HELLO, EVERYBODY. THE SUN CAME OUT TO PLAY AGAIN TODAY, AND SO DID LOTS OF KIWIS. JUST A FEW SCUFFS OF MOISTURE TEASED THE NORTHERN COASTS, BUT BUSH AND RIVER CAMPERS ARE SOAKING UP 30 DEGREES AND SUNSHINE. UP AHEAD THERE'S JUST A TEASE OF RAIN FOR SOME OF OUR DEHYDRATED FARMS. 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. A KNIFE IN THE HEAD ` HOW A SURGEON AND A POLICEMAN BOTH HELPED SAVE THE LIFE OF A CHRISTCHURCH STAB VICTIM. A DECADE OF DESPAIR. THE DAUGHTERS OF MISSING WOMAN SARA NIETHE SPEAK OUT AS HER KILLER AWAITS SENTENCING. THE CHANGING POLITICAL FORTUNES REVEALED IN OUR ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL. AND LYDIA'S STILL LIGHTING IT UP AT THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN. PEOPLE CLAMOUR NEVER IN DOUBT! A CHRISTCHURCH MAN (20) IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER HE WAS STABBED IN THE HEAD. TONIGHT WE SPEAK TO THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE SURGEON WHOSE SKILLS BOTH HELPED SAVE THE YOUNG'S MAN LIFE AFTER A KNIFE WAS EMBEDDED IN HIS SKULL. JOY REID HAS THE DETAILS. THIS IS THE 9CM BLADE WHICH WAS PLUNGED INTO THE 20-YEAR-OLD'S SKULL. THE KNIFE WAS JUST ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE HERE, AND YELLOW HANDLE WAS ALL YOU COULD SEE AND ABOUT 1CM OF BLADE. CONSTABLE CARL CHRISTIANSON, A COP WITH A PARAMEDIC BACKGROUND, WAS FIRST ON THE SCENE, AND REMARKABLY THE VICTIM WAS STILL CONSCIOUS. I KNEW STRAIGHT AWAY THAT KNIFE WASN'T GOING TO MOVE. IT'S A NO-BRAINER. YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY FOREIGN OBJECT FROM SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE LYING THERE BLEEDING. AND THAT DECISION MAY HAVE SAVED THE YOUNG MAN'S LIFE. I THINK THAT WAS A VERY SENSIBLE PIECE OF ACTION. WE WERE EXPECTING A 3CM BLADE OF SMALL KNIFE, NOT AN 8CM BLADE IN HIS HEAD. SO EVERYONE WAS PRETTY SHOCKED. THE VICTIM, WHO ASKED NOT TO BE NAMED, WAS STABBED OUTSIDE A PARTY AT HIS FLAT AROUND 1 YESTERDAY MORNING. WITNESSES TOLD ONE NEWS HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BREAK IT UP, COS WE DIDN'T WANT FIGHTS TO GO ON. THE IMAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT SHOCKING. THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DIE, EH. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE VICTIM'S FATHER WHO WAS THERE AT THE PARTY AND IN FACT HELD HIS SON IN HIS LAP HERE IN THIS GUTTER AS THEY WAITED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. HE TELLS ME HE WAS CONVINCED HIS SON WAS GOING TO DIE AND HAS NOTHING BUT PRAISE FOR THOSE WHO HELPED HIM TO SURVIVE. THE KNIFE CAME WITHIN 2MM OF HIS EYE AND WITHIN 2CM OF HIS BRAIN. THE BLADE OF THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH A THICK PART OF BONE HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE SKULL. HIS SURGEON TODAY SAYING IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A CONSIDERABLE FORCE TO LODGE THE KITCHEN KNIFE. WHEN WE WITHDREW THE KNIFE, IT HAD TO BE WITHDRAWN EXACTLY IN SAME TRACT, OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE. HE WAS JUST REALLY LUCKY THAT EVERY SINGLE VITAL ORGAN WAS MISSED IN THAT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. HE'S A VERY LUCKY MAN. A 20-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED IN RELATION TO THE STABBING. MEANWHILE, THE VICTIM'S FAMILY ARE APPEALING FOR PEOPLE TO STOP CARRYING KNIVES. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. THE DAUGHTERS OF SARA NIETHE, WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR 10 YEARS, HAVE APPEALED FOR THEIR MOTHER'S KILLER TO REVEAL WHAT HAPPENED TO HER BODY. ON FRIDAY SARA NIETHE'S FORMER BOYFRIEND MARK PAKENHAM PLEADED GUILTY TO HER KILLING. PETER CRONSHAW FROM THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME REPORTS. IT HAS BEEN NEARLY 10 YEARS SINCE SARA NIETHE DISAPPEARED, BUT THE TEARS STILL FLOW. SHE IS NEVER GOING TO MEET HER GRANDCHILD, GRANDCHILDREN. (SNIFFS) SHE'S NEVER GONNA SEE US GET MARRIED. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SUNDAY, SARA NIETHE'S DAUGHTERS TALKED OF THEIR FADING MEMORIES OF MUM. YOU TRY NOT TO LET THEM FADE. I JUST THINK ABOUT HER ALL THE TIME. AND ALWAYS LOOK AT HER PICTURES AND MAKE SURE I REMEMBER ALL THE TIME. DANIELLE WAS TWO DAYS SHY OF HER 10TH BIRTHDAY WHEN SARA VANISHED. SIMONE WAS JUST EIGHT. I COULD PROBABLY COUNT THE AMOUNT OF MEMORIES I HAVE OF HER. THERE'S NOT MANY. SO I JUST TRY AND THINK OF DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT HER, BUT NOTHING COMES TO MIND MOST OF THE TIME. I WAS TOO YOUNG. WITH ONE WORD MARK PAKENHAM ENDED A 10-YEAR MYSTERY ABOUT WHO KILLED SARA NIETHE. GUILTY. HE'S JUST GONE AND PUT HER SOMEWHERE, HIDDEN HER, JUST DUMPED HER LIKE SHE WAS NOTHING. HE TOOK OUR MUM, AND THAT WAS LIKE THE MOST-NEEDED THING IN OUR LIVES. THEY HAVE JUSTICE, BUT THE ONE THING THEY REALLY WANT IS THEIR MOTHER'S BODY. PAKENHAM IS BACK IN COURT FOR SENTENCING IN JUNE. PETE CRONSHAW, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE ON THIS STORY ON SUNDAY TONIGHT AT 7. A GIRL (15) IS DEAD AND A MALE DRIVER (17) IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION IN HOSPITAL AFTER THEIR CAR COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN JUST SOUTH OF MASTERTON. THE UTE WAS CRUSHED JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING ON WILTON RD IN RURAL WAIRARAPA. THE INTERSECTION HAS NO WARNING BELLS OR BARRIER ARMS. SOUTH-BOUND COMMUTER TRAIN FROM` HEADING TO WELLINGTON WAS TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY A MALE (17) HAS FAILED TO STOP AT THE UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION AND HAS HIT THE SIDE OF THE TRAIN. THE TRAIN TRAVELLED 500M BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP. POLICE SAY THE TRAIN DRIVER IS EXTREMELY SHAKEN BUT UNINJURED. A BOOST TO THE GOVERNMENT TONIGHT IN THE FIRST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL OF THE YEAR. NATIONAL HAS BOUNCED UP 5 POINTS IN TONIGHT'S POLL TO 49% ` ITS HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING IN ALMOST A YEAR. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IS WITH US NOW. OUR LAST POLL SHOWED A TREND TOWARDS THE CENTRE LEFT, WITH NATIONAL NOT ABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. BUT AFTER A LONG SUMMER BREAK, GOOD WEATHER AND TIME AT BEACH, VOTERS SEEM TO HAVE RETURNED TO NATIONAL, AND IN PARTICULAR, JOHN KEY. JOHN KEY KICKED OFF 2013 WITH WHAT SOME SAID WAS A JUNKET TO ANTARCTICA WITH HIS WIFE. BUT BEHIND THE HOLIDAY SMILES, AN ICE-COOL MR KEY WAS PLOTTING A BRUTAL CABINET RESHUFFLE. TWO MINISTERS DUMPED, AND NICK SMITH IN THE FROM THE COLD. JOHN KEY REMINDING THE ELECTORATE... HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MAKE A NOISE? ...THAT HE'S NOT AFRAID TO RUFFLE A FEW FEATHERS TO GET RESULTS. LAUGHTER AND IT APPEARS TO BE A WINNING STRATEGY. IN OUR FIRST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL NATIONAL HAS JUMPED FIVE POINTS TO 49%. LABOUR AND THE GREENS ARE BOTH DOWN TWO TO 33% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY. NZ FIRST REMAINS STEADY ON FOUR, W WHILE UNITED FUTURE, THE MA I PARTY^ AND MANA ARE ALSO STEADY. WHEN CONVERTED INTO SEATS IN THE HOUSE NATIONAL WOULD HAVE 62, STILL JUST SHY OF A MAJORITY. HOWEVER ADD IN ANY ONE OF ITS SUPPORT PARTNERS ` UNITED FUTURE, ACT OR THE MAORI PARTY ` AND IT WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GOVERN. THE CENTRE LEFT, ON THE OTHER HAND, FALLS SHORT. LABOUR'S 42 SEATS, PLUS THE GREENS 14 AND MANA'S ONE MAKES JUST 57 SEATS. THIS ASSUMES ALL CURRENT ELECTORATE SEATS ARE HELD. I THINK IT REFLECTS THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S MADE A STRONG START TO THE YEAR. WE'VE GOT A POSITIVE AGENDA FOR NZ. WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER, AND PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE COUNTRY. LABOUR'S DAVID SHEARER CAME BACK FROM HOLIDAY WITH A RENEWED THIRST FOR THE JOB TOO, COMFORTABLY WINNING A LEADERSHIP VOTE AND SAFELY NEGOTIATING THE ANNUAL PITFALLS AT WAITANGI. BUT THERE'S BEEN LITTLE REWARD IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES. MR SHEARER REMAINS STEADY IN THE LATEST POLL AT 15%. JOHN KEY, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS SEEN HIS POPULARITY SOAR FIVE POINTS TO 44. WINSTON PETER BRINGS UP THE REAR AT 5%. IN THE FACE OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT THIS IS A STRONG POLL FOR NATIONAL. AND WITH JOHN KEY'S POPULARITY LIFTING AGAIN, A THIRD TERM IS FIRMLY BACK IN SIGHT. CORIN, THIS POLL MUST BE WORRYING FOR BOTH LABOUR AND THE GREENS? BUT THIS WILL BE KICK IN THE GUTS AFTER HARD YARDS LAST YEAR. THEY POINT TO THE FACT THAT SUMMER'S USUALLY GOOD FOR GOVERNMENT. PEOPLE FORGET GOVERNMENT'S FAILINGS AROUND THE BARBIE. GOVERNMENT NOT UNDER PRESSURE YET THIS YEAR. THANKS, CORIN DANN. AND TOMORROWS ANNOUNCEMENT IS LIKELY TO BE THE BIGGEST TEST THE EDUCATION MINISTER HAS FACED TO DATE. THE LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS ALMOST 60% OF VOTERS BELIEVE JOHN KEY WAS WRONG TO KEEP HER IN THE JOB. MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. WHEN JOHN KEY ANNOUNCED THAT HEKIA PARATA WAS SAFE AS EDUCATION MINISTER, SOME WERE LEFT SPEECHLESS. NOT THE PRIME MINISTER THOUGH. HE'S STILL VOCAL IN HIS SUPPORT. IF YOU LOOK AT HER HISTORY IN POLITICS, SHE'S BEEN ONE OF SMOOTHEST COMMUNICATORS WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD. BUT VOTERS DON'T SHARE HIS CONFIDENCE. ASKED IN OUR LATEST COLMAR BRUNTON POLL ` PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE IT A BIT MORE TIME. I SEE IN HEKIA A VERY CAPABLE MINISTER. SOMEONE THAT'S GOT A CHALLENGING PORTFOLIO. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BETTER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING RIGHT. HEKIA PARATA'S WELL DOCUMENTED LIST OF WOES INCLUDE BACKTRACKING ON INCREASING CLASS SIZES, THE CLOSURE AND MERGER OF SOME CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS, AN ILLEGAL ATTEMPT TO SHUT THE SALISBURY SPECIAL SCHOOL, THE CLASH WITH ` AND EVENTUAL RESIGNATION OF ` THE EDUCATION MINISTRY'S BOSS AND NOVOPAY. HEKIA PARATA WOULDN'T BE INTERVIEWED ABOUT OUR POLL, SAYING IN A STATEMENT SHE IS FOCUSING ON TOMORROW'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHRISTCHURCH. BUT OPPOSITION PARTIES STILL SENSE WEAKNESS. LABOUR'S SET TO PROMOTE CHRIS HIPKINS TO THE EDUCATION ROLE PERMANENTLY AND GREENS CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI HAS JUST TAKEN THE PORTFOLIO OFF ONE OF HER JUNIOR MPS. SHE IS A LIABILITY TO THE GOVERNMENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY JOHN KEY IS STANDING BESIDE HER, GIVEN HER LITANY OF FAILURES AND THE HARM THAT SHE IS CAUSING FAMILIES. ... AND FOSTERING VOTER DOUBT IN JOHN KEY'S DECISION MAKING. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. AND TOMORROW 31 OF THE 39 SCHOOLS EARMARKED FOR MERGERS OR CLOSURE IN CHRISTCHURCH WILL BE GIVEN AN INTERIM DECISION ON THEIR FUTURE. THE DECISIONS WILL AFFECT ABOUT 5500 CHILDREN. SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF CONSULTATION BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE IN MAY. THE MP RICHARD PROSSER HAS BEEN LABELLED A COWARD AFTER FAILING TO FRONT UP FOR A PUBLIC MEETING. AND NZ FIRST HAS ADMITTED IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BACKLASH OVER HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ABOUT MUSLIMS. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. THIS IS WHERE RICHARD PROSSER WAS MEANT TO BE GIVING A SPEECH TODAY. AND THIS IS THE SIGHT THAT GREETED LOCALS ON ARRIVAL. I THINK IT'S A REALLY BAD LOOK; HE LOOKS CHICKEN. I GUESS IT'S A BIT COWARDLY. RICHARD PROSSER WAS DUE TO GIVE HIS FIRST SPEECH HERE SINCE THE CONTROVERSY OVER COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT MUSLIMS IN A MAGAZINE. GOING ON TO ADD THAT IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT,... HE'S NOT WELCOME HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THAT SORT OF ATTITUDE; WE DON'T NEED NEO-FASCISTS HERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN NZ. MR PROSSER'S SPEECH WAS MEANT TO BE ABOUT HOW NZ FIRST WILL MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD, BUT THE PARTY WASN'T SO FORWARD ABOUT THE CANCELLATION. WE'VE REPEATEDLY CALLED THE NUMBER ON THIS NOTICE TO FIND OUT THE REASON FOR RICHARD PROSSER'S NO SHOW. AT FIRST THE NUMBER JUST RANG; NOW IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL. WE RANG RICHARD PROSSER TOO, BUT HE WASN'T ANSWERING HIS PHONE. EVENTUALLY A MEMBER OF NZ FIRST DID SHOW UP. HE SAID THE MEETING HAD BEEN CANCELLED ON THURSDAY AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE OUTRAGE. WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN CONFLICT. WE WANT TO HAVE A PROPER DEBATE, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THAT MOOD AT THE MOMENT. SO IT'S NOT THE COWARD'S WAY OUT? NO. ANGRY LOCALS MIGHT TAKE MORE CONVINCING OF THAT. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. TELECOM HAS CANCELLED THE PASSWORDS OF THOUSANDS MORE CUSTOMERS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S CYBER ATTACK. THE COMPANY FIRST THOUGHT 15,000 CUSTOMERS WERE AFFECTED, BUT NOW BELIEVES A FURTHER 60,000 MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. IT'S URGING CUSTOMERS TO CHANGE THEIR PASSWORDS BY FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE. ABOUT 90% OF CUSTOMERS ARE MANAGING TO DO THAT. AND ALSO ONLINE, IT TELLS YOU HOW TO SYNC YOUR PASSWORD WITH YOUR TABLET AND YOUR IPHONE OR YOUR ANDROID PHONE AS WELL. TELECOM'S CALL CENTRE HAS BEEN FLOODED, WITH WAIT TIMES OF OVER AN HOUR. NOW TO THE AFTERMATH OF THAT MASSIVE METEOR THAT CAME CRASHING TO EARTH IN RUSSIA. A MAJOR CLEAN-UP HAS BEGUN, AND THE HUNT IS ON FOR PIECES OF THE SPACE ROCK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE NEAR WHERE THE METEOR CAME DOWN. ABC CORRESPONDENT KIRIT RADIA. THE BLAST WAS BONE-RATTLING. BOOM! THE GIANT METEOR EXPLODED IN MID-AIR, KNOCKING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND, SENDING OTHERS FLEEING. SIRENS BLARE TODAY THE CLEAN-UP BEGAN. OVER 24,000 TROOPS AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED TO HELP ` COLLECTING DEBRIS FROM A COLLAPSED WALL, REPLACING AND BOARDING UP BLOWN-OUT WINDOWS. NASA SAYS THIS WAS THE BIGGEST METEOR TO HIT EARTH IN OVER A CENTURY. G 8 WEIGHING MORE THAN THE EIFFEL TO ITS EXPLOSION IN THE ATMOSPHERE THE EQUIVALENT OF 30 HIROSHIMA BOMBS. BOOM! OFFICIALS SAY OVER 1200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, OVER 4000 BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF GLASS SHATTERED ` THE SIZE OF ABOUT 20 FOOTBALL FIELDS. THERE ARE BROKEN WINDOWS AND STOREFRONTS JUST LIKE THIS ONE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET BEHIND ME. AND THE CITY IS LITTERED WITH THIS ` BROKEN GLASS THAT CAUSED MOST OF THE INJURIES. THE HUNT IS ON FOR THOUSANDS OF FRAGMENTS THAT COULD HAVE HIT THE GROUND. DIVERS SEARCHED THIS FROZEN LAKE WHERE ONE PIECE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE CREATED THIS MASSIVE HOLE IN THE ICE. THEY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES LOOKING. METEOR HUNTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE CALLING THIS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THEM TOLD US JUST A SMALL PIECE COULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS; BIGGER CHUNKS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN VALUE OF PIECES FELL TO THE EARTH. THE FROZEN GROUND AND SNOW WILL HELP PRESERVE THE METEOR DEBRIS IN WHAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE A NEW COSMIC GOLD RUSH. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` A SISTER'S ANGUISH ` THE FAMILY OF MURDER-ACCUSED OSCAR PISTORIUS SPEAKS OUT. THE HUNT FOR SURVIVORS AFTER AN EXPLOSION DECIMATES A MARKETPLACE IN PAKISTAN. AND HE'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL GAMER. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW REHAB FOR STROKE VICTIMS HAS GONE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. DOOR SHUTS, RAUCOUS MALE LAUGHTER Yo, Donna! Sorry, Darryl. It's not Donna time; it's Mum time. Sit your drunken ass down there. Why? (LAUGHS) Why? (LAUGHS) Cos you lot are special to me. Aw. Look, I'm not saying anything till I have my lawyer present. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) You're driving pissed too often, Darryl. Uncle Gav. Mum thinks you're dumb. Uncle Gav. Mum thinks you're dumb. No, you are! Hey! (KISSES, LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) I think you're all dumb. (LAUGHS) I think you're all dumb. Oh. Why? You need to talk to your nephews and you to your brother about you lot driving home pissed every weekend. You're no saint. You're no saint. Yeah, I know that. But we've all got to stop. Now, I've said my bit. Who wants to go next? Who wants to go next? (CHUCKLES) < This is awkward. THE FAMILY OF BLADE RUNNER OSCAR PISTORIUS HAVE BROKEN THEIR SILENCE TO DEFEND THE PARALYMPIAN WHO'S ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS GIRLFRIEND. THIS AS A REALITY SHOW FEATURING THE SLAIN MODEL REEVA STEENKAMP HAS CONTROVERSIALLY GONE TO AIR IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING HAS THE STORY. IN TEARS TODAY ` OSCAR PISTORIUS' SISTER AIMEE, THE FAMILY INSISTING THAT THE WORLD-FAMOUS ATHLETE IS NOT GUILTY OF MURDER. WE DEEPLY REGRET THE ALLEGATIONS OF PREMEDITATED MURDER. WE HAVE NO DOUBT THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE FOR THE ALLEGATIONS. IN COURT YESTERDAY, PISTORIUS BROKE DOWN WHEN FORMALLY ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP. TODAY HIS FAMILY FIGHTING TO HAVE HIM RELEASED ON BAIL SPOKE OF THE COUPLES' BLOSSOMING RELATIONSHIP AND PISTORIUS' TRAUMA. OSCAR, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS ALSO NUMB WITH SHOCK AND GRIEF AND TOTAL PAIN. HI, THERE. TONIGHT A CONTROVERSIAL BROADCAST IN SOUTH AFRICA OF REEVA STEENKAMP STARRING IN A REALITY TELEVISION SHOW, FILMED SHORTLY BEFORE HER DEATH. HI, MY NAME'S REEVA, AND I'M A CELEBRITY CONTESTANT... HER FAMILY APPROVED THE BROADCAST, BUT OTHERS FEEL IT'S IN POOR TASTE. SHE OBVIOUSLY ENJOYED IT WHILE MAKING IT, SO WHY NOT SHARE IT? A WAY OF CELEBRATING HER LIFE? I THINK IT SHOWS THAT WE DON'T CARE. WHOEVER IS PRODUCING IT DOESN'T FOR ALL THE FEVERISH SPECULATION, IT'S MUCH TOO EARLY TO DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE DEATH OF REEVA STEENKAMP. � AND YET, SOUTH AFRICA IS A COUNTRY PLAGUED BY EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AND THAT IS WHAT ANY PEOPLE HERE ARE STARTING TO FOCUS ON. REEVA STEENKAMP WILL BE BURIED NEXT TUESDAY. OSCAR PISTORIUS IS DUE BACK IN COURT THE SAME DAY. AT LEAST 79 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A BOMB ATTACK ON A CROWDED MARKET IN WESTERN PAKISTAN. 200 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN WHAT IS THE SECOND MAJOR ATTACK IN THE CITY OF QUETTA IN WEEKS. THIS FROM BBC CORRESPONDENT ORLA GUERIN. SMOKE WAS FILLING THE SKY AFTER ANOTHER DEVASTATING ATTACK ON THE SHIA MINORITY IN QUETTA. THEY ARE TARGETED REGULARLY BY SUNNI EXTREMISTS, WHO VIEW THEM AS NON-MUSLIMS. THE MASSIVE BLAST TORE THROUGH THIS MARKETPLACE, AND THERE ARE FEARS THAT SOME ARE STILL BURIED IN THE WRECKAGE. LOCAL HOSPITALS FILLED WITH CASUALTIES OF THIS LATEST SECTARIAN ATTACK, MANY OF THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN ` INNOCENT VICTIMS OF MASS SLAUGHTER. I WAS THERE. I WAS THERE AFTER THE CRASH FOR HELPING. TOO MANY PEOPLE DEAD, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE INJURED. I WAS COLLECTING DEAD BODIES FROM 100 METRES AWAY, ACTUALLY. THE ATTACK, WHICH KILLED SCORES, WAS CLAIMED BY THE SUNNI MILITANT GROUP LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BANNED, BUT OPERATES RELATIVELY OPENLY HERE. THE BEREAVED WONDER IF ANYONE WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT. USUALLY THOSE WHO TARGET SHIAS GET OFF SCOT-FREE. IN THIS BESIEGED COMMUNITY, THERE IS GROWING ANGER TONIGHT AT THE CONTINUING FAILURE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE KILLERS AWAY. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR ATTACK ON SHIITES IN QUETTA THIS YEAR. MANY SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE NOTHING TO PROTECT THEM, IN SPITE OF ITS PROMISES. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS CLAIM THE AUTHORITIES ARE EITHER INCOMPETENT OR COLLUDING WITH THE EXTREMISTS. NORTH KOREA'S LEADER KIM JONG UN HAS CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF HIS LATE FATHER IN PATRIOTIC STYLE. HE WATCHED THE UNVEILING OF A GIANT STATUE OF KIM JONG IL AND OTHER COMMUNIST LEADERS OUTSIDE A SCHOOL. MEANWHILE, THIS CHILDREN'S SONG ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S RECENT ROCKET LAUNCH HAS HIT YOUTUBE. (SINGS JOLLY SONG IN KOREAN) THE TITLE OF THE SONG, 'THE SPACE WILL BE FILLED WITH OUR SATELLITES'. NOW WE GO TO THE DAY'S WEATHER. JUST LIKE YESTERDAY'S, JIM?! NO BIG CHANGES. DRY, DRY, HOT, HOT. AND THE WORKING WEEK LOOKS LIKE STAYING THAT WAY. OUR FARMERS ARE TOUGHING IT OUT, AND THE COWS ARE DRY, DUSTY AND THIRSTY. AT LEAST THE LAWNS DON'T NEED MOWING SO MUCH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THEY WERE UP MT HUTT IN DROVES TODAY TRAMPING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING. AND THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW. DETAILS AFTER ANDREW'S DISSECTED THE CRICKET AND GOLF. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE KIWI-MADE COMPUTER GAMES KEEPING STROKE SURVIVORS ON TARGET. AND WHY THIS RARE FALCON IS FINDING A NEW HOME AT A QUEENSTOWN WINERY. KIWI SCIENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A COMPUTER GAME THAT'S MAKING A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF STROKE SURVIVORS. ONE PARTICIPANT IS FOR THE FIRST TIME REGAINING MOVEMENT IN HIS FINGERS AND ARM. RENEE GRAHAM HAS THE STORY. ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO TOM GLENN SURVIVED A MASSIVE STROKE BUT LOST HIS ABILITY TO MOVE HIS FINGERS AND ARMS. BUT AFTER FOUR WEEKS PLAYING THIS COMPUTER GAME, HE'S MAKING STARTLING PROGRESS. NOW I'VE GOT FREE FLOW OF MY ARM REALLY. I CAN BRING IT OUT HERE. I'VE LIFTED THAT HAND A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, BECAUSE PREVIOUS TO THAT IT WAS VIRTUALLY CLENCHED AND CLOSED. BUT NOW IT'S JUST OUTSTANDING. I PUT THAT DOWN ENTIRELY TO THIS PROCESS. SCIENTISTS AT THE CALLAGHAN INSTITUTE ARE LAUNCHING GAMES THAT HELP TREAT ARM AND FINGER PARALYSIS AFTER A STROKE. THE TECHNOLOGY, CALLED ABLE REACH, WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. THE GAMES JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO A LOT OF REACHING MOVEMENTS TO HELP THEM REMEMBER HOW TO USE THEIR ARM PROPERLY. THE GAME HAS A STRAP-ON MOUSE FOR WRISTS THAT SEIZE OR SHAKE. IN THIS MOSQUITO SPLAT GAME WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIT A MOVING TARGET, EACH LEVEL GETS FASTER AND FASTER AND MORE OBJECTS APPEAR WHICH COMPLICATE THE PATH THAT YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE. IT'S MOVEMENT AND CONTROL OF MOVEMENT, CONCENTRATION, DECISION MAKING AND ALL OF THESE TOGETHER HELP THE BRAIN, SO A STROKE IS ABOUT A BRAIN INJURY. EARLY RESULTS FROM A TRIAL ARE PROMISING, WITH FIVE OUT OF SEVEN CASES SHOWING NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENTS. LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT. BECAUSE I TELL YOU WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE I AM IN THREE YEARS TIME. I WANT TO BE ADVANCED AND BACK OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE SITTING AROUND. THE GAME AND MOUSE COSTS LESS THAN $1000 AND WILL LAUNCH MID YEAR. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. ONE OF NZ'S RAREST BIRDS IS GETTING A BOOST FROM ITS NAMESAKE IN CENTRAL OTAGO. PEREGRINE WINERY, NEAR QUEENSTOWN, IS RELEASING CAPTIVE-BRED NZ FALCONS INTO THE WILD. MEGAN MARTIN WENT ALONG TO WATCH. THIS KAREAREA, OR NZ FALCON, WAS BORN AND BRED IN CAPTIVITY. HER PARENTS WERE HANDED INTO WINGSPAN BIRDS OF PREY TRUST IN ROTORUA AS INJURED FALCON AND SO OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T BE RELEASED INTO THE WILD, AND SO THEY WERE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY TO BREED. BUT SHE'S READY TO BE AS WILD AS THE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND HER. THIS PARTICULAR BIRD HERE WAS TRAINED USING FALCONRY. THE PURPOSE FOR THAT WAS TO GET THE BIRD FIT, SO THE FITTER SHE IS, THE EASIER IT IS FOR HER TO HUNT GAME. THIS PINT-SIZED RAPTOR HAS BEEN CALLED TUHAAHI ` MAORI FOR SPITFIRE. SHE'S SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKS FLYING FOR LURES AND IS NOW READY FOR THE REAL THING. 75% OF JUVENILES IN THEIR FIRST YEAR DIE, MAINLY THROUGH INEXPERIENCE. THEY HAVE TO BECOME PROFICIENT HUNTERS BEFORE THE ONSET OF WINTER, AND IF THEY MISS A FEW KILLS, GET BAD WEATHER, THEY SIMPLY STARVE. THE KAREAREA FEATURES ON OUR $20 NOTE AND WAS VOTED NZ'S FAVOURITE BIRD LAST YEAR. THERE'S A REASON WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THESE BIRDS OF PREY. THERE ARE ONLY 4000 PAIRS OF THEM LEFT IN THE WILD ` THAT MAKES THEM MORE RARE THAN THE KIWI. TUHAAHI HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO APTLY NAMED PEREGRINE WINERY - HER NEW HOME. IT'S HOPED SHE'LL EVENTUALLY HELP TO REPOPULATE THE REGION. WE DO IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO IT FOR THE FALCON CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND BUILD THE NUMBERS UP, IF THEY DO ANY WORK IN KEEPING BIRDS AWAY FROM OUR GRAPES, THEN THAT'LL BE A HAPPY BY-PRODUCT RATHER THAN THE MAIN AIM. FINALLY, THE LEATHER TETHERS ARE CUT, AND AFTER A GOOD FEED OF RABBIT,... OH, THAT'S EXCELLENT, EH? ...TUHAAHI'S LIFE OF FREEDOM BEGINS. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A CHRISTCHURCH COP'S BEING PRAISED FOR POSSIBLY SAVING THE LIFE OF A MAN STABBED IN THE HEAD AT A PARTY. CONSTABLE CARL CHRISTIANSON LEFT THE 9CM KITCHEN KNIFE LODGED IN THE MAN'S SKULL RATHER THAN PULLING IT OUT. A 20-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED OVER THE ATTACK. JOHN KEY'S GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED A BOOST IN THE FIRST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL OF THE YEAR ` JUMPING 5 POINTS TO 49%. LABOUR AND THE GREENS BOTH DROPPED THREE POINTS. AND IN THE PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER STAKES, JOHN KEY'S POPULARITY IS UP FIVE POINTS TO 44, WHILE DAVID SHEARER REMAINS STEADY AT 15. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND WHAT'S THE LATEST IN THE GOLF FROM AUSTRALIA? AFTER A DOUBLE BOGEY TO START, KO'S FOUGHT BACK. THE TEENAGER SHOWS UNBELIEVEABLE NERVES OF STEEL. ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE THE LATEST FROM ROYAL CANBERRA. CAN THE BLACK CAPS AND THE HAMILTON LOCALS RESTRICT ENGLAND IN THE FIRST ONE DAYER? WHY IS THE GREATEST CAUSING A STIR ON THE EVE OF HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY? AND GOLD ON THE WATER ` LISA CARRINGTON ROARS BACK INTO LIFE AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPS. FIRST UP TONIGHT TO YOUNG GOLFER LYDIA KO AND HER RECORD-BREAKING ATTEMPT TO WIN THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN CANBERRA. KO STARTED THE FINAL ROUND TIED FOR THE LEAD, BUT TODAY THE CRUEL TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE GAME TESTED THE 15-YEAR-OLD WELL AND TRULY. MARTIN TASKER HAS BEEN WATCHING THE LAST DAY. ON THE TEE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FROM NZ, COULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME LYDIA KO? THE FINAL PLAYER TO BE CALLED TO THE TEE A HIGHLIGHT FOR LYDIA KO, ABOUT TO BE FOLLOWED BY A DREADFUL DOWNHILL SPIRAL AS HER DRIVE FLIES OFF INTO THE TREES. AND HER SECOND SHOT ON THE PAR FIVE FIRST BOUNCES BACK BEHIND HER. OH, IT'S COME BACK... A LONG WAY. RUBBING IT IN PLAYING PARTNER AND JOINT LEADER JIYAI SHIN WITH A FINE APPROACH SETTING UP AN OPENING BIRDIE. IT'S NEARLY THE PERFECT DISTANCE. KO'S APPROACHED HER FIFTH SHOT ` A DOUBLE BOGEY SEVEN ALLIED TO SHIN'S BIRDIE A THREE-SHOT DEFICIT. PERHAPS SOME NERVES FROM THE USUALLY NERVELESS YOUNG KIWI. A SOUND APPROACH TO SECOND OFFERING UP A REDEMPTIVE BIRDIE CHANCE. IT'S DRIBLED ON TO A KNEE-TREMBLING LENGTH. WORSE TO COME FOR THE 15-YEAR-OLD. OH DEAR, AND IT'S ALL COMING UNRAVELLED FOR LYDIA. WITH KO COMING BACK TO THE FIELD, THE RIVALS MOVE UP. WORLD NUMBER ONE YANI TSENG MOVING WITHIN ONE OF THE KIWI. A SUPERB PUTT FROM YANI TSENG! KO'S RESPONSE SOLID. FIRST BIRDIE FOR THE DAY. FOLLOWED BY THIS ` A MASSIVE PUTT FOR LYDIA KO. NEVER IN DOUBT. ONE SHOT CLAWED BACK, ABOUT TO BE TWO, AS TSENG MISSES HER PAR PUTT. KO NOW WITHIN ONE OF THE LEAD. BUT FAST FORWARD TO THE 190TH AND MORE TROUBLE IN THE TREES SEES KO DROP A SHOT. WHILE LEADING THE CHASING PACK, YANI TSENG MOVES TO WITHIN ONE OF THE KIWI. 15 UNDER PAR. SIX UNDER TODAY. KO RESPONDS AGAIN ` A FINE APPROACH TO THE TOUGHEST HOLE ON THE COURSE OFFERING UP A BIRDIE. SHE DOES IT BRILLIANTLY, LYDIA KO! TSENG'S PAR PUTT FALLING SHORT. ALL SQUARE AGAIN HEADING TO THE 13TH. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. JUST TWO GAMES INTO THE NEW SUPER RUGBY SEASON AND THE BRUMBIES HAVE CAUSED THE FIRST UPSET OF THE SEASON, BEATING QUEENSLAND. THEY WERE LED OUT ONTO THE FIELD BY FORMER WALLABY CLYDE RATHBONE, BACK AFTER A THREE-YEAR BATTLE WITH INJURIES AND DEPRESSION. THE BRUMBIES WENT AHEAD EARLY. THERE'S A LITTLE GRUBBER KICK IN BEHIND FOR JESSE MOGG! HE NEEDS A BOUNCE. HE GOT IT! AFTER ADDING FOUR PENALTY GOALS, IT WASN'T UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE WHEN THE BRUMBIES LOOKED SAFE FOR A 24-6 VICTORY. NEW BOXER, REDS FIRST FIVE QUADE COOPER HAD A QUIET EVENING. THE FIRST FULL ROUND OF SUPER RUGBY STARTS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHLANDERS HOSTING THE CHIEFS IN DUNEDIN. IN FOOTBALL, ARSENAL'S SUFFERED A SHOCK FIFTH ROUND EXIT IN THE FA CUP AFTER BEING STUNNED 1-NIL BY CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE BLACKBURN AT EMIRATES STADIUM. THE LOSS WAS MADE WORSE BY THE GUNNERS DOMINATING WITH 26 SHOTS ON GOAL. BLACKBURN'S WINNER COMING COURTESY OF BOYHOOD ARSENAL FAN COLIN KAZIM-RICHARDS IN THE 72ND MINUTE. AND IT FALLS TO KAZIM RICHARDS. AND IT'S IN. INCREDIBLE. ARSENE WENGER BRINGS THREE STAR PLAYERS OFF THE BENCH, BUT IT'S BLACKBURN ROVERS WHO SCORE. IT'S NOW EIGHT YEARS SINCE ARSENAL LAST WON A MAJOR DOMESTIC TROPHY. IN THE DAY'S OTHER FA CUP ENCOUNTERS, OLDHAM WILL REPLAY ITS FIFTH ROUND MATCH AGAINST EVERTON AFTER AN