HOWDY, EVERYBODY. A SCRAPPY DAY AS A WEAK LOW LET OFF SHOWERS AS IT CROSSED THE NORTH. BUT NOW WE'RE EASING INTO A MOSTLY FINE SLOT UNDER A RAGGED-LOOKING RIDGE. MAKE THE MOST OF TOMORROW, BECAUSE THE RAIN MILITIA IS ORGANISING A STRIKE FROM THE SOUTH TASMAN FOR SATURDAY. DETAILS VERY SOON. 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. WILL CHRISTCHURCH'S CATHEDRAL BE SAVED AFTER ALL? WHY THE DEMOLITION'S BEEN STOPPED. DRAMATIC SCENES IN COURT AS CHILD SEX CHARGES AGAINST A BUSINESS LEADER ARE READ OUT. THE MOMENT A MILITARY MASTERMIND IS ASSASSINATED. IS ISRAEL NOW ON THE VERGE OF AN INVASION? AND, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IS THIS UP WITH THE GREATEST GOALS YOU'VE EVER SEEN? FIRST TONIGHT, THE FIGHT TO SAVE CHRISTCHURCH'S BEST-KNOWN LANDMARK ISN'T OVER. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE HIGH COURT'S EXTENDED AN ORDER STOPPING DEMOLITION OF THE CITY'S SEVERELY QUAKE-DAMAGED CATHEDRAL. WITH MORE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, LET'S GO TO LORELEI MASON. THIS HIGH COURT RULING MADE THIS AFTERNOON HALTS FURTHER DECONSTRUCTION AND PAVES THE WAY FOR A HIGH COURT JUDICIAL REVIEW THAT WAS SOUGHT BY A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO FORMED THE BUILDINGS TRUST THEIR LAWYER ARGUED THAT THE LAW REQUIRES TRUSTEES TO REPAIR THE CATHEDRAL THE JUDGE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LAW SAYING THE CATHEDRAL NEEDS TO BE A REPLICA SO THEY ONLY NEED TO COMMIT TO BUILDING A CATHEDRAL IN SOME FORM ON THE SITE WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION FROM THE ANGLICAN CHURCH? IT SAYS THE DECISION IS A CONFIRMATION THAT THEIR DECISIONS HVE BEEN RIGHT AND THEY WILL TAKE MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THE DECISION THERE'S ALSO A PLAN TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO TAKE IN SIGHTS LIKE THE CATHEDRAL BY MAKING CHRISTCHURCH'S CBD MORE LEISURELY. A PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY TRANSPORT PROPOSAL'S BEEN OUTLINED DURING A MEDIA BUS TRIP INTO THE AREA. IT INCLUDES CHANGING THE ONE-WAY SYSTEM, REDUCING SPEED LIMITS TO 30 KM/H AND SPECIAL CYCLE LANES. THE DRAFT PLAN'S OUT FOR CONSULTATION TILL FEBRUARY. A BUSINESSMAN'S COLLAPSED IN COURT AS HE FACED NEW SEX CHARGES AGAINST YOUNG BOYS. DANIEL TAYLOR WAS TAKEN FOR TREATMENT AFTER BEING REMANDED IN CUSTODY. AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY HIGH-PROFILE CASE IN A PACKED KAITAIA COURT, AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. THE STRESS WAS CLEARLY TAKING ITS TOLL ON DANIEL TAYLOR ` COLLAPSING IN COURT AS ALL 19 CHILD SEX CHARGES AGAINST HIM WERE READ OUT. THEY INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE CHARGES AND RELATE TO FIVE BOYS. BUT THE LAWYER FOR THE FORMER CYF CAREGIVER AND KAITAIA BUSINESS LEADER SAYS SOME OF TAYLOR'S ALLEGED ACTS WERE LIKE A MOTHER'S PLAYFUL BEHAVIOUR AND OTHERS WERE TOUCHING OUTSIDE CLOTHING. BUT JUDGE DAVIS TOOK A DIFFERENT VIEW... ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE VICTIMS' BOXER SHORTS BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ADVANCED THAN A VERBAL PROPOSITION. ...AND DENIED BAIL. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CAMPAIGN OF GROOMING UNDERTAKEN BY MR TAYLOR. JAMES PARKER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SENTENCED TODAY, BUT INSTEAD HE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 23 CHARGES TO DEAL WITH. HE'S ALREADY ADMITTED TO 49 OFFENCES AGAINST FORMER STUDENTS, WHO SAT IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE PUBLIC GALLERY. WHEN JAMES PARKER FIRST APPEARED IN COURT, I SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PREPARED TO STAND BY HIM. BUT AS TIME GOES ON AND MORE DETAILS EMERGE, THAT SUPPORT IS DWINDLING. IT'S ABOUT THESE BOYS - HOW MANY BOYS... HE'S DESTROYED THEIR LIVES. THEY'VE GOT TO LIVE WITH THAT FOREVER AND EVER. JAMES PARKER WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT YEAR, WHERE HE COULD RECEIVE A SENTENCE OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION. DANIEL TAYLOR IS RECEIVING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. HIS CONDITION ISN'T THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS, AND HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. ONE NEWS HAS FOUND OUT MOTORISTS COULD BE HIT WITH A NEW TAX ON FUEL. THE TRANSPORT AGENCY SAYS A RISE OF 3C A LITRE IS NEEDED, OR THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH MONEY FOR MAJOR ROAD WORKS. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THE DETAILS. RAISE FUEL TAXES, BORROW MORE MONEY OR DELAY THE BUILDING OF MAJOR ROADS ` THAT'S THE STARK REALITY FOR THE NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY, WHICH IS FACING A $1.7B SHORTFALL FOR ROADING PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WELL, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD THE NUMBER, BUT WE'RE NOT SURPRISED. IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TELLING THE GOVERNMENT THAT WAS LIKELY ANYWAY. THEY'VE BEEN PREDICTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GROWTH AND THEREFORE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE GROWTH. THE TRAFFIC GROWTH HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING. IN AN OCTOBER BRIEFING OBTAINED BY ONE NEWS, NZTA SAYS IT ALREADY HAS A DEFICIT OF MORE THAN $200M, WHILE REVENUE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS WILL BE ALMOST $1B LESS THAN PROJECTED. AND THE CHRISTCHURCH ROAD REPAIRS ALONE WILL COST OVER $500M. NZTA SAYS IT'S LEFT WITH SOME OPTIONS. IT COULD BORROW THE MONEY. WE SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNED. THE GOVERNMENT IS MISMANAGING THE TRANSPORT BUDGET. THEIR UNECONOMIC 'ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE' PROGRAMME IS LEADING TO A FISCAL TIME BOMB. TO AVOID BORROWING, NZTA SAYS IT WOULD NEED TO RAISE FUEL TAXES BY 3C A YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AS LONG AS THEY'RE DONE IN A MEASURED AND A SENSIBLE WAY ` SO IT'S NOT, LIKE, A 10C A LITRE OR SOMETHING; IT'S 2C OR 3C A LITRE ` AND IT'S STAGGERED, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT FOR AVERAGE MOTORISTS. OR THE AGENCY COULD PUT OFF SOME OF THE SO-CALLED ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE BY FIVE YEARS, IN THE CASE OF WELLINGTON'S MUCH-ANTICIPATED AND DELAYED ALTERNATIVE MOTORWAY ROUTE, TRANSMISSION GULLY, WHILE THE CONTROVERSIAL HOLIDAY HIGHWAY NORTH OF AUCKLAND COULD BE HELD BACK BY TWO YEARS. THE FIRST OF THE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, THE VICTORIA PARK TUNNEL IN AUCKLAND, CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND ON TIME, SO AS YOU GET THOSE SORT OF RESULTS, THAT FINANCING WILL CHANGE. THE TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS THE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WERE AN ELECTION PROMISE AND WILL BE DELIVERED. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S DENYING CLAIMS IT'S CHANGED THE IMMIGRATION RULES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HIGH-ROLLING CHINESE GAMBLERS TO ENTER THE COUNTRY. NZ FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS HAS MADE THE ALLEGATIONS WHILE REVEALING A DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS OF A CHINESE AIRLINE. WITH MORE, HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. WHEN CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES STARTED FLYING TO NZ LAST YEAR, IT WAS HOPED IT WOULD BOOST THE NUMBER OF RICH CHINESE TOURISTS. NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S DONE A DEAL WITH THE AIRLINE SO ITS WEALTHY GOLD AND SILVER FREQUENT FLYER MEMBERS CAN FAST-TRACK THEIR TOURISM VISAS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND PREPARATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE MOMENT FOR A CHINESE PERSON WHO WISHES TO VISIT NZ FOR A HOLIDAY. NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO MAKE IT EASIER. BUT A FORMER IMMIGRATION MINISTER IS QUESTIONING WHY IT'S JUST CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES THAT GETS SPECIAL TREATMENT. I'M SURE AIR NZ IS NOT HAPPY, AND I'M SURE CATHAY PACIFIC ARE NOT HAPPY, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE APPROACHING THE MINISTER TO SAY, 'WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THE SAME TREATMENT.' WE PUT THAT TO THE MINISTER. WE NEED TO SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS AND HOW IT OPERATES, AND IN DUE COURSE, THERE MAY BE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT COME ALONG. THE DEAL WAS MEANT TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS WEEK, BUT THE IMMIGRATION MINISTER WAS OUTED BY NZ FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS. TO ADD ANOTHER TWIST, WINSTON PETERS CLAIMS SKY CITY LOBBIED THE GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES IN THE HOPE MORE RICH CHINESE TOURISTS WOULD COME TO NZ TO GAMBLE. EXCLUSIVE TO THEM AND NOBODY ELSE, FOR HIGH ROLLERS TO COME STRAIGHT THROUGH IN A SEAMLESS PASSAGE TO NZ INTO THE CASINO. HE CLAIMS THIS MAGAZINE IS PROOF - IT SAYS... BOTH SKY CITY AND THE GOVERNMENT SAY THE ARTICLE IS NOT CORRECT, AND SKY CITY AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. WAS SKY CITY INVOLVED IN CONSULTATIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS? MR SPEAKER, NOT AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, NO. THE CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES DEAL TAKES EFFECT NEXT WEEK. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. A NEW CYCLE OF BLOODSHED IS FEARED IN THE MIDDLE EAST TONIGHT AFTER ISRAEL ASSASSINATED A TOP PALESTINIAN COMMANDER. THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL HAS HELD A LATE-NIGHT EMERGENCY MEETING ON THE LATEST VIOLENCE BUT TAKEN NO ACTION. THE ATTACK IN GAZA CITY WAS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT ISRAEL CALLS A DECADE OF TERRORISM. THIS FROM THE BBC'S JON DONNISON. FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA TONIGHT, IT LOOKED LIKE WAR. AND AS IN MOST WARS, CIVILIANS WERE 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 WAS HIT BY AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE AS HE TRAVELLED THROUGH GAZA CITY. 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 SAT AT THE TOP OF HAMAS' MILLITARY 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. ISRAEL SAYS THE STRIKE FOLLOWED A WAVE OF ROCKET ATTACKS FROM INSIDE GAZA. I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAILS OF THE SCALE OF THE OPERATION. I CAN JUST ELABORATE THAT THE TARGET OF THE OPERATION IS TO PROTECT ISRAELI CIVILIANS ` THE SAME LIVES OF ISRAELIS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTANT ROCKET ATTACK FOR THE PAST YEAR. GAZA'S HOSPITALS ARE EXPECTED TO FACE A BUSY NIGHT WITH MORE CASUALTIES THIS EVENING ` AMONG THEM, CHILDREN AND AT LEAST ONE BABY. 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. ISRAEL SAYS ITS MILITARY ACTION WILL CONTINUE AND COULD INCLUDE A GROUND OFFENSIVE. PRINCE CHARLES HAS TALKED OF HIS OWN MILITARY BOND AS HE MET WITH THE FAMILY OF A NZ SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN. THE BRITISH ROYALS SPENT THE DAY IN FEILDING, HOME OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT TIM O'DONNELL. DANIEL FAITAUA WITH THE STORY. ONE MILITARY FAMILY MEETS ANOTHER SHARING A COMMON BOND, THE FEAR AND PRIDE THAT COMES FROM HAVING A SON ON THE FRONT LINE. HE KNOWS HIS SON'S IN A RISK. WHEN TIM WAS THERE, WE THOUGHT TIM WAS IN A SAFE AREA. BUT FOR THE O'DONNELL FAMILY, THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE WAS REALISED WHEN THEIR SON LIEUTENANT TIM O'DONNELL (28) WAS KILLED AFTER AN AMBUSH IN BAMIYAN JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO. ALL CHANT HAKA YOUNG MEN WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEY WANT TO GO TO PLACES WHERE IT'S EXCITING, AND HE'S IN THAT SIMILAR SORT OF BOAT. KNOWN IN THE MILITARY AS CAPTAIN WALES, PRINCE HARRY RETURNED TO AFGHANISTAN TO FLY ATTACK HELICOPTERS ON THE FRONT LINE. THIS ENCOUNTER BROUGHT BACK THE EMOTIONAL BOND BETWEEN FATHER AND SON. BASICALLY, HE MADE THE COMMENTS OF ANOTHER PARENT, WHICH YOU CAN RELATE TO, SO IT WAS VERY SPECIAL. THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL ALSO OFFERED WORDS OF SUPPORT AND COMFORT TO A FAMILY STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH THEIR LOSS. IT'S A HUGE HONOUR FOR US, AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A BIT OF A SHOW PONY, SO HE WOULD'VE LOVED IT. IT'S A FEELING SHARED BY MANY FAMILIES TODAY WHO ALL HOPE THE LEGACY OF LOVED ONES LIVE ON. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. THE O'DONNELL'S WERE PART OF THE BIGGEST TURNOUT YET THE O'DONNELLS WERE PART OF THE BIGGEST TURNOUT YET ON THE ROYAL TOUR. FEILDING'S THE ONLY RURAL EXPERIENCE THIS TIME FOR CHARLES, WHO'S A WELL-KNOWN ENVIRONMENTALIST. BUT A CRITIC SAYS MANAWATU ISN'T THE BEST PLACE FOR A 'GREENIE' TO VISIT. LISA OWEN IS FOLLOWING THE TOUR. IT WAS A BIT OF A ROLE REVERSAL FOR THE ROYALS, WITH RURAL NZ PUTTING ITS BACK INTO CHARMING A PRINCE AND HIS WIFE. SHE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY PONY HOME FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN, AND I SAID, 'HERE. I'LL GIVE HER TO YOU. SHE'S YOURS.' THE DUKE'S A FARMER HIMSELF, AND WELL KNOWN AS THE REAL CLEAN, GREEN FRESH PRINCE. AND FOR THAT REASON, SOME THINK THE MANAWATU WASN'T THE BEST PLACE FOR HIM TO VISIT. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAPITAL OF NZ. THE PRINCE'S FARM IS ABOUT 54,000 ACRES AND ORGANIC. KITCHEN SCRAPS ARE COMPOSTED AND PAPER RECYCLED. ONE OF HIS CARS EVEN RUNS ON WASTE WINE ` NOT THAT THERE WAS ANY OF THAT TODAY. LOCALS WERE IMPRESSED WITH HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR A SHARED CAUSE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED ` PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES TO REALISE THAT WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS ORGANICS. IT'S REALLY GOOD, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN FOCUSED THAT WAY THESE DAYS. IT'S THE HERE AND NOW THAT THEY'RE AFTER, BUT SOMEONE LIKE HIM IS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. THE PRINCE ALSO TOOK TIME TO VISIT A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT ON A NEARBY FARM. WHILE THESE MIGHT BE PROJECTS TO BE PROUD OF, IT'S THE MANAWATU RIVER, A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, THAT ONE ENVIRONMENTALIST SAYS IS A DISGRACE. THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN $100,000 OF FINES ISSUED FOR POLLUTING THE MANAWATU CATCHMENT THIS YEAR. I THINK, IF I COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE, THEN HE MAY NOT THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA COMING HERE. IT WOULD GO AGAINST ALL OF HIS BELIEFS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE LAND USE. FOR OTHERS, THOUGH, TODAY WAS SIMPLY ABOUT OFFERING THE PRINCE A TASTE OF SMALL-TOWN NZ. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT MORE IMAGES OF THE ROYAL TOUR ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ PLUS, PAINTING A PICTURE OF THE VISIT ` WE'RE WITH AN ARTIST FOLLOWING THE COUPLE LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` WHY ARE SO MANY PACIFIC ISLAND AND MAORI CHILDREN BEING KILLED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS? PROTESTS TURN UGLY AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EUROPEANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST AUSTERITY CUTS. AND THE VOLUNTEER ARMY GETS AN SOS IN THE WAKE OF SUPERSTORM SANDY. THEN, AT 7, THE FOUR-STAR GENERAL AND THE MISTRESS ` AND THE VOLUNTEER ARMY GETS AN SOS IN THE WAKE OF SUPERSTORM SANDY. THEN, AT 7, THE FOUR-STAR GENERAL AND THE MISTRESS ` WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND THE DEMISE OF THE CIA CHIEF? NZ TRANSPORT IS ABOUT TO RELEASE NEW FIGURES SHOWING DEVASTATING RATES OF PACIFIC AND MAORI CHILDREN CAUGHT UP IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. THIS COMES AS A TODDLER WAS RUN OVER IN A SOUTH AUCKLAND DRIVEWAY LAST NIGHT. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS REPORT. ANOTHER HEARTBROKEN FAMILY. ANOTHER SENSELESS CHILD DEATH. BRODY WHIUNUI (2) DIED IN HIS GRANDPARENTS' DRIVEWAY LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING ACCIDENTALLY RUN OVER BY A FAMILY CAR. IT'S... IT'S REALLY SAD ` JUST A LITTLE KID, DYING LIKE THAT. YEAH. THE TODDLER'S DEATH ADDS TO THE SOARING FIGURES OF MAORI AND PACIFIC CHILDREN INJURED OR KILLED ON OUR ROADS. NZ TRANSPORT IS ABOUT TO RELEASE RESEARCH WHICH SHOWS MAORI CHILDREN ARE 65% MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED ON AUCKLAND'S ROADS THAN ANY OTHER GROUP; PACIFIC CHILDREN 31% MORE LIKELY. IT'S A HUGE CONCERN, BECAUSE... I FEEL THAT THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EDUCATION ON THIS... ROAD SAFETY. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SHARES THAT CONCERN. IT'S JUST LAUNCHED A ROAD-SAFETY BOOK FOR PRESCHOOLERS IN A BID TO PREVENT FURTHER DEATHS. ARE YOU ALLOWED TO RUN TOWARDS THE CAR? ALL: NO! THIS BOOK IS BEING PUBLISHED IN SIX PACIFIC LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH, AND IT'S ABOUT TO BE ROLLED OUT IN PRESCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S ALREADY HAVING AN IMPACT. THESE YOUNGSTERS ARE LEARNING ABOUT KEEPING THEMSELVES SAFE AROUND CARS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A ADULT, AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK IF THERE'S ANY CARS, AND YOU HAVE HOLD SOME` SOMEONE'S HAND. SO YOU CAN BE SAFE. CHILDREN CAN TEACH THE PARENTS. AND PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF CRASHES THAT INVOLVE 0- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS. WHILE THIS BOOK WILL HELP SAVE LIVES, IT'S COME TOO LATE FOR LITTLE BRODY. HIS DEVASTATED FAMILY'S NOW PREPARING FOR HIS TANGI. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. WELLINGTON POLICE ARE HUNTING FOR A WEST INDIAN MAN AFTER THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN THE SUBURB OF TAWA. AMANDA DAWN TAUFALE, A MOTHER OF TWO, WAS DISCOVERED AT HER HOME EARLY THIS MORNING. SHE DIED AFTER A VIOLENT ATTACK, AND POLICE WANT TO SPEAK TO ERNEST SMITH, WHO THEY SAY IS A CLOSE ASSOCIATE. WE DO HAVE CONCERNS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BECAUSE IF WHOEVER'S DONE THIS HAS COMMITTED ONE VIOLENT CRIME, THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP HIM FROM DOING ANOTHER ONE. POLICE WARN ANYONE WHO SEES SMITH SHOULDN'T APPROACH HIM, AND THEY SHOULD ALERT POLICE IMMEDIATELY. WORKERS HAVE GONE ON STRIKE ACROSS EUROPE, PROTESTING AGAINST RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AND AUSTERITY MEASURES. IN SPAIN, THE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS TURNED VIOLENT. THE BBC'S GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL, MADRID. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS PACKED CENTRAL MADRID TO PROTEST AGAINST AUSTERITY. IT WAS A FAR BIGGER TURNOUT THAN EXPECTED AND THROWS DOWN A CHALLENGE NOT JUST TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT, BUT TO EUROPE'S LEADERS. EARLIER, PROTESTERS HAD TRIED TO ENFORCE A GENERAL STRIKE BY BLOCKING ROADS. THERE WERE CLASHES WITH POLICE. THE PROTESTS WERE PART OF A EUROPE-WIDE DAY OF ACTION. ALL THE CUTS ARE BRINGING MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, MORE AND MORE UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WORSE CONDITIONS. IN MADRID, PROTESTERS WENT FROM STORE TO STORE, PULLING DOWN SHUTTERS, TURNING ON THOSE USING RESTAURANTS, SURROUNDING TAXI DRIVERS THAT CONTINUED WORKING. THERE ARE SOME BASIC FACTS DRIVING THESE PROTESTS. SPAIN IS IN RECESSION FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS STILL GOING UP. THE ECONOMY IS WEAKENING. AND YET FURTHER SPENDING CUTS AND TAX INCREASES ARE IN THE PIPELINE. 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. AT TIMES IN RECENT WEEKS, IT HAS SEEMED AS IF THE EUROZONE CRISIS WAS EASING. BUT THE OUTLOOK FOR THE REAL ECONOMY IS WORSENING, AND THE FRUSTRATION WAS VISIBLE ON SPANISH STREETS. DESPITE THE STRIKES, THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT WILL PRESS ON WITH SPENDING CUTS. THERE'VE ALSO BEEN VIOLENT CLASHES IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE LABOURERS HAVE FORCED THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A RETHINK OF MINIMUM PAY. ONE MAN DIED AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED DURING A PROTEST IN THE VINEYARD AREA OF THE WESTERN CAPE. RIOT POLICE ADVANCED AS THE STRIKING FARM WORKERS TRIED TO FLEE. AFTER A WEEK OF PROTESTS, THE GOVERNMENT'S AGREED TO ADDRESS THE WORKERS' WAGE DEMANDS. THE US PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA, HAS USED HIS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE WINNING THE ELECTION TO ADDRESS THE SEX SCANDAL INVOLVING FORMER CIA CHIEF DAVID PETRAEUS. HE RESIGNED AFTER AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR WITH HIS BIOGRAPHER WAS EXPOSED. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE ISN'T CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE SECURITY LEAKS DURING THE AFFAIR. I HAVE NO EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WAS DISCLOSED THAT IN ANY WAY WOULD HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. THE BIOGRAPHER, PAULA BROADWELL, IS SUSPECTED OF STORING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AT HER HOME AND COULD FACE PROSECUTION. CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY'S UNVEILED A NEW STREAMLINED LEADERSHIP TO RULE THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY. AS EXPECTED, VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING TAKES OVER FROM OUTGOING PARTY CHIEF HU JINTAO. THE POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TRIMMED FROM NINE MEMBERS TO SEVEN ` ALL MEN. THEY'LL GOVERN FOR THE NEXT DECADE AT A TIME OF GROWING SOCIAL UNREST AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT WHAT THE WEATHER'S DOING. STILL A BIT MESSY OUT THERE, JIM? SHOWERS PEPPERED THE NORTH AND DEEP SOUTH, BUT TOMORROW'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR MOST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ NICE FRIENDLY SKIES FOR HUGH MCLELLAN TODAY AS HE FLEW THROUGH THE WAIATOTO VALLEY BACK TO QUEENSTOWN. A DIFFERENT STORY THERE TOMORROW WITH A FRONT. GUESS WHAT SATURDAY'S LIKE. THE ANSWER AFTER SPORT WITH ANDREW. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THEY HELPED CLEAN UP A DEVASTATED CHRISTCHURCH; NOW THE VOLUNTEER ARMY'S SERVICES ARE REQUIRED IN THE BIG APPLE. AND WE MEET THE LOWER HUTT ARTIST WHO'S PAINTED HER WAY INTO THE ROYAL ENTOURAGE. IT'S THE SEX SCANDAL ENGULFING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE US GOVERNMENT. TONIGHT, A CIA VETERAN TAKES US BEHIND THE SPIN OF THE PETRAEUS AFFAIR. PLUS, THEY'RE GAY, AND THEY'RE GETTING OLDER, SO WHY DO THEY FEEL LIKE MAKING SOME VERY DIFFERENT PLANS FOR RETIREMENT? WE'RE A FAMILY, AND WE'LL LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. 1 THE MAN ACCUSED OF MASTERMINDING A FAKE PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE CHRISTCHURCH AND AUCKLAND CASINOS HAS ACCUSED MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER PITA SHARPLES AND FORMER MP JOHN TAMIHERE OF RECEIVING PAYMENTS TO HELP SECURE CASINO LICENCES. LOIZOS MICHAELS, WHO FACES 31 COUNTS OF FRAUD, TOLD THE COURT THAT MR SHARPLES IS A BIG GAMBLER AND WAS GIVEN ABOUT $100,000 IN 2007 'TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON SIDE' AND 'MAKE SURE THINGS HAPPENED'. BOTH MR SHARPLES AND MR TAMIHERE SAY THERE'S NO TRUTH WHATSOEVER TO MICHAELS' ALLEGATIONS. THERE ARE FEARS THE MONEY OF MORE THAN 900 INVESTORS MAY BE TIED UP IN A SUSPECTED PONZI SCHEME. ROSS ASSET MANAGEMENT, BASED IN THIS WELLINGTON BUILDING, IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FINANCIAL MARKETS AUTHORITY. IT SAYS THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS CLAIMS TO CONTROL $550M, BUT THE FMA'S ONLY FOUND $10M. CERTAINLY THE REPORT SHOWS SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF A PONZI SCHEME. BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO FORM FIRM CONCLUSIONS ON EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED. PONZI SCHEMES WERE RECENTLY MADE INFAMOUS BY JAILED AMERICAN FINANCIER BERNIE MADOFF, WHO USED NEW INVESTORS' MONEY, RATHER THAN PROFITS, TO PAY HIGH RETURNS. THE STUDENT TEAM THAT HELPED CLEAN UP AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE AND THE JAPANESE TSUNAMI IS TAKING THEIR POST-DISASTER KNOW-HOW TO THE BIG APPLE. IN THE WAKE OF SUPERSTORM SANDY, THE VOLUNTEER ARMY FOUNDATION RECEIVED AN SOS TO MOBILISE HELPERS IN NEW JERSEY ` A CALL THEY ANSWERED IN RECORD TIME. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. PACKING FOR AN OE LIKE NO OTHER. YOU'RE GONNA WANT SOME WARM CLOTHES, MATE. JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE GOING, SO I'VE HAD ABOUT LESS THAN 24 HOURS' NOTICE. SO I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT; IT'S JUST PLANNING AND GETTING THINGS SORTED. STARTING OUT AS THE STUDENT ARMY, SHOVELLING LIQUEFACTION IN SUBURBAN CHRISTCHURCH, THEY'RE NOW WORLD LEADERS IN VOLUNTEER COORDINATION. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US EVER REALLY EXPECTED THAT WE'D END UP WHERE WE ARE NOW ` TWO 20-YEAR-OLD GUYS FLYING OVER TO HELP OUT WITH A DISASTER IN THE STATES. IT'S BIZARRE. HAVING TAUGHT THE JAPANESE THEIR METHODS TOO, THEIR REPUTATION HAS GROWN. WELL, WE WERE APPROACHED THROUGH SOME OF OUR CONTACTS IN THE STATES AREA, SOME OF THE ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN DISASTER RELIEF, TO SAY WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEND A SMALL TEAM OVER TO HELP OUT, AND THEY'RE OFF. WE ORGANISED THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. THE SECRET, THEY SAY, IS HELPING OTHERS TO HELP THEMSELVES. WE'VE GOT 90-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT SHOWING THEM THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND THAT EVERYONE HAS A PART TO PLAY, AND THAT ULTIMATELY IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS LOOK TO GOVERNMENT, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP OUT, BUT IN THE END, IT'S JUST US. AND THAT COMMUNITY IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER LASHING. THEY ARE STILL EXPECTING MORE STORMS TO ROLL THROUGH IN THE NEXT SIX TO 10 DAYS, SO, AFTER QUAKE-TORN CHRISTCHURCH, TSUNAMI-STRICKEN JAPAN AND STORM-SOAKED NEW JERSEY, WHERE NEXT? HOPEFULLY NOWHERE. HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE DISASTERS, KIND OF THING. BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO WITH THE FLOW ` WHEREVER'S NEEDED. AND IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. A RARE, COLOURLESS DIAMOND'S REACHED A WORLD-RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION IN SWITZERLAND. THE ARCHDUKE JOSEPH DIAMOND SOLD FOR AROUND $25M, MUCH MORE THAN ANTICIPATED. THE 76-CARAT STONE'S INTERNALLY FLAWLESS AND COMES FROM THE ANCIENT GOLCONDA MINES IN INDIA. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE HIGH COURT'S STOPPED THE DEMOLITION OF THE EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE GREAT CHRISTCHURCH BUILDINGS TRUST SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THAT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH'S DECONSTRUCTION PLANS BREACHED AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT PROTECTING CHURCH BUILDINGS. IN KAITAIA, A BUSINESSMAN'S COLLAPSED IN COURT AS HE FACED NEW SEX CHARGES AGAINST YOUNG BOYS. DANIEL TAYLOR NEEDED TREATMENT AFTER BEING REMANDED IN CUSTODY. IN A SEPARATE CASE, FORMER DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JAMES PARKER APPEARED ON 23 NEW SEX ABUSE CHARGES. HE'S ALREADY ADMITTED 49 CHARGES OF OFFENDING AGAINST FORMER STUDENTS. CHARLES AND CAMILLA HAVE BEEN GREETED BY A LARGE CROWD IN THEIR FIRST RURAL DESTINATION, FEILDING. THEY CHECKED OUT THE TOWN'S MARKET AND A NEARBY FARM. THE LOCATION FOR THEIR VISIT WAS CRITICISED BECAUSE OF MANAWATU'S POLLUTION RECORD. WELL, A LOWER HUTT WOMAN'S EXPERIENCING ROYAL LIFE FIRST HAND WHILE CHARLES AND CAMILLA ARE HERE. PAINTER SUE WILD'S TOURING WITH THE COUPLE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS EXPLAINS WHY. AT THE TOP OF MT EDEN, AMONG THE TOURISTS AND THE TEXTERS, IS LOWER HUTT WOMAN SUE WILD ON ROYAL DUTY,... THAT WAS DONE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I SET UP MY EASEL, AND THEN I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE MOMENT. ...PAINTING HER WAY THROUGH MOMENTS MAKING HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD AT THE REQUEST OF THE FUTURE KING HIMSELF AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL ENTOURAGE. HER JOB IS TO DOCUMENT THE NZ LEG OF THE ROYAL TOUR IN WATERCOLOUR. THE BRIEF THAT HE BRIEFLY GAVE ME WAS TO GIVE HIM SOME HAPPY MEMORIES TO TAKE BACK. IT'S UNDERSTOOD TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THE PALACE HAS COMMISSIONED A LOCAL ARTIST TO RECORD A ROYAL VISIT. AT EACH ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S THE ROYAL COUPLE, AND THERE'S SUE 8 SUBJECT AND ALL OF HIS. ON ARMISTICE DAY, WHEN THE BAND STRUCK UP, THAT MAKES MY BRUSH DANCE. AND IF RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE REGAL ISN'T IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH, THE ARTIST SAYS AT LEAST ONE OF HER FINAL WORKS WILL BECOME PART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY'S OFFICIAL COLLECTION. THERE IS A WEBSITE SHOWING A LOT OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION WORK, AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT AND SAW WORLD FAMOUS PAINTERS. ARTISTS LIKE... OH, REMBRANDT, TITIAN. AND I QUICKLY CLICKED ON SOMETHING ELSE, COS I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO MY SELF-CONFIDENCE ANY GOOD.' PRINCE CHARLES' HAPPY MEMORIES WILL BE COMPLETED AND SHIPPED TO ENGLAND WELL AFTER THE TOUR ENDS, AND FOR SUE WILD, IT'S A BRUSH WITH ROYALTY SHE'LL NEVER FORGET. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND RUGBY'S JUDICIAL PROCESS HITS THE HEADLINES AGAIN. NEVER FAR FROM THE NEWS THIS IS OVER ADAM THOMPSON'S LESS THAN MINIMUM ONE GAME BAN THE IRB IS NOW LIKELY TO GET INVOLVED IN THOMSON'S SUSPENSION, ALTHOUGH 14 CHANGES IN THE ALL BLACKS MIGHT DIVERT ATTENTION. YES,THE TEST STARTING TEAM IS REVEALED FOR ITALY. THIS IS A FULL 360-DEGREE ROTATION, WITH A HALF-SOMERSAULT AND A NEW SKIPPER. PLUS, A CRICKET ODDITY IN DUNEDIN. SO WHAT WAS IT? AND WE HAVE THE GOAL THAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE ALL BLACKS IN ROME, AND WE'LL HAVE THEIR STARTING TEAM TO TAKE ON ITALY IN JUST A MOMENT, AND THERE'S A TON OF CHANGES. BUT FIRST, RUGBY'S JUDICIAL PROCESS HAS COME UNDER FIRE ONCE AGAIN FOLLOWING THE ONE-GAME BAN FOR ALL BLACKS FLANKER ADAM THOMSON. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. ADAM THOMSON ARRIVED BACK LATE FROM HIS LONDON HEARING TO THE NEWS HIS ONE-WEEK BAN IS ALREADY FACING RELITIGATION. TO HAVE SUCH A LONG CAREER AND A CLEAN SLATE, AND THEN TO GET TO THIS STAGE AND HAVE A BLIP, IT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING. ENGLISH RUGBY WRITERS TOOK TO TWITTER WITH THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT TOO. ON THE SAME DAY, AUSTRALIAN LOCK ROB SIMMONS GOT THE MAXIMUM EIGHT WEEKS FOR THIS SPEAR TACKLE AGAINST FRANCE. RESPONDING IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS OWN TWEET, THE IRB'S AUSTRALIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRETT GOSPER ANNOUNCED A STANDARD REVIEW. < DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE THOROUGH ENOUGH < TO STAND A REVIEW FROM THE IRB? OH, WELL, IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS, AS PER NORMAL, SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WOULDN'T BE. EVEN SO, IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE FLANKER WILL PLAY AGAIN ON THIS TOUR OR SIMPLY SERVE AS A LESSON TO THE REST ` IF HE DOES GO OVERSEAS AND HE DOES GET A LENGTHY PENALTY, IT'S A HELL OF A WAY TO FINISH AN ALL BLACK CAREER, WHEN ACTUALLY HE'S BEEN A PRETTY TIDY ALL BLACK. < HOW DISAPPOINTING WOULD IT BE < IF THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU WEAR THE ALL BLACK JERSEY? LOOK, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT. BUT, YEAH, YOU NEVER WANT THESE SORT OF INCIDENTS, SO OF COURSE IT'S DISAPPOINTING. STEVE HANSEN HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO CALL IN A REPLACEMENT, SUGGESTING THE COACH HASN'T YET BOLTED THE DOOR SHUT ON THOMSON. BUT IF THE IRB REVIEW IS MORE THAN LOOSE LATE-NIGHT TWEETING, HE MAY HAVE TO RECONSIDER. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS. TO THE ALL BLACKS TEAM TO PLAY IRELAND, AND THIS IS ROTATION WITH A CAPITAL R. JUST ONE STARTER WILL BACK UP FROM THE SCOTLAND TEST. WINGER JULIAN SAVEA IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. BEAUDEN BARRETT MAKES HIS FIRST TEST START AT FULLBACK. IN THE FORWARDS, KIERAN READ LEADS THE SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHILE ALI WILLIAMS MAKES HIS FIRST RUN-ON APPEARANCE FOR OVER A YEAR. ON THE BENCH, THERE'S A RARE SUBS APPEARANCE FOR DAN CARTER. DANE COLES AND TAWERA KERR-BARLOW ARE LIKELY TO EARN THEIR SECOND CAPS. SO A HEAP OF CHANGES, AND A RARE TEST WITHOUT EITHER RICHIE MCCAW OR DANIEL CARTER STARTING. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE A CERTAIN GROIN INJURY FORCED THE ALL BLACKS TO RUN OUT WITHOUT BOTH DAN CARTER AND RICHIE MCCAW. HERE WE ARE ` WE'RE GONNA PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT TWO OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. THAT IN ITSELF IS A GREAT CHALLENGE. BUT WE'RE IN A GOOD SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SINCE CARTER MADE HIS DEBUT 10 YEARS AGO, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE PLAYED 127 TESTS. ONLY 11 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT EITHER CARTER OR MCCAW IN THE LINE-UP. FOUR OF THOSE MATCHES WERE DEFEATS. AARON CRUDEN STEPS UP IN THE FAMOUS 10 JERSEY; SAM CANE IN THE REVERED NUMBER SEVEN. IF SAM CANE PLAYS LIKE SAM CANE CAN PLAY, THAT SENDS A MESSAGE TO RICHIE ` 'HEY, YOU HAVE TO PLAY WELL, SON, 'OR I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR SPOT.' AND THE SAME GOES FOR DAN, YOU KNOW, IF AARON PLAYS WELL. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE SO MANY CHANGES WERE MADE FROM WEEK TO WEEK ` 14 OUT OF THE 15. THAT WAS BACK UNDER SIR GRAHAM HENRY'S ROTATION ON THE 2005 AND '06 NORTHERN TOURS. THIS ALL BLACKS TEAM IS CLEARLY PLANNING FOR ALL OPTIONS AGAINST WALES AND ENGLAND AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE FRIGHTENED TO MAKE CHANGES IF WE THINK SOMEONE'S IN BETTER FORM. HANSEN HAS SPECIFIED FULLBACK, WING AND HALFBACK AS SPOTS UP FOR GRABS AGAINST WALES, DEPENDING ON PERFORMANCES IN ROME. SPEAKING OF NZ RUGBY ICONS, THE RANFURLY SHIELD HAS HAD AN OFF-SEASON SPRUCE-UP. IT TOOK A LITTLE MORE THAN A STEELO AND SOME ELBOW GREASE TO GET THE LOG O' WOOD TIDIED UP. THE SHIELD WAS TAKEN TO PIECES AND RESTORED BY WAIKANAE'S JIM DWAN. THE TOUCH-UP HAS CREATED ROOM FOR MORE WINNERS' BADGES. THE CURRENT HOLDERS ARE KEEN TO SEE THAT SPACE REMAIN DORMANT. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE THAT THIS TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR HAS GOT IN FRONT OF IT. SO WE'LL EMBRACE IT WHEN WE GET IT. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DRAW NOW. WAIKATO'S FIRST DEFENCE IS LIKELY TO BE AGAINST HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS EAST COAST. K CAPTAIN BENJI MARSHALL'S SHIFT TO RUGBY UNION WON'T HAPPEN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS, BECAUSE OF LEAGUE COMMITMENTS. MARSHALL'S KEEN TO FOLLOW HIS FORMER TEAMMATE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS AND HAVE A LUCRATIVE OFF-SEASON IN JAPAN. BUT MARSHALL'S AGENT MARTIN TAUBER TOLD ONE NEWS HE WAS FURIOUS AT REPORTS HE WAS SEEKING AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS WESTS TIGERS CONTRACT. TAUBER SAYS A STINT IN JAPAN NEXT YEAR IS IMPOSSIBLE ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE NRL FINALS SCHEDULING AND BECAUSE MARSHALL WANTS TO LEAD NZ AT THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP. HE'SS CONTRACTED TO THE TIGERS UNTIL 2015, AND ANY JAPANESE DEAL IS UNLIKELY BEFORE THEN. IT'S ALREADY BEING LABELLED ONE OF THE GREATEST GOALS OF ALL TIME, BUT THE GOALSCORER IS TAKING IT IN HIS STRIDE. INJURY TIME IN THIS MORNING'S FRIENDLY AGAINST ENGLAND, SWEDISH CAPTAIN ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC AND A TOUCH OF PURE CLASS. IT WAS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR ENGLAND, AS THEY LOST 4-2. IBRAHIMOVIC MODEST ABOUT HIS SUCCESS. I SAW THE GOALKEEPER CAME OUT, AND I... I WAS THINKING, 'SHOULD I GO INTO DUEL, 'OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR HIM TO PUT IT OUT?' AND WHEN HE PUT IT OUT, THEN IT WAS... THEN I HAD IT IN MY MIND THAT I WOULD SCORE ` TRY TO SCORE. (CHUCKLES) IRONICALLY, FIFA STARTED ITS VOTING TODAY FOR 2012 GOAL OF THE YEAR; IBRAHIMOVIC'S STRIKE ISN'T ON THE LIST. AND TO A MEMORABLE GOAL CELEBRATION FROM YESTERYEAR. THE NEWBORN WHO SPARKED THIS CELEBRATION FROM DAD BEBETO OF BRAZIL DURING THE 94 WORLD CUP HAS GROWN UP AND BEEN CALLED INTO THE BRAZIL UNDER-20 SQUAD. WHAT THE ALL WHITES WOULD DO FOR A BRAZILIAN STRIKER AFTER MISSING THE CHANCE TO SCORE A RARE AWAY WIN AGAINST CHINA. STRIKER CHRIS WOOD WAS DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GIVE NZ AN EARLY LEAD BEFORE THE CHINESE GOT ON TOP, 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, BUT THEY COULD'VE EASILY HELD A LEAD AFTER MISSING SEVERAL GILT-EDGED CHANCES. FAR POST BALL. OH, IT'S A NEAR SHOT FROM BEN SIGMUND. IN THE PENALTY AREA. ONE AT THE FAR POST AS WELL. NOW HE THREADS THE NEEDLE. LOCHHEAD SQUARES IT ACROSS! THAT PATTERN CONTINUED IN THE SECOND HALF. MARK PASTON WAS THE HERO IN THE DYING MOMENTS. THE ALL WHITES ESCAPED WITH A 1-1 DRAW. THE BREAKERS RETURN TO VECTOR ARENA TOMORROW TO TAKE ON TOWNSVILLE, WITH ALL EYES ON THE BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN GUARDS. WITH ALL EYES ON THE BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN GUARDS. THE BREAKERS' CEDRIC JACKSON IS LOOKING TO CONTINUE HIS RECENT DOMINANCE OVER CROCS STAR GARY ERVIN. HE IS A TOUGH PLAYER, SO, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY HAVE MY HANDS FULL ON HIM. SO I'M JUST FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO LIMIT THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. 13" TOMORROW'S MATCH WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THE TEAMS HAVE MET THIS SEASON AND THE SECOND IN SEVEN DAYS. THE BREAKERS WON THE EARLIER ENCOUNTERS. I DON'T THINK WE GO DOWN THAT PATH AS FAR AS THINKING IT'S A DONE DEAL. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES AND COME OUT AND PLAY. BUT IT'S HARD TO BEAT SOMEBODY THREE TIMES NO MATTER WHAT. A WIN WOULD GIVE THE BREAKERS SEVEN STRAIGHT VICTORIES FOR THE SECOND TIME. MICHAEL CAMPBELL'S RESURGENCE ON THE EUROPEAN GOLF TOUR CONTINUES. HE'S FIRED A THREE-UNDER-PAR 67 TO BE TIED FOR THIRD IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE HONG KONG OPEN. AND DANNY LEE'S RACED TO THE LEAD IN THE OPENING ROUND OF HIS PGA TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL EVENT IN CALIFORNIA. CLOSER TO HOME, AUSSIE MATT GUYATT'S HIT A SEVEN-UNDER-PAR 65 TO LEAD THE AUSSIE MASTERS IN MELBOURNE. IN-FORM K MICHAEL HENDRY IS THREATENING THE LEAD AT FIVE UNDER, WITH THE OPENING ROUND STILL UNDERWAY. CANTERBURY'S WILL WILLIAMS HAS JOINED AN UNWANTED CLUB IN HIS DEBUT FIRST-CLASS CRICKET MATCH. WILLIAMS HAS BECOME JUST THE FOURTH PLAYER IN NZ HISTORY TO BE GIVEN OUT 'HANDLED BALL'. HE WAS GIVEN OUT FOR 1, TRYING TO SWAT THE BALL AWAY ON THE FINAL DAY OF CANTERBURY'S PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH AGAINST OTAGO IN DUNEDIN. FORMER NEW ZEALAND CRICKET CHIEF EXECUTIVE JUSTIN VAUGHAN WAS THE LAST PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED HANDLED BALL, BACK IN 1991. TRIVIA NOTE QUESTION FOR YEARS TO COME THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK, A PLEASANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FOR TOMORROW, IT'S THE SEX SCANDAL ENGULFING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE US GOVERNMENT. TONIGHT, A CIA VETERAN TAKES US BEHIND THE SPIN OF THE PETRAEUS AFFAIR. PLUS, THEY'RE GAY AND THEY'RE GETTING OLDER, SO WHY DO THEY FEEL LIKE MAKING SOME VERY DIFFERENT PLANS FOR RETIREMENT? WE'RE A FAMILY, AND WE'LL LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER. HI AGAIN. THE DARK, BROODING CLOUDS HAVE GONE FOR NOW. TOMORROW'S LOOKING ROSY FOR MOST, BUT BY SATURDAY THE BAD NEIGHBOURS ARE BACK. NO SIGN OF 'EM TODAY OVER THE HAWTHORNE TREES IN CENTRAL OTAGO. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ IF YOU FANCY A GOOD GAME OF BULLRUSH, HERE'S YOUR MAN ` THE FUR SEAL ON PAREMATA'S WALKWAY. HE'S ALREADY CHASED PEOPLE OFF THE TRACK AND BITTEN A WOMAN'S HANDBAG. TAKE HIM A FRESH KAHAWAI AND CALL HIM SIR. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY.