DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SAMOA'S ALREADY REELING AFTER A BATTERING FROM CYCLONE EVAN. NOW IT'S SET TO INTENSIFY. A NEW 'MISSION' FOR CHAMPION ROWER ROB WADDELL. AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH SMELLY, RUDE BOYS? SEND THEM TO CHARM SCHOOL! SAMOA IS TAKING A SECOND HIT FROM A CYCLONE THAT'S BELIEVED TO HAVE CLAIMED THREE LIVES AND CAUSED MASSIVE DAMAGE. THE CAPITAL, APIA, HAS BEEN LARGELY EVACUATED, WITH TREES AND BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING. CYCLONE EVAN IS MAKING A U-TURN OVER THE COUNTRY AND IS NOW HEADING BACK SOUTH-WEST. ONE NEWS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN MONITORING THE SITUATION AND SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST. THE CYCLONE IS INTENSIFYING. IT'S VEERED OFF IN A NORTH-WESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS FIJI. THERE ARE TWO DEAD CHILDREN. IT HAPPENED AT A RIVER THAT BURST ITS BANKS. PEOPLE ARE MISSING. PHONE LINES ARE DOWN. MOBILES ARE STILL WORKING. MUCH OF ELECTRICITY IS OUT. THE PORT IS CLOSED. MOST OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED, PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED TO START CLEANING UP. BARBARA WHAT AREAS ARE THE HARDEST HIT? IT APPEARS TO BE THE TOWN AREA. THE RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH TOWN BURST ITS BANKS. MANY PEOPLE WILL BE SHOCKED TO SEE THESE PHOTOS. WATER REACHED THE SECOND LEVEL OF AGGIE GREY'S HOTEL. EVACUATED PEOPLE SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE POLICE STATION, AND AT THE HOSPITAL. WE'LL KEEP TABS ON THE SITUATION. A REPORT COMMISSIONED AFTER AN ANZAC DAY IROQUOIS CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE MEN SAYS THE AIR FORCE NEEDS TO SHOW MORE LEADERSHIP TO KEEP ITS OPERATIONS SAFE. THE STATE SERVICES COMMISSION HAS RELEASED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW INTO HOW THE AIR FORCE HAS IMPLEMENTED RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING FROM A COURT OF INQUIRY INTO THE 2010 ACCIDENT. THE COMMISSION SAYS THE AIR FORCE HAS IMPLEMENTED THE MAJORITY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT SAYS THE AIR FORCE LEADERSHIP BOARD SHOULD STRENGTHEN ITS OVERSIGHT OVER SAFETY ISSUES AND DISCUSS WHAT IMPACT ITS STRATEGIC CHOICES HAS ON THEM. A TITAHI BAY MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO THE MANSLAUGHTER OF A 17-YEAR-OLD AND HAS ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO ASSAULTING THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER. MANAWANUI REREWHAITARANGI STEWART (25) PLEADED GUILTY IN THE PORIRUA DISTRICT COURT. HIS PLEA COMES FOUR MONTHS AFTER TEENAGER IZAK MILLANTA'S BODY WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN A CAR PARK AT A PARAPARAUMU MALL AND LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL. STEWART HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY AND WILL APPEAR FOR SENTENCING IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE GROWING CALLS FROM LEGAL EXPERTS THAT A THIRD REPORT IS NEEDED TO SETTLE THE DAVID BAIN COMPENSATION ISSUE. JUSTICE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS COMMISSIONED RETIRED CANADIAN JUDGE IAN BINNIE TO DO AN INITIAL REPORT, BUT ORDERED A REVIEW AFTER SHE FOUND SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL. DAVID BAIN WANTS COMPENSATION AFTER HE WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE MURDERS OF HIS FAMILY IN 1994 BUT ONLY AFTER HE'D SPENT 13 YEARS IN JAIL. OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE SLAMMED THE MINISTER FOR HER HANDLING OF THE CASE. THEY SAY THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN A WASTE OF MONEY. BUT PROFESSOR MARK HENAGHAN SAYS THE MINISTER'S MADE THE RIGHT MOVE. I THINK SHE'S BEING RESPONSIBLE. SHE'S SAYING, 'I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS 'EXPRESSED BY A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. 