Howdy, everybody. As we thought, it was another edgy, fine, cold day out there today with frosts in Hamilton and Canterbury and fog over Rotorua. Now a large, dark, menacing wall is marshalling the rain clouds over the Western Ocean, so we have an alert just for you. That's just ahead. 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 ` student search. Hundreds of Chinese nationals are being tracked down after coming into NZ on fraudulent study visas. Crazy and deranged behaviour caused by a drug sparking global concerns. We reveal how easy it is to buy here. Crushed and mangled and heading to a museum. How this famous boy-racer car will help children learn about road safety. My next guest ` a very talented singer and songwriter from NZ. From Hamilton to high exposure. The Kiwi songstress flying high in front of a TV audience of millions. Kia ora, good evening. The hunt is on tonight for more than 200 Chinese students who got into the country with fraudulent visas, and the authorities are vowing anyone caught here illegally will be booted out. Officials also confirm the immigration scam run out of China involves the use of fake qualifications and other false information. Joanna Hunkin has the details. More than 20,000 Chinese students come here each year for our education, but some will soon learn a hard lesson ` that Immigration NZ doesn't take kindly to fraud. There's zero tolerance for persons that are involved in fraudulent activity. But the reality is if they are here unlawfully or they don't have a current valid visa, then they could potentially be deported. 279 fraudulent visas were obtained in Beijing and uncovered four weeks ago during a routine audit. Of that total, 231 students are in the country with the visas. Now they're being tracked down. So we have two teams operating in the Auckland area, um, locating students as we speak, and today we've located 10 students who we're currently interviewing. The immigration minister is downplaying the fraud. We have about 25,000 applications a year from China, so in the scheme of things, it's pretty small. She says the investigation shows the system is working. The system is showing that it actually is robust and that these occurrences are rare, thankfully. But having said that, um, we have to investigate it. We're investigating it and want to make sure that we can do whatever we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. The fraud's been traced back to two agents in Beijing, and students may not know they've been a party to fraud. That's why we'd like people to come forward to, um, tell us their story, their version of events. Uh, we'll listen to that. Those who don't cooperate could find themselves deported from NZ and subject to a five-year ban. Anyone concerned they may be involved should approach Immigration NZ immediately. The agency says the sooner people come forward, the easier the whole process will be. Joanna Hunkin, ONE News. Residents are spending the night in fear, and police remain at the scene of a suspicious death in Christchurch. The house in the quake-damaged eastern suburb of Burwood is still under lockdown this evening after a woman's body was found there this morning. Ali Pugh spoke to a concerned neighbour. Forensic teams have spent the day scouring this unit in Burwood's busy Travis Road after a woman's body was found inside. Emergency services were called to the address around 10 o'clock this morning. Next-door neighbour Valerie Albry's lived here more than 25 years. She's shocked by the death, which occurred just metres from her front door. I-I just feel sick in the stomach. Yeah, I just want to move on. Move out. Police have been talking to nearby residents, but won't yet comment on the nature of this investigation. Neighbours we've spoken to today say it was a young couple who were living in the unit, and of all the people that we spoke to, no one heard anything or saw anything suspicous. Many residents have already left this area as many houses are damaged beyond repair. Those that remain, though, have been left shaken by this latest tragedy. Oh, I feel scared. Very scared. Yeah. Police say they're providing support to family members of the victim. Ali Pugh, ONE News. Police in Wellington have named the dead woman found just off a track in Mt Victoria. Sofia Athanassiou's body was found by joggers on Monday morning. Post-mortem results on the 39-year-old's body were inconclusive and further tests are underway. Police say they have not ruled out drugs as a factor in to her death. That's one of the reasons that the tests are undertaken, and, as I say, we have to wait for possibly four to six weeks to get some answers there. Police want members of the public who may have seen Ms Athanassiou on that morning to come forward. A drug linked to extreme violence and self-harm overseas can be bought over the counter here. ONE