Howdy, everybody. More showers killed off the picnics in Auckland and Coromandel today, as the summer that never was sticks around. Tomorrow, it fires its next volley from the Tasman Sea, with the clouds already locked and loaded with rain showers. Place to be? Haast. Forecasts coming up. 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 Bernadine Oliver-Kerby and Peter Williams. Tonight ` a voice that'll always be loved. # I will always love you. # Troubled singer Whitney Houston is found dead in a hotel room. We go live to Los Angeles. She loves living life on the edge, but a father wants answers on his window-cleaning daughter's fall. And a cuddle for a kiwi. Why this bird's having a moment with a model. We begin with the silencing of one of the world's finest voices. Whitney Houston's been found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room at the age of 48. She was discovered just hours before she was expected to perform at a party ahead of the annual Grammy Awards. Shortly, we'll hear from entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, who's interviewed Houston. But first, a look at the singer's life. # And I-I... Her dazzling, instantly recognisable voice still sends shivers down the spine,... # I will always # love you. # but Whitney Houston is dead at the age of 48. Fire department and hotel security were already attempting resuscitation measures, but at 3.55pm this afternoon Whitney Houston was pronounced dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. At her peak, the stunning singer won two Emmy awards, six Grammys and 22 American Music Awards. During the late 1980s and early '90s, she was America's golden girl, performing at the Super Bowl in 1991, just after the Gulf War started. # For the land of the free... Her second album, 'Whitney', was the first by a female to debut at Number One on the Billboard charts, with hits like 'Didn't We Almost Have It All' and 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.' # Oh, I wanna dance with somebody. # I wanna feel the heat with somebody. # But her career was soon overshadowed by her personal life. A tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown in 1992 would be wrought with rumours of abuse until they split in 2006. The couple has a daughter, Bobbi Kristina ` Houston's only child. Like so many stars, the diva struggled with drugs, confessing in 2009 to being a cocaine addict. Her recent performances were shaky, and far from the class of her golden years. (VOICE BREAKS) These Australian fans were less than impressed with that performance. She just` She couldn't entertain a dead rat, to be honest. Disgraceful. Disappointing. Horrible. Upset. It's the worst concert I've ever been to in my life. NZ fans didn't even see her, after she cancelled her show scheduled for March 2010. Just last week Houston was spotted out at a restaurant by entertainment website TMZ after rumours emerged of her becoming the new X-Factor judge. Hey, Whitney, do you think you'll be a good replacement judge on X-Factor? With the Grammys tomorrow night, many are speculating just how Whitney Houston will be commemorated. The entertainment industry's still absorbing the news of Houston's death. Watching is KTLA reporter Sam Rubin in Los Angeles. Sam, you've interviewed Whitney Houston. Tell us what she was like. IT'S A QUESTION OF THEN AND NOW. AT HER PEAK SHE WAS IMMENSELY TALENTED AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT TALENT. THAT HOUSTON SLOWLY CEASED TO EXIST. HER DEATH NOT UNEXPECTED. SAM, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE EVE OF MUSIC'S BIGGEST AWARDS. WHAT EFFECT DO YOU THINK IT'LL HAVE ON THE GRAMMYS? THEY ARE GOING TO REDO THE WHOLE CEREMONY. THERE WILL BE A HUGE TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY. SOME ACTS WILL BE CUT SO TIME CAN BE DEVOTED TO WHITNEY. AT ONE TIME SHE DOMINATED THE GRAMMYS. JENNIFER HUDSON TO LEAD TRIBUTE. So let's just take a snapshot of Whitney Houston's stellar singing career. The smash single 'I Will Always Love You' was Number One in many countries, including for 11 weeks on the NZ charts. Her biggest album was The Bodyguard soundtrack, at number one for 20 weeks in America, putting it in the top 10 of all time. Houston had 11 Number Ones in America, putting her seventh in history behind the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson and the Beatles. She also had 23 Top 10 hits, ranking her 10th on the all-time list. Houston also reached Number One twice in NZ. The father of a teenage window cleaner who survived a four-storey fall wants answers on how the accident happened. 