TONIGHT ` ARE THEY THE GREAT DIESEL DUDS? BUYER REGRET IS REVEALED FROM KIWIRAIL OVER ITS DECISION TO REPLACE ITS ELECTRIC TRAINS. LIGHTS, CAMERA, CASH INJECTION. THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST BUDGET TEASE IS A MASSIVE BOOST TO OUR FILM AND TV INDUSTRY. AND THEY'RE NERVOUS, BUT ON THE SURFACE THEY LOOK CALM AND READY. THE EMINEM-NATIONAL RAP BATTLE COMES TO A CLOSE. KIWIRAIL'S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DIESEL DEAL IS A DUD ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ONE NEWS HAS OBTAINED. THE DOCUMENTS SUGGEST THE DECISION TO SWITCH FROM ELECTRIC TRAINS WAS A FISCAL MOVE, AND THE DIESEL TRAINS ARE UNRELIABLE. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE HAS EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR A PLAN TO DUMP ELECTRIC TRAINS FOR DIESELS BETWEEN HAMILTON AND PALMERSTON NORTH. KIWIRAIL SAYS DIESEL WILL IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. BUT DOCUMENTS LEAKED TO 1 NEWS SAY OTHERWISE. WHAT THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW IS THAT KIWIRAIL BOSSES WERE TOLD THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT. AN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT'S PEER REVIEW SAYS DIESEL TRAINS BOUGHT FROM CHINA HAVE... ...FOR MAINTENANCE AND ASBESTOS REMOVAL, AND THEIR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN 'EXTRAORDINARILY POOR'. IT IS SHOCKING AND DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY KIWIRAIL HAS GONE AHEAD WITH THE DECISION TO PURCHASE MORE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, GIVEN THEIR SHOCKINGLY POOR PERFORMANCE. THE REVIEW SAYS KIWIRAIL SHOULD BE SWITCHING ITS WHOLE FLEET TO ELECTRIC. AND IT SAYS A PAPER FROM THE COMPANY'S BOARD WAS... BUT THERE'S MORE. A SEPARATE INTERNAL REPORT SAYS KIWIRAIL OVER-INFLATED THE EXPECTED SAVINGS, AND THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE COST OF UPGRADING THE ELECTRIC TRAINS WAS $230M CHEAPER THAN REPLACING THEM WITH DIESEL ONES. BUT KIWIRAIL SAYS THESE WERE EARLY REVIEWS. OF COURSE, IT MATURED ALL THE WAY THROUGH, SO THE INITIAL INFORMATION WE WERE LOOKING AT AT THE START OF OUR PROCESS WAS VERY DIFFERENT TOWARDS THE END. TREASURY HAD CONCERNS TOO ABOUT THE BUSINESS CASE. IT SAID... ...THAT ELECTRIFYING THE WHOLE NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK LINE COULD BE UP TO $1B. I DON'T THINK OUR JOB IS TO COOK THE BOOKS. WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR BUSINESS. I THINK THAT THE MINISTER NEEDS TO PUT AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE PROCUREMENT OF NEW DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AND HAVE A FULL INDEPENDENT REPORT BEFORE WE GO FURTHER IN BUYING NEW TRAINS. KIWIRAIL'S ELECTRIC TRAINS WILL BE PHASED OUT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. BUT... THERE IS AN AVENUE DOWN THE LINE FOR DIFFERENT DECISIONS TO BE MADE. WE CAN REVISIT THIS IN DUE COURSE IF WE DECIDE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. CRITICS SAY THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE ALREADY SHOWS THE RIGHT DECISION IS NOT DIESEL. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AND THE KIWIRAIL TRAIN THAT'S BEEN STUCK IN A KAIKOURA TUNNEL SINCE THE NOVEMBER EARTHQUAKE HAS FINALLY BEGUN ITS RETURN JOURNEY TO CHRISTCHURCH, THIS TIME VIA THE ROAD. 23 WAGONS WEIGHING IN AT 20 TONNES EACH WERE PULLED BY A DIGGER THROUGH THE TUNNEL, THEN LIFTED BY A CRANE ON TO THE BACK OF TRUCKS. KIWIRAIL HOPES TO HAVE THE TRAIN LINE OPEN FOR FREIGHT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN ANOTHER PRE-BUDGET TEASE, THE GOVERNMENT'S GIVEN MORE THAN $240M TO BOOST THE COUNTRY'S FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY. THE MONEY'S BEING WELCOMED NOT JUST BY THE ARTS SECTOR, BUT OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM MORE PRODUCTIONS BEING MADE HERE. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. SHH. THIS IS MAJOR. AN AUCKLAND FILM SET ` THE SCENE FOR A BIG INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS SUPPORT FOR A SECTOR THAT BRINGS $3.3B EVERY YEAR TO NZ. IT'S HOPED WE'LL SEE MORE HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES, LIKE 'PETE'S DRAGON' AND 'GHOST IN THE SHELL', FILMED HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, WITH THE GOVERNMENT PROMISING MORE THAN $300M IN PRODUCTION GRANTS. THEY'VE BEEN LIFE-CHANGING IN ORDER FOR US TO GET OUR SHOWS MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. ROB TAPPERT OF 'XENA' AND 'HERCULES' FAME IS INTO HIS THIRD SEASON OF FILMING TV SERIES 'ASH VS EVIL DEAD' IN AUCKLAND. WITHOUT WHAT ARE EFFECTIVELY CASH INCENTIVES, HE SAYS HE AND COUNTLESS OTHER FOREIGN PRODUCTIONS WOULD DISAPPEAR TO CHEAPER LOCATIONS. THIS SHOW MAY END UP IN EASTERN EUROPE, OR IT MAY END UP IN CANADA. WHY DO WE CARE? WELL, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THERE'S A BIG KNOCK-ON EFFECT ` FIRSTLY, EMPLOYMENT... WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR AND IN MOVIES HAS HAD SPIN-OFFS INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTICS AND SECTORS SUCH AS GAMING. ...AND, SIGNIFICANTLY, TOURISM. NEARLY ONE IN FIVE VISITORS TO NEW ZEALAND CITE THE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' FILMS AS A REASON FOR COMING. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE STUNNING VISTAS THAT MAKE NEW ZEALAND ATTRACTIVE TO FILM-MAKERS. THERE'S THE WIZARDRY OF FIRMS LIKE WETA WORKSHOPS. YOU'VE GOT STUDIOS BEING BUILT. YOU'VE GOT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POST-PRODUCTION, DIGITAL EFFECTS WORK AND VERY HIGH-TECH WORK, SO WE'RE GETTING KNOWN FOR A VERY, VERY SKILLED WORK FORCE AS WELL. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE GRANTS PACKAGE HAS SUPPORTED AROUND 50 INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS. THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE EMPLOYS 14,000 PEOPLE. AND PRODUCERS SAY WITHOUT IT, SETS LIKE THIS IN WEST AUCKLAND WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT. LOCAL FILMMAKERS TOO WILL BENEFIT. 60 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THEM. IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT PETER JACKSON, THE NEXT JANE CAMPION OR TAIKA WAITITI TO EMERGE AND BECOME ROCK STARS LIKE THOSE GUYS. BREAK OUT THE POPCORN. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. A PRO-EUTHANASIA CAMPAIGNER HAS DENIED HELPING ANOTHER WOMAN COMMIT SUICIDE. SUSAN AUSTEN APPEARED IN THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING, PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO THREE CHARGES. THEY INCLUDE AIDING ANNEMARIE TREADWELL (77) TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND TWO CHARGES OF IMPORTING A CLASS C DRUG, A SEDATIVE CALLED PENTOBARBITONE. I DON'T CONDEMN THE POLICE FOR BRINGING AN ACTION AGAINST SUSIE IF THEY THINK A LAW HAS BEEN BROKEN. THAT IS THEIR JOB. WHAT I DO CONDEMN IS THE IDIOCY OF THE LAW THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT THAT MAKES COMPASSION A CRIME. THE CHARGE OF AIDING SUICIDE CARRIES A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF 14 YEARS IN PRISON. AS RAP BATTLES GO, IT'S BEEN A LONG AND RATHER TAME AFFAIR. BUT THE COPYRIGHT CASE BETWEEN EMINEM AND THE NATIONAL PARTY IS NEARLY OVER. NATIONAL'S ACCUSED OF RIPPING-OFF ONE OF ENIMEM'S BIGGEST HITS FOR THE