GOOD EVENING. IT WAS FINE AND DRY JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER LARGE HIGH SITTING OVER US, AND TEMPERATURES WERE A LITTLE WARMER THAN THE LAST FEW DAYS. HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, THE HIGH LOOKS SET TO REMAIN IN CHARGE, BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU'LL NEED THE BROLLY. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. SIR PAUL HOLMES IS FAREWELLED ` HIS CHILDREN AND HIS PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE TO OUR MOST WELL-KNOWN BROADCASTER. THE BROTHER OF THE MAN FOUND BURNT TO DEATH PLEADS FOR INFORMATION THAT'LL HELP FIND HIS KILLER OR KILLERS. LANDING FEES TAKE OFF AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT ` IT'S BEEN LABELLED GREEDY. HOW THIS IS COSTING AIR TRAVELLERS. AND A BIKIE WAR REVS UP IN A SMALL NORTHLAND TOWN, LEAVING A COMMUNITY LIVING IN FEAR ` WE HEAR FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. TEARS, TRIBUTES AND LAUGHTER FLOWED AS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVEN SOME WHO'D NEVER MET HIM FAREWELLED SIR PAUL HOLMES. PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TURNED OUT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF THAT MAN KNOWN FOR THAT SIGN-OFF ` 'THOSE WERE OUR PEOPLE TONIGHT'. THE GREATEST BROADCASTER OF OUR AGE WAS DESCRIBED AS 'CHARMING, COURAGEOUS, A BIT MAD 'AND A CHEEKY LITTLE WHITEY'. MARK CRYSELL WAS THERE. PAUL HOLMES ONLY LIKED WHITE FLOWERS, AND THAT, ALONG WITH HIS NEW KNIGHT'S INSIGNIA AND A KIWI FLAG, WAS WHAT ADORNED HIS COFFIN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO QUOTE DAD. 'REMEMBER THIS ` LOVE ALWAYS WINS. 'IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN EVIL AND HATRED, RESENTMENT AND ENVY, 'IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN EVIL AND HATRED, RESENTMENT AND ENVY, 'IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN EVIL AND HATRED, RESENTMENT AND ENVY, 'BUT LOVE ALWAYS WINS.' THE RIDE GOES UP AND DOWN, ROUND AND ROUND. THE RIDE GOES UP AND DOWN, ROUND AND ROUND. IT HAS THRILLS AND CHILLS, ITS VERY BRIGHTLY COLOURED AND ITS VERY LOUD. HE WOULD'VE LOVED THE ATTENTION. MORE THAN A THOUSAND CAME TO AUCKLAND'S HOLY CATHEDRAL TO REMEMBER SIR PAUL HOLMES'S RIDE. 62 IS WAY TOO YOUNG, BUT SIR PAUL WAS NEVER GOING TO EXIT STAGE LEFT QUIETLY. MANY OF THEM FAMOUS VOICES AND FACES, MANY OF THEM FAMILY, OLD MATES. AND IN THE AUSTERE HUSHED SANCTUARY OF THE CATHEDRAL, THEY TALKED OF A MAN WITH A MAD, OUTRAGEOUS STREAK. IN THE FOYER OF A WELLINGTON HOTEL AFTER HE'D CONDUCTED A LEADERS DEBATE, HE WAS LOUDLY AND PUBLICLY DENOUNCING THE QUALITY OF THE PORNOGRAPHY ON OFFER. A MAN WITH A HUGE EMPATHETIC HEART. AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, I FELT THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PARALYMPIAN SPORT IN HIS OWN RIGHT ` WHAT WITH THE HELICOPTER CRASH, THE CAR CRASH. FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, HE RULED THE AIRWAVES ` NUMBER ONE ON TV AND RADIO. HE HAD THIS VISION ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN A DISTINCTLY NZ WAY. THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER IN NZ JOURNALISM AND BROADCASTING HISTORY AND IN THE MANY LIVES YOU TOUCHED. SIR PAUL SCOTT HOLMES ` IT WAS A BIG LIFE FOR SUCH A LITTLE FELLA. GO WELL, SIR PAUL. REST EASY. GOD KNOWS YOU'VE EARNED IT. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND THE BIG, BIG HEART. SO LONG, YOU CLEVER, CHARMING, COURAGEOUS, CHEEKY LITTLE WHITEY. LAUGHTER MARK CRYSELL, ONE NEWS. TRIBUTES ALSO FLOWED OUTSIDE THE SERVICE ` HEARTFELT ONES FROM PEOPLE WHO LOVED THE WELL-KNOWN BROADCASTER EVEN THOUGH THEY'D NEVER MET HIM. NICOLE BREMNER SPOKE TO THEM. AMID THE FAMILIAR, THE FLASH AND THE FAMOUS, THE DIE-HARD HOLMES FANS WHO LOVED HIM TOO. HE CALLED A SPADE A SPADE, AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKED. AND HE DIDN'T MIND TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF HIMSELF. WE COME UP FROM CHRISTCHURCH. WE FLEW UP YESTERDAY MORNING. EXTREMELY SPECIAL. IT'S PROBABLY THE NEAREST THING TO THE PRIME MINISTER DYING. AGE WAS NO BARRIER ` ELVA COUSINS (85) WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE. I'M HOPING I CAN GO INSIDE AND SIT DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN. MANY HAD NEVER MET THE MAN THEY'D GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO FAREWELL. ALWAYS FOLLOWED HIM AND THOUGHT HE WAS A GREAT GUY, AND HE'S EXACTLY THE SAME AGE AS ME. AND WE ALL MEANT THE SAME TO HIM. IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS THE GOOD THINGS AND THE MISTAKES AND ALL THAT THAT MADE HIM VERY HUMAN. THEY CAME BECAUSE THEY WERE 'HIS PEOPLE'. I LISTEN ON RADIO TO HIM FOR IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT COULD ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. AND YOU KINDA FELT LIKE YOU KNEW HIM EVEN THOUGH YOU REALLY DIDN'T. MANY WERE SIMPLY CONTENT TO SIT OUTSIDE AND WATCH. A FAMILY OCCASION SO, YEAH, JUST... I'M A BIT TOO CASUAL TO GO INSIDE. THE CHARITIES SIR PAUL HELPED TURNED OUT WITH PRIDE. AS SOON AS WE SAID WE WERE ASKED TO COME UP HERE TO DO THE GUARD OF HONOUR, THE GUYS ALL PUT THEIR HANDS UP, YEAH. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND HIS OLD SCHOOL GAVE IT ITS ALL. HE WAS ALWAYS A VERY PROUD EX-PUPIL OF KARAMU HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WAS KNIGHTED IN OUR 50TH YEAR, WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY SPECIAL FOR THE SCHOOL, AND WE WERE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HIM. THE PEOPLE'S BROADCASTER FAREWELLED BY SO MANY WHO TREASURED THE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRIBUTES FROM SIR PAUL'S FUNERAL ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE BROTHER OF A MAN BURNT ALIVE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND IS APPEALING FOR HELP TO FIND THE KILLER. SHALVIN PRASAD'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED LAST THURSDAY AFTER HIS PARENTS REPORTED HIM MISSING. POLICE SAY THEY'RE INTENSIFYING THEIR INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO GET INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MURDERER. LISA OWEN HAS THE LATEST. PRAVIN PRASAD SAYS HIS MURDERED LITTLE BROTHER LIVED FOR FOOTBALL, ADORED HIS FRIENDS, BUT LOVED HIS FAMILY THE MOST, AND THEY'RE LEFT DREAMING HE'LL STILL BE HOME. IT'S TORN US APART. I FEEL LIKE IT HASN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET. IT'S JUST SO SURREAL. SOMETIMES I THINK HE'LL COME AFTER WORK. THE 21-YEAR-OLD WAS BURNT ALIVE, HIS BODY FOUND SOUTH OF AUCKLAND LAST WEEK. HIS CAR WAS DISCOVERED MORE THAN 25KM AWAY, IN PAPATOETOE. SECURITY FOOTAGE HAS NOW CONFIRMED HE PARKED IT THERE HIMSELF. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY INDICATE THAT HE GOT INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS AROUND AT THE TIME. SHALVIN PRASAD TOLD HIS PARENTS HE WAS OFF TO PLAY POOL. WHEN HE DIDN'T COME BACK, HIS FATHER, WHO MANAGES HIS FINANCES, CHECKED HIS SON'S ACCOUNT AND DISCOVERED A HEFTY WITHDRAWAL FROM THIS BANK. SHALVIN'S ON SECURITY CAMERA, PICKING UP THE CASH HOURS BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED. THE MONEY'S STILL MISSING. IT'S A MYSTERY WHY HE NEEDED IT. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY BROTHER, PLEASE CALL THE POLICE. IF YOU SAW HIM THAT NIGHT, WE NEED TO KNOW. THE BRUTAL WAY SHALVIN PRASAD WAS KILLED IS GETTING CLOSE ATTENTION. IT WAS A VERY EXTREME METHOD. WE HAVE REFERRED THE CASE TO OUR CRIMINAL PROFILING UNIT TO SEE WHETHER THEY CAN EXAMINE ANY OTHER SIMILAR CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED EITHER IN NZ OR OVERSEAS. AN ACCELERANT WAS USED, AND POLICE ALSO CHECKING SERVICE STATIONS TO SEE WHERE IT CAME FROM. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. ANGER ERUPTED IN A WELLINGTON COURTROOM AS A MAN WAS JAILED FOR SIX YEARS FOR KILLING A TEENAGER IN KAPITI, JUST NORTH OF THE CAPITAL. THE EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS CAME DESPITE A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AND REPEATED WARNINGS FROM THE JUDGE. DANIEL FAITAUA WAS IN COURT. DESPITE SHOWING LITTLE EMOTION, MANAWANUI STEWART COULD NOT ESCAPE THE CRIES OF OUTRAGE FROM THE PUBLIC GALLERY. TODAY IS A DAY FOR CALM AND REFLECTION, AND IF YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THAT, THEN IT IS BETTER YOU NOT BE IN THE COURTROOM. I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT. I'M LEAVING. FINE. THANK YOU, MS WAIKAIRA. CHRISTINE WAIKAIRA IS THE MOTHER OF IZAK MILLANTA, THE 17-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS BEATEN AND STOMPED TO DEATH OUTSIDE THIS SHOPPING MALL ON THE KAPITI COAST. THIS 26-YEAR-OLD WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER. 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. AS THIS MOTHER WAS COMFORTED BY SUPPORTERS, ANOTHER CALLED FOR UNDERSTANDING. WE ARE VICTIMS IN THIS AS WELL, AND WE FEEL THEIR PAIN AS WELL. MY SON IS NOT A BULLY. INSIDE COURT, THERE WERE TEARS FROM IZAK'S FAMILY AS THEY READ THEIR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. THEY EYEBALLED STEWART AND TOLD HIM HOW HE'S DESTROYED THE MILLANTA WHAKAPAPA AND BROUGHT SHAME TO HIS OWN FAMILY. STEWART'S SENTENCE ALSO INCLUDED CHARGES FOR ASSAULTING THE DECEASED'S BROTHER. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. AIRLINES ARE BLAMING WELLINGTON AIRPORT FOR MAKING IT MORE EXPENSIVE FOR YOU TO FLY TO THE CAPITAL. THIS FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A REPORT FROM OUR COMMERCE WATCHDOG WHICH SAYS THE AIRPORT COMPANY IS MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY. BUT AS REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS, THE AIRPORT'S CHALLENGING THE FINDINGS. 5.2 MILLION PASSENGERS TOUCH DOWN AND TAKE OFF FROM WELLINGTON AIRPORT EACH YEAR. AND NOW THE COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS THE AIRPORT'S MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR ITS SERVICES. THEY'RE CHARGING THE AIRLINES TOO MUCH, AND ULTIMATELY THEY PASS ON THE CHARGES TO PASSENGERS. THE COMMISSION'S REPORT SAYS A REASONABLE RETURN FOR AN AIRPORT IS BETWEEN 7.1% AND 8%, BUT ITS ANALYSIS SHOWS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WELLINGTON AIRPORT'S EXPECTED RETURN IS BETWEEN 12.3% AND 15.2% ` MEANING IT'S LIKELY TO RECOVER BETWEEN $38M AND $69M MORE FROM CONSUMERS THAN THE COMMISSION SAYS IS REASONABLE. BUT THE AIRPORT SAYS THOSE FIGURES HAVE BEEN EXAGGERATED, AND IT'S CHALLENGING THE WAY THE COMMISSION CAME UP WITH THEM. WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING IS LOOKING AT OUR HISTORICAL AND ACTUAL EARNINGS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE RETURNS AND USE OUR FORECASTING MODEL, THEN YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'RE ONLY AT 8.1%. AND THEY'RE USING A HYPOTHETICAL MODEL, NOT A REAL WORLD MODELLING. BUT OUR NATIONAL AIRLINE SAYS HIGHER PRICES ARE STIFLING LOCAL TOURISM. IT'S THE AIRPORT CHOOSING TO TAKE WHAT'S CALLED