DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A SHAKE-UP AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ` AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A TOP OFFICIAL. A KIWI WOMAN IN LONDON LOSES A LEGAL BATTLE OVER HER SON'S CANCER TREATMENT. AND LOOK WHAT BRITAIN'S CABINET MINISTERS DECIDED TO GIVE THE QUEEN. IN BREAKING NEWS, A CHANGE AT THE TOP IN THE EDUCATION MINISTRY. THE MOVE, WHICH IS BEING ANNOUNCED AS WE GO TO AIR, FOLLOWS A SERIES OF RECENT EDUCATION CONTROVERSIES. ONE NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PARLIAMENT WITH MORE. LESLEY LONGSTONE IS ONLY ONE YEAR INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT. SHE'S RESIGING AS HEAD OF THE EDUCATION MINISTER. IT'S NOT GONE WELL. THERE'S BEEN MANY STUFF-UPS. THERE'S BEEN A COURT-ORDERED BACKDOWN OF THE MINISTRY,� THE CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL MERGERS. AND YESTERDAY A DAMNING STATEMENT FROM THE OMBUDSMAN. A DISASTROUS 12 MONTHS FOR LESLEY. WHAT DOES DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE EDUCATION MINISTER? I ASKED LESLEY LONGSTONE IF SHE WOULD GO PREVIOUSLY. BUT HEKIA PARATA WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND. IF THAT'LL BE ENOUGH REMAINS TO BE SEEN. OPPOSITION PARTIES WILL PILE ON THE PRESSURE FOR HEKIA PARATA TO GO. A NZ MOTHER INVOLVED IN A BATTLE OVER HER SON'S CANCER TREATMENT HAS LOST A COURT BATTLE IN LONDON. NEON ROBERTS (7) HAS ALREADY HAD ONE OPERATION FOR A BRAIN TUMOUR, AND NOW A HIGH COURT JUDGE HAS RULED HE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER DESPITE HIS MOTHER'S FIERCE OPPOSITION. DOCTORS SAY IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY HE'LL DIE IF HE DOESN'T GET MORE TREATMENT. AS THE BBC'S BRANWEN JEFFREYS REPORTS, THE JUDGE NOW HAS TO DECIDE WHETHER THE BOY SHOULD ALSO UNDERGO RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOLLOWING THE SURGERY. JUST 7 YEARS OLD AND BEING TREATED FOR CANCER. NEON ROBERTS HAS A BRAIN TUMOUR. DOCTORS AND HIS FATHER WANT HIM TO HAVE TREATMENT WHICH THEY SAY OFFERS THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. BUT TODAY HIS MOTHER, SALLY, ARRIVED AT THE HIGH COURT TO CONTINUE HER FIGHT TO BLOCK THAT. SHE SAYS SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS ON HER SON. ON THE 25TH OF OCTOBER, NEON HAD AN OPERATION TO REMOVE A BRAIN TUMOUR. RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY WERE MEANT TO FOLLOW. BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 6TH OF DECEMBER, SALLY ROBERTS AND NEON WENT MISSING. AFTER A HIGH COURT HEARING ON THE 7TH, THE COURT WAS TOLD MORE TUMOUR HAD BEEN FOUND IN THE SAME PLACE. TODAY MR JUSTICE BRODEY SAID ANOTHER OPERATION ON NEON SHOULD GO AHEAD, DESPITE HIS MOTHER'S OBJECTIONS. HE SAID... IN COURT TODAY MRS ROBERTS DISMISSED HER LEGAL TEAM. THE COURT HEARD SHE'D REJECTED A SECOND MEDICAL OPINION BECAUSE IT AGREED NEON NEEDED URGENT SURGERY AND RADIOTHERAPY. SHE WANTS TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE EXPERT FROM RUSSIA OR CHINA. INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN CHILDREN'S CANCER SAY THE TREATMENT BEING SUGGESTED FOR NEON OFFERS A SURVIVAL RATE OF MORE THAN 80%. WE CAN CATEGORICALLY SAY FOR THE STANDARD-RISK CASES THAT THE BEST TREATMENT IS GOOD SURGERY FOLLOWED BY TIMELY RADIOTHERAPY, FOLLOWED BY CHEMOTHERAPY FOR A YEAR. NEON'S MUM IS WORRIED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON HIS BRAIN, AND DOCTORS SAY IT'S AN UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN. WE MAY BEGIN TO SEE SOME SUBTLE EFFECTS OF