DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. MORE THAN A THOUSAND JOIN SIR PAUL'S FAMILY TO FAREWELL THE COLOURFUL BROADCASTER IN AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY. AS AUSSIE'S DOPING SCANDAL RAGES ON. AND POPPING PILLS MAY BE A THING OF THE PAST. HOW DOCTORS ARE TARGETING THE BRAIN TO TREAT DEPRESSION. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. ONE OF THE GREATEST BROADCASTERS OF OUR AGE WAS FAREWELLED TODAY. FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS TURNED OUT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF SIR PAUL HOLMES. IT WAS A WARM AND EMOTIONAL CEREMONY FOR A MAN DESCRIBED AS 'CHARMING, COURAGEOUS 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, 'BUT LOVE ALWAYS WINS.' 'THE RIDE GOES UP AND DOWN, ROUND AND ROUND. 'IT HAS THRILLS AND CHILLS. 'IT'S VERY BRIGHTLY COLOURED, AND IT'S 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. 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. TEARFULLY: MY SON IS NOT A BULLY. TEARFULLY: 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. AT LEAST ONE BUYER'S CONFIRMED ITS INTEREST IN BUYING MAINZEAL PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION, GIVING HOPE TO KIWI SUBCONTRACTORS. THE COMPANY'S BEEN PLACED IN RECEIVERSHIP, LEAVING CONTRACTORS OUT OF WORK, AND OWNERS OF LEAKY BUILDINGS ANXIOUS THEY MAY NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. KRISTIN HALL HAS MORE. IT WAS THE CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD THAT WAS MEANT TO CUSHION THE BLOW FOR MAINZEAL SUBCONTRACTORS. NOW IT'S A CHRISTCHURCH-BASED COMPANY THAT COULD BE PROVIDING FURTHER RELIEF. CERES NZ, THE COMPANY BEHIND LAST YEAR'S IMPLOSION OF THE RADIO NETWORK HOUSE, SAYS IT WANTS MAINZEAL'S STAFF TO HELP THEM TACKLE THE CITY'S REBUILD. MAINZEAL ARE A BIG COMPANY WITH A GOOD REPUTATION AND GOOD STAFF, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TO OUR STABLE. IT'S A WISH COME TRUE FOR SUBBIE DOUG HASELDEN, WHO, DESPITE BEING OWED MORE THAN $250,000, STILL WANTS TO SEE THE COMPANY THRIVE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO REINVEST, GET BEHIND THEM AND PUSH, BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. THEY WERE. LIKE MANY, DOUG'S BLAMING THE NEWLY DEPARTED DIRECTORS FOR THE COMPANY'S FAILINGS. THE 12 DIRECTORS HAD RESIGNED ON TUESDAY, AND THE RECEIVERS WENT ON ON WAITANGI ON WEDNESDAY. I SMELL A RAT. THE COMPANY'S ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE THREE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, INCLUDING FORMER PRIME MINISTER JENNY SHIPLEY, DID KNOW ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT. BUT THINGS CHANGED FOR THE WORST IN JANUARY, AND THE DIRECTORS RESIGNED. AND THE FALLOUT DOESN'T END WITH SUBCONTRACTORS. THERE ARE FEARS BUILDING OWNERS AND AUCKLAND RATEPAYERS WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR REPAIRING LEAKY BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ONE ` A 97-UNIT, TWO-TOWER APARTMENT COMPLEX IN AUCKLAND CITY. IF THE MATTER IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP TO SETTLEMENT AND HASN'T SETTLED, AND MAINZEAL ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AS A PARTY, THEN THE BURDEN WILL GO AGAINST THE OTHER PARTIES LEFT, INCLUDING THE RATEPAYER. P d PROPERTY LAWYERS SAY IT WAS AINZEAL 8 CONSTRUCTIONS' LEAKY BUILDI THAT FINALLY TOPPLED THE COMPANY. I THINK IT PROBABLY WAS FINALLY THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK. CERES NZ SAYS IT WON'T BE BAILING OUT UNSECURED CREDITORS. WE WOULD PROBABLY BE PICKING UP THE BUSINESS ITSELF AND HOPEFULLY THE KEY STAFF AND THE CONTRACTS. BUT THERE'S NO TIME FRAME ON WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. WELLINGTON AIRPORT IS MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR THE SERVICES IT OFFERS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMERCE COMMISSION. A REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION SAYS A REASONABLE RETURN FOR THE AIRPORT IS BETWEEN 7.1% AND 8%, BUT WELLINGTON'S MAKING UP TO 15.2%. THEY'RE CHARGING THE AIRLINES TOO MUCH, AND ULTIMATELY THEY PASS ON THE CHARGES TO PASSENGERS. BUT AIRPORT MANAGEMENT SAYS THE COMMISSION IS JUST DOING ITS SUMS WRONG. 