GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A SMOOTH OPERATOR MAKES ITS MOVE TOMORROW EVENING, BRINGING SETTLED SKIES TO ONE ISLAND, WHILE A COLD FRONT DELIVERS RAIN TO PARTS OF THE OTHER. YOUR FORECAST THIS SUNDAY BRUNCH SERVED UP WITHIN THE HOUR. 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. A FISHING TRAWLER STRIKES ROCKS OFF STEWART ISLAND, SPILLING TONS OF OIL INTO THE SEA. A SURPRISE DISCOVERY NEARLY 12 YEARS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 ` A LARGE PIECE OF ONE OF THE PLANES IS FOUND. AND HARRY POTTER AND THE FULL-BLOOD PRINCES ` A MAGIC MOMENT FOR THE YOUNG ROYALS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THEY'RE BREATHING SIGHS OF RELIEF IN THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT AFTER A FISHING TRAWLER STRUCK ROCKS, SPILLING UP TO 20 TONNES OF DIESEL OFF STEWART ISLAND. THERE WERE FEARS FOR NEARBY WILDLIFE, BUT THEN THE ROUGH WEATHER WHICH CAUSED THE SPILL ALSO HELPED PUT IT RIGHT. ALI PUGH EXPLAINS. THIS 60M FISHING VESSEL WAS TRYING TO TAKE REFUGE FROM A VIOLENT SOUTHERLY STORM LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN IT STRUCK ROCKS, RIPPING A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, LETTING UP TO 23,000 LITRES OF DIESEL SPILL. HIT A ROCK ABOUT HERE SOMEWHERE. RESPONSE TEAMS FLEW OVER THE SITE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WERE RELIEVED AT WHAT THEY FOUND. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY DIESEL. AND WE DID A FLYOVER OF THE CURRENT POSITION OF THE BOAT, AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY DIESEL THERE, SO THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD OUTCOME. THE BOAT WAS OFF THE COAST OF STEWART ISLAND, IN THE PATERSON INLET, IN AN AREA KNOWN AS THE NECK. ENVIRONMENT SOUTHLAND SAYS THE ROUGH CONDITIONS WERE A PERFECT STORM FOR DISPERSING THE DIESEL. THERE WAS AN OFFSHORE WIND AT THE TIME, AND IT WOULD'VE BLOWN ANY SPILLAGE OUT TO THE OPEN SEA. STAFF ARE RELIEVED TOO THAT THE AREA'S WILDLIFE SEEMS UNTOUCHED. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS THAT WERE ON THE SHORE CLOSE TO THE SITE. THERE'S ALSO KIWI COME OUT ON TO THE BEACH IN THAT AREA. NZ'S WORST-EVER OIL SPILL WAS CAUSED WHEN CONTAINER SHIP RENA RAN AGROUND ON THE ASTROLABE REEF, SENDING HUNDREDS OF TONS OF FUEL AND DIESEL INTO BAY OF PLENTY WATERS, SPARKING OUR WORST MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. WE'RE VERY LUCKY. IT WAS A NEAR MISS. IT WAS A FAIRLY BIG BOAT ` 60M BOAT ` IN SHALLOW WATER CLOSE TO SHORE. WE'RE LUCKY IT'S NOT STILL THERE. THE SHIP'S NOW ON ITS WAY TO LYTTELTON TO BE REPAIRED. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN OUT MARCHING AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PROGRAMME. THEY HIT THE STREETS OVER THE LOOMING SALE OF FOUR STATE-OWNED ENERGY COMPANIES, WITH MIGHTY RIVER POWER FIRST ON THE BLOCK. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. CROWD CHANTS FROM AUCKLAND TO DUNEDIN, HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PLAN. JOHN KEY DOESN'T HAVE THE MANDATE TO SELL ANYTHING. IT'S COMPLETE ECONOMIC LUNACY, AND IT'S TAKING AWAY THE SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF NZERS. IN TWO WEEKS, 49% OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER WILL BE FLOATED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS MORE THAN 285,000 PEOPLE HAVE PRE-REGISTERED FOR SHARES, BUT THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO THOSE MARCHING IN AUCKLAND. SIMILAR NUMBERS ALSO SHOWED UP IN WELLINGTON AND DUNEDIN. A CLEAR MESSAGE TO JOHN KEY AND NATIONAL AND UNITED FUTURE AND ACT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO JOHN KEY AND NATIONAL AND UNITED FUTURE AND ACT THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS A TREACHEROUS ACT. IT'S LITERALLY STATUTORY THEFT. THESE ASSETS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE. A GROUP CALLED 'KEEP OUR ASSETS' HAS ALREADY PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT A PETITION OF 392,000 SIGNATURES, HOPING TO TRIGGER A REFERENDUM ON THE ISSUE. THE PETITION IS BACKED BY OPPOSITION PARTIES. THESE PEOPLE REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER NZERS THAT ARE DEAD AGAINST THE SALES OF THESE ASSETS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TAKE NOTICE OF A REFERENDUM. THE GOVERNMENT WILL STICK TO ITS PLANS. MIGHTY RIVER POWER WILL BE THE FIRST OF FOUR STATE-OWNED ENERGY COMPANIES TO BE PARTIALLY PRIVATISED. THE HOPE IS THAT THE PRESSURE THAT'S BEING PUT ON KEY NOW WILL FORCE HIM TO BACKTRACK, HOLD OFF ` AND AT LEAST HOLD OFF TILL UNTIL THE REFERENDUM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE HAS UNTIL MAY THE 12TH TO DECIDE IF THERE ARE ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO FORCE A NON-BINDING REFERENDUM. ALL CHANT: STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TALKING TOUGH BUT CALLING FOR PATIENCE AS HE COMES UNDER PRESSURE TO ACT AGAINST SYRIA. HE SAYS CLAIMS THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED AGAINST REBEL FORCES MUST BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BUT IF PROVED, WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER. THE BBC'S GORDON CORERA REPORTS. DISTURBING FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE A SYRIAN HOSPITAL. IS THIS EVIDENCE THAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED? THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION, INCLUDING ONE DOCTOR WHO WAS PRESENT, CLAIM IT IS. OTHER UNVERIFIED FOOTAGE, SOME OF IT TOO GRAPHIC TO BROADCAST, APPARENTLY SHOWS TWITCHING BODIES AND PEOPLE FOAMING FROM THE MOUTH. BUT THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TODAY VEHEMENTLY DENIED THAT IT HAD USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS LIKE SARIN. IF IT HAD, THEN THE IMPLICATIONS ARE SERIOUS. I CHOOSE MY WORDS CAREFULLY, BUT WHAT I SEE DOES LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE A WAR CRIME IS BEING COMMITTED IN OUR WORLD AT THIS TIME BY THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT. IN WASHINGTON, THE PRESIDENT WAS MEETING THE KING OF JORDAN. WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS AN INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT. UH, AND AS I SAID,... KNOWING THAT POTENTIALLY CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED INSIDE OF SYRIA DOESN'T TELL US WHEN THEY WERE USED, HOW THEY WERE USED. THE VIOLENCE IN SYRIA MEANS THAT SAMPLES SO FAR HAVE NOT BEEN COLLECTED UNDER THE KIND OF INDEPENDENT, RIGOROUS SCIENTIFIC CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE NEEDED FOR PROOF. A UN TEAM IS STILL WAITING TO GO IN AND TRY AND DO THIS. IDEALLY, WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IS A BLOOD OR URINE SAMPLE FROM SOMEBODY, OR EVEN A SAMPLE OF THEIR HAIR. CHEMICAL WEAPONS HAVE RARELY BEEN USED. SARIN GAS WAS RELEASED IN AN ATTACK ON THE TOKYO UNDERGROUND IN 1995, AND SADDAM HUSSEIN DROPPED CHEMICAL BOMBS ON THE KURDISH VILLAGE OF HALABJA IN IRAQ, BUT IT'S THE MORE RECENT MEMORIES OF IRAQ AND THE INTELLIGENCE FAILURE BY BRITAIN AND AMERICA THERE WHICH IS ONE REASON FOR THE CAUTION THIS TIME AND THE DESIRE FOR MORE EVIDENCE. AND IF DEFINITIVE PROOF OF THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO BACK UP THESE PICTURES DOES EMERGE, THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT? THE UNITED NATIONS IS CALLING FOR THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW EXPERTS TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CLAIMS. THE SURVIVING BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM HOSPITAL TO A MEDICAL CENTRE AT A FEDERAL PRISON. IT COMES AS OFFICIALS REVEAL DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV'S MOTHER HAD ALSO BEEN ON A TERRORIST WATCH LIST. THE ABC'S LINSEY DAVIS HAS THE LATEST. TONIGHT ABC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THE SUSPECTS' MOTHER, ZUBEIDAT TSARNAEV, WAS ADDED TO A TERROR WATCH LIST ALONG WITH HER OLDER SON IN 2011 AT THE CIA'S REQUEST, WHO RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RUSSIA DESCRIBING THEM AS RELIGIOUS MILITANTS, ALTHOUGH IT'S REMAINED UNCLEAR WHAT LED THEM TO THAT DETERMINATION. I'M SURE THAT MY KIDS WERE NOT INVOLVED IN IT. AND TONIGHT ` CHILLING NEW DETAILS FROM THE ONE PERSON TRAPPED WITH THEM, THE CARJACKING VICTIM WHO HELPED TO PREVENT MORE BLOODSHED. AUTHORITIES SAY HE MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED THE ALLEGED BOSTON BOMBERS FROM TARGETING NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE NEXT. A YOUNG MAN FROM CHINA, JUST 26 YEARS OLD, WHO ASKED TO BE CALLED SIMPLY DANNY. THE OLDER BROTHER REACHES INTO HIS WINDOW, UNLOCKS THE DOOR, GETS IN, POINTS A SILVER HANDGUN AT DANNY. HE DESCRIBED THE 90 TERRIFYING MINUTES TO THE BOSTON GLOBE. DID DANNY FEEL LIKE HE WAS GONNA DIE? HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE. IN THAT CAR, HE LISTENED AS THE TWO BROTHERS TALKED TO EACH OTHER ABOUT GIRLS, THEIR IPHONES, MUSIC. THE WHOLE TIME FEARING HE WOULD BE NEXT, DANNY WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE COULD ESCAPE. THE CAR THEY CHOSE TO CARJACK LOW ON GAS, THEY PULL INTO THE GAS STATION. THE YOUNGER BROTHER WENT IN TO PAY. THE OLDER BROTHER PUTS HIS GUN DOWN AND BEGINS WORKING THE GPS IN THE CAR, AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT. DANNY SAID... THE VICTIM SAID HE RAN AT AN ANGLE SO WHEN THE BROTHER GRABBED HIS GUN, IT WOULD BE HARDER TO SHOOT HIM. HE HID IN THE CLOSET IN THE GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN CALLED 911. MEANTIME TONIGHT, ANOTHER VOICE ` JEFF BAUMAN, WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL WITH BOTH OF HIS LEGS BLOWN OFF, DESCRIBED TAMERLAN'S FACE, THE ONLY MAN WHO WASN'T SMILING BEFOREHAND. NEARLY 12 YEARS AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON NEW YORK'S WORLD TRADE CENTER, AUTHORITIES COULD ONCE AGAIN BEGIN SEARCHING FOR HUMAN REMAINS. THE MOVE COMES AFTER A PIECE OF AN AIRPLANE THAT HIT THE TOWERS WAS FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ABC'S RON CLAIBORNE REPORTS. IT WAS FOUND AROUND 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE PIECE THAT WAS DISCOVERED WEDGED BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS. THE PART BORE A BOEING STAMP AND SERIAL NUMBERS. IT WAS FOUND NOT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM WHERE THE NORTH TOWER OF THE TWO SKYSCRAPERS ONCE STOOD AND WHERE THE FREEDOM TOWER NOW NEARS COMPLETION. IT WILL BE FINISHED IN JUST THREE DAYS. SURVEYORS HIRED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO INSPECT THE REAR OF THE BUILDING FOUND THE DEBRIS AND CALLED 911. WHEN THE AIRLINERS FLEW INTO THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS, MOST OF THOSE AIRCRAFT WERE CONSUMED IN THE EXPLOSION, BUT SOME PARTS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. TODAY'S STARTLING DISCOVERY COMES JUST DAYS AFTER MORE HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND AT THE SITE THAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS GROUND ZERO. AND LATER THIS YEAR, A SEPTEMBER 11 MUSEUM WILL ALSO