18-year-old Louisa Kuypers plunged while scaling an office building in the Auckland suburb of Newmarket. Amy Kelley talked to her father. For thrill-seeking Louisa Kuypers, abseil window-washing was a natural career choice. She was happy as. She would've done it almost for nothing. But Gilbert Kuypers always worried about his daughter's safety. I just dropped her off before the accident, and she was talking about work and that, and I said, 'You know, be careful.' And all of a sudden, bang, you know, she's in hospital, and all we're looking at is just a pair of noses and eyes sticking out of bandages. After falling 30 metres from the top of this Lion Breweries building on Friday, the 18-year-old is making a remarkable recovery, in a stable condition and talking. Her dad even got a call from her during filming. So how did your scan go? But Gilbert Kuypers wants answers. He says Louisa was working with another window washer at the time of the accident ` a more experienced man. How it all evolved into a disaster is the query I have. And I would like to find out how it happens. You know, if the person is senior, he should know stuff, and if he's not, then he should have been trained. Somewhere, something doesn't quite seem to be right. Ms Kuyper's employer, a company called At Height, isn't returning ONE News' messages. The Labour Department's investigating the accident ` the third industrial rope fall in just eight months. None were fatal. An emergency department clinician who helped save Louisa says hers is a remarkable case. I don't recall seeing anyone who's fallen quite so far and who has come out so relatively unscathed. I hear she's been wearing a helmet, and so I'm sure that's helped her a lot. But it may be another six months before the full story's revealed. Amy Kelley, ONE News. Police are scaling down the search for a 13-year-old boy missing after jumping off a bridge into the Waikato river. Zharian Watkins hasn't been seen since leaping into the river and landing on his friend just over 48 hours ago. People in Huntly have been helping police divers with the hunt. Police say they'll re-evaluate the search in the coming days. A plan to put folic acid in your daily bread to help prevent serious birth defects in babies looks like being delayed. The hold-up's as the Government absorbs new research, but doctors and parents of severely disabled children are alarmed. This from Arrun Soma. Mika Single's new kitten helps take his mind off his debilitating condition, spina bifida. It really hurts. I have the pain in my back. It's hard for a parent, to see him so different and so upset with being different. At 10, Mika has had 10 operations. His parents fear for his life. It's still scary, every time he has surgery. It's whether he's gonna come out of it all right. Neural tube defects like spina bifida can occur when pregnant women don't have enough of the nutrient folate and the baby's spine isn't formed properly. To reduce the risk, the Government decided, despite opposition from the baking industry, to make folic acid compulsory in bread in 2009. That was deferred until May this year, and it's set to be delayed again until September, while new research is looked at. Experts say that puts children's lives at risk. Let's actually stop the delays and get on with doing what 64 other countries in the world do. The Paediatrics' Society estimates each person with spina bifida costs taxpayers $2m. If it can stop someone else from being` having as much pain and discomfort as him, then why? Why are we waiting? Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson wouldn't respond to these specific concerns. While we wait to hear when and if mandatory fortification will begin, the Minister has committed to a review of the issue again, before making any final decision on whether or not it'll be compulsory. We want to get the decision right. We don't want to have to turn around and go back on what we do. For this family, the decision's easy. We hate to see other families go through this. It can be stopped. Mika's pain is fuelling their fight for others. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is vowing the future of his biggest newspaper in Britain is safe, as it comes under fresh corruption scrutiny. Five senior staff at The Sun have been arrested, including the deputy editor and chief reporter. This from the BBC's Matt Prodger. In one fell swoop this morning, the police arrested five of the most senior journalists at The Sun: the deputy editor, Geoff Webster; highly regarded chief reporter John Kay; picture editor John Edwards; the chief foreign correspondent, Nick Parker; and another reporter, John Sturgis. It's two weeks to the day since four other senior figures at the Sun were also arrested by detectives investigating alleged payments to police officers. Do you have anything to say about the arrests? The Sun's editor, Dominic Mohan, had no comment for the cameras this morning, but released a statement saying: For months detectives have been trawling through 300m News Corporation emails. Today's arrests followed information given to them by the company. I think what will be critical in the sort of coming days and weeks will be how the public respond as we sort of begin to understand what the story is underlying the arrests. These arrests are particularly significant ` not just the sheer number, the greatest in a single day, but also the fact that they include people who are neither journalists nor police officers. An investigation which began with phone hacking is widening in scope. As well as serving police officer, a worker from the Ministry of Defence and a member of the armed forces were also arrested, the first sign that police are looking at other public bodies. And sources say Rupert Murdoch is set to meet staff on a visit to London this week. Once it could have been viewed as scandalous, but Auckland's Big Gay Out is now in its 15th year. Thousands turned out today, and as Kim Vinnell reports, it was used to push an increasingly important message. As always, the Big Gay Out delivered dazzling performances,... # Tell him that you're never gonna leave him. ...barely-there outfits... DANCE MUSIC PLAYS ...and some beautifully put-together ladies. And even after 15 years the event is showing no sign of slowing down. Big Gay Out is a chance for everyone as individuals to be who they are and be who they want to be. A family-friendly event ` stereotypical punters are few and far between. We're a Christian church that meets in the centre of Auckland, and we have a special ministry for us gay and lesbian people. I think we're moving away from those stereotypes, as people just come to accept that it's not a big deal. Prime Minister John Key's arrival was watched closely, with the obligatory poses... And one, two, three. Thank you! ...and awkward intros. What would you like to say to us today? Ah, chipmunks are cool? They are cool! Chipmunks are good, aren't they? But there's a serious message as well. Condoms are everywhere here at the Big Gay Out ` that's because organisers are giving away 10,000 of them. They say the safe sex message is more important than ever. HIV is still a very relevant issue for gay and bisexual men. The rates of infection for gay and bisexual men have never been higher than in the last few years, so it's still just as important as it ever has been. A recent study shows one in 15 gay men in Auckland have HIV, and of those, 20% don't know they have the virus. Staying safe while having fun ` What's it like to dress up as a giant condom all day? > It's really really fun, but really really hot. ...the key to a great Big Gay Out. Kim Vinnell, ONE News. Coming up ` a final warning from Greek's prime minister as angry demonstrators take to the streets to protest against a new wave of drastic spending cuts. A rock-star reception for the Burmese opposition leader as her historic campaign gets underway. And it's become known as our greatest aviation mystery ` we mark 50 years since a vintage plane was lost in rugged South Westland. # I see things clearer now. # OPSM'S advanced lens technology is here. Finally, you can enjoy prescription sunglasses in almost any style. The Greek Prime Minister is warning his country faces 'uncontrolled economic chaos' if it fails to accept the EU's latest austerity plan. But that hasn't stopped thousands of angry protesters in central Athens rallying against the drastic spending cuts. From there, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports. Once again they converged on the centre of Athens ` several thousand strong ` voicing their fury at a fresh barrage of austerity ` a package of cuts that the cabinet has now approved to secure the bailout money Greece needs to avoid a disastrous default next month. Tomorrow Parliament will vote on the measures. Greece's hour of reckoning is drawing near. But the public mood is darkening as tempers flare. The very survival of the EU could be determined by what happens in this building tomorrow evening. If the austerity package is thrown out, Greece would go bankrupt and might be forced to leave the EU, and then the whole European project could start to unravel. The stakes could not be higher. Tonight the Prime Minister made a televised address to try to win over a deeply hostile nation, warning of the consequences of failure. (SPEAKS GREEK) TRANSLATOR: This agreement will decide the country's future. We are just a breath away from Ground Zero. Living standards would collapse, and it would lead sooner or later to an exit from the EU. But it's a hard argument to sell to those worried that they're in the firing line of the new cuts. Pavlos has been a teacher for 30 years, but believes he might be one of the 15,000 civil servants now set to be laid off. We don't know if tomorrow we will have work. If they throw us away, this is impossible to find a new job. Uh, we will not have, uh, pension. We can't` We can't live after this. The Greece that people once cherished is changing fast, and time is short to pull this country back from the financial abyss. The bill is expected to pass with the Prime Minster's coalition majority, but dissent is growing, with six members of cabinet already resigning. Syria's offical news agency says gunmen have killed a senior army officer in the capital, Damascus. It said three men opened fire on the general as he left his home, and blamed the attack on what it called 'armed terrorists'. This comes as government forces renewed their bombardment of Homs, Syria's third largest city. Activists say more than 400 people have been killed there in the last week. These pictures have emerged, purportedly showing anti-government forces firing at the criminal department in the al-Bayada district of Homs. Crowds of supporters have turned out to see Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she begins her historic campaign. The pro-democracy leader's return to politics is seen as another test of the reforms implemented by the new government, which took power last year after decades of military rule. The BBC's Rachel Harvey followed the Nobel peace laureate's campaign, starting in Rangoon. Early morning on the road from Rangoon. Already the crowds are gathering, packed like sardines into any available vehicle, ready to join the chaotic campaign convoy. All to catch a glimpse of Aung San Suu Kyi ` icon of Burma's long struggle for democracy, and now for the first time, a candidate for Parliament. I hope and believe that she can create it, you know? Our democratic country and future. Aung San Suu Kyi has never run in an election before. She was under house arrest when her party, the NLD, won a landslide victory in 1990. The military ignored the result, embarking instead on two decades of repression and mismanagement. But there is change in Burma. A new semi-civilian government has taken over. There is fresh hope in these faces, and much of it rests on the shoulders of this one woman. We drove deeper into the countryside. Development here is still a distant dream. APPLAUSE But in a dusty field on a hot Saturday afternoon, these people were offered a promise of a brighter future. (SPEAKS BURMESE) Aung San Suu Kyi talked of creating jobs and improving lives. How much will she really be able to deliver? A handful of by-elections will not alter the balance of power in Burma, but this is being seen as a key test of the Government's reformist credentials. And the election in Burma will be held on April 1. After no big snowfall for 26 years, Rome is being hit by its second icy storm in a week. 5cm of snow blanketed the Eternal City. Monuments, including the Colosseum, were shut to the public for fear tourists could fall on the ice, and schools have also been closed. Many remote towns ins Italy's Apennine Mountains have been cut off after another heavy snowfall blocked roads and trapped people in their homes. To the weather here. More showers today, Jim, and still more to come? The soiled summer rolls on. We've got high pressure over us, but those little bad-boy cloud bands keep coming at us, invading the high. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. How was this for a place to have your morning cuppa today? In the stunning Nevis valley, central Otago, in stunning weather. That's the way Graham Thorne does it. Coming up, more invasive showers. Back after Andrew hangs up his gloves. Still to come on ONE News ` this famous Kiwi brings some star power to a cause that's giving another a brighter future. And 50 years on, it's just one of many flights lost without trace in the deep south. Why some are calling the area NZ's 'Bermuda Triangle'. # I see things clearer now. # OPSM'S advanced lens technology is here. Finally, you can enjoy prescription sunglasses in almost any style. It's 50 years since a vintage plane was lost in rugged south Westland, taking with it a pioneering young pilot and four tourists. It's become known as NZ's greatest aviation mystery, but as Ana Olykan reports, it's just one of many flights lost without trace in the deep south. ENGINE ROARS This old Tiger Moth is around the same vintage as a Dragonfly, a plane not here but on everyone's mind. Dragonfly AFB took off on what was supposed to be a routine flight to Milford Sound, and never arrived. Pilot Captain Brian Chadwick died, along with Elwyn and Valerie Saville, Darrell Shiels, and Louis Rowan. Louis was a vital part of our family, a very outgoing sort of a fellow. And couldn't believe that something like this could happen, and we just thought, you know, that they would turn up. But the Dragonfly isn't the only aircraft lost in the Deep South. Five more have gone missing in an area spanning from Haast to Milford Sound and Mt Aspiring. Some call it NZ's own Bermuda Triangle. They date back to 1978, when the Riversdale community mourned the loss of four men. Searchers again scoured Fiordland later that year for seven aboard a Piper Cherokee. A North Island family of four was lost in 1983, and in '97 another Cessna pilot went missing. Two more died in a helicopter crash in 2004. In all, 23 lost without trace. At the moment it's one of the great mysteries of NZ. Teams still scour this terrain for clues. The conditions in there are absolutely horrific. You can spend, some places, 10 minutes probably going 10 feet. Today a jet from the Dragonfly era ` a De Havilland Vampire ` flew over in tribute,... ENGINE ROARS ...marking one mystery among many ` now half a century old. Ana Olykan, ONE News. The future of our national bird is looking brighter, thanks to a successful conservation programme in the Maungataniwha native forest in Hawke's Bay and the help of another NZ icon, Rachel Hunter. Simon Bradwell reports. One Kiwi chick with another; One-year-old Takamoana might have been in a bit of a flap over his glamorous handler. No, I'm not your mother. (LAUGHS) And while one was happy to hold a pose, the other wasn't quite so keen on the limelight. I don't want to stress him out any more. Waiata accompanied his first foray into the bush. SINGING IN MAORI When you go overseas we're known as Kiwis, but little is there very much interactions between the Kiwis and the kiwis, because, you know, they're night animals. You know, they're a special bird. Takamoana is in fact the 100th graduate of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust. Kiwi are very endangered in their natural habitat, but it's places like this sanctuary that are making the difference between whether they remain endangered or whether they survive. It's called Operation Nest Egg. Taking eggs from the wild, hatching them in captivity, then releasing them back into the forest when the chicks are old enough to fend for themselves. Each Kiwi involves about $3000 of time and effort and equipment to get back into the field. A cause that Rachel Hunter is happy to donate her time to. Really, through having back surgery and different things I've gone through in the last few years, I really wanted to re-look at what kind of social responsibility I wanted to have. A little star power that's giving kiwi a brighter future. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. Looking at our top stories tonight ` Whitney Houston's been found dead at the age of 48. The six-time Grammy Award winner was found in a hotel room on the eve of this year's music awards. The cause of her death is still being investigated. The Labour Department has launched an investigation into how an Auckland window washer ended up falling 30 metres. It's the third type of this accident in the last eight months. Andrew's here with sport. And a big flare-up in football. We'll have more next, on what has been a staggering day. In London, Ryan Nelsen finds his new colours. We go from a World Cup All Black on fire in Queenstown to the Beast making mincemeat of the Bunnies. And is the real Tiger about to roar again? The reputation of one of world football's all-time greats is on the line tonight. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is under fire after a spiteful game today against Manchester United in the Premier League. Football's issue with racism has been sparked again. Here's Craig Stanaway. How ironic that it's this fixture of all fixtures into which he comes back. In a week where the England football manager quit because of a racism row, the last thing the power brokers of the game needed was another confrontation between Luis Suarez and Man United captain Patrice Evra. In November, Suarez was banned for eight matches for racially abusing the Frenchman. Today, this. Oh. Not a handshake at all. The biggest rivalry in English football immediately transformed into something toxic. At half-time, the two sides had to be separated by police in the tunnel. The ugly atmosphere prompted Liverpool's greatest adversary to demand they rid themselves of the Uruguayan. The history that club's got, and he does that, in at atmosphere like today, is a disgrace to that football club. Before the match, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insisted Suarez would shake Evra's hand. During it, he appealed for calm. After it, he stoked the fire. I never knew he never shook his hand. I never knew he never shook his hand. Refused to shake his hand. I'll take your word for it, but I never` I dunno. I think you're very severe, and I think you're bang out of order to blame Luis Suarez for anything that happened to you today. Right? It was a grim day for Liverpool. A former Evertonian sealed a 2-1 victory for United. And Rooney, two! Suarez would still have a say,... He has had his moment. ...except the final say was left to Evra ` Perhaps reminding Suarez that the victory puts United at the top of the league, at least for now. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. All Whites skipper Ryan Nelsen has finally returned to English football after being sidelined with a knee injury for six months. Nelsen was on the bench as his new club, Tottenham, took Newcastle apart thanks to another new recruit, Louis Saha. Nelsen finally got on in the 74th minute. A welcome to North London for the man from NZ. Emmanuel Adebayor completed the 5-0 romp, ensuring a dream end to the week for Spurs boss Harry Redknapp. Manchester City has the chance to regain the Premiership lead when they play at Aston Villa tonight. Thierry Henry's late goal at Sunderland lifted Arsenal to fourth ahead of Chelsea. Closer to home, the Phoenix are battling to extend their club record of four consecutive wins. They've been playing catch-up to the Brisbane Roar in Wellington. Less than 10 minutes to go, it's still 1-0. If it stays like that, the Phoenix will drop to third on the table, behind the Roar. The top-ranked Breakers basketballers have slumped to a shock defeat in the Australian national league. The second-to-last Wollongong Hawks should have been a pushover for the Breakers, but surprised by winning 80-64. Former Breaker Oscar Forman led the way for the Hawks with a game-high 29 points. Oscar Forman... That's good. Oscar Forman continues his hot streak. The Breakers will have a chance to quickly redeem themselves, playing the Hawks again in Auckland on Thursday. Former Hurricanes first five Aaron Cruden has made an immediate impact in his new Super Rugby side, the Chiefs. Cruden impressed with a 21-point haul in a pre-season win over the Highlanders in Queenstown. Max Bania was there. Crocked first five Colin Slade could only fly the flag from the sideline as All Blacks rival Aaron Cruden put on a first half show, this break setting up former Highlander Robbie Robinson to give the Chiefs an early lead. APPLAUSE, CHEERS Marquee signing Hosea Gear was barely sighted on debut, a rare touch of the ball ending with a Chiefs try at the other end. Injured lock Jarred Hoeata also on crowd duty, but that wasn't the only lolly scramble as Cruden made light work of the hosts' injury-depleted midfield to stretch the half-time lead to 31-17. It's been really nice, really refreshing, to come into a new team environment. Great bunch of guys, and we're really working hard for each other. One big name still missing from the Chiefs camp is Sonny Bill Williams. After his boxing exploits midweek, he'll rejoin the team on Monday and play their final warm-up game next weekend. After the break, with Cruden off and his former Hurricanes team-mate Andrew Hore on, the Highlanders pack finally muscled up. Hore drove over for a late try, the Cruden-inspired Chiefs just holding on 38-36 in front of a carnival Queenstown crowd. I thought when we had the ball in hand, you know, we put out there what we wanted to. But on defence we turned the ball over too easy, and we missed a lot of tackles. Both sides have plenty to work on before they meet in the competition proper in a fortnight. Max Bania, ONE News. Europe's big freeze has forced the postponement of the Six Nations rugby Test between France and Ireland in Paris. However, England's game against Italy in a snow-bound Rome did go ahead. Down 6-0, the Italians then gave the English an almighty fright, scoring two tries in just two minutes before halftime. Like last week in the win over Scotland, first five Charlie Hodgson pounced on a charge down, helping England come back from nine points down, along with the boot of second five Owen Farrell. England sneaked home 19-15. The Sevens rugby team is through to the semi-finals of the Las Vegas World Series tournament. NZ played England in the quarters, suffering a setback before the end of the first half. But the Kiwis pulled away in the second spell. Raikabula, excellent pass. Mikkelson meets Rodwell ` Turner ` Thama! NZ just won, in the end 12-7. They take on South Africa in the semifinals, which are played tomorrow morning. The final is before midday tomorrow, our time. First it was Micheal Luck, then Jacob Lillyman. Now the Warriors are set to be without the Rapira brothers, Sam and Steve, for the start of the NRL league season. Both were injured in a warm-up match against South Sydney at Coffs Harbour, the highlight of which was this try to Manu Vatuvei. The only other bit of good news ` the Warriors won 22-14. Black Caps opening batsman Martin Guptill has scored his fifth half-century in a row against Zimbabwe, in all forms of cricket. The latest 50 came last night in the Twenty20 game at the newly configured Eden Park. Chasing 160 to beat Zimbabwe, Guptill again led the charge. That's the wrong length. There is number 12. That's a long way up as well. That is way, way, back. Guptill scored 91 off 54 balls, including six sixes. Kane Williamson also notched up 48 runs. Their run chase was helped by some inept Zimbabwean fielding. The last match of the tour is on Tuesday, another Twenty20 game at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Guptill and four other internationals were missing from the Auckland line up in today's domestic 50-over final against the Central Stags in New Plymouth. Making the most of their absence, and his recall, was Neal Parlane, who scored back to back 50-over centuries this week ` the first Aucklander to do so, although the veteran almost denied himself that milestone. Here he goes. If he hits, he's going to be in trouble! AUCKLAND SEIZED CONTROL AGAIN. A typically high-scoring match in New Plymouth, which went right down to the wire. STAGS JUST WON WITH A BALL TO SPARE. And more success for Auckland in the central North Island, with young driver Nick Cassidy doing the double in the Toyota Series. Having clinched the overall title by finishing fourth in the first race at Manfield, the 17-year-old celebrated by claiming the feature ` the NZ Grand Prix. His cause was helped when the defending champion, Mitch Evans, was forced out of the Grand Prix with mechanical problems. Danny Lee's drifted off the leaders at the USPGA's Pebble Beach golf tournament in California, after a third round four-over 74. It's been all eyes today on Tiger Woods. He's fired a 67, including five birdies on the back nine, and some vintage Tiger shots ` this from the 13th fairway bunker. Tiger's 11-under leaves him four shots off the leader, Korean Charlie Wi. Tiger is still trying to win an official PGA tour event for the first time in two and a half years. The tournament features a host of celebrities and other sportsmen, who are paired with professionals. Here's comedian George Lopez. Also veteran funnyman Bill Murray, star of the great golfing movie Caddyshack... ...in fact, one of the greatest movies of all time. Hi again. For those of you about to head out for a stroll along the beach, this is how it looked at New Brighton last evening. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz So a good week for work, because camping's out of the question. Tonight's Good Sort comes to us courtesy of Timaru woman Karen Leatham. Karen wrote to us to nominate her husband, Tim, who she says has many redeeming qualities, not least the ability to stick around when times get tough. So Hadyn Jones went to Timaru to meet husband extraordinaire and Good Sort Tim Leatham. SLOW GUITAR MUSIC The internet is great. They have it in Timaru now, and it enables Karen Leatham to email us with a plea to recognise the Good Sort in her life. Sometimes I don't always show it. So I thought this could be one way. Husband Tim is the Good Sort. He's the shy one making the tea. You realise I like to fly under the radar. Tim does all of life's little important things his wife can't, like installing footwear,... What have you done with it? Where's the catch? ...uninstalling women's jewellery. He's even good at mealtimes. Chop your meat up, you know, cos she can't... There we go. Yes, Tim's a bit of a catch. He fixes old ladies' computers, and then he teaches them how to use them, all for free. I try to teach them, so that they don't have to ring me again. Cos often it's, um... It's something they could do themselves. And as a budding photographer he made this calendar of his favourite pictures. The money went to Christchurch's Earthquake Relief Fund. We raised about five and a half thousand. His motivation stems from the day the Lions Club gave Karen a free ramp so she can visit the fish pond under her own steam. It made me, um, want to give something back to the community as well. And Tim's commitment extends to transporting Karen's mobile pharmacy. I've got multiple sclerosis, that I've had for 18 years now. And then three years I got breast cancer, and then I had about eight months to live, so that was two years ago. But the main reason why Karen wanted us to meet Tim was the fact he does not shy from commitment. When I got diagnosed, we just, on the way home, said, 'Let's get married.' And three weeks later, they were. Such a wonderful feeling, trundling down on this scooter towards Tim... which was really nice of Tim, because he could've bolted, basically. And I've heard of men who have. Karen Leatham wanted us to meet the man who, when life got rough, stuck around to wheel his wife for long walks on the beach. When you get told you only have a limited time on earth, you do just savour each day. I'm expecting a few more years of good life with him. I love him to bits. The internet's a wonderful thing. It's how I met Karen and Tim. It's also how they met each other. Online love ` why not? Hadyn Jones, ONE News. And if you want to nominate someone to be a Good Sort, you can contact Hadyn by going to our website. And that's the news hour for Sunday. I'll be back with ONE News in the morning at 6. From the team, goodnight. Captions by Sam Bradford and Jessica Boell. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air.