HI, EVERYONE. THE RAIN SURE GOT INTO US TODAY. 91MM FALLING ON THE LOWER SLOPES OF EGMONT-TARANAKI. 53 IN GREYMOUTH. AND THE MAD-DOG NOR'WESTER PUT THE HEAT GUN ON KAIKOURA, WITH 32 DEGREES. KEEP THE GUMBOOTS AT THE DOOR, BECAUSE THE RAINCLOUDS WILL FIRE MORE VOLLEYS AT US TOMORROW, SOME OF THEM HEAVY. STAY TUNED. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE RSA TRIPLE KILLINGS. WE REVEAL A BREAKTHROUGH IN HER BATTLE FOR COMPENSATION. A DEFIANT BRENDAN HORAN'S BACK IN PARLIAMENT. SO WHAT'S HE TELLING ONE NEWS ABOUT HIS EXPULSION FROM NZ FIRST'S CAUCUS? AND WHAT ARE THE ODDS ON ROYAL TWINS? THE SIDELINE BUSINESS AROUND WILLIAM AND KATE'S BABY. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPING NEWS. POLICE ARE RIGHT NOW HUNTING A MAN THEY BELIEVE IS ARMED. POLICE SAY HE'S IN A CAR WITH A WOMAN PASSENGER AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST SIGHTED AT TE AWAMUTU. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC RAISED CONCERNS IN CAMBRIDGE, AND THERE'S UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF IT BEING SEEN IN WAIHI. AND THERE'S UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF IT BEING SEEN IN WAIHI. LISA OWEN JOINS US NOW FROM NEARBY PAEROA. LISA. THISIS UNFOLDING AT 2.30 A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC RAISED THE ALARM THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A CAR IN CAMBRIDGE THERE WAS A MAN, A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN POLICE HAD A CALL FROM A DISTRESSED OCCUPANT OF THE CAR WE'VE HAD AN UNCONFIRMED SIGHITNG IN WAIHI COULD BE HEADING TOWARDS COROMANDAL IS A BLUE TOYOTA SURF SUV THE MAN IS UNSTABLE MENTAL STATE HAS A FIREARMS LICENCE. IF YOU SEE IT, DO NOT APPROACH IT CALL 111 POLICE PRECENSE HERE IN PAEROA POLICE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS CAR LISA OWEN IN PAEROA. ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL THAT ALMOST 11 YEARS AFTER THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT AN AUCKLAND RSA, A SETTLEMENT'S IMMINENT BETWEEN THE SOLE SURVIVOR AND THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. SUSAN COUCH WAS LEFT WITH BRAIN DAMAGE AND PARTIAL PARALYSIS AFTER WILLIAM BELL'S KILLING SPREE. THE DEAL MARKS AN END TO MS COUCH'S LENGTHY COURT BATTLE TO SUE THE DEPARTMENT FOR NEGLIGENCE BECAUSE BELL WAS ON PROBATION. PAUL HOBBS WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. SUSAN COUCH STILL BEARS THE PHYSICAL SCARS OF WILLIAM BELL'S MURDEROUS RAMPAGE; SCARS SHE WILL LIVE WITH FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. BUT NOW SHE'S ABOUT TO GET A CHEQUE FROM THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT THAT ALLOWED BELL, WHO WAS ON PROBATION, TO GET A JOB AT THE PANMURE RSA, THE PLACE WHERE HE KILLED THREE WORKERS AND LEFT SUE COUCH FOR DEAD. FOR YEARS, SUSAN COUCH FOUGHT TO BRING A $500,000 NEGLIGENCE CASE AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, HER LAWYER ARGUING THAT AN INEXPERIENCED PROBATION OFFICER ENCOURAGED BELL TO WORK AT THE RSA IN A JOB THAT INVOLVED EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL AND MONEY, DESPITE RECORDS OF BELL'S ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND A PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENCE AND THEFT BEING KNOWN TO THE PROBATION SERVICE. MS COUCH'S CASE WAS THE PROBATION SERVICE KNEW THE OFFICER WAS INEXPERIENCED AND FAILED TO PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND THEIR FAILURES TO MONITOR BELL LED TO THE RSA ATTACKS AND MS COUCH'S INJURIES. IT WAS REALLY SUPERVISORS AND THEIR SUPERVISORS, AND IT'S A WHOLE HIERARCHY OF PEOPLE JUST NOT DOING THEIR JOB. BUT CORRECTIONS CEO RAY SMITH HAS SHORT-CIRCUITED THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, VISITING SUSAN COUCH IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT TO TRY AND REACH A SETTLEMENT. IN A STATEMENT MR SMITH SAYS... WE UNDERSTAND THAT DESPITE A SETTLEMENT, CORRECTIONS WILL NOT ADMIT ANY LIABILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO SUSAN COUCH IN THERE, BUT WE BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT FEELS THAT CONTINUING WITH A LENGTHY LEGAL BATTLE WOULD BE A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY. SATURDAY MARKS THE 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIPLE KILLINGS. MURDERER WILLIAM BELL REMAINS IN PRISON. HE'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL AUGUST 2032. THE GETAWAY DRIVER, DARNELL TUPE, WAS RELEASED ON PAROLE IN APRIL. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. BRENDAN HORAN'S BACK IN PARLIAMENT AND HAS TOLD ONE NEWS HE'S DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST INDEPENDENT MP NZ'S EVER HAD. HE'S BEEN KICKED OUT BY HIS OWN PARTY, AND SHORTLY, POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN LOOKS AT WHETHER THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BAN HIM FROM THE BEEHIVE. BUT FIRST, WHAT MR HORAN'S BEEN TELLING POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. BRENDAN HORAN DID HIS BEST TO DODGE THE CAMERAS AS HE RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT TODAY. I'VE GOT NO COMMENT TO MAKE, I'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG, AND I'M HERE, AND THAT'S IT. < DO YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MANDATE TO BE HERE? I'VE GOT NO COMMENT ON ANYTHING. IT'S WITH MY LAWYERS, AND SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON IT. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS HIS NZ FIRST OFFICE IN BOWEN HOUSE WAS BEING PACKED UP AS LEADER WINSTON PETERS STOOD UP IN PARLIAMENT AND ANNOUNCED MR HORAN WAS BEING KICKED OUT OF THE CAUCUS AS A RESULT OF ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER. WELL, HE'S GOT NO MANDATE FOR THAT, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS. AND THE PROPER THING TO DO IS TO STAND DOWN. SO HIS FIRST STOP THIS MORNING WAS TO THE CLERK OF HOUSE TO SORT OUT A NEW WORKPLACE AND SEAT IN THE DEBATING CHAMBER. BRENDAN HORAN IS, FROM 4 DECEMBER 2012, REGARDED AS AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR PARLIAMENTARY PURPOSES. < WHY COME BACK, I GUESS, IS WHAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KNOW. WELL, I'VE COME BACK TO WORK. WINSTON PETERS SAYS HE'S OUTRAGED BRENDAN HORAN WON'T RESIGN. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO CUT HIM LOOSE FOR THE PARTY? > WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LAME DUCKS ON BOARD WHEN WE'VE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE YEARS TO BUILD THIS PARTY UP. BUT SOME OF MR HORAN'S FORMER COLLEAGUES AREN'T TOEING THE RESIGNATION LINE PUBLICALLY; THAT'S DESPITE LAST NIGHT VOTING UNANIMOUSLY TO EXPEL HIM FROM THE CAUCUS. SO YOU ACTUALLY BACK WHAT HE'S DOING ` COMING BACK HERE TODAY > AND LOOKING AT STAYING ON AS AN INDEPENDENT? > LOOK, IF HE'S CLAIMING HE'S INNOCENT, THEN HE'S DOING WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WAS INNOCENT. BUT IF I KNEW I WAS IN THE WRONG, I'D BE RESIGNING. MUDDYING THE WATERS FURTHER, REPORTS TODAY THAT BRENDAN HORAN WAS REGULARLY USING HIS PARLIAMENTARY CELL PHONE TO CALL THE TAB. CALLS TO THE TAB NUMBER ` IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THOSE? > AS I'VE SAID, I CAN'T MAKE ANY COMMENT. IT'S WITH THE LAWYERS. SO BRENDAN HORAN WILL KEEP PLAYING POLITICIAN, BUT ONE WITH LITTLE TO SAY RIGHT NOW. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S STOPPED SHORT OF CALLING FOR MR HORAN TO LEAVE PARLIAMENT. BUT, LIKE A NUMBER OF SENIOR MPS, HE'S CRITICAL OF SO-CALLED 'WAKA JUMPING.' WITH MORE ON THIS, LET'S GO TO POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. I'VE SPOKEN AT LENGTH WITH BRENDAN TODAY AND HIS WIFE, HOLED IN A SMALL OFFICE IN PARLIAMENT. THEY ARE SHELL-SHOCKED, HURT, AGGRIEVED, DESPERATE TO TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, BUT WON'T GO PUBLIC, ON LEGAL ADVICE. WHAT HE IS CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT HE HAS A RIGHT TO STAY, AND THAT'S SPARKED A NEW DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. UNDER MMP, AROUND HALF OF MPS COME HERE ON A LIST CHOSEN BY THE PARTY, RATHER THAN DIRECTLY ELECTED TO A SEAT. LIST MPS WHO LEAVE ` I SAY THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE PLACE, FULL STOP. BRENDAN HORAN WAS ON THE NZ FIRST PARTY LIST. AT PARLIAMENT, DEBATE'S RAGING ON WHETHER MR HORAN HAS A MANDATE TO CONTINUE AS AN MP. I DON'T THINK HE WOULD DO, IF WINSTON PETERS CAN REALLY PUT UP THE ARGUMENTS THAT HE IS, THAT WHATEVER HE'S DONE IS SO BAD THAT HE DESERVES TO BE EXPELLED FROM THE PARTY AND HAS REALLY BROUGHT PARLIAMENT INTO DISREPUTE. BUT THE ISSUE IS CAN AND WILL HE PROVE THAT? MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER TARIANA TURIA FAMOUSLY 'WAKA JUMPED' WHEN SHE LEFT THE LABOUR PARTY. SHE HAS SOME SYMPATHY FOR MR HORAN. WE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE TO HIM. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE HERE ON YOUR OWN AND TO BE ISOLATED, AND I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO HIM. WHEN LAST IN POWER, LABOUR INTRODUCED A LAW TO BLOCK SO-CALLED WAKA JUMPING AFTER ALAMEIN KOPU LEFT THE ALLIANCE, BUT IT HAS SINCE LAPSED. IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE LAW IN THIS AREA THAT'S FAIR, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE WAYS THAT SOMEONE MAY NO LONGER BE AN MP REPRESENTING A PARTY. IF WE COULD GET THE WORK DONE, I THINK PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT A LAW. AND WITH TWO SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO OUR PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM, THERE IS PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO PUSH FOR CHANGES ON WAKA JUMPING IF IT WANTS. SO, CORIN, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS IF MR HORAN STAYS ON AS AN INDEPENDENT? HE STILL HAS A VOTE, THERE COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT CHASE HIS VOTE. SOME JOSTLING FOR WHO WOULD PROVIDE A PROXY VOTE FOR HIM. SOME MPS EXPRESSING NATURAL JUSTICE DISLIKE FOR WAKA JUMPINGS TAKING WINSTON PETERS' WORD� PRESSURE ON HIM NOW IN THE PAST HOUR, CHRISTCHURCH TEACHERS HAVE VOTED TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION OVER GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR THE CITY. AROUND 1500, FROM MORE THAN 100 SCHOOLS, WERE AT THE MEETING. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S ALI PUGH. A VERY PASSIONATE AND VOCAL GROUP OF TEACHERS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF TAKING STRIKE ACTION IN DIRECT RESPONE TO GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO EDUCATION HERE SAY CHANGES ARE UNJUSTIFIED AND PROCESS LACKED CONSULTATION THREE OPTIONS ` TO STRIKE NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY OR NOT AT ALL WE SPOKE TO PRESIDENT OF NZ INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GO BACK AND START PROCESS AGAIN DECISIONS BEEN FLAWED TODAY'S VOTED IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THAT WE SPOKE TO SOME TEACHERS THEY ARE EXCITED THEY HAVE A GROUP RALLYING TOGETHER AND SAY STRIKE ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR CHILDREN HERE FAMILIES IN LOW-INCOME AREAS SAY THEY'RE COMING UNDER HUGE PRESSURE FROM MOBILE TRUCK SHOPS IN THE BUILD-UP TO CHRISTMAS. ONE IS CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY AFTER THEIR BRAIN-INJURED DAUGHTER WAS SIGNED UP BY A NUMBER OF COMPANIES. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. HOME-SHOPPING HAS BURIED THE LEAPAI FAMILY IN DEBT. TENS OF THOUSANDS NOW. THE FAMILY ON THE BENEFIT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE DEBTS. DEBTS TO MOBILE TRUCK SHOPS AND CATALOGUE SALESPEOPLE WHO STOP IN AT THEIR OTARA HOME AROUND FIVE TIMES A WEEK. THE HARD SELL IS INCESSANT. THEY ARE JUST DISGUSTING. EVEN WHILE ONE NEWS IS FILMING,... < KNOCK ON DOOR ...YET ANOTHER ONE IS AT THE DOOR HOPING FOR THEIR BUSINESS. I AM JUST TELLING WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO COME AROUND ANY MORE. MARYANNE LEAPAI HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY. HER DAUGHTER CONNIE HAS A BRAIN INJURY AND IS UNABLE TO READ, BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED MOBILE TRUCKS FROM SIGNING HER UP. SHE OWES MONEY TO SEVEN DIFFERENT HOME SHOPPING COMPANIES. MY HEART IS COLD, BECAUSE I ALWAYS CHECK MY BANK AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THERE, AND I ALWAYS CRY. WHEN HER FATHER DIED OWING MONEY TO A MOBILE TRUCK SHOP, THE LEAPAIS SENT THE COMPANY A DEATH CERTIFICATE. BUT THE COMPANY THEN PERSUADED ONE OF THE TEENAGE CHILDREN TO PAY IT. THEY PREYED ON THIS FAMILY AT A TIME WHEN THEY WERE GRIEVING, THE TEMPTATION TO SIGN UP IS EASY TO SEE. WE SPOTTED A MOBILE TRUCK ON THE LEAPAIS' STREET AS WELL AS CATALOGUE COMPANY UBUY GOING DOOR TO DOOR. UBUY HAS HAD NO DEALINGS WITH THE LEAPAIS, BUT WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY THEY APPROACH THEM. THEY OWE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE DO DO CREDIT CHECKS, AND THAT IS BASED ON THE CUSTOMER'S, UH` IT SAYS NO CREDIT CHECKS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA IN THERE AS WELL. UBUY SAYS IT HAS STRICT RULES ABOUT WHO IT SIGNS UP AS A CUSTOMER, BUT OTHERS DON'T. SO THE LEAPAIS ARE WONDERING WHO'LL BE NEXT TO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. POLICE ARE HUNTING A GANG OF ARMED ROBBERS THEY BELIEVE ARE BEHIND A SERIES OF HOLD-UPS AT RESTAURANTS AND BARS. THIS SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MEN DEMANDING CASH FROM STAFF AND CUSTOMERS AT O'RYANS AND O'HAGAN'S IN SOUTH-EAST AUCKLAND. POLICE SAY THE THIEVES APPEAR TO BE POLYNESIAN OR MAORI AND THANK THEIR VICTIMS FOR CO-OPERATING BEFORE MAKING OFF WITH THEIR CASH. THE WORRYING THING FOR US IS WEAPONS COMBINED WITH POTENTIALLY PATRONS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL. WE HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS AROUND WHAT COULD HAPPEN. AT VALENTINE'S RESTAURANT LAST MONTH, THE GUNMEN FORCED CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, TO LIE DOWN, WHILE DEMANDING CASH. THE OWNER OF A GARDENING CHAIN AND ALLEGED ONE-STOP SHOP FOR GROWING CANNABIS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY ON DRUGS CHARGES. SWITCHED-ON GARDENER OWNER MICHAEL QUINLAN AND GENERAL MANAGER PETER BENNETT WERE CONVICTED OF SUPPLYING EQUIPMENT TO GROW CANNABIS. BUT BOTH WERE CLEARED OF BELONGING TO AN ORGANISED CRIMINAL GROUP. THREE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES WERE ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES AFTER A NINE-WEEK TRIAL AT AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT. AN INVESTIGATION'S TAKING PLACE INTO HOW A SECURITY GUARD WORKED AT THE HOBBIT PREMIERE DESPITE FACING AN ASSAULT CHARGE. THOMAS ANDREW GIBSON (42) ` SEEN HERE SHADOWING SIR PETER JACKSON AT THE WELLINGTON PREMIERE ` WAS CHARGED IN JUNE. IT SHOULD'VE DISQUALIFIED HIM FROM GETTING A JUSTICE MINISTRY CERTIFICATE, BUT IT WAS APPROVED. TODAY POLICE WITHDREW THE CHARGE AGAINST HIM. THE POLICE ELECTED NOT TO OFFER ANY EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER, AND YOU SHOULD ASK THEM WHY THEY MADE THAT DECISION. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD VERY GOOD REASONS FOR THAT. THE COMPANY WHICH CONTRACTED MR GIBSON FOR THE PREMIERE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT, SAYING IT'S AN ISSUE FOR THE MINISTRY. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THE PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE APPEARS TO BE RESPONDING WELL TO TREATMENT FOR EXTREME MORNING SICKNESS. KATE REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, WHERE PRINCE WILLIAM VISITED FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. HE WAS LOOKING RELAXED AND HAPPY WHEN HE LEFT, AS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. DOZENS OF FLASH BULBS LIT UP THE WINTER NIGHT, CATCHING A SMILE FROM PRINCE WILLIAM AS HE LEFT HOSPITAL. ST JAMES'S PALACE WAS JUST THEN PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT SAYING... ...BUT WILL REMAIN HERE FOR SOME DAYS YET. WILLIAM VISITED FOR SIX HOURS, WHILE BROADCASTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS CONTINUED THEIR VIGIL OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL, SHOOTING THE ROYAL GYNAECOLOGISTS AS THEY CALLED ON THEIR PATIENT. BRITAIN'S MONARCHY IS OFTEN USED AS A KIND OF A TOUCHSTONE OF THE TIMES. AND CONSIDER THAT WHEN THE QUEEN FELL PREGNANT WITH PRINCE CHARLES AT THE AGE OF 22, 65 YEARS AGO, THE ONLY CLUE WAS A RATHER OPAQUE STATEMENT THAT SHE WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DUTIES UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. MY, HAVEN'T TIMES CHANGED? THE QUEEN WILL LIKELY BE ASKED EARLY NEXT YEAR TO PUT HER SEAL AND SIGNATURE ON A NEW UK LAW ENDING MALE PRIVILEGE IN THE SUCCESSION. ALL 16 COUNTRIES WHERE THE QUEEN IS HEAD OF STATE HAD TO AGREE, AND IT WAS NZ'S CABINET OFFICE THAT TOOK ON THE JOB OF COORDINATING THE EFFORT. SOMEONE HAD TO LEAD THE CHARGE OUTSIDE OF THE UK ` ONE OF THE REALM COUNTRIES ` AND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT PROUD HISTORY AND TRADITION, WE WERE SEEN AS A GOOD COUNTRY. I'D DISCUSSED IT WITH DAVID CAMERON, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO WORK ON IT. NZ LAW WOULD NEED TO CHANGE TOO, AND A ROYAL SUCCESSION BILL IS EXPECTED WHEN PARLIAMENT RESUMES NEXT YEAR. WITH SO MUCH WORLD INTEREST IN KATE'S PREGNANCY, PLENTY ARE RUSHING TO CASH IN. BRITISH BOOKIES ARE TAKING BETS ON BABY NAMES, SHORTENING THE ODDS ON TWINS AND, YES, EVEN RUNNING A BOOK ON SURGICAL INTERVENTION. WE THINK SHE'S MORE THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS. WE THINK SHE'S GONNA TRY AND DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES. AND SO WE ARE ODDS-ON AT 8:11 THAT SHE HAS A NATURAL BIRTH RATHER THAN A C-SECTION, WHICH IS EVEN MONEY. IN NAPLES, MODEL MAKERS ARE HASTILY MAKING NATIVITY FIGURES FULLER. 'AUGURI' ` GOOD LUCK ` READS THE MESSAGE, AS THE WORLD AWAITS ANY SIGN OF AN ACTUAL ROYAL BABY BELLY. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE BRITISH KILLER OF K TEENAGER EMILY LONGLEY APPEALS HIS SENTENCE. WE HAVE REACTION FROM HER SHOCKED FAMILY. VIOLENT CLASHES AS PROTESTS AGAINST EGYPT'S PRESIDENT GO UP A NOTCH, AND DEMONSTRATORS ARE PROMISING MORE ACTION. AND THE DEATH TOLL RISES AS A POWERFUL STORM BATTERS THE PHILIPPINES, SENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEEING. A TOP TRAINER'S BEEN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO IMPORT A DRUG DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE KINGPINS OF HORSE-DOPING. NICOLA CHILCOTT DENIES USING ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. JOY REID WAS IN HAMILTON FOR HER FIRST APPEARANCE. WITH MORE THAN 500 WINS TO HER NAME,... 500 FOR NICKY CHILCOTT. GOOD ON YOU, GIRL. ...NICOLA CHILCOTT IS CLASSED AS A FEMALE PIONEER IN THE HARNESS RACING INDUSTRY. THESE ARE HER STABLES IN CAMBRIDGE, AND SHE'S EARNED MORE THAN $3M IN PRIZE MONEY OVER HER CAREER. BUT TODAY THE HORSE TRAINER STANDS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SMUGGLE IN A HORSE-DOPING AGENT WHICH COULD THREATEN THAT VERY INDUSTRY. LAWYER: THERE ARE PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY ON ALL BAR ONE. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ALLEGES THE 41-YEAR-OLD BOUGHT A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUG KNOWN AS ITPP FROM THE UKRAINE. IT NEVER ARRIVED, BUT SHE'S FACING CHARGES OF ATTEMPTING TO IMPORT THE DRUG. I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY BIG MISUNDERSTANDING, TO BE HONEST. I HAVE NEVER AND WOULD NEVER USE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES ON MY HORSES. IT'S BELIEVED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE'S BEEN CHARGED IN THIS COUNTRY IN RELATION TO THE DRUG, WHICH IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE KINGPINS OF HORSE DOPING AGENTS AND BANNED WORLDWIDE. IT IS SIMILAR TO EPO OR ANABOLIC STEROIDS, SO IT IS UP THERE AS A DRUG WHICH IS OF CONCERN TO RACING AUTHORITIES AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S PROHIBITED BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD, WHICH INCREASES THE HORSE'S STAMINA. IT'S REALLY ASKING THEIR BODIES TO DO MORE THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD BE CAPABLE OF DOING. NICOLA CHILCOTT IS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO IMPORT VARIOUS MEDICATION FOR ANIMALS FROM AUSTRALIA. TODAY SHE ADMITTED BRINGING IN ONE SUBSTANCE, WHICH HER LAWYER INTIMATED TO THE COURT WAS LOW LEVEL. LAWYER: THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION IS REALLY NO MORE THAN THE ANIMAL EQUIVALENT OF LUCOZADE. NICOLA CHILCOTT'S DUE BACK IN COURT IN FEBRUARY. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE FAMILY OF MURDERED TEENAGER EMILY LONGLEY SAYS IT'S DISAPPOINTED BUT CONFIDENT AN APPEAL BY THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING HER WON'T SUCCEED. PREPARING FOR A SECOND CHRISTMAS WITHOUT EMILY, HER FATHER, MARK, SAYS NEWS OF THE APPEAL HAS REOPENED OLD WOUNDS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. TRYING TO KEEP HIS MIND ON THE JOB. FOR MARK LONGLEY, IT'S A LIFE SENTENCE OF HIS OWN. I STILL ` EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE ` REALLY FEEL FOR HER. HIS DAUGHTER EMILY LONGLEY WAS 17 WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED AFTER A NIGHT OUT IN ENGLAND; KILLED IN BED BY HER FORMER BOYFRIEND, ELLIOT TURNER. NOW, SEVEN MONTHS INTO A MINIMUM SENTENCE OF 16 YEARS, A LONDON COURT HAS RULED THE CONVICTED KILLER (21) HAS GROUNDS FOR AN APPEAL. GRANTED HASN'T BEEN REVEALED. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY A JUDGE ALONE. BUT THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT COVERT RECORDINGS WHICH WERE CRITICAL IN CONVICTING TURNER MAY BE WHAT'S BEING CHALLENGED. THE POLICE PATHOLOGIST NEVER DETERMINED EXACTLY WHAT KILLED EMILY LONGLEY, UNABLE TO RULE OUT DEATH BY NATURAL CAUSES OR STRANGULATION. BUT AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE TURNER FAMILY HOME IN BOURNEMOUTH WAS BUGGED. THE DOZENS OF RECORDINGS MADE DAMNING EVIDENCE. THE POLICE ARE VERY CONFIDENT STILL. THEY WERE VERY CONFIDENT THIS MORNING WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM. AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL LEGAL. WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED, ELLIOT TURNER SWORE AS THE JUDGE CRITICISED HIS LACK OF REMORSE. HE'D BEEN WRITING LETTERS TO FRIENDS, FANTASISING ABOUT THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE HE THOUGHT COULD BE MADE OF HIS LIFE. FOR NOW, THOUGH, HE REMAINS IN PRISON SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE. I'M PLEASED HE'S IN PRISON, AND I'M PLEASED HE'S GONNA BE IN PRISON OVER CHRISTMAS. YEAH, AND I HOPE HE STAYS THERE FOR A LONG TIME. NO APPEAL DATE HAS BEEN SET, BUT ELLIOT TURNER COULD BE IN COURT AGAIN IN APRIL, NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER EMILY LONGLEY'S DEATH. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. THE TIDE OF ANGER AGAINST EGYPT'S PRESIDENT IS RISING, WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH POLICE OUTSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. THE VIOLENCE WAS SO BAD, MOHAMMED MORSI HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO. THE BBC'S JON LEYNE IS THERE. CLASHES RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO. POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS ON PROTESTERS, AFTER THEY BREACHED THE POLICE LINE IN FRONT OF THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE. AT TIMES, THE POLICE SEEMED CLOSE TO LOSING CONTROL. EGYPT HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PROTESTS AGAINST HOSNI MUBARAK LAST YEAR. CROWD CHANTS OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS CONVERGED ON THE PALACE THROUGH THE DAY. THEY'RE FURIOUS AT PRESIDENT MORSI'S EDICT TAKING SWEEPING NEW POWERS AND HIS ATTEMPT TO RUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION THE OPPOSITION FEAR COULD BE USED TO IMPOSE ISLAMIC VALUES ON THE COUNTRY. WE DIDN'T BRING MUBARAK DOWN TO HAVE A NEW MUBARAK, SO I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO MAKE MORSI UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO BE THE NEW KING FOR EGYPT. WE HOPE HE IS WISE ENOUGH TO REALISE THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST OF MANY MARCHES AGAINST HIM IF HE DOES NOT STOP THIS. PRESIDENT MORSI ` SEEN HERE RECEIVING THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION ON SATURDAY ` HAD TO BE HUSTLED OUT OF THE PALACE FOR HIS OWN SAFETY. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT'S OPPONENTS ARE STILL OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. HIS SUPPORTERS STAGED THEIR OWN SHOW OF FORCE AT THE WEEKEND. EGYPT IS DEEPLY ` AND PROBABLY EVENLY ` DIVIDED, AS THE COUNTRY APPROACHES A REFERENDUM ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY. THE DEATH TOLL'S EXPECTED TO RISE FROM A MASSIVE STORM THAT'S SO FAR KILLED AT LEAST 77 PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. TYPHOON BOPHA, PACKING WINDS OF UP TO 200KM/H, TORE ROOFS OFF HOUSES AND UPROOTED TREES. DESPERATE RESIDENTS CARRYING YOUNG CHILDREN SCRAMBLED TO FIND SHELTER AS THE STORM MADE LANDFALL. TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM HIGH-RISK AREAS ALONG RIVERS AND COASTAL AREAS. THE TYPHOON'S NOW SWEEPING ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, WHERE FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED AND SCHOOLS CLOSED. AND A STORM-BATTERED CARGO SHIP STRUGGLING AGAINST ROUGH SEAS HAS ESCAPED SINKING OFF THE TURKISH COAST. HUGE WAVES THREATENED TO CAPSIZE THE VESSEL, WHICH STARTED DRIFTING AFTER SUFFERING MECHANICAL FAILURE. IT CAME HOURS AFTER ANOTHER SHIP IN THE AREA SANK IN STORMY WEATHER, LEAVING 12 CREWMEN MISSING. IT'S TIME FOR A RAIN CHECK NOW ` LITERALLY. VERY WET FOR SOME? FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A BIT OF RAIN AND A MUGGY 26 DEGREES, THE GUYS AT SCOTT BASE HAVE JUST HAD SNOW, A SOUTHERLY AND MINUS 3 DEGREES. BACK WITH TOMORROW'S RAIN AND WHAT'S UPSTREAM AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` WE UPDATE THE HUNT FOR A MAN BELIEVED TO BE ARMED, WITH HOSTAGES, IN A CAR. ALSO ` A WORLD OF FUN FOR THE SWEET-TOOTHED; THE GIANT GINGERBREAD HOUSE PROVIDING A TASTY TREAT FOR MUSEUM VISITORS. 1 THE CORONER'S BEEN TOLD TAMARA CVETANOVA, ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE CTV BUILDING'S INITIAL COLLAPSE, EVENTUALLY DIED OF MASSIVE INJURIES CAUSED BY BEING CRUSHED. IT'S ONE OF THE MANY QUESTIONS HER HUSBAND WANTED ANSWERED AT THE INQUEST. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. AFTER THE FEBRUARY QUAKE, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST MARTIN SAGE CARRIED OUT EXAMINATIONS ON 43 BODIES. ONE OF THOSE WAS DR TAMARA CVETANOVA. DR CVETANOVA HAS OBVIOUSLY FATAL MAJOR CRUSH INJURIES. HIS ASSESSMENT IS THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THE FIRE CAUSED HER DEATH. THE NATURE OF HER INJURIES IS OF HUGE CONCERN TO HER HUSBAND, ALEC, WHO WAS STILL TALKING TO HER ALMOST 12 HOURS AFTER THE QUAKE HIT. HER INJURIES THEN WERE RELATIVELY MINOR. WHAT WE DO KNOW, UP UNTIL ABOUT THE EARLY HOURS OF THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY, IS THAT DR CVETANOVA AND FOUR OTHERS WITH HER WERE ALIVE. IN HIS TESTIMONY, ALEC CVETANOV RAISED HIS CONCERN THAT A DEMOLITION WORKER CLEARING RUBBLE DROPPED A BEAM ON THE SITE WHERE HE BELIEVES HIS WIFE AND FIVE OTHERS WERE TRAPPED. AFTER THAT TIME, NO MORE PHONE CONTACT COULD BE MADE WITH HER. THE ISSUE THAT I'M DEALING WITH NOW IS DETERMINING WHETHER IT IS THAT CLOSING OF THE CAVITY WHICH HAS CRUSHED THEM AND CAUSED THEIR DEATH OR WHETHER IT IS THE EFFECT OF THE INHALATION OF SMOKE AND EFFECTS OF FIRE. DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION TEAMS WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK IDENTIFYING EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS, BUT IT WAS DEEMED TOO LARGE A JOB FOR FULL AUTOPSIES TO BE CARRIED OUT. WITHOUT FURTHER TESTS, MARTIN SAGE SAYS HE CAN'T RULE OUT SMOKE INHALATION. STRONGLY SUGGESTS TO ME THAT SHE PROBABLY DIED OF THE INJURIES FIRST. HE SAYS HIS SUGGESTION TO COMPARE THE INJURIES OF ALL EIGHT WHO SURVIVED THE COLLAPSE BUT LATER DIED HAS YET TO BE CARRIED OUT. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. A UNION REPRESENTING SECURITY GUARDS SAYS POORLY TRAINED STAFF ARE BEING FORCED TO WORK IN UNSAFE WORKPLACES. UNITE UNION TODAY BEGAN A PICKETING CAMPAIGN AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHICH IT SAYS ARE FLOUTING THEIR OBLIGATIONS. WE'VE GOT GUYS ON SITES WHO HAVE NO COMMUNICATION WITH BASE. WE'VE GOT GUYS ON SITE THAT GET CHUCKED ON THE SITE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO TRAINING. THESE GUYS JUST TURN UP, PUT A UNIFORM ON, GO TO WORK, AND THAT'S IT. PROTESTERS SAY THE ASSAULT AND DEATH LAST YEAR OF AN INEXPERIENCED GUARD, CHARANPREET DHALIWAL, SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT. NOW FOR SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR THOSE WITH A SWEET TOOTH. CHECK OUT THIS GIANT GINGERBREAD HOUSE ON DISPLAY AT WELLINGTON'S TE PAPA MUSEUM. STANDING NEARLY 2M TALL, IT TOOK 180 HOURS JUST TO BAKE THE GINGERBREAD. WE HAVE AROUND 20KG OF CANDY. WE HAVE SMARTIES` WE HAVE AROUND 10KG OF SMARTIES, CANDY CANES. WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS. MARSHMALLOWS. 40KG TO 50KG OF ICING IS HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THE HOUSE WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL EARLY JANUARY. THAT'S IF NO ONE EATS IT BEFORE THEN. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` ALMOST 11 YEARS AFTER THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT AUCKLAND'S MOUNT WELLINGTON-PANMURE RSA, A SETTLEMENT IS PENDING BETWEEN THE SOLE SURVIVOR AND THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. SUSAN COUCH WAS LEFT WITH BRAIN DAMAGE AND PARTIAL PARALYSIS AFTER WILLIAM BELL'S KILLING SPREE. THE DEAL MARKS AN END TO MS COUCH'S LENGTHY COURT BATTLE TO SUE THE DEPARTMENT FOR NEGLIGENCE BECAUSE BELL WAS ON PROBATION. BRENDAN HORAN HAS DEFIANTLY RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT A DAY AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM NZ FIRST. PARTY LEADER WINSTON PETERS URGED HIM TO QUIT AS AN MP AFTER ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE MONEY FROM HIS DEAD MOTHER. THE MP'S NOW FACING ALLEGATIONS HE USED A WORK PHONE TO PLACE BETS AT THE TAB. AND UPDATING OUR LEAD STORY ` THE POLICE HUNT FOR A MAN BELIEVED TO BE ARMED AND TRAVELLING IN A CAR WITH A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN. LET'S GO BACK LIVE TO LISA OWEN IN PAEROA. THIS INCIDENT STARTED IN CAMBRDIGE AT ABOUT 2.30 WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CALLED POLICE. WE HAVE PICTURES RECENTLY TAKEN IN WAIHI + ROAD BLOACKS, HEAVILY ARMED POLICE. THERE ARE CONCERNS FOR THE OCCUPANTS. THE POLICE HAVE DESCRIBED THE MAN AS IN AN UNSTABLE STATE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ROSS TAYLOR CAPTAINCY SAGA. SO WILL TAYLOR ACTUALLY BE ON THE UPCOMING TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA? AND WHY IS NZ CRICKET CONTINUING TO STAY QUIET? IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT... DAVID` > ...UNFORTUNATELY` CAN YOU LET ME FINISH, PLEASE? SO WHO DECIDED TO DUMP ROSS TAYLOR? GLOBAL RUGBY PLAYERS CALL FOR CHANGES IN THE CONTENTIOUS JUDICIAL PROCESS. A GOLFING GREAT GEARS UP FOR A SPECIAL NZ VISIT AND A REUNION WITH OUR BEST. FIRST UP TONIGHT, WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT ON THE CAPTAINCY CRISIS TEARING APART NZ CRICKET. ONE NEWS HAS LEARNT ROSS TAYLOR'S INTERNATIONAL CAREER IS NOW IN THE BALANCE, AFTER BEING RELIEVED OF TWO OF HIS THREE CAPTAINCY ROLES. CRAIG STANAWAY HAS THE LATEST. ROSS TAYLOR HAS GONE TO GROUND AMIDST SPECULATION REGARDING HIS CAPTAINCY. ONE NEWS HAS TRIED REPEATEDLY TODAY TO SEEK COMMENT FROM HIM AND HIS MANAGER. HI, THIS IS ROSS TAYLOR'S PHONE. PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND I'LL TRY AND GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. CHEERS. BYE. WE CAN REVEAL TONIGHT TAYLOR TOOK A CALL FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID WHITE IN DUBAI ON SUNDAY ADVISING HIM HE'S BEEN SACKED AS BOTH THE T20 AND ONE-DAY CAPTAIN. WHITE ALSO ASKED HIM TO RECONSIDER HIS POSITION AS TEST CAPTAIN. SOURCES CLOSE TO ONE NEWS SAY TAYLOR NOW REGARDS THAT POSITION AS UNTENABLE. AND HERE'S WHERE IT REALLY GETS STRANGE ` TAYLOR STILL HAS THE 100% BACKING OF NEW ZEALAND'S DIRECTOR OF CRICKET, JOHN BUCHANAN. SO WHAT'S GOING ON? BUCHANAN SENT HIS REPORT ON THE JUST-COMPLETED SRI LANKAN TOUR TO HIS BOSS, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. DAVID WHITE, IN TURN, CONSIDERED IT BEFORE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD HAS RUBBER-STAMPED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WHO'S FLOWN INTO AUCKLAND TODAY TO ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS. I'M LED TO BELIEVE YOU'VE MADE A PHONE CALL TO ROSS TAYLOR, AND HE IS NO LONGER THE T20 OR ONE DAY CAPTAIN, AND HE'S BEEN MADE TO CONSIDER THE TEST CAPTAINCY. I'M NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ON FRIDAY WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE TEAM. AND AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE` OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT I'LL BE INVOLVED IN. AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT UNFORTUNATELY` DAVID` DAVID` > UNFORTUNATELY` UNFORTUNATELY` CAN YOU LET ME FINISH, PLEASE? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT WITH ME BEING OVER IN DUBAI AS WELL. DAVID, YOU'RE AN EXPERT AT NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION, BUT THE POINT IS YOU'RE NOT DENYING WHAT I'VE JUST SAID. LISTEN, I'M NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT AT ALL. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ON FRIDAY, WE'LL ANNOUNCING THE TEAM AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEN. THE BIG QUESTION NOW IS WILL ROSS TAYLOR BE ON THE PLANE TO SOUTH AFRICA? CRAIG STANAWAY, ONE NEWS. AND TAYLOR HAS CONFIRMED ON TWITTER WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THAT HE'D HEARD FROM CEO DAVID WHITE ONCE AND THAT HE HASN'T MADE ANY DECISION ON HIS FUTURE YET. RUGBY'S HOTLY DEBATED JUDICIAL PROCESS IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN. INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS WANT IMPROVEMENTS AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR'S SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION. THEY'RE TAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO A MEETING IN SYDNEY NEXT MONDAY. THE IRB'S CONTENTIOUS REVIEW OF THE ADAM THOMSON CASE HAS GIVEN RUGBY'S GLOBAL PLAYERS FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 150 YEARS THE IRB HAVE EXERCISED ITS RIGHT, AND THEY CHOSE THIS CASE. THEY CHOSE THE WRONG ONE, RIGHT, TO BE PERFECTLY BLATANT. THE SECOND THING IS IT TOOK THEM SIX DAYS TO DECIDE. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ALL WRONG. THE PLAYERS, LIKE THE PUBLIC, CLEARLY WANT MORE CONSISTENCY. NOT ONLY HAS AND THOMSON CASE CAUSED A GROUNDSWELL... YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DECISIONS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. GREYLING, SOUTH AFRICA VERSUS NZ, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DECISIONS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. GREYLING, SOUTH AFRICA VERSUS NZ, WHEN HE CAME OVER THE RUCK WITH THE FOREARM AND GETS ONE GAME OR TWO WEEKS. IF EVER THERE WAS A CASE FOR A REVIEW, WHERE WAS THE REVIEW THEN? STARTING WITH SUPER RUGBY, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION WANTS TO SEE RECENTLY RETIRED PLAYERS SITTING ALONGSIDE TV MATCH OFFICIALS ON GAME DAY. THEY WANT SUSPENSIONS TO BE HANDED OUT FOR APPROPRIATE GAMES, NOT WEEKS, AND THEY WANT DIFFERENT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM GRADINGS FOR OFFENCES, LIKE THE NRL, MEANING LESS SUBJECTIVITY. USING FORMER PLAYERS WITH TMOS IS SET TO BE THE MOST INNOVATIVE. THE REFEREE ONLY DEALS WITH YELLOW CARDS. AND THEN THE TMO AND RECENT PAST PLAYER SITTING IN THE BOX CAN REVIEW THE YELLOW CARD AND DECIDE WHETHER IT'S UPGRADED TO A RED OR NOT OR DECIDE WHETHER IT JUST WARRANTS A CITING. THE ASSOCIATION AGREES THERE'S A PERCEPTION THE JUDICIAL PROCESS ISN'T WORKING. THE JUST-COMPLETED SEASON HAS CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT AGAIN. IMPROVEMENTS COULD COME AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK IN SYDNEY. GOLF FANS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST IN THE PGA TOURNAMENT AT THE HILLS NEAR QUEENSTOWN IN THE NEW YEAR. FORMER US OPEN WINNER HALE IRWIN WILL JOIN LONG-TIME FRIEND AND RIVAL SIR BOB CHARLES IN THE FIELD. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. LOOSENING UP AT CLEARWATER TODAY, SIR BOB CHARLES WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HALE IRWIN AGAIN BUT SOUNDING JUST A LITTLE MIFFED AT HIS RIVAL'S RECORD-BREAKING FEATS. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT HE BEAT MY TOP-10 FINISHES, BUT I AM PROUD TO BE SECOND BEHIND HALE IRWIN. FOLLOWING SIR BOB ON TO THE CHAMPIONS TOUR, IRWIN TOP-TENNED MORE THAN 200 TIMES AND ALSO ECLIPSED THE K'S 25 TOURNAMENT WINS WITH 45 VICTORIES, INCLUDING THIS NATIONWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1999, SEALED WITH AN EAGLE. CROWD CHEERS IT WASN'T HALE'S FIRST HIGH-FIVE DANCE. THAT WAS AT MEDINAH IN 1990 WHEN A 45-FOOTER EARNED HIM A PLAYOFF, WHICH HE CONVERTED INTO HIS THIRD US OPEN WIN AT THE AGE OF 45 ` A CONTENDER, AT LEAST, FOR HIS GREATEST WIN. IT'S LIKE, I SUPPOSE, TRYING TO PICK YOUR FAVOURITE CHILD. THE VICTORIES WERE ALL SO WONDERFUL. HIS FORTE WAS ACCURACY. HE WAS DEADLY ACCURATE WITH HIS LONG GAME AND HIS SHORT GAME. THE NOW-67-YEAR-OLD WAS QUICK TO RETURN THE COMPLIMENT. WELL, I THINK BOB SET THE STAGE FOR ALL OF US. IT'S NICE OF HIM TO STILL REMEMBER ME, FOR THAT MATTER. SIR BOB CERTAINLY REMEMBERS IRWIN'S GENTLEMANLY GESTURES, SIR BOB CERTAINLY REMEMBERS IRWIN'S GENTLEMANLY GESTURES, AS FAR BACK AS A TITLE DEFENCE AT HAWAII IN 1996. HE RAISED HIS ARMS AND KIND OF BOWED TO ME WITH HIS ARMS, SO I TREASURE THAT MOMENT. IRWIN HAS PLAYED HERE BEFORE ` THE NZ OPEN IN 1984 ` AND HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE FISHING. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. TO A GOLFER OF A YOUNGER VINTAGE, CURRENT BOY-WONDER RORY MCILROY. THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN HAS BEEN VOTED THE USPGA TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR. 2012 WAS FULL OF SUCCESS FOR THE 23-YEAR-OLD, WITH RYDER CUP AND PGA CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORIES AS WELL AS TOPPING BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND PGA TOUR MONEY LISTS ` ALL TOPPED OFF WITH A $300M SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH NIKE. MCILROY IS THE YOUNGEST PGA TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR SINCE TIGER WOODS BACK IN 1997. IN FOOTBALL, ARSENAL'S MISSED ITS CHANCE TO FINISH TOP OF ITS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP AFTER LOSING TO GREEK SIDE OLYMPIAKOS. THE GUNNERS HAD ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL 16. TOMAS ROSICKY'S STRIKE PUT THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR ANOTHER WIN, BUT THE LEAD DISAPPEARED IN QUICK SUCCESSION. THEY'VE GOT NUMBERS HERE. EQUALISING GOAL! IT'S THE SUBSTITUTE, KOSTAS MITROGLOU. HOW ABOUT THAT?! WHAT AN IMPACT FROM THE SUB. PRECISION AND PERFECTION! MANCHESTER CITY'S CONCLUDED ITS DISMAL CAMPAIGN. ALREADY ELIMINATED, THEY LOST 1-0 AT BORUSSIA DORTMUND TO FINISH BOTTOM OF THE GROUP ` THE WORST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENGLISH SIDE IN THE COMPETITION. THE BOXER WHOSE CRIMINAL INDISCRETIONS COST HIM A CHANCE TO TAKE ON SONNY BILL WILLIAMS IS ADAMANT HE'LL BE FIT, FREE AND READY TO FACE UP-AND-COMING NZ HEAVYWEIGHT JOSEPH PARKER. APPEARING FOR MEDIA TODAY, RICHARD TUTAKI IS DUE TO APPEAR IN THE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW ON TWO CHARGES, INCLUDING ESCAPING FROM POLICE CUSTODY, BUT SAYS HIS CLASH WITH PARKER ISN'T A CASE OF GOOD GUY VERSUS BAD. I SEE MYSELF AS A GOOD KID ANYWAY, THOUGH. THE MEDIA SLANDER IS... YEAH. THEY CLASS ME AS A BAD KID, BUT IF YOU KNOW ME HOW I KNOW ME, I'M NOT A BAD PERSON. TUTAKI'S (34) CLASH WITH PARKER (20) IS THE MAIN EVENT AT THE FIGHT FOR LIFE NEXT WEEK. CAN NEVER ACCUSE BOXING OF NOT BEING COLOURFUL. HI AGAIN. MORE FRONTS AND WILD WINDS TO COME THROUGH YET, SO TAKE THE TRUSTY OL' OILSKIN. WATCH RIVERS AND SURFACE FLOODING IN THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THERE ARE PLENTY OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AROUND HAMILTON BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS GUY. THE TRICOLOUR FRIESIAN DAIRY CROSS CALF MAY WELL BECOME A NEW BREED, ACCORDING TO HIS OWNERS. ONE THING'S FOR SURE ` HE'LL GET A GOOD WASH TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012