Due to the live nature of Tonight, we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. A boat carrying around 200 asylum seekers overturns south of Indonesia. A dramatic day in the trial of Ewen MacDonald. His wife reveals she asked him if he'd killed Scott Guy. And a tramper's tale of survival, but rescuers aren't happy. We start tonight with breaking news, as a boat with up to 200 asylum seekers has capsized in the Indian Ocean. The boat sank just over 200km north of Australia's Christmas Islands off the Indonesian coast and was spotted by chance by a plane flying past. With the very latest developments, let's cross live to Sydney and our Australia correspondant Steve Marshall. THIS IS A DRAMATIC STORY HAS TRIGGERED A SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORT THERE IS A CARGO SHIP PLUCKING SURVIVORS We know that, from what we've been hearing from the aircraft, that there's not 200 life jackets on board. Uh, there's about 40 people on the hull of the vessel, which have been observed. So it's upturned, and they're standing on the upturned hull. And, um, there were ` a couple of hours ago ` about 35 persons in the water. But they think that there's more than that now, and we're` we're quite concerned for the larger number of people who may have drowned there. Are they saying they're seeing bodies in the water? > That's basically it, yeah. Dead bodies in the water? > Of course, we can't confirm that they have died, but it's likely. THERE IS AN AIR FORCE PLANE COORDINATING THE RESCUE IT HAS DEPLOYED LIFE RAFTS SURVIVORS ARE ON THE UPTURNED HULL IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW MANY THERE ARE REPORTS THAT AN INDONESIAN BOAT IS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BOAT STEVE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS KIND OF TRAGEDY HAS HAPPENED IS IT. IN DECEMBER 2010 A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE CHRISTMAS ISLANDS. FIFTY IRANIANS AND IRAQIS DIED AND MORE THAN THIRTY WERE INJURED WHEN THEIR OVERCROWDED BOAT RAN AGROUND. MANY CHILDREN AND YOUNG BABIES WERE KILLED IT WAS THE LARGEST PEACE TIME LOSS OF LIFE IN AUSTRALIA WATERS THIS DISASTER WLL PLAY OUT IN POLITICAL CIRCLES Thanks. Australia correspondent Steve Marshall. And you can get the latest information on this developing tragedy on our website ` onenews.co.nz. And we'll have much more on Breakfast tomorrow morning. Murder accused Ewen MacDonald's wife has revealed she asked him if he had killed her brother, Scott Guy. The revelation came on a dramatic day at the High Court in Wellington, where Scott Guy's widow broke down as she recalled seeing vandalism and graffiti on their new house. Simon Bradwell reports. Anna Macdonald says she's visited her husband many times since he's been in custody, wanting to know if he killed Scott guy. < What did he say when you asked if he had anything to do with your brother's death? He said, 'No, I swear, I didn't.' But Ewen Macdonald has admitted he vandalised and painted abusive graffiti on a house Scott and his wife, Kylee, were building in January 2009. Scott was walking in front of me and then I heard him yell, 'My God.' And then I looked around the corner. Windows and ranch-slider doors smashed; holes gouged in the walls throughout the house; plumbing and fittings smashed and damaged. Even the garage door opener hadn't been spared. I went in about halfway up the hallway, and I just got too upset, and I had to get out. But outside they found abusive graffiti painted on the sides of the house. I was just crying, saying, 'Is this towards...?' It's like it's towards me? Ewen Macdonald's wife asking him at the time if he was involved. And he said, 'What? I can't believe you would even ask me.' Kylee Guy so scared that she didn't want to live in the house. You just felt so violated. It was just horrible. It was just horrible. Ewen Macdonald and an friend did the damage, as well as setting fire to another house on the Guy property, telling his wife, Anna, he was annoyed with Kylee, who he felt was keeping Scott Guy from his work on the farm. After the graffiti, he said he felt really bad. Ewen Macdonald's consistently denied murdering Scott Guy, although the Crown says he did in a feud over the running of the family farm. He's also denied placing abusive notes in the Guys' letterbox around the time of the property attacks, which two rural posties said they saw. It said, 'Stay away from him, Kylee. You whore.' But the notes have never been found. The posties admitted they never told the Guys about them, and the defence suggests they didn't exist. < This is something you've just made up, isn't it? No. < There were no notes? There were definitely notes. No questions, though, over the emotions in court today. A warning's gone out to boy racers, after they were dealt a crushing blow today. The first car has finally been flattened under tough three-strike laws targeting repeat offenders. But critics say crushing is more of a gimmick than a serious attempt to combat illegal street racing. Car enthusiasts aren't impressed with Police Minister Anne Tolley's actions. Do you think crushing cars will drive more of a wedge between people like yourselves and the government? Definitely. Definitely. < How so? Oh, just makes us hate them more. At least auction them off, or something. The government says the car crushing will continue if boy racers keep breaking the law. And the boy racer law's generated plenty of debate, but not much sympathy for the young drivers. You can see that on our website ` onenews.co.nz. Check out the feedback and have your say. A scam uncovered by ONE News has resulted in the first prosecution of its kind under the Education Act. Maryanne Vaafusuaga ran a fake security course and pretended to be accredited to NZQA. Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver broke the story. Maryanne Vaafusuaga fronted a fake security school, but today she had to face up to court. < Got anything to say about your security school? Your fake security school? ONE News uncovered the scam, which involved students attending the fake college and getting false NZQA certificates at the end of it. They thought it was the real deal. I don't have a fake school. Yes, you do. NZQA have never heard of you. But after ONE News aired the story, NZQA took action, hiring a private investigator to track Vaafusuaga down. We think it will send a strong signal and be a real deterrent for any individual or provider who thinks they can misrepresent or make false claims about NZ qualifications in the market. It's totally unacceptable. Maryanne Vaafasuaga pleaded guilty to nine charges of issuing false qualifications and granting an award without the consent of NZQA. It's the first time these charges have been laid under the Education Act. You clearly held yourself out as qualified to teach, and more relevantly in terms of the offending, qualified to confer these national certificates on them. You even held a graduation ceremony. Judge Aitken gave credit for an early guilty plea, but said there were wider implications for the education system as a whole. Offending like this really undermines the integrity of the process, particularly where the qualifications emulate genuine qualifications. Maryanne Vaafusuaga was ordered to pay a fine of $7000. A family member of one of the victims was in court and said there was relief it's over. I'm just glad that it's out there now, and that we've actually helped stop it. The book can now be finally closed on Maryanne Vaafasuaga's fake security school. Barbara Dreaver, ONE News. The tramper who got lost in the bush for more than three days says using the power of the mind helped him survive. Ronnie Fong kept warm by constantly moving and walking through the Hunua Ranges ` a decision some are criticising. He spoke to Kim Vinnell. Ronnie Fong says he never doubted he'd make it out of the Hunua Ranges alive. You know, when you're trying to survive, it's different. You get, you know, your survival instinct. Chapped lips and cut legs aside,... All the vines and blades of grass, so all the skin has been peeled back. ...the 36-year-old survived more than 72 hours in the bush relatively unscathed, faced with below-zero temperatures. So I put ferns and soil over my legs to keep them warm, and I lay down. After half an hour, I started shivering, and I knew, 'Oh, look. This is not good. I need to get up, and I need to start moving.' But it's that decision to keep moving that's being criticised, after a costly search operation. How much does a search like this cost? I would hate to think. I would say it would be in the hundreds of thousands. If Mr Fong had've kept himself warm by moving in a small area, he could've been found much sooner. Searchers say he could've been found with 24 or 48 hours at the very latest. Mr Fong was dropped off on Lilburne Rd on Saturday afternoon and began walking the Mangatangi Ridge Track. At some point he veered off down a bait line, through the Mangatangi Stream, coming on to the Pukapuka Track. Stumbling across the Ara dirt road, he was picked up by a van of searchers, having walked some 50km. LandSAR's Roscoe Tait says Mr Fong could've made the search easier. You can do all sorts of things, like arrows on the ground with sticks or break over silver ferns. Ronnie Fong, though, is grateful to his searchers and philosophic about his ordeal. When life throws down a challenge, it throws down a solution, and you need to find that solution. He plans to go bush again in a fortnight. This time, armed with a locator beacon. Kim Vinnell, ONE News. Just ahead ` why our economy's doing much better than expected. How you'll soon have the chance to invest in state-owned assets. And we hear from the Kiwi teenager after her 15 minutes of fame on the world stage. 1 Our economy's doing much better than expected, with latest GDP figures showing activity is up 1.1% ` nearly three times higher than our Central bank had predicted. Chris Chang has more. RAIN PATTERS You wouldn't be alone if you felt hard done by after a wet, miserable summer. But that rain's been the catalyst for fuelling better-than-expected economic growth. Good weather conditions in NZ mean that we get a big contribution form our agricultural sector. GDP figures show activity is up 1.1% for the first three months this year. That's nearly three times higher than the modest 0.4% our Central bank predicted. This is great news for the Reserve Bank. It's very unlikely they'll need to cut interest rates, unless things really deteriorate in Europe. It's at it's highest level in five years, and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector grew 2.1%, to $2.12B. It has been a very good season, from pretty much woe to go. Milk is, what, 26, 27% of NZ's income. Growth in manufacturing was also a major contributor to the GDP rise. But surprisingly, despite the rebuild in Christchurch, construction was down 0.1%, and the post-World Cup spend-up is well and truly over ` retail is down 0.6%. Overall, the numbers place NZ amongst the strongest growing countries in the OECD. Th figures to confirm an underlying moderate strength in the NZ economy, despite the uncertain international mood and on-going difficulties in Europe, in particular. Difficulties that the government say could still see a sway in either direction in our economy. Chris Chang, ONE News. Investors will soon be able to buy shares in state-owned assets. Legislation allowing the partial sale of SOE's is likely to be passed in the next week. Here's political editor Corin Dann. With political debate in Parliament over the SOE sales drawing towards a noisy close,... Unlike those people there, who will do anything to sell their country down the drain as long as... ...government officials are busily gearing up for a massive share advertising campaign, the aim being to educate Kiwis on how and where to buy shares in the first state company to be partially sold off, Might River Power. Not all of them will certainly understand how they might be able to purchase those shares if they wish to, and so it's really important that we communicate with them. ONE News has learned that Treasury is in the process of awarding contracts to those who will sell the shares for the Government. It's understood that along with traditional share brokers, large retail banks will also be used as they have branches up and down the country and are less scary to first-time share buyers. It's no secret the Government wants as many Kiwis as possible buying shares, and for that reason, the minimum share purchase will be around $1000. And we'll try and make sure that the share parcels are at a level where they'd be accessible and affordable for most people. But Labour says there's nothing fair about the sale process, as most Kiwis don't have a spare $1000. Most NZers I talk to about the asset sales are worried about paying their power bill, not buying the power company. The sale of Mighty River Power is likely to happen pretty quickly once the legislation is passed and signed into law, which could be as early as next week. Retail share offers typically last about a month. The Government has already indicated it's looking to sell Mighty River Power shares by the end of September. Corin Dann, ONE News. The ACC Minister has admitted staff are given bonuses for getting long-term claimants off the books and into work. The Greens say it's completely unacceptable to be rewarded for cutting payments people are entitled to. If the member wants to put it like that, I can understand why he would be concerned, but if we can look at it another way, which is a financial incentive to help people get back independence and back to work, I'd say that was probably a good thing. The details were revealed in papers obtained using the Official Information Act. Romania's ex-prime minister has shot himself after being sentenced to two years prison for corruption. Adrian Nastase survived a shot to the neck when police came to arrest him at his home. The 61-year-old, who insists the case is politically motivated, was prime minister from 2000 to 2004, and he'll be the most senior politician to serve time since the 1989 fall of communism in the country. The Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary degree from Oxford University, 19 years after the award was made. She received the doctorate on her first visit to the UK in 24 years, after two decades of house arrest. A Wellington schoolgirl's taken the stage at the opening ceremony of the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Brittany Trilford (17) was selected to address world leaders after winning a global youth speech competition. In an impassioned appeal, she challenged them to lay the foundation for more sustainability. On Close Up this evening, she explained how the experience has changed her life. It's altered, um, my future, and the way that I perceive the future. There is so much