GOOD EVENING. THE DRY SUMMER WEATHER CONTINUES FOR MOST OF US, AS ONE LARGE HIGH FOLLOWS IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER. A VALIANT COLD FRONT DID ITS BEST OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, BUT WITH ALL OF THE HIGH PRESSURE AROUND, IT COULD ONLY MANAGE A FEW SHOWERS ABOUT THE EAST COAST AND A COOL SOUTHERLY CHANGE. GOT A FEW FEEBLE SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO FIND THEM. 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. WHAT'S BEEN UNCOVERED IN A PROBE INTO SCOTT GUY'S DEATH? A ONE NEWS EXCLUSIVE WITH NEW DETAILS ON THE MAN CLEARED OF HIS MURDER. IT'S IN A DEEP HOLE ` THE DEPTH OF THE FINANCIAL WOES OF A COALMINING COMPANY THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO PARTIALLY SELL. THE FIERY THREAT TO HOMES ` WE UPDATE BLAZES TAKING A DANGEROUS TURN. # I'M GONNA POP SOME TAGS. # ONLY GOT 20 BUCKS IN MY POCKET. # AND THE STUDENT COUP THAT LURED THE BIGGEST NAME IN HIP HOP TO CHRISTCHURCH. ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL THE MAN CLEARED OF MURDERING HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, SCOTT GUY, IS TONIGHT IN A NEW JAIL. EWEN MACDONALD'S BEEN SECRETLY MOVED, BUT KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY IS UPSET THEY WEREN'T ALERTED. THERE ARE ALSO FRESH ACCUSATIONS THAT POLICE FAILED TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE PROPERLY. SIMON BRADWELL WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE. EWEN MACDONALD'S BEEN IN JAIL ALMOST TWO YEARS ` EVER SINCE HE WAS CHARGED WITH GUNNING DOWN HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW SCOTT GUY. HE'S SPENT THAT TIME AT MANAWATU PRISON. WE ATTENDED HIS PAROLE HEARING HERE IN DECEMBER. BUT TONIGHT EWEN MACDONALD IS HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH PRISON, AND NO ONE IS SAYING WHY. EWEN MACDONALD SPENT LAST NIGHT HERE AT RIMUTAKA PRISON BEFORE BEING MOVED TO CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. WE'VE ASKED BOTH HIS FAMILY AND THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN WHY. THEY'VE REFUSED TO SAY. BUT WE'VE LEARNED MACDONALD WAS MOVED AS PART OF HIS REHABILITATION FOR RELEASE, WHICH COULD INCLUDE PSYCHIATRIC COUNSELLING OR EVEN SUPERVISED OUTINGS. NOT EVEN SCOTT GUY'S WIDOW, KYLEE ` MACDONALD'S ONLY REGISTERED VICTIM ` WAS TOLD HE WAS BEING MOVED. IN FACT, HAVING HEARD RUMOURS, HER FAMILY ASKED ONE NEWS TO INVESTIGATE, AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER OUR OWN PRISON SOURCES CONFIRMED THE MOVE THAT THE FAMILY KNEW FOR SURE. MACDONALD WAS JAILED FOR DESTROYING A DUCK-SHOOTER'S HUT AND KILLING 19 CALVES DURING REVENGE ATTACKS ON FARMERS WHO'D CAUGHT HIM POACHING DEER. HE ALSO ADMITTED VANDALISING A HOUSE BELONGING TO SCOTT AND KYLEE GUY BUT WAS ACQUITTED OF SCOTT GUY'S MURDER. BUT PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REVIEWING THE CASE FOR KYLEE GUY'S FAMILY WANT ANSWERS. THEY'VE ASKED POLICE WHY EFFLUENT PONDS ON THE GUY FARM WEREN'T SEARCHED IN THE HUNT FOR A PAIR OF DIVE BOOTS POLICE SAY THE KILLER WORE. POLICE STAND BY THEIR INVESTIGATION. THE PONDS HAVE BEEN DRAINED A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE THE HOMICIDE. POLICE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ANY ITEM OF INTEREST WOULD BE CAPTURED WITHIN THE EQUIPMENT USED TO DRAIN THE PONDS. NO SUCH ITEMS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE EQUIPMENT IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW LONG MACDONALD WILL BE IN CHRISTCHURCH. HE'S NEXT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. A MURDER CASE GRABBING WORLDWIDE ATTENTION IS BACK IN COURT IN A FEW HOURS AS OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIES TO GET FREED ON BAIL. THE PROSECUTION'S OUTLINED WHAT IT BELIEVES HAPPENED WHEN THE OLYMPIAN KNOWN AS THE BLADE RUNNER SHOT DEAD REEVA STEENKAMP. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING IS AT THE HEARING IN SOUTH AFRICA. BACK IN COURT TO FIGHT FOR BAIL. OSCAR PISTORIUS ARRIVING FOR A CRUCIAL DAY OF EVIDENCE AND SOMETIMES HEATED ARGUMENT. 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. 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. TONIGHT THE PROSECUTOR HAS ADMITTED THE POLICE MADE AN ERROR AND ARE STILL CARRYING OUT TESTS. AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR, THE BATHROOM. REEVA WAS LOCKED IN THE TOILET IN THE FAR CORNER. THE POST-MORTEM SHOWED REEVA HAD AN EMPTY BLADDER, BACKING UP PISTORIUS' CLAIM THAT SHE'D WOKEN TO GO TO THE TOILET. THERE WAS 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. IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DAY IN COURT. OSCAR PISTORIUS' LAWYERS LAYING INTO THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST HIM, PICKING IT APART POINT BY POINT. IN THE END, THE DETECTIVE LEADING THE INVESTIGATION WAS FORCED TO CONCEDE THAT HE HAD FOUND NO EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTED OSCAR PISTORIUS' VERSION OF EVENTS. PISTORIUS' RELATIVES SEEMED RELIEVED. OSCAR, WITH HIS CHARACTER, IS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THIS. IN COURT, 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 AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR HIS NAME. IF DENIED BAIL, OSCAR PISTORIUS FACES MONTHS IN PRISON BEFORE A FULL TRIAL LATER THIS YEAR. STATE-OWNED COAL PRODUCER SOLID ENERGY IS TONIGHT TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT RULING OUT HAVING TO COME TO ITS RESCUE. THE HEAVILY INDEBTED COMPANY CONFIRMS IT'S IN TALKS WITH BANKS ABOUT FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING AND JOBS ARE ON THE LINE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS BEEN QUESTIONING THE FINANCE MINISTER ABOUT IT AND JOINS US NOW. CORIN, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? SOLID ENERGY HAS BEEN BATTLING FOR A WHILE NOW. TOOK ON TOO MUCH DEBT, EXPANDED TOO FAST, WAS OVERVALUED AND HAS GOT INTO A POSITION WHERE IT'S STRUGGLING TO MEET ITS BANK INTEREST PAYMENTS. ALL THIS AT A TIME WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A BIG DROP IN COAL PRICES. IN 2011 SOLID ENERGY WAS A JEWEL IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PROGRAMME. TWO YEARS ON, AND ITS SHARE FLOAT PLANS ARE IN TATTERS. LOSSES ARE PROJECTED TO CONTINUE, WHICH IS WHY THE COMPANY IS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE BANKS AND WITH TREASURY. A BIG SLIDE IN WORLD COAL PRICES COMBINED WITH A HIGH DOLLAR BROUGHT A $40M LOSS LAST YEAR. JOBS WERE AXED AND SPRING CREEK MINE WAS MOTHBALLED. NOT SURPRISINGLY, QUESTIONS ARE NOW BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW MUCH THE GOVERNMENT COULD EVER GET FOR THE COMPANY. IN 2011 TREASURY PUT SOLID ENERGY'S TRUE VALUE AT $1.7B. IT NOW SAYS THERE IS EVERY REASON TO EXPECT A 'CONSIDERABLE' FALL IN VALUE, NOTING AUSTRALIAN COAL COMPANIES HAVE SEEN VALUES SLIDE 60% RECENTLY. SO COULD THERE BE A GOVERNMENT BAILOUT? WE WOULDN'T RULE ANYTHING IN OR ANYTHING OUT AT THE MOMENT. THE COMPANY'S UNDER FINANCIAL DISTRESS, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE COMPANY GO, AND WE CAN WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY AND ARE WORKING CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE BANKS. WITH $250M IN NEW DEBT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, LABOUR'S QUESTIONING THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERSIGHT. FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS WAS AN EXPORT AWARD-WINNING COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL PARTY HAVE RUN IT INTO THE GROUND. THEY'VE MISMANAGED IT. THEY HAVEN'T MONITORED IT. TALKS WITH BANKS AND TREASURY RIGHT NOW AIM TO PREVENT A COLLAPSE, BUT BILL ENGLISH CAN'T RULE OUT JOB LOSSES OR MINE CLOSURES. THE BEST GUARANTEE OF JOBS IS A VIABLE, STABLE COMPANY. AND AT THE MOMENT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. EARLIER THIS YEAR LONG-SERVING CEO DON ELDER STEPPED DOWN. MR ENGLISH REFUSING TO BE DRAWN ON WHETHER MR ELDER HAD DONE A GOOD JOB RUNNING THE COMPANY. CORIN, THIS TALK OF RESTRUCTURING MUST BE WORRYING FOR THE THOUSAND OR SO SOLID ENERGY WORKERS. GOVERNMENT IS STRESSING PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE PAID. THEY HAVE CASH FLOW FOR NOW. BUT IT CAN'T RULE OUT JOB LOSSES AND MINE CLOSES AS PART OF PLAN TO GET COMPANY BACK TO ITS, QUOTE, 'CORE BUSINESS'. THIS IS A FLUID SITUATION. GOVERNMENT WON'T LET IT FAIL. IT WILL STEP IN TO PROTECT JOBS. BUT IT CAN'T RULE OUT JOB LOSSES AND MINE CLOSES AS PART OF PLAN TO GET COMPANY BACK TO ITS, QUOTE, 'CORE BUSINESS'. A FIRE WHICH FORCED PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES IN WELLINGTON IS NOW BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS. DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON FLARE-UPS AFTER THE BLAZE CUT THROUGH AROUND 40HA OF SCRUB ALONG HAPPY VALLEY. DANIEL FAITAUA'S ON THE SCENE AND JOINS US NOW. DANIEL. JUST IN THE LAST HALF-HOUR, FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO ASSESS THE AREA. THEY SAY THEY HAVE GOOD IDEA OF WHERE THE FIRE STARTED AND WHILE THEY THINK IT MAY BE SUSPICIOUS, THEY CAN'T CONFIRM THAT YET. SMOKE BILLOWS FROM THE OWHIRO HILLSIDES AS CREWS CONTINUE TO DAMPEN HOTSPOTS. LOOKING AT THE` YEAH, THE DEVASTATION, REALLY, IT'S` IT'S A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS WAS THE SPECTACULAR FIERY THREAT CLOSE TO HOMES, AS 5M-HIGH FLAMES LICKED THROUGH 40HA OF SCRUB. IN THOSE EARLY HOURS, MIKE TAYLOR ALERTED NEARBY NEIGHBOURS. JUMPED IN THE VAN, WENT UP THE BACK, BEEPING THE HORN, TELLING... KNOCKING ON THE NEIGHBOURS' DOORS, SAYING` TELLING THEM TO GET OUT. AND THEY DID. POLICE BLOCKED OFF SECTIONS OF HAPPY VALLEY ROAD AS EVACUATED FAMILIES TOOK SHELTER AT A NEARBY SCHOOL. I JUST GOT SUCH A SHOCK, I COULDN'T EVEN THINK OF WHAT TO DO, WHAT CLOTHES TO PUT ON TO BE WARM OR ANYTHING. HOURS LATER, RESIDENTS RETURNED HOME UNSCATHED. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, 50 PERSONNEL FROM THE GREATER WELLINGTON AREA JOINED FORCES TO BATTLE THE FLAMES ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR. AS CREWS CHANGED SHIFTS AT CAMP BASE, THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION WOULDN'T RULE OUT ARSON. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR TO TURN UP AND HAVE A LOOK AND SEE. FOR NOW THE FIRE IS UNDER CONTROL, BUT THERE ARE FEARS IT COULD REIGNITE. WITH THE WIND CHANGE, UM, IT'S GONNA CHANGE WHAT IS, UH, A FLANK FIRE INTO A HEAD FIRE. SO WHAT WAS ON A SLOW-MOVING FRONT COULD TURN INTO A BIG ACTIVE FRONT AGAIN. WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT NOBODY WAS HURT AND WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE. A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP WOULD BE A BONUS. THIS CHARRED LAND BELONGS TO THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN AN EXPENSIVE EXERCISE, AND IT WON'T OR CAN'T SAY HOW MUCH THE COST OF FIGHTING THIS FIRE IS. THEY SAY IT WILL EASILY BE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. DANIEL FAITAUA, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. AT LEAST 25 FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALSO STILL BATTLING A BLAZE NORTH OF AUCKLAND. IT WAS THOUGHT THE FIRE AT KAIPARA HARBOUR HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED, BUT AN AREA ACROSS 90HA FLARED UP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLAZE IS MAINLY ACROSS SCRUB AND PINE. AT LEAST SIX VOLUNTEER CREWS AND A HELICOPTER ARE AT THE SCENE. SOARING TEMPERATURES HAVE NORTH ISLAND FARMERS INCREASINGLY DESPERATE FOR RAIN. IN WAIKATO, THEY'RE DRYING OFF DAIRY HERDS AND TOMORROW WILL DECIDE IF A DROUGHT NEEDS TO BE DECLARED. AND IN HAWKES BAY, SHEEP FARMERS ARE SELLING OFF STOCK. THIS FROM SARAH BATLEY. HAWKES BAY FARMER GARY PEDDLE IS SELLING STOCK. LIKE MOST AROUND THE REGION, HE'S RUNNING OUT OF FEED AND IS DESPERATE FOR RAIN. IT'S DRY RIGHT THROUGH, UM, FROM HERE TO TAIHAPE. THAT MEANS FARMERS ARE HAVING TO OFFLOAD STOCK, BUT BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY HAS ANY GRASS, FINDING BUYERS IS DIFFICULT AND PRICES ARE DISMAL. THIS IS A REALLY PARTICULARLY HARD YEAR, UH, FOR MOST FARMERS IN THE FACT THAT, UM, THE DRY, UM, HAS FORCED A LOT OF FARMERS TO PROBABLY, UH, SELL STOCK BEFORE THEY ARE READY TO BE SOLD. ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, WINTER CAN FEEL LIKE IT'S A LONG WAY OFF, BUT FARMERS SAY IT'S IMPORTANT THE RAIN COMES BEFORE THEN TO GIVE THE GRASS A CHANCE TO GROW BEFORE IT GETS TOO COLD. IN THE WAIKATO, FARMERS ARE DRYING OFF THEIR HERDS. NORMALLY THEY KEEP PRODUCING MILK FOR ANOTHER FEW MONTHS. FEDERATED FARMERS ARE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS IN HAMILTON TOMORROW TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY NEED TO DECLARE A DROUGHT IN THE REGION. FOR THE WAIKATO FARMERS, UH, IT'S` IT'S BECOMING CRITICAL. WE'VE STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DRIED MATTER ON THE PADDOCKS AND THE LIKES ON THIS PARTICULAR FARM, BUT AT THE NEXT ROUND, THAT WILL ALL DISAPPEAR, AND SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS. FORECASTERS SAY RAIN IS STILL SOME WAY OFF. THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND LITERALLY PROBABLY TO TO THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE THEN HAVE ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, AN ANTICYCLONE ` A BIG ONE THAT BRINGS US FINE, DRY WEATHER. FARMERS ARE HOPING THOSE PREDICTIONS ARE WRONG AS THE COUNTRYSIDE CONTINUES TO BROWN OFF. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. NOW WE MEET SOMEONE WHO GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MARK TOMORROW'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTCHURCH'S DEADLY QUAKE. JULIE HIBBS' MUM WAS AMONG THE 185 PEOPLE WHO DIED THAT DAY. WITH HER STORY AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE CIVIC MEMORIAL SERVICE AT LATIMER SQUARE, LET'S GO TO LISA DAVIES. STILL SETTING UP HERE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES WILL ARRIVE FIRST ALONG WITH JAPANESE VISITORS A MINUTE'S SILENCE FOR PEOPLE TO REFLECT TWO YEARS ON... I JUST MISS HER. WE ALL MISS HER. THE CTV COLLAPSE TOOK HER MOTHER HEATHER MEADOW'S LIFE. THESE ARE THE FLOWERS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TO THE FENCE. JULIE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HER MUM'S DEATH SPECIAL, DESPITE THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. THREE WEEKS AGO SHE WAS FORCED TO MOVE INTO THIS BUS... IT'S A BIT OF A MISSION. ...WHEN THE FLAT SHE RENTED WAS SOLD. WHAT THERE IS FOR LOW RENT, I WOULDN'T EVEN LET MY DOG OR MY CAT LIVE IN IT. IT'S MADE A TOUGH TWO YEARS EVEN TOUGHER. 8 BUT IN A WAY YOU CAN'T. IT JUST MAKES LIFE HARDER. THAT'S WHY SHE WOULDN'T MISS TOMORROW'S SERVICE HERE IN LATIMER SQUARE FOR THE WORLD, AND A CHANCE TO SHARE HER GRIEF WITH OTHERS. KNOWING THAT THEY CARE, THE PUBLIC DO CARE ABOUT WHAT WE GO THROUGH. A TEMPORARY MEMORIAL HAS BEEN SET UP SO WREATHS CAN BE LAID HERE TOMORROW. TO REMEMBER WHAT WE DID FOR ONE ANOTHER ON THAT PARTICULARLY DARK DAY TWO YEARS AGO, AND TO TAKE HEART. FLOWERS AND SPECIAL TRIBUTES ARE ALREADY ACCUMULATING HERE AT THE CTV SITE, WHERE 115 LOST THEIR LIVES. IT'S JUST METRES AWAY FROM WHERE TOMORROW'S MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD. THERE HAS TO BE A DAY IN THE YEAR, AND I THINK FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO COME, WHEN WE STOP AND REMEMBER THAT MOMENT OF TERROR WHEN WE LOST SO MANY PEOPLE. JULIE WILL BE KEEPING HER MOTHER CLOSE TOMORROW. AND SHE'LL ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART. HER MUM, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON FEBRUARY 22ND WILL BE IN THE HEARTS OF AN ENTIRE CITY TOMORROW. FITTING THAT IT IS BEING HELD IN LATIMER SQUARE USAR TEAMS WERE BASED HERE DURING THE SEARCH AND RESCUE LISA DAVIES REPORTING FROM CHRISTCHURCH. BREAKFAST WITH RAWDON CHRISTIE AND TONI STREET WILL BE LIVE FROM CHRISTCHURCH FROM 6 IN THE MORNING. PLUS YOU CAN WATCH THE MEMORIAL SERVICE LIVE ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ FROM JUST AFTER NOON TOMORROW. AND I'LL BE IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH FULL COVERAGE ON ONE NEWS AT 6. COMING UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` NO APOLOGY FROM JOHN KEY AFTER DRAGGING TVNZ INTO THE SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE SAGA. SEA SHEPHERD'S WAR ON THE HIGH SEAS COMES TO BLOWS AS THE JAPANESE WHALING FLEET REFUSES TO BACK DOWN. AND A VIEW OF THE FUTURE THROUGH GOOGLE'S GOGGLES. WHAT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO WITH THESE SPECIAL SPECS? OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY JOHN KEY HAS MISLED PARLIAMENT BY CLAIMING SKY CITY HAS APPROACHED TVNZ TO BUY SOME OF ITS AUCKLAND PROPERTY FOR A NEW CONVENTION CENTRE. BUT TVNZ EXECUTIVES SAY NO SUCH APPROACH HAS BEEN MADE. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. RIGHT NOW IT'S PART OF TVNZ'S HEADQUARTERS, BUT NEIGHBOUR SKY CITY HAS ITS EYE ON THIS PRIME PIECE OF CENTRAL AUCKLAND LAND FOR ITS BIG NEW CONVENTION CENTRE. JOHN KEY TOLD PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY THE TWO PARTIES HAVE TALKED. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SKY CITY, AFTER THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO ENTER AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PROCESS TO HAVE A LARGER CONVENTION CENTRE, WENT OFF TO ITS ARCHITECTS. THEIR ARCHITECTS DESIGNED SUCH A THING, REALISED THEY NEEDED MORE LAND, WORKED OUT WHO OWNED THE LAND AND APPROACHED TVNZ. BUT TVNZ BOSSES QUESTIONED BY MPS TODAY TOLD IT DIFFERENTLY. WE'VE YET TO HAVE ANY APPROACHES FROM SKY CITY ABOUT THAT LAND. OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY IT SHOWS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS HAD MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THE CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL THAN HE'S ADMITTING. WELL, IT QUITE CLEARLY THAT HE'S GOT HIS HANDS ALL OVER THIS DEAL. HE STOOD UP IN PARLIAMENT. HE'S SUPPOSED TO TELL THE TRUTH IN PARLIAMENT. HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO MISLEAD PARLIAMENT. THE PM SAID THAT TVNZ HAD BEEN APPROACHED. THEY UTTERLY DENIED IT. SO HE SHOULD BE APOLOGISING TO PARLIAMENT TODAY. JOHN KEY CONCEDES HE WAS WRONG BUT WON'T APOLOGISE. IF TVNZ'S SAYING THEY'VE NEVER HAD AN APPROACH FROM SKY CITY, THEN I ACCEPT THEM AT THEIR WORD. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN INFORMED THIS MORNING. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S THE CASE. UH, AS I SAID YESTERDAY IN THE HOUSE, IT'S A MATTER FOR THE PARTIES. UH, I ASSUMED THAT THAT HAD BEEN THE CASE, BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT, THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT. TVNZ SAYS, HAVING SEEN THESE DESIGNS, IT WON'T BE SURPRISED IF SKY CITY CALLS, AND IT'S ASSESSING THE VALUE OF THE SITE. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE JAPANESE WHALING VESSEL INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED TO STOP ITS HUNT. MARITIME OFFICIALS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING AFTER A TWO DAY STAND-OFF IN AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC WATERS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS HAS THE DETAILS. G 8 HORN BLARES AN ANNUAL GAME OF ENVIRONMENTAL CAT AND MOUSE BROUGHT TO A HALT ON THE HIGH SEA. JAPANESE WHALING VESSEL THE NISSHIN MARU SOUNDING A WARNING TO SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATIONISTS. THESE PICTURES WERE PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE OF CETACEAN RESEARCH ` THE COMPANY DOING THE WHALING. IT SAYS IT NEEDS TO KILL FOR SCIENCE AND HAS NO PLAN TO STOP. THERE'S BEEN A TEMPORARY HALT ON THE REFUELLING AT THIS STAGE. THE VESSELS HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO CARRY ON WITH THEIR RESEARCH. ON ITS WEBSITE, IT ACCUSES THE SEA SHEPHERD OF BEING TERRORISTS AND THREATENING LIVES. OUR POSITION THIS YEAR WAS TO NOT RETALIATE. OUR POSITION THIS YEAR WAS TO NOT RETALIATE. SPEAKING FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, THE FOUNDER OF THE CONSERVATION GROUP SAYS ITS BOATS WERE DELIBERATELY IN THE WAY AND THE CREW OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED IS PREPARED TO PUT LIVES ON THE LINE. UNDER THE ANTARCTIC TREATY, THESE FROSTY WATERS ARE AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY, WHERE WHALING IS BANNED, BUT JAPAN ISN'T A SIGNATORY TO THAT AGREEMENT. IT DOESN'T RECOGNISE AUSTRALIA'S RIGHT TO THAT TERRITORY. THE ANTARCTIC ISN'T FOR SOMEONE. THE ANTARCTIC'S FOR EVERYONE THE COMPANY ALSO SAYS IT BROKE NO RULES REFUELLING, THAT ITS OIL COMPLIES WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY IS INVESTIGATING ALL ASPECTS OF THE CLASH. THE STARTING POINT OF ALL OF THIS IS STILL THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE A WHALING FLEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHALING'S SET TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT MONTH, AND CONSERVATIONISTS ARE VOWING THEY WONT PULL BACK. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. VIOLENCE HAS BROKEN OUT DURING ANOTHER PROTEST OVER TOUGH AUSTERITY MEASURES IN GREECE. EXPLOSIONS POLICE FIRED TEAR GAS INTO THE CROWD AFTER DEMONSTRTORS PELTED THEM WITH ROCKS AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. THE MARCH WAS PART OF A NATIONWIDE STRIKE AGAINST PENSION CUTS AND HIGH TAXES, THE FIRST TO BE HELD IN THE DEBT-RIDDEN COUNTRY THIS YEAR. EUROPE'S TALLEST ACTIVE VOLCANO, MT ETNA, HAS PUT ON A STUNNING DISPLAY, SPEWING RED-HOT LAVA HIGH INTO THE SKY. SCIENTISTS ARE CONFIDENT THIS LATEST ERUPTION POSES NO DANGER FOR RESIDENTS OF THE NEARBY TOWN, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ASH SHOWERS. MT ETNA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOS AND IS ALMOST ALWAYS ERUPTING OR SMOKING. FROM ASH SHOWERS TO LACK OF SHOWERS ` HERE'S KAREN. NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT TODAY ` NOTHING SIGNIFICANT, ANYWAY. JUST A FEW FEEBLE SHOWERS BRUSHING THE EAST COAST NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT TODAY ` NOTHING SIGNIFICANT, ANYWAY. JUST A FEW FEEBLE SHOWERS BRUSHING THE EAST COAST AND CANTERBURY FOOTHILLS. WHAT WE NEED IS RAIN ` A FEW DAYS OF IT. AND I CANT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OUR EXTENDED-RANGE FORECAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE GLORIOUS CLUTHA RIVER UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR FRIDAY FORECAST AND A LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND. UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` WE'RE WITH THE COUNTRY'S BEST BLOOD DONOR AS HE FILLS HIS LAST LIFE-SAVING BAG. CHRISTCHURCH UNIVERSITY PARTIES WITH A WORLDWIDE CHART-TOPPER. # ONLY GOT $20 IN MY POCKET. # DID SHE WIN IT ALL AT TODAY'S BRIT AWARDS OR WAS IT A NIGHT FOR BOY BANDS AND FOLK SINGERS? 1 WHAT COULD BE MIGHTY RIVER POWER'S FINAL PROFIT ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE BEING SOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVEN TO BE A STRONG ONE. BUT IT'S NOT ALL GOOD NEWS. THE COMPANY TEMPERED THE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AN ADMISSION MORE CHALLENGING TIMES ARE AHEAD. WILL HINE REPORTS. MIGHTY RIVER BY NAME, MIGHTY PROFIT BY NATURE. THE POWER COMPANY TODAY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD PAY THE GOVERNMENT A $67M HALF-YEAR DIVIDEND. NET PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD'S $76M, WAY UP ON LAST YEARS' $18M. WHEN YOU'VE GOT MARKET SHARE GAINS, BOTH ON THE GENERATION SIDE AND ON THE SALE SIDE TO CUSTOMERS IN A FLAT MARKET, UM, IT SHOWS THE COMPANY'S IN GOOD HEALTH. BUT RESULTS TO COME MAY BE MORE PATCHY. SO OUR CATCHMENT INTO WAIKATO RIVER AND INTO LAKE TAUPO HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY LOW IN-FLOWS SINCE NOVEMBER, REALLY. LAKE LEVELS ARE 40% BELOW AVERAGE. AS A RESULT, MIGHTY RIVER POWER TURNED ON ITS SOUTHDOWN GAS PLANT HERE IN AUCKLAND IN JANUARY. IT COSTS THE COMPANY MORE TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY HERE THAN FROM ITS GEOTHERMAL OR HYDRO RESOURCES, BUT IT'S DOING SO IN A BID TO CONSERVE WATER IN ITS CATCHMENTS. NEXT MONTH, THE COMPANY WILL FIRE UP THIS NEW GEOTHERMAL PLANT, ALLEVIATING THE PRESSURE. BUT, LONGER TERM, DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY'S SLUGGISH. CONSUMERS ARE BECOMING MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, WHILE BIG USERS LIKE PAPER AND ALUMINIUM PRODUCERS ARE CUTTING PRODUCTION. OH, I THINK IT'S A BIG RISK FOR INVESTORS AND A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WON'T GET A SUFFICIENT PRICE FOR THE ASSET AT THIS STAGE TO MAKE IT, UH, JUSTIFIED TO SELLING IT. A SUPREME COURT DECISION OVER MAORI WATER RIGHTS, WHICH COULD ALSO AFFECT THE SALE, IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY IS BEING SET UP TO MONITOR AND PROMOTE WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY FOLLOWING THE PIKE RIVER MINING TRAGEDY JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO. THE STAND-ALONE AGENCY AIMS TO REDUCE WORKPLACE FATALITIES AND INJURIES BY 25% OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CROWN AGENT IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REFORM PROGRAMME AND SHOWS OUR STRONG COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING OUR UNACCEPTABLE HEALTH AND SAFETY RECORD. THE AGENCY WAS A KEY RECOMMENDATION BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE PIKE COAL MINE TRAGEDY. WITH THE SIMPLE COMMAND ` 'OK, GLASS' ` YOU WILL SOON BE ABLE TO RECORD VIDEO, TAKE PICTURES AND SURF THE INTERNET THANKS TO GOOGLE'S LATEST GADGET ` VOICE-OPERATED GLASSES. GOOGLE JELLYFISH. THE SPACE-AGE GOOGLE GOGGLES AREN'T AVAILABLE YET, BUT YOU CAN ENTER A TWITTER COMPETITION TO TEST THEM FOR THE TECH GIANT AT THE COST OF ALMOST $1800. THE NZ BLOOD SERVICE IS LOSING ITS BIGGEST DONOR. GRAEME THOMAS HAS GIVEN BLOOD EVERY FORTNIGHT FOR 45 YEARS, SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES. TODAY HE GAVE HIS LAST. SHARON FERGUSSON JOINED HIM. GRAEME THOMAS (72) IS LITERALLY A LIFESAVER. THEY CALLED ME A HERO AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. HE MAY NOT BE FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET, BUT RARE ANTIBODIES IN HIS PLASMA HAVE SPECIAL POWERS. GRAEME IS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE DONOR BECAUSE HE DONATES SOMETHING CALLED ANTI-D. WE MAKE A PRODUCT OUT OF THAT THAT'S GIVEN TO PREGNANT WOMAN WHEN THEY HAVE A BABY, AND THAT PROTECTS THE HEALTH OF BABIES FOR FUTURE PREGNANCIES. EVERY FORTNIGHT, GRAEME MAKES THE TREK ACROSS AUCKLAND TO DONATE. TODAY IS HIS LAST. DOCTORS SAY 550 DONATIONS IS ENOUGH. IT'S A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANY DONOR TO HAVE REACHED, UM, THAT MANY DONATIONS AND A HUGE COMMITMENT ON HIS PART. OVER 45 YEARS, GRAEME'S GIVEN NEARLY 400 LITRES OF PLASMA. THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF THE BLOOD FLOWING THROUGH THE VEINS OF 55 PEOPLE. WELL, IT'S BEEN` FELT A BIT STRANGE SUDDENLY REALISING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME, BUT, AND I'VE BEEN WORRIED ALL MORNING THAT THE BLOOD PRESSURE WOULD GO UP, BUT IT STAYED DOWN. (CHUCKLES) GRAEME IS ONE OF JUST 39 ANTI-D DONORS IN NZ. THE BLOOD SERVICE IS NOW HOPING SOMEONE WILL STEP UP TO REPLACE HIM. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. THE BIGGEST NAME IN HIP HOP HIT CHRISTCHURCH LAST NIGHT TO PLAY ONE OF HIS SMALLEST CONCERTS SINCE TAKING THE MUSIC WORLD BY STORM. MACKLEMORE TREATED MORE THAN 4000 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO AN O-WEEK EVENT THEY'LL NEVER FORGET. MIKE THORPE WAS THERE. YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH HIS NAME. MACKLE-MORE. THE MACKLE-MORES. THE MACKLE-MORE-BA. MACKLE-MORE. HOW DO YOU SAY HIS NAME? MACK-LEMORE. BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE TUNE. A CHART TOPPER IN SEVEN COUNTRIES, HIS VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 100 MILLION TIMES ON YOU TUBE. # I'M GONNA POP SOME TAGS, YEAH. # GOT $20 IN MY POCKET. # MACKLEMORE IS AWESOME. LOVE HIM. LOVE HIM! SO HOW DID ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ARRIVE IN CHRISTCHURCH TO HEADLINE A STUDENT-ONLY PARTY? 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 EXECUTIVE SAID, 'WE THINK HE'S AWESOME.' HE THEN WENT FROM THIS BIG TO THIS BIG. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY GOT LUCKY AND SIGNED THE STAR BEFORE HE ROSE. PRETTY STOCKED, BECAUSE YOU NEVER GET ANYBODY THAT MASSIVE HERE SO IT'S REALLY COOL THAT IT'S A STUDENT EVENT. THE RESULT ` UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE NUMBER ONE IN NZ AND IN THE STATES. HOW CLOSE TO THE FRONT DID YOU GET? PRETTY CLOSE. PRETTY HOT. AND HE SAID, 'LIKE, THIS IS NOT A '90S ROCK PARTY. STOP PUSHING.' THE SUCCESS OF LAST NIGHT'S GIG DOES HAVE ITS DRAWBACKS, THOUGH. THAT MAKES 2014 PRETTY HARD TO TOP 2013 DOESN'T IT? EVERY YEAR WE SAY THIS IS THE BEST ORIENTATION LINE-UP. THIS YEAR IT GENUINELY JUST IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. NEXT YEAR'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A TOUGH GET. I HAD AN AMAZING TIME IT WAS FANTASTIC. TOP TWO NIGHTS OF MY LIFE. PROBABLY NUMBER ONE. THEY'VE GOT 12 MONTHS TO SCALE THOSE HEIGHTS AGAIN. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. AND MACKLEMORE WILL BE LIVE ON SEVEN SHARP TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 7. EMELI SANDE, ADELE AND MUMFORD AND SONS ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THIS YEAR'S BRIT AWARDS. ADELE WON BEST SINGLE FOR HER JAMES BOND THEME SONG 'SKYFALL', WHILE FOLK BAND MUMFORD AND SONS TOOK HOME THE BEST BRITISH GROUP TROPHY. POP STAR EMELI SANDE TRIUMPHED IN TWO CATEGORIES, WINNING BEST BRITISH FEMALE AND BEST BRITISH ALBUM. # SOMETHING'S GONE INSIDE ME, # AND I CAN'T GET IT BACK. # OH HEAVEN. OH HEAVEN. # SINGER SONGWRITER BEN HOWARD WAS THE SURPRISE WINNER OF BEST BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH, BEATING THE ODDS AND THE BOOKIES FAVOURITE RITA ORA. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE FAMILY OF MURDERED FIELDING FARMER SCOTT GUY SAY THEY'RE UPSET THEY WEREN'T INFORMED EWAN MCDONALD WAS BEING TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PRISON. MACDONALD WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDERING SCOTT GUY BUT WAS JAILED ON OTHER CHARGES. THE GUY FAMILY SAY A PRIVATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER HAS RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE POLICE INQUIRY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED IT'S WORKING ON A EMERGENCY RESTRUCTURING PLAN FOR SOLID ENERGY AFTER IT ANNOUNCED IT WAS ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL COLLAPSE. A BIG FALL IN COAL PRICES COMBINED WITH A HIGH KIWI DOLLAR HAS MEANT BANKS HAVE STEPPED IN TO REVIEW THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND IT'S A MARKETERS DREAM. LOOK AT THE POSITIVES - THE THIRD ONE-DAYER BECOMES A DECIDER WE'LL TALK TO A REJUVENATED ROSS TAYLOR NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, 24 HOURS OUT FROM THE START OF THE RUGBY SEASON HERE, THE BLUES ARE CALM BEFORE THE 'CANES STORM, SO IS THIS THE MAN TO IGNITE THE NEW CAMPAIGN? PLUS, AN EARLY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL FOR THE KIWI CYCLISTS. AND THE BLACK STICKS LOOK TO ARGENTINA TO HELP ERASE MEMORIES OF LONDON. HOCKEY IS NEXT. FIRST TONIGHT, TO THE START OF THE NEW SUPER RUGBY SEASON, WHICH IS NOW JUST 24 HOURS AWAY. ONE OF THE SIDES POSING THE MOST QUESTIONS IS THE NEW-LOOK BLUES SQUAD UNDER SIR JOHN KIRWAN. TODAY HE REVEALED HIS FIRST OFFICIAL STARTING 15. IT'S A TEAM THAT HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR. FOR OTHER THAN HARDENED FANS, THESE DAYS IT'S HARD TO RECOGNISE A LOT OF THE BLUES. SOME FRAMES ARE STILL FAMILIAR, BUT LAST YEAR THE TEAM HAD 14 ALL BLACKS. THIS WEEKEND, JUST FOUR. < HAS IT BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF YOUR... TIME IN RUGBY? YEP, TOTALLY. THE HEAD COACH HAS PICKED A SIDE WHERE OVER HALF THE PLAYERS ARE IN JUST THE FIRST OR SECOND YEAR OF SUPER RUGBY. JUST SIX RETURN FROM THE LAST GAME OF LAST SEASON, WHILE GIANT WINGER FRANK HALAI PLAYS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL MATCH AT THIS LEVEL. HE'S HAD A GOOD PRE-SEASON. HE DESERVES HIS START. UH, AND IF HE PLAYS TO HIS POTENTIAL, HE CAN BE ANYTHING, AUCKLAND BORN AND BRED BUT WELL-TRAVELLED CHRIS NOAKES HAS BEEN HANDED THE OFTEN POISONED CHALICE OF THE BLUES 10 JERSEY. HE PLAYED A HANDFUL OF SUPER GAMES LAST YEAR FOR THE HIGHLANDERS. I GUESS I HAVEN'T BEEN INTO` GONE INTO A TEAM THAT IS REALLY TRYING TO, I GUESS, RECREATE THEMSELVES OR, YOU KNOW, JUST` OR TRYING TO GET BACK TO WHO WE ARE AS A TEAM. THE QUALIFIED LAWYER (27) WILL BE LOOKING TO TAKE INSPIRATION INTO HIS FIRST GAME FROM HIS OLD AUCKLAND CRICKET REP TEAMMATE, MARTIN GUPTILL. AT THE OTHER END OF THE EXPERIENCE SPECTRUM, HALFBACK PIRI WEEPU PLAYS HIS 100TH SUPER GAME ON SATURDAY NIGHT, SEEMINGLY MORE AT HOME THIS YEAR UNDER THE KNIGHT'S DEMANDS. QUITE VOCAL, QUITE LOUD, GIVES YOU A BIT OF A FRIGHT SOMETIMES. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S JUST WEARING MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE. THAT'S WHAT I DO. IT'S` I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHO I AM. CHANGE HAS CERTAINLY OCCURRED OFF THE FIELD IN A WOBBLY FRANCHISE. NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE IF THAT TRANSLATES TO PERFORMANCE ON IT. ROSS TAYLOR'S GOT MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT HIS CENTURY IN THE BLACKCAPS' LOSS TO ENGLAND IN THE SECOND ODI IN NAPIER LAST NIGHT. THE VISITORS CHASED DOWN THEIR TARGET OF 270 WITH EIGHT WICKETS TO SPARE TO LEVEL THE SERIES. TAYLOR ADMITS HE'S STILL STRUGGLING FOR TIMING, BUT FULL OF PRAISE FOR THE MAN WHO TOOK OVER HIS CAPTAINCY. I THINK I HAD THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. THERE'S NO USE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH BRENDON WHEN HE'S IN THAT FORM. I JUST GIVE HIM THE STRIKE AND GET DOWN THE OTHER END AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS. NOT SO POSITIVE ` THE BLACKCAPS' CONTINUING CASE OF THE DROPSIES. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DROPPED FAR TOO MANY CATCHES FOR SOMETHING THAT I PRIDE MYSELF ON. LAST NIGHT'S ONE, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EASY CATCH AND IT JUST BLEW RIGHT THROUGH MY HANDS. NZ WAS OUTCLASSED IN MOST DEPARTMENTS. THE MOMENTUM IS FIRMLY WITH ENGLAND HEADING INTO THE SERIES DECIDER IN AUCKLAND 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. VAN VELTHOOVEN HAD THE HONOUR OF RIDING LAST AS THE TOP-RANKED RIDER, 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. VERY HAPPY WITH MY SILVER MEDAL, AND FRANCOIS' BEEN DOING A FEW ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW, AND HE CAN CONTINUE TO WIN THE TITLES. SO THERE'S STILL A, UH, FUTURE AHEAD IN IT. VAN VELTHOOVEN'S SILVER ADDING TO HIS BRONZE IN THE SAME EVENT LAST YEAR. HE'S NOW PUSHING FOR ITS RE-INCLUSION AT THE RIO GAMES. THE KILO, UH, EVENT, THAT'S HIGHER THAN ALL THE OTHER OLYMPIC EVENTS, AN-AND VERY GLADIATORIAL EVENT. THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD STILL BE AN OLYMPIC EVENT. PERVIS RECORDED THE FASTEST EVER KILO TIME TRIAL AT SEA LEVEL. WORLD AMATEUR NUMBER ONE LYDIA KO IS UNDERWAY IN HER LATEST PROFESSIONAL GOLF EVENT ` THE THAILAND OPEN. KO'S 2-UNDER PAR AFTER JUST FIVE HOLES AND TIED FOR NINTH. MOST OF THOSE AHEAD OF KO HAVE THE CLUBHOUSE IN SIGHT, WITH THE LEADER ON 5-UNDER. PLAY WAS SUSPENDED AT THE WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ARIZONA, THOUGH. YES, THIS IS ARIZONA. 10CM OF SNOW COVERING THE DOVE MOUNTAIN COURSE. 22 OF THE 32 MATCHES GOT UNDERWAY BEFORE THINGS TURNED A BIT FROSTY. DUAL INTERNATIONAL DONNA WILKINS HAS SCALED MANY PEAKS IN HER SPORTING LIFE, BUT A TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP STILL ELUDES HER. WITH THE CLOCK TICKING ON HER NETBALL CAREER, SHE'S MADE A BIG SWITCH. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. NETBALL IS ALL ABOUT GOALS. AND DONNA WILKINS SEES THE KEY TO HER NEXT GOAL LYING WITH HER LONG-TIME COACH. I WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO, I GUESS, WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND, UM, WHO BETTER TO TEAM UP WITH ROBYN BROUGHTON AGAIN? YOU KNOW, SHE'S COACHED ME A LOT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND, UM, THAT WAS A BIG DRAWCARD, REALLY. THE 64-TEST SILVER FERN LEAVING THE SOUTHERN STEEL, WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP BEGAN BACK IN 1998. SHE'S VERY GOOD AT MOULDING A TEAM TOGETHER, AND HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME IS FANTASTIC, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY UNDER HER AGAIN. SHE ALWAYS THINKS BIG, SETS HIGH GOALS, EXPECTATIONS. UM, JUST A TRUE PROFESSIONAL. BROUGHTON BROUGHT A NEW MINDSET TO THE PULSE IN HER FIRST SEASON IN CHARGE LAST YEAR. OH, A LITTLE BIT` A TOUCH OF MAGIC THERE. AND SHE HAD NO TROUBLE TWISTING THE ARM OF HER STAR CHARGE TO COMMUTE FROM HER SOUTHLAND HOME AND THREE KIDS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE LOTS IN COMMON AS FAR AS NETBALL AND WHERE WE LIVE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, SO IT WAS JUST A NATURAL` NATURAL THING TO TALK ABOUT. WE JUST DO IT. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THE WILY COACH IS IMPLORING HER PLAYERS TO DO. REPLACING THE DOUBTS PREVIOUSLY RIFE IN THE PULSE WITH WINNER'S BELIEF. YEAH, IT'S JUST, LIKE, 'HARDEN UP.' (CHUCKLES) AND WE HAVE. HARD ENOUGH TO CONQUER THE TASMAN? TIME WILL TELL. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. AC MILAN'S STUNNED SPANISH GIANTS 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 BOATENG. IT'S MAGNIFICENT TO 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. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS HOCKEY TEAM IS LOOKING TO REGAIN SOME SPARK, STARTING WITH A TOUR TO ARGENTINA. THE TEAM LEFT FOR SOUTH AMERICA TODAY, WITH PLAYERS ADMITTING THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO LET GO OF A DISAPPOINTING OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN IN LONDON. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. FIT, FAST BUT STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR FORM. POST-OLYMPICS, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FLAT, UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT WENT TO THE OLYMPICS ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT FLAT, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXUBERANCE OF YOUTH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL START PICKING UP AGAIN. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS SIDE FINISHED FOURTH IN LONDON AFTER COMING AGONISINGLY CLOSE TO MAKING THE FINAL. SEVEN MONTHS ON, THEY ADMIT MISSING OUT ON THE MEDALS STILL HURTS. WHEN YOU PUT FOUR YEARS INTO A CAMPAIGN, YOU CAN GET A BIT LIKE THAT, AND SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK OVER CHRISTMAS AND TRYING TO GET INTO IT AGAIN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE CASE, PROBABLY, WITH ANYONE. THAT, PLUS A LARGELY INEXPERIENCED TEAM, NOT THE IDEAL COMBINATION FOR A GRUELLING SERIES AGAINST THE SECOND-BEST SIDE IN THE WORLD. EVEN IF THEIR OWN SIDE IS NOW RANKED NUMBER THREE. ARGENTINA HAVEN'T LOST ANYBODY FROM THE OLYMPICS, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT. MUCH OF THE BURDEN FALLING ON A GROUP OF SENIOR PLAYERS, INCLUDING SPEEDSTER ANITA PUNT. A STRING OF SPRINTING TITLES OVER THE SUMMER UNABLE TO SHIFT THE 25-YEAR-OLD'S PRIORITIES. OH, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE TOLD OFF BY MY PARENTS. (LAUGHS) I'VE PUT A LOT INTO HOCKEY, AND IT'S, YEAH, AT THE MOMENT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, COMM GAMES, WORLD CUP FOR US. THAT'S OUR FOCUS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING FOR. THE FASTEST WOMAN IN HOCKEY STILL UNSURE IF SHE'LL COMPETE IN NEXT MONTH'S NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPS. OH, WE'LL JUST SEE HOW I COME OUT OF THE TOURS. YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH ` FIVE GAMES IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. CHALLENGES COMING FROM EVERY DIRECTION. THE TEAM'S FIRST GAME IS JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THEY ARRIVE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. FINALLY IN SPORT, IF YOU THINK YOU NEED TO BE THE SIZE OF LE BRON JAMES OR SHAQUILLE O'NEAL TO SUCCEED IN BASKETBALL, HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. MEET JULIAN NEWMAN, ALL 4'5 OF HIM. THE 11-YEAR-OLD'S PLAYING WITH KIDS SEVEN YEARS HIS SENIOR ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM ` AND BEATING THEM AT IT AS WELL. HIS DAD'S BEEN RECORDING HIS PROGRESS SINCE HE WAS EVEN SMALLER, HELPING HIM TO BECOME A YOU TUBE SENSATION. YOU=TUBE VIEWERS AREN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE WATCHING. SCOUTS ARE SHOWING A KEEN INTEREST IN AS WELL. ADAM THOMSON SIGNS FOR CANON EAGLES JAPAN. A TWO-YEAR DEAL. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN HAS A FEW FEEBLE SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. HELLO AGAIN. MOSTLY FINE TODAY. JUST A FEW LAME SHOWERS IN THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THIS STUNNING SHOT WAS TAKEN THIS MORNING OF MIST RISING FROM LAKE CAMP. THANKS TO DAMIEN MCGILL. BRIGHT BAND OF CLOUD MOVING UP THE SOUTH ISLAND. IT'S THE VALIANT WEE FRONT THAT TOOK ON TWO HIGHS TODAY TO DELIVER A FEW SHOWERS TO THE CANTERBURY FOOTHILLS AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN COASTLINE. COOL SOUTHERLY CHANGE WITH IT, BUT IT'S BREAKING UP NOW, WITH A RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF IT, AND THIS LARGE HIGH PUSHING IN BEHIND. GOT A LOW AND SWIRL OF FRONTAL CLOUD NORTH-EAST OF EAST CAPE. AND THIS LOW IS WINDING UP AND CLOSING IN ON THE EASTERN COASTLINE OF AUSTRALIA. THE PRE-FRONTAL SOUTH TO SOUTH-EAST CHANGE MARKED BY THIS DASHED LINE SPREADS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND IN THE MORNING. THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR FRONT DISSOLVES, AND THE EASTERN PART CONTINUES NORTH, DELIVERING A FEW SHOWERS TO EASTERN AREAS. THE LOW NEAR AUSTRALIA DEEPENS AND TRACKS SOUTH-EAST. NO HELP TO US, BUT EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES CAN EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAINLY FINE DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. JUST SOME MORNING DRIZZLE ABOUT THE KAIKOURA COAST AND THE CANTERBURY FOOTHILLS. AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ABOUT THE NORTH-WESTERN CORNER. SOUTHERLY BREEZES. FEW SHOWERS FOR EASTERN AREAS FROM WAIRARAPA TO EAST CAPE. BUT SHOWERS SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF WELLINGTON IN THE MORNING. SOME CLOUDY AREAS IN THE NORTH. MAYBE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO DEVELOPING OVER INLAND PARTS OF NORTHLAND. COOL SOUTH TO SOUTH-EAST WINDS, STRONG AT FIRST IN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ANOTHER LOVELY SHOT FOR YOU ` ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK. THAT'S ALL FROM ME, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY.