DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AN AMERICAN URBAN RESCUE EXPERT TELLS THE CTV INQUEST THAT OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS 'WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY'. THE AUSSIE RADIO PRANK THAT FOOLED THE HOSPITAL CARING FOR THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. AND A LEGEND OF JAZZ DIES AT THE AGE OF 91. AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE EXPERT HAS PRAISED THE COURAGE OF EMERGENCY WORKERS WHO SEARCHED THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF THE CTV BUILDING FOR SURVIVORS AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. HIS SUPPORT FOR THE RESCUE TEAMS CAME ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE BUILDING'S COLLAPSE, BUT DIED UNDER THE DEBRIS BEFORE THEY COULD BE RESCUED. ONE NEWS REPORTER MIKE THORPE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S THE FINAL DAY OF THE INQUEST THE FINAL WITNESS HAS BEEN CALLED CAPTAIN ERNESTO AN INTERNATIONA LRESCUE EXPERT HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ON 9/11 HE WASN'T AT CTV ON FEBRUARY 22 BUT HE HAS BEEN HERE EVERY DAY SINCE THE INQUEST BEGUN HE'S OFFERED PLENTY OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND PAID TRIBUTE TO COURAGE THEY WERE LEAVING THEIR HELMETS OUTSIDE SO THAT IF THERE WAS A COLLAPSE, THEY WOULD KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? > UH, I THINK THEY'RE GOING... IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT WAY ALREADY, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE LIMIT OF WHERE YOU SHOULD BE DOING YOUR OPERATIONS ` WHEN... WHEN THE RISK IS TOO GREAT TO YOUR PERSONNEL, THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE... THEY'RE AT THE RACKET EDGE. THEY WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, THAT'S FOR SURE. HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES FACED AT THE SITE THE BUILDING PANCAKED AS THEY TRIED TO REMOVE RUBBLE THEY INTRODUCED OXYGEN TO THE FIRE DAMNED IF THEY DID, DAMNED IF THEY DIDN'T THE INQUEST WRAPS UP THIS AFTERNOON AND THE CORONER WILL RETIRE TO CONSIDER HIS FINDINGS THERE ARE RED FACES AT LONDON'S EXCLUSIVE KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A HOAX CALL BY TWO AUSTRALIAN RADIO DJ'S. THE HOSPITAL SAYS IT'S REVIEWING ITS PROTOCOLS AND IS EMBARRASSED ABOUT THE LAPSE, WHILE THE DJ'S THEMSELVES HAVE APOLOGISED AND WISHED THE DUCHESS WELL. THIS FROM THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCH. ON ONE END OF THE CALL, THE EXCLUSIVE KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL IN LONDON, WHICH HAS SERVED THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. YES, WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT SPITFIRE PAINTBALL. ON THE OTHER END, TWO AUSTRALIAN DISC JOCKEYS CALLED MEL AND MICHAEL, WORKING FOR A SYDNEY RADIO STATION CALLED TODAY FM. IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUESDAY, THE AUSTRALIANS CALLED THE HOSPITAL SWITCHBOARD. PHONE RINGS WOMAN: HELLO, GOOD MORNING. KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL. WOMAN (IMITATES THE QUEEN): OH, HELLO THERE. COULD I PLEASE SPEAK TO KATE, PLEASE, MY GRANDDAUGHTER. YES, JUST HOLD ON, MA'AM. THANK YOU. HOLD MUSIC PLAYS MAN: ARE THEY PUTTING US THROUGH? WOMAN: YES. MAN CHUCKLES IF THIS HAS WORKED, IT'S THE EASIEST PRANK CALL WE'VE EVER MADE. WHEN CAN YOU TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL, CHARLES? WHEN WILL IT BE ALL RIGHT TO COME AND SEE HER? I WOULD SUGGEST ANY TIME AFTER 9 O'CLOCK IN A STATEMENT THIS MORNING, THE HOSPITAL SAID IT DEEPLY REGRETTED THE INCIDENT. AS FOR MEL AND MICHAEL, THE PRANK CALLERS, THEY SAID THEY WERE VERY SORRY AND WISHED KATE WELL. SO WHAT OF THE PATIENT TODAY? WILLIAM ARRIVED FOR HIS DAILY VISIT TO HIS WIFE SHORTLY BEFORE LUNCH. AND FROM WILLIAM'S UNCLE, PRINCE EDWARD, SYMPATHY AND GOOD WISHES FOR KATE. REPORTERS CLAMOUR BACK AT THE HOSPITAL, KATE'S BROTHER AND SISTER, PIPPA, DEPARTED AFTER A SHORT VISIT. A LITTLE LATER, THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM. WHILE HOSPITAL OFFICIALS CONCEDED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A BREACH OF KATE'S CONFIDENTIALITY, IT BLAMED WHAT THEY CALLED 'JOURNALISTIC TRICKERY'. BACK HOME, THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS TO APPOINT A SENIOR MANAGER TO OVERSEE PRIVACY ISSUES IN THE WAKE OF TWO REPORTS INTO A MAJOR SECURITY BREACH. THE REPORTS WERE ORDERED AFTER A BLOGGER WAS ABLE TO ACCESS MORE THAN 7000 PERSONAL FILES FROM THE MINISTRY'S KIOSK SYSTEM. THE FIRST REPORT LAST MONTH CRITICISED THE MINISTRY FOR FAILING TO HEED WARNINGS ABOUT THE SECURITY THREAT. A SECOND REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED TODAY. IT SAYS OVERALL THE MINISTRY DOES RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY, BUT NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS SYSTEMS. IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER HOPING FOR A CUT IN YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, THERE'S BAD NEWS ` THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE IS NOT LIKELY TO COME DOWN ANY FURTHER. THE RESERVE BANK'S KEPT THE OCR AT 2.5% TODAY AND HINTED THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL ONLY BE GOING UP, THOUGH NOT FOR SOME TIME. WITH MORE, HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN JOINS US LIVE IN OUR WELLINGTON NEWSROOM. HEATHER. IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TEHRE'S BEEN A SUGGESTION THE NEW GOVERNOR COULD BE THE MAN TO DROP THE OCR BUT HIS STATEMENT HAS PUT AN END TO TALK OF THAT HE GAVE NO HINTS IT'LL BE COMING DOWN AND SAID WHEN WE CAN EXPECT IT TO BE RAISED THE OUTLOOK WE HAVE IS... IS... IS OF THE OCR TO REMAIN STABLE FOR QUITE SOME PERIOD. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT` OUR PROJECTIONS DON'T SHOW AN INCREASE IN THE OCR UNTIL... UNTIL NEXT YEAR. UH, SORRY, NEXT YEAR BEING 2014. THIS IS STILL GOOD NEWS FOR HOMEOWNERS IT MEANS THE OCR WON'T PUSH UP REPAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR THERE ARE SOME OTHER POINTS HE MADE WE HAD A BAD UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURE RECENTLY THE GOVERNOR THINKS THAT OVERSTATES HOW BAD OUR ECONOMY IS HE SAYS HOUSE PRICES ARE TOO HIGH AND THE BANK IS KEEPING AN EYE ON LENDING PRACTICES AND HE SPOKE OF THE STUBBORNLY HIGH DOLLAR HE BLAMES IT FOR A DROP IN TOURIST NUMBERS IT'S ONE OF NZ'S BIGGEST EARNERS THE DOLLAR HAS RESPONDED TO THAT STATEMENT BY SHOOTING UP TO US83C AN ALTERNATIVE SPELLING FOR THE CITY OF WANGANUI IS ABOUT TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED. WANGANUI IS SHORTLY TO BE GAZETTED TO HAVE TWO NAMES ` BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT THE H ` AFTER THE PASSING OF A BILL IN PARLIAMENT. THE SPELLING OF THE CITY'S NAME HAS SPARKED HEATED DEBATE SINCE EARLY 2009, WHEN AN GROUP APPLIED TO HAVE THE CITY SPELT WITH AN H. SO THERE YOU GO ` WANGANUI OR WHANGANUI; BOTH OFFICIALLY OK. A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE KIM DOTCOM EXTRADITION CASE. THE INTERNET TYCOON HAS WON THE RIGHT TO DRAG THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BUREAU INTO THE SPOTLIGHT IN COURT. THE SPY BUREAU HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN MADE A DEFENDANT IN A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE BOTCHED POLICE RAID ON DOTCOM'S MANSION IN JANUARY. THAT MEANS THE MEGAUPLOAD FOUNDER CAN SEEK DECLARATIONS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THE GCSB'S ACTIONS AND SEEK DAMAGES. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THE MAN AT THE CENTRE OF A LARGE-SCALE MANHUNT THROUGH THE WAIKATO AND BAY OF PLENTY WILL BE CHARGED. CONCERNS WERE RAISED BY THE PUBLIC AFTER A WOMAN TRAVELLING IN A CAR WITH A MAN AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN APPEARED TO BE DISTRESSED. THE 26-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY ARMED. THE CAR WAS EVENTUALLY STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN NAPIER SEVERAL HOURS LATER. THE MAN DID NOT HAVE A FIREARM. POLICE SAY HE'S BEEN REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS AND IT'S UNLIKELY HE'LL FACE CHARGES, AS NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED. THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF AN HORRIFIC AUCKLAND ROBBERY AND TRIPLE MURDER WILL FINALLY RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT FOR HER INJURIES. WILLIAM BELL KILLED THREE STAFF MEMBERS AT THE MT WELLINGTON-PANMURE RSA IN 2001. BELL ALSO BLUDGEONED WORKER SUSAN COUCH AND LEFT HER WITH PERMANENT INJURIES. SINCE THEN SHE'S BEEN FIGHTING TO BRING A $500,000 NEGLIGENCE CASE AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. SHE SAYS IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO WORK AT THE RSA WHILE HE WAS ON PAROLE AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. A FINAL DECISION ON THE SETTLEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. CANTERBURY TEACHERS SAY THE DECISION TO STRIKE OVER PLANS TO CLOSE AND MERGE SOME SCHOOLS IN THE CITY SHOWS JUST HOW UNHAPPY THEY ARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. AROUND 1500 TEACHERS HAVE VOTED TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION IN FEBRUARY OVER THE PLANS WHICH WILL AFFECT MORE THAN 30 SCHOOLS IN THE REGION. TEACHERS SAY THE ONLY WAY THE STRIKES WON'T GO AHEAD IS IF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DECIDES TO LISTEN. WE NEED THE MINISTRY TO COME TO US AND SAY, 'LOOK, WE'RE GONNA START AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS HONESTLY, 'FAIRLY, AND WE'RE GONNA INVOLVE EVERYONE, 'AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TALK TO YOU GUYS. 'WE'RE GONNA TALK TO THE SCHOOLS, TO THE COMMUNITIES.' AND IF THEY DO THAT, WE'LL SAY, 'FINE, WE UNDERSTAND.' THE STRIKE STARTS ON FEBRUARY 19TH, THE DATE WHEN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION'S EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE ITS FINAL CHANGES TO THE CITY. EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE HAS AGAIN BEEN THE TARGET OF FRENZIED PROTEST AS PROTESTERS VENT THEIR ANGER AT THE PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI. SOME ESTIMATES PUT THE NUMBER OF PROTESTERS AT 100,000, AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE PROTEST LOSING STEAM. HERE'S THE ABC'S ADRIAN RASCHELLA. IN UNPRECEDENTED SCENES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANGRY PROTESTERS DESCENDED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. TEAR GAS WAS FIRED INTO THE CROWD AS DEMONSTRATORS BROKE THROUGH POLICE LINES AND CLIMBED OVER BARBED WIRE. FOR OVER A WEEK, ANTI-MORSI PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN THEIR FIGHT TO THE STREETS, ENRAGED BY THE PRESIDENT'S DECLARATION OF SWEEPING NEW POWERS. THEY ALSO FEAR HIS ATTEMPTS TO RUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION COULD LEAD TO IMPOSING ISLAMIC VALUES ON THE COUNTRY. WE DIDN'T BRING MUBARAK DOWN TO HAVE A NEW MUBARAK. MORSI IS NOW DIVIDING THE COUNTRY IN TWO, AND WE HOPE HE IS WISE ENOUGH TO REALISE THAT TODAY IS THE FIRST OF MANY MARCHES AGAINST HIM. THE PRESIDENT WAS INSIDE THE PALACE AND WAS HUSTLED AWAY FOR HIS OWN SAFETY. THE PROTESTERS STOPPED SHORT OF STORMING THE PALACE WALLS. POLICE WERE OVERWHELMED AND HAD TO RETREAT. AS THE NIGHT WORE ON, PEOPLE STAGED SIT-INS OUTSIDE THE PALACE AND IN TAHRIR SQUARE. TRANSLATOR: WE SAY THAT TODAY THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE WON A GREAT VICTORY AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY AND PROVED THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE ARE THE LARGEST OF ANY POLITICAL GROUP. BUT MOHAMMED MORSI HAS HIS SUPPORTERS TOO, AND THEY RALLIED AT THE WEEKEND. EGYPT IS LOOKING EVENLY DIVIDED AS A REFERENDUM ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION IS HELD IN JUST TWO WEEKS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM TYPHOON BOPHA IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES HAS SOARED TO MORE THAN 270, WITH FEARS THAT IT MAY YET RISE FURTHER. RESCUERS IN HARD-HIT AREAS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERING PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED DEATHS IN AREAS ISOLATED BY LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS. FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THREE AUSTRALIAN STATES HAVE BEEN BATTLING BUSH FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN THREATENING HOMES IN HIGH WINDS. ONE BLAZE, STARTED BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE, HAS BURNT THROUGH MORE THAN 11,000 HECTARES OF BUSHLAND IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SO FAR THERE'S BEEN NO REPORTED PROPERTY DAMAGE. BUT MORE THAN 70 BUSH FIRES ARE STILL BURNING ACROSS QUEENSLAND. AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN WARNED TO EXPECT A DANGEROUS BUSH-FIRE SEASON THIS YEAR AFTER TWO UNSEASONABLY WET SUMMERS. FAMED AMERICAN COMPOSER AND PIANIST DAVE BRUBECK HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 91. HE WAS THE FIRST MODERN JAZZ MUSICIAN TO BE PICTURED ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AND HELPED DEFINE THE SWINGING, SMOKY JAZZ CLUB SOUND OF THE 1950S AND '60S. LISA GLASS REPORTS. JAZZ BAND PLAYS DAVE BRUBECK'S 'TAKE FIVE' THE SOUND OF DAVE BRUBECK'S HIT 'TAKE FIVE'. THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET RELEASED IT IN 1959, AND IT'S STILL A STANDARD ALMOST 55 YEARS LATER. BUT ALTHOUGH 'TAKE FIVE' IS HIS MOST WELL-KNOWN LEGACY, DAVE BRUBECK'S CAREER SPANNED ALMOST ALL AMERICAN JAZZ SINCE WWII. HE JOINED THE ARMY AFTER GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY IN 1942 AND SERVED MOSTLY AS A MUSICIAN. AT THE TIME, HIS BAND WAS THE ONLY RACIALLY INTEGRATED UNIT IN THE MILITARY. HE FORMED THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET IN 1951, AND HELPED DEFINE THE SWINGING, SMOKY RHYTHMS OF 1950S AND '60S CLUB JAZZ. APPLAUSE (PLAYS INTRO TO 'TAKE FIVE') THE QUARTET'S SEMINAL ALBUM, TIME OUT, WAS THE FIRST EVER MILLION-SELLING JAZZ LP AND IS STILL AMONG THE BEST-SELLING JAZZ ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. IN LATER YEARS, BRUBECK COMPOSED MUSIC FOR OPERAS, BALLET, EVEN A CONTEMPORARY MASS. DAVE BRUBECK WAS GIVEN MANY HONOURS FOR HIS MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WAS STILL TOURING WELL INTO HIS 80S. BRUBECK WOULD HAVE TURNED 92 TOMORROW. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT, ROSS TAYLOR'S CAPTAINCY ROW CONTINUES. WHO'S COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE UNDER-SEIGE BLACKCAP? S WITH ME NOW IS GRETCHEN WILLIAMSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. HAS THE OCR ANNOUNCEMENT HAD ANY EFFECT ON THE MARKETS THIS MORNING? IT HASN'T HAD MUCH OF AN EFFECT THIS MEANS THAT STOCKS THAT PAY GOOD DIVIDENDS WILL BE WELL SUPPORTED MONEY HAS COME IN FROM PEOPLE DISSATISFIED BY TERM DEPOSITS WE BELIEVE RATES WILL BE LOW FOR LONGER THE STIMULATION ISN'T GOING AWAY FOR NOW WE DON'T EXPECT RATES TO INCREASE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WE'VE SEEN THE EXCHANGE RATE QUITE STRONG AND INVESTORS MAY TAKE MONEY OFFSHORE THE RESERVE BANK DOESN'T LIKE THAT WITH RATES THIS LOW, TEHRE AREN'T MANY ALTERNATIVES THE PROPERTY SECTOR IS WELL SUPPORTED AND THE OUTLOOK FOR INTEREST RATES? IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL LOCAL BANKS' MONEY COMES LARGELY FROM OFFSHORE SO THAT MONEY FLOW IS MORE IMPORTANT WE HAVE THE FISCAL CLIFF SITUATION IN THE US SO IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT THE RESERVE BANK DOES WE'RE DEFINITELY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RATES CYCLE MIDDAY SPORT. TO EUROPEAN FOOTBALL, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY THE DEFENDING TITLE HOLDERS HAVE FAILED TO PROGRESS TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES OF THE TOURNAMENT. THAT'S DESPITE DEFENDING CHAMPS CHELSEA WINNING TODAY'S MATCH 6-1. ELSEWHERE, CELTIC HAVE GONE THROUGH TO JOIN MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE LAST 16. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. ALL CHANT CELTIC'S FANS WOULD SING THEIR TEAM TO THE MOON IF THEY COULD. PROGRESS IN EUROPE SEEMED EQUALLY FAR-FETCHED THREE MONTHS AGO. 'NO ONE GAVE US A PRAYER,' SAID THE MANAGER. WELL, TUESDAY NIGHT'S TASK ` BEAT SPARTAK MOSCOW AND THEN HOPE. GARY HOOPER GOT ON WITH THE FIRST BIT. THUMP. BY HALF-TIME THE SCORES WERE LEVEL, A CLEVER FINISH BY ARI ` PRESUMING HE INTENDED IT. FOR CELTIC IT MEANT TROUBLE. NOW THEY HAD TO FIND ANOTHER GOAL. JUST 10 MINUTES TO GO, SAMARAS DID THE NECESSARY. THE REFEREE SAW A PENALTY. AND SO 60,000 IN CELTIC PARK WATCHED KRIS COMMONS. WELL, MOST OF THEM DID. HE COULD NOT HAVE COME MUCH CLOSER TO MISSING. THE 16 BEST TEAMS IN EUROPE REMAIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, AND CELTIC ARE ONE OF THEM ` READY FOR ANYONE. WHEN A MANAGER IS SURROUNDED BY MORE PHOTOGRAPHERS THAN PLAYERS, IT CAN BE A BAD SIGN. MAYBE THEY WANT TO SNAP RAFA BENITEZ AT CHELSEA QUICKLY WHILST HE'S STILL THERE. CHELSEA'S 6-1 WIN AGAINST NORDSJAELLAND EVEN FEATURED TWO FERNANDO TORRES GOALS. BUT JUVENTUS WON THEIR GAME, SO CHELSEA'S RESULT DIDN'T MATTER. THE FIRST DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TO GO OUT IN THE GROUP STAGE. 'DON'T BLAME ME, I'VE JUST ARRIVED,' MIGHT HAVE BEEN BENITEZ' DEFENCE. TOP NZ CRICKETER JESSE RYDER HAS TAKEN TO TWITTER TO SUPPORT BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN ROSS TAYLOR, WHO'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A CAPTAINCY ROW. NZ CRICKET BOSS DAVID WHITE WILL HOLD A MEETING TODAY WITH TAYLOR AMID SPECULATION HE MIGHT NOT PLAY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR LATER THIS MONTH. IT'S BELIEVED WHITE HAS ALREADY TOLD TAYLOR HE'S BEEN SACKED AS BOTH THE T20 AND ONE-DAY CAPTAIN. JESSE RYDER'S POSTED AN EXPLICIT TWEET SAYING HE'S ANGRY TAYLOR IS BEING DUMPED AND NZ CRICKET NEED TO SHOW HIM SOME SUPPORT. MEANWHILE, SOME PROBLEMS WITH INJURIES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM AHEAD OF THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA. BUT TALK OF A COMEBACK BY CHAMPION SPINNER SHANE WARNE HAS BEEN SLAMMED. CHANNEL NINE'S CHRIS HODGKINSON REPORTS. ONLY A GLIMPSE OF WARNE TODAY AS WIFE-TO-BE LIZ HURLEY ARRIVED AT HIS MELBOURNE HOME. AND WE WON'T BE SEEING ANY MORE OF HIM IN A BAGGY GREEN, IF TEST PACEMAN MITCHELL STARC HAS HIS WAY. YEAH, HE'S HAD HIS TIME. HE'S OBVIOUSLY DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR AUSTRALIAN CRICKET, BUT HE'S DONE AND DUSTED NOW. AND NATHAN LYON'S THE SPINNER. WARNE WAS ALSO HOSING DOWN TALK OF A COMEBACK ON TWITTER, SAYING... ONE OLD FOE THINKS WARNE STILL HAS WHAT IT TAKES. SHANE IS TALENTED, AND... IF HE WISH, HE CAN WALK INTO THE SIDE. A MORE IMMEDIATE ISSUE FOR SELECTORS IS FINDING A REPLACEMENT FOR RICKY PONTING. USMAN KHAWAJA LEADS THE CHAIRMAN'S 11 AGAINST SRI LANKA TOMORROW AND HOPES TO FACE THEM AGAIN IN HOBART NEXT WEEK. OH, I'VE PUT MY HAND UP. I THINK I'M IN THE FRAME, AND... YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PLAYERS THAT ARE IN THE FRAME TOO. AND, PREPARING FOR THE START OF THE BIG BASH THIS WEEKEND, BRETT LEE HAS TAKEN AIM AT TEST SELECTORS FOR RESTING PETER SIDDLE IN PERTH. IF I WAS SIDS RIGHT NOW, I'D BE BLOWING UP, DEFINITELY. YEAH, I WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH THAT. I'VE ALWAYS PUT MY HAND UP. AND I JUST THINK THE WHOLE RESTING THING IS, UM... NOT GREAT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A COLD FRONT CROSSES NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, BUT A HIGH BUILDS OVER THE TASMAN SEA. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. A TARANAKI FARMING COUPLE ARE SAID TO BE SHELL-SHOCKED AND IN DISBELIEF AFTER 120 OF THEIR COWS DROPPED DEAD. THE CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. PROMINENT NZERS, INCLUDING RACHEL HUNTER AND NIGEL LATTA, FEATURE IN A NEW CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY. AND TWO AUSTRALIAN RADIO HOSTS HAVE APOLOGISED FOR MAKING A HOAX CALL TO THE LONDON PRIVATE HOSPITAL WHERE PRINCE WILLIAM'S PREGNANT WIFE, CATHERINE, IS BEING TREATED FOR ACUTE MORNING SICKNESS. 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 RICHARD EDMUNDS AND TRACEY DAWSON. WWW.TVNZ.CO.NZ/ACCESS-SERVICES COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012