DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TRAPPED IN THE TRACKS AS A FREIGHT TRAIN APPROACHES. A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND PASSENGER IS CRITICALLY INJURED. THOUSANDS GATHER TO HEAR POPE BENEDICT'S LAST SUNDAY SERMON. AND THE STARS ARE ON THE RED CARPET FOR THIS YEAR'S OSCARS, WHICH ARE PROMISING TO BE THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE IN YEARS. A WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER PASSENGERS AT A CENTRAL AUCKLAND TRAIN STATION LOST A FRANTIC BATTLE TO FREE HER FROM RAIL TRACKS. A FREIGHT TRAIN CRASHED INTO THE WOMAN AS SEVERAL PEOPLE DESPERATELY TRIED TO WRENCH THE WHEELCHAIR OFF THE TRACKS AT MORNINGSIDE STATION. WITNESSES SAY THE WOMAN HAD BEGUN TO CROSS THE TRACKS BEFORE THE WARNING LIGHTS AND BARRIERS CAME DOWN. KRISTIN HALL HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD A WOMAN IN HER 20S OR 30S HAD BEEN CROSSING THESE RAILWAY TRACKS BEHIND ME IN A MOTORISED WHEELCHAIR, WHEN SHE BECAME STUCK IN THE TRACKS. THE TRAIN THEN CAME AROUND THE CORNER, AND TWO PEOPLE FRANTICALLY RUSHED IN TO TRY AND HELP HER. NOW, THOSE TWO PEOPLE HAVE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND ONE IS IN HOSPITAL. WITNESSES WHO SAW THE INCIDENT HERE WERE VERY DISTRAUGHT, AND HERE'S WHAT ONE HAD TO SAY EARLIER. I WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF THE BARRIER, WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO CROSS, AND THE WOMAN'S MOBILITY SCOOTER WAS STUCK IN THE TRACKS, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HER OFF, AND... (EMOTIONALLY) THEY COULDN'T, SO THEY ENDED UP JUST PUSHING HER CHAIR FORWARD AND IT JUST ALL GOT STUCK IN THE TRAIN, AND THEN DRAGGED HER FOR A BIT. (SNIFFS) THE WOMAN IN THE WHEELCHAIR IS NOW IN AUCKLAND HOSPITAL BEING TREATED FOR WHAT ARE DESCRIBED AS VERY SERIOUS LEG INJURIES AND MULTIPLE FRACTURES. SHE ALSO HAS HEAD INJURIES. IT'S BELIEVED THE WOMAN MAY BE DEAF. THE ACCIDENT HAS BADLY AFFECTED TRAIN SERVICES ON THE WESTERN LINE. ONE TRACK HAS NOW REOPENED, BUT THERE ARE DELAYS. KIWIBANK HAS INCREASED ITS PROFIT AND SAYS IT'S LARGELY DUE TO CUSTOMERS SWITCHING FROM OTHER BANKS. AFTER-TAX PROFIT FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF LAST YEAR ROSE TO $58M, FROM $38M A YEAR EARLIER. IT NOW HAS 10% OF THE PERSONAL BANKING MARKET AND SAYS IT'S GROWING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIX OF THAT MARKET SHARE, WE'RE STRONGLY REPRESENTED IN THAT, SORT OF, 18 TO 45 AGE GROUP, AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AGE GROUP, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FUTURE PROFITABILITY. PAUL BROCK ALSO SAYS HE THINKS HOME MORTGAGE RATES ARE ABOUT AS LOW AS THEY CAN GO, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE SURE. MEANWHILE, HOUSE PRICE EXPECTATIONS ARE APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ASB HOUSING SURVEY. 