAY. SO A NEW NUCLEAR DEAL LOOKS LIKELY TO ALSO INVOLVE SANCTIONS RELIEF AND INSPECTIONS. OBAMA AMONG THE CRITICS WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS? IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT ANY AGREEMENT THAT ARISES IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT, OR A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FROM THE DEAL THAT WE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE. AS IT STANDS, TRUMP'S DEAL ONLY FIXES THE PROBLEM HIS WAR CREATED. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS REOPENING. STAY WITH US. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` NEW ACC FIGURES REVEAL HALF OF ALL INJURIES OCCUR AT HOME. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO HAPPEN. AND WE SPEAK TO KIWI ACTOR COHEN HOLLOWAY ABOUT HIS TOUGHEST JOB YET ` BATTLING BRAIN CANCER. PLUS ` AFTER LAST YEAR'S DRAMA, DAME NOELINE TAURUA IS BACK AT THE HELM OF THE SILVER FERNS, NAMING HER SQUAD FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. (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. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HAS PUT FUEL COMPANIES ON NOTICE, MAKING CLEAR THAT IT EXPECTS THE DROP IN OIL PRICES BE PASSED ON TO CUSTOMERS. AND WINSTON PETERS SAYS IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS WHO MISLED MINISTERS SHOULD BE SACKED AND PUT IN PRISON. ACC'S ANNUAL INJURY REPORT IS OUT AND REVEALS THAT INJURIES COST THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AN ESTIMATED $8.7B IN 2025. ALTOGETHER, INJURED KIWIS LOST 20.8 MILLION WORKING DAYS LAST YEAR ` THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING ABOUT 57,000 PEOPLE OUT OF WORK FOR A FULL YEAR. HALF OF ALL INJURIES HAPPENED AT HOME. GARDENS WERE THE BIGGEST HOME-INJURY LOCATION, ACCOUNTING FOR 38% OF INJURIES THERE. AND GYM AND FITNESS INJURIES CLAIMS NOW EXCEED RUGBY CLAIMS. THE REPORT SAYS THEY'VE GROWN BY AN AVERAGE OF 11% ANNUALLY OVER FIVE YEARS ` WITH THE MOST COMMON ISSUES AFFECTING BACKS, SHOULDERS, KNEES, AND NECKS. ROAD INJURIES ARE RARE BUT EXTREMELY COSTLY ` THEY MADE UP LESS THAN 2% OF INJURY CLAIMS, BUT 11% OF TOTAL COSTS ` OR 792 MILLION. AND YOUNG DRIVERS ARE HEAVILY OVERREPRESENTED IN SERIOUS ROAD HARM. DRIVERS AGED 16-24 MAKE UP ABOUT 14% OF LICENCE HOLDERS, BUT ACCOUNT FOR 38% OF SERIOUS INJURIES AND 27% OF FATALITIES ON NEW ZEALAND ROADS. EARLIER I SPOKE TO ACC MINISTER SCOTT SIMPSON, AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE $8.7B IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY TO OUR ECONOMY. IT'S AN INDICATION OF HOW WE NEED TO BE BETTER AT NOT HAVING ACCIDENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, AS A SOCIETY AND AS A NATION. IT'S A VERY BIG NUMBER, BUT ACC IS A VERY BIG ENTITY. IT'S UNIQUE IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF THE COVER IT PROVIDES NEW ZEALANDERS. IT'S NO FAULT, NO LITIGATION. AND AS I SAY, UNIQUE IN THE WORLD. SO BIG NUMBERS, BUT MORE THAN 2 MILLION CLAIMS A YEAR, AND THERE ARE ONLY FIVE AND A BIT MILLION NEW ZEALANDERS. SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE QUANTUM. WEEKLY