DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT, SHE SLAMMED A REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM; NOW ITS THE OPPOSITION'S TURN. JUDITH COLLINS IS ACCUSED OF WASTING MONEY. VIDEO PROOF THE ARCTIC IS MELTING AT AN ALARMING RATE. THE BOSS AND EVERYONE ELSE TURNS THE VOLUME UP TO 11 FOR THE VICTIMS OF A SUPERSTORM. BUT FIRST TONIGHT WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. THERE ARE REPORTS A NUMBER OF MEN HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A SUBSTATION IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF NEWMARKET FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS. WE'RE JOINED NOW ON THE LINE BY ONE NEWS REPORTER HELEN CASTLES. HELEN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? I'M ON NUFFIELD ST IN NEWMARKET, WHERE EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE SET UP AT LEAST FIVE WORKERS ARE TRAPPED IN A TUNNEL WHICH EXTENDS ABOUT 3KM FROM THE CBD TO NEWMARKET NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM THE WORKERS FOR TWO HOURS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL WE SEE FIREMEN WITH BREATHING APPARATUS WE'RE NOT SURE IF ANYONE'S ENTERED THE TUNNEL FIRE CREWS ARE ALSO AT LIVERPOOL ST AND HOBSON ST THANK YOU, HELEN CASTLES. AND WE'LL BRING YOU ANY FURTHER UPDATES WHEN WE GET THEM. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE SLAMMING THE JUSTICE MINISTER'S TREATMENT OF THE REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM. JUDITH COLLINS RELEASED CONFLICTING REPORTS INTO WHETHER BAIN SHOULD GET COMPENSATION FOR SPENDING MORE THAN A DECADE IN JAIL. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS WITH THE LATEST. THIS REPORT INTO DAVID BAIN'S COMPENSATION CLAIM ISN'T JUST CONTENTIOUS ` IT'S EXPENSIVE. AND THE OPPOSITION ARE LINING UP TO SLAM THE JUSTICE MINISTER. THANKS TO JUDITH COLLINS' MISMANAGEMENT OF THIS ISSUE, TAXPAYERS HAVE NOT ONLY SPENT $400,000 ON JUSTICE BINNIE'S REPORT; THEY'VE NOW SPENT $100,000 ON BOB FISHER'S REPORT. THE REPORT FROM FORMER CANADIAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE JUSTICE IAN BINNIE IS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE POLICE AND RECOMMENDS COMPENSATION FOR BAIN. HIS REPORT WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL CABINET CONSIDERED IT, BUT JUDITH COLLINS DESCRIBED IT AS 'SO FLAWED IT'S UNRELIABLE.' IT IS SIMPLY NOT CREDIBLE. I WOULD NEVER PUT A REPORT LIKE THIS UP TO MY CABINET COLLEAGUES AND ASK THEM TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON IT. AND THIS LEADING NZ LAWYER BACKS JUDITH COLLINS. ROBERT FISHER PULLS NO PUNCHES IN HIS PEER REVIEW. HE SAYS THE REPORT HAS FUNDAMENTAL ERRORS OF PRINCIPLE, JUSTICE BINNIE DISREGARDED KEY EVIDENCE, FAILED TO GIVE THOSE HE CRITICISED A CHANCE TO RESPOND AND WENT BEYOND HIS MANDATE BY GIVING A VIEW ON COMPENSATION. AND POLICE TOO ARE HITTING OUT AT THE REPORT. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, PETER MARSHALL, HAS SPOKEN OUT IN DEFENCE OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED, SAYING DUNEDIN POLICE WERE IN FACT VERY EXPERIENCED AND CONDUCTED THE OPERATION ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS OF THE DAY. HE ALSO REJECTS JUSTICE BINNIE'S CLAIMS THAT POLICE FAILED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT DAVID BAIN WAS INNOCENT. NOW A SECOND INVESTIGATION SEEMS ALMOST CERTAIN, BUT CRITICS SAY THE COSTS ARE SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL. HE GAVE HER WHAT SHE ASKED FOR, BUT SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT. AND SO NOW SHE'S GOING TO SPEND MORE TAXPAYERS' MONEY GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT SHE WANTS. THAT CAN'T BE JUSTIFIABLE. SO EVEN WITH AROUND $500,000 ALREADY SPENT, THE OUTCOME OF DAVID BAIN'S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION IS NO CLOSER TO BEING RESOLVED. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. JOHN KEY APOLOGISED TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PIKE RIVER MINERS TODAY, BUT ALL THEY WANT IS THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO IN AND GET THEIR MEN. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO OFFERED TO PROVIDE $10 FOR A RECOVERY MISSION IF A SAFE AND FEASIBLE PLAN CAN BE FOUND. ALI PUGH'S IN GREYMOUTH. REUNITED AGAIN, THE PIKE FAMILIES ARE GATHERING IN GREYMOUTH TO HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER SAY SORRY FOR THE SYSTEM THAT FAILED THEIR MEN. IT WAS A GESTURE LOST ON SOME. I DON'T ACCEPT ANY APOLOGIES BECAUSE THE REGULATORY SYSTEM SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE'RE MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING UP THE TUNNEL THAN ANY APOLOGY. AND JUST LAST MONTH, INTERNATIONAL MINING EXPERTS WHO VISITED PIKE RIVER SAID GETTING UP THE TUNNEL TO CHECK FOR BODY REMAINS IS POSSIBLE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPERTS DISAGREE. AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE GOT TWO CAMPS ` WE'VE GOT THEIR CAMP AND OUR CAMP. SO I SAID, WELL, WE NEED BOTH THESE CAMPS TO JOIN FORCES AND BRING THEM IN TO NZ AND SIT AROUND THE TABLE AND IRON OUT THE PROBLEMS ABOUT GETTING DOWN THE TUNNEL. JOHN KEY SAYS A ROUND TABLE MEETING COULD WELL HAPPEN. I MEAN, I CAN'T SEE ANY HARM IN POOLING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND SEE WHETHER THERE CAN BE A BIT OF AGREEMENT. AND IF BOTH PARTIES AGREE ON A RE-ENTRY PLAN AND IT'S VETTED BY THE HIGH HAZARDS UNIT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL STUMP UP $10M TO HELP. BUT SOME RELATIVES SAY DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES. BECAUSE TO US IT'S THE SAME MERRY-GO-ROUND, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE WE WERE IN 2010. THE FAMILIES, AT LEAST, UNITED ON WHAT THEY WANT. EVERY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILD IN NZ, ALL 350,000 OF THEM, WILL NOW BE OFFERED FREE MILK. THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY DAIRY GIANT FONTERRA FOLLOWS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR-LONG TRIAL IN NORTHLAND. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS MORE. THE LAND OF MILK AND MONEY. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER, BUT IT IS A MULTIMILLION SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND TO NZ. IT'S BIG. FONTERRA ANNOUNCED IT'LL ROLL OUT 'MILK IN SCHOOLS' IN EVERY PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE HOPE OF A FUTURE PAYDAY. LONG-TERM, WE WANT TO HAVE THESE KIDS, REALLY, ON MILK AND NOT ON CARBONATED DRINKS, SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE 20 YEARS OLD AND THEY EARN A SALARY, THEY GO TO THE SUPERMARKET AND BUY OUR MILK. HEALTH GROUPS HAVE PRAISED THE MOVE, CALLING IT A RETURN TO THE VALUES OF THE '50S, WHEN FREE MILK WAS GIVEN TO ALL NZ SCHOOL CHILDREN, PAID FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT. ARCHIVE: THESE KIDDIES HAVE THEIR MILK TOO, AND IT'S CERTAINLY A GRAND DAY WHEN THEY'RE SELECTED TO DISTRIBUTE THE BOTTLES. 'PLEASE CAN I HAVE MINE?' HA HA! IT ENDED IN 1967, DEEMED TOO EXPENSIVE. # YOU'RE STANDING IN THE HALL OF FAME. # BUT HILL PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS HELPED MAKE HISTORY AGAIN TODAY. IN MY AREA HERE, WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES; WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE FOR WHOM MILK IS A LUXURY, AND I THINK A LOT OF BEHAVIOUR CAN BE TRACED BACK TO KIDS NOT HAVING A FULL BELLY. DATA FROM THE PILOT PROGRAMME IN NORTHLAND HAS SHOWN THAT 28% MORE CHILDREN THERE NOW DRINK MILK DAILY. IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE MILK IS FREE TO CHILDREN, LONG-TERM STUDIES HAVE SHOWN CHANGES IN GROWTH RATES AND EVEN AN INCREASE IN AVERAGE HEIGHT. WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF MANY CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL. GOOD NUTRITION EQUATES TO GOOD LEARNING. AND FOR FONTERRA, GOOD BUSINESS IS HOOKING THEM EARLY IN THE HOPE THEY'LL DEVELOP A HABIT. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS TWO INMATES HAVE ENDED THEIR ROOFTOP PROTEST AT MANAWATU PRISON. THE PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM THE EXERCISE YARD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE ROOF. AFTER COMING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON, ONE INMATE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES FROM THE RAZOR-WIRE FENCE. IT'S NOT YET CLEAR WHAT THE MEN WANTED. A STATE OF DISASTER'S BEEN DECLARED IN SAMOA AFTER CYCLONE EVAN. MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN CAUSED BY FALLEN TREES, WHICH HAVE BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES, WITH SOME HOUSES LOSING THEIR ROOFS. THERE'VE BEEN NO OFFICIAL REPORTS OF DEATHS OR INJURIES. THE NZ HIGH COMMISSIONER IN SAMOA TOLD ONE NEWS THERE'S WIDESPREAD FLOODING. AGGIE GREY HAS BEEN... SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN EVACUATED, BECAUSE THE VAISIGANO RIVER ` THE ONE THAT GOES ALONGSIDE THE HOTEL ` HAS BURST ITS BANKS AND FLOODED INTO THE HOTEL. THERE'S ABOUT 5FT OF WATER. MOST ROADS INTO APIA HAVE BEEN CUT OFF DUE TO EXTENSIVE FLOODING. MANY AREAS ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVACUATED. AIR NZ CANCELLED A FLIGHT TODAY, BUT WILL PUT ON AN EXTRA TRIP TOMORROW NIGHT. SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING FARMERS TO CHANGE THEIR WEEDKILLING WAYS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A GRASS THAT'S RESISTANT TO A POPULAR HERBICIDE. IT'S BECOME IMMUNE TO GLYPHOSATE, OFTEN SOLD AS ROUND UP, A STAPLE ON FARMS AND ALSO USED WIDELY BY GARDENERS. THIS REPORT FROM WILL HINE. LIKE OTHER FARMERS ACROSS NZ, JAMES HOUGHTON RELIES ON GLYPHOSATE TO KNOCK BACK WEEDS. HIGHLY CONCENTRATED, 40 LITRES CAN MAKE 8000-ODD LITRES OF WEEDKILLER. AS A FARMER, WE TEND TO JUST STRATEGICALLY USE IT ` SPRAYING ROUND FENCE LINES AND JUST KEEPING GRASS DOWN WHERE WE DON'T WANT IT OR NEED IT. BUT SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S OVERUSE OF THE HERBICIDE THAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS. THIS RYEGRASS, DISCOVERED IN A MARLBOROUGH VINEYARD, HAS DEVELOPED A RESISTANCE TO THE SPRAY. IT'S BASICALLY A MUTATION, YEAH, A NATURAL MUTATION DUE TO THE SELECTION PRESSURE OF JUST REPEAT GLYPHOSATE, GLYPHOSATE, GLYPHOSATE. THESE RESISTANT GRASSES, IN FLOWER, ARE BEING KEPT UNDER WRAPS BECAUSE RESEARCHERS DON'T WANT THE SEED ESCAPING. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S ONLY ONE SITE, AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE CONTAINED WITHIN THAT REGION. BUT IT MEANS THAT FARMERS NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY DO TO MINIMISE THE RISK OF RESISTANCE OCCURRING ON THEIR FARMS. SO NEW CASES OF RESISTANCE, NOT JUST A SPREAD OF THIS EXISTING CASE. THE OFFICIAL ADVICE ` MIX GLYPHOSATE UP WITH OTHER HERBICIDES. SPELL GLYPHOSATE EVERY SO OFTEN. DON'T USE IT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. I THINK THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ALL OF US IN HOW WE USE IT AND HOW WE MANAGE IT AND HOW WE ROTATE OUR CHEMICAL USE. IT'S HOPED THROUGH CONSERVATIVE USE, THE HERBICIDE WON'T BECOME REDUNDANT WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. SHOULD CAR INSURANCE BE MADE COMPULSORY? THE ARGUMENT'S BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER AN ONLINE SURVEY SHOWED HUGE SUPPORT FOR A LAW CHANGE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON'T BE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON, AS DANIELLE STANBURY EXPLAINS. IT'S A SMALL DING, BUT NOT WHAT LUCY WILKINSON WANTS JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SOMEONE JUST BANGED INTO ME, AND I WAS, LIKE, 'WHAT?!' I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HIT ME WHEN WE WERE GOING SO SLOWLY. THE DRIVER WHO HIT HER ` CRASH! ONE OF THE 8% NOT INSURED IN NZ. WELL, I'M INSURED, SO I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT HE'S NOT INSURED. AND IT'S HIS PROBLEM. AN ONLINE SURVEY SHOWS 93% OF INSURED KIWI DRIVERS BACK MAKING THIRD PARTY COVER COMPULSORY. BUT THE INSURANCE COUNCIL SAYS IT COULD BE COSTLY, ADDING UP TO $50 A YEAR TO EVERYONE'S POLICY. THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT HAS RULED OUT A LAW CHANGE ANY TIME SOON, SAYING ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES ARE TOO MUCH AND ENFORCEMENT TOO DIFFICULT. IT SAYS OUR ACC ALREADY COVERS THE COST OF INJURIES. THE AA AGREES EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE INSURANCE, BUT DOESN'T SUPPORT IT BEING MADE COMPULSORY. THE PEOPLE YOU'D REALLY WANT TO INSURE THEIR CAR, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE DRIVING THEIR CAR NOW UNREGISTERED, UNWARRANTED. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DRIVE IT INSURED. SO YOU'VE REALLY GOT THAT THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO BRING INTO LINE MAY NOT COME INTO LINE ANYWAY. THE AA BELIEVES EDUCATION IS THE WAY TO ENSURE MORE PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR COVER. THEY THINK, 'GOSH, MY CAR'S ONLY WORTH A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 'IT'S NOT WORTH INSURING.' WELL, IT'S NOT WORTH INSURING FOR THE VALUE OF THE CAR, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH PROTECTING YOURSELF IN CASE YOU HIT SOMEONE IN A MERCEDES OR YOU HIT A TRUCK. AND WHILE IT'S NO MERCEDES, LUCY'S JUST GLAD THE DAMAGE TO HER CAR WASN'T WORSE. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. AND WE NOW HAVE SOME PICTURES FROM THAT BREAKING NEWS STORY. POLICE SAY FIVE WORKERS AT A PUMP STATION IN AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT OF NEWMARKET HAVEN'T MADE ANY CONTACT FOR TWO HOURS. FIRE CREWS ARE ENTERING THE TUNNEL WITH BREATHING APPARATUS, AND POLICE AND AMBULANCE ARE ON THE SCENE. IT'S BEEN BILLED AS THE GREATEST LINE-UP OF LEGENDS EVER ASSEMBLED ON A STAGE ` THE LIKES OF 'THE WHO', 'THE ROLLING STONES' AND 'BON JOVI' GETTING TOGETHER IN NEW YORK FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR SUPERSTORM SANDY. THIS FROM OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. # ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR! # AFTER THE SUPERSTORM DEVASTATED HIS STATE, THE KING OF NEW JERSEY, SPRINGSTEEN HIMSELF, TOOK THE STAGE AT THE SQUARE,... # COME ON, RISE UP. # SINGING SANDY'S SONG. # MY CITY OF RUINS. # LEGENDS FOLLOWED. # I AIN'T GONNA LAST FOREVER. # LEGENDS PLAYED. # HEY, TEACHERS! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE. # EACH ARTIST PERFORMING FOR FREE,... # ...THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY LIKE. # WHILE CELEBRITIES MANNED THE PHONES AND DONATIONS FOR SANDY'S VICTIMS POURED IN. THE ROLLING STONES! MORE THAN 200 TV STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD CARRIED THE CONCERT LIVE,... # YOU GOT ME ROCKING. # AND WHILE POP MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES PLAYED SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS,... # IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I'LL BE WALKING IN MY SLEEP. # THERE WERE STILL SOME MUSICAL TWISTS. # HALLELUJAH. # SANDY, SCREW YA. # TICKET SALES FOR THE 121212 CONCERT RAISED MORE THAN $40M ALONE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR FINGERS IN THE AIR, TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET A LAST MINUTE TICKET. THEIR CHANCES, THOUGH, ARE SLIM. SCALPERS ONLINE HAVE BEEN PRICING TICKETS AT UP TO $35,000 EACH. TO BE INSIDE, YOU EITHER HAVE TO BE VERY RICH, VERY FAST OR VERY LUCKY. I FLEW IN FROM LOS ANGELES THIS MORNING TO GO SEE THE CONCERT. I'M HERE TO SEE ALL OF THEM. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! ALL IN ONE PLACE? ALL IN ONE PLACE? THEY'RE ALL IN ONE PLACE! ALL OF THEM. IT'S AMAZING! AND THE CHARITY'S JUST AS EXCITED, WITH MILLIONS ALREADY RAISED, AND NOW, AN OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK TO BOOT. # HELTER SKELTER. # JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. JUST AHEAD, IN THE FIRING LINE AS SYRIAN REBELS FIGHT BACK AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES. AND EXTRAORDINARY NEW PICTURES OF AN ICEBERG BREAKING UP. 1 THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION'S RECEIVED A MAJOR BOOST ` IT WAS FORMALLY RECOGNISED AS THE LEGITIMATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN PEOPLE BY A GROUP OF 100 NATIONS. IN SYRIA ITSELF, THE BBC'S IAN PANNELL HAS RETURNED TO THE CITY OF ALEPPO, WHICH HAS SUFFERED SOME OF THE WORST VIOLENCE OF THE CONFLICT. IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF ITS RESIDENTS, 'WELCOME TO FREE ALEPPO,' WHERE MOUNDS OF RUBBISH RISE AND THE DESTITUTE STRUGGLE TO MAKE A LIVING. THE REBELS NOW CONTROL LARGE AREAS HERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S BECOME OF THIS ANCIENT CITY. AHMED HAS LOST HIS HOME AND HIS JOB, SO EVERY DAY HE SIFTS THROUGH THE FILTH AND THE STENCH SO HE CAN FEED HIS CHILDREN. AHMED SPEAKS ARABIC 'LIFE IS REALLY BAD,' HE SAYS. 'THERE'S NO WORK; NO MONEY. THAT'S WHY I COME HERE TO COLLECT RUBBISH.' AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE STILL CLING TO THAT HOPE. AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THE ONGOING FIGHTING ` NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE ` IS WORTH THAT STRUGGLE. PEOPLE QUEUE FOR HOURS IN THE COLD FOR BREAD ` NOW 10 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE AND IN SHORT SUPPLY. THE BOMBARDMENT HAS SUBSIDED, BUT THE SUFFERING HASN'T. AND THE FIGHTING HAS JUST MOVED ELSEWHERE. GUNFIRE WE JOIN THE REBELS ON AN OPERATION ` RUNNING ACROSS OPEN GROUND TO AVOID SNIPER FIRE. THE FIGHTERS ARE LAYING SIEGE TO AN INFANTRY TRAINING SCHOOL. THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY CONTROLS MOST OF THE LAND HERE, AND SO THE 300 GOVERNMENT TROOPS INSIDE KNOW THEY'RE SURROUNDED. NO REINFORCEMENTS ARE COMING. THE REBELS HAVE ALREADY OVERRUN OTHER BASES, AND WITH EACH VICTORY THEY SEIZE STRONGER WEAPONS. THEY MISS AND GET READY TO TRY AGAIN. BUT A GOVERNMENT FIGHTER JET'S BEEN SPOTTED,... PLANE ENGINE RUMBLES ...AND THE FIGHTERS HAVE TO RUN FOR COVER. BACK IN ALEPPO, THE SUN HAS SET AND THE STREETS START TO EMPTY. THE POWER AND WATER WAS CUT DAYS AGO, AND AS NIGHT FALLS, THE DARK AND THE DAMP CONSUME THE CITY. THE FEW WHO DO REMAIN OUTSIDE ARE STILL QUEUING FOR BREAD. THEY'VE BEEN SHELLED AND SHOT AT, AND AS WINTER SETS IN, THEY'RE COLD, HUNGRY AND DESPERATE. TRAMS ARE TO MAKE A COMEBACK IN SYDNEY MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AFTER DISAPPEARING FROM THE CITY'S STREETS. A NEW LIGHT RAILWAY WILL RUN 12KM THROUGH THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WITH CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN 2014. WE'RE CONVINCED IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO FOR THE FUTURE OF SYDNEY. THE LIGHT RAIL IS PART OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT'S TRANSPORT MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR MASTER PLAN, AIMED AT REDUCING SYDNEY'S CHRONIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION. GREAT CAMERA WORK IS ABOUT BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. A GROUP OF AMERICAN MOVIE-MAKERS HAS CAPTURED WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE THE LARGEST-EVER ICEBERG BREAK-UP. THEY SAY IT'S PROOF THE ARCTIC IS MELTING BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS HAS MORE. THE ILLUISSAT GLACIER, GREENLAND. AFTER WAITING FOR WEEKS, A GROUP OF FILM-MAKERS CAN BARELY BELIEVE THE SIGHT THAT UNFOLDS AROUND THEM. MAN: IT'S STARTING, ADAM, I THINK. > ADAM, IT'S STARTING. > LOOK AT THAT! LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING! > MOUNTAINS OF ICE SHEARING OFF THE GLACIER, CRACKING AND GROANING. TOWER BLOCKS OF JET-BLACK ICE, HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD, REAR UP AND DOWN LIKE A BREACHING WHALE. THE FACE IS 300FT, SOMETIMES 400FT TALL. PIECES OF ICE WERE SHOOTING UP OUT OF THE OCEAN 600FT AND THEN FALLING. THE SEQUENCE IS TAKEN FROM A NEW FILM, 'CHASING ICE'. THE SIZE OF THE ICEBERGS IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE. IF YOU IMAGINE MANHATTAN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS START TO RUMBLE AND QUAKE AND PEEL OFF AND JUST FALL OVER AND FALL OVER AND ROLL AROUND. 