GOOD EVENING. IT WAS FOGGY START TO THE DAY IN MANY AREAS, THEN LOTS OF AUTUMN SUNSHINE TO HELP CLEAR IT AWAY. MOSTLY DRY, WITH JUST A FEW SPLASHES IN THE FAR SOUTH. WE'VE GOT A COMPLEX TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE TASMAN, AND LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN THE RAIN CLOUDS WILL ARRIVE. 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. A BEAR GRYLLS CAN BEAR IT, BUT CAN YOU? A CALL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO EAT BUGS AND INSECTS TO FIGHT WORLD HUNGER. AND BACK DOWN TO EARTH ` THE SINGING SPACEMAN WHOSE FAME IS NOW REACHING THE STRATOSPHERE. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. 'I'M NOT SURRENDERING; I'M RETREATING.' THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM DISGRACED MP AARON GILMORE IN HIS FINAL ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT. THE MP RESIGNED AT THE WEEKEND, AFTER MOUNTING PRESSURE FROM HIS PARTY, d AND ADMITS HE'S MADE 8 A LOT OF STUPID MISTAKES. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. FINALLY, TO THE ONE I LOVE, BABE, I'M COMING HOME. APPLAUSE AND WITH THAT, A POLITICAL CAREER HAS ENDED. THE DISGRACED MP WAS COMFORTED AFTER HIS FINAL ACT AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ` AFTER TAKING A SWIPE AT THE MEDIA. THE STRESS OF DEALING WITH A MEDIA FRENZY AS I HAVE OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS IS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANYONE OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE. YESTERDAY, TEXTS FROM THE MP THREATENING UTU OR REVENGE EMERGED, BUT TODAY HE HELD HIS TONGUE. AT TIMES, MY ANGER HAS BEEN SUCH THAT I HAVE CONTEMPLATED UTU FAIR TO SAY, MR SPEAKER, IT WOULD NOT DIGNIFY THIS HOUSE OR ME TO USE UNSEEMLY WORDS AGAINST OTHERS IN MY FINAL SPEECH HERE. THE MP FRONTED UP TO THE NATIONAL CAUCUS MEETING. HE ONLY STAYED FOR A FEW MINUTES. WE HEARD APPLAUSE THROUGH THE CLOSED DOORS, AND THEN HE WAS OFF. HE REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IT ALL STARTED WITH A NIGHT OUT AT THE HERITAGE HOTEL AND A RUN-IN WITH A WAITER. THEN EMAILS EMERGED WITH THREATENING LANGUAGE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THIS IS THE END OF THE STORY. I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE DIGNIFIED. CLEARLY, HE'S HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON THE ISSUES OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS. HE HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH. CERTAINLY THAT'S THE OPINION HE'S ALWAYS GIVEN ME WHEN I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM IN THE PAST. THE OPPOSITION DIDN'T OBJECT TO AARON GILMORE MAKING A SPEECH. IN FACT, THEY SEEMED TO BE QUITE ENJOYING IT. WE'LL BE THERE WILL OUR POPCORN AND COKE, AND LIKE YOU, WAITING FOR WHAT HE'S GOT TO SAY. THE SPECTACLE ONLY LASTED FIVE MINUTES. BUT TODAY I'M NOT SURRENDERING. I'M RETREATING. I'M SORRY I DID NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. HE'S NOW BOWING OUT OF POLITICS. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. THE CHANGES TO THE MMP VOTING SYSTEM WANTED BY MORE THAN A MILLION NZERS HAVE BEEN IGNORED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE PROPOSED OVERHAUL, FOLLOWING A REFERENDUM, INCLUDED GETTING RID OF THE SO-CALLED COAT-TAILING CLAUSE AND REDUCING THE 5% THRESHOLD A PARTY NEEDS TO GET INTO PARLIAMENT. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN EXPLAINS. ALMOST 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE TICKED THE BOX AT THE LAST ELECTION THAT SAID 'KEEP MMP, BUT OVERHAUL IT.' SO DOES THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR WISHES? NO. HI THERE. IN OCTOBER, THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE GOVERNMENT MAKE A RANGE OF CHANGES TO MMP THAT INCLUDE LOWERING THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTES NEEDED TO GET INTO PARLIAMENT FROM 5% TO 4%, AND TO END COAT-TAILING ` THAT'S THE CLAUSE ALLOWING PARTIES THAT WIN ONE ELECTORATE SEAT TO BRING IN EXTRA MPS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH ACT AND UNITED FUTURE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT CAN'T REACH A CONSENSUS WITH ALL PARTIES ON THE CHANGES, SO WON'T MAKE ANY. MY VIEW IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE ARE REASONABLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY MMP'S OPERATING. SO THAT'S THE END OF THE MATTER, THEN? AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YEAH. HOW CAN SHE JUSTIFY LEAVING THIS HUGELY UNPOPULAR COAT-TAILING RULE IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT ELECTION? THE GREEN PARTY SAYS NATIONAL'S ACTING IN ITS OWN SELF-INTEREST, BECAUSE IF JOHN BANKS CAN HOLD EPSOM IN 2014, IT'S THE BEST CHANCE ACT HAS TO BRING IN EXTRA MPS. VOTES THAT COULD BE CRUCIAL TO A CENTRE-RIGHT COALITION GOVERNMENT. MOST PEOPLE WILL AGREE THERE ARE ASPECTS OF IT THAT DON'T WORK WELL AND ASPECTS OF IT THAT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY REALLY GOING TO HAVE MAJOR CHANGES TO MMP, YOU'D REALLY WANT CONSENSUS OR PROBABLY PUT IT TO THE PEOPLE. NEITHER JOHN KEY NOR JUDITH COLLINS COULD SAY WHICH PARTIES SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT IN OPPOSING THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO MMP ` PARTIES THE GREENS SAY ARE NOW HOLDING OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM HOSTAGE. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS ANGRY SCENES ERUPTED IN COURT A SHORT TIME AGO AS CHRISTCHURCH MAN NIKKI ROPER WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND ALEXSIS TOVIZI. ALI PUGH'S BEEN COVERING THE TRIAL AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. VERY DRAMATIC SCENES UNFOLDED AN HOUR AGO SIGHS OF RELIEF FROM ALEXSIS TOVIZI'S FAMILY NIKKI ROPER SWORE INTO THE GALLERY NIKKI ROPER TRIED TO LAUNCH HIMSELF INTO THE GALLYER HE WAS BROUGHY BACK INTO THE DOCK MAIN GUILTY VERDICT FOR MURDER OF ALEXSIS TOVIZI KILLED BY SLEEPER HOLD CHOKE IN 2010 10 MINUTES AGO, VICTIM'S MOTHER SPOKE A FEW WORDS ALEXIS LOVES HER SON DEEPLY, AND THIS LITTLE BOY HAS NOW BEEN LEFT WITH TRAUMA AND A LIFELONG LOSS. ALEXIS IS A CARING PERSON WITH A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOUR AND A HUGE HEART AND IS LOVED BY ALL OF THSOE CLOSE TO HER. THE LOSS OF ALEXIS HAS BEEN UNBEARABLE, AND THERE'S NOT A DAY GOES BY WITHOUT HER BEING IN OUR THOUGHTS. SHE ADDED HER DAUGHTER IS JUST ONE OF MANY VICTIMS MURDERED DESPITE PROTECTION OIRDER IN PLACE SENTENCING IN JULY THANKS. TACKLING CHILD POVERTY AND BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE SET TO GET A BOOST IN THURSDAY'S BUDGET. THE GOVERNMENT'S SET TO LOOSEN THE PURSE STRINGS A LITTLE WITH SOME MAJOR SPENDING INITIATIVES. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. AFTER YEARS OF CRITICISM FOR NOT TACKLING CHILD POVERTY,... SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS YEARS AGO. ...NATIONAL WILL SWING INTO ACTION IN THURSDAY'S BUDGET. THEY WILL BE VERY PRACTICAL MEASURES FOCUSED ON ASSISTING THOSE WHO ARE IN MOST NEED. THE NEW INITIATIVES FOLLOW LAST YEAR'S EXPERT REPORT INTO CHILD POVERTY, WHICH CALLED FOR STATED-FUNDED FOOD IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMME, AN IDEA ALREADY BEING PROMOTED IN A MANA PARTY MEMBERS BILL. 80,000 CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WITHOUT SOMETHING TO EAT. HOPING THAT BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE THERE IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. NATIONAL WON'T BACK MANA'S BILL, BUT IS SET TO DO SOMETHING ` MOST LIKELY A MORE TARGETED APPROACH WORKING ALONG SIDE EXISTING CHARITIES. IF A YOUNGSTER HEADS OFF TO SCHOOL AND DOESN'T HAVE FOOD, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND ISN'T PROPERLY CARED FOR BY A PARENT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEN WE CAN LEAVE THAT CHILD ON THEIR OWN, BUT IN END THEY BECOME A VICTIM. MAKING THE ISSUE OF CHILD POVERTY A FEATURE IN THURSDAY'S BUDGET IS ALSO SMART POLITICS, AS IT BLUNTS THE OPPOSITION'S CRITICISMS THAT THIS BUDGET IS ALL ABOUT NATIONAL'S RICH MATES. IT'S OUR POLICY TO PUT FOOD IN SCHOOLS. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DO THAT, WE'D WELCOME IT. THE BUDGET IS ALSO SET TO INCLUDE A RAFT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY MEASURES AIMED AT BOOSTING SUPPLY. THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUSH ITS OWN AGENCIES TO SELL OFF SPARE LAND IN CITIES, WHILE SOCIAL AGENCIES LIKE SALVATION ARMY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSES BY ALLOWING THEIR TENANTS ACCESS TO THE SAME RENTAL SUBSIDES AS STATE HOUSE TENANTS. WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON ENSURING THERE ARE MORE HOUSES COMING INTO THE MARKET. BUT THE BUDGET'S NOT ALL ABOUT SPENDING. MR ENGLISH SIGNALLED THERE WILL BE CUTS IN AREAS THAT AREN'T WORKING. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. THE MOVE TO PROVIDE MORE ACCOMMODATION FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES WAS ALSO BOOSTED WITH A $377M SCHEME ANNOUNCED TODAY. 500 STATE HOUSES WILL BE BUILT IN AUCKLAND, AND THREE-BEDROOM NZ HOMES AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL GET AN ADDED ROOM. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING A BOLT ON SOLUTION TO OVERCROWDED STATE HOUSES. 3000 KITSET BEDROOMS LIKE THIS WILL BE ATTACHED TO 2000 EXISTING STATE HOMES. WE'VE GOT A REAL PROBLEM. THOUSANDS OF THREE-BEDROOM HOUSES ` SOME ARE OVERCROWDED, SOME ARE HALF EMPTY. UNDER A GOVERNMENT SCHEME WORTH $260M, HOUSING NZ WILL CONVERT THREE-BEDROOM HOMES INTO FOUR OR FIVE BEDROOMS. IT WILL ALSO DO RENOVATIONS. THERE'S BLACK MOULD IN PROPERTIES THAT'S NOT BEING SEEN TO, BASIC MAINTENANCE IS DONE IN A SORT OF PIECEMEAL FASHION. TACKING ON A BEDROOM OR BATHROOM IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE. 75% OF THE STATE HOUSE EXTENSIONS WILL BE ACROSS THE GREATER AUCKLAND REGION, WHICH THE MINISTER SAYS IS WHERE THE MOST URGENT HOUSING NEEDS. THE REMAINDER WILL BE ACROSS NZ, WITH A FOCUS ON PORIRUA AND LOWER HUTT. ANOTHER $117M SCHEME WILL SUBDIVIDE 500 LARGE STATE PROPERTIES IN AUCKLAND. TWO-BEDROOM PREFABRICATED HOMES WILL BE MOVED ON SITE FOR PEOPLE WITH CAREGIVERS AND SOLO PARENTS. THE REAL COST ADVANTAGES OF THIS PROJECT IS BEING ABLE TO MASS PRODUCE HOUSES IN A FACTORY-STYLE OPERATION. I QUESTION WHETHER HOUSING NZ CAN ACHIEVE THAT, GIVEN THAT THEY'VE COMPLETELY BOTCHED THREE MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN WELLINGTON, HAWKE'S BAY AND AUCKLAND. THEY ARE RUN-DOWN. THE DEPARTMENT IS IN CHAOS. HOUSING NZ FIGURES SHOW MORE THAN 4500 ARE ON THE STATE HOME WAITING LIST. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. THE GRASS ISN'T LOOKING SO GREEN IN THE LUCKY COUNTRY, AS AUSTRALIA BRACES FOR WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE THE GLOOMIEST BUDGET IN YEARS. JULIA GILLARD'S GOVERNMENT'S WILL REVEAL ITS BUDGET LATER TONIGHT. HOW WILL IT AFFECT SO MANY KIWIS LIVING THERE? LET'S GO LIVE TO OUR AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL. WHAT'S GONE WRONG? AUSTRALIA'S MINERS HAVEN'T DELIVERED THE SORT OF TAX PAYMENTS THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXPECTING, WHICH WILL SEE IT CONFIRM A $20B DEFICIT TONIGHT. HERE'S SOME KEY SAVINGS THAT'LL AFFECT MANY OF THE 680,000 NZERS LIVING HERE: THIS YEAR'S PROMISED ONE-OFF PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES, WORTH UP TO $800 EACH, WILL BE SCRAPPED. WE'LL BE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT IN TAX FOR A WHILE LONGER, WITH PLANNED INCOME TAX CUTS TO BE PUT ON HOLD. WE'LL ALSO BE PAYING MORE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, WITH THE MEDICARE LEVY, WHICH IS SEPARATE TO INCOME TAX, BEING RAISED. WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO BE SPENT? THE SAVINGS WILL HELP PAY FOR AUSTRALIA'S NEW NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME. HOWEVER, AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, THIS SCHEME WILL BE UNAVAILABLE TO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NZERS WHO ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 2001, ALTHOUGH THEY'LL STILL BE EXPECTED TO HELP PAY FOR IT. AND IN A FIRST, TONIGHT'S BUDGET IS BEING DELIVERED AS A FINANCIAL MAP FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT THE POLLS INDICATE THE LABOR GOVERNMENT HAS A LIFE SPAN OF JUST FOUR MORE MONTHS, WHEN THE FEDERAL ELECTION IS HELD, WENDY. THANKS. STEVE MARSHALL IN SYDNEY. IT'LL LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON FAMILY BUDGETS ACROSS NZ ` FREE MILK FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE SCHEME STARTED ROLLING OUT IN INVERCARGILL TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY SEE EVERY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILD IN THE COUNTRY OFFERED FREE MILK. MEGAN MARTIN WAS THERE AS THE FIRST DELIVERY ARRIVED. TRUCK HONKS THE CREAM OF THE CROP LITERALLY ROLLED INTO INVERCARGILL TODAY,... KIDS CHEER ...WITH THE LAUNCH OF FONTERRA'S 'MILK FOR SCHOOLS'. WELL, IT'S THE DAIRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, NZ, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE GROW A WHOLE LOT OF KIDS THAT LOVE MILK AND KNOW THE BENEFITS OF IT, THEN THAT'S GREAT. AS PART OF THE LAUNCH OF THE SCHEME, CHILDREN FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS AROUND THE CITY SPENT THE DAY LEARNING HOW MILK GETS FROM THE PADDOCK TO THE CUP. THERE'S MORE THAN FOUR AND A HALF MILLION COWS IN NZ. THIS PROGRAMME WILL COST FONTERRA UP TO $20M A YEAR. IT'LL SEE FREE MILK OFFERED TO EVERY SCHOOL IN NZ BY NEXT APRIL. IT'S CERTAINLY A BIG INVESTMENT, AND IT'S ONE WE'VE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, REALLY CAREFULLY. FOR US, IT'S ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY SCHOOLED UP ON MILK'S STRENGTHS. IT'S GOOD NUTRITION, WILL HELP US GROW, AND IT'S GOT HEAPS OF PROTEIN AND CALCIUM. IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING AND COLD AND NICE. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF WARM CREAMY MILK LEFT AT THE SCHOOL GATES. NOW FRIDGES ARE PROVIDED SO EVERY DRINK IS FRESH AND CHILLED. NOW FRIDGES ARE PROVIDED SO EVERY DRINK IS FRESH AND CHILLED. OUR GOVERNMENT TALKS ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. THE REAL ISSUE IN NZ IS THE POVERTY GAP, AND THIS'LL DO SOMETHING TO BRIDGE THAT. IT'S A WAY OF GUARANTEEING THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS GET SOME APPROPRIATE NUTRITION EVERY DAY. IT'S NOT COMPULSORY, BUT THESE CRITICS WEREN'T SAYING NO MEGAN MARTIN... (SLURPS) ...ONE NEWS. THE SINGING SPACEMAN NOW FAMOUS AROUND THE GLOBE HAS TOUCHED DOWN SAFELY ON EARTH. CANADIAN ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD AND TWO OTHER CREWMEN LANDED IN KAZAKHSTAN AFTER SIX-MONTH MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HIS PERFORMANCE WHILE IN ORBIT'S EARNED SOME FAMOUS FANS. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS MORE. BACK DOWN TO EARTH, BUT STILL A STAR. THREE FORMER EXPEDITION 35 CREW MEMBERS RETURNING TO EARTH. AMONG THEM, CANADIAN COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD, THE SPACEMAN WHO'S ALL OVER CYBERSPACE. FOR FIVE MONTHS, HE'S SHARED A SLICE OF LIFE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ` FROM BRUSHING HIS TEETH TO DISHING UP DINNER, CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE. AND OF COURSE, HIS VERY OWN SPACE ODDITY. # THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM... # DAVID BOWIE GAVE THE COMMANDER HIS BLESSING, SAYING IT'S THE MOST POIGNANT VERSION OF THE SONG EVER CREATED. AND HE'S NOT HADFIELD'S ONLY FAMOUS FAN. MR SHATNER, THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON. PLEASE CALL STATION FOR A VOICE CHECK. THIS IS SHATNER. DO YOU HEAR ME? MR SHATNER, THIS IS THE SPACE RESEARCH VESSEL 'ISS' IN EARTH ORBIT. MR SHATNER'S JUST ONE OF NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE COMMANDER ON TWITTER, WHERE HE'S QUITE LITERALLY BEEN SHARING HIS VIEW OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING NZ. THIS IS MT TARANAKI. HERE, LAKE TAUPO. I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT THE FAVOURITE PASTIME OF ASTRONAUTS IS LOOKING AT THE WORLD OUT THE WINDOW. IT IS` IT IS SO FUNDAMENTALLY BEAUTIFUL AND MESMERISING. TODAY'S LANDING MARKS THE END OF COMMANDER HADFIELD'S THIRD SUCCESSFUL SPACE MISSION, AND ARGUABLY HIS MOST MEMORABLE. # OUR COMMANDER COMES DOWN BACK TO EARTH AND KNOWS... # JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` YET ANOTHER RUGBY PLAYER APPEARS IN COURT. PLUS, GUILTY OF MURDER ` AN AMERICAN DOCTOR FACES THE DEATH PENALTY OVER HIS HORRIFIC LATE-TERM ABORTIONS. ALSO, HE'S LOOKING A BIT HEAVIER AND GREYER. FIND OUT WHY THIS FAMILIAR FACE IS BACK IN COURT. AND COULD YOU GET THE BUG? A CALL TO EAT MORE INSECTS TO HELP FIGHT WORLD HUNGER. BLUES WINGER GEORGE MOALA HAS APPEARED IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT ON TWO CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO INJURE. IT'S ALLEGED HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE INVOLVED IN A BAR BRAWL LAST YEAR THAT LANDED A MAN IN HOSPITAL. KATE LYNCH HAS MORE. GEORGE MOALA, ON HIS WAY TO COURT TO FACE TWO CHARGES OF ASSAULT. THE BLUES WINGER, KNOWN FOR HIS PHYSICAL PLAY... OH, HE'S CLOBBERED HIM. ...WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A BRAWL AT THIS AUCKLAND BAR LATE LAST YEAR. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS MOALA AND HIS BROTHER GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION INSIDE THE BAR, WHICH ESCALATED INTO A FIGHT OUT ON THE STREET. IT'S ALLEGED THE BROTHERS ASSAULTED TWO MEN. ONE OF THEM HAD TO BE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH CUTS TO HIS EAR. MOALA APPEARED IN COURT LAST MONTH AND WAS GRANTED NAME SUPPRESSION, THE DAY AFTER HE WAS DROPPED FROM THE BLUES FOR BREACHING TEAM PROTOCOL. TODAY COACH SIR JOHN KIRWAN EXPLAINED WHY. HIS PROBLEM WAS HE DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT THE ISSUE. NOW WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT IN THE COURTS, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SANCTIONED HIM. MOALA IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF RUGBY STARS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. TODAY BLUES TEAMMATE FRANCIS SAILI ADMITTED DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED. LAST MONTH ALL BLACK JULIAN SAVEA WAS CHARGED WITH COMMON ASSAULT IN RELATION TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. THE RUGBY UNION SAYS MOALA COULD BE DISCIPLINED ONCE HIS CHARGES ARE DEALT WITH IN COURT. IN THE MEANTIME, HE'S BACK WITH THE BLUES. HE'S LEARNT FROM THAT, AND NOW HE NEEDS TO KEEP PLAYING WELL. MOALA ENTERED NO PLEA AND IS ON BAIL UNTIL NEXT MONTH. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST PETER BETHUNE IS RECEIVING $600,000 AFTER THE SETTLEMENT OF A DISPUTE WITH THE SEA SHEPHERD SOCIETY. THE DISPUTE AROSE AFTER A CLASH AT SEA WITH JAPANESE WHALERS THAT ENDED IN THE SINKING OF THE PROTEST SHIP, THE ADY GIL. WHEN SEA SHEPHERD SAID THEY WOULDN'T PAY, THEY BASICALLY SAID, 'TAKE US TO COURT.' AND THAT WAS WHAT IT TOOK. BUT THEN IT WENT TO MARYLAND IN THE US, AND THE COURT PROCESS IN THE US IS VERY SLOW, AND IT'S TAKEN ALMOST THREE YEARS FOR ME TO GET THE MONEY. MR BETHUNE'S SETTLEMENT IS FUNDING HIS NEXT CONSERVATION EFFORT OFF WEST AFRICA. HERE'S SOMETHING TO ENJOY ALONG WITH YOUR DINNER. A MAJOR UNITED NATIONS REPORT IS CALLING ON ALL OF US TO EAT MORE INSECTS AS A WAY OF FIGHTING GLOBAL HUNGER. IT SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, POPULATION GROWTH AND THE RISING COSTS OF ANIMAL PROTEINS MEANS INSECTS ARE A REAL FOOD ALTERNATIVE. PAUL HOBBS HAS THE STORY. WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE EATING THESE FOUR-LEGGED CREATURES, BUT HOW ABOUT THESE SIX-LEGGED ONES? INSECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE NEXT BIG FOOD SOURCE OF THE 21ST CENTURY. INSECTS ARE VERY NUTRITIOUS. THEY HAVE A HIGH CONTENT OF PROTEIN AND MINERALS AND FATS. AND THEY'RE ALREADY HUGELY POPULAR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA. ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD IS ALREADY EATING INSECTS. GLOBALLY, BEETLES ARE FAR AND AWAY THE MOST EATEN INSECT, FOLLOWED BY CATERPILLARS, BEES, WASPS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLIES. WITH EXPLODING POPULATIONS FACING ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, FARMING INSECTS IS SEEN AS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS FOOD SHORTAGES. SOMEHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FEED EVERYBODY, AND IF WE CAN GET A GOOD HIGH-QUALITY FOOD IN THERE AT MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL COST, THEN I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT HERE, EATING INSECTS IS MORE EXTREME THAN MAINSTREAM. CRICKET, ANYONE? THE UN REPORT IDENTIFIES CONSUMER DISGUST AS THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO EATING INSECTS IN WESTERN CULTURES. MOST OF US ARE MORE LIKELY TO DO THIS THAN GOBBLE ONE DOWN FOR A SNACK. I DON'T THINK THAT SOUNDS VERY APPEALING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. NO WAY. I WOULD PROBABLY STARVE TO DEATH. HUHU GRUBS AND WETA WERE ONCE A MAORI STAPLE, BUT MAORI CHEF JOE MCLEOD ADMITS THEY'RE NOT OFTEN ON THE MENU NOW. WE'LL HAVE TO BE INGENIOUS TO CONVERT OUR INSECTS INTO A FOOD THAT WE EAT DAILY. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETIME BEFORE THE GENERAL PUBLIC MATCHES JOE'S COURAGE. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS AN AMERICAN DOCTOR COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING THREE BABIES. KERMIT GOSNELL WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING THE BABIES WITH SCISSORS WHILE PERFORMING LATE-TERM ABORTIONS ON WOMEN WHO WERE AS MUCH AS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT. OPPONENTS OF LEGALISED ABORTION HAVE SEIZED ON THE CASE. GOSNELL'S NOT AN ABERRATION. UM, ABORTION CLINICS ARE UNREGULATED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, AND EVERY YEAR WE SEE THE DEATHS OF WOMEN INSIDE THESE ABORTION CLINICS. PROSECUTORS SAID NONE OF THE STAFF AT GOSNELL'S CLINIC WERE LICENSED NURSES OR DOCTORS. A FAMILIAR FACE WAS BACK IN A LAS VEGAS COURTROOM TODAY, LOOKING A BIT GREYER AND HEAVIER. JAILED STAR OJ SIMPSON, WHO WAS SHACKLED IN COURT, IS ASKING A JUDGE FOR A RETRIAL. SIMPSON (65) HAS SERVED FOUR YEARS OF A NINE-YEAR TERM AFTER BEING CONVICTED IN A ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING CASE. HE'S ARGUING HE HAD POOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION DURING HIS 2008 TRIAL. IN 1995, HE WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDERING HIS FORMER WIFE AND HER FRIEND. NEW ORLEANS POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO FIRED INTO A CROWD WATCHING A MOTHER'S DAY PARADE, INJURING 19 PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. AKEIN SCOTT (19) IS STILL AT LARGE, BUT IT'S HOPED