EXCESSIVE PROFITS. SO WE ALL GET THAT BUSINESSES NEED TO MAKE MONEY. WELLINGTON'S USING THE LIGHT-HANDED REGULATORY SITUATION TO JUST CHOOSE TO CHARGE MORE AND MORE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR REGIONAL TRAVELLERS; THEY'RE THE ONES SHOULDERING THIS BURDEN. THE COMMERCE COMMISSION HASN'T MADE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHETHER REGULATORY CHANGES AROUND PRICING SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE. THAT'LL BE UP TO THE MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT AND COMMERCE, WHO'LL NOW ASSESS THE REPORT. REPORTS INTO AUCKLAND AND CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORTS ARE ALSO DUE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. AT LEAST ONE BUYER'S CONFIRMED IT'S INTERESTED IN MAINZEAL'S FAILED CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY BUSINESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE NEWS IS BEING WELCOMED BY SUBCONTRACTORS LEFT OUT OF POCKET BY MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION'S COLLAPSE. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. SUBCONTRACTOR DOUG HASELDEN SAYS MAINZEAL OWES HIM MORE THAN $250,000, BUT HE HOLDS NO ILL-FEELING TOWARDS THE COMPANY. THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AND ALL THAT, THEY RANG ME UP, AND THEY APOLOGISED AGAIN TO ME, SO THEY ARE GREAT GUYS. INSTEAD HE'S TAKING AIM AT THOSE WHO HAVE DEPARTED MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY. DIRECTORS. AND ESPECIALLY WITH MAINZEAL, IF YOU'RE IN THE DIRECTORS UP THERE, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. SIMPLE. DOUG HASELDEN DID 'THE RIGHT THING' ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE RISKED HIS LIFE TO HELP PULL THE SOLE SURVIVOR FROM THIS QUAKE-CRUSHED BUS TO SAFETY. WHAT CHANCE IS THERE OF YOU GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK? I LIVE IN HOPE THAT WE ALL GET A PART, MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT, BUT I THINK IF THEY ARE TO DIVVY UP SOME FUNDS TO US, IT'S GOT TO BE EVEN TO EVERYONE. LIKE MANY SUBCONTRACTORS, DOUG WAS TOLD AS LATE AS LAST WEEK THAT HIS MONEY WAS COMING. THE FORMER MAINZEAL DIRECTORS ISSUED A STATEMENT TODAY. THEY SAY THE COMPANY ENTERED 2013 IN A VERY POSITIVE POSITION; HOWEVER, JUST OVER A WEEK AGO, THAT POSITION CHANGED. THEY SAY THAT THIS LED TO THE BANK WITHDRAWING SUPPORT, AND DESPITE EXHAUSTIVE EFFORTS BY MANY PEOPLE, A BINDING COMMERCIAL SOLUTION WAS UNABLE TO BE ACHIEVED. ON TUESDAY, THE DIRECTORS RESIGNED. THAT CASH BOOST COULD COME FROM CERES NZ, WHO EMERGED FROM THE DUST OF MAINZEAL'S COLLAPSE TO EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE FAILED COMPANY. MAINZEAL IS A COMPANY THAT'S GOT EXPERIENCED STAFF. THEY'VE GOT A GOOD PROFILE. WE SEE A LOT OF SYNERGIES BETWEEN MAINZEAL AND OURSELVES. BUT JUST LIKE MAINZEAL'S RECEIVERS, THE POTENTIAL BUYER WON'T COMMIT TO COMPENSATING UNSECURED CREDITORS. AND I THINK ALL OF THE EXISTING CREDITORS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE RECEIVERS. WE WOULD PROBABLY BE PICKING UP THE BUSINESS ITSELF AND HOPEFULLY, THE KEY STAFF AND THE CONTRACTS. AT LEAST EMPTY BUILDING SITES ARE UNLIKELY TO STAY THAT WAY. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. MAINZEAL'S TIED TO A NUMBER OF LEAKY BUILDING CLAIMS AND REPAIR PROJECTS WHICH ARE NOW UP IN THE AIR. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR. A 6.6-MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK HIT THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TODAY, DAMAGING THE RUNWAY IN LATA, WHERE AN AID FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LAND WITH EMERGENCY SUPPLIES. BUT A BOAT CARRYING MORE AID IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN THE TSUNAMI-RAVAGED SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS THIS EVENING. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM HONIARA WITH THE LATEST. Declared a state of emergency, and this unfollowed dramatically this morning. We were on a flight when we were told that an earthquake had hit a large earthquake And their runway had been damaged once again, so we were turned back. They're suffering and they're traumatised and he just wants to get there to make sure that they get the help they need. Nurses have been working around the clock. There are no doctors there. They're running out of supplies. THANKS. BARBARA DREAVER IN HONIARA. AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD HAS JUST TOUCHED DOWN IN QUEENSTOWN FOR TALKS WITH JOHN KEY. ON THE AGENDA ` A RAFT OF ISSUES THAT AFFECTS EVERY NZER TRAVELLING ACROSS THE DITCH. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH IS COVERING THE VISIT AND JOINS US NOW. JESS, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? Julia Gillard and John key are prepping for a dinner here in Queenstown tonight. Julia Gillard was greeted by the Prime Minister as she got off her defence force plane. One of the items on the agenda will be mobile roaming rates between Australia and New Zealand. Whether that's a cap prices or if New Zealanders can use this card and Australia, that will be thrashed out tonight. Any Australians living here are basically treated like New Zealanders. THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IS REFLECTED IN CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPECIAL CATEGORY VISA HOLDERS IN NZ FOR AUSTRALIA. NO OTHER NATION ON EARTH HAS ITS CITIZENS COME TO AUSTRALIA AND ENJOY THOSE ENTITLEMENTS OR BENEFITS. JESSICA, WHAT ELSE WILL THEY BE UP TO TOMORROW? It will be a big day tomorrow. With got those bilateral talks in the morning. In the afternoon they will head to narrow down. There will be a photo opportunity for those hosting the rugby World Cup in 2014. THANKS. JESSICA MUTCH IN QUEENSTOWN. NEXT ON ONE NEWS, GANGING UP ` WE'RE AT A SMALL TOWN MEETING TRYING TO STAMP OUT VIOLENCE BETWEEN RIVAL BIKIES. d d POLICE GUNNING R 8 ONE OF THEIR OW WHY AN OFFICER'S GONE ON A KILLING SPREE. AND DOES THIS GET YOU IN THE MOOD? HOW A TOP PIANIST IS TRYING TO TICKLE A TORTOISE'S FANCY. RESIDENTS LIVING IN A SMALL NORTHLAND TOWN ARE BANDING TOGETHER TO TRY TO COMBAT GANG WARFARE. DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS, A STABBING AND CARS SET ON FIRE HAVE TRIGGERED A PUBLIC MEETING IN MOEREWA. HELEN CASTLES WAS THERE. MORE THAN 200 LOCALS PILED INTO THIS SCHOOL HALL IN A BID TO STAMP OUT GANG VIOLENCE. YEAH, I LOVE MOEREWA. IT'S A GOOD PLACE. JUST THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR KIDS AND OUR OLD PEOPLE. JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN FROM THE HUI IS WHERE RIVALS THE TRIBESMEN AND AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST GANG, THE REBELS, TRADED GUNFIRE OVER THE WEEKEND. IT COULD'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER. AND, WELL, THE OTHER JOKER DIDN'T RETALIATE. WELL, AT LEAST, SOMEBODY ON THE CAR WAS SHOOTING BACK. GANG MEMBERS WE SPOKE TO WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA, BUT SAID THE SHOOTINGS WERE SPARKED BY A REBEL GANG MEMBER TRYING TO CROSS OVER TO THE TRIBESMEN. EVEN BEFORE THAT, LAST FRIDAY, A MAN (25) WAS STABBED IN THE HEAD. HE'S SERIOUSLY ILL. AND THE WEEK BEFORE THE STABBING, THREE CARS WERE SET ON FIRE DOWN THIS DRIVEWAY. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED INSIDE THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, BUT POLICE WERE ON STANDBY AS EMOTIONS RAN HIGH AND A ROW BROKE OUT BETWEEN TWO MEN FROM RIVAL GANGS AS THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TALKING, THE MEETING AGREED TO FORM AN ACTION COMMITTEE TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED, KEEP KIDS OF THE STREET AND TO LIAISE WITH THE GANGS. IT'S MULTI-FACETED. IT'S NOT JUST A WHANAU PROBLEM; IT'S WIDER THAN THAT. AROUND 1500 PEOPLE LIVE IN MOEREWA. MORE THAN 80% OF THE POPULATION IS MAORI. THERE'S VERY LITTLE EMPLOYMENT, AND EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE CONNECTED TO A GANG. LOCALS SAY WHILE IT'S UNLIKELY THEY CAN ERADICATE GANGS, THEY HOPE THEY CAN WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE THE TOWN SAFE. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. A GRANDMOTHER'S AVOIDED JAIL DESPITE SCAMMING MORE THAN $70,000 FROM DOZENS OF HOPEFUL IMMIGRANTS. A ONE NEWS INVESTIGATION FOUND ATA EKUALE (57), WHO CLAIMED TO BE AN IMMIGRATION AGENT, WAS FAILING TO DELIVER WHEN PROMISING JOBS AND WORK PERMITS. INSTEAD SHE'D KEEP HER CLIENTS' MONEY AND THEIR PASSPORTS. JUDGE GRAHAM HUBBLE TOLD THE AUCKLAND COURT HE HAD NO DESIRE TO SEND A WOMAN OF EKUALE'S AGE TO PRISON. HE SENTENCED HER TO 10 MONTHS' HOME DETENTION. 10,000 POLICE OFFICERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE TONIGHT HUNTING FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN, WHO'S CARRYING OUT A PERSONAL VENDETTA. THE 33-YEAR-OLD HAS SO FAR KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED TWO MORE AS HE TARGETS POLICE AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS FROM US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. EVERYWHERE THEY SEARCHED ` OVER LAND, SEA, AND FROM THE AIR. EVERYWHERE, OFFICERS ON HIGH ALERT, ARMED AND PREPARED TO FIRE UPON A FUGITIVE THEY ONCE CALLED A COLLEAGUE. OF COURSE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING; WE TRAINED HIM. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES. IT IS EXTREMELY WORRISOME AND SCARY. CHRISTOPHER DORNER (33) BEGAN HIS KILLING SPREE AT THE WEEKEND, MURDERING A YOUNG BASKETBALL COACH AND HER FIANCE IN THEIR CAR. MONICA QUAN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF DORNER'S FORMER POLICE CHIEF; THE KILLING REVENGE FOR HIS BEING FIRED FROM THE FORCE IN 2009. THEN EARLY THIS MORNING, HE DIRECTLY TARGETED POLICE ON THE BEAT, SHOOTING AT OFFICERS IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS JUST HALF AN HOUR APART, KILLING ONE. THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, NOBODY ELSE NEEDS TO DIE. POLICE SAY THE FORMER NAVY LIEUTENANT HAS SEVERAL WEAPONS, INCLUDING AN ASSAULT RIFLE. BEFORE BEGINNING HIS SPREE, CHRISTOPHER DORNER POSTED HIS PLANS IN AN ONLINE MANIFESTO. IT'S 6000 WORDS LONG, SPRAWLING, AND IN IT HE CLAIMED PLANS FOR... ...AGAINST POLICE. IF YOU READ HIS MANIFESTO, THIS IS A VERY... LAPD IS A SPECIFIC TARGET, BUT ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TARGETED. LATE TODAY, OFFICERS FOUND DORNER'S BURNT-OUT FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE AND TRACKS THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN SNOW. BUT AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES, THEY'RE ALL TOO AWARE THE MAN THEY'RE HUNTING KNOWS EVERY POLICE TACTIC. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. AT LEAST 51 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A BUS CRASH IN ZAMBIA, AND IT'S FEARED THE DEATH TOLL COULD RISE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON A TWO-WAY HIGHWAY ABOUT 100KM NORTH OF THE CAPITAL, LUSAKA. RESCUERS ARE STILL SEARCHING THE BUS WRECKAGE FOR SURVIVORS. A PIANIST WHO'S BEEN CALLED THE PRINCE OF ROMANCE IS TRYING TO SPICE UP THE LOVE LIFE OF A TORTOISE. (PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC) RICHARD CLAYDERMAN'S BEEN PLAYING AT LONDON ZOO A WEEK AHEAD OF VALENTINE'S DAY IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE A STUBBORN MALE TO MATE. THE TORTOISE, CALLED DIRK, IS THOUGHT TO BE MORE THAN 70. CLAYDERMAN SAYS HE'D LIKE TO BELIEVE HIS MUSIC HAS A POWERFUL EFFECT ON ANIMALS. WEATHER TIME NOW. NO RAIN FOR ANYONE TODAY, KAREN? PRETTY DRY. IN FACT, MOST OF THE COUNTRY WAS CLEAR AND CLOUD-FREE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER BIG HIGH OVER OUR PART OF THE GLOBE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL HAVE YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT ` DEFINITELY SUNSCREEN OVER BROLLY. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` SCHOOLS FIND OUT WHEN THEY'LL LEARN THEIR FATE IN CHRISTCHURCH. ALSO, HAVE THEY CLEARED THE AIR? WE'VE AN UPDATE ON THE BID TO STOP THE STINK IN WANGANUI. KIDS SHOUT Should we be getting more kids into apprenticeships? Will we have enough retirement villages close to our families? What should we be doing with our waste water? Does everyone count in the future of our country? Yeah, we do. Tuesday the 5th of March is Census Day. Census information is used by businesses, iwi, councils and the government to make decisions on issues that affect us all. Fill in your forms online or on paper, because you count. 1 PRINCIPALS FROM DOZENS OF THREATENED CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS HAVE LEARNED EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR FATE IN 10 DAYS. STAFF FROM 31 SCHOOLS SLATED TO CLOSE OR MERGE HEARD FROM THE EDUCATION MINISTER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD A MINISTRY STAFFER WILL VISIT EACH SCHOOL IN THE MORNING ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH WITH THE NEWS. MOST SCHOOLS ARE ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF WANTING TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THEIR STAFF, TO THEIR FAMILIES, TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT THE INFORMATION LEAKING OUT EARLIER. HEKIA PARATA SAYS LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED FROM THE BOTCHED SCHOOLS SHAKE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT IN SEPTEMBER. MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS THAT THERE WERE BETTER WAYS OF CONVEYING THE INFORMATION. WE WANT TO DO THAT BETTER, COS WE WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE. THE MINISTER SAYS SHE'LL TRAVEL TO THE CITY THE DAY THE DECISIONS ARE ANNOUNCED. THE SMELL WAFTING THROUGH WANGANUI IS SET TO LINGER FOR SOME TIME YET. DESPITE EFFORTS BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL TO GET RID OF THE ODOUR, IT'S STILL THERE AND COULD LEAD TO COURT ACTION. SARAH BATLEY IS IN THE CITY. THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STOP THE STENCH FROM THIS BROKEN SEWERAGE PLANT, BUT WHILE COUNCIL'S EFFORTS TO DROP LIME AND BOOST OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE PONDS TO ALLEVIATE SMELL ARE HELPING, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY. IT WAS HORRENDOUS COMING INTO TOWN FROM PALMERSTON NORTH ` VERY VERY STRONG. REALLY ROTTEN. THE WANGANUI COUNCIL WAS ISSUED AN ABATEMENT NOTICE REQUIRING IT TO STOP CAUSING 'OBJECTIONAL ODOUR' BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF THE PLANT BY 5PM YESTERDAY. MONITERING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS MORNING HAS INDICATED THAT THERE ARE STILL ODOUR PROBLEMS BEYOND THE BOUNDARY OF THE PLANT. THE WASTEWATER PLANT HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2007. EXPERTS SAY IT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO COPE WITH THE VOLUME OF WASTE PASSING THROUGH IT, AND SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BLAMED FOR DUMPING TOO MUCH. BUT IT'S THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT, AND NOW THE REGION'S ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY ARE LOOKING AT TAKING THINGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. POTENTIALLY, THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION IS THAT WE SEEK A THING CALLED AN ENFORCEMENT ORDER VIA THE ENVIRONMENT COURT. AN ENFORCEMENT ORDER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A JOINTLY-AGREED ACTION PLAN MONITORED BY THE COURT. WANGANUI MAYOR ANNETTE MAIN SAYS IT'S A GOOD THING. BUT IT WON'T COMPLETELY BE FIXED UNTIL WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOT A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION FOR THE PLANT, SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS PLANT WORKING PROPERLY IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ODOUR DOWN. WHETHER COURT ACTION IS TAKEN WILL DEPEND ON THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH MONITORING OF THE STENCH SET TO CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` TEARS, TRIBUTES AND LAUGHTER FLOWED AS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS FAREWELLED SIR PAUL HOLMES. PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TURNED OUT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF THE BROADCASTER DESCRIBED AS "CHARMING, COURAGEOUS AND A BIT MAD". THE BROTHER OF A MAN BURNT ALIVE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND IS APPEALING FOR HELP TO FIND THE KILLER. SHALVIN PRASAD'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED EIGHT DAYS AGO. POLICE SAY THEY'RE TALKING TO PROFILERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MURDERER. AT LEAST ONE BUYER'S CONFIRMED IT'S INTERESTED IN MAINZEAL'S FAILED CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY BUSINESS. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS SEVERAL OTHER CONTENDERS ARE ALSO LINING UP. THE NEWS IS BEING WELCOMED BY SUBCONTRACTORS LEFT OUT OF POCKET BY MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION'S COLLAPSE. OWNERS OF LEAKY BUILDINGS ARE WORRIED MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION'S RECEIVERSHIP WILL DELAY ANY CHANCE OF SETTLING CLAIMS AND REPAIRS. RENEE GRAHAM'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF UNCERTAINTY NOW SURROUNDING THIS PART OF THE COMPANY'S COLLAPSE. IT'S FEARED LEAKY BUILDING OWNERS AND AUCKLAND RATE PAYERS WILL HAVE TO PICK UP A MASSIVE REPAIR BILL FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION. MAINZEAL BUILT A RAFT OF LEAKY BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AUCKLAND'S SPENCER HOTEL ON BYRON, HOBSON GARDENS APARTMENTS AND BOTANY DOWNS TOWN CENTRE. ITS WORK TO REPAIR THEM COSTING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IF THERE'S WORK THAT'S INCOMPLETE, THEN THAT WILL PUT A BURDEN BACK ON TO THE PRINCIPALS, WHICH WILL BE THE OWNERS. PROPERTY LAWYERS BELIEVE LEAKY BUILDING CLAIMS CRIPPLED MAINZEAL. A SUPREME COURT DECISION LAST YEAR PAVING THE WAY FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO CLAIM COMPENSATION BECAME THE STRAW THAT BROKE MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION'S BACK. SO THAT OPENED UP EFFECTIVELY TO 'HAVE A GO AT MAINZEAL 'IF THEY HAD POORLY CONSTRUCTED COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.' PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS SIMPLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. NOW THAT MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION IS IN RECEIVERSHIP, ITS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ARE FROZEN ` MUCH LIKE ITS WORK SITES. THAT MEANS CLAIMANTS WILL HAVE TO SEEK COMPENSATION FROM OTHER PARTIES. THEY WILL OBVIOUSLY NOW HAVE TO LOOK TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, SUCH AS COUNCILS, DEVELOPERS. IT'S A BIT UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAINZEAL CAN EFFECTIVELY CLOSE THIS COMPANY DOWN AND NOT CARRY ANY RESPONSIBILITY FORWARD THROUGH ITS PARENT COMPANY. THAT'S AN AREA I THINK THE NZ LEGISLATOR NEEDS TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL IS PLAYING DOWN CONCERNS, SAYING IT DOESN'T HAVE MASSIVE EXPOSURE. IT SAYS IT HAS ONE LEAKY BUILDING CASE JOINTLY WITH MAINZEAL BEFORE THE HIGH COURT BUT WON'T SAY WHICH BUILDING OR HOW MUCH COMPENSATION IS BEING CLAIMED. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT ` KIWI LEAGUE PLAYERS ASKED TO TAKE BANNED SUBSTANCES. THIS IS FROM A PLAYER WHO'S PLAYING IN THE NRL TAKING ON THE GRUELLING COAST TO COAST. THE BLUES GET READY FOR RUGBY'S NEXT BIG THING AS FORMER NRL STAR ISRAEL FOLAU COMES TO TOWN. AND TEAM NZ KEEPS AN EYE ON THE FUTURE AS 80 HOPEFULS ARE REDUCED TO SEVEN. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. TONIGHT, EVIDENCE THAT KIWI ATHLETES HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE DOPING SCANDAL ENVELOPING AUSTRALIAN SPORT. ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL MEMBERS OF THE KIWIS RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM HAVE BEEN URGED TO USE BANNED SUBSTANCES. AND ONE LEADING SPORTS DOCTOR FEARS THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. HERE'S ABBY SCOTT. JUST DAYS AGO, KIWIS RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM DOCTOR SIMON MAYHEW GOT A TEXT FROM ONE OF HIS PLAYERS. AN AUSTRALIAN-BASED NZ ATHLETE CONTACTED ME WHO'S TRAINER HAD RECOMMENDED HE TAKE THIS SUPPLEMENT, AND HE RECOGNISED SOME LETTERS IN THE FORMULATION d THAT OBVIOUSLY HE 8 WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. THAT CONCERN WARRANTED ` THE SUPPLEMENT CONTAINED A PEPTIDE BANNED FOR ATHLETES BOTH IN AND OUT OF COMPETITION. I MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE ATHLETE, DON'T USE IT AND TELL YOUR TRAINER THAT YOU CAN'T USE IT, BECAUSE IT'S AN ILLEGAL DRUG TO USE IN INTERNATIONAL OR NRL-TYPE SPORT. FEAR THOSE ASKING QUESTIONS ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. YOU THINK, 'HOW MANY ARE MISSING OUT? HOW MANY AREN'T COMING TO ME?' THAT'S THE BIG UNKNOWN. IT'S A WORRY. WE HAVE ASKED THE THREE NZ SPORTING BODIES TO FOLLOW UP, TO FIND OUT WHETHER THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR US TO MAKE OUR OWN ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY IMPLICATIONS FOR NZ. PEPTIDES STIMULATE HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES, HELPING ATHLETES TO TRAIN HARDER AND RECOVER FASTER. TESTING TIMEFRAMES ARE TIGHT. THE LIFE INSIDE THE BODY OF THE PEPTIDE IS VERY SHORT. IT CAN BE JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THESE DRUGS AREN'T ACTUALLY ILLEGAL UNLESS YOU'RE AN ELITE ATHLETE. IN FACT, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY EASY TO ACCESS. JUMP ONLINE, PICK YOUR PEPTIDE OF CHOICE, AND FOR $10, HAVE IT SENT TO YOU IN NZ. SOME OF THESE DRUGS HAVE SOME POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE BODY. MAYHEW SAYS AT THE KIWIS THEY URGE THEIR PLAYERS TO BE CAREFUL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE AT SOME OF THE CLUBS. AND PRESSURE'S ALSO BUILDING ON INVESTIGATORS TO COME UP WITH NAMES IN A SCANDAL THAT FOR NOW IS CASTING A SHADOW OVER EVERYONE. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. THE FALLOUT CONTINUES ACROSS THE TASMAN AS WELL WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A HIDDEN JAR OF URINE IN AN NRL CLUB'S CHANGING ROOMS. DISCOVERY OF A HIDDEN JAR OF URINE IN AN NRL CLUB'S CHANGING ROOMS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE LATEST. THE DISCOVERY OF A JAM JAR FULL OF URINE HIDDEN IN THE PLUMBING OF THE GOLD COAST TITANS CHANGING ROOMS FURTHER TARNISHING THE CODE AND CLUB. THE JAR, AS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, IS AROUND ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD. THERE'S HUNDREDS OF TEAMS BEEN THROUGH THAT CHANGING ROOM, UM, AND JUST STATISTICALLY THAT IT'S A TITANS ISSUE IS VERY SMALL. THE DISCOVERY COMES AMID GLOBAL CONCERNS THAT THERE'S A DELIBERATE INSTITUTIONAL BLINDNESS TO DRUG ABUSE IN SPORT. IT SEEMS TO BE SO EXTENSIVE. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE TODAY THAT THOSE IN CHARGE IN CERTAIN AREAS DID NOT KNOW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING. POLICE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION WHICH FOUND CLEAR PARALLELS BETWEEN WHAT IT UNCOVERED AND THE INVESTIGATION BY THE US ANTI-DOPING AGENCY INTO DISGRACED CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE AUTHORITIES, WHERE THEY CAN, WILL INVESTIGATE THESE MATTERS THOROUGHLY AND IF APPROPRIATE, PEOPLE WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURTS. THE WIDESPREAD DOPING'S BEEN LINKED TO ANTI-AGEING CLINICS THAT ARE SELLING DRUGS BANNED BY THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY. SPORTS MEDICINE GURU STEPHEN DANK OWNS ONE SUCH CLINIC AND IS A KEY FIGURE UNDER INVESTIGATION. HE WORKED FOR THE MANLY SEA EAGLES WHEN THE NRL CLUB WON THE PREMIERSHIP IN 2008 AND IS ALSO UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE ADVISED THE PANTHERS. OVERNIGHT, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS SWOOPED ON BOTH CLUBS LOOKING FOR UNUSUAL PAYMENTS FOR SUPPLEMENTS SUCH AS PEPTIDES FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE. DANK IS ALSO AT THE CENTRE OF THE DRUGS SCANDAL INVOLVING AUSSIE RULES CLUB ESSENDON THAT EXPLODED THIS WEEK. PEOPLE AT ALL OF OUR CLUBS WORKING AT ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PLAYERS THAT WILL HAVE HAD A WAKE-UP CALL. BECAUSE THIS AUSTRALIAN SPORTING NIGHTMARE IS FAR FROM OVER. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, BRISBANE. AND STRAIGHT AFTER THE NEWS HOUR, SEVEN SHARP DOES ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE AVAILABILITY OF BANNED SUBSTANCES. TEENAGE GOLF STAR LYDIA KO IS JUST ONE SHOT OFF THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NZ WOMEN'S OPEN IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AMATEUR MIXED FIVE BIRDIES WITH THREE DROPPED SHOTS AT CLEARWATER, SHOWING SOME DEFT TOUCHES AROUND THE GREENS, KO (15) EARNED WARM APPLAUSE FROM A PARTISAN GALLERY FOR HER TWO-UNDER ROUND OF 70. YEAH, I WAS PRETTY HAPPY. I THINK I COULD HAVE PLAYED A LITTLE BETTER, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE WIND, I THINK THAT WAS A PRETTY SOLID SCORE. NICKY CAMPBELL IS ONE OF THREE AUSTRALIANS SHARING THE CLUBHOUSE LEAD WITH A THREE-UNDER 69. NZ CRICKET CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM SAYS THE BLACK CAPS WILL LOSE TOMORROW'S OPENING T-20 AGAINST ENGLAND IF THEY DWELL ON THE ROSS TAYLOR SAGA. THE BLACK CAPS HAD THEIR FINAL TRAINING AT EDEN PARK TODAY, WITH MCCULLUM CONCEDING THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO IGNORE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WE CAN'T LET ANY OFF-FIELD ISSUES HAVE AN IMPACT. WE'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH, UM, AS A` AS A TEAM JUST YET TO LET THOSE SORTS OF DISTRACTIONS BECOME DISTRACTIONS. MCCULLUM CONFIRMED TAYLOR WILL BAT AT NUMBER FOUR IN TOMORROW NIGHT'S MATCH IN AUCKLAND, WHILE JIMMY NEESHAM IS A LATE CALL-UP AFTER GRANT ELLIOTT WAS RULED OUT WITH A QUAD STRAIN. IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS THE BIG GUNS, INCLUDING OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLISTS MAHE DRYSDALE AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN, WILL START THEIR COAST-TO-COAST CHALLENGE. TODAY A TRIO OF SUPER VETERANS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A NEW THREE-PERSON TEAM CATEGORY TO ADD TO THEIR ALREADY IMPRESSIVE RACE RECORD. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE THREE STOOGES. WITH MYSELF BEING IN ME 80TH YEAR, 79; AND MIKE 78; AND DARYL, WHO'S THE YOUNGSTER ` HE LOOKS AFTER US ` HE'S 65. TEAM LEADER ERIC HUNTER CHALLENGING ALL-COMERS TO MATCH THEIR COMBINED 220 YEARS. ANY WORDS FROM THE LADS JUST BEFORE YOU`? JUST DON'T DIE ON US. (LAUGHS) A CORTISONE SHOT FOR HIS ARTHRITIC KNEES THE ONLY THING MAKING THE FIRST 3K RUN POSSIBLE. APPLAUSE ON THE BIKE, THOUGH, ERIC'S RIGHT AT HOME, WINNING THE FIRST VETERAN TEAM'S EVENT WITH KAYAKING PARTNER DARYL SYMONDS IN 1983. BETWEEN THEM, THEY'VE GOT SIX VETERANS CLASS TITLES. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WIN ANYTHING. NOT AT ALL. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO` WE'RE NOT IN DANGER OF WINNING ANYTHING. ALL LAUGH NO, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. MIKE WHITE WITH THE TOUGHEST JOB, NEGOTIATING THE GUT-BUSTING 33KM MOUNTAIN RUN. WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE OURSELVES WE'RE STILL YOUNG. ALL LAUGH I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW THE OLDER GENERATION THAT LIFE ISN'T OVER AT 65. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE GOT A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR AND DON'T MIND HAVING THE MICKEY TAKEN OUT OF YOU BY YOUR TEAMMATES. YOU'RE RIGHT ` WE DO. WE ENJOY IT. ALL LAUGH THAT'S THE SICK PART. BUT FOR THESE THREE, YOU CAN ONLY WISH THEM GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD LUCK. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. FORMER KANGAROOS LEAGUE STAR AND AUSSIE RULES PLAYER ISRAEL FOLAU IS SET TO STRUT HIS STUFF FOR HIS NEW RUGBY UNION SIDE IN WHANGAREI THIS WEEKEND. I MEAN, HE CAN PLAY. I MEAN, HE CAN PLAY. I'M PROBABLY EXPECTING WHAT I SAW EARLIER FROM SONNY BILL ` YOU KNOW, GOT GAME WITH BALL IN HAND; SOME OF THE FINER POINTS PROBABLY NOT READY YET. FOLAU MAY HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT, THOUGH, PLAYING OPPOSITE NEW BLUES WEAPON, WINGER FRANK HALAI. PLENTY OF LOCALS ARE TIPPED TO TURN UP TO WATCH FOLAU, THE YOUNGEST MAN TO PULL ON A KANGAROOS LEAGUE JERSEY AT JUST 18. TO FOOTBALL ` AND IT'S GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX, SUFFERING AN EMBARRASSING 5-0 LOSS TO THE CENTRAL COAST. THE PHOENIX, WITHOUT PLAYERS TONY LOCHHEAD, BEN SIGMUND OR LEO BERTOS, WERE CRUELLY EXPOSED IN THE SECOND HALF, WITH THE MARINERS SCORING FOUR GOALS IN 24 MINUTES. SPACE FOR MCBREEN. IBINI! THIS TIME, IT IS FOUR. THE MARINERS EXTENDED THEIR LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, WHILE THE PHOENIX REMAIN SECOND TO LAST. YACHTING NZ HAS NAMED A CREW OF YOUNG ALL-STARS BIDDING TO WIN THE YOUTH AMERICA'S CUP IN SAN FRANCISCO IN SEPTEMBER. THE SEVEN-STRONG CREW IS BACKED BY TEAM NZ, WHICH EARNS IT AUTOMATIC ENTRY INTO THE REGATTA. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. THE SEVEN WHO'LL RACE TEAM NZ'S AC45 EMERGED FROM MORE THAN 80 SAILORS AGED BETWEEN 19 AND 25 WHO'D APPLIED. THEY ARE ALL BAR NONE CAPABLE OF WINNING OLYMPIC MEDALS. I THINK THAT'S HOW I'D CATEGORISE THEM. THE SKIPPER AND HIS TACTICIAN ARE ALREADY OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLISTS, PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE HAVING TRANSFERRED THE SIMILAR SKILLS OF SAILING A 49ER INTO MULTI-HULLS, WITH TUKE THE NATIONAL A-CLASS CATAMARAN CHAMPION. JUST SAILING FAST BOATS IN GENERAL IS GONNA HELP, ESPECIALLY PETER AND I AT THE BACK OF THE BOAT, WITH THE TACTICS AND STUFF LIKE THE ANGLES ARE THE SAME. BURLING (22) HAS THE ADDED ADVANTAGE OF HAVING HELMED TEAM KOREA'S AC45 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IS READY FOR THE EXTRA EXPECTATION THAT WILL BRING. THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF PRESSURE ON IT, BUT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS IS WE ENJOY THE CHALLENGE. IT'S BEEN REALLY REALLY IMPRESSIVE. IT'S BEEN A REAL EYE-OPENER FOR US TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUCH A GOOD LAYER OF TALENT IN THEIR EARLY 20S SITTING THERE, WAITING. NATIONAL MATCH-RACING CHAMPION WILL TILLER LEADS A SECOND KIWI TEAM COMPETING IN TRIALS IN SAN FRANCISCO NEXT WEEK FOR A PLACE IN SEPTEMBER'S REGATTA. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. QUICK SUPER RUGBY RESULT FROM OAMARU ` THE HIGHLANDERS BEATING THE CRUSADERS 38-21 IN A WARM-UP MATCH, MA'A NONU TAKING JUST 10 MINUTES TO SCORE IN HIS HIGHLANDERS DEBUT. AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN HAS A FINE WEEKEND FOR MOST OF US. HELLO AGAIN. FINE WEEKEND COMING UP FOR MOST OF US DUE TO ANOTHER LARGE HIGH SITTING OVER US. THAT HIGH KEPT THE SKIES MOSTLY CLOUD-FREE OVER BOTH ISLANDS TODAY. JUST A FEW AREAS OF LOW CLOUD AROUND EARLIER ON AND THIS STREAK OF HARMLESS HIGH CLOUD OVER THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. FURTHER SOUTH, ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT FEATURE, REALLY, IS THIS BRIGHTER BAND OF FRONTAL CLOUD TRYING TO PUSH IN AGAIN THIS WALL OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE HIGH HOLDS FIRM TOMORROW, THROWING AN ANCHOR DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTRY, PRODUCING MAINLY FINE, SETTLED WEATHER WITH NOT MUCH WIND. FRONT ENDS UP LYING CLOSE TO THE SOUTH COAST, BUT MOST OF THE FRONTAL ACTIVITY WILL SLIDE AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST. OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR FIORDLAND. SOME CLOUD AND ISOLATED SHOWERS FURTHER NORTH. NOR'WESTER ABOUT THE SOUTH-WESTERN CORNER. MOSTLY FINE DAY EVERYWHERE ELSE ` JUST SOME LOW CLOUD OR FOG FIRST UP FOR EASTERN PARTS OF CANTERBURY. NORTH-EASTERLY BREEZE ALONG THE EAST COAST. MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. JUST A FEW LIGHT MORNING SHOWERS ABOUT EASTERN NORTHLAND AND SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS POPPING UP ABOUT THE RANGES OF GISBORNE AND EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY. NORTHERLY ABOUT COOK STRAIT. LIGHT WINDS EVERYWHERE ELSE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SUNDAY ` MAINLY FINE. RAIN DEVELOPS SOUTH OF HOKITIKA. SOME HEAVY FALLS FOR FIORDLAND. PERIODS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND ON MONDAY. COOL SOUTHERLY CHANGE DRAGS SHOWERS UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND SOUTH OF AUCKLAND. TUESDAY ` RAIN OR SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. MAINLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. ENJOY YOUR EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS FRIDAY. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS FRIDAY.