HOWDY, EVERYBODY. SUMMER'S HAMMERED A BIG PEG IN THE GROUND, WITH SUNSHINE AND HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING FIRM. JUST A FEW SPOILER CLOUDS ALONG THE COASTS AND BROODING BUILD-UPS OVER THE RANGES. BUT THE SKIES ARE MOSTLY BLUE, THE BEACHES ARE HOTTING UP, WITH GISBORNE HITTING 29 DEGREES, AND MOST OF YOU WILL LIKE WHAT'S COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A FLAWED BUILDING FROM START TO FINISH ` THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE CTV COLLAPSE THAT KILLED SO MANY. DUMPED BY HIS HERO ` BRENDAN HORAN TELLS ONE NEWS WHY HE NOW WANTS A POLICE INVESTIGATION. COULD EWEN MACDONALD BE FREE FOR CHRISTMAS? A CRITICAL HEARING FOR THE MAN CLEARED OF KILLING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. AND IF YOU'VE GOT THE SAUSAGES SIZZLING ON THE BARBIE, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A DANGEROUS BUG. POLICE ARE NOW ASSESSING THE FINDINGS INTO THE COLLAPSE OF CHRISTCHURCH'S CTV BUILDING, WHICH KILLED 115 PEOPLE. A ROYAL COMMISSION SAYS THE DESIGN FAILURES WERE SO SERIOUS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOT A BUILDING PERMIT. MIKE THORPE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE 1100-PAGE REPORT AND JOINS US NOW WITH DETAILS. MIKE. I'M AT THE MEMORIAL SITE, WHERE A NUMBER OF THE 185 VICTIMS FROM FEBRUARY 22 NOW LIE. THIS REPORT IS LARGELY ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE. 22 MONTHS ON FROM THE CTV BUILDING COLLAPSE, THE FAMILIES OF THE 115 VICTIMS HAVE THEIR ANSWERS ` MORE THAN 300 PAGES OF THEM. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE WORD I WANTED TO COME OUT OF THE WHOLE THING, AND THAT WAS THE TRUTH. AND I THINK THEY SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING THAT OUT. BUT AS FAR AS CTV GOES, IT'S A BUILDING WITH A HISTORY THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, REALLY, FROM START TO FINISH. THAT HISTORY MAKES GRIM READING ` FLAWED DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION FAILURES AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO CLOSE THE BUILDING MISSED. IN FACT, THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS LIST SIX SPECIFIC REASONS FOR ITS COLLAPSE. FIVE OF THOSE WERE DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION FAILURES. THE SIXTH WAS THE FORCE OF THE EARTHQUAKE ITSELF. IT'S NOT THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S ROLE TO APPORTION LIABILITY, BUT CERTAIN PARTIES ARE CLEARLY IMPLICATED IN THESE FAILURES. THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FIRM THAT DESIGNED THE BUILDING SAYS HE'S YET TO RECEIVE THE REPORT. IN A STATEMENT, DR ALAN REAY SAYS... THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ` THE BODY THAT GRANTED THE BUILDING PERMIT ` HAS MADE A SIMILAR STATEMENT. THE FAMILIES ONE NEWS SPOKE TO TODAY SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE A PART OF ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL ACTION, BUT THEY BELIEVED OTHERS WOULD BE. PERSONALLY, NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR ME OR FOR THE FAMILIES, BUT IF THERE IS A GROSS CASE OF NEGLIGENCE OR WHATEVER IN THAT FIELD, THAT'S UP FOR THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO INSTIGATE PROCEEDINGS. I THINK THAT I'M A GREAT BELIEVER THAT WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. AND THIS REPORT HAS DONE NOTHING TO RULE OUT FURTHER ACTIONS BY POLICE. MIKE, IS THERE ANY REACTION FROM POLICE TO THIS REPORT? YES, THEY'VE SAID THE REPORT 'WILL BE ASSESSED ALONG WITH INVESTIGATION REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND HOUSING TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, FURTHER STEPS MAY BE REQUIRED FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE.' SO THEY'RE NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY YET, BUT THEY HAVE, IN THE PAST, POINTED OUT THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR ESTABLISHING IT IS EXTREMELY HIGH, SO IT'S A CASE OF WATCH THIS SPACE. MIKE THORPE REPORTING FROM CHRISTCHURCH. LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED A POLICE PROSECUTION COULD BE THE ONLY LEGAL OPTION LEFT. I'VE ASKED MY OFFICIALS TO GIVE ME ADVICE ABOUT WHAT ANY POSSIBLE LEGAL AVENUES ARE WE CAN PURSUE TO HOLD PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALL BECAME FAMILIAR WITH THE RED AND GREEN STICKERS IN THE WAKE OF THE QUAKES. NOW THERE'S ALSO A CALL FOR THAT SYSTEM TO BE OVERHAULED. ALI PUGH WITH THAT STORY. 250 VOLUNTEERS CARRIED OUT RAPID BUILDING ASSESSMENTS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 2010 EARTHQUAKE. FEWER THAN HALF WERE TRAINED ENGINEERS. THE COMMISSION'S REPORT IS NOW SEEKING THE CREATION OF A SPECIALISED GROUP OF EVALUATORS, AND ONLY THIS TEAM WOULD BE AUTHORISED TO DEEM BUILDINGS SAFE. THE ISSUE WITH THESE IS THEY'RE ONLY NEEDED VERY OCCASIONALLY AND SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TRAINING. SO, PROVIDING IT'S PROPERLY FUNDED, IT MAKES REALLY GOOD SENSE TO HAVE THAT POOL OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE. THE 'TRAFFIC LIGHT' STICKERING SYSTEM USED TO IDENTIFY THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS HAS ALSO BEEN SLAMMED. THE REPORT SAYS... IT SAYS GREEN PLACARDS SHOULD BECOME WHITE. IN RESPECT OF