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The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.

  • 1Late TVNZ News.

Primary Title
  • One News Tonight
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 10 July 2012
Start Time
  • 22 : 30
Finish Time
  • 23 : 00
Duration
  • 30:00
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The nation's leading team of journalists brings viewers the latest news and sport, plus the most comprehensive weather report.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • Yes
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Out of order ` the Maori Party's furious as the debate over water heats up, but John Key sticks to his guns. Fresh hope for the Christchurch Cathedral ` a new report says it can be saved, and the government's listening. And how saving the Maui's dolphin is killing jobs in the Taranaki fishery. And will the fine weather hang on with a large rainmaker filling its water tanks off the Australian coast? More on that soon. Fallout continued over the Prime Minister's remarks on the Waitangi Tribunal today, with strongly worded criticism from those bidding to stall asset sales and from National's own coalition partner, the Maori Party. But John Key has restated his contention that nobody owns the country's water, but says the government will continue to act in good faith in regard to tribunal findings. Daniel Faitaua has more. Disappointed and infuriated ` He's abused his privilege as far as I'm concerned. the co-leader of the Maori Party resented the Prime Minster's remark made yesterday that the Government doesn't have to consider the Waitangi Tribunal findings in favour of Maori owning water. And he has the responsibility of finding some good faith, so I think he's quite out of order. But John Key is standing firm. We reject the notion that they own water, um, it's the Government's view that nobody owns water. Uh, there's a big difference between rights and interests. And while relations between National and its support party are straining, those comments have caused tempers to flare on the second day of the Waitangi Tribunal hearing. The urgent meeting attended by iwi was called after the Maori Council lodged a claim testing the rights of Maori over water. Nobody owns water, just in the same way that nobody owns air and no one owns the sea. The hearing is looking at whether the partial sale of state assets should be delayed while there are still questions over Maori water rights. Well, under Pakeha law the Crown claims that air can be owned, and they actually sell off what they call 'airspace' above buildings. Um, so that argument actually doesn't hold water in Pakeha law because Pakeha law assumes you can own anything. Pita Sharples says the Prime Minister's comment is a slap in the face for Maori, and an insult for iwi leaders leading the debate. However, he's refusing to say whether it's a coalition deal-breaker for both parties. All matters he'll factor in when next he meets with the Prime Minister. Daniel Faitaua, ONE News. The government and owners of Christchurch Cathedral have agreed to look at a report released today containing fresh hope for the badly damaged landmark. It suggests that not only can the church be saved, but that it might be safer than the so called deconstruction. Mike Thorpe has the details. It's not the first time a proposal to save the cathedral has been tabled, but it may be the most compelling. Can the cathedral be as it sits at the present time, be made safe for entry and reconstruction? The answer is yes, unqualified. The independent engineers were asked to investigate the possibility of restoring the cathedral. Their plan involves building a protective tunnel that would be pushed further into the cathedral stage-by-stage, allowing workers a 'safe haven' to carry out repairs ` a scheme they believe is safer than the current method of deconstruction. I would be happier myself to stay inside a tank, a building tank which is entering into the building, than to be close by to a tall wall. Restore Christchurch Cathedral spokesman Mark Belton is no stranger to the argument. He sat face to face with Anglican bishop Victoria Matthews back in April. He says the battle now is actually not with the church. They've been under a lot of pressure with the CERA process, section 38, to have a plan to make that building safe in a very short period of time. No one from CERA was available to comment today. They say this report is yet to reach their desks, but it is in front of the government and the Anglican Church, and Jim Anderton says he's hopeful of a response by next week. If they find it contains all the answers as he says it does, the next question is obvious. If that's the real issue ` the cost ` then that's a fair call and we have to look at it and whether it can be met. And if it can't be it's all over. But if it can be met, we've saved the cathedral. Or perhaps the more relevant question ` how much is too much? Mike Thorpe, ONE News. The hearing to decide whether Kim Dotcom will face extradition to the US. Has been delayed for seven months. It was due to be held next month, but it's been pushed back to March so other legal matters can be dealt with. Donna-Marie Lever reports. Kim Dotcom continues to splash his life across social media ` from a party at the mansion for his wife's birthday yesterday to today accusing the US government of dirty tactics after news there will be a seven-month delay in his extradition hearing. It doesn't surprise me at all, given the innate complexity of the matter, plus the electronic confusion. The founder of Megaupload.com is wanted by the US to face copyright-infringement and money-laundering charges. But the three-week hearing to determine whether he'll go won't happen next month; instead, March next year at the earliest. Kim Dotcom's legal team say they are disappointed with the delay, and Dotcom himself was anxious to have the matter finally dealt with next month. But they say he accepts a date change was inevitable. The reason: there are too many other matters in this case before the court; decisions still pending that may face appeals and further legal argument. Law experts expect the public will be struggling to keep up. It's difficult for the defence, it's difficult for the police and the Crown, and good luck to the people. I've struggled to understand the charges. And he says the law is well behind the technology involved. Now, where does Cloud computing fit? Where does Megaupload fit into the 'weapons used to commit a crime'? Well, it doesn't fit this... well, it's actually 19th-century legislation. That's what it comes down to. Dotcom's bail continues until next year, but for now the millionaire is still being kept in the dark about just what evidence US authorities have against him. Donna-Marie Lever, ONE News. Wellington police say they've identified the woman (38) found dead near a running track on Mt Victoria yesterday. She's not being named until her extended family has been notified. The body was found by joggers yesterday morning above Wellington East Girls' College. Police say they will not know the cause of death until a post mortem, which began today, is complete. Critics of the convention centre for pokies deal are questioning one rationale for the deal. John Key has said the deal's boost to SkyCity machine numbers will be offset by declining numbers in bars and clubs. Lisa Owen continues her investigation by crunching the numbers. Some argue Skycity already has a full house, with 1647 pokie machines. But if it plays its cards right, it could get nearly 500 more in the 'pokies for free convention centre' deal. Is there not something morally repugnant about funding a convention centre at huge social cost to our community? In fact, figures show club machines take an average of $48,000 a year, while a Skycity pokie machine takes an estimated $140,000. But the Prime Minister has gone on record saying fewer pokie machines will be in the community. This year alone, we're gonna take 483 pokie machines out of service, if you like, across NZ. Skycity will get less than that. We wanted to ask the Prime Minister exactly how he came up with the figure of 483 pokie machines. Remember, he is the one that offered the casino extra pokies in exchange for a convention centre. But John Key didn't want to talk to us, so we decided to crunch the numbers further. In 2011, nationwide, 483 community-based pokie machines disappeared. But 204 of them ` that's more than 40% ` were destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake. Now we'll have hungrier machines replacing old community pokie machines. That was Lisa Owen reporting. ONE News approached SkyCity and the Prime Minister for interviews, but both declined. Taranaki's small fishing industry is feeling the pinch after the government brought in a ban on set nets to help save the endangered Maui's dolphin. Fishers say no one's confirmed a Maui's dolphin in Taranaki in 25 years, but the ban's in place and jobs are gone. Close Up's Hadyn Jones with more. FLEETWOOD MAC'S 'ALBATROSS' In coastal Taranaki, fisherman of all persuasions have long flocked to the sea for food. These days it's mostly amateurs,... except for Ian McDougal (63), who's one of just five commercial fisherman left in New Plymouth. Ian's job is about to get much tougher, with the government recently banning set nets within 2 miles of the Taranaki coast. Between 2 and 7 miles, you must have a government observer on board. By losing the 2 mile is going to lose, I'd say, around about $100,000 of my income. These are interim bans while the government learns more about the Maui's dolphin, but Ian has taken these measures hard, because deep down he knows he may have inadvertently caused them. Five months ago his nets caught a dolphin. Either a Hector's or a Maui's ` no one knows, because Ian reported it to DOC and disposed of the dolphin as he's supposed to do, but he knew having a protected species in his net would be trouble. ALL CHANT: Set nets out now! Several months later the environmentalists were marching on Parliament, the ban was put in place, and Ian was feeling guilty and angry. Keith Mawson owns Egmont Seafoods. He's paid $2m he says for a fish quota he's being restricted access to. If this was on land, it would be similar to the government coming and taking a portion of a farmer's farm and not looking at compensating. Keith says essentially banning five Taranaki fishing boats won't save the Maui. Back at the wharf, Ian's boat is back. A pretty poor day, actually. One of those days in the office you didn't want to be there. Ian says part of fishing is sometimes just surviving against the elements. Do you feel a little bit like the Maui dolphin? Almost extinct? Yes. Yeah. And the World Wildlife Fund is adamant that fishing by even the small Taranaki fleet is incompatible with the dolphins' survival. Just ahead ` Tension rises again in Egypt as the country's new leader tries to wrestle control from the military. Show and tell ` it's parents' day at William's workplace as he shows his dad around. And, they thrashed out a deal overnight ` the details of Tomkat's very public divorce. UPBEAT MUSIC There are so many things to see. At OPSM, our range of precision technology sees what you can't ` the inside of the eye ` helping us better detect eye disease and other potential health issues. At OPSM, we look deeper. Talk to us about an eye-health check-up today. 1 A former Israeli prime minister has been cleared of two major corruption charges, but convicted of a third, lesser charge. Ehud Olmert was found guilty of illegally granting favours to a business friend during his time as a minister, but cleared of the main corruption charges of bribery and falsely billing for foreign fundraising trips. He faces possible jail time when he is sentenced. Ehud Olmert also still faces a trial for his involvement in a corruption scandal over a property development. Egypt's parliament has briefly convened, against the orders of the country's military council. The council has been insisting a supreme court order dissolving the parliament be upheld. That's despite new president Mohammed Morsi ordering the assembly to reopen. Tonight's short meeting approved a proposal to seek legal advice on the situation. And 17 days out from the Olympics the British Government has a fight on its hands over strict security measures. It may have to abandon plans to station surface-to-air missiles in built-up areas if Londoners can win a court challenge underway this week. London's had to promise a safe and secure Olympics for all comers. Armed exercises on the Thames and more British troops guarding the Games than fighting in Afghanistan are meant to show they mean business. But are missiles on the rooftops taking that too far? Well, yes, say the people who'd be living beneath them. They're frightened out of their wits that something will go wrong. The government did speak to the landlord about using the rooftop, but when we tried to speak to the people that live at Fred Wigg Tower this man says that same landlord has put him on guard to stop us entering the building uninvited, to preserve the residents' piece of mind. From the few we do meet, the missiles seem a much greater concern. There's a potential for people who are evil-minded, who may sabotage. The site is one of six, all on major flight paths to the Olympic Park but this is the only one where people will be living directly underneath the weaponry. The Government says to make the games safer it needs to station missiles on this apartment block, but the people living here say it's the lives of children like these that are made less safe by that decision. The official threat index here cites a substantial risk of attack any day. London police have arrested seven people in the past week, claiming they were planning such attacks. The High Court has heard the decision to deploy surface-to-air missiles near homes was signed off by Britain's prime minister and three senior cabinet colleagues. The judge will rule this week whether an Englishman's home is his castle, or whether the defence of the realm and the security of the Olympics trumps those rights. Garth Bray, ONE News, London. Tomorrow we'll look at the part the unprecedented wet British summer will play in the London games. The Duke of Cambridge played host to his father at an RAF base on Anglesey today. Flight Lieutenant Wales, as he's known in the military, showed the Prince of Wales one of the Sea King helicopters he captains during search and rescue missions. So how long does it take you to get out to the Lake District? Even the Duke of Cambridge has to patiently explain to his father what he does at work. Though most of us don't have media following our every move. CAMERAS CLICK Do you have to put these on each time? Yeah, with this one as well. The airbase on the island of Anglesey off the west coast of Wales is about as far as you can get from palace life. After two and a half years here, Flight Lieutenant Wales has graduated to captain. William is an RAF officer, a qualified search-and-rescue captain doing a professional job, just the same as the rest of us. The Duke was on standby during his dad's visit. RAF Valley carried out almost 250 rescues in 2011, and the man who will one day be king is already showing his calming presence. There is a familiar voice that comes over the radio, and we can hear him when, uh, he's hovering above us, and we're about to lift a stretcher or be winching people. And we can hear a very distinctive voice. Like all royal tours, it was brief. The Duke left to get on with his day job; his father off to the next engagement. Three people were gored on the fourth day of this year's annual Running of the Bulls festival in Spain. Thousands of excited runners tore through the streets of Pamplona chased by a pack of six bulls. Two British and one American tourist were injured after one of the bulls, weighing in at 550kg, charged the participants as they huddled by a barrier. CROWD YELLS Each year more than 200 people are hurt in the Spanish festival, mostly from falling. The last fatality was three years ago. Katie Holmes is to get primary custody of her and Tom Cruise's daughter Suri in a divorce settlement reached overnight. It's believed Suri (6) isn't permitted to be exposed to anything Scientology related and that Suri's bodyguards and nanny are always with her in Tom Cruise's company. Lawyers unusually negotiated the deal over the weekend, and it appears to be their daughter Suri, rather than money, that was the key issue in the deal. Just ahead ` London calling. The young air traffic controller hoping to land gold at the Olympics. And it's going to be a chilly start for some tomorrow. Details after the break. Now to the most viewed stories on our website today. Police have identified the body of a woman found near a walking track in central Wellington yesterday. The Maori Party has slammed prime minister John Key's comment that the government could ignore a Waitangi Tribunal ruling. Celebrations are underway as Tonga prepares for an arranged royal wedding between two second cousins. One of Canterbury's emerging sporting talents is Olympic sprint cyclist Natasha Hansen. She's underlined her potential by finishing second in the kierin event at a Grand Prix event in Germany. Olympics reporter Paul Hobbs caught up with the fast-rising 22-year-old. You meet Natasha Hansen, and you're in no doubt this is one grounded woman. Ooh! CLATTER! We just didn't expect such a graphic demonstration. Blame slippery new cycling gloves. But this sprint ace is not the least bit precious. You got that on camera, didn't you? TEAMMATES LAUGH That's awesome. (CHUCKLES) Hansen knows all about bouncing back fast. I guess I've got a need for speed, as such. The improvement's been awesome. Speed-wise, she is one of the top 10 in the world. A disillusioned Hansen raced in Europe as a teenager because there was no women's sprint programme in NZ. She returned home two years ago, but nothing had changed. I still felt myself beating my head against a brick wall and... and felt like I wasn't really going anywhere. So the high-flier walked away and got herself a career... Sierra Whisky Golf, backtrack to the apron. Cross the grass runway. ...bringing in planes. MAN (RT): To the apron and across the grass runway. Sierra Whisky Golf. She became an air-traffic controller. When I first started training to be a controller, my... my goal was actually to go offshore and push some tin, as such, around there. Instead, she got a job at Invercargill Airport, with the aim of giving cycling another crack. She trained at the country's only indoor velodrome. I just, obviously, needed to do something that would help me find myself again and get the confidence, determination, motivation and mongrel. When you're coming into that straight, strong arms, head up, follow the bike and just chase it the whole way down the back straight. Yep. A women's sprint programme got the green light. Hansen's dramatic improvement was rewarded with Olympic selection in the sprint and keirin. She knows where she wants to go ` the top of the podium. She's driven. She's... She's one of the most self-motivated athletes that I know. With now London now calling, landing the big one on the track is her goal. Paul Hobbs, ONE News. Weather time now with Renee. Hi, everyone. The high drifts slowly eastwards, with the centre lying over central NZ by tomorrow night. Weakening frontal activity affecting southern NZ drifts away to the south-east overnight. The dominant high holds its ground, pushing any incoming frontal activity to the south. Morning cloud, otherwise fine for the lower South Island. Westerly winds dying out about Invercargill, and 13 is your high. Rain easing about Milford Sound with a top of 9. Afternoon fine breaks for Hokitika and Greymouth. Nelson's fine, with light winds and 14. The eastern centres soak up the sun. Light winds for most. Nor-easterlies developing about Christchurch after a cold start of minus-2. Fine spells for the capital, but expect afternoon cloud with the southerly change. A cloudy morning for the rest, but the sun will peek through from time to time. A sunny Wednesday for the east of the North Island. A cold start for Hastings, with light winds and a top of 12. A frosty morning for Taupo and Rotorua, but a mainly fine day is heading your way. Cloud creeping in for most of the centre north after lunch. Cloud developing from Hamilton to Auckland. Glorious sunshine with sou-east breezes from Whangarei to Kaitaia, with a high of 14. It's shaping up to be a great weekend to get all your indoor chores done, Dunedin. Grey and dull through Sunday. Light falls are expected on Monday. Cloud increasing on Thursday, becoming overcast from Friday, Christchurch. Make sure the kids take the raincoat to school on Monday. Enjoy the dry weather while you can on Thursday, Wellington. Drizzle Friday and Saturday, turning to rain on Sunday. Sunshine kicks off the weekend for Hawke's Bay, but Sunday brings overcast skies, with the rain clouds rolling in Monday. A partly cloudy start to the five-day forecast for you, Tauranga. Rain with a high of 16 Sunday and Monday. Minus-1 Thursday morning, Hamilton, but 12 is the day's expected high. Light showers on Sunday, turning to rain on Monday. Partly cloudy Thursday through Saturday, Auckland. Light showers on Sunday, with a high of 16. And that's your weather. See you tomorrow. That's it from us here on Tonight. Breakfast is back with news updates from 6 in the morning. Of course you can stay up to date by logging on to our website at onenews.co.nz Thanks for watching. Po marie. Goodnight. Captions by Sam Bradford and Hannah Reynolds. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air.