59% OF PEOPLE SURVEYED EXPECT PRICES TO RISE OVER THE COMING YEAR, JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW THE PEAK OF 61% IN JANUARY 2003. NATIONWIDE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BUY A HOUSE HAS SLUMPED FROM 23 TO 13%. DESPITE SEVERAL MAJOR COMPANIES ANNOUNCING SIGNIFICANT JOB LOSSES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY IS OPTIMISTIC THE ECONOMY'S IMPROVING. COMPANIES AFFECTED INCLUDE SOLID ENERGY, CONTACT ENERGY, TELECOM, MAINZEAL AND SUMMIT WOOL SPINNERS. BUT MR KEY SAYS THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS FALLING, AND PEOPLE ONLY HEAR WHEN JOBS ARE LOST, NEVER WHEN THEY'RE BEING CREATED. IF ANYBODY LOSES THEIR JOB, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT NZERS NEED TO RELY ON IS THEY HAVE A JOB SO THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SECONDLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL WAY WE MANAGED THE ECONOMY OR THE WAY WE MEASURE THE ECONOMY, SHOULD I SAY, UM, ALL OF THOSE STATS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING. SO BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IS UP. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS UP. MANUFACTURING NUMBERS WERE UP. THE QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY, WHICH IN`INDICATES HOW MANY JOBS AN EMPLOYER IS LIKELY TO OFFER PEOPLE, THEY ARE UP. UNEMPLOYED HEADLINE RATE IS FALLING. SO WHILE WE FOCUS ON THE SORT OF VERY NEGATIVE, AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON BECAUSE IT AFFECTS REAL NZERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS ALSO BEING CREATED, AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHEN I'M INTERVIEWED, UH, BY THE TV CHANNELS AND THE RADIO STATIONS AND THE NEWSPAPERS ABOUT JOB LOSSES, I'M AT A LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY CREATING JOBS, WHERE THERE'S AN OPENING OF A PARTICULAR FACTORY, A PARTICULAR AREA. SO IT'S NOT ALL ONE-WAY AT ALL. THE LAWYER FOR ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN AN ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN IN KAWHIA HAS HAD THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM DROPPED. JACK MAIKUKU 949) HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO INJURE FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON CONSTABLE PERRY GRIFFIN LAST MONTH. BUT HIS LAWER SAYS AFTER REVIEWING FOOTAGE, POLICE DECIDED THERE WAS NO BASIS FOR CARRYING ON WITH THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. FIRE CREWS HAVE A LARGE BLAZE NORTH OF AUCKLAND UNDER CONTROL BUT SAY IT COULD BE UP TO A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRE IS COMPLETELY OUT. MORE THAN 70 FIREFIGHTERS ARE TACKLING THE BLAZE IN THE DOME VALLEY AREA. THE FIRE STARTED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAS ALREADY BURNT THROUGH MORE THAN 70HA OF FOREST AND SCRUB. THE BLAZE IS THE LATEST IN A BUSY SUMMER FOR THE RURAL FIRE SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN STRETCHED IN RECENT WEEKS BY A SERIES OF LARGE SCRUB FIRES. THERE ARE CALLS FOR MORE WARNING SIGNS AT THE NOTORIOUSLY DANGEROUS PIHA BEACH WEST OF AUCKLAND AFTER TWO MEN DROWNED THERE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MEN WERE CAUGHT IN A RIP AFTER GOING INTO THE WATER FULLY CLOTHED ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WATER SAFETY NZ SAYS WHILE SIGNS MIGHT