GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A MAINLY FINE GOOD FRIDAY, WITH NOT MUCH WIND DUE TO A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER US. BUT THERE IS A SPELL OF UNSETTLED WEATHER ON THE WAY, AS A NUMBER OF FRONTS CLOSE IN ON US FROM THE TASMAN. ONE ISLAND GET SOME RAIN TOMORROW; THE OTHER ` JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO KEEP THE BROLLY HANDY. 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. WE GOT A THUMBS UP FROM HIM THIS MORNING. POSITIVE NEWS FROM JESSE RYDER'S HOSPITAL BED AS POLICE MAKE A SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGH IN THE ASSAULT CASE. YET ANOTHER EMAIL BUNGLE BY A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. SOUTH AFRICA'S TOLD NOT TO PANIC AS FORMER LEADER NELSON MANDELA IS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. AND SEE THE EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS TAKEN TO GIVE THIS BABY GORILLA A MUM. I ALWAYS USE A GORILLA ACCENT WHEN I TALK TO GLADYS. (LOWERS VOICE) GLADYS. TWO MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OVER THE ALTERCATION WITH CRICKETER JESSE RYDER. THIS AS THE SPORTSMAN'S CONDITION IMPROVES. HE IS RESPONSIVE AND INTERACTING WITH HIS FAMILY. LISA DAVIES IS IN CHRISTCHURCH AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. LISA, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TWO MAN ARRESTED? POLICE SAID THIS AFTERNOON THE TWO MEN ARRESTED ARE RELATED. THE 37-YEAR-OLD MAN ARRESTED WAS QUESTIONED THIS AFTERNOON. PROGRESS FOR POLICE AND JESSE RYDER JESSE RYDER'S SHELL-SHOCKED MANAGER SPOKE FROM THE HEART. OH, IT'S AWFUL. HE'S LAYING THERE WITH TUBES EVERYWHERE. STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE IN AN INDUCED COMA, THE CRICKETER IS STABLE BUT NEEDS BREATHING SUPPORT DUE TO A LUNG INJURY. IT IS PRETTY SOBERING, QUITE FRANKLY, AND, YOU KNOW, JESSE IS STILL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT HE'S DOING A BIT BETTER TODAY. EVEN COMMUNICATING A LITTLE. WE GOT A THUMBS UP FROM HIM THIS MORNING. SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM AIKMAN'S BAR AND EYE WITNESSES TO THE ATTACK HAVE HELPED IN THE ARREST OF TWO MEN FOR ASSAULT. THEY WILL BOTH APPEAR IN CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT THIS THURSDAY. BUT POLICE WANT TO KNOW MORE. IF ANYONE WAS THERE WHO HASN'T COME FORWARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD. LET US KNOW WHO YOU ARE. A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CRITICALLY INJURED CRICKETER'S FAMILY SAYS: MANY SENT MESSAGES TO THE HOSPITAL. WE'VE BEEN COLLATING THOSE AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THEM TO JESSE IN VARIOUS WAYS AND KEEPING THEM FOR HIM IN A LOG SO THERE'S A HISTORY FOR HIM WHEN HE DOES RECOVER. UNTIL THEN, JESSE RYDER'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL CONTINUE THEIR BEDSIDE VIGIL. A VIGIL CURRENLTY INSIDE THE HOSPITAL PEOPLE TO GATHER OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL BETWEEN 7PM AND 8PM A VIGIL FOR SUPPORT AS WELL AS EXPRESSING SHOCK THANKS. LISA DAVIES, LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. AND AFTER THE NEWS HOUR, SEVEN SHARP WILL BE LIVE AT THE VIGIL. ANOTHER PRIVACY BREACH, ANOTHER APOLOGY TO THE PUBLIC FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. IT COMES AS EQC STAFF WORK THROUGH THE LONG WEEKEND TO FIX THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AFTER TWO LARGE-SCALE BREACHES. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. THE SUN'S OUT, BUT IT'S A DARK DAY FOR THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ` HOME TO THE LATEST PRIVACY BREACH. THIS TIME, THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF 147 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE SENT OUT BY MISTAKE. ONE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. HE UNDERSTANDS IT WAS A GENUINE MISTAKE, BUT SAID HE WAS ANGRY AND CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT GOT IT WRONG. THE MINISTRY EMPLOYEE MEANT TO EMAIL THE GROUP PRIVATELY BUT FORGOT TO CONCEAL THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES. AS A RESULT, EVERY RECIPIENT COULD SEE ALL 147 PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS. MEANWHILE, UNDER-FIRE MANAGEMENT AT THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION ARE SPENDING THE LONG WEEKEND IN THE WAR ROOM. IT'S FAIR TO SAY THE TEAM HAD OTHER PLANS, BUT WE'RE IN HERE THIS WEEKEND TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ALL IT SYSTEMS CLOSED DOWN AT THE COMMISSION ` EMAIL, THE WEBSITE, EVEN THE CLAIMS DATABASE, TO TRY AND PREVENT ANOTHER PRIVACY FAILURE. I CAN NEVER SAY NEVER ` I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN ` HOWEVER, WE WILL GO AS FAR AS IS HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE INFORMATION OF OUR CUSTOMERS. IT FOLLOWS TWO WHOLE-SCALE PRIVACY BREACHES, ONE INVOLVING 80,000 CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE CLAIMS; THE SECOND, AS THE GOVERNMENT ADMITTED LATE YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 2000 CLAIMANTS. ARE THESE CLAIMANTS OWED AN APOLOGY? > WELL, I'VE JUST DONE THAT, I HOPE. WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU SAID THE WORD SORRY. > WELL, I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I COULDN'T BE MORE SORRY ABOUT THIS. AND EQC ADMITS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER BREACHES. WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING ALL STAFF TO COME TO US IF THEY DO KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL. IN THIS LATEST CASE, THE STAFF MEMBER WHO SENT THE EMAIL HAD NO IDEA. EQC SAYS IT'S WORKING AS FAST AS IT CAN AND PROMISES TO KEEP ALL CLIENTS INFORMED OF PROGRESS. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA IS SAID TO BE RESPONDING WELL TO TREATMENT AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT WITH A RECURRING LUNG INFECTION. BUT IT'S RAISED CONCERN ABOUT THE HEALTH OF 94-YEAR-OLD WHO IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE VERY FRAIL. ANDREW HARDING WITH THIS REPORT. HE'S 94 NOW, AND EXTREMELY FRAIL. AND TODAY CAME THE NEWS THAT NELSON MANDELA IS BACK IN HOSPITAL WITH ANOTHER CHEST INFECTION. HE WAS TAKEN THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THE DOCTORS ARE ATTENDING TO HIM, AND ENSURING THAT HE RECEIVES THE BEST EXPERT MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND HE'S KEPT COMFORTABLE. PRESIDENT ZUMA HAS WISHED MADIBA A SPEEDY RECOVERY, AND APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD TO PRAY FOR OUR BELOVED MADIBA AND HIS FAMILY, AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR THOUGHTS. MR MANDELA SPENT ALMOST THREE WEEKS IN HOSPITAL IN DECEMBER. AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED HIM FOR DECADES. HE CONTRACTED TUBERCULOSIS IN JAIL. MR MANDELA LED THE STRUGGLE AGAINST RACIAL APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA, WAS IMPRISONED FOR 27 YEARS, AND EMERGED TO BECOME THE NATION'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT. IT'S ALMOST A DECADE SINCE HE FORMALLY WITHDREW FROM PUBLIC LIFE HERE. BUT HE REMAINS AN ICONIC FIGURE OF MORAL AUTHORITY. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR MONTHS NELSON MANDELA HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. AND ALMOST INEVITABLY, THERE IS GROWING CONCERN ABOUT THE HEALTH AND LONGEVITY OF A MAN SEEN BY ALMOST EVERYBODY HERE AS THE FATHER OF MODERN DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA. FOR NOW, FEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT MR MANDELA'S CURRENT CONDITION. HE'S SAID TO BE CONSCIOUS. HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS COMMENTED ON HIS FEROCIOUS APPETITE FOR LIFE. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SENT HIS BEST WISHES TO NELSON MANDELA, CALLING HIM BOTH A HERO AND AN INSPIRATION. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY INTO THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN REDVALE, ONE OF AUCKLAND'S NORTHERN SUBURBS, THIS MORNING. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A RURAL PROPERTY AROUND 8AM AFTER A BODY WAS DISCOVERED BY A MALE OCCUPANT. IT'S BELIEVED THE WOMAN WAS A KNOWN VISITOR TO THE ADDRESS. THREE DOGS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AT THE SCENE ARE BEING PUT DOWN. THE DAY AFTER JERRY COLLINS' RELEASE FROM A JAPANESE JAIL, HIS LAWYER HAS ARRIVED BACK IN NZ WITHOUT HIS HIGH PROFILE CLIENT. TIM CASTLE INSISTS THE RUGBY PLAYER IS IN A SAFE PLACE AS HE GAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT LEAD TO THE FORMER ALL BLACK BEING LOCKED UP. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS MORE. JUST ANOTHER CRYPTIC ANSWER IN ONE OF SPORTS' MOST BIZARRE CHAPTERS. WHERE IS JERRY? > I'VE GOT NO IDEA. (CHUCKLES) JERRY COLLINS' LAWYER TOUCHED DOWN FROM TOKYO THIS MORNING WITH NO SIGN OF HIS CHARGE WHO WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY AFTER 10 DAYS IN A JAPANESE JAIL. IT WAS A VERY HAPPY MOMENT. WE WERE ALL THERE WITH HIM. THERE WAS A CERTAIN BUOYANT MOOD IN THE AIR. BUOYANT BUT UNHAPPY WITH RUMOURS SURROUNDING HIS ARREST, PARTICULARLY THE SUGGESTION HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. HE'S FURIOUS ABOUT THAT, ACTUALLY. EVERYBODY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN JAPAN IS TESTED. THEY UNDERTAKE COMPREHENSIVE DRUG TESTS, AND HE WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR. BUT ONE THING THAT REMAINS UNCLEAR IS WHY COLLINS DIDN'T GO STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE. IF HE REALLY FEARED FOR HIS SAFETY ENOUGH TO ARM HIMSELF WITH KITCHEN KNIVES, WHY DIDN'T HE REPORT THE THREAT? HIS LAWYER SAYS HE WAS SIMPLY FOLLOWING JAPANESE PROTOCOL. THE PROTOCOL FOR FOREIGNERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE PLAYING AND THEREFORE EMPLOYEES OF A MAJOR JAPANESE CORPORATION, IS FOR THE FOREIGNER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPANY FIRST, AND HE DID THAT. TIM CASTLE SAYS JAPANESE POLICE HAVE SEEN THOSE EMAILS AND ACCEPT COLLINS' STORY HE WAS BEING THREATENED AND STALKED. ONE CALL WAS MADE TO THE POLICE BY A VERY NEAR NEIGHBOUR, A JAPANESE FAMILY. THEY MADE A CALL TO THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THE THREATENING PRESENCE OF THESE MEN AROUND JERRY'S HOUSE. HE SAYS COLLINS IS NOW IN A SAFE PLACE AND CONSIDERING HIS FUTURE, AS HIS CONTRACT WITH YAMAHA ENDS TODAY. THERE ARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO HIM WHEREVER. AND JERRY WOULD STILL CONSIDER JAPAN? > ABSOLUTELY. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. A WARNING TONIGHT FROM ABOUT A LEGAL SYNTHETIC CANNABIS PRODUCT SOLD IN DAIRIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. A TOP PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT CLAIMS K2 IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND WARNS THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE WORSE THAN SMOKING P. JOY REID SPOKE WITH A FORMER USER AND FOUND OUT WHAT LOCAL POLICE ARE DOING TO STOP THIS PRODUCT BEING SOLD. SMOKING THE SYNTHETIC CANNABIS K2 HAD DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS YOUNG WOMAN. I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF OVER IT SEVEN WEEKS AGO, AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED THAT I NEEDED TO GIVE IT UP. SHE DOESN'T WANT HER IDENTITY KNOWN. BUT FOR 18 MONTHS, SHE WAS SMOKING K2 SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. I WAS NEVER SMILING. I WAS ALWAYS DEPRESSED. A PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTANT AT CHRISTCHURCH'S HILLMORTON HOSPITAL SAYS K2 IS CAUSING HAVOC IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR. RIGHT NOW I THINK IT IS THE MOST DAMAGING SUBSTANCE WE HAVE OUT THERE. < SO THIS IS WORSE THAN MARIJUANA? YES, NO QUESTION. < AND THIS IS WORSE THAN P? YES. SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IS LEGAL. DO YOU GUYS SELL K2? YEP. ANYONE 18 OR OVER CAN BUY IT OVER THE COUNTER, BUT POLICE SAY PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 12 ARE GETTING HOLD OF IT. CAN I GRAB THE ORANGE ONE? YUP, FOR $20. THIS INTERNET VISION... (YELLS) CLAIMS TO BE OF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF K2. POLICE SAY IT LOOKS FAMILIAR. SOME OF THEM, IT MAKES THEM UNCONSCIOUS. THEY'RE VOMITING, DISORIENTATED, AGGRESSIVE. SOME HAVE SEIZURES. IT'S GONE FROM AN OCCASIONAL PATIENT TO ` ROUGH ESTIMATE ` 40% OF THE PEOPLE ADMITTED WITH A PSYCHOSIS. THAT INCLUDES EXISTING MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS BUT ALSO THOSE WITH NO HISTORY OF PROBLEMS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A WAVE OF PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN STABLE THAT WERE NOT COMING TO THE HOSPITAL HAD THEY NOT USED IT. A GROUP OF PATIENTS THAT ARE HAVING TO STAY HERE MUCH LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING IT WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL, AND I KNOW WE'RE SEEING SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM BEFORE. WHILE THERE ARE SOME WARNINGS ON THE PACKAGING, IT DOESN'T LIST THE INGREDIENTS. CUSTOMERS SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TAKING, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM. ONE CHEMICAL FOUND IN K2 LAST YEAR WAS BANNED, BUT THERE'S NO REGULAR TESTING TO SEE IF THAT'S STILL IN IT. THE IMPORTER OF K2 DIDN'T RETURN CALLS OR ANSWER EMAILS FROM ONE NEWS. BUT CHRISTCHURCH POLICE BELIEVE IT IS BECOMING SUCH AN ISSUE THEY'VE LAUNCHED A CITYWIDE CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND DISCOURAGE DAIRIES AGAINST SELLING IT. DO YOU SELL K2 OR ANY SYNTHETIC CANNABIS? WE'RE SPREADING THESE POSTERS AROUND ALL THE DAIRIES TO TRY AND SAY, 'THIS DAIRY DOES NOT SELL SYNTHETIC CANNABIS' JUST TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHICH DAIRIES TO SUPPORT AND WHICH ONES THEY DON'T. BUT NOT EVERY DAIRY IS SPORTING THESE SIGNS. THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THINGS LIKE K2 ARE A MASSIVE MONEY EARNER, AND DAIRIES CAN EARN BETWEEN 100% AND 200% PROFIT. NEW LEGISLATION'S COMING IN IN AUGUST WHICH MEANS A PRODUCT WILL HAVE TO PROVE IT'S SAFE BEFORE IT'S SOLD. AND FOR THIS WOMAN,... DO YOU THINK THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE BANNED? YEAH. ...THAT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE CRACKDOWN'S BEGUN ON THE RETAILERS FLOUTING THE EASTER TRADING LAWS. THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT SENT 23 WARNINGS TO SHOPS BREAKING THE LAW AFTER BEING TIPPED OFF BY THE PUBLIC. BUT RETAILERS SAY THE BUMPER SALES ARE WORTH THE POSSIBLE $1000 FINE. THE BOSS HAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THAT. YEAH, WE'VE BEEN OPEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON GOOD FRIDAY, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. < AND YOU THINK IT'S WORTH IT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE CUSTOMERS WANT THEIR HOT CROSS BUNS FRESH. GOOD FRIDAY SHOPPERS WEREN'T BOTHERED ABOUT THE BREACH IF IT MEANT FRESH SUPPLIES. YOU CAN'T GO TO THE MALL, AND YOU CAN'T DO THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, BUT HAVING NICE, FRESH FOOD IS NICE. IT MEANS YOU ENJOY YOUR EASTER BETTER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE SHOPS OPEN, THEN THEY SHOULD. THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO. I THINK IT'S FINE, YEAH. TRADING HOUR LAWS APPLY TO ALMOST ALL RETAILERS TODAY AND EASTER SUNDAY. HOLIDAYMAKERS LEAVING OUR BIGGEST CITIES AT THE START OF THE LONG WEEKEND MADE SLOW PROGRESS TODAY. HEAVY CONGESTION WAS REPORTED NORTH OF WELLINGTON AND NORTH AND SOUTH OF AUCKLAND. THE HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL STANDS AT ONE, WITH THE DEATH OF A CYCLIST JUST HOURS AFTER THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY PERIOD BEGAN. A MALE (55) CYCLIST WAS KILLED NORTH OF TIMARU IN A COLLISION BETWEEN HIS BIKE AND A TRUCK. THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY PERIOD ENDS AT 6AM ON TUESDAY. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST SERVING POLITICIANS HAS DIED THIS MORNING. FORMER LABOUR POLITICIAN WARREN FREER HELD THE MT ALBERT SEAT FOR 34 YEARS FROM 1947 TO 1981, AN ELECTORATE SUBSEQUENTLY HELD BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK AND PARTY LEADER DAVID SHEARER. WARREN FREER WAS A STAUNCH SOCIALIST AND SERVED AS A CABINET MINISTER IN THE THIRD LABOUR GOVERNMENT, HOLDING PORTFOLIOS IN TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND ENERGY RESOURCES. HE DIED AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOYCE AND TWO SONS. A BODY'S BEEN WASHED UP AT WENDERHOLM, NORTH OF AUCKLAND. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE A MAN WHO WENT MISSING FROM HIS BOAT SEVERAL DAYS AGO AND WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE DROWNED. IT BRINGS INTO FOCUS THE HIGH NUMBER OF DROWNINGS THIS SUMMER ON A WEEKEND THAT MARKS THE END OF LIFESAVER-PATROLLED BEACHES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS DETAILS. THERE'S A CHILL IN THE WAVES, BUT BEACHGOERS REFUSE TO LOSE THEIR GRIP ON SUMMER. IN COMPARISON TO LAST SUMMER, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO MUCH BETTER, SO, AS KIWIS, WE LOVE SPENDING OUR TIME AT THE BEACH. AND THAT'S NATURALLY INCREASED THE WORKLOAD AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT LIFEGUARDS HAVE DONE HERE. THERE WERE NEARLY 1100 RESCUES LAST SEASON. THIS SEASON, RESCUES ARE UP 30%, TO MORE THAN 1400. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE PARTLY DUE TO THE CONSISTENTLY FINE SUMMER. WITH THE GREAT WEATHER BRINGING A WHOLE LOT MORE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OUT TO THE BEACH, IT NATURALLY MEANS THAT THERE'LL BE MORE PEOPLE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY GET INTO TROUBLE. MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY MOST NZ BEACHES WILL BE PATROLLED, ALTHOUGH SOME SURF LIFESAVING CLUBS LIKE THE ONE HERE AT PIHA MAY DECIDE TO EXTEND THE SEASON INTO NEXT WEEKEND IF THIS SUMMERY WEATHER CONTINUES. THERE ARE JUST OVER A HUNDRED DROWNINGS A YEAR IN NZ. AROUND 20% OF THEM ARE AT THE BEACH, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE MEN. THREE MEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. LIFEGUARDS WERE OFF-DUTY BUT NEARBY. THE TWO DEAD AT PIHA JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WERE A SOBERING REMINDER OF A BASIC WATER SAFETY MESSAGE, AND ONE THAT APPLIES MORE THAN EVER WHEN THE FLAGS ARE PUT AWAY FOR THE WINTER. WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE IS THAT PEOPLE JUST KNOW THEIR LIMITS AND DON'T GO OUT THERE PUSHING THEMSELVES TOO FAR AND KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER. KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THESE EYES WON'T BE THERE FOR MUCH LONGER. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` SHORT-TERM PAIN FOR LONG-TERM GAIN ` WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE LATEST KIWISAVER CHANGES MEAN FOR YOUR PAY PACKET. DISTURBING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE AND JUST WHAT THE KILLER DID ON THAT DEADLY DAY. AND SPEAKING IN A GORILLA ACCENT AND WEARING A SHEEP COSTUME ` THE LENGTHS SOME HELPFUL HUMANS WILL GO TO TO HELP GLADYS. MORE THAN A MILLION KIWIS WILL SEE THEIR PAY PACKETS GET A BIT SMALLER IN THE COMING WEEKS THANKS TO CHANGES TO KIWISAVER. FROM MONDAY THE MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION WILL RISE, MEANING MORE BELT-TIGHTENING ACROSS THE BOARD. LISA GLASS HAS THE DETAILS. IF YOU'RE AMONG THE 59% OF KIWISAVERS WHO CONTRIBUTE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT, YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET PAID A LITTLE BIT LESS. YOUR KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTION GOES UP ON MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING UP 25 CENTS. FOR A FULL-TIME WORKER, $10 A WEEK. BUT BY THE TIME THEY PAY THIS EXTRA KIWISAVER, THAT'LL GO DOWN TO JUST A $2.38 A WEEK INCREASE. THE CTU THINKS A KIWISAVER INCREASE IS A GOOD THING, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FROM EMPLOYERS, ECHOING THE WAY AUSTRALIA RUNS ITS SUPER SCHEME. PHASE IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO 6%, AND THEN 2% FROM THE WORKER AND 2% FROM GOVERNMENT. SO THAT'LL MEAN 10% GOING IN REGULARLY ACROSS A LIFETIME OF WORK TO BUILD UP SAVINGS. THAT'S NOT ON THE CARDS RIGHT NOW, AND WITH EMPLOYERS ALREADY FACING THE SAME CONTRIBUTION INCREASE, THEY SAY THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS WILL BE THAT MUCH HIGHER. IN BUSINESS THERE'S TWO BIG NUMBERS ` THERE'S YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR COSTS, AND THE TINY LITTLE NUMBER IN BETWEEN IS PROFIT, AND OUR PROFIT JUST GOT SQUEEZED BY A RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT BEING THAT EXTRA 1%. SO WHAT DOES THE CHANGE MEAN IN REAL TERMS? LET'S SAY YOU EARN A LITTLE OVER THE AVERAGE INCOME ` AROUND $50,000, OR, 50 CHIPS. A THIRD OF THAT GOES IN TAX. RIGHT NOW THE MINIMUM KIWISAVER CONTRIBUTION'S 2%. FROM MONDAY THAT'LL INCREASE THAT MUCH. MOST WORKERS ` AND MOST EMPLOYERS ` ARE IN FAVOUR OF MORE SAVINGS. IT'S JUST WE DON'T LIKE HAVING LESS TO SPEND. THE PROBLEM IS OUR WAGES ARE LOW. THE MONEY'S GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE, AND THINGS ARE TIGHT. TIGHT, BUT BEARABLE IN THE HOPES SAVERS WILL NOTICE A BIG BENEFIT LATER. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. AND THIS CHANGE IS JUST FOR MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS. IF YOU PAY MORE THAN THAT YOU WON'T BE AFFECTED. SHOCKING NEW DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY US POLICE ABOUT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE IN CONNECTICUT LAST YEAR. ADAM LANZA SHOT AND KILLED 20 CHILDREN AND SIX TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REIGNITING AMERICA'S GUN CONTROL DEBATE. ABC'S JIM AVILA REPORTS. UNTIL TODAY, THESE BRUTAL FACTS WERE SEALED BY THE COURT. GUNMAN ADAM LANZA WAS NOT A TEENAGER; HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD. HE FIRED 154 SHOTS IN TWO, NOT THREE AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED, NEWTOWN CLASSROOMS. FIVE SEARCH WARRANTS REVEALED TODAY HE DID NOT WEAR A BULLETPROOF VEST, ONLY MILITARY-STYLE CLOTHING. HIS BUSHMASTER SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE WAS ACCESSORISED WITH 30 ROUND MAGAZINES, GIVING HIM ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS. AT HOME WHERE LANZA LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER, THE POLICE SEARCH FOUND TWO NRA CERTIFICATES IN THE NAMES OF NANCY AND ADAM LANZA, ALSO REVEALED TODAY ` TESTIMONY FROM AN UNKNOWN NEIGHBOUR THAT LANZA SPENT LOTS OF TIME IN HIS BASEMENT PLAYING VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES. ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO NEWTOWN, DEMONSTRATIONS CALLED ON CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION. NEW YORK MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RELEASED $12M IN NEW TV COMMERCIALS TODAY, CALLING FOR NEW GUN LAWS, THIS TIME FEATURING NEWTOWN FAMILIES. SHE JUST WANTED TO TEACH YOUNG KIDS. AND THAT WAS HER GOAL, AND SHE DIED DOING IT. AND AT THE WHITE HOUSE, IN AN EMOTIONAL EAST ROOM, TEARS AND PRESIDENTIAL HUGS FOR VICTIMS OF GUN CRIME FROM PLACES LIKE NEWTOWN, VIRGINIA TECH AND CHICAGO. PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS UNUSUALLY PASSIONATE AND APPEARED CONCERNED THAT MOMENTUM FOR GUN REFORM HAS STALLED ON CAPITOL HILL. SHAME ON US IF WE HAD FORGOTTEN. I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THOSE KIDS. AUTHORITIES SAY IT WILL TAKE UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE TO COMPLETE THEIR INVESTIGATION. BANKS HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS TO QUEUES OF DESPERATE CUSTOMERS IN CYPRUS AFTER BEING SHUT FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. BUT THERE ARE STILL STRICT RULES AROUND HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW FROM THEIR ACCOUNTS. THE BBC'S MARK LOWAN REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL, NICOSIA, ON A BANKING CRISIS THAT IS FAR FROM OVER. THEY RETURNED TO A BANKING SECTOR IN CRISIS. FOR ALMOST A FORTNIGHT, THE BANKS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AS CYPRUS REELS FROM ITS BAILOUT FIGHT WITH BRUSSELS. WORKERS AT THE SECOND LARGEST LENDER WILL NOW BE CUT, AND WEALTHIEST SAVERS FACE HEAVY LOSSES. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THEY PREPARED FOR THE REOPENING. CYPRUS HAS SUFFERED WITHOUT ITS BANKS. SUPPLIES HAVE RUN LOW AND SPENDING HAS DROPPED. QUEUING CUSTOMERS WERE HANDED THE NEW RULES ` HOW MUCH THEY COULD WITHDRAW, TRANSFER AND EXPORT. I'M HERE TODAY TO TRY AND COLLECT THE BISCUITS THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US, AND THERE'S NO TRUST LEFT IN THE BANKING SYSTEM. I DON'T TRUST THEM ANY MORE. THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD THINK IS THE SPANISH, THE ITALIANS... MAYBE THEY'LL TELL, SO THIS IS THE POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION THAT THEY HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY OPENED. THERE WAS THE FEAR OF A BANK RUN, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPENED. THEY ENTERED CALMLY, A FEW AT A TIME. THE BANKS NOW FACE A HUGE BACKLOG OF TRANSACTIONS, JOB LOSSES, RADICAL RESTRUCTURING, AND NOW THE STRICT CAPITAL CONTROL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A EUROZONE COUNTRY HAS SUCH MEASURES. WITHDRAWALS ARE LIMITED TO 300 EUROS A DAY; THERE IS A BAN ON CASHING CHEQUES, WHICH WILL AFFECT SOME SALARIES; A MAXIMUM OF ONLY 1000 EUROS CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CYPRUS; AND TRANSFERS ABROAD OF OVER 5000 EUROS WILL FACE RESTRICTIONS. THE DAYS OF CLOSED BANKS HERE ARE OVER. BUT CYPRUS IS IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY, AND ACROSS THE EUROZONE, MANY WILL ASK IF THEIR MONEY IS SAFE TOO. AND THREE FORMER SUPREME COURT JUDGES IN CYPRUS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS BEHIND THE COUNTRY'S BANKING WOES. OSCAR PISTORIUS CAN NOW TRAVEL OVERSEAS, AFTER A SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGE EASED HIS BAIL CONDITIONS. THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC RUNNER COULD NOW COMPETE AT THIS YEAR'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MOSCOW IN AUGUST. BUT HIS PASSPORT WILL BE HELD BY A COURT UNTIL AN ITINERARY OF ANY TRAVEL PLANS HAS BEEN APPROVED. HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE TREATED AS A CRIMINAL, BECAUSE HE'S NOT A CRIMINAL. HE'S A` HE'S A GOOD-NATURED, SOFT-HEARTED PERSON. OSCAR PISTORIUS KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN HE FIRED SHOTS THROUGH A BATHROOM DOOR. THE PROSECUTION SAYS IT WAS A PREMEDITATED ATTACK, WHICH HE DENIES. HE'LL NEXT APPEAR IN COURT IN JUNE. THE QUEEN'S CELEBRATED MAUNDY THURSDAY AT CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL IN OXFORD THIS YEAR. AS PART OF THE SERVICE, SHE OBSERVED A TRADITION DATING BACK HUNDREDS OF YEARS, PRESENTING A GIFT TO LOCAL PENSIONERS. BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL HAS MORE. BELLS PEAL IT IS ONE OF THE FIXED POINTS OF HER YEAR ` MAUNDY THURSDAY, A NOTABLE DAY FOR SOMEONE WHOSE CHRISTIAN FAITH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF HER LIFE. A DAY WHEN CHRISTIANS REMEMBER THE LAST SUPPER WHEN JESUS WASHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES, AND WHEN BY CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION, MONARCHS HAVE RENDERED SERVICE TO THE DESERVING. CHOIR SINGING THE MAUNDY SERVICE ATTENDED BY THE QUEEN TAKES PLACE AT A DIFFERENT CATHEDRAL EACH YEAR. TODAY IT WAS IN THE HISTORIC SURROUNDINGS OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL IN OXFORD. THE CENTREPIECE OF THE SERVICE IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAUNDY MONEY ` BAGS OF SPECIALLY MINTED COINS BROUGHT INTO THE SERVICE ON TRAYS BORNE BY THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. THE QUEEN'S BODYGUARD. HALT! AND IN THIS 87TH YEAR OF THE QUEEN'S LIFE, 87 MEN AND 87 WOMEN NOMINATED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, RECEIVED THE BAGS OF MAUNDY MONEY FROM THE QUEEN ` ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR PENNY COINS TO THE VALUE OF 87 PENCE. IT IS AN ANCIENT SERVICE FULL OF HISTORIC SYMBOLISM OF A SOVEREIGN'S OBLIGATION TO SERVE. IT WAS CARRIED OUT ONCE MORE TODAY BY A MONARCH FOR WHOM TRADITION, AND ABOVE ALL SERVICE, HAVE LONG BEEN AT THE HEART OF HER REIGN. AND POPE FRANCIS HAS ALSO BEEN COMMEMORATING THE LAST SUPPER, WASHING THE FEET OF 12 PEOPLE DURING MASS AT A PRISON ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ROME. THE GESTURE COMMEMORATES JESUS' LAST MEAL BEFORE HIS CRUCIFICATION, IN WHICH HE BATHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES AS A GESTURE OF HUMILITY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE SERVICE HAS BEEN HELD IN A PRISON. POPE FRANCIS SAID HE WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING. AND HELPING ONE OF OUR ANIMAL KINGDOM COUSINS IS A GROUP OF SURROGATE MOTHERS AND FATHERS. GLADYS THE GORILLA WAS REJECTED BY HER MOTHER, SO IN STEPPED THE HUMANS AT CINCINNATI ZOO. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN JOINED IN. IN THE ZOOLOGICAL WORLD, THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION,... SHE'S PEEING ON YOU. > SHE'S JUST PEEING ON ME. (LAUGHS) ...BECAUSE WHEN GLADYS' GORILLA MOTHER REJECTED HER LAST MONTH, THERE WAS A CHANCE SHE WOULDN'T MAKE IT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE INTO SOME SCRUBS, MATT. AND BLACK SCRUBS FOR THAT MATTER, BECAUSE IT SIMULATES A GORILLA'S SKIN COLOUR. IN STEPPED LESS HAIRY APES ` RON EVANS AND HIS TEAM OF 10 SURROGATE GORILLA MOMS, WHO WOULD NURSE, CRADLE, TEACH AND, YES, MOTHER THIS GORILLA FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE SENDING HER TO A REAL GORILLA MOM. INSIDE GLADYS' ROOM, EVANS TEACHES ME HOW TO BE A SURROGATE. THE ONLY WAY GLADYS' NEW GORILLA FAMILY WILL ACCEPT HER IS IF HUMANS CAN TEACH HER TO BECOME A REAL GORILLA. YOU DON'T COO TO BABY GORILLAS. NO, NO. I TALK TO THEM... (LOWERS VOICE) LIKE THIS. LIKE THIS? I ALWAYS USE A GORILLA ACCENT WHEN I TALK TO GLADYS. SO FIRST TIME I SEE HER, I'M TALK TO HER LIKE, (LOWERS VOICE) GLADYS. ALL THE SURROGATES WEAR THIS FULL FUR. THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A SHEEP'S SUIT. WERE YOU TRAINING LAMBS HERE? CAREFUL NOT TO BABY THIS BABY. YOU'RE YANKING THE HAIR? I'M YANKING THE HAIR. I PUT MY FINGERNAILS IN HER HEAD. AND EVEN WHEN SHE'S AWAKE, SHE DOESN'T MIND, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOUGH. ALL OF THIS ` THE STRETCHING, THE GRABBING... WHISPERS: THESE HANDS ARE SO STRONG. ...THE PIGGYBACK RIDES MIMIC THE ACTIVITIES OF REAL GORILLAS. A LITTLE BABY ON ME. THE GOAL IS TO MATCH GLADYS, WHO WAS BORN AT A TEXAS ZOO, WITH A GORILLA MOTHER BORN HERE IN CINCINNATI. BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THIS ELABORATE EXPERIMENT MIGHT NOT WORK. THE DAY SHE GOES IN WITH A GORILLA MOM IS THE DAY I'M GOING TO BE HAPPIEST. THERE WON'T BE A DRY EYE IN THE PLACE. AND AS EVERY PARENT LEARNS, SOMETIMES SUCCESS MEANS LETTING GO. WEATHERTIME NOW, AND MOSTLY FINE AND DRY TODAY, BUT THERE IS SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST, KAREN? THERE'S A FEW FRONTS MOVING IN FROM THE TASMAN. THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WILL GRAB MOST OF THE RAIN TOMORROW. NOTHING SIGNIFICANT IN THE RAIN GAUGES TODAY. AND WITH THE HIGH OVER US AND THE ISOBARS SPACED FAR APART, THERE WASN'T MUCH WIND EITHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR EASTER BREAK AFTER SPORT. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WANGANUI'S STENCH GETS WORSE ` WHAT'S BEING DONE TO SUPPRESS THE SMELL. FATHOMING THE MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP ` SCIENTISTS MAKE SOME STARTLING DISCOVERIES DOWN SOUTH. AND DOES DRIVING WITH CHILDREN MAKE YOU AS DANGEROUS AS A DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL? WE RIDE ALONG FOR THE TEST. THE WILDS OF FIORDLAND HAVE GIVEN UP SOME MORE OF ITS STUNNING SECRETS, THIS TIME FROM DEEP UNDERWATER. SCIENTISTS HAVE USED A SPECIALLY DESIGNED ROBOT TO GATHER AMAZING CORALS FROM THE DEPTH OF DUSKY AND DOUBTFUL SOUNDS. WILL HINE REPORTS. THEY'RE CALLED SEA PENS, NAMED FOR THEIR SIMILARITY TO THE FEATHERS OR QUILLS THAT WERE ONCE USED AS PENS. NOW RESEARCHERS FROM NIWA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HAVE USED A ROBOT TO BRING SOME BACK FROM THE DEEP. YOU GET AN AREA OF ROCK THAT CREATES A WEE DEPRESSION WHERE SEDIMENT AND SAND SETTLES, AND YOU GET UNUSUAL ORGANISMS LIVING IN THESE LITTLE HABITATS THAT ARE QUITE RARE. THE SPECIMENS WERE FOUND UNDERWATER IN ACHERON PASSAGE NEAR DUSKY SOUND. THEY MAKE LOOK LIKE PLANTS, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY A TYPE OF CORAL. THEY MAY LOOK LIKE PLANTS, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY A TYPE OF CORAL. THEY'RE AN ANIMAL. SO, GOING UP THE STALK, YOU HAVE BRANCHING PODS THAT COME OFF THE MAIN STALK, AND EACH IS AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM. THE DARK DEPTHS OF THE FIORDS REMAIN LARGELY UNEXPLORED. SOME PLUNGE MORE THAN 400M, DEEPER THAN AUCKLAND'S SKY TOWER IS TALL; DEEP ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE HALF A DOZEN BEEHIVES STACKED END ON END. THEY'RE VERY DEEP, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A SHALLOW ENTRANCE, AND THAT CREATES A SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE MARINE WORLD WHERE ORGANISMS CAN GET ALMOST TRAPPED IN TIME INSIDE THE FIORDS. MOST OF THE WORK DONE SO FAR HAS BEEN IN DUSKY AND DOUBTFUL SOUNDS. OTHER PARTS OF FIORDLAND ARE STILL AWAITING EXPLORATION. THE EXCHANGE OF WATER BETWEEN THE FIORDS IS PROBABLY VERY RARE, SO THE SPECIES IN DIFFERENT FIORDS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH COULD QUITE EASILY BE UNIQUE. HE HOPES TO TEST THAT TANTALISING PROSPECT ON FUTURE TRIPS TO THE SOUNDS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. WANGANUI COUNCIL IS LOSING ITS BATTLE AGAINST A STUBBORN STENCH EMANATING FROM THE CITY'S FAULTY SEWAGE PLANT. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING SINCE CHRISTMAS, AND LOCALS SAY THE SMELL IS GETTING WORSE. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. DESPERATELY TRYING TO DAMPEN DOWN THE ODOUR FROM THE WANGANUI'S SEWERAGE PONDS FOR EASTER. PILOT DEAN LITHGOW HAS SPREAD MORE THAN 100 LOADS OF LIME. EACH LOAD IS AROUND 24 TONS. I PERSONALLY THINK THE SMELL... IT'S STILL THERE. OF COURSE IT IS. BUT IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS PUTRID AS WHEN I FIRST STARTED. LIKE, I STRUGGLED TO BE ABOVE THOSE PONDS. IT WAS REALLY REALLY BAD. THE LIME IS MEANT TO CHANGE THE PH IN THE PONDS AND SUPRESS THE SMELL. THE MIST YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS FROM AIR FRESHENERS WHICH HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO TRY AND COUNTER THE SMELL FROM THE SEWERAGE. STANDING HERE, THOUGH, THE OVERWHELMING SMELL IS STILL HORRIBLE, BUT TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE OUT A MORE PLEASANT FRAGRANCE. THE LIME APPLICATIONS AND ATOMISERS ARE ONLY SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS. THE LOCAL COUNCIL AND INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS ARE WORKING ON A MORE PERMANENT FIX. BUT AS LOCALS PREPARE FOR THE LONG WEEKEND, MANY REMAIN CONVINCED THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. I'VE NEARLY COME TO THE POINT WHERE I'VE COME OUTSIDE IN THE MORNING AND ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS DRY RETCH, PRETTY MUCH. IT'S DISGUSTING. IT'S PRETTY DISGUSTING, REALLY. WE COME OVER FROM MARTON EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, AND AS SOON AS YOU HIT TOWN YOU CAN SMELL IT. IT'S PRETTY GROSS. SOME RATEPAYERS ARE UNHAPPY THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT INCREASING RATES BY 5% ACROSS THE CITY TO FUND FIXING THE PROBLEM. OTHERS THINK THE SMELL WILL PUT PEOPLE OFF EVER COMING. WELL, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF BUYING HERE AND YOU RUN INTO THAT SMELL, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BUY HERE. ENGINEERS ARE EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE PLANT WITHIN TWO MONTHS. FOR THOSE PUTTING UP WITH IT, THAT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. AIRCRAFT ENTHUSIASTS IN BLENHEIM THIS WEEKEND FOR THE OMAKA AIR SHOW ARE IN FOR A TREAT. ONE OF THE AIR FORCE'S NEW STATE OF THE ART NH90 HELICOPTERS WILL MAKE ITS FIRST FULL PUBLIC DISPLAY. REBECCA EDWARDS JOINED THE CREW FOR LAST-MINUTE PRACTICE FLIGHT. IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT ON THE GROUND, BUT EVEN MORE SO IN THE AIR. THIS NEW AIR FORCE NH90 POLISHED UP ITS MOVES BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AT OMAKA'S CLASSIC FIGHTER AIR SHOW TOMORROW. THIS IS THE FIRST FULL PROPER DISPLAY AND THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN DISPLAYED AWAY FROM AN AIR FORCE BASE LIKE OHAKEA. MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO FLOCK HERE FOR THE AIR SHOW, AND ORGANISERS SAY THE NH90 IS A BIG DRAW CARD, WITH THE PUBLIC KEEN TO CHECK THE CHOPPER OUT IN ACTION. THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED EIGHT OF THE NH90'S AROUND SEVEN YEARS AGO AT A COST OF NEARLY $800M. WITH FOUR ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY, THE OTHERS ARE DUE LATER THIS YEAR, BUT NONE ARE YET IN FULL SERVICE. WE DON'T JUST FLY FROM POINT A TO POINT B LIKE AN AIRLINE DOES. THEY'RE USED FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS. YOU'RE GOING BY NIGHT INTO SMALL, CONFINED AREAS. YOU'RE USING THEM TO DO WINCHING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THAT SORT OF CAPABILITY TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET RIGHT. THE AIR FORCE SAYS WE'LL SEE A STAGED RELEASE OF THEIR CAPABILITY AS THE OLD IROQUOIS ARE PHASED OUT AND REPLACED BY THESE CHOPPERS WHICH ARE ABLE TO CARRY MORE, FURTHER AND FASTER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO CARRY PASSENGERS AND CARGO AROUND NZ. AND THEN PERHAPS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL BE RELEASING THE BATTLEFIELD SUPPORT BOTH IN NZ AND LOW-THREAT ENVIRONMENTS OVERSEAS. OPERATIONS THE AIR FORCE IS HOPING WILL SEE THEM REACH EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS A NEW STUDY BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS HAS REVEALED THAT DRIVING WHILE DISTRACTED IS JUST AS LETHAL AS DRIVING DRUNK. AND IT'S OUR CHILDREN THAT CAUSE US TO TAKE OUR EYES OFF THE ROAD MORE OFTEN THAN WE THINK. ABC'S PAULA FARIS REPORTS. IN MOST OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO TEXT AND DRIVE. BUT DID YOU KNOW STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THERE'S SOMETHING JUST AS DANGEROUS? SCREAMS: BECAUSE I CAN! KIDS IN THE CAR. GET IN YOUR SEAT, JJ. TO SEE JUST HOW DISTRACTING BACK SEAT ANTICS CAN BE, WE MOUNTED CAMERAS IN MY FAMILY'S VAN, DOCUMENTING EVERY ANGLE OF OUR WEEKLY 25-MINUTE TRIP TO THE STORE. I KNEW THERE WERE CAMERAS. I PROBABLY EVEN DROVE SAFER THAN NORMAL. BUT ASKING CHARLIE KLAUER, A RISK EXPERT AS VIRGINIA TECH TO ASSESS MY PERFORMANCE WAS STARTLING. KLAUER LOOKS FOR SOMETHING SHE CALLS EYES OFF THE ROAD. LOOK AT THE EYES OFF THE ROAD TIME RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A LOT. LOOK AGAIN. IN JUST TWO PRECIOUS SECONDS WHEN MY EYES WERE ON MY KIDS, OUR VAN TRAVELLED HALF THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. THAT AUSTRALIAN STUDY FOUND THAT IN A 16-MINUTE TRIP, PARENTS SPEND A STAGGERING THREE MINUTES, 22 SECONDS LOOKING AWAY FROM THE ROAD. THAT'S LIKE DRIVING ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE TRIP WITH SOMETHING BLOCKING YOUR VISION. SO WHAT CAN PARENTS DO? FIRST, EXPERTS SAY SET UP CAR RULES SO YOUR KIDS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AN EXAMPLE ` IF THEY DROP SOMETHING, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T PICK IT UP UNTIL THE CAR STOPS. MAKE SURE THEY KNOW YOU CAN'T PICK IT UP UNTIL THE CAR STOPS. PULL OFF THE ROAD FIRST IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE DVD OR BREAK UP A FIGHT. AND KEEP A SNACK BAG ON HAND IF YOU CAN'T FEED THE KIDS BEFORE YOU LEAVE. KEEPING THE PEACE IN THE BACK SEAT HELPS KEEP THE WHOLE FAMILY SAFE. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` CHRISTCHURCH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED TWO MEN IN RELATION TO THE ATTACK ON CRICKETER JESSE RYDER. THE FORMER BLACKCAP IS STILL IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN INTENSIVE CARE, BUT IS HAVING HIS LEVEL OF SEDATION LOWERED AND EVEN GAVE THE THUMBS UP TO HIS NEUROSURGEON. THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HAS APOLOGISED AFTER A STAFF MEMBER MISTAKENLY SENT OUT A GROUP EMAIL. AFTER A STAFF MEMBER MISTAKENLY SENT OUT A GROUP EMAIL REVEALING THE ADDRESSES OF 147 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT COMES AS THE EQC, WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A MASSIVE PRIVACY BLUNDER, CLOSED DOWN ALL ITS IT SYSTEMS TO TRY AND PREVENT A SIMILAR LEAK HAPPENING AGAIN. AND NELSON MANDELA IS SAID TO BE RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO TREATMENT FOR A RECURRENT LUNG INFECTION. THE 94-YEAR-OLD FORMER PRESIDENT WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL TWO DAYS AGO FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR MONTHS. THE FINISHING TOUCHES ARE TONIGHT BEING PUT ON ARGUABLY THE MOST AMBITIOUS MOTORSPORT PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THE HIGHLANDS MOTORSPORT PARK NEAR CROMWELL OPENS THIS WEEKEND AND PROMISES TO BE A BOON FOR TOURISM. MAX BANIA CHECKED IT OUT. IN SCENIC CENTRAL OTAGO, THIS IS PETROLHEAD HEAVEN. IT'S COME FROM A BARE PADDOCK JUST SIX MONTHS AGO TO A FULLY DEVELOPED BEST MOTORSPORT FACILITY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE BRAINCHILD OF FORMER RACE CAR DRIVER TONY QUINN, THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HIGHLANDS MOTORSPORT PARK PROMISES AN EXPERIENCE YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A RACE TRACK; IT'S A VENUE WITH A MUSEUM WHICH IS A TRIBUTE TO NZ MOTORSPORT GUYS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WE'VE GOT A PUTT-PUTT GOLF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE GO KARTS, WE'VE GOT VEHICLE TESTING FACILITIES. THIS WEEKEND'S OPENING FESTIVITIES WILL FEATURE FAMOUS FACES LIKE GREG MURPHY AND 60 CARS FROM ACROSS MOTORING HISTORY HEADLINED BY THIS BRAND NEW MCLAREN, WITH THE CONTROLS DESIGNED BY ONE-TIME FORMULA ONE CHAMP LEWIS HAMILTON. IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND YOU NEED TO FEEL THIS BECAUSE IT'S SPECIAL. FOR MAJOR MEETS, THE TRACK IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LONGEST IN NZ AT 4.5KM. BUT ON NON-RACE DAYS, THE CONFIGURATION CAN BE CHANGED TO CREATE ANY ONE OF 27 DIFFERENT LAYOUTS. I ONLY WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF ICONIC RACE MEETINGS A YEAR. I WANNA DO A BATHURST-STYLE RACE IN NOVEMBER, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE WITH JUST THE V8S; IT MIGHT BE A MIXTURE OF CARS. WITH SOMETHING TO KEEP EVERYONE ENTERTAINED, THE PARK'S BEING TALKED UP AS A TOURIST MECCA. I BELIEVE IT'LL BE A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR ENTERPRISE, FOR SURE. AND THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS ITS FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PARK TOMORROW WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS ITS FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PARK TOMORROW. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT. A FINALS FIRST FOR THE BREAKERS. THEY WON GAME ONE. MORE ON THE BREAKERS AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS CHIEFS FULLBACK GARETH ANSCOMBE'S REMATCH AGAINST HIS OLD MATES AT THE BLUES. THE NRL DISHES UP ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE TRIES YOU'LL SEE THIS SEASON. WE'LL MEET THE WAIKATO PANEL BEATER LOOKING TO SPARK HIS MMA CAREER. AND WHY REPORTERS SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO TAKE PART IN THEIR STORIES. NOT TO WORRY. OLYMPIAN SARAH WALKER SHOWS US HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A 17-POINT DRUBBING, BUT DON'T EXPECT THE BREAKERS TO GET AHEAD OF THEMSELVES AFTER THRASHING THE SYDNEY KINGS IN THEIR FIRST SEMI-FINAL AT VECTOR ARENA LAST NIGHT. THE NZ CLUB DREW FIRST BLOOD 81-64 IN THE PLAY-OFFS AND LOOK TO WRAP UP THE SERIES ON MONDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THE BREAKERS MADE A SPLASH TODAY AFTER SYDNEY COULD BARELY MUSTER A RIPPLE LAST NIGHT. ABERCROMBIE DROPS THE BIG THREE. THE BREAKERS ARE UP BIG. 17 POINTS BIG TO BE PRECISE. A CLINICAL PERFORMANCE SAW THEIR FIRST PLAY-OFF GAME HOODOO DISAPPEAR WITH THE EASE OF A TOM ABERCROMBIE BASKET. IT WAS GOOD THAT I THINK THAT WE LEARNT OUR LESSON FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE CAME OUT WITH A LOT MORE INTENSITY AND PURPOSE LAST NIGHT AND PLAYED SEMI-FINAL BASKETBALL RIGHT FROM THE START. ABERCROMBIE SET THE SECOND HALF ALIGHT, SCORING A GAME-HIGH 15 POINTS IN A MATCH WHERE THE BREAKERS SIMPLY GOT AHEAD AND NEVER LET UP. SOME STUNNING DEFENCE HELPED THEIR CAUSE. THIS WAS THE ONLY TROUBLING MOMENT OF THE NIGHT. CEDRIC JACKSON IS WINCING. THE LEAGUE MVP WALKED IT OFF, WITH NO APPARENT LASTING AFFECTS. JACKSON CLAIMED THREE STEALS AND AN 11-POINT HAUL. JACKSON FINALLY GETS THAT DUNK HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR! MEANWHILE, WILL HUDSON FINALLY GOT THE RETURN TO COURT HE'D BEEN LOOKING FOR AFTER SIX WEEKS OUT WITH INJURY. THE BIG CENTRE PUT UP EIGHT POINTS AND HOPES THERE'S MORE TO COME. IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING, BUT IT FELT GREAT JUST TO GET BACK OUT ON THE FLOOR WITH THE TEAM AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTRIBUTE WHERE I COULD. SYDNEY'S CONTRIBUTION, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS LARGELY LIMITED TO SOME AGGRO... NOW CORLETTO AND HARVEY KEEP TALKING. ...AND A MASCOT. THOUGH BOTH SIDES ARE SOUNDING THE SAME WARNING ` DON'T EXPECT THE SAME COME GAME TWO. EVEN THOUGH IT DID LOOK A LITTLE BIT EASY LAST NIGHT, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A WAR OUT THERE, AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE EVEN MORE INTENSE WHEN WE GO TO SYDNEY, COS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES NOW. ALSO FLYING INTO A HEADWIND TO PROGRESS TO THE FINALS IS THE HAWKS WHO WERE MAULED BY THE WILDCATS IN PERTH LAST NIGHT, 93-65. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. EXPECT THE COMPETITION TO BE A LOT TOUGHER FOR THE SUPER 15 CHAMPION CHIEFS AGAINST THE BLUES TOMORROW NIGHT. CO-CAPTAIN CRAIG CLARKE AND THEIR MOST DANGEROUS BACK TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN RULED OUT BY INJURY, BUT THE CHIEFS CAN CALL ON A PLAYER WITH A POINT TO PROVE. STEPHEN STUART EXPLAINS. FIRST KICK OF THE NIGHT FOR ANSCOMBE. AND IT IS A BEAUTY. PUNTED BY THE BLUES, GARETH ANSCOMBE WAS EMBRACED BY THE CHIEFS AND IS THE LEADING POINTS SCORER IN THE COMPETITION SO FAR THIS SEASON, WITH 84 IN JUST FIVE MATCHES. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHEN HE SCORED ALL 29 POINTS FOR THE BLUES ON DEBUT TO UPSET THE BULLS LAST YEAR THAT HE WOULD BE DELISTED? SO GRUDGE MATCH, THEN, AT MT MAUNGANUI TOMORROW NIGHT? I PASSED THAT POINT. I'M ENJOYING MY TIME DOWN HERE, AND IT'S ANOTHER GAME IT'S ONE THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO. IT'S NOT JUST THE 21-YEAR-OLD'S DEFENCE THAT HAS IMPROVED. A BIT MORE MATURE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER YEAR ON. JUST TRYING TO GROW AS A FOOTBALLER, REALLY. HE'S GOING REALLY WELL. HE'S FITTED IN NICELY, AND OF COURSE, HE'S BANGING OVER GOALS FROM EVERYWHERE, SO HE'S BEEN GREAT FOR US. SHOCK HORROR, THE SHARP SHOOTER ACTUALLY MISSED THREE SHOTS AT GOAL LAST WEEK, BUT HAS SOME POINTERS ON HIS FORMER TEAMMATES. I'M SURE I CAN OBVIOUSLY GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO THE SOME OF THE PLAYERS. I'VE PLAYED QUITE A FEW YEARS WITH NOW WITH A FEW OF THEM, SO MAYBE A FEW LITTLE CHEEKY TIPS ON WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO. AND IT'S NOT JUST YOUNGSTERS LIKE ANSCOMBE WHO'VE BENEFITED FROM CHIEFS ASSISTANT COACH WAYNE SMITH. AN OLD FELLOW AT THE BLUES WAS A WILLING LEARNER IN HIS PLAYING DAYS TOO. THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT WAYNE SMITH WAS THAT I WAS UNDER HIM FOR SIX MONTHS, AND EVER TRAINING WAS DIFFERENT, BUT WITH THE SAME TECHNICAL OUTCOME. THE ONLY OUTCOME HE WANTS TOMORROW IS TO SNAP THE CHIEFS' THREE-MATCH WINNING RUN AGAINST THE BLUES. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. TO RUGBY LEAGUE, AND LAST NIGHT'S FOURTH-ROUND MATCH BETWEEN MANLY AND WESTS TIGERS CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS BIZARRE. THE SEA EAGLES WON THE SCRAPPY ENCOUNTER 26-0, BUT IT WAS A GAME THAT HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. AND, OH GEE, THIS HAS GOT TO BE A PENALTY. THEY'VE SPUN HIM AROUND. THERE WAS PLENTY OF FEELING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. PERHAPS THEIR ATTENTION SHOULD'VE BEEN ON THE BASICS, BUT A DOWNPOUR JUST PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MATCH ONLY HIGHLIGHTED BOTH TEAMS' INABILITY TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL IN THE OPENING 40. MANLY MANAGED TO COMPLETE JUST SEVEN OF THEIR 18 SETS OF SIX IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT THE TIGERS WILL BE GUTTED BY THEIR PERFORMANCE. THEY CLAIMED THE MAJORITY OF THE TERRITORY IN THE FIRST HALF BUT FAILED TO REAP THE BENEFITS. UP THEY GO. DOWN IT COMES. THE BALL IS LOOSE. MANLY LOST JOE GALUVAO AND WERE LOSING THE BATTLE FOR TERRITORY, BUT DESPITE ONLY PENETRATING THE TIGERS HALF TWICE, THEY MANAGED TO COME UP WITH FOUR POINTS. IT MIGHT BE TOM SYMONDS. A TRY. SO 4-0 LEAD AT HALF-TIME, AND MANLY'S NIGHT WAS ABOUT TO GET BETTER. WATMOUGH. THERE'S TROUBLE HERE. THEY'RE GOING IN AGAIN. WILLIAMS! WILLIAMS GOES IN FOR ANOTHER TRY. AND THERE'S NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AFTER IT IS STEWART. HE GETS THERE FIRST. HE DARES TO PASS. HE DARES TO PASS! AND THEN IT'S KICKED BY CHERRY EVANS FROM UNDER THE FINGERTIPS. IT'S COME OFF THE BOOT OF BLAIR. OHHH. IT'S ON THE GROUND FOR MANLY. THEY CAPITALISE. AWAY GOES CHERRY EVANS. IT'LL BE A LONG RUN. WILLIAMS IS COMING UP TO ASSIST HIM. NOW THE DEFENCE HAVE PULLED OUT. SO IN THE END MANLY RAN AWAY WITH THE MATCH 26-0 TO TAKE TOP SPOT ON THE NRL LADDER. FULLBACK BEN BARBA HAS MADE HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED NRL RETURN FOR THE BULLDOGS TONIGHT AFTER HIS SELF-IMPOSED BREAK FROM RUGBY LEAGUE. THERE WAS A WARM WELCOME FROM THE SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS AS WELL. BUT THE DOGS STRUCK FIRST WITH AN OFFLOAD OF SORTS FROM TONY WILLIAMS FINISHED OFF BY WINGER MITCH BROWN. OLYMPIC BMX SILVER MEDALLIST SARAH WALKER IS RIDING AGAIN AFTER A FIVE MONTH INJURY LAYOFF FROM SHOULDER SURGERY. IT'S REAFFIRMED HER DESIRE TO GO FOR GOLD AT THE 2016 GAMES IN RIO DE JANEIRO. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. SARAH WALKER IS HAPPY TO BE BACK ON TWO WHEELS. I MISSED THE SPORT SO MUCH WHILE I WAS` WHILE I WAS OFF MY BIKE. AND, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HAVE THAT REMINDER THAT I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND I DO HAVE A VERY STRONG PASSION FOR IT. IT'S ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DAY SINCE THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPION CRASHED HARD IN THE WOMEN'S BMX SUPERCROSS FINAL IN NORWAY. LOOKS LIKE ARIEL AND SARAH CAME TOGETHER, AND BELINDA MCLEOD ACTUALLY RAN OVER HER. WALKER DISLOCATED HER SHOULDER, BUT HELD OFF ON HAVING SURGERY AS IT WOULD HAVE RULED HER OUT OF THE LONDON GAMES. SHE EVENTUALLY HAD THE OPERATION LAST NOVEMBER, HER FIVE-MONTH ABSENCE FROM THE TRACK ENDING JUST THIS WEEK, MEANING SHE ISN'T QUITE READY FOR THIS WEEKEND'S NATIONAL CHAMPS IN CAMBRIDGE. I WAS RIDING YESTERDAY AND I FELT PRETTY GOOD, AND I WAS CONSIDERING A LATE ENTRY, BUT I'M STILL NOT 100%. I'M GOOD ENOUGH TO RIDE MY BIKE, BUT RACING AT THE MOMENT IS A BIT OF A RISK. BEING OFF THE BIKE WAS FRUSTRATING, BUT GAVE THE 24-YEAR-OLD TIME TO REFLECT ON WHETHER SHE WANTED TO COMPETE AT A THIRD OLYMPIC GAMES. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS, THE PASSION THAT I HAVE, I JUST WANNA GET BACK ON MY BIKE AND I WANNA START RIDING AGAIN AND I DO WANNA GO THROUGH TO RIO. HER FOCUS FOR NOW THOUGH, IS RECLAIMING HER TITLE AT THE WORLD CHAMPS IN AUCKLAND IN JULY. IN A SPORT LIKE THIS WHEN YOU'RE JUMPING 10-PLUS METRE JUMPS, CONFIDENCE IS THE BIGGEST THING TO HAVE AND I JUST NEED TO GET THAT BACK. CONFIDENCE THIS REPORTER DIDN'T HAVE AND FOR GOOD REASON. CROWD GASP CRASH! CHEERING WELCOME TO BMX. (LAUGHS) JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. AUCKLAND HAS THE QUEEN STREET MILE NEXT MONDAY. NOT SURE ABOUT YOU, BUT I'D RATHER BE RUNNING DOWN COPACABANA BEACH IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITH USAIN BOLT. THE SIX-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION IS LAUNCHING HIS SEASON IN BRAZIL, COMPETING IN AN 150M EXHIBITION RACE. BOLT PLAYED DOWN FEARS OVER THE STADIUM, DUE TO HOST THE TRACK AND FIELD COMPETITION IN 2016, AFTER IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ROOF. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN EVERY DAY. AS I SAID, OLYMPICS ARE THREE YEARS AWAY, SO I'M SURE THEY'LL GET IT FIXED BY THEN. THE TWO-TIME REIGNING OLYMPIC 100M AND 200M CHAMPION ALSO RULED OUT COMPETING IN THE LONG JUMP IN RIO 2016. THE GOOD TIMES ARE CONTINUING FOR SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET. THE PROTEAS WERE TODAY REWARDED FOR THEIR NUMBER-ONE TEST RANKING, WITH SKIPPER GRAEME SMITH BEING HANDED THE ICC TEST CHAMPIONSHIP MACE AND A CHEQUE FOR NEARLY NZ$540,000. THE ICC TEST CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AND A CHEQUE FOR NEARLY NZ$540,000. SOUTH AFRICA'S THE FOURTH TEAM TO CLAIM THE MACE SINCE THE CURRENT RANKINGS SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN 2003. NOT A BAD BONUS FOR BEING AT THE TOP OF YOUR SPORT. BREAKING IN TO CAGE FIGHTING'S BIG LEAGUE IS THE GOAL FOR HAMILTON MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST LUKE JUMEAU IS THE GOAL FOR HAMILTON MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST LUKE JUMEAU. THE 25-YEAR-OLD FIXES BODIES BY DAY AND BENDS THEM BY NIGHT. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS OLDER TEENAGE BROTHER TROY, LUKE JUMEAU SAYS THE DISCIPLINE REQUIRED FOR MIXED MARTIAL ARTS GOT HIS LIFE BACK ON TRACK. IT JUST GAVE ME THE DEDICATION AND THE DRIVE AND A WAY TO STAY OFF THE STREETS AND KEEP WELL. AND BUSY. AS HE CAN'T AFFORD TO TRAIN FULL TIME, HE'S A PANEL BEATING FOREMAN BY DAY. IT'S HARD. YOU JUST HAVE TO USE YOUR WORK, AS HARD AS IT SOUNDS, AS A SORT OF REST PERIOD. NO REST AT TRAINING, THOUGH, AS MMA IS A HYBRID OF SPORTS. WHILE KICKS, KNEES AND PUNCHES ARE HIGHLY VISUAL, IT'S THE UGLY GRAPPLING THAT WEARS OPPONENTS DOWN. ABOUT 88% OF FIGHTS ARE WON ON THE GROUND, SO THE STRIKING DOESN'T COUNT FOR TOO MUCH ANY MORE. WELL, NOT WHEN YOU CAN SLAP A SLEEPER HOLD ON WRESTLING COACH CHRIS QUINLAN. IT'S KIND OF A CHESS GAME, YOU KNOW, CHESS MATCH. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE TOOLS AND ASPECTS OF THE GAME, AND YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BEAT HIM. JUMEAU CAME AGONISINGLY CLOSE TO BREAKING IN TO THE RICH UFC LEAGUE WHICH KIWI MARK HUNT RETURNED TO IN DEVASTATING FASHION EARLIER THIS MONTH. BUT FOR NOW THE WELTERWEIGHT'S MAKING HIS MARK IN THE ASIAN EQUIVALENT. WINNING RAVE REVIEWS IN HIS DEBUT AND GOING BACK TO COMPETE THERE NEXT MONTH, THE BODY BENDER, KNOWN AS THE JEDI OR JUGGERNAUT, MIGHT BE LOST TO THESE SHORES UNLESS A MAJOR SPONSOR CAN BE FOUND. AND THAT'S A BATTLE. IT'S GOT A PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BEING REALLY ROUGH AND REALLY TOUGH AND JUST FOR STREET FIGHTERS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEHIND AMERICA. IN AMERICA IT'S PUBLICLY ACCEPTED. IN THE MEANTIME, HIS TRAINING PARTNERS WILL JUST HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE BLOOD ` THEIR OWN. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. AND GOLFER MICHAEL CAMPBELL IS PROBABLY FEELING LIKE THE EASTER BUNNY AFTER SHOOTING A 12-OVER 84 IN CHIANG MAI, INCLUDING A QUINTUPLE BOGEY. A NINE ON A PAR FOUR. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN SAYS ONE ISLAND WILL GET SOME RAIN TOMORROW, BUT JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR THE OTHER. HELLO AGAIN. MAINLY FINE SUNNY START TO THE EASTER BREAK, BUT THERE ARE SOME RAIN CLOUDS BREWING IN THE TASMAN. A BIG HOLE IN THE SKY OVER US. THAT'S WHERE THE HIGH'S SITTING. BRIGHTER HIGH CLOUD SPILLING DOWN FROM THE NORTH, JUST CREEPING OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. GOT A LINE OF FRONTAL CLOUD MARCHING IN FROM THE TASMAN, LOW TUCKED IN THERE AS WELL. OUR HIGH CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY TO THE EAST TOMORROW. THE FRONTS CLOSE IN FROM THE WEST, SPILLING RAIN ONTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. BETWEEN THE FRONTS AND THE DEPARTING HIGH, A NORTHERLY FLOW WILL COVER THE COUNTRY. FINE IN THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD OVERHEAD. RAIN OR DRIZZLE SPREADING UP THE WEST COAST. NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS. FINE IN THE EAST. A FEW CLOUDY AREAS EVERYWHERE ELSE. ISOLATED SHOWERS ABOUT TARANAKI, AND FROM NORTHLAND DOWN THROUGH AUCKLAND AND THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA TO THE BAY OF PLENTY. NOT MUCH WIND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ WHEN YOU'RE THIRSTY, YOU'VE GOTTA BE PREPARED TO SHARE. THESE BIRDS ARE PRACTISING GOOD TRANS-TASMAN RELATIONS ` OUR TUI AND THE AUSSIE EASTERN ROSELLA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS HANDY BIRD BATH. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR THIS GOOD FRIDAY. TONIGHT WILL BE HERE AT 10.30.