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%. NO RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT REGULATORY CHANGES AROUND PRICING. THAT'S UP TO THE MINISTERS OF COMMERCE AND TRANSPORT, WHO'LL NOW ASSESS THE FINDINGS. REPORTS ON AUCKLAND AND CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORTS ARE DUE OUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 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. POLICE SAY THEY'RE TALKING TO PROFILERS IN AN ATTEMPT 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. HORIZONS REGIONAL COUNCIL MAY INITIATE COURT ACTION OVER THE SMELLS STILL LINGERING ABOUT WANGANUI AND ITS WASTE TREATMENT PLANT. DESPITE DROPPING LIME AND BOOSTING OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE PONDS TO ALLEVIATE THE SMELL, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY. THE WASTE WATER PLANT'S BEEN PLAGUED BY PROBLEMS SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2007. 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 PLAN MONITORED BY THE COURT. BUT WANGANUI MAYOR ANNETTE MAIN SAYS IT WON'T BE COMPLETELY FIXED UNTIL THERE IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR THE PLANT TO WORK PROPERLY. THERE'S 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 WHOSE TRAINER HAD RECOMMENDED HE TAKE THIS SUPPLEMENT, AND HE RECOGNISED SOME LETTERS IN THE FORMULATION THAT OBVIOUSLY HE 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.' THERE'S 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 WHETHER 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. AND PRESSURE'S GROWING ON AUSTRALIA'S CRIME COMMISSION TO NAME NAMES AND BACK UP ITS EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS OF DRUG-TAKING AND MATCH-FIXING. PLAYERS AND COACHES FROM DIFFERENT CODES CLAIM THEY'VE BEEN SMEARED. WE WANT TO SEE SOME EVIDENCE. IF SOMEONE'S BEEN CAUGHT, WELL, THEN, YOU KNOW, SHOW 'EM. SHOW US THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THE WRONG THING, AND THEN THEY CAN DEAL WITH THAT. IN RUGBY LEAGUE THE ONLY CONFIRMATION TO DATE IS THAT IT'S MORE THAN ONE CLUB AND MORE THAN ONE PLAYER. SCIENTIST STEVEN DANK, WHO'S WORKED WITH SEVERAL RUGBY LEAGUE CLUBS AND AFL SIDE ESSENDEN, SAYS HE'S BEEN UNJUSTLY TARGETED. HE STANDS, IF I MAY USE THIS PHRASE, AS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB ON THE ALTAR OF SPORT, WHICH THIS COUNTRY WORSHIPS AND ADORES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. REPORTS OF A VIAL OF URINE FOUND AT THE TITANS STADIUM TURNED OUT TO BE AN OLD JAM JAR. JUST AHEAD ` HOW DOCTORS ARE DIRECTLY STIMULATING BRAIN CELLS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DEPRESSION. AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE DESTRUCTION ON THE SOLOMONS AS STRONG AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE TO ROCK THE TINY NATION. AND IT'S THE STUFF OF MOVIES AS A COP TARGETS HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES IN A US KILLING SPREE. A STRONG AFTERSHOCK IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS STOPPED AN AID FLIGHT FROM LANDING IN THE TSUNAMI-RAVAGED SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS THIS MORNING. BUT A BOAT CARRYING ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES IS DUE TO ARRIVE THIS EVENING. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER FLEW OVER THE ISLANDS TODAY AS THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE SURVEYED THE DAMAGE. FROM THE AIR, THERE'S A BRIEF GLIMPSE OF THE HAVOC THAT'S ROCKED SANTA CRUZ. THIS WAS THE MOMENT THE TSUNAMI STRUCK LATA AFTER AN 8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ON WEDNESDAY. AND THE EARTHQUAKES HAVEN'T STOPPED. THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN 40 SINCE THEN. ACTS OF GOT THAT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ARE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF... HUMANITY. AND TODAY, ANOTHER ONE ROCKED THE SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS AS THE PRIME MINISTER WINGED HIS WAY ON THE FIRST FLIGHT INTO THE DISASTER ZONE. WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE NEAR SANTA CRUZ. WE CAN'T LAND BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT. AND SO THE FLIGHT'S BEEN FORCED TO TURN BACK TO THE CAPITAL, HONIARA. IT'S A CRUSHING BLOW FOR MEDIC ON BOARD, DESPERATE TO TAKE IN CRUCIAL SUPPLIES AND RELIEVE NURSES WHO'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, AS THERE'S NO DOCTORS ON THE ISLAND. WHAT'S NEEDED NOW, I THINK, IS FOR THE MEDICAL TEAMS TO BE THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ON THE GROUND THE PRIME MINISTER HOLDS AND IMPROMPTU MEETING AND DECIDES TO DECLARE A STATE OF DISASTER IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. THE MINISTER OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER IS GONNA DO THE DECLARATION. A PATROL BOAT WITH EMERGENCY SUPPLIES IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN SANTA CRUZ LATER TONIGHT. IT'S HOPED THE LATA RUNWAY WILL BE REPAIRED FOR SUPPLY FLIGHTS TO HEAD IN TOMORROW. BILATERAL PARTNERS INCLUDING NZ ARE ON STAND-BY TO HELP. NZ GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY STANDS BEHIND SOLOMON ISLAND GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE A LONG AND PROUD TRADITION OF ASSISTING PACIFIC GOVERNMENTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS LIKE THIS. AN AUSTRALIAN HERCULES IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET AN IDEA OF THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS, HONIARA. POLICE IN LOS ANGELES ARE UNDERTAKING A MASSIVE MANHUNT FOR A FORMER OFFICER SUSPECTED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE. IN A 14-PAGE MANIFESTO, CHRISTOPHER DORNER MADE THREATS AGAINST HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES AND THEIR FAMILIES. HERE'S THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT. TONIGHT BY AIR, LAND AND SEA ` AN ALL-OUT MANHUNT. THE SUSPECT ONE OF THEIR OWN, CHRISTOPHER DORNER (33), FORMER LAPD OFFICER, NOW AN ALLEGED COP KILLER. POLICE SAY HE ISN'T JUST TARGETING COPS, BUT THEIR FAMILIES TOO. THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH. YOU KNOW, NOBODY ELSE NEEDS TO DIE. THE KILLING SPREE STARTED ON SUNDAY IN ORANGE COUNTY, WITH THE BAFFLING DOUBLE MURDER OF A POPULAR COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH AND HER FIANCE. MONICA QUAN AND KEITH LAWRENCE WERE SHOT IN COLD BLOOD AS THEY SAT IN THEIR CAR. ONLY LAST NIGHT DID AUTHORITIES PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. KWAN IS THE DAUGHTER OF RETIRED LAPD CAPTAIN RANDY QUAN, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING CHRISTOPHER DORNER FIRED. IN A RAMBLING MANIFESTO POSTED ONLINE, DORNER BLAMES QUAN AND OTHER LAPD OFFICERS OF A SMEAR CAMPAIGN, AFTER DORNER REPORTED WITNESSING A FELLOW OFFICER COMMIT POLICE BRUTALITY. THE MANIFESTO VOWS VENGEANCE. EARLY THIS MORNING THAT APPEARED TO BE NO IDLE THREAT. 1.25AM, CORONA, AN HOUR EAST OF LA. POLICE OFFICERS ACTING ON A TIP EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH A MAN BELIEVED TO BE DORNER. THE OFFICER GRAZED BY THE BULLET WAS UNABLE TO PURSUE. 1.45, RIVERSIDE. TWO MORE OFFICERS ON A PROTECTIVE DETAIL WERE AMBUSHED. ONE KILLED; THE OTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED. OFFICER SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES. BY SUNRISE JITTERY LA POLICE OPENED FIRE ON THIS BLUE TRUCK SIMILAR TO THE SUSPECT'S. BUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE WERE JUST INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. POLICE ARE NOW CLOSING RANKS, PROTECTING THEMSELVES. TODAY MOTORCYCLE COPS WERE PUT IN PATROL CARS. MORE THAN 40 PROTECTIVE DETAILS WERE DEPLOYED TO GUARD PEOPLE NAMED IN THE MANIFESTO. POLICE FAMILIES ARE TAKING NO CHANCES, KEEPING KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL. LATE TODAY POLICE SPOTTED THIS TRUCK BURNING IN THE MOUNTAINS NORTH-EAST OF LA. AND IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT WAS CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S VEHICLE. AND POLICE ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE AREA IT WAS FOUND. 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 NEW WAY OF TREATING DEPRESSION WITHOUT POPPING PILLS IS YIELDING POSITIVE RESULTS IN TRIALS IN AUSTRALIA. THE TECHNIQUE INVOLVES DIRECTLY STIMULATING BRAIN CELLS. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS HAS MORE. ABOUT ONE IN FIVE AUSTRALIANS SUFFERS FROM DEPRESSION. FOR TOM DONNELLY (56), IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT BATTLE. THREE YEARS AGO, I WENT INTO A SEVERE PERIOD OF DEPRESSION DESPITE BEING ON MEDICATION, DESPITE DOING EVERYTHING HEALTHY. LAST YEAR, TOM TOOK PART IN A TRIAL OF A TREATMENT CALLED DIRECT-CURRENT STIMULATION. ELECTRODES ARE PLACED ON THE SCALP, AND WEAK ELECTRICAL CURRENTS ARE DELIVERED TO THE BRAIN. THE TECHNIQUE MAINLY STIMULATES THE FRONT REGION OF THE BRAIN THAT REGULATES MOOD. ROUGHLY 25% TO 50% OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING BETTER. FINDINGS OF A RECENT STUDY REVEAL THE METHOD IS AS EFFECTIVE AS COMMONLY USED ANTIDEPRESSANTS SUCH ZOLOFT. AND WHEN BOTH TREATMENTS ARE USED, THE BENEFITS ARE EVEN GREATER. THIS IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN'T TOLERATE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS, THIS COULD BECOME AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT. WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH, THE DEPRESSION COMPLETELY LIFTED. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THE FIELD OF NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION IS GROWING RAPIDLY. AND WITH MORE RESEARCH, THIS TECHNIQUE COULD BECOME WIDELY AVAILABLE IN CLINICS WITHIN TWO YEARS. JUST AHEAD ` WHY THE PRINCE OF ROMANCE IS WOOING A TORTOISE AT LONDON ZOO. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A SUNNY START TO SATURDAY FOR MOST. RAPID DRUM MUSIC Opportunity may only knock once, but the allure of the city does tend to lean on the doorbell. Streets are paved with possibility; sidewalks punctuated with promise. ROCK MUSIC SWELLS The city is ripe with choice, and making the right one comes with experience. And experience will tell you that faith in quality is still more rewarding than quantity. Well,... Well,... ICE CLINKS ...in spirit anyway. McKenna Bourbon. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 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 SOUTH-EAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. FINALLY TONIGHT ` A PIANIST WHO'S BEEN CALLED THE PRINCE OF ROMANCE IS TRYING TO SPICE UP THE LOVE LIFE OF A TORTOISE. RICHARD CLAYDERMAN'S 'BALLADE POUR ADELINE' 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 GALAPAGOS 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. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND JESSICA BOELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013