DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A MAN WHOSE WIFE PLEADED TO BE RESCUED FROM THE COLLAPSED CTV BUILDING THANKS RESCUERS DURING AN INQUEST IN CHRISTCHURCH. A MOTORWAY TUNNEL COLLAPSES IN JAPAN, PUTTING THE COUNTRY'S VAST TUNNEL NETWORK UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT. AND WILL THE NZ'S GOT TALENT WINNER GET A NUMBER-ONE RECORD IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS TOO? THE INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHO INITIALLY SURVIVED THE COLLAPSE OF THE CTV BUILDING HAS HEARD OF A WIDOWER'S DESPERATE SEARCH FOR HIS TRAPPED WIFE. 115 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE SIX-STOREY BUILDING PANCAKED DURING THE FEBRUARY 22 EARTHQUAKE. ONE NEWS REPORTER MIKE THORPE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. MIKE. THE INQUEST BEGAN LAST MONTH. HE'S THANKED ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH HIS LAWYER. HE'S SPOKEN ABOUT TRYING TO CALL HIS WIFE DOZENS OF TIMES. SHE HAD LOST THE TIPS OF FOUR FINGERS ON HER LEFT HAND, BUT WAS OTHERWISE UNINJURED AND FINE. SHE WAS NOT SCARED, BECAUSE I HAD TOLD HER THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES WERE TRYING TO RESCUE HER, AND SHE BELIEVED THEY WOULD. SHE FELT CALM AND WAS NOT IN A PANIC. SHE HAD FAITH IN THE RESCUERS. SHE WAS IN A TUNNEL. THERE WERE FOUR OTHER LADIES FROM HER CLASSROOM WHO WERE TRAPPED ALIVE IN THE TUNNEL WITH HER IN WHAT WAS LEFT OF HER CLASSROOM. HE HAS HELD HIMSELF TOGETHER WELL. THANKS, MIKE THORPE, LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. TOP-LEVEL TRADE TALKS ARE UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND TODAY. NEGOTIATORS FROM 11 COUNTRIES WILL SIT DOWN FOR THE LATEST ROUND OF TALKS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL TRANS-PACIFIC TRADE PARTNERSHIP. THE TPP WOULD EXPAND AN EXISTING FREE-TRADE DEAL WHICH COVERS CHILE, NZ, SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI. DELEGATES ARE LIKELY TO BE MET BY PROTESTERS WHO SAY THE TALKS ARE TOO SECRETIVE. BUT PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS ONCE NEGOTIATIONS ARE FINISHED, ALL THE DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED. IT IS TOTALLY DEMOCRATIC, BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH PARLIAMENT AND POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT FOR VOTE AGAINST IT. SO IN THE END, WHEN IT COMES UP, EVERYONE WILL SEE THE DETAILS AND IT WILL GET VOTED FOR. AND THE ECONOMIC GAINS FROM THIS... IF YOU LOOK AT ANY FTA WE'VE DONE, THEY'VE BEEN POSITIVE. THIS ONE'S GOT THE POTENTIAL TO BE REALLY` A REALLY BIG POSITIVE. OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA AND THE US, HAVE SIGNALLED OFFICIAL INTEREST IN JOINING THE NEW TRADE BLOC. THE TRIAL OF TWO YOUNG MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A RADIO NZ JOURNALIST LAST YEAR IS UNDERWAY AT THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON. ONE NEWS REPORTER JAMES RANSLEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. GOOD AFTERNOON, PETER. A JURY HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO HEAR EVIDENCE. THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH A MURDER LAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN CALLED A DELIBERATE ACT OF VIOLENCE. IT'S ALLEGED THE TWO ACCUSED BEAT HIM UP AND LEFT HIM UNCONSCIOUS. HE SUFFERED FROM BRITTLE BONE DISEASE. IT'S CLAIMED THE TWO WERE AGGRESSIVE TO OTHERS. WHAT DOES THE DEFENCE HAVE TO SAY? HE ADMITS BEATING HIM BUT CLAIMS NO OTHER INTENT. 68 WITNESSES GAVE EVIDENCE. THE TRIAL IS SET FOR TWO WEEKS. THANKS, JAMES RANSLEY, LIVE FROM THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON. A ROTORUA WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF MICHELLE HOFFMAN-TAMM (51). GWENDA LEIGH SLOANE (44), WHO ALSO GOES BY THE LAST NAME PLUSS, HAS APPEARED IN THE ROTORUA DISTRICT COURT, WHERE AN ORDER SUPPRESSING HER IDENTITY WAS LIFTED. SLOANE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER MS HOFFMAN-TAMM WENT MISSING WHILE RIDING HER BIKE ON NOVEMBER 7. HER BODY WAS FOUND IN A FORESTED AREA NEAR ROTORUA MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED. THERE'S BEEN UNREST DURING THE COURT APPEARANCE IN CHRISTCHURCH THIS MORNING OF A FORMER CATHOLIC BROTHER AND CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER. BERNARD MCGRATH IS FACING 252 NEW SEX ABUSE CHARGES. THE 65-YEAR-OLD WAS JAILED IN 2006 FOR OFFENDING AGAINST BOYS AT MARYLANDS SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH. HE FLEW BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH FROM SRI LANKA ON THURSDAY AND WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY AFTER THE FRESH CHARGES WERE LAID IN AUSTRALIA. MCGRATH HAS BEEN GRANTED BAIL UNTIL HIS NEXT APPEARANCE IN A FORTNIGHT. KRAIL HAS CONFIRMED AROUND 80 JOBS WILL BE AXED AT DUNEDIN'S HILLSIDE RAIL WORKSHOP BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. ENGINEERING STAFF MET WITH KRAIL MANAGEMENT A SHORT TIME AGO. THE FOUNDRY HAS BEEN SOLD TO AUSTRALIAN COMPANY BRADKIN. 18 FOUNDRY JOBS WILL REMAIN, AND KRAIL WILL KEEP HALF A DOZEN OR SO WORKERS FOR ITS HEAVY LIFT MAINTENANCE OPERATION. THE RAIL AND MARITIME TRANSPORT UNION SAY THE JOB CUTS ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY. THE WORKSHOPS ONCE EMPLOYED HUNDREDS OF WORKERS. THE PRIME MINISTER IS UNFAZED BY RECENT POLL FIGURES SHOWING HIS SUPPORT IS DROPPING. A ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON SURVEY SHOWED LABOUR'S POPULARITY HAS CLIMBED 3% TO 35%, WHILE NATIONAL HAS SLIPPED BACK 1% TO 44%. THAT WOULD GIVE LABOUR AND THE GREENS COMBINED ENOUGH SEATS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. LABOUR LEADER DAVID SHEARER ALSO BOUNCED UP 4% TO 15%. JOHN KEY, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS SLIPPED THREE POINTS TO 39%. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER TOLD BREAKFAST HE'S CONFIDENT THE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE. TWO YEARS ` LOOK, IT'S A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. YOU KNOW, A WEEK IS A LONG TIME; TWO YEARS IS AN AWFULLY LONG TIME. AND THE PUBLIC TEND TO WORK IT OUT. I MEAN, IN THE END, I THINK THEY WILL GO AND LOOK DOWN THE BARREL OF THE CAMERA AT THE TV ONE NEWS DEBATE, AND I THINK THEY'LL SAY, 'DO WE WANT NATIONAL AND WHOEVER ELSE 'OR DO WE WANT LABOUR, THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST?' PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY. AND IT WAS BUGS, NOT POLL RESULTS ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S MIND WHEN HE JOINED 'MAN VS WILD STAR' BEAR GRYLLS ON STAGE IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. JOHN KEY BRAVELY SWALLOWED A LIVE CRICKET BEFORE TACKLING A HUHU GRUB WITH A PINCH OF LIVE MAGGOTS, WHICH HE SAID HE COULD FEEL CRAWLING UP AND DOWN HIS THROAT. AFTER THOUSANDS OF AUDITIONS AND 12 WEEKS OF SEARCHING, THE WINNER OF NZ'S BIGGEST TALENT QUEST HAS BEEN FOUND. CLARA VAN WEL WOWED THE AUDIENCE WITH HER ORIGINAL SONGS, OUTDOING THE COMPETITION TO CLAIM THE TOP SPOT. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. # I SUPPOSE WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING IS, WHERE DO YOU FIND LOVE? THE SONG THAT MESMERISED NZ... # I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S QUITE A TASK... # ...AND MADE CLARA VAN WEL THE FIRST WINNER OF NZ'S GOT TALENT. THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES AND THE WINNER OF NZ'S GOT TALENT 2012 IS... CHEERING CHEERING, WHISTLING CLARA VAN WEL. APPLAUSE, CHEERING IT'S A CRAZY MOMENT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE ADRENALINE IS PUMPING, AND WHEN I HEARD MY NAME OUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST CRAZY. THE 15-YEAR-OLD MARLBOROUGH TEEN OUTSHONE MORE THAN 5000 HOPEFULS TO CLAIM THE GRAND PRIZE OF $100,000 AND A TICKET TO STARDOM. THE THING THAT I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE MONEY AND THE CAR. YOU KNOW, I WAS, LIKE, I'D MAYBE GET A RECORDING CONTRACT AND MAYBE GET SOME EXPOSURE, BUT THE THING THAT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND WAS, LIKE, THE PRIZE, AND THEN WHEN I WON, I WAS, LIKE, 'WHOA, I HAVE STUFF.' THE SINGER-SONGWRITER ISN'T WASTING ANY TIME GETTING HER CAREER STARTED. SHE'S HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE STUDIO TO RECORD HER ORIGINAL SONG, 'WHERE DO YOU FIND LOVE?' IT COMES OUT ON FRIDAY ON ITUNES, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. I CAN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR IT PROPERLY. AND WHILE CLARA ADJUSTS TO HER NEWFOUND FAME, THERE'S ALREADY TALK OF A SECOND SEASON NEXT YEAR. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS HAVE ATTACKED A JOINT US-AFGHAN AIR BASE IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. THEY DETONATED CAR BOMBS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BASE IN JALALABAD, SPARKING A TWO-HOUR GUN BATTLE WITH NATO FORCES. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN REPORTS. IN THE EARLY MORNING, THE AFTERMATH OF A BRAZEN TALIBAN ATTACK. A TEAM OF SUICIDE BOMBERS MADE IT TO THE GATES OF THE BASE AND TRIED TO BLAST AND SHOOT THEIR WAY IN. WITH THE HELP OF ATTACK HELICOPTERS, NATO HELD THEM OFF. INITIALLY, WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THAT THERE MOST LIKELY ARE THREE SUICIDE ATTACKERS USING VEHICLES TO ATTACK THE BASE. THE PERIMETER OF THE BASE HAS NOT BEEN BREACHED, SO NOBODY WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET INSIDE THE BASE. AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAID LATER THERE WERE NINE SUICIDE ATTACKERS. ALL DIED IN THE ASSAULT. THERE WERE NO NATO DEATHS, BUT TWO LOCAL DOCTORS WERE KILLED AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO WORK. NATO SAYS THE ATTACK WAS A FAILURE BECAUSE THE TALIBAN DIDN'T PENETRATE THE BASE. BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED ABOUT HOW THEY GOT SO CLOSE TO SUCH AN OBVIOUS TARGET, IN SPITE OF CHECKPOINTS ON THE APPROACH ROADS. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A CAR BOMB IN SYRIA. VIDEO, WHICH HASN'T BEEN VERIFIED, SHOWS CARS BURNING AND DEBRIS STREWN ACROSS THE STREET IN THE CITY OF HOMS. SYRIA'S STATE NEWS AGENCY SAYS THE BLAST ALSO DAMAGED NEARBY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND WOUNDED 24 PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION REBELS ARE TRADING BLAME FOR THE BLAST. THERE'S BEEN A RECENT RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CAR BOMB BLASTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. EMERGENCY SERVICES IN JAPAN HAVE RECOVERED SEVERAL BODIES FROM INSIDE A COLLAPSED MOTORWAY TUNNEL. RESCUERS HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY THICK SMOKE IN THE TUNNEL ON A MAJOR ROAD WEST OF TOKYO. FROM THERE, THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES REPORTS. IT'S SOMETHING WE MAY ALL THINK ABOUT, BUT NEVER REALLY BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN. AND YET TODAY, IN CENTRAL JAPAN, IT DID. MORE THAN A MILE INSIDE THIS ROAD TUNNEL, DEEP BENEATH A MOUNTAIN RANGE, A SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE. INSIDE, TERRIFIED DRIVERS WATCHED IN DISBELIEF AS THE ROOF IMPLODED AROUND THEM. A CAR BURST INTO FLAMES, FILLING THE TUNNEL WITH ACRID SMOKE. (SPEAKS JAPANESE) 'ABOUT 50M IN FRONT OF US, THE WALLS AND CEILING HAD COLLAPSED,' HE SAYS. 'WE SAW A CAR ON FIRE. THERE WAS SMOKE EVERYWHERE. 'SO WE RAN FOR THE EXIT.' (SPEAKS JAPANESE) 'EVERYTHING HAD COLLAPSED INWARDS FROM THE SIDE AND THE TOP,' HE SAYS. 'THE CEILING AS WELL AS THE WALLS. 'THE CEILING HAD CRUSHED A CAR'S ROOF IN COMPLETELY.' CCTV PICTURES FROM INSIDE SHOW THE HUGE CONCRETE CEILING SLABS, EACH WEIGHING MORE THAN A TON, NOW LYING ON THE ROADWAY BELOW. INITIALLY RESCUE CREWS RUSHED IN, BUT SOON RAN OUT AGAIN, FEARFUL THAT ANOTHER COLLAPSE WAS IMMINENT. FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON THERE WAS HOPE THAT A TRUCK DRIVER WAS ALIVE INSIDE THE TUNNEL AFTER HE CALLED HIS COMPANY FROM HIS MOBILE PHONE. BUT BY NIGHTFALL RESCUERS HAD ONLY FOUND FIVE DEAD BODIES, INCLUDING THAT OF THE TRUCK DRIVER. THE BULLDOZERS HAVE MOVED IN TO DEMOLISH A HOUSE THAT STOOD AS A DEFIANT IMAGE AGAINST CHINA'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING ECONOMY. THE SOLITARY HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHINESE MOTORWAY HAS BEEN SEEN AROUND THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF THE EFFORTS OF HOMEOWNERS BATTLING TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. BUT AS THE BBC'S MARTIN PATIENCE REPORTS ITS TIME IS NOW UP. IT WAS QUITE LITERALLY LIFE IN THE FAST LANE. WHEN A NEW MOTORWAY WAS BUILT IN EASTERN CHINA, ONE COUPLE ` UNLIKE THEIR NEIGHBOURS ` REFUSED TO LEAVE THEIR HOME. THEIR HOLD-OUT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAME A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE TO CHINA'S CONSTRUCTION BOOM. DUCK FARMER LUO BAOGEN SAID THE COMPENSATION OFFER BY THE AUTHORITIES WASN'T ENOUGH. TRANSLATOR: I JUST WANT THEM TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE FOR ME. THEY CAN BUILD A HOUSE OF THE SAME SIZE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GET IT DECORATED AS MY HOUSE. THIS IS ALL THAT I WANT. BUT AFTER A DEAL WAS APPARENTLY REACHED, THE COUPLE MOVED OUT AND THE BULLDOZERS MOVED IN. IT'S A SCENE THAT'S REPEATED TIME AND AGAIN ACROSS CHINA AS THE COUNTRY EXPERIENCES BREAKNECK CHANGE. MORE THAN 200,000 MILES OF ROADS HAVE BEEN BUILT HERE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS ALONE, AND MANY CHINESE WELCOME THEIR COUNTRY'S TURBOCHARGED TRANSFORMATION. BUT SUCH IS THE SCALE AND SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT THAT VERY LITTLE IS ALLOWED TO STAND IN THE WAY. LONG AGO, BACK BEFORE TWITTER, WAY BEFORE FACEBOOK, A YOUNG BRITISH SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER SENT AN EARLY FESTIVE MESSAGE TO A MATE. THAT CHRISTMAS GREETING 20 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS A TEXT MESSAGE. ON THE THIRD OF DECEMBER 1992, NEIL PAPWORTH SENT THE WORLD'S FIRST TEXT FROM HIS COMPUTER. IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS FOR TEXTING TO TAKE OFF, BUT NOW 20 YEARS LATER, MORE THAN 8 TRILLION TEXTS WERE SENT LAST YEAR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` AUSTRALIA WITH AN UPHILL BATTLE TO SAVE THE CRICKET SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. AND DAVID BECKHAM SIGNS OFF IN STYLE FROM THE LA GALAXY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS KEITH FERGUSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. THE CHORUS SHARE PRICE HAMMERED TODAY, AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A COMMERCE COMMISSION DECISION. COMMERCE COMMISSION HIT THE STING IN THE TAIL OF THE UNBUNDLED BIT STREAM. THEY'RE PLANNING TO BRING IT DOWN. PRICING DOESN'T COME IN TILL DECEMBER 14. IT SAW THE SHARE PRICE FALL BELOW 10%. THE FONTERRA UNITS OFF TO A SPECTACULAR START ON FRIDAY. FIRST FULL DAY OF TRADING TODAY ` MUCH INTEREST IN THEM? YES. ON FRIDAY A THIRD OF THE ISSUE TURNED OVER ` 30 MILLION SHARES. THAT WAS WITH OFFSHORE HOLDERS BUYING AND SELLING. ABOUT 2 MILLION CHANGED HANDS TODAY. THANK YOU, KEITH FERGUSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. SPORT ` TWO DAYS TO PAY IN THE THIRD CRICKET TEST BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA, AND AUSTRALIA SEEMINGLY FACE MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE TO SURVIVE. HASHIM AMLA AND AB DE VILLIERS BOTH POSTED CENTURIES AS THE TOURISTS ENHANCED THEIR REPUTATION AS THE WORLD'S NUMBER-ONE TEAM AND SET AUSTRALIA 632 TO WIN. AUSTRALIA IS 40 WITHOUT LOSS SO FAR. HERE'S THE ABC'S CLINT THOMAS. HASHIM AMLA RESUMED DAY THREE ON 99, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN TO POST HIS 18TH TEST CENTURY. THERE IT IS! OFF THE HIPS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER HUNDRED FOR AMLA. APPLAUSE HIS PROLIFIC RUN-SCORING CONTINUES. WHAT A BATSMAN. AMLA OFFERED UP A HALF-CHANCE ON 108. CROWD: OH! AND MICHAEL HUSSEY NEEDED SOME WEBBING. HE AND JACQUES KALLIS TOOK THEIR PARTNERSHIP PAST 50 RUNS AND THE PROTEAS' LEAD BEYOND 300 BEFORE MITCHELL STARC FORCED KALLIS INTO A MISTIMED PULL SHOT. MITCHELL JOHNSON'S UNDER IT. AND KALLIS ` DRAWN INTO THE SHOT AND DISMISSED. THE LOSS OF KALLIS DIDN'T DETER AMLA, THOUGH. HE EASED PAST THE 150 MARK. AB DE VILLIERS ALSO FOUND SOME FORM IN THE PERFECT BATTING CONDITIONS. THAT'LL BE ALL THE WAY. THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY HIT! THAT'S A MILE BACK. CAPTAIN MICHAEL CLARKE WAS BEGINNING TO RUN OUT OF OPTIONS, SO HE TURNED TO RICKY PONTING IN THE HOPE HE COULD ADD TO HIS FIVE CAREER WICKETS IN HIS FINAL TEST. OH, HE'S TRIED THE BOUNCER HERE IN PERTH. BUT PONTING HAD AS MUCH LUCK AS THE REST OF THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK. THE PROTEAS' LEAD QUICKLY APPROACHED THE 500 MARK. IT TOOK A BRILLIANT CATCH FROM MITCHELL JOHNSON TO END AMLA'S INNINGS ON 196. YES! BEAUTY! ANOTHER GOOD CATCH. DEAN ELGAR COMPLETED A NIGHTMARE DEBUT WHEN HE BECAME JOHNSON'S SECOND VICTIM FOR THE OVER. OHHHHHH YES, MITCHELL! BUT DE VILLIERS CONTINUED THE PROTEAS' MOMENTUM... IT'LL BE A BOUNDARY AND A TEST-MATCH HUNDRED. ...AS SOUTH AFRICA TIGHTENED ITS GRIP ON THE MATCH AND THE SERIES. ENGLAND FIRST FIVE-EIGHTH OWEN FARRELL HAS ANNOUNCED HIMSELF ON THE WORLD STAGE AFTER A STELLAR PERFORMANCE IN ENGLAND'S SHOCK WIN AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN LONDON. FARRELL WAS A SURPRISE NOMINATION FOR THE IRB'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD, WHICH IS BEING ANNOUNCED TOMORROW MORNING OUR TIME. OTHER CONTENDERS ARE RICHIE MCCAW, DAN CARTER AND FRANCE'S FREDERIC MICHALAK. BUT FARRELL (21) WAS THE TALK OF TWICKENHAM AFTER HE SCORED 17 OF ENGLAND'S 38 POINTS. DAVID BECKHAM'S CALIFORNIA DREAM HAS HAD A FAIRY-TALE ENDING. HIS LA GALAXY TEAM WON ITS GRAND FINAL IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER COMPETITION, 3-1. ALL EYES ARE NOW ARE ON HIS FUTURE AND WHERE HE'LL SIGN NEXT. ALASTAIR LEITHEAD REPORTS FROM LOS ANGELES. ONE LAST GAME IN LA GALAXY COLOURS ` THE ALL-AMERICAN CUP FINAL. THE STAGE WAS SET FOR DAVID BECKHAM'S FINAL APPEARANCE. HE ARRIVED IN LA SIX YEARS AGO TO A FANFARE AND WANTED TO GO OUT WITH A FLOURISH. THERE WERE A FEW TRADEMARK BECKHAM MOMENTS, AND THE CROWDS WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED. IT'S KEANE WHO SCORES. 3-1 WAS A HUGE VICTORY FOR THE HOME SIDE AND BROUGHT A STANDING OVATION FOR THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE CLUB BUCKETS OF FAME AND PLENTY OF GOOD FORTUNE. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE'D LIVE UP TO THE HYPE OR THE MONEY, BUT DAVID BECKHAM HAS DONE WHAT HE WAS ASKED: TO TAKE LA GALAXY TO VICTORY ` TWICE ` AND TO PUT FOOTBALL ON THE US FIRMLY ON THE MAP. BECKHAM BOWED OUT STILL NOT SAYING WHERE HE'LL BE GOING NEXT FOR THAT FINAL PLAYING CHALLENGE HE'S MENTIONED. ALL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THE VICTORY. TODAY'S A SPECIAL DAY FOR US ` TO WIN ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRONT OF OUR HOME FANS IN OUR HOME, IN FRONT OF OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY, IS VERY SPECIAL. SO TODAY'S A GOOD DAY. AND THE FANS WILL CERTAINLY MISS THE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR MAN WHO PUT US SOCCER ON THE MAP. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. PATCHY RAIN CLEARS, AND THERE ARE MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS FRONTAL ACTIVITY RETREATS TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND AND A NARROW RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NZ. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ 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 FAITH HAMBLYN AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.