10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE SET TO STRIKE, SAYING THEY FEEL UNDERVALUED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THEY SHOULD BE AT WORK. FLU VACCINES HAVE BEEN MADE FREE FOR UNDER-FIVES, STARTING TODAY. BUT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TO COPE? SOME CALL HIM THE GOAT, OTHERS SIMPLY THE MESSIAH ` LIONEL MESSI BIDS A SAD FAREWELL TO INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AND HIS BELOVED ARGENTINA TEAM. AND ` FIRST HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT; NOW AN EX-GANG LEADER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING RAP LEGEND TUPAC SHAKUR. CAPTIONS BY REBEKAH ADAMS AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026 NAU MAI HAERE MAI ` WELCOME TO THREENEWS. 10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE SET TO WALK OFF THE JOB NEXT WEEK OVER CONCERNS ABOUT PAY AND SERVICE DELIVERY. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION SAYS, 'TENSION HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR MONTHS AND IS NOW AT BREAKING POINT,' WITH WORKERS SAID TO BE FED UP WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERVALUES THEM. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SHOWED LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THEIR CONCERNS TODAY, SAYING PUBLIC SERVANTS 'SHOULD BE AT WORK'. HERE'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL. OCTOBER 2025 ` THE 'MEGA STRIKE'. CHANTS: THE WORKERS UNITED! TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ` INCLUDING TEACHERS, NURSES AND PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF ` WALKED OFF THE JOB OVER PAY AND STAFFING LEVELS. CHANTS: NO PAY EQUALS NO SLAY! NOW, ALMOST ONE YEAR ON, STRIKE ACTION IS RETURNING, WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS SET TO TAKE TO THE STREETS NEXT WEDNESDAY. ALL THESE PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS ARE WANTING IS A FAIR DEAL FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AT A TIME WHEN THEY'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT COST OF LIVING PRESSURES. THE STRIKE WILL INCLUDE STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS, THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DELIVER FOR THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE, AND THEY SHOULD BE AT WORK OR THEY SHOULD BE AROUND THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH THEM. I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT YOU ARE HEARING ANTI-WORKER SENTIMENT COMING FROM THIS PRIME MINISTER. WE KNOW THAT WORKERS DESERVE TO BE PAID FAIR PAY AND CONDITIONS. THE PSA UNION SAYS WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE UPCOMING STRIKE ACTION HAVE BEEN OFFERED PAY INCREASES BELOW THE 4.1% RATE OF INFLATION. LOOK, THE REALITY IS THAT THE PSA IS RUNNING A CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT. THEY'VE GOT LITTLE PAMPHLETS OUT THERE SAYING, 'CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT', AND I THINK IT'S POOR FORM, REALLY, THAT THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND WILL BE INCONVENIENCED OUT OF WHAT COULD BE SEEN AS A BROADER POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. IT'S NOT A POLITICAL STUNT. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO MEET WITH THE MINISTER. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A PLAN TO CUT NEARLY 9000 PUBLIC SERVICE ROLES BY 2029 TO SAVE AROUND $2.4b, AND THE PSA SAYS MORALE IS LOW. AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE GOT THE GOVERNMENT JUST SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO SACK PEOPLE AND GET RID OF PEOPLE'S JOBS AND CUT PUBLIC SERVICES. WE'VE GOT NO TRANSPARENCY ON THAT AT ALL. WE HAVE A GOAL TO REDUCE THE OVERAL NUMBERS BY 2029, AND THERE ARE SOME INTERIM PROPOSALS UNDERWAY, AND WE'VE SEEN FIRST TAKES ON THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE DETAILS. BUT THE UNION SAYS THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNS OF STRAIN IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. WE'VE HAD THOUSANDS OF JOBS GO IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, AND WE'VE TOLD THE GOVERNMENT CONSTANTLY THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME BENEFICIARIES WRONGFULLY HAD PAYMENTS SUSPENDED DUE TO PROCESSING DELAYS, FOLLOWING A LAW CHANGE THAT REQUIRED MORE REGULAR CHECK-INS WITH OFFICIALS. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES HAVE HAD THEIR BENEFIT PAYMENTS AFFECTED SINCE THE MANADORY REVIEWS ACT CAME INTO FORCE, AND I APOLOGISE TO THOSE AFFECTED. SOME BENEFITS HAVE BEEN WRONGLY SUSPENDED. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS STAGE IS HOW MANY. AND YET, OFFICIALS TOLD US ALL PAYMENTS THAT WERE SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF PROCESSING DELAYS HAVE NOW BEEN RESUMED AND BACKDATED. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S CREDIBLE TO CLAIM THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN BACK-PAID WHEN THE MINISTER CANNOT EVEN TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED. A REVIEW IS NOW UNDERWAY AND DUE BACK NEXT THURSDAY, THE DAY AFTER PUBLIC SERVANTS GO ON STRIKE. AND ZANE, MORE DETAILS HAVE EMERGED ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT WILL COVER THE COST OF NEXT YEAR'S FUEL TAX FREEZE? YESTERDAY THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED IT WILL NOT BE GOING AHEAD WITH A PLANNED INCREASE TO FUEL TAXES IN JANUARY AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COST OF LIVING PRESSURES ON HOUSEHOLDS. NOT GOING AHEAD WITH INCREASED FUEL TAX NEXT YEAR IS ESTIMATED TO LEAVE A FUNDING GAP OF $1.4 MILLION. THAT LEFT ABOUT $1 BILLION UNEXPLAINED AND TODAY DAVID SEYMOUR OF THE ACT PARTY, APPEAR TO CONFIRMED IT WOULD BE FILLED WITH BORROWED MONEY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOW NOT BE DOING THAT. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE LESS REVENUE, AND THAT REVENUE WILL BE MADE WHOLE FROM OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY, LIKE BORROWING AND TAXES. BORROWING, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NEW TAXES, BORROWING IS THE ALTERNATIVE. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST CREDIT RATING FROM SMP, THAT SAYS THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN NEW ZEALAND IS IMPROVING. A CHANGE TO THE RULES MEANS MORE THAN 260,000 YOUNG KIWI CHILDREN CAN NOW GET A FREE FLU VACCINE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE DECISION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO TODAY AFTER PATIENTS SAID WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. DIPPING BISCUITS INTO THEIR CUPPAS TODAY, WHILE ALSO DIPPING INTO THE HEALTH BUDGET TO GET MORE KIDS VACCINATED. THIS IS THE NEW PHARMAC, RESPONDING WITHIN WEEKS TO COMMUNITY PRESSURE. NEW ZEALAND IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS MOST SEVERE FLU SEASON IN A DECADE, WITH UNDER-FIVES MORE LIKELY TO END UP IN HOSPITAL. ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF FLU IN MANY YEARS. IT'S VERY, VERY CONTAGIOUS. IT'S AFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE ` WE'VE GOT HIGH HOSPITALISATIONS, HIGH E.D. USE, HIGH USE OF GENERAL PRACTICE, AND REALLY SICK PEOPLE AND KIDS. IT'S NOT OFTEN IN STATISTICS THAT YOU SEE A GRAPH LIKE THAT, WHERE IT LITERALLY IS OFF THE CHART. WE HAD TO MAKE THE CHART BIGGER FOR THIS SPIKE. THIS YEAR, YOU'VE SEEN IT SPIKE OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S PUT SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM. SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD THE FREE VACCINES FOR ALL CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS WHICH WAS MEANT TO START NEXT YEAR BUT IS NOW EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TO MORE THAN 260,000 YOUNG CHILDREN. SEYMOUR SAYS PHARMAC IS OPERATING BETTER UNDER THEIR WATCH. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS A PHARMAC THAT IS AGILE AND CAN RESPOND TO PUBLIC DEMAND. YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO, PHARMAC WOULD HAVE HAD THE DOORS CLOSED, THE SHUTTERS UP, AND SAID, 'BUGGER OFF, WE MAKE THE DECISION.' LABOUR SAYS IT'S 'GREAT' THE GOVERNMENT HAS BROUGHT BACK THIS INITIATIVE, DESPITE SCRAPPING THE FUNDING FOR IT TWO YEARS AGO. THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT THE PROGRAMME OF VACCINATION IN PLACE, NOT SCRAMBLE WHEN AN OUTBREAK IS UNDERWAY. CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY GOT SICK, AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE BULGING. PLUNKET VERY HAPPY WITH THE DECISION. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPIKES IN HOSPITALISATIONS FOR OUR TAMARIKI ` IT'S HEARTBREAKING. PLUNKETLINE IS RECEIVING AT LEAST 200 MORE CALLS A DAY JUST FROM WHANAU WITH QUESTIONS AROUND THEIR UNWELL LITTLE ONES. DOCTORS SAY ANYONE WITH A YOUNG CHILD WHO ISN'T VACCINATED SHOULD TALK TO THEIR GP OR PHARMACIST. SO, JULIET, HOW ARE THEY MANAGING TO ROLL THIS OUT IMMEDIATELY, WHEN JUST LAST WEEK THEY WERE SAYING THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH VACCINES IN THE COUNTRY TO START NOW? GOVERNMENT NOW SAYS YES THERE ARE ENOUGH VACCINES THAT FARM THAT CARRIED OUT A RAPID REVIEW. SIMEON BROWN SAYS HEALTH NEW ZEALAND WILL ALSO PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE DELIVERY OF THAT ROLLOUT, AND PROMOTING IT TO FAMILIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT IS NOT JUST UNDER FIVE'S WHO ARE FUNDED FOR THE VACCINE. TE PATI MAORI HAS SET OUT ITS BOTTOM LINE FOR COALITION DEALS, AND IT'S NO SMALL THING ` COMPLETE CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION. SO, WHAT DOES THE PARTY WANT? POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT GLENN MCCONNELL HAS MORE. TE PATI MAORI READY TO RIP UP WESTMINSTER'S RULEBOOK. THE PARTY RELEASING ITS TE TIRITI ENTRENCHMENT POLICY AHEAD OF ELECTION 2026. IT WANTS TO BEEF UP THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL, SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE DECISIONS BINDING. THE TE TIRITI COMMISSION SCRUTINISES CROWN CONDUCT, AND TRIES TO STOP THE NEXT BREACH BEFORE IT HAPPENS. ON TOP OF THAT, TE PATI MAORI WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH A $220 MILLION FUND FOR MARIE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION. ALL OF IT. CERTAINLY NOT $220 MILLION RIGHT NOW. LABOUR RULING IT OUT, BUT ANOTHER POTENTIAL COALITION PARTY THE GREEN PARTY ARE KEEN. FOR TE PATI MAORI GIVING THE TRIBUNAL POWERS TO MAKE BINDING RULINGS WOULD THERE ARE TOO MANY GROUPS THAT ARE MARGINALISED IN THIS COUNTRY ` IT'S NOT JUST MAORI. PLEASE HAVE A SYSTEM, A CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES EVERYBODY. NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY HAS MOVED ON. OUR PRIORITIES ARE HOUSES AND HOMES, HEALTH. JOBS. SO, GLENN, HOW MUCH OF AN ELECTION ISSUE IS THE TREATY GOING TO BE THIS YEAR? OBVIOUSLY TE PATI MAORI IS INVIGORATED BY THE HIKOI TE TIRITI. ON ONE HAND WE HAVE THE ACT PARTY WHO WANTS LESS FOCUS ON THE TREATY, THE OTHER SIDE TE PATI MAORI. YOU SAW ON THAT TRACK, WILLIE JACKSON SAYING THAT YES HE HAD HE WENT AS FAR TODAY TO SAY HE NO LONGER SUPPORTED THE MURRAY HEALTH MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONFIRMED MISSING AFTER THE HUGE FLASH FLOODS IN NEPAL AND TIBET HAS RISEN SHARPLY TO ALMOST 5000. AMONG THEM, MORE THAN 900 HYDRO-POWER WORKERS THOUGHT TO BE TRAPPED INSIDE TUNNELS BURIED IN MUD. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER ANY HAVE SURVIVED, BUT EFFORTS TO REACH THEM INTENSIFIED TODAY, WITH TEAMS CARRYING OUT CONTROLLED EXPLOSIONS. MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD HAS RISEN TO MORE THAN 900. FORMER GANG BOSS DUANE 'KEFFE D' DAVIS HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR, WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN LAS VEGAS 30 YEARS AGO. PROSECUTORS SAY DAVIS ORDERED THE HIT AND GAVE THE GUN TO THE SHOOTER, HIS LATE NEPHEW ORLANDO ANDERSON. MOLLY SWIFT REPORTS. IT'S ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE MURDER MYSTERIES ` A FAMOUS RAPPER KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. REPORTER: RAP STAR TUPAC SHAKUR DIED LAST NIGHT. REPORTER: ...SHOT IN THIS CAR IN LAS VEGAS. FOR THREE DECADES, THE MURDER WAS ETCHED IN POP CULTURE, DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF HIP-HOP FANS AND TRUE-CRIME EXPERTS ALIKE. # THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. # NOW, TWO WEEKS SHY OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF TUPAC SHAKUR'S DEATH, THE MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED ` DUANE 'KEFFE D' DAVIS, A 63-YEAR-OLD FORMER SOUTHSIDE COMPTON CRIPS LEADER, FOUND GUILTY OF ORCHESTRATING THE MURDER. TUPAC'S FAMILY WATCHED IN COURT AS A LAS VEGAS JURY DELIVERED THE VERDICT. WE, THE JURY IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED CASE, FIND THE DEFENDANT, DUANE KEITH DAVIS, AS FOLLOWS. COUNT ONE, MURDER WITH THE USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON ` GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER WITH THE USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON. THE MOTIVE ` TO AVENGE HIS NEPHEW, SHOWN BEING BEATEN IN THIS VIDEO BY TUPAC AND HIS ASSOCIATES. WITH NO WEAPON FOUND OR FORENSIC PROOF, THE CASE INSTEAD RELIED ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND DAVIS' OWN CONFESSIONS, FIRST IN A RECORDING... I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA PULL ON MY SIDE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY LITTLE NEPHEW. I'M GONNA LOOK OUT FOR HIM, YOU KNOW? AND HE` HE PULLED ON... ON HIS SIDE. SO YOU WERE GONNA`? YOU WERE FITTIN' A BLAST IF YOU HAD TO? OR YOU WERE JUST`? YEAH. IF WE WOULD'VE BEEN ON MY SIDE, I WOULD'VE BLASTED. ...THEN REPEATED IN A MEMOIR HE CO-WROTE. MICHAEL SANFT: IN THE BOOK, HE SAYS, 'THEM JUMPING ON MY NEPHEW 'GAVE US THE ULTIMATE GREEN LIGHT TO DO SOMETHING TO THEIR ASS.' KEFFE NEVER SAW THIS BOOK, NEVER READ IT, NEVER REVIEWED IT. HIS OWN LAWYER DISCREDITING HIM. KEFFE WAS NEVER CHARGED FOR ANY OF WHAT HE SAID DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNEW HE WAS FULL OF CRAP. SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TELLING THE JURY THAT YOUR CLIENT IS A LIAR? YEP, I AM. DUANE DAVIS WILL BE SENTENCED ON OCTOBER 13th AND FACES LIFE IN PRISON. HE'S ALREADY INDICATED HE WILL APPEAL THE DECISION. OUTSIDE COURT, TUPAC'S FORMER MUSIC PRODUCER, DARRYL HARPER, WELCOMED THE VERDICT... HIS SPIRIT CAN FLY NOW. IT'S FREE. ...CLOSING A MAJOR WEST-COAST CHAPTER IN RAP HISTORY. # ONLY IN CALI', WHERE WE RIOT, NOT RALLY, TO LIVE AND DIE. # IN L.A., WE WEARIN' CHUCKS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND IMO IT WASN'T AS WARM TODAY? NO, IT WASN'T. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LOWS, IT WAS FAR, FAR COLDER. 18 WAS AS HOT AS IT GOT TODAY, WITH THAT VERY CHILLY -6 LOW FOR TEKAPO. RAINIEST IN INVERCARGILL, AND SOME VERY STRONG GUSTS AROUND WAIHI TODAY. GOOD NEWS IS THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY UP. I'LL HAVE MORE AFTER SPORT. STAY WITH US. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED OVER THE DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN WATTLE DOWNS LAST WEEK. AND THE COMPANY BEHIND THE INFAMOUS PRE-GAME FLYOVER HANDS OVER THE PLANE'S BLACK BOXES TO AUTHORITIES. A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN IN POLICE CUSTODY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF MURDER FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S DOUBLE SHOOTING IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. TWO PEOPLE SUSTAINED FATAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON THURSDAY, WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES CALLED TO A STREET IN WATTLE DOWNS. POLICE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH A MAN ABOUT AN UNRELATED OFFENCE, BUT HAVE NOW LAID THE DOUBLE MURDER CHARGES. POLICE SAY THEY'RE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE KILLINGS, INCLUDING IDENTIFYING ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED. THEY'RE NOT RULING OUT FURTHER ARRESTS. FLASH FLOODING HAS CAUSED MUDSLIDES THROUGH PARTS OF THE GRAND CANYON. TWO BODIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED, AND MORE THAN A DOZEN ARE MISSING AS FOOTBRIDGES WERE WIPED OUT AND BOULDERS PROPELLED DOWNSTREAM FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL RAIN. ITV'S EMMA VOLNEY REPORTS. DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR THOSE STILL MISSING AFTER SATURDAY'S FLASH FLOODS SUDDENLY TURNED THIS LANDSCAPE, FAMOUS FOR ITS BEAUTY, INTO A DANGEROUS DISASTER ZONE. MUDDY WATER CARRIED TREES, ROCKS AND OTHER DEBRIS DOWNSTREAM, WIPING OUT FOOTBRIDGES AND LEAVING HIKERS STRANDED. WE COULD'VE GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN THAT SIDE CREEK, AND IF WE HAD FALLEN IN OR WE` OR THE WATER HAD CARRIED US IN, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN GAME OVER, BECAUSE THAT CREEK WAS MOVING SO QUICKLY. THERE WERE SO MANY ROCKS AND TREE BRANCHES. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET INTO THE COLORADO RIVER, IT WAS LIKE A WHIRLPOOL IN THERE. THIS PERSON VIDEOED THEMSELVES HUNKERED DOWN IN THEIR TENT, USING THEIR FOOT TO STOP IT BEING BLOWN AWAY AS THE WATER POURED IN. THEY WERE AMONG MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE THAT HAD TO BE WINCHED TO SAFETY. THERE ARE DEFINITELY LESSONS I'VE LEARNED ` LIKE IF YOU SEE RAIN ALL AROUND YOU AND YOU'RE IN A CANYON, YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND MAKE VERY SMART DECISIONS. OH MY GOD, BRO. THIS IS ACTUALLY INSANE FOOTAGE. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD NOT EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD. SUPER RANDOM THAT IT HAPPENS. NOBODY REALLY EXPECTS THE RAIN TO HUDDLE OVER THE CANYON ITSELF. THEY'LL COME IN WITHIN 15, 20 MINUTES; IT'LL BE SUNNY, BRIGHT OUTSIDE, EVERYTHING'S OK, AND THEN RAIN, HAIL ` YOU KNOW, EXTREME WEATHER. THE BODY OF A 46-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FOUND YESTERDAY, BUT THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR OTHERS WHO REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR. THE AIRLINE BEHIND THE DRAMATICALLY LOW FLY OVER BEFORE THE ALL BLACKS CLASH WITH THE SPRINGBOKS ON SUNDAY HAS HANDED OVER THE PLANE'S BLACK BOX DATA TO SOUTH AFRICA'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY. THE STUNT SPARKED DEBATE OVER SAFETY RISKS, AFTER FLIGHT TRACKERS SUGGESTED THE FIRST JET PASSED JUST 15M ABOVE THE ROOF OF CAPE TOWN STADIUM. AIRLINK ` A SPONSOR OF THE SERIES ` SAID THAT THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDED BY BOTH AIRCRAFT CONFIRMED THEIR FLIGHTS WERE PERFORMED WITHIN CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY LIMITS FOR SPEED AND ALTITUDE. STICK AROUND. STILL TO COME ON THREENEWS ` NEW ZEALAND IS CONTRIBUTING $17m TO UPGRADE A REMOTE COOK ISLANDS PORT, SO THAT AMERICA CAN MINE THE OCEAN FLOOR THERE FOR CRITICAL MINERALS. AFTER DONALD TRUMP POSTED A FAKE, AI-GENERATED VIDEO OF AN ATTACK ON IRAN'S MAIN PETROL EXPORT FACILITY, THE U.S. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT'S HAD TO CLARIFY THAT IT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN. AND ARGUABLY THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME, LIONEL MESSI IS RETIRING FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL WITH HIS BELOVED ARGENTINA. THIS IS THREENEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. 10,000 PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE SET TO STRIKE, SAYING THEY FEEL UNDERVALUED BY THE GOVERNMENT; THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THEY SHOULD BE AT WORK. FLU VACCINES HAVE BEEN MADE FREE FOR UNDER-FIVES STARTING TODAY. AND A FORMER GANG LEADER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR IN LAS VEGAS 30 YEARS AGO. A WORKER HAS DIED AFTER AN INCIDENT AT WELLINGTON'S PORT. IN AN EMAIL TO STAFF, CENTREPORT WELLINGTON CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANTHONY DELANEY SAID A WORKER FROM LOGISTICS COMPANY C3 HAD BEEN FATALLY INJURED AT THE PORT THIS MORNING. MARITIME ZEALAND SAYS IT'S THE FIRST DEATH AT A MAJOR COMMERCIAL PORT SINCE 2022. NEW ZEALAND IS CONTRIBUTING ALMOST $17m TO UPGRADE A PORT ON THE REMOTE COOK ISLANDS ATOLL OF PENRHYN, A FORMER U.S. MILITARY BASE. AMERICA WILL COMMIT $85m DOLLARS AMERICA WILL COMMIT $85m IN A DEAL SIGNED TODAY BY FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS, COOK ISLANDS PRIME MINISTER MARK BROWN AND U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE CHRIS LANDAU. LANDAU SAID IT BUILDS ON THE CRITICAL-MINERALS FRAMEWORK THAT THE COOKS SIGNED WITH THE U.S. IN FEBRUARY THAT ADVANCES THE KEEN INTEREST FROM WASHINGTON IN DEEP-SEA MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE COOK ISLANDS. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS POSTED A FAKE, AI-GENERATED VIDEO, SHOWING AMERICAN FORCES ATTACKING IRAN'S MAIN PETROLEUM EXPORT FACILITY. THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WAS FORCED TODAY TO CLARIFY THAT THE U.S. HAD NOT STRUCK KHARG ISLAND. TRUMP'S FAKE VIDEO WAS POSTED TO THE PRESIDENT'S TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT, AND SHOWED OIL STORAGE TANKS AND REFINERIES ERUPTING IN FLAMES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE IN A HELICOPTER. A MESSAGE DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS 'KHARG ISLAND BEING BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS' AND WAS SIGNED AS 'PRESIDENT DJT'. MEANWHILE, AMERICA AND IRAN DID TRADE SOME REAL ATTACKS OVERNIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS ` AND RAMPED UP THE RHETORIC TOO, AS CHANNEL 4'S