DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WITNESS CLAIMS OF ARGUING, SCREAMING AND DRUGS, BUT THE PROSECUTION'S CASE FOR KEEPING OSCAR PISTORIUS IN JAIL MAY BE CRUMBLING. ANTI-WHALING PROTESTORS SAY JAPANESE WHALING SHIPS APPEAR TO BE RETREATING AFTER A DANGEROUS HIGH SEAS CONFRONTATION. AND TAKING A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE WORLD ` GOOGLE UNVEILS ITS VISION FOR THE FUTURE. SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH AFRICAN SPORT STAR OSCAR PISTORIUS ARE CONVINCED THINGS ARE STARTING TO MOVE IN HIS FAVOUR. IT FOLLOWS AN EXPLOSIVE SECOND DAY OF LEGAL ARGUMENTS AT HIS BAIL HEARING IN PRETORIA. POLICE SAY WITNESSES HEARD SHOUTING, SCREAMS AND SHOTS BEING FIRED ON THE NIGHT REEVA STEENKAMP DIED. BUT PISTORIUS' LAWYERS HAVE DISPUTED THAT EVIDENCE, AND A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER WAS FORCED TO CONCEDE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT THE ATHLETE'S VERSION OF EVENTS. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING WAS IN COURT. CAMERAS FLASHING AND CLICKING A WALL OF CAMERAS TO GREET HIM IN COURTROOM C. THE PARALYMPIC ATHLETE STILL STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS. THE KEY WITNESS TODAY ` THE LEAD DETECTIVE HILTON BOTHA, AND ON A SCREEN THE FIRST DETAILED PLAN WE'VE SEEN OF THE CRIME SCENE ITSELF. DETECTIVE BOTHA REVEALED HE HAD TWO WITNESSES WHO REPORTED HEARING A LONG, LOUD ARGUMENT IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE SHOOTING. BUT HE ADMITTED UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION THAT ONE WITNESS WAS HUNDREDS OF METRES AWAY AND COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE VOICES. UPSTAIRS, THE BEDROOM THE ATHLETE SHARED WITH REEVA STEENKAMP. HERE POLICE SAY THEY FOUND TESTOSTERONE DRUGS AND NEEDLES. THE DEFENCE SAYS IT WAS A HERBAL REMEDY. TODAY THE PROSECUTION ADMITTED THEY MADE AN ERROR AND ARE STILL CARRYING OUT TESTS. AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR IS THE BATHROOM. REEVA WAS LOCKED IN THE TOILET IN THE FAR CORNER. THE POST-MORTEM SHOWED REEVA HAD AN EMPTY BLADDER, BACKING PISTORIUS' CLAIM THAT SHE'D WOKEN TO GO TO THE TOILET. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ASSAULT OR OF DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HER. PISTORIUS FIRED FOUR SHOTS THROUGH THE DOOR. THE POLICE SAID THE ANGLE OF THE BULLETS SUGGESTS BUT DOES NOT PROVE THAT PISTORIUS HAD HIS ARTIFICIAL LEGS ON ` EVIDENCE THEY SAY OF PREMEDITATION. ALSO IN THE HOUSE, POLICE SAY, WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ATHLETE'S OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A SAFE, IMPLYING HE MIGHT FLEE THE COUNTRY. IN THE END, THE DETECTIVE LEADING THE INVESTIGATION WAS FORCED TO CONCEDE THAT HE'D FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTED OSCAR PISTORIUS' VERSION OF EVENTS. PISTORIUS' RELATIVES SEEMED RELIEVED. THE MAGISTRATE HIMSELF HAD SEEMED TO RIDICULE THE IDEA THAT A MAN AS FAMOUS AND DISTINCTIVE AS PISTORIUS MIGHT TRY TO JUMP BAIL AND LOSE FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT COULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE THEY FINALLY QUELL A MASSIVE SCRUB FIRE THAT CAUSED ALARM IN HAPPY VALLEY, WELLINGTON, THIS MORNING. BUT THE