THE BIG SUMMER GETS EVEN BIGGER. 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. 'I THOUGHT SHE WAS AN INTRUDER.' OSCAR PISTORIUS TELLS COURT HOW HE FATALLY SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND AS SHE'S FAREWELLED BY FAMILY. TEARFULLY: THERE'S ONLY ONE THING MISSING. IT'S REEVA. (SOBS) A HUGE BUSH FIRE BURNS OUT OF CONTROL AS THE HOT WEATHER LEAVES THE COUNTRY TINDER-DRY, AND THE SUN'S SET TO KEEP ON SHINING. UNHAPPY FEET ` VETS RACE TO SAVE AN AILING ROYAL VISITOR FOUND 2000KM FROM ITS ANTARCTIC HOME. AND THE ROYAL BABY BUMP'S SHOWING, AND SO IS THE OUTRAGE AFTER A BESTSELLING AUTHOR DESCRIBES KATE MIDDLETON AS BLAND WITH A PLASTIC SMILE. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH DEVELOPING NEWS. THE ANTI-WHALING GROUP SEA SHEPHERD CLAIMS ONE OF ITS SHIPS TOOK ON WATER AFTER BEING RAMMED BY A JAPANESE WHALING SHIP. A STANDOFF CONTINUES BETWEEN TWO OF THE PROTESTERS' VESSELS AND THE JAPANESE SHIP IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, JUST NORTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CASEY RESEARCH STATION. FOR MORE, LET'S GO LIVE TO RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS IN AUCKLAND. 80 MEMBERS OF SEA SHEPARD WAS ON BOARD WHEN IT WAS RAMMED TWO BOATS WERE WORKING TO PREVENT THE WHALERS WORKING JAPANESE FRUSTRATION BOILED OVER ONE WAS TAKING ON WATER SO, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING OUR POSITION, SO THEY JUST MUSCLED THEIR WAY IN BY JUST COMING IN AND HITTING THE STEVE IRWIN TO KNOCK IT ASIDE. THEN THEY HIT THE BOB BARKER AND DROVE IT INTO THE SIDE OF THE TANKER, THE SUN LAUREL, AND THEN PINNED IT THERE AND THEN RAN OVER THE TOP OF IT. WE ACTUALLY HAD THE BOW OF THE MARU TOWERING OVER THE WHEELHOUSE OF THE BOB BARKER. I SPOKE TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE STEVE IRWIN THEY DO KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS 4000KM FROM LAND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY THEY ADMIT THEY ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ANTAGONISE THE JAPANESE COMMITTED TO STAYING ON FOR THE WHALING SEASON IN JUST A FEW HOURS, OSCAR PISTORIUS WILL FIND OUT IF HE'LL BE FREED ON BAIL. THIS FOLLOWS A SOBBING COURT APPEARANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE HE ADMITTED SHOOTING REEVA STEENKAMP AFTER MISTAKING HER FOR AN INTRUDER. IT'S THE FIRST TIME PISTORIUS HAS GIVEN HIS VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED ON VALENTINE'S DAY. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING WAS IN COURT. HE'S SPENT FIVE NIGHTS BEHIND BARS NOW. OSCAR PISTORIUS BACK IN COURT THIS MORNING FOR A CRUCIAL BAIL HEARING. HIS FAMILY GATHERING AGAIN TO SUPPORT THE MAN THEY BELIEVE KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. BUT IN THE COURTROOM, THE PROSECUTION CAME OUT FIGHTING, ARGUING THAT PISTORIUS HAD PLANNED TO MURDER. THE MAGISTRATE TOOK THAT ON BOARD WHEN HE RULED THAT HE WOULD BE TREATING THIS CASE AS ONE OF PREMEDITATED MURDER, WITH A POSSIBLE LIFE SENTENCE. FROM HIS TEAM CAME THE FIRST DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT OSCAR PISTORIUS SAYS HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM AND REEVA STEENKAMP LAST THURSDAY MORNING. THE COUPLE WERE IN BED ASLEEP AT PISTORIUS' HOME, THE ATHLETE SAID IN A STATEMENT. HE WOKE UP, GOT A FAN FROM THE FROM THE BALCONY, THEN HEARD A NOISE IN THE BATHROOM. IT WAS PITCH DARK, HE SAYS. HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS PROSTHETIC LEGS. HE FELT VULNERABLE, AFRAID. HE SHOUTED, THEN MOVED TO THE BATHROOM DOOR AND FIRED FOUR SHOTS THROUGH IT. IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE RETURNED AND FOUND THE BED WAS EMPTY THAT OSCAR PISTORIUS SAYS HE REALISED HE MIGHT HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. HE PICKED UP A CRICKET BAT, WENT BACK TO THE BATHROOM DOOR AND SMASHED IT IN. INSIDE, HE FOUND HIS GIRLFRIEND REEVA STEENKAMP DYING. HE PICKED UP HER BODY, TOOK IT DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE HE SAYS SHE DIED IN HIS ARMS. THIS MORNING, STEENKAMP'S FAMILY GATHERED IN THE COASTAL CITY OF PORT ELIZABETH FOR A PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICE. SHE WAS 30 YEARS OLD, A WELL-KNOWN CELEBRITY, MODEL AND LAW STUDENT, WHO HAD BEEN DATING OSCAR PISTORIUS SINCE NOVEMBER. THERE'S BEEN MUCH TALK HERE OF PISTORIUS' VIOLENT TEMPER. BUT TODAY FRIENDS OF BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE OLYMPIC ATHLETE MADE STATEMENTS IN COURT SAYING THE COUPLE HAD BEEN IN LOVE AND WERE STARTING TO ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS OF MARRIAGE. WE ARE HERE TODAY AS A FAMILY. EMOTIONALLY: BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE THING MISSING. IT'S REEVA. (SOBS) OSCAR PISTORIUS' BAIL HEARING WILL RESUME TOMORROW, WITH THE PROSECUTION SEEKING TO CHALLENGE HIS VERSION OF EVENTS. BAIL OR NO BAIL, A FULL TRIAL COULD WELL BE MANY MONTHS AWAY. IF KEPT BEHIND BARS, OSCAR PISTORIUS COULD BE SENT TO PRETORIA CENTRAL PRISON, WHICH IS RENOWNED FOR VIOLENCE AND OVERCROWDING. AND, ACCORDING TO CRIMINOLOGISTS, HE MAY BE FORCED TO USE A WHEELCHAIR IN PRISON BECAUSE HIS ARTIFICIAL LEGS COULD BE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL WEAPONS. TO THE UNITED STATES, AND AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED, SOME CRITICALLY, AFTER A HUGE EXPLOSION ROCKED AN UPMARKET SHOPPING DISTRICT IN KANSAS CITY. DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE AT THE SCENE TRYING CONTROL THE BLAZE, AND AMBULANCE CREWS ARE ON STANDBY TO EVACUATE THE INJURED. IT'S BELIEVED A CAR CRASHED INTO A GAS MAIN NEAR A POPULAR RESTAURANT IN THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA, INJURING AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE AND ENGULFING A CITY BLOCK IN FIRE. THREE PEOPLE ARE MISSING, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE EXPLOSION OR LEFT THE AREA. FIREFIGHTERS ARE BRACING FOR NIGHTFALL AS THEY CONTINUE TO BATTLE AN OUT-OF-CONTROL BLAZE AT KAIPARA HARBOUR, JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND. IT'S ALREADY DESTROYED A LARGE AREA OF CONSERVATION LAND, AND FIREFIGHTERS SAY WITH NO RAIN FORECAST, IT COULD CONTINUE TO ROAR FOR UP TO A WEEK. DANIELLE STANBURY REPORTS. ROARING OUT OF CONTROL AND RAPIDLY SPREADING. TWO HELICOPTERS AND MORE THAN 60 FIREFIGHTERS ARE IN ACTION TO TRY TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE. IT'S ALREADY RAZED 65HA OF COASTAL SCRUB AND CAME WITHIN 100M OF NEARBY PROPERTIES. INITIALLY THERE WAS A THREAT TO ABOUT FIVE BACHES AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE FIRE, SO WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON THE NORTHERN END, TRYING TO PINCH THAT DOWN. THE FIRE TOOK HOLD LATE LAST NIGHT, BUT ONCE IT GOT DARK CREWS, COULDN'T GET TOO CLOSE. SAFETY-WISE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. I MEAN, THE FIRE STARTED LAST NIGHT IN THE DARK, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEND CREWS INTO UNKNOWN WILDERNESS IN THE DARK, SO WE WERE FIGHTING FROM THE AIR UNTIL DAYLIGHT. IT'S A FAMILIAR SIGHT FOR THESE MEN. LAST MONTH, THIS FIRE ` ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE HARBOUR ` SCORCHED MORE THAN 200HA OF BUSH. A LACK OF RAIN'S CREATING THE PERFECT FUEL. EVERY DAY WE DON'T GET RAIN, IT GETS DRIER. THEY CALL IT A BUILD-UP INDEX OF HOW MUCH FUEL IS AVAILABLE, AND IT IS VERY VERY DRY OUT THERE. AND THE COUNTRYSIDE'S SET TO GET EVEN MORE PARCHED. THE HIGH PRESSURE STAYS WITH US LITERALLY INTO THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN IT'S INTO THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MARCH THAT WE MIGHT SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND, FINGERS CROSSED, HELP FOR THOSE WHO'RE LOOKING FOR SOME RAINFALL. THIS BLAZE IS A TIMELY REMINDER OF THE TOTAL FIRE BAN IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. DANIELLE STANBURY, ONE NEWS. PARTNERS OF WELFARE FRAUDSTERS WILL FACE FINES OR EVEN A PRISON SENTENCE UNDER A PROPOSED LAW CHANGE. AND THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO NOTIFY BENEFICIARIES THAT THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE DETAILS. CHESTER BORROWS SAYS THIS ISN'T BENEFICIARY BASHING BUT A CRACKDOWN ON FRAUDSTERS. THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING MONEY, UM, BY CRIMINAL MEANS, AND SO THIS IS ABOUT CATCHING CROOKS. AS IT STANDS, PEOPLE GETTING THE DOMESTIC-PURPOSES BENEFIT OR SOLE-PARENT SUPPORT SHOULDN'T BE IN A MARRIAGE-LIKE RELATIONSHIP, BUT IF THEY ARE AND ARE CAUGHT, THEIR PARTNER CANNOT BE PROSECUTED. UNDER A PROPOSED LAW CHANGE UNVEILED TODAY, THE PARTNER WILL FACE A FINE OF UP TO $5000 OR 12 MONTHS IN PRISON, JUST LIKE THE BENEFICIARY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO PLANS TO REMOVE A REQUIREMENT THAT INVESTIGATORS TELL BENEFICIARIES THAT THEIR FINANCES ARE BEING COMBED THROUGH FOR EVIDENCE OF FRAUD. IT CUTS BACK TO THE NATIONAL PARTY'S, UH, DOB IN A BLUDGER DAY, WHEN THEY WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO SNEAK AROUND AND LOOK IN PEOPLE'S WINDOWS AND CHECK OUT WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING AND THEN REPORT THEM. THE MINISTER SAYS OF THE 340,000 PEOPLE ON A BENEFIT, 714 WERE PROSECUTED FOR $23M WORTH OF FRAUD LAST YEAR, AND A FURTHER 1400 RECEIVED NEARLY $18.5M WORTH OF PAYMENTS THROUGH DISHONESTY BUT COULD NOT BE PROSECUTED. HOWEVER, MR BORROWS CAN'T SAY HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE CAUGHT OR HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE RECOVERED UNDER THIS PROPOSED LAW. WE ALREADY PURSUE BENEFIT FRAUD WITH VIGOUR IN THIS COUNTRY. DO WE PURSUE TAX FRAUD WITH THE SAME VIGOUR? THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD BE ASKING THE MINISTER. I THINK THIS IS PURE POLITICS. THE LAW'S LIKELY TO BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S BEEN ACCUSED OF OFFERING WORTHLESS PROMISES TO A CHRISTCHURCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL SAYS IT WAS ASSURED IT WOULDN'T CLOSE UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR, BUT HEKIA PARATA SAYS THAT WAS ALWAYS JUST A PROPOSAL. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH HAS THE STORY. IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR CHRISTCHURCH, BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WAS SET TO CLOSE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. BUT THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE GOVERNMENT HAS MISLED THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE BELL IS NOW DUE TO RING FOR THE LAST TIME AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. DID SHE OR HER OFFICIALS GIVE BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AN ASSURANCE STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR 2013 WOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH THEIR TWO YEARS AT BRANSTON BEFORE ANY CLOSURE? MR SPEAKER, WE PROVIDED PROPOSALS TO BRANSTON, GIVING THEM OPTIONS. BUT THE PRINCIPAL AND SOME PARENTS SAY THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE THEY GOT. IN A LETTER TO PARENTS ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH LAST YEAR, THE PRINCIPAL SAYS... AND BECAUSE WE TOLD PARENTS THAT, THEY ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR. LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THEM FALSE HOPE. DID SHE TELL A PUBLIC MEETING AT BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL THE SCHOOL WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN IN 2014, AS PARENTS HAVE WRITTEN IN TO SAY SHE SAID, AND IF SO, WHY IS SHE CHANGING THAT PROPOSAL? I DID PROVIDE BRANSTON WITH A PROPOSAL AND IN THE MEETING WITH THE BRANSTON COMMUNITY, I REPEATEDLY SAID IT WAS A PROPOSAL. A PROPOSAL THAT BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IS VOWING TO FIGHT. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING CHANGING THE LAW TO PREVENT CRIMINALS FROM COMPLETING A DRIVING BAN WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN JAIL AND CAN'T DRIVE ANYWAY. IT COMES AFTER A CALL FROM A CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO THE DEATH OF DEBBIE ASHTON. SHE WAS KILLED SIX YEARS AGO BY A REPEAT DRIVING OFFENDER. DANIEL FAITAUA SPOKE TO HER PARENTS. JUDY AND TED ASHTON'S DAUGHTER, DEBBIE, WAS KILLED IN A COLLISION BY A DISQUALIFIED DRIVER ON THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAMME. THAT PROMPTED A MINISTERIAL INQUIRY AND AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY. NOW A NEW REPORT FROM THE CORONER. IT'S NOT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING, AND THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE ` SOMETHING'S TANGIBLE. THIS OUTCOME, HER LIFE HASN'T BEEN TAKEN FOR NO REASON. THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE JONATHAN BARCLAY CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE AND SMASHED INTO DEBBIE ASHTON'S CAR WHILE SPEEDING AND DRUNK BACK IN 2006. EVER SINCE, HER MOTHER, JUDY, HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR CHANGES TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND NOW SHE FEELS HER LONG BATTLE HAS COME TO AN END. DEBBIE ASHTON'S KILLER, JONATHAN BARCLAY, COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION WHILE STILL IN PRISON FOR HER MANSLAUGHTER. CORONER GARRY EVANS DESCRIBES THAT SITUATION AS A BARREN EXERCISE AND IS CALLING FOR THE LAW TO BE CHANGED SO AN INMATE IS ONLY BANNED FROM DRIVING ONCE THEY'RE FREED. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. IT DOES SEEM COMMON SENSE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF NON-DRIVING POST-PRISON. BUT THERE'S A WARNING IT WON'T BE SO SIMPLE TO APPLY. WE'VE GOT A PRISON SYSTEM THAT'S SWOLLEN AND CREAKING. WE'VE GOT A PROBATION SERVICE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AS IT IS TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON. WHO'S GOING TO TELL THE AUTHORITIES THAT SOMEBODY'S NOW COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE AND THE TERM OF DISQUALIFICATION COMMENCES? FOR THE ASHTONS, THIS REPORT BRINGS CLOSURE. AND I WOULD THINK DEBBIE WOULD BE` WELL, I KNOW SHE'S SITTING UP THERE. SHE'S BEEN WITH ME ALL THE WAY, AND SHE'D BE SAYING, 'GO, MUM. YOU'VE DONE IT. WE'VE DONE IT.' ALL IN THE HOPES OF PREVENTING ANOTHER TRAGEDY LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. POLICE BELIEVE SPEED WAS FACTOR IN TWO CRASHES INVOLVING TEENAGE DRIVERS WHICH KILLED THREE PEOPLE OVERNIGHT. TWO MEN DIED IN EDGECUMBE, NEAR WHAKATANE, WHEN THEIR CAR FAILED TO TAKE A BEND AND HIT A TREE. NEITHER THE DRIVER NOR THE PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEATBELTS AND BOTH DIED AT THE SCENE. A WOMAN (18) WAS KILLED IN NAPIER AND THE TEENAGE DRIVER SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND ALSO SMASHED INTO A TREE. THERE'S BEEN A BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S DEAL WITH SKY CITY TO BUILD A NEW CONVENTION CENTRE IN AUCKLAND. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE PRESSING THE POINT THAT THE DEPUTY AUDITOR-GENERAL'S RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FAIRNESS OF THE TENDER PROCESS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. CLAIMING VINDICATION OVER THE CASINO CONVENTION CENTRE REPORT, JOHN KEY CAME TO THE HOUSE WITH A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR HIS OPPONENTS. AS THE AUDITOR GENERAL SAYS, NOTHING TO SEE THERE. NOTHING TO SEE THERE. THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE. NOTHING TO SEE THERE. THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE IN TERMS OF MY INVOLVEMENT. BUT THE OPPOSITION HAS NO INTENTION OF MOVING ALONG, CLAIMING THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT SHOWS THE TENDER PROCESS WAS UNFAIR ON OTHER BIDDERS. HE WAS NOT VINDICATED! HE WAS IMPLICATED! MUCH OF THE OPPOSITION'S ATTACK FOCUSED ON MEETINGS THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS STAFF HAD WITH SKY CITY BOSSES. WAS HE WARNED BY GERRY BROWNLEE ON