DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. LEGAL ARGUMENT OVER WATER RIGHTS GOES TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL. WILL IT DELAY THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PLAN? SPORTING STAR SONNY BILL WILLIAMS REVEALS HIS PLANS FOR HIS PLAYING FUTURE. AND A RECORD 17TH GRAND SLAM TITLE FOR ROGER FEDERER AS HE DOWNS A VALIANT ANDY MURRAY. MAORI ARE THE LATEST GROUP TO WADE INTO THE BATTLE TO PREVENT THE GOVERNMENT SELLING OFF A STAKE IN THE COUNTRY'S FOUR STATE-OWNED POWER COMPANIES. IWI REPRESENTATIVES ARE LAUNCHING A LEGAL CHALLENGE AT THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL IN WELLINGTON OVER THE OWNERSHIP OF WATER RIGHTS AND GEOTHERMAL ASSETS. JAMES RANSLEY REPORTS. THE GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE WON THE BATTLE OVER ASSET SALES, BUT IT APPEARS THE WAR ISN'T OVER YET. BEFORE THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE SALE GOES AHEAD, THE QUESTION OVER WHO OWNS THE WATER OUGHT TO BE ANSWERED. IT'S A QUESTION THE MAORI COUNCIL, REPRESENTING VARIOUS HAPU THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, HAS TAKEN TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL. LAST MONTH THE GOVERNMENT PASSED ITS CONTROVERSIAL BILL ALLOWING THE PARTIAL SALE OF FOUR PUBLICLY OWNED POWER COMPANIES. THE FIRST UP IS MIGHTY RIVER POWER, WITH SHARES EXPECTED TO GO ON SALE IN SEPTEMBER. THE MAORI COUNCIL HOPES TO POSTPONE THOSE PLANS UNTIL THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. WE DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY OWNS WATER. WHAT WE DO ACCEPT IS THAT PEOPLE OWN WATER RIGHTS, AND WE DON'T THINK THE SALE OF 49% OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER IN ANY WAY IMPINGES ON THOSE WATER RIGHTS. THE URGENT HEARING WILL ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER TREATY CLAIMANTS ARE BEING DENIED A FUTURE STAKE IN THE POWER COMPANIES. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS ANY DECISION ISN'T BINDING ON THE GOVERNMENT. WE COULD CHOOSE TO IGNORE WHATEVER FINDINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE. I'M NOT SAYING WE WOULD, BUT WE COULD. THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS IF IT DOES REJECT THE TRIBUNAL'S FINDINGS, MAORI COULD TAKE ITS CASE TO THE HIGH COURT. AS FAR AS MY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE A SAYING... (SPEAKS MAORI) 'WE ARE THE WATER, THE WATER IS US.' IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHEN THE TRIBUNAL WILL GIVE ITS THE DECISION. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW BRACING FOR THE LEGAL CHALLENGE AHEAD. JAMES RANSLEY, ONE NEWS. THE AUTHORS OF A DAMNING REPORT SUGGESTING THE CANTERBURY TELEVISION BUILDING DID NOT MEET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS ARE GIVING EVIDENCE AT A THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKES ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY TODAY. DR CLARK HYLAND AND ASHLEY SMITH, WHO PREPARED THE REPORT FOR THE BUILDING AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT, ARE BEING QUESTIONED ON ELEMENTS OF THEIR FINDINGS. ONE NEWS REPORTER ANA OLYKAN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE HEARINGS. DR CLARK HYLAND AND ASHLEY SMITH USED DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES TO COMPLETE THEIR REPORTS, BUT BOTH DREW SIMILAR CONCLUSIONS. THEIR REPORT, RELEASED IN FEBRUARY, IS KEY