GOOD EVENING. AFTER A MAINLY FINE WEEKEND, IT WAS RATHER CLOUDY TODAY. THE AIR MASS OVER US IS WARM AND HUMID, ORIGINATING IN THE TROPICS. RAIN HAS BEEN SPREADING IN FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH. TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN IS LASHING FIJI AS WE GO TO AIR WITH GUSTS UP AROUND 170KPH. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU IF WE'RE LIKELY TO FEEL ANY OF ITS FURY. 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. THE FULL FORCE OF A CYCLONE HITS FIJI ` WE'VE FIRST PICTURES COMING IN OF THE DEVASTATION IT'S WREAKING. A SURVIVOR'S STORY ` A FISHERMAN TELLS ONE NEWS OF HIS HARROWING HOURS IN THE WATER AFTER THE CYCLONE STRUCK SAMOA. THE COMFORTING WORDS OF A PRESIDENT, BUT WILL HE TAKE ACTION ON GUN LAWS IN THE WAKE OF AMERICA'S LATEST MASSACRE? KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. FIJI'S FEELING THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF CYCLONE EVAN RIGHT NOW. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HEADED TO EVACUATION CENTRES AS POWER AND WATER SUPPLIES ARE CUT. THE CYCLONE'S CREATING MASSIVE DAMAGE AS IT TRACKS ACROSS FIJI'S MAIN ISLAND. THE EYE OF THE CYCLONE'S JUST PASSED NADI WITH GUSTS OF 90 KNOTS. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW FIERCE THAT IS, HURRICANE STRENGTH IS 63 KNOTS. IT'S THE KIND OF DEVASTATION SAMOA'S DEALING WITH IN THE WAKE OF EVAN. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER UPDATES US FROM APIA SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, THE LATEST PICTURES FROM FIJI WITH LISA OWEN REPORTING. FIJI PREPARED FOR THE WORST, AND THE WORST ARRIVED IN ALL ITS FURY. CYCLONE EVAN HIT THE NORTHERN ISLAND OF VANUA LEVU FIRST. IT IS THE WIND THAT IS OVERWHELMINGLY THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE OUT THERE AT THE MOMENT. LABASA IS HOME TO AROUND 20,000 PEOPLE, SOME DICING WITH DANGER. WINDS OF MORE THAN 200KM/H CUT THROUGH THE ISLANDS HOMES AND VEGETATION, LIFTING ROOFS AND TAKING DOWN TREES. SOME NZ TOURISTS BARRICADED THEMSELVES INTO HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION THE WINDS HAVEN'T PICKED UP TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, SO WE'RE PREDICTING THE GLASS IS GOING TO SMASH, AND LIKELY OUR ROOF COULD COME OFF AS WELL. THERE ARE MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE IN EVACUATION CENTRES AROUND THE COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW POWER AND PHONE COMMUNICATION IS PATCHY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INCLUDING FERRIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED, FIJIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ORDERED PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME, AND HIGH TIDE IS DUE TO HIT AT 10 THIS EVENING. AT ITS CENTRE, THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AVERAGE WINDS OF UP TO 185 KM/H, BUT THAT COULD GUST UP TO 270KM/H. THERE'S DEBRIS ALL OVER THE LAWNS AROUND OUR HOTEL, PALMS TREES UPROOTED, BRANCHES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. I CAN'T SEE A SINGLE LIVING SOUL OUT AND ABOUT. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS TO BE ANYWHERE OUT IN THE OPEN AT THE MOMENT. MFAT HAS CONFIRMED THERE ARE 526 NZ TOURISTS REGISTERED AS BEING IN FIJI AT THE MOMENT. DEFINITELY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF, THE FORCE OF THE WINDS HAVE INCREASED. THIS IS ONLY THE ENTREE AT THIS STAGE, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S ENOUGH. (LAUGHS) SOME LOCALS HAVE MOVED INTO HOTELS, FEARING THEIR HOMES WON'T HOLD UP TO EVAN. YOU HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER, A LOT OF FIJIANS LIVE IN VERY BASIC HOUSING WITH JUST TIN ROOFS AND TIN WALLS, LITERALLY. THOSE HOUSES, I AM SURE, WILL SUCCUMB IN THESE WINDS. AT THE MOMENNT, ALL FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF FIJI ARE GROUNDED. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. ONE NEWS REPORTER PAUL HOBBS IS RIGHT IN THE THICK OF IT IN FIJI. HE JOINS US NOW BY PHONE FROM NADI. YOU'VE GOT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THERE RIGHT NOW. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING DAY TRYING TO GET OUR PICTURES TO YOU. OUR SATELLITE COULDN'T DELIVER IN THESE CONDITIONS. THE WIND IS FEROCIOUS. AND HOW LONG WILL FIJI BE BATTERED? GIVEN WE CAN'T GET THROUGH TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WE'RE NOT SURE. IT SHOULD PASS NADI SOME TIME TOMORROW MORNING. PAUL HOBBS. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. AND THE FIJI TIMES SAYS A BULK CARRIER THAT TRIED TO FIGHT EVAN'S FEROCIOUS WINDS HAS RUN AGROUND ON THE EDGE OF THE REEF IN SUVA'S HARBOUR. THE STARFORD'S AGENTS ARE NOW TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW TO REFLOAT THE SHIP. THE CYCLONE'S PUT A HALT TO ALL AIR TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF FIJI. AIR NZ AND FIJI'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE, AIR PACIFIC, CANCELLED ALL FLIGHTS TODAY. DOMESTIC FLIGHTS BETWEEN THE ISLANDS ARE ALSO GROUNDED. BOTH AIRLINES ARE HOPING TO FLY TO FIJI TOMORROW MORNING IF WEATHER PERMITS. THE CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL IN SAMOA FROM CYCLONE EVAN IS FOUR, BUT WITH 12 PEOPLE STILL MISSING IT'S FEARED IT'LL RISE TO 16. FISHERMEN ARE AMONG THOSE STILL TO BE FOUND, WITH FOUR BOATS UNACCOUNTED FOR. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER JOINS US NOW FROM APIA. BARBARA. THE NZ AIR FORCE HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE BOATS. ALL THEY'VE FOUND IS AN UPTURNED HULL. BUT WE FOUND A SURVIVOR WITH A REMARKABLE STORY. FISHERMAN ROMA VAELOALOA FINDS IT HARD TO LOOK AT THE SEA. HIS FISHING BOAT SANK AFTER BEING POUNDED BY CYCLONE EVAN. TRANSLATOR: I HEARD MY TWO FISHING BUDDIES CALL OUT, 'ROMA, PLEASE. I WANT TO LIVE'. THAT'S ALL I HEARD. BUT THE SEA TORE THEM APART. ROMA SAYS THAT HIS LIFE WAS SAVED BY FLOATING DEBRIS LIKE THIS. HE SAID HE GRABBED A PIECE OF WOOD, AND HE FLOATED SEVERAL KILOMETRES TO SHORE. BUT IT TOOK 24 HOURS BEFORE HE DRIFTED TO MANONO ISLAND, BATTERED BY WIND, HIGH SEAS AND FINALLY THE CORAL REEF. ROMA WEEPS AS HE THINKS OF THE TWO MEN HE CALLS HIS BROTHERS. TRANSLATOR: I COULDN'T HELP THEM. IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. RIGHT NOW I AM THANKFUL TO THE LORD FOR THIS MIRACLE RIGHT NOW I AM THANKFUL TO THE LORD FOR THIS MIRACLE FOR SPARING THIS LIFE, AS I AM ABLE TO STAND ON LAND AND SEE MY FAMILY. BUT THERE'S NO MIRACLE FOR THIS FAMILY. THEIR LOVED ONE IS ONE OF THE FISHERMEN WHO HASN'T COME HOME. TRANSLATOR: I AM FEELING VERY SAD AND UNHAPPY BECAUSE I AM MISSING ONE OF MY SONS. THIS GRIEVING MOTHER WAITS HERE EVERY DAY, SILENTLY WATCHING THE SEA. WHILE THE HUMAN COST OF CYCLONE EVAN IS MOUNTING, SO ARE THE DOLLARS. IT WOULD NOT BE LESS THAN $300M AS A ROUGH ESTIMATE AT THIS STAGE. SAMOA'S PRIME MINISTER GAVE HIS CABINET AND AID DONORS A TOUR OF THE WORST-HIT AREAS TODAY SO THEY CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION FOR THEMSELVES. IT CONFIRMS ALL OUR WORST FEARS. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLES REPORTS ABOUT THE DAMAGE, BUT SEEING IT YOURSELF, IT REALLY REINFORCES THE AMAZING EFFECT OF, REALLY, AN INLAND TSUNAMI HERE. THE SAMOAN GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY LOOKING AT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF DISASTER. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS KIND OF ENGINEERING PLANS ` TOTALLY UNSUITABLE FOR SAMOA. YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, PRIME MINISTER? > THAT'S RIGHT. IT IS BASED ON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. AN EXPERIENCE NO ONE WANTS TO RELIVE. POLICE FOUND YET ANOTHER BODY JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, A MALE NOT FAR FROM HERE. THE RED CROSS IS WORRIED ABOUT THOSE IN THE HILLS WITH NO SUPPLIES. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER. EXTRA FLIGHTS ARE GOING INTO SAMOA PACKED WITH PEOPLE EAGER TO HELP OUT. AID AGENCIES AND THE SAMOAN COMMUNITY ARE SWINGING IN BEHIND THE RELIEF EFFORT. THIS FROM HELEN CASTLES. THIS SAMOAN FAMILY IS ONE OF MANY HEADING HOME TO HELP. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, SO HOPEFULLY WE AND GO AND GIVE SOMETHING BACK HOME AND HOPEFULLY HELP OUT AND CLEAN UP. JACK VA'A'S WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE IN UPOLU. HE'S DESPERATE TO KNOW IF THEY'RE ALL RIGHT. IF SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE OTHER COUNTRY AND YOU'RE SEPARATED FROM YOUR KIDS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO HANDLE. NZ AID WORKERS ARE ADDING TO THE RED CROSS RELIEF EFFORT TOO. SHELTERBOX IS GOING ARMED WITH DOZENS OF SURVIVAL KITS. WE WANNA SEE FOR OURSELVES THE NEEDS SO WE CAN THEN START PUSHING THE BUTTONS TO GET AID IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. MIRIANA PAULO IS FROM ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS IN APIA. MOST OF THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY, AND SHE, LIKE MANY OTHERS, IS GATHERING SUPPLIES. WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY. GOVERNMENT HELP MIGHT COME LATER, BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR US FAMILIES HERE TO ACT WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY. GOVERNMENT HELP MIGHT COME LATER, BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR US FAMILIES HERE TO ACT AND GIVE SOMETHING TO THEM. LABOUR MP SUA WILLIAM SIO'S FAMILY IS AMONG THE VICTIMS. HE'S BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT MANY OF HIS RELATIVES. THE PULL FOR ALL OF US TO GO BACK TO THE ISLANDS WILL BE VERY STRONG. I'M ALREADY BOOKED TO GO AS A PRE-PLANNED TRIP AFTER NEW YEAR'S, I'M ALREADY BOOKED TO GO AS A PRE-PLANNED TRIP AFTER NEW YEAR'S, BUT CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR MORE AND PREPARING OURSELVES. RIGHT NOW MUCH OF THE AID IS BEING GENERATED FAMILY TO FAMILY, BECAUSE THE BIG PICTURE IS YET TO BE ASSESSED. WELL, THE COMMUNITY WILL GATHER ROUND AND TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE NEEDING TO SEND FOOD, MEDICINE THAT THOSE WHO ARE NEEDING TO SEND FOOD, MEDICINE AND BUILDING SUPPLIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND ARE SUPPORTED IN THAT WAY. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE AIRLINES WOULD ALSO LOOK AT PROVIDING GOODWILL SERVICE DURING THIS POINT IN TIME. AIR NZ HAS INCREASED FLIGHTS AND SEATING CAPACITY TO AND FROM APIA. IT'S ALSO RELAXED ITS BAGGAGE RULES, SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE EXTRA SUPPLIES TO SAMOA, YOU CAN TAKE AN ADDITIONAL SUITCASE FOR FREE. AID GROUPS SAY THE BEST WAY TO HELP SAMOA NOW IS TO DONATE MONEY UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NEED IS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. A SHORT TIME AGO, THE JURY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF RADIO JOURNALIST PHILLIP COTTRELL RETURNED ITS VERDICT. IT'S FOUND NIKO WAIPUKA GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER BUT CLEARED HIS 18-YEAR-OLD ACCOMPLICE. FROM THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON, HERE'S DANIEL FAITAUA. IT TOOK THE JURY ABOUT 6 HOURS TO DELIVER THE VERDICT. THEY FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY OF MURDER AND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. POLICE DESCRIBED IT AS DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION. A NUMBER OF WITNESSES WITHDREW THEIR STATEMENTS. NOTHING WOULD HAVE BROUGHT PHILLIP BACK, BUT WE'RE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OUTCOME. WE TRIED TO GET COMMENT FROM THE FAMILY OF THE ACCUSED, BUT THE COURT STAFF HAD TAKEN THEM AWAY. WE'VE GOT REACTION FROM ALL THE FAMILIES INVOLVED IN OUR LATE BULLETIN. BARACK OBAMA IS TONIGHT VOWING TO DO ALL HE CAN TO PREVENT ANOTHER MASS KILLING IN AMERICA. BUT HE'S STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE'LL TAKE ON POWERFUL GUN LOBBYISTS. THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL KILLING SPREE. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME IS THERE. CHARLOTTE,... DANIEL,... OLIVIA... ARE THESE THE FACES... ANNA,... ARE THESE THE NAMES... DYLAN,... MADELEINE... ...IS THIS THE SLAUGHTER THAT WILL FINALLY MARK A CHANGE? SINCE I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO COMFORT A GRIEVING COMMUNITY TORN APART BY MASS SHOOTINGS. THE FOURTH TIME THIS PRESIDENT'S HAD TO COMFORT A GRIEF-STRICKEN COMMUNITY, PEOPLE LEFT WITH THE PAIN OF ADAM LANZA'S MASSACRE. CAN WE HONESTLY SAY THAT WE'RE DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN, ALL OF THEM, SAFE FROM HARM? I'VE BEEN REFLECTING ON THIS THE LAST FEW DAYS, AND IF WE'RE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, THE ANSWER IS NO. BARACK OBAMA'S VOWING TO DO ALL WITHIN HIS POWER TO STOP TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. RIGHT NOW, THE PEOPLE OF NEWTOWN ARE TURNING TO EACH OTHER FOR STRENGTH AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THOSE WHO DIED, LIKE OLIVIA ENGLE (6) WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE ANGEL IN A CHRISTMAS NATIVITY PLAY. READY... AND GO. # COME THE ALMIGHTY KING. # # COME THE ALMIGHTY KING. # THIS IS ANNA MARQUEZ GREEN PERFORMING A HYMN FOR HER MUM AND DAD. MORE IS ALSO BEING LEARNED ABOUT THE HEROES, LIKE VICTORIA SOTO, A TEACHER WHO DIED SHIELDING HER STUDENTS. AND THERE'S KIDS NOW THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE SACRIFICED HER LIFE SO THEY COULD LIVE ANOTHER DAY. THE SCHOOL IS STILL A CENTRAL FOCUS, BOTH FOR THE POLICE INVESTIGATION AND FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. THIS IS STILL AS CLOSE AS ANYONE'S ALLOWED TO GO TO THE SCHOOL. RESIDENTS HAVE SET UP AN ENORMOUS MEMORIAL HERE WITH FLOWERS AND CANDLES, MESSAGES OF SUPPORT. OF COURSE, TOMORROW WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL WEEK, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE SURVIVING STUDENTS FROM SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY WILL BE MOVED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL A FEW KILOMETRES AWAY. IN THE COMING WEEKS I'LL USE WHATEVER POWER THIS OFFICE HOLDS IN AN EFFORT AIMED AT PREVENTING MORE TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. BECAUSE WHAT CHOICE DO WE HAVE? FOUR MASSACRES IN FOUR YEARS, BUT MAYBE THE HORRORS OF SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY ARE DIFFERENT. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CERTAINLY PROMISING CHANGE. SUCH PROMISES HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL COMBING GUNMAN ADAM LANZA'S HOME FOR SIGNS OF WHAT COULD'VE TRIGGERED THE KILLINGS. FRIENDS SAY HIS MOTHER WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT LANZA'S BEHAVIOUR. THIS FROM ABC'S BRIAN ROSS. COMPUTERS REMOVED FROM THE LANZA FAMILY HOME THIS WEEKEND COULD PROVIDE IMPORTANT CLUES INTO TO THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING, LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TOLD ABC NEWS TODAY. ALTHOUGH, IN PUBLIC, OFFICIALS ARE BEING VERY CIRCUMSPECT. WE HAVE RECOVERED SOME EVIDENCE. IT BEING ANALYSED. IT IS BEING PROCESSED. FRIENDS OF ADAM LANZA'S MURDERED MOTHER, NANCY (52), SAID TODAY SHE HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY CONCERNED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT HER YOUNGEST SON'S EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES. IT WAS JUST GETTING A LITTLE HARDER FOR HER AS, YOU KNOW, TIME WENT ON. NANCY LANZA WAS A REGULAR TWO OR THREE NIGHTS A WEEK AT THIS NEWTOWN BAR AND RESTAURANT, MY PLACE. SHE ALWAYS HELPED HIM. SHE HOME-SCHOOLED HIM AND EVERYTHING. SO, LIKE I SAY, I KNEW HE WAS ON MEDICATION, BUT THAT'S ALL I KNOW. SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SANDY HOOK, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, ADAM WAS KNOWN BY CLASSMATES AS STRANGE, SEVERELY SHY. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE WAS EVER AFRAID OF HIM. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST SAW HIM AS SOMEONE DIFFERENT AND JUST REALLY JUST LEFT HIM ALONE. OFFICIAL AT WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMED TODAY THAT ADAM AT AGE 16, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TECH CLUB, HAD TAKEN COLLEGE COURSES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT HIS MOTHER'S FRIENDS SAID TODAY IT BECAME HARDER FOR HER AS HE LEFT SCHOOL, HARDER TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS JUST GETTING DIFFICULT FOR HER TO TRY AND GET HIM INTO REGULAR LIFE. BUT THERE WERE NEVER ANY WARNINGS ABOUT VIOLENCE OR GUNS, THE FRIENDS SAID. THERE WAS NEVER ANY TALK ABOUT HIM BEING VIOLENT. SHE NEVER, EVER SPOKE OF ANYTHING BAD. ADAM LANZA'S MOTHER, HIS MAIN PROTECTOR IN LIFE, WAS HIS FIRST VICTIM IN THE MASSACRE. UP AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` WE MEET A SOUTH AFRICAN MAYOR FACING DEATH THREATS FOR TACKLING CORRUPTION IN THE RULING AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS. THE REMOTE CONTROLLED CRAFT INCREASINGLY PUT TO WORK IN OUR SKIES ` WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE? AND THE DUCHESS IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS BRITAIN HONOURS A BIG YEAR FOR SPORTING HEROES. POLICE ARE NOW TREATING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG MOTHER IN ASHBURTON AS A MURDER INQUIRY AND HAVE RECOVERED A WEAPON FROM THE SCENE. SINA SOLOMONA (22) WAS FOUND INSIDE HER HOME IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING WITH TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURIES. RELATIVES VISITED THE HOUSE TODAY TO LEAVE FLOWERS, WHILE POLICE CARRIED OUT A SCENE EXAMINATION OF THE PROPERTY. A POST-MORTEM WAS CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON. TO A DEVELOPMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF ALICIA MCCALLION (23) IN PAPAKURA LAST WEEK. A 39-YEAR-OLD MANUREWA MAN'S APPEARED IN COURT CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. ALICIA MCCALLION WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER FAMILY'S SLEEPOUT LAST TUESDAY. KARL EDDY DIDN'T ENTER A PLEA AND HAS BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY UNTIL EARLY JANUARY. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AND FORMER CATHOLIC BROTHER BERNARD KEVIN MCGRATH PLANS TO FIGHT HIS EXTRADITION TO FACE MORE THAN 250 SEX CHARGES IN AUSTRALIA. MCGRATH APPEARED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT TODAY WHERE HIS LAWYER REACTED TO WAITING MEDIA. DO NOT BLOCK THE ENTRANCE, PLEASE. THE 65-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN JAILED TWICE IN NZ FOR SEX OFFENDING HERE. MCGRATH REMAINS ON BAIL AND IS DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH FOR AN EXTRADITION HEARING DATE TO BE SET. THE REGIME OF SYRIA'S PRESIDENT, BASHAR AL-ASSAD, WILL SOON FALL, ACCORDING TO FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER, AND HE BELIEVES THE OPPOSITION WILL NEED SUPPORT. MEANWHILE, THE KILLING CONTINUES. UP TO 20 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO HAVE DIED IN AN ATTACK BY SYRIAN FIGHTER JETS ON A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN DAMASCUS. OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS SAY THEY WERE HIT AS THEY SHELTERED IN A MOSQUE. ELSEWHERE, SYRIAN WAR PLANES BOMBED THE TOWN OF AZAZ ON THE TURKISH BORDER, CAUSING HUNDREDS TO FLEE. SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT, JACOB ZUMA, IS EXPECTED TO HEAD OFF A CHALLENGE TO HIS LEADERSHIP AT THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS CONFERENCE TONIGHT. BUT SOME FORMER SUPPORTERS ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN THE PARTY. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING REPORTS FROM THE TOWN OF BITOU, WHERE THE MAYOR IS RISKING HIS LIFE TO JOIN THE OPPOSITION. LUXURIOUS BEACHES AND STUBBORN POVERTY ` SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTRADICTIONS ARE ALL ON DISPLAY HERE IN BITOU. BUT COULD THIS TOWN ALSO SHOW A STRUGGLING NATION THE WAY FORWARD? MEMORY BOOYSEN IS HOPING SO. HE'S THE NEW MAYOR OF BITOU, AND HE NEEDS AN ARMED GUARD. I HAD DEATH THREATS. I WAS VERY SCARED. HERE'S WHY ` FOR YEARS, THE TOWN WAS CONTROLLED BY SOUTH AFRICA'S RULING ANC, THE PARTY OF NELSON MANDELA. BUT MEMORY JUMPED SHIP, DISGUSTED, HE SAYS, BY THE CORRUPTION THAT WAS BANKRUPTING THE MUNICIPALITY. HE JOINED THE OPPOSITION AND WON THE NEXT ELECTION. IT WAS CORRUPTION TOP TO BOTTOM. IT WAS PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE WAY HOW THE ANC AT THE TIME WAS RUNNING THIS TOWN. AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH AFRICA IN GENERAL? > YEAH, THAT IS WHAT THE ANC IS ALL ABOUT. THE ANC HAS NOT TAKEN DEFEAT OR MEMORY'S DEFECTION TOO WELL. HE'S A TRAITOR. HE'S NOT A REVOLUTIONIST LIKE MANY OF US HAVE BEEN. HE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A POLITICAL PROSTITUTE. MEMORY'S TASK NOW IS TO CONVINCE THE POOREST COMMUNITIES HERE THAT HE CAN DELIVER ON MANDELA'S PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL. PEOPLE SEEM READY TO LISTEN. SO FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. < SO THE ANC MADE YOU LOTS OF PROMISES... ...BUT IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY PROMISE US. I WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. AND SO MEMORY KEEPS ON REACHING OUT, CONVINCED THAT MANDELA'S DREAM OF A RAINBOW NATION IS NOT DEAD AND IF ONE SMALL TOWN CAN COPE WITH CHANGE, WHY NOT OTHERS? FORMER ANC LEADER NELSON MANDELA REMAINS IN A PRETORIA HOSPITAL, WHERE THE 94 YEAR OLD'S HAD AN OPERATION TO REMOVE GALLSTONES. NINE DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE NURSE CAUGHT UP IN THE ROYAL PHONE HOAX SCANDAL, HER BODY HAS BEEN RETURNED TO HER HOME COUNTRY, INDIA. JACINTHA SALDANHA'S REMAINS WERE ESCORTED FROM THE UK BY HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN. SHE'LL BE BURIED IN HER HOME VILLAGE OF SHIRVA TOMORROW, WITH THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO ATTEND. ITALY'S BILLIONAIRE POLITICIAN SILVIO BERLUSCONI HAS ADDED TO HIS PLAYBOY REPUTATION BY ANNOUNCING HIS ENGAGEMENT TO A WOMAN 50 YEARS HIS JUNIOR. BERLUSCONI, WHO'S BIDDING TO BE PRIME MINISTER FOR THE FOURTH TIME, TOLD ITALIAN TELEVISION FIANCEE FRANCESCA PASCALE MAKES HIM FEEL LESS LONELY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF A BERLUSCONI SUPPORT GROUP CALLED 'SILVIO, WE LOVE YOU'. WEATHER TIME NOW. SOME HEAVY RAIN FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, KAREN? FIORDLAND COPPED THE MOST ` OVER 100MM FOR MILFORD SOUND. MORE HEAVY FALLS ARE LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN FIORDLAND AND THROUGH TO 9AM TOMORROW IN THESE AREAS. ALSO A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY FALLS FOR WESTLAND OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RAIN RADAR, WE SEE BANDS OF RAIN AFFECTING BOTH ISLANDS, A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OUT TO THE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ HAD QUITE A FEW VIEWERS SENDING IN GREAT PHOTOS OF THIS UNUSUAL CLOUD SEEN OVER CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. IT'S AN AREA OF IRIDESCENCE DUE TO REFRACTION OF LIGHT THOUGH ICE CRYSTALS THAT MAKE UP THE HIGH, WISPY CIRRUS CLOUD. THANKS TO ALISTER MARSH AND KIRSTEN KELLAWAY FOR THE PHOTOS. I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE RETURNS TO THE SPOTLIGHT. WITH MORE AND MORE DRONES IN OUR SKY, A CALL FOR SOME RULES ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN FLY. AND AUCKLAND ZOO PARTNERS UP TO HELP A GULF ISLAND RETURN TO ITS NATIVE GLORY. 1 FAIRFAX MEDIA CONFIRMED TODAY IT HAD SOLD ITS MAJORITY STAKE IN TRADE ME. FAIRFAX HAS PROGRESSIVELY SOLD DOWN ITS HOLDING IN THE ONLINE AUCTION SITE AND SAYS PROCEEDS FROM THIS FINAL SALE SHOULD NET THE COMPANY $768M. FAIRFAX IS MAKING A GREAT PROFIT OUT OF THIS. THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD DOWN TWO CHANCES OF TRADE ME, AND THIS THIRD ONE REALLY CEMENTS THE DEAL. THEY'VE ALSO RECEIVED DIVIDENDS OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S, I THINK, ONE OF THEIR BEST EVER INVESTMENTS. THE COMPANY SAYS SOME OF THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO PAY DOWN FAIRFAX'S DEBT. THEY CAN BE AS SMALL AS A DRAGONFLY OR AS BIG AS A 737 ` UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, ALSO KNOWN AS DRONES, ARE TAKING TO OUR SKIES. BUT AVIATION REGULATORS SAY THEIR INCREASING CIVILIAN USE RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS. JEHAN CASINADER REPORTS. WHEN A DRONE WAS PUT INTO THE SKY ABOVE AUCKLAND, THIS CAN'T HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FLIGHT PLAN. IF IT HAD BEEN A, PERHAPS, DIFFERENT TIME OF THE DAY, PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN INJURED. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE MILITARY. NOW CIVILIANS ARE USING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY FOR MAPPING, SURVEYING AND FILMING. THERE'S A LOT TO KNOW ABOUT WIND, AND THERE'S A LOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY. AND YOU CAN'T JUST PICK ONE OF THESE THINGS UP AND EXPECT TO BE A PRO. WHEN THIS COMPANY OPERATES, IT NOTIFIES CAA, POLICE AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. BUT HOBBYISTS CAN BUY THIS EQUIPMENT ONLINE AND USE IT WITHOUT AUTHORISATION. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ACCIDENTS, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIABLE FOR THAT. DRONES CAN ENTER COMMERCIAL AIRSPACE. THAT CONCERNS AIRLINE PILOTS. THEY DON'T MEET CIVIL STANDARDS OF DESIGN AIRWORTHINESS. PILOTS, IN FACT, ARE NOT REQUIRED NECESSARILY TO BE IN CONTROL TO OPERATE THESE. AT THE MOMENT WE'RE USING TRADITIONAL PILOTING QUALIFICATIONS, AND IN SOME CASES THEY AREN'T TOTALLY APPROPRIATE CAA IS UPDATING THE RULES AROUND DRONES, AND THE INDUSTRY IS CREATING A NEW QUALIFICATION TO TRAIN THOSE WHO USE THEM. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A QUALIFICATION THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE SKILLS, THE KNOWLEDGE AROUND AIRSPACE AND AIR SENSE. IT'S A SIGN THAT DRONES HAVE COMMERCIAL VALUE. POLICE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TECHNOLOGY. THEY'VE ALREADY USED COMMERCIAL OPERATORS TO SURVEY HARD-TO-REACH CRIME SCENES. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS POLICE ARE NOW CONSIDERING LEASING OR EVEN BUYING THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR SEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE USE. AS DRONES BECOME MORE AVAILABLE, THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE SURE THEY FLY SAFELY IN OUR SKIES. JEHAN CASINADER, ONE NEWS. AUCKLAND ZOO MARKED ITS 90TH BIRTHDAY TODAY WITH A MAJOR NEW PROJECT. THE ZOO ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP TO HELP TO TRANSFORM THE HAURAKI GULF ISLAND OF ROTOROA INTO A SANCTUARY FOR NATIVE SPECIES. DAMIAN CHRISTIE HAS THE STORY. IT'S THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION ` AN INVITATION TO A SMALL GROUP OF MEDIA; A HELICOPTER RIDE TO AN OFFSHORE ISLAND, WHERE AN INTENSELY PRIVATE MILLIONAIRE IS FUNDING THE BREEDING OF PREHISTORIC REPTILES. SOUND FAMILIAR? WELL, IT'S ALL TRUE, EVEN IF THE REALITY IS A LITTLE MORE BELIEVABLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROJECTS AUCKLAND ZOO HAS EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ROTOROA ISLAND TRUST TO RESTORE THE ECOLOGY OF ONE OF THE REALLY PRECIOUS ISLANDS OF THE HAURAKI GULF. ROTOROA ISLAND HAS A FASCINATING PAST. FOR THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS IT WAS A REHAB CENTRE RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY FOR ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG ADDICTS. THAT CLOSED IN 2005, WHEN PHILANTHROPISTS NEIL AND ANNETTE PLOWMAN SIGNED A HUNDRED-YEAR LEASE AND BEGAN A MAJOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECT. THEY'VE SPENT SOME $30M-ODD+ SO FAR ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE TODAY, AND THIS IS ANOTHER $4M THAT WE'RE SPENDING TO DO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS ZOO. ROTOROA ISLAND HAS A REGULAR FERRY SERVICE, A VISITORS' CENTRE AND ACCOMMODATION. THE PUBLIC ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RESTORATION. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE KIDS GROWING UP INVOLVED WITH THE RESTORATION OF AN ISLAND AND REALLY GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET OUR ECOLOGY BACK IN TUNE. THE T-REX MIGHT NOT BE ON THE CARDS, BUT IT'S HOPED THERE'LL SOON BE PLENTY OF OTHER ATTRACTIONS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE KIWI, WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY REPTILES OF NZ ` TUATARA, SKINKS ` AND LET'S NOT FORGET OUR INVERTEBRATES. SEEING GIANT WETA BACK ON THIS ISLAND WOULD JUST BE FANTASTIC. SOMETHING TO GIVE THE CHEEKY WEKA A RUN FOR ITS MONEY. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. 'THE HOBBIT' HAS CASHED IN AT THE NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE, BUT IT'S ATTRACTING MIXED REVIEWS. THE THREE-HOUR FILM SET A DECEMBER BOX OFFICE RECORD, TAKING NEARLY $85M IN US AND CANADIAN SALES. BUT SIR PETER JACKSON'S DECISION TO SHOOT THE FILM IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT HAS DRAWN SOME FLAK. THE FILM'S FASTER FRAME RATE ` TO BOOST IMAGE QUALITY ` HAS CAUSED SOME FANS TO FEEL SICK AND DIZZY. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS MADE HER FIRST OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT SINCE LEAVING HOSPITAL OVER A WEEK AGO. THE DUCHESS ATTENDED AN EVENT HONOURING TOP BRITISH ATHLETES, PRESENTING LONDON 2012 CHIEF LORD COE WITH A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. KATE, WHO IS 13 WEEKS PREGNANT, HAD NOT BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC SINCE LEAVING HOSPITAL AFTER TREATMENT FOR ACUTE MORNING SICKNESS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SPEND THE NIGHT IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN FIJI AS CYCLONE EVAN RIPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ELECTRICITY AND WATER HAVE BEEN CUT, AND FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM FIJI TOMORROW MORNING. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS VOWED TO DO ALL HE CAN TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF AMERICA'S LATEST MASS KILLING. BUT HE STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING HE'LL TAKE ON AMERICA'S POWERFUL GUN LOBBY. MEANWHILE, FRIENDS OF KILLER ADAM LANZA'S MOTHER SAY HIS BEHAVIOUR HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY HARD FOR HER TO MANAGE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE PHOENIX FOOTBALLERS ARE EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST OUT OF AUSTRALIA NEXT AS OFFICIALS AND PLAYERS FRONT ON THE STICKY ISSUE OF FOOTBALL RACISM AND CROWD BEHAVIOUR. PLUS, BIZARRE HAPPENINGS IN INDIA ` CAN ENGLAND END A 27-YEAR CRICKETING DROUGHT AND WIN A FIERY SERIES? AND ANOTHER OF THE WELLS FROM WANAKA TAKES FLIGHT ON THE WORLD STAGE. FIRST UP TONIGHT TO FOOTBALL, AND THE UGLY SIDE OF THE SO-CALLED BEAUTIFUL GAME HAS BEEN EXPOSED AGAIN, THIS TIME MUCH CLOSER TO HOME. WELLINGTON PHOENIX STRIKER PAUL IFILL HAS ACCUSED AN ADELAIDE FAN OF RACIALLY ABUSING HIM IN LAST NIGHT'S 3-1 LOSS IN AUSTRALIA. THE A-LEAGUE IS NOW INVESTIGATING. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. PAUL IFILL MAY NOT HAVE ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THE ADELAIDE CROWD. THERE'S A HIGH FOOT, SURELY, FROM IFILL. HIS TUSSLES EARNED HIM A YELLOW CARD IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST ADELAIDE UNITED. BUT IFILL'S ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM FROM SPECTATORS HAVE TARNISHED THE A-LEAGUE'S IMAGE, THE BARBADOS-BORN VETERAN NOT WANTING TO ELABORATE ON WHAT WAS SAID. FOOTBALL WANTS TO CELEBRATE ITS MULTICULTURALISM, ITS DIVERSITY, AND THAT KIND OF TAUNT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON. IFILL'S CLAIMS COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME FOR THE LEAGUE. THE DERBY BETWEEN THE WESTERN WANDERERS AND SYDNEY FC REVEALED CROWD BEHAVIOUR MORE AKIN TO BELGRADE THAN BONDI. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE WIN MEANT TO THE WANDERERS, BUT WHAT WILL SCENES LIKE THIS MEAN FOR THE A-LEAGUE? POLICE WON'T TOLERATE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HERE WHAT WE SEE, UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGHOUT PARTS OF EUROPE. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO THE IFILL SITUATION. THE PHOENIX ARE NOW TIGHT-LIPPED, LEAVING THE FFA AND ADELAIDE OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THE CULPRITS. AT THIS STAGE, IT'S DEALT WITH AS A BAN, AND THOSE BANS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IFILL'S ABUSE-RIDDLED DAY AT THE OFFICE WAS ONE HE'LL WANT TO FORGET. IFILL. THAT'S BETTER BY PAUL IFILL. HE'S BLUDGEONED HIS WAY THOUGH, AND HE SCORES, 2-1. OR HAS HE? OH, HANG ON A MINUTE. THE FLAG'S UP. HE'S ONSIDE. IT SHOULD BE 2-1. A FIRST-HALF ONSLAUGHT FROM ADELAIDE COUPLED WITH WEAK DEFENCE PUT THE PHOENIX TWO DOWN WITHIN 25 MINUTES. THINGS GOT WORSE ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME. HERE'S FABIO FERREIRA TO MAKE IT 3-0, AND HE DOES. A GREAT FINAL PASS FROM YOUNGSTER TYLER BOYD GAVE DANNY SANCHEZ THE CHANCE TO PUT THE PHOENIX ON THE BOARD, BUT BOYD'S PENALTY ATTEMPT IN THE LAST ACT OF THE GAME HIGHLIGHTS THE RISK RICKI HERBERT FACES PLAYING HIS INEXPERIENCED YOUNG BLOOD INSTEAD OF-OUT-OF FORM OLDIES. AND IFILL'S BEEN CALLED WORSE THINGS THAN AN OLDIE. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THE RACE TO BECOME OUR FIRST FORMULA ONE DRIVER IN NEARLY 40 YEARS HAS HEADED HOME TODAY. HALF A DOZEN WANNABES WERE IN ACTION AT HAMPTON DOWNS, RUNNING IN CARS FOR NEXT MONTH'S TOYOTA RACING SERIES. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. OFFSEASON FOR KIWI DRIVERS LIKE MITCH EVANS MEANS HEADING HOME. THE GP3 CHAMPION IS KEEPING HIS HAND IN ON A VARIATION OF THE BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY, TAKING GUESTS FOR HOT LAPS AT HAMPTON DOWNS. BUT IT'S ALSO HIGH-SEASON HERE IN TERMS OF CHASING A CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR. I WILL BE SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH A TEAM ` I CAN'T SAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT ` WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO HOPEFULLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SO, YEAH, IT'S ALL LOOKING PRETTY EXCITING. AS GP3 CHAMPION, THE 18-YEAR-OLD IS IN DEMAND, WITH TWO TEST DRIVES FOR GP2 GIVING HIM A TASTE OF THE EXTRA PACE HE'LL BE FACING ` UP TO 300KM/H. IT'S DOUBLE THE HORSEPOWER. BUT IT'S ONLY 50KG HEAVIER, SO THE POWER TO WEIGHT IS UNBELIEVABLE. BRENDON HARTLEY (23) IS USED TO THE PACE AS A TEST DRIVER FOR MERCEDES, LEWIS HAMILTON'S TEAM NEXT YEAR. BUT THE FIRST TOYOTA RACING SERIES CHAMP, NINE YEARS AGO, STILL HARBOURS HOPES OF A FORMULA ONE DRIVE AFTER COMING TO TERMS WITH THE DEMANDS OF DRIVING IN EUROPE. THE DREAM'S NOT OVER, AND I'VE KIND OF LEARNED FROM MISTAKES AND LEARNED WHAT HAPPENED. THERE WAS A TIME I DIDN'T ENJOY IT, AND I'M LOVING LIFE RIGHT NOW. I LOVE WHAT I DO. RICHIE STANAWAY FACES THE TOUGHEST TEST. TODAY'S DRIVE IS HIS FIRST IN AN OPEN WHEELER SINCE INJURING HIS BACK IN A SERIOUS CRASH IN BELGIUM IN JUNE. THIS HAS DEFINITELY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, BEEN THE HARDEST BARRIER I'VE HAD TO BREAK THROUGH IN TERMS OF BUILDING MY CONFIDENCE BACK. ALSO COMING BACK IS REIGNING TOYOTA CHAMPION NICK CASSIDY, STARTING THE DEFENCE OF HIS TITLE IN INVERCARGILL ON JANUARY 9. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE OPENERS MADE IT LOOK EASY AT THE START OF DAY FOUR, AS THEY PACED EACH OTHER TO 50 IN A RUN-A-MINUTE STAND, DAVID WARNER THEN OPENING UP. THAT'S WHAT HE LOVES. THAT'S WHAT HE LOVES. THERE'S THE REVERSE ` THE SWITCH, I SHOULD CALL IT. BUT RANGANA HERATH HAD THE LAST LAUGH,... THAT'S OUT. YEP. ...AND ED COWAN FOLLOWED SOON AFTER. SHANE WATSON WAS TENTATIVE AND GIVEN OUT BY NZ UMPIRE TONY HILL. ASKING THE QUESTION. YES, THEY'VE GIVEN HIM! CLEARLY MISSING, BUT BILL LAWRY WASN'T. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A SHOCKER. WATSON ONLY MANAGED FIVE. HE'S GONE. HE'S GONE, I THINK. AND WHEN PHIL HUGHES PLAYED ON, OLD BILL WAS RATTLED TOO. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE LOST ANOTHER. LOST 5 FOR 165. SOON THEY WERE FIVE DOWN AS HERATH HAD THREE WICKETS. IT WAS UP TO THEIR BEST BATSMEN TO ENSURE THE AUSTRALIANS COULD STILL POST A TALLY AND DECLARE. A HAMSTRING STRAIN REMOVED THE CAPTAIN. OH, HE'S GONE! WHACK! TO THE SCOREBOARD ` SRI LANKA WILL NEED TO BEAT THEIR BEST-EVER FOURTH INNINGS RUN CHASE TO WIN, ALTHOUGH THEIR CHANCES HAVE SURELY IMPROVED WITH MICHAEL CLARKE AND BEN HILFENHAUS OUT OF THE AUSSIE BOWLING ATTACK. ENGLAND'S CRICKETERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF AN HISTORIC SERIES WIN AGAINST INDIA, AFTER RESUMING ON DAY FIVE OF THEIR FINAL TEST IN NAGPUR. THE VISITORS ONLY NEED A DRAW TO WRAP UP WHAT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST SERIES WIN IN INDIA IN 27 YEARS. ENGLAND ARE IN A STRONG POSITION AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL FOURTH DAY. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. FROM HIS FIRST 50 BALLS, ALASTAIR COOK SCORED 1 RUN. SIMPLY SEEING OUT TIME WAS ENGLAND'S TACTIC. AFTER 93 BALLS, HE'D ROCKETED TO 13. MAYBE UMPIRE DHARMASENA GOT BORED. HE GAVE HIM OUT CAUGHT WHEN COOK WAS CONVINCED HE HADN'T HIT THE BALL AND EVERY REPLAY BACKED HIM UP. NEXT, JADEJA TRIED HIS MYSTERY BALL. WELL, IF HE'S BOWLED IT, YOU CAN HIT IT ` THAT'S JONATHAN TROTT'S MENTALITY. NOT AGAINST THE RULES ` IT HADN'T BEEN CALLED A DEAD BALL ` AND EVERYONE SEEMED AMUSED, BUT INDIA'S RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN SUGGESTED AFTERWARDS THAT TROTT HAD ABUSED THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME. HMM. JADEJA BOWLING, PIETERSEN BATTING; BUT NOT FOR LONG ` GONE FOR SIX. MAYBE ENGLAND WERE PERCEIVING DEMONS THAT WEREN'T REALLY THERE. INDIA WERE CONVINCED THEY'D SEEN THE BALL EDGE TROTT'S BAT ` OR MAYBE HEARD IT. THIS TIME, UMPIRE DHARMASENA DID NOT AGREE. BUT TROTT'S APPROACH WAS OBVIOUS ` GOING NOWHERE. INDIA CONTINUED TO OBJECT, WITH LITTLE OBVIOUS JUSTIFICATION. PERHAPS THEIR REAL FRUSTRATION WAS THAT ENGLAND CLOSED JUST THREE DOWN, 165 AHEAD. AND ENGLAND ARE CURRENTLY 235/3, JONATHAN TROTT ON 105, IAN BELL 58. A STUMBLING BLOCK COULD STOP TWO BLACK STICKS INTERNATIONALS FROM PLAYING IN THE NEW INDIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE NEXT MONTH. STRIKERS NICK WILSON AND SIMON CHILD WERE BOUGHT IN THE NEW LEAGUE'S AUCTION FOR $28,000 AND $23,000 DOLLARS RESPECTIVELY. BUT THEY'RE YET TO BE RELEASED FROM THE BLACK STICKS' COMPULSORY CAMP, WHICH CONICIDES WITH THE FINAL WEEK OF THE HIL. NZ WIN THE GAME OFF THE WILSON DEFLECTION. A MEETING BETWEEN HOCKEY NZ AND THE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION ON WEDNESDAY WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE DUO WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE CAMP. FAR FROM SWEATING OVER THE BARBIE OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK, WANAKA'S BYRON WELLS IS LIGHTING UP THE SNOW AND ICE ON THE WORLD FREESTYLE SKIING TOUR. THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF JOSSIE WELLS HAS FINISHED SECOND IN THE ALL-STAR BRECKENRIDGE EVENT IN COLORADO. SO EFFORTLESS RIGHT THERE. IT'S A STRONG COMEBACK PERFORMANCE AFTER BYRON WELLS MISSED ALL OF THE LAST NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SEASON WITH A SERIOUS KNEE INJURY. THE NZ TEAM IS STAYING ON IN COLORADO FOR MORE WINTER OLYMPICS QUALIFICATION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THANKS, SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN WARNS OF SOME MORE HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT HELLO AGAIN. NASTY STORMY WEATHER LASHING FIJI TONIGHT. WE'VE HAD CLOUDY SKIES AS WARM HUMID TROPICAL AIR SPREADS OVER US, ALSO SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. MORE HEAVY FALLS ARE LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT IN FIORDLAND AND THROUGH TO 9AM TOMORROW IN THESES AREAS. ALSO A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY FALLS FOR WESTLAND OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. MESSY SKIES TODAY WITH TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER US, LOTS OF CLOUD-FRONTS DELIVERING RAIN TO BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTRY. AND UP HERE, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE OUTFLOW OF TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN COMING INTO VIEW. FIJI GETTING HAMMERED TONIGHT BY VERY POWERFUL WINDS AND RAIN. AT THIS STAGE OUR COMPUTER MODELS DO SHOW THE CYCLONE MOVING INTO OPEN WATERS NORTH OF NZ. ITS FORECAST TRACK BRINGS IT TOWARDS THE NORTH ISLAND, BUT AT THIS STAGE IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR IF IT WILL COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRING US SEVERE WEATHER. WE'RE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE WATCH ON IT. FRONTS ALL HANG AROUND OVER US TOMORROW, KEEPING THE WEATHER UNSETTLED IN MOST PLACES. BUT A NEW HIGH PUSHES IN OVER THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND, HELPING TO CLEAR THE SKIES THERE. SOME RAIN FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AT FIRST, BUT THEN A GRADUAL CLEARANCE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY, LEAVING A MIX OF FINE AND CLOUDY AREAS OVER MOST PLACES. FRESHENING NORTHERLY FOR THE FAR SOUTH, OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. SOME RAIN FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AT FIRST, BUT THEN A GRADUAL CLEARANCE FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY, LEAVING A MIX OF FINE AND CLOUDY AREAS OVER MOST PLACES. FRESHENING NORTHERLY FOR THE FAR SOUTH, OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME RAIN FOR MOST PLACES, BUT THE RAIN CLEARING FROM GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY AFTER LUNCH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEV IN THE AFTN DUE TO HEATING AND WIND CONVERGENCE MILD HUMID NORTH TO NW WINDS. SOUTHERLY CHANGE FOR WELLINGTON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ONE NEWS TONIGHT IS HERE AT HALF PAST 10 WITH REACTION TO THE VERDICTS HANDED DOWN IN THE TRIAL OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING RADIO JOURNALIST PHILLIP COTTERELL. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.