'I THEREFORE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS PROOF OF INNOCENCE HERE, 'BECAUSE, IN THE END, IT IS TAXPAYERS' MONEY, 'AS THE POLITICIANS LIKE TO SAY, IF COMPENSATION'S GOING TO BE AWARDED. 'I WANT TO DO IT ON A STRONG BASIS.' THE BINNIE REPORT, WHICH RECOMMENDED A PAYOUT AND CRITICISED THE POLICE INVESTIGATION, IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COST AROUND $500,000. MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER TARIANA TURIA'S CONFIRMED SHE'S LEAVING PARLIAMENT AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AFTER SPENDING 18 YEARS ON THE JOB. THE MP FOR TE TAI HAUAURU, WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RETIRE, HAS HELPED LEAD THE MAORI PARTY SINCE FORMING IT IN 2004. THE MINISTER SAYS SHE MADE THE DECISION EARLY SO THE PARTY HAS ENOUGH TIME TO ARRANGE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE 2014 ELECTION. FELLOW CO-LEADER PITA SHARPLES SAYS HE STILL INTENDS TO STAND. TURIA SAYS SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THE TIME OFF WITH HER HUSBAND AND GRANDCHILDREN. SYDNEY POLICE ARE REFUSING TO CONFIRM REPORTS BY AUSTRALIAN MEDIA THAT THE RADIO STATION BEHIND AN ILL-FATED PRANK CALL TO A LONDON HOSPITAL HAS MOVED SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS INTO HOTELS. SOUTHERN CROSS AUSTEREO HAS REPORTEDLY HIRED BODYGUARDS TO PROTECT STAFF AS POLICE INVESTIGATE A STRING OF DEATH THREATS AGAINST ITS EMPLOYEES. AUSTRALIA'S MEDIA WATCHDOG HAS CONFIRMED IT'S INVESTIGATING THE PRANK PHONE CALL. AND IN LONDON, AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE NURSES CAUGHT OUT BY THE PRANK HAS OPENED. IT HEARD THAT JACINTHA SALDANHA WAS FOUND HANGED IN HER WORK ACCOMMODATION. JACINTHA SALDANHA TRANSFERRED THE HOAX PHONE CALL TO ANOTHER COLLEAGUE, BELIEVING IT WAS THE QUEEN RINGING TO SEE HOW THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE WAS. THE COURT WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WERE TWO NOTES IN MRS SALDANHA'S ROOM AND ANOTHER NOTE AMONG HER POSSESSIONS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL HAS CONCEDED THE SYRIAN REBELS MAY DEFEAT PRESIDENT BASHAR AL ASSAD'S REGIME. RUSSIA HAS BEEN ONE OF SYRIA'S STRONGEST ALLIES, BUT THE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE INCREASINGLY LOSING CONTROL AND TERRITORY. MEANWHILE, CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES CONTINUE TO MOUNT DAILY. SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION SAYS THIS BOMB BLAST IN A SUBURB OF DAMASCUS KILLED 16 PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THERE'S BEEN A STRING OF RECENT BOMBINGS TARGETING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, WITH THE GOVERNMENT BLAMING 'TERRORISTS' FOR THE ATTACKS. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S AGREED TO PAY MORE THAN $3.5M TO AN OPPONENT OF FORMER LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL GADDAFI WHO CLAIMS HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY MI6. SAMI AL-SAADI SAYS MI6 WORKED WITH THE CIA TO FORCIBLY TRANSPORT HIS FAMILY TO LIBYA IN 2004, WHERE HE CLAIMS HE WAS IMPRISONED AND TORTURED. AS THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS, DESPITE THE PAYOUT, THE GOVERNMENT'S NOT ADMITTED LIABILITY IN THE CASE. SAMI AL-SAADI IS A LIBYAN, AN ISLAMIST LEADER AND LONG-TIME OPPONENT OF THE GADDAFI REGIME. HE SAYS BRITAIN BETRAYED HIM EIGHT YEARS AGO AND HELPED FORCE HIS ORGANISED RETURN TO TRIPOLI, WHERE HE WAS IMPRISONED HERE, HE SAYS, AND TORTURED BY GADDAFI'S MEN. CIA DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED LAST YEAR IN THE LIBYAN CAPITAL AFTER GADDAFI'S FALL APPEAR TO SHOW HOW BRITISH INTELLIGENCE HELPED ARRANGE FOR MR AL-SAADI, ALSO KNOWN AS ABU MUNTHIR, TO BE SEIZED BY THE CIA IN HONG KONG AND FLOWN BACK TO TRIPOLI. WHEN I, UH, ARRIVED TO THE AIRCRAFT DOOR, THEY HANDCUFFED ME AND MY WIFE. THE PROCESS, KNOWN AS RENDITION, HAPPENED IN HONG KONG. MR AL-SAADI SAYS HE, HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN WERE ALL VICTIMS OF WHAT HE CALLS KIDNAP. THE PLANE STOPPED IN BANGKOK. AND WHEN FIVE LIBYAN AGENTS JOINED THE FLIGHT, MR AL-SAADI KNEW THEN THE FATE WHICH AWAITED HIM, ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO KILL COLONEL GADDAFI. AT THE HIGH COURT, BRITAIN HAS NOW DECIDED TO CUT SHORT MR AL-SAADI'S CASE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, MI5 AND MI6. HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE PAID JUST UNDER �2.25M PLUS THEIR LEGAL COSTS. THE GOVERNMENT INSISTS THEY'VE NOT ADMITTED ANY LIABILITY, NOR HAS THE COURT FOUND THEM LIABLE. BUT TODAY MR AL-SAADI SAYS HE STILL WANTS ANSWERS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES CAN'T DEFEND THEMSELVES IN OPEN COURT, AND CAN'T DISCLOSE DETAILS WHICH WILL HARM VITAL FUTURE OPERATIONS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN. BUT THE METHODS USED TO FORCE MR AL-SAADI INTO PRISON UNDER A BRUTAL DICTATOR BRITAIN LATER FOUGHT TO BRING DOWN ARE NOW UNDER GREATER SCRUTINY THAN EVER BEFORE. HERE, A COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN IS BEING BLAMED AFTER AN EMERGENCY SEARCH WAS LAUNCHED FOR FIVE MEN MISSING IN AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL IN AUCKLAND. THE WERE FOUND SAFE AND WELL LATE LAST NIGHT. BUT THERE WERE FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY WHEN THEY FAILED TO MAKE CONTACT AFTER TAKING GAS READINGS. EMERGENCY SERVICES RUSHED TO THE SCENE IN NEWMARKET AFTER THE WORKERS, WHO WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE CONTACT EVERY HALF HOUR, HADN'T BEEN HEARD FROM IN TWO HOURS. THERE'S VERY STRICT PROTOCOLS WHEN THEY'RE DOWN UNDERGROUND THAT THEY CALL AND MAKE POSITIVE CONTACT AT VERY FREQUENT INTERVALS. AND THERE WAS A COMMS FAILURE, SO THEY COULDN'T CONTACT US. TRANSPOWER SAYS THE WORKERS WERE OBLIVIOUS TO THE DRAMA UNFOLDING ABOVE THEM WHEN THEY WERE REACHED BY EMERGENCY CREWS. RETAILERS ARE ENJOYING A BOOST AT THE TILL THIS WEEK AS THE CHRISTMAS BOOM STARTS TO TAKE HOLD. MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS HAS PASSED THROUGH THE PAYMARK SYSTEM IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, WITH SPENDING UP MORE THAN 4% ON THIS TIME LAST YEAR. FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE STORES HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST INFLUX OF SHOPPERS, WHILE CLOTHING AND JEWELLERY IS PROVING LESS POPULAR, SEEING A DROP IN LAST YEAR'S FIGURES. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS HAVE BEEN REVEALED. RACHEL WEISZ, HELEN MIRREN AND NAOMI WATTS FEATURE IN THE BEST ACTRESS NOMINATIONS. OLDER NAMES DOMINATE THE BEST ACTOR NOMINATIONS. DANIEL DAY LEWIS, RICHARD GERE AND DENZEL WASHINGTON ARE ALL IN WITH A CHANCE. IN THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORY, 'LINCOLN', 'DJANGO UNCHAINED' AND 'ARGO' LEAD THE PACK, WITH 'LIFE OF PI' AND 'MOONRISE KINGDOM' ALSO IN THE RUNNING. FINALLY, A TEACHER AT AN ENGLISH SCHOOL HAS COME UP WITH A PRACTICAL ANSWER TO SOME OF HIS STUDENTS COMPLAINTS. THE GIRLS ACCUSED THE MALE STUDENTS OF BEING 'DIRTY, MESSY AND RUDE', SO THE BOYS HAVE BEEN SENT TO CHARM SCHOOL. HERE'S THE BBC'S JOHN KAY. OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND OFF TO CHARM SCHOOL. THESE BOYS HAVE BEEN SENT FOR SOME EXTRA TUITION BY THE GIRLS IN THEIR CLASS. THEY DON'T USE THE CORRECT LANGUAGE SOMETIMES. IT'S QUITE RUDE. WHEN THEY, LIKE, DON'T SHAVE AND THEN WEAR WHITE SOCKS AND STUFF. THEY'RE JUST NEVER QUITE CLEAN, ARE THEY? SO FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THE LADS WILL SPEND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AT THE HOTEL NEXT TO THEIR SCHOOL LEARNING HOW TO BE GENTLEMEN. OH, YOU'VE GOT IT ON YOUR SHIRT. LOOK. LESSON NUMBER ONE IS PERSONAL GROOMING. MARK IS LEARNING HOW TO USE AN IRON. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? > NOPE. NO. SHIRT PRESSED, MARK'S NEXT LESSON IS LEARNING HOW TO GREET A LADY. LAUGHTER THE WINE MIGHT ONLY BE FRUIT JUICE, BUT THEY'RE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. I'M DOING THIS, UM, TO OBVIOUSLY BECOME MORE CHARMING FOR WOMEN AND SO ON` IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING GIRLS, IS IT? YEAH. FIRST THING TO DO IS TO TAKE YOUR NAPKIN AND LAY IT OUT... THE TEACHERS SAY IT'S ALSO ABOUT GETTING JOBS. WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS. POSHLY: ANY OF YOU GENTS LIKE A PIECE OF FUDGE? IN JUNE THERE WILL BE AN END-OF-YEAR BALL, AND THE GIRLS MIGHT BE IN FOR A SURPRISE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. IN SPORT, WE TALK TO THE NEW OLYMPIC CHEF DE MISSION. AND THE BREAKERS BOUNCE BACK, WITH ONE KEY PLAYER LEADING THE WAY. 1 WITH ME NOW IS KEITH FERGUSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. NZ DOLLAR ` NEW HIGHS AGAINST THE US. WHAT'S HAPPENING? THE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BUY $45M OF GOVERNMENT BONDS UNTIL UNEMPLOYMENT FELL. THAT WILL BE AT LEAST A TWO-YEAR EXERCISE. THE DOLLAR FELL ON THAT NEWS. FONTERRA HAS HAD A GOOD RUN. WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? TODAY IT'S UP 19C TO $7.20 THAT'S A 2.7% RISE. IT LISTED TWO WEEKS AGO. ON CLOSING ON THE FIRST DAY IT WAS DOWN. IT'S BEEN UP AND DOWN. NEWS OUT OF PG WRIGHTSON? THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THEY'LL RESUME A DIVIDEND. THAT AMOUNT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY. THE CHAIRMAN HAS SAID HE'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE A POLICY THAT WILL SHOW CONSISTENCY. THE SHARE PRICE IS UP. THANK YOU, KEITH FERGUSON FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TWO-TIME WORLD ROWING CHAMP AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST ROB WADDELL HAS BEEN NAMED AS NZ'S NEXT CHEF DE MISSION FOR THE OLYMPIC AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAMS. ROB WADDELL IS REPLACING DAVE CURRIE, WHO RESIGNED AFTER THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES. ONE NEWS REPORTER GLEN LARMER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OLYMPIC HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. HE'S ONE OF OUR SPORTING GREATS. HE'S A FORMER HALBERG AWARD WINNER. HE'S LANDED A PLUM JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. WHY