DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. JUST A WEEK FROM THE HOBBIT PREMIERE, A LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM THE ESTATE OF THE BOOK'S AUTHOR. FADING HOPES FOR A CEASEFIRE AFTER A WEEK OF HEAVY ROCKET FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA. AND PUPPETRY AND HORSES AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. THE ESTATE OF AUTHOR JRR TOLKIEN IS SUING THE PRODUCERS OF 'THE HOBBIT' FILM JUST A WEEK OUT FROM ITS NZ PREMIERE. ONE NEWS REPORTER JOANNA HUNKIN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR AUCKLAND NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS. JOANNA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MELISSA. THE FAMILY OF THE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' AUTHOR AND HARPER-COLLINS PUBLISHING ARE SUING WARNER BROTHERS AND NEW LINE CINEMA FOR $98M FOR WHAT THEY CALL 'IRREPARABLE HARM' TO THE AUTHOR'S BRAND. THEY'VE ACCUSED THE FILMMAKERS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND BREACH OF CONTRACT FOR LETTING ONLINE GAMBLING SITES USE THE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' NAME AND BRANDING. THEY SAY THE SITES ARE 'HIGHLY OFFENSIVE' AND CLAIM THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL LICENCE AGREEMENT. OF COURSE, THAT AGREEMENT WAS DRAWN UP IN 1969, WHEN THE INTERNET DIDN'T EXIST, AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE FAMILY HAS TAKEN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE FILMMAKERS, IS IT? NO, IT'S NOT. IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS 'THE HOBBIT' TOOK SO LONG TO GET MADE ` THE FILMMAKERS WERE WAITING TO RESOLVE ANOTHER LAWSUIT WITH THE FAMILY BEFORE THEY COULD BEGIN FILMING. THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE ESTATE SUED NEW LINE CINEMA FOR $180M AFTER THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE ROYALTIES FROM THE 'LORD OF THE RINGS' TRILOGY. NOW, IT WAS EVENTUALLY SETTLED, BUT THE TERMS WERE CONFIDENTIAL, SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT. BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE THAT TAKE A PRETTY CYNICAL VIEW OF THIS LAWSUIT AND SEE IT AS A BIT OF MONEY GRAB ` ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TIMING, JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF SIR PETER JACKSON'S FILM. THANKS, JOANNA HUNKIN. WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS AND REACTION ON ONE NEWS AT 4.30 AND 6. THERE'S BEEN A SHARP RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENT SUICIDES AND CASES OF DELAYED TREATMENT IN NZ HOSPITALS OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE ANNUAL HEALTH QUALITY AND SAFETY COMMISSION REPORT SHOWS THAT 17 PATIENTS WERE SUSPECTED OF COMMITTING SUICIDE WHILE EITHER AN IN-PATIENT, ON APPROVED LEAVE FROM HOSPITAL OR AFTER HAVING GONE MISSING FROM AN IN-PATIENT FACILITY. OVERALL THERE WERE 360 ADVERSE EVENTS IN THE NATION'S HOSPITALS IN THE PAST YEAR. 91 PATIENTS DIED. ONE THIRD OF THEM WERE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT ERRORS, INCLUDING 17 CASES WHERE PATIENT TREATMENT WAS UNNECESSARILY DELAYED. THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, 170, WERE FOR HOSPITAL FALLS AMONG THE ELDERLY, ALTHOUGH THIS FIGURE IS WELL DOWN ON PREVIOUS YEARS. AS WE GO TO AIR, A MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A BOY (9) IN SOUTH CANTERBURY IS DUE TO APPEAR IN THE TIMARU DISTRICT COURT. THE BOY WAS FOUND INJURED AND DISTRESSED NEAR THE HOLME STATION BRIDGE MORE THAN AN HOUR AFTER LEAVING OCEANVIEW HEIGHTS SCHOOL LAST THURSDAY. HE'S NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION IN TIMARU HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY HELPED TRACK DOWN THE ALLEGED OFFENDER. THE MAN (26) IS SAID TO BE KNOWN TO THE BOY. IT'S SLOWLY BECOMING CLEARER WHAT'S HAPPENED. THE YOUNG BOY AND THE YOUNG MAN KNEW EACH OTHER. THEY WERE ACQUAINTED. SO THIS WAS NOT A CASE OF SOMEONE JUST RANDOMLY PICKING A CHILD UP OFF THE STREET. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION WHICH HAS COME THROUGH. LITTLE BITS OF INFORMATION, ALTHOUGH PEOPLE DON'T REALISE, THEY'RE IMPORTANT BY THE TIME IT ALL ADDS UP. IT'S MADE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONE ON. THE MAN'S BEEN CHARGED WITH WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. HE'S BEEN REMANDED TO APPEAR AGAIN LATER. FEARS ARE INCREASING FOR THE SAFETY OF A ROTORUA WOMAN WHO'S NOW BEEN MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS. POLICE SAY MICHELLE HOFFMAN-TAMM (51) WAS LAST SEEN ON HER BIKE LEAVING HER HOME IN PHILLIP STREET, BELIEVED TO BE ON HER WAY TO VISIT FRIENDS. BUT SHE NEVER ARRIVED. THE CIB SAYS IT CANNOT RULE OUT SOMETHING UNTOWARD HAPPENING TO HER. A MAN IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL AFTER A SUSPECTED HIT AND RUN THIS MORNING. POLICE SAY A RUNNER FOUND A MAN LYING IN A DRIVEWAY WITH HEAD INJURIES THIS MORNING. THE MAN IS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN HIS MID 40S WITH SHORT RED HAIR, TATTOOS AND A GOATEE. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR INFORMATION FROM ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE MAN IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE PRIME MINISTER'S HAILING TWO DAYS OF TRADE TALKS IN CAMBODIA AS A SUCCESS. MR KEY TOOK PART IN THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF AN EAST ASIA REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT. JOHN KEY'S TASTE IN SHIRTS ALSO CAME IN FOR SOME TEASING FROM US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. ONE NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN IS AT THE CONFERENCE IN PHNOM PENH. WELL, THE EAST ASIAN SUMMIT HAS NOW DRAWN TO A CLOSE, AND IT DID GIVE JOHN KEY THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY HE'S HAD FOR A PROPER MEETING WITH US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SINCE HIS RE-ELECTION, AND IT SEEMS EVEN THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD COULDN'T RESIST TAKING A CHEAP SHOT AT OUR PRIME MINISTER FOR THAT PINK SHIRT HE WAS WEARING AT THE GALA DINNER. SOME MIGHT SAY IT WOULD FALL INTO THE GAY RED SHIRT CATEGORY. > I'M GONNA DESCRIBE IT AS 'FETCHING', WHICH IS BROADLY ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBED IT AS AS WELL. BUT THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS TALK. THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ` NAMELY, NZ, THE US AND THE FIVE OTHER NATIONS REPRESENTED HERE ` HAVE AGREED TO SET A DEADLINE OF COMPLETION FOR THE DEAL, 2013. PROBABLY IF YOU'D ASKED ME BEFORE I WENT IN THERE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS ABOUT 2013. I'M NATURALLY ALWAYS CAUTIOUS ABOUT THESE TYPES OF DEALS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF MOVING PARTS ` 11 COUNTRIES INVOLVED, SOME COMPLEXITY, AND IT'S NOT WITHOUT CONTENTION. SO THERE ARE ALWAYS ISSUES, BUT I'D SAY, JUST LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING AND HIS DETERMINATION, I'M MUCH MORE CONFIDENT THAN WHEN I WALKED INTO THAT MEETING. JOHN KEY WILL NOW MOVE ON TO BURMA WHERE, LIKE BARACK OBAMA EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE WILL BECOME THE FIRST LEADER OF HIS NATION TO VISIT THE COUNTRY THAT FOR SO LONG WAS UNDER MILITARY RULE. ISRAEL HAS CONTINUED ITS ATTACKS ON GAZA CITY, DESPITE HOPES OF A POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE TODAY. US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON HAS FLOWN INTO ISRAEL FOR TALKS AS HAS UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI MOON, BUT THE ROCKET FIRE CONTINUES. HERE'S THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN. IT'S A WAITING GAME FOR THESE ISRAELI SOLDIERS, MASSED CLOSE TO THE GAZA BORDER. ISRAEL HAS PUT PREPARATIONS FOR A GROUND INVASION INTO GAZA ON HOLD WHILE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO END THE VIOLENCE INTENSIFY. BUT HERE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, 1 MILLION ISRAELIS LIVING IN CLOSE, ROCKET-FIRE RANGE ARE SCEPTICAL ABOUT A CEASEFIRE. THEY'RE NOT CONVINCED IT WILL MAKE THEM ANY SAFER. IN THE MEANTIME TODAY, ISRAEL CONTINUED ITS AIR STRIKES ON GAZA ` DROPPING LEAFLETS WARNING CIVILIANS TO KEEP AWAY FROM ROCKET-LAUNCHING MILITANTS CLOSE TO ITS BORDER. THOUGH KEEPING CLEAR OF ANYONE IS RATHER DIFFICULT IN POOR AND OVERCROWDED GAZA. EXPLOSION OF THE MORE THAN 120 GAZANS KILLED DURING ISRAEL'S CURRENT MILITARY OPERATION, DOZENS WERE CIVILIANS. AS PART OF A CEASEFIRE DEAL, GAZANS WANT ISRAEL TO LIFT ITS RESTRICTIONS ON THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF GAZA. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: I HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE EMBARGO. AND IF THEY LIFT THE EMBARGO, MY LIFE WILL GET BETTER; IT WILL IMPROVE. DIPLOMATIC ATTEMPTS TO BROKER A CREDIBLE CEASEFIRE HAVE BEEN GATHERING PACE. THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON, IS IN JERUSALEM FOR A MEETING WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER. EARLIER TODAY, MR BAN WAS IN EGYPT ` A KEY MEDIATOR IN THE SEARCH FOR A CEASEFIRE. HIS MESSAGE THERE WAS CLEAR. ONCE AGAIN, PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS LIVE IN FEAR OF THE NEXT STRIKE. THIS MUST STOP. IN THE UK, THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IS IN TURMOIL AFTER A MOVE TO ALLOW WOMEN BISHOPS WAS NARROWLY DEFEATED TODAY. THE OUTGOING ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY SAYS THE 'NO' VOTE IS A DEEP PERSONAL DISAPPOINTMENT. HERE'S THE BBC'S EMILY BUCHANAN. IT WAS CARRIED IN THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS AND CLERGY, AND LOST IN THE HOUSE OF LAITY. IN THE END IT WAS DOWN TO A HANDFUL OF VOTES AMONG LAY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. THEN, JUST HUGS AND TEARS. THOSE WHO HAD HOPED WOMEN COULD BECOME BISHOPS WERE STUNNED. I'M ACTUALLY IN A STATE OF SHOCK, AND I FEEL THE HOUSE OF LAITY OF THE GENERAL SYNOD HAS BETRAYED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. IT IS RIDICULOUS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY TO HAVE A BOY'S CLUB. THE 'NO' VOTERS DIDN'T THINK THE PROPOSAL GAVE TRADITIONALISTS ENOUGH PROTECTION. IT'S BEEN A DAY OF HIGH EMOTION. THOSE IN FAVOUR OF WOMEN BISHOPS ARE DEVASTATED, KNOWING IT'LL BE YEARS BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS DEBATED AGAIN. TRADITIONALISTS ARE TRYING NOT TO BE TOO TRIUMPHALIST, BUT THE REALITY IS, A SMALL, VOCAL MINORITY HAD PREVAILED. WELL OVER 100 SPEAKERS TOOK PART IN THE DEBATE. IT WOULD BE A DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE MORALE OF MANY, NOT LEAST OUR FEMALE CLERGY. IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE WOMEN WERE FIRST ALLOWED TO BECOME PRIESTS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, BUT AFTER TODAY, THE STAINED-GLASS CEILING IS FIRMLY IN PLACE. IT'S A BIG BLOW TO THE CHURCH'S LEADERSHIP. THE ARCHBISHOP WILL SOON LEAVE A BITTER AND DIVIDED CHURCH TO HIS SUCCESSOR. HEALING THE WOUNDS AND BRIDGING DEEP THEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. TWO FORMER TABLOID NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHO ARE CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON ARE TO FACE BRIBERY CHARGES. THE CHARGES AGAINST ANDY COULSON, REBEKAH BROOKS AND THREE OTHERS ARE PART OF AN ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO MEDIA CORRUPTION. THE PAIR WILL BE CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO PAYMENTS TO POLICE AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR INFORMATION. THINK HORSES IN THE THEATRE AND IMAGES OF TWO BLOKES IN A DODGY PANTOMIME COSTUME COME TO MIND. BUT THE PRODUCTION 'WAR HORSE' IS A WORLD APART FROM THAT. IT'S CREDITED WITH GIVING A SHOT IN THE ARM TO A FLAGGING THEATRE SCENE. THE ABC'S ADRIAN RASCHELLA REPORTS. HORSES WHINNY YOU KNOW THESE HORSES ARE NOT REAL, BUT IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE YOU SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF. YOU INSTANTLY` HEY. YOU INSTANTLY PROJECT YOUR OWN FEELINGS, THOUGHTS AND PERCEPTIONS ON TO JOEY AND TOPTHORN AND THE OTHER HORSES. SO IT'S A MATTER OF AS SOON AS YOU STEP INTO THE THEATRE, MAGIC HAPPENS, AND IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. HEY. IT TAKES THREE PUPPETEERS TO BRING EACH HORSE TO LIFE. THE EMOTIONAL PART FOR THE HEAD, FOR INSTANCE, IS THE EARS. AND THE EARS BOTH TELL US WHERE HIS ATTENTION IS, BUT THEY ALSO TELL US ABOUT HIS STATE OF ATTENTION. SO, ACTUALLY, IF HE'S RELAXED, HIS EARS ARE FORWARD, LIKE THAT, BUT IF I START SHOUTING AT HIM AND MAKING HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE FRIGHTENED, HIS EARS GO BACK, AND HE'S IN A SORT OF FLIGHT OR FIGHT MODE, THERE. AND THE COSTUMES ARE HEAVY. HOW PHYSICALLY DEMANDING IS THIS WORK? > IT'S NOT A WALK IN THE PARK... NO. ...AT ALL. WE'VE GOTTA KEEP ALL OUR THREE MINDS JOINED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE BEING THAT'S ONLY THINKING ONE THING, NOT THREE DIFFERENT THINGS. THE PUPPETEERS HAVE SPENT MONTHS STUDYING EVERY SOUND AND MOVE A HORSE MAKES. IF HE STAMPS HIS FEET, WE TEND TO FLINCH, BECAUSE IF A REAL HORSE BRINGS ITS FOOT DOWN, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. SO WE TALK TO THE ACTORS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE HORSE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS A HORSE WOULD BE, ALL OF THE TIME. AND THEY NEVER BREAK CHARACTER. (LAUGHS) NEVER WORK WITH ANIMALS AND CHILDREN, RIGHT? 'WAR HORSE' IS CREDITED WITH GIVING THE WEST END A MUCH NEEDED LEG-UP WHEN THE GFC HIT THE UK, AND WORLDWIDE, IT'S SOLD MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION TICKETS. IN BREAKING NEWS, A RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY OFF THE FAR NORTH OF NEW ZEALAND AFTER A DISTRESS CALL FROM A YACHT TAKING ON WATER. THE YACHT FREEDOM HUNTER HAS THREE PEOPLE ABOARD. ROUGH CONDITIONS HAVE PREVENTED EFFORTS TO TAKE THEM OFF THE YACHT AND IT'S BEING ESCORTED BY RESCUE CRAFT INTO DOUBTLESS BAY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND SPORT, A BIG NIGHT AHEAD FOR K BOXER SHANE CAMERON, AND AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE SAYS NO MORE OF THESE. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROGER COULTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. COMVITA HALF YEAR RESULTS. A MANUKA HONEY BUSINESS A FLAT HALF-YEAR RESULT THEY DID OUTPERFORM RELATIVE TO LAST YEAR, BUT PROFIT WAS DOWN COMVITA TALKS ABOUT TWO ISSUES IN ASIA, SALES ARE STRONG BUT THEY'RE DOING IT TOUGH IN AUSTRALIA AND NZ THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON MARGIN THE RAW HONEY COST HAS GONE UP THE HONEY CROP LAST SUMMER WAS BELOW AVERAGE THEY'RE SECURING THEIR OWN SUPPLY NOW TYPICALLY IN COMVITA STYLE THEY'RE PROJECTING A POSITIVE OUTLOOK NEWS TOO OUT OF SUMMERSET? AGED CARE BUSINESS SUMMERSET REPORTED ACQUIRING A NEW SITE IN ELLERSLIE, AUCKLAND THE PERFORMANCE DRIVER IS DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS AND BEDS AND THE PRICES YOU CAN SELL THEM AT THIS ALLOWS SUMMERSET TO UPGRADE ITS RATE OF BUILDING THESE VILLAGES THEY HAVE A FOCUS ON AUCKLAND, WHERE PROPERTY PRICES ARE HIGHER THIS BODES WELL FOR SUMMERSET'S PROFITABILITY GOING FORWARD SHARES UP 3% HOW IS HEWLETT PACKARD LOOKING? A BAD RESULT FOR THEM LAST NIGHT $8B WRITE-DOWN FROM A PREVIOUS ACQUISITION IT DOESN'T REFLECT WELL ON MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM, THEY'RE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE DECLINE IN PERSONAL COMPUTERS AS PEOPLE MOVE TO MOBILE DEVICES ITS CHALLENGED IN ITS TRADITIONAL AREAS DOWN 11% K BOXER SHANE CAMERON WILL BEEFING UP AGAIN TODAY AFTER HAVING TO LOSE A LOT OF KILOS TO MAKE THE WEIGHT LIMIT FOR HIS WORLD TITLE FIGHT TONIGHT AGAINST AUSTRALIAN DANNY GREEN. CAMERON HAD TO GET RID OF 9 KILOS TO MAKE THE REQUIRED WEIGHT FOR THE FIGHT. TODAY HE'LL CAREFULLY REGAIN AS MUCH WEIGHT AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO GIVE HIM THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE HIGHER-RATED BUT LIGHTER DANNY GREEN. CAMERON IS CONFIDENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL PUT ON, BUT I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING THE WEIGHT ON. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BEING 10 KILOS HEAVIER THAN HIM COME FIGHT TIME, COS IT COULD WORK TO A DISADVANTAGE WITH ME. SO I'LL JUST WEIGH IN AT WHATEVER I WEIGH IN AT. REALISTICALLY, I THINK I'LL PROBABLY COME IN AT HIGH 93S, 94 MAYBE. IF CAMERON WINS THE IBO CRUISER WEIGHT TITLE BOUT, HE'LL BECOME THE FIRST NZ-BORN BOXING WORLD CHAMPION IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. TO THE FOOTBALL. ALL THREE BRITISH SIDES LOST IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS CHELSEA ARE ON THE BRINK OF ELIMINATION. JAMES PEARCE HAS A WRAP OF THE ACTION. A MAN UNDER PRESSURE. ROBERTO DI MATTEO GUIDED CHELSEA TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GLORY IN MAY. NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN KNOCKED OUT IN THE GROUP STAGES THE FOLLOWING SEASON ` THAT'S NOW A REAL DANGER FOR CHELSEA. GOALKEEPER PETR CECH KEPT JUVENTUS AT BAY EARLY ON. HE WAS CAUGHT OUT BY A DEFLECTION EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE HALF-TIME. IT'S DEFLECTED AND IN! IT WAS QUAGLIARELLA WHO HAD THE FINAL TOUCH TO GIVE THE HOME SIDE THE LEAD. THE SECOND HALF, AND ANOTHER DEFLECTION, WHICH PUT JUVENTUS 2 AHEAD. CHELSEA COULD MAYBE CLAIM THEY WERE UNLUCKY WITH THOSE GOALS, BUT THERE WAS A THIRD TOO. EVEN VICTORY FOR THE LONDONERS IN THEIR FINAL GROUP MATCH MIGHT WELL NOT BE ENOUGH TO SEE THEM THROUGH. CELTIC HAD BEGUN THE EVENING FAR BETTER PLACED. A WIN IN PORTUGAL AGAINST BENFICA WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM INTO THE KNOCK-OUT STAGES. BUT THEY WERE BEHIND AFTER LESS THAN SEVEN MINUTES. THEY DID EQUALISE. THE HOME SIDE'S KEEPER MADE A MESS OF THE CORNER; GEORGIOS SAMARAS DID NOT. THIS WAS THE GOAL, THOUGH, WHICH CONDEMNED CELTIC TO DEFEAT. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL ROUND OF MATCHES TO FIND OUT IF CELTIC OR BENFICA JOIN BARCELONA IN QUALIFYING FROM THE GROUP. BENFICA ARE BACK IN FRONT! NO SUCH WORRIES FOR MANCHESTER UNITED ` THEY'RE ALREADY QUALIFIED. SO A 1-0 DEFEAT IN TURKEY TO GALATASARAY WON'T GIVE THEM ANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. THE WELSH HAVE RESURRECTED THEIR GRAND SLAM-WINNING BACKLINE FOR THEIR FACE-OFF AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS THIS WEEKEND. THERE'S ADDED PRESSURE ON WALES TO PERFORM AFTER THEIR RECENT LOSS TO SAMOA, WITH COACH WARREN GATLAND HOPING TO BOOST THE SIDE'S MORALE BEFORE SUNDAY'S MATCH. WE'VE HAD A FEW INJURIES, AND PROBABLY IT'S OUR NUMBER-ONE BACKLINE... OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE PLAYERS ARE STILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON CONFIDENCE, BUT THE BOYS WERE GOOD YESTERDAY, TRAINED WELL THIS MORNING, SO HOPEFULLY THE PREPARATION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL GO WELL. ALL BLACKS NUMBER EIGHT KIERAN READ SAYS THE WELSH WILL BE TOUGH AT HOME AND IT USUALLY TAKES THE WHOLE GAME TO GET ON TOP OF THEM. OVER HERE, IT'S... GENERALLY THEY GET THE WHOLE 80 MINUTES. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN EASY GAME SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED. THEY'RE GENERALLY BLOODY TOUGH AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY COME AT US PHYSICALLY. SO IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY TOUGH GAME FOR US. THE GAME KICKS OFF AT 6.15AM OUR TIME ON SUNDAY. RUGBY LEAGUE FANS ARE REELING AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO BAN SHOULDER CHARGES IN THE GAME. THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE COMMISSION HAS RULED THE MOVE TOO DANGEROUS, BECAUSE TODAY'S PLAYERS ARE GETTING TOO BIG. THE WEIGHT OF PLAYERS IN THE PREMIERSHIP HAS GONE UP AN AVERAGE OF 4 KILOS OVER THE LAST DECADE. BUT FANS SAY RULING OUT THE BIG HITS WILL BE A LOSS TO THE GAME. THE RUGBY LEAGUE FEDERATION IS NOW AIMING TO BAN THE TACKLE FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL GAMES. NZ ALREADY HAS A DOMESTIC BAN IN PLACE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. CLOUDY OVER THE UPPER NORTH THANKS TO THAT SLOW MOVING FRONT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ A MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A BOY (9) IN SOUTH CANTERBURY HAS BEEN REMANDED UNTIL DECEMBER THE 5TH FOR A PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT. HE'S CHARGED WITH WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. HIS NAME'S BEEN SUPRESSED. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. THE ESTATE OF AUTHOR JRR TOLKIEN IS SUING THE PRODUCERS OF THE HOBBIT, ALLEGING THAT THE LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE HOBBIT MERCHANDISING INFRINGES COPYRIGHT. US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IS IN JERUSALEM TO TRY AND BROKER A TRUCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. AND A WELLINGTON COLLEGE PUPIL HAS BEEN FORCED TO SIT HIS EXAMS AT ANOTHER SCHOOL AFTER HE USED A TEACHER'S ACCOUNT TO DOWNLOAD A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DATA. THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILLIP HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH AN OUTING TO THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE, WHICH HAPPENED TO HAVE AN ANNIVERSARY OF ITS OWN ` ITS 100TH. HERE'S CHANNEL 9'S PETER HARVEY. THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE IS THE QUEEN'S BIG NIGHT OUT ` HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. HERE SHE IS AT THE SHOW THE YEAR SHE WAS CROWNED. LAST NIGHT, JUST AS REGAL. THE EVENING CELEBRATED A CONSTELLATION OF ANNIVERSARIES ` THE 65TH OF HER MARRIAGE AND THE 100TH OF A CONCERT THAT'S BECOME HER OWN, ALL WITHIN THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR. TONIGHT IT WAS HER CHOICE OF STARS. ONE DIRECTION, THE BOY BAND, WITH A BALLAD. # IT'S YOU # THEY ADD UP TO # THEN THE MAN WHO INVENTED BALLADS ` NEIL DIAMOND. # SWEET CAROLINE. # AND, AT THE NIGHT'S END, A QUICK CATCH-UP WITH OUR VERY OWN KYLIE. BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE ACT WAS ASHLEY AND PUDSEY THE DOG. 'JAMES BOND' THEME PLAYS THE REST OF THEIR BLUE SAPPHIRE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WAS CELEBRATED IN PRIVATE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.