GOOD EVENING. A LARGE HIGH WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR WEATHER AGAIN TODAY, WITH CLEAR BLUE SKIES FOR MOST PLACES. JUST A FEW AREAS OF FOG OR LOW CLOUD FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND THIS MORNING, AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN FOR STEWART ISLAND. MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW, BUT LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME THUNDERY SHOWERS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THEY'LL BE SHIPPED HERE, SO WHAT DO WE GET IN RETURN FOR TAKING DOZENS OF AUSTRALIA'S ASYLUM-SEEKERS? TRYING TO SALVAGE THE TOOLS OF THEIR TRADE ` HOW MUCH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COLLAPSE IS COSTING SCAFFOLDERS. A DEARLY LOVED RESCUER ` THE FAREWELL TO A FIREMAN WHO'S SEEN SO MUCH HEARTBREAK ON THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH. AND WAS SONNY BILL SAVED BY THE BELL? THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HIS LATEST BIG FIGHT. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. A DEAL'S BEEN DONE TO TAKE BOAT PEOPLE OFF AUSTRALIA'S HANDS. DOZENS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS WILL NOW BE SENT TO NZ AFTER TOP-LEVEL TALKS BETWEEN OUR PRIME MINISTERS. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH IS AT THE MEETING IN ARROWTOWN, AND JOINS US NOW. JESSICA? I'M ON THE MAIN STREET BIG DECISIONS NZ WILL 150 REFUGEES BOTH JOHN KEY AND JULIA GILLARD SAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND NZ IS SO CLOSE IT'S LIKE FAMILY. SO CLOSE, IN FACT, WE'RE PREPARED TO TAKE REFUGEES THEY DON'T WANT. I'M PLEASED THAT PM KEY HAS AGREED THAT NZ WILL SETTLE 150 REFUGEES EACH YEAR FROM AUSTRALIA'S SYSTEM AS PART OF NZ'S REFUGEE COHORT. JOHN KEY HAS AGREED TO HELP OUT. WE TAKE UP TO 750 REFUGEES A YEAR, SO SOON 20% OF THOSE WILL COME FROM AUSTRALIA, POTENTIALLY FROM CONTROVERSIAL DETENTION CENTRES LIKE THOSE ON NAURU AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA. BUT WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS A REGIONAL PROBLEM. COLLABORATION, WORKING TOGETHER, INCLUDING WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS WAY IS OF MERIT. AUSTRALIA WILL MONITOR THE SEA AND HELP WITH PROCESSING IF BOAT PEOPLE MAKE IT TO NZ. THE THING IS, NZ HAS NEVER ACTUALLY HAD BOAT PEOPLE. < IS THIS A HIGH PRICE TO PAY, THOUGH, FOR EXTRA SUPPORT WITH PROCESSING? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. IN THE END, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 750 REFUGEES A YEAR. THE DEBATE IS ABOUT WHERE THOSE REFUGEES COME FROM. IF WE TAKE 150 FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM AND 600 FROM OTHER CAMPS AROUND THE WORLD, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? LABOUR SAYS IT'S A BACKDOWN FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. I THINK IT'S A HYPOCRITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM JOHN KEY IF HE'S STILL COMMITTED TO THE LAW THAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THE PARLIAMENT AT THE MOMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW MANDATORY DETENTION OF ANY ASYLUM SEEKER WHO COMES TO NZ. AS PART OF THE VISIT, ANOTHER $8M WILL GO INTO SMART GATE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE TRAVEL EASIER. THERE'S $3M OVER 2 YEARS TO COMBAT RHEUMATIC FEVER, AND FROM JULY THE FIRST RETIREMENT SAVINGS WILL BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WAS STRESSED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY,... WHO DO YOU THINK'S GONNA WIN IT? NZ. EXCUSE ME! EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO CRICKET. JESSICA, ENTITLEMENTS FOR NZERS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA WAS ALSO ON THE AGENDA. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? HE SAYS HE WANTS NZERS SAME RIGHTS DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. AND AS ONE NEWS TIPPED LAST NIGHT, BOTH LEADERS HAVE THREATENED MOBILE PHONE PROVIDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN TO REDUCE ROAMING RATES FURTHER OR FACE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. THIS FROM DANIEL FAITAUA. IT'S THE MUST-HAVE ITEM FOR NZERS TRAVELLING ACROSS THE DITCH AND FOR AUSTRALIANS WHO VISIT HERE IN THEIR MILLIONS. BUT FOR EVERY TEXT, CALL OR PHOTO SENT, THERE'S A HOLIDAY HANGOVER. THEY CHARGED ME $20 DOLLARS A MEGABYTE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY DIDN'T TELL ME, AND I GOT BACK AND GOT SHOVED WITH A $400 BILL A TEXT PROBABLY COST ME A DOLLAR. PHONE CALLS ARE RIDICULOUS. AND IT'S NOT JUST HOLIDAY-MAKERS DIALLING UP EXTRA DOLLARS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM FOR BUSINESSES TOO WHO ARE ROUTINELY TRAVELLING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, WE'RE GOING FROM THE WORLD OF $30,000 FOR A GIGABYTE OF DATA, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS, TO A MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE ` TO TELECOM FOR INSTANCE ` TO A DOLLAR A DAY TO KEEP EVERYTHING RUNNING. WHILE SOME TELCOS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ROAMING RATES, THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR PRICES TO FALL FURTHER. JULIA GILLARD THREATENED TELCOS HERE AND ACROSS THE TASMAN TO COMPLY. ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T SEE REDUCTIONS IN THESE KINDS OF CHARGES, WE WILL EMPOWER OUR COMPETITION REGULATORS TO ACT AND TO INTERVENE IN THE MARKET TO GET PEOPLE A BETTER DEAL. PART OF THAT ARRANGEMENT WILL SEE BOTH GOVERNMENTS REQUIRING ANNUAL REPORTING AND GREATER TRANSPARENCY FROM TELCOS ABOUT THEIR ROAMING COSTS. FOR TRAVELLERS BOUND FOR BRISBANE, IT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, BUT UNTIL THEN, I'LL BE SWITCHING OVER. BRING THE PRICES DOWN, COS THEY'RE MAKING A KILLING OFF US ALL. EVERYONE'S PAYING TOP DOLLAR, AND SOMEONE'S MAKING HUGE DOLLAR. AND UNTIL THEN, HE'LL CONTINUE TO ROAM FOR THAT BETTER DEAL. A SCAFFOLDING COMPANY OWED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY MAINZEAL HAS BEEN STOPPED FROM REMOVING ITS PROPERTY FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE. CAMELSPACE SCAFFOLDS' DIRECTOR SAYS THE RECEIVERS ARE COSTING HIS COMPANY THOUSANDS MORE BY TYING UP VALUABLE EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE. THIS FROM DAMIAN CHRISTIE. YOU ARE HEREBY TRESPASSED UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE TRESPASS ACT 1980. DOWNING TOOLS AT MIDDAY. BUT IT'S NO LUNCH BREAK. THESE WORKERS ARE BEING SENT PACKING. AT 6.30 THIS MORNING, MORE THAN 40 CAMELSPACE SCAFFOLD EMPLOYEES TURNED UP TO AUCKLAND'S HOBSON GARDEN APARTMENTS TO RECOVER $1M WORTH OF SCAFFOLDING ON THE NOW-ABANDONED MAINZEAL WORKSITE. WE STARTED TAKING IT DOWN` I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AN HOUR OR TWO. AND, YEAH, THE RECEIVERS ARRIVED AND WANTED TO TALK SOME THINGS THROUGH, SO WE STOPPED WORK FOR A WHILE. AS THE TALKS BEGIN, THE WORKERS WAIT. FOR THE BOSS, IT'S GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD. HE SAYS THERE'S LITTLE HOPE OF RECOVERING THE $300,000 HE'S OWED BY MAINZEAL, AND EVEN WITH EVERYTHING GOING SMOOTHLY, DISMANTLING THIS MUCH SCAFFOLDING IS AN EXPENSIVE JOB. IT'S GONNA COST ME $30,000 TO $40,000 TO GET THIS EQUIPMENT DOWN. IT'S COSTING ME $1000 AN HOUR NOW WITH 40 MEN HERE` 40, 50 MEN HERE, TRUCKS, EIGHT TRUCKS, PEOPLE BACK AT THE YARD WAITING FOR THE EQUIPMENT. BUT NOTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY TODAY. A BRIEF FLURRY OF ACTIVITY SHOWS JUST HOW EFFICIENT THESE WORKERS ARE ` EACH PIECE OF SCAFFOLD ONE MORE THAT CAN BE HIRED OUT TO OTHER JOBS. AND THEN IT COMES TO A HALT. d YOU ARE REQUESTED TO LEAVE 8 THIS SITE IMMEDIATELY. WITH MORE MONEY UP IN SMOKE, PHIL MCCONCHIE IS FRUSTRATED BUT TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE. THERE'S 40 BLOKES THAT WORK FOR ME. I'VE GOT A GOOD BUSINESS. THIS ISN'T GOING TO KILL US, BUT YOU CAN'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK. YOU KNOW, I REALLY FEEL FOR THE BUILDING OWNERS HERE. THEY'VE GOT A HALF-BUILT BUILDING THAT WAS LEAKY TO START WITH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO WINNERS HERE. THE WORKERS KNOCK OFF. THE BOSS IS SHOUTING A BBQ AND HOPES TOMORROW THESE TRUCKS WON'T BE LEAVING EMPTY. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. A FORMER TVNZ JOURNALIST HAS DIED AFTER A BOATING ACCIDENT IN THE SEYCHELLES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. REBECCA DAVIDSON WAS A PRODUCER AND REPORTER ON BREAKFAST AND ONE NEWS 10 YEARS AGO. THE 35-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER THE BOAT SHE WAS ON COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER NEAR SAINTE ANNE ISLAND LAST NIGHT. SHE WAS IN THE SEYCHELLES ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR DUBAI EYE RADIO. THE FIRST RELIEF FLIGHTS HAVE STARTED ARRIVING IN THE TSUNAMI-HIT DISASTER ZONES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. THE AREA CONTINUES TO BE ROCKED BY HEAVY AFTERSHOCKS. OUR PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN IN THE WORST-AFFECTED ISLAND OF SANTU CRUZ AND SENT THIS REPORT. FEAR IS THE GREATEST LEGACY OF THE SANTA CRUZ TSUNAMI. WHEN THE WAVE STRUCK, MOTHER EMILY PIALUPE GRABBED AND RAN WITH HER TWO MOST PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS ` HER BABY AND HER SOLAR PANEL. HER VILLAGE OF VENGA HAS BEEN WIPED OUT. THERE'S DESTRUCTION AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. THIS IS EMILY'S HOME NOW, BUT THE SCARS OF THE TSUNAMI ARE MORE THAN JUST PHYSICAL ONES. STILL HAVING FEAR. STILL THINKING OF HOW THE TRAGIC WAVES, THE TSUNAMI CAME. THE DEATH TOLL STANDS AT 10. THEY WERE CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY, WHO COULDN'T RUN AWAY IN TIME. THE VILLAGE OF NELA IS LIKE A GHOST TOWN. FIVE PEOPLE DIED HERE. THOSE WHO SURVIVED HAVE FLED INTO THE HILLS. IT'S BEEN FOUR DAYS SINCE THE TSUNAMI. MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING FOR HELP. STILL NO SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO LAND IN LATA TODAY AFTER THE AIRPORT REOPENED, AND ARE NOW ASSESSING THE DAMAGE. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE SHELTER, WATER AND FOOD. THAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. FOR MANY, IT'S A LONG TREK TO FIND THE NEAREST FRESH WATER SOURCE. LIFE IS TOUGH FOR THE 3500 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW HOMELESS. THE EXPERIENCE IS FAR MORE THAN WHAT HUMAN CAN EXPERIENCE. TOO HARD FOR THEM. THE PEOPLE HERE SAY THERE'S BEEN ACTIVITY FROM A NEIGHBOURING ACTIVE VOLCANO, AND CONTINUING LARGE EARTHQUAKES ARE TERRIFYING THEM. I ALSO FELT THE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE AT 2AM THIS MORNING. I ALSO FELT THE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE AT 2AM THIS MORNING. IT'S LIKE WE ARE ALL FLOATING IN THE SEA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO REALLY BAD. IT'S CLEAR RECOVERY FROM THIS DISASTER WILL NOT BE EASY. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS, LATA. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS' LATEST PROFESSIONAL BOXING FIGHT HAS ENDED IN CONTROVERSY JUST WHEN AUSTRALIAN SPORT LEAST NEEDED IT. THE BRISBANE BOUT AGAINST VETERAN SOUTH AFRICAN FRANCOIS BOTHA WAS PROMOTED AS A 12-ROUND AFFAIR BUT ONLY WENT 10, WITH A GROGGY WILLIAMS SAVED BY THE BELL. HE'S HURT. HIS LEGS ARE GONE. HE'S GONE. HE'S REALLY GONE. SONNY'S GONE. AS FAR AS BOXING GOES, KEEP PLUGGING AWAY. KEEP DOING WHAT I DO, AND THAT'S KEEPING ME HAPPY. BUT NOT MANY OTHERS, WITH NEITHER THE JUDGES, TELEVISION BROADCASTER NOR SPORTS BETTING AGENCIES AWARE IT WAS ONLY A 10-ROUND ENCOUNTER. WE'VE MORE ON THE BIZARRE BOXING BOUT, WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ANOTHER BODY BLOW FOR THE SPORT'S IMAGE, LATER IN SPORT. STILL TO COME ` THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA IS ON BUSH FIRE ALERT. HE FOUGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND PAID WITH HIS LIFE ` THE ASSASINATION OF ONE OF TUNISIA'S OPPPOSITION LEADERS PROVOKES MORE UNREST. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS PART OF HER PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION CELEBRATIONS; NOW SHE'S DEAD, AND THE LATEST POSTER GIRL FOR US GUN CONTROL. AND THE FROZEN DINNER HORSE MEAT SCANDAL THAT'S SPREADING THROUGH EUROPE. MORE THAN 500 FIREFIGHTERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF VICTORIA ARE BATTLING TWO LARGE BLAZES IN THE DISTRICT'S NORTHERN ALPINE AREAS AFTER ANOTHER LONG DRY SPELL IN THE REGION. ONE BROKE OUT OVERNIGHT IN THE HOTHAM HEIGHTS AREA, THREATENING SEVERAL HOMES AND A SKI RESORT. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. WE'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY OUT OF THERE. THOSE WHO WERE AT RISK, WE'VE GOT RESORT PERSONNEL UP THERE TO LOOK AFTER THE VILLAGE, AND WE'RE PRETTY WELL PREPARED. FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY THE RUGGED TERRAIN. CREWS ARE ALSO BATTLING AN 80,000 HECTARE FIRE IN GIPPSLAND. SYDNEY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO DIED AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD FROM A LUXURY YACHT WHICH HAD RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM AUCKLAND. IT'S BELIEVED THE MAN, AGED IN HIS LATE 20S, DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A BOAT IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. HE WAS A DECKHAND ON THE YACHT, WHICH IS NOW BEING EXAMINED BY SPECIALIST FORENSICS OFFICERS. THE CALLIOPE SPENT THE SUMMER CRUISING THE HAURAKI GULF. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED OUT FOR THE FUNERAL OF THE POLITICIAN WHO WAS SHOT DEAD IN TUNISIA ON WEDNESDAY. CHOKRI BELAID WAS AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND HIS DEATH HAS PLUNGED THE COUNTRY INTO POLITICAL TURMOIL. THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES REPORTS. THERE WAS GENUINE ANGUISH ACROSS TUNISIA TODAY. WOMAN WAILS NOWHERE MORE SO THAN IN THE HOME OF CHOKRI BELAID. HIS WIFE, FATHER AND WIDER FAMILY SAT DIGNIFIED AT THE FOOT OF HIS COFFIN. WHISPERED WORDS OF SUPPORT TO A DAUGHTER WHOSE FATHER WAS ASSASSINATED ON WEDNESDAY ` A POLITICAL MURDER THAT THREATENS TO UNDERMINE TUNISIA'S FLEDGLING REVOLUTION. TRANSLATOR: MY HUSBAND LOVED TUNISIA. HE WANTED IT TO BE DEMOCRATIC, WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. HE ALWAYS SAID THIS COUNTRY WAS FULL OF POTENTIAL AND GOOD THINGS. CROWD CHANTS AS THE COFFIN WAS CARRIED THROUGH THE NARROW ALLEYWAYS OF THIS MODEST, WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE HUGE CROWD STARTED CHANTING BELAID'S NAME. THEY BLAME THE ISLAMIST-LED GOVERNMENT FOR HIS MURDER. CHOKRI BELAID HAD BEEN ITS MOST OUTSPOKEN AND CONSTANT CRITIC. AMID ALL THIS GRIEF AND ANGER, THERE'S A REAL SENSE THAT TENSIONS HAVE BEEN BUBBLING UNDER THE SURFACE HERE FOR MONTHS. TUNISIA WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE ARAB SPRING, AND ALL OF THESE MOURNERS ARE DETERMINED THAT IT WON'T MEET A PREMATURE END HERE AS WELL. AT THE CEMETERY THIS AFTERNOON, THERE WERE SUSTAINED VOLLEYS OF TEARGAS FROM RIOT POLICE. AND AS THE WIDER REGION LOOKS ON, TUNISIA, THE JEWEL OF THE ARAB SPRING, IS IN TURMOIL. THE CAPITAL IS REMINISCENT OF THE 2011 UPRISING WHICH OVERTHREW THE PREVIOUS REGIME. RIOT POLICE AND MILITIAS ARMED WITH CLUBS PATROL THE STREETS. TONIGHT THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD CREATE A NEUTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF TECHNOCRATS ` AN APPEAL FOR CALM, THAT MIGHT NOT BE HEEDED. THERE'S BEEN MORE BLOODSHED ON THE STREETS OF EGYPT AS PROTESTORS CLASHED WITH POLICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IN CAIRO, RIOT POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS AT DEMONSTRATORS THROWING ROCKS OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. THE PROTESTS ARE PART OF A NATIONWIDE WAVE OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS. OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, 70 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HUNDREDS WOUNDED. THE HUNT FOR A SACKED LOS ANGELES POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF A FATAL SHOOTING RAMPAGE HAS MOVED TO A SNOWY MOUNTAIN RANGE. SEARCH TEAMS COMBED BIG BEAR LAKE, EAST OF LA, FOR CHRISTOPHER DORNER AFTER HIS TORCHED TRUCK WAS FOUND NEAR A SKI AREA. THE 33-YEAR-OLD'S WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF THREE PEOPLE AS HE TARGETS POLICE AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE SEARCHING UNTIL EITHER WE DISCOVER THAT HE LEFT THE MOUNTAIN, OR WE FIND HIM. ONE OF THOSE ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY DORNER IS THE DAUGHTER OF HIS FORMER POLICE BOSS. THE KILLING IS SEEN AS REVENGE FOR BEING FIRED FROM THE FORCE IN 2009. THE PARENTS OF A TEENAGE GIRL SHOT DEAD JUST DAYS AFTER APPEARING IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION CELEBRATIONS ARE CALLING FOR CHANGES TO AMERICAN GUN LAWS. HADIYA PENDLETON (15) WAS KILLED IN A PARK IN WHAT POLICE BELIEVE WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. THIS FROM THE BBC'S STEVE KINGSTONE. MAJORETTES FROM A CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL, ON A VISIT TO WASHINGTON FOR THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION. IN THE MIDDLE, HADIYA PENDLETON (15) WHO'D APPEARED IN A VIDEO DENOUNCING GUN VIOLENCE. HI, MY NAME IS HADIYA. THIS COMMERCIAL IS INFORMATIONAL FOR YOU AND YOUR FUTURE CHILDREN. IT WAS A GUN THAT ENDED HADIYA'S LIFE, IN THIS CHICAGO PARK 10 DAYS AGO AS SHE SHELTERED FROM THE RAIN. THE KILLER APPARENTLY MISTOOK HER FOR A RIVAL GANG MEMBER. MY HEART WAS RIPPED OUT OF ME. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID I THINK THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE GUNSHOT IN MY CHILD. SHE WASN'T THAT TYPE OF KID. MAYBE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT LAWS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE. THERE WERE 42 GUN MURDERS IN CHICAGO LAST MONTH, THE BLOODIEST JANUARY IN OVER A DECADE. FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, GUN VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A FACT OF LIFE. THEY'RE BACK IN SCHOOL NOW, BUT PREVIOUSLY MOST WERE GANG MEMBERS. THEIR CITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS TIGHT GUN LAWS, BUT JESSIE KEIR (21) DESCRIBES THE REALITY. IT'S EASIER TO GET A GUN IN CHICAGO THAN IT IS TO GET A JOB OUT HERE. JUST BECAUSE THE GUN LAWS IS DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT STATE, THEY GETTING THEM FROM THE STATES THEY LEGAL IN, BRINGING THEM BACK OUT HERE. ALTERING THAT PATCHWORK OF GUN LAWS IS THE CHALLENGE FOR A PRESIDENT WHO THREE DECADES AGO WAS A COMMUNITY ORGANISER ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE KIND OF WORK BOB JACKSON DOES TODAY. BUT BOB THINKS THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON PEOPLE, NOT GUNS. GUNS DON'T KILL. PEOPLE KILL. THEY NEED JOBS. THEY EDUCATION. THEY NEED TRAINING. THE DEBATE ABOUT GUN LAWS WAS, OF COURSE, PROMPTED BY THE SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN. BUT IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY, WHAT WE FOUND HERE IS JUST AS TROUBLING ` A CONSTANT STREAM OF MURDERS IN A CITY AWASH WITH GUNS. MICHELLE OBAMA WILL BE AMONG THOSE ATTENDING HADIYA'S FUNERAL TOMORROW. THE UNITED STATES IS BRACING ITSELF FOR A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WINTER STORM THAT COULD CAUSE MASSIVE DISRUPTION. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR SEVEN NORTH-EASTERN STATES, AFFFECTING 45 MILLION RESIDENTS. MANY ARE JUST RECOVERING FROM LAST YEAR'S HURRICANE SANDY. I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN A PANIC, EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BLIZZARD OF '78, WHICH I GREW UP HEARING MY PARENTS TALK ABOUT. SO MAYBE OUR TURN NOW. PEOPLE IN THE STORM'S PATH HAVE BEEN WARNED TO STAY OFF THE ROADS AND STOCK UP ON FOOD AND SUPPLIES. BACK TO OUR WEATHER NOW. NOTHING HERE TO BRACE FOR TOMORROW. BUT KAREN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A HOT DAY ON THE COAST TO COAST? VERY HOT. INTO THE 30S IN PARTS. HARD WORK IN THAT HEAT. APART FROM THE HEAT, LOVELY DAY FOR IT. AT THE FINISH LINE, THE RED CHECKERS PUT ON AN AMAZING DISPLAY OVER SUMNER BEACH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST, AFTER JENNY-MAY HAS WRAPPED UP TODAY'S SPORT COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` HORSEMEAT WITH YOUR LASAGNE, ANYONE? BRITAIN'S FROZEN FOOD SCANDAL SPREADS. A COMMUNITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO A MAN AT THE COALFACE OF ROAD SAFETY IN THEIR REGION. AND HOW STAINLESS STEEL CAPPED TEETH COULD REPLACE THE DRILL FOR YOUNGSTERS. 1 BRITAIN'S HORSE MEAT SCANDAL IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT EUROPE AS IT'S REVEALED FROZEN MEALS CONTAINING THE MEAT MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN, A SECOND SUPERMARKET CHAIN'S ANNOUNCED SOME OF ITS BEEF READY-MEALS ARE ALSO ENTIRELY HORSEMEAT. BBC CORRESPONDENT EMMA SIMPSON HAS MORE. FINDUS PRIDES ITSELF ON USING ONLY THE BEST INGREDIENTS. VOICEOVER: FINDUS LASAGNE SPONSORS 'TALKING TELLY'. BUT IN SOME OF THESE MEALS, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NO BEEF ` JUST HORSE MEAT. AND THERE'S SUSPICION THE CONTAMINATION DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. THE FSA HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THE METRO POLICE WHO ARE WITH OTHER POLICE FORCES ACROSS EUROPE. I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL, IF WE FIND THERE IS A CRIMINAL ACTION, PROCEEDING WILL FOLLOW. THIS IS THE FRENCH-OWNED FACTORY WHERE THE READY MEAL WAS MADE. TONIGHT IT'S EMERGED THAT THE HORSE MEAT FOUND HERE ORIGINALLY CAME FROM ROMANIA. FINDUS DID ITS FIRST TEST AT THE END OF JANUARY. HORSE MEAT WAS FOUND; THEY QUARANTINED THE PRODUCTS AND BEGAN MORE EXTENSIVE TESTS. ON FEBRUARY THE 4TH, IT TOLD RETAILERS TO TAKE THE LASAGNE OFF THE SHELVES. TWO DAYS LATER, DETAILED TESTS CONFIRMED SOME MEALS HAD UP TO 100% HORSE MEAT. NOW ALDI HAS SAID TWO OF ITS OWN BRAND FROZEN MEALS ALSO CONTAIN HORSE MEAT. IT USED THE SAME SUPPLIER