HOWDY, EVERYBODY. AS WE ALL THOUGHT, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH DAY, WITH THUNDER SPARKING UP OFF WHANGAREI AND IN THE GULF, AND PERSISTENT RAIN ACROSS AUCKLAND. FOGS DISRUPT THE FLIGHTS IN CHRISTCHURCH UNTIL LUNCHTIME. AND NOW WE FACE A BURLY VISITOR FROM NEAR ANTARCTICA. A HARD, RAW SOUTHERLY IS COMING, BEARING GIFTS OF RAIN, SNOW AND ICE. DON'T GO AWAY. 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. NEW PICTURES OF THE HOMEOWNER NOW CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING THREE WOMEN, AS JOY AND JUBILATION GREETS THEIR HOMECOMING. HAPPY GILMORE'S IN THE HOUSE ` THE EMBATTLED MP REMAINS DEFIANT, REFUSING PARTY BOSSES' HINTS TO QUIT. D-DAY FOR K2, AS THE SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IS BANNED FROM SHOP SHELVES. BUT THE IMPORTER'S ALREADY PLANNING TO RELEASE ANOTHER VERSION. AND, CHECK THIS OUT ` SOMETHING TO REALLY SCREAM AND SHOUT ABOUT. A MUSIC SUPERSTAR SURPRISES SCHOOL KIDS WITH A BIG DONATION. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WHERE THREE WOMEN WERE HELD CAPTIVE FOR 10 YEARS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND RAPE. ARIEL CASTRO WILL APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW, AND POLICE ARE STILL HOLDING TWO OF HIS BROTHERS AS THEY CONSIDER FURTHER CHARGES. AND HORRIFIC DETAILS ARE EMERGING OF THE WOMEN'S LIVING HELL. THE DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOW EMOTIONAL SCENES IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, AS THE FREED VICTIMS RETURNED HOME. OUR US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. FREE AT LAST. AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS, GINA DEJESUS IS FINALLY HOME. HIDING HER FACE FROM THE CAMERAS, SHE GAVE A THUMBS UP. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT BELIEVED ` EVEN WHEN I SAID SHE WAS ALIVE, AND BELIEVED. I KNEW MY DAUGHTER WAS OUT THERE, ALIVE. APPLAUSE I KNEW SHE NEEDED ME, AND I NEVER GAVE UP. BY TWO VERY DIFFERENT POSTERS ` ONE MISSING, AND ONE FOUND, AMANDA BERRY ARRIVED HOME AS WELL. HER DAUGHTER JOCELYN (6), BORN IN CAPTIVITY, WAS RUSHED INTO THE FAMILY HOME. OUR FAMILY WOULD REQUEST PRIVACY SO MY SISTER AND NIECE AND I CAN HAVE TIME TO RECOVER. AND THERE WAS A CALL ACROSS COUNTRY TO A RELIEVED GRANDMOTHER. I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE. THE LITTLE GIRL IS YOUR BABY? POLICE HAVE NOW CHARGED THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KEPT THE WOMEN LOCKED UP WITH KIDNAPPING AND RAPE. THE DETAILS EMERGING FROM ARIEL CASTRO'S HOUSE ARE HARROWING. HE ALLEGEDLY KEPT THE WOMEN CHAINED UP OR IN ROPES. THEY WERE KEPT IN SEPARATE ROOMS AND WERE REPEATEDLY RAPED. MICHELLE KNIGHT REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE SHE WAS MADE PREGNANT FIVE TIMES. EACH TIME, CASTRO BEAT HER STOMACH, FORCING HER TO MISCARRY. THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY, AFTER INTERVIEWING THE YOUNG LADIES, TO ESCAPE WAS THE OTHER DAY, WHEN AMANDA ESCAPED. THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE HOME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. CLEVELAND POLICE ARE ALREADY BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT WHY THEY DIDN'T FIND THE WOMEN SOONER. DESPITE NEIGHBOURS' CLAIMS, THEY INSIST THEY NEVER RECEIVED ANY EMERGENCY CALLS ABOUT WOMEN IN TROUBLE AT ARIEL CASTRO'S HOUSE. PROVEN NEGLIGENCE CAN BE COSTLY. JAYCEE DUGARD, WHO ESCAPED A CALIFORNIAN COUPLE AFTER 18 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY, WAS AWARDED MORE THAN $20M AFTER AUTHORITIES ADMITTED THEY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO RESCUE HER SOONER. THE FIRST OF THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE OHIO CASE WILL BEGIN IN THE MORNING, WHEN ARIEL CASTRO APPEARS IN COURT. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE ACCUSED HAS HAD A BRUSH WITH THE LAW. AND MEMBERS OF THE SHOCKED COMMUNITY WHERE THE FORMER SCHOOL BUS DRIVER LIVED ARE REVEALING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED MONSTER WHO LIVED AMONG THEM. ABC'S ALEX PEREZ IS THERE. THIS IS WHAT THE HOUSE WHERE ARIEL CASTRO ALLEGEDLY HELD THREE WOMEN HOSTAGE LOOKED LIKED IN 2009 ` BOARDED UP, SHADES DRAWN. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE TIME THE WOMEN WERE MISSING, AND THE DOUBLE LIFE THE ALLEGED CAPTOR LED. LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS VIDEO FROM 2008 WHEN ALL THREE GIRLS WERE MISSING. THE STARTLING POLICE DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS CASTRO RIDING INTO A GAS STATION. HE GETS OFF HIS MOTORCYCLE AND IS APPROACHED BY AN OFFICER. THE CHARGES FROM THAT INCIDENT WERE LATER DROPPED. IN 2004, CLEVELAND POLICE VISITED CASTRO'S HOUSE AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM HE HAD AT WORK. THERE WAS NO ANSWER, AND FOR ALL THAT TIME, MOST NEIGHBOURS SAY THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING UNUSUAL. BUT ELSIE CINTRON SAYS HER FAMILY DID. MY GRANDDAUGHTER UP THERE IN THAT PORCH UP THERE, HAD SEEN THAT GIRL CRAWLING BACK THERE NAKED, YOU KNOW? IN THE BACKYARD OF THAT HOUSE, YOU KNOW? POLICE INSIST THEY NEVER RECEIVED ANY CALLS FOR CONCERN AT THE HOUSE. IN FACT, WHEN GINA DEJESUS VANISHED, CASTRO JOINED ACTIVIST KHALID SAMAD IN THE QUEST TO FIND HER BACK IN 2004. HE CAME UP, GRABBED SOME FLIERS, HUGGED GINA'S FATHER. SO HE WAS DEFINITELY VERY, VERY, VERY SOPHISTICATED IN HIS EVIL. IF CASTRO IS GUILTY OF THIS, ONE FAMILY MEMBER SPECULATED ON THE TYPE OF DECEPTION THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN TO FOOL EVERYONE. CLEVELAND POLICE HAVE NOW EXPANDED THEIR SEARCH OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, EXAMINING SEVERAL ABANDONED HOUSES ON THE SAME STREET THE GIRLS WERE FOUND. AARON GILMORE HAS THUMBED HIS NOSE AT HIS PARTY, TURNING UP AT PARLIAMENT TODAY AND INSISTING HE WON'T RESIGN. NOW QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT MR GILMORE'S TIME WORKING FOR A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY. FOR SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TOLD TO GO, AARON GILMORE JUST ISN'T GETTING THE MESSAGE. THE BACKBENCH MP TURNED UP TO PARLIAMENT, SAYING HE'S REFUSING TO RESIGN. SO, DOES THE PRIME MINISTER SEE THIS AS A MOCKERY? NO. I MEAN, WHAT HE IS REFLECTING, ACTUALLY, IS THE REALITY OF MMP, WHICH, WHETHER WE ALL LIKE IT OR NOT, EVERY PARTY LEADER IS POWERLESS. JOHN KEY WAS IN LEVIN TODAY AT AN APPAREL FACTORY, BUT THE FOCUS WAS ON HIS BATTLE WITH HIS REBELLIOUS MP. I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO WORK WITH HIS OFFICE AND GET HIM TO GIVE THOSE ANSWERS CORRECTLY AND SUCCINCTLY. JOHN KEY SAYS AARON GILMORE SHOULD RESIGN. I'VE ALWAYS SAID I THINK HE CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. BUT IN THE END, TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE INTEGRITY. AND TO HAVE INTEGRITY, THERE HAS TO BE A DIRECTNESS AS FULLNESS IN HIS ANSWERS. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE MINDFUL OF HIS SLIM MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT ` PERHAPS A BIG REASON WHY HE'S REFUSING TO SACK THE MP FROM CAUCUS. THAT MEANS MR GILMORE WILL BE AT NATIONAL'S CAUCUS ON TUESDAY. HE'LL TURN UP AND TAKE HIS SEAT, I GUESS. HE'S BEEN GIVEN A CLEAR MESSAGE TO GO. HE'LL BE HATED BY HIS COLLEAGUES, EVEN HIS ELECTORATE MEMBERS, SO HE'LL BE OSTRACISED NOW. THERE HAVE BEEN FRESH ALLEGATIONS TODAY FROM WHEN AARON GILMORE WORKED FOR THE MINISTRY FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT. THE MINISTRY HAS CONFIRMED IT'S GOING THROUGH A PROCESS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MR GILMORE'S EMPLOYMENT, AND THEY SAY THEY'RE SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE COMMENTING FURTHER. KIWIS PROBABLY DON'T CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT AARON GILMORE. THE PRIME MINISTER IS TRYING HIS BEST TO IGNORE HIM AT THE MOMENT TOO. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. IT'S NOW ILLEGAL TO SELL THE SYNTHETIC CANNABIS K2, BUT A NEW VERSION COULD BE BACK ON THE MARKET AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. TWO COMPOUNDS IN THE PRODUCT BECAME ILLEGAL AT MIDNIGHT, BUT AS JOY REID REPORTS, THE EFFECT MAY ONLY BE SHORT-LIVED. DESPITE DISCOUNTING K2 OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, MOST DAIRIES WERE FORCED TO PACK AWAY THEIR EXCESS STOCK TODAY. BUT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND, THIS SOCIAL WORKER FOUND SHOP OWNERS WILLING TO FLOUT THE LAW. JUST COME OUT OF THAT SECOND SHOP. WHEN I ASKED TO BUY IT, THEY PUT IT OUT ON THE COUNTER. SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE NEW DRUG DEALERS IN OUR 'HOOD IN MANGERE. IN CHRISTCHURCH WE WENT WITH POLICE AS THEY WERE CHECKING TO MAKE SURE K2 WAS GONE FROM THE SHELVES. YOU SELL HERE? NO, NOT TODAY. NOT TODAY? YOU USED TO, THOUGH? YEP. BUT THAT EFFECT COULD BE SHORT-LIVED. YOU AWARE OF THE NEW K2 COMING OUT? NEXT WEEK. YOU'RE GETTING IT NEXT WEEK? SHE SAID THERE'S A NEW ONE COMING OUT CALLED ILLUSION; SHE SAID IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, SO SHE'S ORDERED SOME; THAT IT ARRIVES ON MONDAY AND SHE'S GOING TO START SELLING IT. WE VISITED THE IMPORTERS TO ASK THEM DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT. THE OWNER WASN'T THERE, BUT SOME RETAILERS TOLD US BY NEXT WEEK THE NEW PRODUCT WILL BE ON THEIR SHELVES. OBVIOUSLY THEY JUST DON'T CARE, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US. THERE'S A 200% MARK-UP FOR DAIRIES. WE'VE HEARD OF ONE DAIRY WHO MADE A $60,000 PROFIT IN ONE MONTH. THAT'S JUST HUGE AND SHOWS PEOPLE ARE PUTTING PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE. SYNTHETIC CANNABIS HAS BEEN LINKED WITH SERIOUS PSYCHOTIC EPISODES, RENAL FAILURE AND, THE POLICE SAY, AN INCREASING LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ALONE, THERE'S BEEN SEVEN RECENT AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES WITH OFFENDERS DEMANDING THE SUBSTANCES. KIA ORA. ALCOHOL-DRUG LINE. HOW MAY I HELP? AND THE ALCOHOL DRUG HELPLINE'S NEVER SEEN SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CALLS AROUND A SINGLE DRUG. 12 MONTHS AGO WE WERE JUST GETTING A HANDFUL OF CALLS ABOUT SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS. THAT'S RISEN NOW TO AROUND OVER 100 PEOPLE CALLING US EACH MONTH, THAT'S RISEN NOW TO AROUND OVER 100 PEOPLE CALLING US EACH MONTH. WITH SOME LIKELY TO GO THROUGH K2 WITHDRAWALS, THE SERVICE IS EXPECTING TO GET BUSIER. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STATE ASSET FLOAT WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN MIGHT RIVER POWER. EITHER GENESIS OR MERIDIAN ENERGY GO UP FOR PARTIAL SALE IN AUGUST. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. THE MIGHTY RIVER POWER SALE DIDN'T CAPTURE KIWI INVESTORS LIKE THE GOVERNMENT HOPED. IT'S NOW BANKING ON BETTER THINGS FROM THE NEXT ASSET UP FOR SALE IN AUGUST ` EITHER GENESIS OR MERIDIAN ENERGY. THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS GROWING SCEPTISM THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS GROWING SKEPTICISM THAT LABOUR AND THE GREENS COULD IMPLEMENT THEIR POLICY EVEN IF THEY WON AN ELECTION. JUST 113,000 NZERS HAVE INVESTED IN MIGHTY RIVER POWER ` AROUND HALF THE NUMBER THE GOVERNMENT HOPED FOR. THE LABOUR/GREENS POLICY OF STATE CONTROL OF POWER PRICES IS COPPING THE BLAME. I'D SAY IT CERTAINLY KNOCKED ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE, IF NOT MORE, OUT OF INVESTING IN THE COMPANY. BUT THE OPPOSITION SAY THE FLOAT WAS A CON, WITH THE BENEFITS GOING TO THE WEALTHY. DOES HE THINK THE LESS THAN 3% OF KIWIS WHO BOUGHT SHARES IN THIS COMPANY ARE A REPRESENTATIVE SLICE OF MIDDLE NZ? MR SPEAKER, NO, THEY PROBABLY AREN'T, BUT THAT MEMBER DID HIS BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WITH $2000 TO SPEND ON THIS DIDN'T DO SO. CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE NEXT FLOAT IS WHETHER THE $2.50 MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARE PRICE INCREASES AFTER IT'S LISTED TOMORROW. THE GOVERNMENT'S HOPING THAT IF DOES, IT'LL REASSURE NERVOUS INVESTORS THAT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE OPPOSITION'S POWER POLICY ARE OVERBLOWN. OUR ESTIMATION HERE IS THAT IT WILL TRADE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AROUND 262 TO 270 WHEN IT OPENS ON FRIDAY TOMORROW. SO THAT'S A PREMIUM OF ABOUT 4% OR 5%. ONE THING THAT ALSO APPEARS TO BE INCREASING IS THE COST OF THE MIGHTY RIVER POWER SALE. HASN'T THE ASSET SALE PROGRAMME SO FAR COST AROUND $100M? IT MAY BE POSSIBLE. AS FOR THE DETAILS OF THE NEXT SALE, THEY'LL BE REVEALED IN NEXT WEEK'S BUDGET. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. THE DOLLAR JUMPED TODAY FOLLOWING NEW FIGURES SHOWING A SURPRISE PLUNGE IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE LOWEST IN THREE YEARS. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS MORE PEOPLE IN WORK COULD SEE CONSUMERS PAY MORE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. TERTIARY-QUALIFIED WIREMU BAYLISS HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. IN THAT TIME, HE SAYS HE'S APPLIED FOR AROUND 150 JOBS. THIS IS OUR REALITY. MY EMAIL FOLDERS ARE FULL WITH 'THANKS, BUT NO THANKS,' OR 'WE'VE CHANGED OUR MINDS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THE POSITION.' BUT LATEST FIGURES SHOW THERE ARE SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS. SIFTING BETWEEN THE TEA LEAVES, LOOKING UNDER THE BONNET, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE PRETTY TANGIBLE SIGNS THAT THE LABOUR MARKET IS IMPROVING. UNEMPLOYMENT'S DROPPED 0.6% IN THE FOUR MONTHS TO MARCH, WITH 15,000 FEWER PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED. DESPITE THE SOLID NUMBERS, OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILED IN ITS PROMISE TO CREATE JOBS. NATIONAL SAID THEY'D CREATE 57,000 JOBS IN THE YEAR TO MARCH ` THEY CREATED 8,000. THAT'S A BIT OF AN EPIC FAILURE IN MY BOOKS. THE REALITY OF IT IS, IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT. IT'S ENCOURAGING, BUT NOBODY'S SUGGESTING THE JOB IS DONE. WORK ON THE CANTERBURY REBUILD HAS HELPED. BUT MORE PEOPLE IN WORK MEANS MORE DEMAND FOR GOODS AND SERVICES, WHICH USUALLY TRANSLATES INTO HIGHER PRICES. THERE'S ALREADY CONCERN ABOUT INFLATIONARY PRESSURE, CAUSED BY HOUSING DEMAND IN AUCKLAND AND CHRISTCHURCH. THERE'S NO SIGNALS ON THAT FRONT FOR THE RESERVE BANK TO BE LIFTING INTEREST RATES. BUT IF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOES CONTINUE TO NUDGE DOWN OVER THE COMING 12-18 MONTHS, THERE IS GOING TO BE THAT PRESSURE FOR INTEREST RATES TO MOVE UP. BUT WIREMU BAYLISS JUST WANTS TO MOVE INTO A JOB. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. THE FORMER BARMAID WHO REVEALED TO ONE NEWS LAST WEEK THAT SHE OVERHEAD POLICE OFFICERS ADMIT THEY PLANTED EVIDENCE IN THE ARTHUR ALLAN THOMAS CASE HAS FINALLY BEEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. IT COMES SEVEN YEARS AFTER QUEENIE EDMONDS' 'TELL ALL' AFFIDAVIT WAS HANDED TO POLICE COMMISSIONER PETER MARSHALL. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. ARMED WITH HER WRITTEN AFFIDAVIT, QUEENIE EDMONDS HAS GOT A HUGE WEIGHT OFF HER CHEST. I JUST TRIED TO TELL HER HOW IT WAS. 10 DAYS AFTER TELLING ONE NEWS HER STORY, SHE'S FINALLY BEEN INTERVIEWED BY POLICE, TELLING A FEMALE OFFICER WHAT SHE OVERHEARD DETECTIVES BOASTING ABOUT IN THIS MANGERE HOTEL BAR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. I TOLD HER THAT I HEARD THEM DISCUSSING THE PLANTING OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE GARDEN, AND THEY WERE LAUGHING ABOUT IT, AND THEY SAID THAT ARTHUR WOULD NEVER KNOW THIS, BECAUSE HE WAS A HALFWIT. QUEENIE EDMONDS WAS SERVING IN THE BAR WHERE DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING THE CREWE MURDERS WOULD DRINK. SHE MAINTAINS ONE OF THE DETECTIVES THERE THAT NIGHT WAS INQUIRY HEAD BRUCE HUTTON. A 1980 ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOUND MR HUTTON PLANTED A SHELLCASE AT THE CREWE PROPERTY, EFFECTIVELY FRAMING ARTHUR THOMAS FOR THE COUPLE'S MURDER. BUT BRUCE HUTTON ALWAYS DENIED IT. HE DIED IN MARCH. IT WOULD BE LOVELY FOR THE POLICE TO ADMIT THAT THEY WERE IN THE WRONG. POLICE HAVE NOW BEEN REVIEWING THE HISTORIC WHODUNNIT SINCE 2010. WE REPORTED LAST WEEK THAT QUEENIE EDMONDS' REVEALING AFFIDAVIT WAS HAND-DELIVERED TO POLICE COMMISSIONER PETER MARSHALL SEVEN YEARS AGO. BUT THE OFFICER LEADING THE CURRENT REVIEW, DETECTIVE SUPERINTENDENT ANDY LOVELOCK, HAS TOLD ONE NEWS THAT QUEENIE EDMONDS' NAME ONLY CAME TO HIS ATTENTION FOLLOWING OUR STORY. I ABSOLUTELY FEEL AT EASE WITH WHAT I'M DOING NOW, PAUL, AND IT'S A GREAT RELIEF TO TALK ABOUT IT. QUEENIE EDMONDS SAYS SHE STILL HAS FAITH IN THE POLICE, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE CONFIDENCE, THE TRUTH MUST COME OUT. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. POLICE IN GISBORNE HAVE UNDERTAKEN DRIVER TRAINING COURSES, AFTER AN INDEPENDENT POLICE REPORT FOUND AN OFFICER SHOULD'VE GIVEN UP CHASING A CAR WHICH CRASHED, KILLING THREE PEOPLE. THE CRASH LAST YEAR KILLED DYLAN KINGI, PETER BUNYAN AND HOLLY GUN. ONE PERSON REMARKABLY SURVIVED. POLICE SAY THE OFFICER INVOLVED HAS UNDERGONE REMEDIAL TRAINING AND HAS BEEN REMINDED OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER POLICE PURSUIT POLICIES. A CHRISTCHURCH MAN WHO SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS IN AN INCIDENT IN WOOLSTON LAST MONTH HAS DIED OF HIS INJURIES. TERRANCE MARTIN SMITH (55) DIED OVERNIGHT IN THE BURNS UNIT AT MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL. SHAY WEBSTER (20) AND JASON BARR (42) WERE ARRESTED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND ARE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. POLICE ARE NOW CONSIDERING LAYING FURTHER CHARGES. A FIRE AT A CHRISTCHURCH RECYCLING PLANT IS FINALLY BEING DOUSED AFTER BURNING FOR A MONTH. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS ` THE BAD IS THAT IT COULD TAKE ANOTHER MONTH TO PUT IT OUT. AS MIKE THORPE REPORTS, SMOKE FROM THE BLAZE HAS IGNITED DEBATE BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND NEARBY RESIDENTS. WHEN CHRISTCHURCH'S PEA SOUP FOG LIFTED THIS MORNING, THE REMAINS OF THE MONTH-OLD HORNBY FIRE WERE ONCE AGAIN VISIBLE. ONLY NOW CAN IT BE DEALT WITH BY FIREFIGHTERS. WELL, THE POINT HAS NOW COME WHERE THE FIRE CAN BE PUT OUT; THE FIRE'S BEEN BURNING SINCE EASTER TIME. MDF FROM DEMOLISHED KITCHEN CABINETRY IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED IN APRIL, AND IT'S ODOUR HAS STUCK AROUND EVER SINCE. AND ITS ODOUR HAS STUCK AROUND EVER SINCE. THIS SMOULDERING PILE HAS REDUCED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE FIRE BEGAN, AND SO TOO HAS THE PLUME OF SMOKE THAT IT WAS EMITTING, ALTHOUGH BEING THIS CLOSE TO IT GIVES YOU SOME SENSE OF THE SMELL THAT'S BEEN LINGERING AROUND NEARBY SUBURBS, AND IT'S NOT PLEASANT. BUT NEITHER IS IT DANGEROUS. WE MADE SURE THAT ECAN TESTED THOSE EMISSIONS, AND THEY TESTED THEM IN SOME DETAIL, AND IN ACTUAL FACT, I ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND RE-TEST SO THAT WE COULD BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THERE'D BE NO LONG-TERM EFFECTS FOR ANYBODY. IRONICALLY, THE FIRE IS WITHIN AMY ADAMS' SELWYN ELECTORATE ` THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. BUT NEIGHBOURING MP MEGAN WOODS IS CALLING ON ANOTHER POWER TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. ECAN, AS THE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING AIR QUALITY AND ASSURING OUR AIR QUALITY IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEED TO SERVE AN ABATEMENT NOTICE AND PUT A LINE IN THE SAND FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN LITERALLY LIVING UNDER A CLOUD OF SMOKE FOR THE LAST MONTH. WHILST THOSE RESIDENTS MAY BREATHE MORE EASILY, WORK FOR FIREFIGHTERS IS SET TO CONTINUE. THEY EXPECT TO BE COMBATING THIS FIRE AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER MONTH. MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` A PAINFUL EXERCISE ` WE MEET A NZER FIGHTING THE MAKERS OF A FAULTY HIP REPLACEMENT. ARE THE ODDS NOW AGAINST SAMOA GETTING A CASINO? THE PROBLEM WITH A CHINA DEAL. AND HOW'S THIS FOR GOOD WILL? A SINGING SUPERSTAR'S GENEROUS SCHOOL DONATION. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know that one of the fastest, easiest ways to get around town is with a smartphone? You can use a maps app that knows where you are and can tell you how to get wherever you want to go. Either preload a route on to your phone or use GPS to get directions, whether you're walking or driving, just about anywhere. And while it looks like a normal map, it also includes up to date local landmarks, making navigation easier. Now, most smartphones come with a maps app already, or you can just download the Google Maps app. It's highly rated by other users, which is usually a good sign. It's also really helpful because it can even speak directions. That means you can just pop your smartphone into a hands-free holder in your car and use it for turn-by-turn instructions as you drive. No more getting lost. Smartphone map apps really make life easier. Try it out for yourself. And for more detailed info, visit techinasec.co.nz A MAN WHO CLAIMS THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IS STOPPING HIM BECOMING A PRIEST BECAUSE HE'S GAY, BELIEVES THE CHURCH'S ADMISSION IT'S OPENLY DISCRIMINATING IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL IS CONSIDERING WHETHER THE ANGLICAN BISHOP OF AUCKLAND HAS BROKEN THE LAW BY EXCLUDING EUGENE SISNEROS FROM ITS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR CLERGY. IT'S A COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE AN IMPORTANT CONCESSION FROM THE CHURCH, AND THAT IS THAT NOT ALLOWING GAY AND LESBIAN ANGLICANS WHO ARE LIVING IN SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS TO TEST THEIR CALLING IS DISCRIMINATORY. BISHOP ROSS BAY MAINTAINS THE CHURCH IS EXERCISING ITS LEGAL RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THE TRIBUNAL'S RESERVED ITS DECISION. FOUR NZERS SUING THE MAKERS OF A FAULTY HIP REPLACEMENT HAVE HAD A SMALL VICTORY. A HEARING IN LONDON'S CLEARED THE WAY FOR THEM TO CONTEST THEIR CASE AGAINST A SUBSIDIARY OF MULTINATIONAL JOHNSON & JOHNSON. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY WAS THE ONLY JOURNALIST ALLOWED INTO THE PROCEEDINGS. BERNADETTE RAY IS IN HER 60S, BUT FEELS MORE LIKE 80, TRAUMATISED BY A SERIES OF EXCRUCIATING INJURIES. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS 40 MINUTES ON MY HANDS AND KNEES IN THE GRAVEL. HER HIPS HAVE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY ` BECAUSE OF FAULTY JOINTS. BRITISH FIRM DEPUY SOLD 93,000 OF THE HIP JOINTS BEFORE RECALLING THEM GLOBALLY IN 2010. THAT'S WHEN BERNADETTE RAY'S DOCTOR CONFIRMED THEY WERE POLLUTING HER BLOOD AND TISSUES WITH HEAVY METALS. HE HAD TO ABRIDE OR SCRAPE CLEAN A LOT OF THE MUSCLES IN MY HIPS AND PELVIS, BECAUSE THEY WERE SORT OF ROTTED AND COVERED WITH SOME HORRIBLE BLACK THING THAT'S TYPICAL OF METALOSIS. THIS IS HER 10 YEARS AGO. NOW SHE CAN'T WALK UNAIDED. I COULDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT YOGA BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE RUBBING MY NOSE IN IT. SHE'S ONE OF NEARLY A HUNDRED NZERS SEEKING COMPENSATION IN LONDON THAT HINGES ON FOUR TEST CASES TARGETING THE BRITISH MANUFACTURER AND THE DEEPER POCKETS OF ITS PARENT COMPANY JOHNSON & JOHNSON. WE DON'T YET KNOW WHETHER THE JUDGE WOULD BE APPLYING NZ LAW, WHICH WOULD LIKELY LIMIT ANY POTENTIAL DAMAGES FAR MORE SO THAN IF THEY'RE ABLE TO USE ENGLISH LAW IN THE CASE. WHAT THESE CLAIMANTS ARE SAYING IS THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION BY THE MANUFACTURER RATHER THAN AS IT WERE FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE IN NZ. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER TO PAY FOR TESTING, REMEDIES AND OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, THOUGH IT DENIES LIABILITY FOR THE NZ CLAIMS. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE LEGAL SPOTLIGHT'S NOW ON OFFICIALS IN A CHINESE COMPANY GIVEN A CASINO LICENCE IN SAMOA. THEY'RE FACING ACCUSATIONS OF CORRUPTION. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS UPDATE. THE SAMOAN GOVERNMENT HAD BIG HOPES FOR A PROPOSED 500-ROOM RESORT, COMPLETE WITH A CASINO ` BIG HOPES FOR BIG MONEY. IT COULD BE THE TAKE-OFF POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY. THE CHENGDU EXHIBITION AND TOURISM GROUP SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SAMOAN GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN BIG HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AROUND CHINA. THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE THEY DO IT IN A BUSINESSLIKE MANNER AND THEY ARE VERY PROMPT AND EFFICIENT. SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM AS AN OPERATOR. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO CHINESE MEDIA REPORTS, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY DENG HONG, ALONG WITH HIS CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WERE ALREADY BEING INVESTIGATED OVER CORRUPTION LINKED TO LAND DEALS. COMMUNIST PARTY ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIALS HAVE KEPT HIM IN CUSTODY SINCE MARCH. NOT THE SORT OF NEWS THE SAMOAN GOVERNMENT WANTED TO HEAR. THEY'D BEEN EXPECTING HIM TO VISIT WITH AN UPDATE. I AM DISAPPOINTED. WHAT TRANSPIRES AT THE PRESENT MOMENT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH DOMESTIC POLITICS. SO... WHAT WE CAN DO IS WAIT AND SEE. THE GOVERNMENT IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THE PROJECT WILL STILL GO AHEAD. MANAGEMENT CAN COME AND GO, BUT BUSINESSES HAVE A... CONTINUITY OF EXISTENCE. BUT ODDS ARE THIS PROJECT MAY BE OVER BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. THE DEATH TOLL IN THE COLLAPSE OF A BANGLADESH CLOTHING FACTORY HAS CLIMBED TO ALMOST 900 AS THE INDUSTRY'S STRUCK BY ANOTHER DISASTER. A FIRE'S SWEPT THROUGH A FACTORY IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OF DHAKA, KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT'S SHUT DOWN 18 GARMENT FACTORIES FOR SAFETY REASONS AFTER LAST MONTH'S BUILDING COLLAPSE. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE THE WORLD'S WORST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IN ALMOST 30 YEARS. THE CAPTAIN OF A CONTAINER SHIP IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HIS VESSEL SMASHED INTO THE DOCK IN THE ITALIAN PORT OF GENOA. TWO PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING, WHILE SEVEN HAVE DIED AFTER THE 'JOLLY NERO' SENT THE CONTROL TOWER CRASHING INTO THE HARBOUR. IT HAPPENED DURING A SHIFT CHANGE IN THE TOWER AS THE SHIP WAS BACKING OUT OF THE PORT, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO TUGBOATS. A MANHUNT ACROSS EUROPE HAS LED TO THE ARRESTS OF 31 PEOPLE LINKED TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST JEWELLERY HEISTS. $60M WORTH OF UNCUT DIAMONDS WERE STOLEN IN A DARING RAID ON A PLANE AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT IN BELGIUM IN FEBRUARY. THE ARMED ROBBERS DROVE POLICE CARS AND ESCAPED WITHIN MINUTES. SOME OF THE DIAMONDS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. WEATHER TIME NOW. THE RAIN CAME, THE RAIN'S GONE AND AUCKLAND GOT VERY WET? GONE THERE AND COROMANDEL, WITH THE ODD THUNDERCELL NOW OFFSHORE FROM WHITIANGA. EARLIER, ONE SLID DOWN OVER WAIKATO AND SPOOKED CAMBRIDGE WITH A FUNNEL. SEE THE FUNNEL CLOUD THERE A TWISTER THAT DIDN'T TOUCH DOWN NEAR THE TOWN FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ALEXANDRA THE SHOT FROM AIR SAFARIS. BACK AFTER ANDREW'S WRAPPED UP SPORT, WITH A HIT FROM THE SOUTH POLE. GRAB YOUR SWANNIES. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH ALLERGIES IS INCREASING. WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT IT. AND A STAR'S BIG SHOUT ` WHY WILL I AM IS PUTTING HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS. 1 A DECISION TO CUT $30M FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S MEDICINES BUDGET IS TONIGHT UNDER FIRE. A LOBBY GROUP SAYS THE MONEY SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO FUNDING NEW DRUGS FOR SICK NZERS WHO ARE MISSING OUT. RENEE GRAHAM HAS THE DETAILS. BRENDA JONES HAD TO LEAVE HER JOB AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE RARE FABRY DISEASE, WHICH AFFECTS EYES, KIDNEYS AND THE HEART. THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T FUND MEDICINES FOR THE DISORDER, SO SHE'S FLYING TO AUSTRALIA TO TAKE PART IN A TRIAL FOR A NEW DRUG. HOW CAN THIS BE? WE LIVE IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY. THE REST OF THE WORLD ARE FUNDING THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE MEANT TO BE IN MORE DIRE STRAITS THAN WE ARE ECONOMICALLY. A PHARMACEUTICAL LOBBY GROUP