EVIDENCE FOR THE COMMISSION. THE REPORT IDENTIFIED THREE 'CRITICAL' FACTORS IN THE COLLAPSE: THE INTENSE HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING; BRITTLE COLUMNS; AND THE ASYMMETRICAL LAYOUT OF STRUCTURAL WALLS, CAUSING THE BUILDING TO TWIST IN THE QUAKE AND PUT EXTRA STRAIN ON THE COLUMNS. ALSO, CONCRETE IN THE COLUMNS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKER THAN EXPECTED. DR HYLAND WAS QUESTIONED BY CITY COUNCIL LAWYERS ON ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT THIS MORNING. WHEN QUESTIONED ON WHETHER THE MARGINS IN THE REPORT RELATING TO THE STRENGTH OF COLUMNS IN THE BUILDING WERE SMALL, HE HAD THIS TO SAY. < THE MARGIN BY WHICH THE COLUMNS DON'T COMPLY IS FAIRLY SMALL? NO, NOT REALLY. THIS IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF WHAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO. I'VE STRIPPED OUT HERE THE POTENTIAL SAFETY MARGINS. I UNDERSTAND ENGINEERS THAT DESIGNED THE CTV BUILDING BELIEVE THE FINDINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ARE INADEQUATE. HOWEVER, THE FINDINGS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO POLICE IN THEIR CONSIDERATIONS OF WHETHER ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO THIS BUILDING WHERE 115 PEOPLE DIED CAN BE PURSUED. THANKS, ANA, LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS CONFIRMED HIS MOVE AWAY FROM NZ RUGBY. THE CHIEFS AND ALL BLACKS SECOND FIVE HAS JUST CONFIRMED REPORTS HE'LL BE MAKING THE MOVE TO JAPAN AFTER HE FINISHES UP THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN HAMILTON WITH HIS CHIEFS AND ALL BLACK COACHES. THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS LINED UP A DEAL TO PLAY FOR THE PANASONIC RUGBY CLUB TEAM IN JAPAN. WILLIAMS HAS ALSO CONFIRMED HE WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON NEXT YEAR, SAYING HE MADE A HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT WITH AN NRL CLUB PRIOR TO HIS MOVE TO RUGBY. IT HAD BEEN WIDELY SPECULATED HE'LL TAKE UP A ONE-SEASON CONTRACT WITH THE SYDNEY CITY ROOSTERS WHEN HE RETURNS FROM JAPAN. ALL BLACKS MANAGEMENT HAS CONFRIMED THE MOVE MEANS HE'S UNLIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE TEAM FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP LATER THIS YEAR. INCLUDING BOXING BOUTS, HE'LL REPORTEDLY EARN $2M FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE NEWS AT 4.30 AND THE NEWS HOUR AT 6 PLUS ON OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ. FORMER RUGBY LEAGUE STAR TAWERA NIKAU HAS BEEN FINED $250 FOR ASSAULTING HIS ESTRANGED DAUGHTER IN FEBRUARY. THE 45-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND GUILTY OF GRABBING HIS DAUGHTER, HEAVEN-LEIGH NIKAU, TIGHTLY BY THE THROAT AND DRAGGING HER TO THE FOOTPATH IN A STREET ALTERCATION. THE PAIR HAD EARLIER HAD A HEATED PUBLIC DISPUTE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS INVESTIGATING WHAT SPARKED A PROTEST BY INMATES AT NGAWHA PRISON IN NORTHLAND. A SPECIALIST CONTAINMENT UNIT WAS SENT TO THE REGIONAL PRISON NEAR KAIKOHE WHEN A GROUP OF AROUND 20 INMATES STARTED TO ACT UP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY DID SET FIRE TO SOME RUBBISH AND WERE THROWING THAT OUT INTO THE COMPOUND, BUT THE STAFF WERE THERE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PUT THE FIRES OUT VERY QUICKLY, AND WE HAD A FIRE TENDER ON SITE. CORRECTIONS SAYS THE TROUBLE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. THE PRISONERS INVOLVED WILL BE SEPARATED OR MOVED TO OTHER PRISONS. THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION SAYS SKY CITY CASINO IS FAILING TO PROTECT GAMBLERS AFTER IT TRIED TO COAX A WOMAN WHO'S LEGALLY BARRED FROM THE CASINO BACK INTO GAMBLING. SHE'S BEEN RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES FROM SKY CITY ENCOURAGING HER TO VISIT. SKY CITY HAS APOLOGISED, BLAMING THE TEXT MESSAGES ON A COMPUTER GLITCH. BUT ANDREE FROUDE SAYS IT'S UP TO THE CASINO TO ENSURE THOSE WHO ARE BARRED ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR DATABASE. WHEN A GAMBLER BANS THEMSELVES OR IS BARRED FROM THE CASINO, THAT'S DONE FOR A REASON, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR THE TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND GET BACK ON TRACK. SO WHEN THEY'RE GETTING ENTICEMENTS, LIKE A TEXT OR SOMETHING IN THE MAIL ENTICING THEM TO GO BACK AND GAMBLE, THAT CAN BE A REAL SETBACK FOR THEM. ANDREE FROUDE FROM THE PROBLEM GAMBLING FOUNDATION. A MAN'S IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN AUCKLAND HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HIT BY A PASSENGER TRAIN THIS MORNING. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AT THE BARRIER-CONTROLLED INTERSECTION IN MOUNT EDEN JUST BEFORE 9 O'CLOCK. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED SERIOUS DELAYS FOR COMMUTERS, WITH TRAIN SERVICES IN THE INNER CITY CANCELLED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. OVERSEAS, 170 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. FLOODING TURNED STREETS INTO RIVERS AND INUNDATED HOMES WHILE PEOPLE SLEPT. AND THERE'S NOW MOUNTING SPECULATION THE DISASTER COULD HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY HUMAN ERROR. THE ABC'S KIRIT RADIA REPORTS. IT CAME WITHOUT WARNING AS PEOPLE WERE SLEEPING, A TERRIFYING WALL OF WATER OVER 20FT HIGH. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) 'I HAD A SMALL CHILD IN MY ARMS WHEN I GOT OUT,' THIS WOMAN SAYS. 'I COULDN'T SAVE ANYTHING. EVERYTHING IS LOST.' THE LUCKY ONES SCRAMBLED ON TO ROOFS AND INTO TREES. THE UNLUCKY ONES WERE FOUND ONLY WHEN THE WATERS RECEDED HOURS LATER. THE AFTERMATH WAS GRIM: AT LEAST 170 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD. THESE WERE THE WORST FLOODS IN RUSSIA IN MEMORY, BLAMED ON THE 11 INCHES OF RAIN ` A FEW MONTH'S WORTH ` THAT FELL IN JUST A FEW HOURS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SURVEYED THE DAMAGE THIS WEEKEND AND PLEDGED AID. BUT TONIGHT, NEW CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHO IS TO BLAME. SOME LOCALS HAVE ACCUSED THE NEARBY DAM OF RELEASING WATER TO PREVENT FLOODING AT A STRATEGIC OIL PORT. LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE DENIED THIS, AND EVEN SOME ECOLOGISTS SAY THAT WATER FROM A DAM COULDN'T HAVE CAUSED SUCH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION. THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO SYRIA, KOFI ANNAN, HAS ARRIVED IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL, DAMASCUS, FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT BASHAR AL ASSAD. ANNAN'S TRIP HAS COINCIDED WITH LARGE-SCALE SYRIAN MILITARY EXERCISES, WHICH ARE BEING SEEN AS A WARNING TO OTHER COUNTRIES NOT TO INTERVENE IN THE CRISIS. THE EXERCISE BEGAN WITH SYRIAN NAVAL FORCES ACTING OUT A SCENARIO OF BEING ATTACKED FROM THE SEA, BUT ALSO INCLUDED AIR AND GROUND FORCE INVOLVEMENT. KOFI ANNAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO FIND A POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN SYRIA HAVE FAILED. EGYPT'S NEW PRESIDENT HAS ORDERED THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT TO RE-CONVENE A MONTH AFTER IT WAS DISSOLVED BY THE MILITARY FOLLOWING A COURT RULING. MOHAMMED MORSI HAS PUT HIMSELF ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH MILITARY LEADERS BY REINSTATING MPs AND SAYING THE CHAMBER SHOULD RECONVENE. IN AFGHANISTAN, A WOMAN ACCUSED OF ADULTERY HAS BEEN PUBLICLY EXECUTED BY A MAN BELIEVED TO BE TALIBAN. THE EXECUTION WAS GREETED BY CHEERS OF JUBILATION FROM A LARGE GROUP OF WATCHING MEN. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN HAS INCREASED SHARPLY IN THE PAST YEAR. VETERAN HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ERNEST BORGNINE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 95. THE BBC'S DAVID MUIR LOOKS BACK AT SOME OF HIS STARRING ROLES. A GENERATION WILL BEST REMEMBER ERNEST BORGNINE IN BLACK AND WHITE AS THE SCHEMING SKIPPER OF THE 1960S TV SERIES MCHALE'S NAVY. THIS IS, UH, BUH, UH, CHIEF, UH, LELOLANI` NANI` MANI. WITH HIS GAP-TOOTHED SMILE, BUSHY BROWS AND SUBSTANTIAL STOMACH, BORGNINE WAS AN UNLIKELY STAR. HE FIRST MADE HIS MARK PLAYING THE SADISTIC ARMY SERGEANT IN 'FROM HERE TO ETERNITY'. WHO'S THE BROAD? IT'S MY SISTER. (WHISTLES) HOLLYWOOD QUICKLY CAST HIM AS THE VILLAIN, BUT IT WAS AS MARTY, A GENTLE BUTCHER LOOKING FOR LOVE, THAT BORGNINE BECAME A STAR. I'M JUST A FAT, LITTLE MAN ` A FAT, UGLY MAN. YOU'RE NOT UGLY. I'M UGLY, I'M UGLY, I'M UGLY. MARTY. MA, LEAVE ME ALONE. THE PERFORMANCE WON BORGNINE AN OSCAR. IN A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY, BORGNINE APPEARING IN MORE THAN 100 FILMS, HE PLAYED A WILY GENERAL IN 'THE DIRTY DOZEN', WAS A MEMBER OF A GANG OF OUTLAWS IN 'THE WILD BUNCH',... I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR THE DEAR, DEAD DEPARTED. ...AND HE FOUGHT FOR SURVIVAL IN 'THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE'. THE BOW'S UNDERWATER! HOW DO YOU KNOW? HAVE YOU SEEN IT? WHAT MAKES YOU SO DAMN SURE ABOUT EVERYTHING? THERE WERE TWO MORE TV SERIES ` 'AIRWOLF' AND 'THE SINGLE GUY' ` AND IN HIS 70S, BORGNINE GOT ANIMATED. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BIG ACTORS TO LEND HIS VOICE TO 'THE SIMPSONS'. DON'T WORRY, KIDS. I'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM WITH MY TRUSTY,... UH, UM... BORGNINE ACTED WELL INTO HIS 80S. ASKED ONCE ABOUT HIS LONGEVITY, HE SAID, 'AS LONG AS CHARACTER ACTORS ARE LIVING AND BREATHING, 'THEY CAN WORK,' AND WORKING IS WHAT HE LOVED ABOVE ALL ELSE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT, FEDERER CLAIMS HIS 7TH AT WIMBLEDON. AND WEBBER PULLS A SMART MOVE EN ROUTE TO VICTORY AT SILVERSTONE. Bed-wetting can be embarrassing for kids. Thankfully, drynites.co.nz can help you manage the bed-wetting stage by providing expert advice. Plus, you can even try a DryNites sample for free. 1 WITH ME NOW IS JAMES PORTEOUS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. TRADE ME HAS RELEASED SOME NZ JOBS DATA, AND THEY CALL OURS A TWO-SPEED ECONOMY TOO. INDEED. THEY'VE SAID YEAR ON YEAR THAT JOB DATA IS UP 8.2%. CANTERBURY'S GOT A SHOT IN THE ARM, REQUIREMENT FOR JOBS UP 48%. OUTLYING AREAS LOOKING GOOD. NOT SO GOOD FOR AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. BUT US JOB FIGURES HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON MARKETS EVERYWHERE. JOBS ARE UP 80,000 BUT THEY EXPECT NATURAL ATTRITION ON THE OTHER SIDE. IT KNOCKED THE DOW BACK. IT'S KNOCKED OUR CURRENCY BACK ALSO. AS THE DOW GOES DOWN, OUR CURRENCLY SEEMS TO WEAKEN. SOME COMPANY NEWS HERE. GOODMAN PROPERTY HAVE SOLD A BIG BUILDING. THEY'VE GOT A SUBSTANTIAL LAND BANK IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THEY'VE RECENTLY COMMITTED TO A NEW PROJECT. TO SPORT. ROGER FEDERER'S BEATEN ANDY MURRAY IN FOUR SETS IN THEIR WIMBLEDON TENNIS FINAL THIS MORNING TO WIN A RECORD-EQUALLING SEVENTH WIMBLEDON TITLE. IT'S FEDERER'S 17TH GRAND SLAM CROWN, AND THE VICTORY SEES HIM RECLAIM THE NUMBER ONE WORLD RANKING. HEARTBREAK, THOUGH, FOR MURRAY, WHO'S BEEN BATTLING TO BECOME THE FIRST BRIT TO WIN A MEN'S SINGLES CROWN IN 76 YEARS. AT THE START, IT SEEMED BEGUILINGLY EASY. ROGER FEDERER, NORMALLY IMMACULATE, WAS SUDDENLY SLOPPY. 30-40. THEN AN EXCHANGE OF BREAKS, AND IT WAS THE SWISS MONARCH WHO BEGAN TO SEND MURRAY SCUTTLING AROUND HIS COURT. CROWD EXCLAIMS BUT AS THE SET WOUND TOWARDS AN HOUR'S DURATION, THE FEARSOME FEDERER FOREHAND MISFIRED. CROWD CHEERS MURRAY WAS SERVING FOR THE SET. IN THE SECOND SET, MURRAY HAD FOUR BREAK POINTS. HE TOOK NONE OF THEM. AT SET POINT, FEDERER, THE MAN WHO'S WON MORE GRAND SLAMS THAN ANY OTHER, WASN'T SO WASTEFUL. AND NOW THE BODY LANGUAGE CHANGED. PERHAPS IT WASN'T A BAD MOMENT FOR THE CLIMATE TO AS WELL. BETTER FOR THE BRITISH NUMBER ONE TO BE SWEPT OFF THE COURT NOT BY HIS OPPONENT; ONLY BY THE GROUNDS STAFF. CLOSING THE ROOF, THOUGH, HAD CHANGED THE ATMOSPHERE. FEDERER BECAME MORE AGGRESSIVE. MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD SET, HE BEGAN PLAYING WITH HIS FOOT ON MURRAY'S NECK. CROWD CHEERS TIME AND AGAIN, IN A SERVICE GAME WHICH LASTED 18 BRUISING MINUTES, MURRAY APPEARED TO BE SLIPPING. CROWD EXCLAIMS AND FEDERER WOULDN'T LET UP ` A MAN WHO CAN CONJURE BEAUTY OUT OF CRUELTY. OH, NO, THAT'S JUST GORGEOUS. ON THE MANICURED LAWN OF CENTRE COURT, THERE OPENED A CHASM OF CLASS. CROWD CHEERS BREAK TO FEDERER. ANDY MURRAY'S REMARKABLE JOURNEY WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF ROAD. IN THE FINAL GAME, HE DID STRIKE A SPARK OF RESISTANCE,... CROWD CHEERS ...BUT IT WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. GAME, SET, MATCH ` FEDERER. CROWD CHEERS RARELY HAS A RUNNERS-UP TROPHY BEEN MORE PAINFULLY RECEIVED. FOR ROGER FEDERER ` A SEVENTH WIMBLEDON, A 17TH GRAND SLAM. AND THEN TIME TO LAY TO REST THE MYTH THAT ANDY MURRAY SOMEHOW DOESN'T CARE. GETTING CLOSER. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE ENDING MOST LOCALS CRAVED, BUT A STORYLINE THAT'S ENGAGED US TO THE END. ON THAT, WE CAN HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TENNIS WILL BE SCREENED HERE ON TV ONE, FROM 3 THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER TO THE NEWS STORY ABOUT SONNY BILL WILLIAMS, THE CHIEFS AND ALL BLACKS SECOND FIVE HAS CONFIRMED REPORTS HE'LL BE MAKING THE MOVE TO JAPAN AFTER HE FINISHES UP THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. ONE NEWS REPORTER GLEN LARMER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THAT MEDIA BRIEFING IN HAMILTON. GLEN. ARE THERE ANY PLANS ON SONNY BILL WILLIAMS'S PARTY TO COME BACK TO NZ RUGBY? NOT AT THIS POINT. HE'LL BE OUT OF NZ RUGBY BEFORE THE TRI-NATIONS REPLACEMENT SERIES. AT THIS POINT, IT'S ALL OVER FOR SONNY BILL WILLIAMS. HE'S MAKING NOISES ABOUT PLAYING FOR THE NRL NEXT YEAR. NOTHING'S CONFIRMED AT THE MOMENT. IT GOES BACK TO A HANDSHAKE HE MADE WITH SOMEONE IN THE NRL. HE WANTS TO HONOUR THAT COMMITMENT. FOR 2014 HE WOULDN'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU AT THE MOMENT. HIS COACHES FROM THE CHIEFS AND THE ABS WERE THERE. DID THEY SEEM ANNOYED THAT THEY WERE LOSING HIM? NO. IT GOES BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SOME HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR THAT LONG. WAYNE SMITH, ASSISTANT CHIEFS COACH, WAS THERE. HE KNEW ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME. WHETHER SONNY BILL WILLIAMS'S LOYALTY TO NZ RUGBY COMES UP, TIME WILL TELL. THANKS, GLEN LARMER, LIVE FROM THE SONNY BILL NEWS CONFEFRENCE IN HAMILTON. MORE DETAILS ON NEWS BULLETINS AT 4.30 AND 6, PLUS ON OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ KIWI GOLFER LYDIA KO (15) HAS CLAIMED TOP AMATEUR HONOURS IN THE WOMEN'S US GOLF OPEN IN WISCONSIN, HER FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP. KO FINISHED TIED FOR 39TH OVERALL AFTER A LATE COLLAPSE ON THE FINAL ROUND SAW HER DROP SIX SHOTS IN HER LAST THREE HOLES. SHE ENDED 12-OVER FOR THE TOURNAMENT. THE RESULT IS STILL AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR KO, WHO'S THE FIRST KIWI AMATEUR TO MAKE THE CUT AT THE US OPEN. MEANWHILE, MICHAEL CAMPBELL HAS HIT A FINAL ROUND FOUR-UNDER-PAR 67 AT THE EUROPEAN TOUR'S FRENCH OPEN TO FINISH AT TWO UNDER AND IN A TIE FOR 11TH. IT'S HIS BEST FINISH ON TOUR SINCE HE PLACED THIRD AT THE BRITISH MASTERS BACK IN 2008. IN NETBALL, NZ WING DEFENCE JOLINE HENRY IS WITHDRAWING FROM THIS YEAR'S SILVER FERNS SQUAD TO HAVE A BABY. THE 29-YEAR-OLD IS DUE EARLY NEXT YEAR AND SAYS SHE'S KEEN TO RETURN TO TOP LEVEL NETBALL FOR THE 2013 SEASON. MEANTIME, HER FORMER TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, THE NORTHERN MYSTICS, ARE FLYING BACK INTO AUCKLAND TODAY AFTER THEY LOST TO THE VIXENS IN THE TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP MAJOR SEMI-FINAL IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT. THE MYSTICS LOST 56-50. BUT THEY HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT MAKING THE GRAND FINAL ON SUNDAY WHEN THEY PLAY OFF AGAINST THE WINNER OF TODAY'S MINOR SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC AND THE THUNDERBIRDS. AUSTRALIA'S MARK WEBBER HAS CLAIMED HIS SECOND FORMULA 1 VICTORY OF THE YEAR, SNATCHING A WIN OVER FERRARI'S FERNANDO ALONSO IN THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX. ALONSO LED FROM POLE, BUT WAS OVERTAKEN BY THE RED BULL DRIVER WITH FOUR LAPS LEFT IN THE RACE. HE'S ON THE ATTACK. WEBBER'S GONNA TRY AND GO DOWN THE OUTSIDE. IT'S A BREAK FOR THE LEAD. IT'S MARK WEBBER SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE FERRARI. HE'S DONE IT! MARK WEBBER GETS AHEAD. WEBBER WINNING BY JUST THREE SECONDS, WITH HIS RED BULL TEAM MATE SEBASTIAN VETTEL COMING IN THIRD. THE WIN MAKES WEBBER THE SECOND MAN AFTER ALONSO TO HAVE TWO WINS IN THIS YEAR'S FORMULA 1 SEASON. THE SPANIARD, THOUGH, STILL LEADS THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP AHEAD OF WEBBER BY 13 POINTS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH DETAILS OF YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND DESNEY THOROGOOD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012