DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE BIGGEST CYCLONE IN 20 YEARS LEAVES A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN FIJI. THE FAMILIES OF SANDY HOOK HAVE BEGUN BURYING THEIR DEAD AFTER AN ATROCITY THAT ENDED 20 OF THE TOWN'S YOUNG LIVES. A DOMINANT DISPLAY OF DEFIANCE FROM ENGLAND SECURES THEM AN HISTORIC SERIES WIN IN INDIA. THE WORST IS OVER FOR CYCLONE BATTERED FIJI. TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE GROUP OF ISLANDS, LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE. SERIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE BEGUN TO EASE AS THE CATEGORY-THREE CYCLONE TRAVELS SOUTH WEST TOWARDS OPEN WATER. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. CYCLONE EVAN DELIVERED WHAT WAS PROMISED ` FEROCIOUS WINDS TEARING TREES FROM THEIR ROOTS, RIPPING ROOFS OFF HOUSES. FRAGILE INFRASTRUCTURE TOOK A VICIOUS POUNDING, CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. WITH THE WIND AND RAIN SUBSIDING, TOURISTS SLOWLY EMERGE FROM THE SHELTER. REALLY WINDY. WATER JUST POURING IN ALL THE WINDOWS AND DOORS, SO WE HAD LOTS OF TOWELS ON THE FLOOR SOAKING IT UP AND CEILING'S CAVING IN, SO IT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. THAT WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE, WITH ONE BEDROOM ROOF FALLEN. BALCONY FELL DOWN AND FLOODING. WE'VE MANAGED TO ALL PULL THROUGH. EMERGENCY SERVICES TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CLEARING SKIES TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE. AND WITH NO REPORTS OF FATALITIES FROM THE STORM, FAMILIES HAVE ONE THING TO BE PLEASED ABOUT. THOUSANDS HUNKERED DOWN IN EVACUATION CENTRES, LEAVING EVERYTHING THEY OWN BEHIND. WE DON'T KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK, IF OUR HOUSES WILL BE HERE OR NOT. WE HAD TO LEAVE A LOT. ALMOST EVERYTHING IS OVER THERE. ONLY THE CLOTHES AND SOME OF THE GROCERIES WE HAVE BROUGHT TO SPEND THE NIGHT. THE STORM WAS ANOTHER BLOW FOR THESE FAMILIES WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM LAST YEAR'S CYCLONE SEASON. IT'S REALLY HEART-BREAKING TO SEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE OLDER ONES AND THE LITTLE ONES. WITH THE WORST OF THE WEATHER OVER, THE CLEAN UP BEGINS FOR THE COMMUNITIES FACING A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. CYCLONE EVAN CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE TRAVEL PLANS OF THOUSANDS OF NZERS, WITH SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO FIJI DELAYED AGAIN TODAY. A LARGE BACKLOG OF PASSENGERS NEEDING TO BE PROCESSED FROM PREVIOUS CANCELLATIONS HAS SEEN MOST AIR PACIFIC SERVICES BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND NADI RESCHEDULED. AIR NZ HAS TWO FIJI-BOUND FLIGHTS DUE TO DEPART THIS AFTERNOON AT 1 O'CLOCK AND 2 O'CLOCK. THESE FLIGHTS INCLUDE PASSENGERS DELAYED FROM YESTERDAYS SCHEDULED TAKE-OFFS. THE AIRLINE IS MONITORING CYCLONE EVAN'S PATH AND SAYS IT'S NOW MOVING TO THE SOUTH, AWAY FROM FIJI. CYCLONE EVAN COULD AFFECT OUR KIWI CHRISTMAS WEATHER AS IT HEADS SOUTH TOWARDS NZ. METSERVICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING ITS PATH AND ISSUING WARNINGS AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO US THIS WEEK, BUT DESCRIBES IT AS A DIFFICULT BEAST TO FOLLOW. HOWEVER, THE FORECASTERS SAY THE CYCLONE IS LOSING STRENGTH AS IT MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM FIJI. NZ WILL PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE TO CYCLONE RAVAGED SAMOA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM. FORIEGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MURRAY MCCULLY HAS ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL $550,000 WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT RELIEF AND EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS. SAMOA IS STILL COUNTING THE COST OF CYCLONE EVAN, WITH A FEARED DEATH TOLL OF UP TO 16 AND A DAMAGES BILL EXPECTED TO BE AROUND $200M. THE SAMOAN COMMUNITY AND PARLIAMENTARY FIGURES HELD A SPECIAL PRAYER MEETING IN APIA THIS MORNING. ONE NEWS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WAS THERE. THE SAMOA PARLIAMENT OPENED TODAY WITH AN EMOTIONAL PRAYER SERVICE, REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN CYCLONE EVAN. NOW, WHILE THE DEATH TOLL DOES STAND AT FOUR, THERE ARE STILL 12 PEOPLE MISSING, INCLUDING 10 AT SEA. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE DAMAGE TODAY ` THAT'S SO THEY CAN START ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR REPAIRS. WE ARE EXPECTING THE BILL ` THE COST OF CYCLONE EVAN ` TO BE $200M-PLUS, AND IT'S GROWING DAILY. MANY PEOPLE HERE ARE STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, RUNNING WATER, AND IT COULD BE WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS BEFORE THEIR LIVES RETURN TO NORMAL. ONE NEWS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARABARA DREAVER IN APRIA. CORRECTION: APIA. THE FIGHT TO BLOCK THE GOVERNMENT'S PARTIAL SALE OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER IS NOW HEADING TO THE SUPREME COURT. THE MAORI COUNCIL WANTS TO DELAY THE SALE OF 49% OF THE POWER GENERATOR, SAYING THE PARTIAL FLOAT WILL COMPROMISE THE GOVERNMENT'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH MAORI ON WATER RIGHTS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE HIGH COURT DISAGREED, RULING AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S CASE, BUT THE COUNCIL'S NOW BEEN GIVEN THE OKAY TO 'LEAP FROG' ITS APPEAL STRAIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT. THE CASE WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF JANUARY. A JUST-RELEASED GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO LAST YEAR'S RUGBY WORLD CUP SHOWS ITS FLOW-ON EFFECTS WILL ADD OVER $500M TO THE NZ ECONOMY IN THE MEDIUM TERM. THE BUILD-UP TO THE TOURNAMENT ADDED $1.7B TO THE NZ ECONOMY BETWEEN 2006 AND 2012. THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT SAYS ALMOST 158,000 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS CAME TO NZ DURING THE WORLD CUP, ALTHOUGH 40,000 OTHERS WERE PUT OFF COMING HERE BECAUSE OF THE RUGBY COMPETITION. VISITORS SURVEYED SCORED NZ ONLY SEVEN OUT OF 10 FOR VALUE FOR MONEY DUE TO PRICE HIKES IN ACCOMMODATION AND THE HIGH DOLLAR. FILLING UP AT THE PUMP IS SET TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE, WITH A BIG HIKE IN PETROL TAX ON THE WAY. ONE NEWS REVEALED LAST MONTH THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING UPPING THE PETROL TAX TO COVER A FUNDING SHORTFALL. TODAY THE TRANSPORT MINISTER CONFIRMED AN INCREASE OF 3C PER LITRE EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE FIRST RISE WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM JULY NEXT YEAR. TWO SMALL BOYS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT SCHOOL HAVE INSTEAD BOUGHT TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL IN TWO AMERICAN TOWNS. THE FIRST FUNERALS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR VICTIMS OF SATURDAY'S SHOOTINGS AT A SCHOOL IN THE US STATE OF CONNECTICUT. TWO BOYS (6) ARE THE FIRST OF 26 WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED AT SANDY HOOK SCHOOL TO BE BURIED, AND IT COMES WITH A SENSE THE TRAGEDY MAY LEAD TO ACTION TO CHANGE AMERICA'S GUN LAWS. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL REPORTS. THE AGONY OF THIS SMALL, SWEET TOWN IS ALMOST UNBEARBLE. THE FIRST FUNERAL WAS HELD TODAY ` THAT OF NOAH POSNER (6). HIS TWIN SISTER SURVIVED THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT. JACK PINTO, ALSO 6, WAS BURIED. AS CHRISTMAS GROWS NEARER, THE TOWN WILL HOLD FUNERALS OF 18 MORE SMALL VICTIMS OF HORRIFIC VIOLENCE. THE PARENTS OF ONE OF THEM, JESSICA RICCOS, HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OF THEIR DESPARATION AS THEY WAITED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY. THERE WAS SO MUCH PANIC AND CONFUSION WHEN THAT ANNOUNCMENT WAS MADE. THE LIFE WAS JUST SUCKED OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, AND I JUST POINT-BLANK FOUND A STATE TROOER AND WAS, LIKE, 'ARE THERE ANY SURVIVORS? ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT, 'STANDING HERE AS A PARENT, MY CHILD IS GONE.' AND HE SAID, 'YES'. IN THE DRIZZLE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, CANDLES AND FLOWERS, CUDDLY TOYS AND DECORATIONS ` SYMBOLS OF THE SEASON OF JOY PRESSED IN TO SERVICE AS MEMORIALS TO GRIEF. IT'S HEART-BREAKING, AND IT'S SET OFF A NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING IT'S HEART-BREAKING, AND IT'S SET OFF A BOUT OF NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING ABOUT YOUNG MEN AND VIOLENCE; VIDEO GAMES AND MENTAL ILLNESS; ABOVE ALL, ABOUT GUNS. AMERICA ASKS, WHAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS OBSCENITY? THEY'VE SET OUT A TREE FOR EVERY YOUNG LIFE TAKEN. CHARLOTTE. DANIEL. OLIVIA. JOSEPHINE. ANNA. THERE WERE SOBS AS THIS FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS READ THE NAMES OF THE MURDERED. HE SAID HE'D BEEN TO FOUR MEMORIAL SERVICES LIKE THIS ONE ` IT COULDN'T GO ON. HE NEVER SAID THE WORDS 'GUN CONTROL', BUT WHAT ELSE COULD HE MEAN? WE CAN'T TOLERATE THIS ANY MORE. IF PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SERIOUS ABOUT TURNING THE EMOTION ON DISPLAY HERE INTO POLITICAL ACTION, IT WILL BE IMMENSELY HARD. RANGED AGAINST HIM ARE POWERFUL POLITICIANS, LOBBY GROUPS ` EVEN AMERICA'S SUPREME COURT. BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES MIGHT BE THE REAL PROBLEM. A BAN ON MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES WHICH LAPSED EIGHT YEARS AGO COULD BE POSSIBLE, BUT MANY SEE GUN OWNERSHIP AS MORE THAN EVEN A RIGHT ` AS THE VERY SYMBOL OF THEIR FREEDOM. AND SALES ARE BOOMING. YESTERDAY WAS THE BIGGEST DAY WE'VE EVER DONE IN 20 YEARS. TODAY WILL PROBABLY ECLIPSE THAT. GUN SUPPORTERS IN CONGRESS ARE KEEPING SILENT AT THE MOMENT. MANY THINK THIS TIDE OF EMOTIONS WILL EBB. OTHERS SAY THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S MOMENT. YET AGAIN, A HEAVILY-ARMED YOUNG MAN HAS BROUGHT DEATH TO HIS HOMETOWN. AMERICA'S AGONISING ABOUT WHEHER IT'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH GUNS AMERICA'S AGONISING ABOUT WHEHER ITS LOVE AFFAIR WITH GUNS IS TO BLAME COULD LAST AS LONG AS THE FAMILIES' GRIEF. FUNERALS HAVE BEEN HELD FOR 10 AFGHAN GIRLS KILLED BY A LANDMINE AS THEY WERE GATHERING FIREWOOD. POLICE BELIEVE THEY STUMBLED ON AN UNEXPLODED MINE THAT HAD BEEN LAID YEARS AGO. THE GIRLS WERE AGED FROM 9 TO 13. AFGHANISTAN REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST HEAVILY MINED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, DESPITE YEARS OF CLEARING OPERATIONS. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE NURSE WHO DIED AFTER BEING DUPED BY A HOAX PHONE CALL ABOUT THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE GATHERED IN INDIA FOR HER FUNERAL. JACINTHA SALDANHA'S BODY WAS KEPT AT HER HUSBAND'S HOME IN THE TOWN OF SHIRVA BEFORE BEING TAKEN TO THE CHURCH FOR A PRAYER SERVICE. SHE WAS THEN BURIED IN A GRAVE MARKED BY A SIMPLE BLACK CROSS. JACINTHA SALDANHA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AFTER SHE WAS TRICKED INTO TRANSFERRING A CALL TO ANOTHER NURSE WHO REVEALED PRIVATE DETAILS ABOUT KATE'S CONDITION. IN THE FIRST CASE OF ITS KIND, A BRITISH HUNTING CLUB HAS BEEN FINED AFTER ADMITTING HUNTING FOXES WITH DOGS. FOX HUNTING IS A DIVISIVE ISSUE IN BRITAIN, WHERE IT'S BEEN BANNED SINCE 2004 BUT STILL HAS BIG BACKERS. THE BBC'S JEREMY COOKE REPORTS. THE HUNT IS ON ` A FOX APPARENTLY RUNNING FOR ITS LIFE AS THE HOUNDS CLOSE IN. HOUNDS BARK THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. SEVERAL VIDEOS WERE TAKEN BY ANTI-HUNT ACTIVISTS. THERE'S A KILL. THE PICTURES WERE USED TO PROSECTUTE. THEY ADMITTED UNLAWFUL HUNTING WITH HOUNDS. THEY ARE AMONG THE COUNTRY'S LEADING HUNTS. ONE OF THE GUILTY MEN CLAIMED IT WAS A RESULT OF A POLITICAL AGENDA. EVEN NOW, YEARS AFTER THE BAN IT REMAINS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. AN INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF SINGER AMY WINEHOUSE WILL BE RE-HEARD. AUTHORITIES IN BRITAIN SAY THE CORONER WHO OVERSAW HER AUTOPSY WASN'T PROPERLY QUALIFIED AT THE TIME. THEY SAY ASSISTANT DEPUTY SUZANNE GREENWAY WAS APPOINTED TO THE JOB BY HER HUSBAND; HOWEVER, SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED WHEN SHE FOUND THAT AMY WINEHOUSE HAD DIED OF ACCIDENTAL ALCOHOL POISONING, SO NOW THERE'LL BE ANOTHER INQUEST NEXT MONTH. AN AUSTRALIAN JUDGE HAS FOUND THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT WAS NEGLIGENT IN THE LEAD UP TO DEVASTATING BUSHFIRES IN CANBERRA IN 2003. BUT THE STATE WON'T HAVE TO PAY COMPENSATION. THE ABC'S GORDON TAYLOR REPORTS. SIREN WAILS A DECADE AGO ON A TERRIBLE SATURDAY IN JANUARY, A FIRESTORM BURST OUT OF THE BRINDABELLA MOUNTAINS AND ENGULFED THE WESTERN-MOST SUBURBS OF CANBERRA. ALMOST 500 HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND FOUR PEOPLE KILLED. OTHERS SUFFERED HORRIFIC BURNS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE MOUNTAINS 10 DAYS EARLIER AND WERE ALLOWED TO BURN. THE SUPREME COURT FOUND NEW SOUTH WALES' FIREFIGHTERS WERE NEGLIGENT FOR NOT QUICKLY CONTAINING THE FIRES. THE DECISION TODAY WAS AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE SAID ALL THE TIME ` THAT THE FIRES COULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT. THE FLAMES WERE ONLY 1M HIGH, AND THEY HAD TWO DAYS IN ORDER TO FIGHT THAT FIRE, AND THAT WAS ULTIMATELY THE FIRE THAT CAME INTO CANBERRA AND DESTROYED MY HOME. CHIEF JUSTICE TERENCE HIGGINS FOUND IN FAVOUR OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT BECAUSE A STATE LAW EXEMPTS THE GOVERNMENT OF LIABILITY IF ITS ACTIONS OR THOSE OF ITS FIREFIGHTERS ARE DONE IN GOOD FAITH. IT MEANS NEW SOUTH WALES RURAL FIREFIGHTERS CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT BUSHFIRES WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE THREAT OF LITIGATION. THE WRECK OF A SOVIET SUBMARINE LOST DURING WORLD WAR TWO HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE BALTIC SEA, 71 YEARS AFTER IT SANK. THE WRECK WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY DIVERS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THE SWEDISH MILITARY HAS NOW CONFIRMED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE FIND. IT BELIEVES THE SUBMARINE WAS LOST WHILE ON PATROL IN 1941 IN AN AREA HEAVILY MINED BY GERMAN FORCES DURING THE WAR. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. AND IN SPORT, IT'S ONLY TAKEN 27 YEARS ` THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM FINALLY WINS A SERIES IN INDIA. 1 WITH ME NOW IS JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. TRADE ME IS NOW OUT OF A TRADING HALT. HOW IS IT TRADING? THE SHARE PRICE IS LARGELY UNCHANGED. FAIRFAX HAS EXITED ITS 51% STAKE. MOST OF THE STOCK WENT TO AUSTRALIAN AND ASIAN INVESTORS. THE NZ MARKET IS QUIET. LOOKING AT CLOSING THE BOOKS FOR THE YEAR. ARGOSY PROPERTY TRUST HAVE UNVEILED A CAPITAL RAISING TODAY. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? THEY'RE RAISING 100 MILLION TODAY. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS BUY A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES IN WELLINGTON. THOSE ACQUISITIONS SHOULD ADD VALUE TO EARNINGS PER SHARE. IT COMES OF THE BACK OF GOODMAN PROPERTY TRUST DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR. IT IS A GOOD TIME TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR PROPERTY COMPANIES. THANK YOU, JEREMY TWISS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO SPORT ` CRICKET ` ENGLAND HAVE WON A TEST SERIES IN INDIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS. TWIN CENTURIES ON THE FINAL DAY HELPED ENGLAND SECURE A DRAW, ENOUGH TO ENSURE THEY WON THE SERIES OVERALL. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS FROM NAGPUR. TRY, TRY AND TRY AGAIN ` IN INDIA, ENGLAND HAVE HAD TO PERSEVERE. IT'S BEEN A SLOW MARCH TOWARDS HISTORY. HOWEVER MUCH THIS COUNTRY CHANGES, ONE THING REMAINS ` AT HOME, INDIA'S CRICKETERS ARE EXPECTED TO WIN. THE ONLY FAINT CHANCE THEY HAD OF TAKING THIS TEST WAS TO GRAB WICKETS RAPIDLY ON MONDAY MORNING. THEY GOT ONE ALL DAY. IAN BELL AND JONATHAN TROTT BUILT A 200-RUN PARTNERSHIP THAT SUCKED THE LIFE OUT OF THE TEST. FOR INDIA TO THINK ABOUT WINNING THIS MATCH TO LEVEL THE SERIES, THEY HAD TO END THE ENGLAND INNINGS. IT NEVER LOOKED LIKE HAPPENING. AT THE START OF THE YEAR ENGLAND WERE HELPLESS, HOPELESS AGAINST SPIN BOWLING. NOW THEY DISPLAYED CALM CONTROL, AND IS KEVIN PIETERSEN FEELING