DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. NZ'S MUCH MALIGNED INTERNET CONNECTION IS SET TO GET 300% BETTER. WE REMEMBER TWO MEN WHO MADE US LAUGH ` RADIO DJ KEVIN BLACK AND BRITISH ACTOR RICHARD BRIERS, WHO BOTH DIED OVERNIGHT. AND WHY THIS 4000-YEAR-OLD WOVEN BAG IS BEING HAILED AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF THE LAST CENTURY. MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE CARDS FOR NZ'S MUCH CRITICISED INTERNET SERVICE. PLANS HAVE BEEN UNVEILED FOR A NEW UNDERSEA INTERNET CABLE TO RUN BETWEEN AUCKLAND AND SYDNEY THAT PROMISES TO IMPROVE INTERNET CAPACITY BY UP TO 300%. THE TASMAN GLOBAL ACCESS CABLE WILL COST AROUND $60M. IT WILL BE PAID FOR BY VODAFONE, TELECOM AND TELSTRA CLEAR, WHO SAY A SECOND CABLE OUT OF NZ IS LONG OVERDUE. WITH TWO COMES COMPETITION WHICH MEANS BETTER PRICING WHICH MEANS WE CAN LOOK TO OFFER THE CLIENT DEALS OUR RETAILERS WANT, PARTICULARLY IN AN ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND WORLD, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXPLOSION OF DATA, WE NEED MORE CAPACITY, SO IT SOLVES THE CAPACITY ISSUE OUT OF NZ. IT'S HOPED THE CABLE WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S PLAYING DOWN CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED CLOSURES AND MERGERS FOR CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS, POINTING OUT THEY'RE 'INTERIM DECISIONS' AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO ARGUE THE PLANS. IT COMES AS A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES TRY TO SORT OUT HOW THEY CAN WIN A REPRIEVE. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. TONY SIMPSON IS A MAN ON A MISSION. I'VE WOKEN UP THIS MORNING WITH A NEW RESOLVE TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR OUR CHILDREN. YESTERDAY CRUSHED BY NEWS HIS SCHOOL'S SET TO MERGE WITH ANOTHER NEXT YEAR, HE'S DETERMINED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE MINISTER AND GET THAT CHANGED. I JUST WANT TO MEET WITH MINISTER PARATA AND IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL AND DIGNIFIED WAY, WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO A MUCH BETTER OUTCOME. MR SIMPSON HADN'T BEEN EXPECTING CHANGES UNTIL 2018, BUT THE MINISTER SAYS THINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO ENSURE PARENTS ARE CERTAIN ABOUT WHERE TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN. THE CONSISTENT THEME FROM ALL COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN THEY WANT CERTAINTY, THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT AND WHEN SO THAT MUMS AND DADS CAN MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR KIDS. MS PARATA SAYS SHE'S OPEN TO TALKING FURTHER WITH AFFECTED SCHOOLS. I ABSOLUTELY AM PREPARED TO CONSIDER THAT. AND IN FACT, I DID SIT DOWN WITH ALL 35 SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALLY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. AND SHE'S URGING PRINCIPALS THAT IF THEY HAVE CONVINCING ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSALS, THE MINISTRY WILL TAKE NOTE. SCHOOLS DO HAVE ANOTHER SIX WEEKS TO MAKE ARGUMENT ABOUT ANY ELEMENT OF THE PROPOSAL OR THE INTERIM DECISION THAT THEY HAVE AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THAT. CHRISTCHURCH TEACHERS HAD PLANNED PROTEST STRIKE ACTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON BUT CALLED IT OFF ` THEIR STUDENTS ALREADY FACING TOO MUCH DISRUPTION. I START CRYING AND CRYING, AND I DON'T LIKE CRYING WHEN IT'S A BAD MOMENT. INSTEAD, THEY'LL MARCH FROM THE CBS ARENA IN ADDINGTON TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION THIS AFTERNOON, ENCOURAGING ALL OF THOSE AFFECTED TO MARCH ALONGSIDE. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. A REPORT INTO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT ACTED CORRECTLY WHEN SECURING THE SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL IN AUCKLAND IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR IT OF ANY WRONG DOING. THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT IS DUE OUT THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S THOUGHT IT WILL SHOW THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWED THE CORRECT TENDER PROCESS FOR THE $350M PROPOSAL. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SAYS HE'S KEEN TO SIGN THE DEAL AND GET WORK STARTED ON THE CENTRE. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AMID CONTROVERSY OVER THE GOVERNMENT OFFERING SKY CITY CASINO NEARLY 500 EXTRA POKIE MACHINES IN EXCHANGE FOR PERMISSION TO BUILD THE CONVENTION CENTRE. THE STOLEN CAR USED IN THREE ARMED ROBBERIES IN AUCKLAND HAS BEEN FOUND PARTIALLY BURNED OUT. POLICE ARE STILL HUNTING FOR THE GUNMAN, WHO FIRED AT LEAST FIVE SHOTS DURING THE HOLD-UPS AT AUCKLAND TOURIST SPOTS. THEY ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE SEEN THE CAR ` SIMILAR TO THIS ONE ` BEFORE IT WAS SET ALIGHT IN ONEHUNGA EARLY THIS MORNING. THREE NEPHEWS OF MP HONE HARAWIRA ARE FACING CHARGES OF INJURING WITH INTENT TO INJURE. MAU HARAWIRA, TOHORA HARAWIRA AND ENESI TAITO ARE THE SONS OF HINEWHARE HARAWIRA, WHO'S AN ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGNER. THE THREE MEN WILL BE BACK IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT IN APRIL. THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IS BRACING ITSELF AS THE GOVERNMENT GETS READY TO INTRODUCE PLAIN PACKAGING OF CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN CONSULTING SINCE LAST YEAR ON THE MOVE, WHICH IS ALREADY COMING INTO EFFECT IN AUSTRALIA. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THERE'LL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW. MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE HAD THEIR SAY DURING THE SUBMISSION PROCESS. PLAIN PACKAGING, WHICH REMOVES ALL BRANDING FROM CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS, BECAME COMPULSORY IN AUSTRALIA TWO MONTHS AGO. A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF RADIO LEGEND KEVIN BLACK HAS DESCRIBED HIM AS A NATURAL TALENT WITH A BIG HEART. THE 69-YEAR-OLD KNOWN AS BLACKIE DIED OF A SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME IN AUCKLAND. PHIL GIFFORD WORKED WITH HIM ON THE RADIO HAURAKI BREAKFAST SHOW AND SAYS BLACKIE WAS A NOTORIOUS PRANKSTER. HE CALLED THE GENERAL STORE AT TRYPHENA ON GREAT BARRIER ISLAND, AND HE RANG THE WOMAN WHO RAN THE STORE AND SAID, 'IS GENERAL STORE THERE?' SHE SAID, 'LOOK, I'M SORRY. YOU MUST BE CONFUSED. 'NOBODY CALLED GENERAL STORE IS HERE. THIS IS A GENERAL STORE 'THAT YOU BUY THINGS FROM.' HE RANG HER FOUR TIMES AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, 'IS GENERAL STORE THERE?' AND AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, SHE WAS A LOVELY PERSON, VERY PATIENT. SHE WENT, 'I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS A GENERAL STORE. 'THERE'S NO GENERAL STORE HERE.' THEN HE CALLED HER A FIFTH TIME AND WENT, 'HELLO, IT'S GENERAL STORE HERE. ARE THERE ANY MESSAGES FOR ME, PLEASE?' (LAUGHS) A VERY SIMPLE IDEA, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT KEVIN WAS HE WAS A FABULOUS PERFORMER, AND TO BE HONEST, EVEN THE LOVELY PERSON AT THE STORE BURST OUT LAUGHING. KEVIN BLACK'S FORMER COLLEAGUE PHIL GIFFORD. OVERSEAS, RICHARD BRIERS, THE BRITISH ACTOR WHO STROVE FOR THE GOOD LIFE IN THE BBC'S CLASSIC COMEDY SERIES, HAS DIED. THE 79-YEAR-OLD HAD BEEN BATTLING A SERIOUS LUNG CONDITION THAT HE BLAMED ON YEARS OF SMOKING. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM REPORTS. YOU ARE NOT STARCHY, MARGO. YOU'RE A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN. NO, I'M NOT. YES, YOU ARE. AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. YOU'VE GOT A VERY SEXY NECK. DON'T BE SILLY. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN MY NECK. RICHARD BRIERS AND PENELOPE KEITH IN A SCENE FROM 'THE GOOD LIFE'. DISTANT SHRIEKING LAUGHTER THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AS A VEHICLE FOR RICHARD BRIERS, A SIGN OF HIS REPUTATION IN THE 1970s AS ONE OF BRITAIN'S FINEST COMIC ACTORS. IN THE BRILLIANT FOUR-STRONG CAST, HE PLAYED THE INFURIATING BUT ENDEARING TOM GOOD, WHO THREW UP REGULAR WORK TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. GOOD MORNING, BARBARA. GOOD MORNING, TOM. IT'S ME, MARGO. MORNING, MARGO. YES, YOU'RE PERFECTLY CORRECT ` IT IS YOU. AND SO OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE DIE, YOU MIGHT BE SITTING AT HOME THINKING, 'OH, THERE MUST BE A CHINK SOMEWHERE IN THAT.' BUT WITH RICHARD, THERE WASN'T. HE WAS WHAT HE SAID ON THE TIN ` A THOROUGHLY NICE CHAP. HE'D STARTED ACTING IN THE RAF. AT DRAMA SCHOOL, HE SHONE, PLAYING HAMLET, NO LESS. I PRETTY WELL PLAYED MYSELF ` HIGHLY STRUNG, NERVOUS, RATHER STUPID PERSON DESPERATE TO GET THINGS RIGHT AND GETTING THEM WRONG IN THE USUAL THING. NEVER CAME TROUBLE TO MY HOUSE IN THE LIKENESS OF YOUR GRACE. AS FILMS LIKE 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING' CONFIRMED, RICHARD BRIERS WAS MORE THAN JUST A GREAT COMIC ACTOR. IT WASN'T UNTIL LATE IN HIS CAREER THAT HE GOT THE CHANCE TO SHOW JUST HOW MUCH MORE. RICHARD BRIERS ALSO APPEARED IN A LONDON STAGE PRODUCTION OF NZ PLAYWRIGHT ROGER HALL'S 'MIDDLE AGED SPREAD' WITH PAUL EDDINGTON, HIS 'GOOD LIFE' CO-STAR. IN BREAKING NEWS, LABOUR MP CHARLES CHAUVEL HAS JUST RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT. ONE NEWS DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WELLINGTON. IT WAS A SURPRISE MOVE THIS MORNING. WE HEARD CHARLES CHAUVEL HAS OFFERED HIS RESIGNATION TO DAVID SHEARER. HE'S OFF TO A NEW JOB IN THE UNITED NATIONS. DAVID SHEARER SAID CHARLES IS A TALENTED AND DEDICATED MP WHO MADE A HUGE CONTRIBUTION AND WILL BE MISSED. IT'S NO SECRET HE WAS A SUPPORTER OF DAVID CUNLIFFE. WE'LL ASK DAVID SHEARER ABOUT THAT LATER. HE WAS A LIST MP. THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE CAROL BEAUMONT. ANOTHER 22 KIWI FIREFIGHTERS ARE HEADING TO AUSTRALIA TODAY TO HELP FIGHT THE BUSHFIRES RAVAGING VICTORIA. THE TEAM'S MADE UP OF FORESTRY SPECIALISTS WHO'LL SPEND AT LEAST TWO WEEKS HELPING THEIR AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES. THEY'RE CURRENTLY BATTLING TWO LARGE BUSHFIRES THAT HAVE MERGED TO FORM ONE MASSIVE OUT-OF-CONTROL BLAZE. OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE, NEAR THE GRAMPIAN NATIONAL PARK, HAS BROKEN THROUGH CONTAINMENT LINES AND SPANNED MORE THAN 3000 HECTARES. MEANWHILE, HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONTINUING TO BATTLE SMALLER BUSHFIRES ACROSS THE STATE. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST ONE HOME HAS BEEN DESTROYED. STILL ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE IS UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER THE BASHING OF AN INDIGENOUS MAN. THE MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE IN 2011, BUT VIDEO SHOWS HE WAS IN FACT THE VICTIM. NOW THERE'S AN INQUIRY INTO THE CLAIM POLICE WERE TRYING TO FRAME HIM. THIS IS THE SECURITY VIDEO THAT EXPOSED OFFICERS AT BALLINA POLICE STATION. IT WAS AT THIS POINT IN THE FOOTAGE THAT OFFICERS CLAIMED COREY BARKER PUNCHED A POLICEMAN. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF AN INQUIRY BY THE POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION. A COURT FOUND POLICE PUNCHED AND KICKED THE 23-YEAR-OLD, DRAGGED HIM AWAY AND LEFT HIM IN A CELL WITH SIGNIFICANT INJURIES. PRISONERS HEARD SCREAMING. IT'S THE SORT OF ACTIVITY, IF IT HAS OCCURRED, WHICH HAS THE REAL CAPACITY TO SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE. COREY BARKER WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THAT NIGHT WHEN HE AND HIS FRIENDS WITNESSED A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN POLICE AND A YOUNG COUPLE. HIS FRIENDS TOLD THE INQUIRY POLICE GRABBED THIS WOMAN BY THE HAIR. IT WAS ONLY WHEN THE DAMAGED VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE POLICE STATION WAS REPAIRED THAT THE CASE AGAINST COREY BARKER WAS THROWN OUT. COUNSEL ASSISTING THE PIC SAYS THERE'S A VERY REAL PROSPECT POLICE WERE TRYING TO FRAME HIM. IT WAS CERTAINLY ON THE CARDS THAT HE WOULD'VE SERVED A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT AND EVEN MORE LIKELY THAN NOT A SIGNIFICANT TERM OF IMPRISONMENT. COREY BARKER WILL GIVE EVIDENCE TOMORROW. BACK HOME, A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN WILL APPEAR IN COURT TODAY CHARGED WITH ASSULT AFTER AN ATTACK IN HALF MOON BAY. THE ATTACK LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD, WHILE A SECOND MAN WAS RESCUED FROM A CAR CRASH A FEW KILOMETERS AWAY. POLICE SAY THE INJURED MAN HAD KNIFE WOUNDS AND WAS COVERED IN BLOOD. THEY STILL WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO SAW THE SILVER MITSUBISHI MIRAGE ON FRIDAY EVENING. IT'S TAKEN 4000 YEARS, BUT ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST MYSTERIOUS WILDERNESSES IS FINALLY GIVING UP ITS ANCIENT SECRETS. DARTMOOR IN DEVON IS FAMOUS FOR ITS PREHISTORIC STONE MONUMENTS, BUT VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE BRONZE AGE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM. BUT, AS SAM SMITH REPORTS, A CHANCE DISCOVERY IS NOW GIVING AN IMPORTANT NEW INSIGHT INTO THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. THERE ARE COSMICALLY ALIGNED STANDING STONES, ENIGMATIC GRANITE ROWS AND MORE THAN 5000 HUT CIRCLES ` GLIMPSES OF A VIBRANT BRONZE AGE COMMUNITY. THE EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE LIVED AND DIED HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IS AS SOLID AS THE GRANITE OF THIS ANCIENT BURIAL TOMB. BUT HOW THEY LIVED IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY, HAVE DESTROYED SO MUCH, LIKE THEIR CLOTHES AND JEWELLERY. HAVE DESTROYED SO MUCH, LIKE THEIR CLOTHES AND JEWELLERY. BUT 18 MONTHS AGO, A CHANCE DISCOVERY PROMISED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT MYSTERY ` A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN AND UNDISTURBED BURIAL CHAMBER. INSIDE, CREMATED HUMAN REMAINS WRAPPED IN AN ANIMAL PELT, A DELICATE BRACELET STUDDED WITH BEADS, AND A WOVEN BAG, A SCAN HINTING AT MORE TREASURES WITHIN. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT. HIDDEN IN THE PEATY MUD IS EVIDENCE OF TRADING. A GLINT OF ORANGE SAYS THERE'S AN AMBER BEAD IN HERE, WHICH CAN ONLY HAVE COME FROM OVERSEAS. AND THEN THIS ` THE FIRST OF TWO WOODEN EAR STUDS, BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST EVER FOUND FROM THIS PERIOD. FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS, THESE FINDS ARE JUST THE START. IMPORTANT IN THEMSELVES, YES, BUT AN EXCITING INDICATION THAT MANY MORE TREASURES THOUGHT LOST LIE STILL TO BE DISCOVERED UNDER DARTMOOR'S SKIES. ONE OF THE GIANTS OF OCEAN RESEARCH IS READY TO GET BACK IN THE WATER AFTER A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR REFIT. IT'S HOPED THE UPGRADE WILL HELP THE 'ALVIN' DEEP SUBMERSIBLE EXPLORE THE DEEPEST PARTS OF THE OCEAN. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH HAS BEEN TAKING A LOOK. THE ALVIN ` A SUBMARINE THAT'S EXPLORED MORE OF THE DEEP SEA THAN ANY OTHER RESEARCH VESSEL. IT CAN TAKE A CREW OF TWO SCIENTISTS AND A PILOT DEEP INTO THE SEA'S MIDNIGHT ZONE, WHERE NO SUNLIGHT CAN PENETRATE. BUT SO FAR IT'S ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DIVE 4500M AND SO NOT ABLE TO EXPLORE THE VERY DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN. NOW IT'S HAVING AN UPGRADE THAT WILL ENABLE IT TO GO MUCH DEEPER. AT ITS HEART ` A NEW COCKPIT FOR THE CREW, AN AIRTIGHT SPHERE FORGED FROM 15.5 METRIC TONS OF TITANIUM. AND I'M NOW ENTERING WHAT THEY CALL THE PERSONNEL SPHERE. AND IT'S FROM HERE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SEA, DISCOVERING NEW LIFE AND SEEING SIGHTS THAT NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. THE NEW COCKPIT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE. IT HAS NEW INSTRUMENTS AND FIVE VIEWING WINDOWS. ALVIN BEGAN SERVICE NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO. AS WELL AS CHARTING THE SEA FLOOR, IT LOCATED A LOST HYDROGEN BOMB IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN 1966. I THINK WE COULD DISCOVER MANY DIFFERENT NEW SORTS OF MARINE LIFE, WE COULD DISCOVER NEW GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES, AND WE WILL BE GOING TO PLACES THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL BE MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES WHEN WE GO THERE. ONCE ITS REFIT IS COMPLETED NEXT MONTH, ALVIN WILL SET OFF ON NEW MISSIONS, SENDING SCIENTISTS TO EXPLORE UNCHARTED WATERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` VALERIE ADAMS ALL SET TO THROW ON THE AUCKLAND WATERFRONT. AND MANCHESTER UNITED MAKE THE LAST EIGHT OF THE FA CUP. HERE THEY COME AGAIN, AND THE SECOND GOAL! CONTACT ENERGY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS HALF YEARLY PROFIT IS UP NEARLY 30% TO $88M. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED IT'S SHEDDING AROUND A HUNDRED JOBS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S A SOLID RESULT GIVEN WEAK DEMAND FOR WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY AND SUSTAINED COMPETITION IN THE RETAIL MARKET, DUE TO CONSUMERS SWITCHING SUPPLIERS. CONTACT ENERGY SAYS ITS CUSTOMER NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED MODESTLY, ALTHOUGH PROFIT MARGINS HAVE TIGHTENED. NOW TODAY'S SHAREMARKET NUMBERS. WITH ME NOW IS DAVID CHEAPE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. CONTACT ENERGY REPORTED THEIR HALF-YEAR PROFIT TODAY. DOES THE MARKET SEE THIS AS A GOOD RESULT? YES, THEY DID AND THE SHARE PRICE WAS UP ABOUT 12 CENTS ON OPENING AND HAS STAYED THERE FOR THE MORNING. CONTACT HAVE MAINTAINED A STABLE MARKET SHARE IN THE RETAIL SECTOR. THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE DIVIDEND AT 11C PER SHARE. DILIGENT BOARD MEMBER SERVICES, A VERY WELL-PERFORMING STOCK IN NZ, IS ON A TRADING HALT. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO RECEIVE A REPORT TODAY FROM A MAJOR ACCOUNTING FIRM REGARDING ITS TREATMENT TO THE CANCELLATION OF SHARE OPTIONS TO SENIOR EXECUTIVES. THANK YOU, DAVID CHEAPE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. DOUBLE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST VALERIE ADAMS IS SET TO HEADLINE A SHOWCASE SHOT PUT COMPETITION AT THE CLOUD IN AUCKLAND. THE ADAMS-INITIATED EVENT HOPES TO DRAW OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS, INCLUDING LONDON OLYMPIANS. AN INVITATION HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED TO YOUNG AUCKLAND SHOT PUT SENSATION JACKO GILL. IT'LL TAKE ADAMS BACK TO THE SCENE OF HER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL PRESENTATION LAST SEPTEMBER. THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE 2ND ` BEFORE ADAMS HEADS BACK TO EUROPE. DRUGS CHEAT NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK WAS NOT INVITED. MANCHESTER UNITED SCORED TWICE IN THREE MINUTES AS THEY BEAT READING 2-1 TO ADVANCE TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL'S FA CUP. THE SCORE WAS LOCKED 0-0 UNTIL THE 68TH MINUTE. NANI PROVIDED THE BREAKTHROUGH. UNITED SCORED AGAIN MOMENTS LATER TO GIVE THE 11-TIMES CHAMPIONS BREATHING SPACE. HERE THEY COME AGAIN. AND THE SECOND GOAL! READING PULLED ONE BACK THROUGH JOBI MCANUFF, BUT IT WAS ALL TOO LATE. UNITED WILL FACE MIDDLESBROUGH OR CHELSEA IN THE LAST EIGHT. FORMER BLACKCAP LOU VINCENT HAS CALLED TIME ON HIS CRICKETING CAREER. THE 34-YEAR-OLD HAS PULLED STUMPS AFTER 16 YEARS AT THE CREASE. VINCENT PLAYED 23 TESTS FOR NZ, SCORING A CENTURY ON TEST DEBUT. HE ALSO PLAYED 102 ONE-DAYERS AND NINE T20S. HIS DECISION TO HANG UP THE BAT BRINGS AN END TO A CAREER IN WHICH HE PLAYED OVER 1000 GAMES FOR MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT TEAMS. A DAREDEVIL HAS PULLED OFF THE WORLD'S FIRST CAR BACKFLIP. STUNT DRIVER GUERLAIN CHICHERIT'S PERFORMANCE IN THE FRENCH ALPS TOOK FOUR YEARS OF PLANNING AND PRACTICE. AND IT PAID OFF. THE BACKFLIP WAS NEARLY PERFECT, AS HE THEN CONTINUES APPARENTLY EFFORTLESSLY DOWN THE HILL. THE VIDEO OF THE STUNT COMES WITH A WARNING ` DON'T TRY THIS ON THE OPEN ROAD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WHIMSICAL MUSIC TINKLING When you save, you don't pay interest; you earn it. That makes saving the cheapest way to buy the things you want. In fact, once you start saving, you'll be surprised what you can afford. Grow your savings ` it's all part of being sorted. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. NZERS ARE BEING PROMISED FASTER WEB ACCESS WITH A NEW TRANS-TASMAN INTERNET CABLE. THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT INTO HOW THE GOVERNMENT CHOSE SKY CITY TO BUILD A CONVENTION CENTRE IN AUCKLAND IS DUE FOR RELEASE TODAY. AND LABOUR MP CHARLES CHAUVEL HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RESIGNING FROM PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP A POSITION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013