DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A METEORITE EXPLODES OVER CENTRAL RUSSIA, CAUSING PANIC ON THE STREETS. A MEDIA CIRCUS AS OLYMPIAN OSCAR PISTORIUS ARRIVES AT COURT CHARGED WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND'S MURDER. AND FINALLY ` REEKING OF RAW SEWAGE, THE CARNIVAL CRUISE LINER DOCKS. WE REVEAL THE FULL HORRORS. A METEOR SHOWER HAS RAINED DOWN ON CENTRAL RUSSIA, CAUSING PANIC IN THE STREETS. RESIDENTS RAN FOR THEIR LIVES, AND BUILDINGS WERE EVACUATED AS THE SPECTACULAR SHOWER REPORTEDLY CAUSED INJURIES AND SHATTERED WINDOWS IN CHELYABINSK. GEORGINA BALL WITH THIS AM-CAM FOOTAGE. LOUD EXPLOSION GLASS SHATTERS LOCALS PANICKED AS BURNING ROCK FRAGMENTS RAINED FROM THE SKY AFTER THE METEOR DISINTEGRATED ABOVE RUSSIA'S URAL MOUNTAINS. EYE WITNESSES HAVE REPORTED THE GROUND AND BUILDINGS SHAKING AS THE ROCKS HIT, CAUSING HAVOC AS THEY FELL. REPORTEDLY INJURED ABOUT 100 PEOPLE.. AM-CAM FOOTAGE SHOW A BLINDING FLASH ACROSS THE SKY. REPORTS FROM RUSSIA SAY SCHOOLS IN THE REGION WERE CLOSED FOR THE DAY AND BUILDINGS EVACUATED AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGED GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. PARALYMPIAN AND SPORTING HERO TO MANY, OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS MOMENTS AGO BROKEN DOWN IN TEARS IN COURT AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE COURT APPEARANCE IS ONGOING. THESE ARE THE LATEST PICTURES SHOWING THE MAN DUBBED 'THE BLADE RUNNER' ARRIVING AT COURT AFTER A NIGHT IN THE CELLS. BUT IT'S BEEN REVEALED THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN IN POLICE CUSTODY. HE WAS HELD OVERNIGHT IN 2009 AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN AT A HOUSE PARTY. CHANNEL NINE'S SYLVIA JEFFREY'S HAS THIS. THE RUNNER WITH NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN. OSCAR PISTORIUS, BEING LED AWAY BY POLICE, ACCUSED OF MURDER. IT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ALL A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ` SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, AFTER MISTAKING HER FOR A BURGLAR ` A STORY QUICKLY SCOTCHED BY POLICE. THEY WERE CALLED TO PISTORIUS' HOUSE AT 3AM AFTER NEIGHBOURS REPORTED HEARING SCREAMS. SHE'D BEEN SHOT FOUR TIMES ` ONCE IN THE HEAD. HOURS EARLIER, REEVA HAD TWEETED A VALENTINE'S MESSAGE: POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TO THE HOME BEFORE. STEENKAMP WAS A MODEL AND BUDDING TV STAR. HI. MY NAME'S REEVA, AND I'M HERE SHOOTING FHM COLLECTIONS, WINTER EDITION. THEY'D BEEN TOGETHER JUST THREE MONTHS, FAST BECOME SOUTH AFRICA'S GLAMOUR COUPLE. HER WHOLE LIFE OF WHAT SHE COULD ACHIEVE NEVER CAME TO FULFILMENT. HIS LEGS AMPUTATED AT 11, BY 17, PISTORIUS WAS A PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST. LAST YEAR, HE COMPETED AT HIS FIRST OLYMPICS. PISTORIUS IS GOING TO QUALIFY. HE'S MADE NO SECRET OF HIS LOVE OF GUNS, PHOTOGRAPHED AT A FIRING RANGE IN ITALY LAST YEAR. HE KEPT 9MM PISTOL BY HIS BED AND A MACHINE GUN BY HIS WINDOW. SPONSORS ARE ALREADY BACKTRACKING. NIKE HAD TO PULL THIS ADVERT. 'I AM A BULLET IN THE CHAMBER,' IT SAYS. THIS BILLBOARD WAS HASTILY REMOVED IN JOHANNESBURG. OSCAR'S FAMILY VISITED HIM IN HOSPITAL AS HE UNDERWENT A ROUTINE CHECK AFTER HIS ARREST. HIS LAWYER SAID LITTLE MORE. < MAN: HOW IS OSCAR DOING AT THE MOMENT? HE IS VERY WELL. OBVIOUSLY EMOTIONAL, BUT HE IS FINE, GUYS. PLEASE EXCUSE ME. I CAN'T COMMENT. PISTORIUS TOLD CHANNEL NINE LAST YEAR HE STRUGGLED WITH THE PRESSURE. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND YOU CAN TAKE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE FOR GRANTED QUITE QUICKLY. SUPPORT THAT TONIGHT WILL BE WANING. PASSENGERS FINALLY DISEMBARKING FROM A CRIPPLED CRUISE SHIP THAT DRIFTED FOR FOUR DAYS WITH NO POWER OR SANITATION ARE DESCRIBING HELLISH CONDITIONS ON BOARD. THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH FINALLY DOCKED IN MOBILE, ALABAMA EARLIER THIS EVENING, ENDING A NIGHTMARE CRUISE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE STORY. PASSENGERS CHEER JOY AND RELIEF FROM PASSENGERS ABOARD THE CRIPPLED CARNIVAL TRIUMPH. AFTER FOUR DAYS AT THE SEA'S MERCY, TUG BOATS PULLED THE STINKING 14-STOREY CRUISE LINER INTO PORT. I'M NOT ANGRY. I'M JUST SO GLAD TO BE HOME. IT FEELS GREAT NOW JUST BEING OFF THE SHIP AND BACK ON LAND. IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE THE COAST GUARD. THE SHIP LEFT PORT EIGHT DAYS AGO WITH MORE THAN 3000 PASSENGERS AND A THOUSAND CREW. IT WAS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WHEN AN ENGINE ROOM FIRE KNOCKED OUT ALL POWER, SHUTTING DOWN ALL WATER AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS. TOILETS AND DRAIN PIPES OVERLOADED, SOAKING MANY CABINS AND INTERIOR PASSAGEWAYS IN RAW SEWAGE. PASSENGERS WERE TOLD TO USE PLASTIC BIOHAZARD BAGS AS MAKESHIFT TOILETS. THE SEWER KEPT BACKING UP, AND THERE WAS SIX INCHES OF IT ALL OVER THE SHIP AND IN THE DINING ROOM WHERE WE HAD TO EAT. SOME GUESTS GOT SICK. ONE WAS AIRLIFTED TO SAFETY. A FEW LITTLE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY'RE OK. WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING, ROOMS BELOW DECK BECAME UNLIVEABLE AND A TEMPORARY TENT CITY OUTDOORS MADE THIS LUXURY CRUISER RESEMBLE A SHANTY TOWN. WE PUT THE TENTS UP JUST TO PROTECT US FROM THE WIND. WE PUT THE TENTS UP JUST TO PROTECT US FROM THE WIND. I WANT TO APOLOGISE AGAIN FOR FOR SUBJECTING OUT GUESTS TO THAT. PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN PROMISED REFUNDS FOR ENDURING WHAT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES CALLED VERY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES, AND A FUTURE FREE TRIP IS ON OFFER. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. THEY'VE GOT A GUILTY PLEA, BUT THE FAMILY OF SARA NIETHE WANT MORE. THE 10-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE IS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD AGAIN AFTER THE VICTIM'S FORMER BOYFRIEND PLEADED GUILTY TO HER MANSLAUGHTER IN THE WAIKATO HIGH COURT. BUT WHERE IS HER BODY? HERE'S SHARON FERGUSSON. 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 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. DEFINITELY NOT. 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, YOU KNOW` 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 SENTENCE 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. I'LL BE BRINGING YOU THAT ON SUNDAY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. 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. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ON THE STREET. THAT WAS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. 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 SAY THAT MURDER VICTIM SHALVIN PRASAD KNEW AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HIS DEATH. AN 18-YEAR-OLD AND 20-YEAR-OLD RECEIVED NAME- AND IDENTITY-SUPPRESSION WHEN THEY APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. MR PRASAD WITH BURNED TO DEATH BY THE SIDE OF A SOUTH AUCKLAND ROAD LAST MONTH. I WENT AROUND AND ADVISED SHALVIN'S FAMILY OF THE ARRESTS YESTERDAY EVENING, AND THEY WERE, UH, OBVIOUSLY QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT AND VERY RELIEVED. POLICE SAY ANOTHER ARREST MAY BE PENDING AS THEY INVESTIGATE IF A THIRD PERSON WAS AN ACCESSORY TO THE MURDER. BOTH MEN WERE REMANDED IN CUSTODY. NEARLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE THAT SHATTERED THE HEART OF CHRISTCHURCH, THE RED ZONE HAS BEEN RENAMED 'THE REBUILD ZONE'. LISA DAVIES WENT ON A TOUR TO SEE WHAT'S CHANGED AND THE PROGRESS BEING MADE. 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 ITS FORMER GLORY. AND I'M GOING TO REPLACE MY BUILDING STOCK WITH OUTSTANDING STOCK. HE'S ALSO ONE OF 47 PROPERTY OWNERS TO RELINQUISH LAND TO THE GOVERNMENT SO FAR, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 350 CBD PROPERTIES. 1400 DEMOLITIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE RIGHT 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. JUST AHEAD ` THE DRAMA GOES OFF THE STREET AS ONE OF CORO'S LONGEST SERVING ACTORS IS CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES. WATCH OUT! HOW EARTH NARROWLY MISSED BEING HIT BY AN ASTEROID. AND SEA WORLD SAN DIEGO WELCOMES A NOT-SO-LITTLE ONE INTO THE WORLD. 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. AN ASTEROID HURTLING THROUGH SPACE IS PREDICTED TO NARROWLY AVOID EARTH BY ONLY 30,000KM. THAT MAY SEEM A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT IT'S CLOSER THAN SOME OF OUR WEATHER SATELLITES. THE ABC'S NEAL KARLINSKY HAS THE STORY. 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 ALL 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. WELL, THAT MAY BE A FEAR OF EARTH ENDING, BUT LIFE GOES ON, AND HERE'S THE PROOF. SAN DIEGO SEA WORLD'S NEWEST ADDITION IS LESS THAN A DAY OLD. KILLER WHALE KASATKA GAVE BIRTH TO A 150KG CALF AFTER LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR OF LABOUR. CHEERING, APPLAUSE SECONDS AFTER POPPING OUT, IT INSTINCTIVELY SWAM TO MUM AND HIT THE SURFACE FOR ITS FIRST BREATH. THIS IS THE SIXTH SUCCESSFUL KILLER WHALE BIRTH AT SEA WORLD SAN DIEGO. 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. THERE'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 MANY BIG CAR MAKERS WORKING ON NEW SYSTEMS, IT SEEMS SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. JUST AHEAD ` CAN NZ SEAL THE T20 CRICKET SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND? AND I'LL BE BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH A MAINLY FINE FORECAST WITH JUST A SPLASH OF RAIN. SPORTS NOW. AND AFTER ONE WIN APIECE, WELLINGTON HOSTED THE T20 DECIDER BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE BLACKCAPS. NZ STARTED CONSERVATIVELY, LOOKING AFTER WICKETS. THEN TAYLOR ANNOUNCED HIS ARRIVAL WITH A TRADEMARK SMASH, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE BLACKCAPS MIGHT BE ABOUT TO ACCELERATE. OH, HE GOES AGAIN. THIS TIME IT'S UP IN THE AIR. FIELDER COMING IN,... TAKES THE CATCH. BUT ENGLAND KEPT THEM HEMMED IN AND CAME INTO BAT CHASING 139. AND WHILE THE BLACKCAPS STRUGGLED WITH THE BIGGER GROUND, ENGLAND JUST ATE IT UP. WITHOUT THE LOSS OF EVEN ONE WICKET, THE LIONS FINISHED IN FLAMBOYANT STYLE. THAT'LL BE IT. THAT WILL BE IT. THAT HAS GONE SO FAR. IT'S ON THE ROOF! IT'S GONE ON THE ROOF! ENGLAND IS AT 140. IT'S HIGHEST TOTAL CHASED DOWN WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A WICKET IN INTERNATIONAL TWENTY20. TO GOLF, AND LYDIA KO REMAINS IN CONTENTION IN THE HANDA WOMEN'S AUSTRALIAN OPEN. THE 15-YEAR-OLD NEEDED THIS PUTT ON THE 18TH TO TIE FOR THE LEAD WITH COLOMBIA'S MARIAJO URIBE ON 15-UNDER AND WAS OH-SO-CLOSE. OH! REFUSED TO DROP. THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE AMATEUR CARDED A ROUND OF 69. SHE'S ONE OFF THE LEAD AND SHARING SECOND PLACE WITH JAPAN'S JIYAI SHIN. BUT LYDIA SAYS SHE DIDN'T FEEL ANY PRESSURE FROM YESTERDAY'S CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE. I SHOT FOUR-UNDER TODAY, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SCORE. BUT I THINK, PERSONALLY` COS AFTER A REALLY GOOD ROUND, I KNOW WHEN PUTTS DIDN'T GO IN, I WAS, LIKE, 'OH, WHY AREN'T THEY GOING IN?' BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TODAY WAS A REALLY GOOD ROUND. A GOOD ROUND INDEED. AND FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS, SHE'S BECOME QUITE THE CELEBRITY AT THE ROYAL CANBERRA COURSE. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THAT COLD FRONT NEAR THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND MOVES SLOWLY AWAY TO THE EAST TONIGHT. A BUBBLE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVES ON TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTH ISLAND EARLY MORNING AND BECOMES SLOW-MOVING IN THE EAST AROUND CHRISTCHURCH TOMORROW NIGHT, WHILE WEAKENING IN THE WEST. A SECOND COLD FRONT THEN FOLLOWS, CLIPPING SOUTHERN NZ DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LEADING TROUGH DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE FIRST FRONT TOMORROW MORNING MARKS A SOUTHERLY CHANGE SKIRTING THE EAST COAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MARIE. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND GLENNA CASALME CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013