GOOD EVENING. WE'VE GOT AN ACTIVE TROUGH SITTING OVER US. A REAL MIX OF WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` FROM STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AND A DUSTING OF SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS, TO SUNNY SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES. THERE'S STILL WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR SNOW, HEAVY RAIN AND GALES. YOUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL FORECAST COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS TRAINING CUTBACKS LEFT SOME OF OUR TROOPS INADEQUATELY PREPARED TO SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN. ACCUSATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION ARE MADE AGAINST AN ANGLICAN BISHOP OVER THE CASE OF A GAY MAN WHO WANTS TO BECOME A PRIEST. A REALITY TV STAR WHO HAS A GRAND DESIGN FOR AUCKLAND'S FUTURE, JOINS THE MAYORAL RACE. AND A CRACKING START FOR AN ENDANGERED BROWN KIWI. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. SERIOUS CONCERNS ARE BEING RAISED TONIGHT OVER WHETHER OUR TROOPS WERE ADEQUATELY PREPARED TO SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN. A DEFENCE FORCE INQUIRY'S HEARD EVIDENCE FROM A COMMANDING OFFICER SAYING HE DID NOT BELIEVE SOLDIERS WERE READY TO BE DEPLOYED IN 2011 BECAUSE THEIR TRAINING HAD BEEN CUT SHORT DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP. THE INQUIRY WAS PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF A SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN. FOR LEGAL REASONS, ONE NEWS CAN'T REPORT DETAILS SURROUNDING THAT DEATH. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. IN APRIL LAST YEAR, ONE NEWS WAS WITH THE 19TH GROUP OF NZ SOLDIERS TO SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN THEY TOOK A MOMENT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A FALLEN COMRADE. NZ LOST 10 SOLDIERS SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS. FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER PHIL GOFF HAS SEEN A REPORT INTO ONE OF THOSE DEATHS. LEGAL REASONS MEAN WE'RE NOT REPORTING CERTAIN DETAILS FROM THE INQUIRY. BUT MR GOFF SAYS ITS FINDINGS RAISE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES. THE MINISTER'S DENIED YOU THE REPORT. HE'S DENIED ME THE REPORT ON THE BASIS IT WAS ABOUT PRIVACY. IT'S NOT ABOUT PRIVACY. IT'S ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT BEING IRRESPONSIBLE IN SENDING PEOPLE INTO A WAR ZONE WITHOUT ADEQUATE PREPARATION, CUTTING BACK THEIR TRAINING BY 40%. THAT'S NOT ON. IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. IT'S NEGLIGENT. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. THE REPORT SAYS THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND WARRANT OFFICER... THE INQUIRY FOUND THAT DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE 2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP,... IT GOES ON TO SAY, 'AN EXAMPLE IS WHEN THE NURSING OFFICER 'AND SENIOR MEDIC RECEIVED A... THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEING PLACED AT CONSIDERABLE RISK BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ADEQUATELY TRAINED. THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. THE GOVERNMENT TOOK A SHORT-CUT. IN A STATEMENT RECEIVED IN THE LAST HALF HOUR, THE DEFENCE FORCE SAYS THE GROUP RECEIVED SUFFICIENT TRAINING AND COMPLETED THE ELEMENTS MISSED IN NZ ONCE THEY WERE IN AFGHANISTAN. THE DEFENCE FORCE SAYS CRIB 19 PERFORMED TO A HIGH STANDARD DURING THEIR TOUR. THE REPORT ALSO IDENTIFIES THAT THE GROUP'S TRADITIONAL SIX-MONTH DEPLOYMENT WAS EXTENDED TO EIGHT MONTHS BECAUSE OF RUGBY WORLD CUP DEMANDS, BUT NO LEAVE BREAK WAS PROVIDED; SOMETHING OTHER NATION'S FORCES RECEIVE. THAT'S NOT FAIR ON THE KIWIS THAT WE SENT OVER. THAT WAS PUTTING THEM AND THEIR WELL-BEING AND THEIR LIVES UNNECESSARILY AT RISK ALL NZ SOLDIERS ARE NOW OUT OF BAMIYAN. AND THE REPORT SAYS THESE FACTORS DID NOT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIER'S DEATH. BUT THE DEFENCE MINISTER IS REFUSING TO TALK ABOUT THE WIDER CONCERNS RAISED IN THIS REPORT. THE ANGLICAN BISHOP OF AUCKLAND IS BEING TAKEN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OVER ALLEGATIONS HE'S DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AN OPENLY GAY MAN WHO WANTS TO BECOME A PRIEST. THE MAN, WHO CAN'T BE NAMED FOR LEGAL REASONS, CLAIMS HE'S BEING EXCLUDED BECAUSE HE'S GAY. AS LISA OWEN REPORTS, THE BISHOP DENIES THAT. THE RIGHT REVEREND ROSS BAY PREACHES TOLERANCE, BUT NOW HE IS ACCUSED OF PREVENTING A GAY MAN ENTERING THE ANGLICAN CHURCH'S TRAINING OR 'DISCERNMENT' PROGRAMME FOR PRIESTS BECAUSE HE'S UNMARRIED AND IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MALE PARTNER. THIS CASE IS, I IMAGINE, GOING TO ATTRACT PHENOMENAL INTEREST. THE COMPLAINANT SAYS HE'S BEEN SIGNALLING HIS DESIRE TO TRAIN FOR THE PRIESTHOOD SINCE 2006, BUT HE'S NEVER BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAMME. THE MAN WHO LODGED THE COMPLAINT MAINTAINS THAT IF HE WAS UNMARRIED BUT IN A HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OR A CIVIL UNION IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY. HE SAYS THE MATERIAL REASON FOR HIS EXCLUSION FROM THE PROGRAMME IS HIS GAY RELATIONSHIP. IN A STATEMENT FILED WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL, THE MAN STATES: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT DOES ALLOW EXCEPTIONS TO SOME DISCRIMINATION LAWS, INCLUDING WHERE ORGANISED RELIGIONS ARE FOLLOWING THEIR DOCTRINE. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THIS RAISES SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUND ISSUES ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF CHURCH AND STATE. THERE IS GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR DISCUSSION AND DEBATE. ROSS BAY HAS BEEN BISHOP OF AUCKLAND SINCE 2010 AND HE APPROVES ENTRANTS TO THE ANGLICAN CHURCH'S CLERGY TRAINING PROGRAMME. BUT HE SAYS ULTIMATELY CHURCH CANONS, OR RULES, DETERMINE WHO CAN BE ORDAINED, AND HE REFUSED THE MAN ENTRY TO THE TRAINING PROGRAMME: THE BISHOP OF AUCKLAND ALSO SAYS ANYONE IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE WON'T BE ACCEPTED TO TRAIN AS A PRIEST, AND THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IS CURRENTLY DEBATING WHETHER TO ORDAIN GAY AND LESBIAN CLERGY. POTENTIALLY IT IS VERY VERY POLARISING. POTENTIALLY IT'S GOT THE POWER TO SPLIT THE WHOLE ANGLICAN CHURCH. THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HEARING STARTS TOMORROW. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. GEORGINA BEYER, THE WORLD'S FIRST TRANSGENDER POLITICIAN, HAS KIDNEY FAILURE AND NEEDS A TRANSPLANT. THE FORMER LABOUR MP FOR WAIRARAPA HAS CONFIRMED TO ONE NEWS SHE IS SUFFERING FROM THE SAME CONDITION AS FORMER ALL BLACK JONAH LOMU. THE 55-YEAR-OLD SAID TODAY SHE IS FEELING EXTREMELY UNWELL AND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN OPERATION THIS WEEK. UNTIL SHE RECEIVES A TRANSPLANT, SHE WILL NEED REGULAR DIALYSIS. TWO MEN ARE DEAD AND A WOMAN IS IN HOSPITAL AFTER A HORROR CRASH IN KAPITI. THE HEAD-ON COLLISION HAPPENED NEAR THE END OF A PASSING LANE ON THE STATE HIGHWAY, CAUSING ONE OF THE VEHICLES TO ROLL. A FORD MOTOR VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON SH1 IN MANAKAU, SOUTH OF LEVIN. IT APPEARED TO CROSS THE CENTRE LINE AND COLLIDED WITH AN ONCOMING COMMODORE, HOLDEN MOTOR VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVERS DIED AT THE SCENE AND ONE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL. THE FEMALE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE JOB OF NATIONAL'S LOWEST-RANKING MP APPEARS SAFE FOR NOW FOLLOWING HIS BOOZY BEHAVOUR AT A HANMER SPRINGS HOTEL. IT'S REPORTED THE HERITAGE HAMNER SPRINGS WON'T BE LAYING A COMPLAINT WITH THE PRIME MINISTER IN RELATION TO AARON GILMORE. LAST WEEK IT WAS ALLEGED THE MP INSULTED A WAITER WHO REFUSED TO SERVE HIM ALCOHOL, THEN THREATENED TO HAVE MR KEY STEP IN TO HAVE THE WAITER SACKED. MR KEY HAS SAID WHILE THE MP'S ACTIONS WERE DISAPPOINTING, HE WOULD NOT TAKE ACTION UNLESS A FORMAL COMPLAINT WAS LAID. THE RACE TO LEAD NZ'S LARGEST CITY IS HOTTING UP FIVE MONTHS OUT FROM LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS. THE LATEST TO CHALLENGE FOR LEN BROWN'S AUCKLAND MAYORALY IS AN AMERICAN-BORN REALITY TV STAR. WILL HINE REPORTS. I'M JOHN PALINO. HE'S BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS A CELEBRITY RESTAURATEUR. I'M A RESTAURANT FIXER. GIVE ME A DIVE, AND IN JUST A WEEK I'LL GO IN AND MAKE IT A WINNER. NOW HE'S BRINGING THE SAME APPROACH TO POLITICS. I'M IN THIS TO WIN THIS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE, WE NEED TO GET RID OF A LOT OF THE BUREAUCRACY IN COUNCIL. WE HAVE TO GET THINGS MOVING A LOT QUICKER. IT'S JUST GOING TOO SLOW RIGHT NOW. THE CENTRE-RIGHT CANDIDATE HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS TO FUNNEL THE CITY'S GROWTH INTO MANUKAU IN THE SOUTH. IT'S THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR AUCKLAND. YOU CAN GET DOWN TO HAMILTON, TO THE AIRPORT, UP NORTH, YOU CAN GO EVERYWHERE IN THAT DIRECTION AND YOU CAN BUILD ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEW CITIES. COMPETITION FOR VOTES ON THE RIGHT COULD BE COMPLICATED IF MAURICE WILLIAMSON JOINS THE RACE. THE NATIONAL MP SAYS HE'S HAD SEVERAL APPROACHES FROM PEOPLE WANTING HIM TO RUN, AND SAYS HE'S CONSIDERING DOING SO. IT DOES CONCERN ME. LOOK, WE DON'T WANT TO SPLIT THE VOTE. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. IF HE RUNS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. WILL YOU STAY IN THE RACE IF HE RUNS? I WANT TO STAY IN THE RACE. I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE HIM NOT TO GO IN THE RACE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL FENCE, VETERAN ACTIVIST JOHN MINTO'S ALSO PUTTING HIS NAME FORWARD. I WOULDN'T STAND BECAUSE I'M PERSONALLY AMBITIOUS TO BECOME MAYOR. I'M STANDING BECAUSE THERE'S ENORMOUS PROBLEMS FACING THE CITY, AND WE'VE GOT POSITIVE, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PUT FORWARD. BUT YOU'LL NEED TO WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE ` MR MINTO NOT READY TO TALK POLICY JUST YET. NOMINATIONS FOR THE ROLE, NOW HELD BY LEN BROWN, OFFICIALLY OPEN IN JULY, WITH ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. IT'S BEEN '35TH TIME LUCKY' FOR A PAIR OF KIWI LIVING NEAR TAURANGA. THEY'VE FINALLY MANAGED TO PRODUCE THE OTANEWAINUKU FOREST'S FIRST BABY KIWI IN DECADES. UNTIL NOW EVERY EGG FROM THE PAIR HAS BEEN INFERTILE, BUT TRUST VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL OF A RARE BROWN KIWI. LISA GLASS REPORTS. THIS LITTLE HATCHLING IS THE KIWI THAT BROKE THE DROUGHT. IT HAS BIG FEET. IT HAS A SMALL BEAK. WE'VE CALLED IT PISTACHIO, COS IT'S A HARD LITTLE NUT. WHETU AND MAUI ARE CAPTIVE-BRED KIWI, AND THEY'VE BEEN PUT INTO THE OTANEWANUKU FOREST, BASICALLY, TO BECOME A BREEDING PAIR. BUT ALTHOUGH THEY DID THEIR BEST, OUT OF 34 EGGS LAID BY MUM, MAUI, NONE WERE FERTILISED BY DAD, WHETU. HE'LL SIT ON THE EGG BUT HE'S JUST NOT DOING THE FUN PART. UNTIL NOW THAT IS. SOMETHING CLEARLY WENT RIGHT WITH THIS LITTLE GUY. WHEN THE TEAM WENT TO GET THAT EGG, THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT THEY GOT. OTANEWAINUKU KIWI TRUST VOLUNTEERS RUSHED THE EGG HERE TO RAINBOW SPRINGS KIWI ENCOUNTER IN ROTORUA WHERE STAFF GOT MORE THAT THEY BARGAINED FOR TOO. SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN IT CAME TIME TO HATCH. HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE, AND HE WASN'T COMING OUT. WE HAVE HAD TO INTERVENE. IF WE HADN'T HE WOULDN'T BE HERE. THEY MADE THE CALL TO INTERVENE, PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVING THE SHELL TO FREE THE LITTLE KIWI. IT TURNED OUT HE WAS IN THE WRONG POSITION AND COULD HAVE DIED WITHOUT HELP. AS SOON AS WE STARTED TO OPEN THAT EGG WE COULD SEE THE BILL RISING AND FALLING, AND HE WAS STRUGGLING. HE'LL STAY HERE FOR A WHILE UNTIL HE'S READY TO GO BACK TO THE FOREST. HE'S REALLY QUITE SHINY. HIS FEATHERS LOOK BEAUTIFUL. AND WITH ANY LUCK THERE'LL BE MORE LIKE HIM IN SEASONS TO COME. WE'LL JUST TUCK HIM BACK INTO THERE. IT'S NICE AND WARM. STILL TO COME ` A SYRIAN MILITARY RESEARCH FACILITY IS BOMBED AS TENSIONS BETWEEN SYRIA AND ISRAEL BOIL OVER. WHEN A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP TURNS INTO A SHOOTOUT WITH AN AK47. AND A TORNADO TURNS LIFE UPSIDE DOWN FOR VILLAGES IN CENTRAL ITALY. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know there's a place to save all of your precious digital photos, files and music that you can access from just about anywhere? It's a concept known as the cloud, and it's basically just storage space on the internet. There are lots of different providers that you can use. So, why would you want to save your files to the cloud? Well, say your phone meets an untimely end or your computer goes down, everything you've saved to the cloud is safe. And being able to access your files from other devices from just about anywhere is great. I've taken thousands of photos on my smartphone ` not all of them photos of monkeys ` and I've saved them all to the cloud, which means I can access them on my laptop or any other device that has the internet. It's pretty handy, all right, so give it a go. Remember, there are lots of different cloud providers, so for some options, just head along to techinasec.co.nz SYRIA'S ACCUSED ISRAEL OF A SECOND AIR STRIKE AGAINST IT AFTER LARGE EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE CAPITAL DAMASCUS A FEW HOURS AGO. SYRIAN STATE TV SAYS ISRAELI ROCKETS HIT A MILITARY RESEARCH CENTRE. THIS UNVERIFIED VIDEO SHOWS A HUGE FIREBALL ERUPTING AT A SITE USED TO SHELL REBEL-CONTROLLED AREAS. THE SITE WAS BOMBARDED IN JANUARY BY ISRAEL, ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T COMMENTED ON TODAY'S ATTACK. HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HAVE BEEN FLEEING A TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF SYRIA WHERE ACTIVISTS SAY 150 PEOPLE WERE SLAUGHTERED BY GOVERNMENT FORCES. BBC CORRESPONDENT WYRE DAVIES HAS MORE. AN INCREASINGLY BRUTAL CONFLICT WHERE ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS ARE A DAILY OCCURRENCE ` BUT THE LATEST ALLEGATIONS FROM SYRIA ARE AMONG THE MOST SHOCKING AFTER TWO YEARS OF CIVIL WAR. AMID REPORTS THAT HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS WERE FLEEING FROM AROUND THE COASTAL CITY OF BANIYAS, IMAGES EMERGED THAT WE CAN'T VERIFY AND THAT ARE TOO GRUESOME TO BROADCAST. THEY SHOW THE MUTILATED BODIES OF WHOLE FAMILIES, THE ALLEGED VICTIMS OF PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES AS THEY OVERRAN THE AREA. BUT SHOWING OFF PICTURES OF CAPTURED WEAPONS, SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION SAID GOVERNMENT TROOPS HAD SUCCESSFULLY DRIVEN OFF WHAT IT CALLED TERRORISTS FROM THE AREA. AHMAD SOUEID MADE IT ACROSS THE BORDER TO LEBANON, BUT GRIEVES FOR HIS FOUR YOUNG NEPHEWS. MY SON, WHO HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT, HUGGED ME AND TOLD ME MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AS THE SITUATION IN SYRIA DETERIORATES, REPORTS FROM ISRAEL SAY THAT SEVERAL ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS ENTERED LEBANESE AIRSPACE LATE ON THURSDAY. FROM THERE, THEY'RE SAID TO HAVE BOMBED A WEAPONS CONVOY INSIDE SYRIA, A CONVOY BOUND FOR THE MILITANT SHIA ORGANISATION HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL'S ARCH-ENEMY BASED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. ISRAELI SOURCES SAY THE CONVOY CONTAINED SIGNIFICANT WEAPONRY, PROBABLY RUSSIAN-MADE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES. EARLIER THIS WEEK, I CROSSED THE OPEN BORDER BETWEEN LEBANON AND SYRIA, AND SAW HOW HEZBOLLAH IS PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY DECISIVE AND ACTIVE ROLE IN SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR, SUPPORTING FIGHTERS LOYAL TO THE ASSAD REGIME. AS THE WORLD PREVARICATES ABOUT IF AND HOW TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT ASSAD'S OPPONENTS, HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM TO BE INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT, IMMUNE TO MOUNTING GLOBAL CRITICISM AND THE LATEST HORROR STORIES EMERGING FROM SYRIA. TWIN BOMB BLASTS NEAR A POLITICAL PARTY OFFICE IN THE PAKISTANI CITY OF KARACHI HAVE KILLED THREE PEOPLE. MORE THAN 20 WERE INJURED IN THE VIOLENCE AIMED AT ANTI-TALIBAN POLITICANS. THE ATTACK COMES A DAY AFTER A CANDIDATE AND HIS SON WERE SHOT DEAD. TENSIONS ARE HEIGHTENED AS THE COUNTRY PREPARES FOR HISTORIC ELECTIONS NEXT SATURDAY. THE VOTE WILL BE THE COUNTRY'S FIRST TRANSFER OF POWER FROM ONE ELECTED CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TO ANOTHER. BRITAIN'S DEPUTY SPEAKER, CONSERVATIVE MP NIGEL EVANS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE ALLEGATIONS RELATE TO TWO MEN WHO CLAIM THEY WERE ATTACKED AT EVANS' HOME IN 2009 AND IN MARCH THIS YEAR. THE MP IS OPENLY GAY. PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON'S BEEN INFORMED BUT THERE'S BEEN NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. DASHBOARD CAMERAS MOUNTED IN AMERICAN POLICE CARS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING SOME DRAMATIC FOOTAGE RECENTLY. THERE WAS THE ARREST OF INTOXICATED MOVIE STAR REESE WITHERSPOON, AND NOW PICTURES HAVE EMERGED OF THE MOMENT A DRIVER STOPPED BY OFFICERS IN OHIO SUDDENLY PULLED OUT AN AK47. A WARNING: THIS STORY SHOWS THE GUNMAN BEING FATALLY SHOT. IT ALL HAPPENED LAST MARCH, BUT POLICE HAVE ONLY RELEASED AND STARTS BLASTING AWAY. IT ALL HAPPENED LAST MARCH, BUT POLICE HAVE ONLY RELEASED THIS DASHCAM VIDEO. IN IT, JAMES GILKERSON UNLOADS 33 ROUNDS INTO A CRUISER FROM HIS AK47-STYLE ASSAULT RIFLE. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BEFORE THE SHOOTOUT ERUPTED. YOU CAN HEAR HOW SURPRISED THE TWO OFFICERS WERE ` ONE LETTING OUT A SCREAM. WHOA! THAT OFFICER, ERIN THOMAS, WAS OUTSIDE THE CAR AT THE TIME, WHILE HER PARTNER BRANDON SAVAGE WAS INSIDE. BOTH WERE INJURED, BUT MANAGED TO TAKE COVER AND RETURN FIRE, HITTING THE 42-YEAR-OLD, WHO CAN BE HEARD ON THE TAPE SAYING 'KILL ME'. KILL ME! COME ON! YOU CAN EVEN SEE THAT AFTER HE'S SHOT GILKERSON FIRES OFF A FEW MORE BULLETS BEFORE HE DIES. AUTHORITIES DON'T KNOW WHY HE WENT ON THE RAMPAGE, BUT LATER FOUND INSIDE HIS CAR MORE AMMUNITION, A SKI MASK AND GLOVES, AND INSTRUCTIONAL DVDS AND BOOKS ON HOW TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES. BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECT TAMERLAN TSARNAEV WILL UNDERGO A SECOND "INDEPENDENT" AUTOPSY AT THE REQUEST OF HIS FAMILY. THE FIRST SHOWS HE DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND BLUNT TRAUMA. MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'VE FOUND RADICAL ISLAMIST MATERIAL ON HIS WIDOW'S COMPUTER. THE ABC'S GIO BENITEZ REPORTS. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED AL QAEDA'S 'INSPIRE' MAGAZINE AND OTHER EXTREMIST MATERIAL WERE FOUND ON THE LAPTOP BELONGING TO TAMERLAN TSARNAEV'S WIDOW, KATHERINE RUSSELL, BUT, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE, HER HUSBAND DOWNLOADED THEM. TAMERLAN'S BROTHER, DZHOKHAR, TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY USED THE MAGAZINE AS A BOMB-MAKING MANUAL. MEANWHILE, THE DEATH CERTIFICATE REVEALS HOW TAMERLAN DIED AFTER A FIREFIGHT WITH POLICE. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE CAR DRIVEN BY HIS OWN BROTHER. CEMETERIES IN THREE STATES ` MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT HAVE REFUSED TO TAKE TAMERLAN'S BODY. A FUNERAL HOME IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, NOW HAS THE BODY, BUT LOCALS ARE DEMANDING THE BODY BE MOVED. HE JUST BOMBED US AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF HIM? IT'S NOT FAIR. FOR THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR, THE DECISION WAS SIMPLE. I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HE DID, BUT THE PERSON IS DEAD. I'M BURYING A DEAD BODY. THAT'S ALL IT IS. AND BACK TO THAT LAPTOP, INVESTIGATORS TELL US IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER TAMERLAN'S WIDOW EVEN KNEW ABOUT THE EXTREMIST MAGAZINE ON HER COMPUTER. BUT AGENTS DO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT A PHONE CONVERSATION SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD JUST DAYS AFTER THAT BOMBING. KATHERINE RUSSELL'S LAWYER HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID HIS CLIENT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOMBINGS, AND WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN OF HER HUSBAND AND BROTHER-IN-LAW'S INVOLVEMENT. A TRAIN LADEN WITH CHEMICALS EXPLODED IN FLAMES AFTER DERAILING IN BELGIUM. TWO PEOPLE DIED IN THE TOXIC BLAZE, WHICH FORCED THE EVACUATION OF 300 NEARBY RESIDENTS. FIREFIGHTERS DECIDED TO LET IT BURN, FEARING WATER WOULD RELEASE MORE POISONOUS FUMES. THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT ISN'T YET KNOWN. RELIEF'S IN SIGHT FOR THOSE TACKLING A MASSIVE WILDFIRE NEAR LOS ANGELES AFTER A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER FINALLY GAVE FIREFIGHTERS A HELPING HAND. HIGHER HUMIDITY, COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS HAVE SLOWED THE FIRE'S PROGRESS. RAIN IS FORECAST TOMORROW AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY IN THE COMING DAYS. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL TOO DANGEROUS FOR AROUND 200 PEOPLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. AND IN EUROPE, A POWERFUL TORNADO'S PLOUGHED THROUGH TOWNS AND VILLAGES CLOSE TO THE ITALIAN CITY OF BOLOGNA. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED AND SEVERAL HOMES FLATTENED. BACK TO OUR WEATHER NOW. HOPEFULLY NO TORNADOS IN THE FORECAST, BUT YOU ARE WARNING OF GALES AND HEAVY RAIN, KAREN? STILL A BIT ROUGH OUT THERE IN PLACES. GALE WARNING IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND, AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, AND SOME MORE HEAVY FALLS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT IN EASTERN OTAGO AND INLAND SOUTHLAND, AND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FOR CANTERBURY AND THE KAIKOURA RANGES. SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY FROM A SLOW MOVING FRONT. AND THE LOW WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND HAS BEEN FIRING OFF BANDS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. STILL LOOKING MESSY THIS EVENING WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO COME IN. NOW TO OUR WEATHER CAMERAS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ NOW, HOW'S THIS FOR A ROMANTIC GESTURE? GLENNIS' HUSBAND FEEDING OUT THEIR 700 CALVES' BAYLAGE IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART AND ARROW. I BET THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. GOOD ON YOU, RUSSELL. I'LL HAVE TOMORROW'S FORECAST, INCLUDING SOME MORE WARNINGS. SEE YOU AFTER SPORT. COMING UP ` HOW FAR WILL PETER DUNNE GO TO SECURE HIS PLACE IN PARLIAMENT NEXT ELECTION? WHY NEW CALEDONIA IS SET TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S WORST POLLUTERS PER HEAD OF POPULATION. AND A STORY FOR THE PET WHO HAS EVERYTHING. NEW CALEDONIA IS POISED TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S WORST POLLUTERS PER HEAD OF POPULATION. THE COUNTRY'S CARBON EMISSIONS ARE SET TO SKYROCKET WITH PLANS TO BUILD ANOTHER COAL PLANT TO POWER NICKEL PRODUCTION. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN IN THE CAPITAL, NOUMEA. NOUMEA BOASTS SENSATIONAL VIEWS, BUT THERE'S A BLIGHT ON THIS LANDSCAPE. IT HOSTS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S NICKEL TREATMENT PLANTS POWERED BY COAL, BUT ITS PLANS TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE IN THREE YEARS' TIME IS CAUSING CONCERN. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. WE ARE DEEPLY AGAINST THIS COAL POWER PLANT BECAUSE NEW CALEDONIA WILL BE A VERY BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO CO 2. CARBON EMISSIONS WILL ALMOST TRIPLE TO 36.8 TONS IF TWO PROPOSED NICKEL PLANTS OPEN. THE PROBLEM IS NICKEL IS BIG MONEY FOR NEW CALEDONIA, WHICH HOLDS 25% OF THE WORLD'S RESERVES, MAKING IT THE THIRD LARGEST EXPORTER. NICKEL EXPORTS ARE WORTH OVER $1 BILLION A YEAR TO NEW CALEDONIA, SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC FOR OFFICIALS HERE. ECONOMIC MINISTER ANTHONY LECREN KNOWS HOW TO TALK THE TALK,... (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE HERE IN THE PACIFIC AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. ...BUT ISN'T SO KEEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED COAL PLANT. < BUT NEW CALEDONIA IS PREDICTED TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLLUTERS IN THE WORLD. TRANSLATOR: IF WE LOOK IN TERMS OF STATISTICS FOR GAS EMISSIONS, THEY SAY WE ARE EVEN ABOVE CHINA, BUT WE KNOW THAT CHINA IS A BIG COUNTRY FOR PRODUCING GAS EMISSIONS IN QUANTITY FAR BEYOND NEW CALEDONIA. BUT SOME NEW CALEDONIAN POLITICIANS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE CALLED ON FRANCE NOT TO GRANT ANY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE PROPOSED COAL PLANT. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE BEEN WRITING TO OUR PRESIDENT TO ASK HIM NOT TO GIVE ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT. BUT HARD CASH AND THE LACK OF POLITICAL WILL IS LIKELY TO OUTWEIGH THE REAL COST OF BIG POLLUTION. BACK HOME, PETER DUNNE MAY ONLY BE A PARTY OF ONE, BUT HE ADMITS HE HOLDS A LOT POWER IN PARLIAMENT THAT HE USES FOR HIS OWN PROJECTS. THE UNITED FUTURE LEADER ISN'T RULING OUT ASKING FOR A 'CUP OF TEA' WITH THE PRIME MINISTER NEXT ELECTION TO SECURE HIS PARTY'S FUTURE. HE SPOKE WITH DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH ON Q + A. PETER DUNNE'S A ONE-MAN PARTY, BUT HE'S GOT BARGAINING POWER, AND HE'S KNOW IT. IT DOESN'T WORK IN THE WAY OF SAYING, 'YOU GIVE ME THIS AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.' IT WORKS IN THE WAY OF SAYING WE'VE AGREED ON THIS THING, WHEN THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARISE THAT I MIGHT WANT, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THERE IS MONEY IN THE BANK. ACCORDING TO THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY, PETER DUNNE HAS HELD THE CRUCIAL VOTE 20 TIMES SINCE 2008, BUT SAYS HE HAS A ROBUST SYSTEM WHEN HE'S BEING LOBBIED. I'VE GOT A QUITE DEVELOPED MATRIX OF HOW WE DEAL WITH THINGS. DON'T FORGET PETER DUNNE'S BEEN A LABOUR AND NATIONAL MINISTER. HE'S GOT PRINCIPLES, BUT HOW DEEP ARE THEY? AND THERE'S A FEELING THAT, 'I'VE GOT PRINCIPLES, 'BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE THESE, I'VE GOT SOME OTHERS.' WITH CURRENT POLLING, HE'LL NEED TO HOLD ON TO HIS WELLINGTON SEAT OF OHARIU TO KEEP UNITED FUTURE ALIVE. HE'S NOT RULING OUT A 'CUP OF TEA', LIKE THE PRIME MINISTER HAD WITH JOHN BANKS IN EPSOM. IT WAS A CLEAR SIGNAL TO VOTERS TO SUPPORT MR BANKS AND NOT THE NATIONAL CANDIDATE. WILL YOU HAVE ONE OR WILL YOU WANT ONE THIS TIME? > ACTUALLY, I HAVE A CUP OF TEA WITH THE PRIME MINISTER QUITE FREQUENTLY. IT'S JUST THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE IT. WHEN YOU SAY CUP OF TEA, WILL YOU ASK FOR ONE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER THIS ELECTION? I'M NOT GOING INTO THAT AT THIS STAGE. LABOUR WILL THINK THEY CAN WIN THAT SEAT NEXT YEAR. THEY'LL BE LESS INCLINED TO WANT TO DO DEALS WITH PETER DUNNE, BUT, REALLY, THERE IS THE NEED, PERHAPS, FOR A CUP OF TEA WITH THE PRIME MINISTER VERY CLOSE TO THE NEXT ELECTION. AND THAT'S NOW ONLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS AWAY. UNITED FUTURE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. WE REPRESENT THE FLICKERING FLAME OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IN NZ, AND THAT DOES WAX AND WANE FROM TIME TO TIME. PETER DUNNE ADMITS HE'S GOT SOME WORK TO DO TO KEEP THAT FLAME BURNING BRIGHT. THERE'S NO EASY SEGUE INTO THIS NEXT STORY, SO WE'LL JUST CUT TO THE CHASE. IT'S ABOUT PAMPERED PETS ` KIND OF FASCINATING AND DISTURBING AT THE SAME TIME. SEE WHAT YOU THINK. PIGS WHO ENJOY DAYS AT THE SPA. IT'S A PIGGY FACIAL! FERRETS TREATED LIKE ROYALTY. ARE YOU GONNA KISS ME? AWW! A DOG WHOSE DENTIST MAKES HOUSE CALLS. MAKE SURE YOU GET HER MOLARS. THESE PETS GIVE NEW MEANING TO SPOILED ROTTEN. SHE'S MY DAUGHTER, SO I DON'T MIND DOING WAHTEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE HER HAPPY. THIS NEW JERSEY COUPLE THREW THEIR DOG, SOPHIA, A BAR MITZVAH. FROM A SPECIALLY CHOSEN GOWN TO THE FLOWERS SHE PICKED HERSELF, SOPHIA'S 'BARK MITZVAH' WAS QUITE THE AFFAIR. I THOUGHT I WAS THE BIGGEST SPOILER OF PETS OF ALL TIME, BUT I LEARNT VERY QUICKLY THAT WE ARE VERY SMALL IN THE TOTEM POLE. BETH STERN, WIFE OF SHOCK JOCK HOWARD STERN, IS THE HOST OF 'SPOILED ROTTEN PETS', A NEW SHOW ON NAT GEO WILD. THINK OF IT AS 'LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS' FOR THE FOUR-LEGGED AND FURRY CROWD. COME HERE, MY SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL. AND YES, THERE ON THE COUCH WITH US IS HANK, A POT-BELLY PIG. IT WAS A DREAM JOB TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR PETS SO MUCH. AND THE LOVE DOESN'T STOP THERE. WHEN THESE TWO DOGS, CHICO AND FIONA, FELL HEAD OVER TAILS FOR EACH OTHER, THEIR OWNERS HAD A LAVISH WEDDING COMPLETE WITH A CUSTOM-MADE DRESS AND A BRIDAL PARTY WITH MATCHING GOWNS. YOU MAY... LICK YOUR BRIDE. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` TRAINING CUTBACKS FOR OUR TROOPS BOUND FOR AFGHANISTAN MEANT SOME OF THEM WERE ILL-PREPARED FOR THEIR DANGEROUS DEPLOYMENT, THAT'S ACCORDING TO FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER PHIL GOFF. AN INQUIRY FOUND THAT DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS WAS REDUCED TO THREE WEEKS INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD FIVE. THE DEFENCE FORCE REJECTS MR GOFF'S CLAIMS. A HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HEARING BEGINS TOMORROW INTO ALLEGATIONS THE ANGLICAN BISHOP OF AUCKLAND IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AN OPENLY GAY MAN WHO WANTS TO BECOME A PRIEST. BUT THE BISHOP SAYS HE TURNED THE MAN DOWN FOR TRAINING BECAUSE HE'S NOT CELIBATE, NOT BECAUSE HE'S GAY, AND ANYONE IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE WON'T BE ACCEPTED TO TRAIN AS A PRIEST. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND SUPER RUGBY'S BEEN FULL OF SURPRISES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. ALL THE LATEST FROM CANBERRA IN JUST A MOMENT. AS TWO OLD STAGERS HAVE CONTRASTING ROUNDS, BRAD THORN CELEBRATES THE TON. CONCERN FOR ALL IN RUGBY AS CONRAD SMITH SUFFERS ANOTHER HEAD INJURY. PLUS, TENSIONS MOUNT AT MOUNT SMART. CAN THE WARRIORS NAIL THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON? AND FLOYD 'MONEY' MAYWEATHER CASHES HIS NEXT BIG BOXING CHEQUE IN VEGAS. At OPSM, we use precision technology to look deep in the eye, helping us better detect eye disease such as glaucoma ` just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. FIRST UP TONIGHT TO SUPER RUGBY, AND THE CRUSADERS ARE LOCKED IN A TIGHT TUSSLE AGAINST THEIR OLD AUSTRALIAN ARCH RIVALS AT THE MOMENT IN CANBERRA. THE BRUMBIES ARE TOP OF THE TABLE, WHILE THE CRUSADERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR TOP FORM. AND THEY'RE OFF TO A SLOW START, EARLY ERRORS HANDING THE BRUMBIES THE ADVANTAGE. INTERCEPTED, AND AWAY GOES MATT TAMOA. WHAT AN OPENING TRY, AND THE CROWD ON THEIR FEET AT CANBERRA STADIUM. THE SIDES THEN EXCHANGED PENALTIES, BEFORE ANDY ELLIS MARKED HIS 99TH GAME. AND HE'S OVER. DAN CARTER SUCCESSFUL WITH THE CONVERSION TO LEVEL THE SCORE AT 10-10. THE HURRICANES HAVE BEEN HAMMERED 48-14 BY THE BULLS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THEY'VE LOST TEST CENTRE CONRAD SMITH IN THE PROCESS ` KNOCKED OUT AND ENDING UP IN HOSPITAL HAVING NECK X-RAYS, WHICH HAVE RETURNED CLEAR. BUT HE COULD BE GONE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. A SICKENING BLOW WHICH HAS REVERBERATED FROM PRETORIA TO WELLINGTON. OOOHHH, HE'S OUT BEFORE HE HITS THE GROUND. SMITH WAS ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE HIS OPPOSITE, JJ ENGLEBRECHT, AS THE 'CANES WERE BEING OVERRUN. HE WAS QUICKLY ATTENDED TO BY MEDICAL STAFF, BUT THE KNOCK AND HIS PREVIOUS HEAD ISSUES WILL CAUSE MAJOR CONCERN, AS HE WAS STRETCHED OFF LOFTUS VERSVELD. THE 'CANES HAD ALREADY HIT THE CANVAS COLLECTIVELY, DOWN 20-0 AFTER 25 MINUTES. THE BULLS' OBLIGATORY LINE-OUT DRIVE AND SCORE WAS FOLLOWED UP BY ANOTHER TRADEMARK MOVE. OOOHH, NDUNGANE HAS GOT THE SECOND INTERCEPTION TRY. ON THE BACK OF TOO MANY ERRORS, THE HURRICANES CRASHED 48-14, LUCKY TO NOT BE BEATEN BY MORE. THE BIGGEST CONCERN, THOUGH, IS FOR THE WELLBEING OF CONRAD SMITH. THE HIGHLANDERS WERE JUST RELIEVED TO FINALLY WIN. AND THAT'LL BE THE GAME. WHISTLE BLOWS IT'S THEIR FIRST WIN IN ALMOST A YEAR. BUT WITH BRAD THORN BINNED IN HIS 100TH SUPER GAME, THE HIGHLANDERS HAD TO HANG ON FOR 10 LONG MINUTES, THREE OF THOSE AFTER THE FINAL HOOTER. IT WAS THEIR ATTACK THAT GOT THEM INTO A WINNING POSITION. RAN BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. NOW, CAN HE LINK UP? HE DOES SO WITH AARON SMITH. BEN SMITH GETS IT BACK. TURNS IT BACK TO CHRIS KING. NOW IT'S WITH SLADE. WHAT A TRY THAT IS. EARLIER, THE HIGHLANDERS LOOKED SUSPECT AGAIN. AND THE LITTLE KICK THROUGH. BEAUTIFULLY WEIGHTED. DRAGGED IN. MVOVO HAS GOT A RUN TO THE LINE. HAS HE GOT THE PACE? CHASED. HE'S CERTAINLY GOT THE PACE. POOR DEFENCE AND COLIN SLADE MISSING FOUR KICKS AT GOAL. HE'S MISSED THE POSTS. HE'S MISSED EVERYTHING. AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES DOWN AT HALF-TIME 15-7. CLEARLY, THE CHAT IN THE SHEDS WORKED. THE HIGHLANDERS WILL GO QUICKLY TO THE MARK. THEY DO! AARON SMITH IGNITING THE HOME TEAM, ALONG WITH BEN SMITH'S BURST AND RAZZLE DAZZLE. THE HIGHLANDERS 25-22, HELPING CELEBRATE A SPECIAL PLAYER. AND I'M VERY VERY PROUD TO PLAY IN FRONT OF MY PEOPLE. UPLIFTING STUFF FROM THE MOSGIEL-BORN BRAD THORN. PROVING THE HIGHLANDERS MIGHT BE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE, BUT DETERMINATION CAN STILL WIN GAMES. AND THE BRUMBIES WILL STAY ON TOP NO MATTER THE RESULT THERE. THE CHIEFS AND BLUES STAY IN THE TOP SIX. THE REDS ARE IN THE RUNNING DESPITE AN 11-11 DRAW AGAINST THE LOWLY FORCE. NZ'S JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM WRAPPING UP AN 11TH WORLD SERIES AFTER DAY ONE OF THE GLASGOW SEVENS. GORDON TEITJENS' SIDE IS THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS, UNBEATEN IN POOL PLAY, COMFORTABLY DOWNING ENGLAND 31-5. ZIPS IT INSIDE BRILLIANTLY TO SCOTT CURRY. BIG POWERFUL MAN. OH, HE'S BROKEN THROUGH TWO TACKLES OF ENGLAND'S DEFENCE. AND THAT'S THE STRENGTH OF THE MAN. BEN LAM, A 21-YEAR-OLD. SOUTH AFRICA, FIJI AND WALES ARE ALSO THROUGH TO THE LAST EIGHT UNBEATEN. NZ FACING ARGENTINA TONIGHT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. A WIN, AND THEY HAVE THE WORLD SERIES TITLE. THE WARRIORS WERE THIS AFTERNOON AIMING FOR JUST THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE RUGBY LEAGUE SEASON. THEY TOOK ON THE GOLD COAST TITANS AT A FAR FROM SUNNY MOUNT SMART STADIUM IN AUCKLAND. SOGGY CONDITIONS AT MT SMART, BUT IT WAS THE WARRIORS THAT PROVED SLIPPERY. BACK TO LEAULUAI. LOCKE. BEAUTIFUL STUFF. ON IT GOES TO MANU. VATUVEI HAS SCORED. THE BEAST SOON TRADING POWER FOR FINESSE. LEAULUAI'S KICK FLOATING ACROSS FIELD, OUT TOWARDS TOND. IT'S TAPPED BACK BY MANU, AND MATEO WILL SCORE FOR THE WARRIORS. THE WARRIORS MUSCLING UP, BUT IT WAS CENTRE JEROME ROPATI WHO WAS MANHANDLED. HERE IS IDRIS ON THE OUTSIDE. JAMAL IDRIS IS OVER. SIMON MANNERING SQUEEZING A RABBIT FROM A HAT. MANNERING'S OFF-LOADED TO LOCKE, THEN IT COMES FOR HENRY. NOT STOPPED. FLUNG THE BALL TO TUPOU! 16-6 TO THE HOSTS. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THE HALF-TIME ORANGES. OH, HERE WE GO. THE RAIN STOPPED, BUT WARRIORS' TRIES WERE FLOODING IN. LEULEUAI'S KICK. MAY HAVE HAD HIS LEGS ATTACKED BY JAMES. BALL BOUNCES FREELY. IT'S BEEN BATTED FORWARD BY JOHNSON! BUT AS THE DRIZZLE RETURNED, THE TITANS THREATENED TO RAIN ON THE WARRIORS' PARADE, SHAUN JOHNSON SAVING THE FANS FROM CARDIAC ARREST. HE'S IN POSITION. HE TAKES THE SNAP. JOHNSON! 25-24 THE FINAL SCORE, THE WARRIORS SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON COMING AT A COST ` KEVIN LOCKE STRETCHERED FROM THE FIELD WITH A PROLAPSED DISC IN HIS BACK. IN MELBOURNE, THE TABLE-TOPPING STORM WERE HEAVY FAVOURITES TO REMAIN UNBEATEN AGAINST THE RAIDERS. 12-12 AT HALF-TIME. THE GREEN MACHINE THEN TURNED RED HOT. RHYS ROBINSON. NOBODY AT HOME. HE WENT STRAIGHT PAST SLATER. O'NEILL IS CHASING, BUT NOT EVEN O'NEILL CAN RUN DOWN RHYS ROBINSON. THE HOSTS HIT BACK WITH TWO LATE TRIES, BUT THE RAIDERS HELD ON TO END MELBOURNE'S 15-GAME WINNING STREAK ` 24-20. THERE WAS A MINUTE'S SILENCE IN SYDNEY AS PARRAMATTA AND NORTH QUEENSLAND PAID TRIBUTE TO COWBOYS PLAYER ALEX ELISALA, WHO PASSED AWAY DURING THE WEEK, BEFORE THE MATCH CAME DOWN TO THIS. SECONDS REMAINING. THIS IS SANDOW. SHAPES TO KICK. GOES TO HAYNE. ROOM OUT WIDE. ON TO THE CHEST OF TAUTAI TO WIN IT FOR THE EELS. OH, HE'S DROPPED IT! HE'S DROPPED IT! THE COWBOYS HONOURING ELISALA WITH A 14-10 WIN. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. TO EVENTING, AND OLYMPIAN JONATHAN PAGET IS THE BEST-PLACED KIWI AT THE BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS, AHEAD OF KENTUCKY WINNER ANDREW NICHOLSON AFTER TWO DAYS OF DRESSAGE. RISING STAR PAGET TOOK FOURTH SPOT ON 'CLIFTON PROMISE' BEHIND HIS TRAINING PARTNER AND OVERALL LEADER, GERMANY'S MICHAEL JUNG. NICHOLSON IS BACK IN SIXTH SPOT ON 'NEREO', ONE BACK FROM HIS RIVAL FOR THE RICH EVENTING GRAND SLAM PRIZE, WILLIAM FOX PITT. OUR BADMINTON COVER PICKS UP FROM TOMORROW WITH EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY THERE FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY AND SHOWJUMPING STAGES. CONTROVERSIAL AMERICAN BOXER FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR WAS BACK IN THE RING TODAY IN LAS VEGAS DEFENDING HIS WELTERWEIGHT TITLE. MAYWEATHER WAS QUITE SUBDUED FOR HIS RING WALK, HIS FIRST SINCE DOING TIME FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAST YEAR. HE WAS ABLE TO WEAR DOWN SOUTHPAW ROBERT GUERRERO AT WILL. YOU KNOW, THAT ADDS UP. I MEAN, EVEN IN THE LAST ROUND WHERE HE GOT ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT, MAYBE TEN MORE RIGHT HANDS HE LANDED THAT GUERRERO COULDN'T ANSWER. MAYWEATHER WON BY UNANIMOUS POINTS DECISION, NINE ROUNDS TO THREE. THERE'S THE HAND SPEED. IT'S JUST ABOUT OVER. THE CROWD COMES TO ITS FEET. AND THEY CHEER AS ONE. DING! DING! DING! MAYWEATHER'S NOW UNDEFEATED IN 44 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS, EARNING AROUND $50M FOR WHAT HE MADE LOOK LIKE A TRAINING SESSION. TWO AMERICANS TOP THE LEADERBOARD DESPITE BOTH CARDING DOUBLE BOGEYS ON DAY THREE OF THE PGA EVENT IN NORTH CAROLINA. OVERNIGHT LEADER PHIL MICKELSON WAS THE FIRST TO GET INTO TROUBLE. A WAYWARD TEE SHOT AT THE 15 FOLLOWED BY THIS. OH, WHERE'S HE GOING? THE 42-YEAR-OLD THEN HIT A SPECTATOR ON THE 16TH TO DROP THREE SHOTS IN HIS FINAL FOUR HOLES. FELLOW AMERICAN NICK WATNEY WAS IN THE LEAD UNTIL THE PAR THREE 17TH. THAT WAS A SHANK. A DOUBLE BOGEY LEAVING HIM TIED FOR THE LEAD WITH MICKELSON AT EIGHT UNDER. BIRTHDAY BOY RORY MCILROY WAS IN THE HUNT. HIS SECOND SHOT AT THE PAR-FIVE 7TH SETTING UP AN EAGLE.. BUT A DOUBLE BOGEY ON THE 9TH UNDID HIS HARD WORK. HE'S ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN PLAYERS WITHIN THREE SHOTS OF THE LEAD. TO FOOTBALL, AND THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAS PROVEN HIS WORTH ONCE AGAIN TO KEEP SPURS IN THE HUNT FOR A TOP-FOUR SPOT AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION. GARETH BALE BROKE THE DEADLOCK AGAINST SOUTHAMPTON WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY. SHAW'S ALLOWED HIM INSIDE... GOES FOR IT! OH, SENSATIONAL! THE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR, GARETH BALE! WHO ELSE? BALE'S 20TH GOAL OF THE SEASON GIVING SPURS A 1-0 WIN. THEY'RE SITTING FIFTH ON THE TABLE BEHIND CHELSEA. MEANWHILE, 21 SECONDS WAS ALL IT TOOK FOR THEO WALCOTT TO HIT THE MATCH-WINNER FOR ARSENAL, DOWNING QPR 1-0, AND MANCHESTER CITY STRIKER EDIN DZEKO BLEW A LATE GAME-BREAKER, THE FLAT ENCOUNTER WITH SWANSEA ENDING IN A 0-0 DRAW. IN NETBALL, THE CENTRAL PULSE HAVE SUFFERED WHAT CAPTAIN KATRINA GRANT CALLS AN EMBARRASSING DEFEAT IN MELBOURNE THIS AFTERNOON, LOSING BY 22 GOALS. FORMER AUSTRALIA SKIPPER SHARELLE MCMAHON'S ENTRANCE PART WAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER GAVE THE MELBOURNE VIXENS THE LIFT THEY NEEDED, PULLING AHEAD TO BE UP BY FIVE AT HALF-TIME. IT WAS DOWNHILL FROM THERE FOR THE PULSE. MCMAHON, WHO'S RECENTLY RETURNED FROM INJURY AND MATERNITY LEAVE, DANGEROUSLY ON FORM. SHE KEEPS GETTING BETTER, DOESN'T SHE ` MCMAHON? NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR THE OPPOSITION. THE VIXENS EVENTUALLY WINNING THE MATCH CONVINCINGLY 52-30. AT CANBERRA STADIUM, THE BRUMBIES LEADING THE CRUSADERS.... 