JONATHAN RUGMAN REPORTS. (MISSILE ROARS) A WAR WHICH AMERICA'S PRESIDENT SAID WOULD BE OVER QUICKLY HAS BURST BACK INTO OPEN CONFLICT. IRAN CLAIMED IT FIRED THESE BALLISTIC MISSILES AT U.S. BASES IN JORDAN. THE JORDANIANS SAID EIGHT MISSILES WERE SHOT DOWN. A MONTH OF RELATIVE CALM NOW OVER. (SPEAKS PERSIAN) TRANSLATOR: WE DO NOT SEEK WAR. THAT'S BEEN OUR MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. BUT WE WON'T STAND BY IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSION. WE ARE CAPABLE OF A DECISIVE RESPONSE. IRAN SAID IT WAS RESPONDING TO U.S. ATTACKS HERE, IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHERE IT SAID TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THE AMERICANS SAID THEY HAD STOPPED MINES BEING LAUNCHED INTO THE SHIPPING CORRIDOR. ONLY 15 SHIPS ARE PASSING THROUGH DAILY, COMPARED WITH 130 BEFORE THE WAR. THE PRICE OF OIL RISING HIGHER TODAY... (BELL CLANGS, CHEERING) ...WHILE THE U.S. STOCK MARKET OPENED LOWER. FEARS OF U.S. INFLATION ARE DRIVEN BY A 37% RISE IN THE COST OF PETROL SINCE THE WAR BEGAN SIX MONTHS AGO ` THOUGH DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT'S THE IRANIANS WHO ARE LOSING. WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THE BLOCKADE HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. THE FINANCIAL... UH, THE FINANCIAL HITS THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM ` WE'RE HITTING THEM VERY HARD. NEVER` NOBODY'S EVER BEEN HIT LIKE THIS, AND THEY'RE A FAILING NATION RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING, IS, 'LOOK, YOU GUYS 'ARE SHOOTING AT COMMERCIAL SHIPPING. YOU GUYS ARE BEHAVING 'LIKE A TERRORIST COUNTRY. YOU'VE GOTTA STOP, 'OR THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME CONSEQUENCES.' (SINGING BLARES OVER LOUDSPEAKER) IRANIANS HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHDAY, VISITING THE SHRINE OF THE SUPREME LEADER KILLED ON THE WAR'S FIRST DAY. BUT THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS 'OPERATION ECONOMIC OUTCAST' ` TIGHTENING SANCTIONS AND A U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE ON THEIR OIL EXPORTS. THOUGH AMERICA'S TREASURY SECRETARY, WHO IS HOSTING A G20 MINISTERIAL SUMMIT, WOULD RATHER NOT SPECULATE ON WHETHER IRAN'S ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE. I THINK IT COULD BE WITHIN WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND... UH, THE ECONOMY DOESN'T HAVE TO COLLAPSE. IT JUST` WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE REGIME COME TO THEIR SENSES. (MISSILE ROARS) BUT THE REGIME IS KEEN TO SHOW IT CAN STILL FIGHT BACK. IT CLAIMED THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON AN AIR BASE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, THOUGH THE EMIRATI SAID THIS WAS FALSE ` IN A WAR WITH NO OBVIOUS END IN SIGHT. THE RETURN OF THERMAL BATHING TO A ONCE-POPULAR SITE NORTH OF AUCKLAND IS A STEP CLOSER TO REALITY. RESOURCE CONSENT'S NOW BEEN GRANTED TO WAIWERA THERMAL SPRINGS, WHICH LAST YEAR UNVEILED A $58m PLAN TO TRANSFORM ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S MOST ICONIC GEOTHERMAL LANDMARKS INTO A WORLD-CLASS BATHING AND WELLNESS SANCTUARY. WAIWERA HOT POOLS WAS ONCE A POPULAR STOP FOR HOLIDAYMAKERS BEFORE IT WAS SHUT AND FELL INTO DISREPAIR IN 2018 BEFORE BEING DEMOLISHED. CONSTRUCTION ON THE REIMAGINED PLANS IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR, WITH AN ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE IN MID-2028. OLLIE'S IN NOW WITH SPORT. AND NETBALL'S FUTURE IS SECURED? A BIG DAY FOR NETBALL TODAY. REALLY BIG DAY. THE COMPETITION WILL MOVE TO A PRIVATELY RUN COMPETITION, PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO THAT COMPETITION. THIS IS BIG FOR NETBALL IN THIS COUNTRY. IT GIVES IT A DOMESTIC PRODUCT NEXT YEAR AND GIVE SOME CERTAINTY TO PLAYERS THAT THEY CAN HANG AROUND IN THIS COUNTRY AND PLAY TOP LEVEL NETBALL. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON A LANDMARK DAY FOR NETBALL IN THIS COUNTRY NEXT. PLUS, THE ALL BLACKS ARE DESPERATE TO GO 2-1 UP IN THE SERIES AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS ` BUT KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIX A FEW THINGS. THREENEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT. DOMESTIC NETBALL IN NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN GIVEN A LIFELINE, WITH CONFIRMATION IT WILL MOVE TO A PRIVATELY RUN FRANCHISE COMPETITION FROM NEXT YEAR. ANNA MOWBRAY AND ALI WILLIAMS WILL BE THE FINANCIAL BACKERS OF THE COMPETITION AND WILL HOLD THE LICENCE FOR IT GOING FORWARD. IT'S A MUCH-NEEDED SILVER BULLET FOR THE GAME AND BRINGS TO AN END AN ANXIOUS WAIT FOR PLAYERS. FOR THE COUNTRY'S TOP NETBALLERS, IT'S BEEN A LONG AND AGONISING WAIT TO LEARN WHAT THE DOMESTIC GAME WILL LOOK LIKE HERE. TODAY, FINALLY, SOME CERTAINTY. I LOVE THIS SPORT, AND, LIKE, UM, IT HAS GIVEN ME` I DON'T EVEN WANNA` I... FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA CRY. MYSTICS CAPTAIN MICHAELA SOKOLICH-BEATSON'S EMOTION IS UNDERSTANDABLE ` SHE'S BEEN A PROFESSIONAL NETBALLER FOR 11 YEARS, AND SHE FEARED FOR ITS FUTURE. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE LITTLE GIRLS WHO PLAY NETBALL ON A TUESDAY NIGHT AT EDITH HOPPER ` LIKE, THIS SMALL, TINY LITTLE NETBALL CENTRE ` AND THEY LOVE IT. THAT NEXT GENERATION CAN NOW HAVE SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO. FOR ANNA MOWBRAY, INVESTING IN THE GAME WAS A NO-BRAINER. WHEN I SAW THAT THE SPORT WAS STRUGGLING, IT ACTUALLY BROKE A PIECE OF ME, BECAUSE WE CANNOT TAKE AWAY THAT ASPIRATION FROM OUR YOUNG GIRLS. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND WILL HAVE A SEAT ON THE BOARD, BUT TODAY'S AGREEMENT WILL SEE THE LICENCE FOR THE NEW COMPETITION AND COMPETING TEAMS HELD BY THE INVESTORS. OUR VISION IS REALLY SIMPLE ` IT'S TO MAKE NEW ZEALAND THE UNDISPUTED HOME OF NEW ZEALAND NETBALL. THE UNDISPUTED HOME OF WORLD NETBALL. TO GET TO THIS MOMENT IN TIME TODAY, THE BOARD OF NETBALL NEW ZEALAND EXPLORED A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS. THIS COMPETITION HAS THE ABILITY TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM NETBALL IN THIS COUNTRY. NETBALL NEW ZEALAND CEO JENNAH WOOTTEN FEELS THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL BEST SURE UP THE GAME'S FUTURE. WILL BEST SHORE UP THE GAME'S FUTURE. THERE'S HUGE ASPIRATIONS FOR WHERE THIS DOMESTIC COMPETITION CAN GO IN THE FUTURE, SO I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ACHIEVABLE FOR 2027, AND THEN I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING FOR US ALL TO SEE HOW THAT BUILDS YEAR ON YEAR INTO THE FUTURE. WITH HOPE THE COUNTRY'S TOP PLAYERS WILL RETURN HOME TO PLAY IN IT. AS IT STANDS, 10 OF THE 12 MEMBERS OF THE SILVER FERNS' COMMONWEALTH GAMES SQUAD WHO WON GOLD WILL BE PLAYING OFFSHORE NEXT YEAR. WE'VE HAD VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH ALI AND ANNA ABOUT THEIR VISION OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT THAT THEIR VISION WILL ATTRACT PLAYERS BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. THERE ARE GIRLS READY TO GO AND STEP INTO A COMPETITION LIKE THIS. TEAMS, PLAYERS, DATES ALL STILL TO BE FINALISED, BUT NETBALL'S FUTURE IN NEW ZEALAND IS SECURED. IT MIGHT BE A FOUR-TEST SERIES, BUT THE ALL BLACKS WANT TO DEPART SOUTH AFRICA WITH BRAGGING RIGHTS AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. A WIN IN JOHANNESBURG WOULD PUT THEM 2-1 UP IN THE SERIES AHEAD OF THE FINAL TEST IN BALTIMORE. BUT TO GET THAT EDGE, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIX A FEW THINGS. MITCH REDMAN HAS MORE FROM CAPE TOWN. IN ANY OTHER YEAR, THE 80th MINUTE OF A SECOND TEST WOULD HAVE BEEN IT FOR THE ALL BLACKS AND SPRINGBOKS, BUT THIS IS 2026, AND BOTH TEAMS HAVE ONLY JUST CROSSED THE HALFWAY MARK. LIKE, I'M PHYSICALLY SORE, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO SATURDAY, YOU'RE FRESH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND READY TO GO. FROM THE OUTSET, THE ALL BLACKS NEED TO BE BETTER IN JOHANNESBURG; THEY LEAKED EASY POINTS EARLY IN CAPE TOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T START AS WELL AS WE WANTED TO, UM, YEAH, PARTICULARLY DEFENSIVELY, AND... WE WERE CHASING FOR THE FIRST HALF AN HOUR OF THAT GAME. AFTER LOSING PLENTY OF SCRAPS IN THE HIGH-BALL CONTEST, THE ALL BLACKS SAY PLENTY OF PLANNING AND ENERGY IS GOING TOWARDS IMPROVING THAT PART OF THE GAME. THEIR LIFE WAS ALSO MADE A MISERY AT SET PIECE. WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW NOISY THE GAME WAS AT THE WEEKEND, SO THE ACTUAL VERBAL COMMUNICATION WAS DIFFICULT. YEAH, GOT SOME SYMPATHY FOR LINEOUT CALLERS AND FORWARDS AND BACKS. WE FEEL IT TOO. AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, IT'S... IT'S WHAT YOU DO IN THE PREPARATION. THE NOISE LEVELS WILL ONLY WORSEN THIS WEEK, WITH 84,000 TICKETS SOLD AND ANOTHER 10,000 REMAINING FOR RUGBY'S RETURN TO SOCCER CITY. BACK IN JOHANNESBURG, RASSIE ERASMUS HAS NAMED HIS TEAM FOR THE THIRD TEST, AND HE'S RESORTED TO THE FRONT ROW THAT BEGAN AT ELLIS PARK THREE WEEKS AGO NOW. AT ELLIS PARK THREE WEEKS AGO. NOW, CHESLIN KOLBE ` HE ALSO MOVES TO FULLBACK, BUT THE ALL BLACKS ARE TAKING THIS TEAM WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF TIME PLANNING FOR A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL IN A CERTAIN POSITION WHEN WE'RE PRETTY AWARE THAT THAT CAN CHANGE RIGHT UP UNTIL KICK-OFF. IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR 23, YOU CAN SWAP THE WHOLE BENCH AROUND AND PLAY THE OTHER GUYS. THAT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAWS OF THE GAME. WITH THE SERIES LOCKED AT ONE APIECE, IT'S DO OR DIE ` OR DRAW ` FOR THE ALL BLACKS. IF YOU DON'T WIN THIS GAME, YOU CAN'T WIN THE SERIES, SO WHAT AN EXCITING CHALLENGE FOR US. ALL OPTIONS STILL VERY MUCH ON THE TABLE AS BOTH TEAMS AWAIT TEST NUMBER THREE. PAKISTAN CRICKET OFFICIALS HAVE MADE THE UNPRECEDENTED DECISION TO DROP SEVEN PLAYERS AND TWO COACHES FROM THEIR SENIOR MEN'S TEAM IN THE HOPE OF AVOIDING A SERIES CLEAN SWEEP BY ENGLAND. PAKISTAN'S BEEN THRASHED IN BOTH TESTS ` THE LATEST A 194-RUN DEFEAT AT LORD'S. FIVE PLAYERS WHO FEATURED IN THAT GAME, INCLUDING VETERAN WICKET KEEPER BATSMAN MUHAMMAD RIZWAN, ARE AMONG THOSE SENT HOME AND REPLACED BY A NEW GROUP. FORMER BLACK CAPS COACH MIKE HESSON, WHO COACHES PAKISTAN'S WHITE BALL TEAM, HAS ALSO BEEN SENT TO ENGLAND TO TAKE OVER FROM HEAD COACH SARFARAZ AHMED. IT MAY NOT HAVE COME AS A TOTAL SHOCK, BUT THE NEWS TODAY THAT ARGENTINE GREAT LIONEL MESSI HAS RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL STILL HIT HARD. THE 39-YEAR-OLD CONFIRMED THE NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING IT WAS A DECISION THAT 'HURT', BUT 'THE TIME HAD COME'. ANTONY STEVENS LOOKS BACK ON AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER THAT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS. IT WAS NEWS THAT STOPPED THE FOOTBALLING WORLD ` LIONEL MESSI HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. PERHAPS THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME SAYS HE'S DONE WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. LIONEL MESSI HAS CONFIRMED HIS RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. LIONEL MESSI, ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALLERS EVER, CALLING TIME ON HIS INCREDIBLE 21-YEAR INTERNATIONAL CAREER. ...MESSI WROTE ON INSTAGRAM, THE 39-YEAR-OLD CONFIRMING HE PENNED HIS RETIREMENT MESSAGE TWO DAYS AFTER THE WORLD CUP FINAL LOSS TO SPAIN IN JULY. ...HE ADDED. OH YES! THERE IT IS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE GREATEST. MESSI RETIRES AS ARGENTINA'S LEADING GOAL SCORER WITH 125. HIS 207 CAPS ALSO THE NATIONAL RECORD. BUT HE FOUND A WAY BECAUSE HE WORKS MIRACLES, AND HE IS LIONEL MESSI. WHILE HE FINISHES ONE OF THE GAME'S GREATS, HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT IN 2005 WAS ONE TO FORGET ` COMING ON AS A SUBSTITUTE AGAINST HUNGARY, HE WAS SENT OFF LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER FOR ELBOWING AN OPPONENT. DESPITE THE TOUGH START, MESSI WENT ON TO WIN TWO COPA AMERICA TITLES, AND THE ONE TROPHY THAT ELUDED HIM FOR SO LONG ` THE WORLD CUP IN 2022. IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE STARS! HE FINISHES HAVING SCORED 21 GOALS ACROSS A RECORD-EQUALLING SIX WORLD CUPS, SPANNING TWO DECADES. HIS 34 WORLD CUP MATCHES ALSO A RECORD. YES, MESSI RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL AS AN ALL-TIME GREAT, BUT AS IT'S PROVED SO OFTEN, EVEN THE GREATS CAN'T BEAT TIME. FROM ONE ALL-TIME GREAT TO ANOTHER, AND THERE WERE EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AT THE U.S. OPEN TENNIS AS NOVAK DJOKOVIC BROKE DOWN IN TEARS ON COURT. THE 39-YEAR-OLD'S FIRST-ROUND EXIT FROM THE TOURNAMENT ` HIS FIRST FOR 20 YEARS ` HAS LED SOME TO QUESTION IF HE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. ITV'S CHRIS SKUDDER REPORTS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THIS WAS NOVAK DJOKOVIC AS WE'D NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE ` ALMOST BEATEN, ALMOST BROKEN. STATISTICALLY THE GREATEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME, FAMED FOR HIS STRENGTH AND IRON WILL, COULD BARELY HOLD BACK THE TEARS. THE RECORD 24-TIMES GRAND SLAM CHAMPION HAD NOT LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND OF A MAJOR FOR 20 YEARS, BUT IN AN EPIC FIVE-SET MATCH, HIS BODY BEGAN TO BETRAY HIM. BACK TROUBLE, ON-COURT SICKNESS ` SIGNS THAT AGE MIGHT FINALLY BE CATCHING UP WITH THE 39-YEAR-OLD VETERAN. 4.5 HOURS IN HUMID CONDITIONS TOOK ITS TOLL ON DJOKOVIC, AND HE APPEARED TO HAVE GIVEN UP AS ARGENTINA'S MARIANO NAVONE CLOSED OUT THE FINAL SET 6-1. (CROWD ROARS) AND WHILE NAVONE (25) COULD CELEBRATE THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER, FOR DJOKOVIC, THE PAIN OF DEFEAT ` AND, APPROACHING HIS 40s, THE VERY REAL CHANCE NOW THAT THE FOUR-TIME U.S. OPEN CHAMPION MIGHT JUST HAVE BEEN WAVING GOODBYE TO FLUSHING MEADOWS FOR THE LAST TIME. I THINK IT'S FINE FOR HIM TO CALL IT THERE. THAT'S A LOT IN ONE DAY. THANK YOU. SIX60 ARE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF KIWIS WHO'VE MADE THEIR WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE ALL BLACKS' GREATEST RIVALRY TOUR WITH THE SPRINGBOKS. THE LINK BETWEEN THE BAND AND THE TEAM GOES BACK TO SIX60'S EARLY DAYS IN DUNEDIN IN THE LATE 2000s. IT WAS THERE ORIGINAL BASS PLAYER HOANI MATENGA TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE BAND'S TUNES WITH THE TEAM. MITCH REDMAN SAT DOWN WITH MATIU WALTERS AND JI FRASER IN CAPE TOWN. THIS MAN'S NAME IS HOANI MATENGA. HE WAS THE ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBER OF SIX60. # DON'T FORGET YOUR ROOTS, MY FRIEND... # HE WAS A REALLY GOOD RUGBY PLAYER. STILL IS A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. HE'S WITH THE CLASSICS RIGHT NOW IN BRAZIL. WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF GOOD, COMING UP. THERE WAS A MOMENT THAT ALL BLACKS CAME TO DUNEDIN, AND THEY NEEDED BAG HOLDERS, BASICALLY, AND HE GOT THE CALL UP. BUT AFTER THAT HE ASKED ONE OF THE ALL BLACKS WHO THE MUSIC MAN WAS, BECAUSE THE ALL BLACKS USUALLY HAD, LIKE, A MUSIC GUY. AND BACK THEN IT WAS... ISAAC ROSS. ...IT WAS ISAAC ROSS, AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, THAT WAS A GREAT TRAINING. UH, DO YOU MIND` TAKE THE CDs. 'THE BAND WE'VE GOT GOING ON, 'IF YOU FEEL LIKE SLIPPING IT ON THE BUS OR IN THE CHANGING ROOM,' SO HE WAS LIKE, 'OH, LOOK. IF I GET A CHANCE, I'LL DO IT.' AND THEN FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE STARTED GETTING MESSAGES THAT THE ABS HAD JUST BEEN PUMPING THIS MUSIC. SO, UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT TO THANK RUGBY FOR, YOU KNOW? WE MET` HALF OF US MET ON THE RUGBY FIELD, AND RUGBY HAS HELPED SPREAD OUR SOUND AROUND THE WORLD. # E IHOWA ATUA... # I WAS NERVOUS, BUT IT WAS JUST AMAZING. LIKE, SO MUCH OF THIS TOUR, I THINK ABOUT OUR UPBRINGING AND MY DAD AND OUR WHANAU WAKING UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING TO WATCH THE TESTS. BUT TO BE THERE, TO BE PART OF THAT MOMENT WAS HONESTLY, LIKE, A REAL CAREER HIGHLIGHT, AND I THINK I DID IT JUSTICE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY THE MUSIC AND TOUR THE ALBUM OVER HERE. IT'S OUR FIRST TIME PLAYING IN SOUTH AFRICA, SO WE'RE, LIKE, EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FAN BASE IS LIKE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S EXCITING. WE'RE KEEPING OURSELVES BUSY ENOUGH. WORKING HARD. WORKING REALLY HARD. YEAH, BABE. (LAUGHTER) WORKING HARD` WORKING STRAIGHT AFTER THIS, ACTUALLY. YEAH. HOW DID YOU SUSS THAT ONE OUT WITH THE WIFE AND KIDS GETTING OVER HERE? WAS IT EASY ENOUGH...? WELL, THIS VIDEO'S NOT GOING TO HELP. (LAUGHS) CUT THAT BIT OUT. WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING? LUCKY THEY SOUND GOOD. IMO'S HERE NOW. AND HOW'S OUR MID-WEEK WEATHER LOOKING? LIKE A GOOD OL' SPRING-Y MIXED BAG, SAM. AS WE'VE TOUCHED ON, TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY UP THANKS TO A STRENGTHENING NOR'WESTERLY FLOW, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THIS FRESH COLD FRONT MOVING ON IN OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH, AND THAT WET WEATHER IS STICKING AROUND. YOUR FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. WHATEVER THE WEATHER BRINGS, HRV MAKES HOME FEEL BETTER. HRV, BRINGING YOU THREENEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK ` AND HAPPY FIRST DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SPRING. A LOT OF BLUE, BLOBBY SHOWERS TONIGHT ALONG THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. THEN FROM TOMORROW, WE'VE GOT A NEW COLD FRONT MOVING ON IN WHILE A NOR'WESTERLY FLOW STRENGTHENS, WHICH WILL MEAN SOME SIGNIFICANT BUMPS IN TEMPERATURE FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IT'LL BE A RAINY, SHOWERY WEDNESDAY IN THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT FOR THE REST, IT'S LOOKING MAINLY FINE, WITH JUST A TOUCH OF HIGH CLOUD. MIDWEEK'S NOT LOOKING TOO BAD ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS CROPPING UP OUT WEST. THEN OUT EAST IS WHERE WE'LL SEE THOSE WARM, WARM TEMPERATURES. THERE'LL BE FINE SPELLS HERE, BUT ALSO SCATTERED, ISOLATED SHOWERS AROUND, MAINLY OUT WEST, WITH A LOT OF CLOUD AFTER LUNCH. WESTERLIES FOR ALL. A LOVELY START FOR MOST AROUND THIS WAY. COULD SEE THE ODD SHOWER IN TOKOROA, WITH THINGS CLOUDING OVER FROM LATE MORNING. SOME LOVELY-LOOKING HIGHS ALONG THE COAST. SIMILAR STORY HERE ` A GREAT MORNING FOR THE MOST PART, WITH SOME GREAT-LOOKING TEMPERATURES, BUT HIGH CLOUD WILL ROLL IN. COULD ALSO BE THE ODD SHOWER FOR DANNEVIRKE. LOVELY MORNING IN THE CAPITAL CITY, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S CLOUDY, WITH OFF-AND-ON SHOWERS ALL DAY, AND THAT CLOUD EVENTUALLY COVERING WELLINGTON TOO. CLOUDY FOR YOU TOO, NELSON, THEN ALONG THIS WESTERN CHUNK, IT'LL BE SHOWERY TO START, WITH THE WET STUFF RAMPING UP AS THE DAY TRUCKS ALONG. WEST AND NOR'WESTERS PICK UP IN THE ARVO AS WELL. NOT AS MUCH SUN AS TODAY ON THIS SIDE, SORRY ` A VERY OVERCAST WEDNESDAY ON THE CARDS ` BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE UP. GUSTY WEST AND NOR'WESTERS ABOUT. SOME VERY WARM TEMPERATURES HERE ` 19 FOR OAMARU, 18s FOR DUNEDIN AND ALEX. IT'LL BE A CLOUDY, WINDY START FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY, WITH SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR INVERS, QUEENIE AND ALEX. HIGH CLOUD FOR YOU TOMORROW, DUNEDIN, WITH SOME FINE BREAKS IN THE MIX, AND, AGAIN, 18 YOUR HIGH. CHRISTCHURCH ` A HIGH, CLOUDY ONE FOR YOU AS WELL. YOU WILL ALSO GET TO 18 DEGREES. NOR'WESTERS'LL BE GUSTY AFTER LUNCH. A LOVELY-LOOKING MORNING FOR PONEKE, WELLINGTON, WITH HIGH CLOUD CREEPING IN FOR THE AFTERNOON. YOU WILL GET TO 15. HAWKE'S BAY, CRACKER TO START FOR YOU AS WELL. YOU'LL ALSO HAVE HIGH CLOUD MOVE IN, BUT LOOK AT THOSE 20-DEGREE HIGHS. A VERY WARM DAY FOR TAURANGA TOO, WITH LOTS OF LOVELY SUNSHINE FIRST THING BUT A TOUCH MORE CLOUD FROM LATE MORNING. KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON ` TOMORROW'S LOOKING MOSTLY CLOUDY AND POTENTIALLY SHOWERY. 17 YOUR HIGH. 17 FOR YOU AS WELL, AUCKLAND; THERE'LL BE FINE SPELLS BUT ALSO ISOLATED SHOWERS, AND THAT CLOUD INCREASES IN THE ARVO. ANOTHER WARM DAY ALONG THAT EASTERN AUSSIE COASTLINE, ANOTHER WARM DAY ALONG THAT EASTERN AUSSIE COASTLINE, WITH A COLD FRONT DROPPING THE TEMPERATURES DOWN SOUTH ALONG WITH THOSE SHOWERS. AND ANOTHER GOOD DOSE OF SUNSHINE ON THE CARDS FOR THE PACIFIC'S WEDNESDAY. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GONNA KEEP HOVERING IN THAT WARMER TERRITORY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. SPEAKING OF WHICH ` SATURDAY'S LOOKING PRETTY GREAT SO FAR, BUT WE WILL SEE SHOWERS LINGERING AROUND WESTERN AND LOWER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH FRIDAY LOOKING PARTICULARLY BUSY. THURSDAY ALSO SEES THE NEXT GRUNTY-ISH FRONT APPROACH THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO BASICALLY, A LOT MORE WET WEATHER IN THE DAYS AHEAD FOR THE SOUTH AND WEST. THERE'LL BE VERY LITTLE BREATHING ROOM, WITH EASTERN AREAS MANAGING TO GET AWAY SCOT-FREE. WHAT A SHOT OF WELLINGTON TODAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ` YOU REALLY CAN'T BEAT IT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THAT. HOW GORGEOUS? A LITTLE VOLATILITY AROUND THE SPRING, BUT IT DOES LOOK TO BE A TOUCH WARMER. WELCOME TO SPRING. 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. KA KITE ANO ` I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY MAEVE KELLY AND REBEKAH ADAMS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2026