GOOD EVENING. WE HAD A MIXTURE OF SUNSHINE, CLOUD AND SHOWERS OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY. BUT THE FORECAST IS LOOKING A LITTLE MORE UNSETTLED OVER THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF FRONTS ARE SLIDING IN FROM THE TASMAN, BRINGING RAIN OR SHOWERS WITH THEM. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY FALLS. 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. A PACIFIC MYSTERY, A GROUNDED YACHT, A DEAD BODY, AND A DRUG HAUL WORTH MORE THAN $100M. WE'VE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. SIRENS WAIL SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY AS ESCALATING VIOLENCE RAISES FEARS OF A FULL-ON WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. OUR OLDEST LIVING ALL BLACK DIES. WE HAVE TRIBUTES TO LEGENDARY FULLBACK BOB SCOTT. AND FANCY ROYAL FOOTWORK. NO SIDESTEPPING A BIT OF SWING AS CHARLES AND CAMILLA SHOW THEIR MOVES IN CHRISTCHURCH. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY EVEN POLICE SAY COULD BE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A YACHT THAT RAN AGROUND IN TONGA WITH A DEAD BODY ON BOARD CONTAINED MORE THAN $1M WORTH OF COCAINE. ANOTHER PERSON IS MISSING. AND IT TURNS OUT POLICE AROUND THE REGION HAD BEEN TRACKING THE VESSEL SINCE IT LEFT SOUTH AMERICA. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER IS ACROSS DEVELOPMENTS AND JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. THREE MONTHS AGO, ONE NEWS UNCOVERED CONCERNS OF DRUGS SMUGGLED ACROSS THE PACIFIC THIS STORY HAS TAKEN A SINISTER TWIST AN UGLY SCENE GREETED TONGAN POLICE WHEN THEY FOUND THE YACHT JEREVE GROUNDED ON LUATAFITO ATOLL INSIDE THE CABIN WAS A BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY OF A MAN AND COCAINE WORTH CLOSE ON $150M. WE BELIEVE THAT THE 204KG OF COCAINE WAS DESTINED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET. IT WAS SECRETED` WELL SECRETED INSIDE THE HULL OF THE VESSEL. US AUTHORITIES HAD ALERTED AUSTRALIAN POLICE OF DRUGS ON BOARD THE YACHT. THE BOAT LEFT ECUADOR MID AUGUST WITH TWO EASTERN-EUROPEAN CREW MEMBERS ABOARD. AUTHORITIES TRACKED IT FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS BEFORE LOSING CONTACT. SEVERAL DAYS AGO, IT WAS DISCOVERED ON AN UNIHABITED TONGAN ATOLL WITH THE COCAINE INTACT, BUT WITH A DEAD MAN ON BOARD. WE LOST CONTACT WITH THE VESSEL AROUND THE 5TH OF OCTOBER. WE BELIEVE AT THAT POINT THERE POTENTIALLY HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT ON BOARD THAT VESSEL THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE FACTS AROUND. IT'S SUSPECTED THAT THE SECOND CREW MEMBER WENT MISSING WHEN THE BOAT WAS IN COOK ISLANDS WATERS. THE LOCAL POLICE THERE LAUNCHED A SEARCH FOR THE YACHT BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WE DEPLOYED A PATROL BOAT, AND I ALSO DEPLOYED DETECTIVES AND A SPECIAL TACTICS TEAM. POLICE AROUND THE REGION ARE WORRIED THEIR PATCH IS BEING USED AS A STAGING POST FOR HARD DRUGS, MASTERMINDED BY ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES. AT LEAST WE NOW KNOW THAT THE NARCOTICS ON BOARD THE VESSEL WILL NOT GET INTO PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES OR NZ AND AUSTRALIA. NOW THE FOCUS IS ON IDENTIFYING THE DEAD CREW MEMBER AND HOW HE DIED. IT CERTAINLY IS A MYSTERY ENDING. WE NOW NEED TO PUT THE PUZZLES TOGETHER IN THE MIDDLE. DESPITE THE MYSTERY, THE OPERATION IS A SUCCESSFUL ONE FOR REGIONAL POLICE, PLEASED TO STOP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COCAINE REACHING AUSTRALIA'S STREETS. SO, BARBARA. YOU'VE BEEN DOING PLENTY OF DIGGING ON THIS STORY. WHAT MORE CAN WE EXPECT IN THIS INVESTIGATION? THE POLICE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE DRUGS WERE INTENDED TO GO THEY'VE SENT AN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM UP TO TONGA. THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A PATROL BOAT. WHICH HAS THE COCAINE ON BOARD. BARBARA DREAVER IN AUCKLAND. THE MIDDLE EAST IS RIGHT NOW WAKING UP TO GROWING FEARS OF ALL-OUT WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS. THESE PICTURES JUST IN SHOW GAZA. ISRAEL HAS SHOT DOWN OVER 150 ROCKETS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. THESE STRIKES REPORTEDLY TARGETING POWER SOURCES TO THE PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE AND SUPPLY TUNNELS TO EGYPT. ISRAEL'S MOBILISING 30,000 TROOPS, INCREASING SPECULATION OF A GROUND ATTACK ON THE GAZA STRIP. AND VIOLENCE IS ESCALATING, WITH ROCKETS HITTING TEL AVIV, ISRAEL'S FINANCIAL HUB, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS. THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES IS IN THE REGION. SIREN WAILS TONIGHT, SIRENS SOUNDING ACROSS TEL AVIV ` ISRAEL'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL AND MOST-POPULOUS CITY NOW A TARGET FOR THE ROCKETS BEING FIRED BY MILITANTS IN GAZA. TARGETING TEL AVIV MARKS A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF THIS GROWING CONFLICT. MAN CHANTS: ALLAHU AKBAR. THE BODY OF AHMED JABARI ` THE MAN HELD RESPONSIBLE BY ISRAEL FOR LAUNCHING HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS FROM GAZA. ISRAEL HAD TRIED TO KILL HIM MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND YESTERDAY THEY SUCCEEDED. AT HIS FUNERAL IN GAZA TODAY, THE SHROUDED BODY OF HAMAS' MILITARY COMMANDER WAS CARRIED THROUGH THE STREETS BY A NOISY, PASSIONATE CROWD. THESE MEN ARE ANGRY, DETERMINED TO AVENGE THE ASSASINATION OF AHMED JABARI. ISRAEL HAS ALREADY THREATENED ALL HAMAS OPERATIVES, JUNIOR AND SENIOR, TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN IN THE COMING DAYS. THE SENIOR MEN ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT ALREADY TODAY THE MILITANTS HAVE FIRED HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL. RENEWED ATTACKS WHICH HAMAS TODAY SOUGHT TO JUSTIFY. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: IT IS THE OCCUPATION THAT IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OPEN WAR THAT IT HAS STARTED, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE WILL OR THE DECISION TO END IT, AND IT WILL PAY THE PRICE. THIS IS ISRAEL'S VAUNTED IRON DOME DEFENCE SYSTEM, BUT IT COULDN'T COPE WITH THE SHEER NUMBER OF ROCKETS. DOZENS GOT THROUGH. TWO WOMEN AND A MAN WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR HOUSE, JUST A FEW MILES NORTH OF GAZA, TOOK A DIRECT HIT. AS RESIDENTS HEADED FOR BOMB SHELTERS, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER ACCUSED HAMAS OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES. THIS IS WHY MY GOVERNMENT HAS INSTRUCTED THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES TO CONDUCT SURGICAL STRIKES AGAINST THE TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE IN GAZA. AND THIS IS WHY ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR PEOPLE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE ISRAELIS CALL A SURGICAL STRIKE. AN UNDERGROUND HAMAS LAUNCHING SITE TAKEN OUT WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY. BUT ISRAEL'S BEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING INNOCENTS TOO. 11-MONTH-OLD OMAR DIED FROM HORRIFIC BURNS WHEN WHAT HIS FATHER SAYS WAS AN ISRAELI SHELL CAME CRASHING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THEIR HOME. THE FATHER, A COLLEAGUE OF THE BBC IN GAZA, INSISTS THERE WERE NO MILITANTS OR MISSILE SITES IN THE AREA. WE ARE CIVILIANS. AROUND OUR HOUSE, ALL OF THEM IS CIVILIANS. EGYPT IS TONIGHT REPORTED TO BE TRYING TO ARRANGE A TRUCE. IF THAT COMES TO NOUGHT, THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT CONFLICT WILL ESCALATE AND MORE CIVILIANS ON BOTH SIDES WILL SUFFER. AND THAT SUFFERING CONTINUES TO MOUNT, WITH THE VIOLENCE NOW CLAIMING THE LIVES OF 19 PALESTINIANS AND THREE ISRAELIS. EXPERTS ARE WARNING MT RUAPEHU COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF ERUPTION. THIS SPECTACULAR FLARE-UP IN 1995 WAS THE LAST BIG BLOW. MONITORING SHOWS PRESSURE'S BUILDING UNDER THE VOLCANO'S CRATER LAKE, MAKING AN ERUPTION MORE LIKELY IN THE COMING WEEKS. SCIENTISTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON ACTIVITY, BUT WARN NO IMMEDIATE SIGNS ARE GIVEN WHEN THE VOLCANO IS ABOUT TO ERUPT. LABOUR SAYS THE MOVE'S DESIGNED TO TAKE THE SHINE OFF AT THE PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. IT'S NOW UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND. THESE PRICES ARE MORE AFFORDABLE IN THE AUCKLAND CONTEXT. THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST OF THE LOWER COST HOMES WILL BE BUILT. THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT HOUSEHOLDS EARNING AROUND THE AVERAGE AUCKLAND INCOME. WE CAN LOOK OUR COMMUNITY IN THE EYE AND SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACHIEVABLE THE PLAN INCLUDED STATE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOMES BUT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SCRAPPED BOTH CONCEPTS THE GOVERNMENT FLIP-FLOPPED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MANY YEARS. IT'S PRETTY CYNICAL POLITICS LABOUR SAYS THE MOVE'S DESIGNED TO TAKE THE SHINE OFF ITS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET TO BE UNVEILED AT THE PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE. IT'S NOW UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND. AND DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH JOINS US LIVE FROM THE VENUE. THAT'S RIGHT. LABOUR'S SET TO MAKE ITS ANNOUNCEMENT HERE AT THE CONFERENCE. LABOUR'S POLICIY WILL BE NATION WIDE AND A LOT BROADER THAN HOBSONVILLE. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT DOES SEEM RATHER SUSPICIOUS. HELEN CLARK IS ALSO SET TO ATTEND ONE OF THE SOCIAL EVENTS. TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME MORE CHANGES ABOUT HOW THE LABOUR LEADER IS ELECTED. THANKS. JESSICA MUTCH IN AUCKLAND. NZ'S OLDEST LIVING ALL BLACK, LEGENDARY FULLBACK BOB SCOTT, HAS DIED AGED 91. THE BOY WHO GREW UP PLAYING RUGBY LEAGUE IN AUCKLAND FOUND FAME IN RUGBY UNION AS A GIFTED FULLBACK AND GOAL-KICKER. HIS BAREFOOT DEMONSTRATIONS WERE LEGENDARY. SCOTT PLAYED FOR THE NZ ARMED SERVICES TEAM ON THE TOUR OF EUROPE AFTER WWII AND WENT ON TO PLAY 17 TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS BETWEEN 1946 AND 1954. SCOTT IS THE FOURTH PROMINENT FORMER ALL BLACK TO DIE THIS YEAR, WITH JOCK HOBBS, SIR FRED ALLEN AND SIR WILSON WHINERAY ALSO PASSING AWAY. AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE REACTION TO BOB SCOTT'S DEATH LATER IN SPORT. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL HAVE WRAPPED UP THEIR NZ TRIP WITH A VISIT TO QUAKE-RAVAGED CHRISTCHURCH. THE ROYAL COUPLE SEEMED GENUINELY MOVED BY THEIR ENCOUNTERS WITH LOCALS AND MADE IT CLEAR CHRISTCHURCH WAS A TOP PRIORITY ON THEIR TOUR SCHEDULE. THEY FLY OUT FROM CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT IN A FEW HOURS, AND IT'S FROM THERE LISA OWEN JOINS US. IN A FEW HOURS, THE ROYALS WILL BOARD THIS PLANE BEHIND ME HEADING TO DARWIN, SINGAPORE AND THEN HOME TO ENGLAND. THERE WERE A FEW MOMENTS FOR A LAUGH ON THEIR TOUR. THIS WAS THE MOMENT A PRINCE AND HIS DUCHESS SWEPT CHRISTCHURCH OFF ITS FEET. OR MAYBE IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHEN THE FOUNDER OF THE CITY'S VOLUNTEER ARMY BRAVED IT, ASKING THE DUCHESS TO TAKE A SPIN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. SHE SAID I WAS DOING OK, SO I WAS QUITE PLEASED. I SAID I NEED TO GO TO DANCING SCHOOL. PRINCE CHARLES' PARTNER WAS EQUALLY AS FORWARD AND POSITIVELY HEADY FROM THE TWIRL. HE IS A BEAUTIFUL DANCER. THE LIGHT MOMENT, SEEMINGLY A WORLD AWAY FROM THEIR TOUR TROUGH THE QUAKE-DAMAGED CENTRAL CITY... AND AN EARLIER CLOSED-DOOR MEETING WITH 20 PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE QUAKE WHO WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE THE PRINCE, BUT SAY THEY FEEL FORGOTTEN BY OTHERS. FIRST TIME TODAY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO BOB PARKER AND GERRY BROWNLEE IN PERSON, AND WHAT ARE WE? 18 MONTHS, NEARLY TWO YEARS DOWN THE TRACK. THE PRINCE AND DUCHESS TOOK A CASUAL APPROACH TO MEETING AND GREETING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO LINED THE RESTART MALL AND DIDN'T SEEM TOO FUSSED WITH FORMALITIES. YOU ONLY CAME HERE FOR THE BEER, RIGHT? BUT WHEELCHAIR-BOUND BEV EDWARDS RECEIVED A LETTER WHICH SHE SAYS JUST SHOWS SOME PEOPLE HADN'T SPARED THE INJURED A THOUGHT. IT TALKED ABOUT ME CURTSEYING TO THE ROYALS, AND, YOU KNOW, TO CAMILLA. I WASN'T QUITE SURE IF I WAS TO GET OUT OF MY WHEELCHAIR AND DOWN ON ONE LEG. AND WITH THE ROYAL VISIT MAKING HEADLINE NEWS, THE SERIOUSLY INJURED HOPE IT'LL REMIND NZERS OF THE ONGOING STRUGGLES THEY FACE EVERY DAY. THESE WERE NOT THE CROWDS OF ROYAL TOURS OF YESTERYEAR STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` WE LOOK INTO THE CAMPAIGN TO MAKE STUDIES OF THE HOLOCAUST COMPULSORY IN OUR SCHOOLS. BP RECEIVES THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL FINE IN US HISTORY FOR 2010'S MEXICAN GULF OIL SPILL. AN AUCKLAND MAN WHO SPARKED A MANHUNT WHEN HE SHOT AT A POLICE OFFICER DURING A ROUTINE CHECK HAS BEEN JAILED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THREE MONTHS. MURRAY TOLEAFOA, WHO HAS 43 OTHER CONVICTIONS, ADMITTED USING A GUN BUT DENIES INTENDING TO HURT THE OFFICER. AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST, THE 31-YEAR-OLD WAS ALREADY SERVING A SENTENCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WAS ON BAIL FOR TWO OTHER MATTERS. HE WAS WANTING TO FRIGHTEN THE OFFICER SO THEY COULD LEAVE. HE FELT THAT HE WAS GETTING UNWANTED ATTENTION. HE WAS CLEARLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HIS ACT WAS PARTICULARLY RASH AND RECKLESS, BUT HE DIDN'T INTEND TO INJURE OR TO SHOOT THE OFFICER. TOLEAFOA WILL SPEND A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS BEHIND BARS. A MAN (38) HAS APPEARED IN PORIRUA DISTRICT COURT, CHARGED WITH MURDERING A WELLINGTON MOTHER OF TWO. ERNEST SMITH WAS ARRESTED LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF AMANDA TAUFALE IN HER TAWA HOME. SMITH'S DUE TO REAPPEAR IN COURT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. IT WAS ONE OF HUMAN HISTORY'S DARKEST PERIODS. NOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HERE WANTS STUDIES INTO THE HOLOCAUST TO BE COMPULSORY IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. AROUND SIX MILLION JEWS WERE ROUNDED UP AND KILLED UNDER THE NAZI REGIME. DORA SUURING (98) IS A DUTCH JEW WHO SURVIVED BY GOING INTO HIDING AND USING FALSE NAMES AND DOCUMENTS. IN PRE-FASCIST AMSTERDAM, HER HUSBAND TAUGHT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST, ANNE FRANK. A VERY BEAUTIFUL, VERY INTELLIGENT GIRL, AND IF SHE HAD LIVED, SHE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THE WORLD. IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM, HOLOCAUST STUDIES ISN'T COMPULSORY. BUT THE HOLOCAUST CENTRE IN WELLINGTON, BACKED BY THE ISRAELI EMBASSY, WANTS ALL YEAR 10 STUDENTS TO LEARN LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THOSE WHO WERE SLAUGHTERED THERE, JUST FEEL WE OWE IT TO THEM TO TELL THEIR STORIES, TO TELL WHAT'S HAPPENED. THE HOLOCAUST CENTRE SAYS NZ IS OBLIGATED UNDER UNITED NATIONS LAW TO TEACH THE SUBJECT. THE CALL COMES ONE MONTH AFTER THIS JEWISH CEMETERY IN AUCKLAND WAS ATTACKED. THERE ARE THOSE IGNORANT PEOPLE WHO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T HAPPEN. BUT SOME EDUCATORS SAY COMPULSION ISN'T NECESSARY. MY RESEARCH IN NZ SCHOOLS SHOWS THAT STUDENTS TEND TO WORK A LOT HARDER MY RESEARCH IN NZ SCHOOLS SHOWS THAT STUDENTS TEND TO WORK A LOT HARDER AND THEY TEND TO WORK A LOT SMARTER WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES, AND SO THEY BECOME A LOT BETTER AT DOING HISTORY. ANOTHER PART OF THE PUSH TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE IS A TWO-WEEK CONFERENCE, WHERE 24 EDUCATORS FROM ACROSS NZ WILL GO TO JERUSALEM TO THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES. THE CENTRE AND THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE EDUCATION MINISTRY TODAY TO TRY TO ENSURE HISTORY NEVER REPEATS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. d THE EUROZONE'S SLIPPED 8 INTO RECESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS. THE NEWS COMES AS ANTI-AUSTERITY DEMONSTRATORS STORMED A MEETING BETWEEN GERMANY AND GREECE WHERE A RESCUE LOAN FOR THE DEBT-RIDDEN COUNTRY WAS BEING NEGOTIATED. GERMANY'S THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GREECE'S BAIL-OUTS AND IS PROMOTING FURTHER TOUGH BUDGET CUTS. BP HAS BEEN SLAPPED WITH THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL FINE IN US HISTORY FOR ITS OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S AGREED TO PAY THE US GOVERNMENT MORE THAN NZ$5.5B. ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS REPORTS. WE ALL REMEMBER THE SEARING IMAGES ` THE HORRIFIC FIRE, OIL SPEWING INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. TODAY, WE LEARNED BP EXECUTIVES LIED ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE SPILL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. FOR WEEKS, THIS IS WHAT THE COMPANY TOLD THE PUBLIC AND CONGRESS ABOUT HOW MUCH WAS LEAKING. SOMETHING AROUND 5000 BARRELS A DAY IS THE BEST ESTIMATE. BUT AT THE TIME, BP'S OWN ESTIMATES SHOWED 92,000 BARRELS A DAY. TODAY, BP PLEADED GUILTY TO MISLEADING CONGRESS AND TO MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE DEATH OF 11 WORKERS ON THAT OIL RIG. THE DEATHS OF THE 11 MEN ON BOARD THE DEEPWATER HORIZON COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. TODAY, TWO BP COMPANY MEN WHO WERE ON SITE WERE INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER FOR KEEPING THE WELL IN OPERATION EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE AWARE OF CONTINUED, ABNORMAL HIGH PRESSURE ON THE DRILL PIPE. THE COMPANY AGREED TO PAY $4.5B IN FINES. THE MEN'S LAWYERS SAY THEY'RE BEING SCAPEGOATED. BARACK OBAMA'S BEEN VISITING PARTS OF NEW YORK DEVASTATED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY. THE US PRESIDENT CONSOLED BEREAVED RESIDENTS. MORE THAN A HUNDRED AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN THE HURRICANE, MORE THAN 40 IN NEW YORK. HE MADE A POINT OF TOURING AREAS WHICH STILL DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY 17 DAYS AFTER THE STORM. MORE THAN 25,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. A SPECTACULAR SIGHT'S BEEN CAUSING A BIG SPLASH AROUND THE WORLD. AN EXTREMELY RARE WHITE HUMPBACK WHALE WAS SPOTTED OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY. THE COLOUR IS CAUSED BY A CONDITION THAT REDUCES ITS SKIN PIGMENT. IT'S BEEN NAMED WILLOW BY WHALE WATCHERS. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND THE RAIN'S MOVING IN, JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND, KAREN? YES, ALREADY HAD SOME SHOWERS IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, BUT THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE CLOSING IN. WARNING OF HEAVY FALLS IN WESTLAND OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW, UP TO 120MM IN SOME PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ BARRY WILLS SENT IN THE SHOT OF THE DAY OF CUMULUS CLOUDS BUBBLING UP OVER THE ROXBURGH GORGE. THERE WAS A GOOD CRACK OF THUNDER AND A BRIEF BUT HEAVY DOWNPOUR OVER ALEXANDRA THIS AFTERNOON. I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. THANKS, KAREN. AFTER THE BREAK ON ONE NEWS ` FROM THE DEPTHS. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY LEADS AN INTERNATIONAL CENSUS ON THE WORLD'S SEA CREATURES. AND THE ROYALS PAY A VISIT TO CANTERBURY'S A & P SHOW, WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE CELEBRATING ITS 150TH EVENT. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE PITCH STAYS ON THE PITCH, RIGHT? TONIGHT ` THE ON-FIELD PUNCH ON THE REF THAT'S ENDED IN COURT. DID YOU EVER THINK YOU'D GET AN INJURY LIKE THIS < AS A FOOTBALL REFEREE? I ACTUALLY NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET HIT. PLUS, WHY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST COWBOYS ARE MOSEYING INTO DUNEDIN. 1 AN AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY SCIENTIST HAS LED A WORLDWIDE CENSUS OF ALL THE SPECIES LIVING IN THE SEA. MORE THAN 120 EXPERTS PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO ESTIMATE JUST HOW MANY SPECIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND HOW MANY ARE STILL HIDING. WILL HINE WITH THIS REPORT. MEET PURPLE YODA, A SEA WORM FOUND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC THIS YEAR AND NAMED FOR ITS RESEMBLENCE TO THE STAR WARS CHARACTER. NOW SCIENTISTS WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY SPECIES YODA SHARES THE OCEAN WITH. 140,000? 10S OF THOUSANDS. MAYBE 30,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ACTUALLY, RESEARCHERS NOW CALCULATE THAT NUMBER TO BE CLOSER TO ONE MILLION. SO FAR, THEY'VE COUNTED MORE THAN 220,000 THOUSAND DIFFERENT SPECIES, AND ANOTHER 70,000 ARE IN COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD AWAITING NAMES. OUR ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THE FIRST ACTUAL LIST OF ALL THE SPECIES. THE PREVIOUS ESTIMATES DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A LIST OF WHAT SPECIES WE HAD NAMED. BUT HOW DO YOU COUNT CREATURES NO ONE'S EVER SEEN? WE LOOKED AT THREE WAYS OF TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. ONE IS, HOW MANY UNDESCRIBED SPECIES DO THEY FIND IN SAMPLES WHILE OUT IN THE FIELD? WE DID A STATISITICAL MODEL BASED ON THE HISTORICAL RATE OF DISCOVERY. WE ASKED THE EXPERTS' OPINION ` JUST WHAT DO THEY THINK? MUCH OF THE ELUSIVE SEA LIFE IS TINY, BUT NOT ALL. TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF THE 5M SPADE-TOOTHED BEAKED WHALE, NEVER SEEN ALIVE. IT'S ONLY EVER WASHED UP DEAD, MOST RECENTLY IN 2010. THIS SKULL IS ACTUALLY ONE OF FIVE ANIMALS THAT HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND OF THIS SPECIES AND CERTAINLY FIVE RECORDS IN 140 YEARS MEAN THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE WHALE. AND IT SEEMS YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO FIND NEW LIFE. HALF OF ALL THE SPECIES AROUND NZ ARE ENDEMIC. SO THIS MEANS THAT PROBABLY THE MORE LIKELY YOU LOOK HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE GROUPS WHICH DON'T HAVE A LOCAL EXPERT, THE SMALLER INVERTERBRATES, YOU'RE PRETTY LIKELY TO FIND A NEW SPECIES WITHIN WEEKS OR MONTHS OF EFFORT. SOMETHING TO DO OVER SUMMER PERHAPS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. 21 YEARS SINCE STARSHIP CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OPENED ITS DOORS IN AUCKLAND, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY'S ASKING WHETHER IT NEEDS EXPANDING TO CATER FOR A GROWING POPULATION. THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AT A BIRTHDAY BASH, BRINGING TOGETHER PATIENTS PAST AND PRESENT. AMY KELLEY WAS THERE TOO. # HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. SINGING THE PRAISES OF A PLACE THAT TAKES THE SCARY OUT OF BEING SICK. THEY ACTUALLY MAKE BEING IN HOSPITAL FUN FOR KIDS. CAMPBELL MACKENZIE'S ONE OF 1.7 MILLION PATIENTS TREATED HERE SINCE STARSHIP OPENED. WHEN I WAS A DAY OLD, I HAD A CONDITION WHERE BASICALLY I COULDN'T EAT AND I COULDN'T BREATHE. NOW HE'S RETURNED TO CELEBRATE THE 'COMING OF AGE' OF NZ'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE NOT JUST SMALL ADULTS. THEY HAVE GOT DIFFERENT PATHOLOGIES, DIFFERENT DISEASES, DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGIES. BUT 21 YEARS ON, AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD SAYS STARSHIP NEEDS NEW INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TO COPE WITH POPULATION GROWTH. RIGHT NOW WE ARE STEPPING BACK, AND WE ARE DEVELOPING A CLINICAL SERVICES PLAN. THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED. AND OF COURSE ANY EXPANSION OR CHANGES TO THE HOSPITAL WILL ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGING TRENDS IN THE KINDS OF CONDITIONS CHILDREN ARE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS WITH. STARSHIP TOLD US IT'S SEEING LESS MENINGITIS DUE TO IMPROVED VACCINES AND FEWER CAR CRASH VICTIMS THANKS TO DEVELOPMENTS IN CHILD RESTRAINTS, BUT IT IS NOTICING AN INCREASE IN MORE COMPLEX CONDITIONS. BASICALLY PATIENTS WHO WOULD NEVER HAVE SURVIVED EVEN 10, 12, YEARS AGO, NOW DO. AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CANCER ` THE SURVIVAL RATE'S INCREDIBLY HIGH, WHICH REQUIRES AN INTENSIFICATION OF TREATMENT, AND YOU NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT. ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE PART-FUNDED BY THE STARSHIP FOUNDATION, BUT WE'RE TOLD THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO NEED TO COME TO THE PARTY IF THE HOSPITAL IS STILL TO MEET SICK CHILDREN'S NEEDS IN ANOTHER 21 YEARS' TIME. AMY KELLEY, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` IT'S BEEN REVEALED A YACHT THAT RAN AGROUND IN TONGA WITH A DEAD BODY ON BOARD CONTAINED OVER A $100M WORTH OF COCAINE. ONE PERSON REMAINS MISSING AND POLICE AROUND THE REGION HAVE CONFIRMED THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING THE VESSEL SINCE IT LEFT SOUTH AMERICA. FRESH SHELLING'S BEGUN IN GAZA, WITH ISRAEL STEPPING UP ITS STRIKES AGAINST HAMAS TARGETS. THE ISRAELI ATTACKS ARE IN RETALIATION FOR MISSLES FIRED FROM GAZA INTO THE LARGEST CITY, TEL AVIV. ISRAEL'S AUTHORISED THE CALL-UP OF 30,000 TROOPS, INCREASING SPECULATION OF A GROUND ATTACK. THE NATIONAL TOUR BY PRINCE CHARLES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL HAS ALMOST COME TO AN END. THEY SPEND THEIR LAST DAY VISITING CHRISTCHUCH, AND THEY HAD A PRIVATE MEETING WITH 20 PEOPLE WHO WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE EARTHQUAKE. THE COUPLE WILL LEAVE THE COUNTRY IN A FEW HOURS' TIME. WELL, CHARLES AND CAMILLA ALSO ATTENDED THE 150TH CANTERBURY A & P SHOW ALONG WITH 70,000 OTHERS. MIKE THORPE WAS ONE OF THEM. A BUSY SHOW CROWD SOON BECAME A ROYAL FRENZY. THE PRINCE AND DUCHESS MADE A LATE BUT WELCOME ARRIVAL. THERE'S NO DOUBTING THEIR PULLING POWER. CROWDS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN GATHERING LIKE THIS ALL AFTERNOON JUST TO SEE THE ROYAL COUPLE, AND SOME GOT EVEN CLOSER. HELLO... HOW ARE YOU? EVERY VANTAGE POINT SEIZED. I DIDN'T TAKE PHOTOS, BUT I DID GET TO SHAKE HIS HAND. DID YOU? YEAH! AND? IT WAS PRETTY COOL! BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS ROYAL WATCHING. WHO HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN TODAY? I SAW A LITTLE GIRL FROM MY SCHOOL CALLED HOLLY! EARLIER THE PRINCE AND DUCHESS WERE A DISTANT SECOND. WHO'S THE MOST POPULAR? UNFORTUNATELY I THINK THE POP STARS ARE TAKING IT OUT TODAY. BUT THE SHOW FAVOURITES WERE STILL CENTRE STAGE. FIND OUT HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DOG. SINGS 'GOD DEFEND NZ' EVEN A TRANS-TASMAN TEST. NOT MUCH BETWEEN THESE TWO KS AT THE MOMENT. NO CLOSE SHAVE HERE THE KS WERE HOME FIRST AND SECOND. THEN IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK TO KEEP THE MAIN ARENA FIT FOR A PRINCE. WELL, ALMOST. HANDS SHAKEN, JOCKEYS CONGRATULATED, AND THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS REWARDED. THE WHIRLWIND VISIT WAS OVER. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND ANOTHER RUGBY GREAT PASSES AWAY. WE'LL REMEMBER THE LEGENDARY FULLBACK NEXT. THE CURRENT DAY TEAM GETS READY TO PLAY UNDER THEIR NEW SKIPPER, WITH A FRESH CONTROVERSY HANGING AROUND THE TEAM. PLUS, IT'S DO OR DIE FOR THE DIAMOND BLACKS. CAN THEY PUT NZ ON THE BASEBALL MAP? AND HE TOOK ON THE TOUGHEST IN THE RING, BUT WHAT HAD MIKE TYSON DUCKING FOR COVER IN AUSSIE? NZ RUGBY IS IN MOURNING AGAIN TONIGHT. JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH OF SIR WILSON WHINERAY, LEGENDARY ALL BLACKS FULLBACK BOB SCOTT HAS PASSED AWAY, AGED 91. A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS KS TEAM, SCOTT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AN ATTACKING PLAYER, WHO COULD KICK HUGE DISTANCES. IT'S THE IMAGE THAT IS FOREVER BOB SCOTT ` PLACE KICKING, WITH THE TOE, BAREFOOT. SCOTT GREW UP PLAYING RUGBY LEAGUE IN AUCKLAND, BUT SWITCHED TO UNION AFTER JOINING THE ARMY IN 1942. HE WAS A GRITTY, RUNNING FULLBACK AHEAD OF HIS TIME. I USED TO PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL. I DON'T WANT TO START WATCHING IT IN RUGBY IN THE FORWARDS. SCOTT SERVED IN ITALY IN WWII AND PLAYED FOR THE KS ARMED SERVICES TEAM ON THE TOUR OF EUROPE AFTER THE WAR. A CONTEMPORY OF THE LATE SIR FRED ALLEN. THAT TEAM WAS ONE OF THE FINEST TEAMS I EVER PLAYED IN, WITH DUE RESPECTS TO ALL BLACKS. I FELT THE DISCIPLINE VIA THE ARMY MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO THE SUCCESS OF THAT TEAM. HE RETURNED FROM THE WAR TO PLAY FOR PONSONBY AND AUCKLAND. AFTER MAKING HIS TEST DEBUT IN THE 1946 SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA, HE PLAYED THE SPRINGBOKS IN 1949 AND LIONS IN 1950. SCOTT PLAYED 17 TESTS ACROSS NINE YEARS, 52 GAMES IN ALL. FORMER ALL BLACKS PROP SNOW WHITE PLAYED IN THREE OF THOSE TESTS. HIS ABSOLUTE ABILITY TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING ` HE WAS A FREAK. WE PLAYED A TRIAL IN OHIWAI UP IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS, AND HE KICKED A BALL FROM OVER HALFWAY WITH BARE FEET! (LAUGHS) HE WAS AMAZINGLY NIMBLE ON HIS FEET. HE WAS A SKIPPER ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE USED TO