GOOD EVENING. NOT MUCH FOR THE RAIN GAUGES TODAY. JUST A FEW MILLIMETRES FOR THE GISBORNE, HAWKE'S BAY AREA. GREAT FOR TOURISTS, BARBECUES AND GETTING OUT AND ABOUT, BUT FARMERS ARE STILL WAITING FOR RAIN CLOUDS TO APPEAR ON THE HORIZON. MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW, WITH JUST A FEW LITTLE SHOWERS. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHO GETS THOSE. 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. HE'S FREE FOR NOW, BUT A JUDGE HAS SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT BOTH SIDES IN THE OSCAR PISTORIUS MUDER CASE. THEY'RE NOT EVEN FINISHED YET, BUT THESE SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE SNAPPED UP WITHIN HOURS OF GOING ON SALE. AND MOMENTS OF BRENDON'S BRILLIANCE, BUT CAN THE BLACKCAPS KEEP IT UP AGAINST ENGLAND? THERE HE GOES! AND HE'S HIT IT INTO THE STAND. WOW, OUT OF THE BLUE. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? PARALYMPIC CHAMPION OSCAR PISTORIUS IS WITH HIS FAMILY THIS EVENING AFTER BEING RELEASED ON BAIL. HE HAD TO PAY MORE THAN $127,000 TO SECURE HIS RELEASE. NOW HE COULD HAVE MONTHS TO WAIT BEFORE HIS TRIAL ON CHARGES OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP. IN COURT THE MAGISTRATE QUESTIONED ASPECTS OF HIS STORY. THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING REPORTS FROM PRETORIA. SHUTTERS CLICK OSCAR PISTORIUS TRIED TO MASK HIS FEELINGS IN COURT TODAY, POISED TO DISCOVER IF HE'D BE RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY. THE MAGISTRATE TOOK TWO HOURS TO SUMMARISE THIS DRAMATIC CASE. STILL NO CAMERAS ALLOWED WHILE THE COURT WAS IN SESSION, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, A LIVE AUDIO BROADCAST OF THE RULING. I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ACCUSED HAS MADE A CASE TO BE RELEASED ON BAIL. MAN: YES! AS THE MAGISTRATE BEGAN TO ANNOUNCE HIS DECISION, OSCAR PISTORIUS SLUMPED ` SOBBING, HIS SHOULDERS SHAKING. HIS FATHER TRIED TO COMFORT HIM. THEN THE ATHLETE STOOD UP AND LEFT THE COURT AS HIS RELATIVES BEHIND HERE STARTED TO HUG AND CELEBRATE, IF CELEBRATE IS THE RIGHT WORD. THERE WAS MORE RELIEF HERE TODAY. EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE IS A LONG LEGAL JOURNEY AHEAD HERE. AS A SIGN OF THAT, THE MAGISTRATE IMPOSED STRICT CONDITIONS ON THE PARALYMPIC ATHLETE. HE MUST REMAIN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND REPORT TO THE POLICE TWICE A WEEK. SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MAGISTRATE SAID HE FOUND ASPECTS OF PISTORIUS' TESTIMONY TROUBLING. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT WHEN HE RUSHED FROM HIS BEDROOM TO SHOOT FOUR TIMES THROUGH A TOILET DOOR, KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, THE WOMAN HE SAID HE MISTOOK FOR A BURGLAR? I HAVE DIFFICULTY IN APPRECIATING WHY THE ACCUSED DID NOT ASCERTAIN THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN HE GOT OFF THE BED. I HAVE DIFFICULTY ALSO IN COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT THE ACCUSED DID NOT SEEK TO VERIFY WHO EXACTLY WAS IN THE TOILET WHEN HE COULD'VE ASKED. OUTSIDE COURT, PISTORIUS' FAMILY MADE IT CLEAR THAT REEVA'S DEATH WAS STILL VERY MUCH ON THEIR MINDS. YES, WE ARE RELIEVED... THAT THE FACT THAT OSCAR GOT BAILED TODAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE... IN MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF REEVA WITH HER FAMILY. THEY JUST WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH, AND WHATEVER HAPPENS, IT'S NOT GONNA BRING REEVA BACK. MEANWHILE, PISTORIUS' COACH SUGGESTED THAT THE ATHLETE MIGHT RETURN TO TRAINING SOON, IF ONLY TAKE HIS MIND OFF WHAT HE'S DONE. BUT LEAVING COURT AND FREE FOR NOW, PISTORIUS LOOKED TONIGHT LIKE A MAN OVERWHELMED BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE SHOT AND KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THAT HIS LIFE AND HIS CAREER WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. FIRST-HOME BUYERS IN AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN QUICK TO SNAP UP A LIMITED RELEASE OF SO-CALLED AFFORDABLE HOMES AT HOBSONVILLE POINT. NINE OF 11 AS YET UNFINISHED HOUSES WERE SOLD WITHIN HOURS OF GOING ON TO THE MARKET. BUT SOME ARE QUESTIONING HOW AFFORDABLE THEY REALLY ARE. NICOLE BREMNER HAS THE STORY. FIVE HOMES AREN'T FINISHED. SIX ARE STILL ON THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT FIRST-HOME BUYERS WERE ON A MISSION. I JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE. (LAUGHS) MADE A HARD DECISION. WHAT DO YOU KNOW SO FAR, AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? THEY CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE IN SEARCH OF AFFORDABLE AUCKLAND REAL ESTATE. WELL, I THINK IN AN AUCKLAND CONTEXT FOR A NEW HIGH QUALITY HOME, YES THEY ARE AFFORDABLE. HERE AT BRAND NEW HOBSONVILLE POINT, THAT MEANS BETWEEN $465,000 AND $485,000 ` PRICES THAT WORRY THOSE LOOKING OUT FOR AUCKLAND'S POOR. THE SALVATION ARMY'S BEING DOING ITS SUMS TOO AND SAYS BUYERS NEED AN INCOME OF AT LEAST $70,000 A YEAR TO SECURE A LOAN ON ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES, WHICH PUTS THEM WELL BEYOND THE REACH OF THE CITY'S LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. UP TO 3000 HOMES WILL EVENTUALLY BE BUILT ON LAND THAT USED TO HOUSE HOBSONVILLE AIR FORCE BASE. ONE FIFTH OF THE MEDIUM- TO HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IS FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS WHO CAN PROVE THEY'RE CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS, HAVE AN ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN $120,000 GROSS AND PLAN TO LIVE THERE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. IT SEEMS SCARY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ITS JUST GOING TO GET WORSE, SO THE SOONER YOU CAN BUY, I THINK, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE. THOSE DEVELOPING THE LAND SAY BUYERS ARE GETTING MORE THAN JUST A HOME. IT'S THE PARK AND THE FARMERS' MARKET AND THE CAFE AND THE FERRY AND THE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS PRETTY ATTRACTIVE. AND SURE TO ATTRACT MORE FIRST-TIME BUYERS WHEN THE NEXT HOMES ARE RELEASED IN A FEW WEEKS TIME. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. TWO TONS OF HIGHLY TOXIC ASBESTOS ROOFING HAS BEEN FOUND DUMPED IN A PUBLIC AREA IN WEST AUCKLAND. A PEDESTRIAN ALERTED ONE NEWS AFTER COMING ACROSS THE DANGEROUS WASTE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS HAS THE STORY. A WALK IN THE BUSH FOR RAY THOMAS BROUGHT A FRIGHTENING DISCOVERY. COME ROUND THE CORNER THERE, WHAT DO I SEE? A PILE OF ASBESTOS. AROUND TWO TONS OF IT. POTENTIALLY HIGHLY TOXIC AND DUMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN SWANSON, JUST A HALF-HOUR'S DRIVE FROM CENTRAL AUCKLAND. WELL, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WHITE ASBESTOS CAN DO. IT'S NASTY STUFF. SO NASTY, IF IT'S EXPOSED TO THINGS LIKE WATER, ASBESTOS CAN LEAD TO CHRONIC ILLNESS, LUNG CONDITIONS AND A DEADLY FORM OF CANCER. THIS POISONOUS PILE WAS FOUND IN A RIVERBED. ONE NEWS TRACKED DOWN THE MAN WHO REMOVED THE ROOF. HE SAYS HE WRAPPED IT AND TOOK IT TO HIS OWN HOME. HE SAYS HE INTENDED TO GET RID OF IT PROPERLY, BUT HIS GRANDCHILDREN GAVE IT TO AN UNKNOWN MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTED IT FOR A PROJECT OF THEIR OWN. IT COSTS AROUND $250 A TON TO DUMP ASBESTOS AT THE APPROPRIATE TRANSFER STATION. AVOIDING THAT COULD BE THE REASON IT ENDED UP HERE. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAYS THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE PROSECUTIONS FOR DUMPING SIMILAR WASTE LAST YEAR. PENALTIES RANGE FROM $5000 TO $25,000 DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF ASBESTOS AND THE SCALE OF DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S REMOVED THE TOXIC ROOFING ` A CLEAN-UP ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS WILL HAVE COST MORE THAN $2000. AND IT'S NOW DECIDING WHETHER CHARGES WILL BE LAID. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. IT'S A THREAT YOU CAN'T SEE, BUT IT'S VERY REAL, AS MANY KIWIS FOUND OUT THIS WEEK. THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING US FROM CYBER ATTACKS SAYS THE NUMBER OF SUCH ATTACKS HAS RISEN SHARPLY OVER THE PAST YEAR. DAMIAN CHRISTIE WITH THE STORY. IT WON'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO THE 75,000 PEOPLE WHO HAD TO CHANGE THEIR XTRA PASSWORDS IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT ` CYBER ATTACKS ARE A VERY REAL THREAT. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE ACTIVITY GENERALLY AROUND THE WORLD IN THIS KIND OF SPACE. JUST THIS WEEK, THE US POINTED THE FINGER AT THE CHINESE MILITARY FOR CONCERTED ATTACKS ON AMERICAN COMPANIES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE. IN NZ, THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY CENTRE, PART OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THE GCSB, IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SAFE. WE'RE NO DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE KIND OF SCALE AND NATURE OF THE THREATS THAT WE FACE. UH, WE DON'T USUALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE WE THINK THEY COME FROM. UM, BUT I THINK THE MESSAGE REALLY IS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS JUST AS SERIOUSLY AS OTHERS ARE AROUND THE WORLD. AND THOSE ATTACKS ARE ON THE RISE. WHAT WE HAVE ANNOUNCED IS THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS ` INTRUSIONS, REALLY ` THAT WERE REPORTED TO US WENT UP BY ABOUT 50%. OUR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR SCALE. WHERE WE DIFFER FROM AUSTRALIA IS OUR VULNERABILITY. THIS MAP SHOWS THE RISK OF A COUNTRY BEING COMPLETELY CUT OFF FROM THE INTERNET. THE US, MOST OF EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA ARE RESISTANT, WHILE NZ IS EXPOSED, NOT JUST TO ATTACK BUT TO NATURAL DISASTERS. WE'VE GOT TWO LINES THAT COME INTO AUCKLAND, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR ONLY CONNECTION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, SO IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN AUCKLAND, THE RISK, HOPEFULLY IS QUITE LOW, BUT THE DOWNSIDE OF ANYTHING ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS REALLY QUITE TREMENDOUS. WE WOULD BE CUT OFF FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND THE WISDOM OF HAVING AUCKLAND AS OUR SOLE CONNECTION TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB IS SOMETHING FOR THE TELCOS TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING THE NEW TRANS-TASMAN CABLE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. THE NZ BALLOON ASSOCIATION HAS CONDEMNED THE PILOT OF A HOT AIR BALLOON THAT CRASHED NEAR CARTERTON LAST YEAR. LANCE HOPPING AND 10 PASSENGERS WERE KILLED WHEN THEIR BALLOON CLIPPED POWER LINES. A CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY REPORT HAS FOUND HOPPING BREACHED HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATIONS BY OPERATING THE BALLOON ON AN EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. FOR NOT HAVING A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, THERE'S NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THE PILOT. THERE MIGHT BE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE FLYING; NOT IN A COMMERCIAL SITUATION. INTERIM INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED HOPPING HAD CANNABIS IN HIS BLOOD SYSTEM AND PROBLEMS WITH MAINTENANCE CHECKS. A FINAL REPORT BY THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION AND A CORONER'S REPORT IS EXPECTED IN MAY. 'WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY.' THAT WAS THE MESSAGE AT THE ACT PARTY CONFERENCE TODAY. THE PARTY FAITHFUL MIXED WITH THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ART AT THE FARM OF ONE OF NZ'S RICHEST MEN, NORTH OF AUCKLAND. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH WAS THERE. IT'S NOT YOUR AVERAGE FARM ` MUSICAL SCULPTURES, EXOTIC ANIMALS, A WACKY ART COLLECTION AND IN BETWEEN THE ACT PARTY FAITHFUL GATHERING AT MULTIMILLIONAIRE ALAN GIBBS' FARM FOR THE PARTY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE YOUR PARTY LEADER... JOHN BANKS! THE LEADER AND SOLE ACT MP IS MAKING BIG PROMISES TO PARTY DELEGATES. 5% WOULD GIVE US SIX MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND ENSURE A JOHN KEY-LED COALITION. IN THE LAST SIX ONE NEWS-COLMAR BRUNTON POLLS, ACT DIDN'T GET MORE THAN 1% OF THE PARTY VOTE. IN OUR LATEST POLL, IT ONLY GOT .1% SO DOES JOHN BANKS THINK HIS ASSOCIATION WITH KIM DOTCOM HAS HURT HIM IN THE POLLS? THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR IS ABOUT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO REBUILD THE ACT PARTY, REBUILD THE NUMBERS. LAST ELECTION HE GOT THE NUMBERS IN EPSOM AFTER A NOT-SO-SUBTLE NOD FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND; THEY WANT A JOHN KEY-LED NATIONAL-ACT COALITION GOVERNMENT, AND TO GET THAT, THEY NEED TO ELECT AN ACT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN EPSOM. EVEN A FORMER LEADER ADMITS IT'S A SMALL PARTY WITH LIMITED APPEAL. THEY THINK YOU MUST HAVE HORNS AND HATE THE POOR AND HATE MAORI AND HATE THE UNIONS. WELL, THAT'S TRUE. LAUGHTER THE PARTY IS TRYING TO GAIN TRACTION WITH A NEW HOUSING AFFORDABILITY POLICY. IT SAYS IT'S GIVING PROPERTY OWNERS THE FREEDOM TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN LAND BY CUTTING RED TAPE. WE SHOULD DEAL WITH LAND SCARCITY, PARTICULARLY HERE IN AUCKLAND. NEXT TIME THE PARTY MEETS LIKE THIS, IT WILL BE ELECTION YEAR. YOU ARE A ONE-PERSON PARTY. DOES ACT HAVE A FUTURE? > IT CERTAINLY HAS A FUTURE. IT HAS A VERY BIG FUTURE, AND WE NEED TO REBUILD IT. REBUILDING THAT SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE UPHILL BATTLE IF ACT WANTS TO BE MORE THAN A LONE MP. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. AND ONE OF THE POLICIES ACT IS PUSHING IS THE INTRODUCTION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. THEY'RE PRIVATELY RUN BUT FUNDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT. MANY PRINCIPALS ARE OPPOSED TO THEM, BUT SHARON FERGUSSON MET ONE PRINCIPAL WHO SAYS HIS SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD THRIVE IF CHARTER SCHOOLS GET THE GREEN LIGHT. THIS ART CLASS HAS A RATIO OF 12 STUDENTS TO ONE TEACHER ` AROUND HALF OF MOST STATE SCHOOLS. THEY COME IN AND SPEND FOUR HOURS AS AN ACADEMIC MORNING, AND THEN IN THEIR AFTERNOON, THEY ARE DOING ART, SUCH AS IN HERE, MUSIC, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMMUNITY LEARNING, SPORT. SOUNDS IDYLLIC, BUT PARENTS PAY FOR IT. MOUNT HOBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS PRIVATE. IT'S ALSO NON-PROFIT AND FOLLOWS THE CURRICULUM. THE PRINCIPAL HERE WOULD LIKE TO SET UP MORE SCHOOLS ALONG THESE LINES BUT OPEN THEM UP TO POORER FAMILIES BY HAVING THE GOVERNMENT PAY THE FEES INSTEAD OF THE PARENTS. IF IT'S A PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL, IT'S STILL TAXPAYERS FUNDS. AND SO WE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT, BUT THE INTENTION OF MONEY GOING INTO A STATE SCHOOL IS TO IMPROVE THE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN. IN A PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE INTRODUCTION OF CHARTER OR PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE. DEBATE IS FIERCE. THE POTENTIAL FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS, TO MAKE A PROFIT, I THINK IS DISGRACEFUL. PROFITING OFF EDUCATION IS JUST ONE OF THE ISSUES. CHARTER SCHOOLS MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO EMPLOY UNTRAINED TEACHERS, THEY MIGHT NOT BE PUBLICLY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CURRICULUM. HOW ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO REVIEW THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING NZ CURRICULUM? MANY OPPONENTS ARE CYNICAL ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTIVES, CLAIMING HANDING OVER EDUCATION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS COST-CUTTING AT ITS WORSE. I THINK IT'S A POLITICAL PURPOSE. I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN IN NZ. THEY'RE SAYING, 'BUT THIS IS WHAT MAKES A CHILD SUCCESSFUL,' WHICH THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED. WELL, THEN WHY NOT OPEN THAT UP TO ALL SCHOOLS? WHY ARE THEY SAYING ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SCHOOLS CAN HAVE THIS? JUST THESE PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS. BUT THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL WANTS STRINGENT RULES AND FULL ACCOUNTABILITY. SHOULD WE PUT IN A SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL AND RUN A NUMBER, OR ONE OR A NUMBER, OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE WILL ASK TO BE VERY VERY ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY TAX DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND. UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. IF IT GETS THROUGH THE SELECT COMMITTEE PROCESS, IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE IT'S PASSED INTO LAW, BUT DETAILS ARE STILL SKETCHY. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` WE'RE ON THE BEAT WITH POLICE IN DUNEDIN AS STUDENTS GET THE YEAR OFF TO A FIERY START. A RARE GLIMPSE INSIDE IRAN, WHERE INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS ARE CAUSING PAIN FOR ITS PEOPLE. AND WHY LISTENING TO A VOICE IN HIS HEAD HELPED DANIEL DAY-LEWIS BECOME AN OSCAR FAVOURITE. POLICE HAVE GIVEN STUDENTS A PASS MARK FOR THEIR BEHAVIOUR DURING THIS WEEK'S ORIENTATION FESTIVITIES IN DUNEDIN. 14 ARRESTS WERE MADE OVERNIGHT, THOUGH MANY OF THEM WERE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY. MAX BANIA SPENT THE NIGHT OUT WITH POLICE. CROWD WHOOPS FRIDAY NIGHT IN DUNEDIN BEGAN ON A HIGH. THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WATCHED THE SUPER 15 SEASON OPENER BETWEEN THE HIGHLANDERS AND THE CHIEFS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO WON! FROM THERE, THEY MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO FLAT PARTIES OR SLOWLY INTO TOWN. DO YOU GUYS WANNA GET ON YOUR WAY? AND WHILE THEY WERE GENERALLY WELL-BEHAVED, POLICE ARE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACTIONS OF NON-STUDENT PARTYGOERS. A LOT OF OUTSIDERS SEEM TO BE ATTRACTED TO THE FESTIVITIES, AND THEY'RE ALSO MARRING WHAT IS OTHERWISE A PRETTY GOOD WEEK. IN STUDENTVILLE, POLICE WERE KEPT BUSY WITH A VARIETY OF DISORDER JOBS. TOO MUCH ALCOHOL, THE COMMON FACTOR IN ALL. YOU KNOW YOUR LIMITS WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING? YEP. IF I'VE HAD TOO MUCH, I START VOMITING, SO I GO HOME. AS SIMPLE AS THAT I'VE GOT SOME GIRLS THAT I KNOW, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK TO THEIR FLAT WITH A BOTTLE OF WHISKY AND JUST GET ABSOLUTELY WRITTEN. POLICE WANTED TO EXTEND THE CENTRAL CITY LIQUOR BAN TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH DUNEDIN ` THAT MEANS THE NOTORIOUS CASTLE STREET. BUT RECENTLY, COUNCILLORS VOTED AGAINST THE MOVE, MEANING THESE STUDENTS ARE FREE TO DRINK IN THE STREET. WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ACTUALLY, A LIQUOR BAN WOULDN'T HAVE SOLVED THE ISSUE. ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENCES WAS DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD IN NORTH DUNEDIN. INSTEAD, AUTHORIES ARE ENCOURAGING LIQUOR OUTLETS TO OFFER DISCOUNTS ON CANNED DRINKS RATHER THAN EASY-TO-SMASH BOTTLES, AS WELL AS URGING STUDENTS TO KNOW THEIR LIMITS. LISTEN TO THEIR INNER VOICE AND JUST NOT BE A DICK ABOUT THEIR DRINKING. WITH THOUSANDS MORE EXPECTED AT TONIGHT'S RUGBY LEAGUE PRESEASON GAME BETWEEN THE WARRIORS AND BRISBANE, ANOTHER BUSY EVENING LOOKS LIKELY. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. OVERSEAS, AND TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN ISLAMIST PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN BANGLADESH. GUNS FIRE POLICE FIRED RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS. MANY ARE ANGRY THAT LEADERS OF BANGLADESH'S LARGEST ISLAMIC PARTY ARE ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. THE GOVERNMENT'S DENYING CLAIMS IT'S PLOTTING TO BAN ISLAMIC PARTIES. DISGRACED CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG IS BEING SUED BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCUSED HIM OF DEFRAUDING THE AMERICAN POSTAL SERVICE BY TAKING $35M OF SPONSORSHIP MONEY WHILE HE WAS USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS. BUT ARMSTRONG IS ARGUING THE POSTAL SERVICE BENEFITED FINANCIALLY FROM THE DEAL. LAST YEAR HE WAS STRIPPED OF HIS SEVEN TOUR DE FRANCE TITLES AND BANNED FROM THE SPORT. IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS ARE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AGAIN AHEAD OF FRESH INTERNATIONAL TALKS NEXT WEEK. UN INSPECTORS SAY THEY'VE GOT PROOF IRAN IS CLOSER THAN EVER TO BEING ABLE TO BUILD A NUCLEAR BOMB. BUT AS THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR REPORTS FROM TEHRAN, SANCTIONS AIMED AT CURBING ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS ARE HURTING THE HEALTH OF ORDINARY IRANIANS. ALLOWED RARE ACCESS TO THE STREETS HERE, TODAY WE WENT IN SEARCH OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST PHARMACIES IN CENTRAL TEHRAN, HAVING HEARD LIFE-THREATENING MEDICINE IS RUNNING OUT. DR GHOLAMI RUNS THE PHARMACY... RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SHORTAGE ALMOST OF EVERY CATEGORY OF THE MEDICINE. ...AND HE POINTS STRAIGHT TO THOSE TIGHTENING US SANCTIONS MEANT TO FORCE IRAN'S LEADERS TO CHANGE COURSE ON THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAMME NOW AFFECTING EVERYONE ` EVEN PATIENTS BUYING MEDICINE. ALL OF IT, HE SAYS, BECAUSE MONEY IN AND OUT OF IRAN IS NEARLY FROZEN. BECAUSE OF THAT MONEY FLOW, IT HAS STOPPED SOME OF THE DRUGS FROM COMING IN. YES. BECAUSE YOU ARE A MANUFACTURER OF A DRUG, YOU WANT YOUR MONEY. WHEN I CAN'T PAY YOU, HOW CAN YOU SEND THE MEDICINE FOR ME? AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE SANCTIONS? THAT'S RIGHT. CAMERAS ARE RARELY ALLOWED FREE REIN IN IRAN, BUT WE ASKED HIM TO ALLOW US INSIDE THE PHARMACY, AND HE TAKES US. IS THIS CROWD TYPICAL? THE SIZE OF THIS CROWD? IMMEDIATELY WE SEE THE LINES. WE SNAKE OUR WAY BEHIND THE COUNTER TO THE BACK, WHERE NOT ONLY ARE THEY LOW ON MANY MEDICATIONS, THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF SEVERAL CANCER DRUGS. ...COLON CANCER... THAT YOU DON'T HAVE? THAT THEY DON'T HAVE. AND WHAT DO YOU GIVE INSTEAD? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE IT. NOTHING. AND BY MIDDAY ALONE... HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT? ABOUT 40 PEOPLE TODAY. 