IT'S MIDDAY. HOW FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS HAS CAUSED A STORM IN INDIA BY WADING INTO A DIPLOMATIC SPAT OVERSEAS. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS ARE JUST THE LATEST LURED ACROSS THE TASMAN. WHY SOME ARE SAYING THEY'VE GOT NO CHOICE. AND THE TITANIC DREAM GOES ON FOR ONE AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE. THE PLAN FOR A BIGGER, BETTER SHIP IS REVEALED. CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS HAS WALKED INTO A MESSY DISPUTE BETWEEN CANADA AND INDIA OVER THE KILLING OF A SIKH LEADER IN VANCOUVER LAST YEAR. SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS JOINS US NOW. BENEDICT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? IT IS NOT JUST WINSTON PETERS WHO HAS WALKED INTO THIS DISPUTE. MR PETERS HAD WALKED NEW ZEALAND INTO THE SIMMERING ROW. HE COMMENTED ON THE ASSASSINATION OF A SIKH LEADER IN CANADA. AFTER THIS KILLING, THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER CAME OUT AND SAID HE WAS AWARE OF EVIDENCE THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT WAS BEHIND THE KILLING. THIS COURSE THAT ENORMOUS ROW BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA. WINSTON PETERS HAS BEEN TRYING TO IMPROVE TRADE AND SECURITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIA. TRYING TO TAKE THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WHILE HE WAS THAT HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY AN INDIAN PUBLICATION. PETERS SAID HE HAD NOT BEEN IMPALA AT THE TIME AND HAD NOT SEEN THE EVIDENCE. HE SAID HE COULD NOT SEE EVIDENCE INDIA WAS BEHIND IT. INDIA SAYS NEW ZEALAND IS THE FIRST FIVE EYES PARTNER TO SUPPORT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. IT IS CAUSING HEADACHES FOR MR PETERS ADVISERS. THEY ARE AND DAMAGE CONTROL. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN INDIA HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO MR PETERS ABOUT HIS COMMENTS. MR PETERS OFFICIALS ARE SAYING HIS POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED. IF INDIA WAS BEHIND THE KILLING WOULD BE A SERIOUS MATTER. BENEDICT, YOU'RE ALSO AT LABOUR'S ANNUAL CAUCUS RETREAT. WHAT'S THE FEELING ON THE GROUND THERE? IT IS MORE MELLOW HAND AND HAS BEEN IN INDIA. THIS IS ABOUT THE LABOUR PARTY GETTING TOGETHER AFTER A PRETTY BRUISING DEFEAT AT LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WILL GO FORWARD THIS YEAR. THEY ARE HOPING IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME THEY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. THEY WILL FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY SET ON POLICIES. RENTERS UNITED SAYS THE PRIME MINISTER'S SUGGESTION THAT A TAX BREAK FOR LANDLORDS WILL RESULT IN LOWER RENTS IS OUT OF TOUCH AND INSULTING. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS DEFENDED REINSTATING INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY FOR LANDLORDS, SAYING RENTERS WILL BE GRATEFUL COSTS ARE NOT BEING PASSED ON TO THEM. BUT LUKE SOMERVELL SAYS THERE'S NO GUARANTEE PRICES WILL COME DOWN AND DOESN'T BELIEVE THE POLICY IS GOING TO HELP RENTERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN TREASURY ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT COSTS FOR LANDLORDS DON'T AFFECT RENTS. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE` THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOMES ` THAT'S WHY RENTS ARE GOING UP ` AND RENTERS ARE PRETTY DESPERATE FOR A HOME. THE PROPERTY INVESTORS FEDERATION ARGUES THE DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGE WILL SLOW RENTAL PRICE INCREASES AND EASES THE MOUNTING PRESSURES ON PROPERTY OWNERS. AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE COME UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE AND HAVE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD ON BECAUSE UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE IT FOR SO LONG, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO. RENTERS UNITED HAVE LABELLED THE DEDUCTIBILITY CHANGE AS A TAX HANDOUT FOR LANDLORDS WITH NO TERMS AND CONDITIONS ATTACHED. MEANWHILE, ACTIVITY IS BUILDING IN THE PROPERTY MARKET WITH A BUMP IN HOUSE SALES AND PRICES. DATA FROM THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND SHOWS AN INCREASE IN LISTINGS, HOUSING STOCK AND THE NATIONAL MEDIAN SALE PRICE. THAT'S BACKED UP BY NEW DATA FROM CORELOGIC, REVEALING NEARLY 60% OF SUBURBS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE EXPERIENCING RISING PROPERTY VALUES. MORE THAN 500 SUBURBS SAW AN INCREASE IN THE THREE MONTHS TO MARCH, WITH QUEENSTOWN'S SUNSHINE BAY SEEING GROWTH OF MORE THAN 10%. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS FLEEING TO AUSTRALIA SAY THEY HAVE NO CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO GET AHEAD IN LIFE. THE STATE OF VICTORIA IS OFFERING INCENTIVES TO LURE NEW ZEALAND ECE TEACHERS, INCLUDING RELOCATION SUPPORT OF UP TO $50,000. KEN AH HONI JOINED WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS A 'MASS EXODUS' THREE WEEKS AGO AND SAYS HE'S NOW EARNING $30,000 MORE. CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE GOVERNMENT MANY TIMES AND ITS JUST CONTINUOUSLY SHUT DOWN AND IT'S JUST CREATING THE TEACHER SHORTAGES AND WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING. UNION REPRESENTATIVE MEGAN WHITE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S CHANGES TO FUNDING AND PAY PARITY PLANS IS A SCARY REALITY PROMPTING TEACHERS TO LEAVE. I WANT THE FUNDING SYSTEM TO BE REVIEWED SO THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED WITH PAY PARITY AND IT'S NOT, SORT OF, AN OPT-IN PROCESS AND ALSO SO THAT CREATES QUALITY FOR ALL CHILDREN IN NEW ZEALAND NOT DEPENDANT ON WHAT IS CLOSE TO WHERE YOU LIVE. EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH QUALITY CHILDCARE IN NEW ZEALAND, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN OPT-IN PROCESS. ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER DAVID SEYMOUR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS FRUSTRATION IN THE SECTOR. AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING HAS VOWED TO MAKE CHANGES TO ITS SAFETY PROCEDURES AFTER A SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE MISHAPS. THE ABC'S TREVOR AULT HAS MORE. THIS MORNING, VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT HYDRAULIC FLUID BEGINS LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM OF A BOEING 777 AS IT DEPARTS SYDNEY FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE PLANE FORCED TO TURN AROUND, LANDING BACK AT SYDNEY AIRPORT. IN A STATEMENT, UNITED CITING A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, SAYING... THIS COMES AS BOEING PROMISES CHANGES TO ITS SAFETY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING ADDED LAYERS OF INSPECTION, AMID CONCERNING REPORTS ABOUT THE COMPANY'S MANUFACTURING PROCESS. CEO STAN DEAL SAYING THEY'LL SOON DELIVER... AS THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS, BOEING FAILED DOZENS OF FAA AUDITS WITH NEARLY 100 ALLEGED INSTANCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE IN THE WAKE OF THAT DOOR PLUG FLYING OFF AN ALASKA AIRLINES 787 MAX IN JANUARY. MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS GO BACK TO A FAILURE TO FOLLOW BASIC PROCEDURES, SO THIS WILL BE WHAT BOEING NEEDS TO DO ` GO BACK TO BASICS. SOME TRAVELLERS, LIKE JON KERR, SAY BOEING'S SAFETY RECORD IS ENOUGH TO RETHINK FLYING. I'D FLY ON OTHER PLANES. UH, BUT IF IT SAID BOEING, YOU KNOW, ON MY TICKET, I'D BE GOING TO THE COUNTER AND SAYING, YES, I'D LIKE TO` I'D LIKE A DIFFERENT FLIGHT. TRAVEL SITE KAYAK SAYS IN THE WAKE OF THAT ALASKA AIRLINES DOOR PLUG INCIDENT, THEY SAW A 15-FOLD INCREASE IN PEOPLE FILTERING THEIR SEARCH RESULTS BY WHETHER THEY WOULD BE FLYING A 737 MAX. SOME CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST DONALD TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE FOUND SIX OF THE 41 COUNTS AGAINST TRUMP AND SOME OF HIS CO-DEFENDANTS LACKED DETAIL. THE CHARGES CAN BE REFILED, AND THE REST OF THE SWEEPING RACKETEERING CASE REMAINS IN PLACE. DONALD TRUMP WAS AMONG 19 PEOPLE CHARGED WITH A CONSPIRACY TO OVERTURN THE STATE'S 2020 ELECTION RESULTS. DESPERATELY NEEDED FOOD HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE WEEKS THROUGH A NEW LAND ROUTE. AMID FEARS OF FAMINE, VIOLENCE HAS BROKEN OUT IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. THE BBC'S YOLANDE KNELL REPORTS. SHAKY VIDEO SHOWS A PALESTINIAN BOY WITH A LIT FIREWORK. HE WAS FATALLY SHOT. (GUNSHOTS) RAMI AL-HALHOULI WAS JUST 12. WITH TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH FOR RAMADAN IN EAST JERUSALEM, HE WAS KILLED BY AN ISRAELI BORDER POLICEMAN. OVERNIGHT, THERE WERE OTHER PALESTINIANS KILLED. TWO HERE, ONE AGED JUST 16, IN A VILLAGE NEAR JERUSALEM, AND TWO OTHERS WERE REPORTEDLY SHOT DEAD BY ISRAELI FORCES IN A RAID OF JENIN IN THE WEST BANK. THEN THIS MORNING, THERE WAS A STABBING AT THIS ISRAELI MILITARY CHECKPOINT. ISRAELI POLICE SAY THEY SHOT AND KILLED THE ATTACKER, A PALESTINIAN BOY (15). RAMADAN IS ALWAYS A SENSITIVE TIME IN THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. BUT THIS YEAR, WITH NO TRUCE AGREED IN GAZA, THERE'S PARTICULAR WORRY THAT TROUBLE COULD SPREAD. A LOT DEPENDS NOW ON WHAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND. IN THE SHADOW OF FAMINE, THE un SAYS ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPENED A NEW ROUTE TO ALLOW THIS AID CONVOY TO REACH NORTHERN GAZA. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NEW AIRLIFTS TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE DEEP HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. MEANWHILE, A CHARITY SHIP CARRYING 200 TONS OF FOOD IS MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM CYPRUS. A NEW JETTY'S BEING SET UP SO THAT AID CAN START TO COME IN BY SEA. BUT THE UN SAYS LORRIES ARE THE FASTEST WAY TO GET AID TO THOSE WHO NEED IT. WHILE WE WELCOME THESE AIRDROPS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, WE WELCOME THAT, THERE IS NOW A MARITIME CORRIDOR AND AID IS ON THE WAY. IT CAN SIMPLY NOT REPLACE THOSE LAND ROUTES, AND WE NEED MORE OF THEM. ISRAEL IS CONTINUING TO STRIKE IN GAZA. AFTER MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS, THE WAR RAGES ON WITH DEVASTATING EFFECTS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` COULD THE CLOCK BE TICKING FOR TIKTOK? AS AMERICAN LAWMAKERS MOVE TO BAN THE POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FROM THE U.S. PLUS, OUR TOP CRICKETERS SWAP BLACKCAPS FOR BLACK TIE AS THE SPORT'S BEST ARE HONOURED. A BILL THAT COULD BAN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TIK TOK IN THE U.S HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE APP HAS MORE THAN 170 MILLION AMERICAN USERS WITH LAWMAKERS CONCERNED ABOUT WHO CONTROLS THE CONTENT THEY SEE. THE ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM HAS MORE. TIK TOK'SS TIME MAY SOON BE UP. THE YAYS ARE 352. THE NAYS ARE 65. THE HOUSE PASSING THE BILL, CALLING FOR TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY, BYTEDANCE, TO EITHER SELL THE APP IN SIX MONTHS OR GET BLOCKED IN THE U.S, EFFECTIVELY KILLING THE APP. THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO BAN TIKTOK. IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE TIKTOK BETTER. TIC TAC TOE - A WINNER. BYTEDANCE IS A CHINESE COMPANY LAWMAKERS ARGUE IS TIED TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PUTTING USERS DATA AT RISK. FOREIGN ADVERSARIES LIKE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY POSE THE GREATEST NATIONAL THREAT OF OUR TIME. A TIKTOK SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER SHARED USER INFORMATION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. # I MADE YOU LOOK... # THE APP IS USED BY ABOUT 170 MILLION AMERICANS. THAT'S MORE THAN HALF OF THE U.S POPULATION. I JUST USE IT FOR LIKE RECREATIONAL USE. IT REALLY KNOWS WHAT TO KIND OF SEND MY WAY. I GET MOST OF MY NEWS, ACTUALLY, THROUGH TIK TOK. LAWMAKERS SAY THAT'S ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS. A CHINESE OWNED COMPANY HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONTROL WHAT MORE THAN HALF THE AMERICAN POPULATION SEES AND DOES NOT SEE IN THE PALM OF THEIR HAND. ADDITIONALLY, TIKTOK'S PERVASIVE INFLUENCE AMONG YOUNG AMERICANS MAKES IT AN IDEAL TOOL FOR THE CCP TO PROPAGATE ITS NARRATIVES, SHAPE PERSPECTIVES, AND ADVANCE ITS GEOPOLITICAL AGENDA. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCUSES THE U.S OF BULLYING BEHAVIOUR. TIKTOK CREATORS ON CAPITOL HILL YESTERDAY. THIS APP IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST AN APP FOR DUMB TIKTOK DANCES. THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING APP. THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE. IF IT PASSES THERE, IT GOES TO THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN INTO LAW. IF THEY PASS IT, I'LL SIGN IT. TIKTOK HAS BEEN PUSHING BACK IN ITS OWN WAY. ON ITS OWN APP, THEY ARE ASKING USERS TO CONTACT LAWMAKERS TO TRY AND KILL THE BILL BEFORE IT BECOMES LAW. A DROUGHT HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AS FARMERS FACE CHALLENGING DRY CONDITIONS. AGRICULTURE MINISTER TODD McCLAY ANNOUNCED THE DROUGHT FOR MARLBOROUGH, TASMAN AND NELSON DISTRICTS AS A MEDIUM-SCALE ADVERSE EVENT. McCLAY SAYS THE AREAS ARE CURRENTLY 'IN THE GRIP OF AN INTENSE DRY SPELL'. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL IS CALLING OUT WELLINGTON WATER TO STEP UP AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE BACKLOG OF 1,700 WATER LEAKS ACROSS THE CITY. A NEW REPORT REVEALS THE COST TO FIX A LEAK HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THREE YEARS. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL GAVE WELLINGTON WATER $2m IN DECEMBER TO FIX 800 LEAKS BUT NOW ONLY 400 CAN BE FIXED FOR THAT PRICE. COUNCILLORS AND WELLINGTON WATER MET THIS WEEK IN THE HOPE OF MAKING A PLAN. WE'RE SCREAMING OUT - THIS IS A CRISIS, RIGHT? WE JUST NEED TO THROW EVERYTHING AT THE WALL TO GET PIPES FIXED AND WHAT'S WORKING AT THE MOMENT IS CLEARLY NOT WORKING. SO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. WELLINGTON WATER SAYS IT CAN ONLY DO THE WORK THEY ARE FUNDED TO DO AND UNDER-INVESTMENT IN THE ASSETS CREATED THE INCREASING BACKLOG OF WORK. SHE ROSE TO FAME AS ONE OF THE SPICE GIRLS, BUT DESPITE SELLING MILLIONS OF RECORDS, THE SINGER MEL B LATER FOUND HERSELF STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. SHE SAYS SHE'S NOW OUT OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND IS HOPING TO USE HER EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS. HER FORMER PARTNER DENIES THE CLAIMS OF ABUSE. THE BBC'S CHARLOTTE GALLAGHER HAS MORE. MEL B MADE MILLIONS FROM THE SPICE GIRLS. IT'S EMBARRASSING AND SHAMEFUL. LOOK AT WHAT I AM LEAVING WHICH IS A GIRL POWERLESS SITUATION. I LIVE WITH MY MUM BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE, IT WAS THE FINANCIAL ABUSE AS WELL. I DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS I THOUGHT I HAD. ANY SITUATION IS BETTER THAN BEING WITH YOUR ABUSER BUT WHEN YOU HAVE LEFT BUT SITUATION YOU HAVE TO DO START ALL OVER AGAIN. A BIG PART OF MEL'S LIFE NO IS CAMPAIGNING ON BEHALF OF OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS. I JUST BRING AWARENESS. I TALK ABOUT ABUSE AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH. I'M A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VOICE OR CANNOT BE HEARD OR GET THE POINT ACROSS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO CHANGE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM OR SUPPORTIVE OF LAWS OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF AN ABUSIVE SITUATION. IT IS NOW 30 YEARS SINCE THE SPICE GIRLS FIRST AUDITIONED AND IF YOU START WITH ONE OF THEM, YOU HAVE TO ASK THIS. IS THERE A WELL IN THE GROUP TO GET BACK TOGETHER AS A FIVE? IS JUST A CASE OF LOGISTICALLY GETTING A GOING. AND YOU STILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER? YEAH. TO SPORT, AND NEW ZEALAND CRICKET'S BEST HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT THE ANNUAL CRICKET AWARDS WITH MELIE KERR AND RACHIN RAVINDRA TAKING THE TOP HONOURS. RAVINDRA BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER PLAYER TO WIN THE SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL AS MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. MELIE KERR SWEPT THE MAJOR WOMEN'S AWARDS CLAIMING THE T20, ODI AND SUPER SMASH PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS THE DEBBIE HOCKLEY MEDAL FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. THIS MEANS A LOT AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND ME AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON SURROUNDING MYSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE AND YOU CAN'T BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE WHITE FERNS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND. AGAIN, IT'S MY CHILDHOOD DREAM. RAVINDRA GIVING PRAISE TO HIS FATHER FOR HIS RISE UP THE INTERNATIONAL RANKS. WE WERE SERIOUSLY BIZARRE PEOPLE, LIKE... (LAUGHTER) TO PUT IT SIMPLY, YEAH. WE- AH, WE'D GO THROUGH COUNTLESS TRAINING ROUTINES, JUST, YOU KNOW. WE'D- FOR EXAMPLE, WE'D GET A CD COPY TINDLE'S STRAIGHT DRIVE, OR DRAHVID'S FLICK SHOT, OR PONTING'S PULLED SHOT AND WE'D GO TO THE NETS AND TRY AND REPLICATE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, IT TURNED INTO, YOU KNOW, KANE'S BACKFOOT PUNCH, AND, YOU KNOW, ROSCOE'S LOG SWEEP, YOU KNOW, JUST THOSE SORTS OF LITTLE THINGS. KANE WILLIAMSON WON THE MEN'S BATTING AWARD AND TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND ARE BELIEVED TO BE SPEARHEADING A MINIMUM PAYMENT PROPOSAL FOR TEST CRICKET WHICH MAY BE DISCUSSED WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL MEETS IN DUBAI THIS WEEK. IT'S HOPED IT WOULD KEEP PLAYERS IN TEST CRICKET AGAINST THE LURE OF BIG MONEY IN T20 LEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PROPOSED FEE WOULD START AT JUST OVER $21,000 A MATCH BUT COULD GO UP TO $29,000 TO MATCH MINIMUM PAYMENTS IN INDIA'S IPL. THE RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR TO NEW ZEALAND IS EXPECTED TO BE USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF PLAYERS OPTING OUT OF TEST CRICKET FOR THE SHORTER FORM OF THE GAME. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, WHY THESE ANIMAL RESCUE STAFF HAVE DRESSED UP AS FOXES. AND ALL ABOARD ` THE REVIVED PLANS TO BUILD A REPLICA OF THE TITANIC. YOUR AFTERNOON FORECAST IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, A WILDLIFE CENTRE IN THE U.S. HAS TAKEN A NEW APPROACH TO CARING FOR A BABY FOX. STAFF MEMBERS AT A WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE IN VIRGINIA HAVE DRESSED UP IN A FOX SUIT. THE DISGUISE IS MEANT TO PREVENT THE FOX PUP FROM GETTING ATTACHED TO HUMANS SO IT CAN ONE DAY BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. AN AUSTRALIAN BILLIONAIRE HAS REFLOATED PLANS TO BUILD A REPLICA OF THE TITANIC. AS 9'S MIKE DALTON EXPLAINS, THE REVIVED PROJECT PROMISES TO RECREATE THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE. SHE IS THE SHIP OF DREAMS, BOTH TITANIC ONE, NOW LYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC, AND TITANIC TWO, STILL SCHEMATICS AND PEOPLE IN COSTUME IN PROMO VIDEO. BUT AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE FIRST PROPHET, TITANIC TWO IS ALLEGEDLY BACK IN THE SLIP AFTER BEING SUSPENDED DURING COVID. UP TO THAT TIME, WE'D FULLY DESIGNED THE SHIP AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING LETTING OUT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. MINING GOLIATH CLIVE PALMER TODAY RE-RELAUNCHING HIS OLYMPIC-CLASS OCEAN LINER DREAM. AND THE FIRST SHIP WILL COME INTO SERVICE, SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT IN JUNE 2027. LOOK, I'M SORRY TO BE A DREAM BREAKER, BUT... (RECORD SCRATCHES) YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU'VE HAD BROWN HAIR. WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU NOW? BECAUSE I'VE GOT MORE MONEY NOW. WHY NOT DO IT? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I'M 70. I'M GOING TO DO IT. CLIVE IS PROMISING, ALONG WITH TITANIC TWO, A FAIR DINKUM 1912 EXPERIENCE ON BOARD, ESPECIALLY IN THIRD CLASS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IRISH STEW. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO AND DO DANCING. AND WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT ONE DAY OUT OF NEW YORK HARBOUR, EVERYBODY WAS DELOUSED. YOU COULD JUST STRIP OFF INTO YOUR UNDERPANTS AND BE DELOUSED IN FRONT OF ANOTHER 2000 PEOPLE. BUT I HAD MORE SOBERING NEWS FOR THE MAGNATE. (RECORD SCRATCHES) YOU KNOW THERE'S ALREADY A TITANIC TWO MOVIE? IN THIS ONE, A TSUNAMI SMASHES THE SHIP WITH MULTIPLE ICEBERGS. NOW YOU GET HIT BY ANY ICE, IT'S GONNA TEAR YOUR SHIP IN HALF. BRACE FOR IMPACT. ALL PASSENGERS ACQUIRE YOUR LIFE VESTS. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THAT'S FICTION. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT FICTION. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT REALITY. AND THE REALITY IS THAT WE'RE BUILDING THE TITANIC. CLIVE, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE IT THIS TIME? YES, I THINK WE WILL, WITH A BIT OF COURAGE. REALLY? YES. YOU SURE? I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL. AND SO AFTER SNAPPING SOME INSTA SHOTS FOR THE BOSS, HE WAS BACK OFF TO QUEENSLAND TO AGAIN DREAM OF THE SHIP OF DREAMS. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES' COVER OF 'MY HEART WILL GO ON') # EVERY NIGHT IN MY DREAMS, # I SEE YOU, I FEEL YOU. # THAT IS HOW I KNOW YOU GO ON. # FAR ACROSS THE DISTANCE # AND SPACES BETWEEN US, # YOU HAVE COME TO SHOW YOU GO ON. # NEAR, FAR, # WHEREVER YOU ARE # I BELIEVE # THAT THE HEART DOES GO ON. # ONCE MORE, THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE IS HERE AT 4, FOLLOWED BY THE 1 NEWS TEAM AT 6. PLUS, YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TODAY'S NEWS ONLINE AT 1news.co.nz. BUT FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024