THE 1ST OF MARCH 2010 THAT 'TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE TALKING TO SKY CITY'? AND, IF SO, WHY DID HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO PROMISED TO STEP BACK, CONTINUE TO MEET WITH SKY CITY AT LEAST TWO MORE TIMES? BUT JOHN KEY AND MR BROWNLEE CLAIM THERE WAS NOTHING UNTOWARD. I THINK THAT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL. PRIME MINISTERS' CHIEF OF STAFF HAS AN INTEREST IN ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING. THAT IS NOT AT ALL UNUSUAL. JOHN KEY WAS THEN IN THE GUN FOR ALLEGEDLY BREACHING THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT EMBARGO. THE GREENS MADE AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE. WHY DID THE PRIME MINISTER REPEATEDLY REFER TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT OVER THE MONTH WHEN HE HAD PRIVILEGED ACCESS TO IT? JOHN KEY HAVING NONE OF IT. AND SHE HAS COME TODAY TO THEORETICALLY POUND ME IN THE HOUSE, AND THE ONLY THING SHE CAN SAY IS THAT IT WAS A COSY DEAL. THE DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL'S REPORT SHOWS SKY CITY WANTED MUCH MORE THAN JUST POKIE MACHINES. ITS DEMANDS INCLUDING EXTRA NEARBY LAND OWNED BY TVNZ AND AN ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR PROMOTING THE CENTRE. THE PERSON WHO'S BIDDING FOR THINGS WANTS A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT. NEGOTIATIONS WITH SKY CITY RESUMED IN EARNEST TODAY. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. WELLINGTON ZOO STAFF ARE FIGHTING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A ROYAL PENGUIN FOUND 2000KM AWAY FROM ITS SUB-ANTARCTIC HOME. IT'S ESTIMATED THE PENGUIN HAS JUST A 20% TO 30% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. YUMMY. A REJUVENATING FISH MILKSHAKE FOR THIS LOST JUVENILE ROYAL PENGUIN. THE BIRD IS CRITICALLY ILL AFTER A VAST 2000KM JOURNEY FROM ITS HOME ON MACQUARIE ISLAND, MIDWAY TO ANTARCTICA, TO TORA BAY IN THE WAIRARAPA. IT'S VERY WEAK. IT DOESN'T WANT TO STAND. AND IT'S MAKING VERY SMALL PROGRESS EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ZOO VETS SAY ITS KIDNEYS HAVE FAILED AND NOW HAS A 20% TO 30% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. IT ARRIVED HERE STARVING AND DEHYDRATED AND IS NOW ATTACHED TO A DRIP FULL OF ELECTROLYTES. SOMETHING'S HAPPENED OUT AT SEA. HE'S NOT FOUND ENOUGH FOOD. SOMETHING'S GONE WRONG WITH HIS HUNTING AND HE'S COME ASHORE BECAUSE HE HAS TO MALT. PHYSIOLOGICALLY, THESE BIRDS NEED TO MALT ONCE A YEAR. EXPERTS SAY ITS A RARE APPEARANCE. IN THE NORTH ISLAND, THERE'S BEEN JUST THREE OTHER RECORDED VISITS IN THE LAST 130 YEARS ` IN NAPIER, WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA. IT DOES HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY, SO IT COULD BE A SLIGHT SHIFT IN OCEANIC CURRENTS OR A MORE ADVENTUROUS BIRD THAN IT'S COMPANIONS TO COME THIS FAR NORTH. SO FOR MOST BIRD-WATCHERS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. TWO YEARS AGO AN EMPEROR PENGUIN CALLED HAPPY FEET MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES AFTER IT LANDED ON THE KAPITI COAST. THIS BIRD IS WAY, WAY MORE SICK THAN HAPPY FEET WAS. HAPPY FEET, BEING A BIGGER BIRD, HAD MORE RESERVES. STAFF SAY IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS AND MORE ORGANS COULD FAIL. IF THE BIRD, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN NAMED, DOES RECOVER, IT WILL SPEND AT LEAST SIX WEEKS IN HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` ROBBERS SNARE $60M WORTH OF DIAMONDS. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED. KATE'S NOW SHOWING HER BABY BUMP. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER BODY THAT'S GOT A PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR CAUSING CONTROVERSY? AND THE KIWI DESIGNER WHO'S BRINGING A TOUCH OF MAORI TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIG FASHION STAGES. THE HUNT'S ON FOR ROBBERS WHO'VE GOT AWAY WITH A DARING DIAMOND HEIST IN BELGIUM. THEY DRESSED AS POLICE, ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS, TO STEAL $60M WORTH OF THE GEMS ON THE RUNWAY AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT. ABC'S DAN HARRIS WITH HOW THEY DID IT. THE TARMAC OF AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PASSENGERS HAD ALREADY BOARDED THE JET TWO CARS BROKE THROUGH THE FENCE ROBBERS WORE MASKS AND UNIFORMS USED MACHINE GUNS THEY GRABBED THE DIAMONDS IT TOOK ONLY TWO MINUTES TO SPEED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE FENCE THIS WAS A VERY QUICK HIT AND RUN. VERY WELL ORGANISED. THERE HAS BEEN NO SHOOTING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SUSPICIONS ARE FALLING ON INTERNATIONAL RINGS THIEVES HAD MILITARY TRAINING AND INSIDE HELP IS IT POSSIBLE TO UNLOAD $50M DIAMONDS? IT MIGHT BE HARD NOT TO RAISE SUSPICION HOW TO MAINTAIN SECRECY IS THE PROBLEM POLICE FOUND A BURNT-OUT MINIVAN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ROBBERY NEAR THE AIRPORT BUT AS YET HAVE NO FURTHER CLUES. A SECRETIVE CHINESE MILITARY UNIT IS BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND A SERIES OF HACKING ATTACKS. AN AMERICAN COMPANY ACCUSES IT OF TARGETING A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST DEFENCE CONTRACTOR. ABC'S BRIAN ROSS HAS MORE. THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY HAS MORE THAN 2 MILLION PERSONNEL. BUT IT IS A THOUSAND OR SO IN THIS NONDESCRIPT BUILDING IN SHANGHAI THAT MAY POSE THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE US. THIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY'S SECRETIVE UNIT 61398, WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE NEW REPORT TODAY BY THE MANDIANT SECURITY FIRM, ENGLISH-SPEAKING COMPUTER EXPERTS SPEND THEIR DAYS STEALING SECRETS FROM US COMPANIES AND HACKING INTO GOVERNMENT SITES. THIS IS AN ESPIONAGE OPERATION RUN BY THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY, AND IT'S TARGETING A BROAD SWATHE OF WESTERN ORGANISATIONS. AMONG THE MOST TROUBLING TARGETS ARE AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE SITES, INCLUDING WATER-TREATMENT PLANTS, TRANSPORTATION CONTROL CENTRES, PIPELINES AND POWER GRIDS. THE ONLY REASON YOU WOULD WANT TO GET INTO THE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE POWER GRID IS TO CAUSE DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND DISRUPTION. AMONG THE MANY CORPORATE TARGETS OF THE CHINESE HACKERS, ACCORDING TO US OFFICIALS, LOCKHEED MARTIN, THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST DEFENCE CONTRACTOR AND THE MAKER OF THE F-35 JET FIGHTER. US OFFICIALS SAY, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE PLANE HAS SOME DISTINCT SIMILARITIES. IT'S COSTING, ACCORDING TO US INTELLIGENCE, HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THOUSANDS OF US JOBS EVERY YEAR. THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY CONFIRMED THE SEVERITY, ALTHOUGH NOT THE DETAILS, OF THE CHINESE CYBER-ESPIONAGE. WE HAVE REPEATEDLY RAISED OUR CONCERNS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS ABOUT CYBER-THEFT WITH SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS. BUT CHINA REMAINS IN DENIAL. AND IT'S BELIEVED AMERICA CONDUCTS ITS OWN CYBER ATTACKS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME. A PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR'S FACING A BARRAGE OF CRITICISM AFTER COMPARING THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE TO A PLASTIC DOLL. BUT HILARY MANTEL'S ALSO GETTING SUPPORT FROM SOME SURPRISING QUARTERS. THIS FROM OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. ANOTHER MILESTONE PASSES FOR AVID OBSERVERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. BUT THE COVERAGE OF KATE'S 'BABY BUMP' HAS COME WITH AN UNEXPECTED AND SOME SAY HARSH CRITIQUE. HILARY MANTEL'S NOVELS HAVE WON TWO BOOKER PRIZES, THE TOP BRITISH WRITERS' PRIZE. SHE WRITES ABOUT TUDOR KINGS AND QUEENS, BUT IN A LECTURE ABOUT ROYAL BODIES AND HOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED BY THEM, SHE USED SOME UNFLATTERING LANGUAGE ABOUT THE DUCHESS. KATE MIDDLETON, AS SHE WAS, APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY A COMMITTEE AND BUILT BY CRAFTSMEN WITH A PERFECT PLASTIC SMILE AND THE SPINDLES OF HER LIMBS HAND-TURNED AND GLOSS-VARNISHED. FROM A TRADE TRIP TO INDIA, BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER MADE TIME TO TRADE A FEW BLOWS AS A ROYAL CHAMPION. I THINK SHE WRITES GREAT BOOKS, BUT I THINK WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT KATE MIDDLETON IS COMPLETELY MISGUIDED, COMPLETELY WRONG. SOME BRITISH PRESS CALL MS MANTEL'S COMMENTS A WITHERING AND VENOMOUS ATTACK, BUT OTHERS SAY THAT MISSES THE POINT, THAT HER COMMENTS ARE AIMED AT PARTS OF THE MEDIA THAT BUILDS UP AND TEARS DOWN ROYALS. SHE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC TO KATE. SHE SAID SHE'S A PERFECT BRIDE, SHE'S A PERFECT MOTHER. SHE SAID HOW HARD IT IS TO BE ROYAL IN A GILDED CAGE, SO IT'S A MUCH MORE COMPLEX ARTICLE THAN IT'S BEEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR, AND IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A VENOMOUS ATTACK. NO ROYAL HOUSEHOLD IS COMMENTING ON FRAY, BUT HILARY MANTEL'S PUBLICIST IS DOING WHAT ANY GOOD PUBLICIST SHOULD AND RECOMMENDING PEOPLE READ WHAT SHE SAID AT LENGTH. THEN THEY'LL REALISE, HE SAYS, THAT SHE'S SYMPATHETIC TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AND IS ASKING THE PRESS TO SPARE THEM SO MUCH INTRUSION. A POINT THAT'S NOW LOST TO SOME IN THE FUSS OVER LABELLING KATE A PLASTIC PRINCESS. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. NOW FOR AN UPDATE ON OUR WEATHER, AND THERE'S SOME RAIN CLOSING IN?? BUT IT'LL BE LIKE THE CRUSADERS RUGBY TEAM ` IT'LL WILT. LAST EVENING WAS A BRILLIANT ONE IN PLIMMERTON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ NO WONDER GRAHAME THORNE'S PUT ON WEIGHT. HE JUST TRAVELS AROUND EATS WELL AND TAKES BEAUTIFUL PICTURES LIKE THIS ONE OF LAKE MANAPOURI. MORE FINE-DINING, AL FRESCO WEATHER COMING UP AFTER SPORT. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WHO OWES OUR BIGGEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? AND WEAVING HER MAGIC. MEET THE NZER WHOSE DESIGNS ARE IN THE WORLD SPOTLIGHT. 1 FLETCHER BUILDING HAS REVEALED IT'S OWED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY SUBCONTRACTORS AFFECTED BY THE COLLAPSE OF MAINZEAL. THE COMPANY'S HALF-YEAR RESULTS SHOW PROFITS ARE UP SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, PARTLY BECAUSE OF A STRONGER CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN AUCKLAND AND CHRISTCHURCH. BUT THE FLETCHER BOSS ALSO REVEALED $7.5M IS OWED BY SUBBIES AWAITING PAYMENT FROM MAINZEAL. IT'S OUR INTENTION TO TRY AND SAVE AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO BE A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN AND SAVE A LOT OF THE SUPPLY BASE ANYWAY, WE DO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THIS DOESN'T GO TOO PEAR-SHAPED. FLETCHER STAFF ARE WORKING WITH MAINZEAL RECEIVERS TO ASSESS EVERY MAINZEAL JOB. THE LONG-RUNNING DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF AUCKLAND AND THE MARITIME UNION HAS TAKEN A STEP FORWARD TONIGHT. THE TWO SIDES ARE AT A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FINER POINTS OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PORT HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THE FINDINGS, BUT THE UNION SAYS SOME GREY AREAS STILL NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. WELL, IF WE GET CLARITY ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES, WE COULD BE SAYING THE SAME THING AS THE PORT ` THAT WE MAY BE VERY CLOSE TO A SETTLEMENT. IF NOT, THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE BARGAINING. NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. A NZER'S GETTING HER DESIGNS NOTICED UP AMONG THE BIG NAMES AT LONDON'S FASHION WEEK. AND TO GET THERE, SHE GOT HELP FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY EXPLAINS. THE UK IS COMING OUT OF ONE OF THE WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD ` INSPIRATION FOR PVC SKIRTS AND EYELINER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY RUNNING IN THE RAIN. BUT WHILE BRITISH LABEL TOPSHOP LIKES TO THINK OF IT AS FASHION FOR THE MASSES, FEW GET A FRONT-ROW SEAT. LONDON FASHION WEEK IS AN EXCLUSIVE EVENT USUALLY FOR BUYERS AND PRESS AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE ONLY. SO IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT FOR A HOME AUDIENCE HERE TO GET ACCESS TO THAT WORK AND TO SEE IT. KIRI NATHAN IS PART OF THE ANSWER. THE BRITISH COUNCIL HAS PAID HER WAY HERE TO TAKE PART IN A FRINGE FASHION EVENT ALONG WITH MORE THAN 100 OTHER EMERGING TALENTS. THE AUCKLAND DESIGNER DRAWS ON MAORI WEAVING TECHNIQUES SHE'S INCORPORATED INTO WASHABLE GARMENTS. THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET WILL LOOK AT IT AND JUST SEE IT AS A BEAUTIFUL TECHNIQUE OR A BEAUTIFUL EMBELLISHMENT. AND THEN ONCE THEY HEAR THE STORY, THEY'VE VERY TAKEN. IT'S A STORY THAT NEEDS A LOT OF SELLING, THOUGH. 5000 FASHION WRITERS AND INDUSTRY FIGURES IN TOWN FOR THE WEEK HAVE PLENTY TO LOOK AT. ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE A SPLASH DURING THE HURLY-BURLY OF LONDON FASHION WEEK REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE A NOISE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL EVENTS, LIKE THIS ONE IN LONDON'S REGENT STREET, WHERE THEY'RE OFFERING FREE CHAMPAGNE AND ICE CREAM WHILE THEY BROADCAST THEIR CATWALK SHOW LIVE IN A STORE. BACK IN A PENTHOUSE OFF TRAFALGAR SQUARE, KIRI NATHAN'S UNDAUNTED BY THE COMPETITION SHE'S SEEN THIS WEEK. YOU MEET THE RIGHT PEOPLE, YOU'LL SELL CLOTHES. HER PLAN IS TO BE BACK HERE ONE DAY SOON WITH A RUNWAY ALL OF HER OWN. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. UPDATING OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. THERE ARE CLAIMS A JAPANESE WHALING BOAT HAS RAMMED TWO SEA SHEPHERD VESSELS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. BOTH BOATS ARE DAMAGED, AND THE BOB BARKER WAS TAKING ON WATER. THE VESSELS HAD BEEN BLOCKING THE JAPANESE SHIP FROM REFUELLING FOR ABOUT 48 HOURS WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. BLADE RUNNER OSCAR PISTORIUS WILL APPEAR IN COURT IN JUST A FEW HOURS TO FIND OUT IF HE'LL BE FREED ON BAIL ON A MURDER CHARGE. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPRINTER SOBBED AS HE GAVE HIS VERSION OF THE SHOOTING OF HIS REEVA STEENKAMP ON VALENTINE'S DAY, INSISTING HE THOUGHT SHE WAS AN INTRUDER. AND THERE ARE FEARS A BLAZE NORTH OF AUCKLAND COULD KEEP BURNING FOR UP TO A WEEK AS DRY WEATHER LINGERS. THE FIRE AT KAIPARA HARBOUR HAS ALREADY SCORCHED 65HA OF CONSERVATION LAND. JENNY-MAY'S HERE NEXT WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS FAIL TO SEE OUT THEIR 50 OVERS DESPITE THE SLOW START. THE INNINGS WILL MOSTLY BE REMEMBERED FOR ROSS TAYLOR'S RETURN TO FORM. TAYLOR ON A HUNDRED. WHAT A SHOT TO BRING UP HIS SEVENTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL HUNDRED. HE IS BACK, ROSS TAYLOR. THOUGH THE CELEBRATIONS WERE SHORT-LIVED. SPEAKING OF SHORT ` SHORT HALFBACK AND SIDES ` MEET THE NEW SOUTHERN RECRUIT AS THE HIGHLANDERS TALK DOWN THEIR SUPER 15 CHANCES. AND WANAKA CHURNS UP A KIWI FIRST ` CHECK OUT THIS PURPOSE-BUILT WHITE-WATER PARK. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE BLACKCAPS ARE LOOKING TO WRAP UP THEIR ONE-DAY SERIES AGAINST ENGLAND IN THEIR SECOND ODI IN NAPIER TODAY. ENGLAND WINNING THE TOSS AND SENDING THE KIWIS IN TO BAT SO COULD THEY BACK UP SUNDAY'S PERFORMANCE WITHOUT TWO OF THEIR STAR PERFORMERS FROM HAMILTON? HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. MCCLEAN PARK HAS A REPUTATION AS A BATTING PARADISE, AND ON A STUNNING NAPIER DAY, IT CERTAINLY LOOKED THE PART. STILL, THE BLACKCAPS OPENERS WEREN'T ABLE TO EXORCISE ANY DEMONS. EDGED, GONE! BJ WATLING GONE EARLY. HAMISH RUTHERFORD'S BATTING DEBUT WAS EQUALLY SHORT-LIVED. THE KIWIS CRAWLED AT 21/2 AFTER 10 OVERS, ON A GROUND WHERE 300 IS CONSIDERED PAR. THAT SLOW-GOING WAS ONGOING, DESPITE ROSS TAYLOR AND KANE WILLIAMSON'S BEST ATTEMPTS. DOWN THE GROUND THIS TIME. THAT IS A LOVELY CRICKET SHOT FROM KANE WILLIAMSON. THIS ONE, NOT SO MUCH. CHOPPED IT ON. THE RUN RATE WAS SO DIRE, EVEN THE FORMER SKIPPER'S FIRST HALF-CENTURY SINCE RETURNING TO THE TEAM DIDN'T SPARK MUCH IN THE WAY OF CELEBRATION. THEN THE SHACKLES BROKE. BANG! THERE IT GOES. WELCOME BACK, ROSS TAYLOR. AND FAREWELL GRANT ELLIOT. THOUGH HIS WICKET ONLY GAVE BRENDON MCCULLUM AN IN. THE CAPTAIN AND HIS PREDECESSOR SUDDENLY TOOK CHARGE DESPITE SOME WOBBLES. WHAT A SHOT, AND HE LOST ALL HIS POISE AT THE END OF IT! ANY UNRESOLVED ISSUES WERE FORGOTTEN AS THE PAIR PULLED, CUT AND SMASHED LIFE INTO THE KIWIS' INNINGS. MCCULLUM BROUGHT UP HIS 50 IN JUST 26 BALLS. WHAT A PURPLE PATCH THIS IS OF BRENDON MCCULLUM BATTING. NINE FOURS AND FOUR SIXES LATER, HE EVENTUALLY FELL, AND AS TAYLOR'S PARTNERS PERISHED AROUND HIM, HE STOOD AND DELIVERED IN FRONT OF HIS HOME CROWD. WHAT A SHOT TO BRING UP HIS SEVENTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL HUNDRED. OUTSTANDING KNOCK, FULL OF GRAFT AND PATIENCE. THAT JOY CAME TO AN ABRUPT END COURTESY OF JAMES ANDERSON, WHO ALSO SNARED TRENT BOULT TO CLAIM A FIVE-FER AND BRING THE KIWI INNINGS TO A PREMATURE END. ENGLAND REQUIRED A VERY GETTABLE 270 TO EVEN THE SERIES. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. TO THE SCOREBOARD. WHAT A RETURN TO HIS HOME GROUND FOR ROSS TAYLOR. BRENDON MCULLUM'S 74 CAME OFF JUST 36 BALLS. THEIR 100-RUN PARTNERSHIP CAME OFF JUST UNDER NINE OVERS. ENGLAND A MOMENT AGO 27 WITHOUT LOSS. DESPITE BOASTING THEIR STRONGEST PLAYING ROSTER IN OVER A DECADE AND A COUPLE OF BREAKTHROUGH HALFBACKS, THE HIGHLANDERS ARE PLAYING DOWN THEIR SUPER RUGBY CHANCES. THEY'RE REFUSING TO LOOK PAST FRIDAY'S HOME GAME WITH THE CHIEFS IN WHAT LOOMS AS AN EARLY TEST OF BOTH TEAMS' TITLE CREDENTIALS. MAX BANIA REPORTS. HIGHLANDERS HALFBACK FUMIAKI TANAKA IS PROVING A SENSATION IN THE SOUTH. THAT IS THE... THE NEW JONAH. THAT'S AWESOME. AS IF HE COULD AFFORD TO LOSE ANY HEIGHT, THE TEAM HAIRDRESSER TRIMMED HIM TO A MERE 5'4". THE FIRST JAPANESE PLAYER TO FEATURE IN A NZ TEAM QUICKLY BECAME A CULT FIGURE DESPITE NOT EVEN SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE. HE'S GOT A BIT OF A FOLLOWING AND THAT, AND HEARD HE'S HAD A FEW STORIES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING BUZZ AND WHAT HE'S GONNA DO ON FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE PRETTY AMAZING, SO IT'S GOOD FOR THE SPORT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY A LOT MORE JAPANESE PLAYERS COME OVER. NEW ALL BLACK ARRIVALS AND TWO SEASONS OF IMPROVEMENT UNDER JAMIE JOSEPH MEAN HIGH PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH ` SOMETHING THEY'VE HAD TO MANAGE. I MEAN, I HEAR THE EXPECTATIONS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT'S ONLY FROM YOU BLOKES. LAUGHTER THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TEAMS WITH A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS WHO ACTUALLY HAVEN'T, UM, FUNCTIONED AS A TEAM, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY THE FOCUS AND OBJECTIVE OF OUR PRE-SEASON ` IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN BUILD TOGETHER. FIRST UP IS THE CHIEFS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ` A TEAM THEY CONSIDER THE BENCHMARK IN 2013. OH, I'D DEFINITELY LOVE TO PLAY FINALS FOOTY. IT'S, UH, IT'S IN, UH... OH, IT'S ANY RUGBY PLAYER'S DREAM, OBVIOUSLY, TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY ACHIEVED LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO START GAME ONE FIRST, TO BE HONEST. SKIPPER ANDREW HORE IS STILL OUT SUSPENDED, MEANING HOSEA GEAR WILL LEAD THE SIDE FROM THE WING AFTER SHOWING IMPRESSIVE PRE-SEASON FORM. SO I SUPPOSE ALL WE CAN CONTROL IS HOW WE PERFORM OUT ON THE FIELD. SO, REALLY, IT'S ABOUT NAILING OUR GAME DOWN FIRST. BRAD THORN WILL BE GIVEN UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO PROVE HIS FITNESS, WITH THE TEAM NAMED TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. WARRIORS VETERAN JEROME ROPATI IS PREPARING HIMSELF AS MUCH MENTALLY AS PHYSICALLY FOR HIS FIRST GAME IN ALMOST A YEAR AGAINST BRISBANE IN DUNEDIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS RECOVERING FROM A SECOND SERIOUS KNEE INJURY AND NOW WORKING ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HURDLE OF RETURNING TO NRL PRESSURE. RIGHT NOW I KNOW I'M RIGHT TO PLAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN. I'M FIT. I'M... MY SPEED'S GREAT. MY AGILITY AND MY REACTION TO GAME SITUATIONS IS` IS ON POINT. I JUST NEED TO PLAY THE GAME. HE'S TILL GOT TO GET THROUGH THAT FIRST CRINGE OF CONTACT. YOU KNOW, THAT FULL CONTACT. SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT. AND BY THIS CODE, HE'S NOT UNDER PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, TO DO ANYTHING ELSE THAN THAT. ROPATI ALREADY WINNING PLAUDITS FOR HIS INFLUENCE ON THE YOUNG TEAM. AND PENRITH'S GENERAL MANAGER PHIL GOULD HAS LED HIS CLUB IN A SHOW OF FORCE AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION'S REPORT INTO DRUG-TAKING, MATCH-FIXING AND ORGANISED CRIME. OVER 300 OF PENRITH'S STAFF FILED INTO A MEETING WITH ANTI-DRUG AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES WHO'D BEEN INVITED BY GOULD TO OUTLINE FACTS ABOUT THE CLUB'S INVOLVEMENT, WHICH SO FAR HAS ONLY BEEN A TENUOUS LINK TO A SPORTS CONSULTANT. WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC, THAT OUR NAME HAS BEEN EVEN REMOTELY LINKED TO THE ALLEGATIONS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DAMAGING TO OUR BRAND AND TO THE REPUTATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS GREAT CLUB. NO LONGER PART OF THE PANTHERS IS WELLINGTON BORN ARANA TAUMATA, WHO REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS CONTRACT. HE'S NOW WALKED OR BEEN PUSHED AWAY FROM SEVEN NRL FRANCHISES. IT'S BEEN A BAD DAY FOR ARSENAL IN THEIR ROUND-16 MATCH IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THEY WERE PLAYING AT HOME IN LONDON AGAINST GERMANY CHAMPIONS BAYERN MUNICH, BUT WERE HAMMERED 3-1. THIS FROM THE BBC'S TIM FRANKS. A DEEP PALL HAS SETTLED OVER ARSENAL ` NOT JUST FROM FIRECRACKERS. RECENT RESULTS HAVE PRODUCED A CLOUD OF GLOOM. AND AGAINST THEM TONIGHT WERE BAYERN MUNICH, THE RUNAWAY LEADERS OF THE GERMAN LEAGUE. AND HERE THEY ARE RUNNING AWAY. AFTER SEVEN MINUTES, TONI CROOS HARPOONED THE BALL INTO THE NET. IF THOSE ARSENAL FANS WERE WORRIED NOW, LET'S HOPE THEY WERE LOOKING AWAY FOR THIS ONE ` A FREE HEADER, A SHARP SAVE, AN EASY GOAL. ARSENAL'S PLAYERS WERE LEFT LOOKING DEEP INTO THEIR SOULS. BUT IF THE FIRST HALF HAD BEEN PREDICTABLE, THE SECOND HALF WAS BIZARRE ` AT LEAST TO BEGIN WITH. BAYERN'S NORMALLY SWARMING DEFENCE WAS SUDDENLY STATIC. ARSENAL'S FORMER BAYERN PLAYER, PODOLSKI, WAS THE SCORER. THAT WAS THE FIRST GOAL BAYERN HAD CONCEDED THIS YEAR. AND SO STUNG, THEY HIT BACK. A SWEET RUN; AN UGLY FINISH. 3-1. IN RECENT DAYS ARSENAL'S MANAGER, ARSENE WENGER, HAS RESEMBLED A VOLCANO. TONIGHT HIS HOPES OF HIS CLUB'S FIRST TROPHY IN EIGHT YEARS APPEAR EXTINCT. AND FOOTBALL'S GOVERNING BODY, LONG ACCUSED OF BEING DINOSAURS, HAVE FINALLY CHANGED THEIR STANCE ON ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS IN FOOTBALL. FIFA HAVE CONFIRMED NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP WILL UTILISE GOAL-LINE TECHNOLOGY, WITH TWO SYSTEMS CHOSEN AND ANOTHER TWO UNDER CONSIDERATION. ENGLAND FANS WOULD HAVE BEEN KEEN TO SEE THE SYSTEMS AT THE LAST WORLD CUP, WITH THIS INFAMOUS FRANK LAMPARD STRIKE UNREWARDED. FIFA SEEING SENSE AT LONG LAST. THIS IS THE SOLUTION TO SAY IF A BALL IS IN THE GOAL OR NOT. BY TELEVISION CAMERAS, YOU CANNOT SEE IT, BECAUSE THE MOBILE IS TOO FAST AND THEREFORE THE HUMAN EYE ANY WAY CANNOT DO IT. TRY TELLING THAT TO LAMPARD. THERE ARE NOW CALLS FOR FIFA TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND INTRODUCE VIDEO-REPLAYS FOR OTHER INCIDENTS SUCH AS OFFSIDE AND HAND BALL. NZ'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT WHITE-WATER PARK IS STARTING TO CHURN UP A HOST OF COMPETITIVE KAYAKERS NEAR WANAKA. THE WORLD-CLASS PARK DOESN'T OFFICIALLY OPEN UNTIL NEXT MONTH, BUT AS MEGAN MARTIN FOUND OUT, THAT HASN'T STOPPED THE LOCALS MAKING A SPLASH IN THEIR NEWEST FACILITY. BRAND NEW AND AS BOLD AS THE KAYAKERS ON IT. YEAH, WE THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD. THIS IS NZ'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT WHITE-WATER PARK - TWO MASSIVE WEIRS CONCRETED IN PLACE TO CREATE A WHOLE HEAP OF FUN. WHOO-HOO! A GROUP OF LOCAL PADDLERS HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS PARK FOR YEARS. WE FIRST DREAMED IT UP ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, SO IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN COMING. CONTACT ENERGY HELPED MAKE THEIR DREAMS A REALITY. THIS WAS PART OF A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR MITIGATION PACKAGE THAT CONTACT TOOK ON WHEN IT WAS GRANTED ITS RESOURCE CONSENTS TO OPERATE THE CLYDE AND ROXBURGH AND HAWEA DAMS BACK IN 2007. THE PARK WAS DESIGNED BY SCOTT SHIPLEY. HE ALSO DESIGNED LONDON'S OLYMPIC COURSE. LOW AND FLAT. AND THE LOCALS RECKON HE'S PROVIDED THEM WITH ONE OF THE BEST FACILITIES IN THE WORLD. JUST SEEING ALL THE COMMUNITY OUT HERE ENJOYING IT ` THE KAYAKERS, THE PEOPLE ON BOOGIE BOARDS, ON ANYTHING INFLATABLE ` IT'S JUST GREAT. WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, AND I THINK IT'S SURPRISED US ALL HOW MUCH FUN IT IS, HOW MUCH IT GETS USED, WHAT A WONDERFUL ASSET IT'S GOING TO BE FOR KAYAKING AND THE CENTRAL OTAGO COMMUNITY. THIS PARK HASN'T EVEN OPENED YET, BUT WHEN THE WATER LEVEL'S UP THIS HIGH, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE PLAYING AROUND IN THE RAPIDS, SO I FIGURE IT'S TIME TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT. THE NZ FREESTYLE KAYAK CHAMPS WILL BE HELD HERE NEXT MONTH, WHEN THE NATIONAL TEAM WILL BE CHOSEN FOR THE WORLD CHAMPS. MOST OF US WILL WATCH FROM THE SIDE LINE. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. IN THE CRICKET ` ENGLAND 36 WITHOUT LOSS HI AGAIN. NO PROBLEMS FOR THE EARLY JOG OR TIDYING UP THE GARDEN TOMORROW, DESPITE AN APPROACHING FRONT. IT'S ONLY SMALL ARMS FIRE WITH TWO HIGHS SQUEEZING THE LIFE OUT OF IT. BARRY DOIG SNAPPED THIS. TOP OF EGMONT ON AN AIR NZ FLIGHT AUCKLAND TO NELSON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO IF THINGS GET TOO HOT FOR YOU IN THE OFFICE OR THE TRUCK, BE LIKE THE WILY BLUE HERON ` POP DOWN TO THE RIVER.