DANGER TO SUBURBAN HOMES NOW APPEARS TO BE OVER. ONE NEWS REPORTER JAMES RANSLEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE FIRE SCENE AT HAPPY VALLEY IN WELLINGTON. JAMES, A WORRYING TIME THERE FOR RESIDENTS FOR A WHILE? FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY CAN RETURN, FIRE CREWS WOORKING TO CONTAIN FLAMES BASICALLY GOT WOKEN UP BY MY PARTNER SAYING SHE COULD SMELL SMOKE AND THERE WAS A BIT OF NOISE OUTSIDE. WENT OUTSIDE, SAW FLAMES UP ON THE HILL. JUST TOLD HER TO JUST GRAB THE KIDS, GET OUT. FIRE CREWS WERE CALLED TO THIS SCRUB FIRE AT AROUND 2 THIS MORNING. IT'S ONLY GORSE VEGETATION BURNING. THE RURAL FIRE CREWS ARE DEPLOYED, WAITING FOR THE FIRE TO COME TO THEM. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS TO PUT THEM INTO THE VEGETATION AT THE MOMENT. THE FIRE HAS BURNT THROUGH 60HA OF SCRUB. THE HELICOPTER SCOPED THE SCENE IN THE DARK, BUT MUCH OF THE WORK NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL FIRST LIGHT. FIRE CREWS WERE RELIEVED WELLINGTON'S NOTORIOUS WINDY WEATHER WAS WORKING IN THEIR FAVOUR. THE WIND IS BLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE HILL. IT'S GETTING ON THE LEEWARD SIDE. IT'S THEN TURNING, GOING BACK ON TO ITSELF SO THE FIRE IS NOT MOVING VERY FAST OR VERY QUICK. IT DOES LOOK SPECTACULAR. WHILE POLICE BLOCKED OFF SECTIONS OF HAPPY VALLEY ROAD, EVACUATED FAMILIES TOOK SHELTER AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL. I COULDN'T EVEN THINK OF WHAT TO DO, WHAT CLOTHES TO PUT ON TO BE WARM OR ANYTHING. AND, UM,... CAME OUT, AND I COULD HEAR ALL THE HISSING AND THE CRACKLING OF THE FIRE. IT WAS JUST TERRIFYING. A POLICE INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. QUESTIONS ARE RAISED WHETHER FIRED CAUSED DELIBERATELY STANDARD PROCEDURES UNDERY WAY PROFITS HAVE SOARED AT MIGHTY RIVER POWER, ACCORDING TO ITS LAST UPDATE BEFORE IT'S EXPECTED TO BE PARTIALLY SOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT, PENDING A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT. THE STATE-OWNED POWER COMPANY MADE $75M IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF 2012, UP FROM $17M THE PREVIOUS YEAR. EXCLUDING ONE-OFF FACTORS, UNDERLYING EARNINGS WERE UP 31% TO $133M THANKS TO INCREASED WATER VOLUMES THROUGH ITS HYRDO STATIONS' GAINS IN ITS MARKET SHARE. MIGHTY RIVER WILL PAY A $67M DIVIDEND TO THE GOVERNMENT. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ANALYSIS OF THE MIGHTY RIVER PROFIT FIGURES LATER IN BUSINESS. THE ANTI-WHALING ACTIVIST GROUP SEA SHEPHERD SAYS THERE ARE SIGNS THE WHALING SHIPS INVOLVED IN COLLISIONS WITH PROTEST VESSELS ARE NOW RETREATING FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. SEA SHEPHERD SAYS DESPITE SUFFERING SOME DAMAGE, ITS PROTEST SHIPS WILL CONTINUE TO HARRY THE WHALERS. KRISTIN HALL REPORTS. A SCENE ANTI-WHALING ACTIVISTS ARE SLAMMING AS A BRAZEN ATTACK. THE BOB BARKER SUFFERED THE MOST DAMAGE. THE NISSHIN MARU LITERALLY RAN OVER IT. IT HEELED AT OVER 45 DEGREES, ALMOST CAPSIZED IT, RIPPED OFF THE AFT MAST AND SMASHED THE RUNNING LIGHTS. THE VESSEL TOOK ON WATER, LOST POWER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE NISSHIN MARU FROM CONTINUING ITS MISSION, THREE SEA SHEPHERD VESSELS MOVED IN TO TRY TO STOP THE 8000-TON JAPANESE FACTORY SHIP REFUELLING FROM A TANKER. THIS WAS THE FALLOUT. THE NISSHIN MARU'S ABOUT 10 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE BOB BARKER, SO FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, IT LOOKED JUST LIKE A TANK THAT WAS RUNNING OVER A CAR, JUST PUSHING IN AND SQUEEZING IT AGAINST THE HULL OF THE TANKER, WHICH WAS ALSO PRETTY RECKLESS. IT LOOKED ALMOST LIKE THE CAPTAIN OF THE NISSHIN MARU WAS DOING A ROAD-RAGE OUT HERE. THE JAPANESE FISHERIES AGENCY SAYS IT WAS THE SEA SHEPHERD VESSELS WHICH TOOK THE OFFENSIVE DESPITE VERBAL WARNINGS. (PA) WOMAN: THIS IS JAPANESE COASTGUARD OFFICER OF THE NISHIN MARU. I WARN YOU STOP YOUR DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS IMMEDIATELY. THE ANTI-WHALING PROTESTORS HAD BEEN CALLING FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. NAVAL VESSELS SHOULD BE DISPATCHED SOUTH TO REGAIN THE RULE OF LAW IN THESE ANTARCTIC WATERS. BUT ACCORDING TO THE ACTIVISTS, THE JAPANESE ARE NOW RETREATING, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME WEEKS STILL LEFT IN THE WHALING SEASON. THE BOB BARKER AND THE STEVE IRWIN WERE PURSUING THE NISSHIN MARU. IT'S HEADING WEST. OUR VESSEL THE SAM SIMON IS PURSUING THE SUN LAUREL, THE KOREAN TANKER, WHICH IS HEADING NORTH, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GOING HOME. ALTHOUGH SUFFERING SOME DAMAGE, ALL THREE SEA SHEPHERD VESSELS ARE SEAWORTHY AND CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE WHALING VESSELS UNTIL THEY'RE OUT OF THE AREA. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER ERICSSON IS TO OPEN A NEW FACTORY IN PORIRUA TO MAKE OPTIC FIBRE DUCTING, CREATING AROUND 30 LOCAL JOBS. THE $15M INVESTMENT WILL SEE ERICSSON TEAM UP WITH NZ'S LARGEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER, CHORUS, TO DELIVER ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND. THE CABLE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT WILL OCCUPY ABOUT 10,000M2. WE'LL PRODUCE DURING THE PROJECT ACTUALLY DUCTING THAT WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY FROM WELLINGTON, NZ, TO STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. THE NEW FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN THREE MONTHS' TIME. THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY HAS ASKED FOR BETTER POLICE PROTECTION FOLLOWING THE MASSIVE DIAMOND HEIST AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT. ARMED ROBBERS STOLE DIAMONDS WORTH MORE THAN $60M FROM A PLANE ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT IN AN ICE-COOL OPERATION THAT LASTED LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. THE BELGIAN CITY OF ANTWERP IS THE CENTRE OF THE GLOBAL DIAMOND INDUSTRY. THERE ARE NOW CALLS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TAKING THE DIAMONDS IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO GET IMPROVED SECURITY. ONE EXPERT HAS BLAMED THE SUCCESS OF THE HEIST ON POLICE NEGLIGENCE. HE SAYS POLICE MONITORING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SHOULD HAVE SPOTTED THE THIEVES GETTING THROUGH THE RUNWAY'S PERIMETER FENCE. FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS HAVE FOUND THE BODY OF A MISSING WOMAN IN THE RUBBLE OF A LARGE GAS EXPLOSION IN KANSAS CITY. 