Heavy rain has fallen in eastern parts of the North Island today, the Gisborne ranges soaking up more than 130mm in places. More savage frosts in areas of low cloud and fog for the lower South Island this morning, followed by a mostly fine day. Later in the news hour, I'll tell you where there could be some more heavy rain tomorrow. 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 Simon Dallow and Wendy Petrie. Tonight ` more revelations about the man found not guilty of killing Scott Guy, as we speak to a friend of the dead man's wife. Kim Dotcom points the finger at Hollywood heavyweights and the American vice president. The deadliest collapse of the Christchurch quakes ` the engineer who assessed the CTV building fronts up to the Royal Commission. It didn't cause much damage, but a big quake left many shaken ` can we expect more tremors like this? Kia ora, good evening. Ewen Macdonald may've been found not guilty of murdering Scott Guy, but he's still facing lengthy jail time. We can reveal he faces other charges, separate to the arson and vandalism he's already admitted. And for the first time, we can show you the young man who helped Macdonald with those attacks. Simon Bradwell reports. This is the first footage of Callum Boe, the man who, with Ewen Macdonald, did this. The pair set fire to an old house on the Guy family farm in 2008 and a year later extensively vandalised a house Scott and Kylee Guy were building ` damage that even Ewen Macdonald's lawyer condemned. It was shameful, it was gutless, it was cowardly. It was shameful, it was gutless, it was cowardly. We haven't been able to show Callum Boe until now because of court orders, but both he and Ewen Macdonald have admitted the offending. Ewen Macdonald was yesterday found not guilty of murdering Scott Guy. Today we can reveal that Ewen Macdonald faces further charges, to which he he's pleaded, details of which are temporarily suppressed. And while his family hasn't spoken to media, we're allowed to say that while Ewen Macdonald became a criminal, his brother catches them. When local drug-dealer Tony Stanlake's handless body washed up on a Wellington beach, detective Blair Macdonald helped find the killer. It's an amazing experience to have had, and this is why someone like me joins the police. In a twist, the killer Blair Macdonald helped catch was represented by the man who would become his brother's lawyer, Greg King. Ewen Macdonald is believed to be back in Manawatu Prison, where he's been kept since his arrest, awaiting sentence on the arson and criminal-damage charges. Lawyers say his trial is quite unlike the George Gwaze case, where the Crown was able to appeal an acquittal on a specific point of law. I don't think that in this case there are any things that stand out at the moment. The police conceded yesterday they're now back to square one. Police are currently not pursuing anyone else in relation to this investigation, nor are there any other avenues of inquiry. Ewen Macdonald is facing the prospect of several years in jail, less the time he's already spent waiting for his day in court. Simon Bradwell, ONE News. A close friend of Kylee and Scott Guy has told ONE News the verdict hasn't provided closure for anyone. And Joanne Moss says she's not sure the murder case will ever be solved. She spoke to Renee Graham in Feilding. Joanne Moss was given a special gift from her friends Scott and Kylee Guy. A chocolate Labrador called Sue, who came from the same litter as three pups that went missing at the time of Scott Guy's death. With the trial over Mrs Moss is thinking of her friend Kylee. It would have been nice for her to have some closure so she could move on for her life. I felt like Scotty would be at rest and she could move on. Joanne Moss was a witness during the month-long trial. She's worried about the impact of the ordeal on Kylee. I don't know how much more she can take. As a friend, that does concern me. She's a really really strong person and everyone's very thankful that she's got through this, but just the not knowing would be a horrible thing. David Van Oeveren is one of the church leaders giving both the Guy and Macdonald families spiritual guidance and comfort. In his first interview since the verdict, he says both families worship together at times. For the families, it's been of great comfort that many people in this community have stopped at 10 o'clock every morning and prayed for them. Feilding community leaders are organising a special gathering for residents to help the community heal. I think it's about understanding that the only people who heard every bit of evidence were the jurors who made the decision, so it's not for us now to make any further decisions. The verdict was not guilty. Joanne Moss says she'll attend in memory of Scott. They were more like extended family to us. Friday night was when we'd have drinkies. What do you hope for? That she can just move on. And that the person that murdered Scotty is found and justice be done. The archdeacon says now is a time for the Guys, the Macdonalds and the rest of the community to grieve and begin the process of rebuilding their lives. Renee Graham, ONE News. And you can find out Crown prosecutor Simon Moore's take on the Scott Guy case later on Close Up, right after the news hour at 7. The engineer who declared the CTV building sound after the September quake in Christchurch has given emotional evidence at the Royal Commission. 115 people died when the building collapsed just months later. Lisa Davies is covering the hearing and joins us now live. it's been a long day on the stand for engineer David Coatsworth. Over six hours of evidence.he got quite emotional at one point. He still maintains when you look through it after the September quake, it was structurally sound. The CTV building, reduced to rubble in seconds. It's a haunting image that's plagued this engineer ever since it failed in February. He was the only engineer to inspect the building after the September quake hit. READS: 'I have relived the inspection that I did of the CTV building over and over in my mind, 'wondering whether there was anything I missed or misinterpreted.' He's re-examined the photos he took inside, reread his notes. READS: In the end, I have to fall back on my professional judgment as an engineer. That judgement was based on a four-hour visual inspection without building plans. READS: I saw no evidence of significant structural damage of the CTV building. Although he recommended in his final report closer inspection of the sheer wall and the block wall, there was nothing about the building that alarmed him. READS: 'I did not, in either my report or my email, recommend that it be vacated. 'I saw no reason to do so.' His testimony disappointed the families. If that building had been shut down right then, it would have been a very different outcome. It's quite disappointing, really. In the end, emotion got the better of the engineer. READS: 'I would like to offer my sincere sympathies 'to the families of the people (EMOTIONALLY) who died in the CTV building that day.' Murray Grant noted his sorrow, but his anger at what happened remains. It could've stopped right there with that engineer, really. The royal commission's role is to ensure nothing like this ever happens again. Lisa, what else has the commission heard today? LATE TODAY THE CTV HEARING'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL WITNESS WAS CALLED ` A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FROM CALIFORNIA. SO FAR HE HAS SAID DAVID COATSWORTH FOLLOWED PROTOCOL TO THE LETTER AND AGREES WITH COATSWORTH'S REPORT THAT THE BUILDING REMAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND. Thanks, Lisa Davies in Christchurch. The authorities say the powerful earthquake that rattled much of the country last night is a good reminder for people to be prepared for the big one. The quake off Taranaki is the biggest in the region in 120 years. While there's been no serious damage, it had many running for cover. Arrun Soma has more. The shelves shake in this central Wellington supermarket. A few items fall off, shoppers oblivious. This worker feels it, though, scampering to safety. And here's what it sounded like... (PLAYS HYMN) CLATTERING RUMBLING The rumbling captured by Richard Apperley, who was recording at St Peter's Church in Wellington. We often get lots of unwanted noises ` cars, helicopters, everything else ` but last night we managed to get an earthquake. The whole casework here around the organ began to shift and move, the glass doors were flapping back and forth. The 7-magnitude earthquake hit at 10.36pm south of Opunake and a very long way down, so while it was big, there was no major damage. Those distances really probably made a huge difference in the kinds of damage that we've seen. A comparison would be Darfield ` the Darfield earthquake ` 7.1. That was Canterbury's first big quake in September 2010, this the result. Last night's left only minor damage. We had a lot of stuff knocked over. I noticed a few more cracks come out around the ceiling and all that. Hopped out of bed, slid under the bed. We understand the water tanks at the top of this central Wellington block overflowed because of the earthquake. We're told parts of the building flooded, and as the water trickled down, it stopped the lifts from working. A rattling reminder the big one could strike at any time. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Our border controls have been slammed in a report into how a kiwifruit-killing bacteria reached NZ. The review into PSA found a number of major biosecurity shortcomings before the discovery of PSA in Te Puke. Heather du Plessis-Allan reports. A government-ordered report into the disease killing these kiwifruit leaves still hasn't revealed how it got here. But it has revealed some astounding control failures. There were process failures here, and the systems need to be improved, so we clearly can do better and there are some things we need to improve on. It's widely suspected PSA came from China before breaking out in Te Puke in late 2010. The report reveals that in the lead-up, border control accidentally allowed in parts of kiwifruit plants from China, and they went to Te Puke. What's more, MAF failed to police imports of kiwifruit pollen properly. They didn't think pollen couldn't carry PSA. Meanwhile, government officials at another agency, Plant and Food, did know pollen could carry PSA, but didn't tell anyone, because they didn't know pollen was being imported. Well, I can see we can do better. We can improve the processes. We've already taken action in response to this report. One of the scientists researching PSA says he's surprised plant material slipped in. It shouldn't have got through our border control, and the importers, on realising what they'd got, should have either returned it to MAF or incinerated it. Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated says it's so concerned about the findings of this report that it's planning to seek legal advice about weather or not to take any further action. Ministry of Primary Industry officials are keen to point out that these border control failings didn't necessarily allow PSA in, but this report doesn't rule that out either. Heather du Plessis-Allan, ONE News. A new twist has emerged in the Kim Dotcom extradition wrangle. The Megaupload internet millionaire says Hollywood heavyweights pressured the White House to launch an FBI investigation against him. He spoke with Joanna Hunkin at his latest court appearance today. Kim Dotcom's become a regular at the High Court in Auckland, back today for a hearing over whether his lawyers can view evidence against him in the case to extradite him to the United States. But he wouldn't be here, he says, if it weren't for this man ` US Vice President Joe Biden. Kim Dotcom says Mr Biden ordered the FBI to investigate Megaupload, bowing to pressure from Hollywood executives. We are going to launch a website on which we are going to reveal the information at the appropriate time. So you do have information? > Yes. White House records show Joe Biden did meet Hollywood executives six months before the January raid on Dotcom's Auckland mansion. Last week's decision here at the High Court declared the search and seizure warrants on Dotcom's property were invalid. Now some experts are saying he could claim millions of dollars in compensation. At the moment, that's not the priority. What we are interested in is to get access to our information so we can defend ourselves properly in the extradition hearing, and so far we are kept from access to that, and that's not good for us. Crown lawyers argue Kim Dotcom doesn't need to view the evidence, because it's not relevant to extradition. Everyone can see that there is a strategy of delay on the part of the US government and the Crown. But both the Crown and defence agree next month's extradition hearing is likely to be delayed as both sides need more time to prepare their case. Joanna Hunkin, ONE News. A Christchurch man who killed a former lover he claims was his best friend will spend at least 13 years behind bars. Keith Donald Bonner attacked bar worker Tracey Lee Morris in his Ilam house and left her body in a car near Christchurch Airport in January. Bonner handed himself into police after reading about the killing in a newspaper. Four men have appeared in the Manukau District Court following the death of Auckland man Richard Tairua. The father of six (59) was trying to break up a fight outside his Manurewa home at the weekend when he died of a heart attack. The men were jointly charged with aggravated robbery. One has also been charged with assault and remains in custody. The man who smashed his truck into a school bus, injuring 16 people, mostly children, will serve a community sentence. The accident occurred in the small community of Ruatoki, just south of Whakatane. Sharon Fergusson was in court. Emergency workers faced a bus load of 47 injured and shocked children strewn across a rural paddock when they arrived at the scene. Many who attended knew the children. Even truck driver Joe Morehu, who caused the accident, is uncle to two of them. A lot of the people who were injured in that accident are his relations. They're all part of the Ruatoki community, which is a very close community, and he lives there and is part of that community. So it isn't over for him, and I think the judge referred to that ` that part of his reparation is going to be doing what he can for the community. Morehu was also injured in the crash and spent several days in hospital. In court today, he stood with his head bowed. His lawyer said his client was extremely remorseful. Three months after the accident, Mr Morehu drove drunk and crashed off the road, hurting himself again. Today he was fined just over $1000 for that crash. You no doubt retreated into alcohol as a result of the great shame and anguish that you felt as the result of the harm that you had done to your community. While the bus driver wasn't in court today, his wife was. They're grandparents to one of the most seriously injured children. The little girl spent months at Starship Hospital following the accident. The grandmother told Joe Morehu to lift his head. She said it was an accident, and the community did not want him to go to prison. Joe Morehu was sentenced to five months community detention, nine months supervision and is disqualified from driving for two years. The judge said he owed it to his community to pass on the message about paying attention while driving. Sharon Fergusson, ONE News, Whakatane. Still to come on ONE News ` Aussie terror victims are to get big compo payouts ` find out why expat Kiwis are missing out. A holiday heatwave grips America and buckles the highways. This SUV's lucky to land in one piece. And we remember the man who played a much-loved small-town sheriff in simpler times. Then at 7, all aboard the superyacht gravy train ` they can pay for it, but can we build it? Australians are set to get big cash grants if they're injured in terror attacks away from home. But expat NZers living there won't qualify, and that's bought claims of discrimination on the eve of John Key's visit. Australia correspondent Steve Marshall has the details. It's been almost a decade since devastating twin bomb attacks hit Kuta in Bali, killing more than 200 people, including 88 Australians and three NZers. To assist people injured in future terror attacks, the Gillard government will pay Australian residents up to $100,000 ` that's every person permanently residing in Australia, except expat NZers. The way the automatic visa issued under the trans-Tasman travel arrangements works, that visa gets cancelled automatically as soon as any NZer leaves the country, and that means regardless of how long you have lived in Australia, you simply wouldn't be covered. Even NZers' children born in Australia wouldn't receive a cent if their parents were killed by terrorists while holidaying overseas. Australia's top lawmaker, the Attorney General, says NZers arriving here after the 26th of February 2001 are not classed as Australian residents under the country's social-security laws. The rule means NZers arriving in Australia after 2001 can't get immediate access to support payments, like the dole. Last year's Queensland floods highlighted the problem for NZ expats, when they were initially denied emergency assistance payments. We see tragedy after tragedy with NZers being disadvantaged. I mean, how much is it going to take for these laws to be changed? John Key arrives here tomorrow to talk to business leaders. Well, hopefully, he could also talk to Julia Gillard about treating NZers equally. It's a call that's so far produced talk but little action between the two governments. Steve Marshall, ONE News, Sydney. Human rights campaigners say they have evidence of widespread government-sanctioned torture in Syria. Speaking to former detainees, the Human Rights Watch organisation found evidence of state-run centres where it says prisoners were beaten, burned with acid and sexually assaulted. And just a warning, you may find some content in this report from the BBC's James Reynolds disturbing. In the Kabun district of Damascus, security forces demonstrate their power. The man on the right is led out by the throat. Here a man standing by the wall is punched. The new Human Rights Watch reports outlines what may happen to these people if they get taken away. This report doesn't cover opposition crimes. Ahmed and Dalal are teachers from Idlib in northern Syria. They're taken refuge here in southern Turkey. At the end of last year, Syrian security forces detained them for demonstrating. Ahmed was beaten so badly, he offered to pay guards to kill him and end his pain. Dalal was made to lie on the ground while a soldier kicked him. Opposition activists say that these pictures show plain-clothes police attacking demonstrators in Damascus. Human Rights Watch accuses Syria of carrying out a state policy of torture. 'The orders came from the heads of the security forces,' says this former intelligence officer, 'they were in direct contact with the president and his entourage.' Human Rights Watch wants those responsible for the crimes to be tried at the international criminal court. But that's a move that can be blocked by Syria's ally Russia. So for now at least, international justice stops at this border. Syria is just metres away, but the families taking refuge at the Boynuyogun camp on the Turkish side don't dare to go back home. Human Rights interviewed over 200 former detainees and defectors who had worked in detention centres. A series of bombings in Iraq has killed more than 33 people and left almost a hundred wounded. A vegetable truck loaded with explosives killed 25 people in the city of Diwaniya, south of Baghdad. It was the worst in a series of blasts that also struck three other cities. Victims were mainly Shi'ite pilgrims, government officials and security forces ` three of Al Qaeda's regular targets. Iran has been flexing its military muscles again, firing long-range ballistic missiles into the Kavir Desert. Revolutionary guards hit targets reported to be mock-ups of US and Israeli military bases. The missiles tested include some capable of reaching Israel, a thousand kilometres away. An apology from the US Secretary of State to Pakistan has paved the way for the reopening of a major NATO supply route into Afghanistan. Pakistan had closed the route after 24 of its troops were killed in a NATO airstrike in November. It's cost the US around $860m using alternate supply routes into Afghanistan over the past seven months. The Olympic torch relay is making its way through central England, where it's quite literally taking off. A stuntman wearing a jetpack carried the torch over the National Space Centre near Leicester on day 46 of the Olympic flame's 70-day journey to the London games. In America, Independence Day is shaping to be the hottest ever, with firework bans in 20 states tomorrow as the heatwave continues. more than a million homes across seven states are still without power, as volunteers hand out ice and water and others queue to buy generators. In Wisconsin, intense heat damaged footpaths and buckled roadways. You know, you don't normally see that stuff in real life. A driver pulling over to take a photo of the road got this as well. the four-wheel drive hitting a heat-formed bump to catch some serious air. Back to our weather now, and some heavy rain for parts of the North Island today, Karen? Got quite an active front sinking down over the North Island. Here's some rainfall totals for you ` parts of the Gisborne ranges soaked up more than 130mm. 44mm on Gisborne city. The view from the rain radar shows band of heavy falls this morning south of Auckland. Heavy falls concentrated around the Gisborne area, especially up in the ranges and also north-eastern tip of the South Island. There may be a few more heavy falls around the southern Gisborne areas over the next couple of hours, and a watch remains in place for heavy rain in these areas overnight and tomorrow. For weather, see onenews.co.nz Some more photographic evidence of the extreme cold in the far south. This frozen fountain on the outskirts of Alexandra at sunrise, where it was minus-9 degrees. And here's the winter wonderland view looking back toward the Old Man Range in the background. Thanks to Rachael Baxter for the great shots. I'll have your Thursday forecast after sport. Still to come on ONE News ` how Manchester United aims to lighten its debt burden. The Scott Guy case raises a tricky issue for farmers ` how to avoid conflict over the inheritance. And the passing of the man who played a folksy sheriff and became a superstar of the '60s. Tonight ` it was a massive trial at a massive cost, but what went wrong? Did the charge the wrong person? Did they bring up the wrong evidence? Can we be sure our justice system is working? Plus, rebuilding the Christchurch ghost town ` is it worth the risk for business owners? We've always said we were going back in. Close Up at 7, TV ONE. 1 Britain's banking scandal has claimed two more high-profile scalps, with Barclays chief executive Robert Diamond quitting his job to be followed hours later by chief operating officer Jerry del Missier. Barclay's chairman, Marcus Agius, stepped down yesterday, after the bank was fined $560m for falsifying interbank lending rates. Britain's Serious Fraud Office says it may pursue criminal charges. English football's Manchester United has announced plans to list on the New York stock exchange. United, which finished second in the Premier League behind Manchester City this year, aims to raise $125m in an initial public offering. American owners the Glazer family are looking to reduce the club's massive debt, which hampers its ability to buy top players. American Television legend Andy Griffith has died at the age of 86. His role as a loveable small-town sheriff in the Andy Griffith Show turned him into an international star. But as the ABC's David Muir reports, his love of performing stretched far beyond the small screen. MAN WHISTLING It was the whistle clear to American households for nearly a decade in the 1960s. Sheriff! Andy Griffith was America's sheriff. The Andy Griffith Show debuted in 1960, a young Ronnie Howard playing the widowed sheriff's young son, Opie. You got some kind of problem? Well, I got something to ask you, something important. Yeah? Well, go ahead. Can I run away from home? Uh... We didn't know that when we started that it was gonna last that long or influence so many people; we were just trying to do a good show. The fictional town of Mayberry was much like the town where Griffith was born, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, June 1926. He grew up singing and playing the guitar. Few knew he began his career as a high-school music teacher and started performing in the '50s on Broadway and the movies, his film debut playing that singer from Arkansas who becomes a TV sensation in A Face In The Crowd. Decades later, he would win over American viewers again, as Matlock. Griffith then won a Grammy for an album of hymns, music always one of his first loves. # Took my wife to the barnyard, and I set her down to supper. # She got choked on a turkey leg and stuck her nose in the butter. # And in 2005 Griffith received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Bush thanking Andy Griffith for being such a friendly and beloved presence in our American life. And tonight the boy who played Opie, Ron Howard, tweeting... (CHUCKLES) I don't wanna leave you, Pa. And I don't want you to leave, Opie. Andy Griffith is survived by his two children and his third wife, of nearly 30 years, Cindi. Looking at our top stories tonight ` the engineer who declared the CTV building sound after the September quake in Christchurch has given evidence at the royal commission. He said he saw no visual evidence of significant structural damage to the building and saw no reason to recommend it be vacated. Our border controls have been severely criticised in a report examining how a kiwifruit-killing bacteria reached NZ. It says MAF failed to police imports of kiwifruit pollen properly and was unaware it could carry PSA. Meanwhile another government agency did know pollen could carry PSA, but said nothing because it was unaware it was being imported. In the Scott Guy case, we see for the first