DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE LATEST ON THE EFFORTS TO CONTAIN A SCRUB FIRE ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND. BARACK OBAMA SETS DOWN THE AGENDA FOR HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. AND THE ROYAL WARRIOR ` PRINCE HARRY REFLECTS ON HIS TIME ON THE FRONT LINE. FIREFIGHTERS ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND ARE FLAT OUT AS WE GO TO AIR TONIGHT, TRYING TO BRING A MAJOR BLAZE THERE UNDER CONTROL. SOME LOCALS HAVE EVACUATED AS THE SECOND FIRE IN AS MANY DAYS THREATENS HOMES. AND TESTING FIRE CREWS FURTHER, THERE'S A MASSIVE SCRUB FIRE NEAR THE KAIPARA HARBOUR IN NORTHLAND. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. BATTLING A FEROCIOUS FIRE FROM ABOVE. HELICOPTER WHIRRS MONSOON BUCKETS IN USE ON AN OUT-OF-CONTROL BLAZE ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND, THE FLAMES FORCING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. OUR REPORTER LISA OWEN FLEW OVER THE ISLAND AS THE FIRE TOOK HOLD. THIS IS MAINLY CONCENTRATED IN A SCRUB AREA, WHICH IS NEAR THE AIRPORT IN CLARIS. ABOUT 6HA TO 8HA. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO IMAGINE THAT IN YOUR HEAD, THAT'S ABOUT 10 RUGBY FIELDS. THE BLAZE IS THE SECOND IN AS MANY DAYS IN PRACTICALLY THE SAME SPOT. FIREFIGHTERS WERE SURE THE ORIGINAL FIRE WAS PUT OUT, RAISING CONCERNS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY LIT. AND AS CREWS FIGHT TO REGAIN CONTROL, CONDITIONS PROVE TO BE THE BIGGEST HURDLE. THERE IS QUITE A BRISK BREEZE HERE, AND TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM, AND IT'S VERY DRY. A SIMILAR STORY IN NORTHLAND, WHERE A RAGING FIRE TORE THROUGH MORE THAN 180HA OF SCRUB AND BUSH ON THE POUTO PENINSULA, THE FIRE THREATENING HOMES AND A NEARBY PINE PLANTATION. I'VE GOT EVERYTHING AND GOT RUFUS' FOOD, SO WE CAN GO. OUR MAIN WORRY IS THAT IT DOESN'T GET INTO THE GRASS, BECAUSE GRASS FIRES SPREAD REALLY FAST, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS WIND. GIVEN THE HISTORY OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN THE AREA, THE FIRE SERVICE IS TREATING THIS ONE THE SAME. THE FIRE NOT ONLY PUTS THE RESIDENTS AT RISK, WE'VE GOT FIREFIGHTERS, HELICOPTERS. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING THEIR UTMOST TO STOP THIS FIRE. IT'S DANGEROUS FOR THEM, AND IT'S COSTING THE RATEPAYERS AND THE TAXPAYER A LOT OF MONEY. AND WE'VE JUST GOT TO STOP THIS. A WARNING TO PREVENT MORE FIERY SCENES LIKE THESE. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. AND A GROUP OF RURAL FIREFIGHTERS WILL REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF A LARGE FIRE IN KAWAKAWA BAY, SOUTH OF AUCKLAND, OVERNIGHT TO KEEP AN EYE ON HOTSPOTS. THE FIRE BURNED 2 ACRES OF TREES BUT IS NOW NEARLY OUT. JOHN KEY'S CABINET GOT AN INJECTION OF YOUTH TODAY, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO NEW MINISTERS, BROUGHT IN AT THE EXPENSE OF UNDERPERFORMING ONES. WITH ALL THE DETAILS OF THE RESHUFFLE, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. KATE WILKINSON REFUSED TO GIVE UP ALL HER PORTFOLIOS WHEN SHE RESIGNED AS LABOUR MINISTER IN THE WAKE OF THE DAMMING PIKE RIVER ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT. WHY? WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG? BUT THE CHOICE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER BY JOHN KEY, WHO HAS SACKED