HI THERE, EVERYBODY. NOTHING LIKE A TOUCH OF WINTER TO GET EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. FIRSTLY, RANFURLY DROPPED TO MINUS-2 THIS MORNING. NOW HEAVY RAIN IS PUSHING INTO WESTLAND, BULLER AND TOP OF THE SOUTH, AND UPSTREAM THE SNOW IS COMING EARLY SUNDAY. WHERE YOU FIT INTO ALL OF THAT, COMING UP, BUT 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 CORONATION STREET STAR FACING SERIOUS SEX CHARGES ` WHAT HE TOLD OUR REPORTER ABOUT HIS PAST BEHAVIOUR. THE DOUBLE HIT IN AN ASSAULT CASE ` POLICE EXPLAIN WHY THEY FIRED A TASER AND HANDGUN AT ONE MAN. THE MP APOLOGISING FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR ON A BOOZY NIGHT OUT ` WHAT'S ANOTHER MEMBER OF HIS PARTY SAYING? REALLY, REALLY GUTTING FOR THE TEAM. A HEARTBREAKING DECISION FOR ZOOKEEPERS ` THE LOSING BATTLE TO KEEP CHEETAH CUBS ALIVE. THE WORLD'S LONGEST-SERVING SOAP STAR, A FAMILIAR FACE ON OUR SCREENS, IS NOW FACING TWO CHARGES OF RAPING AN UNDERAGE GIRL. CORONATION STREET'S WILLIAM ROACHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS CONTROVERSIAL CALL FOR FORGIVENESS FOR SEX OFFENDERS ON TVNZ'S "SUNDAY" PROGRAMME. WE CAN NOW REVEAL MORE OF THAT INTERVIEW WITH EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY, WHO JOINS US FROM THE ACTOR'S HOME IN BRITAIN. GARTH. SIMON, THIS QUIET STREET IN CHESHIRE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO MEDIA CIRCUS WILLIAM ROACHE WILL BE AT THE DRIVEWAY LATER THE DRAMA IS SUDDENLY ALL TOO CLOSE TO HOME FOR WILLIAM ROACHE,... MR ROACHE, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? > ...NOW MAKING NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. A POLICE GUARD ON HIS GATE HOLDING BACK A PRESS PACK AS HIS SOLICITOR STRUGGLES TO GET HIM INSIDE AFTER 12 HOURS IN CUSTODY AND TWO CHARGES OF RAPING A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE 1967. MY PLACE OF WORSHIP IS THE ROVERS RETURN, AND I'LL SWAP BROWN ALE FOR ME HYMN BOOK ANY DAY. BY THEN, THE 35-YEAR-OLD ACTOR WAS FAMOUS FOR PLAYING KEN BARLOW FOR SIX SEASONS ON CORONATION STREET, EARNING ADULATION AS HE EXPLAINED IN AN INTERVIEW FOR THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME IN FEBRUARY. IN THE '60S, I MISBEHAVED. I HAD A LOT OF GIRLFRIENDS, DIFFERENT WOMEN AND ALL OVER THE PLACE. OUR TALK THEN TURNED TO HISTORIC RAPE CHARGES AGAINST A CO-STAR JUST DAYS EARLIER. ROACHE MADE THIS OBSERVATION. PAEDOPHILIA IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. PAEDOPHILES SHOULD BE SOUGHT OUT, ROOTED OUT AND DEALT WITH. BUT THERE'S A FRINGE HERE. THERE'S A FRINGE OF PEOPLE WHO, PARTICULARLY POP SINGERS, TH-THEY'RE SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY MATURE. THEY DON'T ASK FOR THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT AGE THEY MAY BE. BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT GROOMING THEM AND EXPLOITING THEM, BUT THEY CAN BE CAUGHT IN THIS TRAP. IT'S` IT'S NEVER A SITUATION YOU FELT YOU'VE BEEN IN? > POTENTIALLY COMPROMISED YOURSELF WITH IN THE PAST? > I DON'T KNOW. I-I-I DON'T THINK SO. ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER, POLICE BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PRESS RAPE CHARGES. FEATURING ITS LONGEST-SERVING STAR IS SET TO AIR IN BRITAIN LATER THIS WEEK. IT'S NOW ALMOST CERTAIN THOSE SCENES WILL BE CUT, AND KEN BARLOW WON'T BE BACK ON CORONATION STREET UNTIL ROACHE'S FUTURE AND PAST ARE CLEARER. TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, HE WILL BE APPEARING IN A LOCAL MAGISTRATE COURT ANOTHER LOCAL CELEBRITY WAS ALSO CHARGED FOR HISTORIC SEX ABUSE THIS HAS BECOME A PATTERN IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING FORWARD ROACHE IS THE LATEST HIGH-PROFILE PERSONALITY IN BRITAIN TO BE ARRESTED OR INVESTIGATED FOR SEXUAL CRIMES SINCE THE JIMMY SAVILE SCANDAL. OTHERS INCLUDE HIS CORONATION STREET CO-STAR MICHAEL LE VELL, CELEBRITY PUBLICIST MAX CLIFFORD, GLAM-ROCK SINGER GARY GLITTER, AUSTRALIAN ARTIST AND ENTERTAINER ROLF HARRIS AND COMEDIAN FREDDIE STARR. A POLICE COMMANDER SAYS TWO OF HIS OFFICERS SAVED A WOMAN'S LIFE BY FIRING BOTH A GUN AND TASER AT A MAN IN PORIRUA. THE USE OF BOTH WEAPONS WILL BE UNDER SCRUTINY IN THREE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE PORIRUA SHOOTING. MATT MCKLEAN EXPLAINS. A CORDON WAS IN PLACE AT PORIRUA'S PENGUIN GROVE THIS MORNING AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT AND TASERED BY POLICE OFFICERS. IT IS A VERY, UH, DIFFICULT AN-AND CHALLENGING SITUATION THAT THE OFFICERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT AT THE ADDRESS AROUND 5.30 THIS MORNING, WHERE THEY WERE MET IN THE STREET BY A DISTRESSED WOMAN WITH WOUNDS TO HER ARM. THE TWO POLICE OFFICERS BECAME AWARE OF A FURTHER INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE HOUSE, UH, AND ENTERED THE HOUSE, USING FORCE TO DO SO. OFFICERS FOUND A MAN (47) IN THE HOUSE, ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING ANOTHER WOMAN WITH A KNIFE AND A HAMMER. ONE OF THE OFFICERS PRESENT DEPLOYED A TASER, AND THE SECOND OFFICER DEPLOYED A GLOCK WEAPON, FIRING A SINGLE SHOT, UH, HITTING AND WOUNDING THE MALE (47) IN THE SHOULDER. THE MAN AND BOTH WOMEN INVOLVED WERE TAKEN TO WELLINGTON HOSPITAL THIS MORNING. THE MAN RECEIVED SURGERY, AND ALL THREE ARE NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION, BUT THE INCIDENT IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF THREE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS. ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS BEING, WAS IT NECESSARY FOR BOTH A TASER AND A GUN TO BE FIRED? WE ARE ONLY A FEW HOURS INTO THIS, UH, AND WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU THIS MORNING IS WHAT WE KNOW NOW, AND BASED ON WHAT I KNOW NOW, I BELIEVE MY OFFICERS HAVE ACTED PROFESSIONALLY, AND THEY'VE SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE HERE THIS MORNING. BONNIE NGATAI KNOWS THOSE INVOLVED. WHY DO WOMEN OR CHILDREN HAVE TO BE HURT? AND, AGAIN, WHY DO NEIGHBOURS AND THAT HAVE TO BE UPSET WITH THESE SORT OF DISTURBANCES? IT'S NOT FAIR ON THE COMMUNITY. IT DOES AFFECT THEM. POLICE SAY THE MAN (47) IS LIKELY TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. A NATIONAL PARTY MP'S BEEN FORCED TO APOLOGISE FOR HIS BULLYING BEHAVIOUR ON A BOOZY NIGHT OUT. AARON GILMORE IS SAID TO HAVE THREATENED TO USE HIS INFLUENCE TO HAVE A WAITER FIRED, BECAUSE HE WAS REFUSED ANOTHER DRINK. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH HAS THE LATEST. NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE DID A LOT OF BIG TALKING ON SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT HE REFUSED TO FRONT TODAY. THE BACKBENCH MP WAS DRINKING WITH ACQUAINTANCES IN THE HERITAGE HOTEL RESTAURANT IN HANMER SPRINGS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT A NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE. SOURCES HAVE TOLD ONE NEWS THAT WHEN THE MP WAS REFUSED MORE ALCOHOL, HE ASKED, 'DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM?' AND THREATENED TO CALL THE PRIME MINISTER AND GET THE WAITER SACKED. HE WAS A HARD-WORKING, PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF THE BAR STAFF, AND NOW THE POOR GUY WAS GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING HIS JOB, SO I FELT THE NEED TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT YOUR AVERAGE BACKBENCH MP DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF POWER, IF ANY, AND THAT HIS JOB WAS QUITE SAFE. CHRISTCHURCH LAWYER ANDREW RICHES DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA. HE WAS DINING WITH AARON GILMORE AS A GROUP OF FOUR. HE WAS SO APPALLED BY THE MP'S BEHAVIOUR THAT HE LEFT AN APOLOGY NOTE TO STAFF ON A PAPER NAPKIN. IN A STATEMENT, AARON GILMORE SAYS, 'AS A GROUP OUR BEHAVIOUR WAS AT TIMES BOISTEROUS. HE GOES ON TO SAY 'MPS SHOULD UPHOLD THE HIGHEST OF STANDARDS' AND 'AS A GROUP, OUR BEHAVIOUR FELL SHORT OF THIS MARK.' HE SAYS, 'I SINCERELY APOLOGISE 'FOR ANY OFFENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED TO STAFF AND PATRONS.' WELL, LOOK, I THINK IT'S A BIT DISAPPOINTING THAT HE IS CLEARLY PART OF A GROUP THAT WAS INVOLVED IN SOME SLIGHTLY UNRULY BEHAVIOUR. BUT ANDREW RICHES SAYS THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL. WAS QUITE HAPPY TO LET THIS MATTER LIE, BUT NOW MR GILMORE'S COME OUT, HE'S DELIVERED AN APOLOGY THAT BASICALLY SUGGESTS THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE ENGAGING IN SOME ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, AND THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT. JOHN KEY SAYS THE MP WILL BE DISAPPOINTED IN HIMSELF, BUT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO REPRIMAND HIM AT THIS STAGE. COMP JESSICA, YOU'VE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WE PUT THIS FRESH QUESTIONS TO THE PM OFFICE ON ONE HAND, AARON GILMORE REFUTES THE CLAIMS ON THE OTHER HAND, IF HOTEL STAFF MADE A COMPLAINT THEY WILL INVESTIGATE PLANS FOR A $1.5B UPGRADE OF INLAND REVENUE'S COMPUTER SYSTEM ARE BEING LABELLED ANOTHER POTENTIAL 'NOVOPAY' TRAINWRECK. THE FOUNDER OF AN ONLINE ACCOUNTING COMPANY INSISTS IT COULD BE DONE FOR MUCH LESS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. IMPLEMENTING THE NOVOPAY SYSTEM'S BEEN A COSTLY NIGHTMARE. THE POSITION WE'RE IN'S NOT GOOD AT ALL. IT'S VERY BAD. HOWEVER, NOVOPAY IS SMALL CHANGE COMPARED TO THE PLANNED $1.5B DOLLAR SPEND AT IRD. AT THE END OF THAT, YOU'D WANNA BE BUILDING THE TAX SYSTEM FOR THE US AND BE SELLING IT OVER THERE, OR SOMETHING. IT'S JUST A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. IRD'S 20-YEAR-OLD COMPUTER SYSTEM IS STRETCHED AND STRUGGLING WITH A PATCHWORK OF PROGRAMMES LIKE WORKING FOR FAMILIES AND KIWISAVER. SO CABINET'S AGREED TO THE $1.5B UPGRADE OVER 10 YEARS. IF WE WANT A TAX SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE PEOPLE'S NEEDS, THAT'S RESPONSIVE, WE HAVE NO OPTION. BUT XERO FOUNDER ROD DRURY BELIEVES THE GOVERNMENT'S BIG-BANG APPROACH RUNS THE RISK OF ANOTHER NOVOPAY DEBACLE. THIS JUST FLIES IN THE FACE OF BEST PRACTICE AND THE WAY THAT NZ COMPANIES HAVE BEEN BUILDING WORLD-CLASS SOFTWARE REALLY FOR THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS. THE TRACK RECORD WITH BIG GOVERNMENT IT UPDGRADES ISN'T GOOD. BACK IN THE EARLY 1990S, THE INCIS UPGRADE OF THE POLICE COMPUTER SYSTEM TURNED INTO A DISASTER WITH $40M IN COST OVERRUNS, WHILE THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER FROM NOVOPAY IS $11M AND COUNTING. WE WILL BE PUTTING SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AS EACH COMPONENT IS DEVELOPED. WE ALSO HAVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET, AND WE ARE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY THE FALLOUT FROM THE NOVOPAY SITUATION IN TERMS OF THE LESSONS OF THAT FOR PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE. THE IRD TENDER PROCESS IS STILL SOMEWAY OFF. HOWEVER, FRENCH MULTINATIONAL CAPGEMINI HAS ALREADY BEEN HIRED TO ADVISE, AND SOME SEE THAT AS A SIGN THAT THE LOCAL IT INDUSTRY WILL BE CUT OUT. THAT THIS IS AN AREA THE CONTRACTS FOR THIS WILL GO OFFSHORE. THE PROFITS WILL GO OFFSHORE. I THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNFICANT OPPORTUNTIES FOR THE NZ INDUSTRY. ROD DRURY WANTS THE LOCAL IT INDUSTRY TO BAND TOGETHER AND BID FOR THE PROJECT. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. TWO OF THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO PAREKURA HOROMIA HAVE SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE HARD-WORKING MAN THEY'VE LOST. HIS BROTHER AND NEPHEW ARE AMONG HUNDREDS AT THE TANGI IN TOLAGO BAY ON THE EAST COAST FOR THE FORMER CABINET MINISTER. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN IS THERE. YESTERDAY A SOLEMN HAKARAIA HOROMIA CARRIED HIS BROTHER'S COFFIN ON TO HAUITI MARAE, BUT TODAY SHARED WITH TVNZ'S TE KARERE HIS APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RALLIED TO MAKE THIS TANGI SO SPECIAL. WE WERE THERE WITH HIM. WE WERE AT THE HOME WITH HIM WHEN HE WENT. AND THEN THE... CHAIRMAN OF THE MARAE GOT TOGETHER, HAD A HUI AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, AND WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND, UM, WE KNEW WE HAD TO GET THINGS IN PLACE BEFORE HE GOT HOME. THE BOYS GREW UP ON THIS FARM IN THE SMALL SETTLEMENT OF MANGATUNA, 8KM NORTH OF TOLOGA BAY, BUT IT WAS PAREKURA HOROMIA'S PROWESS ON THE RUGBY FIELD THAT HIS BROTHER REMEMBERS MOST VIVIDLY. THEM DAYS, YOU COULD RUCK, AND PARE WAS PRETTY GOOD AT THAT. HE WAS PRETTY GOOD AT RUCKING. IF YOU WERE ON OUR SIDE OF THE BALL, MATE, YOU GOT IT. (CHUCKLES) A TOUGHNESS HIS NEPHEW, WHO WAS ALSO A PALLBEARER, REMEMBERS WELL. WE USED TO OFTEN CHASE SHEEP UP INTO THE BACK OF THESE HILLS, AND, UM, I WON'T REPEAT WHAT HE USED TO SAY TO ME, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS EXPLETIVES, AND HE USED TO TELL US, 'DON'T COME DOWN THAT HILL UNTIL YOU'VE GOT A SHEEP.' WE OFTEN SPENT AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX HOURS LOOKING FOR ONE SHEEP. SO, UH, YEAH, HE WAS A TOUGH MAN LIKE THAT. BUT HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS DETERMINATION MADE HIM A HIGH ACHIEVER. YEAH, OUR MUM WAS PROUD OF HIM. OUR DAD WAS GONE BEFORE PARE SUCCEEDED IN THIS, BUT OUR MUM WAS PROUD OF HIM, AND YEAH, SHE WAS REALLY PROUD OF HIM. UH, SHE'S THERE, WAITING FOR HIM. PAKEKURA HOROMIA'S FAMILY CONSIDERED LAYING HIM TO REST NEXT TO HIS WIFE AT MANGATUNA, BUT HAVE DECIDED HE'LL BE BURIED NEAR THE HAUITI MARAE IN TOLOGA BAY AT THE WEEKEND. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THREE YOUNG MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN AMERICA IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOSTON BOMBINGS. THE 19-YEAR-OLDS ARE COLLEGE FRIENDS OF THE SURVIVING SUSPECT DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV. THEY'RE CHARGED WITH HIDING EVIDENCE AND LYING TO THE FBI. ABC'S BRIAN ROSS HAS DETAILS. THE FBI HAS BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF THE FRIENDS SINCE THE DAY OF THE MANHUNT WHEN SWAT TEAMS RAIDED THE COLLEGE CAMPUS, AND AGENTS TOOK TWO OF THEM INTO CUSTODY ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES. THOSE TWO, BOTH FROM KAZAKHSTAN, AZAMAT TAZHAYAKOV AND DIAS KADYRBAYEV, HAD TRAVELLED WITH DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV TO NEW YORK LAST YEAR, PROUDLY POSING IN THIS SNAPSHOT. THE THIRD PERSON CHARGED TODAY, A US CITIZEN, ROBEL PHILLIPOS, HAD BEEN A FRIEND SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. TONIGHT, THE FBI SAYS DZHOKHAR'S FRIENDS RECOGNISED HIM IMMEDIATELY AND DECIDED TO HELP HIM BY GETTING RID OF POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. A LAWYER FOR ONE OF THE TEENS DENIED THAT AFTER A COURT HEARING TODAY. IMMEDIATELY, WE DISPUTE AND WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVING OUR CASE IN COURT. BUT THE FBI SAYS ONE OF THE TEENS TEXTED DZHOKHAR AND ASKED IF HE WAS THE BOMBER. 'LOL' ` LAUGH OUT LOUD ` DZHOKHAR RESPONDED. AND THEN ANOTHER EXCHANGE: THE FBI SAYS THE THREE WENT TO DZHOKHAR'S DORMITORY THAT NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THEY TOOK A BACKPACK CONTAINING FIREWORKS WITH THE POWDER REMOVED AND DZHOKHAR'S LAPTOP COMPUTER. GUNFIRE THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION WITH AUTHORITIES IN WATERTOWN, AND THE MANHUNT FOR DZHOKHAR BEGAN. IT WAS THEN, THE FBI SAYS, THAT ONE OF THE FRIENDS WENT BEHIND THEIR APARTMENT IN NEW BEDFORD AND DUMPED THE BACKPACK AND FIREWORKS IN THIS DUMPSTER. THE DUMPSTER'S CONTENTS ENDED UP AT A LANDFILL WHERE THE FBI SEARCHED FOR THREE DAYS AND FOUND, WHAT IT SAYS, WERE THESE FIREWORKS THAT THE FBI NOW ALLEGES THE FRIENDS TRIED TO HIDE. THE FBI BELIEVES THE POWDER FROM THOSE FIREWORKS WAS USED TO MAKE THE BOMBS. THE US EMBASSY HAS TAKEN DOWN SIGNS ON ITS FENCE SAYING 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED' AFTER A ONE NEWS INVESTIGATION. LAWYERS SAY THE EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON HAD NO LEGAL RIGHT TO ENFORCE IT. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. JUST OVER 24 HOURS AGO, IF YOU'D WANDERED PAST THE US EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS SIGN. BUT CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK, THIS WAS NOT AN ORDER, BUT A FORM OF WRITTEN REQUEST. IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL IF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WERE TO SAY, 'WE WOULD RATHER YOU DIDN'T TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR EMBASSY, PLEASE.' BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE IN THE NATURE OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY TO BE POLITE LIKE THAT. LAWYERS SAY THE EMBASSY CAN PUT WHATEVER IT WANTS ON ITS FENCE, BUT IT HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO FORCE PEOPLE TO STOP FILMING OR TAKING PICTURES. UNDER NZ PRIVACY LAWS, PEOPLE CAN TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OR FILM FROM ANY STREET OR PUBLIC SPACE. YOU CAN'T DIRECT PEOPLE WALKING PAST A PUBLIC BUILDING, OUT IN THE PUBLIC, NOT TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOMETHING THAT'S CLEARLY VISIBLE TO EVERYONE. AN EMBASSY SPOKESPERSON TOLD ONE NEWS YESTERDAY THAT THE SIGNS ARE STANDARD PROCEDURE AT AMERICAN EMBASSIES AROUND THE WORLD, BUT JUST OVER 24 HOURS AFTER ONE NEWS BEGAN ITS INQUIRIES, THE SIGNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ONCE IT HAD BEEN POINTED OUT TO THEM THAT THE SIGNS WERE COMPLETELY UNENFORCEABLE, IT WAS REALLY A BIT LAUGHABLE, SO THERE WAS NO POINT IN HAVING THEM. ONE NEWS FILMED THE BRITISH, IRANIAN AND CHINESE EMBASSIES, AND COULDN'T SEE A COMPARABLE SIGN. GOOGLE STREETVIEW AND SATELLITE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE US EMBASSY BOTH FROM THE GROUND AND ABOVE. BUT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT PEOPLE CAN PHOTOGRAPH IN A PUBLIC SPACE. IF YOU'RE USING A HIGH-POWERED LENS AND GOING INTO A HOUSE AND FOCUSING ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THAT'S A BREACH TO SOMEONE'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY. THE US EMBASSY DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGNS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. THE THREE NEWBORN CHEETAH CUBS FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN CHRISTCHURCH HAVE TODAY BEEN PUT DOWN. THESE THREE CUBS CAPTURED HEARTS FROM ONE END OF THE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER, BUT OVERNIGHT, THEIR CONDITION DETERIORATED, AND THIS AFTERNOON, THEIR SHORT LIVES WERE ENDED. IN THE END IT CAME DOWN TO, UM, THE CHEETAH COULD NOT SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN. THEY WERE BEING KEPT ALIVE BY 24-HOUR VETERINARY CARE. THE TRIO WERE PART OF A LITTER OF UP TO SEVEN CUBS BORN TO FIRST-TIME MUM MAZZA ON SATURDAY, FOUR DIED AT THE WEEKEND. TODAY THEIR SIBLINGS FOLLOWED SUIT, WEIGHING AROUND HALF OF WHAT THEY NEEDED TO. WE'VE BEEN BATTLING TO GET THEM TO SUCKLE, AND THAT'S UNUSUAL. YOU SHOULD GET THAT RIGHT IN THE FIRST DAY OR TWO, SO WHEN WE STARTED REALLY GETTING TO THE STAGE OF HAVING TO PUT TUBES IN TO FEED THEM, WE WERE STARTING TO LEAN TOWARDS, IS IT SOMETHING PHYSIOLOGICALLY, POSSIBLY, WRONG WITH THEM? TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THE CUBS' BODIES HAVE BEEN SENT AWAY FOR POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. THERE IS NOTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE THAT COULD'VE BEEN DONE. ORANA WILDLIFE PARK IS KNOWN FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL CHEETAH-BREEDING PROGRAMME, AND IT'S HOPED WITH OTHER FEMALES LIKE THESE, THERE MIGHT MORE CUBS HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AS SOON AS SPRING COMES, I'M QUITE SURE WE'LL BE SEEING QUITE A FEW LITTERS. FOR NOW, THOUGH, PARK STAFF ARE MOURNING THE FIRST CHEETAH LITTER THEY'VE HAD HERE IN FOUR YEARS BUT HAVE JUST LOST. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ` STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE OF FINDING HIS DAUGHTER AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS FROM THE FACTORY COLLAPSE IN BANGLADESH. MAY DAY MAYHEM. CLASHES BREAK OUT ACROSS THE WORLD AT RALLIES CHAMPIONING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE A JOB IF YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE FACEBOOK? WE'LL GIVE YOU A SURVEY STATUS UPDATE. TINKLING MUSIC Have you noticed QR codes popping up everywhere? A QR, or quick reaction, code is a quick way of getting information or going to a website. They look like this. They're like a really smart barcode that you can scan with your smartphone. All your smartphone needs is a QR app, and you'll be able to read them. Now, I've got one loaded already on this phone. So I'll just launch the app, show the QR code to the phone, making sure you're framed properly ` the app should show you how to do that ` and that'll take you straight to a website with more information about the product or service. No need to type in a web address. Once you notice them, QR codes are everywhere ` on billboards, in magazines, on your grocery items, clothing labels, at a gallery or in a newspaper. So get your smartphone ready for QR codes. It can be really fun to find out what they reveal, and we'll show you how at techinasec.co.nz 'BREAKING NEWS' HEADLINE ONLY ONE LINE OF TEXT - DEKO B WE'VE REPORTS JUST COMING IN OF THE FIRE PORTAL TO THE MINE 30 WORKERS KILLED IN THE FACTORY COLLAPSE IN BANGLADESH HAVE BEEN BURIED IN A MASS FUNERAL. THE DEATH TOLL'S RISEN TO MORE THAN A 400, WITH ALMOST 150 STILL MISSING. AS THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS OF DHAKA, DEMANDING BETTER WORKPLACE STANDARDS, POPE FRANCIS DECLARED THE FACTORY'S WORKING CONDITIONS AS SLAVE LABOUR. THE BBC'S ANDREW NORTH REPORTS. A FATHER'S VIGIL FOR HIS DAUGHTER. EVERY DAY, HABIBUR REHMAN RETURNS TO THE RUINED FACTORY COMPLEX, HOPING TO FIND HAMIDA. BUT WHAT HOPE CAN THEY BE NOW AS THEY CLEAR THE RUBBLE? THE FULL HORROR EXPOSED OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN A PANCAKE OF CONCRETE. HABIBUR'S OTHER DAUGHTER, HALIMA, SOMEHOW SURVIVED. SHE STITCHED CLOTHES IN THE SAME FACTORY, JUST FEET AWAY FROM HER SISTER. 'I CRIED OUT HAMIDA'S NAME AFTER THE BUILDING CAME DOWN,' SHE SAYS. 'I'M SURE SHE WAS ALIVE, BUT I COULDN'T SEE HER.' SHE SAYS SHE WAS MAKING CLOTHES FOR BRANDS LIKE PRIMARK AND BENETTON, EARING AROUND �40 A MONTH ` MONEY THE FAMILY DEPENDED ON. TRANSLATOR: WHERE DID MY GIRL GO? IF ONLY I COULD FIND HER. EVEN IF SHE'S DEAD, AT LEAST I COULD BURY HER, AND THEN IN MY HEART, I WOULD KNOW I HAD FOUND MY HAMIDA. SIMMERING ANGER OVER THE DISASTER SPREAD TO THE CAPITAL TODAY, WITH THOUSANDS CALLING THE BUILDING OWNER A MURDERER. PROTESTS HAVE FORCED HUNDREDS OF FACTORIES TO SUSPEND PRODUCTION. BUT BRITISH CLOTHING COMPANIES IN BANGLADESH ARE STILL AT WORK, CHECKING SAMPLES, READY TO PLACE NEW ORDERS. COULD THEY DO MORE, I ASKED, TO ENFORCE BETTER STANDARDS? CAN RETAILERS TOTALLY DO MORE? YES, THEY PROBABLY COULD. BUT IS THE`? IS THE CUSTOMER OR THE CONSUMER WILLING TO PAY MORE? BUT AS THEY TEAR AWAY THE REMAINS OF THE BUILDING, BANGLADESH IS STILL COUNTING THE COST, WITH HUNDREDS STILL THOUGHT TO BE MISSING IN THE WRECKAGE BELOW. AND THE EUROPEAN UNION SAYS ITS CONSIDERING 'APPROPRIATE ACTION' TO HELP IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS IN BANGLADESHI FACTORIES. AND THE TRAGEDY'S ADDED OUTRAGE AT MAY DAY RALLIES AROUND THE WORLD CHAMPIONING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS. VIOLENCE ERUPTED DURING A MARCH IN TURKEY, WHERE ISTANBUL'S ON A CITY-WIDE SHUTDOWN. AT LEAST 28 PEOPLE WERE HURT WHEN RIOT POLICE USED TEAR GAS TO BREAK UP A DEMONSTRATION. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS PROTESTORS THREW STONES AND FIREWORKS, INJURING POLICEMEN. SCUFFLES ALSO BROKE OUT IN SPAIN DURING MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS 80 CITIES. THIS RALLY IN BARCELONA STARTED PEACEFULLY, BUT ENDED WITH PROTESTORS CLASHING WITH RIOT POLICE. MANY SHOPS AND BANKS WERE DAMAGED IN THE VIOLENCE. AND IN CHILE, UGLY SCENES FLARED, WITH HOODED YOUTHS ATTACKING AN ARMOURED POLICE VEHICLE DURING A TRADITIONAL MAY DAY MARCH. RIOT POLICE FIRED BACK WITH WATER CANNON AND TEAR GAS AS OFFICERS FOUGHT RUNNING BATTLES WITH DEMONSTRATORS. THE BEGINNING OF MAY IS MARKED WITH LABOUR RALLIES AND STRIKES ACROSS THE GLOBE. NEW YORK POLICE HAVE MOVED THE RUSTED WING PART BELIEVED TO BE FROM ONE OF THE PLANES USED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. ABOUT A DOZEN OFFICERS WERE NEEDED TO LIFT OUT THE METAL SCRAP, WHICH WEIGHS MORE THAN 100 KILOS. IT WAS DISCOVERED A WEEK AGO, LODGED NEAR WHERE THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE ONCE STOOD. AN EXPLORATION OF THE LAGOON FLOOR IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HAS REVEALED SOME POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE SECRETS. THE NZ-FUNDED SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT IN KIRIBATI ON THE MAIN ISLAND OF TARAWA. AS PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS, THEY FOUND MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR. THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE TARAWA LAGOON DISGUISES WHAT LIES BENEATH. THERE ARE WRECKAGES, THERE ARE UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF MATERIALS, SO THESE CAN BE A NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD, AND OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE, THEY COULD BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. THE BATTLE OF TARAWA WAS ONE OF THE BLOODIEST IN WORLD WAR TWO. THREE DAYS OF FIGHTING LEFT BEHIND MORE THAN 6000 DEAD AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SOLDIERS AND A HUGE NUMBER OF UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS. 70 YEARS LATER, NEW MAPPING OF THE LAGOON FLOOR HAS REVEALED SOME PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN RELICS. OUT OF THIS SURVEY, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY 10 WRECKS. A LOT OF THE ONES IM FINDING ARE IN ABOUT 12M OF WATER. I THINK THE SHALLOWEST I'VE SEEN IS 6M. THE US GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE FINDINGS, BUT THEY'RE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE KIRIBATI GOVERNMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE LAGOON FLOOR BEFORE IT CAN BEGIN DREDGING. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PULLING OUT 500-POUND BOMBS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT HASN'T GONE OFF. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO TAKE SAND FROM THE LAGOON TO MAKE CONCRETE. CURRENTLY SAND AND GRAVEL COMES FROM THE LOW-LYING NATION'S BEACHES, FURTHER ERODING THE ALREADY VULNERABLE COASTLINE. THERE ARE ESTIMATES THE COUNTRY HAS LESS THAN 50 YEARS BEFORE RISING SEA LEVELS MAKE IT UNLIVEABLE. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC COST. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SURVIVAL AS A NATION. BUT BEFORE THEY USE THE LAGOON TO SAVE THEIR LAND, THEY NEED TO DEAL TO A DANGEROUS LEGACY OF WORLD WAR TWO. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. ONE HALF OF THE HIP-HOP DUO KRISS KROSS, WHO JUMPED TO NUMBER ONE AROUND THE GLOBE ` INCLUDING HERE IN NZ ` HAS DIED. # JUMP. JUMP. # YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, # KRISS KROSS IS NOT HAVING ANYTHING TODAY, AND, UH, # AS WE STAND THERE, TOTALLY KROSSED OUT # WE COMMENCE TO MAKE YA... # JUMP. JUMP. # CHRIS KELLY, KNOWN AS MAC DADDY, IN THE BLUE AND GREY JACKET, WAS JUST 13 WHEN HE AND HIS PARTNER DADDY MAC HAD A SMASH HIT WITH 'JUMP' IN 1992. KELLY'S CAUSE OF DEATH IN ATLANTA IS UNKNOWN. 'JUMP' BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF THE YEAR AND LED TO TOURS WITH THE LIKES OF MICHAEL JACKSON. # HOW HIGH? REAL HIGH, COS I'M JUST SO FLY. # A YOUNG, LOVEABLE, HUGABLE TYPE OF GUY. # AND EVERYTHING IS TO THE BACK WITH A LITTLE SLACK # COS INSIDE-OUT IS WIGGITY, WIGGITY, WIGGITY WACK. # WEATHER TIME NOW, AND THINGS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE IN OUR SKIES? RAIN WARNINGS FOR THE TOP OF THE SOUTH AND SNOW INTO THE WEEKEND. MORE ON THAT LATER. A STUNNING SUNRISE OVER TEKAPO THIS MORNING BENEATH THE RAINCLOUDS BREWING TO THE WEST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY. HOW MANY WOULD REFUSE A JOB IF BANNED FROM USING FACEBOOK? AND DAGG DEMOTION ` ANOTHER FIRST-CHOICE ALL BLACK BECOMES A BENCHWARMER FOR HIS SUPER RUGBY TEAM. 1 UPDATING OUR STORY ABOUT A FIRE CALL-OUT TO A BUILDING NEAR THE PORTAL OF THE PIKE RIVER COAL MINE. FIRE CREWS HAVE JUST ARRIVED AT THE MINE SITE AND ARE REPORTING THERE IS NO FIRE. THEY'LL BE RECORDING THE CALL-OUT AS A FALSE ALARM. HUNDREDS OF INVESTORS IN THE SOUTH CANTERBURY COMPANY AORANGI SECURITIES LOOK SET TO GET BACK THEIR $96M AFTER LEGAL ACTION AGAINST JEAN HUBBARD, WIDOW OF THE LATE ALLAN HUBBARD, WAS DROPPED. $60M OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS DUE TO BE CONTESTED LATER HIS MONTH, BUT STATUTORY MANAGERS TODAY CALLED OFF COURT ACTION FOLLOWING A 'AMICABLE SETTLEMENT.' THE 400 INVESTORS WILL BE REPAID PROGRESSIVELY. A TOURISM INDUSTRY BOSS SAYS INTERNATIONAL VISITORS NEED TO BE ASSURED THAT NZ'S SAFE FOLLOWING A STRING OF ATTACKS ON TOURISTS. THIS WEEK, A GROUP OF BRITISH VISITORS HAD THEIR VEHICLE AND BELONGINGS STOLEN IN WHANGAREI. THAT FOLLOWS AN EARLIER ATTACKS IN THE REGION. HERE'S REPORTER LISA OWEN. THIS IS HOW WE'RE SELLING OURSELVES OFFSHORE. STUNNINGLY GOOD-LOOKING. GREAT FUN. THRILLING, EVEN. YET STILL SAFE. BUT DOWN UNDER, THERE'S A LESS ATTRACTIVE SIDE TO US. MOST RECENTLY, IN NORTHLAND ALONE, THREE SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TOURISTS. I FEEL A LITTLE DISTURBED TO KNOW THAT, AND MAYBE I WOULD ALWAYS TAKE CARE TO SEE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. LIFE WITHOUT RISK IS NO LIFE. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS OF THIS NATURE AND GETS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IS OF CONCERN AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR OUR BRAND OVERSEAS. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THAT DURING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA LAST MONTH, THAT BRAND WAS UNDER SCRUTINY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY SETTLED IN ON WAS CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY, SO IT WAS HIGH ON THEIR MINDS. INDUSTRY OFFICIALS SAY IT SHOULD BE HIGH ON OURS TOO BECAUSE CHINA'S OUR FASTEST-GROWING VISITOR MARKET, JUMPING ALMOST 32% IN THE LAST YEAR. AND OUR ASIAN VISITORS NEED TO BE ASSURED IT'S STILL SAFE HERE ` A MESSAGE THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S DELIVERED. THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK THAT YOU ARE SUBJECT TO SOME SORT OF MUGGING OR ATTACK. THAT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE. IN FACT, IN NZ, I WOULD ARGUE YOU ARE A LOT SAFER THAN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. AND SNAPSHOT OF TOURISTS SURVEYED ON THEIR WAY OUT OF NZ BACKS THAT UP, WITH THE COUNTRY RATED 8.8 OUT OF 10 FOR SAFETY. VERY SAFE. VERY SAFE COUNTRY. I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. I LOVE IT. IN GERMANY, THE PERCEPTION OF VERY SAFE. HIGH SAFETY HERE MORE THAN AMERICA. AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY HOPES THAT BE WILL BE AN IMAGE THAT LASTS. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS EMPLOYERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO UPDATE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES AFTER A NEW STUDY SHOWED ACCESS TO SUCH WEBSITES CAN PUT OFF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES. NEW RESEARCH HAS REVEALED ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WOULD TURN DOWN A JOB IF THEY WERE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SITES LIKE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AT WORK. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. CHECKING OUT FACEBOOK ` IT'S A COMMON SIGHT, WITH MORE THAN A BILLION USERS WORLDWIDE, AND PEOPLE ARE LOGGING IN WHEREVER THEY ARE, INCLUDING AT WORK. NOW A SURVEY SHOWS A QUARTER OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES ARE WILLING TO PASS ON A JOB IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO UPDATE THEIR STATUS. IN SOME CASES, IT INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY. THEY'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP AROUND THESE TECHNOLOGIES. THEY'VE BEEN USED TO USING THEM FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING WORK REASONS. EMPLOYERS ALREADY SEEM TO AGREE WITH THOSE EXPECTATIONS. OF THOSE SURVEYED, ONE-THIRD ALLOW STAFF TO ACCESS SOCIAL MEDIA AT WORK, NEARLY 47% LIMIT ACCESS, AND JUST 20% WON'T ALLOW ACCESS AT ALL. EMPLOYERS, UH, DO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY REALISE THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. SOME SAY A JOB IS A JOB AND EXPECTING TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA IS UNREALISTIC. IT DOES SEEM A BIT EXTREME TO TURN DOWN A JOB JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SURF YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE WHEN, IN FACT, YOU'RE, UH, BEING EMPLOYED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. THE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR AN EMPLOYER TO HAVE A SOCIAL-MEDIA POLICY, SPELLING OUT HOW IT SHOULD BE USED DURING WORK HOURS AND WHAT AN EMPLOYEE CAN AND CANNOT SAY ABOUT THE COMPANY ONLINE. ON THE STREET, VIEWS WERE MIXED. DEPENDS HOW GOOD THE JOB IS. YOU WOULDN'T TURN IT DOWN? NO, IT'S, LIKE, YOU'RE MEANT TO BE THERE TO WORK. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE DOING IT. I THINK IF YOU'RE` IF YOU'RE BEING INAPPROPRIATE ON IT, THEN SURE. SO THOSE WHO CAN'T COPE FOR EIGHT HOURS WITHOUT THEIR FACEBOOK FIX HAD BETTER HOPE FOR A SYMPATHETIC BOSS. BRIAR WELLS, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` CORONATION STREET STAR WILLIAM ROACHE, WHO PLAYS KEN BARLOW, WILL APPEAR IN COURT IN 10 DAYS AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF RAPING A GIRL (15) MORE THAN 45 YEARS AGO. THE CHARGES COME AFTER CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS THE 81-YEAR-OLD MADE OVER THE ARREST THIS YEAR OF CO-STAR MICHAEL LE VELL ON CHILD SEX CHARGES. A MAN'S UNDERGONE SURGERY IN WELLINGTON AFTER BEING TASERED AND SHOT BY POLICE IN PORIRUA. OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME WHERE THEY ALLEGEDLY SAW THE MAN APPEARING TO STAB A WOMAN. SHE WAS WOUNDED IN THE NECK BUT IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION IN WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE MAY FACE DISCIPLINARY ACTION IF A COMPLAINT IS LAID OVER A BOOZY NIGHT OUT. HE'S BEEN FORCED TO APOLOGISE FOR THREATENING TO CALL THE PRIME MINISTER TO GET A WAITER SACKED. IT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DRINKING AT A RESTAURANT WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ANOTHER ALL BLACK IS BENCHED. ISRAEL DAGG. HASNT BEEN HIMSELF. SOME FRANK ADMISSIONS FROM THE CRUSADERS COACHES NEXT. WILL JULIAN SAVEA RETURN FOR THE HURRICANES IN AFRICA? PLUS ` GERMAN FOOTBALL CELEBRATES. DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THRASHING BARCELONA? AND LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM. THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE IS BACK. At OPSM, we use precision technology for a 3-D view of the retina, helping us better detect eye disease such as macular degeneration. Just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO ALL BLACKS RUGBY, AND ANOTHER FIRST CHOICE TEST PLAYER HAS BEEN BENCHED BY HIS SUPER RUGBY TEAM. ISRAEL DAGG ISN'T IN THE RUN ON 15 FOR THE CRUSADERS MATCH AGAINST THE TABLE-TOPPING BRUMBIES. HE'LL START ON THE BENCH. THE DEMOTION IS A MAJOR CALL JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE ALL BLACKS' TEST SEASON BEGINS. BLAIR NORTON HAS MORE. ISRAEL DAGG, SECURE UNDER THE HIGH BALL. INSTEAD IT WAS COACH TODD BLACKADDER DROPPING THE BOMB. YEAH, HE EVEN ADMITTED HIMSELF HE'S NOT ON TOP OF HIS GAME. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DECIDED ` JUST TAKE HIM OUT OF THE HOT SEAT AND SET HIM ON THE BENCH. WHEN CENTRE ROBBIE FRUEAN RODE THE PINE LAST WEEK, BLACKADDER WAS AT PAINS TO POINT OUT HE WAS BEING FRESHENED UP. DAGG, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS BEEN FLAT OUT DRAGGED. IT JUST COMES DOWN TO FORM. ISRAEL'S HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE AND PLAY WELL. YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT HE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T, YOU KNOW, PLAYED TO HIS FULL POTENTIAL SO FAR, BUT HE'S JUST BEEN REALLY INCONSISTENT. FORM, INJURY AND A SABBATICAL MEAN ONLY FIVE OF THE 15 ALL BLACK STARTERS FROM DECEMBER'S TEST DEFEAT TO ENGLAND HAVE BEEN PLAYING SUPER RUGBY WEEK IN, WEEK OUT, SO DAGG'S FORM SLUMP PROBABLY WON'T SEE HIM DUMPED FROM THE AB'S SQUAD. YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IN FORM TO BE AN ALL BLACK THESE DAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE A GUY THAT IS IN FORM LIKE COREY FLYNN, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO SAY, 'WELL, HE'S CERTAINLY PUTTING HIS HAND UP.' THE 32-YEAR-OLD 15-TEST VETERAN REFUSES TO PUT THAT KIND OF PRESSURE ON HIMSELF. I MADE A PACT WITH MYSELF NOT NOT FOR THAT TO BE MY DRIVING FACTOR. UM, FOR RUGBY TO BE MY DRIVING FACTOR, AN-AND I THINK I'M SEEING THE BENEFITS OUT OF THAT NOW. FLYNN WARY OF A RED-HOT BRUMBIES SIDE THEY FACE THIS WEEKEND. THEY'VE GOT A TEAM NOW THAT'S REALLY WELL COACHED. UM, REALLY WELL DRILLED, STRUCTURED. AND THEY PLAY TO THEIR STRUCTURE. THEY PLAY VERY WELL. THE CRUSADERS WILL BE UP AGAINST IT ON SUNDAY. NOT ONLY ARE THE BRUMBIES THE IN-FORM TEAM, THE CRUSADERS HAVE ONLY BEATEN THEM ONCE IN CANBERRA IN THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES DATING BACK TO 2003. REVERSE THAT, AND THE CRUSADERS WILL TAKE PLENTY OF CONFIDENCE INTO THE BUSINESS END OF THE SEASON. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS HOWEVER, BACK IN FAVOUR IS ALL BLACKS WING JULIAN SAVEA AFTER HIS SELF-IMPOSED WEEK OFF SUPER RUGBY LAST WEEK. THE TROUBLED WINGER MISSED THE HURRICANES LOSS TO THE STORMERS AFTER APPEARING IN COURT ON ASSAULT CHARGES, BUT TRAVELLED TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR SUNDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE BULLS. COACH MARK HAMMETT SAYS THE DECISION WAS A NO-BRAINER. HE'S BEEN THE FORM WINGER OF THE COMPETITION IN SOME RESPECTS, SO THAT WAS AN EASY ONE. THE OTHER SIDE THAT WASN'T A FACTOR WAS MATTY PROCTOR'S HEADED HOME FOR PERSONAL REASONS. SO, YEAH, JULES HAS BEEN EXCITED, AND HE'S BEEN INTO IT SINCE HE GOT HERE. SAVEA'S ONE OF THREE CHANGES TO THE SIDE, WITH TUSI PISI STARTING AT SECOND FIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE 'CANES. KIWIS LEAGUE PLAYER SAM MCKENDRY COULD BE BACK ON THE FIELD WITHIN 10 WEEKS DESPITE BREAKING HIS NECK ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE PENRITH PANTHERS PROP COPPED A KNEE IN THE HEAD ATTEMPTING THIS TACKLE ON PARRAMATTA CENTRE JACOB LOKO. DID A FULL CARTWHEEL OVER THE SHOULDER THERE OF MCKENDRY. MCKENDRY MIGHT HAVE HURT HIMSELF. THE 23-YEAR-OLD SURE DID, SUFFERING A C-6 VERTEBRAE FRACTURE, BUT THE WEST AUSTRALIA-BORN PLAYER RETURNED TO THE FIELD IN THE SECOND HALF. HE OBVIOUSLY FELT WELL WITHIN HIMSELF, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORT OF INJURIES, YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SEEN IT AS A... AS A BIT OF A STINGER AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD, AND THAT WAS IT. THE TOUGH FRONT-ROWER, WHO PLAYED ON WITH A SMASHED JAW IN A TEST AGAINST WALES TWO YEARS AGO, WILL GO FOR A SCAN TOMORROW. THE BLACK CAPS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TALK THEMSELVES UP TO THE ENGLISH CRICKET MEDIA IN LONDON. FACING A BIGGER PRESS PACK THAN HE'S USED TO, THE COACH INSISTED THE TOURISTS WEREN'T SIMPLY GOING TO PLAY ENGLAND INTO FORM AHEAD OF THE ASHES SERIES. THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS AS A TEST SIDE, AND WE CERTAINLY WON'T LIKE TO BE THE ENTREE FOR THE MAIN COURSE LATER ON THIS SEASON. CERTAINLY WE KNOW THAT WE CAN BEAT ANYONE ON OUR DAY WHEN WE PLAY OUR BEST CRICKET, BUT CERTAINLY WE KNOW THAT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD ARE GREAT. STARTING WITH THE TOUR MATCH AGAINST DERBYSHIRE THIS WEEKEND WITH WILLIAMSON IN CHARGE AS BRENDON MCCULLUM CONTINUES TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES IN INDIA'S IPL. MCCULLUM WASN'T EVEN NEEDED AFTER A SICKENING COLLISION INVOLVING THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS WICKETKEEPER TODAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL FINAL WILL BE CONTESTED BETWEEN TWO GERMAN SIDES. BAYERN MUNICH HAS SHOCKED SPANISH GIANTS BARCELONA AT HOME TO MAKE THE SEASON DECIDER AGAINST BORUSSIA DORTMUND. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. WHAT A HORRIBLE MOMENT ` SLICING IT INTO HIS OWN NET. THE HUMILIATION IS COMPLETE. A GREAT CLUB GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE. MUCH, MUCH WORSE. SMACK! OVERCOMING A FOUR-GOAL FIRST-LEG DEFICIT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR BARCELONA; EVEN HARDER WITH SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI SIDELINED WITH INJURY. STILL, THAT IT TOOK THE HOME SIDE UNTIL THE 24TH MINUTE TO CAUSE BAYERN'S KEEPER ANY REAL TROUBLE SPEAKS VOLUMES. THE VISITORS SIMPLY TOO DOMINANT. WHAT A FINISH FROM ARJEN ROBBEN, AND DELIGHT FOR THE TRAVELLING BAVARIANS. DELIGHT FOR THE BAVARIANS WATCHING FROM HOME TOO AS THEIR SIDE ROMPED TO THEIR THIRD CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL IN FOUR YEARS. ALL CHANT, CHEER THOMAS MULLER COMPLETING THE DRUBBING IN THE 76TH MINUTE. TEES IT UP, AND IT'S THREE! OH, THE ROUT GETS HEAVIER AND HEAVIER. YOU COULD ALMOST HEAR THE CATALONIANS BEGGING FOR THE GAME TO JUST BE OVER. THE 7-0 AGGREGATE LOSS A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL RECORD. THEY BOW DOWN TO PERHAPS THE NEW MASTERS OF EUROPE. THE END OF AN ERA, IT SEEMS TO BE, FOR BARCELONA. BUT THE START OF ONE FOR BAYERN. THE LAST GERMAN CLUB TO WIN THE COVETED TROPHY 12 YEARS AGO, THEY'LL BE HEAVILY FANCIED TO REPEAT THE FEAT THIS YEAR. SOMETHING THEIR FINAL OPPONENTS, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, WILL NO DOUBT HAVE NOTED AS THEY ARRIVED HOME TODAY, PREPARING FOR THE GERMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN, WHEN THE TEAMS MEET AT WEMBLEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. TO BASKETBALL, WHERE THE BOSTON CELTICS HAVE OVERCOME NEW YORK TO BECOME JUST THE 11TH TEAM IN NBA HISTORY TO FORCE A GAME SIX AFTER BEING DOWN 3-0 IN PLAY-OFFS. THE KNICKS ENTERED MADISON SQUARE GARDEN CLOTHED IN BLACK, CALLING THIS BOSTON'S FUNERAL. INSTEAD, THE CELTICS CLUNG TO LIFE. A SUPERIOR SHOOTING GAME SAW THEM WIN 92-86 AND TRAIL 3-2 IN THE BEST OF SEVEN SERIES. FRUSTRATIONS SPILLED OVER AT THE END OF THE GAME. JORDAN CRAWFORD HAS SOME WORDS FOR ANTHONY AND RAYMOND FELTON. SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEBODY'S MOMMA. SOMEBODY GOT SOME HALITOSIS IN THEIR BREATH. I THINK IT'S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, TO BE HONEST. UH, I DIDN'T SEE IT. UH, WAS NOT HAPPY WITH IT. WOODY WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT. WE DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT CRAP. NEITHER DOES NEW YORK, STILL SEARCHING FOR ITS FIRST PLAY-OFF SERIES VICTORY SINCE 2000. HOUSTON ALSO PULLING A HOUDINI ACT TO ESCAPE ELIMINATION, BEATING OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER TO KEEP ITS HOPES ALIVE. CHANDLER PARSONS. REALLY? AND THEN THE MAN AND HIS BEARD. JAMES HARDEN. GO GET SOME, YOUNG FELLA. FINAL SCORE THERE 107 TO 100. THE THUNDER UP 3-2 IN THE SERIES, AS ARE THE INDIANA PACERS AFTER BEATING ATLANTA 106-83. IT'S OFFICIAL ` THE CONTROVERSIAL CALL THAT KEPT TIGER WOODS IN THE MASTERS A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS CORRECT, ACCORDING TO GOLF'S GOVERNING BODIES. AT ISSUE FOR THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT AND THE U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION, WOODS' THIRD SHOT AT THE 15TH IN THE SECOND ROUND AT AUGUSTA, WHICH WENT OFF THE PIN AND INTO THE WATER. HIS SUBSEQUENT DROP WASN'T CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ORIGINAL SHOT. I MADE A MISTAKE AND, UH, UNDER THE RULES OF GOLF, I-I TOOK AN IMPROPER DROP, AND I GOT THE PENALTY. THAT WAS FOR TWO SHOTS AWARDED THE DAY AFTER, AND WOODS WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR SIGNING AN INCORRECT SCORECARD. INSTEAD, THANKS TO A RULE CHANGE AND EXCEPTIONAL FACTS, THE GAME'S BIGGEST DRAWCARD WAS ALLOWED TO CARRY ON PLAYING, ALBEIT WITH POOR KARMA. THE DECISION IS NOW RATIFIED BY THE RULE MAKERS IN LENGTHY DETAIL WITH PHRASES LIKE 'IN AND OF ITSELF'. MAYBE THEY'LL CALL IT TIGER'S CLAUSE? THE MAN WHO HAS OVERTAKEN TIGER AS THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE STEPS BACK INTO THE BOXING RING THIS WEEKEND, AND TRUE TO FORM, THERE'S BEEN A FIERY PRE-FIGHT MEETING. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR BOXES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING JAILED LAST YEAR FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. 17 YEARS. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL. YOU'RE FACING THE REAL ONE. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS. THIS IS WHAT I WANT. THE REAL DEAL. THE RAW DOG. WELTERWEIGHT MAYWEATHER, WHO'S UNDEFEATED IN 43 FIGHTS, TAKES ON CALFORNIAN ROBERT 'THE GHOST' GUERRERO, WHO'S WON 31 OF 35 BOUTS. THAT GUY'S A WOMAN BEATER. HE MUST HAVE LEARNED THAT FROM HIS DAD. WOMAN BEATER, BABY! WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THAT WOMAN BEATER! SEE HOW HE'S GOING TO LIKE IT. HE'S GOING TO GET IT FROM A REAL MAN! IF I DID OR I DIDN'T DO A CRIME, UM, I SERVED THE TIME. AND IT'S ABOUT BEING CLASSY, YOU KNOW. UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS WILD WHEN I WAS YOUNG, BUT I'M, LIKE, OLDER NOW. A LOT WISER. MAYWEATHER'S MONEY NICKNAME IS A TIP TO THE FACT HE'LL POCKET AROUND $30M FOR THIS FIGHT. HE'S TOUTED AS THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE AFTER SIGNING A NEW SIX-FIGHT TV DEAL WORTH AROUND $250M. HE'S ALSO HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL. AH, BOXING. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK,PLENTY OF WEATHER ` JIM HAS A WARNING AND A WATCH. HI AGAIN. LOOK OUT TOP OF THE SOUTH AND WESTLAND OVER NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE ARE SOME BIG FALLS OUT THERE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ONE OF THE PRETTIER SUNSETS. WHANGAREI LAST EVENING. KAREN'S BACK ON THE PERCH TOMORROW EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT.