DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A MINUTE'S SILENCE AT 12.51. HUNDREDS GATHER IN CHRISTCHURCH TO REMEMBER THOSE LIVES LOST IN THE MASSIVE FEBRUARY QUAKE. TELECOM LOOKS TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS, TAKING HUNDREDS OF JOBS DOWN WITH IT. AND THE LEAD DETECTIVE IS REPLACED BY SOUTH AFRICA'S TOP MAN AS OSCAR PISTORIUS AWAITS BAIL NEWS. IT'S BEEN A DAY OF REMEMBERING IN CHRISTCHURCH AS THE CITY MARKED THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT CLAIMED 185 LIVES. HUNDREDS TURNED OUT FOR A PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE, AND A MINUTE'S SILENCE WAS OBSERVED AT 12.51, THE TIME THE QUAKE STRUCK. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. THE TEARS STILL FLOW TWO YEARS ON. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, ALL THE SIGNS OF A CITY COMFORTING ITSELF. THE SMALL TOUCHES ON THE SHOULDER THROUGH THE SERVICE AND THINGS. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. THE CIVIC SERVICE COMBINED PRAYER AND SONG... AND MESSAGES TO THE FAMILIES, MANY WHO HAVE COME FROM OVERSEAS TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY, STANDING CLOSE. YOUR GRIEF IS STILL RAW, AND ONLY TIME CAN HELP NUMB THE PAIN OF YOUR LOSS. WREATHS WERE LAID ON THE TEMPORARY MEMORIAL. THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM ALL OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE TREATED TO SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE... APPLAUSE ...FROM A CROWD THAT WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT THEIR HEROES DID THAT DAY. LET US TAKE THIS TIME NOW FOR A MINUTE OF STILLNESS AND SILENCE. AT 12.51 ` THE MOMENT THE QUAKE STRUCK ` TIME TO REFLECT ON ALL THAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 22ND. SILENCE A PROCESSION OF BEREAVED FAMILIES PAYING TRIBUTE ` THEIR GRIEF UNDIMINISHED BY TIME AS THEY LAID THEIR FLOWERS FOR LOST RELATIVES, LAYER AFTER LAYER. JULIE HIBBS LEFT FLOWERS FOR HER MOTHER. THERE WERE HEAPS OF HUGS FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES. SO THAT WAS GOOD. AT THE CTV SITE, WHERE 115 LOST THEIR LIVES, THE BARRIERS WERE PULLED AWAY SO PEOPLE COULD PLACE FLOWERS ON ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE SHATTERED BUILDING. WE JUST LAID THE FLOWERS THERE, EXACTLY UNDERNEATH HER OFFICE. A PERSONAL TOUCH FOR THE WIFE HE LOST HERE. THE SITE OF THE CTV BUILDING TRANSFORMED FROM BARREN CONCRETE AND EXPOSED STEEL INTO A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO DIED HERE AND IN THE CITY BEYOND. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. HUNDREDS OF OTHERS REMEMBERED THE DAY BY RELEASING FLOWERS ALONG THE CITY'S WATERWAYS. THE RIVER OF FLOWERS WAS PART OF A COMMUNITY-LED CEREMONY TO MARK THE LOSSES ACROSS THE CITY. # ...STRONG AND FREE. # THE TEARS THAT I CRY... # STUDENTS FROM CENTRAL NEW BRIGHTON SCHOOL, WHO'VE BEEN TOLD THIS WEEK THEIR SCHOOL'S CLOSING, SHOWED THEIR RESILIENCE, SINGING TODAY OF STRENGTH. CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC MARKED THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH THE UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL SCULPTURE. 28 OF THE 185 QUAKE VICTIMS WERE FROM THE POLYTECH. 'SONG SONG' IS A LISTENING CHAMBER CREATED BY ARTISTS CHRIS REDDINGTON AND STUART LLOYD-HARRIS AND FEATURES 28 OVERSIZED STEEL STRINGS. I THINK THERE WAS A RESONANCE WITH THIS IDEA OF USING SOUND TO COMMEMORATE LIFE AND USING` AND USING RESONANCE. AND, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A HUGE PRIVILEGE, YEAH. I THINK CHRIS AND STUART HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. I THINK IT'LL GET WELL USED AND GIVE STAFF AND STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH IT FOR MANY YEARS. THE SCULPTURE IS DESIGNED TO INVITE INTERACTION AS WELL AS BEING A PLACE TO