GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. FORECAST RAIN FOR NORTHERN AUCKLAND SPREAD DOWN OVER THE CITY TODAY, WITH HEAVY FALLS TO COME. THUNDER ON THE RADAR IS LINING UP THE FAR NORTH, WHILE FARMERS IN THE DEEP SOUTH ARE EYEING UP A TIDAL WIND SURGE OUT OF THE ANTARCTIC THAT'LL PLASTER SNOW ACROSS THE RANGES. A BIG FORECAST. STAY TUNED. 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. GILMORE GONE? A KEY TURN AS THE PRIME MINISTER HINTS HIS EMBATTLED MP SHOULD QUIT PARLIAMENT. FINALLY REUNITED WITH FAMILY ` WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE THREE WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE FOR TEN YEARS AND THE MEN ACCUSED OF ENSLAVING THEM. AND SAVING PEOPLE FROM BOWEL CANCER ` A CALL FOR NATIONWIDE SCREENING AFTER A TRIAL PROGRAMME PROVES SUCCESSFUL. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE IS TONIGHT LOOKING SHAKY. THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENT ARE PUSHING HIM TO RESIGN TO AVOID A MESSY EXPULSION PROCESS. THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE EMBATTLED MP AND AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS PRESENT DURING A BOOZY DINNER. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH HAS THE DETAILS AND JOINS US NOW. JESS. That's right. For six days the Prime Minister has stuck by Aaron Gilmore. Today that changed. One of his national party colleagues told me he wasn't available. AARON GILMORE'S DESCRIBED THIS AS A HELL OF A WEEK, AND IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER TODAY. TEXTS HAVE EMERGED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS SHOW AARON GILMORE WASN'T FULLY FORTHCOMING. I TREAT THIS AS A SERIOUS MATTER. TODAY I'VE RUNG THE PARTY PRESIDENT. I'VE TOLD THE PARTY PRESIDENT THAT I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE THESE TEXTS. THOSE TEXT MESSAGES ARE BETWEEN THE MP AND CHRISTCHURCH LAWYER ANDREW RICHES, WHO WAS ONE OF THE DINNER GUESTS AT THE HERITAGE HOTEL IN HANMER SPRINGS TWO WEEKS AGO. ANDREW RICHES SAYS,... AARON GILMORE REPLIED, SAYING,... ANDREW RICHES CAME BACK WITH... THE REPLY: 'I DID. THE <BLEEP> SAID I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE DRUNK.' I FIND THEM DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE WITH THE VERSION OF EVENTS THAT MR GILMORE GAVE MY OFFICE. EARLIER IN THE DAY, AARON GILMORE WAS INSISTING HIS TEXT MESSAGES WERE DIFFERENT TO THOSE MADE PUBLIC. THE TEXT CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE DIFFERS FROM THAT TEXT CONVERSATION, OK? I'M NOT HIDING INFORMATION. THE PRIME MINISTER IS BASICALLY SAYING THE MP SHOULD GO. GIVEN THE PRESSURE HE'S BEEN UNDER AND THE QUESTIONS HE'S BEEN UNABLE TO ANSWER TO THE MEDIA, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WAS SELF-EXPLANATORY FOR HIM TO COME FORWARD IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. BUT HE CAN'T FORCE HIM TO. WELL, THE REALITY IS HE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN MP FOR AS LONG AS HIS PARLIAMENTARY TERM, BECAUSE NO PARTY LEADER CAN KICK HIM OUT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PARTY CAN KICK HIM OUT OF NATIONAL, BUT AARON GILMORE CAN STILL STAY ON AS AN INDEPENDENT MP. JESSICA, WHAT'S THE NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY? Peter Goodfellow put out a statement saying that it would be hard to come back from this. They tried to force Aaron Gilmore's and to resign. THE THREE WOMEN RESCUED AFTER BEING HELD CAPTIVE FOR 10 YEARS IN AMERICA HAVE SPENT THEIR FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S BELIEVED THE TRIO BECAME PREGNANT ` ONE EVEN HAVING A BABY ` WHILE BEING IMPRISONED IN A SUBURBAN HOME IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME, HAS MORE. THE FIRST PUBLIC PHOTO OF AMANDA BERRY IN TEN YEARS. SHE'S PICTURED HERE AT THE HOSPITAL BEDSIDE OF HER DAUGHTER, JOCELYN (6), AS TEARFUL FRIENDS GATHERED OUTSIDE. I WAS WITH HER THE DAY` I'M HER BEST FRIEND. I WAS WORKING WITH HER AT BK. THE FIRST DAY THAT SHE WENT MISSING, WE WENT OUT AND WE HAD A SMOKE, AND WE WERE GONNA PARTY COS IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY, AND SHE JUST NEVER CAME HOME. AFTER SHE WALKED DOWN THE STREET, I NEVER SEEN HER AGAIN. BALLOONS AND SIGNS MASSED OUTSIDE THE VICTIMS' HOUSES TODAY. POLICE SAY AMANDA AND HER DAUGHTER ` BORN INSIDE THEIR SUBURBAN PRISON ` ARE HEALTHY AND WELL. SHE LOOKS GREAT, HAPPY, HEALTHY. SHE WAS EATING A POPSICLE LAST NIGHT. IN 10 YEARS, POLICE HAD NEVER CHECKED INSIDE THE HOUSE WHERE THE WOMEN WERE HELD CAPTIVE. THEY'D VISITED THE OWNER, FORMER BUS DRIVER ARIEL CASTRO, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR UNRELATED INCIDENTS. BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YESTERDAY THEY HAD ANY IDEA THE WOMEN WERE INSIDE. AND I SEE THIS GIRL, AND SHE'S JUST GOING NUTS ON THE DOOR, SO I'M, LIKE, 'WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? YOU STUCK? JUST OPEN THE DOOR.' AND SHE SAYS, 'I CAN'T. HE GOT IT LOCKED.' AND I LOOK HOW HE HAS IT, AND IT'S ONLY ENOUGH TO REACH A HAND OUT TO GRAB THE MAIL AND, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE DOOR. AND SHE` WE, NATURALLY, TRIED TO PRY IT OPEN. THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO WE HAD TO KICK OPEN THE BOTTOM. LUCKILY ON THAT DOOR IT WAS ALUMINIUM, IT WAS CHEAP, AND SHE CLIMBED OUT WITH HER DAUGHTER. SHE WENT TO MY HOUSE. WE CALLED 911. THE TRIO WERE ABDUCTED ON THE SAME ROAD, JUST A FEW BLOCKS APART. THE FIRST, IN AUGUST 2002, WAS MICHELLE KNIGHT. THEN AMANDA BERRY DISAPPEARED IN APRIL 2003, BEFORE GINA DE JESUS WAS TAKEN A YEAR LATER. WHILE THE LATTER TWO OF THE DISAPPEARANCES GAINED MEDIA ATTENTION AT THE TIME, 750,000 CHILDREN GO MISSING EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES. OF THAT, ALMOST 60,000 ARE TAKEN BY SOMEONE OUTSIDE THEIR FAMILY. ONLY VERY RARELY DOES IT END LIKE THIS. ONE TO HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR ABDUCTION, JAYCEE DOUGARD, WAS FREED IN 2009 AFTER 18 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY. SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING THE OHIO WOMEN NEED A CHANCE TO HEAL AND RECONNECT WITH THE WORLD. FOR YOUNG FACES ONCE FROZEN ON POSTERS AND IN POLICE FILES, THIS TIME THE SMILES COME WITH REASON. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. THE MAN WHO OWNED THE HOUSE AND HIS TWO BROTHERS ARE IN POLICE CUSTODY, ACCUSED OF ABDUCTION AND FORCED IMPRISONMENT. BUT HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH IT FOR SO LONG? AS ABC'S ALEX PEREZ REPORTS, NEIGHBOURS AND EVEN AN IN-LAW DIDN'T SUSPECT A THING. FROM FAMILY MEMBERS... NOT IN MY WORST NIGHTMARE WOULD I HAVE IMAGINED THAT MY BROTHER-IN-LAW COULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ...TO INVESTIGATORS,... NOTHING WAS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF CLEVELAND FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBOURS THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET. ...IT SEEMS ALMOST NO ONE SUSPECTED ARIEL CASTRO AND HIS TWO BROTHERS, PEDRO AND ONIL, WOULD EVER BE ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING AND HOLDING THREE WOMEN HOSTAGE FOR NEARLY A DECADE. THE FIRST INSIGHT INTO WHO CASTRO IS EMERGED TODAY. HE WROTE ON HIS OWN JOB APPLICATION FORM, 'I ENJOY WORKING WITH CHILDREN.' BUT ARIEL CASTRO WAS KNOWN TO COPS. IN FACT, IN 2004, POLICE CAME TO HIS HOUSE AFTER CASTRO, WHO WORKED AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, WAS ACCUSED OF LEAVING A STUDENT ON A BUS AND CURSING AT THE STUDENT. NO ONE OPENED THE DOOR, AND CASTRO WAS LATER SUSPENDED ` THE FIRST OF SEVERAL SUSPENSIONS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS FIRING IN 2012, RAISING THE QUESTION, DID AUTHORITIES MISS KEY OPPORTUNITIES TO RESCUE THE WOMEN? ARIEL CASTRO'S BROTHER-IN-LAW JUAN ALICEA SAYS CASTRO KEPT HIS HOME OFF LIMITS. < WHEN YOU SAY 'PRIVATE', WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE'D NEVER HAVE ANYBODY COME OVER. MANY IN HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD SAY CASTRO WAS A COURTEOUS NEIGHBOUR. HE ALSO PLAYED BASS IN SEVERAL LATIN-MUSIC BANDS, INCLUDING ONE CALLED BORIN PLENA WITH ALBERTO FERMIN. (SPEAKS SPANISH) FERMIN SAYS CASTRO WAS A SOLID MUSICIAN WHO OFTEN SHOWED UP LATE, BUT NEVER SEEMED CAPABLE OF WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF. AND ARIEL CASTRO'S SON CLAIMS HIS FATHER HAD A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HIS MOTHER BEFORE SHE LEFT HIM AND THAT PARTS OF THE FAMILY HOME WERE LOCKED AND OFF LIMITS. OVER 100 MORE JOBS ARE GOING AT STATE COAL COMPANY SOLID ENERGY, AND FURTHER CUTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE FRESH ROUND OF LAY-OFFS COME WITH THE COMPANY'S FUTURE STILL UNCERTAIN AFTER RACKING UP NEARLY $400M IN DEBT. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S FOLLOWING SOLID ENERGY'S STRUGGLE. Another body blow for solid energy workers ` this time for head office. This is to try and save $18 million a year. SOLID ENERGY'S IN A PILE OF FINANCIAL STRIFE, SHEDDING UNWANTED ASSETS AND SLASHING MORE STAFF. THIS OPTIMISATION DOES NOT AFFECT MINE STAFF; OPERATING STAFF. THIS IS SUPPORT STAFF AND CORPORATE STAFF. WHEN SOLID ENERGY HIT THE SKIDS LAST YEAR DUE TO FALLING COAL PRICES, IT CUT 400 JOBS ` MOSTLY AT SPRING CREEK MINE. WITH TODAY'S CUTS, STAFF NUMBERS SINCE LAST YEAR HAVE DROPPED FROM 1600 TO JUST OVER 1000. COULD BE FURTHER CUTS, AND IT COULD... IT COULD GO INTO THE MINES. I'M SORRY THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A COMPANY WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD SUSTAINABLE JOBS AND IT'S TURNED OUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THEY ARE NEGLIGENT, RECKLESS AMATEURS, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND THE OTHER 400 JOB LOSSES AND $398M OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY IS SQUARELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SOLID ENERGY'S SURVIVAL IS NOW DEPENDENT ON ITS BANKS AND THE GOVERNMENT AGREEING NEXT MONTH TO A NEW BUSINESS PLAN. I AM CONFIDENT THEY'LL SIGN UP TO THE PROPOSALS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN... MOST OF US HAVE GOT OWNERS. THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. EARLIER THIS YEAR BILL ENGLISH INDICATED HE WOULDN'T LET THE COMPANY FAIL. TODAY HE WAS LESS SURE. LOOK, IF IT'S NOT VIABLE, THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO... WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE A BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T EXIST JUST SO WE CAN SUBSIDISE IT. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT SOLID ENERGY WILL BE A MUCH SMALLER COMPANY IN FUTURE IF IT SURVIVES. MARK FORD EVEN CONFIRMED ITS FAMOUS HEAD OFFICE, DUBBED THE PALACE, WOULD BE VACATED FOR SOMETHING SMALLER. CORIN, SOLID ENERGY'S NOT THE ONLY STATE ASSET ON THE GOVERNMENT'S MIND TONIGHT, IS IT? It is crunch time for Mighty River Power. Very shortly a price will be announced. The big question is what Labour and the Greens' power policy has had on demand. It's crucial that the government gets this right, because they have two more assets to sell. We have the controversial GCSB legislation being debated, which should tidy up that dog's breakfast of a law. The public won't get as big a chance as they normally do for consultation. The government really wants Aaron Gilmore to resign because they can't afford to lose a seat. THE MOVE TO OVERHAUL OUR SPY LAWS WAS, OF COURSE, PROMPTED BY THE KIM DOTCOM DEBACLE. AND THE INTERNET MILLIONAIRE'S LEGAL TEAM TODAY RELEASED A DAMNING REPORT INTO THE HANDLING OF HIS CASE. JOANNA HUNKIN'S BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY. THIS IS THE MAN PUSHING TO GET KIM DOTCOM BEFORE THE AMERICAN COURTS ` US ATTORNEY-GENERAL ERIC HOLDER, IN AUCKLAND FOR AN ANNUAL SUMMIT OF TOP JUSTICE OFFICIALS. DOTCOM'S LAWYERS BELIEVE THEIR CLIENT WAS A KEY TALKING POINT AT THAT MEETING AND HOPED TO SHAPE THE CONVERSATION WITH THIS REPORT. I THINK WE AS HIS LEGAL TEAM OWE HIM A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS THAT SETS OUT THE NARRATIVE SO PERHAPS THE UNITED STATES WILL STOP DEFAMING HIM EVERYWHERE. ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS FINLAYSON'S CONFIRMED HE DID DISCUSS THE DOTCOM CASE WITH ERIC HOLDER DURING A PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE MEETING YESTERDAY. HIS OFFICE WON'T REVEAL DETAILS OF THAT DISCUSSION, AS THE MATTER'S STILL BEFORE COURTS, BUT IT SAYS IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE TWO MEN. MUCH OF WHAT'S DETAILED IN THE REPORT HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC BEFORE, BUT IT DOES RAISE TWO KEY POINTS. THE FIRST RELATES TO A CIVIL CASE HEARD IN NEW YORK LAST MONTH, WHERE A JUDGE RULED IN FAVOUR OF YOUTUBE, SAYING IT'S NOT UP TO SERVICE PROVIDERS TO MONITOR CONTENT AND CHECK IT DOESN'T BREACH COPYRIGHT. YOU READ THAT AND YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, 'THEY COULDN'T EVEN, ESSENTIALLY, WIN A CIVIL CASE AGAINST MR DOTCOM; 'GOOD LUCK CRIMINALLY.' AND THE REPORT ARGUES THERE ISN'T EVEN A CHARGE TO BE ANSWERED IN THE US, AS SECONDARY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS NOT A CRIMINAL CHARGE THERE. THE PRIMARY INFRINGER IS THE PERSON THAT SENDS THE SONG OR THE CLIP FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. THAT'S THE PRIMARY INFRINGER. THE SECONDARY INFRINGER IS THE PERSON THAT PROVIDES THE NETWORK OR THE SYSTEM WHICH ENABLES THEM TO DO THAT. MR ELLIOTT SAYS IF DOTCOM'S LEGAL TEAM IS CORRECT, THERE WOULD BE NO GROUNDS TO EXTRADITE HIM TO THE US. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. AND THE DOTCOM CASE IS ALSO BEING USED AS A DEFENCE FOR THREE MEN TRYING TO AVOID A BIG BILL FOR SABOTAGING A DOME AT THE WAIHOPAI SPY BASE. THE TRIO ARE APPEALING A DECISION TO MAKE THEM PAY $1.2M TO THE CROWN. LAWYER MICHAEL KNOWLES SAYS REVELATIONS THAT THE GCSB ILLEGALLY SPIED ON DOTCOM AND OTHERS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THE CONDUCT AND ACTIVITIES OF THE RESPONDENT, GCSB, HAVE RECENTLY COME TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE NATION IN THE COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR DOTCOM. SUPPORTERS OF THE THREE MEN TOOK OF THEIR CLOTHES IN PROTEST IN BETWEEN SESSIONS AT THE COURT OF APPEAL IN WELLINGTON. JOHN BANKS MAINTAINS HE HAS NOTHING TO FEAR AFTER APPEARING IN COURT TO DEFEND ALLEGATIONS HE LIED ABOUT DONATIONS MADE BY KIM DOTCOM TO HIS AUCKLAND MAYORAL CAMPAIGN IN 2010. THE ACT LEADER IS FACING A CHARGE OF FALSIFYING ELECTORAL DOCUMENTS IN A PRIVATE PROSECUTION TAKEN BY RETIRED ACCOUNTANT GRAHAM MCCREADY. HE SAYS THE POLITICIAN KNEW $50,000 IN DONATIONS, WHICH WAS RECORDED AS ANONYMOUS, CAME FROM DOTCOM. I WISH THAT, YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT FRONT UP TODAY AND SAY, 'I'M GUILTY,' BUT I DON'T THINK SO. YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ALL EXCITED. THIS IS A PROCESS THAT'S NOW BEFORE THE COURT. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE COURT PROCESS. I'VE ROCKED UP THIS MORNING. I'M NOT FEARFUL OF ANY OF THIS. JOHN BANKS WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. A DATE'S BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE BY-ELECTION FOR PAREKURA HOROMIA'S IKAROA-RAWHITI SEAT. IT'LL BE HELD ON SATURDAY JUNE 29TH. THERE ARE CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK NATIONWIDE SCREENING FOR BOWEL CANCER, OUR SECOND-HIGHEST CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH. IT COMES AS RESULTS FROM AN AUCKLAND PILOT SCREENING PROGRAMME SHOW 60 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP WITH THE DISEASE IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON HAS MORE. BRUCE OGILVY SAYS IT'S JUST LIKE WINNING LOTTO. I JUST FEEL THE LUCKIEST PERSON. LUCKY BECAUSE THE NORTH SHORE GRANDFATHER RECEIVED A LETTER LAST YEAR INVITING HIM TO TAKE PART IN THE WAITEMATA DHB'S BOWEL CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME. DESPITE HAVING NO SYMPTOMS, BRUCE'S TEST RETURNED POSITIVE. A COLONOSCOPY LATER SHOWED HE HAD BOWEL CANCER. THE BAD NEWS, THEY SAID THEN, AT THAT POINT, WAS IT HAD GONE THROUGH TO THE LAST LAYER OF MY COLON BOWEL LINING. BRUCE HAS HAD SURGERY AND CHEMO. HE NOW HAS A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. BUT HE'S FAR FROM ALONE. BUT HE'S FAR FROM ALONE. RESULTS FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PILOT SHOW NEARLY 30,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART. MORE THAN 1400 OF THEM TESTED POSITIVE AND NEEDED A COLONOSCOPY. 60 PATIENTS WERE FOUND TO HAVE INVASIVE BOWEL CANCER. WELL OVER HALF OF THOSE 60 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN EARLY STAGES, STAGE ONE AND STAGE TWO, AND THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL IS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER AS A RESULT OF THAT. ALL THE MORE REASON, LOBBY GROUPS SAY, FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP THE PILOT PROGRAMME AND CRACK ON WITH NATIONWIDE SCREENING. THEY SAY WITH 400 LIVES LOST TO BOWEL CANCER EACH YEAR, PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DESERVE TO BENEFIT TOO. WE'RE LOSING MORE THAN THE NATIONAL ROAD TOLL A YEAR TO THIS CANCER. BUT LO AND BEHOLD, NZ'S GOT TO DRAG OUT A SCREENING PROGRAMME FOR FOUR YEARS. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THE FOUR YEARS ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE ENOUGH STAFF ARE TRAINED TO COPE WITH THE EXTRA WORKLOAD. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY NZERS WOULD LIKE IT ` TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE SYSTEMS AND THE STAFF, RATHER THAN ROLL OUT SOME HALF-BAKED SCHEME IN A RUSH. ENSURING THAT WILL COST MILLIONS. BUT BRUCE OGILVY SAYS THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TEST.. GRAB IT AND GO DO IT. ....SHOULDN'T HESITATE. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. AN AUCKLAND COMPANY IS STANDING BEHIND ITS PROTOTYPE HELICOPTER AFTER IT CRASHED INTO THE WAITEMATA HARBOUR YESTERDAY. THE CHOPPER WAS SALVAGED LATE LAST NIGHT AND HOISTED ASHORE TODAY. THE OWNER OF COMPOSITE HELICOPTERS SAYS HE'S IMPRESSED BY HOW LITTLE DAMAGE THE CRASH CAUSED. AS A MANUFACTURER, AND SEEING WHAT I SEE NOW WITH THE WAY THE ROTOR SYSTEM'S HELD TOGETHER, AND THE AIRCRAFT IS, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, WELL INTACT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. PETER MALONEY AND CREW MEMBER NINA HEATLEY WERE RESCUED BY THE NAVY AFTER THE CHOPPER CRASHED NEAR NORTH HEAD. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE FALLING HERO. SO WHAT SORT OF SHAPE IS IMRAN KHAN IN AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY? A RARE MOVE BY THE QUEEN ` WHY SHE'S SIDESTEPPING A BIG COMMONWEALTH MEETING. AND ADDING MEAT TO THE SHAREMARKET ` SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET A STAKE IN. TINKLING MUSIC Have you noticed QR codes popping up everywhere? A QR, or quick reaction, code is a quick way of getting information or going to a website. They look like this. They're like a really smart barcode that you can scan with your smartphone. All your smartphone needs is a QR app, and you'll be able to read them. Now, I've got one loaded already on this phone. So I'll just launch the app, show the QR code to the phone, making sure you're framed properly ` the app should show you how to do that ` and that'll take you straight to a website with more information about the product or service. No need to type in a web address. Once you notice them, QR codes are everywhere ` on billboards, in magazines, on your grocery items, clothing labels, at a gallery or in a newspaper. So get your smartphone ready for QR codes. It can be really fun to find out what they reveal, and we'll show you how at techinasec.co.nz A PLEA TONIGHT FROM THE MOTHER OF A PAEDOPHILE LOCKED AWAY FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS. AARON ELLMERS' MUM SAYS SHE HOPES HE NOW GETS THE TREATMENT HE DESPERATELY NEEDS. THIS FROM SARAH BATLEY. AARON ELLMERS' PARENTS ARE STICKING BY HIM AS HE FACES AT LEAST THE NEXT 20 YEARS BEHIND BARS. BUT HIS MOTHER, WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, SAYS HE DESERVES PUNISHMENT AFTER ADMITTING 60 CHARGES. DISTORTED: I JUST HOPE HE GETS THAT HELP, SO HE CAN BE OUT WITH US. AT SENTENCING, ELLMERS' CRIMES WERE DESCRIBED AS DEPRAVED. HE TRIED TO PAY ANOTHER MAN $500 TO ABUSE HIS 18-MONTH-OLD SON AND SEXUALLY ABUSED OTHERS IN HIS CARE. ELLMERS WAS JAILED EIGHT YEARS AGO IN AUSTRALIA FOR ATTEMPTED CHILD RAPE, WHICH EVEN HIS MOTHER SAYS SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. JUSTICE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS IS LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A REGISTER OF SERIOUS OFFENDERS, INCLUDING THOSE DEPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA. WHAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED IS FOR THE AUSTRALIANS TO CHANGE THEIR PRIVACY LAWS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED, BUT THEY DON'T COME INTO FORCE UNTIL APRIL NEXT YEAR. AT SENTENCING, ELLMERS' LAWYER CLAIMED HE TRIED TO GET HELP ON HIS RETURN TO NZ. HE CONTACTED THE HAWKE'S BAY DHB TO TRY AND GET HELP FOR HIS OFFENDING. THE HAWKE'S BAY DHB SAY THEY CANNOT COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS CASE, BUT IN A STATEMENT TOLD ONE NEWS THAT ANYONE WHO HAD A CLINICAL NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION TREATMENT WHO WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT TREATMENT WOULDN'T BE TURNED AWAY. ELLMERS' MOTHER IS STANDING BY HER SON'S CLAIMS. PEOPLE JUST IGNORED HIM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW. I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS YELLING FOR HELP. HELP MAY BE PROVIDED TO ELLMERS IN PRISON ` CORRECTIONS RUNS SPECIALIST TREATMENT PROGRAMMES ` BUT THE SENTENCING JUDGE AND EVEN HIS OWN FAMILY HAVE DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER HE CAN EVER BE REHABILITATED. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. IMRAN KHAN'S RECORDING MESSAGES FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED, URGING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR HIS PARTY IN PAKISTAN'S ELECTION. THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CRICKET HERO'S CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN DISRUPTED AFTER HE FELL FROM A PLATFORM DURING A RALLY IN LAHORE. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN HAS MORE. IMRAN KHAN MAKES HIS ASCENT. HE BALANCES PRECARIOUSLY ON AN OVERCROWDED PLATFORM, RINGED BY SECURITY GUARDS. THEN, THIS. HE TUMBLES HEAD FIRST, IN FULL VIEW OF SHOCKED SUPPORTERS. THE CRICKETING HERO WAS RUSHED AWAY, BLEEDING FROM THE HEAD AND APPARENTLY UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HE FOUNDED, WHERE DOCTORS SAY HE'S IN NO DANGER. FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED, HE APPEALED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS, SOUNDING WEAK AND LOOKING EXHAUSTED. 