DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TENSIONS RISE OVER WHO'LL LEAD THE PM ONTO TE TII MARAE TOMORROW IN THE LEAD-UP TO WAITANGI DAY. A KNIFE-WIELDING MAN IS TASERED BY POLICE OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE. AND A MAJOR UPSET IN SIX NATIONS RUGBY AS THE WORLD CUP FINALISTS ARE BEATEN IN ROME. TRY TIME FOR CASTROGIOVANNI OF ITALY. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL HAS BEEN WELCOMED ON TO TE TII MARAE AHEAD OF WAITANGI DAY AS TENSIONS INCREASE OVER WHO WILL LEAD THE PRIME MINISTER ON TO THE MARAE TOMORROW CONTINUES. TITEWHAI HARAWIRA APPOINTED HERSELF TO THE ROLE MANY YEARS AGO, BUT NGAPUHI ELDERS HAVE PUSHED FOR A CHANGE OF ESCORT. ONE NEWS REPORTER PAUL HOBBS JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE LOWER MARAE AT TE TII. PAUL. In the past few minutes, the government gen has just emerged from its powhiri here at Waitangi. Te Tii Marae has taken up the role. She says she will once again do that tomorrow with the Prime Minister. Another woman says she is honoured to do the job. There is still a lot of water to pass under the bridge this is an unwelcome distraction for Maori. They have a lot of other issues to raise with the government. That is more important than who walk on with the Prime Minister. We will just have to see what happens tomorrow. This could derail tomorrow's proceedings. THANKS, PAUL HOBBS, LIVE FROM TE TII MARAE. DAVID SHEARER HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY HIS MPS AS LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY. THE CAUCUS VOTE TOOK PLACE AT AN ALL-DAY MEETING IN AUCKLAND, AND ONE NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT MEETING. CORIN. David Shearer, barring some major meltdown in the polls will lead Labour to the next election. We don't know some have voted against him, but he got 61% of the votes. THE VOTE WAS IN FAVOUR OF MYSELF, AND I DON'T KNOW THE RESULT. THE RESULT IS A SECRET BALLOT. BUT THE THRESHOLD IS THE HIGHEST THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN A LABOUR PARTY VOTE BEFORE, SO IT'S 60% PLUS ONE. I'M VERY HAPPY NOW TO BE THE LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY, ENDORSED, AND WE GO FORWARD TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR POLICIES ACROSS SO THE PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE A GOVERNMENT IN WAITING. David Shearer continuing on ` a pretty strong start to the year for him. THANKS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN, LIVE FROM THE LABOUR PARTY MEETING IN AUCKLAND. THE FUNERAL FOR A YOUNG MAN BURNED TO DEATH ON A SOUTH AUCKLAND ROADSIDE IS BEING HELD IN MANUKAU TODAY. 21-YEAR-OLD SHALVIN PRASAD'S BODY WAS FOUND BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AFTER A SCRUB FIRE AT KINGSEAT LAST THURSDAY. A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. HIS VEHICLE, A BLUE RAV 4, WAS FOUND IN PAPATOETOE YESTERDAY, AND POLICE ARE CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT MIGHT SHOW WHO LEFT IT THERE. THE WOMAN WHO ADMITTED MURDERING ROTORUA WOMAN MICHELLE HOFFMAN-TAMM WILL BE SENTENCED IN ROTORUA THIS AFTERNOON. GWENDA SLOANE (44) STABBED HOFFMAN-TAMM (51) 33 TIMES AFTER AN ARGUMENT AND BURIED HER BODY IN A FOREST NEAR MURUPARA. THE SUNNY WEATHER SPELL HAS BEEN BROKEN, WITH MUCH OF THE COUNTRY WAKING UP TO SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAINFALL THIS MORNING. THE DRY CONDITIONS THIS SUMMER HAVE SEEN MANY REGIONS EXPERIENCING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND TOTAL FIRE BANS. THE METSERVICE SAYS THE CURRENT RAINFALL WILL BE WELCOME RELIEF FOR SOME. SOME PLACES ACROSS THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MEASURABLE RAIN SINCE ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY. AND IN SOME PLACES WE'VE SEEN RAIN ALREADY THAT HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED WHAT THEY RECEIVED FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY, BECAUSE IT WAS SO DRY. THE WEATHER CHANGES, THOUGH, WILL BE SHORT-LIVED, WITH ANOTHER HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM FALLING INTO PLACE BY THURSDAY AND STICKING AROUND UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT WEEK. A SOUTH AUCKLAND MAN'S BEING HAILED AS A HERO BY POLICE, WHO SAY HE ALMOST CERTAINLY SAVED A TEENAGER FROM DROWNING LAST NIGHT. THREE TEENAGERS WERE CAUGHT IN A RIP AT KARIOITAHI BEACH NEAR WAIUKU AS DARKNESS FELL. LOCAL MAN BRENDON POOLEY WENT IN TO HELP ON HIS BODY BOARD AS TWO OF THE YOUTHS MADE IT TO SHORE. HE FOUND THE THIRD EXHAUSTED TEENAGER AS HE WAS ABOUT TO GO UNDER, AND BROUGHT HIM BACK SAFELY. TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS. FRENCH WARPLANES HAVE BOMBARDED A VILLAGE IN NORTHERN MALI THOUGHT TO BE THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF ISLAMIST REBELS. THE ATTACKS COMES AFTER THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER PAID A VISIT TO THE CITY TIMBUKTU, WHICH IS TRYING TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING REPORTS. LIFE AND COLOUR ARE RETURNING TO THIS DESERT TOWN. (SPEAKS FRENCH) KIDS REPLY SCHOOLS ARE FINALLY OPEN ONCE AGAIN. THE ISLAMIST MILITANTS WHO OCCUPY TIMBUKTU IMPOSED STRICT RULES FOR GIRLS, THEN STOPPED ALL LESSONS. THERE'S PLENTY TO CLEAR UP HERE. THE MILITANTS ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE PAST, BURNING SOME PRICELESS MANUSCRIPTS, SMASHING ANCIENT SHRINES, PAINTING OVER ANYTHING THAT OFFENDED THEM. THAT INCLUDED THE FACES OUTSIDE THIS MAN'S HAIRDRESSING SALON. (SPEAKS FRENCH) 'THEY ARRESTED ME FOR SHAVING SOMEONE'S BEARD OFF,' HE SAYS. THEY BEAT PEOPLE ON THE STREET. I HOPE THEY NEVER COME BACK. BUT TENSIONS REMAIN HERE. TIMBUKTU'S LEADERS SEEM CONFIDENT THE WORST IS OVER. THE FRENCH ARE STILL HERE TO HELP OUT, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON AN EXIT STRATEGY. BEFORE LONG, MALI'S OWN ILL-DISCIPLINED SECURITY FORCES WILL BE EXPECTED TO TAKE A LEADING ROLE IN KEEPING THE PEACE HERE IN TIMBUKTU AND PREVENTING AL QAEDA AND ITS ALLIES FROM STORMING BACK INTO TOWN. THAT IS ASKING AN AWFUL LOT OF THESE SOLDIERS. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, MALI'S ARMY NOW STANDS GUARD. DEEPER IN THE DESERT IN THE NORTH, THE WAR GOES ON. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON IS FACING OPPOSITION FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY OVER PLANS FOR PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE. MORE THAN 20 LOCAL CONSERVATIVE ORGANISATIONS HAVE PRESENTED A PETITION TO DOWNING STREET, SAYING SUCH A VOTE COULD THREATEN THE PARTY. THE BBC'S CAROL WALKER REPORTS. THEY CAME FROM THE SHIRES ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO DELIVER THEIR PROTEST TO DOWNING STREET. THESE ARE SOME OF THE 25 SENIOR CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE WARNING DAVID CAMERON THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN HIS PARTY WILL NOT SUPPORT WHAT THEY SEE AS AN ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE. THEIR LETTER SAYS THERE'S NO MANDATE FOR THE BILL; IT'S BEING RUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT PROPER CONSULTATION. AND IT SAYS RESIGNATIONS FROM THE PARTY ARE BEGINNING TO MULTIPLY. DOWNING STREET SAY THERE'S NO QUESTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER BACKING DOWN. IT IS A FREE VOTE, AND HE ACCEPTS THAT MANY OF HIS MPS, EVEN SOME CABINET MINISTERS, WILL NOT SUPPORT THE MOVE. BUT HE BELIEVES IT'S TIME TO GIVE GAY PEOPLE THE SAME RIGHT AS EVERYONE ELSE TO GET MARRIED. IS IT RIGHT IN PRINCIPLE? AND I THINK IT IS. MARRIAGE IS AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS A VERY POSITIVE INSTITUTION IN OUR SOCIETY. WE SHOULDN'T DENY IT TO PEOPLE ON A DISCRIMINATORY BASIS. IS THERE SUFFICIENT PUBLIC CONSENT FOR IT TO BE A LAW THAT ENJOYS`? < MAN: WELL, THE POLLS SUGGEST YES. YES, THERE IS. CHEERING MANY TORIES WANT THE PRIME MINISTER TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES, AND RESENTMENT HAS BEEN FUELLED BY THE DECISION NOT TO INTRODUCE TAX BREAKS FOR MARRIED COUPLES IN THE COMING BUDGET. THE BILL TO ALLOW GAY COUPLES TO MARRY IS LIKELY TO GET THE GO-AHEAD ON TUESDAY, GIVEN THE BACKING OF MOST LABOUR AND LIBERAL DEMOCRAT MPS. AND IT COULD FACE A DIFFICULT PASSAGE THROUGH PARLIAMENT, WHICH WILL PUT FURTHER STRAINS ON THE FRACTIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS PARTY. THERE WERE DRAMATIC SCENES OUTSIDE LONDON'S BUCKINGHAM PALACE DURING THE CEREMONIAL CHANGING OF THE GUARDS, A MAN BRANDISHING A LARGE KNIFE WAS TASERED BY POLICE. HERE'S THE BBC'S RICHARD LISTER. NOON AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AND THE CROWD'S GATHERED FOR THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. ALL EYES, THOUGH, ARE ON THIS MAN, WHO'S BRANDISHING TWO LARGE KITCHEN KNIVES. WOMAN SHOUTS THE POLICE SURROUND HIM AS HE HOLDS A BLADE TO HIS NECK. THEY CHALLENGE HIM, AND ONE OFFICER CIRCLES BEHIND HIM WITH A TASER. HE FIRES. TASER BUZZES THE MAN APPEARS TO APPROACH HIM BEFORE FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE ELECTRIC SHOCK LEAVES THE MAN STUNNED, AND OFFICERS DISARM HIM BEFORE TAKING HIM AWAY. ONE BYSTANDER SAID IT ALL SEEMED TO BE OVER VERY QUICKLY. THEY SURROUNDED HIM, THEN ONE COPPER WENT BEHIND HIM AND TASERED HIM. HE FELL ON THE GROUND WITHIN A COUPLE OF SECONDS, AND HE GOT TAKEN AWAY IN THE POLICE VAN. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAID THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WERE IN SANDRINGHAM AT THE TIME. IT HASN'T ISSUED ANY COMMENT ON THE INCIDENT. THE KNIVES AND THE MAN'S HAT WERE VISIBLE BEHIND THE POLICE CORDON, AS WERE THE BEADS HE WAS HOLDING. SCOTLAND YARD SAYS HE'S NOW BEING HELD AT A POLICE STATION IN CENTRAL LONDON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` A MAJOR UPSET IN THE SIX NATIONS. AND WHAT'S THIS? GANGNAM STYLE COMES TO THE PGA TOUR IN PHOENIX. 1 SS CRAIGS WITH ME NOW IS BELINDA STANLEY FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. CHORUS HAVE MADE A RESPONSE TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S DRAFT RECOMMENDATION ABOUT BROADBAND PRICES, AND THEY WANT THE COMMISSION TO TAKE A MUCH CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR BUSINESS. Yes. This is the first time a request has been made in this admission back to the commerce commission. It will be a large undertaking. The share price hit a high. OFF-SHORE MARKETS STRONG AGAIN LATE LAST WEEK. NZ UP AGAIN TODAY. THE REPORTING SEASON IS ABOUT TO START. WHAT'S THE OUTLOOK? This caps off five weeks of gains. But the good stuff of February. Data in the US has been quite positive. This helps our trading. SOLID ENERGY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE DON ELDER HAS RESIGNED FROM THE COMPANY AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS. HE HAD HELD THE POSITION FOR 12 YEARS. MR ELDER SAYS IT'S APPROPRIATE AND THE RIGHT TIME FOR FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE COMPANY TO BE LED BY A NEW CEO. HE WILL REMAIN WITH THE COMPANY TO ASSIST WITH THE TRANSITION. NOW TO MIDDAY SPORT. ITALY'S PULLED OFF THE SECOND MAJOR UPSET OF EUROPEAN RUGBY'S SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP IN ROME THIS MORNING. JUST A DAY AFTER IRELAND SHOCKED WALES, THE AZZURRI HAVE TRIUMPHED OVER FRANCE IN THEIR OPENING MATCH TO BLOW THE TOURNAMENT WIDE OPEN. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. LES BLEUS VERSUS THE AZZURI. BUT AT STADIO OLYMPICO, IT WAS THE HEAVY FAVOURITES THAT WOULD LEAVE THIS GAME FEELING BLUE. BUNDLED INTO TOUCH FOR A FAMOUS WIN! WHISTLE BLOWS ENTHUSIASTICALLY IT'S ANOTHER ROMAN CALAMITY FOR FRANCE! THE ITALIANS ECSTATIC AFTER CLINGING TO A 23-18 VICTORY, AND WHY NOT? FRANCE HAD GONE TO ROME EXPECTING A CAKEWALK. INSTEAD THEY WERE BEATEN BY THE HOME SIDE FOR JUST THE THIRD TIME IN THEIR RUGBY HISTORY. YEAH! ITALY'S SELF-BELIEF WAS CEMENTED EARLY AFTER MAN OF THE MATCH LUCIANO ORQUERA SET UP THIS STUNNER TO DRAW FIRST BLOOD. ORQUERA HAS SPOTTED A GAP, AND HE'S THROUGH ` KNIFING HIS WAY THROUGH THE FRENCH DEFENCE. THIS IS BRILLIANT FROM ITALY. HERE'S THE SKIPPER. CAPTAIN FANTASTIC! WHAT A START FOR ITALY! THE HOME SIDE WAS BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTH, THOUGH. FRANCE SNARING THE HALF-TIME ADVANTAGE. BENJAMIN FALL IS ON TARGET FOR FRANCE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE VISITORS, ORQUERA WAS ALSO ON TARGET FOR ITALY. ORQUERA TRIES TO SLITHER HIS WAY THROUGH FOR CASTROOOOOO! BORN AND RAISED IN ARGENTINA, THE 31-YEAR-OLD COMPLETELY OUTSHONE HIS MUCH-HYPED FRENCH COUNTERPART, FREDERIC MICHALAK. THE NUMBER 10 NOT ONLY SETTING UP BOTH ITALY'S TRIES, BUT KICKING 10 POINTS AS WELL. GAME ON. A 68TH MINUTE DROP GOAL TO KRIS BURTON EXTENDING THE LEAD. A FEROCIOUS DEFENSIVE EFFORT HOLDING IT. ITALY'S PRE-SEASON GOAL OF WINNING TWO GAMES IN THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT SUDDENLY SEEMING CONSERVATIVE, AS THEY JOIN IRELAND AND ENGLAND AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUNNING GOALS IN THE PREMIER FOOTBALL LEAGUE THIS MORNING. GARETH BALE GAVE SPURS A 1-0 WIN OVER WEST BROM, WHILE THE CHAMPIONS MANCHESTER CITY COULD ONLY DRAW WITH LIVERPOOL. THE BBC'S NICK PARROTT REPORTS. MANY WILL MISS MANCHESTER CITY'S CONTROVERSIAL STRIKER MARIO BALOTELLI, WHO WAS SOLD LAST WEEK. ROBERTO MANCINI CHOSE NOT TO REPLACE HIM, AND HIS FAITH IN HIS REMAINING STRIKERS WAS REWARDED WHEN EDIN DZEKO PUT THE CHAMPIONS AHEAD, AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY. BUT THEIR LEAD LASTED ALL OF SIX MINUTES, AND IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, IT WAS THEIR FORMER PLAYER DANIEL STURRIDGE WHO DID THE DAMAGE. OH, IT'S GONE! IF THAT WAS SPECTACULAR, IT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO LIVERPOOL'S SECOND. STEVEN GERRARD HAS SCORED SOME MEMORABLE GOALS, AND IS UNLIKELY TO FORGET THIS ONE FOR A WHILE. IF LIVERPOOL'S FANS THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOUT TO WITNESS THEIR SIDE BEAT A TEAM IN THE TOP HALF OF THE TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, THEY WERE WRONG. A MOMENT OF MADNESS FROM PEPE REINA LEFT HIS GOAL UNGUARDED. BUT IT TOOK SHEER GENIUS FROM SERGIO AGUERO TO FIND THE NET. A DRAW DOESN'T DO EITHER SIDE ANY FAVOURS AND LEAVES CITY TRAILING LEAGUE LEADERS MANCHESTER UNITED BY NINE POINTS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, WEST BROMWICH ALBION'S HOPES OF GETTING ANYTHING FROM THEIR MATCH AT HOME TO TOTTENHAM EVAPORATED WHEN GORAN POPOV SPAT AT KYLE WALKER. THAT LEFT THE BAGGIES A MAN SHORT AND GAVE GARETH BALE ENOUGH ROOM TO BAG A BEAUTY AND BOOST THEIR HOPES OF QUALIFYING FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. IN THE END, PHIL MICKELSON DIDN'T SET ANY RECORDS AT THE PHOENIX OPEN, BUT HE DID WIN COMFORTABLY. THIS TOURNAMENT IS GOLF'S EQUIVALENT OF THE WELLINGTON SEVENS ` HUGE CROWDS, PLENTY OF ALCOHOL, ALTHOUGH NO FANCY DRESS. THE PARTY TRICKS INCLUDE CADDIES RACING UP THE 16TH GREEN. AND EVEN SOME PLAYERS CHARGING UP TO THE SAME GREEN, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY GRANDSTANDS HOLDING 13,000 THOUSAND FANS. AND HOW'S THIS FOR AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE? BUBBA WATSON RACING HIS OWN CADDY, WHO HAS TO CARRY THE CLUBS. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE FUN, SOME ACTUAL GOLF, WITH SOME NON-GOLF LIKE CELEBRATIONS. JAMES HAHN, A KOREAN-BORN AMERICAN, SHOWED SOME GANGNAM STYLE AFTER A BIRDIE AT 16 EN ROUTE TO A 10 UNDER PAR 62. CROWD CHEERS OH, IS THAT GANGNAM STYLE? FOR MICKELSON, THOUGH, A FEW PARTY TRICKS OF HIS OWN. THIS FOR BIRDIE ON THE 7TH. CROWD CHEERS PHIL MICKELSON! MICKELSON SHOT FOUR UNDER PAR IN HIS FINAL ROUND TO REACH 28 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND HE WON BY FOUR SHOTS FROM BRANDT SNEDEKER. IN CRICKET, A MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL CENTURY FROM GEORGE BAILEY HELPED AUSTRALIA TO A 54-RUN VICTORY OVER THE WEST INDIES IN THE SECOND ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL AT THE WACA. BAILEY SMASHED AN UNBEATEN 125 TO RESCUE THE AUSTRALIAN INNINGS. WHAT A WAY TO BRING IT UP. THE CROWD ARE ON THEIR FEET. WHAT A WAY TO SCORE YOUR MAIDEN. 100 FOR AUSTRALIA, WITH A SIX OVER WIDE MID-ON. THE WEST INDIANS LOOKED TO BE CRUISING TOWARDS THE TARGET OF 267 TO WIN, BEFORE MITCHELL STARC STRUCK, TAKING FIVE WICKETS FOR 32. AND BAILEY WAS AGAIN INVOLVED IN THE FINAL PLAY, AS HE RAN OUT JASON HOLDER. AUSTRALIA WON BY 54 RUNS. AND BACK HERE, THE ENGLAND TOUR OF NZ IS DUE TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A T20 MATCH AGAINST A NZ ELEVEN IN WHANGAREI. THE MATCH FEATURES A RETURN TO INTERNATIONAL CRICKET FOR TOP KIWI BATSMAN ROSS TAYLOR. BUT THE MATCH MAY BE AFFECTED BY RAIN. THE BROTHER OF BOXING LEGEND MOHAMMAD ALI SAYS THE MAN KNOWN AS 'THE GREATEST' IS SO ILL HE CANNOT SPEAK AND MAY BE DEAD WITHIN DAYS. THE BROTHERS, BORN CASSIUS AND RUDOLPH CLAY, GREW UP TOGETHER IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. BUT ALI'S BROTHER RAHMAN NOW SAYS HIS BROTHER NO LONGER RECOGNISES HIM. THE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION HAS SUFFERED FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOR MANY YEARS. MUHAMMAD ALI IS 71. THE SUPER BOWL IS NOT FAR FROM STARTING ` THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AGAINST THE 49ERS. BUT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE ACTION ON THE FIELD. THE ABC'S JOSH ELLIOTT REPORTS. SUPER BOWL MANIA IN NEW ORLEANS IS IN THE AIR. ALMOST 200,000 FANS HAVE FLOCKED TO THE CITY THIS WEEKEND, SOME STILL GETTING THEIR TICKETS BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND THE BALTIMORE RAVENS. WHO'S THE FAVOURITE TO WIN? IT WOULD BE A SIXTH SUPER BOWL TRIUMPH FOR SAN FRANCISCO IF THE RAVENS WIN. LINEBACKER RAY LEWIS WOULD GO OUT WITH A SECOND SUPER BOWL WIN IN A HISTORIC 17-YEAR CAREER. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE THE FIRST WIN FOR A COACH NAMED HARBAUGH. EITHER RAVENS COACH JOHN OR 49ERS COACH JIM WILL TRIUMPH IN A FIRST SUPER BOWL COACHED BY A PAIR OF BROTHERS. ...GET IT BETTER THAN OTHER. MEN CHANT BUT NOT EVERYONE IS TUNING IN TO ROOT FOR THE MEN ON THE FIELD. THIS YEAR, THE STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCES INCLUDE ALICIA KEYS SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, AND ALTHOUGH BEYONCE'S ALREADY PROVEN THAT, YES, SHE CAN SING BY HERSELF, THE QUESTION REMAINS: WILL SHE SING AS PART OF A REUNITED DESTINY'S CHILD AT HALF-TIME? THERE ARE ALWAYS THE ADS. THIS YEAR'S CROP IS BUZZY AND CONTROVERSIAL AS EVER. NONE MORE SO THAN KATE UPTON'S PROVOCATIVE MERCEDES COMMERCIAL. IT COST ALMOST $4M FOR JUST 30 SECONDS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE BUSY LOW HURTLES OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AND OUT TO SEA, FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. MAORI ACTIVIST TITEWHAI HARAWIRA HAS LED THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL ON TO TE TII MARAE AMID STRONG DEBATE AROUND THE ESCORTING DUTIES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TOMORROW. DAVID SHEARER HAS RETAINED THE SUPPORT OF HIS LABOUR PARTY COLLEAGUES FOLLOWING A LEADERSHIP VOTE TODAY. AND THERE COULD BE SOME RELIEF FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY RECENT DRY CONDITIONS WITH MUCH-NEEDED RAIN FORECAST UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND ANGELA ALICE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013