DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FIREFIGHTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY BATTLE LARGE BLAZES AS KIWI HEROES RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA. COULD TROUBLE OVER MAORI PARTY LEADERSHIP SPELL TROUBLE FOR NATIONAL? AND SINGING OR ACTING? THE CONTROVERSY OVER BEYONCE'S SHOW-STEALING TURN. FIREFIGHTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE SPENT A TOUGH DAY BATTLING A SERIES OF LARGE BLAZES. NEARLY TWO 200 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NORTHLAND, GREAT BARRIER ISLAND AND CHRISTCHURCH, WITH SMALLER FIRES FLARING UP NEAR TAUPO AND HAMILTON. THE FLAMES MADE EASY WORK OF THE TINDER-DRY FARMLAND IN CHRISTCHURCH. FROM THE AIR YOU CAN SEE HOW IT CHARGED ON. IT'S JUMPED THE ROAD, AND NOW ITS HEADING TOWARDS TOWN. GRAB THE HORSE TRUCK. WHILE LOCAL RESIDENTS DID WHAT THEY COULD TO AVOID ITS PATH,... HUNDREDS OF HORSES. WE'VE GOT ALL KIND OF FARM ANIMALS, AND THERE'S, LIKE, NOTHING WE CAN DO. ...HELICOPTERS AND FIRE TRUCKS ATTACKED THE FRONT THAT STRETCHED OUT MORE THAN A KILOMETRE. NO LESSONS TODAY. NO. I THINK WE'D BETTER GET HOME BEFORE THINGS GET WORSE HERE. THE FIRE STARTED AT THE NZ ARMY'S WEST MELTON RIFLE RANGE, INJURING ONE MEMBER OF THE DEFENCE FORCE WHO'S BEEN TREATED FOR NON-CRITICAL INJURIES. ARMY BOSSES HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR STARTING THE BLAZE. THIS RANGE IS USED FOR BOTH LIVE FIRING AND EXPLOSIVES THE LIKES OF GRENADES ETC, BUT WE ARE YET TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED IT. IT'S NOW THOUGHT TO BE CONTAINED. FIREFIGHTERS ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND SAY IT COULD TAKE DAYS OR EVEN WEEKS TO COMPLETELY SNUFF OUT THESE FLAMES, WHICH ARE BEING FUELLED BY SLOW-BURNING PEAT. IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE, PRETTY SCARY. IT WOULD CONSUME A WHOLE TREE, AND IT WOULD JUST GO UP LIKE A` LIKE A ROCKET. THREE CHOPPERS ARE TAKING AIM WITH MONSOON BUCKETS. REINFORCEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED, AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY TO HELP DOUSE THE ISLANDERS' ENEMY. IT'S HUGE. HUGE. IT'S OUR BIGGEST DANGER ON THE ISLAND, IS FIRE, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEAL WITH IT. 200HA OF BUSH HAS GONE UP IN NORTHLAND ` THE THIRD MAJOR BLAZE AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH SMALLER FIRES FLARING UP NEAR TAUPO AND HAMILTON. MANY REGIONS HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER, WHILE OTHERS SAY THEY WON'T BE FAR BEHIND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR STILL TO COME. IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD. I WOULD SAY END OF THIS MONTH ` FEBRUARY ` COULD GO TO A CRITICAL PERIOD FOR US. FIRE CREWS ARE READY FOR A HOT, UNRELENTING SUMMER. THE GROUP OF KIWI FIREFIGHTERS SENT TO AUSTRALIA TO HELP BATTLE THE TASMANIA BUSHFIRES ARE BACK HOME TONIGHT. THE RURAL CREWS FROM NORTHLAND AND NELSON WILL GET A BREAK BEFORE JOINING OUR OWN FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. BRIAR WELLS WAS AT THE HOMECOMING. A WARM WELCOME HOME AFTER TWO WEEKS ON THE FIERY FRONT LINE. EXTREMELY HARD WORK, YEAH. WE WERE IN SOME PRETTY ROUGH-GOING, SOME RUGGED TERRAIN AND