INJURY TIME GOAL SAW THEM TO A 2-ALL DRAW. AND CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE MILLWALL ARE THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS AFTER BEATING NON-LEAGUE SIDE LUTON 3-NIL. AN UPSET IN THE A-LEAGUE TOO ` TOP OF TABLE CENTRAL COAST MARINERS SHOCKED 2-1 BY THE TEAM AT THE BOTTOM ` PERTH GLORY. ALL WHITE SHANE SMELTZ SCORED THE WINNER. THAT SEES THE MARINERS OVERALL LEAD CUT TO JUST ONE POINT. PERTH'S THE PHOENIX NOW LAST ON THE TABLE. THE WELLINGTON SIDE KICKS OFF AGAINST THE ROAR IN BRISBANE IN AROUND HALF AN HOUR. TO THE CRICKET IN HAMILTON AND ENGLAND HAS SET THE BLACK CAPS 259 TO WIN THE OPENING ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL. THE TARGET WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE IMPOSING BUT FOR SOME TIGHT NZ BOWLING, LATE IN THE INNINGS. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. ALISTAIR COOK HADN'T PLAYED IN A MONTH, THE RUST SOON ERODING HIS ARMOUR. STRAIGHT THROUGH THEM. SUPER FROM MITCHELL MCLENAGHAN. BJ WATLING WISHED HE HAD HIS WICKETKEEPING GLOVES ON... GOTTA TAKE THIS AT THIS LEVEL. ...AS A SCHOOLBOY GAVE THE BLACK CAPS A CATCHING LESSON. HE HASN'T CAUGHT THIS, SURELY. HE WASN'T EVEN FACING` OH, HE HAS. YOU'RE RIGHT, SMITHY. (LAUGHS) IAN BELL BROUGHT UP HIS 50, BUT FELL TRYING TO UP THE ANTE. ENGLAND THEN TOOK THE POWERPLAY. THAT'S OUT. NICE AND CLOSE, AND INTO THE BODY, AND YES, A LITTLE NIBBLE THERE. BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM ` THE WICKET OVERTURNED. SECOND TIME LUCKY. GOT HIM. JONATHAN TROTT GONE FOR 68. THE CROWD FINDING THEIR JIVE; MARTIN GUPTILL DOING THE DIVE. TAKEN. GOOD CATCH. A BEAUTY FROM GUPTILL. THE BLACKCAPS TORMENTOR IN THE T20S ` JOS BUTTLER KICKED OFF. NOW THIS HAS GONE HIGH OVER THE TOP OF MID OFF. HAS IT GONE ALL THE WAY? OH, THAT IS BASEBALL. WELL, THAT'S A HOMER. A BIT OF LUCK GETTING RID OF THE BLACKCAPS' NEMESIS. JOE ROOT'S LEG STUMP THEN UPROOTED.... BOWLED STRAIGHT THROUGH HIM. ... BEFORE A BRENDON MCCULLUM BLINDER. OH, GONE. WHAT A CATCH! MITCHELL MCLENAGHAN CLAIMED HIS FOURTH WICKET BEFORE GOING OFF INJURED. HE DOESN'T REALLY CELEBRATE. YEAH, I THINK, AT THIS POINT, HE'S DONE SOMETHING NOT TOO GOOD HERE. GRAEAME SWAN SWATTING A COUPLE OF BOUNDARIES BEFORE HIS CAMEO CAME TO AN END. ENGLAND ALL OUT FOR 258 IN THE FINAL OVER. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. LISA CARRINGTON HAS SHOWED WHY SHE'S AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST ` COMPLETELY BLITZING THE FIELD AT THIS WEEKEND'S CANOE SPRINT NATIONALS. ABBY SCOTT WENT TO BLUE LAKE NEAR ROTORUA TO SEE HER IN ACTION. THE GOLDEN GIRL PUTTING ON A SHOW, WINNING HER K1 FINAL BY MORE THAN A BOAT LENGTH ` NO EASY FEAT WHEN THE RACE IS JUST 200M. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE SO NERVOUS COMING IN TO NATIONALS. IT'S USUALLY A BIT OF A FUN EVENT, BUT YOU STILL REALLY WANT TO WIN. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PERFORMANCE TO LIVE UP TO. LISA CARRINGTON! GOLD MEDAL! BUT CARRINGTON BEAT THE NERVES, AND HER NEAREST AUSSIE COMPETITOR, TAKING OUT THE NATIONAL AND OCEANIA SPRINT TITLES ` HER HIGHER STROKE RATE WAS KEY. I TRAIN FOR THE 200 GOING TO THE OLYMPICS, SO WE'VE KIND OF WORKED OUT WHAT WORKS. HAVING A WORLD CHAMP AND GOLD MEDALLIST AT THE NATIONALS WORKS FOR SELECTORS TOO. IT GIVES US A REALLY SOLID MARKER OF WHAT THE WORLD STANDARD IS. SO WHEN WE'RE RACING TODAY, WE CAN TAKE LISA'S TIMES AND USE THAT RIGHT ACROSS OUR WHOLE PROGRAMME JUST AS PART OF OUR MONITORING. ONE TO WATCH IS PARA CANOEIST SCOTT MARTLEW. HE LOST HIS LEG JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, YET AT HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPS CLAIMED FIFTH ` HIS CHALLENGE ` FINDING PEOPLE TO RACE. THERE'S NO ONE IN NZ, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OVER IN AUSSIE, BUT YEAH. SO I JUST RACE THE ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE HERE AND GIVE THEM A GOOD GO. HE MADE IT TO THE B FINAL FOR THE OPEN K1 200M RACE. THE EVENT WAS TAKEN OUT BY AUSTRALIAN KEN WALLACE. DESPITE ONLY 150 COMPETITORS, THERE'S CONFIDENCE IN NZ'S FUTURE IN THE SPORT. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW YOUNG EVERYONE'S STARTING. SO MANY NAMES JUST BEEN CALLED OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SO IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE YOUNG KIDS. SELECTORS HOPEFUL MANY OF THOSE YOUNG KIDS WILL BECOME FUTURE CARRINGTONS. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. THE COMPETITION FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP IS HOTTING UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC. IN SAN FRANCISCO, CUP DEFENDERS ORACLE ARE TRAINING WITH CHALLENGER OF RECORD ARTEMIS. WHILE THE SWEDISH BOAT IS YET TO DISPLAY ANY FOILING CAPABILITIES, THE RE-BUILT AMERICAN AC72 IS FLYING STEADILY AND UNDER CONTROL, WITH NONE OF THE ISSUES IT DISPLAYED BEFORE THE CAPSIZE LAST OCTOBER. THE TEAM IS MAKING BIG PROGRESS AFTER 17 DAYS OF SAILING. JUST FIGURING HOW THE BOAT SAILS AND HOW WE SAIL THE BOAT, AND MAKING CHANGES BASED ON THAT IS... WE JUST KINDA KEPT MOVING FORWARD. SO TOO HAS TEAM NZ, GRADUALLY BRINGING ITS NEW BOAT UP TO SPEED ON THE HAURAKI GULF. PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE RIVALS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE REVEALED BEFORE THEY LINE UP IN JULY. TO BASKETBALL AND TERRENCE ROSS HAS WON THE SLAM DUNK CONTEST AT THE NBA'S ALL STAR WEEKEND IN HOUSTON. WEARING THE WINNING JERSEY OF TEAMMATE VINCE CARTER THE TORONTO RAPTOR TOOK A REBOUND OFF THE BACKBOARD TO NAIL HIS DUNK. CROWD CHEERS WHOA, KENNY, DO THE HONOURS. LET'S GO KENNY, MAKE IT EXCITING! WESTERN CONFERENCE RIVAL JEREMY EVANS JUMPED CLEAN OVER A LARGE PHOTO OF HIMSELF FOR HIS DUNK, BUT EVEN SIGNING IT WASN'T ENOUGH. TERRENCE ROSS THE NEW CHAMPION. ARGUABLY THE GREATEST BASKETBALLER IN HISTORY, MICHAEL JORDAN TURNS 50 TOMORROW. THE MAN AS FAMOUS ON THE COURT AS HIS SNEAKERS ARE OFF IT HAS CREATED A STORM IN THE US, CLASSING LAKERS GREAT KOBE BRYANT AHEAD OF LE BRON JAMES IN THE CURRENT STABLE OF STARS. KOBE'S WON FIVE NBA TITLES, LE BRON JUST ONE. IF YOU HAD TO PICK BETWEEN THE TWO, IT WOULD BE A TOUGH CHOICE, BUT FIVE BEATS ONE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S HIS OWN OPINION, YOU KNOW. UM, I DON'T THINK ` AT THE END OF THE DAY, RINGS DOESN'T ALWAYS DEFINE SOMEONE'S CAREER. AIR JORDAN FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS. THIS YEAR'S NBA ALL-STAR GAME IS PLAYED TOMORROW ` THE SAME DAY AS JORDAN'S 50TH. BEFORE WE GO, LYDIA KO'S STILL TIED FOR THE LEAD AT 16 UNDER AFTER 13. AND BAD NEWS FOR THE BLACKCAPS ` MARTIN GUPTILL'S RETIRED HURT. THEY'RE AT 22/1, WATLING GONE, CHASING 259. AFTER THE BREAK, JIM HAS A LITTLE RAIN IN THE FORECAST, BUT THE GARDEN WILL BARELY NOTICE. AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE ` THE BLIND ART TEACHER SHOWING OTHERS HOW TO PAINT WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE. HI, AGAIN. BIKE RIDERS AND HARBOUR SWIMMERS ARE HAVING A FANTASTIC SUMMER, BUT THE ORCHARDS AND FARMS HAVE GOT THEIR TONGUES HANGING OUT, AND THERE'S NO RAIN ANYWHERE IN SIGHT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ DON'T LOSE YOUR RAG. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT HASN'T LET BEING LEGALLY BLIND STOP HER FROM PURSUING HER LOVE OF ART. AFTER COMPLETING A VISUAL ARTS DEGREE, PAULINE HARPER IS TEACHING OTHERS. HADYN JONES VISITED HER RATHER SPECIAL ART CLASS IN NEW PLYMOUTH. PAULINE HARPER LOVES HER HUSBAND, DARYL. THE HAND-HOLDING IS PART ROMANCE AND PART RECONNAISSANCE ` PAULINE IS LEGALLY BLIND. MORNING, GUYS. TODAY WE ARE GONNA DO A DOLPHIN THEME. FOR A WOMAN THAT CAN'T SEE... IN THE DAYTIME I HAVE AROUND 3% COMPARED TO WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON HAS; ...SHE RUNS AN ART CLASS FOR THOSE IN MUCH THE SAME BOAT. WHOO, NO, DAB IT AGAIN. SHE'S A GOOD TEACHER. JAYDENE'S GOT VERY LOW VISION, THAT'S WHY I SUPPOSE I PUSH HER BECAUSE MY ATTITUDE, 'IF I CAN DO IT, THEN SO CAN SHE.' LOVE IT. AND NEXT DOOR IS TARYN, WHO COULDN'T PAINT AT ALL TILL SHE MET PAULINE. SHE IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED, SHE'LL, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY SHOW YOU THOROUGHLY HOW TO DO THINGS. I'M SO PROUD OF HER. (CHUCKLES) I CALL HER MY STAR PUPIL. PAULINE CAN'T SEE THE WORLD LIKE WE CAN, BUT SHE CAN IMAGINE IT. IF I WANT TO PAINT SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR, I CAN DREAM ABOUT IT, GO THERE IN MY DREAMS, AND I PAINT IT FROM WHAT I SEE IN MY DREAMS. AND WHAT SHE DREAMS, SHE PAINTS IN 3D SO THE COMPLETELY BLIND CAN FEEL WHAT SHE IMAGINES. THEY ARE COMPLETELY RAISED OUT, SO THEY CAN FEEL WHAT A PAINTING IS LIKE. IN PAULINE'S ALBUM IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL. I NEVER INTENDED TO GET A DEGREE. I JUST WANTED TO LEARN. ART EDUCATORS SAY PAULINE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD TO GET A VISUAL ARTS DEGREE WHILE BEING LEGALLY BLIND. IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL, AND I SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD, BUT I JUST FEEL AWKWARD ABOUT IT. SHE SAYS BY GETTING A DEGREE SHE CAN HELP OTHERS. AND MARTIN WOULD AGREE. HE'S HAD DEPRESSION AND ASPERGER'S. SHE'S VERY VERY CAPABLE. DOES VERY FINE WORK. BUT BEST OF ALL, PAINTING HAS HELPED PAULINE HELP HERSELF. I ENDED UP DOING A PAINTING FOR EVERY YEAR OF MY LIFE ` BEST COUNSELLING I'VE EVER HAD, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT BACK TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEVER HAD THE CHANCES LIKE I'VE HAD, SO I'M MAKING SURE THEY GET THEM. THEY SAY GETTING A DEGREE ISN'T EVERYTHING. FOR PAULINE HARPER, IT'S UNLOCKED A WHOLE NEW WORLD. IT'S THE PART OF ME I COULD NEVER GET OUT. LUCKY SHE WANTS TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF NEW PLYMOUTH. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS EVENING. SUNDAY'S HERE WITH THE VIDEOTAPED INTERVIEW THAT POLICE WANTED AS EVIDENCE. FROM US, AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JESSICA BOELL AND ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL. 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