HELP, PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES IN THE WATER. IF WE WANT TO EXPERIENCE RISK WITH THE BEAUTY, AND ALSO WITH THE DANGER THAT WATER BRINGS US WITH THE PLACID ENVIRONMENTS, THEN PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY THEMSELVES. SIGNAGE IS A GOOD KEY INTERVENTION, BUT SO TOO IS PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING IF YOU'RE GOING TO SWIM OUTSIDE THE PATROLLED HOURS AND FLAGS, YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PICK A RIP, AND YOU CERTAINLY` IF YOU'RE IN DOUBT, THEN JUST DON'T GO OUT. A THIRD MAN WITH THE GROUP WAS LUCKY TO ESCAPE THE RIP AND IS NOW RECOVERING AT HOME. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE BROTHER OF SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETE OSCAR PISTORIUS IS ALSO FACING TRIAL OVER THE DEATH OF A WOMAN. CARL PISTORIUS, WHO HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE AT HIS BROTHER'S BAIL HEARING, IS CHARGED OVER THE DEATH OF A FEMALE MOTORCYCLIST IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN 2008. THE PISTORIUS FAMILY SAY CARL PISTORIUS IS INNOCENT AND THAT THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED BUT SUBSEQUENTLY REINSTATED BY PROSECUTORS. AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE TWO AREAS IN AFGHANISTAN WITHIN A FORTNIGHT. THE AFGHAN PRESIDENT SAYS THE US FORCES ARE FUELLING INSECURITY AND INSTABILITY IN THE TWO PROVINCES NEIGHBOURING THE CAPITAL, KABUL. IT FOLLOWS ACCUSATIONS THAT AFGHANS WORKING WITH THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TORTURE AND MURDER. A US SPOKESMAN SAYS IT TAKES ALL ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT SERIOUSLY BUT WON'T COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT. THE BULK OF NATO'S TROOPS ARE DUE TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS HAVE LEFT A SWATHE OF DESTRUCTION AFTER COLLIDING OVER SYDNEY AT THE WEEKEND. THE TOWN OF KIAMA SOUTH OF SYDNEY WAS AT THE FRONT LINE WITH THE ENTIRE TOP FLOORS OF MANY HOMES BEING PEELED AWAY. THE ABC'S KEITH BREEN REPORTS. THE STORM CAME IN FROM THE SEA, CRASHING INTO KIAMA AT 3 IN THE MORNING. KARL STEEB'S HOUSE WAS THE FIRST TO BE HIT; HIS ROOF THE FIRST TO GO. EVERYTHING GOT SUCKED OUT. IN MY OFFICE, THERE ARE HEAVY BOOKSHELVES, THE DESK, EVERYTHING ` JUST... (WHISTLES) GONE. UP THE HILL, HOUSE AFTER HOUSE HAD ITS ROOF SNATCHED AWAY. THERESE COOGAN WAS IN BED WHEN HERS SIMPLY DISAPPEARED. I ROLLED OVER AND THERE WERE SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER OUR BED, AND MY HUSBAND'S SCREAMING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL RIGHT. I WAS ALL RIGHT. I WAS IN THE WALK-IN ROBE, THANK GOODNESS. IT'S THE SCARIEST THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. IT TOOK JUST A FEW MINUTES TO PASS THROUGH KIAMA, BUT WHAT THE STORM LACKED IN SIZE, IT MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IN INTENSITY. SIDE BY SIDE, HOUSES ALMOST TOTALLY DESTROYED; OTHERS ALMOST TOTALLY UNTOUCHED. SO YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE OF ALL THE DAMAGE IT'S CAUSED. IT'S, OH, ABOUT 20M, 30M WIDE. AND IT'S JUST CONTINUED UP TOWARDS SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN. AND EVEN FOR THOSE WHO AVOIDED SERIOUS DAMAGE, THE POWER OF THE WIND WAS TERRIFYING. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PLANE CRASH. I CAME OUT AND THERE WAS A HUNK OF ROOF RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME DOOR, ROOFING IRON ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. BUT SHOCK IS MATCHED BY RELIEF ` RELIEF THAT DESPITE ALL THIS, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. 10,000 PEOPLE REMAIN CUT OFF BY FLOODS THAT HAVE SWEPT OVER VAST AREAS BETWEEN SYDNEY AND THE QUEENSLAND BORDER. THE ABC'S LISA MCNALLY MANAGED TO GET INTO THE WORST-AFFECTED TOWN OF KEMPSEY. THE ONLY WAY INTO KEMPSEY RIGHT NOW IS BY AIR. FLYING OVER HECTARES OF SATURATED LAND PROVIDES A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF MOTHER NATURE AT WORK. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MCLEAY RIVER OVERFLOWS IN FLOODING THAT CAME CLOSE TO THE 2001 DELUGE. FARMHOUSES HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN ISOLATED, THE FAMILIAR SES BOATS THE ONLY SOURCE OF SUPPLIES. THE WATER IS SLOWLY RECEDING AT THE MOMENT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE WATER DID NOT ENTER THE CBD. AS THE CHILDREN PLAYED IN FLOODED STREETS, RESIDENTS BEGAN YET ANOTHER CLEAN-UP. FARMERS WHO'VE LIVED HERE A LIFETIME AREN'T TOO FAZED BY THIS LATEST FLOOD. I'M COMPLETELY COVERED IN WATER. I'VE GOT MY CATTLE OUT OF WATER IN A YARD THAT I'VE GOT THERE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. I'LL LEAVE THEM THERE TILL IT GOES DOWN AND THEY'LL BE SAFE. NEWCOMERS TO THE AREA MADE SURE THEY WERE PREPARED. YEAH, WE HAD TO MOVE THE CATTLE AND THE HORSES, AND I'VE GOT FREE-RANGE CHOOKS, SO I HAD TO PUT THEM UP ON THE CARAVANS ON THE MOUNDS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE OK. IT MAY BE A FEW DAYS BEFORE FARMERS CAN PROPERLY ASSESS THE DAMAGE DONE. FOR NOW, THEY'RE BEING ADVISED TO SIT TIGHT AND WAIT FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE ` SOMETHING THEY'RE ALL TOO USED TO. POPE BENEDICT HAS GIVEN HIS FINAL SUNDAY BLESSING IN ST PETER'S SQUARE. HE TOLD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE VATICAN THAT HE WAS RESIGNING BECAUSE GOD HAD CALLED ON HIM TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO PRAYER. FROM ROME, ALLAN LITTLE SENT THIS REPORT. CHURCH BELLS TOLL A CHURCH BESIEGED BY SCANDAL NEEDS ITS FAITHFUL ALL THE MORE, AND TODAY THEY CAME. (GIGGLES) ANNA FIORDALISI IS 3 AND A HALF. HER PARENTS, FRANCO AND PATRIZIA, HOPE SHE'LL REMEMBER THIS DAY ALL HER LIFE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE HERE. WE COULDN'T` WE COULDN'T NOT BE HERE. CHEERING IT IS THE LAST TIME THEY'LL SEE POPE BENEDICT DO THIS ` HIS LAST ANGELUS PRAYER. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) HE MADE NO REFERENCE TO THE CRISES THAT HAVE PLAGUED HIS LEADERSHIP, AND THEY NEITHER EXPECTED NOR WANTED HIM TO. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) HE SAID HE WASN'T ABANDONING THE CHURCH, BUT GOD HAD CALLED HIM TO SERVE IT IN A WAY BETTER-SUITED TO HIS AGE AND STRENGTH. STAND IN THIS SQUARE AMONG THE FAITHFUL, AND THERE'S NO MISTAKING THE DEVOTION POPE BENEDICT NOW INSPIRES. OH, IT'S IMPORTANT. UH, WE WILL REMEMBER FOREVER TO BE HERE, JUST TO SAY BYE. UH, WE LOVE THE POPE, AND WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU WANT TO BE THERE WHEN HE'S LEAVING. BUT THERE IS SADNESS HERE TOO. SADNESS FOR HIM, AND SADNESS THAT, DESPITE HIS OWN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, IS A CHURCH BESET BY BITTER INFIGHTING AND DAMAGED BY ITS HANDLING OF SUCCESSIVE SEX AND CHILD-ABUSE SCANDALS. STILL IN ITALY, THREE TOPLESS PROTESTORS HAVE LUNGED AT ITALY'S SILVIO BERLUSCONI AS HE ARRIVED AT A POLLING STATION TO VOTE IN THE COUNTRY'S GENERAL ELECTION. THE WOMEN BARED THEIR BREASTS IN PROTEST AGAINST THE SCANDAL-TAINTED CONSERVATIVE LEADER. BERLUSCONI IS ON TRIAL FOR HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE. SECURITY GUARDS STRUGGLED TO PUSH THE SCREAMING WOMEN OUT OF THE POLLING STATION. SILVIO BERLUSCONI'S CENTRE-RIGHT COALITION IS EXPECTED TO COME SECOND IN THE POLLS. THE STATUES ARE BEING POLISHED AND THE SPEECHES PERFECTED WITH THE ANNUAL OSCAR'S CEREMONY GETTING UNDERWAY IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. PETER JACKSON'S THE HOBBIT HAS THREE NOMINATIONS. SO TOO DOES WETA WORKSHOP. BUT THE AWARDS CEREMONY IS WIDELY TIPPED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE FOR YEARS. THE ABC'S CHRIS CONNELLY HAS A LOOK AT THE FAVOURITES, AND SOME OF THE POSSIBLE UPSETS. THE OSCAR VOTES ARE ALL IN, BUT INSTEAD OF PORING OVER EXIT POLLS AND NETWORK PROJECTIONS, WE'RE STILL ABLE TO IMAGINE AN UNDERDOG COMING OUT ON TOP. SO YOU'RE TAKING THE PROPER DOSAGE OF YOUR MEDICATION? DOES SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK HAVE A LONG-SHOT CHANCE TO UPSET THE BEST PICTURE FAVOURITE, ARGO? YOU DON'T HAVE A BETTER BAD IDEA THAN THIS? YOU BET. AND TONIGHT'S BIG CEREMONY COULD FEATURE SOME TECHNICAL OSCARS EARLY ON FOR LIFE OF PI. MAYBE THAT SHIP HASN'T SAILED YET. (CHUCKLES) I'M FRIENDS WITH SALLY FIELD. NOBODY WINDS UP STALKING ME. IT'S A PRETTY GREAT LIFE. HAVING FUN WITH HER FELLOW NOMINEES ` SILVER LINING'S JENNIFER LAWRENCE REMAINS THE BEST ACTRESS FAVOURITE. YET SOME IMAGINE THE HARD-TO-WRAP GIFT OF AN OSCAR FOR AMOUR'S EMMANUELLE RIVA, WHO'S CELEBRATING HER 86TH BIRTHDAY TODAY. AND WHAT ABOUT NAOMI? NOW A TWO-TIME NOMINEE. YES, THANK YOU. IT'S TRUE. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS? LINCOLN'S SALLY FIELD COULD DERAIL ANNE HATHAWAY'S DREAM. # I DREAMED A DREAM IN TIME GONE BY. # AND WHILE ROBERT DE NIRO MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN UNDERDOG, HE COULD WIPE THAT BEST SUPPORTER SMILE OFF OF TOMMY LEE JONES. ALL FIVE NOMINEES ALREADY HAVE AN OSCAR. IT'D BE EASIER TO JACKHAMMER ABE LINCOLN OFF OF MT RUSHMORE THAN TO DEFACE DANIEL DAY LEWIS' CHANCES OF TAKING HOME BEST ACTOR FOR PLAYING THE 16TH PRESIDENT. NOW, NOW, NOW. HUGH JACKMAN, A FIRST-TIME NOMINEE FOR LES MIS ` HE GETS IT. IF I'M UP IN THE MEZZANINE, THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE I WON'T BE WINNING. ONE NEWS US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME HAS SECURED HIS PLACE ON THE RED CARPET, AND OF COURSE HE'LL BE KEEPING A SPECIAL EYE OUT FOR THE KIWI CONNECTIONS UP FOR AWARDS. THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS ARE JUST BEING BROUGHT IN. HOLLYWOOD'S ELITE ARE STARTING TO LINE UP OUTSIDE AND STARTING TO TRICKLE INTO THE THEATRE ALONG THE RED CARPET. IT'S A RED GAUNTLET THEY WALK, OF SORTS, STRETCHING BETWEEN MEDIA AND FANS. THEY HAVE TO SIGN VARIOUS AUTOGRAPHS, DO INTERVIEWS AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE THEATRE, AND OF COURSE AS WELL AS THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS THIS EVENING, THERE'LL BE SEVERAL KIWI CONTENDERS MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE THEATRE, HOPING THOSE SUITCASES HOLD THEIR NAMES. WETA WORKSHOP HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THREE FILMS ` PROMETHEUS, MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS AND THE HOBBIT. AND AS WELL AS THAT, THE HOBBIT HAS ALSO BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST PRODUCTION AND SET DESIGN AND BEST HAIRSTYLING AND MAKE-UP. THE AWARDS THEMSELVES ARE STILL A COUPLE OF HOURS AWAY. THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE ARE JUST STARTING TO QUEUE UP OUTSIDE, GET READY TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY AND ALONG THE GAUNTLET. ONE SHOULD THINK THE CELEBRATIONS HERE WILL CONTINUE LATE INTO THE NIGHT. THANK-YOU JACK TAME. AND WE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE RESULTS IN THE NEWS HOUR. YOU CAN FOLLOW JACK'S TWEETS FROM THE RED CARPET, AND LIVE UPDATES OF ALL THE ACTION THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, ON OUR WEBSITE? STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT ` THE DAYTONA 500. AND A MAJOR FOOTBALL TROPHY GOES TO THE HEART OF RUGBY COUNTRY IN SOUTH WALES. 1 WITH ME NOW IS ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. SUMMERSET RETIREMENT VILLAGE OPERATOR WITH A GOOD RESULT TODAY. HOW GOOD? GOOD RESULT, YES PROFIT AFTER TAX CAME IN AT $14M UP 88% ON PREVIOUS YEAR PROFITS DRIVEN BY DEVELOPMENT OF NEW UNITS ` 130 NEW UNITS AN INCREASE IN FEES RESALE OF NEW UNITS BUT THEY DIDN'T GET CONSENT FOR HOBSONVILLE VILLAGE? YES, THEY WERE REJECTED BUT THEY WILL APPEAL THEY MAY BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT APPEAL CHORUS, THE BROADBAND AND PHONE LINE COMPANY ` WHAT WAS THEIR PROFIT? FINANCIALLY THEIR RESULT WAS RESONABLE PROFIT AT $50M THEY HAD COMMERCE COMMISSION PROBLEMS CAPITAL WILL INCREASE BY 20% THANK YOU, ROSS CUTHBERT FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. TO MIDDAY SPORT. A FRUSTRATING FINISH TO THE DAYTONA 500 FOR ROOKIE NASCAR DRIVER DANICA PATRICK, A DAY AFTER A HUGE CRASH AT THE VENUE LEFT 28 FANS INJURED. AFTER STARTING FROM POLE, PATRICK'S GREEN NUMBER 10 CAR WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE CAUGHT UP IN A CRASH ON LAP 33. DYLAN MISSES HIM. MORE CARNAGE DOWN TOWARDS NUMBER ONE. MONTOYA, HARVEY. ALL ARE DAMAGED AS THE CARS ARE COMING DOWN. THE INDY CAR STAR WAS POISED IN THIRD PLACE ON THE LAST OF THE 200 LAPS, BUT HER CHALLENGE NEVER MATERIALISED. SHE FADED