HELLO, EVERYBODY. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. THE RAIN'S GONE, AND THE SUN CAME OUT TO PLAY. BUT SO DID JACK FROST. MINUS-4 IN MANAPOURI AND PUKAKI, AND 0 FOR TIMARU AND GORE. NOW WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE FAR NORTH-WEST AS THE RAIN CLOUDS GATHER ONCE AGAIN. SOMETHING BIG IS BREWING FOR NORTHLAND. THAT'S COMING UP, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE MOMENT A HELICOPTER PLUMMETS. THE PICTURES CAPTURED BY THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THE SURVIVORS. THE POLICEMAN IN THE DOCK. WE HAVE A VERDICT IN THE SEX-FOR-FAVOURS CASE. CHEERS AT THE DISCOVERY OF THREE MISSING WOMEN. SO, WHO KEPT THEM CAPTIVE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE? AND IT'S A BIG JUMP FROM BEING A BRICKLAYER. THE REMARKABLE RISE OF JOCK PAGET. A PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER ARE TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY SURVIVED A HELICOPTER PLUNGE INTO AUCKLAND'S WAITEMATA HARBOUR. THE DRAMATIC MOMENT WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA BY THE FEMALE PASSENGER'S HUSBAND. HE WAS FILMING THE FLIGHT OF THE FIRST CARBON FIBRE CHOPPER FOR A PROMOTION. KATE LYNCH WITH THE STORY. IT ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS. THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN. I DID OBSERVE A TURBINE WARNING LIGHT. AND I THEN HEARD AN AUDIBLE WARNING AND DECLARED A MAYDAY AND MADE AN EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION. AN EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION, OR CONTROLLED CRASH, MINIMISED THE IMPACT. THE LANDING WAS AMAZINGLY SMOOTH FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DESPITE THE TERRIFYING ORDEAL, PETER MALONEY AND NINA HEATLEY WALKED AWAY REMARKABLY UNFAZED. THE WATER LANDING WAS EFFECTIVELY UNEVENTFUL. EVERYTHING WENT AS IT SHOULD DO IN A CONDITION LIKE THAT, AND WE BOTH MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THEY WERE PLUCKED TO SAFETY BY THE NAVY AFTER ONLY 10 MINUTES IN THE WATER. INITIALLY WE FLOATED WITH THE AIRCRAFT, AND THEN ONCE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK, WE MOVED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT SO THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD SNAG US. I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY THE NAVY BOYS GOT THEIR RESCUE BOAT IN THE WATER. TO GET OUT OF A DITCHING LIKE THAT IS FANTASTIC. REALLY REALLY GOOD. PETER MALONEY'S COMPANY BUILT THE KC-518. IT'S MARKETED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST ALL-CARBON KEVLAR HELICOPTER. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF FILMING FOOTAGE TO PROMOTE IT AT A RUSSIAN AIRSHOW AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT'S DONE ABOUT 200 HOURS OF FLYING, AND THE REASON WE WERE OVER WATER WAS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN OUR... OUR FLIGHT EVALUATION PHASE, IF YOU LIKE. UP UNTIL NOW THE HELICOPTER HAS BEEN FLYING VERY WELL. THEY'RE NOW ARRANGING TO RETRIEVE IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA FLOOR WHILE CIVIL AVIATION INVESTIGATES THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. A POLICEMAN'S A FREE MAN TONIGHT, CLEARED OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN A SEX-FOR-FAVOURS CASE. THE CHARGE AGAINST HAYDEN BRADLEY CENTRED AROUND A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH A WOMAN HE'D LET OFF FOR DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED. HADYN JONES REPORTS FROM THE HIGH COURT AT NEW PLYMOUTH. HOW DO YOU FIND THE ACCUSED? GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? NOT GUILTY. CHEERING A QUICK WIPE OF A WET EYE, AND CONSTABLE HAYDEN BRADLEY IS A FREE MAN. BUT HE WON'T TALK ABOUT HIS CASE. I'VE JUST SPOKEN WITH HIM. HE'S VERY VERY PLEASED; RELIEVED. HE KNOWS, AND HE'S FULLY ADMITTED AT AN EARLY POINT THAT, UH, HIS BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN PRETTY POOR. A SEVEN-WOMAN, FIVE-MAN JURY TOOK TWO HOURS TO REJECT THE CROWN'S CLAIM THAT BRADLEY USED HIS POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER TO PROCURE SEXUAL FAVOURS FROM A MOTORIST WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED. THE REASON BRADLEY DIDN'T PROSECUTE THE FEMALE MOTORIST (27) WAS REALLY THE CRUX OF THE CASE. WAS IT IN EXCHANGE FOR SEXUAL FAVOURS AT A LATER MEETING? OR WAS IT SIMPLY AN ACT OF KINDNESS? THE ENCOUNTER WAS SECRETLY RECORDED. THE ACCUSED USED HIS POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER. NOW, LOOK, HE HADN'T STARTED WORK AT THAT STAGE. BUT HE WENT TO WORK, G HE GOT IN HIS POLICE UNIFORM, HE TOOK OUT THE POLICE MUFTI CAR TO GO AND MEET WITH MS <BLEEP>. PROSECUTOR CHERIE CLARKE TOLD THE JURY THE RECORDED CONVERSATION AT THEIR MEETING WAS EVIDENCE THAT BRADLEY HAD TRIED TO PROCURE A BRIBE. THE ASSURANCE WAS, TO USE HIS OWN WORDS, 'R18 STUFF'. G STUPID? YES. IMMORAL? YES. CRIMINAL? NO. DEFENCE LAWYER SUSAN HUGHES STRESSED BRADLEY CHOSE NOT TO CHARGE THE MOTORIST BEFORE THE CONVERSATION GOT SEXUAL. SHE SAYS HE'S ALREADY SUFFERED ENOUGH. HE SHOULD HANG HIS HEAD, AND HE SHOULD BE ASHAMED. BUT A CRIMINAL HE IS NOT. EVEN THOUGH HE'S BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY, POLICE SAY HAYDEN BRADLEY HAS LET THE FORCE DOWN. HIS NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO KEEP HIS JOB. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. CONSTABLE BRADLEY'S BEEN SUSPENDED ON FULL PAY SINCE FEBRUARY LAST YEAR. THREE BROTHERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF THREE YOUNG WOMEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THEY WERE FREED AFTER NEIGHBOURS HEARD SCREAMS FOR HELP FROM A HOUSE IN THE AMERICAN CITY OF CLEVELAND. ABC'S BRANDI HITT HAS MORE. MICHELLE KNIGHT, AMANDA BERRY AND GINA DEJESUS HAVE ALL BEEN LOCATED. CHEERS, TEARS AND JUBILATION IN A CLEVELAND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE TWO WOMEN WHO DISAPPEARED AS TEENAGERS A DECADE AGO HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE, ALONG WITH A THIRD MISSING WOMAN. ALL THREE GIRLS ARE HEALTHY, THEY'RE GETTING TREATMENT RIGHT NOW. ALL OF THEM GETTING WELL, THEY ALL LOOK GOOD. THE WOMEN WERE RESCUED FROM THIS HOUSE, AND A SUSPECT (52) HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. ONE OF THE MISSING WOMEN, AMANDA BERRY, CALLED 911 AFTER NEIGHBOURS KICKED IN THE DOOR OF THE HOME WHEN THEY HEARD CRIES FOR HELP. AMANDA BERRY VANISHED ON APRIL 21ST 2003, WHEN SHE CALLED HER SISTER AMANDA BERRY VANISHED ON APRIL 21ST 2003, WHEN SHE CALLED HER SISTER TO SAY SHE WAS GETTING A RIDE HOME FROM HER JOB AT BURGER KING. AMANDA BERRY VANISHED ON APRIL 21ST 2003, WHEN SHE CALLED HER SISTER TO SAY SHE WAS GETTING A RIDE HOME FROM HER JOB AT BURGER KING. IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE HER 17TH BIRTHDAY. A YEAR LATER, GINA DEJESUS WAS JUST 14 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED WALKING HOME FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE TEENS WERE THE FOCUS OF AN INTENSE SEARCH AND OVER THE YEARS, POLICE WERE ALSO GIVEN FALSE TIPS ON WHERE TO LOOK FOR THEIR BODIES. WE'RE JUST VERY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND IN GOOD CONDITION AND WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY THEY NEVER GAVE UP HOPE, AND NOW THEIR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. IT'S A MIRACLE, AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, AND I'M FEELING HAPPY FOR THE FAMILIES. OFFICIALS HAVE SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY MORNING BAD BOY BACKBENCHER AARON GILMORE IS INSISTING HE STILL HAS A FUTURE IN POLITICS. THE NATIONAL PM'S MADE AN AT TIMES TEARFUL APOLOGY FOR BULLYING BEHAVIOUR AT A SOUTH ISLAND HOTEL. THIS FROM POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. NATIONAL'S LOWEST-RANKED MP HOGGED THE SPOTLIGHT TODAY FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. I WANT TO APOLOGISE TO MY PARTNER, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN ONE OF HELL FOR THEM, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE HURT, THE STRESS AND THE WORRY THAT MY ACTIONS HAVE CAUSED. AARON GILMORE'S APOLOGY CAME AFTER HE CALLED A WAITER AT THIS HANMER HOTEL A 'DICKHEAD' FOR NOT SELLING HIM ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE. IF THERE WAS A DICKHEAD THAT NIGHT, IT WAS ME. I WAS A BULLY, YES. I WAS RUDE AND ARROGANT. HE BECAME MORE COMBATIVE THOUGH WHEN ASKED ABOUT CLAIMS OF 'BIG-NOTING' THAT HE COULD GET THE PRIME MINISTER TO FIRE THE WAITER. I'M NOT HERE TO SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO SAY I'M SORRY FOR BEING ARROGANT AND RUDE TO A BARMAN. MR GILMORE ALSO TOOK ISSUE WITH CLAIMS HE WAS DRUNK AND THAT ANOTHER DINNER GUEST WHO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOUR WAS SOBER. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MR RICHES HAD TO CONSUME THAT EVENING, BUT HE HAD AT LEAST AS MUCH AS I DID. ANDREW RICHES, WHO ALLEGED MR GILMORE INVOKED THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE TO HAVE THE WAITER FIRED, HAS TOLD ONE NEWS TODAY THAT HE STANDS BY HIS COMMENTS. THE HERITAGE HOTEL IN HANMER SAYS IT HAS NO COMMENT TO MAKE. AS FOR MR GILMORE, THE MEDIA APOLOGY WAS ONLY HALF THE JOB. HE ALSO HAD TO SAY SORRY TO HIS NATIONAL PARTY COLLEAGUES. CAN WE ASK WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS TO AARON GILMORE TODAY? YES, THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY. I THINK MOST OF US CAN CERTAINLY THINK OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE COMPLETE TITS OF THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'VE HAD FAR TOO MUCH TO DRINK. MR GILMORE EMERGED LOOKING SHELL-SHOCKED. HE APOLOGISED TO CAUCUS, CAUCUS ACCEPTED THAT APOLOGY, AND REALLY NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SUBJECT. MR GILMORE'S ADAMANT HE STILL HAS A FUTURE IN POLITICS, BUT WHETHER THAT EXTENDS PAST THE NEXT ELECTION SEEMS UNLIKELY. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. THERE'S BEEN A BIG BLOW TO OPPOSITION PARTIES' BATTLE AGAINST ASSET SALES. THEY'VE FAILED TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO FORCE A REFERENDUM, BUT SAY THEY'LL FIGHT ON. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN. LABOUR, THE GREENS AND GREY POWER BANDED TOGETHER A YEAR AGO TO TRY AND GATHER JUST OVER 300,000 SIGNATURES FROM PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE ASSET SALES IN MARCH, THEY CAME BACK WITH 390,000 SIGNATURES, THINKING THEY HAD ENOUGH. BUT THEY HAVE TODAY BEEN TOLD OVER 100,000 ARE EITHER BOGUS OR INVALID, SO AS IT STANDS, THE PETITION HAS FAILED AND ANOTHER 16,500 SIGNATURES ARE NEED TO TRIGGER THE REFERENDUM. THE GREENS HAVE SPENT 91,000 TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON THIS TO DATE, AND JOHN KEY SAYS THE PETITION HAS BEEN A RORT. WELL, THE FIRST THING THEY SHOULD DO IS APOLOGISE, THE SECOND THING THEY SHOULD DO IS REPAY THE MONEY AND THE THIRD THING THEY SHOULD DO IS MAKE SURE THEY DON'T USE TAXPAYERS' MONEY AGAIN IF THEY ARE GONNA CARRY ON TRYING TO GET MORE SIGNATURES. BUT MY VIEW IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD THEIR GO, THEY'VE UTTERLY FAILED, IT'S TIME TO CALL IT QUITS. WELL, THE PRIME MINISTER'S GLEEFUL BECAUSE HE REPRESENTS THOSE THAT HAVE LOTS OF MONEY, WHEREAS WE REPRESENT ORDINARY NZERS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO PRIVATISATION. WE'RE 16,500 SIGNATURES SHORT. WE'LL GET THAT PRETTY EASILY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REFERENDUM. THE GROUPS NOW HAVE TWO MONTHS TO COLLECT THOSE SIGNATURES. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S ALREADY SAID THE REFERENDUM WILL NOT BE BINDING, AND THE HORSE HAS SOMEWHAT BOLTED, BECUASE MIGHTY RIVER POWER WILL BE FLOATED ON FRIDAY. THANKS, POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. A SERIAL CHILD-SEX PREDATOR WILL SPEND AT LEAST 20 YEARS IN JAIL FOR CRIMES DESCRIBED AS 'DEPRAVED'. AARON ELLMERS ADMITTED 60 CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTING TO PAY A FATHER $500 FOR SEX WITH HIS TODDLER. THIS FROM SARAH BATLEY. AARON ELMERS COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS AFTER BEING HANDED DOWN A SENTENCE OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION. HE WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS. IN MY JUDGEMENT, YOU PRESENT A VERY REAL RISK TO SOCIETY, AND PREVENTIVE DETENTION IS NECESSARY TO MANAGE THAT RISK. ELLMERS PLEADED GUILTY TO 60 CHARGES. POLICE SAY HE WAS PART OF A PAEDOPHILE RING INVOLVING AT LEAST TWO OTHER MEN. FOUR CHILDREN, AGED BETWEEN 13 MONTHS AND 13 YEARS, WERE RESCUED FROM THEIR CLUTCHES. ELLMERS EVEN TRIED TO PAY A CANTERBURY MAN $500 TO ABUSE HIS 18-MONTH-OLD SON. HE HAD POSTED A MESSAGE ONLINE AND INDICATING THAT HE PREFERRED GIRLS. ELLMERS WAS JAILED IN 2004 IN AUSTRALIA FOR ATTEMPTING TO RAPE A BOY (8). HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED FOR GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE IN AUSTRALIA DURING A MURDER TRIAL, BUT WASN'T PUT IN PRISON FOR IT. THROUGH HIS LAWYER, AARON ELLMERS TOLD THE COURT THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED BACK FROM AUSTRALIA, HE MADE PHONE CALLS TO VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING THE HAWKE'S BAY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD, LOOKING FOR HELP. BUT HE SAYS HE GAVE UP BECAUSE HE BECAME WORRIED AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT THE OFFENDING AND WORRIED PEOPLE WOULD FIND OUT ABOUT HIM. AFTER SENTENCING, ELLMERS' LAWYERS TOLD ONE NEWS GREATER INFORMATION-SHARING IS NEEDED BETWEEN AGENCIES TO HELP PREVENT REPEAT OFFENDING IN THE FUTURE. THE OTHER TWO MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE PAEDOPHILE RING ARE DUE TO BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. THE LAWYER FOR TWO MEN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING JESSE RYDER SAYS THE CATALYST WAS THE CRICKETER LEAVING THE CHRISTCHURCH BAR WITHOUT REPAYING A ROUND OF DRINKS. THE 20-YEAR-OLD'S ADMITTED ONE CHARGE OF ASSAULT. HE AND THE 37-YEAR-OLD STILL HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION ` THEIR LAWYER ARGUING THAT EXPOSING THEIR IDENTITIES WOULD TAINT THEIR CHANCES OF A FAIR TRIAL. THE SUPPRESSION REMAINS UNTIL AT LEAST JUNE THE 21ST. A MOTHER HAD PLANNED TO MARRY HER NEW PARTNER WHEN SHE WAS KILLED, THE HIGH COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH HAS HEARD. ALEXSIS TOVIZI'S EX-BOYFRIEND NIKKI ROPER IS ON TRIAL, CHARGED WITH HER MURDER IN DECEMBER 2010. SEVERAL WITNESSES, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS, SAY MS TOVIZI TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE WAS SAVING FOR AN ENGAGEMENT RING. THE CROWN ALLEGES ROPER MURDERED THE 21-YEAR-OLD OUT OF JEALOUSY. 45 FAMILIES ARE TONIGHT SITTING ON A GOLD MINE. A PLAN'S BEEN APPROVED TO EXCAVATE UNDER PART OF WAIHI, THE FIRST MINE IN NZ TO BE BUILT BENEATH A RESIDENTIAL AREA. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WITH REACTION. ROB MCCARTHY MOVED TO WAIHI FOR WHAT HE CALLS THE QUIET LIFE. BUT IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S BUILT ON MINING, HE FEARS IT COUILD SOON BE GONE. MINI EARTHQUAKES, TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY OR TWO OR THREE TIMES A NIGHT. VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIVES, AS CONSENT IS GRANTED FOR A NZ FIRST ` GOLD MINING THAT'LL HAPPEN RIGHT UNDER HIS HOME. THEY WANT TO MINE UNDERNEATH PROPERTIES. THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE LAND. IT'S A $235M UNDERGROUND EXPANSION OF NEWMOUNT MINING'S OTHER OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. IN CONVINCING THE COMMISSION THAT APPROVED IT, THE COMPANY SAYS IT WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE ITS WORK IS SAFE. IT SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN A TRUCK PASSING ON THE ROAD. THE COMPANY SAYS MINING WILL START 350M BELOW THE SURFACE. THAT'S A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SKY TOWER. IT SAYS THE CLOSEST IT WILL COME TO HOMES IS AROUND 130M. THE NEW SECTION TO BE MINED RUNS RIGHT ALONG HERE, AND ALL THESE HOUSES ` AROUND 40 TO 50 OF THEM ` SIT RIGHT ON TOP. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE EXPANDED, AND THE COMPANY SAYS UP TO 275 HOUSES COULD THEN FEEL THE VIBRATIONS. BUT UNDER THE CONSENT, EXPLOSIVES CAN ONLY BE LET OFF DURING THE DAY ` ONE OF AROUND 77 GUIDELINES THE COMPANY MUST FOLLOW. AFTER 12 MONTHS, A REVIEW CAN BE DONE. BOTH WAIHI LOCALS AND NEWMONT SAY THEY'RE NOW TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONSENT DOCUMENT, AND MAY APPEAL. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. AN ANGLICAN BISHOP SAYS THERE'S CONCERN AMONG CHURCH OFFICIALS THAT ORDAINING A GAY OR LESBIAN PRIEST COULD BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED. THE RIGHT REVEREND ROSS BAY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF DISCRIMINATION IN STOPPING A MAN IN A SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP FROM BECOMING A PRIEST. LISA OWEN IS FOLLOWING THE CASE. ANGLICAN BISHOP ROSS BAY CONCEDES HE'S DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A GAY MAN WANTING TO BE A PRIEST. BUT HIS CHURCH MAINTAINS IT'S NOT BREAKING THE LAW. HE TOLD THE TRIBUNAL ANGLICAN BISHOPS HAVE AGREED NOT TO LET PEOPLE IN SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS BECOME PRIESTS WHILE THE CHURCH IS DEBATING THE ISSUE ` PARTLY DUE TO... HE MAINTAINS THIS MAN, EUGENE SISNEROS, KNEW HE COULDN'T BE ORDAINED, BECAUSE OF HIS GAY RELATIONSHIP. BUT HE STILL WANTED TO TAKE PART IN DISCERNMENT, OR TRAINING FOR CLERGY. BISHOP BAY SAID HE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO AVOID TAKING SOMEONE DOWN A PATH THAT LEADS TO NOWHERE, AND IT WAS WISEST NOT TO INVITE THEM TO GO ANY FURTHER. IN 2011, ROSS BAY RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE WHICH HE SAYS SHOWED ORDAINING PRIESTS IN SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS COULD PUT THE CHURCH... DESPITE THAT, HE ADMITS RELICENSING PRIESTS HE KNOWS ARE GAY, SAYING... THE TRIBUNAL ALSO HEARD FROM A PRIEST WHO WAS ORDAINED IN 2007, WHEN THE CHURCH KNEW HE WAS GAY. I WAS ALWAYS VERY CLEAR ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP STATUS PRIOR TO ORDINATION. EARLIER, BISHOP BAY SAID UNTIL GAY MARRIAGE IS BLESSED BY THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR CLERGY. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. THERE'S A NEW POSTER BOY AMONG OUR EQUESTRIAN ELITE. JOCK PAGET'S BECOME JUST THE SECOND RIDER TO WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS BADMINTON THREE-DAY EVENT ON DEBUT, MATCHING SIR MARK TODD'S VICTORY IN 1980. PAUL HOBBS HAS MORE. WHEN ONE MAN'S MISFORTUNE... OH, HO! ...IS ANOTHER MAN'S TRIUMPH. JOCK PAGET SNATCHES BADMINTON IN THE MOST DRAMATIC FASHION. I HEARD THE 'AWWW', AND I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, I THINK I JUST WON!' (CHUCKLES) IT'S A WONDER NZ DIDN'T HEAR US THIS MORNING WHEN THAT RAIL WENT DOWN. IN AUSTRALIA OVERNIGHT, JOCK PAGET'S FATHER WAS GLUED TO HIS SON'S PROGRESS. PROUD, ABSOLUTELY. REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOT EMOTIONAL; TEARS IN THE EYES. THE WHOLE BODY JUST SHAKES. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. FEELINGS MATCHED ON THIS SIDE OF THE TASMAN. WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM. I JUST CAN'T... WE'RE EXCITED, AS YOU CAN TELL. WE'RE, LIKE, BESIDE OURSELVES. PAGET WAS BORN IN WELLSFORD AND MOVED TO AUSTRALIA WHEN HE WAS 3. AN APPRENTICE BRICKLAYER, HE DIDN'T CLIMB ON A HORSE UNTIL HE WAS 18 ` HIS DAD'S RODEO HORSE. IT ENDED BADLY. SNAPPED A LIGAMENT IN MY SHOULDER, WHICH IS PROBABLY MY WORST EVER INJURY, ACTUALLY. (LAUGHS) BUT SINCE TAKING UP EVENTING, HE'S BEEN A QUICK LEARNER. I'VE HAD A VERY GOOD, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANDREW NICHOLSON AND MARK TODD, AND THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN PUSHING ME AND HELPING ME FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. PAGET FOLLOWED UP A 7TH AT THE 2010 WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES WITH TOP PERFORMANCES AT BURGHLEY, AND HE WAS PART OF OUR OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL-WINNING TEAM IN LONDON. JOCK'S BEEN A KEY PART OF OUR PROGRAMME. HE'S RANKED NUMBER 4 IN THE WORLD, SO THIS ISN'T A SHOCK, TO SEE HIM COME UP LIKE THIS. THE SPORT COULDN'T BE IN BETTER SHAPE. FOR JOCK, THIS IS A REAL CROWNING MOMENT, AND IN SOME WAYS I GUESS THE FUTURE ARRIVED TODAY. AND THE HOPE FOR GOLD AT THE NEXT OLYMPICS. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. WE'VE MORE FROM PAGET AND THIRD PLACE GETTER ANDREW NICHOLSON LATER IN SPORT. STILL TO COME ` GOOD NEWS FOR SOME TEACHERS OVERPAID IN THE NOVOPAY DEBACLE. HOW THE DEADLY FIRE THAT KILLED FIVE WOMEN IN A LIMOUSINE UNFOLDED ` A TEARFUL SURVIVOR TELLS HER STORY. FIRING UP PLENTY OF CONTROVERSY ` THE PLASTIC GUN MADE WITH A 3D PRINTER. AND GETTING A PARKING FINE ` NO ONE LIKES IT; WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW THE AA'S STEPPING IN TO FIGHT FOR MOTORISTS. 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Find out more at techinasec.co.nz NOVOPAY IS HERE TO STAY, FOR NOW AT LEAST. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TROUBLED SCHOOLS' PAYROLL SYSTEM. IT COSTS A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH AND OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. MANY TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF HAVE BEEN COUNTING THE COST OF THE PLAGUED NOVOPAY SYSTEM. IT'S COMMON THAT WE'RE WORKING TILL 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITTED TO NOVOPAY, ALTHOUGH ONLY UNTIL THE END OF NEXT MONTH. IT'S STAYING. WE'RE WORKING ON IT, IT'S IMPROVING. WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT UNDER REVIEW. WE WOULDN'T STAY WITH IT IF IT BECAME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, STEVEN JOYCE HAS CONTINUALLY REFUSED TO RULE OUT DITCHING NOVOPAY SYSTEM, AND HE'S LEFT HIMSELF WRIGGLE ROOM AGAIN TODAY. HE SAYS HE'LL LOOK AT HIS OPTIONS IF NOVOPAY DETERIORATES. LABOUR SAYS TEACHERS NEED CERTAINTY. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS FOR NOVOPAY IS, AND I DON'T THINK STEVEN JOYCE IS BEING PARTICULARLY UPFRONT. THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO WORK. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IF TEACHERS HAVE BEEN OVERPAID BY NOVOPAY, AND IT'S LESS THAN $100, THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. THIS WILL MEAN WRITING OFF BETWEEN $200,000 AND $300,000. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GONNA BE EASIER FOR THEM TO WRITE OFF PAYMENTS LESS THAN $100, RATHER THAN PUTTING IN THE RESOURCING INTO CHASING THAT MONEY. NOVOPAY IS COSTING $1M A MONTH TO RUN. DESPITE THAT, THERE ARE STILL GAPS IN THE SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST PAY ROUND, THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN 200 TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO HAVEN'T BEEN PAID PROPERLY. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. A TEARFUL SURVIVOR OF THE LIMOUSINE FIRE THAT KILLED FIVE WOMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS RECOUNTED HOW THE HORRIFIC TRAGEDY UNFOLDED. THE DRIVER'S ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT THE BLAZE, BUT IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED IT. ABC'S CECILIA VEGA REPORTS. INSIDE THE STRETCH LIMO, CROSSING A BRIDGE OVER SAN FRANCISCO BAY, A NEW BRIDE AND HER GIRLFRIENDS HEADED OUT ON THE TOWN. BUT THIS NIGHT OF FUN TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE. NELIA ARRELLANO SURVIVED. NELIA ARRELLANO SURVIVED. SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE OUT OF THE RAGING INFERNO. IT WAS JUST AFTER 10PM ON SATURDAY. ARRELLANO KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW TO ALERT THE DRIVER TO THE SMOKE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER. WITHIN JUST 90 SECONDS, THE DRIVER PULLED OVER. WITHIN JUST 90 SECONDS, HE SAYS THE CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED. ORVILLE BROWN WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL. JUST FIRE. NO BOOM. NO EXPLOSION. ARRELLANO AND THREE OTHER WOMEN MADE IT OUT BY SQUEEZING THROUGH JUST A SMALL PARTITION SEPARATING THEM FROM THE DRIVER. BUT FIVE OTHERS DID NOT MAKE IT. POLICE SAY THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND CROUCHED AGAINST THAT SAME PARTITION, AS IF THEY TOO TRIED TO ESCAPE. AMONG THE DEAD, FOUR FRIENDS ` ALL NURSES ` AND THE NEW BRIDE, NERIZA FOJAS (31). GOOD SAMARITANS TRIED TO RESCUE THE WOMEN, BUT THE BACKDRAFT WAS SO STRONG, THE DOORS WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN. POLICE DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. ARRELLANO SAYS NO ONE WAS SMOKING. POLICE DO SAY THE LIMO HELD ONE TOO MANY PASSENGERS. IT WAS ONLY AUTHORISED TO CARRY EIGHT. WHAT MORE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO SAVE 'EM. THE BRIDE'S NEW HUSBAND, HE WAS WAITING FOR HER TO JOIN HIM FOR THE PARTY THAT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE HAS YET TO BE INSPECTED BUT IT'S BELIEVED NO FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. GERMANY'S LARGEST EVER NEO-NAZI TERROR TRIAL'S BEEN ADJOURNED FOR A WEEK AFTER THE DEFENCE ACCUSED THE JUDGE OF BIAS. BEATE ZSCHAPE IS CHARGED WITH BEING PART OF A FAR RIGHT GROUP BLAMED FOR TEN RACIALLY-MOTIVATED MURDERS. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE TURKISH. 600 WITNESSES ARE EXPECTED TO BE CALLED IN THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE TRIAL IN RECENT GERMAN HISTORY. FOUR MALE DEFENDANTS ARE ALSO ON TRIAL BUT FACE LESSER CHARGES. IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO PRINT OUT DEADLY WEAPONS JUST AS EASILY AS PRINTING OFF A TAX RETURN OR WORD DOCUMENT. THAT COULD SOON BE THE REALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE A CONTROVERSIAL COMPANY HAS RELEASED THE FIRST VIDEO OF A 3D-PRINTED GUN BEING FIRED. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME, REPORTS. IT'S PLASTIC, IT'S CHEAP, AND IT'S POTENTIALLY DEADLY. THIS IS A HOME-MADE HANDGUN, WHOSE MAKERS SAY COULD SOON BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WITH A 3D PRINTER AND SOME PLANS. THE CONTROVERSIAL TEXAN COMPANY DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED USED A SPECIAL 3D PRINTER TO MAKE THE GUN'S INDIVIDUAL PARTS. THE PRINTER BUILDS OBJECTS BY LAYERING THIN SHEETS OF PLASTIC. NOW, WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, THE COMPANY SAYS, ANYONE CAN PRINT OFF THEIR OWN GUN. WE'VE NOW CROSSED THE THRESHOLD. WE'RE THERE. WE WILL HAVE THE REALITY OF A WEAPON SYSTEM THAT CAN BE PRINTED OUT FROM YOUR DESK. ANYWHERE THERE'S A COMPUTER, THERE'S A WEAPON. ALREADY, POLITICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE WORKING TO BAN 3D-PRINTED WEPONS. WE'RE FACING A SITUATION WHERE ANYONE, A FELON, A TERRORIST, CAN OPEN A GUN FACTORY IN THEIR GARAGE, AND THE WEAPONS THEY MAKE WILL BE UNDETECTABLE. IT'S STOMACH-CHURNING. 3D PRINTING, AS A CONCEPT, DOES HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPORTERS. THOSE MOST OPTIMISTIC SAY HOSPITALS MAY ONE DAY 3D-PRINT HUMAN ORGANS. THE TECHNOLOGY COULD BE USED TO SOLVE CRIMES; EVEN CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS IN SPACE. SO WHY GUNS? THE COMPANY RESPONSIBLE SAYS IT BELIEVES IN THE FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS. THEY'RE THREATENING TO RELEASE THE HANDGUN BLUEPRINT ON THE INTERNET NEXT WEEK, AND ANYONE WITH $10,000 FOR A PRINTER CAN MAKE THEIR OWN ARSENAL. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. WEATHER TIME NOW. NICE DAY TODAY, COMPARATIVELY. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE; A COUPLE OF EASTERN SHOWERS; A FROST BENEATH EMPTY SKIES. BUT HAPPY SKI OPERATORS, WITH MT HUTT GETTING 20CM OF NEW DRY SNOW. THE REMARKABLES GOT 4CM YESTERDAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY, A LOOK AT WANAKA'S DAY TODAY. BUT WHAT WERE THE GUYS ON THE WHARF LOOKING AT? THE ANSWER AFTER ANDREW'S UNRAVELLED THE DAY'S BIG SPORT STORIES. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` HAVE YOU EVER GOT A PARKING TICKET YOU THOUGHT WAS UNFAIR? HOW THE AA'S STEPPING UP TO HELP AGGRIEVED MOTORISTS. AND, AN UNFAIR COMMENT ON THE CAPITAL? JOHN KEY APOLOGISES FOR SAYING WELLINGTON'S A DYING CITY. . THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION IS TO FIGHT FOR MOTORISTS WHO BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN HIT WITH UNFAIR PARKING FINES. IT SAYS IT'S HAD ENOUGH OF COUNCILS AND PARKING COMPANIES ISSUING FRIVOLOUS FINES. GEORGINA BALL EXPLAINS. THE AA SAYS MANY MOTORISTS AREN'T CHALLENGING UNFAIR PARKING FINES, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE TIME OR MONEY. NOW IT'S STEPPING IN TO HELP FIGHT THEIR LEGAL BATTLES. THESE TICKET ISSUERS KNOW THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE THESE FRIVOLOUS TICKETS ON UNSOUND GROUNDS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF MOTORISTS WILL JUST PAY IT AND NOT COMPLAIN AND NOT DEFEND IT. THAT'S UNJUST. IT'S TRIALLING THE SYSTEM IN WELLINGTON FIRST AND IS CALLING ON AA MEMBERS WHO THINK THEY'RE BEING BADLY TREATED OVER A TICKET TO GET IN TOUCH. ONE EXAMPLE IS WHERE SOMEONE PARKED IN FRONT OF A SIGN THAT HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY COVERED OVER, AND THEY WERE FINED FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE PARKING RESTRICTION. I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT EVIDENCE THERE IS OF 'FRIVOLOUS' PARKING FINES. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO FAR TO HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE CLAIMING THEY'D BEEN UNFAIRLY TICKETED AND FORCED TO PAY. WENT OFF TO GET THE MONEY FOR THE MACHINE, AND BY THE TIME YOU COME BACK, THE TICKET WAS THERE. IT'S TOTALLY UNFAIR. JUST BE A LITTLE MORE LENIENT. LIKE, ON MY INTERNET BANKING, I'VE GOT WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL, SO I CAN JUST PAY THE PARKING TICKET. AND SOME ARE EAGER FOR THE AA TO TAKE THE CAMPAIGN TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. I GET THREE TO FOUR TICKETS A WEEK. I'VE HAD WEEKS WHERE I'VE PAID UP TO $600 IN TICKETS. THE AA SAYS IT HOPES THAT BY FIGHTING THE COURT BATTLES IT WILL SET LEGAL PRECEDENTS AND PUSH COUNCILS, PARKING COMPANIES AND CLAMPERS INTO ACTING FAIRLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. THE MOTHER OF SOPHIE ELLIOTT, WHO WAS MURDERED BY HER FORMER BOYFRIEND CLAYTON WEATHERSTON, IS LAUNCHING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. IN HINDSIGHT, NOW, YOU KNOW, HAD SHE HAD A PROGRAMME AT HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL ` EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL ` I AM QUITE SURE THAT WHEN SHE GOT INTO THIS RELATIONSHIP, SHE WOULD HAVE RECOGNISED THE SIGNS. THE JOINT VENTURE WITH POLICE AND GOVERNMENT WILL BE TRIALLED IN NINE HIGH SCHOOLS BEFORE BEING ROLLED OUT NATIONALLY NEXT YEAR. IT WILL TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE DANGERS AND WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S SPARKED AN ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY ANGRY RESPONSE FROM THE CAPITAL. NOW JOHN KEY'S APOLOGISED FOR REFERRING TO WELLINGTON AS A DYING CITY. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE SHOULD'VE CHOSEN HIS WORDS A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. WELLINGTON RESIDENTS ARE MORTIFIED AT COMMENTS THEIR CITY IS DYING. I THINK IT'S A WEIRD STATEMENT. NO, JUST WALKING AROUND, THERE'S ALL THESE NEW PLACES. SO, NO, IT'S NOT DYING! JOHN KEY REPORTEDLY MADE THE COMMENTS TO TAKAPUNA BUSINESS LEADERS LAST WEEK. HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, 'ALL YOU HAVE THERE IS GOVERNMENT, 'VICTORIA UNIVERSITY AND WETA WORKSHOP.' IF I'VE OFFENDED THEM, THEN I UNRESERVEDLY APOLOGISE. BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT PRIVATE SECTOR HEAD OFFICES, IT'S RIGHT THAT A LOT OF THEM HAVE OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS LEFT WELLINGTON. IN THE PAST, CORPORATES LIKE FONTERRA'S PREDECESSOR THE DAIRY BOARD, SOME PARTS OF OUR MAJOR BANKS AND TELECOM HAVE SHIFTED NORTH. BUT THE CITY'S BUSINESS LEADERS SAY THE MOVEMENT'S LARGELY HISTORICAL AND DOESN'T MEAN THE CAPITAL'S ON ITS DEATH BED. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INTEREST IN WELLINGTON IN TERMS OF THE INNOVATIVE SECTOR, THE CREATIVE SECTOR. THE COMMENTS COME AFTER A RECENT REGIONAL ECONOMIC REPORT SHOWED WELLINGTON'S JOB NUMBERS GREW JUST 1.1% OVER 10 YEARS. BUT DESPITE THAT, THOSE LIVING IN THE REGION HAVE THE HIGHEST INCOMES IN NZ. OUR GDP'S BEEN GOING UP EVERY YEAR. IN 2008 SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRYWERE IN NEGATIVE GROWTH; WE'VE BEEN POSITIVE, ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE, EVERY YEAR. JOHN KEY'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAVE ALSO TAKEN AIM OVER THE COMMENTS, SUGGESTING THE PRIME MINISTER TAKE A STROLL OUTSIDE OF THE BEEHIVE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN WELLINGTON ` IN THE ARTS SCENE, IN THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AREA, IN THE ENVIRONMENT. WELLINGTON IS A GREAT PLACE. A PLACE MANY RESIDENTS SAY IS ALIVE AND KICKING. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. AND AFTER THE NEWS HOUR, SEVEN SHARP WILL BE LIVE IN WELLINGTON LOOKING AT THE CITY'S PROS AND CONS. POLITICIANS HAVE PAID TRIBUTES TO LABOUR MP PAREKURA HOROMIA IN PARLIAMENT. AFTER HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY BLESSED MR HOROMIA'S OFFICE AND PARLIAMENTARY SEAT, MPS FROM ACROSS THE HOUSE SHARED THEIR MEMORIES OF THE FORMER MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER. HIS LAST TRIP FROM WELLINGTON BACK TO HIS HOME MARAE, HE STOPPED OFF, DESPITE BEING IN PAIN, DESPITE HAVING TO TAKE MORPHINE, STOPPED OFF AT MANY OF THE LABOUR BRANCHES AND COMMUNITIES AS HE WENT UP THE ROAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO PEOPLE. (BREATHES DEEPLY) THAT WAS THE` SORT OF, THE MEASURE OF... OF THE MAN. A BYELECTION FOR THE IKAROA-RAWHITI SEAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` THE OWNER OF A HELICOPTER WHICH CRASHED INTO AUCKLAND'S WAITEMATA HARBOUR IS PLANNING TO RETRIEVE IT FROM THE SEABED. TWO PEOPLE SURVIVED THE CRASH AND WERE RESCUED BY THE NAVY AFTER 10 MINUTES IN THE WATER. THE CHOPPER'S MARKETED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST ALL-CARBON KEVLAR HELICOPTER. A SUSPENDED WANGANUI POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF SEEKING SEXUAL FAVOURS IN EXCHANGE FOR LETTING A WOMAN OFF A DRIVING OFFENCE HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF CORRUPTION. BUT HAYDEN BRADLEY'S STILL FACING AN INTERNAL POLICE INVESTIGATION. AND JUBILATION'S GREETED THE DISCOVERY OF THREE WOMEN WHO WENT MISSING IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT A DECADE AGO. THREE BROTHERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE CASE. THE WOMEN WERE FREED AFTER NEIGHBOURS HEARD SCREAMS FOR HELP FROM A HOUSE IN CLEVELAND. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. EQUESTRIAN'S RIDING HIGH. MARK TODD, ANDREW NICHOLSON, NOW JOCK PAGET SECOND ONLY TO AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL ALL THE CELEBRATIONS FROM BADMINTON NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, THE HURRICANES UPDATE CONRAD SMITH'S CONDITION. WHAT'S THE LINK BETWEEN TACKLES LIKE THIS AND RUGBY? PLUS, A FUNDING BREAKTHROUGH FOR OUR BEST RALLY DRIVER.. AND, SURELY NOT ` LEBRON AND MIAMI STAGGER IN THE NBA PLAY-OFFS. Ah, what's this? A little discussion. Two entrenched views. A real-estate website. Oh, he wants a new home. Ah, but she has some ideas about renovating. Either way, I'm thinking they don't have a lot of spare time to get their loan, right? That's why ANZ has more home-loan specialists than any other bank, and they'll come to you. My money's on the renovation. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO EQUESTRIAN, AND AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, JOCK PAGET HAS USHERED IN A NEW GENERATION OF KIWI CHAMPIONS WITH HIS BREAKTHROUGH WIN AT BADMINTON. THE PUPIL (29) UPSTAGED HIS MASTER, ANDREW NICHOLSON, IN THE SHOWJUMPING TO CLINCH THE COVETED TITLE. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY WAS THERE. THIS IS THE FACE OF A WINNER ` THE MOMENT VICTORY AT BADMINTON DAWNS ON JOCK PAGET. ...STARTS A NEW` OH-HO! CROWD EXCLAIMS THE GERMAN OLYMPIC AND EUROPEAN CHAMPION, MICHAEL JUNK, SHANKED IT AT THE VERY LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT TO DROP BEHIND THE YOUNG NZER AFTER HIS IMPECCABLE JUMPING ROUND. I HEARD THE CROWD CHEER, AND I THOUGHT, 'WELL, HE'S THE CHAMPION. HE DESERVES IT.' AND THEN I HEARD THE, 'AW!' AND I THOUGHT, 'SHIT, I THINK I JUST WON.' (CHUCKLES) HIS RIDE ON CLIFTON PROMISE LOOKED FLUID; NEVER CLOSER THAN 6 INCHES TO A POLE. CHEERING, APPLAUSE QUITE A DISPLAY FROM A HORSE THAT BEGAN THE DAY HELD BACK FOR A SECOND LOOK BY THE VETS. OBVIOUSLY I WAS PANICKING A BIT. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA LOSE MY SHOT AT THE TITLE. A CLEAR ROUND FROM ANDREW NICHOLSON MOVED HIM PAST WILLIAM FOX-PITT TO THIRD. A PODIUM FINISH NOT THE PAYDAY HE HOPED FOR, BUT THE MAN WITH 33 COMPLETIONS NOW AT BADMINTON WILL BE BACK AND DOESN'T REGRET HELPING SO MANY RIDERS, INCLUDING THE ONE WHO SURPASSED HIM TODAY. YOU KNOW, THEY COME AS WORKING PUPILS, AND JOCK, HE CAME FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND LOOK AT HIM NOW. NOW HE'S BEATEN ME. HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME GAME PLAN AS WHAT I GAVE THE OTHERS. JOCK PAGET ALSO TRAINED WITH MICHAEL JUNG OVER WINTER ` OF ALL THINGS, TAKING TIPS ON SHOWJUMPING. I JUST COME HERE THIS WEEKEND KNOWING THAT I COULD WIN, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD WIN. 37 OF THE WORLD'S TOP 100 EQUESTRIANS WERE HERE AT BADMINTON, WHICH MAKES JOCK PAGET'S WIN ON DEBUT EVEN MORE REMARKABLE. 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS JOCK PAGET IS NOW THE SECOND DEBUTANT TO WIN AT BADMINTON. THEY'RE PLAYING THE SAME SONG THAT LAUDED THE FIRST, MARK TODD, IN 1980. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, BADMINTON. ALL BLACKS CENTRE CONRAD SMITH MIGHT STILL BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY AGAINST FRANCE IN JUST OVER FOUR WEEKS. OFFICIALS SAY SMITH'S ON THE IMPROVE AFTER BEING KNOCKED OUT COLD PLAYING FOR THE HURRICANES AGAINST THE BULLS IN SOUTH AFRICA OVER THE WEEKEND. IT'S THE BLOW THAT STILL HAS RUGBY WINCING. BUT THE HURRICANES SAY CONRAD SMITH IS RECOVERING. HE CAME DOWN TO TRAINING WITH US. HE TOOK A VERY LIMITED PART IN THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF GENERAL WELL-BEING AND GENERAL FEELING, HE'S VERY UP ` PROBABLY MORE SO THAN HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE, AS WELL. HAMMETT SAYS SMITH HASN'T HAD ANY LINGERING EFFECTS, BUT DEFINITELY WON'T PLAY THIS WEEKEND. HE WILL STAY WITH THE TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA. SMITH'S HAD KNOCKS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'VE HAD A CUMULATIVE EFFECT. THE NZRU IS KEEPING A WATCHING BRIEF. WHEN CONRAD AND THE TEAM GET BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA, I'LL CERTAINLY BE IN CONTACT WITH THEIR TEAM DOCTOR AND WITH CONRAD. THE BIGGEST RISK FOR ANOTHER INJURY IS NOT TO HAVE FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE PREVIOUS INJURY. WHILE ONGOING STUDIES INTO HEAD KNOCKS CONTINUE HERE, AMERICAN FOOTBALL HAS JUST LAUNCHED A NEW CAMPAIGN TO STOP PLAYERS TACKLING WITH THEIR HELMETS FIRST. CONCUSSION IS THE MAJOR ISSUE IN THE NFL. A LOT OF OUR TEAMS ARE DOING THIS NOW. THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING RUGBY TAPE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO TACKLE PROPERLY. OUR COACHES ARE GOING BACK TO THE PHILOSOPHY, YOU USE YOUR SHOULDER TO TACKLE, AND YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SIDE. SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE TACKLING FRONT ` KEVEN MEALAMU TRAINED WITH THE BLUES TODAY AND COULD MAKE THE BENCH FOR THIS WEEKEND'S MATCH AGAINST THE REBELS, RECOVERING FROM HIS CALF TIGHTNESS. THE VETERANS AREN'T DONE JUST YET. FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW A NZ TEAM HAS CLAIMED THE WORLD YOUTH RUGBY TITLE IN JAPAN. AUCKLAND'S ST KENTIGERN'S FIRST XV ARRIVED HOME THIS MORNING. THEY BEAT AUSTRALIA'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE SEMIFINALS 45-7, AND THEN ENGLAND'S CONVINCINGLY IN THE FINAL 40-8. THE IMPRESSIVE SCORELINES APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF GOOD PREPARATION AND ENFORCED EARLY NIGHTS WHILE ON TOUR. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE PART? > PROBABLY THE SHOPPING IN THAILAND, TO BE HONEST. OH, AND THE FINAL. YEAH, WINNING THE FINAL. THE TEAM STARTS THE DEFENCE OF THE AUCKLAND SCHOOLS TITLE THIS WEEKEND. THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC'S CHANCES OF DEFENDING THEIR TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ARE FADING AFTER THEY WENT DOWN 45-33 TO THE THUNDERBIRDS IN ADELAIDE. THE NORMALLY RELIABLE IRENE VAN DYK SANK JUST 13 FROM 16 SHOTS AND ONLY MANAGED ONE ATTEMPT IN THE THIRD QUARTER BEFORE BEING BENCHED. VAN DYK! OH, THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE. VAN DYK STARTED AND SHOULD HAVE FINISHED IT OFF. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE 40-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN PULLED FROM A GAME ALL SEASON. AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, A 59-GOAL-HAUL FROM SOUTHERN STEEL SHOOTER JHANIELE FOWLER'S SEEN HER SIDE TO A 60-55 WIN OVER THE NEW SOUTH WALES SWIFTS IN INVERCARGILL. THE MIAMI HEAT HAS BEEN DEALT A DOSE OF BASKETBALL REALITY, STUNNED BY THE CHICAGO BULLS IN GAME ONE OF THE NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS. THE BULLS RESTRICTED FRESHLY CROWNED MVP LEBRON JAMES TO JUST TWO FIRST-HALF POINTS. CHICAGO THEN SCORED THE LAST 10 POINTS OF THE GAME TO SEAL THE UPSET. GOES FOR THE CROSSOVER... HITS! NATE ROBINSON DOING IT IN THE FACE OF MARIO CHALMERS. GUARD NATE ROBINSON LED ALL SCORERS WITH 27 POINTS IN THE 93-86 WIN, RETURNING TO BURN THE HEAT AFTER RECEIVING 10 STICHES IN HIS LIP FOLLOWING THIS COLLISION WITH JAMES. IN SAN ANTONIO, THE SPURS HAVE OVERCOME A 16-POINT FOURTH-QUARTER DEFICIT AND STEPHEN CURRY'S 44 POINTS TO BEAT THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 129-127 IN A DOUBLE OVERTIME THRILLER. NOW A TALE OF COURAGE AND DETERMINATION FROM A KIWI GROUP ATTEMPTING A WORLD-FIRST CLIMB IN THE HIMALAYAS. THE ATTEMPT TO SUMMIT 'WHITEWAVE' HAS BEEN ABANDONED AFTER ONE OF THE CLIMBERS FELL AND HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL; BUT FIRST, HIS TEAMMATE SPENT 24 HOURS LOWERING HIM BY ROPE TO SAFETY. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. IT WAS AN EXPEDITION MONTHS IN THE PLANNING, BUT WITH ONE WRONG STEP IT WAS OVER IN MINUTES. SCOTT BLACKFORD SCHEELE, FILMED BY ONE NEWS PLOTTING HIS ASCENT OF WHITE WAVE JUST THE WEEK BEFORE HE LEFT NZ, IS NOW IN A NEPALESE HOSPITAL. THE ICE-CLIMBING INSTRUCTOR (24) WAS NEAR THE SUMMIT WHEN HE FELL NEARLY 100M, SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY AND CONCUSSION, AND HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL; THE TEAM'S WORLD-FIRST ATTEMPT NOW ON HOLD. WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU HAVE TO QUESTION THE SANITY OF NEELU MEMON. WITH ONLY 30% VISION, SHE'S PLANNING TO CLIMB THE TALLEST PEAK ON EACH OF THE SEVEN CONTINENTS. YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME I'M CRAZY. SHE HOPES TO SHOW WHAT ANYONE CAN ACHIEVE WITH SUPPORT. ENLISTING AS A MENTOR, FIVE-TIME COAST TO COAST CHAMPION RICHARD USSHER, WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT TOUGH CHALLENGES. ALWAYS TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, I GUESS, AND BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN. RATHER THAN THINKING, 'OH WELL, THAT'S THE END,' IT'S ABOUT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS. THE PAIR HAVE COMMON GROUND IN THE COAST TO COAST ` MEMON CONQUERED THE DIVIDE LAST YEAR. SHE'S ALSO SCALED NZ'S MT ASPIRING, AND FINDS AT THOUSANDS OF METRES UP, HER PHILOSOPHY ON SUPPORT IS VITAL. IT'S REALLY ABOUT JUST PUTTING MY FAITH AND TRUST IN THE PERSON WHO HIS SUPPORTING ME. ALONG WITH HER EXPERIENCES THE COMBINED EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING HER, WILL BE REALLY POWERFUL. SOUTH AMERICA'S MT ACONCAGUA IS THE FIRST PEAK TO BE ATTEMPTED, IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. SOUTH CANTERBURY RALLY DRIVER HAYDEN PADDON HAS SECURED FUNDING TO PUSH HIS CLAIM FOR A FULL DRIVE IN NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. THE 26-YEAR-OLD HAS SECURED $300,000 TO COMPETE IN THE FINNISH AND GERMAN RALLIES IN AUGUST IN THE NEW WRC2 CLASS. WE KNOW WE CAN DELIVER FROM A PERFORMANCE POINT OF VIEW, BUT SITTING AND HOME AND SAYING WE CAN DO THAT ISN'T GOING TO PROVE ANYTHING. WE HAVE TO BE OVER THERE, IN EUROPE, DOING IT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD, AND TRYING TO BEAT THE OTHER YOUNGER GUYS THAT ARE GETTING TALKED ABOUT. THE FORMER THIRD-TIER PRODUCTION CLASS WORLD CHAMPION WILL GET A MARKER OF HIS FORM AT NEXT WEEK'S WHANGAREI INTERNATIONAL RALLY. FINALLY TONIGHT, A RACE OF THE HIGHEST PEDIGREE. 27 MASCOTS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE ANNUAL BRITISH MASCOT GRAND NATIONAL AT KEMPTON PARK, NEAR LONDON. THE 200M RACE HAS BEEN RUN SINCE 1999. THIS YEAR'S WINNER WAS 'BARRY BARRATT', MASCOT OF A LOCAL BUILDING FIRM. WENDY, HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ME I'M SMALLER THAN THAT NEXT ON ONE NEWS, JIM'S GOT YOUR FORECAST, HI ONCE AGAIN. FINE AND FROSTY IS THE CALL, BUT RAIN CLOUDS ARE GANGING UP ON THE FAR NORTH. THE PICTURE'S THE MANIOTOTO, FROM JAN MACKENZIE. BUT FIRST, THE WANAKA WHARF MYSTERY. THIS IS WHAT WAS LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE. HUNGRY EELS SOMETHING ELSE LURKS OFF THE COAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ OUR DEPARTING LOW LEFT A WEE PRESENT FOR MT MAUNGANUI BOARD RIDERS THIS MORNING. THE PRAYING MANTIS WASN'T PRAYING HARD ENOUGH. THE FROST GOT HIM HE DIED AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS TUESDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT.