GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A COLD FRONT IS ABOUT TO POUNCE ON SOUTHLAND, BRINGING ANOTHER SPELL OF COLD, SHOWERY WEATHER. BUT ON A BRIGHTER NOTE, THE HIGH FOLLOWING THIS COLD FRONT IS LOOKING TO SET UP CAMP OVER THE COUNTRY, BRINGING A SPELL OF SETTLED WEATHER THROUGH THE WORKING WEEK. 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. PIKE RIVER FAMILIES CALL FOR A NEW CHARGE OF CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER A DAY BEFORE A REPORT INTO THE DISASTER IS PUBLISHED. IT'S BEEN A BAD MONTH FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, SO FIND OUT WHETHER DAVID SHEARER'S DISCOVERED HIS MAGIC TOUCH IN OUR LATEST POLL. SURVEYING THE SAD RUINS ` THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY SEES FOR HIMSELF WHAT'S LEFT OF CHRISTCHURCH'S MUCH-LOVED LANDMARK. AND TRIBUTES FLOW FOR HIGH-PROFILE LAWYER GREG KING. WE TALK TO ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS. THIS IS ONE NEWS, WITH MIRIAMA KAMO AND PETER WILLIAMS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE FAMILIES OF THE PIKE RIVER MINERS ARE DEMANDING A TOUGH MESSAGE BE SENT TO COMPANIES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR WORKERS. THEY WANT TO BRING IN A NEW CHARGE OF CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER. THEIR DEMAND COMES ON THE EVE OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT INTO THE PIKE RIVER DISASTER. BRODIE KANE REPORTS. THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES HAVE LOST HOPE IN THE GOVERNMENT HELPING TO RECOVER THE BODIES OF THE 29 MEN, SO THEY'RE GOING IT ALONE. SOLID ENERGY HAVE SAID TO US, 'YOU GET THE PROPOSALS FORWARD, 'YOU GET THE PEOPLE TO DO IT, AND WE WON'T STAND IN YOUR WAY.' AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THEY'VE EVEN CALLED IN OVERSEAS MINING EXPERTS TO HELP PUT THEIR CASE. BUT THE FAMILIES ARE ALSO DEMANDING MORE. THEY'RE PUSHING FOR A LAW CHANGE WHICH WOULD ENABLE COMPANIES TO BE CHARGED WITH CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER. PIKE RIVER WILL BE REMEMBERED FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN 30 YEARS' TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE SAYING THESE MEN DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN. UNDER CURRENT LAWS, COMPANIES MAY BE FINED UP TO $500,000 FOR KNOWINGLY TAKING AN ACTION THAT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SERIOUS HARM, AND UP TO $250,000 FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. BUT LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE LAW COULD BE MUCH TOUGHER. THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN OFFENCE LIKE CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE LIABILITY IF THERE'S A FAILURE TO PUT APPROPRIATE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN PLACE. A SIMILAR LAW CHANGE WAS INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 2006 AND SINCE THEN THREE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN CONVICTED. PROFESSOR WATSON SAYS IF IT HAPPENED HERE, IT WOULD BE A SYMBOLIC STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE VICTIMS WANT TO HAVE A SENSE OF REDRESS, A SENSE THAT IT'S BEEN RECOGNISED THAT SOMETHING WRONG HAPPENED AND THAT THEY HAVE SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF IT, SO AN OFFENCE LIKE CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER GIVES THAT EFFECT OF SAYING, WELL, THERE IS SOMEONE TO BLAME. A SPECIAL TASK FORCE WAS SET UP IN JUNE TO CARRY OUT A WIDE-RANGING REVIEW OF OUR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY SYSTEM. IT WILL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT NEXT APRIL. FOR NOW, BERNIE MONK AND THE PIKE RIVER FAMILIES ARE PREPARING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT INTO ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S WORST MINING DISASTERS. BRODIE KANE, ONE NEWS. IT'S BAD NEWS FOR LABOUR IN OUR LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR-BRUNTON POLL. SIX WEEKS AGO IT COULD HAVE FORMED A COALITION, ACCORDING TO OUR FIGURES, BUT THE PARTY'S SINCE DROPPED BACK. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH HAS THE DETAILS. JESSICA? JOHN KEY IS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. FOR SHEARER IT'S DISAPPOINTING. DAVID SHEARER JUST HASN'T HAD THE MAGIC TOUCH LABOUR WAS HOPING FOR. WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FOR THE LABOUR PARTY NATIONALLY. THE PARTY SEEMS TO BE STAGNATING ACCORDING TO OUR LATEST POLL. NATIONAL'S HOLDING STEADY ON 45%. LABOUR'S DROPPED TWO POINTS... NOW ON 32. THE GREENS ARE ON 12. NZ FIRST IS UP CONSIDERABLY TO 4.9%, JUST A FRACTION BELOW THAT 5% THRESHOLD. AND THE MAORI PARTY, ACT, CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND MANA ARE STRUGGLING TO REGISTER. THAT MEANS NATIONAL WOULD HAVE THE NUMBERS TO FORM A COALITION. CHEERS. THIS IS HOW IT WOULD PLAY OUT. NATIONAL WOULD GET 58 SEATS, ADD IN THREE FROM THE MAORI PARTY AND ONE EACH FROM ACT AND UNITED FUTURE, AND THE CENTRE RIGHT HAVE A MAJORITY. THE OPPOSITION WOULD HAVE JUST 41 SEATS FROM LABOUR, 16 FROM THE GREENS AND ONE FROM MANA, PRESUMING ALL ELECTORATE SEATS ARE HELD. THE KIM DOTCOM SAGA HAS BEEN LOOMING LARGE ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, BUT IT'S LABOUR'S SUPPORT THAT'S DROPPING, NOT NATIONAL'S. WHAT ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER FRONTING UP AND TELLING NZERS WHAT HE KNOWS. I'M AFRAID IT IS UTTER DESPERATION FROM DAVID SHEARER. THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLIC TO THE LABOUR LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER POLL. JOHN KEY STILL HAS A VERY HEALTHY LOOKING LEAD. THE PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY HAS BEEN SLOWLY DROPPING AWAY SINCE THE ELECTION, BUT 42% STILL WANT HIM AS PRIME MINISTER. DAVID SHEARER IS STILL STRUGGLING ON JUST 11%, DROPPING A POINT SINCE OUR LAST POLL. INTERESTINGLY WINSTON PETERS IS CREEPING UP. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY, PEOPLE ARE FEELING MORE POSITIVE. OPTIMISM ABOUT THE ECONOMY IS UP 3%. 44% SAY THINGS WILL GET BETTER OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AND 34% THINK THINGS WILL GET WORSE. THE REST SAY IT WILL STAY THE SAME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN UNPLEASANT POLL RESULT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT HE'S HOLDING HIS GROUND FOR NOW. THIS WHOLE SITUATION COULD CHANGE IF NZ FIRST GET OVER THAT 5%. IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT BALL GAME. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING COALITION DEAL ` LABOUR, NZ FIRST AND THE GREENS. THANKS. JESSICA MUTCH, LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. SO GIVEN THAT DAVID SHEARER'S POPULARITY AS LABOUR LEADER SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF INCREASING, COULD A COALITION BE THE SOLUTION? DANIEL FAITAUA'S BEEN FINDING OUT. THEY CAME TO TALK ABOUT THE MANUFACTURING CRISIS, THEN IT BECAME AN AUDITION. RUSSEL NORMAN SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE FINANCE MINISTER. HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU, DAVID PARKER? THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON THAT WANTS THAT JOB. AND I WANT THAT JOB. SO THERE IS COMPETITION FOR THAT SPOT. THAT SPOT COULD BE HOTLY CONTESTED IF THE GREENS, LABOUR AND NZ FIRST COMBINE AS POLITICAL ALLIES. WE HAVE SUPPORTED POLICIES WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE'VE STRONGLY OPPOSED OTHERS WHERE WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE OFF THE MARK. I TRUST IF NZ FIRST SIGN A COALITION DEAL THEN THEY WOULD STICK TO IT, AND I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE THING, BUT LIKE DAVID SAID, WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS COALITION DEALS. BUT IN THE PAST NZ FIRST HAS PROVEN TO BE A VOLATILE ALLY. AFTER THE FIRST MMP ELECTION IN 1996, AND LENGTHY NEGOTIATIONS, IT SUPRISINGLY FORMED A COALITION DEAL WITH NATIONAL WHICH COLLAPSED TWO YEARS LATER. BUT ITS CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH LABOUR AFTER THE 2005 ELECTION HELD TOGETHER FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY TERM. FAST-FORWARD FOUR YEARS, AND THEY CLAIM THEY COULD WORK WELL TOGETHER HERE IN THE FUTURE. SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROMOTED BY LABOUR, THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST ARE NEEDED. THAT'S DESPITE NOT ALWAYS SEEING EYE-TO-EYE. ANDREW WILLIAMS, DO YOU THINK THE GREENS ARE STILL 'FROOT LOOPS'? CERTAINLY NOT, NO. THEY COME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS. BUT WE WILL WORK WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY. THREE MEN, THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES HOPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS' TIME. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. INTERNET TYCOON KIM DOTCOM SAYS HE'S TRYING TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO A PLAN TO CONNECT NZ TO THE UNITED STATES BY AN UNDERWATER FIBRE CABLE. HE TOLD ONE NEWS HE'S PLANNING TO MEET PACIFIC FIBRE EXECUTIVES THIS WEEK. THE COMPANY WAS FORCED TO CAN ITS AMBITIOUS PLAN IN AUGUST WHEN IT FAILED TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY. KIM DOTCOM SAYS IF HIS PLANS GO AHEAD, ALL NZERS WOULD GET FREE BROADBAND, BUT HE'D CHARGE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS. HE'S PROBABLY BUILDING THIS TO DRIVE HIS OWN BUSINESS, BUT AS AN OFFSHOOT OF THAT, A SORT OF BYPRODUCT, NZ AS A WHOLE CAN BENEFIT. AND TO BE FRANK, I'M QUITE HAPPY TO RIDE ON HIS COATTAILS ON THAT. PACIFIC FIBRE, WHICH IS HEADED BY TRADE ME FOUNDER SAM MORGAN, SAYS GETTING AMERICAN APPROVAL COULD BE DIFFICULT. THE SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, IS ENDING HIS 10-YEAR STEWARDSHIP APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH IN CHRISTCHURCH. TODAY DR ROWAN WILLIAMS TOURED THE RUINS, BUT REFUSED TO BE DRAWN INTO THE DISPUTE OVER THE LANDMARK CATHEDRAL. ALI PUGH WAS THERE. WITH HIGH-VIS OVER HIS VESTMENT, THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, ARCHBISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS, INSPECTED THE SAD REMNANTS OF THIS CHRISTCHURCH LANDMARK. WE HAVE SUBMITTED SOME PLANS FOR DECONSTRUCTING, DISMANTLING BRICK BY BRICK. ON THE 131ST ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEDICATION, THE CHURCH'S ULTIMATE FATE STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE A GREAT HISTORIC BUILDING VERY MUCH LOVED IN RUINS LIKE THAT. THIS IS THE ARCHBISHOP'S FIRST TRIP TO CHRISTCHURCH AND HIS FIRST CHANCE TO SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL. THE FUTURE OF THIS DEMOLITION JOB RESTS WITH A HIGH COURT JUDGE. BUT HIS GRACE WAS CAREFUL TO BE DIPLOMATIC ABOUT ITS FUTURE. I THINK THAT'S A LOCAL DECISION. I REALLY CAN'T GET INVOLVED WITH THAT ESPECIALLY AS THE COURT CASE IS STILL ONGOING. THE TWO-DAY TRIP INCLUDED A GUEST APPEARANCE AT YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL THE CONCERT... GOOD EVENING, CHRISTCHURCH. ...AND A DRIVE THROUGH THE RUBBLE-FILLED RED ZONE. TO BE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE ALL SO EXHAUSTED AND JUST WONDERING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE ON THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS JUST WONDERFUL. I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE STRENGTH AND IMAGINATION THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AROUND HERE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THIS CITY SOMETHING OF A BEACON. A MESSAGE OF HOPE ON HIS FINAL INTERNATIONAL DUTY. ARCHBISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS RETIRES NEXT MONTH. ALISON PUGH, ONE NEWS. TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN FLOWING FOR GREG KING, THE HIGH-PROFILE DEFENCE LAWYER WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN WELLINGTON YESTERDAY. SARAH BRADLEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS CAREER AND SPEAKS TO ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS. SIR BOB JONES WAS ONE OF GREG KING'S CLOSEST FRIENDS. I'VE GOT TO SAY, HE'S PROBABLY THE NICEST HUMAN BEING I HAVE EVER MET, AND I THINK YOU WILL GET EVERYONE SAY THAT. GREG KING VISITED SIR BOB AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, AND WOULD ALWAYS CHOOSE THE LIBRARY TO SIT AND CHAT. HE WAS AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS CHAP. AND HE COPED WITH IT ALL RIGHT, BUT HE KEPT SAYING YES TO EVERYTHING. HE WOULD NEVER SAY, 'NO, I WON'T TAKE THAT CASE.' PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, GREG KING WAS ADMIRED. GREG WAS A LAWYER WHO WAS JUST HITTING HIS STRAPS. HE HAD A LIFETIME TO GO AS FAR AS HIS LEGAL WORK WAS CONCERNED. GOOD LORD ONLY KNOWS WHERE HE WOULD HAVE GONE. CERTAINLY, IT WOULDN'T BE HAVE BEEN BEYOND THE REALMS OF POSSIBILITY FOR HIM TO BE ON THE BENCH. THIS IS WHERE GREG KING'S BODY WAS FOUND, LYING NEXT TO HIS CAR AT THE END OF THIS CUL-DE-SAC IN NEWLANDS. HIS DEATH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER. POLICE SAY THERE ARE NO SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT. GREG KING'S APPETITE FOR THE LAW WAS WHETTED BY HIS PARENTS; BORN IN WANGANUI, HE GREW UP IN TURANGI, WHERE HIS FATHER WAS A PRISON GUARD. BUT LAW WASN'T HIS ONLY PASSION. GREG KING LOVED BOXING, WHICH HE DID AS A YOUNG MAN, AND WAS A SPONSOR OF THE WAINUIOMATA RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB. GREG KING'S GLITTERING LEGAL CAREER STARTED EARLY. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST NZ LAWYER TO MOUNT A DEFENCE IN A MURDER TRIAL. HE DEFENDED A SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE MURDERERS INCLUDING CLAYTON WEATHERSTON, JOHN BARLOW AND SCOTT WATSON. BUT IT WAS HIS DEFENCE OF EWEN MCDONALD, THE FEILDING FARMER FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW SCOTT GUY, THAT MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE SKERRICK OF EVIDENCE LINKING HIS SHOTGUN! LAST YEAR GREG KING WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE II DIABETES AND HE HIMSELF ADMITTED HE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. HE WAS MARRIED TO FELLOW LAWYER CATHERINE MILNES-KING AND HE LEAVES BEHIND TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` FIREPOWER VERSUS AIRPOWER. THE REBEL ASSAULT TO TAKE OVER A SYRIAN AIRBASE. WE VISIT DETROIT, WHERE THE ECONOMIC POLICIES OF BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY ARE IN SHARP CONTRAST. AND THE BOATYARD SLIPWAY USING A PUBLIC RESERVE AND THE LAW CHANGE THAT IMPLIES IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. SYRIAN REBELS ARE LOCKED IN A FIERCE BATTLE WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES FOR CONTROL OF A KEY MILITARY BASE. THE ATTACK ON THE AIRBASE AT TAF-TANAZ, NEAR THE NORTHERN CITY OF ALEPPO, IS AIMED AT CURBING THE REGIME'S OVERHWELMINGLY SUPERIOR FIREPOWER. THIS FROM THE BBC'S PETER BILES. ROCKET FIRE THE REBEL OFFENSIVE BEGAN AT FIRST LIGHT. THE FIGHTERS OPENED FIRE ON THE TAF-TANAZ AIRBASE USING MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND MORTARS. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE HASN'T BEEN VERIFIED, BUT IT IS THOUGHT TO BE GENUINE. SYRIAN TV SAID THE ATTACK ON THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN REPELLED. THESE PICTURES APPEAR TO SHOW GOVERNMENT HELICOPTERS ABLE TO LAND, BUT IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE REBELS HAVE MADE SOME ADVANCES NEAR ALEPPO, AND IN SPITE OF THEIR LIGHTER WEAPONS, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO COUNTER THE GOVERNMENT'S INCREASING USE OF AIR POWER. THIS REBEL FIGHTER SAYS THEY ATTACKED TAF-TANAZ AIRPORT AND WITH LITTLE EFFORT DESTROYED A HUGE AREA AND HIT A NUMBER OF PLANES. IF THEY SYRIAN REBELS MANAGE TO CAPTURE AND HOLD THE BASE, IT COULD BE A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS PARTICULAR BASE PROVIDES THE MAJOR ROUTE FOR BASHAR AL-ASSAD TO SUPPLY HIS FORCES IN ALEPPO. THIS PARTICULAR AREA, FROM TURKEY TO ALEPPO, WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE REBELS. NEITHER SIDE, THOUGH, SEEMS CAPABLE OF DELIVERING A DECISIVE BLOW IN THIS CONFLICT. THE UPRISING IN SYRIA BEGAN 19 MONTHS AGO, BUT PRESIDENT ASSAD REMAINS IN POWER HELPED IN NO SMALL PART BY OPPOSITION THAT IS FRAGMENTED AND FRACTIOUS. A FRESH ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE IN COMING DAYS IN THE GULF STATE OF QATAR TO BRING TOGETHER THESE DISPARATE ELEMENTS, BUT THERE'S NO PROMISE OF PROGRESS TOWARDS A COMMON, UNITED OPPOSITION FRONT. ON THE GROUND, THIS WAS THE AFTERMATH OF A BOMBING IN THE TOWN OF BINNISH. PEOPLE IN PANIC, MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE RUBBLE. AMID THIS CHAOS, THE DESPERATION ONLY GETS WORSE. BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY ARE CRISS-CROSSING AMERICA TO HIT KEY SWING STATES, JUST THREE DAYS OUT FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. POP STAR KATY PERRY OPENED A RALLY FOR BARACK OBAMA IN WISCONSIN, BEFORE THE PRESIDENT DELIVERED ANOTHER UPBEAT APPEAL FOR SUPPORTERS TO BE SURE TO CAST THEIR VOTE. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY HELD A MEGA-RALLY IN OHIO BEFORE JETTING INTO IOWA. NOW, AMERICA'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM NEEDS SOME EXPLANATION, BECAUSE EACH STATE CARRIES A DIFFERENT WEIGHT IN THE FINAL RESULT. ON ELECTION DAY VOTERS WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY. BUT WHAT THE CANDIDATES GET FROM EACH STATE ARE CALLED ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES. THE COLLEGE HAS 538 VOTES, WITH EACH STATE GIVEN A NUMBER OF VOTES BASED ON ITS POPULATION. THIS MAKES SOME STATES WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS. LIKE CALIFORNIA ` POPULATION 37 MILLION AND 55 VOTES, COMPARED WITH RURAL MONTANA ` POPULATION 1 MILLION AND ONLY 3 VOTES. IN MOST STATES, THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES GETS ALL THE ELECTORAL VOTES. THE FIRST ONE TO 270 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES BECOMES PRESIDENT. FOUR YEARS AGO, BARACK OBAMA EASILY BEAT JOHN MCCAIN, TAKING 28 STATES AND 365 ELECTORAL VOTES. BUT CRITICS SAY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM CAN BE UNFAIR. IN 2000, GEORGE W BUSH GOT HALF A MILLION FEWER VOTES THAN AL GORE, BUT BECAUSE HE HAD FIVE MORE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES MR BUSH BECAME PRESIDENT. AND THIS WEEK, AS WELL AS CHOOSING A PRESIDENT, VOTERS ALSO ELECT MEMBERS OF AMERICA'S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ABOUT ONE THIRD OF SENATORS. AMERICA'S SLUGGISH ECONOMY HAS BEEN THE ELECTION'S DEFINING ISSUE. REPUBLICANS ARE BLAMING BARACK OBAMA FOR CONTINUED UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S SAVED THE US FROM BIGGER ECONOMIC DISASTER. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME TRAVELLED TO DETROIT, A BENEFICIARY OF MR OBAMA'S CAR INDUSTRY BAILOUT, BUT A CITY STILL BATTLING UNEMPLOYMENT. IN SOME NEIGHBOURHOODS, DETROIT IS IN RUINS. IN OTHERS, IT SYMBOLISES THE MIGHT OF AN ECONOMY REBOUNDING. BUT FOR 14 MONTHS NOW, TANYA BULLARD'S BEEN TRAVELLING TO THE DETROIT NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT HOUSES THE STATE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. SOMETIMES I JUST REALLY WANT TO GIVE UP. YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS THIS HARD OUT HERE TO FIND WORK. AND I'M SAYING BASICALLY ANYTHING. BARACK OBAMA TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2009 AS THE US ECONOMY SHED MILLIONS OF JOBS. UNEMPLOYMENT PEAKED 18 MONTHS LATER AT 10 PERCENT. TODAY IT'S 7.9. BUT PERHAPS NOWHERE HAS MR OBAMA'S HANDLING OF THE RECESSION BEEN OF MORE IMPORTANCE THAN DETROIT. AS THE HOME OF AMERICA'S CAR INDUSTRY, A PILLAR IN THE OVERALL US ECONOMY, IN 2009, THE CITY FACED CALAMITY. GENERAL MOTORS AND CHRYSLER WERE HEADING FOR FINANCIAL RUIN UNTIL THE PRESIDENT COMMITTED MORE THAN $60B TO BAIL OUT THE INDUSTRY. IT WAS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY BOTH CHRYSLER AND GENERAL MOTORS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, WE WOULD'VE TOOK A MAJOR RECESSION, THE BIGGEST CRISIS SINCE 1929, INTO THE MOST MODERN DEPRESSION IN THE WORLD. THE GOVERNMENT BAILOUT CAME THROUGH AGAINST THE ADVICE OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY. A FACT NOT LOST ON THE INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST UNION. THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE COULD'VE SURVIVED UNDER MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN. TODAY THE US AUTO INDUSTRY IS MAKING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN PROFIT. THE CAR COMPANIES ARE HIRING NEW STAFF, AND YET IN DETROIT UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS 1.5% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WELL, I AIN'T FOUND A JOB YET, SO IT'S GOIN' BAD! MICHAEL BURKE HAS BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR THREE YEARS, THE MAJORITY OF BARACK OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY. AND YET STILL... I'M VOTIN' FOR MY MAN! OBAMA. WHO ARE YOU GONNA VOTE FOR? OBAMA, OF COURSE. WHY? I LIKE HIM. I THINK HE'S A SMART MAN. I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER FOUR TO FINISH WHAT HE STARTED. AND TANYA BULLARD HOPES THAT FOR HER SOMEHOW THAT'D MEAN A CHANGE IN FORTUNES. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, DETROIT. YOU CAN SEE WHO WINS IN OUR ELECTION SPECIAL AT 4.30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SIMON DALLOW IS YOUR HOST, WITH CORIN DANN AND JACK TAME REPORTING FROM AMERICA. WE'RE ALSO STREAMING LIVE ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ, AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SAY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR ON TWITTER. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. THANKS, MIRI. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEATHER FOR THE WEEK AHEAD RIGHT AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` WHY MAORI HAVEN'T FINISHED FIGHTING OVER A BOATYARD USING A PUBLIC RESERVE FOR ITS BUSINESS. AND A KIWI-BORN SOLDIER TELLS HOW HE CHEATED DEATH IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED UNDER HIS FEET. THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING STEPS TO REMOVE A CONTROVERSIAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION GIVING A FAR NORTH BUSINESSMAN THE RIGHT TO USE PART OF A PUBLIC RESERVE. BAY OF ISLANDS MAORI SAY THEY'LL CARRY ON BATTLING DOUG SCHMUCK'S BOATYARD ACCESS THROUGH THE RESERVE IN OPUA. THIS REPORT FROM TAHURI TUMOANA OF MARAE INVESTIGATES. THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A BOATYARD, BUT THE GREEN IS IN FACT A PUBLIC RESERVE IN OPUA, NEAR PAIHIA. AND LOCALS WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY. THEY'RE ANGRY THE OWNER, DOUG SCHMUCK, WAS ABLE TO USE PARLIAMENT IN HIS BID TO PRIVATISE PART OF THE ESPLANADE. OH, EH. THIS IS A MODERN-DAY LAND GRAB. THE MAN WHO OWNS THE BUSINESS MANAGED TO GET HOLD OF` WAY BACK, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNCIL WHO EASED HIS WAY, AND THEN AT THE BACK IT WAS PASSED ON TO JOHN CARTER WHO SHEPHERDED THE CLAUSES INTO THE RESERVES AND OTHER LANDS DISPOSAL BILL. THE THEN NORTHLAND AND NATIONAL MP, JOHN CARTER, HAD SPECIAL CLAUSES INSERTED INTO THE BILL AFTER ITS FIRST READING, AND EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED. SO I BEGAN A PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIND OUT; HOW DID WE ACCOMODATE WHAT THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HAD WANTED TO DO, BUT GET RID OF THE OFFENSIVE PARTS OF GIVING ONE SPECIFIC PERSON CERTAIN RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW THAT OTHERS DIDN'T. GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER RUSSEL NORMAN SAYS THE AFFAIR IS AN OUTRAGE. YOU CAN'T HAND OVER PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS BY SLIPPING CLAUSES IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR IN SELECT COMMITTEE. THAT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG. THE BOATYARD OWNER IS ADAMANT HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG. AM I REALLY EXPANDING ON TO THE RESERVE? MY ANSWER IS NO. JUST WHAT I'VE DONE IS, I'VE ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RATIONALISING ALL THOSE USES BY WAY OF RESOURCE CONSENT. BUT MAIKI MARKS SAYS THE LAND HAS MAORI CLAIMS ON IT, AND SHE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO ENSURE THE RESERVE REMAINS A RESERVE FOR EVERYBODY. TAHURI TUMOANA, ONE NEWS. THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY HONOURED ITS TOP SHOWS AND TALENT LAST NIGHT AT THE NZ TV AWARDS IN AUCKLAND. SARA WISEMAN WAS NAMED BEST ACTRESS FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF SUFFRAGETTE KATE SHEPPARD IN THE DOCU-DRAMA 'WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, VOTES FOR WOMEN'. TO KATE ` PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I DID YOU WRONG, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. TV MOVIE SIEGE, WHICH TOLD THE TRUE STORY OF THE STANDOFF WITH NAPIER GUNMAN JAN MOLENAAR, WON THE AWARD FOR BEST ONE-OFF DRAMA AND BEST ACTOR FOR THE MAN WHO PLAYED MOLENAAR, MARK MITCHINSON. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` PIKE RIVER MINE FAMILIES WANT A LAW CHANGE SO COMPANIES COULD BE CHARGED WITH CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER. THEY'LL MEET WITH GOVERNMENT MINISTERS GERRY BROWNLEE AND CHRIS FINLAYSON TOMORROW TO LEARN THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S FINDINGS ON THE TRAGEDY. LABOUR'S SUPPORT FALLS AWAY IN OUR LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR-BRUNTON POLL, MEANING NATIONAL WOULD ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE NUMBERS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. 42% OF NZERS STILL WANT JOHN KEY AS PRIME MINISTER. LABOUR'S DAVID SHEARER IS STILL STRUGGLING ON JUST 11%, DOWN A POINT SINCE OUR LAST POLL. A NZ-BORN SOLDIER SERVING IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT SURVIVING A ROADSIDE BOMB IN AFGHANISTAN. CURTIS MCGRATH LOST HIS LEGS IN THE BLAST AND HAD TO INSTRUCT FELLOW SOLDIERS ON HOW TO SAVE HIS LIFE. HE SPOKE WITH SUNDAY REPORTER PETE CRONSHAW. BRING IT BACK, BUT KEEP YOUR KNEES STRAIGHT... IT'S JUST TWO MONTHS SINCE CURTIS MCGRATH LOST HIS LEGS TO A TALIBAN BOMB. I'M NEVER GONNA FORGET WHAT HAPPENED, EVER. CURTIS MCGRATH WAS AN ENGINEER WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY. IT WAS HIS JOB TO FIND AND DESTROY THE TALIBAN'S WEAPON OF CHOICE ` IEDS, OR 'IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES'. WE KNEW WE WERE IN A PRETTY DANGEROUS AREA. YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THEY'RE THERE, MATE. YOU CAN'T GO CHECK EVERYTHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO CHECK WHAT YOU THINK, IN YOUR THREAT ASSESSMENT, IS AN IED. BUT YEAH. I MISSED ONE. HUH. IN ONE SPLIT SECOND, CURTIS MCGRATH'S LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER. GROAN ALL I REMEMBER IS OPENING MY EYES, AND IT WAS DARK. LOTS OF DUST FALLING. AND I LOOK DOWN AT MY LEGS, AND THEY'RE GONE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PAIN JUST COMES BACK, LIKE, WHACK. CURTIS WAS THE ADVANCED FIRST-AIDER. IT WAS HIS JOB TO SAVE LIVES. NOW HE HAD TO INSTRUCT HIS MATES TO SAVE HIS OWN. I'M NOT GONNA HERE. NOT IN THIS SHITHOLE. NO. NOT HERE. THE TALIBAN'S BOMB TOOK HIS LEGS, BUT HE'S DETERMINED IT WON'T RUIN HIS FUTURE. PETE CRONSHAW, ONE NEWS. AND I'LL HAVE CURTIS MCGRATH'S STORY OF SURVIVAL ON SUNDAY, STRAIGHT AFTER THIS NEWS HOUR AT 7. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ERIC MURRAY ENTERS THE BOXING RING? IT'S OFFICIAL. HE'S WITH FIGHT FOR LIFE. WE ASK MURRAY NEXT WHY ON EARTH HE WANTS TO BOX. ALSO TONIGHT THE ALL BLACKS BRING BACK THE 'R' WORD IN SCOTLAND. THE MAORI TEAM HITS THE GROUND RUNNING, WITH AN OPENING SPEECH FROM A CONTROVERSIAL SELECTION. PLUS, WILL THERE EVER BE A SWEETER GOAL SCORED AGAINST ARSENAL? WE HAVE THE MAN WHO'S POLE-AXED THE WORLD OF TENNIS. AND SOME OF OUR GREATEST SWIMMERS WIND BACK THE CLOCK IN A WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT. FIRST UP TONIGHT, THE PROMOTERS OF BOXING'S FIGHT FOR LIFE HAVE DONE IT AGAIN, ANNOUNCING A CHARITY BOUT THAT'S SHAPING AS A DANGEROUS MISMATCH. OLYMPIC ROWING CHAMPION ERIC MURRAY WILL DO WHAT NO ALL BLACK WAS PREPARED TO DO ` GO UP AGAINST HULKING LEAGUE STAR MANU VATUVEI. CRAIG STANAWAY REPORTS. WE'VE SHARED WITH HIM THAT FEELING OF JOY IN LONDON AND THAT HOLLOW FEELING FROM BEIJING. SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW HEARING ROWER ERIC MURRAY WANTS TO FACE THE MAN NICKNAMED THE BEAST? HOW MANY YEARS HAVE I KNOWN YOU? (CHUCKLES) TOO MANY. CAN I HONESTLY SAY TO YOU THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I MEAN THAT RESPECTFULLY. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE LOOKED UPON THAT WAY. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THE ROWING BACKGROUND, THEY DON'T NORMALLY GET INTO FISTICUFFS. AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CONCERN. HE'S 12 KILOS LIGHTER THAN MANU VATUVEI. WHERE MURRAY HAS A MASSIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH IS HIS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPERIOR AEROBIC FITNESS. HE'S ALSO GOT FORMER LEAGUE STAR MARK BOURNEVILLE IN HIS CORNER, THE TOUGHEST OF ALL COMPETITORS IN THE HISTORY OF FIGHT FOR LIFE. THEY CALL MANU THE BEAST ON THE FIELD. THIS GUY IS THE BEAST IN THE TRAINING ROOM. HE'S UNFAZED. HE WANTS TO DO IT. BOURNVILLE AND MURRAY TELL YOU ITS ALL ABOUT THE CHALLENGE. YOU JUDGE FOR YOURSELF IF HE'S DOING IT FOR THE MONEY, THOUGHT TO BE IN THE REGION OF $25,000. OLYMPIC CHAMPION, YOU'VE ONLY EARNT $60,000 OUT OF THAT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. AREN'T YOU JUST MAXIMISING...? I HAVEN'T EARNT THAT YET. YOU ONLY GET THAT IF YOU CONTINUE ROWING. HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT IN NZ ARE ALWAYS ABOUT GIVING YOU MONEY IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOING YOUR SPORT, AND SO, YEP, IF I CONTINUE GOING, I WILL RECEIVE THAT MONEY. IF I WAS TO RETIRE NOW ` 'THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR BEING A GOOD SPORTSPERSON; 'NOW GO FIND SOMETHING ELSE.' LIKE GREAT BRITAIN, NZ OLYMPIANS DON'T RECEIVE BONUSES FOR GOLD MEDALS. BUT THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING BACK FAIRLY SOON. I DO THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR IT, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S HARD TO SAY IF THEY NEED MORE THAN 60. HEY, WE'D ALL LIKE TO BE GETTING $100,000 SALARIES OR $200,000 TO GO PLAY RUGBY OR SOMETHING EVERY YEAR, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT ROWING'S ABOUT. SPARE A THOUGHT THOUGH FOR RUGBY LEAGUE'S MR NICE GUY. WHAT BENEFIT DOES HE GET OUT OF DOING THIS... TO A NATIONAL HERO? CRAIG STANAWAY, ONE NEWS. EIGHT YEARS AFTER FIRST USING ROTATION TO SELECT TEAMS, THE ALL BLACKS AND COACH STEVE HANSEN ARE RETURNING TO THE POLICY. AS THEY SETTLE INTO EDINBURGH, SENIOR PLAYERS INSIST THERE'S ENOUGH EXPERIENCE IN THE SQUAD, SO KEY MEMBERS DON'T HAVE TO FRONT UP EVERY WEEK. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. ON ALMOST ANY SATURDAY, THIS IS THE GAME THAT GRIPS EUROPE. SO TOO FOR A RELAXED ALL BLACKS SQUAD. PITTING NORTH AGAINST SOUTH ISLAND SUPER FRANCHISES, MA'A NONU IS QUICK TO JOIN THE SOUTHERNERS, AND IT ALL SEEMS TO BE SHAKING OFF THE LAST OF THEIR JET LAG, BUT NOT THE STING OF THEIR LAST TEST RESULT. THERE'S STILL A BIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HOW WE PLAYED A FEW WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE TO TURN THAT ROUND AGAIN, AND I KNOW FROM MY OWN POINT OF VIEW I'M PRETTY KEEN TO GET BACK OUT ON THE FIELD TO RECTIFY THOSE SORTA THINGS. FIXING THAT HASN'T BEGUN YET, UNLESS YOU COUNT CHEWING IT OVER AS PART OF A MENTAL CLEAR-OUT. YOU STILL GOTTA DO THE BASICS REALLY WELL, AND IF WE LOOK BACK AT OUR LAST PERFORMANCE, WE DIDN'T. OUR SET PIECE WAS POOR. OUR BACK ATTACK WAS POOR. OUR DEFENCE WAS POOR, YOU KNOW, SO THREE KEY AREAS OF THE GAME WE WERE POOR IN. AT LEAST THE ALL BLACKS ARE RICH IN TALENT ` A BIG HELP FOR THE ROTATION POLICY PLAYERS FACE OVER THE NEXT TWO TESTS. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU HELP THE GUYS I THINK WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU HELP THE GUYS THAT ARE THERE AND MAKE IT SEAMLESS, REALLY. FOR ALL THE TALK OF KEIRAN REID REPLACING RICHIE MCCAW AS CAPTAIN, STEVE HANSEN IS KEEPING HIS SELECTIONS PRETTY CLOSE TO HIS CHEST AT THIS POINT. INSTEAD INDICATING TO THE GREAT RANGE OF TALENT HE CAN DRAW UPON FROM SO MANY ABLE LIEUTENANTS. I THINK IF YOU'RE RELYING ON ONE GUY, YOU'RE USUALLY IN A BIT OF TROUBLE. WHOEVER'S CHOSEN, IT'LL CLEARLY TAKE MORE THAN JUST A WIN ON FOREIGN SOIL TO IMPRESS THE COACH. ON ASTROTURF, IT'S 3-2 TO THE NORTH ISLAND, THANKS TO COREY JANE. AT LEAST THEY WERE SPARED ANOTHER DRAW. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, EDINBURGH. THE MAORI RUGBY TEAM HAS ASSEMBLED IN AUCKLAND AHEAD OF ITS THREE-GAME TRIP TO ENGLAND. WILLIE RIPIA IS EXPECTED TO START ALL THREE MATCHES AT FIRST FIVE. IT'S HIS COMEBACK TO TOP CLASS RUGBY AFTER GAMBLING ISSUES FORCED HIM FROM THE GAME EARLIER THIS YEAR. YEAH, HE ADDRESSED US AS A GROUP LAST NIGHT, AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO HIS CHARACTER AND HOW HE'S MANAGED TO GO AWAY, FIND THE RIGHT HELP THAT HE NEEDED. PROBABLY THE BEAUTY OF THIS TEAM, WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, BUT ALL HAVE THAT ONE THING IN COMMON, THAT ONE THING WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT, SO HE'S DEFINITELY A HUGE PART OF THIS SIDE. LIKE A REJUVENATED FILIPO, WHO'S RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS, WELLINGTON TEAMMATE BATEMAN IS BACK IN THE SIDE AFTER A FEW YEARS AWAY. FLANKER KARL LOWE AND FULLBACK ANDRE TAYLOR BOTH SAT OUT CHUNKS OF THE FIRST TRAINING SESSION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAORI TEAM FLIES OUT TO LONDON ON TUESDAY NIGHT. STAR MANCHESTER UNITED SIGNING ROBIN VAN PERSIE HAS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIS OLD CLUB IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL. VAN PERSIE PLAYED AGAINST ARSENAL; THE GUNNERS NOW SURELY RUEING LETTING HIM GO. HERE'S MARK HATHAWAY. MANCHESTER UNITED'S ROBIN VAN PERSIE PLAYED JUST UNDER 200 GAMES FOR ARSENAL. HE TOOK LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES TO REMIND THE GUNNERS WHAT THEY'RE MISSING. HERE'S VAN PERSIE. OH, WRITTEN IN THE STARS. IT JUST HAD TO BE. DOING TO ARSENAL WHAT HE DID SO LONG FOR ARSENAL. HE WOULDN'T CELEBRATE THE GOAL OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIS OLD CLUB. BUT WASN'T GOING LIGHTLY. ARSENAL LUCKY TO ONLY BE DOWN BY ONE,... VAN PERSIE, DENIED THIS TIME. ...ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS. WELL, APPEALS FOR HAND BALL. MIKE GREEN POINTS TO THE SPOT. WAYNE ROONEY DUFFED THE PENALTY. OH, HE'S OFF TARGET. VAN PERSIE AGAIN FIRING IN THE SECOND SPELL, WHILE MAN U WERE STRUGGLED TO FINISH. VAN PERSIE. OH, AND WHAT A SAVE. BUT WITH ROONEY'S CROSS PUT AWAY BY PATRICE EVRA IN THE 66TH MINUTE, UNITED HAD THE BUFFER. A STOPPAGE-TIME CRACKER FROM SANTI CAZORLA PEGGING THINGS BACK. MAN U WINNING 2-1. AND IT'S BEEN REVEALED VAN PERSIE TURNED DOWN AN OFFER FROM DEFENDING CHAMPIONS MANCHESTER CITY WHO TRAVELLED TO WEST HAM. GOOD BALL AND TO NOLAN! KEVIN NOLAN'S GOAL WAS DISALLOWED FOR BEING OFFSIDE, SETTING THE TONE FOR A MATCH OF NEAR MISSES. TOWARDS CARROLL! THE 0-0 DRAW PREVENTED CITY TOPPING THE TABLE. AND CHELSEA ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO HIT TOP SPOT IF THEY COULD OVERCOME SWANSEA'S DEFENCE. VICTOR MOSES' DELICATE HEADER PUT THE WIN WITHIN REACH,... VICTOR MOSES WITH THE FINAL TOUCH. ...BUT IT WAS SWANSEA WITH THE FINAL SAY. FINAL SCORE 1-1. ROBERTO MANCINI WAS LEFT WONDERING WHERE MAN CITY'S MOJO HAS GONE. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. ALL WHITES MIDFIELDER MICHAEL MCGLINCHEY HAS SCORED ONE OF THE BEST INDIVIDUAL GOALS YOU'LL SEE IN THE A-LEAGUE THIS SEASON. FRESH FROM HIS TWO INTERNATIONAL GOALS LAST MONTH, MCGLINCHEY CRACKED A STUNNER FOR THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS. MCGLINCHEY! OH, WHAT A GOAL! WHAT A FABULOUS GOAL BY MICHAEL MCGLINCHEY! WHAT A GREAT PIECE OF VISION. WHAT A GREAT PIECE OF SKILL AND PERSEVERANCE. AND WHAT A CRISP FINISH. THE 25-YEAR-OLD ALSO SET UP THE FINAL GOAL AS THE MARINERS MAULED SYDNEY FC 7-2 TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE. AMERICAN BRANDT SNEDEKER HAS GONE WITHIN A WHISKER OF JOINING THE 59 CLUB. ONE UNDER PAR AND GOING NOWHERE AT THE HALF-WAY STAGE OF THE HSBC CHAMPIONS EVENT IN CHINA, SNEDEKER'S APPROACH PRODUCED AN EAGLE ON THE 15TH TO GO WITH 10 BIRDIES. AND HE HAD THIS BIRDIE PUTT FOR 59 AT MISSION HILLS. OH. GREAT EFFORT BY BRANDT SNAEDEKER. YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY CHANCES IN YOUR CAREER TO SHOOT 59S. WHEN YOU DO, YOU MAKE SURE YOU GIVE IT YOUR BEST EFFORT, AND I DID. JUST MISSED THE PUTT ON THE 18TH, WHICH WAS A LITTLE UNFORTUNATE. HE'S STILL FIVE STROKES BEHIND CO-LEADER LEE WESTWOOD, WHO HAD A RESPECTABLE 10 UNDER PAR 61. POLISH TENNIS PLAYER JERZY JANOWICZ HAS A CHANCE TO ALMOST DOUBLE HIS CAREER EARNINGS TOMORROW IF HE WINS THE PARIS MASTERS. THE TOWERING 21-YEAR-OLD HAS JUST UPSET HIS FIFTH TOP 20 PLAYER IN A ROW ` GILLES SIMON HIS LATEST SCALP ` TO REACH HIS FIRST EVER FINAL. I CAME HERE TO PLAY QUALIFICATIONS, AND I'M IN THE FINAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME. JANOWICZ STILL STRUGGLES FOR SPONSORS AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TRAVEL TO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN EARLIER THIS YEAR. STANDING IN HIS WAY NOW IS THE FOURTH SEED SPANIARD DAVID FERRER, WHO RECKONS HE'S IN CAREER BEST FORM AFTER DISPATCHING MICHAEL LLODRA TO GIVE HIM A GREAT SHOT AT HIS SEVENTH TITLE OF THE SEASON. A NORTH SHORE SWIMMING TEAM PACKED WITH OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEATH GAMES MEDALLISTS IS CELEBRATING A NEW WORLD RECORD TONIGHT. THE 100-STRONG RELAY SQUAD DIDN'T JUST BREAK THE MARK, BUT SMASHED IT. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. ON PARADE IN OLYMPIC STYLE, THE SWIMMERS LED INTO THE MILLENIUM CENTRE POOL BY MOSS BURMESTER. OLYMPIC FINALIST, COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION AND WORLD CHAMPION. COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLIST JOHN STEEL PLAYING COURT JESTER TO DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPION DANYON LOADER. THE 37-YEAR-OLD CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO COMPETE. BURMESTER FIRST AWAY, COVERING HIS 25M IN 11.5 SECONDS, WELL INSIDE THE PACE REQUIRED TO BREAK THE 100 BY 25M MASS RELAY WORLD RECORD OF JUST OVER 30 MINUTES SET IN SWEDEN IN 1992. TEAMS OF OFFICIALS ENSURING THE RECORD GETS RATIFIED. IF THEY JUMP THE GUN, THEY'VE GOT TO GET OUT, TURN AROUND AND GO AGAIN. THAT COSTS US TIME. VALUABLE TIME. COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLIST HANNAH MCLEAN DULY WARNED. DON'T GO EARLY. DANYON LOADER ONLY SWIMS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH THESE DAYS, SETTING THE HALFWAY MARK AS SWIMMER NUMBER 50, WITH LAUREN BOYLE, FOURTH AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS, BRINGING HOME THE RECORD. YOU CAN COMPARE THAT NOISE WITH THE OLYMPICS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SMALL SPACE, IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT DID IN LONDON, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S PRETTY EXCITING AND PRETTY COOL TO HAVE JUST BROKEN A WORLD RECORD, AND BY 9 MINUTES AS WELL. AGE BARRIERS BROKEN TOO, WITH SWIMMERS RANGING FROM 12 TO 40. IT WAS JUST A COOL THING TO DO, AND A GREAT THING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE OLDER SWIMMERS AND THE YOUNGER SWIMMERS IN THE CLUB TOGETHER AS WELL. I'VE NOT BEEN PART OF A RELAY OF THAT MANY PEOPLE BEFORE, SO I THINK FOR MYSELF AND ALL THE SWIMMERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN IT, KIWIS LOVE COMPETITION, AND AS A SMALL NATION THAT'S WHAT WE THRIVE ON, AND IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, LET'S MAKE THE AUSSIES DO IT AND THEN GIVE US SOMETHING TO GO FOR AGAIN. 20 MINUTES, 22 SECONDS THE NEW MARK. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. SOME TIGHT SPEEDOS THERE. THANKS, ANDREW. HI, EVERYONE. THAT COLD FRONT IS SET TO POUNCE ON SOUTHLAND, BRINGING ANOTHER BURST OF SHOWERY SOU'WESTERLIES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH TOMORROW. THEREFORE A ROAD SNOWFALL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME SNOW SETTLING ON THE HIGH SOUTHERN ROADS FROM TONIGHT. A BRIGHT BAND OF CLOUD EAST OF NZ MARKS A COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR YESTERDAYS RAIN. A MIX OF CLEAR AND CLOUDY SKY ACROSS NZ, WITH THE SPECKLED-LOOKING CLOUD MARKING ALL THE SHOWER ACTIVITY. A BAND OF BRIGHT FRONTAL CLOUD LIES JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THAT COLD FRONT RACES UP THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT, REACHING THE NORTH ISLAND EARLY MORNING THEN MOVING OFF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW NIGHT. COLD SHOWERY SOUTH-WESTERLIES LIE IN ITS WAKE. HOWEVER, AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, A RIDGE MOVES OVER THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE TASMAN SEA, RELAXING THOSE COLD AND SHOWERY SOUTH-WESTERLIES FROM THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH, WITH SOME SNOW ABOVE 500M. A FEW FALLS ACROSS THE REST OF THE ISLAND BUT FINE IN THE NORTH. AFTER LUNCH BECOMING FINE IN THE WEST, APART FROM A FEW SHOWERS IN BULLER, AND SHOWERS SPREADING OVER THE NORTH. COLD SOUTH-WEST WINDS, DYING OUT IN THE WEST. SHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT TARANAKI AND SOUTH TO WELLINGTON, ISOLATED SHOWERS SPREADING ALONG THE WAIKATO COAST TO AUCKLAND, WITH SHOWERS IN WELLINGTON SPREADING THROUGH THE WAIRARAPA. HAWKE'S BAY AND GISBORNE GET A FEW FALLS AFTER MIDDAY. MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE, COLD SOUTH-WEST WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THANKS TO MARTIN FOR THIS GORGEOUS SHOT OF LAKE TE ANAU. JIM'S BACK TOMORROW, HAVE A GREAT WEEK. TONIGHT'S GOODSORT IS FROM MATATA, A SMALL SEASIDE TOWN ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. CHANCES ARE IF YOU RUN INTO BONNIE DOBSON THERE, YOU'LL BE IN NEED OF SOME KIND OF HELP. BUT WITH BONNIE AND HER FAMILY AROUND, YOU'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS. HADYN JONES WITH GOOD SORT BONNIE DOBSON. IF YOU LIVE IN MATATA, WHICH ABOUT 600 PEOPLE DO, OR YOU'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH LIKE ME, IF YOU DO GET INTO STRIFE, DON'T WORRY; THE DOBSON FAMILY WILL COME TO YOUR RESCUE. SIREN WAILS IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN, BONNIE DOBSON, THE ST JOHN'S FIRST RESPONDER, KNOWS MOST OF HER PATIENTS. THEY TELL ME IT'S NICE HAVING SOMEONE THEY KNOW ARRIVE. AND RIGHT BEHIND HER IS HER HUSBAND, BRIAN DOBSON. HE'S THE FIRE CHIEF. IS YOUR WIFE OFTEN BEHIND YOU IN THE VAN? > OH, YES, QUITE OFTEN. YEP. YEP. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN FRONT. YOU SEE, WHEN THE DOBSON FAMILY LOOK THROUGH THE NEARLY 50-YEAR HISTORY OF THE MATATA FIRE SERVICE, THEY SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES. YOU SEE, IN MATATA, THERE'S ONLY EVER BEEN TWO FIRE CHIEFS. BRIAN AND HIS DAD. (LAUGHS) THAT'S ALL WE'VE HAD, BRIAN AND HIS DAD. THOMAS DOBSON WAS MADE THE TOWN'S FIRST CHIEF IN 1963. HIS SON BRIAN SUCCEEDED HIM. NEVER REALLY WANTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM MATATA. WE'RE TRAINING THE SON UP NOW, TO TAKE OVER. BOTH BONNIE AND BRIAN'S PARENTS WERE IN THE FORCE. MARK, THEIR SON, IS ALSO A FIREMAN. AND AS FOR HIS SON, JAY ` WELL, HE ALREADY KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND AN AMBULANCE. HI, BONNIE, HOW YOU GOING. BONNIE WAS NOMINATED BY HER FRIEND DEBORAH HOVER, WHO'S BROUGHT OUT THE GOOD BAKING FOR US I NORMALLY GET A COFFEE, BUT I DON'T NORMALLY GET SCONES. I'M MOST IMPRESSED. BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO SAY THANKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPAY HER, AND THIS IS MY WAY OF REPAYING HER. ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT SHE DOES FOR EVERYONE HERE. YOU SEE, BONNIE HAS HELPED DEBORAH ` NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. SAVED MY LIFE, TWICE. YEAH, FIRSTLY THROUGH MY HEART, AND BEING THERE, KEEPING ME CALM UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED; AND SECONDLY, FROM WHEN I WAS CHOKING AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. BONNIE DOBSON IS A BIT EMBARRASSED BY ALL THIS ATTENTION. I ENJOY HELPING MY COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE IN IT. THAT'S WHY I DO IT. AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT SHE DOES IT. THERE MAY BE MORE SCONES COMING BONNIE'S WAY. NOT A BAD THING. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE A GOODSORT YOU CAN CONTACT HADYN BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE: onenews.co.nz/goodsorts AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT. I'LL BE BACK WITH THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF SAPPER CURTIS MCGRATH AND HOW HE MANAGED HIS OWN FIRST AID MOMENTS AFTER A BOMB BLAST TOOK BOTH HIS LEGS. THE FULL STORY ON SUNDAY IN JUST A MOMENT. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND SAM BRADFORD. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012