RADIOTHERAPY ON SOME ASPECTS OF, SORT OF, EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH ABILITY TO DO COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS. NEON'S FUTURE TREATMENT IS LIKELY TO BE DECIDED BY THE JUDGE LATER THIS WEEK. THERE ARE CALLS FOR NATIONWIDE GUIDELINES TO PREVENT FURTHER CASES OF CHILDREN BEING ACCIDENTALLY SUFFOCATED BY THEIR PARENTS WHILE SLEEPING TOGETHER. A CORONER'S REPORT RELEASED TODAY RULED AN 8-WEEK-OLD BABY DIED FROM ASPHYXIA WHILE SHARING A BED WITH HIS MOTHER AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. NZ HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH OF INFANCY AMONG INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES, AND EXPERTS THINK URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TO PREVENT FURTHER CASES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS. SO THE CORONER'S REPORT HAS RECOMMENDED NATIONAL GUIDELINES, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF WORK GOING ON NOW WITH THE CHILD, YOUTH AND MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE. THEY ARE DEVELOPING NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT. UM, A NATIONAL MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGN, AS YOU SAID, WOULD HELP. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGING THE RISK FACTORS AND ACKNOWLEDGING PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT AN-AND THEIR OWN INFANT-CARE PRACTICES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT A LOT OF PARENTS OUT THERE DO NOT REALISE THAT BED-SHARING INCREASES THE RISK OF SUFFOCATION. SO SHARING THOSE RISKS WITH THEM IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY. CATHERINE POUTASI FROM WHAKAWHETU, AN ORGANISATION THAT EDUCATES PARENTS ABOUT THE RISKS OF BED SHARING. THE GOVERNMENT IS URGING PARENTS OF NEWBORN BABIES RECALLED TO HOSPITAL FOR HEARING TESTS AFTER A NATIONAL SCREENING BOTCH-UP TO ENSURE THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR APPOINTMENTS. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S CONFIRMED HEARING TESTS PERFORMED ON 2000 BABIES AS PART OF THE NATIONAL NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMME HAVE BEEN FAULTY. AND SOME AUDIOLOGY STAFF FROM SIX HEALTH BOARDS ARE UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE MISTAKENLY RECORDED RESULTS FROM THEIR OWN EARS INSTEAD OF THE BABIES'. ONLY ONE OF THE INFANTS RECALLED FOR SCREENING SO FAR HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE A CONGENITAL HEARING DEFECT. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH EIGHT SCREENERS. UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ` THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AND THAT THE REPORTS` UH, THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MEAN THAT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. THE TWO-YEAR OLD PROGRAMME TESTS THE HEARING OF 60,000 NEWBORNS EACH YEAR. POLICE HAVE NOW NAMED THE TWO INDIAN TOURISTS KILLED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH NORTH OF ATIAMURI IN SOUTH WAIKATO. DILIP KATARUKA AND HIS SON MADHAV KATARUKA DIED WHEN THEIR CAR AND A TRUCK COLLIDED ON STATE HIGHWAY 1. MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP TRACE THE MOVEMENTS OF A CAR THAT CRASHED, KILLING A FAMILY OF FIVE. THE BODIES OF TWO PARENTS AND THEIR THREE YOUNG BOYS WERE FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE OF A CAR DOWN A STEEP BANK NEAR TOKOROA. NO ONE KNOW HOW LONG THEY LAY THERE UNDETECTED, BUT POLICE SAY THE FAMILY WAS LAST SEEN AT HOME IN WHAKAMARU ON SUNDAY NIGHT. NZ IS TO GIVE MORE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CYCLONE-RAVAGED FIJI AND SAMOA TO ASSIST IN THEIR RECOVERY. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MURRAY MCCULLY HAS TODAY ANNOUNCED EXTRA AID GRANTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL FROM NZ TO BOTH NATIONS TO $5M. MEANWHILE, THE MASSIVE CLEAN-UP IS CONTINUING ACROSS THE TWO COUNTRIES. A STATE OF NATURAL DISASTER HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN DIVISION IN FIJI. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SOME LOW-LYING AREAS AS RIVER LEVELS GRADUALLY DROP. TOURISTS ARE LINING UP TO LEAVE THE ISLAND NATION, WITH AIR PACIFIC OPERATING ITS FIRST FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF FIJI SINCE THE STORM. AND SAMOA IS NOW FACING A LOOMING HEALTH CRISIS AFTER CYCLONE EVAN. TYPHOID IS THE BIG THREAT. FLOODING HAS LEFT MANY COMMUNITIES WITH A LACK OF FRESH RUNNING WATER, MEANING THEY HAVE TO RESORT TO GATHERING WATER FROM UNSANITARY PONDS. THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE PLANNED NEW TAX ON PETROL IS WHAT IT TERMS 'ACCEPTABLE'. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO HIKE THE TAX ON PETROL 3C A LITRE EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO FUND ITS 'ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE' SCHEME. MARK STOCKDALE SAYS THE MONEY IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE. USUALLY, EVERY YEAR, WE HAD AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE. WE'RE NEVER REALLY TOO SURE WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A SIGNAL THREE` THREE YEARS AWAY. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TAX INCREASES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PLAN AND TO RESPOND. THE TAX THAT WE PAY, YOU KNOW, IT PAYS FOR MAINTAINING THE ROADS. IT PAYS FOR ROAD-SAFETY UPGRADES. IT PAYS FOR BUILDING NEW ROADS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY ARE EVEN SAFER. ALL THE ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ARE MINIMUM FOUR-STAR MINIMUM KIWI-RATED ROADS. NOW, THEY, UH, WILL BE VERY SAFE ROADS. THEY WILL HAVE LONG-TERM BENEFITS IN TERMS OF REDUCING ACCIDENTS, INJURIES AND CRASHES. AND, OF COURSE, IT ALSO PAYS FOR ROAD ENFORCEMENT BY THE POLICE. AND THAT'S NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, DRIVERS ARE ACTUALLY COMPLYING. MARK STOCKDALE FROM THE AA. NATIONAL MP LOCKWOOD SMITH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY NAMED AS THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE UK, BUT DENIES IT'S A 'JOB FOR THE BOYS'. LOCKWOOD SMITH HAS BEEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FOR FOUR YEARS. HE WILL HEAD TO LONDON IN MARCH. HE ADMITS HE TALKED TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S JOB BEFORE HE BECAME SPEAKER. IT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, WHAT MY FUTURE MIGHT BE. BUT IN THIS WORLD, ONE HAS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT ONE'S PROMISED. I MEAN, IF I'D BOMBED OUT TOTALLY AS SPEAKER... I MADE IT VERY CLEAR MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO DO THE BEST JOB I COULD DO AS SPEAKER. LOCKWOOD SMITH HAS BEEN AN MP SINCE 1984. HE'S HAD A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE POSITIONS, INCLUDING EDUCATION MINISTER IN THE 1990S. AMERICA'S LATEST MASS SHOOTING HAS RESTARTED THE ARGUMENT ABOUT GUN CONTROL, WITH A SURPRISING RANGE OF PEOPLE NOW JOINING THE CALL FOR CHANGE. HERE'S THE ABC'S JAKE TAPPER. STANDING BEFORE THE DEVASTATED FAMILIES OF SANDY HOOK LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT PLEDGED ACTION TO PREVENT MORE TRAGEDIES, TO SAVE FUTURE CHILDREN. BECAUSE WHAT CHOICE DO WE HAVE? ARE WE PREPARED TO SAY THAT SUCH VIOLENCE VISITED ON OUR CHILDREN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IS SOMEHOW THE PRICE OF OUR FREEDOM? BUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO MARCHED FROM CAPITOL HILL TO THE LOCAL OFFICES OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION TODAY AND FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, STANDING WITH VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, THERE IS ONE ISSUE TO CONFRONT ` ACCESS TO GUNS. THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE. WE ARE KILLING EACH OTHER, AND WE'RE THE ONLY INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD DOING IT. PROPOSALS BEING PUSHED IN CONGRESS INCLUDE REINSTATING THE BAN ON CERTAIN TYPES OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES, WHICH EXPIRED IN 2004, AND BANNING HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES. EVEN SOME GUN STALWARTS, SUCH AS WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, TODAY SOUNDED A BIT MORE COMPROMISING. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN THE SPORTING OR HUNTING ARENA WHO GOES OUT WITH AN ASSAULT RIFLE. I DON'T ANYBODY WHO NEEDS 30 ROUNDS IN A CLIP TO GO HUNTING. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT VIEW THIS TRAGEDY ONLY THROUGH THE LENS OF ACCESS TO GUNS, BUT ALSO WITH A FOCUS ON EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH AND A VIOLENT POPULAR CULTURE. BUT WHILE THE PRESIDENT HAS OCCASIONALLY TALKED ABOUT GUN CONTROL... THAT WEAPONS THAT WERE DESIGNED FOR SOLDIERS IN WAR THEATRES DON'T BELONG ON OUR STREETS. THE QUEEN'S MADE A HISTORIC VISIT TO SIT IN ON A BRITISH CABINET MEETING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A PEACE-TIME MONARCH'S ATTENDED A CABINET MEETING IN OVER 200 YEARS, AND SHE'S COME AWAY WITH A FEW NEW POSSESSIONS. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THIS IS HOW BRITAIN WAS RUN ` BY THE MONARCH WITH HIS OR HER MINISTERS. BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN THE WAY OF THINGS FOR ROUGHLY 300 YEARS NOW. THE QUEEN SAT IN THE CHAIR WHICH IS NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY THE PRIME MINISTER. SHE DID WHAT SHE'S DONE WITH SO MANY GENERATIONS OF POLITICIANS ` SHE WATCHED AND SHE LISTENED. SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE CONSULTED, TO ENCOURAGE AND TO WARN, BUT NEVER TO INTERFERE IN POLITICS. TODAY, THOUGH, WAS A MOMENT FOR SOMETHING ELSE: A CELEBRATION OF THE END OF HER DIAMOND JUBILEE AND A GIFT FROM THE CABINET. WHAT HAD THEY GOT HER? THE CABINET HAD HAD A WHIP-ROUND, WHICH PRODUCED JUST ENOUGH TO BUY THE QUEEN 60 PLACEMATS TO MARK HER 60 YEARS OF SERVICE. THE FOREIGN OFFICE HAD SOMETHING A LITTLE GRANDER. IT ANNOUNCED THAT 169,000 SQUARE MILES OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY IS TO BE RENAMED 'QUEEN ELIZABETH LAND'. AND SO THE MONARCH WENT HOME ` AN ICE QUEEN AND KEEPER OF A FEW MORE CABINET SECRETS. WHEN IT COMES TO TOYS, THERE'S A GROWING CHORUS OF ANGER AT THE WAY BOYS AND GIRLS ARE TARGETED WITH SO-CALLED GENDER-SPECIFIC TOYS. WELL, ONE LITTLE GIRL IN THE US WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP TOYMAKERS SO SHE COULD GET THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR HER LITTLE BROTHER. HERE'S THE ABC'S LINDSAY DAVIS. MCKENNA POPE (13) DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH POLE; SHE SIMPLY WENT TO YOUTUBE TO MAKE AN APPEAL FOR HER BROTHER GAVIN (4) AND THE ONE THING HE WANTS FROM SANTA THIS YEAR. BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT THAT EASY. THE ASPIRING CHEF WAS HOPING FOR A COLOUR THAT WASN'T JUST FOR GIRLS. BUT HASBRO CURRENTLY ONLY MAKES THE EASY-BAKE OVEN IN A PINK AND PURPLE FLORAL PRINT. WHICH IS WHY HIS BIG SISTER WENT TO BAT FOR HIM BY STIRRING THINGS UP WITH A PETITION ON CHANGE.ORG ASKING HASBRO TO OFFER MORE GENDER-NEUTRAL COLOUR AND INCLUDE BOYS IN THEIR COMMERCIALS. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION. THE PETITION GOT MORE THAN 40,000 SIGNATURES. SINCE 1963, EASY-BAKE OVEN MODELS HAVE COME IN ALL SORTS OF COLOURS, INCLUDING TEAL, YELLOW, SILVER AND BLUE. AND ON MONDAY, WHEN HASBRO WELCOMED MCKENNA AND HER FAMILY INTO THEIR HEADQUARTERS, SHE GOT TO SEE THEM ALL, INCLUDING THEIR NEWEST MODEL IN BLACK AND SILVER. THEY HAD, LIKE, A BLANKET COVERING IT. THEN THEY TOOK IT OFF AND HE SAW IT. YOU COULD SEE HIS EYES LIGHT UP. HASBRO TOLD ABC NEWS THE COLOUR CHANGE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS AND WILL BECOME AVAILABLE THE FALL OF 2013. SO GAVIN WILL GET HIS GENDER-NEUTRAL COLOUR AFTER ALL. A RARE SET OF TRIPLETS HAS BEEN DELIVERED AT A ZOO IN UKRAINE. THESE THREE RARE WHITE LION CUBS ARE BEING CARED FOR IN THE ZOO'S ADMINISTRATION ROOMS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE UKRAINIAN WINTER. ONE WHITE LION BEING BORN IN CAPTIVITY IS AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE, SO TRIPLETS IS AN EXTREMELY SPECIAL OCCASION. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. IN SPORT ` NEW RULES IN RUGBY LEAGUE WILL MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR KIWIS TO TURN THEIR BACK ON THEIR COUNTRY. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS WIN, BUT THE VICTORY'S MARRED BY A BALL-TAMPERING ALLEGATION. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. SOME NEWS OUT OF SKY CITY. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. A POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THEM TODAY. THEY'VE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IT ALLOWS THE ADELAIDE CASINO TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GAMING MACHINES. THEY'LL INVEST ANOTHER $300M INTO THE CASINO. POSITIVE FOR THEM. SHARES ARE UP 4%. OVERSEAS US MARKETS HAD ITS HIGHEST CLOSE IN TWO MONTHS? THERE'S SOME POSITIVE OPTIMISIM THAT THERE'LL BE A RESOLUTION TO FISCAL CLIFF DISCUSSIONS BY YEAR'S END. THANK YOU, ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. CHANGES TO ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR RUGBY LEAGUE'S STATE OF ORIGIN ARE GETTING THE THUMBS UP FROM AT LEAST ONE KIWI INTERNATIONAL. THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE COMMISSION HAS RULED THAT, FROM NEXT YEAR, UNLESS A PLAYER LIVED IN QUEENSLAND OR NEW SOUTH WALES BEFORE THE AGE OF 13, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY STATE OF ORIGIN. LOSING THE LURE OF ORIGIN COULD SEE MORE AUSTRALIAN-BASED NZ PLAYERS WANTING TO REPRESENT THE KIWIS. IT WILL BE AWESOME FOR US, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT, UM, IN THE NRL TH-THAT, UM, AND PLAYERS THAT COULD PLAY FOR THE KIWIS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE DON'T HEAR ANY MORE, UM, COMPLAINTS. (CHUCKLES) VATUVEI, WHO WAS VISITING ARANUI PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY, IS HAPPY THE DIVISIVE ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN CLARIFIED. THE BLACKCAPS' FIRST T-20 MATCH OF THEIR SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL ONE, WITH A 24-RUN VICTORY OVER SOUTH