CHANGES TO THE INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY RULES FOR LANDLORDS WILL COST $800M MORE THAN NATIONAL BUDGETED FOR. AS ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER VOWS TO PRESS AHEAD WITH HIS INVASION OF RAFAH, WE HEAR FROM A PALESTINIAN MOTHER REPORTING FROM INSIDE THE WARZONE. 'OPPENHEIMER' CLEANS UP AT THE OSCARS, CLAIMING SEVEN AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE. AND THE FIRST PICTURE OF KATE SINCE SURGERY IS RECALLED BY INTERNATIONAL PICTURE AGENCIES OVER MANIPULATION CONCERNS. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGES, DUBBED 'A LANDLORD TAX CUT' BY THE OPPOSITION, IS GOING TO COST MUCH MORE THAN THE GOVERNING PARTIES CAMPAIGNED ON. WE'VE OBTAINED THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH THE POLICY WILL COST PER YEAR, WHICH IS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE THAN EITHER ACT OR NATIONAL BUDGETED FOR, AND THAT'S AFTER THEY SCALED BACK FROM WHAT WAS PROMISED IN THE COALITION AGREEMENTS. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. THE HUNDRED DAY HONEYMOON IS OVER... IT IS GREAT TO BE STANDING HERE CONFIRMING THAT OUR COALITION GOVERNMENT HAS NOW COMPLETED, AS PROMISED, THE 49 ACTIONS WE COMMITTED TO IN OUR 100 DAY PLAN. CHECKLIST TIDIED AWAY, NOW ON WITH THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA, INCLUDING RESTORE DEDUCTIBILITY FOR MORTGAGE INTEREST ON RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. THE COMMITMENT AGREED TO IN COALITION NEGOTIATIONS WAS TO PHASE IN THE POLICY AND BACK-DATE IT FOR THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. THAT PROMISE WAS BROKEN. IT WILL NOW BE PHASED IN FROM THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR. IT'S JUST A REALITY OF WHERE WE SIT WITH THE FISCAL SITUATION HERE IN NEW ZEALAND AT THE MOMENT. TRANSLATION ` TOO EXPENSIVE, NOT THAT LUXON COULD SAY SO. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FISCAL SITUATION WE HAVE INHERITED. AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE FISCAL SITUATION WE HAVE INHERITED. WE APPRAISE THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AS IT IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WHEN WE ARE DELIVERING OUR POLICY, WE MIGHT MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY. THAT'S OK. OFFICIAL COSTINGS RELEASED TO NEWSHUB SHOW THE POLICY WILL COST $360M IN THE FIRST YEAR, GROWING TO $915M A YEAR BY THE 2027-2028 FISCAL YEAR. NATIONAL ONLY BUDGETED IT COSTING $650M PER YEAR BY THEN; THAT'S MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS DIFFERENCE. THE SAME NATIONAL THAT CLAIMED ALL ITS NUMBERS WERE SOLID AS A ROCK. ROCK SOLID. ROCK SOLID. DO YOU STILL STAND BY THE COMMENT THAT YOUR NUMBERS WERE ROCK SOLID? AT THAT TIME, ABSOLUTELY. HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NUMBERS ARE WRONG? WE DIDN'T. THE POLICY WILL COST A TOTAL OF $2.9B OVER FOUR YEARS ` THAT'S $800M MORE THAN NATIONAL CALCULATED, PARTLY DUE TO COSTING DIFFERENCES,WILL PARTLY BECAUSE IT COMES IN FASTER, CLOSER TO ACT'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE. DOESN'T HAVE MONEY. IT TAKES MONEY OFF NEW ZEALANDERS. WHEN YOU SAY IT COSTS, WHAT DO YOU REALLY MEAN IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GONNA TAKE LESS MONEY AND TAKE LESS MONEY FOR HOUSING. THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS ARGUES THE MONEY COULD BE BETTER DIRECTED TO THOSE STRUGGLING. WILL $3 BILLION WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT NATIONAL BUDGETED FOR DURING CAMPAIGNING. THAT'S LESS EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH AND ON EDUCATION SPENT ON OTHER INVESTMENTS. THINKING ABOUT THE RENTERS OF NEW ZEALAND, THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF RENTAL PROPERTIES ACROSS NEW ZEALAND. HOPING THE LANDLORD TAX BREAK TRICKLES DOWN. JENNA ` THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE IS UP, WHAT NOW? THE FIRST 100 DAYS IS A POLITICAL GIMMICK IMPORTED FROM AMERICA THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE ENGAGE IN TWO PURPOSES; ONE TO MAKE NEW GOVERNMENT FEEL LIKE GETTING THINGS DONE, TWO THAT IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THINGS DONE. AND THEY'VE BARELY EMERGED FROM 100 DAYS AND ALREADY BROKEN A COALITION PROMISE, WHICH WAS TO BACK-DATE THE INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGES. LUXON COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO SAY THAT IT WAS IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE WHEN CLEARLY IT WAS, AND HE'S GOING TO NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THIS IS UNLIKELY TO BE THE LAST POLICY THAT COMES IN WITH A HEFTIER PRICE TAG THAN WHAT WAS IMAGINED DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOME TOUGH CHOICES AHEAD ON WHAT TO FUND, AND WHAT PROMISES TO BREAK. WHAT CUTS IT'S WILLING TO MAKE TO LIVE UP TO ITS PROMISES, OR HOW LONG THEY'RE WILLING TO LEAVE THE BOOKS IN THE RED. THE FIRST PROOF OF DELIVERY WILL BE MAY'S BUDGET. THE GOVERNMENT'S CHALLENGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS A MAJOR EXERCISE IN EXPECTATION MANAGEMENT. THANKS JENNA. IN THE PAST HOUR WE'VE HEARD ABOUT MULTIPLE PASSENGERS BEING INJURED WHEN A FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY HIT TURBULENCE ON ITS WAY TO AUCKLAND. NICK TRUEBRIDGE JOINS US FROM AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NICK, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT? WITH BEEN HERE JUST ON IN OUR, AND WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THIS IS THE AIRSIDE ACCESS CARE AND AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR ST JOHN'S UNIT COME THROUGH. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS INVOLVES A LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE INJURIES ABOARD THAT FLIGHT. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT THE EXACT STATUS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT THE EXACT STATUS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. WE EXACT STATUS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. IT'S VERY WINDY HERE IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT, SO IT COULD BE RELATED TO TURBULENCE BUT WE DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN. WE DO KNOW THAT ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE IS TREATING THIS EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. MORE DETAILS AS THEY COME TO HAND.. THE DEADLINE OF RAMADAN HAS ARRIVED, AND WITH NO CEASEFIRE DEAL IN SIGHT, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HAS VOWED TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE INVASION OF RAFAH, IN SOUTHERN GAZA. WITH OVER A MILLION PEOPLE ALREADY FACING STARVATION, THE AID SHIP THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE FROM CYPRUS TODAY DIDN'T SET SAIL BECAUSE OF WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS THE EVOLVING SITUATION. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WARNED ISRAEL AGAINST ANY ASSAULT ON RAFAH. HE'S HURTING ISRAEL MORE THAN HELPING ISRAEL. IT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT ISRAEL STANDS FOR. AND I THINK IT'S A BIG MISTAKE. BUT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU REPLIED THAT HE HAD RED LINES TOO, AND ONE OF THEM WAS PREVENTING HAMAS FROM EVER BEING ABLE TO REPEAT ITS OCTOBER ATTACK. AMONG THE CASUALTIES OF THE GAZA WAR ARE A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE DETERMINED YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IN WORLD WAR 2, 63 JOURNALISTS WERE KILLED, AND IN VIETNAM ABOUT THE SAME. BUT IN GAZA IT'S ALREADY 95, AS CBS's HOLLY WILLIAMS REPORTS. IF YOU THINK THIS LOOKS CRAZY, YOU'RE RIGHT. IN THE AFTERMATH OF AIRSTRIKES IN THE GAZA STRIP, WHILE OTHERS FLEE, JOURNALISTS HURTLE TOWARDS THE DANGER. (EXPLOSIONS BOOM) THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR IS NOW IN ITS FIFTH MONTH. WE'D KNOW MUCH LESS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND DEATH WREAKED IN GAZA IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE PEOPLE. PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO GET THE NEWS OUT, MANY NOW LIVING IN TENTS. WITH THEIR HOME UNDER BOMBARDMENT, SOME ARE NOT NEUTRAL OBSERVERS, AND THEY DON'T PRETEND TO BE. THE SITUATION IS INDESCRIBABLE. WE SAW` (EXPLOSIONS ECHO) NOOR HARAZEEN HAS BEEN REPORTING WITHOUT A SINGLE DAY OFF SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. I LOVE MY WORK. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I WAS BORN TO DO IT. SHE'S HAD TO EVACUATE THREE TIMES DURING THE CONFLICT AND NOW LIVES WITH HER COLLEAGUES IN THIS CRAMPED SPACE IN RAFAH. I MANAGE TO, SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, CONTROL MY EMOTIONS AND CONTROL MY FEAR. LAST MONTH SHE WAS ABLE TO GET PERMISSION TO SEND HER 6-YEAR-OLD TWINS, SARA AND BASSEM, ACROSS THE BORDER TO EGYPT AND MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO STAY ON IN GAZA AND KEEP REPORTING. THEY CAN FIND, EASILY, FOOD AND WATER. THEY CAN SLEEP TIGHT AT NIGHT. OTHER JOURNALISTS HAD NO WAY OF KEEPING THEIR FAMILIES SAFE. LIKE AL-JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF WAEL DAHDOUH, WHO LOST HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, AND MOHAMMED ALALOUL, A CAMERAMAN FOR TURKISH TELEVISION, WHO BURIED FOUR OF HIS YOUNG CHILDREN. THIS IS THE DEADLIEST WAR FOR JOURNALISTS IN DECADES. 'OPPENHEIMER' HAS FINISHED OFF A HUGE AWARDS SEASON WITH A SWEEP OF THE OSCARS, TAKING HOME SEVEN ACADEMY AWARDS. BUT THERE APPEARED TO BE A BIT OF A GAFFE WHEN AL PACINO READ OUT THE WINNER FOR BEST PICTURE WITHOUT BOTHERING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NOMINATIONS. HERE'S KATE RODGER. OSCARS HOST JIMMY KIMMEL IS ALWAYS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR HOLLYWOOD. NOT SO MUCH FOR A CERTAIN FORMER WHITE HOUSE RESIDENT. 'HAS THERE EVER BEEN A WORSE HOST AND JIMMY KIMMEL AT THE OSCARS?' THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M SURPRISED ` ISN'T IT PAST YOUR JAIL TIME? SPEAKING OF 'POOR THINGS', THE EMMA STONE FILM WON HER A SECOND ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS. MY DRESS IS BROKEN. (LAUGHTER) I THINK IT HAPPENED DURING 'I'M JUST KEN.' STONE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH A CLOTHING MALFUNCTION. JOHN CENA? WELL, HE DIDN'T BOTHER WITH CLOTHING AT ALL. WHILE THERE WON'T BE AN ACTUAL OSCAR WINGING ITS WAY BACK TO WELLINGTON THIS YEAR, WETA FX WILL STILL BE BASKING IN THE REFLECTED GLORY OF ONE. PETER JACKSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS FILM WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU. ALL THE AMAZINGLY TALENTED TEAM AT WETA FX. THEIR GROUNDBREAKING WORK ON ANIMATED SHORT FILM 'WAR IS OVER' WINNING AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE FILMMAKERS. BEFORE TONIGHT'S CEREMONY, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS HAD TURNED THE RED CARPET COMMUTE INTO GRIDLOCK OUTSIDE. THE WARS IN GAZA AND UKRAINE WERE PROMINENT ON THE WINNER'S PODIUM INSIDE. AMONG YOU, SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE HISTORY RECORD IS SET STRAIGHT. THAT SENTIMENT ECHOED BY OSCAR-WINNING 'THE ZONE OF INTEREST' DIRECTOR JONATHON GLAZER. RIGHT NOW WE STAND HERE AS MEN WHO REFUTE THEIR JEWISHNESS IN THE HOLOCAUST BEING HIJACKED BY AN OCCUPATION WHICH HAS LED TO CONFLICT FOR SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE, WHETHER THE VICTIMS OF OCTOBER... (APPLAUSE) DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH'S DOMINATION OF THE AWARDS SEASON EARNED HER HER FAIRYTALE ENDING; A BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR FOR 'THE HOLDOVERS.' THE REST OF THIS YEAR'S OSCARS WAS BARBENHEIMER. # I'M JUST KEN. FIRST UP, KEN'S MUCH ANTICIPATED PERFORMANCE OF HIS NOMINATED SONG 'I'M JUST KEN', PROVING ONCE AND FOR ALL, HE DOES MORE THAN JUST BEACH. KEN CLEARLY WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS. BEST SONG THOUGH, WENT TO THAT OTHER BARBIE BANGER, BILLIE EILISH BECOMING THE YOUNGEST DOUBLE OSCAR-WINNER IN HISTORY. THIS YEAR A GOLDEN ONE FOR THE 'OPPENHOMIES'. ROBERT DOWNEY JR FINALLY BAGGED A GOLDEN MAN FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR. I'D LIKE TO THANK MY TERRIBLE CHILDHOOD... AND THE ACADEMY, IN THAT ORDER. AND IRISH EYES ARE SMILING TONIGHT, CILLIAN MURPHY WINNING BEST ACTOR. BRIT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ` BEST DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED ` A LITTLE SWIFTLY ` BY HIS SECOND, AS PRESENTER AL PACINO APPEARED TO SKIP READING THE OTHER NOMINATIONS. AND MY EYES SEE OPPENHEIMER. (APPLAUSE) YES. YES. 'OPPENHEIMER' TAKING HOME THE COVETED BEST PICTURE. KATE RODGER, NEWSHUB NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL THE NUMBER OF THREATS AGAINST MPs RECORDED BY POLICE FELL DRAMATICALLY LAST YEAR. THERE WERE A HIGH NUMBER OF THREATS AGAINST JACINDA ARDERN WHEN SHE WAS PRIME MINISTER IN 2022. BUT AS JAMIE ENSOR REPORTS, HER SUCCESSORS FACED FAR FEWER. WHETHER IT'S IN THE REAL WORLD... (SIREN WAILS) ...OR IN THE DIGITAL ONE, MPs OFTEN FACE ABUSE. IT'S FINE BEING SCRUTINISED IN THE PUBLIC FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS ` THAT'S FINE. BUT THE HATRED AND THE ATTACK YOU CAN GET FOR THAT? SO IT'S DONE ITS JOB, YOU COULD SAY, TO CREATE A CHILL FACTOR. THE GREENS' MARAMA DAVIDSON SAYS ABUSE HAS ALREADY RAMPED UP SINCE YESTERDAY'S NEWS THAT THE PARTY WILL HAVE TWO FEMALE CO-LEADERS. CONCERTED EFFORTS ARE ALREADY BEING MADE TO DISEMPOWER US. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL LAST YEAR, POLITICIANS WERE OPEN ABOUT THE RISKS. MY HUSBAND SAID, 'CAN WE PLEASE TAKE TWO CARS? 'I DO NOT WANT THE CHILDREN IN YOUR WILLOW-JEAN PRIME CAR.' WE HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF GANG VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION. AND IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. BUT NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL THE NUMBER OF THREATS AGAINST MPs RECORDED BY POLICE DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF LAST YEAR. IN 2019 THERE WERE 43 THREATS, INCLUDING DEATH THREATS, TOWARDS MPs. IN 2022 THAT JUMPED TO 101. LAST YEAR IT WAS BACK AT 43. WHEN JACINDA ARDERN WAS PRIME MINISTER SHE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A TORRENT OF THREATS, WITH POLICE LOGGING 60 AGAINST HER IN 2022 ALONE. BEFORE SHE RESIGNED IN JANUARY 2023, JACINDA ARDERN RECEIVED ONE THREAT; CHRIS HIPKINS RECEIVED SIX IN THE ROUGHLY 10 MONTHS HE HELD THE TOP JOB LAST YEAR; WHILE CHRISTOPHER LUXON RECEIVED FOUR DURING HIS TIME IN THE ROLE IN 2023. I THINK THERE IS MORE GENDERED ABUSE FOR FEMALE POLITICIANS IN NEW ZEALAND, PERIOD. MANY OF THE THREATS WERE MADE ONLINE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL, INCLUDING FROM PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISTRESS. A NUMBER OF THE THREATS ALSO RELATED TO COVID-19 MANDATES, AN ISSUE THAT REALLY FLARED UP IN 2022, WHEN THE MOST THREATS WERE RECEIVED. WHAT I HOPE IS THAT IT HASN'T JUST BECOME SO NORMALISED AND SO EXPECTED THAT WE ALMOST SORT OF LIKE, 'OH, YEAH, WELL, THIS IS JUST INEVITABLE NOW,' AND WE CHOOSE TO DO LESS ABOUT IT. AND SHE HOPES OTHERS DON'T LET THE HATEFUL COMMENTS SILENCE THEM. JAMIE ENSOR, NEWSHUB. THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS HAVE BEEN HANDED A RIGHT ROYAL GIFT, AFTER THE PRINCESS OF WALES SHARED A PHOTOGRAPH OF HERSELF SURROUNDED BY HER THREE CHILDREN. THE PHOTO, SUPPOSEDLY TAKEN BY PRINCE WILLIAM, IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL SIGHTING OF KATE SINCE SHE HAD ABDOMINAL SURGERY EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO INTENSE SCRUTINY, AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED THE TEST. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT LISETTE REYMER REPORTS. 'WHERE IS KATE?' THE INTERNET HAS BEEN CRYING. SO KENSINGTON PALACE TODAY SAID, 'HERE SHE IS.' BUT THE FAMILY PHOTO, BURSTING WITH HAPPY FACES, DESIGNED TO DAMPEN WEEKS OF SPECULATION AROUND THE PRINCESS'S HEALTH, HAS ONLY FUELLED THE FRENZY, WITH A NUMBER OF RESPECTED PICTURE AGENCIES NOW CLAIMING THE SOURCE OF THE PHOTO ` IN OTHER WORDS, THE PALACE ` HAS MANIPULATED THE IMAGE. THE PICTURE, SAID TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM, WAS RELEASED ONLINE, ACCOMPANIED BY A MESSAGE THANKING EVERYONE FOR THEIR KIND WISHES AND SUPPORT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. IT WAS RECEIVED, AT FIRST, BY RELIEVED ROYAL WATCHERS. THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR THE PRINCESS OF WALES TO RECOVER QUIETLY, AND THAT SHE MIGHT RESUME DUTIES AFTER EASTER. WELL, HERE WE HAVE A LOVELY PHOTOGRAPH OF HER, TAKEN A GOOD THREE WEEKS BEFORE EASTER. SO THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING NEWS, I THINK. BUT LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER, AND SOME THINGS ARE SLIGHTLY LESS ENCOURAGING. SOCIAL MEDIA SLEUTHS FIRST SPOTTED THAT KATE WASN'T WEARING HER WEDDING RING, BUT THEN PICKED UP ON CHARLOTTE'S MISALIGNED SLEEVE AND LOUIS' STRANGE FINGER POSE, SUGGESTING AI WAS AT PLAY. THE PRINCESS OF WALES WAS LAST SEEN IN PUBLIC ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ATTENDING CHURCH WITH THE FAMILY. THEN IN JANUARY SHE SPENT TWO WEEKS IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL SURGERY. AND WHILE THE PAPARAZZI HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME, MANAGING TO SNAP THIS SHOT OF HER DRIVING LAST WEEK, CATHERINE HAS BEEN LAYING LOW. THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES AROUND HER WANT FOR PRIVACY HAVE BEEN PROPELLED INTO OVERDRIVE, THANKS IN PART TO THE KING'S OPENNESS. CHARLES, WHO WAS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT, HAS BEEN SHARING REGULAR MESSAGES AND PHOTOS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL TAKING PLACE BEHIND PALACE DOORS. BUT IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS MEANT TO QUELL QUESTIONS AROUND THE PRINCESS, THE TONGUES ARE WAGGING EVEN FASTER NOW. IN LONDON, LISETTE REYMER, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. AND IT STARTED OFF VERY WARM IN THE SOUTH. IT WAS 28 DEGREES AT 6am IN TIMARU. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUN. IT WAS THE CLASSIC FOEHN WIND EFFECT ` THE NORTHWESTER RACING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS, WARMING UP AS IT DESCENDS AND MAKING FOR A TOASTY START TO THE DAY. IT DIDN'T LAST LONG. BY 3 THIS AFTERNOON IT HAD DROPPED TO 13 DEGREES. I'LL BE BACK WITH THE LATEST ON THE NEXT APPROACHING FRONT, AFTER SPORT. A MAN (67) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CHRISTCHURCH. IT FOLLOWS THE FATAL STABBING OF A MAN (22) AT THE CITY MISSION THERE LAST NIGHT. AROUND 100 NEW MARINE SPECIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN AN OCEAN TROUGH EAST OF NEW ZEALAND. AND SOME RESIDENTS IN NORTH OTAGO HAD TO EVACUATE OVERNIGHT, AS MULTIPLE WILDFIRES THREATENED HOUSES. A MAN (67) HAS APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A 22-YEAR-OLD IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. POLICE WERE COMBING THE SCENE TODAY AFTER THE MAN, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS VICTIM LATE LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY MISSION ON HEREFORD ST. NO PLEA WAS ENTERED WHEN HE APPEARED VIA VIDEO LINK IN THE DISTRICT COURT THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAN WILL REMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE NEXT MONTH. SEVERAL FARM SHEDS WERE DESTROYED AND FAMILIES EVACUATED OVERNIGHT IN OTAGO, AS 100 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED TWO FIRES IN HOT, WINDY WEATHER. GROUND CREWS AND THREE HELICOPTERS FOUGHT ONE OF THE BLAZES IN NENTHORN OVERNIGHT, WHILE ANOTHER WAS BEING FOUGHT NEAR DUNTROON AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH FIRES WERE VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE; THEY STARTED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. WE HAD WINDS OF UP TO 120KM/HR MAKING IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH, AND AT NIGHT-TIME, MAKING IT QUITE HARD FOR THE CREWS TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE FIRE. BOTH FIRES ARE NOW CONTAINED, BUT CREWS REMAIN ON-SITE EXTINGUISHING HOT SPOTS. A TEN-DAY-OLD ALBATROSS CHICK HAS DIED AFTER BEING FED PLASTIC REGURGITATED BY ITS PARENTS. THE NEWLY HATCHED TOROA CHICK WAS DISCOVERED AT THE PUKEKURA/TAIAROA HEAD COLONY, NEAR DUNEDIN. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION RANGERS HAD FEARED AN OUTCOME LIKE THIS, AFTER OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING PLASTIC RUBBISH IN RECENT YEARS. IT'S A FIRST AT PUKEKURA, BUT WE KNOW FROM OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE THAT ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE CAN DIE FROM PLASTIC CONGESTION. WE'RE WORRIED THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE PLASTIC IS SO PERVASIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. TAIAROA HEAD IS THE ONLY MAINLAND COLONY OF NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS IN THE WORLD AND HAS GROWN FROM ONE BREEDING PAIR IN 1937 TO MORE THAN 60 PAIRS THIS SEASON. A TEAM OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS HAS DISCOVERED AROUND 100 NEW MARINE SPECIES IN AN OCEAN TROUGH JUST OFF NEW ZEALAND. THEY WERE EXPLORING AN AREA THOUSANDS OF METRES BELOW THE SURFACE KNOWN AS THE BOUNTY TROUGH. WILLIAM TERITE REPORTS. THE BOUNTY TROUGH, OFF OTAGO'S COAST HAS REMAINED MOSTLY UNEXPLORED, UNTIL NOW. WE'VE FOUND A SURPRISING ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF MARINE CREATURES DOWN TO NEARLY 5000m DEPTH. LAST MONTH A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS TRAVELLED THERE ABOARD THE TANGAROA ON A MISSION TO DISCOVER AND PROTECT NEW MARINE SPECIES BEFORE THEY BECOME EXTINCT. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT WE'D FIND NEW SPECIES OF FISH. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE NEW SPECIES. HE'S REFERRING TO THIS ODD-LOOKING FISH, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO THE EELPOUT FAMILY. FINDING SOMETHING NEW, KNOWING THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE, IS A THRILL THAT NEVER GETS OLD. OTHER FINDS THE TEAM MADE NEARLY 5000m UNDERWATER INCLUDE THESE EXTREMELY RARE CREATURES FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR AND THIS LARGE LIGHT SQUID, WHICH FLASHED ITSELF FOR THE CAMERA BEFORE DISAPPEARING AGAIN. WE WENT THERE WITH A BLANK SHEET. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF DATA POINTS AND INFORMATION OF THAT PARTICULAR REGION OF OUR COAST. THE THREE-WEEK VOYAGE WAS LED BY NIWA, TE PAPA AND THE OCEAN CENSUS GROUP, WHO WILL NOW BE ANALYSING THE SAMPLES. WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THESE SPECIES ARE AND WHAT THE FUNCTION THAT THEY HAVE IN THE ECOSYSTEM AND THAT HABITATS THAT THEY LIVE IN. THEY'RE PART OF THE FOOD CHAIN, AND THEY'RE PART OF THE WEB OF LIFE THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR LIFE. IT'S ESTIMATED THERE'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MILLION SPECIES IN THE OCEAN. WE'VE ONLY DESCRIBED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10% AND 25%. MEANING THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF SPECIES STILL TO BE DISCOVERED. WILLIAM TERITE, NEWSHUB. ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND HEARTBREAK FOR THE BLACKCAPS. SO MUCH HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT WE MIGHT SEE A RARE VICTORY OVER AUSTRALIA THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AUSSIE KEEPER ALEX CAREY HAD OTHER IDEAS, GUIDING THEM HOME TO A SERIES SWEEP. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE REACTION FROM HAGLEY OVAL SHORTLY. AND EXCLUSIVE DETAILS FROM JOSEPH PARKER'S MANAGER ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE COMING UP FOR THE KIWI HEAVYWEIGHT, AS HE RECEIVES A SPECIAL WELCOME HOME FOLLOWING ANOTHER BIG WIN IN SAUDI ARABIA. A GRUESOME DISCOVERY IN RURAL VICTORIA HAS SPARKED A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, AFTER A WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A WHEELIE BIN. AND WITH A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL IN WAIKATO ON THE WAY, THERE ARE CONCERNS ALREADY OVERLOADED GPs WON'T HAVE CAPACITY TO MENTOR STUDENTS. JUST WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, WE'VE HAD A CAMERA OUT FOR THE ARRIVAL HOME OF JOSEPH PARKER. TAKE A LOOK. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AW... AW! AW! (DREAMY CHORAL MUSIC RISES) # Coffee # Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee # Coffee, coff... # (MIXER CLATTERING) VOICEOVER: Whatever's on your mind, give in to it. Wildbean Cafe at BP. # Drives you cravey! # (SINGS) # I like to ite, ite, ite # Apples and bananas... # (DOOR RATTLES) (CONTINUES SINGING INDISTINCTLY) VOICEOVER: In a crash, your car is your last line of defence. (CARDBOARD TEARS) What if it's not as safe as you think? (SINGS) # Apples and bananas... # (CAR RATTLES) Check your safety rating at Rightcar. THE BODY OF AN AUSTRALIAN MUM HAS BEEN FOUND INSIDE A WHEELIE BIN. DAYS BEFORE THE GRIM DISCOVERY IN BUCKLEY, IN REGIONAL VICTORIA, HER HUSBAND FLEW TO INDIA WITH THEIR SON. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT EMMA CROPPER REPORTS. ON AN ISOLATED STRETCH OF COUNTRY ROAD, HIDDEN IN A WHEELIE BIN IN THE BUSHES, DETECTIVES DISCOVER THE BODY OF MOTHER CHAITHANYA SWETHA MADHAGANI. 82km AWAY AT HER FAMILY HOME, A SECOND CRIME SCENE. A GREEN WASTE BIN IS MISSING, WITH A WATER BLASTER SITTING NEARBY. IT'S VERY SHOCKING NEWS, ESPECIALLY ON THIS STREET. LAST TIME NEIGHBOURS SAW SWETHA WAS MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AT THE PARK WITH HER 3-YEAR-OLD SON. SHE WAS A LOVELY MOTHER, I WOULD SAY. SHE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HER KIDS; HOW WE SHOULD DO PLAYDATES. IN A TWIST, SWETHA'S HUSBAND, ASHOK RAJ, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. HE FLEW TO INDIA DAYS EARLIER WITH THEIR YOUNG SON. IT'S UNDERSTOOD ASHOK RAJ CALLED SWETHA'S FAMILY AND TOLD THEM SHE HAD DIED. NOTHING SUSPICIOUS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NEVER HEARD SCREAMING. IT'S JUST COMPLETELY OUT OF SURPRISE. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHEN IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY POLICE. IN SYDNEY, EMMA CROPPER, NEWSHUB. BURNT-OUT GPs SAY BEFORE A NEW WAIKATO MEDICAL SCHOOL CAN BE BUILT, URGENT ISSUES IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE NEED TO BE FIXED FIRST. CABINET IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE LATER THIS YEAR WHETHER TO PUMP $300M INTO THE PROPOSED SCHOOL, WHICH WILL HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON TRAINING RURAL GPs. BUT AS KAREN RUTHERFORD REPORTS, DOCTORS WHO MENTOR MEDICAL STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE ALREADY AT CAPACITY. IF YOU COULD HAVE A LOOK, DO A CARDIOVASCULAR EXAM FOR ME ` IS THAT OK WITH YOU, BARB? DWAYNE JONES IS NINE YEARS INTO HIS 11 YEARS OF TRAINING TO BECOME A GP. HE'S ONE OF FOUR THIS TAURANGA MEDICAL CENTRE IS MENTORING. BUT LIKE MANY PRACTICES, THEY ARE LACKING PHYSICAL SPACE TO CONSULT AND TIME TO TEACH. WE NEED MORE DOCTORS, BUT THE SYSTEM IS NOT CURRENTLY SUSTAINABLE EITHER IN TERMS OF WORK NEEDED TO MANAGE THE POPULATION OR THE FINANCIAL MODEL BEHIND IT. A HAEMORRHAGING SYSTEM GPs WANT FIXED BEFORE A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL AT WAIKATO GETS OFF THE GROUND. ALL WE'RE DOING IS THROWING BLOOD TRANSFUSION AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION, WE'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ACTUALLY STEM THE BLOOD FLOW, JUST SAYING, 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT.' THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS ON A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL. IF AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT STUMPS UP ITS $300M CASH INJECTION, THIS BUILDING WILL BE PULLED DOWN, AND A NEW FACILITY WILL BE BUILT BY 2027. PROBLEM IS, BY 2030 HALF OF ALL NEW ZEALAND GPs WILL HAVE RETIRED. WAIKATO UNIVERSITY AGREES ITS NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL IS ONLY PART OF THE ANSWER. WE NEED TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REBUILD THAT CAPACITY. AND SAYING IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TODAY IS GOING TO MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE IN THE FUTURE. ITS PROGRAMME WILL SHAVE A YEAR OFF AUCKLAND AND OTAGO'S OFFERING, WITH MORE STUDENTS ABLE TO TRAIN IN THEIR LOCAL HOSPITALS LIKE THAMES, TOKOROA AND TAUPO FOR THE BULK OF THEIR DEGREE. WE DON'T NEED $380M INVESTED INTO BRICK AND MORTAR FOR THE PRE-CLINICAL PROGRAMME THAT CAN BE DONE REMOTELY IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT RURAL PEOPLE COME FROM. BUT BEFORE ANY NEW GRADUATES DO MAKE IT OUT, A CALL FROM GPs DOING THE MENTORING. WE NEED TO HAVE SPACE FOR THEM. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FREE UP GENERAL PRACTICE SPECIALISTS TO TEACH THOSE YOUNG DOCTORS THROUGH. AT PRESENT, WE ONLY DO THAT FOR FIRST YEAR OF THEIR REGISTRAR YEARS. IN THEIR SECOND AND THIRD YEARS, THERE IS NO DEDICATED TEACHING TIME IN PRACTICES AND THERE IS NO RESOURCING TO DO THAT. A FUNDING MODEL HEALTH MINISTER SHANE RETI AGREES IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. HIS CHALLENGE NOW IS FINDING A WAY TO IRRIGATE THIS DOCTOR DESERT, GETTING WORSE BY THE YEAR. KAREN RUTHERFORD, NEWSHUB. IF YOU'RE STILL A BOOKWORM IN THIS AGE OF TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND PEOPLE WHO READ BOOKS AND PAPERS RETAIN INFORMATION BETTER THAN THOSE SCROLLING SCREENS. CHANNEL 7's AMBER LAIDLER EXPLAINS. HITTING THE BOOKS WAS ONCE THE TIME-HONOURED METHOD OF STUDY. NOWADAYS, STUDENTS ARE E-LEARNING. THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE ON INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS. THERE'S ONE-LAPTOP-PER-CHILD PROGRAMMES IN A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS. BUT A NEW REVIEW CLAIMS SCREEN TIME COULD BE WASTED TIME. THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE SCREEN INFERIORITY EFFECT, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT COMPREHENSION IS IMPAIRED WHEN YOU READ ON A DIGITAL-BASED MEDIA. AND IT GETS WORSE FOR SOME. SOMEONE WHO HAS SLIGHTLY LESS SKILLED READING ABILITY, OR FOR SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY UNDER TIME PRESSURE. RESEARCHERS BELIEVE COMMON SCREEN STRUGGLES LIKE EYE STRAIN, BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST ISSUES COULD CONTRIBUTE, AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC DISTRACTIONS LIKE NOTIFICATIONS, ADVERTS, POP-UPS, LINKS AND IN-SCREEN VIDEO. THEY DISRUPT YOUR COMPREHENSION. THE SKILL OF BEING ABLE TO READ ALSO INCLUDES THE SKILL OF BEING ABLE TO FOCUS AND SUSTAIN ATTENTION. BOOKS ARE FANTASTIC FOR THAT. BUT EVEN WHEN WE DO CHOOSE TO READ THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY, IT'S BELIEVED OUR CONCENTRATION AND COMPREHENSION ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. AND THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT CONSTANT MULTITASKING ON SCREENS IS TO BLAME. BUT YOU CAN RELEARN TO FOCUS BY JUST READING MORE. THE STUDY IS PUBLISHED IN A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL AVAILABLE BOTH ONLINE AND IN PRINT. TAKE YOUR PICK. KIWI DOLPHINS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE ACCENTS. RESEARCHERS SAY IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THEY REACT TO THE IMPACT OF TOURISTS ON THEIR ENVIRONMENT. HISTORY GOES BEGGING FOR THE BLACKCAPS', AS AUSSIES BREAK KIWI HEARTS ONCE AGAIN. PLUS, JOSEPH PARKER'S PROMOTER TEASES A POTENTIAL REMATCH WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA AS ONE FUTURE PATH FOR THE KIWI HEAVYWEIGHT. AND IT COULD COME MUCH SOONER THAN YOU'D THINK. AND THE CRUSADERS ADDRESS THEIR SHOCKING START TO SUPER RUGBY. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, AS THEY PREPARE TO MEET THE TABLE-TOPPING HURRICANES? THERE'S BEEN HEARTBREAK AT HAGLEY OVAL FOR BLACK CAPS FANS THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER WATCHING A DROUGHT-BREAKING PIECE OF HISTORY SLIP THROUGH THEIR FINGERS IN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. WITH AUSTRALIA CLAIMING A THREE-WICKET WIN IN THE SECOND TEST. THERE WERE HIGH HOPES FOR A FIRST HOME VICTORY OVER THEIR TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS IN 31 YEARS WHEN THE VISITORS SLUMPED TO 80/5, CHASING 279. BUT, AS THEY SO OFTEN DO, AUSTRALIA FOUND A HERO, WITH UNDER-PRESSURE WICKETKEEPER ALEX CAREY DASHING KIWI HOPES ONCE AGAIN. ALEX CHAPMAN REPORTS. CRICKET HAS A CUNNINGLY CREATIVE WAY OF BEING CRUEL. PAT CUMMINS HIT THE WINNING RUNS. THE BLACKCAPS... UHH... ...AND THEIR FANS... UH YEAH, THAT'S TOUGH. IT SUCKS. ...LEFT TO WONDER WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. WE HAD MOMENTS IN BOTH TEST MATCHES WHERE WE COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT TIMES. THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. AFTER AN HOUR-LONG RAIN DELAY, THE AUSSIES CAME OUT WITH CLEAR INTENT, THROWING THEIR HANDS AT ANYTHING WIDE, BEFORE OFFERING A CHANCE IN THE SECOND OVER OF THE DAY. IS IT DOWN? IT WAS. ALTHOUGH THE BLACKCAPS' IMMEDIATE DISAPPOINTMENT AT LEAST ONLY LASTED ONE BALL. GOT HIM! AND WHILE NEW ZEALAND THOUGHT THEY HAD ALEX CAREY EARLY, DRS SAID OTHERWISE. AND CAREY CAPITALISED. LOVELY PIECE OF TIMING. FOR FOUR! MITCH MARSH, MEANWHILE, TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE LIFE HE WAS GIVEN BY RAVINDRA, AS HE MOTORED TO HIS HALF CENTURY. EVEN THE AUSSIES' INDECISION WAS PROVING ENCOURAGING AS CAREY ALSO NOTCHED UP A NEEDED 50. AS THE DEFICIT DECREASED, THE BLACKCAPS' FRUSTRATIONS GREW. BUT JUST AS IT LOOKED LIKE VICTORY WAS SLIPPING AWAY... ON TO THE PADS! HE'S OUT! HE'S OUT! AND THEN NEXT BALL... OH, AND IT'S CLIPPED AWAY! BACK TO BACK BEN SEARS! DEBUTANT BEN SEARS HAD HAGLEY OVAL HOPEFUL. BUT IN THE END IT WAS OUT OF REACH FOR THE BLACKCAPS. AS CAPTAIN CUMMINS AND COLD-BLOODED CAREY... CAUGHT THE EDGE AND IT FLIES AWAY! HAD LOCALS UNABLE TO EVEN LOOK. IN THE END, AUSTRALIA DID IT WITH THREE WICKETS TO SPARE ` CAREY 98 NOT OUT, HIS SKIPPER UNBEATEN ON 32. I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE BIGGEST MATCHES, THE SKIPPER COMES THROUGH. IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FROM PADDY. THE DROUGHT AGAINST THE OLD FOE NOW GOING PAST AN UNLUCKY 13 YEARS. TEST CRICKET. CAN'T BEAT IT. YOU REALLY CAN'T. BUT PERHAPS TODAY BLACKCAPS FANS COULD GO WITHOUT. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. A REMATCH WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING IS IN JOSEPH PARKER'S SIGHTS, IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER BIG WIN. PARKER IS BACK HOME IN NEW ZEALAND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT, FOLLOWING HIS VICTORY OVER CHINA'S ZHILEI ZHANG. AND HIS MANAGER HAS TOLD NEWSHUB HE FIRMLY BELIEVES PARKER IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH ANTHONY JOSHUA. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ARRIVING HOME TO HUGS FROM THE KIDS, JOSEPH PARKER HAS AN EYE ON THE FUTURE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. NOW MANDATORY FOR THE WBO WORLD TITLE, TO FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD, SO I'M NEARLY THERE. I'M NEARLY THERE AGAIN. THE LAST TIME HE HELD IT WAS IN 2018, WHEN PARKER LOST HIS WBO CROWN TO ANTHONY JOSHUA. SIX YEARS ON, PARKER'S MANAGER BELIEVES THE PAIR ARE ON TRACK TO MEET AGAIN. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF PARKER ENDS UP FIGHTING JOSHUA AGAIN SOME TIME IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS OR SO. PARKER WAS A FRESH-FACED 26-YEAR-OLD WHEN HE SUFFERED HIS FIRST CAREER DEFEAT TO JOSHUA IN FRONT OF 78,000 FANS IN CARDIFF. NOW HE'S A DIFFERENT FIGHTER. I DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE NOW, OR THE CONFIDENCE, OR THE STRUCTURED TRAINING PROGRAMME THAT I HAVE. SO I'M A LOT BETTER FIGHTER NOW ` WAY BETTER. PROBABLY TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES BETTER. JOSHUA NEEDS TO FIGHT A STEP UP, AND JOSEPH IS RIGHT THERE. AND NEW WBO INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION... WHETHER JOSHUA'S NEXT OR NOT, PARKER CERTAINLY HAS OPTIONS. AS THE WBO INTERIM CHAMPION, HE'S IN LINE TO FACE THE WINNER OF TYSON FURY AND OLEKSANDR USYK IN MAY. ZHILEI ZHANG HAS A CAST-IRON REMATCH CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT, BUT THE DECISION ON WHETHER THAT HAPPENS ALMOST CERTAINLY LIES WITH BOXING'S NEW POWERBROKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA. IF THEY SAY THAT IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. IF THEY WANT THIS PERSON TO FIGHT THIS PERSON, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EVERYONE RESPECTS CONTRACTS ` OR SHOULD. BUT SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT PAY PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT TO WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT, SO IT'S JUST BUSINESS, YOU KNOW? AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS OF BOXING, JOSEPH PARKER IS GETTING IT DONE. IT'S EXPECTED TALKS WILL