IT'S MIDDAY. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DOUBLES DOWN ON COMMENTS COMPARING CO-GOVERNANCE WITH NAZI GERMANY. HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S REACTED. NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHO'S WON THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. BUT THOUSANDS HAVE STILL TURNED OUT TO PROTEST AT THE POLLS. AND THE MAGIC OF THE FA CUP THROWS UP A CLASSIC QUARTER-FINAL AS MANCHESTER UNITED PULL OFF A STUNNING COMEBACK. CAPTIONS BY COURTNEY SOLE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS WILL HOST CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE ENGAGEMENT IS BEING OVERSHADOWED BY HIS RECENT COMMENTS COMPARING THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES TO 'NAZI GERMANY'. DURING HIS STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH YESTERDAY, THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TOOK JABS AT LABOUR'S 'RACE-BASED THEORY', LIKENING CO-GOVERNANCE TO 'NAZI GERMANY'. THE HOLOCAUST CENTRE OF NEW ZEALAND SAYS THE COMMENTS ARE OFFENSIVE TO THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO DIED. NEW ZEALAND FIRST MP ANDY FOSTER TOOK AIM AT MEDIA THIS MORNING IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEND MR PETERS. IF THE COMMENTS CAN BE OFFENSIVE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, SHOULD HE OWE THEM AN APOLOGY? I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS SIT DOWN AND TAKE THE COMMENTS AS A WHOLE, AND THAT IS WHAT THE MEDIA ARE NOT DOING. IT'S NOT US, ANDY ` THE HOLOCAUST CENTRE LITERALLY SAYS THEY ARE OFFENSIVE. UM... (CHUCKLES) ANNA, IT IS YOU. TALKING TO RNZ THIS MORNING, WINSTON PETER'S DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS REMARKS. AND HAVING JUST INTERVIEWED CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS JOINS US NOW. WHAT'S IN STORE THIS AFTERNOON, BENEDICT? AND WELL MR PETER'S COMMENTS HAVE AN IMPACT? IT IS INTERESTING, ISN'T IT? LABOUR PARTY LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAID LAST NIGHT THAT WINSTON PETERS IS BEHAVING LIKE A RACIST DRUNK UNCLE AT HER WEDDING, TO WHICH WINSTON PETERS REPLIED THAT WINSTON PETERS WOULD GET DRUNK ON A WINE BISCUIT. CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER IS IN TOWN TODAY. HE IS COMING TO THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT WHERE HE WILL BE MEETING NOT ONLY WITH WINSTON PETERS BUT ALSO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE TRADE MINISTER. THIS MEETING MARKS 10 YEARS SINCE THE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WAS SIGNED BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA. THIS AGREEMENT REALLY HELPED TURBOCHARGE TRADE BETWEEN OUR COUNTRY. THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING GANGBUSTERS. CHINA HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST TRAINING PARTNER NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. CHINA COMING TO NEW ZEALAND TODAY, THEY ARE HOPING TO DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP EVEN FURTHER. POINTING NOT ONLY TO THE HUGE NUMBER OF CHINESE TOURISTS COMING AFTER COVID, BUT THE HUGE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AS WELL. THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE IS ALSO A BIT OF TENSION IN THE AIR, PARTICULARLY NEW ZEALAND SIGNING UP TO THIS AUKUS ARRANGEMENT. CHINA'S VIEW IS THAT THE ARRANGEMENT REALLY IS COLD WAR THINKING. THEY SEE IT AS AN ANTI-CHINA ALLIANCE. SO I AM SURE THAT WILL BE ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION TODAY AS WELL. GPs HAVE MADE A DESPERATE PLEA FOR SUPPORT, WARNING PATIENTS WILL SUFFER AFTER ANOTHER OVERNIGHT SERVICE SHUT ITS DOORS. COAST TO COAST HEALTH CARE IN THE NORTHLAND TOWN OF WELLSFORD HAS REDUCED ITS AFTER HOURS SERVICE HOURS, CITING CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING, AN AGEING WORKFORCE AND COMPROMISED DOCTOR SAFETY. IT MEANS PATIENTS BETWEEN WHANGAREI AND AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN OVERNIGHT DOCTOR. DOCTOR TIM MALLOY WANTS ACTION OVER WORDS. OUR WORKFORCE IS STRETCHED, AND IT'S FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. PRIMARILY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINING ENOUGH MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF FOR YEARS. AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, OUR WORKFORCE IS AGEING. DR MALLOY SAYS WITH GPs CLOSING, PEOPLE WILL GO TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDED AND AT 'BREAKING POINT'. AND ANOTHER NORTHLAND TOWN COULD SOON GET DENTAL SERVICES BACK THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF A LOCAL COUPLE. DARGAVILLE, WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 5000 PEOPLE AND A HUB FOR SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS, HAS HAD NO DENTIST FOR MONTHS. A LOCAL COUPLE BOUGHT THE DENTIST'S BUILDING AND RECRUITED A DENTIST FROM THE PHILIPPINES, WHO'S NOW BEING ASSESSED TO PRACTICE IN NEW ZEALAND. RODNEY COTTON SAYS THEY HAD TO STEP UP TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEM WE SEE OUT HERE WITH PEOPLE PULLING THEIR OWN TEETH AND DOING SELF-DENTISTRY, IT'S JUST THE START ` IT'S THE START OF ALL THE PROBLEMS OF YOUR HEALTH. THE DENTAL COUNCIL SAYS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DENTIST IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURE EVERY HEALTHCARE WORKER IS COMPETENT TO PRACTISE IN AOTEAROA. A KEY ACCESS ROAD TO AUCKLAND'S MOTORWAYS WAS BLOCKED THIS MORNING AS POLICE RESPONDED TO AN INCIDENT OF A MAN REPORTEDLY BRANDISHING A HANDGUN. ARMED OFFICERS SURROUNDED THE ENTRANCE TO A HOTEL ON UPPER HOBSON STREET. A WITNESS TOLD 1 NEWS HE SAW A MAN WITH A PISTOL CONFRONT ANOTHER MAN ON THE FOOTPATH BEFORE HEADING INSIDE. POLICE ENTERED THE BUILDING JUST AFTER 9am, FOLLOWED BY THE ARMED OFFENDERS SQUAD AROUND 40 MINUTES LATER. A MAN WAS LATER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, WITH POLICE REMAINING TO SWEEP THE HOTEL FOR OTHER FIREARMS. TWO NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THAILAND FOR ATTACKING A POLICE OFFICER ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS. 'THE BANGKOK POST' SAYS THE MEN WERE SPEEDING ON MOTORCYCLES IN PHUKET ON SATURDAY WHEN THEY FLED FROM POLICE. WHEN THEY STOPPED, ONE OF THE MEN REPORTEDLY LUNGED AT THE OFFICER AND TRIED TO TAKE HIS PISTOL. IT'S ALSO REPORTED THEY'RE ALLEGED TO HAVE OFFERED THE OFFICERS A BRIBE. THE MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN PHUKET PROVINCIAL COURT TODAY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS CLAIMED A FIFTH TERM AFTER AN INEVITABLE LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THE ELECTION. EXIT POLLS SAY PUTIN SECURED 87% OF THE VOTE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF ARRESTS ON THE FINAL DAY OF VOTING AFTER THOUSANDS PROTESTED THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT, WHO WAS EFFECTIVELY THE ONLY CANDIDATE. THE BBC'S STEVE ROSENBERG HAS MORE. FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN, SIX MORE YEARS IN THE KREMLIN. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT IS SOUNDING MORE CONFIDENT THAN EVER. TRANSLATOR: WHOEVER MIGHT WANT TO INTIMIDATE US, WHOEVER MIGHT WANT TO SUPPRESS US, OUR WILL AND OUR CONSCIENCE, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IT AND NEVER WILL. ELECTION RESULTS ON RUSSIAN TV NOT A HOLD YOUR BREATH MOMENT. THE WINNER BY 1.5 MILES ` VLADIMIR PUTIN. A POWERFUL SIGNAL TO THE WEST. BUT IN THIS RACE, LATER MAYOR PUTIN WAS FROM THE START UNBEATABLE. THERE WERE OTHER CANDIDATES, BUT NO SERIOUS CHALLENGER. POTENTIAL RIVALS HERE ARE SWIFTLY REMOVED FROM THE POLITICAL STAGE, FORCED INTO EXILE OR PUT IN JAIL. AND ELECTIONS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BY THE KREMLIN. BUT IF HE COULDN'T WIN, MR PUTIN'S OPPONENTS COULD AT LEAST PROTEST. AND THEY DID IN MANY PARTS OF RUSSIA. OPPOSITION FIGURES HAD CALLED ON RUSSIANS TO FLOOD POLLING STATIONS AT MIDDAY TO VOTE AGAINST PUTIN OR SPOIL THEIR BALLOTS, A SYMBOLIC PROTEST AGAINST THE SYSTEM. WE WERE HERE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN CUES LIKE THIS BEFORE AT A RUSSIAN POLLING STATION. IT TOOK COURAGE TO COME. THE AUTHORITIES HAD WARNED THAT LARGE CROWDS AT NOON WOULD BE VIEWED AS ILLEGAL GATHERINGS. THE SELECTION WAS NEVER ABOUT WHETHER PUTIN WOULD WIN OR NOT. THE ELECTION WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE HE WINS AND WINS BIG. AND UPSET FOR THE KREMLIN ` THIS VOTE WAS ABOUT CREATING THE IMPRESSION THAT MR PUTIN HAS A MANDATE FOR HIS PEOPLE. NOT ONLY FOR WAR IN UKRAINE, BUT ALSO FOR WHAT HE IS DOING AT HOME ` TRANSFORMING RUSSIA INTO AN INCREASINGLY MILITARISTIC SOCIETY AND CONFRONTATION WITH THE WEST. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE WON'T STOP HIS PLANS TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA. THE BORDER CITY OF RAFAH IS SHELTERING AROUND 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE FLED THE WAR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STRIP. THE U.S. AND THE UN HAVE BOTH WARNED OF THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF A FULL-SCALE ASSAULT ON RAFAH, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING IT IS YET TO SEE A CREDIBLE PLAN TO PROTECT CIVILIANS. THE CLEAN-UP IS UNDERWAY FOLLOWING DEADLY TORNADOES THAT TORE THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. THE STORM'S KILLED THREE, INJURED DOZENS AND SHATTERED COMMUNITIES IN FOUR STATES. THE ABC'S ALEX PRESHA HAS MORE. THIS MORNING, THE SOUND OF CHAINSAWS, WINCHES AND TRASH REMOVAL ECHOING THROUGHOUT LAKEVIEW, OHIO. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HERE AND IN SURROUNDING LOGAN COUNTY ARE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET IN THE WAKE OF A TORNADO THAT KILLED THREE. TRAVIS GAUSE SURVIVED THE STORM, HUDDLED WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE CENTRE OF THEIR HOME. NOW, LIKE MANY, HE'S TRYING TO SALVAGE WHAT'S LEFT. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN WITH MY CLEANUP. I SEE PEOPLE PICKING UP OUT OF THEIR YARDS, BUT WITH MINE... WHERE DO YOU START? YEAH. THE CLEANUP EFFORT HERE WELL UNDERWAY. BUT FOR SO MANY OF THE HOMES ALONG THE STREET, IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. ACROSS TOWN, THIS HIGH SCHOOL GYM NOW SERVING AS A DONATION CENTRE, GIVING OUT FOOD, CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES TO ANYONE IN NEED. THAT'S WHERE WE MET ASHLEY DEVEAUX. SHE TELLS US SHE'S NEVER EXPERIENCED DESTRUCTION LIKE THIS. I LOST EVERYTHING IN MY HOUSE. UM, ALL MY FOOD. I HAVE MY HOUSE. SO THAT'S... THAT'S A GOOD THING. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 17. I'VE NEVER SEEN A TORNADO COME FORWARD. AMONG THE DEAD, GRANDMOTHER DARLA WILLIAMS (70). HER FAMILY TELLING ABC NEWS THAT SHE WAS A TRUE FRIEND TO ALL THAT KNEW HER. AT LEAST 15 TORNADOES RAMPAGED ACROSS SEVEN STATES ON THURSDAY, LEAVING TRAILS OF DESTRUCTION IN THEIR WAKE. OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ALSO EXPERIENCING SEVERE WEATHER, WITH A HEAVY HAILSTORM IN TEXAS FORCING PEOPLE TO RUN FOR COVER. IN MEADVILLE, THIS SIZE, CHUNKS OF HAIL, PUNCHING HOLES IN WINDOWS AND GARBAGE CANS. I WAS WORRIED THAT IT WAS FIXING TO COME THROUGH THE ROOF. LIKE, THAT'S HOW LOUD IT WAS. NOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED AN OUTPOURING OF DONATIONS, BUT WITH THE POWER STILL OUT SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST NEEDS GOING FORWARD ` GAS GENERATORS, LED LIGHTS AND ALSO HEATERS. IT'S IN THE 30S THIS MORNING. AND 30 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT IS ABOUT MINUS ONE DEGREE CELCIUS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` EVACUATIONS IN ICELAND AS THE COUNTRY SUFFERS ITS FOURTH VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN AS MANY MONTHS. DRAMATIC SCENES IN AUSTRALIA AS A MAN DROPS FIVE STOREYS TO EVADE AUTHORITIES, WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. PLUS, THE DOLPHINS SHRUG OFF A BRUTAL FALCON TO POST THEIR BIGGEST EVER WIN IN THE NRL. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN ICELAND AFTER ANOTHER VOLCANIC ERUPTION. IT'S THE FOURTH ERUPTION SINCE DECEMBER, BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL FLARE-UP SO FAR. THE VILLAGE OF GRINDAVIK HAS BEEN EVACUATED AGAIN ONLY A MONTH AFTER RESIDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN. THE BBC'S NICK BEAKE REPORTS. WE'RE GETTING USED TO THIS SPECTACULAR SIGHT ` STILL, IT'S COMPLETELY MESMERISING. THE LATEST FIERY ERUPTION SCORCHING ICELAND'S REJKJANES PENINSULA. MANY SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS OOZING ITS WAY INTO A NEW VOLCANIC AGE. WE'RE EVACUATING. ALL RIGHT. THE LAVA'S COMING. AS WITH THE THREE OTHER RECENT ERUPTIONS, THE TOURISTS COULDN'T BELIEVE THEIR LUCK. I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. I'LL BE HONEST, I WASN'T SCARED OR ANYTHING. I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY GOT OUT OK. BUT IT REALLY WAS AN EXPERIENCE, AND I` AND I'M LIKE, AT THE SAME TIME, WOW, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? I COULDN'T WAIT TO COME HERE. (SIRENS WAIL) AT THE BLUE LAGOON, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR VISITOR ATTRACTIONS ` SELFIE VIDEOS BACKLIT BY LAVA AS THE EVACUATION SIREN WAILED. THIS WEEKEND'S ERUPTION WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES, ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN WARNING SIGNS. THIS WAS DEFINITELY EXPECTED. THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN SEVERAL STATEMENTS ISSUED FROM THE ICELANDIC AND ICELANDIC MET OFFICE ABOUT AN IMMINENT ERUPTION IN THE AREA. FIRST CUES OF THIS MOVING TOWARDS THE SURFACE ACTUALLY HAPPENS ONLY ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN ADVANCE OF THE ERUPTION BREAKING TO THE SURFACE. I SAW FOR MYSELF BACK IN DECEMBER THE FIRST ERUPTION HERE... THERE IS STILL SMOKE BILLOWING. ...HOW THE AUTHORITIES TRY TO MONITOR AND THEN PREDICT THE LAVA FLOW. SO FAR TODAY, THE RATE HAS BEEN EASING. BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE FISHING TOWN OF GRINDAVIK HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR JOB. THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS LEFT THEIR HOMES LAST YEAR AND HAVEN'T COME BACK. A NEW VOLCANIC AGE COULD MEAN THIS SPECTACLE IS REPEATED FOR CENTURIES. 100 KIWI ARE BEING RELEASED INTO THE WELLINGTON HILLS, WITH THE FIRST 20 BEING SET FREE TODAY. THE RELEASES WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THREE MONTHS, WITH THE WILD KIWI SET TO ADD TO THE CURRENT POPULATION OF 63. THE CAPITAL KIWI PROJECT IS HOPING TO RESTORE THE WILD POPULATION OF KIWI. PROJECT FOUNDER PAUL WARD SAYS THE BIRDS ARE WELL PROTECTED. WE HAVE 4500 TRAPS ALL THE WAY FROM PARIWHERO, FROM RED ROCKS, ALL THE WAY UP TO PORIRUA. AND IT'S ACROSS 24,000ha. AND THAT'S ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK, BUT MOST OF IT IS FARMS, FORESTRY, PUBLIC RESERVES. THE PROJECT IS AIMING TO RELEASE A TOTAL OF 100 KIWI IN THE CAPITAL. A GOLD COAST MAN HAS MADE A DEATH-DEFYING LEAP FROM A FIFTH-STOREY BALCONY AS HE ATTEMPTED TO EVADE POLICE. 9'S BAILEY KENZIE HAS MORE. SEEMINGLY CLINGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE ON THE EDGE OF A FIFTH-FLOOR PALM BEACH BALCONY. BUT THIS IS ALL VERY DELIBERATE AND VERY DANGEROUS ESCAPE. (ALL GASP) RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBOURS OF THE CANOPY UNIT COMPLEX WATCHING ON IN DISBELIEF AS THE MAN IN HIS 30S TOOK A DEATH DEFYING LEAP, PLUNGING INTO A SWIMMING POOL BELOW. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM POLICE WHO'D BEEN CALLED TO HIS APARTMENT FOR A WELFARE CHECK, FOLLOWING CONCERNED CALLS FROM NEIGHBOURS. YOU CAN SEE OFFICERS HERE TRYING DESPERATELY TO CONVINCE THE MAN TO CLIMB BACK OVER THE RAILING TO SAFETY. 9 NEWS UNDERSTANDS POLICE PHONED IN SPECIALIST NEGOTIATORS, BUT HE WAS IN NO MOOD TO WAIT OR TO LISTEN. (ALL GASP) INCREDIBLY, HIS HIGH-STAKES GAMBLE WORKED. THE MAN HIT THE SWIMMING POOL, CLIMBING OUT, DRIPPING WET AND TAKING OFF RUNNING, WITH LOCALS IN PURSUIT. WITNESSES SAY THE MAN BURST OUT OF THE COMPLEX, RUNNING THROUGH THE BACKYARD OF THIS HOME BEFORE HE FLED UP THE STREET, MAKING HIS ESCAPE. THOUGHT HE NEEDED HELP. AND SO I RANG AN AMBULANCE. AND, UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST GOING A BIT CRAZY. I THINK HE DIDN'T ESCAPE FOR LONG. POLICE FOUND HIM AT HIS PARENTS HOUSE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HE HASN'T BEEN CHARGED AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE. HE IS, THOUGH, EXTRAORDINARILY FORTUNATE TO HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES. CYCLIST AARON GATE HAS SCORED ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE WIN ON THE TRACK. HE'S CLAIMED GOLD IN THE MADISON WITH CAMPBELL STEWART AT THE LATEST CYCLING NATIONS CUP EVENT IN HONG KONG. THE PAIR SCORED POINTS IN 17 OF THE 20 SPRINTS, WINNING FOUR OF THEM TO FINISH 10 POINTS CLEAR. THE SERIES HAS ONE MORE STOP IN CANADA NEXT MONTH. DOWNHILL SKIER ALICE ROBINSON HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER PODIUM ON THE WORLD CUP CIRCUIT. ROBINSON FINISHED SECOND IN THE GIANT SLALOM AT THE SERIES' FINAL STOP IN AUSTRIA LESS THAN 1.5 SECONDS OFF THE WINNING PACE. THE KIWI FINISHES THE SERIES FOURTH IN THE GIANT SLALOM STANDINGS, AND 10th IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS. WHITE FERNS CAPTAIN SOPHIE DEVINE HAS HELPED THE ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE TO THE WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IN INDIA. DEVINE DIDN'T TAKE ANY WICKETS IN THE FINAL, AS THE ROYAL CHALLENGERS BOWLED OUT THE DELHI CAPITALS FOR JUST 113. SHE ADDED 32 RUNS WITH THE BAT AS BANGALORE CRUISED TO AN EIGHT-WICKET WIN. GOES DOWN THE GROUND, CLEANLY STRUCK FOR SIX. OH, THIS IS A BIG OVER. SHOT. GETS THE QUICK BAT. THIS IS A REAL BIGGIE, THIS OVER. DEVINE WILL NOW HEAD HOME TO JOIN THE WHITE FERNS VISIT FOR THEIR T20 AND ONE-DAY SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND STARTING TOMORROW. LIVERPOOL'S BEEN DUMPED OUT OF THE FA CUP BY MANCHESTER UNITED IN AN EXTRA-TIME THRILLER. UNITED TWICE ESCAPING DEFEAT, NETTING THE WINNER WITH SECONDS TO SPARE. THE BBC'S PATRICK GEARY HAS THE ACTION. MANCHESTER UNITED V LIVERPOOL ON ST PATRICK'S DAY ` STILL, NO ONE EXPECTED IT TO BE THIS WILD. BOTH SIDES HAD ARRIVED AT THIS MATCH IN VERY DIFFERENT PLACES. UNITED'S POSITION THE WEAKER ` PERHAPS THEIR NEED WAS GREATER. THEIR START WAS STRONGER. SCOTT MCTOMINAY ` AND IT'S FIRST BLOOD TO MANCHESTER UNITED! THE KIND OF MOMENT OLD TRAFFORD HAS BEEN CRYING OUT FOR. NOW LIVERPOOL WERE FIGHTING THAT ENERGY. THEY DID SO WITH A FEW SECONDS OF QUALITY. THE BALL WORKED TO ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER FOR THE EQUALISER, SCORED VIA A DEFLECTION, A DEVIATION THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE GAME ` BECAUSE, THREE MINUTES LATER, LIVERPOOL WERE IN AGAIN. DARWIN NUNEZ COULDN'T SCORE AS SO OFTEN AGAINST UNITED MO SALAH COULD. THIS WAS A DIFFERENT MATCH NOW ` FOR ALL THE FIRE AND FURY. TIME WAS AGAINST UNITED. MOMENTUM TOO, BUT WITH MINUTES REMAINING, ANTHONY FOUND A WAY THROUGH. 2-2. SO A PULSATING CUP TIE WAS EXTENDED INTO EXTRA TIME. NEVER PAUSING FOR BREATH, HARVEY ELLIOTT TOOK AIM AND DIVERTED THE GAME LIVERPOOL'S WAY, BUT STILL UNITED WEREN'T DONE. MARCUS RASHFORD MADE IT 3-3. BARELY BELIEVABLE. PENALTIES LOOMED ` BUT WAIT, HERE CAME UNITED, BY NOW FLYING. AMAD DIALLO WON IT IN STOPPAGE TIME AT THE END OF EXTRA TIME. WITH 10S OF EXTRA TIME REMAINING! HE WAS SENT OFF AFTER THE CELEBRATIONS, BUT THAT WAS A FOOTNOTE TO A MATCH THAT WILL LIVE IN HISTORY. THE DOLPHINS HAVE SCORED THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE NRL SEASON, DEMOLISHING THE DRAGONS 38-0. KIWIS AND DOLPHINS HOOKER JEREMY MARSHALL KING'S MATCH GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START, COPPING THIS FALCON IN THE FIRST HALF. OH, THERE'S A FALCON! YOU'RE ENTITLED TO BE SEEING STARS AFTER THAT. OH....! CAN HE GET UP? THAT'S.... OH, MY GOODNESS! OUCH. MARSHALL KING ORDERED OFF THE FIELD FOR A HEAD INJURY ASSESSMENT. HE PASSED, EVEN ADDING A TRY AS THE DOLPHINS RECORDED THEIR HIGHEST EVER SCORE, BIGGEST EVER WINNING MARGINS, AND FIRST TIME THEY'VE KEPT A TEAM SCORELESS. AWAY, BOSTOCK NOW ` HERE COMES THE HAMMER ON THE INSIDE! HE KICKED EARLY. TABUAI-FIDOW'S GOT THE SPEED `WHAT THAT OFF THE BOUND AND SCORED A TRY! THE RAIDERS, COWBOYS, SHARKS AND SEA EAGLES MAKE UP THE TOP FOUR AFTER TWO ROUNDS. THE LOCAL RIDERS HAVE MADE A STRONG START TO THE CRANKWORX MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL IN ROTORUA. THE FIRST BIG EVENT OF THE WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL WAS THE TANIWHA DOWNHILL ` LACHIE STEVENS-MCNAB TOPPING THE MEN'S STANDINGS BY JUST OVER A SECOND AND A HALF. GIVING IT EVERYTHING IN HIS HOME-TOWN RACE HERE IN ROTORUA ` HERE HE COMES! WILL HE BE FASTEST? STEVENS-MCNAB GOES FASTEST! UNBELIEVABLE RUN! OH MAN, I WANT A REPLAY OF THAT. THAT WAS INSANE! IT WAS A KIWI SWEEP IN THE WOMEN'S RACE, ELIANA HULSEBOSCH (16) FENDING OFF LAST YEAR'S CHAMP JESS BLEWITT FOR THE WIN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. Right now, this woman is currently keeping a teenage boy alive, whose disorder ` if not treated weekly ` will be life-threatening. Everyday people can save lives every day. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS' 'CAN'T STOP') # CAN'T STOP, ADDICTED TO THE SHINDIG, # CHOP TOP, HE SAYS I'M GONNA WIN BIG. # CHOOSE NOT A LIFE OF IMITATION. # DISTANT COUSIN TO THE RESERVATION. # DEFUNCT, THE PISTOL THAT YOU PAY FOR. # THIS PUNK, THE FEELIN' THAT YOU STAY FOR. # IN TIME, I WANT TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND # EAST SIDE LOVE IS LIVING ON THE WEST END # KNOCKED OUT, BUT BOY, YOU BETTER COME TO. # DON'T DIE, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS SOME DO. # GO WRITE YOUR MESSAGE ON THE PAVEMENT, # BURN SO BRIGHT, I WONDER WHAT THE WAVE MEANT. # WHITE HEAT IS SCREAMIN' IN THE JUNGLE # COMPLETE THE MOTION IF YOU STUMBLE. # GO ASK THE DUST FOR ANY ANSWERS # COME BACK STRONG WITH 50 BELLY DANCERS # THE WORLD I LOVE, THE TEARS I DROP # TO BE PART OF THE WAVE, CAN'T STOP # EVER WONDER IF IT'S ALL FOR YOU? 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 COURTNEY SOLE AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024