GOOD EVENING. WE'RE STUCK IN THE HIGH PRESSURE COOKER. SUNSHINE, LIGHT WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES FOR MOST PLACES TODAY. JUST ONE OR TWO LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE NORTH THIS MORNING AND SOME FOG PATCHES OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. RAIN CLOUDS ARE GATHERING ACROSS THE TASMAN. LATER IN THE NEWS, I'LL TELL YOU IF OUR HIGH WILL LET THEM HEAD OUR WAY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A DRAMATIC RESCUE ATTEMPT ENDS IN FAILURE ` TWO MORE YOUNG MEN DROWN AT A NOTORIOUS AUCKLAND BEACH. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST VICTIM OF THE CARTERTON BALLOON TRAGEDY. NOW HER PARENTS ARE DEMANDING TIGHTER REGULATIONS FOR PILOTS. TRIBUTES FLOW FOR ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S GREATEST ARTISTS ` WE LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF RALPH HOTERE. AND A MASSIVE HIGH-SPEED COLLISION OVERSHADOWS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAR RACES IN THE WORLD. A DRAMATIC TWILIGHT RESCUE ATTEMPT AT PIHA BEACH WEST OF AUCKLAND HAS FAILED TO SAVE TWO YOUNG MEN. THEY WERE CAUGHT IN A DANGEROUS RIP AFTER GOING INTO THE WATER FULLY CLOTHED. OFF-DUTY LIFE SAVERS WERE JUST 300M AWAY WHEN THE ALARM WAS RAISED. BUT AS THEY TOLD LISA GLASS, THERE WAS LITTLE THEY COULD DO. IT WAS ALMOST DARK WHEN THE ALARM WENT UP ` THREE MEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. LIFE GUARDS WERE OFF-DUTY, BUT NEARBY. SUPPORT, IRB ONE. WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO'D MADE IT BACK TO THE BEACH, ALREADY ON THE BEACH, AND HE WAS QUITE HYSTERICAL, YELLING FOR HIS MATES THAT WERE STILL OUT THERE. SPARKING A RACE TO FIND THE MISSING FRIENDS. ITS PRETTY DRAMATIC, COS EVERYONE'S OBVIOUSLY DESPERATE TO FIND THEM. WE'RE QUITE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE TIME SCALE WE'VE GOT, BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES ONCE THE DROWNING PROCESS STARTS, TO FIND THEM AND GET THEM BACK. 15 LIFE GUARDS SEARCHED THE LAND AND WATER. VEHICLES SCANNED THE BEACH. THEY HAD LOOKOUTS ON THE ROCK AND TWO CHOPPERS IN THE AIR, BUT HOPE QUICKLY FADED. THE TRIO HAD GONE OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR, LONG-STANDING RIP. LIFE GUARDS SAY THAT EVEN IF THEY HAD BEEN ON DUTY AT THE TIME, THE CHANCES OF SAVING THE MEN WERE SLIM. THE AREA THEY'VE GONE SWIMMING IS A REALLY BIG NO-GO ZONE FOR US. WE REALLY ACTIVELY TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM THAT AREA. RESCUERS SAY THE SOLE SURVIVOR BEAT THE ODDS TO MAKE IT OUT. THE FRIENDS WERE ALL WEARING JEANS WHEN THEY WENT INTO THE SURF. LOW TIDE NORTH SIDE OF LION ROCK IS NOTORIOUSLY DANGEROUS. THAT MADE TODAY'S SEARCH A RECOVERY MISSION. AS IT WAS, THE SEA GAVE THE MEN BACK AT ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT IT HAD TAKEN THEM. THIS MORNING WE MET UP TO DO A SEARCH. SOME GUYS FROM HERE JUST WENT DOWN ON A QUAD BIKE, TO CHECK THE BEACH FIRST OF ALL, AND THEY FOUND THEM. THE SURVIVOR'S CONDITION IS DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS. HE'S EXPECTED TO MAKE IT, BUT ALREADY EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE DIED AROUND OUR SHORES THIS YEAR. POLICE ARE NOW TRYING TO FIND NEXT OF KIN TO DELIVER THAT GRIM MESSAGE AGAIN. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS THE PARENTS OF THE YOUNGEST VICTIM KILLED IN THE CARTERTON BALLOON TRAGEDY ARE DEMANDING TIGHTER REGULATIONS FOR HOT AIR BALLOON PILOTS. VIVIENNE AND ALAN STILL SAY THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED BY THE LATEST REPORT ON THE CRASH, WHICH LEFT 11 PEOPLE DEAD. THEY SPOKE TO REPORTER DANIEL FAITAUA. ALEXIS STILL WAS THE YOUNGEST VICTIM KILLED IN THE CARTERTON HOT AIR BALLLOON CRASH. HER MOTHER, VIVIENNE, IS HAUNTED BY HER LAST WORDS TO HER DAUGHTER (19). THE NIGHT BEFORE I SAID TO ALEXIS 'IS HE SAFE?', AND SHE SAID, 'YES, VERY SAFE, HE'S THE SAFEST PILOT IN NZ.' BUT A DAMNING REPORT FOUND PILOT LANCE HOPPING COMPROMISED SAFETY WHEN HE BREACHED HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS. ALL COMMERCIAL PILOTS OPERATING HOT AIR BALLOONS MUST RENEW THEIR MEDICAL CERTIFICATES EVERY SIX MONTHS. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY REPORT FOUND THAT WHEN LANCE HOPPING TOOK TO THE AIR THAT FATEFUL DAY HIS HAD EXPIRED SIX WEEKS EARLIER. THIS WAS ALL THAT REMAINED WHEN THE BALLOON CLIPPED POWER LINES. LANCE HOPPING AND HIS 10 PASSENGERS WERE KILLED. WE WOULD LIKE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT SOMEONE LIKE THIS FROM OPERATING, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE COMPULSORY DRUG TESTING DURING A MEDICAL. THAT WAS DISCOVERED BY AN INTERIM INVESTIGATION LAST YEAR WHICH FOUND TRACES OF CANNABIS IN HOPPING'S BLOOD SYSTEM. IN CARTERTON, COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY THE NUMBER OF REPORTS BEING RELEASED IS CAUSING HEARTACHE AND ANGER FOR THE PILOT'S FAMILY. I THINK THING THAT'S STARTING TO WEAR THIN NOW IS THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE DRIP-FEEDING REPORTS INTO THE MEDIA, AND THAT'S CAUSING DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. DESPITE KNOWING THEIR DAUGHTER WILL NEVER COME BACK, THE STILL FAMILY EXPRESSED THEIR COMPASSION. EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, AND THAT'S REGARDING LANCE TOO. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS YET, AND THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKE. THOSE FINAL REPORTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN MAY. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. RENOWNED MAORI ARTIST RALPH HOTERE HAS PASSED AWAY IN DUNEDIN TODAY. HOTERE WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF NZ'S MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS. MATT McLEAN LOOKS BACK AT HIS LIFE AND HIS WORK. WHEN RALPH HOTERE WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF NZ IN 2011, HE WAS RECOGNISED FOR HIS PHENOMENAL CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY ART. THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE OVER DECADES, THE COMMITMENT HE HAS GIVEN TO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY JUST STANDS OUT. HE BUILT BRIDGES ACROSS THE TWO STRONG RIVERS BORN IN NORTHLAND IN 1931, HOTERE WAS ONE OF 15 CHILDREN. HE WAS A LOVING AND GENEROUS MAN TO ALL THE FAMILY. HELPED EVERYONE OUT. BY THE EARLY '60S HE WAS TRAVELLING THE WORLD, MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF. HE RECEIVED A FELLOWSHIP TO STUDY AT LONDON'S CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART. BUT ON HIS RETURN, IT WAS DUNEDIN THAT HOTERE DECIDED TO CALL HOME ` A PLACE THAT REALLY SHAPED A LOT OF HIS WORK. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PLACE THAT ACTUALLY SUSTAINS PEOPLE, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE ARTISTS WHO MADE THAT THEIR BASE. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK WITH BLACK PAINT. THIS PIECE SOLD FOR $275,000 IN 2003,... 275... A NEW RECORD. THANK YOU. ...THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR A PAINTING BY A LIVING KIWI ARTIST. BUT IT WAS PERHAPS HIS POLITICAL ART THAT ATTRACTED THE MOST ATTENTION, USING PAINT TO PROTEST AGAINST THE 1980S SPRINGBOK TOUR AND THE SINKING OF THE RAINBOW WARRIOR. HE DRAWED A LOT ABOUT HOME. HE WAS A SPIRITUAL SORT OF PERSON, AND HE HAD A LOT OF SPIRITUAL MEANING AND WHAKAPAPA IN HIS PAINTINGS. BUT HE WAS A FIERCELY PRIVATE MAN, ESPECIALLY AFTER SUFFERING A DEBILITATING STROKE BACK IN 2002. WE WERE GIVEN A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO FILM HIM TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS ORDER OF NZ. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SHOT. A GOOD SHOT OVER THERE? RALPH HOTERE DIED PEACEFULLY IN DUNEDIN HOSPITAL, SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. HE'S GONE, BUT HIS WORK'S HERE. AND FOR THAT WE CAN BE GRATEFUL. AND RALPH HOTERE'S WORK WILL LIVE ON AS A PERMANENT REMINDER OF ONE OF NZ'S GREATEST ARTISTS. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. THERE'LL BE DELAYS TO WATER DELIVERIES AROUND THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGION OF MATAKANA OVER THE NEXT DAYS DUE TO A HUGE FIRE. FIRE CREWS ARE TACKLING THE BLAZE FROM THE GROUND AND THE AIR, AS NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. A RELENTLESS AERIAL ASSAULT CONTINUED INTO A SECOND DAY FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED TO GET THE UPPER HAND OVER FLAMES THAT TOOK HOLD IN THIS VALLEY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE THEIR BOSS REMINDED AUCKLANDERS THEIR REGION IS TINDER-DRY. WE'VE PUT THE FIRE BAN ACROSS THE REGION. WE'VE REINFORCED THAT MANY A TIME. I CAN ONLY ASK PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL. BY LATE MORNING, DIGGERS HAD BEGUN CARVING OUT FIREBREAKS IN THE STEEP TERRAIN, BENEATH A CONTINUOUS BOMBARDMENT OF CHEMICAL RETARDANT AND WATER, TRUCKED UP TO A MAKESHIFT HILLTOP DAM. THE WATER'S GOING OUT ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS IT ARRIVES. THE CHOPPERS ARE FILLING UP THEIR MONSOON BUCKETS EVERY FEW MINUTES, TAKING MORE THAN 1000 LITRES AT A TIME. THE FIRE SERVICE IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE THAT LIT UP THE NIGHT SKY. THE 71 HECTARE BLAZE WAS VISIBLE ACROSS MANY PARTS OF AUCKLAND'S NORTH. NO HOMES WERE THREATENED, BUT SOME RESIDENTS HAD LITTLE SLEEP. I FELT I WAS FAIRLY SAFE COS OF THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND AND BITS AND PIECES, BUT MAINLY MY NEIGHBOURS ` YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSH AROUND COMING DOWN TOWARDS THEM. THIS BLAZE IS THE LATEST IN A BUSY SUMMER FOR THE RURAL FIRE SERVICE, STRETCHED IN RECENT WEEKS BY LARGE SCRUB FIRES ON GREAT BARRIER AND WAIHEKE ISLANDS. IT'S BEEN A TESTING PERIOD OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, BUT, LOOK, THAT'S THE CARDS WE GET DEALT UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES, AND WE'RE HERE TO PUT THEM OUT. BUT THE VAST AMOUNT OF WATER NEEDED TO DOUSE THIS FIRE WILL MEAN DELAYS FOR MATAKANA LOCALS WAITING ON THESE TANKERS FOR FRESH SUPPLIES. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS. FOUR PEOPLE HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE THIS MORNING WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER LANDED IN LAKE ROTORUA. MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES FORCED THE PILOT TO LAND THE ROBINSON R44 IN SHALLOW WATER 60M FROM SHORE. IT'S UNDERSTOOD A MAN AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WERE ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER, WHICH IS OWNED BY VOLCANIC AIR SAFARIS. OVERSEAS, AND A MASSIVE HIGH-SPEED COLLISION HAS OVERSHADOWED ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAR RACES IN THE WORLD. NEARLY 30 FANS WERE INJURED WHEN A RACECAR CRASHED AND BROKE APART DURING A NASCAR RACE AT DAYTONA IN FLORIDA. THE ABC'S CHUCK SIVERTSEN HAS THE STORY. THE VIOLENT 10-CAR CRASH CAME ON THE FINAL LAP OF THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE. THAT'S ROOKIE KYLE LARSON'S CAR GOING AIRBORNE, CRASHING INTO THE FENCE SEPARATING THE TRACK FROM THE FANS. THE WHOLE FRONT END OF HIS CAR WAS RIPPED OFF. A PIECE OF THE BURNING ENGINE LODGED IN THE FENCE. BIG CHUNKS OF DEBRIS FLEW INTO THE GRANDSTANDS. GOT SOME FLAMES COMING INTO THE COCKPIT, BUT LUCKILY I WAS ALL RIGHT AND COULD GET OUT OF THE CAR QUICK. REMARKABLY, ALL 10 DRIVERS CHECKED OUT AT THE MEDICAL CENTRE ON THE TRACK WERE OK, BUT MORE THAN TWO DOZEN SPECTATORS WERE INJURED, SOME OF THEM SERIOUSLY. THE KEY WAS THAT WE WERE PREPARED. WE RESPONDED. WE HAD THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL IN PLACE. WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEEDED THE CARE OFF-PROPERTY. WE DEAL WITH THE OTHER PATIENTS ON-PROPERTY. THE CHAOS BEGAN WHEN REGAN SMITH MADE A MOVE TO BLOCK BRAD KESELOWSKI COMING OUT OF THE FINAL TURN. I TRIED TO THROW A BLOCK, THOUGHT BRAD WAS GONNA MAKE A MOVE. I MADE A MOVE AND THEN HE BLOCKED IT, AND THE TWO OF THAT TOGETHER STARTED THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT CAUSED THAT WRECK. AS THE CARS KEPT CRASHING, THREE TIME NASCAR CHAMP, TONY STEWART, SLIPPED BY FOR THE WIN. AFTER THE SPEEDWAY WAS EMPTIED AND THE TRACK CLEARED, PARACREWS IMMEDIATELY GOT BUSY GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY'S SUPER BOWL OF RACING. WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE READY FOR TOMORROW'S EVENT WITH THE 55TH RUNNING OF THE DAYTONA 500. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. MOVES ARE UNDERWAY TO MAKE FARMS SAFER FOR TOPDRESSING PILOTS. MORE THAN 150 PILOTS HAVE DIED ON THE JOB SINCE 1949 ` THAT'S MORE THAN IN THE AIRFORCE. FERTILISER COMPANIES ARE NOW UNDER PRESSURE TO MAKE SURE PILOTS CAN DUMP THEIR PRODUCTS IN AN EMERGENCY. SARAH BATLEY EXPLAINS. HAWKE'S BAY PILOT JOSH CALDER IS PREPARING TO TEST A LOCAL COMPANY'S FERTILISER PRODUCT. THE MAJORITY OF ACCIDENTS HAPPEN DURING OR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AND IT'S VITAL PILOTS CAN DUMP FERTILISER AND LIGHTEN THEIR LOAD IF THEY NEED TO. I'VE LIGHTENED THE LOAD ON A FEW OCCASIONS. I'VE NEVER HAD TO JETTISON THE WHOLE LOAD. THERE'S A FEW OTHER SAFETY MEASURES WE HAVE IN PLACE. BUT SOME FERTILISERS DON'T RELEASE WELL, AND LIME COMPANIES IN PARTICULAR ARE BEING URGED TO TEST THEIR PRODUCTS. THE AERIAL INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 80% IN FIVE SECONDS, AND WE NOT ONLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE NOT ONLY ARE MEETING THAT BUT EXCEEDING IT. AND WITH THE PLANE LOADED UP AND READY TO GO, IT'S NOW TIME TO TEST IT. THOSE ON THE GROUND SAY IT'S GONE EXACTLY AS PLANNED, AND PILOT JOSH IS HAPPY TOO. I'M QUITE HAPPY TO SOW THE PRODUCT. IT'S GOOD AND FREE-FLOWING. THE PRODUCTS'S BEEN DEVELOPED SO IT HAS THE RIGHT TEXTURE, WITH GOOD FLOWABILITY, SO IF A PILOT GETS INTO TROUBLE IT CAN BE RELEASED EASILY. CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FIGURES SHOW THAT SINCE 2008 THERE HAVE BEEN 13 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TOPDRESSING PILOTS AND TWO FATALITIES. OF THOSE, AUTHORITIES FOUND JETTISON OR DUMPING FERTILISER TO BE AN ISSUE IN THE MAJORITY OF THE ACCIDENTS AND IN ONE OF THE DEATHS. IT CAN BE A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE, AND IT HAS BEEN A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE. JETTISONING THE LOAD IS THE LAST ESCAPE ROUTE A PILOT'S GOT WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. WHILE THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING TOPDRESSING PILOTS IS APPLAUDING TRIALS LIKE THIS ONE, THEY SAY MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE AROUND AIRSTRIP SAFETY AND FERTILISER STORAGE. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. POLITICIANS SHOULD BE IN POWER LONGER. THAT'S THE CALL FROM THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PARLIAMENTARY TERM IN OUR LATEST POLL. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH WITH THE NUMBERS. SINCE 1951, WE'VE HELD AN ELECTION EVERY THREE YEARS. BUT BOTH MAIN POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS WANT AN EXTRA YEAR IN POWER. THREE YEARS TO US LOOKS VERY QUICK. THREE YEARS TO US LOOKS VERY QUICK. IF YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT, THE FOUR-YEAR TERM GIVES YOU A BIT MORE TIME TO ROLL OUT YOUR PROGRAMME. IN OUR LATEST POLL, WE ASKED... MORE THAN HALF SAY YES, FOUR YEARS IS BETTER. 40% WANT TO KEEP IT AS IS. THE REST ARE UNSURE. THE LENGTH OF TERM WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT IS ONE OF THE BETTER CHECKS AND BALANCES WE HAVE ON GOVERNMENTS THAT GET OUT OF CONTROL. I MUST ADMIT I'VE GOT RATHER MORE DONE IN MY FOURTH YEAR THAN I DID IN MY SECOND OR THIRD. PEOPLE ARE SICK OF ELECTIONS ALL OF THE TIME. FOUR YEARS IS A GOOD OPTION, JUST GIVES PEOPLE TIME TO SEE THE WHITES OF A GOVERNMENT'S EYES. THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM. THEY WANT MORE DEMOCRACY RATHER THAN LESS. THREE YEARS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME WHEN YOU'RE OPPOSITION, AND FOUR YEARS WHEN YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT NZ COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES, THREE YEARS IS QUITE A SHORT TERM. THIS SENATE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS A TWO-YEAR TERM. AUSTRALIA HAS THREE YEARS, LIKE US, AND THE UK HAS A FIVE-YEAR TERM. THE MOST LIKELY COURSE OF ACTION TO CHANGE TO A FOUR-YEAR TERM WOULD BE A REFERENDUM, SO THE PUBLIC WOULD GET TO DECIDE. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS IN A REFERENDUM TWICE BEFORE, THE FIRST IN 1967,... WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT IT AT HOME. ...AND THE SECOND IN 1990. BOTH TIMES THEY FAILED. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE VATICAN RESPONDS TO RUMOURS THE POPE RESIGNED BECAUSE OF A SECRET SCANDAL. THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MURAL ` A FAMOUS PIECE OF LONDON STREET ART SURFACES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. AND DRIVER BEWARE ` THE UNEXPECTED AND UNBELIEVABLE SCENES CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN RUSSIA. TINKLING MUSIC Technology today is amazing. Now, you may already know that your smartphone can double as a GPS, but did you know that you can use your tablet as a recipe book? I'm Matt, and I'm here to help you find out just how smart your smart devices really are. We'll discover the cool, fun and useful stuff; practical ideas, like how you can save on battery power or use roaming; we'll explore the wonderful world of apps, transforming your device into whatever you'd like it to be; and we'll tackle some of the topics that can sound a little bit tricky, like figuring out the Cloud or using your smartphone as a wireless hotspot, even if you don't know what that is yet. Stick with me and find out about all the incredible things you can do with your technology right now. I'll be here five nights a week with all sorts to show you. And there's a website where you can find out more. So if you're keen to get started, just head to techinasec.co.nz WHO'LL BECOME THE NEXT POPE. ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT IS IN VATICAN CITY. THE OFFICIAL COMMUNICANT FROM THE HOLY SEE MADE THE VATICAN PRESS CORPS SOUND LIKE THE BORGIAS TRYING TO RIG A PAPAL ELECTION. SPEAKS ITALIAN THROUGH THE CENTURIES, OFFICIALS SAID, CARDINALS HAVE FACED MANY KINDS OF PRESSURE TO BEND THEIR DECISIONS TO A POLITICAL END. TODAY THEIR IS AN ATTEMPT TO DO THIS THROUGH PUBLIC OPINION. THEY'VE BEEN RAILING FOR DAYS ABOUT ITALIAN NEWS REPORTS CLAIMING TO KNOW THE CONTENTS OF A CLASSIFIED INTERNAL INVESTIGATION THE POPE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER. THE ITALIAN REPORTS, WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION, SAY THE REAL REASON BENEDICT RESIGNED WAS BECAUSE THE THREE INVESTIGATING CARDINALS UNCOVERED FAR MORE SALACIOUS SCANDALS. THE VATICAN WON'T EVEN DANE TO COMMENT. CHURCH OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO TRIED TO STEER THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM THE SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL. TODAY LOS ANGELES CARDINAL ROGER MAHONY HAD TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH OVER ALLEGATIONS HE ACTIVELY CONCEALED THE CRIMES OF PAEDOPHILE PRIESTS. ONE OF THEM, FATHER NICOLAS AGUILAR RIVERA, WAS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING 26 BOYS IN 1987. HE FLED TO MEXICO AFTER MAHONY'S TOP AID WARNED HIM THAT POLICE WOULD INVESTIGATE. THE IDEA THAT CARDINAL MAHONY SHOULD HELP CHOSE THE NEXT POPE IS AN OUTRAGE, SAY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS IN LOS ANGELES. BUT THE VATICAN SAYS VOTING IN THE CONCLAVE IS A SACRED DUTY, DESPITE ANY WORLDLY SCANDALS. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE CARDINALS IN ROME ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAHONY VOTING BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER HIM A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNITY. IN CHINA A SPECTACULAR INFERNO IN A FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE HAD NEIGHBOURS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SCRAMBLING. THE BLAZE BEGAN ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND QUICKLY SPREAD TO THE LOWER FLOORS WHERE THE FIREWORKS WERE STORED. IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR HOURS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AND THE CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. A MURAL BY FAMOUS BRITISH GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY, WHICH VANISHED FROM A WALL IN LONDON HAS ENDED UP AT AN AUCTION HOUSE IN MIAMI. THE ARTWORK FIRST APPEARED ON THE WALL OF A DISCOUNT STORE JUST BEFORE THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE, BUT WAS MYSTERIOUS REMOVED, SPARKING PROTESTS FROM LOCALS. IT WAS EXPECTED TO FETCH MORE THAN $800,000 AT THE AUCTION, BUT WAS WITHDRAWN AT THE LAST MINUTE. HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST STARS ARE SET TO WALK THE RED CARPET AT THE 85TH ACADEMY AWARDS TOMORROW. NZ'S WETA WORKSHOP HAS THREE NOMINATIONS, AS DOES SIR PETER JACKSON'S FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE HOBBIT. AND AS U.S CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME FOUND OUT, SOME COMMITTED FANS ARE IN HOLLYWOOD TO CHEER ON THE KIWIS. IN CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, GANDALF WAS MID-WAY THROUGH HIS SET. AROUND HIM DOZENS OF DIE HARD TOLKIEN FANS, A 2.5M LEGO STATUE, MORE HOBBIT-THEMED ART THAN YOU COULD THROW YOUR ELVISH-INSCRIBED SWORD AT. WE WANTED TO DO THIS AS PART OF OUR OSCAR WEEKEND, AS A CELEBRATION FOR THE HOBBIT ` THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. KIWI SET DESIGNER RAH VINCENT IS NOMINATED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR HIS WORK ON THE HOBBIT. WE WERE AT HOME IN BED. IT WAS 4AM AND THE PHONE STARTED RINGING. SINCE THEN THE MAPUA ARTIST HAS BEEN TREATED TO SIX WEEKS OF FUNCTIONS AND EVENTS. AND AS WORKERS PULL OFF THE FINAL TWEAKS TO THE RED CARPET, SPECULATION AS TO WHICH ONES WILL WIN IS AT ITS KEENEST. STEVE SPEILBERG'S LINCOLN HAS THE MOST NOMINATIONS WITH 12. THIS AMENDMENT IS THE CURE! ARGO IS ALSO CONSIDERED A TOP CONTENDER FOR TOP PICTURE. THIS IS WHAT I DO, AND I'VE NEVER LEFT ANYONE BEHIND. WHILE SILVER LINING'S PLAYBOOK, LIFE OF PI AND ZERO DARK THRITY SHOULD ALL HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE AS WELL. AMONG ALL THE GLITZY OSCARS AFTER PARTIES WILL BE ONE DISTINCTLY MIDDLE EARTH. THE ORGANISERS HERE HAVE HIRED A VENURE A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE OSCARS THEATRE, WHERE THEY PLAY TO TRIBUTE THE STARTS OF THE HOBBIT. WE EVEN MADE A 30-FOOT DRAGON TAIL TO HANG OFF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING. SO THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. AND EVEN IF THE HOBBIT DOESN'T PICK UP THE GONGS, GANDALF ASSURES US HE HAS THE REPERTOIR TO TO COVER A LONG NIGHT OF CELEBRATIONS. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, LOS ANGELES. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES OF THE OSCARS ON OUR WEBSITE... ONENEWS.CO.NZ, FROM NOON TOMORROW. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND ANOTHER FINE SUMMER'S DAY TO WRAP UP THE WEEKEND KAREN? LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR BOTH ISLANDS THIS WEEKEND. A GREAT DAY TO HEAD TO THE BEACHES, RIVERS AND LAKES. THIS SHOT OF LAKE WANAKA AND A NICELY EXECUTED BACK FLIP BY RONAN. WANAKA RECORDED THE NATIONAL HIGH TODAY OF 28, SO THE LAKE WAS DEFINATELY THE PLACE TO BE. ALSO ENJOYING THE WATER WERE LUKE AND ALEX. JUST A LIGHT SHOWER OR TWO CATCHING NORTHLAND AND GISBORNE THIS MORNING. AND THERE WERE SOME FOG PATCHES FIRST UP OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH YOUR FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK. STILL TO COME, RUSSIA'S DANGEROUS ROADS ` THE AMAZING DASHBOARD VIDEOS HITTING YOUTUBE. AND IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD A TIRING WEEK, TRY RUNNING SEVEN MARATHONS IN JUST SEVEN DAYS. TEACHERS, CHILDREN AND PARENTS FROM RAUMATI SOUTH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN FUNDRAISING NON-STOP TO PAY FOR THE TRIP. THE KIDS ARE JUST REALLY PUMPED, ACTUALLY. WE'VE GOT 14 GOING. WHAT MAKES THIS SCHOOL GARDEN A STANDOUT IS ITS ECO-FRIENDLY, SUSTAINABLE THEME. THIS BIKE OVER HERE IS GONNA BE TURNING AN OLD FARM PUMP TO MAKE THE WATER GO DOWN INTO THE TANK. THEY'VE EVEN USED QUAKE BRICKS FROM ELLERSLIE'S HOMETOWN. THE PIZZA OVEN WE MADE OUT OF OLD BRICKS, RECYCLABLE BRICKS. THE GARDEN WILL BE PACKED UP AND TRUCKED DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH LATER THIS WEEK. AND THIS IS WHERE THE RAUMATI SCHOOL GARDEN WILL END UP ` IN THIS 6X6 METRE PLOT IN THIS SECTION OF ELLERSLIE IN HAGLEY PARK. IT'S ONE OF 26 OUTDOOR GARDENS AT THIS YEAR'S SHOW. CONSTRUCTION WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY ON THE OTHER GARDENS. DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPERS ARE PUTTING IN LONG DAYS GETTING READY FOR PLANTING. BACK UP IN RAUMATI, THEY'RE HOPING THE JUDGES AND THE 45,000 EXPECTED VISITORS TO THE SHOW WILL BE IMPRESSED. WE'RE HOPING REALLY TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. AND MAYBE PULL OFF SOMETHING BIG. MAYBE WINNING IT? LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. A WEEK AGO WE BROUGHT YOU SOME AMAZING VIDEO OF A METEOR EXPLODING OVER RUSSIA. MANY OF THOSE PICTURES CAME FROM DASHBOARD CAMERAS ` FOUND IN NEARLY EVERY RUSSIAN CAR. THE ABC'S KIRIT RADIA LOOKS AT WHAT OTHER INCREDIBLE MOMENTS THESE CAMERAS ARE CAPTURING. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU CATCH A FALLING STAR, LIKE THIS MASSIVE METEOR STREAKING ACROSS THE SKY LAST WEEK. THESE ARE THE LATEST IMAGES FROM THAT NEAR-CATASTROPHE. BUT IN RUSSIA, YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU CAN CATCH ON TAPE. CRAZY SCENES ON RUSSIA'S RECKLESS ROADS, RECORDED ON DASHCAMS THAT ARE EXPLODING IN POPULARITY IN RUSSIA. THEY'RE USED FOR INSURANCE REASONS, BUT THE MADNESS THEY CAPTURE IS GOING VIRAL ON YOUTUBE. THE CRINGE-WORTHY CRASHES, THE DEATH-DEFYING SMASHES, AND THE TRULY BIZARRE. REAL-LIFE ROAD WARRIORS, FROM HELICOPTERS TO TANKS. FROM ROADSIDE FIGHTING TO A FIGHTER JET. THIS CAMERA EVEN CAUGHT A PLANE CRASH. THESE CAMERAS AREN'T JUST GOOD FOR CREATING YOUTUBE GOLD. THEY ACTUALLY SERVE AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE BY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S AT FAULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAMERAS ALSO CATCH CROOKED COPS AND INSURANCE SCAMS, LIKE THIS MAN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HIT BY A CAR. WE TOOK ONE FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF RUSSIA'S AUTO REVIEW MAGAZINE. HOW DO I POSSIBLY EXPLAIN THESE VIDEOS TO AMERICANS? > COME TO RUSSIA, OK? ALSO THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THOSE CRAZY THINGS IS BECAUSE HE SAYS THESE DASHCAMS ARE SHAMING DRIVERS INTO BETTER BEHAVIOUR. EVEN SO, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BUCKLE UP EVEN SO, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BUCKLE UP AND KEEP A SHARP EYE ON THE ROAD. CRASH! IF THE IDEA OF RUNNING A MARATHON FRIGHTENS YOU, HOW ABOUT RUNNING SEVEN OF THEM IN SEVEN DAYS ON SEVEN DIFFERENT CONTINENTS. KIWI MIKE ALLSOP SET HIMSELF THAT CHALLENGE AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING TO FINISH THE FINAL LEG. DAMIAN CHRISTIE WAS THERE. TOUCHING DOWN IN AUCKLAND, A FEW MINUTES TO SAY HI TO HIS WIFE, WENDY, AND HIS MUM, THEN OFF. HE MAY BE HOME, BUT THE FINISH LINE IS STILL 42 KM AWAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK I TELL YOU. ON MONDAY, MIKE ALLSOP WAS IN THE FALKLANDS, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BRITISH EXPLORER SIR RANULPH FIENNES, THE FIRST TO CONQUER THE SEVEN-CONTINENT CHALLENGE. FALKLANDS IS A STUNNING PLACE. IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. LOTS OF HISTORY THERE OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE CONFLICT, BUT THE PENGUINS AND THE WILDLIFE AND THERE'S NO ONE AROUND. CHILE'S NEXT. IT'S ONLY DAY TWO, BUT MIKE'S FEELING IT. I WAS A BIT SURPRISED. IT PACKED UP ON THE SECOND MARATHON. MY KNEES HAVE BEEN GIVING ME HEAPS SINCE THEN. IN LOS ANGELES, HE'S JOINED BY RUNNING LEGEND ROD DIXON AND AN UNEXPECTED CHALLENGE ` LA WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE. WE GOT BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH SIX MINUTES TO GO. LONDON, THEN STUNNING CASABLANCA ` THE TOUGHEST TEST YET. CASABLANCA WAS SHOCKING. I RAN ABOUT 1.5KM AND MY RIGHT CALF SEIZED UP AND I COULDN'T EVEN RUN 100M. HONG KONG YESTERDAY, THEN ON THE HOME STRAIGHT. THE ONLY QUESTION YOU CAN ASK SOMEONE WHO'S CLIMBED EVEREST AND IS NOW ABOUT TO JOIN AN EVEN MORE ELITE CLUB IS ` WHY? I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS AS HARD AS EVEREST, BUT NOT AS DANGEROUS. I'VE GOT THREE LITTLE KIDS AND THEY NEED A DAD MORE THAN I NEED TO CLIMB EVEREST AGAIN. I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE I COULD BREAK DOWN INTO SMALL PARTS AND IT WAS A GOOD ACHIEVEMENT AS WELL. A GOOD ACHIEVEMENT AND A WEEK MIKE ALLSOP WILL NEVER FORGET. DAMIAN CHRISTIE, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT, A DRAMATIC TWILIGHT RESCUE ATTEMPT AT WEST AUCKLAND'S PIHA BEACH FAILED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF TWO YOUNG MEN. THEY WERE CAUGHT IN A DANGEROUS RIP AFTER GOING INTO THE WATER FULLY-CLOTHED. RESCUERS SAY A THIRD MAN, WHO SURVIVED, IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION. ONE OF NZ'S GREATEST CONTEMPORAY ARTISTS RALPH HOTERE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 81. HIS BEST-KNOWN SERIES OF WORK, THE BLACK PAINTINGS, WAS CREATED DURING THE LATE 1960S. HOTERE'S REMAINS WILL BE BROUGHT TO AUCKLAND BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS BIRTHPLACE OF MITIMITI IN NORTHLAND. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A WATERSHED DAY FOR MARINA ERAKOVIC. WE HAVE ERAKOVIC'S FINAL NEXT. WE'RE ALSO WITH THE BLUES AFTER THEIR SUPER UPSET OVER THE CANES. AS FRANK THE TANK AND A HOST OF NEW PLAYERS TURN BACK THE CLOCK THE WARRIORS WIN IN THE PRE-SEASON, BUT AT WHAT COST? PLUS, WE HAVE A NEW WORLD CYCLINGON. IT'S OFFICIAL, WE'VE NOW SEEN IT ALL ` RUGBY'S HARLEM SHAKE. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO TENNIS AND A BREAKTHROUGH SINGLES TITLE FOR OUR LEADING PLAYER MARINA ERAKOVIC. 24 LONG YEARS AFTER FELLOW KIWI BELINDA CORDWELL LAST WON A TOP TIER PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT, ERAKOVIC HAS CLAIMED THE U.S NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MEMPHIS. STEPHEN STUART EXPLAINS. MARINA ERAKOVIC JUST LOVES THE MEMPHIS TOURNAMENT, REACHING THE FINAL LAST YEAR AND CRUISING INTO IT AGAIN THIS TIME. SO MUCH FOR RECENT FORM SUGGESTING THE 24 YEAR OLD WOULD STRUGGLE AGAINST GERMAN SABINE LISICKI, WHO BEAT HER JUST THREE WEEKS AGO IN THAILAND. 1-1 BEFORE THE WORLD NUMBER 71 TOOK COMPLETE CONTROL AGAINST THE FORMER WORLD NUMBER 12, WHO WAS CLEARLY STRUGGLING. SHE LOOKS ALMOST UNWELL. ERAKOVIC DELIVERED FOUR SUCCESSIVE ACES TO CLINCH THE FIRST SET 6-1 IN JUST 25 MINUTES. LISICKI WAS AILING. WHAT A WAY TO PUT THE EXCLAMATION POINT ON A DOMINANT FIRST SET. AND THE THIRD SEED PROMPTLY RETIRED WITH AN DISCLOSED ILLNESS, HANDING THE WELL-PERFORMED DOUBLES PLAYER HER FIRST WTA SINGLES TITLE IN HER EIGHT YEARS ON THE TOUR. THE $47,000 CHEQUE WILL COME IN HANDY BUT THE GLASS GUITAR JUST AS WELL RECEIVED BY THE AVID MUSICIAN IN ELVIS COUNTRY. COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER THAN THIS. HONESTLY, I LOVE GUITARS. I'M GONNA PROBABLY GOING SLEEP WITH THIS ONE TONIGHT. HAVING REACHED NEW HEIGHTS ` CHECK OUT THE ILLUSTRIOUS NAMES ON THE HONOURS BOARD ` ERAKOVIC HAS A PLUNGE AWAITING. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK MY COACH, CHRIS. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER NOW FOR A FEW YEARS AND I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME. AND WE MADE A BET THAT IF I WIN A WTA TITLE WE'RE GOING TO JUMP OUT OF A PLANE. SADLY, SHE WON'T ABE ABLE TO DEFEND HER TITLE, AS IT WAS THE LAST STAGING OF THE WOMEN'S EVENT IN MEMPHIS. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. FROM A BREAKTHROUGH TENNIS TITLE TO A WORLD CYCLING CROWN, AND OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST AARON GATE HAS WON GOLD AT THE WORLD TRACK CHAMPS IN BELARUS. GATE WAS COMPETING IN A MAJOR OMNIUM FOR THE FIRST TIME ` CYCLING'S EQUIVALENT OF THE DECATHLON, WITH SIX DISCIPLINES CONTESTED OVER TWO DAYS. THE AUCKLANDER (22), WHO WAS IN THE TEAM PURSUIT AT THE LONDON OLYMPICS, GETS TO WEAR THE RAINBOW JERSEY FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THE BLUES HAVE CAUSED THE FIRST MAJOR UPSET OF THE NEW SUPER RUGBY SEASON. AFTER A SHOCKING 2012 AND A BIG CLEANOUT, THEY'VE BEATEN THE HURRICANES 34-20. THE CANES HAD THE LEAD EARLY IN WELLINGTON, BUT FRESH BLUES DETERMINATION WON IN THE END AND THE NEW TV MATCH OFFICIAL ALSO HAD A BIG SAY. THE BLUES LANDED BACK HOME TODAY FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND. HOW DIFFERENT TO LAST YEAR ` SMILES, AND FANS PATTING RATHER THAN STABBING THE BACK. OH YEAH, I WAS REALLY PLEASED. REALLY REALLY PLEASED. I THINK IT WAS BIG COURAGE AND COMMITMENT. NEW BOY, WINGER FRANK HALAI, UNWANTED BY OTHER FRANCHISES PLEASED HIS NEW COACHES EARLY. AND FIRST TRY OF THE GAME SCORED BY FRANK HALAI. 'FRANK THE TANK' WAS THEN INVOLVED IN A CONTROVERSIAL CALL BY THE TV MATCH OFFICIAL, WITH HIS NEW INCREASED POWERS. THE WHITE PLAYER HAS MADE THE BALL DEAD INTENTIONALLY. TAKE HIM OUT OF THE EQUATION, THEREFORE GOLD WOULD HAVE SCORED A TRY. SO THEREFORE A PENALTY TRY. LAST SEASON THE TMO WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RULE ON THE MOVE. HALAI IN THE BIN, THE CANES UP 20-16, BUT THEY COULDN'T CONVERT MORE CHANCES. IN FACT, THEY LOOKED INDIFFERENT IN PATCHES. EVEN CONRAD SMITH WAS POUNDED, AND LEFT AFTER A HEAD KNOCK. HALAI AND ALL HIS 110KG LEFT THE CANES SEEING MORE STARS. HERE IS HALAI! AND HE SCORES IT. PHYSICALLY, HE'S A PRETTY SPECIAL SPECIMEN, AND WITH A CLEAR HE'S ELECTRIFYING. A BLUES EFFORT OVERALL FULL OF DETERMINATION AND HIGH PERCENTAGES WHICH HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. VETERANS LIKE ALI WILLIAMS, PIRI WEEPU IN MATCH 100 KICKING 14 POINTS, AND RENE RANGER OUT WIDER LEADING THE WAY. IT WAS ONE GAME. IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO GET UP FOR YOUR FIRST GAME, AND PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT MUCH. BUT THIS WEEK'S DIFFERENT. THE BLUES WINNING 34-20 AND A BONUS POINT. AND THE CRUSADERS AT EDEN PARK NEXT WEEK IS ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOKING LIKE THE HOT TICKET. ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE NEW SUPER RUGBY REF CAMERA HAS BEEN USED FOR THE FIRST TIME DOWN DOWNUNDER THE CAMERA STRAPPED TO KIWI REFEREE CHRIS POLLOCK WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECTS OF AN ERROR-RIDDEN MATCH. CODE HOPPER ISRAEL FOLAU LOOKED A LITTLE LOST IN HIS OFFICIAL DEBUT FOR THE WARATAHS AS THE REDS LEPT OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD. OH, INTERCEPTED! HE'S GONNA HAVE TOO MUCH PACE. RUNAWAY TRY FOR THE QUEENSLAND REDS. DESPITE THE WARATAHS FIGHTING BACK, THE REDS CLINCHED THE MATCH 25-17. IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE NEW SOUTHERN KINGS OUTFIT, COACHED BY FORMER CANTERBURY HOOKER MATT SEXTON, HAS KICKED OFF WITH A WIN IN PORT ELIZABETH. THE KINGS AND TEENAGE WINGER, SPRINTER SERGEAL PETERSEN, BEAT THE WESTERN FORCE 22-10. THE SHARKS HELD OFF THE FAST-FINISHING CHEETAHS IN BLOEMFONTEIN, 29-22. FRANCE HAS FINALLY BREATHED SOME LIFE INTO ITS ABYSMAL SIX NATIONS RUGBY CAMPAIGN. AN OUTSTANDING SOLO RUN FROM FRENCH CENTRE WESLEY FOFANA PRODUCED THE ONLY FIRST-HALF TRY AGAINST ENGLAND AT TWICKENHAM. WESLEY FOFANA! BEAUTIFUL SOLO TRY. A LUCKY BOUNCE AND GREAT PICK-UP BY BUSTLING CENTRE MANU TUILAGI GAVE THE SIX NATIONS FRONT-RUNNERS THE EDGE IN THE SECOND SPELL, AND WHEN SHARPSHOOTER OWEN FARRELL WAS FORCED OFF TOBY FLOOD SUBBED ON AND KICKED THE HOSTS TO A 23-13 VICTORY. WALES WAS TOO STRONG FOR ITALY, WING ALEX CUTHBERT'S TRY SEALING A 26-9 VICTORY IN MISERABLE CONDITIONS IN ROME. INJURY WOES HAVE HIT THE WARRIORS, WITH STAR HALFBACK SHAUN JOHNSON HYPER-EXTENDING HIS ELBOW IN LAST NIGHT'S PRE-SEASON MATCH AGAINST THE BRONCOS IN DUNEDIN. JOHNSON RUSHING UP IN DEFENCE BUT ONLY NAILING HIMSELF. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES PREDICT HE'LL BE SIDELINED FOR 3 TO 4 WEEKS, PUTTING HIM IN DOUBT FOR THEIR SEASON OPENER ON MARCH 9. IT WAS OTHERWISE A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE WARRIORS. DOWN 6 - 2, THEY GOT INTO GEAR IN THE SECOND HALF, MANU VATUVEI HAD THE FIRST OF THEIR THREE TRIES, SETTING OFF A 14-POINT RUN. THE WARRIORS EVENTUALLY WON 16 TO 10 IN FRONT OF 17,000 SOUTHERN FANS. MIGHTY ATMOSPHERE, HUH? YEAH, IT'S UNREAL. IT'S AN AWESOME FEELING TO GET DOWN HERE. WE KNOW A LOT OF FANS DOWN THIS WAY, BUT THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE US, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM COMING OUT. AND CHECK OUT WARRIORS TRAINER RUEBEN WIKI PROVING HE'S STILL IN GOOD NICK, BRINGING DOWN A HALF TIME STREAKER. COPYBOOK STUFF. 20 YEARS AFTER KEN RUTHERFORD AND ROD LATHAM WERE NZ CRICKET TEAM-MATES, THEIR RESPECTIVE SONS ARE VYING FOR TEST MATCH CALL-UPS AGAINST ENGLAND. HAMISH RUTHERFORD AND TOM LATHAM HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE 12-MAN SQUAD AND COULD EVEN END UP OPENING THE BATTING TOGETHER. HERE'S JOE PORTER. ENGLAND MUST BE LICKING ITS LIPS. THAT'S AN EDGE AS WELL, AND NOW THE PICTURE IS A LITTLE SORRIER FOR NZ. HAMISH RUTHERFORD, WHO SCORED JUST 24 RUNS IN HIS LAST THREE OUTINGS AGAINST THE TOURISTS, HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE BLACKCAPS TEST SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING THREE-MATCH SERIES. THE DEBUTANT IS LIKELY TO OPEN ALONGSIDE PETER FULTON, WHO HAS A TEST AVERAGE OF JUST 21. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE DEFENCES OF PETER FULTON. ENGLAND IS THE WORLD'S SECOND-RANKED TEST SIDE, AND OPENING BOWLERS JAMES ANDERSON AND STEVEN FINN GAVE THE HOSTS A TASTE OF WHAT'S TO COME IN LAST NIGHT'S THIRD AND DECIDING ONE-DAYER. THE LINE IS IMPECCABLE, THE PACE IS THERE. PLAY THAT IF YOU CAN, AND HE COULDN'T. ENGLAND WRAPPED UP THE ONE-DAY SERIES 2-1, FURTHER WOUNDING THE BLACKCAPS PSYCHE AHEAD OF THE TESTS. IT WAS A HUGE BLOW FOR US LAST NIGHT, TO BE HONEST. FINN'S OPENING SPELL, YOU KNOW, EXPOSED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS. ANDERSON'S PRETTY DECENT AS WELL, SO THEY'RE CHALLENGING, WITHOUT DOUBT. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS OF GETTING PAST THAT. TOM LATHAM HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED IN THE SQUAD AS COVER FOR FULTON WHO'S CARRYING A NIGGLY KNEE INJURY, WHILE A PLACE HAS BEEN LEFT OPEN FOR ANOTHER SEAMER, WITH MARK GILLESPIE (33) A CHANCE TO RESURRECT HIS ROLLERCOASTER FIVE-TEST CAREER. NEIL WAGNER AND MARK GILLESPIE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO FORM SEAMERS AT THE MOMENT, SO THOSE TWO, IN TERMS OF FRONT LINE SEAMERS, ARE THE TWO THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL PROBABLY GET THE MOST ATTENTION. SO THERE'S PLENTY FOR THOSE TWO TO PLAY FOR IN NEXT WEEK'S QUEENSTOWN WARM-UP MATCH, WHICH DOUBLES AS A FINAL TRIAL. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. THERE'S ONE SPINNER IN THE 12-MAN SQUAD, UNCAPPED BRUCE MARTIN. SEAMER CHRIS MARTIN IS INJURED AND UNAVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TEST. AUSTRALIAN LUKE RONCHI ALSO WASN'T CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF INJURY. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX' HOPES OF A FINALS BERTH IN THE A-LEAGUE ARE ALL BUT SHOT. AN ENTERTAINING FIRST HALF WAS CAPPED OFF BY THIS STUNNER FROM MARCELO CARRUSCA, GIVING ADELAIDE UNITED A 2-1 HALFTIME LEAD IN WELLINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. IT WASN'T TIL THE 80TH MINUTE THAT NEW PHOENIX SIGNING COREY GAMEIRO SLOTTED THE EQUALISER. WHAT A STRIKE, WHAT A GOAL! WHAT A GOAL, AND IT'S A FIRST GOAL IN PHOENIX COLOURS FOR COREY GAMIERO. THE 2-2 DRAW LEAVES THE PHOENIX STILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE. FINALLY IN SPORT ` IF YOU'RE SICK AND TRIED OF GANGNAM STYLE, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE HARLEM SHAKE? NO? IT'S THE NEW CRAZE TAKING YOUTUBE BY STORM. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, OUR LEADING RUGBY PLAYERS FEEL THE NEED TO DO THEIR TAKE ON THE DANCE. HERE'S THE CRUSADERS ATTEMPT, APPARENTLY PRODUCED BY DAN CARTER. BAAUER'S HARLEM SHAKE PLAYS THIS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE CENSOR. A TAD OFF THE WALL. YOU CAN HEAR GRIZZ WYLIE TURNING IN HIS LA-Z-BOY. AND THEIR OPPONENTS NEXT WEEKEND ARE IN ON THE ACT ` THE BLUES IN THEIR TRAINING GYM. YES FOLKS, IT SEEMS THE END IS NIGH. THANKS, SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN SAYS THE HIGH HOLDS FIRM INTO NEXT WEEK, AND MEET THE MAN YOU'LL WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD PLACE. CAR ENGINE REVS CAR ENGINE REVS Oh. (SIGHS) OK. Try again. Like a swan... gliding along the lake. > CAR ENGINE REVS CAR HORN HONKS Left here now. Left here now. Left here now. Left here now. I am. I am! Why don't you drive then?! (SIGHS) (GROANS) (SIGHS) Right. In your right mirror. Left mirror. CRUNCHING, SQUEAKING Well, did you pass? Well, did you pass? Yep. Well, did you pass? Yep. That's my job done. Whoo-hoo! Don't bail out just yet. Your teen is more likely to crash on their restricted than any other time in their life. Go to safeteendriver.co.nz. Find out how you can stay involved. Just trying to keep you safe. Yeah, I know. HIGH PRESSURE REIGNS YET AGAIN, BUT REALLY WE JUST NEED THE RAIN. THIS STUNNING PHOTO OF AORAKI/MT COOK WAS TAKEN BY GEOFF MARKS THIS MORNING AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT AT MUELLER HUT. HOOKER LAKE AND GLACIER IN THE BACKGROUND, AND MUELLER LAKE AND GLACIER IN THE FOREGROUND. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. HERE'S THE VIEW FROM THE SKY ` EASY TO SPOT WHERE THE HIGH IS. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVER US TODAY, JUST SOME LOWER STRATA CUMULUS CLOUD BRUSHING PARTS OF COASTAL SOUTH ISLAND. AND THE ONSHORE FLOW AROUND THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE HIGH IS PUSHING A FEW SHOWER CLOUDS ON TO NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. LOTS MORE GOING ON DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF AUSTRALIA. FAIRLY UNSETTLED THERE WITH FRONTAL CLOUD AND A LOW. THE HIGH SPAWNS ANOTHER CENTRE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW, SO ITS WELL AND TRULY ANCHORED ON BOTH SIDES ` NOT GOING ANYWHERE IN A HURRY. THESE FRONTS MAKE A FEEBLE ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE TASMAN, BUT THE HIGH IS TOO STRONG AND THEY WILL END UP SLIDING DOWN AROUND THE BOTTOM OF IT. ANOTHER LOW IS DEVELPING OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST ` NOT WHAT THEY NEED, BUT PROBABLY MORE WELCOME HERE. BUT OUR HIGH WILL KEEP IT AWAY. MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, JUST SOME EARLY PATCHES OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG ABOUT COASTAL AREAS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. LIGHT WINDS FOR MOST. BUT A STRENGTHENING NOR'WESTER ABOUT THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER. SOME CLOUDY AREAS IN THE EAST WITH MORNING DRIZZLE PATCHES FOR NORTHERN HAWKES BAY AND GISBORNE. THEN LOTS OF SUNSHINE INTO THE AFTN. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME THIS EVENING. JIM'S BACK WITH YOU FROM TOMORROW. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT HAS SPENT THE PAST THREE DECADES PUTTING HIS OWN LIFE AT RISK TO SAVE THOSE ON THE EDGE. CHRIS PRUDDEN RUNS QUEENSTOWN'S ALPINE CLIFF RESCUE TEAM, AND SHOWED OUR HADYN JONES HIS OFFICE WITH A VIEW. IN THIS LITTLE HUT BY THE AIRPORT, ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT, IF SOMEONE IS STUCK UP HIGH, YOU'LL FIND CHRIS PRUDDEN GETTING READY. AND HIS INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME: GET DOWN HERE, WE GOT A MACHINE WAITING. LET'S GO. HE'S THE BOSS, RECRUITER AND TRAINER OF QUEENSTOWN'S ALPINE CLIFF RESCUE TEAM. HE'S THE ONE WHO SAVES PEOPLE STUCK IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE, I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY QUITE HIGH. THIS IS QUITE PRECARIOUS. I DON'T KNOW HOW CHRIS DOES IT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. THERE'S NOTHING DOWN THERE, TARN. LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO HEAD ON. IT DOES SPUR YOU ON A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAS BEEN BADLY INJURED. THAT'LL BE SWEET. NOW, CHRIS DOESN'T DO IT ALONE,... HEY, I LIKE BEING OUT HERE WITH MY BUDDY TARN AS WELL. ...HIS LONG-TIME TEAM-MATE IS TAN PILKINGTON. CERTAINLY HELPED OUT A FEW LOCAL PEOPLE I KNOW OVER THE YEARS. AND CHRIS' LOGIC IS HARD TO ARGUE WITH. WHY? UM. SOMEONE'S GOTTA DO IT. I LOVE BEING AROUND IN THE MOUNTAINS. AND HEY, IF I CAN BE OUT THERE AND HELP SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO MUCH BETTER. AND WHEN THEY GO OUT ON RESCUES, THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES NOT BEING PAID FOR BEING CONSTANTLY ON CALL AND RISKING THEIR NECK TO SAVE OTHERS. YEAH, WE DO IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP, BECAUSE WE LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOOD AT WHAT WE DO AS WELL. THEY CALL THESE MOBILE ROCKS 'WIDOWMAKERS', AND FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS CHRIS HAS DODGED THEM. I THINK CLIMBING IS IN HIS BLOOD. YOU HAVE TO GET OUT AND GET A BIT OF AIR UNDER YOUR FEET. WOULDN'T TRADE ALL THE MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCES IN MY LIFE FOR ANYTHING. BACK AT BASE, HIS MEMORY STICK OF MEMORIES IS FULL OF RESCUES, SOME SUCCESSFUL AND OTHERS WHERE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING CHRIS COULD HAVE DONE. THERE WAS ONE GUY STILL HALF-WAY UP THE FACE, THEN THERE WAS A ROPE DISAPPEARING INTO THE ABYSS. WHERE THE ROPE WENT WAS THE OTHER PERSON, AND IT JUST HADN'T WORKED OUT FOR HIM, UNFORTUNATELY. I VALUE LIFE. I VALUE MY LIFE, AND I VALUE OTHER PEOPLES' LIVES AS WELL. CHRIS PRUDDEN HAS SPENT THREE DECADES GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS. I GO OUT, I DO MY THING, I GO HOME. HOPEFULLY, EVERY TIME I GO HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND THAT WRAPS UP ONE NEWS FOR TONIGHT. SUNDAY'S HERE IN A MOMENT WITH LIAM DAVIES' STORY ` A YOUNG NZER OUT FOR A GOOD NIGHT AT A BAR IN BALI. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND SAM BRADFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013