GOLRIZ GHARAHMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SHOPLIFTING. WHAT NEXT FOR THE FORMER GREEN MP? THE WITNESSES WHO SPOTTED THE BODY IN THE BAG EVEN BEFORE THE FISHERMAN CAUGHT IT. FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR THE CRUSADERS ` NOW THEY LOSE THEIR SKIPPER. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND JESSIE PURU. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. AFTER MONTHS AVOIDING THE PUBLIC EYE, DISGRACED FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN FACED COURT TODAY, ADMITTING THE THEFT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CLOTHING FROM MULTIPLE STORES. GHAHRAMAN STOOD EMOTIONLESS IN THE DOCK AS HER LAWYER ENTERED THE GUILTY PLEAS. IT COMES AFTER SHE RESIGNED FROM POLITICS IN JANUARY. NICK TRUEBRIDGE WAS IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT. GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN SILENT AS SHE FINALLY FACES COURT. HOW'RE YOU FEELING, GOLRIZ? ARE YOU GOING TO PLEAD TODAY? FROM HIGH-PROFILE MP TO GUILTY PLEA, THE FORMER GREEN POLITICIAN STRUCK A SUBDUED FIGURE, LOOKING DOWN AS SHE ADMITTED TO ALL FOUR CHARGES THROUGH HER LAWYER, ANNABEL CRESSWELL. IS THIS THE END OF YOUR CAREER AS A BARRISTER? THE FORMER MP NOT UP TO TALKING ON ARRIVAL OR DEPARTURE. THESE SCENES ARE A FALL FROM GRACE FOR THE FORMER POLITICIAN. SHE WAS THE FIRST REFUGEE ELECTED INTO NEW ZEALAND'S PARLIAMENT AFTER FLEEING IRAN WITH HER PARENTS AS A CHILD. WE WERE TREATED LIKE HUMAN BEINGS, COS IN IRAN, IF YOU INTERFACE WITH THE REGIME, OFTEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY` YOUR HUMANITY'S NOT EXACTLY BEING UPHELD. SHE'S BARELY BEEN SIGHTED IN THE MONTHS SINCE THE ALLEGATIONS SURFACED. GHAHRAMAN STOLE $691 WORTH OF CLOTHING FROM WELLINGTON'S CRE8IVEWORX, NEARLY $8000 WORTH OF ITEMS FROM PONSONBY'S SCOTTIES BOUTIQUE AND A $389 CARDIGAN FROM STANDARD ISSUE IN AUCKLAND. HER THEN CO-LEADERS SAID SHE FELL SHORT OF THEIR STANDARDS, BUT WAS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. IT IS CLEAR TO US THAT MS GHAHRAMAN IS IN A STATE OF EXTREME DISTRESS. SHE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY AND SHE HAS APOLOGISED. FOR GHAHRAMAN, AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT IS A FAR CRY FROM A ONCE-FLOURISHING POLITICAL CAREER. IN MARCH 2020, SHE TOLD NEWSHUB NATION OF HER POLITICAL DREAMS. THAT'S MY BIG DREAM ` IS FOR NEW ZEALAND TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO UPHOLD THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, OUR HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS, OUR CLIMATE COMMITMENTS, AND JUST PROTECT THOSE VALUES. INSTEAD, SHE'LL FACE SENTENCING FOR SHOPLIFTING IN JUNE. SO, NICK, WHAT NEXT FOR GOLRIZ? SENTENCING IN JUNE AS YOU HEARD. THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE MONTHS TO POTENTIALLY SEVEN YEARS. THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MEDIA REPORTING. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN COURT TODAY, ABOUT IF THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COVER TODAY'S CASE. WHAT HER LAWYER ARGUED WAS THAT THERE HAD BEEN AGGRESSIVE MEDIA REPORTING THAT RESULTED IN THREATS, ' HORRIFIC IN NATURE', AND THERE WAS MENTAL HEALTH AT STAKE. ONE LAST THING IS THAT OBVIOUSLY GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN IS REGISTERED AS A BARRISTER. ONCE SENTENCING IS COMPLETED, THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AROUND HER FUTURE IN THAT PROFESSION AS WELL. THANK YOU. TENA KOE. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW AN UNUSUAL OBJECT FLOATING IN THE WATER HOURS BEFORE A FISHERMAN PULLED A BAG OF HUMAN REMAINS OUT OF AUCKLAND'S GULF HARBOUR. POLICE WERE BACK AT THE SCENE TODAY, AND SO WERE WE. HERE'S GRACE THOMAS WITH THE LATEST. THIS AFTERNOON, TWO OFFICERS WERE CHECKING THE RIVER THAT FLOWS INTO THE GULF HARBOUR MARINA JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND. INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN CONTINUING INTO THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAGS AROUND 3PM YESTERDAY, STARTLING THESE FREEDOM CAMPERS. BIT OF A SHOCK. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS QUIET LITTLE PLACE? I WAS COMING BACK, AND THE FLASHING LIGHTS OF A POLICE CAR CAME ALONG, SO I NATURALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. PAUL MIDDLETON WAS IN WHANGAPARAOA TO DO SOME FISHING BUT ENDED UP REELING THE HUMAN REMAINS TO SHORE. THERE WAS A BAG OUT THERE, EH. WELL, BAG, WE KNOW ITS A BAG NOW. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE A LOG, MAYBE A DEAD ANIMAL. HE'S DESCRIBED THE MOMENT HE OPENED THE PLASTIC BAG UP. OPENED IT UP. BIG CHUNK OF MEAT ` LOOKED LIKE MAYBE A LEG OF LAMB. AND I THOUGHT, OH, SOMEONE'S THROWN THEIR MEAT WASTE AWAY. AND THEN MADE THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY. LO AND BEHOLD, A HAND APPEARS. LOOKED LIKE A HALLOWEEN-TYPE HAND. A POSTMORTEM ON THE BODY BEGAN TODAY. POLICE SAY THEIR PRIORITY IS TO IDENTIFY THE DECEASED AND WHAT LED TO THEIR DEATH. THEY'RE ALSO ENCOURAGING ANY RESIDENTS IN THE NEARBY COASTAL AREA TO GET IN TOUCH IF THEY SAW ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS. THESE CAMPERS SAY THERE WAS A STRONG WIND IN THE GULF HARBOUR AREA A DAY EARLIER, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY FIRST SPOTTED THE OBJECT IN THE WATER. SO POSSIBLY THINGS GOT BLOWN IN TO THE AREA. THERE WERE A FEW LOGS AROUND, AND THE PLASTIC BAG WITH THE BODY IN IT WAS JUST FLOATING OFF IN THE DISTANCE. POLICE SAY THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THIS DEATH, BUT JUST WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SURROUNDING THE REMAINS ARE STILL UNEXPLAINED. GRACE THOMAS, NEWSHUB. MOUNT RUAPEHU'S 2024 SKI SEASON IS SAVED, THANKS TO ANOTHER $10m FROM THE GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S THE LAST HANDOUT. CABINET HAS AGREED TO GIVE RUAPEHU ALPINE LIFTS $7m TO ENABLE SKIING ON WHAKAPAPA, BUYING TIME TO FIND A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. IF NONE IS FOUND WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, THERE'LL BE NO MORE GOVERNMENT FUNDING. CABINET'S