TO EIGHTH BEHIND CHEVROLET DRIVER JIMMIE JOHNSON, WHO LAST WON THE NASCAR FEATURE SEVEN YEARS AGO, BUT HAD FAILED TO FEATURE AT ALL SINCE THEN. FOR FOOTBALL FANS IN THE BRITISH CAPITAL, THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL WAS AN UNGLAMOROUS AFFAIR ` A TEAM FROM WALES AGAINST A FOURTH-TIER CLUB FROM YORKSHIRE. IN THE END, THE CLASS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S SWANSEA CITY SHONE THROUGH AS THEY BEAT BRADFORD CITY 5-0 TO WIN THEIR FIRST MAJOR TROPHY. THE BBC'S TIM FRANKS WAS THERE. SWANSEA HAD WON ADMIRERS THIS SEASON FOR THEIR CRISP, INCISIVE STYLE, AND DULY, AFTER 15 MINUTES, THEY CUT THROUGH, MICHU'S SHOT PRODUCING DYER'S GOAL. FOR BRADFORD, SWANSEA'S FOOTBALL SIMPLY HAD TOO MUCH SPICE. A NUTMEG PASS AND THEN A NUTMEG GOAL FROM MICHU. 2-0. WHAT THIN HOPES BRADFORD MAY HAVE BEEN CLUTCHING AT WAFTED AWAY WITHIN MOMENTS OF THE RESTART; NATHAN DYER DINKING AND CURLING THE THIRD. THE GOLDEN CLASS ONLY PROVED HOW REMARKABLE BRADFORD'S ACHIEVEMENT HAD BEEN TO REACH THE FINAL, BUT ONE OF THEIR HEROES EN ROUTE, MATT DUKE, WOULD NOT SEE OUT THE GAME. HE WAS SENT OFF FOR A FOUL ON DE GUZMAN, WHO MADE IT FOUR. OH, A VERY WELL-PLACED PENALTY. AND THEN FIVE. IN THEIR CENTENARY YEAR, SWANSEA, WHO NEARLY FELL OUT OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 10 YEARS AGO, NOW HAVE THEIR FIRST MAJOR TROPHY. AND IN THIS MORNING'S PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES, MANCHESTER CITY HAS BEATEN CHELSEA. BY TWO GOALS TO NIL. CARLOS TEVEZ FIRED HOME TO KEEP ALIVE THEIR FAINT TITLE HOPES. NEWCASTLE ALSO BEAT SOUTHAMPTON 4-2. SCOTLAND HAVE HUNG ON TO BEAT IRELAND 12-8 IN THEIR 6 NATIONS CLASH AT MURRAYFIELD THIS MORNING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS SCOTLAND HAVE WON TWO 6 NATIONS INTERNATIONALS IN SUCCESSION. IRELAND LED AFTER SCORING THE GAME'S ONLY TRY EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. KEARNEY'S THERE, LOOKING FOR SUPPORT. IT'S GILROY, AND HE GETS IT DOWN. AND CRAIG GILROY HAS THE SCORE FOR IRELAND. BUT SCOTLAND HIT BACK WITH FOUR PENALTIES. GREIG LAIDLAW BOOTED THE SCOTS TO VICTORY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AFTER SHE WAS STRUCK BY A FREIGHT TRAIN IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING. THERE ARE CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO ACT MORE RESPONSIBLY AROUND WATER AFTER TWO MEN DROWNED AT PIHA BEACH. SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIA REPORT A SUBSTANCE FOUND IN OSCAR PISTORIUS' HOME DURING A SEARCH BY POLICE WAS A HERBAL SEX REMEDY, NOT TESTOSTERONE. THE KING OF TONGA HAS KICKED OFF HIS FIRST OFFICIAL STATE VISIT TO NZ WITH A STATE WELCOME AT WELLINGTON'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE. HIS MAJESTY KING TUPOU VI AND HIS WIFE THE QUEEN WERE WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL AND AN OFFICIAL PARTY OF DIPLOMATS, AS WELL AS THE MILITARY AND A LOCAL SCHOOL KAPA HAKA GROUP. HIS VISIT WILL CONCLUDE IN AUCKLAND ON WEDNESDAY. KING TUPOU VI TOOK OVER THE REIGNS FROM HIS BROTHER, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST MARCH. THANKS FOR JOINING US.