DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WHAT HAPPENED? SHOCK AFTER THE BLADE RUNNER OSCAR PISTORIUS ALLEGEDLY SHOOTS DEAD HIS GIRLFRIEND. ANGER AS CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER MARK LUNDY WINS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL. WE'RE LIVE AT KIWI SPORTS' GOLDEN NIGHT ` IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALBERG FOUNDATION. WE START TONIGHT WITH A DEVELOPING STORY. SOUTH AFRICAN PARALYMPIAN OSCAR PISTORIUS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING DEAD HIS GIRLFRIEND. SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE CONFIRM A MAN (26) WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A SHOOTING AT HIS HOME IN A GATED COMPLEX IN PRETORIA AROUND 3PM NZ TIME. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOME, PARAMEDICS WERE ATTENDING A WOMAN WHO'D BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD AND UPPER BODY. SHE DIED AT THE SCENE. A MURDER INVESTIGATION'S BEGUN. PISTORIUS IS KNOWN AS THE BLADE RUNNER AND WAS THE FIRST DOUBLE AMPUTEE TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS. HE RACES USING CARBON-FIBRE PROSTHETICS AND REACHED THE 400M SEMI-FINALS AT LONDON 2012. HE'S REGARDED AS A SPORTING ICON IN SOUTH AFRICA. SOME LOCAL MEDIA ARE REPORTING THAT PISTORIUS MAY HAVE MISTAKEN HIS GIRLFRIEND FOR A BURGLAR. SOUTH AFRICA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S HIGHEST CRIME RATES AND MANY RESIDENTS KEEP GUNS. SOUTH AFRICA'S SPORTS CONFEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVE SO FAR REFUSED TO COMMENT. WE CROSS NOW LIVE TO HELEN CASTLES AT AUCKLAND'S VECTOR ARENA, WHERE THE HALBERG AWARDS ARE TAKING PLACE TONIGHT. WE'LL GET MORE ON THE AWARDS SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, HELEN, WHAT IS THE REACTION FROM THE NZ SPORTS COMMUNITY TO THIS NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA? GOOD EVENING. I SPOKE WITH VALERIE ADAMS A SHORT TIME AGO. SHE WAS IN THE LONDON OLYMPICS OH. IT'S VERY TRAGIC. I'M QUITE... THIS IS SHOCKING TO HEAR AND VERY TRAGIC. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY. NOW HELEN, TO THE AWARDS RECOGNISING OUR SPORTING EXCELLENCE ` WHO'S GOT THE HONOURS SO FAR? THE ATMOSPHERE BEHIND ME IS BRILLIANT THIS EVENING/ VALERIE ADAMS TOOK OUT FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN A ROW SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR MAHE DRYSDALE WON SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR THE AWARDS ARE ONGOING. AND IN OTHER BREAKING NEWS, TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE SHALVIN PRASAD HOMICIDE INQUIRY. THE MEN, AGED 18 AND 20, BOTH FROM PAPATOETOE, WILL APPEAR IN THE MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT TOMORROW, JOINTLY CHARGED WITH PRASAD'S MURDER. HIS FAMILY WERE ADVISED OF THE ARRESTS THIS EVENING. POLICE SAY THEY'RE PLEASED TO HAVE MADE EARLY ARRESTS, BUT ARE STILL SEEKING MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING MR PRASAD'S PERSONAL EFFECTS. AND WAIKATO POLICE INVESTIGATING THE JUNE 2012 MURDER OF PAEROA BUSINESSMAN JORDAN VOUDOURIS ARE OFFERING A REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO A CONVICTION. POLICE BELIEVE THE $50,000 INCENTIVE WILL HELP THEM SOLVE THE EIGHT-MONTH-OLD MURDER. IN ADDITION, IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY ACCOMPLICE WHO FIRST GIVES INFORMATION. MR VOUDOURIS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS MYKONOS PIZZA AND PASTA RESTAURANT ON JUNE 18TH LAST YEAR. POLICE SAY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIS FAMILY AND THE WIDER PAEROA COMMUNITY THAT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION COMES FORWARD. 