Due to the live nature of Tonight, we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. It blazed across our skies this evening ` a bright ball and vapour trail has police flooded with calls. It was bad enough already, but now more rain's forecast for Fiji as anxious holidaymakers look to flee. And what to do with $26m? It's the problem facing checkout operator Trevor of Te Kauwhata. We tell you his ideas so far. Light rain is falling in flood-damaged Nadi tonight, but forecasters predict heavy rain for the next three days as Tropical Cyclone Daphne passes to the west of Fiji. The flooding's killed four and forced thousands into evacuation centres. As Lisa Owen reports, in the worst-hit western areas water supplies have bee cut and there are widespread power blackouts. From above, it's easy to see how widespread the sea of mud and sludge is as it laps around these Nadi houses. People have saved what they can by piling their belongings on their roofs. I know some of the shops in Nadi have lost everything. They've lost all their stock, and not only with the water damage, but there's, like, mud all through their shops. Officials say the floodwaters are receding, but the problem is Cyclone Daphne is still to come. And now we've heard a tropical cyclone is on its way, we are really really worried. We just want to get back home. The Salvation Army is concerned that already strained evacuation centres won't cope with a second wave of bad weather and fleeing people. Floodwaters have cut off a number of roads. Some tourists are taking extreme measures to get home,... Two helicopters to get across. Hopefully at the airport we'll get an aeroplane back to Australia somewhere and get home. ...while some feel not enough is being done to help them out. I really think that the Fijian Government should be doing something a little bit more just to help us get to the airport. Apparently the airport is open. We're just trying to get a flight out. Others say the real tragedy is those who have lost everything and simply can't leave. It's quite tragic to see people who are now homeless and kids walking in the streets in the water. Clean water and a lack of power are still major concerns. Distributing supplies via the badly damaged road network is also a problem. Where I live in Suva, we were having half an hour on power, half an hour off. That means people are struggling to communicate with the families they are cut off from. There's no electricity. We are running out of the cells on the mobile. We can't contact anyone. We are just stranded here. Tonight, their main concern is that Daphne will arrive under the cover of darkness. The flooding in Fiji has put the plans of thousands of holidaymakers at risk, while for others the focus has been getting out. Flights to Fiji resume tomorrow, but Foreign Affairs is still warning against non-essential travel. Those who made the first flights out of Nadi are just pleased to be home. Oh, it was scary. It really was. The wind just didn't stop, the rain just didn't stop, the flooding... It was really just surreal. The flooding is likely to deal a blow to Fiji's tourism industry, with an expected Easter and school holiday influx just days away. Eyewitnesses from Northland to Christchurch have tonight spotted what's thought to be a giant fireball flash across the sky, Police up and down the country were inundated with calls from people around 6.30 describing a meteor that flashed green and orange, followed by a spiral tail. Reports from the South Island report a sonic boom. Astronomer John Field says it's unusual to see a meteorite burning up in the Earth's atmosphere. THEY'RE VERY RARE. BY TRACKING THEIR ORBIT, WE CAN WORK OUT WHERE THEY CAME FROM IF THEY FALL DOWN TO EARTH, WE CAN ANALYSE THEM TO FIND THEIR ORIGINS. Astronomers say it posed no risk, and hope to find out if and where it could have landed. Who hasn't thought about what they'd do with $26m over the last few days? Well, for Trevor from Te Kauwhata it's no pipe dream. Lotto's latest multi-millionaire talked to Close Up's Matty McLean. Surreal at the moment, eh. It's like... I just can't comprehend it in words ` what I'm feeling. Woke up this morning, and it's finally started to settle in that my bank balance is bigger than my phone number. (CHUCKLES) Yeah, what do you say? You've obviously thought about it. What are you going to do with the money? My brother-in-law, myself, my father, we're going racing. But other than that, heck, I don't know where to start. A brand-new car? I'd love to have a brand-new car. Maybe own me own house, which... hey, that's now possible. So, what do you do at the moment? I'm a checkout operator at one of the Countdown stores in the greater Waikato region. Just finished a 26-week managers' training programme with them, which was awesome. Just stepping my way up through the job, and I'll be there at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning. Are you afraid of harassment? You know, people coming to you and asking for money. That's one of those things when you take the chance of buying a Lotto ticket, like everyone else. This time it was me that it paid off for, gratefully. Charity starts at home with your family and friends. You can't help everyone. Unfortunately that's the way it's got to be. You do seem pretty chilled out about this whole thing. You are now a multimillionaire. Could you say that last phrase again ` the multimillionaire part? It's still great to hear that part, eh. Loan sharks are in for the biggest shake-up in a decade. A draft law to crack down on dodgy lenders was unveiled today. Arrun Soma's been looking at the details, and also spoke to a mother who's still paying dearly. Queenie Boyce is drowning in debt. It feels as if I'm sinking all the time. Yeah, I'm not climbing steps; I'm actually going down. She's paying off her son's $6000 car loan after agreeing to be the guarantor. After payments were missed, that debt increased to $9000 due to penalties, interest and fees. Oh, it's tearing me to bits just to know that I could've been fully established now. I could have used it on something else. I could have had a house now. I've got grandchildren now coming up in this world, and I've got nothing for them. She expects the loan to take a decade to pay off. The government has released draft legislation aimed at helping people like her. We need to provide better protection for borrowers and target lenders who are unscrupulous and irresponsible. The draft law changes include making it illegal to lend money if the borrower will end up substantially worse off; giving people more time to back out of a loan and cancel the deal; lenders must be registered before they can charge interest and fees and must follow a new code of responsible lending. We want those other guys that aren't part of that out of the market. We want them gone. But Labour and the Financial Sector Union say the measures don't go far enough. They want a cap on interest rates. But the government isn't keen, because it says a cap could limit people's access to loans. There are also calls for more education for borrowers. Some of the products are quite complex, and it's understanding all the implications of charges and interest and penalty fees. The changes are open for consultation. Too late for this borrower. I'm not getting anywhere at the moment. With loan sharks already biting, Queenie Boyce hopes others learn from her mistake. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Just ahead, the scrap over who should be in charge in the event of another disaster like Pike River. Also, Dotcom's court victory ` it's music to his ears as a judge gives him leave to record an album. And wedged down a well with little air ` what happened next to this toddler in China? 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Check it out. 1 Police and Mines Rescue still can't agree on who should be in control in the event of another explosion like the one which killed 29 men at Pike River. Both parties have given submissions as the Royal Commission into the disaster reaches its final stages. Lisa Davies reports from Greymouth. The families of the Pike 29 arriving at the commission. Many of those who waited for them on that dreadful day in November and the harrowing days which followed have sat in a dignified and solemn vigil behind us in this courtroom. The police, criticised for decision-making delays at the time of the disaster, argued they should still be the lead agency should a mine disaster of a similar scale occur again, but conceded NZ Mines Rescue should play a greater role in the future because of its mining expertise. < Should they have been involved, do you think? Well, with the benefit of hindsight, bearing in mind what we're dealing with here, the answer has to be yes. Mines Rescue critical of their stance, insisting a mine expert should control the incident, not police. Mines Rescue's position is that it didn't work effectively. And I think it would be fair to say that it is surprising, in my submission, And I think it would be fair to say that it is surprising, in my submission, to still have the police advocating a system such as this. We think the whole thing should have been run from Pike River itself. In its final submission, the Department Of Labour, which has come under fire for inaction over failings at Pike River Mine, is advocating more regulatory control at every stage of the mining process, including its new high hazards unit, with more mines inspectors. Would the department accept that prior to Pike, it lost its focus? A question yet to be answered on this quest to make the mining industry safer. We owe it to the sacred memory of the 29 men. An onerous task that will rest with the three commissioners once this final public phase ends. Kim Dotcom is now allowed to use the Internet, a swimming pool, THE UNION WAS QUICK TO CRITICISE, SAYING CHANGES DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH. SOLID ENERGY HAS CALLED FOR MINES INSPECTORATE TO BE RUN OUT OF QUEENSLAND. Kim Dotcom is now allowed to use the Internet, a swimming pool, and a studio to finish recording a music album. But there's no word yet on whether the man charged with using a website to breach international copyright laws to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars will copyright that album. Amy Kelly's been in court. Kim Dotcom, all smiles as he left court. Well, I'm very happy to have access to the internet. It will make it much easier for me and my co-defendants to work on the case. Just one of a wish list of changes to bail conditions a judge has granted. He'll also be allowed twice-weekly visits to this recording studio to finish a dance-music album he's been working on for the last year. I take it the material he's going to record is going to be subject to copyright. > I have large legal bills, as everyone can imagine, so any kind of revenue stream is going to be welcome. The Crown's against Dotcom being allowed to leave home, adamant he's still a flight risk. < Mr Dotcom previously only travelled by private jet, < and the risk is that there might be an attempt to leave NZ by means other than normal travelling routes. You have to pay these people before they're going to start turning up and waiting at an airport for you, and he hasn't got anything like the funds to do it. But it appears Dotcom has got funds to finish his album, described as a collaboration with famous artists. # It's a hit! # It's a hit! # These people had come from the United States and had collaborated with Mr Dotcom. The judge is also allowing Dotcom weekly visits from his three co-accused and use of a swimming pool at his Coatesville mansion. I'm already out on bail for quite some time. I'm still here, and I'm going to be here and see this through all the way to the end. The relaxing of bail conditions music to his ears. Amy Kelley, ONE News. Crew members of a yacht carrying a renegade Norwegian adventurer and a NZer claim they were detained at gunpoint in Chile at the request of the NZ government. Jarle Andehoy and South Auckland man Busby Noble are on the yacht, which made an unauthorised trip to Antarctica. The Government denies arranging the arrest. Foreign Affairs says it hasn't asked for, but would welcome, a search of the yacht. The yacht is expected to continue its journey to Argentina tomorrow. It's been a long time coming, but Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi says her election to parliament marks a new era for the country also known as Burma. Her party has won all but one of the 44 seats it contested. The ABC's Zoe Daniel reports from the capital, Yangon. On the streets of Rangoon, sheer joy. (SHOUTS IN BURMESE) It was only a series of by-elections, but this crowd is celebrating a process that began in 1990, when the opposition won a landslide election victory but was never allowed to take power. As soon as voting finished, they gathered here to watch the results come in. (SPEAKS BURMESE) TRANSLATOR: I'm so happy. Aung San Suu Kyi will fulfil our present needs for everyone. I believe this. 'The Lady of Burma', who spent so many years under house arrest by the military government, now has a parliamentary seat. And she re-emerged to briefly acknowledge those who put her there. We hope that this will be the beginning of a new era where there will be more emphasis on the role of the people in the everyday politics of the country. Even if the National League for Democracy wins all the by-elections, it'll only have 44 seats in a 440-seat lower house. But it's a start. It'll be days before results are formalised, but scenes like this were repeated around the country. (SPEAKS BURMESE) TRANSLATOR: When I voted, I wanted her to win from the bottom of my heart. Achieving change from within will be a new test for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party. For so many years jailed and repressed for their political beliefs; now part of what may be a fledgling democracy. A thousand people, including 14 NZers, have reached dry land after being stranded on a cruise ship for 24 hours. The Azamara Quest had been drifting off the southern Philippines after its engines were disabled in a fire. Now it's limped into a port in Borneo, with NZ's Deputy High Commissioner there to greet the Kiwis on-board. Everything seemed normal to me except for the very hot temperatures. I just met with the NZers who were on the cruise, and they seemed fine. The rest of the cruise has been abandoned. Passengers will receive a full refund and a voucher towards another cruise. Firefighters in