GOOD EVENING. NOTHING MUCH GOING ON TODAY. THE HIGH HAS STEPPED IN TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR SKIES AND CHASED THE RAIN AWAY. JUST A FEW DEPARTING SHOWERS ABOUT EASTERN NORTHLAND AND EAST CAPE. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO KEEP THE BROLLY HANDY SHORTLY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE CUTBACK CALL ` IS ONE OF OUR HEAVYWEIGHT COMPANIES ABOUT TO SHED A QUARTER OF ITS WORKFORCE? THE GILLARD GAMBLE ` WHY SHE COULD BE OUT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S JOB IN JUST OVER HALF AN HOUR. A REWARD FOR UNMASKING A KILLER ` THE LATEST BID TO FLUSH OUT THE MURDERER OF PROSTITUTE JAYNE FURLONG. AND THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE ` A WORLD-FIRST IS CLAIMED, BUT DOES THE MILK TASTE ANY BETTER? THERE'S TALK TONIGHT THAT TELECOM'S SET TO SLASH 15,00 JOBS ` THAT'S ABOUT ONE IN FIVE EMPLOYEES. AN ANNOUNCEMENT'S NOT DUE TILL MAY, BUT THE LABOUR PARTY'S BEEN TIPPED OFF ON THE NUMBERS. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH JOINS US NOW. JESSICA, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? WE HAVE MORE INFO ON HOW MANY JOBS COULD GO LAST MONTH TOLD IT COULD BE HUNDREDS BUT TODAY IT COULD BE 1500 LABOUR SAYS IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. THIS IS THE ICT SECTOR. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR GO-FORWARD SECTOR ` THE SECTOR THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING JOBS IN. HERE WE HAVE, POTENTIALLY, 1500 HIGHLY-SKILLED, HIGHLY-PAID PEOPLE GOING ON TO THE JOB MARKET. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? THEY'RE GOING TO HEAD ACROSS THE DITCH, SO, JESSICA, WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM TELECOM? TELECOM HAS REFUSED TO CONFRIM OR DENY THEY ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH WON'T MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT TILL MAY BAD POLITICALLY ICT INDUSTRY IS LOOKING GO, SAYS STEPHEN JOYCE THAT NEWS ON TELECOM JOB LAYOFFS WILL BE AN UNWELCOME DISTRACTION FOR STEPHEN JOYCE ON A DAY WHEN HE GOT FIGURES SHOWING BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED ECONOMIC GROWTH. BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD NEWS FOR BORROWERS, AS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN EXPLAINS. AFTER A DISMAL WINTER LAST YEAR, THE ECONOMY'S POWERING BACK INTO LIFE. THE ECONOMY'S STARTING TO RESTORE A BIT OF CONFIDENCE, AND THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD FOR US. GROWTH SURGING A WHOPPING 1.5% IN THE FINAL THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, EASILY BLOWING AWAY MARKET FORECASTS. I THINK THIS GDP FIGURE SHOWS THAT THE NZ ECONOMY IS EXPERIENCING A GENERALISED UPTURN IN DOMESTIC DEMAND. THE KEY DRIVERS OF THE GROWTH WERE AGRICULTURE, FISHING AND FORESTRY. HOWEVER, STATISTICS NZ FOUND ALL SECTORS BAR MANUFACTURING GOT A LIFT. OPPOSITION PARTIES, HOWEVER, SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF. 23,000 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOB, AND 33,000 PEOPLE LEFT THE WORKFORCE IN THE VERY SAME DECEMBER QUARTER HE IS REFERRING TOO. IN TERMS OF THE JOB MARKET, WE ACCEPT THAT THE JOB MARKET REMAINS CHALLENGING. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN GROWTH, NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL NZERS. BORROWERS MAY ALSO WANT TO TAKE HEAD OF THE GROWTH SURGE, AS IT ALSO SUGGESTS THE CANTERBURY REBUILD IS HEATING UP, AND THAT WILL MAKE THE RESERVE BANK NERVOUS. WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS A BURGEONING ECONOMY THAT COULD RESULT IN A SERIES OF OCR INCREASES AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES. THE IMPACT OF THE DROUGHT ALSO LOOMS LARGE OVER TODAY'S FIGURES, WITH PRODUCTION IN THE CRUCIAL DAIRY SECTOR SET TO FALL, ALTHOUGH, THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY MAY YET BE OFFSET BY SKYROCKETING WORLD MILK PRICES. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. AUSTRALIA COULD HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AFTER A DRAMATIC AFTERNOON FOR THE LABOR LEADERSHIP. JUST SIX MONTHS OUT FROM THE ELECTION, JULIA GILLARD HAS AGREED TO PUT HER JOB TO THE VOTE. WITH DETAILS, LET'S GO TO OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT, STEVE MARSHALL. IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES LABOR MPS WILL TAKE A SECRET VOTE FOR WHO WILL LEAD THE PARTY TO THE NEXT ELECTION BETWEEN JULIA GILLARD AND KEVIN RUDD FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE HOUSE, I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE A BALLOT FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND DEPUTY LEADERSHIP OF THE LABOR PARTY AT 4.30 TODAY. IN THE MEANTIME, TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT. SO, STEVE, HOW ARE THE NUMBERS STACKING UP? KEVIN RUDD HAS ALWAYS SAID HE WOULD NOT CHALLENGE AGAIN UNLESS HE WAS INVITED THE NUMBERS ARE UP AND DOWN KEVIN RUDD HAD 47 VOTES THIS MORNING NEEDS 51 TO GET HIMSELF ACROSS HAS NOT ACCEPTED INVITATION TO RUN AGAINST POLLS SHOW LABOR HEADING TO DEFEAT KEVIN RUDD MAY BE ONLY MAN TO SAVE THEM WE'LL UPDATE YOU WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON THE LEADERSHIP VOTE DURING THE NEWS HOUR. ONE NEWS TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS AT 10.20. A $50,000 REWARD'S NOW BEING OFFERED TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP CONVICT THE KILLER OF JAYNE FURLONG. YEARS AFTER SHE WENT MISSING FROM AUCKLAND'S KARANGAHAPE ROAD, POLICE SAY THEY'VE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL PEOPLE OF INTEREST, BUT THEY NEED MORE HELP, AS JOANNA HUNKIN REPORTS. $50,000 TO CATCH A KILLER ` AN OFFER POLICE HOPE IS TOO GOOD TO REFUSE. WE'VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY. WE'RE NOW AT A POINT THAT WE BELIEVE WE'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE OF INTEREST AND WE BELIEVE THIS REWARD WILL HOPEFULLY GENERATE THIS LAST PIECE TO FALL INTO PLACE. THIS BILLBOARD ON AUCKLAND'S KARANGAHAPE ROAD IS MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE JAYNE FURLONG DISAPPEARED 20 YEARS AGO. AFTER TWO DECADES, POLICE BELIEVE THEY'RE CLOSE TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY, BUT NEED CERTAIN PEOPLE TO STEP FORWARD AND START TALKING. ONE PERSON WHO'S STOPPED TALKING ` JAYNE'S FORMER BOYFRIEND DANI NORSWORTHY, SEEN HERE AT HER FUNERAL LAST YEAR. MR NORSWORTHY SPOKE TO THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS AND GAVE INFORMATION THEN, BUT SINCE JAYNE'S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND, WE'VE OFFERED THE OPPORTINITY FOR HIM TO SPEAK TO US, AND HE HAS DECLINED. HE'S A SIGNIFICANT PERSON THAT WE BELIEVE COULD PUSH THIS INVESTIGATION FORWARD. MR NORSWORTHY'S CURRENTLY IN PRISON ON ASSAULT CHARGES. IT STANDS TO REASON THAT HE WOULD KNOW SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEY WERE INSEPARABLE. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULDN'T BE TALKING NOW, BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS HE HAS TALKED TO THEM. NOW SHE WANTS HIM, AND ANYONE ELSE WITH INFORMATION, TO FRONT UP AND FINALLY CLOSE THIS CASE. 20 YEARS, I THINK, IS LONG ENOUGH, AND IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD IF THEY WOULD JUST COME FORWARD AND SAY WHAT THEY KNOW. A SENTIMENT SHARED BY POLICE AND BACKED BY $50,000. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. THE FAMILY OF THE ROADSIDE WORKER SHOT DEAD SOUTH OF TOKOROA IS TONIGHT TAKING HIS BODY HOME FOR BURIAL. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING GEORGE TAIAROA (67) HAS BEEN ON THE RUN FOR THREE DAYS NOW, AND POLICE ARE STEPPING UP THEIR SEARCH. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS READY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, STOPPING WHERE GEORGE TAIAROA WAS GUNNED DOWN, AS HIS BODY MAKES THE JOURNEY HOME TO OTAKI. THE FAMILY REMEMBERS A MUCH-LOVED MAN. WHEN THE FAMILY ARRIVED, THEY ASKED NOT TO BE FILMED, SO WE TURNED OUR CAMERAS OFF OUT OF RESPECT. THEY HELD A KARAKIA AT THE BRIDGE AND LEFT AFTER AN HOUR, CONTINUING THEIR JOURNEY TO LEVIN AND LEAVING BEHIND A MOVING TRIBUTE. MEANWHILE, THE POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMICIDE GOES INTO DAY THREE. WE'RE CERTAINLY MAKING INROADS, BUT WE ARE RELIANT ON THE COMMUNITY. IN THE LAST 48 HOURS, THEY'VE HAD DOZENS OF CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC OFFERING INFORMATION, BUT ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE CAR THE KILLER MAY'VE BEEN DRIVING. WE'RE STILL WANTING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHO MAY'VE SEEN THE BLUE 4X4 VEHICLE, PROBABLY A CHEROKEE, DRIVING THROUGH THE FORESTRY ROADS. POLICE HAVE GIVEN VERY FEW DETAILS OF THE CRIME, BUT THE GUNMAN COULD HAVE LEFT THE REGION. WE'VE EXTENDED OUR SEARCH QUITE CONSIDERABLY, BUT CAN'T TELL YOU ANY MORE THAN THAT. AS THE SEARCH GOES ON, SO DOES THE GRIEVING. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. A NZER WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS IN A CHINESE PRISON HAS SPOKEN OF BEATINGS, CRUELTY AND ABUSE. DANNY CANCIAN WAS JAILED AFTER KILLING A MAN IN SELF-DEFENCE. NOW HE'S TOLD TVNZ'S 'SUNDAY' PROGRAME THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP OTHER PEOPLE HELD IN OVERSEAS PRISONS. THIS FROM SIMON BRADWELL. IT'S BEEN NO HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR DANNY CANCIAN, NO FAMILY REUNION. WE'LL MEET AGAIN ONE DAY, ANYWAY,... IN HEAVEN. CANCIAN'S MOTHER DIED LAST YEAR DURING HIS FOUR-YEAR JAIL TERM IN A CHINESE PRISON. YOU BROUGHT ME INTO THIS WORLD, AND THE ONE THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOU. CANCIAN WAS JAILED AFTER A MAN HE KICKED IN THE FACE DURING A FIGHT LATER DIED OF A BRAIN BLEED. HE CLAIMED IT WAS SELF-DEFENCE, BUT IN DONGGUAN PRISON, HE SAYS HE WAS THE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS OF THE GUARDS. ONE OF THEM JUST GRABBED HIS TASER AND JUST WENT ZAP TO ME, LIKE THIS. SO I JUST COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR. YOU CAN'T MOVE A MUSCLE. THAT'S IT, YOU'RE FINISHED. AND YOU FEEL REALLY SICK AFTERWARDS. HIS MOTHER FELL SICK WITH TERMINAL CANCER DURING HIS SENTENCE. THE CHINESE EMBASSY WOULDN'T COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON DANNY CANCIAN'S CASE BUT THIS CHINESE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CLAIMS THAT WHEN CANCIAN'S MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED, CANCIAN WAS ALLOWED TO CALL HOME FOR UP TO AN HOUR EACH MONTH AND LATER WROTE A LETTER OF THANKS TO PRISON BOSSES. BUT CANCIAN SAYS AUTHORITIES WOULDN'T RELEASE HIM EARLY. THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPASSION. CANCIAN'S NOW MADE A VIDEO, CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO HELP OTHER NZERS IN OFFSHORE JAILS. WE NEED TO TRY AND HELP THESE PEOPLE. THE PRISONERS THAT ARE THERE, THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS. DANNY CANCIAN'S CURRENTLY LIVING IN WELLINGTON BUT PLANS TO MOVE TO TAURANGA. ONE PLACE HE WON'T BE RETURNING TO IS CHINA. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. DANNY CANCIAN ALSO MAKES STARTLING ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WESTERN COMPANIES PROFITING FROM SLAVE LABOUR IN THE PRISON. MORE ON THAT ON SUNDAY AT 7 O'CLOCK. A BABY'S AMONG THE DEAD IN A TRIPLE FATALITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST OF AUCKLAND. THE CAR CRASH OCCURRED SOON AFTER THE END OF SCHOOL, 8KM SOUTH OF HELENSVILLE. OUR REPORTER WILL HINE IS NEAR THE SCENE AND JOINS US NOW. WILL. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT ABOUT 3.40 AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 16 AND JAMES MACKAY ROD THE BABY WAS IN THE BACK SEAT THE FEMALE DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE AS DID AN BOY (11) A GIRL WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR HAS GONE TO HOSPITAL POLICE DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED OR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR THE ROAD IS CLOSED WILL HINE, THANK YOU. OUR MILK GIANT IS CLAIMING IT'S FOUND A WAY TO MAKE THE LIQUID TASTE BETTER AND BE MORE NUTRITIOUS. IT'S ALL IN THE WAY FONTERRA'S ABOUT TO BOTTLE IT. KRISTIN HALL PUTS THE CLAIMS TO THE TEST. IT'S TOUTED AS A REVOLUTION. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT DOUBT FONTERRA'S BIGGEST INNOVATION YET. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT DOUBT FONTERRA'S BIGGEST INNOVATION YET. A GAME CHANGER. THE AMERICANS DEVELOPED THINGS LIKE THE IPADS, BUT THAT'S NOTHING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS INTRODUCE YOU TO A NEW BOTTLE. A BOTTLE THAT HAS THREE LAYERS TO BLOCK OUT THE LIGHT. FONTERRA SAYS THAT WILL KEEP YOUR MILK TASTIER AND MORE NUTRITIOUS. LIGHT STARTS TO DAMAGE VITAMIN B2 IN MILK. IT BREAKS DOWN AND RELEASES FREE RADICALS ` THINK ALONG THE LINES OF SUNBURN. ANCHOR'S REPLACING THESE PLASTIC BOTTLES WITH THIS STYLE EARLY NEXT MONTH. THEY WON'T COST ANY MORE THAN THE OLD ONES, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS, WILL CONSUMERS BUY IT, AND CAN THEY EVEN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE? NOT AT ALL. THERE'S NO CHANGE. WILL YOU BE RUSHING OUT TO BUY IT? NO. THEY BOTH TASTE EXACTLY THE SAME. FULLER, ROUNDER, SMOOTHER, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY JUST MY TRADITIONAL TASTE. MARKETING EXPERTS SAY THE HYPE COULD JUST BE AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANCHOR STAND OUT FROM THE REST. MILK IS ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT CONSUMERS DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN, PARTICULARLY IN A COUNTRY LIKE NZ ` IT'S ALL COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCE. IT'S ALL THE SAME THING. WHAT IS CHANGING, ACCORDING TO FONTERRA, IS THAT MILK CONSUMPTION IS FALLING IN NZ, LEAVING THE QUESTION ` CAN A NEW BOTTLE TURN THAT AROUND? KRISTEN HALL, ONE NEWS. AND THE NEW LIGHT-PROOF BOTTLES ARE RECYCLABLE. COMING UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD APOLOGISES FOR FORCED ADOPTIONS, BUT IT DOESN'T GO WELL FOR EVERYONE. PRESIDENT OBAMA ARRIVES IN ISRAEL FOR HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT AND IMMEDIATELY TURNS THE HEAT ON IRAN. FROM WELLINGTON TO THE BIG APPLE ` A WHALE OF AN EXHIBITION OPENS IN NEW YORK. AND FOR ONLY THE FIFTH TIME IN 60 YEARS, THE QUEEN HEADS UNDERGROUND. 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So for step-by-step instructions on hooking up your device to your home Wi-Fi connection, just visit techinasec.co.nz AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD HAS MADE AN EMOTIONAL APOLOGY TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TORN APART BY FORCED ADOPTIONS. UP TO A QUARTER OF A MILLION BABIES WERE TAKEN FROM WOMEN DEEMED UNFIT TO BE MOTHERS BETWEEN THE 1950'S TO 1970'S. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL WATCHED THE CEREMONY. CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK IN CANBERRA'S GRAND HALL, AN ABORIGINAL ELDER WELCOMES NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE, AND WHEN THE DUST SETTLED, JULIA GILLARD MADE AMENDS FOR THE CRUEL PAST PRACTICE OF FORCED ADOPTION. TO YOU, THE MOTHERS WHO WERE BETRAYED BY A SYSTEM THAT GAVE YOU NO CHOICE AND SUBJECTED YOU TO MANIPULATION, MISTREATMENT AND MALPRACTICE, WE APOLOGISE. IT'S A NATIONAL DISGRACE. FROM THE 1950S THROUGH TO THE 1970S, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG WOMEN WERE FORCED TO HAND OVER THEIR BABIES TO PARENTS DEEMED MORE SUITABLE. YOU WERE FORCED TO ENDURE THE COERCION AND BRUTALITY OF PRACTICES YOU WERE FORCED TO ENDURE THE COERCION AND BRUTALITY OF PRACTICES THAT WERE UNETHICAL, DISHONEST AND IN MANY CASES ILLEGAL. BUT CHEERS TURNED TO JEERS WHEN THE OPPOSITION LEADER USED THE TERM 'BIRTH PARENTS' ` A TERM ONLY USED WHEN ADOPTION IS AGREED TO BY EVERYONE INVOLVED. TAKE THAT BACK! THE LAST THING I WISH TO DO IS CAUSE PAIN. EMOTIONS RUNNING DEEP FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN BEARING THE SCARS OF SEPARATION. THE GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MILLIONS ON IMPROVING ACCESS TO SPECIALIST SUPPORT, FOR TRACING RECORDS AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY FORCED ADOPTION. HOWEVER, COMPENSATION PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT. # YOU WERE TAKEN FORM MY ARMS. # FOR MANY, THOUGH, 'SORRY' WAS ALL THEY WANTED TO HEAR. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY WHILE SIMILAR PRACTICES HAPPENED IN NZ AT THE TIME, AN APOLOGY IS UNLIKELY, BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT WAS NOT SEEN TO HAVE HAD A DIRECT ROLE. HOWEVER, IT WAS COMMON FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS IN NZ AT THE TIME TO FACE HEAVY PRESSURE TO GIVE UP THEIR BABIES, AND THOUSANDS DID. WE CERTAINLY HAD PRETTY BAD ARRANGEMENTS. I'VE SEEN STORIES BY WOMEN WHO WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE THEIR BABY UNTIL THEY AGREED TO SIGN THE CONSENT TO ADOPTION, OR WERE ALLOWED INTO A HOME FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS ON CONDITION THEY WERE GOING TO SIGN A CONSENT. BECAUSE OUR ADOPTION LAWS HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE THE '50S, IT'S STILL 'POSSIBLE' FOR A FORCED ADOPTION TO TAKE PLACE. AVIATION EXPERTS HAVE JOINED FANS DESCENDING ON THE 15TH BALLOONS OVER WAIRARAPA FESTIVAL KEEN TO SEE WHY NZ IS A WORLD LEADER IN SAFETY. RULES AND REGULATIONS WERE TIGHTENED AFTER A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING THE 2012 CARTERTON BALLOONING TRAGEDY. DANIEL FAITAUA REPORTS. IN ITS 15TH YEAR, BALLOONS OVER WAIRARAPA CONTINUES TO DRAW IN THE CROWDS. 16 HOT AIR BALLOONS IGNITED, READY TO LIGHT UP THE SKY,... WE'RE VERY SAFE. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN A SAFE SPORT, BUT IT'S THAT MUCH MORE REGULATED AND SAFER NOW. ...AS AVIATION LEADERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD MEET WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IN WELLINGTON TO DISCUSS ADVENTURE AVIATION REGULATIONS. WE'RE BEING WATCHED VERY CLOSELY. SOME MAGNIFICENT STUFF COMING OUT OF THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND THE WORLD IS TAKING NOTICE. THIS IS THE RULE THEY'RE CLOSELY MONITORING ` CAA'S PART 115. IT LOOKS AT DRUG CONTROLS AND THE MISUSE OF ALCOHOL, REQUIRING PILOTS TO BE FIT AND PROPER AND OPERATING STANDARDS UP TO SCRATCH. I THINK IT'S GOING QUITE WELL. WE NOW HAVE 33, I THINK IT IS, OPERATORS THAT HAVE PASSED THE BARRIER OF ENTRY. THEY'VE IMPROVED THEIR STANDARDS. THE TOUGH REGULATIONS CAME IN FORCE AFTER A NUMBER OF AIR TRAGEDIES. THIS FOX GLACIER PLANE CRASH TOOK THE LIVES OF NINE PEOPLE. A REPORT FOUND THE PLANE WAS OVERLOADED AND UNBALANCED WHEN IT PLUNGED TO THE GROUND. IN 2011, THIS HOT AIR BALLOON CLIPPED POWER LINES AND CRASHED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CARTERTON. 11 PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE KILLED, INCLUDING PILOT LANCE HOPPING. REPORTS FOUND THE HOT AIR BALLOON WAS NOT AIRWORTHY AND FOUND TRACES OF CANNABIS IN HIS SYSTEM. MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE, MINOR OR MAJOR, AND WE CAN SEE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE, IF YOU LIKE, REGULATORS AND THE USERS FIXING UP THE PROBLEMS, WHICH IS VERY BENEFICIAL. BENEFICIAL FOR OPERATORS WHO SAY IT'S ONLY NOW THEIR BUSINESSES ARE SLOWLY TAKING OFF. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. A HELICOPTER CRASH NEAR WOLLONGONG, SOUTH OF SYDNEY, HAS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE. THE FOUR-SEATER ROBINSON CHOPPER APPEARS TO HAVE CLIPPED A TREE BEFORE CRASHING AND CATCHING FIRE. WITNESSES SAID THE HELICOPTER WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A FUNCTION CENTRE AND WAS CARRYING WEDDING GUESTS. ONE OF THE DEAD IS REPORTED TO BE A CHILD. THE US PRESIDENT AND ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER HAVE MADE IT CLEAR ` TOP OF THEIR SHARED TO-DO LIST IS PREVENTING IRAN GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BUT THEY DIFFER ON HOW BEST TO DO IT. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ISRAEL. ABC'S JONATHAN KARL WAS WITH HIM AS HE ARRIVED IN JERUSALEM. THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN ISRAEL IN A GOOD MOOD. AN OPEN MIC CAPTURING HIS BANTER WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE WAS EVEN JOKING ABOUT RED LINES. BUT THE ISSUE COULDN'T BE MORE SERIOUS. THE REAL RED LINE IS THE ONE NETANYAHU TALKED ABOUT AT THE UN LAST FALL. THE RED LINE SHOULD BE DRAWN RIGHT HERE. IT'S THE POINT WHERE IRAN MUST BE ATTACKED, OR IT WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB ` A RED LINE ISRAELIS BELIEVE COULD BE CROSSED WITHIN MONTHS. THE ISSUE WAS FRONT AND CENTRE HERE TODAY IN ALL OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS. DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS SO FAR HAVE NOT STOPPED IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME. IN ORDER TO STOP IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME PEACEFULLY, DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS MUST BE AUGMENTED BY CLEAR AND CREDIBLE THREAT OF MILITARY ACTION. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE BELIEVES THERE IS TIME FOR DIPLOMACY, BUT... THE US WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT CLOSELY WITH ISRAEL ON OUR NEXT STEPS, AND I WILL REPEAT, ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE. WE WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT IRAN FROM GETTING THE WORLD'S WORST WEAPONS. IRANIAN MISSILES LIKE THIS ONE THEY TESTED IN JANUARY CAN REACH ISRAEL IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES ` CATASTROPHIC IF ARMED WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS. ISRAEL HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR A POSSIBLE PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE. THEIR WARPLANES COULD REACH IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN LESS THAN THREE HOURS. THE TOUGH TALK THE PRESIDENT HAS BROUGHT HERE TO ISRAEL IS DESIGNED IN PART TO PUT MUSCLE BEHIND THE DIPLOMACY TO FORCE IRAN TO BACK DOWN BEFORE A MILITARY STRIKE IS NECESSARY. IT'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS, NOT NUCLEAR THAT ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN IN NEIGHBOURING SYRIA. THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED THEIR POSSIBLE USE AS FRESH FOOTAGE EMERGED OF REBEL FORCES AND GOVERNMENT TROOPS CLASHING ON THE STREETS OF DARAA. FURTHER NORTH, OPPOSITION FORCES CLAIMED TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A REGIME WAR PLANE IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF RAQQA. A DIVE TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA AND A HEART YOU CAN WALK THROUGH ARE ALL PART OF THE LATEST EXHIBITION OPENED AT NEW YORK'S PRESTIGIOUS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. TE PAPA'S WHALES EXHIBITION IS ON THE LATEST LEG OF ITS AMERICAN TOUR AND DRAWING LARGE CROWDS. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY,... CAME A CALL FROM AN OCEAN AWAY. I GUESS, FOR US, IT GOES BACK NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO WITH THE TE MAORI EXHIBITION, AND WE'VE RETURNED NOW WITH, I THINK, A VERY BEAUTIFUL OFFERING TO NEW YORK CITY. THESE ARE NZ'S TREASURES ` MAJESTIC SPERM WHALE SKELETONS FROM THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST SETTLING IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS. IT'S UNUSUAL FOR THE AMERICAN MUSEUM TO TAKE EXHIBITIONS FROM OTHER MUSEUMS. SO UNUSUAL, TE PAPA'S WHALES EXHIBITION IS THE FIRST TOURING EXHIBIT OF ANY KIND TO SHOW HERE IN ALMOST A DECADE. IT FEATURES MAORI CULTURAL PIECES, THE STORY OF MYTHOLOGICAL WHALE RIDERS AND 17.5M OF SPERM WHALE. THE BIGGEST PIECE IS THE SKULL ` NOT THE LOWER JAW, BUT THE TOP OF THE HEAD, AND WE KNEW THAT IT FIT WITHIN OUR FREIGHT ELEVATOR WITH ABOUT A CENTIMETRE TO SPARE. WHILE THE FIRST VISITORS WERE CERTAINLY WOWED BY THE SHEER SIZE, THEY'RE, LIKE, AS BIG AS AIRPLANES! TE PAPA'S MODEL BLUE WHALE HEART... IT SMELLS BAD? > IT SMELLS LIKE THE SWEATY BOYS WHO WERE BURPING IN HERE. ...GAVE THE MORE AGILE THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE. JUST BECAUSE THIS HEART'S ON THE ROAD DOESN'T MEAN KIWI KIDS CAN'T CLIMB THROUGH A FEW VENTRICLES. SO POPULAR IS THIS PIECE OF PLASTIC, TE PAPA ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED ANOTHER ONE TO STAY IN WELLINGTON. ALMOST HALF A MILLION VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE THE WHALES BY THE END OF THE YEAR ` NOT BAD GOING FOR THESE MASTERS OF THE SEA THAT CAME TO REST ON A DISTANT SHORE. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. WE'VE A DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY BATTLE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. LET'S CROSS TO AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL WITH AN UPDATE.. KEVIN RUDD HAS JUST ADRESSED MEDIA AND SAYS HE WILL NOT CHALLENGE JULIA GILLARD MR RUDD SAYS HE WILL NOT BREAK HIS WORD HE GAVE LAST YEAR HE SAID HE CALLED ON THE LABOR PARTY TO UNITE AND GIVE TONY ABBOTT A REAL BATTLE IN SEPTEMBER WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE BALLOT WE ARE UNSURE MAYBE ANOTHER CANDIDATE WILL PUT THEIR HAT IN THE RING WEATHER TIME NOW. BACK TO SUNNY SKIES TODAY, BUT THERE'S SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND, KAREN? THERE IS, BUT REALLY JUST FOR ONE ISLAND. MOST PLACES WILL STAY FINE. A CHILLY START FOR INLAND PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND THIS MORNING. JUST 1 DEGREE ON THE DESERT ROAD. ONLY A FEW MILIMETRES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WE'RE LIVE AT THE LAUNCH OF CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY'S THE SAD STORY BEHIND THIS CUTE AND CUDDLY POLAR BEAR CUB. AND THE ROYALS CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST UNDERGROUND. 1 THE EFFECTS OF FUTURE DROUGHTS HAVE BEEN LESSENED TODAY WITH THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF A STATE OF THE ART POWER PLANT IN TARANAKI. THE NEW PLANT HAS THE CAPACITY TO POWER A CITY THE SIZE OF NEW PLYMOUTH AND CAN BE STARTED IN THE SAME TIME IT TAKES TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA. HADYN JONES REPORTS. IN A PADDOCK IN RURAL TARANAKI, NZ'S NEWEST POWER STATION WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS ALL DONE INSIDE A TENT. APPLAUSE THE MCKEE POWER STATION IS NZ OWNED BY NOVA ENERGY. IT TURNS NATURAL GAS INTO ELECTRICITY. THE GAS COMES FROM NEIGHBOURING MANGAHEWA GAS PRODUCTION STATION. THIS POWER STATION HERE IS CALLED A PEAKER PLANT, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF ELECTRICITY DEMAND GETS HIGH, THEN THEY CAN FIRE THIS UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND IT SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY TO AROUND 70,000 HOMES. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE THE DEMAND FLUCTUATES AND YOU ARE SHORT OF SUPPLY, THINGS TAKE A DAY OR TWO TO START UP. WITH THE DROUGHT DRYING UP OUR HYDRO LAKES, THIS 100 MEGAWATT POWER STATION HAS ALREADY BEEN FEEDING THE NATIONAL GRID FOR FOUR WEEKS. AT THE MOMENT, GIVEN THE HYRDO SITUATION IN NZ, IT IS RUNNING IN WHAT WE CALL A BASELOAD MODE, SO IT IS RUNNING ALL THE TIME. AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AND RAINS FILL UP OUR LAKES, IT SHUTS DOWN. WITH TARANAKI EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION, ELECTRICITY PROVIDERS SAY FOSSIL FUELS ARE A NECESSARY ENERGY BACKSTOP. WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY, I GUESS. THE DROUGHT HAS ONLY LASTED A FEW WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS. IF IT LASTED A LOT LONGER, THESE FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS CAN RUN WHEN YOU WANT THEM TO. TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER GAVE HIS SUPPORT TO THE $100M PROJECT. IF WE WANT TO LIVE LIKE A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY, WE'VE GOT TO EARN LIKE A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY. OIL AND GAS ` A BIG PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. A BID BY LABOUR TO GET A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY INTO WHAT WENT WRONG AT STATE-OWNED SOLID ENERGY HAS BEEN REJECTED. LABOUR SAYS THERE ARE STILL BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE COMPANY ENDED UP $389M IN DEBT. IT'S PUSHING FOR A HIGH-POWERED AUDITOR GENERAL'S INQUIRY. LABOUR WILL NOT GIVE UP ON THIS. DAMIAN O'CONNOR AND MYSELF, WE'LL HAVE THE PICKS AND SHOVELS READY TO GO, AND WE'VE GOING TO DIG, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF NZ DESERVE ANSWERS. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS AN INQUIRY ISN'T NECESSARY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY KNOWN WHY SOLID ENERGY FAILED. CHRISTCHURCH HAS TODAY MOVED TO CLAIM ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RECOGNISED EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING CENTRES IN THE WORLD. THE CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY QUAKE CENTRE IS OFFICIALLY BEING LAUNCHED NOW AND WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. TESTING ALL THINGS EARTHQUAKE RELATED ` FROM THE WAY THE CONTENTS BEHAVES... WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL THE THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG IN AN EARTHQUAKE. ...TO STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS THAT CAN RIDE OUT EARTHQUAKES. THERE'S THIS TREMENDOUS PRESSURE FROM INDUSTRY FOR US TO SUPPLY. WITH A CITY CENTRE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, THE BUILDING INDUSTRY HUNGER FOR KNOWLEDGE HAS RESULTED IN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING EXPERTS AT CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY AND NINE INDUSTRY PARTNERS SO FAR, INCLUDING FLETCHERS AND HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION. IT IS GETTING THE HORSEPOWER AND MANPOWER BEHIND THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT THE UNIVERSITY. AND THE HUB WILL ALSO CO-ORDINATE INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE. ONLY BY DOING THAT STEP UP, WE COULD GET THE BEST BRAINS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS GROUND-TESTING TRUCK FROM TEXAS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT COLLABORATION. SOMETHING THE UNIVERSITY EXPECTS TO SEE MORE OF AS THE QUAKE CENTRE GETS ESTABLISHED. IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GENERATE THE SOLUTIONS THAT'S GOING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND ALLOW CHRISTCHURCH TO GET UP THERE. IF THEY CAN COLLABORATE WITH THE COMPANIES, ACTUALLY, BUILDING, THEN THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS THE BUILDINGS ARE SAFER. IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO ENABLE THE REBUILD TO HAPPEN BETTER AND FASTER. AND ELEVATE THIS CENTRE TO WORLD CLASS IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED TO PUBLIC DUTIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A WEEK. JOINED BY PRINCE PHILIP AND A PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, THE QUEEN TOURED LONDON'S BAKER STREET STATION TO CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF THE TUBE. AFTER A LOOK THROUGH THE OLD AND NEW TRAINS, STAFF HAD A PRESENT FOR CATHERINE. A NEW 'BABY ON BOARD' BADGE. LAUGHTER THE QUEEN EASED BACK ON PUBLIC DUTIES AFTER SPENDING A NIGHT IN HOSPITAL WITH A STOMACH BUG. AN ORPHANED POLAR BEAR CUB IS QUICKLY MAKING ITS HOME AT AN ALASKAN ZOO. NAMED KALI, THE FOUR MONTH OLD BEAR WAS RESCUED BY AN INUIT HUNTER WHO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS MOTHER. WHILE KALI IS SETTLING IN AT THE ZOO IN ANCHORAGE, HE WILL EVENTUALLY BE MOVED TO ANOTHER FACILITY AS THE ZOO ALREADY HAS TWO POLAR BEARS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A BOY (11) AND A BABY HAVE DIED IN A TWO-CAR CRASH NEAR HELENSVILLE, NORTHWEST OF AUCKLAND. A GIRL (6) AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. THE POLICE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS INVESTIGATING. TELECOM IS STILL REFUSING TO CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF JOBS THE COMPANY IS SET TO LOSE AFTER LABOUR MP CLAIR CURRAN SAID IT COULD AS MANY AS 1500. LAST MONTH TELECOM ANNOUNCED THERE WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF JOB LOSSES THROUGH RESTRUCTURING, BUT STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD APPEARS TO HAVE SURVIVED A CHALLENGE TO HER LEADERSHIP, WITH HER MAIN RIVAL SAYING HE WON'T RUN AGAINST HER. KEVIN RUDD SAYS HE GAVE HIS WORD A YEAR AGO THAT HE WOULDN'T CHALLENGE THE LABOR LEADER AGAIN. MR RUDD WAS ROLLED BY MS GILLARD IN 2010. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THERE'S SELECTION INTRIGUE FOR TWO NATIONAL TEAMS? THE ALL WHITES AND THE BLACKCAPS. THE LATEST FROM EDEN PARK AND THE FOOTBALL CAMP IN DUNEDIN. ALSO TONIGHT, ONE IN, ONE OUT AT THE CRUSADERS ` A SET BACK FOR SOUTH AFRICA. PLUS ` WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE WARRIORS GOAL-KICKING? AND THE FAMOUS NAME OF BRIGGS LIVES ON Ah, what's this? A little discussion. Two entrenched views. A real-estate website. Oh, he wants a new home. Ah, but she has some ideas about renovating. Either way, I'm thinking they don't have a lot of spare time to get their loan, right? That's why ANZ has more home-loan specialists than any other bank, and they'll come to you. My money's on the renovation. Imagine what you could do if you won back your home-loan repayments for a whole year. There are 10 chances to win every month. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO CRICKET, AND RETURNING PACE BOWLER DOUG BRACEWELL ISN'T A CERTAINTY TO BE FAST-TRACKED INTO THE BLACKCAPS FOR THE DECIDING THIRD CRICKET TEST AGAINST ENGLAND STARTING TOMORROW. THE HOME SIDE HAS DECLARED SPINNER BRUCE MARTIN WILL KEEP HIS PLACE, WHICH LEAVES FOUR SEAM BOWLERS SCRAPPING FOR THREE SPOTS. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DOUG BRACEWELL AT THE FINAL TRAINING SESSION AT EDEN PARK TODAY. FLIGHT SCHEDULES NOT HELPING THE COACHES' SELECTION DILEMMA ON THE EVE OF THE THIRD TEST IN AUCKLAND. WHILE BRACEWELL'S PROVINCIAL RETURN YESTERDAY WAS DEEMED A SUCCESS, ALBEIT EXPENSIVE, WAS IT ENOUGH TO DISLODGE EITHER OF THE LEFT ARMERS, TRENT BOULT OR NEIL WAGNER, LET ALONE TIM SOUTHEE? THESE GUYS WHO'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE SERIES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ` EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM. THE THREE INCUMBENTS ALL HAD EASY TIME IN THE NETS TODAY, BUT SOUTHEE COULD BE MOST AT RISK, AS HE'S ONLY CLAIMED ONE WICKET IN THE SERIES. HOWEVER, THE SKIPPER'S HINTED LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA EARLIER THIS YEAR WILL FAVOUR MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO. TO PLAY A CONSISTENT BALANCE WITHIN OUR CRICKET TO ALLOW GUYS TO HAVE A CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGES AND ALSO FAMILIARITY OF TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL. AFTER LOOKING AT THE DROP IN WICKET TODAY, THE TEAM WANTS TO STICK WITH BOWLING FIRST, ALTHOUGH IT COULD TAKE SPIN LATER. WITH MARTIN GUPTILL STILL SIDELINED, BRUCE MARTIN'S THE ONLY AUCKLAND PLAYER IN THE TEAM AND ADMITS PROTECTING THE SHORT BOUNDARIES IS A REAL CHALLENGE. TRY AND BLOCK IT OUT, BUT I WENT AND A HAD A LOOK AT THE WICKET YESTERDAY AND TURNED AROUND, AND IT'S NOT THAT FAR. (CHUCKLES) BUT GIVEN THE WAY MARTIN'S BEEN BATTING, HIS ADOPTED HOME GROUND MIGHT HELP HIM ADD TO HIS ALREADY STAGGERING TEST AVERAGE OF 62. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL WHITES COACH RICKI HERBERT'S IN AN ATTACKING MINDSET AFTER NAMING HIS SIDE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S VITAL WORLD CUP QUALIFIER IN DUNEDIN. HERBERT'S SOLVED HIS SELECTION HEADACHE BY FINDING ROOM FOR FIVE OF HIS SIX QUALITY STRIKERS IN THE STARTING LINE-UP, JEREMY BROCKIE AND CHRIS KILLEN STARTING IN THE MIDFIELD. IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE THEM. THEY'RE GOOD ON THE BALL. THEY'RE TECHNICALLY VERY GOOD. THEY GET AT THE FULLBACKS AND CAUSE LOTS OF PROBLEMS. STILL OF CONCERN, THOUGH ` THE 10 SQUAD MEMBERS SIT ON YELLOW CARDS. A FURTHER CAUTION DURING THE REMAINING QUALIFYING GAMES, INCLUDING THE INTERCONTINENTAL PLAYOFFS, WILL LEAD TO A SUSPENSION FROM THE FOLLOWING MATCH. IT'S REALLY UP TO THE PLAYERS NOW TO BE VERY PROFESSIONAL IN HOW WE GO ABOUT IT. THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH IT THEMSELVES. THE HARDEST THING IS THE ONE THAT YOU COP THAT YOU SHOULDN'T COP, AND WE CAN'T, SORT OF, PLAN FOR THAT. GOALKEEPER MARK PASTON WILL PLAY AFTER A KNEE INJURY RULED OUT GLEN MOSS TODAY. ONLY 5200 TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR THE MATCH. ZAC GUILDFORD'S COMEBACK TO RUGBY IS ALL BUT COMPLETE, LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER RETURNING FROM TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM. THE 10-TEST ALL BLACK'S BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH FOR SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH THE KINGS, HIS COACH SURPRISED AT HOW QUICKLY GUILDFORD'S GOT UP TO SPEED. WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D BE BRINGING HIM BACK IN AND DOING SOME CONDITIONING WORK. AND ALL THE CONDITIONING WORK AND THE ANALYSIS THAT THE GUYS HAD DONE ON HIM ` HE'S FIT AND HE'S READY TO GO. BLACKADDER WON'T HAVE DAN CARTER FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THOUGH. THE FIRST-FIVE CONFIRMED HE'LL MISS THE CRUSADERS' TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR MATCHES AGAINST THE STORMERS AND SHARKS AS HE AWAITS THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD. SHAUN JOHNSON IS ADAMANT HE'S UP TO THE GOAL-KICKING CHALLENGE FOR THE WARRIORS LEAGUE TEAM, DESPITE MISSING A CRUCIAL KICK IN LAST WEEK'S TWO-POINT LOSS TO THE ROOSTERS. THE SIDE IS PREPARING TO TAKE ON CRONULLA ON SUNDAY ` THE TEAM THAT HANDED THE WARRIORS THEIR BIGGEST DEFEAT LAST SEASON. DESPITE HIS EMBARRASSING FINAL KICK LAST WEEKEND, JOHNSON'S NOT READY TO HAND OVER THE KICKING DUTIES, DESPITE KEVIN LOCKE PUTTING HIS HAND UP. I CAN DEFINITELY SAY IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT WAS GONNA REPLACE ME, IT WOULDN'T BE KEVIN. I DON'T KNOW WHY HE SHOT HIS MOUTH OFF LIKE THAT. HE'S HORRIBLE AT GOAL-KICKING. LIKE, YOU THINK I'M BAD; HE IS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING. JOHNSON SAYS HE'S STILL SETTLING INTO THE NEW ROLE. PARALYMPIAN SOPHIE PASCOE HAS SET A WORLD RECORD IN THE 50M FREESTYLE AT THE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPS ` AN EVENT SHE HAD TO SETTLE FOR SILVER IN AT LONDON. PASCOE KNOCKED 0.2 SECONDS OFF THE TIME OF CANADIAN RIVAL SUMMER MORTIMER. IT'S A RECORD PASCOE'S BEEN CHASING FOR TWO YEARS. IT'S HER THIRD WORLD RECORD AT THE MEET, BUT SHE COULD'VE HAD TWO MORE IF NOT FOR AN ELECTRONIC TOUCHPAD MALFUNCTIONING. THEY DIDN'T COUNT, WHICH IS A BIT UNFORTUNATE, BUT, HEY, WE MOVE ON FROM THAT. I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE THOSE TIMES, AND I KNOW THAT I'M CLOSE TO` THAT I'VE BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD, SO I KNOW THAT I CAN DO IT AGAIN, LOOKING TOWARDS WORLDS CHAMPS THIS YEAR. SWIMMING NZ IS INVESTIGATING WHAT WENT WRONG. THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL COMPETITION BEGINS THIS WEEKEND, WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TRYING NEW IDEAS TO CORRECT EARLY SEASON MISTAKES FROM LAST YEAR. KIMBERLEE DOWNS SPENT THE DAY WITH THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC. PLENTY OF FAMILIAR FACES IN THE MAGIC CAMP, BUT DON'T BE FOOLED ` THIS IS A SIDE PROMISING SOMETHING NEW. IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 2012. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF NEW THINGS THIS YEAR, AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR ALL CONCERNED, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL PAY OFF. TODAY'S SESSION IS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS' LAST HIT OUT BEFORE THEIR SEASON OPENER ` THE END OF A RAMPED-UP PRE-SEASON REGIME WITH THE AIM OF MAKING TRAINING HARDER THAN THE ACTUAL GAMES. WE ALWAYS SAY NO, SURELY THIS SEASON WILL BE THE HARDEST ONE EVER, BUT SHE TRUMPS IT EVERY YEAR, AND IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DEMANDING MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. TAURUA IS WARY OF THE PITFALLS OF A LARGELY UNCHANGED SIDE, DESPITE CARRYING THE INEVITABLE TAG OF FAVOURITES AFTER LAST YEAR'S TRIUMPH. YOU MAY BE SEEN AS PREDICTABLE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE AWARE OF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, AND THAT WE DO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT OUT ON COURT. ALSO LOOMING OVER THE SEASON OPENER, THE MEMORY OF THEIR WOEFUL START LAST YEAR ` A FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK. IT'S NOT LOST ON ONE OF THE FEW NEW RECRUITS. IT DOES GET MENTIONED EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT I THINK IT GETS MENTIONED AS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE LEARNT FROM, AND THEY KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME IT. HISTORY TELLS US THEY SHOULD. THE MAGIC PLAY HALPENNY'S FORMER SIDE THE CANTERBURY TACTIX FIRST UP, A TEAM THEY'VE NEVER LOST TO. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. ON-GOING INJURY PROBLEMS HAVEN'T PREVENTED FREE-SKIER JOSSI WELLS QUALIFYING FIRST FOR THE SLOPESTYLE FINAL AT THE SECOND LEG OF THE WINTER X GAMES IN FRANCE. THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS ONLY CALLED IN AS A REPLACEMENT FOR ANOTHER SKIER, THEN POSTED A TOP SCORE OF 91.33 IN HIS FIRST RUN IN QUALIFIERS. THERE IS THE SWTICH DOUBLE. NICE. JOSSI KICKING IT OFF WITH A DOUBLE RIGHT OFF THE TOP. OH, NICE DOUBLE. ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT AND INTO THE SWITCH DOUBLE 1080. THE SLOPESTYLE FINAL IS TOMORROW, AS IS THE HALFPIPE QUALIFICATION, WHICH WELLS IS ALSO COMPETING IN. TO BASKETBALL, AND THE MIAMI HEAT HAVE COME BACK FROM A 27-POINT DEFICIT AGAINST CLEVELAND TO EXTEND THEIR NBA WINNING STREAK TO 24 GAMES. LEBRON JAMES WAS AGAIN THE LEADER FOR THE HEAT AGAINST THE CLUB HE LEFT SO CONTROVERSIALLY. LEBRON'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE, INCLUDING 25 POINTS, SET UP THE 98-95 WIN. IT'S THE SECOND-LONGEST STREAK IN NBA HISTORY. THE HEAT ARE STILL NINE WINS AWAY FROM THE LA LAKERS' RECORD 33, SET IN 1972. IF YOU'RE OF A CERTAIN VINTAGE, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE NAME BARRY BRIGGS. THE FORMER WORLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPION REMAINS A LEGEND OF THE SPORT ALONG WITH THE GREAT IVAN MAUGER. THE BRIGGS NAME LIVES ON AT THIS WEEKEND'S ROUND OF THE WORLD GRAND PRIX SERIES AT WESTERN SPRINGS IN AUCKLAND. ENGINE RUMBLES IT'S NOT HARD TO WORK OUT WHY THE SPEEDWAY BUZZ CATCHES AND STAYS FOREVER. IF ANYONE HAS THE SPORT COURSING THROUGH THEIR VEINS IT'S THIS MAN. UNFORTUNATELY, YES. I'VE BEEN AROUND IT MY WHOLE LIFE. A FORMER RIDER HIMSELF, TONY BRIGGS IS CLERK, OR BOSS, OF THE COURSE THIS WEEKEND. HIS DAD, BARRY BRIGGS, MBE, NOW 78 AND BASED IN AMERICA, IS A KIWI LEGEND ON DIRT, FOUR TIMES WORLD CHAMPION, THIS WAS A NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS AT WEMBLEY STADIUM. MEN LIKE NZER BARRY BRIGGS. IVAN, BARRY, RONNIE, THEY'RE SO WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MY DAD GETS IN A TAXI IN LONDON, THE GUY GOES, 'I KNOW YOU. YOU'RE BARRY BRIGGS.' BARRY BRIGGS, RONNIE MOORE AND THE GREAT IVAN MAUGER'S BATTLES AGAINST DANE 'OLE' OLSEN WERE LEGENDARY IN THE 1960S AND '70S. MAUGER CAN'T MAKE THIS WEEKEND. HE'S TAKEN ILL IN AUSTRALIA. OLSEN AND HIS SON TORBAN NOW RUN THE GLOBAL SERIES. I HAVE ANOTHER SON, JAKOB, WHO WAS RACING AS WELL, BUT THEIR MOTHER WASN'T KEEN ON THAT. YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY. NO BRAKES ON THE BIKES AND FASTER ACCELERATION THAN FORMULA 1 CARS. THE WORLD SERIES IS LOOKING AT RUNNING HERE PAST NEXT YEAR LONG TERM, TRYING TO HOOK YOUNG FANS. THEY SEE THE ALL BLACKS ALL THE TIME. THEY SEE THE BLACKCAPS. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO. THEY SEE NOTHING FROM THE SPEEDWAY. WE'VE LOST A GENERATION, REALLY. THE MACHINES STILL LOOK AND SOUND LIKE THE GOLDEN ERA, JUST FASTER. AND THE GET UP TODAY HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY REVAMPED. GREAT AFTERNOON SPENT. HAS YOUR HEARING RETURNED? IT WAS FUN. INCREDIBLE. THANKS, ANDREW. HELLO AGAIN. A FINE WEEKEND COMING UP FOR MOST. BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST. NOT A LOT HAPPENING IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. THE HIGH IS SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF US. SO A MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND A FEW PATCHES OF FLATTENED-OUT LOWER CLOUD. THIS BRIGHTER STUFF HERE IS FRONTAL CLOUD MOVING ACROSS TASMANIA. THE BIG HIGH DRIFTS EAST OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW. CENTRAL PRESSURE STILL UP AROUND 1032 HECTOPASCALS. THAT ALLOWS THIS NEXT SYSTEM TO PUSH INTO THE TASMAN. SEE THE ISOBARS HERE SQUEEZING UP BETWEEN THE COLD FRONT AND THE EDGE OF THE HIGH. THAT'LL DIRECT A STRONG NOR'WESTERLY OVER THE FAR SOUTH. CLOUDY AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND. MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY EVERYWHERE ELSE. NORTH-EASTERLY WINDS. FINE IN THE WEST AND SOUTH. CLOUDY PERIODS AND ISOLATED SHOWERS CATCHING EASTERN PLACES FROM GISBORNE UP NORTHLAND. NOT MUCH WIND. EASTERLY BREEZES IN THE NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THIS IS THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. THATS ALL FROM ME. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A LOVELY TIMELASPE SEQUENCE BEFORE WE GO ` CONFIRMATION JULIA GILLARD'S KEPT HER JOB AS AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER. LABOR PARTY POLITICIANS HAVE JUST COME OUT OF A CAUCUS MEETING IN CANBERRA. THERE WERE NO CHALLENGERS TO MS GILLARD AND HER DEPUTY, WAYNE SWAN. JUST BEFORE THE MEETING. FORMER PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD REVEALED HE WOULDN'T BE CHALLENGING. WE'LL HAVE DETAILS ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT AT 10.20. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY.