HI, EVERYONE. THE SUMMER ANTICYCLONE HAS PITCHED ITS TENT, AND IS STICKING WITH US ALL WEEK, SO IT'S FINE, BUT THE TENT HAS A FEW LEAKS. A WEAK FRONT IS DROPPING A FEW SHOWERS, MORNING CLOUD WILL SPILL A BIT OF DRIZZLE, AND A WEAK TROUGH MAY SPARK UP A THUNDER STORM OVER HIGH GROUND. WHO GETS WHAT, COMING UP. 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 CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS FOR EWEN MACDONALD AS HE'S DECLINED PAROLE. WE'VE REACTION FROM SCOTT GUY'S FAMILY. THE REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM IS SLAMMED BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHERE TO NOW FOR HIS PAYOUT BATTLE? TEARFUL APOLOGIES AS AUSTRALIAN DJS FRONT UP OVER THE ROYAL RADIO PRANK THAT TURNED DEADLY. AND THE OLYMPIC HEROES PROMOTING NZ MEAT, BUT WHY IS A SUPERMARKET CHAIN PUTTING THEM ON AUSSIE GOODS? KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE FATHER OF MURDERED FEILDING FARMER SCOTT GUY SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFER WITH EWEN MACDONALD STAYING BEHIND BARS. MACDONALD WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 11 MONTHS TO ASK FOR RELEASE FROM PRISON. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF KILLING SCOTT GUY, BUT JAILED AFTER ADMITTING ARSON, VANDALISM AND KILLING ANIMALS AT NEIGHBOURING FARMS. THE PAROLE BOARD TODAY REJECTED HIS FIRST BID FOR FREEDOM, SAYING IT WASN'T CONVINCED HE DIDN'T POSE A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. SIMON BRADWELL WAS ALLOWED INTO THE HEARING AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. GOOD EVENING. THE HEARING TOOK PLACE BEHIND ME. EWEN MACDONALD'S PARENTS LEFT MANAWATU PRISON IN SILENCE. MINUTES EARLIER, THEY'D HEARD THEIR SON WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS. MACDONALD WAS TOLD AFTER THE 90-MINUTE HEARING THAT: HE HAD MUCH TO WORK ON; IT REINFORCES THE FACT EWEN HAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS. MACDONALD WAS CLEARED OF KILLING FEILDING FARMER SCOTT GUY, BUT JAILED FOR SMASHING UP A DREAM HOME HE WAS BUILDING WITH WIFE KYLEE AS WELL AS PAINTING ABUSE ON THE OUTSIDE. WE CAN REVEAL THAT A MEMBER OF KYLEE'S FAMILY MET WITH THE BOARD YESTERDAY TO ASK FOR MACDONALD TO BE KEPT IN JAIL. THE FAMILY TOLD THE BOARD MACDONALD WAS: IN A STATEMENT TO ONE NEWS, KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY SAID: MACDONALD'S ALSO IN JAIL FOR EMPTYING OUT A MILK VAT, BURNING DOWN A DUCK SHOOTER'S HUT AND KILLING 19 CALVES IN A REVENGE ATTACK AFTER BEING CAUGHT POACHING. CANDICE MOORE FOUND THE DEAD CALVES. I THINK HE'S A DANGEROUS MAN. HIS CAPACITY FOR REVENGE IS HUGE. MACDONALD TOLD THE BOARD: HE ALSO WROTE A LETTER TO THE BOARD EXPRESSING REMORSE. BUT BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER POLICEMAN NEVILLE TRENDLE SAID: MACDONALD HAD SEEN A PSYCHIATRIST, WHO SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE HE'D ADDRESSED HIS ISSUES. WHEN ASKED HOW HE CAME ACROSS AT THE MEETING, MACDONALD REPLIED: DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS A MODEL PRISONER, MACDONALD SAID JAIL HAD MADE REALISE THE PAIN HE'D CAUSED HIS VICTIMS. NOW HE HAS AT LEAST 11 MORE MONTHS OF IT. SO, SIMON, YOU'VE HAD AN INSIGHT VERY FEW OF US EVER EXPERIENCE. TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO ATTEND THE HEARING. IT WAS FASCINATIING. THE ROOM IS NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN A LONGUE. YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH EWEN MACDONALD. A DIFFERENT ATMOPSHERE THAN COURT ` VERY FORMAL SERIOUS QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING OF ADVICE OVER THE BAIN COMPENSATION CASE. IT'S PROMPTED THE JUSTICE MINISTER TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT CONCERNS SHE HAS WITH SOME ASPECTS OF A CANADIAN JUDGE'S REPORT, WHICH RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION. BUT THE RETIRED JUDGE SAYS JUDITH COLLINS HAS NEVER RAISED ANY CONCERNS WITH HIM. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. JUSTICE IAN BINNIE MAY HAVE SAT ON CANADA'S SUPREME COURT, BUT JUDITH COLLINS HAS RULED HIS WORK ON DAVID BAIN'S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SHE SAYS THE JUDGE 'MISUNDERSTOOD' NZ LAW AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S HAVING LOCAL LAWYER ROBERT FISHER REVIEW THE BINNIE REPORT. THERE ARE PARTS OF THE REPORT, PARTICULARLY AROUND FACTS, MATTERS OF FACT, BUT ALSO AROUND PROCESS THAT WOULD NOT MEAN IT WOULD STAND UP TO ANY SORT OF SCRUTINY. FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER SIMON POWER SAID JUSTICE BINNIE HAD HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN A COUNTRY WITH A SIMILAR COMPENSATION REGIME TO NZ WHEN HE APPOINTED THE RETIRED JUDGE TO ASSESS THE BAIN CLAIM IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. THE APPOINTMENT WAS VERY MUCH BASED ON THE FACT THAT MR BAIN'S SUPPORTERS WANTED AN OUTSIDE JUDGE. JUSTICE BINNIE'S BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUND DAVID BAIN NOT GUILTY OF KILLING FIVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND RECOMMENDS MR BAIN BE COMPENSATED FOR 13 YEARS BEHIND BARS. JUSTICE BINNIE'S REPORT HAS COST TAXPAYERS OVER $400,000. AND HE WAS CALLED TO WELLINGTON SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETING IT IN SEPTEMBER FOR WHAT HE CALLS A BRIEF MEETING WITH THE MINISTER. IN THIS STATEMENT TO ONE NEWS, HE SAYS HE HAS... A CLAIM JUDITH COLLINS DISPUTES. MY OFFICE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JUSTICE BINNIE, BUT NOT ABOUT PARTICULAR DETAILS. IT WOULD SIMPLY NOT BE APPROPRIATE. DAVID BAIN'S LAWYER SAYS THE PROCESS IS 'NONSENSE'. IF SHE HAS GENUINE CONCERNS, SURELY THEY SHOULD HAVE BE RAISED WITH JUSTICE BINNIE ON A CONTINUING BASIS. HE'S A HIGHLY RESPECTED JUDGE, MUCH MORE SENIOR THAN THE PERSON SHE'S REFERRED TO FOR A SECOND OPINION OR PEER REVIEW. JUDITH COLLINS WILL RECEIVE ROBERT FISHER'S PEER REVIEW BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT CABINET WON'T HAVE A DECISION ON DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION UNTIL THE NEW YEAR. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. TO BREAKING NEWS NOW, AND THE CONTROVERSIAL ALCOHOL REFORM BILL HAS JUST PASSED ITS FINAL HURDLE IN PARLIAMENT TONIGHT. SO THE QUESTION IS THAT THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL WILL BE NOW READ A THIRD TIME. THOSE OF THAT OPINION WILL SAY 'AYE'. MPS: AYE. TO THE CONTRARY, 'NO'. SILENCE THE AYES HAVE IT. THE BILL RESTRICTS BOTTLE STORES' OPENING HOURS AND THE DISPLAY OF ALCOHOL IN SUPERMARKETS AND GIVES COUNCILS MORE SAY ON THE LOCATION OF LIQUOR OUTLETS IN THEIR AREA. OPPOSITION MPS SAYS THE ALCOHOL REFORM BILL FAILS TO ADDRESS THE BINGE DRINKING CULTURE IN NZ. THE SALE OF STATE ASSETS WILL GO AHEAD FOR NOW, BUT THE LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST THE MOVE IS SET TO CONTINUE. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, THE HIGH COURT'S RULED THAT THERE ARE NO GROUNDS TO STOP THE GOVERNMENT SELLING SHARES IN MIGHTY RIVER POWER. BUT THE MAORI COUNCIL IS VOWING TO APPEAL. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IS WITH US NOW. THE MAORI COUNCIL SOUGHT THAT DELAY JUSTICE RONALD YOUNG HAS SCOTCHED ARGUMENTS. IT'S A CRUSHING VICTORY FOR THE CROWN. PARLIAMENT PASSED LEGISLATION TO ALLOW PARTIAL SALE OF THESE ASSETS. HE IS HAPPY THE CROWN HAS CONSULTED IN AN ADEQUATE WAY WITH MAORI. WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE THE MAORI COUNCIL'S PLAN WITH AN APPEAL? THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN. IT'S A REAL DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ALL OF US THAT THE JUDGE HAS NOT LOOKED AT THE TREATY RELATIONSHIP. IT WILL BE A VERY TOUGH ROAD FOR THE MAORI COUNCIL. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT. TWO SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH COMMITTING A SEXUAL ATTACK ON A WOMAN IN AN ARMY TRUCK. POLICE SAY THE CHARGES RELATE TO AN INCIDENT THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED AT THE WAIOURU ARMY BASE TWO MONTHS AGO. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. THE YOUNG WOMAN CLAIMS THE ATTACK HAPPENED IN ONE OF THE ARMY'S UNIMOGS AT WAIOURU ARMY CAMP. TWO NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ARE EACH FACING A SINGLE CHARGE OF SEXUAL VIOLATION BY UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONNECTION, FOLLOWING A POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGATIONS. IF CONVICTED, THE PAIR COULD FACE PRISON TERMS OF UP TO 20 YEARS. ON OCTOBER 5TH 2002, A FEMALE HAD ATTENDED A FUNCTION HELD AT THE ARMY BAR, AND AS SHE WAS WALKING HOME, SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY TWO MALES, WHO SEXUALLY VIOLATED HER IN AN ARMY UNIMOG. THE SOLDIERS ARE AGED 31 AND 32, AND BOTH ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE SERVED WITH THE DEFENCE FORCE OVERSEAS. THE TWO MALES ARE NOW FACING CHARGES OF SEXUAL VIOLATION AND WILL BE APPEARING BEFORE THE TAIHAPE COURTS. NO ONE FROM THE ARMY WAS AVAILABLE TO COMMENT ON CAMERA BUT AN ARMY SPOKESPERSON TOLD ONE NEWS THE MILITARY IS ASSISTING POLICE WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION AND BECAUSE IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THE CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES, THE ARMY WON'T BE CONDUCTING ITS OWN INQUIRY. BOTH MEN HAVE BEEN STOOD DOWN PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION AND ARE DUE TO RE APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH, WHEN A TRIAL DATE IS EXPECTED TO BE SET. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. A LABELLING MIX-UP AT A SUPERMARKET PACKING PLANT HAS SEEN SOME OF OUR MEDAL-WINNING OLYMPIANS PROMOTING AUSTRALIAN BEEF. COUNTDOWN IS BLAMING HUMAN ERROR FOR THE BOTCH-UP, WHICH HAS AFFECTED 22 NORTH ISLAND SUPERMARKETS. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. MEAT-EATERS SEARCHING FOR A SLAB OF HOME-GROWN SIRLOIN MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE GLITCH DURING A SHOP AT COUNTDOWN. BUT CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALS THIS GUARANTEE OF KIWI QUALITY HAS BEEN SLAPPED ON TO THE WRONG STEAK. IT'S SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION. COUNTDOWN ADMITS IT MADE A FAIR DINKUM MISTAKE. WE'RE DISAPPOINTED OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESSES BROKE DOWN, AND WE'VE GOT A FULL REVIEW IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW. AND WE'LL LOOK TO MITIGATE THIS IN THE FUTURE. PARENT COMPANY PROGRESSIVE ENTERPRISES ALSO CONCEDES THE INCORRECT LABELLING OF 137 PACKS BREACHES QUALITY MARK STANDARDS ` AN AUDITED GUARANTEE THAT'S BEEN CENTRAL TO WELL KNOWN LOCAL AD CAMPAIGNS ENDORSED BY SOME OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES. OUR NZ OLYMPIANS ARE THERE, AND THE ONES WE USE ARE THERE FOR US, FOR NZ BEEF AND LAMB, AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. COUNTDOWN IS OFFERING REFUNDS TO CUSTOMERS WHO'VE BOUGHT THE MISLABELLED MEAT, AND STRESSES THIS IS A TINY GLITCH ON A PRODUCTION LINE THAT PROCESSES 60,000 MEAT PACKS A DAY. EVEN SO, CONSUMERS ARE UNIMPRESSED. GET WITH THE PROGRAMME, GUYS. THIS IS DISGUSTING. I'M NOT HAPPY AT ALL. IT SUCKS, EH? SORT IT OUT, COUNTDOWN. SOMETHING COUNTDOWN HAS UNDERTAKEN TO DO AS IT AND OTHER SUPERMARKETS HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE BY BEEF AND LAMB NZ. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS IT MAY BE SUED AFTER YESTERDAY'S ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT FOUND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR THE CTV BUILDING. THE COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR COME ON THE SAME DAY OFFICIALS SAID CHINESE FAMILIES WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CTV COLLAPSE TO BE PUNISHED. ALI PUGH REPORTS. # THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER. LET IT BE. # THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR KINGS COLLEGE FAREWELLED 24 CHINESE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE STUDENTS WHO DIED WITHIN THE FATALLY FLAWED CTV BUILDING. WITH THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT NOW IN HAND, THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME ARE SEEKING JUSTICE. WE KNOW THAT HUMAN ERROR WAS INVOLVED IN IT, AND THEY HOPE THAT THIS MISTAKE COULD BE CORRECTED, AND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PUNISHED. SO THERE IS A FEELING PROSECUTIONS SHOULD FOLLOW? YES. CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY MEANS VICTIMS' PARENTS HAVE BEEN LEFT ESPECIALLY DEVASTATED, AND THEY'LL LIKELY SEEK COMPENSATION. PROBABLY THEY WILL` LATER, I MEAN, THEY WILL RAISE THIS ISSUE. THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS IT COULD BE SUED OR FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE SIGNED OFF ON THE CTV BUILDING'S DESIGN PLANS. WE ACCEPT THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE TIME, AND THE PROCESSES THEY HAD IN PLACE WERE PROVED INADEQUATE IN THIS CASE. THE MAYOR STRESSED THE COUNCIL AND ITS SYSTEMS ARE A WORLD AWAY FROM WHAT THEY WERE IN 1986. WE CARRY THE SAME NAME ` THAT'S ALMOST THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL OF THAT PERIOD. THE COUNCIL OF THAT PERIOD, THOUGH, WERE FOUND BY THE COMMISSION TO BE INFLUENCED BY DESIGN FIRM PRINCIPAL ALAN REAY TO GREEN-LIGHT THE CTV PROJECT. HIS LAWYER SAYS HE'S YET TO RECIEVE A HARD COPY OF THE REPORT AND THEREFORE WON'T COMMENT. ALISON PUGH, ONE NEWS. JUST IN THE PAST HALF HOUR A JUDGE HAS FOUND THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S DECISION TO CLOSE A SPECIAL SCHOOL IN NELSON UNLAWFUL. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM SALISBURY SCHOOL, A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL NEEDS GIRLS, TOOK THE MINISTRY TO THE HIGH COURT. THE COURT FOUND THE MINISTER'S DECISION WAS AN ABUSE OF POWER FOR PROPOSING TO ENROL THE GIRLS AT AN ALL-BOYS SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH WHILE IT WAS STILL A SINGLE-SEX INSTITUTION. THE JUDGE ALSO FOUND THE DECISION DISREGARDED THE RISK OF SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE IF THEY ARE REMOVED FROM A GIRLS' SCHOOL. A FEUD BETWEEN NZ FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS AND HIS FORMER MP BRENDAN HORAN SHOWS NO SIGN OF EASING. RETURNING TO PARLIAMENT TODAY AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, MR HORAN TOOK A SWIPE AT HIS FORMER LEADER AS HE WAS GRILLING THE PRIME MINISTER. DOES THE PRIME MINSTER AGREE THAT NATURAL JUSTICE AND DUE PROCESS ARE RELEVANT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT? MR HORAN WAS KICKED OUT OF NZ FIRST FOLLOWING CLAIMS HE STOLE FROM HIS MOTHER TO FUND A GAMBLING HABIT. WINSTON PETERS SAYS MR HORAN SHOULD RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT. THE DEVASTATED FAMILY OF THE BRITISH NURSE FOUND DEAD AFTER RECEIVING A PRANK CALL FROM AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATION HAS APPEARED IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER DEATH. IT CAME AFTER THE TWO DJS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CALL MADE EMOTIONAL PUBLIC APOLOGIES. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS MORE. 2DAY FM ` STILL BROADCASTING, BUT IS NOW COMMERCIAL- AND PRANK-CALL-FREE. THE COMPANY'S BANNED HOAX CALLS WHILE THE SELF-IMPOSED SUSPENSION ON ADVERTISING IS COSTING AROUND $180,000 A DAY. IN LONDON, CLUTCHING A PHOTO OF HIS LATE WIFE, JACINTHA SALDANHA, BENEDICT BARBOZA AND HIS TWO CHILDREN APPEARED IN PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER DEATH. THIS IS A CLOSE FAMILY. THEY ARE DEVASTATED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE MP HAS ASKED THE HOSPITAL TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAYS BEFORE MISS SALDANHA'S DEATH. THEY DON'T KNOW THE FACTS, AND THEY WILL EMERGE BY RUMOUR AND INNUENDO, UNLESS THEY ARE GIVEN THE FACTS. THE DISTRAUGHT DJS, WHOSE PRANK CALL WAS ANSWERED BY NURSE SALDANHA, APOLOGISED TO THE FAMILY ON AUSTRALIAN TV. I'M GUTTED. AND THE THOUGHT THAT WE MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THAT IS... (SOBS) GUT-WRENCHING. THEY SAY IT WAS NOT THEIR DECISION TO PUT THE CALL TO AIR. HEY, WELCOME TO 2DAY FM. THE STATION'S OWNER MAINTAINS ITS PRODUCTION STAFF DID NOT BREAK ANY LAWS OR RULES BY BROADCASTING THE CALL WITHOUT MISS SALDANHA'S OR THE HOSPITAL'S CONSENT. IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID... HOWEVER, THE HOSPITAL SAYS THE STATION DID NOT SPEAK TO ANYONE THERE. IT'S SET UP A MEMORIAL FUND IN JACINTHA SALDANHA'S NAME, WHILE THE STATION'S OWNER HAS CANCELLED THE COMPANY CHRISTMAS PARTY. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` PAINTING A BLEAK PICTURE ` A TETRAPLEGIC'S BATTLE TO KEEP HIS QUALITY OF LIFE AS HE'S BOOTED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. THE PLAYFUL FACE OF A BREAK-THROUGH CANCER CURE ` THE GIRL WHO'S BEEN PUMPED WITH A KILLER VIRUS. AND IS THIS SURGERY A ROARING SUCCESS? THE BIG JOB TO FIX UP AUCKLAND ZOO'S LION KING. A TETRAPLEGIC ARTIST IS WAITING TO RECEIVE HIS DEPORTATION ORDER AFTER LOSING HIS FIGHT TO STAY IN NZ. HE'S HOPING HE CAN TAKE CRUCIAL HEALTH EQUIPMENT BACK TO TONGA, OR HE SAYS HE FACES BEING BEDRIDDEN FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THIS FROM PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER. SEMISI SAMIU LETS HIS MOUTH DO THE WORK ` EACH BRUSH STROKE AGONISINGLY PLACED. I STARTED WITH MY HANDS, BUT TEACHERS KEPT PUSHING ME TO USE MY MOUTH. THAT'S BECAUSE MR SAMIU IS A TETRAPLEGIC. HE TRIPPED OVER AT HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE SIX YEARS AGO, FALLING ON HIS NECK. ART HAS OPENED A WINDOW IN AN OTHERWISE BLEAK WORLD. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GO EVERY TUESDAY TO THE PAINTING CLASS. BUT MR SAMIU HAS JUST LOST A BATTLE WITH IMMIGRATION NZ TO STAY HERE. HIS REHABILITATION, ART CLASSES AND EQUIPMENT HAVE, UP UNTIL NOW, BEEN PAID FOR BY ACC. SEMISI'S FRIENDS HAVE DONATED ART SUPPLIES FOR HIM TO TAKE BACK TO TONGA, BUT WHAT HE ALSO NEEDS TO TAKE BACK IS HIS EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THIS BED, WHICH MAKES DAY-TO-DAY LIVING BEARABLE. TODAY, ACC TOLD MR SAMIU HE CAN TAKE THE BED, WHEELCHAIR AND HOIST WITH HIM TO TONGA, BUT THEY CAN'T PAY FOR THE FREIGHT. AND MR SAMIU'S DAUGHTER, WHO GAVE UP HER STUDIES TO CARE FOR HER DAD, CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT EITHER. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ME AND MY MUM SINCE WE HERE. MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR TETRAPLEGICS ARE LIMITED IN THE ISLANDS. WITHOUT HIS ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT, MR SAMIU WILL BE BEDRIDDEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN I ARRIVE IN TONGA. BUT HE DOES KNOW THAT ONCE HE'S HOME, HE WANTS TO TEACH DISABLED CHILDREN HOW TO PAINT, SHARING THE FREEDOM IT'S GIVEN HIM. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS A WELL KNOWN WELLINGTON PUNK ROCKER'S DIED AFTER A BAR BRAWL IN BRITAIN. POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A MURDER INVESTIGATION AFTER STEVEN ANDREWS (46) WAS KILLED IN THE LONDON SUBURB OF PUTNEY. THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY SAYS IT'S PROVIDING CONSULAR SUPPORT TO MR ANDREWS' FAMILY. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THERE'S FEAR OF MORE BLOODSHED IN EGYPT TONIGHT AS OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS OF A NEW CONSTITUTION PLAN STREET PROTESTS. THE MILITARY'S BEEN GIVEN POWER BY PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI TO ARREST CIVILIANS DURING THE REFERENDUM. DEMONSTRATORS ARE CAMPED OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY TANKS, BARBED WIRE AND BARRICADES. THE LEGAL TROUBLES AREN'T OVER FOR A DISGRACED FORMER HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, DESPITE SETTLING A CIVIL LAWSUIT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS. THE HOTEL MAID WHO MADE THE ALLEGATIONS WAS AT A NEW YORK COURT FOR THE DEAL, WHICH REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL. THE SCANDAL COST DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN HIS JOB AND WRECKED HIS HOPES OF RUNNING FOR THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. HE'S NOW AWAITING A RULING BY A FRENCH COURT ON PIMPING CHARGES RELATED TO SEX PARTIES WITH PROSTITUTES. NOW TO A BREAKTHROUGH IN CANCER TREATMENT USING HIV AS A WEAPON AGAINST CANCEROUS CELLS. THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HAEMATOLOGY. ONLY A DOZEN PATIENTS TOOK PART IN THE TRIAL, BUT FOR ONE LITTLE GIRL, THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN MIRACULOUS. THIS FROM ABC'S RICHARD BESSER. EMMA WHITEHEAD'S LEUKAEMIA SEEMED UNDEFEATABLE. NO TREATMENTS LEFT, AND SHE WAS ONLY 6. THEN IN A APRIL, A LAST GAMBLE ` USING HIV TO CURE, NOT KILL. DOCTORS TOOK OUT MILLIONS OF EMMA'S DISEASE-FIGHTING WHITE BLOOD CELLS, THEN USED THE GENETICALLY ALTERED HIV VIRUS, WHICH IS GREAT AT GETTING INTO HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEMS, TO CHANGE THOSE CELLS INTO TARGETED CANCER FIGHTERS. EMMA'S CELLS WENT BACK IN AND DESTROYED THE CANCER. DOCTOR STEPHEN GRUPP IS A PIONEER, USING HIV TO INFILTRATE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE HIV VIRUS ABLE TO CAUSE DISEASE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS, SO ITS ONLY PURPOSE IS TO PUT A GENE INTO A CELL. FOR ME, IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING. HERE'S EMMA JUST EIGHT MONTHS LATER. DOCTORS CAN'T FIND ANY REMAINING CANCER CELLS. SHE IS IN A COMPLETE REMISSION, SHE HAS NO LEUKAEMIA IN HER BODY BY ANY TESTS THAT WE CAN DO, EVEN THE MOST SENSITIVE TESTS. SHE HAS A TON OF ENERGY. SHE'S DOING WONDERFUL RIGHT NOW. THIS TREATMENT WAS A MIRACLE. EMMA IS COUNTING THE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS. HER PARENTS ARE BUSY COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS. OF THE 12 PATIENTS, SEVEN HAVE HAD GREAT RESULTS AND THREE ARE IN COMPLETE REMISSION. PATIENTS RECEIVING THE TREATMENT NEED EXTRA MEDICATION TO BOOST THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM. TO THE WEATHER. WHAT'S WITH ALL THE CLOUD UP HERE IN THE NORTH? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FINE! GLOOM. GREAT FLYING WEATHER FOR FLYING THE TOURISTS BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN AND MILFORD SOUND. THIS FROM PILOT GRANT STEWART OVER THE HOMER TUNNEL ON THE MILFORD ROAD TODAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AFTER SPORT, MORE SUNSHINE IN THE FORECAST, WITH THE ODD SHOWER, A SIDE OF ANTICYCLONIC GLOOM AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. COMING RIGHT UP ON ONE NEWS ` WHY IT MIGHT PAY TO FILL UP YOUR CAR TONIGHT. ALSO, MEET THE NEW MAN IN CHARGE OF OUR WORST-HIT BATTALION SINCE VIETNAM. AND HOW'S THIS FOR SIZEABLE SURGERY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH AUCKLAND ZOO'S ONLY MALE LION? IF YOU'RE MOTORING OFF ON YOUR HOLIDAYS, YOU'LL SAVE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE FILLING UP. d THE PRICE OF PETROL'S 8 DROPPED BY 4C A LITRE. IT'S NOW $2.08 FOR 91 AND $2.16 FOR 95. THERE ARE CALLS TONIGHT FOR A RADICAL OVERHAUL OF THE POULTRY INDUSTRY. IT FOLLOWS ONE NEWS' STORY SHOWING HOW CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TRACES OUTBREAKS OF CAMPYLOBACTER IN RECORD TIMES. NOW A SCIENTIFIC EXPERT SAYS THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY TO CUT THE RATE OF THE DISEASE FOR GOOD. WILL HINE EXPLAINS. CHICKEN. IT'S NZ'S FAVOURITE MEAT. ON AVERAGE, FANS OF THE WHITE MEAT EAT MORE THAN 30KG OF THE STUFF EACH YEAR. BUT IT CAN CARRY A RISK OF SERIOUS ILLNESS, IMPLICATED IN ABOUT HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S CAMPYLOBACTER CASES. THE INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE. IT'S DONE VERY WELL OUT OF PRODUCING A VERY CHEAP FOOD WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY VERY CONTAMINATED. YOU COULD SAY CHEAP AND DIRTY FOOD. A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE, CAMPYLOBACTER CAN MAIM OR KILL, AND INFECTION RATES WERE HALVED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT TOUGHENED UP ITS RULES FOUR YEARS AGO. WELL, IT'S NOT ENOUGH, BASICALLY. I THINK WE'VE BECOME VERY COMPLACENT ABOUT THE SCALE OF THIS PROBLEM. BUT CASES ARE STILL ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN AUSTRALIA AND 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. THE INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S DOING WHAT IT CAN, INCLUDING IMPROVING THE WAY CARCASSES ARE WASHED AND CHILLED. THOSE PARTS OF THE PROCESSES ARE AREAS WHERE THERE CAN BE CROSS-CONTAMINATION. WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND WORKED ON THOSE AREAS AND MARKEDLY REDUCED THE LEVELS OF CROSS-CONTAMINATION THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE PROCESS. BUT MICHAEL BAKER WANTS PERMITTED LEVELS OF CAMPYLOBACTER IN POULTRY LOWERED FURTHER. FOR NOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S RULING THAT OUT. INSTEAD, AS OF NEXT MONTH, IT WILL BE WIDENING ITS WAYS OF MONITORING. WE WILL BE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF CAMPYLOBACTER ON THE CARCASSES, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY CARCASSES HAVE CAMPYLOBACTER AS WELL. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYS PEOPLE COOKING FRESH CHICKEN SHOULD MAKE SURE THE MEAT IS CAREFULLY HANDLED, STORED AND COOKED. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. 300,000 TELECOM BROADBAND CUSTOMERS ARE NOW BACK ONLINE AFTER A MUCK-UP DURING MAINTENANCE OVERNIGHT CAUSED A WIDESPREAD OUTAGE. TWO-THIRDS OF BROADBAND CUSTOMERS WOKE TO FIND THEY COULDN'T ACCESS THE INTERNET, AND A QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY'S EFTPOS MACHINES WERE ALSO HIT. TELECOM SAYS IT FIXED THE PROBLEM AROUND 8AM, AND WITHIN AN HOUR MOST CUSTOMERS WERE BACK ONLINE. IT'S SUGGESTING ANYONE STILL HAVING ISSUES SHOULD RESTART THEIR MODEM. THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NZ'S WORST-HIT BATTALION SINCE VIETNAM HAS ENDED HIS TUMULTUOUS TWO-YEAR REIGN. SECOND FIRST BATTALION LEADER, LT COL STEFAN MICHIE, TODAY HANDED THE BATON TO ANOTHER WITH FRONT LINE AFGHANISTAN EXPERIENCE. MIKE THORPE WAS THERE. (YELLS CHANT) THIS IS HOW THE TROOPS OF THE SECOND FIRST BATTALION WELCOME THEIR INCOMING LEADER. THEY'RE PRETTY DAUNTING, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE WALKED THROUGH THERE. SO, YEAH, I'M JUST PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN BE A PART OF THIS UNIT. THE NEW COMMANDING OFFICER HAS JUST FINISHED A STINT IN AFGHANISTAN, AND HE'S EAGERLY ANTICIPATING THE RETURN OF THE FINAL ROTATION. I'VE DONE MY BIT, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GLAD THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DOING THEIR BIT, BUT THEY'LL ALL BE GLAD TO BE HOME, AS WILL THEIR FAMILIES, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT YEAR. TODAY'S CEREMONY SAW THE 46-YEAR-OLD TAKE THE REINS FROM OUTGOING COMMANDING OFFICER LT COL STEFAN MICHIE, WHO FEELS HE'S LEAVING A FAMILY. INCREDIBLY SAD TO KNOW THAT I CAN'T COME BACK TO THE BATTALION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'LL ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE PATCH BEHIND MY BERET. I'LL PUT IT ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR IT ANYMORE. THE BATTALION HAS A PROUD HISTORY AND A UNIQUE TRADITION. THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO THE SECOND FIRST BATTALION, THE WAHAROA. IT'S A SYMBOLIC ENTRY POINT FOR THOSE JOINING THE BATTALION AND AN EXIT FOR THOSE WHO LEAVE ` SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED ALL TOO OFTEN OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. WHILST MICHIE HAS OVERSEEN SOME OF THE UNIT'S DARKEST DAYS, HE WAS ALSO AT THE HELM WHEN POST-QUAKE CHRISTCHURCH CALLED FOR HELP. AND WHILE WE CERTAINLY WISH IT NEVER HAPPENED, I THINK WE'RE ALL PROUD THAT WE HAD A ROLE TO PLAY. SO, YEAH, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. HE'LL NOW HEAD TO CANBERRA TO TAKE UP A POSITION AS AN INSTRUCTOR. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. THE ONLY MALE LION AT AUCKLAND ZOO'S HAD SURGERY FOR A DODGY KNEE. PEOPLE WATCHED AS NGALA (10) WAS OPERATED ON. THE SURGEONS DISCOVERED A TEAR IN THE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT, WHICH COULDN'T BE FULLY REPAIRED, SO NGALA'S CONDITION WILL NOW HAVE TO BE MANAGED. UPDATING TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` EWEN MACDONALD WILL STAY IN PRISON FOR CHRISTMAS AFTER HIS APPLICATION FOR PAROLE WAS REJECTED. MACDONALD WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDERING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, FEILDING FARMER SCOTT GUY, BUT WAS JAILED FOR VANDALISM, ARSON AND KILLING ANIMALS. SCOTT GUY'S FATHER SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFER WITH MACDONALD BEHIND BARS. A SECOND JUDGE WILL INVESTIGATE A REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CASE. JUSTICE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS SAYS CANADIAN LAWYER JUSTICE BINNIE MISUNDERSTOOD NZ LAW AND SHE HAS SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS REPORT. IT'S BELIEVED JUSTICE BINNIE'S RECOMMENDED THE GOVERNMENT PAYS COMPENSATION TO DAVID BAIN. AND THE MAORI COUNCIL'S VOWING TO APPEAL AFTER THE HIGH COURT RULED THERE AREN'T ANY GROUNDS TO DELAY THE GOVERNMENT SELLING SHARES IN MIGHTY RIVER POWER. IT CLEARS THE WAY FOR THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE ASSETS. BRENDON MCCULLUM FRONTS THE MEDIA. AT LEAST HE HAS FRONTED. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIM. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM MCCULLUM FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, WHAT THE BLACKCAPS WOULD DO TO HAVE BIG JESSE BACK. SO WHEN WILL HE RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET? WE HEAD TO PRE-SEASON TRAINING, OR SHOULD I SAY REHABILITATION TRAINING, AT THE CHIEFS. AND WHILE THERE'S FIGHTING AT A 'WHEELCHAIR' MATCH ` YEP, YOU HEARD RIGHT ` WILLIE MASON'S DOING ALL THE TALKING AHEAD OF FIGHT FOR LIFE. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. NEW BLACKCAPS SKIPPER BRENDON MCCULLUM IS HEADING OFF TO SOUTH AFRICA WITH SOME WITHERING WORDS RINGING IN HIS EARS FROM HOME AND ABROAD AS HE FACED THE MEDIA FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE GETTING ON THE PLANE. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. FIRST QUESTION ` COULD THERE BE A MORE DAUNTING EXERCISE THAN HEADING TO SOUTH AFRICA AT THIS TIME? NO, PROBABLY NOT. I THINK IT'S A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE AND ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO TAKE INCREDIBLY STRONG EFFORT FROM US, AND VERY MENTALLY TOUGH AS WELL. HARDLY HELPED BY ONE OF HIS HOSTS, FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN SEAMER AND NOW SELECTOR CRAIG MATTHEWS, DECLARING HE WOULDN'T PAY MONEY TO WATCH THE CURRENT BLACKCAPS. I GUESS EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY A LOT OF THINGS, AND PEOPLE HAVE SAID A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LAST LITTLE WHILE AS WELL. AND ULTIMATELY, WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN UP AND PLAY GOOD CRICKET, AND HOPEFULLY PLAY SOME WINNING CRICKET. THE NEW CAPTAIN PUTTING THE ONUS ON HIS PLAYERS' PATRIOTISM TO STEP UP AFTER THE DIVISIONS THAT DEVELOPED IN SRI LANKA. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY, AND YOU HOPE THEY ARE ALL VERY DETERMINED TO PLAY WELL, AND I'VE GOT NO DOUBTS THAT THEY ARE. HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE HANDLING THE PRESSURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER? d WELL, I GUESS IT'S A BIT 8 EARLY TO FIND OUT, REALLY. WE WILL WAIT AND SEE ONCE WE GET OUT IN THE MIDDLE. THE ABSENCE OF ROSS TAYLOR AND JESSE RYDER FORCING THE DEBUTANTS TO PERFORM. d THE FACT IS, WE DON'T 8 HAVE THEM ON THIS TOUR, AND WHILST IT IS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING, IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY HARD FOR US TO COMPETE TO THE LEVEL WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO, BUT IT DOES GIVE OTHER PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT IT. THE DOOR FOR TAYLOR COULD HARDLY BE OPENED WIDER. ULTIMATELY, THIS TEAM IS BETTER WITH ROSS TAYLOR INVOLVED IN IT, AND WHEN ROSS IS GOOD AND READY TO COME BACK, THEN HE WILL NO DOUBT COME BACK AND PLAY A VERY STRONG LEADERSHIP ROLE WITHIN THIS TEAM. MCCULLUM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ON THAT PLANE. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS JESSE RYDER'S GIVEN THE STRONGEST INDICATION YET WHEN HE MIGHT ATTEMPT A RETURN TO THE BLACKCAPS. RYDER'S MAINTAINING HIS SILENCE IN THE MEDIA, BUT HAS MADE HIS INTENTIONS CLEAR THROUGH HIS COACH AT WELLINGTON. HERE'S MARK HATHAWAY. JESSE RYDER'S RUN OF FORM CONTINUES ` ANOTHER PLUNKET SHIELD CENTURY FOR THE WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS AGAINST CENTRAL DISTRICTS. HE'S DOMINATING THE COMPETITION, WHICH I'D EXPECT, WITH A PLAYER OF THAT ABILITY. INTERNATIONAL ABILITY THAT'S MISSING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. IT WAS RYDER'S CHOICE TO EXCUSE HIMSELF FROM BLACKCAPS CONSIDERATION AFTER ANOTHER OFF-FIELD INCIDENT IN MARCH. SINCE THEN, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN WHEN, NOT IF, HE WILL RETURN. WE TALKED ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA, WHETHER IT WAS GOOD TIMING, AND HE THOUGHT NOT, UM, SO I SUPPORTED HIM IN THAT. IF THE ENVIRONMENT'S RIGHT FOR HIM TO WALK BACK IN THERE, EXPECTATIONS ARE MADE CLEAR TO HIM, YOU KNOW, BIT OF COMMUNICATION ` I'M SURE HESSON'S BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH HIM ` ENGLAND'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. ENGLAND BEGIN THEIR NZ TOUR IN FEBRUARY. RYDER'S STATS STATE THE CASE FOR HIS SELECTION. SEVEN FIRST-CLASS MATCHES THIS SEASON YIELDING 704 RUNS. THREE CENTURIES, INCLUDING TODAY'S EFFORT. CURRENTLY AVERAGING OVER 100 IN ALL FORMS OF THE GAME. AND WHILE SIDDONS HAS THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG AT FIRST-CLASS LEVEL, HE'S CONVINCED RYDER'S READY FOR THE BLACKCAPS. I THINK HE WAS BEFORE HE WALKED AWAY FROM BLACKCAPS, OR WAS PUSHED AWAY. AND HE IS NOW. HE'S ON FORM ` HE'S IN GREAT FORM. HIS NEW BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN-TO-BE ALSO LOOKING AT RYDER'S RETURN AS A GIVEN. ONCE WE DO GET JESS BACK, DOWN THE TRACK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CONSISTENT LONG-TERM SUCCESS FROM HIM, RATHER THAN HIM COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY. WHETHER RYDER AND ARGUABLY NZ'S OTHER BEST BATSMAN, ROSS TAYLOR, WANT TO RETURN REMAINS TO BE SEEN. EVENTUALLY CAUGHT AT MIDWICKET FOR 162, IT'S CLEAR RYDER'S COMPETITIVE FIRE STILL BURNS. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS AND A RUGBY HEAVYWEIGHT IS DETERMINED TO RECAPTURE HIS BEST FORM AFTER LOSING HIS WAY IN A BREAKTHROUGH SEASON. THE CHAMPION CHIEFS SIDE HAS REASSEMBLED, AND PROP BEN TAMEIFUNA HOPES THE RETURN TO THE SUPER 15 ENVIRONMENT WILL GET HIS CAREER BACK ON TRACK. STEPHEN STUART REPORTS. IT WILL BE HARD TO GO MISSING AGAIN WITH SHOES LIKE THESE. BEN TAMEIFUNA, ALL 139KG OF HIM, MADE SUCH AN IMPACT AS A SUPER 15 ROOKIE THAT HE WAS CALLED IN TO THE ALL BLACKS' WIDER TRAINING GROUP. BUT AFTER HIS STELLAR CHIEFS SEASON, HE WAS DUMPED BY HIS PROVINCIAL SIDE, HAWKE'S BAY. COMING FROM SUPER LEVEL INTO ITM, MORE PEOPLE EXPECTED ME TO PERFORM, AND MAYBE THE PRESSURE GOT A LITTLE BIT TO ME. HE HAD A FEW ISSUES AT HAWKE'S BAY. WE GOT HIM STRAIGHT BACK IN. HE WORKED REALLY HARD. HE MADE SOME SHIFTS IMMEDIATELY. HE'S HAD AN OPERATION ON HIS NOSE. A BIG ONE ` BROKEN ` TO ENABLE SURGERY TO IMPROVE HIS BREATHING AND SLEEPING ISSUES, WHICH SAW HIM LATE FOR HIS FIRST DAY OF ALL BLACK TRAINING. BETTER SLEEPS AT NIGHT. BE MORE FRESH DURING THE MORNING AND LAST THE WHOLE DAY. HIS FORMER FLATMATE MAHONRI SCHWALGER, WHO'S HAD OFF-SEASON KNEE SURGERY HIMSELF, WILL BE LOOKING OUT FOR THE 21-YEAR-OLD. IT'S LIKE A FAMILY, SO WHEN ONE GUY FALLS OFF THE RAILS, WE'VE GOT TO GIVE HIM A HELPING HAND TO MAKE SURE HE'S ON TRACK. ALSO BACK ON THE BIKE AFTER SHOULDER SURGERY IS INJURY-PRONE RICHARD KAHUI, WHO HASN'T PLAYED SINCE MAY. 21-YEAR-OLD LEGS, BUT 50-YEAR-OLD SHOULDERS, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN NURSE THE SHOULDERS THROUGH ANOTHER SEASON AND GETTING THESE LEGS WORKING A BIT MORE, BECAUSE I HAVE MISSED A LOT OF RUGBY. AND YOU COULD UNDERSTAND NEW RECRUIT GARETH ANSCOMBE SKIPPING OUTFITTING TODAY. THE BLUES REJECT HAS A SUSPECTED SPIDER BITE ON HIS KICKING FOOT. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS A POTENTIAL KIWI STAR OF THE FUTURE'S BEEN TEAMED WITH THE V8 SUPERCAR OF THE FUTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME. GOLD COAST-BASED AUCKLANDER SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN'S IMPRESSED IN HIS FIRST HIT OUT IN HIS GARRY ROGERS FUJITSU RACING TEAM'S 2013 COMMODORE. THE 19-YEAR-OLD'S DUE TO MAKE HIS FULL SERIES DEBUT AT THE CLIPSAL 500 IN ADELAIDE IN MARCH. THE TEAM HAVE DONE GREAT TO GET ONE CAR OUT ON THE TRACK COMPARED TO A FEW OTHER TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T GOT ONE OUT YET, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD PACKAGE THERE, AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING FORWARD WITH IT, AND I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD STEAD FOR NEXT YEAR. MCLAUGHLIN FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF V8 STARS GARTH TANDER AND JAMIE WHINCUP, WHO ALSO GOT THEIR STARTS WITH GARRY ROGERS RACING. DRASTIC MEASURES ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO PROTECT ENGLISH FOOTBALL PLAYERS FOLLOWING THE VIOLENCE AND DISORDER AT YESTERDAY'S MANCHESTER DERBY. UNITED'S RIO FERDINAND WAS LEFT WITH A GASH ABOVE HIS EYE AFTER BEING HIT BY A COIN THROWN FROM THE CROWD. CALLS FOR PROTECTIVE NETTING AROUND THE PITCH HAVE INTENSIFIED. YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SPORTS WHERE IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE VIEW, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT CAN BE PROTECTED AGAINST MISSILES THROWN. IT'S FAIRLY SAD, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN'T IGNORE. TWO CITY FANS INVADED THE PITCH DURING UNITED'S 3-2 VICTORY. ENGLAND FOOTBALL WANTS LIFE BANS FOR THE NINE PEOPLE CHARGED OVER YESTERDAY'S INCIDENTS. BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED WITH THE OUTRAGE IN TURKEY AFTER VIOLENCE ERUPTED AT, WAIT FOR IT, A WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL MATCH. POLICE HAD TO USE TEAR GAS TO BREAK UP A BRAWL BETWEEN BESIKTAS AND GALATASARAY FANS AND PLAYERS IN ISTANBUL. SHOUTING, LOUD CLATTERING THE GALATASARAY COACH LAMENTING THAT IF HOOLIGANS HAVE INVADED WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL, THEN SPORT IS OFFICIALLY DEAD IN TURKEY. WILLIE MASON, THE LEAGUIE KIWIS LOVE TO HATE, SAYS HE'S NOT THE NEXT SONNY BILL WILLIAMS, AS HE GEARS UP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIGHT FOR LIFE. THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS BACKROWER (32) HAS BEEN TRAINING WITH THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JEFF FENECH, BUT ISN'T CONSIDERING A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE RING, AS HAS BEEN RUMOURED. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS OPPONENT, FORMER ALL BLACK TROY FLAVELL... I KNOW WHO HE IS. I HAVEN'T MET HIM. APPARENTLY HE'S A NICE BLOKE. LAUGHTER NOW, HE'S A BIG DUDE ` SAME SORT OF SIZE AS ME, SO, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TUSSLE. BUT IT IS FOR CHARITY. IT'S NOT A PROFESSIONAL BOUT. NONE OF US ARE BOXERS. LEAGUE HARDMAN PAUL GALLEN ADMITS HE'S FEELING NERVOUS AHEAD OF HIS FIGHT WITH NZ MAORI HOOKER HIKA ELLIOT. UNBEATEN IN 62 KICKBOXING FIGHTS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` Meet Shelby and Greg. Hello. Hello. Hello. Whoa! They're both looking for better car-tons to get round in. Greg... is an egg. TYRES SQUEAL If only he'd been like Shelby and thought more about safety. CRASH! CRASH! Sorry! If you want to buy a new car, check safety first at our cracking new website. HOWDY, EVERYONE. THE HIGH'S STILL IN CHARGE, BUT IT'S GROWN SOME GREY HAIR AND HAS A COUPLE OF GRUBBY MATES IN TOW. BUT THIS IS THE LOOK AROUND QUEENSTOWN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR TUESDAY. 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