40 PEOPLE TODAY HAVE ASKED? ...FOR THAT ONE CANCER DRUG ALONE. THIS MAN SHOWS US THE PRESCRIPTION FOR A LOVED-ONE WITH LEUKAEMIA. HE TOOK A CAB FROM TWO HOURS AWAY. WHEN WE DID THE MATH, WITH SKY-ROCKETING INFLATION HERE, THAT RIDE COST HIM MORE THAN $500. AND YOU HAVE GONE TO HOW MANY PHARMACIES? (MAN SPEAKS IN LOCAL LANGUAGE)> (RESPONDS IN LOCAL LANGUAGE) OVER 20. OVER 20. AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, HE FINALLY MAKES HIS WAY TO THE WINDOW WHERE HE IS TOLD THERE IS NONE LEFT. 'WHAT CAN I DO,' HE ASKS. AND AS THE SUN SETS IN TEHRAN TONIGHT, THE SANCTIONS MEANT TO FORCE THE SUPREME LEADER, WHOSE REVERED IMAGE HOVERS OVER THE CITY, INTO BACKING DOWN ANY NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, ARE NOW FORCING THE PEOPLE HERE TO PAY THE PRICE TOO. SPECTACULAR FOOTAGE OF HUNDREDS OF ICE CHUNKS SPLITTING OFF THE TASMAN GLACIER HAS JUST COME IN. TOURISTS HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED BY THE HUGE FLOATING ICEBERGS, WHICH REACH 50M INTO THE AIR BUT ARE TWICE THE SIZE UNDER THE WATER. TOUR OPERATORS SAY THE LAST TIME SUCH A LARGE VOLUME OF ICE BROKE OFF WAS A YEAR AGO. WEATHER TIME NOW. LOTS OF FINE WEATHER FOR GLACIER VIEWING TODAY, KAREN. IT WAS FINE JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. THIS SHOT HERE IS OF OPITO BAY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. A GORGEOUS SPOT LOOKING OUT ON THE MERCURY ISLANDS. I RECKON THE PLACE TO BE TODAY. WE DID GET A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE TODAY FOR NORTH-EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME CONVECTIVE CLOUDS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHLAND RANGES. MAY GET SOME SHOWERS OUT OF THOSE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` STEAMING SEAS TEEMING WITH LIFE. THE NEWLY-DISCOVERED CREATURES MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME ON UNDERWATER VOLCANOES. AND TAKING A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE ` THE RARE BIRDS MAKING AN APPEARANCE ON OUR MOST POPULAR TRACKS. 1 NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN SPECIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, SURVIVING IN THE MOST HOSTILE CONDITIONS. BRITISH SCIENTISTS WORKING NEAR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS ARE USING UNMANNED ROBOTS TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE HOTTEST VOLCANIC VENTS ON THE PLANET. THE BBC'S DAVID SHUKMAN JOINED THEM. IN THE WATERS OF THE CARIBBEAN, A SHIP NAMED AFTER THE GREAT EXPLORER JAMES COOK IS ABOUT TO INVESTIGATE A WORLD HE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED. UNDERSTOOD. OK. LATERALLING LEFT. FINAL CHECKS BEFORE THE LAUNCH OF A MACHINE CALLED ISIS. THIS UNMANNED SUBMARINE IS BEING DEPLOYED TO SOME OF THE STRANGEST FEATURES IN THE DEEP OCEAN. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT OF LAUNCH FOR THIS ROBOTIC SUBMARINE, AS IT BEGINS A JOURNEY THAT'LL TAKE IT STRAIGHT DOWN FOR THREE MILES TO THE OCEAN FLOOR ` A MISSION OF GENUINE DISCOVERY. IT'S GOING SO DEEP IT'LL TAKE THREE HOURS TO REACH THE SEABED. IT'S OBJECTIVE: THIS EERIE LANDSCAPE. THE NARROW CHIMNEYS ARE WHAT ARE CALLED HYDROTHERMAL VENTS. THE JETS OF BLACK WATER BELCHING OUT OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY HOT. AND THESE VENTS, THE DEEPEST FOUND SO FAR, WERE JUST DISCOVERED BY THIS EXPEDITION. LIVE VIDEO WAS RELAYED BACK TO A CONTROL CENTRE ON BOARD. THE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ARE DELIGHTED. YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT HUMBLED. YOU'RE AWED BY IT. AND YOU CAN JUST REVEL IN THE BEAUTY OF IT. I THINK, FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT'S NOT ABOUT SCIENCE; IT'S ABOUT THE WONDER. IT'S ONLY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS THAT ANYONE KNEW VENTS EVEN EXISTED. THEY ACT LIKE MINIATURE VOLCANOES, BLASTING OUT WATER REACHING 400 DEGREES CELSIUS. IN CROSS SECTION, YOU CAN SEE HOW COLD SEE WATER, PUSHED UNDER PRESSURE INTO THE OCEAN FLOOR, IS HEATED UP AND THEN FORCED OUT. AN APPARENTLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT THAT'S HOME TO UNUSUAL CREATURES. THE BIZARRE SIGHT OF THOUSANDS OF WHITE SHRIMP JOSTLING IN A RESTLESS MASS ON ONE OF THE VENTS. THEY'RE THOUGHT TO BE BLIND AND SOMEHOW SURVIVE BY EATING BACTERIA. BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THRIVING. A SAMPLE OF THEM WAS COLLECTED AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE SURFACE. THESE ANEMONES, SPOTTED TWO DAYS AGO, MAY BE A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN SPECIES. BEING ABLE TO STUDY THE SEABED BY REMOTE CONTROL HAS OPENED UP PARTS OF THE WORLD INACCESSIBLE UNTIL NOW. SOME OF NZ'S MOST ENDANGERED BIRDS MAY SOON BE WANDERING OUR FAVOURITE WALKING TRACKS. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND AIR NEW ZEALAND HAVE JOINED FORCES TO REINTRODUCE BIRDS LIKE KIWIS, SADDLEBACKS, ROBINS AND EVEN TAKAHE ON TO THE GREAT WALKS. MEGAN MARTIN WENT KIWI SPOTTING. TAKE SOME CLEVER TELEMETRY... STATIC HUMS YOU HEAR THAT? ...AND THE SUPERB NOSE OF A WELL-TRAINED TRACKING DOG... YEAH, AWAY YOU GO. ...AND YOU HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL KIWI HUNT. THAT'S QUITE A NICE CALM BIRD. THIS KIWI WAS BORN ON A TINY SOUTHERN ISLAND BUT IS BEING FITTED WITH A TRANSMITTER... AND THAT JUST LASTS A MONTH. ...AND WILL SOON BE RELEASED ON TO STEWART ISLAND'S RAKIURA WALKING TRACK. THE DOC-RUN PROJECT HOPES TO MAKE OUR NATIVE BIRDS MORE ACCESSIBLE. THIS KIWIS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EVENTUALLY REINTRODUCE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENDANGERED BIRDS ON TO ALL NINE OF OUR GREAT WALKS. AFTER MONTHS OF INTENSIVE PEST CONTROL, STEWART ISLAND ROBINS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON TO RAKIURA TRACK, AND PATEKE, OR BROWN TEAL, WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE MILFORD TRACK, WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN FOR YEARS. THIS'LL BE ABOUT 300 BIRDS WE'VE RELEASED. THERE'S EVEN TALK OF INTRODUCING TAKAHE ON TO THE MILFORD. TAKAHE WERE ONCE RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ALPINE AREAS OF FIORDLAND. IF THERE'S PREDATOR CONTROL, THEN TAKAHE IN THOSE ALPINE GRASSLANDS WITH TRAMPERS WALKING PAST IS QUITE REALISTIC. AIR NZ IS FUNDING THE PROJECT, AND EMPLOYEES ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME. AIR NZ HAS AN AMBITION TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AIRLINE. AND MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO CONSERVATION NZ IS A KEY PART OF THAT. OVER ON STEWART ISLAND, AFTER SOME CAREFUL INSPECTION,... YOU CAN ACTUALLY REALLY SEE THEM QUITE CLOSE. IT'S PRETTY COOL. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. ...OUR KIWI FINALLY MAKES IT INTO HIS NEW HOME. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. THE BEST OF BRITISH WAS ON SHOW AT HAGLEY PARK IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY AS HUNDREDS OF CAR ENTHUSIASTS MOTORED INTO TOWN ON THE FINAL LEG OF THE GREAT BRITISH CAR RALLY. 200 CLASSIC BRITISH-MANUFACTURED CARS FROM THE 1950S RIGHT UP TO THE LATEST MODELS WERE PROUDLY ON DISPLAY, DRIVING HOME A SPECIAL CONNECTION. IT'S WITH SOME PRIDE WE'VE ALL COME HERE TO SHOW OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY, TO BE PART OF YOUR JOURNEY GOING FORWARD, BUT ALSO TO SHOW THAT BRITAIN IS A FRIEND AND ALLY, AND WE'RE BRINGING THE BEST OF BRITISH HERE TO BE PART OF YOUR FUTURE. THE RALLY BEGAN IN AUCKLAND LAST WEEK, STOPPING OFF IN SEVERAL TOWNS AND CITIES ON ITS WAY SOUTH. HISTORY COULD BE MADE AT THE OSCARS, THIS MONDAY, NZ TIME, IF DANIEL DAY-LEWIS IS NAMED BEST ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN LINCOLN. HE'LL BECOME THE FIRST MAN IN OSCAR HISTORY TO WIN THE AWARD THREE TIMES. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ REPORTS. DRAMATIC MUSIC I LOVE YOU, EILEEN. THE MANY FACES OF DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: THE MANY FACES OF DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY ALL THIS. AS JOHNNY IN 'MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE',... WHY DID YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME? AS CHRISTY BROWN IN 'MY LEFT FOOT', AS BILL THE BUTCHER IN GANGS OF NEW YORK AND NOW AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I CAN'T END THIS WAR UNTIL WE CURE OURSELVES OF SLAVERY. THIS AMENDMENT IS THAT CURE! ON SUNDAY NIGHT, IF THE BOOKIES ARE RIGHT, THE ENGLISH-BORN, IRISH-DOMICILED ACTOR WILL MAKE HISTORY WITH THIS PERFORMANCE AS THE ONLY PERSON TO WIN THREE OSCARS IN THE BEST ACTOR CATEGORY. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T GO TO WORK; HE GOES TO PLAY. BUT HE DOESN'T MUCK ABOUT. HE'S FAMOUS FOR TAKING ACTING TERRIBLY SERIOUSLY. I LIKE OUR CHANCES NOW. IF I'M LUCKY, AND IT TENDS TO HAPPEN THIS WAY, I BEGIN TO HEAR A VOICE, UM, IN MY INNER EAR, WHICH I LIVE WITH FOR A WHILE, AND IF I` AND IF I'M STILL PLEASED WITH IT AFTER I'VE LIVED WITH IT FOR A BIT, THEN I TRY AND REPRODUCE IT. I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD! HE IS KNOWN FOR ADOPTING THE TRAITS AND HABITS OF THE CHARACTER HE'S PLAYING BOTH ON AND OFF SET ` THE REPUTATION HE JOKED ABOUT AT THE BAFTAS EARLIER THIS MONTH. JUST ON THE CHANCE THAT I MIGHT ONE DAY HAVE TO SPEAK ON AN EVENING SUCH AS THIS, I` I'VE ACTUALLY STAYED IN CHARACTER AS MYSELF FOR THE LAST 55 YEARS. AUDIENCE LAUGHS HE'LL ALSO BE THE FIRST LEADING MAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR PLAYING AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` PARALYMPIC CHAMPION OSCAR PISTORIUS IS A FREE MAN AFTER BEING RELEASED ON BAIL. BUT THE MAGISTRATE EXPRESSED DOUBTS OVER SOME ASPECTS OF HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT THE NIGHT HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP, WAS KILLED. PISTORIUS WAS TOLD TO HAND IN HIS PASSPORT AND GUNS AND STAY AWAY FROM HIS HOME. IN THE GOVERNMENT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT AUCKLAND'S HOBSONVILLE POINT SOLD WITHIN HOURS OF GOING ON THE MARKET TODAY. UP TO 3000 WILL BE BUILT, BUT THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS THEY ARE STILL TOO EXPENSIVE FOR LOW-INCOME EARNERS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT AND AN EXCITING START TO THE NEW RUGBY SEASON. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A CHIEFS FAN THE CHAMPIONS CERTAINLY LIGHT UP THE COMPETITION. AND WHAT A WAY TO OPEN, AS A NEW MIDFIELDER, STRUCK BY ILLNESS, LEADS THE WAY. A COUPLE OF KIWIS STORM THE WORLD RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL. PLUS, WE GO LIVE TO EDEN PARK FOR THE DECIDING ONE-DAYER. WHY IS ROSS TAYLOR EMBROILED IN MORE CONTROVERSY? AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT LATE, TIGHT FINISHES FOR NATHAN COHEN? FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE DECIDING ONE-DAY CRICKET MATCH ON AT EDEN PARK BETWEEN THE BLACKCAPS AND ENGLAND. THE ENGLISH, WITH MOMENTUM, WON THE TOSS AND PUT THE NZERS INTO BAT, AND IT WAS A HARD GRIND FROM THERE. LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO EDEN PARK AND JOE PORTER. IT WAS THE ENGLISH BATSMEN THAT HAVE PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL DURING THIS SERIES. BJ WATLING COULD HAVE BEEN OUT THE FIRST THREE BALLS OF STEVEN FINN'S FIRST OVER. ON THE FOURTH, HE WAS. NOT THIS TIME. OUT. THE ENGLAND SEAMERS WERE ALL OVER NEW ZEALAND. NICKED AND GONE. THE BLACK CAPS BATTLING AT 11/2. WHOOPS, MAKE IT THREE. THAT'S AN EDGE AS WELL. AND NOW THE PICTURE IS GONNA LOOK SORRIER FOR NZ. THE RESCUE JOB FELL TO NAPIER CENTURY-MAKER ROSS TAYLOR, WHO PROCEEDED TO RUN GRANT ELLIOTT OUT. HE'S GONNA GO. HE'S` OH NO. THAT'S BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD. CONTROVERSY JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM THE FORMER CAPTAIN. IS IT WORTHWHILE ASKING ABOUT? 'I DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING,' HE'S SAYING TO MCCULLUM. THE CAUGHT-BEHIND DECISION WAS UPHELD BY THE REVIEW SYSTEM, WITH TAYLOR'S FURY FOR ALL TO SEE. DEFINITELY SAY` YOU CAN SEE HIM SAY 'HOT SPOT'. EVEN THE USUALLY SWASHBUCKLING BRENDON MCCULLUM WAS STIFLED BY THE ENGLAND BOWLERS. THIS SIX WAS THE FIRST IN THE BLACK CAPS PALTRY INNINGS. THERE HE GOES! AND HE'S HIT IT INTO THE STAND. WOW, OUT OF THE BLUE. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? BUT MCCULLUM'S PARTNERS WERE FALLING AROUND HIM,... EDGED. COOK. GOOD CATCH ...AS THE CAPTAIN FINALLY GOT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. YES I CAN! OH, THERE IT IS. HOW GOOD'S THAT? THE BLACKCAPS SAVED SOME FACE, BUT ANYTHING LESS THAN 280 ON EDEN PARK'S SHORT BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE VERY GETTABLE INDEED. ENGLAND HAVE JUST STARTED THEIR RUN CHASE. THEY'RE 48/1. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE HAD A LATE CHANGE TO THEIR FIELDING UNIT. BJ WATLING HAS REPLACED THE CAPTAIN ON THE FIELD. THE TOTAL OF THE BLACKCAPS SET IS 100 SHORT OF WHAT THEY WANTED. NOT THE DESIRED TOTAL. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN CRICKET. WHAT DO THE BLACKCAPS NEED TO DO NOW TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE ENGLISH? THESE GUYS LIKE TO HIT SQUARE. BOWL A LOT SHORTER AND MAKE THEM HIT TO THOSE BOUNDARIES. HOW IS YOUR SIDE-STRAIN COMING ALONG? PAIN-FREE AT THE MOMENT. GETTING INTO REHAB AT THE MOMENT. ANY CHANCE OF SEEING YOU IN THIS TEST SERIES? GETTING BACK INTO SOME TRAINING. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES FROM THERE. HOPEFULLY THE BOYS WILL SHOW SOME FIGHT. THANKS, JOE. JOE PORTER WITH US LIVE FROM EDEN PARK. TO THE SCOREBOARD ` GRISLY READING FOR THE BLACKCAPS, CAPTAIN BRENDON MCCULLUM THE ONLY STANDOUT WITH THE BAT. A STRONG ALL-ROUND BOWLING PERFORMANCE FROM THE ENGLISH, THEIR IN-FORM BATSMEN CHASING DOWN JUST 186 FOR THE VICTORY AND A SERIES WIN. TO SUPER 15 RUGBY AND THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON FOR THE NZ CONFERENCE. IF YOU BLINKED, YOU MISSED AN EYE-CATCHING FIRST MATCH. WRACKED BY INJURY AND DEPARTURES, THE CHAMPION CHIEFS HAVE LIFTED TO SCORE A FRANTIC 41-27 WIN OVER THE HIGHLANDERS IN DUNEDIN. WHO NEEDS SBW WHEN YOU'VE GOT TNW? AND LOOK AT THE WAY AARON SMITH AFFECTING HIS OFFSIDER. HERE'S A CHANCE FOR TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS OH, HE'S GASSED HIM! TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS! WHAT A REPLY FROM THE CHIEFS. WHISTLE BLOWS THE NEW CENTRE PLAYING JUST HIS SECOND GAME IN MIDFIELD, TORE THROUGH THE HIGHLANDERS AFTER A BUG RIPPED THROUGH HIM PREMATCH. YEAH, I'VE BEEN SICK SINCE 5 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, BEEN UP AND DOWN IN THE BATHROOM AND SPEWING UP AND WHATNOT. HE MADE THE HIGHLANDERS ALSO FEEL GREEN, SCORING THE 70M MATCH WINNER AS WELL, AS THE CHIEFS AND THE SICK MIDFIELDER TOOK ADVANTAGE ON TURNOVERS. EARLY ON, BOTH DEFENCES WERE UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE, THE ATTACK WAS SCINTILLATING. OH, WHAT A PICK UP! BEAUTIFUL PICK UP! AND SMITH IS OVER, IS HE? ROCKED AND DOWN EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, THE NEW LOOK CHIEFS MADE A PERFECT RESTART. WIDE PASS TO CRUDEN... QUICKLY ON. OH, NICELY DONE BY ANSCOMBE. GOOD HANDS FROM UNWANTED BLUES FIRST FIVE GARETH ANSCOMBE AT FULL BACK FOR THE CHIEFS, IMPRESSING WITH HIS BOOT AS WELL, KICKING 21 POINTS. BUT THE HIGHLANDERS KEPT ROARING BACK . POKI FEND ON NANAI-WILLIAMS. KADE POKI... BRILLIANT! A SICK NANAI-WILLIAMS WILL FEEL MORE OFF COLOUR WATCHING THE REPLAY. THE HIGHLANDERS LEADING, BUT THE PACE STARTED TO BITE AROUND THE FRINGES. NOW TIKOIROTUMA! AHEAD AND POUNCING ON ANOTHER HIGHLANDERS ERROR, THE CHIEFS HOME 41-27, A BONUS POINT WIN. AND IF MATCHES ARE PLAYED AT THIS CLIP FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON, BUCKLE UP. WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD SPIRIT, AND, YEAH, WE SAW THAT TONIGHT. WE GOT UNDER PRESSURE A FEW TIMES, AND THE BOYS HUNG IN THERE. WE SCRAMBLED BLOODY WELL, AND WE TURNED SOME OF THAT INTO POINTS. IT'S DAUNTING TO THINK WHAT A WELL AND FULL-STRENGTH CHIEFS TEAM ARE GOING TO DO TO OPPONENTS THIS SEASON. AN UPSET OF SORTS IN PRETORIA, THE BULLS SCORING A CONTENTIOUS TRY TO SEAL THE WIN. A TYPICAL BULLS PERFORMANCE, CHOKING THE STORMERS, 25-17. IN MELBOURNE THE REBELS HAVE BEEN ROLLED 30-13 BY THE RESURGENT BRUMBIES, NOW TWO WINS FROM TWO AND TOP OF THE TABLE. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST NATHAN COHEN HAS PRODUCED A STORMING FINISH TO WIN THE MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS AT THE NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPS. COHEN BECAME A FAST-FINISHING EXPERT AFTER HIS HEROICS WITH JOSEPH SULLIVAN IN LONDON LAST YEAR. AS ABBY SCOTT REPORTS, HE'S DONE IT AGAIN, THIS TIME IN TWIZEL. COHEN'S COMING. COHEN'S COMING ON THE OUTSIDE. NATHAN COHEN SEEMS TO LIKE LEAVING THINGS TILL THE LAST MINUTE. COHEN GOES IN FRONT. COHEN'S IN FRONT. HORN BLARES BUT WHEN YOUR FINISH IS THIS GOOD, WHO CAN BLAME HIM. IF I MATCHED THEIR RACE, I WOULDN'T HAVE THE FITNESS OR THE LEGS TO, SORT OF, KEEP UP, SO, YEAH, HAD TO USE MY ADVANTAGES. THAT ADVANTAGE PIPPING AUCKLANDER MICHAEL ARMS ON THE LINE. HE'D LED FROM THE 500M MARK. IT'S LIKE A GAME OF CHESS, THE SINGLES RACE COMPARED TO THE BIGGER BOATS, SO TACTICAL, AND YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN TO MOVE AND WHERE THE OTHER GUYS ARE GOING TO MOVE AND PLAN YOUR RACE ON THAT. THE OLYMPIC AND DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMP MAHE DRYSDALE HAVING HIS FIRST BREAK FROM THE RACE IN 12 YEARS. I CAN'T REMEMBER A SINGLES FINAL THAT'S COME DOWN TO THREE GUYS BATTLING IT OUT THAT CLOSE TO THE LINE. THE LAST SORT OF 10 TO 12 YEARS IN THE SINGLE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY TOUGH. WE'VE HAD ROB WADELL THEN MAHE DRYSDALE, SO YOU DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO WIN THE NZ SINGLE SCULLS TITLE VERY OFTEN. THE WOMEN'S RACE WAS A MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AFFAIR. OLYMPIAN EMMA TWIGG LEADING FROM START TO FINISH, CLAIMING HER FIFTH STRAIGHT TITLE. I'VE ONLY ACTUALLY BEEN BACK IN THE SINGLE FOR TWO WEEKS. I'VE BEEN SPENDING A BIT OF TIME WITH REBECCA IN THE PAIR, SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT BOAT TO KIND OF HOP IN AND TRY AND GET GOING FAST AGAIN. THE NZ SQUAD WAS ONLY RELEASED FROM KARAPIRO TWO WEEKS AGO. DESPITE THE LACK OF TRAINING WITH REGIONAL TEAMS, ALL BAR FIVE OF OUR OLYMPIANS HAVE TAKEN TO THE WATER HERE IN TWIZEL. MOST OTHER COUNTRIES' ELITE ROWERS DON'T ACTUALLY RACE AT THEIR OWN NATIONALS. IN NZ, WE DO. AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT ANYONE FROM ANY CLUB CAN COME OUT ENTER AND RACE AGAINST US. THE ELITE ROWERS WILL BE BACK RACING AGAINST EACH OTHER AT TRIALS NEXT WEEK. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. TWO BRUISING KIWI FORWARDS HAVE HELPED THE MELBOURNE STORM RECLAIM RUGBY LEAGUE'S WORLD CLUB CHALLENGE TITLE FROM LEEDS AT HEADINGLEY IN ENGLAND. TWO-TEST PROP JESSE BROMWICH SHREDDED THE RHINOS' DEFENCE, BRUSHING OFF FIVE PLAYERS. BUT WE ALL KNOW, AND CERTAINLY THE LEEDS PLAYERS KNOW, SOMEONE SHOULD'VE GONE DOWN LOW. HAWKE'S BAY PRODUCT TOHU HARRIS (21) MADE A DREAM DEBUT. THE SECOND-ROWER FINISHED OFF THE TRY HE STARTED, AS THE STORM WON 18-14 TO GET BACK THE SILVERWARE THEY FORFEITED THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE SALARY CAP RORT. LYDIA KO HAS MADE A SOLID START TO HER THIRD ROUND AT THE THAI WOMEN'S GOLF OPEN ` EVEN PAR THROUGH HER FIRST FOUR HOLES BUT STILL EIGHT STROKES OFF THE LEAD. TO THE MEN'S WGC MATCH PLAY, WHERE WORLD NUMBER THREE LUKE DONALD HAS HAD A SHOCKER ON THE SECOND DAY IN ARIZONA. SCOTT PIERCEY WAS BORN IN LAS VEGAS AND CLEARLY ENJOYED PLAYING IN THE DESERT TODAY, BELYING HIS RANKING OF 37. TOUGH TO GET TO. OH, HOW ABOUT LAND IT WELL SHORT? THAT'S GONNA GET AWFULLY CLOSE. MY, OH, MY. MAYBE NOT QUITE PLANNED IT THAT WAY. SEVEN IRON. THIS IS T-SHOT AT 12 ON ITS WAY. 214 DOWN THE HILL. FRONT-LEFT HOLE LOCATION. AND THE BEST TODAY THAT I HAVE SEEN. IT WAS SO ONE-SIDED, THE AMERICAN WON SEVEN AND SIX. FINALLY IN SPORT ` A CHEERLEADER PUTTING BASKETBALLERS TO SHAME. CHEERING THAT WAS ASHLEE ARNAU FROM MISSISSIPPI IN THE STATES, PERFORMING AT HALF-TIME AT WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY. APPARENTLY THE 21-YEAR-OLD SPENT MONTHS TRYING AND FAILING TO MAKE THE SHOT BEFORE PULLING IT OFF IN THE LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON. AND MARINA ERAKOVIC IS THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF US INDOOR TENNIS CHAMPS IN MEMPHIS FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. IF SHE WINS, IT WILL BE HER FIRST WTA SINGLES TITLE. AFTER THE BREAK KAREN HAS JUST A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS IN YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST. Meet Shelby and Greg. Hello. Hello. Hello. Whoa! They're both looking for better car-tons to get round in. Greg... is an egg. TYRES SQUEAL If only he'd been like Shelby and thought more about safety. CRASH! CRASH! Sorry! If you want to buy a new car, check safety first at our cracking new website. NOT MUCH FOR THE RAIN GAUGES TODAY. JUST A FEW MILLIMETRES. MAINLY SUNNY SKIES AND NOT MUCH WIND. THIS IS THE RAKAIA RIVER CAPTURED BY STEPHEN RUSHTON. THE LARGE HIGH SITTING OVER US RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINE, SETTLED WEATHER IS NOT IN A BIG HURRY TO GO ANYWHERE. FEW AREAS OF LOWER CLOUD CATCHING COASTAL AREAS, BUT MAINLY SUNNY SKIES FOR BOTH ISLANDS. THIS LOW BRINGING WET WEATHER TO THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. WE COULD DO WITH SOME OF THAT. THE HIGH REMAINS FIRMLY ANCHORED OVER THE COUNTRY TOMORROW, KEEPING ALL OTHER FRONTS AND LOWS AWAY FROM US. SO ANOTHER DAY MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY, AND THE DAY BEFORE THAT AND BEFORE THAT. YET ANOTHER FINE DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG FIRST THING . WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, AND IT'LL GET VERY WARM IN INLAND AREAS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH-EASTERLY WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. THAT'LL SHEPHERD SOME CLOUD ASHORE IN THE EAST. SOME EARLY DRIZZLE PATCHES FOR THE NORTH-EASTERN CORNER AND MAYBE A LIGHT MORNING SHOWER OR TWO BRUSHING THE EAST COAST OF NORTHLAND. FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. FINE IN THE SOUTH. AGAIN, JUST SOME MORNING AND EVENING CLOUD ABOUT THE COAST. WARM INLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINE DAY IN TARANAKI, PERFECT FOR THE VINTAGE HAY DAY IN NORMANBY. VINTAGE FARM MACHINERY SHOWING THE WAY IT WAS DONE IN DAYS GONE BY. IT'S ON AGAIN TOMORROW IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND FINN SCOTT-KELLY CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.