GOOD EVENING. LOTS OF RAIN FOR PARTS OF THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND AND WESTERN SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. OVER 100MM OVER THE TARARUA RANGES. 45MM FOR WESTPORT. SOME MORE RAIN, COOLER TEMPERATURES AND EVEN SOME SNOW IN THE FORECASTS. I'LL HAVE THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK 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. WILL HE BE SACKED? THE PRESSURE'S ON A NATIONAL MP AFTER HIS BOOZY BEHAVIOUR. WHAT'S HIS BOSS SAYING NOW? THE FORMER POLICE PROSECUTOR WHO SOLD DRUGS DURING HIS LUNCH BREAK. NOW HEAR HIS PUNISHMENT. WHAT DID SHE SEE IN THE BATHROOM? THE NZER CAUGHT UP IN THE SEX CLAIMS AGAINST ROLF HARRIS. AND LIFE'S A BEACH. WHY THESE WELSH CALL-CENTRE WORKERS HAD TO MOVE HERE TO DO THEIR JOB. THE JOB OF NATIONAL'S LOWEST-RANKED MP IS SAFE FOR NOW, DESPITE GROWING CALLS FOR HIS SACKING FOR BOOZY BEHAVIOUR. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE WON'T TAKE ACTION AGAINST AARON GILMORE UNLESS A FORMAL COMPLAINT'S LAID. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S OUR POLITICAL EDITOR, CORIN DANN. PRIME MINISTER INITIALLY PRETTY MUTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS INCIDENT YESTERDAY. HIS LANGUAGE HAS TOUGHENED AND CLEARLY ANNOYED BY THE SAGA, BUT DESPITE MR GILMORE APPEARING TO HAVE LITTLE SUPPORT IN PARTY, PRIME MINISTER WON'T ACT UNLESS THERE IS A FORMAL PROCESS. JOHN KEY TOUCHING DOWN IN AUCKLAND AND STRAIGHT INTO ANOTHER BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT NATIONAL'S LOWEST-RANKED MP, AARON GILMORE. WHAT IS QUITE CLEAR IS THAT MR GILMORE HAS BEHAVED BADLY. HE'S LET HIMSELF DOWN. HE'S LET THE PARTY DOWN. UH, HE HAS APOLOGISED AND RIGHTFULLY SO. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN HIM. MR KEY BEGAN TAKING THE ISSUE MORE SERIOUSLY AFTER IT WAS ALLEGED BY A LAWYER IN MR GILMORE'S DINNER GROUP THAT THE MP THREATENED TO GET THE PRIME MINISTER TO SACK A WAITER AT A HAMNER HOTEL IF HE DIDN'T SERVE MORE DRINKS. IF THERE'S A FORMAL COMPLAINT MADE AND IT'S CLEAR THAT HE HAS MISLED MY OFFICE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AS I MADE CLEAR YESTERDAY. AT THIS STAGE, THE HERITAGE HASN'T LAID A COMPLAINT. BUT UNIONS REPRESENTING HOSPITALITY WORKERS SAY MR KEY HAS PLENTY OF GROUNDS TO ACT. 'UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, KNOW YOUR PLACE' POLITICS IS YESTERDAY, AND HE SHOULD HAVE NO BAR OF IT, AND HE SHOULD GET RID OF AARON GILMORE. MR GILMORE REFUTES THE CLAIM HE THREATENED TO USE THE PRIME MINISTER'S INFLUENCE. AND WHILE THE BACKBENCHER IS CONTINUING TO AVOID SPEAKING TO ONE NEWS, HE OFFERED ANOTHER APOLOGY TODAY, THIS TIME ON FACEBOOK, POSTING HE'S WRITTEN FORMAL APOLOGIES TO THE HOTEL AND THE PRIME MINISTER; THAT HIS BEHAVIOUR HAD BROUGHT SHAME ON HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND HE WANTS TO MOVE ON. AARON GILMORE IS THOROUGHLY DISCREDITED. HE'S UNPOPULAR IN THE PARTY. HE'S UNPOPULAR IN CHRISTCHURCH. UH, HE'S UNPOPULAR IN THE COUNTRY. HE'S GOING NOWHERE IN POLITICS. HE SHOULD RESIGN. NO ONE AT THE HERITAGE WOULD TALK TO ONE NEWS TODAY. BUT AROUND HANMER, THERE WAS SYMPATHY FOR WAITERS WHO DEAL WITH BOISTEROUS PATRONS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START SERVING THEM WATER, THEY'LL BE, LIKE, 'I'M NOT DRUNK.' IT'S ALL RIGHT TO SAY NO BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE HOSTS, AND WE ARE JUST EXPECTING THE CUSTOMER TO BE RESPONSIBLE. AS FOR MR GILMORE, HIS FUTURE IN POLITICS IS STILL FAR FROM SECURE. HE NOW FACES THE DAUNTING PROSPECT OF TURNING UP TO PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY FOR A CAUCUS MEETING, WHERE HE WILL NOT ONLY FACE THE WRATH OF THE MEDIA BUT ALSO HIS ANNOYED CAUCUS COLLEAGUES. CORIN, CAN AARON GILMORE SURVIVE THIS? THE SHORT TERM, YES, NATIONAL WILL BE RELUCTANT TO SACK HIM, AS HE MIGHT HOP PARTIES. THEY HAVE THIN MAJORITY AND THAT'S WHY KEY MAY BE NOT SO HEAVY-HANDED. SO THEY NEED HIM TO RESIGN. SENIOR MPS HAVE TOLD ONE NEWS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE HIM. SEEMS UNLIKELY HE WILL GET BACK ON AT THE NEXT ELECTION. POLITICAL EDITOR, CORIN DANN. A POLICE PROSECUTOR WHO SOLD DRUGS IN HIS LUNCH BREAK HAS BEEN JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. TIMOTHY SARAH HAS ADMITTED POSSESSING AND SUPPLYING METHAMPHETAMINE AS WELL AS ACCESSING THE POLICE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO GET INFORMATION FOR HIS DEALER. PAUL HOBBS WITH THE SENTENCING AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. THE SENTENCING JUDGE DESCRIBED THE CRIMES OF THE DISGRACED POLICE PROSECUTOR TIMOTHY SARAH AS CALCULATED AND DELIBERATE, BETRAYING HIS POSITION OF TRUST. HE KNOWS HE'S LET DOWN THE NZ POLICE. HE'S LET DOWN HIS FAMILY, AND HE'S LET DOWN HIMSELF. SARAH (38) WAS ARRESTED 18 MONTHS AGO IN ONE OF NZ'S BIGGEST DRUG BUSTS. POLICE SEIZED MORE THAN $14M WORTH OF ASSETS, INCLUDING LUXURY CARS, HOUSES, WEAPONS AND CASH. THE MAN WHOSE DAY JOB WAS TO LOCK UP CRIMINALS ADMITTED THREE COUNTS OF SUPPLYING METHAMPHETAMINE AND ONE OF POSSESSING THE DRUG AND ACCESSING A COMPUTER FOR DISHONEST PURPOSES. ADDRESSING SARAH IN COURT, THE SENTENCING JUDGE SAID... THE COURT HEARD HOW SARAH ACCESSED THE POLICE COMPUTER 80 TIMES, PASSING CONFIDENTIAL POLICE INFORMATION TO HIS DRUG SUPPLIER. IN A STATEMENT, POLICE SAY... THE COURT WAS TOLD HOW, FOUR YEARS AGO, SARAH WAS LEFT WITH A CHRONIC POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AFTER WITNESSING A YOUNG WOMAN ATTEMPTING TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE. HE THREW HIMSELF INTO PHYSICAL FITNESS AND STARTED TAKING METHAMPHETAMINES, BELIEVING IT WOULD HELP HIS TRAINING. HE'S RECOGNISED THE FACTORS BEHIND THE OFFENDING, HOW IT CAME ABOUT, AND HE'S TAKEN STEPS TO ADDRESS THAT. SARAH'S FAMILY WAS IN TEARS WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED AND LEFT COURT WITHOUT MAKING ANY COMMENT. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. WE CAN NOW REVEAL THE MAN SHOT AND TASERED BY POLICE IS CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS PREGNANT PARTNER WITH A KNIFE AND A HAMMER. THE 47-YEAR-OLD MAN'S APPEARED IN COURT ON FOUR CHARGES RELATING TO ASSAULTING TWO WOMEN IN PORIRUA YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY THREE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, INCLUDING ONE INTO THE ACTIONS OF THE TWO OFFICERS WHO SIMULTANEOUSLY FIRED THE GUN AND TASER. I SEE NO REASON WHY, ONCE WE HAVE A, KIND OF, A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED, AND THAT'S LIKELY TO HAVE` LIKELY TO BE IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT, SORT OF, 72 HOURS ` UH, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING THAT FALLS OUT OF THAT ` WHY THOSE OFFICERS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK, UH, WHEN THEY'RE FIT AND ABLE. THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. THE OTHER'S RECOVERING AFTER SURGERY. THE MAN'S REMANDED IN CUSTODY TO REAPPEAR THIS MONTH. POLICE ARE REVEALING MORE ABOUT THE SHOOTING OF ROAD WORKER GEORGE TAIAROA, SAYING THEY KNOW THE KILLER'S MOTIVE, AND IT'S APPALLING. THE DETECTIVE HEADING THE CASE SAYS THE REASON'S MISGUIDED, AND MR TAIAROA HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS DETAILS. A LARGE TEAM IS WORKING ON THE GEORGE TAIAROA MURDER INVESTIGATION, AND WHILE THEY APPEAR TO BE MAKING PROGRESS, SHARING IT IS DONE WITH CAREFUL DELIBERATION. WITHOUT GOING INTO SPECIFICS OF THE MOTIVE, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THIS KILLER HAD A REASON FOR THE KILLING. IT'S PROBABLY A REASON THAT WOULD APPAL MOST OR ANY REASONABLE PERSON. THE 67-YEAR-OLD ROAD WORKER WAS MANNING A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN HE WAS SHOT DEAD IN MARCH. POLICE HAVE A MAIN SUSPECT, BUT WON'T NAME THE PERSON. IN TERMS OF THE CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED ON GEORGE TAIROA, IT WAS PLANNED, IT WAS THOUGHT THROUGH AND TARGETED. I WON'T OFFER ANY OTHER COMMENT TO MOTIVE OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RULED OUT ANYTHING IN RELATION TO GANGS, DRUGS OR MISTAKEN IDENTITY. THEY SAY WHILE THEY BELIEVE THE KILLER TARGETED MR TAIAROA, BOTH HE AND HIS FAMILY DID NOT KNOW THE SUSPECT. THE INFORMATION WE'VE UNEARTHED TO THIS DATE TELLS US THAT GEORGE WAS THE INTENDED TARGET AND THAT KILLER HAD A MISGUIDED MOTIVE. THE TARANAKI PROPERTY SEARCHED YESTERDAY BELONGS TO QUINTON WINDERS. POLICE WON'T ELABORATE ON WHETHER HE'S A SUSPECT. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. A MAN WHO LICKED HIS VICTIM'S BLOOD FROM A KNIFE AFTER STABBING HIM TO DEATH HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN JAIL. SHAYD ROBINSON (21) WILL SPEND AT LEAST 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS BEFORE BEING CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE. HE WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING AARON HADFIELD IN A ROAD-RAGE INCIDENT IN STOKES VALLEY IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. HIS DEFENCE ARGUED HE STABBED THE FATHER OF TWO IN SELF-DEFENCE, BUT THE JUDGE DIDN'T ACCEPT THAT. THERE'S BEEN A DAMNING REPORT ON THE SEAWORTHINESS OF A FISHING BOAT WHICH SANK IN FOVEAUX STRAIT KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE. IT'S FOUND THE 'EASY RIDER' WAS OVERLOADED, UNBALANCED AND ITS SKIPPER WAS UNQUALIFIED. MAX BANIA HAS MORE. IT WAS OUR WORST MARITIME DISASTER SINCE THE WAHINE TRAGEDY 45 YEARS AGO. THE SINKING OF THE EASY RIDER LAST MARCH STILL FRESH IN THE MIND FOR THOSE WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE LOST. THEY HAVEN'T REALLY OVERCOME THE TRAGEDY AS YET, AND NOW FACING ALL THESE ISSUES, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THEM. EIGHT PEOPLE WENT DOWN WITH THE FISHING TRAWLER, WHICH TODAY'S TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT SAYS WAS CARRYING TOO MUCH WEIGHT TOO HIGH IN THE BOAT. WHEN THE VESSEL WAS HIT BY A LARGE WAVE, ITS LACK OF STABILITY MEANT THAT IT CAPSIZED AND LATER SANK. THE BOAT LEFT BLUFF HARBOUR IN DARKNESS, AND IN SPITE OF FORECAST ROUGH SEAS AND GALE-FORCE WINDS, ONE OBSERVER NOTED IT WAS SO WEIGHED DOWN, WAVES COULD BE SEEN LAPPING ON TO THE DECK. BOAT OWNERS WE SPOKE TO IN BLUFF TODAY SAY THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SET OUT IN THE CONDITIONS. THE DAMNING 86-PAGE TAIC REPORT ALSO FOUND THE EASY RIDER WAS CARRYING INSUFFICIENT LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT, AND SKIPPER REWAI KARETAI WASN'T QUALIFIED TO BE AT THE HELM, NOR SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN CARRYING AN EXTRA SIX PASSENGERS TO THE TITI ISLANDS ON A MUTTON-BIRDING TRIP. THE ACCIDENT PROMPTING AUTHORITIES TO CONSULT MUTTON-BIRD HARVESTERS ON SAFE PRACTICES. WE ARE ASSURED, IN THIS REPORT, THAT THEY ARE WORKING CLOSER TOGETHER AND THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOATS INVOLVED ARE CERTAINLY CHANGING THEIR PRACTICES AND ARE BETTER EDUCATED. REWAI KARETAI'S WIDOW AND THE EASY RIDER'S JOINT OWNER, GLORIA DAVIS, FACES FIVE CHARGES STEMMING FROM A SEPARATE MARITIME NZ INQUIRY LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ONE OF FAILING TO TAKE ALL STEPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THOSE ON BOARD. SHE'LL STAND TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER. TODAY'S TAIC REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE LIFEJACKET EDUCATION IN THE HOPE OF PREVENTING FURTHER TRAGEDIES AT SEA. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. A CORONATION STREET STAR IS VOWING TO FIGHT CHARGES HE RAPED A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL. WILLIAM ROACHE, WHO PLAYS KEN BARLOW, SAYS HE'S HORRIFIED BY THE ACCUSATIONS. THIS FROM OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT, GARTH BRAY. KEN BARLOW IS ABOUT TO VANISH FROM BRITISH SCREENS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND, FACING CHARGES OF RAPING A GIRL (15) TWICE IN 1967, WILLIAM ROACHE IS KEEPING OUT OF CAMERA SHOT AT HIS HOME IN CHESHIRE. A FIRM OF SPECIALIST DEFAMATION LAWYERS ACTING FOR THE CORONATION STREET STAR RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT HE IS... IT FURTHER STATES WILLIAM ROACHE STRENUOUSLY DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS AND SAYS HE'LL NOW FOCUS HIS FULL ATTENTION ON FIGHTING TO PRESERVE HIS INNOCENCE. JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN CAMPED OUT HERE, SOME THROUGH THE NIGHT, ON THE EXPECTATION CREATED BY WILLIAM ROACHE'S SOLICITOR THAT HIS CLIENT WOULD BE STEPPING OUT AT SOME POINT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF WHAT HAS GONE ON. BUT, SO FAR, THE CORONATION STREET STAR IS LETTING HIS LAWYERS DO ALL THE TALKING, AND THAT'S LIKELY TO CONTINUE WHEN HE APPEARS IN COURT IN TWO WEEKS' TIME. THE STATEMENT CAME WITH A MUCH LONGER WARNING LETTER, ADVISING, IN STRONG TERMS, THAT THE FIRM WILL ACT AGAINST ANY REPORTING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE POLICE INQUIRY OR ANYTHING THAT IMPUGNS THE ACTOR'S INNOCENCE UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE IN COURT OR AFFECTS HIS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL THERE. IT ALSO ASSERTS POLICE HAD NEVER QUESTIONED WILLIAM ROACHE ABOUT THE RAPE ALLEGATIONS BEFORE HIS ARREST THIS WEEK AND HAVEN'T TOLD HIM WHY THEY ARE ONLY NOW BEING RAISED, 46 YEARS AFTER THE ALLEGED INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE. THEY ARE QUESTIONS HE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER IN COURT. VERY LIKELY THE SAME COURT WHERE ANOTHER WELL-KNOWN BRITISH BROADCASTER IS ABOUT TO BE SENTENCED FOR SEX OFFENDING AGAINST CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 9. THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO 1967. THERE'S NO LINK BETWEEN THE CASES OR TO OPERATION YEWTREE, AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO SERIAL SEX OFFENDER JIMMY SAVILE AND OTHER BRITISH CELEBRITIES. BUT EACH CASE HAS ATTRACTED HUGE PUBLICITY AND RAISED POLICE EXPECTATIONS OF A RISING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF HISTORIC SEX ABUSE, WHICH THEY VOW TO INVESTIGATE. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, WILMSLOW. A NZER'S NOW AT THE CENTRE OF ANOTHER HISTORICAL SEX CASE. BRITISH INVESTIGATORS HAVE TRAVELLED TO SYDNEY TO INTERVIEW THE WOMAN, WHO SAYS SHE WITNESSED A BATHROOM INCIDENT INVOLVING ENTERTAINER ROLF HARRIS. HERE'S OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT, STEVE MARSHALL. NZER LAUREN MARTELL SHORTLY AFTER MAKING EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS TO VISITING BRITISH CHILD ABUSE DETECTIVES. THE MOTHER OF TWO WHISKED AWAY BY AUSTRALIA'S CHANNEL SEVEN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE TELL-ALL INTERVIEW. SHE CLAIMS SHE WALKED IN ON ROLF HARRIS IN A BATHROOM AT A LONDON RECORDING STUDIO IN THE EARLY 1990S. IT'S QUITE SCARY WHEN YOU'RE 19, 20, YOU'RE A KIWI BACKPACKER, AND YOU'RE IN A LONDON STUDIO WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS, AND YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE. WHAT SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN CAN'T BE BROADCAST FOR LEGAL REASONS. ROLF HARRIS HAS STRONGLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING AND HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED. MARTELL CONTACTED AUTHORITIES LAST NOVEMBER, AROUND THE SAME TIME THE 83-YEAR-OLD WAS INTERVIEWED BY SCOTLAND YARD OVER SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS. WHEN I HEARD HIS NAME BEING BANDIED AROUND, AND I'M LIKE, 'WELL, I CAN OFFER SOMETHING HERE.' SHE SAYS SHE DID NOT SPEAK UP EARLIER BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT NO ONE WOULD BELIEVE HER. I WAS ONLY YOUNG, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T RUN AROUND SAYING, 'ROLF HARRIS DID THIS,' OR 'I SAW THIS,' BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO BELIEVE YOU. LAUREN MARTELL IS ONE OF THREE WOMEN HERE IN AUSTRALIA THAT SCOTLAND YARD POLICE ARE INTERVIEWING ABOUT MR HARRIS AS PART OF OPERATION YEWTREE. IT'S THE SAME TASK FORCE THAT'S INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS AGAINST LATE BRITISH ENTERTAINER JIMMY SAVILE. HOWEVER, THE SAVILE AND HARRIS CASES ARE NOT RELATED. LAUREN MARTELL'S NOW IN HIDING AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE APPEARANCE ON CHANNEL SEVEN SHORTLY. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S DESCRIBED RIVAL MP PAREKURA HORIMIA AS A FRIEND, LEADER AND GREAT NZER. JOHN KEY MADE THE COMMENTS AT THE TANGI FOR THE FORMER MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER IN TOLAGA BAY. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN IS THERE. IT WAS HARD TO MISS THE PRIME MINISTER'S ARRIVAL AT PAREKURA HOROMIRA'S TANGI IN TOLAGA BAY ` TAKING HIS FIRST TRIP IN ONE OF THE AIR FORCE'S NEW NH90 HELICOPTERS TO REACH THE SMALL EAST COAST TOWN. ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ACT AND UNITED FUTURE LEADERS, JOHN KEY SPOKE OF HIS ADMIRATION FOR THE LABOUR MP... PARAKURA WAS ALWAYS LOYAL. LOYAL TO HIS PRIME MINISTER, LOYAL TO HIS PARTY, LOYAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT HE REPRESENTED AND LOYAL TO HIS COUNTRY. ...AND THEIR SHARED ABILITY TO USE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN WORDS. PARAKURA CAME UP TO ME, AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, 'AH, I SEE YOU'RE MAKING UP WORDS.' LAUGHTER AND I SAID, 'YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS.' HE WENT, 'ME NEITHER.' LAUGHTER BUT IT WASN'T JUST HIGH-PROFILE POLITICIANS ON THE MARAE. AMONG THE MOURNERS, THE SILVER FERNS COACH AND TWO RECOGNISABLE PLAYERS FROM PAREKURA HOROMIRA'S FAVOURITE GAME. ALL CHANT APPARENTLY, HE SHEARED 600 SHEEP IN ONE DAY, SO, UM, YEAH, BUT, UH, IT WAS JUST DISAPPOINTING THAT I ONLY MANAGED TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY BECAUSE SOME OF THE STORIES THAT I'VE HEARING OVER THE RADIO HAVE BEEN PRETTY HARD CASE. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE DAVID CARTER SAID PAREKURA HOROMIA WAS BELOVED BY EVERYONE ON THE PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT, BUT AS A FARMER HIMSELF, HE COULDN'T RESIST TAKING A POTSHOT AT SOME OF THOSE SHEARING LEGENDS. I'M HOPELESS WITH A HANDPIECE, BUT PAREKURA, I RECKON, IN THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU, I ACTUALLY COULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY. BUT TOMORROW'S SET TO BE A MORE SOMBRE AFFAIR WHEN THE FUNERAL SERVICE AND BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. STILL AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` IT'S JAIL FOR A BRITISH BUSINESSMAN WHO SCAMMED MILLIONS BY SELLING FAKE BOMB DETECTORS THAT PUT LIVES AT RISK. RUNNING FOR THE THEIR LIVES; CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTERS CONTEND WITH A FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE. AND HOW A WELSH COMPANY AVOIDED PUTTING ITS WORKERS ON THE NIGHT SHIFT BY TRANSFERRING THEM TO IN AUCKLAND. THE FORMER WELLINGTON ART GALLERY OWNER CONVICTED OF 65 CHARGES RELATING TO THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG BOYS WILL SPEND A MINIMUM 6� YEARS BEHIND BARS. AARON LAURENCE ABUSED BOYS AS YOUNG AS 5 AND POSTED IMAGES ONLINE. RENEE GRAHAM WAS AT HIS SENTENCING. FOR 10 YEARS, FORMER WELLINGTON ART GALLERY OWNER AARON LAURENCE SEXUALLY ABUSED EIGHT YOUNG BOYS ` POSTING IMAGES AND VIDEOS OF THE ABUSE ONLINE. AT THE HIGH COURT IN WELLINGTON, JUSTICE DAVID COLLINS HANDED DOWN A 12-YEAR, NINE-MONTH JAIL SENTENCE. YOU RECORDED THE SEXUAL ABUSES YOU CARRIED OUT. THIS EXACERBATED THE VIOLATION OF YOUR VICTIMS, MANY OF WHOM WERE UNAWARE THAT YOU WERE RECORDING YOUR ACTS OF DEPRAVITY. LAURENCE IS CONVICTED OF 65 CHARGES, INCLUDING SEXUAL VIOLATION, INDECENT ACTS AND MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL. HIS VICTIMS WERE BETWEEN 5 TO 13 YEARS OLD. LAURENCE BEFRIENDED THEM EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON AND TOOK THEM BACK TO HIS HOUSE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES OR GIVE THEM FOOD, CIGARETTES AND, IN ONE CASE, CANNABIS. YOU DELIBERATELY CHOSE SOME VICTIMS WHOSE FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES MADE THEM PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. POLICE FOUND MORE THAN 31,000 IMAGES STORED ON COMPUTER HARD DRIVES WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED IN JULY 2011. THE FACT THAT THOSE IMAGES OF HIM SEXUALLY ABUSING BOYS > HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED ON TO THE INTERNET, WHERE THEY CAN NEVER BE RETRIEVED AND WHERE OTHER PAEDOPHILES WILL BE OBTAINING SEXUAL GRATIFICATION FROM VIEWING SEXUAL OFFENDING AGAINST THESE VICTIMS, UH, IN THE CROWN'S SUBMISSION, MUST BE RECOGNISED. HE TRULY REGRETS THE IMPACT, UH, HIS OFFENDING HAS HAD ON THESE VERY YOUNG PERSONS. JUSTICE COLLINS IMPOSED A MINIMUM NON-PAROLE PERIOD OF 6� YEARS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF LAURENCE'S COMPUTER AND HARD DRIVES. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. THE BODY OF ONE OF THE BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECTS HAS FINALLY BEEN CLAIMED BY HIS FAMILY. TAMERLAN TSARNAEV (26) DIED IN A POLICE SHOOT-OUT DAYS AFTER THE APRIL BOMBINGS. HIS BROTHER AND FELLOW SUSPECT, DZOKHAR TSARNAEV, SURVIVED, BUT NOW FACES A POSSIBLE DEATH SENTENCE IF CONVICTED OVER THE DEADLY BLASTS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PAIR INITIALLY PLANNED THE ATTACK FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS ON JULY 4TH BUT BROUGHT THEIR PLANS FORWARD WHEN THEIR BOMB-BUILDING TOOK LESS TIME THAN EXPECTED. A BRITISH BUSINESSMAN WHO MADE AROUND $90M SELLING FAKE BOMB DETECTORS TO IRAQ AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 10 YEARS. THE DEVICES WERE USED AT CHECKPOINTS TO SEARCH FOR EXPLOSIVES BUT WERE ACTUALLY BASED ON A NOVELTY DEVICE TO FIND LOST GOLF BALLS. THE BBC'S CAROLINE HAWLEY REPORTS. CONVICTED OF WHAT THE JUDGE TODAY CALLED A CALLOUS FRAUD, JIM MCCORMICK HAD TO FACE THE FULL GLARE OF THE CAMERAS AS HE ARRIVED AT COURT. IRAQ WAS THE MAIN MARKET FOR HIS FAKE DETECTORS, A COUNTRY WHERE BOMBS ARE A CONSTANT AND DEADLY THREAT. WITH THE HELP OF HUGE BRIBES, MCCORMICK SOLD AROUND 6000 OF THEM TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, SOME FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS EACH. ALTHOUGH THEY'RE JUST AN AERIAL ON A HINGE WITH NO WORKING COMPONENTS, HE HAD CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD. HE WAS GREEDY. UM, HE MADE OBSCENE PROFITS, UH, AND HE HAD NO` A CAVALIER DISREGARD FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS FRAUD, WHICH, AS THE JUDGE SAID, IN ALL PROBABILITY, COST PEOPLE THEIR LIVES. IN SENTENCING HIM TO HE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE 10 YEARS, THE JUDGE SAID HE COULDN'T IMAGINE A MORE SERIOUS CASE OF ITS KIND. THAT DEVICE IS USELESS, SO WHEN THEY USE IT AND WHEN THEY THINK THEY CAN'T FIND THE BOMB, IT WILL PENETRATE METALS; IT WILL PENETRATE WALLS... THIS WAS JIM MCCORMICK ON A SALES TRIP TO INDIA. HE MADE LUDICROUS CLAIMS THAT HIS DEVICES COULD FIND EXPLOSIVES THROUGH WALLS, UNDERWATER AND FROM A HEIGHT OF 3 MILES IN A PLANE. HIS SCAM BEGAN WITH THIS ` A GIMMICK MARKETED TO HELP FIND LOST GOLF BALLS, WHICH HE THEN RELABELLED AND SOLD AS BOMB DETECTORS. IT'S ENDED IN JAIL FOR JIM MCCORMICK. BUT QUESTIONS ARE STILL BEING ASKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT FOR SO LONG. IT'S ALLEGED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS WARNED OVER A YEAR BEFORE A POLICE RAID ON McCORMICK THAT THE DEVICE WAS A SCAM. THE SON OF FORMER DICTATOR MUAMMAR GADDAFI HAS APPEARED IN COURT IN THE TOWN WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED IN 2011. SAIF AL-ISLAM IS FACING CHARGES THAT INCLUDE ENDANGERING NATIONAL SECURITY. HE'S BEING KEPT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, BUT TOLD REPORTERS HE'S IN GOOD HEALTH. THE 40-YEAR-OLD IS ALSO WANTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR ALLEGED WAR CRIMES ` CHARGES HE DENIES. FIREFIGHTERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE BATTLING A MONSTER BLAZE WHICH HAS FORCED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES. GUSTY WINDS ARE FANNING THE WILDFIRE WHICH HAS ALREADY SCORCHED AROUND 3000HA AT CAMARILLO, NEAR LOS ANGELES. ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS. AN INFERNO IN PARADISE. MIDWAY BETWEEN MALIBU AND SANTA BARBARA, FIREFIGHTERS GO DOOR TO DOOR, FIGHTING A GROUND WAR. WE NEED SOME WATER! A LOSING BATTLE AS 50MPH WINDS SWEEP THROUGH DRY BRUSH. I THINK IT'S RIGHT HERE. WE'VE GOT EMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE BLAZE HAS GROWN MORE THAN 60,000 ACRES JUST TODAY. HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND A COLLEGE CAMPUS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. FIREFIGHTERS ARE TELLING OTHERS, 'GATHER IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, MEDICATIONS 'AND IRREPLACEABLE ITEMS, AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE.' AND IT ISN'T JUST THE PEOPLE FLEEING. FOXES, RACOONS AND DEER ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. NORMALLY THESE HOT DESERT WINDS CO d C d COME d d COME AT BUT THIS d d BUT THIS YEAR, EY'RE HERE 8 A GOOD FOUR OR WHAT IS THIS? THIS USED TO BE THE MASTER BATHROOM. JOE KLEENER LOST EVERYTHING. TODAY, HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, A SOOTY MESS. AN EARLY AND A SCARY START TO FIRE SEASON. AND THE US WEATHER SERVICE SAYS CONTRIBUTING HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DRY WINDS ARE SET TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND IT'S SET TO GET COLDER AND WETTER THIS WEEKEND, KAREN. NOT THE BEST WAY TO WRAP UP THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. MIGHT EVEN GET SOME SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN HILLS. AND IT ISN'T JUST THE PEOPLE FLEEING. FOXES, RACOONS AND DEER ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. NORMALLY THESE HOT DESERT WINDS COME AT THE END OF SUMMER, EARLY FALL, BUT THIS YEAR, THEY'RE HERE A GOOD FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS EARLY. WHAT IS THIS? THIS USED TO BE THE MASTER BATHROOM. JOE KLEENER LOST EVERYTHING. TODAY, HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, A SOOTY MESS. AN EARLY AND A SCARY START TO FIRE SEASON. AND THE US WEATHER SERVICE SAYS CONTRIBUTING HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DRY WINDS ARE SET TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND IT'S SET TO GET COLDER AND WETTER THIS WEEKEND, KAREN. NOT THE BEST WAY TO WRAP UP THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. MIGHT EVEN GET SOME SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN HILLS. HERE ARE SOME TOTALS FROM TODAY. HEAVY FALLS OVER THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND, ESPECIALLY TARARUA RANGES AND MT EGMONT-TARANAKI. WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS ON SATURDAY, SPREADING INTO OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND ON SUNDAY. SET TO GET COLDER, TOO, WITH SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN HILLTOPS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` APPLICATIONS HAVE CLOSED FOR BUYING SHARES IN THE LAUNCH OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER, SO WAS IT A MIGHTY SUCCESS? AND THE DOWN-UNDER TEAM THAT'S PULLING THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT IN WALES. HOW ONE COMPANY IS WORKING THE GLOBAL NIGHTSHIFT. A THE MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARE OFFER HAS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED, WITH EXPERTS PREDICTING MORE THAN 100,000 KIWIS TAKING UP THE OFFER. THE SHARE-OFFER PROGRAMME IS SUPPOSED TO HELP BUILD INVESTOR CONFIDENCE AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. JOANNA HUNKIN LOOKS AT WHETHER IT'S WORKING. 440,000 NZERS REGISTERED TO BUY MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARES. TONIGHT, TREASURY'S FIGURING OUT JUST HOW MANY TOOK UP THE OFFER. THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO RAISE BILLIONS THROUGH ITS ASSET-SALES PROGRAMME AND IMPROVE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS. BUT NOT EVERYTHING'S GONE TO PLAN. WE'VE HAD THE TIWAI SMELTER DEBATE; WE'VE HAD THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS, OR POTENTIAL CLAIMS, AND NOW YOU'VE HAD THE LABOUR/GREENS POLICY CHANGES. SO THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT, LARGELY AMONGST THOSE INVESTORS THAT ARE NEWER, THOUGH. THE VERY INVESTORS THE GOVERNMENT HOPED TO ATTRACT. IN THE GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS GROWTH AGENDA REPORT IT STRESSES THE NEED TO BUILD CAPITAL MARKETS. THAT MEANS GETTING MORE PEOPLE INVESTING IN KIWI BUSINESSES THROUGH THE STOCK MARKET AND IMPROVING OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY. AN EXTENSIVE AD CAMPAIGN RAISED AWARENESS OF THE OFFER, AND SHARES WERE AVAILABLE DIRECT TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A STOCK BROKER. TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY TO APPLY IS OBVIOUSLY THE WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY. DOES IT HELP THEIR FINANCIAL LITERACY? NO, IT DOESN'T. FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY, YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND BEFOREHAND. BUT SOME BELIEVE THE PROCESS COULD HAVE POSITIVE ONGOING EFFECTS FOR POTENTIAL INVESTORS. THEY'LL HAVE FOLLOWED THIS PROCESS AND SEEN HOW IT WENT, AND SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER ASSET OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, THEY'LL ALREADY GO IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. THEY MIGHT FEEL A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. MERIDIAN AND GENESIS ENERGY THE NEXT LIKELY OPPORTUNITIES AS THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES ITS PARTIAL ASSETS SALES DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION. MIGHTY RIVER POWER WILL OFFICIALLY BE FLOATED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE ON FRIDAY. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTCHURCH'S CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL MADE A SIGNIFICANT STEP TODAY, WITH CONTRACTORS INSTALLING THE FIRST SECTIONS OF GLASS FOR THE FEATURE WINDOW. EACH OF THE 47 LARGE PANES FEATURES A DIFFERENT IMAGE, AND TOGETHER, THEY'LL FORM THE TRINITY WINDOW. INSTALLATION'S EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR IN A VERY REAL SENSE. THIS IS WHAT'S CAPTURED PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION. BECAUSE AT ONE LEVEL, IT'S INCREDIBLY SIMPLE, AND YET IT GIVES AN OVERALL PRESENCE TO THE DESIGN. THE CHURCH IS HOPING TO OPEN THE TRANSITIONAL CATHEDRAL NEXT MONTH. WHEN A BRITISH CALL-ANSWERING SERVICE FOUND STAFF RELUCTANT TO WORK THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT, IT CAME UP WITH A NOVEL SOLUTION. IT SENT THEM TO LIVE IN NZ. WILL HINE PAID THEM A VISIT. HELLO, MONEYPENNY. MICHELLE SPEAKING. HOW MAY I HELP YOU? THAT'S SOMEONE FROM BRITAIN ANSWERING A CALLER FROM BRITAIN IN AN OFFICE IN TAKAPUNA. JESSICA EDWARDS AND MICHELLE CLARK DISPATCHED TO THE ANTIPODES LAST YEAR FROM THEIR MONEYPENNY CALL CENTRE IN NORTH WALES. THE VERY FIRST PHOTO WE SENT BACK WAS ON A LOVELY SUMMER DAY, AND IT WAS ON THE BEACH, AND THEY WERE VERY JEALOUS. I MUST ADMIT I WAS BOASTING QUITE A BIT IN THAT MESSAGE, YES. THE PAIR TAKE OVERNIGHT CALLS FROM BRITAIN BUT AS DAY-SHIFT WORKERS IN NZ. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING. I'M AFRAID THERE'S NO ANSWER ON HIS LINE AT THE MOMENT. CAN I TAKE A MESSAGE? IF YOU PHONE OUR OFFICE AT 7.50 AT NIGHT, YOU'LL GET SOMEONE FROM THE UK ANSWERING THE PHONE. IF YOU PHONE 10 MINUTES LATER, JUST GONE 8 O'CLOCK, THE TEAM IN AUCKLAND PICK UP THE CALL, AND YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE. MONEYPENNY SAYS IT'S TRYING TO DELIVER GOOD SERVICE, NOT SAVE MONEY. HI, MR ROGERS. YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO GLENN, WOULD YOU? THE COMPANY'S ALSO BROUGHT ON TWO NZ STAFF. THEY ALTERNATE WITH THEIR UK COLLEAGUES ` FOUR DAYS ON, FOUR DAYS OFF. THE ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS MICHELLE AND JESSICA TO GET AROUND THE COUNTRY AND DO SOME SIGHTSEEING. THEIR 280 COLLEAGUES REMAIN BACK IN WREXHAM, POPULATION 43,000, ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS WANGANUI. HERE, THE PAIR LIVE A SHORT WALK FROM THE BEACH. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO COME HERE. I SIT ON THE GRASS AT THE TOP AND READ A BOOK AND JUST LOOK AT THE SCENERY. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET TIRED OF THAT VIEW. DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE IN WREXHAM, NO. IT'S A VIEW THEY'LL NEED TO SAVOUR. THEY'RE HEADING HOME IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BE REPLACED BY TWO OF THEIR COLLEAGUES FROM WALES. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. NATIONAL BACKBENCHER AARON GILMORE'S CAREER HINGES ON WHETHER A FORMAL COMPLAINT IS LAID OVER A BOOZY NIGHT OUT AT HANMER SPRINGS. SO FAR, NO COMPLAINT BY HOTEL STAFF HAS BEEN MADE, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS MR GILMORE BEHAVED BADLY AND LET THE PARTY DOWN. DISGRACED POLICE PROSECUTOR TIMOTHY SARAH IS BEGINNING A FOUR-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENDING TONIGHT. AN AUCKLAND COURT HEARD THE 38-YEAR-OLD SOLD DRUGS IN HIS LUNCH BREAK, AN ACT THE SENTENCING JUDGE DESCRIBED AS 'BREATHTAKING IN HYPOCRISY AND CYNICISM'. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT. RUGBY WORLD CUP 2015 DATES, TEAMS, VENUES RELEASED. WE'LL HAVE THE ALL BLACKS SCHEDULE FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` ONE CENTRE GONE AND ANOTHER RETURNS. INJURY-PRONE RICHARD KAHUI'S SEASON IS IN TATTERS, WHILE TAMATI ELLISON MAKES A RETURN. NBA PLAY-OFFS - THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ALMOST BLOW IT. AND FROM ONEHUNGA TO THE BIG TIME ` THE TEENAGE FOOTBALLERS GETTING READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD'S BEST. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP VENUES SCHEDULE HAS GOT THE THUMBS UP FROM THE ALL BLACK MANAGEMENT. THE ALL BLACKS ARE IN A FAIRLY EASY POOL, WHICH WILL SEE THEM BUILD THEIR DEFENCE OF THE CUP IN SOME OF THE SPORT'S MOST FAMOUS GROUNDS. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING GIVEN THEIR STATUS AS WORLD CHAMPS AND THE TOP-RANKED RUGBY NATION IN THE WORLD ` THE ALL BLACKS ARE SET TO HEADLINE THE POOL STAGE OF THE 2015 WORLD CUP. THE ALL BLACKS KICK OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARGENTINA AT THE HALLOWED WEMBLEY STADIUM. JUST FOUR DAYS LATER, THEY'RE ACROSS TOWN AGAINST THE TOP AFRICAN QUALIFIER AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM. THEY THEN HAVE EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THEIR NEXT MATCH AGAINST EUROPE'S TOP QUALIFIER AT CARDIFF'S MILLENNIUM STADIUM. POOL PLAY CONCLUDES IN NEWCASTLE SEVEN DAYS LATER AT ANOTHER FOOTBALL STADIUM AGAINST OUR REGULAR POOL RIVALS TONGA. THE ALL BLACKS FIRST MATCH AT WEMBLEY SINCE 1997 IS SHAPING AS A HIGHLIGHT. 