GOOD EVENING. A FINE AUTUMN DAY FOR MOST PLACES, BUT IT WAS A MURKY START IN SOME PARTS, WITH AREAS OF MIST AND FOG, ESPECIALLY UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. OUR HIGH IS SET TO HANG AROUND FOR NOW, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOW BREWING IN THE TASMAN. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU HOW MANY MORE FINE DAYS WE GET BEFORE THE RAIN ARRIVES. 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. AN ARMED STAND-OFF FORCES THE LOCKDOWN OF HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND SHUTS DOWN A MAJOR ROAD. POKIES PUNT ` THE SKY CITY CONVENTION DEAL GETS THE GO-AHEAD. BUT THE CASINO'S BOSS DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A SAY. AARON GILMORE'S GOING OUT SWINGING, THREATENING REVENGE ON THOSE HE BLAMES FOR HIS DOWNFALL. # THOUGH I'VE FLOWN 100,000 MILES... # AND HE'S A REAL SPACE ODDITY. AN ASTRONAUT COMES DOWN TO EARTH WITH THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FROM SPACE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. HUNDREDS OF PARENTS WILL BE AT HOME RELIEVED TONIGHT AFTER THEIR CHILDREN WERE CAUGHT UP IN AN ARMED STAND-OFF IN AUCKLAND. IT WAS AN ANXIOUS TIME FOR CONCERNED PARENTS AS EXPLOSIONS RANG OUT DURING THE OPERATION, WHICH FORCED THE LOCKDOWN OF TWO SCHOOLS ON THE NORTH SHORE. ARMED POLICE HAD SURROUNDED A HOUSE CLOSE TO ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH. WILL HINE WAS AT THE SCENE. MEANWHILE, A WOMAN TRYING TO BREAK THE POLICE CORDON WAS ARRESTED. A STILL NORTH SHORE AFTERNOON PUNCTUATED BY A SERIES OF BANGS. THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE USED WHAT WAS SHE SAYING TO YOU IN THE TEXTS? JUST THAT SHE'D HEARD SHOTS, AND SHE WAS SCARED AND WHERE WOULD I MEET HER. THE WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS SHUT DOWN. IT WAS SCARY BUT REASURRING. FOUND HER SAFE AND SOUND. IT WAS SCARY. PARENTS WERE KEPT IN THE LOOP BY SCHOOLS. WE LET PARENTS KNOW. THEY WERE CONCERNED BY CALM PANICKED A BIT.� POLICE CALLS WENT UNANSWERED. THE MAN WAS TRACKED DOWN. SKY CITY'S CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL'S BEEN UNVEILED, BUT ITS CEO DOESN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE A SAY ON WHETHER IT SHOULD GO AHEAD. THE GOVERNMENT'S OUTLINED A LIST OF CONCESSIONS IT'S MADE IN RETURN FOR SKY CITY BANKROLLING THE $400M BUILD. BUT THE CASINO GIANT'S GAMBLING ON GETTING VITAL RESOURCE CONSENT, AND IT'S KEEN TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUT OF THAT PROCESS. REPORTER LISA OWEN'S ACROSS THE STORY. UNTIL NOW, THE BARTERING'S BEEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT THE MINISTER AND SKY CITY BOSS FINALLY STEPPED OUT TO REVEAL THE RESULTS OF THE ULTIMATE ROUND OF CONVENTION CENTRE SWAPSIE. SKY CITY WILL MEET THE FULL PROJECT COSTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTRE, WHICH, AS I SAY, ARE ESTIMATED AT $402M. AMONG THE TRADE-OFFS, SOME ARE BIG-TICKET ITEMS ` AN EXTENSION TO SKY CITY'S CASINO LICENCE, PUSHING THE EXPIRY DATE FROM 2021 TO 2048; 230 MORE POKIE MACHINES; 52 EXTRA GAMING TABLES; AND A PERCENTAGE OF POKIES THAT WILL NOW BE ABLE TO TAKE NOTES GREATER THAN $20. THEY PROFIT FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GAMBLING PROBLEMS. SO SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT THEY'RE GETTING CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE THAT THEY'VE HIT THE JACKPOT. BUT SKY CITY SAYS THE GOVERNMENT BARGAINED HARD. IT ORIGINALLY WANTED 500 MORE POKIES. THE GOVERNMENT MADE IT VERY VERY CLEAR AT THE OUTSET THAT THE MAXIMUM THEY WERE PREPARED TO DO WAS 230. DID THEY SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION? NO. NO, THEY DIDN'T SAY` I MEAN, YOU CAN JOIN THE DOTS. THE CASINO GIANT SAYS IT NEEDS THE LICENCE EXTENSION TO SECURE LENDERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S ALSO PROMISING THE CASINO OPERATOR A TAX REFUND. IF THE LEVY OR TAX ON CASINO PROFITS GOES UP IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT SAY IT WILL PAY SKY CITY THE DIFFERENCE. BUT THE GLOSSY IMAGES DON'T MAKE IT A DONE DEAL. NINE STOREYS UP AT SKY CITY, THE VIEW OUTSIDE THE WINDOW IS THE LAND IT NEEDS TO BUY OFF ITS NEIGHBOUR, TVNZ, AND THE PROJECT STILL REQUIRES A RESOURCE CONSENT FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL. THE SKY CITY BOSS WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC SHUT OUT OF THAT PROCESS. TO BE FRANK, I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS HAD A SAY INSOFAR AS THIS DEAL WAS INITIALLY ANNOUNCED BY THE PRIME MINISTER PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. IT SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF BEING A NON-NOTIFIABLE RESOURCE CONSENT. IT MIGHT BE HIS TURF, BUT MAYOR LEN BROWN WAS APPARENTLY NOT IN THE INNER CIRCLE, HEARING THE DETAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PRESS CALL. THE GOVERNMENT HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THIS DEAL, AND SO ONCE THE FULL DETAILS ARE ASSESSED BY OUR STAFF AND BY US, IN PARTICULAR, THEN THOSE SORTS OF DECISIONS WILL BE MADE. FOR ITS PART, SKY CITY SAYS IT'S DOUBLING HOST RESPONSIBILITY STAFF TO IDENTIFY PROBLEM GAMBLERS AND AIMING IT'S MARKETING MORE AT INTERNATIONAL HIGH ROLLERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL SPEND $30,000, $40,000 A WEEKEND ON A MACHINE. SO YOU ARE ONLY TAKING MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT? WELL, OBVIOUSLY SOME PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT. HAVE YOU BEEN TO SKY CITY LATELY? (LAUGHS) THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE IN THE CASINO ARE LOCAL PEOPLE SITTING BEHIND THOSE MACHINES. SKY CITY WILL RUN THE CONVENTION CENTRE FOR 35 YEARS, AND IT SHOULD BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS BY 2017 LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE REACTED FURIOUSLY TO THE DEAL, DESCRIBING IT AS SHONKY AND IRRESPONSIBLE. BUT THE GREENS AND LABOUR APPEAR DIVIDED OVER WHETHER THEY WOULD OVERTURN THE NEW GAMBLING LEGISLATION NEEDED FOR THE CENTRE IF THEY GOT INTO POWER. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. THE CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL'S ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS A POLITICAL GAMBLE FOR NATIONAL. BUT JOHN KEY THINKS IT'S A SAFE BET WITH VOTERS. MY VIEW OF THE SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE IS IT WILL BE ANOTHER THING WELCOME BY A LOT OF NZERS. SOME WILL, OF COURSE, BE OPPOSED. A LOT WILL BE IN FAVOUR, AND MANY WILL BE QUITE AMBIVALENT. FOR THE OPPOSITION, IT'S AN OUTRAGE. IT'S BEEN DONE BEHIND THE SCENES. IT'S BEEN A SHONKY DEAL, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN NOW IS OBVIOUSLY SKY CITY COMING OUT WITH A SWEETHEART DEAL THAT GUARANTEE THEM MASSIVE PROFITS FOR THE NEXT 35 YEARS. VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON SOCIAL HAZARDS, SUCH AS GAMBLING, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO. THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE VOTING AGAINST THAT SORT OF LEGISLATION. PARTICULARLY GALLING FOR THE OPPOSITION IS A PROVISION THAT WOULD SEE SKY CITY COMPENSATED BY TAXPAYERS, SHOULD A FUTURE GOVERNMENT REVERSE GAMBLING LAW CONCESSIONS WON FOR BUILDING THE CENTRE. THE COMPENSATION CLAUSE WOULD APPLY FOR 35 YEARS ` THE LENGTH OF THE DEAL. WE'RE ASKING THEM TO MAKE AN UPFRONT INVESTMENT OF $402M TO BUILD THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, AND IT TAKES THEM 35 YEARS TO GET, EFFECTIVELY, THE BENEFIT OUT THAT, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE CALLING SKY CITY AND JOHN KEY ON THEIR BLUFF. WE CAN ` AND WE WILL ` LEGISLATE TO REPEAL THIS DIRTY DEAL. LABOUR, HOWEVER, IS PLAYING ITS CARDS CLOSER TO ITS CHEST. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINE PRINT. I'M NOT GOING SAY RIGHT NOW WHAT WE WILL OR WON'T DO. DESPITE THE MAORI PARTY'S OPPOSITION TO THAT DEAL, THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE THE NUMBERS IN PARLIAMENT TO PASS LEGISLATION. ACT AND UNITED FUTURE TODAY CONFIRMED THEY WILL SUPPORT IT. BUILDING OF THE CENTRE IS DUE TO START DURING ELECTION YEAR NEXT YEAR. JOHN KEY IS CLEARLY CONFIDENT ITS CONSTRUCTION WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN HIS HAND COME THE CAMPAIGN. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. DISGRACED NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE IS GOING DOWN SWINGING. JUST AHEAD OF HIS FINAL SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT TOMORROW, HE'S SENT OUT TEXTS THREATENING UTU OR REVENGE TO PEOPLE HE FEELS HAVE AIDED HIS DOWNFALL. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. AARON GILMORE'S LEAVING THE HALLS OF POWER, BUT HE'S NOT GOING QUIETLY, SENDING TEXTS THREATENING REVENGE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE HE FEELS WRONGED BY. CAMERON SLATER WAS FORWARDED THIS TEXT FROM THE MP SAYING: I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT A CURRENT MP WOULD PUT IN WRITING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A THREAT TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE BEEN TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOUR. A TEXT WAS ALSO SENT TO ANDREW RICHES, THE DINNER GUEST WHO APOLOGISED TO THE WAITER FOR MR GILMORE'S BEHAVIOUR AT THE HERITAGE HOTEL. ANDREW RICHES CONFIRMED TO ONE NEWS HE RECEIVED A TEXT FROM AARON GILMORE, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THE NATURE OF THAT MESSAGE. AARON GILMORE IS SET TO COME TO PARLIAMENT TOMORROW TO DELIVER HIS FINAL ADDRESS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS HE'S NOT WORRIED THE MP IS LOOKING FOR REVENGE. NO, I'M NOT CONCERNED BY THAT. HE'S FREE TO PUT IN HIS SPEECH WHAT HE LIKES. HAS ANYONE BEEN VETTING THAT WITH HIM? NOT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, NO. SO, WILL MR GILMORE BE MISSED? I DON'T KNOW THAT AARON CONTRIBUTED HUGELY TO THE PARLIAMENT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT HE'S BEEN HERE, BUT THAT'S NATIONAL FOR YOU ` NEXT ON NATIONAL'S LIST IS CLAUDETTE HAUITI. SHE'S CONFIRMED TO ONE NEWS SHE'S KEEN TO TAKE UP THE JOB. THE FORMER BROADCASTER WORKED AS WILLIE JACKSON'S PRODUCER FOR SIX YEARS. THE THING WITH CLAUDETTE IS SHE TICKS ALL THE BOXES ` GAY, MAORI, WORKING CLASS, BUSINESS. BUT IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE SHE'S SITTING IN AARON GILMORE'S CHAIR. HE HAS TO OFFICIALLY EXIT FIRST. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. 19 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND INJURED DURING A MOTHER'S DAY PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS. AMONG THE WOUNDED WERE TWO CHILDREN, WHO WERE GRAZED BY BULLETS. POLICE SAY THE REASONS FOR THE SHOOTING AREN'T CLEAR. IT APPEARS THAT THESE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE JUST STARTED SHOOTING AT, TOWARDS OR IN THE CROWD. IT WAS OVER IN JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. POLICE WERE EVERYWHERE. POLICE ARE APPEALING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO IDENTIFY THE GUNMEN BUT SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THOSE RESPONSIBLE WILL BE ARRESTED. NZ COMPANY ZESPRI, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST KIWIFRUIT EXPORTER, IS BEING ACCUSED OF 'HOODWINKING' THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. THIS COMES FROM A CHINESE IMPORTER JAILED 13 YEARS IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING. HE'S NOW APPEALING HIS SENTENCE, SAYING ZESPRI WAS THE PRIMARY OFFENDER. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS EXCLUSIVE DETAILS. XIONGJIE LIU PLEADED GUILTY TO CRIMINAL SMUGGLING IN CHINA LAST YEAR. NOW HE'S FIGHTING HIS SENTENCE, CLAIMING KIWIFRUIT COMPANY ZESPRI IS THE REAL CULPRIT. RELATIVES IN NZ SAY HE ONLY ADMITTED GUILT TO GET OUT OF JAIL. TO BASICALLY GET OUT ON BAIL SO HE COULD BE WITH MY GRANDFATHER, HIS FATHER, FOR HIS LAST DAYS, BECAUSE MY GRANDFATHER WAS PASSING AWAY. ONE NEWS HAS RECEIVED TRANSLATED COURT DOCUMENTS FROM MR LIU'S APPEAL HEARING IN CHINA, IN WHICH HIS LAWYERS ARGUE OFFICIALS: ZESPRI SAYS IT CAN'T COMMENT ON THE CASE, AS IT'S STILL BEFORE THE CHINESE COURTS. A ZESPRI SUBSIDIARY IS STILL AWAITING AN APPEAL HEARING AFTER IT WAS FINED NEARLY $1M IN MARCH FOR SMUGGLING. IN A BACKGROUND DOCUMENT PROVIDED TO ONE NEWS, ZESPRI SAYS MR LIU IS AN IMPORTER. HE BOUGHT FRUIT FROM ZESPRI AND SOLD IT IN CHINA. MR LIU'S LAWYERS DISAGREE. THEY SAY HE WAS AN AGENT WHO SOLD FRUIT ON BEHALF OF ZESPRI, WORKING ON COMMISSION. MY UNCLE DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY TO DO IT OR NOT TO DO IT. ZESPRI HAS THE FINAL CALL. IF THEY TOLD MY UNCLE, 'WE'VE GOT TO PAY MORE TAX, PAY LESS TAX,' MY UNCLE WOULD DO SO. THE WAY IN CHINA, THE CHINESE BUSINESSMAN OPERATES IS TO SATISFY HIS SUPPLIER ON ALL GROUNDS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. HE SAYS ZESPRI'S MAKING HIS UNCLE A SCAPEGOAT. THE MOMENT MY UNCLE GOT PUT INTO JAIL, WE'VE BASICALLY HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, AND THEY'VE NEVER TOLD US HOW WE SHOULD APPROACH IT OR WHATEVER. IF THE CHINESE COURT AGREES, MR LIU'S 13-YEAR SENTENCE COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED, AND ZESPRI COULD FACE FURTHER PENALTIES. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. THE BODIES OF FOUR YOUNG MEN KILLED IN A FATAL POLICE PURSUIT IN SOUTH AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES. THEY DIED AFTER THE CAR THEY WERE TRAVELLING IN CRASHED INTO A PARKED UTE SATURDAY MORNING. POST-MORTEMS ON DOMINIC STEHLIN, GEORGE LOMIA, UESETINI TOOTOO AND VIANE GAGA ARE NOW COMPLETE. THEIR FUNERALS WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK. NEXT TIME YOU REACH FOR A SMARTPHONE OR LAPTOP, SPARE A THOUGHT FOR YOUR SPINE. BAD POSTURE'S ON THE INCREASE IN NZ, AND SMALL TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING BLAMED. MEGAN MARTIN MET A DUNEDIN PHYSIOTHERAPIST WHOSE AWARD-WINNING DESIGN COULD HELP WITH THE ISSUE. THERE'S A GROWING PROBLEM PERMEATING OUR POPULATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY HUNCHED. THAT PROBLEM IS POSTURE. WHAT I'M SEEING THESE DAYS ARE TEENAGERS, STILL IN THEIR TEENS, WITH THE CURVED SPINE OF A 70-YEAR-OLD DOWAGER'S HUMP. STEVE AUGUST HAS BEEN A PHYSIOTHERAPIST FOR 30 YEARS. HE'S SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN HUNCHING OVER THE PAST FIVE. WHAT YOU OUGHT TO SEE IS YOUR EAR LOBES SITTING ROUGHLY ABOVE THE QUAD OF YOUR SHOULDER. WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE IF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH THE BACK OF THE HEAD POSITIONED IN FRONT OF THE CHEST, WHICH IS JUST EXTREME. IT SEEMS THAT SMARTPHONES, TABLETS AND LAPTOPS HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR. RESEARCH SUGGEST THAT MORE THAN 600,000 NZERS HAVE NECK OR UPPER BACK PAIN RIGHT NOW. SOME PHYSIOS SAY THAT HUNCHING OVER SMALL TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THIS IS DRIVING THAT PROBLEM. THE ISSUE HERE IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR PROLONGED USE. THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR SHORT-INTERVAL USE. HOWEVER` BUT PEOPLE ARE USING THEM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WHAT YOU SEE THESE DAYS WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IS SO MUCH MORE HUNCHING, BECAUSE YOU CAN NO LONGER SEPARATE THE SCREEN FROM THE KEYBOARD. IN AN EFFORT TO CURB THE ISSUE, STEVE AUGUST INVENTED THIS ` THE BACK POD. BASICALLY, YOU NEED AN EXTERNAL FORCE TO STRETCH OUT THE SPINE. THE SIMPLE IDEA HAS NOW WON HIM AN INTERNATIONAL RED DOT PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD. IT'S USING THE PATIENT'S BODY WEIGHT AS THE FORCE TO STRETCH OUT THE SPINE. HE'S HOPING HIS DESIGN WILL GO SOME WAY TO STRAIGHTENING KIWIS OUT. MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` HE'S TRUSTED BY THE TALIBAN. IN PAKISTAN, THERE'S JUBILATION AS THE MAN KNOWN AS THE LION OF LAHORE IS ELECTED AS THE COUNTRY'S NEW LEADER. GUNMEN OPEN FIRE ON A MOTHER'S DAY PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS, AND POLICE CLOSE IN ON ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST WANTED MEN TINKLING MUSIC Did you know there's a way to set up your smartphone so that your favourite websites are just a click away? You can create a list of bookmarks or create shortcuts straight to your home screen so there's no need to type in the entire website address every time. Whenever you're on a web page that you like, add a bookmark, and that way you'll end up with a list of your favourites. So now you