BOTH KATE WILKINSON AND PHIL HEATLEY FROM THEIR MINISTERIAL ROLES. IRRELEVANT OF PIKE RIVER, I STILL WOULD HAVE REPLACED HER AS MINISTER AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S MY VIEW WE NEED TO BRING IN SOME NEW TALENT INTO THE CABINET. OUSTING ENERGY MINISTER PHIL HEATLEY WAS MORE SURPRISING. I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE COMPLEXITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT REST IN THAT SECTOR. BUT I THINK IT WILL BE` IT'S APPROPRIATE A NEW MINISTER COMES IN. SIMON BRIDGES WILL BRING A GOOD LEVEL OF ENERGY ` EXCUSE THE PUN ` TO THAT. SO THE LIST OF LOSERS LOOKS LIKE THIS. PHIL HEATLEY HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES AND HOUSING, BUT INTENDS TO STAND AGAIN AS THE MP FOR WHANGAREI. KATE WILKINSON WILL ALSO TAKE A $100,000 PAY CUT AS SHE LOSES THE CONSERVATION AND FOOD SAFETY PORTFOLIOS. THE MP FOR WAIMAKARIRI IS DISAPPOINTED, BUT TIGHT-LIPPED ON HER FUTURE. AND CRAIG FOSS HAS LOST THE ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER'S PORTFOLIO ` A VICTIM OF THE ONGOING NOVOPAY PROBLEMS. HE REMAINS IN CABINET, THOUGH, AS MINISTER OF COMMERCE, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND BROADCASTING. TODAY'S BIG WINNER: NEW CABINET MINISTER NIKKI KAYE. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, I'VE OFTEN BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN THE ROOM, AND I THINK WHAT MATTERS IS YOU GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE AROUND YOU ` PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCED ` AND YOU TAKE GOOD ADVICE. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A MINISTER. TURNING 33 NEXT MONTH, AUCKLAND CENTRAL'S NIKKI KAYE WILL BE THE NEW MINSTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, CIVIL DEFENCE AND YOUTH AFFAIRS. SHE'S ALSO BEING CALLED ON TO HELP HEKIA PARATA AS AN ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER. WHIP MICHAEL WOODHOUSE WILL GIVE UP HERDING NATIONAL MPS TO BECOME THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS OUTSIDE CABINET. ALSO, AS PREDICTED, NICK SMITH RETURNS TO CABINET AS THE MINISTER FOR CONSERVATION AND HOUSING, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER SATISFIED THERE ARE NO MORE SKELETONS IN THE NELSON MP'S CLOSET. I'VE BEEN AROUND POLITICS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE'S... IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY RUMOUR, WELL, THEN I'D BE RICHER THAN, ARGUABLY, MAYBE I AM. LABOUR'S FOCUSED HEAVILY ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOMES IN RECENT MONTHS AND SAYS NATIONAL IS NOW SCRAMBLING FOR ANSWERS IN REPLACING THE HOUSING MINISTER. I THINK PHIL HEATLEY'S COMPLETELY UNDERPERFORMED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NICK SMITH'S GOING TO BE ANY BETTER. HE'S A RETREAD FROM THE PAST. THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REAL IDEA TO DEAL WITH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THE DEMOTIONS AND PROMOTIONS WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT WEEK. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS AND JOHN KEY WASN'T DONE THERE. HE SAYS THE OPERATORS OF THE CONTROVERSIAL NOVOPAY SYSTEM ARE ON NOTICE WITH HIS APPOINTMENT OF MINISTER STEVEN JOYCE TO OVERSEE IT. STEVEN JOYCE IS NUMBER FOUR IN THE CABINET AND ALREADY HOLDS A NUMBER OF HIGH-PROFILE PORTFOLIOS. WELL, ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT STEVEN JOYCE IS HE IS THOROUGH AND METICULOUS AND CAN BE TOUGH. SO IF I WERE THE PROVIDERS OF THAT SYSTEM, I'D BE ON NOTICE. STEVEN JOYCE IS TAKING THE JOB FROM CRAIG FOSS, AND THE MOVE WILL ALSO PROP UP EDUCATION MINISTER HEKIA PARATA. CLIMATE CHANGE, IMMIGRATION REFORM AND GAY MARRIAGE HAVE TOPPED BARACK OBAMA'S TO-DO LIST AS HE BEGINS A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TURNED OUT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME WAS AMONGST THEM. THROUGH WASHINGTON HE WALKED,... LOUD CHEERING MAN: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ...TO FANFARE AND FLAGS ` HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM FLAPPING IN THE COLD AIR AS BARACK OBAMA TOOK THE OATH FOR ANOTHER TERM. PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND,... SO HELP YOU GOD. ...SO HELP ME GOD. THE CROWDS WERE DOWN ON FOUR YEARS AGO. STILL, NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE GATHERED IN THE NATIONAL MALL TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. A DECADE OF WAR IS NOW ENDING. AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAS BEGUN. AMERICA'S POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS. IT WAS A SHORT BUT PASSIONATE SPEECH, FOCUSING ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT SEES AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. FOR OUR JOURNEY IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL OUR WIVES, OUR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS CAN EARN A LIVING EQUAL TO THEIR EFFORTS. OUR JOURNEY IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL OUR GAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE TREATED LIKE ANYONE ELSE UNDER THE LAW. THAT IS OUR GENERATION'S TASK. CRITICS WOULD SAY HIS SECOND-TERM AGENDA HAS AS-YET-UNSTARTED BUSINESS AS WELL. WE WILL RESPOND TO THE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, KNOWING THAT THE FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD BETRAY OUR CHILDREN AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. WITH THE FORMALITIES DONE, THE PRESIDENT HANDED OVER TO BEYONCE. # STAR-SPANGLED BANNER... # FOR ALL TODAY'S PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS, BARACK OBAMA FACES THE SAME POLITICAL CHALLENGES AS IN HIS FIRST TERM: A DIVIDED CONGRESS AND A REPUBLICAN-HELD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO, IN THE PAST, HAVE BEEN NONE TOO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PASSING HIS DREAMS INTO LAW. AND, AFTER PAUSING TO PARTY,... # I'M LOVING YOU FOREVER... ...TOMORROW MORNING BARACK OBAMA HEADS BACK TO THE OFFICE ` # ...WHETHER TIMES ARE GOOD OR BAD... # A SECOND-TERM PRESIDENT WHO WANTS HIS LEGACY TO BE MORE THAN JUST THE CHANGE HE REPRESENTED, BUT THE CHANGE HE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED. KIM DOTCOM'S TAKEN TO TWITTER TO APOLOGISE FOR THE POOR SERVICE OF HIS NEW MEGA STORAGE SERVER. THE INTERNET MILLIONAIRE CLAIMED THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF USERS SIGNING UP EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS AND CAUSED THE PROBLEMS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT IS ADDING MORE CAPACITY AND HOPES TO HAVE MOST BOTTLENECKS RESOLVED BY THE WEEKEND. THE DOMESTIC CAT IS LIKE A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY IN MANY HOMES, BUT SOME SAY THEY'RE NATURAL-BORN KILLERS RESPONSIBLE FOR DECIMATING OUR NATIVE BIRDLIFE. NOW THERE'S A CAMPAIGN TO GET RID OF CATS, AND IT'S CAUSING OUTRAGE. DANIEL FAITAUA HAS MORE. THEY'RE CUTE AND FURRY, BUT DOMESTIC CATS ARE ALSO EFFICIENT HUNTERS. NOW A WEBSITE SET UP BY ECONOMIST GARETH MORGAN IS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE HUNTER TO BECOME THE HUNTED. HE SAYS CATS ARE NATURAL BORN KILLERS, AND THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR NATIVE BIRDLIFE. HIS VIEW IS BACKED BY CONSERVATIONISTS. YOU SHOULD PUT A BELL ON THEM. RESEARCH SHOWS IF YOU PUT BELLS ON EVEN GOOD HUNTERS, YOU CAN HALVE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE KILLED. HE SAYS OWNERS SHOULD TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY, AS RESEARCH SHOWS OVER A MILLION NATIVE BIRDS ARE KILLED A YEAR, INCLUDING ROBINS, SADDLEBACKS, EVEN THE ENDANGERED WEKA. DO YOU NEED TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR CATS? SOME PEOPLE HAVE 10 OR 12. CAN YOU GET AWAY WITH ONE CAT? AND IF YOU'VE GOT A CAT AND YOU LIKE NATIVE BIRDS, WHEN YOUR CAT GOES AND DIES, DO YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT? CAT LOVERS ALISON AND BRIAN ARE APPALLED. THEY TAKE CARE OF AROUND 20 STRAY CATS. IT'S BIT OF A SHOCK, REALLY. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA AT ALL. I THINK IT'S CRUEL, BECAUSE CATS PROVIDE A LOT OF COMPANIONSHIP FOR PEOPLE. ALMOST HALF OF NZ FAMILIES OWN A CAT. GARETH MORGAN'S SITE CLAIMS ON AVERAGE CATS BRING HOME 13 PIECES OF PREY EACH YEAR, AND ALTHOUGH KILLING CATS IS NOT NECESSARY, IT IS A VALID OPTION. BUT CATS HAVE SOME HIGH-PROFILE DEFENDERS. PEOPLE CONSIDER CATS TO BE ONE OF THE FAMILY. IS GARETH MORGAN GOING TO TELL US WHO IS GOING TO BE IN OUR FAMILY? I DON'T THINK SO. AND THIS FAMILY, FOR ONE, WOULD FIND THE IDEA OF LOSING THEIR BELOVED CATS TOO MUCH TO BEAR. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. SCIENTISTS ARE ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD OF MORE ROCKFALL ON AORAKI MOUNT COOK AFTER A DRAMATIC ROCK SLIP YESTERDAY STOPPED JUST 200M FROM THE PLATEAU HUT. TOUR OPERATORS HAVE CANCELLED CLIMBING TRIPS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. TESTS ARE BEING DONE ON THE AREA WHERE SEVERAL MILLION CUBIC METRES OF ROCK AND ICE CAME DOWN IN WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE DESCRIBED AS A ONCE-IN-A-DECADE EVENT. I MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE HUT AND EVACUATE THOSE WHO WERE IN THE BUILDING. IT'S NOT YET CLEAR WHEN THE HUT WILL BE REOPENED. VOLCANOLOGISTS ARE WARNING AN ERUPTION AT WHITE ISLAND MAY BE IMMINENT. THE COUNTRY'S ONLY ACTIVE MARINE VOLCANO HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF HEIGHTENED UNREST SINCE LAST YEAR, AND HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN INCREASING. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. VIVID WHITE STEAM AND SEDIMENT SPEWING OUT OF WHITE ISLAND'S HOT LAKE. LOUD RUMBLING ACTIVITY AT THE ISLAND HAS SURGED OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, WITH EXPERTS CONCERNED THE VOLCANO COULD ERUPT WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. THIS CHANGE AND UNREST AND THE INCREASE IN UNREST WE'RE SEEING NOW, REALLY, IS THE WARNING. THIS IS THE VOLCANO SAYING, 'HEY, PAY ME ATTENTION.' EXPERTS HAVEN'T SEEN ACTIVITY THIS STRONG SINCE THE LATE 1990S. IN 2000, A LARGE ERUPTION BLANKETED THE