ANOTHER LONG AND FRUSTRATING DAY FOR HUNDREDS OF AIR TRAVELLERS AS DENSE FOG CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR A SECOND DAY. A REPORT SAYS THE AIR FRANCE FLIGHT THAT KILLED 228 PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED MOMENTS BEFORE IT CRASHED. AND 'GOODBYE, POSSUMS' ` AUSTRALIA'S NOT-SO-SHY HOUSEWIFE SAYS GOODBYE TO HER FANS. THICK FOG IN AUCKLAND HAS DISRUPTED AIR TRAVEL AGAIN TODAY FOR A SECOND DAY RUNNING. HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED AS AIRLINES STRUGGLE TO SORT OUT THE CHAOS AFTER MORE FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED OR DELAYED. ONE NEWS REPORTER BROOKE DOBSON JOINS US NOW, LIVE FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT WITH THE LATEST. BROOKE. THE FOG HAS LIFTED BUT FRUSTRATION IS HIGH FOR MANY HOPING TO CATCH FLIGHTS FROM AUCKLAND'S DOMESTIC TERMINAL. MORE THAN A DOZEN FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED. MANY CANCELLED. THERE'S A BIG BACKLOG OF PASSENGERS. MANY PASSENGERS HAD TAKEN MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AFTER FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED. USING CARPOOLS, RENTAL CARS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO DUNEDIN, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA BE. WE MISSED OUR CONNECTING FLIGHT, SO WE'RE JUST IN THIS MONSTROUS LINE TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN GET TO, REALLY. WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE AT THE LOCAL DOMESTIC AIRPORT THEY TOLD US THAT ALL FLIGHTS TO NELSON HAD BEEN CANCELLED FOR 24 HOURS, SO WE NOW HAVE TO WAIT AND HOPEFULLY THEY MAY GIVE US A HOTEL FOR THE NIGHT. I'LL JUST CLASS IT AS AN EXTENDED HOLIDAY. (CHUCKLES) WELL, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. IT'S JUST NATURE, ISN'T IT. WE CAME TO THE AIRPORT AT 8'OCLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING, AND WE WERE HERE ALL DAY UNTIL HALF PAST 4 LAST NIGHT, WHEN WE GOT PICKED UP BY A RELATIVE, AND NOW WE'RE BACK HERE TODAY. IT WASN'T JUST AUCKLAND THAT WAS AFFECTE. HAMILTON AND CHRISTCHURCH ALSO HAD DELAYS. WEATHER IS STILL MARGINAL. BROOKE DOBSON, LIVE FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT. THE THICK FOG BLANKETING AUCKLAND OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS IS SAID TO BE THE WORST IN 20 YEARS, BUT THE METSERVICE SAYS THERE IS SOME RELIEF ON THE HORIZON. TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT BEAST, BECAUSE THE ONE THING WE'VE HAD` WE'VE HAD THIS WEATHER SYSTEM, IT'S VERY STRUNG OUT, AND THE AIR IS VERY MOIST. BUT EVENTUALLY WE'VE GOT HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS SITTING OVER IN THE TASMAN SEA, AND IT'S LOOKING AT NZ, SAYING, 'I'M COMING.' AS THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND WE GET INTO MORE OF THIS SOUTHERLY DRIFT, THIS SOUTHERLY BREEZE, INTO A WIND IN SOME PLACES, THAT WILL HELP TO JUST CLEAR OUT A LOT OF THIS MOISTURE. SO IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. I THINK ONCE WE'VE GOT THIS WEATHER SYSTEM AND MOISTURE OUT OF THE WAY, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO THIS STUBBORN OLD WHITE STUFF, THIS PEA SOUP. WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST DETAILS ON THE AIRPORT FOG DISRUPTION AT 4.30 AND THE NEWS HOUR AT 6, PLUS ON OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ NEW ZEALAND IWI ARE AMONG THOSE DISCUSSING CULTURAL RIGHTS TO WHALING AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PANAMA. THE NATIONAL MAORI FISHERIES BODY SAYS IT IS DEGRADING FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS TO HAVE TO ASK TO MAINTAIN WHALING TRADITIONS WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES EXPLOIT THE RESOURCES. GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI SAYS THE DISCUSSIONS ARE VERY WORRYING. WE DO NOT NEED TO ENGAGE IN WHALE HUNTING IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND PROTECTING SPECIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ENDANGERED, BECAUSE THEY ARE THREATENED. WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD, AND IWI WORK VERY HARD TO PROTECT THOSE SPECIES. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHALING AS WELL, SO I'M VERY SURPRISED THAT THEY'VE PUT THIS UP AT THIS STAGE IN THE PROCESS. MEANWHILE INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS ARE WARNING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE IS UNLIKELY TO SWAY SOUTH KOREA FROM RESUMING HUNTING WHALES. NZ HAS JOINED OTHER NATIONS IN CONDEMNING SOUTH KOREA'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT INTENDS TO BEGIN SCIENTIFIC WHALING IN THE NORTH WEST PACIFIC. DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAS ALREADY BEGUN, BUT IT'S BELIEVED ONLY A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL CASE COULD STOP THE WHALING FROM GOING AHEAD. AND RESCUE CREWS HAVE BATTLED FOR HOURS TO FREE A YOUNG WHALE AFTER IT BECAME ENTANGLED IN A SHARK NET OFF AUSTRALIA'S GOLD COAST. THE ALARM WAS RAISED WHEN A TOURIST SPOTTED THE 10M HUMPBACK STRUGGLING A FEW 100M OFFSHORE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND TRYING TO GET UNTANGLED FROM THE NET, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IT CAN'T. RESCUE EFFORTS WERE HAMPERED BY ROUGH SEAS AND THREE LARGE PROTECTIVE MALES. THE WHALE WAS EVENTUALLY FREED TO RESUME ITS ANNUAL MIGRATION. GOLD COAST SHARK NETS NOW HAVE ALARMS FITTED TO ALERT AUTHORITIES IF SOMETHING GETS STUCK IN THEM. THREE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL AFTER THE TOURIST BUS THEY WERE IN CRASHED AFTER HITTING BLACK ICE NEAR MOSSBURN IN SOUTHLAND. A 9-YEAR-OLD WITH ABDOMINAL INJURIES IS IN A STABLE CONDITION IN INTENSIVE CARE AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. TWO PATIENTS SPENT THE NIGHT IN SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL AND ARE ALSO STABLE. POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ACCIDENT. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY SAYS THE MANAWATU GORGE COULD REMAIN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE ROUTE PARTIALLY REOPENED AT THE END OF MAY AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN IN AUGUST DUE TO A MAJOR SLIP. NOW IT'S BEEN CLOSED AGAIN AFTER THE RAIN-SWOLLEN MANAWATU RIVER WASHED AWAY MATERIAL WHICH HAD HELPED MAKE A TEMPORARY ROAD THROUGH THE GORGE. TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS, THREE YEARS AFTER AN AIR FRANCE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE ATLANTIC KILLING ALL 228 PEOPLE ON BOARD, A REPORT HAS LAID THE BLAME ON A COMBINATION OF FAULTY SENSORS AND MISTAKES BY POORLY-TRAINED PILOTS. IT SAYS FALSE DATA READINGS CONFUSED THE INEXPERIENCED FLIGHT CREW. INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED THE THREE PILOTS COULD STILL HAVE SAVED THE JET MOMENTS BEFORE IT PLUNGED INTO THE OCEAN. IT'S NOW PROMPTED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER PILOTS ARE TOO DEPENDENT ON THEIR COMPUTERISED AUTOPILOTS. THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR REPORTS. TODAY'S REPORT FINALLY ANSWERED WHAT HAPPENED TO AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 447: A FATAL COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL FAILURE AND DEVASTATING HUMAN ERROR. THREE AND A HALF HOURS INTO THE FATEFUL FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN TAKES A SCHEDULED BREAK. THE TWO CO-PILOTS ARE SUDDENLY IN CHARGE, THE