DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE MAN KNOWN AS BLADE RUNNER IS BACK IN COURT IN SOUTH AFRICA AS THE ACCUSED MURDERER FIGHTS FOR BAIL. A CHRISTCHURCH NANNY WHO MURDERED A TODDLER IS SET TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL. AND THE HAPPY FEET SEQUEL ` A LOST PENGUIN THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES FROM HOME FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE. OSCAR PISTORIUS COULD FIND OUT IF HE'LL GET BAIL TONIGHT OVER THE VALENTINE'S DAY KILLING OF HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP. THESE PICTURES SHOW THE OLYMPIAN ARRIVING FOR THE SECOND DAY OF HIS COURT HEARING IN PRETORIA. EARLIER THE BLADE RUNNER WEPT UNCONTROLLABLY AS HE TOLD HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. HIS LAWYERS SAY THE ATHLETE WAS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH MISS STEENKAMP. BUT, AS CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS, NOT EVERYONE IS BUYING IT. SO MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND SAID ABOUT HIM; NOW IT WAS TIME FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS TO EXPLAIN. IN AN AFFIDAVIT WRITTEN TO THE COURT, THE OLYMPIAN CONFESSED. HE SAID,... THIS IS THE BATHROOM WHERE PISTORIUS FOUND HIS GIRLFRIEND THIS IS THE BATHROOM WHERE PISTORIUS FOUND HIS GIRLFRIEND SLUMPED AGAINST THE TOILET CUBICLE, BARELY ALIVE. THE PROSECUTOR DIDN'T BUY IT. A QUESTION THE JUDGE WANTED TO EXPLORE, SO HE RULED PISTORIUS SHOULD FACE THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGE OF PREMEDITATED MURDER, AND THE TRACK STAR WENT. PISTORIUS CLAIMED THE COUPLE HAD NOT FOUGHT; THEY WERE DEEPLY IN LOVE. BEFORE THEY WENT TO SLEEP, SHE FINISHED A YOGA SESSION WHILE HE WATCHED TV. IT'S NOW CLEAR THAT THE DEFENCE LAWYERS WILL BE BASING THEIR ARGUMENTS ON MISTAKEN IDENTITY. AND BY PROVIDING CHARACTER STATEMENTS FROM OSCAR'S FRIENDS, IT'S HOPED THAT THAT MAY CAUSE THE JUDGE TO SOFTEN HIS STANCE. AS PISTORIUS WAS DRIVEN BACK TO A POLICE CELL, THE FUNERAL WAS HELD FOR THE WOMAN HE KILLED. AND FOR REEVA STEENKAMP'S FAMILY, SAYING GOODBYE IS FAR TOO MUCH TO BEAR. WE ARE HERE TODAY AS A FAMILY. BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE THING MISSING ` REEVA. (SOBS) AND WE WILL TRY AND CONTINUE WITH THE THINGS THAT SHE TRIED TO MAKE BETTER. WE'LL MISS HER. PROSECUTORS DISPUTE PISTORIUS' CLAIM THAT HE WASN'T WEARING HIS PROSTHETIC LEGS WHEN HE FIRED THROUGH THE BATHROOM DOOR, AND THEY SAY FORENSIC REPORTS STUDYING THE ANGLE AND HEIGHT OF THE BULLET HOLES COULD PROVIDE ANSWERS. A CHRISTCHURCH NANNY WHO MURDERED A TODDLER IS TO BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH, AFTER 15 YEARS BEHIND BARS. A JURY FOUND ELIZABETH HEALY GUILTY OF MURDERING 17-MONTH-OLD SHAE HAMMOND IN 1997. SHE WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY OF POISONING ANOTHER, AND SHE ADMITTED INJURING A THIRD CHILD. THE PAROLE BOARD'S RELEASE COMES WITH CONDITIONS. SHE WON'T BE ALLOWED IN CHRISTCHURCH WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF HER PAROLE OFFICER, AND ANY CONTACT WITH CHILDREN WILL BE UNDER SUPERVISION. THE ANTI-WHALING GROUP SEA SHEPHERD CLAIMS IT'S BEEN ATTACKED BY JAPANESE WHALERS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. THE ACTIVIST GROUP HAD BEEN BLOCKING THE WHALING SHIP FROM REACHING ITS FUEL TANKER. THEY SAY THE NISSHIN MARU RAMMED ITS BOATS, AND THEY ALSO CLAIM STUN GRENADES AND WATER CANNON WERE FIRED. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. WE'VE GOT POWER RESTORED; STOPPED THE WATER FROM LEAKING, AND IT IS NOW UNDERWAY AGAIN. SEA SHEPHERD SAYS THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO INTERVENE AND SEND IN THE NAVY. WHAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED DOWN THERE IS MULTIPLE BREACHES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. IT'S A BREACH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE OCEAN TO BE RAMMING OTHER SHIPS. LET'S WAIT UNTIL I CAN GET THOSE REPORTS CONFIRMED. BUT I WON'T BE GOING QUIET ONCE I GET THE INFORMATION. THE JAPANESE INSITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH HASN'T COMMENTED ON THE INCIDENT, THERE ARE THREE WEEKS OF THE WHALING SEASON LEFT. MORE THAN 60 FIREFIGHTERS WILL BATTLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TO TRY AND BRING A MASSIVE BLAZE IN KAIPARA, JUST NORTH OF AUCKLAND, UNDER CONTROL. TWO HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO TACKLE THE FIRE, WHICH HAS BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 70HA OF COASTAL SCRUB SINCE IT FIRST TOOK HOLD LAST NIGHT. AT ONE STAGE, IT CAME WITHIN 100M OF NEARBY PROPERTIES. INITIALLY THERE WAS 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, UM, WHICH WE THINK WE HAVE GOT CONTAINED. THE TINDER-DRY CONDITIONS HAVE HELPED FUEL THE FIRES, WITH NO RAIN IN SIGHT. THE PARENTS OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIED WHEN SHE WAS KILLED BY A REPEAT DRIVING OFFENDER SIX YEARS AGO ARE TONIGHT A STEP CLOSER TO ENSURING OTHERS WON'T HAVE TO ENDURE THEIR ORDEAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW CONSIDERING A LAW CHANGE TO PREVENT CRIMINALS FROM COMPLETING A DRIVING BAN WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN JAIL. 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 CHANGE 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 HAVE 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 GOING, '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. A LAW CHANGE IS LOOMING THAT'LL MEAN THE PARTNERS OF WELFARE FRAUDSTERS COULD FACE FINES OR EVEN A PRISON SENTENCE. AND THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO NOTIFY BENEFICIARIES THAT THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. 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 HARKS BACK TO THE NATIONAL PARTY'S, UH, DOB IN A BLUDGER DAYS, 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. BUSINESSMAN GARETH MORGAN HAS HELD THE FIRST IN A STRING OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS HIS PROPOSAL TO CLAMP DOWN ON DOMESTIC CATS. HE SAYS FELINES ARE A GROWING PEST PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY, AND HE WANTS THEM OFF THE STREETS. MATT MCLEAN WAS AT THE MEETING. AND THIS IS HER CAT-LOVING OWNER, HEIDY KIKILLUS. IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME HE'S REALLY BEEN OUTSIDE. HENCE THE WIDE EYES. HEIDY'S TURNED UP TO HEAR GARETH MORGAN EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS OF KARORI WHY HE WANTS TO TURN THIS INTO NZ'S FIRST CONFINED-CAT SUBURB. AS AN ECOLOGIST, I LIKE WILDLIFE TOO. BUT I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A WAY TO COMPROMISE; MAYBE MEET IN THE MIDDLE ` ESPECIALLY WITH CONFINED CATS. THERE'S NO DISPUTING THAT CATS KILL BIRDS OR WILDLIFE. GARETH MORGAN BROUGHT HIS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TO THE WELLINGTON SUBURB OF KARORI BECAUSE OF THIS PLACE ` ZEALANDIA. IT'S AN ECO RESERVE THAT HOUSES DOZENS OF NATIVE BIRDS. IT'S ALSO A PLACE GARETH CALLS NZ'S MOST EXPENSIVE CAT-FOOD FACTORY. HE SAYS ROAMING CATS ARE KILLING OUR WILDLIFE. I WANT CATS TO BE CONFINED, SO WE DON'T HAVE CATS WANDERING AROUND KILLING THINGS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 