time Callum Boe, the young man who helped Ewen Macdonald do major damage to houses on the Guy family farm. And we can now say that Macdonald is facing more charges in addition to the arson and vandalism he's already admitted. The question of who would inherit the Guy farm was raised during the trial, and, in fact, it's one faced by many rural families. Industry leaders say the future of the land is something every farmer needs to think about. Sarah Batley has the story. Scott Guy and Ewen Macdonald bought into the family farming business, but Bryan Guy says at one point his son had his own ideas about its future direction. He had the expectation that ` perhaps cos he was the eldest son ` that he had the expectation that he would inherit the farm. The Crown argued this caused tension between Scott and Ewen, despite the Guy family bringing in outside consultants to help come up with a succession plan and Bryan Guy giving the pair different jobs on the farm. We tried to separate the roles because, I mean, I guess everybody wanted to be boss, so better to give them an area of responsibility each that they could be in charge of. Others in the rural community say conflict over family farms happen all the time and can lead to some leaving the land altogether. In my situation, I haven't spoken to the family in over 30 years. And so... And that'll continue. Yeah. The ANZ Bank recently surveyed 750 farmers on farm succession. They overwhelming regarded it as a serious issue, but only one in 10 had formal plans in place. Massey University's organising a summit on succession planning later this month. If it goes wrong, there can be a ripple effect there that can actually last over a number of generations and be quite detrimental to the growth of that business. Regardless of the family setup, it should be looked at. Yeah. The earlier the better. It's a message, experts say, many other farming families should be acting upon. Sarah Batley, ONE News. Jenny May, sport, State of Origin ` Queensland feeling the heat? Big Mal fires up as tensions rise in Brisbane ahead of tonight's match. Also on the way ` the Crusaders bring back the big guns ahead of Friday night's showdown with the Chiefs, while the trash-talk returns to the main event. Former Blackcap Jesse Ryder shows off his new, trim physique. And washed up? I don't think so ` Serena Williams fires up at Wimbledon. Nah, I'm good, mate. I'm good. Ohhh. Ohhh. May I help you, sir? Ohhh. May I help you, sir? Hey, bro. I'm Tim. From NZ. I won the, uh... the MasterCard prize, where you get to tour with the All Blacks. Fellas! Oh! Danny C! Oh yeah! Nonu, Nonu, Nonu! Boom! Richie. Bring it in, mate. Register and use your MasterCard before September 15 and you could go on tour with the All Blacks. Good to see ya. Good to see ya. Yeah, you too. So, who am I rooming with? Kia ora, welcome back. The scene is set for Friday night's big Super Rugby clash, with the Crusaders naming a full-strength line-up to take on the Chiefs in Hamilton. The timing couldn't be better, with the Crusaders' season practically on the line. Here's Blair Norton. The game-breaker is back. Kieran Read's worth five points every time he pulls the jersey on. He's just such a big game player. Number eight Kieran Read was off-limits today, but is over his concussion problems for the season-defining game. Time to front up ` you know, we're running out of chances now. We're still in control of our destiny as long as we get a performance and a result this week. Read's return having a flow-on effect, allowing Richie McCaw's return to his preferred open-side role. And that's set up an intriguing head to head with his heir apparent, the Chiefs naming Sam Cane to start in the seven jersey in what's been the form pack of the competition. Their team, especially up front, turn up with good energy; they've been effective without the ball; um, and when they've had it, you know, they've just done the simple things really well. The Crusaders' star-studded backline will be at full strength too ` Israel Dagg bouncing back from a sprained ankle, Daniel Carter over his hamstring strain. You know, DC brings that big-game, you know, experience to these moments, so it's just good to have him back in the mix. The man himself ready to mix it up, aiming to out-Chief the Chiefs. You know, defence is a part of the game that I really enjoy, so it's important for us that, you know, we really get of that line and get some good line speed in and try and shut them down early. The motivation's simple ` forget the stinging loss to the Chiefs in round three; a win's crucial if the Crusaders are to claim a wildcard spot. Over the years it comes down to the last two weeks or whatever, and the teams that go on are the ones that deliver at this point, so that's what we've gotta do. Delivering at this time of the year is what Crusaders teams traditionally do best. Blair Norton, ONE News. 12 Olympics between them already, a combined age of 107 ` and that's just two of the five-strong Olympic eventing team that's been named for London. Yes, Mark Todd and Andrew Nicholson are on their way to the games again, and as Europe correspondent Garth Bray reports, the hunger for medals is as strong as ever. It's 24 years since Mark Todd won an Olympic gold medal,... Todd for two and two for five! ...but he clearly thinks it needn't be his last. I'm as hungry now as I ever was and I don't feel any different to what I did 20 years ago. After the relative isolation of competing in Hong Kong for the Beijing games, he'll be riding a new horse ` NZB Campino ` practically in his backyard. All five eventers are UK-based, where they consistently rise to the challenge of a highly competitive circuit. The next stop for this team, though, is the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany. It'd be easy to sort of now say, 'Oh no, we won't go and we'll wrap them up in cotton wool,' but, you know, they're horses that are used to competing regularly. Young bloods Jock Paget and Jonelle Richards will be along for the ride, and it'll be some ride at that. Jock Paget's owner of his horse, Bullet Proof, J Giannamore's got a private jet and is flying us all out there and back again, so it should be a good way to go. Beijing eventer Caroline Powell won't go. She only just made the team announcement here in Berkshire after burying her mother in Christchurch. I'm big enough and strong enough to do that and, yeah, to turn it into a positive thing and I think it probably will help my focus quite a bit as well. At the games she'll be riding Lenamore, hoping to repeat the victory horse and rider won at the Burghley Trials two years ago when eventing begins the day after the Olympic opening ceremony. Garth Bray, ONE News, Hungerford. His weight has been the subject of much debate. Today cricketer Jesse Ryder had no option but to stand on the scales ahead of his boxing bout in Auckland tomorrow night, but his remarkable weight-loss has been overshadowed by some obvious attention-seeking antics ahead of the main event. Here's Craig Stanaway. He doesn't trash-talk. He's been quiet ahead of his bout tomorrow night against the man who ended David Tua's career. But Monte Barrett has used an arsenal of mind games today to get under the skin of Shane Cameron, and it's worked. It's all gonna come down to who wants it on the night. Eh? We'll shut this big-mouthed piece of <BLEEP> up right here. <BLEEP> Shane and Ken. I don't give a <BLEEP> about either one of them. They're about to feel it tomorrow. It's not a game. It's not a <BLEEP>ing game. I'm here to tear his head off. The theatrics began during the stare-down. We've come to expect this sort of stuff in the bid to boost pay-per-view subscriptions. So for the record, what was said? I couldn't really listen because his breath was so bad. LAUGHTER You want to repeat it? Yeah, my breath is bad this morning, but I told him` He said, 'Oh, you're going down.' I said, 'This ain't no <BLEEP>ing Rocky movie. 'This is reality, brother. You're about to get it.' Former Blackcap Jesse Ryder has weighed in at 104.4 kilos for his bout with radio personality Mark Watson. Really stoked with what I've just weighed in at. I started off at 110 four weeks ago, so 104 is a big step for me leading up to this fight. Ryder goes into the bout with a 10-kilo weight advantage. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. Rugby league's annual pinnacle, the State of Origin, will be decided in Brisbane tonight. And the Queenslanders are feeling the heat as they try to win a seventh straight series. Maroons coach Mal Meninga finally looked relaxed, as his team went walkabout today. He had been incensed by a video having a crack at Queensland's latest Kiwi convert, Ben Te'o. # Where you're born and when you come from ` surely that's your origin. Where is Samoa? # That's in Queensland. # Whangaparaoa? # That's in Queensland. # Big Mal, whose Origin-playing career finished with the series-ending loss in Brisbane 18 years ago, is also terse about his coaching future. Well, I'm around. I'm around, you know, so regardless, you know, you know, I love rugby league, and I love to be involved with it. Just as passionate is his old Canberra teammate turned Blues rival, Ricky Stuart, who was part of the '94 victory and coached the Blues to their last series-deciding win in Brisbane seven years ago. I want something that Mal's got, and he wants to keep what he's got. He doesn't want to give it to me, and it's been a very healthy, competitive series. Throw in 'physical' as well. As if the unveiling of a statue of the legendary Artie Beetson, who led the maroons in the inaugural Origin match in 1980, isn't incentive enough, Queensland wants to give the retiring Petero Civoniceva the same winning send-off as Darren Lockyer last year. The name Williams and Wimbledon go together. Between them, Venus and Serena have won nine titles. But after Venus crashed out in the opening round, many predicted this would be the end of the sisters' era. Serena has certainly challenged that thinking today. Toni Street explains. When Serena Williams powered down consecutive aces in the first set, even the commentators seemed surprised. 