DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. NEW DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH BURMA AS THE PRIME MINISTER REMEMBERS K SOLDIERS' SACRIFICE. SHOP TILL YOU DROP, OR TILL YOU'RE PUSHED DOWN! AMERICANS GO MAD FOR EARLY THANKSGIVING SALES. AND DAN CARTER LIMPS OFF THE TRAINING FIELD, IN DOUBT FOR THE TEST AGAINST WALES. IT'S BEEN A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND A DAY TO FORGE NEW DIPLOMATIC TIES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER IN BURMA. JOHN KEY'S VISITED THE GRAVESITE OF EIGHT K SOLDIERS WHO DIED THERE IN WWII. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF NZ TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ALSO MET BURMA'S FAMED OPPOSITION LEADER, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, AND HELD A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN, WHO'S SET TO VISIT HERE NEXT MONTH. ONE NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN REPORTS FROM BURMA. JOHN KEY HAS NOW ARRIVED IN THE SPRAWLING CAPITAL OF NAYPYIDAW, BUILT FOR ABOUT 20 MILLION PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM HAVEN'T SHOWN UP. SO YOU'VE GOT 20-LANE HIGHWAYS WITH VERY FEW CARS ON THEM. BUT THERE IS ONE VERY IMPORTANT PERSON HERE, AND THAT IS OPPOSITION LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI. WE'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR MOVEMENT, AND ALSO FOR THE HOSPITALITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR REFUGEES. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY IN NZ, BURMESE REFUGEES, THEY ARE VERY VIGOROUS AND THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE, WHICH, OF COURSE, SHOWS THAT NZ PROMOTES ALL KINDS OF OPINIONS AND ARE NOT AFRAID OF PEOPLE MOVING IN LINE WITH THEIR CONSCIENCE. JOHN KEY HAS ALSO MET WITH PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN, A FORMER GENERAL IN THE MILITARY JUNTA, WHO THE PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERS A MODERATE IN FAVOUR OF FURTHER MOVES TOWARDS DEMOCRACY. DID YOU QUESTION WHEN THE MILITARY > MIGHT TAKE LESS OF A ROLE IN THE GOVERNMENT HERE? > UH, WE DIDN'T DIRECTLY, BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD THAT THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAMME THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH. NZ'S PARTING GIFT TO BURMA WILL BE A $7M AID DONATION, $6M OF WHICH WILL BE SPENT TRYING TO UPGRADE DAIRY FARMING SYSTEMS HERE; THE OTHER MILLION TO TRY AND HELP STOP AN ETHNIC DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MAJORITY BUDDHISTS AND THE MINORITY MUSLIMS IN A PROVINCE NEAR THE BORDER WITH BANGLADESH. A WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A ROTORUA WOMAN WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS. MICHELLE HOFFMAN-TAMM (51) WAS LAST SEEN ON HER BIKE LEAVING HOME IN PHILLIP STREET ON THE WAY TO VISIT FRIENDS. POLICE HAVE SECURED A RURAL LOCATION JUST OUTSIDE OF MURUPARA FOR FORENSIC TESTING, AND A HOUSE ON HOLLAND STREET IN ROTORUA WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MS HOFFMAN-TAMM'S BIKE HAS BEEN FOUND, BUT SHE REMAINS MISSING. A WOMAN (44) HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, AND POLICE SAY FURTHER CHARGES ARE LIKELY. SHE'S BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY TILL NEXT MONTH, AND HER NAME'S BEEN SUPPRESSED IN THE MEANTIME. THE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL HAS HELD NOW FOR A FULL DAY, WITH PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES TENTATIVELY GOING ABOUT THEIR NORMAL LIVES AGAIN. BUT THE DEGREE OF DIPLOMACY AND COMPROMISE BEHIND THE DEAL MEANS IT MAY NOT LAST FOR LONG. HERE'S THE BBC'S JEREMY BOWEN. ISRAEL IS PULLING ITS TROOPS AND TANKS BACK FROM THE GAZA BORDER. THE INVASION IS OFF, THE CEASEFIRE IS ON. AN OPINION POLL SUGGESTED A MAJORITY OF ISRAELIS ARE AGAINST IT. THE REASON ` LONG-TERM, THEY DON'T FEEL ANY SAFER. WE ALL REALLY WANNA BELIEVE IN THE CEASEFIRE, BUT IT HASN'T PROVEN ITSELF LAST TIME, SO WE'RE PRETTY SCEPTICAL AND SCARED. BRINGING HOME THE TROOPS WITHOUT USING THEM WORRIES MANY ISRAELIS. TO REASSURE THEM, THE GOVERNMENT IS EMPHASISING THAT IT WON'T TOLERATE CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS. HORNS BLARE IN GAZA, STREETS THAT WERE EMPTY ARE PACKED. HAMAS PUT ON A VICTORY RALLY. THE PEOPLE CELEBRATED SURVIVAL. HAMAS FEELS BOLSTERED BY STRONGER SUPPORT THAN EVER FROM ALLIES LIKE TURKEY AND QATAR. WITH FUNERALS STILL GOING ON IN GAZA, TWO OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL'S UNDERSTANDINGS ALREADY LOOK LIKE POTENTIAL FLASHPOINTS. HAMAS, WHOSE MEN WERE MOVING AROUND AGAIN, IS SUPPOSED TO STOP ALL FIRE INTO ISRAEL. BUT RESISTANCE, AS IT CALLS IT, IS WHERE HAMAS DRAWS ITS STRENGTH. AND WITH SMUGGLING TUNNELS INTO EGYPT REOPENING, ISRAEL IS SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS EASING THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THE ISRAELIS DOING MUCH TO DILUTE WHAT THEY CALL 'A VITAL SECURITY MEASURE'. GAZA AND ISRAEL HAD A PEACEFUL DAY AT LAST, A CHANCE TO RELAX. BUT IT WON'T STAY LIKE THAT UNTIL THEY CAN SETTLE A CENTURY OF CONFLICT. HEAVY RAIN AND WIND ARE BATTERING LARGE PARTS OF THE UK. ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY FLOOD WATERS AND HOMES EVACUATED, AND THERE'S WORSE WEATHER TO COME. HERE'S THE BBC'S JEREMY COOK. EVEN BEFORE TONIGHT'S PREDICTED DOWNPOUR, THE MISERY HAS BEGUN. THE RAIN WHICH HAS ALREADY FALLEN MEANS A THOUSAND PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED FROM THEIR CARAVANS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, COLD AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AT NORTH CURRY IN SOMERSET, THEY'RE PREPARING ONCE AGAIN FOR THE WORST, BUT PAINFULLY AWARE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO HOLD BACK THE FLOODS. ACROSS SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND, IT'S THE WIND WHICH HAS BEEN THE STRIKING FEATURE OF TODAY'S WEATHER. MANY BRIDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN CLOSED. IN WALES, THE WEATHER HAS ALREADY BROUGHT TRAFFIC CHAOS, WITH HUNDREDS OF MOTORISTS STUCK ON THE FLOODED A55 NEAR BANGOR. AND ON ANGLESEY THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS MORNING'S TORRENTIAL RAIN. SCOTLAND TOO STANDS IN THE PATH OF THE COMING STORM, THE VILLAGE OF COMRIE IN PERTH AND KINROSS PUTTING UP LAST-MINUTE DEFENCES. IN DUMFRIES, A LANDSLIDE BLOCKED RAIL LINES ON A DAY WHEN THERE WAS TROUBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NETWORK. TONIGHT'S STORM THREATENS TO RATCHET UP ANXIETY LEVELS AT HALBERTON IN DEVON, WHERE PART OF THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL HAS COLLAPSED. THE PREDICTED RAIN IS NOW FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. RIVER LEVELS ARE RISING ONCE AGAIN. THE BBC HAS A NEW BOSS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CORPORATION LOST ITS DIRECTOR-GENERAL OVER THE JIMMY SAVILE SCANDAL. NEW DIRECTOR-GENERAL TONY HALL SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TO RESTORING THE BBC'S REPUTATION. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAVID SILLITO. WITH A PERHAPS UNCHARACTERISTIC SWIFTNESS, THE BBC HAS APPOINTED A NEW LEADER. TONY HALL, LORD HALL OF BIRKENHEAD, HAS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, BUT BEFORE THAT WAS A LONG BBC CAREER, BEGINNING IN 1973, IN WHICH HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BECOMING HEAD OF NEWS. HE'S ALSO BEEN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF CHANNEL FOUR, AND THE TALK TODAY WAS THAT AFTER WEEKS OF CRISIS THE BBC FELT THEY'D FOUND A SAFE PAIR OF HANDS. IT'S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH FEW WEEKS FOR THIS ORGANISATION. UM, I KNOW WE CAN GET THROUGH IT BY LISTENING PATIENTLY, BY THINKING CAREFULLY ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. I AM ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO OUR NEWS OPERATION AS AN ABSOLUTE WORLD BEATER. HIS IN-TRAY IS ALREADY BULGING. THERE ARE INQUIRIES, ONE LOOKING INTO THE BBC AND JIMMY SAVILE, ANOTHER ASKING WHY NEWSNIGHT DIDN'T BROADCAST AN INVESTIGATION INTO SAVILE. TONIGHT THIS PROGRAMME APOLOGISES... AND THEN THE FALLOUT FROM THE WRONGFUL ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST LORD MCALPINE. ON A WIDER LEVEL, IT'S ALL ABOUT REPAIRING THE BBC'S REPUTATION. NO WONDER THE BBC TRUST HAS MOVED FAST. AND THERE WERE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE BBC TODAY. AT THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE, MPS WERE QUESTIONING THE TRUST ABOUT THE PAYOFF FOR THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR-GENERAL, GEORGE ENTWISTLE ` �450,000 PLUS PAYMENTS FOR LEGAL FEES, PRIVATE HEALTH CARE, AND �10,000 FOR DEALING WITH THE PRESS. NICE TO SEE YOU. GOOD, GOOD. WHILE TONY HALL WILL ONLY TAKE UP HIS POST IN MARCH, THERE WAS A FEELING TODAY AMONG SOME THAT A CORNER HAD BEEN TURNED. FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY IS APPEARING BEFORE A JUDGE ON ALLEGATIONS THAT HE ILLEGALLY ACCEPTED DONATIONS FOR HIS 2007 ELECTION FUND. MR SARKOZY HAS CONSISTENTLY DENIED CLAIMS HE TOOK FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE OF FRANCE'S RICHEST WOMAN, WHO'S 90. BUT HE'S OFTEN FACED CRITICISM FOR HIS COSY TIES TO THE RICH. THE JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF HE SHOULD FACE TRIAL. A BRUTAL MILITARY UPRISING IN EASTERN CONGO IS THREATENING TO SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. AT STAKE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE FATE OF THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT. HERE'S THE ABC'S GINNY STEIN. FOR DAYS, GOMA'S ONE-MILLION STRONG POPULATION HAD COWERED INDOORS AS ROCKETS AND GUNFIRE SOUNDED AROUND THE CITY. THE AS THE UN, WITH ITS MANDATE TO PROTECT CIVILIANS, WATCHED FROM THE SIDELINES, THE REBELS ADVANCED. A BRIEF FIREFIGHT GOVERNMENT TROOPS, AND THE CITY WAS THEIRS. WITH THE WRITING FIRMLY ON THE WALL, THOUSANDS OF POORLY-SUPPLIED UNDERFED AND RARELY-PAID SOLIDERS AND POLICEMEN PUBLICALLY DEFECTED TO THE REBELS. (SPEAKS SWAHILI) ALL CHEER WITH MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE, THE M23 REBELS MADE THEIR INTENTIONS CLEAR, WARNING CONGO'S PRESIDENT, JOSEPH KABILA, OF THEIR INTENTION TO MARCH ON THE CAPITAL, KINSHASA. IN GOMA, THE ARRIVAL OF REBEL TROOPS WAS MET BY A WAR-WEARY CITY WITH CAUTION. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD FLED IN ADVANCE OF THE FIGHTING IN RECENT MONTHS. TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE HAVE NOW FLED GOMA WITH AID AGENCIES WARNING OF A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. THE SUCCESS OF THE REBELS' ADVANCE HAS STRENGTHENED ANTI-GOVERNMENT FURY. THE UN STANDS BY ITS CLAIMS OF RWANDAN INVOLVMENT, WHILE ARGUING IT COULD DO LITTLE AS A BATTLE FOR GOMA WOULD HAVE ENDANGERED CIVILIANS. IN THE FACE OF HIS FORCES' FAILURE, PRESIDENT KABILA SEEMS TO BE HOPING DIPLOMACY CAN SAVE HIM. IN THE US, A MASSIVE CRASH IN TEXAS HAS CLAIMED TWO LIVES AND LEFT DOZENS OF PEOPLE INJURED. THE HUGE PILE-UP INVOLVED OVER A HUNDRED VEHICLES, INCLUDING TRUCK AND TRAILER UNITS. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING FOGGY CONDITIONS. IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE FOG CLEARED THAT THE TRUE SIZE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REVEALED. 51 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, EIGHT OF THEM IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. IT'S THANKSGIVING IN THE STATES, AND THE BIG TRADITION IS TO HIT THE SALES. THEY CALL IT 'BLACK FRIDAY', BUT MANY STORES ARE STARTING THEIR SALES EARLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHOPPING FRENZY. HERE'S THE ABC'S JOHN SHIFFRIN. IT'S THANKSGIVING, AND IT'S ON. JUST START TO GET PUMPED UP 20 MINUTES BEFORE THOSE GATES OPEN. THE TRADITIONAL BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING BARGAINS ARE NOW BEING GOBBLED UP BY DOOR-BUSTING DEALS STARTING THIS MORNING FOR 'GREY THURSDAY'. K-MART ALREADY OPENED THEIR DOORS, AND OTHER MAJOR RETAILERS LIKE TOYS 'R US, WALMART AND SEARS ARE RIGHT BEHIND THEM, STARTING THEIR PARTIES AT 8PM ` TARGET, AN HOUR LATER AT 9. IT'S TRADITIONALLY BEEN` THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING IS BLACK FRIDAY, WHEN THE STORES GO INTO THE BLACK. THAT'S WHEN THEY MAKE ALL THEIR MONEY. BUT REALLY, THAT'S NOT TRUE ANY MORE. SOME OF THE MOST DETERMINED SHOPPERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN LINING UP FOR DAYS, SLEEPING IN TENTS SINCE LAST WEEKEND, ALL TRYING TO GET A TURKEY LEG UP ON THEIR FELLOW BARGAIN HUNTERS. I'M JUST HAPPY I'VE BEATEN MY COMPETITION. THEY PULLED UP AROUND 3 AND WE WERE ALREADY HERE, SO I WAS HAPPY. LAST YEAR, SOME SALE SEEKERS WERE A LITTLE TOO EXCITED AND TURNED HOLIDAY SHOPPING INTO A CONTACT SPORT. BUT THIS YEAR, STORES ARE BEEFING UP SECURITY. BEST BUY EMPLOYEES EVEN PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING DRILLS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CROWDS. AND IF ALL THIS RUNNING AROUND TODAY HAS YOU RUN DOWN, REST UP. BLACK FRIDAY OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF AT MIDNIGHT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, WE CHECK IN ON THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT, AN INJURY WORRY FOR ALL BLACK DAN CARTER. PLUS, CRICKETER MICHAEL CLARK'S ALREADY WRITTEN HIS WAY INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS ` NOW HE'S EYING A POSSIBLE TRIPLE CENTURY. ============= LAST AD/PROMO .." 1 WITH ME NOW IS JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. HOW WERE MARKETS OVERNIGHT? THE US IS CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING, SO MARKES TOOK THE LEAD FROM EUROPE. IT WAS POSITVE. THE CHINESE MARKET RELEASED MANNUFACTURING DATA. WHAT'S MAKING NEWS THIS MORNING ON THE NZ MARKET? THE NZX IS BACK THROUGH AN IMPORTANT MARK. 2 STOCKS HAVE STOOD OUT - SOMMERSET THEY HAVE A NEW SITE IN ELLERSILE SAME WITH DILLIGENT IT'S A GOOD PLAY ON THE IPAD. THEIR REVENUE IS UP AND THEIR MARGINS ARE EXPANDING. I THINK ALL EYES ARE POINTNG TO NEXT FRIDAY BECAUSE OF FONTERRA. THANK YOU, JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. ALL BLACK PLAYMAKER DAN CARTER IS IN DOUBT FOR SUNDAY'S RUGBY TEST AGAINST WALES. CARTER HAS A FRESH LEG PROBLEM, SO AARON CRUDEN IS PREPARING TO STEP IN IF REQUIRED. HERE'S EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. LOOKING CONCERNED, ASSISTANT COACH IAN FOSTER WAS JUST IN FRONT OF DAN CARTER, HEADING FOR THE TEAM BUS AFTER AN EARLY FINISH. CARTER APPEARED A LITTLE STIFF AND WAS KEEPING HIS EYES DOWN. DAN CARTER WAS MOVING EASILY ENOUGH EARLIER IN THE SESSION, BUT I WATCHED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER AS HE STEPPED OFF THE FIELD LOOKING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE. AND THEN I NOTICED THAT AARON CRUDEN HAD TAKEN HIS PLACE IN THE BACK LINE ` ALL OF THIS IN A PART OF THE TRAINING SESSION WE'RE NOT PERMITTED TO FILM. STEVE HANSEN HAS SINCE NOTIFIED REPORTERS THAT CARTER FELT A TWINGE IN HIS RIGHT LEG WHILE KICKING, AND IS UNDER OBSERVATION FOR 24 HOURS, WITH A DECISION LIKELY BEFORE THE CAPTAIN'S RUN. CARTER HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBBED OFF PUBLIC DUTIES EARLIER. TOLD TO EXPECT HIM AT A TEAM NAMING SESSION, WE ARRIVED TO FIND AARON SMITH INSTEAD, WITH THE COACH ASKED DIRECTLY IF CARTER WAS CARRYING ANY INJURY. NO. THE PAIR BATTED BACK THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HALFBACK. UH, GOT A BIT OF A WHACK ON SATURDAY AND, NAH, FEELING GOOD AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE. SMITH ALSO SWITCHED OUT OF POSITION EARLY ON THE HEAVY, WATERLOGGED PADDOCK. THE WHOLE TEAM HIT THE SHOWERS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER CARTER LEFT HIS POSITION, NOTICEABLY QUIET. IT MAY JUST HAVE BEEN FROM EFFORT IN THE RAIN. UP UNTIL THEN, THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN SEEMED TO BE THE NOISE LEVELS THEY'LL FACE INSIDE MILLENNIUM STADIUM WITH THE CROWD AT FULL ROAR. LITERALLY, YOU CAN ONLY CHAT TO YOUR MATE NEXT TO YOU. IT'S PRETTY HARD. YOU HAVE TO COME INTO A HUDDLE IF YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE FURTHER THAN THAT. IF YOU DO YOUR JOB, YOU CAN MAKE IT QUIET. IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB, IT'LL BE REALLY NOISY. WHETHER CARTER GETS TO DO HIS JOB, OR WHETHER HE FACES A REPEAT OF HIS RUGBY WORLD CUP FRUSTRATION THANKS TO A STRAINED ADDUCTOR MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT LEG, WE'LL KNOW MORE EARLY TOMORROW NZ TIME. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, CARDIFF. CRICKET. AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN MICHAEL CLARK HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON A TRIPLE CENTURY TODAY. THAT'S AFTER HIS TEAM DOMINATED THE OPENING DAY OF THE SECOND CRICKET TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN ADELAIDE. HERE'S THE ABC'S NEIL CROSS. WHILE THE ADELAIDE OVAL RECEIVES A MAKEOVER, SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE, INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN WHO WINS THE TOSS DECIDING TO BAT. DAVID WARNER WAS MOST APPRECIATIVE. OH! HE GOES HIGH AND STRAIGHT. BUT ALL-ROUNDER JACQUES KALLIS WAS CALLED ON EARLY, AND DELIVERED. AUSTRALIA'S TOP ORDER AGAIN FAILED TO MEET THE CHALLENGE. ROB QUINEY LASTED JUST EIGHT BALLS FOR A DUCK BEFORE AN OUTSTANDING SWINGING DELIVERY UNDID RICKY PONTING. WHAT A BEAUTY FROM KALLIS! BUT AFTER TAKING TWO WICKETS AND THREATENING MORE, KALLIS DEPARTED WITH A LEG INJURY, AND THE AUSTRALIANS PROSPERED. THEY WENT TO LUNCH AT 3/102, AND THEN EMERGED TO PRODUCE A FURIOUS ASSAULT LED BY WARNER. OH, THAT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY. SKIPPER MICHAEL CLARKE WASN'T EXACTLY SHY EITHER, AND THE PAIR PEELED 98 RUNS OFF THE ATTACK IN THE FIRST 45 MINUTES OF THE MIDDLE SESSION. WARNER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 90S LASTED TWO DELIVERIES. A SIX LOBBED DOWN THE GROUND WAS FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER FLOWING DRIVE TO SECURE HIS THIRD TEST CENTURY. HE'S FOUND THE GAP AND HE'S GOT IT! SUPERB BATTING. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS WORTH 155, BROKEN WHEN WARNER FELL. THE LEFT-HANDER WHO REPLACED HIM WAS FAR MORE ORTHODOX BUT STILL EFFECTIVE, AND MIKE HUSSEY WAS AT THE OTHER END AS CLARKE REACHED HIS 21ST TEST CENTURY. PROTEAS' DALE STEYN FELT THE STRAIN, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO SYMPATHY FROM CLARKE AS HE MOVED PAST 150 WITH FIVE FOURS IN AN OVER, AND ON TO 200. FOUR SCORES OF 200 OR MORE IN A TEST MATCH IN 2012. HUSSEY FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY WITH HIS MILESTONE, THE THIRD BATSMAN TO REACH TRIPLE FIGURES ON A MEMORABLE DAY FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. AND AUSTRALIA RESUME BATTING IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, AND CLARKE HAS SET HIS SIGHTS ON A TRIPLE CENTURY. THE NZ BREAKERS HAVE SUFFERED ONLY THEIR SECOND LOSS OF THE AUSSIE BASKETBALL SEASON, GOING DOWN 89-64 TO THE WILDCATS IN PERTH. THE HOMESIDE DOMINATED THE FIRST QUARTER TO LEAD 45-35 AT HALFTIME. SCREEN COMES FROM HUDSON. TURNOVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT. MATTY KNIGHT CREATES AND ROBBINS... STRUGGLING TO PICK IT UP AND SCORE. FINAL SCORE 89-64 TO THE WILDCATS. THE BREAKERS HOST THE MELBOURNE TIGERS NEXT FRIDAY. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CYCLING RACES IS ON TRACK TO GET UNDERWAY TOMORROW, DESPITE THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT MT TONGARIRO. SOME COMPETITORS TAKING PART IN THE LAKE TAUPO CYCLE CHALLENGE ARE ALREADY ON THE COURSE, COMPETING IN AN ENDURANCE EVENT. ORGANISERS SAY THE SITUATION IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY. WE ALWAYS HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE, BUT WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THOSE ARE QUITE SPECIFIC SHOULD WE NEED THEM, BUT AT THE MOMENT WE DON'T. AROUND 8000 CYCLISTS ARE DUE TO TAKE PART IN THE MAIN RACE TOMORROW. ORGANISERS SAY THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES. AN AUCKLAND MOTHER IS ATTEMPTING TO RUN 500KM WITHOUT SLEEP TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY. KIM ALLEN (47) IS CURRENTLY 27 HOURS INTO HER FOUR-DAY CHALLENGE, WHICH WILL SEE HER RUN THE EQUIVALENT OF 12 BACK-TO-BACK MARATHONS AROUND THE AUCKLAND DOMAIN WITHOUT ANY REST. YOU'VE GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF YOU. YEAH. YEP, UM,... LOOKING AT THE TIME IT'S TAKEN ME TO DO THIS, AND I'M GONNA BE GETTING SLOWER, UM, LOOKING AT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MOTHER OF FOUR HOPES TO BEAT THE RECORD SET BY AN AMERICAN ULTRA RUNNER, WHO COMPLETED 482KM NON-STOP WITHOUT REST. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE TINY ISLAND NATION OF NIUE GOT A BIG PAYDAY TODAY, WITH THE SIGNING OF A DEAL THAT WILL ALLOW AN AUCKLAND-BASED COMPANY TO MAKE NIUEAN COINS. THE DEAL IS WORTH ABOUT $5M OVER FIVE YEARS, AND ALLOWS NZ MINT TO MAKE LEGAL TENDER COINS THAT BEAR NIUE'S SEAL. THEY'RE DESTINED FOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WHERE COLLECTIBLE COINS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THE ISLANDERS, HOWEVER, WILL CONTINUE TO USE NZ CURRENCY. FINALLY, THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. A WOMAN HAS APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING ROTORUA WOMAN MICHELLE HOFFMAN-TAMM, WHO REMAINS MISSING AFTER DISAPPEARING MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. DAN CARTER IS IN DOUBT FOR THIS WEEKEND'S ALL BLACKS TEST AGAINST WALES AFTER PULLING UP WITH A LEG INJURY AT TODAY'S TRAINING SESSION IN CARDIFF. AND A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY ARTIST RALPH HOTERE FETCHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT AUCTION IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. 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