HERE WE GO AGAIN, EVERYBODY. HOT AND DRY, AND YOU CAN LOCK IT IN FOR THE NEXT WEEK. JUST A FEW NIBBLES OF LIGHT RAIN BOTTOM LEFT AND TOP RIGHT. THE HIGHS ARE REPLACING EACH OTHER. THERMOMETERS ARE HITTING 30-PLUS INLAND, AND ONLY THE WEST COAST AND SOUTHLAND RETAIN THEIR GREEN TINGE. THE BIG PICTURE COMING UP, BUT 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. MORE POKIES FOR AUCKLAND AS THE CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL GETS THE GREEN LIGHT. BUT AN INQUIRY CONFIRMS SKY CITY GOT SPECIAL TREATMENT. PLAIN PACKAGING FOR CIGARETTES GETS THE GO AHEAD, BUT WHAT COULD STUB OUT THE GOVERNMENT PLAN? ANGER AT THE CLOSURE AND MERGERS OF CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS. HUNDREDS HIT THE STREETS. WE'LL CROSS LIVE FOR THE LATEST. AND TUNING OUT. FRIENDS REMEMBER THE RADIO REBEL AND PRANKSTER DJ KNOWN AS BLACKIE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A NEW CONVENTION CENTRE AT AUCKLAND'S SKY CITY CASINO LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING AHEAD. THAT'S DESPITE A REPORT FINDING THE GOVERNMENT GAVE SPECIAL TREATMENT TO SKY CITY WHEN IT NEGOTIATED A DEAL THAT WOULD GIVE THE CASINO OPERATOR UP TO 500 MORE POKER MACHINES. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S FOLLOWING THE STORY. CORIN, THIS CONFIRMS SKY CITY GOT SPECIAL TREATMENT. SO HOW CAN THE DEAL PROCEED? IT WAS THE OFFICIALS AT FAULT. WHILE THEY ACTED IN GOOD FAITH, THERE WERE POOR STANDARDS, AND THE PROCESS WAS FLAWED. AT ITS HEART, THIS REPORT WAS LOOKING FOR AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE, AND THERE WERE NONE FOUND. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN A BIG BACKER OF THE SKY CITY DEAL. HE DINED WITH BOARD MEMBERS IN 2009 AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. SO THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS REPORT, BUT CRUCIALLY, HE HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG. WITH THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEPUTY INVESTIGATING, PLANS TO BUILD A NEW $350M CONVENTION CENTRE AT SKY CITY HAVE, UNTIL NOW, REMAINED FIRMLY ON PAPER. BUT JOHN KEY BELIEVES TODAY'S REPORT MEANS THEY CAN NOW MOVE BEYOND THE DRAWING BOARD. THIS CLEARS THE WAY. THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS REPORT THAT SAYS WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT. IN FACT, THE REPORT SAYS THERE'S NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE THAT WOULD STOP A DEAL BEING DONE. THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL LAUNCHED HER INQUIRY AFTER CLAIMS FROM THE GREENS THAT JOHN KEY WAS TOO CLOSE TO SKY CITY AND GAVE IT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE TENDER PROCESS. BUT TODAY'S REPORT REJECTED THAT CLAIM, SAYING THE DECISION TO GO WITH SKY CITY WAS NOT INFLUENCED BY INAPPROPRIATE CONSIDERATIONS. THE REPORT WAS, HOWEVER, SHARPLY CRITICAL OF OFFICIALS OVER THE SELECTION PROCESS AND FOUND THAT SKY CITY WAS PRIVY TO MORE INFORMATION THAN THE OTHER FOUR BIDDERS. NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE. IT WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED ANY OF THE OUTCOMES AND THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY LABOUR AND THE GREENS THAT THIS WAS A COSY DEAL BETWEEN NATIONAL AND SKY CITY HAVE BEEN UTTERLY REFUTED. THE OPPOSITION READS IT DIFFERENTLY. IT SHOWS THAT SKY CITY WAS ALWAYS THE PREFERRED OPTION, AND IN FACT, THEY GOT THE DEAL. SO JOHN KEY CAN'T SAY HE IS VINDICATED. IT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT. THE PROCESS WAS NOT ACCOUNTABLE. IT WASN'T EVEN-HANDED, AND SKY CITY HAD THE WORST TENDER OF THE FIVE. THE MINISTER WHOSE OFFICIALS OVERSAW THE TENDERING PROCESS ACCEPTS THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL'S FINDINGS THAT THERE WERE FLAWS. SHE DOES MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. SHE FELT THE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST PROCESS WAS ALLOWED TO RUN ON FOR TOO LONG, UH, AND OFFICIALS WILL TAKE THAT ON BOARD. BUT STEPHEN JOYCE SAYS THE FACT SKY CITY WAS BUILDING THE CENTRE IN RETURN FOR POKIE MACHINES MADE IT A UNIQUE SITUATION. MR JOYCE AND SKY CITY SAY THEY ARE BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO RE-ENGAGING IN NEGOTIATIONS TO GET A DEAL DONE. CORIN, THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL OFFERS NO JUDGEMENT ON WHETHER IT'S A GOOD DEAL OR NOT? THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL MAKES NO COMMENT ON MORAL MERITS OF THE PROPOSAL. SHE SAYS IT'S UP TO VOTERS AND PARLIAMENT TO DECIDE AT THE POLLING BOOTH IF IT IS PROPER. THERE ARE RISKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT. MANY KIWIS DON'T LIKE THE SMELL OF THIS DEAL BECAUSE OF PROBLEM-GAMBLING ISSUES, AND THE OPPOSITION WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP HEAT ON THEM OVER THIS COME THE ELECTION. NATIONAL, HOWEVER, BELIEVES THIS IS GOOD DEAL AND CONVERSLY NEEDS THE CENTRE BUILT TO BOOST JOBS AND SHOW IT CAN GET THINGS DONE. THANKS, CORIN DANN IN WELLINGTON. WHILE CRITICS REMAIN ANGRY OVER THE PROSPECT OF AN EXTRA 500 POKIE MACHINES IN AUCKLAND, OTHERS BELIEVE THE CONVENTION CENTRE COULD BENEFIT THE WHOLE COUNTRY. BETH BATES REPORTS. SKY CITY'S PLAN TO BUILD THE CONVENTION CENTRE FOR FREE WILL MEAN AUCKLAND RATEPAYERS WON'T PAY A CENT ` BUT IN RETURN, THE CASINO GIANT WANTS A LAW CHANGE ALLOWING IT TO RUN UP TO 500 MORE POKIES. REALLY? DO WE NEED THAT? DO WE NEED THE SOCIETAL FALLOUT OF THAT? FOR EVERY PERSON THAT GAMBLES, THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS ANOTHER SIX ARE AFFECTED, AND ALLOWING EXTRA POKIES GOES AGAINST MOVES EVERYWHERE ELSE TO CUT BACK. WE'VE SEEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES MAKE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO BETTER MANAGE THE NUMBER OF POKIE MACHINES IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND HERE WE HAVE, IN AUCKLAND CITY, AT SKY CITY, UM, A-AN INCREASE, POTENTIALLY. BUT SOME ARGUE THE SOCIAL COSTS WOULD BE OUTWEIGHED BY THE BENEFITS. THE CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EXTRA 20,000 VISITORS A YEAR, AND THEY'LL WANT TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE OF NZ CAN BENEFIT. THOSE 20,000 VISITORS THAT COME HERE FOR CONFERENCES ` THEY WILL NOT JUST COME TO AUCKLAND. DR CATHY CASEY IS AN AUCKLAND COUNCILLOR. SHE SAYS RATEPAYERS HAVE TOLD HER THEY DON'T WANT THE SKY CITY DEAL. LET'S OPEN THE BIDDING AGAIN AND GET A CONVENTION CENTRE FOR AUCKLAND THAT DOESN'T HAVE STRINGS ATTACHED, THAT OURR COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF AUCKLAND WANT. BUT THE CITY'S MAYOR, LEN BROWN, SAYS HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, AND THE QUESTION OF WHO PROVIDES IT IS UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE. BETH BATES, ONE NEWS. AND WHILE IT'S NOW LIKELY TO GET ITS CONVENTION CENTRE, AUCKLAND'S SKY CITY CASINO WILL BE WITHOUT A BANK BRANCH WITHIN ITS COMPLEX. THE BNZ IS CLOSING ITS CONTROVERSIAL BRANCH THERE. THE BANK'S BEEN CRITICISED FOR ALLOWING POTENTIAL PROBLEM GAMBLERS EASY ACCESS TO CASH, SOME OF IT STOLEN. LISA OWEN HAS THE DETAILS. THIS BNZ INSIDE SKY CITY CASINO OPENS LATE FOR BUSINESS ` 14 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. BUT SOME SAY IT'S ALL TOO CONVENIENT FOR PROBLEM GAMBLERS WANTING QUICK ACCESS TO BIG AMOUNTS OF CASH. BANKS AND ATMS CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE GAMBLE ARE NOT A GOOD IDEA. INTERNAL AFFAIRS AGREES, DESCRIBING THIS BNZ BRANCH AS SKY CITY CASINO'S BLIND SPOT. CAUGHT IN THAT BLIND SPOT ` RICHARD WATSON. HE'S IN JAIL AFTER STEALING MORE THAN $5.5M AND GAMBLING IT AWAY AT SKY CITY. ONE NEWS HAS HUNDREDS OF RECEIPTS THE ACCOUNTANT KEPT, SHOWING REPEATED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE CASINO BRANCH. HERE'S A RANDOM SAMPLE. IN ONE MONTH, WATSON MADE SIX OVER-THE-COUNTER WITHDRAWALS AT BNZ SKY CITY TOTALLING $42,000. THE NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER SIX FOR $36,000. IN THE THIRD MONTH, THERE ARE SEVEN OVER-THE-COUNTER WITHDRAWALS TO THE TUNE OF $47,000. NEARLY ALL TRANSACTIONS ARE OUTSIDE NORMAL BANK HOURS. THE FURTHER THE DISTANCE SOMEONE HAS TO WALK TO GET SOME MONEY, THE LONGER THE TIME THEY'RE GOT TO REFLECT ON WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING AND WHETHER THEY CAN AFFORD TO TAKE ANY MONEY OUT AND GO BACK AND GAMBLE. LAST YEAR, THE BNZ SETTLED WITH A COMPANY SUING IT AFTER A FORMER EMPLOYEE STOLE ALMOST $800,000 AND GAMBLED IT AT SKY CITY. TENS OF THOUSANDS WAS FRAUDULENTLY WITHDRAWN AT THIS BRANCH. THE BNZ WON'T SAY WHAT IT PAID OUT OR WHETHER THE SETTLEMENT OR CRITICISM OF ITS LOCATION HERE AT THE CASINO PLAYED A PART IN THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE BRANCH. IN A STATEMENT, THE BANK SAYS IT'S CONSTANTLY REVIEWING ITS BRANCH LOCATIONS TO SEE WHAT'S BEST FOR CUSTOMERS. SKY CITY WOULDN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE CLOSURE EITHER OR WHO MIGHT BE MOVING IN. ALL ORGANISATIONS HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT HOW THEY ARE AS GOOD CORPORATE CITIENS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. WESTPAC, ASB AND THE ANZ BANK HAVE ALL TOLD ONE NEWS THEY'RE NOT TAKING THE BNZ'S SPOT. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. NZ'S SET TO BECOME ONLY THE SECOND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO INTRODUCE PLAIN PACKAGING FOR CIGARETTES, BUT THE MOVE COULD COST THE TAXPAYER MILLIONS. THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED THE PLAN TODAY AND ADMITS IT MAY NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF TOBACCO GIANTS WIN LEGAL CHALLENGES ACROSS THE TASMAN. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. TARIANA TURIA HAS AN ADDICTION TO TAKING ON THE TOBACCO COMPANIES, TODAY ANNOUNCING THE GOVERNMENT WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO STRIP CIGARETTE PACKETS OF THEIR FAMOUS LOGOS. THIS MOVE TO PLAIN PACKAGING WILL REMOVE THE LAST REMAINING VESTIGE OF GLAMOUR FROM THESE DEADLY PRODUCTS. MS TURIA SAYS ALL GOING WELL, PLAIN PACKAGING WILL BE IN PLACE NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER, THERE IS A 'BUT...' AS BIG AS THIS BOX IN THE PLAN. THE LAW WON'T COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL AUSTRALIA HAS FINISHED ITS BATTLES WITH TOBACCO GIANTS OVER THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF THE GRUESOME PACKETS THERE. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WON THE COURT BATTLE, BUT CHALLENGES OVER TRADE AGREEMENTS BEFORE THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION COULD STUB OUT PLAIN PACKAGING IN BOTH COUNTRIES IF AUSTRALIA LOSES. PLAIN PACKAGING IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP. IT'S NOT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IF WE CAN TAKE IT. IF WE CAN, WE WILL, BUT ULTIMATELY IF WE CAN'T THEN WE WON'T. REACTING TO TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT, TOBACCO FIRM PHILIP MORRIS SAYS... TARIANA TURIA SAYS THAT IF THE TOBACCO COMPANIES DO DECIDE TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO COURT, IT WILL COST TAXPAYERS BETWEEN $3-6M FOR JUST THE INITIAL PROCEEDINGS. WHAT ANY TOBACCO COMPANY WOULD BE CLAIMING WOULD BE THAT ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS HAVE BEEN EXPROPRIATED OR DAMAGED IN SOME WAY AND THAT OUGHT TO AMOUNT IN A SIGNIFICANT CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGNERS SAY OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T WAIT ON AUSTRALIA. THE GOVERNMENT'S GIVEN ITSELF A DEADLINE TO MAKE NZ SMOKEFREE BY 2025. THAT'S NOW 12 YEARS AWAY, SO WE SHOULDN'T BE HANGING AROUND WAITING. BUT THAT WAITING IS SET TO DRAG ON. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE FIGHTBACK AGAINST THE CLOSURE AND MERGERS OF CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS IS UNDERWAY. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, ABOUT 1500 TEACHERS, PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS MARCHED TOWARDS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OFFICES. MIKE THORPE'S BEEN FOLLOWING THEM AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. I'M OUTSIDE THE MINISTRY BUILDING 1500 ANGRY PROTESTERS WERE OUTSIDE TODAY. CALM HEADS PREVAILED. THEY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN THE MINISTER'S WORK TO DATE. THEY COME TO EVERY MEETING OF MY MINISTERIAL FORUM, AND WE MEET REGULARLY IN MY OFFICE TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES, AND I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WON'T CONTINUE. THE EDUCATION INSTITUTE SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MINISTER. AND CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. MANY FEEL THE EDUCATION MINISTRY MISLED THEM ABOUT WHEN THEIR SCHOOLS WERE CLOSING. DOZENS OF CHILDREN ENROLLED AT BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE EARLIER THIS MONTH, ASSURED BY STAFF THEY'D SEE OUT THEIR TWO YEARS OF STUDY AT THE SCHOOL. YESTERDAY, THOUGH, THE PRINCIPAL WAS TOLD THAT PROMISE WAS GONE. IN ITS PLACE ` A NEW PROPOSAL TO SHUT UP SHOP THIS YEAR. IT WAS A SHOCK TO ME AND THE BOARD, IT WAS A SHOCK TO THE STAFF AND THEN IT WAS A SHOCK TO THE STUDENTS, AND THEN A SHOCK TO THE PARENTS. MANNING INTERMEDIATE WAS ALSO STUNNED BY THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN CLOSURE DATES. THE MINISTER MADE A CATEGORICAL STATEMENT THAT OUR YEAR 7S WOULD COMPLETE THEIR YEAR 8 YEAR HERE, AND THERE WERE NO CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THAT. LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE AT RISK OF BREACHING LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION. CLEARLY A LOT OF PEOPLE RELIED ON THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THEM, AND THEY NOW FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEAD UP THE GARDEN PATH AND MISTREATED. YESTERDAY THE MINISTER SAID TIMELINE CHANGES WERE ABOUT REMOVING DOUBT. IS IS FAIR TO BRING THOSE DATES FORWARD ON THEM AT SUCH A LATE STAGE? SO, ONE OF THE CONSISTENT PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD FROM SCHOOLS AND FROM PARENTS ACROSS CHRISTCHURCH IS THAT THEY WANT CERTAINTY. WE HAVE LESS CERTAINTY. WE NOW HAVE EXTREMELY MUDDY WATERS. THERE'S NO CLARITY FOR THE INTERMEDIATES. AND WITH OTHER SCHOOLS ALSO EARMARKED TO SHUT DOWN SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, THE GOVERNMENT COULD FIND ITSELF IN A LEGAL TUSSLE. IF THE AFFECTED PARTIES FEEL THAT THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN GENUINE CONSULTATION IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS PREDETERMINATION, MINDS WERE CLOSED, THEN OF COURSE THEY COULD CHALLENGE THE DECISION IN THE COURTS. BUT A COSTLY COURT CASE IS OUT OF REACH FOR MOST SCHOOLS, AND THOSE WE'VE SPOKEN TO WILL TRY, ONCE AGAIN, APPEALING TO THE MINISTRY. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. IT'LL GIVE YOU IMPROVED INTERNET SPEED AT HOME, BUT A PLAN TO BUILD A NEW INTERNET CABLE BETWEEN NZ AND AUSTRALIA IS RAISING QUESTIONS. RIVALS TELECOM, VODAFONE AND TELSTRA HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO BUILD THE $70M UNDERSEA LINK. BRIAR WELLS EXPLAINS. THIS IS THE ONLY LINK TRANSPORTING INTERNET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF NZ ` THE SOUTHERN CROSS CABLE, PARTLY OWNED BY TELECOM. NOW TELECOM IS JOINING FORCES WITH ARCHRIVAL VODAFONE TO BUILD AN ALTERNATIVE. WE ALWAYS BELIEVED THE GREATER NEED WAS NOT FOR ANOTHER CABLE SYSTEM TO THE U.S. BUT FOR ONE TO AUSTRALIA AND ACROSS TOWARD ASIA. THAT WAS THE MUCH STRONGER BUSINESS CASE FOR US. THE EXISTING SOUTHERN CROSS CABLE CONNECTS US TO AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S. BUILDING A SECOND CABLE WILL IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE DITCH AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING LINKS TO ASIA. WITH TWO COMES MORE COMPETITION, WHICH MEANS BETTER PRICING, WHICH MEANS WE CAN LOOK TO OFFER THE KIND OF DEALS OUR RETAILERS WANT, PARTICULARLY IN AN ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND WORLD. THE NEW TRANS-TASMAN CABLE WILL IMPROVE BROADBAND SPEEDS AND BOOST DATA CAPACITY. THE SIZE OF THE PIPE, IT'S LIKE A MASSIVE MOTORWAY GOING OUT OF NZ. THIS ADDRESSES THAT BY PROVIDING A LOT MORE CAPACITY. SO AS THESE NEW NETWORKS ARE BUILT, WHEN YOU USE YOUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE YOU DON'T GET SLOWED DOWN. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ON THE BACK OF THE DOOMED ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH PACIFIC FIBRE ` A CABLE LINKING NZ DIRECTLY TO AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S. IT'S FEARED THIS NEW PLAN WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO BUILD ANOTHER CABLE. BECAUSE SUDDENLY THE BUSINESS CASE IS THAT MUCH HARDER TO MAKE, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH CAPACITY ACROSS THE TASMAN. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE NZ CONNECTED TO THE US, TO SINGAPORE, TO SOUTH AFRICA. IT'S HOPED THE NEW CABLE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. THE WAY CHILDREN USE THE INTERNET HAS AGAIN SPARKED A WARNING FOR PARENTS TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT. THIS FOLLOWS THE COURT APPEARANCE OF A MAN ACCUSED WITH USING A FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE TO CONTACT UNDERAGE GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 11. MATT MCLEAN WAS IN COURT. WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO FILM HIM, BUT INSIDE THE LOWER HUTT DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING, A MAN (20) STOOD ACCUSED OF USING A FAKE FACEBOOK PROFILE TO LURE UNDERAGE GIRLS. IT IS OF A DISTURBING NATURE. HE HAS BEEN USING A PROFILE ON FACEBOOK UNDER THE NAME OF NICK DAVIS, AND I'D CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO COME FORWARD WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION. SOMEONE WHO CREATES FAKE PROFILES ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY AS A 'CATFISH'. THE 20-YEAR-OLD, WHO WE CAN'T NAME, FACES TWO CHARGES. HE IS CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO REVEAL NAKED PHOTOGRAPHS BELONGING TO A GIRL (11) IF SHE DIDN'T MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH HIM ON FACEBOOK. HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF TRAVELLING TO MEET AN 11-YEAR`OLD GIRL WITH THE INTENTION OF COMMITTING A CRIME. HIS NAME'S BEEN SUPPRESSED TO PROTECT HIS UNDERAGE VICTIMS. HE'S BEEN ORDERED NOT TO HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANTS, AND CANNOT ACCESS THE INTERNET. PARENTS NEED TO BE VIGILANT AROUND, UH, WHAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE ACCESSING ON FACEBOOK AND JUST HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, UM, OF THEM AT A YOUNG AGE. ONLINE WATCHDOG NETSAFE SAYS, ALARMINGLY, THESE CASES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON. ADULTS ARE SOPHISTICATED AND THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE SKILLS T-TO TRICK YOUNG CHILDREN. AND, AS PARENTS, WE NEED TO HELP OUR YOUNGSTERS UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF LIVING ONLINE. THE ACCUSED (20) HAS BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL TO REAPPEAR IN THREE WEEKS. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS ON ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HARAWIRA FAMILY MEMBERS AHEAD ON ONE NEWS. ALSO ` HE WAS FAMOUS FOR LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. THE DEATH OF AN ACTOR WHO GAVE US A GOOD LAUGH. SIGNING OFF ` THE VOICE OF THE BROADCASTER AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS BLACKIE IS SILENCED. AND IT'S A MINI MARVEL. THE CAR STUNT THAT'S BEING CLAIMED AS A WORLD FIRST. POLICE AND CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE DEATH OF A BOY WHO KEPT RUNNING AWAY FROM CARE HOMES. ISAIAH NATHAN (13) DIED AFTER CRASHING A STOLEN CAR IN SOUTH AUCKLAND IN DECEMBER 2010. HE'D ESCAPED ALMOST THREE MONTHS EARLIER FROM A HOME IN KAITAIA. CYF HAS ADMITTED AT A CORONER'S COURT HEARING THAT IT FAILED TO TELL POLICE HE WAS ON THE RUN. I THINK THAT IF WE HAD A THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IN OUR AREA, DEFINITELY, AND HE WAS MISSING THAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE INQUIRIES TO LOCATE HIM. POLICE SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE FORWARDED ISAIAH'S FILE BETWEEN DISTRICTS WHEN IT WAS KNOWN HE WAS HEADING TO SOUTH AUCKLAND. ANTI-VIOLENCE PROTESTER HINEWHARE HARAWIRA IS STEPPING DOWN FROM CAMPAIGNS SHE'S WORKING ON AFTER ALLEGATIONS THREE OF HER SONS ASSAULTED A 12 YEAR OLD. POLICE SAY THE TRIO, AGED BETWEEN 30 AND 21, CHASED THE BOY INTO HIS AUCKLAND HOME WHERE THEY PUNCHED AND KICKED HIM REPEATEDLY. ONE OF THE ACCUSED, TOHORA HARAWIRA, INSISTED ON FACEBOOK THAT HE'S INNOCENT, SAYING HE HASN'T BEEN FOUND GUILTY AND HASN'T GIVEN A STATEMENT. THE MEN WILL APPEAR IN COURT IN APRIL. UPDATING A ONE NEWS EXCLUSIVE NOW ` IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING TONGANS WHO COULD'VE LIED ABOUT THEIR CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS TO GET ENTRY INTO NZ. OUR STORY FOUND TONGAN POLICE WIPED THE CRIMINAL HISTORIES OF AT LEAST 33 PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GAIN NZ VISAS. AN IMMEDIATE HOLD HAS BEEN PUT ON ANY TONGAN VISA APPLICATIONS WHICH REQUIRE POLICE CLEARANCE. ANOTHER 22 NEW ZEALAND FIREFIGHTERS ARE HEADING TO AUSTRALIA TO HELP FIGHT BLAZES, JOINING DOZENS ALREADY THERE. FIRES IN GIPPSLAND IN EASTERN VICTORIA ARE STILL CAUSING CONCERN, EVEN THOUGH A CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION REDUCED THE DANGER TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF MELBOURNE. ELSEWHERE, THREE FIRES JOINED UP IN THE GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK AND STARTED MOVING TOWARDS THREE SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT WERE WARNED TO BE READY TO EVACUATE. OSCAR PISTORIUS IS SET TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WITH HIS SLAIN GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY URGING HIM TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT HER DEATH. LEGAL EXPERTS BELIEVE THE OLYMPIAN KNOWN AS THE BLADE RUNNER COULD GET BAIL DESPITE BEING ON A MURDER CHARGE. THEY SAY HIS CELEBRITY STATUS MEANS IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO HIDE OR FLEE THE COUNTRY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF REEVA STEENKAMP ARE ALSO GATHERING IN PORT ELIZABETH FOR HER PRIVATE FUNERAL. THE ACTOR FAMOUS FOR A ROLE IN WHICH HE DROPS OUT OF THE RAT RACE TO TRY A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY HAS DIED. RICHARD BRIERS WAS KNOWN TO MILLIONS AS TOM IN TV SITCOM 'THE GOOD LIFE'. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM LOOKS BACK AT HIS LIFE. YOU ARE NOT STUFFY, MY GIRL. 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. OH PLEASE. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN MY NECK. RICHARD BRIERS AND PENELOPE KEITH IN A SCENE FROM THE GOOD LIFE. < MARGO! 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 ENDURING TOM GOOD, WHO THREW UP REGULAR WORK TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. GOOD MORNING, BARBARA. GOOD MORNING, TOM. IT'S ME, MARGO. GOOD MORNING, MARGO. YES, YOU'RE PERFECTLY RIGHT. IT IS YOU. SO MANY TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN PAID TO RICHARD TODAY, UH, ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL HE WAS, WHAT A NICE PERSON, EVERYONE FELT THEY KNEW HIM. HE WAS LOVED. HE WAS A NATIONAL TREASURE. AND SO OFTEN, WHEN PEOPLE DIE, YOU MIGHT BE SITTING AT HOME, THINKING, 'OOH, THERE MUST BE A CHINK SOMEWHERE IN THAT?' BUT, WITH RICHARD, THERE WASN'T. HE'D STARTED ACTING IN THE RAF. AT DRAMA SCHOOL, HE'D SHONE, PLAYING HAMLET, NO LESS. I GOT A NOTICE FROM DARLINGTON, THE GREAT CRITIC IN THE TELEGRAPH IN THOSE DAYS, AND HE SAID, UM, 'LAST NIGHT, 'RICHARD BRIER'S PLAYED THE PART OF HAMLET LIKE A DEMENTED TYPEWRITER.' BECAUSE I WAS VERY HIGHLY STRUNG AND SPOKE VERY FAST. AFTER THE GOOD LIFE, HE BEGAN TO STRETCH HIMSELF IN RESTORATION COMEDY AT CHICHESTER AND IN SHAKESPEARE WITH KENNETH BRANAGH. DICK AND I AGREED THAT, UH, WE'RE BOTH THE QUICKEST HAMLET ON RECORD. HE WISHES HE HAD A RECORDING OF HIS TO SEE, WHETHER IN FACT, HE WAS QUICKER THAN ME. I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS. 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 WAS 79. HE'D BATTLED A SERIOUS LUNG CONDITION FOR YEARS AFTER A LIFETIME SMOKING HABIT. NOW TO THE DAY'S WEATHER. ANY GOOD NEWS LIKE RAIN? UNUSUAL FOR NZ'S LOCALE NOT TO HAVE ANY WEATHER OR AT LEAST NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BUT WE ARE GETTING SUPERB SUNSETS LIKE THIS ONE OVER ROTORUA. AND MORE HOT SUNNY DAYS. LIKE WE SAID, WELLINGTON WOULD TURN ON A BEAUTY, WHICH IT DID FOR THE CRUISE SHIPS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THIS IS WHAT A COOL CLEAR NIGHT DID BETWEEN WAVERLEY AND WANGANUI. CRYSTALLISED ANY MOISTURE INTO LOW STRATUS OR FOG. I'LL BE BACK BACK WITH A BIT MORE AFTER JENNY-MAY. A SENIOR MP'S QUITTING PARLIAMENT. THAT STORY'S COMING UP ON ONE NEWS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I REALLY LOVE THIS. A VOICE SO MANY PEOPLE WOKE UP TO. WE LOOK AT THE LIFE OF BLACKIE. AND, FLIPPING HECK, CHECK OUT THE LATEST FEAT FOR A MINI. ? OUR BIGGEST POWER COMPANY'S HALF-YEAR PROFIT IS UP NEARLY 30% LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER IT ANNOUNCED IT WAS CUTTING ABOUT 100 JOBS. CONTACT ENERGY SAYS THE $88M PROFIT'S A SOLID RESULT GIVEN WEAK DEMAND FOR WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY. AS I SAY, INVESTED MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, TO ONE WHICH IS NOW FOCUSED ON GETTING ITS OPERATIONS RIGHT AND SERVING THE CUSTOMER WELL. CONTACT ENERGY SAYS ALTHOUGH THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF COMPETITION FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS, IT CAN'T RULE OUT INCREASING POWER BILLS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S BEEN REVEALED IN COURT THAT A SECURITY GUARD BASHED TO DEATH ON HIS FIRST SHIFT HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY. CHARANPREET DHALIWAL WAS ATTACKED AT THIS WEST AUCKLAND BUILDING SITE IN NOVEMBER 2011. HIS FORMER BOSS IS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO ENSURE HIS SAFETY. BUT CHRIS ELAVIA SAYS HE ONLY HIRED EXPERIENCED STAFF, AND MR DHALIWAL WAS ALSO WORKING FOR CHUBB SECURITY. I DISCUSSED THE SITE TO HIM, TOLD HIM THAT THERE THREE PORTACOMS, THREE CONTAINERS OVER THERE, VERY LOW RISK, TO BE CAREFUL. IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, WALK AWAY, DRIVE AWAY, SIT IN THE CAR. IF FOUND GUILTY, ELAVIA COULD BE FINED UP TO $250,000 FRIENDS OF VETERAN BROADCASTER KEVIN BLACK SAY HE'LL BE REMEMBERED AS A RADIO REBEL AND CONSUMMATE PRANKSTER. THE POPULAR RADIO DJ DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS AUCKLAND HOME LAST NIGHT, JUST DAYS SHORT OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY. JOANNA HUNKIN SPOKE TO THOSE CLOSE TO HIM. YOU CAN CALL ME NOW ON THE AUCKLAND WINNING LINE, THE ONLY ONE WITH A BELL ON. SPINNING RECORDS, AND TALL TALES, FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. CANDID CALLS WAS BLACKIE'S CALLING CARD, IF YOU LIKE, HE WAS THE FIRST GUY TO DO THEM, AND I STILL THINK HE WAS THE BEST. HE LOVED EXERCISING HIS LAUGHTER MUSCLE. THAT WAS SOMETHING PECULIAR ABOUT KEVIN, IF YOU LIKE. KEVIN BLACK, OR BLACKIE, BEGAN HIS CAREER IN PIRATE RADIO JOINING BRITAIN'S RADIO CAROLINE IN THE '60S AFTER FIVE YEARS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. HE LATER RETURNED TO NZ, JOINING PAUL HOLMES IN THE NZ BROADCASTING CORPORATION. BLACKIE AND HOLMES WERE IN THE SAME INTAKE AT THE NZBC IN 1972. WE HAD HIGH HOPES HE WAS GOING TO BECOME A VERY RESTRAINED, BBC SORT OF NEWSREADER. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. INSTEAD, BLACKIE BECAME ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR ROCK'N'ROLL DJS. I THINK I'VE ONLY PLAYED ABBA THREE TIMES IN MY WHOLE CAREER AND I DIDN'T PLAY THE BAY CITY ROLLERS, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOAD OF DRIVEL. FROM RADIO HAURAKI TO CLASSIC HITS AND SOLID GOLD, HE DOMINATED THE AIRWAVES, EVEN TRYING HIS HAND AS A TELLY QUIZMASTER. AND PLEASE WELCOME THE STAR OF THE SHOW, KEVIN BLACK! HE RETIRED IN 2009, BUT STILL MADE REGULAR MEDIA APPEARANCES; THIS INTERVIEW WAS FILMED JUST DAYS AGO. HIS DEATH LAST NIGHT WAS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED. HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE KRISTEN AND THREE CHILDREN. THEY WERE CENTRAL TO HIS LIFE. HE LOVED THEM LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. IT'S 15 SECONDS TO 10, THE FINAL WORD TODAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FROM KEVIN BLACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'VE REALLY LOVED THIS. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. A SENIOR LABOUR MP'S QUIT TO JOIN HIS FORMER BOSS, HELEN CLARK, AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK. WELLINGTON-BASED CHARLES CHAUVEL IS AN OPEN SUPPORTER OF DAVID CUNLIFFE, WHO FAILED IN A LEADERSHIP BID. HE SAYS HIS RESIGNATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BATTLE FOR THE TOP JOB. NO BEARING AT ALL. I THINK THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT DAVID SHEARER HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY ENDORSED BY THE LABOUR CAUCUS AS LEADER. AS ONE OF HIS SPOKESPEOPLE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL TO HIS LEADERSHIP. MR CHAUVEL'S RESIGNATION OPENS THE WAY FOR FORMER MP CAROL BEAUMONT TO RETURN TO PARLIAMENT. MINI IS CLAIMING THE WORLD'S FIRST BACKFLIP BY A CAR. CHECK THIS OUT. THE STUNT TAKES PLACE IN THE FRENCH ALPS AFTER FOUR YEARS OF PLANNING AND PRACTICE. THE DRIVER, FRENCH STUNTMAN GUERLAIN CHICHERIT, SAYS NOW ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS A REPEAT OF THE FEAT. HYPNOTIC MUSIC LOOKING AT TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES. A NEW CONVENTION CENTRE AT AUCKLAND'S SKY CITY CASINO LOOKS LIKELY TO GO AHEAD. BUT A REPORT'S FOUND THE GOVERNMENT GAVE SPECIAL TREATMENT TO SKY CITY BY NEGOTIATING A DEAL THAT'LL GIVE THE CASINO UP TO 500 MORE POKIE MACHINES. NZ'S SET TO BECOME THE SECOND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO INTRODUCE PLAIN PACKAGING FOR CIGARETTES. THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED IT PLANS TO FOLLOW AUSTRALIA'S LEAD, BUT ADMITS IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN IF TOBACCO COMPANIES ARE SUCCESSFUL IN CHALLENGING THE MOVE ACROSS THE TASMAN. AND TEACHERS HAVE LODGED A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST EDUCATION MINSTER HEKIA PARATA FOR HER RECORD IN THE CLOSURE AND MERGER OF CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS. ABOUT 1500 PROTESTERS VOICED THEIR ANGER BY MARCHING TO THE EDUCATION MINISTRY OFFICES. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. ANOTHER AUSSIE SPORT UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT? MORE ON AUSSIE SWIMMING'S TOXIC ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE BREAK. ALSO ON THE WAY ` ARDIE'S GONE, BUT FOR HOW LONG? AND THE CHIEFS' INJURY WOES CONTINUE. IT'S THE ADAMS SHOW. VAL GETS READY FOR 'SHOT IN THE CITY' WHILE LITTLE BRO STEVEN STEALS THE SHOW IN PITTSBURGH. AND LOU VINCENT PULLS THE PIN ON HIS CRICKETING CAREER TO ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. ANOTHER BLOW FOR AUSTRALIAN SPORT. A DAMNING REPORT ON THE DISMAL SHOWING OF THE COUNTRY'S SWIMMING TEAM AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS HAS BLAMED A TOXIC CULTURE FOR THEIR WORST PERFORMANCE IN 20 YEARS. THE ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL KEY FACTORS IN THE TEAM'S DOWNFALL. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. HEADING FOR LONDON, THE AUSTRALIANS WERE CONFIDENT OF ANOTHER SWAG OF MEDALS FROM THE POOL. INSTEAD THEY HAD TO SETTLE FOR JUST ONE GOLD TO A RELAY TEAM. THE LACK OF SUCCESS PROMPTING A REVIEW THAT'S BEEN SEVEN MONTHS IN THE MAKING AND PULLS NO PUNCHES. ATHLETES DESCRIBE A CULTURE OF TOXIC INCIDENTS, INCLUDING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BULLYING AND CURFEW BREAKING THEY TALKED OF THE GAMES VILLAGE BEING LIKE A CANDY SHOP OF DISTRACTIONS. THEIR MEMORY OF LONDON WAS OF A LONELY OR INDIVIDUAL OLYMPICS. SO DID THE CULTURAL PROBLEMS COST THEM MEDALS? UM, LOOK, I'M NOT HERE TO SAY THAT TODAY, BUT, UH, CLEARLY WE ARE WORKING ON THE CULTURE. WE RECOGNISE ` THE BOARD OF SWIMMING AUSTRALIA RECOGNISES ` THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH CULTURE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE OLYMPICS AND OUT OF LONDON, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. HENCE WHY WE HAD THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW. < THE BEHAVIOUR'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS TOXIC IN THE, UH, SWIMMING RANKS. < I MEAN, UH, WEREN'T YOU AWARE THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOUR EXISTED? IT'S A PRETTY EMOTIVE WORD ` TOXIC. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT, UM, BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES WEREN'T OVERTLY OBVIOUS. NO HEADS ARE ROLLING YET, BUT A SO-CALLED INTEGRITY PANEL IS BEING FORMED AND WILL PRESENT ITS FINDINGS TO SWIMMING AUSTRALIA. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. DEPARTING ALL BLACK RICHARD KAHUI ISN'T FUSSED THAT HIS FORMER COACH IS MIFFED HE WASN'T TIPPED OFF ABOUT HIS JAPANESE MOVE. WHILE STEVE HANSEN IS DISAPPOINTED AT THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION, KAHUI'S MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS RETURN TO THE CHAMPION CHIEFS BEING FURTHER DELAYED BY INJURY. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. THE CHIEFS ARE USED TO INJURY CRISES THIS TIME OF YEAR. REMEMBER THE TOLL IN THE 2012 SEASON OPENER? RICHARD KAHUI HEADS THE CURRENT CROCKED LIST. HIS LATEST SHOULDER INJURY IS TAKING LONGER TO COME RIGHT, MAKING HIS MOVE TO JAPAN ALL THE MORE LOGICAL. IN HIS ABSENCE, EXPLOSIVE UTILITY BACK TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS WILL BE PRESSED INTO MIDFIELD. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND AT CENTRE. SO, UM, IT'S ALL ABOUT READING PLAYS AND NOT GETTING CHECKED. HARD TO MISS, HIS COUNTIES-MANUKAU TEAMMATE, SECOND-FIVE BUNDEE AH KEE, WHO'S POISED TO JOIN HIM, PREFERRED AHEAD OF ANOTHER NEW RECRUIT, CHARLIE NGATAI, WHO'S BATTLING INJURY. WITH ANDREW HORRELL AND ROBBIE ROBINSON SIDELINED AS WELL, DISCARDED BLUES FIRST-FIVE GARETH ANSCOMBE IS SET TO START AT FULLBACK DESPITE LOOKING BANGED UP HIMSELF TODAY. LIKE I SAID, WHEN I CAME DOWN HERE, I REALLY WANTED TO ADD TO THIS GROUP. SO I THINK WE DO HAVE A TEAM THAT CAN GO FAR AGAIN THIS YEAR. ANSCOMBE COULD SEE TIME AT 10 AS WELL, WITH AARON CRUDEN BATTLING A GROIN PROBLEM, WHILE HALFBACK TAWERA KERR BARLOW COPPED A HEAD WOUND AT TRAINING TODAY. ANOTHER BLOW IS THE PENDING DEPARTURE OF INDUSTRIOUS LOCK CRAIG CLARKE. AT 29, HIS ALL BLACK AMBITIONS OVER. YOU LOOK AT THEIR SQUAD AND THE LOCKS THEY'VE GOT THERE AND, UH, THREE OF THE... THE GOOD LOCKS ARE REALLY YOUNG. CLARKE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN BACK-TO-BACK TITLES BEFORE IRELAND BECKONS AT THE END OF THE SEASON. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. AND IT'S THE JUDICIARY INSTEAD OF INJURY CAUSING THE HURRICANES SOME LAST-MINUTE HEADACHES, WITH OPEN-SIDE ARDIE SAVEA SUSPENDED FOR FOUR WEEKS. THE 19-YEAR-OLD HAD TO FACE THE MUSIC AFTER A DANGEROUS TACKLE ON CHIEFS HALFBACK AUGUSTINE PULU IN A PRE-SEASON MATCH ON SATURDAY. I MADE THE TACKLE, AND I GOT UP, AND THE GAME WAS PLAYING, SO I JUST PLAYED ON, BUT, UH, STRAIGHT AFTER, AND I DID THE TACKLE AS WELL, AND I THOUGHT, 'OH, SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO DOWN OR SOMETHING WENT`' OBVIOUSLY I DID A DANGEROUS TACKLE. THE JUDICIAL OFFICER DEEMED THE TACKLE IN THE MID-RANGE OF SERIOUSNESS. SAVEA WON'T BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY UNTIL THE ROUND-SEVEN MATCH AGAINST THE SOUTHERN KINGS ON MARCH THE 30TH. THE HURRICANES WON'T BE APPEALING THE DECISION. TO LEAGUE, AND SONNY BILL WILLIAMS' FIRST OUTING FOR THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS WAS TOUTED AS THE MOST ANTICIPATED NRL PRE-SEASON MATCH IN OVER A DECADE ` HOWEVER SBW IS LIKELY TO BE A NO-SHOW. WILLIAMS IS YET TO RECOVER FROM A PECTORAL MUSCLE INJURY SUSTAINED LAST OCTOBER. DESPITE BEING ABLE TO BOX, HE'S NOT YET FIT TO TACKLE. I DON'T THINK HE'LL PLAY. IF FOR SOME REASON HIS CONTACT AND HIS WRESTLE'S GOOD THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW, AND THEY THINK HE'S MUCH BETTER THAN THEY THINK ` BUT I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA PLAY. WILLIAMS' OMISSION IS PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTING FOR BROADCASTER FOX SPORTS, WHO PLAN TO SCREEN THE MATCH LIVE ` A FIRST FOR THE NRL'S PRE-SEASON. WILLIAMS IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR THE ROOSTERS NRL SEASON KICKOFF ON MARCH 7TH. BLACK CAPS BOWLER MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF CRICKET FOR UP TO SIX WEEKS. SCANS HAVE REVEALED MCCLENAGHAN SUFFERED A SLIGHT TEAR IN HIS SIDE DURING THE TEAM'S OPENING ONE-DAY VICTORY OVER ENGLAND ON SUNDAY. HE COULD BE BACK IN TIME FOR THE THIRD TEST. MARTIN GUPTILL'S REPLACEMENT HAMISH RUTHERFORD IS READYING HIMSELF FOR HIS ODI DEBUT OFF THE BACK OF HIS QUICKFIRE HITTING IN THE TWENTY20S. IF I CAN BE 30 OR 40 OVERS, I'M OBVIOUSLY HOPEFULLY GONNA BE ON A FEW RUNS. SO NO, THE APPROACH IS SIMILAR, BUT IT'S NOT, PROBABLY, AS AGGRESSIVE. THE SECOND ODI GETS UNDERWAY IN NAPIER TOMORROW. FORMER BLACK CAP LOU VINCENT HAS PULLED STUMPS ON HIS 16-YEAR CRICKETING CAREER. THE 34-YEAR-OLD, WHO PLAYED 102 ONE-DAYERS AND 23 TESTS INCLUDING A DOUBLE HUNDRED AND CENTURY ON DEBUT, IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME ON HIS KAIPARA PROPERTY ENJOYING LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES. G'DAY, SCOTTY STYRIS, HOW ARE YA? I JUST WANNA GET A TAN, YOU KNOW? I'M SICK OF HAVING WHITES ON AND SUNSCREEN HAT ON. I'VE GOT THE TWO-TONE TAN. I CAN'T GIVE 100% ANY MORE, SO IT'S TIME TO GET INTO ANOTHER ADVENTURE. VINCENT'S STAYING COY ON WHAT THAT ADVENTURE MIGHT BE, BUT COACHING IS ON THE HORIZON. I STILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED SOMEHOW, SO WHETHER IT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF OR A COUPLE OF YEARS OFF, BUT I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH PASSING ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME TO, HOPEFULLY, KIDS IN THE FUTURE. BUT FOR NOW HE SIMPLY WANTS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS AND SAYS THERE'S A BEACH IN THE GREEK ISLANDS WITH HIS NAME ON IT. DOUBLE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST VALERIE ADAMS IS SET TO HEADLINE AN INTERNATIONAL SHOT-PUT EVENT AT THE CLOUD IN AUCKLAND NEXT MONTH. THE COMPETITION IS ADAMS' INITIATIVE AND WILL TAKE HER BACK TO THE SCENE OF HER GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY LAST YEAR. IT'LL BE HER FIRST EVENT OF 2013 BEFORE SHE HEADS TO SYDNEY THE WEEK AFTER. A SHOWCASE LIKE I DO IN EUROPE ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, WE COMPETE ESSENTIALLY ALL THE TIME IN EUROPE, AND I LIVE IN SWITZERLAND MOST OF THE TIME. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME, YOU KNOW? THIS IS WHERE MY HOME ROOTS ARE. THIS IS WHERE I'M FROM. THIS IS WHERE I` THIS IS WHO I'M LOYAL TO. ADAMS SAYS SHE'LL STILL BE TAKING THE COMPETITION SERIOUSLY AND WILL BE HAPPY WITH A PUT OVER 20M. AS FOR WHETHER DRUGS CHEAT NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK RECEIVED AN INVITE... OH NO. SHE'S, UM, BANNED. SO YOU CANNOT BRING BANNED ATHLETES DOWN TO MY COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY HER. (SNIGGERS) WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN QUITE THE SPECTACLE? THE EVENT'S SET FOR THE SECOND OF MARCH. AND, THIS AFTERNOON, VAL'S HALF BROTHER STEVEN ADAMS WAS PLAYING A STARRING ROLE FOR THE PITTSBURGH PANTHERS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S EASTERN CONFERENCE CLASH WITH NOTRE DAME. 19 YEAR OLD ADAMS NOTCHED UP EIGHT POINTS, FOUR REBOUNDS AND TWO STEALS BUT HIS NUMBERS WEREN'T ENOUGH TO STOP NOTRE DAME, WHO OVERCAME A SLOW START TO WIN THE GAME 51 - 42, THEIR 5TH STRAIGHT WIN OVER THE PANTHERS. AUGUST PASS BLOCKED BY ADAMS. THE SEVEN-FOOTER RUNNING THE FLOOR! LAYS IT IN. TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. AND IT APPEARS ADAMS' NBA DREAM HAS BEEN PUT ON ICE FOR NOW, WITH REPORTS THE 7-FOOT CENTRE WILL SPEND ANOTHER YEAR IN COLLEGE PERFECTING HIS GAME. AND LEGENDARY OWNER OF THE LA LAKERS, JERRY BUSS, HAS DIED DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM CANCER. BUSS LED THE STRUGGLING LAKERS TO 10 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS, A RUN THAT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST AMONG ALL OWNERS. THE WINNING STREAK INCLUDED THE CAREERS OF SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, KOBE BRYANT AND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, BUT NONE WERE CLOSER TO HIM THAN MAGIC JOHNSON. HE ACTUALLY HELPED THE NBA GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST OWNER WHO CARED ABOUT MAKING IT ENTERTAINMENT, NOT JUST A BASKETBALL GAME. BUT HE WAS A PIONEER. HE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF THAT. JERRY BUSS WAS 80 YEARS OLD. 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-TIME CHAMPIONS BREATHING SPACE. HERE THEY COME AGAIN. HERNANDEZ! SUPER GOAL! READING PULLED ONE BACK THROUGH JOBI MCANUFF, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. UNITED WILL FACE MIDDLESBOROUGH OR CHELSEA IN THE LAST EIGHT. KIWI FAVOURITE JASON BUNYAN HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE WILDCARD FOR NEXT MONTH'S SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX EVENT AT WESTERN SPRINGS IN AUCKLAND. BUNYAN, IN THE WHITE HELMET, HAD AN EARLY TEST OF HIS SKILLS AGAINST WORLD CHAMPION CHRIS HOLDER AT THE EVENT'S LAUNCH TODAY. CARS REV THE GP IS THE OPENING FIXTURE OF THE 12 RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR. AND WHILE THE WILDCARD MAY BE WELL AND GOOD, BUNYAN SAYS HE STILL NEEDS TO RAISE AROUND $20,000 TO BE COMPETITIVE. LAST YEAR'S INAUGURAL EVENT DREW MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND SPECTATORS. FINALLY IN SPORT, THE ENGLAND CRICKET TEAM'S BEEN TAKING OUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AFTER SUNDAY NIGHT'S LOSS AT CAPE KIDNAPPERS. STUART BROAD POSTED THIS VIDEO OF SPINNER GRAEME SWANN ATTEMPTING A TRICK SHOT ON THE GOLF COURSE. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE END OF THE CLUB. LAUGHTER YES, THE WRONG KIND OF FORE THERE, SWANN CLEARLY NEEDING TO STICK TO BOWLING. THANKS, SPORT. JIM'S HERE NEXT ON ONE NEWS AND SAYS THE RAINCLOUDS ARE GATHERING, BUT THEY'RE A LONG WAY OFF. HI AGAIN. LIKE MOST OF THE COUNTRY, OUR PORTS AND HARBOURS ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS. FINE AND CALM WITH LOTS MORE TO COME. THIS WAS TAKEN BY A PILOT BOAT SKIPPER. THIS WAS TAKEN BY A PILOT BOAT SKIPPER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO FIND A WATERFALL TOMORROW! AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS TUESDAY.