ISLAND IN MUD AND SCORIA. THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN OVER 10 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ERUPTION DOESN'T REALLY INDICATE WHAT THE SIZE OF THE NEXT ERUPTION WILL BE, THOUGH WE WOULD TEND TO POINT TO THE SMALL END, RATHER THAN THE LARGE END OF THE SCALE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AS A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION, THE ACTIVITY COULD MEAN THERE IS A HAZARD TO VISITORS. ANYBODY VISITING THE ISLAND HAS TO APPRECIATE IT IS AN ACTIVE VOLCANO, THERE HAS BEEN CHANGES IN THE LEVEL OF UNREST, YOU KNOW, AND THIS COULD LEAD TO SOMETHING ELSE. SO PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT AND MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN THEY GO THERE. EXPERTS ASSURING IF IT DID ERUPT, THIS EXPLOSIVE FORCE WOULD POSE NO THREAT TO THE MAINLAND. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A HARSH WARNING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TERRORISM IN NORTH AFRICA. PRINCE HARRY ON THE FRONT LINE ` WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE FOR A ROYAL TO SERVE. AND THE DAMAGE BEING WROUGHT BY THE WRONG TYPE OF FISH IN OUR LAKES. , BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON IS WARNING THAT THE WEST FACES A 'GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE' AGAINST TERRORISM IN NORTH AFRICA. HIS COMMENTS CAME AS ALGERIA CONFIRMED THAT TWO CANADIANS WERE IN THE MILITANT GROUP THAT ATTACKED THE REFINERY AT IN-AMENAS, KILLING 37 FOREIGN HOSTAGES. MILITANT LEADERS SAID THE SIEGE WAS RETALIATION FOR FRANCE'S INTERVENTION IN NEIGHBOURING MALI. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS. THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS CLEAR ` THE ATTACKERS CAME ACROSS THE DESERT FROM MALI. CERTAINLY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLOIT THE DESERT TERRAIN. EXPERTS POINT OUT THAT BORDERS IN THIS REGION, MERE LINES ON A MAP, HAVE LITTLE RELEVANCE TO MILITANT EXTREMISTS. IT'S A VAST, VAST AREA WITH A VERY SMALL POPULATION, AND THERE'S NOTHING APPARENTLY THERE ` OR VERY LITTLE THERE. AND, OF COURSE, IT'S AN AREA THAT'S... FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES IMPOSSIBLE TO POLICE. THIS IS THE MAN ACCUSED BY ALGERIA OF LEADING THE ATTACK ` ABDUL RAHMAN AL-NIGERI. IT SEEMS HE FOUND SAFE HAVEN TO PLOT IN THE NORTH OF MALI ` A HUGE AREA UNDER THE CONTROL OF REBELS BACKED BY AL QAEDA AND OTHER ISLAMIST GROUPS. THE FRENCH ARE NOW FIGHTING IN MALI PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE WHOLE COUNTRY COULD FALL TO EXTREMISTS. TODAY FRENCH TROOPS REPORT RETAKING THE TOWN OF DIABALY, AN IMPORTANT STEP DRIVING THE REBELS BACK. NOW DAVID CAMERON IS TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THIS ` BRITISH SUPPORT DELIVERING FRENCH TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT TO MALI. BUT BRITAIN ALSO WANTS FAR GREATER INTERNATIONAL AND AFRICAN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN GOOD GOVERNMENT AND THE ENTIRE ECONOMY OF THE REGION TO SQUEEZE OUT EXTREMISTS. YES, THE FOREIGN FORCES HAVE COME IN, WHETHER THEY'RE FRENCH FORCES OR AFRICAN FORCES. THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE OUT THE JIHADIS. BUT WHAT THEN? HOW IS THE SITUATION GOING TO BE STABILISED, IF WE'VE ESSENTIALLY MOVED FROM A POSITION OF JIHADIS CONTROLLING URBAN CENTRES IN THE NORTH OF MALI TO SOME SORT OF RUNNING INSURGENCY, WHICH IS THE AWFUL PROSPECT THAT MALI FACES IF THERE ISN'T A CREDIBLE STRATEGY TO CONSOLIDATE THE PEACE. PRINCE HARRY ADMITS HE'S KILLED TALIBAN WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE ARMY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE REVELATION CAME IN A CANDID INTERVIEW THE BRITISH ROYAL GAVE AFTER HE FINISHED HIS TOUR OF DUTY. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. THIS WAS HARRY UNPLUGGED, OPENING UP LIKE NEVER BEFORE,... WE FIRE WHEN WE HAVE TO; TAKE A LIFE TO SAVE A LIFE. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE AN UNCLE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY SUCH THING AS PRIVATE LIFE ANY MORE. ...HIS INNER THOUGHTS REVEALED IN THE THEATRE OF WAR. THE SOLDIER PRINCE WITH THE PISTOL ON HIS HIP SPRINTS TOWARDS HARM'S WAY. HE HAS A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO COMBAT; A CO-PILOT IN WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY A FLYING TANK. TDAC, WHICH IS HERE, WHICH IS BASICALLY MY TARGETING SYSTEM. AND THEN THE TRIGGER GRIPS HERE. EVERYONE'S FIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT ` PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ` BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT'S BALANCED OUT. HARRY'S MEDIA APPEARANCE WAS A TRADE-OFF WITH THE BRITISH PRESS TO KEEP HIS SECOND TOUR OF AFGHANISTAN A SECRET. HE KEPT HIS END OF THE DEAL, UNTIL DUTY CALLED. IT WASN'T DONE IN THE WRONG WAY, BUT IT WAS JUST... < MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY MICROPHONE CLATTERS CHEERS. HARRY APPEARS TO REVEL IN HIS TIME ON THE FRONT LINE AND SPARES A THOUGHT FOR HIS BROTHER WILLIAM. HE'D LOVE TO BE OUT HERE, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T SEE WHY HE COULDN'T. BRITISH PRESS WAS CLEARLY IN HIS SIGHTS WHEN DISCUSSING THE EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF KATE'S PREGNANCY. I THINK IT'S VERY UNFAIR THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO PUBLICISE IT WHEN THEY WERE. HOPEFULLY SHE GETS THE NECESSARY PROTECTION TO ALLOW HER AS A MOTHER-TO-BE TO ENJOY THE PRIVACY THAT THAT COMES WITH. HE'S STILL STEWING OVER WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR IN VEGAS AND THAT IT DIDN'T STAY IN VEGAS. I PROBABLY LET MYSELF DOWN, LET MY FAMILY DOWN AND LET OTHER PEOPLE DOWN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WAS IN A PRIVATE AREA, AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIVACY THAT ONE SHOULD EXPECT. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS MUCH OF EUROPE, AS SNOW AND ICE BLANKET WESTERN COUNTRIES. LONDON'S HEATHROW AIRPORT CANCELLED MORE THAN 200 FLIGHTS, WHILE 500 WERE GROUNDED IN GERMANY. HEAVY SNOW ALSO HELD UP TRAVELLERS IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS, WITH MORE TRAVEL DISRUPTION LIKELY. MORE THAN 5000 SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED IN BRITAIN ALONE. CONSERVATION OFFICIALS ARE DISMAYED THAT A NOXIOUS FISH HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY RELEASED INTO A SOUTH ISLAND LAKE. RUDD CAN RUIN A FISHERY LIKE THE WEST COAST'S LAKE IANTHE, DENYING FOOD TO NATIVE AND GAME FISH AND MUDDYING ONCE PRISTINE WATERS. OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED THE SPECIES MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN RELEASED IN OTHER LAKES ON THE COAST. ROBYN JANES WITH THE