DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. ARE THE RUGBY BOSSES ABOUT TO CALL TIME ON ZAC GUILFORD'S FUTURE? A RESCUE IN STYLE.. AN OCEAN LINER COMES TO THE AID OF A SAILOR STRANDED FOR THREE DAYS. AND BARACK OBAMA IS SWORN IN, BUT IS HE PREPARED TO PARTY LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS? ALL BLACK ZAC GUILDFORD WILL FIND OUT THIS WEEK IF HE'LL BE BOOTED OUT OF NZ RUGBY. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS ALREADY ON HIS LAST CHANCE FROM THE CRUSADERS, AND NOW FACES A RUGBY UNION MISCONDUCT HEARING AFTER YET ANOTHER DRUNKEN INCIDENT. MIKE THORPE HAS THE STORY. DEJA VU. CRUSADERS COACH TODD BLACKADDER FRONTED UP TO MEDIA OVER THE OFF-FIELD BEHAVIOUR OF WINGER ZAC GUILDFORD ` AN ALLEGED LATE-NIGHT ASSAULT AT A PRIVATE CHRISTCHURCH ADDRESS MORE THAN A WEEK AGO. WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT LATE LAST WEEK WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MADE AN ANONYMOUS PHONE CALL. WHEN WE CONTACTED THE ALLEGED VICTIM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T WISH TO APPEAR ON CAMERA OR MAKE A STATEMENT, OTHER THAN TO SAY THE MATTER HAD BEEN PUT TO REST PRIVATELY. GUILDFORD INFORMED CRUSADERS MANAGEMENT. AND THE SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT OF IT ALL, YET HE KEEPS DOING IT. HE NEEDS THE HELP BEYOND FOOTBALL TO GET HIS LIFE ON TRACK. NOW THE ALL BLACK (23) FACES A NZ RUGBY UNION MISCONDUCT HEARING LATER THIS WEEK. UNTIL THEN, RUGBY UNION BOSS, STEVE TEW, WILL ONLY SAY... IT'S THE LATEST SLIP-UP IN AN 18-MONTH TRAIL OF TROUBLE. DURING THE 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP, GUILDFORD BROKE ALL BLACKS TEAM PROTOCOL, GOING OUT DRINKING AFTER A BLEDISLOE CUP LOSS TO AUSTRALIA IN BRISBANE. THAT WAS TRUMPED THREE MONTHS LATER, WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT IN RAROTONGA; FOUND NAKED AND GROSSLY INTOXICATED. AND AFTER AN INCIDENT-FREE 2012, IT SEEMS HIS OLD PROBLEMS ARE BACK TO HAUNT HIM. THIS STUMBLE COULD BE HIS LAST. IF THERE WAS TO BE A BREACH, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN, YOU KNOW, HE WON'T BE A CRUSADER ANY MORE AND HIS NZRU CONTRACT WILL BE TERMINATED. IT'S REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HIS COACH STANDS BY THOSE COMMENTS IN LIGHT OF THESE FRESH ALLEGATIONS. < DO YOU THINK IT WOULD CONSTITUTE A BREACH? I THINK IT'S VERY SERIOUS, YES. EVEN THE HAWKE'S BAY FLYER'S OWN MANAGER IS UNSURE OF HIS FUTURE. YOU CAN ONLY KEEP SAYING SORRY. AND AT SOME STAGE WE'LL HAVE TO FACE THE MUSIC WITH THE NZRU. AND YOU CAN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY SAY THAT THAT'S IT. THE NEXT WEEK WILL PROVIDE A NERVOUS WAIT FOR A PLAYER WHO SEEMS TO FIND TROUBLE MORE OFTEN THAN THE TRY LINE. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. A CREW OF FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF A LARGE SCRUB FIRE IN TAUPO OVERNIGHT. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED FROM A HOTEL AS HELICOPTERS BATTLED THE FLAMES IN TAUPO'S SPA THERMAL PARK. AROUND 5HA OF SCRUB AND BUSH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE POLICE RUSHED DOWN AND SAID WE HAD TO EVACUATE, SO WE HAD TO GO AROUND AND GRAB ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITS, AND ALL MY WORKERS AND THAT. WE WERE TOLD TO, 'GRAB WHAT YOU CAN 'AND GO AS FAST AS YOU CAN UP TO THE TOP OF THE ROAD. 'THERE'S A FIRE COMING OUR WAY.' FOUR CREWS OF FIREFIGHTERS WILL RETURN IN THE MORNING TO DAMPEN DOWN HOT SPOTS. IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE ALL DAY. A FRENCH SAILOR HAS BEEN PLUCKED FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AFTER THREE DAYS IN A LIFE RAFT, AND HE DID IT IN STYLE. ALAIN DELORD'S SALVATION CAME IN THE SHAPE OF A FIVE-STAR CRUISE SHIP THAT MADE A 50 HOUR DETOUR TO ANSWER THE DISTRESS CALL. THE RESCUE OCCURRED 700 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST OF HOBART. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. THREE NIGHTS ALONE AT SEA, AND ALAIN DELORD'S BACK TO CIVILISATION. HE'S ON! CHEERING THEY GOT HIM! IT WAS A DRAMATIC END TO A SOLO ADVENTURE WHICH BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL RESCUE EFFORT. GO, GO, GO, GO! AND HE'S ON! WITHIN HOURS, THE FRENCHMAN HAD TRADED HIS LIFE RAFT FOR A LUXURY SUITE, DRYCLEANED CLOTHES AND A GLASS OF RED WINE. LAST FRIDAY THE 63-YEAR-OLD LAST FRIDAY THE 63-YEAR-OLD WAS FORCED TO ABANDON HIS ROUND-THE-WORLD VOYAGE WHEN HE LOST HIS MAST. ADRIFT ON A LIFE RAFT, 700KM FROM HOBART, DELORD'S SAVOUR WAS THE ENVOY ORION, ON A FIVE-STAR EXPEDITION CRUISE. WE CAN SEE HIS HAND COMING OUT OF THE LIFE RAFT. THE 91 PAYING PASSENGERS HAD EARLIER MISSED SEEING THE ANTARCTIC BECAUSE OF POOR WEATHER AND ICE. NOW THEY HAD A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A DRAMATIC RESCUE. CROWD CHEERS THE ORION IS NOW MAKING ONE MORE DETOUR, TO HOBART, WHERE IT WILL DELIVER A YACHTSMAN WELL-RESTED, HEALTHY AND EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. FORMER POLITICIAN AND RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR DON BRASH SAYS ILLEGAL MIGRANTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK ON THE CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD. DON BRASH THINKS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE LENIENT TO THOSE WITHOUT VISAS. I THINK CHRISTCHURCH IS FACING A SITUATION OF UTMOST SERIOUSNESS. AND I THINK FOR THAT REASON, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING EVERYONE WHO IS WILLING TO HELP REBUILD CHRISTCHURCH, TO DO SO. BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE REBUILD LEGITIMATELY SAY THAT ATTITUDE IS UNFAIR. PEOPLE START LOOKING AT LEGITIMATE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE FILTERING PROCESS, AND ASSUMING THAT MANY OF THEM ARE ILLEGAL, AND I THINK THAT IS QUITE DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE MIGRANTS. IMMIGRATION NZ SAYS ALTHOUGH IT'S AWARE THE REBUILD COULD ATTRACT FOREIGN NATIONALS WITHOUT VISAS, THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY HUNTING OUT ILLEGAL MIGRANTS. BRITISH MEDIA ARE REPORTING THAT THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING NZ TEENAGER EMILY LONGLEY HAS BEEN ASSAULTED IN PRISON. ELLIOT TURNER APPARENTLY ANNOYED FELLOW INMATES BY BRAGGING ABOUT GETTING FAN MAIL. HE WAS BEATEN UP, AND IT'S BELIEVED HIS CELL WAS THEN TORCHED. IT'S UNDERSTOOD TURNER HAS BEEN MOVED TO ANOTHER PRISON WING. TURNER IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR STRANGLING EMILY LONGLEY (17) AT HIS PARENTS' HOME IN SOUTH ENGLAND IN 2011. POLICE HAVE NAMED THE MAN WHO DIED AFTER BEING SHOT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ALEX MARK ULU (23) WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH IN FLATBUSH ON THE 2ND OF JANUARY AND DIED THREE WEEKS LATER IN HOSPITAL. A FIREARM BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE SHOOTING IS UNDERGOING FORENSIC EXAMINATION. MR ULU, WHO WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE POLICE FORCE, WILL BE FAREWELLED AT A SERVICE ON THURSDAY. MORE THAN 500,000 USERS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR KIM DOTCOM'S NEW MEGA WEBSITE JUST 36 HOURS AFTER ITS MUCH-HERALDED LAUNCH. BUT MANY FACED LENGTHY WAITS TO LOG IN AS THE SITE HIT MAXIMUM CAPACITY. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS MORE. DOTCOM: THIS IS A CRIME SCENE OF AN ILLEGAL GATHERING. CELEBRATING A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH IN DRAMATIC STYLE. DID YOU HAVE FUN? YOU ALL GOT RAIDED. (LAUGHS) KIM DOTCOM'S NEW MEGA SITE PICKING UP 500,000 USERS IN ITS FIRST 14 HOURS ONLINE. THAT IS NOT BAD FOR A SMALL KIWI START-UP. BUT ONE DAY ON, THE SITE'S STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND; USERS GREETED BY THE CONSTANT WHIR OF THESE COGS AND NOT MUCH ELSE. NO ONE IN THE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY WOULD BEGRUDGE THEM SOME POOR PERFORMANCE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO DEAL WITH THIS SORT OF LOAD IN A VERY EARLY STAGE OF A WEBSITE. THAT POPULARITY DRIVEN BY ITS LARGER THAN LIFE FOUNDER. UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC PLAYS YEAH! IF HE RELEASED A WEBSITE ABOUT CATS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD GET A LOT OF` A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO IT, AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO DEAL WITH. BUT IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THAT TO KEEP THE BUSINESS GROWING. THERE IS THIS ENDLESS DEMAND FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIRTUAL LOCKERS OR CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEMS. THEY COME, THEY GO, THEY GET TIPPED OVER IF THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY LEGALLY ROBUST. IT'LL LAST IF IT ACTUALLY IS ROBUST FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW. DOTCOM AND HIS LEGAL TEAM ARE ADAMANT IT IS AND ARE ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. WE WANT TO GIVE BACK, SO WE WILL BE HIRING NZERS HERE. WE WANT TO HAVE CUSTOMER SUPPORT OUT OF NZ, WE WILL HIRE DEVELOPERS IN NZ, WEB DESIGNERS. SO IN THE COMING YEARS WE HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY CREATE A FEW HUNDRED JOBS. A PROMISE THAT DEPENDS ON HIS SURVIVING THE COMING EXTRADITION TRIAL IN AUGUST. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS AN AUCKLAND GARDENER IS URGING PEOPLE TO COMMANDEER COUNCIL-CONTROLLED GRASS VERGES AND TURN THEM INTO VEGGIE GARDENS TO HELP FEED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. JOHN STANSFIELD HAS ALREADY PLANTED OUT THE LAND IN FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY, WHICH HE SAYS WOULD OTHERWISE BE A WASTE OF SPACE. LISA OWEN HAS THE STORY. IN A CUL DE SAC ON WAIHEKE ISLAND, THERE'S A PLOT TO TAKE OVER UNUSED LAND, AND IT'S QUIETLY TAKING ROOT. PLANT IT UP, YEAH. GET IT GROWING. WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A REVOLUTION HERE. THE VERGES ARE ACTUALLY CONTROLLED BY THE COUNCIL, AND IT SAYS IT DOESN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE OR CHANGE THEM, AND YOU NEED TO GET PERMISSION FIRST. BUT JOHN STANSFIELD'S STAGED A COUP DE CAULI... WHOA. LOOK AT THAT. IT IS NOT THAT YOU NEED A GREAT BIG BACKYARD TO FEED YOUR FAMILY. ...AND LAID THIS VEGGIE GARDEN ON THE GRASS STRIP IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. OH, BEAUTIFUL. LOOK AT THAT. IT'S A BIT OF PUBLIC-SPIRITED REBELLION ` TO SAY, 'HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FEED OUR FAMILIES, 'TO GET ORGANIC PRODUCE AND TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD LOOK LOVELY.' I MEAN, IT LOOKS A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN DRIED-OUT GRASS. PRE-CHRISTMAS QUEUES AT AUCKLAND CITY MISSION SHOWED HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. THIS AVID GARDENER SAYS WHILE FOOD BANKS DO AMAZING WORK, THEY'RE NOT THE SOLUTION. IT'S JUST ANOTHER FORM OF DEPENDENCY, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS CREATE FOOD INDEPENDENCE AND FOOD CO-DEPENDENCE, WHERE NEIGHBOURS ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND FEEDING EACH OTHER. SO HE'S POSTED A CALL TO ACTION ON THE INTERNET... IT'S CALLED JAILBREAKING THE LAND THAT YOU ALREADY OWN. ...AND IS HOPING HIS FORM OF GUERRILLA GARDENING WILL CATCH ON. RIGHT NOW, HE'S HARVESTING AND SHARING THE SPOILS OF HIS 'VERGE PLOT'. HERE YOU GO. SWAP YA. SURE. WHAT A GREAT USE OF SPACE THAT OTHERWISE IS JUST GOING TO BE MOWED. OR CAR PARKS. AND FOR THIS GREEN-FINGERED GARDENER, TEMPTATION LIES JUST ACROSS THE ROAD. I'M INCLINED TO THINK A FEW ROWS OF POTATOES AND SOME FEJOA TREES WOULD ENHANCE IT MORE THAN ALL THOSE CARS. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. FOR THE FIRST TIME AUCKLAND ZOO IS SHOWING OFF A FURRY NEW ADDITION TO ITS GROUP OF RED PANDAS. THIS WEE CUB, WEIGHING LESS THAN HALF A BLOCK OF BUTTER, WAS BORN IN THE EARLY HOURS OF CHRISTMAS EVE. IT'S THE FIRST RED PANDA BORN AT THE ZOO IN A DECADE. IT'S GREAT FOR THE REGIONAL PROGRAMME BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF BREEDINGS THAT JUST HAVEN'T HAPPENED, LIKE AMBER. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND A FEW OTHER BREEDINGS IN THE REGION DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO, YEAH, WE'RE VERY HAPPY. STAFF AREN'T SURE OF THE SEX BUT BELIEVE IT MAY BE A FEMALE. THE CUB WILL STAY AT THE ZOO UNTIL IT REACHES MATURITY AND COULD BE SENT OVERSEAS FOR A BREEDING PROGRAMME. JUST AHEAD, THE TRIAL FOR THE INDIA'S GANG-RAPE SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY. FIERY PROTESTS IN EGYPT OVER A DELAYED TRIAL. AND AS WASHINGTON PREPARES FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION, WE LOOK AT HOW PAST PRESIDENTS HAVE PARTIED. 