ADVANCE QUICKLY, WITH THE COMING FORTNIGHT SET TO DETERMINE WHAT LIES IN STORE FOR A FIGHTER SUDDENLY RIGHT BACK IN THE FRAME AT THE TOP OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. THEY HAVE MADE ONE OF THE WORST STARTS TO A SEASON IN THEIR LONG AND DECORATED HISTORY, AND THE CRUSADERS ARE NOT SHYING AWAY FROM IT, AS THEY CONTEMPLATE SNAPPING THEIR LOSING STREAK IN SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC. SATURDAY'S DEFEAT TO FIJIAN DRUA WAS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION'S THIRD LOSS IN A ROW, AND HAS SEEN THEM DROP TO 11th ON THE LADDER, AHEAD ONLY OF THE WESTERN FORCE, ON POINTS DIFFERENTIAL. THE LAST TIME THE CRUSADERS LOST THEIR OPENING THREE GAMES OF A SEASON WAS WAY BACK IN 1996. HONEST CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT. MAKING SURE THERE IS ENOUGH CARE IN THE GROUP THAT WE CAN STILL GROW. SOMETIMES THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE TOUGH. WE NEED TO BE OPEN TO THOSE. THE CRUSADERS HOST THE TABLE TOPPING HURRICANES ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CANES ARE THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM LEFT IN THE COMPETITION. SCOTT McLAUGHLIN HAS MADE A STRONG START IN HIS QUEST TO CLAIM A MAIDEN INDYCAR SERIES TITLE, WITH A PODIUM FINISH IN THE SEASON OPENING RACE IN FLORIDA. THE FORMER SUPERCARS CHAMPION CLIMBED FROM NINTH ON THE GRID, THANKS LARGELY TO THIS MOVE ON THE 73rd LAP, WHEN HE OVERTOOK COLTON HERTA. McLAUGHLIN EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE LINE IN THIRD, BEHIND HIS PENSKE TEAM-MATE JOSEF NEWGARDEN AND PATO O'WARD. FOR THE TWO CREW TO GET THE WIN, WELL DONE TO THEM. THEN OBVIOUSLY, WITH WILL RIGHT BEHIND ME, PUSHING ME HARD IN THE END. I HAD A BLAST OUT THERE. I PASSED ALL MY CARS AS WELL. THERE WASN'T MUCH STRATEGY THERE, IT WAS JUST PURE PASSING AND THE CAR WAS SUPER QUICK. SCOTT DIXON CROSSED THE LINE IN 9th, WHILE HIS FELLOW KIWI MARCUS ARMSTRONG FAILED TO FINISH THE RACE, FOLLOWING A CRASH ON THE 27th LAP. LIVERPOOL'S HOPING THEY WON'T REGRET FAILING TO CLAIM ALL THREE POINTS FROM MANCHESTER CITY'S VISIT TO ANFIELD IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THIS MORNING. THE REDS CREATED SEVERAL GOAL-SCORING OPPORTUNITIES AND WERE DENIED A 99th MINUTE PENALTY BY THE VAR IN A 1-1 DRAW. ITV's CHRIS SKUDDER WATCHED THE ACTION. SO LONG, OLD FRIEND. IN FRONT OF THE KOP, KLOPP V PEP FOR THE LAST TIME IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. KLOPP HAS A GREAT RECORD AGAINST HIS RIVAL AT ANFIELD, BUT THE SMALLEST MARGINS CAN CAUSE THE GREATEST PAIN. AND A FEW INCHES OF SPACE AT THE NEAR POST WERE ALL IT TOOK FOR CITY TO SNEAK IN FRONT. HE'S SQUEEZED IT IN AT THE NEAR POST! BUT A DISASTROUS BACK PASS THEN COST THE CHAMPIONS. PENALTY FOR LIVERPOOL, DISPATCHED BY MAC ALLISTER ` 1-1. LIVERPOOL SHOULD HAVE GONE ON TO WIN IT, BUT CHANCES WERE WASTED THAT MIGHT COME TO COST THEM DEAR. CITY WERE A FRACTION FROM SNATCHING IT TOO, BUT BOTH CLUBS END THE WEEKEND BEHIND ARSENAL, IN THE TIGHTEST TITLE RACE. WARRIORS, CRUSADERS, BLACK CAPS. I AM HAPPY TO SEE THE BACK OF THE WEEK. GOODBYE TO THAT ONE. DO SOUTHLAND DOLPHINS ROLL THEIR Rs? WELL, NO, BUT RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED NEW ZEALAND DOLPHINS DO HAVE DISTINCTIVE ACCENTS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM, AS GRACE THOMAS FOUND OUT. NAME'S BRUCE. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF ACCENTS UNDER THE SEA ` IN THE MOVIES, AT LEAST. WHY TRUST A SHARK, RIGHT? THAT WAS BRUCE THE SHARK, AN APPARENT AUSSIE IN 'FINDING NEMO'. WHO CAN FORGET ABOUT CRUSH THE SURFER DUDE SEA TURTLE? GIVE ME SOME FIN. NOGGIN. DUDE! DUDE! AND THE FISHY MOBSTERS IN 'SHARK TALE'. I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY THIS TO YOU, LENNY. YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU EAT IT ` PERIOD. SO WHAT? ACCENTS LIE UNDERNEATH OUR MOANA. WELL, A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS IN AOTEAROA HAVE DISTINCT REGIONAL ACCENTS. SHE'S BASICALLY LIKE AMERICAN-ENGLISH AND KIWI-ENGLISH. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT YOU HAVE JUST SOME DIFFERENT WORDS. NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY. (DOLPHIN SQUEALS) THAT'S THE SOUND OF A BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN IN GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. BUT WHEN RESEARCHERS COMPARED THE WHISTLING PATTERNS WITH DOLPHINS FROM FIORDLAND, THEY FOUND VARIATIONS IN THE STYLE, DURATION AND PITCH OF THEIR CALLS. AND RESEARCHERS SAY THAT COULD BE DOWN TO THE IMPACT OF TOURISM. THE SOUND OF MOTORBOATS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN AFFECT THAT COMMUNICATION. LONGER WHISTLES ARE HAPPENING IN FIORDLAND BECAUSE THEY NEED TO, KIND OF, COMPETE WITH THE NOISE OF THE BOATS. THE SIGNATURE WHISTLES OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS ARE CRUCIAL TO THEIR SURVIVAL. DOLPHINS RELY ON SOUND TO FIND FOOD, TO HUNT, LIKE, FOR THEIR NORMAL ACTIVITIES. SO THEY DON'T USE LIKE SIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THIS, RESEARCHER SAYS THERE'S STILL PLENTY MORE TO BE DISCOVERED AND THIS RESEARCHER SAYS THERE'S STILL PLENTY MORE TO BE DISCOVERED ABOUT THESE DOLPHINS ACCENTS. GRACE THOMAS, NEWSHUB. OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` ST JOHN AMBULANCE HAS CONFIRMED IT TREATED 24 PEOPLE FOR INJURY AFTER THERE WAS TURBULENCE ON A LATAM AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND. EIGHT OF THEM HAD MODERATE INJURIES AND THREE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. LATAM SAYS THERE WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM DURING THE FLIGHT, WHICH CAUSED A STRONG MOVEMENT. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGES, DUBBED 'A LANDLORD TAX CUT' BY THE OPPOSITION, IS GOING TO COST NEARLY $3B. THAT'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE THAN BUDGETED FOR. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER. AND THE SOUTH ARE IN LINE FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF WILD WEATHER? ALL VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. FRONTS ROLL IN FROM THE SOUTH, WEAKEN AS THEY HEAD NORTH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. SO THE NOR'WESTERS HIT FIRST FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY THE RAIN. AT THIS STAGE, FIORDLAND IS THE ONLY UNDER A WATCH. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. # R-E-S-P-E-C-T. # TAKE CARE, T-C-B. # TOMORROW'S WEATHER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY NATURE, TURNED INTO POWER BY MERIDIAN. NAU MAI ANO. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE STILL LOCKED IN THE SAME WEATHER CYCLE; HIGH PRESSURE, FRONT, HIGH, FRONT. THE FRONTS TRACKING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT ARE WEAKENING AND WILL FADE AWAY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH PRESSURE LOCKED IN FOR MOST OF US, BUT THEN THE NEXT FRONT IN THE CYCLE ARRIVES. ON TO SOUTHERN NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND YUP, IT FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN. WEAKENING AS IT HEADS NORTH, AND FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RIDGE. SO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT FRONT, CLOUD SPREADS OVER THE ISLAND TONIGHT, WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE FOR THE CANTERBURY FOOTHILLS. THE SOUTH TO SOU'WEST WINDS DIES. TOMORROW, CLOUD AND SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE DAY; HEAVY TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE LOWER SOUTH. AND WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS, THIS TURNS SOUTH TO SOU'WEST LATE IN THE DAY. SO AS THOSE WEAKENING FRONTS TRACK NORTHEAST, THEY'LL DELIVER ONLY SHOWERS FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH A SOUTH TO SOU'WEST WIND. TOMORROW, CLOUDY PATCHES AND SHOWERS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE ISLAND, BUT CLEAR IN THE SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND CLEAR HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SO EXPECT ANOTHER DAY WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD. SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TOO IN THE MORNING FOR AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON AND IN THE AFTERNOON EVERYWHERE ELSE. CLOUDY PERIODS HERE TOO AND SHOWERS, BUT ARRIVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE MORNING FOR TOKOROA. IN THE AFTERNOON FOR TAUPO, AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING EVERYWHERE ELSE. MORNING CLOUD WITH EARLY SHOWERS SOUTH OF HASTINGS, THEN FINE. HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE WILL ALSO HAVE MORNING SHOWERS, BUT NOT CLEARING TILL THE AFTERNOON. EVERYONE WILL START WITH CLOUD AND SHOWERS, BUT IT ALL CLEARS TO A GOOD AFTERNOON, WITH CLOUD RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT. WESTERLIES FOR MOST, NORTHERLIES SOUTH OF PALMERSTON NORTH. OVER THE STRAIT, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WITH THE CHANCE OF MORNING SHOWERS. THINGS IMPROVE IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S SHORT LIVED WITH RAIN RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT FOR HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH. THE EAST WILL HAVE A FAIR BIT OF CLOUD, WITH THE ODD MORNING SHOWER FOR TIMARU, KAIKOURA AND BLENHEIM. WINDS TURN NORTHWEST FOR A WHILE IN THE EVENING. AND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT FRONT, RAIN WILL KICK OFF AGAIN FROM MIDDAY FOR THE DEEP SOUTH. AND IN THE AFTERNOON FURTHER NORTH, WESTERLIES WILL BE STRONG TOMORROW NIGHT. NOT THE BEST WEATHER FOR DUNEDIN, BUT IT'S NOT COLD. SCATTERED RAIN DEVELOPS AFTER LUNCH, WIDESPREAD IN THE EVENING, AND POSSIBLY HEAVY. NORTHEASTERS TURN SOUTHWEST TOMORROW NIGHT. A BLEAK START TO TUESDAY FOR YOU, CHRISTCHURCH, WITH A FRESH MORNING NORTHEASTER. A LITTLE BRIGHTER IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THE WIND TURNS NORTHWEST TOMORROW NIGHT. FOR THE CAPITAL, MORNING CLOUD WITH EARLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A SOUTHERLY. PLENTY OF FINE SPELLS ACROSS THE DAY. THEN HIGH CLOUD INVADES FROM THE AFTERNOON, WITH A STRONG NORTHERLY. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SHOWERS TOO FOR THE MORNING AROUND HAWKE'S BAY. BUT THE AFTERNOON IS DRIER AND CLEARER, WITH A NORTHERLY, WHICH DEVELOPS TOMORROW NIGHT. CLOUDY PERIODS EXPECTED AROUND TAURANGA AS WELL, BUT YOUR RISK OF SHOWERS LIES FROM THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING, WITH A DEVELOPING NORTHERLY. MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR HAMILTON, WITH SHOWERS WHICH ARRIVE IN THE MORNING, THEN EASE IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN CLEAR TOMORROW NIGHT. ALL WITH VERY LITTLE WIND. AND AUCKLAND, YOU'LL HAVE A SIMILAR SORT OF DAY, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD, A FEW SHOWERS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE A.M., AND A SOUTHWESTERLY. OVER THE TASMAN, NOT BAD. SHOWERS FOR HOBART, BRISBANE AND THOSE IN THE NORTH. SOME LOVELY WARM TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY, TOO. AND ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY OVER THE PACIFIC, WITH RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST. BACK HOME, FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, AND IT'S NOT TOO BAD. BUT SHOWERS DEVELOP FOR HAMILTON ON THURSDAY, AND THEN RAIN SPREADS IN FROM THE WEST ON FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY LOOKS OK HERE, BUT AGAIN THOSE SHOWERS DEVELOP FROM THURSDAY AND SPREAD ON FRIDAY. THERE COULD BE HEAVY FALLS, TOO, ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES REMAIN STABLE FOR THE WEEK. FOR THE TOP HALF OF THE SOUTH, RAIN SPREADS NORTH ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE NEXT FRONT, AND EXPECT THE SAME ON FRIDAY. AND A MIX OF EVERYTHING FOR THE LOWER SOUTH, WITH RAIN EASING TO ISOLATED SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY BUT DEVELOPING AGAIN FROM THURSDAY. AND FINALLY, MY FAVOURITE WEATHER SHOT OF THE DAY, TAKEN LAST NIGHT AT SUNSET IN SOUTH WESTLAND. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TODAY. REBECCA AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.30 AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M MIKE McROBERTS. AND I'M LAURA TUPOU, PO MANAHAU. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.