News was able to buy the synthetic drug known as 'bath salts', which police are strongly warning people about using. Our inquiries have also found the Government's seeking more information on the often dangerous and deadly chemical cocktail. Amy Kelley reports. (GROWLS) This can be the effect of taking so-called bath salts. And I kept hearing things and, like, that I was possessed. And now the drug blamed for turning people from sane to psychotic overseas... Cops say this woman was high on bath salts when she attacked her mother with a machete. ...is causing trouble much closer to home. These substances are being ordered through various internet sites and also brought in illegally through the border. It was in the early hours of Sunday morning police were called to this street in the North Shore suburb of Greenhithe by a young man concerned for his friend, who he said had consumed a bath-salt drug. Before the car had even stopped, he charged at the vehicle and leapt on to the bonnet and into the front windscreen. He came off the car. I believe he took a windscreen wiper with him as he went. The 27-year-old had to be tasered twice, pepper-sprayed and physically restrained. Police have sent a sample of white powder for testing, but it's believed the man snorted a synthetic stimulant like these. They contain mephedrone, a class C controlled drug. This drug has very similar impacts to the use of cocaine and amphetamines and methamphetamine, so therefore it is a risk to the users and also the community. We sent a reporter to see if he could buy bath salts over the counter. He had no luck here. But it was a case of second-time lucky. Didn't really give me too much detail in terms of what was in them. He said just a pinch will be enough. Mischief is a locally distributed bath salt, claiming to be legal and natural. But the full ingredients aren't listed, and on its website, under 'disclaimer', it states the product isn't for human consumption. Amy Kelley, ONE News. The coalition arrangement between the Maori Party and National is up in the air tonight. Outrage continues to grow after John Key said he may ignore recommendations from the Waitangi Tribunal about water ownership. Political reporter Jessica Mutch is following developments and joins us now with the latest. Jess. THE STOUSH HAS GONE UP A NOTCH MAORI PARTY INSULTED BY JOHN KEY Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia trying to evade media outside the tribunal hearing in Lower Hutt. First reversing, then trying a side road, before being ushered in the back door. Eventually, though, she fronted up. I do think, uh, that it was remiss of him to make those comments right at the beginning of the process. She's talking about comments made by the Prime Minister about this urgent hearing. It's looking at whether the asset-sales process should be delayed while there are still questions over Maori water rights. John Key says he may ignore the findings, and that's what's upset his coalition partner. < Does this impact on your partnership arrangement with National? Well, that remains to be seen. < What do you mean by that? Well, exactly what I'm saying. It remains to be seen. Well, look, it's an ongoing and healthy relationship. We have good debates. There are many areas where we don't agree. He's making no apologies for his comments. My position's rock solid, and it's not about to change. In my view, no one owns water. The Mana Party leader says the Maori Party is too weak to walk. Oh. That's just bark, bark. But, um, they're not serious. They just` They just want to be seen to be saying something so that people don't walk away from them. But, um, they're going to stay in. Labour says this is another crack in their relationship. I don't think it's done them any good, but the Maori Party is desperately holding on to the National Party, and it doesn't look like they're going to be walking away. Who cares what they say and what they think, actually. The Waitangi Tribunal is due to hear submissions until at least next week before they make recommendations. And if it's ignored, some are threatening to take the issue to court. So, Jessica, has John Key talked with the Maori Party yet? THE MAORI PARTY KEEN TO DISCUSS WITH PM BUT PM CANNOT FIT THEM IN FOR A FACE TO FACE THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ASSET SALES PROCESS STRAIN IN THE RELATIONSHIP As ONE News continues our investigative series on gambling and pokie machines, we've learnt Sky City Casino's host responsibility programme is to come under official scrutiny. The Gambling Commission's given the casino notice of the review, which is three years overdue. The last one was in 2007, but it's meant to take place every two years. Tonight our exclusive series looks at just where pokies are found away from the casino. As Lisa Owen discovered, many are located in those communities which can least afford to feed out-of-control gambling habits. Tau's family is everything to him now,... READS: ...mark it on the map. ...but for a decade his story was very different. Tau was utterly consumed with playing the pokies. It almost killed him. Basically, I just wanted to end it all ` pretty much just drive the ute off the cliff. Living in South Auckland, he didn't have to go far to feed his addiction with plenty of gaming machines. I think they are being preyed on. So let's look at who the winners and losers are when it comes to pub pokie numbers in our biggest city. Auckland Central has the most ` 192 ` but it also has the worst score on the deprivation index ` a less-than-perfect 10. Now, that measures things like income, education and health. Papakura and Otahuhu are also high-rollers in both the pokies and deprivation scores, with Manurewa and Henderson rounding out the top five areas with the highest concentration of pokies. So, is the location of these machines just the luck of the draw? They are to going to areas where there are people that are that desperate that they want to try and get that quick money. Councils set the rules when it comes to pokie numbers and placement. Under the old Auckland City Council, for example, venues had to be 100m apart. Figures show that overall gaming machine numbers are decreasing, but they're generally disappearing from wealthier areas at a faster rate. Manukau is still in the top 10 for pokie density in Auckland. We've got some over here at the centre, then we've got one just around the corner and also one just behind us, and that's just within a K. But in some spots, demand is apparently still outstripping supply. I have been to a couple of places where they have pokie machines and you are actually queuing up to play a machine, and you can be queuing up for 20 minutes, an hour. The Auckland supercity will thrash out its pokie policy at the end of this year. Lisa Owen, ONE News. Kim Dotcom has tweeted an offer to the FBI, promising to go to America on his own accord, but with conditions. The internet millionaire first wants the US government to grant him bail there and unfreeze funds so he can pay lawyers and living expenses. This comes after Dotcom's extradition hearing, originally due to take place next month, was put off until March next year. He's wanted by the US to face allegations of money laundering and copyright infringement. Two global shipping giants are abandoning Timaru's PrimePort, preferring to take their container business somewhere else. Around 50 jobs are on the line at the port, prompting questions about the port industry future countrywide. Rebecca Edwards reports. An early-morning start for workers at Timaru's Primeport, working with the knowledge their jobs could soon be good. Oh, it's shocking. Unbelievable. If we have some job losses here, we'll certainly see a downturn in the morale and the economy in Timaru. More than fifty permanent jobs are likely to be axed following an announcement that global container lines Maersk and Hamburg Sud have withdrawn from the city's port, with plans to operate directly from Otago from September. It's going to be very difficult to maintain a container service without ships calling, and, uh, that, you know, will lead to closure, effectively. The Workers' Union says it's the direct result of international shipping lines forcing ports within NZ to compete against each other. It claims that competition led to months of industrial unrest earlier this year at the Ports of Auckland. They are competing against each other, and it's a race to the bottom, uh, because it's labour rates, it's the berthage charges and all of that. The shipping industry says container ships are getting bigger, and it makes sense to upgrade just a few ports to handle larger volumes of freight. Now the Rail and Maritime Transport Union is calling on the Government to establish a national port strategy. We need government intervention to put a port strategy that stops all this pain and anguish and suffering from occuring. But the Government says while it sympathises with the Timaru port workers, it doesn't want central planning for shipping, and it's up to individual port businesses to decide how to operate in the future. For these Timaru workers, it'll be another couple of weeks before the final details of their future are known. As for the future of the industry as a whole, the debate's been going on for years with no resolution in sight. Rebecca Edwards, ONE News. The most famous crushed car in the country is set to keep its high profile when it goes on display in a museum. The vehicle was the first to be flattened under tougher laws aimed at putting the squeeze on boy racers. Arrun Soma explains. Gone in less than 60 seconds. From prized trophy car to scrap metal, now soon to be a museum exhibit. It's much bigger and flatter than I thought it was going to be, and the wow factor for our visitors is going to be excellent. The car was crushed by Police Minister Anne Tolley under the three-strikes law, which aims to put the brakes on illegal street racing. But now this wrecked heap will sit alongside famous warplanes, classic train carriages and the like at the transport museum MOTAT. After this car was crushed last month, it was put up for auction online. MOTAT won it, paying just over $800 ` the money going to charity. The carcass will go on display to educate about how crushing machines work as well as road safety. This is the result of not being safe on the road, and it's something that we take very seriously for our communities to make sure that we can get that message out to them. But it's also been bought to pull in a crowd. Acquiring new items like this mean that we can remain relevant in the community today, and we know that people are really interested to come along and see it. The crushed car will be displayed in August. Arrun Soma, ONE News. Still to come on ONE News ` the street fighting may have ended, but it's now a battle of wills for the two men vying for ultimate control of Egypt. It's been a summer to forget for Britons so far, but what does it mean for the Games and will it rain on the opening ceremony? And Kimbra hits American prime time, singing to an audience of millions. Then at 7 ` from Waipukerau to the red carpet ` what's in the magic lotion that the stars are swearing by? A power struggle is playing out in Egypt between the new president and the military council. Mohamed Morsi recalled MPs to Parliament in an act of defiance against a military order last month, but a new court ruling today has sided with the military council. The BBC's Jon Leyne explains. Standing slightly awkwardly together, they attend a military parade. These are the two rivals squaring up in Egypt's new battle for power. President Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military leader, Field Marshal Tantawi. Today's MPs arrived for a session of Parliament. The assembly was recalled by the president directly against the order of the military, which dissolved it just two weeks earlier. The session lasted only five minutes, but it's brought Egyptian politics back into crisis just when the new president seemed to be aiming for consensus and compromise. The next move in the game came from the constitutional court, which barely a week ago was swearing in President Morsi. In a new ruling, the court overturned the president's decision to recall Parliament. That will be seized on by the president's critics, who are suggesting he's already beginning to act almost as a dictator. This is a terrible thing. That the president, who was freely elected, he will make a decision or a decree totally against court cases. But the president is also winning friends. We found Egyptians pushing in petitions through the gates of the presidential palace after Mr Morsi promised to deal with the problems of ordinary Egyptians one by one. And tonight, supporters of the president have been flooding back to Tahrir Square as this new populist president challenges the old established power of the military. And US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is due to visit Egypt this weekend, has urged the new president and the military to settle their differences. Meanwhile, violence continues to rage across Syria as UN special envoy Kofi Annan appeals to Iran and Iraq to support a new peace plan. He says Syrian president Bashar al-Assad yesterday agreed to a new plan to end the conflict 'step by step' by trying to contain the most violent areas first. Mr Annan has since visited Iran and Iraq in a bid to shore up support for the plan after April's ceasefire failed. I've had the opportunity to discuss with the leaders concerned the need to do everything possible to stop the killing. New amateur footage has emerged from Syria claiming to show rebel forces fighting those loyal to al-Assad's regime in Aleppo and Homs. And in Baghdad, a bomb that exploded in a bus has killed three people and injured 14. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest in a wave of violence that last month killed almost 250 people. Human-rights activists are welcoming a 14-year jail term handed down to a Congolese warlord found guilty of using child soldiers. Thomas Lubanga was sentenced in the International Criminal Court for conscripting children under the age of 15 to fight in his rebel army. He founded and commanded the Union of Congolese Patriots, which, according to human-rights groups, carried out massacres, torture, rape and mutilation. A group of London residents have lost their bid to stop ground-to-air missiles being placed on top of their apartment block. The tenants of Fred Wigg Tower block fear their homes could become targets, but the High Court ruled the missile placement was justified on the grounds of national security. Missile deployment in residential areas is part of Olympic security measures. While security is all going to plan, the weather is not. England and Wales have been hit by torrential rains and flash flooding in the last week. And thanks to a very stubborn weather system, the drenching might not be over yet. Olympics reporter Garth Bray looks at the less than ideal summer and what it could mean for the Games. London 2012 spectators are on notice. The Summer Games are not looking like living up to their name. One Kiwi envoy's been here. She's impressed with the set-up, but not with the weather. It was freezing, so if anyone's heading over to London, make sure you take your winter woollies because it's definitely not warm. Yes, cold and dangerous. This past weekend, floods claimed the life of a young man in Northumberland. A month's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours in some parts of the country. I've lived in the valley all my life, and I've never seen anything like it. We're calling these the summer floods of 2012, and this is number five. The great British summer continues to rain misfortune down on London. In three weeks, this part of Hyde Park is supposed to be an Olympic fan zone, but after a three-day music festival, it's a mud puddle, and the damage to the turf has led to the cancellation later this week of a highly anticipated concert ` a reunion between Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan. And judging from the forecast, I should be so lucky if I can ditch this umbrella any time in the next month ARCHIVE: We certainly take our sport seriously and are prepared to spend many hours trudging through deep puddles under dripping trees. You can see they're used to the rain here, but June was Britain's wettest in a hundred years. They were hoping the only new records would be the ones set by athletes. Yes, we're breaking rainfall records, and all the signs are on the charts that the unsettled theme is set to continue for at least the next few weeks. Forecasters are coy about conditions for opening night,... It probably can't get any worse. ...leaving the field wide open to the bookies. And we make it, because of the rain, just 2:1 that rain falls in the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony. Games organisers are still urging spectators to prepare and pack sunglasses and sunscreen with the raincoats and umbrellas. Garth Bray, ONE News, London. Our Olympics countdown continues tomorrow when we examine why athletes cheating in London stand a higher chance than ever of being caught. It looks like we've got changes on the way with our weather. How far away's that rain? Fiordland tomorrow. Some heavy falls. It's a slow mover, so most of the north gets a mostly fine weekend. Sustained rain. For weather, see onenews.co.nz If your name's Jim, you've got to deliver. This one operates the mail boat in the Marlborough Sounds. After sport, a closer look at the approaching rain. Coming up next on ONE News ` the Prime Minister admits the future of ChristChurch Cathedral is still very much up in the air. Political turmoil in an island paradise ` Tonga's government could fall in days. We have the latest from our correspondent. And from the Tron to the City of Angels ` the Waikato's winning voice sings for Jay Leno. d Tonight ` getting ready 8 for the silver tsunami. Have we got what it takes to care for our own? People's expectations are increasing. How to keep the wrinkles at bay the same way Posh does with a cream that comes straight from the Kiwi farm. It looks nothing like that by the time you get it on your face, but, uh, you wait this afternoon. You'll love it. Close Up at 7, TV ONE. At OPSM, we use precision technology for a 3-D view of the retina, helping us better detect eye disease such as macular degeneration. Just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. 1 The Prime Minister's waded into the debate over the beleaguered ChristChurch Cathedral, offering his own personal hopes for the city's icon. His comments come a day after the release of a new engineering report arguing the cathedral can be saved. Mike Thorpe reports. The dust has settled here, but the future of the cathedral is still very much up in the air. Today the Prime Minister confirmed that the detailed engineering report is still under consideration, but he's already looking ahead to a rebuild. It's my view that it would be nice in terms of rebuilding the cathedral, whether it's part of the existing facilities or a new building that incorporates much of the old cathedral. I think it was a much-loved building. And he wants to see the Anglican icon back in its rightful place. It's important that Christchurch has a cathedral. That site was zoned for a cathedral. It's not called Cathedral Square for nothing. The Government has long held the belief that the building should come down and openly criticised the city councillors who voted 10 to four in favour of halting demolition. Now one of those councillors is demanding the Anglican Church opens up its books. It's now time for them to go out to the public and say, 'This is how much the shortfall is. 'If you want to keep this building, we need this much money by this amount of time.' Overseas donors and locals alike have got to stump up the cash or kiss it goodbye. Bishop Victoria Matthews is overseas at present and unavailable to comment, but a statement from the Anglican Church suggests a maximum retention option would set the church back around $100m, twice the estimate of a restoration expert. I'm talking about the roof, the bell tower, getting the rose window back and making it seismically stable. We're talking in the $20m to $50m range. Two notable absentees in the cathedral debate, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Bishop Victoria Matthews, will be back in the country next week. They'll walk head-first into an issue that is showing no signs of fading away. Mike Thorpe, ONE News. One of the world's youngest democracies could soon be left in tatters as the Tongan government faces a vote of no confidence. 'Uncertain' and 'unsafe' are just two words being used to describe the situation now engulfing the small island nation. From the capital Nuku'alofa, Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver reports. PEOPLE CHEER 18 months since the kingdom's first democratic elections, the honeymoon is over. It is tough times for Tonga, and it's a problem. The Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano's hold on power could soon be over. A motion of no confidence has been filed by Tonga's Opposition, backed by three government ministers who recently resigned. They have lost their confidence. They have lost their trust. The Government's instability is hurting an already faltering economy. The call of no confidence provides a shaky ground, and businesses are uncertain. Justice Minister Clive Edwards says its a deadlock and whoever wins will have an unstable government. Whenever one disgruntled member of Parliament wants to change sides, it changes the government. The Opposition has accused the Government of misappropriating funds and not doing its job, but most of all it wants a commoner prime minister elected by the people, not a noble. The Justice Minister says if the Government loses, he will be moving to NZ for safety reasons. I think they are going to be pretty rough on us. How far will they go? As far as our party's concerned, we are trying to make sure that everything is, you know, peaceful. Observers say democracy is still new in Tonga and needs to be worked through. It is an experience that Tonga has to go through, and it will make it stronger. The Tongan people have a few days' wait to hear whether the government will fall. The vote of no confidence is expected to take place early next week. For now, the kingdom's political future hangs in the balance. Barbara Dreaver, ONE News, Nuku'alofa. Kiwi-born pop star Kimbra is receiving rave reviews after performing on one of America's top talkshows. The 22-year-old took her unique sound to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and his audience of four million. Kim Vinnell has more. Here to perform Settle Down from her new CD Vows, please welcome Kimbra. AUDIENCE CHEERS She must've been nervous... (SCATS) ...performing for a TV audience almost the size of NZ's entire population on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. # I wanna settle down. # I wanna settle down. # It's a really big deal, and she looked great, and she nailed it. And I think she was also probably a lot more experimental than a lot of the musicians that go on Leno are. From run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter, Kimbra emerged a pop star in the making. Her debut album went platinum both here and across the Ditch. And the Best Female Artist goes to... Kimbra. AUDIENCE CHEERS Oh, thank you so much to Aria for presenting me with this award. I really did not expect this. Then came this game-changer. # ...and I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know. # A catchy single that spent 22 weeks at number one on the US charts and scored her the spot with Jay Leno. Tweeting from behind the scenes, Kimbra took a few snaps for her own Leno memories. That was great. Thanks so much. But there will be plenty more to see from this songstress yet. She'll have a really strong career, a really long career, rather than a fly-by-night hit the charts, then disappear. A prediction Kiwis are hoping she fulfils. Kim Vinnell, ONE News. Looking at our top stories tonight ` hundreds of Auckland-based Chinese students face being deported after Immigration NZ discovered a rash of fraudulent visas. 279 applications have been found to contain some form of fraud, including fake qualifications and falsified bank statements. Police forensic teams will be back at this Burwood home tomorrow after a woman's body was found inside this morning. The badly quake-damaged house and two neighbouring properties have been cordoned off, but police won't say anything except that the death is suspicious. And a drug that shares the same name as one linked to extreme violence and self-harm overseas is now available in NZ. 'Bath salts' has been described as supercharged speed, and police suspect it may have played a part in at least one violent crime here. ONE News was able to buy the drug over the counter. The Government says it's asked for more information on the synthetic drug. Andrew's here with sport, and good timing from a couple of All Blacks? BACK TO TEST SPOTS AND HURRICANES. Aside from the teams vying for the play-offs. We have the intriguing situation of the Blues' coaching job as it takes a few more twists and turns. Plus, a freak accident ends the career of a cricketing great. And two Olympic hopefuls reveal some staggering health secrets ahead of London. The Blues Super Rugby team has hauled in former All Blacks boss Sir Graham Henry to help appoint a new coach. Sir Graham is part of a panel which is interviewing candidates this week before making an announcement as soon as next week. One of those shortlisted is the under-fire incumbent. This is the last time Pat Lam will tread this weary path at training. Is it more of a courtesy call towards you or do you think you have a chance of coaching this team again next year? I think you're asking the wrong person. That's` I don't make the decisions. But this man does. Blues chairman Gary Whetton was staying mum on the job at training today. Lam himself has confirmed he has an interview on Friday, delaying his flight to the Blues' last game in Canberra. Once I have no job, then I'll go find another job. That's always been my life, you know, right through, and I've always been employed. Any questions on the game? Lam is in no doubt he wants the head job once again, not a backup role. The selection panel he'll need to convince includes Blues CEO Andy Dalton and chairman Whetton, both Test captains, Sir Graham Henry, and two NZRU representatives. Front-runner Sir John Kirwan is also being interviewed. He's in Auckland to push his case. But ONE News understands the Auckland Union is lukewarm on the former Test star and his strong links to former Test coach John Hart. Ex-Taranaki, current Canada coach Kieran Crowley is the third definite interviewee for the role. Player signings under a new coach for next season have been thin on the ground so far, but Piri Weepu has a Blues offer which he's tipped to sign. Are you staying? Possibly, but I'm not going to let much slip, Sav. But, nah, I'm in` obviously I'm in negotiations at this stage and` With the Blues? Yep. Ma'a Nonu is contracted for next year and will stay. Now it's a matter of deciding whether a coach like Sir John Kirwan can turn around this bruised outfit. Another Blues player who'll line up in 2013 under a new coach is All Blacks lock Anthony Boric. He's decided to have major surgery on a bulging disc in his neck, rather than retire from all rugby. Boric told ONE News this afternoon he'll have the operation in Auckland in a few weeks. His rehab will take six months, with a return lined up for the next Super Rugby season. Corey Jane's rugby timing is usually impeccable. Today that timing was even more evident, as Jane confirmed he's fit to play for the Hurricanes in their must-win match against the Chiefs. The match in Wellington is one of the Canes' most important in recent years. Here's Mark Hathaway. Cory Jane's back up to speed and got confirmation his ankle is ready for rugby, rushing to check on the kids during last week's magnitude-7 earthquake. I didn't think about the ankle, and I was stepping and running up stairs, and no pain. So I was, 'Well, passed that test.' So I'm ready to play rugby. Being too eager to play has cost Jane after previous injuries, so he wasn't rushing back this time round. You know, obviously, I look young, but I am a little bit older. So I had to be a bit smarter. Had to be a bit smarter. The greys are coming through, so, yeah, I just took my time to get it where I knew I can be and I can perform well. The fresh legs of some up-and-coming All Blacks wingers are also a big motivator. You know, having people challenge you or you got to try and challenge them now, it's good. It's good for not only for the player itself but the whole team. Victor Vito also returns, adding some extra All Blacks firepower to the Canes ` fit if not quite fighting fit. It's a bit different, actually, when you actually start getting hit in the first five minutes, and you get up and realise that the contact fitness is what you've been missing. So hopefully had enough of that this week to actually make an impact this Friday. A big impact a must with a bonus-point win and other favourable results needed to prevent the Canes dropping out of contention. Mark Hathaway, ONE News. A flying bail has ended the career of long-serving South African cricketer Mark Boucher. The 147-Test wicketkeeper's left eyeball was cut in the incident during the Proteas' tour match against Somerset in England. Despite emergency surgery, Boucher was left with no option but to retire. The Proteas now face a confident England side fresh from sending Australia crashing to a seven-wicket defeat to win the one-day series 4-0. And the Blackcaps go on face-saving duty tonight when they take on the West Indies in the fourth one-dayer at St Kitts. Kane Williamson will captain the side again, although the team is being buoyed by the improvement in Ross Taylor's shoulder injury. It was my first net against the quicks today. I had the spinners yesterday, and it was nice to get out there. It was a little bit better today, but still a little bit of pain. The West Indies lead the five-match series 2-0. The Northern Mystics are dismissing talk the Magic have the momentum heading into Monday night's sudden-death netball semi-final. The Mystics insist they've learned valuable lessons from their loss to the Vixens and the Magic's 10-game winning streak means nothing. Well, they might have the momentum, but that doesn't worry us. We've got our own momentum, so we'll be looking to build on that. And, yeah, one each, so we're both wanting it. And we know each other so well, it's just going to be a matter of making our clear game plan which we have against each other and sticking to it. In the competition's five-year history, the Magic and Mystics have played 11 times, with the Magic winning eight games, although the Mystics' three wins have come in the last five meetings. Just 24 hours after a severe dressing-down from a district court judge, Lance Armstrong has refiled his lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Authority. The move came just hours after the authority slapped life bans on Armstrong's former US Postal team doctor, personal trainer and a team consultant. Armstrong claims the anti-drugs agency doesn't have the jurisdiction to press a case against him and the system they use violates the Constitution. All this on the day the Tour de France was rocked as police swooped on French rider Remy Di Gregorio in relation to a year-long doping investigation. Finally in sport tonight ` we continue our countdown to the London Games. Tonight looking at two-time world champions Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan in the men's double sculls. Here's Olympic rowing reporter Craig Stanaway. How close will the Olympic double sculls final be in London? Too close for comfort, judging by the world champs in bled. NZ securing a back-to-back title with 5/600th of a second. # I'm always pushing myself to the limit... Usually around 200, like, 190 to 200 during a 2-K race. Look at their size, though, compared to the crews they've constantly been beating. I think the key with the double is it's not just rowing well, but you've got to row really well together, and that's what that double does very well. Rob Waddell was Nathan Cohen's crewmate in the double at Beijing. They're a good example of rowing, showing it's more about athleticism rather than size. It's actually become our advantage over time. We, sort of, get our boat up and hopefully keep it more efficient, which gives us more at the end of the race that we're able to change up speed a bit faster. # Some people don't believe, but I was born a champion. # They reckon over the last four years around 41,000, so it's a few I guess. The danger is the double have peaked. Failure to reach the A final at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne was followed by silver in Munich. Medal contenders for sure. Medal certainties, maybe not. I'm actually really pleased that for whatever reasons their first race didn't go as well, and I think hopefully that they will have found, you know, maybe a weakness or something that wasn't going as well, maybe something they can work on. And then they've debugged that, and going into the Olympics, they'll be stronger for it. Only one thing's certain going into that big race August 2nd ` in tight situations, these guys know how to win. Craig Stanaway, ONE News. And you can see full coverage of the Olympics on our website, onenews.co.nz/olympics After the break ` Jim has a mainly fine forecast, but there's rain on the horizon. Next ` is our care system headed for a collapse? How are we going to cope with a generation of geriatrics? Although we're here for the money, but it's for our love and respect. 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