GOOD EVENING. RAIN-LOADED FRONTS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHING THEMSELVES AT THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. ONE MADE LANDFALL AROUND LUNCHTIME, DUMPING HEAVY FALLS ON FIORDLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTLAND. THE OTHER IS SET TO COME TO SHORE LATER ON TONIGHT. I HAVE A HEAVY-RAIN WARNING AND A HEADS-UP FOR GALES FOR SOME PLACES TONIGHT. ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU SHORTLY. 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. THE SPEED SPIES ` NOW A GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S ACCUSING POLICE OF MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FROM CAMERA TRAPS. IS YOUR SMOKO BREAK UNDER THREAT? THE CHANGES IN THE PIPELINE THAT COULD AFFECT WORKERS. CONNECT THE DOTS ` THE VIDEO GAME HELPING PEOPLE WITH AN EYE CONDITION THAT CAN MAKE THEM BLIND. AND A TOWN THAT'S HAD A LOTTO LUCK. WE GO IN SEARCH OF THE LATEST MULTIMILLIONAIRE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S BROKEN RANKS WITH COLLEAGUES IN A SCATHING ATTACK ON POLICE OVER THEIR USE OF SPEED CAMERAS. REVENUE MINISTER PETER DUNNE IS ACCUSING THEM OF A COVERT POLICY THAT'S MAIN AIM IS TO MAKE MONEY. GEORGINA BALL HAS THE STORY. SPEED CAMERAS SNAP ALMOST 700,000 SPEEDING DRIVERS A YEAR, INCLUDING REVENUE MINISTER PETER DUNNE. I'VE HAD A FEW OCCASIONS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, LIKE EVERYONE. I'VE HAD A FEW OCCASIONS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, LIKE EVERYONE. THE VETERAN MP'S SO ANGRY ABOUT COVERT SPEED CAMERA VANS HE ASKED POLICE UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT EXACTLY WHICH AREAS IN WELLINGTON AND THE HUTT VALLEY ARE USING THEM. BUT POLICE REFUSED TO TELL HIM, SAYING IT WOULD PREJUDICE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LAW. I THINK WHAT ALL THIS SUBTERFUGE IS ABOUT IS THE POLICE ACTUALLY HAVING A NICE LITTLE EARNER. IN FACT, ALMOST $50M WORTH OF SPEED CAMERA FINES WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR. WE WANTED TO PUT PETER DUNNE'S CRITICISMS TO POLICE BOSSES. THEY REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED. BUT MOTORISTS WE SPOKE TO HAD PLENTY TO SAY. I JUST THINK IT'S UNFAIR. IT'S A BIT, SORT OF, SKULDUGGERY IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIDING THEM TO MAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF PEOPLE. PEOPLE SAY THAT CAMERAS ARE REVENUE PRODUCING. OK, THEY ARE REVENUE PRODUCING. OBEY THE RULES, AND IT DOESN'T WORRY YOU. POLICE DID LATER SEND US A STATEMENT SAYING... BUT PETER DUNNE SAYS IF POLICE REALLY WANTED TO STOP SPEEDSTERS, THEY'D PUBLICISE SPEED CAMERA LOCATIONS. IT'S MUCH BETTER TO SEND PEOPLE BIG BOLD SIGNALS ABOUT SLOWING DOWN THAN TO DO THIS CLOAK-AND-DAGGER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. WHILE IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TO CRITICISE POLICE ON OPERATIONAL MATTERS, PETER DUNNE SAYS HE'S SPEAKING FOR ALL MOTORISTS. I THINK BEING TREATED AS ALMOST CRIMINALS, AS THE POLICE SEEM TO IMPLY, IS A BIT RIDICULOUS. I'M SURE BURGLARS AND OTHER CRIMS ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT CRIME. BUT POLICE SAY SPEEDING KILLS NZERS EVERY YEAR AND COVERT CAMERAS ARE HERE TO STAY. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. UNIONS ARE PROMISING TO FIGHT PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES WHICH THEY SAY WILL CUT WAGES AND REMOVE BASIC WORKER RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS, INCLUDING REGULAR BREAKS. BUT THE LABOUR MINISTER COUNTERS THEY'RE AIMED AT IMPROVING FAIRNESS AND FLEXIBILITY. WILL HINE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE DETAILS. SMOKO ` A NZ WORKPLACE TRADITION. IT'S YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE A LITTLE BREAK THERE, A CUP OF COFFEE. YOU CAN'T WORK ALL DAY, DARLING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BREAK SOMETIME. IT'S HOW I GET THROUGH THE DAY, YOU KNOW ` THAT 15, 20 MINUTES OF SMOKO EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT PLANNED LABOUR LAW CHANGES HAVE SOME WORRIED THE CUPPA COULD BE GONE. AT THE MOMENT YOU'RE ENTITLED TO TWO 10-MINUTE TEA BREAKS IN A NORMAL KDAY AND A HALF-HOUR LUNCH BREAK, AND THEY'RE REMOVING THAT ENTITLEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE CHANGE WOULD MAKE THE LAW AROUND BREAKS MORE FLEXIBLE AND WOULD ONLY APPLY TO CERTAIN JOBS. EXAMPLES LIKE AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, WHERE YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM EVERY TWO HOURS GOING OFF FOR CUP OF TEA AND SANDWICHES BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A PLANE COMING IN. OR TEACHERS, FOR THAT MATTER, WHO CAN'T HAVE BREAKS AT SET PRESCRIBED TIMES, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE A CLASSROOM OF CHILDREN. IF THE BILL BECOMES LAW, WORKERS WILL BE COMPENSATED IF THEY DON'T GET A BREAK, BUT THAT ALSO DOESN'T WASH WITH UNIONS. WHAT PEOPLE DESERVE AND NEED IS THE DIGNITY OF A TEABREAK. THEY MIGHT WANT TO RING THEIR KIDS. THEY MIGHT NEED TO MAKE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. THEY MAY NEED TO HAVE A REST TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AT WORK, AND THAT IS BEING REMOVED. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS WORKERS COULD CHALLENGE THE REMOVAL OF THEIR BREAK, BUT HELEN KELLY SAYS FEW WOULD BE WILLING OR ABLE TO DO SO. PART OF THE BILL WOULD ALSO END A RULE THAT REQUIRES NON-UNION MEMBERS TO TAKE UNION TERMS FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF A NEW JOB, WHILE ANOTHER WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO WALK AWAY FROM COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITHOUT REACHING AN AGREEMENT. THE BILL ALSO SUGGESTS WORKERS' WAGES BE TAXED IF THEY TAKE PARTIAL STRIKE ACTION. UNIONS ARE PROMISING TO FIGHT THE MEASURES. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. A 55-YEAR-OLD'S FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT, WITH TWO MEN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SET HIM ALIGHT AT A CHRISTCHURCH PARTY. THE PAIR HAVE APPEARED IN COURT ON CHARGES OF GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. ALI PUGH REPORTS. THIS OPAWA HOUSE IS NOW A CRIME SCENE AFTER A MAN (55) WAS DISCOVERED SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS BURNS AFTER TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY POURED PETROL ON HIM AND SET HIM ALIGHT. NEIGHBOURS, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, WERE DISTURBED AT THE GRISLY DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. A BIT SURPRISED. BIT SHOCKED, I SUPPOSE,... YEAH. ESPECIALLY TO HEAR WHAT HAD SORT OF POSSIBLY GONE ON. PRETTY HARD TO BELIEVE... ...WHAT WE'RE HEARING,... ESPECIALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND WITHOUT EVEN HEARING` YEAH, NO, EH. CRAZY. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE ADDRESS JUST BEFORE 7 LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY ARRESTED JASON BARR (42), AN UNEMPLOYED WOOLSTON MAN, AND SHAY WEBSTER (20). BOTH MEN APPEARED BRIEFLY IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING. THEY'RE JOINTLY CHARGED WITH WOUNDING CAUSING GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. THEY'VE BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY AND WILL REAPPEAR HERE THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. NEIGHBOURS SAY A PARTY HAD BEEN PLANNED AT THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, BUT IT WASN'T OUT OF CONTROL. WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY NOISE, ANY COMMOTION, NO ARGUING, NOTHING. EVEN AT THE 6.30 MARK, THERE WAS ONLY LIGHT MUSIC COMING THROUGH, NOTHING LIKE A RAGING PARTY. WASN'T HEAPS OF PEOPLE HERE. I COULD NEVER IMAGINE JASON DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY. YEAH. MEANWHILE, THE VICTIM OF THE ATTACK IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION IN CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL AS POLICE CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE ARMY BAND INSTRUMENTS JUST BEFORE AN ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICE HAS DENIED THEFT. POLICE SAY WADE JEFFS (35) GRABBED A BAG CONTAINING A TRUMPET AND A CORNET BELONGING TO LANCE CORPORAL KEVIN HICKMAN THEN CYCLED OFF. POLICE CHASED HIM AND RETURNED THE INSTRUMENTS JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE BAND BEGAN PLAYING. JEFFS REFUSED LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND WAS DENIED BAIL, WITH THE JUDGE SAYING HE HAS AN APPALLING OFFENDING RECORD. HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE BOSTON BOMBING BROTHERS' NEXT TARGET WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOTS. FBI INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PAIR WANTED TO BLOW UP TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK AFTER PHOTOS OF THEM WERE RELEASED. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. FOR THE BROTHERS TURNED BOMBERS, IT SEEMS BOSTON WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. BOOM! UNDER GUARD IN A MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL, SUSPECT DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV (19) SAYS AMERICA'S BIGGEST CITY WAS NEXT IN HIS SIGHTS. HE TOLD THE FBI, APPARENTLY, THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER HAD INTENDED TO DRIVE TO NEW YORK AND DETONATE ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVES IN TIMES SQUARE. THE BROTHERS HAD BEEN PREPARING TO DRIVE FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK, CARJACKING THIS FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ON FRIDAY. BUT WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO STOP FOR PETROL, THE DRIVER ESCAPED AND CALLED POLICE. THE TWO BROTHERS HAD AT THEIR DISPOSAL SIX IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. ONE WAS A PRESSURE-COOKER BOMB SIMILAR TO THE TWO THAT HAD EXPLODED AT THE MARATHON. THE OTHER FIVE WERE PIPE BOMBS. THAT SORT OF ARSENAL WOULD'VE CREATED ENORMOUS DAMAGE HERE. TIMES SQUARE IS ONE OF NEW YORK'S BUSIEST AREAS ` ALMOST HALF A MILLION PEOPLE PASS THROUGH EACH DAY. STILL, IN THE SURROUNDING BLOCKS, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF CCTV CAMERAS, AND POLICE MAINTAIN A VERY VISIBLE PRESENCE. FROM RUSSIA, THE BOYS' MOTHER SAYS SHE REGRETS EVER SENDING THEM TO THE US. I THOUGHT AMERICA IS GOING TO PROTECT US, OUR KIDS; IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE FOR, LIKE, ANY REASON. BUT IT HAPPENED, OPPOSITE. EMOTIONALLY: MY KIDS JUST` AMERICA TOOK MY KIDS AWAY FROM ME, ONLY AMERICA. AND WHILE HER SURVIVING SON HAS REPORTEDLY NOW STOPPED TALKING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL IS CONSIDERING THE CASE. UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IT'S LIKELY DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV WILL FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. AND THE WAR DRUMS ARE BEATING LOUDLY IN AMERICA, WITH REPUBLICANS CALLING FOR STRONG ACTION AGAINST SYRIA. IT FOLLOWS AN INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUGGESTING SYRIA'S USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS 'ON A SMALL SCALE' AGAINST REBELS. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL REPORTS. THIS IS THE SORT OF SCENE THAT MIGHT JUST FORCE AMERICA TO TAKE ACTION. A SYRIAN DOCTOR POSTED THESE PICTURES ON YOUTUBE, SAYING THEY'RE EVIDENCE OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST REBELS IN NORTHERN ALEPPO. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SENT A LETTER TO SENATORS STATING... THE LETTER GOES ON TO SAY 'THAT WOULD CROSS A RED LINE.' BUT BEFORE TAKING ACTION, THEY NEED 'CREDIBLE AND CORROBORATED FACTS 'THAT PROVIDE US WITH SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY.' THE CONSEQUENCES FOR PRESIDENT ASSAD WOULD BE SERIOUS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST TIMES HE'S BEEN SEEN IN PUBLIC ` BACK IN JANUARY. BUT LONG BEFORE THEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE IT CLEAR HE'D BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF CHEMICAL WEAPONS WERE USED. A RED LINE FOR US IS WE START SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS MOVING AROUND OR BEING UTILIZED. PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS SPEAKING TODAY AT THE OPENING OF THE GEORGE W BUSH LIBRARY. HE'S VERY KEEN TO AVOID WHAT HE WOULD REGARD AS HIS PREDECESSOR'S MISTAKE IN IRAQ ` A RUSH TO WAR BASED ON FAULTY INTELLIGENCE. BUT SOME SEE THIS AS WEAKNESS AND LACK OF RESOLUTION. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SAID THAT IF BASHAR AL-ASSAD USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT WOULD BE A GAME-CHANGER, THAT IT WOULD CROSS A RED LINE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT RED LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED. ALL ALONG, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN EXTREMELY RELUCTANT TO TAKE ACTION IN SYRIA. HE REGARDS IT AS DIFFICULT, COMPLEX AND PROBABLY NOT IN AMERICA'S BEST INTERESTS. BUT HE'S NOW INCHING IN THAT DIRECTION WITH THE SORT OF DELIBERATIVE CAUTION THAT CAN REASSURE SOME PEOPLE BUT ALSO INFURIATES BOTH OPPONENTS AND ALLIES. THE CHEMICAL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IS SARIN, A COLOURLESS, ODOURLESS LIQUID INVENTED BY GERMAN SCIENTISTS AS PART OF HITLER'S PREPARATIONS FOR WWII. IT'S 20 TIMES MORE DEADLY THAN CYANIDE. A DROP THE SIZE OF A PINHEAD CAN KILL A PERSON. PART OF AUCKLAND'S BUSIEST MOTORWAY IS TONIGHT STILL CLOSED FOLLOWING A FATAL CRASH. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER THE SMASH ON THE SOUTHERN MOTORWAY IN MANUKAU LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DRIVERS ARE BEING WARNED TO TAKE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. THE NORTHBOUND SECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 IS CLOSED AT MANUKAU AND SHOULD REOPEN LATER TONIGHT. A NZ SCIENTIST'S ADAPTING A WELL-KNOWN VIDEO GAME TO CREATE A MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THE CONDITION KNOWN AS LAZY EYE. LIMITED TESTING SO FAR APPEARS TO HAVE IMPROVED PATIENTS' VISION MORE QUICKLY THAN THE TRADITIONAL EYE-PATCH TREATMENT. KRISTIN HALL TALKED WITH THE INVENTOR. A FIVE-YEAR STUDY DEVELOPED HERE IN NZ HAS TAKEN THE VIDEO BUILDING-BLOCK GAME TETRIS AND TURNED IT INTO WHAT COULD BE A REVOLUTIONARY TOOL TO TREAT THE CONDITION KNOWN AS LAZY EYE OR AMBLYOPIA. AMBLYOPIA TYPICALLY PRESENTS AS REDUCED OR POOR VISION IN ONE EYE. BUT IN FACT, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM NECESSARILY WITH EYE ITSELF. IT'S MORE TO DO WITH HOW THE BRAIN IS DEVELOPED TO USE INFORMATION FROM THAT EYE. FOR CENTURIES, CHILDREN WITH LAZY EYE HAD THEIR GOOD EYE COVERED WITH A PATCH TO FORCE THE WEAKER EYE TO WORK HARDER. BUT DR BEN THOMSON SAYS PLAYING TETRIS IS MORE EFFECTIVE, MORE FUN, AND CAN ALSO FIX THE PROBLEM IN ADULTS. ADULT PATIENTS WITH LAZY EYE DON'T HAVE ANY TREATMENTS AVAILABLE, AND SOME CHILDREN FIND IT DIFFICULT TO WEAR THE PATCH, SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THE TETRIS GAME IS WE'VE SET UP A SITUATION WHERE THE PATIENTS CAN USE BOTH EYES AT THE SAME TIME. THE KEY IS THESE SPECIAL GOGGLES. THEY TAKE WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THIS SCREEN AND PROJECT THE GAME WITH THE WHITE BLOCKS INTO ONE EYE AND THE GAME WITH THE GREY BLOCKS INTO THE OTHER, FORCING THE TWO EYES TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PLAY THE GAME. THERE'S ALSO AN IPOD VERSION, WITH 3D GLASSES. JANE RADOJKOVICH-BROCK (19) WAS PRACTICALLY BLIND IN HER RIGHT EYE. SHE'S SEEN A DIFFERENCE AFTER JUST ONE MONTH. I MEAN, I WAS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND HAVING TO WEAR AN EYE PATCH, SO THAT WAS TOUGH. SO, YEAH, JUST GOING HOME, PLAYING GAMES IS PRETTY EASY. THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL FOR MANY OTHER VIDEO GAMES TO BE ADAPTED FOR TREATMENT, OFFERING A CHANCE NOT ONLY TO SEE MORE CLEARLY BUT ALSO TO MASTER SOME GAMING SKILLS. KRISTIN HALL, ONE NEWS. A SMALL NORTH ISLAND TOWN'S BECOMING FAMOUS FOR ITS LOTTO LUCK AFTER A SECOND MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR WIN IN AS MANY YEARS. THE HUNT IS ON FOR THE HOLDER OF A $14M TICKET SOLD IN THE HAWKE'S BAY TOWN OF DANNEVIRKE. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. DANNEVIRKE LOCALS LINING UP TO CHECK THEIR LOTTO TICKETS. THIS IS THE STORE WHERE A LUCKY CUSTOMER BOUGHT A BIG WEDNESDAY TICKET, SCOOPING THE JACKPOT. IT'S A $14M PRIZE WHICH INCLUDES LUXURY PRIZES. THERE'S CARS AND A BOAT AND, UM, PLATINUM VISA CARDS. THE WINNER'S YET TO COME FORWARD, BUT SHOP WORKERS SAY THERE'VE BEEN PLENTY OF HOPEFULS. WE'VE HANDED OVER A FEW $20 NOTES OVER AND SAID, 'IT'S NOT QUITE $14M, 'BUT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!' (LAUGHS) SPECULATION ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE WINNER IS RIFE IN THIS TOWN OF 6000. YOU'RE NOT THE WINNER? NO, UNFORTUNATELY. NO, NO, NOT ME. NO. HOPEFULLY IT IS A LOCAL PERSON, NOT SOMEONE JUST DRIVING THROUGH. IT'S THE SECOND TIME DANNEVIRKE'S HIT THE LOTTO JACKPOT. IN 2011, A $17.5M TICKET WAS SOLD AT A LOCAL SUPERMARKET. THE WINNING STREAK'S GOT LOCALS IN A LATHER, WONDERING WHAT THEY'D SPEND A EXTRA FEW MILLION ON. I'D TRY AND GIVE AS MUCH BACK TO THE TOWN IF I COULD. OH, A HOUSE AND A CAR AND... A HOUSE FIRST. (LAUGHS) LOTTO OFFICIALS SAY THE OWNER OF THE WINNING TICKET SHOULD WRITE THEIR NAME ON THE BACK IMMEDIATELY BEFORE GETTING IT CHECKED EITHER ONLINE OR AT A LOTTO STORE. THEY HAVE A YEAR TO CLAIM THE PRIZE. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` PULLED ALIVE FROM THE RUBBLE, BUT THE DEATH TOLL IS MOUNTING AS THE FRANTIC SEARCH CONTINUES AFTER A BUILDING COLLAPSE IN BANGLADESH. PRINCE HARRY'S ACTING UP AGAIN, AND HE'S CAUGHT ON CAMERA.. IS HIS PERFORMANCE UP TO SCRATCH? AND JUSTIN BIEBER'S IN HOT WATER ONCE AGAIN. WE REVEAL WHAT POLICE FOUND ON HIS TOUR BUS. Are your savings gathering dust? DING! Then give them a chance to really grow, because there's a new millionaire created every month. Visit bonusbonds.co.nz to invest now. HUNDREDS OF FARMERS HAVE GATHERED IN FEILDING TO HEAR DETAILS OF A PLAN TO HELP THE STRUGGLING MEAT INDUSTRY. ORGANISERS SAY FARMERS ARE AT BREAKING POINT AND THAT FORMING A NEW COOPERATIVE COMPANY COULD BE THE SOLUTION. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. FRIDAYS MEAN BUSINESS TIME HERE AT THE FEILDING STOCK SALES. AND THEY'RE ON THE MARKET ` 50. BUT THOSE IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY SAY IT'S A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS HELP. IT IS IN A MESS. IT'S JUST NOT WORKING FOR ANYBODY. I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING FOR MEAT COMPANIES. I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING FOR FARMERS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING FOR END USERS. AND TODAY CLOSE TO A THOUSAND CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND FARMERS MET TO HEAR HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. IF WE DON'T FIND A SOLUTION, WE MIGHT AS WELL PACK IT IN. THE MEAT INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE GROUP IS EXPLORING WAYS OF SETTING UP A SINGLE COMPANY TO BUY AND MARKET THEIR MEAT IN A BID TO STABILISE THE INDUSTRY ` MUCH LIKE FONTERRA DOES FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS. AND MANY HERE SAY CHANGE CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH. WE NEED SOME MORE EVENING OUT, LESS VULNERABILITY IN THE MARKETS. YEAH, TO GET TO NEXT GENERATION FARMING, IT'S GOTTA BE DONE DIFFERENTLY. WE KNOW THERE'S GOTTA BE CHANGE TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FARMING INDUSTRY, OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE NO INDUSTRY. THE MEETING COMES OFF THE BACK OF SIMILAR EVENTS IN GORE AND CHRISTCHURCH AND IS TIMELY GIVEN THE TOUGH SEASON FARMERS ARE UNDERGOING. RABOBANK'S LATEST RURAL CONFIDENCE SURVEY HAS FOUND 50% OF SHEEP AND BEEF FARMERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF THEIR BUSINESS, WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE DROUGHT AND FALLING LAMB PRICES OVER THE PAST YEAR TAKING THEIR TOLL. IF WE DON'T FIX THE INDUSTRY, IT'LL JUST KEEP GOING DOWN UNTIL IT'S NOT WORTH HAVING. MORE MEETINGS ARE DUE TO BE HELD IN GISBORNE AND TE KUITI OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ORGANISERS HOPE MORE SUPPORT WILL SEND A SIGNAL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO PASS LAW ALLOWING THE NEW COMPANY TO BE CREATED. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. IT'S FEARED A FIRE WHICH SWEPT THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN RUSSIA MAY'VE KILLED AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE. THE BLAZE BROKE OUT IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING IN THE TOWN OF RAMENYE OUTSIDE MOSCOW. THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SOME PATIENTS COULDN'T ESCAPE BECAUSE OF BARS ON THE WINDOWS. THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF A BUILDING COLLAPSE CONTINUES IN BANGLADESH, WHERE 2000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PULLED ALIVE FROM THE RUBBLE. AT LEAST 273 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AND AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS, SO IS THE ANGER OVER THE POOR SAFETY CONDITIONS AT GARMENT FACTORIES IN THE CAPITAL, DHAKA, WHICH SUPPLY LOW-COST CLOTHING TO WESTERN RETAILERS. THE BBC'S ANDREW NORTH REPORTS. A DAY AFTER THE DISASTER, THEY'RE STILL FINDING SURVIVORS. HEAVY LIFTING GEAR BEING BROUGHT IN TO HELP. AND THEN THEY PULL A WOMAN FROM THE RUBBLE. ALL SHOUT SHE'S ALIVE, THEY SHOUT. BUT MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED INSIDE. RESCUERS FIND THIS MAN CRYING FOR HELP BUT UNABLE TO MOVE. TRANSLATOR: SAVE US, BROTHER. I BEG YOU, BROTHER. I WANT TO LIVE. IT'S SO PAINFUL HERE. I HAVE TWO LITTLE CHILDREN. THEN THERE'S ANOTHER DESPERATE VOICE FROM DEEP IN THE DARKNESS. TRANSLATOR: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER TO DIE THAN ENDURING SUCH PAIN. BUT WE WANT TO LIVE. PLEASE SAVE US. RELATIVES HAVE BEEN SCOURING LISTS OF THE DEAD. A NEARBY SCHOOL HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A MAKE-SHIFT MORGUE. MANY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES. BUT FOR SOME, IT'S THE NEWS THEY MOST DREAD. TRANSLATOR: MY SISTER DIED IN THERE. WE WORKED IN THE FACTORY TOGETHER. I'M ONLY ALIVE BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE YESTERDAY. NOW BANGLADESH HAS DECLARED A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING, AND ANGER IS GROWING, WITH GARMENT WORKERS TAKING TO THE STREETS. FOR TOO LONG, THEY SAY, THE HUMAN COST OF MAKING CHEAP CLOTHES HAS BEEN IGNORED. AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOUR ADVOCATE SAYS THE STARTING WAGE AT GARMENT FACTORIES IN BANGLADESH IS JUST 16 CENTS AN HOUR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECORD HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SPAIN SPARKED VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL, MADRID. MORE THAN 27% ` THAT'S SIX MILLION SPANIARDS ` ARE NOW OUT OF A JOB. AND OVER HALF THE COUNTRY'S YOUTH ARE UNEMPLOYED. IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE AT LEAST 1976. TRANSLATOR: FUTURE? THERE IS NO FUTURE IN SPAIN. THREE GENERATIONS ARE BEING DESTROYED: MINE; MY PARENTS' GENERATION BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPORTING US; AND THE WORST PART IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY SON. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS JOBS AND GROWTH WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR. JUSTIN BIEBER'S TUMULTUOUS TOUR OF EUROPE'S HIT THE HEADLINES AGAIN FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS AFTER DRUGS AND A STUN GUN WERE DISCOVERED ON HIS BUS. SWEDISH POLICE SEARCHED THE SINGER'S BUS AFTER REPORTS MARIJUANA COULD BE SMELT. NO ONE'S YET BEEN CHARGED. BIEBER'S HAD HIS PET MONKEY DETAINED, FACED CRITICISM FOR COMMENTS ABOUT HOLOCAUST VICTIM ANNE FRANK AND HAD TO BE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL STRUGGLING TO BREATHE ` ALL THIS MONTH WHILE TOURING THE CONTINENT. ROYAL REBEL PRINCE HARRY EXPANDED HIS CV TODAY, TRYING HIS HAND AT NEWSREADING. TOP STORY TODAY ` IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT JAKE BUGG HAS AGREED TO BECOME CONFETTI'S FIRST MUSIC AMBASSADOR. PROVING HE'S A GOOD SPORT, THE PRINCE, WHOSE REAL DAY JOB IS PILOTING AN ARMY HELICOPTER, THEN TURNED HIS HAND TO DJING. < MAN RAPS (SCRATCHES) EVERYONE DECIDED HE SHOULD PROBABLY STICK TO THE MILITARY. 70 YEARS ON, AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION TO STOP HITLER BUILDING AN ATOMIC BOMB HAS BEEN REMEMBERED. A TEAM OF NORWEGIANS WAS SENT FROM BRITAIN TO CARRY OUT THE DARING RAID. THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE HEROES OF TELEMARK WAS HONOURED IN LONDON TODAY. THE BBC'S GORDON CORERA HAS HIS STORY. BUGLE CALLS A SIMPLE CEREMONY AT THE MEMORIAL TO THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE WHICH CARRIED OUT SABOTAGE BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. JOACHIM RONNEBERG, NOW 93, MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE WAR'S MOST DARING AND IMPORTANT MISSIONS. IT WAS PORTRAYED, NOT ALWAYS ACCURATELY, IN A HOLLYWOOD FILM. THE REAL STORY IS JUST AS REMARKABLE. THE TARGET WAS THE VEMORK FACTORY IN THE REMOTE TELEMARK REGION OF NORWAY. IT PRODUCED HEAVY WATER, VITAL IN THE RACE TO BUILD THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOM BOMB. RONNEBERG LED A TEAM OF SIX DROPPED BY PARACHUTE, AN EVENT RECREATED FOR THE ANNIVERSARY BY THE NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES. WHEN WE LANDED IN NORWAY, IT WAS COMPLETE WINTER. AND SO YOU JUMPED INTO THE SNOW AND INTO THE DARK? WELL, YES. WE JUMPED OUT AT MIDNIGHT, AND THE LANDSCAPE WAS COVERED IN SNOW. THE BRIDGE TO THE SITE WAS GUARDED, SO THE TEAM INSTEAD CROSSED A STEEP GORGE BY NIGHT, BROKE INTO THE FACTORY AND LAID THEIR CHARGES. THE FACTORY WAS PUT OUT OF ACTION, BUT THE ESCAPE WAS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PART OF THE MISSION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MOVE 500KM TO SWEDEN TO GET OUT OF THIS. YOU HAD TO ESCAPE 500KM ACROSS THE SNOW? KNOWING THAT THE NAZIS WERE PURSUING YOU? YEAH. ONE OF THE VERY BEST SKIING WEEKENDS I EVER HAD IN MY` ONE OF THE BEST SKIING WEEKENDS? YEAH. THE ALLIES COULDN'T CARRY OUT AN AERIAL BOMBING OF THE PLANT, BECAUSE IF TANKS OF LIQUID AMMONIA WERE HIT, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN LARGE-SCALE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR MOST PLACES OVERNIGHT KAREN? YES, A COUPLE OF FRONTS MOVING THROUGH. THE LEADING FRONT HAS ALREADY DUMPED SOME BIG FALLS ON SOUTH-WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. 47MM SO FAR FOR MILFORD SOUND. GUSTY PRE-FRONTAL WINDS. 130 KM/H ABOUT FOVEAUX STRAIT AND COASTAL WAIRARAPA. WE'RE WARNING OF SOME MORE HEAVY FALLS OVER THE WESTLAND RANGES UNTIL ABOUT 9PM. AND WATCH IN PLACE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE GALE GUSTS IN THE FAR SOUTH FROM LATER ON TONIGHT THROUGH TO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ MADDIE TURNER (8) SENT IN THIS MAGICAL COLOURFUL PHOTO OF THE LARGE TOADSTOOL SHE FOUND. I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` WE'RE IN EUROPE LOOKING AT PREPARATIONS FOR THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANZACS. AND IN THE PACIFIC, KIWI VETERANS PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES 70 YEARS AGO. 1 OUR TRADE MINISTER'S BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR THE TOP JOB AT THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. TIM GROSER WAS ONE OF THREE CANDIDATES FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR BID TO BECOME THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WTO AFTER FAILING TO WIN ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM OTHER ORGANIZATION MEMBERS. THE RACE BETWEEN THE TWO REMAINING CANDIDATES FROM MEXICO AND BRAZIL SHOULD BE SETTLED BY THE END OF MAY. 84 PACIFIC VETERANS HAVE HELD A SPECIAL SERVICE IN NEW CALEDONIA FOR THEIR MATES WHO DIED 70 YEARS AGO. 25,000 NZERS SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. 900 LOST THEIR LIVES. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER JOINED VETERANS AT THE NZ CEMETERY IN BOURAIL. SOME JOURNEYS ARE HARDER TO MAKE THAN OTHERS. AND SO IT WAS FOR 84 NZ VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. THEY'D COME TO BOURAIL ON A PILGRIMAGE. (SINGS IN MAORI) FOR JOHN JONES (92), IT WAS PERSONAL. AS THE ONLY SURVIVING COASTWATCHER, HE LAID A WREATH FOR HIS FRIENDS. 17 MEN BRUTALLY BEHEADED IN KIRIBATI. THEIR BODIES WERE NEVER FOUND. G SORRY, I CAN'T TALK VERY BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE COMING HERE. THE COASTWATCHERS ALONG WITH OTHERS WHOSE REMAINS WERE NEVER FOUND ARE RECOGNISED ALONG THIS WALL APPROPRIATELY NEAR THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE. EVERYONE HERE HAS A STORY TO TELL. EVERYONE HERE HAS MEMORIES THAT HAVE SURVIVED SEVEN DECADES. SOME OTHER FELLOWS ON THE BIGGER SHIPS ` THE LSTs ` NEVER GOT ASHORE. SOME OF THEM WERE KILLED AND THEY NEVER FIRED A SHOT, BOTH HMNZS ARCHILLES AND HMNZS LEANDER SUSTAINED DAMAGES AND CASUALTIES IN CLASHES WITH THE ENEMY. DES PRICE WAS ON BOARD THE LEANDER DURING THAT ATTACK. I WENT INTO A LITTLE COMPARTMENT INSIDE THE SHIP AND HAD TO SHUT MYSELF IN THERE, HEARING THE NOISE THAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE JAPANESE FIRING ON US STILL. THOSE WHO SURVIVED PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THEM HERE. VERY NICE. IT'S BEEN TOUGH TURNING BACK THE YEARS AND REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE GONE, BUT THESE VETERANS WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS, BOURAIL. IN EUROPE, PLANNING'S UNDERWAY FOR COMMEMORATIONS TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GALLIPOLI LANDINGS IN TWO YEARS' TIME. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY SENT THIS REPORT FROM THE BELGIUM TOWN OF MESSINES, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE WESTERN FRONT'S WORST FIGHTING. IN FLANDERS STREETS, ANZAC DAY STOPS THE TRAFFIC. IT'S SO DIFFERENT BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND SEEING WHERE THEY WERE ACTUALLY FIGHTING. IT'S SOMETHING ALL KIWIS SHOULD DO. THIS TOUR GROUP FULL OF 20-SOMETHINGS IS LEARNING MORE HERE THAN THEY DID AT SCHOOL. WE LOST MORE PEOPLE HERE THAN WE DID IN GALLIPOLI, BUT I DON'T THINK NZERS ALWAYS KNOW QUITE HOW IMPORTANT THE WESTERN FRONT WAS. PEOPLE HERE EXPECT EVEN BIGGER NUMBERS FOR ANZAC DAY NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER. THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA CAN'T POSSIBLY HOLD EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE THERE, AND HERE IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE, ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THEY CERTAINLY TAKE THEIR REMEMBRANCE SERIOUSLY. AUSTRALIANS ARE JUST AS SERIOUS. THIS IS VILLEZ-RETINOUS, A VILLAGE ON THE SOMME WHERE THE FOOTBALL SIDE ARE THE WALLABIES AND THE BASKETBALLERS THE DINGOS. THIS IS THE MASSIVE ANNUAL BROADCAST FROM WHAT WILL BE A KIND OF ALTERNATE ANZAC COVE IN 2015. IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE. IT'S VERY AUSTRALIAN-BASED THERE. IT SEEMS LIKELY TO BE A VERY BIG THING. I THINK IT WAS NICE BEING HERE IN BELGIUM. IT WAS A LOT MORE TO DO WITH NZ AND A SMALLER, MORE INTIMATE CEREMONY. AUSTRALIA'S GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING BIG ` $12M HERE ON THE WESTERN FRONT FOR A HISTORY TRAIL. $170M IN TOTAL FOR THE WWI CETENARY ` 10 TIMES NZ'S PUBLISHED BUDGET. WE CAN NEVER QUITE COMPETE WITH THE AUSTRALIANS, AND WE DON'T TRY TO. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A SMALLER COUNTRY. BLUNT ECONOMICS FROM A DIPLOMAT, BUT SHE HAS DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT FROM LOCALS TRYING TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN NZ HISTORY TRAIL HERE. (SPEAKS DUTCH) TRANSLATES: WE WILL ASK FOR EVERY POSSIBLE HELP, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOUR COUNTRY ALREADY HAS DONE FOR US. YET SOME MAY ASK ` HOW CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO PRESERVE THIS HISTORY WHEN A BRIGHTER FUTURE WAS BOUGHT WITH SO MANY NZ LIVES. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, MESSINES. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` POLICE ARE DEFENDING THE USE OF HIDDEN SPEEED CAMERAS, SAYING THEY ARE HERE TO STAY. THIS FOLLOWS CRITICISM FROM REVENUE MINISTER PETTER DUNNE WHO SAYS THE USE OF COVERT CAMERAS IS JUST A MONEY-MAKING EXERCISE. AND AFTERNOON TEA BREAKS COULD DISAPPEAR IF NEW EMPLOYMENT REFORMS BECOME LAW. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS LAW CHANGES WOULD MAKE BREAKS MORE FLEXIBLE AND ONLY APPLY TO CERTAIN JOBS. UNIONS ARE PROMISING TO FIGHT THE MEASURES. NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT TARGET OF THE BOSTON BOMBERS, THE SURVIVING SUSPECT'S TOLD INVESTIGATORS. DZOKHAR TSARNAEV AND HIS BROTHER HAD FIVE PIPE BOMBS AND A PRESSURE-COOKER BOMB. THEIR FATHER IS PLANNING TO FLY TO THE US TO TAKE HIS DEAD SON'S BODY BACK TO RUSSIA. JENNY-MAY'S HERE NOW WITH SPORT, AND THE AUSTRALIA INVESTIGATION INTO THE NRL TAKES A SHOCKING TWIST? WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY THAT HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE NRL AFTER THE BREAK. THE WARRIORS SHOW SIGNS OF WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, BUT ARE LEFT TO RUE THE SAME OLD MISTAKES. AUSSIE RULES IN THE CAPITAL. DID IT WORK AND WILL THEY BE BACK? SPEAKING OF COMING BACK, DAN THE MAN LOOKS SET TO RETURN FOR THE CRUSADERS. AND THE 6'7" 138KG NOBODY THAT'S STARTLED THE NFL. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. YET ANOTHER DRUGS BOMBSHELL TONIGHT FOR THE NRL. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF A CRONULLA SHARKS PLAYER WHO DIED OF HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA DISEASE THREE MONTHS AGO ARE FURIOUS AT A REPORT SUGGESTING PEPTIDES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH. HERE'S AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL. JON MANNAH WAS REMEMBERED BY HIS BROTHER TIM, WHO PLAYS FOR THE EELS, AND HIS FORMER TEAMMATES IN A MATCH PLAYED IN HIS HONOUR EARLIER THIS YEAR. BUT TODAY, SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS THAT MANNAH'S CANCER MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACCELERATED BY PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING PEPTIDES HE WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE SHARKS IN 2011. I WAS QUITE SHOCKED TO THINK THAT THOSE TYPES OF DRUGS WOULD BE USED IN ANY PATIENT OR ANY PLAYER THAT MAY HAVE HAD A PAST HISTORY OF A DISEASE THAT HAD A CANCER FLAVOUR TO IT, AND LYMPHOMA'S OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE CANCER PROCESS. THE SHARKS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING PEPTIDES BY AUSTRALIA'S ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY, ASADA. THE SHARKS CARRIED OUT ITS OWN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY AN EX-ASADA EMPLOYEE. EXTRACTS OF THE REPORT WERE SPLASHED ACROSS NEWS LIMITED NEWSPAPERS THEY IDENTIFIED A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN THE USE OF PEPTIDE SUBSTANCES AND THE A ACCELERATION OF THE DISEASE HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA. ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW DISAPPOINTED WE ALL ARE OF WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TODAY. MY BROTHER JONNY WAS A WONDERFUL MAN AND NEVER EVER WOULD'VE KNOWINGLY CONSENTED TO TAKING A BANNED SUBSTANCE. MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY THE ALLEGATIONS ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. IF YOU'VE GOT A PERSON WHO'S GOT SOME SORT OF PROLIFERATIVE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT CANCER IS ` A PROLIFERATION OF CELLS, WHETHER THEY'RE BLOOD CELLS, AS I SAID, WHETHER THEY'RE BREAST CANCER CELLS ` YOU WOULDN'T GO DOWN THE TRACK OF GIVING THEM A DRUG THAT STIMULATES CELL GROWTH. THE SHARKS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT, AND ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE CLUB HAS HANDED THE REPORT TO ANTI-DOPING OFFICIALS AND THE NRL. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN LEFT RUING A LATE FADE AND SOME DEBATABLE REFEREEING CALLS AFTER GOING DOWN 28-18 IN MELBOURNE LAST NIGHT. IT WAS THE SIXTH LOSS OF THE SEASON, WHILE THE STORM CONTINUED ITS UNBEATEN RUN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THE NRL PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE ANZACS, BUT LET'S FACE IT. FEW EXPECTED A CLOSE BATTLE IN MELBOURNE. THE WARRIORS COMPARITIVELY GOOD RECORD AGAINST THE STORM WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THEIR RECENT WOES. SO HOW'S THIS FOR A SURPRISE? HE STRIKES IT WELL. HE'S GOT THE TWO. THE CONSERVATIVE CALL TO KICK GAVE THEM A SLIM LEAD WITH 10 MINUTES TO GO. SO COULD THE STRUGGLING NZ CLUB BE ORCHESTRATING AN ANZAC DAY AMBUSH? HE BEATS JOHNSON. HIS PASS IS OK. CHAMBERS FOR THE CORNER! WHETHER THAT PASS ACTUALLY WAS OK WAS DEBATABLE. THE WARRIORS FANS WILL BE SAYING, 'WHY WASN'T THERE A FORWARD PASS CALL?' AN UNLIKELY VICTORY WAS CRUELLY SNATCHED AWAY, AND DIDN'T THE SHATTERED WARRIORS KNOW IT. NOT THAT THEY WERE BLAMELESS. A SERIES OF MISTAKES INSIDE THEIR OWN 20 PUT THEM CONSTANTLY ON THE BACK FOOT AND ULTIMATELY ALLOWED THE STORM TO HAMMER HOME THE FINAL NAIL IN THEIR COFFIN. BILLY THE KID! BETWEEN THE MISTAKES, THOUGH, THERE WERE FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE. A CUTOUT BALL. TUPOU! SHAUN JOHNSON THEN REAPED THE REWARDS OF SOME COMMITTED DEFENCE AND AN AT TIMES AVERAGE STORM PERFORMANCE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE WARRIORS LEAD THE STORM. BUT ANOTHER MARGINAL CALL KEPT THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN IT. ...IS ALL BUT A 40-20. THE TOUCH JUDGE THINKS IT DID CROSS. THE VIDEO REF OVERTURNED THAT DECISION. MELBOURNE LEVELLED SOON AFTER. AND IN THE END, THE WARRIORS SIMPLY COULDN'T HANG ON. THEY'RE NOW OUTRIGHT BOTTOM OF THE TABLE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. ACROSS IN SYDNEY, A RECORD 40,000 PLUS FANS TURNED OUT TO WATCH SONNY BILL WILLIAMS' ROOSTERS TEAR APART THE DRAGONS 34-10. ST GEORGE HAD WON THE LAST FIVE ANZAC DAY ENCOUNTERS AND EIGHT OF THE 11 MATCHES PLAYED SINCE IT BECAME AN ANNUAL FIXTURE, AND IT TOOK SOMETHING SPECIAL FROM MICHAEL JENNINGS AND WILLIAMS TO SPARK THE ROOSTERS INTO ACTION. HERE THEY GO AGAIN, THE ROOSTERS. AND THE BALL GOES TO MINICHIELLO. MINICHIELLO, THE CAPTAIN. HE SCORES! THIS IS BRILLIANT. AND NOW THE CROWD JUST WENT, 'WHAT'S THIS?' AROUND THE CORNER, THE BIG FULLA. THROUGH THE LINE. BANG. BURST. AND THEN THE SOFT HANDS TO FLICK IT BACKWARDS. WITH THE GAME IN THE BAG, SONNY BILL WAS GIVEN A REST AFTER 59 MINUTES AND FOUR OFFLOADS. WILLIAMS RETURN TO RUGBY LEAGUE HAS LEFT THE FORMER SECOND FIVE'S OLD SIDE, THE CHIEFS, SCRAMBLING TO SETTLE ON ITS BEST MIDFIELD COMBINATION. WITH RICHARD KAHUI OVER HIS HAMSTRING ISSUES, HE WILL LINK WITH TIM NANAI-WILLIAMS, MEANING THE CHIEFS WILL START THEIR SIXTH DIFFERENT 12-13 PAIRING IN JUST NINE GAMES. OH YEAH. I SUPPOSE I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, TO BE FAIR, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF REJIGGING IN THE BACK LINE, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS TEAM IS NO MATTER WHO, SORT OF, FILLS THOSE JERSEYS, WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB. IF THE CHIEFS CAN SECURE MAXIMUM POINTS FROM TOMORROW'S MATCH AGAINST THE SHARKS, A REPLAY OF LAST YEAR'S FINAL, THEY WILL SURGE BACK TO THE TOP OF THE TABLE. THE CRUSADERS HAVE MOVED ONE STEP CLOSER TO A FULL-STRENGTH TEAM, WITH STAR FIRST FIVE DAN CARTER FINALLY BACK FOR SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE REBELS. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. AFTER SIX WEEKS OFF WITH THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD AND A FRUSTRATING HAMSTRING INJURY, DAN CARTER CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE HIS RETURN FROM THE BENCH ON SUNDAY. IN A PERFECT WORLD, 20-30 MINUTES. I'D LOVE` I'D LOVE TO PLAY AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY COULD. CERTAINLY WE WANT HIM TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A BIG INFLUENCE ON THE GAME, SO AT SOME STAGE, HE'LL GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. JUST HOW MUCH PLAYING TIME CARTER HAS LEFT IN HIS CAREER IS ANYONE'S GUESS, BUT AFTER 11 SUPER RUGBY SEASONS, HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE BODY ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. I GUESS THAT'S THE CHALLENGE NOW OF BEING A LOT SMARTER WITH MY TRAINING. COS WHEN I DO FEEL GOOD LIKE IN PERTH, I PROBABLY RUN AROUND AND DO MORE WORK THAN I NORMALLY DO, SO IT PUTS ME AT DANGER. LOOKING AFTER HIMSELF IS ONE THING; HE NOW ALSO HAS TO WORRY ABOUT LOOKING AFTER 5-WEEK-OLD SON MARCO. YEAH, IT'S GREAT. I'M STILL KIND OF LEARNING AS I GO, BUT I'M REALLY ENJOYING IT. IT'S AWESOME. CENTRE ROBBIE FREAUN DROPPED TO THE BENCH TO REFRESH AFTER TWO DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCES. WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF ERRORS OUT WIDE, PARTICULARLY IN THAT 13 CHANNEL, RIGHT ON THE 15, AND I THINK IT JUST COMES DOWN TO DECISION MAKING. RYAN CROTTY WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING THAT RIGHT AT CENTRE AGAINST THE REBELS. IT'LL BE REALLY EMPHASISING MY LINES SO I CAN HOLD THAT SPACE AND GIVE THEM A GOOD CRACK OUT WIDE. THAT IS THE FINAL PIECE REQUIRED FOR THE CRUSADERS TO PRODUCE A COMPLETE PERFORMANCE. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THE SYDNEY SWANS WEREN'T THE ONLY BIG WINNERS FROM THE FIRST EVER AUSSIE RULES MATCH PLAYED OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA. MORE THAN 22,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT IN WELLINGTON ` SOMETHING LOCAL CODES CAN ONLY ENVY. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. WELLINGTON CITY BECOMING NZ'S CAPITAL OF AFL. THUMPS IT INSIDE 50. KOSHITZKE AT THE BACK. THE SAINTS' JUSTIN KOSCHITZKE WITH THE FIRST GOAL IN A SCRAPPY BUT RUTHLESS SPECTACLE. THE 5000 FANS FROM ACROSS THE DITCH AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF EX-PAT AUSSIES LAPPING IT UP. FOR MANY OF THE KIWIS, IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE NOVELTY. I'VE SEEN THE SOCCER HERE. I'VE SEEN THE RUGBY ALL THE TIME. IT'S GREAT HAVING THE AFL. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL TAKE OFF, BUT I RECKON IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT SO MANY KIWIS ACTUALLY CAME AND GOT INTO IT. THE SYDNEY SWANS LIVING UP TO THEIR FAVOURITES TAG. UNLIKE MANY OF THE FANS, THE PLAYERS WERE SWEATING ON THE RESULT. AND ALTHOUGH ON FOREIGN SOIL, THEY WERE RIGHT AT HOME IN THE MIDDLE. THIS WAS BEFORE THE GAME EVEN STARTED. ALL THE BOYS REALLY ENJOYED IT. I THINK IT WAS A SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO COME OVER HERE AND PLAY THE FIRST GAME OVERSEAS. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK. SCHEDULING THE MATCH FOR ANZAC DAY ADDING TO THE OCCASION. THESE ARE 18-YEAR-OLD KIDS THAT` TO BE IN THAT SORT OF ENVIRONMENT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR THEIR GROWTH AS PEOPLE, NOT JUST FOOTBALLERS. WITH TWO HOURS OF GAMEPLAY, AFL IS A LONG WATCH, BUT THE ACTION IS CONSTANT. AND ORGANISERS HAVE SET A BENCHMARK, WITH GAMES LOCKED IN FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THE CAREER OF ONE OF THE RISING STARS OF BRITISH HORSE RACING IS FINISHED AFTER ADMITTING HIS DOPING ROLE IN THE MOST POWERFUL THOROUGHBRED OPERATION IN THE WORLD. NEWMARKET TRAINER MAHMOOD AL ZAROONI HAS BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR EIGHT YEARS FOR ADMINISTERING ANABOLIC STEROIDS TO 15 GALLOPERS HE PREPARED FOR BILLIONAIRE OWNER SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM'S 'GODOLPHIN' STABLES. THIS CASE HAS SERVED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY AWARE OF, IN THAT THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES ACROSS INTERNATIONAL RACING JURISDICTIONS REGARDING WHAT SUBSTANCES ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED IN TRAINING. THE STEROIDS, WHICH WERE SMUGGLED IN TO BRITAIN FROM DUBAI, ARE LEGAL IN NZ AND AUSTRALIA PROVIDING HORSES ARE FREE OF THE DRUGS ON RACE DAY. FINALLY IN SPORT, THE 2013 NFL DRAFT MAY'VE LACKED STAR POWER, LARGELY DUE TO NO QUARTERBACKS FEATURING IN THE TOP 15 PICKS, BUT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY CAME AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF SUSPENSE. MEET 6'7" OFFENSIVE TACKLE ERIC FISHER, JUST THE FOURTH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE GAME'S HISTORY TO BE THE NUMBER-ONE PICK. FROM A GEEKY SKINNY KID WHO COULDN'T GET ANY BIG TEAM TO LOOK AT HIM AT COLLEGE. MAKING HIS METEORIC RISE EVEN MORE UNIQUE. SO, 138KG FISHER (22) IS OFF TO THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO MAKE MILLIONS, SO HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO A BUY A SUIT THAT FITS. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` KAREN WARNS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GALES FOR SOME PARTS. HELLO AGAIN. GOT A DAMP NIGHT ON THE WAY FOR MOST OF US WITH RAIN OR SHOWERS PUSHING THROUGH. STILL EXPECTING SOME HEAVY FALLS OVER THE WESTLAND RANGES AND A WATCH IN PLACE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE GALE GUSTS IN THE FAR SOUTH FROM LATER ON TONIGHT THROUGH TO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. LOTS OF FRONTAL CLOUD PILING UP OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, THAT CLOUD HIDING A WARM FRONT AND COLD FRONT COMBO. CLEARER SKIES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND TO THE NORTH OF US UNDER THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. MORE BANDS OF FRONTAL CLOUD LINING UP IN THE TASMAN. THIS FRONTAL PAIR WILL SKIRT OVER THE REST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TONIGHT AND ON TO THE NORTH ISLAND IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TOMORROW MORNING. THEN THEY'LL DRIFT AWAY INTO THE PACIFIC IN THE AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT THIS PAIR OF FRONTS RACING ACROSS THE TASMAN AND ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND OUT TO THE EAST TOMORROW. THIS WARM FRONT FOLLOWING IN BEHIND WILL JUST TICKLE THE FAR SOUTH BEFORE BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE STRONG EASTERLY FLOW. RAIN FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS IN FIORDLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTLAND EASING BACK IN THE AFTERNOON. JUST SCATTERED FALLS FURTHER NORTH. RAIN IN THE SOUTH EASES TO SHOWERS AND RETREATS TO THE COAST. FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD EVERYWHERE ELSE. WESTERLY WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY IN EXPOSED PLACES AT FIRST THEN EASING. SHOWERS IN THE WEST. FEW HEAVY FALLS WITH THE FRONT. MORNING SHOWERS CLEAR FROM THE BAY OF PLENTY. THEN IT'LL BE FINE THERE AND DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND. SHOWERS IN THE WEST WILL THEN THIN OUT DURING THE AFTERNOON, WITH PLENTY OF FINE SPELLS APPEARING. WESTERLY WINDS. GUSTY IN EXPOSED PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THERE WASN'T A UFO OVER NEW PLYMOUTH TODAY, BUT IT CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE IT. THIS IS A LENTICULAR CLOUD, UPPER WIND BLOWING THE TOP OFF IT. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.