GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A MUCH BRIGHTER DAY FOR MOST OF US. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS DUE TO A LARGE HIGH PUSHING IN FROM THE TASMAN SEA. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU HOW LONG THAT SETTLED WEATHER IS SET TO HANG AROUND. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A TRAGEDY FROM THE FALLOUT FROM A ROYAL HOAX ` A NURSE TAKEN IN BY A RADIO STATION'S PRANK CALL, DIES. AN INFERNO IN THE RED ZONE ` CHRISTCHURCH LOSES AN HISTORIC BUILDING IN A SUSPICIOUS FIRE. INSIDE A SHATTERED NEIGHBOURHOOD AS THE BIG CLEAN-UP GETS UNDERWAY AFTER A TORNADO. AND SLIP SLIDING AWAY ` WE CHECK OUT SOME SPECTACULAR DRIFT DRIVING. CAR ENGINE ROARS, BELL DINGS THE FALLOUT FROM AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATION'S HOAX CALL TO THE BRITISH HOSPITAL CARING FOR THE PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS TAKEN A TRAGIC TURN. A NURSE WHO ANSWERED THE CALL AND TRANSFERRED IT TO THE DUCHESS' WARD HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. SHORTLY, WE'LL HEAR FROM AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL IN SYDNEY, WHERE THE RADIO HOSTS INVOLVED HAVE GONE INTO HIDING. BUT FIRST, OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS FROM LONDON. WHEN THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE STEPPED OUT OF KING EDWARD VII THIS WEEK, THE ROYALS' HOSPITAL OF CHOICE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT IT HAD SEEN THE LAST OF THE CAMERAS FOR A WHILE. THEY WERE BACK TODAY, THOUGH, AS THE STORY TOOK A TRAGIC TWIST. THE AMBULANCE WAS FOR A NURSE - A WOMAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS, WHO DIED SHORTLY AFTER - WHOSE VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD AROUND THE WORLD ANSWERING A CALL FROM AN AUSTRALIAN DJ POSING AS THE QUEEN. IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS THAT I CAN CONFIRM THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A MEMBER OF OUR NURSING STAFF, JACINTHA SALDANHA. JACINTHA HAS WORKED AT THE KING EDWARD VII'S HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT NURSE AND WELL-RESPECTED AND POPULAR WITH ALL OF HER COLLEAGUES. THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WAS REPORTED TO BE 'VERY LONELY AND CONFUSED' AFTER THE INCIDENT. SHE HAD TRANSFERRED THE CALL TO ANOTHER NURSE WHO THEN DIVULGED DETAILS OF KATE'S CONDITION. JACINTHA WAS RECENTLY THE VICTIM OF A HOAX CALL TO THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL HAD BEEN SUPPORTING HER THROUGH THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME. THEY WOULDN'T TAKE QUESTIONS PRINCIPALLY ABOUT WHETHER THEY'D REPRIMANDED OR DISCIPLINED THE NURSE FOR ANY PART IN A BREACH OF PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY INVOLVING ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PATIENTS. WILLIAM AND KATE ISSUED A STATEMENT WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE NEWS BREAKING, SAYING THEY ARE DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE DEATH OF JACINTHA SALDANHA, ADDING THEY WERE... ...AT THIS VERY SAD TIME. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE DENIES THERE'S BEEN ANY COMPLAINT AT ANY TIME FROM PALACE TO THE HOSPITAL ABOUT THE INCIDENT, SAYING, ON THE CONTRARY, THEY'D OFFERED THEIR FULL AND HEARTFELT SUPPORT TO THE NURSES INVOLVED AND ALL OTHER STAFF INVOLVED AT ALL TIMES. THE VERY PRIVATE PRINCE WON'T HAVE APPRECIATED THE INITIAL BREACH OF PRIVACY, BUT ANY ANGER WILL HAVE TO TAKE SECOND PLACE FOR NOW AS THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF A PRANK CALL PLAY OUT. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE TWO DJ'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRANK CALL HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN FROM THE RADIO STATION 2DAY FM. BUT THE STATION'S BOSS IS DEFENDING THEIR ACTIONS. FOR MORE WE ARE JOINED BY OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL. STEVE. DJ'S AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CONTROVERSY ARE LYING LOW DJ'S AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CONTROVERSY ARE LYING LOW AND ARE RECEIVING COUNSELLING FOR WHAT'S UNFOLDED, WHILE THE STATION BOSS SAYS NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THIS PRANK CALL. SYDNEY RADIO DJ'S MEL GREIG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN BOASTING ABOUT THE PRANK CALL. ...WITH THE WORLD'S WORST ACCENT. THEY PUT US STRAIGHT THROUGH. WE WERE EXPECTING TO BE HUNG UP ON. WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. WE GOT THROUGH. (LAUGHS) WE GOT PUT THROUGH, AND NOW THE ENTIRE WORLD IS TALKING. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW, THEIR ACTIONS MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH OF NURSE JACINTHA SALDANHA. THE PRESENTERS HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN AND GONE INTO HIDING, LEAVING THEIR BOSS TO FRONT THE MEDIA. I HAVE SPOKEN TO BOTH PRESENTERS THIS MORNING, AND IT IS FAIR TO SAY THEY ARE SHATTERED. THE TRAGEDY'S SPARKED ROBUST DEBATE. BUT TO BLAME THE STUNT AND TO BLAME THE PEOPLE WHO DID THE STUNT ` I JUST DON'T BUY IT. I THINK THERE'S LESSONS FOR THE MEDIA MANAGEMENT, WHO ACTUALLY KEEP ENCOURAGING THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR. AND I'M SURE THAT IT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE INDUSTRY. AUSTRALIA'S MEDIA REGULATOR SAYS IT WILL INVESTIGATE. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL, OUR MAIN CONCERN, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IS WHAT'S A TRAGIC, UH` WHAT HAPPENED IS INCREDIBLY TRAGIC, AND WE'RE DEEPLY SADDENED. AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY AFFECTED BY THAT. THE TRAGEDY FUELLED A FEROCIOUS BACKLASH ONLINE. ANOTHER SAID,... GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER THE PRANK CONTINUES TO SWIRL. G 8 AND STEVE, THIS STUNT HAS ALREADY COST THE RADIO STATION MONEY? SUPERMARKET GIANT COLES AND TELSTRA HAVE PULLED THEIR ADVERTISING FROM THE RADIO STATION WHILE IT'S UNDERSTOOD ANOTHER LARGE TELCO, OPTUS, IS ALSO REVIEWING ITS SPENDING COMMITMENT WITH 2DAY FM. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE STATION HAS BEEN IN HOT WATER. IT'S ALREADY RECEIVED TWO WARNINGS FROM THE MEDIA REGULATOR OVER PREVIOUS STUNTS. THANKS, STEVE MARSHALL IN SYDNEY. CHRISTCHURCH HAS LOST ANOTHER HISTORIC BUILDING, THIS TIME, DESTROYED NOT BY EARTHQUAKES BUT BY FIRE. IN FACT THERE WERE TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN EMPTY EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDINGS LAST NIGHT, BUT AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY IF THEY'RE LINKED. JOY REID WITH THE DETAILS. IT TOOK JUST MINUTES FOR ONE OF THE CITY'S FEW REMAINING HERITAGE BUILDINGS TO FALL PREY TO THE FLAMES... SIREN WAILS ...WHICH LIT UP THE SKY AND LEFT A TRAIL OF SMOKE FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS. A DAY LATER, THE 100-YEAR-OLD BILLENS BUILDING IS STILL SMOULDERING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOME ARSEHOLE JUST SET IT ON FIRE. THE RED-ZONED BUILDING WAS SO FRAGILE, THE FIRE HAD TO BE FOUGHT FROM WITH EXTREME CAUTION, WHICH PROVED A WISE CALL WHEN THE FACADE COLLAPSED. THE BUILDING WAS BOUGHT BY CHRISTCHURCH HERITAGE LIMITED 18 MONTHS AGO, AND THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF RESTORING IT. THEY TELL ME THEY'D ALREADY SPENT MORE THAN $100,000 IN MAKING THE FACADE SAFE. BUT THIS FIRE PUTS THE PROJECT IN JEOPARDY. I'VE SPENT TWO YEARS TRYING TO SAVE THAT BUILDING. AND JUST TO HAVE SOMEONE CARELESSLY SET IT ON FIRE IS JUST... TERRIBLE. WHILE THE FIRE SERVICE STRUGGLED WITH THIS BLAZE, ANOTHER WAS BREAKING OUT A KILOMETRE AWAY IN ANOTHER EMPTY EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED BUILDING. AGAIN, IT'S BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. THERE'S NO POWER TO THE BUILDING, AND, JUST, THE BURN PATTERNS INSIDE APPEAR TO BE SUSPICIOUS. DESPITE THE SIMILARITIES, AUTHORITIES WON'T BE DRAWN ON WHETHER THEY'RE LINKED. ONCE FIRE SAFETY AND THE POLICE HAVE FINISHED THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, THEY MAY WELL ESTABLISH A LINK, BUT AT THIS STAGE, IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE FIRES. THE PRICE THAT WE'RE PAYING AS A CITY FOR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BLACK HEARTS IS INCREDIBLY SAD. AS FOR THIS CHARRED RUBBLE, THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY AUTHORITY ARE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS ON ITS FUTURE. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. HOBSONVILLE RESIDENTS TODAY GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE STOCK OF THE DAMAGE WROUGHT BY THURSDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO WHICH CLAIMED THREE LIVES. UP TO A HUNDRED RESIDENTS ARE STILL BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY CIVIL DEFENCE IN EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION. WILL HINE HAS VISITED THE DECIMATED NEIGHBOURHOOD. GROUND ZERO FOR THE TORNADO REMAINED CORDONED OFF BY THE DEFENCE FORCE, RUBBERNECKERS BEING KEPT OUT. BUT CIVIL DEFENCE DROVE ONE NEWS BEHIND THE SCENES TO DOCUMENT THE DESTRUCTION. LEFT AND RIGHT, EVERY HOUSE BORE SCARS FROM THURSDAY'S FEROCIOUS WEATHER. AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE EMERGENCY WORKERS ARE PUTTING TARPAULINS ON THE ROOFS OF DAMAGED HOUSES. SOME OF THE HOUSES ARE A COMPLETE WRITE-OFF, AND THEY'RE BEING IGNORED. INSTEAD, THESE TEAMS ARE CONCENTRATING THEIR RESOURCES ON HOUSES WHERE THEY THINK THEY CAN REPAIR THE DAMAGE. THERE'S MORE WORKERS THAN RESIDENTS, MOST HOUSEHOLDS HAVING PACKED UP AND LEFT. BUT ON THE EDGE OF THE CORDON, SOME FAMILIES AT LEAST HAVE HOMES TO RETURN TO, INCLUDING THIS ONE THAT CAME HOME TO A NEWLY PATCHED-UP ROOF. TODAY WE CAME WITH SOME WOOD AND TARPAULIN, COS WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO FIX IT OURSELVES. BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY PARTNER'S A BIG BOY, SO HE'D PROBABLY FALL THROUGH THE ROOF IF HE TRIED TO FIX IT HIMSELF. CONTRACTORS SAY THEY'RE RUN OFF THEIR FEET. THE GUYS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. WE'RE JUST SQUEEZING AS MANY HOURS INTO THE DAY AS POSSIBLE. < SO WHAT'S THAT? 12-HOUR DAYS? LONGER? OH, AND THE REST, YEAH. DARK TILL DARK, REALLY. YEAH. WE HAD LIGHTS OUT LAST NIGHT, AND I'M SURE THAT'LL CONTINUE THROUGH TO CHRISTMAS, PROBABLY. AND, NOT FAR AWAY THOUGH, LIFE'S GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. THE LOCAL WEEKEND MARKET OPENED FOR BUSINESS. THERE, A COLLECTION WAS BEING TAKEN TO HELP THE FAMILIES OF THE MEN KILLED IN THE TORNADO. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. MUCH OF THE COUNTRY REPORTED BEING JOLTED AWAKE THIS MORNING BY A 5.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS FELT FROM NORTHLAND TO SOUTHLAND. THE QUAKE WAS 175KM DEEP AND CENTRED 20KM SOUTH-EAST OF TOKOROA. THE QUAKE AT 7.19AM WAS FOLLOWED BY A SWARM OF TREMORS IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. SARAH BRADLEY HAS DETAILS. HOPES FOR A SATURDAY SLEEP-IN WERE DASHED FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. IT FELT VERY SWINGY. IT WAS QUITE BIZARRE. I HAVE FELT A LOT IN WELLINGTON, BUT NOTHING LIKE THAT. QUITE A FEW THINGS FELL OFF THE SHELF. I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM HIS ROOM, SO I RUSHED IN THERE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. WITHIN SECONDS, SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WERE AWASH WITH COMMENTS ` FROM THE TRULY CONCERNED TO THE TRULY RIDICULOUS. 'I THINK WE'RE HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE', SO HE SAID, 'OH' ` HE DIDN'T FEEL IT OR SOMETHING OR DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE. I FELT A VIBRATION, BUT I THOUGHT IT COULD'VE BEEN A BIG TRUCKIN GOIN' BY. GEONET SAYS THAT WITHIN MINUTES NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE HAD REGISTERED THE QUAKE ON ITS WEBSITE. THESE SORTS OF EARTHQUAKES OCCUR BECAUSE THE PACIFIC PLATE IS ACTUALLY SUBDUCTING BELOW THE AUSTRALIAN PLATE. THIS MORNING'S TREMOR FOLLOWS A VIOLENT 7.3-MAGNITUDE QUAKE IN JAPAN YESTERDAY, WHICH GEONET SAYS WAS ON THE SAME PLATE. AND WHILE TODAY'S QUAKE WAS TYPICAL, MANY REMAIN ON TENTERHOOKS. EVERYBODY'S ON EDGE, COS THEY DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN IN WELLINGTON, RIGHT? COS WE'RE THE EARTHQUAKE CAPITAL. GEONET SAYS CHRISTCHURCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE INCREASED INTEREST IN EARTHQUAKES, BUT THEY CANNOT BE PREDICTED. THERE'S A LOW CHANCE OF ANOTHER BIG QUAKE, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE EVERYDAY OF SUCH A QUAKE. WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. ONE THING THIS GREATER AWARENESS OF EARTHQUAKES HAS DONE IS MAKE US MORE PREPARED IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, BOTH IN THE HOME AND IN THE WORKPLACE. DROP, COVER AND HOLD! IN SEPTEMBER, THERE WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE DRILL, AND CIVIL DEFENCE URGES HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALSO PREPARED WITH WATER, FOOD AND FIRST AID. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. ABOUT 500 NEGOTIOATORS ARE AT SKYCI A NZ MOTHER, WHO SPARKED A MANHUNT IN BRITAIN AFTER GOING INTO HIDING WITH HER 7-YEAR-OLD SON, HAS APPEARED IN A BRITISH COURT. SALLY ROBERTS' SON IS SUFFERING FROM A LIFE-THREATENING BRAIN TUMOUR, AND SHE'S CHALLENGING THE MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT DOCTORS WANT HER SON TO RECEIVE. THIS FROM THE BBC'S BRANWEN JEFFREYS. NEON ROBERTS WAS DESCRIBED IN COURT AS A FEIST, FUNNY BOY ` A 7-YEAR-OLD WHO'S HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR REMOVED IN AN OPERATION; A CHILD WHOSE MOTHER IS QUESTIONING WHAT TREATMENT HAPPENS NEXT. SALLY ROBERTS ARRIVED AT COURT TODAY TO CHALLENGE DOCTORS. THEY SAY NEON SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DRUGS, CHEMOTHERAPY AND ALSO RADIATION. SHE SAID A DOCTOR TOLD HER THE RADIOTHERAPY WOULD FRY HER SON'S BRAIN. NEON HAD AN OPERATION IN OCTOBER TO REMOVE HIS BRAIN TUMOUR. CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY ARE RECOMMENDED TO FOLLOW. IT'S THE STANDARD TREATMENT FOR A CHILD WITH THIS CANCER. BUT THIS MUM LAUNCHED LEGAL ACTION AT THE HIGH COURT, CONCERNED THAT RADIOTHERAPY COULD DAMAGE HIS BRAIN. SHE WENT MISSING ON MONDAY WITH NEON, BUT THEY WERE FOUND YESTERDAY. SALLY ROBERTS TOLD THE JUDGE TODAY SHE ONLY WANTS THE BEST FOR HER SON. EARLIER, HER PARENTS SPOKE TO THE BBC, SAYING THEY JUST WANT EVERY OPTION CONSIDERED. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS THE VERY BEST FOR OUR GRANDCHILD. THE COURT HEARD THERE IS A RISK OF SOME BRAIN DAMAGE FROM RADIOTHERAPY, BUT IT COULD GIVE MORE THAN AN 80% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. WHAT THE COURT HAS TO DECIDE IS WHAT'S IN NEON'S BEST INTEREST. WEIGHING UP THE EXTRA CHANCE OF SURVIVAL THAT RADIOTHERAPY COULD GIVE HIM AGAINST THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO HIS BRAIN. WHEN CHILDREN NEED TREATMENT, PARENTS HAVE TO DECIDE, SHARING THE PAINFUL DILEMMAS WITH DOCTORS. IN NEON'S CASE, HIS PARENTS DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, SO THE JUDGE WILL DECIDE. AND THE JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THAT DECISION OVERNIGHT, OUR TIME. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE CRISIS IN EGYPT REACHES BREAKING POINT AS THE COUNTRY'S EMBATTLED PRESIDENT FACES A TIDE OF POPULAR OUTRAGE. THE YOUNGEST VICTIMS OF THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR ` WE VISIT A REFUGEE CAMP TO SEE THE REAL COST OF THE FIGHTING. AND YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF TV HISTORY ` THE SPARTACUS-INSPIRED SALE THAT REALLY DOES HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS IN EGYPT HAVE SMASHED THROUGH SECURITY BARRICADES AROUND THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, AS PROTESTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S POWERS CONTINUE TO RAGE. MOHAMMED MORSI HAS CALLED FOR TALKS ABOUT THE GROWING POLITICAL CRISIS, BUT THE IDEA'S BEEN REJECTED BY OPPOSITION LEADERS. THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES REPORTS FROM CAIRO. EGYPT IS AGAIN ON THE BRINK. CROWD CHANTS ANGER AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS, AS TWO MEN KILLED IN VIOLENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK WERE BURIED. THIS IS FROM WHERE PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI DRAWS HIS SUPPORT ` THE MASSED ORGANISED RANKS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. THESE BROTHERHOOD OFFICES IN CAIRO WERE RANSACKED LAST NIGHT. LOCAL OFFICIALS, WHO ARE WARY TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, ACCUSE THEIR OPPONENTS OF DISREGARDING THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN WHICH MR MORSI WAS ELECTED SIX MONTHS AGO. < WHEN THEY COME IN AND DAMAGE A BUILDING < THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM, < WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM OF OPINION ANY MORE; < WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM OF KILLING, FREEDOM OF DAMAGING. < WHAT'S THAT? PRESIDENT MORSI HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF GRABBING EXCESSIVE POWERS AND OF TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH DOESN'T PROTECT THE BASIC RIGHTS OF OTHERS ` CONTROVERSIAL REFORMS HE DEFENDED LAST NIGHT. HOSNI MUBARAK IS LONG GONE, BUT THESE LIBERALS, CHRISTIANS AND WOMEN FEAR THE NEW PRESIDENT AND HIS CONSTITUTION. THEY SAY EGYPT IS HEADING FOR DISASTER. LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TELL HIM SOMETHING. HE CANNOT SEE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER REVOLUTION COMING OVER. 'WORSE THAN MUBARAK' IS HOW KARIM MUSTAFA DESCRIBES PRESIDENT MORSI, A MAN HE NOW REGRETS VOTING FOR. WHAT'S REALLY BAD IS THAT I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE THAT THE OLD REGIME WAS BETTER. FROM BEHIND HIS PALACE WALLS, PRESIDENT MORSI HAS CALLED FOR A NATIONAL DIALOGUE TOMORROW. BUT TONIGHT, OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BROKEN THROUGH THESE BARRIERS AROUND THE HEAVILY PROTECTED COMPOUND. AND IN AN EFFORT TO APPEASE OPPOSITION LEADERS, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSIDERING DELAYING NEXT WEEK'S REFERENDUM ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION. THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS HAVE WELCOMED THE POLITICAL LEADER OF HAMAS TO GAZA AS HE MADE HIS FIRST EVER VISIT TO THE STRIP. KHALED MESHAAL WAS MOBBED BY SUPPORTERS WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE REGION, ENDING DECADES OF EXILE. THE HAMAS CHIEF LEFT THE WEST BANK AS A CHILD AND NOW LEADS THE ISLAMIC GROUP FROM QATAR. HIS VISIT FOLLOWS A CEASEFIRE THAT ENDED DAYS OF VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THERE ARE FRESH FEARS IN SYRIA THAT PRESIDENT ASSAD'S REGIME WILL UNLEASH CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST ITS OWN PEOPLE. NEARLY TWO MILLION RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES AS FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE ABC'S ALEX MARQUARDT MET SOME OF THE FAMILIES ON THE RUN AT A REFUGEE CAMP IN ATMA. THE RAIN POURED AS WE APPROACHED THE CROSSING INTO SYRIA; THE FIRST STOP, A REBEL CHECKPOINT ` TANKS AND MEN ARMED WITH AK-47S. ONCE PAST THEM, A NARROW, WINDING ROAD THAT LED US TO WHITE TENTS IN A SEA OF RED MUD. IN IT, THE FACES OF THIS CROWING CRISIS ` CHILDREN HUDDLED AROUND THE ONLY SOURCE OF WARMTH, A TINY CAMPFIRE. THEY'RE PART OF THE MASS EXODUS ` FAMILIES FLEEING THE CROSSFIRE OF SYRIA'S BLOODY CIVIL WAR. FOR THEM, LIFE IS DIRE AND GROWING DANGEROUS. FEW HERE HAVE THEIR OWN JACKETS OR SHOES. IT'S GROWING COLDER BY THE DAY. THERE ARE FEARS THE CHILDREN ARE GETTING SICKER. THEY GET JUST ONE SMALL BOTTLE OF WATER A DAY PER PERSON, AND FOR ALL 12,000 REFUGEES, THERE ARE ONLY FOUR TOILETS, POURING INTO AN OPEN SEWER. THE RISK OF DISEASE IS REAL. (SPEAKS ARABIC) ABU SHAIKIR SAYS THEY WOULD GO HOME, BUT THE REGIME'S WARPLANES KEEP BOMBING. IN HIS FAMILY'S TENT, HIS COUSIN SAMIRA ` WHOSE SON AND HUSBAND ARE TWO OF THE 40,000 KILLED ` CHOKES UP, THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. 'LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN,' SHE SAYS. 'TOO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.' WITH WINTER COMING, ARE YOU AFRAID YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THESE PEOPLE? I MEAN, I CAN SAY WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, I MEAN, I CAN SAY WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN SUPPORT ALL THESE PEOPLE. AMID ALL THIS DESPAIR, THERE IS DIGNITY HERE, AS CHILDREN SING AND DREAM... CHILDREN SING ...ABOUT A DAY WITH NO MORE WAR. AND WITH NO SIGN OF THE FLOOD OF REFUGEES LETTING UP, MORE CAMPS ARE BEING BUILT IN SYRIA AND TURKEY. VIOLENCE BETWEEN LOYALISTS AND RIOT POLICE HAS BROKEN OUT ON THE STREETS OF BELFAST, IN NORTHERN IRELAND. THE UNREST BEGAN EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN LOYALISTS STARTED DEMONSTRATING AGAINST A DECISION BY THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO FLY THE UNION JACK FLAG OVER BELFAST CITY HALL. THE PROTESTS COME AS THE US SECRETARY OF STATE VISITS THE COUNTRY. SHE'S URGED THE LOYALISTS TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WE MUST NOT USE VIOLENCE AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING THOSE STRONG FEELINGS. THE ONLY PATH FORWARD IS A PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC ONE. MORE THAN 20 POLICE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THE CLASHES. THE US SUPREME COURT SAYS IT'S TIME TO RULE ON WHETHER SAME-SEX COUPLES HAVE A RIGHT TO GET MARRIED IN AMERICA. IN AN HISTORIC MOVE, THE COURT'S AGREED TO HEAR CHALLENGES TO THE DEFENCE OF MARRIAGE ACT, WHICH DEFINES MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. IT'LL ALSO DECIDE IF STATES HAVE THE POWER TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE. THE COURT PLANS TO MAKE A RULING BY THE END OF JUNE. WEATHER TIME NOW. NICE DAY FOR MOST OF US. IS IT GOING TO STAY FINE FOR 'CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK' IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT, KAREN? SHOULD BE GOOD. LETS SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE RAIN RADAR. ALL PRETTY QUIET OVER THE CITY. LOOK AT THESE BIG BUILD-UPS OVER THE HUNUA RANGES, DISSIPATING NOW AND MOVING TOWARDS THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. SOME HEAVY SHOWERS OVER WAIRARAPA THIS MORNING, AND THE SOUTH-WESTERLY FLOW HAS PUSHED UP A 4M SWELL ABOUT THE COAST. LOTS OF BLUE SKY TODAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` PAUL HOLMES RETIRES FROM BROADCASTING. WHY A SECONDARY SCHOOL ON WAIHEKE ISLAND IS THREATENING TO TURN OFF THE WATER SUPPLY. AND THE END OF A TV SHOW GIVES FANS THE CHANCE TO LIVE LIKE A GLADIATOR IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME. , A BATTLE OVER WHO PAYS FOR WATER HAS REACHED CRUNCH TIME FOR A SECONDARY SCHOOL OFF THE COAST OF AUCKLAND. WAIHEKE HIGH SCHOOL HAS VOTED TO TURN OFF THE WATER TO ITS NEIGHBOURS UNLESS IT RECEIVES HELP TO PAY ITS HEFTY BILLS. SHARON FERGUSSON REPORTS. MAN: HOW WERE YOUR EXAMS? BOY: PRETTY GOOD. GIRL: GOOD. EXAMS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RUNNING OF ANY GOOD SCHOOL, BUT AT WAIHEKE HIGH, IT'S RUNNING WATER THAT'S SENDING MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN. WE'D RATHER SPEND MONEY ON OUR KIDS' EDUCATION THAN THEIR ABLUTIONS. THE SCHOOL, ON WAIHEKE ISLAND, ISN'T ON MAINS SUPPLY, SO HAS ITS OWN BORE AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AT A COST OF AROUND $50,000 A YEAR. IT GETS SOME HELP FROM THE EDUCATION MINISTRY, BUT THAT HELP FALLS WELL SHORT. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE SPENT $82,000, AND THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'VE HAD TO CUT FROM SCIENCE LABS. THE EDUCATION MINISTRY SAYS LOTS OF RURAL SCHOOLS SUPPLY THEIR OWN WATER AND WASTEWATER. THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WAIHEKE HIGH ALSO SUPPLIES THE NEIGHBOURING PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ITS POOL, THE KINDERGARTEN AND RECREATION CENTRE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S NOT GONNA GET FIXED WHILE WE'RE SOLVING THE PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE BY PICKING UP THE TAB, SO WE'VE GOTTA STOP THAT TO ESCALATE IT. SO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED TO STOP PROVIDING WATER AND WASTEWATER TO THE OTHER PLAYERS FROM JANUARY 27, THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, UNLESS THEY AGREE TO PAY FOR IT. THAT'S IF A MEETING WITH THE MINISTRY NEXT WEEK DOESN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THE PRINCIPAL HERE DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED, BUT IN A STATEMENT, SAID THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORTS THE HIGH SCHOOL'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING. THE STATEMENT ALSO SAID IF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL WERE TO PAY ITS SHARE, IT WOULD COST 6% OF ITS BULK GRANT, AND THE SCHOOL WOULD STRUGGLE TO KEEP OPERATING. WE'RE ALL ON THE ONE ISLAND, WE'RE ALL IN THE ONE COMMUNITY ` WE DON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHERE THE FIGHT IS. BUT WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A CALL ABOUT, 'CAN WE CONTINUE TO PUT THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER 'INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S SWIMMING POOL 'AND RISK NOT BEING ABLE TO SUPPLY OUR OWN KIDS?' AND WITH A DRY SUMMER EXPECTED, THE VALUE OF THAT SUPPLY WILL ONLY INCREASE. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. STUDENTS AT FOUR SCHOOLS BEING INVESTIGATED BY IMMIGRATION NZ HAVE BEEN TOLD THEIR VISAS WON'T BE RENEWED WHILE THE INQUIRY'S UNDERWAY. SUSPENSION OF VISA PROCESSING FOR THE SCHOOLS WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO STOP ENROLMENT OF NEW STUDENTS AND NOT AFFECT THE 834 IMMIGRANTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED. BUT THIS EMAIL TELLS THOSE APPLYING TO RENEW THEIR VISAS THAT THEY CAN EITHER WAIT THREE MONTHS FOR THE INVESTIGATION'S FINDINGS ON AN INTERIM VISA OR CHANGE SCHOOLS, LEADING PUPILS LIKE ROXANA CASTRO TO DO JUST THAT. AND WHEN I INTERVIEWED WITH THE DIRECTOR, THEY SAID, 'ROXANA, YOUR SCHOOL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 'I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE EDUCATION IN THAT SCHOOL. 'WHAT I SUGGEST THAT YOU DO IS START AGAIN.' SO STARTING AGAIN, FOR ME, IS MORE MONEY, AND I DON'T HAVE MONEY. IMMIGRATION DENIES IT'S ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO LEAVE THE SCHOOLS IT'S INVESTIGATING. IT'S TOLD ONE NEWS THE EMAIL IS 'NOT CLEARLY WORDED' AND THAT IT WILL RENEW STUDENT VISAS FOR THOSE ALREADY ENROLLED. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATION IS FACING A SERIOUS BACKLASH AFTER REPORTS THAT ITS PRANK CALL HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEATH OF BRITISH NURSE JACINTHA SALDANHA. THE RADIO STATION HAS APOLOGISED FOR THE HOAX CALL IN WHICH THE DJS IMPERSONATED THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CHARLES. AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO LINK TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT. WHILE FIRE SERVICES BATTLED TO EXTINGUISH A FIRE AT THE HISTORIC BILLENS BUILDING, ANOTHER BLAZE BROKE OUT JUST 1KM AWAY. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE FIRES. NEARLY 100 WEST AUCKLAND RESIDENTS ARE STILL IN EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION AS THE CLEAN-UP FROM THURSDAY'S DEADLY TORNADO GETS UNDERWAY. THIS WEEKEND A MARKET IN HOBSONVILLE IS HOLDING A COLLECTION FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE THREE MEN KILLED. PAUL HOLMES IS RETIRING FROM ALL BROADCASTING BECAUSE OF POOR HEATH. A WEEK AGO HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS GIVING UP HIS WEEKLY RADIO SHOW, AND NOW HE'S DECIDED NOT TO RETURN TO HIS ROLE ON TV ONE'S CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW Q+A. THE VETERAN BROADCASTER HAS HAD OPERATIONS THIS YEAR FOR A HEART CONDITION AND PROSTATE CANCER. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF FILMING IN NZ, THE ROMAN GLADIATOR TV SERIES 'SPARTACUS' HAS CALLED IT A DAY. BUT BEFORE IT CLOSES UP SHOP ENTIRELY, IT'S GIVING FANS A CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF THE SHOW, PUTTING MORE THAN 5000 PROPS UP FOR SALE AT AN AUCTION TOMORROW. DAMIAN CHRISTIE WENT FOR A LOOK AT WHAT'S ON OFFER. AGRON. MEN CHEER CRIXUS. MEN CHEER SINCE SETTING UP HERE IN 2009, 'SPARTACUS' HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE LOCAL TV INDUSTRY, EMPLOYING HUNDREDS OF KS ON AND OFF SCREEN. ...FLUTTERING HEARTS. BUT FOUR SEASONS ON, THE SHOW'S OVER, LEAVING BEHIND THE FRUITS OF MUCH OF THAT HARD WORK. IT'S A NEAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY COME ALONG AND ACTUALLY HANDLE THIS STUFF AND SEE HOW PROPS WERE MADE AND WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. THE PROPS ON OFFER HERE ARE NOTHING IF NOT UNIQUE, SO PERHAPS THIS YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS, RATHER THAN BUYING DAD ANOTHER PAIR OF SOCKS OR NANA YET ANOTHER BOX OF SCORCHED ALMONDS, WHY NOT CONSIDER A SEVERED ROMAN HEAD? BUT IF NANA'S TASTES ARE A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL, THERE'S PLENTY MORE ON OFFER. THIS WAS A ROMAN ALTAR, AND I THINK MOST HOUSEHOLDS WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. SHIELDS ` THIS ONE HAS HAD A LITTLE STEP PUT ON IT, AND THIS IS FOR A STUNT. WE'VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL TURNED CUPS. AND THESE WERE USED IN THE PULVINUS, IN THE ARENA, AND THAT'S WHERE` IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CORPORATE BOX OF THE ARENA. AND IT SEEMS THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF TAKERS. BIT OF A CHRISTMAS PRESENT HERE? ABSOLUTELY. (LAUGHS) IN CASE HE MISBEHAVES. I LIKE THE FURNITURE. THE FURNITURE WOULD LOOK NICE. I LIKE THE JEWELLERY. I'M THINKIN' THIS COW HIDE'S GOTTA GO GOOD. THROW IT OVER THE BED; GET SOME BEASTY ACTION HAPPENING. EVEN THE AUCTIONEER HAS HIS EYE ON SOMETHING SPECIAL. THERE'S A TORTURE RACK. DON'T THINK I'D BE ALLOWED TO GET THAT ONE INSIDE, BUT HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT TALKING POINT. ALL OF WHICH COULD ADD UP TO SOME VERY STRANGELY SHAPED PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE THIS CHRISTMAS. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE NEW BLACK CAPS CAPTAIN FRONTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. A VERY FRANK BRENDON MCCULLUM IS NEXT, AS HE CONFRONTS ALL THE TALK ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ROSS TAYLOR, WHILE A GREAT OF THE GAME LETS RIP OVER THE SAGA. PLUS IS THERE ANY IRONY IN ANOTHER SLASHING INNINGS FROM JESSE RYDER? THE WAX MODEL HAS A RECORD MELTDOWN IN MELBOURNE. CAN THE KS STORM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN THE THIRD ROUND? AND LOOK, IT'S BERNIE, OFF TO GET THE CHRISTMAS HAM ` BOY RACERS SHUT DOWN INNER-CITY AUCKLAND. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE NEW BLACKCAPS CRICKET CAPTAIN. BRENDON MCCULLUM HAS OPENED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER HIS APPOINTMENT AS THE NEW SKIPPER AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AXED LEADER ROSS TAYLOR. BLAIR NORTON REPORTS. HIS FIRST OUTING AS BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN, AND AS USUAL, BRENDON MCCULLUM WAS QUICK TO GO ON THE ATTACK, SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ROSS TAYLOR'S AXING. HE PLAYED NO PART. I GUESS THAT CUTS RIGHT TO THE BONE ` THAT SOMEONE WOULD QUESTION YOUR INTEGRITY AND QUESTION YOUR CHARACTER LIKE THAT, AND I GUESS THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. AND TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, IT'S HIGHLY INSULTING. MCCULLUM WENT FURTHER, SAYING THAT ANY PERCEIVED RIFT BETWEEN HIM AND TAYLOR IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MEDIA BEAT-UP. WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP, A VERY RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIP. WE KNOW EACH OTHER; WE'VE PLAYED WITH EACH OTHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE KNOW EACH OTHER'S FAMILIES. MANY HAVE SUGGESTED IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MCCULLUM WOULD TAKE OVER THE CAPTAINCY FOLLOWING MIKE HESSON'S APPOINTMENT AS BLACKCAPS COACH IN JULY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT MADE OF MIKE HESSON AND MY RELATIONSHIP AS WELL, WHICH HAS AGAIN BEEN INCREDIBLY BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. UM, I'VE GOT REASONABLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY COACHES THAT I'VE PLAYED UNDER AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH. MCCULLUM ADMITTED HIS TEAM FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITHOUT TAYLOR, NZ'S BEST BATSMAN, AND JESSE RYDER, PERHAPS OUR MOST TALENTED. RYDER REINFORCED THAT WITH 75 FROM 26 BALLS LAST NIGHT. YEAH, I SPOKE TO JESSE LAST NIGHT AS WELL, SO, YEAH, DEFINITELY HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUT INTO THE MIX. HE'S AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THIS TEAM GOING FORWARD. MCCULLUM'S FIRST JOB GOING FORWARD ` TO GALVANISE HIS TEAM AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WIN AGAINST THE WORLD'S BEST. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. FORMER TEST CAPTAIN MARTIN CROWE HAS BLASTED NZ CRICKET FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE ROSS TAYLOR AFFAIR. ONE NEWS REVEALED ON THURSDAY CROWE HAS STOOD DOWN FROM HIS SCOUTING ROLE WITH THE NATIONAL BODY. NOW HE'S GIVEN THEM A SPRAY ON THE WEBSITE CRICINFO. IN HIS ARTICLE, CROWE SAYS THE SPORT IS BECOMING WORTHLESS AS PLAYERS ARE STRIPPED OF SELF-WORTH. A STRONG ALLY OF TAYLOR'S, HE SAYS ALL PARTIES NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND IN FACT, SHOULD GO. CROWE SAYS TAYLOR'S TEST EFFORTS A WEEK AGO AGAINST SRI LANKA, GIVEN HE WAS ALL BUT SACKED, RATE ALONGSIDE SIR RICHARD HADLEE'S 15 WICKETS IN BRISBANE IN 1985. HE QUESTIONS WHETHER CRICKET CAN COME BACK FROM THE TAYLOR SAGA. THE NZ GREAT WAS SIGNED AS A DOMESTIC TALENT SCOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT IS NOW CLEARLY DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. ANOTHER BATSMAN NEVER FAR FROM THE HEADLINES, JESSIE RYDER HAS AGAIN STARRED FOR THE WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS IN THEIR T20 MATCH AGAINST THE CENTRAL STAGS. RYDER SHOWED HIS INTENTIONS EARLY WITH BOUNDARIES OFF THE FIRST TWO BALLS. YOU BET YA IT'S GONE LONG ENOUGH! GOOD LUCK THERE. GOOD LUCK THERE. FOUR MORE. BRACEWELL GOING FOR 19 OFF THAT OVER. RYDER BRINGING UP HIS 50 IN TYPICAL STYLE ` OFF JUST 16 BALLS BEFORE FALLING TO DEBUTANT ANDREW MATHIESON ON 75. THE STAGS WERE UNABLE TO CHASE DOWN WELLINGTON'S 214, LOSING BY 55 RUNS. SO MUCH FOR SHANE WARNE BEING BACK IN THE AUSTRALIA TEST FRAME. HE'S BEEN EMBARRASSED AS THE BIG BASH SEASON OPENED IN MELBOURNE. BRAD HODGE, WHO PLAYED FOR AUCKLAND LAST MONTH, GOT WARNE'S MELBOURNE STARS OFF TO A FLIER. HODGE THEN GOT THE RED LIGHT FROM THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. BUT WITH LUKE WRIGHT BLASTING A HALF CENTURY, 167 LOOKED DEFENDABLE, UNTIL THE 43-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN BROUGHT HIMSELF ON AGAINST THE MELBOURNE RENEGADES. WARNE: OH, CATCH! THAT'S GONE IN THE AIR AS WELL, AND THAT'S GONE OVER THE ROPE TOO. IT'S HOLDING UP. OH! CROWD SIGHS HE WON'T BE HAPPY WITH THAT. NOR HIS NEW BIG BASH RECORD ` 41 RUNS IN JUST TWO OVERS ` AS THE RENEGADES ROMPED HOME BY EIGHT WICKETS, RIVAL SKIPPER AARON FINCH SMASHING 111 NOT OUT. OUR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAMS HAVE HAD VASTLY DIFFERENT RESULTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MATCHES TODAY. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS THRASHED INDIA 7-2 IN THEIR OPENING TEST IN NAPIER ` A RESULT THE MEN COULD ONLY DREAM OF, AFTER BLOWING A 2-0 HALF-TIME ADVANTAGE AGAINST WORLD NUMBER ONE GERMANY IN THEIR CHAMPIONS TROPHY MATCH IN MELBOURNE. PHIL BURROWS AND NICK WILSON GAVE THE KS A SURPRISE LEAD INTO THE BREAK, BUT A SECOND-HALF BLITZ FROM GERMANY PROVED TOO MUCH ` THE BLACK STICKS DEFENCE FALLING APART. RUEHR, AT PACE. OH, LOOK AT THE CONTROL ON THAT STICK. MESMERISING FROM RUEHR. THE REVERSE STICK. WOW, WOW, WOW. THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT! IT'S ONE ON FIVE. HE'S UNDETERRED. HE'S BRILLIANT. HE'S MESMERISING. HE SHOOTS. HE SCORES! JAN RUEHR WAS IN STUNNING FORM FOR THE GERMANS. 6-4, THE FINAL SCORE. TO SHOOT SIX GOALS ON US IN A HALF OF HOCKEY IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT OURSELVES ` THE WAY WE DEFENDED IN THAT HALF ` COS IT WAS PRETTY POOR, TO BE HONEST. THE BLACK STICKS NEXT PLAY ENGLAND TOMORROW TO TRY AND AVOID THE WOODEN SPOON. K GOLFERS HAVE ALSO BEEN UP AND DOWN IN THE THIRD ROUND OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN SYDNEY. AT ONE STAGE, BAY OF PLENTY PRO JOSH GEARY HAD A SHARE OF THE LEAD. STEPHEN STUART HAS MORE. THE TRICKY CONDITIONS DIDN'T STOP GARETH PADDISON, THE FIRST OF THE NZ CONTINGENT TO MAKE A MOVE ON THE LEADERS, BUT HE IMMEDIATELY GAVE THE STROKE BACK. UP STEPPED JOSH GEARY WITH THIS PUTT TO GRAB A SIX-WAY SHARE OF THE LEAD AT FOUR UNDER PAR FOR THE TOURNAMENT. HOWEVER, EUROPEAN STAR JUSTIN ROSE EVENTUALLY BROKE AWAY FROM THE PACK. AND YES, THE OUTRIGHT LEADER NOW IS THE ENGLISHMAN. PADDISON WENT AGONISINGLY CLOSE ON THE GREENS. TURN,... OH! MY GOODNESS. GEARY WAS NOW IN RECOVERY MODE. PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE GETTING INTO THAT POSITION. IT'S HARD TO KEEP PACE WITH ROSE WHEN GEARY FOUND THE GARDEN, AND HE FELL AWAY WITH A ONE UNDER PAR 71. PADDISON JUST KEPT PEPPERING THE PIN... CROWD APPLAUDS REALLY TRICKY. ...AND HAD THIS FOR AN EAGLE ON THE 14TH, BUT ENDED WITH PAR. AND HIS PLAYING PARTNER FELL AWAY TOO,... BY THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND. OH, THAT IS HARD ALL RIGHT. MAN SHOUTS OH! ...LEAVING OVERNIGHT LEADER JOHN SENDEN A SHOT CLEAR AND ALL SET UP FOR A GRANDSTAND FINISH IN SYDNEY TOMORROW. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ENSURED SCORES WOULD BLOW OUT LATE, WITH GEARY AND PADDISON BOTH LOSING GROUD ON THE LEADERS. ALL WHITES MIDFIELDER MARCO ROJAS HAS AGAIN LIT UP FOOTBALL'S A-LEAGUE. HIS SWEETLY TIMED CROSS SET UP THE MELBOURNE VICTORY'S FIRST GOAL AGAINST ADELAIDE. HE THEN TURNED FINISHER. THE VICTORY TRYING TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN THIS SECOND HALF, AND IT'S THAT MAN AGAIN, MARCO ROJAS, STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE. BUT IT WAS MUCH TOO LATE, ADELAIDE WINNING 4-2 TO SURGE TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE. VETERAN TRIATHLETE JO LAWN HAS BROUGHT AN END TO HER TAUPO RACING CAREER BY WINNING THE WOMEN'S HALF IRONMAN IN CONVINCING FASHION. THE SEVEN-TIME NZ IRONMAN CHAMP CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IN 4 HOURS, 36 MINUTES AND 39 SECONDS TO BEAT HER NEAREST RIVAL BY NINE MINUTES. THIS RACE, FOR ME, WAS JUST TO COME DOWN AND DO ONE LAST TIME ALONG THIS RESERVE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF MEMORIES ALONG HERE, SO I THOUGHT, 'WELL, WHY NOT COME AND DO THE HALF IRONMAN? 'TAUPO'S BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO ME.' GRAHAM O'GRADY (30) WAS ALSO CONVINCING ON HIS WAY TO WINNING THE MEN'S RACE ` HIS TIME OF 3 HOURS, 58 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS JUST TWO MINUTES OUTSIDE OF THE RECORD. NOT SUCH A GOOD DAY FOR VETERAN CAMERON BROWN THOUGH, WHO FADED TO FINISH IN FIFTH. CREATING THE WORLD'S FASTEST RACING YACHT HAS ALSO CREATED A PROBLEM OF ITS OWN FOR TEAM NZ ` HOW TO KEEP UP WITH IT. THE ANSWER ` BUILD THE WORLD'S QUICKEST CHASE BOAT. HERE'S MARTIN TASKER. THIS IS TEAM NZ'S AC72 FOILING AND FLYING AT 40 KNOTS AND UPWARDS. COMFORTABLY KEEPING PACE IS CHASE ONE ` PURPOSE BUILT BY THE SALTHOUSE YARD IN AUCKLAND. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT OUT, WE PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AND DID 58 KNOTS AND THOUGHT, 'WELL, OK, IT'S QUICK ENOUGH.' QUICK AND COMPARATIVELY COMFORTABLE FOR THE DOZEN OR SO DESIGNERS, SAILMAKERS, HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS MONITORING THE BIG CAT'S EVERY MOVE FROM CHASE ONE. WE'RE OUT THERE FOR EIGHT OR NINE HOURS SOME DAYS, AND IT'S A LONG DAY ON THE WATER. AND IF YOU'RE IN THE WEATHER, IF YOU'RE GETTING THRASHED BY THE WAVES, THEN YOU REALLY CAN'T PERFORM YOUR JOB ON THE BOAT. SPECIAL SEATS EASE THE POUNDING ON KNEES AND BACKS. WE MADE THESE HERE IN-HOUSE AT A LOCAL ENGINEERING SHOP, AND THE SHOCK COME FROM A QUAD BIKE, AND WE JUST PUT IT TOGETHER, AND THEY SEEM TO WORK REALLY REALLY WELL. THE GRUNT COMES FROM FOUR V6 OUTBOARDS. THE CATAMARAN DESIGN MAKES THEM 35% TO 40% MORE EFFICIENT THAN A STANDARD CHASE BOAT. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ORACLE CAPSIZE, WITH THE INABILITY TO RIGHT THE BOAT QUICKLY, RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE, SHOWING POWER IS REQUIRED FOR MORE THAN SPEED. WE NEEDED A LOT OF THRUST TO BE ABLE TO RIGHT THE BOAT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE FOUR 300-HORSEPOWER ENGINES ON THE BACK. CHASE ONE CAN TOW THE AC72 AT 25 KNOTS AND MORE, AND THERE ARE SOME LUXURIES ` A COFFEE MACHINE FROM A SPONSOR IS ONE, AND THERE IS ANOTHER. WE'VE GOT A TOILET DOWNSTAIRS. IT'S TURNED OFF AND NO ONE'S ALLOWED TO USE IT. BUT WE'VE GOT ONE. AT AROUND $500,000 WITHOUT THE ENGINES, THE 14M BOAT IS A FINANCIAL SUCCESS TOO. LUNA ROSSA TAKE DELIVERY OF THEIRS SHORTLY, AND TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. FINALLY IN SPORT ` CENTRAL AUCKLAND PROVED A HOT SPOT TODAY FOR CAR ENTHUSIASTS, WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN PROFESSIONAL DRIFTING TAKING TO THE STREETS. THE EVENT, WHICH FEATURED COMPETITORS FROM SWEDEN, THE US AND JAPAN, IS THE BRAINCHILD OF K DRIVER MIKE WHIDDETT. IT'S DESCRIBED AS A GIANT PINBALL MACHINE FOR DRIFT CARS, WHERE DRIVERS HAVE TO RACK UP AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE IN A GIVEN TIME FRAME. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN HAS ANOTHER FINE DAY FOR MOST BUT SAYS THERE'S SOME RAIN CLOUD ON THE HORIZON. MUCH NICER, BRIGHTER DAY FOR MOST OF US, AS THE HIGH IN THE TASMAN TAKE CHARGE OF OUR SKIES. MUCH NICER DAY TODAY THAN THE LAST FEW DAYS ` SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST UNDER THE INCOMING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD SWEEPING OVER SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AS THIS WARM FRONT MOVES PAST. BRIGHT JET-STREAM CLOUD TO THE NORTH EAST. THE HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE OUR WAY TOMORROW, STRONGER OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH ANOTHER CENTRE FORMING NEAR EAST CAPE. THIS COLD FRONT TRACKING ACROSS THE TASMAN WON'T ARRIVE UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MOSTLY FINE AND SUNNY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS CATCHING THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FRINGE. A FEW SPITS OF DRIZZLE ABOUT THE FIORDLANDS. WESTERLY QUARTER WINDS IN THE WEST AND SOUTH, STRONG THROUGH FOVEAUX STRAIT. LIGHT WINDS OR SEA BREEZES EVERYWHERE ELSE. A FEW AREAS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG FIRST UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, THEN THAT'LL ALL BURN OFF, AND IT'LL BE A GORGEOUS DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND CONOR WHITTEN CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012