can just open your bookmarks list and click once to revisit any of those sites. And for the websites that you visit the most often, it's really handy to choose the 'add shortcut to home screen' option. That way you don't even have to open your internet browser. You can just click the icon, and it takes you straight there. Whether you just like to get things done fast or you're prone to typos, bookmarks and shortcuts are really useful. Each web browser works a bit differently, but the principle is the same, so have a go and find out how they work on your smartphone. Or I'll give you a step-by-step demo at techinasec.co.nz FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF HAS DECLARED VICTORY, FOLLOWING A HISTORIC ELECTION MARRED BY WEEKS OF DEADLY VIOLENCE. THE TWO-TERM LEADER HELD PAKISTAN'S HIGHEST OFFICE TWICE IN THE 90S UNTIL HE WAS EXILED AFTER A MILITARY UPRISING IN 1999. THE BBC'S ORLA GEURIN REPORTS. MAKING HIS COMEBACK BY BUS. NAWAZ SHARIF IN LAHORE ON POLLING DAY. COMMUTERS RUSH TO THANK HIM FOR THE CITY'S NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM. WHEN HE OVERTHROWN BY THE MILITARY 14 YEARS AGO, FEW HERE SHED ANY TEARS. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER WAS ARRESTED, JAILED AND EXILED TO SAUDI ARABIA. HE RETURNED TRIUMPHANT IN 2007. SINCE THEN, POLITICAL ANALYSTS SAY THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER HAS GROWN OLDER AND WISER. HE MATURED A BIT LATE. HE MOVED TO THE CENTRE A BIT LATE, BUT HE DID MOVE. OUTSIDE HIS HEADQUARTERS, THE PARTY FAITHFUL ARE HOPING FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE MAN THEY CALL 'THE LION OF LAHORE'. WHILE NAWAZ SHARIF'S SUPPORTERS ARE CELEBRATING THE SCALE OF HIS VICTORY, THEIR LEADER IS UNDER NO ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD. WE HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE SCENES... HIS BED-RIDDEN RIVAL IMRAN KHAN SAID DEMOCRACY HAD BEEN STRENGTHENED HERE, THOUGH HE COMPLAINED OF ELECTION RIGGING. INDISTINCT SHOUTS BUT THE FOCUS IS NOW ON NAWAZ SHARIF, WHO STANDS ACCUSED BY SOME OF PANDERING TO ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS, AND BEING SOFT ON HARD-LINERS. A SENIOR OFFICIAL FROM HIS PARTY TOLD US HE IS TRUSTED BY THE AFGHAN TALIBAN, AND THAT COULD HELP THE WEST. YOU WILL FIND HELP HIM AS A GOOD PARTNER, WHO YOU CAN USE TO REACH THEM AND COME TO A REASONABLE UNDERSTANDING WITH THEM SO THAT YOUR EXIT IN 2014 BECOMES MUCH MORE EASY. FOR PAKISTAN, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER UNDER A LEADER WHO HAS FLOUNDERED BEFORE. SUPPORTERS INSIST IT WILL BE A CASE OF THIRD TIME LUCKY. THE TALIBAN'S CAMPAIGN TO DISRUPT THE ELECTION FAILED TO IMPACT ON THE FINAL TURNOUT, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS. TURKEY SAYS IT WILL NOT BE DRAWN INTO SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR, DESPITE TWIN CAR BOMBINGS KILLING NEARLY 50 PEOPLE IN A TURKISH BORDER TOWN. FUNERALS HAVE BEEN HELD IN REYHANLI FOR THE VICTIMS, WHO WERE MOSTLY TURKS, BUT INCLUDED SOME SYRIAN REFUGEES. SYRIA DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACKS. BUT LOCALS SAY THEY'VE BECOME TARGETS BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS ARE TAKING REFUGE IN THE TOWN. CELL PHONE FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT CLEVELAND POLICE BROKE INTO A HOME WHERE THREE WOMEN HAD BEEN IMPRISONED FOR 10 YEARS HAS EMERGED. THE BROTHERS OF THEIR ALLEGED CAPTOR HAVE ALSO SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THE ACCUSED AND HIS ALLEGED CRIMES. ABC'S ALEX PEREZ WITH THIS. OUR FIRST GLIMPSE AT THOSE TENSE MOMENTS WHEN CLEVELAND POLICE PRIED OPEN THE FRONT DOOR OF ARIEL CASTRO'S HOME, FREEING GINA DEJESUS AND MICHELLE KNIGHT. IT ALL UNFOLDS JUST MOMENTS AFTER AMANDA BERRY AND HER DAUGHTER (6) ESCAPED AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET. WHEN I TURN MY CAMERA, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AMANDA, I THINK. THERE SHE GOES. THAT'S HER HOLDING THE BABY, RIGHT? TODAY WE HEARD THE WOMEN ARE SPENDING THEIR FIRST MOTHER'S DAY IN 10 YEARS WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. FOR THE GENEROUS ASSISTANCE AND LOVING SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY, WE ARE ALSO HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THE WOMEN THEMSELVES. IN A STATEMENT, DEJESUS SAYS... KNIGHT WRITES... BERRY SAYING... HER GRANDFATHER MAKING THE DRIVE FROM TENNESSEE TO SEE HER. BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED, HE HAD PROMISED HER THIS DALE EARNHARDT EDITION CHEVY MONTE CARLO. TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROM ARIEL CASTRO'S BROTHERS, WHO WERE INITIALLY ARRESTED WITH HIM BUT WERE RELEASED. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN, ONIL AND PEDRO CASTRO SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THEIR BROTHER'S HOME. I COULDN'T NEVER THINK OF DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF I KNEW, I WOULD'VE REPORTED IT ` BROTHER OR NO BROTHER. PUBLIC ANGER HAS FORCED SOME CASTRO FAMILY MEMBERS INTO HIDING FOLLOWING THE ARREST OF ARIEL CASTRO. ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST WANTED MEN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN A DRAMATIC RAID IN SPAIN. ARMED POLICE SURROUNDED ANDREW MORAN AS HE LAY POOLSIDE IN HIS LUXURY APARTMENT. THE 31-YEAR-OLD TRIED TO FLEE, BUT WAS SWIFTLY CAPTURED. HE'S BEEN ON THE RUN FOR FOUR YEARS SINCE BREAKING OUT OF COURT WHILE HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR ARMED ROBBERY. WINTER WEATHER TIME NOW, AND A BIT MURKY IN SOME PLACES THIS MORNING, KAREN? YEAH, QUITE A FEW AREAS OF MIST, FOG OR LOW CLOUD HUNG AROUND MOST OF THE DAY IN CHRISTCHURCH. GOT A LARGE HIGH SITTING OVER US, AND FOG AND FROST FAIRLY TYPICAL OF AUTUMN HIGHS. ALSO, SOME ABOVE-AVERAGE HIGHS RECORDED THIS AFTERNOON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR TUESDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` A MASSIVE MAKEOVER FOR A QUAKE-DAMAGED SCHOOL. A TSUNAMI OF ICE SLAMS INTO A LAKESIDE COMMUNITY CRUSHING HOMES. # PLANET EARTH IS BLUE, AND THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO... # AND FROM FAR FAR AWAY, THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FILMED IN SPACE. MUSIC CONTINUES 1 OWNERS OF THE TIWAI POINT ALUMINIUM SMELTER HAVE APPEALED A RULING THAT FOUND WORKERS THERE HAD BEEN UNDERPAID HOLIDAY LEAVE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY RULED THAT WORKERS HAD BEEN ONLY BEEN GIVEN EIGHT HOURS IN LIEU FOR A 12-HOUR SHIFT. THE EPMU, WHO REPRESENTED THE WORKERS, ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE SMELTER'S ACTIONS. WE THINK THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY WAS VERY CLEAR IN ITS DETERMINATION THAT THERE'S AN ENTITLEMENT OWED TO THESE GUYS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS, AND THE COMPANY SHOULD JUST HONOUR THAT. THE UNION HAS RUBBISHED CLAIMS THAT A PAYOUT COULD JEOPARDISE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE SMELTER. FIRE OFFICIALS BELIEVE A BLAZE AT AN AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THIS MORNING STARTED IN A CAFETERIA COOKING VAT. SMOKE BILLOWED OUT OF THE EPSOM CAMPUS AS STAFF AND STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED. 10 FIRE APPLIANCES ATTENDED THE BLAZE. JUST BLACK SMOKE OUT OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN WE HEARD SIRENS, AND THEN PEOPLE COMING OUT, RUSHING HOME. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAND IN ASSIGNMENTS TODAY, SO... I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK. THE FIRE IS NOW UNDER CONTROL, AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE MOVED IN TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED IT. AROUND 800 WELLINGTON COMMUTERS WERE LEFT STRANDED THIS MORNING AFTER SAFETY CONCERNS KEPT SOME OF ITS BUS FLEET OFF THE ROAD. 11 GO WELLINGTON BUSES FAILED ROUTINE SAFETY CHECKS BY THE POLICE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION UNIT, WHICH, COMBINED WITH A POWER CUT, FORCED 24 SERVICES TO BE CANCELLED THIS MORNING. NZ BUS SAYS THE DELAYS MAY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS THE BUSES ARE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARD. THE CROWN HAS CLOSED ITS CASE IN THE HIGH COURT TRIAL OF NIKKI ROPER, CHARGED WITH MURDERING A YOUNG MOTHER IN 2010. THE 24-YEAR-OLD CHRISTCHURCH MAN DENIES CHARGES OF MURDERING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND BY STRANGLING HER OR DROWNING HER IN A POT OF WATER. EVIDENCE GIVEN TODAY SAID THE LIKELY CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ASPHYXIATION, BUT FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS TOLD THE COURT THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR THAT TO BE CERTAIN. BOTH SIDES WILL GIVE CLOSING ARGUMENTS TOMORROW, BEFORE THE JURY RETIRES TO CONSIDER ITS VERDICT. A CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL'S PLANNING A MUCH WARMER WINTER THIS YEAR. GONE ARE THE POST-QUAKE TENTS AT ST MARGARET'S COLLEGE, AND IN THEIR PLACE A BRAND NEW GYM, AUDITORIUM AND CHAPEL ` THE FIRST MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OF ITS KIND IN THE REBUILDING CITY. JOY REID HAS THE DETAILS. OPEN DAY VISITS HAD A NEW STOP ON THE TOUR TODAY ` A BRAND SPANKING NEW FACILITY HOUSING A GYM AND AUDITORIUM-CUM-CHAPEL. IT'S REALLY THREE FIRSTS FOR THE CITY SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE ` THE FIRST GYMNASIUM, THE FIRST CHURCH, AND THE FIRST AUDITORIUM AND PERFORMANCE BASE, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING IT WITH CHRISTCHURCH. IT'S ACTUALLY SO COOL. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE. WE ALL WALKED IN THERE AND WERE JUST LIKE, 'WHOA.' 80% OF THE SCHOOL'S BUILDINGS WERE LOST IN THE QUAKES, BUT THE SCHOOL STAYED OPEN. BUT IT WAS REALLY TOUCH AND GO FOR A WHILE. AND FOR TWO YEARS, PE LESSONS AND SCHOOL CHAPEL HAVE BEEN HELD IN A TENT. WE USED TO GO INTO THE TENT EVERY DAY, AND COLD DAYS, IT'S SO FREEZING, WRAPPING UP WARM. NOW WE CAN JUST GO IN HERE. THE GYM'S WARM, DOORS, BUILDINGS. THE NEW 7000M2 BUILDING IS HIGH-SPEC. IT MEETS INTERNATIONAL NETBALL AND BASKETBALL STANDARDS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY HAS OVER 150 PILES THEY RECKON IF THERE WAS EVER ANOTHER SHAKE IN CHRISTCHURCH, THE WHOLE TOWN WOULD BE IN HERE. THE BUILDING WAS ONLY FINISHED LAST NIGHT, NOT EVEN 24 HOURS BEFORE THE $11.3M FACILITY WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. BUT WITH 38 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS STILL TO REPLACE, IT'LL BE A WORKSITE HERE FOR SOMETIME YET. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. A FREAK WALL OF ICE HAS SLID OVERLAND, CRASHING INTO AND DESTROYING HOMES IN A LAKESIDE COMMUNITY IN CANADA. RESIDENTS HAD JUST MINUTES TO GRAB BELONGINGS AND FLEE TO SAFETY. THE ABC'S GINGER ZEE HAS MORE. UNBELIEVABLE IMAGES AFTER A TSUNAMI-LIKE WAVE OF ICE ENGULFED A LAKESIDE COMMUNITY IN MANITOBA, CANADA. BANG. THE ICE CAME RIGHT THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM HERE. HE SAID, 'GRAB YOUR PURSE. GRAB WHATEVER YOU CAN. 'GET THE KEYS. WE'VE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE.' THE TERRIFYING WAVE SMASHED INTO AN TOPPLED TWO-STOREY HOMES; MORE THAN A DOZEN DESTROYED. AND I SAW THE ICE JUST COMING, JUST MOVING SO QUICKLY. IT'S CALLED AN ICE HEAVE, OR SOMETIMES AN ICE SHOVE, AND IT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND TOO. WOMAN: NICKY! IT JUST BUSTED THROUGH OUR DOOR OVER HERE! ALL THE WAY THROUGH! THE DOOR'S CAVING. DARLA JOHNSON GOT IT ALL ON CAMERA. OH MY GOD. YOU HEAR THAT? NICKY, IT'S STILL MOVING INTO THAT HOUSE. JOHNSON HIT RECORD AS HER FAMILY WATCHED THE WAVE OF ICE CREEP TO THEIR HOME ON LAKE MILLE LACS IN MINNESOTA. IT'S PUSHING FORWARD. THIS IS CRAZY. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT IT FROM ABOVE. YOU CAN SEE THE IMPOSING WAVE-LIKE STRUCTURE, AT SOME POINTS 3FT DEEP, PUSHED RIGHT INTO THEIR BACK DOOR. THE HOW IS SIMPLE. IT ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE THE ICE ON THE LAKE WAS MELTING. A STRONG NORTH-WEST WIND HAD TAKEN THAT ICE AND SHOVED IT ON TO LAND. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. LOOK AT THIS PHOTO ` ICE PILED HIGH ON THAT SAME LAKE BACK IN 1996. AND JUST A NOTE ` THAT WALL OF ICE IN CANADA WAS UP TO 9M HIGH IN SOME PLACES. ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD'S RETURNING TO EARTH TOMORROW AFTER MAKING HISTORY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HE'S RECORDED THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO IN SPACE ` A COVER OF DAVID BOWIE'S 'SPACE ODDITY'. # THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM. # YOU'VE REALLY MADE THE GRADE. # AND THE PAPERS WANT TO KNOW WHOSE SHIRTS YOU WEAR. # BUT IT'S TIME GUIDE THE CAPSULE, IF YOU DARE. # THE CANADIAN HAS ALTERED SOME OF THE SONG'S LYRICS, AND HIS VERSION DOESN'T HAVE A SAD ENDING. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` HUNDREDS OF PARENTS ARE RELIEVED THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE TONIGHT, AFTER AN ARMED OFFENDERS STAND-OFF. TWO AUCKLAND SCHOOLS ` ALBANY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND KRISTIN SCHOOL ` WERE LOCKED DOWN AS POLICE SURROUNDED A NEARBY HOUSE. BUT THE WANTED MAN WAS LATER TRACKED DOWN TO A NEARBY BEACH. A DEAL FOR SKY CITY TO FUND A CONVENTION CENTRE IN AUCKLAND STILL DEPENDS ON THE CASINO OBTAINING RESOURCE CONSENT AND BUYING LAND. SKY CITY HAS AGREED TO MEET THE FULL PROJECT COST OF JUST OVER $400M. IN RETURN, THE GOVERNMENT'S ALLOWING THE CASINO TO RUN 230 MORE POKIE MACHINES, 52 EXTRA GAMING TABLES AND EXTENDED ITS LICENCE TO OPERATE TO 2048. DISGRACED NATIONAL MP AARON GILMORE WILL BE MAKING HIS FINAL SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT TOMORROW. ACCORDING TO TEXTS SENT FROM HIS PHONE, THE MP'S PROMISING REVENGE AGAINST THOSE WHO'VE WRONGED HIM. MEANWHILE, FORMER BROADCASTER CLAUDETTE HAUITI HAS CONFIRMED SHE'S KEEN TO REPLACE HIM ON NATIONAL'S LIST. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND TIGER'S AURA IS RETURNING. TIGER SCORES WIN NUMBER 78 ON THE US PGA TOUR. NOW, THIS IS A HOLE THAT CLAIMS 120,000 BALLS A YEAR. IF YOU HAD A SHOCKER OVER THE WEEKEND, SERGIO GARCIA FEELS YOUR PAIN. PLUS, RUGBY'S PLAYER WORKLOAD IS BACK ON THE AGENDA, WHILE THE CHIEFS MISS OUT ON BRINGING HOME A FORMER ALL BLACK. AND SIR ALEX CELEBRATES AMONGST HIS OWN. SO WHY WASN'T WAYNE ROONEY PLAYING ON SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DAY? FIRST UP TONIGHT TO GOLF, AND TIGER WOODS HAS CLINCHED THE SPORT'S BIGGEST PAYDAY, JUST FOUR WEEKS OUT FROM THE NEXT MAJOR OF THE YEAR ` THE US OPEN. TIGER'S WON THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP IN FLORIDA AND $2M. HE STOOD FIRM IN THE LAST ROUND AS OTHERS FELL APART. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. TIGER WOODS WAS UP BY TWO BEFORE HIS TEE SHOT AT THE 14TH. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE HAS ONLY HIT THIS FAIRWAY 10 TIMES FROM HIS LAST 30 ATTEMPTS, AND TODAY WASN'T GOING TO BE NUMBER 11. OH MY GOSH. HIS DOUBLE BOGEY WAS JUST WHAT THE CHASING PACK NEEDED. SERGIO GARCIA WAS THE FIRST TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE. SO A COUPLE OF BIRDIES, AND THIS WHOLE THING IS STARTING TO CHANGE. JEFF MAGGERT WAS ALSO IN THE HUNT WITH BIRDIES AT 10 AND 11. KEEPING HIS HOPES ALIVE OF BECOMING THE OLDEST CHAMPION HERE AT THE AGE OF 49. SWEDE DAVID LINGMERTH (26) WAS LOOKING IMPRESSIVE ON DEBUT. CROWD CHEERS HE'S SAYING, 'HEY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.' BUT AT SAWGRASS, YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE 17TH ` THE INFAMOUS ISLAND GREEN WHERE NO LEAD IS SAFE. MAGGERT WAS THE FIRST TO STUMBLE. SPLASH! OOH! GARCIA HAD A MELTDOWN. SPLASH! NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. THE HOLE THAT HELPED HIM CLAIM HIS 2008 TITLE COST HIM THIS YEAR'S ONE. LINGMERTH SURVIVED 17, ONLY TO COME APART AT 18, MISSING THIS BIRDIE PUTT AND HAVING TO SETTLE FOR A BOGEY. OOH! WOODS WAS THE ONLY LEADER TO MAKE PAR ON THE FINAL TWO HOLES, ENOUGH TO SECURE VICTORY. FOR SOME REASON, TODAY I HIT IT REALLY WELL, EXCEPT FOR THAT TEE SHOT AT 14. OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY PLAYED WELL TODAY. WELL ENOUGH FOR HIS 78TH PGA TOUR VICTORY, JUST FOUR WINS AWAY FROM SAM SNEAD'S ALL-TIME RECORD. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. EMOTIONS HAVE RUN HIGH AT OLD TRAFFORD IN MANCHESTER, AS THE MAN WITH THE BEST CV IN FOOTBALL BID FAREWELL TO HIS HOMEGROUND AFTER 26 YEARS. SIR ALEX FERGUSON WAS GIVEN A GUARD OF HONOUR AHEAD OF MANCHESTER UNITED'S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST SWANSEA, FITTINGLY WON BY HIS TEAM IN THE DYING STAGES. FERDINAND! THE CHERRY ON THE ICING ON THE TOP OF THE CAKE. YOUR DAY, SIR ALEX. THE 2-1 WIN ALMOST PALED INTO INSIGNIFICANCE AS FERGIE COMPLETED HIS FINAL ACT AS MANAGER AT HOME, LIFTING THE PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY ON BEHALF OF HIS TEAM. MY RETIREMENT DOESN'T MEAN THE END OF MY LIFE AT THE CLUB. I'D BE ABLE TO, THOUGH, ENJOY WATCHING THEM, RATHER THAN SUFFER WITH THEM. SIR ALEX ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING PAUL SCHOLES. THE MOMENT WAS SOMEWHAT TARNISHED BY NEWS STRIKER WAYNE ROONEY HAS REQUESTED A TRANSFER FROM THE CLUB, WHICH UNITED HAS REJECTED. ROONEY WAS LEFT OUT OF THE TEAM TODAY. LISA CARRINGTON'S MADE AN IDEAL START TO HER INTERNATIONAL KAYAKING SEASON, MARKING HER FIRST WORLD CUP OF THE YEAR WITH VICTORY IN HUNGARY. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION CLAIMED GOLD IN THE K-1 200M DASH, BEATING HER NEAREST OPPONENT BY JUST TWO-HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND. I THINK LISA HAS IT BY THREE-HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND, MY GUESS. WE HAVE UNOFFICIAL CONFIRMATION THAT THE UNOFFICIAL WINNER WAS LISA CARRINGTON. CARRINGTON ALSO WON THE B FINAL IN THE 500M EVENT. HER NEXT WORLD CUP REGATTA IS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THIS WEEKEND. RUGBY'S AGE-OLD ISSUE OF PLAYER WORKLOAD HAS HIT THE HEADLINES AGAIN. THIS TIME IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED PLAYERS MIGHT NEED TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION TO FORCE CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL SCHEDULE, AS THEY BID FOR AN EXTENDED OFF-SEASON. STEPHEN STUART REPORTS. LIAM MESSAM HAS EVERY REASON TO FEEL WEARY AFTER 17 MATCHES FOR THE CHIEFS AND 11 TESTS LAST YEAR, AND ONLY ONE BYE SO FAR THIS SEASON. BUT THE 29-YEAR-OLD ACCEPTS THAT PUNISHING WORKLOAD IS WHAT TOP-LEVEL RUGBY DEMANDS. THAT'S WHAT DRIVES ME TO PLAY WEEK IN WEEK OUT, AND MAKING SURE I HAVE A GOOD RECOVERY, BECAUSE I'M GETTING A BIT OLDER. LOCK BRODIE RETALLICK WAS EVEN BUSIER, WHILE PLANS TO GIVE PLAYMAKER AARON CRUDEN A MUCH NEEDED BREATHER HAVE BEEN HAMSTRUNG BY THE CHIEFS' BACKLINE INJURY CRISIS. MONITORING THAT WEAR AND TEAR IS THE PLAYERS UNION, BUT ITS PUSH FOR MORE DOWNTIME FOR RUGBY STARS WON'T HAPPEN THIS SEASON. BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE COMPETITIONS AND COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ALL SORT OF COME TO A HEAD AT THE END OF 2015, SO FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RUGBY'S BEEN PROFESSIONAL, THERE LOOKS LIKE THERE COULD BE A TIME WHERE EVERYONE IS ASKING WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME. THE CHIEFS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK AND RECRUIT 31-YEAR-OLD TWO-TEST ALL BLACK CASEY LAULALA AS INJURY COVER FROM OFFSHORE. EVEN FORMER CHIEF STEPHEN DONALD WAS CONSIDERED. HE WAS ON THE LIST, BUT HE'S GOT A BIT OF AN ACHILLES, AND HE'S HEADING OFF TO JAPAN, SO HE WOULDN'T FIT THE REQUIREMENTS EITHER. WHILE THE COACHES COULD PROBABLY DO WITHOUT THE DISTRACTION OF THE ALL BLACKS' WIDER TRAINING GROUP SESSION NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS HOPES HE GETS INVITED BACK. MUCH BETTER ON AND OFF THE FIELD, I RECKON. OBVIOUSLY, I HAD A SLOW START EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT I'M GOOD TO GO NOW. EXPECT THE OTHER BIG BEN ` AFEAKAI ` TO BE NAMED IN THE 35-MAN WTG TOMORROW, DESPITE MISSING TRAINING TODAY WITH AN INFECTED FOOT. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. RICHARD KAHUI IS DETERMINED TO RETURN TO RUGBY IN SIX MONTHS, AFTER DECLARING HIS LATEST SHOULDER OPERATION A SUCCESS. THERE WERE FEARS THE 17-TEST ALL BLACK'S CAREER COULD BE OVER, BUT KAHUI IS STILL HOPING TO TAKE UP HIS JAPANESE CONTRACT LATER THIS YEAR. THEY'LL HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE, WHETHER THEY THINK I'M STILL WORTH IT, AND WHETHER THEY STILL WANT ME TO COME UP THERE AND PLAY. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL REALLY EAGER TO GET UP THERE AND PLAY. AND ALL BLACK NUMBER EIGHT KIERAN READ IS HOPEFUL OF RETURNING FOR THE CRUSADERS AGAINST THE BLUES THIS WEEKEND, AFTER MISSING THE PAST MONTH WITH AN INJURED TOE. DEFINITELY UP FOR THAT MATCH IS HALFBACK ANDY ELLIS, WHO'LL POST HIS 100TH SUPER RUGBY APPEARANCE. THE NATIONAL SEVENS SIDE HAS FINISHED OFF THE WORLD SERIES ON A HIGH, WINNING THE FINAL LEG IN LONDON. THE NZERS THUMPED AUSTRALIA IN THE CUP FINAL ` 47-12. THEIR SECOND TOURNAMENT WIN IN THE SERIES WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE, GIVEN THEY'D ALREADY WRAPPED UP THEIR 11TH WORLD TITLE. THE TEAM RETURNS HOME ON WEDNESDAY. THE MELBOURNE STORM HAVE SLUMPED TO A SECOND STRAIGHT NRL LEAGUE LOSS, STUNNED 12-8 BY THE PANTHERS IN PENRITH. A DAVID SIMMONS INTERCEP HAD THE PANTHERS ON THE PROWL, HIS SECOND GIVING THE HOSTS A 12-0 HALF-TIME LEAD. WALSH LOOKS AWAY.... NOW THERE'S ROOM. DEAN WHARE GIVES IT TO SIMMONS, WHO COPPED A BUMP, BUT WENT FOR A ONE-HANDED PUT-DOWN. A CRAIG BELLAMY BLAST BLEW THE STORM INTO ACTION, BUT THEIR FIGHTBACK WAS BROUGHT TO A CRASHING HALT, THE LOSS KNOCKING MELBOURNE OFF THE TOP OF THE TABLE. SOUTH SYDNEY IS NOW NUMBER ONE. THE SOUTHERN STEEL ARE NOW THE TOP NZ TEAM IN NETBALL'S TRAN-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP, AFTER A COMEBACK WIN AGAINST THE