HELLO, EVERYBODY. HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS FIORDLAND AND THE SOUTHERN WESTLAND HILLS, WITH MORE TOMORROW. WELCOME SHOWERS ARE FRESHENING UP THE GISBORNE HILL FARMS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT, WITH JUST ONE MORE RIBBON OF RAIN CLOUD TO COME THIS SIDE OF EASTER. THE OUTLOOK FOR YOUR REGION COMING UP. BUT 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 NZ MAN WANTED BY POLICE HERE IS ARRESTED ON KIDNAPPING CHARGES IN CANADA. A CHILLING WARNING THAT THOUSANDS OF KIWIS MAY HAVE A RARE GENETIC DISORDER. POPES PAST AND PRESENT IN PRAYER, BUT WHAT DID FRANCIS AND BENEDICT DISCUSS AT THEIR HISTORIC MEETING? AND ENGLAND CRUMBLE AGAINST NZ'S FAST BOWLERS AT EDEN PARK. HE TRIED TO WHISTLE OUT AND HE WASN'T UP TO IT. ENGLAND ALL OUT FOR 204. A NZer WHO FLED TO CANADA HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN VANCOUVER ON CHARGES OF VIOLENT KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT. MICHAEL FARLEY IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT A SEX-TRADE WORKER. BUT FARLEY'S ALSO WANTED HERE. HE'S BEEN ON THE RUN FROM POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE JULY 2011 WHILE SERVING HOME DETENTION. REBECCA EDWARDS HAS THE STORY. THIS IS PALMERSTON NORTH MAN MICHAEL FARLEY. HE'S NOW FACING EIGHT CHARGES RELATING TO THE ALLEGED KIDNAPPING AND BRUTAL ATTACK OF A VANCOUVER SEX WORKER. VANCOUVER POLICE HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO RECOMMEND CHARGES WHICH HAVE BEEN LAID AGAINST A NZ NATIONAL IN RELATION TO A MARCH 4TH VANCOUVER KIDNAPPING, IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS TIED UP AND DRAGGED BEHIND A MOVING VAN WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE. CANADIAN POLICE BELIEVE FARLEY WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE OFFICERS ALLEGE HE PICKED UP THE 42-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, DROVE HER TO A SECLUDED AREA, TIED HER UP, ATTACKED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. AFRAID SHE WAS GOING TO BE KILLED, POLICE SAY THE WOMAN MANAGED TO PARTIALLY UNTIE HERSELF, JUMPING FROM THE VAN WHILE IT WAS STILL IN MOTION. WHEN FARLEY BECAME A SUSPECT IN THE CASE, IT EMERGED HE WAS IN VIOLATION OF CANADIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS AND WANTED BY NZ POLICE. THAT'S BECAUSE HE'D FLED FROM NZ IN 2011 WHILE HE WAS SERVING A HOME DETENTION SENTENCE FOR RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. POLICE SAY HE CUT OFF HIS ELECTRONIC MONITORING BRACELET AND SKIPPED THE COUNTRY ON A FALSE PASSPORT. WE TRACKED HIM EVENTUALLY TO CANADA WHERE, THROUGH INTERPOL AND OVERSEAS AGENCIES, WE SET ABOUT TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY, OR WHEN THE EVENT OCCURRED, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ARRESTED ON IMMIGRATION MATTERS. ONCE THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FARLEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN CANADA, IT'S EXPECTED HE'LL BE BROUGHT BACK TO NZ, WHERE HE'LL FACE FURTHER CHARGES. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. THERE'S INCREASING ANXIETY IN A TINY WAIKATO VILLAGE THAT THE KILLER OF A ROADSIDE WORKER STILL HASN'T BEEN CAUGHT. IT'S SIX DAYS SINCE GEORGE TAIAROA WAS GUNNED DOWN SOUTH OF TOKOROA, AND POLICE ARE STILL FOCUSSING THEIR INVESTIGATION ON A BLUE CHEROKEE THEY THINK THE GUNMAN WAS DRIVING. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS FROM ATIAMURI. EMPTY STREETS IN ATIUMURI VILLAGE, AS MANY OF THE TOWN'S RESIDENTS MAKE THEIR WAY HOME FROM GEORGE TAIAROA'S TANGI. IT'S BEEN SIX DAYS SINCE MR TAIAROA WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THIS REMOTE FOREST AREA, AND LOCALS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY ANXIOUS THAT THEIR NEIGHBOUR'S KILLER STILL HASN'T BEEN CAUGHT. THEY'RE PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT IT, ONE LASS PHONED ME LAST NIGHT AND SAID, 'LOCK UP YOUR CAR, AND LOCK YOUR DOORS.' SIGHTINGS OF A BLUE JEEP CHEROKEE SEEN IN THE AREA AT THE TIME MR TAIAROA WAS KILLED REMAIN CRUCIAL TO THE MURDER INQUIRY. POLICE SAY RUMOURS ABOUT THE MOTIVES FOR THE MURDER ARE INCORRECT AND UNHELPFUL. OFFICERS WILL BE BACK WORKING WITH THE VICTIM'S FAMILY THIS WEEK AS THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. LOCAL IWI SAY POLICE HAVE REASSURED THEM THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THEY SAID THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE. THEY SAID THEY'RE CLOSING IN ON SOMEONE. < IS THAT WHAT THEY SAID? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. POLICE BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WASN'T RANDOM. THEY SAY THE KILLER DROVE THROUGH THE BACK ROADS OF THE KINLEITH FOREST, SUGGESTING SOMEONE WITH LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. BUT IN THIS SMALL TOWN, LOCALS ARE ADAMANT HE'S NOT AMONGST THEM. SOMEONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN AND WE WOULD HAVE HEARD SOMETHING FROM ANYONE OF OUR FAMILY. SO I DON'T THINK HE WAS LOCAL. IF HE WAS, HE MIGHT HAVE JUST COME IN. POLICE HAVE RECEIVED DOZENS OF LEADS FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT SAY THEY STILL NEED MORE HELP TO CATCH GEORGE TAIAROA'S KILLER. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. THE HOUSING MINISTER HAS OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH TO AUCKLAND MAYOR LEN BROWN AFTER A DISAGREEMENT ON THEIR PLAN FOR THE CITY. NICK SMITH WAS OPEN-MINDED ON TV ONE'S Q + A TODAY, WITH THE MAYOR SAYING HIS LANGUAGE HAD CHANGED. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AUCKLAND WILL NEED TO BUILD 400,000 HOUSES. THE COUNCIL'S KEEN TO BUILD UP WITH APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOUSES, BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S KEEN TO BUILD OUT, DEVELOPING SUBDIVISIONS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF AUCKLAND. TODAY THE MINISTER OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH ON TVNZ'S Q + A. THERE'S A LOT MORE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT THAN SOME MIGHT HAVE YOU BELIEVE. THE MAYOR INSISTS HE'S CHANGED HIS TUNE. SO ARE YOU SAYING HE'S SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO US THIS MORNING THAT HE WAS SAYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? I THINK THE TONE'S MODERATING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, ABOUT, ONE, GENERAL AGREEMENT AROUND THE PLAN, CREATING THE WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY. THAT UNITARY PLAN IS LIKE THE RULE BOOK FOR AUCKLAND, BUT IT HASN'T GOT COMPLETE BUY-IN FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THERE'S A BIT OF CONSTRUCTIVE TENSION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND COUNCIL. CONSTRUCTIVE TENSION? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL QUITE RIGHTLY IS VERY FOCUSED, AND MAYOR BROWN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY UPFRONT. LET'S JUST BE SIMPLE WITH THIS. YOU'RE DISAGREEING ON HOW THIS WORKS. YOU'RE COMBATIVE WHEN YOU'RE TOGETHER. NO, NO. SO I PUT THAT TO THE MAYOR. IS THERE A BIT OF A POWER STRUGGLE GOING ON OVER THIS? YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. BUT IS THERE? NO, OF COURSE NOT. WE'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED. BECAUSE TO BE FAIR, THOSE COMMENTS YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING AND ALSO WHAT NICK SMITH SAID BEFORE, IT WOULD SUGGEST A RATHER ROBUST RELATIONSHIP. AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF COUNCILS. ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. THE COUNCIL IS CALLING FOR SEPTEMBER. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT COULD TAKE THREE YEARS. WE HAVE THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK TO HAVE A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH GOVERNMENT BUT WE NEED PACE TO GET THOSE RULES IN PLACE. AND THEY'RE NOT LETTING YOU GET ON WITH IT? SO THAT'S THE NUB. THAT ISSUE'S SET TO BE DISCUSSED TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN LEN BROWN AND NICK SMITH MEET TO THRASH IT OUT. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. MORE WORKERS ARE SET TO LOSE THEIR JOBS IN AUCKLAND. 54 STAFF AT THE CITY'S TAB CALL CENTRE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY'LL BE MADE REDUNDANT IN OCTOBER. THE NZ RACING BOARD, WHICH RUNS THE TAB'S PHONE BETTING CENTRE IN ELLERSLIE, IS SELLING THE BUILDING. THE UNION FOR THE TAB WORKERS SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTED. THE TAB HAS GOT OBLIGATIONS TO LOOK AFTER ITS PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE IN THE RACING INDUSTRY, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER LAYING THEM ALL OFF IN THIS WAY IS ACTUALLY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RACING ACT. THE RACING BOARD SAYS MOST OF THE WORK WAS PART-TIME AND CASUAL. THE WORK IS BEING MOVED TO CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON. A WOMAN WITH A RARE GENETIC DISORDER HAS RAISED CONCERNS THAT HUNDREDS OF NZERS MAY NOT KNOW THEY HAVE IT. DEBBIE TATAI WAS DYING FROM CANCER WHEN SHE SPOKE TO MARAE INVESTIGATES REPORTER CARMEN PARAHI ABOUT NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. IN SICKNESS AND DEATH, UNTIL WE ARE PARTED. DEBBIE TATAI HAS A DYING WISH ` TO MARRY HER PARTNER ARIO AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. WE NEED MORE SUPPORT, WHICH WE HAVEN'T GOT. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS ABOUT NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. NF IS A GENETIC DISORDER THAT CAN AFFECT THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD, NERVES, SKIN AND OTHER BODY SYSTEMS IN VARIOUS WAYS. IT'S ESTIMATED ONE IN 3000 NZers HAVE NF TYPE 1. MOST HAVE A MILD FORM, EITHER INHERITED OR THROUGH GENETIC MUTATION. THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THEY'VE GOT IT. CLINICAL GENETICIST DR NERINE GREGERSEN BACKED UP DEBBIE'S WARNING. THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED. MOST OF THEM PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE IT. SHE SUPPORTS DEBBIE'S PLEA FOR A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT NF. ONCE YOU CARRY THE GENETIC CHANGE FOR NF, YOU HAVE A 50% CHANCE OF PASSING IT ON WITH EVERY PREGNANCY. ONE MAN I SPOKE TO ABOUT NEUROFIBROMATOSIS CALLED IT A LIVING TIME BOMB. HE'S NOT BEING DRAMATIC. NF IS UNPREDICTABLE AND VARIABLE. FOR EXAMPLE, A PARENT WITH A MILD CASE OF IT COULD HAVE A CHILD WHO IS SEVERELY AFFECTED. DEBBIE KNEW HER CHILDREN COULD INHERIT NF BUT DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD BE WORSE THAN HERS. I FEEL GUILT. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO DO A GOOD SUPPORT GROUP AND GET PEOPLE OUT THERE TO HELP EACH OTHER. SADLY, DEBBIE TATAI DIED BEFORE SHE HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE HER STORY HELP OTHERS. CARMEN PARAHI, ONE NEWS. THE ONLY MAORI PARTY MP WHO'S NOT A CO-LEADER HAS AGAIN WEIGHED INTO THE LEADERSHIP DEBATE. TE URUROA FLAVELL HAS MADE NO SECRET OF THE FACT HE WOULD LIKE TO BECOME LEADER. HE SUGGESTED TO TVNZ'S Q+A PROGRAMME IT'S TIME FOR PITA SHARPLES TO STEP ASIDE. WELL, I THINK SERIOUS CONSIDERATION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF SUCCESSION PLANNING. SO DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS TO GO? WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THAT. THE LEADERSHIP SHOULD NOT SIT WITH ONE PERSON. LABOUR'S SHANE JONES SAYS IF THE MAORI PARTY ISN'T CAREFUL, THE INFIGHTING WILL DESTROY THE PARTY COMPLETELY. A NEW APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF DRUNKENNESS ON THE STREETS OF AUCKLAND IS BEING TRIED OUT. THE JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN ST JOHN'S AND A YOUTH VOLUNTEER GROUP AIMS TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF HAND. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING IF YOU FOUND THIS HARD TO STOMACH. BUT IT IS THE WEEKEND, AND THIS IS AUCKLAND AFTER DARK. WHERE ACCEPTABLE TOILET HABITS AND COMMON SENSE SEEM TO GET LEFT AT HOME. OH, YOU CAN SEE SOME VOMIT. LOVELY (!) PARALYTIC DRUNKENNESS LIKE THIS IS COMMON IN THE CENTRAL CITY, AND WHEN IT SPILLS ON TO THE STREETS, IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. YOU SEE A LOT WITHIN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND WITHIN THE CULTURE, IS PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY CAN GO TO FIND SECURITY. SO OVER THE LAST MONTH, ST JOHN AND VOLUNTEERS FROM YOUTH ACTION GROUP, THE RED FROGS, HAVE BEEN PROVIDING JUST THAT ` A SAFE ZONE. EXPERT HELP PATCHING UP ALL KINDS OF SELF-INFLICTED SCRAPES. 'I'VE FALLEN OVER AND I'VE SCRAPED MY KNEE.' 'I'VE GOT A BLISTER FROM MY BIG HIGH HEELS.' SO IF YOU COMA, THEY'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF DRUNKENNESS IN ORDER TO EASE PRESSURE DOWN THE LINE. LAST NIGHT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY ROOM HAD TO TREAT NEARLY 180 PATIENTS ` 20 OF THEM DRUNK. THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE FOUND A NEED FOR THEIR SAFE ZONE, DESPITE A PROMISED CRACKDOWN BY THE MAYOR. WE DON'T WANT TO MUCK AROUND. THE COUNCIL TOLD ONE NEWS IT DID MAKE CHANGES, AND ITS FIGURES SHOW A DROP IN DRUNKEN INCIDENTS LATE LAST YEAR. BUT ST JOHN'S SAYS RIGHT NOW ` FROM MARCH UNTIL MAY ` IS ALWAYS A BUSY TIME. AND THAT MEANS THIS ONE-STOP SHOP WILL BE KEEPING ITS DOORS OPEN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT DOESN'T SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS, BUT IT IS A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION. A TEMPORARY FIX, BUT PART OF A CONTINUING EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THE STREETS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. NOW TO ITALY AND A TRULY HISTORIC MOMENT WITH THE NEW POPE MEETING HIS PREDECESSOR FOR LUNCH. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS, TWO POPES PRAYED SIDE BY SIDE. THE ABC'S NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE STORY. THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CAME FACE TO FACE IN A HISTORY-MAKING EMBRACE. THE NEW POPE, FRANCIS, MADE A PILGRIMAGE OF SORTS TO VISIT BENEDICT, NOW POPE EMERITUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE STUNNED THE WORLD BY ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN AWKWARD CONFRONTATION, SEEMED, INSTEAD, A MEETING OF OLD FRIENDS. THE TWO MEN CLASPED HANDS REPEATEDLY. HE WANTED TO GO AND SAY TO HIM, 'YOU STILL MATTER. 'I'M STILL THINKING OF YOU.' AND ON A HUMAN LEVEL, THAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MEETING. THE 85-YEAR-OLD BENEDICT, WHO LEFT THE PAPACY CITING FRAIL HEALTH, LOOKED DELICATE AS HE WALKED GINGERLY WITH A CANE. IN THE CHAPEL, BENEDICT TRIED TO USHER FRANCIS TO HIS PERSONAL PAPAL KNEELER, BUT SAYING, 'WE'RE BROTHERS.' FRANCIS KNELT AND PRAYED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS PREDECESSOR. FRANCIS BROUGHT BENEDICT A GIFT ` AN ICON CALLED 'THE MADONNA OF HUMILITY'. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) 'I THOUGHT OF YOU,' SAID FRANCIS. 'YOU GAVE US SO MANY SIGNS OF HUMILITY.' GRACIAS. 'GRACIAS,' SAID BENEDICT. 'THANK YOU.' THE TWO MEN SPOKE IN PRIVATE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, AND THEN LUNCHED TOGETHER. THEY HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. BENEDICT HAS LEFT FRANCIS WITH A CHURCH IN A SEA OF TROUBLE. IT WOULD BE NATURAL FOR A SITTING POPE, IF HE HAS A FORMER POPE A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY, TO EVERY NOW AND THEN ASK HIM FOR SOME KIND OF ADVICE. HOWEVER, I HAVE A FEELING THAT FRANCIS IS GOING TO GO HIS OWN WAY ON THINGS. IF FRANCIS WANTS BENEDICT'S COUNSEL, HE WON'T NEED TO GO FAR. THE FORMER POPE WILL SOON MOVE INTO AN APARTMENT ON THE GROUNDS OF THE VATICAN. AND ON THE AGENDA, THE TWO POPES DISCUSSED SENSITIVE HANDOVER DETAILS, INCLUDING A TOP-SECRET DOCUMENT ON LAST YEAR'S SCANDAL INVOLVING LEAKED PAPERS FROM THE VATICAN. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` PUTTING A PRICE ON FREEDOM. WHY AN AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HAD TO FOOT THE BILL TO FREE THEIR LOVED ONE FROM KIDNAPPERS. A FORMER KREMLIN POWER BROKER MYSTERIOUSLY DIES IN THE UK. AND BACK ON FORM ` CRICKET STAR TURNED POLITICIAN HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN PAKISTAN. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know there's a way to set up your smartphone so that your favourite websites are just a click away? You can create a list of bookmarks or create shortcuts straight to your home screen so there's no need to type in the entire website address every time. Whenever you're on a web page that you like, add a bookmark, and that way you'll end up with a list of your favourites. So now you can just open your bookmarks list and click once to revisit any of those sites. And for the websites that you visit the most often, it's really handy to choose the 'add shortcut to home screen' option. That way you don't even have to open your internet browser. You can just click the icon, and it takes you straight there. Whether you just like to get things done fast or you're prone to typos, bookmarks and shortcuts are really useful. Each web browser works a bit differently, but the principle is the same, so have a go and find out how they work on your smartphone. Or I'll give you a step-by-step demo at techinasec.co.nz THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WON'T SAY WHETHER A RANSOM WAS PAID FOR THE RELEASE OF AN AUSTRALIAN MAN BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES. WARREN RODWELL IS IN HOSPITAL RECUPERATING AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED 15 MONTHS AGO BY AN AL QAEDA-LINKED TERRORIST GROUP. THE ABC'S PHILLIPA MCDONALD REPORTS. A FLIGHT TO FREEDOM. PAINFULLY THIN BUT NO LONGER HELD HOSTAGE BY TERRORISTS. WARREN RODWELL WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE BY ABU SAYYAF MILITANTS IN DECEMBER 2011, KIDNAPPED FROM HIS HOME ON THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO. PLEASE DO... WHATEVER TO RAISE THE, UH, THE US$2M. THROUGHOUT HIS ORDEAL, MR RODWELL'S CAPTIVES USED SOCIAL MEDIA TO RENEW THEIR THREATS TO TAKE HIS LIFE. OVER 15 MONTHS, A SERIES OF PROOF-OF-LIFE VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED HIS SHOCKING DETERIORATION ` FROM ROBUST TO GAUNT AND DESPERATE. UH, I PERSONALLY HOLD NO HOPE AT ALL FOR BEING RELEASED. WELL, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, OF COURSE, DOESN'T PAY RANSOM. IF WE DID THAT, WE'D HAVE AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLERS AT RISK EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. IN THE END, ACCORDING TO ABU SAYYAF EXPERT MARIA RESSA, A RANSOM OF MORE THAN $100,000 WAS PAID TO A SERIES OF GO-BETWEENS AND FINALLY THE KIDNAPPERS. IF YOU DO NOT PAY RANSOM, YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR` THE PEOPLE THEY'VE KIDNAPPED. LOCAL OFFICIALS WORKING WITH THE PHILIPPINES POLICE ANTI-KIDNAPPING SQUAD CONDUCTED THE NEGOTIATIONS TO SECURE WARREN RODWELL'S RELEASE, OFTEN WITH MR RODWELL HIMSELF. THE ABU SAYYAF HAS LEARNED THAT THEY ACTUALLY DON'T GET ON AND NEGOTIATE THEMSELVES. THEY LET THE PERSON THEY KIDNAPPED DO IT. WARREN RODWELL IS IN HOSPITAL NOW WITH HIS SISTER MY HIS SIDE. ONE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S MOST VOCAL OPPONENTS HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME IN THE UK IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. CHEMICAL HAZARD POLICE ARE SEARCHING THE HOUSE OF EXILED RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN BORIS BEREZOVSKY TO TRY AND ESTABLISH HOW HE DIED. THIS FROM THE BBC'S BRIDGET KENDALL. ONCE A HIGH-FLYING BUSINESS TYCOON AND A KREMLIN POWER BROKER. THEN A SELF-IMPOSED EMIGRE AND AN EMBITTERED CRITIC OF PRESIDENT PUTIN. BORIS BEREZOVSKY ` ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL FIGURES OF RECENT RUSSIAN POLITICS. TONIGHT, OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN ASCOT, A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE, AS THEY LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH. HE WAS APPARENTLY FOUND IN HIS BATH BY HIS BODYGUARD. BUT QUITE HOW HE DIED ISN'T YET CLEAR. A BUSINESSMAN WHO AMASSED A FORTUNE IN THE WILD RUSSIAN 1990S, HE SERVED IN PRESIDENT YELTSIN'S GOVERNMENT AND HELPED BRING VLADIMIR PUTIN TO POWER, BUT THEN FELL OUT WITH HIM AND FLED TO BRITAIN, WHERE HE CLAIMED POLITICAL ASYLUM. HE MAINTAINED HE'D BEEN THE TARGET OF SEVERAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE MURDERED RUSSIAN EMIGRE ALEXANDER LITVINENKO, AND HE WAS ALWAYS EAGER TO ATTACK MR PUTIN IN PUBLIC. I'M LIFE EVIDENCE THAT PUTIN DIRECT ORDER TO PUSH ME OUT FROM RUSSIA. HE WAS MY FRIEND FOR 10 YEARS. AND I KNOW HIM WELL. AND I KNOW THAT PUTIN IS BEHIND ALL THE MAJOR EVENTS, MAJOR CRIME, IN RUSSIA. BUT RECENTLY, MR BEREZOVSKY HAD ALSO BECOME BURDENED BY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. FIRST, A COSTLY DIVORCE, AND THEN LAST AUTUMN, A HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE HIGH COURT, WHEN HE LOST A PROMINENT COURT CASE AGAINST A FELLOW RUSSIAN BUSINESSMAN, THE OWNER OF CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB, ROMAN ABRAMOVICH. I ABSOLUTELY AMAZED WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. NOT JUST A BLOW TO HIS PRESTIGE ` IT LEFT HIM WITH A MULTI-MILLION POUND LEGAL BILL ` A SETBACK WHICH APPARENTLY LEFT HIM DEMORALISED AND A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED OUT AT A POLITICAL RALLY IN PAKISTAN TO HEAR FORMER CRICKETING LEGEND TURNED POLITICIAN IMRAN KHAN. MR KHAN IS DRUMMING UP SUPPORT AHEAD OF THE COUNTRY'S MAY ELECTION. OUT OF 85 MILLION, 40 MILLION PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. IN OTHER WORDS, THESE ARE` THIS IS THE YOUTH VOTE. THIS IS GOING TO SWING THE ELECTION. BUT WITH YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT TRADITIONALLY VERY LOW, MANY ARE QUESTIONING IF THE 60-YEAR-OLD CAN GET HIS SUPPORTERS TO THE BOOTH. IN JUST A FEW HOURS, EUROPEAN LEADERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO BAIL OUT THE FINANCIALLY CRIPPLED ECONOMY OF CYPRUS. THE COUNTRY'S POLITICIANS REMAIN LOCKED IN FRANTIC NEGOTIATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL CREDITORS. TALKS ARE FOCUSED ON TAXING LARGE BANK DEPOSITS ` A MOVE WHICH HAS ANGERED PROTESTERS IN NICOSIA. THE BBC'S CHRIS MORRIS REPORTS. BANK WORKERS MARCHING ON THE STREETS OF NICOSIA. IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. CYPRUS IS GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT EUROPEAN DEMANDS. YESTERDAY, MY SON SAID TO ME, 'I AM GOING TO SELL MY NEW BIKE.' I SAID, 'WHY?' 'DAD, I SEE ON TV MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE WORK NEXT WEEK.' CYPRIOT BANKS INVESTED HEAVILY IN GREECE AND LOST A LOT OF MONEY THERE. AND THE REST OF EUROPE NOW SAYS THE BANKING SECTOR IS WAY TOO BIG COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. IT'S DEPENDENT ON ITS ROLE AS AN OFFSHORE TAX HAVEN, AND GERMANY AND OTHERS SAY THAT HAS TO CHANGE. SO TO GET A BAILOUT LOAN OF 10 BILLION EUROS FROM THE EUROZONE AND THE IMF, CYPRUS ITSELF HAS TO RAISE 5.8 BILLION ` MOST OF IT FROM THE BANKING SECTOR. MEETINGS BETWEEN CYPRIOT LEADERS AND INTERNATIONAL LENDERS ARE CONTINUING. IF THERE'S NO DEAL BY MONDAY, THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK SAYS EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR CYPRUS WILL BE CUT OFF. WE NEED TO REACH A SOLUTION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTERESTS OF THE ECONOMY OF CYPRUS. ALL CHANT G 8 SO THE PRESSURE IS ON. PEOPLE HERE ARE ANGRY AND SCARED FOR THEIR FUTURE. BUT INVESTORS IN CYPRUS HAVE HAD FAR HIGHER RATES OF INTEREST THAN ELSEWHERE IN THE EUROZONE, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY. WE DON'T HAVE SNOW HERE BUT WE DO HAVE RAIN, SOME OF IT HEAVY, JIM? WHAT'S THE LATEST? d RAIN WITH THUNDER AND DOWNPO S 8 TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW IN FIO SOUTH WESTLAND AND THE HIGH SOUTHERN CATCHMENTS. PAUL NANKIVELL COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES AT NELSON'S MAPUA WHARF THIS MORNING ` HUGE ORCA RIGHT IN AGAINST THE WHARF. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ORCAS IN MAPUA. RAIN WARNINGS COMING UP AFTER ANDREW LOOKS AT THE PROSPECTS FOR THE BLACKCAPS. STILL TO COME ` CITY SLICKERS GET A TASTE OF WHAT THE DRY WEATHER REALLY MEANS FOR DROUGHT-HIT FARMERS. AND A NEW EDUCATION PROGRAMME HOPING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS DROWNING AT SEA. IT'S THE HISTORIC DROUGHT THAT'S BEEN FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND AS FARMERS CONTINUE TO COUNT THE COSTS, THE RURAL COMMUNITY WANTS TO GIVE THE REST OF US AN INKLING OF WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. WITH THE DRY, BROWN BAY OF PLENTY HILLSIDE AS A BACKDROP, THE CITY SLICKERS OF TAURANGA MIXED IT WITH THEIR COUNTRY COUSINS. PEOPLE ARE MOST AMAZED, ACTUALLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A FARM BEFORE. THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF FARM DAYS FEDERATED FARMERS HAS SET UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PARTICULARLY WITH A BIT OF EMPHASIS THIS YEAR ON SHOWING HOW FARMERS ARE MANAGING IN A TIME OF SEVERE DROUGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE THE WORST DROUGHT NZ HAS FACED IN 70-ODD YEARS. TODAY'S FARM DAY WAS HELD ON ANDREW MCLEOD'S PROPERTY. THIS IS THE WORST HE'S EXPERIENCED IT. IT MEANS FARMERS ARE UNDER A LOT OF STRESS. AND, YES, SUPPORT FOR A LOT OF FARMERS IS NEEDED. 'AND TODAY,' FEDERATED FARMERS SAYS, 'IS ALSO TO REMIND PEOPLE 'THAT THE DROUGHT HAS WIDER IMPLICATIONS 'THAN JUST THE RURAL COMMUNITY.' SERVICE PEOPLE, CONTRACTORS, ALL THOSE SORT OF PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. AND THAT'LL THEN FILTER RIGHT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY IN TURN HAVE LESS INCOME TO SPEND IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE ASKED WHAT THOSE WHO TURNED UP ACTUALLY LEARNED. THEIR MILK PRODUCTION SEEMS TO BE RIGHT DOWN. THEY SAY THEY WOULD NORMALLY GET ABOUT 10,000 LITRES A WEEK, AND THEY'RE DOWN TO 6000 A FORTNIGHT. THEY'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED A LOT MORE TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THEY'VE HAD ABOUT 30ML AND THEY NEED ABOUT 150ML. A REMINDER THAT GIVEN HOW VITAL AGRICULTURE IS TO THIS COUNTRY, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. OF THE 20 PEOPLE WHO DROWNED IN AUCKLAND LAST YEAR, SEVEN OF THEM WERE PACIFIC ISLANDERS. NOW A CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE POLYNESIANS ABOUT WATER SAFETY HAS BEEN LAUNCHED SO THAT NEXT SUMMER, THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE REDUCED. THE BEGINNING OF OUR LONG HOT SUMMER AND THIS WAS THE SCENE ON AUCKLAND'S WATERFRONT: TWO PACIFIC ISLAND MEN DEAD; ANOTHER THREE RESCUED. THEIR OVERLOADED BOAT HAD CAPSIZED. NONE WERE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. BUT IT'S HOPED THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO COULD SOON END, AS MORE AND MORE PACIFIC ISLANDERS TAKE UP FOLAU MALOU, OR 'JOURNEY SAFELY' BOATING COURSES IN AUCKLAND. THERE'S BEEN A HUGE UPTAKE. IT INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH 12 PEOPLE. AVERAGE CLASS IS NOW 20, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WANTING TO GO ON THE COURSES NOW. CHRIS LAUFALE TEACHES THE COURSES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, COVERING THE BASICS LIKE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE JACKETS. A LOT OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS THINK THAT BECAUSE THE WATER'S THE SAME COLOUR AS IT IS IN THE ISLANDS, THEY THINK IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME. IT'S NOT. IN NZ, THE WATER IS A LOT COLDER, AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH CURRENTS. WHEN IT COMES TO DROWNING STATISTICS, ACC SAYS PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE OVER-REPRESENTED. THEY MAKE UP 7% OF THE POPULATION, BUT ARE 9% OF ALL DROWNING VICTIMS. WATER SAFETY NZ IS ALSO BEHIND THE COURSES AND HOPES THEY'LL MEAN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF POLYNESIANS DYING AT SEA. TYPICALLY THEY'RE MALES, AND GENERALLY IT'S WHILST BOATING AND OFTEN OVERLOADED OR CROWDED VESSELS, AND/OR NET FISHING OR FISHING OFF THE ROCKS. THE COURSES ARE EVEN BEING RUN IN TONGAN AND COULD BE EXTENDED OUTSIDE AUCKLAND. THERE ARE PLANS TO TAKE THE FOLAU MALOU COURSES TO WELLINGTON AND THE LARGE PACIFIC ISLAND COMMUNITY IN PORIRUA. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` A PALMERSTON NORTH MAN ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND BRUTALLY ASSAULTING A SEX WORKER IN CANADA COULD FACE FURTHER CHARGES IF HE RETURNS HOME. MICHAEL FARLEY (39) IS ALREADY WANTED BY POLICE HERE FOR FLEEING THE COUNTRY WHILE ON HOME DETENTION. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE IN CONTROL OF THE THIRD CRICKET TEST. A FULL WRAP-UP OF THE THIRD DAY COMING UP NEXT, AS TRENT BOULTS TOWARDS CULT FIGURE STATUS AT EDEN PARK. PLUS ` WE'LL UPDATE THE BLUES SUPER GAME IN SYDNEY, AS THE CRUSADERS SET UP A MOUTH-WATERING MATCHUP IN CAPE TOWN. WE'RE THERE FOR A GOLDEN DAY IN THE ROWING WORLD CUP IN SYDNEY. AND CAN TIGER WIN AGAIN IN FLORIDA, AS THE MASTERS BECKON? 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. FIRST UP TONIGHT TO CRICKET AND THE THIRD AND DECIDING TEST AT EDEN PARK, WHERE THE BLACKCAPS HOLD THE ADVANTAGE. THEIR BOWLERS HAVE DOMINATED DAY THREE, CLEANING OUT THE ENGLISH FIRST INNINGS, BUT THERE ARE MORE TWISTS AND TURNS TO COME. BLAIR NORTON HAS AN INTRIGUING DAY. WITH ENGLAND TEETERING AT 50/2, COULD NZ'S BOWLERS GET THE BALL TO SWING AND CUT? ENGLAND'S SUPPORTERS IN GOOD VOICE, QUICKLY SILENCED,... BIG APPEAL ` PAD FIRST. ...THOUGH UMPIRE PAUL RIFLE NEEDED SOME CONVINCING. BANG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICK COMPTON GONE EARLY. TIM SOUTHEE BACK IN BUSINESS JUST FOUR RUNS LATER. AND THIS TIME PAUL RIFLE PUTS HIS FINGER UP. THE THIRD UMPIRE WAS BACK IN ACTION FOR TRENT BOULT'S THIRD SCALP. ENGLAND LOST 3/29 IN THE MORNING SESSION. THERE IT IS ` CHANGE OF DECISION. MATT PRIOR AND JOE ROOT SET ABOUT RESURRECTING THE ENGLAND INNINGS. ENGLAND'S BOGEY SCORE OF 111 FOR ONCE BRINGING THEM SOME LUCK. EDGED! PUT DOWN. PRIOR MADE THE BLACKCAPS PAY, SCORING ANOTHER 49 RUNS BEFORE NEIL WAGNER FORCED A LOOSE SHOT JUST BEFORE THE NEW BALL. IN THE AIR, AND OUT! THE KIWI SEAMERS SHOWED THEIR CLASS AGAIN AFTER TEA, MOPPING UP THE TAIL FOR JUST 28 RUNS. HE DUCKED. EDGE. TAYLOR TAKES THE CATCH. EDGED. THERE HE GOES. HE'S GOT SIX NOW! TIM SOUTHEE ENDED ENGLAND'S INNINGS AT 204. TRENT BOULT WITH WELL-DESERVED CAREER-BEST FIGURES. 6/68. THE BLACKCAPS WERE 239 RUNS AHEAD, THOUGH BRENDON MCCULLUM'S DECISION NOT TO ENFORCE THE FOLLOW-ON APPEARED TO BACKFIRE. IN THE AIR. AND OUT. BOWLED HIM! HE'S CHOPPED IT ON. ROSS TAYLOR'S DISMISSAL THE SEVENTH WICKET TO FALL FOR JUST 12 RUNS. THE BLACKCAPS CRUMBLING TO 8/3. PETER FULTON AND DEAN BROWNLIE SAW OFF THE ENGLISH ATTACK. THE BLACKCAPS WITH A COMMANDING LEAD OF 274 WITH SEVEN WICKETS IN HAND. SO NZ 35/3. TRENT BOULT DOMINATING EARLIER WITH HIS SIX WICKET HAUL. TIM SOUTHEE GETTING THREE. NEIL WAGNER, THE OTHER WICKET TAKER, NABBING ENGLAND'S TOP SCORER MATT PRIOR. TO SUPER 15 RUGBY NOW ` THE BLUES ARE UP AGAINST THE WARATAHS IN SYDNEY, LOOKING TO GET THEIR SEASON BACK ON TRACK AFTER THAT LOSS TO THE BULLS AND A BYE. FIRST BLOOD TO THE 'TAHS THOUGH. THE BACKS LOOKED TO HAVE RUN OUT OF ROOM, BUT DREW MITCHELL GOT OVER IN THE CORNER. CALLUM RETALLICK SCOOPED A LOOSE BALL MOMENTS LATER TO PUT JAMES PARSONS AWAY. PARSONS. OH YEAH! THE HOOKER SCORING THE TRY. BRENDAN MCKIBBIN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A BLUES INFRINGEMENT TO LEVEL THE SCORES AFTER 20 MINUTES, BEFORE A BLUES ATTACK SAW CHRIS NOAKES ACROSS FOR THE VISITORS' SECOND TRY. BACK ON THIS SIDE OF THE TASMAN, THE CRUSADERS HAVE THUMPED THE NEW SOUTHERN KINGS OUTFIT 55-20, EVEN WITHOUT ISRAEL DAGG. THE ALL BLACKS FULLBACK WAS A LATE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE MATCH, REPLACED INJ THE STARTING 15 BY THE RETURNING ZAC GUILDFORD. THE CRUSADERS THEN WENT ON AN ALL-OUT ATTACK. IF YOU THOUGHT THE CRUSADERS' SURGE LAST WEEKEND WAS A ONCER, THINK AGAIN. THE DIRECT ATTACK, WIDTH AND QUICK HANDS WERE EVEN BETTER AGAINST THE HELPLESS KINGS AND THEIR SLOW DEFENCE. HERE'S A TRY. HAD TO BE. WYATT CROCKETT'S TRY COMING AFTER A STAGGERING 33 PASSES. THE BALL MOVEMENT AND RECYCLING WAS RELENTLESS. WILLI HEINZ. A LITTLE SHOW OF THE BALL, AND OVER FOR THE BONUS POINT TRY. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH GAME OVER BEFORE HALF-TIME, AT 31-6. THE CRUSADERS ALSO SHOWED VARIETY, SCORING AFTER MAULING AND OTHER TRIES OFF TURNOVERS. CRUSADERS HAVE GOT IT FROM THE LINE-OUT, AND HERE'S LUKE WHITELOCK, MOWING A PATH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THEM. A FIELD DAY FOR THE FEILDING FOUR, THE WHITELOCKS SCORING FOUR; LUKE HIS FIRST, FLANKER GEORGE ALSO IN THE THICK OF IT. ADAM WHITELOCK JUST SHORT OF THE LINE, AND GEORGE LOOKING FOR A HAT-TRICK. THE OLDEST BROTHER DID GET THREE IN A COMPLETE CRUSADERS PERFORMANCE, 55-20. A TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA WITHOUT DAN CARTER WILL BE A STERNER TEST. THEIR NEXT OPPONENTS, THE STORMERS, HAVE HALTED THE BRUMBIES' UNBEATEN RUN. APLON THE ONE TO BEAT. GIO APLON! OH, BRILLIANT. ONE TO FORGET FOR THE BRUMBIES' FULLBACK AS THE PHYSICAL STORMERS CONTROLLED THE FIRST HALF. THE BRUMBIES FOUGHT BACK THROUGH STEADY PENALTIES. AND FORMER WAIKATO WINGER HENRY SPEIGHT, AT ONE STAGE DOWN BY JUST THREE, BEFORE ANY HOPE OF VICTORY WAS SNUFFED OUT. AWAY GOES HERT VAN DEN HEEVER. THE STORMERS ` A RARE BONUS POINT WIN, 35-22. AN ENTICING SHOWDOWN AGAINST THE CRUSADERS IS NOW SET UP FOR NEXT WEEKEND. SOME SURPRISE RESULTS FROM RUGBY'S HONG KONG SEVENS WITH BOTH ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA FAILING TO MAKE THE QUARTER-FINALS. NZ TOOK ON SAMOA IN THE QUARTERS IN THE LAST HOUR. IT WAS LOCKED UP AT 14-14 WITH TIME UP. OVER THE TOP, ANOTHER BASKETBALL PASS. AND LUKE MASIREWA IS IN UNDER THE POSTS FOR ONE WHICH WILL BE A WINNER. NZ 21-14, AND MEET DEFENDING HONG KONG CHAMPS FIJI IN THE CUP SEMI-FINALS LATER TONIGHT, AFTER FIJI CANTERED IN AGAINST AUSTRALIA 29-5 IN THEIR QUARTER-FINAL. WALES PLAY KENYA IN THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL. THE KENYANS BEATING PORTUGAL WITH A LAST-PLAY PENALTY KICK. WITH THEIR COACH REINSTATED, BUT DRUG ALLEGATIONS STILL SWIRLING, THE CRONULLA SHARKS HOSTED THE WARRIORS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NRL. THE WARRIORS WERE LOOKING TO POST THEIR FIRST WIN AFTER 10 DEFEATS IN A ROW, STRETCHING BACK TO JULY LAST YEAR. THE SIGNS WERE OMINOUS FOR THE WARRIORS. THERE'S SOME BLOOD AROUND HIS NOSE, AND I RECKON HIS EAR AS WELL. STEVE RAPIRA, A LATE STARTER AFTER BROTHER SAM WAS RULED OUT, WAS SENT BLOODIED FROM THE FIELD AFTER COLLECTING A BEN ROSS KNEE TO THE HEAD. IT ALL TURNED DIZZY FOR THE WARRIORS FROM THERE. IT'S CARNEY RUNNING FROM ACTING HALF, LOOKING FOR MORRIS! JOHN MORRIS GETS THE FIRST TRY FOR THE SHARKS! MORE BUMBLING, MORE SHARKS POINTS. UP THE MIDDLE. MORRIS. HERE'S GORDON. THE VISITORS WILTING IN THE 30 DEGREE HEAT. CARNEY KICKS OVER THE TOP. PERFECT FOR BEAU RYAN. THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME THE WARRIORS HAVE FAILED TO SCORE A FIRST-HALF POINT. THEY DID MANAGE MULTIPLE ERRORS AND 14 MISSED TACKLES, THOUGH. COULD THE SECOND HALF BE AS BAD? YES. YES, IT COULD. TAGATESE. PLENTY OF SHARKS THERE. NOT MANY WARRIORS. TAGATESE GOES HIMSELF! SLAMMIN' SAM TAGATESE! 24-0 AFTER 46 MINUTES. IF THE WARRIORS' DEFENCE WAS WOEFUL, THEIR ATTACK WASN'T MUCH BETTER. JOHNSON. LONG TO TUPOU, WHO ONLY HAD TO CATCH THE BALL. EVEN WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THEY'D SCORED. DUMMYING AND REACHING OVER. THEY HADN'T. THE WARRIORS' COMPLETION RATE WAS APPALLING AS THE SHARKS CONTINUED THE MAULING. NOW DUMMYING AND RUNNING. ROBSON! FINALLY SOME JOY FOR MATT ELLIOT'S MEN. NOW HORRELL THERE. IT IS. THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING, BUT WAY TOO LATE. HE SAID IT. THE WARRIORS CONSIGNED TO THEIR 11TH STRAIGHT DEFEAT. THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL SEASON BEGAN TODAY WITH THE SOUTHERN STEEL AWAY TO THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS. THE FIREBIRDS OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD THANKS TO JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL ROMELDA AIKEN, WHILE AT THE OTHER END, THE STEEL'S OWN JAMAICAN GIANT, JHANIELE FOWLER, KEEPING THE VISITORS IN THE GAME. QUEENSLAND SHOOTER NAT MEDHURST HAVING A BLINDER. MEDHURST FROM A LONG WAY. SHE LIKES IT. THE FIREBIRDS GETTING AWAY IN THE SECOND AND STRETCHING OUT TO WIN BY A VERY COMFORTABLE 68 TO 59. BUT JHANIELLE FOWLER SCORED 44 ON DEBUT FOR THE STEEL. AND A THIRD-QUARTER BLITZ BY THE ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS LEFT THE CENTRAL PULSE ON THE BACK FOOT. ADELAIDE TAKING IT 49 TO 42. NZ ROWERS HAVE ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT THE WORLD CUP IN PENRITH, WEST OF SYDNEY. NEW LOOK CREWS HAVE LANDED THREE OF THE TEAM'S FOUR GOLD MEDALS. BUT TAKING THE GLOSS OFF THE FIRST WORLD CUP HELD DOWN UNDER ` THE ABSENCE OF MAJOR EUROPEAN NATIONS. OUR AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE ACTION. USHERING IN A NEW ERA. DOUBLE SCULLERS ROBBIE MANSON AND MICHAEL ARMS OVERCOMING STOMACH CHURNING NERVES TO LIVE UP TO THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS PREVIOUSLY SET BY OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS NATHAN COHEN AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN. THIS MORNING I WAS THROWING UP IN THE TOILET AT THE HOTEL. SO THIS WHOLE WEEK WE'VE BEEN REMINDED OF JOE SULLIVAN AND NATHAN COHEN. THE BATTLE SCARS WERE ON SHOW. YOU DON'T NOTICE THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE RACING. THERE'S A LOT ELSE GOING ON. WITH ZOE STEVENSON AND FIONA BOURKE, ANOTHER NEW LOOK COMBINATION, CLAIMING GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULL AFTER JUST A WEEK TRAINING TOGETHER. YEAH, WE HAD A BIT OF A WOBBLY START, BUT COMING INTO THE LAST 750 MAYBE WE KNEW IT WAS NOW OR NEVER, AND I JUST PUT THE CALL OUT TO ZOE AND SHE TOOK US HOME. OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST PETER TAYLOR'S GOT A SECOND WIND AFTER WINNING GOLD IN THE COXLESS FOUR, REVEALING HE WAS CLOSE TO RETIRING BEFORE FINDING HIS NEW TEAM. HOW COULD YOU GIVE IT UP? IF IT'S AS GOOD AS THAT, WHY GIVE UP THE SPORT? SO, ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT OUT THERE. THE LIGHTWEIGHT WOMEN SCULLS PAIRING OF JULIA EDWARD AND LUCY STRACK SMASHED THEIR PREVIOUS BEST WORLD CUP RESULT OF SIXTH TO CLAIM OUR FOURTH GOLD OF THE DAY. IT'S REALLY CONTROLLED AGGRESSION FROM THE KIWIS. THE NZers ARE NOT GETTING TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH THEIR SUCCESS HERE. A LOT OF THE EUROPEAN BIG GUNS STAYED AT HOME, KEEPING THEIR POWDER DRY FOR THE REMAINING TWO WORLD CUP MEETS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LATER THIS YEAR. THAT'LL GIVE 2012 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST NATHAN COHEN AND HIS BROTHER HAYDEN A CHANCE TO BUILD ON THEIR SILVER PLACING IN THE MEN'S QUADRUPLE SCULL. TIGER WOODS IS ONE ROUND AWAY FROM RECLAIMING THE TOP SPOT IN WORLD GOLF AFTER ROARING INTO THE LEAD AT THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL. WOODS SHOT A THIRD ROUND 66 TO MOVE TO 11 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, FIRING FIVE BIRDIES AND AN EAGLE ON THE PAR-FIVE 16TH. PEOPLE SHOUTING GOT IT! TIGER WOODS TO 11-UNDER PAR. HOW 'BOUT THIS? THE FIRST PLAYER WITH THREE EAGLES IN THE SAME TOURNAMENT WEEK HERE SINCE 2001. WOODS LEADS BY TWO STROKES FROM A GROUP OF THREE, INCLUDING RICKIE FOWLER AND JUSTIN ROSE, HEADING INTO TOMORROW'S FINAL ROUND IN FLORIDA. BLUES HALF-TIME SCORE ` 24-10. NEWS JUST IN FROM MALAYSIA ` MITCH EVANS HAS FINISHED THIRD IN TODAY'S GP2 RACE IN MALAYSIA ` A GREAT START FOR THE KIWI ROOKIE IN THE TIER UNDER F1. AFTER THE BREAK ` JIM WILL HAVE THOSE HEAVY RAIN WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTH-WEST. AND HORSING AROUND TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING FOR THIS WEEK'S GOOD SORT. HOWDY, AGAIN. IT'S TIPPING DOWN ALONG THE FIORDLAND MOUNTAINS AND HIGH DIVIDE INTO THE WESTLAND, OTAGO AND CANTERBURY CATCHMENTS NOW. SO WATCH THOSE RIVERS TUMBLING EAST OF THE DIVIDE. THE OTAGO RAIN GAUGES CLOCKED 30-50MM. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO A TOP-UP FOR THE SOUTHERN RESERVOIRS TOMORROW, SO A TOP-UP FOR THE SOUTHERN RESERVOIRS TOMORROW, THEN MORE FINE WEATHER NUDGES IN AS WE APPROACH EASTER. PETE MEADOWS HAS A GREAT JOB. HE LIVES IN TAURANGA, AND WHEN HE'S NOT DRINKING COFFEE, FLIES ENTHUSIASTS AROUND THE MOUNT IN HIS VINTAGE L29 JET. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT'S AN ADVOCATE OF THE 'USE IT OR LOSE IT' STYLE OF LIVING. YOU SEE, ANNE SMITH'S NOT AS YOUNG AS SHE USED TO BE, BUT SHE STILL MANAGES TO FILL HER DAYS. IN FACT IT'S WHAT SHE DOES EVERY TUESDAY THAT TOOK HADYN JONES TO OTOROHANGA TO MEET HER. ANNE SMITH'S TUESDAY ROUTINE IS, WELL, ROUTINE. YOU COULD SET YOUR WATCH BY IT. 7.45 ` OPEN THE GATE. 8 O'CLOCK ` SET UP SHOP. EASY AS PIE. SHE'S ALWAYS FIRST TO THE STABLES FOR THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED. I COULD UNDO IT, BUT IT'S JUST AS EASY TO GO UNDERNEATH. AND ANNE HAS MANY JOBS; THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO PAIR HORSE WITH RIDER. IF WE CAN, WE CHANGE THEM AROUND SO THEY GET USED TO DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS. SO, MY MUM ALWAYS SAID TO ME NEVER EVER DISCUSS A WOMAN'S AGE IN PUBLIC, BUT I'M GOING TO BREAK MUM'S RULES HERE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT ANNE SMITH IS... SHE'S 95. SHE'S GOING GREAT. SHE'S GOING TO BE 96 LATER THIS YEAR. BORN AND RAISED IN EDINBURGH IN THE 1930S, RIDING WAS A REAL TREAT. SAVED UP AND HAD THREE RIDES A YEAR. SHE SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, HEAD OF THE WOMAN'S DRIVING DIVISION; DROVE ALL THE WAY TO BERLIN. HORRIBLE. POOR THINGS STARVING THERE. ANNE SMITH LOVES HORSES BUT CAN'T RIDE THEM ANYMORE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE RIDING, YEAH, BUT THE OLD LEGS DON'T LIKE IT MUCH. IT'S NOT JUST HER LEGS. HER HEAD ALSO SAYS NO. I HAD A SON-IN-LAW KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND I SOMEHOW OR OTHER NEVER HAD CONFIDENCE TO GET BACK ON A HORSE, REALLY. I USED TO RIDE EVERY DAY UP TILL THEN. SHEILA PULHAM IS THE BOSS. SHE'S AFRAID OF A LITTLE HARD WORK. SHE STARTED IT 30 YEARS AGO, AND WITHOUT ANNE WE POSSIBLY COULD FALL APART, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE WON'T. I NEED SOMEBODY ON THE RAMP, PLEASE. ONCE HORSE AND RIDER ARE PAIRED ON PAPER, ANNE PUTS THEM TOGETHER IN REAL LIFE. TUESDAY IS BRIANNA'S FAVOURITE DAY EVEN THOUGH SHE CAN'T SEE THE HORSE SHE'S RIDING. DOESN'T MATTER. HER MUM SAYS HORSES HAVE MADE HER LIFE BETTER. WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED, SHE COULDN'T USE A SPOON. YEAH, WELL DONE. THROUGH DOING SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HERE, WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SHE WAS ABLE TO FEED HERSELF WITH A SPOON. IT'S 30 YEARS SINCE ANNE SMITH LAST GOT ON A HORSE, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA STOP HER. IT'S MY BIG COMMITMENT I DON'T MISS UNLESS I ACTUALLY HAVE TO. SHE'S ALWAYS FIRST HERE AND LAST TO LEAVE. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE A GOOD SORT, GO TO OUR WEBSITE... AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. SUNDAY'S HERE IN A MOMENT WITH THE NEWS THAT WOMEN OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ` A NEW POTION WHICH, IT'S CLAIMED, SLOWS THE AGEING PROCESS. DOES THE SCIENCE STACK UP? THAT'S SUNDAY, VERY SOON. FROM US, AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013