THIS VIDEO AND $10,000 REWARD WILL LEAD TO HIS ARREST. POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING CLAIMS THERE MAY'VE BEEN MORE THAN ONE GUNMAN. AMERICAN ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE HAS REVEALED SHE'S HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY, DESPITE NOT BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. WRITING IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, JOLIE SAYS SHE ELECTED TO HAVE THE PREVENTATIVE OPERATION THIS YEAR BECAUSE SHE CARRIES A GENE THAT GAVE HER AN 87% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER. THE 37-YEAR-OLD HAS SINCE HAD RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. ANGELINA JOLIE'S MOTHER DIED AT 56 AFTER A DECADE-LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND A FOGGY START FOR MANY PLACE, KAREN? YEAH, LOTS OF LOW CLOUD AND FOG TRAPPED UNDERNEATH OUR HIGH. THIS IS TAKAKA THIS MORNING WITH A GOOD COVERING. AND ALL THESE AREAS WOKE TO FOG, SHROUDED HAMILTON STILL LUNCHTIME AND HUNG ALL DAY IN KAIKOURA. THE FOG FINALLY CLEARED IN ALEXANDRA AROUND 5 O'CLOCK. THEIR HIGH OF 14 FOR THE DAY, JUMPED TO 16. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THIS GREAT SHOT WAS TAKEN IN AKAROA TODAY. BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY DAY. BUT NOTICE THE FOG SPILLING OVER THIS DIP IN THE HILLS, FLOWING DOWN LIKE A RIVER. I'LL HAVE YOUR WEDNESDAY FORECAST FOR YOU, AFTER SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK ` MORE CONCERN OVER THAT SKY CITY CONVENTION DEAL. PLUS, HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE ALERT OVER A DEADLY NEW SARS VIRUS. AND A HISTORIC MOVE FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. FIND OUT WHY DOZENS OF PARISHES ARE SET TO MERGE. 1 SKY CITY GIVING UP A COUPLE OF CENTS FROM YESTERDAY'S JUMP, AS IT TRUMPETS A $90M ANNUAL BOOST TO OUR ECONOMY ONCE IT'S PLANNED CONVENTION CENTRE OPENS. BUT CRITICS BELIEVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DEAL REVEALS JUST HOW LITTLE SCRUTINY SKY CITY FACES WITH ITS NEW EXTENDED LICENCE. LISA OWEN EXPLAINS. DETAILS OF THE CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL THAT LOOKS LIKELY TO CHANGE AUCKLAND'S HORIZONS ARE STILL WASHING UP. IN EXTENDING THE CASINO'S LICENCE FROM 2121 TO 2048 AS PART OF THE TRADE-OFFS, THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMED IT'S WAIVING ALL RE-LICENCING SCRUTINY CURRENTLY REQUIRED BY LAW. THE EXTENSION OF THEIR LICENCE IS OF BIG CONCERN. UNDER THE GAMBLING ACT CURRENTLY, IF A CASINO EXTENDS ITS LICENCE, IT'S OBLIGATED TO GET AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GAMBLING. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE PLACE UNDER THIS DEAL. AT THE MOMENT, THE LAW ON CASINO RE-LICENCING STATES THAT A COMPULSORY REPORT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN BY: A PERSON APPROVED BY THE GAMBLING COMMISSION AS INDEPENDENT. THE COMMISSION MUST ALSO PUBLICALLY CALL FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION THAT CASINO IMPACT REPORT AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, WHERE WITNESSES CAN BE CALLED. THE CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL MEANS ALL THOSE CHECKS AND BALANCES WILL GO, BUT THE CASINO'S STILL LEGALLY OBLIGED TO MINIMISE PROBLEM GAMBLING. WE CAN LOSE OUR LICENCE ON ANY DAY AT ANY TIME. THERE IS NO CERTAINTY. DURING THE DEAL NEGOTIATIONS, THE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT ADVICE ON SOCIAL HARM THE DEAL COULD CAUSE, BUT IT REMAINS COY ABOUT WHEN THAT INFORMATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION AROUND THESE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN DUE COURSE; RESPONSIBLY SOON. MEANWHILE, AUCKLAND COUNCIL, WHICH WILL CONSIDER RESOURCE CONSENT FOR THE PROJECT, HAS NOW COMMISSIONED ITS OWN REPORT INTO WHETHER MEASURES IN THE DEAL TO REDUCE PROBLEM GAMBLING ACTUALLY GO FAR ENOUGH. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. A NATIONAL PLAN FOR DEALING WITH THE KIWIFRUIT-KILLING VIRUS, PSA, HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY GROWERS. UNDER THE PLAN, A LEVY WILL BE IMPOSED ON EXPORTED FRUIT TO HELP COVER COSTS. THE RATE OF 1C PER TRAY FOR GREEN FRUIT AND 2C PER TRAY FOR GOLD FRUIT WAS VOTED ON BY GROWERS. THIS WILL HELP COVER DISEASE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND DEALING WITH UNMANAGED AND ABANDONED ORCHARDS. HEALTH AUTHORITIES HERE ARE ON ALERT FOR A NEW SARS-LIKE VIRUS WHICH HAS SO FAR CLAIMED 18 LIVES OVERSEAS. THE NEW CORONAVIRUS WAS THOUGHT TO BE ISOLATED TO SAUDI ARABIA, BUT IT'S SPREAD TO BRITAIN AND EUROPE, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAVELLERS WORLDWIDE. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. IT WAS A PANDEMIC WHICH CLAIMED OVER 700 LIVES NINE YEARS AGO. ORIGINATING IN SOUTHERN CHINA, SARS SPREAD TO 37 COUNTRIES, SPARKING INTERNATIONAL ALARM. NZ HAD A FEW SUSPECTED CASES, BUT NONE CONFIRMED. BUT NOW A NEW CORONAVIRUS FROM THE SAME FAMILY AS SARS HAS EMERGED, WITH THE FIRST CASES IN SAUDI ARABIA. THESE ARE RAISING ALARM BELLS FOR US. MORE CASES HAVE NOW EMERGED IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE VIRUS. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS VIRUS COMES FROM. IS IT FROM THE ANIMAL SPECIES? THERE ARE NOW SIGNS IT MAY BE CAPABLE OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION. A FRENCH TRAVELLER WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM DUBAI HAS NOW INFECTED A PATIENT IN AN ADJOINING HOSPITAL BED. BUT DESPITE THIS, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SAYS THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE VIRUS SUGGESTS IT'S ONLY CAPABLE OF HUMAN TRANSMISSION AFTER PROLONGED PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACT. OF MORE IMMEDIATE CONCERN, THOUGH ` THE VIRUS ALREADY SHOWS SIGNS OF HAVING A HIGH MORTALITY RATE. OF THE 38 CASES TO DATE, 18 PATIENTS HAVE DIED. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S NATIONAL INFLUENZA LAB IN UPPER HUTT IS PREPARING TO MONITOR ANY SUSPECTED CASES HERE. THE PANDEMIC PLAN IS BEING TESTED BY PUBLIC HEALTH UNITS AS WE SPEAK, AND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS ARE AT THIS PRESENT TIME DUSTING OFF THEIR PLANS. THE ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS IS SIMPLE: HAND HYGIENE, RESPIRATORY HYGIENE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. TO STAVE OFF NOT JUST THIS VIRUS BUT THE ANTICIPATED RETURN OF THE H3N2 INFLUENZA VIRUS THIS WINTER AS WELL. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS IN A HISTORIC MOVE FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NZ, DOZENS OF PARISHES IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND AND THE TOP OF THE SOUTH ARE SET TO MERGE. THE MOVE'S BEING PROMPTED BY THE COST OF EARTHQUAKE STRENGTHENING FOR MANY CHURCH BUILDINGS AND DECLINING PRIEST NUMBERS. REBECCA EDWARDS HAS THE DETAILS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 83,000 CATHOLICS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON. BUT WITH THE CHURCH FACING ONGOING CHALLENGES, PARISHES IN THE AREA ARE SET TO BE CUT OR MERGED. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SAYING, 'THE STRUCTURES OF THE PARISHES 'THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT ` ARE THEY THE BEST WAYS WE HAVE 'TO MEET THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH?' WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE STRETCHING FROM HOROWHENUA IN THE NORTH ISLAND TO THE TOP OF THE SOUTH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 47 TERRITORIAL PARISHES IN THE AREA. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, TWO OR MORE IN EACH AREA WOULD COMBINE TO MAKE 24 COMPLETELY NEW PARISHES. THE MERGER PROPOSAL COMES FOLLOWING AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW, AND IT'S A RESPONSE TO ISSUES LIKE DWINDLING PRIEST NUMBERS AND HEFTY EARTHQUAKE-STRENGTHENING BILLS WHICH COULD COST MILLIONS. CHRISTCHURCH DIOCESE HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS AND HAVE AMALGAMATED SOME PARISHES. RELIGIOUS EXPERTS SAY IT'S AN HISTORIC MOVE FOR THE CHURCH. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS SHARP DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND OTHERS, AND THAT'S HISTORICALLY LED TO THIS NEED TO HAVE A SYMBOLIC PRESENCE EVERYWHERE. BUT I GUESS IN THIS DAY AND AGE, SOME OF THE PRESSURE FOR THAT IS LESS ACUTE. THE CHURCH ADMITS THIS WILL BE A SENSITIVE PROPOSAL FOR MANY CATHOLICS, AND FOR THAT REASON HAS NO PLANS TO ACTUALLY CLOSE ANY OF THE EXISTING CHURCHES. THAT MEANS COMMUNITIES COULD STILL USE THEM FOR THINGS LIKE BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. THE CHURCH IS NOW CONSULTING WITH PARISHIONERS ON THE PROPOSAL AND HOPES TO HAVE A FINAL PLAN IN PLACE BY SEPTEMBER. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` DISGRACED MP AARON GILMORE HAS SAID HIS GOODBYES AT PARLIAMENT, ADMITTING HE MADE A LOT OF STUPID MISTAKES. BUT HE COULDN'T RESIST A FINAL SWIPE AT THE MEDIA AS HE BOWED OUT, SAYING THE STRESS OF THE FALLOUT WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANYONE OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE. CHRISTCHURCH MAN NIKKI ROPER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND ALEXSIS TOVIZI. HER MOTHER IS NOW CALLING FOR A CHANGE TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. ROPER HAD ONLY BEEN OUT OF JAIL A MATTER OF DAYS WHEN HE KILLED THE 21-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. HE'LL BE SENTENCED IN JULY. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND THE ALL BLACKS' TRAINING GROUP IS CONFIRMED. NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THE 38, DON'T FRET. IT'S NOT OVER JUST YET. WILL THIS MIDFIELDER GET HIS CHANCE AGAINST FRANCE, OR IS HE HEADING TO FRANCE? CONRAD SMITH FRONTS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS HEALTH. PLUS, A KIWIS TEST PLAYER COMES UNSTUCK IN THE NRL LEAGUE. AND LEBRON AND THE HEAT SLAM THEIR WAY THROUGH THE NBA PLAY-OFFS. FIRST UP TONIGHT ` TO ALL BLACKS RUGBY, AND A WIDER TRAINING GROUP OF 38 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TODAY TO PREPARE FOR THE FRENCH TESTS SERIES STARTING IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. A THIRD OF THE SQUAD COULD BE CLASSED AS TEST VETERANS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A HOST OF YOUNG NAMES. 10 OUT OF THE 38 ARE UNCAPPED, INCLUDING FOUR FROM THE BLUES, THREE HURRICANES, AND DOMINIC BIRD AND TOM TAYLOR FROM THE CRUSADERS. ONE OF THE KEY AREAS CHALLENGING THE ALL BLACKS IS THE MIDFIELD. SO IS THE COACH CONCERNED? IT MIGHT BE A TRAINING SQUAD, BUT FOR THOSE WHO MADE THE CUT, IT'S STILL EXCITING. CHEERING THE BLUES PLAYERS WERE FIRST TOLD AFTER TRAINING THIS MORNING. THAT'S NEW CAPS AND THOSE WHO'VE BEEN PATIENT. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D ACTUALLY BE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M PLAYING SOME GOOD FOOTY. THREE YEARS AFTER HIS LAST TEST, RANGER'S IN WITH A STRONG CHANCE OF PLAYING AGAINST FRANCE IN A FEW WEEKS, DESPITE LINKS TO FRENCH CLUB MONTPELLIER. THAT TIME WILL COME WHEN IT COMES, WITH THE AGENT SORTING IT OUT. SO YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SIGNED OFFICIALLY, CORRECT? > YEAH. LOOK, IF WE END UP SELECTING HIM, THEN HE LEFT TO GO TO FRANCE, THAT WOULD BE DISAPPOINTING. ANOTHER BLUES MIDFIELDER, FRANCIS SAILI, WASN'T IN ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. HE WAS IN COURT PLEADING GUILTY TO A DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED CHARGE. EXPERIENCE AND DEPTH IN THE MIDFIELD IS THIN, BUT CONCERN IS BEING DOUSED. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S A HOT TOPIC, COS YOU'VE GOT, IN ONE POSITION, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE GOING. AND IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S, 'WOW. WE'RE LOSING EVERYBODY.' BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT. A THIRD OF THE TRAINING SQUAD HAS VAST TEST EXPERIENCE, BUT THERE'S A FAIR CHUNK WHO'RE JUST STARTING OUT IN SUPER RUGBY. IS THERE A LOST TIER OF PLAYERS? STEVE HANSEN ISN'T WRITING OFF MORE SENIOR SUPER NAMES WHO AREN'T AT THE CAMPS, INCLUDING OPENSIDE FLANKERS. THE OTHER FLANKERS WE'RE LOOKING AT ` MATT TODD, LUKE BRAID, TANERAU LATIMER ` WE KNOW REALLY REALLY WELL. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE 38, DON'T BELIEVE YOU STILL CAN'T MAKE THE SQUAD. THE PRESSING CHALLENGE NOW IS FOR THOSE PICKED GOING TO AND FROM THEIR SUPER TEAMS IN THE NEXT FORTNIGHT, WHILE THE ALL BLACKS ALSO PREPARE FOR THE FRENCH REMATCHES. AND THE BACKBONE OF THE ALL BLACKS MIDFIELD, CENTRE CONRAD SMITH, IS BACK TRAINING ON HOME SOIL AFTER THAT SICKENING CONCUSSION IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE HURRICANES CAPTAIN SAYS HIS HEAD FEELS FINE AND ISN'T NOTICING ANY LINGERING EFFECTS. THE TACKLE-GONE-WRONG, THOUGH, NOT HIS MOST FAVOURITE CHOICE OF VIEWING. THAT'S` STRANGELY ENOUGH` THAT WAS THE SORT OF FRIGHTENING THING SEEING IT, COS I DIDN'T FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT BAD, EVEN. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, EVEN HALF AN HOUR AFTERWARDS, I SORT OF FELT LIKE I'D COME TO. IN ALL, NINE HURRICANES ARE IN THE ALL BLACKS TRAINING GROUP, EQUALLING THE CRUSADERS. PROP JEFFERY TOOMAGA-ALLEN (22) IS ONE OF THE SUPRISES. LIONS COACH WARREN GATLAND HAS AN ANXIOUS WAIT TO SEE IF A STAR PLAYER RECOVERS TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE SIDE TO TOUR AUSTRALIA. IRISH INTERNATIONAL BRIAN O'DRISCOLL LASTED 13 MINUTES AT THE WEEKEND PLAYING FOR HIS CLUB TEAM, BEFORE HE LIMPED OFF WITH BACK SPASMS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY WAS WITH THE LIONS' CAMP FOR THEIR FIRST DAY TOGETHER IN LONDON. THIS IS THE TRAILER FOR THE LIONS' TOUR ` NO EXPENSE SPARED. BUT WITH TOP BILLING FOR A STAR NOW UNDER AN INJURY CLOUD, THE COACH IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. YEAH. THE INFORMATION IS JUST KEEPING OFF HIS FEET FOR 48 HOURS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE'S HAD TO, SORT OF` TENDS TO COME ONCE A YEAR, SORT OF, AT SOME STAGE. WARREN GATLAND SAYS HE'S BEEN TOLD THE INJURY IS A KNOWN QUANTITY, SO ONE HIS CLUBMATES WOULD'VE SEEN BEFORE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK SO, NO. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING BEFORE. CIAN HEALY STILL EXPECTS O'DRISCOLL WILL PULL THROUGH. KNOWING HIM, HIM BEING SUCH A GRITTER, HE'LL BE THROUGH ANYTHING. TAKE A BOMB TO STOP HIM GETTING OVER THERE. OR A CLOBBERING AT CLUB LEVEL. THAT WEEKEND CLASH ALSO KNOCKED OVER GLASGOW'S WARRIORS. BUT THIS LION CUB SEEMS TO HAVE BOUNCED BACK. STILL ON CLOUD NINE. YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE BOY IN A CANDY SHOP ` TRYING ON ALL THE GEARS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MEETING ALL THE BOYS. WARREN GATLAND'S LIONS WILL SPEND JUST ONE DAY HERE IN THE LUSH GROUNDS OF THIS STATELY HOME BEFORE HALF OF THEM DEPART FOR A TRAINING CAMP AND THE OTHER HALF RETURN TO THEIR CLUBS. SEAN MAITLAND WILL SEE MORE OF HIS TEAMMATES ON VIDEO REPLAYS AND LAPTOP ANALYSIS THAN IN THE FLESH FOR THE NEXT FORTNIGHT. MAITLAND COULD BE SEEING MORE OF THE WHANAU WHEN HE LANDS IN AUSTRALIA, AND NOT JUST IF COUSIN QUADE COOPER IS RE-CALLED TO THE WALLABIES. THE RELLIES ARE CROSSING THE DITCH TO WATCH. EVERYONE, MATE. EVERYONE FROM TOKE'S COMING ` TOKOROA... (LAUGHS) TO SEE ME` (LAUGHS) NAH, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. TO SEE ME TO SEE YOU OR TO SEE QUADE? > ME! COME ON. AND TO SEE IF THIS VERY DIVERSE LIONS SQUAD CAN GEL WITH NEXT TO NO TIME TRAINING TOGETHER BEFORE THEIR FIRST MATCH. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, LONDON. BLACK CAPS PACEMAN TIM SOUTHEE HAS BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY IN THE OPENING TEST AGAINST ENGLAND, STARTING AT LORD'S ON THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTHEE HAS OVERCOME A TOE INJURY AND WILL JOIN FELLOW SEAMER TRENT BOULT IN THE STARTING 11. THE BLACK CAPS ARE STILL CONSIDERING WHETHER TO TAKE THREE OR FOUR SEAMERS INTO THE TEST, LEAVING SPINNER BRUCE MARTIN AND PACEMEN DOUG BRACEWELL AND NEIL WAGNER FIGHTING FOR THE REMAINING SPOT. AND IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, A KIERON POLLARD BATTING BLITZ HAS HELPED THE JOHN WRIGHT-COACHED MUMBAI INDIANS TO VICTORY OVER SUNRISERS HYDERABAD. CHASING 179 TO WIN, THE WEST INDIAN BLASTED 66 OFF 27 BALLS, INCLUDING 36 RUNS IN A SEVEN-BALL STRETCH. POLLARD FITTINGLY HIT THE WINNING RUNS AS WELL WITH HIS EIGHTH SIX OF THE MATCH. AN EMAIL HAS EMERGED THAT SHOWS THE CRONULLA SHARKS WERE WARNED ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL SPORTS SCIENTIST STEPHEN DANK'S SUPPLEMENT PROGRAMME SEVEN WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS FIRED. CRONULLA'S COACH SHANE FLANAGAN RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM TEAM DOCTOR DAVID GIVNEY. THE EMAIL VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT DANK'S PROGRAMME AND INSISTED IT'S TIME FOR IT TO STOP. FLANAGAN RESPONDED SAYING HE 'WOULD KNOCK IT ON THE HEAD,' BUT DANK RAMINED ON STAFF FOR NEARLY TWO MORE MONTHS. THE AUSTRALIAN ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY IS INVESTIGATING DANK AND THE SHARKS FOR ALLEGED PEPTIDE USE. A KIWIS TEST STAR FACES A LENGTHY SPELL ON THE SIDELINES AFTER BECOMING THE FIRST PLAYER TO BE SENT OFF THIS NRL SEASON. JARED WAEREA-HARGREAVES WILL COP A MINIMUM FIVE MATCH BAN FOR THIS HIGH SHOT DURING THE ROOSTERS 16-4 WIN OVER MANLY. OH! HE STEPPED RIGHT INTO IT, GEORGE, AND WAEREA-HARGREAVES HASN'T MISSED HIS CHANCE. IT'S BEEN LOOKED OVER. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE HEAD. OFF. JARED WAEREA-HARGREAVES SENT FROM THE FIELD. DOWN TO 12 MEN, THE TRI-COLOURS SCORED LATE TO SEAL THEIR FIRST WIN AT BROOKVALE IN ALMOST A DECADE, LEAPFROGGING THE STORM TO SECOND ON THE LADDER. ROOSTERS HOOKER JAKE FRIEND WAS ALSO PUT ON REPORT FOR THIS TACKLE, BUT HAS ESCAPED SUSPENSION. MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL MANAGER ROBERTO MANCINI'S BEEN SACKED BY THE CLUB AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN CHARGE. IT COMES A YEAR AFTER THE ITALIAN LED THE BLUES TO THEIR FIRST TOP-FLIGHT LEAGUE TITLE IN 44 YEARS. CITY'S ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING APART FROM QUALIFYING FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, MANCINI HAS FAILED TO ACHIEVE THE CLUB'S TARGETS, SOMETHING HE APPARENTLY DIDN'T SEE COMING. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT THIS DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR FOOTBALL, BECAUSE IF MANCHESTER CITY SHOULD SACK ME, I THINK THE OTHER 20 TEAMS IN PREMIER LEAGUE SHOULD BE WITHOUT MANAGER. THE BLUES FINISHED A DISTANT SECOND TO CROSS-TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP. AS IF TO RUB IT IN, THE RED DEVILS HAVE JUST BEEN CELEBRATING THAT WIN WITH A VICTORY PARADE. MANCINI'S ASSISTANT BRIAN KIDD WILL FILL IN FOR THE FINAL TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON. THE BLACK STICKS MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM'S DRAWN THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE SIX-TEST SERIES AGAINST KOREA IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THE KIWIS OPENED THE SCORING THROUGH HUGO INGLIS BEFORE THE VISITORS STRUCK BACK. 1-1 WAS THE FINAL SCORE DESPITE SEVERAL SECOND-HALF OPPORTUNITIES. WE NEED TO GROW. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WE CAN'T PLAY AT THAT LEVEL AND EXPECT TO DO WELL IN THE REST OF THE SERIES. BUT WE DID CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITIES ON THE COUNTERATTACK, AND WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SHARPNESS THERE WE COULD HAVE ACTUALLY WON THE GAME. THE TEAMS DID HAVE A PENALTY SHOOT-OUT, BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED ` IT WAS JUST FOR PRACTICE. THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC ARE BACK ON TRACK IN NETBALL'S TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BEATING THE PULSE IN A THRILLER IN HAMILTON. THE PULSE HAD THE UPPER HAND FOR MOST OF THE MATCH, BEFORE TWO CRUCIAL TURNOVERS COST THEM. WITH POSSESSION! CROWD CHEERS AND DE BRUIN BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE. 50-49. MAGIC IN FRONT. OH, SHE'S LOST IT! THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS SCORED THE LAST FIVE GOALS TO WIN 53-49. THEY GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE OTHER TOP NZ SIDE, THE SOUTHERN STEEL, ON SATURDAY. IN BASKETBALL, THE MIAMI HEAT ARE NOW DOMINATING THEIR NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINAL SERIES AGAINST THE BULLS AFTER A CRUSHING 88-65 WIN IN GAME FOUR IN CHICAGO. WHILE THE BULLS' SHOOTING WAS ICE COLD, LEBRON JAMES HAD THE HOT HAND FOR THE HEAT, SCORING A GAME-HIGH 27 POINTS. AND TRAPPED ROBERTS IN THERE, BUT DOING THAT EFFECTIVELY. AND OFF THE STEAL, HERE'S JAMES WITH THE STUFF! THE HEAT LEAD THE BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES 3-1. THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES ALSO ONE WIN AWAY FROM ADVANCING AFTER A 103-97 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER THE OKLAHOMA CITY. HE'LL GO PLACES. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK, FOGGY MORNING IN MANY PLACES, BUT NOT CLINTON. THEY HAD A GREAT VIEW OF A SPECTACULAR SUNRISE. THANKS TO KAREN CRAWFORD FOR THE PHOTO. STARTED OUT WITH A REASONABLE HOLE IN THE SKIES OVER US WHERE THE HIGH IS, APART FROM THE AREAS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG. BUT DURING THE DAY, CLOUD CREPT DOWN FROM THE NORTH OVER THE NORTH ISLAND AND ALSO SWEPT UP ONTO THE SOUTH ISLAND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT HERE. CLOUD NOW FILLING UP THE TASMAN, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT AND TROUGH. THIS WHOLE LOW PPP SYSTEM, HEADING OUR WAY. AND IT BECOMES MORE COMPLEX AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE TASMAN. BIT OF A STAND-OFF TOMORROW, AS THE HIGH ANCHORS ITSELF OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. THIS GIVES US ANOTHER MAINLY FINE DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE RAIN MOVES IN. CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME DRIZZLE FOR FIORDLAND. RAIN EASES ABOUT THE SOUTH COAST AND STEWART ISLAND. FEW MORNING SHOWERS FOR DUNEDIN. MOSTLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. JUST SOME CLOUD ABOUT THE COASTS. LIGHT WINDS. SOME POCKETS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG AGAIN, BUT THEN IT'S MAINLY FINE. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUD IN THE NORTH, AND SOME LOW CLOUD IN PLACES. HARDLY ANY WIND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ LEAVE YOU WITH THIS CUTE ANIMAL SHOT. THESE TWIN LAMB BORN THIS MORNING, BUT I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GOT THE SEASON WRONG. SHOULD BE SPRING NOT AUTUMN, BUT THEY SEEM PRETTY HAPPY. ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR TUESDAY.