Due to the live nature of Tonight, we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. Tonight ` did tension over the family farm push this man to gun down his brother-in-law, Scott Guy? A rush-hour bust by Wellington police after a text tip-off. And it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience for stargazers, but will the weather allow anyone to actually see it? Good evening. Ewen MacDonald went on trial today accused of gunning down his brother-in-law Scott Guy in Fielding. The Crown says tension and bitterness over the family farming business led to the killing, but Ewen MacDonald's lawyers say the case is a classic whodunit with the wrong man in the dock. Simon Bradwell has our report. Ewen Macdonald cut a nervous figure in the dock, but the Crown says he calmly ambushed Scott Guy, then killed him. He was killed by a shotgun blast to his throat, followed by a second shot to his face, hands and arms. The Crown produced this shotgun they say could have been used in the murder. The blasts fired from 3m or 4m away, Scott Guy was trapped as he got out of his ute to open driveway gates that the killer had closed. This was murder. What the defence says, however, is that it wasn't Ewen Kerry Macdonald who committed that heinous crime. The man who found Scott Guy's body thought the young father's throat had been cut. There was a bit of blood around the shoulders and the back of him. But the Crown says Ewen Macdonald corrected him, saying his brother-in-law had been shot, even though... No one had mentioned that Scott Guy had been shot by that time. Not even police, who didn't know Scott Guy had been shot until they found shotgun cartridge wadding in his throat. In other new evidence, the Crown says Macdonald admitted poaching trophy stags from nearby farms with an associate, then burying the carcasses on the Guy property. Macdonald and the same associate also admitted vandalising and setting fire to properties belonging to Scott Guy and his wife Kylee. Those acts have been acknowledged and accepted. They do not, the defence says, make him a murderer. Notes abusing Kylee Guy seen in the letterbox after the vandalism, as well as one reading... READS: Now you know how it feels to lose something you love. The Crown says what Ewen Macdonald loved was the Guy family farm, which he worked on with Scott Guy's sister Anna. But it claims he wanted it for himself and killed Scott Guy to do so. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. There were dramatic scenes in downtown Wellington tonight as armed police swooped on the occupants of a car parked off a busy road just before rush hour. Police say they received information about a series of texts threatening the use of a firearm. The Armed Offenders Squad cordoned off these central streets and commenced a search with dogs. They, like, went up to the car with a gun and were, like 'Get out', and all the guys, like, put their hands out the window, and they, like, handcuffed them. Like, searched the guy up against the wall with a rifle. Yeah, they were pretty scared about the boot. Two men were led away in handcuffs. Police say they've charged one man with unlawful possession of a firearm. He's being held overnight and will appear in court tomorrow. A Nelson man facing more than 100 sex charges, including some involving animals and children, has had name suppression lifted. William Herbet Mortensen, a self-employed carpet cleaner (53), faces 108 new charges including sexual violation of a girl under 12 and knowingly making, possessing and supplying objectionable publications or material. Mortensen, who's already facing 20 earlier charges, will reappear in the Nelson District Court later this month. Education sector groups have called on the government to undo its controversial classroom cuts. The group's not ruling out strike action across the country, and believes it will have parents' support. Our latest ONE News Colmar Brunton poll agrees. Political reporter Michael Parkin has more. Teachers, principals, unions and trustees ` their opinions often vary, but today as one, they called on the government to halt plans they say will see teachers and classes cut. While everybody's jumping to, 'Will everyone go on strike on this?' we think that there are some` that's premature. Let's start with discussion. Education minister Hekia Parata says she's prepared to talk, but says there will be no backdown. That's not on the table. What's on the table is how we raise student achievement, and how we do that for all NZ kids. It's a stance the minister may regret. in our latest ONE News Colmar Brunton Poll, we put it to voters that... Almost 80% of people said no. Just 17% said they support the plan. Well, I think that there's been quite a lot of heat and not so much light. The Labour leader lucked out when he put the class size question to these kids. Are you pretty squashed in there at the moment? KIDS: No! But David Shearer says this poll shows parents want the government to scrap the reforms. Hekia Parata has damaged their reputation. I don't think people will trust the government when it comes to education in this way again. And the Prime Minister concedes the unveiling of the plan hasn't gone well. Can you do things better? Well, you can always do one or two things better, but you learn your lessons along the way, but it's the nature of being in the hot seat and being in government that you'll attract that controversy. But the unified education sector says this is a test the government can't afford to make mistakes on. Michael Parkin, ONE News The Government's also feeling the heat from the tertiary sector tonight, as Auckland University students say they're considering a call for nationwide action against budget cuts. About a hundred students turned out to a meeting today following last Friday's violent protest. But the Tertiary Education Minister says the cut to the student allowance scheme for postgraduate students is fair. I think, actually, when somebody who's at that point and they're about to leave university and earn, you know, a pretty good income, it's fair enough for them to borrow from what is, after all, let's not forget, an interest-free student loan. Auckland University teachers are now backing students, their union holding a separate meeting to discuss how to show its support. In London, the Jubilee celebrations rocked on, literally, this morning. The royal family joined a crowd of 70,000 outside Buckingham Palace for a glittering outdoor variety show. Briar Wells reports. BAND PLAYS ROUSING TUNE It was a concert for all generations ` music royalty gathering to honour Queen Elizabeth. The night beginning with one of Britain's best. # Hell is gone and heaven's here. There's nothing left for you to fear. # Some of the world's biggest stars playing their biggest hits. (SINGS) # I just can't get you out of my head. # She's the best queen I can remember! And then the man who's had a hit in every decade the Queen's been on the throne. # Congratulations # and celebrations. The Queen arriving just in time to hear the special song written for the Diamond Jubilee. # Make some noise, find your voice tonight. # With dusk settling in, Dame Shirley Bassey singing, appropriately enough, about diamonds. # Diamonds are forever. # The radio is blasting; someone's knocking at the door. # # I remember when rock was young. Me and Suzie had so much fun. # The sky over Buckingham Palace erupting in a spectacular finale. LOUD CHEERING Briar Wells with that report. Just ahead ` how long will the rain last? We'll have tomorrow's rather severe forecast. Also ` stock markets around the world take a hammering. What does it mean for our economy? And the race to become a Kiwi ` the saga of the Miss Universe NZ competition. 1 Global stock markets have rebounded a little after falling sharply late last week. But the pressure on markets is a setback for NZ's hopes of a strong economic rebound. Political editor Corin Dann explains what it all means for us. Our market shed $1.5b in value this morning as investors fretted that news of an increase in the jobless rate in the US was a sign that Europe's woes had spread. Everyone has been looking at the US as the more stable economy more recently because of all the troubles in Europe. When they had some negative data come, it flowed through. But it's not just shares falling ` home buyers take note. On a local front, probably don't look to fix your interest rates any time soon. It looks like interest rates are likely to go lower and stay lower for longer now. But while that may be good for some, falling interest rates reflect a worsening global economy, and that's not good news, as it means there's likely to be fewer orders for the goods and services we sell to the world. Prime Minister John Key knows the threat our exporters face and is using his visit to the Queen's Jubilee to assess the risk. What's driving some of the economic issues in NZ and Australia and China is directly driven out of this market, so it makes sense for us to get a closer understanding of what we think might happen. But it seems many Kiwis have an inkling of the trouble brewing. In our latest ONE News Colmar Brunton Poll, just 38% of those surveyed expect the economy to get better in the next year, down from 50% in March. Labour says Europe's woes aren't solely to blame for falling confidence. They're going to Australia because of NZ's problems, not because of Greece's problems. NZ in the last Budget didn't take some of the opportunities that we needed to take towards growing our export economy. Meanwhile, Treasury says that while the trouble in Europe has got more serious, it's sticking to its main growth forecasts in the Budget. But the way things are going with markets, it may not be for long. Corin Dann, ONE News. The Australian Government's been embarrassed by revelations that people smugglers are living inside the country. To make matters worse, the smuggling operation's been run under the noses of the federal police. Our Australia correspondent Steve Marshall's been following developments. Shopping-trolley collector by day; alleged international people-smuggler by night. Can you just confirm your name? It's understood Abu Khalid, who's an Iraqi, sailed a people-smuggling boat to Australia two years ago, and he now runs an international people-smuggling racket from his new home in Canberra. There is many, many