HI THERE, EVERYBODY. MAKE YOUR PLANS AROUND A MOSTLY BLUE SKY SUNDAY. THE DROUGHTY WEATHER CONTINUES TO CARVE OUT ONE OF THE DRIEST SUMMERS. HOWEVER THERE IS A THUNDERSTORM OUT THERE AND A SERVING OF DRIZZLE AND SHOWERS AROUND THE EDGES. THAT'S COMING UP. 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. SHOCK WAVES AS THE BIGGEST METEOR IN MORE THAN A CENTURY HITS THE PLANET. EXPLOSION BOOMS, GLASS SHATTERS OSCAR PISTORIUS WEEPS IN THE DOCK AS HE FACES A CHARGE OF THE PREMEDITATED MURDER OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. A BATTLE OVER WHALING IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN HEATS UP. AND OUT AND PROUD ` THE FLAMBOYANT, THE DIVAS AND THE DOGS HIT THE STREETS OF OUR BIGGEST CITY TO PROMOTE GAY PRIDE. IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, THE FIREBALL CRASHING TO EARTH, SENDING SHOCK WAVES ACROSS A RUSSIAN CITY AND DESTROYING BUILDINGS. THE BIGGEST METEOR STRIKE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY HIT THE PLANET NEAR THE CITY OF CHELYABINSK IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AND WITHIN HOURS AN EVEN LARGER ROCK PASSED CLOSE TO EARTH, TRACKED BY THOUSANDS OF STARGAZERS ACROSS THE PLANET. SHARON FERGUSSON BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. A CRISP DAWN IN RUSSIA FRAMES A SIGHT FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN ` UNTIL NOW. WITH A CAMERA IN EVERY POCKET AND ON MANY DASHBOARDS, THE SPECTACULAR TRAIL IS CAUGHT FROM EVERY ANGLE. RUSSIAN MUSIC PLAYS TRAFFIC CAMERAS CAPTURE AN ALMOST APOCALYPTIC SCENE AS THE METEORITE BLAZED OVERHEAD. PEOPLE RUSH TO LOOK AS A HUGE VAPOUR TRAIL HANGS ABOVE THEM. THEN THE BURNING ROCK BREAKS UP WITH EXPLOSIVE FORCE, CREATING A SONIC SHOCK WAVE. EXPLOSION BOOMS, GLASS SHATTERS MAN SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN THERE'S PANDEMONIUM IN THE STREETS AS TERRIFIED LOCALS THINK THE WORLD IS ENDING. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: PEOPLE STARTED TO PANIC. SOMEBODY SCREAMED, 'THE END OF THE EARTH.' PEOPLE SPEAK RUSSIAN (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: I SAW AN OBJECT MOVING THROUGH THE SKY. THEN THERE WAS A FLASH. WE FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS FIREWORKS. THEN WE SAW A TRACE, AS IF FROM A ROCKET, FOLLOWED BY AN EXPLOSION A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER. THOUSANDS FLOCK TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CUTS CAUSED BY FLYING GLASS. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: THE GLASS SHATTERED AND BOUNCED BACK ON ME. MY BEARD WAS CUT OPEN. 3000 BUILDINGS ARE DAMAGED ` SOME DEMOLISHED ` BY THE FORCE OF THE SHOCK WAVE. THE METEOR WAS BELIEVED TO BE JUST 15M ACROSS ` TOO SMALL TO SPOT IN ADVANCE. WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE IN SPACE AND THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF IT DOES GET CLOSE TO THE EARTH ` OR EVEN HITS THE EARTH ` AND THIS IS JUST A VERY TIMELY REMINDER. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SPACE ROCKS CIRCLING THE PLANET, BUT MOST OF THOSE THAT ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE BURN UP BEFORE THEY HIT THE GROUND. SOME OF THIS ONE SURVIVED, THOUGH. ONE OF THE LARGER CHUNKS LANDED IN THIS LAKE. RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE NOW HEADED TO THE AFFECTED AREA TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS NOW WITHOUT WINDOWS IN THE FREEZING WINTER TEMPERATURES. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. AS THE METEORITE STRUCK RUSSIA, ASTRONOMERS WERE PREPARING FOR A COMPLETELY UNRELATED CELESTIAL EVENT ` AN ASTEROID NAMED DA14 PASSING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE EARTH. DAMIAN CHRISTIE HAS THE STORY. WHILE THE SPECTACULAR DISPLAY ABOVE THE UKRAINE WAS GOING VIRAL AROUND THE WORLD, DR GRANT CHRISTIE WAS PREPARING FOR AN ASTRONOMICAL CLOSE CALL. DA14 IS THE CLOSEST BODY OF THIS SIZE THAT'S EVER BEEN OBSERVED TO THE EARTH, SO THAT WAS ABOUT 27,000 KM ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. 27,000KM IS A TIGHT SQUEEZE IN SPACE TERMS ` ONE-TENTH OF THE DISTANCE TO THE MOON, CLOSER THAN MANY SATELLITES. JUST 50M IN DIAMETER, DA14 IS NOT A BIG ASTEROID. BUT IF IT HAD HIT, ALL 190,000 TONS OF IT WOULD'VE CAUSED A LOT OF DAMAGE. IT'S A VERY NEAR MISS. IN 1908, SOMETHING OF SIMILAR SIZE BARRELLED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SIBERIA AND DETONATED ABOVE THE GROUND AND FLATTENED THOUSANDS OF SQUARE KILOMETRES OF FOREST. IF YOU'RE WONDERING, AN ASTEROID AND A METEOR ARE THE SAME THING ` SPACE ROCKS. BUT UNLIKE A METEOR, WHICH BURNS BRIGHTLY AS IT ENTERS THE ATMOSPHERE, AN ASTEROID PASSING THROUGH SPACE IS A LESS SPECTACULAR AFFAIR. THIS IS DA14 AS OBSERVED BY PETER GRAHAM IN MARTINBOROUGH. THAT BRIGHT FLASH IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SHOWY METEORS. BUT FOR AMATEUR ASTRONOMER JOHN WHITBY, OBSERVING FROM CARTERTON, IT WAS ALL WORTHWHILE. A LITTLE WEE PINHEAD OF WHITE LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE SKY AMONGST THE STARS. VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY TRACKED AN ASTEROID. ESPECIALLY EXCITING WITH ONE COMING THIS CLOSE TO THE EARTH. IF THE NEAR MISS IS THE GOOD NEWS, HERE'S THE BAD. THERE ARE A MILLION OBJECTS OF THIS SIZE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HIT THE EARTH THAT AREN'T KNOWN. SO WE DON'T FIND OUT ABOUT THEM VERY LONG IN ADVANCE. MOST OF THE TIME YOU MIGHT ONLY GET DAYS. A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT NEXT TIME YOU'RE ADMIRING THE NIGHT SKY. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. A SENIOR FIRE OFFICER IN CHRISTCHURCH FEARS THE CITY IS IN DANGER OF BEING DUBBED 'THE ARSON CITY', WITH THE NUMBER OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES ON AN ALARMING RISE. IN FACT, SUSPICIOUS BUILDING FIRES ARE UP BY 50%. JOY REID WITH THE DETAILS. SUSPICIOUS BUILDING FIRES ARE FLARING UP EVERY TWO TO THREE DAYS IN CHRISTCHURCH. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE IN EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED PROPERTIES, SUCH AS IN THE BILLENS BUILDING IN DECEMBER, OR IN RED-STICKERED HOMES, LIKE THIS LATEST ARSON, WHICH OCCURRED JUST LAST NIGHT. IT'S BECOMING A REAL CONCERN. FIRE SERVICE FIGURES SHOW THE NUMBER OF DELIBERATELY LIT BUILDING FIRES IN CHRISTCHURCH ROSE BY 50% FROM 2011 TO 2012. AND ALREADY THIS YEAR THERE'S BEEN 18. IF WE KEEP TRACKING AT THAT RATE, THE RISE FROM 2012 TO 2013 WILL BE ANOTHER 50% AGAIN. IN FACT, THERE'S SO MANY THAT MARK THOMAS SAYS CHRISTCHURCH MAKES UP NEARLY 40% OF THE NATIONAL TOTAL. WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN THE NUMBER OF FIRES THAT WE'RE HAVING. AUTHORITIES SAY RED-ZONED AREAS ARE BEING DELIBERATELY TARGETED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY EMPTY HOMES. BUT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE RED-ZONED AREAS, AND POLICE WARN THAT RESIDENTS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED. OUR CONCERN IS THAT OUR GUYS ARE GOING TO TURN UP TO ONE OF THESE FIRES AND ACTUALLY FIND THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH A FATALITY. SOME OF THE EMPTY HOMES ARE ALSO BEING ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED BY VAGRANTS OR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR PARTIES. IT'S BELIEVED MOST ARE STARTED FOR A BIT OF EXCITEMENT OR VANDALISM. THERE IS VERY MUCH A CORRELATION BETWEEN ARSON FIRES AND TAGGING. AND WITH ARSONISTS CONTINUING TO PUT LIVES AT RISK, HE SAYS IT'S NOT JUST A FIRE SERVICE PROBLEM BUT A CITY-WIDE ONE. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE SOUTH AFRICAN PARALYMPIC CHAMPION OSCAR PISTORIUS BROKE DOWN AND SOBBED IN COURT AS HE WAS FORMALLY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE PROSECUTION ARGUES THE KILLING WAS PREMEDITATED, BUT THE PISTORIUS FAMILY SAY THE 26-YEAR-OLD WILL STRONGLY DEFEND THE CHARGE. THE ABC'S BAZI KANANI WITH THIS REPORT FROM PRETORIA. THE ONCE-PROUD OLYMPIAN BROKE DOWN AT HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE, WEEPING AS A JUDGE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE CHARGED WITH PREMEDITATED MURDER. LOCAL MEDIA QUOTE POLICE SAYING HIS COVER-MODEL GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES THROUGH A BATHROOM DOOR WITH A 9MM PISTOL RECOVERED FROM OSCAR PISTORIUS' HOUSE ON VALENTINE'S DAY. PROSECUTORS DISMISSED REPORTS HE MISTOOK HER FOR AN INTRUDER AND TODAY SAID THEY BELIEVE HE INTENDED TO KILL HER. IN HIS DEFENCE, THE PISTORIUS FAMILY ISSUED A STATEMENT, SAYING... OSCAR PISTORIUS IS REALLY FLYING HERE. PISTORIUS' FANS SAW A MAN DRIVEN TO WIN, BUT OTHERS WHO CAME TO KNOW HIM SAY IT SOMETIMES WENT TOO FAR. I WORRIED ABOUT OSCAR HURTING HIMSELF IN VARIOUS WAYS BECAUSE HE CAN BE VERY RECKLESS IN HIS DRIVING OF HIS CAR OR DRIVING HIS SPEEDBOAT. HE'S AN ADRENALIN FREAK. ONE PASSION WAS GUNS, HERE TWEETING THIS PICTURE OF HIMSELF AT A SHOOTING RANGE WHERE HE WAS A REGULAR, AND IN ANOTHER TWEET EXPRESSING HIS PERSISTENT FEAR OF BURGLARS COMING INTO HIS HOUSE. FRIENDS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE SHOOTING WAS SIMPLY A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. EX-GIRLFRIEND JENNA EDKINS TWEETS... BUT POLICE SAY THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO DOMESTIC DISPUTES AT THE HOME BEFORE, THOUGH NOT SAYING IF THOSE INVOLVED STEENKAMP. HI, MY NAME'S REEVA, AND I'M A... A LAW-SCHOOL GRADUATE (29) WHOSE MODELLING CAREER WAS TAKING OFF, STEENKAMP RECENTLY COMPETED IN A SOUTH AFRICAN REALITY SHOW. PRODUCERS SAY IT WILL LAUNCH AS SCHEDULED TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF THE YOUNG WOMAN. OSCAR PISTORIUS WILL REMAIN IN JAIL OVER THE WEEKEND UNTIL AT LEAST HIS BAIL HEARING ON TUESDAY. ANTI-WHALING PROTEST ACTION IS HEATING UP IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS SAY THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN A FULL-ON CONFRONTATION WITH JAPANESE WHALERS. RENEE GRAHAM HAS THE STORY. A JAPANESE WHALING VESSEL FIRING WATER CANONS AT PROTESTORS. HORN BLARES THIS IS THE SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVIST SHIP BOB BARKER ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK THE TRANSFER OF A HARPOONED MINKE WHALE TO A JAPANESE SHIP. THEY WASTED NO TIME IN PLUNGING A GRENADE-TIPPED HARPOON INTO THE SPINE OF A BEAUTIFUL MINKE WHALE THERE, WHICH DIED IN BLOOD AND AGONY. AFTER 10 ATTEMPTS AND FIVE HOURS, THE ACTIVISTS SAY THE WHALERS FINALLY HAULED THE DEAD MINKE ON BOARD. THE BOB BARKER CREW CLAIM THE WHALERS USED LONG LINES TO TRY AND DISRUPT THEIR PROPELLERS AND THEY CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO COLLISION. THE ACTIVISTS CLAIM THE MINKE WAS KILLED IN AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC WATERS, SO THE HUNT WAS ILLEGAL. AT ONE POINT THE NISSHIN MARU, WHICH IS A VESSEL FOUR TIMES MY SIZE, TURNED IN ON ME TO CAUSE A COLLISION. AND SO IT WAS A VERY TENSE SITUATION. BUT THE INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH SAYS THE ACTIONS ARE NOT PEACEFUL PROTEST BUT... THE US SUPREME COURT'S JUST UPHELD AN INJUNCTION ORDERING ACTIVISTS TO STAY AWAY FROM WHALING SHIPS. WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENCE FROM THIS COUNTRY ` A NAVAL PRESENCE IN THOSE WATERS TO KEEP THE PEACE. THIS GOVERMENT NEEDS TO UPHOLD AUSTRALIAN LAWS. THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR SEA SHEPHERD ACTIVISTS HAVE TRIED TO STOP JAPANESE WHALING. THEY'RE OUT TO PREVENT THE YUSHIN MARU TWO KILLING ANY MORE WHALES. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. A MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER INJURED AFTER A STABBING AT A HOUSE IN THE EAST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF HALF MOON BAY. THE BODY OF A 24-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND AT HIS HOME, WHILE THE INJURED MAN WAS RESCUED AFTER A CAR CRASH A FEW KILOMETRES AWAY. POLICE SAY THE INJURED MAN HAD KNIFE WOUNDS AND WAS COVERED IN BLOOD. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A SILVER MITSUBISHI MIRAGE IN THE AREA ON FRIDAY EVENING. AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S BEEN KILLED WHILE WALKING NEAR CANTERBURY'S BURNHAM ARMY BASE. HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SOLDIER WAS WORKING WITH THE NZ ARMY BUT WAS NOT ON DUTY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. A CHRISTCHURCH MAN HAS UNDERGONE SURGERY TODAY TO REMOVE A 9CM KNIFE FROM HIS HEAD. THE MAN WAS STABBED THROUGH THE EYE DURING A BRAWL AT A PARTY IN ST ALBANS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ALCOHOL, IT'S FUELLED A FIGHT OF SOME DESCRIPTION, IT'S ALL SPILLED OUT ON TO THE ROAD, AND IT'S RESULTED IN A MIDDLE-AGED MALE BEING STABBED IN THE HEAD. POLICE SAY HIS INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING AND ANOTHER MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. TWO YEARS AFTER BEING DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATING CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE, THE FIVE-YEAR SURVEY OF THE NATION IS UNDERWAY. THE FIRST CENSUS FORMS WERE DELIVERED TO HOUSEHOLDS TODAY, BUT ORGANISERS EXPECT MUCH LESS PAPERWORK THIS TIME ROUND. SIMON BRADWELL EXPLAINS. IF YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR CENSUS FORMS TODAY, YOU WILL SOON. MORE THAN 7000 STATISTICS NZ EMPLOYEES HAVE 6.4 MILLION FORMS TO DELIVER TO EVERY PERSON AND HOUSEHOLD IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE THE MARCH 5TH DEADLINE. THE INFORMATION'S USED TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT US ALL. IT'S USED TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE EDUCATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORT AND HEALTH. BY LAW, EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY HAS TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS. EVEN TOURISTS ON CRUISE SHIPS GET A FORM. THE $72M SURVEY WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN MARCH LAST YEAR BUT WAS RESCHEDULED AFTER THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE. THAT THREW US THEN INTO A PROCESS OF WINDING DOWN THE OPERATION, WHICH WAS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT EXERCISE. STATISTICS NZ EXPECTS MANY KIWIS TO TURN TO THE INTERNET TO FILL OUT THEIR FORMS, LIKE WELLINGTON DOCTOR JOE EARLES. IT JUST SAVES THE HASSLE OF POSTING THINGS OFF. IN FACT, AROUND 35% OF KIWIS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL OUT THE FORMS ONLINE, UP FROM JUST 7% AT THE LAST CENSUS. IT'S ALL A FAR CRY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. THIS 1966 CENSUS FORM ASKS IF YOU HAVE A FLUSH TOILET IN YOUR HOUSE, WHILE THIS 1916 FORM ASKS IF YOU'RE AN IMBECILE. NOTHING LIKE THAT THIS TIME. IN FACT, ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORM SINCE THE 2006 CENSUS ` RESPONDENTS ARE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ETHNICITY. RESULTS FROM THE CENSUS WILL BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER, AND ORGANISERS CAN START PLANNING FOR 2018. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. THE COUNTRY'S FIRST GAY STREET PARADE IN 12 YEARS IS JUST FINISHING IN AUCKLAND. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED PONSONBY RD TO WATCH THE EVENT, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE PRIDE PARADE. BETH BATES WAS THERE. AS COMEBACKS GO, IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. THE PRIDE PARADE MADE ITS WAY DOWN PONSONBY ROAD AFTER A 12-YEAR BREAK. ALL: WE'RE BACK! THE EVENT CELEBRATING THE GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WAS LAST HELD IN 2001. FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HERO PARADE, IT STOPPED AFTER RUNNING INTO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY. BUT CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND $100,000 FROM THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL GOT THIS EVENT BACK ON ITS HEELS, AND THIS TIME ROUND, IT WAS MADE WITH FAMILY IN MIND. IT'S MORE ABOUT US AS A COMMUNITY ` AS ONE COMMUNITY. WE'VE ALL GOT CHILDREN, AND WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND PLENTY CAME TO CHEER ON THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY. WELL, WE'RE LOCAL, SO WE JUST THOUGHT WE'D POP UP AND SEE THE COLOUR AND SHOW THE BOYS THE OTHER SIDE. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR NEPHEW. A 'NO FULL NUDE' POLICY WAS IN PLACE. A FEW CAME VERY CLOSE OUT AND PROUD, MEMBERS, TOO, OF THE NZ DEFENCE FORCE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEFENCE FORCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT'S A TRULY MODERN MILITARY ` ONE THAT VALUES ALL OF ITS PEOPLE AND RECOGNISES THAT DIVERSITY IS ONE OF OUR KEY STRENGTHS AS OPPOSED TO A WEAKNESS. AMONGST THE HUNDREDS WERE SEVERAL PERFORMERS FROM THE OLD DAYS, HAPPY THE EVENT IS NO LONGER HELD AFTER DARK. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE FOR 12 YEARS, SO IT'S JUST A MEETING OF THE MINDS OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, WHICH IS REALLY THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE CELEBRATION. AND WITH SUCH OBVIOUS SUCCESS, MANY HOPE THIS GLITTERING GALA WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT ALONG PONSONBY ROAD. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` ONE OF CORONATION STREET'S LONGEST-SERVING ACTORS PROCLAIMS HIS INNOCENCE AS HE FACES A RAFT OF CHILD-SEX CHARGES. CARNIVAL CRUISE PASSENGERS ARE BACK ON DRY LAND, BUT THEIR NIGHTMARE VOYAGE MIGHT NOT BE OVER. AND LATER ` FROM LEGENDARY DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT TO STUDY HAVEN, DUNEDIN'S NEW-LOOK GARDIES TAVERN. THE CORONATION STREET ACTOR ACCUSED OF COMMITTING CHILD-SEX OFFENCES IS PROMISING TO VIGOROUSLY FIGHT ALL THE CHARGES LAID AGAINST HIM. ACTOR MICHAEL LE VELL, WHO PLAYS KEVIN WEBSTER ON THE LONG-RUNNING SOAP, FACES 19 CHARGES, INCLUDING RAPE. THE BBC'S JUDITH MORITZ HAS THE STORY. MICHAEL LE VELL HAS PLAYED THE PART OF KEVIN WEBSTER FOR 30 YEARS. ...THAT I, KEVIN JOHN WEBSTER... < ...DO TAKE THEE, SALLY SEDDON... ...DO TAKE THEE, SALLY SEDDON... < ...TO BE MY LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE. HE'S STILL ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN FACES ON TELEVISION AS ONE OF THE LONGEST-SERVING CAST MEMBERS OF CORONATION STREET. THE ACTOR WASN'T AT HOME TODAY. LATE LAST NIGHT, HE WAS CHARGED WITH 19 SEXUAL OFFENCES DATING BETWEEN 2001 AND 2010. THEY INCLUDE THE RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT OF A CHILD. HIS SOLICITOR SPOKE FOR HIM. READS: 'I AM INNOCENT OF THESE CHARGES. 'I INTEND TO FIGHT THEM VIGOROUSLY. 'I THANK MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY AND MY FANS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THE STAR WAS FIRST ARRESTED IN 2011 IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED OFFENCES AGAINST THE SAME CHILD, BUT THE MATTER WAS DROPPED. NOW THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE HAS REVIEWED THE CASE AND SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE AND IT'S IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PRESS CHARGES. 'CORONATION STREET' THEME HAVING STARRED IN CORONATION STREET SINCE 1983, THE ACTOR WILL NOT NOW BE ON SCREEN. CORONATION STREET IS FILMED HERE AT THE GRENADA STUDIOS IN MANCHESTER. TODAY ITV HAVE SAID THAT DUE TO THE SERIOUS NATURE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, MICHAEL LE VELL WON'T BE APPEARING IN THE SOAP WHILST LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARE ONGOING. MICHAEL LE VELL WILL APPEAR BEFORE MAGISTRATES ON FEBRUARY THE 27TH. MICHAEL LE VELL SPLIT FROM HIS WIFE LAST YEAR. HE HAS TWO CHILDREN. THE HOLIDAY FROM HELL MIGHT NOT BE OVER FOR THE PASSENGERS TRAPPED ON THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH CRUISE LINER. MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE SPENT FIVE DAYS LIVING IN SLUM-LIKE CONDITIONS AFTER AN ENGINE FIRE DISABLED THE SHIP. NOW THEY'RE BACK ON DRY LAND, MANY OF THEM ARE REACTING TO OFFERS OF COMPENSATION WITH LEGAL ACTION. THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN REPORTS. THEY SPRINTED ASHORE ` 3000 PASSENGERS SO RELIEVED TO BE ON DRY GROUND, THEY KISSED IT,... THAT'S MY FIRST CRUISE. IT'S MY LAST CRUISE. NEVER AGAIN. ...FIVE DAYS AFTER AN ENGINE FIRE LEFT THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH DEAD IN THE WATER. ANNOUNCEMENT: ONCE AGAIN, FOLKS, PLEASE, DON'T WORRY. THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT. AND TONIGHT, THIS NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE EXTREME CONDITIONS ON THE TRIUMPH ` PEOPLE CAMPING ON DECK; LINING CORRIDORS WITH MATTRESSES AND SHEETS; TURNING COUCHES INTO BEDS. IN DARKENED CABINS, PASSENGERS USED FLASHLIGHTS TO SHOW US WATER SEEPING UNDER THE DOORWAYS. LOOK AT THIS. IT'S STILL RUNNING OUT, AND THE STENCH IS HORRIFIC. DAYS SPENT TRYING TO PHONE HOME. WE HAVE TUG BOATS THAT ARE COMING OUT AT NOON TOMORROW TO PICK UP OUR BOAT. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, DUDE. THE BOAT CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS MORNING, ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK. FOR ITS PART, CARNIVAL APOLOGISED AND PROVIDED REFUNDS, VOUCHERS FOR ANOTHER CRUISE AND $500 PER PERSON. IT'S DEGRADING. DEGRADING. THE MOST DEGRADING THING. DEMORALISING. AND THEN THEY WANNA INSULT US BY GIVING US $500. THEY COULD'VE GOTTEN, AT LEAST, THE ELDERLY, THE CHILDREN AND THE PREGNANT WOMEN OFF THE SHIP. THE LAWSUITS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, BUT PASSENGERS MAY BE OUT OF LUCK. WHEN YOU BUY THOSE CRUISE TICKETS, YOU OFTEN SIGN AWAY THE ABILITY TO SUE FOR DAMAGES. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT CARNIVAL AND EVERY OTHER CRUISE LINE LIKE IT HAS FOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF LAWSUITS, AND THEY HAVE ENSURED THAT THEY HAVE WALLED THEMSELVES OFF AS MUCH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. AND THE CARNIVAL TRIUMPH WILL BE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. THE HORSE-MEAT SCANDAL THAT'S ENGULFING EUROPE HAS NOW SPREAD TO SOME BRITISH SCHOOLS. COTTAGE PIES SUPPLIED TO 47 SCHOOLS IN LANCASHIRE, IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND, HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR HORSE DNA. MY SON HAS SCHOOL DINNERS, SO I AM A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THOUGH, TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY EAT IT IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, IS IT SO DIFFERENT TO ORDINARY MEAT? EVERY DAY NEAR MY HOUSE I STROKE A HORSE, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT IT. THE DISCOVERY COMES AS THE UK'S FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY RELEASED THE RESULTS OF ITS LATEST TESTING, REVEALING NO NEW BEEF PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE HIGH TRACES OF HORSE MEAT. ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN EGYPT HAVE TURNED VIOLENT AS HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS HURLED FIRE BOMBS AND ROCKS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO. POLICE RESPONDED WITH WATER CANNONS AND TEAR GAS. THE PROTESTERS ARE CALLING FOR PRESIDENT MORSI TO STEP DOWN, CLAIMING HE'S ATTEMPTING TO MONOPOLISE POWER. WEATHER TIME NOW. IT'S BEEN A FINE START TO THE WEEKEND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL STAY THAT WAY. NOT GOOD NEWS FOR HORTICULTURISTS AND FARMERS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH JENNY-MAY WITH A BAD FORECAST FOR THOSE ON TANK WATER. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` WAIHEKE RESIDENTS DEMAND ACTION AS WATER SHORTAGES TAKE THEIR TOLL ON ISLAND LIFE. AND HOW THE ARMY'S HELPING MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO A YOUNG KIWI COMMUNITY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S REJECTED CLAIMS IT'S NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP DROUGHT-STRICKEN RESIDENTS ON WAIHEKE ISLAND, OFF THE COAST OF AUCKLAND. CRITICS SAY THE GROWING COST AND THREE-WEEK WAIT FOR WATER IS TOO MUCH FOR HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS, BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. AS WASHING PILES UP AND GARDENS HANG ON BY PARCHED ROOTS, WAIHEKE'S WATER SUPPLIERS HAVE MOVED INTO OVERDRIVE. DEMAND IS HIGH. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING WEEKS. SOME PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY WATER FOR THREE WEEKS. THEY GOT YOUNG KIDS. TANK TOP-UPS START AT $130 ` TOO MUCH FOR MANY LOW-INCOME LOCALS. I'VE BOOKED A WATER TRUCK, WHICH IS DUE ON MARCH 20. SO FOR THAT, I'LL ACC S ^ MY WINZ ALLOCATION. I THINK THE CIVIL DEFENCE CONTROLLERS NEED TO BE TAKING A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING ON THE GROUND AND TALKING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE WANTS THE COUNCIL TO UNLOCK FULL TANKS LIKE THESE AND LET RESIDENTS HELP THEMSELVES. TO SIT IN AN OFFICE IN TOWN AND SAY, 'NO, NO, YOU GUYS CAN SORT IT OUT YOURSELVES' JUST DOESN'T CUT IT. BUT AT COUNCIL HQ, CIVIL DEFENCE STAFF SAY RESIDENTS HAVE TO PLAY THEIR PART TOO. I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD 'CRISIS POINT'. I THINK ANYONE WHO'S ON A PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY NEEDS TO MANAGE THEIR WATER. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE A DAY ARE NOW SHOWERING AT THE COUNCIL'S COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE. THAT'S DOUBLE THE NUMBER WHO USUALLY TURN UP WHEN WATER'S NOT IN SHORT SUPPLY. IT'S ALSO BEING USED AS A MAKESHIFT LAUNDRY AND WATER STATION. WAIHEKE'S USED TO DRY SPELLS. THE LAST ONE HIT AT THE END OF THE BUSY HOLIDAY PERIOD. THIS ONE CAME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. ALL THE GARDENS ARE DYING. MOST PEOPLE ARE CAREFUL AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW. WE NEED THE RAIN. UH, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE... TOO APATHETIC TO ACTUALLY JUST GET UP ON A LADDER AND OPEN THEIR TANK AND HAVE A LOOK. YOU KNOW, THEY, SORT OF, WAIT TILL THE TAP DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN CALL US. WORDS WATER-SHORT LOCALS WILL PONDER AS THEY COUNT DOWN TILL THE TANKER ARRIVES. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. THE NZ ARMY'S WIDELY RECOGNISED FOR ITS WORK HELPING STRICKEN COMMUNITIES OVERSEAS. WHAT'S LESS WELL KNOWN ARE THE PROJECTS THEY DO IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. NOW, THANKS TO SOME OF THAT HOME-GROWN WORK, A SMALL COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL IN WELLINGTON HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE. REBECCA EDWARDS EXPLAINS. ARMY PERSONNEL INSPECTING THEIR HANDIWORK. JUST TO SEE THEM HAVING FUN, PLAYING IN THE SANDPIT AND RUNNING AROUND IS GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN HERE TWO DAYS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS, SO THAT'S GOOD. THEY'RE ENJOYING IT. THE TEAM OF SOLDIERS DONATED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL. EVERY DAY, PARENTS HAVE BROUGHT MORNING AND AFTERNOON TEA TO THE ARMY GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING, AND EVERY DAY THEY'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL TO US, AND WE'RE, OF COURSE, SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM. BEFORE NOW THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRESCHOOL HAD BEEN OPERATING FROM A CENTRE IT SHARED WITH SEVERAL OTHER ORGANISATIONS. SEVERAL YEARS HAD BEEN SPENT TRYING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR A NEW FACILITY. AND THANKS TO THE DONATED LABOUR OF THESE SOLDIERS SAVING THE COMMUNITY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, FINALLY THE DREAM BECAME A REALITY. PARENTS HAVE DESCRIBED THE ARMY'S INVOLVEMENT HERE AS THE PRESCHOOL'S SAVING GRACE AND SAY WITHOUT THE HELP, IT'S LIKELY IT WOULD'VE HAD TO CLOSE. WE HAD A DEADLINE. WE HAD TO REALLY GET IN HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE RELICENSED, AND THEY HAVE CONSTANTLY STRIVED TO HELP US DO THAT. WITH BUILDERS, ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS ALL WITHIN THE ARMY'S ENGINEER CORPS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIKE THIS PROVIDE CRUCIAL TRAINING. WHEN WE GO UP TO THE ISLANDS, TO THE TROPICS ` TO HELP OUT IN A DISASTER ` OR EVEN TONGA OR SAMOA, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME SKILLS ` RECONSTRUCTION, REBUILDING. SO THE SAME STUFF THEY DO HERE; WE JUST TAKE IT OFFSHORE TO DO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WITH THIS HELPING HAND IN OUR OWN BACKYARD BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. ONE OF DUNEDIN'S MOST NOTORIOUS WATERING HOLES HAS THIS WEEK BEGUN A NEW LIFE AS A STUDY FACILITY. THE ICONIC GARDIES TAVERN CLOSED IN 2010 TO BE REPLACED BY A CENTRE THE UNIVERSITY SAYS REFLECTS THE CHANGING HABITS OF STUDENTS. MAX BANIA REPORTS. ALL CHANT: GARDIES! GARDIES! GARDIES! FROM SCARFIE SKULDUGGERY TO STUDENT SERENITY, GARDIES' TRANSITION COULDN'T BE MORE DRAMATIC, THIS WEEK UNVEILED AS A STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDY CENTRE. THIS HAS COME UP REALLY WELL. IT'S A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT I DON'T RECOGNISE IT ANY MORE. IT'S A FANTASTIC FACILITY. WITH A CAPACITY OF 235, SEPARATE STUDY ROOMS AND, OF COURSE, A CAFE, IT MEETS THE CHANGING DEMANDS OF THE MODERN STUDENT. THEY WANT HIGH-SPEED INTERNET, AND THEY WANT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT THESE SPACES ARE DESIGNED TO DO ` TO ALLOW STUDENTS NOT TO BE SEQUESTERED OFF INTO OLD STUDY CORRALS, LIKE I USED TO STUDY IN. ALONG WITH MANY OF DUNEDIN'S STUDENT PUBS, GARDIES BECAME UNPROFITABLE AND WAS SOLD TO THE UNIVERSITY IN 2010. THE STUDENT DRINKING HABITS HAVE CHANGED, AND IT FELL ON HARDER TIMES, AND THIS IS A MUCH BETTER USE OF IT THAN IT SAW IN ITS LAST FEW YEARS AS A PUB. YOU WOULD'VE SEEN A FEW THINGS, I GUESS, BEING BEHIND THE BAR? YES, NOTHING I COULD RELATE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, I DON'T THINK. NOW, THE MEMORIES ARE A BIT HAZY, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT HERE I ONCE GOT DOWN-TROUED BY TONY BROWN IN A GAME OF POOL. THE BAR WAS UP AGAINST THAT WALL THERE. I'M GUESSING THE CARPET'S NEW, BECAUSE YOU CAN WALK ON IT WITHOUT YOUR FEET STICKING TO THE FLOOR. AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU NEVER USED TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS LIKE THIS AT THE BAR. FOR SOME, THE NOSTALGIA IS STILL WEARING OFF. IT WAS ALSO A HOUSE OF LEARNING, I THINK. LAUGHTER I REMEMBER MANY AFTERNOONS LEARNING IN THIS HOUSE. BUT THE LEARNING IN THIS HOUSE WILL STAND STUDENTS IN FAR BETTER STEAD. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO HELP THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY THE WORLD'S BIGGEST METEOR STRIKE IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED BY FLYING GLASS AND MORE THAN 3000 BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED IN THE RUSSIAN CITY. ANTI-WHALING ACTIVISTS SAY THEY'VE CONFRONTED JAPANESE WHALERS OPERATING IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. CREW ABOARD THE BOB BARKER CLAIM THIS MINKE WAS KILLED IN AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC WATERS, MAKING THE HUNT ILLEGAL. THE ACTIVISTS SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP THE JAPANESE CREW FROM KILLING ANY MORE WHALES. JENNIE-MAY NOW WITH SPORT. LYDIA KO (15) KEEPS HER COOL AT THE AUSSIE OPEN. AT THE MOMENT SHE'S IN A TIE FOR THE LEAD. ALSO WE HAVE PICTURES FROM THE WARRIORS PRESEASON MATCH AGAINST THE PANTHERS IN HAMILTON. PLUS, THE BLACKCAPS RETURN TO FORM. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE BREAKERS, WHO CONTINUE TO DOMINATE, WITH 12 STRAIGHT WINS IN THE ANBL. SUPER RUGBY KICKED OFF. A KIWI HELPS THE REBELS. BUT WHAT'S UP WITH JAMES O'CONNOR'S HAIR? AND WE KNOW HE'S THE FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET, BUT USAIN BOLTS ALSO GOT GAME. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT, WITH LYDIA KO CONTINUING TO AMAZE THE GOLFING WORLD. THE AMATEUR (15) IS VYING FOR THE LEAD AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN A FASCINATING DUEL WITH FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. MOVING DAY AT ROYAL CANBERRA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOCAL WILDLIFE, AND ALSO FOR LYDIA KO AT JUST THE SECOND HOLE. THIS TO JOIN THE LEAD OF 15 UNDER. OH. APPLAUSE NEVER IN DOUBT. IN FACT, A DROPPED SHOT BY HER COLUMBIAN RIVAL HAD GIVEN KO THE OUTRIGHT LEAD, AND TWO HOLES LATER THERE'S MORE TO COME. THE 15-YEAR-OLD SAW HER PLAYING PARTNER'S APPROACH GO SHORT AND GAVE IT AN EXTRA NUDGE TO SET UP ANOTHER BIRDIE FOR A TWO-SHOT LEAD. THE YOUNG AMATEUR EXPLAINED HOW DOLLAR SIGNS ARE NOT HER DRIVING FORCE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT THING FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE PUTT IS GOING TO BE, LIKE, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND STUFF, SO IT'S NOT AS SERIOUS. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HERE FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING STUFF. BUT AN INTERESTING DUEL IS ABOUT TO DEVELOP WITH A PROFESSIONAL FRONT-RUNNER WHO HAS BANKED MORE THAN $6M. KO WAS FIRST TO HAVE THE CHANCE OF AN EAGLE AFTER AN ALBATROSS AT THE PAR FIVE. SIXTH JUST SLIPS BY. OH! THIS TO EXTEND THE LEAD TO THREE. KO SETTLED FOR ANOTHER BIRDIE, WHILE SOON AFTER AT THE SAME HOLE, JIAY SHIN, TWO SHOTS BACK, IS IN A BUNKER SHE CAN HARDLY SEE OUT OF. GO IN! APPLAUSE THE LEAD SHARED, BUT ONLY AS FAR AS THE 10TH. CROWD EXCLAIMS SHIN RESPONDED FROM ALMOST THE SAME SPOT. CROWD EXCLAIMS KO FINALLY SURRENDERED A SHOT ON THE 12TH WITH HER FIRST BOGEY OF THE DAY AFTER JUST FAILING TO NAIL A LONG PUTT FOR PAR, ALL SQUARE WITH SHIN AGAIN. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS CRASHED TO A 2-1 T20 SERIES DEFEAT TO ENGLAND AFTER BEING GIVEN AN OLD-FASHIONED THRASHING IN THE THIRD AND FINAL T20 MATCH IN WELLINGTON. THE TOURISTS RAN DOWN NZ'S TOTAL OF 140 WITHOUT LOSING A WICKET, CRUISING TO VICTORY AT WESTPAC STADIUM. JOE PORTER REPORTS. AS FAR AS SPANKINGS GO, THIS WAS OF THE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT VARIETY. THAT'LL BE IT. THAT WILL BE IT. THAT HAS GONE SO FAR. IT'S ON THE ROOF! IT'S GONE ON THE ROOF. AND WHAT AN EMPHATIC STATEMENT. TO ENGLAND ` UM, FAR TOO GOOD TONIGHT. STUART AND YOUR TEAM BLEW US OFF THE PARK. THEY MOST CERTAINLY DID. OPENERS MICHAEL LUMB AND ALEX HALES WERE THE CHIEF DESTROYERS, BLASTING NINE SIXES AND 10 FOURS BETWEEN THEM AS THEY CRUISED TO THE TARGET OF 140 IN LESS THAN 12 OVERS. THAT'LL BE SIX MORE. GOT PLENTY ON THAT. AND AGAIN. IT'S OVER THE TOP, THOUGH, THIS ONE. THE WAY THE BOWLERS BOWLED ON A GOOD` GOOD` GOOD CRICKET WICKET WAS FANTASTIC TO SET THE GAME UP. AND OBVIOUSLY OUR OPENING BATSMEN HAVE COME OUT AND REALLY ENTERTAINED YOU. THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN WAS ON THE MONEY. WHILE THEIR BATSMEN DID THE ENTERTAINING, IT WAS THEIR BOWLERS THAT PUT THEM IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. SHORT BALL, ALWAYS. IT'LL BE OUT. YEAH, VERY GOOD BOWLING, STUART BROAD. BROAD, STEVEN FINN AND JADE DERNBACH PEPPERED THE BLACKCAPS WITH SHORT BALLS. APART FROM MARTIN GUPTILL, WHOSE SLOW 59 CAME OFF 77 BALLS, THE NZ BATSMEN FELL STEADILY. UH-OH. UH-OH. UH-OH. SOFT AS YOU LIKE. THEIR RUN RATE KEPT WELL IN CHECK, THE HOSTS FINISHED THEIR 20 OVERS 139/8. OH, HE'S HIT THAT. HE HASN'T HIT IT AT ALL WELL. HE SHOULD BE OUT. HE WILL BE OUT. THE BLACKCAPS HAD A CHANCE TO SNARE HALES EARLY ON. OH! GOT IT? GOT IT? NO, HE HASN'T. TAYLOR'S MISTIMED LEAP PROVED COSTLY AS THE ENGLAND WRECKING CREW THEN WENT TO WORK. THE TOURISTS WRAPPED UP THE MATCH AND THE SERIES 2-1, THE MOMENTUM THEIRS HEADING INTO TOMORROW'S OPENING ONE-DAYER IN HAMILTON. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. AND IT WAS A SIMILAR STORY AT THE ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S WORLD CUP IN INDIA, ALTHOUGH THE WHITE FERNS PUT UP MORE OF A FIGHT AGAINST ENGLAND IN MUMBAI. NZ POSTED 220/8IN THEIR 50 OVERS. AMY SATTERTHWAITE WAS THE STANDOUT WITH 85 RUNS. BUT AN UNBEATEN CENTURY FROM ENGLAND CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE EDWARDS LED HER TEAM TO A FOUR-WICKET WIN. SHE'S KEPT THAT DOWN. AND FOR FOUR. CROWD CHEERS GOT IN THAT GAP BETWEEN POINT AND GULLY. THERE IS THIRD MAN, BUT NOT ABLE TO CUT IT OFF. EDWARDS FINISHED 106 NOT OUT AND EQUALLED THE MOST CENTURIES IN WOMEN'S ODI'S WITH EIGHT. SO ENGLAND CLAIMED THIRD PLACE, WITH THE WHITE FERNS HAVING TO SETTLE FOR FOURTH. THE NZ BREAKERS HAVE MADE IT 12 IN A ROW, BUT NOT BEFORE BEING GIVEN A FINAL-QUARTER RUN FOR THEIR MONEY BY THE WOLLONGONG HAWKS, THE VISITORS COMING WITHIN THREE POINTS BEFORE LOSING 92-84. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. SHAKING OFF A HARD NIGHT AT THE OFFICE. WOLLONGONG'S A TOUGH TEAM. I MEAN, ANY TEAM UNDER GORDIE MCLEOD ARE NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP, SO IT WAS JUST GOOD THAT WE STUCK TO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, WHAT ANDRE ASKED FOR US. AND THE LAST TWO MINUTES WAS PRETTY CRUCIAL FOR US, AND WE GOT IT DONE. LARGELY DUE TO HIS ON-COURT EFFORTS. OFFENSIVE REBOUND. MIKA VUKONA GETS THE BASKET, AND HE'LL GO TO THE LINE. THIS THREE-POINT PLAY CAME IN THE FINAL MINUTES WHEN HIS TEAM NEEDED IT MOST. THE FORWARD CAME OUT FIRING, SINKING EIGHT POINTS EARLY. VUKONA. NO ONE ON HIM. THE SECOND QUARTER SAW THE BREAKERS MOVE TO A 17-POINT LEAD. BUT THEY LET THE HAWKS SWOOP BACK. FORMER TEAMMATE OSCAR FORMAN NAILED THREE FROM OUT WIDE IN THE THIRD. HITS A THREE. AND HE'S FIRED UP. COMING INTO THIS PLAY-OFF TIME OF BASKETBALL, IF YOU LET TEAMS BACK IN THE GAME, IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE. AND OBVIOUSLY IT COMES DOWN TO A COUPLE OF WINS IN THE PLAY-OFFS, AND THAT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING. ADRIS DELEON. 14 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM ADRIS DELEON AND THE GAME WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING. GREAT D FROM CJ BRUTON, BUT AN EVEN BETTER SHOT FROM ADRIS DELEON. THE DEFICIT GOT DOWN TO A NAIL-BITING THREE BEFORE VUKONA INSPIRED. A FINAL BASKET IN TRAFFIC SECURED THE WIN. MIKA VUKONA EQUALS HIS CAREER HIGH. 24 POINTS IN ALL. SHOTS WERE JUST FALLING FOR ME. FOLLOWING A FULL JANUARY DRAW, THE TEAM NOW HAVE NEARLY TWO WEEKS OFF. 13 DAYS IS A LONG TIME BEFORE THE NEXT GAME, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE ALL THAT PENT-UP ENERGY AND THEN TAKE IT INTO THE NEXT GAME. ADELAIDE WILL BE ON THE RECEIVING END FEBRUARY 28TH. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. THE MELBOURNE REBELS CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST WINNING START TO A SUPER RUGBY SEASON WHEN THEY DOWNED THE WESTERN FORCE 30 TO 23 LAST NIGHT. TAURANGA-BORN RICHARD KINGI SET UP A TRY TO GIVE THE REBELS THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. ALFIE MAFI REPLIED IN SHORT ORDER WITH HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN FOR THE FORCE. WITH HIM ` STANLEY. AND THERE IT IS ` THAT IS THE REPLY FROM MAFI. AND ALFIE MAFI HAS GOT A DOUBLE. KINGI SCORED ONE OF HIS OWN TO MAKE IT THREE TRIES EACH. THE POLISHED BOOT OF WALLABY JAMES O'CONNER PROVED THE DIFFERENCE IN THE END. THE BLUES AND HIGHLANDERS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PRESEASON CAMPAIGNS WITH A THRILLER IN QUEENSTOWN. THE RESULT CAME DOWN TO ALMOST THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME. MAX BANIA WAS THERE. ONLY IN QUEENSTOWN WOULD INJURED HIGHLANDERS COLIN SLADE AND BEN SMITH ARRIVE IN A CHOPPER. THE BLUES TOOK THE DIRECT ROUTE ON TO THE FIELD AND STRAIGHT OVER THE LINE. WHISTLE BLOWS STAR SIGNING MA'A NONU WAS WELL CONTAINED BY HIS FORMER TEAMMATES. A RAMPANT RENE RANGER SET UP A SECOND TRY. 14-0 INSIDE 10 MINUTES. CROWD APPLAUDS A STREAMLINED PIRI WEEPU SCORED AND KICKED FOUR FROM FOUR IN HIS FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR. I COULD PROBABLY LET YOU KNOW HOW THE BODY'S FEELING TOMORROW, BUT AT THIS STAGE, IT'S NOT FEELING TOO BAD. I MANAGED TO GET 45 MINUTES IN. DOWN 28-12, HIGHLANDERS SKIPPER HOSEA GEAR LED THE REVIVAL WITH TWO TRIES, BUT A SLOPPY SECOND HALF WAS SUMMED UP WHEN AARON SMITH FAILED TO GROUND THE BALL OVER THE LINE. HIS REPLACEMENT, FUMI TANAKA, DID, TO GIVE THE HOSTS THE LEAD ONLY FOR BLUES FIRST FIVE BADEN KERR TO HAVE THE FINAL SAY, SEALING A 31-29 WIN. HEY, LOOK, WINNING'S A HABIT. AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE RIGHT DECISION TO DO ` GO FOR A POINT AND GET THE WIN. SO, UH, BOOST OF MORALE GOING IN TO NEXT WEEK'S GAME. THEY KILLED US, EH, IN THE FIRST HALF, SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AT HALF-TIME. JUST WANTED TO KEEP IT REALLY REALLY SIMPLE AND JUST GO THROUGH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS. SO AFTER A FIRST-UP LOSS, THE BLUES WILL TAKE TWO WINS IN A ROW AND PLENTY OF CONFIDENCE INTO THE REGULAR SEASON. THE HIGHLANDERS WILL BE WORKING ON THEIR DEFENCE AHEAD OF THE CHIEFS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BLUES AND THEIR SUDDENLY SMILING FANS WILL FACE THE HURRICANES IN WELLINGTON ON SATURDAY. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. AND IN THE ANNUAL WARM UP MATCH AT THE MANGATAINOKA CLUB IN THE WAIARARAPA, THE CHIEFS HAVE BEATEN THE HURRICANES 25-21. THE WARRIORS' PRE-SEASON HIT A SNAG IN HAMILTON THIS AFTERNOON IN THE FORM OF A DETERMINED PENRITH SIDE. FORMER WARRIOR LEWIS BROWN SET UP ONE TRY AND THEN SCORED TWO OF HIS OWN AS PENRITH STRETCHED OUT TO A 22-4 HALF-TIME LEAD. COME HERE TO GET MY FIRST GAME OUT OF THE WAY FOR THE PANTHERS AND VERY GLAD TO PULL ON THE PANTHERS JERSEY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND GET A GOOD RESULT. A BIT RUSTY. STILL PLENTY OF THINGS TO WORK ON, BUT I GUESS IT'S GOOD TO GET SOME TIME AND THE LEGS OUT ON THE FIELD THERE. SHAUN JOHNSON SPARKED A LATE CHARGE BY THE WARRIORS TO GET THEM WITHIN 10 POINTS, BUT THE PANTHERS HAD THE LAST WORD, GEOFF DANIELA'S TRY SEALING IT 32-18. FINALLY IN SPORT ` WATCHING CELEBRITIES TRY THEIR HAND AT SPORT CAN BE A LITTLE EMBARRASSING ` SOMETIMES PATHETIC ` BUT USAIN BOLT IS THE EXCEPTION. YES, THE FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET HAS PROVEN HE'S OK OVER 100M AND 200M, BUT NOW WE KNOW THE BROTHER'S GOT GAME. HE'S GOTTA GO BACK TO THE OTHER END. USAIN BOLT ON A LITERAL FAST BREAK. OH, USAIN BOLT! 9.58, JAMAICA IN THE HOUSE. WITH EASE! NEVER MIND THE TRAVELLING. HUNGER GAMES ACTOR JOSH HUTCHERSON ALSO GOT IN ON THE ACTION. TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, USAIN WASN'T THAT GOOD. IN 30 MINUTES HE GOT ONE SHOT. IN BREAKING NEWS, THERE'S BEEN A 6.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OFF THE EAST CAPE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE TREMOR HIT AT ABOUT QUARTER PAST SIX AND WAS AT A DEPTH OF NEARLY 300KM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE SO FAR. WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ NOW HERE'S JIM WITH THE WEATHER. HI AGAIN. SPARKS HAVE BEEN FLYING IN THE GISBORNE-HAWKE'S BAY RANGES. THUNDERCLOUDS. BUBBLED WITH CONVERGING SEABREEZES AND A COLD POOL ABOVE. WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO A WATCH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TIMES ARE TOUGH IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, AND YOU SELDOM SEE A HELICOPTER WITH WINGS, BUT BOTH WERE EVIDENT OVER WAIHEKE ISLAND THIS MORNING. BUT BOTH WERE EVIDENT OVER WAIHEKE ISLAND THIS MORNING. THE PLANE WAS INCAPACITATED. BECK HELICOPTERS THREW 'EM A ROPE. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY PIPPA JEFFERIES AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.