'GUT WRENCHING' ` THAT'S HOW THE FAMILY OF MARK LUNDY'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER FEEL ABOUT HIS APPEAL. THE CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER'S WON THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON. RENEE GRAHAM IN PALMERSTON NORTH. CONVICTED MURDERER MARK LUNDY HAS BEEN GIVEN A LAST CHANCE TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE ` THIS TIME BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON. GLENN WEGGERY DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF HIS SISTER AND NIECE (7), WHO WERE ATTACKED WITH AN AXE IN THEIR PALMERSTON NORTH HOME. HE SAYS THE APPEAL MEANS HIS FAMILY WILL FACE THE HORROR AGAIN. I PRETTY MUCH RE-LIVE IT EVERY DAY, COS HAVING BEEN IN THAT HOUSE AND HAVING SEEN IT, IT'S NOT AN IMAGE I'LL GET OUT OF MY BRAIN. LUNDY WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 2002 AFTER A SIX-WEEK TRIAL. LUNDY CLAIMED HE COULD NOT HAVE KILLED HIS WIFE AND CHILD BECAUSE HE WAS IN WELLINGTON ON BUSINESS AND MET WITH A PROSTITUTE. BUT THE JURY ACCEPTED THE CROWN'S ARGUMENT THAT HE HAD TIME TO DRIVE TO PALMERSTON NORTH, COMMIT THE MURDERS AND RETURN TO WELLINGTON. GLENN WEGGERY SAYS IT'S 'GUT-WRENCHING' THE FAMILY WERE TOLD BY MEDIA THE BRITISH LAW LORDS WILL HEAR THE CASE. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH. IT'S A CASE OF WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, AMBER AND CHRISTINE AREN'T RESTING IN PEACE, COS, YOU KNOW... A COURTESY CALL EVEN FROM THE OPPOSITION SIDE OF THINGS WOULD BE NICE. LUNDY'S LEGAL TEAM WILL ARGUE THE CROWN'S CASE WAS BASED ON FLAWED SCIENCE. THEY'LL QUESTION KEY EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SPECKS OF BRAIN TISSUE FOUND ON MARK LUNDY'S SHIRT. THE SECOND GROUND IS THE TIME OF DEATH. AGAIN, WE SUGGEST THAT THE SCIENCE DEPLOYED TO DETERMINE THE TIME OF DEATH IN THE ORIGINAL TRIAL WAS SOME BAD SCIENCE. A FAMILY FRIENDS SAYS IT'S TRAGIC THE APPEAL IS GOING AHEAD. THERE'S TOO MUCH EVIDENCE AGAINST MARK, SO THE FACT THAT THEY'VE DECIDED THEY WILL ACCEPT IT IS PRETTY SCARY REALITY, REALLY. GOT A BUNCH OF LORDS 12,000 MILES AWAY. WHO KNOWS HOW THEY'RE GONNA CALL IT? WE JUST HOPE THEY'RE GONNA SEE IT THE SAME WAY AS BOTH NZ TRIALS DID. THE PRIVY COUNCIL WILL HEAR THE CASE OVER THREE DAYS IN JUNE. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. IN ANOTHER BODY BLOW TO WORKERS, NZ POST HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S SHEDDING A HUNDRED JOBS THE DAY AFTER CONTACT ENERGY SLASHED A SIMILAR NUMBER. GEORGINA BALL REPORTS ON WHAT'S LEAD TO THIS MOVE AT NZ POST. 70 JOBS WILL BE AXED WHEN NZ POST CLOSES THIS PRINTING PLANT AT PETONE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON, THIS IS A BITTER BLOW, GIVEN THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AT 7%. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PRETTY PLACE TO HAVE TO BE GOING, THE JOB MARKET. ANOTHER 30 JOBS WILL BE CUT AT THIS SITE IN AUCKLAND AS THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW PRINTERS TO REPLACE STAFF. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MANUAL INPUT AND OVERSIGHT. THE JOB LOSSES WILL BE OFFSET BY THE CREATION OF 30 JOBS AT DATAMAIL'S CHRISTCHURCH CENTRE, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT ON LOWER HUTT'S ECONOMY. THE LOWER HUTT MAYOR, RAY WALLACE, SAYS THE CLOSURE OF THE PETONE PLANT IS A MAJOR BLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, WHICH HAD BEEN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. HE SAYS HE WISHES NZ POST HAD TALKED TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE DECIDING TO SHUT UP SHOP IN PETONE. THE OPPOSITION IS ALSO ASKING IF ENOUGH'S BEEN DONE TO KEEP THE SITE OPEN. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ENQUIRIES THE STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES MINISTER MADE OF NZ POST. DID THE GOVERNMENT MEET WITH NZ POST TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANOTHER SOLUTION TO THIS? THE NZ POST JOB CUTS ARE THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF BIG LAY-OFFS BY OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS. YEP, WE DO SEE CHANGES. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SEEING THOSE CHANGES. WE LOSE AND CREATE ABOUT 250,000 JOBS IN THE NZ ECONOMY EVERY YEAR. BUT THAT'S COLD COMFORT FOR THOSE ABOUT TO BE ON THE JOB HUNT, WITH THIS SITE DUE TO BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. MEANWHILE, THE CONTACT ENERGY JOB CUTS ARE FUELLING FRESH DEBATE ON THE PARTIAL SALE OF STATE ASSETS. THE COMPANY'S AXING A HUNDRED JOBS DUE TO AN OVERSUPPLY OF POWER AND FLAT DEMAND. NOW THE OPPOSITION'S WARNING THE TWO STATE-OWNED ENERGY COMPANIES UP FOR PARTIAL SALE COULD BE FORCED TO FOLLOW ITS LEAD AND LAY OFF STAFF TO STAY COMPETITIVE. IF THESE COMPANIES ARE SOLD AND THEY'RE SOLD TO FOREIGN COMPANIES, THEN THE PROFIT MOTIVE WILL OVERTAKE NZ'S BEST INTERESTS. JOHN KEY IS BRUSHING OFF THE CONCERNS, SAYING HE'S CONFIDENT THE DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY WILL GROW AS THE ECONOMY GROWS. THE MAN WHO MURDERED BABY JJ HAS BEEN LABELLED AN EVIL MONSTER BY THE TODDLER'S FAMILY. JOEL LOFFLEY HAS BEEN JAILED FOR LIFE FOR KILLING THE 2-YEAR-OLD IN 2011. WILL HINE WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. HEADING TO JAIL, LOFFLEY'S LAST ACT WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FAMILY IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY. HE'LL SPEND 19 YEARS BEHIND BARS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE FOR MURDERING HIS PARTNER'S CHILD, JAMES LAWRENCE. HE STRUCK THE TODDLER SO HARD HE SPLIT THE BOY'S PANCREAS AND LIVER IN TWO. LOFFLEY ROLLED HIS EYES AS BABY JJ'S AUNT, WHO WE CAN'T SHOW, TALKED OF THE PAIN THE DEATH HAD CAUSED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A GROWN MAN CAN TAKE THE LIFE OF A BABY. I BELIEVE THOSE ACTIONS CAN ONLY HAVE BEEN OF AN INHUMAN, EVIL, SICK, TWISTED INDIVIDUAL. SHE DESCRIBED HIM AS A MONSTER, AS DID ANOTHER AUNT. I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, BITTER AND HATEFUL IN ALL MY LIFE. I HATE YOU, JOEL LOFFLEY. YOUR EXISTENCE DISGUSTS ME. THE JUDGE SAID IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY FORCE TO SPLIT THE BOY'S ORGANS. THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT WHEN YOU PUNCHED JJ OR KICKED HIM, YOU HAD HIM PINNED SO THAT HE COULD NOT MOVE AND SO THAT HIS SMALL BODY WOULD ABSORB THE FULL FORCE OF YOUR ASSAULT. DURING THE TRIAL, EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN THAT LOFFLEY HAD USED AN ASTHMA INHALER TO GIVE THE TODDLER CANNABIS. THE COURT ALSO HEARD THAT JJ HAD SUFFERED FREQUENT INJURIES, INCLUDING TWO BROKEN ARMS AND EXTENSIVE BRUISING. MANY OF THE INJURIES HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUFFERED MUST HAVE BEEN INFLICTED BY YOU. YOUR ASSAULT ON JJ THE DAY HE DIED 8 AND MOST EXTREME. LOFFLEY'S LAWYER SAYS HIS CLIENT STILL BLAMES OTHERS FOR THE DEATH. BUT THE 30-YEAR-OLD'S YET TO CONVINCE HIS OWN FAMILY. IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD FIND TO VERIFY HE'S INNOCENT, MAYBE. BUT FROM WHERE I STAND, I SEE NOTHING. LOFFLEY WILL BE ALMOST 50 BY THE TIME HE'S ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. ACTIVIST TAME ITI WILL BE A FREE MAN IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT AFTER SERVING JUST 10 MONTHS OF HIS PRISON SENTENCE. ITI WAS JAILED FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN MAY ON FIREARMS CHARGES AS PART OF THE SO-CALLED 'UREWERA FOUR' TERROR RAIDS. THE PAROLE BOARD SAYS IT'S SATISFIED HE ISN'T AN UNDUE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. ITI TWEETED THE NEWS, SAYING, 'IT'S A GOOD DAY. 'THEY ARE SENDING ME HOME. I CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK WITH MY WHANAU. SHANE JONES IS SET TO BE RETURN TO A SENIOR LABOUR PARTY POSITION AFTER A DRAFT REPORT CLEARED HIM OF ANY WRONGDOING IN AN IMMIGRATION CASE. THE MP WAS STOOD DOWN LAST YEAR AFTER APPROVING CITIZENSHIP FOR CHINESE MILLIONAIRE BILL LIU, OVERRULING OFFICIAL ADVICE. THE REASON WE COMMISSIONED THE REPORT WAS SO THAT SHANE COULD HAVE A CHANCE OF CLEARING HIS NAME. AND IF THAT HAPPENS WITH THE FINAL REPORT, THEN SHANE WILL COME BACK TO NORMAL DUTIES. A RESHUFFLE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL SEE MR JONES BACK ON THE FRONT BENCH. JUST AHEAD ` WE HEAR FROM THE MAN HIMSELF ` WHY THE POPE STEPPED DOWN. MISERY AT SEA ` HORROR TALES FROM ABOARD A STRICKEN CRUISE LINER STILL A DAY FROM LAND. AND SEE A FAMILY RESEMBLANCE? PROBABLY NOT, BUT THIS CRITTER COULD BE YOUR VERY DISTANT COUSIN. Now, if you think that tequila is only for shots, you're missing out. Cuervo goes with just about everything, and 120 million Mexicans can't be wrong. The El Santo using Cuervo Silver and Mac's Lemon Crush ` it's a citrusy slap round the face and the drink to surprise your mates with this summer. The taste is amazing. It's an explosion of flavour ` spicy, fruity. It's really something different, and I challenge you to try it. Whether a mixed drink or a shot, Cuervo should always be served ice cold. Fill your glass with ice, next up our Cuervo Silver ` 45ml, then our Mac's Lemon Crush ` about 100ml just at the top ` and finally a wedge of lemon. Simple, but the taste is anything but. The El Santo with Cuervo Silver ` who's in? For the recipe... or go to themix.co.nz, where you can also win great prizes. Get Cuervo Silver and a free four-pack of Mac's Lemon Crush off The Mix stand this month while stocks last. Check out themix.co.nz. WHIMSICAL MUSIC TINKLING When you save, you don't pay interest; you earn it. That makes saving the cheapest way to buy the things you want. In fact, once you start saving, you'll be surprised what you can afford. Grow your savings ` it's all part of being sorted. POPE BENEDICT'S TOLD AN AUDIENCE AT HIS FINAL PUBLIC MASS AS PONTIFF THAT HE MADE THE DECISION TO STEP DOWN AFTER A PERIOD OF LONG REFLECTION. SO MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO BE AT THE SERVICE IT HAD TO BE MOVED TO A BIGGER CHURCH. HERE'S ABC'S DAN HARRIS. ON THIS ASH WEDNESDAY AT HIS LAST PUBLIC MASS, WEE PROBLE THERE WITH THAT. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE HALBERG AWARDS HELEN, I BELIEVE THE SUPREME AWARD HAS JUST BEEN HANDED OUT. WHICH GIVE BIRTH TO LIVE YOUNG AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS IDENTIFIED USING THE MORPHOBANK, THE WORLD'S LARGEST DATABASE OF GENETIC AND PHYSICAL TRAITS. THE ANIMAL LIVED AT THE TIME DINOSAURS BECAME EXTINCT. AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE SPECIATED VERY QUICKLY AND VERY EXTENSIVELY AFTER THAT AND STARTED TO GIVE US THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GROUPS OF ALL THE MAMMALS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, LIKE PRIMATES AND WHALES AND BATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE CRITTER WAS A TREE-CLIMBER WITH A FURRY TAIL, WEIGHING BETWEEN 5G AND 245G, HAD A BRAIN WITH A COMPLICATED CEREBRAL CORTEX AND THREE PAIRS OF MOLARS. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES HAVE ADMITTED THE SHIP CRIPPLED ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH 400O PEOPLE ABOARD HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN DROPPED ON TO THE SHIP AND A THIRD TUGBOAT DESPATCHED TO TOW IT ASHORE, BUT IT'S STILL A DAY FROM LAND. HERE'S ABC'S MATT GUTMAN. TONIGHT WE SAW FIRST-HAND THE CRIPPLED TRIUMPH FROM THE AIR. WE'RE ABOUT 129 MILES OFF THE COAST. SO THEY HAVE A WAYS TO GO? YEAH. LIMPING TOWARDS LAND. IT TOOK US A LITTLE OVER 40 MINUTES TO GET OUT HERE BY PLANE, BUT IT COULD TAKE THAT SHIP ANOTHER 24 HOURS BEFORE IT DOCKS. THERE ON DECK, SOME THE 4200 PASSENGERS ON BOARD LANGUISHING IN THEIR SEVENTH DAY AT SEA ` MORE THAN HALF OF THAT TIME SPENT WITHOUT POWER AND LIMITED SANITATION, A FAR CRY FROM THE VACATIONS PASSENGERS LIKE ANNE BARLOW EXPECTED. HER TEXT A CHRONICAL OF MISERY. THREE DAYS AFTER FIRE KILLS THE ENGINES, SHE REASSURES HER FAMILY. BUT JUST 24 HOURS LATER... BUT JUST 24 HOURS LATER... SHE WROTE THEY ARE NOT FINE. OTHER PASSENGERS TEXTING ABOUT OTHER PASSENGERS TEXTING ABOUT SUBSISTING ON CUCUMBERS AND ONION SANDWICHES. ALSO ON BOARD ` REBECCA PEROT (12). HER MOM, WORRIED SICK, DROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT TO BE HERE. MY BABY'S ON THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT'S SHE OK. AND SHE WAS SCARED. SHE WAS HYSTERICALLY CRYING, 'MOMMY, I'M SO SCARED.' BACK ON LAND, A PHOTO OF THE CEO OF CARNIVAL AT THE MIAMI HEAT GAME LAST NIGHT IS IGNITING THE INTERNET. MEANTIME, CARNIVAL SAYS 3000 STAFF ARE WORKING THE ISSUE, BUT THE CRUISE LINE REFUSED TO MUSTER A SINGLE ONE OF THEM FOR AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW. TUGBOATS WILL NUDGE THE TRIUMPH INTO THIS CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL HERE, AND THEN THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS WILL GO THROUGH THAT JET BRIDGE AND BE TRIAGED BY EMTS. THEN THEY'LL BE BUSSED TO NEW ORLEANS, WHERE THERE ARE 1500 ROOMS WAITING. CARNIVAL HAS ALSO SAID IT WILL INCREASE THE COMPENSATION TO THE PASSENGERS BY $500. JUST AHEAD ` SHE GAVE HIM HER HEART AND THEN EVEN MORE OF HERSELF. THE ULTIMATE GIFT OF LOVE ON VALENTINE'S DAY. AND A FINE, DRY AND COOLER NIGHT FOR MOST, PLUS YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST COMING. 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 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. TO SPORTS NEWS NOW, AND THE DRAMA SURROUNDING THE SONNY BILL WILLIAMS AND FRANCOIS BOTHA BOXING BOUT CONTINUES. REFEREE TONY KETTLEWELL SAYS HE KNEW ABOUT AN ALLEGED BRIBE OFFERED TO FRANCOIS BOTHA TO THROW THE FIGHT. A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN'S TEAM TOLD MR KETTLEWELL BEFORE THE MATCH. FRANCOIS BOTHA CLAIMS THAT WILLIAMS' MANAGER, KHODER NASSER, OFFERED HIM $183,000 TO LOSE THE FIGHT. HE SAYS HE REFUSED. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A FRONT NIBBLES THE FAR SOUTH AND THEN SLIPS AWAY TO THE EAST TOMORROW, THE WARM SECTION HERE FOLLOWING SUIT. THE HIGH STAYS PUT IN THE TASMAN BUT CONTINUES TO STRETCH OUT OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, LEAVING THE SOUTH ISLAND IN THE TAIL END OF THE SOUTH-WEST FLOW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. FINALLY TONIGHT, WE COULDN'T LET VALENTINE'S DAY PASS UNMARKED. MELISSA DEGESO OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, PROVED SHE'S A MATCH IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE FOR HER HUSBAND, JASON, WHEN SHE GAVE HIM A LIFESAVING GIFT. AN ABC REPORTER WITH THE BEST NAME FOR A VALENTINE'S DAY STORY HAS MORE. HERE'S MARK JOYELLO. COME ON IN. HAVE A SEAT. MELISSA MET JAMES THREE YEARS AGO ONLY TO LEARN MONTHS LATER HE HAD KIDNEY DISEASE. I MEAN, WE COULDN'T CONTINUE TO DATE IF HE WASN'T GOING TO LIVE. THEY WERE MARRIED LAST OCTOBER, AND ON MONDAY, SHE GAVE HIM THE KIDNEY HE NEEDED TO SAVE HIS LIFE. MY WIFE'S MY HERO. HUSBAND AND WIFE, STILL NEWLYWEDS, AND PERFECTLY PAIRED FOR TRANSPLANT SURGERY LIKE THIS. THEY WERE COMPATIBLE IN LOVE AND THEN ARE NOW IMMUNOLOGICALLY COMPATIBLE AS WELL, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THIS A UNIQUE SITUATION, A BEAUTIFUL STORY. HE FOUND A PERFECT MATCH. AND THEIR SIMULTANEOUS SURGERIES ` ONE TEAM REMOVING MELISSA'S KIDNEY AND THE OTHER PREPARING TO GIVE IT TO JAMES ` WERE A TOTAL SUCCESS. I FEEL ABSOLUTELY MARVELLOUS. THEY COULD BOTH BE DISCHARGED ON VALENTINE'S DAY, WITH PLANS TO REST FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN TAKE THE HONEYMOON THAT HAD TO WAIT. HE WANTS FIJI; SHE WANTS COSTA RICA. JAMES SAYS THAT MEANS THEY'LL BE GOING TO COSTA RICA. TO BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY, UM, AND ELECT TO HAVE SURGERY, IT SHOWS THE LOVE AND TRUE COMPASSION THAT ONE PERSON CAN REALLY HAVE. AND IT WILL TAKE ME A LIFETIME OF RECIPROCATION TO DUPLICATE THIS. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. POMARIE, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND ANGELA ALICE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.