10-10 still AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN WARNS OF SOME MORE HEAVY RAIN AND GALES FOR SOME PLACES. AND HOW A SHED AND SCOOTER PARK ARE BRIDGING THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE IN CHRISTCHURCH. HELLO AGAIN. STILL GOT QUITE A FEW WARNINGS IN PLACE, SO I'LL GET STRAIGHT INTO THOSE. MORE HEAVY RAIN FOR THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT, AND INTO TOMORROW FOR CANTERBURY AND THE KAIKOURA RANGES. SOUTHEASTERLY GALES FOR THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AND NOR'WEST GALES FOR NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. GUSTS 120 TO 130K, CAN DEFINITELY BE DAMAGING. AND EXPECTING A DUSTING OF SNOW ON THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN TOPS. THESE ARE THE ROADS TO WATCH. AND THERES A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR THESE AREAS. SEVERE NW GALES POSS FOR NORTHERN NZ OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. GOT QUITE AN ACTIVE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SITTING OVER US. A LOW IS SITTING WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND FIRING OFF BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ANOTHER LOW MOVING AWAY TO THE EAST. LOTS OF FRONTAL CLOUD DRAPED OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND IN BEHIND THAT FRONT AND PUSHING UP INTO THE TASMAN, LOTS OF THIS SPOTTY-LOOKING SHOWER CLOUD AND COLD AIR. THE WHOLE TROUGH SLIDES A LITTLE FURTHER EAST TOMORROW AS THIS HIGH STARTS TO FORCE ITS WAY ACROSS THE TASMAN. THE LOW CROSSES THE NORTH ISLAND AND THEN SHOULD LIE CLEAR OF EAST CAPE BY MIDNIGHT. COLDER AIR GRADUALLY WASHES UP OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTHWARDS. MOSTLY FINE AND DRY ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. RAIN EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH SNOW DOWN TO 600M IN THE SOUTH AND 800M FURTHER NORTH, BUT THAT SNOW AND RAIN WILL CLEAR FROM SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO DURING THE MORNING AND THEN FROM SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF CANTERBURY LATER IN THE DAY. COOL SOUTHERLY WINDS. GOT THE LOW SITTING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, BANDS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS SPRIRALING AROUND IT IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW. SO MOST PLACES GETTING WET, WITH SOME HEAVY SQUALLY DOWNPOURS MIXED IN FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. THE WINDS ALSO IN A CYCLONIC, OR CLOCKWISE PATTERN. WEST TO NOR'WEST IN THE NORTH, NORTHERLY DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE, THEN COMING ROUND AND UP AS A SOUTHERLY OVER SOUTHERN DISTRICTS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ DUCK SHOOTING SEASON IS HERE. LOOKS LIKE THIS WEE FANTAIL WAS TRYING TO PUT THE SHOOTERS OFF. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. JIM'S BACK WITH YOU TOMORROW. NOW BACK TO PETER AND BERNIE. FINALLY THIS SUNDAY, THE GOOD SORTS WHOSE GOOD WORK CROSSES THE GENERATIONAL DIVIDE. WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HIT CHRISTCHURCH, REG DALLY AND HIS WIFE RONA DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING THAT'D BRING SOME FUN BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. EVERY DAY, REG AND RONA DALLY TAKE A TRIP TO AN UNLIKELY DESTINATION. WE'RE OFF TO THE SCOOTER PARK. WE'RE NOT TALKING MOTORISED SCOOTERS, WE'RE TALKING THIS ` AND THAT, AND KIDS. HEAPS OF KIDS. THIS IS WHERE OUR SUPERMARKET IS SUPPOSED TO BE. THIS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT OF REDCLIFF'S NEW WORLD, AND IN DISASTER REG SAW OPPORTUNITY. HE ASKED FOODSTUFFS IF HE COULD USE THE LAND. THEY SAID THEY'D CHANGE THE LOCKS, GAVE ME A KEY AND SAID 'GO FOR IT'. SO THIS REG'S, REALLY. HE PUT THE MONEY IN, HE MADE THE JUMPS IN HIS SHED. I LOOKED ON GOOGLE AND GOT A FEW IDEAS. IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE CITY SKATE PARKS BUILT BY COUNCILS AND LEFT FOR THE BIG KIDS TO DOMINATE ` RENA, AN EX-SCHOOL TEACHER, SUPERVISES. RENA'S BEEN HERE EVERY DAY FOR FOUR MONTHS, OR THREE MONTHS, IS IT? THAT ONE. THAT ONE, TOO? BY CRIKEY. THAT WAY, IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP, REG KNOWS WHERE THE FIRST AID KIT IS, AND RENA KNOWS HOW TO USE IT. THANK YOU. THE JUMP WAS PROBABLY TOO HIGH. AND BELLA'S FINE NOW, BECAUSE SHE'S HAD TWO SWEETIES. SO I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT'S 'OFF THE RECORD', AS THEY SAY. REG HAS JUST HAD HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY, AND RENA IS 84. HE'S QUITE OLD, AND HE'S VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR MAKING ALL THESE JUMPS. HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH ALL THE JUMPS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A PARK REG HAS CREATED. GP RECKONED 85% OF HIS PATIENTS WERE DEPRESSED. SOMEBODY SUGGESTED A MEN'S SHED. HE ALSO PUT MONEY UP AND GOT HIS HANDS DIRTY TURNING THIS BROKEN WORKSHOP INTO A PLACE WHERE REDCLIFFS PEOPLE CAN HANG OUT. A LOT OF GUYS AROUND THE AREA LOST THEIR WORKSHOPS, AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO DO THEIR THING. BUT THE BOYS HAVE THE DARTS CLUB, AND THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOME BREWING ON THE QUIET. BUT THEN THE LADIES GOT INTERESTED, AND IT'S NOW A COMMUNITY SHED. AT HOME, RENA STILL MAKES THE TEA FOR THE MAN SHE MET 46 YEARS AGO. MET HIM AT A DINNER PARTY AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS, REALLY, A SHED AND A SCOOTER PARK, BUT PEOPLE HERE SAY IT HELPS KEEP A DAMAGED COMMUNITY TOGETHER. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. KIDS CHEER AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. THE SUNDAY PROGRAMME'S HERE NEXT WITH THE PROMISE MADE UNDER FIRE THAT CHANGED THE LIVES OF TWO MEN AND A LITTLE BOY FOREVER. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY SAM BRADFORD AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.