IT'S MIDDAY. HOW QUEENSLAND IS TARGETING NEW ZEALAND NURSES AND WHAT THE REACTION HAS BEEN BACK HERE. WHY PALESTINIANS HERE ARE ACCUSING THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER OF DOUBLE STANDARDS OVER FAMILY MEMBERS STUCK IN GAZA. AND WHO'S GRACING THE RED CARPET AT THE 96TH OSCARS, AS TINSELTOWN GATHERS FOR ITS BIGGEST NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A 22-YEAR-OLD FOLLOWING A STABBING IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH OVERNIGHT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY ON HEREFORD ST JUST AFTER 10pm, AFTER REPORTS THAT A MAN HAD BEEN STABBED. CHRISTCHURCH CITY MISSIONER CORINNE HAINES TOLD BREAKFAST THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT THE MEN'S SHELTER FACILITY, WHICH ALSO HOUSES A LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT HUB. A MAN (67) WILL APPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT LATER TODAY. A SMALL NUMBER OF FARM BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY A LARGE FIRE IN THE WAITAKI DISTRICT, WHICH CURRENTLY SPANS 78ha AND HAS BEEN BURNING SINCE MIDNIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE FIRST ALERTED TO THE FIRE LOCATED AROUND 30km FROM MIDDLEMARCH, BEFORE THEN RECEIVING WORD OF A SECOND FIRE NEAR DUNTROON. FIVE HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE DOZENS OF GROUND CREWS ACROSS BOTH INCIDENTS. AT AROUND 9am THIS MORNING, CREWS CONTAINED BOTH FIRES, BUT RESIDENTS WHO CHOSE TO EVACUATE ARE NOT YET ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE FIRST ALERTED TO A FIRE THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING DIVER OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH TARANAKI HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. THE DIVER WAS REPORTED MISSING FROM A BOAT NEAR PATEA SHORTLY AFTER 1.30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE HAD PLANNED TO RESUME THE SEARCH THIS MORNING, AFTER IT STRETCHED LATE INTO LAST NIGHT. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH POLICE. A CORONER'S HEARING IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PUBLIC INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF THE LYNN MALL SUPERMARKET TERROR ATTACKER IS STILL NEEDED. AHAMED SAMSUDEEN WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN SEPTEMBER 2021, AFTER ATTACKING SEVERAL SHOPPERS WITH A KNIFE AT THE AUCKLAND COUNTDOWN. FIVE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING ONE MULTI-AGENCY REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTED HOW THERE WERE REPEATED MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO DE-RADICALISE HIM. THE CORONER'S HEARING IS SET DOWN FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS AND WILL HEAR SUBMISSIONS FROM AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH SAMSUDEEN, HIS FAMILY AND THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO TRIED TO HELP HIM. MAKE A HEALTHY CAREER MOVE ` THAT'S THE PITCH TO NEW ZEALAND NURSES FROM ACROSS THE TASMAN, LEADING TO CALLS TO PRIORITISE LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS. A RECENT CAMPAIGN FROM QUEENSLAND HEALTH HAS TARGETED MEDICAL STAFF IN AOTEAROA, CANADA AND THE UK. IT COMES AMID A BACKDROP OF PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION'S KERRI NUKU SAYS THE LOCAL SECTOR NEEDS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL NURSES. TURN DOWN THE TAP ` WE SHOULDN'T BE DEPENDENT ON