40-0. d This is levels and levels 8 above what we've seen. Williams had stuttered her way to this quarter-final match-up with defending champion Petra Kvitova, dropping 39 games along the way. Something has clearly clicked. You can't play a defending Wimbledon champion or grand slam champion and not elevate your game. I had to weed out the riff-raff and just get serious. With her serious face on, Williams dispatched Kvitova 6-3, 7-5, easing to her eighth Wimbledon semi. She's already sizing up her opponent, second seed Victoria Azarenka, who beat Tamira Paszek in straight sets. At the end of the day, if you're not first you're last. That's the case for local hope Andy Murray too. The pressure is mounting now the Brit is through to the quarter finals. APPLAUSE Super play from Murray. Admirable with patience and then took his chance. The fourth seed cruised past Marin Cilic in straight sets and will next meet his close friend David Ferrer. Ferrer was just as impressive in his match against Juan Martin Del Potro, sending him tumbling in under two hours. Toni Street, ONE News. Ivan Kostanich, famous for his lawn-bowling longevity, has died aged 91. The Helensville fisherman won three national titles, the last of them in 1993 when he was 72. Known as the Old Fox, because he was so wily on the greens, Kostanich represented NZ at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and was still competing against the best in the world well into his 80s. Finally, Mitch Evans is just starting his sporting career. The 18-year-old heads to the home of British motorsport this weekend leading the prestigious GP3 series. Last year he arrived in Silverstone in the same position, but it all fell apart. He's adamant he won't make that mistake again. Here's Stephen Stuart. Setting himself up with simulated laps of Silverstone. Silverstone's a great track. It's a real driver's track. Mitch Evans spending hours at his team's base to find fractions for this weekend. I guess you can call it my home race. I'd love an event in NZ, obviously, but this is as close as it's gonna get to be racing at your home race, I guess. Evans has won twice already in three rounds ` in Barcelona and Valencia. Mitch Evans starts the season off exactly the way he wanted to. So, like last year, he goes to Silverstone leading the championship. At the moment, it's early days in the championship, so I think the best frame of mind we can have is to attack, especially in qualifying. Qualifying is going to set up our weekend. Evans' car from Valencia has been rebuilt by GP3 team Arden, which says its driver is getting better by the race. He makes very few mistakes. His composure is very high. His maturity for someone at such a young age is unbelievable. Arden's GP2 cars are across the workshop. But Team Evans hasn't decided the next step ` yet. You don't want to move too quickly. And picking the right time to move ` getting the right offer at the right time. So first of all you've got to win championships, and that's what this year's all about. British Grand Prix winners greet fans at Silverstone, among them Mitch Evans' mentor Mark Webber. So he can feed a lot of information to me. In Arden's lobby is Webber's car from that year, plus a heap of silverware. Who would count against Evans adding to the collection? Stephen Stuart, ONE News. STATE OF ORIGIN TONIGHT GO THE BLUES! After the break, Karen's here with a bit of frost and heavy rain on the way. Next ` the court is adjourned, but the story is far from over. The prosecution service fronts up about the verdict in the Scott Guy murder trial. Plus, all aboard the superyacht gravy train. They can pay for it, but can we build it? And does moving forward mean going back? Will Christchurch ever again have a CBD? Close Up's here next, TV ONE. Another frosty and foggy start to the day over the lower South Island. Some heavy rain for eastern parts of the North Island as the frontal rain band moves south. There may be a few more heavy falls around the southern Gisborne area for the next hour or so, and a watch remains in place for heavy rain in these areas overnight and tomorrow. Saturday ` active frontal cloud, shower and thunderstorm cloud stretching from the mid Tasman across the North Island and upper South Island and away to the east. Quite a tangle of fronts and lows now ` one low mid-Tasman, another one near East Cape. In contrast, lower South Island in the clear under the narrow ridge. Stays fairly messy over the North Island, the low near Gisborne moving away, but the front remaining. The other low making a beeline for North Cape. East to northeast flow continues over the country, weak trough flicks past the far south. Cloudy skies in the east of the South Island, with some drizzle down as far as north Otago. Rain for eastern Marlborough easing during the afternoon. Scattered falls around nelson will clear. Mainly fine everywhere else. Severe frosts again for sheltered places, also areas of fog and low cloud winds will be mostly light. Rain for Northland, with some heavy thundery falls in the far north. Scattered falls spreading down into northern Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula in the afternoon. Rain from Wellington to Gisborne. Scattered falls in the southwest. Dry everywhere else, but with lots of low cloud and fog about. East to southeast winds for most. For weather, see onenews.co.nz For weather, see onenews.co.nz Rain or showers in the east and south of the North Island on saturday. And it's mainly fine on Sunday ` just some rain or showers in the east and south of the North Island. So a mostly fine weekend to look forward to ` that's good news. Have a good night. And that's ONE News this Wednesday. Now here's Close Up.