China have had a struggle on their hands rescuing a 2-year-old boy from an abandoned well. The boy was heard crying from the bottom of the narrow shaft. Rescuers pumped oxygen down to help him breathe, and made several failed attempts Now to the most viewed stories on our website today. A suspected meteor has lit up the sky across most of the country. A new ONE News poll has revealed public opposition to state asset sales has eased slightly. And nearly 40,000 Auckland children will get access to free swimming lessons this year. A selection snub has prompted teenage shotput champion Jacko Gill to pull out of his bid to make the London Olympics. Instead, the athlete who captured the public's imagination all summer will focus on an age-group meet in Barcelona three weeks before the Games. Blair Norton reports. This was Jacko Gill throwing the 7.26kg shot in December, beating the mark of 20.01m he thought would send him to London. 20.38. I have six months until Olympics, and, yeah, I think I can do well there, and obviously I've got a lot to improve on. But his throw of 20.38m only met the 'B' qualifying standard, and when the initial group of track-and-field athletes for London was named last week, it only included 'A' qualifiers. There was disappointment, big disappointment from Jacko. He felt that the goalposts had been moved. Athletics NZ deflected claims of a mistake, with the country's best shot-putter not going to London. I suppose that's the way it would be interpreted by some people. He said he did the mark ` the 20.3m that was originally told. He expected to be named just after the NZ nationals. It hasn't happened. There was a blunder made. Gill and his family decided over the weekend he'd pull out of Olympic contention, uneasy about the prospect of having his selection confirmed so close to the games. It's the uncertainty of selection, and it will only be named some two weeks before the Olympics actually start. And it'll be in the middle of him competing at the world juniors, and he says he just can't train on that sort of doubt. And as far as the Gills are concerned, it's case closed. There is no way we would ever accept selection now. To us it would be seen as trying to hold the selectors over a barrel or put pressure on Athletics NZ. That's exactly what Athletics NZ is likely to face over the next few days as a bright young hope for London is now extinguished. Blair Norton, ONE News. The Chiefs are on their way to Perth tonight on the back of their best start in Super rugby with four wins out of five, and that from an almost brand-new team. But as Andrew Saville reports, some of the young ones are about to experience a whole new world. Many big hands make light work ` just look at the Chiefs today at Auckland Airport. A lot of our success has been built around character and hard work. Apart from four wins in a row, there's also a zip in the Chiefs other teams are missing, as new players embark on a first-ever visit to Africa via Perth. As a young fella, never been to that part of the world before. So I'm really excited to get over there and see it and see what it's all about. He's used to being away from home. The 20-year-old Christchurch Boys' High product and the tallest Kiwi in the competition has been a find. Didn't know what to expect, really, but didn't expect to be in this position at all. Retallick is one of a dozen players now starting in Super Rugby from last year's world champion under-20s. Three are in the Chiefs and are all booming. We are a little bit surprised. We picked them cos they're good kids who we think will have a big future and hopefully a long future in the Chiefs' jersey. But their opportunities have come early, and they've really stood up. The Chiefs' new wave is balanced by a 30-year-old big kid ` a Test prop who's played every minute of every game so far. He's the leading Kiwi try scorer with four, wearing those pink boots for cancer research. Sona, which bag are the pink boots packed in? No pink boots. Next week. Really? Staying at home? Yeah, stay at home. Taking yellow. A winning rugby team in blue in Auckland. Now, there's a change, if only passing through for a few hours. Now to the weather. A watch is in place, with a tropical low heading our way, bringing the possibility of heavy rain and severe gale southeasterlies for the north and east of the North Island. A ridge lies over the South Island today and tomorrow. A low to the north directs a moist and strengthening southeast flow over the North Island. An associated warm front moves on to the north of NZ tomorrow. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz That's it from us here on Tonight. Breakfast is back with updates from 6 tomorrow morning. Thanks for joining us. Po marie. Goodnight. Captions by Richard Edmunds and Sam Bradford. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2012