DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS GATHER IN AUCKLAND FOR SIR PAUL HOLMES' FINAL SHOW. AID DELIVERIES TO TSUNAMI-DAMAGED SOLOMON ISLANDS ARE DELAYED AFTER A POWERFUL AFTERSHOCK. AND QUESTIONS ARE RAISED OVER NZ INVOLVEMENT IN THE AUSTRALIAN DOPING SCANDAL. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE STARTED GATHERING IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF SIR PAUL HOLMES, WHICH IS DUE TO GET UNDERWAY IN AN HOUR'S TIME. THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN PARNELL IS EXPECTED TO BE PACKED FOR THE SERVICE. THE 62-YEAR-OLD DIED AT HIS HOME LAST FRIDAY AFTER A BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER AND HEART PROBLEMS. ONE NEWS REPORTER NICOLE BREMNER IS OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL IN PARNELL, AND SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE. IT'S VERY BUSY HERE. 100S OF PEOPLE HAVE FILED INSIDE. THIS WILL BE A LARGE FUNERAL. A BUSLOAD OF SCHOOLCHILDREN, PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. SIR PAUL'S CASKET ARRIVED A LITTLE WHILE AGO. IT'S COVERED IN WHITE FLOWERS. SIR PAUL HOLMES HAS BEEN CALLED A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. PEOPLE HAVE TURNED OUT FOR THEIR MAN TODAY. THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE SAID ABOUT WHY THEY'VE COME. HE CALLED A SPADE A SPADE, AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE. AND HE DIDN'T MIND TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF HIMSELF. WE'VE COME UP FROM CHRISTCHURCH. WE FLEW UP YESTERDAY MORNING. AND WE THOUGHT, WITH RESPECT, PAUL'S BEEN ENTERTAINING AND... TRYING TO DO THINGS FOR THE NATION, FOR MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND HELPING PEOPLE. AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING VERY VERY SPECIAL. I'D LIKE TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM, AND... WHAT HE'S DONE TO EVERYBODY. HE'S JUST SUCH AN AMAZING PERSON. NICOLE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE? THE FAMILY HAS BEEN KEEPING THE SERVICE QUIET. THEY WANT IT TO BE A FINAL TRIBUTE. THEY'VE BEEN HANDING OUT THE ORDER OF SERVICE. THERE WILL BE TRIBUTES FROM HIS CHIDLREN. THANKS, NICOLE BREMNER, LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN AUCKLAND. AND YOU CAN WATCH SIR PAUL HOLMES' FUNERAL ON OUR WEBSITE. ONENEWS.CO.NZ WILL BE LIVE-STREAMING FROM THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL FROM 12.45. A BIG AFTERSHOCK HAS HIT THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, CREATING DELAYS IN GETTING MUCH-NEEDED EMERGENCY SUPPLIES TO AREAS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH TSUNAMI DAMAGE. OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE PRIME MINISTER, HAD HOPED TO FLY TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES THIS MORNING TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND DELIVER AID. HOWEVER, PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER, WHO WAS ALSO ON BOARD, SAYS THE POWERFUL 6.6 AFTERSHOCK SOUTH-EAST OF KIRA KIRA FORCED THE PLANE TO TURN BACK. SHE SPOKE TO US FROM HONIARA AIRPORT NOT LONG AFTER THAT FLIGHT RETURNED. WELL, WE WERE ON AN AIRCRAFT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET AND SOME OF THE AID AGENCIES HEADING TOWARDS THE AFFECTED AREA OF LATA. BUT WE WERE ABOUT TO LAND WHEN WE WERE TOLD THERE'D BEEN A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE ` 6.7-MAGNITUDE ` AND THERE'D BEEN SOME DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY. SO WE WERE FORCED TO RETURN. THE PRIME MINISTER IS ABOUT TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE AFFECTED ISLANDS IN THE SANTA CRUZ AREA, AND HE SAYS THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL THAT SUPPLIES GET TO THEM. THERE IS A REAL FEAR OVER MEDICAL SUPPLIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DOCTORS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. THERE ARE NURSES ONLY, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING UP TO 20-HOUR DAYS ` EXTREMELY TIRED, AND THEY NEED SUPPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHAT KIND OF CONDITIONS ARE THERE, AND WHAT KINDS OF REPORTS OF DAMAGE HAVE YOU GOT FROM THAT AREA? UM,... WE ARE HEARING THAT THE SCOPE HAS WIDENED IN THE DISASTER AREA. IT'S ACTUALLY A LOT WORSE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT. IT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO 15 TO 20 VILLAGES, AND THEY'RE STILL FINDING VILLAGES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. BUT THEY'RE IN THE OUTER-LYING AREAS, SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT THE EXTENT. WHAT ALTERNATIVES ARE THERE FOR THEM TO GET AID TO THOSE AREAS, NOW THAT THIS FLIGHT HAS HAD TO TURN BACK? A PATROL BOAT LEFT LAST NIGHT WITH SOME SUPPLIES ON BOARD, INCLUDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND SOME SUPPORT STAFF. THAT SHOULD GET THERE SOME TIME TONIGHT. NOW, THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE AN AIR FORCE PLANE HERE. THEY'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE IN THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR TO DO A RECCE OF THE AREA ` JUST TO HAVE A LOOK AND SEE; DO A PROPER AERIAL SEARCH, GRID SEARCH OF THE AREA, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT` SEE WHERE THE DAMAGE IS. DRUG FREE SPORT NZ HAS CONFIRMED IT WILL LIAISE WITH ITS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART TO SEE IF ANY KIWIS ARE IMPLICATED IN AN AUSTRALIAN DOPING SCANDAL. AN AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED MAJOR SPORTING CODES ARE PLAGUED BY DRUG TAKING AND LINKS TO ORGANISED CRIME, WHICH COULD'VE LED TO MATCH FIXING AND ILLEGAL BETTING. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. A WEB OF BANNED SUBSTANCES AND ORGANISED CRIME IS DAMAGING AUSTRALIA'S PROUD SPORTING REPUTATION. WITH THE SCANDAL SO CLOSE TO HOME, THERE ARE FEARS NZ COULD BE TAINTED TOO. THERE ARE MANY NZERS PLAYING SPORT IN AUSTRALIA. AND IT SEEMS, I SUPPOSE, INEVITABLE THAT SOME WILL BE IMPLICATED TO SOME EXTENT. WHETHER THEY'RE DOPING OR NOT, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. DRUG FREE SPORT NZ EXPECTS THERE TO BE SIMILAR INVESTIGATIONS HERE. CLEARLY, WE CAN'T IGNORE THIS. WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT EVIDENCE THERE IS THAT WOULD PROMPT THE EQUIVALENT OF AN INVESTIGATION HERE. WE CAN'T JUST ASSUME THINGS ARE THE SAME. THE REPORT DOESN'T SPELL OUT WHO IS UNDER SCRUTINY. BUT THE NRL, WHICH THE WARRIORS PLAY IN, HAS BEEN IMPLICATED. INFORMATION HAS COME FORWARD FOR NRL SPECIFICALLY THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE PLAYER AND MORE THAN ONE CLUB. CONNECTIONS TO ORGANISED CRIME MAY HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN MATCH FIXING, THROWING GAMES INVOLVING NZERS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT. ONE OF THEM IS LAST NIGHT'S FOOTBALL MATCH, WHICH SAW THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX GOING DOWN 5-0 TO THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS. THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT FIVE FOR DUKE. THROUGH THE LEGS OF PASTON! NORMALLY, TODAY WE WOULD JUST BE ANALYSING THIS RESULT IN TERMS OF ANOTHER AWFUL PERFORMANCE, LIKE IT APPARENTLY WAS FROM THE PHOENIX. BUT SUDDENLY TODAY RED FLAGS HAVE POPPED UP, ALARM BELLS ARE RINGING, AND ALL THESE INTEGRITY UNITS WILL BE ALL OVER THIS MATCH LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE RESULT WAS 5-0. THE FIRST OF WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE AN INEVITABLE WAVE OF DOUBT AND ALLEGATIONS. A MAN WHO FATALLY KICKED AND STOMPED A KAPITI TEENAGER HAS BEEN JAILED FOR SIX YEARS. MANAWANUI REREWHAITARANGI STEWART (26) WAS SENTENCED IN THE WELLINGTON HIGH COURT FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF IZAK MILLANTA (17), WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A CAR PARK ON THE KAPITI COAST. THE SENTENCE HAS BROUGHT LITTLE COMFORT TO THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED. IT IS A TRAVESTY ` OF JUSTICE. I MEAN, WE ARE HERE TODAY IN A PLACE THAT GIVES JUSTICE AND THE TRUTH, AND NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS WERE PRESENT TODAY. STEWART WAS ALSO CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING THE DECEASED'S BROTHER. THERE'S BEEN A TENSE MEETING INVOLVING RESIDENTS AND GANG MEMBERS IN THE SMALL NORTHLAND TOWN OF MOEREWA. MORE THAN 200 RESIDENTS MET LAST NIGHT AFTER RIVAL GANGS EXCHANGED GUNFIRE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AT THE WEEKEND. POLICE BELIEVE GANGS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR A NEAR-FATAL STABBING ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SETTING FIRE TO THREE CARS. THE COMMUNITY HAS DECIDED TO FORM AN ACTION GROUP, WHICH WILL LIAISE WITH THE GANGS TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT TO MAKE THE TOWN SAFE. A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE OCEAN OFF THE COROMANDEL COAST. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED SEEING THE BODY 200M OFF THE SHORE AT WHIRITOA. POLICE SAY THEY'RE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHETHER IT MAY BE THAT OF A 52-YEAR-OLD KATIKATI MAN WHO'S BEEN MISSING SINCE HIS BOAT CAPSIZED NEAR THE TAURANGA HARBOUR LAST WEEK. FOUR CHILDREN ALSO IN THE BOAT WERE FOUND CLINGING TO THE UPTURNED VESSEL. THE BODY IS NOW BEING FORMALLY IDENTIFIED. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD IS SET TO TOUCH DOWN IN QUEENSTOWN TONIGHT FOR ANNUAL TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY. THE PAIR ARE LIKELY TO DISCUSS TRADE, DEFENCE AND VISAS. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH SAYS AUSTRALIA'S BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE G20 SUMMIT WILL ALSO BE ON THE AGENDA. THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO BOTH OF US, AND I THINK NZ WILL BE SENDING A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE, 'HEY, DON'T FORGET US ` YOUR LITTLE BEST FRIEND 'SITTING HERE.' SO THAT WILL BE A GOOD THING FOR NZ, AND WE'LL BE WANTING TO CEMENT THAT RELATIONSHIP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THEY ARE OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR AND OUR FRIEND. WE MAY HAVE A BIT OF RIVALRY ON THE SPORTS FIELD SOMETIMES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC TIES, AUSTRALIA'S IT FOR US. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. A HUGE MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY FOR A FORMER POLICEMAN IN THE US WHO IS SUSPECTED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A FORMER COLLEAGUE. CHRISTOPHER DORNER IS ALLEGED TO HAVE GUNNED DOWN A POLICEMAN AND WOUNDED TWO OTHERS IN LOS ANGELES OVERNIGHT. HE'S ALSO WANTED OVER THE SHOOTINGS OF A COUPLE LAST WEEKEND. THE SUSPECT HAS WRITTEN AN 11,000-WORD 'MANIFESTO' MAKING THREATS AGAINST SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THE POLICE. HE WAS SACKED IN 2008 FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS. MEANWHILE, AN UNVERIFIED VIDEO CLAIMING TO SHOW SYRIAN SOLDIERS DANCING TO AN AMERICAN POP SONG IS POSING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN WAR PROPAGANDA. THE FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW THE SOLDIERS CROUCHING AND STARTING TO BOB AND SWAY TO THE MUSIC BEFORE FORMING A CONGA LINE AND SHIMMYING PAST THE CAMERA GRINNING. USHER'S 'YEAH!' PLAYS NEAR THE END OF THE VIDEO, THEY STOP DANCING AND BREAK INTO A BATTLE CHANT AS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS FROM A BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND. THE MOTIVES FOR THE VIDEO'S APPEARANCE REMAIN UNCLEAR. VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER DAY IN TUNISIA AS THE POLITICAL CRISIS THERE DEEPENS FOLLOWING THE ASSASSINATION OF A PROMINENT OPPOSITION LEADER. RIOT POLICE USED TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS IN TUNIS AFTER THEY THREW STONES AND PETROL BOMBS. THE VIOLENCE WAS SPARKED FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF ANTI-ISLAMIST POLITICIAN CHOKRI BELAID. THE RULING PARTY, ENNAHDA, DENIES OPPOSITION CLAIMS THAT IT WAS BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION. MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A BUS AND A LORRY IN ZAMBIA. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 100KM NORTH OF THE CAPITAL, LUSAKA, ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. RESCUERS WARN THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE AS THEY STRUGGLE TO GET INTO TO BUS WRECKAGE HOURS AFTER THE CRASH. WHEN YOU THINK OF TATTOOS YOU DON'T NORMALLY THINK OF GRANDMAS. BUT A PENSIONER FROM THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST PERSON IN BRITAIN TO GO UNDER THE NEEDLE. THE BBC'S DUNCAN KENNEDY'S BEEN ALONG TO MEET WINIFRED TURNER, WHO'S BEEN TATTOOED AT THE TENDER AGE OF 92. FOR MOST 92-YEAR-OLDS LIKE WINIFRED TURNER, INK WAS SOMETHING YOU USED TO WRITE LETTERS WITH. BUT NOW THIS ADVENTUROUS NONAGENARIAN HAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE 'PEN' IN PENSIONER WITH SOMETHING A LOT MORE DARING. WINIFRED, WHO WAS BORN IN 1920, HAS BECOME THE OLDEST WOMAN IN BRITAIN TO GET A TATTOO. AND IT'S JB FOR JAMES BERNARD TURNER, AND MINE ` WM. THE INCLINATION TO GET INKED CAME AFTER THE DEATH OF WINIFRED'S HUSBAND, JIM. NOW SHE HAS THREE TATTOOS, AND SAYS AGE SHOULDN'T COME INTO IT. IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL, AIN'T IT, REALLY? I DON'T SEE THAT I'D EVER HAVE ONE ON, WELL, MY FACE, BECAUSE AFTER ALL, THAT'S NOTHING TO LOOK AT, AND CANNAE MAKE THAT ANY BETTER, CAN YOU, WITH A TATTOO. (CHUCKLES) SO NO. IT IS HABIT-FORMING. AROUND A FIFTH OF ADULTS IN BRITAIN NOW HAVE TATTOOS, BUT ONLY 9% ARE OVER 60. I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL. SHE'S A LOT OLDER THAN MOST OF OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT AGE SHOULD HAVE NO RELEVANCE. AS LONG AS YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH, THEN THERE IS NO TOP LIMIT. THAT'S LOVELY ALREADY. (WINCES) WINIFRED INSISTS IT ISN'T PAINFUL, AND IS ALREADY MAPPING OUT HER NEXT TATTOO ` PROOF THAT EVEN AT 92... THERE YOU GO, WIN. HOW'S THAT? THAT'S LOVELY. ...YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO GIVE YOURSELF A SHOT IN THE ARM. A SPECIAL GUEST HAS BEEN INVITED TO LONDON ZOO IN A BID TO GET A GROUP OF ENDANGERED GIANT TORTOISES IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. WORLD-RENOWNED PIANIST RICHARD CLAYDERMAN HELD A PRIVATE CONCERT AT THE TORTOISE ENCLOSURE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO MATE. CLAYDERMAN, WHOSE TRACK 'BALLADE POUR ADELINE' IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SELLING RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME, PLAYED THE FAMOUS TUNE ON A GRAND PIANO. THE ZOO'S GALAPAGOS TORTOISES ` 70-YEAR-OLD DIRK AND HIS THREE FEMALE COMPANIONS ` LOOKED SUITABLY IMPRESSED, BUT THERE'S NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THE ROMANTIC MUSIC HAS HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IN BUSINESS NEWS, A ROW ERUPTS OVER WELLINGTON AIRPORT'S PROFITS. AND IN SPORT, SONNY BILL WILLIAMS FACES HIS BIGGEST TEST IN THE RING TO DATE. THERE ARE CONCERNS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING EXPLOITED AMID FIERCE COMPETITION IN THE JOB MARKET. NEW RESEARCH OUT OF AUSTRALIA SUGGESTS A GROWING NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ARE USING UNPAID INTERNS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, RATHER THAN HIRING WORKERS. THE ABC'S NICOLA GAGE REPORTS. SOME STUDENTS, LIKE LUCY SMALL-PEARCE, HAVE BEEN WILLING TO WORK FOR NOTHING IN THE HOPE OF LANDING A JOB. I'M USED TO IT BY NOW. IT'S JUST EXPECTED THAT IT'S NOT PAID. BUT, YEAH, IT'S QUITE FRUSTRATING. A NEW REPORT SUGGESTS THE PRACTICE IS GROWING ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES, WITH YOUNG GRADUATES AND IMMIGRANTS MOST AT RISK OF BEING EXPLOITED. YOU HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY WHO'S ASKED TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN WORK IN A RESTAURANT ENDS UP DOING A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OF UNPAID LABOUR. NOW, YOU DON'T NEED THAT LONG TO FIND OUT IF THEY CAN MAKE COFFEE OR SERVE CUSTOMERS. THE RESEARCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN AFTER A GROWING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. THE REPORT SAYS SOME EMPLOYERS USE UNPAID TRIALS, WORK EXPERIENCE AND LONG-TERM INTERNSHIPS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIRING STAFF. THE FAIR WORK OMBUDSMAN SAYS, WHILE SHORT VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE,... THERE COMES A POINT WHERE THE PERSON IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE BENEFIT OF THE BUSINESS. AND WE SAY AT THAT POINT, WHICH MIGHT BE AFTER A DAY OR TWO, THEY REALLY SHOULD BE EMPLOYED. HE WANTS THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY. WE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, RUN AUDITS AND, INDEED, INVESTIGATE AND RUN LITIGATIONS AS WELL. BUT THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HAS SOUNDED A NOTE OF CAUTION. WE CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT TAR ALL EMPLOYERS WITH THE SAME BRUSH. EMPLOYERS ARE NOT SITTING THERE TRYING TO EXPLOIT PEOPLE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY. HE SAYS A FEW WEEKS' WORK EXPERIENCE CAN BE VALUABLE IN HELPING STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR, MAKE THE TRANSITION TO THE WORKFORCE. TO THE SHAREMARKET NOW. WITH ME NOW IS JAMES PORTEOUS FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. INFRATIL-OWNED WELLINGTON AIRPORT UNDER FIRE FROM THE COMMERCE COMMISSION FOR EXCESSIVE PROFITS, BUT IT'S HITTING BACK? THE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH REGULATING MONOPOLIES. IT COMES DOWN TO THE RETURN THEY GET. INFRATIL DISPUTES THEIR ASSERTATION. THESE ARGUMENTS SORT THEMSELVES OUT. THE SHARE PRICE IS DOWN 2C. IT HASNT' WORRIED THE MARKET. APPLE BEING SUED BY A HEDGE FUND IN THE STATES, BECAUSE INVESTORS WANT A GREATER SHARE OF ITS CASH PILE. WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? GREEN LIGHT CAPITAL HAS NOTICED THAT APPLE HAS $137B IN THE BANK. THEY WANT THAT RETURNED TO SHAREHOLDERS. APPLE DOESN'T' WANT TO DO THAT. THERE'S A BATTLE GOING ON THE SHARE PRICE HAS RISEN THOUGH. THE MARKET ISN'T TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. THEY HAVE THE CASH TO SPARE, THOUGH, JAMES. IT REPRESENTS ABOUT A THIRD OF THEIR ASSETS. COMPANIES LIKE TO HOLD ON TO SOME MONEY IN CASE THEY FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. THANK YOU, JAMES PORTEOUS, FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO MIDDAY SPORT NOW. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX SUFFERED A BIG LOSS AGAINST THE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS IN GOSFORD LAST NIGHT. THE VISITORS CONCEDED ONE GOAL IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT IN THE SECOND SPELL THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND THE FLOODGATES OPENED. THE CHANCE TO MAKE IT FIVE FOR DUKE. THROUGH THE LEGS OF PASTON! CROWD CHEERS THE FLOODGATES HAVE TRULY OPENED HERE AT BLUETONGUE. WINNING THE MATCH 5-0, THE VICTORY FIRMLY CEMENTS THE MARINERS AT THE TOP OF THE A-LEAGUE TABLE. THE PHOENIX SIT AT SECOND-LAST. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WILL TAKE ON SOUTH AFRICAN VETERAN BOXER FRANCOIS BOTHA IN BRISBANE TONIGHT. IT'S THE FORMER ALL BLACK'S BIGGEST TEST TO DATE, WITH THE WBA'S INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT BELT UP FOR GRABS. FRANCOIS BOTHA HAS BEEN PITTED AGAINST MIKE TYSON, LENNOX LEWIS AND EVANDER HOLYFIELD, BUT HAS LOST HIS PAST FIVE BOUTS. AT HIS WEIGH-IN, SONNY BILL TIPPED THE SCALES AT 107KG, EIGHT KILOS LIGHTER THAN BOTHA (44). AN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY HAS OFFICIALLY FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DISGRACED CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG. THE TEXAS-BASED COMPANY SCA PROMOTIONS WANTS TO GET BACK $14M IN BONUS MONEY IT PAID TO ARMSTRONG FOR THREE TOUR DE FRANCE WINS. IT SAYS IT'S TIME ARMSTRONG FACES CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS ACTIONS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE HIGH STRADDLES THE COUNTRY TODAY. HOWEVER, A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR SOUTH TONIGHT. THERE'S RAIN ARRIVING IN THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND FOR MORE ON THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON WEATHER. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF SIR PAUL HOLMES. A STRONG AFTERSHOCK HAS STOPPED A PLANE CARRYING OFFICIALS AND SUPPLIES FROM LANDING IN AN AREA OF THE DISASTER-STRUCK SOLOMON ISLANDS. AND NZ CLUBS INVOLVED IN AUSTRALIAN COMPETITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE QUIZZED AS A DRUGS INVESTIGATION WIDENS. AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN WATCH SIR PAUL HOLMES' FUNERAL ON OUR WEBSITE. ONENEWS.CO.NZ WILL BE LIVE-STREAMING FROM THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL FROM 12.45. THIS IS THE SCENE AT THE MOMENT AT THE CATHEDRAL. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013