REASONABLY LONG DAYS. SENT STRAIGHT IN TO HELP TACKLE RAGING FIRES ACROSS TASMANIA. JOINING THE BATTLE FROM THE SKY AND FROM THE GROUND AS THE FLAMES TORE THROUGH THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF BUSH. IT'S ON A MUCH BIGGER SCALE. LIKE, THE AREA BURNT WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN NZ. AMONGST THE SIZZLING EMBERS THEY FELLED BURNT-OUT TREES THREATENING TO TOPPLE. SNAKES PALED INTO INSIGNIFICANCE. FIRE PALED INTO INSIGNIFICANCE. ALL WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WAS BEING HIT BY A FALLEN TREE. AND THE RUGGED TERRAIN DIDN'T MAKE IT EASY. WE WERE IN TERRAIN THAT THEY HAD BEEN DESCRIBED TO US AS BEING THE ROCKIEST, STEEPEST, UGLIEST TERRAIN IN TASMANIA, AND WE GOT SENT INTO IT. WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR AUSSIE COUNTERPARTS, THEY HELPED BRING BLAZES UNDER CONTROL. AND NOW HERE ON THEIR OWN DOORSTEP, RURAL FIRES ARE FLARING UP, AND THIS EXHAUSTED TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN CALLED IN TO HELP. YEAH, I'M PREPARED TO GO IF THEY NEED US SOMEWHERE. I'D BE HAPPY TO GO, YEAH. WE REALLY NEED A STAND-DOWN OF TWO DAYS FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW. WE'VE BEEN WORKING` WELL, 12-HOUR DAYS WAS A SHORT DAY. ONE OF THE DAYS WAS 16 HOURS. A WELL DESERVED BREAK BEFORE GETTING RIGHT BACK INTO IT. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. A HUI ABOUT THE MAORI PARTY LEADERSHIP HAS RUN LATE INTO THE EVENING AT THIS YEAR'S RATANA CHURCH CELEBRATIONS, BUT THERE'S STILL NO CLEAR WINNER. TE URUROA FLAVELL HAS LAUNCHED A BID TO TAKE OVER FROM PITA SHARPLES AS CO-LEADER. TALKS OVER THE PARTY'S FUTURE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS. TE URUROA FLAVELL WAS ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET AT RATANA PA FOR THE INDIGENOUS AINU PEOPLE OF JAPAN WHILE APPARENTLY TRYING TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER MAORI PARTY CO-LEADER PITA SHARPLES, OFFICIALLY CHALLENGING FOR HIS JOB. HE WANTS THE JOB? OH, HE'S KEEN, YEAH. TE URUROA'S NOW CHALLENGING FOR THE CO-LEADERSHIP OF THE MAORI PARTY? WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET THESE SORTS OF STORIES FROM, EH? PITA SHARPLES. IT SEEMS TO BE A BATTLE THE PARTY WANTED IN PRIVATE. WHY ARE YOU CHALLENGING FOR THE MAORI PARTY LEADERSHIP? > WELL, WHO SAID I WAS? PITA SHARPLES. > WELL, THAT'S GOOD. WHATEVER HE HAS TO SAY, I'LL LEAVE IT WITH HIM. ADDING TO THE TENSION, AN OFFER FROM MANA PARTY LEADER HONE HARAWIRA TO FORM SOME SORT OF MAORI POLITICAL ALLIANCE. I WOULD CERTAINLY EXPECT TO BE PARTY TO DISCUSSIONS ON LEADERSHIP, ON POLICY AND ON DIRECTION, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY THINK MAORI PEOPLE WOULD WANT ME TO BE THE LEADER. PITA SHARPLES IS ENTERTAINING THE IDEA, DESPITE OUSTING HONE HARAWIRA FROM THE MAORI PARTY IN 2011. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING. I MEAN, IT'S A BIT SILLY TO HAVE TWO MAORI PARTIES, ISN'T IT? BUT TARIANA TURIA'S NOT INTERESTED. IT WAS A HORRENDOUS EXPERIENCE AND NOT ONE THAT I PERSONALLY WOULD CARE TO REPEAT. HONE HARAWIRA, WHATEVER HE SAYS, THAT'S FOR HIM TO SAY. I SUSPECT HE'S BEING FUNNY AND FAILING DISMALLY. ANY HARAWIRA ALLIANCE WOULD END NATIONAL'S COALITION WITH THE MAORI PARTY. HONE HARAWIRA'S MADE HIS POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATIONAL PARTY VERY CLEAR. AND IT'S MUTUAL. SO IT'S FAR FROM HARMONIOUS IN THE WORLD OF MAORI POLITICS. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS SIR OWEN GLENN IS SO ALARMED BY NZ'S RECORD ON CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HE'S NAMED THE KIWI EXPERTS WHO'LL JOIN HIS INTERNATIONAL THINK TANK TACKLING THE ISSUES. THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE ISN'T WAITING FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND HAS ORDERED HIS OWN INQUIRY, THE FINDINGS OF WHICH HE HOPES TO PRESENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE MY MOMENT IN FRONT OF THE UNITED NATIONS WHO TOOK A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN NZ'S PROBLEM OVER DECADES. NZ HAS AN APPALLING HISTORY IN VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE. THE THINK TANK WILL SPEND THE NEXT NINE MONTHS SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHARTING LINKS AND POSSIBLE CAUSES. THEY'RE ALSO INTERVIEWING VICTIMS OF ABUSE, WITH HUNDREDS ALREADY COMING FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. THE FINDINGS WILL BE DELIVERED IN APRIL NEXT YEAR. A KAITAIA MINISTER (64) HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' HOME DETENTION FOR TAKING AND POSSESSING INTIMATE PHOTOS TAKEN UP WOMEN'S SKIRTS USING HIS IPHONE. EXCUSE ME. MR REID, ARE YOU ASHAMED OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE? ERIC REID'S BEEN CONVICTED OF 49 CHARGES IN RELATION TO THE PHOTOS HE TOOK OF HIS TWO UNSUSPECTING FEMALE VICTIMS, ONE JUST 16, THE OTHER MIDDLE-AGED. MANY WERE SNAPPED THROUGH HOLES HE DRILLED IN THE WALL AT THIS CHURCH WHERE HE WORKED AS A PASTOR. KAITAIA'S BEEN ROCKED BY A NUMBER OF RECENT SEX ALLEGATIONS. A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND A SCHOOL TEACHER ARE FACING SEPARATE CHARGES OF SEXUALLY ABUSING BOYS. SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY STRAIN OF NOROVIRUS IS GROWING HERE AT AN ALARMING RATE. TESTS SHOW THE MAJORITY OF OUTBREAKS LATE LAST YEAR WERE THE SO-CALLED SYDNEY 2012 STRAIN, SUPERSEDING THE OLD 'NEW ORLEANS' STRAIN, AND OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS LITTLE RESISTANCE TO THE MUTATED VIRUS. NOROVIRUS IS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC-HEALTH CONCERN, BECAUSE IT IS HIGHLY INFECTIOUS, CAN BE EASILY TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ILLNESS. SCIENTISTS SAY IN MOST CASES VOMITING AND DIARRHOEA WILL MAKE YOU SICK FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE ELDERLY AND BABIES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. SURVIVORS OF THE MINIVAN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED THREE NZERS IN KENYA SAY THEY CAN'T REMEMBER THE CRASH. SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO WERE ON THE BETHLEHEM COLLEGE TRIP ARRIVED BACK IN TAURANGA TODAY. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS REPORTS. # YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS AND NEVER GIVES UP. # BACK ON COLLEGE GROUNDS, A WELCOME HOME FOR THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE KENYAN BUS CRASH. IT WAS QUITE AN EMOTIONAL TIME, SEEING THE FAMILY, BUT REALLY GOOD TO SEE MUM AND DAD. SAM MCDOUGALL (19) WAS AT THE BACK OF THE MINIVAN WHEN IT ROLLED. I WOKE UP IN THE VAN, TRYING TO GET UP. HE ATTEMPTED TO HELP TAURANGA TEENAGER CAITLIN DICKSON, DR BRIAN JOHNSTON AND HIS WIFE, GRACE, AND KENYAN MAN CHRISTOPHER MMATA, WHO WERE ALL KILLED IN THE CRASH. BASICALLY, I JUST WENT AROUND THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I SAW, ASKING, 'ARE YOU OK? WHAT'S HURTING? WHAT'S SORE?' AND IF THEY RESPONDED TO ME, USUALLY I'D JUST MAKE SURE THEY WERE OK. THE GROUP WAS IN KENYA AS PART OF AN ANNUAL TRIP TO DO AID WORK AT ARK QUEST SCHOOL IN A SMALL VILLAGE NORTH-WEST OF NAIROBI. A WEEK ON, A VIGIL IS CONTINUING AT THE BETHLEHEM CHAPEL ` WORDS OF CONDOLENCE FROM A STUNNED COMMUNITY DRAWING ON ITS CHRISTIAN FAITH. HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED HERE TOMORROW FOR CAITLIN DICKSON'S FUNERAL, A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, THOUGH, ARE STILL IN NAIROBI ` ONE SO INJURED IT'S UNCERTAIN WHEN SHE'LL RETURN HOME. MEANWHILE, THESE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY KEEN TO GET BACK,... YOU JUST WON'T GO TO KENYA AND COME BACK THE SAME. ...DESPITE THE SCHOOL TRIP OF A LIFETIME ENDING IN HEARTBREAK. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. BEYONCE GOT ALL THE PLAUDITS YESTERDAY FOR HER RENDITION OF THE US NATIONAL ANTHEM AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION. TODAY SHE'S GETTING ALL THE FLAK. WHY? IT'S THOUGHT THE MULTI-GRAMMY WINNER AND CONSTANT CHART-TOPPER MAY HAVE LIP-SYNCHED. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT HAS THE STORY. (SINGS 'STAR-SPANGLED BANNER') RIGHT DOWN TO THAT DRAMATIC FLOURISH WITH THE EARPIECE, HER PERFORMANCE WAS PICTURE-PERFECT, BUT WAS SHE JUST ACTING? EARLIER TODAY THE MARINE CORPS BAND CONFIRMED THEY WERE JUST PRETENDING TO PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS AND SAID FLAT-OUT BEYONCE WAS LIP-SYNCHING. A BAND SPOKESWOMAN TOLD ABC NEWS... # LAND OF THE PILGRIM'S PRIDE... ON THE PLATFORM, HER FELLOW PERFORMERS, WHO DID THEIR PORTIONS LIVE, PRESUMABLY THOUGHT SHE WAS SINGING LIVE TOO. # LET FREEDOM REIGN. WATCH KELLY CLARKSON CLOSELY HERE. 'IT'S SO HARD,' SHE MOUTHED, CONGRATULATING BEYONCE. THERE IS A PRECEDENT. ITZHAK PERLMAN AND YO-YO MA PLAYED AIR VIOLIN AND CELLO AT OBAMA'S FIRST INAUGURATION. IT WAS COLD ENOUGH THAT DAY TO SNAP THE STRING ON A STRADIVARIUS. YESTERDAY WAS COLD ENOUGH TO WORRY JAMES TAYLOR. # FOR ON THE WINGS OF GRACE... # IT'S ALWAYS HARD FOR A GUITAR PLAYER TO PLAY WHEN IT'S COLD, BECAUSE YOUR HANDS SORT OF STIFFEN UP. I WAS VERY RELIEVED TO HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH IT. LATE TODAY, FACING A TRAIN WRECK OF BAD PR, THE MARINE CORPS BAND REVISED ITS EARLIER STATEMENT. AN INAUGURATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE HISTORY, NOT SHOW-BIZ, AND HISTORY IS RARELY PERFECT. JUST AHEAD ` THE LATEST ON THE NOVOPAY DEBACLE. A WARNING YOU MIGHT NOT BE GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR AT THE SUPERMARKET. AND MAKING MONEY FROM SPACE ` THE COMPANY WITH 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' AMBITIONS. THE LONG GOAL IS TO CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US THROUGH SPACE RESOURCES. Come on, Seymour. Come on, Seymour. DOG BARKS Yes, dear? Yes, dear? Hello, there. Did you know NZ TV's going digital? Is that right? Is that right? Yeah. It'll be heaps better. With old TV... Well, let Seymour show you. But with digital ` DOG BARKS DOG BARKS better pictures, better sound and more channels. DOG BARKS APPLAUSE To find out how you can see more and enjoy more, visit goingdigital.co.nz TYRES SQUEAL MOURNFUL STRINGS MUSIC If you're speeding and you crash, the car stops, but everything inside keeps moving. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES It's the same inside your body. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES SNAP! 1 SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE DEMANDING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE EDUCATION PAYROLL SYSTEM NOVOPAY IMMEDIATELY. THE PRINCIPALS FEDERATION IS CONCERNED AN INTERNAL REVIEW BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN APRIL WILL BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS MORE. KIDS COOL DOWN... WATER SPLASHES ...WHILE THEIR PRINCIPAL HEATS UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CORRECT, AND IT MAKES IT REALLY FRUSTRATING AND A REAL WORRY. WHY DOES IT KEEP SENDING US OUT THESE ERRORS? LAST NIGHT'S EDUCATION PAY ROUND HAD FEWER MISTAKES THAN USUAL, BUT LEFTOVER PROBLEMS FROM LAST YEAR CONTINUE TO FESTER. THE MINISTRY WILL NOT SUCCEED WITH NOVOPAY IF THE SECTOR IS NOT ON BOARD WITH THIS. AND THE SECTOR IS DEMANDING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE PRINCIPALS FEDERATION SAYS THE INTERNAL REVIEW THE MINISTRY HAS SET DOWN FOR APRIL WON'T BE WIDE ENOUGH, SO IT'S WRITTEN TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENT REVIEW. OUR REVIEW IS AROUND 'IS THIS HORSE READY TO BRING BACK TO LIFE, 'OR IS IT DEAD AND SEND IT TO THE KNACKERS?' BECAUSE WE LACK CONFIDENCE THAT NOVOPAY CAN COME GOOD. NEXT PAYDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE A ROUGH ONE, BECAUSE AROUND 300 SCHOOLS HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THEIR START-OF-YEAR DATA. THAT'S INFORMATION ABOUT NEW STAFF AND CHANGES TO CONTRACTS. SEVERAL PRINCIPALS HAVE TOLD ONE NEWS WHEN THEY TRY TO ENTER THE INFORMATION, THE SYSTEM REPEATEDLY DELETES IT. WELL, IT'S A WASTE OF TIME, AND I'VE GOT OTHER THINGS I WANT TO DO. I'VE GOT ERO IN FIVE WEEKS' TIME, AND A CHARTER TO DO, AND A TEACHER-ONLY DAY TO ORGANISE, SO I DON'T LIKE DOING THINGS THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND STILL NOT WORKING. MEANWHILE, THE PRIME MINISTER HAS REITERATED HIS CONFIDENCE IN STEVEN JOYCE TO SORT IT ALL OUT. WE'RE GIVING THEM AN OUTCOME, WHICH IS THE MOST SENIOR MINISTER AND A LOT OF FOCUS OF CABINET. NOVOPAY MAY SINK OR SWIM ON THE DECISIONS OF THE NEW MINISTER. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING AT A TEXAS UNIVERSITY. IT'S BELIEVED TWO MEN BEGAN SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER. ONE OF THE GUNMEN WAS INJURED, WHILE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. POLICE DETAINED TWO PEOPLE FOR QUESTIONING. THIS INCIDENT IS THE FOURTH SCHOOL SHOOTING IN AMERICA THIS WEEK. A SERIES OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD HAS KILLED 17 PEOPLE AND FUELLED FEARS OF RISING SECTARIAN VIOLENCE. TWO EXPLOSIONS HIT SECURITY CHECKPOINTS, KILLING SOLDIERS AND SECURITY PERSONNEL. A THIRD WENT OFF IN A CROWDED MARKETPLACE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ATTACKS, WHICH ARE BEING BLAMED ON SUNNI INSURGENTS. NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WILL BOOST ITS MILITARY POWER AND STOP ALL TALKS ON BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AFTER THE UN AGREED TO TIGHTEN SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RECLUSIVE STATE. THE TIGHTENED SANCTIONS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A LONG-RANGE ROCKET LAUNCH IN DECEMBER. AND IN A BLOW TO NORTH KOREA, ITS TRADITIONAL ALLY CHINA AGREED TO THE SANCTIONS. EXTREME WEATHER IS CONTINUING TO CAUSE TRANSPORT HAVOC ACROSS EUROPE. MORE THAN A THOUSAND FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED, WITH FRANKFURT AND HEATHROW AIRPORTS THE WORST HIT. WHEN YOU SPLASH OUT AT THE SUPERMARKET FOR THE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL OR THE SPECIAL FRUIT JUICE, YOU EXPECT YOU ARE GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR. BUT NEW RESEARCH FROM AMERICA SUGGEST THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE. THE ABC'S JIM AVILA HAS THE STORY. STAPLES OF THE GROCERY AISLE ` ALL, ACCORDING TO A STUDY TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW BY USP ` A TRUSTED INDEPENDENT LAB ` FREQUENT TARGETS OF FRAUD. FOOD PRODUCTS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THE PURPORT TO BE. 7% OF AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY ARE NOW ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN FRAUDULENT INGREDIENTS. AND THIS NEW REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SAYS THESE LIQUIDS AND GROUND FOOD ARE MOST OFTEN DOCTORED ` EXPENSIVE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL DILUTED WITH CHEAPER VEGETABLE OILS. COSTLY POMEGRANATE JUICE ADULTERATION IS WIDESPREAD. SOME BRANDS DIMINISH BY GRAPE OR PEAR JUICE. SAFFRON, BLACK PEPPER AND PAPRIKA ARE CUT WITH STEMS AND CHEAPER SPICES. TEA BAGS ARE FILLED WITH FERN LEAVES AND COMMON LAWN GRASS. PURE LEMON JUICE IS REDUCED BY SUGAR AND WATER. ONE HAD 10% LEMON JUICE, ANOTHER HAD 15%, ANOTHER HAD 25, AND THE LAST ONE HAD 35% LEMON JUICE. SO WHAT CAN A CONSUMER DO? FIRST, IF YOU CAN, BUY WHOLE PRODUCTS ` TEA LEAVES, COFFEE BEANS WHOLE PEPPER, AND GRIND THEM YOURSELF. AND BE CAREFUL OF SUPER PRICE CUTS. THAT'S PRETTY CHEAP FOR EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL. AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD RAISE SOME EYEBROWS FOR CONSUMERS. BOTH THE FDA AND GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION TELL ABC NEWS THEY TAKE THE NEW FINDINGS SERIOUSLY AND MONITOR GROCERY AISLES FOR FOOD FRAUD. NOW BOTH HAVE NEW AMMUNITION TO FIGHT IT. NOW A LOOK TO THE FUTURE. A TEAM OF ENTREPRENEURS AND ENGINEERS HAS UNVEILED A PLAN TO MINE IN SPACE. THE PROJECT WILL KICK OFF IN 2015, WITH A SURVEY CRAFT HEADING OFF TO A YET TO BE IDENTIFIED ASTEROID. THE COMPANY IS HOPING TO EXTRACT RESOURCES FOR FUEL AND MINE MINERALS SUCH AS IRON AND NICKEL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS CREATING AN ECONOMY IN SPACE. WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING WEALTH IN SPACE. WE'RE GONNA BE MINING RESOURCES THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE LONG RUN CAN HELP LIFE ON EARTH. FUNDING IS STILL BEING SOUGHT FOR THE FIRST MISSION, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COST MORE THAN $20M. THE LONG TERM GOAL IS TO MAKE A SELF-SUSTAINING SPACE STATION A REALITY. JUST AHEAD ` THE LATEST FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. AND WE'LL TELL YOU HOW THIS DAREDEVIL WILL LET YOU FLY WITH HIM. AND THERE'S SOME WET WEATHER ON THE WAY, BUT IT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. TYRES SQUEAL MOURNFUL STRINGS MUSIC If you're speeding and you crash, the car stops, but everything inside keeps moving. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES It's the same inside your body. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES SNAP! IN TENNIS ` ANDY MURRAY HAS POWERED INTO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AFTER HAMMERING FRENCHMAN JEREMY CHARDY. THE THIRD-SEEDED SCOT ACED UNSEEDED CHARDY IN JUST UNDER TWO HOURS TO EASILY TAKE THE MATCH 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. ANDY MURRAY COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS. CHARDY HAS HAD A TERRIFIC TOURNAMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY HE WAS REALLY OUTPLAYED AND OUTCLASSED TODAY. MURRAY WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S QUARTER-FINAL MATCH BETWEEN ROGER FEDERER AND JO-WILFRIED TSONGA OF FRANCE. THE SWISS MASTER HAS JUST TAKEN THE FIRST SET IN A TIE-BREAKER, AND IT'S 4-3 TO TSONGA IN THE SECOND SET. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. HI, EVERYONE. THE FRONT CONTINUES NORTHWARDS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT, WEAKENING IN THE WEST, THEN FADING AWAY DURING THE MORNING. IN THE EAST, A LEADING TROUGH DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVERNIGHT, SPLINTERING AS IT PASSES COOK STRAIT AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AS ONE HALF MOVES OVER THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND WHILE THE OTHER CONTINUES ALONG THE EASTERN NORTH ISLAND WITH THE FRONT IN TOW. MEANWHILE, HIGH PRESSURE RACES IN FROM THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA BEHIND THE FRONT, SPREADING OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THE AFTERNOON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. FINALLY TONIGHT ` FOR VISITORS TO THIS WEEKEND'S NZ INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW, ONE OF THE ACTS WILL BE LIKE YOU ARE UP THERE WITH THE DAREDEVIL HIMSELF. SWISS AVIATOR YVES ROSSY, KNOWN AS THE JETMAN, IS STRAPPING A CAMERA TO THE WING OF HIS CARBON-FIBRE FLYING MACHINE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BROADCAST A FLIGHT LIVE. WITH THE BIG SCREENS AND THE CAMERA FROM MY WING, YOU WILL BE ON BOARD WITH ME, AND I WILL DO A COMMENTARY OF WHAT I'M DOING. YVES MANOEUVRES THE 55KG 1PACK WITH JUST HIS BODY.. AND USES A PARACHUTE TO LAND. THE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR MACHINE ISN'T FOR SALE ANYWHERE, SO A LIVE BROADCAST IS AS CLOSE TO EXPERIENCING THE THRILL ANY OF US IS LIKELY TO GET. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013