ENGINEERING, THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDING A NEW CATEGORY ` GETTING CLOSER TO THE ARCHITECT SHOULD BE A NATURAL THING FOR US TO DO. AND IN FACT, IT'S SOMETHING MOST ENGINEERS OUT THERE WOULD WELCOME. THE CITY COUNCIL'S ALSO BEEN CRITICISED. THE REPORT SAYS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE CTV BUILDING, WHERE 115 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH, THE COUNCIL RELEASED THIS SHORT STATEMENT SAYING IT'S TAKING THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WILL TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER ITS RESPONSE TO THE REPORT EARLY NEXT YEAR. ALISON PUGH, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SAY ON WHETHER THE CTV REPORT GOES FAR ENOUGH ON OUR WEBSITE ` ONENEWS.CO.NZ BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE'S GONE TO THE POLICE TO FIND OUT WHO LEAKED HIS PARLIAMENTARY PHONE RECORDS DETAILING CALLS TO THE TAB. THE MP'S BEEN EXPELLED FROM NZ FIRST AFTER ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE FROM HIS LATE MOTHER. TODAY HE TALKED WITH POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. LAST WEEK, BRENDAN HORAN WAS DOING HIS BEST TO DODGE THE MEDIA. TODAY HE FRONTED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS KICKED OUT OF NZ FIRST. 'BITTER' IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. FOR ME, IT WAS, IF YOU LIKE, THE DEATH OF A HERO, BECAUSE WINSTON HAS BEEN MY MENTOR. HIS HERO DITCHED HIM AFTER ALLEGATIONS MR HORAN STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER TO ALLEGEDLY FEED A GAMBLING HABIT. WHEN THE BIG RACES WERE ON, I MADE A NUMBER OF CALLS, AND MOST OF THOSE TIMES IT WAS WITH MY MOTHER. WE WERE SITTING DOWN WATCHING TRACKSIDE ON TV AND THE HORSES GO PAST, AND MUM WOULD SAY, 'I LIKE THAT ONE,' AND I'D SAY, 'OK, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?' WHAT SORT OF BETS WERE YOU PUTTING ON? OH, WITH MY MOTHER? JUST SMALL BETS. PHONE RECORDS SHOW HE MADE 144 CALLS TO THE TAB IN 10 MONTHS. SO YOU ARE ADAMANT YOU DON'T HAVE A GAMBLING PROBLEM HERE? NO. BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE HANDED OVER THE PHONE RECORDS TO WINSTON PETERS AS PART OF HIS INQUIRIES. THERE WAS ONLY ONE HARD COPY, AND IT WAS GIVEN TO WINSTON PETERS. SO DO YOU FEEL HE LEAKED THOSE PAPERS? LOOK,... (SIGHS) I DON'T KNOW. MR HORAN SAYS HE'S DISGUSTED THE DOCUMENTS WERE LEAKED. THERE ARE KIWIRAIL CONTACTS WHO HAVE RUNG ME, PEOPLE WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEIR PHONE NUMBERS GET OUT, AND THAT'S WHY I WENT TO POLICE AND THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER. HE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS ALSO SUFFERING. IT DOES TAKE ITS TOLL, AND IT'S` BUT MY WIFE IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING WOMAN. MR HORAN REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO COMMENT ON THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HE STOLE FROM HIS MOTHER'S BANK ACCOUNT, SAYING HE WAS STILL WORKING ON A RESPONSE WITH HIS LAWYER. I WILL HOLD MY HEAD HIGH. I'VE GOT NOTHING TO HANG IT DOWN FOR. HE'S ADAMANT HE'S GOT A BIG FUTURE AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, AND AS OF TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL COME FACE TO FACE WITH HIS FORMER HERO HERE. 8 HEARD NOTHING FROM MR HORAN TODAY G 8 CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. G 8 EWEN MACDONALD, d THE MAN ACQUITTED OF WILL TOMORROW MAKE HIS FIRST BID FOR FREEDOM. MACDONALD WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD ON VANDALISM AND ARSON CHARGES, AND ONE NEWS HAS RARE PERMISSION TO ATTEND. SIMON BRADWELL JOINS US NOW FROM MANAWATU PRISON. SIMON. EWEN MACDONALD DOESN'T HAVE LONG TO WAIT. THAT PAROLE HEARING IS 10.30AM. IT'LL TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR. EWEN MACDONALD HAS SPENT 20 MONTHS BEHIND BARS, MOST OF IT HERE AT MANAWATU PRISON. TOMORROW, IN A ROOM IN THE PRISON, MACDONALD WILL ASK TO BE RELEASED. AND ONE NEWS HAS BEEN GRANTED A RARE FIRST-HAND VIEW. WE APPLIED TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO ATTEND. THAT'S BEEN GRANTED. WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE IN A CAMERA, BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO WITNESS AND REPORT WHAT HAPPENS. MACDONALD WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL LAST YEAR AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SCOTT GUY. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF THAT CRIME, BUT MACDONALD DID ADMIT SEVERAL OTHERS, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A FIVE-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE. DURING THE TRIAL IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE'D SMASHED UP A DREAM HOME SCOTT GUY WAS BUILDING WITH HIS WIFE, KYLEE, AND PAINTED ABUSIVE GRAFFITI ON THE OUTSIDE. I WAS JUST CRYING, SAYING, 'IS THIS TOWARDS ME?' MACDONALD ALSO BURNED DOWN AN OLD HOUSE ON THE GUY FARM. BUT WHAT THE JURY DIDN'T KNOW, UNTIL WE WERE FIRST TO REVEAL IT, WAS THAT MACDONALD HAD COMMITTED SEVERAL OTHER CRIMES. AFTER BEING CAUGHT POACHING DEER ON A FOXTON PROPERTY, MACDONALD EMPTIED OUT A MILK VAT, THEN BURNED DOWN A DUCK SHOOTER'S HUT. HE AND ACCOMPLICE CALLUM BOE ALSO KILLED 19 CALVES ON A NEIGHBOURING FARM. THE