SKIP FOR HIS TRAINING. HE MADE RUNNING FULLBACK PLAY HIS OWN. HE TRANSFERRED SOUTH TO PLAY FOR PETONE IN WELLINGTON, OPENING A MENSWEAR STORE NOT FAR FROM THE RUGBY CLUB, EVENTUALLY ENDING UP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FUTURE ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN ANDY LESLIE. I HAVE THE GREATEST IMAGE OF BOB IN OUR SHOP, PASSING BOXES OF SOCKS AROUND AND TEACHING ME TACTICS SCOTT REMAINS A LEGEND IN PETONE. HE WAS INDUCTED IN THE NATIONAL SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 1990 AND AWARDED THE MBE IN 1995. A CLASSY FULLBACK, FULL OF CHARACTER WHO NEVER TOOK A BACKWARD STEP. BOB WAS A GUY WHO I THOUGHT WOULD LIVE FOREVER. HIS LEGEND CERTAINLY WILL. d ROBERT WILLIAM HENRY 8 SCOTT DIED TODAY AT HOME ON THE COROMANDEL, AGED 91. BOB SCOTT'S WARTIME SERVICE IN ITALY IS SURE TO CARRY EXTRA MEANING AS THE BLACKS PREPARE FOR THIS WEEKEND'S TEST IN ROME. IT'LL SURELY ONLY ADD TO THE OCCASION FOR ONE PLAYER ESPECIALLY, WITH KIERAN READ ABOUT TO MAKE HIS FIRST START AS CAPTAIN. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. KIERAN READ'S TIPPED AS THE MAN TO REPLACE RICHIE MCCAW WHEN THE SKIPPER TAKES A SIX-MONTH SABBATICAL NEXT YEAR, BUT HIS FIRST TEST IN THE JOB IS UPON HIM. IT'S A MASSIVE HONOUR. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST JOBS, I GUESS, IN THE COUNTRY. AND FOLLOWING A MAN WHO, IN MY OPINION, IS PROBABLY THE BEST CAPTAIN EVER IN THE ALL BLACKS, SO, YEAH, IT'S HUGE BOOTS TO FILL. AARON CRUDEN MUST KNOW HOW HE FEELS, STARTING AT FIRST FIVE WITH DAN CARTER WATCHING FROM THE BENCH. YEAH, 10'S GOTTA BE THE DIRECTOR, GOTTA LEAD THE BOYS AROUND THE PADDOCK, AND IT'S GONNA BE A BIG FOCUS FOR ME LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. BARRING MISFORTUNE, DAN CARTER WILL PROBABLY FEATURE, IF AT ALL, ONLY LATE IN THE MATCH AS A CROWD-PLEASER FOR THE PACKED HOUSE AT STADIO OLIMPICO. THE HISTORY MADE THERE FOR NZ BY PETER SNELL AND MURRAY HALBERG AT THE 1960 OLYMPICS IS STILL INSPIRING NZ ATHLETES BORN DECADES LATER. WE HAD OUR GREATEST OLYMPIC MOMENT THERE, SO IT'S PRETTY, UM, HUMBLING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE SAME STADIUM. BUT FOLLOWING IN THOSE FLEET FOOTSTEPS WILL TAKE TEAMWORK ` REID AND CRUDEN WILL BE RELYING ON CONRAD SMITH AND MA'A NONU AND ON EACH OTHER. NOW, WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A GOOD CHAT YESTERDAY JUST TO TALK OVER A FEW THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THE FIELD AND IF THAT DOES, WHAT WE CAN DO. SO IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP ON AND OFF THE FIELD. SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP COMMUNICATING WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE. BOTH KNOW THERE'S MUCH MORE AT STAKE FOR THEM THAN CONTINUING AN UNBEATEN RECORD OVER ITALY. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, ROME. ANOTHER ACCUSATION OF FOUL PLAY HAS BEEN LEVELLED AT THE ALL BLACKS FOLLOWING MONDAY'S WIN OVER SCOTLAND AT MURRAYFIELD. SECOND-FIVE TAMATI ELLISON'S BEEN ACCUSED OF MAKING A 'CHICKEN WING' TACKLE ON SCOTLAND PROP RYAN GRANT, PINNING HIS RIGHT ARM BEHIND HIS BACK. ELLISON IS LIKELY TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR THE INCIDENT, WHICH FOLLOWS ADAM THOMSON'S CONTROVERSIAL ONE-MATCH BAN FOR STEPPING ON THE HEAD OF SCOTLAND FLANKER ALASDAIR STROKOSCH. THE DIAMOND BLACKS BASEBALL TEAM IS FACING A DO OR DIE GAME THIS EVENING AFTER BEING HUMBLED 10-NIL BY CHINESE-TAIPEI IN THEIR OPENING WORLD CLASSIC QUALIFIER LAST NIGHT. THE LOSS HAS PITCHED THE KS INTO AN ELIMINATION GAME AGAINST THAILAND AND THEIR AMERICAN ALL-STAR. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THEY MIGHT BE A FLEDGLING BASEBALL SIDE WITH A BIG LOSS ALREADY RACKED UP, BUT THE DIAMOND BLACKS WEREN'T ABOUT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY THAILAND. ALL CHANT HAKA NOT EVEN WHEN THEIR OPPONENTS BOAST THE SERVICES OF TWO-TIME ALLSTAR AND MAJOR LEAGUE VETERAN JOHNNY DAMON. THE NZ BATTERS WERE QUICK TO BREAK THEIR TOURNAMENT RUN DROUGHT. AND THAT IS IN THE CENTRE FIELD FOR A BASE HIT. AND WHILE BEAU BISHOP WASN'T ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOADED BASES IN THE FIRST INNINGS, THE KS OPENED UP IN THE SECOND. GLORIOUS GOING... BACK! IT'S OVER HIS HEAD AND OFF THE BASE OF THE WALL. A TWO-RUN DOUBLE FROM ALAN SCHOENBERGER HELPING NZ MOVE OUT TO A FIVE RUN LEAD. THE FANS WERE EVEN HAPPIER WHEN A 17-YEAR-OLD PITCHER ENSURED THAILAND WERE KEPT OFF THE BOARD WITH TWO STRIKE-OUTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND. THE KS, WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORLD RANKING, WERE DESPERATE TO PROVE THEMSELVES ON THE WORLD STAGE... AND HE'S IN. ...AND MANAGING IT IN STYLE. WORLD NUMBER 27 THAILAND WERE UP AGAINST THE WALL AS THEY SLUMPED TO A NINE RUN DEFICIT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. MICHAEL CAMPBELL'S STORMED INTO THE SECOND ROUND LEAD AT THE HONK KONG OPEN, SHOOTING FIVE BIRDIES ON THE FRONT NINE TO MOVE TO EIGHT UNDER PAR. FELLOW K MICHAEL HENDRY'S ALSO IMPRESSING AT THE AUSTRALIAN MASTERS IN MELBOURNE. HENDRY IS OUTRIGHT SECOND AFTER FIRING A SECOND ROUND 69. A LONG RANGE BIRDIE PUTT ON FIVE HELPING HIM TO EIGHT UNDER PAR FOR THE TOURNAMENT, JUST TWO SHOTS OFF THE PACE. AUSTRALIAN MATTHEW GUYATT LEADS ON 10 UNDER. INDIA CONTINUES TO DOMINATE ON DAY TWO OF THE FIRST CRICKET TEST AGAINST ENGLAND IN AHMEDABAD. INDIA PUT ON 120 IN THE OPENING SESSION YESTERDAY AS VIRENDER SEHWAG SCORED 100 OFF JUST 90 BALLS ON HIS WAY TO 117. GRAEME SWANN, THE ONLY ENGLAND BOWLER TO GET ANY PURCHASE, PICKED UP FOUR WICKETS, INCLUDING SEHWAG AND SACHIN TENDULKAR. GONE UP A LONG WAY... AND GONE! NOW... FIELDERS SHOUT OH, BEAUTIFULLY BOWLED. LOCAL BOY CHETESHWAR PUJARA CLOSING THE DAY WITH 98 NOT OUT. INDIA LOOKING OMINOUS AT 323/4. DOUBLE TROTTING CUP WINNER TERROR-TO-LOVE HAS BEEN UPSTAGED BY HIS ARCH RIVAL IN THIS AFTERNOON'S FREE-FOR-ALL AT ADDINGTON. GOLD ACE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A HANDY BARRIER DRAW, SHOOTING TO THE FRONT FROM THE START OF THE ONE MILE TRIP. THE 5-YEAR-OLD STALLION NEVER HEADED. IT'S GOLD ACE IN FRONT, THOUGH I THINK HE'S GOT TERROR-TO-LOVE AGAIN. PURE POWER IS GETTING THROUGH INTO A PLACE FROM 'FLY LIKE AN EAGLE', BUT IT'S GOLD ACE AND THE ICE MAN HE COMETH AND HE WINNETH. GOLD ACE WON; HAS BEATEN PURE POWER AND TERROR TO LOVE. GOLD ACE'S TIME OF 1.52.6 IS A NEW ADDINGTON TRACK RECORD FOR THE MILE AND JUST HALF A SECOND OUTSIDE THE NZ RECORD. IRON MIKE TYSON HAS ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA FOR HIS SPEAKING TOUR. HE WAS DUE HERE BUT WAS DENIED ENTRY BY IMMIGRATION. MIKE'S IMPRESSED THE AUSSIES ON DAY ONE... SORT OF. THE PIGEON FANCIER WAS VERY RELAXED AT HIS FIRST GET-TOGETHER. ALTHOUGH THE FORMER BADDEST MAN ON THE PLANET DIDN'T WANT A BAR OF THE KOALA. WANT TO BE ATTACKED BY A GOOD ANIMAL GO BAD, YOU KNOW? GOOD ANIMALS GO BAD SOMETIMES. OH, THIS DOESN'T LOOK WELL. LAUGHTER TYSON SAID THE KOALA'S EARS LOOKED TOO FLUFFY TO GET A DECENT BITE ON. AND IF FOOTBALL'S A-LEAGUE GETS ITS WAY, DAVID BECKHAM WILL BE THE NEXT SPORTS SUPERSTAR LINED UP FOR A KOALA MEET-AND-GREET. REPORTS OUT OF AUSTRALIA SAY NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO SIGN HIM FOR A 10-MATCH STINT IN THE LEAGUE WHEN HIS LA GALAXY CONTRACT ENDS NEXT MONTH. SYDNEY'S WESTERN WANDERERS ARE SAID TO BE AMONG THE FRONTRUNNERS FOR HIS SIGNATURE. BASEBALL UPDATE ` AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN SAYS THERE'S SOME HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY FOR SOME PARTS. TONIGHT ` BRINGING SHAME TO SOCCER PITCHERS. SHOULD ON-FIELD SCRAPS BE TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY? DID YOU EVER THINK YOU'D GET AN INJURY LIKE THIS AS A FOOTBALL REFEREE? I ACTUALLY NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET HURT. PLUS FINDING OUT WHY NZ MIGHT JUST BE THE BEST PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. AND SOME OF OUR BEST COWBOYS TAKE ON THE WORLD. I'VE GOT SOME GOOD COMPETITION COMING OVER FROM AUSSIE, AMERICA AND CANADA. YEAH, KS ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THEIR SPURS READY. CLOSE UP'S HERE NEXT ON ONE. HELLO AGAIN. RAIN CLOUDS ARE ROLLING IN FROM THE TASMAN THIS EVENING, JUST IN TIME FOR OUR WEEKEND. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IS IN PLACE FROM 9PM TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW FOR HEAVY FALLS IN WESTLAND. UP TO 120MM IS POSSIBLE IN SOME PARTS. ALSO A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR BULLER AND THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. HERE'S THE VIEW FROM THE SATELLITE. LOOKING A LITTLE MESSY TONIGHT. A MIX OF CLOUD, SHOWERS AND A FEW FINE AREAS OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY. PLENTY OF FRONTAL CLOUD AND SHOWER CLOUD IN THE TASMAN MOVING IN FOR THE WEEKEND. A COUPLE OF LOWS TO THE SOUTH OF US. THE RIDGE IS USHERED OUT BY THIS BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AS IT TRACKS EASTWARDS OVER THE COUNTRY TOMORROW. RAIN OR SHOWERS WITH THE FRONTS. A STRENGTHENING NOR'WESTER IS AHEAD OF THEM. A BAND OF FRONTAL RAIN MAKES ITS WAY UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. SOME HEAVY FALLS FOR WESTLAND, EASING BACK TO SHOWERS IN ITS WAKE. THEN RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH SOME SNOW ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN TOPS. NORTH-WEST WINDS TENDING SOUTH-WEST. RAIN SPREADS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND FROM THE WEST WITH HEAVY FALLS FOR CENTRAL AREAS. THAT RAIN GRADUALLY EASING TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTH-WEST WINDS ARE STRONG IN EXPOSED PLACES AND TENDING MORE WESTERLY LATER IN THE DAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.