HOWDY, EVERYBODY. TINY, DRIBBLY FRONTS KEEP PUSHING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN OCEANS, BUT THEY'RE PATHETIC LITTLE CLOUD BANDS BY THE TIME THEY COME ASHORE. SO THE DUSTY DRY SUMMER STAYS WITH US, AND IT'S HOT, WITH 28 DEGREES INLAND. THERE IS SOME RAIN FOR NEXT WEEK, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL ENJOY THAT GAME OF GOLF OR CAMPSITE BY THE RIVER. IT'S A PROMISING WEEKEND. 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. < HOW DO YOU PLEAD, GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? GUILTY. THE WORD A FAMILY'S BEEN WAITING 10 YEARS TO HEAR, BUT THERE'S STILL SOMETHING MISSING IN THE KILLING OF SARA NIETHE. THE TRAILBLAZING OLYMPIC BLADE RUNNER ` NOW HE'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING DEAD HIS MODEL GIRLFRIEND. WATCH OUT FOR ONE HUGE WRECKING ROCK ` WATCH OUT FOR ONE HUGE WRECKING ROCK ` HEAR WHAT DAMAGE IT'D DO IF IT HIT EARTH. AND WE GO FOR A TEST DRIVE IN A CAR WHERE NO HANDS ARE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE FAMILY OF SARA NIETHE IS TONIGHT PLEADING FOR HER FORMER BOYFRIEND TO NOW REVEAL WHERE HER BODY IS BURIED. MARK PAKENHAM HAS ADMITTED MANSLAUGHTER 10 YEARS AFTER THE MOTHER-OF-THREE DISAPPEARED. BUT HE'S REFUSING TO TELL ALL. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS BEEN AT THE HIGH COURT IN HAMILTON. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? GUILTY. MARK PAKENHAM PLEADED GUILTY THREE TIMES TODAY ` TWICE IN RELATION TO INJURING TWO SEPARATE WOMEN; THE THIRD, FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF SARA NIETHE (30). BUT THOSE WORDS BROUGHT LITTLE RELIEF FOR SARA'S FAMILY, WHO STILL CAN'T BURY HER. IT'S PAINFUL NOT TO KNOW AND FOR HER NOT TO BE THERE FOR THE CHILDREN GROWING UP. FOR 10 YEARS PAKENHAM DENIED KILLING SARA, EVEN APPEARING ON TV TO DEFEND HIMSELF. < DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE? NO, DEFINITELY NOT. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. IT'S A LONG TIME TO KEEP SAYING, 'NO, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING', AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CHANGE HIS MIND. PAKENHAM HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, BREAKING PROTECTION ORDERS AND THREATENING TO KILL. ALL I CAN SEE IS A VIOLENT MAN ALL I CAN SEE IS A VIOLENT MAN AND I CAN'T SEE HIM JUST BEING A PEACEFUL DEATH. IF HE'S KILLED HER, THEN I THINK IT'S MORE VIOLENT THAN HE'S SAYING. HE NOW SAYS HE OVERDOSED HIS GIRLFRIEND ON METHAMPHETAMINE, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO HER BODY. THE FATHER OF SARA'S DAUGHTERS WANTED TO SPEAK TO MEDIA TODAY, BUT IN THE END WAS TOO EMOTIONAL. INSTEAD HE GAVE ME A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE SAID THE FAMILY WOULD NEVER ACCEPT MANSLAUGHTER, BUT SARA'S CHILDREN MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEGIN TO HEAL IF THEIR MOTHER'S BODY WAS RETURNED TO THEM. WE'RE JUST HOPEFUL THAT MR PAKENHAM DOESN'T COMPOUND ONE MONSTROUS ACT WITH ANOTHER EVIL ACT OF FAILING TO SHOW THE COMPASSION FOR THE FAMILY. WHILE HIS ABOUT-TURN IS A RESULT OF SORTS, IT'S NOT ONE POLICE ARE CELEBRATING. IT'S AN ODD FEELING. IT'S BITTERSWEET. IT'S BITTERSWEET FOR THE FAMILY AND THE YEARS THAT WE'VE PUT IN. IT'S KIND OF A RELIEF THAT IT'S GOT TO THIS POINT, BUT CLEARLY OUR JOB'S NOT DONE YET AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON GETTING SARA BACK TO HER FAMILY. MARK PAKENHAM'S SENTENCING IS SET DOWN FOR JUNE. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. AND SUNDAY THIS WEEK HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH PAKENHAM, A TAPE THAT WAS SEIZED BY POLICE AS EVIDENCE. DURING IT PAKENHAM CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR SARA NIETHE AND LIES ABOUT HER DISAPPEARANCE. THAT'S SUNDAY, AT 7 O'CLOCK. THE OLYMPIAN DUBBED 'BLADE RUNNER' IS SET TO APPEAR IN A SOUTH AFRICAN COURT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS CHARGED WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MURDER. DOUBLE-AMPUTEE OSCAR PISTORIUS IS ACCUSED OF FIRING THE FATAL SHOTS AT THE COUPLE'S HOME IN PRETORIA. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING HAS MORE. PISTORIUS WINS... THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYONE QUITE LIKE HIM. THE BLADE RUNNER A GLOBAL SENSATION. IT'S GOLD AGAIN FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS. BUT TODAY THE POLICE SAY SOUTH AFRICA'S OSCAR PISTORIUS IS A MURDER SUSPECT, ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE EARLY THIS MORNING AT PISTORIUS' HOME ON A CLOSELY GUARDED SUBURBAN ESTATE. WE CAN CONFIRM THAT A YOUNG WOMAN, A WOMAN (30), DID DIE ON THE SCENE OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. A MAN (26) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND IS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER. THE POLICE SAID NEIGHBOURS HEARD LOUD VOICES, AN ARGUMENT, AT THE HOUSE OVERNIGHT, THEN GUNSHOTS. THEY SAID THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS DOMESTIC INCIDENTS AT THE HOME. THE POLICE DISTANCED THEMSELVES FROM SPECULATION THAT PISTORIUS COULD HAVE SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND BY ACCIDENT AFTER MISTAKING HER FOR A BURGLAR. THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE WERE JUST AS SURPRISED THIS MORNING TO HEAR OVER THE RADIO THAT ALLEGATIONS HAD BEEN