CRIMES, INITIALLY DENIED BY MACDONALD, THE CRIMES, INITIALLY DENIED BY MACDONALD, WERE ONLY ADMITTED AFTER THE POLICE TOLD HIM THAT BOE HAD CONFESSED. I SAW AND HEARD NO SIGNS OF REMORSE. INDEED, IF ANYTHING, THERE WERE STATEMENTS CONSISTENT ONLY WITH CONTINUING INDIFFERENCE. AT SENTENCING, THE COURT HEARD THAT MACDONALD HAD TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND. NOW THE PAROLE BOARD WILL DECIDE IF HE HAS. SIMON, WHAT'S THE CRUCIAL ISSUE THE PAROLE BOARD WILL CONSIDER TOMORROW? IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE WORD - RISK. IF THE BOARD THINKS EWEN MACDONALD IS STILL A RISK TO VICTIMS, THEY WILL KEEP HIM IN. THE RADIO DJS BEHIND A PRANK CALL TO A BRITISH HOSPITAL WHERE A PREGNANT ROYAL WAS BEING TREATED COULD NOW FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE AUSTRALIAN PAIR ARE OFF AIR AFTER THE NURSE WHO TOOK THE CALL WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE LATEST. THE TIRADE OF ONLINE ABUSE CONTINUES. DISTORTED VOICE: YOU ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. DJS MEL GREIG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN ARE IN HIDING AND RECEIVING COUNSELLING. THEY COULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR BREAKING LAWS THAT BAN RECORDING CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT THE PERSON'S CONSENT. I'D CERTAINLY BE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THEIR LIABILITY ` THEIR BREACH OF THE SURVEILLANCES DEVICES ACT, YES. THE MEDIA REGULATOR MIGHT ALSO FAST-TRACK AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POSSIBLE BREACHING OF THE RADIO CODE OF PRACTICE. WHICH SAYS THAT A LICENSEE MUST NOT BROADCAST THE WORDS OF AN IDENTIFIABLE PERSON UNLESS THAT PERSON HAS BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE. HOWEVER, THE STATION SAYS IT TRIED TO CONTACT HOSPITAL STAFF AT LEAST FIVE TIMES TO SEEK PERMISSION TO BROADCAST THE CALL AND MAINTAINS IT HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL. THE STATION'S CHAIRMAN HAS REPLIED TO A COMPLAINT BY THE HOSPITAL WHERE NURSE SALDANHA WORKED, SAYING: THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE HAS CANCELLED HIS LATEST ENGAGEMENT TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS WIFE, WHO'S RECUPERATING FROM SEVERE MORNING SICKNESS. IT'S UNLIKELY THE DUCHESS WILL ATTEND THE PREMIERE OF THE HOBBIT AND MAY NOT MAKE ANOTHER PUBLIC APPEARANCE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. CLEAN-UP CREWS ARE STILL PATCHING ROOFS AND REPLACING WINDOWS IN SOME OF THE MORE THAN 300 WEST AUCKLAND HOMES DAMAGED IN A DEADLY TORNADO. UP TO 30 PROPERTIES ARE TOO UNSAFE TO BE RECONNECTED TO POWER AFTER THURSDAY'S TWISTER, WHICH KILLED THREE PEOPLE. HOMES ARE BEING PRIORITISED FOR REPAIRS, WITH SOME WRAPPED IN TARPAULINS UNTIL MORE ROOF TILES CAN BE FOUND. DEFENCE HAVE GONE THROUGH, AND OUR TRADE GUYS HAVE GONE THROUGH AND CLEANED OUT ALL THE HOUSES AND SECURED ALL THE LOSE IRON THAT'S AROUND THE PLACE, AND COUNCIL ARE COMING THROUGH AND PICKING UP ALL THE RUBBISH AT THE MOMENT. THE COST OF THE CLEAN-UP'S ESTIMATED AT $13M. WE'VE AN UPDATE NOW ON THE EXPLOSIVE END TO POLICE EXECUTING A DRUGS WARRANT IN THE BAY OF PLENTY TOWN OF KATIKATI. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ARSON AND CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. THEY'VE ALL BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY AFTER APPEARING IN TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT. A SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE ABANDONED FACTORY WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. SCIENTISTS CAN NOW SLICE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TRACE A DANGEROUS FOOD BUG WHICH CAN KNOCK PEOPLE OFF THEIR FEET FOR WEEKS AND EVEN KILL. IN A WORLD FIRST, THEY SAY THEY CAN SOURCE CAMPYLOBACTER IN HOURS, RATHER THAN DAYS. WILL HINE WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. SUMMER'S THE TIME FOR BARBECUES, SALADS AND AL FRESCO DINING. BUT FOR AN UNLUCKY FEW, THE FOOD CAN LEAVE A NASTY AFTERTASTE. I ATE A CHICKEN SAVOURY, AND THAT NIGHT I GOT VERY VERY SICK. I STARTED GETTING NAUSEOUS, STOMACH` REALLY BAD STOMACH CRAMPS, AND THEN THE DIARRHOEA WAS QUITE CHRONIC. I STARTED GETTING NAUSEOUS, STOMACH` REALLY BAD STOMACH CRAMPS, AND THEN THE DIARRHOEA WAS QUITE CHRONIC. BUT THIS SUMMER THERE MAY BE FEWER OF THOSE WAR STORIES ABOUT. THIS TECHNIQUE IS A WORLD FIRST. WORLDWIDE. MICROBIOLOGISTS HAVE STRUCK GOLD TO FIND NEW METHODS FOR FINGERPRINTING CAMPYLOBACTER. IT'S ALL ABOUT TRACING CAMPYLOBACTER BACK TO ITS SOURCE IN RECORD TIMES. FAECAL SAMPLES WILL BE TESTED AT A LAB TO REVEAL A CAMPYLOBACTER FINGERPRINT. IF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE RETURN THE SAME UNIQUE FINGERPRINT, ALARM BELLS WILL START RINGING. IT MEANS A SINGLE SOURCE IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD ILLNESS. SHUTTING IT DOWN THEN BECOMES THE PRIORITY FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS. EACH DNA FINGERPRINT RESEMBLES A BARCODE. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, THE NOTIFIED INFECTION RATE FOR CAMPYLOBACTER IN NZ IS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE 168 CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IS ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN AUSTRALIA, AND 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. BESIDES PREVENTING ILLNESS, IT'S HOPED THE TECHNOLOGY ALSO PAYS A DIVIDEND, WITH ESR PLANNING ON SELLING IT OFFSHORE. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. WILL HINE ALSO TALKED TO A RESEARCHER WHO SAYS TOO LITTLE IS BEING DONE TO REDUCE CAMPYLOBACTER LEVELS IN CHICKEN. THAT STORY TOMORROW NIGHT. UP AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` A HUGE BACKLOG AT THE POORLY RESOURCED BODY THAT INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS AGAINST IMMIGRATION ADVISERS. WE FAREWELL A CELEBRATED TV ASTRONOMER ` AN ECCENTRIC AMATEUR WHO TURNED GENERATIONS ON TO THE STARS. AND WE MEET BARRY. HE'S NOT BLESSED, AND HE'S DOWN ON HIS LUCK, BUT THINGS ARE FINALLY LOOKING UP. SIX PEOPLE HAVE APPEARED IN COURT ON CHARGES RELATING TO THE EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS. THE FOUR MEN AND TWO WOMEN ALL HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION AND HAVE BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL. IT FOLLOWS A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION BY IMMIGRATION NZ. THE SIX ARE SET TO REAPPEAR NEXT MONTH IN THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT. AND ONE NEWS HAS UNCOVERED SHOCKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRATION ADVISERS STILL WORKING WHILE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM ARE YET TO BE DEALT WITH. AMY KELLEY LOOKS AT THE PROBLEM. THEY'RE THE GATEWAY TO OUR COUNTRY, ARRANGING VISAS AND RESIDENCY, AND PROSPECTIVE NEWCOMERS ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE. BUT WHILE MANY OF THESE IMMIGRATION ADVISERS WILL BE LEGITIMATE, IT'S AN INDUSTRY FRAUGHT WITH SCAMS AND EXPLOITATION. AND SOME COMPLAINTS LODGED UP TO A YEAR AGO STILL HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD. IF I'M A MIGRANT AND I HAVE AN ISSUE, WHY WOULD I GO TO THE TRIBUNAL IF IT'S TAKING THEM THAT LONG? ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL THAT SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 2010, THE IMMIGRATION ADVISERS COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL HAS DEALT WITH FEWER THAN HALF THE CASES IT'S RECEIVED EACH YEAR. THE RED BARS SHOW YOU THE GROWING BACKLOG. 82 COMPLAINTS AGAINST 48 ADVISERS ARE WAITING TO BE DEALT WITH. THOSE ADVISERS ARE STILL PRACTISING, AND THAT PUTS MIGRANTS AT RISK OF POOR ADVICE OR EXPLOITATION. IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO IMMIGRATION DISCOVERED 231 CHINESE STUDENTS LIVING HERE IN NZ ON FRAUDULENT VISAS. THOSE WERE TRACED BACK TO A SINGLE IMMIGRATION ADVISER BASED IN BEIJING ` A REMINDER OF JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE ONE DODGY OPERATOR CAN DO. THE COMPLAINTS TRIBUNAL IS JUST TWO PART-TIMER STAFF. THE TRIBUNAL IS VERY UNDER-RESOURCED. I THINK WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP, THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD GET THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING. IMMIGRATION MINISTER, NATHAN GUY, DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED. EVERY PROSPECTIVE MIGRANT NEEDS TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN TRUST. TRUST IS A GROWING ISSUE AS THE COMPLAINT BACKLOG RISES. AMY KELLEY, ONE NEWS SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR HAS AGAIN SPILLED OVER THE BORDER TO LEBANON, WITH GUN BATTLES BETWEEN PRO AND ANTI-ASSAD ACTIVISTS REPORTED IN THE COASTAL CITY OF TRIPOLI. THIS FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR THREE LEBANESE FIGHTERS KILLED BY SYRIAN FORCES LOYAL TO THE REGIME SPARKED FURTHER FIGHTING, WHICH KILLED FOUR AND WOUNDED ANOTHER 12, WHILE IN SYRIA, AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN ONGOING FIGHTING AROUND DAMASCUS, IDLIB AND ALEPPO. THOUSANDS OF SPANISH MEDICAL WORKERS HAVE MARCHED THROUGH THE CAPITAL, MADRID, IN PROTEST AGAINST BUDGET CUTS. THE MARCH DEMANDED THE GOVERNMENT DUMP PLANS TO CUT COSTS AND PRIVATISE PART OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. HEALTHCARE'S CONTROLLED BY SPAIN'S 17 REGIONS. TOGETHER THEY OWE $200B AND HAVE TO SAVE AT LEAST $40B BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SUPPORTERS OF VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT, HUGO CHAVEZ, TOOK TO THE STREETS TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR LEADER, WHO'S HEADING TO CUBA FOR FURTHER CANCER TREATMENT. IN A TV ADDRESS, THE 58-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S LEAD VENEZUELA SINCE 1999, SPOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A SUCCESSOR. d AND TWO PROTESTORS DIED AND 8 MORE THAN 200 WERE INJURED AS VIOLENT CLASHES CONTINUED IN THE BANGLADESHI CAPITAL, DHAKA. THE VIOLENCE HAS FLARED BETWEEN OPPOSITION GROUPS DEMANDING INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THE COMING NATIONAL ELECTIONS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT. SIR PATRICK MOORE, THE ECCENTRIC ENGLISH AMATEUR ASTRONOMER WHO BECAME A TV STAR, HAS DIED AGED 89. HE FIRST PRESENTED 'THE SKY AT NIGHT' IN 1957. HIS EARLY WORK INVOLVED MAPPING THE MOON ` MAPS THAT HELPED THE US PLAN THEIR MOON LANDINGS. ASTRONOMY HAS JUST GROWN THROUGH LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE PATRICK WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE AND HELP ORDINARY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ENORMITY OF THE UNIVERSE. THE BROADCASTER HAD AN OBSERVATORY IN HIS BACK GARDEN, AND HIS 55 YEARS ON TV MADE HIM THE LONGEST EVER HOST OF A SINGLE SHOW. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH WESTERN EUROPE HAVE KILLED AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE AND SHUT DOWN TRANSPORT NETWORKS ACROSS THE CONTINENT. FOUR DIED IN CROATIA AND TWO MORE IN SERBIA AS BLIZZARDS TRAPPED MOTORISTS IN THEIR CARS, SPARKING A MAJOR RESCUE OPERATION. AIRPORTS WERE CLOSED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN CITIES, INCLUDING FRANKFURT IN GERMANY, WHILE IN ROMANIA, THE ARMY HAD TO CLEAR ROADS SO PEOPLE COULD GET TO POLLING STATIONS TO VOTE. NO SNOW HERE, BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? TILL THE WEEKEND. AS THE SUN DRIFTS MORE OVER THIS HEMISPHERE THAN THE OTHER, WE GET THE SUN, EUROPE GETS THE SNOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ COMING UP ` MORE ANTICYCLONE WEATHER, WITH A FEW GLITCHES. SEE YOU AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` A HIGH-POWERED BID TO GET THE STALLED CASE AGAINST THE RED DEVILS GANG UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. AND THEY CALL HIM THE BARRY ` A LIMPING ONE GOAT DISASTER AREA. BUT FAME HAS FINALLY COME HIS WAY. 1 THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST RETAILER IS EXPANDING ITS EMPIRE. THE WAREHOUSE HAS BOUGHT THE NOEL LEEMING GROUP IN a $65M DEAL THAT GIVES THE RED SHED OWNER 92 NOEL LEEMING AND BOND AND BOND STORES. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S THE HOME OF KIWI BARGAIN HUNTING, BUT EVEN WITH A $65M PRICE TAG, THE WAREHOUSE IS HAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE. I THINK WE PAID A FAIR PRICE. THE DEAL ANNOUNCED TODAY'S BEEN SIX MONTHS IN THE MAKING AFTER NOEL LEEMING'S AUSTRALIAN OWNERS LOOKED TO OFFLOAD THE ELECTRICAL CHAIN, WHICH IS MILLIONS IN DEBT. WE'VE BOUGHT IT FOR $65M COMPLETELY DEBT FREE. THAT'LL BUY THE COMPANY 92 NOEL LEEMING AND BOND AND BOND STORES, WHICH IT PLANS TO KEEP AND CONTINUE TO RUN AS SEPARATE STORES. IN THE NEW YEAR WE'LL LOOK AT HOW BEST TO STRENGTHEN ALL OUR RETAIL BRANDS. WE'RE KEEPING THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT NOEL LEEMING GROUP. YOU NEVER SAY NEVER THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES TO STRUCTURE. THAT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS. AND RETAIL IS CHANGE ` YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE. THE DEAL WILL SEE THE WAREHOUSE BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE ELECTRONIC RETAIL SECTOR, BUT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TOLD ONE NEWS IT HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEAL AS THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET. OTHERS ARE WAITING TO SEE HOW THE BUYOUT WILL AFFECT CONSUMERS. WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHETHER KIWIS ARE GOING TO GET A BARGAIN FROM THIS DEAL. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ARE MORE AROUND US, BUT THE PRICES AND MARGINS FOR RETAILERS HAVE REDUCED OVER THE YEARS, SO THE STRONGER THE BUYING GROUP, THE BETTER QUALITY OF GADGETS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET. BUT THERE'S A RISK STREAMLINING WILL RESULT IN LESS CHOICE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL GET THE FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE USED TO. INVESTORS ARE EQUALLY WARY, WITH NO CHANGE TO THE WAREHOUSE GROUP SHARE PRICE AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. THE CROWN'S CASE AGAINST 21 PEOPLE LINKED TO THE RED DEVILS GANG REMAINS IN QUESTION TONIGHT. THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL HAS APPEALED A JUDGE'S DECISION TO CALL A HALT TO PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE RED DEVILS GROUP ON DRUGS AND FIREARMS CHARGES. REBECCA EDWARDS WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN NELSON. IT WAS THIS RAID ON THE RED DEVILS GANG HEADQUARTERS IN MARCH LAST YEAR WHICH LED TO 21 PEOPLE BEING ARRESTED ON DRUGS AND FIREARMS CHARGES. BUT IN OCTOBER, THE CASE AGAINST THE GROUP WAS HALTED AFTER A HIGH COURT JUDGE DECIDED TO ISSUE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. TODAY AT THE HIGH COURT IN NELSON, THE CROWN MOVED TO APPEAL THAT DECISION. THE CROWN DOES NOT SEEK TO CHALLENGE YOUR HONOUR'S FINDINGS OF FACT OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT DOES SEEK TO CHALLENGE WHETHER THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROSECUTION AGAINST THE 21 DEFENDANTS DOES AMOUNT TO AN ABUSE OF PROCESS. JUSTICE SIMON FRANCE HALTED THE PROSECUTION OF THE 21 GANG MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES BECAUSE POLICE HAD FAKED A SEARCH WARRANT TO STAGE THE FALSE ARREST OF AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER LINKED TO THE GANG. THE CROWN HAS QUESTIONED WHETHER HE WAS RIGHT TO STOP PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALL OF THEM. THERE IS NO JURISDICTION TO ENTER A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. THE DEFENCE TOLD THE COURT THE CROWN WAS HEDGING ITS BETS. IF THEY CAN'T FIND FAULT IN THE REASONING, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW, THEN THEY ARE STUCK WITH IMPUGNING THE RESULT... ON VERY LIMITED GROUNDS, AND THAT IS TO` IN ESSENCE TO SAY THAT THE DECISION'S IRRATIONAL. IN A DECISION RELEASED IN THE PAST HOUR, JUSTICE FRANCE HAS REFERRED A QUESTION OF LAW TO THE COURT OF APPEAL. HE'S ASKED IF HE WAS WRONG TO STATE ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST THE 21 PEOPLE ARRESTED AS PART OF THE OPERATION. IF THE CROWN SUCCEEDS, THE 21 COULD BE PROSECUTED AGAIN. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS HUNDREDS OF DARGAVILLE RESIDENTS HAVE STAGED A PROTEST AT PLANS TO CUT LOCAL DISTRICT COURT SERVICES. AMONG PLANNED GOVERNMENT CHANGES, THE DARGAVILLE DISTRICT COURT WILL ONLY HOLD HEARINGS. LOCALS SAY ITS A NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES CONSTANTLY SUFFERING SERVICE CUTS. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING AN EROSION OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED HERE, AND ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT THE STEP BEING TAKEN WILL LEAD TO THIS COURTHOUSE CLOSING. PROTESTERS HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN A THOUSAND SIGNATURES ON A PETITION TO BE TAKEN TO PARLIAMENT. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE POLICE WILL ASSESS THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S FINDINGS INTO THE COLLAPSE OF CHRISTCHURCH'S CTV BUILDING, WHICH KILLED 115 PEOPLE. THE COMMISSION'S REPORT RELEASED TODAY SAYS THE STRUCTURE'S DESIGN FAILURES WERE SO SERIOUS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BUILDING PERMIT. FORMER NZ FIRST MP BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE'S GONE TO POLICE TO FIND OUT WHO LEAKED HIS PARLIAMENTARY PHONE RECORDS DETAILING A SERIES OF PHONE CALLS TO THE TAB. MR HORAN WAS EXPELLED FROM NZ FIRST LAST WEEK FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE FROM HIS LATE MOTHER TO ALLEGEDLY FEED A GAMBLING HABIT. AND THE MAN ACQUITTED OF MURDERING FEILDING FARMER SCOTT GUY WILL TOMORROW MAKE HIS FIRST BID FOR FREEDOM FROM JAIL. EWEN MACDONALD WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD ON VANDALISM AND ARSON CHARGES. NOW, BARRY THE GOAT HAS HAD A VERY BAD RUN BY ANY MEASURE. BORN WITH A DEFORMITY, SHUNNED BY THE FARM, HE BROKE HIS LEG AND THEN MONEY RAISED FOR HIS VET BILL WAS STOLEN. MATTY McLEAN WENT TO SEE IF THINGS COULD GET ANY WORSE. THEY'RE AN ECLECTIC BUNCH AT LINDALE FARM. (LAUGHS) NOT JUST US! THERE'S THE CHICK THAT THINKS THE TURKEY IS ITS MUM; CASPER THE COCKATOO EITHER BARKS OR QUACKS, DEPENDING ON WHAT MOOD IT'S IN; BUT IT'S BARRY THE DEFORMED GOAT THAT BROUGHT US TO THE FARM TODAY. IT'S BARRY. DON'T QUESTION THE BARRY. BARRY JUST IS. SINCE ARRIVING AT LINDALE FARM TWO YEARS AGO, BARRY HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. WE WERE BROKEN INTO THE FIRST TIME. THEY COVERED BARRY AND HIS MOTHER, BLOSSOM, IN OIL-BASED PAINT. NEXT CAME THE PARASITIC DISEASE THAT ALMOST COST BARRY HIS LIFE. AND THEN FIVE WEEKS AGO, WHILE REACHING FOR TREE LEAVES, BARRY FELL OFF A PICNIC TABLE AND BROKE HIS LEG. IF ALL OF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, BARRY HAS NO FRIENDS. SO UNLOVED IS BARRY THAT THE OTHER GOATS USED TO CORNER HIM AND LITERALLY CHARGE HIM. VIRGINIA AND WENDY ARE RAISING MONEY FOR BARRY'S VET BILL. BUT LAST WEEK, THIEVES STOLE THE DONATIONS, WORTH MORE THAN $500. BUT, AMAZINGLY, BARRY HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF AN ICON, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS REPLACED THE STOLEN MONEY. IT'S MIND-BLOWING. SO THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN DONATED WILL GO BACK TO BARRY, SO NOW MAYBE ` JUST MAYBE ` BARRY'S LUCK IS ON THE UP. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS ALL BLACK LOCK ALI WILLIAMS TO LEAD THE BLUES. I THINK THIS IS A MASTER STROKE WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE LATEST IN THE ROSS TAYLOR VS NZ CRICKET SAGA FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK, PLUS GORDON TIETJENS CELEBRATES HIS 57TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE IN SOUTH AFRICA. KEEPING WITH THE 'MORE EXPERIENCED' ` PETER SENIOR SHOWS UP HIS YOUNGER COUNTERPARTS AT THE AUSSIE OPEN. AND IS THIS END OF THE GREAT MANNY PACQUIAO? A DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE BEST MODERN POUND-FOR-POUND BOXER. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK. THE FALL-OUT CONTINUES OVER NZ CRICKET'S TREATMENT OF ROSS TAYLOR. THE FORMER TEST CAPTAIN EFFECTIVELY ACCUSING SOMEONE IN THE ORGANISATION OF LYING ABOUT THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LED TO HIM WITHDRAWING HIS SERVICES. ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HIS CAPTAINCY BEFORE THE SECOND TEST WIN I'M SORRY I HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, ROSS, BUT DO YOU THINK SOMEONE IN NZ CRICKET IS LYING HERE, PUBLICLY, ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE IN SRI LANKA? IT'S A BAD THING TO SAY, BUT... I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT IN YOUR HEART? DEFINITELY. SOMEONE'S DEFINITELY TELLING PORKIES ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE MEETINGS IN SRI LANKA. DEFINITELY. NZ CRICKET WOULD ONLY SAY TODAY IT STANDS BY ITS VERSION OF EVENTS. THE NEW COACH-CAPTAIN RUGBY RELATIONSHIP AT THE BLUES IS A LOT HAPPIER. AS EXPECTED, VETERAN LOCK ALI WILLIAMS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE NEW BLUES CAPTAIN, 11 SEASONS AFTER HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE FRANCHISE. I DON'T CLAIM TO KONW EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE. WILLIAMS WAS DUMPED FROM THE TEAM DURING THE 2007 SEASON AND SHIFTED TO THE CRUSADERS THE NEXT YEAR, BUT HIS FOURTH COACH AT THE BLUES INSISTS HE'S A NATURAL LEADER. IT'S TIME FOR HIM. HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PLACE. I THINK IT'LL BE THE MAKING OF HIM MEANWHILE, IRB PLAYER OF THE YEAR DAN CARTER IS A NOTABLE OMISSION FROM THE NZ RUGBY AWARDS WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. CARTER WAS OVERLOOKED FOR TEAMMATES RICHIE MCCAW, KIERAN READ AND CONRAD SMITH. ALSO CELEBRATING TODAY ` GORDON TIETJENS DELIVERED A FOURTH SUCCESSIVE SOUTH AFRICAN SEVENS TITLE TO MARK HIS 57TH BIRTHDAY. HIS NZ TEAM, THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, REBOUNDED FROM AN ORDINARY OPENING DAY TO OVERWHELM FRANCE AND INCREASE THEIR SERIES LEAD TO 14 POINTS. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. SEVENS FORMS FLUCTUATES WILDLY FROM WEEK-TO-WEEK THESE DAYS, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE TIPPED NZ TO BE FACING FRANCE IN THE FINAL OF THE PORT ELIZABETH LEG, WHERE SUPER-15 REJECT KURT BAKER WAS FULL OF RUNNING. THE FRENCH CAPTAIN'S REPLY WAS EMPHATIC. IT'S ALL ON THE BOUNCE! HE'S GOT IT BEHIND THE POST! NOW, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FRANCE NEEDED. BUT BEN LAM, WHO ALSO MISSED OUT ON A SUPER RUGBY CONTRACT, WAS BRUISING,... BEN LAM HAS BROKEN AWAY! ...AND A TURNOVER 13 MINUTES INTO A NEVER-ENDING FIRST HALF SAW TIM MIKKELSON SHOWCASE HIS KICKING SKILLS. WILL IT GO TO TOUCH? IT MAY BE, IT MAY NOT. IF HE PICKS IT UP... HAS HE KICKED IT TOO FAR? BAKER FINISHED IT OFF FOR A 21-7 LEAD. HE WENT ON TO GRAB A HAT-TRICK AND END THE SOUTH AFRICAN EVENT WITH EIGHT TRIES. AND HE'S GOT AWAY AGAIN ` KURT BAKER. AND WHEN MILFORD KERESOMA GRABBED HIS FIRST TRY, THE COACH COULDN'T CONTAIN HIMSELF. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT ONE GAME AT A TIME. WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND HOPEFULLY A COUPLE OF INJURIES. YOU KNOW, THE GUYS TOOK A FEW FAIR KNOCKS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 47-12 ` PLENTY TO CELEBRATE AND DWELL ON OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE SERIES RESUMES IN WELLINGTON. ALL CHANT HAKA STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL HAS PULLED OFF A COUP, WITH PREMIER LEAGUE GIANTS MANCHESTER UNITED CONFIRMED TO PLAY AN A-LEAGUE ALL STARS TEAM IN SYDNEY NEXT JULY. THE RED DEVILS THIS MORNING EXTENDING THEIR LEAD IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO SIX POINTS, WITH A GRIPPING WIN OVER ARCH-RIVALS MANCHESTER CITY. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. TOM CRUISE WAS ON HAND FOR THE BIG MATCH ` SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S MANCHESTER UNITED FACING WHAT'S RECENTLY BEEN A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ` BEATING CITY AT HOME. WAYNE ROONEY DOING HIS BIT TO FIRE UP THE HOME SUPPORTERS. HE CERTAINLY MEANS IT, DOESN'T HE? HE JUST AS QUICKLY SILENCED THEM. ROONEY. OH, WAYNE ROONEY! THAT WASN'T HIS MOST CONVINCING STRIKE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS SECOND. UNITED IN TOTAL CONTROL INSIDE OF HALF AN HOUR. AND ROONEY! IT'S TWO! UNITED THOUGHT THEY HAD THREE; THE REF'S ASSISTANT THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY. HE MAKES IT THREE, BUT THE FLAG'S UP. IT WON'T COUNT. REPLAYS SUGGESTING UNITED WERE HARD DONE BY. DEBATABLE WHETHER HE'S OFFSIDE. INSTEAD OF 3-0, IN A FLASH IT WAS 2-1. FORMER UNITED STRIKER CARLOS TEVEZ INSTRUMENTAL IN CITY'S OPENER. BACK TO TEVEZ. SILVER ` WONDERFUL SAVE, AND THEN TEVEZ TURNS AGAIN. THE REFEREE DENYING UNITED A PENALTY, BUT EVEN HE COULDN'T DENY CITY'S EQUALISER. TEVEZ. ZABOLETA! THE MAN BOTH MANCHESTER TEAMS WANTED HAVING THE FINAL SAY IN INJURY TIME. AND VAN PERSIE MAY WELL HAVE WON THAT MANCHESTER DERBY. RIO FERDINAND COINED IN THE POST-GOAL MAYHEM, WHILE ANOTHER CITY SUPPORTER ATTEMPTED A PITCH INVASION. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED FOR UNITED, INFLICTING CITY'S FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE DEFEAT AT HOME IN 38 MATCHES SPANNING TWO YEARS. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. TO THE STANDINGS, STILL A TWO-HORSE RACE AT THE TOP. EVERTON MOVES TO FOURTH AFTER BEATING SPURS 2-1 THIS MORNING. AND BARCELONA STAR LIONEL MESSI HAS BROKEN THE 40-YEAR-OLD RECORD FOR THE MOST GOALS SCORED IN A CALENDAR YEAR. THE ARGENTINE SCORED HIS 86TH GOAL OF 2012, OVERHAULING GERMAN GERD MUELLER'S TALLY OF 85, SET IN 1972. MESSI IS NOW FAVOURITE TO CLAIM A FOURTH FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR TITLE. PETER SENIOR'S PROVING AGE IS JUST A NUMBER, AFTER WINNING THE AUSTRALIAN GOLF OPEN IN TORRID CONDITIONS IN SYDNEY. THE 53-YEAR-OLD CLAWING HIS WAY TO A ONE-SHOT VICTORY AFTER STARTING THE DAY THREE OFF THE PACE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. A MOMENT TO SAVOUR. 23 YEARS AFTER WINNING HIS FIRST NATIONAL TITLE, PETER SENIOR HAS DONE IT AGAIN. SENIOR BECOMING THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN'S OLDEST WINNER AFTER BEATING A FIELD THAT INCLUDED TWO TOP 10 PLAYERS 21 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. I THOUGHT THE DAYS WERE OVER OF ME GIVING SPEECHES, BUT I'VE GOT ONE LEFT IN ME. THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THE VETERAN AUSSIE BATTLER OVERCOMING ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS AS WELL AS HIS AGE ON HIS WAY TO A SECOND NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TITLE. I CAN'T... I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE STUCK IT OUT. I WOULD'VE BEEN HOME IN BED BY NOW. BUT IF ANYONE HAD BEEN CAUGHT NAPPING, IT WAS THE MUCH YOUNGER FAVOURITES. OVERNIGHT LEADER JOHN SENDEN FELL DRASTICALLY, EVENTUALLY SLIPPING TO 10 OVER FOR THE DAY, THOUGH THE FRONT NINE WASN'T TOO FRIENDLY TO SENIOR EITHER. OH, JUST A TOUCH MORE PACE. DROPS HIS FIRST SHOT. AS THE REST OF THE FIELD FELL AWAY IN THE TREACHEROUS WEATHER, SENIOR, WITH SON MITCH CADDYING, FOUND HIS FORM. WELL, THE WIND'S WHIPPING ACROSS HIM FROM THE RIGHT, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHERE THIS ONE'S GONE. THAT'S STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGH-DIDDLE-MIDDLE AGAIN. TWO BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE LEAVING HIM AT EVEN PAR... HAVE A PUTT! ...AND A ONE-SHOT LEAD OVER COMPATRIOT BRENDON JONES. SENIOR'S 30TH PROFESSIONAL WIN, WHICH HE'S CALLED HIS 'MOST SPECIAL', SEEING HIM GO TO THE TOP OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ORDER OF MERIT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THAT RESULT KNOCKING KIWI MICHAEL HENDRY DOWN TO SECOND ON THE ORDER OF MERIT. THOUGH HE WAS STILL THE BEST OF THE NZERS, FINISHING IN A TIE FOR SEVENTH. ONE OF MODERN DAY BOXING'S GREATEST RIVALRIES HAS HAD ANOTHER BLOOD-SPLATTERED CHAPTER ADDED TO ITS HISTORY. IN THREE ATTEMPTS, WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMP JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ HAS NEVER BEATEN MANNY PACQUIAO. BUT THE PACMAN'S FUTURE IS NOW UP IN THE AIR AFTER THE FILIPINO STAR FELL TO THE CANVAS IN LAS VEGAS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. THE FOURTH FIGHT BETWEEN MANNY PACQUIAO AND JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ONE PUNCH, AND THIS ISN'T IT. BECAUSE IF HE` OH! HE DROPS PACQUIAO! THE TWO IMMENSELY FIT, HIGHLY SKILLED AND SUPER-COMPETITIVE WELTERWEIGHTS CARRIED ON AT A FRENETIC PACE FOR A FURTHER THREE ROUNDS. PACQUIAO'S KNOCK DOWN SHAKEN OFF; COULD HE WIN AGAIN AGAINST MARQUEZ? THE ANSWER CAME WITH ONE SECOND LEFT IN THE SIXTH ROUND. OH! BELL DINGS HE HIT HIM STRAIGHT ON THE CHIN! IT'S OUT. HE'S DONE! HE'S KNOCKED OUT! THE PACMAN OUT COLD. HIS WIFE JINKEE WAS HYSTERICAL, AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY. IN THE PHILIPPINES, WHERE PACQUIAO HAS GOD-LIKE STATUS, DISBELIEF. REALITY SLOWLY RETURNING TO PACQUIAO, BUT WILL PACQUIAO RETURN TO THE RING? TAKE REST, AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER A FEW MONTHS, BACK TO TRAINING, AND THEN BACK TO FIGHT. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN KNOCKED OUT, AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE COME BACK FROM A LOSS. PACQUIAO HAVING HIS FACE TATTOOED WITH MARQUEZ' GLOVES WAS NOT SEEN AS A KILLER BLOW BY PROMOTERS EITHER. LOSING A FIGHT, GETTING KNOCKED OUT IS NOT DEATH. A FIFTH EDITION OF THIS MATCH UP ` A MARKETER'S DREAM. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. 11-TIME WORLD SURFING CHAMPION KELLY SLATER IS THROUGH TO THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE MASTERS PIPELINE IN HAWAII. SLATER (40) EASED THROUGH ROUND THREE WITH THE DAY'S HIGHEST HEAT TOTAL OF 18.63 OUT OF 20. HE'LL CONTEST THE FOURTH ROUND TOMORROW. SLATER SITS SECOND IN THE OVERALL WORLD SERIES AS HE CHASES AN UNPRECEDENTED 12TH TITLE. CHASING HIS TAIL IS THE CURRENT WORLD NUMBER ONE, AUSSIE JOEL PARKINSON, WHO IS IN SEARCH OF HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE. THE 31-YEAR-OLD BLITZED HIS OPPONENT IN THE FOURTH ROUND TO ADVANCE TO TOMORROW'S QUARTER-FINALS. FINALLY IN SPORT ` FORMER SILVER FERNS COACH AND CURRENT NORTHERN MYSTICS MENTOR RUTH AITKEN WILL BECOME THE NEW SINGAPORE NETBALL COACH IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR. IS THAT A LOSS FOR NZ? I THINK SO. BUT GOOD LUCK TO HER. AFTER THE BREAK, WHAT A CLUSTER OF ANTICYCLONES MEANS FOR YOUR WEATHER. DOOR SLAMS She's in a violent relationship, and she's doing her best to hide it. Her mum, her aunties, friends and neighbours. They all know something's going on, but no one's saying anything. It's hard to know what to do. Ange. Are you OK? But the sooner you reach out to someone living with family violence, the sooner they can get help. Find out more at... HOWDY AGAIN. WE GOT A MIX OF STREAKY CLOUDS AND HAYMAKER ANTICYCLONE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. SO, FARMERS, YOU CAN GET THE TRACTOR AND BALER OUT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ. LOOK FOR THAT WEAK FRONT STAGGERING ASHORE IN THE LOWER NORTH TOMORROW MORNING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR MONDAY. FROM US, AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012