DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. JUDITH COLLINS WILL LET THE PUBLIC SEE THE CONTENTIOUS REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CASE. NORTH KOREA'S ROCKET LAUNCH SPARKS UN ANGER. AND THE ROYAL REAR HERE? PIPPA MIDDLETON SAYS SHE'LL TAKE ON NEXT YEAR'S COAST-TO-COAST. THE CONTROVERSIAL REPORT ON DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM IS DUE TO BE MADE PUBLIC THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FOLLOWS INCREASING PRESSURE ON JUSTICE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS TO RELEASE IT, AFTER SHE CLAIMED ASPECTS OF THE REPORT BY RETIRED CANADIAN JUDGE IAN BINNIE WERE INACCURATE. ONE NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. MICHAEL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE? AT 2PM JUDITH COLLINS WILL RELEASE THE REPORT WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUND DAVID BAIN NOT GUITY AND ASK FOR COMPENSATION. SHE WILL ALSO RELEASE A PEER REVIEW THAT IS HIGHLY CRITICAL OR IAN BINNIE AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR DAVID BAIN'S CLAIM? IF JUDITH COLLINS CAN'T GO TO CABINIT AND SAY THE BINNIE REPRT CAN BE USED THEN WE'LL NEED TO DO IT AGAIN. THANKS, MICHAEL PARKIN, LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE BAIN COMPENSATION REPORT AND THE NZ LAWYER'S REVIEW OF IT ON ONE NEWS AT 4.30 AND 6 AND OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE PRIME MINISTER'S MAKING HIS FIRST VISIT TO GREYMOUTH TODAY SINCE THE DAMNING ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT INTO THE COAL MINE DISASTER. MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE 29 MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TURNED UP THIS MORNING TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AT A CLOSED DOOR MEETING. THEY WERE EXPECTING HIM TO OUTLINE WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT AND ITS SHARP CRITICISM ON MINE-SAFETY ISSUES. BUT THEIR HOPE IS FOR AN APOLOGY FOR EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE TRAGEDY, AND TO GET SOME PROGRESS ON THEIR DESIRE TO RE-ENTER THE MINE TO GET THEIR MEN OUT. AN APPEAL'S BEEN LAUNCHED FOR THE FAMILIES OF THREE MEN KILLED ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE DURING THE TORNADO IN WEST AUCKLAND A WEEK AGO TODAY. THE TWISTER RIPPED THROUGH THE BLOCK IN HOBSONVILLE WHERE TWO NEW SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUILT, KILLING THE WORKERS, HOSPITALISING SEVEN OTHERS AND DAMAGING MORE THAN 300 HOMES. HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION MANAGES THE SITE WHERE THE MEN DIED, AND IT'S OPENED A TRUST FUND FOR THE GRIEVING FAMILIES. THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYEES WHO HAD AN INCOME, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR PASSING, THESE FAMILIES WILL BE NEEDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE EMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. HAWKINS IS MAKING AN UNDISCLOSED DONATION AND SAYS OTHERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND AT ANY WESTPAC BANK. THE DETAILS ARE ON THE ONE NEWS WEBSITE. TWO INMATES ARE REFUSING TO COME DOWN FROM THE ROOF OF MANAWATU PRISON AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT THERE. ONE NEWS REPORTER SARAH BATLEY IS OUTSIDE THE PRISON NEAR PALMERSTON NORTH AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. PRISON STAFF AND POLICE ARE NEGOTIATING. THEY'VE SPENT THE NIGHT THERE. CORRECTIONS SAY THEY'RE REFUSING TO COME DOWN. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO RISK OF ESCAPE AND NO RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE PRISON IS IN LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF THESE TWO PRISONERS, AND VISITS AND PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. CORRECTIONS SAY THE MEN ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS AND ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING. POLICE HAVE REVEALED THAT A YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN SOUTH AUCKLAND YESTERDAY MORNING HAD SUFFERED WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN KNIFE WOUNDS. THE BODY OF ALICIA MCCALLION (23) WAS DISCOVERED IN A SLEEPOUT ATTACHED TO THE FAMILY HOME IN PAPAKURA, AND POLICE ARE TREATING THE DEATH AS HOMICIDE. POLICE SAY SHE HAD INJURIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SHARP WEAPON WHICH HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. A POST-MORTEM IS BEING HELD LATER TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH. THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN FINED $40,000 FOR ILLEGALLY EMPLOYING CONTRACTORS WHILE UNION MEMBERS WERE ON STRIKE EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY RULED THE PORTS COMPANY BROKE THE LAW WHEN IT EMPLOYED ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS FOR UP TO $10,000 A WEEK DURING THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH STRIKES. THE MARITIME UNION AND THE PORTS HAVE BEEN EMBROILED IN STRIKES, LOCK-OUTS AND COURT ACTION FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, BECAUSE OF CONTRACTUAL DISAGREEMENTS. THE UNION SAYS PORTS OF AUCKLAND ARE DEMANDING A COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT REMOVES JOB SECURITY AND GUARANTEES ABOUT ROSTERING. THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS AMONG FARMERS AFTER NZ'S MOST POPULAR WEED-KILLER'S STOPPED WORKING AT A MARLBOROUGH VINEYARD. THE FIRST CASE OF RESISTANCE TO GLYPHOSATE, BETTER KNOWN TO HOUSEHOLD GARDENERS AS ROUND-UP, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN ANNUAL RYEGRASS AT THE VINEYARD IN BLENHEIM. EXPERTS SAY THE RESISTANCE IS ISOLATED, BUT THAT THERE'D BE SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL REPERCUSSIONS IF IT SPREAD, INCLUDING WIDESPREAD WEED GROWTH, REDUCED CROPS FOR FARMERS AND DAMAGE TO SOIL. ROUND-UP IS ONE OF THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HERBICIDES ON THE MARKET AND IS USED ON ROADSIDES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS IN PRIVATE GARDENS. TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS, NORTH KOREA HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL FOR LAUNCHING A LONG-RANGE MISSILE. THE LAUNCH IS IN DIRECT CONTRAVENTION OF UN RESOLUTIONS, AND THERE ARE FEARS IT HERALDS DEVELOPMENTS IN A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMME FOR THE SECRETIVE STATE. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICAS. STREAKING INTO A WINTER SKY, NORTH KOREA'S ROCKET. THIS IS MISSION CONTROL PYONGYANG. IT ROSE TO PLACE A SATELLITE IN ORBIT IN DEFIANCE OF UN RESOLUTIONS. (SPEAKS KOREAN) THE NORTH HAILED THIS AS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. TOTALITARIAN AND IMPOVERISHED, IT CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO KEEP ITS PEOPLE WARM IN WINTER. BUT TODAY THEY LAID ON A STREET PARTY TO CELEBRATE. FROM ITS LAUNCH PAD, THE ROCKET FLEW PAST SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, DROPPING USED BOOSTERS IN THE CITY. BOTH COUNTRIES WORRY THEY COULD BE TARGETS. AND THE NORTH MAY BE DEVELOPING MISSILES USING ITS TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD ONE DAY REACH PARTS OF MAINLAND USA. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WERE INVITED TO VISIT THE USUALLY SECRETIVE NORTH, TAKEN PAST BARREN FIELDS, FOR THE NORTH'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT FIRING ITS ROCKET. THE ONE WE SAW EXPLODED A MINUTE AFTER TAKE-OFF. IT WAS AN EMBARRASSING FAILURE FOR NORTH KOREA'S NEW LEADER, KIM JONG-UN. CHEERING NOT YET 30 YEARS OLD, HE'S THE THIRD GENERATION OF HIS FAMILY DYNASTY TO RULE HERE. SOME HOPED HE'D BE A REFORMER. LIKE HIS FATHER, HE'S ACQUIRING MISSILES AND NUCLEAR BOMBS. NOT FEEDING HIS PEOPLE BUT TRYING TO MAKE THEM FEEL PROUD THEIR NATION IS STRONG, ARMED WITH WEAPONS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO DETER ANY ENEMIES. THE UNITED KINGDOM CONDEMNS THIS LAUNCH. IT IS A BREACH OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 1718 AND 1874, BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE USE OF BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY. AND SO WE ARE SUMMONING THE NORTH KOREA AMBASSADOR, WE ARE CONSULTING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ABOUT NEXT STEPS. SO NORTH KOREA'S AMBASSADOR HEADED TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN LONDON FOR A STERN WARNING. WHILE IN NEW YORK, THE UN'S SECURITY COUNCIL BEGAN ITS OWN URGENT TALKS. IN EGYPT, A MAJOR OPPOSITION GROUP IS URGING PEOPLE TO VOTE AGAINST A DRAFT CONSTITUTION PUT FORWARD BY PRESIDENT MOHAMMED MORSI. THE CONSTITUTION'S UP FOR VOTE IN A REFERENDUM THIS WEEKEND, BUT OPPONENTS SAY THE DOCUMENT IS TOO ISLAMIST AND ARE A CALLING FOR A 'NO' VOTE, OR EVEN A BOYCOTT OF THE REFERENDUM. MOHAMMED MORSI'S ALREADY BEEN THE TARGET OF VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN EGYPT FOLLOWING SWEEPING NEW POWERS HE GAVE HIMSELF. IN SYRIA, AN EXPLOSION IN THE CAPITAL DAMASCUS HAS BADLY DAMAGED THE BUILDING OF THE SYRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A CAR BOMB EXPLODED NEAR THE BUILDING. REBELS FIGHTING TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT BASHAR AL ASSAD HAVE BEEN MAKING INROADS TOWARD THE SEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN DAMASCUS IN RECENT WEEKS. THERE'VE BEEN NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES AT THIS STAGE. THERE'S A MAJOR DIPLOMATIC PUSH BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT SYRIA'S OPPOSITION, WITH BARACK OBAMA THE LATEST TO OFFER HIS SUPPORT. BUT ON THE GROUND, SYRIAN REFUGEES ARE FLOODING OVER THE BORDERS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES, LEAVING EVERYTHING BEHIND. FROM LEBANON, HERE'S THE BBC'S FEARGAL KEANE. AT ANY TIME OF YEAR, IT IS A PERILOUS CROSSING. AND AS WINTER SETTLES ON THE MOUNTAINS, THE UPROOTED CONTINUE TO FLEE. CHILDREN TALK, WHINE THESE CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES WHO FLED SYRIA IN RECENT MONTHS. ALL JOURNEYED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO REACH LEBANON. ALL BRING STORIES OF FEAR AS THEY TRIED TO EVADE ARMY PATROLS. CHILD SPEAKS ARABIC (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'MY BABY SISTER STARTED CRYING,' THE GIRL TOLD US. 'MY FATHER SAID TO MY MOTHER, "YOU EITHER KILL HER OR WE ALL DIE." 'SO MY MOTHER PUT HER HAND ON HER MOUTH UNTIL SHE COULDN'T BREATHE. 'THE BABY WAS GOING TO DIE 'UNTIL MY UNCLE CAME AND PULLED MY MOTHER'S HAND AWAY.' SUCH ARE THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES OF ESCAPE. IN THIS GREY EXILE, THERE'S YEARNING FOR THE FAMILIAR. (SPEAKS ARABIC) THE BOY TREASURES HIS PICTURES OF HOME. AND THAT'S YOU WHEN YOU WERE SMALL? (SPEAKS ARABIC) 'OUR GARDEN WAS BIG,' HE SAID, 'AND WE HAD MANY ROSES.' BUT ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN DESTROYED. ACROSS THE REGION IN RECENT WEEKS, MORE THAN 3000 REFUGEES A DAY HAVE BEEN ESCAPING SYRIA. MANY IN LEBANON RENT CRAMPED SINGLE ROOMS IN THE BORDERLANDS. THE GOVERNMENT WON'T ALLOW REFUGEE CAMPS. IT FEARS LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF PEOPLE WOULD CREATE WIDER INSTABILITY. IN THIS SMALL SPACE, THIS WOMAN FROM HOMS LIVES WITH HER FIVE CHILDREN. HER HUSBAND STAYED BACK IN SYRIA TO LOOK AFTER ELDERLY PARENTS. SHE IS MOTHER AND TEACHER, CLINGING TO THE BELIEF THAT THEY WILL RETURN AND BE A FAMILY AGAIN. THE FIERY CRASH OF THE AIRSHIP THE HINDENBURG THE FIERY CRASH OF THE AIRSHIP THE HINDENBURG IN 1937 IS ONE OF AVIATION'S MOST NOTORIOUS DISASTERS, AND THE FIRST TO BE CAPTURED ON FILM. NOW SCIENTISTS ON AN AMERICAN TV SHOW ARE INVESTIGATING TO TRY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT SPARKED THE TRAGEDY. HERE'S THE ABC'S JOHN SHIFFRIN. IT'S ONE OF AVIATION'S GREATEST MYSTERIES ` IT'S BURST INTO FIRE, AND IT'S FALLING! OH, THE HUMANITY. 75 YEARS LATER, SCIENTISTS FINALLY BELIEVE THEY NOW KNOW WHY THE HINDENBURG BURST INTO FLAMES, KILLING 36 OF THE 99 PEOPLE ON BOARD. THREE,... TWO,... ONE. FLAMES WHOOSH CHECK OUT THESE LIFE-SIZED REPLICAS - 80FT LONG - GETTING BLOWN UP... ...OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOT FAR OFF THE REAL THING. WE TESTED THE THEORY THAT SHOOTING AT THE HINDENBURG WOULD TAKE IT DOWN. WE TESTED THE THEORY OF A BOMB. WE TESTED STATIC ELECTRICITY. WE TESTED THE FLAMMABILITY OF THE SKIN. TO RECREATE ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR DISASTERS EVER CAPTURED ON CAMERA, PHYSICIST STEVE WOLF AND THE TEAM TEST EACH THEORY ONE AT A TIME. LIGHTNING, A BOMB, A SPARK ` THE QUESTION IS, WAS THE HINDENBURG BROUGHT DOWN BY MOTHER NATURE, SABOTAGE, OR SOMETHING ELSE? IN OUR LAB TESTING, MOST OF THOSE THEORIES REALLY DIDN'T PAN OUT, BUT ONE OF THEM DOES. AFTER THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY, THE TEAM WILL NOW MAKE THE PUBLIC WAIT JUST A BIT LONGER FOR THE ANSWER, RELEASING THEIR FINDINGS ON SUNDAY. TRIBUTES ARE BEING MADE WORLDWIDE FOR THE LATE SITAR VIRTUOSO RAVI SHANKAR. SHANKAR GAINED FAME WORLDWIDE AND WAS A KEY INFLUENCE FOR THE BEATLES BUT CHOSE TO STEER CLEAR OF MANY ASPECTS OF POPULAR MUSIC CULTURE. HERE'S THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM. SITAR PLAYS FOR RAVI SHANKAR, THE SITAR WASN'T JUST A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, BUT A PATH TO SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. AT THE CENTRE HE FOUNDED IN DELHI, ONE OF HIS STUDENTS TODAY READ A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY. ALTHOUGH IT IS A TIME FOR SORROW AND SADNESS, IT IS ALSO A TIME FOR ALL OF US TO GIVE THANKS AND TO BE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR LIVES. RAVI SHANKAR STARTED AS AN INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCER, THEN SPENT 7 YEARS LEARNING THE SITAR. HIS FAME AS A PERFORMER AND A COMPOSER, ESPECIALLY OF FILM SCORES, QUICKLY SPREAD. IT WAS GEORGE HARRISON WHO SOUGHT HIM OUT AS PART OF HIS OWN SPIRITUAL QUEST THAT MADE HIM TRULY FAMOUS IN THE WEST. THE FIRST PERSON WHO EVER IMPRESSED ME IN MY LIFE WAS RAVI SHANKAR, AND HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO DIDN'T TRY TO IMPRESS ME. SITAR MUSIC PLAYS (LAUGHS) IT WAS BY HIS BEING. HE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING A WORD ` IT'S BY EXAMPLE. IN 1971, RAVI SHANKAR PERFORMED AT GEORGE HARRISON'S CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH IN NEW YORK, BUT THE DRUGS CULTURE IN WESTERN POP MUSIC DISMAYED HIM. HE PREFERRED TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE. I COULD HAVE BECOME A CULT GURU, AND... RAGGA ROCK THING, AND MADE BILLIONS BY NOW, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. I WANTED TO KEEP THE SANCTITY OF OUR MUSIC. HE WAS A MAN FOR WHOM MUSIC WAS PART OF AN AURAL TRADITION HANDED DOWN FROM GURU TO GURU ` A THING OF BEAUTY AND OF SADNESS, AND AN ART WITH WHICH HE ENCHANTED AUDIENCES AND FELLOW MUSICIANS FOR 70 YEARS. RAVI SHANKAR WAS 92. BACK HOME, THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEFENDING THE COST OF LAST MONTH'S ROYAL TOUR, SAYING THE VISIT BY PRINCE CHARLES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. THE SIX-DAY ROYAL TOUR OFFICIALLY COST TAXPAYERS $766,000. BUT NZ REPUBLICANS CLAIM THAT FIGURE DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AMOUNT THE DEFENCE FORCE, POLICE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES SPENT OR THE COST OF FLIGHTS HERE AND BACK TO THE UK. JOHN KEY SAYS THE ROYAL TRIP WAS EXPECTED TO COST AROUND $1M. HE HASN'T BEEN TO NZ FOR A VERY LONG TIME. HE'LL BE THE FUTURE KING OF NZ ONE DAY. SO I THINK ON BALANCE IF YOU THINK OF THE SUCCESS OF THE TRIP, THE THINGS THAT HE DID, THE PLACES THAT HE WENT, I RECKON IT'S ABOUT RIGHT. MR KEY SAYS IT'S PROTOCOL FOR US TO PAY FOR ROYAL VISITS, WHETHER OR NOT THE ROYALS COULD FUND THE TRIP THEMSELVES. AND MALE COMPETITORS IN NEXT YEAR'S COAST TO COAST RACE MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME CONCENTRATING ON THE FINISH LINE. PIPPA MIDDLETON'S ANNOUNCED SHE'S GETTING READY TO DO THE SOUTH ISLAND EVENT IN FEBRUARY. THE ROYAL IN-LAW, SHOWN HERE AT HER SISTER'S WEDDING, SAID ON HER BLOG SHE'S HOLDING BACK ON CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENT, WHICH INVOLVES A 140KM CYCLE, 36KM MOUNTAIN RUN AND A 67KM KAYAK. THE RACE CROSSES THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM KUMARA BEACH NEAR GREYMOUTH TO SUMNER BEACH IN CHRISTCHURCH, COVERING A TOTAL OF 243KM. COAST TO COAST ORGANISERS HERE SAY THEY'VE YET TO RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM FROM PIPPA MIDDLETON, BUT THEY'RE KEEPING A PLACE OPEN FOR HER, AND SAY NINE TIMES FORMER COAST TO COAST CHAMPION STEVE GURNEY HAS OFFERED TO HELP THE THROUGH THE COURSE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS, AND IN SPORT, ROSS TAYLOR HINTS HE COULD BE BACK WITH THE BLACKCAPS SOON. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ANNE HARE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TRADE ME? IT'S MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'LL PURCHASE A WEBSITE CALLED HOLIDAY HOMES. THE CEO INDICATED THE PRICE IWLL BE CONFIDENTIAL. AND A FEDERAL BANK ANNOUNCMENT ` WHAT WERE THE POINTS THAT YOU FOUND INTERESTING? THEY EXPLICITLY TIED INTEREST RATES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. THIS CAUSED THE DOW JONES OT REMAIN FLAT THANK YOU, ANNE HARE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. SPORT ` TOP NZ BATSMAN ROSS TAYLOR COULD BE SET TO RETURN TO THE BLACKCAPS SOONER THAN EXPECTED. HE'S ACCEPTED AN APOLOGY FROM NZ CRICKET CHAIRMAN CHRIS MOLLER OVER THE WAY HE WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY DUMPED FROM THE CAPTAINCY. ROSS TAYLOR'S TWEETED THAT HE APPRECIATES THE APOLOGY AND IS KEEN TO PUT THE ISSUE BEHIND HIM, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO GETTING BACK WITH THE TEAM 'SOON'. HOWEVER, JUST HOW SOON THAT COULD BE IS NOT CLEAR, BUT MOST OBSERVERS ARE PICKING THAT IT'LL BE AFTER THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR OVER THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PERIOD. MEANWHILE, THE BOARD OF NZ CRICKET WILL BE RE-ELECTED AT THE END OF SUMMER, WITH CHIS MOLLER CALLING FOR EX-PLAYERS TO STEP INTO THE ROLES. FORMER SRI LANKAN TEST STAR LASITH MALINGA HAS CERTAINLY STEPPED UP IN AUSTRALIA'S BIG BASH COMPETITION. THE UNORTHODOX FAST BOWLER TURNED ON A MASTER CLASS WITH SIX WICKETS FOR SEVEN RUNS AS HIS MELBOURNE STARS SIDE SKITTLED THE PERTH SCORCHERS FOR 69 AT THE WACA GROUND. IT WAS THE SECOND BEST DOMESTIC 20 RETURN EVER. IN THE AIR AND OUT. CHEERING, APPLAUSE OH, AND THAT'S GOTTA BE OUT. OH, THAT'S OUT. THAT IT OUT. UNBELIEVABLE FOR MALINGA. THE UNUSUAL ACTION. BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. MALINGA WITH SIX. RAIN THEN ALMOST SAVED THE HOME SIDE, BUT THE STARS FINALLY RETURNED OVER AN HOUR LATER TO FACE ONE MORE BALL AND WIN THE MATCH ON THE DUCKWORTH-LEWIS SYSTEM. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. BEFORE WE GO TO THE WEATHER, THE PRIME MINISTER'S MAKING HIS FIRST VISIT TO GREYMOUTH TODAY SINCE THE DAMNING ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT INTO THE COAL MINE DISASTER. MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE 29 MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TURNED UP THIS MORNING TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AT A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING. HE APOLOGISED TO THE FAMILIES AND DISCUSSED WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT AND ITS SHARP CRITICISM ON MINE SAFETY ISSUES. THIS IS WHAT PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE MEETING AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE IN GREYMOUTH A MINUTE OR SO AGO. I JUST WANT TO APOLOGISE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE PUT OUT STATEMENTS BEFORE, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I CAME FACE TO FACE AND SAID WE WERE REALLY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND SO DOES THE COMPANY AND SOME OTHERS. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO SAYS IF THE FAMILIES AND SOLID ENERGY CAN COME UP WITH A SAFE PLAN TO GO UP THE MINE'S DRIFT, THEN THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUT IN MONEY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN NOW TO THE WEATHER. HIGH PRESSURE REIGNS SUPREME OVER THE COUNTRY AND STEERS ANY FRONTAL ACTIVITY AWAY ROM OUR SHORES FOR ANOTHER DAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY LAUREN STRAIN AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012