WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WILL FORECAST RAIN THIS WEEKEND EASE FARMERS GROWING DROUGHT TROUBLES? HOW AUCKLAND PLANS TO DEAL WITH A MILLION EXTRA RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND A FRANTIC KIWI DERBY IN DUNEDIN FEATURES A PROP FLYING DOWN THE WING. RAIN FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND COULD BRING A HINT OF GREEN BACK TO THE PARCHED PASTURES OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THE ENTIRE ISLAND IS OFFICIALLY IN DROUGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IN ANOTHER FIRST, THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND IS ALSO REQUESTING OFFICIAL DROUGHT STATUS. DANIEL FAITAUA HAS OUR REPORT. THE ONCE GREEN HILLS AND RUNNING CREEKS ARE BONE DRY. BECAUSE WE CAN GET DRY HERE ON THE EAST COAST, NORMALLY WE GOT SOMEWHERE TO SEND OUR STORE LAMBS ` IF WE'VE GOT OUR STORE LAMBS FOR SALE ` IF WE CAN'T GET THEM TO KILLABLE WEIGHT. NOW IT'S THE WHOLE NORTH ISLAND. THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THESE LAMBS TO GO TO. THIS IS THE HARSH REALITY FOR FARMING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND AS THEY EXPERIENCE THE WORST DROUGHT IN 30 YEARS. WITH DROUGHT COMES DUST, DESPERATION AND DWINDLING RETURNS. WE'RE KILLING OUR LAMBS EVERY WEEK AND THESE PARTICULAR ONES WILL BE GOING AT AROUND 4-5KG LIGHTER. THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY DECLARING THE ENTIRE NORTH ISLAND IN A STATE OF DROUGHT. FARMERS CAN TURN UP TO WINZ AND GET THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. THEY NEED TO MEET SOME CRITERIA. IRD ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE. THEY HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY d TO ALLOW SOME FARMERS TO 8 DEFER SOME TAXATION PAYMEN HELP TOO FOR FARMERS AS PRESSURE CAN TAKE ITS TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH. WE'RE ENCOURAGING FARMERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR NEIGHBOURS, LOOK OUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING SOMEWHAT. AND THERE'S HELP TRUCKED IN FROM THE SOUTH ISLAND ` MORE THAN 400 BALES OF HAY. BUT ON THE NORMALLY WELL WATERED WEST COAST, FARMERS ARE SEEKING DROUGHT STATUS FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN WE GET DRY CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, IT AFFECTS US QUITE QUICKLY, COS THE GRASS JUST CAN'T HANG ON. UP NORTH AT THIS TARANAKI DAIRY FARM FARMERS ARE CONSERVING WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR GRASS AND SWITCHING TO SUPPLEMENTS, AND GETTING TOGETHER TO SWAP IDEAS FOR SAVING THEIR BUSINESS. WE DON'T PHYSICALLY MAKE ANY MONEY AT THE MOMENT. WE'RE HANGING ON IN THERE, BUT IT'S GETTING PRETTY DESPERATE. ANXIOUS AND DESPERATE FOR RAIN, SIGNIFICANT RAIN, FOR THEIR LAND AND STOCK TO RECOVER. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. THE MOTHER AND COUSIN OF TWO TEENAGE SISTERS KILLED IN A CHRISTMAS DAY CAR CRASH IN TAURANGA IN 2011 HAVE BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF THEIR MANSLAUGHTER. PHILLIPPA MOREHU AND HAKI DAVEY WERE ACCUSED OF RACING THEIR CARS WITH ANOTHER RELATIVE WHO LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND CRASHED. MEREPEKA (14) AND BROOKLYN MOREHU-CLARK (13) DIED AT THE SCENE. THE FAMILY SAYS TODAY'S VERDICTS MEAN THEY CAN GET ON WITH THEIR GRIEVING. HETARAKA REIHANA, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THE TWO GIRLS DIED IN, PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER YESTERDAY. TWO BOYS (10) HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A SCRUB FIRE FORCED PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THE 1400M2 BLAZE AFFECTED FOUR STREETS IN CLENDON PARK LAST WEEKEND. TWO PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. 