MADE THAT, UM, THE DECEASED HAD BEEN PERCEIVED TO BE A BURGLAR. WE WERE VERY SURPRISED, AND THOSE ALLEGATIONS DID NOT COME FROM US. THE DEAD WOMAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS REEVA STEENKAMP, A WELL-KNOWN SOUTH AFRICAN MODEL WHO'D BEEN DATING PISTORIUS SINCE NOVEMBER. THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR CAREERS WERE RARELY OUT OF THE HEADLINES HERE. HER FUTURE HAS BEEN CUT SHORT. ALL HER DREAMS HAVE BEEN AND WHAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PAST, AND THE FAMILY AT THE MOMENT, BARRY AND JUNE, ARE DEVASTATED. AS FOR PISTORIUS, IT'S BEEN A REMARKABLE LIFE. HE WAS BORN WITHOUT FIBULA BONES IN HIS LOWER LEGS. THEY WERE AMPUTATED WHEN HE WAS A YEAR OLD. WITH THE HELP OF REVOLUTIONARY PROSTHETIC LEGS, HE BLOSSOMED INTO AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE. BUT NOW A GLITTERING CAREER HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY THE SHOCKING AND AS YET UNEXPLAINED DEATH THAT OCCURRED ON THIS WEALTHY SOUTH AFRICAN ESTATE. THERE'S SHOCK IN ATHLETICS CIRCLES HERE AMONG PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD CLOSE CONTACT WITH OSCAR PISTORIUS. THE BLADE RUNNER COMPETED IN THE PARALYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CHRISTCHURCH IN 2011, CLAIMING THREE TITLES. MARK WATSON SPENT TIME WITH HIM AT THE EVENT. VERY ENDEARING. CERTAINLY THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF HUMILITY ABOUT HIM, WHICH YOU WARMED TO. VERY GOOD WITH THE KIDS, VERY GOOD WITH THE FANS. I THINK HE REALISED THAT HE HAD A RESPONSIBILITY THAT CAME WITH HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS, BUT ALSO WITH HIS CELEBRITY. HE SAYS PISTORIUS CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR MAKING PARALYMPIC SPORT POPULAR. THE FAMILY OF THE RADIO JOURNALIST BASHED TO DEATH IN WELLINGTON ARE DISGUSTED HIS KILLER WAS ON SUPERVISION FOR ANOTHER ASSAULT AT THE TIME. NICHO WAIPUKA (20) HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY 13 YEARS' JAIL FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF PHILLIP COTTRELL. MATT MCLEAN WAS IN COURT. NICHO WAIPUKA ASSAULTED PHILLIP COTTRELL SO SEVERELY HE NEVER RECOVERED FROM HIS INJURIES. TODAY, HE WAS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS' BEHIND BARS. NOTHING WAS EVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR US. BUT JUSTICE MILLER'S DONE THE BEST FOR US THAT HE POSSIBLY COULD IN THESE SITUATIONS, AND WE ARE REALLY REALLY GRATEFUL. PHILLIP COTTRELL (43) WAS A RADIO JOURNALIST WHO HAD BRITTLE BONES AS A RESULT OF A GENETIC CONDITION. HE WAS WALKING HOME AT AROUND 5.30 IN THE MORNING AFTER WORKING A LATE SHIFT WHEN WAIPUKA ATTACKED. PHILLIP COTTRELL'S SKULL SHATTERED, AND HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES. TODAY, IN THE HIGH COURT, THE JUDGE COMMENTED ON WAIPUKA'S COMPLETE LACK OF REMORSE. HE SPOKE OF EVIDENCE SHOWING WAIPUKA HAD GONE INTO TOWN THAT NIGHT LOOKING FOR A FIGHT. BUT WHAT SHOCKED PHILLIP COTTRELL'S FAMILY MORE WAS THE ADMISSION THAT NICHO WAIPUKA HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO INTENSIVE SUPERVISION JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE PHILLIP'S DEATH FOR ANOTHER UNPROVOKED ASSAULT. WE FOUND THAT OUT JUST BEFORE WE WALKED INTO THE COURT THIS MORNING. THAT WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ON THE STREET. HE ALSO HAS A RAP SHEET OF 24 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS ` SOME FOR ASSAULT AND THREATENING TO KILL. WAIPUKA AND A CO-ACCUSED (18) WERE ACQUITTED OF MURDER LAST YEAR, BUT WAIPUKA, ALONE, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. TODAY, OUTSIDE COURT SUSAN HOLLOWS SPOKE OF THE MAN HER BROTHER WAS. HE WAS ONE OF LIFE'S GENTLEMEN. HE WAS A GOOD, CARING, THOUGHTFUL HUMAN BEING. NICHO WAIPUKA WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN JUST OVER EIGHT YEARS' TIME. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED ONE OF THE MEN CHARGED WITH MURDERING A 21-YEAR-OLD FOUND BURNED TO DEATH IN RURAL SOUTH AUCKLAND KNEW HIM. INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY MOST OF THE $30,000 SHALVIN PRASAD WITHDREW BEFORE HIS KILLING HAS BEEN SPENT. WILL HINE WITH THE LATEST. WE CAN'T SHOW YOU THE IDENTITY OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF MURDERING MR PRASAD, NOR CAN WE NAME THEM. BUT POLICE ARE CONFIDENT THE 18` AND 20-YEAR-OLDS, BOTH OF INDIAN DESCENT, ARE BEHIND MR PRASAD'S DEATH IN KINGSEAT ON THE JANUARY THE 31ST. I WENT ROUND AND ADVISED SHALVIN'S FAMILY OF THE ARRESTS YESTERDAY EVENING, AND THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT AND VERY RELIEVED. MR LYNCH SAYS THE VICTIM KNEW AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF HIS MURDER. THERE'S NO SORT OF DEBATE AROUND THE FACT THAT HE DID CERTAINLY KNOW SHALVIN. < NOT A BLOOD RELATION, THOUGH? CERTAINLY NO INDICATION THAT IT'S FAMILY. IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH FAMILY. THE POLICE SAY ANOTHER ARREST MAY BE PENDING. THEY'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER A THIRD PERSON WAS AN ACCESSORY TO THE MURDER, AFTER IT WAS COMMITTED. MR PRASAD WITHDREW $30,000 FROM THE BANK THE DAY BEFORE HE DIED. THE POLICE SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO IT WILL BE CENTRAL TO THEIR CASE. WE HAVEN'T LOCATED THE ACTUAL MONEY, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT. BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT STILL LOOKING FOR AN OUTSTANDING PILE OF CASH. MR LYNCH IS NOW AFTER INFORMATION ON VEHICLES LIKE THESE ` A 2008 LIME-GREEN HOLDEN COMMODORE AND A 2001 SILVER OR GREY NISSAN BLUEBIRD. WE'RE INTERESTED IN SIGHTINGS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES EITHER TRAVELLING IN TANDEM OR BY THEMSELVES ANYWHERE BETWEEN THE PAPAKURA AREA AND KINGSEAT FROM ABOUT 9PM ON THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TO THE EARLY HOURS OF THURSDAY MORNING. THE TWO MEN WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. WE CAN NOW SHOW YOU THE 18-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS FRIEND WITH AN AIRGUN DURING A DRINKING SESSION IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. ZHIVARGO WILLIAMS WILL RE-APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH FOR MANSLAUGHTER. SHAUN TOWNSLEY DIED LAST MONTH AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE CHEST IN THE BACKYARD OF THIS MANUREWA HOME. HE WAS WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS SHOOTING TARGETS OFF THE BACK FENCE. 11 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED, ONE CRITICALLY, ANOTHER SERIOUSLY, AFTER TWO VANS COLLIDED IN KING COUNTRY. THE SMASH OCCURRED JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON ALONG RIVER ROAD IN TOKIRIMA, ABOUT HALF AN HOUR'S DRIVE FROM TAUMARUNUI. A HELICOPTER AIRLIFTED THE BADLY INJURED PAIR TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL. THOSE WITH MODERATE INJURIES ARE BEING FLOWN TO TAUMARUNUI HOSPITAL. 21 PEOPLE WERE IN THE VANS. WE CAN NOW TAKE YOU BACK INSIDE THE SHATTERED HEART OF CHRISTCHURCH. NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEADLY QUAKE, LISA DAVIES HAS BEEN ON A TOUR OF THE RED-ZONED CBD, WHICH IS NOW BEING RE-NAMED 'THE REBUILD ZONE'. THE SOUND OF A CBD ON THE MEND. DRILLS WHINE, HAMMERS BANG ON ANY GIVEN DAY, OVER 1000 PEOPLE ARE AT WORK IN HERE, REVIVING THE SHATTERED CBD FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE RED ZONE. WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO FROM TODAY ON IS REFER TO IT AS THE 'REBUILD ZONE'. WE WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR TO SHOW WHY, MEETING BUSINESS OWNERS BACKING THE REBUILD. AVONMORE COLLEGE WILL BE THE ONE OF THE FIRST TENANTS IN WHAT'S BEEN THE DOMAIN OF THE DIGGER. WE BELIEVE IN THE CBD. WE WANT TO BE HERE. THIS SITE ONCE BOASTED A LINE OF BARS ALONG THE RIVER. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO MUCK AROUND. LETS GET AT IT. OWNER ANTHONY GOUGH IS PROMISING TO RETURN IT TO IT'S FORMER GLORY. I'M GOING TO REPLACE MY BUILDING STOCK WITH OUTSTANDING STOCK. HE'S ALSO ONE OF 47 PROPERTY OWNERS d TO RELINQUISH LAND TO 8 THE GOVERNMENT SO FAR, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 350 CBD PROPERTIES, 1400 DEMOLITIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE CITY SO FAR, OVER 900 OF THOSE IN THE CBD ALONE, AND THERE'S STILL 48 TO GO. AND THE CORDONED AREA IS SHRINKING ALL THE TIME, DOWN 90% TO JUST 38HA. NEW REGENT STREET WILL OPEN NEXT MONTH, AND THE OLD GOVERNMENT BUILDING IS OPENING ITS HOTEL ROOMS IN MAY. THE TIDE HAS BEGUN TO FLOW IN A VERY VERY STRONG WAY TOWARD THE RECOVERY. THIS YEAR, WE'RE TOLD, IS THE YEAR FOR LESS OF THIS, AND THIS, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE OF THIS. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE QUAKE RISING FROM THE RUINS ` IT'S AN EXHIBITION CALLED 'QUAKE CITY' WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOW GET A GLIMPSE OF HISTORIC RELICS. MIKE THORPE WENT ALONG FOR A LOOK. THE STATUE OF JOHN ROBERT GODLEY FELL FROM ITS PLINTH IN CATHEDRAL SQUARE ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S NOW BACK ON DISPLAY ` ONE OF MANY HISTORIC PIECES DUSTED OFF FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. IT WAS A GLIMMER IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND ABOUT 9 MONTHS AGO. TO PRODUCE WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST SPECIAL EXHIBITION OUR MUSEUM'S EVER PRODUCED, WITH A HUGE COHORT OF HELPERS, IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME IS REMARKABLE. < A LARGE AMOUNT OF GOODWILL? OH, HUGE. THE RESULT IS QUAKE CITY. WE TRIED TO GET TWO NARRATIVES IN HERE ` ONE WAS FOR LOCALS, TO HELP LOCALS UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT ON AND GET SOME CLOSURE, AND ALSO SEE A FUTURE FOR CHRISTCHURCH, BUT ALSO FOR TOURISTS, BECAUSE THERE IS A TOURISM COMING BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH. AND WITH THE DEADLY QUAKE'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY FAST APPROACHING, IT'S FELT THE TIMING'S RIGHT. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE DIED IN THE EARTHQUAKES. WE'RE NOT SENSATIONALISING THE EARTHQUAKES ` WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THEM. THE FIRST TO SEE THE SHOW AGREE. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THERE EXPERIENCED IT, SO... YEAH, I WALKED PAST A LADY THAT WAS WATCHING A MOVIE AND SHE WAS CRYING. TEARFULLY: VERY SAD IN SOME PARTS, ESPECIALLY HAVING THE GIRLS TELL THEIR STORY VERY SAD. IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED JUST HOW LONG THE EXHIBITION WILL RUN FOR ` THE MUSEUM SAYS IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX YEARS. WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT THE CITY AROUND IT WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT BY THE TIME THE EXHIBITION ENDS. THAT MESSAGE IS REINFORCED TO VISITORS AS THEY EXIT. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. AND ONE NEWS WILL BE IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUAKE IN A WEEK'S TIME. COMING UP ` HOW A DUNEDIN COMPANY'S USING CSI TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SAVE EXPORTERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. PLUS ` THE CORONATION STREET STAR WHO'S BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD RAPE. A HORROR CRUISE FOR THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS NEARS THE END OF ITS JOURNEY. A CLOSE SHAVE IS PREDICTED AS AN ASTEROID HURTLES THROUGH SPACE. A NEW REWARD'S BEING POSTED FOR INFORMATION ON THE KILLING OF PAEROA'S POPULAR PIZZAMAN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH. JORDAN VOUDOURIS (55) WAS FOUND DEAD BEHIND HIS RESTAURANT IN JUNE. POLICE ARE NOW OFFERING A $50,000 INCENTIVE FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO A CONVICTION. THEY SAY IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AN ACCOMPLICE. AS THE HORSE MEAT SCANDAL ENGULFS EUROPE, A DUNEDIN COMPANY'S TIMING COULDN'T BE BETTER. ORITAIN IS USING FORENSICS TO CERTIFY THE ORIGINS OF SHEEP MEAT. IT'S TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD SAVE EXPORTERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY PREVENTING BLACK MARKET PRODUCTS BEING SOLD AS NZ MEAT. MAX BANIA HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. NZ LOSES ALMOST A $100M A YEAR TO THE BLACK MARKET TRADE, BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY'S MAKING IT EASIER TO TELL WHICH PRODUCTS ARE REALLY OURS. A LABEL CAN BE APPLIED TO ANYTHING, SO IT'S EASY TO GET A LEG OF LAMB, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM MONGOLIA AND PUT MADE IN NZ ON IT. WHAT WE DO IS ACTUALLY BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE LAMB SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER ITS FROM NZ OR NOT. IN WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A WORLD FIRST, DUNEDIN COMPANY ORITAIN IS TRACING THE ORIGIN OF SHEEP MEAT LITERALLY DOWN TO THE GRASSROOTS. WE RELY ON CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOILS THAT GET PASSED UP THROUGH THE GRASS INTO THE SHEEP THAT ARE EATING THEM, SO BASICALLY THESE PROPERTIES VARY GLOBALLY AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS USE THOSE PROPERTIES AS A FINGERPRINT FOR THE ORIGIN OF A PRODUCT. THE IDEA ACTUALLY COMES FROM FORENSIC SCIENCE. IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE LIKES OF CSI, BUT THIS IS APPLYING IT IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY HELPS NZ PRODUCERS GET A PREMIUM FOR A PRODUCT. ALLIANCE GROUP, WHICH PRODUCES 30% OF OUR SHEEP MEAT, IS ALREADY WORKING WITH ORITAIN. AND AS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH THE HORSE MEAT SAGA IN UK, AND WE'VE SEEN IN CHINA, THAT AGAIN IT'S JUST AN INSURANCE THAT WE MAKE SURE OUR PRODUCT IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND WE GET THE BENEFIT FROM THAT AND FOR NZ. AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE ` VIRTUALLY ANY ORGANIC PRODUCT IS TRACEABLE. SO WORKING WITH THE HONEY, DAIRY, WINE, MEAT, HORTICULTURE INDUSTRIES. ALL TO REASSURE CONSUMERS THEY'RE BUYING KIWI MADE MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. AND BRITISH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE HORSEMEAT SCANDAL. IT FOLLOWS THE FINGERING OF A FRENCH MEAT PROCESSING COMPANY AS THE LIKELY CULPRIT IN THE SCANDAL. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S ACCUSING SPANGHERO OF KNOWINGLY CHANGING LABELS ON HORSEMEAT BOUGHT FROM ROMANIA AND THEN SELLING IT AS BEEF. IT ALSO SAYS THE FRAUD WENT ON FOR SIX MONTHS. THE BRITISH ACTOR WHO PLAYS KEVIN WEBSTER IN CORONATION STREET HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES. MICHAEL LE VELL (48) IS ACCUSED OF 19 OFFENCES, INCLUDING CHILD RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT. hE WAS FIRST QUESTIONED IN 2011 BUT THE MATTER WAS DROPPED. NOW, AFTER A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE, PROSECUTORS HAVE DECIDED TO CHARGE HIM. THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS ARE RELIEVED THEIR CRUISE FROM HELL IS FINALLY OVER. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, THE CARNIVAL 'TRIUMPH' HAS DOCKED AT THE PORT OF MOBILE IN ALABAMA. THEIR ORDEAL BEGAN WHEN AN ENGINE FIRE DISABLED THE SHIP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON SUNDAY. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS. THE LAST MILES WERE THE LONGEST AS PASSENGERS ON THE CARNIVAL 'TRIUMPH' SWEATED OUT THEIR FINAL MINUTES ON BOARD THE LUXURY LINER THAT BECAME A SQUALID PRISON SHIP. THE 'TRIUMPH' LEFT PORT EIGHT DAYS AGO WITH MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE ABOARD, BUT AN ENGINE-ROOM FIRE SUNDAY LEFT THE MAMMOTH VESSEL A HELPLESS GIANT, MAROONED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH NO POWER, SEWAGE SEEPING DOWN WALLS AND SCARE RATIONS. CONDITIONS ON BOARD THE SHIP ARE VERY CHALLENGING. FOR PASSENGERS, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. OUR TOILET EXPLODED ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND WE'VE BEEN ON THE BALCONY EVER SINCE. CARPETING IN THE HALLWAYS SOAKED IN URINE. THE HEAT AND STENCH FORCED PASSENGERS TOPSIDE WHERE THEY PUT UP A KIND OF SHANTY TOWN, LIVING IN THE OPEN AND SLEEPING ON DECK. THE HAD SEWAGE COMING IN THE BATHROOM AND THE SMELL WAS HORRIFIC. THERE'S NO AC. ONE SICK PASSENGER WAS MEDEVACED TO SAFETY. THIS WOMAN FINALLY GOT TO SPEAK WITH HER YOUNG DAUGHTER ABOARD. THEY'RE EATING COLD, FROZEN FOOD. THEY'RE EATING CUCUMBER SANDWICHES. THEY'RE EATING TOMATO SANDWICHES. A 12-YEAR-OLD? ONCE AT PORT, THE PASSENGERS ORDEAL STILL ISN'T OVER. THE DEBARKATION PROCESS COULD TAKE FOUR TO FIVE HOURS. PASSENGERS WILL BE REIMBURSED, OFFERED A FREE CRUISE AND $500. SOME CALL IT A FINAL INSULT TO THE LONG-SUFFERING VACATIONERS WHO, IF NOT SEASICK, ARE SURELY SICK OF THE SEA. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST NIGHTMARE FOR CRUISE GIANT CARNIVAL. LAST YEAR ITS LUXURY SHIP THE COSTA CONCORDIA GROUNDED OFF THE COAST OF ITALY, KILLING 32 PEOPLE. AN ASTEROID HURTLING THROUGH SPACE IS PREDICTED TO NARROWLY AVOID EARTH BY ONLY 30,000KM. THAT MAY SEEM FAR AWAY, BUT IT'S CLOSER THAN SOME OF OUR WEATHER SATELLITES. THE ABC'S NEAL KARLINSKY HAS THE STORY. RIGHT NOW, WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, A CHUNK OF SPACE ROCK BIG ENOUGH TO LEVEL A CITY IS HURTLING TOWARDS OUR PLANET EIGHT TIMES FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET. THE GOOD NEWS IS SCIENTISTS SAY IT WILL MISS. THE SCARY NEWS IS THE 130,000 METRIC TON ASTEROID CALLED DA-14 IS THE SIZE OF HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD, AND IT WILL BE MUCH CLOSER THAN THE MOON. IN FACT, IT WILL THREAD THE NEEDLE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE ROUGHLY 600 SATELLITES AROUND US ` THE ONES THAT YOUR CELL PHONE RELIES ON, POSSIBLY EVEN SMASHING ONE TO SMITHEREENS ON ITS WAY BY. BUT IF THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THINKING THIS IS STILL A LONG LONG WAY FROM ALL OF US, WAY DOWN HERE WALKING THE STREETS, YOU MAY WANT TO THINK AGAIN. THE LAST CLOSE CALL TURNED OUT TO BE A DIRECT HIT. IT WAS 1908, AND LUCKILY IT HIT THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SIBERIA, DECIMATING A THOUSAND MILES OF TREES BUT NO PEOPLE. IF A VERY LARGE ASTEROID HIT, IT WOULD PROBABLY CREATE THE SAME KIND OF DISASTER THAT WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS. AMAZINGLY, NO ONE KNEW DA-14 WAS HEADED OUR WAY UNTIL A SPANISH DENTIST AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMER RANDOMLY DISCOVERED IT A YEAR AGO. NASA DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO LOOK FOR ASTEROIDS, WHICH IS WHY A TRIO OF AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS AND ROCKET SCIENTISTS ARE RAISING MONEY TO LAUNCH THEIR OWN 'ASTEROID EARLY WARNING' SYSTEM CALLED SENTINEL ` A DEDICATED TELESCOPE SCANNING THE STARS FOR THREATS. THIS ASTEROID IS A WAKE-UP CALL THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT THERE. THESE THINGS DO HIT THE EARTH. SCIENTISTS SAY WE CAN KEEP THE PLANET SAFE IF WE JUST KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, HEADED OUR WAY. AND THE ASTEROID'S PREDICTED TO REACH ITS NEAREST POINT TO EARTH AT 8.30 TOMORROW MORNING NZ TIME. ANY CHANCE OF SEEING IT ON OUR WEATHER SATELLITE, JIM? THE ONE WE USE VIA METSERVICE IS UP AROUND 35,000KM. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS RAIN, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ MORE ON THAT AFTER THE WORLD OF SPORT WITH JENNY-MAY. AFTER THE BREAK ` THE CAR THAT GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE BACK-SEAT DRIVER. AND THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SKATING COUPLE FINALLY COME CLEAN AFTER YEARS OF SPECULATION. SPLASH ECHOES DRAMATICALLY Introducing the next generation of clean ` new Dettol Power & Pure, formulated to power through tough stains. Its active ingredient breaks down into water and oxygen, leaving no harsh chemical residues behind, and it kills 99.9% of germs. The new Dettol Power & Pure cleaning range. Dettol ` NZ's most trusted cleaning brand. 1 ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD HAS BOUGHT ONE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY'S BEST-KNOWN BRANDS. BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR WARREN BUFFET IS TAKING OVER KETCHUP AND BAKED BEANS GIANT HEINZ IN A DEAL WORTH MORE THAN $33B. IT'S THE BIGGEST-EVER TAKEOVER IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER THE BUY-UP WILL LEAD TO JOB LOSSES AT HEINZ, WHICH ALSO OWNS FOOD PRODUCER WATTIES IN NZ. HANDS-FREE PARKING, AUTOMATIC WINDSCREEN WIPERS, KEYLESS IGNITION.. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT DRIVING COULDN'T GET ANY EASIER, IT APPEARS IT CAN. A TEAM AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IS WORKING ON TAKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT ALTOGETHER. THE BBC'S RICHARD WESTCOTT EXPLAINS. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A ROBOT FOR A CHAUFFEUR? THIS THE FIRST LOOK AT A NEW SELF-DRIVING CAR FROM A TEAM AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY. IT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S AFFORDABLE. WORKING OFF TWO LASERS AND A COMPUTER, THIS SYSTEM COULD EVENTUALLY COST DRIVERS JUST �100. IT IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, BEING DRIVEN BY A COMPUTER. WE'RE COMING UP TO A TIGHT BEND NOW. ALEX, HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEELS WHOOSH THE SYSTEM ISN'T AUTOMATIC FROM THE START ` IT NEEDS TO LEARN YOUR ROUTES AS YOU DRIVE AROUND. THEN AS SOON AS IT RECOGNISES A FAMILIAR JOURNEY LIKE THE SCHOOL RUN IT ASKS IF YOU WANT IT TO TAKE OVER. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A SUDDEN JUNCTURE WHERE THERE'S A CAR THAT YOU CAN BUY SUDDENLY THAT'S AUTONOMOUS ALL THE TIME, SIMPLY BY GETTING IN THE CAR AND PRESSING A BUTTON THAT SAYS 'DRIVE ME.' THIS ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN. IT'S GONNA BE A SLIDING SCALE. YEAR ON YEAR, BIT BY BIT, THE CARS WILL DO MORE OF THE DRIVING FOR YOU. 30 YEARS AGO, DRIVERLESS TECHNOLOGY LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. TODAY YOU CAN BUY A NEW CAR THAT BRAKES AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU AND GOOGLE'S SELF-DRIVING CARS HAVE CLOCKED UP 300,000 MILES IN AMERICA. THE ONLY CRASH WAS WHEN A HUMAN TOOK OVER. BUT WILL YOU EVER PERSUADE PEOPLE TO LET A COMPUTER SIT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT? SITTING IN THE BACK, BEING DRIVEN BY... NO. TERRIFIES ME. (CHUCKLES) WITH ANY BIG CAR MAKERS WORKING ON NEW SYSTEMS, IT SEEMS SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. WHILE THE RESEARCHERS PREDICT DRIVERLESS TECHNOLOGY COULD COST AS LITTLE AS $200 IN THE FUTURE, CURRENTLY IT'LL COST YOU $9000 FOR THE COMPLETE SYSTEM. THE ICE SKATERS WHO WOWED THE WORLD WITH THEIR NOW FAMOUS RAVEL'S BOLERO ROUTINE HAVE COME CLEAN ABOUT THEIR OFF-ICE RELATIONSHIP. JAYNE TORVILL AND CHRISTOPHER DEAN WON GOLD FOR BRITAIN AT THE 1984 SARAJEVO GAMES, ACHIEVING A PERFECT SCORE WITH THIS ROUTINE. RAVEL'S 'BOLERO' PLAYS AFTER DECADES OF DENYING RUMOURS THEY HAD AN AFFAIR, THE PAIR HAVE NOW ADMITTED THEY DID, AS THEY PUT IT, BRIEFLY 'DABBLE IN ROMANCE'. HUNDREDS OF FANS LINED THE STREETS OF REDCLIFFE IN AUSTRALIA TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE SOLE SURVIVING BEE GEE. BARRY GIBB RETURNED TO THE TOWN TO UNVEIL A STATUE DEDICATED TO THE CHART-TOPPING GROUP. ALTHOUGH BORN IN THE UK, THE GIBB BROTHERS GREW UP IN REDCLIFFE, AND IT'S THERE THEY FIRST FORMED THE BEE GEES. I CAN'T PUT IT INTO WORDS, YOU KNOW. THIS IS WHERE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. THE 66-YEAR-OLD ALSO OFFICIALLY OPENED A COMMEMORATIVE WALKWAY, APTLY CALLED BEE GEES WAY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A DECADE AFTER SARA NIETHE WENT MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE, HER FORMER BOYFRIEND HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO HER MANSLAUGHTER. BUT MARK PAKENHAM'S ADMISSION IS BITTERSWEET FOR HIS VICTIM'S FAMILY, WHO'RE PLEADING WITH HIM TO REVEAL WHERE HER BODY IS. TWO MEN ARE IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER APPEARING IN COURT CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SHALVIN PRASAD. THE 21-YEAR-OLD WAS BURNED TO DEATH BY THE SIDE OF A RURAL ROAD SOUTH OF AUCKLAND LAST MONTH. POLICE SAY ONE OF THE MEN KNEW THE VICITM. AND SOUTH AFRICAN OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETE OSCAR PISTORIUS IS DUE TO APPEAR IN COURT SHORTLY, CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND. DOUBLE-AMPUTEE PISTORIUS IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING REEVA STEENKAMP AT THE COUPLE'S HOME IN PRETORIA. PROSECUTORS WILL ARGUE PISTORIUS SHOULD BE REFUSED BAIL. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT, AND GOLFING PRODIGY LYDIA KO'S REMARKABLE FORM CONTINUES. IT CERTAINLY DOES. THE 15-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS AT LAST NIGHT'S HALBERG AWARDS, BUT NOT IN THE CONTENTIOUS 'SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR' CATEGORY. ALSO ON THE WAY, CONFUSION AND ANGER REIGNS AS THE AUSTRALIAN DOPING SAGA CONTINUES. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK. GOLFING SUPERSTAR LYDIA KO IS TURNING IN ANOTHER BLISTERING ROUND ON DAY TWO OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN IN CANBERRA. HER OPENING 10 UNDER PAR 63 WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NIGH IMPOSSIBLE ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE'S STILL DISPUTING THE LEAD LATE IN HER SECOND ROUND. HERE'S MARTIN TASKER. PERFECT CONDITIONS AGAIN AT ROYAL CANBERRA FOR DAY TWO OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AND PLAY TO MATCH AGAIN FROM LYDIA KO ` THIS BIRDIE AT FIVE HER SECOND OF THE DAY. STILL READING THE GREENS. THAT WAS THE FIRST OF THREE IN A ROW. THE 15-YEAR-OLD TAKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF IN THE FIRST ROUND. LOOKING FOR EAGLE. IS THERE THE PACE? OH, NOT QUITE. THE CADDY THROWS HIS HEAD BACK, A TAP-IN BIRDIE. A FINE APPROACH AFTER ONCE MORE SPLITTING THE FAIRWAY ON THE SEVENTH SET UP ANOTHER FOR A SHARE OF THE LEAD AT 14 UNDER. AND SHE'S GOT THE DISTANCE AS WELL. VERY NICE. THAT MEANT AFTER JUST SEVEN HOLES, SHE'D CAUGHT UP WITH FELLOW KOREAN JEEAY SHIN, CLUBHOUSE LEADER. YOU MAY BE BEHIND, WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING LIKE THIS, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. KO OVERTAKING HER AT THE 12TH. RIGHT IN THE CENTRE LYDIA KO STREAMING ALONG TO 15 UNDER PAR. FIVE UNDER TODAY. SHE LEADS BY ONE. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE AMATEUR SEEMINGLY STILL MOVED BY THE CONTINUING PLAUDITS. I AM JUST A HUMBLE KIND OF PERSON WHERE, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST PLAYING ANOTHER GAME OF GOLF AND TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT A LOT. AND SHE'S PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT, MUNCHING ON SOME FRUIT WITH HER IDOL MICHELLE WI. LIKE BEING 16 SHOTS AHEAD OF THE LANKY AMERICAN AND 10 IN FRONT OF HER OTHER PLAYING PARTNER, WORLD NUMBER ONE YANI TSENG. KO CONTINUING TO WOW THE COMMENTATORS WITH HER CONSISTENCY SHE'S JUST LANDED IT SO SOFTLY. IT'S MORE THAN COSISTENT. SPARKLING GOLF FROM THE 15-YEAR-OLD. THE COMMENTATORS CURSE THEN STRUCK, KO DROPPING HER FIRST SHOT FOR THE DAY TO GO BACK TO A SHARE OF THE LEAD. LYDIA KO WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE HALBERG SPORTS AWARDS LAST NIGHT, BUT ROWING WAS REWARDED FOR ITS OLYMPIC HAUL WITH FIVE AWARDS. HERE'S ABBY SCOTT. APPLAUSE THE ROWING SILVERWARE HAUL FROM 2012 JUST GOT HEAVIER. DON'T DROP IT. YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LEAFLET ON THE TABLE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE NAMES THERE, AND TO BE PUT UP IN THAT ESTEEMED COMPANY, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND. THE OLYMPIC GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING PAIR OF ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND ARE THE LATEST TO TAKE HOME THE HALBERG AWARD, AND, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, THERE WAS A LOT OF LOVE FOR ROWING. EARLIER IN THE NIGHT THE PAIR WON 'TEAM OF THE YEAR'. SINGLE SCULLER MAHE DRYSDALE WAS NAMED 'SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR' AND ROWING COACH RICHARD TONKS TOOK HIS FIFTH 'COACH OF THE YEAR' TITLE. THE OLYMPIC DOUBLES CHAMPIONS CLAIMED 'THE FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT' AND SEEMED AS AMAZED BY THE WIN AS THEY WERE IN EATON DORNEY LAST YEAR. VERY SURPRISED THAT ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN OUR FAMILIES VOTED FOR US TONIGHT. EVEN THE 1972 GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING MUNICH EIGHT WAS THERE PRESENTING AN AWARD. THE SPORTSWOMAN CATEGORY WAS THE TOUGHEST TO CALL. TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST VALERIE ADAMS TOOK IT OUT FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED SEVENTH TIME. I COULD PLAY BOWLING WITH THIS AT HOME, YOU KNOW ` STAND MY HALBERG UP AND THEN WHOOP! ONE NEWS SPOKE TO JUDGES AND ATHLETES WHO WERE DIVIDED ON THE WIN, MANY FEELING LISA CARRINGTON MAY HAVE BEEN ROBBED. OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY TOUGH FOR THE JUDGES. PERHAPS LESS TRICKY DECISIONS FOR THE JUDGES ` SOPHIE PASCOE 'DISABLED SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR' AND GOLFER LYDIA KO 'TOP EMERGING TALENT'. WITH 2012 NOW TICKED OFF, THE FOCUS FOR MANY OF THE WINNERS TURNS TO DEFENDING TITLES IN RIO. IT IS ON THE AGENDA` ...RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM IN THE FOOTNOTES. (CHUCKLES) ROWING NZ MAY HAVE TO FIND SOME MORE SPACE IN THAT TROPHY CABINET IN THE MEANTIME. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER IN THE BULLETIN, THE SPORTING WORLD IS REELING FROM THE NEWS DOUBLE-AMPUTEE OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. SINCE THE NEWS BROKE, A NIKE ADVERTISEMENT WITH THE HEADING 'I AM THE BULLET IN THE CHAMBER' HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OLYMPIAN'S WEBSITE. A SOUTH AFRICAN TELEVISION STATION HAS CANCELLED ALL ITS ADS FEATURING PISTORIUS, BUT ALL THE 26-YEAR-OLD'S SPONSORS REMAIN, CHOOSING TO WAIT FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION. PISTORIUS, WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT THE FIBULA BONES IN BOTH LEGS, BECAME THE FIRST DOUBLE-AMPUTEE TO COMPETE AT THE OLYMPICS, FINISHING SECOND IN HIS 400M HEAT AT LAST YEAR'S GAMES IN LONDON. AUSTRALIA'S ANTI DOPING AUTHORITY IS WARNING CLUBS CLAIMING THEY'VE BEEN CLEARED THAT THEY MAY BE JUMPING THE GUN. IT COMES AS THE FALLOUT FROM THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES WITH ADMINISTRATORS FROM DIFFERENT CODES SLAMMING THE RESPONSE TO IT AS 'HYSTERICAL'. HERE'S THE ABC'S KELLY UNDERWOOD. A WEEK ON FROM SPORT'S SO-CALLED 'BLACKEST DAY' AND AUSTRALIA'S LEADING ADMINISTRATORS GATHERED FOR URGENT TALKS IN MELBOURNE. HI, IT'S ANDREW DEMETRIOU HERE. OFFICIALS FORM THE AFL RUGBY LEAGUE AND FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA WERE AMONG THOSE TO TAKE PART. THEY EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HANDLED THE ISSUE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A SENSATIONAL, HIGH LEVEL ` PERHAPS HYSTERICAL ` RESPONSE TO THAT. ON REFLECTION, THEIR VIEW IS THAT THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER. IT'S A VIEW SHARED BY COACHES... THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW ` THAT AS SOON AS YOU SEE A GROUP GET STRONGER OR FITTER THERE'S GONNA BE NOW THAT QUESTION MARK. ...AND CLUB OFFICIALS. WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE ENTITLED TO BE A LITTLE BIT AGGRIEVED BY THE PROCESS. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT NEEDED TO BE SO PUBLIC. DRUG TESTERS WENT PUBLIC, POPPING UP NOT ONCE BUT TWICE AT AFL CLUBS. FIRST, AT THE WESTERN BULLDOGS, THEN AT ESSENDON, WHERE, LIKE A GOOD TAGGER, THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THE PLAYERS' SIDES. THE BOMBERS' FOCUS RETURNS TO FOOTY TONIGHT, WHERE THEY OPEN THE AFL'S PRE-SEASON COMPETITION. I'VE GOT FAITH IN THE CLUB THAT THEY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE. WE STICK WITH THEM THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES, SO WE'VE GOT TO STICK THROW WITH THE ROUGH TIMES AS WELL. AND MORE ROUGH TIMES AHEAD ARE EXPECTED. THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON KICKS OFF ACROSS THE TASMAN TONIGHT WITH TWO MATCHES. WHILE THE CODE'S BIGGEST DRAWCARD, ISRAEL FOLAU, WAS NAMED MAN OF THE MATCH AS THE WARATAHS WOUND UP THIER WARM-UP GAMES AGAINST THE CRUSADERS WHO GOT OFF TO A GREAT START IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT. DESPITE THE FULLBACK'S DANGEROUS RUNNING IN JUST HIS THIRD GAME OF RUGBY UNION, THE CRUSADERS' GOALKICKING GOT THEM HOME 16-14. A FORMER CRUSADER, ROSS FILIPO IS PUSHING FOR A RETURN TO SUPER RUGBY AFTER THREE YEARS ABROAD. AND IT COULD BE IN A NEW GUISE FOR THE VACANT SPOT, GOING AT THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS. STEPHEN STUART REPORTS. THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF RUNNING IN THOSE LEGS (33) FOR THE NEW CHIEF. ROSS FILIPO WAS PART OF THREE CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING CRUSADERS SIDES, PROPELLING HIM INTO THE ALL BLACKS AS A LOCK, WHERE HE PLAYED THE FIRST OF HIS FOUR TESTS IN THE WAIKATO SIX YEARS AGO. NOW HE'S BEING CONSIDERED AS A NUMBER EIGHT. A MOBILE LOCK HAS TO BE A LOT MORE MOBILE TO PLAY EIGHT, YOU KNOW. SO I'VE DONE A BIT OF WORK ON SPEED AND FITNESS. ROSS HAS GOT PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE. HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH HIS FOOTBALL, SO HE BRINGS A REAL COMPETITIVE EDGE BACK TO THIS SIDE. COUNTIES MANUKAU BRUISER FRITZ LEE STARTED IN THAT POSITION LAST YEAR BUT QUICKLY FOUND HIMSELF ON THE OUTER AT THE CHIEFS. JUST WAITING FOR A SECOND CHANCE, BUT I GUESS IT DIDN'T COME MY WAY, AND IT WAS PRETTY HARD TO CHANGE A TEAM THAT WAS WINNING AS WELL. JUST WHEN LEE LOOKED LIKE BEING AN ITM CUP STAR, HE BROKE HIS ARM. NOW THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAS NEW COMPETITION FOR HIS SPOT. CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF HOW THE COACH WANTED ME TO PLAY THE GAME NOWADAYS ` JUST KEEP IT TIGHT AND DO MY CRAFT. TO ADD TO THE MIX, THE CHIEFS HAVE AGAIN SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE SMART RECRUITERS, WITH THE ARRIVAL OF FORMER HURRICANE AND HIGHLANDER NICK CROSWELL, WHO'S ALREADY PLAYED AT LOCK, BLIND AND OPENSIDE FLANKER. THE ODD SUPER ONE I'VE GONE INTO EIGHT, SO IT'S SOMETHING NOT TOTALLY NEW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO PUT A BIT OF WORK INTO. LEE GETS THE FIRST CHANCE TO IMPRESS AT EIGHT IN THE CHIEFS FINAL TRIAL TOMORROW AGAINST THE HURRICANES. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. WARRIORS FANS WILL GET THEIR FIRST LOOK AT NEW SIGNING DANE NIELSEN THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB GOES UP AGAINST THE PENRITH PANTHERS IN A PRE-SEASON HIT-OUT IN HAMILTON. NIELSEN WAS PART OF THE PREMIERSHIP-WINNING MELBOURNE STORM SIDE LAST SEASON. WHEN YOU MOVE TO A NEW CLUB, HALF THE BATTLE IS TRYING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT. THE BOYS HAVE MADE THAT VERY EASY FOR ME, SO, YEAH, I THANK THEM FOR THAT AND HOPEFULLY PLAY SOME GOOD FOOTY. PENRITH IS ONE OF THE NRL TEAMS BEING INVESTIGATED BY AUSTRALIAN ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITIES. BUT NIELSEN SAYS THE WARRIORS ARE JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON FOOTY. IT AFFECTS EVERYONE. ACROSS ALL SPORTS, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. SO HOPEFULLY IT CAN SORT ITSELF OUT. IT'S SURELY NOT A GOOD THING FOR SPORT, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST WORRYING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND. THE WARRIORS FIRST GAME OF THE NRL SEASON IS AGAINST PARRAMATTA IN THREE WEEKS. THE WHITE FERNS ARE STRUGGLING IN THEIR PLAY-OFF FOR THIRD AND FOURTH AGAINST ENGLAND IN THE WOMEN'S CRICKET WORLD CUP IN MUMBAI. BATTING FIRST, NZ MADE SLOW PROGRESS BEFORE ARRAN BRINDLE STRUCK. BOWLED! PLAYED ON, BUT PRINDLE GETS THE STRIKE. NICE-LOOKING FULL TOSS, BUT HAVE A LOOK AT THIS! WHAT A STROKE OF LUCK FOR ENGLAND. SOPHIE DEVINE CAN ONLY SHAKE HER HEAD AS SHE WALKS OFF. SO THE WHITE FERNS 128/4 AFTER 37 OVERS, NEEDING TO GET A MOVE ON TO POST A DEFENDABLE TOTAL. AUSTRALIA PLAYS THE WEST INDIES IN THE FINAL. AND OF COURSE THE NZ AND ENGLISH MEN ARE ABOUT TO DO BATTLE TONIGHT, WITH THE BLACKCAPS BATTING FIRST IN WELLINGTON. SHOULD BE A CRACKER. AFTER THE BREAK, JIM'S HERE WITH SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST, HI AGAIN. THE BIG DRY RUMBLES ON FOR NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, WAIKATO, WAIRARAPA AND CANTERBURY. JUST A HANDFUL OF THIRST-QUENCHING SHOWERS FOR TOMORROW. SO MORE GOOD SALMON-FISHING WEATHER AT THE WAIMAKARU. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND WE DON'T LOOK LIKE GETTING ANY DROUGHT-BREAKING RAIN UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK AT LEAST. JUST BEFORE WE GO, SOME BREAKING NEWS. OVERSEAS REPORTS ARE COMING IN OF A POSSIBLE METEOR SHOWER ABOVE CENTRAL RUSSIA. THEY SAY A METEORITE EXPLODED ABOVE THE CHELYABINSK REGION OF THE URALS, WITH THE SHOCKWAVE BLOWING OUT WINDOWS. WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS ON OUR LATE NEWS, TONIGHT, AT 10.35.