50% OF THEIR KILL, THEY JUST KILL FOR THE PLEASURE. WHEN GARETH MORGAN BEGAN HIS ANTI-CAT CRUSADE, THERE WAS AN IDEA HE WANTED TO GET RID OF ALL THE CATS IN NZ ` NOT TRUE, HE SAYS. I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PETS YOU` HOW MANY CATS YOU HAVE AS PETS, AS LONG AS YOU CONFINE THEM IN COMPOUNDS IN YOUR OWN SECTION OR INDOORS. BUT HE IS SAYING THAT IF CATS ARE FOUND STRAY OR ROAMING, THERE NEEDS TO BE A POUND TO TAKE THEM TO. AND IF THEY'RE NOT CLAIMED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS THEY'RE EUTHANASED, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DO WITH DOGS. AROUND A HUNDRED PEOPLE TURNED UP AT THIS PUBLIC MEETING, ALTHOUGH SOME STORMED OUT, ENRAGED WITH THE BUSINESSMAN'S STANCE. BUT GARETH SAYS HE'LL BE TAKING THESE MEETINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE HOPE HIS CAT CONFINEMENT IDEAS BECOME A REALITY. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. A LOST ROYAL PENGUIN HAS ENDED UP IN WELLINGTON ZOO, MORE THAN 2000KM AWAY FROM ITS SUBANTARCTIC HOME. ZOO STAFF ARE NOW BATTLING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE LITTLE BIRD. 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. HE'S VERY WEAK. HE DOESN'T WANT TO STAND. HE'S MAKING VERY SMALL PROGRESS EVERY DAY, BUT IS 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 MOULT. PHYSIOLOGICALLY, THESE BIRDS NEED TO MOULT 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. IT COULD BE A SLIGHT SHIFT IN OCEANIC CURRENTS OR A BIRD THAT'S A BIT MORE ADVENTUROUS THAN ITS COMPANIONS TO COME THIS FAR NORTH. 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, I GUESS 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. JUST AHEAD, WAS IT AN INSIDE JOB? A RAID ON BRUSSELS AIRPORT NETS A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR HAUL OF UNCUT DIAMONDS. AND IS SHE THE PLASTIC PRINCESS? A PREGNANT DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS IN THE FIRING LINE OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING NOVELISTS. , THE HUNT'S ON FOR ROBBERS WHO'VE CARRIED OUT A BRAZEN DIAMOND HEIST IN BELGIUM. ARMED WITH MACHINE GUNS AND DRESSED AS POLICE, THE GROUP STOLE $60M WORTH OF THE GEMS BEING UNLOADED ON THE RUNWAY AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT. ABC'S DAN HARRIS WITH HOW THEY DID IT. THIS DIAMOND HEIST IS BEING CALLED SPECTACULAR, DARING AND CLINICAL ` SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF "OCEAN'S THIRTEEN". IT WAS 7.47PM AT THE AIRPORT IN BRUSSELS. PASSENGERS HAD ALREADY BOARDED THIS SWISS JET; THE PRECIOUS CARGO BEING LOADED DOWN BELOW. WHAT THEY COULDN'T SEE ` TWO BLACK VANS HAD BROKEN THROUGH A SECURITY FENCE. THEY RACED ACROSS THE TARMAC, FLASHING BLUE LIGHTS LIKE COPS. THE EIGHT ROBBERS ` WEARING CAMOUFLAGE MASKS, DARK POLICE CLOTHING AND EVEN, REPORTEDLY, THE ARMBANDS USED BY AIRPORT SECURITY ` WHIPPED OUT MACHINE GUNS. IN JUST THREE MINUTES, THEY GRABBED THE DIAMONDS FROM THE CARGO HOLD. IT TOOK THEM ONLY TWO MORE MINUTES TO SPEED OFF THROUGH THE EXACT SAME HOLE IN THAT FENCE. IT WAS ALL OVER IN BARELY FIVE MINUTES. SO THIS WAS A VERY QUICK HIT AND RUN ` VERY WELL ORGANISED. THERE HAS BEEN NO SHOOTING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SUSPICION WILL IMMEDIATELY FALL ON INTERNATIONAL RINGS WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT BRAZEN BROAD-DAYLIGHT SMASH AND GRAB JOBS AND EVEN RAIDED THIS MALL ON MOTORCYCLES. THE THIEVES MAY HAVE HAD MILITARY TRAINING AND ALMOST CERTAINLY HAD INSIDE HELP. TODAY WE WENT TO NEW YORK'S DIAMOND DISTRICT WITH ROB ZOLAND ` A