PARTY'S 2014 ELECTION CAMPAIGN SONG. NOW, AS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS, IT'S UP TO A HIGH COURT JUDGE TO DECIDE. THIS CASE HAS WRAPPED UP WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT RAP IS. IS THAT EQUIVALENT TO A MELODY? NO, IT'S MORE LIKE SPOKEN WORD, RHYMING, DONE IN A STACCATO MANNER. IT'S THE MELODY, THOUGH, NOT THE WORDS, AT ISSUE HERE. JUST HOW SIMILAR IS EMINEM'S AWARD-WINNING 'LOSE YOURSELF'... RAPS: YOU BETTER LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MUSIC. TO THE SONG USED IN NATIONAL'S 2014 ELECTION CAMPAIGN, 'EMINEM-ESQUE'? NATIONAL'S LAWYER ARGUES 'LOSE YOURSELF' HAS A 'LOW DEGREE OF ORIGINALITY'. HE SAYS 'EMINEM-ESQUE' AND 'LOSE YOURSELF' HAVE MAJOR DIFFERENCES. THE DEFENCE PLAYED A RANGE OF SONGS TO SHOW HOW SIMILAR MANY TUNES ARE. BUT THE PROSECUTION'S ARGUED THAT THE EVIDENCE CLEARLY SHOWS A COPYRIGHT BREACH. THE MUSIC 'LOSE YOURSELF', TOGETHER WITH THE LYRICS WON SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND TOPPED THE CHARTS IN MANY COUNTRIES, BUT SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS HAVE PAID OR OFFERED VERY SIGNIFICANT SUMS OF MONEY TO USE IT. A LOT OF THIS CASE HAS BEEN HEARD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS THE COURT DISCUSSED HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO OFFICIALLY USE EMINEM'S SONG. THE JUDGE HAS RESERVED HER DECISION, BUT TOLD MEDIA IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG. IN THE MEANTIME, NATIONAL IS NOW PREPARING ITS CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING FOR SEPTEMBER'S ELECTION. YOU CAN BE SURE IT WON'T SOUND ANYTHING LIKE THIS. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. POLICE CLAIM A 19-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH ARSON AND BURGLARY HAD STARTED ANOTHER FIRE DAYS BEFORE HE SET LIGHT TO A FISH AND CHIP SHOP IN PIHA. THE TEEN APPEARED IN TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT TODAY, WHERE HE WAS GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. IT'S ALLEGED HE STARTED A SCRUB FIRE ADJACENT TO ADEY'S PLACE BEFORE ENTERING THE BUILDING AND SETTING IT ALIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY OF FACTS, HE'D ALSO SET FIRE TO A RECYCLING BIN THREE DAYS EARLIER. HE WAS REMANDED IN CUSTODY AND IS DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT NEXT WEEK. PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY GOT A HAMMERING FROM THE TAIL END OF EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE DONNA. AND IT'S ON DAYS LIKE THIS THAT A SCHEME TO GET MORE CHILDREN INTO RAINCOATS PAYS OFF. KIDSCAN HAS NOW DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN A 250,000 RAIN JACKETS TO LOWER DECILE SCHOOLS TO HELP KEEP KIDS IN CLASSROOMS ON RAINY DAYS. HERE'S WILL HINE. Some of the kids come in in polo shirts. Heaps of kids miss school on rainy days. The KidsCan charity is bringing raincoats to low decile schools. These students are working out their sizes. We offer jackets to every child so there is no stigma for the ones who can't afford one WE TOOK 25 NEW SCHOOLS ON BOARD ONLY LAST WEEK AND WE STILL HAVE 18 NEW SCHOOLS WAITING, SO WE REALLY ARE SEEING AN ONGOING NEED FOR OUR HELP. THE CHARITY'S NOW HOPING FOR MORE BACKERS TO HELP KEEP KIDS DRY, HEALTHY, AND AT SCHOOL. WILL HINE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE PLOT, UNSURPRISINGLY, THICKENS OVER THE FIRING OF FBI BOSS JAMES COMEY, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTRADICTS HIS OWN STAFF OVER THE SACKING. CALIFORNIANS ARE WARNED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER AS GREAT WHITES SWARM TO THE COAST. . Damp homes are harder to heat, so air it out by opening windows and doors regularly to let fresh air circulate, use externally vented fans and dry clothes outside when you can. Check out the three essentials for a healthy home on our website. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CONTRADICTED HIS OWN STAFF, SAYING HE DECIDED TO FIRE THE HEAD OF THE FBI BEFORE HE RECEIVED RECOMMENDATION TO DO SO. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS FBI STAFF HAD LOST FAITH IN THEIR LEADER BUT THE BUREAU'S NEW BOSS HAS DENIED THAT. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS. A NEW DAY AND A NEW ACCOUNT OF WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP RUTHLESSLY FIRED HIS FBI DIRECTOR. HE'S A SHOWBOAT. HE'S A GRANDSTANDER. THE FBI HAS BEEN IN TURMOIL. YOU KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. TRUMP INSISTS COMEY HAD LOST THE SUPPORT OF HIS STAFF, BUT OVER ON CAPITOL HILL, THE NEW ACTING FBI DIRECTOR DARED TO DISAGREE, TELLING CONGRESS COMEY WAS WIDELY RESPECTED. IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE RANK AND FILE NO LONGER SUPPORTED DIRECTOR COMEY? NO, SIR. THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. I CAN TELL YOU ALSO THAT DIRECTOR COMEY ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT WITHIN THE FBI AND STILL DOES TO THIS DAY. AND ANDREW MCCABE VOWED TO CARRY ON WITH THE FBI INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE 2016 US ELECTION. YOU CANNOT STOP THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FBI FROM DOING THE RIGHT THING, PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION. PERHAPS A WARNING TO THIS WHITE HOUSE, WHICH IS BEING ACCUSED OF FIRING COMEY TO SHUT DOWN HIS INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE LINKS BETWEEN TRUMP ASSOCIATES AND THE KREMLIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY AT PAINS TO POINT OUT THAT COMEY TOLD HIM THREE TIMES THAT HE WAS NOT THE SUBJECT OF ANY INVESTIGATION. I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM, YES. I SAID, 'IF IT'S POSSIBLE, 'WILL YOU LET ME KNOW ` AM I UNDER INVESTIGATION?' HE SAID, 'YOU ARE NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION.' BUT THIS TRUMP-RUSSIA ISSUE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF FADING AWAY. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. 'APPALLING AND BEYOND COMPREHENSION.' THAT'S HOW A CORONER'S DESCRIBED AN AUSTRALIAN MOTHER'S FINAL MOMENTS AT A HOSPITAL IN NEW SOUTH WALES. MIRIAM MERTON WAS LOCKED AWAY, LEFT NAKED AND DRUGGED, BEFORE SHE DIED. CHANNEL NINE'S SOPHIE WALSH HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S JUNE 2014. MOTHER OF TWO MIRIAM MERTON STAGGERS DAZED AND NAKED THROUGH THE CORRIDORS OF LISMORE HOSPITAL'S MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. THE DIAGNOSED SCHIZOPHRENIC IS DOSED UP ON PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION THEN LOCKED INSIDE A SECLUSION ROOM. SHE FALLS BACK, HITTING HER HEAD. IT HAPPENS TIME AND AGAIN. IN THE NEXT SEVEN HOURS, SHE FALLS AT LEAST 25 TIMES. THE TWO NURSES ON DUTY DON'T CHECK MIRIAM FOR PHYSICAL HARM. HER FALLS ARE OMITTED FROM CLINICAL RECORDS, AND MIRIAM'S OWN DAUGHTER IS KEPT IN THE DARK. WE WERE INITIALLY TOLD THAT SHE SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER. SO, PRESUMING SHE ONLY FELL ONCE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WASN'T THE CASE. IT IS DEEPLY DISTRESSING. IT'S UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE. FOR HOURS MIRIAM WASN'T OFFERED WATER OR ACCESS TO A BATHROOM. AT ONE POINT, SHE WANDERS THE CORRIDOR, COVERED IN FAECES, WHILE THE SENIOR NURSE MOPS THE FLOOR. A DAY LATER, MIRIAM WAS DEAD. APPALLED DOESN'T GOT FAR ENOUGH. DISTRESS, DISGUSTED. SICKENED. I'M ACTUALLY QUITE ANGRY THAT IT WASN'T BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THE CORONER FOUND SHE DIED FROM ` THEY FAILED AT ALMOST EVERY LEVEL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, PEOPLE MUST BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY. BOTH NURSES WERE SACKED OVER THE INCIDENT. THEIR INACTION WAS DESCRIBED BY THE CORONER AS MONUMENTALLY DISGRACEFUL. TODAY, THE STATE GOVERNMENT WENT FURTHER, LAUNCHING A PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY AND INDEPENDENT REVIEW. BRAZIL HAS DECLARED THE ZIKA EMERGENCY TO BE OVER AFTER A SHARP DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES OF THE VIRUS. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, CASES DROPPED 95%. THE VIRUS WAS LINKED TO BIRTH DEFECTS IN BABIES, BORN WITH ABNORMALLY SMALL HEADS. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION LIFTED ITS OWN INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. CALIFORNIA LOCALS HAVE BEEN WARNED TO STAY OFF THE BEACHES, WITH THE WATERS SWARMING WITH GREAT WHITE SHARKS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN HELICOPTERS FILMED DOZENS OF SHARKS SWIMMING OFF POPULAR SURF BEACHES ALONG THE COAST. AUTHORITIES ARE USING LOUD SPEAKERS TO ALERT PADDLE BOARDERS, SEEMINGLY UNAWARE OF THE DANGER BENEATH THEM. THE SIGHTINGS HAVE ARE CLOSE TO WHERE A WOMAN NEARLY LOST HER LIFE TO A SHARK BITE JUST WEEKS AGO. IT'S A SPORT WITH A VIEW, AND THE WORLD'S TOP SKYDIVERS HAVE CHOSEN ASHBURTON SKY FOR AN ADRENALINE-FUELLED FESTIVAL. THE FOURTH ANNUAL KIWI BOOGIE IS A CHANCE FOR ELITE THRILL-SEEKERS TO GET CRAFTY, THOUSANDS OF METRES ABOVE THE GROUND. SAM CLARKE HAS MORE. (UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) FOR ANNA MOXNES, FALLING IS AN ART FORM. WE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING, AND IT JUST LOOKED BEAUTIFUL AND FREE-FLOWING AND EFFORTLESS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST ARTISTIC SKYDIVERS AND A MULTIPLE WORLD-RECORD HOLDER,... THE FEELING OF FLYING IS REALLY COOL, YOU KNOW? ...SHE MAY SEEM LIKE A RARE BREED, BUT FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, HERE IN ASHBURTON, SHE'S ONE OF MANY. DONE OVER 5000+ SKYDIVES. 3500 OR 4000 JUMPS. I DUNNO, AROUND 4000? WELCOME TO THE KIWI BOOGIE. (CAMERAMAN EXCLAIMS) HA HA! THESE GUYS AREN'T JUST WORKING WARRIORS; THESE GUYS ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO COME AND DO SOME SERIOUS SKYDIVING. 80 PASSIONATE SKYDIVERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE BRINGING THEIR SKILLS TO MID-CANTERBURY. THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THE BOOGIE IS TO, BASICALLY, RAISE THE LEVEL UP IN NEW ZEALAND. THIS YEAR BIG NAMES IN THE SPORT LIKE ANNA ARE HELPING TO GIVE THAT BOOST. I THINK IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER. THE MORE YOU BECOME AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO, THE MORE FUN IT BECOMES. THRILL-SEEKING ASIDE, TO THESE GUYS, IT'S SERIOUS STUFF, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET GOOD AT IT. TRAINING AND TRAINING AND TRAINING. THIS YEAR'S BOOGIE IS PROVIDING PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. MAN SLOWLY: I'M 56. ANY PLANS TO NOT BE JUMPING ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE? WHEN THE BODY DOESN'T FACE UP. YOU KNOW, LIKE, IT'S QUITE HARD ON THE BODY. AFTER ALL, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE. (WIN WHOOSHES) SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE BLUES ARE ON A THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK AFTER DEMOLISHING THE CHEETAHS TONIGHT AT EDEN PARK. A RAPID START SAW THREE TRIES IN 15 MINUTES WITH THE CHEETAHS TAKING THE LEAD, BUT FROM THERE IT WOULD BE ALL BLUES. THE FORWARDS COMBINING FOR THIS STAND-OUT TRY TO PUT THEM SIX POINTS AHEAD GOING INTO THE BREAK. THEY'D RUN AWAY WITH IT IN THE SECOND HALF. THIS MAN PUNCHING FORWARD. HE OFFLOADS IT. PULU GETS THE REBOUND AND HE'S IN! HE'S GOT THEM ON THE FRONT FOOT HERE, AND NOW AKIRA IOANE STEAMING INTO SPACE. WELL, HE'S SET IT UP FOR HIS BROTHER. RIEKO'S IN. SOME LOVELY STEPPING AT THE END OF IT ALL AND THE BLUES GET ANOTHER ONE. A FIGHT BACK FROM THE CHEETAHS CAME TOO LATE ` FINAL SCORE 50-32. JUST AHEAD, OF ALL THE WEATHER FORECASTS IN ALL THE WORLD, YOU HAD TO WALK INTO OURS. # NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. AND A BANK HOLD UP WITH A RICK-ROLLING DIFFERENCE. DUNEDINITES HAVE BEEN TREATED TO AN UNUSUAL STYLE OF PROTEST TODAY. BECAUSE WHY HOLD PLACARDS AND CHANT JARRING RHYMES WHEN YOU CAN RICKROLL? LISETTE REYMER WITH THIS. FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH THE RICKROLL, LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. THIS MAN, LARGE OF HAIR, DEEP OF VOICE, RICK ASTLEY AND HIS ABSOLUTE BANGER. # NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, # NEVER GONNE LET YOU DOWN,... # ARE BUSTED OUT AT RANDOM OCCASIONS TO UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCES. HERE ARE THE FOO FIGHTERS RICKROLLING WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. # NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN... # THESE POLITICIANS RICKROLLED THEIR OWN PARLIAMENTARY SPEECHES. I'M NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP. I'LL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. AND, FOR APRIL FOOLS, IN A RICK ROLL ALMOST AS SMOOTH AS RICK'S DANCE MOVES, YOUTUBE DIRECTED ALL THEIR VIDEOS TO` YEAH, WELL, YEAH YOU PROBABLY GET THE IDEA BY NOW. # NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU... # RELEVANCE? # NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY # WELL TODAY, AOTEOROA 350 DID SOMETHING GLORIOUS. # AND HURT YOU. # IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTEST CLIMATE CHANGE, THEY RICK ROLLED THIS DUNEDIN ANZ BANK. # NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. # IT'S A NEW APPORACH FOR THE GROUP, WHO WERE FAR LESS ENTERTAINING LAST YEAR, WHEN THEY BLOCKED ELDERLY LOCALS FROM ENTERING THE BANK. MAN: YOU'RE DOING YOUR CAUSE NO GOOD. BUT IT'S 2017 NOW, AND THEY'RE READY TO ROLL WITH A TREND THAT STARTED A DECADE AGO. # NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, # NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN,... # THEIR MESSAGE? UNTIL ANZ GIVES UP ON FOSSIL FUELS, THEY'RE NOT GIVING UP ON THEIR PROTESTS. # NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE. # GET IT? CLEVER. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, AND NO POINTS FOR GUESSING THE MUSIC. # WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO LOVE. # YOU KNOW THE RULES AND SO DO I. # A FULL COMMITMENT'S WHAT I'M THINKING OF. # YOU WOULDN'T GET THIS FROM ANY OTHER GUY. # I JUST WANNA TELL YOU HOW I'M FEELING. # GOTTA MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND. # NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN. # NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU. # NEVER GONNA MAKE YOU CRY, NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE. # NEVER GONNA TELL A LIE AND HURT YOU. # WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR SO LONG. # YOU'RE HEART'S BEEN ACHING BUT YOU'RE TOO SHY TO SAY IT. # INSIDE WE BOTH KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. # WE KNOW THE GAME AND WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.