HAVE YOU BEEN SELECTED? IT'S AN HONOUR. I'M AWARE OF THE TRUST THAT'S BEEN PLACED IN ME. I'M WELL SUITED TO THE ROLE. I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE OF ASPECTS OF WINNING AND LOSING. HOW WILL YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE BE DIFFERENT TO DAVE CURRIE? I'VE GOT AN AWESOME MANAGEMENT TEAM IN PLACE. IT'S A CASE OF LOOKING AT EACH GAMES AS IT COMES. WE'LL KEEP EVOLVING. YOU'RE IN SAN FRANCISCO NEXT YEAR. HOW WILL YOU JUGGLE THE ROLES? IT WILL BE BUSY. I'VE LOOKED AT THE DATES AND IT'LL BE FINE. THE AMERICA'S CUP IS TILL SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR. THAT'S A PRIORITY. WELL DONE, ROB. HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT IS 2014. THANKS, GLEN LARMER, LIVE FROM OLYMPIC HOUSE IN AUCKLAND. THE BREAKERS HAVE REBOUNDED FROM LAST WEEK'S HEAVY LOSS TO SCORE AN EMPHATIC VICTORY OVER THE CAIRNS TAIPANS IN THE ANBL BASKETBALL LEAGUE LAST NIGHT. CEDRIC JACKSON DAZZLED FOR THE BREAKERS, RACKING UP AN IMPRESSIVE 32 POINTS. CJ BRUTON OPENED THE DOOR FOR CEDRIC JACKSON'S TRIPLE. THE BREAKERS STRETCHED OUT THEIR LEAD IN THE FINAL QUARTER TO SEAL THE WIN 97-76. THE NORTH SHORE BASED TEAM HAVE A SLENDER LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE BASKETBALL PREMIERSHIP. LAUREN BOYLE'S BECOME JUST THE SECOND NZER TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. BOYLE'S WON THE 800M FREESTYLE IN TURKEY, DOMINATING A WORLD CLASS FIELD IN A TIME OF 8:08.82 SHE JOINS MOSS BURMESTER AS THE ONLY NZERS TO WIN WORLD TITLES AT THE CHAMPS. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM, AND JUST REALLY HAPPY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I KEPT MYSELF ON GOOD TRACK AFTER THE OLYMPICS AND TOOK HOLD OF THIS OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT CAME. BOYLE'S TRIUMPH FOLLOWS ON FROM HER PERFORMANCE AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS, WHEN SHE FINISHED FOURTH. IN FOOTBALL, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CHELSEA HAVE SAILED INTO THE CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL IN JAPAN AFTER BEATING MEXICAN SIDE MONTERREY 3-1 IN YOKOHAMA. FANCY FOOTWORK BETWEEN ASHLEY COLE AND JUAN MATA GOT THE SIDE OFF TO A PROMISING START, WHILE FERNANDO TORRES CONTINUED HIS RECENT RESURGENCE IN THE SECOND HALF. MONTERREY DID MANAGE TWO GOALS, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS INTO THEIR OWN NET. CHELSEA FACE BRAZILIAN SIDE CORINTHIANS IN MONDAY MORNING'S FINAL. AN AUSSIE DAREDEVIL'S BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA DRIVING A GO KART DOWN THE CENTRE OF ONE OF SYDNEY'S BUSIEST ROADS. THE GO KART DRIVER RISKED SERIOUS INJURY WHEN HE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL TO AVOID GOING THROUGH A RED LIGHT. POLICE ARE NOW CALLING FOR THE DRIVER TO COME FORWARD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. A GROUP OF AMERICAN MOVIEMAKERS WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME HAVE 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. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A RIDGE OVER THE COUNTRY RECEDES TO THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY, AS FRONTAL ACTIVITY MOVES OVER SOUTHERN NZ AND IS PRECEDED BY A STRENGTHENING NORTH-WEST FLOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND FOR MORE ON THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'WEATHER'. 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 TRACEY DAWSON AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012