GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THE WEATHER TURNED DEADLY TODAY. A TORNADO RIPPED ACROSS NORTH-WEST AUCKLAND, BRINGING WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION AND FATALITIES AS THE HUMID, MOIST SUB-TROPICAL AIR OVER THE NORTH ERUPTED INTO CHAOS. THE COLD FRONT FROM THE TASMAN SEA CAME ASHORE AND TRIGGERED A FLASH POINT, WITH DOWNPOURS, THUNDER, SURFACE FLOODING AND THE TORNADO. THE FULL STORY RIGHT NOW. Due to the live nature of Midday we apologise for the lack of captions for some items. A DEADLY TORNADO RIPS THROUGH OUR BIGGEST CITY. WE'VE PICTURES OF DAMAGE FROM THE GROUND AND AIR, PLUS HEAR FROM WITNESSES CAUGHT UP IN THE TERROR. YES, PEOPLE HAVE TONIGHT BEEN TORN FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE WAKE OF A DEADLY TORNADO. THE DEATH TOLL RIGHT NOW IS THREE, WITH ANOTHER SEVEN NEEDING HOSPITAL TREATMENT. WE'VE NOW REPORTS OF A TWISTER ALSO HITTING THE ROTORUA SUBURBS OF NGONGOTAHA. A FARMER'S TOLD ONE NEWS HE WAS TOSSED IN THE AIR. HERE'S WHERE THE TWISTER HIT AT HALF PAST 12 THIS AFTERNOON IN AUCKLAND'S NORTH-WEST, AROUND THE DEFENCE FORCE AREA OF WHENUAPAI AND HOBSONVILLE. AROUND 150 HOMES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, AND 250 RESIDENTS ARE TONIGHT IN SHELTER AT THE WHENUAPAI AIRBASE. WE'VE HAD OUR REPORTING TEAM OUT GETTING THE LATEST PICTURES AND WITNESS ACCOUNTS. SHORTLY, WE'LL GO TO BARBARA DREAVER, WHO'S AT THE CIVIL DEFENCE COMMAND CENTRE IN WHENUAPAI. BUT FIRST, LISA OWEN IS AT THE SCENE OF THE FATALITIES AND JOINS US NOW. LISA. Just a few minutes ago funeral cars arrived here at the scene which is a recovery site. You can see a crane in the background there. They've been concentrating efforts on a slab of concrete that slumped over a vehicle. WIND ROARS THIS IS THE SOUND OF FORCE AND FURY. A TERRIFYING SIGHT AS A TORNADO RIPS THROUGH A SUBURBAN AUCKLAND NEIGHBOURHOOD. YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST WHITE. THE TWISTER STRUCK A 1KM ZONE IN HOBSONVILLE AT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON, HITTING THIS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH DEADLY FORCE. IT APPEARS GIANT CONCRETE SLABS TOPPLED ONTO A WORK TRUCK, CRUSHING THOSE INSIDE. I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE TWO FATALITIES AND WE HAVE GRAVE FEARS FOR A THIRD PERSON WHO WE ARE YET TO IDENTIFY. SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND WERE RUSHED TO AUCKLAND AND NORTH SHORE HOSPITALS. WINDS OF WELL OVER 100KM/H TOSSED CARS INTO POWER LINES AND TURNED ROADS INTO WAR ZONES. RUBBISH BINS ARE FLYING AT US, AND WE WERE JUST HOLDING HANDS AND PRAYING. AND THE CAR STARTED TO TILT AND STARTED TO LIFT, AND THE WIND WAS GOING NUTS AROUND US, TREES WERE FLYING AT US. IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, ROOFS WERE LIFTED AND TREES CAME DOWN. I LOST MY GARAGE AND TRAMPOLINE AND A FEW OTHER BITS AND PIECES AND JUST CHECKING OUT THE NEIGHBOURHOOD NOW, TO SEE IF FRIENDS AND THAT ARE DONE, HOW THEY'VE SURVIVED. FAMILY TRAMPOLINES BECAME CARTWHEELING WEAPONS. I WAS SCARED ONCE I HEARD THE TRAMP SMACK INTO THE WINDOW, COS I THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOD, HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO LAST FOR? 'IT'S REALLY REALLY STRONG.' A COMMAND CENTRE HAS BEEN SET UP AT WHENUAPAI AIRBASE, WHERE AROUND 15O FAMILIES ARE TAKING REFUGE; THEIR HOMES LEFT UNINHABITABLE BY THE FORCE OF NATURE. SO, LISA, YOU'VE BEEN INSIDE THE POLICE CORDON. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? As I was walking into it, there was a lot of shellshocked residents coming out. They were dragging suitcases behind them people were pushing prams with their position is filled. Police have been telling people and asking if their homes and safe putting red crosses on their doors. There are a lot of tree workers gathered around and chipping up the word. Those kinds of things were just been missiles if they were high winds again. Power has been cut off from a large section of that sTreet. OUR REPORTER BARBARA DREAVER IS AT THE WHENUAPAI AIR BASE, WHICH HAS BEEN SET UP AS THE CIVIL DEFENCE COMMAND CENTRE. IT'S ALSO WHERE PEOPLE WHO'RE HOMELESS ARE TAKING REFUGE. BARBARA JOINS US NOW. Families have started arriving here. Around 250 people are expected here tonight. Around 150 houses were badly damaged or without power, so the residents of being brought here civil defence is involved in the cleanup. The fire service got around 100 calls shortly following when it hit. Emergency services are operating out of the Whenuapai airbase here. BARBARA DREAVER AT THE COMMAND CENTRE AT WHENUAPAI AIR BASE. WE'VE MORE VIEWS NOW OF THE DESTRUCTION, FROM THE AIR ` BUT ALSO FROM THE GROUND. ARE SOME TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH TO ESCAPE ITS FORCE. THIS FROM PAUL HOBBS. PETER, YOU NEED TO STOP. I'M NOT STOPPING. THAT'S THE LAST THING WE DO. IN THE MIDST OF THE FURY, PETER CLARK, DRIVING HIS VAN, HAD THE BIT BETWEEN HIS TEETH. OH! OH, MATE, GOD. FILMING IT ALL, HIS MATE GERD. OH, THERE'S A BIT OF ROOFING IRON. DON'T WANT TO STAY AROUND HERE, GERD. THIS TIME LAPSE CAPTURES THE DRAMATIC ONSET OF THE WEATHER FRONT THAT BROUGHT ON THE TORNADO. FROM THE AIR, MOMENTS AFTER THE WINDS SUBSIDED, THE DEVASTATION WAS EVIDENT. THE TWISTER CUT A NARROW BUT BRUTAL PATHWAY THROUGH WHENUAPAI AND HOBSONVILLE. FORMER AIRBASE HOUSES WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR ROOFING. SOME TREES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF, OTHERS UPROOTED; POWER LINES PRECARIOUSLY LAY ON THE ROAD. ALL THE POWERLINES UP THERE ARE GOING, LIKE, AROUND WITH THE WIND. IT'S SO SCARY, THOUGH. WHILE MANY WILL BE COUNTING THEMSELVES LUCKY, THESE PICTURES SHOW HOW THOSE KILLED AT THE HOBSONVILLE CONSTRUCTION SITE HAD NO CHANCE. THE TILT SLAB CONCRETE FELLED LIKE DOMINOES. A HEART VERY MUCH WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED. UM, A REAL DISASTER AND TRAGEDY FOR THOSE FAMILIES. OUR AERIAL FILMING WAS CUT SHORT AFTER POLICE IMPOSED A NO-FLY ZONE. BUT BACK IN THE THICK OF IT, PETER AND GERD WERE IN A REAL-LIFE VIDEO GAME. <BLEEP>ING HELL. AS THEY DROVE TO THROUGH THE CARNAGE, IT WAS CLEAR THAT NATURE CAN UNLOAD AT ANY TIME. OH, MATE, THAT IS UNBELIEVEABLE. I'VE NEVER SEEN A THING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS OUR WEATHERMAN JIM HICKEY'S BEEN TRACKING THE TORNADO. HE CAN NOW UPDATE US ON ITS MOVEMENTS. HERE'S THE RADAR TRACK FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SEE YOU LATER WITH MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. THANKS, JIM. THE SUBURBS HIT BY THE TORNADO ARE IN THE ELECTORATE OF PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY, WHO OFFERED HIS CONDOLENCES. I WANT TO PASS MY SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES THAT HAVE LOST A MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY TODAY. ALSO PASS MY SYMPATHY TO THE WORKMATES ON THE SITE AT HOBSONVILLE. WHAT LOOKS TO BE A FREAK BUT CRUEL ACT OF NATURE HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THESE NEW ZEALANDERS. NOW LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE MAIN POINTS FROM THE TORNADO THAT'S RIPPED THROUGH NORTH-WEST AUCKLAND. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND SEVEN ARE IN HOSPITAL. THEY'RE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AT A SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE OR HIT BY A TREE. ABOUT 150 HOMES AT WHENUAPAI ARE EITHER UNINHABITABLE OR WITHOUT POWER. 250 RESIDENTS AFFECTED ARE BEING LOOKED AFTER AT THE AIR FORCE BASE. ELECTRICITY'S OUT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF AUCKLAND, INCLUDING HENDERSON, GREENHITHE, HOBSONVILLE, RIVERHEAD, MEADOWBANK AND ST JOHNS. MOTORISTS ARE BEING URGED TO TAKE CARE, AS THERE'S SURFACE FLOODING ON MOTORWAYS AND ROADS THROUGHOUT AUCKLAND. AND YOU CAN STAY ACROSS THE LATEST INFORMATION BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ, WHERE WE'VE ALSO GOT EXTRA PICTURES. IN OTHER NEWS, AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE CTV BUILDING'S COLLAPSE, THEN DIED BEFORE THEY COULD BE RESCUED, HAS JUST WRAPPED UP. THE CORONER'S FINDINGS ARE RESERVED, BUT THERE'VE BEEN SOME SPECIAL WORDS FOR RESCUERS AND THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS. LISA DAVIES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE HEARING AND JOINS US NOW. LISA. THIS HEARING HAS RUN FOR THREE WEEKS. THE CORONER HAS HEARD FROM NEARLY 50 WITNESSES ` EVIDENCE THAT HAS SOMETIMES BEEN DISTRESSING AND GRAPHIC. ALEC CVETANOV, WHO LOST HIS WIFE IN THE COLLAPSE, HAS SAT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY. TODAY HE WAS COMMENDED BY THE CORONER FOR HIS DOGGED DETERMINATION TO SEEK THE TRUTH. EVERY ASPECT OF THIS TRAGEDY HAS BEEN ANALYSED, EVERY DECISION CRITIQUED. TODAY WAS NO DIFFERENT. THEY RESPONDED COURAGEOUSLY IN VERY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS INTERNATIONAL DISASTER EXPERT SAYS THOSE FIRST TO REACH THE SITE LEFT THEIR HELMETS OUTSIDE THE SPACES THEY CRAWLED INTO TO CHECK FOR SURVIVORS SO IF THERE WAS ANOTHER COLLAPSE, THEY COULD BE FOUND. WHEN THE RISK IS TOO GREAT TO YOUR PERSONNEL, THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE RAGGED EDGE, I THINK THEY WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, THAT'S FOR SURE. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THE USE OF CRANES INSTEAD OF DIGGERS TO LIFT RUBBLE AND AN EARLIER ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH ISLAND USAR TEAM WITH THEIR TOOLS COULD HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME FOR THE EIGHT WHO SURVIVED THE INITIAL COLLAPSE THE CORRECT TOOLS AND MORE TEAMS OF MEN CUTTING MORE HOLES IN THE ABSENCE OF A CRANE MEANT A MUCH GRESATER CHANCE OF FINDING SURVIVORS. AT THE END OF THE HEARING, ALEC CVETANOV STOOD AT THE BACK OF THE COURT FOR A SPECIAL ADDRESS FROM THE CORONER. MR CVETANOV, I WISH TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THERE ARE SOME WHO MAY HAVE FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH OF AN AGGRAVATOR IN THIS. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. ALEC CVETANOV, WHO LOST HIS WIFE, AND TAKU HYUGA, WHO LOST HIS DAUGHTER, FINALLY FEEL THEIR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN HEARD. I FEEL A BIT RELIEVED, ALTHOUGH FULL RELIEF WILL NEVER BE FOR ME, MY FAMILY AND, I BELIEVE, FOR THE OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE SUFFERED LOSS IN THE QUAKE. THE TWO MEN WHO LOST SO MUCH IN THE CTV BUILDING EMBRACING AT THE END OF A TOUGH THREE WEEKS. SO LISA, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FROM HERE? THE CORONER HAS RESERVED HIS DECISION, BUT ALL PARTIES NOW HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY TO SUMBIT FURTHER WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS. THE CORONER'S FINDINGS COULD BE SIX MONTHS AWAY. LISA DAVIES, REPORTING FROM CHRISTCHURCH. A DECISION ON WHETHER HAGLEY PARK'S CRICKET OVAL WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO AN INTERNATIONAL TEST VENUE IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT. CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCILLORS TODAY VOTED 10 TO THREE TO REFER THE CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL FOR A PAVILLION AND EMBANKMENT. CRICKET GREAT SIR RICHARD HADLEE WAS AMONG THOSE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT. HAGLEY OVAL IS AN IDEAL VENUE AND A WONDERFUL LOCATION TO CREATE A BOUTIQUE-STYLE CRICKET GROUND THAT IS UNOBTRUSIVE, AND CANTERBURY CRICKET CERTAINLY NEEDS A HOME. OPPOSITION GROUPS SAY HAGLEY PARK'S A SANCTUARY THAT SHOULD BE SPARED DEVELOPMENT. AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATION'S TONIGHT APOLOGISING FOR A PRANK CALL TO THE HOSPITAL CARING FOR A PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. A PAIR OF DJS POSED AS THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CHARLES, GETTING PRIVATE INFORMATION ON KATE'S CONDITION. THIS FROM OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, GARTH BRAY. POLICE HAVE STOOD GUARD AT KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL DAY AND NIGHT ENSURING THE PHYSICAL SAFETY OF KATE AND HER VISITORS, BUT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING LOCAL TIME, HOSPITAL STAFF WERE CAUGHT UNAWARES BY A CALLER, DESPITE THE UNCONVINCING ACCENT. (WOMAN) IMITATES QUEEN: OH, HELLO THERE. COULD I PLEASE SPEAK TO KATE, PLEASE ` MY GRANDAUGHTER? WOMAN: OH, YES. JUST HOLD ON, MA'AM. THANK YOU. (MAN) WHISPERS: ARE THEY PUTTING US THROUGH? SYDNEY DRIVE TIME HOSTS MEL GRIEG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN RANG THE HOSPITAL AND WERE PUT THROUGH TO THE WARD WHERE THE DUTY NURSE GAVE THE ASTONISHED PAIR THE LATEST ON HER PATIENT. IMITATES PRINCE CHARLES: WHEN WILL IT BE ALL RIGHT TO COME DOWN AND SEE HER? I WOULD SUGGEST AT ANY TIME AFTER 9 O'CLOCK WOULD BE SUITABLE. I THINK THIS WAS A BREACH OF A PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH I VERY MUCH REGRET. I THINK THIS WHOLE THING IS PRETTY DEPLORABLE. OUR NURSES ARE CARING, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE TRAINED TO LOOK AFTER PATIENTS NOT TO COPE WITH JOURNALISTIC TRICKERY OF THIS SORT. NOT SO LONG AGO A FAKE CALL SEARCHING FOR DETAILS OF THE LATEST ROYAL EXCLUSIVE WOULD HAVE BE THE KIND OF STUNT YOU'D EXPECT FROM A BRITISH TABLOID, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE DAY AND NIGHT. BUT THE BRITISH PRESS IN THIS COUNTRY IS FACING THE PROSPECT OF SOME STIFF REGULATIONS, SO THEY'RE ALL ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOUR. BRITISH PAPERS ARE REPRINTING PARTS OF THE CONVERSATION, EDITING OUT SOME DETAILS IN A NOD TO PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY. IT WILL ANGER PRINCE WILLIAM, WHO JEALOUSLY GUARDS WHAT LITTLE PRIVACY THE COUPLE HAS. THE ROYAL FAMILY IS MORE FOCUSED, THOUGH, ON AN EXPECTANT MOTHER'S HEALTH. WE KNOW SOMEBODY WHO SUFFERED EXACTLY THE SAME, AND WE WOULDN'T WISH IT ON ANYBODY AT ALL. KATE'S SISTER AND BROTHER CALLED FOR AN HOUR TODAY ` PERHAPS A SIGN HER STAY WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME DAYS YET, NO DOUBT WITH EVEN STRICTER SECURITY IN PLACE. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. COMING UP ` WE GO BACK LIVE TO HOBSONVILLE FOR THE LATEST ON THE DEADLY TWISTERS. A WOMAN WHO LIVED IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST EXPENSIVE STATE HOUSE IS SENTENCED FOR FRAUD. THE DEATH OF A JAZZ PIONEER ` HEAR HIS SIGNATURE TUNE AND HOW HE INSPIRED PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. AND ARE WE AT THE START OF A HOUSING BUBBLE? WE EXPLAIN WHY EXPERTS ARE WORRIED AND HOW IT COULD AFFECT YOU. AN AUCKLAND WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A MILLION-DOLLAR STATE HOUSE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FRAUD. THE 47-YEAR-OLD CLAIMED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF BENEFITS SHE WASN'T ENTITLED TO OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. MICHELLE HAWKE HAD A LARGE FAMILY CONTINGENT SUPPORTING HER AT AUCKLAND'S DISTRICT COURT TODAY. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT STEP FOR MICHELLE IS GOING TO TURN HER INTO A MEMBER OF SOCIETY THAT CONTRIBUTES. THE 47-YEAR-OLD WAS SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION AND 150 HOURS' COMMUNITY WORK AFTER BEING CONVICTED FOR BENEFIT FRAUD. OVER FIVE YEARS SHE TOOK $82,000 IN OVERPAID BENEFITS WHILE SHE WAS LIVING IN THIS AUCKLAND HOUSE, AT THE TIME OWNED BY HOUSING NZ. HAWKE CONTINUED TO CLAIM HER DOMESTIC-PURPOSES BENEFIT WHILE LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH HER PARTNER, WHO WAS EARNING $900/WEEK. THE RENT HERE WAS $90 A WEEK. THE HOUSE, VALUED AT MORE THAN $1M, IS NOW PRIVATELY OWNED. SHE'S VERY SHAMEFUL, REALLY. SHE'S CARRYING A TORCH THAT HAS BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF HURT AMONGST THE WHANAU ` NOT ONLY THE HAWKE FAMILY, BUT NGATI WHATUA AS WELL. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SAYS HAWKE AND HER FAMILY ARE NOW FACING THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ACTIONS. IT SAYS SHE IS REPAYING THE MONEY SHE STOLE AND ITS VOWING TO PURSUE THAT MONEY FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. WORK AND INCOME UNCOVERED $22.6M IN BENEFIT FRAUD LAST YEAR ALONE. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. AND NEW FIGURES SHOW 75 PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR A STATE HOUSE SUSPENDED FOR A YEAR UNDER A TOUGH NEW POLICY IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR. IT APPLIES TO THE MOST SERIOUS BREACHES OF TENANCY AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY. WE'LL GET TO A POINT WHERE THE MESSAGE HAS GOT ROUND THAT WE'RE NOT TOLERATING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, VANDALISM OR FRAUD, SO I THINK PROBABLY THE FIGURES WILL DROP. BUT HOUSING NZ IS GOING TO MAINTAIN A HARD LINE, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. OF THE 75 TENANTS SUSPENDED, 64 WERE FOR FRAUD. 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 MINISTER IN CHARGE IS CONFIDENT THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER BREACHES. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T. WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT A REAL PENETRATION OF SYSTEMS GOING ON. WE'RE USING EXTERNAL AGENCIES AS WELL. I WOULD CERTAINLY EXPECT NOT. THE MINISTRY IS SET TO ROLL OUT NEW PUBLIC COMPUTERS FROM MAY NEXT YEAR. MANA PARTY LEADER HONE HARAWIRA IS FIGHTING CHARGES LAID AGAINST HIM OVER A STATE HOUSING PROTEST IN AUCKLAND. HARAWIRA REPRESENTED HIMSELF AT AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT WHEN HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FAILING TO REMOVE A VEHICLE. THE MP ADDRESSED COURT OFFICIALS IN MAORI, AND IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA WAS ASKED TO INTERPRET. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE DECISION OF THE POLICE TO ARREST ME, AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE ACTIONS OF THE CROWN TO DESECRATE THE MANA OF THE PEOPLE OF GLEN INNES BY TAKING THEIR HOMES. HARAWIRA WILL STAND TRIAL IN MARCH NEXT YEAR. THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN EGYPT IS WORSENING, WITH VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF EGYPTIAN LEADER MOHAMMED MORSI. RIVAL GROUPS HURLED FIREBOMBS AND ROCKS AT EACH OTHER AS THOUSANDS OF THE PRESIDENT'S FOLLOWERS CONFRONTED HIS OPPONENTS, WHO'D BEEN STAGING A SIT-IN OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PROTESTERS CLAMOUR MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE VIOLENCE. IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF PROTESTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AFTER HE'D GIVEN HIMSELF NEAR ABSOLUTE POWER. THE DEATH TOLL FROM A POWERFUL TYPHOON IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLLY TO MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED. OFFICIALS FEAR MANY MORE BODIES COULD BE UNCOVERED AS RESCUERS REACH ISOLATED AREAS. TYPHOON BOPHA TRIGGERED FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES, LEAVING MORE THAN 180,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS. A TOWERING FIGURE IN MODERN JAZZ, PIANIST AND COMPOSER DAVE BRUBECK HAS DIED AGED 91. HIS EXPERIMENTS WITH EXOTIC CHALLENGING RHYTHMS HELPED WIN MILLIONS OF NEW JAZZ FANS AROUND THE WORLD. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ WITH THIS TRIBUTE. JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET, WITH PAUL DESMOND ON SAX, EUGENE WRIGHT ON BASS, JOE MORELLO ON DRUMS AND THE LEGENDARY DAVE BRUBECK ON PIANO. HE FOUNDED THE BAND IN THE EARLY 1950S, WHICH, WITH HIS HIT TUNE 'TAKE FIVE' TOOK JAZZ FROM THE FRINGES OF URBAN AMERICA TO THE HEART OF POPULAR CULTURE. JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS DENSELY CHORDED ARRANGEMENTS, EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVISATION AND TRICKY METERS WERE HIS SIGNATURE; STUBBORNNESS AND CHALLENGING CONVENTION HIS STYLE. INTERVIEWER: ARE THERE ANY RULES FOR IMPROVISATION? YOU BET YOUR LIFE THERE ARE, AND THE RULES IN JAZZ WILL JUST SCARE YOU TO DEATH. THEY'RE SO STRICT, IT'S PITIFUL. BRUBECK'S MUSIC CAME FROM THE GHETTOES OF BLACK AMERICA, A DEBT HE NEVER FORGOT, FIGHTING RACISM AND BIGOTRY AT HOME AND ABROAD. 'TIME' MAGAZINE PUT HIM ON ITS COVER IN 1954. HIS MUSIC TOUCHED MILLIONS, FROM THE DRUNK ON THE SIDEWALK TO FUTURE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. MY FIRST JAZZ CONCERT, IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, IN 1971 ` AND IT WAS A DAVE BRUBECK CONCERT. APPLAUSE AND I'VE BEEN A JAZZ FAN EVER SINCE. DAVE BRUBECK WAS RAISED ON A RANCH. HIS MOTHER WAS A MUSIC TEACHER. THE RADIO WAS BANNED ` 'IF YOU WANTED TO LISTEN TO MUSIC,' SHE SAID, 'MAKE YOUR OWN.' HE DID, AS A COMPOSER, A BAND LEADER, AND A TRULY GREAT PIANIST. AND THE SONG 'TAKE FIVE', RECORDED IN 1959, BECAME ONE OF THE BEST SELLING JAZZ TUNES OF ALL TIME. NOW FOR THE LATEST ON WHAT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DOING. HERE'S A GLIMPSE OF A TWISTER FROM ALBANY ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE TODAY. WHAT CAUSED IT ALL? TODAY WAS A FLASHPOINT. AFTER 3 DAYS OF OPPRESSIVE, SUB-TROPICAL, STICKY, DAMP AIR FROM THE QUEENSLAND COAST, THE TASMAN SEA COLD FRONT DROVE UNDER IT ALL AND HIT THE IGNITION BUTTON. WHAM! THUNDERCELLS. MASSIVE UP AND DOWNDRAFTS THEN SPAWNED THE TORNADO, IN THIS CASE DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TOMORROW WE GO COOLER TO COLDER WITH A MAINLAND SOUTHERLY WITH TEETH. COMING UP ` WE GO BACK LIVE FOR AN UPDATE ON THE DEADLY TORNADO THAT WREAKED HAVOC NORTHWEST OF AUCKLAND. AND ANOTHER TWIST IN THE ONGOING KIM DOTCOM SAGA ` WHAT'S HIS VICTORY NOW? 1 THERE ARE WARNINGS THAT WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE SAME MORTGAGE PROBLEMS THAT SPARKED THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS FIVE YEARS AGO. HOUSE PRICES ARE SHOOTING UP, AND BANKS ARE AGGRESSIVELY CHASING OUR MONEY. SOME SAY IT'S A HOUSING BUBBLE, BUT THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR ISN'T SO SURE. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN EXPLAINS. FANCY BUYING THIS THREE-BEDROOM HOME ON WAIHEKE? CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASKING PRICE AND WHAT IT'S VALUED AT. HOUSE PRICES ARE, TO ME HERE, LOOK EXPENSIVE. SOME SAY 'EXPENSIVE'; SOME FEAR THE START OF A HOUSING BUBBLE. HOUSE PRICES HAVE SHOT UP 12% IN AUCKLAND OVER THE LAST YEAR. FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THE PRICE RISE IS A SLIGHTLY MORE MODEST ` 4 TO 5%, AND BANKS ARE TRYING TO ENTICE MORE AND MORE OF US TO BUY. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MUCH BANKS ARE PREPARED TO LEND. THIS BNZ FLYER OFFERS MORTGAGES OF UP TO 95% OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. WE'VE ALSO HEARD REPORTS THAT SOME BANKS WILL LEND UP TO 100% ` NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED. THE CONCERN IS THAT, BECAUSE HOUSE PRICES HERE NEVER HAD THE KIND OF ADJUSTMENT HERE THAT THEY HAD OVERSEAS, THAT THIS COULD DEVELOP INTO A KIND OF LITTLE SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE PROBLEM FOR NZ, IF YOU LIKE. WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS THAT, WITH MORTGAGE RATES STILL AT 50 YEAR LOWS, FIRST HOME BUYERS MAY SIGN UP NOW ` BUT THEN IF INTEREST RATES GO UP AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD REPAYMENTS, THEY MAY LOSE THEIR HOUSES. THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR TOLD POLITICIANS HE IS PREPARING A WAY TO CAP WHAT BANKS LEND, BUT HE'S NOT PREPARED TO USE IT YET. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU HOW YOU JUSTIFY THAT STANCE. WE'RE NOT SEEING HOUSE PRICE INFLATION ACCELERATE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. IN SHORT, THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T THINK THERE IS A HOUSING BUBBLE, ALTHOUGH HE IS TALKING TO BANK BOSSES. AND HE'S KEPT THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE AT 2.5%, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO AFFORD HOUSES LIKE THIS ` FOR NOW. HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN, ONE NEWS. INTERNET TYCOON KIM DOTCOM HAS WON THE RIGHT TO DRAG THE GOVERNMENT'S SPY AGENCY INTO COURT. A HIGH COURT JUDGE HAS RULED THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BUREAU SHOULD BE MADE A DEFENDANT IN THE JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE POLICE RAID ON DOTCOM'S MANSION. THE MEGAUPLOAD FOUNDER WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND THE GCSB. THE SMALL WAIKATO COMMUNITY OF TE AROHA IS CELEBRATING TONIGHT, FOLLOWING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FREEZING WORKS. THE SILVER FERN FARMS PLANT WAS LEFT GUTTED BY FIRE TWO YEARS AGO. THE REBUILD HAS SEEN A MAJOR UPGRADE IN FACILITIES AND PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN THE REGION. IT'S FUTURE-PROOFED. RIGHT THROUGH THE WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS, WE MADE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT JUST HERE AND TODAY ` IT WAS ABOUT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. SO THERE IS ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. JOHN KEY WAS ON HAND TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PLANT, WHICH WILL EMPLOY AROUND 360 WORKERS. WE'VE AN UPDATE SHORTLY ON THE DEADLY TORNADO THAT'S HIT AUCKLAND, BUT FIRST, NEW PICTURES IN OF ANOTHER TWISTER STRIKING ROTORUA. THERE'VE BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERAL VEHICLES BEING THROWN IN THE AIR IN THE LAKESIDE COMMUNITY OF HAMURANA. A GROUP OF 37 CHILDREN AND SEVERAL ADULTS WERE AT A HORSERIDING CLASS WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK. THIS MAN SAYS HE AND THREE HORSES WERE THROWN ACROSS THE PADDOCK, BUT NONE WERE INJURED. IT WAS VERY LOUD. IT FELT LIKE A BOOT IN THE CHEST THEN WITHIN SECONDS I WAS 200FT AWAY NOW, JUST UPDATING OUR TOP STORY ` THE POWERFUL TORNADO THAT'S KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND. LET'S GO BACK LIVE TO LISA OWEN IN HOBSONVILLE. THE RECOVERY HAS BEEN FOCUSED AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE THE CASUALTIES WERE SUFFERED. THE CRANE IS LFTING CONCRETE WE THINK IS COVERING A CRUSHED CAR. INTHE AREA, PEOPLE ARE BEING EVACUATED POWER HAS BEEN TURNED OFF RESCUE WORKERS ARE GOING THROUGH. 7 PEOPLE SUFFERED INJURIES, SOME SERIOUS. THANKS, LISA OWEN IN HOBSONVILLE. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME A TORNADO'S STRUCK THE REGION WITH FATAL RESULTS. JUST LAST YEAR, A TWISTER IN THE NORTH SHORE SUBURB OF ALBANY KILLED A FATHER OF TWO AND DAMAGED PROPERTY, INCLUDING A MAJOR SHOPPING CENTRE. AMY KELLEY ASKS WHETHER AUCKLAND'S PRONE TO THIS KIND OF EXTREME WEATHER. THE 3RD OF MAY LAST YEAR. ANOTHER DEADLY DAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE A 747 WAS FLYING RIGHT OVERHEAD. IT WAS THAT NOISY. WOMAN: IT'S A TWISTER, HONESTLY. OFFICE WORKERS ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE CAPTURED THE TORNADO'S SLOW AND STEADY APPROACH. MAN: LOOK AT THAT! IT SLAMMED INTO ALBANY'S MEGA CENTRE, RIPPING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH THE MALL'S ROOF, KILLING CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND FATHER-OF-TWO BENEDICT DACAYAN. HE WAS DEMOLISHING THIS OLD PLACEMAKERS BUILDING WHEN HE WAS LIFTED UP AND TOSSED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. WE'RE EXTRAORDINARILY LUCKY TO NOT HAVE SUFFERED MORE LOSS OF LIFE. THE FORCES OF NATURE THERE WERE EXTREME. TORNADOES ARE MOST COMMON IN TARANAKI AND THE SOUTH ISLAND'S WEST COAST. AUCKLAND AVERAGES ONLY TWO TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS A YEAR. BUT NIWA TOLD US THEY'VE GROWN IN INTENSITY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WARMTH AND MOISTURE, LINKED TO THE RECENT LA NINA. IT IS FURTHER NORTH, YOU'RE CLOSER TO THE WARM, HUMID, SUBTROPICAL AIR, AND YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE WATER ON EITHER SIDE. IT CAN BE THE TERRAIN RIGHT ON THE COAST WHERE IT CAN GET THAT EXTRA BIT OF NUDGE TO SOMETIMES ALLOW THESE THINGS TO FORM. UNTIL TODAY, THIS WAS NZ'S DEADLIEST TORNADO ` A TWISTER IN HAMILTON IN 1948 WHICH ALSO KILLED THREE PEOPLE. AS RESIDENTS OF HOBSONVILLE CHECK ON NEIGHBOURS AND LOVED ONES, MANY ARE HOPING THIS TORNADO'S DEATH TOLL WON'T GO ANY HIGHER. AMY KELLEY, ONE NEWS. AND THE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT CONTINUES TO DISRUPT AIR TRAVEL AT OUR BIGGEST AIRPORT. WILL HINE'S AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. YES, THERE'S BEEN SOME REAL PROBLEMS. ALSO THROUGH THE RISK OF LIGHTNING STRIKES. IT'S SO HUMID AND MUGGY. THERE ARE LONG QUEUES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSURE WHAT TO DO. AIR NZ HAD 15 DOMESTIC FLIGHTS CANCELLED, PLUS DELAYS WHAT ARE THE PASSENGERS SAYING? THERE'S DIFFERENT REACTIONS. ONE WOMAN SAID IT WAS PANDEMONIUM. ANOTHER WOMAN'S NOT SURE IF SHE'LL MAKE IT HOME. THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS AMONGST THE TRAVELLERS BUT THEN, ONCE TOLD OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN WEST AUCKLAD, THEY UNDERSTAND AND SAY IT'S INTO PERSPECTIVE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT` AND THERE'S A NEW TWIST IN THE ROSS TAYLOR SAGA? YES, ANOTHER DAY .SOME CLOSE TO THE GAME ARE MOVING ON. MORE ON THIS AND THE SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR NZ CRICKET NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, A GREAT STORY OF INGENUITY AND PERSISTANCE ` YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THE GUYS APPRECIATE IT, SO, WE ALL LOVE YOU, BABE. ONE GOLFER AND HIS WIFE'S COMMITMENT TO MAKING THE TEE AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. PLUS, OFFICIALLY ONE WEEK INTO HIS NEW JOB FIRST, TO CRICKET TONIGHT, AND THE THE BLACKCAPS CAPTAINCY ISSUE CONTINUES ANOTHER DAY. ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL OUR GREATEST BATSMAN HAS WALKED AWAY FROM THE NATIONAL BODY AMIDST THE ROSS TAYLOR AFFAIR BARELY THREE WEEKS AFTER HE WAS SIGNED ON. STEPHEN STUART HAS MORE. MARTIN CROWE CHAMPIONED ROSS TAYLOR, THE BLACKCAPS' BEST BATSMAN, AND HIS TREATMENT HAS PROMPTED CROWE TO QUIT HIS NEW SCOUTING ROLE FOR NZ CRICKET. CROWE DECLINED TO TALK TODAY, BUT A FORMER COACH COULD UNDERSTAND HIS REASONS. HE CARES ABOUT THE GAME. HE WILL CARE A LOT ABOUT THE NATIONAL TEAM, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH THE CAPTAINCY AND THE INVOLVEMENT THAT HE'S HAD WITH THAT SITUATION IN THE PAST AND HIS FEELINGS FOR ROSS TAYLOR WILL BE PRETTY STRONG. CROWE SEEMED ONE OF THE FEW SUPPORTERS FOR TAYLOR, WHO ASSUMED THE TOP JOB JUST OVER 18 MONTHS AGO. BUT TWO OF HIS FORMER TEAMMATES HAVE SPOKEN OUT. JESSE RYDER TWEETING... SCOTT STYRIS TWEETED... AND FORMER BLACKCAPS ASSISTANT COACH TRENT WOODHILL... DESPITE THESE RARE HAPPY SCENES IN SRI LANKA LAST MONTH AS TAYLOR STEERED NZ TO A BREAKTHROUGH VICTORY, ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE SKIPPER HAD BEEN SHUNNED BY TEAMMATES WITH HIS CAPTAINCY NOT COUNTING FOR MUCH. A LONELY SITUATION FOR HIM, AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T WISH ON YOUR BEST FRIEND. THERE WAS NO COMMENT FROM NZ CRICKET TODAY FOLLOWING TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID WHITE IN AUCKLAND. AHEAD OF THAT MEETING, TAYLOR HAD GIVEN LITTLE HINT OF WHAT LAY AHEAD WHEN HE FLEW IN FROM SRI LANKA SIX DAYS AGO. I'M LEARNING A LOT ALONG THE WAY, BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN, AND I'M SURE I WILL. IN WHAT, IF ANY CAPACITY, WILL FINALLY BE REVEALED WHEN THE TOURING SQUADS FOR SOUTH AFRICA ARE NAMED TOMORROW. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DAY AT THE AUSTRALIAN GOLF OPEN FOR K MICHAEL HENDRY, AND THAT'S BEFORE HE EVEN TEED OFF. HENDRY AND FOUR AUSTRALIAN PROS ALMOST MISSED THEIR TEE TIMES TODAY, ONLY MAKING IT THANKS TO HENDRY'S WIFE. ONE NEWS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THE DRAMA. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MICHAEL HENDRY'S RACE TO SYDNEY. A MAD DASH, NOT TO THE FINISH, BUT TO THE START. THEY'RE IN A HURRY, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT ` MICHAEL HENDRY. MICHAEL HENDRY WAS FORCED TO KEEP HIS EYES ON THE CLOCK RATHER THAN THE LEADERBOARD, ARRIVING AT THE LAKES COURSE JUST 30 MINUTES BEFORE HE TEED OFF. IT'S BEEN A STRESSFUL 24 HOURS OR SO. THAT HE AND FOUR AUSTRALIAN GOLFERS MADE IT ON TIME AT ALL CAME DOWN TO THIS WOMAN ` HENDRY'S WIFE, TARA. I LOVE YOU, BABE. IT'S UNREAL. ALL THE BOYS THINK YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB STAYING UP ALL NIGHT DOING ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THE GUYS APPRECIATE IT. WE ALL LOVE YOU, BABE. THE GOLFERS HAD BEEN IN TOKYO, ATTENDING A MANDATORY SEMINAR TO SECURE JAPANESE TOUR CARDS. THEY WERE ALREADY CUTTING IT FINE, THEN ` CRISIS. A TWO-HOUR FLIGHT DELAY MEANT THEY MISSED THEIR CONNECTING FLIGHT TO SYDNEY. THAT SORT OF PUT ME INTO OVERDRIVE. I WAS, LIKE, 'OK, RIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?' IT MEANT PULLING OUT THE CREDIT CARD TO CHARTER A $15,000 PRIVATE JET, A FRANTIC RACE TO THE COURSE.. HERE HE COMES NOW. HANG ON, WHO'S THIS? ...AND A HEALTHY DISREGARD FOR TRAFFIC RULES FROM THE GOLFERS, IF NOT THEIR DRIVERS. I'LL PAY THE FINE MATE IF YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ONE. I'LL HAPPILY PAY THE FINE. HENDRY'S URGENCY WAS UNDERSTANDABLE. IF YOU'RE MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES LATE TO THE TEE, YOU'RE DISQUALIFIED. AND THAT RESULT MAY HAVE SEEN THE K'S LEAD ON THE AUSTRALASIA ORDER OF MERIT SURPASSED BY HIS CLOSEST RIVAL, ADAM SCOTT. I'M NOT ONLY THANKFUL THAT I'M GONNA GET TO PLAY BUT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EVEN DO A LITTLE PREPARATION. NEARLY 30 WHOLE MINUTES OF PREPARATION TIME. HIS WIFE'S MESSAGE WAS CLEAR. JUST GO AND WIN ` SIMPLE AS THAT. SMALL PAYMENT FOR A MASSIVE EFFORT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THAT HECTIC SCHEDULE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH HENDRY. HALFWAY THROUGH HIS ROUND, HE'S SIX STROKES OFF THE LEADER, JOHN SENDEN, WHO SHOT 66. GARETH PADDISON AND JOSH GEARY ` THE BEST OF THE KS. MIGHT NEED TO WIN TO PAY FOR THE FLIGHT. THE BLUES SUPER RUGBY TEAM WILL BE MISSING ITS MOST SENIOR PLAYER FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE COMPETITION NEXT YEAR. ALL BLACKS HOOKER KEVEN MEALAMU HAS BEEN TOLD TO TAKE EXTRA TIME OUT OF THE GAME, MEANING THE BLUES CAPTAINCY IS SET TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SENIOR ALL BLACK. ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL WEEK IN THE JOB THE NEW BLUES COACH HAD TO BITE THE BULLET, TELLING 102 TEST VETERAN KEVEN MEALAMU TO STAY AWAY. KEVEN HAS SUCH A BIG HEART THAT HE'LL SAY, 'I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW, JK.' SO I WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THAT. ALSO TELLING MEALAMU HE'LL NO LONGER CAPTAIN THE TEAM. HE NEEDS A BREAK AND DESERVES A BREAK SO THAT HE CAN CARRY ON WITH HIS CAREER. MEALAMU THEN WON'T PLAY UNTIL THE END OF MARCH, MISSING CRUCIAL GAMES AGAINST THE HURRICANES AND CRUSADERS. IT WILL BE HIS LONGEST BREAK SINCE MAKING HIS SUPER DEBUT 12 LONG YEARS AGO. LAST SEASON'S FILL-IN SKIPPER LUKE BRAID IS A PRIME CANDIDATE CORRECTION: ALI WILIAMS IS LINED UP AS CAPTAIN HE'S GOING TO GET A PERSONAL TRAINER. HE'LL SPEND A LOT MORE TIME UP HERE. AND THEN OUR TRAINER WALLY IS JUST GONNA KEEP CONTROL AND MAKE SURE HE'S FIT AND WELL. < IS IT SOMETHING THIS TEAM HAS TO KEEP ITS EYE ON? I BELIEVE IN TRUSTING HIM. SOMETHING KIRWAN WILL NEED IN ABUNDANCE, WITH PLAYERS OUTSIDE THE ALL BLACKS IN CAMP FOR JUST FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THE FIRST PRE-SEASON GAMES. < ARE YOUR HANDS TIED? LOOK, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. EVERYONE'S IN THE SAME BOAT IN NZ. I MEAN, THE BRUMBIES HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR FIVE WEEKS. THE BLUES FIRST PRE-SEASON TRAINING RUN ` AND THEIR FIRST SESSION UNDER THEIR NEW COACH ` IS ON MONDAY. THERE'S BEEN TWO EXTREMES FOR BRITISH CLUBS IN FOOTBALL'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TODAY. DEFENDING CHAMPIONS CHELSEA ARE OUT DESPITE WINNING 6-1. BUT CELTIC ARE IN PARTY MODE AFTER MAKING THE LAST 16. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. CROWD SINGS CELTICS 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. 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. 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. REFEREES SAW A PENALTY. AND SO 60,000 IN THE 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 MANGER IS SURROUNDED BY MORE PHOTOGRAPHERS THAN PLAYERS, IT CAN BE A BAD SIGN. MAYBE THEY WANT TO SNAP RAFAEL 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'S DEFENCE. IT'S BEEN AN HISTORIC DAY IN NBA BASKETBALL IN THE U.S. LA LAKERS SUPERSTAR KOBE BRYANT HAS BECOME THE FIFTH PLAYER IN HISTORY TO SCORE 30,000 CAREER POINTS. BRYANT REACHED THE MARK WITH 29 POINTS IN A WIN AGAINST NEW ORLEANS. GOING FOR 30,000... ND HE GOT IT RIGHT THERE! CHEERING, APPLAUSE BOY, HE JUST CLOCKED THAT ONE AND EXPLODED INTO THE PAINT. BRYANT (34) IS THE YOUNGEST TO REACH THE MARK. THE OTHER PLAYERS TO DO IT? WILT CHAMBERLAIN, KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, KARL MALONE AND MICHAEL JORDAN. FINALLY IN SPORT ` ALMOST FOUR MONTHS AFTER BEING STRIPPED OF HER OLYMPIC MEDAL, EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE BELARUSIAN SHOT-PUTTER, NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK, LOOKS LIKE SHE'LL GET A NEW ONE. THE IOC HAS RETESTED SAMPLES FROM THE 2004 OLYMPICS SHOT PUT COMPETITION, WHERE OSTAPCHUK FINISHED FOURTH. TURNS OUT THE THIRD-PLACE GETTER FAILED THE DRUG TEST, WHICH MEANS THE BELARUSIAN'S IN LINE FOR BRONZE. THE WORLD'S MOST INFAMOUS DRUG CHEAT STILL HAS HIS BRONZE FROM SYDNEY. THE MESSAGE TO CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG FROM THE IOC, THOUGH, IS PRETTY CLEAR: DON'T GET TOO ATTACHED TO IT. OH, THE IRONY. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK, WHAT'S THIS CRAZY WEATHER UP TO? JIM'LL HAVE THE LATEST. HI AGAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW GONE EAST OUT TO SEA. LAST LOOK AT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER AUCKLAND TODAY. NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO A COOLER, SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE WESTERLY FLOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY. WE'LL UPDATE THE DEADLY TORNADO ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT AT 10.40. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.