40 FIREFIGHTERS WERE NEEDED TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE, ONE OF DOZENS LIT IN THE AREA THIS SUMMER. POLICE SAY THE CHILDREN ARE NOW IN THE CARE OF CHILD YOUTH AND FAMILY. THE WAR OF WORDS OVER THE TROUBLED STATE-OWNED SOLID ENERGY CONTINUED TODAY. LABOUR WAS KEEN TO WRONG-FOOT THE PRIME MINISTER AS JOHN KEY RELEASED DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE COMPANY HAD AMBITIOUS EXPANSION PLANS. THE ARGUMENT TODAY CENTRED ON WHETHER SOLID ENERGY HAD ASKED THE GOVERNMENT FOR $1B. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. JOHN KEY'S BACK AFTER 10 DAYS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND BACK IN THE THICK OF IT, WITH A HE-SAID-HE-SAID BATTLE WITH SOLID ENERGY. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER THE COMPANY ASKED FOR $1B TOWARDS AN AUDACIOUS EXPANSION PLAN ` MONEY SOLID ENERGY SAYS IT NEVER ASKED FOR. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $2B AND $3B OF GOVERNMENT MONEY. < BUT THEY STILL DIDN'T ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR $1B < DID THEY? PROBABLY $2B TO $3B. BUT HAVE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD US IN FEBRUARY. THEY WANTED A VERY LARGE CAPITAL INJECTION IN THE ORDER OF ABOUT $1B. SOLID ENERGY'S FORMER CHAIRMAN SAYS THAT'S NOT WHAT HE REMEMBERS. I CANNOT RECALL THAT WE HAVE EVER EXPLICITLY ASKED HIM FOR $1B. WELL, GO AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK. SO WE DID. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PAPERWORK RELEASED BY HIS OFFICE. IT SHOWS SOLID ENERGY ESTIMATES IT WOULD NEED A $2B TO $3B INVESTMENT EACH YEAR FOR ITS EXPANSION. SO WHERE DID THE $1B FIGURE COME FROM? AS I SAID WHEN I DID THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I SAID THEY ASKED FOR LOTS OF LOTS OF MONEY FOR THAT PROPOSAL. AND SOMEONE SAID, 'HOW MUCH?' AND I SAID, 'WELL, IT'S AT LEAST $1B. 'WELL, IN FACT, ACTUALLY IT'S MORE. IT'S $2B TO $3B.' JOHN KEY SAYS SOLID ENERGY MANAGEMENT VISITED HIS OFFICE, AND THERE WAS NO DOUBT IT WAS GOVERNMENT MONEY THEY WERE AFTER. SO THERE'S A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE STORIES HERE. JOHN PALMER SAID THAT HE DID NOT REQUEST IT. JOHN KEY SAID HE TURNED THE REQUEST DOWN. WHO'S TELLING THE TRUTH? LABOUR WANTS A FULL INQUIRY INTO SOLID ENERGY. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT'S NOT NECESSARY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY ANYTHING THAT IS THAT ODD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED. IN THE END, SOLID ENERGY HAD COME TO A SAD SORT OF CONCLUSION. IT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT BUILD-UP IN THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE OF SOLID ENERGY. THERE WAS A COAL PRICE, WHICH ACTUALLY THE COMPANY BELIEVED WOULD BE RIGHT, BUT PROVED TO BE WRONG. THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT THEY MADE IN THEIR CORE ASSETS WHICH ACTUALLY DIDN'T WORK, INCLUDING SPRING CREEK. AND JOHN KEY IS ADAMANT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEMISE OF SOLID ENERGY RESTS SQUARELY WITH ITS BOARD AND MANAGEMENT. ARE YOU SAYING YOU TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY AND THE GOVERNMENT TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY? WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE DECISIONS TO INVEST, THE PATHWAY THAT THE COMPANY WENT DOWN, AND THE PROCESS THAT IT FOLLOWED WERE HANDLED BY THE BOARD AND THE MANAGEMENT. SO YOU TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY? THE PAPERS ALSO REVEAL SOLID ENERGY'S AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR A $27B EXPANSION ` DOCUMENTS THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES WILL PUT THIS DEBATE TO BED. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. A GREYMOUTH COURT TODAY FINISHED HEARING EVIDENCE RELATING TO NINE SAFETY CHARGES BROUGHT BY THE FORMER LABOUR DEPARTMENT AGAINST PIKE RIVER COAL LTD. A DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR INVESTIGATOR OUTLINED 25 STEPS THE COMPANY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN TO KEEP ITS WORKERS SAFE, NOTING INADEQUATE VENTILATION AND METHANE EXPLOSION MANAGEMENT. IT'S SORT OF A BIT LIKE A JIGSAW. EVERYTHING'S STARTING TO FALL INTO PLACE, AND WE'VE GOT TO START FROM WHAT HAPPENED. NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO WHERE AND WHY IT HAPPENED. RECEIVERS FOR THE COMPANY ARE NOT CONTESTING THE CHARGES. THE JUDGE RESERVED HER DECISION UNTIL NEXT MONTH. AUCKLAND'S COUNCIL HAS UNVEILED ITS BLUEPRINT OF HOW IT'LL COPE WITH A MILLION EXTRA RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THE COUNCIL SAYS ITS DRAFT AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN PRESENTS A VISION FOR A COMPACT CITY, BUT ALREADY IT'S ATTRACTED OPPOSITION. PAUL HOBBS HAS THE STORY. AUCKLAND'S POPULATION ALREADY TOPS 1.5 MILLION. IT'S PREDICTED IT COULD GROW BY ANOTHER MILLION WITHIN 30 YEARS. TODAY IS A MAJOR MILESTONE IN AUCKLAND'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING THE WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY. RELEASING ITS PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE SWELLING CITY. AUCKLANDERS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT IS THEY DON'T WANT URBAN SPRAWL. THEY DON'T WANT LA. WHAT THEY WANT, IT SEEMS, IS A COMPACT, DENSER CITY WITH GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS. ESSENTIALLY, AUCKLANDERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE HIGH RISES ON THEIR HORIZON. THE COUNCIL SAYS UP TO 70% OF AUCKLAND'S FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS WILL HAVE TO FIT INTO EXISTING URBAN AREAS. APART FROM THE CBD, BUILDINGS WILL RANGE FROM A MAXIMUM OF 18 STOREYS IN METROPOLITAN HUBS. IN MOST OTHER AREAS, THE HEIGHTS RANGE BETWEEN EIGHT AND FOUR STOREYS. SOME FEAR STREETS LIKE THIS WILL BE RUINED. THE SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF BAD DESIGN AND BAD CONSTRUCTION IN AUCKLAND IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT THE COUNCIL SAYS THESE INNER-CITY APARTMENTS BUILT IN THE '90S ARE A THING OF THE PAST. WE WON'T HAVE THE WALLS OF APARTMENTS THAT WE'VE GOT NOW. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ON THAT. BUT IN OREWA, THEY'RE STILL WORRIED. TWO YEARS AGO THE ENVIRONMENT COURT RULED AGAINST FURTHER HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENTS. NOW LOCALS SAY THE COUNCIL'S PLAN ALLOWS FOR SIX-STOREY BUILDINGS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE COUNCIL CAN IGNORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT DECISION. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF THE COUNCIL'S PLAN, SAYING IT WON'T DELIVER THE NUMBER OF HOUSES NEEDED IN AUCKLAND QUICKLY ENOUGH. WHILE THE COUNCIL WANTS 'COMPACT', IT'S PLANNING TO EXPAND ITS CITY LIMITS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. A LITTLE BIT OUT AND A LITTLE BIT UP, AND IT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO THAT'S KEY. AUCKLANDERS HAVE 10 WEEKS TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS ON THE NEW PLAN. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` LIGHTER, STRONGER AND MORE FEATURES. APPLE FACES A NEW THREAT IN THE BATTLE FOR SMART PHONE SUPREMACY. ALSO ` FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, THE POPE STAMPS HIS OWN STYLE ON THE CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP BY CARRYING HIS OWN LUGGAGE. AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS A GONNA FIND OUT HOW THIS FREEFALLING SKYDIVER HAD AN AMAZING ESCAPE. 1 POPE FRANCIS SPURNED THE TRAPPINGS OF OFFICE AS HE WENT ABOUT HIS DUTIES ON HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. HE'S RAISING HOPES THAT HIS EXAMPLE WILL RESTORE THE TARNISHED IMAGE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS FROM ROME. DRESSED IN GOLD AND DAZZLING WHITE, FRANCIS LOOKED LIKE ANY OTHER POPE LEADING MASS. ONE CARDINAL SAYS THE CONCLAVE CHOSE A MAN WHO HAS SHOWN HE CAN GET THINGS DONE. HE'LL BE WISE, BUT HE'S A FORMIDABLE MAN. ARGENTINA IS A TOUGH SCHOOL. CARDINALS SAY THE POPE RODE THE MINIBUS WITH THEM BACK TO A VATICAN HOSTEL LAST NIGHT AFTER CONCLUDING HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD. THAT BALCONY APPEARANCE HAS BEEN SCRUTINIZED FOR SIGNS OF HOW HE'LL RUN THE CHURCH AND ITS CURIA, OR BUREAUCRACY. HE DIDN'T WEAR A GOLD CROSS. HE WORE A ORDINARY, UH, BRASS CROSS. HE CALLS EVERYONE BROTHERS. NOW, HE SHOULD HAVE` DIPLOMATICALLY, HE SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE CARDINALS AS SIGNORI, AS LORDS. BUT NO. HE SAYS BROTHERS. FRANCIS IS A VERY DELIBERATE CHOICE OF NAME FOR A REFORMER. HIS NAMESAKE ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DREAMT HE WAS ON A MISSION TO REBUILD A RUINED CHURCH. THIS CHURCH, SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS ARE ALREADY CHANGING. AT 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING WHILE MOST OF ROME WAS JUST WAKING, POPE FRANCIS ARRIVED IN A VERY MODEST CAR AND WENT INSIDE TO TELL THE PRIESTS THAT THEY SHOULD BE MERCIFUL WHILE HEARING CONFESSION. THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR ` HUMBLE IS NOW IN, AND THE BOSS IS WATCHING. ALL AROUND US HERE IN ITALY, THERE ARE POLITICAL SCANDALS; THERE ARE ECONOMIC SCANDALS. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE REFLECTED IN THE CHURCH. LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT CLEANING UP OUR HOUSE. THAT MAY STIFLE FRANCIS' ABILITY TO CLOCK UP AIR POINTS AND EMULATE PREVIOUS GLOBETROTTING POPES WHO VISITED OUR REGION. LESS TRAVEL MAY SUIT THE 76-YEAR-OLD, THOUGH THE VATICAN SAYS HE ONLY LOST PART OF A LUNG WHEN HE WAS 21 AND ENJOYS GOOD HEALTH NOW. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, ROME. A MAN WHO WENT ON A KILLING SPREE IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF NEW YORK HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE AFTER A 19-HOUR STANDOFF. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE MYSTIFIED BY THE RAMPAGE. KURT MYERS (64) SET ALIGHT HIS APARTMENT BEFORE OPENING FIRE AT A BARBERSHOP AND CARWASH, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDING TWO OTHERS. HE WAS TRACKED TO AN ABANDONED BAR WHERE HE DIED IN A SHOOT-OUT. A HIGH-ROLLING CARD PLAYER'S BELIEVED TO HAVE NETTED AROUND $40M IN A CASINO HEIST IN AUSTRALIA. d IT HAPPENED AT MELBOURNE'S 8 CROWN CASINO, WHICH HAS SINCE SACKED A STAFF MEMBER AND BANNED THE CARD PLAYER. IT'S BELIEVED THE PAIR TAPPED INTO THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM. THE CASINO WON'T CONFIRM HOW THEY DID IT OR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN. A VETERAN SKY-DIVER'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER A MID-AIR STUNT NEARLY ENDED IN DISASTER. MAJOR PARACHUTE TROUBLES SENT CALIFORNIAN CRAIG STAPLETON ON A TERRIFYING PLUMMET TO EARTH. THIS FROM THE ABC. THAT'S CRAIG STAPLETON JUMPING WITH HIS PARACHUTING PARTNER, KATIE ` PART OF A PRACTICE RUN, TESTING THEIR NEW FLAG STUNT. YOU SEE THEIR PROUD AMERICAN FLAG THERE, AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM... COME ON! ...EXHILARATED BY THEIR JUMP. BUT IT WOULD SOON GO WRONG. SHE BREAKS AWAY; HE STRUGGLES. AT FIRST, GOING 90MPH FROM 8000FT UP ` TOO FAST FOR THE STUNT. HE FLIPS AND IS UNABLE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE FLAG. HIS PARACHUTE WAS TANGLED. I PRETTY MUCH FIGURED I WAS DEAD. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY WIFE AND KIDS AND WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO THEM. I WAS JUST REALLY SORRY THAT I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THERE TO SAY GOODBYE TO 'EM. HE BEGINS TO SPIRAL, FINALLY CUTTING AWAY FROM THAT FLAG, TRYING TO UNLEASH HIS BACK-UP PARACHUTE. BUT THAT ONE GETS STUCK IN THE FIRST PARACHUTE, LEAVING HIM TWO AND A HALF MINUTES BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. AT SOME POINT, YOU JUST SAY, 'THIS WHERE I'M GONNA LAND. 'THIS IS HOW I'M GONNA LAND. I'VE GOTTA DO THE BEST I CAN 'TO BRACE FOR THAT IMPACT AND HOPE TO GOD I SURVIVE.' HE TOLD ME TODAY HE BRACED HIMSELF IN A BALL, A SEAT FORMATION, HOLDING HIS LEGS UP TO HIS CHEST, HOPING TO ROLL WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND. AND HE HIT HARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A ROLL IT WAS. IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE A 'THUNK' TO ME. I HIT PRETTY HARD. AT THE HOSPITAL, X-RAYS, MRIS ALL SHOWING NOTHING ` JUST A LITTLE BLACK AND BLUE. GOD, BUDDHA, ALLAH, BABY JESUS, GUARDIAN ANGEL? SOMEBODY. SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OUT FOR ME. CRAIG SAYS THE ACCIDENT HASN'T PUT HIM OFF SKY-DIVING, BUT HE WON'T BE TRYING ANOTHER FLAG JUMP ANY TIME SOON. THE BATTLE FOR SMARTPHONE SUPREMACY HAS JUST PICKED UP ANOTHER NOTCH. THE NEW SAMSUNG S4 IS LIGHTER, STRONGER AND HAS MORE FEATURES THAN ITS PREDECESSOR, BUT IS IT ENOUGH TO BEAT APPLE'S IPHONE? US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME TESTS IT OUT. IN THE WORLD OF SMARTPHONE PRODUCT LAUNCHES, EVEN ANNOUNCEMENTS THESE DAYS RESULT IN A QUEUE. AND WITH AN AUDIENCE OF KEEN TECHIES ALREADY THUMBING THEIR SCREENS, SAMSUNG LAUNCHED ITS LATEST, WITH A SONG AND DANCE TO MATCH. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EXPECTATION. YOU KNOW, THE GALAXY SERIES 3 WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PHONE LAUNCH FOR US. WE'VE SOLD 43 MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE OF THE S SERIES. THAT MAKES THE KOREAN COMPANY SECOND ONLY TO APPLE IN SALES AND THE CONSEQUENT HYPE. THE S4 HAS A LARGER SCREEN AND IS THINNER AND LIGHTER THAN THE PREVIOUS MODEL, BOASTING A SERIES OF NEW PHOTO FEATURES, ALLOWING THE HAPPY SNAPPER TO BE INCLUDED. DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THE BUS TO THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM? PHONE TRANSLATES INTO CHINESE LANGUAGE NEW, TOO, IS THE BUILT IN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SYSTEM. THANKS! ONE OF THE PHONE'S KEY FEATURES IS SENSING TECHNOLOGY THAT STOPS VIDEO IF YOUR EYES LOOK AWAY FROM THE SCREEN AND MEANS IN WINTER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUT THE FINGER OFF YOUR GLOVE TO OPERATE YOUR PHONE. THEY'RE REALLY TRYING NEW STUFF, AND THAT'S TO BE ENCOURAGED. WE WANT NEW THINGS TO PLAY WITH, SO IT'S A VERY GOOD STEP. OF COURSE HOW EFFECTIVELY IT ALL WORKS, THOUGH, IS ANOTHER MATTER ENTIRELY AND YET TO BE DETERMINED BY A DEMANDING SMARTPHONE PUBLIC. YOU'D DESCRIBE IT AS EVOLUTIONARY RATHER THAN REVOLUTIONARY. IT'S AN ENHANCEMENT ON WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, BUT IT DOESN'T RESET THE BAR, AS SUCH. AND THOUGH IT'LL BE LAUNCHED IN THE US NEXT MONTH, SAMSUNG'S YET TO SET A PRICE OR DATE FOR THE S4 IN NZ. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. JUST AHEAD, IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE ` SONNY BILL FRONTS UP ABOUT BEING BACK AT EDEN PARK, BUT NOT IN BLACK. ALSO, DID THE HIGHLANDERS GET CANED IN TONIGHT'S SUPER RUGBY NAIL BITER? AND I'LL HAVE MORE ON THE EX-TROPICAL LOW HEADING OUR WAY. This is a story... Don't worry. It's about beer. And a man named Stewart Monteith. Stewart was a master brewer. And a troublemaker. Jailed for running an illegal brewery. Then in 1868 he set about brewing a beer for gold-mining men. Not the type of men you want to disappoint. Stewart didn't disappoint. That's not where the story ends. Gold dried up. Boom turned to bust. And Stewart turned to his son William to save the brewery. William brewed new, exciting beers and spread them far and wide. Little brewery kept the beer flowing. Till some blokes in the big smoke shut it down. West Coast passion prevailed. Three days later and the brewers were back. After almost 150 years of brewing, you learn something. It's not all about what you've done. It's what you do next that counts. THE HURRICANES HAVE COME OUT ON TOP AFTER A TIGHT TUSSLE WITH THE HIGHLANDERS IN A FRANTIC KIWI SUPER RUGBY DERBY IN DUNEDIN. THE 23`19 WIN IS THE CANES' SECOND THIS SEASON, WHILE THE HIGHLANDERS REMAIN WINLESS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. WITH AN 0 AND 2 RECORD, THIS MATCH WAS MAKE OR BREAK FOR THE HIGHLANDERS, BUT IN THE EARLY STAGES, IT WAS THE HURRICANES DOING ALL THE MAKING; SAVEA GETS IT ACROSS, AND NOW THE TRY'S SCORED! AND IT'S SCORED BY CONRAD SMITH! ...THE HIGHLANDERS, THE BREAKING. AND NOT JUST THE FIVE POINTS ` IT'S COST THEM THEIR CAPTAIN AS WELL. ANDREW HORE HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE FIELD AT THE MOMENT. BRAD THORN TOOK OVER THE CAPTAINCY AFTER RIB CARTILAGE DAMAGE SAW HORE JOIN THE SOUTHERNERS' INJURY LIST. THE VISITORS, MEANWHILE, WERE BUSY TAKING OVER EACH OTHER'S POSITIONS. AND BEN FRANKS! AND BEN FRANKS! WELL, WELL, WELL. OH, THEY'LL CELEBRATE THIS, ALL FRONT ROWERS AROUND THE WORLD. PROP-TURNED-WING BEN FRANKS CRASHED OVER THE TRY LINE, THOUGH THE RESPONSE WAS SWIFT. GEAR! GEAR'S THROUGH! BUSTED THE FIRST TACKLE AND SCORES! THE HURRICANES SHOULD'VE ANSWERED IN KIND, BUT STRUGGLED TO FINISH. COLIN SLADE'S BOOT INSTEAD KEPT THE HOME SIDE IN FRONT ` THAT IS, UNTIL TJ PERENARA DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. HE'S STRONG, HE'S VERY STRONG, AND HE GETS THERE! THE YO-YO SCORING CONTINUED UNTIL BEAUDEN BARRETT STRUCK THE ONE THAT COUNTED. AND` AND, OH, IT'S A BEAUTY. INCREASING DESPERATION FROM THE HIGHLANDERS WENT UNREWARDED. EVEN A BARNSTORMING BRAD THORNE RUN COULDN'T HELP. THE HOSTS WERE LEFT WONDERING 'WHAT IF?' WE WERE IN THE FIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS ` THE DROPPED BALL, THE PRESSURE PASS ` THEY CAN HURT YOU. AND THE JOURNEY DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER FOR THE WINLESS HIGHLANDERS, WHO PLAY THE CHIEFS NEXT WEEK. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. TO CRICKET, ENGLAND'S GOT THE UPPER HAND AFTER DAY TWO OF THE SECOND TEST AGAINST THE BLACKCAPS AT WELLINGTON'S BASIN RESERVE. THE VISITORS BUILT A SOLID FIRST INNINGS SCORE OF 465 BEFORE FINALLY BEING DISMISSED. THEIR PACE ATTACK THEN CASHING IN BEFORE STUMPS. AND AGAIN, OVER THE TOP ` SO THE BLACKCAPS ARE PRECARIOUSLY POSITIONED AT 66 FOR 3, STILL 199 RUNS AWAY FROM AVOIDING THE FOLLOW ON. SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WAS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT TODAY AS HIS NEW LEAGUE SIDE, THE ROOSTERS, HAD A FINAL RUN AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S CLASH WITH THE WARRIORS AT EDEN PARK. SBW'S NO STRANGER TO A SCRUM, BUT HE'S STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS CODE SWITCH. BEING BACK IN THE FORWARDS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO, WHEREAS BEFORE I WAS PROBABLY OUT WITH THE PRETTY BOYS KICKING STONES OUT WIDE, SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S GONNA TAKE ME A WHILE, BUT IT'S A LONG YEAR, MATE. WILLIAMS HAS NEVER LOST AT EDEN PARK. THE WARRIORS ARE LOOKING TO BRING THE FORMER UNION STAR'S WINNING RUN TO AN END. FINALLY IN SPORT, SHE'S 6 FT 5 AND JAMAICA'S LATEST SPORTING SUPERSTAR, AND THE SOUTHERN STEEL NETBALL TEAM ARE HOPING JHANIELE FOWLER WILL HELP TURN THEIR FORTUNES AROUND. THE GIANT (23) WILL BE UNLEASHED ON THE TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH BEGINS NEXT WEEK. MAX BANIA CAUGHT UP WITH HER. YOU CAN'T GET MUCH FURTHER REMOVED FROM TROPICAL JAMAICA THAN INVERCARGILL. BUT THANKS TO A SPECIAL BED DELIVERY, JHANIELE FOWLER IS AT LEAST SLEEPING A LITTLE EASIER... MY OLD BED WAS CROOKED AND SHORTER THAN I AM ` MUCH MUCH SHORTER ` SO NOT ONLY IS IT LONG ENOUGH FOR ME, IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS SNAPPED UP BY THE STEEL AFTER IMPRESSING IN NOVEMBER'S FAST5 SERIES. STEADIES, AND IN IT GOES. SHE'S NOW AIMING TO BECOME JAMAICA'S LATEST SPORTING STAR. AT 6'5" IN THE OLD MONEY, THE 23-YEAR-OLD NOT ONLY DWARFS YOUR AVERAGE REPORTER; SHE'S AS TALL AS HER MOST FAMOUS COUNTRYMAN, SPRINTER USAIN BOLT. AND ONLY JUST SHADED BY THE TALLEST CURRENT ALL BLACK, BRODIE RETALLICK. HER HEIGHT PROVES A NUISANCE EVEN FOR TEAMMATES. I TELL YA, I LOOKED ACROSS TO TALK TO HER THE OTHER DAY, AND ALL I SAW WAS HER BOOB, SO I HAVE TO LOOK UP, WHICH IS A BIT OF A CHANGE. AND, YEAH, ITS JUST GONNA BE FANTASTIC HAVING HER THERE IN THE BACK AND KNOWING IF I MISS A SHOT, SHE'S THERE FOR A REBOUND. I AM BOTH TALL AND ABLE TO MOVE, BUT I'M WORKING ON MY ACCURACY IN MOVEMENTS AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. FOWLER'S FIRST TEST COMES WHEN THE STEEL TRAVEL TO BRISBANE TO FACE THE FIREBIRDS IN THE OPENING ROUND. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. THAT'S SPORT. RENEE'S HERE WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER NOW. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO, WE HAVE THE PIECES MOVING INTO PLACE TO BRING US SOME RAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE LOW WILL MOVE STEADILY SOUTHEAST TO LIE WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'LL DRAG THIS FRONT AND ITS RAIN TOWARDS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. AS THAT LOW MOVES DOWN IT'LL START TO PUSH THE RIDGE OUT OF THE WAY, ALLOWING THESE FRONT TO HANG AROUND AND ANOTHER LOW TO FORM NEAR TASMANIA. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S IT FROM ME. ENJOY THE WET WEATHER AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY HUGO SNELL AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.