INTERNATIONALLY QUALIFIED NURSES TO BOOSTER UP OUR WORKFORCE. SO THAT REQUIRES LOOKING AT HOW WE MANAGE NURSES AND STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING AND RETAIN THEM, THEN GIVE THEM THE BETTER JOBS THAT THEY DESERVE AND PAY THEM AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS WHEN THEY'RE AT WORK. AND NURSES IN CHRISTCHURCH HAVE JUST BEGUN PROTESTING OVER PAYMENT DELAYS, INCLUDING AN ALMOST EIGHT-YEAR DELAY IN THE PAYMENT OF HOLIDAY PAY AND OTHER LEAVE OWED. THE REINTRODUCTION OF INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY TAX FOR LANDLORDS WON'T EASE THE PRESSURE ON THE HOUSING MARKET, ACCORDING TO ONE ECONOMIST. LANDLORDS WILL BE ABLE TO DEDUCT 80% OF THEIR INTEREST EXPENSES, FROM THE START OF NEXT MONTH, SHIFTING TO 100% NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS IT WILL STIMULATE INVESTMENT AND ADDRESS THE PRESSING HOUSING SHORTAGE, SAYING IT WILL TRICKLE DOWN TO BENEFIT RENTERS TOO. BUT ECONOMIST KELVIN DAVIDSON SAYS IT WON'T REDUCE RENT FOR TENANTS. TAKE SOME OF THE HEAT OUT. THEY MAY NOT RISE AS QUICKLY, BUT POTENTIALLY NOT FALLING EITHER. YOU DON'T TEND TO SEE RENTS GO DOWN; IT'LL JUST BE A THING OF RISING MORE SLOWLY THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE DONE. THE REINTRODUCTION WILL COST $2.9B OVER THREE YEARS. MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER MELISSA LEE SAYS SHE DOES HAVE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE TV INDUSTRY CURRENTLY IN CRISIS, BUT SHE'S TIGHT LIPPED ON WHAT THEY ARE. IT FOLLOWS THE SHOCK ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWSHUB'S CLOSURE, WHICH IS SET TO SHUT ITS DOORS IN JUNE, AND TVNZ ALSO PROPOSING TO AXE PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING FAIR GO AND SUNDAY. SPEAKING TO BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, MELISSA LEE SAID SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OFFICIALS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIA. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICIALS TO UNDERSTAND AND ACTUALLY BRING THE CONCERNS FROM THE SECTOR, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MY OFFICIALS, TO WORK WITH ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEVERS THE GOVERNMENT CAN ACTUALLY PULL TO HELP THE SECTOR. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME LEVERS ACTUALLY NEED LEGISLATION OR CHANGES IN THE REGULATORY SETTING. THE PLAN SHE INTENDS ON TAKING TO CABINET INCLUDES MODERNISING THE BROADCASTING ACT OF 1989. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER IS UNDER FIRE, ACCUSED OF DOUBLE STANDARDS, AS FAMILIES OF THOSE STUCK IN GAZA PLEAD FOR HER TO ISSUE SPECIAL VISAS. WHEN IN OPPOSITION, ERICA STANFORD CALLED ON THE LABOUR-LED GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE VISAS TO THOSE IN UKRAINE WHO HAD FAMILIES IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE WAR WITH RUSSIA BROKE OUT. MORE THAN 150 DAYS INTO ISRAEL'S ASSAULT ON THE GAZA STRIP, THE MINISTER HASN'T IMPLEMENTED A SPECIAL VISA FOR PALESTINIANS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE WAR ZONE. BOMBS ARE NOT JUST FALLING ON PALESTINIANS, BUT THEY ARE DYING OF STARVATION, DEHYDRATION. THIS IS BEING NAMED A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN. EVERY HOUR, THERE ARE TWO WOMEN, TWO MOTHERS THAT DIE, AND EVERY 15 MINUTES, A CHILD IS DYING. SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE FOR