DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. DESPITE THE DROUGHT, A SIGNIFICANT PROFIT BOOST FOR OUR LARGEST COMPANY. A DRAMATIC TWIST IN THE AMANDA KNOX ITALIAN MURDER CASE. AND A RAINBOW ROAD THAT'S CAUSING A RUCKUS IN SYDNEY. A TEMPORARY SILVER LINING FOR DAIRY FARMERS TODAY AS THE COUNTRY'S WORST DROUGHT IN 70 YEARS PUSHES UP GLOBAL DAIRY PRICES. FONTERRA HAS POSTED AN AFTER-TAX HALF-YEAR PROFIT OF $459M. THAT'S UP 33%. THAT MEANS IT'LL BE PAYING 30C MORE TO FARMERS PER KILOGRAM OF MILK SOLIDS. FEDERATED FARMERS SAYS THE EARNINGS BOOST WILL SOFTEN SOME OF THE IMPACT FROM THE DROUGHT, BUT IT WON'T BE ENOUGH TO MAKE UP FOR THE LACK OF PRODUCTION. THAT FASTER CASH RATE THAT IS GOING THROUGH TO OUR FARMERS WILL PROBABLY, ON AVERAGE, BE ABOUT $100,000 PER FARMER. BUT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR FARMERS, COS, FRANKLY, MOST OF OUR FARMERS WOULD HAVE SPENT THAT MONEY BEFORE THEY GET IT, AND SO... AND THEY'RE SPENDING IT TO FEED THEIR COWS, AND AS I SAID, WITH MILK PRODUCTION DRYING OFF ON MANY FARMS, THAT'S LESS REVENUE, OF COURSE, THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING FOR THE MILK. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAYS THE STRONG FIRST HALF IS UNLIKELY TO BE REPEATED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WITH ANNUAL MILK VOLUMES EXPECTED TO DROP BACK TO BE IN LINE WITH LAST SEASON. THE CO-OP SAYS ITS ALSO EXPECTING INTENSIFIED COMPETITION IN OVERSEAS CONSUMER MARKETS, PARTICULARLY IN AUSTRALIA, WHILE IN ASIA THERE ARE SIGNS THAT DEMAND IS SLOWING. THE GOVERNMENT'S SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL HAS COME BACK UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AT PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING. THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL PHILLIPPA SMITH HAS FRONTED UP TO A SELECT COMMITTEE TO ANSWER MPS' QUESTIONS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER INQUIRY INTO THE TENDER PROCESS FOR A $300M CONVENTION CENTRE IN AUCKLAND. OPPOSITION MPS PUSHED HER ON WHETHER SHE AGREED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S ASSESSMENT THAT HER REPORT HAD VINDICATED THE GOVERNMENT. TIME NOTHING WAS ENTIRELY CLEARCUT. WE HAVE SAID THAT WE HAVE FOUND PROBLEMS WITH THE PROCESS THAT WAS ADOPTED. I THINK THE REPORT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE GOVERNMENT REMAINS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SKY CITY TO BUILD A CONVENTION CENTRE IN EXCHANGE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POKIE MACHINES IT CAN OPERATE. THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS BEEN FORCED TO JUSTIFY ITS REPORT ON LABOUR MP SHANE JONES AT A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. SHANE JONES WAS INVESTIGATED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A CITIZENSHIP CASE WITH CHINESE MILLIONAIRE BILL LIU AND WAS CLEARED OF WRONGDOING EARLIER IN THE MONTH. THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL SAYS THERE WERE SERIOUS FLAWS IN THE PROCESS AND SHANE JONES SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BY MORE SENIOR OFFICIALS. THE LABOUR PARTY'S CALLING FOR BETTER SOFTWARE SECURITY FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION AND ACC BEFORE ANOTHER MASS SECURITY BREACH OCCURS. CANTABRIANS ARE REELING AFTER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT 80,000 QUAKE-DAMAGE CLAIMS WAS ACCIDENTLY RELEASED IN AN EMAIL. THE MAN WHO RECEIVED THE EMAIL HEADS A COMPANY SET UP TO FIGHT THE COMMISSION FOR A BETTER INSURANCE DEAL FOR HOMEOWNERS. LABOUR SAYS IT ALL COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE GOVERNMENT TOOK PRIVACY BREACHES SERIOUSLY. AND CERA'S ANNOUNCED THREE TOURISM OPERATORS IN CHRISTCHURCH HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO RUN TOURS INSIDE CHRISTCHURCH'S REBUILD ZONE. UP TILL NOW, CBD BUS TOURS HAVE GIVEN VISITORS A GUIDE AROUND THE QUAKE ZONE. NOW CHRISTCHURCH BIKE TOURS, HAPPY TOURS VINTAGE AND RED BUS LIMITED WILL BE ALLOWED TO TAKE PEOPLE INSIDE THE CORDON FENCES. THE THREE VENTURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RUNNING SOON. A LAW THAT WOULD SEE COMPANIES FACE CHARGES OVER DEATHS RELATED TO THEIR ACTIVITY IS LONG OVERDUE, ACCORDING TO A LAW EXPERT. THE MINISTER OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SAYS A TOUGHER LAW'S NEEDED TO PUNISH IRRESPONSIBLE COMPANIES. THIS AFTER NEWS THAT NO ONE WILL FACE CHARGES OVER THE 115 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE CTV BUILDING COLLAPSE DURING THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE. LAW PROFESSOR BILL HODGE SAYS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE COMPANIES, RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS. IT'S VERY HARD TO SAY, 'THIS PERSON, THIS HUMAN BEING WAS THE SOLE AGENCY.' AND THAT'S WHY SO MANY PROSECUTIONS FOR HOMICIDE IN A GARAGE, AT A RACETRACK, ETC, FALL OVER, BECAUSE IT'S UNFAIR TO SINGLE OUT ONE PERSON. WE DO NEED TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE COMPANY. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BILL HODGE FROM AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY'S LAW FACULTY. NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THE GAP IN INCOME BETWEEN NZERS AND AUSTRALIANS IS WIDENING, AND IT'S NOT IN OUR FAVOUR. THE LATEST ROY MORGAN RESEARCH SHOWS KIWI'S PERSONAL INCOMES ARE RISING, BUT NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS AUSTRALIANS. IN 2001 THE AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN WAGE WAS JUST UNDER 11% MORE THAN IN NZ, BUT THAT GAP HAS NOW EXTENDED TO 26%. THE MOVES TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND TO MONDAY-ISE ANZAC AND WAITANGI DAYS COULD INCH CLOSER TO BECOMING LAW TODAY. BOTH BILLS ARE ENTERING PARLIAMENT'S COMMITTEE STAGE, WHERE AMENDMENTS ARE VOTED ON. LABOUR MP DAVID CLARK SAYS HE EXPECTS HIS MONDAY-ISATION BILL TO PASS THROUGH UNALTERED. BUT THE OPPONENTS OF LOUISA WALL'S MARRIAGE EQUALITY BILL MAY PRESS FOR SOME CHANGES. SERIAL SEX OFFENDER STUART MURRAY WILSON IS EXPECTED TO BE RECALLED TODAY FOR A HEARING BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD AT WANGANUI PRISON. WILSON WAS PUT BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PHONED A WOMAN HE'D BEEN BANNED FROM CONTACTING. WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE WANGANUI DISTRICT COURT LAST MONTH, THE 66-YEAR-OLD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF BREACHING HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS. HE IS DUE TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN MAY. WILSON WAS RELEASED LAST SEPTEMBER AFTER SERVING ALMOST TWO DECADES IN PRISON. POLICE IN ATIAMURI ARE ASSESSING INFORMATION FROM MOTORISTS AFTER CHECKPOINTS WERE SET UP NEAR WHERE ROAD WORKER GEORGE TAIAROA WAS SHOT LAST WEEK. FIVE CHECKPOINTS WERE SET UP TO COVER ROUTES THAT A BLUE JEEP CHEROKEE POLICE ARE HUNTING FOR MAY HAVE TRAVELLED DOWN. POLICE HAVE SPOKEN TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DRIVERS AND SAY THEY'VE FOUND AT LEAST ONE DRIVER WHO WAS AT THE SCENE ON TRAM ROAD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING BUT HADN'T PREVIOUSLY COME FORWARD TO POLICE. THEY'RE REMINDING ANYONE IN THE AREA TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS OVER THE LONG WEEKEND, AND TO CALL 0800 KINGSWOOD IF THEY SEE ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE. A MEDIA EXPERT SAYS THERE COULD BE ISSUES WITH A MERGED MEDIA WATCHDOG BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT PENALTIES FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA BREACHES. THE LAW COMMISSION'S SUGGESTED THE BROADCASTING STANDARDS AUTHORITY, THE PRESS COUNCIL AND THE ONLINE MEDIA STANDARDS AUTHORITY BE THROWN OUT IN FAVOUR OF A SINGLE BODY TO OVERSEE MEDIA STANDARDS. BUT MEDIA COMMENTATOR JIM TULLY SAYS THE CURRENT BODIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF PENALTIES. ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THE CURRENT DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE WATCHDOGS IN TERMS OF THEIR POWERS AND CERTAINLY THEIR PENALTIES BECAUSE, AS YOU WOULD KNOW, THE BROADCASTING STANDARDS AUTHORITY HAS SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT POWERS. THE PRESS COUNCIL HAS NO SANCTIONS. MEDIA COMMENTATOR JIM TULLY. THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST INTERNET PROVIDER HAS TODAY UNVEILED ITS ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND PACKAGES. TELECOM'S ENTRY-LEVEL RESIDENTIAL PACKAGE WILL COST $95 A MONTH FOR 50 GB OF DATA WITH A MINIMUM 12-MONTH CONTRACT. STATISTICS OUT LAST MONTH SHOW 134,000 CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT, BUT JUST 4000 HAVE SIGNED UP SO FAR. THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTING MORE THAN $1.3B IN THE ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND FIBRE NETWORK. TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS. THERE'S BEEN A STUNNING TWIST IN THE ITALIAN MURDER CASE INVOLVING AMERICAN STUDENT AMANDA KNOX. ITALY'S HIGHEST COURT HAS OVERTURNED HER ACQUITTAL FOR THE MURDER OF HER FLATMATE MEREDITH KERCHER AND ORDERED A FRESH TRIAL. HERE'S THE BBC'S ALAN JOHNSON. IF SHE THOUGHT HER ITALIAN NIGHTMARE MIGHT BE ENDING, SHE WAS WRONG. AMANDA KNOX IS STILL DEEP IN LEGAL TROUBLE. SHE'D APPEALED AGAINST HER MURDER CONVICTION AND BEEN ACQUITTED. BUT ITALY'S HIGHEST COURT HAS JUST STRUCK DOWN THAT RULING. AMANDA KNOX MUST BE TRIED AGAIN. THE FAMILY OF THE MURDER VICTIM, MEREDITH KERCHER, SAY THAT THE HUNT FOR THE TRUTH MUST GO ON. AMANDA KNOX AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO WERE CONVICTED BACK IN 2009. SHE WAS GIVEN 26 YEARS IN JAIL. HE GOT 25. THE PROSECUTION SAID THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A BRUTAL SEX GAME THAT WENT WRONG. ONE MAN IS IN JAIL FOR THE MURDER. RUDY GUEDE, A DRUG DEALER, IS SERVING 16 YEARS. THE PROSECUTION SAYS AMANDA KNOX AND HER FORMER BOYFRIEND WERE HIS ACCOMPLICES. WHEN THEY WERE ACQUITTED 18 MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE RELEASED FROM JAIL. BUT NOW WITH A RETRIAL COMING, THEY MUST FIGHT ONCE MORE TO TRY TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE. STUNNING REVERSAL FOR AMANDA KNOX. THE ITALIANS CAN'T FORCE HER TO RETURN FOR THE RERUNNING OF HER APPEAL, BUT SHE COULD BE TRIED IN HER ABSENCE. AND IF AMANDA KNOX IS ULTIMATELY CONVICTED, ITALY COULD DEMAND HER EXTRADITION. IN INDONESIA, A LANDSLIDE TRIGGERED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN HAS KILLED AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE WITH NINE OTHERS MISSING. NINE HOUSES WERE BURIED BY MUD JUST AFTER DAWN. A LACK OF EQUIPMENT SLOWED DOWN RESCUE ATTEMPTS, WITH OVER 300 POLICE, SOLDIERS AND RESIDENTS USING THEIR HANDS AND SHOVELS TO DIG THROUGH THE DEBRIS. ALREADY THIS YEAR IN INDONESIA THERE HAVE BEEN 54 LANDSLIDES WITH A DEATH TOLL SO FAR OF 83. IN BRITAIN, MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THOUSANDS OF HOMES FACE ANOTHER DAY WITH NO POWER, AND FARMERS ARE STRUGGLING TO RESCUE STRANDED LIVESTOCK. THE BBC'S DANNY SAVAGE REPORTS FROM THE ISLE OF MAN, WHERE HUNDREDS OF SHEEP HAVE DIED. CLIMBING UP OVER VAST DRIFTS IN SEARCH OF THEIR LOST SHEEP. THESE HILL FARMERS HOPE THIS IS A RESCUE MISSION, BUT FEAR IT WILL TURN INTO A BODY COUNT. UP TO 700 OF THEIR EWES ARE MISSING, BURIED ALIVE. THEIR METHODS ARE SIMPLE: PRODDING AND HOPING TO FIND A SHEEP. THEY HEAD OFF INTO THE HILLS. THEY HAVE A HUGE AREA TO SEARCH. DAYS AFTER THE SNOW FELL, ROADS HERE ARE STILL DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE. IT'S LIKE THIS FOR MILE AFTER MILE. POWER LINES ARE DOWN TOO. THE WEIGHT OF ICE AND SNOW HAS PROVED TO BE OVERWHELMING. ACROSS THE IRISH SEA, SOME PEOPLE IN REMOTE PARTS OF NORTHERN IRELAND ARE STILL CUT OFF. PATRICIA WARD AND HER HUSBAND, FROM DUNDROD IN COUNTY ANTRIM, HAVE BEEN TRAPPED SINCE THURSDAY NIGHT. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE LIKE OF THIS BEFORE, AND WE ARE DESPERATE. HE NEEDS TABLETS, I NEED FEED FOR THE ANIMALS, I'M RUNNING OUT OF MILK. ON THE ISLE OF ARRAN, A HELICOPTER WAS BEING USED TO GET POWER LINES BACK UP. YEAH! BACK ON THE ISLE OF MAN, WE FOUND SOME HOPE IN ONE FREEZING FIELD ` ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM NEEDED SPECIAL HELP TO GET TO THE WARM BARN WAITING FOR THEM. UNDER A LOT OF SNOW. AT LEAST 9FT, 10FT OF SNOW AT THE MOMENT. JUST IN AIR POCKETS, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH GROUND TO COVER, IT'S QUITE HARD TO FIND THEM, REALLY, BUT IT'S JUST PERSEVERANCE. IN THIS ISLAND COMMUNITY, STRANGERS ARE OFFERING A HELPING HAND TO ASSIST THOSE MOST IN NEED. A RAINBOW PAINTED ACROSS A MAIN ROAD IN SYDNEY FOR THE GAY AND SYDNEY MARDI GRAS IS CAUSING PROBLEMS. AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE $30,000 COST TO REMOVE IT. HERE'S DAMIEN RYAN. IT ARRIVED WITH PLENTY OF HYPE AND A HEFTY PRICE TAG. BUT AFTER A MONTH, A DARK CLOUD IS HANGING OVER OXFORD STREET'S TAYLOR SQUARE. THE END OF THE RAINBOW IS NEAR. PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ARE A MATTER OF ROAD SAFETY. AND THESE PICTURES, SAY THE MINISTER, ARE PROOF THAT SAFETY'S BEING COMPROMISED. PEOPLE LYING, SITTING ON THE RAINBOW, AND ALL FOR A HAPPY SNAP. I'M ABOUT SAVING LIVES. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE'S LIVES TO BE PUT AT RISK. THE RAINBOW CROSSING WAS MEANT TO BE A ONE-OFF FOR THE MARDI GRAS AND IS DUE TO BE REMOVED IN FIVE DAYS. BUT MAYOR CLOVER MOORE AND THE LOCAL MEMBER ARE NOW LEADING A CHARGE TO KEEP IT. THERE'S BEEN A STRONG COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS HAD 12,000 PEOPLE SIGN A PETITION TO KEEP IT. SO I HOPE THAT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT. IT CERTAINLY DOES GRAB YOUR ATTENTION, AND SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION. THEY BELIEVE ONE DAY IT'LL BECOME AS WELL KNOWN AS THAT OTHER FAMOUS CROSSING ` ABBEY ROAD, LONDON. ADDS A SPLASH OF COLOUR WITHOUT THE POLITICS. MAYBE NOT. THEY SIGNED OFF ON THAT. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. SO D-DAY IS LOOMING. HARMONY AND TOLERANCE COULD BE LOST IN THE BATTLE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` MORE REACTION TO YESTERDAY'S CRICKET TEST THRILLER. AND THE GOLFING SUPERSTARS DEAL TO THE BAD GUYS IN A NEW TV COMMERCIAL. # There's a bloody big carrot in Ohakune and a tin gumboot in Taihape. # Masterton's got Golden Shears. # Palmerston North, it's all right here. # Wherever you're driving this weekend, do your bit to keep everyone safe on the road. 1 WITH ME NOW IS JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. FONTERRA REPORTED THEIR FIRST HALF-RESULT TODAY. IS THIS REGARDED AS GOOD, AND HOW DOES THE MARKET LIKE IT? IT WAS CLEARLY GOOD AND THE MAIN STORY IN THE MARKET. THE SHARE PRICE HAD BEEN WEAK LATELY. IT WAS A VERY STRONG FIRST HALF RESULT. ALL IN ALL, VERY POSTIVE. EVERYONE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR WHERE OCNDITIONS WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE HELLABY HOLDINGS CAPITAL RAISING ANNOUNCED TODAY? THEY ARE LOOKING TO RAIS $50M THE OTHER $10M BY A BUSINESS PLAN. HELLABY HOLDINGS HAS BEEN A SUCCESS STORY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING. TO MIDDAY SPORT NOW ` CRICKET, AND THE DUST IS STILL SETTLING AFTER WHAT'S BEEN LABELLED A SCINTILLATING DRAW BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND ENGLAND. THE TEST SERIES ENDED AT 0`0 AFTER A DEFIANT ENGLISH SIDE BATTED OUT THE DAY TO LEAVE THE BLACKCAPS ONE WICKET SHORT OF VICTORY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS LOOKS AT THE REACTION FROM BOTH CAMPS. IT'S THE TEST THAT GRIPPED A TIRING NZ CRICKET PUBLIC AND REJUVENATED THE SPORT'S LONGEST FORMAT. YOU JUST HAVE TO APPLAUD HIM, FOLKS. BILLY COOPER. THAT TRUMPET WILL BE GOING LONG INTO THE NIGHT. BUT SKETCHED ON THE BLACKCAPS' FACES, THE AGONY OF WHAT COULD'VE BEEN AFTER OUTPLAYING ENGLAND AND FALLING ONE WICKET SHORT OF AN HISTORIC TEST SERIES WIN. YEAH, IT IS HEARTBREAKING, OBVIOUSLY. WE PLAYED SOME BRILLIANT CRICKET. BUT WE CAME UP AGAINST A DEFIANT ENGLISH TEAM WHO WERE HELL-BENT ON ENSURING THAT THEY DIDN'T LOSE THE TEST MATCH FOR THEIR COUNTRY. HEARTBREAK ACCOMPANIED BY PRIDE. WHILST WE DIDN'T GET THE RESULT, I GUESS THE TRAITS THAT WE SHOWED, THE FIGHTING CHARACTERISTICS, THE NEVER GIVING UP ATTITUDE WAS THERE RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AN ATTITUDE ALSO EXEMPLIFIED BY ENGLAND'S HERO, MATT PRIOR, WHO FINISHED UNDEFEATED ON 110 AFTER MORE THAN FOUR HOURS AT THE CREASE. I'M NOT REALLY ONE TO CELEBRATE DRAWS, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO ESCAPE WITH THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL EFFORT, PHENOMENAL TEAM, YOU KNOW ` BATTING EFFORT FROM OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST INNINGS BEING PRETTY DISAPPOINTING. HIS SKIPPER TOOK WHAT HE COULD OUT OF A DRAW AGAINST A TEAM RANKED SIX PLACES BELOW THEM. WE'RE DISAPPOINTED IN THIS SERIES THAT WE HAVEN'T PLAYED AS WELL AS COULD, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN BEATEN, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR A SIDE. NZ ALSO UNBEATEN ` BUT ONE WORD MORE THAN ANYTHING SUMMED UP THEIR REACTION TO THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. THE GUYS ARE GUTTED AFTER A TOUGH SERIES, AND A SERIES THAT YOU COULD ARGUABLY SAY WE DOMINATED. IT'S PRETTY GUTTING STILL TO STAND HERE AND SAY WE'VE STILL GOT A 0`0 SERIES DRAW WHEN YOU KNOW IT POTENTIALLY COULD'VE BEEN 1`0. GUTTED, RELIEVED, HEARTBROKEN, ELATED,... AND TO THINK, WE COULD GO THROUGH IT ALL AGAIN WHEN THE BLACKCAPS TOUR ENGLAND IN MAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. ENGLISH RUGBY REFEREE WAYNE BARNES HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO OFFICIATE IN ONE OF THE ALL BLACKS-FRANCE TESTS IN JUNE. BARNES STILL ISN'T THE MOST POPULAR REF WITH SOME KIWI FANS AFTER THAT WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL LOSS TO THE FRENCH IN 2007. HE'LL CONTROL THE FIRST FRENCH TEST AT EDEN PARK ON JUNE 8TH, THE WORLD CUP FINAL RE-MATCH. MEANWHILE, NZ REF CHRIS POLLOCK HAS SCORED A PLUM JOB, THE FIRST LIONS-AUSTRALIA TEST IN BRISBANE, ALSO IN JUNE. RUGBY LEAGUE ` CANTERBURY BULLDOGS STAR BEN BARBA WILL RETURN TO THE NRL THIS WEEKEND. THE DALLY M WINNER HASN'T PLAYED THIS SEASON AFTER BEING STOOD DOWN TO DEAL WITH PERSONAL ISSUES, INCLUDING GAMBLING AND ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, BUT HE'LL BE BACK ON THE FIELD AT FULLBACK FOR THE BULLDOGS AS THEY TAKE ON THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. TO FOOTBALL ` TEENAGER TIM PAYNE SCORED TWO GOALS TO LEAD THE ALL WHITES TO A 2`0 VICTORY OVER THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN HONIARA LAST NIGHT. THE VICTORY FOLLOWS NZ'S RECENT WIN OVER NEW CALEDONIA AS THEY MOVE FORWARD IN QUALIFYING STAGES FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL. IF YOU THINK OLD GOLFERS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION, THEN THINK AGAIN. TIGER WOODS AND THE LEGENDARY ARNOLD PALMER HAVE A WON FEW TROPHIES BETWEEN THEM, BUT WHEN THE BAD GUYS TRY TO STEAL THEM, THE GOLFERS KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. (UTTERS KARATE CRY) ACTION MUSIC OMAHA SPREAD? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. GRUNTING AND JUST WHEN THINGS WEREN'T LOOKING GOOD, WHO SHOULD COME TO THE RESCUE BUT ANOTHER OLD-TIME STAR, LEE TREVINO. IT'S ALL PART OF A NEW TV COMMERCIAL FOR A COMPUTER SPORTS GAME. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FINE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THERE'S LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT. ISOBARS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, SO NOT MUCH WIND EITHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ WELLINGTONIANS ARE GETTING ANOTHER CHANCE TO PUT ON THEIR ICE SKATES AS A TEMPORARY RINK REOPENS TODAY, DESPITE A REGIONAL WATER BAN BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. THE 500M2 RINK TOOK 10 WORKERS TWO DAYS TO MAKE AND REQUIRED 36,000L OF WATER. ICE WORLD NZ SAYS IT'S NOT BREACHING THE BAN BECAUSE IT USED RAINWATER UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. RAINWATER THAT'S COLLECTED OVER TIME, UM, EXCESS TO REQUIREMENTS, SO I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS AROUND HERE. THE TAPS WILL STILL KEEP FLOWING. THE WATERFRONT ICE RINK PROVED POPULAR WHEN IT WAS LAST INSTALLED TWO YEARS AGO, ATTRACTING MORE THAN 30,000 SKATERS. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. FONTERRA'S STRONG RESULT HAS PROVIDED SOME MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FOR FARMERS, SAYS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS' COUNCIL. THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL HAS FRONTED UP TO A SELECT COMMITTEE OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL. AND THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM'S PLEASURE AT HOLDING ON FOR A DRAWN SERIES HAS BEEN DAMPENED AFTER GEAR WAS STOLEN FROM THE TEAM'S HOTEL. FINALLY, A LITTLE RED PANDA HAS MADE HER PUBLIC DEBUT AT MOGO ZOO, SOUTH OF SYDNEY. 'CHAI' WAS REJECTED BY HER MUM WHEN BORN NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AGO AND HAS HAD TO BE HAND-REARED BY ZOOKEEPERS. SHE'S NOW THRIVING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY LAUREN STRAIN AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.