NORTHERN MYSTICS IN AUCKLAND. THE HOME SIDE OPTED FOR BAILEY MES AHEAD OF CATHRINE LATU IN THE SHOOTING CIRCLE, AND HELD A SLIM LEAD AT HALF TIME. BUT THEY COULDN'T KEEP THE SOUTHERNERS OUT. OH, NICE WORK. SHANNON FRANCOIS OVER THE TOP. HERE'S THE BIG BOMB. THE STEEL COASTING NOW. THE 73-63 WIN MOVES THE STEEL INTO FOURTH, TWO POINTS AHEAD OF THE MAGIC AND THE PULSE WHO PLAY EACH OTHER TONIGHT. TYRES ARE AGAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT IN FORMULA 1, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP BEING DUBBED 'THE COMPETITION TO FIND THE BEST SLOW DRIVER ON THE PLANET'. TYRE SUPPLIER PIRELLI HAS VOWED TO CHANGE THE COMPOUND AFTER A WHOPPING 79 PIT STOPS IN THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX. MOST DRIVERS STOPPED FOUR TIMES. FERRARI'S FERNANDO ALONSO MANAGED HIS RUBBER TO PERFECTION AFTER A SUPERB START. THE SPANIARD THRILLED HIS HOME CROWD WITH A DOMINANT VICTORY. THROUGH THE FINAL CORNER, HE IS WAVING TO THE CROWD ALREADY. FERNANDO ALONSO WINS THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX! FOURTH-PLACED SEBASTIAN VETTEL HAS A FOUR-POINT LEAD IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. TO TENNIS, AND RAFAEL NADAL HAS WON HIS FIFTH TENNIS TITLE SINCE RETURNING FROM KNEE INJURY IN FEBRUARY, CLAIMING THE MADRID OPEN IN STRAIGHT SETS AGAINST STANISLAS WAWRINKA. WORLD WOMEN'S NUMBER ONE SERENA WILLIAMS HAS THRASHED MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-1, 6-4 TO WIN HER 50TH CAREER TITLE AT THE SAME TOURNAMENT. WILLIAMS RACED THROUGH THE FIRST SET ON THE RED CLAY. AND WITH THE TOP RANKING AT STAKE, THE AMERICAN WASTED NO TIME IN FINISHING THE MATCH OFF IN STRAIGHT SETS. IF YOU REMEMBER DAVID TUA'S RISE TO THE TOP OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING, THEN JOSEPH PARKER'S UPCOMING FIGHT IN LAS VEGAS WILL HAVE A FAMILIAR RING. TRAINER KEVIN BARRY HAS THE RISING STAR ON LOCKDOWN, KEEPING HIM AWAY FROM VEGAS'S FAMED STRIP. HERE'S CRAIG STANAWAY. IF VEGAS IS SIN CITY, THEN THIS IS ITS CAPITAL BUILDING. THE MGM GRAND IS THE HOME OF WORLD CHAMPION BOXERS, AND LAST WEEK JOSEPH PARKER WAS ABLE TO SEE IN THE FLESH THE BEST POUND FOR POUND BOXER IN THE WORLD FIGHT ` ROBERT GURRERO. I'VE BEEN HERE 3 OR 4 WEEKS. I'VE ONLY BEEN TO THE MGM ONCE. I'VE BEEN IN ONE OTHER BUILDING ONCE, AND THAT'S IT. BUT IT'S COOL EXPERIENCING IT ONLY TWO BUILDINGS SO FAR. THAT'S BECAUSE KEVIN BARRY'S TRAINING HIM SO HARD HE'S TOO TIRED. I NEED YOU TO THROW THE PUNCHES. MAKE THE PACE. DAYS START AT 5.30AM. SIX DAYS A WEEK, THREE TIMES A DAY, AND IT'S ALL 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE STRIP WHICH PARKER CAN'T GET TO BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF VEGAS, BUT I THINK IT WILL CORRUPT MY BOXING. GET THAT SHOULDER UP HERE FOR THIS. PARKER IS SWAPPING VEGAS FOR LOS ANGELES THIS WEEK, FIGHTING KIWI BRYCE RITANI-COE ON FRIDAY AS A WARM-UP TO THE FRANCOIS BOTHA BOUT JUNE 13. IF HE DOES WHAT HE DID TODAY, KNOWS WHEN TO PUNCH, KNOWS WHEN TO MOVE, HE MIGHT NOT KNOCK FRANCOIS BOTHA OUT, BUT HE'LL BEAT HIM. THAT'S MUSIC TO THE EARS OF PARKER'S PROMOTERS WHO STAND TO LOSE UPWARDS OF $200,000 IF HE WAS TO LOSE THIS WEEK. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I BETTER, UM, YEAH. NAH, I'LL... YEAH. (LAUGHS) I WILL GET THE WIN. BOTH LAUGH NO PRESSURE, THEN. CRAIG STANAWAY, ONE NEWS, LAS VEGAS. ALL BLACKS WIDER TRAINING GROUP RELEASED TOMORROW MORNING. LOOK OUT FOR SEVERAL UNCAPPED PLAYERS TO BE INVOLVED. HIGHLANDERS PLAYERS AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST CAMP AT THE MOUNT. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN HAS A MAINLY FINE DAY ON THE WAY, BUT WARNS OF RAIN CLOUDS WAITING IN THE WINGS. Ah, what's this? A little discussion. Two entrenched views. A real-estate website. Oh, he wants a new home. Ah, but she has some ideas about renovating. Either way, I'm thinking they don't have a lot of spare time to get their loan, right? That's why ANZ has more home-loan specialists than any other bank, and they'll come to you. My money's on the renovation. LOVELY AUTUMN DAY FOR MOST PLACES TODAY. LOW CLOUD AND FOG PESTERED EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. NICE BIG HOLE IN THE SKY WHERE OUR HIGH IS SITTING. THE BRIGHTER ACTIVE FRONTAL CLOUD SKIRTING ROUND THE EDGES. LOOK CLOSELY. YOU CAN JUST MAKE OUT THE LOWER CLOUD PUSHING ON TO EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. KEPT IT A LITTLE GLOOMY THERE IN PLACES. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WATCHING NOW. LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FIRING UP NEAR TASMANIA. THAT LOOKS SET TO BRING IN SOME RAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. BUT FOR NOW, THE HIGH STAYS IN CHARGE, KEEPING THE WEATHER MAINLY FINE AND SETTLED. JUST THE USUAL BLEMISHES OF FOG AND FROST IN SHELTERED PARTS. CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH SOME RAIN OR DRIZZLE ABOUT THE FIORDS. SOME MORNING LOW CLOUD ABOUT THE EAST COAST, WITH SOME PATCHES OF DRIZZLE. BUT THAT'LL CLEAR, AND THEN IT'LL BE MAINLY FINE IN MOST PLACES INTO THE AFTERNOON, APART FROM THAT RAIN CONTINUING IN THE SOUTH-WEST. WEST TO NORTH-WEST WINDS IN THE SOUTH. LIGHT WINDS EVERYWHERE ELSE. A COOL START TO THE DAY FOR MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WITH SOME POCKETS OF FOG OR MIST BURNING OFF. LOTS OF SUNSHINE INTO THE AFTERNOON, WITH NOT MUCH WIND. JUST A FEW CLOUDS CATCHING THE FAR NORTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. SEE YOU TOMORROW.