DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THEIR BLACKEST DAY ` THE AUSSIE INVESTIGATION THAT'S UNCOVERED DRUG USE, CORRUPTION AND ORGANISED CRIME LINKS IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT. AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE ` THE IMPACT OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BUILDING COMPANIES COLLAPSING. AND WHAT'S THE SECRET TO 80 YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS? AND HE'S ALWAYS HAD HIS HAND ON MY KNEE. AUSTRALIAN SPORT HAS BEEN ROCKED BY AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S FOUND MAJOR SPORTING CODES ARE PLAGUED BY DRUG-TAKING AND LINKS TO ORGANISED CRIME. THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION FOUND THIS MAY HAVE LED TO MATCH-FIXING AND ILLEGAL BETTING. TWO SYDNEY NRL CLUBS ARE ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIEN RYAN REPORTS. IT'S THE DAY AUSTRALIAN SPORT LOST ITS INNOCENCE. THE FINDINGS ARE SHOCKING, AND THEY'LL DISGUST AUSTRALIAN SPORTS FANS. PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES USING BANNED DRUGS WITH THE HELP OF ORGANISED CRIME FIGURES ` ALL BLOWN OPEN BY A YEAR-LONG INVESTIGATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE ATHLETES ACROSS A NUMBER OF CODES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF TEAMS. AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF MATCH FIXING. THE BOMBSHELL WAS DROPPED IN A ROOM FILLED WITH BOSSES OF EVERY MAJOR AUSTRALIAN SPORTING CODE, AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO HIDE. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CRIME COMMISSION IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO, AND INFORMATION HAS COME FORWARD FOR NRL SPECIFICALLY THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE PLAYER AND MORE THAN ONE CLUB. AND WITHIN HOURS, MANLY AND PENRITH WERE FEELING THE HEAT. PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS WERE SENT IN TO CHECK THE BOOKS ON WHAT SUPPLEMENTS THEY'RE USING. EVERY CLUB IS EXPECTED TO BE SCRUTINISED. THE AFL IS ALSO UNDER DEEP SUSPICION. WE WERE PRIVY TO A BRIEFING BY AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION. IT CAME AS A SHOCK, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A VERY THOROUGH AND VERY RIGOROUS TESTING REGIME. SOCCER SO FAR, SO CLEAN. THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC IN RELATION TO FOOTBALL IN RELATION TO THIS REPORT. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND CRIMINAL FIGURES ARE ACTIVELY GROOMING YOUNG PLAYERS TO MAKE MONEY FROM BETTING. IT'S CHEATING, BUT IT'S WORSE THAN THAT. IT'S CHEATING WITH THE HELP OF CRIMINALS. THOSE CRIME FIGURES HAVE INFILTRATED PHARMACIES THAT MAKE THE DRUGS, COMPLIANT DOCTORS WHO WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS, ALONG WITH ANTI-AGING CLINICS THAT PROVIDE THE DRUGS DIRECTLY TO PLAYERS. PEPTIDE APPEARS TO BE THE BANNED SUBSTANCE OF CHOICE. IT IS INJECTED, STIMULATING HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES, INCREASING BODY MASS, ALLOWING ATHLETES TO TRAIN HARDER, GET STRONGER AND RECOVER FASTER. AND IN SOME CASES, SPORT SCIENTISTS AND OTHERS ORCHESTRATING THE DOPING OF ENTIRE TEAMS. WHICH TEAMS NO ONE IS SAYING PUBLICALLY. BUT IF THEY ARE FOUND OUT, THE PROMISE IS THEY'LL BE NAMED, SHAMED AND PUNISHED. THERE ARE FEARS THE STAIN ON AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COULD SPREAD HERE, AS TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITIONS ARE SO INTEGRATED. BUT OFFICIALS SAY WHILE THAT'S A RISK, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. THE REALITY IS, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF NZ ATHLETES IN AUSTRALIA, THEN AT SOME STAGE SOME OF THEIR NAMES ARE GONNA BECOME ASSOCIATED. JUST URGE PEOPLE, I GUESS, NOT TO JUDGE UNTIL ALL THE FACTS ARE ESTABLISHED AND KNOWN. SUPER RUGBY TEAMS HAVE STRICT RULES BANNING BETTING AND ARE HEAVILY DRUG TESTED. I DON'T THINK ANY SPORT'S CLEAN. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S CLEAN, AND I'M HOPING THAT IT'S CLEAN. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY OF IT, BUT I THINK I'D BE A LITTLE BIT NAIVE. THE AUSTRALIAN REPORT HIGHLIGHTED CLEAR PARALLELS BETWEEN WHAT WAS DISCOVERED THERE AND THE US ANTI-DOPING INVESTIGATION INTO DISGRACED CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG. IT SAYS THE LINK UNDERLINES THE TRANS-NATIONAL THREAT POSED BY DOPING IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT. NINE RURAL FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A LARGE BLAZE IN NORTHLAND'S WAIPOUA FOREST, THE HOME OF THE FAMED TANE MAHUTA KAURI. A 2KM STRETCH IS ON FIRE, BUT THE BLAZE IS CONTAINED. EARLIER IN THE EVENING, EIGHT FIRE ENGINES AND FOUR HELICOPTERS ATTENDED THE FIRE. IT'S SO DRY UP HERE, AND ALL THESE FIRES NEED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AND WITH SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ICON LIKE TANE MAHUTA NOT TOO FAR AWAY, WE THREW PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR RESOURCES AT IT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE FIRE IS APPROXIMATELY 5KM FROM THE SITE OF THE GREAT KAURI AND THE TREE IS NOT UNDER THREAT, WITH THE FIRE TRACKING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THERE ARE NO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACKS IN THE AREA, MAKING GETTING CLOSE TO THE BLAZE DIFFICULT. LOCALS TOLD ONE NEWS THAT THE FIRE IS AT THE SAME SITE OF A SIMILAR BLAZE THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS STARTED BY PAUA POACHERS. FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO THE AREA IN THE MORNING. THE COLLAPSE OF MAINZEAL, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST BUILDING COMPANIES, HAS LEFT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS UNSURE ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND SEVERAL MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS UNFINISHED. THE COMPANY IS NOW IN RECEIVERSHIP, KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. THE SIGN SAYS 'BUILDING CERTAINTY', BUT CERTAINTY'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE BUILDERS ARE SHORT OF. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL. IT MIGHT BE WEEKS; IT MIGHT BE MONTHS. OH, IT'S JUST ALL IN THE AIR. WE DIDN'T REALLY GET MUCH INFO. MAINZEAL, THE COUNTRY'S THIRD LARGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, HAS GONE INTO RECEIVERSHIP, SEEING CONTRACTORS OUT OF WORK AND BUILDING SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY DESERTED. IN KAPITI, NORTH OF WELLINGTON, THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN WAITING ON THIS ` A $21M AQUATIC CENTRE THAT'S JUST WEEKS FROM BEING FINISHED. THE COUNCIL'S CEO SAYS THEY COULD NOW HAVE TO FINISH THE CENTRE THEMSELVES. WE'RE SO CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED. IT WAS GOING TO BE OPENED AT THE END OF MARCH BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. HUGE EXCITEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN SNATCHED AWAY FROM US. FURTHER NORTH, ANOTHER HUGE PROJECT LEFT IN LIMBO. THE RECEIVERSHIP'S ALSO HALTED WORK AT THESE AUCKLAND CITY APARTMENTS. MAINZEAL BUILT THEM, BUT THEY WERE LEAKY, AND THEY HAD BEEN REPAIRING THEM. RESIDENT SEAN HEALEY SAYS HE'S LUCKY HE'S JUST RENTING. MOST OF THE ONES WHO OWN THEIR APARTMENTS WOULD BE THE MOST PUT OUT BY IT. WITH RENTING WE'VE GOT THE CHOICE OF STAYING OR GOING. A BETTER SITUATION FOR WORKERS IN CHRISTCHURCH. EVERYBODY'S GOT BIG WORK BOOKS, BIG ORDER BOOKS THAT ARE FULL AT THE MOMENT. CERTAINLY WE WOULD EXPECT THOSE WORKERS TO FIND JOBS IN OTHER PLACES, COS WE KNOW IN PLACES LIKE CHRISTCHURCH, AND INCREASINGLY IN AUCKLAND, THERE IS SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS. BUT THE OPPOSITION'S NOW PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR ANSWERS. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE ASKING MAINZEAL WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHAT'S THE STATE OF PLAY WITH ALL THE GOVERNMENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING THROUGH THE TAXPAYER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETED AND FINISHED. WITH RECEIVERS WORKING THROUGH MORE THAN 50 SITES ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, THOSE ANSWERS WON'T BE COMING SOON. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE TSUNAMI IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IS NOW NINE, BUT IT'S EXPECTED TO RISE, WITH MANY OTHERS MISSING. WORLD VISION REPORTS 6000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS, WITH 15 VILLAGES AFFECTED. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES CAN'T YET BE FLOWN TO THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, NEAR THE EPICENTRE OF YESTERDAY'S POWERFUL QUAKE. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER IS IN THE SOLOMON'S CAPITAL OF HONIARA. THIS IS THE MOMENT THE TSUNAMI HIT THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS. THIS AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWS A SERIES OF METRE-HIGH WAVES CRASHING THROUGH COASTAL VILLAGES, LEAVING MANY WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE. SOME OF THOSE ISLANDS WOULDN'T BE A METRE OUT OF THE SEA, AND A WAVE OF EVEN 0.9 OF A METRE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. THEY WILL HAVE TO CLIMB COCONUT TREES TO TRY AND GET AWAY. THE EPICENTRE OF THE 8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE WAS NEAR SANTA CRUZ, BUT IT WAS THE TSUNAMI THAT DID THE MOST DAMAGE, CRUSHING BUILDINGS AND DESTROYING INFRASTRUCTURE. A MUDDY PLATFORM IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THIS HUT. IT WAS HOME TO AN ELDERLY COUPLE. THEY ARE AMONG THE DEAD. AND WHILE OTHERS IN THE VILLAGE SURVIVED, THE VILLAGE ITSELF DIDN'T. ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE ACTIVITIES TODAY WHICH IS SORT OF HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND IS TO GET TOGETHER AS MANY SHELTER KITS OF, SORT OF, INSTANT SHELTERS. CONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLIES ARE ALSO A PROBLEM, AS ARE THE ROADS. THE TEMOTU PROVINCE IS A REMOTE REGION, WITH THE AIRPORT AT THE BIGGEST TOWN, LATA, COVERED IN DEBRIS. A BOAT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET FROM HONIARA TO THE DISASTER ZONE, BUT THAT WILL TAKE UP TO A DAY AND A HALF. ONCE IN LATA, THERE'S THE CHALLENGE OF REACHING THE OUTER ISLANDS. YOU COULD COMFORTABLY SPEND 12 HOURS IN AN OUTBOARD BOAT TRAVELLING TO SOME OF THOSE OUTER ISLANDS THAT MIGHT HAVE COMMUNITIES OF 500 OR A THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND WITH OVER 40 SOLID AFTERSHOCKS RECORDED SINCE YESTERDAY ` ONE A MAGNITUDE 7 ` EVERYONE IS HOPING THEY'RE NOT IN FOR MORE WALLS OF WATER. ACTRESS LUCY LAWLESS HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 120 HOURS COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR HER PART IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST AGAINST ARCTIC OIL DRILLING. LAWLESS AND SEVEN OTHER GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS WERE ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR AFTER SPENDING FOUR DAYS OCCUPYING THE SHELL OIL SHIP THE NOBLE DISCOVERER AT PORT TARANAKI. THE GROUP HAD PLEADED GUILTY TO UNLAWFULLY BOARDING THE SHIP. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR ACTION AND DIDN'T FEEL THAT WE HAD ANY OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DIRECT ACTION TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THE ARCTIC HAS TO BE SAVED. LAWLESS AND THE SEVEN OTHERS WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY JUST OVER $5000 IN REPARATION TO THE PORT. A UNEXPECTED GIFT TODAY FOR A CHRISTCHURCH COUPLE REUNITED WITH A STASH OF CASH SALVAGED FROM THEIR RED-ZONED HOME. CONTRACTORS STUMBLED ACROSS THE FIND WHILE CLEARING THE HOUSE FOR DEMOLITION. ALI PUGH REPORTS. WHILE PULLING APART THE REMNANTS OF THE SULLIVANS' RED-ZONED DREAM HOME, SALVAGE WORKER JOHN HUNTER MADE AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY. AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH, UM, ONE OF THE WARDROBES, WE CAME ACROSS A SUM OF MONEY ` QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY ` AND, UM, SAID TO THE BOYS, 'WE'LL COUNT IT AND RING HEAD OFFICE.' AND JUST MINUTES LATER, HEAD OFFICE RANG UNSUSPECTING HOMEOWNER BRIAN WITH THE GOOD NEWS. 'LOOK,' HE SAID, 'WE WERE AROUND PULLING YOUR HOUSE APART, 'AND I JUST FOUND A BAG OF MONEY.' I SAID, 'YOU'RE JOKING!' 'NAH, I'M NOT JOKING.' I THOUGHT, 'OH, SOMEONE'S PROBABLY HAVING ME ON HERE.' BUT HAVING HIM ON THEY WEREN'T. THE BAG CONTAINED 500 EUROS LEFT OVER FROM A HOLIDAY FIVE YEARS AGO. THE SULLIVANS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS MISSING. YES, WE'RE VERY LUCKY, VERY FORTUNATE. THE COUPLE TODAY THANKED THE MAN BEHIND THE FIND. HELLO, DEAR. HOW ARE YOU? AFTER LOSING THE HOME THEY BUILT AND MOST OF THEIR POSSESSIONS, THE SULLIVANS SAY THE GESTURE'S HELPED WITH THE HEALING. ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE SO GOOD AS THAT MAN. YEAH, THEY SHOUTED THE BOYS A SMOKO, WHICH IS REALLY NICE OF THEM. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD'VE LEFT IF WE DIDN'T TAKE SOMETHING SMALL. THE SULLIVANS ABLE TO LEAVE, THEN, WITH THEIR FINAL MEMORY A HAPPY ONE. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE COUNTRY'S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS FOR CYCLING ARE REVEALED. CHAOS IN TUNISIA AS THOUSANDS CLASH ON THE STREETS. AND POP STAR CHRIS BROWN IS IN COURT WITH AN UNEXPECTED ALLY. Now, if you think that tequila is only for shots, you're missing out. Cuervo goes with just about everything, and 120 million Mexicans can't be wrong. The El Santo using Cuervo Silver and Mac's Lemon Crush ` it's a citrusy slap round the face and the drink to surprise your mates with this summer. The taste is amazing. It's an explosion of flavour ` spicy, fruity. It's really something different, and I challenge you to try it. Whether a mixed drink or a shot, Cuervo should always be served ice cold. Fill your glass with ice, next up our Cuervo Silver ` 45ml, then our Mac's Lemon Crush ` about 100ml just at the top ` and finally a wedge of lemon. Simple, but the taste is anything but. The El Santo with Cuervo Silver ` who's in? For the recipe... or go to themix.co.nz, where you can also win great prizes. Get Cuervo Silver and a free four-pack of Mac's Lemon Crush off The Mix stand this month while stocks last. Check out themix.co.nz. 1 A NEW STUDY'S REVEALED THE COUNTRY'S MOST DANGEROUS STREETS FOR CYCLISTS. THAT'S PROMPTED A CALL TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND CYCLE LANES TO PREVENT MORE CRASHES CAUSED BY CYCLISTS SWERVING TO AVOID CAR DOORS. MAX BANIA REPORTS. SWERVING TO AVOID CAR DOORS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COMMON HAZARD FOR CYCLISTS. NOW THIS ONLINE MAP SHOWS WHERE THEY'RE MOST AT RISK. THEY CAN ALSO DRILL DOWN AND ACTUALLY GO INTO STREET VIEW AND SEE WHAT THE STREET MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH SO THEY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS LIKE AND WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE CHANGED. THE STUDY OF 245 ACCIDENTS IN THE FOUR YEARS TO 2011 TURNED UP CLUSTERS IN URBAN AREAS, INCLUDING AUCKLAND'S NOTORIOUS TAMAKI DR, VICTORIA ST IN HAMILTON, WATERLOO AND JERVOIS QUAY IN WELLINGTON, RICCARTON RD IN CHRISTCHURCH AND GEORGE ST IN DUNEDIN. LAUNCHED AFTER BRITISH NURSE JANE BISHOP WAS KILLED AFTER SWERVING TO AVOID A CAR DOOR ON TAMAKI DR, IT'S HOPED THE STUDY WILL LEAD TO BETTER CYCLE SAFETY. CAN WE SLOW THE CARS DOWN? CAN WE OFFER MORE BUFFERED PROTECTION BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE PARKED CARS AND WHERE THE CYCLIST IS? AND CAN WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES THAT PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT? WE'RE LESS THAN 10M FROM WHERE A CYCLIST WAS KILLED LATE LAST YEAR, AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THIS STRETCH OF ROAD IS SO DANGEROUS. THE SIZE OF THIS DRAIN AND THE LIP OF THE ROAD HAS FORCED THESE CARS TO PARK FURTHER OUT ON TO THE ROAD, AND THE BIKE LANE ITSELF IS JUST 1.3M WIDE, WHICH IS 20CM SHORT OF THE NZTA'S GUIDELINES. WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH COUNCILS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS IN THEIR CITIES AND THEIR TOWNS AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN PLACE THE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL WORK. FOR NOW, THE ADVICE TO MOTORISTS ` PARK AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN TO THE CURB AND ALWAYS LOOK BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR DOOR. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. OVERSEAS NOW ` TUNISIA'S MOVED TO CALM MASSIVE STREET PROTESTS TRIGGERED BY THE KILLING OF A LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN BY ANNOUNCING A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CLASHED WITH POLICE ON THE STREETS IN THE CAPITAL, TUNIS. THE KILLING OF THE POLITICIAN, ONE OF TUNISIA'S MOST WELL-KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, IS THE FIRST ASSASSINATION HERE SINCE THE ARAB SPRING UPRISING BEGAN IN TUNISIA TWO YEARS AGO. MINISTERS WILL BE REPLACED BY TECHNOCRATS WITH NO POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS UNTIL ELECTIONS CAN BE HELD. AND THERE'S WIDESPREAD ANGER IN THE ARAB WORLD OVER REVELATIONS THE US HAS BEEN OPERATING A SECRET BASE FOR ITS DRONES IN SAUDI ARABIA. THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ARE SUPPOSED TO TARGET TERRORISTS, BUT DRONE STRIKES HAVE ALSO LEFT MANY INNOCENT VICTIMS DEAD. THE ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ HAS MORE. IT IS A SECRET WAR, AND JUST TODAY, IN A SIGN OF HOW PERVASIVE AND HOW HIDDEN IT IS, THE REVELATION THAT AMERICA HAS A SECRET BASE IN SAUDI ARABIA USED TO LAUNCH DRONES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. A TACTIC AGAINST TERROR WHICH HAS GROWN... WHATEVER THE BENEFIT OF THE DRONE STRIKES, THEY HAVE CREATED ENORMOUS RESENTMENT AMONGST SOME HERE IN THE REGION, WHO VIEW THE STRIKES AS ANOTHER SIGN OF AMERICAN ARROGANCE. FROM YEMEN... I THINK AMERICAN, THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO... THIS IS OUR FIGHT. ...TO PAKISTAN. IN PAKISTAN ALONE, THERE HAD BEEN MORE THAN... IN PAKISTAN ALONE, THERE HAD BEEN MORE THAN... A WORLD AWAY, IN REMOTE VILLAGES, YOU CAN HEAR THEM. VILLAGERS DESCRIBING IT THIS WAY: A REALITY WE SELDOM SEE, SAYS STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, THE RETIRED GENERAL WHO ONCE RAN THE MILITARY'S DRONE-STRIKE PROGRAMME. IF THE THRESHOLD GETS TOO LOW AND WE ARE TOO CASUAL ABOUT IT, THEN WE WILL FORGET HOW MUCH SCAR TISSUE WE BUILD UP. LAST TIME RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN WERE IN COURT TOGETHER, SHE WAS A WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. TODAY SHE ARRIVED WITH HIM. THE POP STAR'S SUPPORT COMES DESPITE BROWN'S APPEARANCE RELATING TO HIS BEATING OF HER FOUR YEARS AGO. PROSECUTORS CLAIM HE HASN'T CORRECTLY SERVED HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THAT ASSAULT. HERE'S ABC'S MIRIAM HERNANDEZ. CHRIS BROWN CAME TO COURT TO REJECT ANY CLAIM THAT HE MAY BE CHEATING ON HIS COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE. IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT, RIHANNA WAS IN THE GALLERY ` THE VICTIM IN BROWN'S FELONY ASSAULT CASE THAT LAUNCHED HIS TROUBLES WITH THE LAW. SHE THINKS IT'S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HIM AS DO I, AS DOES ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY PRACTISES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. BROWN HAD PLED GUILTY TO PUNCHING HER AND WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' PROBATION IN 2009, BUT THE REQUIRED COMMUNITY SERVICE WAS TRANSFERRED TO WHERE BROWN LIVES IN VIRGINIA. THE LA COUNTY DA SAYS IT FOUND CONFLICTS IN BROWN'S WORK LOGS RECORDED BY THE RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DA'S DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2010, BROWN GOT CREDIT FOR EIGHT HOURS' OF TRASH CLEAN-UP. YET ON BROWN'S OWN WEBSITE, PICTURES ARE POSTED OF THE R & B ARTIST THAT MORNING AT A WASHINGTON DC CHARITY EVENT ` A TWO HOUR DRIVE FROM RICHMOND. IN MARCH 2012, ANOTHER ENTRY ` FOUR HOURS OF TRASH PICKUP. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'VE FOUND EVIDENCE BROWN BOARDED A PLANE FOR CANCUN ON THAT DATE. BROWN'S ATTORNEY, MARK GERAGOS, DISPUTES THE DA'S CONCLUSIONS. HE SAYS THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME FOR BROWN TO COMPLETE HIS WORK SERVICE AROUND HIS OTHER ACTIVITIES. I'VE GOT PICTURES. I'VE GOT WITNESSES. I'VE GOT WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE. YET THE DA LISTS OTHER CONFLICTS. BROWN CLAIMS WORK SERVICE AT A DAY CARE CENTRE WHERE HIS MOTHER WORKS. HIS HOURS THERE CANNOT BE VERIFIED. THE PROSECUTION HAS OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT BROWN'S ANGER-CONTROL ISSUES. # MOVE YOUR BODY OUT ON THE FLOOR. # AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE ON GMA, BROWN SMASHED A CHAIR THROUGH A WINDOW IN HIS DRESSING ROOM. THEN, ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT FILED LAST MONTH, BROWN PUNCHED SONGWRITER FRANK OCEAN AT A WEST HOLLYWOOD RECORDING STUDIO. DESPITE THE INCIDENTS, THE COURT HAS NOT REVOKED BROWN'S PROBATION. THE JUDGE WANTS TO SEE REPORTS FROM ALL PARTIES BEFORE HE HOLDS A PROBATION REVOCATION HEARING. JUST AHEAD ` WE MEET THE AMERICAN COUPLE WITH A RECORD-BREAKING MARRIAGE. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A SUMMERY END TO THE WORKING WEEK. HI, EVERYONE. HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN RULES THE ROOST, REMAINING FIRMLY ACROSS NZ TODAY AND ALSO INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER, WE WILL START TO SEE THE HIGH EDGE AWAY TO THE NORTH TOMORROW AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH FARTHER NORTHWARDS FROM SOUTHERN OCEAN. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. SEE YOU TOMORROW. FINALLY TONIGHT, WITH VALENTINE'S DAY JUST A WEEK AWAY, WE'RE GOING SHOW YOU WHAT LOVE REALLY IS ` WELL, JOHN AND ANN BETAR ARE. THEY ARE AMERICA'S LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE, CELEBRATING 80 ` YES, 80 ` YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS. THE ABC'S ALI REED DISCOVERED THEIR SECRET. JOHN AND ANN BETAR HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS. AT 101 YEARS OLD AND 97 YEARS OLD RESPECTIVELY, THEY ARE THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE. WE JUST FELL IN LOVE, THAT'S ALL. (CHUCKLES) AND, UH... < CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT 80 YEARS LATER` 80 YEARS. THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST. (CHUCKLES) THEY TIED THE KNOT ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 1932, AND HAVE BEEN BY EACH OTHER'S SIDE EVER SINCE. SO WHAT'S THEIR SECRET? 80 YEARS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CONTENTMENT. 80 YEARS OF REALLY LIVING. I MEAN, NORMALLY. JUST CONTENTMENT. SHE'S NO PROBLEM. SHE'S ALWAYS NEVER WORKED. SHE'S ALWAYS A COOK, TOOK CARE OF HER FAMILY. GOOD MOTHER. GREAT MOTHER. HE'S ALWAYS HAD HIS HAND ON MY KNEE. (LAUGHS) OR MY HAIR. THE HAPPY COUPLE MET IN BRIDGEPORT. IN FACT, THEIR HOUSES WERE RIGHT HERE. THEY LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER. BUT THEIR UNION ALMOST NEVER HAPPENED. THAT'S BECAUSE ANN'S PARENTS HAD ARRANGED FOR HER TO MARRY SOMEONE ELSE. THAT'S WHEN JOHN AND ANN TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND ELOPED. WE WENT TO HARRISON, NEW YORK. YEAH. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GO ANY FURTHER. BOTH LAUGH THEY WENT ON TO HAVE FIVE KIDS, 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 16 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. YOUR LOVE GROWS, YOU KNOW. (CHUCKLES) AND IT GROWS IN VERY GOOD DIRECTIONS FOR THE TWO OF US. JOHN AND ANN CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HOLD THE RECORD. KINDA SURPRISED ME THERE AREN'T ANY MORE. (LAUGHTER) THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. POMARIE. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.