90,000 CAPACITY. ANY STADIUM THAT YOU WALK INTO LIKE THAT'S A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. AND WE PLAY THE ARGENTINIANS UP FIRST, SO I GUESS THERE'LL BE A LOT OF INTEREST, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE A TOP-10 NATION NOW. THE OLYMPIC STADIUM IS ONE OF THREE LONDON VENUES THAT'S SEEN ORGANISERS ACCUSED OF FAVOURING THE CAPITAL. YOU HAVE EXETER RIGHT DOWN IN THE SOUTH-WEST. YOU HAVE MANCHESTER CITY STADIUM IN THE NORTH-WEST. AND THEN YOU HAVE YORKSHIRE. YOU HAVE ELAND ROAD RIGHT UP TO NEWCASTLE IN THE NORTH-EAST. SO I DON'T THINK IT IS LONDON-CENTRIC AT ALL. THE SCHEDULE HAS ADDRESSED ONE OF THE MAIN DISPARITIES FROM WORLD CUPS PAST. BUT THE ALL BLACKS ARE PUTTING A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE SHORT FOUR-DAY TURNAROUND. IT PROBABLY DOES GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE YOUR SQUAD ` TO GET PEOPLE UNDERWAY AND PLAYING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW` A TOURNAMENT OF THAT LENGTH, IT'S IMPORTANT EVERYONE DOES GET A CHANCE TO PLAY. THE NEXT JOB FOR THE ALL BLACKS MANAGEMENT ` FINDING A HOME BASE FOR THE POOL STAGES. WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD APPROACHES FROM ORGANISATIONS, CLUBS, PROFESSIONAL ENTITIES, SAYING, 'LOOK, YOU'RE WELCOME TO USE OURS.' SETTING UP A HOME AWAY FROM HOME SEEN AS GIVING THE BEST CHANCE OF DEFENDING THE CUP. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. 2011 WORLD CUP STAR RICHARD KAHUI'S SUPER 15 SEASON IS OVER AND HIS JAPAN CONTRACT'S IN DOUBT AFTER SCANS CONFIRMED THE INJURY-PRONE CHIEFS PLAYER NEEDS FURTHER SHOULDER SURGERY. THE 17-TEST ALL BLACK WILL BE SIDELINED FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS AFTER AGGRAVATING AN OLD INJURY AT TRAINING LAST WEEK. THE MUSCLE THAT, SORTA, GOES ACROSS THE FRONT, WHERE THE TENDON ATTACHES TO THE BONE, IT'S QUITE A TOUGH LITTLE ATTACHMENT TO HEAL. AND THEY DON'T LIKE MESSING WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETIMES HIT AND MISS. AND OBVIOUSLY JUST DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT. KAHUI WILL CONTINUE HIS ROVING REPORTING RUGBY ROLE FOR THE SPORTS SHOW 'CODE'. MEANWHILE, ALL BLACK CENTRE TAMATI ELLISON RETURNS FROM SHOULDER SURGERY TO START HIS FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON FOR THE WINLESS HIGHLANDERS AGAINST THE SHARKS. TIMELY, AS A KNEE INJURY WILL SIDELINE MA'A NONU FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS. JUST HOPING HE WON'T GET INJURED AGAIN IS THE WALLABIES AND QUEENSLAND REDS WINGER DIGBY IOANE. THE WELLINGTON-BORN 27-YEAR-OLD HAS SIGNED WITH PARIS CLUB 'STADE FRANCAIS', REPORTEDLY WORTH $3 MILLION OVER TWO SEASONS. IOANE, WHO HAD BEEN IN A PAY DISPUTE WITH THE REDS, WILL LINK WITH HIS NEW TEAM AFTER THE WALLABIES' END-OF-YEAR TOUR. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST A LOST FOR AUSTRALIAN RUGBY, TO HAVE A PLAYER OF HIS QUALITY NOT PLAYING, UH, ONSHORE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UM, PROBABLY SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, MEASURES TO INCREASE OUR DEPTH OF TALENT. IOANE HAS PLAYED 34 TESTS. IN THE WAKE OF IOANE'S STAGGERING DEAL, RETAINING FORMER ALL BLACKS LIKE RENE RANGER MIGHT BE EVEN HARDER. THE THREE-TEST ALL BLACK WILL BE A KEY FIGURE IN THE BLUES' INTRIGUING MATCH-UP WITH THE STORMERS, WHO'VE BEATEN THEM THE PAST THREE YEARS. HERE'S ANDREW SAVILLE. THE BLUES ARE STEELING THEMSELVES FOR A STORMERS ONSLAUGHT AT THE BREAKDOWN THIS EVENING. THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THERE'S GONNA BE BODIES FLYING EVERYWHERE. IT EVEN MEANS MORE WORK FOR THE BACKS. USUAL CENTRE RENE RANGER PLAYS ON THE WING AS THE BLUES LOOK FOR MORE POTENCY AND THOSE NOW TRADEMARK RANGER WIDE TURNOVERS. IT'S A CRUCIAL PART OF THE GAME, COS IF YOU DON'T DO IT RIGHT, YOU GET PENALISED, AND YOU'VE GOTTA SHOW THAT DAYLIGHT WITH YOUR ARMS UP OR EVEN GIVE A CLAP OR SOMETHING, IS WHAT THE REFS HAVE BEEN TELLING US. THE BLUES WILL BE APPLAUDING IF THEY CAN STOP THE STORMERS' ROLLING MAUL, AS NZ TEAMS STRUGGLE ONCE AGAIN ON THAT FRONT. IF THE STORMERS FORWARDS ARRIVING AT TRAINING IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEK IS ANY INDICATION, THE BLUES ARE IN FOR A TOUGH NIGHT. BLUES MANAGEMENT HAS EVEN HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SANZAR OFFICIALS TO CLARIFY MAUL RULES. IT'S ONE OF THOSE GREY AREAS OF RUGBY, YOU KNOW. WHEN THE SCRUM COLLAPSES SOMETIMES, YOU GO, WELL, ABD IT'S A BIT LIKE THE MAULS, WHICH MAKES IT FASCINATING. THERE'S ALSO FASCINATION IN FRANCIS SAILI'S PERFORMANCE TONIGHT; BENCHED LAST WEEK AFTER HIS OFF-FIELD ISSUES, HE'S INTENT ON KNUCKLING DOWN. EVERYDAY FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I TRY AND SET MYSELF IN A GREAT MINDSET, AND WHEN I HEAD INTO WORK, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT WORK. THE ONLY NORTH HARBOUR PLAYER IN THE STARTING TEAM TONIGHT, SAILI (22) HAS COME ON TO THE ALL BLACKS' RADAR, WHERE THEY'RE THIN IN HIS PREFERRED SECOND FIVE POSITION. HE'S PLAYED WELL AGAINST KIWI OPPONENTS, BUT NEEDS A BIG PERFORMANCE TONIGHT AGAINST SPRINGBOKS CAPTAIN JEAN DE VILLIERS, JUST LIKE HIS TEAM. LEG DRIVE, STEVEN, LEG DRIVE. THE BLUES ARE STILL STRIVING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN AGAINST AN OVERSEAS OPPONENT THIS SEASON. ANDREW SAVILLE, ONE NEWS. IRISH GOLFER RORY MCILROY HAS FINALLY REDISCOVERED HIS FORM ON THE US TOUR. THE WORLD NUMBER TWO'S ONLY HAD TWO TOP-10 FINISHES IN THE STATES THIS SEASON, BUT SHOT A FIVE-UNDER PAR 67 IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA. WELL JUDGED. SO RORY DIALLED IN HERE AT 18. MCILROY WENT ON TO BIRDIE THE LAST HOLE TO FEATURE IN A SEVEN-WAY TIE FOR THE LEAD. THE MYSTICS ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO GET OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE AGAINST THE TACTIX ON SUNDAY. LAST YEAR'S PRELIMINARY FINALISTS HAVE NOTCHED UP JUST ONE WIN SO FAR THIS SEASON AND WENT DOWN TO THE CANTERBURY SIDE IN DOUBLE OVERTIME LAST MONTH. WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES. WE` THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN CHANGE IT IS US AND, UM, I GUESS WE'VE BEEN GUILTY OF, UH, NOT DOING THE BASICS RIGHT ON COURT, UM, AND CONTROLLING THE CONTROLLABLE. TUTAIA SCOFFED AT SUGGESTIONS FROM ACROSS THE TASMAN THAT ONE OF THE NZ TEAMS SHOULD BE CUT FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP. NO, DEFINITELY NOT. NO. GOD, NO. CATH HARBY WILLIAMS, GEE, SHE'S` SHE'S AN AUSSIE ANYWAY. OF COURSE SHE WANTS THAT. MEANTIME, THE PULSE ARE BRINGING BACK VETERAN DEFENDER MEGAN HUTTON FOR THEIR MATCH AGAINST THE TABLE-TOPPING VIXENS. THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS HAVE GONE INTO ROUND 2 OF THE NBA PLAY-OFFS, HOLDING ON AGAINST THE DENVER NUGGETS 92-88 IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. LEADING THE SERIES 3-2, THE WARRIORS LOOKED TO BE DOING IT EASY WITH AN 18-POINT LEAD WITH NINE MINUTES TO PLAY, BEFORE THE NUGGETS WENT ON A 16-2 RUN. AUSSIE ANDREW BOGUT PLAYED HIS PART IN THE WARRIORS' WIN, AS THEY HUNG ON FOR THE FOUR-POINT VICTORY. CROWD CHEERS THE WARRIORS WILL MEET THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS IN ROUND TWO OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAY-OFFS. THE FUTURE OF NZ FOOTBALL IS IN GOOD HANDS, WITH AN AUCKLAND UNDER-15 TEAM OFF TO MANCHESTER UNITED FOR THE FINALS OF THE BIGGEST AGE-GROUP TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD. IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS THAT AN ONEHUNGA SPORTS TEAM HAS QUALIFIED. ABBY SCOTT WENT ALONG TO THEIR FIRST TRAINING SINCE THE BIG WIN. d THIS TEAM KNOWS A BIT ABOUT WO ING 8 TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE GOALS. I DON'T THINK WE WERE PHYSICALLY THE STRONGEST TEAM OR THE FASTEST OR THE BIGGEST, BUT I THINK THAT WE, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, KNEW THAT WE DESERVED AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE TITLE WHICH I HAVE IN MY HAND NOW. THE TROPHY AWARDED IN SYDNEY ON SUNDAY. THE ONEHUNGA UNDER-15S BEATING HOSTS BLACKTOWN CITY IN A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT. CHEERING THE WIN QUALIFIES THEM FOR THE MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIER CUP FINALS. THERE'S ONLY 20 TEAMS WILL BE AT THE WORLD FINAL. OUT OF, LIKE, 9000 WHATEVER OTHER TEAMS. UH, PROBABLY THIS TEAM IS THE ONLY AMATEUR CLUB. BUT THIS IS AN AMATEUR CLUB TEAM WITH REAL TALENT. PROFESSIONAL COACHES AND NZ GREAT WYNTON RUFER AS A MENTOR. THE TEAM'S 14-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER OF THE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT. HIS DAD IS FORMER AUCKLAND CITY FOOTBALLER KERYN JORDAN, WHO'S IN SOUTH AFRICA BATTLING CANCER. IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME ON SKYPE AS IT WOULD BE IN REAL LIFE, BUT, UM, NO, HE WAS VERY HAPPY. THE TEAM'S YOUNGEST PLAYER, WHO WASN'T EVEN ORIGINALLY IN THE STARTING LINE-UP, WAS THE TOURNAMENT'S TOP SCORER AT JUST 12 YEARS OLD. I WAS JUST THINKING OF DOING MY JOB IN THE TEAM, HELPING US SUCCEED, WHICH I DID PRETTY WELL. MANCHESTER WILL BE TOUGH. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CALIBRE OF THEIR OPPONENTS, CARLOS TEVEZ, ROBINHO AND THEO WALCOTT ALL PLAYED IN THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE BECOMING STARS. I'M JUST TOO SHOCKED THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING. FROM ONEHUNGA ALL THE WAY TO THE BIG TIME. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. AND FORMER KIWI CAPTAIN BENJI MARSHALL RETURNS TO NRL ACTION TONIGHT FOR THE STRUGGLING WESTS TIGERS. AFTER THE BREAK ` d KAREN SAYS IT'S SET TO GET 8 WETTER AND COLDER THIS WEEKEND. HELLO AGAIN. SOME HEAVY RAIN OVER LOWER PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND AND WESTERN SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. MORE TO COME THIS WEEKEND. WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THESE AREAS ON SATURDAY, SPREADING INTO OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND ON SUNDAY. SET TO GET COLDER, TOO, WITH SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN HILL TOPS. BRIGHT ACTIVE SWATHE OF CLOUD OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND UPPER SOUTH ISLAND, MARKING THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE LOW CENTRE IN HERE WITH SOME FRONTS SPIRALLING AROUND IT. ANOTHER WARM FRONT HERE. ANOTHER LOW TO THE NORTH-EAST, BUT THAT ONE'S MOVING AWAY. INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING PAST TASMANIA. LOTS OF HIGH CLOUD STRETCHING OUT AHEAD OF IT. PLENTY OF COLD AIR COMING IN BEHIND IT. STILL CAUGHT UP IN THIS LOW PRESSURE ZONE TOMORROW, WITH NUMEROUS FRONTS AND TROUGHS PASSING THROUGH. RAIN MOVING DOWN FROM THE NORTH WITH THIS FRONT. THIS SLOW-MOVING FRONT DELIVERING SOME RAIN TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. BUT IT'S THIS FRONT HERE THAT IS SET TO BRING IN THE COLDER AIR LATER IN THE WEEKEND. CLOUDY IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH SOME RAIN FOR WESTLAND SPREADING DOWN INTO FIORDLAND. MIX OF FINE AND CLOUDY AREAS EVERYWHERE ELSE, WITH JUST A FEW SPLASHES SPREADING OVER INTO SOUTLAND LATE IN THE DAY. NORTH TO NORTH-EAST WINDS. RAIN GRADUALLY WORKS ITS WAY DOWN OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, REACHING WAIKATO AND THE BAY OF PLENTY BY AROUND LUNCHTIME. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES EVERYWHERE ELSE. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE AROUND GISBORNE AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE FAR NORTH. IN THE AFTERNOON, WINDS FROM THE EASTERLY QUARTER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT.