DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE TALIBAN WARLORD BEHIND THE DEATHS OF THREE K SOLDIERS HAS BEEN KILLED. THE HIGH COURT BEGINS A WATER RIGHTS HEARING THAT COULD STOP THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE POWER COMPANIES. AND AT JUST 25, SEBASTIAN VETTEL CLAIMS HIS THIRD SUCCESSIVE FORMULA ONE TITLE. THE SENIOR TALIBAN WARLORD WHO WAS BEHIND THE BOMB ATTACK THAT FATALLY INJURED THREE NZ SOLDIERS HAS BEEN KILLED. IT'S BELIEVED NZ DEFENCE FORCE INFORMATION HELPED COALITION FORCES PIN DOWN HIS LOCATION FOR AN AIR STRIKE. ONE NEWS REPORTER HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUR WELLINGTON NEWSROOM. HEATHER. THE TALIBAN INSURGENT WAS KILLED BY COALITION FORCES LAST WEEK. PM SAYS HE WAS KEY TALIBAN INSURGENT. RESPONSIBLE FOR ATACKS IN BAMIYAN. INCLUDING OUR THREE SOLDIERS LAST YEAR. PM SAYS NO SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN THIS ATTACK, BUT DID PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE PM SAYS THIS ATTACK GOOD NEWS. I THINK THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS TRYING TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE ` SO IF WE HAVE NO INSURGENTS WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT ATTACKS THAT HAVE KILLED PEOPLE AND ARE PLANNING OTHER ATTACKS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHERE THERE WAS PLANNING FOR FURTHER ATTACKS TO TAKE PLACE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A WAR ZONE, AND ULTIMATELY, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE AS BEST PROTECTED AS WE CAN, AND THAT MEANS USING INTELLIGENCE, AND IF REQUIRED, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO WOULD UNDERTAKE THOSE ATTACKS ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SO. PM SAYS THERE IS SUGGESTION THIS INSURGENT WAS PLANNING ANOTHER ATTACK BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. MOTHER OF SOLDIER SAYS SHE'S HAD NO CONTACT FROM DEFENCE FORCE YET. SHE EXPECTED THIS NEWS MIGHT BRING SOME RELIEF, BUT NOT YET. THANKS, HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN, LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. THE LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PROGRAMME IS UNDERWAY IN THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON TODAY. THE MAORI COUNCIL AND WAIKATO HAPU ARE DEMANDING A HALT TO THE PARTIAL SALE OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER UNTIL A DECISION'S MADE ON WHO OWNS THE WATER USED BY THE POWER GENERATOR. ANY DECISION TO SELL THE ASSETS BEFORE THEY'VE STRAIGHTENED OUT WHO HAS THE TITLE IS A DECISION THAT HAS TO BE FAULTY IN LAW. IT'S A FLAWED DECISION IN LAW. THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE SAYING TO THE COURT TODAY. THE PRIME MINISTER TOLD TV ONE'S BREAKFAST PROGRAMME HE'S CONFIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION THAT NO ONE OWNS THE WATER. THE HEARING IS SET DOWN FOR FOUR DAYS. FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE HOSPITALISED AFTER A GASSING INCIDENT AT A HOUSE IN WEST AUCKLAND EARLY THIS MORNING ARE ALL IN A STABLE CONDITION. TWO MALES AND THREE FEMALES, AGING FROM 9 TO 53, WERE FOUND AT THE MASSEY HOME ALL SUFFERING FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. NEIGHBOURS SAY THEY HAD ONLY MOVED IN OVER THE WEEKEND. A PETROL GENERATOR WAS BEING USED TO SUPPLY POWER TO THE HOUSE, WHICH HASN'T BEEN FULLY BUILT. THE FIRE SERVICE SAY THE VICTIMS WERE VOMITING AND IN A DISTRESSED STATE. WHEN WE ARRIVED, WE FOUND FIVE PEOPLE SEMI-CONSCIOUS, AND WE USED OXYGEN. AND THEN ALL THE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. POLICE ARE CONDUCTING A SCENE EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. TEACHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE HOPING THIS WEEK'S PAY ROUND GOES WITHOUT A HITCH. THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRINCIPALS' FEDERATION SAYS IT'S HARD TO BE CONFIDENT WHEN THERE ARE STILL UNRESOLVED ISSUES WITH THE NOVOPAY SYSTEM. UH, THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF A SHAMBLES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND IT STILL FEELS LIKE A SLOW TRAIN WRECK STILL COMING. IT'S NOT ONLY THAT WE STILL HAVE UNRESOLVED, UH, ISSUES FROM PREVIOUS PAYROLLS AND 90% OF THE SCHOOLS ARE SAYING THAT FROM OUR SURVEY LAST WEEK. BUT WHAT IS EVEN MORE DISCONCERTING IS THAT THERE ARE STILL NEW ISSUES ARISING WHERE THEY DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE. WE'VE BEEN GIVING CERTAIN ASSURANCES FROM THE MINISTRY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE BEING REALISED. NZ'S REFUSAL TO COMMIT TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE KYOTO CLIMATE PROTOCOL IS EXPECTED TO COME UNDER FIRE AT A SUMMIT IN DOHA. REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEARLY 200 NATIONS ARE GATHERING IN THE QATAR CAPITAL TODAY FOR TWO WEEKS OF CLIMATE TALKS AIMED AT CREATING A NEW TREATY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS. NZ, WHICH HAS COMMITTED TO AN ALTERNATIVE UN-SPONSORED SCHEME, IS EXPECTED TO COP CRITICISM FOR ITS STANCE. AUSTRALIA AND 36 OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE COMMITTED TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, WHILE NZ JOINS THE LIKES OF CHINA, THE UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL IN REFUSING TO SIGN. THE NZ DELEGATION WON'T ATTEND THE SUMMIT UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN EGYPT IN REACTION TO THE SWEEPING NEW POWERS THE PRESIDENT MOHAMED MORSI HAS GIVEN HIMSELF. EGYPTIAN JUDGES SAY THEY'LL TAKE PART IN A NATIONWIDE STRIKE TO SHOW THE PRESIDENT HE'S NOT ABOVE THE LAW. THE ABC'S MATT BROWN REPORTS. PEOPLE SHOUT NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE UPRISING THAT TOPPLED HOSNI MUBARAK, VIOLENCE HAS ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO THE STREETS OF CAIRO. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE TO PROTEST AGAINST MOHAMED MORSI'S EXTENSIVE NEW POWERS. THEY CLASHED WITH SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS AND RIOT POLICE SENT IN TO DISPERSE THE CROWD. SHOUTING INSIDE THE COURT, THOUSANDS OF JUDGES, LAWYERS AND OFFICIALS JOINED THE CHORUS OF OUTRAGE. THEY SAY MOHAMED MORSI'S DECREE PUTS HIM ABOVE THE LAW AND IS AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON EGYPTIAN JUSTICE. THEY'VE CALLED FOR JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GO ON STRIKE. PRESIDENT MORSI SAYS THE DECREE IS A TEMPORARY MEASURE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE REVOLUTION FROM THE OLD GUARD IN THE JUDICIARY AND SPEED UP THE COUNTRY'S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY. HIS SUPPORTERS SAY THEY TRUST HIM TO KEEP HIS WORD. BUT MOHAMED MORSI'S CRITICS FEAR HE WANTS TO IMPOSE HIS ISLAMIST VISION ON EGYPT. THE CRISIS IS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE NEWLY EMPOWERED ISLAMISTS AND THEIR OPPONENTS. THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS CALLED FOR RALLIES ACROSS EGYPT TONIGHT TO SHOW THE SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT. HIS OPPONENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY TAHRIR SQUARE, PLANNING HUGE DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COMING DAYS. IT APPEARS THE PROMISE OF THE UPRISING IS A LONG WAY FROM BEING FULFILLED. IN GAZA, SCHOOLS HAVE REOPENED THREE DAYS INTO THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN WILL RETURN TO THEIR CLASSES, ALTHOUGH MANY HAVE DISCOVERED THEIR SCHOOL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY AIRSTRIKES. WE'RE MAKING OUR ASSESSMENT ESTIMATE NOW, BUT I THINK THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA FOR THE KIDS IS VERY VERY SERIOUS HERE IN GAZA. THE PALESTINIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS 156 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED DURING THE EIGHT DAYS OF CONFLICT BEFORE THE CEASEFIRE WAS CALLED, INCLUDING 33 CHILDREN. IN SYRIA, REBELS SAY THEY'VE CAPTURED A HELICOPTER BASE NEAR THE CAPITAL, DAMASCUS. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS REBELS WITH THE WRECKAGE OF TWO MILITARY HELICOPTERS AT THE MARJ-AL-SULTAN AIR BASE. THE REBELS ARE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE DESTROYED THE TWO HELICOPTERS WITH ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES. THEY ALSO CAPTURED A TANK. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS HAVE BEEN CONTINUING IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND, WITH THE DEATH TOLL NOW STANDING AT TWO. ONE MAN WAS KILLED WHEN HIS CAR WAS CAUGHT IN FLOODWATERS, AND A WOMAN WAS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE. MORE RAIN FORECAST FOR TODAY IS SET TO ADD TO THE CHAOS. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOHN KAY. WATER SLOSHES THEY BATTLED WITH BUCKETS. THIS WAS SOMERSET IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING ` VILLAGERS SCOOPING TO SAVE THEIR HOMES. BUT NO BUCKET COULD DEAL WITH THIS. IN THE DEVON VILLAGE OF KENNFORD, BY THE TIME THEY'D WOKEN UP, IT WAS TOO LATE. CORNWALL'S RESCUE SERVICES SAID THEY'D NEVER KNOWN A NIGHT LIKE IT. 100 PROPERTIES FLOODED IN THIS COUNTY ALONE. BY DAYLIGHT, THE WEST COUNTRY WAS MORE LIKE THE WET COUNTRY. THIS IS THE RAILWAY LINE OUTSIDE EXETER. HIGH WINDS ADDED TO THE CHAOS. A YOUNG WOMAN WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A FALLING TREE SHE'D BEEN CAMPING UNDERNEATH. 100 MILES AWAY, THE WATER WAS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS. MORE RESCUES, THIS TIME IN WILTSHIRE ` THE HISTORIC MARKET TOWN OF MALMESBURY NOW REWRITING LOCAL HISTORY. IN THE LAST WEEK, MORE THAN 800 HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED, MOST OF THEM IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. BUT TONIGHT THERE ARE WARNINGS IN MANY PARTS OF BRITAIN, AND THERE'S YET MORE TO COME. IN BANGLADESH, MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A FIRE IN A CLOTHING FACTORY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CAPITAL, DHAKA. THE FIRE IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE STARTED ON THE GROUND FLOOR, TRAPPING PEOPLE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING. IN AUSTRALIA, FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN BATTLING AN OUT-OF-CONTROL BUSH FIRE WHICH HAS BEEN THREATENING HOMES NEAR WAHROONGA IN SYDNEY'S NORTH. SMOKE'S COVERED A LARGE AREA OF THE SUBURB, BUT SO FAR NO HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. A NEW AUSTRALIAN STUDY SAYS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES CAN BE JUST AS ADDICTIVE AS GAMBLING AND ALCOHOL. THE RESEARCH BY THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IS THE FIRST HARD EVIDENCE OF PROBLEM VIDEO GAMING. IT FOUND HEAVY USERS ARE UNABLE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT GAMING, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO WIND DOWN OR STOP. THE STUDY FOUND OBSESSIVE GAMING CAN TAKE A TOLL ON PEOPLE'S SLEEPING, DIET AND RELATIONSHIPS. THE HIT VIDEO 'GANGNAM STYLE' HAS BECOME THE MOST WATCHED YOUTUBE CLIP OF ALL TIME. # HEY, SEXY LADY. # OP, OP, OP, OP, OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE. # IT'S THE LATEST POP CULTURE VICTORY FOR SOUTH KOREAN RAP STAR PSY. HIS MUSIC VIDEO HAS CLOCKED UP MORE THAN 816 MILLION VIEWS. THE CLIPS EDGED PAST TEEN POP STAR JUSTIN BIEBER'S VIDEO FOR HIS SONG 'BABY'. # AND I WAS, LIKE, BABY, BABY, BABY, OH. # STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT ` ALL BLACK HOOKER ANDREW HORE IS OFFICIALLY CITED FOR HIS HIT ON A WELSH FORWARD. A WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. A RALLY IN THE MARKETS LAST WEEK, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE CARRIED INTO THE START OF THIS WEEK. YES, IT WAS A STRONG DAY OF TRADING ON FRIDAY - BLACK FRIDAY IN US. POST-THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SALES. MARKETS HAVE BEEN PUSHED HIGHER. HEWLETT PACKARD RECOVERED SOME LOSSES. INVESTORS STILL WARY ABOUT FISCAL CLIFF NEGOTIATIONS. A SMALL CAP STOCK. NZ EXPERIENCE. OWNERS OF RAINBOW'S END THEME PARK SUBJECT TO A TAKEOVER OFFER. RANGATIRA HAS MADE FORMAL TAKEOVER OFFER FOR NZ EXPERIENCE. GONE INTO AGREEMENT THERE. FORMAL TAKEOVER OFFER IN NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. NOW, A FEW INTERESTING THINGS COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK. WHAT'S IN STORE? PRICING ON FONTERRA UNITS TOMORROW. LOOKING TO LIST ON MARKET THIS FRIDAY. OFFSHORE ` MORE DATA COMING THROUGH, LIKE GDP FROM US. THANK YOU, BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO MIDDAY SPORT - ALL BLACK HOOKER ANDREW HORE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CITED FOR HIS HIT ON WELSH LOCK BRADLEY DAVIES DURING SUNDAY'S TEST. HORE KNOCKED DAVIES OUT COLD IN THE SECOND MINUTE OF THE MATCH IN CARDIFF, BUT ESCAPED ANY ON-FIELD PUNISHMENT WHEN THE REFEREES APPARENTLY DIDN'T SEE IT. THE IRB'S RECOMMENDED SANCTIONS FOR STRIKING ANOTHER PLAYER START AT TWO WEEKS, UP TO MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS. DETAILS OF THE HEARING ARE YET TO BE FINALISED, BUT HORE SEEMS CERTAIN TO MISS THE TEST AGAINST ENGLAND THIS WEEKEND. SEBASTIAN VETTEL IS THE FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, AFTER A THRILLING FORMULA 1 FINAL IN BRAZIL. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAN ROWAN. MANY SPORTING JOURNEYS SEEM TO BE HEADING TOWARDS BRAZIL RIGHT NOW, AND WITH THE TITLE RACE REACHING THE SEASON FINALE IN SAO PAULO, FORMULA 1 HAD JOINED THE PARTY. FOURTH PLACE OR BETTER WAS ALL THAT LEADER SEBASTIAN VETTEL REQUIRED; RIVAL FERNANDO ALONSO WITH IT ALL TO DO. LIGHTS OUT, AWAY WE GO! WITH RAIN ADDING TO THE TENSION, DRAMA WAS GUARANTEED, AND A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE START CAME THIS. VETTEL HIT AND SENT SPINNING TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD; ALONSO UP TO THIRD AND, REMARKABLY, ON COURSE FOR THE TITLE. IN SPITE OF THE DAMAGE TO HIS CAR, VETTEL THEN PROVED WHY HE'S THE REIGNING CHAMPION ` FLYING THROUGH THE PACK AND BACK UP TO FIFTH BY LAP 16. WITH LEADERS HAMILTON AND NICO HULKENBERG COLLIDING, ALONSO HAD HIS CHANCE, EASILY PASSING TEAMMATE FELIPE MASSA INTO SECOND ` NOW JUST A POINT BEHIND VETTEL IN A TITLE RACE THAT WAS GOING TO THE WIRE. BUT THEN CAME ANTICLIMAX. PAUL DI RESTA'S CRASH MEANT THE RACE WOULD FINISH UNDER THE SAFETY CAR. AND WITH NO OVERTAKING ALLOWED, JENSON BUTTON LED THE PROCESSION OVER THE LINE. VETTEL THE CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN BY JUST THREE POINTS. BUT WITH SIXTH PLACE, SEBASTIAN VETTEL IS THE 2012 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION! SO AS ONE GERMAN GREAT RETIRES, ANOTHER STAKES HIS CLAIM WITH A THIRD SUCCESSIVE TITLE. CRICKET ` THE BLACKCAPS BATSMEN HAVE FINALLY SHOWN SOME COMPOSURE TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THEIR SECOND TEST AGAINST SRI LANKA IN COLOMBO. ROSS TAYLOR AND KANE WILLIAMSON MADE UP FOR EARLY WICKETS WITH AN UNBEATEN STAND OF 209 ON DAY ONE. MEANTIME, SOUTH AFRICA'S FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE TO SALVAGE A DRAW IN THEIR TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. WITH THE THREAT OF A RECORD SIXTH TEST LOSS LOOMING AND HIS CAPTAINCY UNDER SCRUTINY, THIS WAS ROSS TAYLOR'S CHANCE TO STAND AND DELIVER. AND DELIVER, HE DID. AND THAT'LL BE THE 50. GOOD STUFF FROM THE NZ SKIPPER. HE'S PLAYING AN IMPORTANT INNINGS FOR HIS COUNTRY. AS WAS KANE WILLIAMSON. THE 22-YEAR-OLD STEADY AS HE FOLLOWED HIS CAPTAIN'S LEAD. HE'S GOT A START IN THIS TEST MATCH, AND THEY'RE LIKING THAT IN THE DRESSING ROOM. A REFRESHING DISPLAY OF CONTROL ON SHOW AS EVEN THE SPINNERS FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION. CLASSICAL ROSS TAYLOR. THE PAIR BROUGHT UP THEIR 150 PARTNERSHIP ` THE HIGHEST STAND FOR ANY WICKET FOR NZ THIS YEAR. TAYLOR'S PATIENCE WAS REWARDED SHORTLY AFTER TEA. AND FABULOUS STUFF FROM THE NZ CAPTAIN! THE SKIPPER NOTCHED UP HIS EIGHTH TEST HUNDRED AFTER 189 BALLS. WILLIAMSON GOT CLOSE TO THE MILESTONE AS WELL, BEFORE RAIN SAW HIM STRANDED ON 95. THE PAIR ARE SET TO RESUME AT 223/2 THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADELAIDE, SOUTH AFRICA'S TOP-ORDER COLLAPSE WAS GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE AFTER TEA ON DAY FOUR AGAINST AUSTRALIA. BOWLS HIM! STUMP TO STUMP. YOU BEAUTY, SIDDLE. ANY THOUGHTS OF CHASING AN UNLIKELY 430 WENT OUT THE WINDOW WHEN ALVIRO PETERSEN FELL. AB DE VILLIERS AND DEBUTANT FAF DU PLESSIS EKED OUT AN AGONISING 32 RUNS IN THE LAST 29 OVERS TO ENSURE NO MORE WICKETS WERE LOST. BUT STILL AN ENORMOUS, IF NOT MIRACULOUS, TASK AHEAD OF THE PROTEAS IF THEY'RE TO SALVAGE A DRAW. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. AND IN MUMBAI, ENGLAND HAS AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF WINNING THE SECOND TEST AGAINST INDIA. THAT'S THANKS TO BRILLIANT BATTING PERFORMANCES FROM KEVIN PIETERSEN AND CAPTAIN ALASTAIR COOK AND SOME BRILLIANT BOWLING BY MONTY PANESAR. HERE'S THE BBC'S PATRICK GEARY. STROLLING INTO HISTORY. BEFORE TODAY, ONLY THREE ENGLAND BATSMAN HAD MADE 22 TEST CENTURIES. THESE TWO WERE ABOUT TO DO IT 10 MINUTES APART. CAPTAIN FIRST. COOK MOVED TO 100 IN A FITTINGLY ASSURED FASHION. NOT LONG LATER PIETERSEN WOULD JOIN THE CLUB TOO ` ENTERING IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE WAY. THE NEXT MILESTONE WAS INDIA'S FIRST INNINGS SCORE, BUT COOK WOULDN'T TAKE ENGLAND THAT FAR ` FINALLY OUTWITTED BY ASHWIN. BATTING WAS BECOMING UNCOMFORTABLE, UNLESS YOU WERE PIETERSEN. HE'S APPARENTLY BEING REINTEGRATED INTO THE ENGLAND TEAM; THIS WAS SOME BONDING EXERCISE. BY THE TIME IT ENDED, PIETERSEN'S SIDE WERE AHEAD, AND THE SPIN WHICH MADE HIM ONE OF OJHA'S FIVE WOULD BE A USEFUL TOOL IN ENGLISH HANDS. FACING A DEFICIT OF 86 AND DEVILMENT IN THE PITCH, INDIA DISINTEGRATED. PANESAR WAS CHIEF TORMENTOR. AND THE MOMENT HE GOT SEHWAG, THE HOSTS SEEMED TERRIFIED OF HIM AND SWANN. THE ONCE ALMOST UNDISMISSABLE PEJARA LASTED A FEW MINUTES. A MODERN GREAT, TENDULKAR, SURRENDERED AGAIN TO PANESAR. HE WAS FAR FROM ALONE. BY THE TIME HE HAD ASHWIN CAUGHT, MONTY HAD FIVE, AND INDIA HAD LOST SEVEN. THEIR LEAD WAS JUST 31. THEIR SERIES LEAD SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. THE BEST GOLFER IN THE WORLD HAS FINISHED THE YEAR IN EMPHATIC STYLE WITH A TWO-SHOT WIN AT THE DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ` THE FINALE OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR. RORY MCILROY WAS TIED FOR THE LEAD WITH JUSTIN ROSE AS HE PLAYED FROM THE 17TH TEE. BUT A BRILLIANT TEE SHOT ON THE PAR THREE SET HIM UP FOR BIRDIE. CHEERING WHAT A SHOT. THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN PLAYED SAFE UP THE PAR-FIVE FINAL HOLE AND HIT HIS THIRD SHOT IN FROM 80M. CHEERING THAT IS` HE'S DONE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD WANT HIM TO DO. THIS PUTT MEANT MCILROY FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT WITH FIVE CONSECUTIVE BIRDIES, A ROUND OF 66 AND A TWO-SHOT WIN OVER ROSE. IT'S HIS FIFTH WIN OF THE YEAR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A HIGH OVER THE NORTH TASMAN SEA CONTINUES TO HANG IN THERE, SO IT'S ANOTHER DAY OF SETTLED WEATHER FOR MOST OF US. BUT A DOUBLE WHAMMY SET OF FRONTS MOVE UP THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, THEN UP TO THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ITS JUST A BIT OVER TWO DAYS BEFORE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF 'THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY', BUT THE MOVIE HAS ONLY NOW BEEN OFFICIALLY FINISHED. PETER JACKSON'S TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AT THE POST-PRODUCTION WORKSHOP IN WELLINGTON TO GET IT FINISHED IN TIME AND HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE FINAL CUT. TEN OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO LINE THE STREET IN WELLINGTON ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE FILM'S PREMIERE. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. FIVE PEOPLE ARE IN A STABLE CONDITION AFTER BEING FOUND SUFFERING FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN AN AUCKLAND HOME. THERE ARE MORE DETAILS ON THE LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLE TO FINISH THE HOBBIT MOVIE AHEAD OF ITS WELLINGTON PREMIERE. AND BRITAIN'S DUCHESS CATHERINE CAN'T WAIT TO DECORATE HER NEW KENSINGTON PALACE HOME WITH MEMENTOES FROM HER TRAVELS WITH PRINCE WILLIAM. 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 JESSICA BOELL AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012