IS SLAMMING A GOVERNMENT DECISION TO CARVE $30M OUT OF ITS CENTRAL DRUG-BUYING AGENCY PHARMAC'S BUDGET. WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MONEY WASN'T REINVESTED FOR NEW AND INNOVATIVE MEDICINES THAT KIWIS JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. THE MONEY COMES FROM SAVINGS PHARMAC MAKES EVERY TIME POPULAR BRANDED DRUGS, LIKE ACCUPRIL FOR BLOOD PRESSURE, COMES OFF PATENT AND ARE REPLACED BY A CHEAPER GENERIC DRUG. $30M FROM THOSE SAVINGS THIS FINANCIAL YEAR WERE DIVERTED INTO THE GENERAL HEALTH BUDGET. PHARMAC'S BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF SIGNIFICANT FUNDING GROWTH. $180M EXTRA HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND THAT'S RESULTED IN VERY SIGNIFICANT EXTENSIONS TO ACCESS. BUT MEDICINES NZ SAYS GIVEN OUR AGING POPULATION AND GROWING DEMAND FOR MEDICINES, PHARMAC IS STILL UNDERFUNDED. JUST OVER 9% OF THE HEALTH BUDGET GOES TO PHARMACEUTICALS, WHEREAS THE OECD AVERAGE IS 16%. A SIMPLE EXPLANATION TO WHY THERE'S THAT DIFFERENCE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF PHARMAC'S ACTIVITY, WE GET SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICES THAN, BASICALLY, THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE CUT WAS ANNOUNCED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET LOOMING, BRENDA JONES HOPES THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR HER TO GET THE MEDICINES SHE NEEDS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. MORE AND MORE OF OUR CHILDREN ARE HAVING TO WATCH WHAT THEY EAT BECAUSE OF FOOD ALLERGIES. SARAH BRADLEY LOOKS AT WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. NOAH HAS SEVERE EXCZEMA. WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO DAIRY NOW. WE THINK THAT IT'S MAINLY MILK AND CERTAIN TYPES OF YOGHURTS. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES IS INCREASING. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CENSUSATSCHOOL SURVEY INCLUDED QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD. EARLY RESULTS SHOW 8.5% OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES. THE MOST COMMON IS DAIRY, THEN PEANUTS AND THEN EGGS. AND IT'S NOT JUST AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ALLERGY-SUFFERERS HERE. THERE IS INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE THAT THE REACTION IS BECOMING MORE SEVERE, AS ILLUSTRATED BY A 10-YEAR MELBOURNE STUDY. THEY ANALYSED HOSPITAL ADMINSSION DATA AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FOUR-FOLD INCREASE WITH CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGY HAVING ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS. THE INCREASE IN CHILDHOOD ALLERGIES HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. NOW MUMS AND DADS HAVE TO CHECK LABELS REALLY CAREFULLY. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SOYA SAUCE HAS WHEAT, WHILE THIS ONE DOESN'T. WHAT ISN'T CLEAR IS WHY FOOD ALLERGIES ARE INCREASING. GENERALLY WE PUT IT DOWN TO GENETIC INFLUENCES, ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCES. AND THERE ARE MANY ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTSAL INFLUENCE ANOTHER CONCERNING TREND IS MULTIPLE ALLERGIES. HE'S HAD A RASH FROM HEAD TO TOE WITH STRAWBERRIES BEFORE NOW. THERE ARE RISK FACTORS, INCLUDING SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY AND CESEAREAN BIRTHS. BUT THOSE RISKS CAN BE REDUCED. BREASTFEEDING FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS IS REALLY PROTECTIVE, AND IF YOU DO NEED A SUPPLEMENTARY FORMULA, NOT USING COWS' MILK FORMULA OR SOY, BUT USING AN HA FORMULA. WITH A BABY DAUGHTER ON THE WAY, GEORGIA WRIGHT IS CHANGING HER DIET IN THE HOPE SHE WON'T HAVE THE SAME ALLEGIES AS HER BROTHER. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. FOR WILL.I.AM, TONIGHT READ GOOD WILL. THE BLACK-EYED PEAS STAR HAS PUT MONEY TOWARDS INSPIRING OUR CHILDREN ` NOT TO BE MUSICIANS BUT SCIENTISTS. MATT McLEAN EXPLAINS. THEY KNEW A SPECIAL GUEST WAS COMING. THAT'S ALL THEY'D BEEN TOLD. ALL: WHOA! BUT THIS GUY WAS NOT WHO THE KIDS AT POINT ENGLAND PRIMARY WERE EXPECTING. OMG. IT'S WILL.I.AM. # THEY CALL ME WILL-A. STAY SO COOL, I'M CHILLY. # YOU KNOW HIM, BLACK EYED PEAS FRONT MAN AND MUSIC MOGUL WHO'S SOLD MILLIONS OF ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. # I WANNA SCREAM # AND SHOUT # AND LET IT ALL OUT. # IN FACT, WE KIWIS WERE THE FIRST TO SEND HIS NEW ALBUM PLATINUM. NZ IS WONDERFUL. MY CONNECTION WITH NZ IS SINCE 1998. MY APPRECIATION FOR GIVING ME A PEEK AT WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE. TO PROVE HIS APPRECIATION, HE MADE A DONATION TO A TRUST WHICH HELPS PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY TO SCHOOLS. IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH COMES WITH AN EQUALLY HUGE CHEQUE. BUT IT'S GOING INTO SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT ` 'STEM' EDUCATION. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS. IT'S AN AREA OF EDUCATION WILL.I.AM SAYS IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. AS THE WORLD ADVANCES, KIDS IN THE INNER CITIES ARE LEFT BEHIND AND NOT GIVEN THE TOOLS TO EVEN COMPETE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE ARE WALKING INTO. SO PASSIONATE ABOUT KIDS IS WILL.I.AM, THE LAST QUESTION AT TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE WENT TO ONE OF THE SCHOOL'S STUDENTS. A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE KIDS AROUND NZ? TO ALL THE KIDS IN NZ, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DREAM AS BIG AS YOU CAN. DREAMS THAT COULD BECOME A REALITY AFTER THIS VERY SURPRISING PEP TALK FROM A VERY BIG STAR. MATT.I.AM, ONE NEWS. THE TOP STORIES ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT ` POLICE HAVE CHARGED THE MAN WHO FOR 10 YEARS ALLEGEDLY KEPT THREE WOMEN LOCKED IN HIS BASEMENT IN THE AMERICAN CITY OF CLEVELAND. ARIEL CASTRO FACES COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING AND RAPE. TWO OF THE RESCUED WOMEN HAVE BEEN WELCOMED HOME BY A CHEERING CROWD. A DEFIANT AARON GILMORE'S TURNED UP AT PARLIAMENT, INSISTING HE WON'T RESIGN. THE BACKBENCH NATIONAL MP'S WORK AT THE BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTRY IS ALSO BEING LOOKED AT. THE MINISTRY SAYS IT'S TAKING LEGAL ADVICE. AND A NEW VERSION OF SYNTHETIC CANNABIS COULD BE ON THE MARKET BY NEXT WEEK. IT'LL REPLACE K2, THE DRUG BANNED FROM SALE FROM TODAY. ONE NEWS STILL FOUND SOME SHOP OWNERS WILLING TO FLOUT THE LAW. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SPORTING ERAS IS OVER. MORE FROM THIS REMARKABLE CAREER AFTER THE BREAK.. AS ONE OF OUR BEST SECURES HIS FUTURE IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL, THE GERMANS PUT HIM THROUGH THE MILL. PLUS, MORE SCRUM CHANGES IN RUGBY. WHY ARE CURRENT PLAYERS AND FORMER GREATS CONCERNED? AND SO MUCH FOR LEBRON STRUGGLING IN THE PLAYOFFS. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO FOOTBALL, AND ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS TEAM COACH IN GLOBAL SPORT IS CALLING IT A DAY. SIR ALEX FERGUSON CUT SPECULATION SHORT TODAY BY ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT AS MANCHESTER UNITED'S MANAGER AFTER 26 YEARS AND 38 TROPHIES. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. SIR ALEX FERGUSON ON HIS WAY TO TELL HIS PLAYERS AND STAFF AT TRAINING BEFORE SIDESTEPPING THE TEAM TRIP TO CHESTER RACES TO AVOID A MEDIA CIRCUS, SETTLING INSTEAD FOR A SIMPLE STATEMENT ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT DECISION NOT BEING TAKEN LIGHTLY. I THINK IT WILL BE A PLANNED DECISION, YOU KNOW, AND HE'LL HAVE REASONS WHY HE WANTED TO TAKE IT THAT LITTLE BIT EASIER. HEALTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN CITED, AND ALTHOUGH HIS RECENT VICTORY CELEBRATIONS, AS USUAL, BELIED HIS 71 YEARS, HE'D EARLIER THIS YEAR CONCEDED HE IS GETTING ON. I JUST TOUCH WOOD THAT MY HEALTH REMAINS FOR A LONG TIME YET. AT THE MOMENT EVERYTHING IS HUNKY DORY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. HE CERTAINLY HASN'T MELLOWED WITH AGE; HIS BELLICOSE SIDELINE BEHAVIOUR, WHICH EARNED HIM THE HAIRDRYER REPUTATION FOR HIS IN-YOUR-FACE RANTS AND A CUT EYE FOR DAVID BECKHAM FROM A FLYING BOOT SHOWED NO SIGN OF LETTING UP. SQUARING UP TO MANAGERS, SHOUTING AT THE PLAYERS ` THAT DESIRE HAS GOT HIM TO WHERE HE IS TODAY. HE WANTS TO HAVE MORE AND MORE. IT'S AN INSATIABLE APPETITE HE HAS FOR SUCCESS. AND FOR AN APPRENTICE TOOLMAKER IN A GLASWEGIAN SHIPYARD, HE'S HAD PLENTY SINCE TURNING PRO IN 1964 ` SCOTTISH LEAGUE AND EUROPEAN HONOURS WITH ABERDEEN AS MANAGER BEFORE HIS TORRENT OF TROPHIES WITH MAN U. NO WONDER THE FANS FEEL BEREFT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEONE'S DIED. I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL REPLACE HIM. EVERTON'S DAVID MOYES IS STILL THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE; JOSE MOURINHO AT 10-1. A DECISION IS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND, WHEN FERGUSON WILL FINALLY FAREWELL HIS OLD TRAFFORD FAITHFUL. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. SO, TO THE STATS FOR THE PENSIONER HAIRDRYER AND ONE OF GLASGOW'S FINEST: SINCE ARRIVING AT OLD TRAFFORD IN 1986, SIR ALEX HAS TAKEN UNITED TO AN INCREDIBLE 38 TROPHIES, INCLUDING 13 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE 5 FA CUP WINS AND TWO MAJOR SUCCESSES IN EUROPE. IN HIS 26 YEARS IN MANCHESTER, HE'S SEEN OFF SEVEN LIVERPOOL MANAGERS AND 15 AT CHELSEA. HIS LAST MATCH IN CHARGE WILL BE HIS 1,500TH ` 900 OF THEM, WINS ` SO FAR. TO A YOUNG FOOTBALLER JUST STARTING OUT. A-LEAGUE FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AND ALL WHITE MARCO ROJAS HAS SIGNED WITH GERMAN FIRST DIVISION HEAVYWEIGHTS STUTTGART. IT WAS WELL KNOWN THE MELBOURNE VICTORY STRIKER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING A EUROPEAN CONTRACT. HE FINALLY SETTLED ON A FOUR-YEAR DEAL WITH THE BUNDESLIGA CLUB. THE 21-YEAR-OLD IS CURRENTLY IN STUTTGART, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN TESTING ALL SORTS OF THINGS, INCLUDING HIS GRASP OF THE LANGUAGE. UM, HALLO, STUTTGART. HALLO, LEVERFANS. ROJAS HAS MOVED FROM STRENGTH TO STREGTH SINCE HIS DEBUT WITH THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO ` A CONTRACT THAT CAME ABOUT AFTER HE WAS GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP BY THE YELLOW FEVER SUPPORTERS CLUB. WE'RE JUST REALLY PROUD OF HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S A REALLY GOOD LAD. WE'RE STILL IN TOUCH WITH HIM. AND THE BEST BIT IS WE DON'T GET TO SEE HIM PLAYING AGAINST THE PHOENIX, WHICH MAKES OUR LIFE MUCH HAPPIER. ROJAS WILL MOVE TO GERMANY LATE NEXT MONTH. JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO WATCH RUGBY SCRUMS AGAIN, THERE'S ABOUT TO BE MORE CHANGES. THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY, THE IRB, IS TRIALLING A NEW SCRUM ENGAGEMENT CALL. BUT IS IT DEPOWERING THAT SIDE OF THE GAME AND ABOUT TO CAUSE INJURY AND CONFUSION? CROUCH. TOUCH. SET. IT'S THE CALL WE'VE NOW BECOME USED TO IN THESE PARTS,... TOUCH. SET. ...BUT YET ANOTHER CHANGE IS IN THE WIND. CROUCH, BIND, LEAVE IT OUT THERE, YOU BIND ON TO YOUR OPPOSITE, AND THEN YOU GO ON THE SET CALL. THE SHIFT AIMS TO BRING THE FRONT ROWS CLOSER TOGETHER AND REDUCE THE IMMENSE FORCE OF THE HIT AT SCRUM TIME. IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT BIGGER THAN IT USED TO BE, THAT'S FOR SURE. IT'S A M` IT'S LIKE A CAR CRASH, ALMOST, THESE DAYS. THE IRB BELIEVES THE NEW ENGAGE WILL LESSEN THE FORCE BY 25%. BUT IS IT A STEP TOO FAR? I'D HATE TO SEE A DAY WHERE RUGBY SCRUMS TURN INTO LEAGUE SCRUMS. COS THEN THE BIG FATTIES LIKE ME WILL BE KICKED OUT OF THE GAME. THERE'S ALSO CONCERN SCRUMS NOW WON'T HAVE ANY LEEWAY WHEN THERE'S A LACK OF BALANCE OR TOO MUCH PRESSURE. WHEN THEY'RE BOUND AND IT'S BRIDGED, IT'S GONNA GIVE AT THE WEAKEST POINT. IF IT CAN'T COLLAPSE, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY GONNA BE ONE OF THE PLAYERS. I CAN SEE THERE COULD THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOT MORE INJURIES. THE IRONY IS STATS SAY IN SUPER RUGBY, SCRUM COMPLETIONS ARE AT AROUND 75% THIS SEASON, UP FROM JUST 45% TWO YEARS AGO. THE NEW RULE WILL BE TRIALLED SOON HERE AND IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND POSSIBLY ALL BLACKS' TESTS LATER THIS SEASON. HEAD UP. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, PLEASE, TONY. THEY'RE PROBABLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY, BUT, AS A PROP AND AS A SCRUM, THE HIT'S A HUGE PART OF IT. YET ANOTHER RULE TRIAL IN A GAME THAT CAN DO WITHOUT ANY MORE CONFUSION. WALLABIES FULLBACK KURTLEY BEALE'S HOPES OF PLAYING AGAINST THE LIONS HAVE HIT ANOTHER SNAG. THE TROUBLED STAR HAS BEEN SUSPENDED YET AGAIN BY THE MELBOURNE REBELS. BEALE WILL MISS SATURDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE BLUES AFTER BREAKING THE CONDITIONS OF HIS RETURN TO RUGBY BY DRINKING ALCOHOL FOLLOWING MELBOURNE'S LOSS TO THE CHIEFS LAST WEEKEND. HE ALSO MISSED A COUNSELLING APPOINTMENT. BEALE HAD JUST SERVED A FOUR-MATCH BAN FOR PUNCHING TEAMMATES AFTER THE REBELS' RECORD 64-7 LOSS TO THE SHARKS IN DURBAN. THE SUDDEN DEATHS OF TWO NZ-BORN LEAGUE PLAYERS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR ONGOING SUPPORT AROUND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND EXPERT HELP WITHIN THE NRL. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. NORTH QUEENSLAND'S ALEX ELISALA, IN THE NUMBER 17 JERSEY, DIED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK. IT WAS HIS FUNERAL TODAY. THE NRL SAYS HIS DEATH AND THAT OF FELLOW KIWI MOSESE FOTUAIKA HIGHLIGHT HOW CRUCIAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IS WITHIN RUGBY LEAGUE'S RANKS ` ESPECIALLY AMONG POLYNESIAN PLAYERS. CULTURALLY, WE DON'T SEE MENTAL HEALTH AS BEING A MEDICAL ISSUE. WE SEE IT MORE AS A SPIRITUAL ISSUE. SO THIS MEANS THAT A LOT OF THE TIME WE DON'T SEEK SUPPORT FROM MEDICAL PROVIDERS AS A MEANS OF WORKING THROUGH OUR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. THE NRL'S ENGAGED A MOOD DISORDER TREATMENT SPECIALIST TO HELP. WE'VE GOT TO ENCOURAGE AND CREATE THE ENVIRONMENTS AND CULTURE THAT IT'S OK, IT'S PERMISSIBLE TO ACTUALLY SEEK HELP. THE INSTITUTE BELIEVES REPEATED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF DEPRESSION, AND A PLAYER'S MENTAL ILLNESS MIGHT ALSO BE TRIGGERED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. IF THEY HAVE A POOR PERFORMANCE DUE TO A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM LIKE DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY OR STRESS, THAT'S NOT ONLY DISSECTED AND REHASHED BY THEM AFTERWARDS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY THEIR COACH, BY THEIR FAMILY, BY THEIR FRIENDS, AND PROBABLY AROUND 100,000 OTHER PEOPLE WHO WATCHED IT ON TV AND ARE GOING TO PUT THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR EXPERTISE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, THE THOUGHTS OF MANY ARE WITH TWO NZ-BORN PLAYERS WHOSE PROMISING NRL FUTURES ENDED ALL TOO QUICKLY. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS. THE BLACKCAPS SIDE FOR THE OPENING CRICKET TEST AGAINST ENGLAND NEXT WEEK AT LORD'S IS ALL BUT FINALISED. THE ONLY QUESTION REMAINING IS WHO WILL JOIN TRENT BOULT AND TIM SOUTHEE IN THE PACE ATTACK. BRENDON MCCULLUM, ROSS TAYLOR, SOUTHEE AND BOULT ARE BACK FOR THE FINAL WARM-UP GAME AGAINST THE ENGLAND LIONS, STARTING TONIGHT IN LEICESTER. BOULT AND SOUTHEE ARE CERTAIN TO PLAY AT LORD'S, WITH DOUG BRACEWELL AND NEIL WAGNER FIGHTING FOR THE REMAINING PACE SPOT. YEAH, I GUESS IT IS A BIT OF A BOWL-OFF. HE'S BOWLING WELL AT THE MOMENT, SO IT'S A BIT OF A COMPETITION THERE. BUT YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE BOWLING WELL, AND, IT GIVES THE COACHES AND SELECTORS A BIT MORE CHANCE. WITH ENGLAND SPINNER GRAEME SWANN SET TO ATTACK THE FOOTMARKS MADE BY THE LEFT-HAND SEAMERS, THE LEFT-HANDED WAGNER IS LIKELY TO MISS OUT. LEBRON JAMES HAS LED MIAMI TO THEIR BIGGEST EVER WIN IN THE NBA BASKETBALL PLAY-OFFS. THE HEAT HAVE OVERWHELMED THE CHICAGO BULLS 115-78 IN GAME TWO OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI FINALS. JAMES IMPOSED HIMSELF EARLY ON, SCORING 19 POINTS, ALTHOUGH HIS NINE ASSISTS WERE JUST AS INFLUENTIAL. THIRD QUARTER. BOUNCE PASS TO A CUTTING WADE. LATER IN THE THIRD, HERE'S LEBRON. AND BEHIND THE BACK, FANCY, TO RAY ALLEN. THE PASSING CONTINUES, TO THE BIRD MAN. CHRIS ANDERSEN IN THE HOUSE. TEMPERS FLARED THROUGHOUT THE GAME, WITH NINE TECHNICAL FOULS DISHED OUT AND TWO BULLS PLAYERS EJECTED. THE SERIES IS LEVEL AT 1-1. TYRES SQUEAL MOURNFUL STRINGS MUSIC If you're speeding and you crash, the car stops, but everything inside keeps moving. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES It's the same inside your body. MOURNFUL MUSIC CONTINUES SNAP! HI AGAIN. LOOK OUT IN THE SOUTH ABOUT NOW ` THE DOUBLE-HIT FRONT AND SOUTHERLY ARE ROLLING IN. MEANTIME, THE NORTHERN TROUGH DELIVERED A THUNDERSTORM RIGHT ON THE TARANAKI COAST. THIS IS BEX AND CHEV THE DOG. TONIGHT THE POLAR RODENT STRIKES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ BY TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL ALL BE SHIVERING. SMILES ON CORONET PEAK WITH SOME SNOW. KAREN'S BACK TOMORROW, AND SHE'LL BE TALKING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR THURSDAY.