AT HOME IN THE DRESSING ROOM? LOOKS LIKE IT. AFTER TEA, THE INEVITABLE COULD BE DELAYED NO LONGER. ENGLAND 356 AHEAD, THE TWO TEAMS AGREED TO A DRAW, SO THE SERIES WENT TO ENGLAND, 2`1. THE NEW CAPTAIN HAD DONE WHAT TO ENGLISH CAPTAIN HAD MANAGED HERE THE NEW CAPTAIN HAD DONE WHAT NO ENGLISH CAPTAIN HAD MANAGED HERE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTED, AND I CAN'T PRAISE 'EM ENOUGH FOR THEIR EFFORT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO LEARN AND TO FRONT UP TO WHAT IS A VERY TOUGH CHALLENGE OUT HERE. WELL, ENGLAND HAVE BEATEN AN INDIAN TEAM IN TRANSITION, AND LIVING CONDITIONS HERE ARE FAR EASIER FOR TOURISTS THESE DAYS. IT ALL HELPS ` UP TO A POINT. MEANWHILE IN HOBART, AUSTRALIA IS IN A STRONG POSITION ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE TEST AGAINST SIR LANKA. THE TOURISTS 65 FOR TWO, NEEDING AN UNLIKELY 393 FOR VICTORY AND HOPING FOR A DRAW. ARSENAL HAS REBOUNDED FROM ITS SHOCK LOSS TO BRADFORD LAST WEEK BY THUMPING BOTTOM OF THE TABLE READING 5-2 IN THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP. GERMAN LUKAS PODOLSKI OPENED THE SCORING AND THEN LAID ON THE FIRST OF SPANISH PLAYMAKER SANTI CAZORLA'S THREE GOALS. CAZORLA! THREE! ONCE AGAIN, THEY'VE MADE IT LOOK SO SIMPLE. PODOLSKI... CAZORLA! HAT-TRICK! CHEERING, APPLAUSE HIS FIRST TREBLE IN ARSENAL COLOURS. CAZORLA THEN LINKED WITH THE RECALLED THEO WALCOTT FOR THE FIFTH AND FINAL GOAL AS ARSENAL IMPROVED TOO FIFTH PLACE. ECSTASY AND AGONY FOR JACK WILSHERE, ALTHOUGH HE DID FINISH THE GAME. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. THE THE AND THE CHANGING FACE OF NEW ZEALAND PROFESSIONAL RUGBY CONTINUES, WITH THE CRUSADERS JUST ANNOUNCING THEIR NEW STRUCTURE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. DOZENS OF FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL HAVE BEEN CANCELLED TODAY BECAUSE OF LOW-LYING FOG. 11 REGIONAL FLIGHTS TO AND FROM WELLINGTON HAVE BEEN CANCELLED SO FAR. THE METSERVICE SAYS IT'S EXPECTED THE FOG WON'T LIFT THE METSERVICE SAYS IT'S EXPECTED THE CLOUD WON'T LIFT FOR SOME TIME. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE WET-WEATHER FRONTS SIT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE FAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE ` THE METSERVICE IS WARNING THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE EVAN COULD BRING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS TO NZ AT THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST FUNERALS HAVE BEEN HELD TODAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING TRAGEDY IN THE US STATE OF CONNECTICUT. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HIKE THE PETROL TAX, WITH AN INCREASE OF 3C PER LITRE EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. MORE THAN 120,000 BABY TURTLES HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN AN AMAZONIAN RIVER IN BOLIVIA, TO HELP BOOST NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN RAVAGED BY HUNTING. THE HATCHLINGS MEASURE AS LITTLE AS A FEW CENTIMETRES BUT GROW UP TO A METRE IN LENGTH. THE FULLY GROWN TURTLES ARE HUNTED FOR THEIR MEAT AND EGGS. THOSE THAT CAN EVADE PREDATORS CAN LIVE UP TO 100. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY VIRGINIA PHILP AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012