HOWDY, EVERYBODY. THE STORM CAVALRY IS GETTING READY TO STRIKE AS A HUGE RAIN JUGGERNAUT GATHERS MOMENTUM OUT TO SEA AND THE FLAGS ARE UP. RAINY MORNINGS GALORE COMING UP FOR THE WESTERN RANGES AND CENTRAL HILLS. LEADING THE CHARGE IS A BAND OF GALES TO SOFTEN US UP FOR THE MAIN EVENT. LOCK UP YOUR PET LAMBS AND STAND BY FOR DETAILS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. MP BRENDAN HORAN IS KICKED OUT OF NZ FIRST. WHERE TO NOW FOR HIS POLITICAL CAREER? BABY JOY FOR THE ROYAL COUPLE, BUT CONCERNS FOR A PREGNANT KATE ` WE'RE LIVE TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE DUCHESS IS RECEIVING TREATMENT. A VICTORY FOR ANTI-OIL EXPLORATION PROTESTERS AS A BRAZILIAN GIANT PULLS OUT OF DRILLING OFF THE EAST COAST. AND MORE ACCOLADES FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION ALL BLACKS AS THEY FIND OUT WHICH TEAMS THEY'LL FACE FIRST IN THE NEXT WORLD CUP. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE PARTY'S OVER FOR MP BRENDAN HORAN. HE'S BEEN BOOTED OUT OF NZ FIRST, FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER'S BANK ACCOUNT, AND LEADER WINSTON PETERS HAS CALLED FOR THE FORMER TV PRESENTER TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT. BUT IN A STATEMENT THROUGH HIS LAWYER IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, MR HORAN SAYS HE HAS NO INTENTION OF LEAVING PARLIAMENT AND DENIES MISUSING HIS MOTHER'S MONEY. FOR MORE, LET'S GO LIVE TO POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. REACTING TO THE DECISION BY WINSTON PETERS TO BOOT HIM OUT HE BELIEVES THE ACCOUNTANTS CAN CLEAR HIS NAME. NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR AT BRENDAN HORAN'S MOUNT MAUNGANUI HOME THIS AFTERNOON. THE MP WAS UNWILLING TO RESPOND TO WINSTON PETERS' CALL FOR HIM TO RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT IN THE WAKE OF ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER. SUBSTANTIVE MATERIAL HAS NOW COME INTO MY POSSESSION, SOME AS RECENT AS 2.15PM THIS AFTERNOON, AND THE INFORMATION RECEIVED LEAVES ME IN A POSITION WHERE I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MR HORAN'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, AND HE WILL BE EXPELLED FROM THE NZ FIRST CAUCUS FORTHWITH. MR HORAN HAS A DUTY, I BELIEVE, TO RESIGN AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. EVEN UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE, THAT'S AS FAR AS WINSTON PETERS WAS WILLING TO GO AT THAT STAGE. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO BRENDAN HORAN TODAY? YES, I HAVE. AND WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU? WELL, I CAN'T RELAY ON A PRIVATE DISCUSSION. NO COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LAID WITH POLICE AGAINST BRENDAN HORAN, WHO'S BEEN A NZ FIRST MP FOR JUST TWELVE MONTHS, AND MR PETERS WOULD NOT BE DRAWN ON WHETHER THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO WARRANT ONE. LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO BE COMMENTING ON THAT. BUT BRENDAN HORAN APPEARS KEEN TO STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, SAYING IN A STATEMENT DELIVERED BEFORE MR PETER'S ADDRESS THAT HE... 'HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF UNWARRANTED AND UNFAIR PUBLICITY 'WHICH HAS IMPLIED THAT HE IS DISHONEST 'AND HAS STOLEN FROM HIS MOTHER,' AND THAT HE WANTS TO... WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE HAS HE DONE TO THE PARTY? I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. MY PARTY WILL BE RELIEVED WE HAVE DONE OUR DUTY. BUT NOW PARLIAMENT AND BRENDAN HORAN'S FORMER COLLEAGUES AWAIT HIS NEXT MOVE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOES DECIDE TO RESIGN? THE PROBLEM IS THAT NOW AS A FORMER LIST MP, HE HAS NO MANDATE TO BE HERE. SHOULD HORAN GIVE UP HIS $140K JOB, NEXT ON THE PARTY LIST IS HELEN MULFORD. I SPOKE TO HER AND ASKED IF SHE WAS KEEN FOR IT, SHE SAID, 'HELL YEAH' TO THE BABY TALK NOW THAT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC HERE AND ACROSS THE WORLD. PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE, KATE, ARE EXPECTING A CHILD AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. WHETHER THE BABY'S A BOY OR A GIRL, HE OR SHE WILL BE THIRD IN LINE TO THE THRONE, BEHIND PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCE WILLIAM. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, ATTENTION'S FOCUSED ON KATE, WHO'S UNDER HOSPITAL CARE IN LONDON, FROM WHERE EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY JOINS US. GARTH. WE'RE 13 HOURS INTO THIS STORY IT'S 5AM AND WE'RE NOT ALONE HERE GERMAN TV CREWS HERE 24 HOURS OTHERS RUSHING TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THIS STORY NONE WILL BE PENETRATING THE SANCTUM IN THERE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON ` OTHER PATIENTS THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF JOY AND CONCERN WRITTEN ON FACE OF WILLIAM PRINCE WILLIAM LEFT THE BEDSIDE OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE JUST HOURS AFTER THE NEWS WAS BROKEN TO THE QUEEN, THE REST OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE COUPLE HAS KEPT THIS A CLOSE SECRET FOR PERHAPS TWO MONTHS, THOUGH THE QUESTIONING BEGAN LONG BEFORE THEY'D MARRIED. I THINK WE'LL TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME. WE'LL, SORT OF, GET OVER THE MARRIAGE THING FIRST AND THEN MAYBE LOOK AT THE KIDS. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT A FAMILY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT. THERE'D BEEN NO SIGN OF MORNING SICKNESS OR OF A BABY BUMP, FOR THAT MATTER, AS KATE KEPT UP AN ENERGETIC PUBLIC PROFILE AT HER OLD SCHOOL LAST WEEK. WHEN SHE WAS SPOTTED DRINKING A TOAST WITH WATER IN SEPTEMBER DURING A VISIT TO ASIA, THE SOLOMONS AND TUVALU, TALK OF PREGNANCY GREW LOUDER. ANY IMAGES CAPTURING THE DUCHESS ADMIRING AN INFANT ADDED TO THE RUMOURS. HE'S THREE WEEKS OLD? THREE WEEKS OLD TODAY. AND THEN JUST LAST WEEK, PRINCE WILLIAM ACCEPTED A BABY'S STRETCH AND GROW ` POSSIBLY THEIR FIRST ITEM IN THEIR CHILD'S WARDROBE. I LOVE THAT. IT'S FANTASTIC. A FITTING GIFT FOR WHAT'S BEING SEEN AS FITTING NEWS TO CAP OFF THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE YEAR. WE KIND OF HAD A LOT OF FESTIVITIES FOR MOST OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN IT ALL KIND OF ENDED, AND I THINK THIS HAS JUST KIND OF PUT A REAL CHERRY ON THE TOP IN TERMS OF CHRISTMAS. KATE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL SUFFERING A SEVERE ALL-DAY VERSION OF MORNING SICKNESS ` VIOLENT VOMITING THAT CAN DEHYDRATE A MOTHER AND ROB HER OF NUTRIENTS. I UNDERSTAND THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WAS DRIVEN TO THIS PRIVATE HOSPITAL BY CAR RATHER THAN BY AMBULANCE FROM HER FAMILY HOME IN BERKSHIRE, WHICH IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN, BUT WITH SO FEW OTHER DETAILS COMING THROUGH AT THIS POINT, WE'RE PART OF A HORDE OF JOURNALISTS WHO'VE DESCENDED ON THIS STREET IN WEST LONDON FOR WHATEVER COMES NEXT. THESE DAYS HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM IS USUALLY VERY TREATABLE. BOTH THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HER BABY SHOULDN'T COME TO ANY HARM AS A RESULT OF THIS. BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME FOR THEM TO BE GOING THROUGH. HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM CAN SOMETIMES INDICATE A MOTHER IS CARRYING TWINS, THOUGH THE PALACE STATEMENT SAYS THE DUCHESS IS EXPECTING A BABY. MAYBE IT'LL BE A BOY, BECAUSE HIS MUM HAD TWO BOYS. I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE AN ELIZABETH IN THE MAKING. (CHUCKLES) CONSTITUTIONALLY, IT WON'T MATTER. BRITAIN IS CHANGING THE LAW WITH THE ASSENT OF NZ'S GOVERNMENT AND 14 OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. A FIRST-BORN DAUGHTER WOULD BECOME THIRD IN LINE TO THE THRONE. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A BABY SON. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. PRINCE WILLIAM'S ARRIVAL IN 1982 WAS ANNOUNCED IN A VERY TRADITIONAL FASHION. THIS ROYAL ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM CLARENCE HOUSE VIA TWITTER AND OTHER INTERNET CHANNELS. KATE MAY BE HERE AT KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL FOR DAYS, AND YOU CAN BET SHE WON'T BE ALONE. THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION OF THE PRESS HERE THE SUN IS GOING PRETTY LARGE THE INDEPENDENT WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER STORIES THEY WERE CAUGHT ON THE HOP BY ALL OF THIS IT WAS UNLIKELY IT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE IN A REGARD TO RESPECT ROYAL PROTOCOL EVENTS HAVE PUSHED THIS ASIDE IT WAS UNLIKELY IT WOULD REMAIN QUIET WE ARE LEFT WITH TWO OR THREE PAGES IN THERE WE HAVE SEEN 'NAPPY AND GLORIOUS' AS THE BEST HEADLINE NEWS OF A ROYAL BABY HAS BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED HERE WITH GOOD WISHES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AND SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST MOTHERS. AND THERE'S BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF ADVICE FOR THE EXPECTANT ROYALS, AS PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. YOU'D EXPECT PLENTY OF BABY TALK AT THE GREY LYNN PLUNKET PLAYGROUP, BUT DOMINATING THE SANDPIT THIS MORNING, AN EXPECTANT DUCHESS. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S ON EVERYONE'S MINDS. GOOD ON HER. IT'S VERY EXCITING. I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL. FROM WILLIAM'S EARLY BRUSH WITH OUR BUZZY BEE TO LAST YEAR'S VISIT TO POST-QUAKE CHRISTCHURCH, WILLIAM AND HIS BRIDE CATHERINE HAVE BECOME FIRM K FAVOURITES. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY IN NZ, AND I THINK THAT THIS COULDN'T HELP BUT MAKE IT ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE. WHILE CATHERINE HAS YET TO VISIT OUR SHORES, MANY NOW SPECULATE THE ROYAL BABY WAS CONCEIVED ON THE COUPLE'S RECENT PACIFIC TOUR. GREAT NEWS FOR WILLIAM AND KATE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE ROYAL FAMILY. THEY'LL BE VERY EXCITED. OBVIOUSLY WE WISH THEM VERY VERY WELL. BUT OF COURSE BUCKINGHAM PALACE TELLS US KATE'S NOT WELL ` ACUTE MORNING SICKNESS. BUT THESE MUMS ` HAVE PLENTY OF ADVICE. I UNDERSTAND DRY CRACKERS ARE THE BEST. LOTS OF CRACKERS BY THE BEDSIDE, AND A BUCKET. EATING SLOWLY AND LITTLE AMOUNTS ALL DAY. PREGNANCY NEWS SPARKED SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THE WORLD OVER. FORMER UK TABLOID EDITOR PIERS MORGAN SUGGESTED... BRITISH BOOKIES ARE ALREADY OFFERING ODDS ON NAMES. ELIZABETH AND DIANA ARE THE EARLY FAVOURITES FOR A GIRL; JOHN AND CHARLES IF IT'S A BOY. THEY PROBABLY DON'T EVEN GET THE OPTION TO CALL THEIR BABY APPLE. AND OF COURSE, THANKS TO COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, NO NEED TO WAIT ` THIS IS WHAT THE THIRD HEIR TO THE THRONE WILL LOOK LIKE. WHO DOESN'T LOVE A BABY? AND IT WILL JUST COMPLETE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY HAPPY RELATIONSHIP. THE SEQUEL TO THE FAIRY-TALE WEDDING NOW SET FOR RELEASE MID 2013. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. AND SPECULATION OVER THE BABY'S NAME'S GENERATED PLENTY OF DISCUSSIONS. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SAY ON OUR WEBSITE, ONE NEWS.CO.NZ, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ROYAL PREGNANCY. THE FIRE SERVICE TODAY MADE A MAJOR ADMISSION AT THE CTV INQUEST IN CHRISTCHURCH. ONE OF THE BOSSES CONCEDED STAFF WERE ILL-PREPARED FOR THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED DURING THE FEBRUARY QUAKE. THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CAME WITH AN APOLOGY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE BUILDING ALIVE. LISA DAVIES IS COVERING THE HEARING. AFTER TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS OF EVIDENCE ABOUT CONFUSION AND A LACK OF COORDINATION AT THE CTV SITE, THIS FROM THE FIRE SERVICE. AND THE FIRE SERVICE HAS REACHED THE POSITION WHERE WE BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T ADEQUATELY PREPARED OUR PEOPLE TO COPE WITH ALL THE DEMANDS OF THAT SITUATION, AND THE FIRE SERVICE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. HE TOLD THE CORONER CHANGES ARE UNDERWAY. THE NATIONAL COMMANDER AND I ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT NEXT TIME THAT WE ARE. HIS STAND HARD ON THE HEELS OF ANOTHER DAY OF EVIDENCE ABOUT EQUIPMENT DELAYS AND A LACK OF SUPPORT. STRAIGHT AWAY WE WERE ON THE BACK FOOT. WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THERE BEFORE OUR EQUIPMENT DID, AND YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE TOOLS YOU'VE GOT TO WORK WITH. AND MORE PROOF THERE WAS NO ONE IN CHARGE OF THE SITE, SOMETHING ELSE FIRE BOSS SAYS WILL BE RECTIFIED IN THE FUTURE. FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED, HE HAD THIS MESSAGE. ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE SERVICE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY SYMPATHIES TO ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE IN THE CTV BUILDING. IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAMILIES OF THE EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THAT TERRIBLE COLLAPSE AND DIED BEFORE WE COULD RESCUE THEM. THAT WAS A DREADFUL SITUATION AND WE'RE VERY SORRY, WHAT OCCURRED THERE. HE ASKED FAMILY LAWYER NIGEL HAMPTON TO PERSONALLY PASS ON THAT APOLOGY FROM THE FIRE SERVICE TO EACH FAMILY MEMBER. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. IT'S BEEN REVEALED TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN PICKING UP THE TAB FOR PEOPLE TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA TO WORK. A GRANT DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE GET JOBS IN NZ HAS BEEN USED SEVERAL TIMES TO PAY FOR AIRFARE ACROSS THE DITCH. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH EXPLAINS. WINZ IS MEANT TO HELP NZERS INTO JOBS. NOW IT'S BEEN REVEALED TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING USED FOR NZERS TO FLY TO AUSTRALIA IF THEY CAN SECURE A JOB ACROSS THE DITCH. I'M NOT SAYING THEY ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUT I'M SAYING THERE MIGHT BE THE ODD TIME WHEN THERE'S EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. WE ASKED HOW MANY TIMES IT HAD HAPPENED. SINGLE FIGURES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE. ISN'T THAT HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE GIVEN THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE ARE. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN UP ON JOB SEEKERS IN NZ AND IS ESSENTIALLY NOT ONLY CONDONING BUT HELPING THEM TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA. UNDER THE TRANSITION TO WORK ALLOWANCE, YOU CAN GET UP TO $1500 A YEAR FOR JOB INTERVIEW COSTS, SUCH AS CLOTHING AND TRAVEL AND RELOCATION COSTS. BUT THE WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY SAYS YOU SHOULD ALSO NORMALLY LIVE IN NZ AND INTEND TO STAY HERE. ONE NEWS HAS SPOKEN TO BENEFICIARY ADVOCATES WHO WERE SHOCKED THAT WINZ MONEY IS BEING USED TO PAY FOR FLIGHTS TO AUSTRALIA, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA FOR FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS. IS THAT EMBARRASSING FOR YOU AS MINISTER? CERTAINLY, AND TO THE POINT WHERE I'VE ESCALATED ALL DECISIONS TO HEAD OFFICE. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT SORT OF THING SHOULD BE HAPPENING. THE MINISTER SAYS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 500,000 ALLOWANCES GIVEN OUT. WORK AND INCOME STAFF ARE NOW TRAWLING THROUGH THOSE TO FIND OUT JUST HOW MANY TIMES TAXPAYERS HAVE PAID FOR FLIGHTS ABROAD. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. LOCAL AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE CLAIMING VICTORY AFTER AN OIL GIANT PULLED OUT OF EXPLORING THE NORTH ISLAND'S EAST COAST. ONE NEWS HAS SEEN A STATEMENT SHOWING BRAZILIAN COMPANY PETROBRAS DOESN'T BELIEVE GAS RESERVES WERE 'SUFFICIENT ENOUGH' TO JUSTIFY FURTHER WORK. AS RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS, THE GOVERNMENT'S NOW HOPING ANOTHER FIRM WILL TAKE OVER. THE SEARCH FOR OIL AND GAS RESERVES OFF THE EAST CAPE BY BRAZILIAN GIANT PETROBRAS HAS RAISED THE IRE OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND LOCAL , BUT AFTER TWO YEARS THE COMPANY'S DECIDED TO SCRAP FURTHER EXPLORATION IN THE RAUKAMARA BASIN. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO GET INVESTORS TO COME THE AREA. IT'S ALWAYS DISAPPOINTING WHEN WE LOSE THEM. ONE NEWS HAS SEEN A STATEMENT FROM PETROBRAS WHICH SAYS, 'ALTHOUGH ANALYSIS SHOWED SOME SIGNS OF OIL AND GAS RESERVES', THEY 'WEREN'T SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY FURTHER EXPLORATION.' THE STATE-RUN ENERGY COMPANY SAYS ITS DECISION IS ALSO BASED ON ITS BUSINESS PLAN. IN AUGUST IT REPORTED ITS FIRST QUARTERLY LOSS IN 13 YEARS, BLAMING VOLATILE CURRENCY MARKETS AND DEBT. I UNDERSTAND THE PRIMARY REASON IS THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING THEIR ACTIVITIES BACK IN BRAZIL AND THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. SO IT'S POSSIBLE IT'S A COMBINATION AND THEY'RE NOT SURE IT'S PROSPECTIVE ENOUGH RELATIVE TO THE RISK THEY'D NEED TO TAKE. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IS A KEY PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. TREASURY ESTIMATED PETROBRAS' WORK OFF THE EAST CAPE WAS WORTH UP TO $300M. BUT THE DECISION TO GRANT LICENSES WAS CONTROVERSIAL. TWO YEARS AGO THE GOVERNMENT WAS FORCED TO APOLOGISE TO LOCAL FOR FAILING TO CONSULT WITH THEM. IT DOES SHOW THAT NZ'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY DOES NOT LIE WITH RELYING ON INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES. IT'S A RISKY BUSINESS. IT'S GOING TO DAMAGE THEY'VE GOT SOME INTERESTING 2D SEISMIC SURVEYS, WHICH OF COURSE FALL INTO OUR LAP NOW, SO WE'RE NOW ABLE TO OFFER THAT INFORMATION TO OTHER COMPANIES, AND PERHAPS THAT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO THEM. WHILE THE MINISTER IS TALKING PROSPECTS UP, EAST COAST ARE CLAIMING THE OIL GIANT'S WITHDRAWAL AS A VICTORY. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE MYSTERIOUS AMERICAN PLANE. SO, WHO WERE THE SPIES ON BOARD? CHECK OUT THIS MONSTER ` THE SUPERSTORM BEARING DOWN ON THE PHILIPPINES. AND WHY A STATE OF THE ART MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING IS GOING UP IN TUHOE COUNTRY. THE JURY IN THE TRIAL OF TWO MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING A RADIO JOURNALIST HAS SEEN SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. NICHO WAIPUKA AND MANUEL ROBINSON ARE ACCUSED OF BEATING PHILLIP COTTRELL TO DEATH A YEAR AGO. WITHIN THE PAST HOUR, THE JUDGE IN THE TRIAL HAS RULED WE CAN SHOW SOME OF THE FOOTAGE, WHICH THE CROWN SAYS SHOWS THE PAIR AFTER THE ATTACK. THE JURY ALSO SAW FOOTAGE OF MR COTTRELL IN THE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH, USING A WALLET THE CROWN SAYS WAS TAKEN BY THE ACCUSED. THE JURY WAS ALSO SHOWN FOOTAGE OF HIM AROUND THE TIME OF THE ATTACK. THE TWO ACCUSED DENY MURDERING MR COTTRELL. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A GROUP OF FOREIGN SPIES HAVE MET IN NZ. THE PRIME MINISTER LET THE DETAILS SLIP AS HE TRIED TO DODGE QUESTIONS OVER A MYSTERIOUS US JET AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN'S BEEN DIGGING. WE KNOW THIS JET FLEW A SENIOR US SPY INTO THE COUNTRY LAST WEEK, AND WE NOW KNOW HE OR SHE WASN'T THE ONLY FOREIGN SPOOK HERE. BUT TRY ASKING THE PRIME MINISTER TO GIVE US DETAILS. OH, I COULD DO, IF YOU'RE REALLY FIXATED WITH IT. WE'VE BARELY HAD A STRAIGHT ANSWER SINCE ONE NEWS STARTED ASKING ABOUT THIS MYSTERIOUS JET, WHICH WE FILMED AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT ON FRIDAY. AFTER PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, THE PRIME MINSTER WAS FORCED TO ADMIT THERE WERE SEVERAL FOREIGN SPIES IN WELLINGTON, BUT HE WON'T TELL US FROM WHICH COUNTRIES, WHAT THEIR APPARENTLY 'ROUTINE' MEETING WAS ABOUT, OR THE NAME OF THE JET'S PASSENGER. IT WAS WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER SOMEWHERE. NO, I DIDN'T BOTHER TO HAVE A LOOK. IT DOES SEEM VERY UNUSUAL THAT THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DOESN'T KNOW WHEN A HIGH-LEVEL SPY COMES TO NZ, SO IT'S VERY SURPRISING. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS WASN'T A MEETING OF LOW-LEVEL SPOOKS. THE PASSENGER ON THAT JET WAS A SENIOR US SPY. ONLY TOP LEVEL STAFF IN THE US CAN COMMAND PRIVATE JETS. THE US EMBASSY TELLS US THAT SPY MET WITH THEIR COUNTERPART IN NZ, SO ANOTHER SENIOR SPY. THIS AFTERNOON, THE PM DECIDED TO SHUT THE TOPIC DOWN. HE'D LOOKED AT THE PAPERWORK, FOUND THE JET PASSENGER'S NAME, BUT DECIDED HE WON'T TELL US. I DON'T THINK IT'S IN INTEREST TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE DON'T TEND TO TALK ABOUT WHO ATTENDS SECUTIRY MEETINGS IN NZ. THAT'S NOT TRUE. WHEN TOP US SPOOK KEITH ALEXANDER VISITED IN 2009, JOHN KEY CONFIRMED IT. IF SOMEONE PARKS A US PLANE AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT, IN MY OPINION THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS A SECRET. SO IT'S NOT A SECRET THEY WERE HERE ` BUT WHO THAY ARE, WHERE THEY'RE FROM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ` THAT IS A SECRET. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN, ONE NEWS. THE PRESSURE'S GOING ON ISRAEL OVER ITS PLANS TO BUILD 3000 NEW HOMES FOR SETTLERS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY. AMERICA IS URGING ISRAEL TO RECONSIDER, SAYING IT'LL MAKE IT HARDER TO ACHIEVE A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. THIS FROM THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES. FOR YEARS ISRAEL'S BEEN WARNED BY ITS ALLIES THAT THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF JEWISH SETTLEMENTS ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN LAND IS DETRIMENTAL TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE EXISTING SIDE BY SIDE. BUT IT WAS WHEN ISRAEL SIGNALLED ITS INTENTION TO DEVELOP THIS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AREA KNOWN AS E1 THAT THE ROW INTENSIFIED. IF THIS PIECE OF DESERT WAS TO BECOME A NEW JEWISH SETTLEMENT ` AND THAT'S STILL A BIG 'IF' ` ITS DETRACTORS SAY IT'LL BE THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION. WITH DOZENS OF JEWISH SETTLEMENTS ALREADY IN THE AREA, IT'S ARGUED THAT DEVELOPING E1 AND THE SEPARATION BARRIER AROUND IT WOULD CUT OFF EAST JERUSALEM AND OTHER PARTS OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORY FROM EACH OTHER, DENYING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN UNBROKEN FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE. THAT ELICITED AN UNUSUALLY STRONG RESPONSE FROM ISRAEL'S BIGGEST ALLY. WE URGE ISRAELI LEADERS TO RECONSIDER THESE UNILATERAL DECISIONS AND EXERCISE RESTRAINT, AS THESE ACTIONS ARE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE. ISRAEL BLAMES THIS FOR THE TENSION ` THE PALESTINIANS' ACQUISITION OF ENHANCED STATUS AT THE UN LAST WEEK, A MOVE OPPOSED BY ISRAEL AND WHICH IT SAID WOULD NOT GO UNPUNISHED. WE LIVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MAYBE WE SPEAK IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THAN EUROPEANS OR THE AMERICANS, BUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, YOU CANNOT ALLOW EITHER SIDE TO SLAP IN YOUR FACE AND TO IGNORE IT. IF YOU WANT TO PUT FACT ON THE GROUND UNILATERALLY, WE WILL DO THE SAME. THANKS TO THE UN, THE PALESTINIANS MAY HAVE GREATER SELF-CONFIDENCE, BUT MORE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS HURT THEIR AMBITIONS FOR FULL STATEHOOD. THERE'S A SUSPICION ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER IS TAKING A TOUGH STAND AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S ELECTION. THERE ARE NOW FEARS SYRIA'S PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD COULD RESORT TO USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS GIVEN HIM A CLEAR WARNING. IF YOU MAKE THE TRAGIC MISTAKE OF USING THESE WEAPONS, THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES AND YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE UNITED NATIONS IS PULLING ALL NON-ESSENTIAL STAFF OUT OF SYRIA AS FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES. ACTIVISTS CLAIM THESE EXPLOSIONS IN HOMS ARE THE RESULT OF CLUSTER BOMBS DROPPED BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AS TYPHOON BOPHA SLAMS INTO THE PHILIPPINES. THE STORM'S BRINGING WINDS OF 175KM/H, GUSTING UP TO 210KM, AND A RAIN BAND 600KM WIDE. POWER'S BEEN CUT TO MANY AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES. AT LEAST 80 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. TIME FOR OUR WEATHER. AND THE STORM CLOUDS ARE GATHERING HERE TOO? GOT REAMS OF WARNINGS FROM METSERVICE WITH HEAVY RAIN AND NORWEST GALES ABOUT TO STRIKE FROM THE TASMAN SEA, AND IT'LL STAY INCLEMENT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AFTER SPORT I'LL HAVE THE DREADED LIST OF BAD WEATHER WARNINGS. GET YOUR PENCILS OUT. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW A FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE ENDED UP INSIDE AN OFFICE. AND GOING GREEN ` THE TRIBE WITH AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO DEVELOP NZ'S GREENEST BUILDING. 1 WE HAVE SOME PICTURES NOW THAT SHOW JUST HOW LUCKY STAFF WERE AT THE PHOENIX SERVICES OFFICE IN INVERCARGILL. A BUS SLAMMED INTO AN EMPTY FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE PARKED IN FRONT OF THEIR OFFICE, SHUNTING IT THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE OFFICE. THE BUS DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR A MINOR INJURY TO HIS HAND. THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED OVER HOW WELL THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING THE REBUILDING OF CHRISTCHURCH IN THE WAKE OF THE QUAKES. THAT'S THE FINDING OF A ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL AMID SIGNS OF GROWING TENSIONS IN THE CITY, WITH THE EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY MINISTER THIS WEEK LABELLING THE LOCAL PAPER 'THE ENEMY OF THE RECOVERY'. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. BUCKING THE TREND ` A RECENTLY-OPENED BAR IN CENTRAL CHRISTCHURCH. BUT ITS OWNER'S NERVOUS ` THE GOVERNMENT'S EARMARKED THIS SITE FOR A NEW STADIUM AND HAS THE POWER TO MOVE HIM. WE ARE NOT REALLY GETTING ANY SAY AT ALL. THERE IS NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US AND THEM. BUT, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE DOING OUR THING, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR A GOOD OUTCOME. IF THERE IS A STADIUM, WE'D LIKE TO BE PART OF IT. THE COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN DOESN'T JUST EXTEND TO BUSINESS OWNERS. HUNDREDS PROTESTED LAST WEEKEND AGAINST WHAT THEY CLAIM IS A LOSS OF DEMOCRACY. I WOULD LIKE THAT GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE IN SOME ACTIVE LISTENING AND TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE, NOT INFORM, WHICH IS A TOP-DOWN APPROACH, BUT ACTUALLY TAKE PEOPLE WITH THEM. WE ASKED ELIGIBLE VOTERS... BUT TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS RESPONDED TO THE SAME QUESTION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE SMALLER SURVEY SAMPLE IN CHRISTCHURCH MEANS A BIGGER MARGIN OF ERROR, BUT THEY'RE POLL RESULTS THE GOVERNMENT IS COMFORTABLE WITH. YOU'D ALWAYS LIKE IT TO BE MORE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STORIES THAT TEND TO COME OUT OF THE CHRISTCHURCH ARE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAPPY, COMPARED TO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. MR BROWNLEE'S FRUSTRATION OVER MEDIA COVERAGE BLEW UP THIS WEEK WHEN HE LABELLED 'THE PRESS' NEWSPAPER 'THE ENEMY OF THE RECOVERY' HE NOW CLAIMS HE WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, BUT HAS DONE LITTLE TO CALM THE MATTER. I THINK SOMETIMES THE VOICE GIVEN TO OCCASIONAL DISSENTERS IS JUST A LITTLE TOO LOUD. IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. 'THE PRESS' IS INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE REBUILD. ATTACKING THE MEDIA IS A RISKY STRATEGY, AND WITH POLLS POINTING TO SOFTENING SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL IN CHRISTCHURCH, IT'S A STRATEGY MR BROWNLEE MAY YET BE FORCED TO RETHINK. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. A SMALL BAY OF PLENTY TOWN IS TRYING TO BUILD ITSELF A BRIGHTER FUTURE WITH A NEW MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GREEN HEADQUARTERS FOR TUHOE. IT'S INTENDED TANEATUA WILL BECOME HOME TO THE MOST ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY, TE WHAREHO O TUHOE. HELEN CASTLES WITH THE STORY. TANEATUA IS A SMALL TOWN WITH AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR A TRIBAL CENTRE FOR TUHOE. IT WOULD BE THE GREENEST BUILDING IN NZ, AND THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR OWN VALUES AND PRINCIPALS. THE AREA WAS ONCE THE TARGET OF POLICE TERROR RAIDS AND HAS HAD A HISTORY OF GANG PROBLEMS. HERE YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE FOR JUST OVER $100,000. THE $15M BUILDING IS A BIG INVESTMENT FOR TUHOE. THERE ARE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE BUILDING BEING HERE. I THINK IT SIGNALS A TURN OF FORTUNE, IT ALSO, I THINK, SIGNALS A NEW WORLD FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF TUHOE PEOPLE. THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE NZ'S FIRST 'LIVING BUILDING' ` A BUILDING WITH THE MOST ADVANCED MEASURES OF SUSTAINABILITY. IT'LL BE ENERGY EFFICIENT, POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY AND HAVE ITS OWN WASTE DISPOSAL. NET-ZERO WATER, WHICH MEANS WE STORE ALL OUR WATER. IT MEASN IT MEANS ZERO ENERGY ` WE GENERATE OUROWN POWER. THE HEADQUARTERS WILL INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, A CULTURAL CENTRE AND AN OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE. IT'LL ALSO BE A CENTRE FOR TUHOE BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE. WORK ON THE 40HA SITE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH AND SHOULD BE FINISHED IN A YEAR. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. UPDATING TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE HAS NO INTENTION OF LEAVING PARLIAMENT, DESPITE BEING EXPELLED BY HIS NZ FIRST PARTY. THE LIST MP CONTINUES TO DENY ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER. PARTY LEADER WINSTON PETERS SAYS HE'S SEEN INFORMATION THAT LED HIM TO LOSE CONFIDENCE IN MR HORAN. HE BELIEVED IT WAS NOW MR HORAN'S DUTY TO RESIGN AS AN MP. AND IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS PREGNANT. WHETHER THE BABY'S A BOY OR A GIRL, IT'LL BE THIRD IN LINE TO THE THRONE BEHIND PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCE WILLIAM. CATHERINE (30) HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH ACUTE MORNING SICKNESS AND IS LIKELY TO STAY FOR A FEW DAYS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP POOLS ARE DRAWN? YES, ONLY 3 YEARS AWAY. THE ALL BLACKS LOOKS TO BE IN THE WEAKEST GROUP. WE'LL HAVE THEIR REACTION NEXT. AS THE TEAM CLEANS UP IN THE GLOBAL RUGBY AWARDS, CAPTAIN MCCAW GETS READY, FINALLY FOR HIS SIX MONTH BREATHER. PLUS, RUGBY LEAGUE AND AUSSIE RULES' LOSS IS RUGBY UNION'S GAIN ` HEARTACHE FOR DANNY LEE IN CALIFORNIA, AND WE MEET THE FIRST-CLASS CRICKETER AVERAGING 120. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO RUGBY, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE SCORED ARGUABLY THE EASIEST POOL DRAW FOR THE 2015 WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND. THE CUP HOLDERS WILL PLAY ARGENTINA, TONGA AND TWO OTHER QUALIFIERS IN POOL PLAY. THEY'VE AVOIDED THE SO-CALLED POOL OF DEATH, WHICH INCLUDES AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND AND WALES. A TOUCH OF RELIEF FOR THE ALL BLACKS, WHILE OTHERS LOOKED A LITTLE SOLEMN, IF NOT RESIGNED, TO TOUGHER POOLS WHEN THE TEAMS WERE DRAWN AT THE SPECIAL GALA EVENT IN LONDON. ALTHOUGH, LET'S PUT THE CRACKING OF THE EGGS INTO PERSPECTIVE. NZ. YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE POOL PLAY TO FINISH FIRST OR SECOND. FROM THERE, IT'S ABOUT A KNOCKOUT COMPETITION. WHOEVER YOU GET ` YOU DON'T BEAT THEM, YOU'RE GOING HOME. THREE YEARS OUT FROM THE NEXT TOURNAMENT, ALREADY THERE'S AN AIR OF THE PREDICTABLE ABOUT THE DRAW. GROUP A HAS AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND AND WALES ALL TRYING TO SQUEEZE INTO TWO POSITIONS FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS. THE ALL BLACKS APPEAR TO HAVE THE EASIEST POOL OVERALL. WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE OF PLAYING BOTH TONGA AND ARGENTINA AT THE WORLD CUP, AND THOSE GAMES AREN'T STRAIGHTFORWARD. YOU LOOK AT THE PASS, AND THAT'S WHERE NZ HAVE COME UNSTUCK A LITTLE BIT IN WORLD CUPS, COS THEY'VE GOT THROUGH TO QUARTER-FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS AND NOT REALLY BEEN TESTED IN THE POOL STAGES. SO WHAT ABOUT THE ROAD, THEN, TO THE FINAL, ASSUMING THE ALL BLACKS FINISH TOP OF THE GROUP? THEY'RE SET TO FACE IRELAND IN THE QUARTERS AND OLD FOE SOUTH AFRICA IN THEM SEMI-FINALS; THE WALLABIES OR FRANCE IN THE FINAL AT TWICKENHAM; OR THE WILD CARD COULD BE ENGLAND AT HOME. THE OTHER BIG UNKNOWN ` WHO WILL BE LEFT STANDING AND PLAYING IN THREE YEARS? WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT WHEN YOU GO TO THE WORLD CUP; AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN GOOD FORM AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. THE ALL BLACKS' STRONG FORM OF 2012 WAS REFLECTED IN THE IRB AWARDS HELD AT THE SAME TIME TODAY. DAN CARTER WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALTHOUGH THE SURPRISE WINNER WASN'T THERE TO PICK UP THE TROPHY. STEVE HANSEN WON THE COACH AWARD, AND THE CAPTAIN, WHO WORE OUT A PATH TO THE STAGE, COLLECTED THE TEAM OF THE YEAR PRIZE. AT LEAST THE ALL BLACKS DIDN'T LEAVE LONDON COMPLETELY EMPTY HANDED, ASSUMING THEY'VE REMEMBERED TO BRING THIS HOME TOO. RICHIE MCCAW'S APPEARANCE AT THE IRB EVENT IS ONE OF HIS LAST RUGBY COMMITMENTS BEFORE TAKING HIS SIX-MONTH BREAK FROM THE GAME. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY CAUGHT UP WITH MCCAW IN LONDON AS HE PREPARES FOR THE LONGEST REST IN HIS 12-YEAR CAREER. RICHIE MCCAW'S LAST TOUCH OF A BALL FOR 2012 LIVE AT THE WORLD CUP DRAW PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP HIS LEADERSHIP APPROACH TOO. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO FOLLOW, SO I HAD TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT. THE ALL BLACKS DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT IN HIS LAST GAME, AND MCCAW'S SIX-MONTH BREAK FROM ALL RUGBY MEANS HE'LL MISS THE FIRST CHANCE OF REDEMPTION AGAINST FRANCE NEXT YEAR. HE'S ALREADY A LEGEND, BUT HE DIDN'T EVEN FINISH HIS CAREER. HE'S GOING TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT I AM SURE HE'S GOING TO BE THERE IN 2015. I'M SURE OF THIS. FELLOW ALL BLACKS KNOW MCCAW NEEDS TO MANAGE HIS PLAYING TIME TO GO THAT DISTANCE. DURING THE WORLD CUP, HE HAD A FEW INJURIES, AND HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY, REALLY. HE'S KIND OF THE CHARACTER WHERE HE JUST POWERS THROUGH, REALLY. HE PLAYS WELL EVERY GAME, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE BENCHMARK FOR PLAYERS LIKE US. RICHIE MCCAW SAYS HE WANTS TO RETURN FROM HIS SABBATICAL AND PLAY THE BEST RUGBY HE EVER HAS, AND THAT COULD YET BE CRUCIAL TO NZ'S CHANCES OF RETAINING THIS TROPHY. I'LL GET A GOOD BIT OF TRAINING IN SO THAT I TURN UP IN GOOD SHAPE PHYSICALLY, AND MENTALLY, I'LL BE EXCITED. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T. THE GAME WILL CHANGE NEXT YEAR FROM WHAT IT WAS THIS YEAR. YOU'VE GOT TO ADAPT. I GUESS THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I LIKE ABOUT IT. BUT IF I WAS THINKING NOW I WAS GOING TO TURN UP AND BE ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE, WELL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PACK YOUR BAGS NOW AND DO SOMETHING ELSE. HIS COACH SAYS THE MENTAL CLEAR-OUT IS WHAT COUNTS. HE'S GOT TO BE ALLOWED TO STEP OUT OF THAT BIG BUBBLE, SO TO SPEAK, AND JUST HAVE A BIT OF YOU TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDS. IT'S NOT PHYSICAL. I'M GONNA SPEND A BIT OF TIME AT HOME OVER THE SUMMER. DO A BIT OF FLYING WITH IN NZ THAT I'D LIKE TO GO AND SEE. SO A BIT OF THAT, AND THEN, TO BE HONEST, I QUITE ENJOY THAT I HAVEN'T MADE TOO MANY PLANS, YOU KNOW. JUST BEING ABLE TO CRUISE HERE AND THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, I THINK'LL BE PRETTY REFRESHING. NO ONE CAN DOUBT HE'S EARNED IT. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. CODE-HOPPER ISRAEL FOLAU'S TIME IN RUGBY UNION COULD BE LIMITED IF ` LIKE AUSSIE RULES ` UNION ISN'T HIS THING. THE FORMER LEAGUE STAR REVEALED A SUCK-IT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO HIS SWITCH FROM AUSSIE RULES TO UNION, WITH A $250,000 ONE-YEAR DEAL SIGNED WITH SUPER RUGBY'S WARATAHS IN SYDNEY. OBVIOUSLY, IF I DO ENJOY IT, THEN IT MIGHT BE A PLAY ON. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT GET TO EXPLORE THE OPTIONS. BUT AT THIS STAGE, MATE, I'M HAPPY THINKING ABOUT NEXT SEASON. AFTER NRL LEAGUE DEALS FELL OVER, FOLAU HAS ASPIRATIONS TO PLAY FOR THE WALLABIES. THE WARATAHS PLAN TO BLOOD HIM AT EITHER FULLBACK OR WING. AS THE BLACKCAPS' CAPTAINCY ISSUE CONTINUES TO FESTER AWAY, DOMESTIC CRICKET HAS THROWN FORTH ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE. AUCKLAND'S COLIN MUNRO TODAY HIT HIS THIRD CENTURY IN FOUR FIRST-CLASS MATCHES. MUNRO CLUBBED 118 AGAINST OTAGO AT EDEN PARK, INCLUDING A SIX OUT OF THE GROUND. HE'S NOW AVERAGING 124 FOR THE SEASON. YOU KNOW, THEY PUT ALL FIELDERS ON THE BOUNDARY AND HAD ONE GUY SAVING A SINGLE AND BOWLED REAL NEGATIVE, WIDE-LINE BALLS, SO WENT UP TO ABOUT 70, SO THAT MADE IT REALLY HARD TO SCORE FOR THE LAST 30 OR 4O RUNS. WHO WAS DOING THAT TO YOU? > UH, THAT'S THE FIRST. BLACKCAPS BOWLER CHRIS MARTIN PLAYED FOR AUCKLAND TODAY, TAKING THREE WICKETS, AS HE TRIES TO GET BACK INTO THE STARTING TEST TEAM TO TAKE ON SOUTH AFRICA. MARTIN AND OTHER BLACKCAPS DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE LATEST ISSUES IN THE NATIONAL TEAM, ALTHOUGH A SENIOR PLAYER TOLD ONE NEWS THE CURRENT SITUATION OVERALL IS A MESS. SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET CAPTAIN GRAEME SMITH DESCRIBES HIM AS THE TOUGHEST COMPETITOR HE'S EVER FACED, AND NOW RICKY PONTING HAS ALMOST HAD THE LAST SAY ` HIS RETIREMENT FROM TEST CRICKET HAS OVERSHADOWED THE PROTEAS' SERIES WIN OVER AUSTRALIA IN PERTH. HERE'S CRAIG STANAWAY. THAT IS VICTORY IN THE SERIES ` SOUTH AFRICA. GRAEME SMITH HOPES AUSTRALIANS CAN RESPECT THE SOUTH AFRICANS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE. AUSSIES WILL TRY TO FORGET THAT 309-RUN HIDING PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT THE TRIBUTE THEY DISHED OUT FOR RICKY PONTING IS GOING TO BE REMEMBERED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE DONE. A SIGN OF RESPECT FROM US TO SOMEONE WHO'S GIVEN THE GAME OF CRICKET SO MUCH. HE COULDN'T MUSTER ONE LAST GREAT INNINGS, THOUGH ` DISMISSED FOR JUST 8, WITH POSSIBLY THE WORST SHOT OF HIS CAREER. PONTING ON STRIKE. OH, HE'S EDGED IT. d FOR 17 YEARS, HE'S BEEN 8 DARTH VADER WITH PADS, MORE RUN MACHINE THAN MAN. JUST AS VADER DEEP DOWN WAS GOOD, PONTING IN RETIREMENT HAS REVEALED HIMSELF TO BE A GOOD GUY TOO. MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN GREAT SUPPORTERS AND GIVEN UP A LOT TO... TO LET ME TRY AND ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ACHIEVED IN THIS GAME, SO... WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. (CLEARS THROAT) HE HAS ACHIEVED LIKE NO OTHER AUSSIE. SECOND HIGHEST RUN SCORER IN TEST CRICKET. THIRD HIGHEST NUMBER OF CENTURIES. VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE. I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHO COMES IN AND SLOTS INTO THE NUMBER FOUR SLOT. PONTING NOW HAS MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH HIS FAMILY. SOUTH AFRICA HAS A BREAK TO FRESHEN UP. COME JANUARY 2ND, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY MOTIVATED TO HOPEFULLY TAKE THAT NEXT STEP FORWARD AGAINST NZ. NEW YEAR SUDDENLY ISN'T SOUNDING SO FUN. CRAIG STANAWAY, ONE NEWS. NZ GOLF NUMBER-ONE DANNY LEE HAS FALLEN JUST SHORT OF RETURNING TO THE US PGA TOUR IN THE FINAL ROUND OF QUALIFYING SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. NEEDING TO PLACE IN THE TOP 25 FROM A FIELD OF 172, LEE MISSED OUT BY JUST ONE STROKE, FINISHING TIED FOR 27TH. HE'LL JOIN THE SECOND TIER WEB.COM TOUR NEXT YEAR AND PLAY OCCASIONAL PGA TOUR EVENTS WITH CONDITIONAL STATUS. TO HOCKEY, AND THE BLACK STICKS HAVE FINISHED BOTTOM OF THEIR POOL AS THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN MELBOURNE MOVES INTO THE PLAY-OFF STAGES. PLAYING ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON, THE BLACK STICKS WERE ROCKED EARLY BY THE WORLD-NUMBER-FOUR RANKED SIDE BUT DREW LEVEL AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY WITH LESS THAN 10 TO GO. IS THIS THE EQUALISER? JENNESS WITH A CROSS. AND IT IS PUSHED HOME BY PHILLIP BURROWS. THE ONE-ALL RESULT WAS OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. THE BLACK STICKS WILL FACE EITHER TOP-RANKED AUSTRALIA OR THE NETHERLANDS IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. PLANS TO CREATE NZ'S EQUIVALENT OF THE ICONIC SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE GOVERNMENT INVESTING MORE THAN $400,000 IN THE A2B. THE AUCKLAND TO BLUFF OCEAN RACE LAUNCHED TODAY IN AUCKLAND, BACKED BY YACHTING NZ AND INVERCARGILL CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR TIM SHADBOLT. THEY CAME ON BOARD AND THEY PROVIDED A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT AND THE ENTHUSIASM DOWN SOUTH FOR THIS SORT OF THING HAS GOT TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. ORGANISERS HOPE YACHTS FROM THE SYDNEY-HOBART WILL SAIL ON TO AUCKLAND AND THEN RACE THE 1800KS TO BLUFF IN FEBRUARY 2014. LIKE MOST SPORTSPEOPLE, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE SOUTH, THEY'RE OVERWHELMED BY THE HOSPITALITY. AND ALL RIGHT, THE CLIMATE MIGHT BE A BIT COLD, BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE WARM. NEVILLE CRICHTON, THE K SKIPPER OF FORMER SYDNEY HOBART WINNER ALFA ROMEO SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT, AS DOES COASTAL CLASSIC RECORD-HOLDER TEAM VODAFONE. THE FLEET FOR THE FIRST RACE IS RESTRICTED TO 30 YACHTS. Good to see Tim still smiling. Drivers on drugs ` there could be more of them on our roads than you think. To find out how NZers feel about it, over four days we filmed 147 people who thought they were being driven to a costume fitting for a TV ad. Hello. What they didn't realise was the drivers were actually actors who were faking driving on drugs. I'm on these prescription meds. It's all right. I've just finished off the last of my P, so we will be sweet as. I must say, I have just dropped an Ecce, so I` I must say, I have just dropped an Ecce, so I` What?! I've just finished off this joint. I've just gotta... Hidden cameras captured all the real and sometimes hard-to-watch footage. < (SIGHS) Yeah. < That's the good thing about that P. It gets you going, eh? Keeps you going all night. You all right, man? Should we be, uh, concerned? Are you all right to drive, bro? Are you all right to drive, bro? (SIGHS) Should be all right if you're all right. Well, I dunno. I don't really know you. Like, if you're off your head, I don't really want to be driving with ya. Do you want one of us to drive? I think I might just get out. CAR DOOR OPENS CAR DOOR OPENS Do you want to come or stay? What are you doing? Are you all right? HELLO. LISTEN UP ` AN ARMADA OF FRONTS IS LINED UP OFF OUR WESTERN COASTS WITH A VANGUARD OF GALES POISED TO HIT FIRST TONIGHT. COASTERS GET THE FIRST HIT IN NEXT FEW HOURS. FROM THE MORNING, RAIN ROLLS OVER THE NORTH. THE FORERUNNER IS THE INVISIBLE STRIKE FORCE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ NOT EVERYBODY'S DISAPPOINTED THE RAIN'S COMING. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WET WEATHER'S BAD? AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR TUESDAY. TONIGHT'S HERE AT 10.35 WITH A LOOK AT HOW RADICALLY ROYAL MOTHERHOOD HAS CHANGED NOW KATE'S IN THE FAMILY WAY. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.