5 THE GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY RAID ON A GAS PLANT IN ALGERIA HAS WARNED OF MORE ATTACKS. THIS AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE BLOODY ASSAULT ON THE IN AMENAS FACILITY CLIMBED TO 81, WITH AT LEAST 48 OF THEM HOSTAGES. THE ABC'S BRIAN ROSS REPORTS. AS THE BODIES OF MORE HOSTAGES ARE BEING DISCOVERED INSIDE THE SAHARAN DESERT FACILITY TODAY, MANY BADLY BURNT OR MAIMED,... MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ...THE ABSOLUTE HORROR OF THEIR EXPERIENCE BECAME CLEAR IN RECORDINGS OF PHONE CALLS MADE BY ONE HOSTAGE IN BROKEN ENGLISH AN AL QAEDA COMMANDER FOLLOWED UP WITH THIS OMINOUS MESSAGE IN ARABIC. 'WE WILL KILL THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES HERE. WE WILL SLAUGHTER THEM. SURVIVORS SAID ONE OF THE CAPTORS SPOKE EXCELLENT ENGLISH AND MAY HAVE BEEN FROM CANADA, AND THAT MANY OF THE TERRORISTS WERE DRESSED AS SECURITY GUARDS, MAKING THE DECISION TO RUN FOR IT DIFFICULT. FOR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, AND YOU` WE KNOW THAT THE TERRORISTS ARE DRESSED THE SAME AS THE SECURITY FORCES. IT WAS A` A HUGE DECISION ` DO YOU STAY OR DO YOU GO? THE ROGUE ONE-EYED AL QAEDA LEADER, MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR, HAS NOW TAKEN CREDIT FOR THE ATTACK, ACCORDING TO AN AFRICAN NEWS WEBSITE TODAY. 'WE AND AL QAEDA ANNOUNCE THIS BLESSED OPERATION,' HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TOLD ABC NEWS TODAY THE US KNEW THE AL QAEDA GROUP WAS LOOKING FOR A WESTERN TARGET IN THE AREA. THE TRIAL OF FIVE MAN ACCUSED OF A FATAL GANG RAPE OF A WOMAN ON A BUS IN NEW DELHI HAS GOT UNDERWAY IN INDIA. A SMALL PROTEST TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE COURT WHERE THE FAST-TRACKED TRIAL IS TAKING PLACE. THE WOMEN, HOLDING UP SIGNS SAYING THEIR CLOTHES ARE NOT AN INVITATION TO RAPE, WANT A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE MALE ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN IN INDIA. A COURTHOUSE HAS GONE UP IN FLAMES DURING CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND RIOT POLICE IN THE EGYPTIAN CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. IT'S THE SECOND DAY OF PROTESTS IN THE CITY WHERE POLICEMEN ARE ON TRIAL OVER THE DEATHS OF PROTESTERS DURING EGYPT'S UPRISING IN 2011. THE VIOLENCE BROKE OUT WHEN THE PRESIDING JUDGE RESIGNED FROM THE CASE, FORCING A NEW TRIAL. POLICE FIRED TEARGAS AT PROTESTERS WHO IN TURN THREW ROCKS AT SECURITY FORCES. BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY SWORN IN FOR HIS SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT BECAUSE OF A QUIRK OF AMERICAN LAW, HE'LL HAVE TO DO IT ALL AGAIN TOMORROW, THIS TIME ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITAL BUILDING, WITH ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING. THIS FROM CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD. IT WAS QUICK. I, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... JUST 42 WORDS. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS, MR PRESIDENT. AND HE AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH THE OBAMA GIRLS HINTED, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THE SWEARING-IN TO HAPPEN JAN 20TH ` TODAY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S SUNDAY, THE BIG PUBLIC INAUGURATION WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW, SO WE GET A REPLAY. BUTTONS, LANYARDS, INVITATIONS. I EVEN GOT WINTER CAPS. GONNA GET COLD TONIGHT. THE PRESIDENT WILL USE HIS SPEECH TOMORROW, IN PART, TO REACH OUT TO HIS MANY OPPONENTS. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A PRESIDENT THAT WANTS TO WORK ACROSS PARTY LINES TO GET THINGS DONE. ONCE AGAIN, THE OBAMAS WILL WALTZ CENTRE STAGE. # MY LOVE HAS COME ALONG. # CROWD CHEERS THE CROWD IS LIKELY TO BE ABOUT HALF OF THE 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE FOR THE LAST INAUGURATION. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT OBAMA HAS LOST SOME OF HIS APPEAL, BUT NOW HE HAS FOUR MORE YEARS TO GET THINGS RIGHT AND TO WIN THEM BACK. LAST TIME WAS SO COLD, AND THERE WAS MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE, AND YOU WERE JUST LIKE SARDINES. YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, SO THIS IS A TON MORE FUN. AND THE OBAMAS WILL BE CELEBRATING, AS PAST PRESIDENTS HAVE, BY ATTENDING INAUGURATION BALLS. THERE WERE 14 FOR BILL CLINTON'S SECOND TERM. BUT HAVE ALL THE LEADERS BEEN UP FOR AN AFTER-PARTY? HERE'S ABC'S DAVID MUIR. IT WASN'T CALLED AN INAUGURAL BALL, BUT GEORGE WASHINGTON DID HOLD ONE ONE WEEK AFTER HIS INAUGURATION IN 1789. 300 GUESTS. OUR FIRST PRESIDENT WAS SAID TO HAVE DANCED A MINUET. THE TRADITION OF AN INAUGURAL BALL OFFICIALLY BEGAN WITH JAMES MADISON. FIRST LADY, DOLLY MADISON, HOSTED. A HEAVY COST AT THE TIME. $4 TO GET IN. AND WHILE DOLLY WAS SAID TO HAVE ENJOYED THE BALL, HER HUSBAND REMARKED, 'I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE IN BED.' IN 1865, THE BALL FOLLOWING LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION ` 4000 DANCING THE WALTZ, AND AT MIDNIGHT, OYSTERS, ROAST BEEF AND LOBSTER WERE SERVED AT A GIANT TABLE. ARCHIVE: AND TURNED OUT IN ALL HER SPLENDOUR FOR THE INAUGURAL BALLS TO BE HELD IN HONOUR OF THE PRESIDENT. AFTER WORLD WAR II ` THE IDEA OF MULTIPLE INAUGURAL BALLS. DWIGHT AND MAMIE EISENHOWER DANCING HERE AT ONE OF FOUR DIFFERENT GALAS. THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE NEWLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT AND MRS KENNEDY LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE FOR FIVE BALLS IN 1961, AND WHO WAS WAITING? # YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG. # FRANK SINATRA, WHO WOULD PERFORM FOR THEM. HISTORIANS SAY JFK WAS BEHIND THE TRADITION OF INVITING THE FAMOUS TO JOIN THE FANFARE. MORE THAN TWO DECADES LATER, MORE THAN TWO DECADES LATER, THE REAGANS DANCING AND DAZZLING THE CROWD WITH THE SALSA. IN 1989, AN EXUBERANT PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH. THE SONG? 