IT'S MIDDAY. 'CLOSED BOOKS' ` WHY THE MAJORITY OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH PROVIDERS AREN'T TAKING ON NEW PATIENTS. MORE DETAILS EMERGE OF THE PROPOSED RESTRUCTURE AND CUTS AT TVNZ. PLUS, THE REALISTIC NEW FACILITY TO HELP POLICE PREPARE FOR EVERYDAY SCENARIOS. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 MEETINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF SOME OF THIS COUNTRY'S LONGEST RUNNING AND HIGHEST PROFILE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES. TVNZ IS UNDERTAKING A COMPANY-WIDE RESTRUCTURE TO MAKE THE BUSINESS, IN ITS WORDS, 'SUSTAINABLE'. KIM BAKER WILSON IS WITH ME NOW. KIM, WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS MORNING? OUT IN THE NEWSROOM, A LOT OF HUGS AND SOME TEARS. MEETINGS WITH STAFF HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING. THEY WERE TOLD OR FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE MEETINGS. THOSE MEETINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THIS MORNING. TERRIBLE, BAD NEWS FOR SOME OF THEM COMING OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS. THE SUNDAY PROGRAM HAS SUCH A LONG AND RICH HISTORY OF THE STORY TELLING. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THAT TO GO COMPLETELY. YESTERDAY, THERE WERE TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS COMING TOGETHER, BUT THE PROPOSAL IS FOR ALL OF SUNDAY TO GO. FAIR GO IS IN LINE FOR MEETINGS AS WELL. WE ARE WAITING FOR WORD. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM, THE MIDDAY NEWS, IS ALSO LOOKING TO GO. THE NEXT DATE FROM HERE IS FOR ALL OF THE NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS STAFF TO COME TOGETHER. THERE IS A MEETING AND UNDER AN HOUR'S TIME. THEN STAFF WILL BE GIVEN AN OUTLINE. WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WE WILL BRING YOU WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY AND MORE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR PEOPLE IN THE NEWS HOUR AT SIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. POLICE BELIEVE ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN SOUTH TARANAKI THIS MORNING. FIRE AND EMERGENCY WERE FIRST ALERTED TO THE BLAZE AT A PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF NORMANBY, NORTH OF HAWERA, SHORTLY AFTER 4am. FIVE CREWS WERE DEPLOYED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE SHORTLY AFTER 6am. A NEIGHBOUR DESCRIBED THE SCENE AS A TRAGEDY. IT WAS AN OLD PLACE, AND, PHWOAR. MY HOUSE IS 100 YEARS OLD, 120 YEARS OLD, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE TO IT AS WELL. SO, IT WAS A LITTLE... OH, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT? LIKE, A LITTLE VILLA-TYPE THING. ENQUIRIES INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ARE UNDERWAY. A NEW REPORT HAS REVEALED MOST GENERAL PRACTICES AREN'T OPENLY ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. THE SURVEY OF GP'S SHOW THE MAJORITY OF PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS 'SELECTIVELY ENROL PATIENTS' ONLY ACCEPTING A LIMITED NUMBER DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CAPACITY. IN 2022, ONLY 28% OF PRACTICES FREELY ENROLLED NEW PATIENTS. THE REPORT SAYS RESTRICTING ENROLMENT CREATES A WIDESPREAD BARRIER TO HEALTH EQUITY IN NEW ZEALAND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SOUTHLAND IS CONFIDENT WORK TO CLEAR A LANDFILL IN BLUECLIFFS THAT MAY CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS WON'T TAKE LONGER THAN 21 DAYS. DUE TO COASTAL EROSION, RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO LEAVE BY 4pm TODAY, AS A 1km ZONE IS SET UP AROUND THE TIP. LUCY HICKS SAYS THERE ARE ABOUT 18 PROPERTIES ALONG THE SINGLE ROAD WHICH ARE AFFECTED. SO, IT'S NOT IDEAL. WE REALLY EMPATHISE, AND WE ARE HELPING, AT THE MOMENT, WORKING THROUGH WITH EACH OF THOSE RESIDENTS INDIVIDUALLY WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE IN ORDER TO HELP THEM WITH THE MOVE-OUT. WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WON'T TAKE AS LONG AS WE HAD TO SAY ` THREE WEEKS IS A LONG TIME FOR THE WORK, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT LONG, BUT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON GETTING IN, GETTING THE STUFF OUT, AND GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR HOMES AS QUICK AS WE CAN. A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR BLUECLIFFS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. OVERSEAS NOW, AND THE HAMAS DELEGATION HAS REPORTEDLY LEFT MIDDLE EAST CEASEFIRE TALKS WITHOUT A DEAL. AID DELIVERIES CONTINUE AMID FEARS OF A WIDESPREAD FAMINE INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IT WAS HOPED PEACE TALKS WOULD ALLOW MORE AID INTO THE TERRITORY FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WHOM HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. LATER TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THE U.S. MILITARY WILL BUILD A SEA PORT TO ALLOW AID IN THAT WAY. THE BBC'S TOM BATEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS. IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK NOW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS MADE HIS GROWING IMPATIENCE PUBLICLY VERY CLEAR WITH THE ISRAELIS ABOUT THE ENTIRE ISSUE OF AID DISTRIBUTION INSIDE GAZA. THE ISRAELIS, FOR THEIR PART, SAY THAT THEY ARE ALLOWING TRUCKS IN OVER LAND, BUT THEY BLAME FAILURES IN DISTRIBUTION BY THE UN FOR THE AID GETTING ANY FURTHER. THE UN HAS BLAMED THE ISRAELIS IN PART FOR ATTACKING POLICE CREWS THAT WERE SECURING THESE CONVOYS. BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A COMPLETE COLLAPSE IN THE ABILITY TO SECURE AID DISTRIBUTION. THAT IS WHY THE UN IS WARNING THAT MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION IN GAZA NOW ARE ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE. SO WHAT WE WILL SEE TONIGHT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ANNOUNCE THAT THE US MILITARY WILL BUILD AN EMERGENCY PORT IN GAZA. HOWEVER, THERE ARE KEY QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN UNANSWERED ABOUT THIS. ONE IS WHO BUILDS THE CAUSEWAY TO THE SHORE, AND, CRUCIALLY, WHO SECURES THE SHIPMENTS AND THE AID ONCE IT IS ON THE SHORE. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TELLING US TONIGHT THAT IT WILL NOT BE U.S. BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN GAZA, BUT THERE WILL BE U.S. MILITARY VESSELS OFF SHORE. THAT STILL DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE AID IS THEN MOVED FROM THE COAST FURTHER INLAND. AND LATER THIS AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL GIVE HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. HE'S EXPECTED TO USE IT AS A DIRECT APPEAL TO VOTERS AHEAD OF THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, FOCUSING ON HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HERE'S THE ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI. THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT BIDEN GETTING SET TO MAKE HIS CASE TO VOTERS. THE PRESIDENT PLANS ON SHOWCASING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING, AS WELL AS A RENEWED PUSH FOR ACTION ON AID TO UKRAINE, TOUGHER MIGRATION RULES, LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES AND RESTORING ACCESS TO ABORTION, AMONG OTHER ISSUES. HE'S ALSO INSPECTED TO BLAME DONALD TRUMP AND SOME REPUBLICANS FOR KILLING THE BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL. BIDEN WILL LIKELY RENEW HIS PUSH FOR HIGHER TAXES ON CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES, SOMETHING REPUBLICANS HAVE DISMISSED AS THE WRONG APPROACH. THIS YEAR'S ADDRESS MAY LOOK DIFFERENT, AS SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WILL APPEAR BEHIND BIDEN, THE THIRD DIFFERENT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN AS MANY ADDRESSES FOR THE PRESIDENT. OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL, ROADS WILL BE CLOSED AND SECURITY TIGHT IN WASHINGTON AS MORE THAN A DOZEN GROUPS PLAN TO PROTEST TODAY DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. A RUSSIAN ATTACK HAS DESTROYED A SHOPPING MALL IN THE SOUTHERN UKRAINE CITY OF NIKOPOL. THERE WERE AROUND 30 STAFF INSIDE THE MALL WHEN IT WAS HIT, BUT ALL MANAGED TO GET TO A SHELTER WITH NO ONE HURT. RUSSIA'S MILITARY IS MAKING SMALL BUT REGULAR TERRITORIAL ADVANCES, AS UKRAINIAN FORCES STRUGGLE WITHOUT U.S. FINANCIAL AND MILITARY SUPPORT. THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE REPORTS. EASTERN UKRAINE IS BEING ERODED. RUSSIAN FORCES ARE APPROACHING, TAKING VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE. AND FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE, DEATH OR OCCUPATION FEELS IMMINENT. VALERIY AND HIS GRANDSON DENIS HAVE TAKEN UP THE OFFER OF EVACUATION. THEIR HOME IN TURIISK IS IN RUSSIA'S SIGHTS. (ROCKET ZOOMS) HERE, IT'S MAKING ITS SIZE AND AMMUNITION RESERVES COUNT. UKRAINIAN FORCES ARE GOING BACKWARDS, AND WITH VALERIY'S TOWN NOW CONSTANTLY SHELLED, IT'S TIME TO GO. TRANSLATOR: I LIVED MY LIFE ALREADY, BUT I NEED TO SAVE THE LITTLE ONE. POLICE TAKE THEM TO KOSTYANTYNIVKA. TO A PLACE OF RELATIVE SAFETY, BUT INCREASINGLY LESS SO. THE CITY IS USED TO BEING CLOSE TO THE BATTLEFIELD, BUT ITS RISK OF BEING CAPTURED IS GROWING. WHEN UKRAINE LIBERATED TERRITORY MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS HOPE, BUT THE TIDE HASN'T JUST CHANGED. IT'S APPROACHING NOW. THERE IS FEAR THAT CITIES LIKE KOSTYANTYNIVKA WILL BE GRADUALLY DESTROYED, AND ITS PEOPLE WILL BE FORCED TO FLEE. THIS IS WHAT RUSSIA DOES WHEN IT TRIES TO TAKE UKRAINIAN TERRITORY, AND THIS IS WHAT MOSCOW STILL CALLS LIBERATION. IN NEARBY KRAMATORSK TRAIN STATION, THE FAINT SOUNDS OF ARTILLERY PROVIDE A SOBERING RECEPTION, AS WELL AS A REASON TO LEAVE. FOR ALL OF THE GEOPOLITICS, THE DONETSK REGION IS AT THE COALFACE OF RUSSIA'S INVASION, AND ITS PEOPLE ARE FEELING IT MORE THAN EVER. TRANSLATOR: A YEAR AGO, WE STILL HOPED YOU'D RECEIVE HELP FROM THE WEST, AND THAT THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE WOULD WORK. NOT ANY MORE. PEOPLE USED TO BELIEVE, BUT NOT ANYMORE. UKRAINE HOPES ITS EAST WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO LIVE. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE RETURNING TO. MEANWHILE, SWEDEN HAS FORMALLY JOINED NATO AS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE TWO YEARS AGO. SWEDISH AND FINNISH TROOPS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SEEN TRAINING TOGETHER AS PART OF JOINT EXERCISES. THE TWO COUNTRIES SHARE A 1300km BORDER WITH RUSSIA, AND THEIR ACCESSION TO THE BLOC IS SEEN AS A STRATEGIC MOVE AGAINST RUSSIA. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IMAGINING THIS VIEW OUT YOUR WINDOW. THE TERRIFYING SCENE ON A PASSENGER FLIGHT IN THE U.S. PLUS, THE BLACKCAPS BEGIN THEIR QUEST TO LEVEL THEIR TEST SERIES WITH AUSTRALIA. FRONT LINE POLICE HAVE A NEW TRAINING FACILITY REPLICATING ENCOUNTERS OFFICERS EXPERIENCE DAY TO DAY. THE 'SCENARIO VILLAGE' WAS BUILT FOLLOWING THE REVIEW INTO THE DEATH OF CONSTABLE MATTHEW HUNT, WHO WAS SHOT DURING A ROUTINE POLICE STOP IN 2020. LUCY BENDELL EXPLAINS. EVERY DAY, POLICE ARRIVE AT UNFAMILIAR LOCATIONS AND UNFAMILIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THIS ONE ISN'T REAL. THIS NEW POLICE SCENARIO VILLAGE IS A REALISTIC TRAINING GROUND FOR FRONTLINE OFFICERS. IT CONSISTS OF THREE BUILDINGS SIMULATING DIFFERENT HOME ENVIRONMENTS, A SIMPLE SINGLE STOREY HOUSE, A LARGE DOUBLE STOREY HOUSE, AND THREE TOWNHOUSES WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A TYPICAL HOME. JUST NORTH OF WELLINGTON IN PORIRUA, A MOCK SUBURB BUILT TO REPLICATE ENCOUNTERS OFFICERS FACE DAY-TO-DAY. IN THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE IN GANG NUMBERS. WE'VE SEEN A 33% INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIMES ON THE STREETS. POLICE OFFICERS ARE PUT UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE WHEN THINGS UNFOLD VERY QUICKLY, AND GIVING THEM EXPOSURE TO THIS TYPE OF TRAINING WHERE THEY CAN BE PUT UNDER PRESSURE, IS GOING TO HELP THEM MAKE BETTER DECISIONS WHEN THEY GET OUT ON THE FRONT LINE. THIS TRAINING FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF CONSTABLE MATTHEW HUNT, WHO DIED IN A ROUTINE POLICE STOP IN WEST AUCKLAND IN 2020. THIS REPRESENTS A MASSIVE STEP UP IN THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT OUR FRONTLINE STAFF GET, AND SO WE'RE SEEING GROWING LEVELS OF CONFIDENCE AS OUR STAFF AND COUNTER MORE REALISTIC TRAINING FOR THEIR DAY-TO-DAY ROLES. THE FACILITY OPENED THIS MORNING, OFFICERS READY TO BE PUT TO WORK. THEY WILL DEAL WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SCENARIOS ` IT COULD BE A FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENT, IT COULD BE A ARMED OFFENDER INCIDENT. THEY WON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING INTO, BUT THAT HELPS THEM TO BE AGILE AND TO APPROACH SITUATIONS SAFELY. PROTECTING THE FRONT LINE TO HELP THEM BETTER PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES. LUCY BENDELL, 1 NEWS. SPANISH POLICE HAVE BUSTED A FACTORY PRODUCING FAKE BANKSY ARTWORKS. FOUR PEOPLE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION, WITH THE TWO RINGLEADERS REPORTEDLY FAMILIAR WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE ART WORLD. THE PIECES WERE BEING SOLD ONLINE FOR MORE THAN $2500, AND AT LEAST 25 SALES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. HAITI IS EXTENDING ITS CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY AND STRICT CURFEW AMID ONGOING WAVES OF GANG VIOLENCE. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS WERE FREED DURING GANG RAIDS ON TWO JAILS AT THE START OF THE WEEK. GANGS ARE DEMANDING THE PRIME MINISTER RESIGN, BUT HE'S REFUSING TO STEP DOWN. HE'S CURRENTLY STUCK OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY AS THE ONGOING VIOLENCE FORCED THE CLOSURE OF THE ISLAND NATION'S AIRPORT. A NEW BABY TIGER HAS MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE AT AN ITALIAN ZOO. 'KALA' IS NOW 3 MONTHS OLD, AND HER BIRTH WAS A SURPRISE, BECAUSE KEEPERS HADN'T NOTICED HER MUM WAS EVEN PREGNANT. IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE GLOBAL SUMATRAN TIGER BREEDING PROGRAMME, WITH ONLY AROUND 500 OF THE ANIMALS REMAINING IN THE WILD. SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THE REASON WHY SOME OF OUR FURRY FRIENDS CAN'T HELP BUT PILE ON THE POUNDS. THEY'VE FOUND A GENETIC MUTATION WHICH MAKES HALF OF ALL LABRADORS AND TWO THIRDS OF FLAT HAIRED RETRIEVERS CONSTANTLY HUNGRY AND THEY BURN FEWER CALORIES AT THE SAME TIME. THIS DOUBLE WHAMMY OF NON-STOP EATING AND SLOW BURNING MEANS OWNERS NEED TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO KEEP THEIR PETS SVELTE. WE FOUND MUTATION IN A GENE CALLED POMC, WHICH IS NORMALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS BODY WEIGHT. WHEN IT'S BROKEN, AS IS CAUSED BY THE MUTATION THESE DOGS CARRY, IT MEANS THEY DIAL UP THEIR HUNGER AND DIAL DOWN THEIR ENERGY USE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A STARVATION SIGNAL. LABRADORS HAVE HIGHER RATES OF OBESITY THAN OTHER DOGS. TERRIFYING SCENES ON BOARD A FLIGHT IN THE U.S. WHEN FLAMES STARTED SPEWING OUT OF ONE OF THE ENGINES. HERE'S THE ABC'S GIO BENITEZ. THIS MORNING, AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER FLAMES COME FLYING OUT OF AN ENGINE ON A UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT. UNITED FLIGHT 1118 WAS PLAYING FROM HOUSTON TO FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, ON MONDAY WHEN PASSENGERS SAY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PLANE STARTED TO SHAKE. THE CABIN WAS DARK, BUT IT SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED WITH RED, YELLOW AND ORANGE COLOURS. THE ENGINE WAS TOTALLY UP IN FLAMES. IN THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT FROM THAT ENGINE UNDER THE WING OF THE BOEING 737. DAVID GRUNINGER ALSO ON BOARD. PANIC SET IN WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AROUND ME WERE SCREAMING AND CRYING. UNITED SAYING IN A STATEMENT THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO AN ENGINE ISSUE. VESSELS SAILING AROUND THE WORLD WITH NO CREW ONBOARD COULD BE THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL SHIPPING. ONE SUCH SHIP IS BEING TRIALLED IN NORWAY AS THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE REPORTS. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A VISION OF THE FUTURE ` A SHIP THAT NEEDS ONLY A FEW PEOPLE ON BOARD TO SAIL IT, AND THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THE VESSEL'S BEING PUT THROUGH ITS PACES IN A NORWEGIAN FJORD. THIS SHIP IS 78M LONG, AND USUALLY A VESSEL LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE A CREW OF 40 OR 50 PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS OPERATING WITH JUST 16. INSTEAD, SOME OF THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY A CREW MORE THAN 700 MILES AWAY. THEY'RE IN A REMOTE CONTROL CENTRE, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS IN SOUTHAMPTON. EVENTUALLY, EVEN THE CAPTAIN COULD BE HERE, IN CHARGE OF MULTIPLE SHIPS IN OCEANS AROUND THE WORLD. FOR NOW, THOUGH, IT'S TASKS LIKE WATCH KEEPING OR LAUNCHING UNDERWATER ROBOTS. IT'S EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ME TO WORK ONSHORE AND STILL BE INVOLVED IN EXCITING PROJECTS. YOU CAN DO ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ON THE VESSEL. SOME VESSELS ARE SAILING WITH NO ONE ON BOARD AT ALL. THIS BOAT IS BEING TESTED IN PLYMOUTH SOUND, AND ITS CREW IS IN AN OFFICE IN ABERDEEN. COULD YOU SHOW US HOW YOU CAN CONTROL IT FROM HERE? COULD WE DO A FIGURE OF EIGHTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. LET'S GO FOR FIGURE EIGHT. SO, NOW I'M MOVING FORWARD. BY SENDING COMMAND, GOING FORWARD. THE CAPTAIN HAS PRECISE CONTROL OF THE BOAT IN REAL TIME. THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME. IT'S DEFINITELY AN EIGHT. BUT WITH RECENT CONCERNS ABOUT PROBLEMS LIKE PIRACY, EXPERTS ARE LOOKING AT WHICH SAFETY ISSUES NEED ADDRESSING FOR REGULATING ROBOTIC VESSELS. THE PROBLEM HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY HACKS INTO A REMOTE CONTROL CENTRE AND GETS HOLD OF THE SHIP AND DIRECTS IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE. HOW THIS WILL ALL BE REGULATED IN IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW NEEDS TO BE SEEN. THE INDUSTRY IS GEARING UP FOR CHANGE, BECAUSE THE NEXT WAVE OF SHIPPING IS ALREADY HERE. THE SECOND TEST BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND AUSTRALIA HAS BEGUN IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING. NEW ZEALAND LOST THE TOSS AND WERE SENT INTO BAT FIRST, THE KIWI OPENERS STARTING WELL IN THE GARDEN CITY. NICE CONTROL DOWN THROUGH THE AREA. IT IS A VERY, VERY FAST OUTFIELD HERE, AND I RECKON YOU GOTTA GIVE THAT AWAY AS FOUR. HE'LL OFFDRIVE YOU. HE'LL OFFDRIVE YOU! HE'LL OFFDRIVE YOU WELL. THE BLACKCAPS ARE CURRENTLY 47 WITHOUT LOSS AFTER 17 OVERS. AND YOU CAN WATCH THE MATCH LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+ AND OUR DUKE CHANNEL. THE RED BULL FORMULA 1 TEAM HAS SUSPENDED THE EMPLOYEE WHO ACCUSED TEAM BOSS CHRISTIAN HORNER OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. HORNER WAS ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATE AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR, WHICH THE BOARD DISMISSED AFTER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. THE COMPANY IS YET TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE SUSPENSION, BUT SAID SHE IS ABLE TO APPEAL THE RULING. LYDIA KO HAS STARTED WELL IN HER OPENING ROUND AT THE LATEST LPGA EVENT IN CHINA. KO CARDED AN OPENING ROUND FOUR UNDER 68 TO FINISH IN A TWO-WAY TIE FOR EIGHTH. THE KIWI GOLFER IS THREE SHOTS OFF THE LEADER, MINJEE LEE. AFTER KICKING OFF IN LAS VEGAS, THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NRL HAS CONTINUED WITH THE CANBERRA RAIDERS UPSETTING THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS 28-12. THE RAIDERS GETTING REVENGE ON THE TEAM THAT KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE FINALS LAST SEASON, WITH A FIVE TRIES TO TWO VICTORY. LEVI ON THE LAST, COMES BACK TO THROW. A KICK OUT TOWARDS TIM, RAPANA WAS THERE... BEATING EVERYBODY THOUGH, WAS ZAC HOSKING. DECISIONS TO BE MADE FOR NEWCASTLE COACH. STANDING, YOUNG, KEEPS IT GOING, HOSKING, BACK TO YOUNG... THAT'S HOW YOU FINISH IT. AND THE WARRIORS GET THEIR SEASON UNDERWAY TONIGHT AGAINST THE SHARKS AT MOUNT SMART. FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION MIKE TYSON IS RETURNING TO THE RING. THE 57-YEAR-OLD WILL FIGHT YOUTUBER TURNED BOXER JAKE PAUL, WHO'S THREE DECADES YOUNGER THAN TYSON. TYSON LAST FOUGHT IN AN EXHIBITION BOUT IN 2020. A MUSHER IN THE IDITAROD DOGSLED RACE HAS BEEN PENALISED FOR NOT PROPERLY GUTTING A MOOSE. FIVE TIME CHAMPION DALLAS SEAVEY WAS 12 HOURS INTO THE 1600km RACE ACROSS ALASKA, WHEN HE ENCOUNTER A MOOSE WHICH BECAME ENTANGLED WITH HIS DOGS. SEAVEY SHOT AND KILLED THE MOOSE TO PROTECT HIS TEAM, AND GUTTED IT AS RACE RULES STATE HE MUST. BUT OFFICIALS RULED THAT HE DIDN'T SUFFICIENTLY GUT THE ANIMAL, AND HANDED DOWN A TWO-HOUR PENALTY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. ('LOVE HAPPENS' SCORE BY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG) (MELLOW MUSIC) (MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES) THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. PLUS, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1news.co.nz BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SAM BAKER AND MAIA CARR HEKE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024