GOOD EVENING. THE FINE WEATHER IS BACK IN CHARGE AND HOLDS COURT RIGHT UP UNTIL EASTER. TODAY BROUGHT SOME EARLY FOG IN DUNEDIN AND SHOWERS RIDING THE NORTHERN BOUNDARIES OF THE NEW ANTI-CYCLONE, BUT AUTUMN IS FIGHTING BACK, WITH A JUICY RAIN BAND ABOUT TO ATTACK A BIG CHUNK OF THE EAST COAST. THE OUTLOOK COMING UP. 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. A SORRY SIGHT. NOW THERE'S A SURPRISING REVELATION ABOUT THE DRIVER KILLED IN A TRIPLE FATALITY. TUHOE GETS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST WAITANGI SETTLEMENTS. NOW WHAT CAN IT EXPECT FOR THE SO-CALLED TERROR RAIDS? IT'S NOTHING TO SNIFF AT. HEAR HOW MUCH THIS SURFER GOT FOR A RARE DISCOVERY ON THE BEACH. AND THE BLACKCAP KNOWN AS 'TWO-METRE PETER' REACHES A NEW HEIGHT. GETS IT THROUGH! THERE IT IS! PETER FULTON ` TEST-MATCH IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE DRIVER (17) IN A TRIPLE FATALITY DIDN'T HAVE A LICENCE. CHEYENNE HEMANA AND TWO OF HER NEPHEWS WERE KILLED IN THE CAR CRASH JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND. WILL HINE WITH THE LATEST. OUTSIDE HUAPAI DISTRICT SCHOOL, NOTES DEDICATED TO THE STUDENT (11) WHO DIED IN THE CRASH. INSIDE MO-SHON HARRISON'S CLASSROOM, THERE ARE MORE TRIBUTES LEFT BY HIS GRIEVING MATES. HE AND HIS BROTHER, MANANUI (2), DIED ALONG WITH THEIR UNLICENSED AUNTIE AS THEY HEADED HOME FROM SCHOOL. OH YEAH. SHE DRIVES ALL THE TIME. SHE WAS DRIVING ALL THE TIME TO MY UNDERSTANDING. SHE WAS` USED TO DRIVE FROM HERE. THE COLLISION ALSO LEFT MO-SHON'S SISTER MESSIAH (6) AND THE DRIVER OF A VAN WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE WHOLE THING IS JUST A TRAGEDY. THE DRIVER, CHEYENNE HEMANA (17), WAS MAKING THE 20KM DRIVE HOME TO PARAKAI WHEN SHE STEERED OFF THE ROAD. IT'S GONE OFF TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY IN LOOSE GRAVEL, AND THEN IT'S... MAYBE AN OVER-CORRECTION OR SOMETHING THAT MADE IT SLIDE INTO THE PATH OF THE VAN COMING THE OTHER WAY. THE TWO FRONT-SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE DEAD AS HELP ARRIVED, LEAVING EMERGENCY WORKERS FIGHTING TO SAVE YOUNG MANANUI. IT'S RIGHT UP THERE AS ONE OF THE THE MORE SEVERE AND MOST TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS WE'VE BEEN TO. BACK AT THE SCHOOL, TRAUMA COUNSELLORS ARE SUPPORTING SHOCKED PUPILS. STAFF AT THE SCHOOL WERE TOO UPSET TO APPEAR ON CAMERA. BUT THEY DESCRIBE MO-SHON AS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT WHO WAS POPULAR WITH HIS PEERS. THEY SAY THEY HOPE MESSIAH CAN RECOVER FROM HER INJURIES AND RETURN TO SCHOOL. THE FAMILY'S ASKED FOR PRIVACY WHILE IT GRIEVES. IT'S ALWAYS TRAUMATIC AND REALLY... ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE CHILDREN AT THAT AGE. THE POLICE SAY YOUNG AND UNLICENSED DRIVERS NEED TO TAKE HEED. THOUGHTS REFLECTED ACROSS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AS IT PREPARES FOR NEXT WEEK'S FUNERALS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. POLICE DIVERS HAVE BEEN EXAMINING A RIVER IN THE LATEST STEP IN THE HUNT FOR THE KILLER OF A ROAD WORKER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN TRACKING WHO SHOT DEAD GEORGE TAIAROA (67) NEAR TOKOROA. HELEN CASTLES WITH THIS UPDATE. SPLOSH! POLICE DIVERS SCOURING THE WAIKATO RIVER BED FOR EVIDENCE. FOR THOROUGHNESS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DISCARDED. THEIR INVESTIGATIONS JUST A STONE'S THROW FROM WHERE FAMILY MAN GEORGE TAIAROA WAS GUNNED DOWN WHILE ON THE JOB. IT'S THOUGHT THE GUNMAN TOOK OFF IN A BLUE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE BELIEVED TO BE A JEEP CHEROKEE. POLICE HAVE MANAGED TO TRACE ITS INITIAL MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE BACKROADS OF THE KINLEITH FOREST AREA. WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT THE PERSON HAS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA: THEY MAY HAVE VISITED; THEY MAY HAVE MOVED THROUGH HERE; THEY MAY NOW LIVE IN AUCKLAND OR EVEN FURTHER AFIELD. POLICE BELIEVE THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE VITAL INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP SOLVE THEIR CASE. THEY'RE ARE URGING ANYONE WITH SUSPICIONS NOT TO HESITATE IN COMING FORWARD. THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION HAS BECOME VERY PERSONAL FOR LOCALS. ATIAMURI IS A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY AND REALLY REALLY HELPFUL, AND I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT IT WAS SOMEONE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DONE THIS DASTARDLY DEED. d AND WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS 8 AND SO FEW ANSWERS, IT'S BEEN HARD FOR MR TAIAROA'S WORKMATES. WE'VE HAD A FEW DAYS, OBVIOUSLY, TO GET OUR EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS OUT, SO EVERYONE'S STARTED TO PICK UP A BIT MORE POSITIVE, AND WE'VE HEARD SOME BETTER NEWS FROM THE COPS ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THIS GUY. FRIENDS ARE NOW MAKING THEIR WAY TO LEVIN TO JOIN THE TAIRORA FAMILY IN PAYING THEIR RESPECTS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. AS YOU JUST HEARD, IT'S BELIEVED THE PUBLIC HAS THE KEY TO TRACKING DOWN THE KILLER. POLICE HAVE SET UP AN 0800 NUMBER TO TAKE YOUR CALLS ON THIS. IT'S 0800 546 479 OR 0800 KINGSWOOD. THE JOB LOSSES AT TELECOM COULD BE EVEN WORSE THAN PREDICTED. YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU 1500. NOW AN INSIDER'S TOLD ONE NEWS IT'S LIKELY TO BE 2500 ` A THIRD OF THE COMPANY'S WORKFORCE. SHARON FERGUSSON'S BEEN LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN FOR THOSE PLANNING A FUTURE IN THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. # TENA KOTOU... THESE STUDENTS ARE CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF THE MANAIAKALANI EDUCATION TRUST, A PROGRAMME THAT BRINGS DIGITAL LEARNING TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. JUST AS WE SEE THE SEEDS OF THE PARENTS LEARING THE NETBOOKS, THESE PEOPLE WILL BE DIGITAL CITIZENS OF OUR FUTURE. BUT WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THESE NEW DIGITAL CITIZENS? IT'S CERTAINLY LOOKING DIRE FOR THOSE WORKING AT TELECOM. AN INTERNAL SOURCE HAS TOLD ONE NEWS IT'S LIKELY 2500 JOBS WILL GO, NOT THE 1500 ESTIMATED YESTERDAY. IT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF JOBS LOST AT A SINGLE TIME FROM A SINGLE COMPANY IN NZ HISTORY. THIS IS GONNA HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON NZ, AND IT'S GONA PUT PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHLY SKILLED INTO THE MARKET, AND WE'RE NOT READY FOR THEM. AND THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T GOT A STRATEGY FOR I.T. THAT WILL ENABLE THESE PEOPLE TO BE ABSORBED. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEYS SAYS THE RE-STRUCTURE IS NOT ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT. ALL THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO IS THE THINGS IT IS DOING, WHICH IS MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT ENCOURAGES COMPANIES TO INVEST, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ORION HEALTH IS ON THE HUNT FOR AROUND A HUNDRED ICT STAFF. THERE ARE JOBS IN DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING, BUSINESS ANALYSTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, IN FACT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING,... DOCUMENTATION, SO LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROLES. TELECOM HAS 10 STAFF WHO EARN MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, CAUSING SOME TO QUESTION HOW MUCH COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THOSE TOP EARNERS HAD BEEN PAID MORE CONSERVATIVELY. MEANWHILE, THESE STUDENTS ARE HOPEFUL THEIR DIGITAL LITERACY WILL BRING THEM A BRIGHTER FUTURE. AFTER LEAVING SCHOOL I HOPE TO GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY, EVEN THOUGH I'M STILL NOT SURE WHAT CAREER PATH TO GO. A CAREER PATH HELPED IN PART BY THIS PROGRAMME IRONICALLY SPONSORED BY TELECOM. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER EMBARRASSING PRIVACY BREACH FOR THE GOVERNMENT, THIS TIME THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. PERSONAL CLAIMS FOR NEARLY 10,000 DAMAGED CANTERBURY HOMES HAVE BEEN SENT TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. LISA DAVIES WITH THE STORY. THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION HOLDS THE PRIVATE DETAILS OF THOUSANDS OF CANTABRIANS. TODAY SOME OF THOSE DETAILS WERE LEAKED IN A HUGE PRIVACY BREACH. I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED. DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LEAK OF PERSONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO 9700 DAMAGED HOMES, INCLUDING OWNERS' ADDRESSES, CLAIM NUMBERS AND REPAIR COSTS MISTAKENLY EMAILED EXTERNALLY BY A STAFF MEMBER THIS MORNING. THE PERSON INVOLVED IS ABSOLUTELY DISTRAUGHT. EQC WENT PUBLIC WITH THE BOTCH-UP JUST HOURS LATER. WE WANT TO COME FORWARD IMMEDIATELY, EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENED AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THAT QUICK ACTION HAS EARNED PRAISE FROM EARTHQUAKE LOBBY GROUPS, BUT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON ALREADY STRESSED RESIDENTS. IT'LL PROBABLY BE REALLY DISTRESSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BREACH. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT PRIVACY BREACHES. OVER THE LAST YEAR, ACC, IRD AND WINZ HAVE ALL BEEN IN THE GUN FOR THE SAME FAILING. LABOUR SAYS THIS POINTS TO A BIGGER PROBLEM. THERE'S SOMETHING SYSTEMICALLY WRONG. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ACC CASE. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS HUMAN ERROR. IT WAS SIMILAR TO SOMEONE PUTTING THE WRONG ADDRESS ON AN ENVELOPE, SO WE'VE GOTTA WORK OUT A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN BE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. FROM MONDAY EQC WILL CONTACT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS INVOLVED TO REASSURE THEM THE INFORMATION WAS DESTROYED IMMEDIATELY BY THE RECIPIENT. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW WILL NOW BE CARRIED OUT, WITH EQC VOWING TO BEEF UP ITS PROCEDURES TO ENSURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. WE'VE THE NUMBERS NOW ON JUST HOW MANY NZERS WANT TO BUY A SHARE OF STATE-OWNED ASSET MIGHTY RIVER POWER. PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSED A SHORT TIME AGO. AND 440,000 EXPRESSED AN INTEREST. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER WHO SIGNED UP FOR STAKES IN CONTACT ENERGY IN 1999. WE'VE MADE A VERY STRONG COMMITMENT THAT THEY WILL BE AT THE FRONT OF THE QUEUE IF THEY DO PRE-REGISTER. THEN THEY WON'T BE SCALED IF THEY WANT TO BUY UP TO $2500 OF SHARES. THEY HAVE A GUARANTEE FROM THE GOVERNMENT THEY'LL GET THAT. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOW REGISTER A FORMAL OFFER DOCUMENT WITH THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AUTHORITY, BEFORE A THREE-WEEK APPLICATION PERIOD FOR SHARES OPENS IN ABOUT A WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT WAS WARNED AS EARLY AS THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR THAT SOLID ENERGY COULD END UP NEEDING A TAXPAYER BAILOUT. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS DATING BACK SIX YEARS DETAIL TREASURY'S ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE. IN JUNE OFFICIALS WARNED THE COMPANY NEEDED INTENSIVE MONITORING. LAST MONTH THE GOVERNMENT REVEALED THE SOE WAS NEARLY $400M IN DEBT. TUHOE'S SET TO GET ANOTHER APOLOGY ON TOP OF ONE OF OUR BIGGEST WAITANGI TREAT SETTLEMENTS. IT'S GETTING A PAYOUT OF $170 MILLION, BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S ALSO LIKELY TO SAY SORRY FOR A MORE RECENT GRIEVANCE. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THE DETAILS. THE INK ON A $170M APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT TO TUHOE WAS STILL WET WHEN THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MINISTER LET SLIP ANOTHER APOLOGY MAY BE ON THE WAY FOR A MORE RECENT GRIEVANCE, NAMELY THE 2007 TERROR RAIDS AROUND RUATOKI. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT WILL END UP ISSUING A SEPARATE APOLOGY > FOR THAT MATTER? > I THINK AT SOME STAGE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS HIGHLY LIKELY. UNTIL NOW, RETIRING POLICE COMMISSIONER HOWARD BROAD IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL TO ACCEPT AN APOLOGY WAS POSSIBLE. IF IT COMES TO AN APOLOGY, THEN THAT'S` SO BE IT. CHRIS FINLAYSON SAYS CABINET HASN'T DISCUSSED ANY APOLOGY AND WON'T DO SO UNTIL THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY HAS FINISHED ITS INVESTIGATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GETTING WARMED UP TO APOLOGIES. THE APOLOGY FOR THE CONFISCATION OF LAND AND BRUTAL TREATMENT OF THE TUHOE PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE $170M SETTLEMENT SIGNED OFF TODAY IS ECLIPSED IN REAL TERMS ONLY BY THE $170M GIVEN TO TAINUI AND NGAI TAHU IN THE MID '90S. IT'S BEEN A HUGE STRUGGLE TO GET IT BACK ON THE TABLE AGAIN, AND I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THIS GOVERNMENT FOR HAVING AN OPEN EAR. AND IN A UNIQUE DEAL, TUHOE WILL CO-MANAGE TE URUWERA NATIONAL PARK WITH THE CROWN, BUT BOTH PARTIES SAY THAT WON'T RESTRICT PUBLIC ACCESS. WE SEE THAT AS MUCH AS A NATIONAL ICON AS IT IS A TUHOE HOMELAND. THE SETTLEMENT'S EXPECTED TO BE LAW BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BY WHICH TIME THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE ISSUING A SECOND APOLOGY OVER THOSE TERROR RAIDS. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE TERROR OF A TSUNAMI STRIKING THE SOUTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST WITH ONLY SECONDS OF WARNING. SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN ALONG THE COAST AROUND KAIKOURA INVESTIGATING THE THREAT. ALI PUGH JOINED THEM. THE DEEP SEA OFF KAIKOURA'S COAST IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS MAGICAL MARINE LIFE. BUT NOW SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WHAT LIES EVEN FURTHER BENEATH. UP TO .25KM3 OF SEDIMENT'S ACCUMULATING AT THE HEAD OF KAIKOURA'S SUBMARINE CANYON. NOW RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY TO SEE IF THAT BUILD-UP COULD CREATE AN UNDERSEA LANDSLIDE. IF THAT WAS TO BECOME UNSTABLE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE AND COLLAPSE INTO THE CANYON ITSELF, IT COULD GENERATE A TSUNAMI, SO THAT'S THE BIG CONCERN FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. NIWA MODELLING FROM 2006 REVEALED A LANDSLIDE IN THE CANYON MIGHT CAUSE A 13M WAVE WHICH WOULD HIT LAND IN 60 SECONDS. WE HOPE THAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO BE TRIGGERED BY AN EARTHQUAKE, BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT GIVES PEOPLE SOME WARNING. THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY'S BEING USED TO SURVEY THESE SEA-BED SOILS. THE AIM IS TO MORE ACCURATELY PREDICT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. THEIR EQUIPMENT SENDS WAVES OF SOUND BEAMS HUNDREDS OF METRES DEEP COLLECTING DATA ON THE SEAFLOOR SHAPE AND MAKE-UP. WE HAVE FAR LESS IDEA OF WHAT'S ON THE SEA FLOOR THAN WE HAVE WHAT'S ON MOON OR MARS. AND WHAT MAKES THE KAIKOURA CANYON SO VERY UNIQUE IS ITS PROXIMITY TO THE SHORELINE. HERE AT THE EDGE OF THE CANYON, WE'RE JUST 500M FROM NEARBY COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND A MAJOR ROAD. IF A TSUNAMI DID HIT, IT'S HOPED THIS RESEARCH COULD HELP WITH CLEARER HAZARD PLANNING, LEAVING LOCALS HERE BETTER PREPARED. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. FEW OF US ARE PREPARED FOR THIS ` STUMBLING ACROSS RICH PICKINGS WHILE USING THE BEACH AS OUR PLAYGROUND. A PORIRUA SURFER'S DONE JUST THAT, A DISCOVERY WORTH THOUSANDS FROM THE BELLY OF A SPERM WHALE. REBECCA EDWARDS EXPLAINS. WHEN LEE HAENGA HEADED TO THE BEACH FOR AN AFTERNOON SURF, HE WASN'T EXPECTING TO STRIKE FLOATING GOLD. SMELT IT AND THERE WAS A SMELL TO IT THAT TOLD ME, 'I THINK I MAY HAVE FOUND THE RIGHT THING.' THAT RIGHT THING BEING 625G OF A HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS AMBERGRIS. PRIZED FOR CENTURIES, THE WAXY SUBSTANCE FORMS IN THE INTESTINES OF JUST A FEW SPERM WHALES, LESS THAN 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION. IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE STUFF. IT'S STILL UNKNOWN REALLY HOW IT'S PRODUCED, WHY IT'S PRODUCED IN THE INTESTINES OF SPERM WALES, AND WHY SO FEW OF SPERM WHALES ACTUALLY PRODUCE IT. BUT IT'S A NATURAL PHENOMENON THAT STILL WASHES UP ON OUR BEACHES AND PEOPLE OCCASIONALLY GET RICH OFF. THAT'S BECAUSE ITS RARITY MEANS IT FETCHES AN IMPRESSIVE PRICE. LEE SAYS HE SOLD THIS FIND TO TRADERS FOR $8000. AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S USED FOR ` CREATING TOP-CLASS PERFUMES. BUT STUMBLING ACROSS IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. THE COMPANY THAT BOUGHT LEE'S FIND SAYS ONLY ONE OUT OF EVERY HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO CONTACT THEM THINKING THEY'VE FOUND A TREASURE ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO HAVE IT. IT'S GOT THIS REAL MYSTIQUE BECAUSE PEOPLE GO, 'I'M GOING TO BE RICH!' BUT IN FACT MOST OF THE TIME THEY'VE JUST GOT SOMETHING SMELLY THAT THEY HAVE TO DISPOSE OF. NOT THE CASE FOR LEE HAENGA, THOUGH, WHO ALREADY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'LL BE DOING WITH HIS EXTRA CASH. BUY SOME NEW SURFING GEAR. (LAUGHS) REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE CASUALTIES MOUNT AND HEADS ROLL AS THE FALLOUT CONTINUES FROM THE AUSSIE LABOR PARTY'S LEADERSHIP CRISIS. ANGER BOILS OVER IN CYPRUS AS ITS ECONOMY TOTTERS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. AND THE LAST SURVIVING CLIMBER FROM SIR ED'S EVEREST-CONQUERING TEAM DIES. WE PAY TRIBUTE TO NZER GEORGE LOWE. THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IS STILL DEEPLY DIVIDED TONIGHT FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S ABANDONED LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE. KEVIN RUDD'S DECISION NOT TO TAKE ON JULIA GILLARD FOR THE LABOR LEADERSHIP HAS LED TO SOME HIGH-PROFILE CASUALTIES. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE STORY. FALLING ON YOUR SWORD, FEDERAL POLITICS STYLE. I MADE THE CALL TO SUPPORT KEVIN RUDD. I DON'T APOLOGISE FOR IT. SENIOR LABOR MINISTER CHRIS BOWEN RESIGNED AFTER BACKING KEVIN RUDD IN A LEADERSHIP RACE THE FORMER PM DIDN'T EVEN ENTER. WE ADVISED HIM THAT THE BALLOT WOULD BE CLOSE ` POTENTIALLY VERY CLOSE ` AND WE ADVISED HIM THAT WE COULD NOT GUARANTEE AN OUTCOME. THE CASUALTY LIST FROM THE CANBERRA CHAOS INCLUDES A LABOR FRONT BENCHER,... IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION. I LOVED THE JOB I WAS DOING. ...AND THE PARTY'S CHIEF ENFORCER. YOU'LL BE HEARING VERY VERY LITTLE FROM JOEL FITZGIBBON BETWEEN NOW AND THE FEDERAL ELECTION. THE SENIOR MINISTER WHO TRIGGERED THE LEADERSHIP VOTE WAS SACKED LAST NIGHT BY JULIA GILLARD. I SPOKE TO HIM IN THE CAUCUS WHEN WE WENT IN, AND MY ONLY WORDS TO HIM WERE TODAY KEVIN RUDD SHELVED ANY LEADERSHIP AMBITIONS FOR GOOD, RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING THERE ARE NOW NO CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE WILL RETURN TO THE LABOR LEADERSHIP. THIS MATTER IS FINISHED, AND I BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE VIEW OF ALL OF US WHO SUPPORTED KEVIN. THE WAY NOW CLEAR FOR MS GILLARD TO LEAD LABOR TO THE ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A PLAN FOR THE NATION'S FUTURE. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF WORK TO BE GETTING ON WITH. BUT THE OPPOSITION IS DEMANDING AN EARLY ELECTION AND WILL MOVE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT WHEN PARLIAMENT RESUMES IN MAY. THE CIVIL WAR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE AN ELECTION. MS GILLARD MUST NOW RESHUFFLE HER FRONT BENCH, BUT WITH SO MANY DEPARTURES, EXPERIENCE IS THIN ON THE GROUND. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE STRICKEN ECONOMY OF CYPRUS AS IT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. POLITICIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO AGREE ON A BAILOUT DEAL, AND ITS BANKS ARE STILL CLOSED TO PREVENT FUNDS HEADING OFFSHORE. THE CRISIS HAS PROMPTED ANGRY DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT IN THE CAPITAL NICOSIA, FROM WHERE THE BBC'S GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS. PEOPLE CHANT A DAY OF DEEPENING ANGER AND ANXIETY IN CYPRUS. THIS WAS A CROWD OF BANK WORKERS BLOCKING ACCESS TO PARLIAMENT. ARRIVING MPS HAD TO BE LIFTED OVER POLICE BARRICADES. THE PROTESTERS FEAR THEIR BANK WILL COLLAPSE. THE MPS WERE SHAKEN. WHY DID THEY SHOUT AT YOU? THEY SHOUT AT ME BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS. MEN SHOUT THERE IS A MOOD OF FRUSTRATION, UNCERTAINTY AND RESENTMENT THAT EUROPEAN OFFICIALS AND GERMANY ARE FORCING THE COUNTRY TO AGREE TO UNACCEPTABLE TERMS IN EXCHANGE FOR A BAILOUT. DURING THE DAY, LONG QUEUES HAD FORMED AT CASH MACHINES AS THE GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLED TO RAISE BILLIONS OF EUROS TO AVOID BANKRUPTCY. THE QUEUES MAINLY FOCUSED ON ONE BANK RUMOURED TO BE IN DIFFICULTY. THERE'S A RUMOUR, YES, IF THEY DON'T SELL IT OR SOMETHING, IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T BUY IT, THEN IT'S GOING TO CLOSE. AT ONE CASH MACHINE, THEY POSTED THE TIME WHEN THERE WOULD BE FUNDS. PEOPLE PHONED FRIENDS TO TELL THEM WHEN THE SECURITY VANS WERE MAKING CASH DELIVERIES. WITH THE BANKS STILL CLOSED, SOME OF THE PETROL STATIONS WERE INSISTING ON CASH PAYMENTS ONLY. YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THE BANKS NOW. THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOCKED IN EMERGENCY SESSION, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WOULD RAISE 6 BILLION EUROS, AND SO OPEN THE WAY TO CYPRUS RECEIVING A 10-BILLION EURO RESCUE LOAN FROM THE EU. TONIGHT THE FOCUS WAS ON PARLIAMENT AND THE POLITICIANS. THE BANK OF CYPRUS ISSUED AN APPEAL. THE CYPRIOT ECONOMY, IT SAID, WAS ON THE BRINK. THE NEXT MOVE COULD PROVE ITS SALVATION OR DESTRUCTION. POLITICIANS ARE HOPING TO SET UP A SOLIDARITY INVESTMENT FUND TO GENERATE SOME OF THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED TO SECURE A BAILOUT PACKAGE. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS AGAIN CALLED ON ISRAEL TO AGREE TO THE FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE. HE TOLD STUDENTS IN JERUSALEM, IF ISRAELIS WANT A PEACEFUL, SECURE STATE, THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER THE PLIGHT OF PALESTINIANS. PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES. LOOK AT THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES. IT IS NOT FAIR THAT A PALESTINIAN CHILD CANNOT GROW UP IN A STATE OF THEIR OWN. MR OBAMA HAD STARTED THE DAY BY VISITING THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ON THE WEST BANK. HE SAID THE BUILDING OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ON LAND WHICH PALESTINIANS WANT TO BE PART OF A FUTURE STATE WAS AN OBSTACLE TO PEACE. CORONATION STREET ACTOR MICHAEL LE VELL IS TO STAND TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER OVER ACCUSATIONS OF CHILD SEX OFFENCES. LE VELL (48), WHO PLAYS MECHANIC KEVIN WEBSTER, APPEARED IN COURT UNDER HIS REAL NAME OF MICHAEL TURNER. HE'S DENIED ALL 19 CHARGES, WHICH RELATE TO THE SAME GIRL. IT TURNS OUT THE UNIVERSE COULD BE MILLIONS OF YEARS OLDER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THIS NEW COLOUR-ENHANCED MAP SHOWS THE SPLIT SECOND AFTER THE 'BIG BANG' WHEN STARS AND GALAXIES BEGAN. IT INDICATES THE UNIVERSE IS AROUND 13.82 BILLION YEARS OLD, ADDING AT LEAST 50 MILLION YEARS ONTO ITS AGE. THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT CONQUERED MOUNT EVEREST WITH SIR EDMUND HILLARY 60 YEARS AGO HAS DIED. NZER GEORGE LOWE WAS 89 AND DIED IN ENGLAND AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. GEORGE LOWE WAS BORN IN HASTINGS, BUT IT WAS CLIMBING IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS WHERE HE MET EDMUND HILLARY, FORGING A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP WITH UNPARALLELED ADVENTURE. ON THE HISTORIC 1953 ASCENT OF EVEREST, LOWE SELFLESSLY PREPARED THE FINAL CAMP JUST A FEW HUNDRED METRES SHY OF THE SUMMIT FOR HILLARY AND TENZING TO LAUNCH THEIR FINAL PUSH TO THE TOP. LOWE, SEEN HERE IN CREAM, WOULD BE IMMORTALISED GREETING THE PAIR COMING DOWN. HE SAID, 'WELL, ED, HOW DID IT GO?' AND DAD RESPONDED TO HIM,... WELL, GEORGE, WE KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF. LOWE NEVER RESENTFUL THAT HIS BEST MATE REACHED THE SUMMIT AND HE DIDN'T. THE MESSAGE OF EVEREST WAS THAT IT WAS A COMBINED EFFORT AND ED HILLARY DIDN'T DO IT ALONE AND NO ONE PERSON MANAGED IT. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. BACK HOME THEY WERE BOTH HEROES. ARCHIVE: FROM ABOARD THE SOLENT FLYING BOAT SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND GEORGE LOWE EMERGE TO REPORT ALL'S WELL. AND GEORGE LOWE TOOK HIS ROLE OF BEST MAN AT HILLARY'S WEDDING FURTHER THAN MOST. I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ED FOR MANY YEARS NOW. I TRAVELLED BACK TO NZ WITH HIM. I WAS AT HIS WEDDING AND I'M NOW ON HIS HONEYMOON, WHICH IS SINGULARLY DISTINGUISHING, I THINK. (LAUGHS) BUT HE SAID IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE ANYONE ON HONEYMOON, I'D RATHER TAKE GEORGE LOWE THAN PROBABLY ANYONE ELSE. YET OTHER PEOPLE SAID, 'HELLO. HELLO.' (LAUGHS) LOWE WOULD LATER JOIN HILLARY AGAIN TO MAKE THE FIRST TRAVERSE ACROSS ANTARCTICA TO THE SOUTH POLE. GEORGE WAS A GREAT FRIEND. HE KEPT MY FATHER LAUGHING. HE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO DAD IN MANY WAYS ` HIS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. LOWE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BRITAIN, LIKE HIS BEST MATE DEVOTING MUCH OF HIS TIME TO THE HIMALAYAN TRUST, TRAINING TEACHERS AT THE MANY TRUST-BUILT SCHOOLS IN NEPAL. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. TIME TO CHECK OUT THE WEATHER NOW. AND IT'S INTO THE NEXT ANTICYCLONE? AND THE NEXT LOT OF SUNNY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS. BUT AUTUMN'S GOT A SHOT OF RAIN FOR OUR SOUTH-WEST CORNER INTO THE WEEKEND. AND AUTUMN'S ALSO ARRIVED IN CENTRAL. THE POPLARS ARE TURNING COPPER AND GOLD. CHECK OUT THIS VIEW ACROSS THE ALEXANDRA BASIN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ WHEN YOU'RE A SOUTHERN MAN IN THE BIG COUNTRY AND YOUR DOGS ARE HOT AND THIRSTY, YOU DON'T MUCK AROUND. BACK WITH YOU AFTER SPORT WITH A RAIN WATCH. AFTER THE BREAK ` THE PICK OF THE BUNCH. WHY THE LONG HOT SUMMER IS WINEMAKER'S DREAM. AND FIND OUT WHY THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY IS FUELLING OUR STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH. 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, DROUGHT HAS BEEN DECLARED IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE BULLER AND GREY DISTRICTS MEANS FARMERS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR RURAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, AS WELL AS HAVING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN PAYING THEIR TAX. THEY'RE NOT USED TO HAVING A DROUGHT EVENT THAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT FOR THEM. THEY'RE USED TO BUCKETS AND BUCKETS OF RAIN, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNHEARD OF THAT THEY'RE IN THIS PERIOD WHERE NOW THEY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH RAIN TO GET THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN A PRETTY CHALLENGING SUMMER. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS RECENT RAIN WASN'T ENOUGH TO HELP THE DRY DISTRICTS, AND THERE IS ONLY LIMITED RAIN FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. WINEMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE STARTING TO HARVEST THIS YEAR'S CROP. AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A BUMPER ONE. THAT'S THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE EXTENDED SUMMER THAT'S WREAKED HAVOC ON THE REST OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. MATT MCLEAN HAS THE STORY. AS THE DAY BEGAN IN BLENHEIM, SO TOO DID CLOUDY BAY WINERY'S HARVESTING. AND WITH THE SUN BEAMING OVERHEAD, THESE GRAPES, THEY TELL US, ARE GONNA BE AMAZING. YOU COULDN'T HAVE ORDERED ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS. REALLY MILD TEMPERATURES, LOTS OF SUNSHINE, COOL STARTS TO THE DAY. SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. FOR WINEMAKERS, IT'S THE SUMMER THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. AND FOR YOU, THE CONSUMER, IT'S SET TO DELIVER A KILLER DROP. IN THE GLASS, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA SEE WINES THAT ARE REALLY EXPRESSIVE, VIBRANT FRUIT FLAVOURS, A REAL INTENSITY IN THE WINES. IT'S NO SECRET THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR FARMERS. WE'VE SEEN DRY CONDITIONS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT FOR WINEMAKERS, THIS SUMMER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING PRODUCTION LAST YEAR NATIONALLY WAS DOWN BY ABOUT 18%. LAST SEASON WAS HIT BY A COOL AND WET SUMMER, AND WINE GROWERS SUFFERED. GLOBAL PRODUCTION AS WELL, DOWN BY 6%. WE ARE DESPERATELY SHORT OF WINE AT THE MOMENT. WE NEED A BIGGER VINTAGE TO KEEP GROWING IN EXPORT MARKETS. THERE'S A LOT OF UNSATISFIED DEMAND OUT THERE. SO THANKFULLY PRODUCTION THIS YEAR IS LOOKING STRONG. YEAH, POTENTIALLY, WINES FROM 2013 WILL BE OUTSTANDING. AND TIME WILL ULTIMATELY TELL. 8 THE SEASON, IT LOOKS PERFECT. BUT ASK ANY WINEMAKER AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY WON'T RELAX UNTIL THE LIQUID'S IN THE BOTTLE. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. IT'S A SURPRISE RESURGENCE FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT'S BEEN IN THE DOLDRUMS FOR YEARS. BUT NOW THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY IS AT ITS BUSIEST FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AND IT'S HELPING FUEL OUR STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH. RENEE GRAHAM EXPLAINS. STEVE WILTON MANAGES 22,000 HECTARES OF FORESTRY ALONG THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST. HE SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS PICKING UP AS MORE AND MORE TREES ARE FELLED. THE SIZE OF THE HARVEST HAS INCREASED BY A THIRD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED VOLUME COMING ON FROM THE PLANTINGS IN THE '80S AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE PLANTINGS IN THE '90S. IT'S A VOLUME THING THAT'S DRIVING IT. NEW GDP FIGURES SHOW THE FORESTRY AND LOGGING INDUSTRY IS THE BUSIEST IT'S BEEN IN MORE THAN 13 YEARS, HELPING TO UNDERPIN THE FASTEST ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THREE YEARS. THE PRICES HAVE LIFTED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 6-12 MONTHS, SO FORESTERS NO LONGER HAVE A GRIMACE ON THEIR FACE. FORESTRY EXPORTERS SAY OUR BIG COMPETITORS ` RUSSIA, CANADA AND THE US ` ARE CUTTING BACK THE AMOUNT OF WOOD THEY SUPPLY TO CHINA, GIVING US A BREAK IN THAT LUCRATIVE MARKET. WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN LOGS COMING OUT OF NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE OF THEIR INDUSTRY PICKING UP AND HOUSING STARTS IN THAT REGION. SO OUR MARKET SHARE IN CHINA HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY. LEAKY BUILDING REPAIRS AND THE CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD ARE ALSO PUSHING UP DOMESTIC DEMAND. NZ PROBABLY GETS A LITTLE TOO FIXATED WITH THE DAIRY AND THE TOURISM, SORT OF, STORY. IF NZ IS GOING TO, I GUESS, REACH ECONOMIC NIRVANA AND START TO MOVE OUR INCOME BANDS UP AMONGST THE OECD, WE NEED TO BE PITCHING ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS, AND FORESTRY IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE SECTORS. STEVE WILTON SAYS ANOTHER BIG HARVEST LOOMS FROM TREES PLANTED IN THE '90S. BUT HE WARNS IT'S NOT A BOOM YET, AS THE HIGH KIWI DOLLAR IS HACKING BACK RETURNS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` POLICE HAVE REVEALED THE DRIVER WHO DIED IN A CAR CRASH NORTH-WEST OF AUCKLAND YESTERDAY DIDN'T HAVE A LICENSE. CHEYENNE HEMANA (17) WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN SHE STEERED OFF THE ROAD, AND HER TWO NEPHEWS IN THE CAR WERE ALSO KILLED. HER NIECE (6) AND THE DRIVER OF AN ONCOMING VAN WERE LEFT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. A SOURCE FROM WITHIN TELECOM HAS TOLD ONE NEWS THE COMPANY'S LIKELY TO CUT A THIRD OF ITS WORKFORCE. THAT'S FAR WORSE THAN YESTERDAY'S ESTIMATE THAT 1500 JOBS WILL GO. 2500 JOBS COULD NOW BE IN JEOPARDY. AND TUHOE NEGOTIATORS ARE WELCOMING A SETTLEMENT WITH THE CROWN THAT WILL SEE THE TRIBE RECEIVE $170M. THE TRIBE WILL ALSO HAVE CO-GOVERNANCE RIGHTS OVER THE UREWERA NATIONAL PARK. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ALSO SET TO APOLOGISE TO TUHOE FOR THE SO-CALLED TERROR RAIDS IN 2007. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT. ALL WHITES' WORLD CUP QUALIFIER TONIGHT? It is. In dunedin, a must-win WE'LL TAKE YOU DOWN TO DUNEDIN TO CATCH UP WITH COACH HERBERT BEFORE THE MATCH. HE'S 34. FINALLY TWO-METRE PETER CRACKS IT. GETS IT THROUGH. THERE IT IS. PETER FULTON, TEST CENTURY NUMBER ONE. BILLY THE KUNG FU KID. STORM COACH CALLS FOR 'COMMON SENSE' AFTER HIS STAR FULLBACK COMES UNDER FIRE. AND WE HEAD TO THE NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPS WHERE THERE'S BEEN AN UPSET. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. IN JUST OVER AN HOUR, THE ALL WHITES WILL FACE NEW CALEDONIA IN A VITAL OCEANIA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL QUALIFYING MATCH IN DUNEDIN. A WIN WILL GUARANTEE THE KIWIS A HOME AND AWAY PLAY-OFF SERIES AGAINST THE FOURTH PLACED TEAM FROM THE CONCACAF CONFEDERATION FOR A PLACE AT NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP IN RIO. BLAIR NORTON JOINS US FROM FORSYTH BARR STADIUM. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE SINCE WEDNESDAY, AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY RELAXED AND YET FOCUSED-LOOKING ALL WHITES SQUAD. RICKI HERBERT JOINS US. RICKI,YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PRETTY HAPPY STRIKERS WITH FIVE OF THEM IN THE STARTING LINE-UP? YEAH, PRETTY ATTACKING TONIGHT HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT DECISIONS ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS GAME AS A MUST-WIN? YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO SOLOMONS ON TUESDAY NEEDING A RESULT? NO, WE NEED TO GET THE JOB DONE NOW. AND WE SAW CAPTAIN WINSTON REID WAS NURSING A KNOCK LAST NIGHT HE'S FINE. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WELL, THE ALL WHITES TRAINED HERE LAST NIGHT. AROUND 7000 FANS ARE EXPECTED HERE FOR KICK-OFF AT 7.45. TO CRICKET. PETER FULTON'S SCORED A MAIDEN TEST HUNDRED TO STEER THE BLACK CAPS TO A STRONG POSITION ON DAY ONE OF THE THIRD TEST AGAINST ENGLAND IN AUCKLAND. NZ WAS RELUCTANTLY SENT INTO BAT AND FINISHING THE DAY AT 250 FOR THE LOSS OF JUST ONE WICKET. IT'S TAKEN SEVEN YEARS, 13 TEST MATCHES, 20 INNINGS. THE CELEBRATIONS MAY LOOK SUBDUED, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE EXHILARATION PETER FULTON (34) MUST HAVE FELT AS HE CLIPPED A SINGLE FOR HIS MAIDEN TEST CENTURY. WHAT A REWARD FOR HIM, FOR SO MANY YEARS IN THE FIRST-CLASS GAME. IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD MT EVEREST FOR HIM, BUT HE'S REACHED THE SUMMIT NOW. THAT SUMMIT TAKING 203 BALLS, INCLUDING NINE SPENT ON A NERVOUS 99 AT THE SAME EDEN PARK GROUND FULTON MADE HIS TEST DEBUT ON IN 2006. AND IN THE EARLY STAGES, IT WAS THE GROUND MORE THAN HIS SHOT-MAKING RAISING EYEBROWS. THAT IS EDEN PARK THESE DAYS. FULTON GETS SIX FROM A MISTAKE. FULTON'S TOP EDGE ONLY WENT 53M, MAKING THE MUCH-MALIGNED SHORT BOUNDARIES LOOK INCREASINGLY FARCICAL IN A TEST MATCH CONTEXT. HIS OPENING PARTNER HAMISH RUTHERFORD WAS TARGETED BY ENGLAND'S BOWLERS. IT DIDN'T WORK. DEAD STRAIGHT. THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY TIMED. BUT AS LUNCH LOOMED WITH AN UNBROKEN OPENING STAND IN SIGHT, RUTHERFORD ON 37 GAVE ENGLAND A GIFT. PAINTED A PICTURE, SET A TRAP. HAMISH RUTHERFORD FELL AT JUST THE WRONG TIME. THANKFULLY TIMING WASN'T SUCH AN ISSUE FOR 'TWO-METRE PETER', WHO MADE THE MINISCULE BOUNDARIES SEEM EVEN SHORTER. KANE WILLIAMSON FOUND THE ROPE WITH EQUAL EASE. OVER THE TOP SHE GOES, AND THAT'S 50. SOON TO BE AN UNBEATEN 83 FOR A PARTNERSHIP OF 171. STILL, THERE'S NO DENYING TODAY BELONGED TO FULTON. HIS 124 NOT OUT FAR ECLIPSED HIS PREVIOUS HIGHEST TEST SCORE OF 75. AND WITH THE DROP-IN PITCH OFFERING LITTLE TO ENGLAND, IT'S A TOSS NZ, NOT TO MENTION FULTON, WILL BE GLAD THEY LOST. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. A HUGE BOOST FOR THE CRONULLA SHARKS AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST THE WARRIORS. COACH SHANE FLANAGAN, WHO WAS SUSPENDED FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT REPORTING PLAYER DOPING, HAS BEEN REINSTATED. WHAT'S BEEN HANGING OVER THE PLAYERS ` THE UNCERTAINLY, COACH BEING STOOD DOWN ` I THOUGHT THEY'VE BEEN OUTSTANDING. SENIOR PLAYERS ARE RAPT WITH FLANAGAN'S RETURN. WE CAN START LOOKING FORWARD TO A... YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY START GETTING OUR FOOTY HEADS BACK ON, I S'POSE. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, A TOUGH AWAY GAME FOR THE WARRIORS HAS BECOME EVEN MORE DAUNTING. MEANTIME, MELBOURNE STORM FULLBACK BILLY SLATER HAS ESCAPED PUNISHMENT WITH HIS KICK TO THE HEAD OF BULLDOG DAVID KLEMMER RULED 'ACCIDENTAL'. SLATER (29) WAS PLACED ON REPORT AFTER THIS 'KUNG FU' KICK TO KLEMMER'S HEAD. THOUGH THE MATCH REVIEW COMMITTEE DEEMED IT UNINTENTIONAL. THE INCIDENT ONLY SERVED TO SPUR ON THE 'DOGS, WITH SAM PERRETT TOUCHING DOWN. BUT THE STORM HIT BACK, THANKS TO KIWI WINGER AND FORMER NZ VOLLEYBALLER MATT DUFFIE. HE CAME DOWN LIKE SUPERMAN. WOW, MATT DUFFIE. THE STORM WINNING THE GRAND FINAL REMATCH 22-18. THE DOGGIES NO DOUBT HOPING PLAYMAKER BEN BARBA WILL RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND'S MATCH AGAINST THE RABBITOHS, WITH JUST ONE WIN IN THREE MATCHES SO FAR THIS SEASON. FREESTYLER LAUREN BOYLE HAS CONFIRMED HER PLACE AS OUR TOP SWIMMER, QUALIFYING FOR FIVE EVENTS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JULY. THE OLYMPIC SWIMMER COMPLETED A BUSY NATIONAL CHAMPS BY CLOCKING THE FASTEST TIME FOR AN 800M RACE IN THE WORLD THIS YEAR ` AN IMPRESSIVE 11 SECONDS UNDER THE QUALIFYING MARK. THE SWIM WAS SHORT OF HER NATIONAL RECORD SET IN LONDON, BUT WITHOUT A PERMANENT COACH, SHE'S HAPPY THINGS ARE GOING SO WELL. IT'S BEEN A REAL JOURNEY OF EXPLORING MY OWN INDEPENDENCE, I THINK. SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAVEN'T BEEN COACHED AT A MEET, AND TURNED OUT OK. JUST MINUTES LATER, BOYLE REVERTED TO SPRINTING, TAKING OUT THE 100M, ALTHOUGH SHE PLANS TO FOCUS ON THE LONGER DISTANCES AT THE WORLDS. TO A MULTI-SKILLED ATHLETE NOW, OLYMPIC HEPTATHLETE SARAH COWLEY, WHO DECIDED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE HIGH JUMP AS THE TRACK AND FIELD NATIONALS BEGAN IN AUCKLAND TODAY. ABBY SCOTT FOLLOWED HER "LEAP OF FAITH". OLYMPIAN SARAH COWLEY IS USUALLY LEAPING FROM EVENT TO EVENT AT THE NATIONALS. NORMALLY I'D HAVE, LIKE, A BAG PACKED FULL OF DIFFERENT SPIKES, AND THIS MORNING PUTTING ONE PAIR OF SPIKES IN THE BAG, I WAS LIKE, 'THIS IS A BIT WEIRD.' THIS YEAR THE HEPTATHLETE MADE A DECISION ` FROM SEVEN EVENTS TO JUST ONE. IT'S SOMETHING WHICH I FEEL THAT JUST BEING ABLE TO SPECIALISE IN IT, I CAN GO HIGHER. BUT TODAY THAT PLAN FLOPPED. COWLEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND EQUAL. RIVAL LIZ LAMB SECURING THE TOP SPOT WITH A JUMP 9CM UNDER COWLEY'S PERSONAL BEST. WHEN YOU GET IT RIGHT, IT'S THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD, BUT TODAY I JUST DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. HAMMER THROWER MATT BLOXHAM (16) IS PRACTICALLY DOING A HEPTATHLON OF THROWING EVENTS ` SIX IN THREE DAYS. I DO A LITTLE BIT OF SHOT PUT AND DISCUS FOR FUN, BUT MY MAIN STRENGTHS ARE HAMMER, YEAH. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS FIVE NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORDS FOR THE HAMMER THROW; COMPARISONS TO ANOTHER YOUNG UP-AND-COMER HARD TO AVOID. EVERYWHERE I GO, EVERYTHING THAT I'M DOING, I ALWAYS GET, 'DO YOU KNOW JACKO?' AND GET COMPARED TO JACKO. IT GETS A BIT OLD, BUT, HEY. TO SOMEONE MORE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR SPEED ON THE FIELD THAN THE TRACK, HOCKEY STAR ANITA PUNT IS A REAL CHANCE FOR TONIGHT'S 100M SPRINT. I WANT TO WIN, BUT A MEDAL I'D BE PRETTY STOKED WITH. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT WOULD BE A SPRINTING MEDAL FOR A BLACK STICK AT HER FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPS EVER. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. KIWI FREESKIER JOSSI WELLS (22) HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER MEDAL, THIS TIME AT THE WINTER X GAMES IN FRANCE. THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION HAS WON SILVER IN THE MEN'S SKI SLOPESTYLE. WELLS NEEDED TO BEAT 94.33 IN HIS LAST RUN BUT CAME UP SHORT, RECORDING 93.00. YES. JOSSI WELLS PUTTING TOGETHER A HECK OF A RUN RIGHT HERE. OH MAN. THE MEDAL IS WELLS' FOURTH AT THE X GAMES. FINALLY IN SPORT ` IT'S 50 YEARS SINCE THE LATE BRUCE MCLAREN FORMED THE RACING TEAM THAT STILL CARRIES HIS NAME. THIS WEEKEND AT HAMPTON DOWNS, HIS LEGIONS OF FANS GET THE CHANCE TO SEE ARGUABLY HIS GREATEST CAR IN ACTION AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1971. HERE'S MARTIN TASKER WITH THE RIDE OF HIS LIFE. STATIC BRUCE MCLAREN REMINDERS ABOUND IN WEST AUCKLAND. THIS PORTRAIT IN HENDERSON THE LATEST TO BE REVEALED, BUT HALF A CENTURY ON FROM THE FOUNDING OF HIS TEAM, THIS IS THE LIVING, LEAPING, ROARING LEGACY SET TO HAVE PETROLHEADS DROOLING DURING THE LEGENDS OF SPEED WEEKEND AT HAMPTON DOWNS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE RESTORATION ON THIS CAR THROUGH THE BRUCE MCLAREN TRUST FOR 15 YEARS, SO EVERY NUT AND BOLT HAS BEEN RENEWED, AND IT'S BEEN LOVINGLY RESTORED. THE ONLY MCLAREN M8A IN THE WORLD IS POWERED BY A 7-LITRE 640 HORSEPOWER V8 CAPABLE OF 300KM/H, CLEANING UP IN THE CAN AM SERIES FOR YEARS, WITH DRIVERS LIKE DENNY HULME, CHRIS AMON, JACK BRABHAM, DAN GURNEY AND MCLAREN HIMSELF, WHO WON HIS LAST RACE AND TITLE IN THIS CAR. HE BROUGHT SIMPLICITY. HE ALWAYS SAID, 'JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE ENOUGH 'THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT,' AND HE BUILT SOME OF THE BEST CARS THAT WERE EVER PRODUCED IN THE ERA. AND PRIMARILY LOOKED AFTER BY A PIT CREW OF KIWIS. THEIR SKILLS AT THE RACE TRACK WERE UNSURPASSED. THE AMERICANS COULDN'T MATCH THEM. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING DONE AND GOING AT THE TRACK, AND THAT'S WHAT BRUCE LIKED. THE RESTORER PAINSTAKINGLY SCOURED THE WORLD FOR PARTS TO MAKE THE CAR AND THE DRIVE AUTHENTIC. IT'S LIKE BEING ON THE FRONT OF A MISSILE. THE POWER THAT YOU FEEL IS LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. THE UNIQUE SIGHT AND SOUND IS ON DISPLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LUNCHTIME. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THAT'S YOUR SPORT. JIM'S HERE NEXT ON ONE NEWS, WITH SOME RAIN IN THE WEATHER FORECAST. INQUISITIVE MUSIC INQUISITIVE MUSIC CONTINUES 1 INQUISITIVE MUSIC QUICKENS WOMAN: On the same stretch of road, on the same day, at the same time, we share our drive with the same people. UPLIFTING MUSIC People we know and people we don't. If we stopped thinking cars and started thinking people, would it change the way we drive? UPLIFTING MUSIC STOPS INQUISITIVE MUSIC HELLO AGAIN. THE LONG SUNSHINE HOURS OF THE BIG SUMMER KEEP POPPING THE SURPRISES, WITH A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OVER AUCKLAND LAST EVENING. AND THIS ` A LITTLE DUST DEVIL WHICH FIRED UP IN BELL BLOCK, NEW PLYMOUTH, YESTERDAY. HEATING AND CONVECTION OVER THE METAL YARD OF ROEBUCK CRANES SET OFF THE ROTATION, AND AS SOON AS THE COLUMN HIT THE COOLER AIR AT THE EDGE OF THE YARD, IT COLLAPSED. THANKS TO JOEL HEALEY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO WE HAVE A WATCH. THERE COULD BE UP TO 200MM OVER TWO DAYS ON THE COAST. GUMMIES, AND WATCH THOSE RIVERS. FINALLY, IF YOU WONDER HOW THEY LAUNCH THE QUEENSTOWN BIKE FESTIVAL? THEY DO IT LIKE THAT WITH A BUNGEE GONDOLA.