DEALER. IS IT POSSIBLE TO UNLOAD $50M WORTH OF DIAMONDS? CAN YOU FIND BUYERS FOR THAT? UH, PROBABLY WITHOUT, UH, RAISING SUSPICION, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE KIND OF HARD. AND THERE ARE OTHER BIG CHALLENGES FOR THE CRIMINALS RIGHT NOW ` SPLITTING UP ALL THE MONEY AND MAINTAINING SECRECY WITH INVESTIGATORS ALL OVER THE GLOBE ON THEIR TRAIL. POLICE FOUND A BURNT-OUT MINIVAN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ROBBERY NEAR THE AIRPORT BUT HAVE FEW OTHER CLUES. SEARCH TEAMS IN AMERICA ARE COMBING THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF A KANSAS CITY BUILDING AFTER A MASSIVE EXPLOSION. AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE INJURED AFTER THE GAS EXPLOSION ENGULFED A RESTAURANT IN AN UPMARKET SHOPPING PLAZA. WHILE NO DEATHS WERE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED, POLICE SAY THE BLAST, WHICH TOOK PLACE AROUND DINNER TIME, MAY HAVE TRAPPED CUSTOMERS. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. DISCRIMINATION OR CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS? THAT'S THE DEBATE A SYDNEY SHOPPING CENTRE HAS IGNITED AFTER IT ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE CRACKING DOWN ON SCREAMING TODDLERS. CHANNEL NINE'S TOM STEINFORD REPORTS. IS THIS A SIGN OF THE TIMES? CHILDREN SCREAM NEXT TO THE PLAY SET AND FOOD COURT AT DEE WHY GRAND SHOPPING CENTRE, A STERN WARNING THAT SCREAMING CHILDREN WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. BUT FORGET THE KIDS. NOW IT'S PARENTS CRYING FOUL. I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. IF THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE A BIG STINK ABOUT IT, I'LL JUST GO ELSEWHERE. THE NOISE COULDN'T BE AVOIDED WHEN WE SPOKE WITH CENTRE MANAGEMENT. CHILDREN SCREAM WHICH IS NOT... CHILDREN SCREAM IT'S NOT, UM,... IT'S NOT A GREAT IDEA. IS THAT UNREASONABLE SCREAMING? NO, THAT'S FINE. BUT BRENDA MULCAHY INSISTS IT GETS MUCH WORSE AND SAYS SHE HAD TO ACT AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS. THE LEVEL OF NOISE IS SOMETIMES... UNREASONABLE. IT'S A GROWING TREND. LAST WEEK, AIR ASIA ANNOUNCED KID-FREE ZONES ON THEIR PLANES, WHILE SOME CAFES IN SYDNEY HAVE BANNED BABYCCINOS TO STOP PARENTS BRINGING IN CHILDREN. SO IS A SIGN LIKE THIS ILLEGAL? WELL, NOT EXACTLY, BUT LAWYERS BELIEVE THAT IT COULD WELL BE CLASSED AS DISCRIMINATION AND SAY THAT CUSTOMERS WOULD BE WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE SHOPPING CENTRE. IT'S AGAINST THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT. IF TAKEN ON TO THE TRIBUNAL, YOU COULD FACE DAMAGES OF UP TO $100,000. AND LATE TODAY, THIS ` AT LEAST ONE RETAILER SPITTING THE DUMMY OVER THE NEW RULES. SHOPPING CENTRE MANAGEMENT SAYS SCREAMING CHILDREN WILL BE ASSESSED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAS BECOME THE TARGET OF AN ASTONISHING CRITIQUE BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING AUTHORS. TWO-TIME BOOKER PRIZE WINNER HILARY MANTEL HAS DESCRIBED KATE AS A 'SHOP-WINDOW MANNEQUIN WITH A PLASTIC SMILE' WHO HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BREED. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS EXPLAINS. KATE, BABY BUMP BARELY VISIBLE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH HER PREGNANCY, VISITING ONE OF HER LONDON CHARITIES. SHE SEEMED UNAWARE OF THE JUDGEMENT BY BRITAIN'S REIGNING LITERARY QUEEN, HILARY MANTEL. ONE TABLOID CALLED IT A 'VICIOUS AND VENOMOUS ATTACK'. MANTEL SAID KATE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE SHE WAS A RISK-FREE CHARACTER; SO DIFFERENT TO DIANA. MANTEL'S SUPPORTERS SAY SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WAY THE ROYAL WIVES ARE MANIPULATED. LEADING KATE'S DEFENCE, THE BRITISH PM. I'VE SEEN PRINCESS KATE, YOU KNOW, BATTING FOR BRITAIN AT PUBLIC EVENTS ` AT THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS. SHE STRIKES ME AS SOMEONE WHO'S BRIGHT, ENGAGING; GREAT CHARACTER. KATE'S POPULARITY HAS REVITALISED THE MONARCHY. MANTEL IS A MINORITY VOICE. THE WOMAN WHO MADE HER NAME WRITING ABOUT HENRY VIII WON'T END UP IN THE TOWER, BUT SHE'S SHAPING UP AS AN ENEMY OF THE CROWN. HILARY MANTEL IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER AWARD WINNING NOVELS 'WOLF HALL' AND 'BRING UP THE BODIES'. JUST AHEAD, A CENTURY FROM THE BLACKCAPS' FORMER CAPTAIN, BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO WIN THE GAME FOR NZ? TO SPORT ` ENGLAND'S LEVELLED THEIR ONE-DAY CRICKET SERIES AGAINST THE BLACKCAPS AFTER CRUISING TO AN EIGHT-WICKET WIN IN THE SECOND ODI IN NAPIER TONIGHT. A FIGHTING CENTURY FROM ROSS TAYLOR WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR NZ, WHO POSTED A SUB-PAR TARGET OF 269. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. IN THE END, IT WAS ALL TOO EASY. THAT'S IT. AND THIS HAS BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE RUN CHASE FROM ENGLAND. COMPREHENSIVE? THEY CRUISED, THE ALWAYS SUB-PAR TARGET OF 270 LOOKING MORE MINUSCULE BY THE MINUTE. THE VISITORS WERE CONSTANTLY IN CONTROL, DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL HICCUP. CATCH IT! FIELDER'S COME ROUND. GOOD CATCH! TIM SOUTHEE SNARED ALASTAIR COOK ON 78, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE ANY OTHER BREAKTHROUGH AS NZ'S BATTING HEROES TURNED VILLAINS IN THE FIELD; JONATHAN TROTT AND ENGLAND'S FIND OF THE SEASON, JOE ROOT (22), MORE THAN UP TO THE TASK. I THOUGHT THE ENGLAND BOWLERS PUT US UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE EARLY ON, KEPT US AT BAY. AND THEIR BATTING AS WELL ` THEY PLAYED BRILLIANTLY TO BE ABLE TO KNOCK OFF 270 REASONABLY COMFORTABLY. THE BLACKCAPS DIDN'T HELP THEIR CAUSE WITH AN AGONISINGLY SLOW BATTING EFFORT ON A MCCLEAN PARK PITCH WIDELY RENOWNED AS A BELTER, BOTH OPENERS GOING SLOWLY... AND CHEAPLY. THE BULK OF THE BATTING WAS INSTEAD LEFT TO THE FORMER SKIPPER AND HIS CURRENT CAPTAIN. BRENDON MCCULLUM QUITE SIMPLY WENT BERSERK. 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 KIWI INNINGS, MCCULLUM EVENTUALLY FALLING FOR 74. AND AS ROSS 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! THAT JOY WAS SOON HALTED COURTESY OF MAN OF THE MATCH JAMES ANDERSON, WHO SNARED A FIVE-FOR TO BRING THE KIWI INNINGS TO A PREMATURE END. REALLY PLEASED FOR ROSS, OBVIOUSLY, TO BOUNCE BACK AND SCORE 100. IT'S A SHAME IT WASN'T A MATCH-WINNING ONE, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM OUT THERE SCORING SOME RUNS. STILL A MASSIVE TURNAROUND REQUIRED FOR NZ AHEAD OF THE SERIES DECIDER AT EDEN PARK ON SATURDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE HIGH SHRINKS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, AND THEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES ON TO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. IT BREAKS IN TWO, WITH THE EASTERN PORTION PUSHING UP THE EAST OF THE MAINLAND. A BIG HIGH MOVES INTO THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA, RIDGING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE LOWS TO THE NORTH ARE KEPT OFFSHORE BY THAT INCOMING HIGH, AND THE FLOW TIPS SOUTH-EAST OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE BY LOGGING ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.