ALSO GIVING $3m IN EQUITY AND LOAN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SALE OF TUROA SKI FIELD ASSETS TO PURE TUROA LIMITED. A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO MINE THE SEABED OFF SOUTH TARANAKI DREW SCHOOL KIDS, IWI, ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND TARANAKI SURFERS OUT IN PROTEST TODAY. TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES HAS BEEN TRYING TO SECURE CONSENT TO MINE IRON SAND FROM THE SEA FLOOR FOR A DECADE, BUT ITS ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY KNOCKED BACK. NOW A NEW EXPERT PANEL IS CONSIDERING ITS APPLICATION, AND AS ISOBEL EWING REPORTS, IT'S CREATED A TRICKY SITUATION FOR MINISTER SHANE JONES. NEW FACES TAKING PART IN A PROTEST WHICH IS MORE THAN A DECADE OLD FOR THEIR SOUTH TARANAKI COMMUNITY. NO, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE STILL HERE. AND WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WAS SO INTENT ON FAST-TRACKING, OR EFFECTIVELY SHORTCUT POLITICS. AND NGATI RUANUI ARE GETTING TIRED OF THE FIGHT ` IWI CHAIR HAMOANA MARUERA TELLING THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING THE MINING COMPANY, 'WE'VE HAD ENOUGH.' (PERFORMS HAKA) TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES FIRST SOUGHT CONSENT TO MINE IRON SAND OFF PATEA IN 2013. IT'S SINCE BEEN KNOCKED BACK BY SEVERAL COURT DECISIONS. A DISMISSED APPEAL IN THE SUPREME COURT LANDED IT BACK HERE BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL HEAR FROM TTR WHY IT SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO EXTRACT UP TO 50 MILLION TONS OF SAND FROM THE SEABED EACH YEAR. THE COMPANY WANTS TO MINE CRITICAL MINERAL VANADIUM, USED TO MAKE BATTERIES FOR LARGE-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE. VANADIUM ITSELF, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF TURNING THE SOUTH TARANAKI BIGHT INTO AN INDUSTRIAL MINE SITE. NZ FIRST'S COALITION AGREEMENT INCLUDES AN AIM TO... IN A STATEMENT TO NEWSHUB, TTR SAID ` AND IN VIDEO OBTAINED BY NEWSHUB, SHANE JONES INDICATED LAST WEEK HE WAS DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE PROJECT. I'M THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES, AS WELL AS MINING AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND I'VE STOOD ASIDE FROM THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT SO THERE CAN BE NO ALLEGATION THAT I FAVOURED MINING OR I FAVOURED FISHERIES. OH, IT SEEMS AN INTERESTING MOVE FROM THE MINISTER. OBVIOUSLY BEING THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, HE'S POTENTIALLY IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION, GIVEN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY'S NOT SUPPORTING THAT. TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES SAYS THAT 22km OFFSHORE HERE AT PATEA A BILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT IS WAITING TO BE APPROVED. IT SAYS IT'D EMPLOY 350 PEOPLE DIRECTLY AND SUPPORT 1600 JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT THESE SURFERS WHO TRAVELLED FROM NEW PLYMOUTH TO ATTEND THE HEARING AREN'T SO SURE. THEY FEEL BUOYED BY THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT AND THEIR APPROACH, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENVIRONMENT AT ALL AT THE MOMENT ANYWAY. AT LEAST THAT'S THE IMPRESSION I'M GETTING. BUT AFTER SO MANY YEARS TRYING TO GET THIS ACROSS THE LINE, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES IS DEEPLY INVESTED. SO ISOBEL, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS GOING THROUGH? DESPITE THE OPPOSITION, WHICH IS STRONG HERE IN SOUTH TARANAKI, TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES IS CONFIDENT IN ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE METAL THEY WANT TO MINE INCLUDED IN THE COALITION AGREEMENTS SUGGESTS THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS AGREEMENT. HOWEVER IT IS TRICKY FOR SHANE JONES TO OKAY THIS WHEN THE FISHING INDUSTRY IS OPPOSED. FOR SEABED MINING HERE IN SOUTH TARANAKI, WATCH THIS SPACE. TENA KOE. NEWSHUB CAN REVEAL TREASURY WARNED THE GOVERNMENT IT WOULD BREACH INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS BY SUSPENDING PROPER ADVICE ON POLICY TO MEET ITS 100-DAY GOALS. THE PRIME MINISTER DENIES HE'S TRAMPLING DEMOCRACY. BUT AS POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH REPORTS, LABOUR'S LEADER IS CALLING THE COALITION A DICTATORSHIP ` A WORD HE PREVIOUSLY REFUSED TO USE TO DESCRIBE CHINA'S PRESIDENT, XI JINPING. RIDING A BLUE-NAMI TO POWER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU! AND SURFING THE WAVE ALL OVER THE SANDS OF DEMOCRACY. YOU HAVE REACHED FOR HOPE, AND YOU VOTED FOR CHANGE. THAT VOTE FOR CHANGE IS WHAT CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS LEANING ON TO DEFEND HIS GOVERNMENT'S RECORD USE OF PARLIAMENTARY URGENCY ` SKIPPING STEPS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS TO PASS REFORMS IN TIME TO MEET HIS SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE OF 100 DAYS. WE ARE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS HERE TO GET THINGS DONE. ALONG WITH PUTTING PARLIAMENT IN URGENCY AND SKIPPING PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH SELECT COMMITTEES FOR SOME LEGISLATION, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO DECIDED TO SKIP THE OFFICIAL ADVICE STEP, SUSPENDING WHAT ARE KNOWN AS REGULATORY IMPACT STATEMENTS ON SOME 100-DAY POLICIES. ADVICE RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOWS TREASURY OFFICIALS WARNING THE URGENCY OF A POLICY PROPOSAL IS NOT IN ITSELF SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH ADVICE. LUXON DENIES THAT'S TRAMPLING ON DEMOCRACY. NOT AT ALL. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WHERE WE'VE HAD CLEAR POSITIONS IN OPPOSITION, AND WHERE WE'VE CAMPAIGNED ON POLICIES THROUGH THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, WE'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY. THE ADVICE ALSO SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS WARNED THAT NEW ZEALAND HAD INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, SAYING SPECIFICALLY... I'VE GOT NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE NOT MET THOSE` WE HAVE MET THOSE OBLIGATIONS. YEP. FOR POLICIES THAT DIDN'T GET ADEQUATE ADVICE, TREASURY RECOMMENDED A POST-IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW ONE YEAR AFTER THE LEGISLATION IS PASSED TO ENSURE IT MEETS STANDARDS. BUT LUXON REFUSED TO COMMIT TO EVEN THAT TODAY. ARE YOU COMMITTED TO A ONE-YEAR REVIEW OF EVERY POLICY THAT DIDN'T GET PROPER REGULATORY ADVICE? AGAIN, (STAMMERS) YOU KNOW, WE MAKE NO APOLOGIES. WE GOT ELECTED ON A MANDATE FOR CHANGE FOR GETTING THINGS DONE, WE MAKE NO APOLOGIES. WINNING AN ELECTION DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO ACT LIKE A DICTATORSHIP. DICTATORSHIP ` THAT'S A TERM CHRIS HIPKINS WOULDN'T EVEN USE FOR CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING. THAT IS WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT ARE DOING ` RAMMING LAW CHANGES THROUGH THAT THEY DID NOT CAMPAIGN ON. I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR GETTING THINGS DONE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. I WAS ELECTED. GETTING THINGS DONE HIS WAY. JENNA LYNCH, NEWSHUB. PASSENGER SERVICES ON INTERISLANDER'S KAIARAHI FERRY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FRIDAY BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL FAULT WITH ITS LIFEBOAT SYSTEM. THE AGING FERRIES HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH ISSUES IN RECENT YEARS, AND THIS LATEST PROBLEM WAS FOUND DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE KAIARAHI WILL ONLY RUN FREIGHT SERVICES UNTIL A REPLACEMENT PART IS SOURCED. PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE LATAM FLIGHT THAT EXPERIENCED A MID-AIR DROP WHILE TRAVELLING TO AUCKLAND HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE. TRAVELLING ON A DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT WHILE THE OTHER IS INSPECTED, THE ARRIVALS SAID THEY WERE RELIEVED TO BE ON CHILEAN SOIL. LATAM AIRLINES SAY FLIGHT 800 EXPERIENCED A 'TECHNICAL EVENT' DURING THE FLIGHT, INJURING MULTIPLE PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD. PASSENGERS LIKENED THE FOUR-SECOND FREE-FALL TO 'BEING ON A ROLLER-COASTER'. AIRBNB IS INTRODUCING A WORLDWIDE BAN ON CLIENTS PLACING SECURITY CAMERAS INSIDE RENTAL PROPERTIES. IT FOLLOWS AN OUTCRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER CUSTOMERS FINDING HIDDEN CAMERAS, INCLUDING IN THE BATHROOMS. WILLIAM TERITE REPORTS. WENT TO GO PEE, AND THEN SAW THIS THING HERE. FOR YEARS, VIDEOS LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE TIKTOK. WE CAN SEE THROUGH THE GLASS AND SEE THERE'S A CAMERA THERE. IT'S EVEN BECOME FODDER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. YOU COULD STAY IN A PLACE WITH WORSE SHEETS AND A CAMERA IN THE TOILET. HI. BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER FOR THIS SURVEILLANCE EXPERT, WHO SHOWED US JUST HOW HARD IT CAN BE TO SPOT ONE. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS A PINHOLE CAMERA JUST THERE, MOUNTED IN A DEVICE THAT LOOKS LIKE A SECURITY DETECTOR. CURRENT AIRBNB RULES ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SECURITY CAMERAS IN COMMON AREAS SUCH AS LIVING ROOMS AND HALLWAYS AS LONG AS IT'S CLEARLY STATED IN THE PROPERTY'S LISTING. I THINK IT'S DISGUSTING THEY WERE EVER ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM IN ANY WAY. CLEARLY THERE WILL BE SOME OWNERS WHO ARE SIMPLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR PROPERTY. WHICH IS WHY AIRBNB'S CLARIFYING ITS STANCE ON THE ISSUE, ANNOUNCING THAT FROM NEXT MONTH, ALL INDOOR CAMERAS WILL BE BANNED. NETSAFE SAYS IT'S LONG OVERDUE. WHAT AIRBNB ARE DOING IS TAKING A STEP TO SAY, 'THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING,' OR 'THIS IS WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING,' AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE IN THESE SITUATIONS. YOU'VE GOT TO BE SO CAUTIOUS. THERE'S NO WAY OF ACTUALLY SPOTTING THEM ALL. YOU WOULD SPEND HALF YOUR AIRBNB TIME LOOKING FOR HIDDEN CAMERAS. AIRBNB SAYS IF YOU DO FIND A CAMERA IN ONE OF ITS PROPERTIES, REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW BAN COULD RESULT IN THE PROPERTY LISTING BEING REMOVED FROM THE APP. WILLIAM TERITE, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER, AND THE COLD FRONT HAS BEEN TRACKING NORTH, HEATHER? FORTUNATELY NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE IN FORCE, BUT IT HAS DELIVERED ON ITS SHOWERY AND WINDY PROMISE. NOR'WESTERS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WERE BLUSTERY, AND THE SOUTHERLY BEHIND IT IS COLD. IT CLEARLY HASN'T REACHED HAWKE'S BAY YET ` TODAY THEY WARMED TO 29 DEGREES. THE NEXT FRONT ISN'T FAR AWAY. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. 'NO BODY, NO PAROLE.' THE BROTHER OF MURDERED MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE CHANGES TO FORCE THOSE WHO KILL TO GIVE UP THE LOCATION OF THEIR VICTIMS. THE MAN BEHIND TUNES FAMOUSLY FEATURED IN DIRTY DANCING AND BRIDGET JONES' DIARY HAS DIED. WE LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER. AND ` FINALLY ` A TASTE OF FREEDOM. THE BIG CATS RESCUED FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE. HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD CLAIMING TWO WELLINGTON BUSINESS OWNERS DEFRAUDED THEM OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE PAIR ` WHO RAN A BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANY ` WERE ARRESTED ON MONDAY, AFTER SOME OF THE ALLEGED VICTIMS SAID THEY FOILED THEIR ATTEMPT TO FLEE THE COUNTRY. LEIGHTON HEIKELL REPORTS. WHEN JASON AND TAMMY LEMIRE BOUGHT THIS FIXER-UPPER IN THE LOCATION OF THEIR DREAMS, THEY NEVER EXPECTED RENOVATING IT WOULD BECOME A NIGHTMARE. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LENGTHY PROCESS AND COST SOME MONEY, BUT... BUT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE RUNNING INTO THE ISSUES WE'RE RUNNING INTO NOW. IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, THE COUPLE ORDERED MORE THAN $30,000 WORTH OF BUILDING PRODUCTS. THE PARTS WERE CRUCIAL FOR THEIR RENO, BUT THEY NEVER ARRIVED, AND THE COMPANY STOPPED REPLYING. SO TAMMY WROTE A REVIEW. WE'VE NOW CONNECTED WITH OTHER CUSTOMERS AND WE STARTED PIECING TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY THAT SOMETHING BIGGER WAS GOING ON. DARREN WHITAKER-BARNETT IS ONE OF THE OTHER CUSTOMERS. HE'S MISSING $140,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTS. HE SAYS HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO TOLD HIM THE ORDER WAS NEVER PLACED. WE SORT OF TOOK COMFORT IN EACH OTHER, THAT IF WE BAND TOGETHER AND COORDINATE AND GET THE POLICE COMPLAINTS IN AT THE SAME TIME, THE SHEER GRAVITAS OF COMPLAINTS WILL FORCE POLICE TO LOOK AT IT NOT AS A CIVIL CASE, BUT AS A CRIMINAL CASE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE GROUP OF CUSTOMERS DISCOVERED ON MONDAY THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS WERE PLANNING TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND. I WENT TO THE HOME, JASON WENT TO THE POLICE, AND WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER CUSTOMERS TO PREVENT THEM FLEEING THE COUNTRY. POLICE SAID IN A STATEMENT ` WE CAN'T TELL YOU THE COMPANY'S NAME, OR WHO THE OWNERS ARE, BECAUSE THEY WERE GRANTED INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION WHEN THEY APPEARED IN THE HUTT VALLEY DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY, BUT POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES AND ENQUIRIES ARE CONTINUING. OUR ENTIRE MOTIVATION NOW IS TO BRING THEM TO ACCOUNT. I THINK WE'VE JUST COME TO TERMS WITH IT ` THAT THAT MONEY IS GONE, AND WE JUST NEED TO MOVE ON. BUT THEY'RE HOPING THEY CAN AT LEAST GET JUSTICE. LEIGHTON HEIKELL, NEWSHUB. A CORONER WILL NOW DETERMINE THE SCOPE AND FORM OF A CORONIAL INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF LYNNMALL TERROR ATTACKER AHAMED SAMSUDEEN. A THREE-DAY HEARING WHERE CORONER MARCUS ELLIOTT HEARD SUBMISSIONS FROM THE INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING SAMSUDEEN'S FAMILY, THE SURVIVORS OF THE SUPERMARKET ATTACK, POLICE, AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FINISHED UP TODAY. THE CHAIR OF THE FEDERATION OF THE ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND WAS ONE OF THE LAST TO MAKE A SUBMISSION AND SAID A CORONIAL INQUIRY WOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER PUBLIC SCRUTINY. WE BELIEVE THAT THE VARIOUS REPORTS ALL PLAY A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION THAT CANNOT REPLACE THE NEED FOR A ROBUST CORONIAL ENQUIRY. LAWYER ANNA ADAMS, WHO IS TASKED WITH ASSISTING THE CORONER, SUBMITTED THAT THE INQUIRY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AS A PUBLIC INQUEST AIMED AT COVERING SEVERAL KEY ISSUES AND FOCUSING ON FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW DEATHS IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES COULD BE AVOIDED. THE SECOND NEW ZEALANDER KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN ON MONDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. LOCAL NEWS SITE JAPAN TODAY NAMED HIM AS SKI GUIDE AND ADVENTURE COMPANY OWNER, JOSHUA SELLENS (33). SKI GUIDE ISABELLA BOLTON (21) WAS YESTERDAY CONFIRMED AS THE OTHER VICTIM. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE PAIR WERE AMONG A PARTY OF SIX WHO WERE BACKCOUNTRY SKIING. ERIC CARMEN, THE SINGER-SONGWRITER BEHIND HITS LIKE 'HUNGRY EYES' AND 'ALL BY MYSELF' HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 74. HIS HITS FEATURED IN FILM AND TV INCLUDING 'DIRTY DANCING', 'FRIENDS' AND 'BRIDGET JONES' DIARY'. ITV'S SALLY BIDDULPH LOOKS BACK AT HIS MUSICAL LEGACY. # HUNGRY EYES. # ONE LOOK AT YOU, AND I CAN'T DISGUISE. I GOT... FEW SONGS DEFINE A GENERATION QUITE LIKE 'HUNGRY EYES', A HUGE HIT IN THE LATE '80S AND THE THEME TUNE TO 'DIRTY DANCING'. # HUNGRY EYES. # BUT HOW MANY OF US RECOGNISE ERIC CARMEN, THE STAR WHO WROTE IT? THE SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM OHIO DIED AT THE WEEKEND, AGED 74, LEAVING BEHIND A HUGE CATALOGUE OF HITS. # I THOUGHT THAT DREAMS BELONGED TO OTHER MEN. # BALLADS LIKE 'ALMOST PARADISE' FROM THE FILM 'FOOTLOOSE' ` SOUNDTRACK TO THE SCHOOL PROM. # ALL BY MYSELF. IT WAS ANOTHER ARTIST, THOUGH, THAT SENT HIM INTO THE MUSICAL STRATOSPHERE, WITH CELINE DION COVERING HIS SONG 'ALL BY MYSELF'. IT BECAME ONE OF HER BIGGEST HITS AND OPENED THE MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER 'BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY'. # ALL BY MYSELF. # CARMEN WAS A GIFTED MUSICIAN, A CLASSICAL PIANIST WHO TAUGHT HIMSELF GUITAR. FROM SCHOOL, HE FORMED THE BAND THE RASPBERRIES WITH A NEW SOUND DUBBED POWER POP. FOUR ALBUMS AND A STRING OF TOP 40 HITS LATER, HE BRANCHED OUT ALONE AS A SOLO ARTIST. PAYING TRIBUTE, HIS WIFE, AMY, SAID IN A STATEMENT... SHE ENDED BY QUOTING HIS OWN LYRICS, WRITTEN IN 1977. 'LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS, FAITHFUL AND FOREVER.' # ALL BY MYSELF. # ANDREW'S IN LATER WITH SPORT, AND MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE WINLESS CRUSADERS? AS IF THREE LOSSES TO START TO THE SEASON WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, NOW THEY'VE LOST THEIR CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT TO A BROKEN FINGER. SO HOW LONG WILL THE DEFENDING CHAMPS BE WITHOUT THEIR LEADER? AND THE WARRIORS STAR IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO BE FIT TO FACE THE MELBOURNE STORM IN THE NRL. AND THIS PAIR GET A NEW START AT LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM THE FRONT LINES OF RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE. AND RARE SEASHELLS COLLECTED BY THOSE ON BOARD CAPTAIN COOK'S FINAL VOYAGE ARE REDISCOVERED. AMONG THEM ARE SPECIMENS FROM NEW ZEALAND. NEW DATA SHOWS THOSE IN THE BEEF AND LAMB SECTOR ARE EXPECTED TO LOSE OVER HALF THEIR PROFITS. IT'S THE WORST SINCE THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, MEANING $175,000 TO $200,000 LOSSES. You all good, mate? You warm enough? (LAUGHS) SONG: # Like an endless dream... # Nearly there, mate. # Wrap me in your arms... # GIRL: Oh! So that's the difference between Courier and Economy. THE BROTHER OF MURDERED CHRISTCHURCH MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH IS CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE A LAW TO INCENTIVISE KILLERS TO DISCLOSE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR VICTIMS. THE LAW DUBBED 'NO BODY, NO PAROLE' HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH SOME SUCCESS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. MOLLY SWIFT REPORTS. FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, MICHAEL MCGRATH'S FAMILY HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SAY THEIR FINAL GOODBYES. IT'S A VERY DISTRESSING AND TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEVER LEAVES YOUR MIND. THE CHRISTCHURCH BUILDER WAS MURDERED BY HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND IN 2017. HIS BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. IT WILL GIVE US SOME FINAL CLOSURE AND ALLOW US TO MOVE ON. DAVID BENBOW WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT LAST WEEK IN CHRISTCHURCH'S HIGH COURT, BUT REFUSES TO DISCLOSE THE LOCATION OF MCGRATH'S BODY. WE'VE HEARD TODAY THAT THE PERSON SENTENCED STILL DOESN'T ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY OR REMORSE, SO I THINK THAT'S UNREALISTIC. THAT WE'LL GET AN ANSWER FROM THAT AVENUE AT THIS TIME. AFTER 17 YEARS BEHIND BARS, HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. MICHAEL'S BROTHER, SIMON, WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. HE'S CALLING FOR NEW ZEALAND TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH AUSTRALIA BY IMPLEMENTING THE NO BODY, NO PAROLE LAW. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF SUCH CRIMES, CONCEALMENT OF A BODY IS ENOUGH TO WARRANT SUCH A LAW BEING INTRODUCED. THE LAW COULD MOTIVATE A PERPETRATOR TO DISCLOSE THE LOCATION OF THEIR VICTIM. AT THE VERY LEAST, A FAMILY WOULD KNOW THAT A KILLER IS NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF PRISON UNLESS THEY COOPERATE. THE IDEA HAS BEEN FLOATED BEFORE. FORMER NATIONAL MP TIM MACINDOE LODGED A PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL BACK IN 2020, BUT IT WASN'T PICKED FROM THE BALLOT. IT WAS PARTICULARLY MY CONTACT WITH THE MCGRATH FAMILY THAT ENCOURAGED ME TO THINK ABOUT DRAFTING THIS BILL FOUR YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN AUSTRALIA, WITH POLICE BELIEVING IT DROVE THE SYDNEY DOUBLE-MURDER-ACCUSED COP TO GIVE UP WHERE HE HID THE BODIES OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS. BEFORE THE ELECTION, NOW-JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL GOLDSMITH SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO THE IDEA OF NATIONAL FORMED A GOVERNMENT, BUT THERE ARE STILL NO PLANS TO INTRODUCE THE LAW. YOU MAY STAND DOWN. THE MINISTER DECLINED AN INTERVIEW, TELLING NEWSHUB HE COULDN'T COMMENT SO CLOSE TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE BENBOW TRIAL. MOLLY SWIFT, NEWSHUB. A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THE GLOBAL POPULATION OF EMPEROR PENGUINS IS IN DECLINE. A TEAM OF NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THAT BY COMPARING NUMBERS OF ADULT PENGUINS AT BREEDING COLONIES BETWEEN 2009 AND 2018 NUMBERS FELL BY AROUND 24,000. BUT THE REASON FOR THE POPULATION DECLINE IS UNKNOWN. THE SCIENTISTS SAY THE TREND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LINKED WITH SEA ICE CONDITIONS. TWO LIONS RESCUED FROM WAR IN UKRAINE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A NEW START TO LIFE. TSAR AND JAMIL WERE JUST CUBS WHEN RUSSIA ATTACKED, BUT, AFTER A DIFFICULT START, THEY'RE NOW TASTING FREEDOM IN SOUTH AFRICA. ITV'S LEYLA HAYES REPORTS. AFTER AN INCREDIBLE 8000-MILE JOURNEY, THESE LIONS ARE ABOUT TO BE RELEASED ON TO AFRICAN SOIL. (CAGE DOOR CREAKS) RESCUED FROM THE WAR IN UKRAINE, THE LION BROTHERS NOW HAVE A NEW HOME AT THE BORN FREE BIG CAT SANCTUARY IN SOUTH AFRICA. I WAS SO NERVOUS THIS MORNING I COULDN'T EVEN SLEEP. I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET TO THE MAIN GATE WHERE WE HAD LEFT THE LORRY. AND THAT MOMENT WHEN I OPENED THAT GATE FOR TSAR TO RUN INTO HIS NATURAL BUSH ENCLOSURE, IT WAS JUST AMAZING SEEING HIM TAKING OFF, RUNNING IN THE` JUST AMAZING. TSAR AND JAMIL WERE BORN INTO CAPTIVITY AND EXPLOITED AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION. THEY WERE RESCUED FROM UKRAINE JUST DAYS AFTER THE WAR BROKE OUT. WHAT I FOUND QUITE INTERESTING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS ` THEY'RE ALMOST A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND FEISTY THAN THE OTHER BORN FREE ANIMALS THAT WE HAD. THEY ARE NOW LEAVING BEHIND A DIFFICULT PAST FOR A PROMISING FUTURE. THEY ARE ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THEY RECENTLY TURNED 3 IN JANUARY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE MILL. THEY HAVE HAD BROKEN BONES, BEEN FED ON A DIET THAT IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR LIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD UP THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD UP THEIR MUSCLE MASS SO THAT THEY BECOME STRONG, HEALTHY LIONS HERE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIFE IN THE AFRICAN BUSH AS THEY SHOULD HAVE FROM THE START. EXPERTS SAY IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE LIONS TO ADJUST, AND THEY WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. BUT THEIR JOURNEY FROM THE FRONTLINE OF WAR TO FREEDOM IN AFRICA MEANS THEY CAN NOW LIVE THEIR LIVES AS FREELY AS POSSIBLE. RARE SEASHELLS RE-EMERGE AFTER THEY WERE THOUGHT LOST TO A RUBBISH SKIP. THE COLLECTION, WHICH CAME FROM CAPTAIN COOK'S FINAL VOYAGE, INCLUDES SPECIMENS FROM NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE LIVE AT THE NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AWARDS CHATTING TO ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SUMMER, PLUS... MORE MISERY'S PILED ON THE WINLESS CRUSADERS WITH CONFIRMATION CAPTAIN SCOTT BARRETT IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS. AND LUUKA JONES JOINS AN ELITE CLUB OF KIWI SPORTSWOMEN AFTER BEING SELECTED FOR HER FIFTH OLYMPIC GAMES. THE CRUSADERS MAY HAVE DROPPED THEIR OPENING THREE GAMES OF THE SEASON, BUT IF THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS THOUGHT THEY WERE HAVING A TOUGH START TO THE YEAR, THINGS HAVE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT WORSE. THE TEAM'S CONFIRMED SCOTT BARRETT WILL BE SIDE-LINED FOR SIX WEEKS WITH A BROKEN FINGER. IT LEAVES THEM WITHOUT THEIR CAPTAIN AND MOST INFLUENTIAL PLAYER AS THEY TRY TO AVOID THEIR WORST START TO A SEASON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS THE LATEST. HE MIGHT HAVE A SMILE ON HIS FACE, BUT IT'S THE CAST ON HIS HAND THAT PAINTS A GRIM PICTURE FOR SCOTT BARRETT. A BROKEN FINGER RULING THE CRUSADERS SKIPPER OUT OF RUGBY FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. HE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR, UM, LEADERSHIP GROUP, AND HIS ON-FIELD PERFORMANCE IS WORLD CLASS. EVERY WEEK HE GOES TO THE` HE GOES DEEP TO THAT WELL. THE TIMING COULDN'T BE WORSE FOR THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. BARRETT IS THE 10TH PLAYER AND SIXTH ALL BLACK IN THEIR CASUALTY WARD SO FAR THIS SEASON, BUT ROB PENNEY'S CONFIDENT HIS YOUNG LOCKING GROUP CAN STEP UP IN BARRETT'S ABSENCE. HE'LL BE SADLY MISSED, BUT WHAT WE'VE GOT IS SOME REALLY HUNGRY YOUNG MEN DETERMINED TO MAKE THEIR MARK ON THIS PLACE. AND THAT'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY NOW. DAVID HAVILI WILL CAPTAIN THE CRUSADERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT; THE HURRICANES TODAY NOTING BARRETT'S ABSENCE BUT NOT GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD OF THEMSELVES. HE'S A WORLD CLASS PLAYER, SCOTT, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IF HE'S OUT, THEN, IT MIGHT CHANGE A WEE BIT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE'LL NOT CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE TO WHAT'S COMING. WHAT'S COMING IS A CRUSADERS SIDE WITHOUT A WIN IN THEIR OPENING THREE GAMES. A FOURTH ON FRIDAY WOULD LEAVE THEM WITH THEIR WORST START TO A SEASON EVER. PENNEY IS EMBRACING THE HEAT. LONG MAY THAT CONTINUE BECAUSE IT JUST KEEPS YOU RAZOR SHARP AND` THERE'S A FREUDIAN TERM, ISN'T IT? (LAUGHTER) THEY COULD DO WITH SOME RAZOR MAGIC OF THAT TO AVOID A NEW LOW IN CRUSADERS HISTORY. OLLY RITCHIE, NEWSHUB. STAYING WITH RUGBY, AND TONY BROWN HASN'T RULED OUT COACHING THE ALL BLACKS IN THE FUTURE DESPITE BEING UNVEILED AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW SPRINGBOKS STAFF. HE SAT ALONGSIDE NEW DEFENSE COACH JERRY FLANNERY AT A MEDIA CONFERENCE IN CAPE TOWN TO LAUNCH THE TEAM ASSEMBLED BY RETURNING HEAD COACH RASSIE ERASMUS. I'VE GOT SO MUCH RESPECT FOR WHAT REST HE HAS DONE WITH SOUTH AFRICA THAT I'M JUST EXCITED TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF IT, WATCH OPERATE AND LEARN FROM THEM, AND FROM THE OTHER COACHES. ONE DAY I MIGHT COACH THE ALL BLACKS, I DON'T KNOW BUT I JUST WANT TO BE PART OF THIS COACHING SET UP AND BE A PART OF THE SPRINGBOKS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. BROWN SAYS HE'S ALWAYS ADMIRED THE WAY THE SPRINGBOKS PLAYED AND REVEALED HE MODELLED HIS OWN GAME ON HIS FAVOURITE PLAYER, FORMER SPRINGBOK FIRST FIVE HENRY HONIBALL. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET WILL HONOUR ITS TOP PERFORMERS OVER THE PAST YEAR AT ITS ANNUAL AWARDS BEING HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH TONIGHT. GORDON FINDLATER'S AT THE CITY'S CONVENTION CENTRE. GORDON, WHAT'S THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE THERE TWO DAYS ON FROM THE HEARTBREAKING LOSS TO AUSTRALIA? ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC RIGHT NOW. IT'S BUZZING. THE BAR HAS BEEN BUSY THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE. BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT MATCH, THE GRUELLING MATCH THE OTHER DAY. FOUR DAYS YOU PUT US THROUGH THE WRINGER. GLENN PHILLIPS, THAT WAS A ROLLERCOASTER FOR FANS. WHAT WAS IT LIKE THE US PLAYERS AND HOW ARE YOU GUYS FEELING IN A COUPLE OF DAYS ON? IT WAS A GREAT GAME OF TEST CRICKET. THERE WERE STAGES WHERE AUSSIE WAS ON TOP. WE WERE IN A POSITION TO TAKE THE GAME AWAY FROM THEM, AND CREDIT TO THE WAY ALEX AND MICHIE BATTED OUT THERE. YOU HAVE ALREADY WON ON BOARD TONIGHT. TELL US ABOUT THAT. IT MUST BE AN AMAZING HONOUR TO BE AWARDED BY YOUR OWN PLAYERS. IT'S A FANTASTIC HONOUR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT WAS COMING. IS INDESCRIBABLE TO BE HONEST. WHEN THE GUYS YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH COME TO KNOW SO WELL, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND VOTE FOR YOUR PERFORMANCES OVER THE YEAR, NOT JUST PERFORMANCES, BUT THE WAY THAT THE TEAM ENVIRONMENT IS DONE, GOING OUT AND DOING LITTLE THINGS. THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER THAN OURSELVES. AND COME AWAY WITH THE WINNERS UNBELIEVABLE. WELL-DESERVED, WELL DONE. I'M OFF TO FIND SOME SAUSAGE ROLLS. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT. GORDON, THANK YOU. THE WARRIORS WILL GIVE ONE OF THEIR KEY PLAYERS AS LONG AS HE NEEDS TO PROVE HIS FITNESS FOR THEIR SECOND GAME OF THE NEW NRL SEASON. WAYDE EGAN'S RECOVERING FROM AN INJURY SUFFERED IN FRIDAY'S DEFEAT TO THE SHARKS, AND WHILE HE WAS AT TRAINING TODAY, HE'S NO CERTAINTY TO FACE MELBOURNE AS THE WARRIORS LOOK TO AVOID BACK-TO-BACK DEFEATS TO START THE SEASON. TIA MCDOUGALL REPORTS. WAYDE EGAN'S RACING THE CLOCK TO BE FIT FOR ROUND TWO. TRAINING AWAY FROM THE MAIN GROUP TODAY AFTER BEING FORCED FROM THE FIELD AGAINST THE SHARKS. LOOKS LIKE WAYDE EGAN IN A BIT OF TROUBLE. HE'S GOT AN OLD DODGY ELBOW FROM PLENTY OF INJURIES TO IT, AND IT'S FLARED UP. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY LONG-TERM THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OK. BUT AS FOR THIS WEEK'S TRIP TO MELBOURNE ` WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM EVERY CHANCE UP TO KICK-OFF. IT'S JUST WHETHER HE CAN TURN AROUND AND GET RANGE. IF HE CAN PASS AND TACKLE ` IF HE CAN DO THAT, HE'LL PLAY. FREDDY LUSSICK'S LIKELY TO FACE THE STORM IF EGAN CAN'T GET THERE ` WELL, MAYBE. WE'LL KEEP THAT TO OURSELVES JUST SO THAT THEY ONLY FIND OUT ON GAME DAY. BUT FREDDY'S THE OBVIOUS CHOICE. AND THE STORM HAVE CERTAINLY HIT THE SEASON RUNNING, OVERCOMING LAST YEAR'S PREMIERS PENRITH IN THEIR NRL OPENER. THEY'RE GONNA WATCH WHERE WE WENT WRONG IN THE WEEKEND AND THEY'RE GONNA TRY DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ON OUR GAME. KEEPING FOCUSED A MAIN PRIORITY. NOT HAVING THOSE LITTLE CONCENTRATION LAPSES. IT'S SHOWED ON THE WEEKEND. WE HAD ONE STRAIGHT AFTER HALF-TIME. THEY SCORED STRAIGHT AWAY, AND WE WERE CHASING THE GAME AFTER THAT. THEY'LL BE HOPEFUL THERE'S NO REPEAT ON SATURDAY, BUT THE COACH ISN'T PANICKING IF THEY'RE STILL ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PERFECT AGAIN. I DON'T THINK ANY NRL TEAM` EVERY TEAM THAT WON ON THE WEEKEND WERE ALL CLUNKY AT SOME STAGE. HAVING PLAYERS LIKE THIS BACK INVOLVED MIGHT HELP SMOOTH THINGS OUT. TIA McDOUGALL, NEWSHUB. FINALLY TONIGHT, LUUKA JONES WILL JOIN DAME VALERIE ADAMS AND BARBARA KENDALL AS THE ONLY KIWI WOMEN TO GO TO FIVE OLYMPICS, AFTER BEING NAMED IN THE NEW ZEALAND CANOE SLALOM TEAM FOR PARIS. BUT HEADING TO HIS FIRST GAMES IS FINN BUTCHER, WHO LEARNT THE SPORT AT A CHERRY ORCHARD IN ALEXANDRA AND IS NOW LOOKING TO HONOUR ONE OF THOSE WHO FIRST GOT HIM INVOLVED. IN AN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW WITH ALEX CHAPMAN, BUTCHER TODAY REFLECTED ON HIS PATH TO PARIS. EVEN THIS SEEMS A LONG WAY FROM THE IRRIGATION DAMS IN ALEXANDRA. AND IT'S THOSE WHO GOT HIM HERE THAT FINN BUTCHER'S MOST GRATEFUL FOR. YEAH. YEAH. IT MEANS A LOT. A MAIDEN CALL-UP TO AN OLYMPICS ALONGSIDE RIO SILVER MEDALLIST LUUKA JONES, WHO'S HEADING TO HER FIFTH. IT'S NICE BECAUSE, THROUGH FINN, I CAN KIND OF SEE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS IF IT'S FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. BUTCHER BARELY BELIEVES WHAT'S HAPPENING, GIVEN HOW HE STARTED IN CANOE SLALOM. TRAINING ONCE A WEEK ON AN IRRIGATION DAM AT A CHERRY ORCHARD. AND THEN, YEAH, SORT OF JUST FELL IN LOVE. PICTURED HERE IN THIS POLAROID ARE TWO OF THE MEN WHO HELPED HIM IN THOSE EARLY DAYS. ON THE RIGHT, GORDON RAYNOR, WHO BUTCHER SEES AS A SECOND DAD. ON THE LEFT... ALAN SARGE HOFFMAN, WHO'S NOT WITH US ANY MORE, BUT HE'S LIKE, GET SHIT DONE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HIS MATE DID. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER. GAVE HIM LIKE SIX TO NINE MONTHS OR SOMETHING, AND HE LIVE FOR ANOTHER, LIKE... SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. LEGEND. HOFFMAN AND ALEXANDRA'S APPROACH TO LIFE WILL BE FRONT-OF-MIND FOR BUTCHER COME GAMES TIME. WE'VE KIND OF GOT THAT ATTITUDE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIGURE IT OUT, GET THINGS DONE. AND NOT LIKE A CHIP ON THE SHOULDER, BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A SMALL TOWN, BOTTOM OF THE WORLD, LIKE... YEAH, COME AT ME. WATCH OUT, PARIS. ALEX CHAPMAN, NEWSHUB. LOVELY STUFF, I'M SURE FINN WILL DO HIM PROUD IN PARIS. A RARE COLLECTION OF SEA SHELLS COLLECTED DURING THE FINAL AND FATEFUL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN COOK TO NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE UNLIKELIEST PLACE. THE 200 SPECIMENS ` MANY OF WHICH ARE NOW EXTINCT ` HAVE HAD A TROUBLED JOURNEY OF THEIR OWN OVER PAST HUNDRED YEARS. ONCE THOUGHT LOST FOREVER, THEY'VE NOW BEEN RESCUED FROM A SKIP. ITV'S BEN CHAPMAN EXPLAINS. THEY ARE NOW BEING HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE. PRECIOUS SHELLS THAT TRAVELLED HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD ONLY TO BE THROWN OUT IN THE 1980S. WHAT NO ONE KNEW UNTIL NOW WAS THAT A UNIVERSITY LECTURER HAD RESCUED THEM FROM THE RUBBISH. WE THOUGHT, YEAH, THEY'D BEEN LOST IN THE 1980S, THAT THEY'D ACCIDENTALLY BEEN PUT IN A SKIP. I NEARLY FELL OFF MY CHAIR WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL. HONESTLY, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I RANG MY BOSS; I EMAILED THE CLAYTON TRUSTEES WHO OWNED THE COLLECTION, AND WE JUST` YOU KNOW, WE ALL THOUGHT THEY'D GONE AND THAT WAS IT. THE COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 200 SPECIMENS INCLUDES SOME OF THE FIRST EVER TO ARRIVE HERE FROM NEW ZEALAND, GATHERED DURING AN EXPEDITION BY CAPTAIN COOK. HIS THIRD AND FINAL VOYAGE SET SAIL IN 1776, TAKING HIS CREW AROUND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE THROUGH TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND, AND ON TO TAHITI AND HAWAII. AFTER CIRCLING ALASKA, THEY RETURNED TO HAWAII, WHERE COOK WAS KILLED. BUT THE SHELLS WERE SENT BACK AND COLLECTED BY A WOMAN CALLED BRIDGET ATKINSON, WHO AMASSED MORE THAN 1200 DESPITE NEVER LEAVING BRITAIN. NO ONE REALLY WENT ANYWHERE. I MEAN, THE IDEA OF VISITING FRANCE WAS KIND OF EXTRAORDINARY. I KIND OF THINK OF THESE SHELLS ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE PIECES OF MOON ROCK. YOU KNOW? IT WAS KIND OF THAT EXTRAORDINARY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO COLLECT THEM. THANKS TO HER, PEOPLE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO SEE SHELLS THAT CAN'T BE GATHERED TODAY. SOME OF THE SHELLS THAT ARE IN BRIDGET'S COLLECTION NOW HAVE SPECIAL PROTECTION AGAINST THEIR TRADE AND COLLECTION. IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF BRING THE SHELLS THAT BRIDGET'S GOT TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONES THAT YOU COULD EASILY COLLECT NOWADAYS. THEY WILL NOW GO ON DISPLAY IN NORTHUMBERLAND. AFTER SURVIVING THE SKIP, THESE RELICS OF OUR COLONIAL PAST AND ONE WOMAN'S PRIDE AND JOY IS BEING LOVINGLY LOOKED AFTER ONCE MORE. AN IDAHO TEEN ALMOST WIPED OUT IN A MAJOR WAY WHILE COMPETING IN A SKIING EVENT IN CANADA. IVAN JONES (17) WAS TRYING TO DO A MOVE CALLED THE 'FLAT SPIN 360' WHEN HE ALMOST LANDED ON THE CHAIR LIFT. HE WAS STILL ABLE TO SKI DOWN THE MOUNTAIN TO GET CHECKED OUT BY THE SKI PATROL. AND THE TEENAGER JUST LAUGHED IT OFF, SAYING, 'YOU'D BE GIGGLING TOO IF YOU'D SURVIVED THAT'. OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` DISGRACED FORMER GREEN MP GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY IN COURT TODAY TO SHOPLIFTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF CLOTHING FROM MULTIPLE STORES. SHE RESIGNED FROM POLITICS IN JANUARY AFTER THE ALLEGATIONS EMERGED. COMING UP, NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND THE WEEKEND IS FAST APPROACHING. HOW'S IT LOOKING? THE GOOD NEWS ` NO SEVERE WEATHER. THE BAD NEWS ` FRIDAY'S LOOKING WET, AND THERE'S A COLD SOUTHERLY SHIFT TOO. THAT WILL FORCE YOU TO WEAR A JACKET AND MAYBE EVEN LIGHT THE FIRE. THE WEEKEND ITSELF WILL BE MOSTLY CALM, APART FROM A FEW SHOWERS, WITH ANOTHER COUPLE OF FRONTS SET TO BRUSH THE LOWER HALF OF THE SOUTH. THE FULL FORECAST IS NEXT. NAU MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE STUCK IN A FRONT SANDWICH ` COLD FRONT UP TOP, NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN THE NEXT FRONT, WHICH IS JUST OUT OF VIEW OF YOUR SCREEN. IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE DEEP SOUTH LATE TOMORROW NIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE FRONT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND IS SLOWING RIGHT DOWN AND EXPECTED TO STALL TOMORROW. IT'S MOSTLY FINE TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, THANKS TO THE RIDGE, BUT CLOUD DEVELOPS OUT WEST, WITH SHOWERS FOR FIORDLAND. TOMORROW THOSE SHOWERS SPREAD UP THE WEST SIDE ACROSS THE DAY, TURNING TO RAIN FOR FIORDLAND IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS THEN SPREAD INLAND THROUGH SOUTHLAND TOWARDS THE EVENING, WITH NOR'WESTERS TURNING SOU'WEST DUE TO THE FRONT. THE BAND OF SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND ARE THOSE PRODUCED FROM THAT FRONT. WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO. YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS VERY SLOWLY HEAD NORTH, BUT THERE'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT WITH THAT FRONT TOMORROW. FINE SPELLS INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON, THOUGH, AS THAT FRONT WEAKENS. IT'S ANOTHER PARTLY CLOUDY DAY UP TOP, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS, BUT ONLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH LIGHT WINDS, MAYBE AN AFTERNOON WESTERLY. MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW HERE TOO. THE SHOWERS WILL EBB AND FLOW DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT OF THAT FRONT, BUT EXPECT THEM TO EASE BACK LATE AFTERNOON WITH WEST TO NOR'WEST WINDS. THE MORNING WILL HAVE THE BULK OF THE CLOUD AND SHOWERS OUT EAST. IT CLEARS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH NOR'WESTERS FOR GISBORNE AND MASTERTON, AND WESTERLIES FOR DANNEVIRKE. IT'S CLOUDY TOO HERE, WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS, BUT IT CLEARS OUT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT, ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE STRONG FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND WELLINGTON. THE DAY STARTS STILL HERE, BUT WITH CLOUDY PERIODS AND MORNING SHOWERS. IN THE AFTERNOON IT CLEARS, BUT THEN A SOU'WESTER PICKS UP FOR THOSE ALONG THE COAST. NORTHERLIES FOR NELSON. IT'S GOOD OUT EAST. THE MORNING CLOUD CLEARS EARLY, WITH FINE SKIES FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HIGH CLOUD DEVELOPS TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS. AND A MIX FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND. MOST OF THE DAY WILL BE GOOD ON THE MAINLAND, BUT SHOWERS ROLL NORTH, REACHING INVERCARGILL IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS TURN SOUTH TO SOU'WEST BY THE END OF THE DAY. SO THE SOU'WESTER EASES TONIGHT FOR DUNEDIN, REPLACED IN THE MORNING WITH A NOR'WESTER, THEN SWINGS BACK TO THE SOU'WESTER LATE TOMORROW NIGHT, THE SAME TIME THE SHOWERS RETURN. CHRISTCHURCH IS LOOKING THE PICK OF THE BUNCH, WITH MORNING CLOUD CLEARING. FINE SKIES WITH A NOR'EASTER FOR MOST OF THE DAY AND HIGH CLOUD RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT. NOT SO CALM FOR WELLINGTON, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE NORTHERLY DEVELOPS IN THE MORNING AND BECOMES STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH INCREASED FINE SPELLS. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS TOO FOR HAWKE'S BAY, BUT CLEARING FOR A GOOD AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST, WITH A FEELS-LIKE HIGH OF 26. MOSTLY CLOUDY AROUND TAURANGA, WITH A FEW MORNING SHOWERS. THEY CLEAR OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH A WESTERLY, AND A HIGH OF 24. SIMILAR FOR HAMILTON ` PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE ODD SHOWER. WESTERLIES DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH A HIGH OF 23. AND ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR YOU TOO AUCKLAND, BUT ONLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH CLOUD ROLLS IN FROM THE AFTERNOON WITH A WESTERLY. OVER THE TASMAN, THE SOUTH-EAST OF OZ ARE IN FOR A SHOWERY THURSDAY FROM ADELAIDE AROUND TO SYDNEY. AND A SERIES OF LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE DISHING UP MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE PACIFIC. THUNDERY FOR FIJI. WEEKEND TIME ` AND IT WILL HAVE A BIT OF EVERYTHING IN IT. FRIDAY WILL HAVE THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS UP TOP, BUT STILL A FEW ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN FOR CENTRAL AREAS ON THE NORTH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY, BUT BY SUNDAY, THINGS ARE GOOD. THE RAIN RAMPS UP ON FRIDAY NIGHT BUT CLEARS FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY. THE NEXT FRONT WILL TRACK NORTH AGAIN FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, SO SOME HEAVY FALLS ON FRIDAY, BUT CLEARING SATURDAY MORNING. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE RAIN ` IT'S ALSO COLD. A NEW DUSTING OF SNOW FOR THE ALPS, NO DOUBT. IN FACT ` THIS IS MT EDWARD FROM LAST NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO 900m ON FRIDAY HERE, WHICH WILL BE HALFWAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. I EXPECT ANOTHER SHOT FROM GEORGE TO VERIFY IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT SIX FOR TODAY. REBECCA WRIGHT AND THE NEWSHUB LATE TEAM ARE HERE ON THREE AT 9.35, AND YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM AT NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ. I'M MIKE MCROBERTS. AND I'M SAMANTHA HAYES. PO MARIE. CAPTIONS BY KATE MCCULLOUGH AND JESSIE PURU.