GOOD EVENING. A BLUSTERY NOR'WESTER HAS BEEN BUFFETING THE FAR SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ANOTHER FRONT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING NORTH OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE TWO FRONTS OVER US. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR I'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH RAIN WE'RE LIKELY TO GET OUT OF THEM. 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. FEELING THE STRAIN ` NEW UNCERTAINTY FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS THE POPE QUITS. WE'RE LIVE FROM THE VATICAN. AN MP LABELS MUSLIMS FROM 'WOGISTAN'. WHAT DOES HIS BOSS WINSTON MAKE OF THE COMMENTS? THE FACE OF A GIRL WHO SAYS SHE WAS BASHED BY POLICE. WE GET REACTION FROM THE AUTHORITIES. AND THE MUM WHO DRANK TOO MUCH COCA-COLA ` HOW HER DEATH SERVES AS A WARNING. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL HAVE A NEW LEADER BY EASTER. POPE BENEDICT'S STUNNED MORE THAN A BILLION FOLLOWERS AROUND THE WORLD.. WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT HE'LL LEAVE THE OFFICE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE TOLL OF HIS SEVEN YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND 24 DAYS IS ETCHED ON HIS FACE. LOOK AT HIM ON ON DAY ONE AS A 78-YEAR-OLD. NOW... HE'S MUCH THINNER. FRAILER. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY IS AT THE VATICAN AND JOINS US NOW. GARTH? I'VE BEEN ENJOYING THE TRANQUILITY ON THIS CHILLY MORNING. IT'S BEEN A FRENZY FOR 18 HOURS. ROMANS ARE WONDERING WHAT WILL COME NEXT. A POPE KNOWN FOR HIS CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP HAS UNEXPECTEDLY BROKEN WITH TRADITION. POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS BECOME THE FIRST PONTIFF TO RESIGN IN NEARLY 600 YEARS, SAYING POOR HEALTH'S PREVENTING HIM FROM FULFILLING HIS DUTIES. TRANSLATOR: IN ORDER TO GOVERN THE BARK OF ST PETER AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL, BOTH STRENGTHS OF MIND AND BODY ARE NECESSARY ` STRENGTH WHICH IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAS DETERIORATED IN ME TO THE EXTENT THAT I HAVE HAD TO RECOGNISE MY INCAPACITY TO ADEQUATELY FULFIL THE MINISTRY ENTRUSTED TO ME. IT'S A MOVE THAT'S STUNNED ROMAN CATHOLICS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. YOU'RE JOKING? THE POPE? OH MY GOD. WHISPERS: NO. OH, I AM SO SHOCKED. HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SHORT TIME WITH US. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AND IN SHOCK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING, REALLY, AS A CATHOLIC. POPE BENEDICT TOOK OFFICE IN 2005. AT 78 YEARS OLD, HE WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST APPOINTMENTS IN HISTORY. HE TOOK THE HELM AS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS ENGULFED IN A STORM OF CONTROVERSY OVER CHILD SEX ABUSE BY PRIESTS. ALMOST EIGHT YEARS LATER, HIS DECISION TO STEP ASIDE HAS THROWN THE CHURCH INTO NEW, UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. THERE IS NO JOB DESCRIPTION FOR A RETIRED POPE. TWO SENIOR VATICAN OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED THE NEXT POPE COULD BE THE FIRST TO BE ELECTED FROM OUTSIDE EUROPE. CONTENDERS FOR THE POSITION INCLUDE LATIN AMERICAN CARDINAL ODILO SCHERER; CARDINAL PETER TURKSON IS TIPPED AS THE AFRICAN FRONTRUNNER; CARDINAL MARC OUELLET FROM CANADA AND CARDINAL ANGELO SCOLA, WHO SERVES IN MILAN. WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO WILL MODERNISE THE CHURCH SOMEWHAT AND MOVE WITH THE TIMES SO THEY DON'T LOSE THEIR AUDIENCE. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHURCH TO CHANGE, BUT ITS NOT LIKELY THAT THE CHURCH WILL CHANGE. THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS IS MADE UP OF MEN WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN APPOINTED BY BENEDICT OR JOHN PAUL II, SO THEY ARE LIKE-MINDED MEN. WHICH MEANS, WHILE THE POPE WON'T TAKE PART IN THE ELECTION, HIS INFLUENCE WILL STILL BE FELT. GARTH, GIVE US MORE OF A FEEL NOW FOR THE REACTION THERE TO THE NEWS. THE HEADLINES HERE COMPARE IT TO THE HUMILITY OF ST PETER. 'POPE SHOCK'. AN HISTORIC OCCASION. MANY LOOKING BACK SAY THERE WERE CLUES TWO YEARS AGO WHEN BENEDICT SAID POPES COULD RETIRE. THANKS, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. THE RESIGNATION NOW SETS THE STAGE FOR A CENTURIES-OLD PROCESS OF ELECTING A NEW PONTIFF. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. POPES ARE CHOSEN BY THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE 203 ACROSS 69 COUNTRIES, BUT THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 80 ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE ELECTION, LEAVING 117 CARDINALS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. THEY'LL BE SUMMONED TO THE VATICAN FOR A MEETING KNOWN AS THE CONCLAVE, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL. CARDINALS MUST SWEAR AN OATH OF SECRECY AND HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. THEY AREN'T ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR THEMSELVES AND A NEW POPE HAS TO BE ELECTED BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. FOUR BALLOTS ARE HELD EACH DAY ` TWO IN THE MORNING AND TWO AT NIGHT. VOTING PAPERS ARE BURNED AFTER EACH COUNT. IF THERE'S NO WINNER, THE PAPERS ARE BURNED WITH A CHEMICAL GIVING OFF BLACK SMOKE. VOTING CONTINUES UNTIL A POPE'S BEEN CHOSEN, WHEN THE BURNED PAPERS GIVE OFF WHITE SMOKE, SIGNALLING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE ELECTION OF A NEW LEADER. THERE ARE HALF A MILLION CATHOLICS IN NZ, AND MANY OF THOSE ONE NEWS SPOKE TO BELIEVE THE POPE'S RESIGNATION IS A POSITIVE MOVE FOR THE CHURCH. WILL HINE HAS BEEN GAUGING REACTION. THE NEWS OVERNIGHT LEFT EARLY MORNING CONGREGATIONS REELING. IT'S A HUGE SHOCK ` NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY OF US HAS EXPERIENCED BEFORE. I'VE JUST HAD SOME AMAZING NEWS THAT POPE BENEDICT HAS RESIGNED. I DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DO THAT EITHER, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT WAS A SURPRISE TOO FOR DAME LYNDSAY FREER, WHO WAS IN ROME IN 2005 TO WITNESS POPE BENEDICT'S ELECTION. NORMALLY WHEN A POPE DIES, THERE'S TIME. IT DOESN'T COME LIKE A BOLT OUT OF THE BLUE USUALLY. SHE SAYS HIS TENURE WAS STRONG. HE'S A MAN OF GREAT CLARITY OF THOUGHT AND EXPRESSION, AND HIS TEACHINGS, HIS WRITINGS, HIS SERMONS HAVE REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL AND MOST ENLIGHTENING. AS FOR THE POPE'S SUCESSOR, AUCKLAND'S LEADING CATHOLICS SUGGEST THE PAPACY BE AWARDED TO A YOUNG ENERGETIC BISHOP. I THINK PROBABLY IT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT NOT IN RECENT HISTORY. BUT I THINK INCREASINGLY THE CARDINALS AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE VERY AWARE OF THE BURDEN AND THE DEMANDS THAT THE PAPACY MAKES ON AN INDIVIDUAL. IN 2005, NZ CARDINAL TOM WILLIAMS WENT TO ROME TO HELP ELECT POPE BENEDICT. NOW, THOUGH, HE'S OVER 80 YEARS OLD, SO ISN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN THE UPCOMING CONCLAVE. THERE'S NOT A NZ VOICE IN THE CONCLAVE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THERE WERE, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH WHOEVER THEY ELECT. AS NEWS OF THE RESIGNATION SUNK IN, THERE WAS PRAISE. WHEN WE HAVE A LEADER LIKE THIS WHO TAKES QUITE A COURAGEOUS DECISION, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, AND I THINK IT WILL SET A PRECEDENT. THEY SHOULD KNOW WHO THEIR NEW POPE IS BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. TO DEVELOPING NEWS, NORTH KOREA'S NEIGHBOURS ARE ON HIGH MILITARY ALERT AFTER THE SECRETIVE NATION WAS SUSPECTED OF CARRYING OUT A NUCLEAR TEST WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS. SEISMIC ACTIVITY WAS DETECTED AT A SITE NORTHEAST OF THE CAPITAL, PYONGYANG, WHERE NORTH KOREA HAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS. A MAGNITUDE-4.9 EARTHQUAKE WAS RECORDED, WITH THE EPICENTRE OF THE QUAKE A KILOMETRE UNDERGROUND. SO FAR THERE'S BEEN NO CONFIRMATION FROM NORTH KOREA OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NUCLEAR TEST. ANOTHER NZ FIRST MP'S IN TROUBLE TONIGHT FOR ANTI-MUSLIM COMMENTS. RICHARD PROSSER'S CALL TO BAN YOUNG MUSLIM MEN FROM FLYING ON WESTERN AIRLINES COULD TRIGGER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. BUT HIS PARTY LEADER SAYS HE WON'T BE SACKED. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. NZ FIRST MP RICHARD PROSSER WANTS YOUNG MUSLIM MALES BANNED FROM FLYING, BUT TODAY HIS PARTY BANNED HIM FROM SAYING ANYMORE. < IS HE BEING RACIST THERE? LOOK, ITS AN EXTREMIST VIEW ON AN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCE IN THE WORLDS SECURITY AT THIS TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T GENERALISE. YOU CANT LUMP EVERYBODY IN THE SAME BOAT. AND FOR THAT REASON, IF HE IS BEING EXTREMIST, IS HE WELCOME IN YOUR PARTY? THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. THE FACT IS PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. THIS IS A MISTAKE. IN HIS INVESTIGATE MAGAZINE COLUMN, MR PROSSER, WHO'S LONG WANTED TO BAN BURQAS, SAYS... THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH TO WHAT HE IS SAYING. THE TIPPING POINT ` THE FACT THAT MR PROSSER WASN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE HIS POCKETKNIFE ON A RECENT FLIGHT FROM CHRISTCHURCH, WRITING THAT... YOU HEAR THEM SAID, AS I SAY, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEM FROM A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE MEANT TO BE PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAD. IN A STATEMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON, MR PROSSER SAYS HE NOW AGREES THAT THE ARTICLE DOES NOT HAVE BALANCE AND THAT IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF NZ FIRST, BUT THERE IS NO APOLOGY. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE DEPTH OF THINKING COMING OUT OF THE NZ FIRST CAUCUS, ISN'T IT. I MEAN, IT WAS AN APPALLING THING TO SAY. IT'S STUPID. IF THOSE SORTS OF COMMENTS WERE MADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THEY COULD INCITE VIOLENCE. WE DON'T WANT THAT HERE. WHICH LEAVES RICHARD PROSSER IS FEELING THE BACKLASH. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. A POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING A TEENAGE GIRL IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF AN INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION. POLICE WERE MOVING IN TO BREAK UP A ROWDY PARTY IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF HOWICK WHEN A GIRL (15) FELL TO THE GROUND AND LOST TWO FRONT TEETH. A WARNING ` SOME OF THE PICTURES IN THIS STORY BY KRISTIN HALL ARE GRAPHIC IN NATURE. THIS IS THE BATTERED FACE OF ELLA EKETONE (15) AFTER SHE CLAIMED SHE WAS SHOVED TO THE GROUND BY A POLICEMAN. ONE NEWS SPOKE TO HER FIRST ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT'S LEFT HER WITH TWO MISSING TEETH. HE PUSHED ME A SECOND TIME, AND THAT'S WHEN I TRIPPED OVER, AND I FELL ON MY FACE AND I PUT MY HAND UP TO MY MOUTH AND MY TEETH WERE GONE. POLICE ARE NOW FRONTING UP OVER THE INCIDENT. JACKIE WHITTAKER, AREA COMMANDER EAST AREA. MY NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY IS TO ESTABLISH EXACTLY WHAT OCCURED THAT EVENING, AND THERE IS A FULL INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY. THE TROUBLE BEGAN WHEN HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS TURNED UP TO AN 18TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THIS HOWICK ADDRESS. I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. HE WAS JUST GETTING EVERYONE OUT THE WAY, BECAUSE THE PARTY WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THE SCHOOLGIRL SAYS THIS WAS HER IN THE WHITE DRESS AS SHE WAS BEING MANHANDLED BY POLICE. THE TEEN'S MUM SAYS POLICE HAVE APOLOGISED, BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD PROBABLY BE A POLICE OFFICER IF THAT'S HOW HE'S GOING TO USE HIS AUTHORITY, COS THAT'S NOT RIGHT. POLICE VISITED ELLA IN HOSPITAL AND SAID THEY WERE SORRY FOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER, BUT THEY SAY THAT WASN'T AN ADMISSION THE POLICE WERE AT FAULT. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP TO THREE WEEKS, WITH POLICE SPEAKING TO ELLA AGAIN TODAY. I KNOW THEY'RE SAYING THAT SOMEONE APOLOGISED. THAT'S NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF WHO THAT PERSON IS. < YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT THERE'S BEEN NO FORMAL APOLOGY? NO FORMAL APOLOGY. FOR NOW ELLA EKETONE SAYS SHE JUST WANTS HER SMILE RESTORED, BUT HER DENTIST SAYS A PERMANENT SOLUTION IS YEARS AWAY. KRISTEN HALL, ONE NEWS. POLICE ARE HUNTING A THIRD MAN AFTER A 48-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD FOLLOWING A FIGHT IN AUCKLAND. TWO MEN HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT AFTER THE DEATH OF MICHAEL ROBERTS AT HIS HOME IN THREE KINGS. THE INVESTIGATION'S FOCUSING ON THE HOUSE AND A VEHICLE FOUND IN WESTMERE. THE MAN WHO ABDUCTED, RAPED AND MURDERED LOWER HUTT SCHOOLGIRL KARLA CARDNO WILL STAY IN JAIL FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR. WITHIN THE PAST HOUR PAUL JOSEPH DALLY HAS BEEN REFUSED PAROLE. DALLY HAS SPENT ALMOST 24 YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE 1989 MURDER. A CORONER WANTS THE LABELS ON A POPULAR FIZZY DRINK EXAMINED IN THE WAKE OF A MOTHER'S DEATH. NATASHA HARRIS DRANK SEVERAL LITRES OF COCA COLA EACH DAY BEFORE SHE DIED THREE YEARS AGO. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON WITH THE STORY. NATASHA HARRIS (30) DRANK UP TO 10 LITRES OF COKE EVERY DAY ` TWICE THE RECOMMENDED SAFE DAILY LIMIT OF CAFFEINE. THE INVERCARGILL MOTHER OF EIGHT DIED SUDDENLY IN FEBRUARY 2010. SHE WAS FOUND SLUMPED AGAINST A WALL, GASPING FOR AIR, IN HER BATHROOM AT HOME. IN HIS FINDING, CORONER DAVID CRERAR MADE A CONNECTION BETWEEN HER DEATH AND HER COKE CONSUMPTION. HIS DECISION ALSO REVEALED MS HARRIS LIKELY SUFFERED FROM A MYRIAD OF OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS, INCLUDING LIVER PROBLEMS, A RACING HEART, AND MISSING TEETH, WHICH HER FAMILY SAY HAD ROTTED FROM COKE DRINKING. BUT COCA-COLA SAYS THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS FAR FROM CLEAR. IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY TOLD ONE NEWS THE CORONER HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGED HE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED MS HARRIS' HEART ATTACK. THEREFORE... THE CORONER NOW WANTS GOVERNMENT BODIES SUCH AS THE FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER WHETHER CURRENT WARNING LABELS ON CARBONATED DRINKS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT CONSUMERS. HE WANTS THEM TO CONSIDER EITHER LOWERING THE CAFFEINE PERCENTAGE LIMIT OR CREATING MORE SPECIFIC WARNINGS, LIKE THOSE PRINTED ON OTHER COCA-COLA PRODUCTS CONTAINING CAFFEINE. DAVID CRERAR ALSO WANTS COCA-COLA ITSELF TO CONSIDER PRINTING CAFFEINE QUANTITY LABELS ON ITS DRINKS. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. A BREAKFAST FAVOURITE'S SET TO RETURN. IT'S EXPECTED SANITARIUM WILL TONIGHT ANNOUNCE MARMITE'S BACK AFTER PRODUCTION WAS SUSPENDED ALMOST A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE AT THE CHRISTCHURCH FACTORY. REPAIRS ARE NOW COMPLETE, BUT SANITARIUM SAYS THERE'LL BE A DELAY BETWEEN PRODUCTION RESUMING AND STOCK BEING AVAILABLE TO BUY. WE'LL HAVE DETAILS ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT AT 10.50. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` A TRADITIONAL PILGRIMAGE FOR MANY NZERS ` NOW THE NUMBERS ARE BEING LIMITED FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GALLIPOLI. WATCH OUT! A CONFUSED DRIVER HEADS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON A BUSY MOTORWAY CAUSING CHAOS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? AND BRINGING GOLLUM TO LIFE ` A 'PRECIOUS' AWARD AS 'THE HOBBIT' WINS A TECHINCAL OSCAR FOR ITS VISUAL EFFECTS. THE PRIME MINISTER'S COME UNDER ATTACK FOR ALLOWING THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER TO BE ON THE BOARD OF A COMPANY THAT'S HAD DEALINGS WITH COLLASPED FIRM MAINZEAL. LABOUR CLAIMS MAURICE WILLIAMSON'S ROLE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING FIRM IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WITH THE STORY. THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER HAD LITTLE PATIENCE FOR QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT HIS SECOND JOB AS A BOARD DIRECTOR. IT'S NOT A STORY. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THOUGH, IF YOU WERE A CREDITOR, THAT YOU MAY BE CONFLICTED? > NO. I JUST MADE IT CLEAR TO YOU, CORIN, IF THERE WAS EVER A CONFLICT IN MY PORTFOLIO, I WOULD EXEMPT MYSELF FROM THAT DECISION, AND ALL OTHER MINISTERS HAVE THAT SAME ROLE. THE COMPANY WHOSE BOARD MR WILLIAMSON SERVES ON, HOLYOAKE INDUSTRIES LTD, SUPPLIES AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION UNITS, WITH THE MAINZEAL-BUILT SUPREME COURT CITED ON ITS WEBSITE AS A TOP PROJECT. IT'S A CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST. MAURICE WILLIAMSON NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION. HE EITHER STANDS DOWN AS A DIRECTOR, OR HE STANDS DOWN AS A MINISTER. BUT IN PARLIAMENT TODAY, THE PRIME MINISTER WAS HAVING NONE OF IT AND STRESSED HOLYOAKE INDUSTRIES WAS NOT A CONTRACTOR OF MAINZEAL. I'M QUITE SATISFIED THAT HE CAN MANAGE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. LABOUR THEN HIGHLIGHTED MR WILLIAMSON'S ASSERTION THAT AS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION MINISTER HE REFRAINS FROM DECISIONS RELATING TO HOLYOAKE INDUSTRIES' PRODUCTS. HOW DOES HE THINK THE MINISTER WILL SEPARATE OUT DISCUSSIONS OF HEATING AND VENTILATION FROM THOSE SUCH AS WINDOWS AND INSULATION? I'LL BET THERE WERE PLENTY OF MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR EXECUTIVE IN THE LAST NINE YEARS THAT HAD CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AND THEY MANAGED THEM. LABOUR WILL KEEP THE PRESSURE ON MR WILLIAMSON TO STEP ASIDE, BUT WITH THE FIRM BACKING OF THE PRIME MINISTER, MR WILLIAMSON ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE THE PILGRIMAGE TO GALLIPOLI FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WILL HAVE TO PUT THEIR NAMES INTO A BALLOT. THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SET THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THE SERVICE AT 10,500 PEOPLE, AND DEMAND FOR PLACES IS EXPECTED TO GREATLY EXCEED THAT. OF THE ATTENDANCE PASSES NZ WILL GET 2000 PLACES, AUSTRALIA 8000, WITH THE REMAINING 500 PLACES GOING TO PEOPLE FROM TURKEY AND VIPS. THE ALLOCATION RATIO IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES EACH COUNTRY SUFFERED DURING THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN IN 1915. TO EUROPE'S WIDENING FOOD LABELLING SCANDAL, AND A BIG BRITISH SUPERMARKET CHAIN HAS FOUND MORE HORSEMEAT BEING SOLD AS BEEF IN ITS STORES. TESTS SHOWED A TESCO'S SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE CONTAINED MORE THAN 60% HORSEMEAT. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'LL NOW TEST ALL PROCESSED BEEF. THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD THE CONSUMER. THE PRIME RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEALING WITH THIS LIES WITH RETAILERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS. ROMANIA DENIES IT'S THE SOURCE OF MISLABELING OF HORSEMEAT WHICH HAS TURNED UP IN FROZEN MEALS ACROSS EUROPE. THE ROMANIANS SAY ITS HORSEMEAT IS CLEARLY LABELLED AS HORSE. A LONG-STANDING CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTE HAS ENDED WITH A GUN BATTLE IN A DELAWARE COURTHOUSE THAT'S LEFT THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE GUNMAN, DEAD. ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS THE GUNMAN'S ESTRANGED WIFE. SHE AND ANOTHER WOMAN DIED AT THE SCENE. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WHO RETURNED FIRE WERE WOUNDED, BUT WERE SAVED BY THEIR BULLETPROOF VESTS. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE GUNMAN'S DEATH WAS SELF-INFLICTED OR IF HE WAS SHOT BY POLICE. LOS ANGELES POLICE HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF CALLS AFTER A $1.2M REWARD WAS OFFERED FOR AN EX-POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF THREE MURDERS. CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE LAST WEEK. HE'S BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN REVENGE FOR HIS SACKING FROM LOS ANGELES POLICE IN 2008. DORNER WAS FIRED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS AGAINST A COLLEAGUE, BUT INSISTS HE WAS DISMISSED FOR RACIAL REASONS. SHOCKING VIDEO CAPTURING A DANGEROUS MANOUVRE ON A SYDNEY HIGHWAY HAS A DRIVER FACING A POSSIBLE JAIL TERM. WATCH AS THIS CAR MAKES AN UNBELIEVABLE THREE-POINT TURN BEFORE HEADING INTO THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER WEAVES THROUGH THE CARS BEFORE COMING TO A HALT ACROSS TWO LANES. AS ANGRY MOTORISTS STOP AROUND THE CAR, THE DRIVER FINALLY DECIDES TO FOLLOW THE ROAD RULES. POLICE SAY THEY'RE AMAZED THE STUNT DIDN'T CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. FACEBOOK IS BEING SUED OVER THE USE OF TWO OF ITS MAIN FEATURES. A DUTCH COMPANY IS ARGUING THE 'LIKE' BUTTON AND TIMELINE FEATURE WERE INVENTED BY A DUTCH PROGRAMMER WHO DIED IN 2004. IT SAYS JOANNES VAN DER MEER PATENTED HIS LIKE BUTTON AND TIMELINE IN 1998, FIVE YEARS BEFORE FACEBOOK EMERGED IN 2003. FACEBOOK'S REFUSING TO COMMENT ON THE CLAIMS. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND SOME FRONTAL RAIN FOR BOTH ISLANDS TOMORROW, KAREN? ALREADY GOT ONE FRONT JUST ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND FROM TARANAKI TO WELLINGTON, AND ANOTHER ONE JUST LYING JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BLUSTERLY NOR'WESTER COMING IN AHEAD OF THAT ONE. THIS EVENING WE ARE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON SOME THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS BUBBLING UP OVER THE GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY RANGES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND I'LL HAVE YOUR WEDNESDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` LEFT WITH NO PARENTS ` THE DESPERATE SEARCH TO UNCOVER THE MYSTERY ILLNESS THAT'S KILLING ADULT ENDANGERED PENGUINS ON THE OTAGO COAST. AND RISING FROM THE RUBBLE ` CHRISTCHURCH'S CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE AS VITAL PARTS ARE INSTALLED. 1 WE'VE WON TWO RUGBY WORLD CUPS THERE, BUT COULD EDEN PARK END UP COSTING AUCKLAND RATEPAYERS? THAT'S THE CONCERN AFTER THE GOVERNMENT OFFERED OUR BIGGEST CITY MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STADIUM AND OWNERSHIP OF WATERFRONT PROPERTIES LIKE THE CLOUD. LISA GLASS HAS THE REACTION. WHAT CITY WOULDN'T BE THRILLED TO BE GIVEN THIS,...? I THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA. IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWN DURING LUNCHTIME, SIT AROUND. ...OR A HAND IN THE RUNNING OF THIS? YEAH, BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN TOURIST PLACES. IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE OF NZ TO THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND, AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL GESTURE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'LL HAND OVER THE POWER TO APPOINT MORE THAN HALF THE TRUST BOARD THAT RUNS EDEN PARK, AS WELL AS ITS HALF-SHARE OF QUEENS WHARF AND THE CLOUD, TO AUCKLAND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE A LONG-TERM INTEREST IN HAVING THE WATERFRONT OPEN UP, SO IT MAKES SOME SENSE FOR THAT ASSET TO PASS BACK TO AUCKLAND TO MANAGE. THE GOVERNMENT PAID $20M FOR A HALF SHARE IN QUEENS WHARF TO GUARANTEE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, AND IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN OFF $190M SPENT ON EDEN PARK'S UPGRADE. WE HAVE NO ONGOING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EDEN PARK EXCEPT THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE, AS PART OF THAT LEGACY, FOR APPOINTING THE MAJORITY OF THE TRUSTEES. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS OWED IN EXCESS OF $50M BY EDEN PARK AND NEEDS TO MAKE IT PAY. THESE ASSETS ARE NO REAL USE ON THE GOVERNMENT'S BOTTOM LINE. THEY ARE MOST USEFUL TO AUCKLANDERS. BUT THE 'GIFT' RAISES A RED FLAG FOR SOME. IF THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THIS, WHAT'S IN IT FOR THEM? AND I THINK THEY JUST WANT TO SHIFT A PROBLEM. THAT'S MY BASIC FEAR ` DO WE WANT TO INHERIT A WHITE ELEPHANT LIKE EDEN PARK? ALTHOUGH THERE'S LESS CONTROVERSY OVER THE WATERFRONT ASSETS. BECAUSE THE CLOUD WAS ONLY BUILT AS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, ITS FUTURE HAS BEEN UNCERTAIN. THE COUNCIL COMPANY THAT RUNS IT SAYS THIS MONEY WILL MAKE IT A LONG-TERM ASSET FOR THE CITY. BOTH PARTIES INSIST THIS DEAL SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON RATES BILLS, AT LEAST IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. IT GOES BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON THURSDAY. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW 'CARDBOARD' CATHEDRAL HAS MARKED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE. THE FIRST OF THE CARDBOARD TUBES VITAL TO CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN INSTALLED AFTER STRONG WINDS DELAYED PROGRESS YESTERDAY. DESPITE THE CONDITIONS COMING RIGHT TODAY, IT'S STILL A VERY DIFFICULT OPERATION. IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING THING, NOT ONLY FOR THE CRANE DRIVER BUT FOR THE ENGINEERS AND THE ARCHITECTS TO GET RIGHT, BECAUSE THE ROOF OF THIS BUILDING IS VERY INTERESTING. IT RISES UP, AND IT'S` FROM THE ENTRY POINTS IT STARTS TO NARROW, SO THERE ARE NO TWO FITTINGS THAT ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS FOR AROUND 100 TUBES, EACH WEIGHING 120KG, TO BE INSTALLED. THE CATHEDRAL IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL. A MYSTERY ILLNESS IS KILLING ENDANGERED PENGUINS ON THE OTAGO COAST. MORE THAN 40 YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD IN OR NEAR THEIR NESTS. AND, AS MEGAN MARTIN FOUND OUT, THERE'S STILL NO CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR THEIR DEATHS. VITAL MEASUREMENTS... EYES BOTH LOOK GOOD. ...AT A CRUCIAL TIME. HE'S GOT A GOOD AMOUNT OF FAT ON HIM. CHICK NUMBER 20132 IS HEALTHY ` FOR NOW. IF HE JUST SITS HERE AND WAITS FOR HIS PARENTS TO COME HOME AND THEY'RE NOT COMING HOME, HE'S GOING TO LOSE A WHOLE LOT OF WEIGHT. MORE THAN 40 YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN ADULTS HAVE DIED ON THE OTAGO PENINSULA OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THIS IS THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN THE BIRDS LOOK. THEY'VE BEEN IN EXCELLENT CONDITION RIGHT THROUGH THE SEASON AND THEY'VE JUST TURNED UP THEIR TOES AND DIED. THE DEAD BIRDS HAVE UNDERGONE POST-MORTEM, BUT THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE ANSWERS. WE'RE SUSPICIOUS THAT IT COULD BE A MARINE TOXIN, BUT WE WON'T GET THOSE RESULTS BACK FROM TOXICOLOGY UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. MEANWHILE, THE ORPHANED CHICKS ARE BEING TAKEN TO A PENGUIN HOSPITAL FOR HAND-RARING. THEY'RE STILL DEPENDENT ON THEIR PARENTS. IF THE PARENTS DIE THE CHICKS LOSE WEIGHT VERY QUICKLY, AND IF THEY'RE UNDERWEIGHT WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO LEARN TO FISH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MANAGE THAT EASILY AND WILL DIE AS WELL. NEARLY HALF OF THE NEST SITES FOR YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS ON THE MAINLAND ARE HERE ON OTAGO PENINSULA, SO IF ANY MORE BREEDING ADULTS DIE IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC FOR THE COLONY. THERE ARE FEARS THE EVENT COULD MIRROR 1990 WHEN MORE THAN 150 BREEDING ADULTS DIED. WE COULD BE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN. WE COULD LOSE QUITE A FEW BIRDS ON THE OTAGO PENINSULA. IT WILL TAKE QUITE A LOT TO CLAW BACK UP. DOC STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR NEST SITES. ALL THEY CAN DO NOW IS HOPE THAT ALL PENGUINS STAY AS HEALTHY AS CHICK NUMBER 20132. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. SOME OF THE TECHNICAL BRAINS BEHIND PETER JACKSON'S HOBBIT MOVIE HAVE PICKED UP AN EARLY OSCAR. WETA DIGITAL'S SIMON CLUTTERBUCK, JAMES JACOBS AND DR RICHARD DORLING HAVE WON A TECHNICAL OSCAR FOR THEIR WORK ON BRINGING CHARACTERS LIKE GOLLUM TO LIFE. THE HOBBIT IS UP FOR A FURTHER THREE ACADEMY AWARDS AT NEXT WEEK'S OFFICIAL OSCARS CEREMONY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` NZ FIRST MP RICHARD PROSSER HASN'T APOLOGISED FOR SAYING YOUNG MUSLIM MEN SHOULD BE BANNED FROM FLYING ON WESTERN AIRLINES. HIS COMMENTS WERE IN A MAGAZINE ARTICLE, WHICH HE'S ADMITTED DOESN'T HAVE BALANCE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL HAVE A NEW LEADER BY EASTER. CARDINALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO ROME TO ELECT A NEW PONTIFF AFTER THE SHOCK RESIGNATION OF POPE BENEDICT XVI. HE'S THE FIRST TO QUIT THE POST IN 600 YEARS. POPE BENEDICT SAYS HE'S LEAVING DUE TO ILL HEALTH. POPE BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH HAS SPENT JUST OVER SEVEN YEARS AS HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE BBC'S ROBERT PIGOTT LOOKS BACK AT THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIS TIME IN OFFICE. BENEDICT BECAME THE CHURCH'S LEADER ALREADY AN ELDERLY AND FRAIL MAN. HE KNEW THE BURDEN WOULD BE HEAVY AND THE PATH STEEP. HE WAS SEEN AS A CARETAKER, BUT NOTHING PREPARED ROMAN CATHOLICS FOR HIS DECISION TO STEP DOWN. JOSEPH RATZINGER WAS BORN INTO A DEVOUT CATHOLIC FAMILY IN SOUTHERN GERMANY, JUST AS THE NATIONAL SOCIALISTS WERE SWEEPING TO POWER, AND FORCED INTO THE HITLER YOUTH. AS A YOUNG PRIEST HE WAS A LIBERAL THEOLOGIAN, BUT APPALLED BY THE STUDENT RIOTS IN EUROPE IN THE 1960'S, HE BECAME MORE CONSERVATIVE. IT WAS AS A TRADITIONALIST THAT HE BECAME THE DOCTRINAL WATCHDOG FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II. BUT PEOPLE WHO MET THE POPE SAID HE WAS SHY AND CHARMING, AND HIS MOST IMPORTANT WRITING DEALT WITH TOPICS SUCH AS THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE. I THINK HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS A PROBABLY THE MOST INTELLIGENT, ELOQUENT POPE WE'VE HAD IN YEARS, BECAUSE HIS SERMONS, HIS HOMILIES, HIS WRITINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL. POPE BENEDICT VISITED BRITAIN TO WARN THAT EXCLUDING CHRISTIANITY FROM NATIONAL DEBATE COULD THREATEN DEMOCRACY. AND HE WAS WARMLY RECEIVED. EARLY IN HIS REIGN, THE POPE OFFENDED MUSLIMS BY QUOTING HISTORICAL CRITICISMS OF ISLAM. HIS MANAGEMENT OF THE VATICAN HAS BEEN QUESTIONED AFTER THE THEFT OF DOCUMENTS ALLEGING CORRUPTION THERE. AND HE'S FACED CRITICISM OVER HANDLING OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS. THE POPE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF DOING TOO LITTLE TO PREVENT ABUSE BY PRIESTS, AT LEAST DURING HIS YEARS AS A TOP VATICAN OFFICIAL. HE SEEMS NOT TO HAVE ACTED VERY VIGOUROUSLY IN THAT ROLE. BENEDICT HOPED TO BUILD A STRONGER CHURCH, BUT IN JUST SEVEN YEARS THERE WAS LITTLE HE COULD DO. ONCE THE POPE STEPS DOWN FROM OFFICE HE WILL RETIRE TO HIS SUMMER RESIDENCY IN LAZIO, 25LM SOUTH EAST OF ROME. AND COULD THIS BE A SIGN FROM ABOVE ` THIS PHOTO ALLEGEDLY SHOWS LIGHTNING STRIKING ST PETERS BASILICA JUST HOURS AFTER THE POPE ANNOUNCED HIS SHOCK RESIGNATION. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT AND THE LATEST ON THE AUSTRALIAN DRUGS SCANDAL. NO BOLT THERE. AS THE LEAGUE CLUBS INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS START TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE, THE KIWIS CAPTAIN HAS HIS SAY ON THE BURNING ISSUE. PLUS, ANOTHER SETBACK FOR ALL BLACK RICHARD KAHUI AS SUPER RUGBY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES. CORY JANE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEASON ENDING SNAP. AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE UMPIRING AT THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP? FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE ONGOING AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUGS SCANDAL ` SIX NRL LEAGUE CLUBS HAVE OUTED THEMSELVES AS THOSE BEING INVESTIGATED AND ARE CURRENTLY MEETING WITH ANTI-DOPING OFFICIALS. THE WARRIORS AREN'T ONE OF THE TEAMS. THEY'VE CONFIRMED TODAY THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONTACT WITH INVESTIGATORS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION. STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS FROM SYDNEY. WE NOW KNOW WHICH CLUBS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED ` BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR. IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNISE THAT DUE PROCESS MUST BE FOLLOWED. THERE ARE VERY STRICT LEGAL CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED TO THIS POINT, AND THE INVESTIGATIONS NEED TO RUN THEIR PROPER COURSE FOR ALL CONCERNED. THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION'S REPORT INTO ILLEGAL DRUGS AND GAMBLING FINGERS SIX CLUBS: NORTH QUEENSLAND, MANLY, NEWCASTLE, CRONULLA, PENRITH, AND CANBERRA. THE CLUBS WERE MADE AWARE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT LAST NIGHT, BUT THAT'S IT. CREATED A FAIR BIT OF ANGST AND FRUSTRATION BY EVERYBODY CONCERNED, PARTICULARLY OUR CLUB HERE, ANYWAY. THEY WANT US TO CONFESS TO SOMETHING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOTTA CONFESS TO. TODAY THE WARRIORS JOINED THE WESTS TIGERS IN THE CLEAR. I KNOW AT THE WESTS TIGERS WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY OF THAT SORT OF STUFF AND WILL NEVER BE. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I'LL NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN ANYWAY. MANLY'S IMPLICATION IS PERHAPS NOT SURPRISING, GIVEN ITS HISTORY WITH SPORTS SCIENTIST STEPHEN DANK. DANK WORKED ALONGSIDE COACH DES HASLER FOR 4 YEARS. DANK ADMITS TO SUPPLYING PLAYERS WITH PEPTIDE-BASED SUPPLEMENTS, BUT SAYS HE DID NOT BREACH ANTI-DOPING RULES. WE USED A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTS TO BE HONEST, WAS NO DIFFERENT TO A LOT OF OTHER CLUBS IN TERMS OF PROTEIN POWDERS, VITAMINS AND AMINO ACIDS. WE'D USE A LITTLE BIT OF CALVES' BLOOD AT THE TIME, BUT AGAIN THAT WAS NO DIFFERENT TO WHAT ELSE WAS AROUND AND APPROPRIATE IN THE WORLD OF SPORT AT THE TIME. DANK IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE AUSSIE RULES DOPING SCANDAL. HE'S ACCUSED OF INJECTING ESSENDON PLAYERS WITH PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUPPLEMENTS WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. HE DENIES THE CHARGE, BUT SAYS HE DID SUPPLY THE ESSENDON COACHING STAFF WITH SUPPLEMENTS THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL FOR ATHLETES. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY TO THE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS SAGA ` JUST WHO CONDUCTED THE DISPUTED DRUG TEST ON BOXER FRANCOIS BOTHA AND HOW CLOSELY LINKED THEY ARE TO KHODER NASSER REMAINS UNCLEAR. NASSER HAS RELEASED A COPY OF THE PATHOLOGY REPORT FROM BOTHA'S URINE SAMPLE. IT LISTS THE BANNED SUBSTANCES FOUND IN HIS SYSTEM, BUT THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO CONDUCTED IT IS BLANKED OUT. A QUEENSLAND BOXING OFFICIAL SAYS THE DOCTOR WAS NOT THE ONE USED RINGSIDE ON FIGHT NIGHT. I THINK HE IS A FRIEND OF KHODER'S, BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE CONNECTION IS. WHENEVER KHODER'S PUT ON SHOWS UP HERE HE GENERALLY SENDS THE BOXERS HE'S ASSOCIATED WITH, AND ANY OVERSEAS BOXERS, TO THIS PARTICULAR DOCTOR. KHODER NASSER SAYS HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE DOCTOR FOR 14 YEARS AND THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED 'MATES'. FROM PRO-BOXING TO THE RELATIVELY SEDATE WORLD OF SUPER RUGBY ` THE SEASON WAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN AUCKLAND TODAY WITH YET ANOTHER INJURY SETBACK FOR ALL BLACK RICHARD KAHUI. STEPHEN STUART WAS THERE. YOU COULD UNDERSTAND RICHARD KAHUI CONTEMPLATING CHANGING CODES, BUT THIS IS AS CLOSE AS HE GOT TO OUTRIGGER CANOE COMPETITION AS SHOULDER ISSUES CONTINUE TO SIDELINE THE CHIEFS CENTRE. THEY WENT IN AND CLEANED SOME SCAR TISSUE OUT OF THE SHOULDER, JUST TO FREE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. KAHUI HAS HAD FOUR SHOULDER RECONSTRUCTIONS AND HASN'T PLAYED SINCE LAST MAY, BUT HOPES TO FINALLY RETURN NEXT MONTH. HIS TEAMMATE HALFBACK BRENDAN LEONARD IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS AFTER FRACTURING A CHEEKBONE. WE'RE WORKING PRETTY HARD AT THE MOMENT. COULDN'T AFFORD TO SEND TWO PLAYERS UP HERE, SO SENT ALL THE BROKEN-ARSES UP. HAVING SHAKEN OFF JAW AND GROIN INJURIES, COLIN SLADE IS FINALLY ALMOST READY TO PLAY AGAIN AFTER BREAKING HIS LEG LAST MARCH. GET FAST AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT WAS SORT OF MY BIGGEST WEAPON WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WHEN I WAS RUNNING AROUND ON THE WING, I SORT OF HAD A BIT OF GAS. THE FIRST FIVE, WHO HAS ONLY PLAYED SEVEN SUPER RUGBY MATCHES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, IS DESPERATE TO STEER THE CONFIDENT HIGHLANDERS OUTFIT. IT'S COMPLETELY CHANGED THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT ONE THING ON OUR MIND, AND THAT'S TO WIN A TITLE. A FRESH INCENTIVE FOR THE FIVE LOCAL FRANCHISES IS THE NZ CONFERENCE TROPHY. WHILE BRAGGING RIGHTS WENT ON THE LINE ON THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT TODAY, WITH THE BLUES POWERING AWAY TO WIN BOTH SPRINT RACES. PERFECT START TO THE SEASON. > IT IS, MATE, IT IS. HOPEFULLY IT CARRIES ON. WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS AROUND THIS YEAR. WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH WELL. THE HIGHLANDERS AND BLUES WILL BATTLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY COMPLETE THEIR PRE-SEASON CAMPAIGNS. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. SEVERAL FORMER PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO HELP OUT ON THE SUPER RUGBY JUDICIARY THIS YEAR, INCLUDING FORMER BLUES STALWARTS ERONI CLARKE AND DERREN WITCOMBE. THEY'LL BE INVOLVED IN FULL HEARINGS, IF NEEDED, TO GIVE A RETIRED PROFESSIONAL PLAYER'S POINT OF VIEW. THIS IS ANOTHER CHANGE, ALONG WITH EXTRA POWERS FOR THE TELEVISION MATCH OFFICIAL, WHICH COME INTO FORCE NEXT WEEK. AND ALL BLACKS AND CRUSADERS STAR FIRST FIVE DAN CARTER WILL MAKE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR AGAINST THE WARATAHS IN A PRE-SEASON MATCH IN SYDNEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. KIERAN READ CAPTAINS THE CRUSADERS. IT'S NOT JUST THE HURRICANES WHO HAVE BEEN DEALT A BLOW BY THE SEASON-ENDING INJURY TO CORY JANE, WITH THE ALL BLACK CONCEDING HE MAY NOT PLAY ANY RUGBY THIS YEAR. THE WINGER SPOKE TO MEDIA TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RUPTURING HIS KNEE IN PRE-SEASON TRAINING, AND SAYS THE ALL BLACKS' END OF YEAR TOUR IS THE EARLIEST HE'S LIKELY TO BE BACK. WHEN I FIRST SPOKE TO THE SURGEON THAT'S WHAT I HAD IN MY MIND, BUT I JUST THOUGHT HE'D DO IT STRAIGHT AWAY. BUT AS I SAID, GOTTA GET THE SWELLING DOWN. I'M HOPING I GET TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF RUGBY THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S IF ALL GOES WELL. JANE MUST WAIT FOR THE SWELLING IN HIS KNEE TO SUBSIDE BEFORE HAVING SURGERY, AND THEN FACES AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF REHAB. THERE'S ALSO INJURY WORRIES FOR THE BREAKERS BASKETBALL CAMP WITH A KNEE INJURY TO CENTRE WILL HUDSON THREATENING THE REST OF HIS NBL SEASON. HUDSON, WHO PLAYS BACK-UP TO ALEX PLEDGER BANGED HIS KNEE EARLY IN THE TEAM'S OVERTIME VICTORY AGAINST SYDNEY ON SATURDAY. THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S ALREADY BEEN RULED OUT OF FRIDAY'S GAME AGAINST WOLLONGONG. HE'S MEETING WITH A SURGEON THIS EVENING TO DETERMINE HOW BAD THE INJURY IS. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS WILL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT CO-CAPTAIN ANNA HARRISON FOR NETBALL'S UPCOMING TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP ` HARRISON HAS ANNOUNCED SHE'S PREGNANT. THAT MEANS NO MORE TRADEMARK HARRISON HOIST THIS SEASON ` NOT FROM HER, ANYWAY. IT ALSO MEANS SHE WON'T BE PART OF THE SILVER FERNS SET UP THIS YEAR. HER ABSENCE LEAVES THE MYSTICS FACING QUESTIONS OVER THEIR DEFENSIVE END, WITH CHARLOTTE KIGHT STILL UNDER AN INJURY CLOUD AS WELL. IN MY HEAD I'VE BEEN GROWING THROUGH A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT'S BEEN ABLE TO GO. YOU DON'T DEVELOP A PLAYER LIKE ANNA SCARLETT OVERNIGHT, SO IT'S A HUGE STEP FOR ANYONE ELSE COMING IN. JULIE CORLETTO AND JESSICA MOULDS ARE NOW THE TEAM'S FRONTLINE DEFENDERS, WITH KAYLA CULLEN ANOTHER OPTION. HARRISON (29) WILL REMAIN WITH THE TEAM AS CO-CAPTAIN AND AS A SUPPORT FIGURE. TO CRICKET ` THE BLACKCAPS HAVE BEEN SENT IN TO BAT FIRST IN THEIR SECOND TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ENGLAND, JUST ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY IN HAMILTON. THEIR FEMALE COUNTERPARTS THE WHITE FERNS ARE ON THE VERGE OF BEING KNOCKED OUT OF THE WORLD CUP IN INDIA. A SERIES OF STRANGE UMPIRING DECISIONS DIDN'T HELP IN THEIR LOSS TO THE WEST INDIES. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. CHASING 208 FOR VICTORY IS FAR FROM IMPOSSIBLE ` STILL, IT'S NOT HELPED BY A DECISION LIKE THIS. OH, MY WORD. HAWKEYE SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S COMING PAST. IF ONLY IT WAS A ONE-OFF. GIVEN! THAT'S A SURPRISE. MASSIVE INSIDE EDGE. NICOLA BROWNE THEN DISMISSED BY A BALL THAT STRUCK HER OUTSIDE THE LINE OF OFF, TO LEAVE THE KIWIS FLOUNDERING AT 83/5. THE UMPIRES' ERROR COUNT GREW STILL. GOING DOWN. OH, THAT'S A POOR DECISION. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE ACTION REPLAY, BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE BALL IS GOING, AND IT IS NOT GOING TO HIT THE STUMPS. FOUR WHITE FERNS WERE GIVEN OUT LBW, ALL OF THEM HOWLERS. WHY NOT APPEAL? WELL, THERE'S NO DECISION REVIEW SYSTEM IN THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. NZ WERE EVENTUALLY DISMISSED FOR 159. WE JUST DIDN'T PLAY GOOD ENOUGH TODAY, AND THE WEST INDIES CAME OUT AND WITH THE BAT THEY PUT ON A DECENT SCORE, AND THEN EXECUTED WITH THE BALL. AND YEAH, WE'RE JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WAY WE PLAYED TODAY. THE TEAM REFUSING TO BLAME ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES. THIS TOURNAMENT'S OPEN TO ANYONE NOW, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT STILL BEING IN WITH A CHANCE. BUT THAT CHANCE IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER. NZ MUST NOW BEAT ENGLAND, AND RELY ON AUSTRALIA TO BEAT THE WINDIES, IF THEY'RE TO HAVE A HOPE OF PROGRESSING TO THE FINAL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. FINALLY TONIGHT, A STORY ABOUT PETROL-HEAD FATHER AND SONS TRYING TO TAKE EACH OTHER OUT. THAT'S STANDARD SUMMER FARE AT THE ANNUAL CARNAGE FESTIVAL THAT IS THE NZ SUPERSTOCKS TEAM CHAMPS. SOMEWHERE IN THIS MOTORING MAYHEM AT PALMERSTON NORTH'S ARENA MANAWATU FAMED LOCAL HARDMEN SCOTT MIERS AND PETER REES, IN BLACK CARS, ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO DEMOLISH THE HOPES OF THEIR DIMINUTIVE TEENAGE SONS, JACK MIERS AND ASHER REES, DRIVING GREEN AND WHITE CARS WITH OTHERS GETTING IN THE WAY. THE OLDER GENERATION PREVAILED I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE FACED THE MUSTANGS OR THE TIGERS, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, PRETTY HARD RACING YOUR OWN BLOOD. ALL SMILES BETWEEN FATHER AND SON AFTERWARDS. SHANE PENN CLAIMED THE TOP THREE SUPERSTOCK TITLES IN THE SAME SEASON. Go the oldies. THANKS, ANDREW. CRICKET COVERAGE ` THE SECOND T20 IN THE TONIGHT BULLETIN FROM 10.50. THANKS, ANDREW. NEXT ON ONE NEWS, KAREN WILL LET YOU KNOW WHERE SOME RAIN'S HEADING. HELLO AGAIN. SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR BOTH ISLANDS TOMORROW AS A COUPLE OF FRONTS MOVE THROUGH. WON'T BE A GREAT DEAL, BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW HEAVY THUNDERY FALLS FOR SOME PARTS. A LITTLE MORE CLOUD OVER US THIS EVENING, COLD FRONT JUST MOVING ONTO THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND THIS EVENING AFTER TRACKING UP THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. MOSTLY FINE AHEAD OF IT UNDER THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. ANOTHER FRONT IS GETTING READY TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE FAR SOUTH. COOLER AIR AND LOTS OF LUMPY SHOWER CLOUD IN ITS WAKE. THAT FRONT MOVES OVER SOUTHLAND TONIGHT AND RACES NORTHWARDS TOMORROW, PUSHED ALONG BY A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THIS BUILDING HIGH IN THE TASMAN. THE LEADING FRONT CONTINUES ITS TREK OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, WEAKENING AS IT GOES, BOTH FRONTS STRUGGLING AGAINST THE HIGH PRESSURE. SHOWERS FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALSO A BAND OF RAIN OR SHOWERS TRACKING NORTHWARDS WITH THE FRONT. MAINLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE, JUST A FEW CLOUDY AREAS. WEST TO SOU'WEST WINDS, BUT A NOR'EASTERLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST. NORTH ISLAND FINE IN MANY PLACES, BUT THIS LINE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT NORTH OF TARANAKI WILL HEAD NORTH AND MAY SPREAD INTO AUCKLAND IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS INTO THE BAY OF PLENTY, GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY, WITH SOME HEAVY, POSSIBLY THUNDERY FALLS MIXED IN. ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN WAIRARAPA. WESTERLY WINDS, THEN A SOUTHERLY CHANGE IN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS TUESDAY.