REFLECT. IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE THE QUAKE, THERE'S BEEN BIG CHANGES. IN MANY AREAS, THE SHOCK THAT SOON TURNED TO FRUSTRATION HAS MOVED ON AGAIN, AND THERE ARE NOW REAL SIGNS OF PROGRESS. LORELEI MASON TAKES STOCK. IT'S NOW A COMMON SIGHT AROUND THE EASTERN SUBURBS ` A SAD, YET POSITIVE SIGN THAT THE CITY'S SHATTERED PAST IS FINALLY MAKING WAY FOR THE FUTURE. LAST YEAR WAS THE YEAR OF TRYING TO PLAN WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT THIS YEAR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE YEAR OF REAL ACTION. ACTION WHICH IS NOW SEEING HOPE RISING FROM THE ASHES AND SILT. 335 COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSENTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED. 70% OF THE CITY BUILDINGS THAT NEEDED TO COME DOWN HAVE COME DOWN, AND THE CROWN'S NEGOTIATING WITH TWO-THIRDS OF CBD PROPERTY OWNERS OVER THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF THEIR LAND. IN THE RETAIL PRECINCT, INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS ARE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS TO CUT DEALS. WE WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO GET INVOLVED, BUT IF THINGS REALLY GET STYMIED, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST CITY BLUEPRINT PROJECT, THE AVON RIVER PARK, WILL BEGIN IN APRIL. THE FIRST LOT, WE WANT TO START IN THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS ` JUST ONE BLOCK AS PART OF THE CONCEPT TO WORK THAT UP AND SEE WHAT IT PHYSICALLY LOOKS LIKE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT. NEGOTIATIONS WITH LANDOWNERS OVER THE FIRST ANCHOR PROJECT, THE CONVENTION CENTRE, ARE HALFWAY COMPLETE. RESIDENTIALLY, 6500 RED-ZONE HOMEOWNERS HAVE NOW SETTLED WITH THE CROWN. MOST HAVE MOVED OUT, GIVING RISE TO CONCERNS THE EAST WILL SOON RESEMBLE A GHETTO. BUT THIS GRASSY STRETCH IN KAIAPOI WHERE 15 WRECKED HOMES ONCE STOOD IS A POSITIVE SIGN; IT'S THE FIRST STRETCH OF RED-ZONED LAND CERA HAS NOW RESURRECTED. PROGRESSING SLOWLY BUT SURELY TOO IS THE REPAIR OF 2000KM OF BROKEN PIPELINES UNDER THE CITY. HOWEVER THE JOB'S ONLY 15% COMPLETED SO FAR, MEANING YEARS OF TRAFFIC DISRUPTION AHEAD. WE'RE HERE TILL 2016. GET USED TO IT, GET SOME PATIENCE IN YOUR SYSTEM AND BE TOLERANT, COS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. THAT WORK WILL HIT ITS PEAK BY JULY THIS YEAR. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. AND CERA SAYS WHILE NEARLY ALL BUILDINGS HERE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT HAD TO COME DOWN AFTER THE QUAKE ARE NOW DOWN, PROGRESS IS SLOWER OUT IN THE SUBURBS. MORE THAN 171,000 RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE CLAIMS WERE LODGED AFTER THE QUAKES. 18,500 OF THOSE HOMES WERE CLASSIFIED AS TOTAL REBUILDS OR NEEDING MAJOR REPAIRS. TWO YEARS ON, ONLY 3600, ABOUT ONE IN FIVE, HAVE BEEN FIXED OR THE OWNERS PAID OUT. A SOUTH AFRICAN COURT IS EXPECTED TO RULE IN THE BAIL HEARING OF OSCAR PISTORIUS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS ALREADY BEGUN ANOTHER DAY IN COURT, WHERE A MAGISTRATE WILL DECIDE IF THE DOUBLE-AMPUTEE ATHLETE CAN BE FREED BEFORE TRIAL OR WILL STAY IN CUSTODY OVER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. THIS FOLLOWS A DAY WHICH UNCOVERED POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS SHORTCOMINGS IN THE POLICE CASE. CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC REPORTS. A MURDER INVESTIGATION IN SHAMBLES, THE LEAD DETECTIVE KICKED OFF THE CASE. HILTON BOTHA BECAME A PROSECUTOR'S LIABILITY, BECAUSE HE FACES SEVEN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES FOR FIRING HIS GUN AT A BUS TWO YEARS AGO. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE ARE NO CHARGES. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, HE IS NOT SUSPENDED. PRESSURE SEEMED TO LIFT FROM OSCAR PISTORIUS' SHOULDERS; HE LOOKED CALMED IN THE DOCK THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. AND HIS LAWYER EXPOSED MORE POLICE MISTAKES: THAT DETECTIVE BOTHA CONTAMINATED THE CRIME SCENE WITH UNPROTECTED SHOES AND THAT POLICE LOST TRACK OF ILLEGAL AMMUNITION FOUND IN OSCAR'S HOUSE. BUT THE DEFENCE TEAM ISN'T GETTING CARRIED AWAY. < HOW PLEASED ARE YOU WITH TODAY? (CHUCKLES) I'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW. IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT, THE PROSECUTOR REMINDED THE JUDGE ` FOUR SHOTS WERE FIRED WHICH PROVED INTENT TO KILL. PISTORIUS SOBBED AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE POLICE STATION FOR ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE CELL. OSCAR PISTORIUS IS GETTING SLIGHT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT HERE; HE'S IN A LARGE CELL, HE HAS A TELEVISION AND HE'S GETTING WELL FED. NOT ALL OF THE PRISONERS WHO ARE STAYING HERE HAVE ALL OF THAT. A DECISION ON HIS BAIL IS EXPECTED SOON, BUT THIS IS STILL JUST THE BEGINNING. A TRIAL COMES NEXT. YOU'VE GOTTA WONDER WHAT MORE TWISTS ARE IN STORE. THAT BAIL HEARING IS CONTINUING RIGHT NOW. THE COURT IS HEARING EVIDENCE ABOUT OSCAR PISTORIOUS' FLIGHT RISK IF HE'S GRANTED BAIL. HUNDREDS MORE JOBS LOOK SET TO VANISH FROM OUR BIGGEST PHONE COMPANY, TELECOM, AS IT SEEKS TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS. TELECOM'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SIMON MOUTTER SAYS AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF SKILLED WORKERS WILL GO. LISA GLASS REPORTS. IT'S STILL IN PROFIT, BUT TELECOM STAFF NUMBERS ARE SET TO BE SLASHED. THE ECONOMY'S TOUGH OUT THERE, AND DESPITE OUR COST ACTIVITY TO DATE, OUR COST BASE UNFORTUNATELY REMAINS UNCOMPETITIVE. THAT MEANS JOBS WILL GO ` A LOT OF THEM, THOUGH NO ONE'S SAYING HOW MANY. THE COMPANY EMPLOYS ALMOST 8000 PEOPLE ` MANY OF THEM CONTRACTORS WHO WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR REDUNDANCY. THERE'S A REAL PRESSURE ON ANYBODY IN THE TELCO INDUSTRY TO FIND WORK, AND THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THAT MIX, I THINK, FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. TELECOM SAYS IT HAS HIGHER COSTS THAN ITS COMPETITORS AND NEEDS TO SLIM DOWN. SIMPLIFY THE BUSINESS, WHICH IS ABOUT RADICALLY SIMPLIFYING THE WAY WE OPERATE AND BUILDING A PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN LEAN AND AGILE ORGANISATION. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE COMPANY'S MOVED INTO GLAMOROUS NEW HEADQUARTERS. IN THIS $280 MILLION DEVELOPMENT THERE ARE 2500 WORKERS. MANY OF THEM ARE WONDERING NOW IF THEY'LL STILL HAVE JOBS. UNION MEMBERSHIP'S VIRTUALLY NIL HERE THANKS TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT CHANGES BACK IN THE '90S. LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE PROTECTING SKILLED JOBS. THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH AND NOT DOING A GREAT JOB ON IT, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS INSTEAD OF AN ECONOMY IN THIS AREA THAT IS GROWING AND THRIVING, WE'RE SEEING A SHRINKING. THE PRIME MINISTER, JOHN KEY, SAYS THE CUTS ARE A PRIVATE COMPANY DECISION. WHAT WE CAN DO AS A GOVERNMENT IS TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT BUSINESSES COME IN AND SAY, 'LOOK, NZ'S A GOOD PLACE TO INVEST.' COLD COMFORT FOR TELECOM WORKERS, WITH ALL JOBS NOW UNDER THE MICROSCOPE TO SEE WHO WILL STAY AND WHO WILL GO. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. SERIAL SEX OFFENDER STEWART MURRAY WILSON DENIED BREACHING HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE WANGANUI DISTRICT COURT TODAY. THE 66-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN RECALLED TO JAIL AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF OBTAINING A CELL PHONE AND USING IT TO CALL SOMEONE HE WAS BANNED FROM CONTACTING. IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WILSON'S ESSENTIALLY UNDER HOUSE ARREST AT WANGANUI PRISON, NOT ABLE TO VISIT THIS PERSON; THAT PERSON'S NOT ABLE TO VISIT HIM, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHAT SORT OF BAD CAN COME OF IT. IF WILSON'S FOUND GUILTY OF BREACHING HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS, HE COULD BE BACK BEHIND BARS FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. JUST AHEAD ` IT'S GAME ON FOR PLAYSTATION, BUT ARE THE DAYS OF THE VIDEO CONSOLE NUMBERED? AND SCIENTISTS DISCOVER DOLPHINS DON'T ALL SING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET. 1 THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S BLAMING REBELS FOR CARRYING OUT A BOMB ATTACK WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE. HUNDREDS MORE WERE INJURED BY THE CAR BOMB OUTSIDE THE RULING PARTY'S OFFICES IN THE CAPITAL DAMASCUS. ELSEWHERE, THE OPPOSITION CLAIMS 18 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN A GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKE ON A REBEL FIELD HOSPITAL IN DARAA. AND IN INDIA AT LEAST 12 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN BOMBINGS IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF HYDERABAD. TWO BOMBS ATTACHED TO BIKES EXPLODED NEAR A CROWDED FRUIT MARKET. SO FAR NO ONE'S CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, THE GAMES CONSOLE HAS BECOME A FIXED FEATURE IN MANY LIVING ROOMS. NOW SONY IS LAUNCHING ITS LATEST VERSION OF PLAYSTATION, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS THE CONSOLE COULD BE ON THE WAY OUT WITH PLAYING GAMES ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS TAKING OVER. BBC'S RORY CELLAN-JONES REPORTS. IT'S EVOLVED OVER FOUR DECADES INTO A PRODUCT THAT'S WON A PLACE IN MILLIONS OF LIVING ROOMS. NOW THE VIDEO GAMES CONSOLE IS AT THE HEART OF AN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THAT RIVALS HOLLYWOOD. BUT WHERE DOES IT GO NEXT? EXCITING MUSIC PLAYS ACCORDING TO SONY, THE PLAYSTATION 4 IS THE FUTURE OF GAMING, THOUGH LAST NIGHT, ALL IT WAS SHOWING WAS THE NEW CONTROLLER RATHER THAN THE CONSOLE ITSELF. SONY WAS THE DOMINANT FORCE IN CONSOLES. PLAYSTATION 1, LAUNCHED IN 1994, RACKED UP MORE THAN 100 MILLION SALES. FROM 2000, THE PS2 DID EVEN BETTER, SELLING MORE THAN 155 MILLION. PLAYSTATION 3, WHICH PLACED STIFFER COMPETITION SINCE ITS 2006 LAUNCH, HAS SOLD JUST OVER 70 MILLION. HERE'S SOMEWHERE YOU WOULD FIND PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT NEW CONSOLES ` A RETRO-GAMES EVENT IN MARGATE. MAN: OH, WHAT A JOKE. MORE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE PLAYING GAMES THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT THEY'RE FINDING DIFFERENT AND CHEAPER WAYS OF PLAYING ` ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLET COMPUTERS, FOR INSTANCE. AND THAT COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR THE CONSOLE. WE'VE GOT CONSOLES ALL THE WAY BACK TO BOOGIE BOY AND THE COMMODORE 64 FROM 1987. THE MAN WHO SUPPLIED THIS EVENT WITH HUNDREDS OF GAMES MACHINES HAS DETECTED A SHIFT IN THE INDUSTRY. THE SMARTPHONE AND TABLET MARKET HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED THINGS. PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO SPEND �50 ON THE NEW FIFA IF THEY CAN PICK UP A FOOTBALL GAME ON A MOBILE. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE HERE HAS A CONSOLE OR TWO AT HOME. BUT THERE WERE MIXED VIEWS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. WHETHER IT'S THE CALL OF DUTY, THE FIFAS, THE RPG GAMES, I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE THE CONSOLE GAMES. I DON'T USE CONSOLES THAT MUCH, BUT I DO USE MY PHONE QUITE A LOT FOR GAMING. SONY AND ITS RIVALS ARE BETTING THE CONSOLE WILL HAVE A NEW FUTURE AS AN ALL-PURPOSE ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE. BUT MAKING MONEY FROM GAMING JUST KEEPS GETTING HARDER. NO WORD YET ON WHEN THE NEW PLAYSTATION 4 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN STORES HERE. THE ILL-FATED JOURNEY OF A KIWI MOUNTAIN CLIMBER ON MT EVEREST IS SET TO BE TURNED INTO A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. EXPEDITION GUIDE ROB HALL DIED DURING A STORM ON THE MOUNTAIN IN 1996. HIS STORY HAS ALREADY BEEN DOCUMENTED IN A BOOK AND NOW IN A NEW FILM THOUGHT TO BE CALLED 'EVEREST'. ACADEMY-AWARD-WINNING STAR CHRISTIAN BALE IS REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO PLAY ROB HALL. A LOST ROYAL PENGUIN DUBBED HAPPY FEET JUNIOR HAS DIED AFTER IT WASHED UP ON A BEACH NORTH OF WELLINGTON FIVE DAYS AGO. STAFF AT WELLINGTON ZOO CARED FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PENGUIN BUT KNEW ITS CHANCES OF SURVIVAL WERE SLIM. ONCE YOU HAVE TOO MANY ORGANS FAIL AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S JUST NO REVERSING THAT. WE GAVE HIM THE BEST CHANCE. WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO TRY AND FIX HIM UP, AND IT WAS JUST NOT TO BE FOR THIS LITTLE ONE. IT'S ONLY THE FOURTH CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF ROYAL PENGUINS IN THE NORTH ISLAND. THE BIRDS ARE NORMALLY FOUND ON MACQUARIE ISLAND, MORE THAN 2000KM FROM NZ. WE ALL KNOW DOLPHINS ARE ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT OF ANIMALS WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATING. NOW RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED EVERY DOLPHIN HAS A SIGNATURE TUNE. THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN WITH THE STORY. < MAN: OH MAN. YOU GUYS HEAR THAT? LISTEN TO THE CHATTER OF HUNDREDS OF DOLPHINS OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. AND WATCH THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO WE RECENTLY SHOT OFF THE BAHAMAS ` A DOLPHIN MOTHER CARESSING HER CALF AND THESE DOLPHINS GREETING US HEADS DOWN. YOU HEAR THOSE CLICKS? DOLPHINS WHISTLE DOLPHINS CAN LEARN TO READ SIGNS LIKE THIS, USE TOOLS, EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS. THIS ONE TELLING A DIVER TO CUT IT FREE OF FISHING WIRE. BUT USE NAMES? A NEW STUDY OUT TODAY SHOWS DOLPHIN COMMUNICATION TO BE MUCH MORE LIKE OURS THAN WE EVER THOUGHT; THAT EACH DOLPHIN HAS ITS OWN DISTINCT SOUND, ESSENTIALLY ITS OWN NAME. LISTEN TO THIS. DOLPHIN WHISTLES ONE MALE BOTTLENOSE CLICKING OUT HIS SIGNATURE SOUND, BASICALLY CALLING OUT HIS NAME. ALMOST INSTANTLY, ANOTHER DOLPHIN RESPONDS,... DOLPHIN WHISTLES ...CALLING BACK TO HIM BY HIS NAME. THESE WHISTLES THAT THEY PRODUCE ARE ACTUALLY USED AS NAMES. THEY USE THEM TO KEEP IN CONTACT WHEN THEY'RE SWIMMING THROUGH VERY MURKY WATERS SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR SOCIAL GROUPS INTEGRATED AND OPERATING AS A UNIT. AND THE DOLPHINS THAT MOST COMMONLY COMMUNICATE LIKE THIS? MOTHERS AND CALVES. YOU SAID THAT, FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, ALMOST FROM BIRTH, THEY START TO HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE SOUND? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, FROM LITERALLY WITHIN MINUTES OF BEING BORN, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE CALF VOCALISE, AND THE MOTHER WILL ALMOST MIMIC THAT. IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT ELSE THEY'RE SAYING. JUST AHEAD ` THE CHIEFS TAKE ON THE HIGHLANDERS TO START THE SUPER RUGBY SEASON. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A FINE START TO THE WEEKEND FOR MOST. VOICEOVER: The way it moves and cleans is simply amazing. Oral-B power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to remove 99.7% plaque in hard-to-reach areas. From the: Unbeatable. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CHIEFS HAVE MADE A PERFECT START TO THEIR SUPER RUGBY SEASON CLAIMING A BONUS POINT, 41-27 WIN OVER THE HIGHLANDERS IN A SEVEN-TRY THRILLER IN DUNEDIN. DESPITE SOME AVERAGE DEFENCE, THE MATCH WAS THE PERFECT ADVERTISEMENT FOR RUNNING RUGBY. JOE PORTER REPORTS. HIGHLANDERS FULLBACK BEN SMITH WAS ONE OF LAST SEASON'S STARS AND WAS QUICK TO SHOW WHY. OH, PICKUP BEAUTIFUL PICKUP, AND SMITH IS OVER. THE BOOTLACE TAKE WAS A PIECE OF INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE, SOON AFTER MATCHED BY A CHIEF CHANNELLING WALLABIES LEGEND DAVID CAMPESE. AND HERE'S A CHANCE FOR TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS. OH, HE'S GASSED 'EM. TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS! WHAT A REPLY FROM THE CHIEFS. TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS' GOOSE STEP LEFT SMITH LOOKING LIKE HE WAS ON A TREADMILL. THE HIGHLANDERS HIT BACK THROUGH A CLASSY HOSEA GEAR FINISH. SMITH NOW RANGING UP IN THE LINE, AND AWAY TO GEAR, HOSEA GEAR. HOSEA GEAR! THE CHIEFS WERE UP 16-14 AT THE BREAK. THE HIGHLANDERS THEN HIT THE LEAD WITH A LIMA SOPOAGA PENALTY, THOUGH NOT FOR LONG. WIDE PASS TO CRUDEN. QUICKLY ON. OH, NICELY DONE BY ANSCOMBE, AND PATRICK OSBORNE'S IN. JUST MOMENTS LATER. POKI. FEND ON NANAI-WILLIAMS. KADE POKI! BRILLIANT! ANOTHER PENALTY STRETCHED THEIR LEAD TO 27-21, THE HOSTS SMELLING BLOOD. BUT THE TIT FOR TAT CONTINUED. NOW TIKOIROTUMA! AND THE CHIEFS STRIKE BACK AGAIN WITH A CHANCE TO LEVEL IT. IN FACT, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD, WHICH THEY DULY DID. THE ARRESTING PACE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ABATING. OH, THROUGH THE HANDS OF BURLEIGH. THERE WAS A TRY ON, THERE. AND NOW THERE COULD BE ONE DOWN THE OTHER END FOR THE CHIEFS. NANAI-WILLIAMS! CROWD CHEERS UNBELIEVABLE. NANAI-WILLIAMS DOUBLED THE NAIL IN THE HIGHLANDERS' COFFIN. SUPER RUGBY BORING? NOT TONIGHT. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. THREE DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF A DAMNING REPORT INTO THE AUSTRALIAN RELAY SWIM TEAM'S BEHAVIOUR AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS, THE SIX MEMBERS HAVE FRONTED A MEDIA CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY. THE MUCH-TOUTED FREESTYLE TEAM WAS EXPECTED TO WIN GOLD, EVEN CALLING THEMSELVES THE 'WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION'. BUT A REPORT RELEASED EARLIER THIS WEEK CALLED THE TEAM CULTURE TOXIC, WITH INCIDENTS OF DRUNKENNESS, BULLYING AND DOCUMENTED THE ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. IN A BONDING SESSION PRIOR TO THE OLYMPICS, THE SWIMMERS ADMIT TAKING THE SEDATIVE STILNOX ` A SUBSTANCE BANNED BY THE AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ` BUT DENY THIS HAD ANY EFFECT ON THEIR PERFORMANCE. IT WAS JUST A BIT OF A RELIEF FROM ALL THE PRESSURE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST RELAXED US A BIT, I GUESS, AND ALLOWED US TO SHARE SOME STORIES AND HAVE A BIT OF FUN. BUT, LIKE I SAID, COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE IN HINDSIGHT. THE SWIMMERS CLAIM THE BONDING SESSION WAS A TRADITION, THOUGH SWIMMING AUSTRALIA DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE. COACH LEE NUGENT AND THE SWIMMERS WILL NOW FACE THE NEWLY-FORMED INTEGRITY PANEL. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS INCOMING HIGH IS ANOTHER BIGGIE. IT'S SET TO DOMINATE OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BRINGING MOSTLY FINE WEATHER. THE TAIL OF THIS COLD FRONT MAY FLICK A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE FAR SOUTH, AND THE SOUTH TO SOUTH-EAST FLOW AROUND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HIGH MAY DELIVER A FEW SPLASHES TO THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER OF THE NORTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 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 JOINING US. PO MARIE. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.