COMPENSATION CLAIMS ARE ONLY ABOUT 6% OF INJURIES, BUT ABOUT 60% OF THE COSTS. SO HOW DO YOU GET THE BALANCE RIGHT THERE OF GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK FASTER WITHOUT CREATING THAT CULTURE WHERE INJURED PEOPLE FEEL PRESSURED OR PERHAPS UNSUPPORTED? WELL, THAT'S A VERY BIG ROLE THAT ACC TEAM MEMBERS HAVE TO PLAY ALL AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACC'S HAS DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS REINTRODUCED CASE MANAGERS FOR ACC CLIENTS, AND THAT'S ALL REALLY HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WHAT ACC REFER TO AS INDEPENDENCE. AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF ACC'S ROLE. YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR` WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DON'T HAVE THE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHEN YOU DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, GET FAIRLY COMPENSATED AND THEN REHABILITATED AND BACK TO INDEPENDENCE AND FUNCTIONALITY AS A FULL MEMBER OF SOCIETY, IF POSSIBLE, AND PREFERABLY BACK TO WORK AS WELL. MINISTER, ARE WE AN ACCIDENT PRONE NATION? THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE NEED TO STOP AND HAVE A 'HMM' MOMENT. WELL, INDEED, ONE OF THE INTERESTING STATS FROM THE REPORT IS HOW MANY OF US INJURE OURSELVES WHILE WE'RE GARDENING, FOR INSTANCE. WE ARE A NATION OF KEEN GARDENERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR GARDENS. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN IT, BUT WE ARE ACCIDENT-PRONE IN OUR GARDENS, AND WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. HAVE A HMM. IF YOU'RE CLIMBING A LADDER AND PRUNING A TREE OR SOMETHING, JUST HAVE A THINK ABOUT IT. BE CAREFUL. BE CAREFUL WITH SECATEURS. BE CAREFUL WITH POWER TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE GARDEN, BUT ALSO BE CAREFUL IN THE GYMNASIUM. THE REPORT INDICATES THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING INJURED WHILE THEY'RE AT THE GYM, AND IN FACT, GYM ACCIDENTS HAVE OVERTAKEN RUGBY ACCIDENTS, AND PROBABLY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED A FEW YEARS AGO. YEAH. AS YOU MENTIONED, MOST CLAIMS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING AT WORK OR ON THE RUGBY FIELD. THEY'RE HAPPENING AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY. DOES ACC PERHAPS NEED TO SHIFT MORE PREVENTION FUNDING INTO LOOKING AT FALLS, LOOKING AT OLDER PEOPLE AND MESSAGING AROUND THAT BASIC HOME SAFETY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE? ONE OF THE STATISTICS IN THE REPORT RELATES, AS YOU SAY, TO OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FALLS. SO BIG NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE 65+ AGE GROUP WHO FIND THAT GRAVITY IS COMPLETELY UNFORGIVING. AND SO FALLS ARE TOO COMMON IN THE HOME AMONGST OLDER NEW ZEALANDERS. SO YES, WORK BEING DONE TO PREVENT THOSE MORE WORK BEING DONE IN TERMS OF ADVISING PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM EDUCATION ABOUT BUILDING MUSCLE CAPACITY, BALANCE CAPACITY AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. SO THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WE COULD DO. OK. WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, ACC MINISTER SCOTT SIMPSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TENA KOE. THANK YOU. AWARD-WINNING KIWI ACTOR AND COMEDIAN COHEN HOLLOWAY HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES FOR DECADES. BUT MORE RECENTLY, HE'S BEEN THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HIS OWN REAL LIFE, FAR MORE PERSONAL DRAMA. KATE RODGER WITH HIS INSPIRATIONAL STORY. THIS ENTERTAINMENT NEWS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HAYU, NOW WITH ALL YOUR FAVOURITE REALITY TV, PLUS ICONIC SHOWS AND BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES. HAYU. IT'S A BIT EXTRA. COHEN HOLLOWAY'S CLASSIC COLLECTION OF ON SCREEN KIWI CHARACTERS, ARE HALL OF FAMERS. CAN YOU STOP CALLING ME DAD? A STAPLE OF TAIKA WAITITI'S BELOVED STORIES ` BOY, EAGLE VERSUS SHARK, AND, OF COURSE, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE. THE PERVERT. (CLAMOURING) THIS WAS A ROLE THAT MADE GOING TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET WITH HIS KIDS JUST A LITTLE BIT SPICIER. THIS LADY GOES, 'I'M SURE IT'S HIM.' AND MY SONS WERE LIKE, 'WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?' AND SHE GOES, 'IT'S THE PERVERT GUY. 'IT'S THE PERVERT GUY THERE.' IN THE SUPERMARKET. AND THEN MY 3-YEAR-OLD GOES, 'WHAT'S A PERVERT, DAD?' HOLLOWAY MORE RECENTLY CHARMED US ON THE SMALL SCREEN AND RATHER MURDEROUSLY AS THE CHRISTCHURCH CARVER. I LIKE WOMEN. HEY, MUM, GOT YOU THIS. OH. I MEAN, I PLAYED A SERIAL KILLER IN DARK CITY IN CHRISTCHURCH. THAT I DIDN'T PICK ANY SKILLS UP THERE, BUT I DID LEARN HOW TO LEGITIMATELY PICK A LOCK BECAUSE THE CLOSE UPS, YOU HAVE TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT WITH THE TWO LITTLE, UM, PICK LOCK THINGS. FROM PICKING LOCKS TO BREAKING HEARTS OPPOSITE THE LATE MARSHALL NAPIER IN THIS GORGEOUS GEM OF A FILM THAT IS 'BELLBIRD.' I KNOW YOU MISS MUM. I MISS HER EVERY DAY TOO. IF WE MISS HER TOGETHER, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN DOING IT BY OURSELVES. FROM ON SET TO OFF, HOLLOWAY BECAME A LIFELONG FRIEND WITH HIS CO-STAR AND HIS ON-SCREEN DAD. AND MARSHALL NAPIER, WHO PLAYED MY DAD, HE PASSED AWAY FROM A BRAIN TUMOUR. A FEW YEARS LATER, HOLLOWAY WENT INTO HOSPITAL WITH A SHOCKING MIGRAINE. HE WOKE UP TO THE NEWS NOBODY EVER WANTS TO HEAR ` HE HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR. I WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND MY ONCOLOGIST SAID 'WE'LL NEED TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN AN HOUR.' I WASN'T ABLE TO WALK AND I WAS BLIND IN ONE EYE. AND SHE GOES, 'YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.' THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. IN AUGUST THE 20TH, IT'LL BE THREE YEARS COMING UP. SO I'M THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER FOR GLIOBLASTOMA STAGE FOUR. SO, THIS COHEN HOLLOWAY ` HE'S A MEDICAL MIRACLE. I AM, KATE, I HAVE FRIENDS I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A WHILE. AND THEY GET BLOWN AWAY. THEY GO 'YOU DON'T HAVE A TUMOUR. 'YOU'RE JUST` YOU'RE JUST WANTING THE PUBLICITY.' AND I GO, 'I DO. HERE'S THE PHOTOS OF, YOU KNOW, MY BRAIN.' CANCER INSIDE YOUR BRAIN LOOKS LIKE, UM... IT'S WHITE. AND IT WAS` IT LOOKED LIKE A MAP OF AUSTRALIA, AROUND 60% OF MY BRAIN. AND I WAS JUST LIKE, 'OH, GOODNESS ME.' NOW IT'S LIKE THE SIZE OF STEWART ISLAND. HIS FAMILY ` THEY'VE BEEN BESIDE HIM EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY. AND OF COURSE, IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY. I NEVER GOT SAD. IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, LIKE MY MUM AND DAD AND MY BROTHER, UM, KELLY, MY KIDS GOT REALLY SAD, AND THEY'D DO ALL THE CRYING AND YOU'RE SO OVERWHELMED YOU END UP BECOMING LIKE, SUPER DAD, COMFORTING EVERYONE ELSE. BUT I NEVER GOT DOWN. I DIDN'T CONTEMPLATE DYING. HIS ACTING WHANAU ` THEY WERE ALSO BY HIS SIDE. SAM NEILL WAS REALLY HELPFUL, BECAUSE HE WENT THROUGH HIS CANCER SCARE. HE TALKED ME THROUGH LINKING UP TO HIS ONCOLOGIST IN SYDNEY AND HIS ONCOLOGIST BASICALLY SAID TO ME THROUGH A ZOOM THAT, UM... HE HAD NOTHING EXTRA TO GIVE ME. HE SAID, LIKE, 'YOU'RE DEFYING THE ODDS. JUST KEEP AT IT.' I HAD A STROKE REHABILITATOR. AND SHE SAID TO ME A GOOD WAY TO LEARN TO TALK AGAIN WOULD BE, UM, MAYBE IMPERSONATION, SOMETHING REALLY DIFFICULT. AND I SAID, 'GREAT.' I WAS LIKE, 'GRRR.' COULDN'T TALK PROPERLY. AND I SAID, 'PICK ONE.' SHE GOES, 'HOW ABOUT MORGAN FREEMAN? MAKE IT TOUGH.' AND SO I WENT THROUGH SIX MONTHS IN MY HOUSE TRYING TO COME UP WITH MORGAN FREEMAN. ONE DAY I WOKE UP AND I WAS LIKE, AS MORGAN FREEMAN: HELLO, I'M MORGAN FREEMAN. (GASPS) OH, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT I COULDN'T DO MORGAN FREEMAN, BUT I CAN. SO SUDDENLY MY ANSWERING PHONE WAS AS MORGAN FREEMAN: 'HELLO. 'I KNOW YOU PROBABLY TRIED TO REACH COHEN HOLLOWAY, 'BUT HE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW. 'SO YOU GET BUSY LIVING OR YOU GET BUSY REDIALLING.' NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS KIWI LEGEND, HE GOT BUSY LIVING. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. ALL THE BEST TO COHEN AND HIS FAMILY. OLLIE'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND DAME NOELINE TAURUA IS BACK? SHE CERTAINLY IS. THAT FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. SHE WAS REINSTATED LAST YEAR BUT DIDN'T OVERSEE THE TOIL WITH THE SILVER ferns. THIS IS NO HER FIRST CHANCE TO GET HANDS ON A SCORE. IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG TEST FOR THAT TEAM GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT SHE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE SILVER FERNS SQUAD NAMING NEXT. PLUS, THE WHITE FERNS CRUMBLE AGAIN, PUTTING THEM IN DANGER OF NOT MAKING IT OUT OF THEIR GROUP AT THE T20 WORLD CUP. AND LIONEL MESSI MARKS HIS ARRIVAL AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP IN STYLE. VOICEOVER: Every day Spark stops millions of online threats from reaching their customers. Click my link. Click my link. (WOLF HOWLING) Click my link. Click my link. (SCREAMS) Join the network working hard to keep you safe. (DYNAMIC ROCK MUSIC) TAKE TO THE WATER WITH SUZUKI ULTIMATE OUTBOARDS AND THREENEWS SPORT. DAME NOELINE TAURUA IS CONFIDENT THE SILVER FERNS WILL HAVE THE RIGHT SYSTEMS AND CULTURE IN PLACE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. TODAY MARKED TAURUA'S FIRST SQUAD NAMING SINCE BEING REINSTATED AS SILVER FERNS COACH LATE LAST YEAR. AND AFTER A TURBULENT NINE MONTHS, THE WORLD CUP WINNING COACH IS RARING TO GO AGAIN. AFTER NEARLY A YEAR IN THE SILVER FERNS WILDERNESS, IT'S FAIR TO SAY DAME NOELINE TAURUA IS READY TO BE BACK. I CAN'T WAIT, MAN. THAT FIRST TRAINING'S GOING TO BE A BOOMER. TAURUA'S BEEN SIDE-LINED WHILE A REVIEW AND HER COACHING STYLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT SHE OVERSAW WAS CARRIED OUT LATE LAST YEAR. SHE WAS ULTIMATELY REINSTATED AS SILVER FERNS COACH, AND HER FIRST ASSIGNMENT BACK WILL BE NEXT MONTH'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES. THIS HAS BEEN A MILESTONE ACTUALLY FOR US TO NAME THIS TEAM. GETTING BACK ON THE GROUND, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN SOME OF THE CLUBS AS WELL, TO BE A PART OF THEIR TRAINING. SO IT'S NOT FOREIGN TO ME, AND IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE I MUST ADMIT. TAURUA RETURNS TO THE HELM OF A TEAM WHO FOUND THEIR FEET AGAIN LAST YEAR. THEY ONLY LOST THREE GAMES UNDER INTERIM COACH YVETTE McCAUSLAND-DURIE. AND WITH SEVERAL PLAYERS PLAYING IN AUSTRALIA'S DOMESTIC COMPETITION, TAURUA EXPECTS THAT EXPERIENCE TO HOLD THEM IN GOOD STEAD. THEY'VE GOT THAT EXPERIENCE. THEY'VE BEEN IN A FULL-TIME PROGRAMME AND PLAYING AGAINST WORLD CLASS ATHLETES THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME UP AGAINST IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES. SO IT'S BEEN VERY VALUABLE FOR THEM. THE SILVER FERNS HAVE A PROUD HISTORY AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES, AND NETBALL WILL BE THE ONLY TEAM SPORT TO FEATURE AT THIS YEAR'S SLIMMED-DOWN EVENT. THE PLAYERS ARE READY TO ADD TO THE FERNS' LEGACY AT THE GAMES. NOELS ` THERE'S A MOTTO SHE USES. 'IT'S BIGGER THAN US.' IT IS FAR BIGGER THAN US. MILA RUELU-BUCHANAN FEELS THAT MORE THAN MOST. A TORN ACL A FEW YEARS AGO HAD THE MIDCOURTER LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN, BUT HER TIME AWAY FROM THE GAME GAVE HER A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR IT. I THINK IT ALLOWED ME TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M NOT JUST` NETBALL'S NOT MY WHOLE IDENTITY AND I'M MORE THAN JUST NETBALL. THE SILVER FERNS HAD TO SETTLE FOR BRONZE FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAVEN'T WON GOLD SINCE DELHI IN 2010, BUT NOW SHE'S BACK IN CHARGE, TAURUA IS READY FOR THE CHALLENGE. GIVEN, AGAIN, THE LAST NINE MONTHS, DO YOU FEEL ANY EXTRA WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION TO PRODUCE A RESULT AT THESE GAMES? YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH THE SILVER FERNS, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT EXPECTATION. A CHANCE FOR DAME NOELINE TAURUA TO ONCE AGAIN LET HER COACHING DO THE TALKING. LEROY CARTER WILL MAKE HIS RETURN TO THE CHIEFS' STARTING LINE-UP FOR SATURDAY'S SUPER RUGBY FINAL. CARTER MADE A SUCCESSFUL RETURN FROM INJURY IN LAST WEEK'S SEMI-FINAL DEMOLITION OF THE CRUSADERS. THE HURRICANES HAVE NAMED A SETTLED LINE-UP WITH DEVAN FLANDERS RETURNING FROM CONCUSSION FOR HIS FINAL GAME FOR THE CLUB. IT WAS A STAR-STUDDED WEDNESDAY AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP, HEADLINED BY A LIONEL MESSI HAT-TRICK. ARGENTINA CLAIMED A 3-0 WIN AGAINST ALGERIA, WITH MESSI SCORING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. IN A RECORD-BREAKING SIXTH WORLD CUP APPEARANCE, IT WAS THE 38-YEAR-OLD'S FIRST HAT-TRICK. MESSI! HE TRANSCENDS TIME, GUIDED HOME. THAT IS TWO! MESSI! HIS FIRST WORLD CUP HAT-TRICK. EARLIER IN THE DAY, MBAPPE FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET TWICE FOR FRANCE IN THEIR 3-1 WIN AGAINST SENEGAL. AS DID ERLING HAALAND FOR NORWAY IN THEIR 4-1 WIN AGAINST IRAQ. AND TO FINISH OFF THE DAY'S PLAY, AUSTRIA BEAT JODRAN 3-1. THE WHITE FERNS ARE IN DANGER OF LETTING THEIR WORLD CUP TITLE DEFENCE SLIP THROUGH THEIR FINGERS. SRI LANKA WERE GIFTED A FIVE-WICKET WIN OVERNIGHT, WITH THE WHITE FERNS CURRENT WORLD CUP RECORD STANDING AT TWO LOSSES, IN TWO GAMES, AS A RESULT OF TWO SLOPPY PERFORMANCES IN THE FIELD. HERE'S MITCH REDMAN. WITH TWO BALLS REMAINING, SRI LANKA ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE, SMACKING SOPHIE DEVINE BEHIND SQUARE TO CLAIM WHAT COULD BE A TOURNAMENT DEFINING LOSS FOR THE WHITE FERNS. AND THAT IS IT. SRI LANKA HAVE PULLED OFF A VERY FAMOUS VICTORY. AND JUST SEE WHAT IT MEANS. NEW ZEALAND NOW, THEY'RE IN DEEP, DEEP TROUBLE. THE WEST INDIES GAME AND TODAY'S GAME, IF WE TAKE OUR CHANCES, WE PROBABLY WIN BOTH GAMES BY ABOUT 50 RUNS. NEW ZEALAND LAY A DECENT FOUNDATION WITH THE BAT. MELIE KERR AND SOPHIE DEVINE SCORING 45 EACH, SETTING A TARGET OF 151 TO WIN FOR SRI LANKA. I THOUGHT 150 WAS ENOUGH. BUT IT WASN'T, WITH THE WHITE FERNS ONCE AGAIN BUTCHERING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD. AFTER SIX DROPPED CATCHES AGAINST THE WEST INDIES, THERE WERE THREE MORE TODAY. STARTING WITH CHAMARI ATHAPATHTHU, WHO COULD'VE BEEN DISMISSED FOR SIX, BUT WENT ON TO SCORE 27. THE FIRST ONE THAT'S GONE IN THE AIR HAS BEEN PUT DOWN. AND NILAKSHIKA WAS DROPPED ON 1, GOING ON TO TOP SCORE WITH 54 NOT OUT. SOMEONE'S GOT TO GET THIS SURELY. OH NO, NO, NO! THE WHITE FERNS FIELDING WOES TOO MUCH FOR IAN SMITH. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, I'M SORRY. KATY, IT'S UP TO YOU, I'M OUT OF HERE. WE WORK HARD ON IT. AND THERE'S NO REAL EXCUSE FOR THE REASON BEHIND IT. NO ONE MEANS TO DROP THEM, BUT WE'VE DROPPED A LOT. PEOPLE SAY CATCHES WIN MATCHES, AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THAT THE LAST TWO GAMES. THE WHITE FERNS PUTTING THEIR WORLD CUP DEFENCE IN THE MOST PRECARIOUS OF POSITIONS. THEY MUST WIN THEIR FINAL THREE POOL GAMES TO REMAIN IN THE PICTURE. AND EVEN THEN, A SEMI-FINALS BERTH IS NO GUARANTEE, WITH A TOP FOUR FINISH ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON OTHER TEAMS' RESULTS. HENRY NICHOLLS HAS BEEN TASKED WITH FILLING THE KANE WILLIAMSON-SIZED HOLE IN THE BLACKCAPS TEST SQUAD. NICHOLLS HAS BEEN RECALLED TO THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM, DESPITE ONLY PLAYING TWO TESTS IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. HE WILL BAT AT NUMBER THREE TONIGHT WHEN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND BEGINS AFTER AVERAGING 96.66 IN PLUNKET SHIELD LAST SEASON. A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO COME BACK TO THE SIDE. AND THE ROLE THAT HE'S BEEN DOING FOR CANTERBURY BACK HOME. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BACK. BACK HOME, NEW ZEALAND CRICKET HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR CENTRAL PLAYING CONTRACTS FOR THE 2026, 2027 SEASON. DEVON CONWAY RETURNS FROM A TWO-YEAR CASUAL CONTRACT, WHILE BLAIR TICKNER'S ALSO MADE THE CUT AFTER STRONG DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FORM. THAT SECOND TEST UNDERWAY TONIGHT. WORTH STAYING UP FOR. LOTS OF SPORT TO STAY UP FOR. BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS CONFIRMED PRINCE GEORGE WILL FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND ATTEND ETON COLLEGE WHEN THE SCHOOL TERM BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER. SPECULATION HAS RAGED FOR MONTHS ABOUT WHERE THE 12-YEAR-OLD WOULD CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION. SOME OBSERVERS PREDICTED HE WOULD CHOOSE MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE ` THE SCHOOL HIS MOTHER, KATE WENT TO. ETON PRIDES ITSELF ON EDUCATING BRITAIN'S FUTURE LEADERS, INCLUDING FORMER PRIME MINISTERS DAVID CAMERON AND BORIS JOHNSON. SCHOOL FEES ARE NZ$145,000 A YEAR. YIKES. IMO'S BACK NOW. AND YOU SAID WE MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY JUNE'S TEMPERATURES SO FAR. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? SAM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM START TO WINTER. ACCORDING TO NIWA'S WEATHER STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN 150 LOCATIONS ARE ON TRACK FOR THEIR WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. HERE'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR MAIN CENTRES ` IT'S BEEN ROUGHLY 2 DEGREES WARMER IN AUCKLAND, 3 FOR WELLINGTON, AND FOR CHRISTCHURCH, NEARLY 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN USUAL. HOW IS TOMORROW LOOKING? I'LL TELL YOU NEXT. WELCOME BACK. HAPPY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AND IT WAS A PRETTY HAPPY WEDNESDAY WEATHER WISE AS THAT FRONT'S PUSHED THROUGH PRETTY PROMPTLY, ALLOWING FOR THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO NUDGE IN, WHICH MEANS THERE'S A GOOD SERVING OF DRY, SUNNY THURSDAY STUFF FOR US TO TALK ABOUT, WITH SOU'WESTERLY WINDS FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FROSTY START FOR SOME IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ` NOTHING THAT YOU'RE NOT ALREADY USED TO THOUGH. AND THEN APART FROM ON-AND-OFF SHOWERS RIGHT DOWN THE BOTTOM, IT IS LOOKING MOSTLY DRY. STILL GOT A BIT OF THE WET STUFF TO WORK THROUGH ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND I'M AFRAID, ESPECIALLY OUT WEST, BUT STILL SOME GOOD SERVINGS OF SUNSHINE IN THE MIX. IT'LL BE A MOSTLY CLOUDY, SHOWERY PICTURE ALL DAY ACROSS THE TOP. SHOULD CLEAR IN NORTHLAND AFTER LUNCH. SOU'WESTERS AND SIMILAR TEMPERATURES TO TODAY. A CLOUDY OR FOGGY START DOWN AND AROUND THIS WAY, BUT IT SHOULD LIFT TO A PRETTY DECENT BUT COOL DAY. COULD BE SOME AFTERNOON SPRINKLES FOR ROTORUA AND TOKOROA. A FINE LOOKING THURSDAY SHAPING UP ALONG THE EAST COAST. GISBORNE, YOUR CLOUD'LL CLEAR, BUT IT'LL THEN CROP UP IN THE AFTERNOON DOWN THE BOTTOM ` WEST AND SOU'WESTERS. AND THERE'LL BE THE ODD SHOWER FOR ALL NORTH OF KAPITI, SO EXPECT PLENTY OF CLOUD THERE, BUT IT IS LOOKING FAR BETTER, OR AT LEAST DRY, DOWN THE BOTTOM. NELSON, YOU ARE IN FOR A CRACKER, BUT THERE'LL STILL BE A FEW SHOWERS CLINGING TO THE COAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SHOULD CLEAR UP A BIT FOR THE BOTTOM TWO THOUGH. THIS IS A VERY FINE LOOKING THURSDAY, ISN'T IT? THOSE ZEROS MEAN FROSTS TO START, BUT THEN THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. YOU'LL JUST NEED A JACKET TO ENJOY IT. A GOOD SERVING OF MORNING FROSTS DOWN HERE AS WELL. THEN IT'LL BE FINE UP TOP, BUT WET ALL DAY DOWN THE BOTTOM ` HITTING DUNEDIN IN THE EVENING. BEFORE THEN THOUGH, DUNEDIN, ENJOY YOUR LOVELY, FROSTY TO START THURSDAY, BECAUSE LATER ON. THE CLOUD ROLLS IN AND THE SHOWERS'LL START. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'RE IN FOR THE FINE AND FROSTY STUFF ALL DAY. LIGHT WINDS AND A COOL, COOL 11-DEGREE HIGH. PLENTY OF FINE THURSDAY STUFF FOR WELLINGTON TOO. MORNING NOR'WESTERS TURN SOUTHERLY AFTER LUNCH. 14 FOR YOU. HAWKE'S BAY, MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD FOR YOU, BUT WEDGED IN THE MIDDLE ARE SOME LOVELY SUNNY SPELLS, AFTERNOON SOU'WESTERS. CLOUD WILL BE CLOUDIEST IN THE MORNING TAURANGA, SO CLEARING A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON. SOU'WESTERS THEN FOR YOU TOO. HAMILTON, PATCHY FOG ONLY LIFTS TO REVEAL AN OVERCAST, SHOWERY DAY. AFTERNOON SOU'WESTERS AND 14 WILL BE YOUR HIGH. MORE OF THE OVERCAST, ISOLATED SHOWERY STUFF FOR AUCKLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. SOU'WESTERS HERE TOO, AND A HIGH OF 16. THURSDAY IS LOOKING VERY WET ACROSS VIC, AND TASSIE, AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THE BOTTOM OF AUSTRALIA, TRACKING EAST. AND IT'LL BE NEW CALEDONIA'S TURN FOR SUNSHINE, WITH SHOWERS FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE PACIFIC. NOW WE DO HAVE ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVING FRIDAY, COMING AT US FROM THE WEST SO THERE'LL BE MODERATE, POSSIBLY EVEN UP TO HEAVY RAIN HITTING THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND IT'S GOING TO SPEND THE WEEKEND TRACKING NORTH BUT WEAKENING AS IT GOES. IT'S LOOKING LIKE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET WINDY IN THE COMING DAYS ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT THAT NOR'WESTERLY FLOW SETTLING IN TO END THE WEEK, SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO A FEW THINGS TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SENT IN A SUNRISE PIC TODAY. IT WAS HARD CHOOSING THEM! WE'VE GOT SNAPS FROM BLENHEIM, WELLINGTON, AND LOWER HUTT. THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026