OPEN ON THE GROUND ZERO SITE. THE CHRISTCHURCH MAN CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER HE WAS SET ON FIRE ON THURSDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN MOVED TO AUCKLAND'S MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE 55-YEAR-OLD WAS DISCOVERED SUFFERING SERIOUS BURNS AFTER TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY POURED PETROL ON HIM AND SET HIM ALIGHT. JASON BARR (42) AND SHAY WEBSTER (20) WILL REAPPEAR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT NEXT WEEK, JOINTLY CHARGED WITH WOUNDING CAUSING GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. A RIGHT-WING GROUP SAYS IT'S TIME TO RETHINK OUR GROWING INVOLVEMENT WITH CHINA, BECAUSE OF THAT COUNTRY'S RECORD OF HUMAN-RIGHTS ABUSES AND ITS TREATMENT OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. THE GROUP'S LEADER SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO ONE NEWS ON THE WEEKEND OF A RACISM CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS MORE. EVEN A GREY AUCKLAND DAY CAN'T SUBDUE THIS COLOURFUL CULTURE COMBO. KIDS SING A FESTIVAL BRINGING TOGETHER MAORI AND CHINESE CUSTOMS AT ORAKEI MARAE UNDERPINS A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA THAT MANY NZERS CELEBRATE, BUT NOT ALL. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SAY TO CHINESE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE A BAD PEOPLE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SAY THEIR GOVERNMENT'S DANGEROUS AND WE DON'T WANT THEIR INFLUENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. THE RECENTLY SIGNED FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT AND CHINA'S NEW STATUS AS NZ'S LEADING EXPORT MARKET HAS THE RIGHT-WING RESISTANCE RESISTING WITH LEAFLET DROPS. THE MAIN THING THAT WE'D WANT TO DO IS JUST CUT FINANCIAL TIES ` HAVING FINANCIAL AND TRADE DEALS WITH CHINA, WE'RE ACTUALLY ENDORSING THE WAR CRIMES THAT THEY DO AND THE GENOCIDE THAT THEY COMMIT ON DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES. I WAS BORN IN CHINA, RAISED IN CHINA, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A CHANGING COUNTRY. THE ETHNIC PEOPLES ADVISORY PANEL MET TODAY TO DISCUSS RACISM ISSUES IN AUCKLAND. JAUNTY MUSIC PLAYS THERE WAS NO DANCING AROUND THE INTENSE SCRUTINY THE NEW RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER HAS COME UNDER SINCE SHE TOOK THE JOB. AND IF THERE IS A WIDER AND EARLY LESSON ON MY APPOINTMENT, I'D HOPE IT SHOWS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO PRE-JUDGE PEOPLE. AND SHE TOOK A HARD LINE WITH THE HARD-LINERS. THESE GO TO THE COMMISSION, THEY HAVE AN INFO LINE, AND THEY GET PUT ON A RADAR. A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE POSSIBLY HAVE THESE VIEWS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE CAN SEE THE BENEFIT. WE'VE FELT THAT THE ONLY WAY, REALLY, TO FIGHT SOME OF THESE ISSUES IS TO BE A LITTLE BIT EXTREME, COS IF YOU DON'T, YOU JUST GET PUSHED AWAY AND NOBODY LISTENS TO YOU. WHILE THERE WAS A LOT OF LISTENING GOING ON TODAY, MUCH OF IT WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE ALREADY CONVERTED. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. AN ERA IN NZ BROADCASTING COMES TO AN END IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, AT LEAST FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. THE DIGITAL SWITCHOVER TAKES PLACE AT 2AM, ENDING THE ANALOGUE TRANSMISSION THAT'S CARRIED PICTURES FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. MIKE THORPE REPORTS. TV IN THE SOUTH ISLAND GOES DIGITAL ON 28 APRIL. TOMORROW MORNING'S DIGITAL SWITCHOVER FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND IS ONE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN NZ TELEVISION SINCE THE '60S,... THE FIRST NIGHT OF REGULAR VIEWING FROM CHANNEL THREE, CHRISTCHURCH. ...WHEN TV TOOK OFF. AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 12,000 NEW LICENCES A MONTH. THE TRANSMITTERS THEMSELVES ARE LARGELY JUST AS THEY WERE HALF A CENTURY AGO, BUT THE PICTURES AND INFORMATION THEY'RE NOW CARRYING ARE A QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD. MORE CHANNELS, BETTER PICTURES AND NEW SERVICES, SUCH AS ON-SCREEN PROGRAMME GUIDES. THAT ALSO REQUIRES SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY TO RECEIVE IT ALL. WITHOUT IT VIEWERS WILL BE TUNING IN TO THIS. STATIC BUZZES BUT WITH JUST HOURS TO GO, IT SEEMS THE SOUTH IS READY. THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST MORE THAN 90% OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOW DIGITALLY CAPABLE. THAT MEANS THEY EITHER HAVE SKY, FREEVIEW, IGLOO OR ANOTHER SET-TOP BOX. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PAY UP. TO GET A GOOD PICTURE IN BOTH CHANNELS, THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO FIND EXACTLY $3260. THE MAN DRIVING THE DIGITAL CHANGE SAYS IT'S A NECESSARY STEP WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FUTURE TECHNOLOGY. GOING DIGITAL WILL FREE UP RADIO SPECTRUM THAT CAN THEN BE USED FOR NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE PHONE AND DATA SERVICES, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE FASTER AND CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN. NEXT TO FACE THE DIGITAL SWITCH ARE THOSE IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND AND EAST COAST ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION OF VIEWERS IN THE TOP HALF CROSSING OVER ON DECEMBER 1ST. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. KIWI GARDENING GURU EION SCARROW HAS DIED IN WAIKATO AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH ILL HEALTH. HE WAS 81. HE BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN THE MID '70S AND '80S, PRESENTING TELEVISION'S FIRST NATIONAL GARDENING PROGRAMME, 'DIG THIS'. HE GAVE A WEEKLY DOSE OF PRACTICAL GARDENING TIPS FOR NZ CONDITIONS. YOU GO ROUND AND DO THIS LAST REMAINING SIDE OF THE TREE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, GO RIGHT IN UNDERNEATH AND WRENCH THE TREE OUT OF ITS GROUND. EION SCARROW AUTHORED MORE THAN TWENTY BOOKS ON GARDENING, AND MORE RECENTLY A BIMONTHLY MAGAZINE, ALSO CALLED 'DIG THIS'. COMING UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` BABIES IN THE RUBBLE. THE AMAZING STORIES OF SURVIVAL FROM BENEATH THE TWISTED WRECKAGE OF A TEXTILE FACTORY AS DOZENS ARE PULLED OUT ALIVE. THE UK'S BACKPACK BOMBERS ARE SENT DOWN FOR PLOTTING TO OUTDO 9/11. AND WHERE DOES THE BABY SEAT GO? TWO PRINCES AND A DUCHESS PONDER THE FUTURE OF FAMILY TRANSPORT. THE DEATH TOLL FROM BANGLADESH'S WORST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT HAS NOW PASSED 300 AND IS EXPECTED TO CLIMB. BUT RESCUERS ARE STILL PULLING SURVIVORS FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE TEXTILE FACTORY, INCLUDING TWO BABIES BORN DEEP UNDER THE RUBBLE. ABC'S MUHAMMAD LILA HAS THE LATEST FROM THE CAPITAL, DHAKA. WITH A DESPERATE SEARCH INTO ITS THIRD DAY, BENEATH THE TWISTED BROKEN BUILDING, A NEW GLIMMER OF HOPE ` A POCKET OF AIR KEEPING 50 PEOPLE STILL ALIVE. ALSO RESCUED TODAY, TWO WOMEN WHO, MIRACULOUSLY, GAVE BIRTH WHILE THEY WERE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE. TONIGHT THEY AND THEIR NEWBORN BABIES ARE DOING JUST FINE. BUT DESPITE TODAY'S NEW HOPE, THE DEVASTATION HERE IS MASSIVE. (SPEAKS BENGALI) 'I CAN'T FIND MY DAUGHTER,' THIS MAN CRIES IN THE SCORCHING HEAT. SHE CAME HERE FOR WORK AND LEFT HER 2-MONTH-OLD BABY STILL AT HOME. THIS VIDEO, TAKEN THE DAY BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, SHOWS GIANT CRACKS CLEARLY VISIBLE. POLICE ORDERED THE BUILDING EVACUATED, BUT WORKERS SAY THEY WERE LATER ORDERED BACK INSIDE. AS NORTH AMERICAN CLOTHING LABELS ARE FOUND IN THE DEBRIS, NOW THE RACE IS ON FOR MORE MIRACLES BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT. AND ANGER OVER THE TRAGEDY HAS SPARKED VIOLENT PROTESTS IN DHAKA. THOUSANDS OF TEXTILE WORKERS RAMPAGED THROUGH THE CITY, SMASHING VEHICLES AND CLASHING WITH POLICE. MAN SHOUTS IN BENGALI PROTESTERS ARE ANGRY THAT WORKERS WERE FORCED BACK INTO THE BUILDING AFTER IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE. TWO COMPANY EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR NEGLIGENCE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED DURING CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN BUENOS AIRES. RIOT SQUADS FIRED RUBBER BULLETS TO DRIVE BACK PROTESTERS WHO WERE THROWING ROCKS AND USING PEPPER SPRAY. DEMONSTRATORS ARE ANGRY OVER THE PROPOSED PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF ONE OF THE CITY'S PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO MAKE WAY FOR A CIVIC CENTRE. THREE BRITISH MEN HAVE BEEN JAILED FOR PLOTTING A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK DESIGNED TO RIVAL 9/11. THE LEADER OF THE BIRMINGHAM TERROR CELL HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, WHILE THE REMAINING TWO FACE AT LEAST 15 YEARS BEHIND BARS. THE BBC'S MATT PRODGER HAS THE DETAILS. LATE NIGHT IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE CLIMAX OF THE BIGGEST COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION OF RECENT YEARS. THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT THREE WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS. OUT OF THE CAR FIRST WAS ASHIK ALI, THEN IRFAN KHALID, AND FINALLY THE RINGLEADER, IRFAN NASEER. FOR MONTHS, THE MEN HAD BEEN WATCHED BY MI5 AND THE POLICE. BUGS WERE PLANTED IN THEIR CARS. THEY WERE HEARD PLANNING TO DETONATE UP TO EIGHT RUCKSACK BOMBS. THEY TALKED ABOUT TURNING PARTS OF BIRMINGHAM INTO A WARZONE. KHALID DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS SUICIDE BOMBERS, DRIVING ROUND, READY TO TAKE ON ENGLAND. THEY WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THE 7/7 BOMBERS IN TERMS OF NOT KILLING ENOUGH PEOPLE. THEY HAD PUT NAILS IN THEIR BOMBS. THEY WANTED TO KILL AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE. THEY ASPIRED TO THEIR 9/11. THEY WANTED TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY OF DOING THAT. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE RINGLEADER, IRFAN NASEER, AND IRFAN KHALID RETURNING TO THE UK FROM PAKISTAN. THEY'D ATTENDED A TERRORIST TRAINING CAMP, WHERE NASEER HAD BECOME AN EXPERT IN BOMB-MAKING. THEY PRETENDED TO BE COLLECTING MONEY FOR CHARITY, TAKING IN THOUSANDS OF POUNDS FROM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. BUT THEY CHEATED THE CHARITY, MUSLIM AID, OUT OF THE CASH. THEY HAVE BEEN DISOWNED BY THOSE AMONG WHOM THEY USED TO LIVE. INSIDE THE HOME OF ONE OF THE MEN, THEY'D STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH BOMB-MAKING EQUIPMENT. KHALID BOASTED THAT THIS WOULD BE LIKE ANOTHER 9/11. THEY RECRUITED EIGHT OTHER MEN FOR SMALLER ROLES. FOUR OF THEM WENT TO PAKISTAN FOR TERRORIST TRAINING, BUT THEY LEFT WHEN THEIR FURIOUS FAMILIES DISCOVERED WHAT THEY WERE UP TO. BRITISH POLICE SAY IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TERROR PLOT TO BE UNCOVERED SINCE THE 2006 CONSPIRACY TO BLOW UP TRANSATLANTIC PLANES USING BOMBS DISGUISED AS SOFT DRINKS. ONE OF BRITAIN'S TOP PUBLICISTS IS VOWING TO CLEAR HIS NAME AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT. THE 11 CHARGES AGAINST MAX CLIFFORD SPAN NEARLY 20 YEARS AND RELATE TO SEVEN VICTIMS, THE YOUNGEST JUST 14. THE ALLEGATIONS AND RESPECT OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN CHARGED ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. VERY UPSETTING, VERY DISTRESSING, BUT COMPLETELY FALSE. MR CLIFFORD'S WAS CHARGED AS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION WHICH HAS UNCOVERED ALLEGED OFFENDING BY TV PERSONALITIES JIMMY SAVILE AND ROLF HARRIS. THE BRITISH �5 NOTE IS GETTING A MAKEOVER, WITH THE ADDITION OF A FACE EVERYONE WILL RECOGNISE. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S IMAGE AND SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS WORDS WILL ADORN THE NEW BILL. SIR WINSTON'S GRANDSON SAYS IT'S A GREAT HONOUR FOR THEIR FAMILY. I THINK IT IS A FITTING MEMORIAL, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DO VALUE CHURCHILL'S MEMORY, AND THEY DO CHERISH IT IN MANY WAYS, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A VERY POPULAR NOTE. THE NEW-LOOK FIVER WILL COME INTO CIRCULATION IN 2016. THE WORLD'S OLDEST LIVING MALE GORILLA HAS CELEBRATED ANOTHER MILESTONE, HIS 52ND BIRTHDAY. OVER HIS 25 YEARS AT ATLANTA ZOO, OZZIE THE SILVERBACK GORILLA HAS FATHERED 12 CHILDREN AND HAS NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. OZZIE'S OUTLIVED HIS LIFE EXPECTANCY BY MANY YEARS. GORILLAS IN THE WILD USUALLY ONLY LIVE INTO THEIR MID-30S. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND A NICE START TO THE WEEKEND FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. YES, WARM AND SUNNY IN THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, GIVING NO SURPRISE TO WHERE THE WARMEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WERE TODAY. MEANWHILE, CLOUD ABOUT THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND AND SOUTH-WESTERN SOUTH ISLAND PREVENTED THE LIKES OF WAIOURU AND MILFORD SOUND FROM WARMING UP. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER SPORT. UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` SAMSUNG'S LATEST WEAPON TO FIGHT THE IPHONE IS RELEASED. CHINA REFUSES TO ALLOW ITS NORTHERN MUSLIM MINORITY TO GET IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS, NO MATTER HOW MANY ARE KILLED. AND ABRACADABRA ` A ROYAL SPELL IS CAST OVER HARRY POTTER. 1 SAMSUNG'S BATTLE TO RIVAL APPLE IN THE GLOBAL CELL-PHONE MARKET HAS MOVED UP A GEAR. THE KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT'S LATEST SMARTPHONE HIT SHOPS TODAY, AND KIWIS WERE QUICK TO SNAP UP THE LATEST DEVICE. BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, PRETTY MUCH, AND JUST GOT TO UPGRADE. YOU CAN SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, BLUETOOTH, ALL THOSE THINGS. THE IPHONE DOESN'T. THEY DON'T LIKE TO SHARE. SAMSUNG WON'T REVEAL HOW MANY PHONES IT EXPECTS TO SELL THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE COMPANY DID SHIP ALMOST TWICE AS MANY SMARTPHONES IN THE LAST QUARTER AS APPLE. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WARNING THEY'LL SHOW NO MERCY TO TERRORISTS AFTER THE WORST OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY'S NORTH SINCE 2009. 21 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE LATEST CLASHES BETWEEN CHINESE POLICE AND THE MINORITY MUSLIM UYGHUR POPULATION. THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICAS REPORTS FROM XINJIANG. XINJIANG ` IT MEANS 'NEW FRONTIER'; THE VERY EDGE OF CHINA; CLOSER TO AFGHANISTAN THAN BEIJING AND RICH IN ENERGY AND MINERALS. CHINA IS DEVELOPING THIS LAND FAST, BUT THAT'S CAUSING TENSIONS. WE SLIP PAST THE CHECKPOINTS, FILMING DISCREETLY. THE AUTHORITIES DON'T WANT REPORTERS HERE. THE GOVERNMENT'S VERSION IS THAT A GROUP OF TERRORISTS INSIDE A HOUSE, PLOTTING ATTACKS, WERE DISCOVERED. THREE OFFICIALS WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE AND STABBED TO DEATH; ANOTHER 12 WHO RUSHED TO HELP WERE BURNT INSIDE A ROOM BEFORE ARMED POLICE KILLED SOME OF THE MEN. THE SCENE IS CORDONED OFF, BUT WE SOON HEARD A DIFFERENT STORY. LOCALS SAID IT WAS A LONG-STANDING DISPUTE ` GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TRYING TO FORCE THE MEN IN A VERY RELIGIOUS FAMILY TO SHAVE THEIR BEARDS; THE WOMEN, TO TAKE OFF THEIR VEILS. WE'VE HIDDEN IDENTITIES TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM GOVERNMENT REPRISALS. VOICEOVER: I SAW ONE INJURED MAN. HE HAD A MACHETE. HE CHASED THE POLICE INTO THE GOVERNMENT COMPOUND. HE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG AND FELL DOWN. MANY POLICE SURROUNDED HIM. THEY STABBED HIM TO DEATH. THE POLICE SPOTTED US AND TOLD US TO LEAVE TOWN. HE SAYS, 'THIS IS THE ENEMY'S WAR ZONE. 'WHAT IF SOMEONE CHOPS YOUR HEAD OFF? GO.' XINJIANG'S MUSLIM UYGHURS ARE NO LONGER THE MAJORITY HERE. MANY FEEL THEIR CULTURE IS THREATENED; THEIR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS RESTRICTED BY CHINESE RULE. FROM OUTSIDE CHINA, SOME PREACH HOLY WAR. SPEAKING CHINESE, HE WARNS, 'UYGHURS WANT A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN. THEY WILL TAKE UP ARMS. BUT THERE'S NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THESE GROUPS HAVE MOUNTED ATTACKS, AND AMERICA SAYS CHINA'S PRIORITY SHOULD BE REDUCING TENSIONS IN XINJIANG, TO BEIJING'S ANNOYANCE. TRANSLATOR: CHINA ENSURES THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL ETHNIC GROUPS, INCLUDING THEIR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS. BUT IN SELIBUYA, WE FOUND THOSE POLICIES AREN'T POPULAR. HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ONLY ALLOWS MEN TO GROW BEARDS IF THEY'RE OVER 40 YEARS OLD. FORCED TO LEAVE, WE CAN'T BE SURE WHAT CAUSED THE 21 DEATHS HERE. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THE VIOLENCE IN XINJIANG KEEPS FLARING. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS HAVE DISMISSED CHINA'S CLAIM OF TERRORISM, INSTEAD BLAMING ONGOING ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE UYGHUR MINORITY FOR SPARKING THE VIOLENCE. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT FIGHTING IN PUBLIC WITH MAGIC WANDS. PRINCE HARRY JOINED THE COUPLE AS THEY OFFICIALLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC THE STUDIOS WHERE THE HARRY POTTER FILMS WERE MADE. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL WENT ALONG TOO. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT WANDS. TAKE HOLD OF ONE OF THEM, AND YOU'LL END UP DOING STRANGE THINGS, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE. LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE THESE, OF COURSE, ARE HARRY POTTER MAGICAL WANDS, AND WILLIAM AND KATE AND HARRY WERE ON A VISIT TO THE LARGEST NEW STUDIO COMPLEX BUILT IN BRITAIN FOR MANY DECADES. THEY WERE SHOWN THE SETS, THE COSTUMES AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WHICH HELPED TO MAKE THE HARRY POTTER FILMS SUCH A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON. NOW, HOW DO THEY DO THAT? FOR THE THREE YOUNG ROYALS, IT WAS A CHANCE TO REALISE SOME DREAMS, MOSTLY BOYISH ONES, IT MUST BE SAID. TO WILLIAM AND HARRY'S DELIGHT, THEY FOUND SOME OF THE BATMAN PROPS IN THE STUDIOS NEXT TO HARRY POTTER. THIS IS BATMAN'S MOTORBIKE, WHICH WAS ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH FOR WILLIAM, A KEEN BIKER HIMSELF, TO RESIST. SO MUCH FOR ROYAL DIGNITY, THEN. KATE SEEMED TO THINK HE LOOKED THE PART. HARRY SEEMED TO THINK HE'D LOOK EVEN BETTER IF HE HAD SOME BATMAN EARS. BACK IN HARRY POTTER LAND, THE THREESOME WHO WERE THE STARS OF THIS SAGA ` THE THOUGHTFUL LEADER, THE SENSIBLE GIRL AND THE MISCHIEVOUS REDHEAD ` WERE CONTINUING TO HAVE FUN, DOING THINGS WITH THAT UNAFFECTED STYLE WHICH HAS BECOME THEIR HALLMARK. THE BRITISH MONARCHY HAS SHOWN WHAT A POWERFUL SPELL IT'S CAPABLE OF CASTING. AND IN THESE THREE, FEW CAN DOUBT THAT THAT SPELL REMAINS IN POWERFUL HANDS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OCCASIONAL BLIP. MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYS, PEOPLE EXCLAIM OH, PUT SOME EFFORT IN. LAUGHTER BEFORE LEAVING THE STUDIOS, THE ROYAL PARTY WERE GIVEN HARRY POTTER-STYLE WANDS SO THEY COULD CONTINUE DUELLING AT HOME. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` ENVIRONMENT RESPONSE TEAMS ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANY SIGNS OF AN OIL SPILL FROM A FISHING TRAWLER WHICH HIT ROCKS IN FOVEAUX STRAIT. THE SHIP WAS DAMAGED WHILE SHELTERING FROM ROUGH WEATHER. IT'S NOW HEADING TO LYTTELTON HARBOUR FOR REPAIRS. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSET SALES PLAN. THAT'S AHEAD OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARES HITTING THE STOCK EXCHANGE IN JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS. 49% OF THE COMPANY WILL BE FLOATED AS PART OF A PROGRAMME THE GOVERNMENT SAYS HAS STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT. AND A PIECE FROM ONE OF THE PLANES THAT CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN 2001 HAS BEEN FOUND STUCK BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DISCOVERED BY SURVEYORS CHECKING TWO BUILDINGS SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE SITE OF THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT NOW, AND THE HURRICANES AND BLUES NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH? NO, BUT THEY WERE GOOD GAMES TO WATCH. BUT DESPITE THE LOSSES, THERE'S PLENTY OF POSITIVES FOR BOTH SIDES. TO THE NRL ` DESPITE WINNING THE MATCH, THE RABBITOHS ARE HAMMERED BY MANLY. HE'S GONE TO GROUND. NOW THE PUNCHES ARE FLYING! HIS BROTHER, SAM, HAS GONE IN. AND THE NHL GETS IN ON THE ACTION, WHILE THE LA LAKERS GET SCHOOLED BY THE SPURS IN THE NBA PLAY-OFFS. WE'VE THE THRILLS AND SPILLS IN THE LATEST ANZAC ENCOUNTER ON THE WATER. AND HOW COOL IS THIS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SWIMMING STARS, AS THEY GET TIPS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST? KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE BLUES HAVE OPENED UP THE DOOR FOR THE CHIEFS TO GO TOP OF THE NZ SUPER RUGBY CONFERENCE AFTER THEIR NARROW LOSS TO THE REDS IN BRISBANE LAST NIGHT. THE HURRICANES ALSO SUFFERING A CLOSE DEFEAT, BUT THEY'LL WELCOME THE RETURN OF ALL BLACK JULIAN SAVEA, WHO WILL TRAVEL WITH THE TEAM TO THE REPUBLIC. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. THE HURRICANES TAKING FLIGHT TO SOUTH AFRICA, UPBEAT DESPITE THEIR 18-16 LOSS TO THE STORMERS. WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE COMMITMENT, THE WEEK LEADING IN AND ULTIMATELY THE TEMPLATE WE PLAYED WITH. TWO PENALTIES GAVE THE HURRICANES THE LEAD, BUT THEY SIMPLY HAD NO ANSWER TO THE STORMERS' ROLLING MAUL. THERE THEY GO. THIS MUST BE A TRY. AND IT IS. THE HURRICANES HIT BACK, TAKING A FOUR-POINT LEAD TO THE BREAK. PERENARA MOVES IT ON TO BARRETT, AND AWAY IT GOES TO PROCTOR! BRYAN HABANA PRODUCED A SPECIAL TOUCH THAT WOULD PROVE VITAL. BRYAN HABANA PRODUCED A SPECIAL TOUCH THAT WOULD PROVE VITAL. THEY'RE RUNNING HARD AT HIM, AND THEY'VE CHARGED IT. IT WAS A BIT CRAZY. YOU DON'T SEE IT OFTEN, BUT, AGAIN, I THINK WE STILL HAD OUR OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME. THE HURRICANES LOOKED TO HAVE HIT THEIR STRAPS MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF, TAKING A THREE POINT LEAD,... GOT IT AWAY. TAYLOR! WHISTLE BLARES ...ONLY FOR GIO APLON TO ROLL OVER FOR THE MATCH-WINNING TRY. GOAL KICKING WAS THE DIFFERENCE ` JOE PIETERSEN'S THREE FROM FIVE TRUMPING BEAUDEN BARRETT'S TWO FROM SIX, INCLUDING THE CHARGE DOWN. IN BRISBANE, THE BLUES' GAME PLAN WAS CLEAR ` ATTACK THE FRINGES AND HOLD ON TO THE BALL. BUT THE REDS' DEFENCE HARDLY BUCKLED, FORCING BLUES ERRORS. ALBERT NIKORO LANDED A MONSTER PENALTY TO KEEP THE VISITORS CLOSE. GOT THE DISTANCE. AND THE DIRECTION IS PERFECT AS WELL. WOW. THE BLUES TOOK A TWO-POINT LEAD TO THE BREAK WITH THE GAME'S ONLY TRY. WILLISON! TRY! QUADE COOPER IMPRESSED WITH BALL IN HAND AND WAS SURPRISINGLY STOUT IN DEFENCE. OH, QUADE COOPER! BLUES CAPTAIN ALI WILLIAMS GOT OFFSIDE WITH REFEREE CRAIG JOUBERT, GIVING COOPER WHAT PROVED TO BE THE MATCH WINNER. I DON'T MEAN TO SAY IT, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT THE REFEREE SEES, AND YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME, AND TODAY IT JUST DIDN'T GO OUR WAY. AND YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME, AND TODAY IT JUST DIDN'T GO OUR WAY. THE REDS WON 12-11, TO BECOME THE FIRST AUSSIE SIDE TO CLEAN SWEEP THEIR NZ OPPOSITION. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THE RABBITOHS HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR CREDENTIALS AS PREMIERSHIP CONTENDERS WITH A GUTSY 20-12 WIN OVER THE MANLY SEA EAGLES AT BROOKVALE OVAL. IN WHAT WAS A HOSTILE ROUND SEVEN NRL MATCH, SOUTHS COACH MIKE MAGUIRE HAS SLAMMED THE TREATMENT OF HIS SUPERSTAR PLAYER. THEY'RE PUT HIM IN A DANGEROUS POSITION. HE'S BEEN ON THE END OF A COUPLE OF THESE ` GREG INGLIS. BIG GI IS A GAME-BREAKER, BUT IS THE GAME ABOUT TO BREAK HIM? SAME PLAYER ON THE SAME PLAYER. FA'AOSO IS ON REPORT EARLIER FOR PUTTING INGLIS IN A DANGEROUS POSITION. INGLIS WAS THE TARGET, BUT THE RABBITOHS FULLBACK WASN'T THE ONLY ONE IN MANLY'S SIGHT. OH, GEORGE BURGESS HAS GOT A CLIP OVER THE CHIN. HE'S GONE TO GROUND. NOW THE PUNCHES ARE FLYING. HIS BROTHER SAM HAS GONE IN. IT HAD BEEN BREWING ALL NIGHT, AND FINALLY IT CAME TO A HEAD. IT WAS STEVE MATAI WHO MADE CONTACT ON GEORGE BURGESS. FRUSTRATION BOILED OVER AFTER A FRUITLESS FIRST HALF FOR BOTH SIDES WHICH CULMINATED IN A 2-0 SCORELINE TO THE RABBITOHS AFTER 40 MINUTES. MANLY WERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STATS SHEET, WITH MORE POSSESSION, OFFLOADS AND LINEBREAKS BUT JUST COULDN'T CONVERT. FOR DAVID WILLIAMS, AND IT'S BEATEN HIM TO THE DEAD BALL LINE. DESPITE THE ROUGH TREATMENT, GREG INGLIS TAUNTED MANLY, PROVIDING THE MOMENTUM FOR THE RABBITOHS. HE COMES TO HIS OPPOSITE NUMBER, AND HE GIVES THE OPPOSITE NUMBER THE SIDE-STEP, AND HE PUTS IT OVER. HE KICKS HIGH AND DEEP, AND EVERINGHAM FLIES. AND IT'S GROUNDED BY BEAU CHAMPION. TRAILING 20-0, MANLY LAUNCHED A LATE ATTACK BUT COULDN'T CLAW BACK THE DEFICIT. RABBITOHS CLOCKED UP THEIR SIXTH WIN TO SIT OUTRIGHT SECOND ON THE POINTS TABLE. ONE SPORT THAT'S NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A BIT OF BIFF IS ICE HOCKEY. IN FACT, PUNCH-UPS ARE A WIDELY USED TACTIC. TODAY A FIGHT BROKE OUT WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF THE PUCK BEING DROPPED IN THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA WILD AND THE EDMONTON OILERS. AND AWAY THEY GO, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE WILD BECAUSE THE FANS ARE GONNA GET RILED UP. THEY KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GAME. MINNESOTA'S ZENON KONOPKA AND EDMONTON'S MIKE BROWN BOTH SERVED A FIVE-MINUTE PENALTY FOR THE PREDETERMINED FIGHT, WHICH WENT ON FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. BROWN HAD THE LAST LAUGH, THOUGH. EDMONTON WERE THE COMFORTABLE WINNERS BY 6 GOALS TO ONE. IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS, THE BOSTON CELTICS WERE SENTIMENTAL FAVOURITES, PLAYING THEIR FIRST HOME GAME SINCE THE MARATHON BOMBINGS 11 DAYS AGO. THE MATCH WAS PRECEDED BY AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK BEFORE THE NEW YORK KNICKS PICKED UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF, IN CHARGE AND IN FRONT. ANTHONY FOR THREE. BIG TURNAROUND ` THE STEAL AND THEN THE THREE-POINTER. AND THE LEAD IS BACK UP TO 17. THE KNICKS WON ALL FOUR QUARTERS AGAINST A DEPLETED BOSTON SIDE. FINE LAY-UPS LIKE THIS ONE BY JEFF GREEN WERE NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE CELTICS GOING DOWN BY 90 TO 76. NEW YORK IS NOW ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF WIN IN 13 YEARS. IN LOS ANGELES, NOT EVEN JACK NICHOLSON COULD LIFT THE LAKERS, WHO, WITHOUT KOBE BRYANT, WERE AGAIN NO MATCH FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. THE CONSISTENT SPURS WENT THREE FROM THREE AND HANDED THE LAKERS A 31-POINT LOSS, THEIR WORST IN PLAYOFF HISTORY. TO CRICKET, AND THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS HAVE BROKEN A THREE-MATCH LOSING STREAK WITH A STRAIGHTFORWARD SIX WICKET WIN OVER THE PUNJAB KINGS. FOR THE KINGS, AUSSIE VETERAN ADAM GILCHRIST'S 27 WAS HIS BEST SCORE OF THE SEASON BUT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO KEEP HIS PLACE IN THE SIDE. JACQUES KALLIS COMBINED ECONOMY WITH WICKETS, REMOVING TWO OF THE KINGS' LEADING BATSMEN. THAT'S A GOOD STRIKE. BUT IT WILL BE TAKEN ON THE BOUNDARY LINE. AND KALLIS CHIPPED IN WITH THE BAT, HIS 37 GETTING THE KNIGHT RIDERS BACK ON TRACK AFTER LOSING TWO EARLY WICKETS. AND KALLIS IS NOT GOING TO MISS OUT ON THOSE. MANVINDER BISLA, WITH AN UNBEATEN 51, COMBINED WITH IRISHMAN EOIN MORGAN TO GET KOLKATA HOME WITH ALMOST TWO OVERS TO SPARE. AFTER GOLD SILVER AND BRONZE AT THE LAST SAILING WORLD CUP EVENT IN SPAIN EARLIER THIS MONTH, KIWI SAILORS ARE IN LINE FOR MORE MEDALS AT THE LATEST REGATTA IN FRANCE. ALEX MALONEY, WITH CREW MOLLY MEECH, CURRENTLY LIE FIRST IN THE 49-ER CLASS HEADING INTO THE FINAL DAY, LOOKING TO EMULATE HER BROTHER ANDY MALONEY'S GOLD MEDAL IN THE LASER DINGHY. FOUR OTHER KIWI CREWS ARE IN MEDAL RACES OVERNIGHT. ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE STRONG SPORTING BONDS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES ` A THEME CONTINUED ON AUCKLAND HARBOUR AS WELL. THE FAMOUS 18-FOOT SKIFFS ARE COMPETING HERE AS THE FLEET'S REVIVAL GROWS. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. BIG BREEZE, BIG THRILLS, BIG SPILLS ` THE RECIPE'S NEVER CHANGED. THE VISITING AUSSIES ENJOYED AN AUCKLAND AUTUMN AND THE WINDS IT'S BROUGHT WITH IT. THE CHALLENGE IS JUST KEEPING THE STICK POINTING UPRIGHT MOST OF THE TIME, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER SOME YEARS IN THE DOLDRUMS, THE 18-FOOT FLEETS ARE GROWING AGAIN THANKS TO REDUCED COSTS, INCREASED SPONSORSHIP AND THE INHERENT QUALITIES OF THE FASTEST BOAT OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD. IT'S JUST THE ABSOLUTE THRILL OF SAILING THEM. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING, THEN` AND THE THRILLS THEY GIVE YOU OUT ON THE WATER. BUT THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT THE RACING IS REALLY REALLY CLOSE AND TIGHT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT DRAWS THE LIKES OF AN OLYMPIC MEDALLIST.. THEY ARE PROBABLY A BIT MORE FORGIVING ON THE BOAT HANDLING THAN A FEW OF THE OTHER BOATS I SAIL, BUT, YEAH, THEY'RE JUST BIG BEASTS. AND, KIND OF` THERE'S A LOT OF POWER UP THERE, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IT WRONG. ACCEPTING THAT MAXIM, THE SERIES LEADER. YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. WHAT IS IT? > (CHUCKLES) UH, JUST CONSERVATIVE SAILING, I THINK. GOT ENOUGH BOAT SPEED, SO JUST KEEP IT IN THERE AND KEEP IT TIGHT WITH THE OTHER BOATS. CONSERVATIVE AND 18-FOOT SKIFFS ` THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. YEAH, ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO BE CONSERVATIVE. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE, REALLY. AT LEAST THE WATER'S STILL WARM HERE, WHICH IS MORE THAN IT WILL BE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE THE 18-FOOTERS ARE COMPLETING THEIR WORLD SERIES AS A SUPPORTING ACT AT THE AMERICA'S CUP IN SEPTEMBER. BUT THEY DON'T INTEND TO BE OVERSHADOWED. WE'RE RACING WITH THE AMERICA'S CUP BOATS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND WE'RE GONNA TO BE ON THEIR STAGE, BUT IN REALITY THEY'LL BE ON OUR STAGE. THE NZ LEG OF THE SERIES CONCLUDES HERE TOMORROW. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. MOST OF THEM AREN'T EVEN AT INTERMEDIATE, BUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF POTENTIAL SWIMMING GREATS ARE ALREADY GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME. 30 OF THE COUNTRY'S BEST YOUNGSTERS GATHERED IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND TO LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM SOME OF OUR NATIONAL STARS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. READY? GO. MAKING A SPLASH IN FRONT OF NZ'S VERY BEST. GOT IT? WHO'S UP? NO FEAR OF JUMPING IN THE DEEP END FOR THESE CHILDREN, THE 30 FASTEST 8- TO 10-YEAR-OLDS FROM LAST SUMMER'S OCEAN KIDS SWIMMING SERIES. THEIR REWARD: A WEEKEND TRAINING CAMP WITH OLYMPIANS DANYON LOADER AND LAUREN BOYLE AND FORMER TRIATHLON CHAMP RICK WELLS. I DO REMEMBER THE LIKES OF ANTHONY MOSSE, PAUL KINGSMAN, RICHARD LOCKHART, AND I REMEMBER RACING AGAINST THEM, SO I REMEMBER THAT AFTER SO LONG, AND SO HOPEFULLY THESE GUYS WILL REMEMBER THIS EVENT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT STARTS IT ALL, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BECOME CHAMPIONS, BUT EVEN IF WE JUST FIRE ONE'S IMAGINATION. THE DESIRE IS NO PROBLEM FOR MAX DRUMMOND (10) HIS DREAM IS TO BE THE NEXT MICHAEL PHELPS. HE'S, LIKE, GOT THE MOST MEDALS IN THE OLYMPICS AND EVERYTHING, AND HE'S JUST REALLY FAST. MAX HAS ALREADY HAD SUCCESS AT THE NZ SWIMMING CHAMPS AND KNOWS TRAINING HARD IS KEY. I DO IT FOUR TIMES A WEEK FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. THAT'S TWO TIMES MORE A WEEK THAN CURRENT WORLD SHORT-COURSE CHAMPION LAUREN BOYLE AT THE SAME AGE. I THINK I WAS REALLY TINY AND SKINNY AND PRETTY SHY. I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD'VE HAD THE GUTS TO COME TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SHE'S WORKED UP THE COURAGE NOW, THOUGH, AND SHE'S NOT SHORT ON ADMIRERS. BOYLE IS 9-YEAR-OLD NATALIE BURKE'S FAVOURITE SWIMMER. SHE'S, LIKE, REALLY FAST, AND I REALLY LIKE HER BECAUSE SHE'S, LIKE, GOT THE SAME PERSONALITY AS ME. ANY NAMES YOU'D LIKE TO NAME THAT SEEM PARTICULARLY GOOD OUT THERE? > ONE 9-YEAR-OLD CALLED NATALIE IS DOING VERY WELL, BUT I THINK YOU HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING HER EARLIER. BIG RAPS FROM A CURRENT STAR, AND TO THINK THESE KIDS WEREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO BEING BORN WHEN LOADER WAS SCOOPING GOLD AT THE 1996 OLYMPICS. WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9`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