STORY. SITUATED BETWEEN HOKITIKA AND FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER, LAKE IANTHE IS POPULAR WITH TOURISTS AND TROUT AND SALMON FISHERS. NOW IT'S THE SCENE OF A BIO-SECURITY RESPONSE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SETTING SEVERAL DIFFERENT-SIZED NETS AND TRAPS AROUND THE WATER BODY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A BIT OF A HANDLE ON HOW MANY RUDD ARE HERE. LAST WEEK A LOCAL FISHERMAN CAUGHT A LARGE ORANGE FISH IN LAKE IANTHE. IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED AS A RUDD, A PEST THAT'S PART OF THE GOLDFISH FAMILY. MOST LEGITIMATE SPORTS FISH ANGLERS WILL BE DEVASTATED ABOUT THIS. IT'S THE WORSE POSSIBLE NEWS YOU CAN HAVE FOR A SPORTS FISHERY DOC AND FISH AND GAME ARE HERE TO FIND OUT THE EXTENT OF THE ILLEGAL RELEASE. DARN IT, EH. DARN IT. AND IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS ` THEY FIND MORE RUDD, OF DIFFERENT SIZES, INDICATING THEY HAVE BEEN RELEASED HERE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. THESE WILL HAVE BEEN BORN HERE. THESE ARE LAST YEAR'S FISH. RUDD EAT NATIVE PLANTS AND INVERTEBRATES, AND IT'S ILLEGAL TO BE IN POSSESSION OF THEM ON THE WEST COAST, BUT COARSE ANGLERS ENJOY CATCHING THEM, AND IT'S THOUGHT THEY COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RELEASE. IT COULD DEVASTATE THE FISHERY. THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO OVERPOPULATE, EAT THE PLACE OUT, OVERPOPULATE AND THEN OUTCOMPETE THE SPORTS FISH FOR THEIR FOOD SOURCE. THE FEAR IS THAT IF RUDD HAS BEEN INTRODUCED HERE TO LAKE IANTHE, THEY MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED TO OTHER WEST COAST LAKES. DOC AND FISH AND GAME WILL NOW EXTEND THEIR SURVEY, HOPING THEY DON'T FIND MORE OF THESE. ROBYN JANES, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE QUEEN OF SCREAM POWERS INTO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMIS. AND THE SETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES FOR MOST, BUT THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO SHOWERS ABOUT. TO TENNIS, AND NUMBER-TWO SEED MARIA SHARAPOVA FACED LITTLE RESISTANCE IN HER BID TO REACH THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINALS. SHE THUMPED EKATARINA MAKAROVA IN STRAIGHT SETS ` 6-2, 6-2. OH, WELL, JUST DICTATING THE POINT AGAIN. THAT'S BRILLIANT. (GRUNTS) COME ON! AND IT'S AN ACE TO FINISH WITH. SHARPOVA WILL NEXT MET SIXTH SEED LI NA OF CHINA ON THURSDAY. AND RIGHT NOW MEN'S TOP SEED AND DEFENDING CHAMPION NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS ON COURT AGAINST CZECH TOMAS BERDYCH. THE SERB'S TAKEN THE FIRST SET, 6-1, IN AROUND 30 MINUTES. TAKING THE PACE OFF IT, FORCING BERDYCH TO GENERATE HIS OWN. THIS IS SOME DISPLAY. WELL, THIS SLICE, HERE, SKIDS LOW. HE CAN JUST DIG IT UP. AND THEN... WONDERFUL ACCURACY. I MEAN, HE IS HITTING THE BALL BEAUTIFULLY HERE. TOMAS BERDYCH HAS EVENED IT UP, THOUGH. HE'S JUST TAKEN THE SECOND SET 6-4. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. HI, EVERYONE. THE HIGH REMAINS ANCHORED EAST OF THE COUNTRY WITH A RIDGE COVERING MUCH OF THE NATION. THE FRONTS SHOULD BUNCH UP AROUND THE EDGE OF THE HIGH IN A NORTH TO NORTH-WEST FLOW. BUT THEY SPLINTER AS THEY MOVE ON TO THE LOWER MAINLAND TOMORROW AFTERNOON, CHASED BY A COOLER SOUTH TO SOUTH-WEST CHANGE. EXPECT SOME SHOWERS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013