smugglers or agents. They enter Australia and now they live in Australia. Australia's ABC claims Mr Khalid and five other smugglers posed as refugees when their boat was intercepted by Australian authorities. They were granted refugee status a few months later ` an embarrassing failure in Australia's border controls. If somebody has gotten through that net, then that is something that can be rectified and will be rectified. Mr Khalid's associates were caught on camera touting for people-smuggling business among Australia's refugee community. If TV stations can identify the people-smugglers, surely the government can stop them. Australia's shore represent the promised land for more than 17,000 asylum seekers who have risked their lives over the past five years to make it this far, and there's no sign that the number of illegal arrivals is slowing down. Just yesterday the Australia Navy intercepted the fourth boat in four days, bringing the number of arrivals this year to 3700. Steve Marshall, ONE News, Sydney. Syrian rebels say they've killed 80 government troops over the weekend, as they're no longer committed to a nominal ceasefire. A Free Syrian army spokesperson says they'd begun attacking soldiers to defend their people. The ceasefire was part of a peace plan brokered by the United Nations Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. The pilot of a plane that crashed into apartments in Nigeria killing more than 150 people made a Mayday transmission just before the crash. The news comes as an investigation's been launched into the cause of the accident in the country's biggest city, Lagos, from where the BBC's Will Ross filed this report. The day after the crash, and where buildings once stood, workmen pulled out the burnt pieces of the plane. 153 people were on board, but no one had any chance of surviving this. The authorities say the pilot sent a mayday call as both engines had failed. It came down in this residential area of Lagos, not far from the city's airport, exploding as it crashed. It's not yet known how many died on the ground or how many bodies are still under the rubble of people's homes. Families were destroyed in seconds, leaving a community in shock. This man says he saw the plane hit a tree before crashing into the buildings. (IMITATES EXPLOSION) I'm watching more than five minutes. He says he stood still for several minutes, simply stunned, not knowing what to do. After declaring three days of national mourning, Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan, visited the scene and said such a disaster would never be repeated. The government is totally committed to improving the quality of aviation in this country, so this particular incident is a major setback to us as a people. Questions are once again being asked about the safety of the airline industry here. Although things had improved recently, this was the fourth crash in the past decade to have killed at least 100 people. The authorities have recovered both the flight data and cockpit recorders. Pageant organisers say they're confident they'll get the newly crowned Miss Universe NZ a passport ahead of the final in December. South African born Avianca Bohm was crowned in Wellington on Saturday, but she shouldn't have won because she's not a NZer. The 22-year-old's a permanent resident and hopes her citizenship can be fast-tracked, as it can be for athletes. I'm staying positive, and I'm sure that it could be done for me as well, because at the end of the day, I am trying to represent NZ and not trying to get it for my own benefits. Organisers say in future all entrants will have to provide a copy of a NZ passport. Just ahead ` a shock announcement from the top of the national rugby league. The All Blacks go all blue for the first proper training run under the new coaching set-p. And Kiwi stargazers hope for clear skies in the morning to view one of the rarest events in astronomy. To sport now, and across the Tasman, the Wallabies are playing Scotland on a rainswept Hunter Stadium in Newcastle. Atrocious conditions for fans and players alike ` Laidlaw getting Scotland off the mark after 20 minutes, slotting another minutes later to make it 6-0. NZ-born Mike Harris looking for his first points on debut for Australia. CHEERING No problem. WHISTLE BLOWS Squeezed it through. Harris levelled it after the break, Australia with the wind at their backs finally making some headway, but the scores still level a short time ago. The All Blacks have held their first official test training run today under the new coaching set-up. They're giving little away before Thursday, when they confirm their starting 15 to play Ireland in the first Test. Blue probably isn't the greatest of rugby colours to wear in the north these days. But the changed regime is certainly stamping its mark. The new coaches got their hands dirty today ` or at least wet. Every coach has their own style, way of coaching. I don't think they're tried to change too much, which they're probably forced into given we've only got, you know, a week together. we're aware we've lost a bit of leadership. Most of the traiing today was held behind closed doors away from our cameras. But it looks like new half Aaron Smith will start, and Hurricane Victor Vito will take over at blindside flanker from the injured and departed incumbent. < Do you have any contact with Jerome Kaino? Yes, I do. I'll get in contact with him sometime this week. Like Kaino in his early Tests, Vito has been asked to show more aggression. < Do you see yourself coming into that role of a Jerry Collins, Jerome Kaino? Is that what they're after? It's something they're definitely after. Being an All Black loose forward, you can't get away from the physicality side of it. The other contentious area in the 15 is on the wing, Zac Guildford and Julian Savea the frontrunners. The outside backs are now led by 12-Test Israel Dagg, who turns just 24 tomorrow. He's taken a lot of that on at the Crusaders, been the senior man of the back three. That will come through to the All Blacks. He stepped up last year, so he's got to do it again this year. The pastel blues launching a new era as world champs, but black is always close to the heart. While the All Blacks were all blue, Ireland's traditional green gave way to a sort of Canterbury red, with former Crusaders and All Black prop Greg Feek calling it 'a trip down memory lane.' But it's their long losing tradition they're more interested in addressing. Obviously the All Blacks are the World Cup champions, so we know it's going to be tough, but you've just go into it, head down arse up, and just get on with your work. And despite enduring a rugby programme 51 weeks long, the Irish say they'll have no problem with motivation. Cos you're representing your country, playing against the All Blacks in their own backyard. I think, as a professional player, if you can't get yourself fired up for that thought alone well, then you're probably in the wrong game. Tighthead prop Mike Ross is their only injury concern, still in doubt with a hamstring problem but hoping to play. A shock announcement tonight in rugby league: after 10 years in the job, NRL chief executive David Gallop has quit. So is he going of his own accord, or was he pushed? Here's Craig Stanaway. Four months ago, he signed a new four-year contract. Less than an hour ago, David Gallop was toeing the party line, saying it's a mutual parting of the ways between him and the independent commission set up to grow the game. I say from the outset I love the game, and I wish it well. The job has been a great privilege, and I've loved watching the game's resurgence. I am in shock. I had no inkling of this at all. In that role, you make a lot of enemies, because every single club is always trying to get you to do what they want you to do in their interests, not the interests of the game. Gallop's exit simply comes down to money. The NRL is negotiating a new television broadcasting deal with potentially millions more dollars coming into the game. There's a great opportunity, which is a different business cycle for the cycle the game's been in for the last 10 years. They want a complete cut with anybody associated with News Ltd. David ` wrongly, in my view ` was linked too closely with News Ltd. That was never the case. Case and point the Storm salary cap scandal in 2010. Gallop was widely criticised for not seeking board approval before stripping the club of two premierships ` the irony being Gallop's employer News Ltd also owned the Storm. I look forward to doing normal things without my mobile phone stuck to my ear seven days a week. But for this shrewd operator, when the phone does go back on, you'd expect plenty of job offers in his message box. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. That's your sport. Kiwi stargazers here are hoping for clear skies in the morning to view one of the rarest events in astronomy ` the transit of Venus. At around 10.15am, the planet will move in front of the sun, like it did here in 2004, taking about six and a half hours. Astronomers are warning people to not look at the sun without eye protection. Um, if you don't have a special filter, you can take your telescope and project the image on to a white screen. But you mustn't put your eye in front of the eye piece, um, if there's no filter on the telescope because it's very very dangerous. You'll blind yourself instantly. Transits of Venus occur in pairs eight years apart, this being the second event. If you miss it, your next chance will be in 2117. So, any blue sky anywhere tomorrow morning, Renee? So what chance of a clear day? Not good at all. A deep low approaching from the Tasman Sea brings strong winds and rain to most places and snow to low levels over the south and east of the South Island tonight and tomorrow. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz Looking ahead to Thursday: rain over the North Island easing to showers, becoming fine for southern parts. Mainly fine and frosty over the South Island, but some rain and snow in Marlborough at first. Friday: North Island, a few showers in the north and west, fine or becoming fine elsewhere. South Island: fine apart from showers in the west and far south. That's it from us here on Tonight. Thanks for watching. Goodnight. Captions by June Yeow and Sam Bradford. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2012