GOOD EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. OVER 25MM FOR PARTS OF AUCKLAND, WITH AREAS OF SURFACE FLOODING. THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND GRABBED THE MOST SUNSHINE. NOW WE'RE FORECASTING QUITE A STORMY DAY FOR MANY AREAS TOMORROW. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL HAVE WARNINGS FOR SNOW, RAIN AND GALES. 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. THOUSANDS GATHER FOR AN EMOTIONAL FARWELL AS THE POLITICIAN WHO CALLED EVERYONE 'CHIEF' IS LAID TO REST. HEALTH FEARS PROMPT AN APPEAL FOR PATIENTS OF AN UNQUALIFIED DENTIST TO COME FORWARD. A REMARKABLE ESCAPE FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF A CAR THAT'S CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO BUSES. AND TIME RUNS OUT FOR EARTHQUAKE VOLUNTEERS TO COMPLETE COMMUNITY WORK OR RISK BEING NAMED AND SHAMED. LABOUR MP PAREKURA HOROMIA HAS BEEN FAREWELLED AT AN EMOTIONAL CEREMONY TODAY. THE FORMER MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER WAS, ACCORDING TO HIS SON, A MAN WHO LED WITH HIS HEART AND WORRIED ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES LATER. THE SERVICE AT HAUITI MARAE IN TOLAGA BAY ATTRACTED AROUND 2000 MOURNERS. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN WAS THERE. WOMEN CHANT, SING THE START OF THE LAST EVER JOURNEY FOR PAREKURA HOROMIA. WOMEN CHANT AFTER FOUR DAYS OF MOURNING, THE 62-YEAR-OLD'S BODY WAS CARRIED BY WHANAU AND FRIENDS ON ITS WAY TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE AT NEARBY KOHIMARAMA CEMETERY. EARLIER AT THE SERVICE, THE ELDEST OF PAREKURA HOROMIA'S THREE SONS ADDRESSED THE 2000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE NATION MOURN FOR HIM. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAN. HE WAS WONDERFUL MAN, AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL FATHER TO US. DESMOND HOROMIA TOLD THOSE GATHERED ABOUT HIS FINAL MOMENTS WITH HIS FATHER. HE SAID TO ME, 'I LEAVE YOU IN CHARGE.' AND THIS WAS THE SAME TIME HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE HIS MEDICINE. I SAID, 'WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOUR MEDICINE,' AND THEN HE TURNS ROUND AND GOES, 'I'M TAKING IT AWAY FROM YOU; 'YOU'RE NOT IN CHARGE ANY MORE.' ALL LAUGH OTHERS RECALLED THE SHEARER-TURNED-CIVIL-SERVANT TURNED MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER'S GENEROSITY. WE WERE RAFFLING A MAORI PARTY JACKET, OK? SO PAREKURA BOUGHT SOME TICKETS, AND HE WON THE JACKET. ALL LAUGH I WAS HOPING THAT HE MIGHT GIVE IT TO ME SO I COULD WEAR IT, BUT HE GAVE IT BACK TO THE PARTY AND TOLD US TO RAFFLE IT OFF AGAIN. PAREKURA HOROMIA COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO TALK TO HELEN CLARK WHEN SHE CALLED IN HIS FINAL FEW DAYS AS HIS HEALTH DETERIORATED, BUT THE FORMER LABOUR PRIME MINISTER SENT A MESSAGE THAT WAS READ AT THE SERVICE BY HIS CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND. 'PAREKURA WAS ONE OF THE KINDEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER KNOWN. 'HIS BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS WORK 'AND TO PUBLIC SERVICE, IN THE BROADEST SENSE, WERE LEGENDARY.' THE IKAROA-RAWHITI MP NOW LAYS NEXT TO HIS MOTHER IN TOLAGA BAY, A TOWN AND A REGION THAT MUST NOW FIND A NEW CHIEF. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY AN UNREGISTERED DENTIST IN SOUTH AUCKLAND MAY HAVE PUT PATIENTS' HEALTH AT RISK. THE MAN'S FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY OFFERING DENTAL CARE FROM HIS HOME. WILL HINE REPORTS. THIS IS THE MANGERE HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE IN PAIN ARE SAID TO HAVE COME FOR DIRT-CHEAP DENTAL CARE. THEY CAME TO SEE SIONE VAILEA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NAVE, WHO IS SEEN HERE TALKING TO ONE NEWS IN 2001. MOST OF THE PACIFIC PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW THERE IS A FREE DENTAL SERVICE FOR THE UNDER-18-YEARS-OLD. TODAY, MR VAILEA WASN'T SO FORTHCOMING, CHOOSING NOT TO COMMENT ON CAMERA. BUT HE TOLD ONE NEWS HE NEVER PUT ANYONE'S HEALTH AT RISK. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS DISAGREE. WHEN SOMEBODY PRACTISES OUTSIDE THE REGULATIONS, THERE IS NO CONTROL. THE PATIENT, BY AND LARGE, HAS NO IDEA WHETHER INFECTION CONTROLS ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN IN A PROPER MANNER. IT'S ALLEGED THAT FROM HIS HOUSE MR VAILEA CARRIED OUT EXTRACTIONS, FILLINGS, DENTURE WORK AND EVEN PRESCRIBED MEDICINE. DOCTORS SAY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE TREATED BY MR VAILEA HAS BEEN MADE SICK. BUT THEY WANT ANY OF HIS PATIENTS TO CONTACT THE PACIFIC HEALTH UNIT HERE AT MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL, FOR ADVICE. PEOPLE, MAYBE, FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT MAKING CONTACT. THERE IS NO RISK TO THEM PERSONALLY IF THEY RING AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. WE ARE ANXIOUS IN TERMS OF THEIR WELLBEING AND HEALTH. A FORMER PATIENT WHO WAS TREATED BY MR VAILEA FOUR YEARS AGO IN A NOW DEFUNCT OTAHUHU PRACTICE SAYS THE PRICES WERE ROCK-BOTTOM. TO ME, IT WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL. THERE WAS A NURSE THERE, YOU KNOW, SUCKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WAS HELPING OUT, AND WHAT HE DID TO MY TEETH WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL. I COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE. BUT HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY THAT PROFESSIONALISM IS IRRELEVANT, GIVEN MR VAILEA'S LACK OF QUALIFICATIONS. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. A WOMAN AND CHILD HAVE HAD A LUCKY ESCAPE AFTER A DRAMATIC CRASH BETWEEN AN SUV AND TWO BUSES IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. EYE WITNESSES SAY IT'S REMARKABLE NOBODY WAS HURT AFTER A BUS PLOUGHED INTO THE VEHICLE, SENDING IT CRASHING BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER BUS. LISA GLASS REPORTS. IT COULD'VE BEEN A LOT WORSE. YEAH, CERTAINLY FROM THE SCENE, IT CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. BUT AMAZINGLY, THOSE INVOLVED ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. WATCH THE CAR IN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF THIS SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE. THE DRIVER HAD STOPPED AT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. THE BUS HAS APPROACHED THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, AND FOR SOME REASON IT'S CAREERED ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND INTO THE OPPOSING TRAFFIC, WHERE IT'S HIT THE SUV. THE BUS LEVELLED THIS POST THAT WAS IN ITS WAY, THEN SMASHED INTO THE CAR, RAMMING IT INTO A SECOND BUS PARKED ON THE ROADSIDE. AND IT SEEMED LIKE AN EXPLOSION WAS GOING OFF. THE VIOLENCE OF THE IMPACT SAW THE SECOND BUS SHUNTED UP ON TO THE FOOTPATH TO CRASH INTO THIS SOLID STEEL BUS SHELTER WITH A SHOWER OF GLASS. IT'S JUST PURE LUCK THAT NO ONE WAS STILL ON THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OR WAITING HERE FOR A BUS. THE SOLID BUS STOP MIGHT HAVE SAVED PASSERS-BY. WE THOUGHT THE BUS WAS GONNA END UP IN THE SHOP, BECAUSE IT HIT IT WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THE BUS MOUNTED THE PAVEMENT. AND IN THE INITIAL LOOK, THE BUS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE AIR. WITNESSES RUSHED TO THE SCENE, SOME AFRAID OF THE CARNAGE THEY MIGHT FIND. I THOUGHT THAT PERSON WAS GONE. I REALLY DID. THE IMPACT FLUNG OPEN A REAR DOOR, AND A YOUNG GIRL LEAPT OUT TO SAFETY. WITNESSES HELPED THE FEMALE DRIVER, WHO WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE. THAT CAR WAS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO BUSES, SO SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE. POLICE ARE NOW TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. THE LATE MODEL CAR, A WRITE-OFF IN A VERY LUCKY ESCAPE. LISA GLASS, ONE NEWS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO PLEDGED THEIR TIME TO AID CHRISTCHURCH'S EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY NOW FACE BEING NAMED AND SHAMED FOR FAILING TO KEEP THEIR WORD. THE VOLUNTEER ARMY FOUNDATION SAYS 600 PEOPLE HAD UNTIL THIS WEEKEND TO COMPLETE THE FOUR HOURS' COMMUNITY WORK THEY'D PROMISED. BUT AS LORELEI MASON REPORTS, ONLY A HARDY FEW FRONTED UP TODAY. SHOVELS AND SPADES. SOMEBODY BROUGHT THEIR OWN SHOVEL. GOOD ON YA! YEAH. THEY TURNED UP BRIGHT AND EARLY, READY FOR SOME HARD GRAFT IN THE RED-ZONE SUBURB OF BURWOOD... OH, IT'S GETTING THERE. ...TO FULFIL THE PRE-PLEDGE THEY'D MADE SIX MONTHS AGO TO GIVE FOUR HOURS OF THEIR TIME FOR A FREE TICKET TO 'THE CONCERT',... KATCHAFIRE'S 'SERIOUSLY' PLAYS ...A THANK YOU PUT ON BY THE VOLUNTEER ARMY FOUNDATION AT AMI STADIUM LAST NOVEMBER. THOUSANDS HAPPILY WORKED THEIR FOUR HOURS OFF IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT, BUT 1200 DIDN'T, PLEDGING TO COMPLETE THE WORK LATER. WE RECOGNISED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND HADN'T HAD TIME YET. 600 HAVE SINCE DONE SO, BUT THE REMAINING 600 HAVEN'T. THE FOUNDATION SAYS TODAY'S PROJECT WAS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO AVOID BEING OUTED. WHEN WE RELEASED THE PRE-PLEDGE, THERE WERE A VERY EXPLICIT SET OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT EVERY FUTURE VOLUNTEER AGREED TO, AND THAT SAID THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLICISE ANY NAMES AT THE END OF A SIX-MONTH PERIOD WHO HAVEN'T VOLUNTEERED AS OF YET. THAT PROSPECT WAS THE REMINDER SOME SAY THEY NEEDED. I WAS, LIKE, 'OH, I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT.' WE'D BEEN MEANING TO. WE'VE JUST BEEN SO BUSY. AROUND 15 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS HAVE TURNED UP THIS MORNING TO FULFIL THEIR PLEDGE; IT IS WELL SHY OF THE 600-ODD WHO STILL NEED TO FRONT UP. BUT THOSE WHO HAVE TURNED UP ARE GETTING STUCK IN, WITH PLENTY OF HONEST SWEAT ON YOUNG FACES. YOU FEEL REALLY GOOD, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO COME AND HELP. BUT THERE'S CONCERN THE NAME-AND-SHAME TACTIC MAY BACKFIRE. DOING THIS KIND OF PUTS A BARRIER IN FRONT OF THEIR VOLUNTEERING, AND SO SOME OF THEM MAY BE PUT OFF. TODAY'S RECRUITS, THOUGH, FEEL IT'S FAIR ENOUGH. I THINK THAT'S SAD ` JUST GETTING A FREE TICKET AND THEN NOT DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, YOU'VE GOTTA DO IT. THE FOUNDATION WON'T SAY WHEN NAMES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ITS WEBSITE BUT SAYS PEOPLE CAN STILL GET THEIR NAMES REMOVED IF THEY FRONT UP IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. THE LEGAL TEAM FOR THE MAN WHO WAS TWICE FOUND GUILTY OF THE RAPE AND MURDER OF AUCKLAND WOMAN SUSAN BURDETT IS SEEKING AN APPEAL AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL. TEINA PORA'S LAWYERS HAD BEEN PLANNING TO TAKE THE CASE TO THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, HOPING TO GET IT REFERRED BACK TO THE NZ COURTS. THEY ARGUE HIS CONVICTION WAS BASED ON A FALSE CONFESSION. AFTER UNCOVERING NEW EVIDENCE, THEY NOW WANT TO TAKE THE CASE TO THE TOP BRITISH COURT. TO DO THAT, THEY WILL HAVE TO SEEK LEAVE FROM THE NZ COURT OF APPEAL. A FEISTY SERIES OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN AMERICA'S CUP RIVALS GRANT DALTON AND SIR RUSSELL COUTTS IS SENDING SIGNALS OF A BITTER CAMPAIGN TO BE WAGED IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS YEAR. THE CHALLENGER AND DEFENDER SHARED THE STAGE AT A CHARITY FUNDRAISER IN AUCKLAND, WITH DALTON'S POSITION IN THE CREW BEING QUESTIONED. GRANT'S RACING ON THE BOAT. HE'S 54 YEARS OLD. THERE'S NOBODY IN NZ THAT CAN FIND THAT'S BETTER THAN A 54-YEAR-OLD? IT GOT EVEN MORE PERSONAL AS YOU WILL SEE LATER IN SPORT. DUCK SHOOTING SEASON STARTED TODAY, WITH HUNDREDS OF HUNTERS HEADING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF THEIR PREY. BUT IN SOME AREAS, DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY CUT THE SEASON SHORT. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. DUCK SHOOTING'S A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR THE GORDONS, WHO, EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, HAVE HEADED TO THEIR FAVOURITE POSSE TO BAG A FEW MEALS. YES, WE'VE HAD A GOOD SHOOT THIS MORNING. HERE AT WANGANUI'S VIRGINIA LAKE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF DUCKS AROUND. AND WHILE IT MAY PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO LAND THIS WEEKEND, HUNTERS SAY THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON DUCKS ARE DRAWN TO SPOTS LIKE THIS. IT CERTAINLY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IN SOME PLACES WHERE THERE'S NOT THE WATER AROUND. THEY WILL CONGREGATE IN THE BIG AREAS. WE'VE CERTAINLY SEE OUR FAIR SHARE OF DUCKS, BUT, UM, ON THE WHOLE, IT HAS BEEN PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOUGH AROUND THE REGION. EXPERTS SAY THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT. DUCKS PREFER WETTER AREAS, SO YOU WON'T FIND MANY HANGING AROUND AUCKLAND, THE WAIKATO AND GISBORNE, WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SEASON SLASHED TO FOUR WEEKS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL SIX. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF POOR YEARS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ` WE'VE HAD SOME BOTULISM ISSUES. THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD THE DROUGHT. THESE THINGS TEND TO COMPOUND UPON EACH OTHER. DUCKS DO LAY LARGE CLUTCHES WITH LOTS OF EGGS, AND SO WE JUST WAIT FOR THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEY CAN BOUNCE BACK QUITE QUICKLY. GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE PARTIAL TO A DUCK DINNER. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ` THE PRICE OF DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN, AS THE COUNTRY'S DEADLY ELECTION SEASON CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS. WE HAVE THE LATEST TWIST IN THE BOSTON BOMBING SAGA ` THE SUICIDE MISSION ORIGINALLY PLANNED. AND NEED A NEW BODY PART? BUY A 3D PRINTER ` HOW AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS SAY WE'LL BE CREATING SPARE ORGANS IN THE FUTURE. ISRAEL'S REFUSING TO COMMENT ON REPORTS THAT IT'S CONDUCTED AN AIR STRIKE ON SYRIA. AMERICAN NEWS AGENCY CNN'S REPORTING THE STRIKE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT SAYS ISRAELI WARPLANES DIDN'T ENTER SYRIAN AIRSPACE. ISRAEL HAS ATTACKED ONCE BEFORE, ALLEGEDLY TO PREVENT SYRIAN WEAPONS BEING TRANSPORTED TO HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON. IN AN UNRELATED ATTACK, ACTIVISTS CLAIM SYRIAN FORCES KILLED 50 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN A RAID ON A COASTAL VILLAGE LATE THIS WEEK, WHILE UNVERIFIED VIDEO ` SAID TO BE SHOT YESTERDAY ` SHOWS GOVERNMENT JETS CARRYING OUT AIR STRIKES AROUND THE TOWN OF MLEIHA. GUNMEN IN THE PAKISTAN CAPITAL, ISLAMABAD, HAVE KILLED ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST SENIOR PROSECUTORS. CHAUDHRY ZULFIQAR, WHO WAS INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO AND MILITANTS SUSPECTED OF THE 2008 MUMBAI ATTACKS, WAS SHOT DEAD WHILE LEAVING HIS HOME. HIS DEATH COMES AS PAKISTAN ENTERS THE FINAL WEEK OF WHAT'S THOUGHT TO BE ITS MOST VIOLENT ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THIS REPORT FROM ORLA GUERIN IN KARACHI. ANGUISH IN KARACHI TODAY, AS A DEADLY ELECTION SEASON CLAIMED MORE VICTIMS. A FATHER AN SON LIE SIDE BY SIDE. THEY WERE SPRAYED WITH BULLETS AS THEY LEFT A MOSQUE. SADIQ ZAMAN KHATTAK WAS A CANDIDATE FOR THE LIBERAL ANP, ONE OF THREE SECULAR PARTIES ON A TALIBAN HIT LIST. RELATIVES MOURN A MAN WHO WOULD NOT BACK DOWN. HIS BROTHER SAEED TOLD US HE PREDICTED HIS DEATH IN A SPEECH FOUR DAYS AGO. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: HE SAID, 'I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO KILL ME.' ACROSS TOWN, WE JOINED A CANDIDATE WHO IS CONTINUING HER STRUGGLE. KHUSHBAKHT SHUJAT IS FROM ANOTHER PARTY BEING TARGETED, THE MQM. THIS TIME IT IS VERY SCARY. THE PEOPLE ARE SCARED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO SEE ME HERE. THEN SHE MET THE VOTERS AS BEST SHE COULD. OPPONENTS OF THE TALIBAN HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SCALE BACK THEIR CAMPAIGNS, IF THEY CAMPAIGN AT ALL. WELL, RALLIES LIKE THIS ARE TYPICAL NOW. THEY'RE ON A SMALL SCALE IN THE BACK STREETS, AND THEY'RE HELD AT SHORT NOTICE. THE CANDIDATE DOESN'T STAY FOR LONG, BECAUSE OF THE RISK TO THEIR SUPPORTERS. BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE HAS BEEN CAST, THE TALIBAN IS ALTERING THE ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE HERE WITH BULLETS. FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYS THE CHILDREN GATHERED FOR AN ELECTION SONG. THEIR FUTURE SHOULD BE DECIDED AT THE BALLOT BOX,... ALL CHANT ...BUT MANY FEAR IT'S BEING DECIDED BY THE GUN. AND AT LEAST 70 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN THIS MONTH ALONE. NOW TO A DEVELOPMENT IN THE BOSTON BOMBINGS CASE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN REVEALED THAT THE TWO SUSPECTED BOMBERS HAD HOPED TO STRIKE ON THE 4TH OF JULY, INSTEAD CHOOSING THE BOSTON MARATHON. NOW AMERICAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM THEY MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN PLANNING SOMETHING ELSE. THIS FROM THE ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS. TODAY, FEDERAL AGENTS SCOURED SITES NEAR DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV'S DORM ROOM, LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS WHERE THE BOMBERS MAY HAVE PRACTISED DETONATING EXPLOSIVES. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS DZHOKHAR TOLD THE FBI HE AND HIS BROTHER DISCUSSED CONDUCTING A SUICIDE ATTACK, BUT OPTED FOR A REMOTE-CONTROLLED BOMBING. THIS AS THE BODY OF HIS BROTHER, TAMERLAN, WAS RELEASED TODAY BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER TO HIS FAMILY. AND NOW SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE ATTENTION OF FBI AGENTS REMAINS VERY FIXED ON HIS WIDOW. THE FBI BELIEVES TAMERLAN HAD A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIS WIFE, KATHERINE RUSSELL, HOURS AFTER AUTHORITIES RELEASED IMAGES OF THE TWO SUSPECTED BOMBERS. DZHOKHAR TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY MADE THE BOMBS IN HIS BROTHER'S APARTMENT, THOUGH SOURCES SAY FEMALE DNA DISCOVERED ON ONE OF THE BOMBS, APPARENTLY IS NOT RUSSELL'S. AND US AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED ONE OF DZHOKHAR'S FRIENDS, WHO'S BEEN ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, WAS ABLE TO RE-ENTER THE COUNTRY EVEN THOUGH HIS STUDENT VISA HAD EXPIRED. SCIENTISTS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE FOUND A NEW USE FOR 3D PRINTERS: THEY'RE PLANNING TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY, ALONG WITH REAL HUMAN CELLS, TO CREATE BODY PARTS FOR THOSE NEEDING TRANSPLANTS. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS EXPLAINS. THIS IS THE MEDICAL FACTORY WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE WORKING ON BUILDING HUMAN TISSUE AND BODY PARTS. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A 3D PRINTER WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BUILDING UP QUITE COMPLEX STRUCTURES, LAYER BY LAYER. THE PRINTER USES HUMAN CELLS MIXED WITH HYRDOGEL TO CREATE A SCAFFOLD, OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE. WITHIN A FEW YEARS, SCIENTISTS HERE ARE HOPING TO MANUFACTURE LIVING TISSUES SUCH AS SKIN, CARTILAGE, ARTERIES AND HEART VALVES. AT THE MOMENT OUR TARGETED APPLICATIONS ARE IN BUILDING 3D STRUCTURES FOR NERVE AND FOR MUSCLE REPAIR. AND BY 2025 SCIENTISTS HOPE TO TAILOR-MAKE FUNCTIONAL ORGANS. THE NEW FORMULATION THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED ENABLES US TO DELIVER THE CELLS WITH GREATER THAN 95% VIABILITY. FOR DECADES IT'S BEEN THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION. GENTLEMEN, WE CAN REBUILD HIM. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. NOW IT SEEMS THE BIONIC MAN CAN ALSO BE REGENERATED IN THE FUTURE. WHILE BIONIC TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL IMPLANTS HAVE ALREADY TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF MANY, THE FUTURE LOOKS EVEN MORE EXCITING, WITH ADVANCES TO STEM CELLS AND TISSUE ENGINEERING. THE RATE OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. USING HUMAN CELLS ELIMINATES THE RISK OF ORGAN REJECTION, AND IT'S HOPED ONE DAY ORGAN WAITING LISTS WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST. AND THE SCIENTISTS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ANIMAL TRIALS TO REPRODUCE ARTERIES, HEART VALVES, CARTILAGE AND SKIN. AMERICANS ARE BATTLING FIRE AND ICE THIS WEEKEND AS EXTREME WEATHER BATTERS THE COUNTRY. FIRST UP, WE LOOK AT THE WILDFIRES THREATENING THOUSANDS OF HOMES IN LOS ANGELES. POWERED BY THE HOT DESERT WIND AND THE OCEAN BREEZE, THE BLAZE EXPLODED FROM 10 ACRES TO 10,000 ACRES IN 25 HOURS. ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT IS THERE. ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC HIGHWAYS IN AMERICA IS TODAY THE FRONT LINE OF THE BIGGEST WILDFIRE IN THE WEST. AND TODAY, ABC NEWS CAMERAS GOT RIGHT INTO THE HEAT OF THE DAY'S BIGGEST HOTSPOT ` A BLAZE PUSHED IN ONE DIRECTION BY HOT WIND FROM THE DESERT,... I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE FRONT OF US. ...AND NOW PUSHED THE OTHER WAY BY A COOL OCEAN BREEZE. IT'S SWIRLING AROUND. IT COMES FROM EVERY DIRECTION. THE WIND IS JUST SHIFTING CONTINUOUSLY,... ...WHIPPING UP WALLS OF FLAME 150FT TALL. HELICOPTERS ATTACK FROM THE AIR, BUT THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT OF THEM TO COVER 10,000 ACRES. ON THE GROUND 1000 FIREFIGHTERS FORM THE INFANTRY. THEY HAVE TO BE PLUMBERS AS WELL AS FOOT SOLDIERS, BRINGING THE WATER RIGHT INTO THE FLAMES, STOPPING THE FIRE IN ITS TRACKS. THE DRAMATIC HILLS ALONG ROUTE 1 ARE FULL OF DRY BRUSH, PRACTICALLY BUILT TO BURN. ONE THING ABOUT FIRE, IT TENDS TO BURN UPHILL. STEEP TERRAIN LIKE THIS ACTS LIKE A CHIMNEY. THAT HOUSE IS IN REAL JEOPARDY. TED FISHER SPRAYED DOWN HIS HOUSE IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE IT FROM THE FLAMES. I THINK THERE'S A LOT IN THIS HOUSE AND A LOT OF TIME AND MEMORIES, AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE IT. 4000 HOMES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THREAT. 