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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.

Primary Title
  • One News at Midday
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 26 March 2013
Start Time
  • 12 : 00
Finish Time
  • 12 : 30
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report on One News at Midday.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Peter Williams (Presenter)
DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE FULL EXTENT OF THE JOB CUTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS REVEALED. ENGLAND BATTLE HARD TO TRY AND STOP AN HISTORIC NZ CRICKET WIN. AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THIS TREAT THAT'S SEEN IT BANNED FROM AN ENGLISH SCHOOL? IN BREAKING NEWS, THE EXTENT OF STAFF CUTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS BEING DISCLOSED AS WE GO TO AIR. ONE NEWS REPORTER JAMES RANSLEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON WITH DETAILS. JAMES. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION PLANS TO AXE 140 JOBS. THESE ARE LARGELY REGIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS. DIRECTOR GENERAL AL MORRISON SAYS THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO HAVE A NEW STRUCTURE TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE. IT'S PROPOSING TO REMOVE DOC'S EXISITING REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSERVATION OF AN AREA AND REPLACE THEM WITH SIX NEW REGIONS. THESE CUTS ARE PART OF A DRIVE TO SAVE AROUND $9M FROM ITS BUDGET. MR MORRISON SAYS EVEN IF THE GOVERNEMNT DECIDED TO DOUBLE IT'S BUDGET TOMORROW, THESE PROPOSALS WOULD STILL GO AHEAD. THE MOVE HAS SPARKED CRITICISM FROM FOREST AND BIRD. IT'S NOT OVER YET. DOC IS CONSULTING WITH STAFF. THANKS, JAMES RANSLEY, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ANALYSIS AND REACTION ON ONE NEWS AT 6. RED-FACED EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION BOSSES HAVE MET EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE THIS MORNING TO EXPLAIN THE EQC'S MASSIVE PRIVACY BREACH. DETAILS INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF CHRISTCHURCH CLAIMANTS WERE SENT OUT BY MISTAKE BY AN EQC WORKER, BIZARRELY ENDING UP WITH A COMPANY SET UP TO FIGHT THE COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF HOME OWNERS. KRISTIN HALL HAS THE LATESTS. FORCED TO FACE THE MINISTER THIS MORNING, THE EQC CEO WAS SO EMBARRASSED OVER A BREACH AFFECTING 80,000 CLAIMANTS, HE OFFERED TO RESIGN. IT HAD BEEN RAISED IN MEDIA REPORTS OVER THE WEEKEND AND THIS MORNING, SO I RAISED THAT, BUT GOT CONFIRMATION THAT I SHOULD BE FOCUSSING ON RESOLVING THE ISSUE GOING FORWARD. BUT THE MAN WHO RECEIVED THE LEAKED EMAIL SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSEQUENCES. UNLESS EQC COME CLEAN AND TELL PEOPLE EXACTLY THE INFORMATION THAT WAS IN THAT DOCUMENT RELATING TO THEIR OWN HOMES AND BE HONEST ABOUT IT, THEN HEADS SHOULD ROLL. CANTERBURY RESIDENTS TOO FINDING IT HARD TO SYMPATHIZE. COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY TO GIVE AND DELIVER A SERVICE THAT WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF AND SHOULD RIGHTLY SO. IT'S BEEN REVEALED IT WAS A TOP FEMALE MANAGER WHO ACCIDENTALLY LEAKED THE PRIVATE DETAILS BY EMAIL. THE MAN WHO TIPPED OFF LABOUR MP LIANNE DALZIEL SAYS THE INFORMATION WAS A GOLDMINE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE THERE, JUST IN A QUICK PERUSE, I COULD SEE THAT THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST DYNAMITE. THE EQC'S BEEN SPENDING ON APOLOGETIC AD CAMPAIGNS SINCE THE BREACH, BUT RESIDENTS SAY THAT MONEY WOULD BE BETTER OFF ELSEWHERE. I WOULD SAY SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS NOW BEING SPENT ON ADVERTISING APOLOGISING TO PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME THAT MONEY COULD HAVE GONE TOWARDS IMPROVING THE LIVING STANDARDS OF SOME PEOPLE WITHIN CHRISTCHURCH ` KAIAPOI, RANGIORA, ROLLESTON, ETC. THE EQC SAYS IT'S BEEN TIGHTENING SECURITY. IMMEDIATE STEPS AROUND RESTRICTING USE OF ATTACHMENTS IN THE EMAIL SYSTEM, AND AS I SAID ON FRIDAY AND YESTERDAY, LOOKING AT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. BUT IT'S LIKELY ALL CANTABRIANS WANT TO KNOW IS HOW TO BE CERTAIN IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. A PACIFIC BLUE PILOT FOUND GUILTY OF OPERATING A COMMERCIAL PLANE CARELESSLY OUT OF QUEENSTOWN IN 2010 HAS BEEN SENTENCED. JUDGE KEVIN PHILLIPS HAS FINED CAPTAIN RODERICK GUN (55) $5100. THE JUDGE ALSO PUT CONDITIONS ON THE PILOT'S LICENSE, ORDERING HIM TO UNDERGO EXTRA TRAINING AND STATING HE SHOULD NOT PILOT ANY PLANE IN OR OUT OF QUEENSTOWN. AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE AGREED TO SET UP A NEW WORKING PARTY TO TACKLE AUCKLAND'S HOUSING CRISIS. AUCKLAND MAYOR LEN BROWN AND HOUSING MINISTER NICK SMITH MET LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS AUCKLAND'S DRAFT UNITARY PLAN, BUT WERE AT ODDS OVER WHEN THE PLAN SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE. THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF TENSION, AND WE RECOGNISE THAT TODAY, AND WHAT THIS WORKING PARTY IS SET UP TO DO IS TO TRY AND WORK THROUGH THOSE AREAS OF TENSION AND FIND A MUTUALLY AGREED OUTCOME. WITH AUCKLAND NEEDING TO BUILD 400,000 HOUSES OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, THE COUNCIL WANTS THE PLAN IMPLEMENTED BY SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE COUNCIL PLAN WON'T BUILD HOUSES FAST ENOUGH. I'M NOT SATISFIED THAT THE PROCESSES WE HAVE IN PLACE AT THE MOMENT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE THAT NUMBER OF HOUSES. THE COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT SAY THE HOUSES SHOULD BE A MIXTURE OF INNER-CITY APARTMENTS, TOWNHOUSES AND OUTER-SUBURB HOMES. TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS. CYPRUS COULD BE FACING YEARS OF RECESSION AFTER A BAILOUT PACKAGE THAT PUTS THOUSANDS OF BANK STAFF OUT OF WORK AND SLASHES MANY SAVERS' DEPOSITS. THE PLAN MEANS THE COUNTRY CAN STAY IN THE EUROZONE, BUT AT WHAT COST? GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL, NICOSIA. THE CYPRIOTS TODAY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR FRIENDSHIP WITH GREECE, BUT THE PEOPLE WERE IN SHOCK OVER THE TERMS OF THE RESCUE DEAL IN BRUSSELS. THERE WOULD BE JOB LOSSES IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND LARGE DEPOSITORS IN TWO BANKS WOULD TAKE HEAVY LOSSES. THE FEELING HERE IS WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED ` BETRAYED BY OUR ALLIES, BETRAYED BY OUR FRIENDS, BETRAYED BY OUR FAMILY, THE EUROPEAN FAMILY. UNDER THE BAILOUT, CYPRUS GETS A LOAN OF 10B EUROS. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS THAT THE COUNTRY RAISE 5.8B ITSELF. SO BANK DEPOSITS OVER 100,000 EUROS IN TWO BANKS WILL FACE STEEP LOSSES AND THE BANKING SECTOR WILL BE RADICALLY REDUCED. MIKE ORPHANIDES IS AN ARCHITECT WITH LARGE DEPOSITS IN THE BANK OF CYPRUS. FOR HALF AN HOUR, I WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. THIS IS JUST DOWNRIGHT STEALING. IT'S LEGALISED STEALING, AND I THINK IT'S ATROCIOUS. YOU HAVE FUNDS IN THE BANK OF CYPRUS. I HAVE FUNDS OVER 100,000, WHICH IS THE LIMIT IN THE BANK OF CYPRUS. MIKE ORPHANIDES DOESN'T YET KNOW THE SCALE OF HIS LOSSES AND ON THE STREETS, THERE IS STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY OVER WHEN THE BANKS WILL REOPEN AND WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ON MOVING FUNDS. THE EUROZONE SAYS CYPRUS WILL BE THE MODEL FOR FUTURE BAILOUTS, BUT MAKING LARGE DEPOSITORS PAY WILL HURT THE WIDER ECONOMY TOO. AND THAT IS THE BIG UNKNOWN. WILL THE RESCUE END UNCERTAINTY, OR WILL CYPRUS END UP LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER BAILED OUT COUNTRIES WITH A LOST GENERATION FACING RECESSION AND JOB LOSSES? THE US SUPREME COURT WILL TOMORROW BEGIN HEARING HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GAY MARRIAGE CASES IN DECISIONS THAT COULD REDEFINE MARRIAGE IN AMERICA. THE RESULTS WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT IN 40 STATES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY ALLOW SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY. THE COURT WILL HEAR TWO CASES THAT COULD SEE BANS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE OVETURNED. POLLS NOW SHOW SUPPORTERS OF GAY MARRIAGE OUTNUMBER OPPONENTS. AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS STOPPED DEFENDING THE BANS. THE ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE HAS ABANDONED HOLLYWOOD'S RED CARPETS THIS WEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. SHE'S WORKING TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF RAPE DURING CONFLICTS. JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS. NZULO CAMP IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,... THANKS VERY MUCH. ...WILLIAM HAGUE AND ANGELINA JOLIE, AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS, HAVE COME TO THIS SHELTER FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY WAR TO HEAR ABOUT THE SHOCKINGLY COMMONPLACE USE OF RAPE IN WARFARE. SINCE LAST YEAR, THE HOLLYWOOD STAR AND THE POLITICIAN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A JOINT INITIATIVE TO PERSUADE THE WORLD TO STOP LOOKING AWAY AND START GOING AFTER THE PERPETRATORS. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT HAS TO BE RESOLVED IF CONFLICTS ARE GOING TO BE RESOLVED, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHEN RAPE IS USED AS A WEAPON OF WAR, IT MAKES COMMUNITIES HARDER TO BRING TOGETHER AND MUCH HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES AFTERWARDS. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR EVERY WAR, EVERY CRISIS, AND IT'S OFTEN AN AFTERTHOUGHT. AND IT'S DUE TIME TO END THIS AND PUT AN END TO IMPUNITY, AND THEY DESERVE IT. WHEREVER THERE'S WAR, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE A WEAPON TO HUMILIATE, TO DOMINATE AND TO SPREAD TERROR. IN RECENT MONTHS, REFUGEES FROM SYRIA'S TWO YEARS OF CONFLICT HAVE GIVEN THE BBC HARROWING AND DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF RAPE, BOTH OF WOMEN AND OF MEN. TRANSLATOR: THAT WAS THE TIME THEY WOULD REMOVE THE BLINDFOLD SO THAT THE GIRLS COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THEIR EYES. THESE ACCOUNTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO CORROBORATE INDEPENDENTLY. BUT THE WEIGHT OF TESTIMONY FROM SO MANY POINTS TO THE SCALE OF A CRIME OFTEN ALL BUT FORGOTTEN WHEN THE WORLD'S FOCUS IS ON THE MORE VISIBLE VICTIMS, THOSE MORE OBVIOUSLY WOUNDED AND THE DEAD. THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE LATEST INTERNET-FUELLED FIXATION FOR TEENAGE GIRLS. IT'S CALLED THE 'THIGH GAP', AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT BEFORE, YOU CAN BE SURE THE TEENAGE GIRL IN YOUR LIFE HAS. HERE'S THE ABC'S JUJU CHANG. FUNKY MUSIC RUNWAY MODELS HAVE IT. ULTRA-THIN TRENDSETTERS LIKE KATE MOSS HAVE IT. WHAT IS IT? THE LATEST OBSESSION FOR A SHOCKING NUMBER OF TEENAGE GIRLS. WHAT IS A THIGH GAP? A THIGH GAP IS, LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE STANDING STRAIGHT UP AND, LIKE, YOU HAVE YOUR FEET TOGETHER AND, LIKE, YOUR KNEES TOGETHER; THERE'S, LIKE, A GAP BETWEEN YOUR THIGHS. GIRLS JUST DON'T WANT THEIR THIGHS TO TOUCH. IT'S ANOTHER WAY TEEN GIRLS SCRUTINISE EACH MINUTE DETAIL OF THEMSELVES AND WIND UP FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T MEASURE UP. AND THE TREND ISN'T JUST ON CAMPUS OR AT THE MALL; IT FOLLOWS TEENS HOME. SOCIAL MEDIA SITES LIKE TUMBLR, FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ARE FLOODED WITH IMAGES OF THIGH GAPS, BONY COLLARBONES AND CONFIDENCE-CRUSHING MESSAGES DISGUISED AS INSPIRATION FOR STAYING THIN. STATISTICS SHOW THAT BY THE TIME GIRLS ARE 17, 80% DISLIKE THEIR BODIES. THAT, COMBINED WITH A PENCHANT FOR OVERSHARING, MAKES TEEN GIRLS VULNERABLE TO EVEN THE MOST SUBTLE MESSAGES. AND THE MOTIVATION FOR SUCH EXTREME BODY IMAGES? NOT WHAT SOME MIGHT EXPECT. DO YOU THINK BOYS LOOK AT A GIRL'S THIGH GAP? NO. BOYS... THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS. < THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? THEY DON'T. BOYS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS. SO WHY DO GIRLS CARE? IT'S` IT'S A GIRL THING. IS IT A GIRL STATUS THING? I WOULD SAY SO. A STATUS THING THAT CRITICS SAY LEAVE TOO MANY GIRLS FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T MEASURE UP. A BRITISH TEENAGER WHO DEVELOPED A MOBILE SOFTWARE APP HAS BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRES. NICK D'ALOISIO (17) HAS SOLD HIS APP TO WEB GIANT YAHOO IN A DEAL WORTH DOZENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE APP SUMMARISES NEWS CONTENT. IT WILL NOW CLOSE, BUT ITS FEATURES WILL BE USED IN YAHOO'S MOBILE PRODUCTS. I AM A TECHNOLOGIST, THOUGH, AT HEART. I MEAN, WHEN I STARTED DOING THIS, IT WASN'T AT ALL FOR THE MONEY. I WAS A 12-YEAR-OLD DOING APPS IN MY BEDROOM. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A HOBBY, AND IT'S KINDA, LIKE, REALLY FUN NOW TO BE` TO REALISE THAT, KIND OF, DREAM. AND I LOVE TECHNOLOGY. IT'S, KIND OF, ONE OF MY MAIN INTERESTS. AND THE YOUNG TECH WIZ ISN'T PLANNING ON SITTING BACK AND ENJOYING HIS NEW FORTUNE. HE'S NOW GOING TO WORK AT YAHOO. A SCHOOL IN ENGLAND HAS TAKEN ITS SCHOOL SAFETY PROCEDURES TO NEW EXTREMES. IT'S BANNED TRIANGULAR-SHAPED BISCUITS, SAYING THEY'RE TOO DANGEROUS. DINNER STAFF AT THE SCHOOL HAVE BEEN TOLD TO CUT THE FLAPJACKS INTO SQUARES, AFTER A PUPIL WAS HIT BY THE FLYING FOOD. WHEN DOES A HUMBLE FLAPJACK POSE A THREAT TO PHYSICAL HARM? ANSWER ` WHEN IT'S BAKED IN THE SHAPE OF A TRIANGLE. IT WAS DURING A FOOD FIGHT AT THE CASTLE VIEW SCHOOL ON CANVEY ISLAND THAT A PUPIL WAS HIT IN THE FACE BY A THREE-SIDED FLAPJACK AND HAD TO BE SENT HOME SUFFERING FROM A SORE EYE. WELL, AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THE SCHOOL SAYS IT HELD A REVIEW OF THE SHAPE AND THE TEXTURE OF ITS FLAPJACKS, AND IT'S DECIDED FROM NOW ON THE TRIANGULAR ONE IS BANNED, AND THE ONLY SAFE SHAPE FOR A FLAPJACK IS SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR. BUT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THE SCHOOL'S DECISION WAS A LITTLE, WELL,... HALF-BAKED. HOW DANGEROUS WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS? ON A LEVEL OF ONE TO 10, ZERO. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SCHOOL BANNING THEM? I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS, ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. IT'S THE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE TOLD NOT TO BE THROWING THE FOOD. IT IS A SHARP POINT ON THERE, BUT I'D HAVE THOUGHT IT'S THE SAME POINT THAT'S ON A SQUARE ONE. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS, ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. AND FOR A CHILD TO BE SENT HOME AFTER BEING HIT BY ONE OF THOSE... THE CASUALTY OF THE FLAPJACK ATTACK HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY, BUT THE TRIANGULAR VERSION OF THIS SNACK IS NOW OFF THE MENU FOR GOOD. HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS TURNED UP AT EDEN PARK IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING, HOPING TO WITNESS NZ'S SECOND-EVER TEST SERIES VICTORY OVER ENGLAND ON NZ SOIL. WITH TICKETS REDUCED TO HALF PRICE FOR THE FINAL DAY AND CHILDREN GETTING IN FREE OF CHARGE, THERE'S PLENTY OF SUPPORT FOR THE BLACKCAPS AS THEY TRY FOR THAT HISTORIC VICTORY. I MEAN, IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR THESE GUYS, HOPEFULLY. I DIDN'T EVEN LIE. I SAID, 'LOOK, SCHOOL, 'WE'RE OFF TO AN IMPORTANT EVENT. IT INVOLVES COMMITMENT, PERSEVERANCE, 'COURAGE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 'WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT STUFF TODAY.' WE DECIDED AT 5 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT THAT WE WOULD COME IN, SO ASKED THE BOSS AND GOT IT OFF. IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT TO COME AND WATCH A SERIES WIN AT EDEN PARK. AND NZ STILL WORKING FOR THAT SERIES WIN. A MINUTE OR TWO AGO, ENGLAND WERE 146/4. WE WILL HAVE DETAILS OF THE PLAY TODAY IN SPORTS NEWS LATER IN THE MIDDAY BULLETIN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN OTHER SPORT ` A BIG WIN FOR THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IN THE NRL. AND TIGER WOODS IS NUMBER ONE AGAIN. 1 WITH ME NOW IS GRETCHEN WILLIAMSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. KATHMANDU ` THE OUTDOOR RETAILER HAS REPORTED FULL YEAR RESULTS ENDED JANUARY 31. THESE SEEM LIKE PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS. QUITE A SURGE THERE IN PROFIT. MOST PLEASING IS SALES UP BY 30%. ONLINE SALES HAVE GROWN BY A LOT AS WELL. MORE STORES ARE IN THE PIPELINE. THIS COMPANY HAS BATTLED THROUGH. FOR INVESTORS, THEY'VE RETAINED THEIR GROSS PROFIT MARGIN. RETAIL STOCK HAS DONE WELL. YES. WAREHOUSE HAD A GOOD RESULT. ALSO BRISCOES. THE MAD BUTCHER CLOSER TO BECOMING A LISTED COMPANY. DISCLOSURE ` CRAIGS ARE THE LEAD MANAGER FOR THIS IPO. YES. VERITAS PURCHASED THEM LAST YEAR. THEY PURCHASED THEM THROUGH MICHAEL MORTON. TERMS OF OFFER WILL BE RELEASED SOON. SHAREHOLDERS CAN APPLY AT $1.30 A SHARE. TO MIDDAY SPORT NOW. THE FINAL DAY OF THE THIRD CRICKET TEST TIGER WOODS IS BACK ON TOP OF THE WORLD. A COMFORTABLE VICTORY IN THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL AT BAY HILL IN FLORIDA HAS KNOCKED RORY MCILORY OFF HIS PERCH AS WORLD NUMBER ONE. AND NOW THE FIRST MAJOR OF THE YEAR BECKONS TIGER AT AUGUSTA IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. WITH THREE BIRDIES ALREADY NOTCHED UP IN HIS STORM-DELAYED FINAL ROUND, TIGER WOODS IS PLUMPING UP THE CUSHION OVER HIS RIVALS. THAT RATHER TIRESOME CHANT FROM HIS FANS WERE REWARDED ON THE 12TH. MAN: GET IT IN THE HOLE! HE'S DEFINITELY GOT IT OVER THERE TO THE LEFT. HOW ABOUT THIS? WOODS WASN'T HAVING IT ALL HIS OWN WAY. PLAYING PARTNER RICKIE FOWLER MOVED WITHIN TWO AT 14. THIS WOULD BE BIG. CAN HE MAKE ANOTHER ONE? YES. WOW. SENSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERT SOME PRESSURE, FOWLER INSTEAD SUCCUMBED TO IT AT THE 16TH. THAT HAS GOT TO COME BACK IN THE WATER. WOODS' RESPONSE WAS A TRADEMARK TURNING OF THE SCREW, SETTING UP AN EAGLE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS SOLID. RIGHT IN THE HOLE TO CENTRE OF THE GREEN. WOODS ON FOR TWO AND HEADING FOR BIRDIE. A RATTLED FOWLER NOW TAKING HIS FOURTH, BUT HE'D BE NEEDING EIGHT. SO TO THE FINAL HOLE. WOODS WITH THREE PUTTS IN HAND TO WIN. WOMAN: GET IN THERE! GET IN THERE! CROWD CHEERS HOW ABOUT THAT ONE? VICTORY BY TWO OVER JUSTIN ROSE. WIN NUMBER EIGHT AT BAY HILL. NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS FROM LEGENDARY HOST ARNOLD PALMER AND REFLECTION ON HIS RETURN TO THE TOP. WELL, IT WAS JUST A BY-PRODUCT ` A BY-PRODUCT OF HARD WORK, PATIENCE AND GETTING BACK TO WINNING GOLF TOURNAMENTS. THE MASTERS NEXT IN TWO WEEKS. THE ODDS SHORTENING. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. CHIEFS WINGER LELIA MASAGA WILL HEAD OFFSHORE AFTER THIS YEAR'S SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION. THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS SIGNED WITH THE JAPANESE CLUB 'HONDA' FOR TWO SEASONS. MASAGA SAYS IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS TOO GOOD TO TURN DOWN. MASAGA HAS PLAYED 80 GAMES FOR THE CHIEFS AND ONE TEST FOR THE ALL BLACKS. RUGBY LEAGUE. THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS THRASHED THE NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS LAST NIGHT 34-6. IT WAS THE 200TH NRL GAME FOR NORTH QUEENSLAND STAR JONATHAN THURSTON BUT ONE TO FORGET AS HIS SIDE WAS OUTCLASSED BY THE HOME TEAM. DEFENSIVELY, WE WERE JUST REALLY POOR RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. JUST HAD NO PUNCH IN OUR D AND NO PUNCH IN OUR OFFENCE, SO, LIKE, NEIL SAID, THEY WERE JUST ROLLING THROUGH US, AND WE STRUGGLED TO STOP THEM. THE COWBOYS' NEXT GAME IS AGAINST THE BOTTOM-OF-TABLE WARRIORS IN AUCKLAND NEXT MONDAY. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS HAVE BECOME THE THIRD NZ TEAM TO FALL TO AN AUSTRALIAN SIDE IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. THE MYSTICS HELD THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS AGAINST THE MELBOURNE VIXENS. BUT A LACK OF DEPTH WAS HIGHLIGHTED LATE IN THE MATCH, WITH THE VIXENS SCORING TWICE AS MANY POINTS AS THE HOME SIDE IN THE FINAL QUARTER. CAPTAIN MARIA TUTAIA SAYS THE MYSTICS RAN OUT OF STEAM. I SHOULD'VE GOT THE BALL THROUGH THE HOOP MORE OFTEN (!) NO, IT WAS JUST PERSONAL ERRORS TOWARDS THE END. WE FOUGHT REALLY HARD IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, BUT I GUESS A TEAM LIKE VIXENS, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE A SLACK LAST QUARTER. FINAL SCORE 60-46 TO THE VIXENS. THE FINAL DAY OF THE THIRD CRICKET TEST BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND ENGLAND IS BALANCED ON A KNIFE-EDGE. AFTER A TOUGH MORNING WITH THE BALL, THE BLACKCAPS FINALLY MADE A BREAKTHROUGH A FEW MINUTES AGO. YOU BETCHA. AND NZ CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM HAS HAD TO LEAVE THE FIELD WITH INJURY, SUFFERING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HAMSTRING STRAIN IN THE FIELD. A SHORT TIME AGO ENGLAND WERE ON 150/5, TRAILING BY 331. QUEEN STREET BECAME MT PANORAMA FOR A FEW FLEETING MINUTES THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE V8 SUPERCARS RETURN TO AUCKLAND NEXT MONTH. MAYOR LEN BROWN PLAYED CO-DRIVER TO FOUR-TIME V8 CHAMP JAMIE WHINCUP THROUGH THE CITY STREETS. WHINCUP IS EXCITED FOR THE REVAMPED TRACK AT PUKEKOHE AND SAYS THE TRANS-TASMAN RIVALRY IS WELL AND TRULY ON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013