'I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT'. HIS SON, GEORGE W. BUSH, DANCED WITH FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH FOR JUST SECONDS. LESS THAN A MINUTE ON THE FLOOR AT EACH BALL THEY ATTENDED. THE CLINTONS DANCED TO 'MAKE A WISH', AND THERE WAS THAT SAXOPHONE MOMENT, AND FOUR YEARS AGO... # AT LAST... # BEYONCE DID HER FIRST PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE. 10 BALLS. AND IN BETWEEN GALAS, AN IMAGE OF THE OBAMAS RIDING IN A GOLF CART, GIVING THEIR FEET A REST. AND THAT MOMENT IN A FREIGHT ELEVATOR; THE FIRST LADY WRAPPED IN HER HUSBAND'S JACKET TO KEEP WARM. JUST AHEAD, WE'LL CHECK IN ON THE AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN. AND THEY LOOK LIKE BIRDS, BUT CAN THEY FLY OR SWIM LIKE THEM? AND I'LL BE BACK WITH MORE SUNNY, WARM WEATHER. TO SPORTS NOW, AND ANDY MURRAY HAS CRUISED INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN IN MELBOURNE WITH A STRAIGHT-SET WIN OVER FRENCHMAN GILLES SIMON. THE THIRD SEED SEEKING HIS SECOND GRAND-SLAM TITLE SETTLED THE 95-MINUTE ENCOUNTER 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. 15 LEADING. TWO SETS TO LOVE. GAME. MURRAY. APPLAUSE MEANWHILE, SERENA WILLIAMS MADE LIGHT WORK OF MARIA KIRILENKO, WHO WERE BARELY ON COURT FOR AN HOUR. THE AMERICAN TOOK THE MATCH IN STRAIGHT SETS. GAME. SET. MATCH. WILLIAMS. TWO SETS TO LOVE. 6-2, 6-0. WEATHER NOW WITH RENEE. THE HIGH SPREADS OVER NZ TONIGHT, STRADDLES THE COUNTRY EARLY MORNING, THEN SLOWLY DRIFTS AWAY EASTWARDS INTO THE EVENING. A TROUGH NEAR TASMANIA BECOMES MORE ORGANISED EARLY TOMORROW AND ADVANCES INTO THE TASMAN SEA AS IT'S REINFORCED BY AN ACTIVE TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. HOWEVER, THE HIGH DOMINATES, KEEPING THE RAIN AWAY UNTIL LATER ON WEDNESDAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING. FINALLY, THE EVENT TODAY ON WELLINGTON'S WATERFRONT WAS BILLED AS A 'BIRDMAN COMPETITION, BUT IT WASN'T SO MUCH FLYING INTO THE WATER AS FALLING WITH STYLE. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS. COME ON IN! COME ON IN! THERE'S THE WEIRD,... THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. ...THE FUNNY,... AND THOSE WHO ONLY HAD TO LOOK UP TO FIND INSPIRATION. THOUSANDS TURNED OUT TO WATCH THE ANNUAL BIRDMAN COMPETITION ON WELLINGTON'S WATERFRONT. IT'S ABOUT DRESSING UP. IT'S ABOUT HAVING A GREAT TIME. CRAZY COSTUME. GETTING TOGETHER WITH YOUR MATES, OR DOING IT ON YOUR OWN, AND LEAPING OFF THE WHARF. AND RAISING MONEY FOR FOREST AND BIRD. THIS SWAN LOST ITS MATES, WHILE THESE BIRDS FLOCKED TOGETHER. IT WAS IN THIS INNER CITY FLAT WHERE THEIR CREATIVITY CAME TOGETHER. SIX UNI FRIENDS WITH AN EYE FOR AN UNUSUAL COSTUME. WE'VE ALL MADE THEM FROM WHATEVER WE CAN, THE CHEAPEST WAY. IT'S TAKEN PROBABLY THE BETTER PART OF THE WEEKEND JUST TO DO IT, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD PAPER MACHE-ING AND GOOD SEWING GOING DOWN. I THINK THERE'S A FEW OF US WHO HAVE GOT FAVOURITES. THE PENGUINS WERE A HIGHLIGHT, AND THE KIWI WAS AMAZING. THERE'S ALSO THE TAKAHE, THE MOA, THE KAKAPO, AND EVEN THE HAAST EAGLE. THE BIRDS CAN'T FLY, BUT THEY SURE COULD SWIM. AND ALONG WITH AROUND 60 OTHER COMPETITORS, THEY DEFINITELY MADE A SPLASH. EVEN THIS CARDBOARD TOILET ATTEMPTED TO FLUSH OUT THE COMPETITION