AIRBUS A330 HEADING INTO A THUNDERSTORM. SUDDENLY, THE PLANE'S PITOT TUBES ` SENSORS THAT READ AIRSPEED ` FAIL. THEY'VE ICED UP. ABC'S ELIZABETH VARGAS WENT TO AN A330 FLIGHT SIMULATOR TO RECREATE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTS? THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTS. BLEEPING THERE'S A WARNING. BEEP! THE AIRCRAFT IS NOW IN MY CONTROL. NOW THE PLANE IS IN THE HANDS OF THE LEAST EXPERIENCED PILOT ON BOARD. HE MISTAKENLY THINKS THE PLANE IS NOSE DOWN, SO HE PULLS IT UP, PRECISELY THE WRONG THING TO DO. THE PLANE STARTS STALLING, ESSENTIALLY STOPPING IN MID-AIR. WARNINGS GO OFF. COMPUTER: STALL. STALL. THE TWO CO-PILOTS CALL FOR THE CAPTAIN SIX TIMES. IT TAKES HIM MORE THAN A MINUTE TO RETURN TO THE COCKPIT. HE FINDS UTTER CONFUSION. THE PLANE IS NOW PLUMMETING AT 120MPH. BUT IT'S FALLING LIKE A LEAF, NOSE UP. THE 216 PASSENGERS MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE NOTICED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PLANE WAS DESCENDING. NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN, RIGHT? YES. COMPUTER: STALL. STALL. IN THE COCKPIT, THE CO-PILOTS ARE NOW TRYING TO FLY THE PLANE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. THREE SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT, WE HEAR... ROBERT, PILOT ROBERT SAY, 'OH MY GOD. WE'RE GOING TO CRASH. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.' THEY'RE NOT REALLY CONTEMPLATING THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD END BADLY. AND ONE EXPERT SAYS ALL THE PILOTS NEEDED TO DO WAS PUSH FORWARD AT MAXIMUM POWER AND THEY'D HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE PLANE FROM STALLING. BRITISH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SIX PEOPLE ON SUSPICION OF PLOTTING TERRORIST ATTACKS. SEVERAL HOMES ACROSS LONDON WERE RAIDED TO THWART A POSSIBLE PLOT INVOLVING ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS WITH POTENTIAL UK TARGETS. ONE OF THE HOMES WAS IN SIGHT OF THE OLYMPIC SITE, BUT POLICE SAY THE ARRESTS AREN'T LINKED TO THE OLYMPICS. HOWEVER, SECURITY EXPERTS SAY IT SHOWS THAT INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE ACTING MUCH EARLIER IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AS THE OLYMPICS GET CLOSER. POLICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND ARE TO OPEN A MURDER INVESTIGATION INTO THE EVENTS OF BLOODY SUNDAY 40 YEARS AGO IN LONDONDERRY. 13 PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD BY BRITISH SOLDIERS DURING A CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION. AN INQUIRY FOUND THAT ALL 13 VICTIMS WERE UNARMED AND THE KILLINGS WERE UNJUSTIFIABLE. THE MURDER INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FOUR YEARS TO GATHER EVIDENCE. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS. JANUARY THE 30TH 1972. A CATHOLIC PRIEST, FATHER EDWARD DALY, TRIES TO GET THE DEAD AND DYING TO SAFETY, VICTIMS OF SOLDIERS OF THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT WHO OPENED FIRE ON PROTESTERS IN DERRY. 13 CATHOLICS DIED, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM TEENAGERS. AND 40 YEARS ON, THE POSSIBILITY FORMER BRITISH SOLDIERS COULD BE TRIED FOR MURDER HAVE MOVED A STEP CLOSER WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A POLICE INVESTIGATION. IT WILL BUILD ON THE SAVILLE INQUIRY, WHICH CALLED THE DEATHS 'UNJUSTIFIABLE'. AMONG LORD SAVILLE'S KEY FINDINGS, THE VICTIMS POSED NO THREAT. MORE THAN THAT, THE REPORT SAYS SOME WERE CLEARLY FLEEING OR GOING TO HELP THOSE INJURED OR DYING. THE SOLDIERS GAVE NO WARNING BEFORE OPENING FIRE, AND SOME OF THE SOLDIERS LIED TO THE INQUIRY OR, LORD SAVILLE FOUND, DID NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY OPENED FIRE. CHEERING, APPLAUSE THOSE FINDINGS TWO YEARS AGO DELIGHTED DERRY'S CATHOLIC COMMUNITY. TONIGHT THE FAMILIES' SPOKESMAN WELCOMED THE MURDER INVESTIGATION, BUT WAS UNHAPPY POLICE SAY IT COULD TAKE UP TO FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS, I THINK'S, TOO LONG BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT ALL THE EVIDENCE IS ALREADY THERE, IT'S ON PAPER. AND LORD SAVILLE HAS ACTUALLY CONDUCTED THIS INQUIRY FOR 12 AND A HALF YEARS. LONG-STANDING POLITICAL ENEMIES OF IRISH NATIONALISM OPPOSE AN INVESTIGATION, AND INSIST TOO MANY VICTIMS OF IRA ATROCITIES HAVE BEEN IGNORED. BUT JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF BLOODY SUNDAY IS ALSO FAR FROM GUARANTEED. WILL PROSECUTORS BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE AGAINST INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS MORE THAN FOUR DECADES ON? THE SUBURBAN AUSTRALIAN HOUSEWIFE-TURNED-MEGASTAR DAME EDNA IS SAYING GOODBYE TO THE STAGE. AND ON THE EVE OF HER FAREWELL TOUR SHE'S STILL DISHING OUT HER CUTTING REMARKS. ADRIAN RASCHELLA REPORTS. HELLO, POSSUMS! AND THE DAME EDNA JUGGERNAUT WAS IN THE HOUSE. I'M STIFLING A GOOD DEAL OF EMOTION AS I TALK TO YOU. AND LOOKING AT YOU, TOO, I'M CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE OVERDRESSED FOR THE OCCASION. LAUGHTER AS SHE APPROACHES HER DIAMANTE JUBILEE, DAME EDNA SAYS IT'S TIME TO WIND DOWN. I CAN'T KEEP ON DOING IT. AND SHE HAD ONE WORD OF ADVICE FOR THE PM. RETIREMENT. LAUGHTER I THINK EDNA IS RATHER JEALOUS OF JULIA GILLARD. SHE THINKS IF SOMEONE LIKE JULIA GILLARD CAN BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA,... WHY ISN'T SHE GOVERNOR GENERAL? HER MANAGER, BARRY HUMPHRIES, WILL MISS THE TOURING. PERHAPS I LIKE STRANGE HOTEL ROOMS. I LIKE WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NOT KNOWING WHERE THE BATHROOM IS. I LIKE A STRIP ACROSS THE TOILET SEAT THAT SAYS, 'THIS HAS BEEN SANITISED FOR YOUR PROTECTION,'... (CHUCKLES) AND WONDERING WHO LICKS THOSE STRIPS OF PAPER. BUT DAME EDNA SAYS SHE'LL ALWAYS HAVE CONTACT WITH HER FANS. I DON'T MIND IF THEY TOUCH ME, SO LONG AS THEY STAY AWAY FROM MY EROGENOUS ZONES. DAME EDNA HOPES HER LEGACY WILL BE LAUGHTER. ARGUABLY, GUARANTEED. AND HUMPHRIES (78) SAYS HE PLANS TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK AND PAINT NOW THAT HE'S RETIRED DAME EDNA. BUT ALTHOUGH SHE WON'T APPEAR IN LIVE SHOWS ANY MORE, SHE MAY STILL POP UP ON TV OCCASIONALLY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY .... WE'LL CHECK IN ON WHAT'S MAKING BUSINESS NEWS SHANE CAMERON STORMS BACK ONTO THE WORLD BOXING STAGE. 1 WITH ME NOW IS MARTIN ALLISON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON MARTIN. CHINA THE EUROZONE AND BRITAIN HAVE ALL LOOSENED THEIR MONETARY POLICY. WHY HAVE THEY DONE THIS? THEY DID IT OVERNIGHT AND WITHIN ONE HOUR OF EACH OTHER. ALLEGEDLY THEY DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER. BUT THE WORLD IS HEADING BACK TOWARDS RECESSION. LOOSENING MONETARY POLICY IS THE TACTIC THEY HAVE LEFT. THINGS ARE LOOKING GRIM. THE CHINESE ARE BRINGING DOWN INTEREST RATES ON THE BACK OF WHAT THEY DID 30 DAYS AGO WAS A SURPRISE. WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES IT HAVE FOR THE NZ ECONOMY? IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGHER FOR NZ FOR THE NEXT 12, 18 MONTHS. WE'RE A COMMODITY NATION. THE WORLD IS SLOWING DOWN. IT'S GONNA BE HARDER TO KEEP AHEAD OF THE WORLD. RECENTLY WE'VE DONE WELL. BUT TOUCH WOOD WE CAN GET THROUGH IT. IN CRICKET, NOT EVEN A TWO-HOUR RAIN BREAK COULD SAVE THE BLACK CAPS AS THEY SLUMPED TO ANOTHER HUMILIATING DEFEAT TO THE WEST INDIAN CRICKETERS. A SUBSTANDARD BATTING PERFORMANCE LEFT THE KIWI TEAM ON THE BACK FOOT, AS THEY LIMPED THROUGH TO 190/9. BJ WATLING WAS THE ONLY BLACKCAP WITH A SCORE OF NOTE, MAKING 60 RUNS OFF 98 BALLS. NICELY CONTROLLED. SO WAS THE WEST INDIAN RESPONSE, AS CHRIS GAYLE AND DWAYNE SMITH BOTH MADE UNBEATEN HALF CENTURIES. THE WINDIES WON THE FIRST 50 OVERS MATCH BY A CRUSHING NINE WICKETS. TEENAGE GOLFING PRODIGY LYDIO KO HASN'T BEEN OVERAWED TAKING ON THE WORLD'S BEST PROFESSIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY. THE 15-YEAR-OLD KOREAN-BORN KIWI WAS EVEN PAR THROUGH THE FRONT NINE AT THE U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN IN WISCONSCIN AND THEN ROLLED IN THIS BIRDIE PUTT. THERE IT IS. UNDER PAR AT THE US OPEN. KO IS ONE-OVER PAR WITH ONE HOLE TO PLAY. IN RUGBY, WHILE THE CHIEFS AND CRUSADERS CLASH IN HAMILTON TONIGHT PROMISES TO BE THE MATCH OF THE ROUND, THE HIGHLANDERS STILL HAVE PLENTY TO PLAY FOR TOO. WHILE THE SOUTHERNERS ARE UNLIKELY TO MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS ON PAPER IT'S A SIMPLE ENOUGH TASK ` EVEN A BIG WIN OVER THE REDS IS UNLIKELY TO PUSH THE HIGHLANDERS INTO THE TOP SIX, BUT IT WOULD GIVE THEM A FRANCHISE-RECORD TENTH WIN IN 2012. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO PLAY THE PERFECT GAME, GET OVER THERE AND ENJOY WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO HAVE THE LAST GAME A WIN THAN A LOSS. IS THERE THE ADDED MOTIVATION OF BEATING THE REDS < AND DOING A BIG FAVOUR FOR YOUR OLD TEAM, THE 'CANES? OH, I SUPPOSE SO, NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, FOR US, WE'VE GOT A FEW GUYS THAT ARE PLAYING THEIR LAST GAME, SO WE REALLY WANT TO PUT IN A GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR THEM. 100-GAMER JIMMY COWAN IS PHILOSOPHICAL AS HE APPROACHED HIS LAST STAND. THERE'S BEEN SOME HIGHS AND LOWS, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU AS A PERSON, AND, UM, YEAH, I'VE GOT NO QUALMS, AND, UM, I MOVE ON WITH FOND MEMORIES. ALSO UNRESOLVED IS THE FUTURE OF THE COACH, WHO'S WAITING TILL SEASON'S END TO DECIDE IF HE'LL REMAIN A HIGHLANDER. THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD SIDE HERE AND GOT GREAT SPIRIT AND CULTURE, SO IF HE'S BACK THEY MIGHT EVEN GIVE ME A JOB, SO, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HORE'S NEXT JOB, THOUGH, IS HELPING BREAK A SEVEN-YEAR WINNING DROUGHT IN BRISBANE. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. FOOTBALL'S LAW MAKING BODY HAS FINALLY GIVEN THE GO AHEAD FOR THE USE OF GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY. THE MOVE COMES AFTER A SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE MISTAKES BY REFEREES, INCLUDING THE RECENT DISALLOWED GOAL BETWEEN UKRAINE AND ENGLAND IN LAST MONTH'S EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS. LAMPARD! BRILLIANT! IT WAS IN! NO! THEY'RE THE GOAL-LINE GAFFES THAT HAVE FINALLY FORCED FOOTBALL TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES. THAT SURELY CROSSED THE LINE! WITH THE WHITE LINE SOMETHING OF A GREY AREA, HIGH-PROFILE INJUSTICES HAVE BLIGHTED MATCHES FOR YEARS. OH, IT LOOKS OVER, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES. BUT THE GAME'S LAWMAKERS DECIDED TODAY THE TIME HAD COME FOR TECHNOLOGY TO HELP MATCH OFFICIALS GET IT RIGHT. AND THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE SPORT TONIGHT TOLD ME FOOTBALL HAD TAKEN A LEAP FORWARD. IT'S DIFFICULT TO SCORE GOALS, SO WHEN WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY NOW TO IDENTIFY THAT THE GOAL IS SCORED, IT'S A HELP FOR THE REFEREE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD. TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD. THE GERMAN/DANISH 'GOAL REF' USES SENSORS INSIDE THE BALL AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE GOAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SHOT HAS CROSSED THE LINE. THE ENGLISH-DEVELOPED 'HAWK-EYE' USES SEVEN CAMERAS POSITIONED AROUND THE STADIUM TO TRACK THE BALL IN FLIGHT. AN ALTERNATIVE HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED ` THE USE OF FIVE OFFICIALS, TRIALLED IN EUROPEAN COMPETITION. BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN USED EFFECTIVELY IN OTHER SPORTS FOR YEARS, AND THE PREMIER LEAGUE COULD FOLLOW SUIT AS SOON AS THE NEW YEAR. THE DECISIONS TAKEN HERE AT FIFA HQ TODAY USHER IN A NEW ERA FOR THE GAME. BUT A COMBINATION OF OPPOSITION AND COST MEANS THAT TECHNOLOGY WON'T BE APPLIED UNIVERSALLY. DISPUTED GOALS HAVE BEEN A PART OF FOOTBALL FOR DECADES. TECHNOLOGY'S BEEN A LINE THAT THE GAME'S BEEN RELUCTANT TO CROSS. BUT WITH THE STAKES GROWING EVER HIGHER, THE MEANS ARE NOW AT LEAST AVAILABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE SPORT'S BIGGEST DECISIONS MORE BLACK-AND-WHITE. IN TENNIS, SERENA WILLIAMS IS NOW ONE MATCH AWAY FROM LANDING HER FIFTH WIMBLEDON TITLE. WILLIAMS KNOCKED VICTORIA AZARENKA OUT OF THE COMPETITION, WINNING THE SEMI FINAL 6-3, 7-6. CROWD MURMURS APPLAUSE SHE IS OFF LIKE A SHOT. WILLIAMS, WHO SERVED A RECORD 24 ACES DURING THAT MATCH, WILL NOW PLAY POLAND'S AGNIESKA RADWANSKA IN THE FINAL ON SUNDAY MORNING. TV ONE WILL SHOW THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL THE OVERNIGHT TENNIS FROM 3 THIS AFTERNOON. KIWI BOXER SHANE CAMERON RE-LAUNCHED HIS CAREER IN SENSATIONAL FASHION LAST NIGHT, KNOCKING OUT AMERICAN MONTE BARRETT IN THEIR HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT IN AUCKLAND. EIGHT SECONDS INTO THE FOURTH ROUND SHANE CAMERON DELIVERED THIS RIGHT HOOK, A KNOCKOUT BLOW THAT PUT HIS AMERICAN OPPONENT MONTE BARRETT DOWN FOR THE COUNT. BEEN UP 17 TIMES, OFF THE CANVAS, YOU KNOW. DID THAT WITH DAVID. HE'S DONE THAT WITH A LOT OF BIG-TIME HEAVYWEIGHTS. BUT I KNEW AS SOON AT HE HIT THE CANVAS THAT HE WASN'T GETTING UP. HE WAS ASLEEP. THE WIN MEANS CAMERON REGAINS THE WBO ASIA PACIFIC AND ORIENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT BELTS HE LOST TO DAVID TUA IN 2009. AND TALK SHOW HOST MARK WATSON WAS TEMPORARILY SILENCED LAST NIGHT AS HIS BOUT AGAINST BLACKCAP JESSE RYDER CAME TO A SWIFT END IN THE FIRST ROUND. WATSON WAS IN TROUBLE IMMEDIATELY AGAINST RYDER, 10KG HEAVIER AND 14 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AFTER ONLY 24 SECONDS, AND THE FIGHT ENDED WITH A TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT SIX SECONDS BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND. I DON'T CARE WHETHER THIS IS A CELEBRITY BOUT OR A CORPORATE BOUT, HE HAS TO CALL IT OFF. WELL DONE, REFEREE. EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, SOCIALITE JAIME RIDGE, WEARING BLACK, WON THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED GIRL FIGHT WITH A UNANIMOUS POINTS DECISION OVER REALITY STAR ROSANNA ARKLE, USING HER REACH TO KEEP HER AT BAY. BUT, YEAH, SHE CAME OUT QUITE STRONG AND QUITE QUICKLY. I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO GO THAT QUICKLY. BUT, I MEAN, I WAS PREPARED. THE GIRLS' FIGHT WAS DELAYED FOR A MINUTE WHEN THE REFEREE SPOTTED ARKLE'S OUTFIT LEFT HER NAVAL PIERCING EXPOSED, FORCING HER TO COVER IT WITH TAPE AS A SAFETY MEASURE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. TO THE WEATHER HERE NOW. THE COMPLEX LOW IS ON THE MOVE TO THE EAST, SO RAIN OVER THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND EASES TO SHOWERS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS STEADILY ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR MIDDAY NEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012