GOOD EVENING. IT WAS ANOTHER FINE DAY FOR MOST OF US, WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 20S, EVEN LOW 30S, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME FRONTS CLOSING IN FROM THE TASMAN TO GREET THE NEW WEEK. CLOUD IS ALREADY SPREADING ON TO BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTRY, AND THERE'S SOME RAIN TO FOLLOW. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY FALLS. 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 TOWN IN MOURNING. HEARTBREAKING DETAILS EMERGE OF THOSE GUNNED DOWN IN AN AMERICAN PRIMARY SCHOOL. THOUSANDS HOMELESS IN SAMOA. WE REVEAL THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE FROM A DEVASTATING CYCLONE. WHILE FIJIANS IN ITS PATH BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, WE TALK TO KIWI TOURISTS. AND FROM A TEA PARTY TO A BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY ` AN AUCKLAND ATTRACTION CELEBRATES ITS LONG HISTORY. THE PRIMARY SCHOOL MASSACRE THAT'S SHAKEN AMERICA TO ITS CORE HAS BROUGHT SCENES OF MOURNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE 27 VICTIMS AND TO COMFORT EACH OTHER AT CANDLELIT VIGILS. THE KILLINGS HAVE TOUCHED HEARTS AS FAR AWAY AS MOSCOW WHERE TRIBUTES WERE PAID AT THE US EMBASSY; AND IN BRAZIL, WITH A CROSS FOR EACH VICTIM ON THIS BEACH. MORE DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 20 LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS, KILLED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME IS THERE, AND HE JOINS US LIVE WITH THE LATEST. JACK. WE'RE LIVE FROM ST ROSE CHURCH IT'S A GATHERING PLACE, WITH A CANDLE FOR EACH VICTIM OF THE 20 KILLED, 12 GIRLS, 8 BOYS 6 FEMALE STAFF AND THE MOTHER ` 27 IN TOTAL. A SHOCKING NUMBER OF SMALLER ONES 6 AND 7 YEARS OLD. BY SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE 27 LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREES ` SYMBOLS OF CELEBRATION THAT IN NEWTOWN CONNECTICUT ARE NOW SYMBOLS OF ALL THOSE LOST. THIS PROBABLY IS THE WORST I HAVE SEEN OR THE WORST... THAT... I KNOW OF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVING SEEN. THE STATE'S MEDICAL OFFICER IDENTIFIED THE VICTIMS TODAY AFTER MOVING THE BODIES INTO A TEMPORARY MORGUE. PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE YOUNG VICTIMS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ALONG WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED. ALL SUFFERED MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT CLOSE RANGE. IT'S AN HORRIFIC TRAGEDY, AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT OUR HEARTS AND OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW` I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. MY WIFE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. POLICE NOW BELIEVE ADAM LANZA SMASHED HIS WAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S FRONT DOOR, WEARING BULLETPROOF CLOTHING. HE USED HIS MOTHER'S SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLE TO KILL HIS VICTIMS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES WHILE OTHER TEACHERS SHIELDED THEIR STUDENTS. I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL GONNA DIE. BROTHERS ETHAN AND BEN PAULEY WERE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SCHOOL WHEN THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOTS. EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ANIMAL, THEN WHEN WE HEARD IT WAS GUNSHOTS, WE ALL HID INTO MY TEACHER'S OFFICE. EVERYONE WAS QUIET, AND THEN WHEN I FINALLY FOUND ETHAN, I WAS VERY VERY RELIEVED AND WE STUCK TOGETHER. BUT TONIGHT, THERE'S STILL NO WORD FROM POLICE ON WHY ADAM LANZA SLAUGHTERED SO MANY. HIS AUNT TOLD MEDIA LANZA AND HIS MOTHER HAD A TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP. SHE HAD ISSUES WITH SCHOOL. HOME-SCHOOLING HIM BECAUSE SHE BATTLED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 36 HOURS ON, THE SUBURB OF SANDY HOOK IS NOW BESIEGED BY SATELLITE TRUCKS, SHOPS ARE CLOSED, FLAGS ARE LIMP AT HALF MAST. THE SANDY HOOK CHRISTMAS TREE, THOUGH, IS ALMOST BARE, BUT FOR THE BAUBLES OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THE MESSAGES FLOWERS AND TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO'VE DIED. BUT IN A BROKEN COMMUNITY IS THE PROMISE OF RESILIENCE. YOU'LL SEE THEM COME TOGETHER, JUST LIKE 9/11. THEY'LL PULL IT TOGETHER. MARK MY WORDS, IT'S A GOOD TOWN. ALL SING 'AMAZING GRACE' A PROMISE TO HONOUR THOSE WHO'VE DIED. MANY HERE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED POLICE THINK THEY'VE FOUND A MOTIVE, BUT THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THANKS, JACK. JACK TAME LIVE FROM CONNECTICUT. THE SCHOOL SHOOTING HAS RE-IGNITED THE DEBATE OVER AMERICA'S GUN LAWS, WITH AN EMOTIONAL PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYING THINGS MUST CHANGE. BUT THAT WON'T COME EASILY IN A COUNTRY WHERE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A HANDGUN IS ENSHRINED IN THE CONSTITUTION. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS LOOKS AT WHETHER THE CONNECTICUT KILLINGS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF, IS THIS THE MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT CHANGE? GUNS ARE INTENDED FOR ONE THING, AND WE AREN'T LIVING IN A WAR ZONE. WE AREN'T LIVING IN A HUNTING RANGE. WE'RE LIVING AS HUMAN BEINGS TOGETHER, WITH EACH OTHER, SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THIS TOWN WOULD ALL WAKE UP. ANYTHING THAT CREATES VIOLENCE OR HURT TO ANY PEOPLE. GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES FEEL THE UNIQUE HORROR OF NEWTOWN CANNOT BE IGNORED. COLIN GODDARD WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES AT THE VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE FIVE YEARS AGO. THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE CAN'T JUST KEEP HAVING THESE EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN THERE. HERE ON CAPITAL HILL, THERE'S PRECIOUS LITTLE APPETITE FOR NEW LEGISLATION, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, POPULAR SUPPORT FOR STRICTER CONTROLS HAS BEEN ON THE WANE FOR YEARS. BUSINESS WAS BRISK THIS MORNING AT THE BLUE RIDGE ARSENAL IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. TWO OF THE HANDGUNS USED IN NEWTOWN ARE POPULAR ITEMS HERE, BUT IN FACT, GUN OWNERSHIP AND GUN CRIME ARE BOTH DECLINING IN AMERICA. ENTHUSIASTS WORRY THAT LEGISLATION MAY INFRINGE WHAT THEY SEE AS THEIR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. GUN CONTROL ` I DON'T THINK THAT THE MAJOR ISSUE. THE MAJOR ISSUE IS MENTAL HEALTH. A VIGIL OUTSIDE THE WHITEHOUSE AFTER THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON FRIDAY ` ONE OF MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MASS SHOOTINGS ALWAYS TRIGGER AN ANGUISHED DEBATE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN NEW LAWS ARE AROUND THE CORNER. IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO TURN GRIEF INTO ACTION, HE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT. WE'VE SEEN THE DAMAGE INFLICTED IN SAMOA BY A DEVASTATING STORM. NOW IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED UP TO 5000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS THERE. FOUR PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD, WITH OTHERS BELIEVED MISSING. CYCLONE EVAN IS NOW HOMING IN ON FIJI, BUT FIRST, PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER JOINS US LIVE FROM AN EMERGENCY CENTRE IN APIA. WE'RE HERE AT SAMOA COLLEGE ` ONE OF THE EVACUATION CENTRES. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING HERE ` AROUND 20 TO A CLASSROOM, WHICH BRINGS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. PICKING UP THE PIECES IS HARD WHEN IT REPRESENTS EVERYTHING YOU OWN. DURING CYCLONE EVAN, THE KILIFI FAMILY SHELTERED UNDER A TABLE WHILE THEIR HOME DISINTEGRATED AROUND THEM. WE BADLY NEED FOOD RIGHT NOW AND ALSO CLOTHES. WE ALSO IN NEED FOR MONEY TO BUY BUILDING MATERIALS FOR A HOUSE. LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HERE, THEY'VE LOST EVERYTHING. THE KILIFIS' SITUATION IS SO DIRE THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR A VISIT FROM THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTRE TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SUPPLIES. THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTRE HAS SWUNG INTO ACTION TO HELP THOSE WHO'VE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT'S LIKE ANOTHER TSUNAMI ` AN INLAND TSUNAMI OR A RIVER TSUNAMI; THE IMPACT IS THE SAME. MOST OF THE MAIN ISLAND STILL HAS NO RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY. WORKERS ARE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO FIX DOWNED POWER LINES. TEAMS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AROUND THE ISLAND TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND SEE WHAT ARE THE MOST URGENT NEEDS. NZ HIGH COMMISSION STAFF ARE ALSO HELPING OUT. BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT DO THEY NEED IN TERMS OF CLOTHING, FOOD, AND MOST OF ALL RIGHT NOW, SHELTER. THOUSANDS HAVE FLOCKED TO EVACUATION CENTRES AROUND THE ISLAND. NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO HELP WITH THE BASICS. FOOD IS IMPORTANT BUT MORE PRESSING, I THINK, IS CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION. OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS WITH NO RUNNING WATER MEANS HEALTH AND SANITATION ARE A REAL CONCERN. WHEN YOU SEE THE TOILET, IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO SEE THE GERM AND GET THE DISEASE COME AND WE HAVE OUR KIDS... WE DON'T WANT THE DISEASE FOR OUR KIDS. CHILDREN SING WHILE THE FAMILIES HERE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, THEY ARE KEEN TO GET BACK HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THE REALITY IS THEY KNOW THAT IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME FOR THEM TO REBUILD THEIR SHATTERED LIVES. WHILE THEY'RE SAFE HERE, A NZ ORION CAME TO SEARCH FOR SOME FISHERMEN WHO ARE MISSING THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME HERE ASHBURTON POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH AFTER A 22-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND WITH TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURIES. SINA NERISA SOLOMONA WAS FOUND AT HER HOME IN ASHBURTON IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING. POLICE SPENT THE DAY EXAMINING THE SCENE AND SEARCHING THE AREA AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. A POST-MORTEM WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW MORNING. THOSE AGED OVER 90 ARE BEING INVITED TO JOIN AUCKLAND ZOO IN CELEBRATING ITS NINE DECADES. TOMORROW MARKS THE DAY IT OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1922. AN ESTIMATED 28M PEOPLE HAVE VISITED SINCE. DAMIAN CHRISTIE LOOKS BACK. IT MIGHT BE A BIG BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU WON'T FIND THE CHIMPS HAVING A PARTY THESE DAYS. THE DRAGON'S STILL HERE, BUT THE POLAR BEARS HAVE GONE. ICONS HAVE PASSED ON, AND ALL THE TIME THE ZOO HAS BEEN CHANGING. OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS IN PARTICULAR, THE ZOO HAS UNDERGONE AN ABSOLUTE TRANSFORMATION. AND REALLY, A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN IN US BUILDING MORE AND MORE NATURALISTIC AND EXPANSIVE EXHIBITS FOR THE ANIMALS, SO LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE EXPECTING 700,000 PEOPLE COMING IN TO ENJOY THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE. IT MIGHT BE VIRTUALLY UNRECOGNISABLE FROM WHAT WAS HERE 90 YEARS AGO, BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN STILL FIND HINTS OF THE OLD AUCKLAND ZOO THAT'S DELIGHTED KIDS FOR YEARS. AND OF COURSE, THE STAR ATTRACTIONS ARE STILL HERE. CHILD: HE'S WASHING! WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMALS? GIRAFFES. MONKEYS. THE CHEETAH. THE ZEBRAS. THE LIONS. LIONS! THE GIRAFFE. WHY DO YOU LIKE THE LIONS? BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO COME TO MY HOME. CUTESY ANIMAL STORIES ARE NOTHING NEW, AND AUCKLAND ZOO'S PROVIDED MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OVER THE YEARS. A ZEBRA FOAL IN THE 60'S, A BABY TIGER, GIRAFFE AND HIPPO IN THE 70'S, AND WHO COULD FORGET THESE FOREIGN-EXCHANGE STARS? THESE DAYS, THE ZOO IS AS MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE GATES. SO WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED MORE AND MORE, YEAR ON YEAR, IN CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES WHERE WE HAVE STAFF OUT WORKING IN THE FIELD, RELEASING ANIMALS, CHECKING ON POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNDER THREAT. ALL THE SPECIES THAT WE CARE FOR HERE IN THE ZOO ` WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM OUT IN THE WILD, AS WELL. ALL HELPING TO ENSURE THIS GENERATION WON'T BE THE LAST TO HEAR THE CALL OF THE WILD. (BARKS LIKE A MONKEY) DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. AND TOMORROW WE'LL LOOK AT THE FUTURE FOR THE ZOO, AND ONE OF ITS MAJOR NEW PROJECTS ON AN OFF-SHORE ISLAND. COMING UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` THE POLLS ARE OPEN AND THE PEOPLE ARE VOTING ON A NEW CONSTITUTION. WHAT WILL THE RESULT MEAN FOR EGYPT? HER DEATH HAS LEFT AN UNFILLABLE VOID. WE HEAR FROM JACINTHA SALDANA'S FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME. PLUS, WE TAKE YOU TO A SMALL COUNTRY SCHOOL THAT'S JUST BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL PLACE IN TOWN. VOTING ON EGYPT'S NEW CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN EXTENDED BECAUSE OF A HIGH VOTER TURN-OUT. THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT, MOHAMMED MORSI, BACKS THE DRAFT DOCUMENT WHICH HAS DIVIDED THE COUNTRY AND SPARKED VIOLENT PROTESTS. BBC CORRESPONDENT JON LEYNE REPORTS FROM CAIRO. THE MOMENT OF DECISION. A SIMPLE QUESTION ` DO YOU SUPPORT THE NEW CONSTITUTION FOR EGYPT OR DO YOU OPPOSE IT? TICK THE BROWN CIRCLE FOR NO, THE BLUE CIRCLE FOR YES. THE VOTE WAS SUPERVISED BY THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS REINFORCING THE POLICE, AND FOR THE MOST PART ORDER WAS MAINTAINED. THE QUEUES STARTED EARLY AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THERE'S PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM HERE, EVEN AFTER WEEKS OF PROTEST, DEBATE AND ARGUMENT OVER THE NEW CONSTITUTION. ONE OF THE FIRST TO VOTE WAS PRESIDENT MORSI. HE SUPPORTS THE NEW CONSTITUTION, AS DO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND OTHER ISLAMISTS. THIS MAN, FOR EXAMPLE, SAID HE WOULD VOTE AS GOD WISHED. BY CONTRAST, LIBERALS AND OTHER WHO WANT A MORE SECULAR FUTURE FOR EGYPT LINED UP TO VOTE NO. IN THIS CONSTITUTION, THEY ARE TAKING US BY FORCE AND WITH A VERY SNEAKY WAY TO A VERY FANATIC, RELIGIOUS COUNTRY, WHICH WILL BE MUCH MORE FANATIC AND MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN IRAN. WHICH WILL BE MUCH MORE FANATIC AND MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN IRAN. WITH LONG QUEUES CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING, THE ORGANISERS EXTENDED THE POLLS BY SEVERAL HOURS TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE TO VOTE. IT WAS ANOTHER SIGN OF THE STRENGTH OF FEELING ON THIS ISSUE; SOMETHING HARDLY LIKELY TO SUBSIDE EVEN AFTER THE LAST VOTE HAS FINALLY BEEN CAST AND COUNTED. A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE IN A WEEK'S TIME BECAUSE OF A LACK OF OFFICIALS TO OVERSEE NATIONWIDE BALLOTS. SUICIDE BOMBERS ARMED WITH ROCKETS HAVE ATTACKED PESHAWAR AIRPORT IN NORTH-WEST PAKISTAN, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE. 36 OTHER PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. PESHAWAR IS LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL REGION, AN IMPORTANT HIDE OUT FOR AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN MILITANTS. RUSSIAN RIOT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 30 PROTESTERS AND SEVERAL OPPOSITION LEADERS AS THEY STAGED AN ILLEGAL ANTI-PUTIN PROTEST. A SMALLER-THAN-EXPECTED CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE THE FORMER HEADQUARTERS OF THE KGB, DEMANDING AN END TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S 13-YEAR RULE. OPPONENTS ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF VOTE RIGGING, RESTRICTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND MISHANDLING THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. THE AUSTRALIAN RADIO STATION INVOLVED IN THE ROYAL PHONE PRANK WHICH LED TO A NURSE'S SUICIDE HAS PLEDGED MORE THAN $500,000 TO JACINTHA SALDANA'S MEMORIAL FUND. TODAY HER FAMILY SPOKE PUBLICALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, SAYING HER DEATH HAS LEFT AN UNFILLABLE VOID. THE BBC'S RICHARD LISTER REPORTS. FOR THE PAST WEEK JACINTHA SALDANA'S FAMILY HAS BEEN TRYING TO COPE WITH THE REALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT HER. THEY ARRIVED AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL THIS MORNING TO GIVE THANKS FOR HER LIFE, BUT STILL WITH MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HER DEATH. THE NURSE (46) WAS FOUND HANGED IN HER LODGINGS JUST DAYS AFTER SHE WAS TRICKED BY A HOAX PHONE CALL SEEKING DETAILS ABOUT THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE'S MEDICAL CONDITION. TODAY HER HUSBAND DESCRIBED HER AS HAVING BEEN THE LIGHT IN HIS DARKNESS. THE LOSS OF JACINTHA IS A VERY PAINFUL ONE, AND NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT PLACE IN MY LIFE EVERY AGAIN. I LOVE YOU... AND MISS YOU FOREVER. JACINTHA'S CHILDREN ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR MOTHER. JACINTHA'S CHILDREN ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR MOTHER. WE ARE SHATTERED, AND THERE'S AN UNFILLABLE VOID IN OUR LIVES. WE LOVE YOU, MUM. SLEEP IN PEACE AND PLEASE WATCH OVER US UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN. THE KING EDWARD VII HOSPITAL RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, STRESSING THAT JACINTHA HAD NOT BEEN DISCIPLINED OVER THE HOAX CALL, BECAUSE IN THEIR WORDS, 'SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF A CRUEL TRICK.' JACINTHA SALDANA'S BODY IS BEING FLOWN BACK TO INDIA, THE COUNTRY WHERE SHE WAS BORN. HER FAMILY SAID TODAY THAT A FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY. MEANWHILE, IN JACINTHA SALDHANA'S HOME VILLAGE, PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR HER FUNERAL. A GRAVE SITE IS BEING PREPARED IN THE CEMETERY OF SHIRVA'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. HER BODY WILL LIE IN STATE AT THE CHURCH FOR SEVERAL HOURS SO PEOPLE CAN PAY THEIR RESPECT BEFORE SHE IS BURIED. NELSON MANDELA IS SAID TO BE RECOVERING WELL FROM HIS LATEST PROCEDURE. BUT GOVERNMENT SOURCES ARE STILL REFUSING TO CONFIRM WHICH HOSPITAL HE'S IN. IT'S BELIEVED THE 94-YEAR-OLD FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT HAD A NUMBER OF GALLSTONES REMOVED IN THIS MILITARY FACILITY IN PRETORIA. HE WAS FIRST ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL LAST WEEK FOR A LUNG INFECTION THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF CONTRACTING TUBERCULOSIS DURING HIS TIME IN PRISON. TWO ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM ARTIC SIBERIAN TEMPERATURES BY DRINKING VODKA. THE ANIMALS WERE TRAVELLING ACROSS RUSSIA WHEN THEIR TRAILER CAUGHT FIRE, FORCING THEIR HANDLERS TO EXPOSE THEM TO TEMPERATURES OF -41 DEGREES. IN ORDER TO SAVE JENNY AND MAGDA, THE HANDLERS MADE THEM DRINK DILUTED VODKA WITH WARM WATER. THE PAIR CAME THROUGH THE ORDEAL WITH FROSTBITE ON THEIR EARS AND TRUNKS, AND PERHAPS A SLIGHT HANGOVER. WEATHER TIME NOW. AND THERE'S SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST, KAREN? GOT A FEW FRONTS MOVING IN. THERE'LL BE SOME RAIN FOR PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, BUT THE HEAVY FALLS CONFINED TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. WARNING IN PLACE FOR FIORDLAND. UP TO 250MM POSSIBLE IN SOME PARTS. ALSO A WATCH FOR SOME HEAVY FALLS IN SOUTH WESTLAND. AND ON THE RAIN RADAR... RAIN SPREADING ON TO SOUTHERN DISTRICTS. RADAR CAN'T QUITE SEE THE RAIN MOVING ON TO FIORDLAND, BUT IT IS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL HAVE THE FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK AFTER SPORT. UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WE TAKE YOU TO THE COUNTRY'S FIRST SCHOOL TO MAKE ALL ITS OWN POWER. GEEKS AND GAMERS REJOICE ` TE PAPA OPENS THE DOORS ON ITS LATEST EXHIBITION. AND THIS WEEK'S GOODSORTS ARE THE KNITTING NANAS DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST FOR TARANAKI'S SMALLEST. He gets angry over nothing, his wife gets scared, and he controls his kids by hurting them. His brother, his parents, his neighbours, friends and his workmates. They've all noticed how he treats his family, but no one's speaking up. It's hard to know what to do. Hey, Geoff. Hey, Geoff. Hey, mate. Hey, Geoff. Hey, mate. Saw your boy the other day. Oh, yeah? But the sooner you reach out to someone with a family violence problem, the sooner they can get help to change. Find out more at... IT'S BEEN A BUSY DAY ON WELLINGTON'S WATERS, WITH NINE RESCUES IN THE REGION, INCLUDING FOUR ROLLED KAYAKS, SINKING BOATS AND MECHANICAL BREAKDOWNS. ON THE KAPITI COAST, TWO MEN WERE WINCHED TO SAFETY AFTER THEIR RUNABOUT OVERTURNED. THE BOAT WAS THEN TOWED BACK TO SHORE BY THE COASTGUARD. POLICE COMMENDED ALL THOSE HELPED TODAY FOR WEARING LIFE JACKETS AND BELIEVE THIS CONTRIBUTED TO NO ONE DROWNING. A REMOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE MACKENZIE DISTRICT HAS BECOME THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY TO GENERATE AND STORE ITS OWN POWER. THAT MEANS LAKE TEKAPO SCHOOL'S NOW EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. ALI PUGH WENT TO VISIT. BASED ON THE PICTURESQUE SHORES OF LAKE TEKAPO, THE GATEWAY TO WAITAKI'S HYDRO POWER SCHEME, THESE SCHOOLCHILDREN KNOW ALL ABOUT GENERATING ELECTRICITY. WHEN THE SUNLIGHT GETS INTO IT FROM ` THEY NEED TO BE FACING THE NORTH ` THE LIGHT WILL GLOW AND THE MUSIC BOX WILL MAKE MUSIC. AND NOW THEY TOO ARE MAKING POWER OF THEIR OWN. GENESIS ENERGY'S SCHOOL-GEN INITIATIVE HAS NOW SEEN SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED ON THE ROOF WITH STUDENTS TRACKING ONLINE HOW MUCH POWER THEY'RE GENERATING. OH, THE CHILDREN ARE SO ENGAGED. THEY'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. BECAUSE THIS IS HANDS-ON LEARNING. LAKE TEKAPO'S ONE OF 50 NZ SCHOOLS SOAKING UP THE ENERGY-EFFICIENCY MESSAGE THROUGH TEACHING TOOLS AND VERY COOL TOYS LIKE SOLAR CARS. THEY GO REALLY FAST. I NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED EVERY TIME I GO TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. IT REALLY IS ABOUT MAKING IT FUN. AND PRACTICAL TOO, WITH THE SCHOOL NOW FUNCTIONING AS THE EMERGENCY HUB FOR THE WHOLE TOWN. SO FOR FOUR HOURS EVERY DAY LAKE TEKAPO SCHOOL ACTUALLY RUNS OFF POWER ITS GENERATED ITSELF, AND AT TIMES OF OVERSUPPLY, LIKE DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, THEY CAN SELL THAT POWER BACK INTO THE GRID. AND WITH PLENTY OF SUMMER SUN SHINING OVER THIS SOLAR SCHOOL, IT LOOKS LIKE THESE KIDS HAVE PLENTY OF ENERGY LEFT TO BURN. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. PAC-MAN , TETRIS, AND SIMCITY ARE ALL VIDEO GAMES FROM THE PAST, BUT DO THEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM? TE PAPA THINKS SO AND HAS JUST OPENED ITS DOORS ON ITS LATEST INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CELEBRATING GAMING. RENEE GRAHAM WENT ALONG FOR A LOOK. FROM ARCADE GAMES TO ART, TE PAPA'S INTERACTIVE SUMMER EXHIBITION FEATURES 120 VIDEO GAMES SPANNING 40 YEARS. THERE'S PAC-MAN, SIMCITY AND SINGSTAR, ANGRY BIRDS AND JUST DANCE. d GREAT SEEING THE OLDER GAMES 8 AND THE HISTORY OF GAMES, WHICH YOU CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE. THE EXHIBITION PROFILES THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL GAME DESIGNERS WHO CAME UP WITH ICONIC CHARACTERS, LIKE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG AND THE SUPER MARIO BROTHERS. THE AUSTRALIAN GAMERS WHO HELPED DESIGN IT SAY THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY PERVASIVE. IN DESIGN, IN GRAPHICS, ALL OVER THE PLACE. IN MUSIC TOO, THEN FILM AND TELEVISION. TRADITIONALLY, GAMING IS CONSIDERED MORE OF A HOBBY FOR THE BOYS AND THE MEN, BUT THAT'S CHANGING. RESEARCH SHOWS MORE AND MORE WOMEN ARE PICKING UP GAMING CONSOLES. 48% OF VIDEO-GAME PLAYERS ARE NOW WOMEN. GAMES HAVE COME OUT OF THE BOYS' BEDROOMS AND INTO THE LOUNGE ROOM AND NOW OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM ON TRAINS AND THINGS WITH HAND-HELDS. AND WHAT THAT HAS BROUGHT IS WOMEN INTO IT AS WELL. GAMING IS A $74B GLOBAL BUSINESS, NOW EARNING MORE EACH YEAR THAN THE HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY. BACK HERE, THE INDUSTRY IS GROWING, WITH THE INTERACTIVE GAMES ASSOCIATION REPORTING A $179M DOLLAR TURNOVER LAST YEAR. THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT ARTWORK HERE TOO, NOT JUST GAMES THERE'S THE MATERIALS THE DESIGNERS HAVE USED TO DEVELOP THEIR GAMES, HANDDRAWN SKETCHES, DIGITAL PRINT-OUTS AND 3D MODELS. THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK HAS JUST BOUGHT 14 GAMES, INCLUDING PAC-MAN, FOR IT'S COLLECTION. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED AGAIN ABOUT AMERICA'S GUN LAWS AFTER A MASSACRE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CONNECTICUT. 27 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY ADAM LANZA, 20 OF THEM CHILDREN AGED 6 AND 7. THE SUSPECT SHOT HIS MOTHER WITH HER OWN HUNTING RIFLE BEFORE FORCIBLY ENTERING SANDY HOOK SCHOOL. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS IN SAMOA AFTER CYCLONE EVAN TORE THROUGH THE ISLAND NATION. FOUR PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD, AND FEARS ARE GROWING FOR EIGHT FISHERMEN LOST AT SEA. EVAN IS NOW TRACKING TOWARDS FIJI, AND IS BUILDING IN STRENGTH. PEOPLE THERE ARE BEING URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND WE'VE MORE ON THAT NOW FROM PAUL HOBBS, WHO'S LIVE IN NADI. IT'S EXPECTED TO HIT THE NORTH VANUA LEVU IT WILL HIT MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. A MIRACLE WILL PREVENT IT FROM HITTING. THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF WARNING, SO RANJAN AND SYE AREN'T TAKING CHANCES. WE ARE SO FRIGHTENED. RANJAN'S BEEN MAKING CLOTHES HERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. HE FEARS TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN COULD POSE THE GREATEST RISK HE'S EVER FACED TO HIS LIVELIHOOD AND THAT OF HIS COUNTRY. THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS HURRICANE LIGHTLY. THIS IS VERY DEVASTATING ONE. WE MAY LOSE SO MANY LIVES IN THIS ONE. YOU LOOK AT THIS PLACE. NOW IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. AFTER 24 HOURS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S LARGELY A WAITING GAME FOR THESE FIJIANS WHO FACE CYCLONES AND THE PROSPECT OF FLOODING ON AN ALMOST ANNUAL BASIS. THIS SMALL VILLAGE NEAR THE WEST COAST HAS ALREADY BEEN UNDERWATER ONCE THIS YEAR, AND YET ONE MAN ISN'T BUYING INTO THE FORECASTS OF EVAN'S ARRIVAL. I DON'T SEE ANY SIGN OF THE CYCLONE COMING. AT THE RESORT-LADEN DENERAU ISLAND, THERE'S STILL TIME FOR FUN, BUT NOT COMPLACENCY. OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THIS TIME IS THE GUESTS' SAFETY, SO WE'RE IN PREPARATIONS AT THE MOMENT MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD, WATER, SUPPLIES. ONE KIWI FAMILY PICKED UP THE MESSAGE TO STAY HOME TOO LATE AND WILL JUST HUNKER DOWN WHEN THE CYCLONE HITS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY INDOORS. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF FOOD, PLENTY OF WATER. (CHUCKLES) WE'LL BE GOOD. WHILE MANY LOCALS HERE ARE TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION, SOME SIMPLY LACK THE RESOURCES TO DO SO; OTHERS ARE RELYING ON DIVINE INTERVENTION. THIS CONGREGATION PRAYING FOR THAT MIRACLE. WE BELIEVE IN THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THAT GOD CAN DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. HE CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER. HE CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND. WHEN ALL YOU CAN DO IS WAIT, FIJIANS HAVE LITTLE OTHER CHOICE. IN SPORT ` SURPRISE AND CONTROVERSY AT BOXING'S FIGHT FOR LIFE? WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT'S BOUTS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK, INCLUDING THE GOOD, SOME OF THE BAD. AND, YEAH, IT WAS UGLY AT TIMES... PLUS, DILSHAN GIVES SRI LANKA HOPE IN THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. AND THE GOLDEN GIRL WITH THE WORLD AT HER FEET ` WHY LISA CARRINGTON WON'T BE OVER-INDULGING THIS FESTIVE SEASON. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. PLENTY OF SURPRISES AND CONTROVERSY AT THE FIGHT FOR LIFE IN AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST ROWER ERIC MURRAY A SURPRISE STAYER WHILE CONTROVERSY CAME IN THE OPENING BOUT OF THE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS FUNDRAISER. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. ALL THE RAZZMATAZZ OF LAS VEGAS AT THE TRUSTS STADIUM IN WEST AUCKLAND AND ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE ` THE PROSTATE CANCER MESSAGE OUT THERE EARLY. GET TESTED. IF YOU CATCH IT EARLY, IT'S LITERALLY A LIFESAVER. SO TO THE ACTION ` FAST AND FURIOUS BETWEEN KANGAROO GREG BIRD IN RED AND BLUES WINGER RENE RANGER. THAT'S A SPECIAL RIGHT HAND. AGRICULTURAL, I THINK THEY CALL IT. CONTROVERSY ERUPTING AS THE FORMER ALL BLACK FLOORED BIRD, WHO'D DROPPED HIS GUARD THINKING THE REF HAD STEPPED IN. THEY CALLED IT AN ILLEGAL BLOW, WHICH I DISAGREE WITH. RANGER DEDUCTED TWO POINTS, WITH BIRD WINNING ON A MAJORITY DECISION. NO SUCH LUCK FOR ERIC MURRAY, BUT HE DID PROVE A SURPRISE STAYER AGAINST A WELL-PREPARED MANU VATUVEI. THE ROWER IN BLUE MANAGING TO KEEP THE BEAST AT BAY BY USING HIS FITNESS, CONSTANTLY MOVING. THE OUTCOME NO SURPRISE, THOUGH. LOOK AT MY MUSCLES. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COMPARED WITH THAT GUY, SO WE JUST HAD TO WORK ON THE SKILL SETS I'VE GOT. HIKA ELIOTT'S LOUD ENTRANCE TURNED OUT TO BE A PRELUDE TO A QUIET EXIT. NEW SOUTH WALES CAPTAIN PAUL GALLEN THE SILENCER. BUT THERE WAS NOTHING QUIET ABOUT THE SCRAP BETWEEN CARLOS SPENCER AND JARROD MCCRACKEN. THE LEAGUE HARD MAN IGNORING SPENCER'S GLOVE-TOUCHING COURTESY IN AN ALL OUT OPENING ASSAULT. ELBOWS AND EVERYTHING. HOW ABOUT THE HEAD BUTT? THIS IS A WAR. SPENCER WEATHERED THE STORM AND TOOK THE WIN WHILE WILLIE MASON AND TROY FLAVELL SLUGGED IT OUT FOR A DRAW. ON THE PROFESSIONAL CARD, NZER DANIELLA SMITH (40) WAS TOO GOOD FOR AUSSIE LAUREN EAGLE. AND IN THE ONLY FIGHT THAT DIDN'T GO THE DISTANCE, SOUTH AUCKLAND HEAVYWEIGHT JOSEPH PARKER (20) DROPPED JOURNEYMAN RICHARD TUTAKI WITH A TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT IN ROUND TWO. THE PROMISING PARKER NOW THREE AND ZERO. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE SRI LANKAN BATSMEN HAVE PRODUCED A STOIC DAY'S CRICKET TO CLAW THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN HOBART. STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF THE FOLLOW-ON, THE TOURISTS NEEDED TO FIND SOME RESOLVE AND THEY DID JUST THAT. JOE PORTER REPORTS. SRI LANKA BEGAN DAY THREE FOUR WICKETS DOWN, LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION FROM THEIR SEASONED PLAYERS. TILLIKARATNE DILSHAN WAS THE PROVIDER. IT'S 100 FOR TILLIKARATNE DILSHAN. IT'S A MAGINIFICENT HUNDRED. THE CENTURY MAKER WAS ABLY ASSISTED BY ANGELO MATTHEWS AS SRI LANKA SLOWLY ERODED AUSTRALIA'S TOTAL OF 450 DECLARED. THEN LIKE YESTERDAY, THE HEAVENS OPENED. WELL, THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE RAIN THAT HAS SUDDENLY HIT US. THE PLAYERS WERE FORCED FROM THE FIELD TO AN EARLY LUNCH. THE SUN SOON RETURNED, AS DID THE PLAYERS, MATTHEWS DODGING A FEW BULLETS BEFORE NOTCHING HIS HALF CENTURY. THAT'S WELL PLAYED, AND HE'S AT HIS 50. THE SRI LANKANS DOING WHAT THE BLACKCAPS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, SPENDING PLENTY OF TIME AT THE CREASE, WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE BAD BALLS. THAT'S FOUR. THAT'S A LOVELY SHOT. AUSTRALIA WERE SEARCHING HARD FOR A WICKET AND GOT ONE JUST BEFORE TEA, MATTHEWS FALLING LBW TO PETER SIDDLE. OOH, IT'S CLOSE THAT... YES! SIDDLE'S DONE IT AGAIN. HE'S MADE THE BREAKTHROUGH. DILSHAN WAS THE NEXT TO GO, FALLING THREE RUNS SHORT OF HIS 150. OH, HE'S GOT HIM! HE BOWLED HIM. MOMENTUM WAS SWINGING BACK IN THE HOME SIDE'S FAVOUR. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. STILL IN AUSTRALIA, AND SHANE WARNE'S MELBOURNE STARS MADE HARD WORK OF A MODEST RUN CHASE AS THEY STUTTERED TO VICTORY OVER THE HOBART HURRICANES IN A BIG BASH 20/20 CLASH. RICKY PONTING DIDN'T MAKE AN IMPACT AT THE MCG, THE HURRICANES OPENER GONE FOR 8. CAPTAIN TIM PAINE SCORED THE BULK OF THEIR 134 RUNS. OH, IT'S SHORT, FLIPPER. SIX RUNS! MELBOURNE WERE EASING TOWARDS VICTORY BEFORE SEVERAL QUICK WICKETS FORCED THE GAME TO THE WIRE, THE STARS EVENTUALLY WINNING OFF A NO-BALL IN THE FINAL OVER. MEANTIME, ENGLAND'S HOPES OF WINNING THEIR FIRST TEST SERIES IN INDIA SINCE 1985 REMAIN IN THE BALANCE, WITH LUNCH APPROACHING ON DAY FOUR OF THE FOURTH AND FINAL TEST IN NAGPUR. A CENTURY TO VIRAT KOHLI HAS HELPED INDIA TO 326/9 DECLARED IN ITS FIRST INNINGS, IN REPLY TO ENGLAND'S 330. MS DHONI WASN'T AS LUCKY, RUN OUT FOR 99 AFTER A DIRECT HIT FROM ENGLISH SKIPPER ALASTAIR COOK. ENGLAND CURRENTLY LEADS THE SERIES 2-1. A SHORT TIME AGO, ENGLAND WAS EIGHT WITHOUT LOSS IN ITS SECOND INNINGS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. 16 GAMES WITHOUT A WIN TELLS YOU QUEENS PARK RANGERS HAVEN'T HAD MUCH LUCK THIS SEASON. THEY FINALLY GOT SOME AGAINST FULHAM. TAARABT'S GONNA GO FOR IT HERE! THE DEFLECTION TAKES IT HOME. A LUCKY LEAD MAYBE, BUT ADEL TAARABT MADE HIS OWN LUCK 16 MINUTES LATER. BRILLIANTLY PLAYED BY TARAABT. IS HE GONNA GO ALONE?! OH, IT'S A FANTASTIC GOAL! QPR 2-0 UP, BUT THEY'VE BLOWN LEADS TIME AND AGAIN THIS SEASON. OH, IT'S FOUND A WAY IN. A NERVOUS SCRAMBLE IN THE FINAL FEW MINUTES. AND WITH THE DOOR TO VICTORY OPEN, FULHAM COULDN'T GET PAST THE BOUNCER. WHISTLE BLOWS THE REFEREE BLOWS HIS WHISTLE. AT LAST QPR HAVE WON A PREMIER LEAGUE GAME. QPR ARE NOW OFF THE BOTTOM ABOVE READING. AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, THE MANCHESTER UNITED JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON. IT DROPS FOR ROBIN VAN PERSIE! NOW IT'S CARRICK. BACK TO TOM CLEVERLEY, PLENTY OF SPACE... FABULOUS GOAL! TWO GOALS IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES SINKING SUNDERLAND. ROBIN VAN PERSIE PLAYING PROVIDER FOR THE THIRD IN UNITED'S 3-1 VICTORY. AND WAYNE ROONEY IS THERE FOR THE FINISH. UNITED SITTING PRETTY AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, BUT CROSSTOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER CITY ARE WAKING UP. AND IT'S COME FOR AGUERO. NEWCASTLE DOWN TWO IN THE FIRST HALF, MAKING THINGS INTERESTING IN THE SECOND HOISTED BACK IN BY COLOCCINI AND IN BY DEMBA BA. GAME ON. GAME ON. BUT WITH CITY FINDING THE FORM THAT MADE THEM CHAMPIONS LAST SEASON, IT WAS GAME OVER WITH 12 MINUTES LEFT. IT'S IN! THE 3-1 WIN KEEPING CITY IN SECOND PLACE, SIX POINTS BEHIND UNITED. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. A NZ ROWER HAS JOINED A BRITISH CREW, ATTEMPTING TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR ROWING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. ANDREW MCCOWAN, IN THE BLACK TOP, WHO WAS PART OF A THREE-MAN CREW THAT ROWED ACROSS THE TASMAN EARLIER THIS YEAR, HAS JOINED THE 7-MAN CREW ON TITAN. HE'S A LATE REPLACEMENT FOR FELLOW NZ NOEL WATKINS, WHO'S PULLED OUT WITH AN INJURY AFTER A SKYDIVE. THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE 32-DAY RECORD, STARTS NEXT MONTH. AFTER 11 YEARS OF TRYING, AUSTRALIAN SURFER JOEL PARKINSON HAS FINALLY CLAIMED HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE. PARKINSON'S WIN OVER FELLOW AUSSIE JOSH KERR IN THE FINAL OF THE PIPELINE MASTERS IN HAWAII ALSO DOUBLED AS HIS MAIDEN VICTORY ON THE TOUR THIS YEAR. HIS WORLD TITLE WAS SECURED AFTER KERR OUSTED 11-TIME CHAMPION KELLY SLATER IN THE SEMIS. TO WIN THE PIPE MASTERS AND THE TITLE IN ONE IS SOMETHING I DREAMED OF. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IT FEELS VERY SURREAL. PARKINSON HAD FINISHED RUNNER UP THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY, AND HE'S DEDICATED HIS WIN TO THE LATE SURFING GREAT ANDY IRONS, WHO DIED TWO YEARS AGO. FINALLY IN SPORT ` SHE'S THE POSTER GIRL OF THE OLYMPICS AND LISA CARRINGTON HAS THE WORLD AT HER FEET. APART FROM A SHINY GOLD MEDAL, THE K1-200 OLYMPIC CHAMPION HAS THE LOOKS AND THE PHYSIQUE. BUT AS I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, NONE OF IT HAS GONE TO HER HEAD. SPRINT TRAINING, TYRE FLIPPING, SAND-DUNE SPRINTS, AND THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE, A SLEDGE-HAMMER-TYRE WORKOUT. AND THIS AFTER THE REAL TRAINING SESSION LISA CARRINGTON COMPLETED ON THE WATER. THIS HAS BEEN MY HARDEST WEEK BACK AT TRAINING, SO GRADUALLY, I'M BUILDING BACK TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD FITNESS. BETHAL'S BEACH WAS THE FIRST OF THREE PHOTOSHOOT SESSIONS FOR CARRINGTON. SINCE WINNING OLYMPIC GOLD, HER APPAREL SPONSOR HAS UPPED THE ANTI, SENDING OUT THEIR AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO OVERSEE THE PRODUCTION. THE FACT THAT SHE CAME HOME WITH THE GOLD MEDAL JUST UPS HER PROFILE THAT MUCH MORE, WHICH MAKES AN EVEN STRONGER ATHLETE FOR US, AND PUTS HER IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS SOME OF OUR OTHER BIG WORLD-WIDE ASSETS, SUCH AS MICHAEL PHELPS, GEORGE ST PIERRE, TOM BRADY. CARRINGTON HAS BEEN IN HIGH DEMAND. EVERYONE WANTS A PIECE OF THE HUMBLE 23-YEAR-OLD. AND LET'S BE HONEST ` IT WOULD BE EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN YOUR OWN HYPE. AFTER ALL, SHE IS THE WORLD'S BEST, BUT AFTER TWO HOURS OF BEING PUT THROUGH THE RINGER, NOT ONCE DID SHE QUESTION THE PRODUCERS OR COMPLAIN. SO FOR ME, I NEED TO GO AND DO SOME HARD TRAINING TO REALLY FEEL, UM, LIKE I'M DOING MY WORK, AND I NEED TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT, SO I BRING MYSELF DOWN. CARRINGTON IS EYEING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FEBRUARY, BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SEASON. FIRST AUSTRALIA, THEN EUROPE, WHICH CULMINATES WITH THE WORLD CHAMPS. IF YOU'VE GOT BIG GOALS THAT YOU WANNA ACHIEVE, YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP ON GOING, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD DOESN'T STOP, SO... (LAUGHS) AND THAT'S WHY SHE IS THE BEST. SO WHILE YOU AND I OVER-INDULGE IN THIS FESTIVE SEASON, YOU CAN BET LISA CARRINGTON WILL BE IN THE GYM, ON THE WATER, OR RUNNING SAND DUNES WITH THE GOAL THAT IN FOUR YEARS' TIME, SHE'LL PROVIDE NZ WITH ANOTHER GOLDEN MOMENT. THANKS, SPORT. I DID RUN THE SAND DUNES ONCE! KAREN SAYS THERES SOME RAIN ON THE WAY FOR BOTH ISLANDS TOMORROW. AND KNITTING FOR THE NEONATAL UNIT. WE MEET TONIGHT'S GOOD SORTS. 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. HELLO AGAIN. HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE MAINLY FINE WEEKEND. THERE IS SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST NOW, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS WITH DRY SOILS. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR SOME HEAVY FALLS IN FIORDLAND OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW. AND AT THIS STAGE, THERE IS A WATCH IN PLACE FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH WESTLAND. LOTS OF CLEAR SKY OVER US TODAY, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO RATHER IMPRESSIVE CLOUD MASSES PUSHING IN. ONE FROM THE NORTH ASSOCIATED WITH A SHALLOW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND WARM FRONT AND ONE FROM THE SOUTH-WEST CONTAINING A BUNCH OF FRONTS AND A LOW. AND A HIGH CANTERED OUT TO THE EAST OF US NOW. AND IT'LL GRADUALLY WEAKEN TOMORROW AND MOVE ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARDS. THE FRONTS ALL CLOSING IN ON US. THE NORTHERN ONE LYING JUST WEST OF NORTHERN DISTRICTS TOMORROW NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT MAKING LANDFALL IN THE AFTERNOON, DRAGGING RAIN AND A COOLER SOUTH-WEST CHANGE WITH IT. RAIN FOR THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS FOR FIORDLAND. DRIZZLE THEN RAIN SPREADING FURTHER NORTH. RAIN ALSO SPREADING OVER INTO SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO. IT'LL STAY DRY WITH HIGH CLOUD FROM OAMARU THROUGH THE BLENHEIM. NORTHERLY QUARTER WINDS. COOL SOUTH-WEST CHANGE IN THE SOUTH. CLOUD INCREASING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH RAIN OR DRIZZLE SPREADING DOWN OVER NORTHERN DISTRICTS. IT SHOULD STAY DRY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND AND A LITTLE BRIGHTER IN THE SOUTH. NORTH TO NORTH-WEST WINDS. FRESH ABOUT THE COASTS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME. NOW BACK TO BERNIE AND GREG. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT IS ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE. THE NURSES AT TARANAKI BASE HOSPITAL'S NEO NATAL UNIT PUT HADYN JONES ONTO A VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF LADIES WHO HELP BABIES WHO ARRIVE A BIT EARLY. OF ALL THE BABIES BORN IN THE NEO-NATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT TARANAKI BASE HOSPITAL, CAROL THORNTON IS CONCERNED WITH JUST ONE ` HER SON, WILLIAM. HE'S A MONTH OLD TODAY, SO 31 DAYS, AND HE WAS HE WAS EIGHT-AND-A-BIT WEEKS EARLY. HE'S A GOOD BLOKE, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE TO LOOK OVER HIS CLOTHES. YOU ARE VERY CUTE HIS OUTFIT WAS KNITTED BY SOME NANA SOMEWHERE IN TARANAKI. SUCH A CLEVER THING TO DO. I KNOW I CAN'T. WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE BECAUSE, AS NURSE GILLIAN KEEGAN EXPLAINS, MANY NANAS, FROM ALL OVER THE PROVINCE, KNIT CLOTHES SO PARENTS HAVE SOMETHING TO DRESS THEIR NEW BABIES IN. SOMETIMES THE MUMS COME IN AND THEY HAVE LITTLE PREMATURE BABIES, IT WILL BE THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND QUITE COLD, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LITTLE WOOLENS THEMSELVES SO WE GIVE A LOT OF THEM AWAY. NOW THE NANA'S AREN'T TOO OLD TO TAKE INSTRUCTIONS. THE SINGLETS ARE DESIGNED FOR LITTLE LIMBS. THE LITTLE BUTTON SINGLETS ARE FOR BABY'S THAT ARE STILL IN INCUBATORS AND HAVE GOT DRIPS IN. THERE'S ALSO CARDIGANS OF ALL STYLES. YOU'VE GOT YOUR TRADITIONALS AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR COLOURS. THIS IS THE PART OF THE STORY WHERE I DECLARE A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-INTEREST. MY SON WAS BORN HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND HE ALSO BENEFITTED FROM SOME WONDERFUL KNITTING. IS THAT SELF-INTEREST OR IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION? I'M NOT SURE. AND IT'S NOT JUST WOOLLENS ` NEXT DOOR THE NURSES HAVE A GREAT DISPLAY OF THE QUILTS THEY GET DONATED. WHOEVER MADE THESE REALLY DESERVES A CUP OF TEA, SO THAT'S WHAT THE NURSES SHOUTED THEM. WELL, WELCOME LADIES. YES, THESE ARE THE LADIES, THE KNITTING NEEDLES AND THE WOOL THAT TOGETHER KEEP TARANANKI'S PREMATURE BABIES WARM. I STARTED KNITTING FOR THE HOSPITAL ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. I AM A WOOL-AHOLIC. LOOK AT THEM GO, KNITTING, TALKING, MORE TALKING... MULTI-TASKING, I SUPPOSE YOU CALL IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND DO KNOW WE APPRECIATE THIS. SOMETIMES BABIES ARRIVE EARLY, THEY NEED A HAND, THEY WANT TO BE WARM AND STYLISH. OH I LOVE IT, THE WOMEN DO SUCH A GOOD JOB. AFTER ALL, THERE'S NO NEED TO START LIFE BADLY DRESSED. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND IF YOU KNOW A GOOD SORT, SPECIFICALLY A CHRISTMAS GOOD SORT, YOU THINK DESERVES A VISIT FROM HADYN, GO TO OUR WEBSITE ONENEWS.CO.NZ/GOODSORTS AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. FROM ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.