'ON ELECTION DAY,' HE SAID, 'REMEMBER WHAT THE KORAN SAYS ` 'GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES. 'GO OUT AND VOTE FOR CHANGE.' (SPEAKS URDU) KHAN'S MAIN RIVAL, NAWAZ SHARIF, HAS SENT HIS SYMPATHIES AND HIS PRAYERS FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY. THE FRONT-RUNNER TO BE PAKISTAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER HAS CANCELLED HIS ELECTION RALLIES TOMORROW. BUT THIS WAS ANOTHER DAY OF BLOODSHED IN AN INCREASINGLY DEADLY CAMPAIGN. BOMB ATTACKS IN THE NORTH-WEST CLAIMED 17 MORE LIVES. DOCTORS SAY IMRAN KHAN IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND CAN MOVE ALL HIS LIMBS. IT'S FEARED THE DEATH TOLL WILL RISE FROM A GAS TANKER EXPLOSION IN MEXICO CITY. 20 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD, BUT RESCUE WORKERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR BODIES. THE FORCE OF THE BLAST BLEW PARTS OF THE TANKER INTO NEARBY HOUSES AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL. YET ANOTHER BRITISH ENTERTAINER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR HISTORIC CHILD-SEX OFFENCES. JIMMY TARBUCK (73) IS BEING QUESTIONED OVER CLAIMS HE ABUSED A YOUNG BOY IN THE 1970s. THE COMEDIAN REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE ALLEGATIONS. HIS ARREST FOLLOWS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE JIMMY SAVILE SEX SCANDALS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS, THE QUEEN WILL MISS THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING. THE 87 YEAR OLD IS SENDING PRINCE CHARLES TO SRI LANKA INSTEAD. STAFF SAY THEY'RE REVIEWING HOW MUCH LONG-HAUL TRAVEL THE QUEEN DOES. CAMPAIGNERS SAY SRI LANKA SHOULDN'T BE HOSTING THE CHOGM SUMMIT, BECAUSE OF ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES DURING A 26-YEAR CIVIL WAR. TO THE DAY'S WEATHER, AND THE NORTHERN RAIN PUSHED A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH?? YEP ` GOT AUCKLAND AROUND NOON. WE EXPECTED IT JUST NORTH OF THE CITY, AS PER OUR FORECAST YESTERDAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ CRACKER SUNRISE OVER WELLINGTON THIS MORNING. BACK LATER WITH SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` HOW YOU CAN GET A SLICE OF A POPULAR BUTCHERY BUSINESS. ALSO ` IS THE EDUCATION MINISTER NOW ON SONG? WHAT SHE'S PUTTING MONEY INTO. AND BACK ON TRACK ` A POPULAR WALK REOPENS MONTHS AFTER A SERIES OF ERUPTIONS. , YOU CAN NOW GET A SLICE OF OUR BEST-KNOWN BUTCHER ON THE SHAREMARKET. AND AS WILL HINE REPORTS, IT'S NOT THE ONLY NEW BUSINESS GIVING INVESTORS THE CHANCE TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS. GIDDAY. YOUR OLD MATE, THE MAD BUTCHER. IT'S AN INVESTMENT TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO ` THE MAD BUTCHER FLOATING PUBLICLY TODAY. THE FORMER OWNER AND NOW MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER INSISTS THERE'S ROOM TO EXPAND THE 37-STORE EMPIRE. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 34 LOCATIONS FOR POTENTIAL SITES, SO WE CAN NEARLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT COMPANY. THE SHARES ROSE TODAY FROM THEIR $1.30 OPENING PRICE TO OVER $1.50, VALUING THE COMPANY AT MORE THAN $50M. ALSO LOOKING TO FLOAT IS SLI SYSTEMS, A CHRISTCHURCH-BASED SOFTWARE BUSINESS WITH MORE THAN 120 STAFF. WE'RE LISTING TO RAISE CAPITAL TO HELP GROW THE COMPANY. WE'RE GOING TO BE EMPLOYING MORE SALES STAFF IN THE US AND THE UK, AUSTRALIA, AND ALSO ENTERING NEW COUNTRIES IN BRAZIL AND JAPAN. THE NZX50 INDEX HAS RISEN MORE THAN 30% IN THE LAST YEAR, DRAWING NOT JUST THE ATTENTION OF BUSINESSES, BUT INVESTORS TOO. I GUESS UP UNTIL 12 MONTHS OR SO AGO PEOPLE FELT QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING CASH IN THEIR BANK. BUT ONCE THEY START HEARING THEIR PEERS EARNING 30% ON THEIR MONEY OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, THAT VIEW STARTS CHANGING. THE LISTINGS COULD KEEP ON COMING, WITH Z ENERGY ALSO CONSIDERING A PARTIAL FLOAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. IT'S ANOTHER RETAIL ICON IN NZ. IT'S A BUSINESS THAT WAS OFFSHORE OWNED. IT'S NOW OWNED BY TWO NZ` WELL, ONE FUND AND ONE COMPANY, AND IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE THE PUBLIC HAVING A SHAREHOLDING IN THAT AS WELL. AND WITH MIGHTY RIVER POWER ALSO ON OFFER, INVESTORS HAVE PLENTY TO THINK ABOUT. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. UP TO 70 JOBS AT ELECTRONICS EXPORTER TAIT COMMUNICATIONS COULD BE AFFECTED BY PROPOSED CHANGES TO ITS STRUCTURE. CONSULTATION'S BEGUN WITH STAFF AFTER A REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS AND GLOBAL MARKET CONDITIONS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ITS CHRISTCHURCH BASE. AFTER 20 YEARS, WORKERS AT TIWAI POINT ALUMINIUM SMELTER HAVE WON A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BATTLE OVER HOLIDAY PAY. THE WORKERS' UNION ARGUED IT WAS WRONG FOR EMPLOYERS TO BE AWARDING JUST EIGHT HOURS IN LIEU FOR STAFF DOING 12-HOUR SHIFTS. NZ ALUMINIUM SMELTERS SAYS THE DECISION WILL PUT STRAIN ON THE COMPANY, BUT THE UNION SAYS THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES. THEY KNEW THEY HAD A TERM AND CONDITION THAT THEY'D AGREED BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYER. THEIR EMPLOYER WASN'T HONOURING THAT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY; IT'S ALSO ABOUT BEING TREATED PROPERLY AND WITH RESPECT. THE COMPANY MAY APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION. MILLIONS WILL BE EARMARKED FOR CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN NEXT WEEK'S BUDGET. BUT THERE'LL ALSO BE A DOWNSIDE, WITH SOME EDUCATION PROGRAMMES CUT. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS THE DETAILS. HEKIA PARATA GOT HER PRE-BUDGET GROOVE ON TODAY, GIVING DETAILS OF NEW SPENDING IN EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. WE WILL BE INVESTING NEW MONEY OF $80.5M. IT'S A FAR CRY FROM HER LAST PRE-BUDGET SPEECH, IN WHICH SHE UNVEILED THE PLAN TO INCREASE CLASS SIZES, WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY SCRAPPED. $14.5M OF THE NEW MONEY WILL GO ON UPSKILLING BOARDS OF TRUSTEES ` THOSE VOLUNTEERS WHO'VE BEEN FACED WITH HEADACHES OVER CLASS SIZES AND THE BELEAGUERED NOVOPAY SYSTEM. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 86%. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. IT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MONEY. HAPPY IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, I DON'T THINK ` ELATED; DELIGHTED; ECSTATIC. HEKIA PARATA SAYS THE REMAINING $63.6M WILL BE SPENT ON CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS. BUT THE MINISTER ADMITS OTHER PROGRAMMES WILL BE CUT, ALTHOUGH SHE WON'T BE MORE SPECIFIC. WE ARE STOPPING THEM, OR HAVE STOPPED THEM. THE REALITY IS HEKIA PARATA'S LEFT A $114M HOLE IN THE EDUCATION BUDGET WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS BACKING DOWN ON THE BIGGER CLASS SIZES. AND SHE STILL HASN'T EXPLAINED TO SCHOOLS HOW THAT HOLE IN THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FILLED. NEXT WEEK I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE. TODAY I'M TAKING ABOUT THE $80.5M THAT WE'RE INVESTING. THE EDUCATION SECTOR WILL BE WATCHING NEXT WEEK TO SEE WHAT HAS TO GO TO HELP FUND THAT INVESTMENT. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. A MAN WHO WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A WAIKATO POLICE OFFICER SAYS HE'S GOING TO LAY A COMPLAINT WITH THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY. JACK MAIKUKU ALLEGES KAWHIA CONSTABLE PERRY GRIFFIN PUSHED HIS HEAD INTO THE SIDE OF A TRUCK AFTER TRYING TO ARREST HIS SON IN JANUARY. THE ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST MR MAIKUKU WAS DROPPED. MORE OF A POINT OF DEMONSTRATING THE POLICEMAN'S ACTIONS ON THE DAY WERE TOTALLY UNREASONABLE. JACK MAIKUKU'S SON, JACKIE, WILL GO ON TRIAL NEXT YEAR FOR ASSAULT. ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR WALKS IS OFFICIALLY OPEN AGAIN, SIX MONTHS AFTER A SERIES OF ERUPTIONS. THE TONGARIRO ALPINE CROSSING IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND HAS BEEN DECLARED SAFE BY THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT. MORE THAN 70,000 MAKE THE TREK EACH YEAR. UPDATING TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` THE CLOCK'S TICKING ON AARON GILMORE'S PARLIAMENTARY CAREER, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER NOW PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIM TO RESIGN. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE NATIONAL MP AND A FELLOW DINNER GUEST AT A BOOZY NIGHT OUT IN HANMER SPRINGS. POLICE SAY THEY VISITED THE CLEVELAND HOME WHERE THREE KIDNAPPED WOMEN WERE HELD FOR AROUND 10 YEARS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR UNRELATED INCIDENTS. THE HOMEOWNER, ARIEL CASTRO, AND HIS TWO BROTHERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE ABDUCTIONS. THE THREE WOMEN HAVE BEEN REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. AND SOLID ENERGY'S NOT RULING OUT FURTHER JOB CUTS AFTER A NEW ROUND OF LAY-OFFS. THIS TIME MORE THAN 100 STAFF WILL GO AS THE STATE-OWNED COAL COMPANY TRIES TO SAVE $18M A YEAR. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER ON THIS SIDE OF THE TASMAN TO FIGHT DRUGS. AMONG OTHER CHALLENGES FOR SPORT THEY WANT LONGER BANS FOR DRUG CHEATS DETAILS OF THE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, THE BEAST SIGNS ON FOR A TOTAL OF 12 YEARS. PLUS, HOLD ON TO YOUR MACAROONS. IS SIR ALEX ABOUT TO RETIRE? WHAT'S THE HERO OF THE 1995 WORLD CUP DOING IN SAMOA? AND A SPECIAL DAY FOR A NEW KNIGHT. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE BURNING ISSUE OF DRUGS IN SPORTS. NZ OLYMPIC OFFICIALS ARE DEMANDING A LONGER BAN FOR SHOT-PUTTER NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK AND OTHER DRUGS CHEATS. THE TOPIC HAS BEEN RAISED TODAY AT A SUMMIT OF LEADING SPORTS OFFICIALS. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. SHE NEARLY STOLE GOLD FROM US IN LONDON; NOW NZ IS HELPING LEAD THE WAY TO ENSURE NADZEYA OSTAPCHUK AND OTHER DRUG CHEATS CAN'T COMPETE AT THE NEXT OLYMPICS. THE LAW, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS ` AND THIS IS INTERNATIONAL LAW ` IS THAT AN ATHLETE CAN COME BACK INTO COMPETITION AFTER TWO YEARS, AND WE THINK THAT'S WRONG. SO WRONG THAT OUR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND ITS MEMBERS ARE PUSHING FOR THE WORLD DOPING AGENCY TO UP THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR DRUG CHEATS TO FOUR YEARS. SPORT RELIES ON PEOPLE PLAYING FAIRLY AND COMPETING CLEANLY. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN IT WILL JUST ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO CHEAT. IT UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF SPORT. THE IOC DID HAVE A RULE BANNING ANYONE CHARGED WITH A SERIOUS DOPING OFFENCE FROM THE NEXT OLYMPICS. BUT HOLES IN THE LEGISLATION WERE EXPOSED IN 2011. AMERICAN 400M GOLD MEDALLIST LASHAWN MERRITT CHALLENGED THE RULE IN THE COURT FOR ARBITRATION OF SPORT. THE COURT UPHELD HIS CHALLENGE. AUSTRALIAN JOHN COATES IS THE COURT'S PRESIDENT. THE IOC WAS A SIGNATORY TO THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE, AND THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE SAID THE MOST YOU CAN DO FOR A FIRST OFFENCE IS TWO YEARS. THEREFORE, THE IOC WASN'T ENTITLED TO ADD SOMETHING MORE. WADA IS EXPECTED TO ADOPT THE FOUR-YEAR POLICY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. OUR OLYMPIANS SAY CHEATS SHOULDN'T EVEN GET A SECOND CHANCE. IF IT'S STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, YOU CHEATED, YOU SHOULD BE GONE FROM THE SPORT FOR LIFE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. FOUR YEARS ISN'T LONG ENOUGH, IN MY OPINION. BUT IT SHOULD BE LONG ENOUGH TO RUIN THE OLYMPIC DREAM FOR CHEATS LIKE THIS. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. STAR WINGER MANU VATUVEI IS SET TO BECOME A WARRIOR FOR LIFE AFTER RE-SIGNING WITH THE NRL LEAGUE CLUB. HE'S EXTENDED HIS DEAL THROUGH TO THE END OF 2015. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. MANU VATUVEI IS ONE HAPPY BEAST. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS CLUB, AND THEY WERE MY NUMBER-ONE OPTION. THE TWO-YEAR DEAL MEANS VATUVEI WILL BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY TO PLAY 12 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS. BUT THE 27-YEAR-OLD CAME WITHIN A WHISKER OF SIGNING ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING OFFERS FROM RUGBY UNION OVERSEAS. YEAH, DEFINITELY. I WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIT WORRIED. I HAD TO OPEN UP MY OPTIONS AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND, COS, YOU KNOW, IF THE CLUB DIDN'T WANT ME, THEN I HAD TO MOVE ON. COACH MATT ELLIOTT MET THE NEWS WITH TONGUE FIRMLY IN CHEEK. I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS. HE DRIVES ME NUTS; PICKS ON THE COACH ` HE SHOULDN'T DO THAT, SHOULD HE? LITTLE PRACTICAL JOKES. CALLS MY NAME OUT, I LOOK AROUND, HE'S NOT THERE. YEAH, SO... NO, I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED. SPEAKING OF BEASTS, THE WARRIORS' OPPONENTS ON SATURDAY ARE FULL OF THEM. MAN MOUNTAINS FRANK PRITCHARD, TONY WILLIAMS AND SAM KASIANO TIP THE SCALES AT 112KG, 118KG AND 122KG RESPECTIVELY. THE BULLDOGS' PACK OUTWEIGHS THE WARRIORS' BY ALMOST 40KG. THEY'VE GOTTA BE THE BIGGEST FORWARD PACK OUT THERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST PRETTY SCARY TO SEE THEIR TEAM ON PAPER. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST PRETTY SCARY TO SEE THEIR TEAM ON PAPER. AT LEAST THE WARRIORS HAD SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE AGAINST BIG UNITS IN LAST WEEKEND'S WIN OVER THE TITANS. OH, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A SET OF SCALES AT THOSE TEAMS. THERE ARE SOME BIG GUYS THERE. SO IT PROBABLY WAS GOOD PREPARATION FOR US. WE'LL NEED TO BE BETTER. AGAINST A BULLDOGS SIDE THAT LAST WEEK STEAMROLLED THE TIGERS 40-4, THEY MOST CERTAINLY WILL. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. FORMER KIWIS CAPTAIN BENJI MARSHALL BELIEVES HIS FORM IS SO BAD, HE'S IN DANGER OF BEING DUMPED FROM FIRST-GRADE LEAGUE. MARSHALL'S BEEN BRUTAL IN A CRITIQUE OF HIS SEASON, BUT IS HOPING TO TURN THINGS AROUND WHEN HIS WESTS TIGERS SIDE PLAYS CRONULLA ON FRIDAY. MARSHALL SAYS HE'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIMSELF TO AVOID ENDING UP IN RESERVE GRADE. YEAH, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ROUGHEST PATCHES I'VE, SORT OF, HAD IN MY CAREER. PROBABLY JUST IN TERMS OF NOT` PROBABLY NOT RUNNING THE BALL ENOUGH, AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, TRYING TO CONTROL TOO MUCH. THE TIGERS ARE BOTTOM OF THE NRL LADDER. THE FOOTBALL WORLD IS BEING SWEPT BY SPECULATION THAT SIR ALEX FERGUSON IS ABOUT TO END HIS 26-YEAR REIGN AS MANAGER OF MANCHESTER UNITED. IT'S JUST OVER TWO WEEKS SINCE SIR ALEX GUIDED UNITED TO ITS 20TH LEAGUE TITLE. MEDIA IN THE UK SAY TALK OF THE 71-YEAR-OLD'S IMMINENT RETIREMENT EMERGED AFTER A CLUB GOLF DAY. OFFICIALS WON'T CONFIRM OR DENY THE NEWS. UNDER STOCK MARKET RULES, UNITED MUST DIVULGE INFORMATION THAT COULD AFFECT THEIR SHARE PRICE, FORCING THE CLUB TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. EVERTON BOSS DAVID MOYES IS THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE TO TAKE OVER, WHILE AT CHELSEA, THEIR OUTGOING MANAGER HAS ALL BUT CONFIRMED FORMER BOSS JOSE MOURINHO WILL RETURN NEXT SEASON. YOU KNOW THAT THE NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MANAGER HERE, SO IT'S VERY CLEAR. DEFINITELY ` YOU WILL NOT BE HERE NEXT SEASON? > I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO WILL BE HERE. THE COLOURFUL MOURINHO HAS MANAGED REAL MADRID FOR THE PAST THREE SEASONS AFTER TAKING CHELSEA TO TWO LEAGUE TITLES BETWEEN 2004 AND 2007. MEANWHILE NEW FOOTBALL MANAGER RYAN NELSEN WILL HAVE A FELLOW KIWI HELPING TO BOOST THE FORTUNES OF HIS STRUGGLING TEAM, TORONTO FC. STRIKER JEREMY BROCKIE WILL JOIN THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER FRANCHISE ON LOAN FROM THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX UNTIL LATE AUGUST AND CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW HIS WARES. THIS IS A HIGH-PROFILE LEAGUE, AND IT'S SHOWN ALL AROUND THE WORLD, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WATCHING. SO WHO KNOWS? IF GO OVER THERE AND DO WELL, MAYBE I'LL CATCH THE EYE OF OTHER PEOPLE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES COULD COME FROM IT. BROCKIE TOP-SCORED FOR THE PHOENIX THIS SEASON WITH 16 GOALS FROM 24 GAMES. PERENNIAL STRUGGLERS THE CANTERBURY TACTIX ARE GROWING IN CONFIDENCE AFTER TWO RECENT WINS IN THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER A SECOND STRAIGHT VICTORY OVER THE MYSTICS, THE TACTIX ARE PREDICTING IT WON'T BE THEIR LAST THIS SEASON. GOODNESS ME, WE'VE HIT WHERE WE WERE LAST SEASON, SO I'D BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IF WE DIDN'T IMPROVE UPON THAT. AND CERTAINLY TWO WINS ISN'T ENOUGH, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT WE AS A GROUP WOULD WANT EITHER. THE LAST TIME THE TACTIX RECORDED MORE THAN TWO VICTORIES WAS BACK IN 2009, THOUGH THEIR BID FOR A THIRD WON'T BE EASY THIS WEEKEND AGAINST THE HIGH-FLYING QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS. WORLD TENNIS NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS BEEN DUMPED OUT OF THE MADRID MASTERS IN JUST THE SECOND ROUND. RISING BULGARIAN STAR GRIGOR DIMITROV, IN THE NEAR COURT, BELIED HIS WORLD RANKING OF 28, UPSETTING THE SERB IN THREE TIGHT SETS. THE 21-YEAR-OLD FINALLY DELIVERED ON THE TALENT HE SHOWED TO WIN THE WIMBLEDON AND US JUNIOR TITLES FIVE YEARS AGO. CHEERING, APPLAUSE WORLD-NUMBER-THREE ANDY MURRAY WAS MADE TO WORK HARD FOR HIS 400TH CAREER WIN, NEEDING TWO LONG TIEBREAKERS TO BEAT GERMANY'S FLORIAN MAYER IN STRAIGHT SETS. A TIMELY RETURN FOR TWO ALL BLACK CANDIDATES IN SUPER RUGBY, WITH THE FIRST TEST TRAINING SQUAD REVEALED EARLY NEXT WEEK. CHIEFS PROP BEN AFEAKI IS BACK FROM A LONG-TERM ANKLE INJURY AND WILL START AGAINST THE FORCE ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN PUKEKOHE. TEST HALFBACK TAWERA KERR-BARLOW RETURNS AFTER BREAKING HIS JAW SIX WEEKS AGO. IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET SOME OTHER THINGS DONE ` WORK ON A BIT OF SPEED AND GET MY HAMMIE RIGHT, WHICH WAS NIGGLING ME SINCE LAST YEAR'S ITM CUP. TEST FIRST FIVE AARON CRUDEN PLAYS OFF THE BENCH AGAINST THE FORCE. HE'LL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SPRINGBOKS' FAMOUS 1995 WORLD CUP WIN. CHESTER WILLIAMS WAS ALSO A KEY PLAYER IN SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY'S REINTEGRATION AFTER THE APARTHEID ERA. SO WHAT'S HE DOING NOW SCOUTING RUGBY PLAYERS IN THE ISLANDS? PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS. SPRINGBOK WING CHESTER WILLIAMS HAS BEEN IMMORTALISED ON HOLLYWOOD'S BIG SCREEN. ALL CHANT: CHESTER, CHESTER, CHESTER. 'INVICTUS' TOLD THE STORY OF THE SPRINGBOKS' QUEST TO WIN THE 1995 RUGBY WORLD CUP, SUPPORTED BY NELSON MANDELA, WHO BELIEVED IT WOULD BE THE KEY TO BREAKING DOWN RACISM. THE ONLY BLACK IN THE 'BOKS, WILLIAMS PLAYED HIS PART IN HELPING HEAL A NATION TORN APART BY APARTHEID. WHAT A RETURN TO RUGBY FOR THE FACE OF THE WORLD CUP, CHESTER WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS SCORED FOUR TRIES AGAINST SAMOA IN THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND CHESTER IS BACK. NOW THE MEMORY OF A TOUGH SAMOAN OPPOSITION HAS BROUGHT HIM TO PACIFIC SHORES, SEEKING YOUNG TALENT FOR THE ROMANIAN CLUB HE COACHES, AND IT'S THE NATIONAL UNDER-20 TEAM THAT'S CAUGHT HIS EYE. I SAW ABOUT FIVE, MAYBE A POSSIBLE SIX PLAYERS THAT I THINK HAVE GOT A GOOD CHANCE TO BE OFFERED A CONTRACT TO PLAY FOR MY CLUB IN TIMISOARA, WHERE I COACH. SAMOA'S BEEN STUCK ON THE SIDELINES WHILE MANY OF ITS PLAYERS WERE POACHED BY INTERNATIONAL CLUBS OFFERING CASH THE HOMELAND CAN'T. BUT WILLIAMS SAYS HE NEEDS YOUNG PLAYERS, AND IT'S NOT A REMOVAL OF TALENT, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT. IN FUTURE THEY CAN BECOME GREAT PLAYERS. THOSE YOUNG PLAYERS ARE EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT. WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOT TO SEE THE WORLD, BUT I THINK GOING OVER TO ROMANIA AND SEEING ANOTHER PART OF DIFFERENT CULTURE ` I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD. HOPEFULLY, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE IT WITH BOTH HANDS. WILLIAMS SAYS IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THE SAMOAN RUGBY UNION. HE'S IDENTIFIED THE PLAYERS HE WANTS. THEY NOW HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO DEAL WITH IT. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. ONE OF CHESTER WILLIAMS' FORMER TEST OPPONENTS HAS TODAY BEEN OFFICIALLY KNIGHTED. SIR JOHN KIRWAN RECEIVED THE HONOUR FOR HIS SERVICES TO RUGBY AND MENTAL HEALTH, FOLLOWING HIS WELL-CHRONICLED STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION. DEPRESSION, IF YOU'RE IN THERE, IT'S A PRETTY SCARY PLACE. AND FOR ME IT'S JUST ABOUT HOPE. SO I'VE SORT OF RECEIVED THIS FOR EVERYONE WHO MIGHT BE SICK, BEEN SICK AND HAD SOME FEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE. IT THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT HOPE, AND YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH. OTHERS HONOURED TODAY INCLUDED SIR JOHN'S FORMER NZ SEVENS COACH, PETER THORBURN, FOR SERVICES TO RUGBY, AND OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL ROWERS ERIC MURRAY AND HAMISH BOND ALSO BECAME MEMBERS OF THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT FOR SERVICES TO THEIR SPORT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL PETER ALSO A HARBOUR COACH AND ALL BLACK SELECTOR AFTER THE BREAK, JIM WILL TELL YOU ABOUT WET WEATHER SYSTEMS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTRY. HI AGAIN. RAIN WITH HEAVY FALLS AND SOME THUNDER ARE STALKING NORTHLAND AND THE AUCKLAND FRINGE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WAS LAKE WANAKA YESTERDAY FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ LARRUPPING FOR BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT BRILLIANT IN WANAKA YESTERDAY. THIS MORNING A FROSTY NIGHT SAW COLD KATABATIC AIR RESTING ON THE LAKE AND CONDENSING WATER VAPOUR TO ITS DEW POINT, CREATING SOME MIST. SPOOKY AND LOOK AT THE ETHEREAL TREE THEY'RE ALL SCARED