AFRICA A IN PIETERMARITZBURG. THE TOURISTS SET A TOTAL OF 140/8 ON A SLOW PITCH. COLIN MUNRO TOP SCORING WITH 39; CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM ADDING 32. TIGHT BOWLING FROM THE BLACKCAPS LIMITED SOUTH AFRICA A TO 116/9 IN REPLY. SO, ALL IN ALL, A GOOD DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR THE BLACKCAPS. WELL, I THINK THE TEAM WHAT WE WANTED. UM, ALSO THE WIND AN-AND TO GET SOME` GET SOME CONFIDENCE, AND I THINK WE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE THAT. THINGS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET HARDER, THOUGH. THE FIRST OF THREE T-20 INTERNATIONALS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IS THIS SATURDAY. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM HAS BAGGED ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SUMMER, BOWLING OUT SRI LANKA TO WIN THEIR TEST MATCH IN HOBART. BUT THE TEST WIN HAS BEEN CLOUDED BY THE TOURISTS' ALLEGATIONS OF BALL TAMPERING BY THE AUSTRALIANS. THE ABC'S DAMIEN MCIVER REPORTS. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE TESTS, THE AUSTRALIANS ENTERED A FINAL DAY RELYING ON THEIR BOWLERS FOR VICTORY. STANDING IN THEIR WAY WERE MAHELA JAYAWARDENE AND KUMAR SANGAKKARA ` TWO MEN WITH MORE THAN 20,000 TEST RUNS BETWEEN THEM. AN INJURY TO PACEMAN BEN HILFENHAUS INCREASED THE WORKLOAD FOR AUSTRALIA'S BOWLERS, BUT AS ALWAYS, PETER SIDDLE WAS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. HAS HE GOT HIM? YES, HE HAS. JAYAWARDENE DEPARTED; THE BATSMEN DUG IN, BUT SO DID SIDDLE. WITH 30 OVERS REMAINING, THE AUSTRALIANS STILL NEEDED FIVE WICKETS. ENTER PETER SIDDLE. OH, THAT'S CLOSE. THAT'S CLOSE. THAT'S OUT. THE VICTORIAN WAS DRAGGING AUSTRALIA HOME ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY, UNTIL MITCHELL STARK FOUND HIS RANGE. AND IT HIT THE WICKETS! THE 22-YEAR-OLD HAS ALWAYS SHOWN POTENTIAL. THIS TIME HE DELIVERED. THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS HAVE BEEN STERNLY QUESTIONED THIS SUMMER, BUT AFTER 119 OVERS OF SRI LANKAN RESISTANCE, THEY FINALLY HAD AN ANSWER. FINALLY. THEY GET THAT FEELING BACK. SIDDLE WAS THE CLEAR STANDOUT FOR MAN OF THE MATCH, BUT THE VICTORIAN IS FACING SCRUTINY OVER CLAIMS HE TAMPERED WITH THE BALL DURING SRI LANKA'S FIRST INNINGS. IT'S UP TO THE OFFICIALS TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING HAPPENED, AND IF SO, TAKE ACTION. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE MATCH REFEREE, BUT NO OFFICIAL COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LAID. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION LESLEY LONGSTONE IS QUITTING THE JOB AFTER A HORROR YEAR FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SECTOR. A NZ MOTHER INVOLVED IN A FIGHT OVER HER 7-YEAR-OLD SON'S CANCER TREATMENT HAS LOST A COURT BATTLE IN LONDON. AND TWO MEN KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH A TRUCK NEAR TOKOROA WERE A FATHER AND SON FROM INDIA. FINALLY, IT WAS INEVITABLE, WASN'T IT? A POLITICIAN GETTING IN ON THE GANGNAM CRAZE. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY JOINED IN THE FUN, IMITATING THE KOREAN POP STAR PSY'S DANCE CRAZE WHEN HE WAS A GUEST ON AN AUCKLAND RADIO STATION. THEY HAD A WEBCAM. CHECK OUT THESE MOVES. # OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE. # GANGNAM STYLE. OK, ARM UP! # OPPAN GANGNAM STYLE. # HEY, SEXY LADY. # BOTH LAUGH WE'RE NOT KOREAN. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 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 JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012