NATIONAL'S KIWISAVER POLICY ` IT'D BE MANDATORY FOR ALL WORKERS, AND THE COMBINED CONTRIBUTION RATES WOULD LIFT TO 12%. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE ISRAELI STRIKES IN LEBANON SINCE YESTERDAY'S CEASEFIRE. IRAN SAYS IT'S CLOSED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN RESPONSE. THE GREENS REVEAL THEIR PLAN FOR A WEALTH TAX ` 45% FOR ANYONE EARNING OVER $160,000. AND THE CANES BLOW AWAY THE CHIEFS WITH WHAT MANY ARE CALLING THE BEST SUPER RUGBY GRAND FINAL PERFORMANCE EVER. CAPTIONS BY KATE PERCIVAL AND JOHNATHAN CHUI. 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. NATIONAL HAS LAUNCHED INTO ITS ELECTION CAMPAIGN WITH A BIG KIWISAVER POLICY TARGETING THE YOUNG, THE OLD, YOUNG FAMILIES AND, WELL, EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. IT'D GIVE EVERY NEWBORN A BOOST OF $1500 DEPOSITED INTO A GROWTH FUND, PAY FOR KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MUMS ON MATERNITY LEAVE, REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO KEEP PAYING-IN FOR WORKERS OVER 65, AND MAKE THE WHOLE SCHEME COMPULSORY. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH. ENTERING THE CAMPAIGN RING FOR ROUND TWO... THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER LUXON. (APPLAUSE) ...IN THE BLUE CORNER, CHRISTOPHER LUXON, ALL SMILES AND THUMBS AS HE MADE HIS CASE TO KIWIS TO GIVE HIM THE PM TITLE ONE MORE TIME. WE NEED THREE MORE YEARS OF NATIONAL. AT THE PARTY'S 90TH AGM, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, NATIONAL PLEDGING TO GIVE $1500 TO EVERY BABY TO KICK-START THEIR KIWISAVER. (APPLAUSE) YUP. A $1500 KICK-START INVESTED IN A GROWTH FUND FROM DAY ONE. IT WAS PART OF A SUITE OF KIWISAVER POLICIES THAT WOULD ALSO SEE EVERYONE ON PAID PARENTAL LEAVE RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS, NO MATTER IF THEY KEEP UP PAYMENTS THEMSELVES OR NOT. SO THAT TAKING TIME TO CARE FOR A NEW BABY DOESN'T COME AT THE COST OF YOUR RETIREMENT. (APPLAUSE) BOTH OF THE MAJOR PARTIES HAVE THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED POLICIES THAT HEAVILY TARGET THE YOUNG FAMILY VOTE. THAT IS CLEARLY WHERE THEY THINK THIS ELECTION COULD BE WON OR LOST. THE NATIONAL PARTY CAN'T BE TRUSTED ON KIWISAVER. THEY CUT KIWISAVER EVERY TIME THEY TOUCH IT. THEY CUT IT AGAIN IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. NATIONAL ALSO ANNOUNCED IT WOULD REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO PAY KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORKERS OVER 65. AND IN A BIG DIVERSION FROM PAST POLICY, THE PARTY WILL MAKE THE SCHEME COMPULSORY FOR EVERY NEW ZEALANDER. NOW IS THE TIME FOR A LAST BIG PUSH TO GET THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY ENROLLED, CONTRIBUTING AND BUILDING FOR THEIR OWN FINANCIAL FUTURE. BOY, HAVE WE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 1975... IT WASN'T EVEN A VERY FUNNY JOKE. ...WHEN THIS WAS THE NATIONAL PARTY'S TAKE ON A COMPULSORY 4% SUPERANNUATION SCHEME. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED, DONT YOU? AND IF IT ALL SOUNDS A BIT TOO FAMILIAR IN THE YEAR 2026, THAT'S BECAUSE NEW ZEALAND FIRST ANNOUNCED A THOUSAND DOLLAR KIWISAVER BONUS FOR BABIES ALREADY. WINSTON PETERS TOLD THREE NEWS, 'IT MUST BE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSING TO FIRST CRITICISE NZ FIRST, THEN HAVE TO COPY OUR POLICIES.' AND CRITICISE HIM THEY DID ` FROM HIS POLICIES... IT IS JUST NOT SERIOUS TO SPEND $30B BUYING A BANK WHEN WE ALREADY OWN ONE, YOU KNOW? ...TO HIS TRUSTWORTHINESS... WE'VE SEEN A NEW ZEALAND FIRST PARTY IN THE PAST OPT TO GO WITH LABOUR, OPT TO GO WITH NATIONAL. UM, YOU JUST DON'T QUITE KNOW FOR SURE. NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN CHAIR LIKENING THE COALITION PARTNERS TO SQUABBLING SIBLINGS. ONE WANTS THE HEATER ON, THE OTHER THROWS THE WINDOW OPEN. ONE WANTS THE RUGBY ON, THE OTHER WANTS FOOTBALL. YOU KNOW WHO THOSE TWO KIDS ARE. (LAUGHTER) WITH MUM AND DAD IN THE MIDDLE FINDING THE TIME AND ALL THE NOISE TO GET ON AND GET THE JOB DONE. I WAS SURPRISED BY THAT FROM SIMEON. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY ROOM FOR THE PARTIES BICKERING. NATIONAL'S MESSAGE THIS CAMPAIGN... WHEN IT COMES TO COALITIONS, SHARING ISN'T CARING. ...THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE COALITION FROM HERE ON OUT. THE IRANIAN MILITARY SAYS IT HAS CLOSED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THE U.S HAS DISPUTED THE CLAIM. IRAN SAID DEADLY ISRAELI STRIKES IN LEBANON, WHICH CONTINUED EVEN AFTER YESTERDAY'S CEASEFIRE DEAL WITH HEZBOLLAH, WERE A BREACH OF TEHRAN'S AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S TO END THE WAR. AND THERE ARE MOUNTING FEARS THE FRACTURED CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON WILL THREATEN THE WIDER PEACE DEAL. THE IRANIAN DELEGATION HAS LANDED IN SWITZERLAND, AND THE US. DELEGATION IS EN ROUTE. A RETURN TO THE TABLE TO SAVE A PEACE DEAL THAT IS BEING BOMBED TO BITS IN LEBANON. JUST HOURS AFTER A CEASEFIRE WAS AGREED BETWEEN ISRAEL JUST HOURS AFTER A CEASEFIRE WAS AGREED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH YESTERDAY, ISRAEL UNLEASHED ON SOUTHERN LEBANON, WITH ONE STRIKE REPORTEDLY KILLING SEVEN AND INJURING 13 IN THE SIDON DISTRICT IN WHAT ISRAEL SAID WAS A RESPONSE TO HEZBOLLAH FIRING 50 PROJECTILES THEIR WAY. THE STRIKES TRIGGERED TEHRAN'S OWN RETALIATION, ACCUSING AMERICA OF FAILING TO REIN ISRAEL IN. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE HONOURED OUR COMMITMENTS. THE OTHER SIDE WAS OBLIGATED TO COMPEL ITS ALLIES, SPECIFICALLY THE ZIONIST REGIME, TO HALT ITS ATTACKS IN LEBANON. THEY HAVE FAILED TO FULFIL THEIR OBLIGATIONS. STRANDED SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HAD BARELY RESTARTED THEIR ENGINES WHEN THEY LEARNED IRAN WAS SHUTTING THE SHIPPING LANE AGAIN; IRANIAN TELEVISION BLARING NEWS OF THE CLOSURE. THE U.S VICE PRESIDENT, APPEARING ON AMERICAN TELEVISION AT THE TIME, WAS QUICK TO REJECT THE REPORTS. WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE IRANIANS ARE STILL CLOSING DOWN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THERE. IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO CLEAR THOSE MINES, THOUGH. BUT THE PRESSURE IS ON TO GET THE INCREASINGLY FRAGILE DEAL DONE. DONALD TRUMP TODAY THREATENING TO IMPOSE A U.S TOLL ON THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IF THE DETAILS AREN'T FINALISED SOON, CLAIMING THE FEES WOULD BE FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS 'THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST' ` THE SAME GUARDIAN ANGEL THAT STARTED THIS WAR. THE GREENS HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR ELECTION YEAR TAX PACKAGE, SAYING 'THE BIG RIP-OFF ENDS HERE.' THEY SAY 96% OF KIWIS WOULD GET A TAX CUT OF BETWEEN $4 AND $27 A WEEK. HIGHER EARNERS WOULD PAY MORE, WITH A NEW 45% RATE ABOVE $160,000. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A 2.5% ANNUAL WEALTH TAX ON NET ASSETS OVER $10M, EXCLUDING THE FAMILY HOME. INHERITED WEALTH, LANDLORDS, BIG BANKS, BIG TECH AND LARGE COMPANIES WOULD ALSO FACE NEW OR HIGHER TAXES. THE GREENS SAY IT WOULD RAISE OVER $5B A YEAR. REBECCA WRIGHT SAT DOWN WITH CO-LEADER CHLOE SWARBRICK. A SINGLE PARENT IN AUCKLAND EARNING $160,000 COULD FACE THAT NEW 45% TOP TAX RATE, AND THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING HIGH MORTGAGE, THEY'RE PAYING CHILD CARE, THEY MAY BE PAYING TOWARDS DISABILITY AND TRANSPORT COSTS. WHY IS 160,000 TREATED AS RICH REGARDLESS OF THOSE HOUSEHOLD CIRCUMSTANCES? WELL, I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS ABOUT REBALANCING THE INCOME TAX SYSTEM. SO ULTIMATELY, AS WE'VE JUST OUTLINED, THIS IS A FORM OF TAX RELIEF OR A TAX CUT FOR 96% OF NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT THESE TAX CHANGES ALSO UNLOCK THE RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR US TO INVEST IN THOSE BASIC THINGS ` THE LIKES OF CHILDCARE, THE LIKES OF TRANSPORT, THE LIKES OF PUBLIC HOUSING, WHICH THEN BRING DOWN THE COST OF HOUSING FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO THIS STUFF IS NOT TO BE TAKEN IN ISOLATION. IS IT TOO LOW THOUGH, AT 160,000 FOR HOUSEHOLDS? I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE, ULTIMATELY. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THE TOP 4% OF INCOME EARNERS. AND I TOTALLY TAKE ON BOARD THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE WILL HAVE VERY STRONG VIEWS ABOUT THAT, AND THAT'S THE POINT OF DEMOCRACY. I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE. THE GREENS WILL PAY FOR THESE EFFECTIVE TAX CUTS BY TAXING THE RICH AND LARGE MULTINATIONALS AND COMPANIES. THAT IS THE LARGEST REVENUE STREAM IN THIS POLICY. SUPER-HIGH-VALUE PROPERTY LIKE ARTWORKS MORE THAN $50,000 WILL BE VALUED AND INCLUDED BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE INSURED FOR; WHAT ABOUT JEWELLERY, WINE COLLECTIONS? CARS? DO YOU BASICALLY WANT TO TAX EVERYTHING THAT THE SUPER-WEALTHY OWN OVER $50,000? OVER 50,000. I MEAN, LOOK, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT INCREDIBLY WEALTHY PEOPLE IS THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WORTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE INSURED THOSE VERY GOODS. SO YES, IT DOES COME WITHIN THE REALM OF WHAT ENDS UP BEING TAXABLE. AND YOU WANT TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR? YEAH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN WORKED UPON BY THE IRD. YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN 2022 OR 2023, GRANT ROBERTSON ACTUALLY DID SOME WORK ON POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING A WEALTH TAX AT THIS THRESHOLD OF ABOVE $10M, AND THE IRD SAID IT WAS ENTIRELY FEASIBLE. THERE IS A RISK HERE, THOUGH, ISN'T THERE, FOR THIS POLICY, BECAUSE THE INCOME TAX COST AROUND $2.35B IN THE 2027-28 YEAR. SO THE PACKAGE DEPENDS HEAVILY ON SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTING THAT REVENUE FROM THAT WEALTH TAX, AND THAT'S COLLECTING IT FROM A SMALL, COMPLEX GROUP OF TAXPAYERS. HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THAT MONEY WILL ARRIVE, AND IT'LL ARRIVE BY 2027-2028? LOOK, THIS IS BASED ON WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY TREASURY AND IRD; IT'S MODELLING FROM THE LIKES OF STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND, WE TAKE SOME DATA FROM MBIE, AND ALL OF OUR FIGURES HAVE BEEN CHECKED BY INFOMETRICS INDEPENDENTLY. SO I'M CONFIDENT IN THESE FIGURES. BUT ALSO I MAKE THE POINT` BUT IN BRINGING THAT MONEY IN AND ACTUALLY GETTING THAT, IMPLEMENTING A WEALTH TAX, BUILDING A SYSTEM, THE IRD BEING ABLE TO ADMINISTER IT, AND THEN GETTING THAT MONEY IN WITHIN A YEAR IS TIGHT. SURE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. A 28-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN EAST AUCKLAND FOR A SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A MAN KNOWN TO HIM. POLICE CORDONED OFF A HOME IN PANMURE LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING REPORTS OF AN ASSAULT THERE. THE SUSPECT IS DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW CHARGED WITH WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. THE VICTIM IS IN HOSPITAL. CHRISTCHURCH POLICE HAVE NARROWED DOWN AN AREA OF INTEREST IN THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR A MISSING 69-YEAR-OLD. ADELE WENT MISSING FROM EASTGATE MALL ON MONDAY WEARING A BLACK PUFFER JACKET OVER A RED TOP AND BLUE JEANS. POLICE SAY SHE WAS LAST SPOTTED ON CCTV FOOTAGE WALKING SOUTH ON GAYHURST ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH MCBRATNEYS ROAD. THEY ARE ASKING RESIDENTS IN THE DALLINGTON AREA TO CHECK FOR ADELE ON CCTV CAMERA FOOTAGE AND ON THEIR PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY BACKYARDS, SHEDS AND SLEEPOUTS. A HUGE FIRE HAS RIPPED THROUGH A LUXURY BEACH RESORT IN THE CARIBBEAN, KILLING AN ITALIAN TOURIST AND FORCING NEARLY 1700 HOLIDAYMAKERS TO EVACUATE. FLAMES ENGULFED THE FOUR-STAR VIVA WYNDHAM DOMINICUS BEACH HOTEL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YESTERDAY. EMERGENCY SERVICES BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL, BUT ITS CAUSE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED OLLIE'S IN WITH SPORT, AND WHAT A SUPER RUGBY FINAL THAT WAS. I WANTED TO CHECK IN ON YOUR WELL-BEING. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT FROM TWO ANGLES. THE HURRICANE'S HAVE BEEN UTTERLY DOMINANT, AND THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT IN THE FINAL EVER. THE CHIEFS OF THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN THE COMPETITION. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ACTION FROM A DOMINANT HURRICANES WIN AS THEIR 10-YEAR WAIT FOR A SECOND SUPER RUGBY TITLE FINALLY COMES TO AN END. PLUS CHARNZ NICCOL-KLOKSTAAD SCORES A HAT-TRICK FOR THE WARRIORS AGAINST THE COWBOYS, AND THAT WAS ALL BEFORE HALF-TIME. VOICEOVER: The new Subway Korean-style BBQ Steak Sub. Loaded with tender steak. Freshly cut salad. Sweet, spicy BBQ glaze. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. Let's go. FAITHFUL, FUN, ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE ` IT'S SUZUKI SWIFT AND THREE NEWS SPORT. IT WAS BILLED AS A CLASSIC; IN THE END IT WAS A CLINIC. THE HURRICANES HAVE CAPTURED THEIR SECOND SUPER RUGBY TITLE IN THE MOST DOMINANT OF FASHIONS, THUMPING THE HAPLESS CHIEFS 60-5 IN WELLINGTON. IT WAS A DISASTROUS EVENING FOR THE CHIEFS, WHO LOST THEIR FOURTH FINAL IN A ROW, WHILE THE HURRICANES' 10-YEAR WAIT FOR ANOTHER TITLE FINALLY CAME TO AN END. IN A CITY STARVED OF SUCCESS, WELLINGTON IS SOAKING UP EVERY MOMENT OF BEING BACK ON TOP OF SUPER RUGBY. # WE ARE THE HURRICANES. # MIGHTY YELLOW HURRICANES. # AND THEY GOT BACK THERE WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST FINAL PERFORMANCES IN HISTORY ` THEY PUT THE CHIEFS TO THE SWORD IN A 60-POINT DEMOLITION. EVEN THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE JUST HOW EASILY THEY WON THEIR SECOND TITLE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE DREAMT OF BEING ABLE TO WIN A FINAL BY 60. EVERYTHING THEY TOUCHED TURNED TO GOLD... SNAPPED UP HERE BY RUBEN LOVE. ...AND THE CHIEFS COULD NOT STOP THE BLEEDING. FEHI FINEANGANOFO! THERE IS THE RECORD-BREAKER! THE FINAL WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A NIGHTMARE FOR THE CHIEFS. THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE BRUTAL WELLINGTON WIND... THIS IS GONNA GO BACKWARDS. ...AND DAMIAN MCKENZIE WAS PUT UNDER ALL SORTS OF PRESSURE. HE COULDN'T HANDLE IT! FUMBLED IT! FOBBLED IT! BY HALF-TIME THEY WERE DONE; ALREADY DOWN 29-0. THEY HAD NO ANSWERS, AND THE 'CANES CONTINUED TO RUB SALT INTO THE WOUND. WHETHER IT WAS JOSH MOORBY'S PACE... MOORBY! JOSH MORBY! ...JORDIE BARRETT'S DOGGED DETERMINATION... BARRETT. ...OR RUBEN LOVE'S SHEER ATHLETICISM. WHOA! RUBEN LOVE! THE HURRICANES WERE FLYING, AND THERE WAS NO STOPPING THEM. CHIEFS FANS COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE SEEING; JONO GIBBES COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS SEEING. RIGHT NOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO SUM IT ALL UP AND KEEP A BIT OF PERSPECTIVE. A FOURTH STRAIGHT FINAL LOSS FOR THE CHIEFS; NONE MORE HUMILIATING THAN THIS. HOW DO YOU THINK I'M FEELING? SINCE THEIR SOLE TITLE IN 2016, GETTING BACK TO A FINAL HAS ELUDED THE HURRICANES. IT TOOK 125 GAMES FOR ME, SO IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. ALL WEEK MEMORIES HAVE BEEN POPPING UP FROM END YEAR CELEBRATIONS, REVIEWS ` BASICALLY NOT BEING IN A FINAL. THE MEMORIES, NOW, WILL BE ONES TO SAVOUR FOR THE HURRICANES, AND ONES THAT WILL HAUNT THE CHIEFS FOR YEARS TO COME. THE 'CANES HAVE BEEN WAITING A DECADE TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER TITLE. DON'T EXPECT THEM TO STOP ANY TIME SOON. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE WARRIORS AND THE COWBOYS PLAYING THE FIRST NRL MATCH AT THE NEW ONE NEW ZEALAND STADIUM. AND THE SOLD OUT CROWD HAD PLENTY TO CELEBRATE EARLY AS CHARNZE NICOLL-KLOKSTAD RAN RIOT. ONCE AGAIN NICOLL-KLOKSTAD! THE WARRIORS RUNNING IN SEVEN TRIES FOR A 38-20 WIN. THAT MOVES THE WARRIORS TO OUTRIGHT SECOND ON THE LADDER ` FOUR POINTS BEHIND THE PANTHERS. THE ALL WHITES ARE FULL OF CONFIDENCE HEADING INTO TOMORROW'S FIFA WORLD CUP CLASH WITH EGYPT WHERE THEY'LL COME UP AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST ATTACKING PLAYERS IN THE WORLD IN MO SALAH. ANDREW VOERMAN IS WITH THE SIDE IN VANCOUVER AND FILED THIS REPORT. AFTER PRODUCING THE STRONGEST ATTACKING DISPLAY THEY'VE EVER HAD AT A WORLD CUP IN THEIR OPENING 2-2 DRAW WITH IRAN, THE ALL WHITES WILL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON CUTTING OUT THE DEFENSIVE LAPSES THAT LED TO THEM CONCEDING A PAIR OF EQUALISERS. KEEPING SALAH QUIET WILL BE A KEY PART OF THAT, AND ASSISTANT COACH SIMON ELLIOTT CAME UP WITH ONE POSSIBLE SOLUTION. HOW DO YOU STOP HIM? WELL, I THINK IF WE HAVE THE BALL, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE A POSSESSION-BASED TEAM. UM, WE'VE SHOWN IN THE LAST GAME AND OVER THE LAST CYCLE THAT WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WITH THE BALL, WE HAVE PLAYERS THAT CAN PLAY IN AND OUT OF TIGHT SPACES. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS FOR US TO KEEP THE BALL AND DO WHAT WE DO WHEN WE HAVE IT. IF NEITHER TEAM GETS A WIN, WITH THE MATCH ENDING IN A DRAW, THAT WILL BE BETTER FOR EGYPT, WHO FACE IRAN IN THEIR LAST GROUP G FIXTURE, WHILE THE ALL WHITES FACE WORLD NUMBER 10 ` BELGIUM. MEANWHILE, GERMANY'S REACHED THE KNOCKOUT PHASE OF THE WORLD CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014, BUT ONLY AFTER A DRAMATIC COME-FROM-BEHIND 2-1 WIN OVER IVORY COAST. GERMANY WAS LEFT STUNNED IN THE 30TH MINUTE WHEN IVORY COAST OPENED THE SCORING, BUT SUBSTITUTE DENIZ UNDAV SAVED THE DAY, SCORING TWICE, INCLUDING THE WINNER FOUR MINUTES INTO STOPPAGE TIME. NMECHA WHIZZING IT IN TO UNDAV! (CHEERING) OFF THE BENCH TO MAKE HIS MARK! AND AFTER BEING HELD TO A 2-2 DRAW WITH JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS PUT ON A GOAL-SCORING CLINIC, THUMPING SWEDEN 5-1. THE BLACKCAPS ARE FIVE WICKETS AWAY FROM LEVELLING THE SERIES WITH ENGLAND AFTER DOMINATING DAY FOUR OF THE SECOND TEST AT THE OVAL. NEW ZEALAND WAS DISMISSED FOR 362 IN ITS SECOND INNINGS, SETTING ENGLAND 463. BUT THE KIWI QUICKS SOON HAD THE HOSTS IN TROUBLE. OOH, THAT'S GOT TO BE CLOSE. ABSOLUTELY PLUMB. AW, NO` OH NO. THREE DOWN, ENGLAND. OH, OUT! ENGLAND LIMPING TO 182/5 AT STUMPS, STILL NEEDING 281. IT WOULD BE JUST NEW ZEALAND'S EIGHTH TEST WIN ON ENGLAND SOIL. THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN HAVE ADVANCED TO THE FINAL OF THE NATIONS CUP AFTER WINNING A DRAMATIC PENALTY SHOOTOUT AGAINST THE USA IN ALBANY LAST NIGHT. THE MATCH WENT TO PENALTIES AFTER THE SCORE WAS LOCKED UP AT 1-1 AFTER REGULATION TIME. THE BLACK STICKS WERE CLINICAL IN THE SHOOTOUT; GRACE O'HANLON MAKING THREE SAVES, WHILE THE KIWIS CONVERTED ALL FOUR OF THEIR ATTEMPTS, SENDING THEM INTO WILD CELEBRATIONS. THEY'LL FACE INDIA IN TONIGHT'S FINAL. YEAR, GOOD STUFF FOR THEM. I'M SURE THOSE HURRICANE'S CELEBRATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING. AT LEAST WE MADE THE FINAL. STAY WITH US. AFTER THE BREAK ` WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE WEATHER ON THIS WINTER SOLSTICE, THE SHORTEST DAY AND LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR. 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) VOICEOVER: The new Subway Korean-style BBQ Steak Sub. Loaded with tender steak. Freshly cut salad. Sweet, spicy BBQ glaze. Good food. Good value. That's Subway. WELCOME BACK, YOU'RE WATCHING THREENEWS. HERE ARE THE TOP STORIES FOR YOUR SUNDAY EVENING. NATIONAL'S KIWISAVER POLICY ` IT WOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ALL WORKERS, AND THE COMBINED CONTRIBUTION RATES WOULD LIFT TO 12%. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE ISRAELI STRIKES IN LEBANON SINCE YESTERDAY'S CEASEFIRE. IRAN SAYS IT HAS CLOSED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN RESPONSE. AND THE GREENS HAVE REVEALED THEIR PLAN FOR A WEALTH TAX ` 45% FOR ANYONE EARNING OVER $160,000. HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE. TODAY IS THE DAY OF THE YEAR WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT, AND WHILE A WEAKENING FRONT IS MOVING UP THE NORTH, WE HAVE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WHICH MEANS IN THE SOUTH IT IS MOSTLY FINE, WHILE IN THE NORTH THE CLOUD IS PERSISTENT WITH SOME SCATTERED RAIN. IT'S MAINLY FINE AT THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` A HIGH OF 18 IN KAITAIA, AND BRIGHTER DAYS ARE COMING FOR CHIEFS FANS ` MORNING CLOUDS WILL CLEAR FOR A FINE DAY IN HAMILTON. A SIMILAR STORY HERE ` SOME MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD, BUT OTHERWISE FINE ACROSS THE BOARD. A FEW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE EVENING FOR TAURANGA. ON THE EAST COAST IT'S CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR YOUR MONDAY, BUT THINGS WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME MORNING CLOUD HERE AGAIN, AND THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER BEFORE DAWN FOR WHANGANUI AND PALMERSTON NORTH. OTHERWISE IT'S LOOKING LIKE A PEARLER START TO THE WEEK ON THE BACK OF A VERY HAPPY WEEKEND IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW, AND THE CLOUD WILL BURN OFF TO REVEAL A VERY GOOD LOOKING DAY. SOME EASTERLY FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA IN THE MORNING, BUT THAT SHOULD DIE DOWN BEFORE MIDDAY. THE FINE WEATHER CONTINUES DOWN THE EAST COAST, BUT CHILLY TEMPERATURES, SOME MORNING FOG OR FROST POSSIBLE FOR CHRISTCHURCH, FROST AND ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, TOO. EVEN CHILLIER HERE ` NEGATIVE-1 FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA. INVERCARGILL GETS THE SHOWERS TO START THE DAY, CLEARING TO A FINE AFTERNOON FOR EVERYONE. A VERY CLOUDY DAY FOR OUR NEIGHBOURS IN AUSTRALIA, AND SOME HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE PACIFIC, BUT STILL LINGERING RAIN. NOW LET'S HAVE A PEEK AT THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR WORKING WEEK. (LAID-BACK MUSIC) THAT IS THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ. I'M LISETTE REYMER, THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER PICTURES. CAPTIONS BY KATE PERCIVAL AND JOHNATHAN CHUI. 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