7.2 CUBIC KILOMETRES OF ICE. THIS WHOLE MASSIVE CITY JUST BREAKING APART IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. FILM-MAKERS SAY IT'S A GRAPHIC EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. TASSIE ICEBERG EXPERT BEN GALTON-FENZI IS NOT SO SURE. THIS PARTICULAR ICEBERG CARVING EVENT IS A NORMAL EVENT. IT HAPPENS ON THIS SCALE OFTEN AROUND GREENLAND AND ANTARCTICA. CLIMATE CHANGE OR NOT, REMARKABLE ALL THE SAME, AND CAPTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON FILM. JUST AHEAD, THE TAX MAN BLOWS THE WHISTLE ON ONE OF THE NRL LEAGUE'S MOST FAMOUS CLUBS. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A FINE FRIDAY FOR MOST. AND WE RETURN NOW TO OUR LEAD STORY AND THOSE REPORTS OF A NUMBER OF MEN TRAPPED UNDERGROUND IN NEWMARKET IN AUCKLAND. WE'RE JOINED ON THE LINE AGAIN BY ONE NEWS REPORTER HELEN CASTLES. HELEN, WHAT'S THE LATEST? THERE HAS BEEN SOME GOOD NEWS THE FIVE WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT OUT OF THE TUNNEL ALIVE AND WELL THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS THEY WERE FINE ALL ALONG THEY WERE JUST UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT OUT THE LARGE EMERGENCY CREW GATHERED HERE ARE NOW LEAVING THE SCENE ONE OF THE NRL LEAGUE'S MOST FAMOUS CLUBS IS ON SHAKY GROUND. THE COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS IS BEING TARGETED BY THE AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE FOR A MASSIVE UNPAID DEBT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE LATEST. TWO OF NEWCASTLE'S FINEST ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. THE KNIGHTS ARE MORE THAN $2M IN DEBT; THE JETS OWE MORE THAN $1M. THE AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE GAVE THE CLUBS AND THEIR PARENT COMPANY NOTICE OF THE DEBTS IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THEY FAILED TO MEET THE 21-DAY DEADLINE. BUT THEIR OWNER EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT ATO'S ACTION. THE HUNTER SPORTS GROUP GENERAL MANAGER SAID IN A STATEMENT... BUT IS IT? HUNTER'S OWNED BY NEWCASTLE MINING MAGNATE NATHAN TINKLER. HE TURNED A $1M COAL MINE INTO A BILLION-DOLLAR FORTUNE. AND HE SPENT BIG ON HIS SPORTS CLUBS TOO, LURING MARQUEE ENGLISH STRIKER EMILE HESKEY TO THE JETS AND NRL SUPER COACH WAYNE BENNETT FROM THE DRAGONS. I'D LOVE TO SEE THE KNIGHTS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER FOR WINNING GAMES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. BUT FALLING COAL PRICES HAVE SMASHED TINKLER'S NET WORTH, AND HIS CREDITORS HAVE BEEN GROWING AND CIRCLING. TWO OF HIS COMPANIES HAVE COLLAPSED. HE RECENTLY OFFLOADED MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR RACING INTERESTS, WHILE HIS PRIVATE JET AND HELICOPTER WERE REPOSSESSED. THE NRL LEAGUE SAYS IT HAS ASSURANCES FROM THE KNIGHTS ABOUT THE CLUB'S FINANCIAL POSITION. BUT THE JETS' FUTURE LOOKS MORE UNCERTAIN, WHICH WAS ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL COLLAPSE WHEN TINKLER BOUGHT THEM IN 2010. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. HI, EVERYONE. A LARGE HIGH CONTINUES TO INFLUENCE THE COUNTRY, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS IT SHOULD STICK AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND TOO. HOWEVER, FRONTAL ACTIVITY MOVES ON TO SOUTHERN NZ AROUND LUNCHTIME TOMORROW, THEN SLOWLY EDGES FURTHER NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