A MAN APPEARS IN ROTORUA DISTRICT COURT AFTER A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN THEIR HOME. NATIONAL PUTS FORWARD AN ALTERNATIVE TO A BED TAX ` A SLICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY ` BUT WILL IT APPEASE COUNCILS? THE FAMILY OF BRENT HORSBURGH, WHO DIED IN A TOILET AFTER WAITING NINE HOURS TO SEE A DOCTOR AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL ED, HAVE SPOKEN EXCLUSIVELY TO PATRICK GOWER. AND SOME BIG NAMES ARE BACK ` WHO'S RETURNING FROM INJURY AS THE WARRIORS HEAD INTO THE NRL FINALS? CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. 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. ROTORUA POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A TRIPLE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THEIR HOME. AVA WHITWORTH IS IN ROTORUA AND JOINS US NOW ` AVA, WHAT'S THE FEELING LIKE THERE AT THE SCENE TONIGHT? POLICE AND FORENSIC STAFF HAVE BEEN AT THE SCENE ALL LAST NIGHT AND ALL OF TODAY. POLICE HAVE DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC WHILE THE MAYOR HAS CALLED IT A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN, HAVE BEEN KILLED IN WHAT'S BEING TREATED AS A TRIPLE HOMICIDE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A HIGH STREET ADDRESS IN ROTORUA'S GLENHOLME JUST BEFORE 10.30 LAST NIGHT. THE BODIES OF TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND INSIDE THE HOME WHILE A WOMAN WAS LOCATED CRITICALLY INJURED. DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO SAVE HER, SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. A MAN WHO WAS AT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN ASSISTING POLICE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATHS. THE SCENE HAS REMAINED CORDONED OFF TODAY, WITH SPECIALIST FORENSIC STAFF WORKING THROUGH THE PROPERTY AS DETECTIVES TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED. MAYOR TANIA TAPSELL SAYS THE DEATHS HAVE LEFT THE COMMUNITY HEARTBROKEN, WITH THE INCIDENT DEEPLY DISTRESSING FOR THOSE LIVING NEARBY. WE CAME OUT, WE SEEN ALL THESE TORCHES, WE SEEN COPS. IT WAS BANG, BANG, BANG ON THE DOOR. THE AMOUNT OF COPS TOLD ME SOMETHING BAD WAS HAPPENING. AND TONIGHT, QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHAT LED TO THREE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVES INSIDE THIS ROTORUA HOME. EARLIER TODAY, A MAN APPEARED IN THE COURT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A PERSON IN A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. HE WAS REMANDED IN CUSTODY UNTIL OCTOBER 2. HE, ALONG WITH THE THREE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. A WOMAN WHO DESCRIBED HERSELF AS FAMILY TOLD THREE NEWS I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE BABIES TO COME OUT. POLICE HAVE SAID THEY ARE SUPPORTING THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND THE OFFICERS WHO ATTENDED THIS EXTREMELY CONFRONTING SCENE. LABOUR'S LATEST ELECTION PROMISE IS A REVIEW OF THE EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME, WHICH SETS A PRICE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE CARBON PRICE IS CURRENTLY TOO LOW TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, BUT OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED THAT RAISING THE CARBON PRICE COULD INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING. HERE'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT ZANE SMALL. CHRIS HIPKINS MAKING A POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND. WE'LL INITIATE AN IMMEDIATE REVIEW STRAIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION TO FIX THE EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME. THE GOAL WILL BE TO IDENTIFY CHANGES THAT'LL HELP TO INCENTIVISE GENUINE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS RATHER THAN OFFSETTING. THAT WILL INCLUDE RECONSIDERING THE ROLE OF FORESTRY. BUT THE LABOUR LEADER NOT COMMITTING TO PUT A PRICE ON AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS, POSSIBLY HOPING TO KEEP FARMERS ON SIDE. WE WANT TO SEE EMISSIONS FROM THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR COMING DOWN, BUT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE SECTOR AROUND PRACTICAL WAYS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER THAT. HIPKINS STILL LICKING HIS WOUNDS AFTER LABOUR DROPPED TO 25.9% IN THE LATEST POLL. AND THIS IS WHERE LABOUR NEEDS TO WIN VOTES ` AUCKLAND ` WHERE THE PARTY GOT A HAMMERING AT THE 2023 ELECTION, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A BACKLASH AGAINST THE EXTENDED LOCKDOWN THE CITY EXPERIENCED AND THE SUBSEQUENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. BUT RECENT FRESHWATER STRATEGY POLLING SHOWED THAT AUCKLANDERS ARE JUST AS LIKELY TO BLAME THE CURRENT COALITION GOVERNMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC SITUATION AS THE PREVIOUS LABOUR ADMINISTRATION. WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY TO GET LABOUR TO PICK UP IN THE POLLS? WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING. THE PROBLEM IS, LABOUR'S PRESS RELEASE ABOUT REVIEWING THE EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME STATES THAT ` AND OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED THAT LIFTING THE PRICE OF CARBON UNITS COULD ADD FINANCIAL PRESSURE TO HOUSEHOLDS BECAUSE BUSINESSES PASS THE COST DOWN THE SUPPLY CHAIN TO EVERYDAY CONSUMERS. IF LABOUR REALLY BELIEVES THIS IS A COST OF LIVING ELECTION, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO INCREASE THE CARBON COSTS THAT PEOPLE PAY ALREADY NEARLY $500 A YEAR? IT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRICE OF PETROL FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE COST OF LIVING. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? COST OF LIVING OF COURSE IS OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE; IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M NOT GOING TO BE INCREASING FUEL TAX. BUT A CABINET PAPER CLEARLY SAYS ` HERE WE GO AGAIN, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE CHRIS HIPKINS IS LOADING ANOTHER TAX ON NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT NATIONAL WAS ALSO CHALLENGED ON THE COST OF LIVING TODAY, WITH THE GREENS OUTRAGED THAT THOUSANDS OF SPECIAL NEED GRANT APPLICANTS WERE TOLD FOOD IS 'NOT AN ESSENTIAL'. IT'S EXTREMELY QUESTIONABLE THAT AT A TIME WHEN MORE KIWIS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, WE ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE GETTING DECLINED HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING TOLD THAT FOOD IS NOT ESSENTIAL. LOUISE UPSTON NEEDS TO FRONT UP OR GET OUT. IT'S 0.1% OF ALL HARDSHIP GRANT APPLICATIONS. THERE'S 50 DIFFERENT CODES THAT CAN BE USED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'VE FALLEN SHORT ON THIS OCCASION, AND I KNOW THEY'LL DO BETTER. POLITICIANS IN A DELICATE BATTLE TO WIN THE COST OF LIVING NARRATIVE WHILE ALSO DELIVERING FOR THEIR CORE VOTER BASE. ZANE, LABOUR'S STILL COPPING A BIT OF HEAT ABOUT HOW IT WILL FUND ITS PROMISES. WHAT'S CHRIS HIPKINS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT? THE PROBLEM FOR CHRIS HIPKINS IS THAT NATIONAL IS STILL PUSHING THE ATTACK LINE THAT LABOUR HAS AN $18 BILLION HOLE IN ITS PROMISES. THE REASON THEY CAN PUSH THAT IS BECAUSE LABOUR HASN'T EXPLAINED HOW IT WILL FUND ONE OF ITS MOST EXPENSIVE POLICIES. ITS PROMISE TO REIMPLEMENT THE PAY EQUITY SCHEME. CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS HE WILL EXPLAIN HOW LABOUR WILL FUND IT AFTER THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED THE PRE-LIST PRE-ELECTION FISCAL UPDATE. BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY TWO MONTHS TO GO. THE POOR POLL RESULTS, THEY ARE SAYING THAT LABOUR IS NOW GEARING UP FOR THE ELECTION. THE PARTY WILL HAVE MORE POLICIES TO ANNOUNCE. NATIONAL HAS OUTLINED HOW IT INTENDS TO PLACATE COUNCILS CALLING FOR A BED TAX. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS ` IF RE-ELECTED ` HIS GOVERNMENT WILL DIVERT REVENUE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY TO LOCAL COUNCILS, WITH THE AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NIGHTS IN EACH REGION. REBECCA WRIGHT HAS THE DETAILS. THE GOVERNMENTS BED TAX BACKTRACK HAS TAKEN ANOTHER TURN ` NATIONAL ANNOUNCING IT WILL NOW HAND OVER PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY TO COUNCILS IF RE-ELECTED. EVERY COUNCIL HOSTING INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT VISITORS WILL RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE MONEY BASED ON MBIE'S ACCOMMODATION DATA. THE CROWN EXPECTS TO COLLECT AROUND $236M NEXT YEAR FROM THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY ` THAT'S AROUND $100 PER PERSON WHO TRAVELS HERE. $100 MILLION GOES TO DOC TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION ESTATE, $50 MILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S TOURISM PRIORITIES FUND, AND $86 MILLION WOULD GO TO COUNCILS. ULTIMATELY, THE MORE NIGHTS THAT VISITORS SPEND IN YOUR DISTRICT, THE LARGER YOUR SHARE. NATIONAL ESTIMATES IN YEAR ONE THAT AUCKLAND COULD GET $19M, $17M FOR QUEENSTOWN LAKES AND $3.5M FOR WELLINGTON. THESE COUNCILS WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THIS FUNDING TOWARDS PRACTICAL PRIORITIES SUCH AS PUBLIC TOILETS, WASTE COLLECTION, MANAGING FREEDOM CAMPING, AND VISITOR INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS BROADER SUPPORT FOR TOURISM PROMOTION, AND OF COURSE EVENTS. THERE WILL BE A CONSERVATION COST SHORTFALL OF $100M OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. NATIONAL SAYS IT WILL TOP THAT UP FROM FUTURE OPERATING ALLOWANCES. RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS BORROWING, AND THAT WILL REMAIN THE CASE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THE BOOKS BACK INTO SURPLUS, SO WE'RE PAYING DOWN DEBT. DOING THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN. WINSTON PETERS DISAGREEING ` CALLING THIS NATIONAL REARRANGING FUTURE BUDGETS FOR A 'CONVENIENT CAMPAIGN SLOGAN'. BUT THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY MAYORS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT INSIGNIFICANT AND WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY WORKED OUT A MILLION WAYS TO SPEND IT. UM... SO, IT'S REALLY GOOD. ALTHOUGH QUEENSTOWN, AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON WOULD ALL LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO GO FURTHER. IT DOESN'T GO AS FAR ENOUGH IN THAT IT DOESN'T RAISE AS MUCH REVENUE AS A LOCAL ACCOMMODATION LEVY WOULD HAVE RAISED. I MEAN, I GUESS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, 50% OF OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS DON'T PAY THIS BORDER LEVY. SO, NO ONE FROM AUSTRALIA PAYS, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OUR BIGGEST MARKET IN TOURISTS. SO STILL PLENTY TO PLAY FOR FOR OUR COUNCILS, AS WE ENTER THE BUSINESS END OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS RENEWED THE DEPLOYMENT OF NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT UKRAINE DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST RUSSIA UNTIL THE END OF JUNE 2028. UP TO 70 NZDF PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED IN EUROPE, WITH THE MAJORITY TRAINING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS IN POLAND AS PART OF A MULTI-NATIONAL INITIATIVE. THE NZDF WILL ALSO CONTINUE PROVIDING INTELLIGENCE, LIAISON AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT IN EUROPE. DEFENCE MINISTER PAUL GOLDSMITH SAID NEW ZEALAND'S OPERATION TIEKE WILL PRIORITISE TRAINING IN ELECTRONIC WARFARE AND DRONE OPERATIONS, WHICH HAVE BECOME CRUCIAL TO UKRAINE. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAID THE DEFENCE OF UKRAINE HAD IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS APOLOGISED TO THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO DIED IN A TOILET AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN JUNE. BRENT HORSBURGH HAD BEEN WAITING FOR NINE HOURS AND 18 MINUTES. HE NEVER SAW A DOCTOR. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS HIS WAIT IN THE BUSY ED, WHICH HEALTH NZ REVIEWS REVEAL WAS OVERLOADED AND UNDERSTAFFED. BRENT HORSBURGH'S FAMILY SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO PADDY GOWER. THIS IS THE LAST TIME BRENT HORSBURGH WAS SEEN ALIVE ` ON HIS WAY TO THE TOILET AS HE WAITED TO BE SEEN IN WAIKATO HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A FAMILY ABOUT THE FACT THAT BRENT DIED IN THE TOILET, AND NOBODY IN THE HOSPITAL KNEW HE WAS IN THERE? I DON'T EVEN THINK ANGRY COVERS IT. YEAH. IT'S JUST` IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO ANYBODY. (SNIFFLES) SORRY. HE DESERVED MORE DIGNITY THAN THAT. BRENT HADN'T BEEN WELL. HE WAS A BIG MAN WITH HEART PROBLEMS. HE HAD BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNWELL, BUT WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE. ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, HE WAS IN ENOUGH PAIN TO HEAD TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THE CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS A BUSY WAITING ROOM. BRENT WAS TRIAGED AT 3:42pm AS CATEGORY 3, WHICH IS CONSIDERED URGENT. UNDER HOSPITAL GUIDELINES, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SEEN WITHIN 30 MINUTES. BUT HE WASN'T. IT WAS 2.5 HOURS UNTIL HE WAS ACTUALLY SEEN BY A NURSE. AT 6.18, BRENT WAS FINALLY ASSESSED BY A NURSE. THREE HOURS LATER, A DOCTOR REVIEWED THE RESULTS OF HIS BLOOD TESTS, BUT HE WASN'T SEEN IN PERSON BY AN ED STAFF MEMBER AGAIN, AND AN HOUR LATER, AT 12.34am, BRENT ENTERED THE BATHROOM. BRENT WAS IN THE TOILET FOR 26 MINUTES. THE CCTV APPEARS TO SHOW A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC RAISING THE ALARM. AND IT WAS A PATIENT THAT FOUND HIM? NOT A NURSE, NOT A DOCTOR, NOT A HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBER, A PATIENT? YEAH. DO YOU THINK YOUR DAD DESERVED BETTER THAN THAT? 100%. SO MUCH BETTER. CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH NEW ZEALAND REVIEWS OF BRENT'S DEATH SHOW HE WAS WAITING FOR A TOTAL OF NINE HOURS AND 18 MINUTES WITHOUT A DOCTOR. HE DIDN'T SEE A DOCTOR THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE WAS THERE? NO. STAFF TRIED TO SAVE HIM FOR 20 MINUTES, BUT BRENT WAS DECLARED DEAD AT 1.30am. THE CORONER HASN'T YET ESTABLISHED HIS CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT HEALTH NZ BELIEVE IT WAS A CARDIAC ISSUE. IF HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SO LONG IN THAT DAMN WAITING ROOM, HE WOULD HAVE HAD A CHANCE. HEALTH NEW ZEALAND'S DR RICHARD SULLIVAN, ADMITTING THAT IF BRENT HAD BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR, HE COULD HAVE SURVIVED. IF BRENT HORSBURGH HAD BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR, BY A NURSE, BY A NURSE PRACTITIONER COULD THE OUTCOME HAVE CHANGED? REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. YEAH, OF COURSE IT COULD HAVE. YEAH. HE COULD STILL BE ALIVE. LOOK, IF IF FURTHER INFORMATION HAD COME TO HAND AND THERE WAS A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW` YOU KNOW, PATHWAY TAKEN. THINGS COULD HAVE CHANGED. SO, YES. YEAH. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. SADLY, IT MAY NOT HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME EITHER. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE. AND A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO THE FAMILY FROM HEALTH NZ. DO YOU APOLOGISE TO THE FAMILY FOR THAT WAIT? I DID WHEN I MET THEM, AND I DO AGAIN I SINCERELY APOLOGISE UM` YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THIS, IS` IS DEVASTATING, AND, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, IF FURTHER ASSESSMENT HAD OCCURRED BY WHOEVER, AND FURTHER INFORMATION HAD COME TO HAND, THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME, AND THAT'S` THAT'S NOT` YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OK, AND NINE HOURS TO WAIT AND NOT TO BE SEEN IS NOT OK, AND I SINCERELY APOLOGISE FOR THAT. THE HORSBURGH FAMILY NOW JUST LEFT WITH MEMORIES ` DAUGHTER TAYLA THE LAST TO SEE HIM ALIVE IN THE ED WAITING ROOM. CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE? HOW HE'D PROBABLY STILL BE WAITING THERE IN THE MORNING TO SEE SOMEONE BECAUSE OF HOW LONG THE WAIT TIMES WERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FULL INVESTIGATION ON PADDY GOWER HAS ISSUES HERE ON THREE AT 7.30 TONIGHT, AND FIND ALL THE EPISODES ON THREE NOW. IMO'S HERE WITH TODAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS ` HOW WAS OUR TUESDAY? PRETTY PLEASANT OVERALL, SAM ` AFTER PLENTY OF CRISPY, FROSTY STARTS, 18 WAS AS HOT AS IT GOT, RECORDED TODAY IN TAURANGA, DROPPING DOWN TO MINUS-3 IN TEKAPO. SOME STRONG GUSTS RIGHT UP TOP, AND SOME DECENT RAINFALL FOR TAIRAWHITI. WE'VE GOT MORE ON THE WAY AS WELL ` I'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` KING CHARLES SENDS A LETTER TO HARRY AND MEGHAN CLARIFYING THEY ARE NOT WORKING ROYALS. THOUSANDS TURN OUT TO THE FUNERAL OF CONVICTED WAR CRIMINAL RATKO MLADIC, WHO IS BURIED WITH MILITARY HONOURS IN BELGRADE. AND BRITISH RACING DRIVER OLLIE MILLROY PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS RIVAL WHO PULLED HIM FROM A BURNING CAR, SAVING HIS LIFE. IT'S A ROYAL HOMECOMING, BUT DEFINITELY NOT A ROYAL COMEBACK ` KING CHARLES HAS MADE IT CLEAR HARRY AND MEGHAN REMAIN PRIVATE CITIZENS, DESPITE MOVING BACK TO BRITAIN. IT COMES AS THE KING ALSO FACES FRESH PRESSURE OVER THE MONARCHY'S HISTORICAL LINKS TO SLAVERY. SENIOR REPORTER JULIET SPEEDY HAS THE STORY. THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ROYAL COUPLE OF THEIR GENERATION BACK IN BRITAIN, BACK IN THE HEADLINES, BUT NOT BACK ON ROYAL DUTY. HARRY AND MEGHAN WALKED AWAY FROM ROYAL LIFE SIX YEARS AGO. SINCE THEN, THEY'VE SPILLED ROYAL SECRETS, STARRED IN TELL-ALL DOCUMENTARIES AND TAKEN THEIR GRIEVANCES GLOBAL. NOW THEY'VE MOVED BACK TO BRITAIN ` BUT BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS MAKING SURE NO ONE MISTAKES A HOMECOMING FOR A ROYAL COMEBACK. KING CHARLES MADE THAT CRYSTAL-CLEAR IN A LETTER SENT ON HIS BEHALF TO THE SUSSEXES' TEAM. THAT PHRASE, 'PRIVATE CITIZENS', WILL INFURIATE HARRY, BECAUSE HE IS TRYING TO GET HIS SECURITY SORTED, TO GET FULL PROTECTION WHILE HE'S IN THIS COUNTRY, ON THE BASIS THAT HE'S NOT A PRIVATE CITIZEN. THE SUSSEXES REPORTEDLY GIVEN NO MORE WARNING OF THE LETTER THAN THE MEDIA. AND IT WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK ALL A BIT DEJA VU. YOU KNOW ` THEY'RE BACK, AND THEY'RE DOING THIS 'QUASI-WORKING ROYALS', AND THE PALACE IS JUST SAYING, 'WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS,' AND NOT ARE THEY SAYING IT, THEY'RE SAYING IT PUBLICLY, AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO UNUSUAL. BUT WHILE THE PALACE WAS DRAWING A LINE UNDER ONE LONG-RUNNING ROYAL HEADACHE, ANOTHER WAS ARRIVING AT THE KING'S DOOR ` A JAMAICAN DELEGATION IN LONDON DELIVERING A PETITION OVER BRITAIN'S ROLE IN THE SLAVE TRADE AND WHETHER REPARATIONS SHOULD NOW BE PAID. MOMENTS LIKE THESE HAVE GIVEN THEM HOPE. I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE DEPTHS OF MY PERSONAL SORROW AT THE SUFFERING OF SO MANY AS I CONTINUE TO DEEPEN MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF SLAVERY'S ENDURING IMPACT. A JAMAICAN MINISTER LED THE DELEGATION TO ASK THE KING, AS THEIR HEAD OF STATE, TO SEEK A LEGAL OPINION FROM THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, JAMAICA'S HIGHEST COURT. IF IT WAS LAWFUL, IF IT BREACHED INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND IF THERE SHOULD BE SOME FORM OF, UM, REPARATORY REMEDY. BUT AFTER A MEETING AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AGAIN RULED OUT REPARATIONS, THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REJECTING CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. WHEN BRITAIN ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN 1833, THE GOVERNMENT PAID �20M IN COMPENSATION TO SLAVE OWNERS. THAT WAS 40% OF TREASURY'S ENTIRE INCOME, AND REQUIRED SUCH HUGE LOANS THAT THE DEBT WASN'T PAID OFF UNTIL 2015. (CHANTING) NEARLY 200 YEARS AFTER THAT, THE ENDURING LEGACY OF SLAVERY IS STILL BEING RESOLVED. FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER RATKO MLADIC FOR THE HORRIFIC WAR CRIMES CARRIED OUT ON HIS ORDERS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND THE OUTPOURING OF GRIEF WITNESSED IN SERBIA SINCE HIS DEATH IN PRISON. THOUSANDS LINED THE STREETS OF BELGRADE TODAY, AS THE SO-CALLED BUTCHER OF BOSNIA WAS TREATED LIKE A HERO, AND GIVEN FULL MILITARY HONOURS AT HIS FUNERAL. ITV'S RACHEL YOUNGER REPORTS. (ORTHODOX CHOIR SINGS) IT IS A SIGHT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE ` CROWDS PACKING THE STREETS AROUND A BELGRADE CHURCH TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO A MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS IN EUROPE SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. (SPEAKS SERBO-CROATIAN) HERE IS GENERAL RATKO MLADIC IN THE EARLY '90S, TELLING MUSLIMS IN SREBRENICA THEY'RE NOT IN DANGER BEFORE THE MASSACRE OF 8000 MEN AND BOYS HERE. HIS FORCES KILLING THOUSANDS MORE DURING THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO AS HE PURSUED HIS VISION OF A GREATER SERBIA. (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE ECHOES) IT TOOK TWO DECADES FOR THE UN TO FIND AND CONVICT MLADIC. MR MLADIC WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COURTROOM TODAY. (SHOUTS) TODAY, THE GENERAL, LOCKED UP FOR LIFE IN DISGRACE AT THE HAGUE, WAS SALUTED AND WEPT OVER IN BELGRADE IN OCTOBER. (SPEAKS SERBIAN) 'HE WAS A MAN WHO GAVE EVERYTHING IN HIS LIFE FOR SERBIAN PEOPLE,' SAYS MILAN DOBRIC, WHO TRAVELLED HERE FROM KOSOVO. 'I AM GLAD THAT THIS MORNING PEOPLE ARE COMING TO PAY SPECIAL RESPECT.' (PRIEST PRAYS IN SERBIAN) IF THIS WASN'T OFFICIALLY A STATE FUNERAL, IT CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE ONE ` SERBIAN SOLDIERS FLANKING A COFFIN BEARING MLADIC'S MILITARY CAP AND SABRE. (PEOPLE SING IN SERBIAN) THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY SURROUNDING HIS BURIAL SICKENING FOR FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE SHOVED INTO MASS GRAVES AT SREBRENICA. LIKE LISA MUSTAFIC, WHOSE DAUGHTER ALMA IS NOW A GENOCIDE EDUCATOR, FOR THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE HIM THIS KIND OF HONOUR, UM... THAT SAYS A LOT. THAT SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT READY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GENOCIDE AND THAT THEY JUST WANT TO` TO, UM... GLORIFY IT. TODAY, SERBIA'S POPULIST PRESIDENT SHRUGGED OFF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY OF THIS, CALLING THE FUNERAL SIMPLY AN EMOTIONAL OUTPOURING. BUT IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A WARNING ` REMEMBERING A WAR CRIMINAL THIS WAY A REMINDER OF HOW QUICKLY THE LESSONS OF THE PAST ARE BEING FORGOTTEN. INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECOVERED THE FLIGHT RECORDERS FROM THE AMAZON CARGO PLANE THAT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PLANE PLOUGHED INTO TWO VEHICLES, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN ONE VAN BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES. FIVE OTHERS WERE INJURED, THREE OF THEM CRITICALLY. AVIATION EXPERTS SAY THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS HAD BEEN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, WHICH COULD'VE AFFECTED THE LANDING. STAY WITH US ` STILL TO COME ON THREE NEWS ` A REPORTER TRAVELS TO THE PLACE WHERE A BORDER CROSSING WAS OVERRUN BY MUD AND WATER IN NEPAL TWO WEEKS AGO, AND FINDS THERE'S NOTHING LEFT THERE BUT A WATERMARK. NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER REUNITE AND ARE FASHIONABLY LATE TO THEIR OWN PREMIERE. AND EARLY SEASON STANDOUT JACKSON FORD IS BACK FOR THE WARRIORS, ALONG WITH LEKA THE WRECKER FOR THE NRL FINALS. THIS IS THREE NEWS. IF YOU'VE JUST JOINED US, HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES SO FAR TONIGHT. ROTORUA POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A TRIPLE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THEIR HOME. A MAN HAS APPEARED IN THE ROTORUA DISTRICT COURT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A PERSON IN A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. NATIONAL HAS OUTLINED HOW IT INTENDS TO PLACATE COUNCILS CALLING FOR A BED TAX. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS ` IF RE-ELECTED ` HE WILL DIVERT REVENUE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEVY TO LOCAL COUNCILS. AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND HAS APOLOGISED TO THE FAMILY OF A MAN WHO DIED IN A TOILET AFTER WAITING NINE HOURS AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. BRENT HORSBURGH'S RELATIVES SAY HE DESERVED BETTER. RUSSIA AND NORTH KOREA HAVE OPENED THE FIRST ROAD BRIDGE OVER THEIR SHARED BORDER. MOSCOW SAYS THE 1KM LONG BRIDGE WILL FURTHER BOOST TRADE AND ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. BUT UKRAINE IS WORRIED IT COULD BE USED TO TRANSPORT WEAPONS AND NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS. TO NEPAL NOW, AND WHO CAN FORGET THE TERRIFYING IMAGE OF THE BORDER CROSSING OVERRUN BY MUD AND WATER ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO? ITV'S NEIL CONNERY AND HIS TEAM HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE SITE WHERE IT ONCE STOOD, AND VIRTUALLY NOTHING IS LEFT ` JUST WATERMARKS NEARLY 200M HIGH. 500FT, REDUCE TO MINIMUM. WE'RE HEADING UP THE TRISHULI VALLEY, TO WHERE THIS DISASTER FIRST STRUCK NEPAL ` OVER TOWNS AND VILLAGES DESTROYED, TOWARDS WHERE NEPAL'S GROUND ZERO BEGINS. IN THE DISTANCE, WE SEE WHERE CHINA'S SIX-STOREY BORDER COMPLEX USED TO STAND. THE FIVE-STAR RED FLAG FLYING HIGH AS DIGGERS WORK AWAY. THIS IS AS NEAR AS WE WERE ADVISED TO GO TO THE CHINESE BORDER. (ROTORS WHIRR) THIS WAS A BUSTLING BORDER TOWN, ALL TRACES OF ITS EXISTENCE NOW WASHED AWAY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THE CCTV IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS DISASTER, WHICH BROUGHT HOME THE SCALE OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FACING. BUT THE POWER OF THIS WATER AND THE GLACIAL DEBRIS THAT WAS TRAVELLING WITH IT ` WELL, LOOK AT THIS VALLEY AROUND ME. LOOK HOW HIGH THE WATERMARK REACHED ` NEARLY 200M OR SO. THAT GIVES YOU A CLEAR INDICATION OF JUST THE FORCE OF WHAT WAS TRAVELLING DOWN HERE. WE FOLLOW THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION DOWN ` THEN WE SPOT A RESCUE TEAM AT A TUNNEL ENTRANCE. WE TRY TO LAND ON THE NARROWEST OF LEDGES, ON SOFT, SINKING MUD ` CHALLENGES THE PILOTS HAVE HAD TO OVERCOME SINCE THE DISASTER. A NEPALI ARMY TEAM ASSISTED BY INDIAN SOLDIERS TOLD ME THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. INSIDE, THEY'VE BEEN DIGGING THEIR WAY THROUGH, LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS AND REMOVING DEAD BODIES. THE TUNNEL IS PART OF A HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION. TWO TRAPPED WORKERS WERE PULLED ALIVE NEARBY ON FRIDAY. WE ARE WORKING. WE ALL WANT TO GET IT THROUGH, BRING OUR BOYS BACK. HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP GOING? UNTIL WE'VE GIVEN IT BACK. WE'LL KEEP GOING. BUT WE NEED TO BE HURRIED BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING.. THEY NEED TO BE THERE, SO WE NEED TO BE HURRIED. (RT COMMS) WE HEAD FURTHER DOWN THE VALLEY AND SOON COME ACROSS A RESCUE TEAM FROM SOUTH KOREA. WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, THE CHANCES OF FINDING SURVIVORS INSIDE THESE TUNNELS IS DIMINISHING, BUT NO ONE IS GIVING UP. EVERY MILE WE TRAVEL REVEALS ANOTHER TOWN SWEPT AWAY. HELICOPTER PILOT CAPTAIN SHASHWAD DALAL WAS PART OF ONE OF THE MOST RECENT RESCUES. OVER RT: EVERYONE IS WORKING TOGETHER, THERE'S A TEAM EFFORT AND IS HELPING A LOT. AND HOW LONG WILL YOU KEEP GOING? AS LONG AS WE FIND THE SURVIVORS, WE JUST` WE JUST KEEP GOING. CONFRONTED BY ALL OF THIS, NEPAL'S RESILIENCE AND HOPE IS UNDIMINISHED. ORGANISERS OF THE CHINA GT CHAMPIONSHIP HAVE APOLOGISED AFTER A BRITISH DRIVER NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE ON THE TRACK. OLLIE MILLROY'S FERRARI BURST INTO FLAMES IN SHANGHAI AT THE WEEKEND. WITH NO SAFETY MARSHALS AROUND, IT WAS UP TO ANOTHER DRIVER, LOEK HARTOG, TO RESCUE HIM FROM THE BURNING CAR. ITV'S ROSIE DOWSING REPORTS. THIS IS THE MOMENT A RACING DRIVER'S DECISION TO RUN TOWARDS DANGER SAVED HIS RIVAL'S LIFE. SO, A HUGE FIREBALL. IT WAS A PURE INSTINCT REACTION AND TO REALISE THAT WHOEVER'S IN THERE, HE CANNOT CARRY HIMSELF OUT. SO I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON SITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. JUST 20 MINUTES INTO THE FIRST RACE OF THE CHINA GT IN SHANGHAI ON SATURDAY, BRITISH DRIVER OLLIE MILROY'S FERRARI BURST INTO FLAMES. OH MY GOODNESS. AND WITH NO SAFETY MARSHALS IN SIGHT, DUTCHMAN LOEK HARTOG SPRUNG INTO ACTION. THAT'S WHEN I RUSHED FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. LUCKILY, I FOUND ONE NOT A MATTER OF MINUTES, IT WAS A MATTER OF SECONDS THAT MATTERED. JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR THE AFTERMATH. AND, UH, THAT OLLIE IS OK NOW. OLLIE WAS TREATED AT THE ROADSIDE AND REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, BUT HIS TEAM FIST AUTO HAS HIT OUT AT CHINA GT'S LACK OF SAFETY ASSISTANCE THAT LEFT ANOTHER DRIVER HAVING TO RISK HIS LIFE. HE'S GOT HIMSELF OUT OF THE CAR. HE'S BEING ATTENDED TO BY THE MEDICAL TEAM. IN RESPONSE, CHINA GT ADMITTED SHORTCOMINGS AND IN A STATEMENT, VOWED TO REVIEW THE ACCIDENT. THEY'D NEVER EVEN MET BEFORE, BUT NOW OLLIE AND LOEK ARE UNITED BY A TERRIFYING ACCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. FROM HOSPITAL, OLLIE SAID THE BRITISH DRIVER SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING FROM THE ACCIDENT, BUT SAYS HE'LL REMEMBER LOEK'S BRAVERY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. OLLIE'S IN WITH SPORT, AND A COUPLE OF BIG NAMES ARE BACK FOR THE WARRIORS? JACKSON FORD WILL MAKE HIS RETURN. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST OUT OF THE WARRIORS CAMP NEXT AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE OPENING ROUND OF THE FINALS. PLUS, DAVE RENNIE CONFIRMS CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE ALL BLACKS FINAL TEST OF THE GREATEST RIVALRY SERIES. AND 2028 JUST GOT EVEN BIGGER FOR SQUASH, WITH CONFIRMATION AUCKLAND WILL HOST THE WORLD CHAMPS A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE SPORT'S OLYMPICS DEBUT. THREE NEWS SPORT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEW SUZUKI FRONX. YOU WANT IT? FRONX GOT IT! THE WARRIORS HAVE RECEIVED A TIMELY BOOST AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S QUALIFYING FINAL AGAINST THE DOLPHINS, WITH JACKSON FORD SET TO RETURN FROM A PECTORAL INJURY SUSTAINED 12 WEEKS AGO ` HIS NAMING ON THE INTERCHANGE ONLY ADDING TO THE CONFIDENCE THE WARRIORS CAN BOOK A SPOT IN THE PRELIMINARY FINALS AFTER A RECORD-BREAKING REGULAR SEASON. COACH ANDREW WEBSTER TODAY SAYING HIS SIDE HAS PLENTY OF 'EDGE'. GORDON FINDLATER HAS MORE. AFTER WRAPPING UP A RECORD 18TH REGULAR SEASON WIN AT THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE WARRIORS WOULD FANCY THEIR CHANCES HEADING INTO FINALS FOOTY. WE'RE VERY BIG ON JUST BEING OURSELVES, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, BUT WE DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE DON'T ASSUME. DESPITE COMING INTO THIS WEEK ON A SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK, THERE'S ONE AREA OF CONCERN ` THE WARRIORS HAVE CONCEDED 88 POINTS IN THE LAST THREE GAMES. IT'S A STAT THAT'S NOT WORRYING ANDREW WEBSTER, THOUGH. WE'RE GOING INTO FINALS WHERE WE'RE PHYSICAL AND GOING AFTER TEAMS, WE'LL MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM. AND WE'VE JUST GOT TO IRON OUT ONE LITTLE THING. IF YOU DIDNT HAVE THAT LITTLE PIECE OF IMPROVEMENT, THEN I THINK YOU COULD GO IN THE FINALS A LITTLE BIT COMPLACENT. WE'VE GOT A BIT OF EDGE ABOUT US. AND FINALS EXPERIENCE ` IT'S NOW THE THIRD TIME THE WARRIORS HAVE MADE THE PLAYOFFS IN FOUR YEARS. ANY TIME YOU'RE IN THIS POSITION, YOU TRY NOT TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS TEAM IS PRETTY SPECIAL ` I THINK OUR YOUNG GUYS HAVE DEVELOPED PRETTY WELL, AND IT'S PROBABLY GIVEN US A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THAT HAS SOME PUNDITS CONFIDENT THEY CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO A GRAND FINAL. I THINK THE WARRIORS' FOOTBALL IS PERFECTLY GEARED TOWARDS FINALS FOOTBALL. I THINK THEY'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THIS GAME, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE AT HOME. STANDING IN THEIR WAY ARE A DOLPHINS SIDE MAKING THEIR FIRST EVER FINALS APPEARANCE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO SEPARATE TWO SIDES IN THE REGULAR SEASON ` A TWO-POINT WIN BY THE WARRIORS IN APRIL, BEFORE THE DOLPHINS HAD THEIR OWN TWO-POINT VICTORY IN JUNE. THEY'RE A TOUGH TEAM. THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE. THEY'RE FAST. THEY'RE CERTAINLY SKILFUL. YOU GIVE THEM SPACE AND AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY TAKE IT. WE'VE GOTTA BE ON. WHILE IT'S JUST THE DOLPHINS PLAYERS THE WARRIORS HAVE TO CONTEND WITH ON SATURDAY, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR THE VISITORS, WITH AROUND 25,000 FANS DUE TO PACK IN TO MT SMART STADIUM. THEY'RE INTIMIDATING, THEY'RE LOUD, THEY'RE ENJOYABLE. SO, YEAH, JUST COME ON THE WEEKEND ` BE YOURSELVES, WE NEED YOU ` WE LOVE YOU, AND, YEAH, DONT CHANGE. WITH THE PRIZE A DIRECT SPOT IN THE PRELIMINARY FINALS, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER EXCUSE TO MAKE PLENTY OF NOISE. HEAD COACH DAVE RENNIE'S CONFIRMED CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE ALL BLACKS FOR SUNDAY'S FINAL TEST OF THE GREATEST RIVALRY SERIES AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS. WITH REGULAR STARTERS ARDIE SAVEA, LUKE JACOBSON AND QUINN TUPAEA ALL RETURNING HOME EARLY DUE TO INJURY, NEW FACES ARE DEFINITELY REQUIRED IN THOSE POSITIONS. BUT RENNIE'S CONFIRMED THEY WON'T BE THE ONLY ONES, AS HE LOOKS TO GIVE SOME MUCH NEEDED GAME TIME TO OTHERS. GUESS I'D ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE CHANGES ON THE FOURTH TEST, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE WON THAT THIRD ONE OR NOT. PROBABLY THE REASONS YOU'VE STATED, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING GUYS WITH PLENTY OF ENERGY AND SHARE THE LOAD. RENNIE WILL ALSO NEED TO NAME A NEW CAPTAIN, WITH MIDFIELDER JORDIE BARRETT MOST LIKELY TO ASSUME THE ROLE, UNLESS CODIE TAYLOR IS PROMOTED BACK TO START AT HOOKER. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST THREE DECADES, ALL TOP SIX SEEDS HAVE REACHED THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE WOMEN'S DRAW AT THE U.S. OPEN. THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THE AMERICAN CROWD IS HOPING CAN GO ALL THE WAY, THOUGH ` FOURTH SEED COCO GAUFF KEEPING HER HOPES OF A SECOND U.S. OPEN CROWN ALIVE, WINNING IN STRAIGHT SETS. (CHEERING) COCO GAUFF GOES INTO A THIRD U.S OPEN QUARTER-FINAL. SHE'LL MEET FIFTH SEED MIRRA ANDREEVA, WHO WON HER ROUND OF 16 MATCH IN THREE SETS. SECOND SEED ELENA RYBAKINA ALSO ADVANCED TODAY, DEFEATING NAOMI OSAKA IN STRAIGHT SETS. MEANWHILE, IN THE MEN'S DRAW, THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOR TOP SEED ALEXANDER ZVEREV, CRUISING INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS. LIAM LAWSON WILL ONCE AGAIN DRIVE FOR RED BULL'S SENIOR TEAM THIS WEEKEND, WITH CONFIRMATION ISACK HADJAR WILL MISS THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. HADJAR IS YET TO RECOVER FROM A FRACTURED WRIST SUSTAINED DURING A TRAINING SESSION LAST MONTH. LAWSON IS LIKELY TO APPRECIATE RED BULL MAKING AN EARLY CALL, AFTER ADMITTING THE LATE DECISION AHEAD OF LAST WEEKEND'S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX IMPACTED PREPARATIONS. HE FINISHED 14TH. BATSMAN MARK CHAPMAN IS THE LATEST BLACK CAP TO BE RELEASED FROM HIS CENTRAL CONTRACT. CHAPMAN'S MADE THE DECISION SO HE CAN PURSUE AN OPPORTUNITY IN AUSTRALIA'S BIG BASH. HOWEVER, HE REMAINS AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION FOR INDIA'S UPCOMING TOUR. CHAPMAN'S SHIFT TO A CASUAL CONTRACT HAS SEEN NORTHERN DISTRICTS BOWLER MATT FISHER EARN HIS MAIDEN CENTRAL CONTRACT. THE WORLD'S BEST SQUASH PLAYERS WILL DESCEND ON AUCKLAND IN 2028, WITH CONFIRMATION TODAY THE CITY HAS WON THE RIGHTS TO HOST THE WORLD CHAMPS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE TOURNAMENT HAS EVER BEEN HELD HERE, AND WILL BE PART OF A BUMPER YEAR FOR THE SPORT, WHICH MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE OLYMPICS A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE NEXT GENERATION OF SQUASH STARS HAVING A HIT AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE TODAY... BUT THE TEMPORARY NETS WILL SOON BE REPLACED BY A FULL-SIZE COURT AS AUCKLAND GETS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD'S BEST. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO EXCITED UNTIL IT WAS, UH... YOU KNOW, OFFICIALLY SIGNED, SO, MATE, IT'S AMAZING. I CAN'T WAIT TILL 2028. IT'S GOING TO BE A HELL OF A YEAR FOR ME. THAT'S BECAUSE JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE WORLD CHAMPS MAKE THEIR DEBUT IN NEW ZEALAND, SQUASH MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE OLYMPICS ` ONE OF TWO NEW SPORTS TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE LA GAMES, HEADLINING A BUMPER YEAR FOR OUR BEST PLAYER. I'M NOT SURE HOW I'LL QUITE RECOVER FROM THAT, BUT, UM... IT'S, UH, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING, ESPECIALLY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR FIRST OLYMPICS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY AWESOME EXPERIENCE, BUT, UH, TO HAVE WORLD CHAMPS IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE SAME YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED. IT'S TAKEN MONTHS OF HARD WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT ` THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR EVENTS FUND AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL EVENTS THROUGH TO TATAKI AUCKLAND UNLIMITED, AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL EVENTS THROUGH TATAKI AUCKLAND UNLIMITED, ENSURING THE BID WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE OFF SOME STIFF COMPETITION. ABU DHABI WAS OUR COMPETITION, AND THEY HAD THE PRIZE CHEQUE ` (CHUCKLES WRYLY) WE DIDN'T. HOWEVER, THE LOCAL AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT REALLY INDICATED TO THEM THAT WE'VE GOT GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTRY. THE WORLD CIRCUIT HAS TAKEN SQUASH TO SOME PICTURESQUE LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE 2028 WORLD CHAMPS, THE COURT WILL BE BUILT IN A GLASS BOX INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE. EVERYONE THAT COMES HAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, WHETHER YOU'RE A SQUASH SUPPORTER OR NOT, JUST COMING TO A THEATRE, OR` AND WATCHING SQUASH, AND WATCHING THE PHYSICALITY OF IT REALLY CLOSE-HAND IS AMAZING. AN ALREADY BUMPER YEAR FOR SQUASH SET TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. EXCITING TIMES - ONE TO TAKE THE KIDS ALONG TO, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO WATCH LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER SHOWED UP FASHIONABLY LATE TO THE UK PREMIERE OF THEIR DOCUMENTARY, OASIS: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER. THE FILM TAKES VIEWERS BACKSTAGE DURING THE BROTHERS' REUNION TOUR LAST YEAR, GIVING THEM AN INTIMATE GLIMPSE OF THEIR FAMOUSLY VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP. ITV'S RISHI DAVDA REPORTS. POSING FOR THE CAMERAS, BUT AVOIDING THE INTERVIEWS ` NOEL AND LIAM GALLAGHER ARE GOING TO LET THEIR DOCUMENTARY DO THE TALKING. THE WAY IT FINISHED... WEREN'T ACCEPTABLE. OASIS: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER PEEKS BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF LAST YEAR'S LONG AWAITED REUNION TOUR AND FEATURES THE PAIR'S FIRST JOINT INTERVIEW IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. # SO, SALLY CAN WAIT... AFTER FORMING ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST BRITISH BAND OF THE '90S, THEIR ONGOING FAMILY FEUD REACHED BOILING POINT IN 2009, AND THE BROTHERS CALLED IT QUITS. THEIR RECONCILIATION, PERSONALITIES AND LEGACY WERE THE PERFECT INGREDIENTS FOR WHAT SOME HAVE CALLED A ROCKUMENTARY. LIAM AND NOEL ` YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAT DOWN TO TO TALK TO THEM AND INTERVIEW THEM, VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING THEY SAY YOU COULD PUT ON A T-SHIRT BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD. YOU HAVE, LIKE, A PERFECT STORM OF TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMOUSLY APART, WHO COME TOGETHER, AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE CROWD ARE COMING TOGETHER. ON STAGE WITH LIAM ` I JUST DON'T SEE IT. THE TEAM DELIVERED A TWO-HOUR LONG FILM, BUT THEY HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF NEW FOOTAGE TO WORK WITH. THERE WERE SIX WEEKS OF REHEARSALS, 12 TO 14 CAMERAS FILMING FOR SIX HOURS EVERY DAY. THEN WE SHOT` WE SHOT 13 OUT OF THE 41 SHOWS WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS. I THINK THE EDITORS SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 1800 HOURS OF FOOTAGE. FANS CLAMOURED FOR TICKETS TO SEE THE REUNION UP CLOSE. THOSE WHO ADORE OASIS HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER, OUT IN CINEMAS ON WEDNESDAY. IT'D BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WENT ON WHEN NONE OF US SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON. I RECKON THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GOOD STUFF IN THERE. JUICY STUFF. I'LL BE HONEST, I'D MOST LIKE TO SEE THE MOMENT WHEN THEY CAME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES. (CHEERING) THE ROCK DOC GOT AN EIGHT-MINUTE STANDING OVATION AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THERE COULD BE MORE OF LIAM AND NOEL TO COME, WITH RUMOURS OF SHOWS AT KNEBWORTH NEXT SUMMER. IMO'S BACK ` YOU MENTIONED RAIN EARLIER ` WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? ARE IN FOR A BIT OF A MIDWEEK WEATHER SHAKE-UP ` WE ARE IN FOR A BIT OF A MIDWEEK WEATHER SHAKE-UP ` STILL LOTS OF DECENT SPELLS AROUND TOMORROW, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME WET STUFF SANDWICHING THE COUNTRY ` HEAVIEST AND GRUNTIEST DOWN THE BOTTOM, WITH THAT FRONT MOVING IN AND UP THE SOUTH ISLAND, AS WEDNESDAY TRUCKS ALONG. IT'S STICKING ROUND FOR THURSDAY AS WELL ` I'LL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST AFTER THE BREAK. HRV VENTILATION HELPS REDUCE ASTHMA TRIGGERS AT HOME. HRV, BRINGING YOU THREE NEWS WEATHER. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. AFTER A PRETTY SOLID TUESDAY ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AROUND TONIGHT, WITH A FEW SHOWERS MAKING THEMSELVES KNOWN FOR PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS. THEN TOMORROW ` THERE'S STILL LOTS OF DRY, FAIRLY SETTLED WEATHER ON THE CARDS, BUT A DECENT DOSE OF SHOWERS OR RAIN SANDWICHING THE COUNTRY. NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT ACROSS THE SOUTH TONIGHT, INTO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT FROM THE AFTERNOON, WE'LLL SEE THIS SYSTEM HIT BEFORE MAKING A RUN FOR IT UP THE ISLAND. THEN THESE BLUE BLOBS ARE CARTWHEELING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, MAKING LANDFALL TOMORROW BEFORE SPREADING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE NORTH ISLAND. SORT OF CROPPING UP AROUND THE EAST CAPE TOO ` THERE ARE SOME NIPPY STARTS HERE WITH LOVELY SUNSHINE, BUT THOSE SHOWERS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RIGHT UP TOP, MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO AUCKLAND, POSSIBLY HAMILTON LATE AFTERNOON. CLOUDY AND CHILLY FIRST THING FOR THESE PARTS, FOG FOR TOKOROA, COULD SEE SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS CROPPING UP AROSS THE BOARD LATE ARVO. AFTERNOON NORTHERLIES. CRISPY, CRISPY STARTS FOR ALL THIS WAY, MORNING FOG FOR MASTERTON, MORNING CLOUD UP TOP ` ALL CLEARING AND ALLOWING FOR SOME LOVELY SUNSHINE, APART FROM SOME VERY COOL STARTS HERE, AND FOG FOR TAUMARUNUI. IT'S LOOKING LIKE A CRACKER FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND WITH A BIG MIX OF WINDS. A BIT OF MORNING CLOUD FOR NELSON. THAT'LL CLEAR UP NICELY. THEN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AS THE DAY TRUCKS ALONG, BECOMING HEAVIER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, SOME VERY FROSTY AND OVERCAST STARTS ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT THAT ALL LIFTS AND CLEARS TO A LOVELY AFTERNOON, CHECK OUT THAT TEMPERATURE TURNAROUND DOWN THE BOTTOM HERE. MAINLY FINE AND FROSTY TO START HERE, BUT RAIN WILL SPILL INTO AND DEVELOP EVERYWHERE, EVENTUALLY HITTING UP ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DUNEDIN, FINE TO START, BUT CLOUD WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY TRUCKS ALONG. WITH THE RAIN HITTING LATE IN THE EVENING ` GETTING DOWN TO 0 OVERNIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH, SO SOME CRUNCHY GRASS WITH AREAS OF LOW CLOUD LIFTING TO A GREAT MIDWEEK. WELLINGTON ` WHAT A WEDNESDAY. ALL SUN, ALL DAY. NORTHERLIES DEVELOPING LATE MORNING. BIT OF A CHILLY START WITH A BIT OF MORNING CLOUD KICKING ROUND THE BAY. BUT A GREAT AFTERNOON'S ON THE CARDS, WITH EASTERLY WINDS. TAURANGA, MORNING CLOUD FOR YOU AS WELL, AND YOU MIGHT SEE A SHOWER FLIT THROUGH. THEN A FINER-LOOKING AFTERNOON. AFTER A FOGGY START, YOU'RE IN FOR A GREAT MORNING, HAMILTON, BUT THAT WILL CLOUD OVER AND YOU COULD SEE SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS. AUCKLAND ` AREAS OF FOG FOR YOU AS WELL, THEN THOSE SHOWERS WILL CREEP ON DOWN. FROM THE AFTERNOON, EARLY EVENING, A SWEEPING COLD FRONT MEANS SHOWERS FOR TASMANIA AND VICTORIA, CURLING ROUND THE EAST COAST, PUSHING STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO NEW SOUTH WALES. THEN IT'S A NOT-SO-GREAT MIDWEEK DAY WEATHER-WISE FOR THE PACIFIC, WITH LOTS OF CLOUD AND SHOWERS.. HERE'S HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING BACK HOME FROM THURSDAY ` AND THURSDAY'S WHEN THAT FRONT WILL HIT THE NORTH ISLAND FROM LATE MORNING, SETTLING IN AND OVER THE EAST COAST FRIDAY, BUT THEN SATURDAY, JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ` AT THIS STAGE, ALL LOOKING CLEAR FOR SATURDAY AT GO MEDIA STADIUM. THAT FRONT WILL STILL HAVE ONE HAND IN THE SOUTH ISLAND THURSDAY. AND BEHIND IT WILL BE COLD SHOWERS, POSSIBLY SOME SNOW. THERE'LL BE SOME GALE WESTERLIES DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE COUNTRY, WITH THINGS EASING FROM SATURDAY. SOME PRETTY COOL CIRRUS CLOUDS AROUND HUNTLY TODAY LOOKING LIKE A TWISTER ` CAPTURED BY DUNCAN, SENT IN BY TRUDY. TEAM EFFORT. GREAT TEAM EFFORT, JUST LIKE THE NEWS. THAT IS THREE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS AND INFORMATION ON STUFF.CO.NZ I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY MAIA CARR HEKE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. 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