WE STILL HAD PLENTY OF VOLATILE WEATHER OVER THE COUNTRY TODAY ` NOTHING AS NASTY AS YESTERDAY'S TORNADO, THOUGH. LOTS OF SHOWERS TUMBLING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND A KEEN WESTERLY. THAT WIND REACHING 65KM/H AT TIMES OVER AUCKLAND. THERE'S CURRENTLY A WATCH IN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WELLINGTON AND SOUTHERN WAIRARAPA. I'LL BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE BULLETIN. 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. COUNTING THE COST OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADO. HEARTBREAK FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, AND THE THREE MEN KILLED ARE NAMED. HOW THE FALLOUT FROM THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKES WILL HIT THOUSANDS OF BUILDING OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. STRUGGLING TO STAND AFTER BEING FED GROWTH HORMONES. WE'VE EXCLUSIVE PICTURES. COULD YOUR ROAST DINNER BE COMING FROM HERE? AND HE'S OUT. ROSS TAYLOR ` OUR BEST BATSMAN AND CAPTAIN ` WALKS AWAY FROM THE BLACKCAPS. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS REMAIN HOMELESS TONIGHT AFTER YESTERDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO IN AUCKLAND. MANY HOMES ARE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR, AND EMOTIONS RAN HIGH AS BUSINESS AND HOME OWNERS ASSESSED THE DEVASTATION. NAMED TODAY THE THREE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS KILLED: BRENDON JOHNSON (22), TOM STOWERS (42) AND KEITH LANGFORD (60). MORE THAN 500 HOMES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER THE TWISTER CUT A DESTRUCTIVE PATH ACROSS THE HOBSONVILLE AND WHENUAPAI AREA. LISA OWEN'S BEEN WITH RESIDENTS THERE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. AT THIS STREET HERE THERE'S STILL NO POWER. THREE POWER POLES WERE DOWNED BY THE TORNADO. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WILL BE NO ELECTRICITY TILL SUNDAY. TODAY WAS THE FIRST TIME SOME RESIDENTS GOT TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOEMS� NATURE IS THIS NURSERY OWNER'S LIVELIHOOD, BUT YESTERDAY, IT TURNED ON ITS OWN. THESE MASSIVE TUNNEL HOUSES WERE STRIPPED BARE, GOING FROM THIS TO THIS IN JUST SECONDS. THEY WERE COVERED IN PLASTIC. THE PLASTIC'S GONE AS YOU CAN SEE. IN FACT, THIS TUNNEL HERE IS TOTALLY GONE, AND IT'S NOW UP THE ROAD. ITS THE SAME AT THE NEIGHBOURING NURSERY. BETWEEN THEM, THEY ARE TRYING TO SAVE MORE THAN $1M WORTH OF PLANTS. BUT EVEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST TREES LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TUMBLE DRYER. HOW MUCH DO YOU RECKON THESE TREES WEIGH? UM, WHAT WOULD THEY WEIGH? 60KG OR 70KG, PROBABLY, EACH. AFTER THE FURY OF THE STORM, NURSERY OWNERS WORKED INTO THE NIGHT, ONLY GRASPING THE CRUEL TRUTH ONCE MORNING CAME. SLIGHTLY MORE DEVASTATING. SORT OF HITS HOME NOW. LAST NIGHT, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS QUITE SO BAD, BUT WHEN I SAW IT... LAST NIGHT, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS QUITE SO BAD, BUT WHEN I SAW IT... SORRY. FOR MOST OF THE DAY, THE TWO MEN SAT FRUSTRATED AT A POLICE CORDON WITH OTHER RESIDENTS. BY AFTERNOON, SOME PEOPLE, ESCORTED BY CIVIL DEFENCE STAFF, TRICKLED ACROSS THE BORDER, ALLOWED JUST A FEW MINUTES EACH TO COLLECT THEIR ESSENTIALS AND THEIR THOUGHTS. VERY VERY FORTUNATE. AMAZING. THE ONLY THING WE HAD WAS A CHIP ON THAT WINDOW OVER THERE. HUNDREDS OF HOUSES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IN MANY CASES, THE DAMAGE WAS OBVIOUS ` ROOFS PEELED BACK AND CLOTHESLINES BENT IN DEFEAT. BUT SOME ARE STILL WAITING. WHAT THEY HAVE IS WHAT THEY ARE WEARING. WE HAVE NO IDEA AT THE MOMENT WHERE WE STAND. BUT OTHERS WHO REMAINED INSIDE THE CORDON OVERNIGHT ARE, IN ESSENCE, TRAPPED. WE CAN GET OUT. WE JUST CAN'T GET BACK IN. PROVISIONS ARE HANDED OVER THE INVISIBLE LINE THAT DIVIDES THE BROKEN NEIGHBOURHOOD. BACK AT THE NURSERY, WHERE IT TOOK JUST MINUTES TO FLATTEN THESE PLANTS, IT WILL TAKE DAYS, POSSIBLY WEEKS, TO PUT THINGS RIGHT. AND LISA, ALSO JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM THE FESTIVE SEASON, SO NOT A GREAT TIME FOR MANY AROUND THERE. YOU'RE RIGHT. WITH CHRISTMAS A FEW WEEKS AWAY, PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE HOMES TO GO BACK TO. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THE CORDON WILL LIFT AT 6:30. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE FATE OF THEIR HOUSES ARE. THANKS, LISA OWEN IN HOBSONVILLE. NOW, HERE'S SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND ADVICE BEAUTIFUL, HUMBLE AND KIND ` JUST SOME OF THE TRIBUTES BEING PAID TODAY TO THE MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TORNADO. HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTORS WERE AT THE HOBSONVILLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE TODAY, LAUNCHING AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION THERE WAS AN EERIE CALM AROUND THE HOBSONVILLE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITE TODAY. JUST A HANDFUL OF FLUORO-JACKETED MEN INSPECTING THE TOPPLED CONCRETE SLABS THAT CLAIMED THREE LIVES. OUTSIDE THE CORDON WORKERS WAITED. MOST LATER TOLD TO SIMPLY GO HOME. FRIENDS OF ONE OF THE DEAD MEN, KEITH LANGFORD (60), CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GONE. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. HE'LL HELP ANYBODY OUT. ALSO KILLED, NORTHLANDER BRENDON JOHNSON (22). TOM STOWERS (42) IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INSIDE HIS COMPANY'S TRUCK WHEN THE TORNADO STRUCK. ONLINE, FRIENDS AND FAMILY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE WEST AUCKLANDER. TRAGICALLY, I THINK ONE OF THE GUYS WENT BACK INTO THE LINE OF FIRE, IF YOU LIKE ` LOOKING TO GET AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN CRUSHED AROUND THE TRUCK. LAST NIGHT MOURNERS GATHERED AROUND THE SITE AS ONE OF THE BODIES WAS REMOVED. THE RANDOMNESS OF THOSE FEW MINUTES ` NATURE UNLEASHED ` STILL DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND. TERRIBLE TIME FOR THE FAMILIES. VERY TRAGIC; VERY TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. COMPLETELY A FORCE OF NATURE. I VISITED THE SITE AND STOOD WITH SOME OF THE FAMILIES YESTERDAY. AND, UM, JUST UNEXPLAINABLE. TWO OTHER MEN WHO WERE WORKING ON SITE ARE STILL HERE AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM THEIR INJURIES. THEY'RE IN A STABLE CONDITION. ANOTHER OF THE TORNADO CASUALTIES ` A WOMAN WHO SUFFERED A BROKEN PELVIS ` IS IN NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL IN A COMFORTABLE CONDITION. HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION SAYS IT'S TRYING TO HELP THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED AND INJURED HERE AND PLANS TO SET UP A PUBLIC DONATIONS FUND TO ASSIST THEM FINANCIALLY. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. NOW, HERE'S SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AREA. 570 HOMES ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. TWO RECOVERY CENTRES TO HELP AFFECTED RESIDENTS ARE RUNNING ` AT MASSEY LEISURE CENTRE AND AT VICTORY CHURCH IN FREEMANS BAY. AND SOME ADVICE IF A STORM APPROACHES: TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID TREES IF OUTSIDE. MOVE CARS UNDER COVER OR AWAY FROM TREES. AND BE READY TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP IF DRIVING. OWNERS OF EARTHQUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS LOOK LIKELY TO BE GIVEN 15 YEARS TO GET BUILDINGS UP TO SCRATCH, OR FACE DEMOLITION. THIS WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S A KEY PART OF GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS RELEASED TODAY AS A RESPONSE TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE CANTERBURY QUAKES. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S BEEN CHECKING OUT THE DETAILS AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. AN EARTHQUAKE-PRONE BUILDING IS ONE THAT DOES NOT MEET 33% OF THE BUILDING CODE. THE GOOD NEWS ` IF THERE IS SUCH A THING ` IS THAT OWNERS OF BUILDINGS LIKE THIS PUBLIC TRUST BUILDING WON'T HAVE TO MEET A HIGHER STANDING. THE ROYAL COMMISSION IS HAPPY WITH THE 33% MARK. HOWEVER, THE WORK THAT BUILDING OWNERS DO NEED TO DO WILL, IN MANY CASES, NEED TO BE DONE FASTER. IN THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKE, UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATHS OF 42 PEOPLE. TODAY THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKES ROYAL COMMISSION ISSUED ITS VIEWS ON HOW TO STOP THAT HAPPENING AGAIN. IT'S CALLING FOR ALL UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS TO BE ASSESSED WITHIN TWO YEARS OF A LAW CHANGE AND STRENGTHENED WITHIN SEVEN YEARS. ALL OTHER QUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS MUST BE ASSESSED WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND STRENGTHENED IN 15. IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDING THE GOVERNMENT SET UP A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR BUILDING SAFETY, A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND A PUBLIC REGISTER GRADING QUAKE-PRONE BUILDINGS. ON THIS ONE WE HAVE TO PUT A SKIN BEHIND IT AND TIE ALL THE BRICKS BACK INTO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THEM SHAKING IN AN EARTHQUAKE. IAN CASSELS WILL HAVE TO SPEND $600,000 STRENGTHENING THIS WELLINGTON BUILDING. AND HE'S FAR FROM ALONE. AS MANY AS 25,000 BUILDINGS MAY NOT MEET EARTHQUAKE STANDARDS. IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. WE OWE IT TO THE 42 PEOPLE WHO DIED OUTSIDE OF CTV AND THE PGC BUILDING. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COST OF REPAIRS AND A SHORTAGE OF ENGINEERS. AND IN A DISCUSSION DOCUMENT IT CALLS FOR A 15-YEAR WINDOW FOR ASSESSING AND STRENGTHENING BRICK AND STONE BUILDINGS, RATHER THAN THE COMMISSION'S TOUGHER SEVEN-YEAR TIME FRAME. THE ROYAL COMMISSION WANT IT SLIGHTLY FASTER. WE'LL LAND SOMEWHERE IN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THOSE MIDPOINTS SOMEWHERE. THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY'S OK WITH THE TIMING, BUT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO HELP OWNERS DO THE WORK. IF YOU DO IT, YOU CAN'T CLAIM IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FORMS OF DEPRECIATION. THAT WAS REMOVED FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE ARE TALKING TO MINISTERS ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES THERE. WHILE NOT RULING OUT TAX INCENTIVES, THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BE HOPING MARKET FORCES WILL BE ENOUGH TO ENCOURAGE BUILDING OWNERS TO GET THE WORK DONE. CORIN, HOW REALISTIC IS IT TO THINK BUILDING OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE WORK DONE IN 15 YEARS? I'VE BEEN TO WANGANUI AND FIELDING, AND FOR TOWNS LIKE THAT, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT. MANY OF THESE TOWNS HAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AT A 5% CODE, LET ALONE 33%, THEY FACE HUGE BILLS, AS SOME WANTED, TO 67%, IT COULD HAVE BEEN $12B. NEVERTHELESS, THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH HERE. THEY HAVEN'T TACKLED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THEY HAVEN'T TACKLED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO BE ASSESSED FOR QUAKE DAMAGE FOUNDATIONS. THANKS. CORIN DANN IN WELLINGTON. IN THE CITY WHERE IT ALL BEGAN, A QUAKE VICTIM'S FATHER IS ASKING WHY THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN'T WANT TO STRENGTHEN BUILDINGS, LIKE THE ONE THAT KILLED HIS SON, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT FORCED AN INQUIRY. ON FEBRUARY 22ND, IN ADDITION TO THOSE KILLED IN MAJOR BUILDING COLLAPSES, 42 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF FALLING MASONRY OR COLLAPSING BRICK WALLS ` MANY AS THEY RAN FOR THEIR LIVES. THIS WAS ONCE THE SITE OF AN ICONIC BAR WHERE A YOUNG BARMAN AND HIS SISTER RAN FOR THEIR LIVES. SHE ESCAPED, BUT HE WAS CRUSHED BY FALLING MASONRY AS HE REACHED THE EXIT. TODAY HIS FMAILY TOLD ME ANY CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ACT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION, I THINK WE DO A GREAT DISHONOUR TO THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST. THEY BELEIVE THE GOVERNMENT STANCE ` THAT A SEVEN-YEAR TIME FRAME TO STRENGTHEN THE MOST PRONE BUILDINGS IS UNECONOMICAL ` IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT I WANT IS FOR NO ONE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 15 YEARS,... THE REPORT IS ALSO BEING HERALDED BY THE AGENCY BEHIND CHRISTCHURCH'S REBUILD. EXISITNG BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO REMAIN. I THINK IT MEANS THAT WE CAN CARRY ON WITH REBUILDING THE CITY UNDER THE PLANS WE ALREADY HAD. THERE WAS ALWAYS A RISK A REPORT LIKE THIS WAS GOING TO FORCE US TO PULL DOWN PERFECTLY GOOD BUILDINGS. THEY AREN'T GOING TO FORCE US TO DO THAT IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SET TOUGHER CODES IF THEY THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY. AND, IN FACT, TODAY AT THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL, A PROPOSAL FROM STAFF THAT WOULD HAVE RELAXED THE 34% CODE REQUIREMENT WAS REJECTED SEVEN VOTES TO FOUR. THAT'S A STANCE ENCOURAGED BY A FAMILY THAT KNOWS ALL TOO WELL WHAT CAN HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN PUT A VALUE ON SAVING LIVES. THEY'LL TAKE THAT MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY MEET WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. IF YOU'RE SITTING DOWN TO DINNER, YOU MAY WANT TO AVERT YOUR EYES. FROM TODAY, NO NEW BATTERY CAGES CAN BE INSTALLED ON CHICKEN FARMS ` PART OF A GOVERNMENT DRIVE TO IMPROVE FARMING PRACTISES. BUT THERE ARE NOW ALLEGATIONS CHICKENS ARE SUFFERING FROM GROWTH DEFORMITIES, EVEN DYING, FROM WHAT THEY'RE BEING FED. A WARNING: THESE PICTURES MAY BE DISTURBING. JAMES RANSLEY WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. STRUGGLING TO STAND, BARELY ABLE TO WALK. ONE NEWS HAS OBTAINED EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF A COVERT FILMING OPERATION AT A NZ CHICKEN-MEAT FACTORY. WE UNDERSTAND THIS FACTORY WE CAN'T NAME SUPPLIES A NUMBER OF SUPERMARKETS. AND ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP SAFE CLAIMS THESE CHICKENS ARE BEING FED A DEADLY DOSE OF DRUGS. THEY FEED THEM CONSTANTLY ANTIBIOTIC GROWTH PROMOTERS SO THOSE CHICKENS GROW UNNATURALLY FAST, AND THAT REALLY GOES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR HEART, OF THEIR LUNGS. AND SO THEY ARE UNHEALTHY BIRDS AND ESPECIALLY THEIR FEET; THEY ARE SO HEAVY THAT THEIR FEET CAN BARELY CARRY THE WEIGHT. SAFE SAYS SOME CHICKENS ARE EVEN DYING FROM THE DRUG TREATMENT. WE TOOK THE FOOTAGE TO THE INDUSTRY'S BOSS FOR AN OPINION. THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN SHOWS BIRDS THAT ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE INDUSTRY AND TO OUR STANDARDS. A SPOKESPERSON HERE AT THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES TELLS ME IT'S COMMON FARMING PRACTISE TO FEED CHICKENS ANTIBIOTICS, BUT THAT IT'S DONE TO PREVENT OR TREAT ILLNESS, NOT TO MAKE THEM GROW FASTER. THE POULTRY INDUSTRY SAYS GROWTH PROMOTING DRUGS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN USE. GROWTH PROMOTERS ARE BANNED. THEY'RE NOT USED IN NZ. THERE ARE` AND THAT'S GOVERNED BY REGULATION. INDEPENDENT TESTING SHOWS THAT GROWTH PROMOTERS ARE NOT USED IN THIS COUNTRY. EVEN SO, SAFE BELIEVES THEY ARE BEING USED AND HAS LAUNCHED AN ANTI-FACTORY-FARMING CAMPAIGN SOON TO HIT OUR TELEVISION SCREENS. IT'S NOW CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT TOO. UNFORTUNATELY, IN NZ, WELFARE PROTECTION IS VERY POOR, AND SO FARMERS ARE ALLOWED TO BASICALLY BREED THESE FRANKENSTEIN CHICKENS. CHICKENS THAT APPEAR TO BE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP. JAMES RANSLEY, ONE NEWS. NZ'S HIGHEST-PAID CRICKETER ROSS TAYLOR IS TAKING A BREAK FROM THE INTERNATIONAL GAME AFTER BEING DUMPED AS BOTH THE BLACKCAPS' ONE DAY AND TWENTY20 CAPTAIN. TAYLOR HAS DECLINED AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE CAPTAINING THE TEST TEAM. STILL PRETTY FRESH AND RAW AT THE MOMENT. I'M SURE WITH THIS BREAK AWAY FROM THE GAME THAT, UM, I'LL STILL GET BACK TO WHERE I WANNA BE AS A PLAYER AND AS A PERSON. TAYLOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE TEAM IN THE NEW YEAR. BRENDON MCCULLUM IS THE NEW BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN. AND WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM ROSS TAYLOR LATER IN SPORT. WE ALSO ASK THE QUESTION ` SHOULD TAYLOR HAVE BEEN MADE CAPTAIN IN THE FIRST PLACE? JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` IS SHE A PICTURE OF HEALTH? THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HEADS HOME AFTER HER HOSPITAL STAY. ALL PUFFED UP ` THE AMERICAN STATE THAT'S ON A HIGH AFTER LEGALISING A POPULAR DRUG. AND THEY'RE TOGETHER AGAIN ` HEAR THE LATEST DUET FROM JOHN TRAVLOTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN. A TEENAGER WILL SPEND THE NEXT 10 MONTHS IN HOME DETENTION AFTER KILLING A MAN AND INJURING ANOTHER WHEN HE STRUCK THEM WHILE DRIVING HIS CAR. THE CHRISTCHURCH COURT WAS TOLD HARRY SILCOCK, SEEN HERE TODAY UNDER A GREEN UMBRELLA, WASN'T SPEEDING OR RACING, BUT HE DID OVERTAKE ON DOUBLE YELLOW LINES. HE HIT TWO PEOPLE STANDING ON THE RURAL ROAD, INCLUDING SEAN HUTT, WHO DIED. THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO HOME DETENTION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND $15,000 IN REPARATION. HE WAS PREPARED TO GO TO PRISON, BUT HE'S VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTCOME. HE REALISES HE'S TAKEN A LIFE AND INJURED SOMEONE, UM, SO THAT'S A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY TO WEIGH ON ANYONE. SEAN HUTT'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THE SENTENCE. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE'S SMILE WAS A LITTLE SUBDUED, BUT AS SHE HEADED HOME FROM HOSPITAL IN LONDON, SHE DECLARED SHE'S FEELING MUCH BETTER. KATE WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS RESTING AT KENSINGTON PALACE AFTER BEING TREATED FOR MORNING SICKNESS. THIS FROM EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. KATE MANAGED TO SMILE FOR THE CAMERAS, AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF THEM AS SHE LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER THREE NIGHTS' TREATMENT FOR DEHYDRATION AND ACUTE NAUSEA. KATE, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? THE REWARD FOR A VIGIL OF MORE THAN 60 HOURS WAS A BRIEF WORD FROM THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, BARELY AUDIBLE ACROSS THE STREET. THE NEWS PUT A SMILE ON HER FATHER-IN-LAW'S FACE; HE EVEN MANAGED A JOKE ABOUT THE HOAX CALL TO THE HOSPITAL. HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M NOT A RADIO STATION? (LAUGHS) NO, I'M THRILLED. MARVELLOUS. VERY NICE THOUGHT OF FATHER` OF GRANDFATHERHOOD IN MY OLD AGE, IF I DO SAY SO. THE PALACE HAS CANCELLED ALL ENGAGEMENTS FOR KATE THIS WEEKEND, AND IT'S UNLIKELY SHE'LL BE SEEN ABOUT MUCH BEFORE THE FAMILY ATTENDS CHURCH ON CHRISTMAS DAY. WILLIAM AND KATE MAY NOW QUIT THE RELATIVE ISOLATION OF THEIR COTTAGE IN NORTH WALES RATHER SOONER TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE HERE IN LONDON AT KENSINGTON PALACE. THEY'D PLANNED TO MAKE IT THEIR OFFICIAL HOME FROM THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR ANYWAY ONCE $2M WORTH OF RENOVATIONS WERE COMPLETED ON A FOUR-STOREY APARTMENT INSIDE THE COMPLEX. DESPITE THE LURE OF A PALACE IN LONDON, THE COUPLE ENJOYS LESS INTRUSION FROM CAMERAS IN ANGLESEY. AN UNDERSTANDING WITH UK MEDIA SEEMED TO BE HOLDING THERE, THOUGH WITH A BABY ON THE WAY, THAT COULD BE TESTED. WILLIAM IS ALSO CLEARLY FOND OF HIS JOB AS A HELICOPTER PILOT. HE HAS AN OPTION SHORTLY TO EXTEND THAT DUTY, SWITCH OR END HIS MILITARY CAREER. IT'S THE CLOSEST THING TO A NORMAL DAY'S WORK AN HEIR TO THE THRONE CAN EXPECT. AND SINCE HIS APPRENTICESHIP IN THE FAMILY FIRM WILL LIKELY LAST DECADES, HE WON'T GIVE UP THE UNIFORM LIGHTLY EVEN WITH FATHERHOOD IMPENDING. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE OPPOSITION ALLIANCE IN EGYPT'S CONSIDERING IF IT'LL ACCEPT AN INVITATION BY PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI FOR TALKS TO END VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND SECURITY FORCES. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND HUNDREDS BEEN INJURED AS OPPONENTS DEMONSTRATED THEIR OUTRAGE AT PRESIDENT MORSI GIVING HIMSELF NEAR ABSOLUTE POWERS. HE'S VOWED TO PUNISH THOSE RESPONSIBLE, CLAIMING SOME ARE BEING PAID TO CREATE VIOLENCE. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S CALLED MR MORSI EXPRESSING HIS DEEP CONCERN AT THE DEATHS AND INJURIES. THERE ARE FRESH REPORTS OF STREET FIGHTING AND REBEL ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL, DAMASCUS. ONE TARGET WAS A TRANSPORT CENTRE FOR MILITARY VEHICLES. BUT PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD IS STILL THOUGHT TO CONTROL MUCH OF THE CITY. AND THERE'VE BEEN CLASHES WITH POLICE IN GREECE ON THE 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING OF A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY. THE TEENAGER WAS SHOT BY POLICE IN ATHENS, TRIGGERING WEEKS OF RIOTS. TEAR GAS WAS USED TO BREAK UP GROUPS OF YOUTHS THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AND STONES. ONE AMERICAN STATE'S ON A HIGH RIGHT NOW, BECOMING THE FIRST TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE. MIDNIGHT POT PARTIES WERE POPULAR IN WASHINGTON AS THE LAW CAME INTO FORCE WITH 200 PEOPLE GATHERING OUTSIDE SEATTLE'S SPACE NEEDLE. BUT SOME PREDICT THE PRICE WILL NOW DROP DRAMATICALLY AND CONSUMPTION WILL INCREASE. THAT SPELLS BAD NEWS FOR PARENTS AND RESEARCHERS, WHO ARE REALISING THAT TODAY'S MARIJUANA IS NOT YOUR WOODSTOCK WEED OF THE '60S. IT'S MUCH MORE HARMFUL. THE NEW LAW MAKES IT LEGAL FOR PEOPLE OVER 21 TO POSSESS AND USE UP TO 28G OF THE DRUG. THE DEATH TOLL'S RISEN TO ALMOST 400 IN THE WAKE OF TYPHOON BOPHA IN THE PHILIPPINES. HUNDREDS MORE ARE STILL MISSING, WITH THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO THE WORST HIT. WINDS TOPPED 160KM/H, CRUSHING ENTIRE VILLAGES. FLASH FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR RESCUE TEAMS TO REACH MORE REMOTE AREAS. IT'S ESTIMATED A QUARTER OF MINDANAO'S BANANA CROP IS RUINED. WEATHER TIME NOW. MORE VOLATILE WEATHER TODAY, BUT IT'S LOOKING NICER FOR THE WEEKEND, KAREN? CLEARING SKIES AND MORE SETTLED WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT IT WAS STILL A BIT ROUGH IN PLACES TODAY. VERY BLUSTERY OVER AUCKLAND ` NOT HELPING CLEAN-UP EFFORTS. NOW THERE'S A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CLOSING IN ON THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WELLINGTON AND SOUTHERN WAIRARAPA. WITH THESE BIG CELLS, YOU CAN GET TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, HAIL, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING AND VERY STRONG WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` THE APPEAL ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. ALSO ` A NEW LOOK FOR OUR OLDEST CITY. WE GET A GLIMPSE INSIDE ITS SPRUCED-UP MUSEUM. AND A TRADITIONAL GREETING FOR MAORI WHO'VE BEEN ON AN EPIC OCEAN VOYAGE. A THE QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY IS UNDER FIRE FOR DENYING HELP TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. DISABILITY ADVOCATES SAY, AS A RESULT, SOME STUDENTS COULD FAIL THEIR NCEA EXAMS. JEHAN CASINADER HAS THE STORY. FOR TIM BLACKETT, PUTTING PEN TO PAPER IS NOT PLEASANT. HE HAS A LEARNING DISABILITY CALLED DYSGRAPHIA. EXAMS ARE TOUGH BECAUSE HE CAN'T WRITE FOR LONG PERIODS. STUDYING DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A PURPOSE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN LEARNING. IN EXAMS, STUDENTS CAN APPLY FOR SPECIAL HELP, INCLUDING THE USE OF A COMPUTER, REST BREAKS AND WRITING ASSISTANCE. BUT NZQA SAID HE DIDN'T QUALIFY. WHY IS THERE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS ` PEOPLE QUALIFIED IN THAT FIELD ` SAYING, 'YOU'RE GONNA GET IT. IT'S A VERY CLEAR CASE.' AND THEN THE MINISTRY'S TURNING ROUND AND SAYING, 'ACTUALLY, NO.' HIS OWN MOTHER IS AN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST. I'VE TALKED TO PSYCHOLOGISTS THROUGHOUT NZ, AND THEY'RE ALL REPORTING THAT THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF APPEALS BEING PUT FORWARD. FIGURES RELEASED TO ONE NEWS SHOW THAT LAST YEAR JUST 25 STUDENTS APPEALED AGAINST NZQA'S DECISIONS. THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 500 APPEALED, AND 85% OF THEM WERE SUCCESSFUL. YOU HAVE TO BE OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE TO QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EXAM CONDITIONS. AND THERE'S QUITE STRICT CRITERIA. DISABILITY ADVOCATES HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS TOO. IF WE MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SIT AND PASS EXAMINATIONS, WE'RE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE A GOOD LIFE. NZQA SAYS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY SPECIAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN APPLIED. BUT IT IS ORDERING A REVIEW INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS AREN'T DISADVANTAGED. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ADVANTAGE WHEN IT'S NOT ENTITLED TO. NZQA EVENTUALLY GRANTED TIM BLACKETT'S SPECIAL ASSISTANCE. HE HOPES HE WON'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE SAME SUPPORT WHEN HE STARTS UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR. JEHAN CASINADER, ONE NEWS. PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO GET A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN VIEW OF THE COLOURFUL HISTORY OF NZ'S OLDEST CITY. THE TOITU OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM REOPENS TOMORROW IN DUNEDIN, AFTER A FOUR-YEAR PROJECT TO MODERNISE IT. MAX BANIA REPORTS. IT'S BEEN BILLED AS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. THIS MUSEUM IS A REFERENCE AND A CELEBRATION OF ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE CULTURES AND ALL THE RACES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PLACE ` TO DUNEDIN. TODAY WE FINALLY SAW WHY AS THE OTAGO SETTLERS MUSEUM, NOW KNOWN AS TOITU, WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED AFTER A $37M SPRUCE-UP ` CHARTING DUNEDIN'S RISE FROM COLONIAL OUTPOST TO GOLD-MINING BOOM TOWN AND BEYOND. THE MUSEUM'S LITTERED WITH DUNEDIN ICONS LIKE THIS ` THE VERY LAST TROLLEY BUS THAT COVERED ALMOST A MILLION KILOMETRES OF DUNEDIN'S HILL SUBURBS BETWEEN THE 1950S AND ITS LAST RUN IN 1983. THERE'S PLENTY FOR YOUNGER VISITORS TOO, LIKE A TRIBUTE TO THE FAMOUS DUNEDIN SOUND OF THE EARLY 1980S. PIONEERED BY BANDS LIKE THE VERLAINES AND THE CHILLS MUSIC SEEMS SO DIFFERENT NOW. I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A LOCALISED SCENE. LIKE, IT WAS THE SEATTLE SCENE AND THE LIVERPOOL SCENE AND SO ON. BUT NOW IT'S JUST EVERYONE'S IN CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THE WORLD. SO THE CHANCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN IS PRETTY REMOTE. AND THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM THAT IS JUST LOOKING BACK. WE'VE ALSO GOT A SECTION ON THE FUTURE OF DUNEDIN ` OUR FUTURE CITY, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY POST IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU SEE THE FUTURE OF DUNEDIN DEVELOPING. THE MUSEUM HOPES TO BRING IN 180,000 VISITORS IN ITS FIRST YEAR. ITS DOORS REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEKEND. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. A SEAFARING MISSION TO EASTER ISLAND USING ANCIENT NAVIGATION GUIDES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY TWO WAKA, WITH A TRADITIONAL WELCOME. MEN PERFORM HAKA TE AURERE AND NGAHIRAKA MAI TAWHITI LEFT AUCKLAND IN SEPTEMBER TO TRAVEL THE 10,000 NAUTICAL MILES. THEY USED THE MOON, STARS, OCEAN CURRENTS AND BIRD AND MARINE LIFE TO GET TO THE ISLAND ALSO KNOWN AS RAPANUI. THE WAKA WILL BEGIN THE JOURNEY HOME AFTER THE WEEKEND. UPDATING TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE COUNTING THE COST OF A DEADLY TORNADO AS THE CLEAN-UP CONTINUES IN NORTH-WEST AUCKLAND. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD IT MAY BE SUNDAY TILL POWER IS RESTORED. HUNDREDS OF HOUSES ARE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. THE NAMES OF THE THREE MEN KILLED AT A HOBSONVILLE CONSTRUCTION SITE HAVE BEEN RELEASED. AND THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE 15 YEARS TO GET THEIR BUILDINGS UP TO EARTHQUAKE CODE OR FACE DEMOLITION. THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S INQUIRY INTO THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES. RED-ZONE RESIDENTS ARE CELEBRATING TONIGHT BECAUSE OF A DECISION THAT COULD SEE THEM STAY IN THEIR PORT HILLS HOMES. THE CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO CONSIDER ROCKFALL PROTECTION FENCES, GOING AGAINST THE EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY AUTHORITY'S STAND. THIS FROM ALI PUGH. ELATED HILLSIDE HOMEOWNERS EMBRACING AS THEY ABSORB THE SURPRISE NEWS THE CITY COUNCIL'S THROWING THEIR RED-ZONED HOUSES A LIFELINE. I'M FEELING QUITE OVERWHELMED ABOUT IT ALL, BUT BUOYED THAT THERE'S A LIGHT THERE NOW AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'VE GOT THE FOOT IN THE DOOR. WHAT COUNCIL HAVE DONE TODAY IS JUST BE REASONABLE. COUNCILLORS AGREEING UNANIMOUSLY TO EXPLORE ROCK PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL PORT HILLS PROPERTIES,... THOSE IN FAVOUR PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL: AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. ...A MOVE THAT COULD SAVE AS MANY AS 50 HOMES FROM THE WRECKING BALL. I KNOW THE ISSUES WITH MY HOUSE, AND I JUST WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THEM. HOMEOWNERS HAVE HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE RIGHT TO MITIGATE, WITH THE GOVERNMENT REJECTING ANY MEANS OF ROCK-PROTECTION FOLLOWING ITS OWN TESTING AND 3D MODELLING. IT'S BEEN A BIT OF DAVID AND GOLIATH FOR US, I GUESS. BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING STRONG ENOUGH, YOU JUST STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. THE EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY MINISTER WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE COUNCIL'S CHANGE OF HEART. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE DISCOVERED THAT WOULD MAKE THEM CHANGE OUR PREVIOUSLY AGREED POSITION. THE MINISTER SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY IF ROCK PROTECTION WILL MEAN RED-ZONE HOMES CAN TURN GREEN, AND HIS STAFF WILL NOW SPEND THE WEEKEND INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE BUYOUT OFFERS ALREADY ON THE TABLE WILL BE AFFECTED. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE A NEW CAPTAIN. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS IT'S BEEN POORLY HANDLED, BUT HAS NZ CRICKET, IN THE END, MADE THE RIGHT DECISION? WE GO INSIDE THE CAPTAINCY SAGA NEXT. ROSS TAYLOR FRONTS AS WELL. SO, SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SKIPPER TO START WITH? PLUS NO TIME FOR HANGING ROUND. RUGBY'S NEW FACES GET THE CLEAR MESSAGE FOR NEXT SEASON. OUR OLD MATE QUADE DOES HIS BEST U-TURN FOR SOME TIME. AND A SIMPLE MESSAGE IF YOU'RE PLAYING OVER THE WEEKEND ` LEAVE THE WHITE PANTS AT HOME. BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ADAM SCOTT'S COMEBACK SHOT. IT'S OFFICIAL ` ROSS TAYLOR IS OUT, AND BRENDON MCCULLUM IS THE NEW BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN IN ALL THREE FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. NZ OFFICIALS HAVE TODAY ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN THEMSELVES OUT OF THE MESS AND APOLOGISED TO TAYLOR FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE SITUATION. HERE'S CRAIG STANAWAY. THE STRAIN IS ALL TOO OBVIOUS. ROSS TAYLOR'S MAN-OF-THE-MATCH PERFORMANCE IN LAST WEEK'S TEST VICTORY OVER SRI LANKA IS A DISTANT MEMORY. WHERE'S YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW? IF ANYTHING, A LITTLE BIT RELEVED. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS TONIGHT WE CAN CONFIRM COACH MIKE HESSON TOOK THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL STEP OF DISCUSSING TAYLOR'S CAPTAINCY WITH HIM JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST TEST AGAINST SRI LANKA. I THOUGHT THE TIMING WAS DISGUSTING, REALLY. I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED. I WAS TRYING TO FOCUS FOR A TEST MATCH. I CERTAINLY REGRET IF HE FELT THAT THAT WAS IN RELATION TO THE TEST SIDE. DID YOU INTERPRET WHAT HE SAID > AS RELIEF OF THE T20 AND ONE DAY CAPTAINCY > OR RELIEF OF ALL THE CAPTAINCY? RELIEF OF ALL THE CAPTAINCY DEFINITELY. I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT'S WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO. HE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ROSS TO FOCUS ON THE TEST GAME AND TO GROW IN THAT AREA AND TO TAKE THE WORKLOAD OFF HIM. IF ANYTHING, TAYLOR HAS THRIVED UNDER THE WORKLOAD. TAYLOR'S BATTING AVERAGE AS CAPTAIN OVER ALL THREE FORMS OF THE GAME FAR EXCEEDS HIS AVERAGE AS A PLAYER. IN OUR RECENT ONE-DAY RESULTS, WE'VE WON FIVE OF OUR LAST 30 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS AGAINST TOP EIGHT SIDES. WE'RE NOW RANKED NUMBER NINE IN THE WORLD IN ONE-DAY CRICKET. WE'RE RANKED NUMBER EIGHT IN T20 CRICKET. IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IS NOT RIGHT. UNDER THE CLOAK OF ANONYMITY, CURRENT PLAYERS WE'VE SPOKEN TO SAY TAYLOR IS A NICE GUY, A POPULAR TEAM MEMBER AND RESPECTED AS THE BEST BATSMAN. GREAT TO HEAR YEAH? > AS A LEADER, THOUGH, HE'S INDECISIVE, NEGATIVE, AND SIMPLY NOT A CAPTAIN. MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR ME IS I HAD THE CHANGING ROOM. I HAD THE RESPECT OF THE PLAYERS. TAYLOR IS TAKING A BREAK, DECLINING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTAIN THE TEST SIDE. HE SAYS HE'LL BE BACK WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, EVEN IF IT MEANS WORKING WITH HESSON. AS A PLAYER, YOU'VE STILL GOT TO GET ON AND RESPECT YOUR COACH, AND I WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. TAYLOR SAYS HE SUPPORTS BRENDON MCCULLUM. WITH A TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA LOOMING, HE'S GOING TO NEED ALL THE SUPPORT HE CAN GET. CRAIG STANAWAY, ONE NEWS. AND THE MAN CHARGED WITH REPLACING TAYLOR IN THE TEST SIDE IS FORGOTTEN CANTERBURY VETERAN PETER FULTON. THE 33-YEAR-OLD A SURPRISE SELECTION IN BOTH THE TEST AND T20 SQUADS, AFTER LAST PLAYING FOR THE BLACKCAPS IN 2009. FULTON'S THREE CENTURIES FOR CANTERBURY IN THE LAST MONTH EARNING HIM THE RECALL. WE FELT WE NEEDED SOME EXPERIENCE. PETER'S SCORED OVER 500 RUNS AND AVERAGED OVER 70 THIS YEAR. HE'S IN FINE FORM AND CAN BAT ANYWHERE IN THE ORDER. SO IN THE END, LINING THAT ALL UP, IT WAS A PRETTY EASY DECISION. FULTON'S JOINED IN THE T20 SIDE BY SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN COLIN MUNRO. THE AUCKLAND ALL-ROUNDER IN STUNNING FORM DURING THE DOMESTIC SEASON ` AVERAGING MORE THAN 120 IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. YEAH, AT THE MOMENT I'M SEEING THE BALL REALLY WELL AND JUST PLAYING MY NATURAL GAME, AND IT'S COMING OFF FOR ME, SO I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE HAY WHILE I'M SEEING THE BALL BIG. MUNRO'S ONE OF FIVE NEW FACES IN THE T20 SIDE. AUCKLAND SPIN BOWLER BRUCE MARTIN IS THE ONLY NEW NAME IN THE TEST SQUAD, WITH WICKET KEEPER KRUEGER VAN WYK DROPPED IN FAVOUR OF BJ WATLING. THE QUICKEST WAY BRENDON MCCULLUM CAN TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE BLACKCAPS SITUATION IS TO EMULATE ALASTAIR COOK. THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN, AND OPENING BATSMAN, HAS PLAYED HIS WAY IN TO THE RECORDS BOOKS AGAINST INDIA. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOE WILSON. THIS IS ONE THING IN CRICKET YOU MUST NEVER DO: EDGED, AND DROPPED. DROPPING ALASTAIR COOK IS CLOSE TO SINFUL. HE'D MADE JUST 17 WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN CALCUTTA ` PUJARA'S GUILTY HANDS ` INDIA KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. COOK MADE A CENTURY. EVEN BY HIS OWN STANDARDS, RECENT WEEKS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. TAKING THE CAPTAINCY HAS INSPIRED, RATHER THAN BURDENED HIM. HUNDREDS IN THREE CONSECUTIVE TEST MATCHES TO TAKE HIS CAREER TOTAL TO 23 ` THE RECORD. INDIA WAS WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR COOK ` FLOWN OUT IN 2006 TO REPLACE THE INJURED MICHAEL VAUGHAN, WHO NOW MARVELS AT HOW FAR COOK HAS COME. IT'S HIS MENTALITY WHICH IMPRESSES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND TO SCORE THREE CENTURIES ON THE TROT IN THREE CONSECUTIVE GAMES IN INDIA TAKES A MENTALITY. BECAUSE MOST PLAYERS, AND ME INCLUDED, ONCE YOU GET A HUNDRED, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT COCKY; YOU GET A LITTLE BIT GIDDY, START PLAYING A FEW MORE SHOTS; YOU START YOUR NEXT INNINGS AS IF YOU'RE ON 120. WELL, HE DOESN'T DO THAT. COOK'S NOW OVERTAKEN GEOFF BOYCOTT, WHO MADE 22 HUNDREDS IN AN ENGLAND CAREER THAT SPANNED 18 YEARS. COOK'S GONE PAST WALLY HAMMOND AND COLIN COWDREY, WHO PLAYED FOR ENGLAND IN THE MID '50S TO THE MID '70S. HERE AT THE LORDS MUSEUM, THERE ARE DISPLAYS WHICH CHART THE HISTORY OF CRICKET. IN THE FUTURE THERE MAY JUST BE A CORNER HERE DEVOTED TO ALASTAIR COOK. CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF ENGLISH CRICKET, HE HAS TIME TO SET RECORDS WHICH MAY NEVER BE BROKEN. KEVIN PIETERSEN'S JUST BEHIND HIM, BUT COOK COULD HAVE ANOTHER DECADE WITH ENGLAND. INDIA WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET RID OF HIM THIS WEEK. ENGLAND ARE ONLY 100 BEHIND, ONE WICKET DOWN AND COOK WILL BE BACK IN THE MORNING. THE MAN WHO HAS A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF KS HAS BACKED DOWN AND RE-SIGNED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION. QUADE COOPER HAS AGREED TO A NEW TWO-YEAR DEAL, REPORTEDLY WORTH $800,000 A SEASON. HE'D PREVIOUSLY INTIMATED HE WAS OFF TO NRL LEAGUE OR EUROPE TO PLAY RUGBY UNION. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO NOW CONCENTRATE ON MY FOOTY CAREER AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING BOXING FIGHT. QUADE COOPER HAS PLAYED 38 TESTS FOR THE WALLABIES, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO DESCRIBED THE CULTURE UNDER COACH ROBBIE DEANS AS TOXIC. HE WAS FINED FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. BUT HE'S NOW BEEN WELCOMED BACK WITH OPEN ARMS. HE'LL TURN OUT FOR QUEENSLAND EARLY NEXT YEAR. MAYBE COOPER NEEDED TO BE AT TODAY'S OFFICIAL NZRU INDUCTION FOR NEW PLAYERS ABOUT TO START IN SUPER RUGBY. PITFALLS, PROTOCOLS AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT ARE JUST PART OF THE OFF-FIELD TRAINING FOR THE NEW PROFESSIONALS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. WHERE AM I GOING? BLUES BACK FRANCIS SAILI STEPS INTO THE SUPER RUGBY WORLD. NEXT SEASON'S CORPORATE INDUCTION BEGAN WITH SOME ADVICE FROM AN OLD NEWBIE WHOSE SEASON ENDED ABRUPTLY. LESS TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF MY LIFE. IT'S, I GUESS, A SACRIFICE, AND TIME WITH THEM WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME AND SOMETHING THAT I FOUND TOUGH TO DEAL WITH. TODAY WAS ALL ABOUT DEALING WITH EACH OTHER WITH CAMERAS ROLLING. SO, PART OF THE INDUCTION FOR THESE BOYS IS TO GET A BIT OF MEDIA TRAINING, AND WE'RE HERE WITH CRUSADER SHANE CHRISTIE. NEGATIVE PLAYERS SLOWING THE BALL DOWN, ALL THAT TYPE OF THING. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT ACCUSATION. FIRST I'VE HEARD, MATE. YEAH, FIRST I'VE HEARD. WHAT DO YOU RECKON? WELL, WELL, WE HEAR ABOUT IT A LOT. DO YOU THINK IT'S TRUE? YEAH, I HEARD THAT THEY'VE WON ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE TIMES AS WELL, SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? THAT TELLS ME THE CRUSADERS PICK SMART AS WELL AS GOOD PLAYERS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BLUES UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF JK SO FAR? > HE'S AWESOME, EH. HE'S REALLY PASSIONATE. HE LOVES THE AREA. SO FAR SO GOOD, YOU KNOW? I'VE ONLY JUST HAD A CHAT TO HIM BRIEFLY. HE SEEMS LIKE A REAL GOOD BUGGER, EH, HELPFUL, AND, YEAH, NICE GUY. SOON SEE WHEN TRAINING STARTS, THOUGH. DEFENDING CHAMPS THE CHIEF ARE FAR MORE THAN A ONE-MAN BAND. < SONNY BILL NOT BEING THERE, DOES THAT CHANGE THE CHIEFS MUCH? OH, NOT REALLY. I THINK IT WAS JUST A` I THINK IT WAS A TEAM THING THAT WE WON IT LAST YEAR ` TEAM SPIRIT. I'M SURE IF WE GET THAT BACK ON BOARD NEXT YEAR, IT SHOULD BE GOOD. OUR TIME WITH THE NEWBIES OFFERED UP A CHANCE TO CHUCK A FEW CURLY QUESTIONS AT THEM AS WELL. HOW DO YOU SOLVE THE MILITARY CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? > I'M NOT TOO SURE, EH. I CAN'T RIGHT NOW. LAUGHS: THERE'S TOO MUCH CHALLENGES. CHALLENGES APLENTY ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, LEAVING LITTLE TIME TO HANG OUT WITH MATES. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THE LEAD'S BEEN CHOPPING AND CHANGING AT THE AUSTRALIAN GOLF OPEN TODAY IN SYDNEY. WHILE LOCAL HOPE ADAM SCOTT IS OFF THE PACE IN THE SECOND ROUND, HE'S STILL PRODUCED THE SHOT OF THE DAY. THE AUSSIE MASTERS CHAMP SUFFERED A PENALTY SHOT AFTER STICKING HIS SECOND AT THE PAR-FIVE 11TH INTO THE LAKE. HE HAD TO GO BACK AND DROP ANOTHER BALL CLOSE TO THE WATER'S EDGE, AIMING TO SAVE HIS PAR. OH. UNBELIEVABLE. THAT IS OUTSTANDING. SCOTT NAILED HIS PUTT. LIKEWISE FELLOW AUSSIE MARCUS FRASER ` THE CLUBHOUSE LEADER AT SIX-UNDER AFTER A THREE-UNDER ROUND TODAY. GARETH PADDISON IS BEST OF THE KS TIED FOR FIFTH TWO SHOTS BACK. WHILE THE MOST POPULAR RECOVERY OF THE DAY WAS THAT OF LEGENDARY VETERAN TOM WATSON, FOLLOWING UP YESTERDAY'S 78 WITH A 68 TO MAKE THE CUT. AUCKLAND HAS GONE DOWN FIGHTING IN THE OPENING MATCH OF FOOTBALL'S FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP IN JAPAN. THE YOKOHAMA WOODWORK COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF OUTSTANDING SAVES BY GOALKEEPER TAMATI WILLIAMS KEPT AUCKLAND IN THE GAME WITH J-LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 'HIROSHIMA'. BUT THIS 66TH MINUTE SCREAMER GAVE HIM NO CHANCE. NOBODY COULD KEEP OUT. THE FIRST GOAL OF THE CLUB WORLD CUP HAS BEEN SCORED. DON'T FORGET THAT WE'RE AN AMATEUR SIDE, YOU KNOW, AND WE COMPETE IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE, AND WE'RE PLAYING HERE IN FRONT OF 25,000 PEOPLE. SO, FOR US, THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE. WHILE AUCKLAND'S GONE, EXPECT WILLIAMS TO FIELD PLENTY OF INTEREST AFTER HIS MAN-OF-THE-MATCH PERFORMANCE. THANKS, ANDREW. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` KAREN'S KEEPING TABS ON A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING COOK STRAIT TONIGHT, BUT PROMISES A MAINLY SETTLED WEEKEND. AND ARE THEY STILL ON SONG? THE DOUBLE ACT OF JOHN AND OLIVIA REUNITES. SOME ROUGH WEATHER FOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. VERY BLUSTERY IN AUCKLAND. COLD AND WET IN CANTERBURY. RAIN RADAR ` PLENTY OF SHOWERS PASSING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY ON A KEEN WESTERLY. COLD AND WET IN CANTERBURY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. NOW WE ARE WATCHING THIS BRIGHT BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PUSHING ONTO THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR WELLINGTON AND SOUTHERN WAIRARAPA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. YESTERDAYS BRIGHT FRONTAL CLOUD IS NOW WELL TO THE EAST, BUT THE LOWER PORTION CURLING ROUND INTO A MESSY LOW SITTING EAST OF CANTERBURY. A NARROW CORRIDOR OR CLEARER SKIES IN BEHIND THAT FRONT. LOTS OF LUMPY SHOWER CLOUD PULSING ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. MORE ACTIVE LINE PUSHING ONTO WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA. LOOKING A LITTLE MORE SETTLED IN THE TASMAN UNDER THE INCOMING HIGH. THAT HIGH SHOULD SIT MID-TASMAN TOMORROW, EASING GRADUALLY TOWARDS OUR SHORES OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THE RUBBISHY WEATHER TIED UP IN THIS TROUGH RACES AWAY INTO THE PACIFIC. MOSTLY FINE DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. JUST A FEW EARLY SHOWERS CATCHING THE SOUTH COAST, BANKS PENINSULA AND THE KAIKOURA COAST ON THE BACK OF A FRESH WESTERLY OR SOUTHERLY. LIGHT WINDS EVERYWHERE ELSE. SKIES GRADUALLY CLEARING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AS THE SOUTH-WESTERLY EASES. JUST A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS POPPING UP OVER THE GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY RANGES ` POSSIBLY BAY OF PLENTY AND ROTORUA AS WELL. THAT SOUTHWESTER DIES OUT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. FINALLY TONIGHT, THIS COULD BE THE ONE YOU WANT TO SEE ` JOHN TRAVOLTA AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN REUNITING 34 YEARS AFTER SINGING TOGETHER AS SANDY AND DANNY IN 'GREASE'. THE MUSIC VIDEO'S FROM THEIR NEW ALBUM OF CHRISTMAS SONGS. THEY WERE INSPIRED BY 'YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT' BECOMING THE BEST-SELLING POP DUET. THE VIDEO'S HAD A MIXED RECEPTION ` ONE REVIEWER SAYING DRINKING A CUP OF CURDLED EGGNOG WOULD GO DOWN EASIER. SIMON'S BEEN HUMMING THAT TUNE ALL DAY, TONIGHT'S HERE AT 10:45 WITH MORE UPDATES ON THE TORNADO-HIT REGION IN AUCKLAND. FROM US, GOOD NIGHT.