DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. ASSAULTED TWICE, FORMER BLACKCAP JESSE RYDER LIES IN AN INDUCED COMA. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN THE EQC'S EXTERNAL MAIL SYSTEMS AS A SECOND PRIVACY BREACH IS UNCOVERED. AND THE BREAKERS CRUISE A STEP CLOSER TO RETAINING THEIR BASKETBALL TITLE. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. CRICKETER JESSE RYDER LIES IN A COMA TONIGHT AS POLICE HUNT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKING THE FORMER BLACKCAP OUTSIDE A CHRISTCHURCH BAR. POLICE SAY RYDER WAS ASSAULTED TWICE, SUFFERING A FRACTURED SKULL AND PUNCTURED LUNG. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. THE VICIOUSNESS OF THE ASSAULT THAT LEFT JESSE RYDER FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN INTENSIVE CARE SHOCKED PATRONS WHO SAW IT UNFOLD THROUGH THIS WINDOW. I'D SAY MAYBE FIVE SECONDS HE WAS ON THE GROUND, AND THEY WERE KICKING HIM VERY VERY HARD. EMMA FERGUSON SAYS SHE COULD HEAR THE IMPACT OF THE BLOWS FROM INSIDE THE BAR. HE GOT UP AND STUMBLED ACROSS THE ROAD, AND WHEN HE STOOD UP AFTER THE ATTACK, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HIM ON HIS FEET. BUT FOR RYDER, THE ASSAULT WOULDN'T STOP THERE. FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT, RYDER AND TWO OTHER PERSONS WALKED ACROSS THE ROAD TOWARDS MCDONALD'S, WHERE HIS WELLINGTON TEAMMATES HAD BEEN PURCHASING SOME FOOD. A SECOND ALTERCATION HAS TAKEN PLACE AT THE ENTRANCE TO MCDONALD'S CAR PARK, INVOLVING ONE OF THE MALES FROM THE EARLIER GROUP. IN THAT INCIDENT, IT APPEARS THAT JESSE HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF A SERIOUS ASSAULT AND HAS SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AS A RESULT. AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HADN'T INTERVENED. EMMA FERGUSON'S FRIEND WAS AMONG THEM. HE WAS RIGHT IN THERE. OBVIOUSLY JUST GOT IN THERE, LIKE THE GOOD GUYS USUALLY WILL ` PULL ALL THE GUYS OFF THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY ATTACKING HIM, AND REGAN, I KNOW, FOLLOWED HIM ACROSS THE ROAD TO CHECK AND SEE IF HE WAS OK. FROM WHAT HE SAID, HE'D BEEN PHYSICALLY ILL AND WAS SHAKING AND DIDN'T LOOK TOO FLASH. POLICE ARE NOW TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE MEN INVOLVED IN THE BASHING. THERE ARE CCTV CAMERAS IN THE AREA, AND WE ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOWNLOADING AND REVIEWING THAT FOOTAGE. BAR OWNER STEVE HOLMES HAS ALSO LOOKED AT THE FOOTAGE BEFORE HANDING IT TO POLICE. IT HASN'T ACTUALLY STARTED INSIDE THE PREMISES. IT'S STARTED OUTSIDE THE STREET. SO SOME FORM OF ALTERCATION. I WASN'T HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THE WHOLE DETAILS. SO, LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITIES TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY DID HAPPEN. THERE IS NO INDICATION AT THIS STAGE THAT ALCOHOL WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE ASSAULT. POLICE ARE SEEKING WITNESSES. I DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND TO WHAT CAUSED THE INCIDENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON NOW TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS TOOK PLACE. ALTHOUGH WITNESSES FEEL THAT MAY ONLY BE KNOWN BY RYDER AND THOSE WHO ASSAULTED HIM. IT DID SEEM LIKE AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK FROM WHERE WE WERE STANDING. RYDER'S OFF-FIELD TROUBLES FIRST HIT THE HEADLINES AFTER AN INCIDENT AT ANOTHER CHRISTCHURCH BAR. FIVE YEARS AGO, HE CUT HIS HAND TRYING TO BREAK INTO A TOILET AFTER NZ WON A ONE-DAY SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND. DESPITE HIS BATTLES WITH THE BOOZE, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN REGARDED AS A SPECIAL TALENT, HIGHLIGHTED BY HIS BEST TEST SCORE OF 201 AGAINST INDIA. BUT, IN LATE 2009, HE WAS FINED BY TEAM MANAGEMENT WHEN HE WHACKED A CHAIR AFTER BEING DISMISSED AND VERBALLY ABUSING MANAGER DAVE CURRIE. HE PUT HIMSELF ON AN INDEFINITE BREAK FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET IN MARCH LAST YEAR AFTER BEING AXED FROM THE ONE-DAY TEAM FOR GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH PATRONS AT A NAPIER BAR. THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHUT DOWN THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION'S EXTERNAL EMAIL SYSTEMS AFTER A SECOND MASS PRIVACY BREACH. A SPREADSHEET WITH MORE THAN 2000 NAMES AND DETAILS RELATING TO BANK CHEQUES WAS EMAILED TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. GEORGINA BALL'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY. THIS WAS THE EMAIL THAT ALERTED LABOUR TO A SECOND MASSIVE EQC PRIVACY BREACH. THIS IS, HOWEVER, A COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION. LABOUR REVEALED THE BREACH IN PARLIAMENT TODAY, A SPREADSHEET WITH BANK CHEQUE DETAILS AND MORE THAN 2000 NAMES SENT TO A CLAIMANT, SPARKING SWIFT ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE'VE REQUIRED EQC TO IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN ALL EMAIL SYSTEMS. THERE'LL BE NO EMAILS GOING IN AND NO EMAILS GOING OUT OF THE ORGANISATION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR BREACH, AND THIS IS ANOTHER LET-DOWN, AND I THINK THAT THE MINISTER HAS TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. WHEN THE EQC MISTAKENLY SENT OUT PRIVATE INFORMATION ABOUT MORE THAN 80,000 CLAIMS JUST LAST WEEK, ITS BOSS INSISTED IT WAS A ONE-OFF CASE. THIS WAS A HUMAN ERROR ON FRIDAY. BUT THIS LATEST REVELATION'S FORCED HIM TO ACKNOWLEDGE HE'S UNDERESTIMATED THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEMS. BUT CLEARLY, GIVEN TODAY'S NEWS, MORE DRAMATIC STEPS ARE REQUIRED. THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE EMAIL HAD CONTACTED THE EQC TO LET THEM KNOW BUT NEVER HEARD BACK. I TALKED TO THAT PERSON TONIGHT ON THE PHONE, AND HE HAS NOW HEARD FROM THE EQC. IAN SIMPSON CALLED HIM TONIGHT TO PERSONALLY APOLOGIZE. THE MAN, WHO WANTS TO BE KNOWN ONLY AS JOHN, SAYS HE WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT LAST WEEK'S BREACH WAS NOT A ONE-OFF. THAT MESSAGE HAS CERTAINLY GOT THROUGH NOW. GERRY BROWNLEE'S ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION AND SAYS THE FREEZE WON'T BE TAKEN OFF EXTERNAL EMAILS UNTIL HE'S CONFIDENT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY IS SAFE. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. THE FAMILY OF THE ROADWORKER GUNNED DOWN NEAR TOKOROA HAVE MADE AN EMOTIONAL PLEA FOR HELP. GEORGE TAIAROA'S FAMILY BELIEVE HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A RANDOM SHOOTING. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. A HEARTFELT PLEA FROM A HEARTBROKEN FAMILY. TEARFULLY: WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO FIND THE PEOPLE OR THE PERSON THAT HAS DONE THIS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN GETTING US TO DO THIS. NINE DAYS AFTER GEORGE TAIAROA WAS GUNNED DOWN WHILE HOLDING A GO-STOP SIGN, HIS DEATH REMAINS A MYSTERY, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. I KNOW THAT MY FATHER WAS A LOVING AND KIND AND GENEROUS MAN, AND WE ARE LEFT HERE WITH THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW A 67-YEAR-OLD MAN CAN BE TAKEN IN A SUCH A HORRIBLE AND VIOLENT MANNER. HIS WIFE, HELEN, IS CERTAIN HE WASN'T TARGETED. HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ENEMY. HE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, AND THAT AREA THAT THAT HAPPENED IN IS KNOWN FOR DRUGS. BUT POLICE AREN'T SO SURE. CRIME IS NOT RANDOM, UM, AN-AND THESE SORT OF, UM, HOMICIDES IN NZ ARE VERY RARE. THE FOCUS OF THE POLICE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ON THE BLUE JEEP CHEROKEE. POLICE SAY THEY'VE HAD VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRIVER, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY PROFILING PEOPLE OF INTEREST. GEORGE TAIAROA'S FAMILY SAY THEY DESERVE ANSWERS. THIS PERSON, WHOEVER THEY ARE, UM, THEY HAVE WHANAU. UM, THEY HAVE NEIGHBOURS. THEY MIGHT HAVE A PARTNER. THEY'RE PART OF A COMMUNITY. UM... THEY MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO SOMEONE. AND MR TAIAROA'S FAMILY SAY THEY NEED ANSWERS TO GIVE THEM CLOSURE. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. THERE ARE WORRYING SIGNS THE TIWAI ALUMINIUM SMELTER COULD CLOSE, THREATENING THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND THE SOUTHLAND ECONOMY. IT'S ALL BECAUSE THE SMELTER'S OWNERS AND ITS ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER, MERIDIAN ENERGY, CAN'T REACH A DEAL ON THE DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR POWER. POLITICAL REPORTER, MICHAEL PARKIN'S FOLLOWING THE STORY. THE TIWAI POINT SMELTER IN SOUTHLAND USES 14% OF NZ'S POWER, AND FOR THAT REASON, IT CAN DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN OVER WHAT PRICE IT PAYS. TIWAI'S OWNER, PACIFIC ALUMINIUM, A SUBSIDIARY OF RIO TINTO, SAYS IT'S SUFFERING FROM A WORLDWIDE DROP IN ALUMINIUM PRICES AND DECIDED IN JULY THAT IT WANTED TO RENEGOTIATE ITS 18-YEAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DEAL WITH MERIDIAN. BUT TODAY THE SOON-TO-BE SOLD-OFF POWER COMPANY ANNOUNCED A DEAL'S UNLIKELY. < HOW FAR APART ARE YOU? < IS IT TENS OF MILLIONS? HUNDRED OF MILLIONS? BILLIONS? I CAN'T` IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WITHOUT A DEAL, THE SMELTER WILL CLOSE, COSTING 3200 SOUTHLANDERS THEIR JOBS, ACCORDING TO THE EPMU. IT WOULD ALSO MEAN AN OVERSUPPLY OF POWER ` GREAT FOR CONSUMERS BECAUSE PRICES WOULD GO DOWN. NOT SO GREAT FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE 420,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRE-REGISTERED FOR SHARES IN MIGHTY RIVER POWER, NOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE FLOATS OF MERIDIAN AND GENESIS, BECAUSE THE COMPANIES' PROFITABILITY WOULD DROP. BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSETS-SALE PROGRAMME, THEY DON'T WANT THE WHOLE THING TO GO SOUTH IF THE SMELTER LEAVES. THAT MEANS RIO TINTO HAS ENORMOUS BARGAINING POWER IN ITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, BUT, I MEAN, THE TIMING DOES SEEM VERY COINCIDENTAL. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS d IT HAS THIS WEEK OFFERED 8 A MODEST SUBSIDY TO RIO TIN TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN IT AND MERIDIAN. < WHAT IS A MODEST AMOUNT, THOUGH? UH, LOOK, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO GO INTO THE FIGURES OF MONEY. < IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY. IT'S FAIRLY APPROPRIATE. AND I THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT IN DUE COURSE ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER HAS BEEN. MERIDIAN DOUBTS THE BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN MULTINATIONAL REALLY NEEDS TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THEY HAD A US$16B POSITIVE CASH FLOW LAST YEAR, SO ALTHOUGH THEY'VE GOT DIFFICULTIES, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE STILL MAKING MONEY. AT THIS STAGE, RIO TINTO IS ONLY SAYING A DEAL IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF IT, MERIDIAN, THE NZ GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHLAND CAN BE REACHED. TELECOM'S NOT RULING EVEN MORE STAFF CUTS AFTER TODAY CONFIRMING THE AXING OF UP TO 1200 JOBS. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER SAYS THE CUTBACKS WILL MOSTLY AFFECT WORKERS IN THE BIG CENTRES. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. STAFF AT TELECOM'S MAIN HUBS IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON WILL BEAR THE BRUNT OF JOB CUTS THAT INDUSTRY OBSERVERS DESCRIBE AS INEVITABLE. THERE ARE JUST FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE AT THE TOP EARNING FAR TOO LARGE A SALARY FOR THE SIZE OF THE COMPANY. TELECOM SAYS SHEDDING JOBS IS PART OF THE COMPANY'S TRANSFORMATION FROM A NETWORK BUILDER TO A CUSTOMER-FOCUSED RETAILER. WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR COSTS BASE DOWN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PERFORM, TO DELIVER THE SERVICES CUSTOMERS WANT. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALSO SAYS FEWER STAFF WILL MAKE THE TELCO A MORE NIMBLE COMPETITOR. BUT SOME SAY THE JOB LOSSES COULD WORK AGAINST IT. IF 2DEGREES OR VODAFONE LAUNCHES SOMETHING THAT IS UNEXPECTED, THEIR ABILITY TO REACT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT DILUTED WHILST THEY'RE DISTRACTED BY ALL OF THIS INTERNAL WORKING. AROUND 130 JOBS HAVE GONE IN AUSTRALIA. THE REST ` UP TO A THOUSAND HERE ` WILL GO BY JUNE. THE REDUNDANCIES COME IN THE MIDST OF AN ICT JOB SHORTAGE HERE, BUT EXPERTS SAY THE SECTOR NEEDS ENGINEERS AND SOFTWARE SPECIALISTS ` NOT THE MIDDLE MANAGERS BEING LAID OFF BY TELECOM. EVEN SO, THE GOVERNMENT IS HOLDING FAST TO ITS VIEW THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE SECTOR. WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHERE THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED WE CAN FACILITATE HOPEFULLY A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES FROM ONE COMPANY TO ANOTHER. AND THAT HIGH-LEVEL ASSISTANCE COULD BE ONGOING. TELECOM WON'T BE DRAWN ON FURTHER CUTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. A SURE SIGN MORE UNCERTAINTY LOOMS FOR THOUSANDS OF TELECOM WORKERS. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. JERRY COLLINS' FATHER SAYS THERE WON'T BE A 'WELCOME BACK' PARTY FOR HIS SON UNTIL THE FORMER ALL BLACK EXPLAINS HOW HE GOT IN TROUBLE IN JAPAN. THE RUGBY PLAYER'S DUE TO RETURN TO NZ AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON. MATT MCLEAN SPOKE WITH HIS RELIEVED FAMILY. FRANKIE COLLINS HAS BEEN FIELDING CALLS ALL DAY FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY RELIEVED TO HEAR HIS SON, FORMER ALL BLACK JERRY COLLINS, HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL. I JUST FALL APART. I FEEL VERY HUMBLE FOR WHEN HE GET OUT AND THE PEOPLE THAT HELP HIM GET OUT. THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE 32-YEAR-OLD HAD BEEN IN CUSTODY FOR 10 DAYS. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER BEING FOUND IN A CITY DEPARTMENT STORE WITH TWO KNIVES. I HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK LIKE A FATHER TO A SON AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, YOU KNOW, WHAT WENT WRONG. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS JERRY COLLINS FELT THREATENED BY A GANG OF BRAZILIANS. ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE POLICE. IT FORMED PART OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT THE POLICE UNDERTOOK. IT FORMED PART OF AN IMPORTANT RECONSTRUCTION OF EVENTS WHICH WE UNDERTOOK. ARRANGEMENTS TO GET JERRY BACK TO HIS HOME HERE IN WELLINGTON ARE STILL BEING FINALISED, BUT IT'S UNDERSTOOD HE'LL RETURN TO NZ WITHIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIS LAWYER TOLD US HE'S EXCITED TO GET HOME AND THAT THERE'S NOW A VERY RECOGNISABLE JERRY COLLINS SMILE BACK ON HIS FACE. I THINK THAT SO MANY PEOPLE AND EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT FOR JERRY ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE OUTCOME. B d BUT HE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T PECT 8 A CELEBRATION ON HIS RETURN NO PARTY! I HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHAT WENT WRONG AND ALL THIS CAME UP. AFTER THAT, THEN I MIGHT SAY HAVE A PARTY OR NO PARTY. JERRY COLLINS MUST PAY A $1900 FINE BEFORE HE RETURNS HOME. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA IS BACK IN HOSPITAL. THE 94-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN ADMITTED AFTER THE RECURRENCE OF A LUNG INFECTION. HE SPENT NEARLY THREE WEEKS IN HOSPITAL IN DECEMBER WITH A LUNG INFECTION AFTER GALLSTONE SURGERY. MR MANDELA'S LUNGS WERE FIRST DAMAGED DURING HIS 18 YEARS OF DETENTION ON WINDSWEPT ROBBEN ISLAND. JUST AHEAD ` TWO YEARS ON FROM A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN, WE FIND OUT WHAT'S LEFT OF FUKUSHIMA. ANXIOUS QUEUES AND SECURITY GUARDS READY ` BANKS PREPARE TO OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS IN CYPRUS. A AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 10 DAYS, BANKS ARE DUE TO REOPEN SHORTLY IN CYPRESS. ANXIOUS CUSTOMERS HAVE ALREADY STARTED QUEUING TO GET THEIR MONEY, BUT TO STOP A RUSH ON WITHDRAWALS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS IMPOSED STRICT CONTROLS. THE ABC'S MARY GUERIN REPORTS FROM CYPRESS. AFTER A LONG WAIT, CYPRIOT BANK ACCOUNT HOLDERS LINED UP EARLY TO FINALLY GET THEIR HANDS ON THE TILL. AUTHORITIES WILL BE HOPING THIS DAY WILL EASE THE TENSIONS OF THE PAST FORTNIGHT. CHANTING JUST HOURS BEFORE, THE SYMBOL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WAS NOT WELCOME ON NICOSIA STREETS. SINGING EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH AMONG PEOPLE WHO FEEL BETRAYED. THE PEOPLE HAS DONE, IN MY OPINION, NOTHING WRONG. THE BANKS` THE BANKS SHOULD PAY, NOT THE PEOPLE. AS PROTESTERS MARCHED, THERE CAME WORD OF THE CONTROLS ON CASH FLOW TO BE IMPOSED ONCE BANKS FINALLY REOPEN, INCLUDING A LIMIT ON CASH WITHDRAWALS OF ABOUT $360 A DAY, NO CASHING OF CHEQUES AND A LIMIT ON CREDIT-CARD PAYMENTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ALL TO PREVENT MONEY DRAINING OUT OF CYPRUS. THE MEASURES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TEMPORARY, BUT SOME FEAR FOREIGN INVESTORS, MOSTLY RUSSIANS, WILL INEVITABLY FLEE. LIMASSOL IS HOME TO HALF THE RUSSIANS WHO LIVE IN CYPRUS, AND MANY OF THE LARGEST RUSSIAN BUSINESSES IN THIS COUNTRY OPERATE OUT OF THIS CITY. SOME HERE ARE CONVINCED THAT RUSSIAN RESIDENTS AND INVESTORS ARE SET TO PULL OUT, AND THEY FEAR THE CONSEQUENCES. SLOWLY, SLOWLY, AS SOON AS THE BANKS OPEN AND THEY CAN TAKE THE MONEY, THEY WILL TAKE THE MONEY, AND THEY WILL GO HOME. YIANNIS IOSIFAKIS IS A HOTEL EMPLOYEE. HE DESPAIRS ABOUT LOSING A PORTION OF HIS OWN SAVINGS AND SEEING HIS TOWN AND COUNTRY DRAIN OF MONEY. PEOPLE IS SO ANGRY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO THEY WILL STAY IN QUEUE AND THEY WILL ASK FOR THE MONEY. SO, YOU THINK THEY MIGHT BE VIOLENT, THEN? > YES. YES. A SAD INDICATION OF HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED FOR THIS MEDITERRANEAN NATION. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CENTRAL MELBOURNE AFTER A WALL COLLAPSED ONTO A FOOTPATH, TRAPPING THEM UNDER TONS OF BRICKS. PASSERS-BY RAN TO THE SCENE AND DESPERATELY SCRABBLED THROUGH THE RUBBLE, SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS. THEY FOUND ONE WOMAN ALIVE. THERE WAS JUST PEOPLE RUNNING EVERYWHERE AND RUNNING TO THE SCENE TO TRY TO SEE IF ANYONE'S... IF ANYONE'S BURIED, AND THERE WAS. THERE WAS PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE. THE WOMAN (19) WHO WAS PULLED FREE IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN HOSPITAL. IT'S BELIEVED THE COLLAPSE WAS CAUSED BY A FREAK GUST OF WIND. RECLUSIVE NORTH KOREA IS CUTTING ITS LAST REMAINING MILITARY HOTLINE WITH THE SOUTH AS TENSIONS THERE ESCALATE. NORTH KOREA CLAIMS COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT NECESSARY WHEN 'WAR MAY BREAK OUT AT ANY TIME'. AMERICA'S DESCRIBING THE LATEST THREAT AS 'PROVOCATIVE'. IT COMES AFTER THE UNITED NATIONS PUNISHED NORTH KOREA WITH FRESH SANCTIONS FOLLOWING ITS NUCLEAR TEST LAST MONTH. TWO YEARS AFTER A TSUNAMI TRIGGERED A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN IN FUKUSHIMA THERE REMAINS A WASTELAND 19KM WIDE. RADIATION LEVELS MEAN IT'S OFF-LIMITS TO RESIDENTS. BUT NOW GOOGLE HAS SENT IN CAMERAS TO DOCUMENT THE DESTRUCTION AND GIVE THOSE THAT USED TO LIVE HERE A VIRTUAL VISIT. THE ABC'S AKIKO FUJITA IS THERE. THE 21,000 RESIDENTS OF NAMIE, JAPAN HAVE BEEN UPROOTED, LOCKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES FOR TWO YEARS. RADIATION LEVELS ARE STILL DANGEROUSLY HIGH. BUT THIS TINY CAR ARMED WITH CAMERAS AND GOOGLE'S STREET VIEW TECHNOLOGY IS ALLOWING THEM TO RETURN ` AT LEAST VIRTUALLY. WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGY COME IN AND TAKE A PHOTO FOR THEM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME BACK AND TAKE A LOOK. SHORT VISITS OF A FEW HOURS ARE ALLOWED. SO WE WENT IN WITH GOOGLE. WE DROVE THROUGH DESOLATE ROADS, PASSED COLLAPSED HOMES AND THIS ` AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE WE FOUND A GRADUATION SIGN STILL HANGING FROM MARCH 11TH, 2011. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AS YOU WALK AROUND HERE FOR THE FIRS TIME? (SIGHS) TOUGH TO DESCRIBE, ISN'T IT? FROM THE ROOF, A CLEAR VIEW OF THE DAMAGED FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT. RESIDENTS CAN'T RETURN HERE FOR YEARS. UNTIL THEN, THEY'LL HAVE TO RELY ON A GOOGLE HOMECOMING. JUST AHEAD ` THE BREAKERS MAKE A GREAT START TO THEIR PLAY-OFF CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SYDNEY KINGS. AND I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST FOR THE LONG WEEKEND. TO SPORT, AND SO MUCH FOR THE NZ BREAKERS BEING TRADITIONAL SLOW STARTERS IN THE BASKETBALL PLAY-OFFS. THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS NEVER GAVE THE SYDNEY KINGS A LOOK-IN AS THE SERIES BEGAN IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THIS WAS THE ONLY REAL WORRY FOR THE BREAKERS IN THE FIRST HALF. CEDRIC JACKSON TOOK HIS TIME TO LET HIS KNEE COME RIGHT AND THEN SHOWED WHY HE'S THE LEAGUE MVP. FINALLY GETS THAT DUNK HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR. AND WITH DEFENCE LIKE THIS FROM LEON HENRY, THE HOME SIDE TOOK AN 11-POINT LEAD TO THE BREAK. TOM ABERCROMBIE ENSURED THEY MAINTAINED A DOUBLE-DIGIT BUFFER. BOTH TEAMS NOT REALLY LOADED UP FROM DEEP. AFTER BEING SIDELINED WITH A KNEE INJURY FOR SIX WEEKS, WILL HUDSON WAS QUICKLY BACK IN THE GROOVE. WHEN HE WAS HAMMERED, ABERCROMBIE DROVE TO THE HOOP. SHOOTS IT BACK UP. THREE-POINTER. OH MY. TOM ABERCROMBIE. WHILE THE KINGS BROUGHT INTENSITY, AND THEIR MASCOT, IT WAS A STROLL IN THE END AS ABERCROMBIE TOP-SCORED WITH 15 POINTS IN THE 81-64 VICTORY. IT'S A GAME OF RUNS, IT'S A GAME OF MOMENTUM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A POINT DURING THE GAME IF WE KEEP UP OUR LEVEL OF INTENSITY THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME TO STRIKE. THERE'S LITTLE TIME TO RECOVER AS THEY HEAD TO SYDNEY FOR GAME TWO ON MONDAY. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. EASTER BREAK IS HERE. IT'LL BE A FINE ONE FOR MOST. BUT WE ARE WORKING SOME RAIN AND SHOWERS INTO THE FORECAST. TOMORROW OUR HIGH DRIFTS EAST. THAT'LL ALLOW THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM TO EDGE CLOSER, A WEE LOW FORMING ON IT MID-TASMAN. THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWESTER COMING IN AHEAD OF THAT FRONT PUSHING ONTO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RAIN WITH THIS FRONT BUT NOT A GREAT DEAL. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM ME. TRAVEL SAFE OVER THE LONG WEEKEND. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.