GOOD EVENING. SOME RAIN FOR NORTHLAND TODAY FROM THE REMAINS OF A DEPARTING TROUGH, AND A FEW SHOWERS BRUSHED EASTERN PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. IT WAS MOSTLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE, THANKS TO AN INCOMING HIGH, BUT IT WAS A FROSTY START OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. NOW, THAT HIGH LOOKS SET TO HANG AROUND. I'LL HAVE A GOOD-LOOKING SUNDAY FORECAST FOR YOU SHORTLY. 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. INVESTIGASTIONS ARE LAUNCHED WHEN THREE YOUNG MEN DIE AFTER THEIR CAR CRASHES SHORTLY AFTER THEY FLEE FROM POLICE. ALIVE AFTER 17 DAYS TRAPPED IN THE RUINS OF A BANGLADESH GARMENT FACTORY. A COMMUNITY'S OUTRAGE OVER THE DRUGS BEING SOLD IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD. AND A LAST LIFELINE FOR A LITTLE GIRL DESPERATE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR EYE-WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD AFTER A HIGH-SPEED CRASH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THREE YOUNG MEN IN SOUTH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY'D BEEN PURSUING THE CAR BUT HAD CALLED OFF THEIR PURSUIT BEFORE THE CRASH. THE DEADLY AFTERMATH OF AN HORRIFIC CRASH. MANGERE RESIDENTS WHO RAN TO HELP FOUND EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ON THE SCENE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. A LOT OF COP CARS. ONE FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE WAS TIPPED OVER, AND ANOTHER SMALL CAR WAS NEARLY HALF RIPPED OPEN, AND SOME FIRE ENGINES WERE HERE TRYING TO GET OUT THE GUY. WE AUTOMATICALLY SAW, I THINK, THREE CARS ` COP CARS ` FOLLOWING THE... YEAH, AND THERE WAS A HELICOPTER. THE QUICK RESPONSE WAS IN PART BECAUSE THE CAR HAD ALREADY COME TO THE ATTENTION OF POLICE TWICE. THEY BEGAN PURSUING THE CAR AFTER IT WAS CLOCKED SPEEDING ON WIRI STATION ROAD BUT ABANDONED THE PURSUIT A SHORT TIME LATER. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT UP TO A DIFFERENT POLICE CAR ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN MOTORWAY, OVERTAKING IT ON THE MASSEY RD OFF RAMP. IT THEN SPED DOWN MASSEY RD A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A PARKED FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE. THE TRAIL OF DEBRIS AND ROAD MARKINGS STRETCHES FOR AROUND 30M. NEIGHBOURS I'VE SPOKEN TO DESCRIBE HEARING THE DISTINCTIVE SOUND OF A SPEEDING CAR, A LONG PERIOD WHILE IT SKIDDED, AND THEN IMPACT ` A SOUND SOME DESCRIBED AS BOOMING. BUT, CRUCIALLY, POLICE SAY IT WAS NOT BEING PURSUED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE HONDA WAS TRAVELLING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ABANDON. THE DRIVER AND ONE PASSENGER DIED IMMEDIATELY. THE OTHER TWO PASSENGERS WERE CUT FROM THE CAR AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, WHERE ONE DIED AND THE OTHER IS STILL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. ALL THREE DEAD ARE YOUNG ` BETWEEN 18 AND 20 YEARS OLD. WE COULD SMELL THE ALCOHOL FROM THE CAR ` COS WE WERE STANDING RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE CAR CRASH HAPPENED ` AND THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF ALCOHOL. DEFINITELY SPEED AND ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED, AS IT IS IN MOST CRASHES. DRIVERS REQUESTED TO PULL OVER BY POLICE SHOULD PULL OVER. THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE GIVEN THEM EVERY INCENTIVE TO TRY TO EVADE POLICE, TO FLEE POLICE, THUS WE MAKE THE ROADS MORE DANGEROUS, NOT LESS DANGEROUS. THE CRASH IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF THREE DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS. ANOTHER MAN WAS KILLED AFTER HIS CAR CRASHED INTO A TREE DURING A MOTOR-RALLY EVENT IN THE NORTH CANTERBURY TOWNSHIP OF HANMER SPRINGS. THE DRIVER (54) DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT ON A FORESTRY ROAD AT THE STRAIGHT AND PAINT CAR RALLY. THE WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER FLEW OUT HIS CO-DRIVER, A MAN (23) WHO'S SUFFERED BACK AND HEAD INJURIES. HE'S NOW IN A CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL IN A STABLE CONDITION. MOTORSPORT NZ HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT. A WOMAN HAS BEEN RESCUED AFTER BEING BURIED IN THE WRECKAGE OF A BANGLADESHI CLOTHING FACTORY FOR 17 DAYS. THE 19-YEAR-OLD, KNOWN AS RESHMA, HAD TO CUT HER HAIR TO FREE HERSELF FROM THE RUBBLE. RESCUED AFTER 17 DAYS. THE MIRACLE MOMENT RESHMA IS BROUGHT INTO THE LIGHT. FOR DAYS IT HAD JUST BEEN A CLEAR-UP OPERATION, UNTIL ONE RESCUE WORKER SPOTTED MOVEMENT IN THE RUBBLE. (SPEAKS BENGALI) TRANSLATOR: I WAS CUTTING IRON RODS WHEN SUDDENLY I SAW A PIPE MOVING IN A HOLE. I LOOKED, AND I HEARD SOMEONE SHOUTING, 'PLEASE, SAVE ME.' IMMEDIATELY I CALLED THE ARMY AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, THEN THEY SAW HER TOO. ABANDONING THEIR HEAVY EQUIPMENT, RESCUERS USED THEIR HANDS TO DIG HER OUT. MAN CHANTS: ALLAHU AKBAR. THEY ERUPTED IN CHEERS AS SHE WAS CARRIED AWAY. IN HOSPITAL, THE 19-YEAR-OLD'S ASTONISHING STORY BEGAN TO EMERGE, TELLING DOCTORS SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D SEE THE DAYLIGHT AGAIN. (SPEAKS BENGALI) TRANSLATOR: IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE MYSELF HEARD. I KEPT BANGING WHATEVER I COULD WITH MY LEGS, BUT NO ONE COULD HEAR ME. SHE SURVIVED ON A TINY BIT OF FOOD AND SIPPING WATER. EVERY DAY, TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE HIGH 30S, BUT HER FAMILY NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. RESHMA HADN'T EVEN COLLECTED HER FIRST PAY PACKET, THEY SAY, BECAUSE SHE'D ONLY JUST STARTED WORKING THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. IT'S MORE THAN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE EIGHT-STOREY CLOTHING FACTORY COMPLEX COLLAPSED, AND NO ONE HAD BEEN FOUND ALIVE FOR 12 DAYS. AT LEAST 2500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED, BUT MORE THAN 1000 ARE ALREADY CONFIRMED DEAD. AND THEY'RE STILL FINDING MORE BODIES. EVERYONE IS CELEBRATING RESHMA'S EPIC ESCAPE, BUT NO ONE CAN FORGET THE DISASTER THAT NEARLY CLAIMED HER TOO. RESCUERS SAY RESHMA HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO STAND AND SIT WHERE SHE WAS TRAPPED, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO LIE DOWN, DURING HER MORE THAN TWO-WEEK ORDEAL. ONE NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHANGES COULD COME INTO EFFECT LATER THIS YEAR TO PROTECT MIGRANT WORKERS AT RISK OF EXPLOITATION. ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANTS SAY SUCH WORKERS ARE AT THE MERCY OF THEIR EMPLOYERS WHO THEY RELY ON AS SPONSORS TO WORK HERE LEGALLY. LISA GLASS HAS MET WITH A FILIPINO WOMAN WHO'S TAKING A CASE TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY, CLAIMING SHE'S BEEN EXPLOITED. THIS IS CONNIE ` TOO EMBARRASSED TO SHOW HER FACE. SHE'S ONE OF A GROWING NUMBER OF MIGRANT WORKERS WHOSE DREAM HERE HAS TURNED SOUR. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED CASE, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. CONNIE'S CASE IS YET TO BE PROVEN, BUT OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED AT THE NUMBERS OF OTHER CASES THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT. WE ARE ONLY RECENTLY BECOMING AWARE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH MIGRANT WORKERS' VULNERABILITY IS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. CONNIE SAYS SHE WAS EARNING JUST A $1.50 AN HOUR, AND NOT IN THE JOB SHE'D EXPECTED, UNTIL A UNION NETWORK STAGED WHAT THEY CALL A 'RESCUE'. THEY DEMANDED HER PASSPORT BACK FROM HER EMPLOYER WHO'D TAKEN IT AT THE AIRPORT, AND HELPED HER LEAVE THE JOB. ALTHOUGH CONNIE'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT SAID SHE'D WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK AS A LIVE-IN NANNY, SHE SAYS SHE WAS DOING WIDER DOMESTIC WORK FOR UP TO 65 HOURS A WEEK, THAT INCLUDED CLEANING AND OTHER DUTIES. CONNIE SAYS SHE WAS PAID JUST $400 A MONTH. NOW SHE'S IN LIMBO WITHOUT A SPONSOR. CONNIE'S FORMER BOSS SAYS SHE WASN'T UNDERPAID, AND OFTEN WORKED FAR FEWER THAN HER REQUIRED SIX HOURS A DAY. SHE SAYS CONNIE WAS TREATED LIKE A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, AND WHILE SHE TOOK HER PASSPORT, IT WAS JUST FOR SAFE-KEEPING. THE FORMER EMPLOYER SAYS THE LIST OF CHORES WE'VE SEEN WAS FOR SOME FUTURE CLEANER. ADVOCATES SAY CASES LIKE THIS HIGHLIGHT SERIOUS FLAWS IN OUR SYSTEM. THESE ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN SMALL BUSINESSES. WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT POLICY CHANGES AND PRACTICE CHANGES THAT BETTER SUPPORT MIGRANT WORKERS COMING FORWARD. IN DISPUTES LIKE CONNIE'S,... WE'RE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN REMAIN HERE SO THEIR CASES CAN BE PROPERLY INVESTIGATED. DETAILS ABOUT CHANGES COULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER THIS YEAR. TWO INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY CAPSIZE OF AN AMERICA'S CUP YACHT. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE GIANT CATAMARANS ARE ALSO BEING RAISED, AND THERE'S EVEN A SUGGESTION THE REGATTA COULD BE CANCELLED. YACHTING CORRESPONDENT MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS. AMERICA'S CUP RACE ORGANISERS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE ARE LOOKING TO FIND OUT HOW THE AC72 OF SWEDISH SYNDICATE ARTEMIS TURNED TURTLE, AND WHY BRITISH OLYMPIC STAR ANDREW BART SIMPSON COULD NOT BE LOCATED AMONGST THE WRECKAGE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM. IT APPEARS BART WAS TRAPPED UNDER SOME OF THE SOLID SECTIONS OF THE YACHT, OUT OF VIEW, OUT OF SIGHT TO THE MYRIAD OF PEOPLE ON BOARD TRYING TO LOCATE HIM. IN ANY SPORT THERE ARE INCIDENTS WHEN PEOPLE PUSH THEMSELVES AND THEIR APPARATUS TO THE LIMITS. IN THIS CASE IT ENDED WITH A FATALITY, AND WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY. TRIBUTES HAVE FLOWED FOR ANDREW SIMPSON, THE FATHER (36) OF TWO WHO WON GOLD AT THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AND SILVER IN LONDON LAST YEAR WITH IAIN PERCY, HIS SAILING DIRECTOR AT ARTEMIS. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE'S GONE. IT'S FAIR TO SAY ANDREW WAS DOING WHAT HE LOVED. IT WAS HIS PASSION. ANDREW WAS THE BEST ` TOP OF HIS GAME. AND THAT MEANS THEY PUSH. THEY PUSH HARD. NEWS ORGANISATIONS IN AMERICA ARE ASKING WHETHER THE BOATS BEING PUSHED ARE SAFE. HAVE RACING BOATS IN THE AMERICA'S CUP BEEN SO RAMPED UP THEY ARE REALLY DANGEROUS? A CATALOGUE OF CAPSIZES QUESTIONING THE FUTURE OF THE REGATTA. MAN: AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY, AND ORGANISERS ARE NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CANCELLING THIS SUMMER'S AMERICA'S CUP. THE SAME ORGANISERS ARE QUALIFYING THAT, SAYING THE EXPECTATION IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE EVENT AS PLANNED. CERTAINLY, CANCELLATION WOULD RAISE SOME INTERESTING ISSUES ABOUT ANY DANGEROUS SPORT FROM NASCAR TO HORSE RACING. NO CHANGES TO THE EVENT ARE EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER THE INVESTIGATION. DEFIANT NATIONAL LIST MP AARON GILMORE HAS SPARED HIMSELF AND HIS PARTY ANY FURTHER EMBARASSMENT TODAY BY NOT SHOWING UP AT THE NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE IN WANGANUI. AARON GILMORE WAS TO TAKE PART IN A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION, BUT SENT A TEXT TO HIS COLLEAGUES TO SAY HE'D BE A NO-SHOW. PRESSURE'S MOUNTING ON THE BACK BENCH MP TO QUIT FOR MISLEADING THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE OVER HIS BEHAVIOUR DURING A BOOZY NIGHT OUT IN HANMER. ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNERS IN A SOUTH AUCKLAND SUBURB SAY THEY WON'T REST UNTIL A STORE SELLING LEGAL HIGHS IS GONE. AROUND 100 MANUREWA RESIDENTS PICKETED THE SHOP, WHICH SELLS VARIOUS SYNTHETIC HIGHS. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WAS THERE. ALL CHANT: NO DRUGS. MORE HUGS. ON MANUREWA'S MAIN STREET, THE COMMUNITY HAS DECLARED WAR,... WE WILL FIGHT TO CLOSE THIS SHOP. WE WILL FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. ...FIGHTING TO CLOSE THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE CENTRE OF TOWN ` HIGH ZONE, WHERE LEGAL HIGHS, AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO USE THEM, ARE THE ONLY THINGS FOR SALE. WHAT IT ACTUALLY SELLS YOU IS MISERY. WHAT IT ACTUALLY SELLS YOU IS SOMETHING THAT IS A POISON. WE SEE REALLY YOUNG KIDS BEING INJURED, HARMED, GETTING REALLY SICK. THIS STUFF JUST SENDS THEM OFF THE RAILS. BUT THOSE INSIDE THE STORE WERE RELUCTANT TO COME OUT TODAY. COME ON, FACE THE PEOPLE. ONE NEWS TRIED TO SPEAK TO THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT TO MAKE ABOUT THE PROTEST? BUT THEY HUNG UP. JUST UP THE ROAD, YOU CAN STILL GET A LEGAL HIGH FROM THE DAIRY. THIS ONE'S JUST WAITING FOR A DELIVERY OF NEWLY COMPLIANT K2. LOCALS DON'T LIKE THAT MUCH EITHER, BUT IT'S THE ONE-STOP SHOP, COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO GETTING HIGH, THEY WANT GONE. WE FOUND THE OWNER OF THAT DAIRY AT THE PROTEST. YOU DON'T BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE SELLING THESE LEGAL HIGHS IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD? THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION. HE SAYS HE'LL KEEP ON SELLING THE HIGHS HIMSELF BECAUSE HE IS MORE DISCRETE. NOT ON A MAIN LINE; NOT WHERE KIDS ARE GETTING ON AND OFF SCHOOL BUSES; A PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SUBMISSIONS ON REGULATING THE SALE OF THE PRODUCTS. IN THE MEANTIME, LOCALS HOPE THIS KIND OF ACTION WILL SOON SEE THIS STORE GONE. KIWI MOVIE-GOERS ARE FLOCKING TO IRON MAN 3, THE LATEST HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER THAT'S ON TRACK TO RAKE IN A BILLION DOLLARS WORLDWIDE. BUT DESPITE THAT, IT'S ABOUT TO GET A HEFTY HANDOUT FROM NZ TAXPAYERS, AND NOT EVERYONE'S PLEASED ABOUT THAT. SIMON BRADWELL HAS THE STORY. I'M TONY STARK. I BUILD NEAT STUFF. I GOT A GREAT GIRL, AND, OCCASIONALLY, I SAVE THE WORLD. A KIWI CONNECTION'S HELPED MAKE IRON MAN 3 A HUGE HIT. WELLINGTON'S WETA DIGITAL DID SPECIAL EFFECTS ON 500 SHOTS. SINCE OPENING A FORTNIGHT AGO, THE FILM'S GROSSED THREE-QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS. BUT THE AMERICAN STUDIOS ARE ABOUT TO EARN EVEN MORE FROM THE NZ TAXPAYER. THAT'S YOU. BECAUSE THE STUDIOS SPENT MORE THAN $3m HERE, THEY QUALIFY FOR A 15% CASH GRANT FROM THE FILM COMMISSION. SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY PAID WETA $10M, THEY'LL GET $1.5m BACK FROM THE TAXPAYER. < EVEN THOUGH THE FILM IS SET TO GROSS ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS? I THINK THE GREAT THING IS THE MORE PEOPLE WHO SEE THAT ON THE END, LIKE YOU DID, THAT NZ WAS INVOLVED, THAT'S GIVING US INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION. BUT CRITICS ARGUE THE GRANT'S JUST EASY MONEY FOR THE BIG STUDIOS. WOULD THIS FILM MONEY BE BETTER SPENT ON OTHER TYPES OF FILM-INDUSTRY PROJECTS? IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO SPEND IT WHEN WE HAVE GOT, REALLY, WHAT IS A SUBSIDY TO MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES? WETA DIGITAL WAS ORIGINALLY KEEN TO TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT. WHEN WE TOLD THEM WE ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE FILM COMMISSION GRANT, SUDDENLY NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE. THE STUDIOS ARE SO CONFIDENT THEY'LL GET THE HANDOUT, THAT THEY'VE PUT IT IN THE CREDITS BEFORE IT'S EVEN SIGNED OFF BY THE COMMISSION. WHY HAS THIS BECOME THE GOLDEN GOOSE WHEN OTHER WORKERS ARE BEING LAID OFF ALL OVER THE COUNTRY? < IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT? I THINK IT'S REALLY WELL SPENT. EXACTLY HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT WILL BE KNOWN WHEN THE STUDIOS SUBMIT THEIR BILL. A SICK AUCKLAND TODDLER IS BEING FLOWN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD NEXT WEEK IN THE HOPES OF A LIFE-SAVING INTESTINAL TRANSPLANT. AFTER SPENDING MOST OF HER LIFE SO FAR IN HOSPITAL, DOCTORS SAY ITS THE ONLY CHANCE MADISON MERRICK (3) HAS OF SURVIVAL. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. LIKE ANY THREE-YEAR-OLD, MADISON MERRICK LOVES TO SING AND DANCE. BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL'S OFTEN BEEN TOO ILL TO DO SO. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SICK. SHE'S GROWN UP LIKE THIS. THIS IS HER LIFE, YOU KNOW? ALL BUT FIVE MONTHS OF THAT LIFE'S BEEN SPENT WITH MUM ALANA, HERE, INSIDE THE WALLS OF STARSHIP HOSPITAL. I FIND IT HARD WHEN SHE'S SO HAPPY HERE. LIKE, SHE CALLS THIS HER HOME, AND IT'S, LIKE, IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? MADISON HAS A SEVERE FORM OF GASTROSCHISIS ` WHERE HER INTESTINE GREW OUTSIDE HER ABDOMEN. MADDIE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS HAD QUITE INTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HER INTESTINE, AND WHAT INTESTINE SHE HAS LEFT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL. SHE HAS ENDURED MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND INFECTIONS, BUT AT TIMES, ONLY JUST. THERE'S DAYS I DIDN'T THINK SHE'D MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I'D HAVE HER NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH. BUT MADISON'S NOW BEEN OFFERED A LIFELINE, THANKS THE GOVERNMENT'S HIGH-COST TREATMENT POOL, A $2.5M FUND TO ALLOW PATIENTS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT OVERSEAS. SHE'S OFF TO THE UK TO GET AN INTESTINAL TRANSPLANT AT BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ALANA'S VERY GRATEFUL. I HAD TEARS THAT DAY, AND I DON'T CRY VERY OFTEN. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HER ONLY CHANCE OF ANY LIFE, LET ALONE A NORMAL LIFE. SHE'S BEING MAINTAINED WITH FOOD INTO THE VEIN ` SO, INTRAVENOUS NUTRITION ` AND THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN MAINTAIN FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. THE KIDS FOUNDATION'S HELPING ALANA RAISE MONEY FOR LIVING EXPENSES IN THE UK. THE BIGGEST BATTLE WILL BE TO KEEP MADISON WELL UNTIL A POTENTIAL DONOR ORGAN CAN BE FOUND. BIRMINGHAM HAS AN EXCELLENT TEAM, AND THEY HAVE A WORLD CLASS OUTCOME WITH THIS. THERE'S HOPE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL NOW. ITS LIKE LIFE IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. (CHUCKLES) AND AS THEY SAY, WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE'S HOPE. FOR MORE ON MADISON'S CONDITION CHECK OUT ONENEWS.CO.NZ AFTER THEIR AMAZING ESCAPE IN CLEVELAND, A DNA TEST CONFIRMS A KIDNAPPING AND RAPE SUSPECT FATHERED A LITTLE GIRL. A SURPRISE TWIST IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THAT DEADLY EXPLOSION IN TEXAS LAST MONTH. AND THE PLAYBOY PRINCE REVEALS HIS MORE SERIOUS SIDE IN THE US, BUT THAT DOESN'T PUT OFF HIS FERVENT FANS. ALL THREE WOMEN WHO ESCAPED CAPTIVITY IN CLEVELAND ARE NOW OUT OF HOSPITAL AND AT HOME ` THEIR FIRST WEEKEND OF FREEDOM IN 10 YEARS. BUT NEW QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THE POLICE SEARCH FOR THE KIDNAPPER. IT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF A POLICE SKETCH OF THE SUSPECT MADE YEARS AGO. AND ON THE RIGHT IS ARIEL CASTRO, THE MAN CHARGED WITH THE CLEVELAND ABDUCTIONS. THE ABC'S DAVID MUIR HAS MORE. LATE TODAY, TEAMS BEGAN BOARDING UP THAT HOUSE OF HORROR ON SEYMOUR AVE IN CLEVELAND, JUST AS THAT COMMUNITY LEARNED WHAT IT HAD SUSPECTED SINCE THE MOMENT THIS CASE BROKE OPEN WITH THAT CALL TO 911. TONIGHT, DNA REVEALED THAT THE LITTLE GIRL, AMANDA BERRY'S DAUGHTER, WHO SHE CARRIED IN HER ARMS OUT OF THAT HOUSE, WAS, IN FACT, FATHERED BY THE SUSPECT, ARIEL CASTRO. NOW SIX YEARS OLD, WE SAW HER BEING CARRIED INTO HER NEW HOME THIS WEEK. SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON EVER TAKEN OUT IN PUBLIC TO DEPART. ABC HAS LEARNED IT'S BELIEVED ARIEL CASTRO WOULD TAKE THE GIRL (6) TO CHURCH TOO. AND TONIGHT THE OLDEST OF THE YOUNG WOMEN HELD CAPTIVE, MICHELLE KNIGHT, WHO WAS BELIEVED TO HELP DELIVER THAT BABY, SHE LEFT THE HOSPITAL TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. A STATEMENT PUT OUT ON HER BEHALF READS... FOR NOW, MICHELLE KNIGHT SAYS SHE WANTS TO LIVE WITH GINA DeJESUS AND HER FAMILY, THE YOUNG VICTIM WHO GAVE THAT THUMBS-UP AS SHE GOT OUT OF THAT VAN. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT GINA AND MICHELLE HAD BEEN PUT INTO THAT SAME BEDROOM ON THAT SECOND FLOOR. THEY FORMED A POWERFUL FRIENDSHIP BORNE FROM SURVIVAL. MICHELLE WAS THE FIRST TAKEN CAPTIVE, AND AS SHE LEFT THE HOSPITAL TODAY, NEW QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER POLICE LOOKED HARD ENOUGH TO FIND HER AND TONIGHT THE CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT MICHELLE'S MISSING PERSONS CASE WAS, IN FACT, REMOVED FROM THE FBI DATABASE JUST 15 MONTHS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE, AS SHE WAS LOCKED UP IN THAT HOUSE. POLICE SAY THE FBI CASE WAS CLOSED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT KNIGHT'S MOTHER TO CONFIRM SHE WAS STILL MISSING. THEY SAY THEY KEPT ASKING QUESTIONS, EVEN THOUGH HER NAME WAS STILL NO LONGER LISTED. AND GINA DEJESUS AND MICHELLE KNIGHT ARE SPENDING MOTHER'S DAY AT GINA'S HOUSE, WHERE THEY'VE REQUESTED MEATLOAF FOR DINNER. IT'S BEEN REVEALED THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER, TAMERLAN TSARNAEV, HAS BEEN BURIED IN A RURAL CEMETERY IN VIRGINIA. THE INTERMENT ENDS A FRUSTRATING SEARCH. SEVERAL CEMETERIES HAD REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE REMAINS BECAUSE OF FEARS OF A PUBLIC BACKLASH. WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS PASSED AWAY. HE CAN'T BURY HIMSELF. SOMEBODY NEEDED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO. TSARNAEV WAS KILLED AFTER A GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE. HIS MOTHER SAID RUSSIA REFUSED TO ALLOW HIS BODY INTO THE COUNTRY SO SHE COULD BURY HIM IN HER NATIVE DAGESTAN. THERE'S BEEN A SURPRISE DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S DEADLY EXPLOSION AT A TEXAS FERTILISER FACTORY. ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS WHO RESPONDED TO THE EXPLOSION HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS WERE FOUND AT HIS HOME. EXPLOSION THE EXPLOSION DEVASTATED A SMALL TEXAS TOWN. THE BLAST WAS AS STRONG AS AN EARTHQUAKE, AND COULD BE FELT 50 MILES AWAY. IT LEFT 14 PEOPLE DEAD. 200 INJURED. BUT UNTIL NOW, IT HAD BEEN TREATED AS A TERRIBLE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT ` THE EXPLOSION OF AMMONIUM NITRATE, A TYPE OF DRY FERTILISER. BUT NOW THE TEXAS RANGERS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO CONDUCT A CRIMINAL INQUIRY. FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE QUICK ON THE SCENE. AMONG THEM ` THIS MAN, VOLUNTEER PARAMEDIC BRYCE REED. HE GAVE AN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW SHORTLY AFTER THE EXPLOSION. TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON SCENE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN, UM, WE'D LIKE TO JUST TELL EVERYBODY THAT WE HEAR YOU. NOW HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE ` THE MATERIALS TO MAKE A 3�-INCH PIPE BOMB. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT SPECULATING IF THE ARREST IS CONNECTED WITH THE EXPLOSION, BUT THEY'RE NOT RULING IT OUT. POLICE ALLEGE AFTER THE EXPLOSION, BRYCE REED LEFT A BOX, WITH THE BOMB MATERIALS INSIDE, WITH A FRIEND WHO BECAME SUSPICIOUS AND CALLED THEM. THEY SAY NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN UNCOVERED TO LINK THE ARREST TO THE EXPLOSION, BUT NO STONE WILL GO UNTURNED INVESTIGATING WHAT DESTROYED THEIR TOWN. AND BRYCE REED'S APPEARED IN COURT IN WACO CHARGED WITH OWNING AN UNREGISTERED DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE. AFTER DEFYING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO DEPORT HIM FOR NEARLY A DECADE, THE RADICAL MUSLIM CLERIC ABU QATADA HAS UNEXPECTEDLY AGREED TO LEAVE BRITAIN. HE'S NOW WILLING TO RETURN TO HIS NATIVE JORDAN, ONCE IT RATIFIES A TREATY WHICH GUARANTEES EVIDENCE GAINED THROUGH TORTURE WOULDN'T BE USED AGAINST HIM. WE HAVE A FULLY WORKED OUT PLAN TO GET THIS MAN OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IF HE GOES OF HIS OWN ACCORD, FRANKLY, I'LL BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN BRITAIN. ABU QATADA IS WANTED IN JORDAN OVER HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN TWO TERRORIST PLOTS. AFTER A DAY OF SMILES AND HIGH SPIRITS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH MICHELLE OBAMA, PRINCE HARRY'S AMERICAN VISIT HAS TAKEN A SOMBRE TURN. HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY'S WAR DEAD BEFORE VISITING WOUNDED SOLDIERS AT A MILITARY HOSPITAL. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL HAS THE STORY. HE IS A SERVING SOLDIER WITH GENUINE FRONT-LINE EXPERIENCE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN, AND THAT MEANS A LOT HERE. AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, HARRY WAS TAKEN TO THE GRAVES OF US SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND IN WHAT THE AMERICANS CALL 'THE WAR ON TERROR'. HE PLACED A WREATH, UPON WHICH WAS A HANDWRITTEN CARD, ADDRESSED, 'TO MY COMRADES IN ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA', AND SIGNED, 'CAPTAIN HARRY WALES.' A SECOND WREATH WAS LAID WITH DUE SOLEMNITY AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER. HARRY, CAPTAIN WALES, WAS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH WHICH HE CLEARLY FEELS AN AFFINITY. AT THE WALTER REED MILITARY HOSPITAL, HARRY MET SOME OF THOSE WHO'VE SUFFERED LIFE-CHANGING INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. THEY CHATTED EASILY, AS SERVICEMEN DO, WHILE HEARING ABOUT THE LATEST AMERICAN IDEAS ON REHABILITATION. HIS LAST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, WITH THAT INFAMOUS GAME OF STRIP BILLIARDS IN LAS VEGAS, WAS A PERSONAL DISASTER FOR HIM. THIS TIME, SO FAR, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. FOR THIS TRIP, THE PARTY PRINCE HAS STAYED AT HOME ` A DISAPPOINTMENT, PERHAPS, FOR THE LARGELY FEMALE AUDIENCE WHICH HAD TURNED OUT TO GREET HIM AT AN EXHIBITION ABOUT LAND MINES ON CAPITOL HILL. SCREAMING THEY CRAMMED THE CORRIDORS AND CRANED OVER BALCONIES FOR A GLIMPSE ` NOT AT ALL WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT IN THE SOBER SURROUNDINGS OF AMERICA'S PARLIAMENT. HARRY, STATESIDE, APPEARS TO BE A HIT. PRINCE HARRY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO SEE THE WARRIOR GAMES, A SPORTING EVENT FOR AMERICAN SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN INJURED AT WAR. THE SPIRE ON TOP OF THE ONE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN NEW YORK HAS BEEN FINALLY INSTALLED. IT BRINGS THE STRUCTURE TO THE SYMBOLIC HEIGHT OF 1776 FEET TO MARK AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY 1776. THE BUILDING IS IN THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE SITE WHERE THE TWIN WORLD TRADE CENTRE TOWERS WERE DESTROYED IN THE 9/11 ATTACKS. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND THE SKIES ARE CLEARING, KAREN? THAT'S RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A HIGH MOVING IN, BRINGING MOSTLY FINE WEATHER WITH NOT MUCH WIND. BEAUTIFUL DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND AFTER A FROSTY START. A FEW SHOWERS CATCHING EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ` MOSTLY EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THOSE SHOWERS ARE CLEARING FROM THE SOUTH. RAIN CLEARING FROM THE FAR NORTH TOMORROW, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN FOR A RUN OF SETTLED WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORTS. AFTER THE BREAK, THE STUDENT ARMY SAVES THE DAY AGAIN, HELPING TO SHELTER CHRISTCHURCH'S ABANDONED TURTLES. THE AMAZING NEW BIKE PARK IN CENTRAL OTAGO THAT'S IMPRESSING VETERANS AND NOVICES. THE STUDENT VOLUNTEER ARMY HAS COME TO THE RESCUE AGAIN IN CHRISTCHURCH. BUT THIS TIME THEY'RE NOT CLEARING AWAY SILT, BUT HELPING TO BUILD A SHELTER FOR SOME OF THE CITY'S ABANDONED TURTLES. ALI PUGH EXPLAINS. TURTLES ARE TAKING OVER THE HOME OF DONNA MOOT. WE FOUND THEM IN THE GARAGE, IN THE LOUNGE, IN THE CONSERVATORY, EVEN IN THE BATH. AND MOST OF THE TURTLES I'VE GOT HERE ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH HIBERNATION IN CHRISTCHURCH, SO THEY HAVE TO COME INSIDE. SO YOU'RE LIVING WITH THE TURTLES? LIVING WITH THE TURTLES IN THE HOUSE. (LAUGHS) IN TOTAL, 42 TURTLES HAVE MOVED INTO DONNA'S. SHE'S RESCUED AND REHOMED HUNDREDS SINCE THE QUAKES SAW MANY DUMPED. AND WITH HER OUTDOOR PONDS TOO COLD IN THE CHRISTCHURCH WINTER, DONNA'S HOUSE HAS BECOME A QUASI-AQUARIUM. I'VE BEEN DREAMING AND SCHEMING AND SAYING, 'I'D REALLY LOVE TO BUILD AN ENCLOSURE OVER ONE OF THE PONDS', AND SOMEONE SUGGESTED STUDENT VOLUNTEER ARMY. SO, ARMED WITH TIMBER AND TOOLS, THE STUDENTS CAME TO SAVE THE DAY AND EXTEND THE TURTLES' TERRITORY OUTSIDE. IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING WE NORMALLY DO. BUT I'M SURE WE COULD ROPE TOGETHER SOME SPONSORSHIP. WE'RE ENGINEERS. WE COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. MORE THAN FIGURE IT OUT. THEY'VE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AN ENCLOSURE CATERING FOR A TURTLE'S EVERY NEED. WE'RE MAKING A WOODEN FRAME WHICH WILL HAVE A PVC ROOF. IT HAS TO HINGE OPEN BECAUSE TURTLES NEED UV LIGHT FOR THEIR METABOLISM. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NEED TO PUT A CAP ON HOW MANY TURTLES YOU CAN HAVE LIVING WITH YOU? THERE'S NO POINT IN THINKING ABOUT SAYING NO WHEN AT THE MOMENT I DON'T HAVE TO. AND WITH THE TURTLES SOON TO EMIGRATE OUT THE DOOR, IT SEEMS DONNA'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A BIT OF EXTRA LEG ROOM. ALI PUGH, ONE NEWS. IF YOUR IDEAL DAY OUT INVOLVES MOUNTAIN BIKING FOLLOWED BY A FEW GLASSES OF CENTRAL OTAGO WINE, THIS STORY'S FOR YOU. RABBIT RIDGE BIKE PARK NEAR QUEENSTOWN HAS JUST OPENED, BUT ALREADY IT'S GETTING RAVE REVIEWS FROM NOVICES AND VETERAN RIDERS. MAX BANIA WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. A SCENIC RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRY OR A THRILL-A-MINUTE DOWNHILL DASH ` RABBIT RIDGE HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERY CYCLIST. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNER KIDS WITH THEIR LITTLE WAREHOUSE BIKE, TOTTERING AROUND, RIGHT UP TO THOSE GUYS WHO'VE GOT THE $10,000 CARBON BIKES, IT'S GETTING THEM OUT THERE, IT'S GIVING THEM A PLACE THAT THEY CAN JUST GET OUT THERE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND RIDE ` ALMOST LIKE GOING TO THE BEACH, BUT YOU'RE OUT THERE BIKING. THE ALL-YEAR-ROUND RESORT NEAR QUEENSTOWN IS HOPING TO ATTRACT MORE THAN 150 RIDERS A DAY. IT'S A FANTASTIC LOCATION. IT'S NORTH-FACING, WHICH IS GREAT FOR RIDING. AND WE'VE JUST GOT SUCH VARIED TERRAIN. AND ALREADY IT'S IMPRESSING THE LOCALS AT ITS FIRST OPEN DAY. NICE OPEN SPACES, AND, YEAH, GREAT TO BE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY DOING STUFF. BUILT SOME GREAT TRAILS AND GONNA DO A LOT MORE. IT'S GOOD FOR QUEENSTOWN. THERE'S, KIND OF, LIKE, SWIRLY KIND OF PARTS AND, KIND OF, UPHILL AND DOWNHILL AND STUFF. IT'S A JOINT VENTURE WITH A LOCAL WINERY. RIDERS CAN ENJOY A TIPPLE AFTER A DAY ON THE TRAILS. JUST ANOTHER ATTRACTION, AND ANOTHER WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THE VALLEY AND JUST TAKE PART IN A NEW ACTIVITY. THE OWNERS ARE HOPING TO MAKE IT A TRAINING AND RACING FACILITY TOO. WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO, UM, MAKE A RACE ` IT'S A SIX TO 12 HOUR RACE ` THAT WILL BE AN ICONIC RACE, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY QUEENSTOWN WILL MAKE IT ITS OWN. AND, YEAH, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE PARK REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS. 100KM OF TRAIL WILL BE BEDDED IN BEFORE THE GRAND OPENING IN SEPTEMBER. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` POLICE ARE DEFENDING A PURSUIT AFTER THREE YOUNG MEN DIED IN A HIGH SPEED CRASH IN SOUTH AUCKLAND OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY FOLLOWED THE CAR AFTER IT BROKE THE SPEED LIMIT BUT ABANDONED THE CHASE A SHORT TIME LATER. INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE DEADLY CAPSIZE OF AN AMERICA'S CUP YACHT. QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE LARGE CATAMARANS, AND THERE'S SPECULATION THE REGATTA COULD BE CANCELLED. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A SURPRISE WIN FOR THE HURRICANES. INDEED. THEIR PLAYOFF HOPES ARE STILL ALIVE. JULIAN SAVEA DISPLAYING HIS ALL BLACK QUALITIES. WE'LL WRAP UP LAST NIGHT'S MATCHES AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` HE CAN'T WIN A REAL MAJOR, BUT CAN SERGIO GET GOLF'S UNOFFICIAL FIFTH ONE FOR THE SECOND TIME? BIG GI TAKES THE RABBITOHS TO THE TOP OF THE NRL TABLE, WHILE BENJI'S TIGERS SLUMP TO THE BOTTOM. AND LEBRON JAMES BOUNCES BACK TO BRING THE HEAT HOME AGAINST THE BULLS. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE CHIEFS ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO RECRUIT A UTILITY BACK AFTER GARETH ANSCOMBE JOINED TIM NANAI WILLIAMS, ANDREW HORRELL AND RICHARD KAHUI ON THE INJURED LIST. THE DEPLETED CHAMPIONS LIMPED TO VICTORY LAST NIGHT WHILE THE HURRICANES ARE BACK IN THE SUPER 15 RUGBY RACE AFTER UPSETTING THE HIGH-FLYING CHEETAHS IN BLOEMFONTEIN. HERE'S STEPHEN STUART. IN DANGER OF GIVING HIMSELF WHIPLASH, INJURED CAPTAIN CONRAD SMITH GOING OFF AS HIS HURRICANES TURNED THEIR FORM AROUND. IMPROVED DEFENCE ENSURED A TRYLESS AND TIED FIRST-HALF, HIGHLIGHTED BY THIS LONG-RANGE PENALTY GOAL FROM BEAUDEN BARRETT, AND TWO-TEST SPRINGBOK ROLY-POLY PROP COENIE OOSTHUIZEN SHOWING WHY HE'S THE LATEST CULT FIGURE IN THE REPUBLIC. SO MUCH FOR ALTITUDE KICKING IN AS THE HURRICANES KICKED CLEAR THROUGH BARRETT ` HIS FIRST TRY OF THE SEASON. AND AFTER A TENTATIVE FIRST HALF, JULIAN SAVEA WAS BACK TO HIS BARNSTORMING BEST. BARRETT BOTCHED BOTH CONVERSIONS AND THAT THREATENED TO BE COSTLY AS OOSTHUIZEN BARRELLED OVER. OOSTHUIZEN DOING IT WELL AND GETTING OVER THE LINE. BUT A RARE SNIPE FROM TJU PERENARA TOOK THE 'CANES CLEAR AGAIN, SENDING SMITH INTO ORBIT. THE WEREWOLF TWINS, JEREMY THRUSH AND VICTOR VITO, COMBINED FOR THE FOUR-TRY BONUS POINT AND A 20-POINT LEAD, UNTIL OOSTHUIZEN, AND FRIEND, GOT ROLLING AGAIN. BUT THE HURRICANES SURVIVED FOR A 39-34 VICTORY. BUT THE HURRICANES SURVIVED FOR A 39-34 VICTORY. HOWEVER, LEAKING THOSE LATE POINTS HASN'T HELPED THEIR POOR DIFFERENTIAL ` STILL FOURTH IN THE NZ CONFERENCE BEHIND THE CHIEFS, WHO STRUGGLED TO OVERCOME THE TESTING CONDITIONS AND THE WESTERN FORCE IN PUKEKOHE. LELIA MASAGA SLITHERED PAST TWO OF THEIR KIWIS, BUT THE HOST COULD ONLY MANAGE A SOLITARY PENALTY GOAL IN THE SECOND SPELL AS THE FORCE CLOSED WITHIN A POINT. A LATE SHOT AT AN UPSET SQUANDERED, AS THE CHIEFS STAGGERED HOME 22-21. PRETTY FRUSTRATING. AGAIN, WE'VE MADE A FEW ERRORS, AND I KNOW IT'S WET, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED. THE QUEENSLAND REDS REBOUNDED FROM THEIR DRAW AGAINST THE FORCE LAST WEEK TO SWARM ALL OVER THE SHARKS IN BRISBANE. THEY HAD THE FOUR-TRY BONUS POINT BY HALF-TIME, BUT LIKE THE CHIEFS, CHUGGED IN THE SECOND 40, WINNING 32-17 TO REMAIN THIRD OVERALL. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. GOLF'S NEARLY MAN IS LEADING AT THE HALFWAY MARK IN THE UNOFFICIAL FIFTH MAJOR. SERGIO GARCIA POSTED A BLISTERING SECOND NINE TO TAKE A ONE-SHOT LEAD OVER TIGER WOODS AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. GOLFERS OFTEN SAY CERTAIN COURSES SUIT THEIR EYE. SAWGRASS IS ONE OF THOSE FOR SERGIO GARCIA. THE SPANIARD,... HOLING THAT. THE 2008 CHAMPION HAD FIVE STRAIGHT BIRDIES ON THE SECOND NINE FOR A SEVEN-UNDER-PAR 65 AND A ONE-SHOT LEAD. MM, TRYING TO TIE THE FRONT-NINE SCORING RECORD. CAN'T GET IT DONE. I HAD IT GOING ON THE BACK NINE. JUST GOT ON THAT FEELING WHERE EVERY PUTT I LOOKED AT, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GONNA GO IN. TIGER WOODS WAS PROWLING JUST ONE SHOT BACK, AT 10 UNDER PAR. ...SPIN IT DOWN TO POSITION FOR ANOTHER BIRDIE TO GET TO DOUBLE FIGURES. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE'S LENGTH PAID BIG DIVIDENDS. CHEERING SIX BIRDIES AND AN EAGLE ON THE PAR FIVES THIS WEEK. EIGHT UNDER THROUGH TWO DAYS ON THE FIVES. RORY MCILROY WAS NOT IN VINTAGE FORM ` ONE OF SEVEN PLAYERS IN A TIE FOR 13TH AT SIX UNDER PAR ` THOUGH THIS WASN'T BAD. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ISN'T IT? IT'S... (SIGHS) IN YOUR LIFE, HAVE YOU...? JERRY KELLY TOPPED THAT EFFORT WITH THE SHOT OF THE DAY, HIS SECOND AT THE 14TH HELPING HIM TO FIVE UNDER PAR. PLAYING AT THE MOST DIFFICULT HOLE TODAY ON THE GOLF COURSE. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE HERE. JERRY KELLY WITH HIS EXPERIENCE... HELLO. THE RAIN-DRENCHED COURSE WAS NOT AS DANGEROUS AS ONE OF ITS INHABITANTS. SWEDE HENRIK STENSON TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CONDITIONS, THE 2009 CHAMPION ONE OF THREE PLAYERS AT NINE UNDER. OOH, NICELY DONE. HELLO. FIRST-ROUND LEADER ROBERT CASTRO ALMOST SAID GOODBYE, FALLING FROM A THREE SHOT LEAD TO JUST THREE INSIDE THE EVEN-PAR CUT MARK. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. GARCIA'S 65 WAS THE LOWEST ROUND OF THE DAY. MASTERS CHAMPION ADAM SCOTT IS FOUR STROKES OFF THE LEAD, TIED FOR NINTH. THE RABBITOHS HAVE BOUNDED TO OUTRIGHT TOP OF THE NRL LADDER WITH A 28-10 WIN OVER NORTH QUEENSLAND IN SYDNEY. AUCKLAND-BORN WINGER ANTONIO WINTERSTEIN OPENED THE SCORING WITH ONE OF HIS TWO TRIES FOR THE COWBOYS. BUT A LITTLE GLADITORIAL SUPPORT SPURRED THE BUNNIES ON. GREG INGLIS WAS INSTRUMENTAL AS HIS SIDE RAN AWAY WITH THE WIN. LOST IT. PICKS IT UP. ON THE RUN. SEES A GAP! GOES THROUGH THE GAP. NOW THE ATHLETE IS OFF AND RUNNING. HE'S PURSUED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CATCH HIM. AND AT ALLIANZ STADIUM, CRONULLA'S RESIGNED THE TIGERS TO A SIXTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT, EQUALLING THE SIDE'S LONGEST LOSING STREAK. THE SHARKS RESPONDING TO A 6-0 DEFICIT BY PILING ON 30 UNANSWERED POINTS, INCLUDING THREE CONVERTED TRIES IN A SEVEN-MINUTE SCORING FRENZY. BACK ROWER JAYSON BUKUYAN, WHO'S BEEN LINKED TO THE WARRIORS NEXT SEASON, AMONG THOSE DOTTING DOWN IN THE 30-6 VICTORY. THE CANTERBURY TACTIX HAVE BEEN THRASHED 76-51 AT HOME BY FORMER TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONS THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS IN THE FIRST MATCHUP IN ROUND 8. THE FIREBIRDS, WHO WERE MYSTERIOUSLY WITHOUT STAR DEFENDER AND SKIPPER LAURA GEITZ, NOTCHED UP THEIR SIXTH WIN FROM SEVEN MATCHES. JAMAICAN SHOOTER ROMELDA AIKEN WAS AGAIN THE STANDOUT, LANDING 46 FROM 51 ATTEMPTS AT GOAL. SHE IS DOING A GOOD JOB OUT THERE, ACTUALLY. SHE'S GETTING BALL TO... OH, AND SO IS AIKEN. SHE PULLED IT IN AS WELL. THE FIREBIRDS GO TOP OF THE TABLE ON POINTS DIFFERENTIAL, WITH THE TACTIX REMAINING THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM. THE BATTLE FOR N-B-A SUPREMACY'S CONTINUED IN HEATED FASHION TODAY. LEBRON JAMES' MIAMI HEAT OVERCOMING A TOUGH GAME THREE AGAINST THE BULLS TO LEAD THEIR PLAYOFF SERIES, WHILE SAN ANTONIO EDGED OUT GOLDEN STATE TO GO 2-1 UP AS WELL. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. CHICAGO WENT INTO GAME THREE STILL UNDERSTRENGTH, RECOVERING FROM A ROUT AND RALLYING FOR REDEMPTION. WITH AN INJURY DEPLETED TEAM, THIS IS NOT HOW YOU GO ABOUT GETTING IT. AND MOHAMMED, FOR SOME REASON, SHOVES JAMES! NAZR MOHAMMED WAS EJECTED FOR HIS SHOVE ON THE NBA'S MVP, ALBEIT TO WILD APPLAUSE FROM HIS HOME CROWD. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT ` WHY GETTING THROWN OUT GETS A RESOUNDING STANDING OVATION. CHICAGO'S CHEERS COULDN'T PREVENT MIAMI TAKING A SLENDER HALF-TIME LEAD, THOUGH, EVEN IF ALL 5'9" OF NATE ROBINSON COULD HALT LEBRON JAMES IN HIS TRACKS. WHAT A PLAY FROM NATE ROBINSON, AND THIS CROWD ON IT'S FEET. BUT AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS, MIAMI LEFT SCORCH MARKS DOWN THE STRETCH; CHRIS BOSH ON FIRE WITH 20 POINTS AND 19 REBOUNDS, WHILE JAMES CLAIMED 25 POINTS DESPITE HITTING JUST SIX FROM 17 FROM THE FIELD; THE FOURTH-QUARTER BLOWOUT PUTTING A FEISTY BULLS SIDE DOWN. FINAL SCORE: 104-94. IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE, GOLDEN STATE WAS QUICK TO ESTABLISH ITS DOMINANCE OVER SAN ANTONIO. BOGUT IS PLAYING STRONG. ANDREW BOGUT'S EXCITEMENT WAS A LITTLE PREMATURE. THE SPURS BATTLED BACK, TONY PARKER SEEMINGLY UNABLE TO MISS. AS HE GOES DOWN, HE JUST GIVES IT A BACK FLIP OFF THE GLASS. PARKER HAD 25 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE; THE WARRIORS CONTINUALLY PLAYING CATCH UP. AND WHILE THEY REFUSED TO GIVE IN, GOLDEN STATE'S CAUSE WASN'T HELPED WHEN SHOOTING STAR STEPHEN CURRY INJURED HIMSELF IN THE FINAL QUARTER. HE TRIES TO STOP ON A DIME HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LEG GAVE WAY. CURRY SHOOK IT OFF; IF ONLY THE SPURS COULD'VE BEEN DISMISSED SO EASILY, EVENTUALLY WINNING 102-92. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. A BLACKCAPS BATTING COLLAPSE HAS HANDED THE ENGLAND LIONS HONOURS AFTER DAY TWO OF THEIR FOUR-DAY MATCH IN LEICESTER. NZ WAS BOWLED OUT FOR 285, HAMISH RUTHERFORD RUN OUT FOR 126. JOE ROOT (22) THEN PUT THE KIWI BATSMEN TO SHAME, HIS UNBEATEN 105 SEEING ENGLAND TO 219 FOR TWO AT STUMPS, TRAILING BY 66 IN THE FIRST INNINGS. SIR ALEX FERGUSON'S SUCCESSOR AT MANCHESTER UNITED IS ALREADY SHAPING AS A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE OFTEN-SOUR SCOTS MANAGER. OUTGOING EVERTON MANAGER DAVID MOYES WAS TAKING HIMSELF FAR TOO SERIOUSLY AS HE SORT OF FRONTED THE MEDIA TODAY. I'D REALLY RESPECT IT TODAY IF YOU KEEP THE QUESTIONS SOLELY TO EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB. I'M THE MANAGER OF EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB AT THIS PRESENT TIME, AND I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THEM, SO THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY IS ABOUT EVERTON. JUST THE TWO MATCHES TO GO FOR THE SCOTSMAN (5) WHO'S SPENT 11 SEASONS AT GOODISON PARK. HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING PROSPECT JOSEPH PARKER HAS SPARRED WITH A JOURNEYMAN FAMILIAR TO LOCAL FIGHT FANS AS HE SETTLES IN TO LAS VEGAS. REMEMBER NIGERIAN FRIDAY AHU-NANYA WHO FLATTENED SHANE CAMERON IN AUCKLAND SIX YEARS AGO? HE WENT A LITTLE EASIER ON PARKER TODAY. I'VE GOT TO SEE WHERE I'M AT. STILL GOT A LOT TO WORK ON. AND THERE'S STILL SOME POSITIVES, SO I'M QUITE HAPPY OF HOW I WENT TODAY. THE 41-YEAR-OLD IS SEMI-RETIRED THESE DAYS. JUST BEFORE I GO, UP TO 28,000 ARE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT'S NRL MATCH BETWEEN THE WARRIORS AND BULLDOGS IN THE CAPITAL. NOT A GOOD START FOR THE WARRIORS. TWO LATE WITHDRAWALS DUE TO INJURY ` SAM RAPIRA AND CONRAD HORRELL GONE. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN'S BACK WITH A MAINLY FINE SUNDAY FORECAST. I'm really sorry, guys. I'm feeling a bit drowsy, eh? I just need to... That's fine. That's fine. I'm on these prescription meds. That's fine. I'm on these prescription meds. Yeah. And they hit you sometimes. They do hit you sometimes. They do hit you sometimes. Lots of side effects. They do hit you sometimes. Lots of side effects. Just makes you feel really odd, eh? Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm. Do you want one of us to drive? Um, I'll see how I go. If I can get down here... You want to do it? You want to do it? Yeah. Yep. 26% of those surveyed said they'd driven on prescription meds when they shouldn't have. GOT A CHILLY SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT AN INCOMING HIGH SHOULD PUSH IT AWAY AND CONTINUE TO CLEAR THE SKIES. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT HIGH IS AT THE MOMENT, FILLING UP THE TASMAN SEA. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THERE, JUST SOME FLATTENED OUT. LOWER CLOUD IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH IT. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HIGH IS CARRYING CLOUD AND A FEW SHOWERS FOR EASTERN PARTS OF BOTH ISLANDS, BUT CLEARING OFF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THERE'S A WEE TROUGH HANGING BACK OVER THE FAR NORTH, PRODUCING SOME RAIN THERE. TOMORROW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HIGH. IT COMES IN AND TAKES CONTROL OF OUR SKIES, EASING BACK THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW AND PUSHING THE TROUGH AWAY TO THE NORTH-EAST. MOSTLY FINE WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS. JACK FROST WILL BE BUSY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH IN ACTION OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. FINE WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. THAT MEANS IT'LL ALSO BE A FROSTY START. JUST A FEW CLOUDY AREAS DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH AND EAST IN THE EVENING. CLOUDY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS FOR GISBORNE AND EASTERN PARTS OF NORTHLAND, BUT THOSE SHOWERS WILL CLEAR. FROSTY, THEN MOSTLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. LIGHT WINDS. THIS IS MT SEFTON WITH A COATING OF SNOW. THIS CLOUD SITTING OVER THE TOP OF IT IS CALLED A CAP CLOUD. BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY DAY TODAY THROUGH. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. SEE YOU TOMOROROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.