that needs to be done, and there is so much passion around me here, and so much energy that needs to be channelled into something that is taken seriously. And in my future, and where I go` I am demanding that to look different than it is right now. Brittany's a member of NZ's youth council, and will head to the global Young Leader's conference in Washington next month. Just ahead ` the new-look All Black line up to face the battling Irish in the third Test. Could I have a price check on TENA bladder weakness liners, register 7? Well, it's just a slight weakening of the pelvic muscles. It's no big deal. I'm fine with it. It's no big deal with TENA. Injuries to two key players have forced changes to the All Blacks side to meet Ireland in the third Test in Hamilton on Saturday. Aaron Cruden starts at first five, as Dan Carter rests a hamstring strain. Hosea Gear and Ben Smith come in on the wings. In the forwards, captain Richie McCaw starts a Test for the first time at number 8. Sam Cane gets a first Test start. In the reserves, Keven Mealamu is set to get his international season underway. The changes are all part of a plan to protect that unique record of having never lost to the Irish, especially in the wake of last week's scare. Here's Stephen Stuart. The Test series already won, the All Blacks were always planning on making four changes. Instead there are six, plus the positional switch for skipper Richie McCaw, with number eight Kieran Read yet to be cleared of concussion. Richie's comfortable at eight, so he knows all the calls. He's been with us for the last month, and it just makes sense. With Victor Vito injured and Adam Thomson needing a freshener, Chiefs pair Sam Cane and Liam Messam come into the starting side, while Crusaders lock Luke Romano will make his debut in a pack vowing not to be pushed around. Go out and play my game and, um, you know, physicality and, uh, set-piece dominance. Something they've been working on all week. With last week's match-winner Dan Carter gone as well, Manawatu's two Aarons ` Smith and Cruden ` will run on together as All Blacks. It's very special for Manawatu footy and that, and, uh, I'm very excited about playing with Aza again and, uh, missed playing with him since ITM Cup last year. He'll be giving me a lot of talk and a lot of feedback, and` and that's exactly what you want from a nine and 10 combination. His backup, Beauden Barrett, admits he's on a huge learning curve. Quite a lot of work goes on behind the scenes and, um` that you guys don't see, so, um, yeah, it's not an easy job being a 10. After waiting in the wings, Hosea Gear finally returns to play just his ninth Test in five seasons. It's sort of different this time around because, um, you know, I thought I was going to end up overseas. So, um, it's actually be` it could be, you know, my last Test in the jersey. You never know. So that's the approach that I'm going to take. Ma'a Nonu has again missed out altogether, but management insists he hasn't been dropped ` rather, rested until later in the year. Stephen Stuart, ONE News. Ireland are refusing to be distracted by the All Blacks' injury woes. They're instead targeting the hosts' tight five, who they dominated in Christchurch. The Irish left Queenstown for Hamilton today, with the added motivation of playing their last Test in NZ for 12 years. It's a long long time to be considering, um, playing down these parts again, so it's, um... I think you have to take your opportunity when it arises. And, uh, we got another opportunity Saturday. The visitors are boosted by the return of world cup hero Keith Earls on the left wing. Weather time now with Renee. Hi, everyone. There's a nasty-looking system with numerous low centres and fronts sitting over the southern Tasman sea. A warm front should flick across southern areas tomorrow afternoon, followed by the first of the cold front tomorrow night, bringing the heavy rain. Also, the north-to-northwest flow builds over the South Island as well. Meanwhile, the trough over the North Island continues to trundle off to the east, and the ridge covers much of the country tonight and the North Island tomorrow. So not too bad tomorrow, but the rain arrives on Saturday night. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz/news And that's your weather. Enjoy the rest of your evening. Finally tonight, the temporary ice-skating rink that was a huge success in Hamilton during the Rugby World Cup has been set up at Aotea Square, in Auckland. It's part of The Edge Winter Showtime programme, designed to bring family events into the central city. This time it's covered to protect the ice and the skaters from Auckland's temperamental weather. The rink will stay for 6 weeks. That's it from us here on Tonight. You can stay up to date by logging on to our website at onenews.co.nz. Thanks for watching. Pomarie, goodnight. Captions by Lauren Strain and Jessica Boell. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air.