ERICA STANFORD IS, WHAT IS SHE WAITING FOR, AND WHY ARE THEY THERE, THESE DOUBLE STANDARDS. IMMIGRATION NEW ZEALAND SAYS UKRAINE WAS A "UNIQUE SITUATION" DUE TO SCALE AND SIZE. THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER SAYS SHE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION IN GAZA. AND U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS ISSUED HIS STRONGEST PUBLIC CAUTION TO ISRAELI LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. HE HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ISRAEL, A RIGHT TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE HAMAS. BUT HE MUST, HE MUST, HE MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE INNOCENT LIVES BEING LOST AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN. HE'S HURTING, IN MY VIEW, HE'S HURTING ISRAEL MORE THAN HELPING ISRAEL BY MAKING THE REST OF THE WORLD` IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT ISRAEL STANDS FOR. AND I THINK IT'S A BIG MISTAKE, SO I WANNA SEE A CEASEFIRE. THOSE COMMENTS COME AS A SHIP LOADED WITH AID PREPARES TO LEAVE CYPRUS BOUND FOR GAZA. THE U.S. MILITARY IS REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO BUILD A TEMPORARY PIER TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DELIVER AID BY SEA, BUT THAT WON'T BE READY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN HAS TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. FROM THE SKIES OVER GAZA, AID COMES DROPPING, BUT SO LITTLE AND SO LATE. ON THE GROUND, A DESPERATE RUSH. MANY ARE LEFT EMPTYHANDED. 'I'M TAKING CARE OF ORPHANS,' SAYS THIS WOMAN, 'I WANT TO FEED THEM.' AND HERE, SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE, BORN PREMATURELY INTO WAR AND MANMADE HUNGER, NOW IN INTENSIVE CARE. STAFF SAY SINCE DECEMBER ALL THE BABIES BORN AT THIS HOSPITAL IN RAFAH HAVE BEEN UNDERWEIGHT. DR AHMED AL-SHAER SAYS THERE'S BEEN NO PROPER FOOD FOR PREGNANT WOMEN FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ` NO MEAT, MILK, EGGS, FRUIT OR VEGETABLES. BARACK IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP HER CHILDREN ALIVE. SHE CAN'T HIDE THE BULLET HOLES, AND SHE CAN'T HIDE HER DESPAIR. 'I'M FEEDING MY BABY WITH WATER,' SHE SAYS, 'JUST SO SHE DOESN'T DIE. 'I SHOULDN'T BE GIVING HER THIS AT HER AGE, 'BUT I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO KEEP HER ALIVE.' AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF WAR, MUCH OF GAZA IS IN RUINS, AND HUNGER IS KILLING NOW, AS WELL AS ISRAELI MISSILES AND BOMBS. THIS MAN WAS BURIED ALIVE AFTER AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE. PALESTINIAN CIVIL DEFENCE PRISED HIM FREE, BUT THEY SAY NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED HERE IN THIS RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, CRUSHED AS THEY SLEPT ` THE FATE OF MANY PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS. IN GAZA, THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN WILL BE MARKED IN THE RUBBLE. AMID GRIEF AND BURIALS AND A LOOMING FAMINE, WHATEVER AID MAY TRICKLE IN BY AIR OR SEA WON'T BE ENOUGH AND WON'T STOP THE WAR. AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS AND POLICE HAVE SCUFFLED IN TEL AVIV, AMID ONGOING CALLS FOR AN END TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. PROTESTS IN ISRAEL DEMANDING AN END TO FIGHTING SO HOSTAGES CAN BE FREED HAVE BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE IN RECENT WEEKS. THE ACADEMY AWARDS ARE NOW UNDER AN HOUR FROM GETTING UNDERWAY, WITH HOLLYWOOD'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST MOSTLY NOW INSIDE THE DOLBY THEATRE. THE NIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE DOMINATED BY ONE FILM, AS THE BBC'S KATIE RAZZALL REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES. THE 96TH ACADEMY AWARDS, AND THE OSCARS RED CARPET IS FILLING UP WITH THE STARS OF STAGE, SCREEN AND SPORT. THIS IS THE DAY HOLLYWOOD PREPARES FOR ALL YEAR. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THESE STARS AND OTHERS FROM BEHIND THE CAMERA WILL VIE FOR THE HIGHEST ACCOLADES THE MOVIE BUSINESS HAS TO OFFER. MEMBERS OF THE OSAGE TRIBE TURNED OUT TO SUPPORT THE MARTIN SCORSESE FILM THAT TELLS THEIR STORY, BUT THE SENSE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD IS THAT TONIGHT WILL BELONG TO ANOTHER DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN. HIS OPPENHEIMER BIOPIC LOOKS SET TO WIN BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR FOR CILLIAN MURPHY... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. ...AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR ROBERT DOWNEY JR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN QUANTUM MECHANICS TO ME? BUT NOT BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FOR BRITAIN'S EMILY BLUNT. I HEARD YOU GOT STUCK WITH BABYSITTING DUTY. IT WOULD BE A HUGE OSCARS SHOCK IF THE HOLDOVERS DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH DIDN'T WIN THAT ONE. SURPRISES COULD BE THIN ON THE GROUND, BUT THE BEST ACTRESS RACE FEELS THE LEAST CERTAIN, AND TONIGHT, HISTORY COULD BE MADE. IF LILY GLADSTONE TRIUMPHS FOR 'KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON', SHE'LL BE THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACTING OSCAR. SHE'S AN EXPERIMENT. BUT SHE COULD LOSE OUT TO EMMA STONE FOR HER TOUR DE FORCE IN FRANKENSTEIN-ESQUE 'POOR THINGS'. ARGH! HERE WE ARE ` THE OSCARS. WITH THE ACADEMY TRYING TO LURE BACK VIEWERS, OSCARS HOST JIMMY KIMMEL MADE A PARODY FILM WITH THE BARBIE CAST. THE BIGGEST FILM OF THE YEAR IS UNLIKELY TO BE TAKING MANY OSCARS BACK TO THE BARBIE DREAMHOUSE, BUT WHAT IT'S DONE FOR CINEMA IS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE NEW SPECIES, AND STUNNING PICTURES CAPTURED DEEP UNDERWATER OFF THE COAST OF CHILE. PLUS ` A TWIST IN THE SECOND TEST BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND AUSTRALIA, AS NEW ZEALAND CHASES A RARE TRANS-TASMAN VICTORY. WET CONCRETE OFTEN GETS THINGS PRESSED INTO IT, BUT NEVER QUITE LIKE THIS, AFTER A KANGAROO EMERGED FROM BUSHES AND CALMLY HOPPED THROUGH THE NEWLY LAID FOOTPATH IN BRISBANE ` TRADIES NOT HAPPY, BUT THE KANGAROO UNBOTHERED AS IT HOPPED AWAY. THE FOOTPATH ` KANGA-RUINED. THERE'S A DEVELOPING CONTROVERSY AROUND A NEW PHOTO OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES RELEASED BY THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. THE PHOTO WAS PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO MARK MOTHERS DAY, THE FIRST TIME A PICTURE OF THE PRINCESS HAS BEEN ISSUED SINCE SHE WENT INTO HOSPITAL FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY TWO MONTHS AGO. IT'S SINCE BEEN PULLED FROM DISTRIBUTION BY SEVERAL MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AGENCIES, WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYING IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED. WHAT THE ALLEGED MANIPULATIONS ARE HAVE NOT BEEN SPECIFIED. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENT FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY. TO SPORT, AND DAY FOUR OF THE SECOND TEST BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND AUSTRALIA HAS JUST GOT UNDERWAY AT HAGLEY OVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH, AS NEW ZEALAND CHASE A HISTORIC TEST WIN OVER OUR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS. OUR REPORTER DIGBY WERTHMULLER iS THERE LIVE. DIGBY, WHAT'S THE LATEST? IT WAS TOUCH AND GO THIS MORNING, WITH RAIN HAMPERING DAY 4. THE COVERS HAVE COME OFF. THE MATCH HAS RESUMED AFTER AN HOUR LONG DELAY, MUCH TO FANS' DELIGHT. THE LAST TIME THE KIWIS BEAT THE AUSSIES HERE IN NEW ZEALAND WAS 31 YEARS AGO. AFTER A WICKET JUST BEFORE, WHICH SAW THE CROWD ERUPT WITH EXCITEMENT, ALL THEY NEED NOW IS FIVE WICKETS, WHILE AUSTRALIA NEED NEARLY 200 RUNS. THE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN WATCH THE TEST ON TVNZ AT DUKE AND TVNZ+. ARSENAL ARE THE WINNERS OF THIS MORNING'S BLOCKBUSTER ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CLASH BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY AND LIVERPOOL. THE 1-1 DRAW AT ANFIELD MEANS THE GUNNERS STAY TOP OF THE TABLE. THE BBC's BEN CROUCHER HAS THE ACTION. THEY MAY WALK ON, BUT IN THESE PARTS YOU'RE NOT TOO FAR FROM GREATNESS. WHEN LIVERPOOL FACE MANCHESTER CITY, THEY COME TO SEE A FIXTURE THAT DEFINES THE VERY TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE. THE RIVALRY ISN'T JUST EXCLUSIVE TO THE FANS OR THE PLAYERS. IT'S ALSO IN THE DUGOUTS, WHERE PEP GUARDIOLA GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD FOR THE LAST TIME IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE WITH ONE OF HIS GREATEST ADVERSARIES. JURGEN KLOPP EXCHANGED PLEASANTRIES, THEN RESUMED HOSTILITIES. AT ANFIELD, THOUGH, THERE'S ONE EFFECTIVE WAY TO BLOCK OUT ALL THAT NOISE ` CREATE SOME OF YOUR OWN. AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAD AT ANFIELD. THE MARGINS IN THESE GAMES ARE TIGHT. THE SMALLEST OF SPACES WAS ALL JOHN STONES NEEDED. THE GAPS WERE THERE AT THE OTHER END TOO. THE NECESSARY FINISHING WAS LACKING. SOMETIMES IT'S ALL ABOUT CONCENTRATION... AND TIMING. NUNEZ IS THERE. EDERSON CAME. PENALTY! EDERSON'S WAS OFF. LIVERPOOL'S CHANCE WAS NOW. THE EMOTIONS, THE SIGNIFICANCE PAINTED ON ONE MAN'S FACE ONCE MORE. THIS WAS TIGHT, THIS WAS TENSE, A GAME DECIDED ON POINTS OF POISE THAT NEEDED COMPOSURE ` OR, FOR JEREMY DOKU, MERE INCHES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT'S A RESULT THAT MAY NOT DEFINE THIS RIVALRY OR EVEN THIS TITLE RACE. SPLITTING THESE TWO TAKES A GREAT DEAL. THE COWBOYS HAVE JUMPED STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE NRL LADDER, WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 43-18 WIN OVER THE DOLPHINS ` THE NORTH QUEENSLANDERS RUNNING IN SEVEN TRIES, ALL CONVERTED, FIVE OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF. WANTS TO GO WITH A COUNTER ATTACK. GIVES LAYBUTT A CHANCE. GOES WITH THE TACKLE OF O'SULLIVAN. HE'S GOT FELDT BACK ON THE INSIDE! THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE! (CHEERING) THE DRAGONS, EELS AND RAIDERS ROUND OUT THE TOP FOUR AFTER THE OPENING ROUND. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. OFF THE COAST OF CHILE, IN DEEP SEA TRENCHES, LIES AN UNCHARTED ECOSYSTEM. THE SCHIMDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAS BEGUN TO TRAVERSE IT, DISCOVERING AROUND 100 NEW SPECIES. THE EXPEDITION TOOK PLACE ON TWO UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS, 'NAZCA' AND 'SALAS Y GOMEZ'. COURTNEY HAMMOND SPOKE TO ONE OF THE MARINE BIOLOGISTS WHO WAS PART OF THE EXPEDITION. THOUSANDS OF METRES BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE, UP TO A HUNDRED NEW MARINE SPECIES UNCOVERED, FROM SPONGES AND CORALS TO FISH AND SEA SPIDERS. SO BIODIVERSE ` IT'S STILL MIND-BLOWING. MARINE BIOLOGIST PAIGE MARRIOTT WAS A KEY PART OF THE EXPEDITION, SORTING THE CREATURES AS THEY SURFACED FOR THE FIRST TIME. USUALLY, THE TRAPS ARE FULL OF CRUSTACEANS OR FISH, AND THEN MY JOB WAS TO PULL OUT ALL THE ANIMALS FROM THOSE, SORT THEM, SEX THEM, I.D. THEM, AND THEN GET THE LANDER READY FOR THE NEXT SEAMOUNT TO DROP AGAIN. ON DAY ONE OF THE SIX-WEEK EXPEDITION, SHE KNEW IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. OF COURSE, GOING TO A NEW PLACE, YOU ALWAYS, IN MARINE SCIENCE, EXPECT NEW SPECIES NOWADAYS. WE JUST HAVE SO MANY GREAT TOOLS THAT CAN DETECT WHAT'S NEW AND UNKNOWN. BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS, I THINK THEY WERE STARTING TO REALISE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING ONE UNKNOWN OR TWO UNKNOWN, OR ONE NEW RANGE EXTENSION OR TWO NEW RANGE EXTENSIONS ` IT WAS MANY AND MANY AND MANY JUST ON THE FIRST DAY. I THINK THEY STARTED TO REALISE, OK, THIS IS GONNA TO BE AN EXPEDITION OF JUST PURE DISCOVERY. SOME UNEXPECTED CREATURES EMERGED TOO. WE SAW A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING SEA SPIDERS, WHICH, TO SOME, ARE PEOPLE'S WORST NIGHTMARE, BUT AMAZING ORGANISMS, SO THERE'S HEAPS OF LAND AND SEA, AND THEY'RE JUST PHENOMENAL TO WATCH UNDERWATER. FINDING SO MANY CONSIDERED A SCIENTIFIC BONANZA. BEFORE THE TRIP, THERE WAS ABOUT 400 SPECIES KNOWN FROM THE REGION THAT WE WERE OPERATING IN. AND AFTER THE EXPEDITION, WE THINK WE HAVE OVER 600. A LOT OF THESE ARE DEEP WORLD RECORDS, SO THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SAMPLED OR SEEN BEFORE. SO THE FACT THAT THEY THINK WE'VE GOT OVER 30% INCREASE IN BIODIVERSITY IN JUST ONE VOYAGE IS EXTRAORDINARY. THESE PICTURES WERE CAPTURED BY A REMOTE-CONTROLLED ROBOT, WHICH TRAVELLED 4500m TO THE OCEAN'S FLOOR. VIDEO FOOTAGE AND IMAGES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF IT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO FUEL WORK IN THIS SPACE, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION THAT HAS COME OUT OF THESE IMAGES THAT, YEAH, YOU JUST NORMALLY CAN'T GET IT. AND THE NEXT STEP ` NAMING THE NEW CREATURES. SO, WE'RE ALL GONNA TRY AND MEET AND WORK THROUGH DESCRIBING AND DOCUMENTING ALL OF THESE NEW SPECIES TO GET PUBLISHED. AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL COME WITH THIS KIND OF PUSH FOR PROTECTION, PUSH FOR PUBLICATION, PUSH FOR PROMOTION, IN TERMS OF HOW BIODIVERSE AND INCREDIBLE THIS REGION OF THE WORLD IS. IT'S HOPED THE SUCCESS OF THE VOYAGE WILL LEAD TO FURTHER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (EUROPE'S 'THE FINAL COUNTDOWN') (CHEERING) # WE'RE LEAVIN' TOGETHER, # BUT STILL IT'S FAREWELL. # AND MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO EARTH ` # WHO CAN TELL? # I GUESS THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME. # 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 FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024.