GOOD EVENING. ANOTHER DUSTING OF SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SKI FIELDS TODAY THAT COLD CHANGE IS NOW MAKING ITS WAY UP OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. THERE'S ALSO A BAND OF THUNDERY RAIN PUSHING ON TO WESTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. GOT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE TO WATCH FOR FROSTS AND SHOWERS. 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. SAFETY CONCERNS AFTER A HIGH-SPEED AMERICA'S CUP BOAT CAPSIZES, KILLING A DOUBLE OLYMPIC MEDALLIST AND INJURING A NZER. NO LAUGHING MATTER AS AARON GILMORE FACES MORE HEAT, THIS TIME OVER AN INAPPROPRIATE EMAIL. A POWER SURGE AS MIGHTY RIVER SHARES HIT THE STOCKMARKET, BUT HOW WELL DID THEY DO AT END OF TRADING? AND FACING THE DEATH PENALTY ` THE MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING THREE WOMEN CAPTIVE FOR A DECADE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE SAFETY OF AMERICA'S CUP RACING IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE DEATH OF A DOUBLE OLYMPIC MEDALLIST. THE BRITISH SAILOR WAS KILLED WHEN ONE OF THE HIGH-SPEED CATAMARANS DESIGNED FOR THE FAMOUS RACE CAPSIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO. NZER CRAIG MONK WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. OUR YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER JOINS US FROM THE TEAM NZ BASE IN AUCKLAND. FLAGS AT HALF MAST DOWN HERE AS YOU'D EXPECT. THE TEAM EXPRESSED SHOCK AND CONDOLENCES FOR THE ARTEMIS TEAM. WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THESE GIANT BOATS ARE SAILED ON THE EDGE, AND WE'VE DREADED THIS HAPPENING WITH SUCH CONSEQUENCES. THE AC72 OF SWEDISH SYNDICATE ARTEMIS RACING UPSIDE DOWN ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY ` THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAINING SESSION WITH CUP DEFENDERS ORACLE. ONE BROKEN HULL WAS SKEWED UNDER THE HUGE WING SAIL. ANDREW 'BART' SIMPSON WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE WRECKAGE. THE 36-YEAR-OLD OLYMPIC GOLD AND SILVER MEDALLIST WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER BUT UNABLE TO BE REVIVED. TV STATIONS TALKED OF A BLIGHTED CUP. THE SEEMINGLY CURSED AMERICA'S CUP SUFFERS ANOTHER TERRIBLE MISHAP IN THE BAY, AND THIS TIME IT'S DEADLY. WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A TRAGIC DAY TODAY ON THE BAY, AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH BART SIMPSON'S` ANDREW SIMPSON'S FAMILY ` HIS WIFE AND KIDS ` AND ALSO WITH MY` WITH THE REST OF THE TEAMMATES. THEY INCLUDE CRAIG MONK, LIKE SIMPSON, A WORLD-CHAMPION STAR-CLASS SAILOR AS WELL AS AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST AND FORMER TEAM NZ GRINDER, WHO WAS TREATED IN HOSPITAL FOR CUTS TO HIS HANDS BEFORE BEING ALLOWED HOME. ARTEMIS IS NOT THE FIRST AC72 TO TURN TURTLE IN THE BAY. LAST OCTOBER, ORACLE CAPSIZED ITS FIRST BOAT IN A BIG BREEZE, THE CAT BREAKING UP IN THE HEAVY SWELL. THE SWEDISH YACHT WAS NOT QUITE SO BADLY DAMAGED. THE BOAT ITSELF'S UNDER CONTROL, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST OF OUR CONCERNS. WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE. SAFETY FOR THE SAILORS IS A MAJOR CONCERN. TEAM NZ'S CREW ARE KITTED OUT WITH AIR BOTTLES IN CASE THEY'RE TRAPPED UNDER THE BOAT AND KNIVES TO CUT THROUGH THE NETTING. INCIDENTS SUCH AS TODAY'S ARE CERTAINLY NOT UNEXPECTED. IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS NOW HAPPENED. WE'RE NOT EVEN RACING AT THE MOMENT, MARTIN, AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP STARTS AND THE BOATS GO BOAT ON BOAT, THE CREWS WILL PUSH HARDER, REGARDLESS OF THE ACCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENED TODAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN RACE MODE. OUT OF RESPECT FOR ARTEMIS, ORACLE HAS SUSPENDED SAILING FOR THREE DAYS. MARTIN, ANY IDEA YET OF WHAT CAUSED THE CAPSIZE? IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT ONCE THE INITIAL SHOCK AND GRIEF ARE OVER, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS WHICH COULD IMPACT ON THE AMERICA'S CUP, JUST SIX WEEKS AWAY. AMERICA'S CUP ORGANISERS HAVE SCHEDULED A MEDIA CONFERENCE FOR TOMORROW WHERE WE MAY GET SOME ANSWERS. THANKS, MARTIN TASKER IN AUCKLAND. AND MARTIN WILL HAVE MORE ON THE CONCERNS NOW FACING ORGANISERS LATER IN SPORT. EMBATTLED NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE JUST CAN'T SHAKE OFF THE DIRT. HE'S NOW IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS SHOW HE WAS WARNED BY A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOR SENDING INAPPROPRIATE EMAILS. THE LATEST EMBARRASSMENT COMES AS THE LIST MP FACES INCREASING PRESSURE TO QUIT PARLIAMENT. DANIEL FAITAUA REPORTS. DEFIANT YESTERDAY, DESPITE A CALL FROM HIS BOSS TO RESIGN. BUT TODAY AARON GILMORE HAS GONE TO GROUND. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. JUST DAYS AFTER APOLOGISING FOR HIS TREATMENT OF A HOSPITALITY WORKER DURING A NIGHT OUT. THE BACK-BENCH LIST MP IS AGAIN IN THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT, THIS TIME OVER HIS BEHAVIOUR JUST BEFORE RE-ENTERING PARLIAMENT WHEN HE WORKED AS AN ANALYST FOR THE THEN DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND HOUSING THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T EXTEND HIS FIXED-TERM CONTRACT AND WAS FORCED TO APOLOGISE TO TREASURY AFTER HE GOT INTO A HEATED EMAIL DISPUTE WITH ONE OF ITS OFFICIALS. THIS HAS BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT NOT ONLY FOR THE NATIONAL PARTY, BUT FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LEADERSHIP AS WELL. IN AN EMAIL ON NOVEMBER 15 LAST YEAR, AARON GILMOUR ACCUSES THE OFFICIAL OF 'FIRING OFF MESSAGES TO ALL AND SUNDRY TRYING TO UNDERMINE PEOPLE'. HE THEN SAYS GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND AND THAT HE GOES BACK INTO PARLIAMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE IN THE NEW YEAR, HE WAS HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AT 'SOME STAGE'. THE FOLLOWING DAY, HE FIRED OFF ANOTHER EMAIL, CLAIMING HE WORKED AT THE TREASURY BUT 'SAW THE LIGHT AND LEFT AS A SENIOR ADVISOR AT 24', HE THEN GOES ON TO ACCUSE THE TREASURY OFFICIAL OF 'BULLYING AND WHITE-ANTING PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON'T DO WHAT YOU WANT'. ON NOVEMBER 29, A SENIOR MANAGER, ANDREW CRISP, WAS FORCED TO APOLOGISE TO THE TREASURY FOR THE BEHAVIOUR. HE SAID MR GILMORE WAS ADVISED AND THAT WHILE THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TILL CHRISTMAS, IT WAS 'NOT HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THIS BEHAVIOUR'. BEHAVIOUR THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IS A MATTER THAT IS OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S HANDS. I GENERALLY HAVE NOT SEEN THEM. PROBABLY GOT A FLAVOUR OR SENSE OF THEM, BUT AS I'VE SAID, AT THE END THAT'S A MATTER FOR MR GILMORE TO RESPOND TO. RELEASE OF THE EMAIL EXCHANGE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PUT THE EMBATTLED LIST MP UNDER MORE PRESSURE TO RECONSIDER HIS CAREER OPTIONS. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. AND YOU CAN READ AARON GILMORE'S FULL EMAIL EXCHANGE ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NZERS WHO'D NEVER INVESTED IN SHARES WOULD'VE KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON THE STOCKMARKET TODAY AS MIGHTY RIVER POWER DEBUTED. AND ITS PERFORMANCE SO FAR IS GIVING THE GOVERNMENT'S FURTHER PLANNED STATE ASSET FLOATS A BOOST. THIS IS WHERE IT'S CLOSED AT ` AFTER THE SHARE PRICE JUMPED MORE THAN 20C, HITTING A HIGH OF $2.73 AT THE START OF TRADING. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH IS ACROSS THE LATEST AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. IT'S MADE IT ON TO THE TICKER HERE BUT LISTED IN AUSTRALIA AS WELL IT'S GAIN 11C NZ TODAY, SO DOING WELL. ALL CHANT: THREE, TWO, ONE. DING! I NOW DECLARE MIGHTY RIVER POWER FLOATED. AND WITH THAT, 49% OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER STARTED TRADING, MAKING IT ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES ON THE NZ STOCK EXCHANGE. IT'S TRADING UP TO ABOUT THE RANGE THAT WE WERE ADVISED IT WOULD. BUT, LOOK, THIS IS A LONG-TERM SHARE. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE FIRST HOUR, THE FIRST DAY, THE FIRST WEEK. I'M HAPPY NOW, YES. YES. IT'S UP. IT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD FOR 113,000 SHAREHOLDERS. 80,000 OF THOSE ARE FIRST TIME INVESTORS. YESTERDAY ALL NZERS OWNED MIGHTY RIVER POWER. TODAY 2.5% OF NZERS OWN HALF OF IT. WE KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT CONTACT ENERGY'S HISTORY THAT THE DIVIDENDS WILL FLOW OVERSEAS EVENTUALLY. I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT. BILL ENGLISH SAYS 86% OF THE SHARES HAVE BEEN SOLD TO NZERS AND SAYS THE LOYALTY SCHEME WILL HELP STOP THAT FLOW OVERSEAS. WE'VE GOT A LOYALTY SCHEME IN PLACE. IF PEOPLE HOLD THEIR SHARES FOR TWO YEARS, THEY GET ANOTHER SHARE FOR EVERY 25 SHARES THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. THIS HAS BEEN A HOT POLITICAL ISSUE. WE SAW THAT TODAY WITH A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS BLOCKING THE CAR PARK TO THE NZ STOCK EXCHANGE IN A FINAL ACT OF DEFIANCE. AND PROTESTERS ALSO LAUNCHED THEIR OWN FLOAT ON WELLINGTON'S WATERFRONT. IT TOOK A WHILE BUT EVENTUALLY SUNK. PROTESTERS CHANT: AOTEAROA IS NOT FOR SALE. INVESTORS WILL BE HOPING IT'S NOT AN OMEN. SO IT'S A CASE OF ONE PARTIAL ASSET SALE DOWN, FOUR TO GO. MERIDIAN ENERGY OR GENESIS WILL BE UP NEXT. WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE LEVEL OF DEMAND IS THAT THERE IS A REAL APPETITE NOW FOR INVESTMENT IN THE SHAREMARKET. AND AS ONE NEWS REPORTED LAST NIGHT, THAT INTEREST'S SET TO BE TESTED WHEN WE HEAR MORE DETAILS ON THE NEXT ASSET SALE IN THURSDAY'S BUDGET. BIG HURDLES TO GET OVER HERE ` WATER RIGHTS, OPPOSITION POLICY. IT MIGHT NOT HAVE GOT THE PRICE OR INTEREST, BUT IT'S OVER THE LINE. AND THE GOVERNMENT SEES TODAY'S DEBUT AS A SUCCESS. THANKS, JESSICA MUTCH IN WELLINGTON. THE MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND IMPRISONING THREE WOMEN FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. THAT'S BECAUSE US PROSECUTORS ARE CONSIDERING CHARGING ARIEL CASTRO WITH MURDER FOR THE MISCARRIAGE DEATHS OF SEVERAL BABIES. AS US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS, THE ACCUSED APPEARED IN A CLEVELAND COURT TODAY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE WOMEN? ARIEL CASTRO THE CAPTOR BECAME ARIEL CASTRO THE PRISONER. WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DOES THIS? IN COURT HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD. EYES DOWN, HE WAS HANDCUFFED AS HE SIGNED DOCUMENTS AND THE COURT HEARD DETAILS OF HIS ATTACKS. WHILE IN CAPTIVITY THEY WITHSTOOD REPEATED BEATINGS, THEY WERE BOUND AND RESTRAINED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, BASICALLY NEVER FREE TO LEAVE THIS RESIDENCE. THIS CHILD KIDNAPPER OPERATED A TORTURE CHAMBER AND PRIVATE PRISON IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY. THE HORRIFIC BRUTALITY AND TORTURE THAT THE VICTIMS ENDURED FOR A DECADE IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION. CASTRO'S TWO BROTHERS WHO WERE ALSO ARRESTED WERE TODAY SET FREE. POLICE SAY THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED. AND WHILE THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS CELEBRATE HAVING THEIR DAUGHTERS HOME,... THEY CAN SMILE FREELY NOW, WHICH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ` THAT THOSE THREE ` WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH ` THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SMILE NOW. ...ARIEL CASTRO'S FAMILY ARE PLEADING FOR FORGIVENESS. (SPEAKS SPANISH) TRANSLATOR: I AM REALLY SUFFERING, AND I ASK THOSE MOTHERS TO FORGIVE ME AND THE GIRLS TO FORGIVE ME. I AM SUFFERING WHAT THEY SUFFERED BECAUSE I AM SUFFERING FOR MY SON. MY SON IS SICK. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HE DID. EACH DAY MORE DETAIL EMERGES ABOUT THE CONDITIONS INSIDE CASTRO'S PRISON. A LEAKED POLICE REPORTS SAYS MICHELLE KNIGHT, AMANDA BERRY AND GINA DE JESUS WERE HELD IN CHAINS IN THE BASEMENT, THAT CASTRO BOUGHT CAKES EACH YEAR ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GIRLS' ABDUCTIONS. GINA DE JESUS WAS FRIENDS WITH CASTRO'S OWN DAUGHTER. I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOU, GINA, AND I WANT YOU TO MEET MY KIDS. I'M SO SORRY FOR EVERYTHING. TONIGHT ARIEL CASTRO IS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, FACING BAIL OF ALMOST $10M. IT'S JUST A SMALL WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF HIS VICTIMS. HE MAY WELL SOON FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. A MAJOR SEA AND AIR SEARCH CONTINUES OFF THE AUSTRALIAN COAST TONIGHT AFTER A COUPLE WENT OVERBOARD DURING A LUXURY CRUISE. MYSTERY SURROUNDS HOW THEY ENDED UP IN THE WATER. THE SHIP WAS ON ITS WAY TO SYDNEY WHEN SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED THE PAIR GOING OVERBOARD OFF FORSTER, NEW SOUTH WALES. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. WHEN THE LUXURY LINER DOCKED IN SYDNEY, PAUL ROSSINGTON (30) AND KRISTEN SCHRODER (27) HAD VANISHED, DECLARED MISSING AT SEA. THEY PLUNGED INTO THE OCEAN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE CAN SEE THAT TWO PEOPLE HAVE GONE OVER, NOT EXACTLY AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN'T TELL IF IT'S A MAN OR A LADY THAT'S GONE OVER AND IN WHAT SEQUENCE. POLICE ARE HAVING THE VISION ENHANCED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE COUPLE JUMPED OR FELL BY ACCIDENT. THEY WERE LAST SEEN ON THE SHIP'S MID DECK, 20M ABOVE THE WATER LINE BEHIND A 2.5M BARRICADE. THERE'S A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. AND RATHER THAN SPECULATE, I GUESS, WE WILL GO THROUGH A VERY METICULOUS PROCESS WITH VERY EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS. KRISTEN SCHRODER'S A REAL ESTATE AGENT, ROSSINGTON AN AMBULANCE PARAMEDIC. THEY WERE HOLIDAYING AROUND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. NOW, DESPITE THE COUPLE DISAPPEARING ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SHIP DOCKED HERE IN SYDNEY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT THE ALARM WAS RAISED. THE LINER IS OPERATED BY CARNIVAL CORP, WHICH HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY HIGH-PROFILE PROBLEMS IN RECENT YEARS. 32 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE COSTA CONCORDIA RAN AGROUND OFF THE ITALIAN COAST, AND PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE COSTA ALLEGRA WERE LEFT WITHOUT WORKING TOILETS AND RUNNING WATER WHEN A FIRE CUT THE SHIP'S POWER. THE CARNIVAL SPIRIT IS CONTINUING ITS VOYAGE TONIGHT AS SPECULATION OVER THE COUPLE'S DISAPPEARANCE GROWS. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. AN AMBITIOUS PLAN'S BEEN UNVEILED WHICH AIMS TO EASE AUCKLAND'S SERIOUS HOUSING SHORTAGE. IT'S HOPED THE DEAL BETWEEN AUCKLAND COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL HASTEN THE BUILDING OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES. WILL HINE HAS THE STORY. ACROSS AUCKLAND, HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH. AUCKLAND'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO GROW BY A MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE DECADES. SHORT OF PUTTING UP BARBED WIRE AND TELLING PEOPLE TO STOP HAVING BABIES, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. NOW COUNCIL AND GOVERNMENT HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SPEED UP THE BUILDING. THAT WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HOUSES AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET. IT WILL DRAMATICALLY SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR WHICH THAT CONSENTING CAN TAKE PLACE. IT'S HOPED THE PLAN WILL RESULT IN AN EXTRA 39,000 NEW DWELLINGS BEING CONSENTED OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AN AVERAGE OF 13,000 EACH YEAR. BUT THAT NUMBER'S FAR IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY'S CURRENTLY MANAGING, WITH JUST 3500 NEW CONSENTS BEING ISSUED EACH YEAR AT THE MOMENT. DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH THROUGH SUBDIVISIONS OF MORE THAN 50 HOMES IN SIX MONTHS INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL THREE YEARS. AND SMALLER BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENTS WILL BE APPROVED IN AS LITTLE AS THREE MONTHS. THE URGENCY'S LEFT SOME SURPRISED. IT DOES SEEM TO BE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES FOR SUPPOSEDLY EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, DOESN'T IT? YEAH, PUSHING THROUGH SPECIAL POWERS AND SPECIAL HOUSING AREAS AND FAST-TRACKING THE CONSENTING PROCESS. THE PLAN'S BACKERS DESCRIBE IT DIFFERENTLY. IT'S PRAGMATIC. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS ACCORD IS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THOUSANDS OF AUCKLANDERS TO THEIR FIRST HOME. A CLAIM QUESTIONED BY THE OPPOSITION. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED HERE. SO FIRST HOME BUYERS WILL HAVE NO MORE REASSURANCE TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE PROBLEM AND WILL GET IN BEHIND THEM. THE GOVERNMENT'S PUSHING THE BILL THROUGH SELECT COMMITTEE AND EXPECTS IT TO BE LAW BY AUGUST. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` A SOGGY SITUATION ` A SOLO MUM'S DESPAIR AS SHE LOSES ALMOST EVERYTHING IN A SUDDEN DOWNPOUR. THE PLACE SOME NEW IMMIGRANTS CALL HOME ` NOW IT'S SET FOR A SPRUCE-UP. AND STRAYING A LONG WAY FROM HOME ` THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF A BIRD THAT CAN BARELY FLY. A SOLO MUM OF FOUR'S NOW IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AFTER LOSING HER HOME AND POSSESSIONS IN A SUDDEN DELUGE. THE STORY'S SURFACED AFTER WHAT THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL'S CALLING A 'ONCE IN 20 YEARS' EVENT, WHICH PARTS OF ITS STORMWATER SYSTEM STRUGGLED TO COPE WITH. THIS FROM REBECCA EDWARDS. A FAMILY'S LIFE POSSESSIONS NOW A SOGGY CONTAMINATED MESS. THIS NEWTOWN FLAT WHERE NGAWAI WINIATA AND HER FOUR CHILDREN WERE LIVING IS NOW UNINHABITABLE FOLLOWING MONDAY'S HEAVY RAIN. JUST WATCHING IT FLOODING OUT HERE, THEN IT GOT TO THE DOOR,... (GIGGLES) THEN IT STARTED COMING IN THE DOOR. SHE CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT NOW. BUT HOME ALONE WITH HER 2-YEAR-OLD AT THE TIME, IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE WATCHING THE HOUSE FILL WITH WATER UP TO HER KNEES. I JUST PANICKED. I CLOSED THE DOOR, CAME IN, PUT BLANKETS AT THE DOOR, THEN THE DOOR ` IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FORCE ` IT JUST PUSHED IT OPEN. IT WAS A WATERFALL COMING OFF ALL INTO HERE. WITH NO INSURANCE, MOST OF THEIR HOME'S CONTENTS ARE NOW RUBBISH. BUT THANKS TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNCIL, THEY'RE CONFIDENT THEY CAN REBUILD WHAT THEY'VE LOST. A SPIDERMAN BED. A SPIDERMAN BED. WE WERE ABLE TO JUST TO HELP THEM WITH SOME REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST TO GET THEM UP AND RUNNING AGAIN. EXPERTS SAY MONDAY'S DOWNPOUR WAS A 'ONE IN 20 YEAR' EVENT. THE COUNCIL RECEIVED AROUND 400 CALLS FOR HELP. AND THE COUNCIL ADMITS SOME OF THE CITY'S STORMWATER SYSTEMS WEREN'T ABLE TO COPE. SO THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE RETROFITTED TO A HIGHER LEVEL, AND THAT TAKES TIME, THAT TAKES MONEY, BUT THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING WELL IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS. ARE NOW STAYING IN SALVATION ARMY EMERGENCY HOUSING. IT'S HOPED THEY'LL FIND A MORE PERMANENT HOME NEXT WEEK. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IS GETTING A MAKEOVER. MILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT ON THE PLACE MANY REFUGEES GO WHEN THEY FIRST COME TO NZ. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WITH THE DETAILS. IT'S LITTLE MORE THAN 2M WIDE, BUT, FOR NOW, THIS IS THE ROOM NAWIDULLAH ATAYEE CALLS HOME. YOU SLEEP QUITE CLOSE TOGETHER. > NO, ACTUALLY, THERE'S MUCH SPACE BETWEEN US. HE SLEEPS OVER THERE, AND I SLEEP OVER HERE. FOR THE FORMER INTERPRETER AND THE 93 OTHERS WHO ARRIVED HERE WITH HIM JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AGO, THE MANGERE RESETTLEMENT CENTRE IS A WORLD AWAY FROM AFGHANISTAN. WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE WHATEVER WE NEED IN HERE, EXCEPT THE INTERNET ACCESS. YES, AROUND 70 YEARS AFTER IT WAS SET UP, EVEN THE GOVERNMENT ADMITS THE FACILITY HAS FALLEN BEHIND THE TIMES. IT'S CERTAINLY RUNDOWN. IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THE SORTS OF SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED HERE. AND SO IT'S GETTING A $15M FACELIFT. BUILT AS A MILITARY BASE IN WWII, THIS BECAME A RESETTLEMENT CENTRE IN THE '60S, AND YOU CAN TELL. THERE'S NO INSULATION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE... LIMITED SPACE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE 5.5 MILLION TO COVER OPERATING COSTS, AND THE UPGRADE WILL PROVIDE NEARLY 200 BEDS, AND THE FACILITY WILL BE READY TO HANDLE A HUNDRED MORE, LIKE ASYLUM-SEEKERS DETAINED IN AUSTRALIA WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO COME HERE. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO THINK THAT THIS MASS ARRIVAL COULDN'T OCCUR. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, FOR NAWIDULLAH ATAYEE, THIS OLD RESETTLEMENT CENTRE IS A NEW BEGINNING. EVERYONE IS EXCITED, EVERYONE IS HAPPY, AND THEY JUST WANT TO START A BETTER LIFE. HIS NEW LIFE OUTSIDE THE CENTRE WILL START IN A FEW WEEKS. IT'S HOPED THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE UP AND RUNNING LATE NEXT YEAR. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. THE DEATH TOLL FROM BANGLADESH'S WORST INDUSTRIAL DISASTER HAS NOW TOPPED A THOUSAND. BODIES ARE STILL BEING PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE, 17 DAYS AFTER THE CLOTHING FACTORY COLLAPSED IN DHAKA. THE OFFICAL TOLL'S NOW 1006, MOST OF THEM FEMALE GARMENT WORKERS. POLICE SAY BOSTON BOMBER TAMERLAN TSARNAEV HAS BEEN BURIED AT AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION. AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN STRUGGLING FOR DAYS TO FIND A COMMUNITY WILLING TO ACCEPT TSARNAEV'S BODY. AS HE WAS BURIED, THE FIRST HEARING INTO THE BOMBING WAS HELD IN THE US CONGRESS. IT WAS TOLD THERE'D BEEN A FAILURE TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE AFTER IT EMERGED THE FBI AND THE CIA DIDN'T PASS ON WARNINGS FROM RUSSIAN SECURITY ABOUT TSARNAEV. A WOMAN'S EXPECTED TO FULLY RECOVER DESPITE HAVING A HARPOON SHOT THROUGH HER MOUTH. DOCTORS IN BRAZIL SAY THE WEAPON CAME WITHIN A CENTIMETRE OF KILLING THE 28-YEAR-OLD. THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND WAS CLEANING THE SPEARGUN WHEN IT WENT OFF. POLICE BELIEVE IT'S AN ACCIDENT, BUT ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. AND A MAN'S BEEN RESCUED FROM HIS HOME AS FLOODWATERS RAGED AROUND HIM IN SOUTH-WEST CHINA. HELPERS HURLED A ROPE TO HIM SO HE COULD ZIP-LINE TO SAFETY. MORE TORRENTIAL RAIN'S FORECAST FOR THE REGION. WEATHER TIME NOW. A MOSTLY FINE WEEKEND AHEAD, BUT SOME MORE RAIN TONIGHT, KAREN? BAND OF FRONTAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND THIS EVENING. SHOWS US QUITE NICELY ON THE RAIN RADAR. THE MAIN BAND LYING FROM NEW PLYMOUTH THROUGH TO TAURANGA. SOME MORE BEEFY SHOWERS SET TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. GOT A NICE BIG HIGH MOVING IN. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` YOU'LL MEET DAREDEVIL DUNCAN, THE BIRD WHO'S GONE THE DISTANCE ACROSS AUCKLAND WHEN HE CAN BARELY FLY. AND WHEN HARRY MET MICHELLE ` SEE THE FUSS THE PRINCE IS NOW CREATING. 1 SOME SAY IT'S THE FUTURE, OTHERS A FAD, AND PLENTY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT BITCOIN IS. JOANNA HUNKIN TAKES A LOOK AT THE DIGITAL CURRENCY AND WHY SOME ARE WARNING IT'S NOT A SOLID-GOLD INVESTMENT. YOU CAN'T HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND OR USE IT AT THE DAIRY. I THINK THERE'S THIS SORT OF UTOPIAN FEEL TO THE WHOLE THING THAT A LOT OF TECH PEOPLE REALLY BUY INTO AND REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF. AND SOME BELIEVE DIGITAL CURRENCY BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S REALLY THE DOMAIN OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ` YOU'D CALL THEM PROBABLY INTERNET LIBERTARIANS ` WHO ARE UPSET AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE CHARGED FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ` CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES, BANK ACCOUNT FEES. IN THE BITCOIN WORLD, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER TO DO ALL OF THIS. A LOT OF THAT COST IS STRIPPED OUT. MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT INTO IT FOLLOWING THE CYPRUS BANKING CRISIS. VALUES SOARED TO MORE THAN $315 PER BITCOIN AS PEOPLE SAW A WAY TO BYPASS BANKS AND GOVERNMENTS. TODAY ONE BITCOIN WILL COST YOU AROUND $140. IT'S INCREDIBLY VOLATILE, BUT WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF PEOPLE SPECULATING, COMING IN, BUYING BITCOINS IN THE HOPE THE PRICE WILL RISE, THEY CAN OFFSELL THEM AND MAKE A BIG PROFIT. HAMISH MACEWEN'S NOT IN IT FOR THE PROFIT BUT WANTED TO TEST OUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. AFTER A NUMBER OF FALSE STARTS AND REFUNDS, I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET WITH ALL THE RULES, AND THEN THE NEXT PROCESS WAS BIDDING TO BUY AT THE EXCHANGE THE COINS AT THE APPROPRIATE PRICE. IT WAS A BIT OF A LONG PROCESS. IT'S NOT EXACTLY CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE WHEN THEY'RE NEW. NOW HE HAS TWO BITCOINS, BUT HE'S LIMITED IN HOW HE CAN USE THEM, ESPECIALLY HERE IN NZ. THERE'S A CAR GROOMER IN CHRISTCHURCH, FOR INSTANCE, WHO TAKES BITCOINS. IT'S THE ONLY ONE I COULD FIND ON TRADE ME. WHILE THAT'S LIKELY TO CHANGE OVER TIME, SOME WARN THAT INVESTORS SHOULD WAIT. ALL OF THESE COMPANIES AT THE EDGES OF THE BITCOIN SYSTEM, THESE EXCHANGES WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY AND SELL BITCOINS, THEY'RE ALL SUBJECT TO HACKERS AND DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO WE'LL SEE MORE REGULATION CREEPING IN, AND, IRONICALLY, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE FOUNDERS OF BITCOIN WANTED. THEY WANTED IT TO BE AN ANONYMOUS SERVICE THAT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH USING A NORMAL BANK. AND WITH MORE REGULATION, EXPERTS PREDICT BITCOIN WILL BECOME THE CURRENCY OF CHOICE. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. NOW TO THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF A NATIVE BIRD WHO CAN BARELY FLY BUT HAS BEEN FOUND PERCHED FAR FROM HOME. DUNCAN THE KOKAKO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR TWO YEARS, BUT IN THAT TIME HE'S HOPPED 31KM ACROSS AUCKLAND, AS MATT MCLEAN REVEALS. IN THE LEAFY AUCKLAND SUBURB OF GLENDOWIE, WE WENT BIRD SPOTTING. YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT IT COULD BE A TUI. WE WERE LOOKING FOR DUNCAN. WHO IS DUNCAN? (LAUGHS) DUNCAN IS A KOKAKO. THESE ARE KOKAKO ` ENDANGERED, NATIVE... THERE'S ONLY 750 PAIRS LEFT IN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND THEY'VE GONE EXTINCT IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. ...AND ACTUALLY PRETTY USELESS AT FLYING. BUT, HEY, APPARENTLY THEY'VE GOT GREAT LEGS. DUNCAN WENT WALKABOUT FROM A BIRD SANCTUARY BACK IN 2011. BUT LAST MONDAY... I JUST OPENED THE BLINDS, AND I LOOKED OUT ON THE ROOF THAT'S JUST BELOW ME, AND I THOUGHT, 'GOODNESS, THAT LOOKS LIKE A KOKAKO.' YEP, TWO YEARS AFTER HE WENT MISSING, DUNCAN WAS FOUND. THIS IS HIM, CHILLIN' OUT IN A GLENDOWIE FAMILY'S TREE. IT'S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS THAT HE'S TRAVELLED 31KM ACROSS THE ENTIRE AUCKLAND CITY. SO WE'RE WONDERING IF HE LIKES THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, OR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS SO SLOW THAT IT TOOK HIM THAT LONG TO GET HERE. REMEMBER, HE CAN'T REALLY FLY, SO IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HE'S SOMEHOW MADE HIS WAY FROM THE WAITAKERE RANGES, ACROSS AUCKLAND MOTORWAYS, THROUGH GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC, TO THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO TRY GET HIM HOME. IT'S ALL VERY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, BUT BECAUSE DUNCAN CAN'T FLY, HE KIND OF HOPS OR GLIDES BETWEEN THE TREES. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO MONITOR THAT PATTERN TO SEE WHICH TREES HE GOES BETWEEN. THEY'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THESE TWO HERE, SO WHAT THEY'RE THINKING IS IF THEY PUT A NET IN THE MIDDLE, THEY CAN CATCH DUNCAN MID-HOP. BUT WITH A TASTE OF FREEDOM AFTER TWO YEARS ON THE RUN, DUNCAN THE EXPLORER MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE SO KEEN TO LEAVE. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. PRINCE HARRY'S RECEIVED A ROCK-STAR WELCOME AS HE ARRIVED IN AMERICA FOR A WEEK-LONG VISIT. THE BRITISH ROYAL'S JOINED FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, HELPING AROUND 50 CHILDREN MAKE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT BAGS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. THE 28-YEAR-OLD'S ALSO BEEN GREETED IN WASHINGTON DC BY CROWDS OF SCREAMING, ADORING FANS, MOSTLY WOMEN. HE'S PROMOTING HIS CHARITIES ON THE TRIP. THE LEADING STORIES TONIGHT ON ONE NEWS ` AN EMAIL TRAIL'S BEEN EXPOSED THAT'S PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON AARON GILMORE TO QUIT PARLIAMENT. IT SHOWS HOW HE GOT INTO A HEATED DISPUTE WITH A TREASURY OFFICIAL WHILE WORKING AS AN ANALYST FOR THE THEN BUILDING AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THE NATIONAL LIST MP WAS FORCED TO APOLOGISE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NZERS WHO BOUGHT MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARES WILL BE SMILING TONIGHT. THE PRICE JUMPED MORE THAN 20C AFTER TRADING BEGAN. IT HIT A HIGH OF $2.73 BEFORE EASING BACK TO $2.62, STILL GIVING INVESTORS AN INSTANT PROFIT. AND THE SAFETY OF AMERICA'S CUP RACING IS IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE DEATH OF A DOUBLE OLYMPIC MEDALLIST. BRITISH SAILOR ANDREW SIMPSON GOT TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE SWEDISH SYNDICATE'S HIGH-SPEED CATAMARAN AFTER IT CAPSIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO. NZER CRAIG MONK WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. JENNY-MAY WITH MORE ON THIS TRAGIC STORY. NOW THE FOCUS TURNS TO SAFETY OF THE CATAMARANS. WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM OUR YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER AFTER THE BREAK. ALSO ON THE WAY ` FORGET THE BIG NAMES ` FIND OUT WHO TOPS THE LEADERBOARD AT THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA. EXPERIENCE VS YOUTH ` WHICH WAY WILL THE ALL BLACKS SELECTORS GO WITH THE NEW SQUAD NAMED NEXT TUESDAY? AND A LESSON FOR THE KIDS ` IN FACT, ALL OF US ` DON'T QUIT UNTIL YOU'VE GIVEN IT A GO. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, THE YACHTING WORLD IS IN SHOCK AFTER A FATAL AMERICA'S CUP TRAINING SESSION ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY. BRITISH OLYMPIAN ANDREW 'BART' SIMPSON WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE HULL OF THE ARTEMIS RACING CATAMARAN AND UNABLE TO BE REVIVED. THE TRAGEDY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE BOATS START ACTUALLY RACING. YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE TEAM NZ BASE IN AUCKLAND. ITS' A CASE OF CONDOLENCES BEING SENT OUT QUICKLY. THE KIWIS HAVING PUT MORE HOURS ON THE WATER THAN ANYONE. THEY'VE REFINED SAFETY PROCEDURES. BUT THEY'LL BE ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG. WHAT SEPARATES THE CAPSIZE OF ARTEMIS FROM ORACLE'S FLIP LAST OCTOBER IS THAT IT WASN'T A PARTICULARLY WINDY DAY, YET THE BIG AC72 IS BADLY BROKEN UP WITH FATAL AND TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES. CONDITIONS TODAY DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN EXTREME AND CERTAINLY NOT IN THE WIND RANGE THAT'S BEEN SET FOR THE MAXIMUM WIND FOR THE ACTUAL AMERICA'S CUP, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE MINDS OF ALL THE CHALLENGERS IN PARTICULAR. IT WASN'T BLOWING THAT HARD. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS UNDER 20 KNOTS. SO YOU CAN` YOU KNOW, SAFETY WILL ALWAYS BE PARAMOUNT, BUT I THINK NOW IT'LL BE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE RACE MANAGEMENT, IAN MURRAY AND HIS TEAM UP, THERE WILL BE UNDER THE PUMP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RACING WILL BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S HARD. EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE BOAT TO CAPSIZE AND BREAK UP HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THERE'S SPECULATION IT COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCTURAL FAILURE, BUT THE FACT IT HAPPENED IS NOT A SURPRISE. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S CHANGED. I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT WASN'T IN THE BROCHURE IN THE BEGINNING. EVERYONE KNEW THAT THESE BOATS WERE GOING TO BE A REAL HANDFUL. THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL AND THEY'RE UNDERMANNED, AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE, AND SAN FRANCISCO IS A RELATIVELY EXTREME PLACE. WHAT IS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THAT THE ACTION WILL ONLY RAMP UP WHEN THE LOUIS VUITTON SERIES STARTS IN JULY. THE BOATS WERE ONLY OUT THERE TRAINING. SO I THINK THE RISKS ARE EVEN GOING TO GET MORE WHEN WE GET INTO THE LOUIS VUITTON CUP BECAUSE IT'S IN RACING MODE. AND THE TRAGEDY FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT IT COULD BE A WAR OF ATTRITION. GETTING AROUND THE COURSE IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT YOU COULD END UP WITH NO BOATS AND NOT ACTUALLY HAVING AN AMERICA'S CUP, COS EVERYONE'S RUN OUT OF EQUIPMENT. IT'S NOT LIKELY, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE. BUT IT CERTAINLY IT SHOWS THAT THERE CAN BE NO FAVOURITES AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE. MAYBE A CASE OF LAST MAN STANDING. MARTIN, AMERICA'S CUP ORGANISERS HAVE CALLED A MEDIA BRIEFING FOR TOMORROW. WILL THEY BE IN DAMAGE CONTROL? INTERESTING BECAUSE THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. WHEN ORACLE FLIPPED IN OCTOBER, THE SKIPPER WAS STRAIGHT ON THE PHONE TO THE OTHER SYNDICATES. THEY TALKED ABOUT SAFETY PROCEDURES, EG THE AIR BOTTLES AND KNIFES TO CUT AWAY. NOW WE'RE IN TERRIBLE LIMBO BECAUSE OF THE FATALITY. THE THINKING CAPS WILL HAVE TO COME ON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENED. THEY NEED TO THINK OF THE SAFETY. THERE COULD WELL BE SOME UNRELEASED VIDEO TO CAST LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED AND TO PREVENT ANOTHER APPALLING TRAGEDY. MARTIN TASKER, LIVE FROM THE TEAM NZ BASE IN AUCKLAND. A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN AMERICAN GOLFER SITS ON TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA, BUT HE'S GOT SOME BIG NAMES HOT ON HIS HEELS. ROBERTO CASTRO CARDED AN IMPRESSIVE NINE UNDER PAR 63, GOOD ENOUGH TO EQUAL THE COURSE RECORD AT SAWGRASS HELD BY GREATS GREG NORMAN AND FRED COUPLES. RORY MCILROY IS TIED FOR SECOND AFTER A BOGEY-FREE ROUND.. AS PHIL PARKIN SAID, SWINGING BEAUTIFULLY, HE STAYS AT MINUS-SIX. THE NORTHERN IRISHMAN'S NEVER MADE THE CUT AT THE PLAYERS. AND TIGER WOODS TAINTED HIS DAY WITH THIS CHIP AT THE 18TH. TIGER,... WOW. UGH. HIS ONLY BOGEY TAKING HIM TO A FIVE UNDER PAR 67. HE'S TIED FOR FOURTH. A NEW HEARING OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT CHARGES AGAINST THE STORMERS AND THEIR TEAM MANAGEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED AFTER THE SANZAR JUDICIAL OFFICER DISQUALIFIED HIMSELF. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUPER 15 SIDE IS ACCUSED OF CONSTANTLY CRITICISING NZ TOUCH JUDGE SHELDON EDEN-WHAITIRI DURING ITS WIN OVER THE HURRICANES TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS COMPLAINT PROMPTED LAST NIGHT'S HEARING IN SYDNEY, BUT THE JUDICIAL OFFICER, ADAM CASSELDEN, WITHDREW, SAYING A FAIR HEARING WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO HIM. ANY HOPES OF CHIEFS UTILITY BACK GARETH ANSCOMBE BEING A BOLTER IN THE FIRST ALL BLACK TRAINING SQUAD OF THE YEAR HAVE BEEN DASHED WITH A BROKEN FOOT RULING HIM OUT OF TONIGHT'S MATCH AGAINST THE FORCE IN PUKEKOHE. THAT SQUAD WILL BE NAMED NEXT WEEK, AND THE BIG DEBATE CENTRES AROUND EXPERIENCE VERSUS YOUTH. ANDREW SAVILLE HAS BEEN STUDYING THE OPTIONS. ALL SHOUT THERE'S STILL LIFE LEFT IN THIS 77-TEST FRAME. < WILL YOU BE NAMED IN THIS TRAINING SQUAD NEXT WEEK? OH, I DON'T KNOW, MATE. I SERIOUSLY DON'T KNOW. BUT ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS ALI WILLIAMS (34) WILL BE INVITED TO THE TRAINING CAMPS AND IS LIKELY TO MAKE THE CUT FOR THE FRENCH SERIES. THE SELECTORS WILL GO BACK TO THEIR VETERANS, WHO HAVE PERFORMED IN THE PAST, BUT SEVERAL UNCAPPED PLAYERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CAMPS. SO POSITIVE CHATS, THOUGH? > GENERALLY POSITIVE. POSITIVE. BUT, THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY MENTIONED STUFF THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, REALLY. LUATUA SAYS NUMBER ONE, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE LEG DRIVE IN TACKLES AND SPEED. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DOMINANT, I GUESS, NUMBER SIX. IN LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS, MICK BYRNE REVERTS TO BEING THE ALL BLACKS' SKILLS COACH. HE'S SURE VETERANS PICKED WILL FRONT AFTER SUPER DIFFICULTIES. THEY PROBABLY OVER... OVERCOMPENSATE. YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO DO TOO MUCH. THEY'RE AN ALL BLACK COMING BACK IN, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY JUST REALISE THEY'VE JUST TO GOT TO GO OUT AND PLAY FOOTY. A QUICK-PACED FOOTY GAME AND FAST HANDS FROM ALL, INCLUDING THE FORWARDS, IS EXPECTED AGAINST FRANCE. I THINK NOW THE FORWARDS ARE UPSKILLING AND GETTING MORE ATHLETIC. THE FRENCH ARE UPSKILLING AS WELL. THE PRESENCE OF THIS GENTLEMAN AT TRAINING RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS. BUT HE'S A DEVELOPMENT COACH FROM TOULOUSE, NOT FROM THE NATIONAL FRENCH TEAM. INTEREST IN PLAYERS ONLY INTENSIFIES FROM HERE ON IN. ANDREW SAVILLE, ONE NEWS. BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS GREETED THE WARRIORS WHEN THEY FINALLY ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S NRL MATCH WITH THE BULLDOGS. ONE PLAYER USED TO THAT IS FORMER WELLINGTON UNDER-18S REP SIMON MANNERING, WHO'S EXPECTING THE HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE TO BE DILUTED SOMEWHAT, WITH THE BULLDOGS ALSO HAVING A BIG KIWI CONTINGENT. I THINK THEY'LL BE EXCITED ABOUT BEING BACK IN NZ, AND THEY'LL HAVE LOTS OF FAMILY COMING DOWN TO SUPPORT THEM, SO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR A GOOD GAME THEMSELVES. FANS HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO HAVE THE NRL HIT TOWN, WITH 24,000 TICKETS SOLD ALREADY, FAR OUTWEIGHING ANY UNION OR FOOTBALL PRE-SALES OF LATE. BLACKCAPS OPENER HAMISH RUTHERFORD'S BEEN THE BRIGHT LIGHT ON DAY ONE OF THEIR FOUR-DAY CRICKET MATCH AGAINST THE ENGLAND LIONS IN LEICESTER. THE KIWIS WERE SENT IN TO BAT AND REACHED 184/3 BEFORE PLAY WAS CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF RAIN. RUTHERFORD WAS UNBEATEN ON 116 TO BE THE STANDOUT OF THE TOP ORDER. IT'S NICE TO SPEND SOME DECENT TIME AT THE CREASE. I HAVEN'T BATTED A LOT OVER HERE, SO TO SPEND SOME TIME OUT IN THE MIDDLE IN THESE SORTS OF CONDITIONS WAS MASSIVE. IT'S OFFICIAL ` EVERTON MANAGER DAVID MOYES IS TAKING OVER AT MANCHESTER UNITED. THE 50-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S BEEN AT EVERTON FOR 11 YEARS, WAS THE FAVOURITE TO CLAIM THE POSITION, REPLACING LONG-SERVING MANAGER SIR ALEX FERGUSON. FERGUSON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, SAYING MOYES' APPOINTMENT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION. CHRISTCHURCH IRONMAN TRIATHLETE DYLAN MCNEICE IS QUICKLY ASSERTING HIMSELF AS A FUTURE STAR OF THE SPORT. THE 27-YEAR-OLD WON BOTH OF HIS STARTS OVER THE IRON DISTANCE, HIS LATEST IN TAIWAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM ` TRAINING ABOVE THE CLOUDS ON CHRISTCHURCH'S PORT HILLS. DYLAN MCNEICE, LIVING THE DREAM, WINNING CHALLENGE TAIWAN. PEOPLE CHEER THE FORMER OLYMPIC DISTANCE JOURNEYMAN MADE IT TWO FROM TWO OVER THE IRONMAN DISTANCE. I JUST FELT LIKE I REALLY NEEDED TO PROVE THAT WANAKA WASN'T A FLUKE AND THAT THIS REALLY COULD BE MY PROFESSION. IT SOUNDS CRAZY NOW WITH TWO WINS FROM TWO STARTS, BUT JUST SIX MONTHS AGO MCNEICE WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GIVING UP TRIATHLON AND GETTING A REAL JOB. I WAS REALLY OVER IT. I WASN'T ENJOYING THE SHORTER STYLE OF RACING. IT JUST DIDN'T REALLY FIT ME, I GUESS. I'D ALWAYS BEEN IN WANAKA WHILE CHALLENGE WANAKA WAS ON, AND I THOUGHT, 'I'LL GIVE IT A CRACK, 'AND IT'LL BE MY FIRST AND MY LAST.' INSTEAD HE WON IT, BEATING HOME TWO-TIME IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPION CHRIS MCCORMACK IN THE PROCESS. HE WAS, LIKE, 'MATE, THIS IS YOU. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP.' SO NOW HE'S A PRO IRONMAN TRIATHLETE WHO'S LOOKING FORWARD TO MATCHING UP AGAINST TAUPO IRONMAN CHAMP AND OLD TRAINING BUDDY BEVAN DOCHERTY. I PROBABLY LEARNT MORE FROM HIM THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ` JUST THE WORK ETHIC AND THE WORKLOAD THAT HE DOES. JUST WHEN THAT MATCH-UP WILL BE IS UNCERTAIN. MCNEICE IS SET TO RACE AT CHALLENGE ROTH IN GERMANY IN JULY AND THEN HOLLAND. I FIGURED THAT THE IRON DISTANCE STUFF IS WHAT I DO BEST, SO I MAY AS WELL KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING BEST. BUT THE MARKETING GRADUATE IS PACING HIMSELF, NOT PLANNING TO TAKE ON THE SPORTS BEST AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN HAWAII UNTIL 2015. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. AND FINALLY, THE COAST-TO-COAST MULTISPORT EVENT IS ABOUT TO START A NEW ERA, WITH ROBIN JUDKINS SELLING THE EVENT TO A QUEENSTOWN-BASED ADVENTURE-TOURISM COMPANY. THE COLOURFUL RACE DIRECTOR WHO FOUNDED THE EVENT BACK IN 1983 WILL OVERSEE THE RUNNING OF NEXT YEAR'S EVENT BUT WILL STEP BACK INTO AN AMBASSADOR ROLE AFTER THAT. THE SALE TO TROJAN HOLDINGS, WHICH PLANS TO REINVIGORATE THE EVENT, IS A DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR JUDKINS, WHO TURNED 64 TODAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` HELLO AGAIN. PRETTY RUBBISHY WEEK BEHIND US. WEEKEND'S LOOKING GOOD AS A LARGE HIGH MOVES IN. JUST A BIT MORE RUBBISH TO GET RID OF OVERNIGHT, THOUGH. GOT A COOL SOUTHERLY FLOW SPREADING UP OVER THE COUNTRY, CATCHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND NOW SPREADING OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. FLATTER CLOUD IN THE TASMAN WITH THE HIGH IS WAITING. THIS IS THE RUBBISH HERE WE NEED TO GET RID OF ` LOW, A BAND OF FRONTAL RAIN, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WRAPPING AROUND IT. THAT'LL ALL PASS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW, THEN HEAD AWAY TO THE NORTH-EAST. THE HIGH, LOOKING VERY IMPRESSIVE, MOVES IN AND TAKES CHARGE, CLEARING THE SKIES AND EASING BACK THE WINDS. CLEARER SKIES, LIGHTER WINDS MEANS FROSTS IN SHELTERED PARTS. IT'LL BE A FINE DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AFTER A FROSTY START. JUST A MORNING SHOWER OR TWO CLEARING OUT OF BANKS PENINSULA. FRESH WEST TO SOUTH-WEST WINDS ABOUT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COASTLINES, OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. CLOUDY SKIES AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AROUND WELLINGTON AND UP THE EAST COAST. RAIN CLEARS FROM NORTHERN PARTS OF AUCKLAND IN THE MORNING AND GRADUALLY EASES TO ISOLATED SHOWERS IN NORTHLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTH-EAST WINDS, STRONG AT FIRST IN EXPOSED PLACES, THEN SLOWLY EASING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.