Good evening. We pushed the replay button on the weather for today, and thanks to our resident high well to the south-east, conditions are set to stay the same for a while. There's a couple of tropical cyclones up to no good over the Pacific. 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. This is ONE News, with Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie. Tonight ` an uncaring father who played video games while his daughter (9) was being tortured finds out his fate. Facing up to his fourth drink-driving conviction ` no laughing matter as a TV funny man is sentenced. Face-off fury ` MEN SHOUT fists fly even before Sonny Bill and his next opponent hit the ring ` is it a marketing ploy? And class action ` the Queen goes back to school as she marks 60 years on the throne. Kia ora, good evening. A father who played video games while his daughter (9) was being severely abused is tonight behind bars. The beatings were so horrific, it's been described as torture. The Auckland man claims he didn't know a lot of the abuse was going on as most of it was at the hands of the girl's mother. Police found the girl starved and hidden in a closet. Kim Vinnell was in court. For months, this man knew his daughter was being tortured at the hands of her mother and did nothing. What your daughter needed was a kind and loving environment when she was returned to you, but instead she was subjected to horrific physical abuse. She was starved, and she was humiliated. I accept, as I've said, that you didn't inflict the horrific injuries on her that your partner did, but you stood by. It's been labelled one of this country's worst cases of abuse. The mother of a girl (9) ripping her child's toenail off, punching her so hard she broke her own hand, beating the girl with a machete and steel cap boots. The child's father (33) says he often didn't know what was going on. He wasn't aware of all that bruising, because he wasn't there in the house. He wasn't aware of all that bruising, because he wasn't there in the house. He wasn't inflicting that bruising on her. A claim rejected by the Crown and the judge. You can hardly have failed to notice the evidence of the child's physical deterioration as a result of the physical injuries that were inflicted on her, the fact she was being effectively starved. The Crown claims the man was often in the house where the abuse occurred, and in fact would play the video-game Xbox in one room while the girl's mother was carrying out some of the most serious beatings elsewhere in the house. The man says his daughter was hard to handle. She said she was trying to poison her father, to kill him, and when that didn't work, she was trying to get him in trouble by lying about him. Claims condemned by the judge not only as unproven, but also as revictimisation of the young girl. It is clear your daughter is unable to understand why she was tortured, and that is the appropriate word for what happened. Sentencing the man to three years' jail, the judge signalled that witnessing abuse but doing nothing will not be tolerated. Kim Vinnell, ONE News. The case prompted an official inquiry into the role of government agencies. Welfare minister Paula Bennett is live on Close Up to talk about what's happened since then. A man whose name is synonymous with NZ comedy has avoided jail for his fourth drink driving offence. Queen's Service Medal recipient Jon Gadsby was sentenced to 120 hours community service in Christchurch. He's also been disqualified from driving. Daniel Faitaua was in court. He once worked with TV cameras; today Jonathan Ernest Gadsby was avoiding them. Were you surprised by the sentence? I haven't got any comment. The 58-year-old was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court after giving a positive breath test ` his fourth drink-driving offence in four years. Gadsby pleaded guilty in September. Today his lawyer gave the sentencing judge letters of support from family, friends, even his doctor. The references, sir, most compellingly speak of his commitment to a recovery following an acceptance of diagnosis of alcoholism back in June last year. That evening Gadsby was drinking with a mate. He got in his car and chose to drive home to drop off the groceries. Home was 300m down the road. When Gadsby was stopped by police and breath-tested, he was found to be almost three times over the legal limit. Since then, the court heard, Gadsby had checked himself in to an alcohol-treatment program, which he completed. But Judge Saunders said is wasn't just about the rehabilitation. The punitive action is dealt with the confiscation of your vehicle. There is a further consequence that affects you and that is you lose your licence under section 65 indefinitely. A former editor of Christchurch's Avenues magazine, Gadsby is an award-winning actor and holds a Queen's honour. He was best known for the satirical TV show McPhail and Gadsby. Now, if I may use plain language. 35 years on, his co-star is standing by his mate. He is my friend and my companion and my associate and nothing has changed. As well as losing his car and his licence and being ordered to complete 120 hours of community service, the freelance performer and writer faces six months of court-ordered supervision. Daniel Faitaua, ONE News. Sonny Bill's next boxing bout is set to be a cracker, with the fireworks going off even before he steps into the ring. Punches flew as the All Black and his American opponent eyeballed each other at the Hamilton weigh-in today. Craig Stanaway was there and hit him about whether it was just a publicity stunt. It's the type of incident that heaps more shame on boxing's battered reputation. Whatever you think of Sonny Bill Williams' boxing career, he never provoked what happens next. MEN SHOUT Cynics will claim this is a publicity stunt. You all right? You all right? Yeah, it's all good. Having been subdued, Williams' opponent, Clarence Tillman, walks off, leaving the All Black to explain what that was all about. Uh, it's pretty below-the-belt. I didn't see it coming. Sometimes the emotion gets the better of people. Before today, this pay-per-view bout for the NZ heavyweight title was struggling to capture the public's imagination outside of Sonny Bill's hardcore fan base. Sources close to ONE News now estimate mainstream media coverage of the scuffle is worth an extra 5000 pay-per-view buys. With Williams collecting around $20 from every subscriber, that's an extra $100,000 in his pocket. Isn't this a marketer's dream, though, for pay-per-views? This is all going to be on the news tonight. We got a hater here. What else do you want to say, brother? Well, I'm not a hater. That wasn't planned, brother. That wasn't planned bro. That was full-on. Cheers, boys. So it wasn't planned, but in boxing all publicity is good publicity, even if it does look bad. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. Ownership of the water that drives the country's hydro power is at the heart of a Maori Council claim designed to stop the partial sell-off of state energy companies. The Maori Party is backing the claim. For more, let's go live to political reporter Michael Parkin at Parliament. Talk of fresh water rights is as serious as seabed and foreshore legislation. The Maori Party didn't turn up at Parliament today. Real problems for John Key. The Maori Council is leaving nothing to chance, hand-delivering its claim for water rights to the Waitangi Tribunal late this afternoon. We want consultation first ` the biggest thing. And looking at stopping the assets as well, if we have to. The claim is designed to halt the partial sell-down of state-owned assets. The council says Maori never gave up their ownership of the freshwater now used for power generation, so their water rights should be recognised and Maori should be given a stake in the generators. The council says there should be no sale until this is resolved. We believe the water that generates the power, the genesis of the electricity, belongs to Maori. And successive governments have failed to address the issue. Waitangi Tribunal decisions are not binding, but the claim gives the Maori Council a springboard to the courts. The Prime Minister doubts that will delay the partial privatisation plans. In my view, no one owns water. It's like air ` no one owns the air. People have allocation rights in relation to the use of water. The Maori Council's claim follows outrage at National's proposition that private shareholders in the four power companies cannot be subject to the Treaty obligations offered by section nine of the State-Owned Enterprises Act. The Maori Party is encouraging legal challenges. But in doing so, its position as a coalition partner is becoming less tenable. If there is not a happy ending to this, then we put ourselves in the hands of the iwi Maori and our rohe ` that's our electorates. And if they say walk, we walk. I don't think that's going to break down. They feel strongly about this issue, so do others, but we'll work our way though it. Work that begins with a hui in Rotorua tomorrow. Bill English and Tony Ryall kick-off that two week consultation process tomorrow. Words of protest action at those meetings. And the state-assets sell-off dominated the first debate in Parliament for the year. Opposition parties attacked the policy, while NZ First leader Winston Peters had the Government's Whanau Ora programme in his sights. Renee Graham has details. It's down to business for the new Parliament, and Labour's new leader was out to score political points. Did he read the government's budget papers, which show the next five years' capital budgets rely on the sale of public assets? Yes, Mr Speaker. And that's probably why we have 59 MPs, Mr Speaker, and the Labour Party has very few! The National Government's policy to sell off minority shares in four state-owned energy companies dominated debate. The Maori Party's threatened to leave the coalition over the plan. None of its MPs were present at today's first sitting. Does he accept that his determination to push ahead with asset sales is creating instability in government? Mr Speaker, not in the slightest. I accept what it will do is accept less debt than it would under Labour. Questions, too, over the claim that no more than 15% of shares in a state-owned enterprise would end up in foreign hands. What specific actions will he take, if any, to stop that happening? Mr Speaker, the Government's not proposing it would take any action... OPPOSITION HOWLS ...to stop ordinary people having a right to sell their shares. NZ First leader Winston Peters marked his return with a shot at Whanau Ora, alleging the programme's spending nearly $5.5m of funding inappropriately. Does the Prime Minister think it appropriate that a person who owns a chain of successful businesses in the Wellington area have his family reunion paid for by the 'whanau integration fund'? Mr Speaker, I have no details in relation to that. If he wants to put that to the minister for Whanau Ora, then he's welcome to do so. Mr Peters says Whanau Ora is a waste of taxpayer money and says he'll have more to say on its allocation of funds. Renee Graham, ONE News. And Mr Peters was earlier abused during a small protest against asset sales at Parliament. He was preparing to address about 40 demonstrators when he appeared to anger the organiser. I'll put Hone back on again. He's a better speaker than you. You <BLEEP>ing tell the truth, Winston, or you can <BLEEP> off now! Speak now! You have four minutes. Mr Peters eventually got to talk to the crowd. He was joined by leaders from the other parties opposed to the asset sales. It was opposition to a big pay rise for the council CEO that saw hundreds of angry protesters rallying in Kapiti today. Just like outraged ratepayers in Christchurch, those in Kapiti, just north of Wellington, are calling for heads to roll. Arrun Soma has more. It's wrong. They should listen to the people. We're paying your pay. Their protest is passionate. You've had your fingers in our pockets for years. And it's personal ` mayor Jenny Rowan in the firing line. You are a sick, sick person. Look after ya bloody rate-payers. Picketing over a pay rise for council chief executive Pat Dougherty. Not in these times. Not in these times. In fact, they could maybe tie some of the salaries back into the community. In August, Mr Dougherty's pay went up $44,000 ` an 18% increase that takes his salary to $285,000 a year. I don't know why government isn't putting pressure on councils to do what they're doing ` reduce staff, particularly back office staff. They've got more chiefs than Indians out here. Protesters want heads to roll,... Just quit. ...calling for a commissioner to run the council. The rowdy crowd heckled the mayor as she fronted up. We caught up with her later in the day. This morning we saw a protest that wasn't hugely respectful. Nevertheless, we got the message that people were not comfortable. She says the pay rise is fair. I think he's the best we've had in this district, to be blunt. We need to secure his services. I've asked to interview chief executive Pat Dougherty about whether he thinks his pay rise is justified, but staff here told me he won't front, because the decision is political. One even told me Mr Dougherty would be nuts to speak to media. But as he remains clammed up, there's no hushing this lot. What do you reckon? CHEERING And the voice of dissent is set to get louder. Arrun Soma, ONE News. The crisis in Syria is escalating with the military mounting its fiercest attack yet on anti-government forces in the city of Homs. Reporters are banned from Syria, but a BBC team smuggled into the city sent back video of civilians coming under heavy fire. The ABC's Martha Raddatz has more. What you are looking at here is fear. Under cover of darkness, volunteers rush to bury a girl (7), but the shots keep coming. GUNFIRE There is no time for prayer, no time to mourn. EXPLOSION A mortar hit the child's house here in Homs during a day that brought one of the fiercest attacks since this uprising began, Syrian forces launching hundreds of deadly mortars at their own citizens living in the epicentre of the rebellion. (SCREAMS IN ARABIC) This mother, hysterical, her son's foot blown off. She is begging for weapons: 'Give us guns so that we can defend ourselves.' And then it gets worse. Mortars hit this very clinic. The medical staff rushes the wounded to the streets. There have been videos smuggled out of Homs before, but nothing like this. A BBC crew was smuggled in to this city, where journalists are barred. Reporter Paul Wood was a witness to the terror around him. You can also hear a little bit of Kalashnikov fire. It's a pretty futile gesture. BANG! This weekend, Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution condemning the violence. We wanted the Arab League to give our situation to the UN so that the UN could help us. Now the UN have abandoned us. Who's going to help us now? The US promises more pressure, but the residents of Homs have only seen things get worse. They now fear Syrian ground forces are poised for an even deadlier assault. And the diplomatic battle is also heating up, with the United States closing its embassy in Syria and pulling all its staff out of the country. British police have come to the defence of Kiwis The Queen has marked the day her reign began by thanking her loyal subjects and visiting a school. Europe correspondent Garth Bray reports from London, where a year of royal pageantry has begun. For 60 years they have known no other queen and Elizabeth II has known no other life. Hundreds of hands to shake every day; two days a year off at Christmas and Easter ever since she was 25 and lung cancer took her father's life. RADIO: This is London. It was announced from Sandringham at 10.45 today, February 6 1952, that the King, who retired to rest last night in his usual health, passed peacefully away in his sleep. London will be the epicentre of the Diamond Jubilee events in the UK summer in June. MARCHING BAND PLAYS But this is a stage always set for pageantry. Here, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is making a very showy entrance from the wings. BOOM! To say the Diamond Jubilee here year is getting off with a bang seems like a ridiculous understatement here in Hyde Park. They're firing a 41-gun salute` BOOM! ...and as they get closer and closer up the line, you can feel the concussion of those shells as they go off... right here. BOOM! The Queen usually spends most of this day far from the capital at her estate in Sandringham, in quiet contemplation of her father's death. Her Majesty will remain the sovereign as long as she lives. I don't think there's any question of her` Well, even if she was unable to perform her duties and passed some of those on to her family, she is still the Queen and will be until she dies. For her diamond anniversary, she's breaking with tradition, visiting a Norfolk school ` the first of many, as she and Prince Philip tour these isles, while other royals fan out across the Commonwealth. Garth Bray, ONE News, London. Still to come on ONE News ` the death toll climbs as Europe continues to freeze, and a Bulgarian village is almost washed away. Searching through the rubble for survivors after a huge earthquake rocks the Philippines. And the Queen of Pop breaks another record ` we discover what it took to put on Madonna's half-time show. Close Up shocked viewers with its expose of online predators; at 7, they'll bring you a family who experienced a very real near-miss. British police have come to the defence of Kiwis criticised for their behaviour during a pub crawl in London to celebrate Waitangi Day. Footage posted on the internet shows a group of topless NZers performing a haka in Parliament Square at Westminster. About 4000 took part in the annual event. Some were spotted exposing themselves and urinating on footpaths and historical monuments, prompting one NZ expat to lay a complaint with the High Commissioner. But police say most revellers were respectful and only one arrest was made. Police will meet organisers in the hope of improving next year's event. Extreme winter weather has much of Europe in its icy grip tonight, with the Netherlands recording its lowest temperature in 27 years and children building snowmen outside the Vatican. In Bulgaria days of rain and snow have caused a dam to burst, killing eight with another 10 people missing. Nicole Bremner has the latest. A 2.5m-high torrent of water swept through Biser when the nearby Ivanovo Reservoir collapsed. Villagers survived as best they could with raging waters washing through their homes, destroying whatever stood in their path. The search for the missing continues as a state of emergency remains in place across much of southern Bulgaria. This relentless rain, which some say is to blame for the dam collapse, is part of extreme winter weather gripping Europe from the UK to eastern Russia. In Bosnia, choppers are still carrying emergency supplies to remote villages cut off by heavy snow, and they're the only way out for the sick in need of help. TRANSLATOR: Although weather conditions today are very bad, it does not stop us to continue to help the endangered patients and deliver food to those cut off. In Croatia, some aren't waiting for help to arrive. TRANSLATOR: This is my four-wheel drive. It's the same bleak picture in Russia's far east, where the mercury's been minus-50 for so long that water and sewage pipes have frozen. TRANSLATOR: All sewage water is flowing under our houses in the village now, because all sewage dumps have frozen completely. But it's the homeless suffering most in Ukraine. More than 100 people have died. TRANSLATOR: We have to admit that the Ukrainian authorities have failed to help the poor and homeless to survive. Picturesque it may look, but for many Europeans, the end of the winter whiteout can't come soon enough. Nicole Bremner, ONE News. NZers affected by widespread flooding in Queensland will receive government disaster-recovery payments. NZ residents were initially denied similar payments during last year's floods, but this time there's no delay in announcing the handouts. Stop banks have protected the town of St George from a local river that's burst its banks three times in the past two years. They were strong the first time; they coped the second time. The third time I think they're all going to need us all to rally around them, because I think some of them feel like they're losing the battle. The water could take weeks to drain away. Rescuers are desperately trying to reach dozens of people trapped under rubble following a strong earthquake in the Philippines. According to the Philippine Army, at least 43 people have been killed and a hundred injured after the 6.7-magnitude quake struck the central island of Negros. More than 200 aftershocks have been recorded; the strongest measured 6.2. The Philippines sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire, known for its frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. In Pakistan, as many as 40 people are still missing after a building collapsed in the country's east. 13 bodies have been recovered so far from what was an illegal medicine factory in Lahore. Investigators believe the three-storey building caved in after several large gas cylinders exploded. Yesterday's Super Bowl was the most watched TV show in American history, but it wasn't the game most of them tuned in to see ` it was the half-time show. The ABC's Andrea Canning takes a look at the enormous preparation behind the 12-minute entertainment extravaganza. You start with Madonna, of course. Add more than... ...and a no-name daredevil who's become an overnight sensation. So, who was that guy in the toga, bouncing on a tightrope next to Madonna? Andy Lewis, engaging in a little-known sport called slacklining. He spent two months rehearsing with Madonna, who he describes as meticulous. She would look at everybody's costume, and she would approve everything on the costume and make fine little details to not only the costumes, but to the set and, like, how things are being run in the show, and saying things weren't exciting enough. Madonna got a little distracted herself and made a minor Super Bowl stumble. The eternal Material Girl admitted to a case of pregame nerves. She was dancing with a pulled hamstring after gruelling rehearsals. Lots of warm-ups and taping and ultrasound and... You know, I feel like I'm one of the football players right now. This morning, her performance had the whole country debating around the water cooler. You know, I love to watch a 50-year-old woman lip-sync to 20-year-old music (!) I enjoy that (!) I just love the whole way they... they presented her. The debate continued on Facebook and Twitter. ..during the half-time show. But there's no debate about one thing ` Madonna succeeded at what she does best: getting America talking. Renee's here now with the days weather highlights, and a few showers about today. Renee's here now with the day's weather highlights, and a few showers about today. Yes, a few light showers pushed their way onto the east coast of the North Island around the northern flank of the high. West was best, with lots of sunshine there. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz And I'll be back with your weather for Wednesday right after sport. Up next on ONE News ` what was going on inside Pike River moments before the deadly blasts? We preview the latest phase in the inquiry. And the sacrifices workers and owners are making to keep their companies afloat. We shocked you with our undercover sting operation; now hear the warnings from family who experienced a very real near miss. Plus, she was abused for nine years before justice was done. Tonight, Paula Bennett fronts up over the failures that could have cost a young girl her life. Close Up at 7, TV ONE. MANNEQUINS LAUGH I don't know, sometimes my stomach just feels heavy, you know. I feel sluggish and slow. Mm-hm. If I'm not eating properly, I just feel... bleugh. I know what you mean. My stomach feels uncomfortable. I get that pretty often. I just don't do anything about it. Well, I just had a bowl of All-Bran each day for seven days, and I really felt the difference. You did? You did? Yeah, I feel... like I should. Try All-Bran Honey Almond flakes for seven days and see if you feel All-Bran new. I'm gonna try that. 1 Business leaders in NZ appear to be putting holidays on hold for the sake of their companies. Major supermakrets won't be dropping the price of milk NOSH IS SELLING IT FOR A DOLLAR A LITRE THE COMPANY IS MAKING A LOSS OF 50C FOR EACH BOTTLE Business leaders in NZ appear to be putting holidays on hold for the sake of their companies. A survey's revealed that last year they just about led the world in refusing to take time off. Alexi O'Brien has the details. Jane Patten's in the business of babies, and it never lets up. She hasn't even had a summer break. 12 years ago, you could go away. There was a lot less stress. But even in that short time, a lot more pressure and stress is on us. And she's not alone. A recent survey by international accounting firm Grant Thornton found our business leaders have cut down on holiday time from 18 days in 2010 to 13 last year. It is a lot harder to make a dollar at the moment, and holidays are what end up being sacrificed. But sacrificing time out can lead to sacrificing good business. That business owner is less likely to concentrate on strategy, less likely to concentrate and see those big opportunities coming through for their business. And that could be bad for the long-term health of our economy. We'll perhaps start to see more and more people retiring at a younger age. NZ's had one of the biggest holiday reductions in the world, beaten only by Japan, where there was an average of just five days of leave taken, believed to be down to the earthquake and tsunami disaster in March. But while holidays may have decreased, average pay for high-level staff is up. There's nothing particularly excessive about executive pay, given the demand for those individuals and the demand for them to perform. The survey found that business leaders here in the Asia-Pacific region were some of the most stressed in the world, but business leaders here are cautiously optimistic that 2012 will be better than last year. Which means when businesses begin to take off again, maybe the people running them will too. Alexi O'Brien, ONE News. And making Waitangi and Anzac Day holidays whether or not they fall on a working day And making Waitangi and Anzac Day holidays whether or not they fall on a working day could be decided this year. A private member's bill to amend the Holidays Act will now go to a vote in Parliament. The Pike River royal commission resumes in Greymouth tomorrow. Phase three of the inquiry will focus on what was happening in the mine just before the explosion that killed 29 miners. Lisa Davies has more. What caused this deadly explosion? The quest for answers continues. The Royal Commission will pick up where it left off last year after hearing evidence highly critical of the mine's management ` safety failures, including a suggestion miners tampered with gas sensors; There have been a lot of things that have come out that have horrified me. an inexperienced workforce, with a hydro mining coordinator who turned to the internet for answers; No, I couldn't find what I was looking for. and widespread criticism of the regulations governing mining in this country. Five witnesses will be heard over the next week and a half Five witnesses will be heard over the next week and a half on the cause of the explosions and systems at the mine, including two Australian consultants who have provided expert advice to the Department of Labour investigative team on mine design, ventilation and electrical issues. The commission was originally due to report its findings by the end of next month. The Commission's rulings are important. However, it has asked for an extension from the Attorney General, already scheduling phase-four hearings for the start of April, which will look at policy change for the mining industry. When this is all over, we're going to push for more safety in the mines. Meanwhile, with the recovery of the men's remains stalled, Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn will meet the Prime Minister this week to discuss setting up a trust to speed up the process. We don't need any more needless deaths in this coal mine. Safety is at the forefront. We don't need any more needless deaths in this coal mine. Safety is at the forefront. But around that, good planning, getting the right people on a trust will make a big difference. A difference to those who lost their men here over a year ago. Lisa Davies, ONE News. Looking at our top stories tonight ` THE COMMISSION REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION WAS GRANTED Looking at our top stories tonight ` a man has been sentenced to three years in prison after abusing his daughter so badly the judge described it as torture. The father (33) admitted slapping and smacking the child and even playing video games while his partner carried out more abuse. She was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison late last year. Comedian Jon Gadsby has avoided prison for his fourth drink-driving conviction after being arrested three times over the legal limit. The Queens Service Medal recipient was disqualified from driving, had his vehicle confiscated and was ordered to complete 120 hours community work. Andrew's here with sport, and Sonny Bill sets the tone in Hamilton. NOT A RARETY FOR BOXING So what can we take out of this pre-bout scrap? Also tonight, from Waikato all the way to London ` a tennis number one, football's big boss and a man known as Beaver. Plus, we explain how England's cricket collapse places even more importance on South Africa's arrival here. And furry cross the Mersey! A moggy makes a mockery of English football. As we reported earlier on ONE News, Sonny Bill Williams has grabbed the headlines again. Planned or otherwise, Williams and his boxing opponent Clarence Tillman were involved in a scuffle in Hamilton a day before their professional bout. So what provoked Tillman in the first place? Craig Stanaway reports. By now you've probably seen Clarence Tillman's unprovoked attack on Sonny Bill Williams. MEN SHOUT Tillman appeared in a world of his own even before today's weigh-in, arriving well before his opponent. Sitting down, he appeared agitated. With 21 professional fights, he's already on record saying he felt almost disrespected being approached to fight Williams, who's only laced up four times. Just some of the things I heard from some people or I heard some people said. But everyone has their own opinion. < Could you tell us about some of those things? Nah, it's not even worth it. < So it's not that big a deal? Nah. With Tillman walking off before anyone could get an explanation from him. I didn't see that coming. I wasn't expecting it to come, and I don't think they did either. But it won't be the first time. The Williams camp insists this wasn't a set-up to sell more pay-per-views. All the same, they're not mincing their words. Disrespect to the fullest degree. What can you say? He dog-shotted Sonny. Sonny showed a good set of whiskers not to go down. I'm still fired up, man. That's really uncalled for, man. Mundine's comments echoed by someone who's seen it all. It's part of the sport, but I hate seeing it. It means the fighter's mentally lost it. And left a lot of others lost for words. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. It didn't end in a punch-up, but the Northern Mystics netballers were also getting in on the boxing act today with Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Shane Cameron. With the trans-Tasman trophy just over six weeks away, last year's finalists are hoping to improve their hand-and-foot speed and the mental edge as well. I think physically you can do all you can, but the end it's the mental toughness, and to have Shane, who's an amazing boxer, and it's all about mental toughness, to give us the one-two and push us to the limits, and he surely did that. They'll get to test how effective it's been in their pre-season tournament in Tauranga next month. The cream of world sport has gathered in London for their equivalent of the Oscars, the Laureus Awards. Among them, a couple of hopeful former All Blacks. World Cup winners Stephen Donald and John Afoa rubbed shoulders with tennis top seed Novak Djokovic, who took out the award for Sportsman of the Year, while the All Blacks were pipped as Team of the Year by footballing giants Barcelona. Me and Johnny feel a bit out of place, to be fair, but, uh... (CHUCKLES) Obviously it shows how significant the... World Cup was. And obviously we were against some pretty famous sports teams in the final. So it just shows the significance of what the boys achieved in October. The Crusaders missed out on the Comeback of the Year Award for making it to the Super Rugby final with no home ground. The accolade went to Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke for winning the British Open at 42 and, possibly, for making the press conference the next day after an all-night session. So the All Blacks missed out on the awards in London, but they're favourites to scoop the top prizes at the Halbergs, which are presented here on Thursday. This year, organisers don't just want to highlight our elite athletes. Toni Street reports. When it comes to Kiwi celebs, Rachel Hunter is one of the biggies. An opportunity for us to really make a big deal out of this, and so people can see everything that the trust does. The Kiwi supermodel will host the Halberg Awards on Thursday night, but today she ditched the heels and took part in an aggressive game of wheelchair basketball. It was quite amazing, like, how quickly you could get used to it. Obviously, I'm not great, but just to have that ability to participate in sport after you've had a disability. That's the message the Halberg Trust wants to get across. There are around 35,000 physically disabled young people under 25 in this country. The trust wants to make sure every single one of them has the same opportunities to play sport as the able-bodied. We fund equipment and lessons and things like teacher aids so disabled kids can go on school camps. Having Hunter involved was a hit, particularly with Jaden Movold (7). When we just finished at half-time, he came up and grabbed my hand and was, like, 'You know when we're not playing, we're friends.' Hunter's popularity, however, was fleeting once the Breakers arrived. They'll certainly be getting a few more votes for the favourite sports moment of the year. I want the Breakers to. You want the Breakers to win? > Not the All Blacks. This passion for any sport is what the Halberg Trust is encouraging. Toni Street, ONE News. All Whites football captain Ryan Nelsen has missed out on game time in today's Spurs-Liverpool match in the English Premier League. Nelsen was in the match-day squad, but was confined to the bench and a half-time warm-up in a fairly drab 0-0- draw. The first-half highlight was the appearance of this moggy. CROWD CHEERS Who's going to be brave enough to try and catch the intruder? Brad Friedel has gloves... The cat was the only Liverpool local to get this close to goal before being rescued by a ground steward. Liverpool striker Luis Suarez returned from the bench after his eight-game suspension for racial abuse and duly earned a yellow card. Spurs' Gareth Bale had a clear late chance, as did Suarez. The draw leaves Spurs in third, now seven points behind leaders Manchester City. South Africa's cricketers will be eyeing the world number-one Test spot when they arrive here next week to play the Blackcaps. The Proteas' opportunity comes as England suffers a humiliating whitewash at the hands of Pakistan in Dubai. Here's the BBC's Joe Wilson. History will record that England's cricketers were tourists in Dubai. Neither time nor tide will erase the shame of the whitewash. In the third Test, England were left chasing a near-impossible 324 to win. Two out by lunch, losing Trott, was a big blow. Petersen's misreading of Saeed Ajmal seemed gloomily inevitable. Petersen did nothing to advance his reputation in these matches. He wasn't alone. When Ian Bell bashed this ball straight into the hands of the fielder, he'd scored 51 runs... in the whole series. A flourish from Matt Prior took us into the late afternoon ` a glimpse of what might have been. Reality was another lbw. Panesar last out. The match and the series emphatically to Pakistan. Recognition. Once outcasts of world cricket that outplayed the world's top-ranked team. We haven't been good enough or quick enough at adapting our games here, that is for sure. And, obviously, I haven't been involved in a series where so many of our batsmen have had a hard time as this one. England losing this series 3-0 is an embarrassment they didn't see coming. Of course, England insists they won't panic. The question is ` do they have the right technique? Do they have the right team? Spaniard Alberto Contador's been stripped of his 2010 Tour de France cycling title. Contador's also been banned for two years by sport's court of arbitration after a positive test for clenbuterol during the 2010 tour. Andy Shcleck, who's been crowned the winner, says it's a hollow victory. Of course then I'll take the victory, but I won't be proud of it. If you win the tour, you need to loop of the Champs Elyses, and that's the nicest thing about winning the tour. Contador's ban, which is retrospective, will mean he's eligible to ride again in August. Olympic year is off to a good start for our London-bound sailors. All eight of the squad competing in the Sail Auckland regatta have won their classes. Martin Tasker reports. Picking up where they left off at the world champs in Perth in December, silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke in the 49er went one better with victory at Sail Auckland today as they pursue that winning feeling. Everything is going well. It's just real easy speed; easy to get good results, and things just happen well. And you're winning, so it's pretty fun normally. Minimising the errors was the game plan for world bronze medallists Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie in the 470 class. Seems to be that if we can just sail a good event and not stuff up anything too badly, we can come away with a good result. So it's just trying to keep it simple, not get too complicated. For Sara Winther, backing up her win at the Laser Radial nationals in Wellington last week, it's all a constant education. Yachting's a really exciting sport, and it's very complicated, and I think even gold medallists are still learning, even during an Olympic event when they are winning a gold medal. So, yeah, I think sailing, it's never finished. So that's what drives me. Andrew Murdoch, world bronze medallist in the Laser, completed the winning streak. It's great. They've all won, and they've won well. But this is just the start of the toughest year of their yachting campaigns, and it's good to start with a regatta win, but there's a lot more work to be done. And, for a benchmark, all the Olympic classes have their world champs before June. Martin Tasker, ONE News. After the break, the high hangs on keeping conditions calm ` Renee's here with your forecast for Wednesday. Remember our expose of the predators targeting underage girls? Tonight, meet the family still reeling after a near miss. And the quick-thinking mum who only just prevented a terrible tragedy. I just said to her, 'Stay where you are, and I'll come and get you.' Plus, it was a disgraceful case of torture and abuse ` the victim was seen by 25 agencies. We were promised action. What's actually happened? Close Up's here next, TV ONE. Hi, everyone. Lots of low cloud associated with the high and its ridge over NZ, but the cloud is starting to break up. Lingering frontal cloud over the Tasman Sea. Things are still slow to change in our neck of the woods, so the weather map looks much the same for a few days yet. Tropical Cyclone Jasmine is now very close to the islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and it continues to track eastwards. A second cyclone was named this morning near the Tongan islands. It's called Cyril. Low cloud out east tends to break, and drizzle areas dry up. Drizzle also clears from the far south-west. Mostly fine elsewhere with north to north-east winds. Low cloud thickens by evening in the east, and rain develops over the fiords. Cloudy out east and about Wellington, and a few light, drizzly showers about eastern areas. Elsewhere, mainly fine with south-east winds. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz And, just before I go, the shot of the day was sent in by Diane Burney of a tug boat welcoming a cruise ship into Wellington Harbour at 7.30 this morning. And that's your weather. Enjoy the rest of your evening. And that's ONE News this Tuesday.