GOOD EVENING. SOME FOG AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND THIS MORNING, AND IT WAS A CHILLY START OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, MANY INLAND PLACES DIPPING BELOW ZERO. THE HIGH PRESSURE OVER US IS WEAKENING. THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE EDGING CLOSER, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOU'LL NEED THE BROLLY AGAIN 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. A PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES TO COME FROM THE FINANCE MINISTER AS HE PREPARES TO UNVEIL TOMORROW'S BUDGET. A SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURES A COWARDLY ATTACK ON A LOWER HUTT MAN TRYING TO DEFEND HIS BUSINESS. NABBED. THE ALLEGED CIA SPY WITH THE BAD WIG CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN MOSCOW. AND A SCORNED BIRD IS HOME AGAIN, BUT WILL THIS LONELY KOKAKO FIND LOVE IN WEST AUCKLAND? KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. ON THE EVE OF HIS FIFTH BUDGET, THE FINANCE MINISTER IS PROMISING BETTER TIMES TO COME. BUT THERE WILL BE NO LOLLY SCRAMBLE FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR GOODIES. HOUSING AND JOBS ARE LIKELY BE THE MAIN TARGETS FOR THE FIRST NEW BUDGET SPENDING IN TWO YEARS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IS WITH US NOW. CORIN. BILL ENGLISH CAME INTO OFFICE AND RAN MASSIVE DEFICITS TO GET THROUGH THE GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS AND EARTHQUAKE. HE HAS SCRAPED TO GET THE BOOKS BACK INTO SHAPE. ENGLISH IS A CONSERVATIVE, CAUTIOUS MAN. NOT LIKELY TO GO CRAZY WITH A BIG SPEND UP. BILL ENGLISH HAS PLENTY OF REASONS TO SMILE. AFTER THE TOUGH TIMES, HE'S ON TRACK FOR SUPRLUS, AND THE ECONOMY'S KICKING INTO LIFE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK, AND WE CAN LOOK FORWARD WITH A BIT OF OPTIMISM THAT HAVING BEEN THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES, JOB SECURITY WILL BE A BIT BETTER, AND INCOMES` THERE'S MORE CAPACITY FOR INCOMES TO LIFT. HOUSING HAS EMERGED AS THE BIG THEME OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WITH MR ENGLISH SET TO UNVEIL MAJOR MEASURES TO CURB SOARING HOUSE PRICES. 15% COMPOUND PRICE INCREASES CUT A LOT OF HOME BUYERS OUT OF THE MARKET. THAT IS A BAD THING. THERE'S STEPS THAT WE AND COUNCILS CAN TAKE, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AND GOOD FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS. BUT THE HOUSING MEASURES ARE LIKELY TO TAKE A YEAR OR TWO TO WORK. AND WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND TODAY WARNING OF A POTENTIAL HOUSING BUBBLE HERE, IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? THE GOVERNMENT'S RULED OUT ALL THE SERIOUS MEASURES TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HOUSING. BILL ENGLISH HAS FAILED TO REBALANCE THE ECONOMY AS HE SAID HE WOULD. BUT WHILE THERE'LL BE NEW SPENDING, DON'T EXPECT A LOLLY SCRAMBLE. WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ROAD, AND I THINK THE BUDGET WILL DEMONSTRATE THE RIGHT TRACK. WE ARE BUILDING MOMENTUM, AND THEY DESERVE, ACTUALLY, TO HAVE A BIT OF OPTIMISM ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING. EVERY BUDGET UP UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT, SO I CAN'T SEE WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. AS FOR OTHER KEY FEATURES OF BUDGET 2013? EXPECT NEW SPENDING ON A BIG-TICKET ITEM LIKE A SCHOOL, HOSPITAL OR ROADING PROJECT USING PROCEEDS FROM THE MIGHTY RIVER POWER SALE; A PACKAGE OF POVERTY-REDUCTION MEASURES, INCLUDING POSSIBLY A MICRO-LENDING SCHEME. THAT'S GREAT. AND AFTER YEARS OF MASSIVE DEFICITS, MR ENGLISH FACES A NEW PROBLEM NEXT YEAR ` WHAT TO DO WITH A FORECAST SURPLUS. SO, CORIN, NOT A LOT OF GOODIES EXPECTED IN THE BUDGET. HOW RISKY IS THAT FOR THE GOVERNMENT? THERE'S THE RISK THEY COULD UNDER DELIVER AND OVER PROMISED. I'M NOT SURE THEY'VE DONE THAT. THE MAIN THING IS TO SHOW IT'S DONE A GOOD JOB. POVERTY AND HOUSING ARE BIG THIGNS. BOTH WILL BE TARGETED IN THE BUDGET TOMORROW. THAT'S PRETTY SMART POLITICS. AND BUDGET COVERAGE TOMORROW BEGINS ON BREAKFAST FROM 6, WITH A LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT. THE BUDGET READING WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ONLINE AT ONENEWS.CO.NZ AT 2. THERE WILL BE ONE NEWS BUDGET UPDATES ON THE HOUR AT 3, 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK, WITH FULL ANALYSIS AND REACTION ON THE ONE NEWS HOUR AT 6. NZERS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA EXPECT TO BE WORSE OFF AFTER LAST NIGHT'S AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL BUDGET. MANY OF THEM WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY MORE, BUT THEY'LL MISS OUT ON BETTER SOCIAL SUPPORT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS MORE. TEARFULLY: WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT... ON THE FLOOR OF PARLIAMENT, JULIA GILLARD'S STEELY RESOLVE GAVE WAY TO TEARS AS SHE PRESENTED A BILL FOR AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME THAT SHE'S WORKED PASSIONATELY ON FOR YEARS. ...AND THERE WILL BE NO TURNING BACK. I COMMEND THIS BILL TO THE HOUSE. THE SCHEME WAS A BIG-TICKET SPEND IN LAST NIGHT'S BUDGET, WHICH HAS LEFT EXPAT NZER EVAN MCCOLL UNIMPRESSED. HE'LL HAVE TO HELP PAY FOR A SCHEME HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS, BECAUSE, LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER NZERS, HE AND HIS WIFE, FIAONA, ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA AFTER 2001. WELL, THAT'S WRONG. I'VE LIVED HERE` YOU KNOW, WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 11 YEARS, AND I PAY TAX. WHY CAN'T` WHY AM I NOT ENTITLED TO IT? MCCOLL SUFFERED MULTIPLE BLOWS IN THE BUDGET BLOWOUT. THE FATHER OF TWO WILL LOSE A PROMISED TAX CUT AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. HAD HE AND HIS WIFE BEEN PLANNING ANOTHER CHILD, THEY WOULD ALSO MISS OUT ON A $6000 BABY BONUS, WHICH HAS BEEN SCRAPPED. THE SAVINGS AND CUTS COME IN THE WAKE OF A DEFICIT EQUAL TO NZ$22B, WITH MASSIVE REVENUE WRITE-DOWNS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. WHILE AUSTRALIA'S GRASS MIGHT HAVE APPEARED GREENER OVER THE YEARS, LAST NIGHT'S BUDGET BLOWOUT CERTAINLY HAS GIVEN IT MORE THAN A TINGE OF BROWN, WITH THE GILLARD GOVERNMENT WARNING OF SOME TOUGH TIMES AHEAD. AND THAT'S GOT THIS EXPAT FAMILY CONSIDERING A RETURN HOME. THERE'S HIDDEN EXPENSES THAT YOU DON'T, SORT OF, REALISE UNTIL YOU GET HERE. THE ECONOMIC FORECAST IS FOR SOME RAINY DAYS AHEAD. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. A POLICE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO A VIOLENT PACK ATTACK BY BOY RACERS ON A LOWER HUTT BUSINESS MAN. THE ASSAULT WAS CAPTURED ON CCTV FOOTAGE AS THE MAN TRIED TO PROTECT HIS BUSINESS. THIS FROM DANIEL FAITAUA. WHAT BEGAN AS A CONVERSATION QUICKLY TURNED UGLY. A BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE TRIED TO RESTRAIN A BOY RACER, BUT HE ENDED UP ON THE RECEIVING END. HE GOT VERY AGGRAVATED, AND I TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN. NEXT SECOND, A KICK WAS FLYING; A PUNCH WAS FLYING. THEN, WITHIN SECONDS, A FEMALE STEPS IN AND DEALS A FEW BLOWS TO THE BACK OF MR KINKAID'S HEAD. AS THE LOWER HUTT BUSINESSMAN GETS UP, HE TRIES TO HOLD THEM OFF, THEN ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE GROUP ATTACKS. HE BASICALLY PICKED ME UP, DROVE ME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THAT STEEL BOLLARD, AND THAT'S WHAT LEFT ME SMASHED INTO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. ANGUS KINKAID CLAIMS HE BLACKED OUT FOR 20 TO 30 SECONDS. WITH ANGUS DOWN, MORE JOIN THE ATTACK, AND A FEMALE PUTS THE BOOT IN BEFORE SHE'S BEEN DRAGGED AWAY. AND WHAT INJURIES DID YOU SUSTAIN FROM THIS? BIG SPLIT INTERNAL LIP AND A RATHER BIG DENT ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD. JUST METRES AWAY FROM HIS BUSINESS, THESE TYRE MARKS SHOW THIS AREA IS A FAVOURITE FOR BOY RACERS. POLICE REFUSED TO APPEAR ON CAMERA, BUT TOLD ONE NEWS AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. POLICE SAY THEY HOPE THE CCTV FOOTAGE WILL HELP THEM IDENTIFY THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP INVOLVED IN THE VIOLENT ATTACK AND AREN'T RULING OUT A PROSECUTION. BUT THE LOCAL MAYOR SAYS IT'S JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. WE DON'T HAVE A BOY RACER PROBLEM HERE. THEY ARE ALL PRETTY WELL BEHAVED. MOST OF THEM HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT IN THEIR CARS, SO THEY WANT TO PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT. ANGUS KINKAID SAYS HE HASN'T BEEN FRIGHTENED OFF, AND HE'LL BE BACK ON THE STREET NEXT WEEKEND IF HIS PROPERTY IS THREATENED. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. ALL BLACKS WINGER JULIAN SAVEA IS HOPING TO ESCAPE CONVICTION OVER AN INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE HURRICANES STAR HAS APPEARED IN WELLINGTON DISTRICT COURT OVER THE ASSAULT CHARGE LAID LAST MONTH. SAVEA'S LAWYER SAID THE 22-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO UNDERGO A COUNSELLING PROGRAMME AND WOULD BE SEEKING DIVERSION, WHICH ALLOWS A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER TO ESCAPE CONVICTION FOR A MINOR CHARGE. JULIAN SAVEA WILL APPEAR AGAIN IN COURT IN JUST UNDER A MONTH. DEPRESSION AND MENTAL HEALTH HAVE BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS AT A FARM SAFETY CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON. d THE SECTOR FACES AN 8 ALARMING SUICIDE RATE, AND NOW INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE WORKING TO BRING THE NUMBERS DOWN. REBECCA EDWARDS HAS THE DETAILS. HAWKE'S BAY FARMER DAVID HUNT TODAY SHARED WITH OTHERS HIS PERSONAL BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION. WHEN YOU SUFFER THIS ILLNESS, YOU JUST THINK IT'S ABOUT YOU AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT SUFFERS IT. IT'S A SUBJECT THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS AT A FARM SAFE CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON, AS THE INDUSTRY WORKS TO REDUCE ITS ALARMING SUICIDE RATE AND REMOVE THE STIGMA AROUND THE OFTEN TABOO TOPIC. THE STOIC 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT' IS A NZ ATTITUDE, AND IT'S PROBABLY SEEN AT ITS EXTREME IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND OBVIOUSLY IN MEN. SO IT'S ONE WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOST INROADS. ACCORDING TO FIGURES FROM THE CHIEF CORONER'S OFFICE, SINCE JULY 2007, 123 FARMERS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE, AVERAGING 20 A YEAR. ALMOST ALL WERE MEN. RESEARCH AND CORONIAL INQUESTS HAVE SHOWN SOME OF THE ISSUES CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE DEATHS INCLUDE PROLONGED DROUGHT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, LONG WORKING HOURS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION. IT'S VERY COMPLEX, AND WE CAN'T JUST PUT IT DOWN TO ONE SINGLE STRESSER. THE DISCUSSION'S PARTICULARLY TIMELY, GIVEN THE CURRENT PRESSURE FARMERS ARE FACING AS THEY CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE EFFECTS OF THIS YEAR'S DROUGHT. ORGANISERS OF THIS CONFERENCE SAY THE CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD IS ENSURING THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND DEPRESSION AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE CONTINUED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE STORY NEEDS TO CONTINUE FOREVER, BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT AND BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT, THEN IT DROPS OFF AND DIES AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY. AND THE INDUSTRY IS TRYING TO AVOID FUTURE TRAGEDIES BY BRINGING WHAT IT SAYS IS A LONG IGNORED ISSUE INTO THE OPEN. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. HANDHELD LASERS WHICH POSE A DANGER TO AIRCRAFT PILOTS ARE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGHTS. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SAYS NEW RULES WILL CONTROL THE IMPORTATION AND SALE OF THE LASERS AND RESTRICT THEIR USE TO ORGANISTIONS SUCH AS THE DEFENCE FORCE OR ASTRONOMERS. THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY REPORTS AROUND 100 LASER STRIKES ON PLANES ANNUALLY. THE NEW CONTROLS WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE AMERICA'S CUP REGATTA WILL GO AHEAD IN SAN FRANCISCO AS SCHEDULED, DESPITE SAFETY FEARS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S FATAL TRAINING ACCIDENT. OFFICIALS SAY ALL TEAMS WANT THE EVENT TO PROCEED. THERE WAS NOT EVEN A THOUGHT GIVEN THIS MORNING AT THE TEAMS' MEETING TO DOING ANYTHING BUT CONTINUING APACE IN MAKING PLANS AND PREPARATIONS FOR THIS SUMMER. NZ LAWYER AND YACHTSMAN JIM FARMER HAS BEEN NAMED ON A SIX-PERSON PANEL THAT WILL REVIEW FUTURE TRAINING AND RACING, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF ANDREW SIMPSON ABOARD SWEDISH YACHT ARTEMIS. THE CHALLENGER SERIES IS SET TO GET UNDERWAY IN SEVEN WEEKS' TIME. ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE'S DECISION TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT HER DOUBLE MASTECTOMY IS EARNING HER WIDESPREAD PRAISE. THE OSCAR WINNER WENT UNDER THE KNIFE AFTER LEARNING SHE HAD A HIGH RISK OF GETTING BREAST CANCER AND SAYS SHE HOPES HER EXPERIENCE WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER WOMEN TO GET TESTED. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. OSCAR WINNER AND TABLOID FAVOURITE, ANGELINA JOLIE'S USED TO BEING IN THE PAPERS, BUT PERHAPS NOT QUITE SO USED TO WIDESPREAD AND GENUINE PRAISE. SHE IS SO BRAVE AND IS GONNA HELP SO MANY WOMEN, AND I THINK IT MAKES HER SEXIER THAN EVER. IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE 37-YEAR-OLD REVEALED SHE UNDERWENT AN ELECTIVE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY ` THREE SURGERIES TO REMOVE HER BREASTS ` AFTER GENETIC TESTS FOUND SHE CARRIES THE RARE BRCA GENE THAT DRAMATICALLY INCREASES A PERSON'S CHANCES OF CONTRACTING BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER. SOMETIMES, AS OCCURRED WITH ANGELINA JOLIE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT TURNS OUT THEY HAVE GOT THAT MUTATION, AND THEREFORE THEY'RE FACED WITH DIFFICULT OPTIONS. THE GENE OCCURS IN ABOUT ONE IN 700 WOMEN. SHE HAD AN 87% CHANCE OF GETTING THE DISEASE. BUT IN THE ARTICLE, SHE ALSO SAYS THE DECISION TO REMOVE HER BREASTS WAS PARTLY INFLUENCED BY HER MOTHER, WHO DIED OF OVARIAN CANCER AT A YOUNG AGE. AUCKLANDER THERESA KINNEAR CARRIES THE SAME GENETIC MUTATION. SHE ELECTED TO HAVE A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY FOUR YEARS AGO. HER FOUR SISTERS HAVE ALL HAD THE SAME OPERATION. WHEN SOMEBODY LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE STEPS OUT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, 'LOOK, I'VE GOT THE GENE. I'VE DONE SOMETHING PROACTIVE ABOUT IT, 'AND I'M FINE. I'M GETTING ON WITH MY LIFE'. I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD. ANGELINA JOLIE'S DECISION TO HAVE SURGERY AND GO PUBLIC HAS ALSO BROUGHT PRAISE FROM HER DOCTORS. THE PINK LOTUS BREAST CENTRE APPLAUDS ANGELINA JOLIE'S BOLD CHOICES, AND WE HOPE THAT THE AWARENESS SHE IS RAISING AROUND THE WORLD WILL SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES. BRAD PITT SAID IN A STATEMENT HE CONSIDERS HER CHOICE HEROIC. AND AS ANGELINA JOLIE CONTINUES TO RECOVER, SHE SAYS SHE'S ALSO CONSIDERING HAVING HER OVARIES REMOVED TO REDUCE HER CHANCE OF OVARIAN CANCER. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. NZERS WITH A STRONG FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER CAN TALK TO THEIR GP ABOUT WHETHER THEY QUALIFY FOR A FREE GENETIC TEST. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` REAL-LIFE DRAMA. WE'RE THERE AS A CORONATION STREET STAR APPEARS IN COURT ON HISTORIC RAPE CHARGES. IS THIS REALLY AN AMERICAN SPY? MEMORIES OF THE COLD WAR RESURFACE AS RUSSIA EXPELS A DIPLOMAT ACCUSED OF BEING A CIA AGENT. 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And for more tips on making your battery go the distance, just head to techinasec.co.nz CORONATION STREET STAR WILLIAM ROACHE HAS APPEARED IN COURT ON CHARGES HE RAPED A GIRL (15) IN 1967. ROACHE (81) DIDN'T ENTER A PLEA AT PRESTON MAGISTRATES COURT, WHERE THE SERIOUS CHARGES WERE IMMEDIATELY REFERRED TO A HIGHER COURT NEXT MONTH. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY WAS THERE. NOT SO LONG AGO, WILLIAM ROACHE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO STOP FOR A PICTURE AND A WORD. WILLIAM, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF THIS? BUT ARRIVING AT THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF A DISTRICT COURT TO FACE HISTORIC RAPE CHARGES, THE SOAP STAR HAD A VERY LARGE MINDER DOING HIS BEST TO KEEP THE PRESS FROM PRESSING IN. WILLIAM PATRICK ROACHE WAS SAYING NOTHING OUTSIDE AND SAID LITTLE MORE IN THE DOCK. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO ANSWER THE CHARGES ` HE'S PREVIOUSLY DENIED THEM STRENUOUSLY. YOU CAN SEE THE INTENSE INTEREST THAT WILLIAM ROACHE'S CASE HAS GENERATED IN WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A ROUTINE APPEARANCE AT COURT, AND IT'S NOT OVER YET. ANY TRIAL COULD BE SIX TO NINE MONTHS AWAY. IT MAY BE AFTER CHRISTMAS BEFORE THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IN FEBRUARY, WILLIAM ROACHE GAVE A CONTROVERSIAL INTERVIEW TO TV ONE'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME, IN WHICH HE CALLED FOR ANONYMITY FOR ALLEGED SEX OFFENDERS UNTIL CHARGES ARE PROVEN. HE MADE OTHER STATEMENTS ABOUT VICTIMS BRINGING IT ON THEMSELVES THAT HE'S SINCE RETRACTED AND APOLOGISED FOR. BY THEN, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH LANCASHIRE POLICE ON THE CASE, LEADING TO THE ARREST AT THE STAR'S HOME TWO WEEKS AGO. I ASKED WILLIAM ROACHE IF HE THOUGHT HIS COMMENTS HAD STIRRED UP ANY OF THE TROUBLE HE WAS NOW FACING JUST BEFORE HE LEFT THE QUIET, ALMOST EMPTY COURTROOM. THE 81-YEAR-OLD CLAIMED HE COULDN'T HEAR ME, AND HIS LAWYER AND HIS MINDER STEPPED IN TO END THE CONVERSATION. MAN: ANY COMMENT, MR ROACHE? > HE WILL HAVE TO SPEND THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO HIS TRIAL EITHER HERE AT HOME IN CHESHIRE OR IN LONDON WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. HE'S FORBIDDEN UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH ANYONE UNDER 16 AND FROM ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT A WOMAN AND A MAN NAMED IN COURT BUT GRANTED AUTOMATIC NAME SUPPRESSION. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, PRESTON. RUSSIA HAS EXPELLED AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT ACCUSED OF WORKING AS A SPY FOR THE CIA. RUSSIAN SECURITY FORCES CLAIM THEY CAUGHT RYAN FOGLE WEARING A BLONDE WIG AND CARRYING WEAPONS AND WADS OF CASH. THEY SAY HE WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AS A SPY. ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE STORY. THE RUSSIANS SAY RYAN FOGLE IS NO DIPLOMAT. THEY SAY THEY CAUGHT THE AMERICAN (29) RED-HANDED, TRYING TO RECRUIT A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO SPY FOR THE US. THEY ROLLED OUT SUPPOSED EVIDENCE: TWO WIGS, THREE PAIRS OF GLASSES, ZIPLOCK BAGS FILLED WITH WADS OF EUROS, A MICROPHONE AND THIS LETTER ` INTENDED, THEY SAY, FOR THE WOULD-BE SPY. IT READS... IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE US AND RUSSIA STILL SPY ON ONE ANOTHER. HERE IN WASHINGTON, IT'S PART OF THE LORE OF THE CITY. THIS MAILBOX WAS ONCE THE PLACE WHERE AN AMERICAN DOUBLE AGENT WOULD LEAVE A MARK TO SIGNAL HIS RUSSIAN HANDLERS. AND REMEMBER ANNA CHAPMAN? PART OF A RUSSIAN SLEEPER CELL, LIVING A SUBURBAN LIFE, WHO WAS EXPELLED IN 2010. BUT TODAY'S CASE IS A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS. LOOK CLOSER AT THAT EVIDENCE ` THE WIGS. IT'S RAISING QUESTIONS; SPY CRAFT THAT SEEMS MORE MAXWELL SMART THAN JAMES BOND. PETER EARNEST WAS A CIA OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS. THE ONE THING A SPY DOESN'T WANNA DO IS GET PICKED UP AND HAVE STUFF ON HIM THAT IS SPY STUFF ` UNLESS, AS THE SPECULATION GOES, IT'S A TOTAL SET UP. MAYBE HE'S A SPY, OR MAYBE THE RUSSIANS WERE JUST TRYING TO EMBARRASS A DIPLOMAT. THE CIA ISN'T SPEAKING. TONIGHT FOGLE HAS BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE COUNTRY, HEADED BACK TO THE US FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE. RUSSIAN MEDIA CLAIMS FOGLE WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT AN OFFICER INVOLVED IN COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE TROUBLED NORTH CAUCASUS REGION OF RUSSIA. THE FBI HAS WADED INTO A GROWING POLITICAL SCANDAL OVER CLAIMS AMERICA'S INLAND REVENUE SERVICE TARGETED CONSERVATIVE GROUPS. IT'S ALLEGED THE IRS SUBJECTED RIGHT-WING GROUPS LIKE THE TEA PARTY TO EXTRA SCRUTINY JUST BEFORE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION. CONSERVATIVES ARE CLAIMING IT'S PART OF A WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE OPPOSITION. CAN YOU SAY CATEGORICALLY THAT NOBODY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOBODY ON THE PRESIDENT'S POLITICAL TEAM HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE OR WAS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY IN THE TARGETING OF TEA PARTY GROUPS BY THE IRS? YES. ABSOLUTELY NOT? I MEAN, WE LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THIS FROM WHAT WE SEE IN YOUR REPORTS. BUT DENIES ANY POLITICAL BIAS. THEY'RE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS MOODY AND DIFFICULT. BUT NOW TEENAGERS CAN BLAME THEIR BRAINS RATHER THAN THEIR PARENTS FOR THEIR ROLLERCOASTER EMOTIONS. BRITISH SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT YOUNG PEOPLE'S BRAINS ARE REWIRED AS THEY MATURE. THE BBC'S PALLAB GHOSH EXPLAINS. KIM AND HER DAUGHTER (16). BUT RECENTLY, SAM'S RESPONSES TO HER MUM'S QUESTIONS HAVE TYPICALLY BECOME... NO. (LAUGHS) NO. SPARKLES? NO. SHE CAN BE QUITE MOODY WHEN SHE COMES HOME SOMETIMES, BUT IT DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG. UM... DO YOU`? DO YOU RECOGNISE THAT SOUND? > YEAH. (LAUGHS) JUST HOP ON THE SCALE. NOTHING HORRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. THE WELCOME TRUST HAS FUNDED A �5M BRAIN-SCANNING PROJECT TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE TEENAGE MIND WORKS. SAM IS AMONG THE FIRST OF HUNDREDS TO TAKE PART. BY THE USE OF IMAGING AND OTHER TOOLS, WE CAN REALLY TAP INTO THESE FEATURES OF THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DEVELOP OVER TIME AS THEY BECOME A YOUNG ADULT. AND HERE'S THE RESULT ` ONE OF THE FIRST DETAILED IMAGES OF THE WIRING INSIDE THE TEENAGE BRAIN. THIS TYPE OF SCANNING HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE RELATIVELY RECENTLY. IT'S ABLE TO SHOW THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF SAM'S BRAIN. AND IT'S THOUGHT THAT IT'S HERE, AMONG THESE CONNECTIONS, THAT EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS RESIDE. DURING THE TEENAGE YEARS, SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT THE BRAIN REWIRES ITSELF AND THAT THIS REWIRING, SPECIFICALLY AT THE FRONT, WILL INCREASE THE MIND'S ABILITY TO THINK AHEAD AND CONTROL EMOTIONS. THIS IS AN EXCITING STUDY BECAUSE IT WILL REALLY BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, IN TERMS OF GROWTH, IN TERMS OF HOW YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME ADULTS. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A FASCINATING RESULT. SAM TELLS HER MUM THAT SHE'S GLAD TO HEAR THAT HER MOODY SPELLS ARE DOWN TO HER BRAIN WIRING, RATHER THAN BAD BEHAVIOUR ON HER PART. THE SCIENTISTS WILL CONTINUE TO SCAN THE BRAINS OF 300 PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 24 TO OBSERVE HOW THEY CHANGE IN THE COMING YEARS. THE SUN'S BEEN PUTTING ON A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAY WITH THREE MAJOR SOLAR FLARES IN 24 HOURS. THE MAGNETIC ACTIVITY RELEASED FLASHES OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, SENDING BILLIONS OF TONNES OF SOLAR MATTER HURTLING INTO SPACE. THAT'S BECAUSE THE SUN IS AT THE PEAK OF ITS 11-YEAR CYCLE OF ACTIVITY. BUT NASA SAYS WHILE THE FLARES LOOK DRAMATIC, THEY'RE NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND OUR SUNSHINE'S ON THE WAY OUT TOMORROW, KAREN? YEP, EVEN THE SOLAR FLARES WON'T HELP. MAKE THE MOST OF THE FINE WEATHER TOMORROW. THE RAIN WILL BE HERE BY THE WEEKEND. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR THURSDAY FORECAST AND A LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND AFTER SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK ` THE WIDOW OF OUR FIRST SAS SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN TELLS ONE NEWS ABOUT HER LOSS AND HER NEW LIFE. AND COULD UNREQUITED LOVE BE THE REASON THIS WANDERING KOKAKO LEFT HOME? 1 THE WIDOW OF THE FIRST NZ SAS SOLIDER TO BE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN HAS SPOKEN FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HER LOSS. TWO YEARS AFTER CORPORAL DOUG GRANT WAS SHOT, TINA GRANT IS NOW HELPING OTHER MILITARY FAMILIES WHO LOSE A LOVED ONE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. TINA GRANT HAS GONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS TO GET THIS GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ADULT LEARNING, HAVING TO ABANDON HER STUDIES IN AUGUST 2011 WHEN NEWS CAME THAT HER HUSBAND, SAS TROOPER CORPORAL DOUG GRANT, HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED IN KABUL. WE TALK ABOUT DAD ALL THE TIME, EH, BUDDY? YEAH, DAD'S ALWAYS IN OUR LIVES. AND THE KIDS HAD THEIR FIRST HOCKEY GAME LAST WEEKEND, AND I SAID, 'I WISH DAD WAS HERE, BECAUSE HE'D BE SO PROUD OF YOU.' AND JADEN SAYS, 'HE IS. HE IS HERE, ISN'T HE? HE'S IN OUR HEARTS.' SO, YEAH... BUT IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIMES, BUT WE'RE A GOOD LITTLE FAMILY, AND WE KEEP ON TRUCKIN'. THE 41-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FIRST OF NZ'S ELITE TROOPS TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE ARMY RESERVE SERGEANT AND MOTHER OF TWO HAS SPOKEN PUBLICALLY ABOUT HER LOSS AND THE COUPLE'S LAST CONVERSATION. HE RUNG ME, AND I SAID, 'IT'S SNOWING', AND HE SAID, 'BULLSHIT, BABE. IT DOESN'T SNOW IN THE MANAWATU.' AND I SAID, 'IT'S SNOWING. I'LL TAKE PHOTOS AND SEND THEM TO YOU.' SO I DID. I TOOK PHOTOS, AND I HAD PHOTOS OF THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN I WENT TO SEND THEM THROUGH, AND UNFORTUNATELY HE NEVER GOT THOSE EMAILS, COS HE DIED BEFORE HE SAW THEM. AND THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED WERE INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING. I GOT TO A STAGE WHERE I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING FORGOTTEN AND PEOPLE HAD, UM, SAY... THEY DIDN'T REMEMBER WHO I WAS, AND THEY DIDN'T REMEMBER WHO MY HUSBAND WAS, AND THAT UPSET ME. BUT THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING FORGOTTEN IS ONE THAT TINA GRANT WANTS NO ONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH. AND SHE'S SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A POSITION WITHIN THE ARMY FOR HERSELF THAT WILL SEE HER BECOME THE LIAISON OFFICER FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN, CONNECTING THOSE SUFFERING WITH THOSE WILLING TO HELP. YOU CAN'T MOAN ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN AND CHANGE, AND I THOUGHT, 'I'M THE BEST ONE FOR THE JOB', BECAUSE I AM CURRENTLY STILL SERVING IN THE MILITARY, I HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY, AND I'M A WIDOW AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. A DETERMINATION TINA GRANT HOPES HER HUSBAND WOULD BE PROUD OF. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. CHRISTCHURCH PROPERTY OWNERS HAVING INSURANCE, REPAIR OR REBUILD PROBLEMS NOW HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING A RESOLUTION. CERA'S NEW RESIDENTIAL ADVISORY SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM TOMORROW MORNING. IT AIMS TO LINK RESIDENTS HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE. SO BEING ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR GEO-TECH SITUATION IS, CAN EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT IS IN YOUR POLICY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, INVALUABLY USEFUL. THE MINISTER ALSO ANNOUNCED CERA IS ON TARGET TO HAVE ALMOST HALF OF THE 6000 CROWN-OWNED RED ZONE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES DEMOLISHED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 'POLITICALLY CONVENIENT'. THAT'S HOW THE OPPOSITION'S DESCRIBING NATIONAL'S CALL TO DITCH RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO MMP. LABOUR AND THE GREENS SAY NATIONAL'S JUST TRYING TO KEEP ITS ACT AND UNITED FUTURE ALLIES IN PARLIAMENT. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. THIS YEAR THERE'S A GENERAL ELECTION AND A REFERENDUM ON OUR VOTING SYSTEM. LAST ELECTION NZERS OPTED TO KEEP MMP BUT OVERHAUL IT. IT'S A JOKE WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT'S GOOD, BUT IT DOES NEED FINE-TUNING. I LIKE IT. I DON'T LIKE THE SYSTEM IN GENERAL. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION CAME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT NOW NATIONAL SAYS IT DOESN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, SO IT'S SCRAPPED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS CHUCKED OUT THE MMP REVIEW THAT EVERYONE VOTED ON. IF THEY NEED ME TO ORGANISE THE KUMBAYA SESSIONS FOR PARTY LEADERS TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK OUT WHAT IT IS THEY AGREE ON, THEN THERE'S SOMETHING VERY WRONG. THE OPPOSITION SAYS THE MOVE'S SELF-SERVING. NATIONAL'S DESPERATE. IT IS RUNNING OUT OF FRIENDS. IT NEEDS TO KEEP THE ONE ELECTORAL SEAT THRESHOLD IN ORDER TO KEEP ITS ALLIES ACT AND UNITED FUTURE ON BOARD. THOSE ALLIES SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT POLITICAL SURVIVAL. NO, I DON'T THINK SO, AND THAT CERTAINLY WASN'T A FACTOR IN THIS. I DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR CHANGE. LABOUR AND THE GREENS SAY THERE WAS NO REAL ATTEMPT AT CONSULTATION, AND THEY NEVER HAD A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH NATIONAL. I'M NOT SURE I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS CONSULTATION, TO BE HONEST. WE HAD ONE LETTER FROM THE MINISTER. SO DOES THE MINISTER THINK SHE CONSULTED ENOUGH? AS MUCH AS I CAN WITH PEOPLE WHO WON'T ANSWER LETTERS PROPERLY. BUT BECAUSE THEY WON ONE ELECTORATE... MMP REQUIRES MPS TO WORK TOGETHER IN COALITION DEALS, BUT IT SEEMS THEY CAN'T WORK TOGETHER TO DECIDE ON MMP. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. THE STORY OF DUNCAN THE ADVENTUROUS KOKAKO HAS COME TO A CLOSE TWO YEARS AFTER HE WENT WALKABOUT FROM THE WAITAKERE RANGES. BUT AS MATT MCLEAN EXPLAINS, IT TURNS OUT THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LOVE AND HEARTBREAK. THIS STORY PLAYS OUT LIKE A HOLLYWOOD TEAR-JERKER. THINK 'THE NOTEBOOK', BUT FOR BIRDS. IT STARTS WITH OUR PROTAGONIST ` DUNCAN THE KOKAKO. ENDANGERED AND HOPELESS AT FLYING, HE WENT MISSING FROM HIS HOME IN THE WAITAKERE RANGES IN 2011, ONLY TO SHOW UP ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN IN THE LEAFY AUCKLAND SUBURB OF GLENDOWIE TWO WEEKS AGO. IT'S THE BEST RESULT WE COULD'VE HOPED FOR, MATT. ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO BITS. AFTER SPENDING A FORTNIGHT MAPPING HIS NESTING HABITS, TODAY THEY CAUGHT HIM. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE'S BEEN IN THE CITY FOR, BUT THAT HE HAS SURVIVED AND THAT HE CAN COME BACK ALIVE. BUT HERE'S WHERE THE PLOT THICKENS. NO ONE'S EXACTLY SURE WHY DUNCAN LEFT THE RANGES. BUT ONE OF THE STRONGEST THEORIES IS YOUR CLASSIC STORY OF A SCORNED LOVER. I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING. TWO YEARS AGO, DUNCAN'S GIRLFRIEND LEFT HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN, AND, HEARTBROKEN, DUNCAN FLED. AND WAIT, THERE'S MORE. APPARENTLY, FOR DUNCAN'S EX, SIZE DID MATTER. WELL, HE HASN'T GOT THE BIGGEST BLUE WATTLES. AND, UM, THEY'RE QUITE SMALL. BUT, I MEAN, IT'S ALL ABOUT PERSONALITY, RIGHT? I THINK HE'S A WINNER. SO TODAY DUNCAN WAS RELEASED INTO THE WILD, BACK WHERE HE BELONGS. AND IT HAPPENED IN A FLASH. BECAUSE KOKAKO ARE ENDANGERED, THERE'S HOPE HE CAN MEND HIS BROKEN HEART AND SETTLE DOWN WITH THE RIGHT GIRL. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LOOK AT HIM AND THINK, 'OH, HE'S DONE HIS OE. HE'S REALLY FASCINATING!' (LAUGHS) BUT FOR NOW... HE'S HOME. HE'S HOME. WITH A FAIR FEW STORIES TO TELL AS WELL. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` ON THE EVE OF HIS FIFTH BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT, THE FINANCE MINISTER IS PROMISING BETTER TIMES TO COME. BILL ENGLISH SAYS THE BUDGET WILL HELP ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. BUT THE GREENS ARE ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF FAILING TO LIVE UP TO ITS PROMISE TO REBALANCE THE ECONOMY. DEPRESSION AND THE RISING RATE OF SUICIDE AMONG FARMERS WERE HIGHLIGHTED AT A FARM SAFETY CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON TODAY. THE PROBLEM'S BEEN EXACERBATED BY THIS YEAR'S DEVASTATING DROUGHT. MANY FARMERS ARE ALSO SUFFERING FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL ISOLATION. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE AMERICA'S CUP SOLDIERS ON. THE REVIEWS ARE UNDERWAY, BUT WILL IT MEAN CHANGES? SO HAS TEAM NZ FINALLY SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE? ALSO TONIGHT ` THE SEVENS CHAMPIONS ARE HOME TO GOOD NEWS ABOUT THEIR PLAYING FUTURES. RUGBY'S RECORD TRY SCORER IS FORCED TO RETIRE. PLUS ` BENJI MARSHALL'S SEASON GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE. AND ANOTHER HISTORIC DAY FOR WIGAN, FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND AS WE REPORTED EARLIER, CUP ORGANISERS ARE ADAMANT THE REGATTA WILL GO AHEAD. A PANEL OF EXPERTS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE LAST WEEK'S ACCIDENT INVOLVING ARTEMIS. AT THE SAME TIME, HAS TEAM NZ FINALLY FRONTED ON THE ISSUE? ABBY SCOTT WITH MORE. IT RAISED MANY QUESTIONS, BUT ORGANISERS SAY LAST WEEK'S ARTEMIS CAPSIZE NEVER PUT A QUESTION MARK OVER THE AMERICA'S CUP. THE AMERICA'S CUP REMAINS ON TRACK, AND RACING WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER. WHILE NO OFFICIAL FINDINGS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, ORGANISERS SEEM SURE THEY DON'T HAVE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE GIANT CATS. IT DIDN'T GET UP, AND IT FOILED LIKE ALL THE OTHER AC72S. IT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT TO ALL THE OTHER BOATS. TWO-TIME KIWI YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR PETER LESTER SAYS THE BOAT NEEDED REPAIRS AFTER ITS FIRST TIME IN THE WATER. FROM DAY ONE THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION MARK ABOUT THIS BOAT'S ENGINEERING. ENGINEERING AND MORE WILL BE EXAMINED BY NZ QC JIM FARMER AND FIVE OTHER EXPERTS WHO'LL BE INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED. WE WILL LOOK AT EVERYTHING, FROM THE TYPE OF RACING THE RACE COURSES WHERE WE SAIL, THE TIMES THAT WE SAIL, THE AMOUNTS OF WIND THAT WE SAIL IN, VARIOUS PARTS OF THE DESIGN. KIWI TOM SCHNACKENBERG IS SURE TO BE QUESTIONED. HE'S A KEY MEMBER OF THE ARTEMIS DESIGN TEAM. HE ALSO HELPED DESIGN FAILED CUP CHALLENGER NZL 82. AND THE MAST HAS SNAPPED. I THINK THE ARTEMIS DESIGNERS, IN THIS CASE, WILL BE QUESTIONED QUITE HARD ABOUT THE FAILINGS OF THIS BOAT. IN A STATEMENT TO ONE NEWS, ARTEMIS SAYS IT REMAINS IN THE AMERICA'S CUP AND IS INVESTIGATING WHAT WENT WRONG. TEAM NZ ONCE AGAIN HAD VERY LITTLE TO SAY AND WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA. ORGANISERS ARE HOPING THAT ALL THE TEAMS WILL STILL COMPETE. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. ALL BLACKS AND CHIEFS FLANKER SAM CANE HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF FRIDAY'S CHIEFS-HURRICANES SUPER RUGBY MATCH. CANE HAS A BACK STRAIN, BUT THE CHIEFS ARE QUICK TO QUELL ANY ONGOING FEARS. HE HAD A HISTORY LAST YEAR ` DURING OUR PRESEASON HE HAD A BULGING DISC, AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO SETTLE DOWN. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS BAD AS THAT, AND IT ENDED UP BEING A BIT OF A 50/50 CALL. WE JUST DECIDED TO PULL HIM OUT, AND THE MEDICS ARE CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL BE RIGHT TO PLAY NEXT WEEK AGAINST THE CRUSADERS. CANE IS THE ONLY OPEN-SIDE FLANKER IN THE ALL BLACKS' WIDER TRAINING GROUP AND IS SCHEDULED TO START AGAINST FRANCE IN A FEW WEEKS. THE WORLD-SERIES-WINNING SEVENS RUGBY TEAM HAS ARRIVED HOME TO NEWS THE LEADING PLAYERS ARE JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM SIGNING NEW DEALS AND GAINING A MAJOR BOOST IN SALARY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. A LOW-KEY HOMECOMING FOR A TRIUMPHANT SEVENS TEAM NOW TURNING THEIR ATTENTION FROM WORLD SERIES TO WORLD CUP. IT'S THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT, THEN COMMONWEALTH GAMES, THEN OLYMPICS, SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA WIN IT. TRIALS FOR THE END OF JUNE TOURNAMENT ARE IN JUST OVER A FORTNIGHT. BY THE TIME THE TEAM LEAVES FOR MOSCOW, THE PLAYERS HOPE TO HAVE SIGNED A NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE RUGBY UNION THAT'LL SEE AT LEAST HALF OF THEM EARNING SUPER-RUGBY-LEVEL WAGES. THE BOYS ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THESE FULL-TIME CONTRACTS ARE COMING IN. WE'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE OR WHEN THEY'LL COME IN, BUT DEFINITELY EXCITING TIMES IN SEVENS, AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY MAKING THAT STEP. WE HAVE SHAKEN HANDS ON A DEAL, AND NOW WE'RE JUST TIDYING UP THE RATIFICATION PROCESS. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GAME'S RETAINER BUDGET WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY, AND TOP PLAYERS COULD EARN TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY DO NOW, WITH SEVERAL LOOKING AT SIX-FIGURE SALARIES. THEY KEY THING FOR SEVENS IS THAT BOTH THE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION AND OURSELVES HAVE RECOGNISED THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 2016, TO GIVE OURSELVES EVERY CHANCE OF WINNING A GOLD MEDAL, WE NEED FULL-TIME SEVENS PLAYERS. THAT MEANS LEADING PLAYERS SHOULDN'T NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME BY PLAYING 15S; ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT GIVEN OLYMPIC-FOCUSED COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ARE POURING MONEY INTO THEIR TEAMS. EVERY TEAM'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, AND THE SERIES IS GETTING HARDER EVERY YEAR. TEAMS THAT WEREN'T THAT GOOD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ARE REALLY STRONG THESE DAYS, SO, YEAH, MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE OLYMPICS IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, I RECKON. MOVING FORWARD IN THE HOPES GOLD MEDALS WILL ONE DAY ACCOMPANY THOSE WORLD SERIES TROPHIES. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. A SHOULDER INJURY HAS FORCED THE ALL BLACKS' RECORD TRY SCORER TO RETIRE FROM RUGBY. PLAYING FOR MUNSTER IN IRELAND, DOUG HOWLETT (34) HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE INJURY SINCE MARCH. HOWLETT SCORED 49 TEST TRIES FOR THE ALL BLACKS, THREE MORE THAN CHRISTIAN CULLEN. RETIRED PLAYERS HERE REMEMBER HOWLETT FOR MORE THAN HIS LIGHTNING SPEED. I ALWAYS REMEMBER DOUGIE'S HAIR, EH. IT WAS... HE USED TO REALLY LOOK AFTER HIS HAIR. IT WAS ALWAYS CURLY, AND IT WAS ALWAYS WELL` WELL MANICURED, AND HIS WHOLE` I REMEMBER HIM. WE NICKNAMED HIM 'FRESHIE'. HE'S BEEN A GOOD SEVEN FOR THE ABs, FOR THE HURRICANES AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE BLUES AS WELL. HOWLETT LED A MUNSTER HAKA AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN 2008, INSPIRING THE IRISH GIANTS TO WITHIN THREE POINTS OF ANOTHER FAMOUS VICTORY. HOWLETT STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST TRIES IN SUPER RUGBY HISTORY AT 59. THE ONLY KIWI CLOSE TO HIM STILL PLAYING IS MA'A NONU ON 44. THE FRENCH HAVE CONFIRMED EIGHT NEW CAPS IN THEIR TOUR SQUAD FOR THE UPCOMING TEST SERIES AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. ATTACKING FIRST FIVE FRANCOIS TRINH-DUC HAS MISSED THE CUT, AS HAVE OTHER VETERANS WHO PLAYED IN THE SIX NATIONS, WHERE FRANCE FINISHED LAST. MIDFIELDER MATHIEU BASTAREAUD RETURNS AFTER AN EMBARRASSING END TO HIS TOUR IN 2009, WHERE HE MADE UP A STORY ABOUT BEING ASSAULTED IN WELLINGTON. JUST SEVEN PLAYERS IN THE SQUAD OF 35 APPEARED IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON EDEN PARK. FRANCE IS AGAIN LED BY FLANKER THIERRY DUSAUTOIR. CHOOSING THE KIWIS OVER STATE OF ORIGIN JUST GOT EASIER FOR NZ'S LEAGUE STARS. PLAYERS ARE SET TO EARN $24,000 DOLLARS FOR EVERY ONE-OFF TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. THE INCREASE, UP FROM THE $11,000 PAID TO PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE RECENT ANZAC TEST, COULD HELP STOP NZ'S TOP TALENT CHOOSING STATE OF ORIGIN, WHERE PLAYERS RECEIVE $36,000 DOLLARS PER GAME. ORIGIN'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A PULL, AND THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT PROBLEM, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THAT KID'S STAYED IN AUSTRALIA. BUT WITH THE INCREASED PAYMENTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE REWARDED IF THEY CHOOSE TO PLAY FOR NZ. PLAYER PAYMENTS FOR THE WORLD CUP AND FOUR NATIONS HAVE ALSO DOUBLED, WITH PLAYERS IN THE OVERALL WINNING TEAM EARNING $60,000. KIWIS STAR BENJI MARSHALL HAS BEEN DROPPED TO THE BENCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS AS THE WESTS TIGERS TRY TO AVOID THE WORST LOSING STREAK IN THE LEAGUE CLUB'S HISTORY. MARSHALL HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF HIS OWN FORM, JUST LAST WEEK SUGGESTING HE WASN'T FAR OFF BEING BENCHED. HIS DEMOTION COMES AT A SENSITIVE TIME, WITH THE TIGERS BOARD DUE TO DISCUSS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT UPGRADE WORTH $4M DOLLARS. THE TIGERS HAVE LOST SIX STRAIGHT AND SIT DEAD LAST ON THE NRL LADDER. THEY FACE THE TABLE-TOPPING SOUTH SYDNEY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WAY TIGER WOODS HANDLES HIMSELF AROUND A GOLF COURSE IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT YET AGAIN. SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE TIGER TOOK ANOTHER INCORRECT DROP, IMPROVING HIS POSITION, THIS TIME AFTER HITTING WATER ON THE 14TH HOLE IN THE LAST ROUND AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH HE WON ON MONDAY. BUT HIS PLAYING PARTNER IS SURE TIGER DROPPED IN THE CORRECT AREA. ALL I CAN SAY IS I WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DO MY BEST TO PROTECT THE FIELD, AND BY NO MEANS DID I THINK IT WAS EVEN A STRETCH. IT WAS, UH, PERFECTLY CLEAN. IN HIS THIRD-ROUND SPAT WITH SERGIO GARCIA, TIGER SAYS HE WENT TO PLAY HIS SHOT IN THE TREES BECAUSE MARSHALLS TOLD HIM GARCIA HAD ALREADY HIT. THE MARSHALL IN QUESTION SAYS HE NEVER SPOKE TO TIGER. SERGIO BELIEVES TIGER DELIBERATELY TRIED TO PUT HIM OFF. AS THE HIGHLANDERS' WOEFUL SUPER RUGBY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES, ANOTHER SOUTHERN FRANCHISE IS ENJOYING A RESURGENCE. THE STEEL ARE BACK IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE, NOW CHALLENGING THE MAGIC FOR THE MANTLE OF THE TOP KIWI SIDE IN TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL. MAX BANIA REPORTS. THE STEEL SHARING THEIR SKILLS WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF NETBALLERS IN GORE TODAY. YOU GUYS ARE DOING BETTER THAN WE DO AT THIS. SERIOUSLY. LAST YEAR'S EASY-BEATS ARE ALL SMILES, HAVING OVERCOME A WOBBLY START TO THE SEASON AND THE SACKING OF ASSISTANT COACH NATALIE AVELINO TO BE THE FORM KIWI TEAM WITH THREE STRAIGHT WINS. WE'RE, AGAIN, A NEW GROUP, AND IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SETTLE. IN THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF GAMES, WE WEREN'T QUITE WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE, AND I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE GIRLS HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT AND STEPPED UP. THEIR NOT-SO-SECRET WEAPON: 6'5" JAMAICAN JHANIELE FOWLER, AVERAGING A WHOPPING 52 GOALS PER OUTING, INCLUDING A RECORD 65 IN ONE GAME. OH, LOOK, THERE'S ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BALL. LUCKILY I HAVE GREAT FEEDERS, BECAUSE IF IM NOT BEING FED PROPERLY I WON'T BE AVERAGING 50 GOALS. HOW DO YOU STOP HER FROM SCORING? > I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT ONE. (LAUGHS) UH, LOOK, J'S BEEN GREAT. SHE'S COME INTO THE ENVIRONMENT REALLY WELL, AND SHE'S SETTLED. WITH SIX ROUNDS TO GO, AUSSIE TEAMS DOMINATE THE TOP OF THE TABLE, MAKING SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY VITAL IN THE RACE FOR THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT. THEY'RE AN EXPERIENCED GROUP AND QUALITY TEAM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY REALLY WARY. BUT BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE IN INVERCARGILL COULD SIGNAL A CHANGING OF THE GUARD. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. ONE OF SPORT'S GREAT TRIUMPHS HAS QUICKLY TURNED TO DESPAIR. ENGLISH FOOTBALL TEAM WIGAN HAS BECOME THE FIRST CLUB TO BE RELEGATED AFTER WINNING THE FA CUP. WIGAN HEARTS SOARED WHEN SHAUN MALONEY'S WONDER STRIKE TIED THINGS UP AGAINST ARSENAL, GIVING HOPE OF A PREMIER LEAGUE REPRIEVE, BUT THE HIGHS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS VANISHED, THEIR EIGHT-YEAR RUN IN THE TOP FLIGHT CRUELLY ENDED IN AN EIGHT-MINUTE STRETCH. HERE'S PODOLSKI. GOALKEEPER STRANDED AGAIN! LOOKS OF DISBELIEF AT THE WIGAN END. THEY'RE FACING UP TO THE AWFUL REALITY OF RELEGATION NOW. THIS IS RAMSAY FOR ARSENAL. AND RAMSAY MAKES IT FOUR. IT'S PAINFUL FOR WIGAN, WHO ARE DOWN AND OUT NOW. TODAY THE RELEGATION IS REALLY REALLY DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RECTIFY, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO IN FOOTBALL, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET STRONGER. MEANWHILE, WITH CARETAKER MANAGER BRIAN KIDD AT THE HELM, MANCHESTER CITY HAS BOUNCED BACK FROM ITS FA CUP DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE HANDS OF WIGAN TO BEAT READING 2-0. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN SAYS THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE EDGING CLOSER, BUT MOST PLACES WILL GET ONE MORE DRY DAY. MOSTLY FINE AGAIN TODAY AFTER SOME MORNING FOG PATCHES OR FROST. FABULOUS SUNSETS IN MANY AREAS THIS EVENING. THIS AERIAL SHOT OF AUCKLAND AND THE HARBOUR BRIDGE TAKEN BY STEVE BARHAM. WE STILL HAVE THE HIGH SITTING OVER US. AREAS OF CLEAR SKY, BUT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OF US HAS BEEN GENERATING LOTS OF HIGH CLOUD, AND THAT'S BEEN SPILLING DOWN ONTO THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. ANOTHER WALL OF CLOUD OUT TO THE WEST, MARKING THE INCOMING FRONTS AND LOWS. THEY LOOK SET TO DAMPEN OUR WEEKEND. OUR HIGH MAKES A VALIANT ATTEMPT TO HANG IN THERE TOMORROW, BUT THIS TANGLE OF FRONTS AND LOWS HAS GOT PLENTY OF MOMENTUM, AND IT'LL FORCE THE HIGH TO RETREAT EASTWARDS. THE HIGH GIVES US ONE MORE MAINLY FINE DAY, THEN IT'S OUTTA HERE. THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS LOT FROM FRIDAY. STARTS OUT MOSTLY FINE OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. JUST SOME CLOUDY AREAS ABOUT THE COASTS AND POCKETS OF FOG FOR INLAND PARTS. CLOUD INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST, WITH RAIN OR DRIZZLE DEVELOPING ABOUT THE FIORDS. NORTH TO NORTH-EAST WINDS FRESHEN UP ALONG THE WEST COAST. CLOUDY IN THE EAST WITH SOME MORNING DRIZZLE. MAYBE A LIGHT SHOWER OR TWO CATCHING EASTERN PARTS OF NORTHLAND. MOSTLY FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH AREAS OF MORNING MIST OR FOG POSSIBLE AROUND CENTRAL AREAS. NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ ANOTHER SPECTACULAR SUNSET THIS EVENING OVER ROTORUA. THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. SEVEN SHARP IS NEXT, BUT FROM THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOOD NIGHT.