Due to the live nature of Tonight, we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. Tonight ` double heartbreak for a Waikato family after the death of a young mum giving birth. Now her baby is dead. The pressure has been too much for Labour leader David Shearer. He's stood down MP Shane Jones. And the man who had a close-up look at the top and bottom of Niagara Falls and lived to tell the tale. A Waikato family reeling from the loss of a young mum has had more heartbreaking news tonight. First-time mother Casey Nathan (20) died while giving birth to her son in Waikato Hospital, Whatever happened to her, we just want answers. Casey Nathan was in the care of a young Huntly midwife when she went in to labour Sunday night. After 12 hours, her family knew something was wrong. Things were going wrong. You know, I could see her in pain, and when you're in pain like that, it's not the way to be there. She didn't have an answer. She couldn't answer my questions. She just turned her back on me and just walked away. Casey was taken from Huntly Birthcare to Waikato Hospital, where she died. The family are now waiting for the result of an autopsy to see whether some unknown pre-existing condition could have contributed to Casey's death. But they say she was a fit and healthy girl who walked every day right up until when she gave birth. Well, they came to me and said, 'Oh, she had a weak heart.' I said, 'Hey, don't say that to me, mate. after a birth managed by a newly graduated midwife at Waikato Hospital. Mr Barlow even had a warning when he appeared on Close Up a fortnight ago. We need clinical supervision on new graduates that are practising self-employed independently in the community. We've tried to contact the Midwifery Council for reaction to Casey Nathan's death, but they've not been returning our calls. Sharon Fergusson, ONE News. On the eve of Bill English's zero Budget, some Christchurch residents say they are now desperate for help 15 months after the quake. Lisa Davies reports on the bleak prospects for some in the Garden City. A place to call home for a family of five... So, this is where we live. Do you want to come on in? ...on a sub-zero Christchurch morning. It's freezing in here. It's just as cold inside their lounge as it is out. Wiping condensation off the roof is a permanent pastime. As you can see, the roof's dripping. Their Bexley home was destroyed in the February quake. They've been on the move ever since. This campground, with a long and icy walk to the toilet block, is their only option. Not in my wildest dreams. No, never thought I'd be living in a caravan. It's a cruel reality for many,... I can't talk about that. ...with a shortage of affordable rental accommodation and damaged Housing NZ stock. (SIGHS) This mother was forced to live in a caravan with her five children. It's the lowest point we've been at, and the only way we go from here is up. Now they're in a two-bedroom cabin at the Pineacres Campground. The scars of what went before run deep. If that's not homelessness or poverty, then what is it? National Government needs to open their eyes, cos there is homelessness here in Christchurch. Being forced to live in a caravan is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the City Mission. They've told us of families living in cars; a family of 15 forced to live in a garage. They were too embarrassed to speak to us. Obviously it breaks your heart when you hear that. They are not the conditions that we would expect fellow NZers to be living in. We need to try to provide them support. The Prime Minister says tomorrow's Budget will bolster Housing NZ, allowing more, larger homes with insulation, but the people living here say it's too little, too late. I've got a message for John Key. He needs to buck up his ideas, and he needs to realise there is a housing crisis. As families here face a winter full of frosty mornings in their makeshift homes. Smokers expect to get hit by most budgets, but tomorrow they're likely to be joined by bach-owners, as the Finance Minister strives to get the government's books back in shape. Political editor Corin Dann has more. The on-going financial crisis in Europe has made the task of selling the zero Budget easier for Mr English. Tax changes, though, could be trickier. This year smokers are almost certain to get stung with further price increases, while people who've been renting out their bach for only a couple of days a year so they can claim tax deductions could find that loophole closed. Changing the law's just ensuring that people have to make sure there's genuine rental income coming from them or that they're buying them and using them just for their own private purpose. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the government to do more for low-income families, with unions and church groups launching a new wage campaign. We call on the government, the employers and society as a whole to strive for a living wage for all households. A non-compulsory living wage is already used in London. It differs from the minimum wage in that it's set higher to reflect the true cost of living in an expensive city. Bill English says he's not sure what people mean by a living wage and says he's looking after low-income Kiwis by keeping programmes like working for families in this year's Budget. And we'll have comprehensive coverage of tomorrow's Budget here on ONE. We'll have details from 2 o'clock in a special hosted by Nadine Chalmers Ross. It'll also be streamed live on tvnz.co.nz Te Karere, Close Up and ONE News bulletins will have the latest reaction. Auckland ratepayers learned tonight how much they'll have to pay for Mayor Len Brown's plans to make Auckland the most liveable city in the world. After a day of fierce debate, the council has finally decided what it will spend the money on. Briar Wells joins us now live with more details. THE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED ON ITS BUDGET THEY'LL ADOPT ALL OF LEN BROWN'S PROPOSALS It's a move that will affect everyone who lives in Auckland. A rates increase of 3.6% this year, then around 4.8% in the following years. Ratepayers will also have to fork out a flat charge of $350 per household, which will benefit those on lower incomes. It's what we were looking at right from the start, so the rate of inflation for local government. So all in all prudent, but really forward-looking and progressive. Moves to present an alternative budget were dismissed. Well, I'm disappointed for ratepayers. That was the main message through the submissions that the rate increase was going to be too high when you look at the transition we're going to see with capital valuations. It is going to mean that people have to move out of Auckland. Some of that rate money, $2b, will be going to the much-debated city rail link, which has been heralded as the answer to Auckland's transport woes. One of several big-ticket projects the council plans to invest in in the central city, including an innovation centre in Wynyard Quarter. Major commitments to some really important projects down at the waterfront, so we're catching the spirit of Auckland and its sense of change, and the love of the waterfront. Projects which the mayor believes is vital to Auckland's long-term economic development, but some communities feel the money could be better spent locally. The infrastructure, for starters. We do definitely need a tidy-up of the roads. We need a tidy-up. The place is abysmal. The budget is pretty city-centric. It's a lot of funding going into the downtown area. Len brown is hailing the outcome as a victory. Look, the nation wants us to be the economic powerhouse of NZ. Well, now we've got the tools. Tools to create what's hoped to be the world's most liveable city. THE COUNCIL ALSO VOTED TO ALLOW 16YROS TO GO THE SWIMMING POOL FOR FREE AND TO GET BURMA THE ELEPHANT A COMPANION. He was once Labour's rising star, but tonight the career of controversial MP Shane Jones is again on a knife-edge. He's been stood down while his role in a Chinese billionaire's citizenship is investigated. Shane Jones looks every inch the walking wounded. Thank you very much for your time. The hangdog look is the result of revelations he ignored official advice to grant citizenship to Chinese millionaire Bill Liu when Labour was in power. Bill Liu's on trial for passport fraud. Now the jury's out on Jones. I've offered to stand down. I've discussed the matter with David Shearer. I appreciate the conundrum he is in. A slightly different version of events from his leader's. I've stood him down because I said if any of my MPs are under an inquiry, then they should stand down from their portfolios and their position. David Shearer asked the Auditor General to investigate after being accused by the Government of being too slow to act. I think someone is entitled to natural justice, but it's quite clear that if he can't clear his name, then we have to take further steps. Shane Jones, publicly at least, welcoming the probe. I think it's a good idea that the Auditor General actually take a look at the entirety of the issue and enable me to put my side of the story. It's not the first time Shane Jones has hit the headlines. Two years ago he got the taxpayer to pay the tab for watching porn in his hotel. Political insiders say the timing of this announcement has to be strategic. Labour wants to looks proactive tonight and in the morning papers, with any criticism tomorrow likely to be lost in the post-Budget wash-up. Shane Jones says he allowed Bill Liu in on humanitarian grounds and followed proper process. Bill Liu will learn his fate tomorrow. Shane Jones will have to wait a little longer to learn his. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. Police are trying to dislodge a protester tonight who has barricaded himself in a Wellington apartment block. Benjamin Easton, who was a prominent presence in the recent Occupy Wellington camp, has locked himself in a flat in protest at Housing NZ claims the building is not safe, but Mr Easton says tenants have been treated like animals. Police say they won't remove Mr Easton by force and are negotiating with him. We've reaction to a report leaked to ONE News last week, about a government department's failure to look after workers cleaning up one of this country's most toxic sites. Some are now suffering severe medical problems after working to decontaminate the former pesticide plant at Mapua, near Nelson. Arrun Soma reports. Sherry Prauner was employed to help clean up the Mapua site, but exposure to chemicals have left her with thyroid and neurological problems and huge emotional pain. EMOTIONALLY: None of us would've been working there. And the plant should've been shut down. It wasn't safe. The pesticide plant opened in the 1930s, but was closed in the '80s, deemed NZ's most contaminated site. The Ministry for the Environment was responsible for the health and safety of the workers clearing it up. But a report's found the ministry did not fully develop a plan until after the work started. The report says the monitoring of individuals' health was poorly executed. It also found hazards weren't properly identified and employees only used personal protective equipment, which is the least effective method. I'm a bit frightened of what the end result could be, of what` over a long-term period. This former employee wasn't able to work. No compensations whatsoever for three years' loss of wages. The ministry accepts the recommendation of the report, and that is that medical assessments should occur for those people that were on the site. Workers say the damage is done. These chemicals that we were exposed to, these organo-chlorines, can wreak havoc for 10 or 20 years before causing cancers, and we're not gonna let them get away with this. They want the government to accept responsibility and start to look after affected workers. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Just ahead, Facebook shares tumble as questions are raised about insider trading. And find out what happened to a man who plunged over Niagara Falls. Come on, Seymour. Come on, Seymour. DOG BARKS Yes, dear? Yes, dear? Hello, there. Did you know NZ TV's going digital? Is that right? Is that right? Yeah. It'll be heaps better. With old TV... Well, let Seymour show you. But with digital ` DOG BARKS DOG BARKS better pictures, better sound and more channels. DOG BARKS APPLAUSE To find out how you can see more and enjoy more, visit goingdigital.co.nz 1 Australia's Gina Rinehart is now the richest woman in the world, worth more than $29b. The mining magnate raked in an extra $18.87b last year to beat Wallmart's Christy Walton. With that kind of cash, she could rescue the Greek economy in one transaction and still have enough to buy more than 100 million shares in Facebook. The richest person in the world is Mexico telecom giant Carlos Slim, who's worth $69b. The hyped-up launch of Facebook as a public company is under the spotlight tonight. Major banks are accused of sharing information with rich insiders about the stock, but not with ordinary investors. The ABC's Dan Harris has more. So, let's do this. When thousands of individual investors raced to buy Facebook stock, was a key piece of information being withheld? Tonight the government's top stock-market regulator is calling for a review of the fizzled IPO. There are issues that we need to look at specifically, with respect to Facebook. One of those issues may be the news first reported by Reuters that three of the banks behind the deal determined in the final hours that Facebook's earnings were likely to be lower than expected. Reportedly, the banks did not share that information with the public, only with insiders. If I'm a regular investor and I've bought this stock and didn't know what the insiders knew, should I be upset? If people with more money and power to invest got a different set of facts and information and analysis than the average retail investor, then, yeah, that's troubling. Troubling enough that Massachusetts has now issued a subpoena to one of those banks, Morgan Stanley. We reached out to Facebook tonight, but got no comment. As the stock tanks, lots of little guys are getting whacked, including college senior Alper Aydinoglu, who bought 50 share on opening day. I ended up selling my shares at an 11% loss. As Facebook stock swoons, consider the case of Amazon, which tanked after it debuted in 1997. But after it proved that online shopping could be profitable, the stock is now up 1200%. So while the man in the hoodie is sucking wind tonight, do not count him out. The polls opened this evening n Egypt's first free presidential election. The historic vote comes 15 months after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak who ruled for 30 years. 50 million people are eligible to vote for a president who'll lead Egypt after the generals are formally meant to hand over power in July. The election pits Islamists against secularists and revolutionaries against Mubarak-era supporters. A man has plunged over Niagara Falls into the thundering waters below and against all the odds survived. He's one of only a handful who've lived to tell the tale. The ABC's Linsey Davis has the story. This man is now the fourth member of a very small club of survivors who all plunged down Niagara Falls without any protective device... and lived. Officials are calling the fact that he lived a stroke of luck. Not only did he manage to survive the 180ft drop, roughly equivalent to falling off the Statue of Liberty, he had to contend with bone-chilling waters, averaging 30-40 degrees, racing by at about 70mph. At the spot where he tumbled, an estimated 360 millions gallons of water gush over the brink each minute. The real danger is when you hit, and the falls are churning up the water beneath the falls so intensely some people who have gone over the waterfall have literally been torn limb from limb. The man, who's name hasn't been released, was apparently trying to kill himself but cheated death. Less than a handful of people live to tell this kind of tale. Kirk Jones is one of them. He plunged over the falls in 2003 and recounted the treacherous tale on Good Morning America. It felt like I slammed into a granite table. It felt like I slammed into a granite table. I thought water would be soft, but evidently it was not soft at all. The latest survivor now shares that experience. He's expected to recover. He tested fate and won a second chance at life. Just ahead, can the Blues paint the Maroons out of the picture in tonight's State of Origin league? And a change in the weather for some. Now to the most-viewed stories on our website today. Labour is standing down MP Shane Jones while his decision to grant a Chinese millionaire citizenship is investigated. A post-mortem has revealed an old skeleton found at Port Waikato was a person aged between 15 to 25. Scientists are using genetic testing to try to prove the existence of the elusive hairy humanoid known as Big Foot. To sport and game one of State of Origin has kicked off in Melbourne tonight. New South Wales famously trying to prevent Queensland from securing an unheard of seventh-straight series victory, and it was the Blues who scored the first four-pointer. Pearce gets the ball. Farah drops it on his left foot. Uate will jump high. They come down with the ball. Uate has scored. Uate, I think, has got a try for New South Wales. They're going upstairs. Here it is. It's a try. And it wouldn't be Origin without a bit of biffo. Michael Jennings was sent to the sin bin for this effort. Queensland have just hit back through Darius Boyed. The score is 6-4 to Queensland. Weather time now with Renee. Thanks, Greg. The high hangs around over the North Island. North-west flow continues over central and southern NZ. Quite strong tomorrow afternoon. The front to the south-west arrives tomorrow night, but in a much weaker state. The only other thing worth talking about is the trough approaching the west of the South Island. This winds up the rainfall intensities for a while. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz And that's your weather. See you tomorrow. That's it from us here on Tonight. Thanks for watching. Goodnight. Captions by Hugo Snell and Diana Beeby. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air.