14-PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A POPULAR RESTAURANT TURNED INTO AN INFERNO. THE ABC'S KAREN TRAVERS REPORTS. THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED JUST AFTER 6PM, HAPPY HOUR AT THE POPULAR JJ'S RESTAURANT. I FELT IT MORE THAN I HEARD IT. IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE A BIG BASS DRUM IN A CLUB. YOU FEEL IT. AND THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE CAME INTO MY CAR. MY WINDOWS WERE UP, BUT I COULD FEEL THE HEAT. PART OF THE KANSAS CITY'S SHOPPING CENTRE WAS LEVELLED. THE FIREBALL SWEPT UP AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK. FIREFIGHTERS WORKED ALL NIGHT TO TAME DOWN THE FLAMES AND CONTAIN THE THICK BLACK SMOKE. ONE PERSON DIED, BUT OFFICIALS DID NOT RELEASE AN IDENTIFICATION. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AT LEAST THREE CRITICALLY. WE ALSO CAN'T BE SURE 100% THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO MAY HAVE BEEN AT JJ'S LAST NIGHT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION, BUT EARLY EVIDENCE INDICATES A CONTRACTOR HIT AN UNDERGROUND NATURAL GASLINE. A DOCTOR WHO WORKED NEARBY SAID HE AND HIS EMPLOYEES SMELT GAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND IT KEPT GROWING STRONGER. BRITISH MUSIC ACTS THAT HAVE MADE IT BIG IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE NOW BEEN AWARDED AT HOME AT THIS YEAR'S BRIT AWARDS IN LONDON. THE BBC'S LIZO MZIMBA REPORTS. IT'S BRITISH MUSIC'S BIG NIGHT OUT, WELCOMING SOME OF THE INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST STARS, FROM LONG-ESTABLISHED ACTS TO RELATIVE NEWCOMERS. AND IT WAS BOY BAND OF THE MOMENT ONE DIRECTION WHO PROVIDED ONE OF THE SHOW'S HIGHLIGHTS AS THEY PREMIERED THIS YEAR'S OFFICIAL COMIC RELIEF SINGLE. # ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, # I'M GONNA SEE YA, I'M GONNA MEET YA, MEET YA, MEET YA... # LIKE A NUMBER OF ARTISTS, THEY'VE BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL IN AMERICA. THEY WON THE GLOBAL SUCCESS AWARD TONIGHT BUT LOST OUT IN BEST BRITISH GROUP TO ANOTHER ACT WHO'VE TAKEN THE STATES BY STORM THIS YEAR. MUMFORD AND SONS. # I WILL WAIT, I WILL WAIT FOR YOU. # THANK YOU. IT'S A REAL HONOUR. WE LOVE BEING BRITISH, AND WE LOVE GOING AROUND THE WORLD AND TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE BRITISH, SO WE'VE VERY PROUD AND VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. # LET THE SKY FALL # WHEN IT CRUMBLES. # WHILE THE BIGGEST-SELLING ARTIST OF THE LAST YEAR, ADELE, PICKED UP THE BEST SINGLE PRIZE FOR HER 'BOND' THEME, 'SKYFALL', JOKING ABOUT HER SPEECH BEING FAMOUSLY INTERRUPTED DURING LAST YEAR'S AWARDS. I WON'T KEEP YOU TOO LONG, COS I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THE 'BEST ALBUM' SPEECH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. BUT I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. I CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME AND SEE YOU. I'M NOT LIVING HERE, BY THE WAY, JUST IN CASE. I'M COMING HOME, ALL RIGHT. SEE YA. BUT IT WASN'T JUST ARTISTS WHO'D MADE IT BIG IN THE US WHO WERE BEING REWARDED. RELATIVE NEWCOMER BEN HOWARD TOOK HOME TWO PRIZES ` THE BEST BREAKTHROUGH AND BEST BRITISH MALE. AND EMELI SANDE, WHO'S YET TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC, ALSO TOOK TWO AWARDS ` BEST BRITISH FEMALE AND THE PRESTIGIOUS BEST ALBUM PRIZE. GOOGLE HAS RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SMART GLASSES. A COMPANY VIDEO SHOWS HOW THE HEADSET DUBBED 'GLASS' CAN BE USED TO TAKE PICTURES AND RECORD VIDEO, AS WELL AS SHARE CONTENT DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL OR SOCIAL NETWORKS. THE KEY IS TO WATCH THE SMALL SQUARE AT THE TOP RIGHT OF THE FIELD OF VISION. OTHER FEATURES INCLUDED SKYPE-LIKE VIDEO CHATS AND INFORMATION LIKE WEATHER REPORTS AND MAP DIRECTIONS. GOOGLE'S NOW ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SUGGEST WAYS THEY'D USE THE HEADSET. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IN BUSINESS NEWS, WE ANALYSE MIGHTY RIVER POWER'S RESULT. AND IN SPORT 'THE RHINO' SIMON VAN VELTHOOVEN CHARGES HOME AT THE WORLD TRACK CYCLING CHAMPS. 1 WITH ME NOW IS BADEN CARTER FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. GOOD AFTERNOON, BADEN. MIGHTY RIVER POWER HALF-YEAR RESULT ` LOOKS LIKE A HUGE INCREASE IN PROFIT. IS IT AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS? ON THE FACE OF IT, YES. ONE-OFF ADJUSTMNET FROM PREVIOUS PERIODS GOOD PROFITS UNDERLINED WAIKATO IN DROUGHT AN INTERESTING POINT LOG VOLUMES ROBUSTS COMPANY IS DOINGN EVERYTHING RIGHT SHIPPING SERVICES INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS NUMBERS HOLIDNG WELL DIVIDEND POLICY RAISED IN MIDDAY SPORT, THE ONE-DAY CRICKET SERIES BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND ENGLAND WILL GO TO A DECIDER AFTER ENGLAND COMPREHENSIVELY OUTCLASSED NZ IN NAPIER LAST NIGHT. THE VISITORS CRUISED TO THEIR TARGET OF 270 TO WIN THE SECOND ODI BY EIGHT WICKETS IN THE 48TH OVER. 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 WAS LOOKING MORE MINUSCULE BY THE MINUTE. THE VISITORS WERE CONSTANTLY IN CONTROL DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL HICCUP. CATCH IT. FIELDERS 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) WERE MORE THAN UP TO THE TASK. THE ENGLAND BOWLERS PUT US UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE EARLIER ON, KEPT US AT BAY. AND OBVIOUSLY, WITH 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 MACLEAN 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 WAS QUITE SIMPLY GOING 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 FELL 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 FIFER TO BRING THE KIWI INNINGS TO A PREMATURE END. REALLY PLEASED FOR ROSS, OBVIOUSLY, TO BOUNCE BACK AND SCORE A HUNDRED. 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. OLYMPIC MEDALLIST SIMON VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS KICKED OFF NZ'S CAMPAIGN AT THE WORLD TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH A SILVER MEDAL IN THE 1KM TIME TRIAL. AS THE TOP-RANKED RIDER, VAN VELTHOOVEN HAD THE HONOUR OF RIDING LAST, BUT HE'D NEED SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HAUL IN FRENCHMAN FRANCOIS PERVIS. VAN VELTHOOVEN NOW MOVES INTO EIGHTH PLACE ` 32.178. NOW AT 750. HITS THE LINE. SECOND FASTEST. 45.989. RACING UP NOW. HITS THE LINE. VAN VELTHOOVEN TAKES THE SILVER MEDAL. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH MY SILVER MEDAL. FRANCOIS HAS BEEN DOING THE KILO FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW, AND IT'S TAKEN HIM 10 YEARS TO WIN THE TITLE, SO THERE'S STILL A FUTURE AHEAD OF ME. VAN VELTHOOVEN'S SILVER ADDS TO HIS BRONZE IN THE SAME EVENT LAST YEAR. HE'S NOW PUSHING FOR ITS RE-INCLUSION AT THE RIO GAMES. THE KILO'S AN EVENT THAT TIES IN ALL THE OTHER OLYMPIC EVENTS AND A VERY EDITORIAL EVENT. THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD STILL BE AN OLYMPIC EVENT. PERVIS RECORDED THE FASTEST EVER KILO TIME TRIAL AT SEA LEVEL. IN FOOTBALL, AC MILAN'S STUNNED SPANISH CHAMPIONS BARCELONA IN THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR ROUND OF 16 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN. THE ITALIANS OPENED THE SCORING AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL TOUCH FROM CRISTIAN ZAPATA. BARCELONA WON THE HANDBALL, BUT THE GOAL IS GOING TO STAND. IT'S KEVIN-PRINCE BOATANG. IT'S MAGNIFICENT FOR MILAN, WHO LEAD AGAINST BARCELONA. NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE, THOUGH. AC MILAN WON 2-0 TO TAKE A HANDY LEAD INTO THE RETURN LEG IN BARCELONA. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ HE'S HAD NUMBER ONE HITS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES AND SOLD MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. SO HOW DID ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN MUSIC COME TO PLAY AN EXCLUSIVE ORIENTATION WEEK SHOW JUST FOR CANTERBURY STUDENTS? MACKLEMORE IS THE NUMBER ONE ARTIST IN BOTH NZ AND THE UNITED STATES, SHOOTING TO STARDOM ON THE BACK OF HIT TUNES 'THRIFT SHOP' AND 'SAME LOVE'. BUT HIS METEORIC RISE CAME AFTER HE WAS BOOKED FOR O-WEEK BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. THE STUDENTS SAY THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY HIT THE JACKPOT. IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TEAM EMAILED US A LINK TO A VIDEO AND SAID, 'HERE'S THIS GUY. WHAT DO YOU THINK?' AND ALL OF THE EXECUTIVES SAID, 'WE THINK HE'S AWESOME.' HE THEN WENT FROM THIS BIG TO THIS BIG. SO AT THAT POINT, WE WENT, 'WE MADE A GREAT DECISION.' THE AMERICAN RAPPER PERFORMS TO A SELL-OUT CROWD IN DUNEDIN TONIGHT BEFORE TAKING HIS SHOW TO AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. THE CASE AGAINST MURDER ACCUSED PARALYMPIC STAR OSCAR PISTORIUS HAS SUFFERED A SERIES OF BLOWS AFTER A DAY IN COURT HIGHLIGHTED HOLES IN THE PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENT. WELLINGTON'S NOTORIOUS WINDY WEATHER IS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING A HUGE SCRUB FIRE AT HAPPY VALLEY. AND A HOUSING NZ TENANT HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN HIS AUCKLAND HOME AFTER NEIGHBOURS SAW FLIES GATHERING BY HIS DOOR. EUROPE'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO, MT ETNA, HAS PUT ON A STUNNING DISPLAY, WITH RED HOT LAVA SPEWING INTO THE NIGHT SKY. ETNA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF SICILY, OFTEN ERUPTS BUT ONLY RARELY CAUSES CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE. WHILE THERE'S BEEN NO RISK FROM THIS LATEST ERUPTION, THE ASH SHOWERS MAKE FOR A BIG CLEAN-UP. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY AMY PARK AND DESNEY SHAW. 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