AND SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER STOCK ITS PRODUCTS. OUR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY FOOD SAFETY RISK SO FAR, BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DEMANDING THAT THE INDUSTRY TEST ALL OF ITS OWN BEEF PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS US INDEPENDENTLY TESTING THEM. AS FOR FINDUS, THEY STILL WEREN'T DOING ANY INTERVIEWS TODAY. ON THE WEBSITE, THEY APOLOGISED TO CUSTOMERS. MEANWHILE, A LEAKED DOCUMENT SUGGESTED THERE COULD'VE BEEN CONTAMINATION SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE CONTAMINATION SCARE BEGAN WHEN TRACES OF HORSE DNA WERE DISCOVERED IN BEEF BURGERS LAST MONTH. BACK HOME, A MAN WHO'S SPENT 40 YEARS DEALING WITH THE CARNAGE ON ONE OF NZ'S DEADLIEST STRETCHES OF ROAD IS HANGING UP HIS HAT. MANGATANGI FIRE CHIEF DON SHANKS HAS PUT A LOT OF ENERGY TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAIKATO COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE. HE SPOKE TO LISA GLASS. OLD FRIENDS DROPPED IN FOR A VISIT, TO GIVE THIS MAN A GREAT BIG THANKS. DON SHANKS SET UP THE LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE 40 YEARS AGO AFTER HIS OWN FARM SHED BURNT DOWN. WE STARTED OFF WITH A LANDROVER FIRE ENGINE. NO WE'VE GOT OUR LATEST APPLIANCE THAT'S OUT THERE NOW. AS WELL AS DEALING WITH FIRES, DON HAD STATE HIGHWAY 2 RUNNING THROUGH HIS PATCH. THIS ROAD WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH. DON AND THE MANGATANGI BRIGADE, ALL OF THEM VOLUNTEERS, HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SORT OF HORROR THEY NEVER COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED. IT WAS THE HIGHEST CRASH AREA IN NZ FOR SOME TIME. SO THEY SET ABOUT CONVINCING FIRE SERVICE BOSSES THEY NEEDED RESCUE STATUS, EVEN FUNDRAISING TO PAY FOR THE GEAR THEMSELVES. HE ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED WITH THE FIRE SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THIS BRIGADE, HIS BRIGADE, HAD CUTTING GEAR ` THE JAWS OF LIFE. THEN THE COMMUNITY, WITH DON AT THE HELM, GOT BEHIND NUMEROUS CAMPAIGNS TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD A NEW ROAD, TRANSIT TO IMPROVE SIGNAGE, AND DRIVERS TO WISE UP ` LIKE PLACING 85 WHITE CROSSES ON THE HIGHWAY, ONE FOR EACH LIFE LOST. I THINK THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REALISE WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING OUT THERE. THEY'VE GOT A NEW ROAD NOW, AND MANGATANGI'S A SAFER PLACE. THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PUT UP ALL THE SIGNAGE, CHANGED THE SPEED LIMIT. DON HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT TOO. HIS WORK HERE'S DONE. DON'S RETIRING TO THE BAY OF PLENTY ` BUT STILL IN DEMAND. QUITE FUNNY, I WAS THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER DOWN THERE RUNG ME UP. WANTED ME TO JOIN, AND I SAID NAH. NAH. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. THE WHINE OF THE DENTIST'S DRILL AND INJECTIONS COULD SOON BE A THING OF THE PAST FOR CHILDREN, AT LEAST. THE TRIAL OF A NEW TECHNIQUE IN TREATING TOOTH DECAY HAS FOUND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THAT KIDS PREFER DRILL-FREE DENTISTRY. MEGAN MARTIN HAS THE STORY. KAYDEN MATHIE'S NO STRANGER TO THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC. WHICH GROOVY GLASSES WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEAR TODAY? HE'S EXPERIENCED THE TRADITIONAL DRILL AND FILL METHOD. LET'S HAVE A LOOK. HEAD UP. BUT TODAY, THERE ARE NO INJECTIONS OR DRILLS IN SIGHT. THESE ARE OUR DIFFERENT CROWNS HERE. IN A NEW STUDY, DENTAL THERAPISTS POP STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS OVER BABY TEETH WITH HOLES, HALTING THE SPREAD OF DECAY. YOU ARE AMAZING. THE CAP WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THE BABY TOOTH FALLS OUT. IT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE TRADITIONAL METHOD,... DRILL WHIRRS ...WHICH CAN REQUIRE A GENERAL ANAESTHETIC. THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY IN THE HAWKE'S BAY HAS FOUND THAT CHILDREN MUCH PREFER THE DRILL-FREE TECHNIQUE. IT'S BETTER FOR THE CHILD, FROM A DENTAL-AVERSION POINT OF VIEW, YOU KNOW, HAVING ONE THING DONE ONCE AND WELL. IT'S BETTER THAN HAVING A WHOLE PILE OF TREATMENT OVER TIME. THE RESULT ` LESS ANXIETY AND QUICKER VISITS TO THE DENTAL CLINIC. I THINK IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE FOR DENTAL THERAPISTS WHO ARE OUT THERE AT THE WORKFACE TO BE THE ONES TO PUT THE STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS ON. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT HOURS UNDER THE DENTIST'S DRILL, THERE'S AN OBVIOUS QUESTION ` WILL THIS TECHNIQUE EVER BE AVAILABLE FOR ADULTS? HOPEFULLY MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN LOOK TO HAVING SOME TECHNIQUES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DRILL AND FILL AS MUCH AS WE DO TODAY. THE RESEARCHERS WILL PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE GHOST. THE GHOST. KAYDEN WILL HEAD BACK TO CLASS WITH A BRAND NEW SHINY TOOTH! NOW CAN I HAVE A BIG SMILE? MEGAN MARTIN,... ...AND A HIGH FIVE? ...ONE NEWS. YOU'RE A LEGEND. WELL DONE. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` NZ WILL TAKE AUSTRALIA'S UNWANTED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM NEXT YEAR. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY AGREED TO TAKE 150 OF ITS REFUGEES DURING MEETINGS WITH HIS AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART TODAY. THEY'LL MAKE UP PART OF THE QUOTA OF 750 WE TAKE EACH YEAR. A SCAFFOLDING COMPANY OWED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY MAINZEAL CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY HAS BEEN STOPPED FROM REMOVING ITS PROPERTY FROM AN AUCKLAND CONSTRUCTION SITE. CAMELSPACE SCAFFOLDS' DIRECTOR SAYS THE RECEIVERS ARE COSTING HIS COMPANY THOUSANDS MORE BY TYING UP EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE. AND SOME OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS' WORST-HIT DISASTER ZONES HAVE STARTED RECEIVING MUCH NEEDED EMERGENCY AID. THE FIRST RELIEF FLIGHTS HAVE ARRIVED IN MANY OF THE REMOTE COMMUNITIES AS STRONG AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE TO SHAKE THE REGION. HERE'S JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. CONFUSION OVER SONNY BILL'S BOXING WIN OVER FRANCOIS BOTHA. DODGY? HOW MANY ROUNDS? ULTIMATELY, IT'LL BE RECORDED AS A WIN. GOOD ON YA, SBW. BUT WHAT HAS IT DONE FOR HIS CREDIBILITY AS A FIGHTER? NO PROBLEMS IN THAT CATEGORY THOUGH FOR HIS GOOD MATE QUADE COOPER. SUPER COOPER! ISRAEL FOLAU PUTS ON A SHOW, BUT IT WAS THE BLUES WHO PROVED TOO GOOD. AND KIWIS IN ACTION ` LYDIA KO (15) SHOWS HER CLASS AT THE OPEN. AND LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER? OLYMPIC CHAMP MAHE TAKES ON THE COAST TO COAST. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. JUST THE DAY AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF WIDESPREAD MATCH FIXING WERE LEVELLED AT AUSTRALIAN SPORT, ALONG COMES THE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS' HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING SHOWDOWN WITH SOUTH AFRICAN FRANCOIS BOTHA. BOTHA SAYS HE'S THE VICTIM OF A JACK-UP AFTER THE BOUT DESCENDED INTO FARCE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL EXPLAINS. FROM THE BRINK OF DEFEAT LAST NIGHT... SONNY BILL WALKS INTO A HUGE RIGHT HAND! ...TO JUSTIFYING VICTORY TODAY. 'WE BOTH KNEW IT WAS A 10-ROUNDER,' WILLIAMS TWEETED, REFERRING TO HIS OPPONENT FRANCOIS BOTHA. BUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN IS ADAMANT THE FIGHT SHOULD HAVE GONE 12 ROUNDS, IN LINE WITH WBA RULES ` NOT 10. THE CONTROVERSY KICKED IN AFTER BOTHA ROCKED WILLIAMS IN THE 9TH ROUND. I'M CHOPPING HIM DOWN, AND THEN, BOOM! THEY TELL ME NO. 'FIGHT'S OVER. THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE ROUND LEFT.' I SAID, 'WHAT?!' WHEN THE FIGHTERS EMERGED FOR THE 10TH, THE REF CALLED FINAL ROUND ` TWO ROUNDS SHY OF THE SCHEDULED 12. CONFUSION RINGSIDE. WE HAD IT MARKED DOWN AS 12. THE EVENT HAD ALWAYS BEEN BILLED AS A 12-ROUNDER. 12 ROUNDS FOR THE WBA INTERNATIONAL TITLE. AND EARLIER IN THE WEEK, WILLIAMS PREPARED TO GO THE FULL DISTANCE WITH BOTHA. I THINK MAYBE HIS LAST FOUR OR FIVE FIGHTS HAVE GONE THE DISTANCE. HE'LL DO 12 ROUNDS PRETTY EASY. BUT THEN THIS FROM WILLIAMS AFTER THE BOUT. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST LIKE THE NZ TITLE THAT I FOUGHT FOR WAS 10 ROUNDS, SO OUR WHOLE PREPARATION WAS BASED ON 10 ROUNDS. BOTHA PUNISHED WILLIAMS IN THE 10TH. THE KIWI SAVED BY THE BELL, WON ON POINTS THANKS TO SOME EARLIER RING WORK. THE PREMATURE ENDING LEFT BOTHA CRYING FOUL, CLAIMING THE CALL TO STRIKE THE FINAL TWO ROUNDS FROM THE CARD DENIED HIM VICTORY. GUYS COME ON. MATCH FIXING. YOU'D BETTER START LOOKING. BUT THIS AFTERNOON, AUSTRALIAN BOXING OFFICIAL JOHN HOGG SAID THE DECISION TO SHELVE THE FINAL TWO ROUNDS WAS MADE SHORTLY BEFORE THE FIGHT, AND BOTH CAMPS HAD AGREED TO IT. THIS DESPITE THE JUDGES CLAIMING TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WILLIAMS' MANAGER AND FIGHT PROMOTER KHODER NASSER WAS IN NO DOUBT . WHOSE GOT THE BELT, MATE? SEE YOU LATER. SEE YOU LATER. THE CONTROVERSY LEFT THE BOXING FRATERNITY FUMING... I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN BOXING 50 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S AN ABOMINATION AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THEY'RE MUCKING UP OUR GAME. ...AND THE BEEHIVE BEMUSED. PROBABLY LIKE TO SEE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAVE A REMATCH. YET ANOTHER BLACK EYE FOR BOXING. BUT UNLIKE THE BOUT, THIS CONTROVERSY IS FAR FROM OVER. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, BRISBANE. WILLIAMS' STABLEMATE QUADE COOPER HAS WON NEW FOUND RESPECT AFTER HIS STUNNING BOXING DEBUT. COOPER'S NOT KNOWN FOR HIS TICKER ON THE RUGBY FIELD BUT THE PLAYMAKER WAS UP FOR THE FIGHT IN HIS CRUISERWEIGHT DEBUT AGAINST KICK BOXING VETERAN BARRY DUNNETT. AND IT'S THE BIG RIGHT HAND. SUPER DUPER COOPER! QUADE WINS WITH A KNOCK-OUT. IT'S NEVER NICE SEEING SOMEONE WOBBLE TO THE GROUND IN ANY SPORT, BUT IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE RING, BUT IT'S A VERY DAUNTING FEELING AT THAT. COOPER'S CRITICS THIS SIDE OF THE TASMAN MIGHT THINK TWICE ABOUT MOCKING HIM NOW. ANGER IS BUILDING AMONG SPORTING CODES IN AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REPORT INTO WIDESPREAD DOPING AND ILLEGAL BETTING. THE REPORT, RELEASED ON THURSDAY, WITHHELD NAMES FOR LEGAL REASONS BUT IT'S LEFT SOME SPORTS FEELING UNFAIRLY TAINTED. YOU GUYS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BANNED SUBSTANCES? > EVERYONE IN SPORT IS A SUSPECT, AND IT'S GOT SPORTS ADMINISTRATORS AND PLAYERS FRUSTRATED AND FURIOUS. WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT'S A CONDEMNATION OF ALL THE LEVELS OF AUSTRALIAN SPORT. ANYONE INVOLVED IN ANY SPORT IN AUSTRALIA AT ANY LEVEL AT THE MOMENT IS TARNISHED WITH THIS. LEADING TO CALLS FOR THE CRIME COMMISSION TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA SEE SOME EVIDENCE. IF SOMEONE'S BEEN CAUGHT, THEN SHOW THEM. THE REPORT CLAIMS WIDESPREAD SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ONE CASE OF MATCH-FIXING, WITH AUSSIE RULES AND RUGBY LEAGUE THE CODES UNDER MOST SCRUTINY. THE AFL ADMITS IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED FOR PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS, BUT DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANISED CRIME. IS THERE ANY ALLEGATION OF MATCH-FIXING IN THE AFL? HOWEVER, RUGBY LEAGUE'S NRL HAS ONLY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING IT IS UNABLE TO COMMENT FURTHER ` SILENCE THAT HASN'T SURPRISED A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR. I'M REALISTIC ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IN EVERY BARREL THERE ARE A FEW ROTTEN APPLES. AND THE CHALLENGE FOR THE NRL NOW ` AND FOR THE OTHER CODES, IF THEY'RE IMPLICATED IN ANY WAY ` IS TO WEED THOSE ROTTEN APPLES OUT. THE MAN AT THE CENTRE OF THE INVESTIGATION, DR STEPHEN DANK, WHO HAS WORKED WITH SEVERAL RUGBY LEAGUE CLUBS AND AFL CLUB ESSENDON, SAYS HE'S BEING MADE THE SCAPEGOAT, DENYING HE EVER USED BANNED SUBSTANCES ON HIS PLAYERS. BUT UNTIL THE CRIMES COMMISSION RELEASES NAMES AND SPECIFIC DETAILS, THE FINGER-POINTING WILL CONTINUE. IN JUST UNDER 20 MINUTES, FORMER BLACKCAPS CAPTAIN ROSS TAYLOR WILL OFFICIALLY RETURN FROM HIS INTERNATIONAL CRICKETING EXILE. HIS PERFORMANCE IS CERTAIN TO BE HEAVILY SCRUTINISED IN THE TEAM'S SERIES OPENING TWENTY20 AGAINST ENGLAND IN AUCKLAND. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY KIMBERLEE DOWNS, LIVE FROM EDEN PARK. THE RETURN OF ROSS TAYLOR WILL BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND THE TEAM'S PERFORMANCE AFTER A ROLLERCOASTER TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS THE GAME IS BLACKCAPS ALL-ROUNDER GRANT ELLIOT. GRANT, YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE TEAM. TAYLOR BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING DUMPED AS CAPTAIN. HOW'S THE ATMOSPHERE? IT'S BEEN GREAT. PREPARING WELL. A BIG CROWD, AND GREAT TO HAVE ROSS BACK. GIVEN RECENT RESULTS, IS THIS SERIES A BATTLE FOR CREDIBILITY? WE DREW A LINE PLAYING IN SA FOR THE ONE-DAYERS. ENGLAND HAVE JOS BUTTLER AND EOIN MORGAN IN GREAT FORM. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT, ESP. WITH SHORT BOUNDARIES HERE? IT IS SMALL. WE'VE ANALYSED THEIR BATTING. IT SHOULD BE A GOOD BATTLE. WE HAVE YOUNG BOWLERS WHO WANT TO MAKE A MARK. THANKS, GRANT. 15 MINUTES NOW TILL THE GAME BEGINS. WEATHER IS FANTASTIC. NZ WILL BOWL FIRST. 30,000 EXPECTED TO TURN UP TONIGHT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, LIVE FROM AUCKLAND'S EDEN PARK. ONE OF THE STRONGEST FIELDS IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT ON OUR SHORES WILL BEGIN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE NZ WOMEN'S OPEN CHASING A 15-YEAR-OLD. LYDIA KO IS TIED FOR THE LEAD AFTER AGAIN GETTING THE BETTER OF THE CLEARWATER COURSE. MAX BANIA REPORTS. ON THE ATTACK FROM THE OUTSET, LYDIA KO'S AGGRESSION ALMOST LANDED HER IN THE WATER ON HER FIRST HOLE, THE PAR-FIVE 10TH. BUT AFTER DRIVING THE GREEN ON 14, THE LONGEST HOLE ON THE COURSE, SHE HAD THIS FOR EAGLE. CROWD CHEERS THE TEENAGER'S RECENT PUTTING WOES SEEMINGLY BEHIND HER AS A BIRDIE ON 16 TOOK HER TO FIVE-UNDER, TWO SHOTS CLEAR. CROWS APPLAUDS JUST EIGHT PLAYERS BROKE PAR IN YESTERDAY'S WINDY CONDITIONS, BUT CALM WEATHER TODAY SAW SPANISH HOTSHOT BELEN MOZO CASH IN WITH A THREE-UNDER 69. IT'S TRUE, TODAY THE WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC, SO I SHOULD'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE TODAY. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT I COULD'VE SHOT SEVEN-UNDER. ITALIAN GIULIA SERGAS KEPT UP THE PRESSURE TO BE ONE SHOT BACK, BUT KO'S ARMY MARCHES ON ` HUNDREDS OF FOLLOWERS WATCHING THE ONLY KIWI TO MAKE THE CUT FINISH WITH A FOUR-UNDER 68. SHE'LL BE PAIRED WITH SOUTH KOREAN SEON WOO BAE IN THE LAST GROUPING OF TOMORROW'S FINAL ROUND MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. SUPER RUGBY'S BIGGEST NEW SIGNING HAS MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION IN NORTHLAND TODAY. FORMER LEAGUE AND AUSSIE RULES STAR ISRAEL FOLAU CAME OFF THE BENCH FOR THE WARATAHS AS THEY TOOK ON THE BLUES, AND SCORED ONE TRY AND SET UP TWO OTHERS FOR THE SYDNEYSIDERS. THE BOYS KEPT COMPOSED AND JUST KEPT PUTTING PRESSURE ON. WE JUST PROVED, WITH A YOUNG TEAM, THEY'RE KEEN TO KEEP PLAYING. BUT THE BLUES STORMED HOME IN THE FINAL QUARTER, WITH WING WAISAKE NAHOLO GRABBING A DOUBLE, AND AFTER THE FINAL HOOTER, LOOSE FORWARD PETER SAILI SURGED OVER FOR THE MATCH WINNER, 40-36. THE BOYS KEPT COMPOSED AND JUST KEPT PUTTING PRESSURE ON. WE JUST PROVED, WITH A YOUNG TEAM, THEY'RE KEEN TO KEEP PLAYING. AND MA'A NONU SCORED ON DEBUT IN A MAN-OF-THE-MATCH PERFORMANCE AS THE HIGHLANDERS CRUSHED THE CRUSADERS 38-21 IN OAMARU LAST NIGHT, HIS EFFORTS EARNING PRAISE FROM ALL BLACKS TEAMMATES. PRETTY TOUGH TO SHUT HIM DOWN. I LEARNED LOTS TODAY. IT WAS A GOOD HIT-OUT, BUT PRETTY POOR FROM THE BOYS. WE DIDN'T REALLY SHOW UP, AND THE HIGHLANDERS PLAYED REALLY WELL. A NUMBER OF ALL BLACKS MADE SUCCESSFUL RETURNS TO ACTION, LOCK LUKE ROMANO DOTTING DOWN TWICE FOR THE CRUSADERS. AND ALSO BRINGING UP A BRACE WAS BELGIUM TUATAGALOA WITH THE NZ SEVENS SIDE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK IN LAS VEGAS. THE WOES OF WELLINGTON CONTINUE THOUGH. TUATAGALOA INJURED HIS ANKLE IN THE FIRST MATCH AGAINST FRANCE. NZ WINNING 21-0. AND BEN LAM WAS THE CHIEF DESTROYER IN NZ'S SECOND MATCH, BRINGING UP THREE TRIES AGAINST WALES A SHORT TIME AGO. NZ WINNING 40-5. THEY FACE ARGENTINA TOMORROW, LOOKING FOR JUST THEIR THIRD WIN IN VEGAS IN 10 ATTEMPTS. ACROSS THE DESERT TO MIAMI NOW, WHERE DEFENDING NBA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS THE HEAT HAVE BLOWN AWAY THE LA CLIPPERS 111-89. MIAMI HEAT TOO HOT ON THEIR HOME COURT, RIPPING APART THE CLIPPERS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.. WHAT A SHOW THE MIAMI HEAT ARE PUTTING ON HERE TONIGHT. YES, MIAMI TOO GOOD, EVEN SENDING STAR PLAYER LE BRON JAMES TO THE BENCH IN THE FINAL QUARTER. THE COAST TO COAST'S LONGEST DAY HAS ONCE AGAIN PROVEN ITSELF ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TESTS IN NZ SPORT. THE 31ST EDITION OF THE 243KM SLOG FROM WEST COAST TO EAST PRODUCED A NEW CHAMPION. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON AFTER CRITICISING THE RACE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, RICHARD USSHER WAS HARDLY LIKELY TO BE ON ORGANISER ROBIN JUDKINS' HUG LIST. BY AND LARGE, THE REACTION I'VE GOT HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE. THE FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MORE NEGATIVE, I THINK THEY'RE THE ONES WHO THOUGHT I WAS MAKING A PERSONAL ATTACK. BUT IT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL. JUDKINS WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLISTS MAHE DRYSDALE AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN. I'M RELYING ON 12 YEARS OF ROWING TRAINING TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT IT SHOULD BE FUN. HORN BLARES DRYSDALE LOOKED COMFORTABLE DURING THE FIRST 55KM CYCLE . REIGNING CHAMP ELINA USSHER LED THE WOMEN WITH 2009 WINNER SOPHIE HART AND AILSA ROLLINSON. PERFECT CONDITIONS MADE FOR A BLISTERING RIDE, WITH USSHER TO THE FORE AS THEY HURTLED TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN ALPS AT NEAR-RECORD PACE. NOTED WANAKA RUNNER BRADEN CURRIE ATTACKED THE FIELD AT THE START OF THE 33KM MOUNTAIN RUN. RICHARD USSHER IN HOT PURSUIT WITH SAM CLARK, DOUGAL ALLEN AND TREVOR VOYCE. HART AND ROLLINSON LED THE WOMEN'S FIELD WITH ELINA USSHER FIGHTING HARD. WHILE DRYSDALE LOOKED LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER, CURRIE WAS MORE LIKE A MOUNTAIN GOAT EXTENDING HIS LEAD IN THE ALPS. THE 26-YEAR-OLD STARTED THE 67KM PADDLE 12 MINUTES AHEAD OF ALLEN AND VOYCE. USSHER WITH PLENTY TO DO 14 MINUTES BACK. HART LOOKED COMFORTABLE STARTING THE PADDLE. ELINA USSHER SEEMINGLY STRUGGLING 13 MINUTES OFF THE PACE. CURRIE HELD ON FROM A FAST-FINISHING USSHER. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY I WOULD'VE BET MYSELF, BUT NO. I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I HAD THAT CHANCE TO WIN TODAY. I DIDN'T THINK MY BIKING WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH. STILL IN HIS MID 20S AND SIGNALLING HIMSELF AS THE NEW MAN TO BEAT. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. SOPHIE HART HAS JUST WON THE WOMENS'! HELLO AGAIN. FINE START TO THE WEEKEND FOR MOST, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MUCH THE SAME AGAIN TOMORROW. LITTLE BIT OF RAIN ON THE WAY NEXT WEEK FOR THE WATER TANKS AND DRY PASTURES. NICE SHOT OF MT TARANAKI EGMONT TAKEN BY A MR JIM HICKEY. HIS YAK HERE IN THE FOREGROUND. HIGH PRESSURE DEFINITELY IN CHARGE. YOU CAN TELL BY ALL THE CLEAR SKY OVER US. JUST SOME SCRAPPY CLOUD OVER THE FAR SOUTH, FROM A WEAKENING FRONT JUST OFF-SHORE. ANOTHER COUPLE OF FRONTS REARING UP OUT OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. BUT REALLY, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE HIGH TODAY. AND IT LOOKS SET TO STAY THAT WAY TOMORROW. STILL ANCHORED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. KEEPING THE FRONTS AT BAY TO THE SOUTH. THOSE FRONTS NOT HAVING MUCH JOY MAKING LANDFALL, BUT THEY WILL INCREASE THE NORTH-WEST FLOW OVER SOUTHERN DISTRICTS AS THEY SLAM UP AGAINST THE HIGH PRESSURE AND SQUEEZE THESE ISOBARS TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT OCCASIONAL RAIN FOR FIORDLAND AND STEWART ISLAND, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS FURTHER NORTH IN THE WEST. MAINLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE AFTER PATCHES OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG CLEAR FROM THE EAST COAST. WATCH FOR A FEW CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON OVER HIGH COUNTRY AREAS. STRONG WEST TO NORTH-WEST WINDS IN THE SOUTH. NORTH-EASTERLY ALONG THE EAST COAST. MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. JUST A FEW SCRAPS OF HARMLESS CLOUD. MAYBE AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR TWO ABOUT THE GISBORNE RANGES. LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST. A NORTHERLY PICKING UP AROUND COOK STRAIT. MOSTLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD IN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ JUST ANOTHER HEADS UP FROM COASTGUARD. THEY ARE PLANNING TO LET OFF A NUMBER OF MARINE DISTRESS FLARES IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT, SOUTH OF ISLAND BAY AT 9PM. SO IF YOU SEE THEM AND WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON, IT'S JUST A TRAINING EXERCISE. CLEAR SKIES IN WELLINGTON TONIGHT. SHOULD BE QUITE A SHOW. SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR SATURDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND SAM BRADFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.