15 HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BUT, AMAZINGLY, NONE OF THEM DESTROYED, AND THE FIREFIGHTERS HERE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. MEANWHILE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY'S BEING PLUNGED BACK INTO WINTER AS AN HISTORIC SNOWSTORM BRINGS FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE ABC'S GINGER ZEE REPORTS. MAN: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE AND UNPRECEDENTED, AT LEAST IN RECORDED HISTORY. ARKANSAS HAS NEVER HAD SNOW IN MAY... UNTIL TODAY. MAN: IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S MAY THE 3RD. MAN: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED. AND IN KANSAS CITY, THEY WERE SNOWED OUT ` TWO BASEBALL GAMES ROYALLY INTERRUPTED. RECORDS FROM OKLAHOMA TO MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA TO WISCONSIN WERE NOT JUST BROKEN BUT SMASHED. AND WITH THE SNOW, THE COLD. I THINK IT'S PAST FRUSTRATION NOW. IT'S JUST ABOUT ANGER. IN IOWA, IT'S NOT ANGER BUT LONGING ` FOR FLOWERS WITHOUT FROSTING. THE SNOW IS INCREDIBLE. IT'S BEEN A 'NEVER BEFORE' FOR MILLIONS, LIKE THIS MOTHER GOOSE PROTECTING HER EGGS, SURROUNDED IN SNOW, WAITING FOR SPRING TO RETURN, LIKE THE REST OF US. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS GAVE AUCKLANDERS A TASTE OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT MORE OF FROM THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE CITY. A HUGE TREE CAME DOWN ACROSS THREE APARTMENTS IN THE EASTERN SUBURB OF REMUERA. EMERGENCY SERVICES ATTENDED A NUMBER OF MINOR CRASHES ON THE MOTORWAY SYSTEM. POLICE ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO DRIVE TO THE CONDITIONS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SO, NOT ONLY MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST, KAREN, BUT YOU'RE ALSO THROWING IN SNOW AND GALES TOO? NOT LOOKING TOO FLASH TOMORROW. SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. GALES, HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. GOOD DAY TO GET THE BOARD GAMES OUT. HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR WESTLAND UNTIL MIDDAY TOMORROW, AND FOR THESE AREAS TOMORROW. METSERVICE HAS JUST ADDED THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA TO THE RAIN WARNING. ANOTHER 60MM TO 80MM LIKELY OVERNIGHT FROM THUNDERSTORMS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH YOUR STORMY SUNDAY FORECAST, ALSO WARNINGS FOR SNOW AND GALES. AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHANGES TO YOUR HOME INSURANCE POLICY SO YOU DON'T END UP OUT OF POCKET. ALSO, SIMPLE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ENSURE BURGLARS DON'T NICK YOUR STUFF. AND FOR 70 YEARS IT'S RESTED IN A WATERY GRAVE ` WHY SALVORS ARE NOW KEEN TO RETRIEVE THIS PLANE FROM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. , CHANGES TO HOME INSURANCE ARE PUTTING THE ONUS ON HOMEOWNERS TO DECIDE HOW MUCH THEIR HOUSE IS WORTH. AND IF YOU GET IT WRONG, YOU'LL BE THE ONE OUT OF POCKET. JOANNA HUNKIN EXPLAINS. TOM MARTINDALE ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES WITH HIS INSURANCE, HIRING A REGISTERED VALUER TO PRICE THE COST OF A REBUILD. WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE HOUSE, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WILL FOCUS ON. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE OUTBUILDINGS, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THE DRIVEWAY WE'RE STANDING ON. THERE'S ALSO INFLATION TO CONSIDER AND THE COST OF CLEARING THE SITE IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE OR NATURAL DISASTER. OUR PRODUCT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO USE, AND IT'S ALWAYS IN THE MOST DEVASTATING SITUATIONS THAT YOU FIND OUT WHETHER YOU'RE COVERED ENOUGH OR NOT. THE CHANGE COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKES, AS REINSURERS ARE NO LONGER WILLING TO ACCEPT NZ'S OPEN-ENDED POLICIES. THE BIG ISSUE THAT CHRISTCHURCH ESCALATED IS THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THEIR OVERALL LIABILITIES AND WHAT THEY WERE COLLECTING PREMIUM FOR AND WHAT WE WERE COLLECTING PREMIUM FOR. SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CLARIFY WHAT THEY'RE EXPOSED TO AND THEIR LIABILITY. WHICH MEANS YOU'RE NOW LIABLE FOR THE COST OF A REBUILD. INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE PROVIDED ONLINE CALCULATORS LIKE THIS, BUT SOME WARN THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHERE, INITIALLY, WHEN THEY START OUT WITH THE SUM INSURED WITH ANY INSURANCE COMPANY, IS TO GET THAT FIGURE RIGHT. THIS ONLINE CALCULATOR WORKED OUT A REBUILD COST THAT WAS $35,000 LESS THAN THE REGISTERED VALUER'S ASSESSMENT. AT AROUND $500 FOR A VALUATION, TOM MARTINDALE SAYS IT'S WORTH THE PEACE OF MIND. WE WANTED TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE HAD IT RIGHT, AND WE FELT THAT A PROFESSIONAL WAS BETTER. THE CHANGE WILL ROLL OUT AROUND THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. AND WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOME INSURANCE, WE'VE GOT A FEW SIMPLE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ENSURE YOU DON'T FALL VICTIM TO BURGLARS. THE ABC'S DEBORAH ROBERTS MET A MASTER THIEF WHO REVEALED SOME TRICKS OF HIS TRADE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A HOME ROBBER IS AS CHOOSY AS A HOME BUYER. ANYTHING HERE LOOK ENTICING? CHRIS PATTERSON OUGHT TO KNOW. HE'S A FORMER THIEF AND SAYS SOME HOUSES JUST SCREAM 'ROB ME!' AND OTHERS, NOT SO MUCH. HIS BIG TIP ` A SECURITY SYSTEM IS WORTH IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAS CAMERAS. IN FACT, SOME CAN EVEN BEAM LIVE VIDEO OF A BREAK-IN AS IT'S HAPPENING... SO A HOMEOWNER CAN CALL THE COPS. BUT, GET THIS ` PATTERSON STILL ROBBED PLENTY OF HOMES PROTECTED BY ALARM SYSTEMS. HOW? BECAUSE OWNERS ARE OFTEN TOO LAZY TO TURN THEM ON. HALF THE TIME, IT'S NOT EVEN ON, EVEN IF THERE IS ONE THERE. NOT EVEN ARMED? REALLY? ON THE FLIPSIDE, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS ON. THE 'BEWARE OF DOGS' SIGNS? NOT GOING NEAR IT. (LAUGHS) PATTERSON CONFESSES ALL YOU NEED IS A 'BEWARE OF DOG' SIGN. YOU CAN SKIP THE ACTUAL DOG. AUTOMATIC NO-NO. SO IF THAT'S WHAT TURNS HIM AWAY, WHAT ATTRACTS HIM TO YOUR HOME? NOW, SEE, THAT ONE'S COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED. THERE'S NO WAY FOR ANYONE TO SEE WHAT'S IN THE FRONT. IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE BURGLAR. THAT'S BECAUSE PRIVACY MAKES HIS JOB SO MUCH EASIER. THE SAME PRIVACY THAT YOU THINK, 'OH, I LOVE THE PRIVACY 'OF HAVING MY BACKYARD AND NOT HAVING PEOPLE LOOK IN'? I WALK THROUGH THE GATE TO YOUR BACKYARD AND I GO, 'OH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE BEAUTIFUL SHRUBS. 'NOW I CAN DO MY JOB WITHOUT ANYBODY SEEING ME. ALMOST 40,000 HOME BURGLARIES WERE REPORTED IN NZ LAST YEAR. A FAMOUS GERMAN BOMBER USED IN WWII IS BEING SALVAGED FROM ITS WATERY GRAVE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. IT'S THOUGHT THE FRAGILE WRECKAGE IS THE ONLY SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF THE GERMAN DORNIER 17, NICKNAMED THE FLYING PENCIL. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM WENT TO MEET THOSE INVOLVED IN THE COMPLEX RESCUE OPERATION. THE SUMMER OF 1940, AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN RAGES OVER SOUTHERN ENGLAND. IN DAILY DOGFIGHTS AND BOMBING RAIDS, THE GERMAN AIR FORCE SEEKS TO DESTROY THE RAF IN THE RUN-UP TO A PLANNED INVASION. PLANE EXPLODES THE DORNIER 17, KNOWN AS 'THE FLYING PENCIL' FOR ITS LONG, THIN SHAPE, WAS A DEADLY MAINSTAY OF THE BOMBER FLEETS ATTACKING BRITISH CITIES AND AIRFIELDS. AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE TO SURVIVE. IT'S DAMAGED AND COVERED IN BARNACLES, SAND AND FISHING NETS, BUT THE FUSELAGE, WINGS AND ENGINES ARE INTACT, AND SO IS THE LANDING GEAR, COMPLETE WITH FULLY INFLATED TYRES. TWO YEARS AGO, A SURVEY FOR THE RAF MUSEUM CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS INDEED A DORNIER 17 LYING ON ITS BACK ON THE GOODWIN SANDS. HISTORICALLY, IT IS FANTASTIC. THIS AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TYPE IN EXISTENCE IN THE WORLD. WHEN WE LIFT IT, WE WANNA BE NOSE DOWN SO THAT... TO RAISE THE PLANE, THE SALVAGE COMPANY SEATECH HAS DESIGNED A SPECIAL FRAME OR CRADLE IN WHICH TO LIFT THE AIRCRAFT. IT WILL TAKE UP TO FOUR WEEKS FOR THE DIVERS TO BUILD IT. BUT DORNIERS WERE MADE OF ALUMINIUM, WHICH CORRODES BADLY IN SEAWATER, SO SCIENTISTS WORKING ON A SMALL FRAGMENT OF THE PLANE, HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO PRESERVE IT FOR THE LONG TERM. WE HAVE A PLAN FOR CLEANING IT. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, SOME ACID WASHES. NATURALLY, ONE THAT WE FOUND THAT WORKS VERY WELL SOME ACID WASHES. NATURALLY, ONE THAT WE FOUND THAT WORKS VERY WELL IS JUST A CITRIC ACID. AND THAT'S LEMON JUICE. LEMON JUICE. THAT'S RIGHT. THE RAF MUSEUM'S CONSERVATION CENTRE HAS BUILT THESE POLY TUNNELS IN WHICH TO SPRAY THE PLANE WITH A MIXTURE OF WATER AND CITRIC ACID FOR 18 MONTHS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THERE WERE TEARS AND LAUGHTER AS LABOUR MP PAREKURA HOROMIA WAS FAREWELLED AT HAUITI MARAE IN TOLAGA BAY. AROUND 2000 MOURNERS HEARD HOW THE FORMER MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER WAS A MAN WHO LED WITH HIS HEART AND WORRIED ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS LATER. PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED BUDGET TREATMENT AT THE SOUTH AUCKLAND HOME OF AN UNREGISTERED DENTIST ARE BEING URGED TO CONTACT THE PACIFIC HEALTH UNIT AT MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. SIONE VAILEA IS FACING CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY CARRYING OUT EXTRACTIONS, FILLINGS, DENTURE WORK AND PRESCRIBING MEDICINE. AND 600 PEOPLE WHO WENT TO A FREE CONCERT IN CHRISTCHURCH BUT FAILED TO DO THE FOUR HOURS' VOLUNTEER WORK REQUIRED IN RETURN, FACE BEING NAMED ONLINE. ONLY 15 PEOPLE TURNED UP TODAY TO COMPLETE THEIR PROMISED HOURS OF COMMUNITY WORK BEFORE THE DEADLINE PASSED. HERE'S JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. YACHTING ADVERSARIES GRANT DALTON AND SIR RUSSELL COUTTS LOCK HORNS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE PAIR'S TESTY EXCHANGE AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE, THE BLUES WITHSTOOD THE PRESSURE, WHILE THE CHIEFS RUN DOWN THE REBELS IN MELBOURNE. IS THIS THE YEAR OF THE BUNNIES? GREG INGLIS AND HIS SOUTHS TEAMMATES STEAMROLL THE BRONCOS. AND WHO WILL JOIN THE 7 NBA TEAMS IN ROUND TWO OF THE PLAY-OFFS? KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. A WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN RIVALS GRANT DALTON AND SIR RUSSELL COUTTS AT A CHARITY FUNDRAISER SUGGEST STORMY TIMES AHEAD AT THIS YEAR'S AMERICA'S CUP IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE LACK OF LIVE TV COVERAGE IN THE FIRST MONTH WAS ONE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE. BUT AS MARTIN TASKER REPORTS, THE SPARRING GOT A BIT PERSONAL TOO. COUTTS V DALTON WAS ALWAYS LIKELY TO BE FEISTY. GOOD NEWS FOR THE ORGANISERS LOOKING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TWO PARALYMPIC SAILORS. AND THEY WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED. DALTON LAYING AN AMBUSH, RECALLING LARRY ELLISON'S VISION FOR AN EVENT THAT NOW HAS JUST THREE CHALLENGERS. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GONNA BE A MULTICHALLENGER EVENT, SO MAYBE 16 TEAMS. THEN THE ISSUE OF THE BOATS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO THESE MULTIHULLS LIKE WE RACED IN VALENCIA. JUST LIKE THE AC72 CATAMARANS. COUTTS WAS QUICK TO DEFEND HIS BOSS. LARRY'S DONE ACTUALLY A TREMENDOUS JOB IN THIS AMERICA'S CUP. HE HAD A VISION TO CREATE A TELEVISION CONCEPT THAT WAS GOING TO TRANSFORM SAILING. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST THINK IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. AND LARRY DOES HAVE A VISION, BUT IT'S NOT A VISION THAT YOU CAN SHARE IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE VISION. AND THE TV IS GOOD IF YOU BELIEVE THAT TV IS THE FUTURE NECESSARILY WITH SPORT. I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT TELEVISION IS NOT IMPORTANT. IF IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT FILMING THE LOUIS VUITTON FLEET RACES? WE ARE WE ARE. BUT YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THEM LIVE. NO, WE ARE FILMING IT, AND WE ARE TRANSMITTING THE IMAGES LIVE. YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT. ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE JUST GOT THE FACTS WRONG. THE FACTS ARE, THE COVERAGE BEING OFFERED TO TVNZ FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF RACING COMPRISES TWO MUTE CAMERAS, NO ON-BOARD CAMERAS, NO AUDIO COVERAGE DESIGNED ` NOT FOR BROADCAST BUT FOR THE BIG SCREENS ON SHORE IN SAN FRANCISCO. THEN IT GOT PERSONAL. AND GRANT'S RACING ON THE BOAT. HE'S 54 YEARS OLD. THERE'S NOBODY IN NZ THAT HE CAN FIND THAT'S BETTER THAN THE 54-YEAR-OLD? YOU KNOW, THE THING I LOVE ABOUT DALTS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIS ABILITY TO RAISE MONEY, BECAUSE FRANKLY, I FIND IT VERY TOUGH TO RAISE MONEY, GO OUT AND FIND SPONSORS AND SO FORTH. NOW, I'VE GOT A FEW WINS BEHIND MY BELT, YOU KNOW. DALTS HAS GOT A LOT OF SECOND PLACINGS, YOU KNOW. LAUGHTER ON A HAPPIER NOTE, THE CAMPAIGN FOR DAVID BARNES AND RICK DODSON TO THE PARALYMPICS IN RIO IS AT LEAST $250,000 TO THE GOOD. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE BLUES AND THE CHIEFS ARE STILL THE FORM NZ SUPER RUGBY SIDES, CHALKING UP VICTORIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN LAST NIGHT. BUT AS MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS, NEITHER WIN WAS EASY. SIX MATCHES ON THE SIDELINES HAS CERTAINLY REVVED UP THIS MAN. AND KURTLEY BEALE, WELCOME BACK! INJURY AND SUSPENSION FOR A BOOZY PUNCH-UP WITH TEAMMATES BEHIND HIM, HE PUT THE REBELS WITHIN SEVEN OF AN UPSET WIN OVER THE CHIEFS, WHO LOOKED TO HAVE SEWN THE MATCH UP IN THE FIRST HALF-HOUR,... AND IT'S A FLYING START AGAIN FOR THE CHIEFS. OH, AND THE GAP OPENED UP! BEAUTIFUL STEPPING! AND THEY'RE QUEUING UP ON THE OUTSIDE. ...A HAT-TRICK TO FULLBACK GARETH ANSCOMBE AND A BONUS POINT BEFORE HALF-TIME. BUT THE REBELS WERE NO LOST CAUSE. REACHING OUT. GOT IT DOWN. TRY TIME, REBELS! THE CHIEFS ADDED TO THEIR 24-14 HALFTIME LEAD UNTIL UNUSUAL CHINKS BEGAN TO SHOW. AND THE BIG LOCK GETS IT. AND HE'S GOT O'CONNOR LOOMING UP ON THE INSIDE, AND THEY'VE GOT A THOUSAND MEN ON THE OUTSIDE. THE REBELS WERE WITHIN EIGHT UNTIL A HUMAN WALL RAN AT JAMES O'CONNOR. AND IT'S BEEN CHARGED DOWN, AND THERE IS A SIMPLE FIVE-POINTER! THE 2.04M FRAME OF BRODIE RETALLICK PROVIDED A BUFFER. FINAL SCORE: 33-39. INSTEAD OF TRIES, IT WAS BLOOD FLOWING IN ALBANY; TOM MCCARTNEY THE POSTER BOY OF A WET-BALL BLUES-STORMERS ARM WRESTLE. THE STORMERS LOOKED THE MOST LIKELY, BUT IT WAS THE BLUES' CHRIS NOAKES TICKING THE SCOREBOARD OVER WITH A BLUES-RECORD SIX PENALTIES. THE SPRINGBOK AND STORMERS CAPTAIN HAD THE ONLY TRIES. HE'S GOT IT DOWN. THAT'S A TRY. DE VILLIERS! HE'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY! A NIGGLY ENCOUNTER BY ALL ACCOUNTS, BUT WITH AN INTENSE FINISH ` THE STORMERS, DOWN BY ONE, BANGING ON THE DOOR FOR FOUR MINUTES AFTER THE HOOTER. JANTJES! OH NO, HE'S MISSED IT! GAME OVER! THE BLUES WITH THE 17-18 VICTORY, BUT LOSING HOOKER KEVIN MEALAMU FOR ANOTHER WEEK DUE TO HIS TROUBLESOME CALF. THE BLUES ARE NOW SEARCHING THE AUCKLAND CLUB SCENE FOR A REPLACEMENT. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. ANDREW NICHOLSON'S MADE A SOLID START IN THE DRESSAGE IN HIS BID TO WIN A FIRST BADMINTON TITLE AND A RARE GRAND SLAM OF THREE-DAY EVENTING. NICHOLSON, RIDING AVEBURY, FINISHED THIRD ` ONE PLACE AHEAD OF GRAND SLAM RIVAL WILLIAM FOX PITT. THE NZERS RIDES NEREO IN THE SECOND ROUND TONIGHT. HIS TILT AT THE $400,000 GRAND SLAM BEGAN WITH A WIN ON AVEBURY AT BURGHLEY LAST SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWED BY VICTORY IN KENTUCKY ON QUIMBO JUST LAST WEEKEND. BENJI MARSHALL WAS BACK IN ACTION IN THE NRL LAST NIGHT AFTER ALMOST A MONTH ON THE SIDELINES. BUT MARSHALL'S BRILLIANCE WASN'T ENOUGH TO LIFT THE INJURY-PLAGUED TIGERS BACK TO WINNING FORM OVER A RESURGENT CANTERBURY BULLDOGS. JOE PORTER REPORTS. BENJI MARSHALL WASN'T THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL RETURNING TO DUTY ` A BULLDOGS SMOKESCREEN REVEALED KIWIS PROP SAM KASIANO, PLAYING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. OH, BEAUTIFUL BALL. BENJI BACK ON THE INSIDE, BUT THERE WAS A BRICK WALL IN FRONT OF THAT PLAYER. IT WAS KASIANO. A FAIR-SIZE BRICK WALL. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. THE MAN MOUNTAIN PUT HIS FRAME TO GOOD USE BEFORE ANOTHER BULLDOGS GIANT CRASHED OVER. ENNIS. ENNIS. OH, BEAUTIFUL BALL AWAY TO THE OUTSIDE. WILLIAMS SCORES A TRY. THE DOGS WERE DEALT A DOSE OF LUCK FOR THEIR NEXT TRY, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING LUCKY ABOUT THEIR THIRD. OH, BEAUTIFUL BALL AWAY ON THE OUTSIDE. LAFAI COMES TO THE FULLBACK, DOUBLE PUMPS, PASSES ON THE OUTSIDE, AND PERRETT SCORES. A FOURTH BEFORE HALF-TIME; WESTS IN A 22-0 HOLE THAT KEPT GETTING DEEPER. BEAUTIFUL SPIN MOVE BACK ON THE INSIDE. STILL GOING. HE'S OVER. THAT'S A TRY. LAFAI COMES BACK ON THE INSIDE. AROUND THE CORNER TO PERRETT. PERRETT WILL GO IN. GREAT TRY. THE TIGERS WOULD CLAW ONE BACK, BUT THEY WERE DOG TUCKER. ON THE OUTSIDE, BROWN. HE'LL DIVE AND SCORE A GREAT TRY. CANTERBURY COMPLETED THEIR BIGGEST-EVER WIN OVER WESTS IN STYLE ` THE FINAL SCORE: 40-4. IN BRISBANE RUSSELL CROWE HOPED HIS SECOND-PLACED SOUTHS WOULD END THE BRONCOS THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK. SUTTON GOT IT AWAY. CLARK. CLARK. STEPS HE'LL SCORE THIS TIME. SCOTT PRINCE HIT BACK FOR BRISBANE BEFORE AN AERIAL ASSAULT GAVE THEM A 12-8 HALF-TIME LEAD. CUE GREG INGLIS,... YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. ...THE SOUTHS' FULLBACK GOING FROM BULLDOZER TO BALLET DANCER. OH, GREG INGLIS, HE PICKED IT UP ON THE GROUND AND AROUND THE BOOTLACES, MADE AN IMPACT, AND, OH, HE BEAT ANOTHER ONE! NATHAN MERRITT SNUCK OVER SOON AFTER BEFORE A THIRD TRY IN EIGHT MINUTES GAVE THE BUNNIES THE BOUNTY, 26-12. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. WHILE THE RABBITOHS HAVE ONLY LOST ONE GAME THIS SEASON; THE WARRIORS HAVE ONLY WON ONE, AND THE PRESSURE'S MOUNTING AT THE BOTTOM-PLACED CLUB. WHILE RAIN FELL ON THE TEAM AT TODAY'S TRAINING, COACH MATT ELLIOTT WAS QUICK TO POUR WATER ON SPECULATION HIS JOB'S UNDER THREAT. I ALWAYS PUT A FAIR BIT OF PRESSURE ON MYSELF. EVEN IF WE'D WON EVERY GAME, I'D FEEL LIKE THE PRESSURE WAS ON, SO, UM,... IT'S PART OF THE OCCUPATION, SO I'M NOT REALLY CONSCIOUS OF ANYTHING EXTERNAL, THAT'S FOR SURE. THE WARRIORS FACE SIXTH-PLACED GOLD COAST AT MT SMART TOMORROW, AND ELLIOTT SAYS THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IS SIMPLE. WE PLAY FOR 80 MINUTES. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THREE WEEKS OF LEARNING THAT LESSON. WE LED OUR LAST THREE GAMES IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES AND HAD... YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ZERO TO SHOW FOR IT. THERE IS ONE GOOD OMEN FOR THE AUCKLAND CLUB ` THEY'VE WON THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES AGAINST THE TITANS. TO THE NBA PLAY-OFFS NOW, AND SEVEN OF THE EIGHT TEAMS HAVE BEEN FOUND FOR ROUND TWO. OKLAHOMA CITY WILL PLAY MEMPHIS AFTER BOTH SIDES POSTED WINS TODAY TO COMPLETE ROUND ONE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE, THE NEW YORK KNICKS HAVE ADVANCED TO THE SECOND ROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 13 YEARS, HOLDING OFF A DETERMINED BOSTON CELTICS 88-80. CARMELO ANTHONY WAS THE STANDOUT FOR NYC WITH 21 POINTS. ANTHONY FOR THREE. BANG! CARMELO ANTHONY FROM DOWNTOWN, AND THAT PUTS IT BACK UP TO NINE. HUGE SHOT FROM ANTHONY. SO WITH BOSTON GONE, THE KNICKS WILL MEET THE INDIANA PACERS IN THE SECOND ROUND. YOUNG IRISH GOLFER RORY MCILROY HAS FALLEN OFF THE PACE AT THE WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA, FINISHING DAY TWO TIED FOR FIFTH, THREE SHOTS BACK. INSTEAD, IT'S PHIL MICKELSON WHO'S STORMED UP THE LEADER BOARD, SIX BIRDIES HELPING HIM TO A FIVE-UNDER PAR 67 FOR THE DAY. MAN: THAT'S FUN. THAT'S FUN TO WATCH. THAT THING BROKE 3FT AT THE END TO GO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND LOOK AT THE NEW LEADER ALL BY HIMSELF. HE'S TWO SHOTS CLEAR AT THE TOP ON NINE-UNDER. THE AMERICAN WORKED HIS USUAL MAGIC. WATCH THIS. (LAUGHS) OH, HE LOVES THAT. AUSTRALIAN SCOTT GARDINER HOLED FOUR CONSECUTIVE BIRDIES ON THE FRONT NINE. HE'S ONE OF THREE TIED FOR SECOND AT SEVEN-UNDER. THINGS NOT SO GOOD FOR TOP-RANKED KIWI GOLFER MICHAEL HENDRY AT THE CHINA OPEN. HE'S DROPPED DOWN THE LEADER BOARD TODAY WITH A THIRD-ROUND THREE OVER, UNABLE TO MATCH HIS FIVE-UNDER 67 YESTERDAY. OVERNIGHT LEADER FINLAND'S MIKKO ILONEN HAD THIS BUNKER SHOT LEADING TO A BOGEY TO TRIM HIS THREE-SHOT LEAD ON THE SIXTH. CHASING BACK-TO-BACK WINS, AUSSIE BRETT RUMFORD NARROWED THE GAP TO ONE WITH A BIRDIE AFTER THIS SUPERB APPROACH. MAN: NOW, THAT IS OUTSTANDING. WHAT A SHOT FROM RUMFORD. ASIAN ORDER OF MERIT LEADER KIRADECH APHIBARNRAT OF THAILAND MADE A BOGEY AFTER THIS MISS, SLIPPING FROM JOINT SECOND BACK TO A TIE FOR THIRD. THE ROTORUA MARATHON HAS BEEN WON IN THE FASTEST TIME IN MORE THAN A DECADE. CURRENT NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION TIMARU'S SAM WREFORD WON THE MEN'S RACE WITH A TIME OF JUST OVER TWO HOURS, 22 MINUTES. HOME TOWN FAVOURITE STEVEN O'CALLAGHAN HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND, NEARLY 12 MINUTES BEHIND WREFORD. THANKFULLY, THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF A REPEAT OF 2009, WHEN HE TRIPPED JUST METRES FROM THE LINE, HANDING OVER FIRST PLACE. THE WOMEN'S RACE WAS WON BY HAMILTON'S ERIN FURNESS. THANKS, SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN WARNS OF STORMY WEATHER FOR PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS TOMORROW. HELLO AGAIN. HOPE YOU HAVE AN INDOORS SORT OF DAY PLANNED TOMORROW. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY NICE. LOTS OF WARNINGS, SO I GET STRAIGHT INTO THOSE. HEAVY RAIN WARNING FOR WESTLAND UNTIL MIDDAY TOMORROW AND FOR THESE AREAS TOMORROW. NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS GRADUALLY RISING TO SEVERE GALE IN NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND TOMORROW. GUSTS TO 130KM/H OVERNIGHT. AND SOUTH-EASTERLY GALES AT THE OTHER END OF THE COUNTRY. 120KM/H GUSTS IN EXPOSED PLACES. EXPECTING SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS, SO A WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR LINDIS PASS AND MILFORD ROAD TOMORROW. AND NOT QUITE AT WARNING LEVEL YET, WE HAVE A WATCH IN FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR THESE AREAS. SNOW ABOVE 600M ON THE MAIN DIVIDE, AND NORTH-WESTERLY GALES IN THE NORTH TOMORROW. RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO, A ROUGH NIGHT AND DAY COMING UP FOR MANY PLACES. TAKE CARE. SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. Q + A IS HERE TOMORROW AT 9 WITH SUSAN WOOD AND JESSICA MUTCH TALKING TO PETER DUNNE ABOUT THE POWER HE WIELDS IN PARLIAMENT, LOOKING AT A NEW DIGITAL CURRENCY THAT CUTS OUT BANKS, AND FINDING OUT WHY MEN GET PROMOTED AND WOMEN LEFT BEHIND. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.