DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A BUSINESSMAN FACING CHILD SEX CHARGES IN KAITAIA COLLAPSES IN COURT. ISRAEL KILLS A TOP HAMAS FIGURE IN TARGETED STRIKES ON GAZA. AND THE ROYAL COUPLE GETS SET FOR A TASTE OF RURAL LIFE WITH A TRIP TO FEILDING. GOOD AFTERNOON. A NORTHLAND BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES AGAINST YOUNG BOYS COLLAPSED IN THE KAITAIA DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING. LARGE CROWDS GATHERED IN THE COURTROOM WHEN DANIEL TAYLOR APPEARED. HE IS NOW FACING 19 COUNTS OF SEX CRIMES AGAINST FOUR YOUNG BOYS. AS THE CHARGES WERE READ, TAYLOR COLLAPSED AND WAS LATER CARRIED OUT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. ANOTHER MAN, FORMER DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JAMES PARKER, IS ALSO DUE IN THE COURT TODAY. HE HAS ADMITTED 49 SEX CRIMES AGAINST FORMER STUDENTS. AN ADDITIONAL 23 CHARGES HAVE BEEN LAID. POLICE HOPE A HIGH-RISK CHILD-SEX OFFENDER WHO'S BEEN ON THE RUN FOR A WEEK WILL TURN HIMSELF INTO POLICE TODAY. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR DARREN JOLLY AFTER HE FLED FROM HIS WELLINGTON HOME LAST WEEK, ALLEGEDLY BREACHING A SUPERVISION ORDER. JOLLY MADE A PHONE CALL TO HIS LAWYER LAST NIGHT SAYING HE WOULD TURN HIMSELF OVER TO POLICE TODAY, BUT SO FAR HASN'T MADE FURTHER CONTACT. THE VEHICLE POLICE ALLEGE THE 47-YEAR-OLD STOLE IN KAPITI LAST WEEK HAS BEEN RECOVERED JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND. PARENTS ARE BEING URGED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE CHECKING FOR CHILDREN WHEN THEY'RE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAYS, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF AN AUCKLAND TODDLER. THE 2-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF PAPAKURA LAST NIGHT. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A FAMILY MEMBER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THAT PERSON HAS BEEN BREATH-TESTED AND INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. THE CHILD SAFETY LOBBY GROUP 'SAFEKIDS' SAYS FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR IN DRIVEWAYS, AND IT URGES FAMILIES TO BE VIGILANT IN THESE AREAS. WAIRARAPA POLICE ARE CONCERNED OVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN. THEY WERE CALLED TO THE WOMAN'S HOME IN FEATHERSTON YESTERDAY MORNING. IT'S BELIEVED THE 70-YEAR-OLD COULD'VE DIED SEVERAL DAYS AGO AFTER SHE FAILED TO TURN UP TO A REGULAR APPOINTMENT WITH A FRIEND LAST WEEK. AND THAT FRIEND JUST COME ROUND TO TRY AND FIND HER, AND IT RESULTED IN HER UNFORTUNATELY FINDING HER FRIEND DEAD INSIDE THEN CALLING US. A SCENE AND POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. AND POLICE IN PORIRUA HAVE LAUNCHED AN ENQUIRY FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF A 33-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AT A HOUSE IN TAWA. THEY SAY SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ATTACK. DOCTORS ARE URGING NZERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH TYPE II DIABETES AND TO TACKLE THE ISSUE BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF NEW FIGURES SHOWING A THIRD OF MIDDLE-AGED NZERS EITHER HAVE DIABETES OR WILL GET IT IN THEIR LIFE TIME. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE DEMANDING MORE ACTION BE TAKEN TO CURB THE DISEASE. I THINK WE AS NZERS HAVE TO REALISE THAT WE DO HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND START TAKING ACTION. AND PEOPLE CAN TAKE ACTION, BUT IT HAS TO BE FROM THE HOME, TO INVIDUALS, THROUGH TO GOVERNMENT FOR IT TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS TYPE II DIABETES IS ONE OF ITS TOP SIX HEALTH PRIORITIES AND ALL DHBS NOW HAVE SPECIALIST DIABETES NURSES AND SCREENING PROGRAMMES. NOW TO THE ROYAL TOUR. AND THE DAY AFTER HIS BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE CAPITAL, PRINCE CHARLES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL ARE HEADING TO RURAL NZ. THEY ARE DUE TO ARRIVE IN FEILDING SHORTLY ` THE ONLY SMALL TOWN THEY'LL VISIT THIS TRIP. REPORTER DANIEL FAITAUA IS FOLLOWING THEM AND JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM FEILDING. MELISSA, LOCALS SAY THIS IS TYPICAL FEILDING WEATHER. THERE'S FRESH ORGANIC PRODUCE HERE. SECURITY ARE TRYING TO CLEAR PEOPLE. THEY'LL LOOK AT THESE WINNING MAILBOXES. THEIR TOUR WILL END AT THE CENOTAPH. THEY'LL COMMEMORATE SOLDIERS FROM THE WORLD WARS. WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE ROYAL COUPLE TO ARRIVE? MELISSA, WE'VE HAD A DRESS REHEARSAL. THEY'LL COME IN A MOTORCADE AND THEN GO AROUND THE FARMERS' MARKET. THEY ARE GIVING AN EVENT. THANKS, DANIEL FAITAUA LIVE FROM FEILDING. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE ROYAL COUPLE'S TRIP TO THE MANAWATU ON ONE NEWS AT 4.30 AND THE NEWS HOUR AT 6. OVERSEAS NOW, AND ISRAEL HAS LAUNCHED A SERIES OF AIR STRIKES ON GAZA, KILLING THE HAMAS MILITARY CHIEF. ISRAEL SAYS THE ATTACK WAS A TARGETED STRIKE IN RETRIBUTION FOR ONGOING HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAELI TERRITORY. HAMAS SAYS ISRAEL HAS 'OPENED THE GATES OF HELL'. THIS REPORT FROM THE BBC'S JOHN DONNISON CONTAINS FOOTAGE OF THE AIR STRIKE. FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA TONIGHT, IT LOOKED LIKE WAR. AND AS IN MOST WARS, CIVILIANS CAUGHT UP IN THE VIOLENCE ` THE IMPACT OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY MIGHT. AND THE FIRST TARGET TODAY WAS THE BIGGEST. THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF AHMED AL-JABARI'S CAR ` HAMAS' MOST SENIOR MILITARY LEADER HIT BY AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE AS HE TRAVELLED THROUGH GAZA CITY. HE WAS 46 YEARS OLD. HE DIED INSTANTLY. HAMAS, WHICH GOVERNS IN GAZA, SEES THIS AS A MAJOR PROVOCATION. TRANSLATOR: OUR ZIONIST ENEMY WILL, GOD WILLING, PAY A PRICE FOR THIS COWARDLY ASSASSINATION, BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF OUR MOST EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS. AHMED AL-JABARI SITS AT THE TOP OF HAMAS' MILITARY WING, THE AL-QASSAM BRIGADES. TONIGHT THE ISRAELI MILITARY PUBLISHED THIS IMAGE OF THE MAN IT BLAMES FOR A STRING OF DEADLY ATTACKS. THE ARMY RELEASED VIDEO FOOTAGE OF HIM BEING TRACKED, AND THEN THE MOMENT WHEN HIS CAR WAS HIT. GAZA'S HOSPITALS ARE EXPECTED TO FACE A BUSY NIGHT, WITH MORE CASUALTIES THIS EVENING. AMONG THEM, CHILDREN AND AT LEAST ONE BABY. IN A FEW PLACES, GAZANS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT. PEOPLE HERE FEAR ANOTHER WAR. IT'S ALMOST FOUR YEARS SINCE THE LAST ONE. RECENTLY, THE WORLD'S ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ELSEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT THE REGION'S MOST DEEP-ROOTED CONFLICT NEVER WENT AWAY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE STAGING PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE AGAINST RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AND MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS. RALLIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 23 COUNTRIES, WITH SOME STRIKES HALTING TRANSPORT AND BUSINESS. THE BBC'S GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS. IN THE SPANISH CAPITAL, MADRID, PROTESTERS BLOCKED MAIN ROADS, TRYING TO ENFORCE A GENERAL STRIKE. THERE WERE CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE PROTESTS WERE PART OF A EUROPE-WIDE DAY OF ACTION, WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STRIKING AGAINST SPENDING CUTS AND AUSTERITY. THERE WERE PROTESTS IN AT LEAST SIX EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TODAY. MUCH OF SPAIN'S TRANSPORT NETWORK WAS SHUT DOWN, IN A COUNTRY WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT IS NEARLY 26%. IN PORTUGAL THERE WAS A GENERAL STRIKE. THEIR DEBT IS 107% OF NATIONAL INCOME. IN GREECE PROTESTERS CRIED 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.' THE ECONOMY THERE HAS SHRUNK 23% IN JUST FIVE YEARS. BUT THE STORIES OF HARDSHIP AND TRAGEDY ARE INCREASING. A FEW DAYS AGO A WOMAN IN NORTHERN SPAIN COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER BEING EVICTED FROM HER HOME. THESE PROTESTERS ARE CAMPING OUTSIDE A BANK, DEMANDING THAT EVICTION STOP. FIDEL HAS BEEN FORCED OUT OF HIS FLAT. 'PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THIS,' HE SAID. 'SOONER OR LATER, IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE.' AT TIMES IT HAS SEEMED THAT THE EUROZONE CRISIS IS EASING, BUT THE OUTLOOK FOR THE REAL ECONOMY IS WORSENING, STOKING TENSION. CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY WILL UNVEIL THE LINE-UP OF ITS NEW LEADERSHIP IN JUST A FEW HOURS' TIME. THE TRANSITION TO A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS, THE FIRST IN A DECADE, IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF A MEETING OF THE PARTY ELITE IN BEIJING. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICUS. AS THEY STEPPED ASIDE TODAY, CHINA'S OUTGOING COMMUNIST LEADERS CONGRATULATED THEMSELVES. UNDER THEIR WATCH, CHINA HAS RISEN SO FAST, THIS CENTURY IS OFTEN CALLED CHINA'S CENTURY. ITS AUTHORITARIAN MODEL OF THE FUTURE ` THE WESTERN DECLINE. MANY IN CHINA, THOUGH, ARE NOT SO CONFIDENT. THE NEW LEADERSHIP, HEADED BY XI JINPING, HANDPICKED BY PARTY LEADERS AND RUBBER-STAMPED, WILL BE UNVEILED TO THE WORLD TOMORROW. BUT THE QUESTION ` CAN IT CONTINUE TO KEEP CHINA'S 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE EXCLUDED FROM POWER? THERE'S NO SIGN THE PARTY IS WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE WHO WANT REAL CHANGE, LIKE LIU XIAOBO, CHINA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER. HE REMAINS IN THIS JAIL, SERVING AN 11-YEAR SENTENCE FOR CALLING FOR WESTERN-STYLE SEPARATION OF POWERS. BUT CALLS FOR REFORM ARE GROWING. CALLING FOR MORE FREEDOM, THE PEOPLE OF WUKAN EXPELLED CORRUPT COMMUNIST OFFICIALS FROM THEIR VILLAGE LAST YEAR. THEIR REVOLT CAUGHT THE IMAGINATION OF MANY. IT ONLY ENDED WHEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY CONCEDED, GIVING VILLAGERS A RARE FREE VOTE TO CHOOSE NEW OFFICIALS. NOW TO HEAD OFF MORE SUCH CRISES, THE PARTY IS CONSIDERING REFORM. BUT FOR XI JINPING, DOING SOMETHING MAY ALSO BE RISKY. CHINA'S COMMUNISTS HAVE LEARNT FROM THE DOWNFALL OF THE SOVIET UNION THAT SMALL REFORMS CAN TRIGGER A COLLAPSE OF AN ENTIRE SYSTEM. BUT DOING NOTHING COULD BE DANGEROUS TOO. THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT PROTESTS BY FARM WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. DEMONSTRATORS SET FIRES AND OVERTURNED A POLICE TRUCK IN ANGRY DEMANDS FOR HIGHER WAGES FOR WORKERS IN AGRICULTURE, ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S HIGHEST-EARNING INDUSTRIES. IT FOLLOWS WEEKS OF INTERMITTENT PROTESTS BY MINING WORKERS. THERE'S BEEN LITTLE PROGRESS WITH PLATINUM MINERS WAGE DEMANDS SINCE THE PROTEST IN AUGUST WHICH SAW 46 PEOPLE KILLED. IN THE US, THE WOMAN WHO'S SAID TO HAVE DESTROYED THE CAREER OF CIA BOSS AND FORMER TOP GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS HAS BEEN SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SCANDAL BROKE. IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, STRANGE PHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE SO-CALLED 'SECOND WOMAN' IN THE CASE. HERE'S THE ABC'S PREETI ARLA. THE FBI AND CIA ARE EXPECTED TO BRIEF LAWMAKERS ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PETRAEUS SCANDAL AS THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS CONTINUES. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE NEWS BROKE OF HER AFFAIR WITH GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS, WE SEE THE WOMAN AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL, PAULA BROADWELL, EATING AND DRINKING BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF HER BROTHER'S HOME IN WASHINGTON DC. THIS AS A SCANDAL APPEARS TO WIDEN AND THE SPOTLIGHT NOW SHINES ON THE TOP US COMMANDER IN AFGHANISTAN, GENERAL JOHN ALLEN. THE PRESIDENT THINKS VERY HIGHLY OF GENERAL ALLEN AND HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AS WELL AS THE JOB HE HAS DONE IN AFGHANISTAN. A SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE EVEN AS HEARINGS FOR GENERAL ALLEN'S NOMINATION AS NATO SUPREME COMMANDER ARE PUT ON HOLD. OFFICIALS UNCOVERED THOUSANDS OF WHAT THEY CALLED POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE EMAILS BETWEEN GENERAL ALLEN AND TAMPA SOCIALITE JILL KELLEY. KELLEY IS THE WOMAN WHO SPARKED THE INVESTIGATION INTO PETRAEUS AND BROADWELL. GENERAL ALLEN SAYS HE DID NOTHING WRONG. NO ONE SHOULD LEAP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS. HIS NOMINATION HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD AS A PRUDENT MEASURE. WHILE THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE HAVE BEEN QUIET, IN A 911 CALL, JILL KELLEY TELLS TAMPA DISPATCHERS SHE NEEDS DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION BECAUSE SHE IS HONORARY CONSUL TO SOUTH KOREA ` AN UNOFFICIAL POSITION, ACCORDING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS MORNING UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SPOKE ABOUT THE PETRAEUS SITUATION, SAYING THERE IS SO FAR NO EVIDENCE THAT AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED AND HE CONTINUES TO HOLD GENERAL PETRAEUS IN HIGH REGARD. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AT LEAST, HE HAS PROVIDED THIS COUNTRY AN EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE. WE ARE SAFER BECAUSE OF THE WORK DAVID PETRAEUS HAS DONE. AND MY MAIN HOPE RIGHT NOW IS THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE ABLE TO MOVE ON AND THAT THIS ENDS UP BEING A SINGLE SIDE NOTE ON WHAT HAS OTHERWISE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER. ARCHAEOLOGISTS WORKING IN EGYPT HAVE UNCOVERED A 4500-YEAR-OLD TOMB WHICH WAS HOME TO THE REMAINS OF A PRINCESS. A TEAM OF CZECH ARCHAEOLOGISTS IS EXAMINING THE BURIAL SITE FOR PRINCESS SHERT NEBTI NEAR THE FAMED STEP PYRAMID OF SAQQARA. THE DISCOVERY COMES WEEKS AFTER THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REOPENED A PYRAMID AND A COMPLEX OF TOMBS THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR RESTORATION WORK FOR A DECADE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WE'LL CHECK IN ON THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT ` WHY ADAM THOMPSON'S PUNISHMENT IS NOW UP FOR REVIEW. 1 WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. GOOD AFTERNOON. A FEW RESULTS OUT TODAY. LET'S START WITH RYMAN HEALTHCARE. HOW DID THEY DO? THEY'VE COME OUT WITH A NET PROFIT OF 48M ` UP 16%. THE DIVIDEND 4.6C FOR THE PERIOD. THEY'RE OPENING UP ROOMS. THEY'RE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE 15% UNDERLYING PROFIT GROWTH FOR THE YEAR. AND A FIRST-HALF RESULT FROM RAKON? THAT HASN'T BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED. THEY'VE HAD A LOSS. THE COMPANY TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN EUROPE AND AMERICA GOING ON LONGER. THEY'VE GOT 4G NETWORKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. TELL US ABOUT DNZ PROPERTY TRUST. THEY'RE THE NEWEST OF THE LISTED PROPERTIES. THEIR PROFIT IS UP $1M. THEIR DIVIDEND WAS 2.25C. THANK YOU, BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO MIDDAY SPORT NOW. THE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY BOARD WILL REVIEW THE ONE-WEEK SUSPENSION HANDED TO ALL BLACK ADAM THOMSON OVER A STOMPING INCIDENT DURING THE TEST MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE JUDGE AT THE JUDICIAL HEARING IN LONDON SAYS THOMSON'S OFFENDING WAS ON THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE, BUT THE LIGHT SENTENCE IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED CRITICISM FROM BRITISH MEDIA. IRB CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRETT GOSPER REVEALED ON TWITTER THE SENTENCE COULD BE OVERTURNED. MEANWHILE, ALL BLACK MIDFIELDER BEN SMITH WILL MISS THE NEXT ALL BLACKS TEST AGAINST ITALY AFTER SUFFERING A FRACTURE TO HIS CHEEKBONE BUT HAS BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY AGAINST WALES LATER IN THE MONTH. IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHEN TAMATI ELLISON WILL RETURN. REPORTS THAT K LEAGUE CAPTAIN BENJI MARSHALL WANTS AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS WESTS TIGERS CONTRACT TO PLAY RUGBY IN JAPAN HAVE BEEN RUBBISHED BY HIS AGENT. WHILE MARSHALL IS KEEN TO CASH IN LIKE HIS FORMER TEAMMATE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS, IT WON'T BE HAPPENING ANY TIME SOON. THE TIGERS PLAYMAKER, WHO'S SIGNED TO THE SYDNEY CLUB UNTIL 2015, ALSO WANTS TO PLAY IN THE NEXT YEAR'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP, WHICH WOULD MEAN THE EARLIEST HE COULD FIT IN A LUCRATIVE STINT IN JAPAN WOULD BE AT THE END OF 2014. THE NRL'S NEW HEAD REFEREE DANIEL ANDERSON SAYS HE KNOWS HE'S IN FOR A HARD ROAD BUT HOPES HIS EXPERIENCE AS FORMER COACH TO THE EELS AND THE WARRIORS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS REPORT FROM THE ABC. DANIEL ANDERSON'S COACHED IN GRAND FINALS AND TEST MATCHES BUT WILL FACE A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRESSURE IN CHARGE OF REFEREEING. LOSES IT. HE'S LOST IT. HOW THE HELL WAS THAT A TURNOVER? IT'S VERY CHALLENGE. I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY MUCH A HIGH-PROFILE POSITION. HE'S ALREADY GOT AN APPROACH TO DEAL WITH MONDAY PHONE CALLS FROM ANGRY COACHES. VOICEMAIL. (CHUCKLES) THE 45-YEAR-OLD WILL BE ASSISTED BY FORMER ON-FIELD REFEREES RUSSELL SMITH AND TONY ARCHER. CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY FROM GAME TO GAME AND ACROSS 80 MINUTES. ANDERSON BELIEVES HIS BACKGROUND WILL IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REFEREES AND COACHES. I THINK I'LL PROVIDE A BIT OF A LIAISON, A BIT OF A BALANCE, BETWEEN BOTH SECTIONS. THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT RULE CAUSED ANGUISH FOR PLAYERS, COACHES, FANS AND REFEREES LAST SEASON. IT DIDN'T TOUCH HIS HAND. THAT'S WHERE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IS, OK. ANDERSON WANTS EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE BEFORE NEXT YEAR. I'M HOPEFUL OF FINDING VIDEO REFEREES THAT WANNA GO TO WORK, COS THEY GOT HAMMERED LAST YEAR. THE ALL WHITES HAVE MISSED THE CHANCE FOR A RARE WIN ON OVERSEAS SOIL, DRAWING 1-1 WITH CHINA OVERNIGHT. THE NEW-LOOK NZ SIDE MADE A BRIGHT START, WITH CHRIS WOOD GOING CLOSE EARLY ON BEFORE THE CHINESE TOOK CONTROL, DOMINATING THE FIRST HALF HOUR AND GETTING THEIR REWARD. NEAR POST THEY GO, AND THEY'VE SCORED! SPARKED INTO LIFE, THE ALL WHITES TIED THINGS UP BEFORE THE BREAK. AND THE BALL IS PLAYED, AND THE GOAL IS SCORED. SO CHRIS WOOD HAS EQUALISED FOR NZ. THE ALL WHITES TAKING CONTROL IN THE SECOND HALF, CREATING NUMEROUS CHANCES, ONLY FOR THE TELLING FINAL TOUCH TO ELUDE THEM. MARK PASTON, THE HERO IN THE DYING MOMENTS, SAVING THE ALL WHITES FROM WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN UNDESERVED LOSS. AND RUSSIA DREW WITH THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR FRIENDLY MATCH. RUSSIA SCORED FIRST IN THE EIGHTH MINUTE, WHILE THE UNITED STATES REMAINED GOALLESS UNTIL THE 75TH. THE RUSSIANS STRUCK BACK MINUTES LATER, BUT THE US SCORED AGAIN JUST BEFORE FULL TIME, DRAWING THE MATCH AT 2-2. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND A NEW BEATLES OFFERING THAT MIGHT SOLVE SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING PROBLEMS. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A TROUGH MOVES ON TO THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. A NARROW HIGH-PRESSURE RIDGE FOLLOWS, BUT THIS IS REPLACED IN THE LONGER TERM BY FRONTAL ACTIVITY FROM THE TASMAN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY ` IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT TO GET A MUSIC FAN FOR CHRISTMAS, I MIGHT HAVE THE ANSWER. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE BEATLE'S ENTIRE CATALOGUE OF STUDIO ALBUMS HAS BEEN RELEASED ON SO-CALLED 'AUDIOPHILE-QUALITY VINYL'. THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET HAS BEEN RE-MASTERED IN A WAY THAT EVEN PRISTINE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS CAN'T MATCH, AND FANS SAY THE SOUND IS DEEPER AND RICHER THAN A DIGITAL ALBUM. BUT BE PREPARED TO DIG DEEP ` THE BOXED SET WILL COST ALMOST NZ$400. THAT'S YOUR MIDDAY NEWS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. 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