HOWDY, EVERYBODY. THE FOG PUT THE SHUTTERS UP FIRST THING IN WAIKATO AND CANTERBURY, AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT TO PLAY IN THE NORTH AND TOP OF THE SOUTH. TOO LATE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THE WASHING ` THE RAIN AND SHOWERS ARE BACK TOMORROW, WITH SOME SOUTHERN SNOW LATER IN THE WEEK. AUTUMN IS GOING A BIT FERAL. 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. LONG HOLD-UPS IN OUR COMMUTER CAPITAL ` PASSENGERS TALK OF THE SCARY MOMENT THAT'S TRIGGERED THE DISRUPTION. THE PAIR ACCUSED OF BURNING ANOTHER MAN ALIVE ` WAS THE MOTIVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? A TRAILER PARK'S TRASHED. IS EVEN WORSE STILL TO COME FROM A SWARM OF TORNADOS? AND IT REALLY IS A HONEYPOT ` THE CLAIMS THIS BREAKFAST FAVOURITE'S JUST TOO TEMPTING FOR THIEVES. THOUSANDS OF TRAIN TRAVELLERS ARE TONIGHT HAVING TO FIND ANOTHER WAY HOME FROM OUR COMMUTER CAPITAL. LIMITED SERVICES ARE BACK IN ACTION NEARLY 10 HOURS AFTER A DERAILMENT AFFECTED WELLINGTON'S BUSIEST LINES. WITH THE LATEST, DANIEL FAITAUA'S AT THE CITY'S CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION. DANIEL. Each day 15,000 commuters use these services. They are also trying to relieve those people and the passages. THE EVENING RUSH HOUR, AS COMMUTERS IN THE CAPITAL DESPERATELY TRY TO GET HOME ON A REDUCED SERVICE. DELAYED TIMES, BUT IT'S OK. THEY HAD THE OPTION OF THE BUS, BUT I MAY AS WELL JUST WAIT FOR THE TRAIN. THE DISRUPTION BEGAN IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR WHEN THIS SOUTH-BOUND TRANZ METRO TRAIN FROM PORIRUA CAME TO A CRASHING HALT. IT WAS A BIT SCARY, EH. IT WAS LIKE, 'IS THIS AN EARTHQUAKE OR SOMETHING?' I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT. YEAH, I JUST HELD ON TO MY SON FOR DEAR LIFE. SOME, THOUGH, USED THE TIME TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT, EMAILING THEIR PHOTOS THROUGH. THIS IS THE FLOOR OF ONE CARRIAGE, KIWIRAIL STILL UNCLEAR ON WHAT FORCED ITS WAY THROUGH THE FLOOR. IT'S REALLY NOT HELPFUL TO TRY AND GUESS AT THIS STAGE, BUT WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED, AND THAT'S WHY THE SITE IS FROZEN. NINE OTHER SERVICES WERE BACKED UP BEHIND THE STRICKEN TRAIN. 3000 COMMUTERS IN TOTAL WERE EVACUATED, MOST FORCED TO TRAVEL BY FOOT. SOMEONE SAID THERE WAS A DERAILMENT, SO WE STARTED WALKING. WE GOT STUCK AT KAIWHARAWHARA. AND TOLD YOU TO GET OFF? YEP, BASICALLY IT'LL BE A WHILE. IT TOOK OVER AN HOUR FOR THE PASSENGERS IN THE DERAILED TRAIN TO BE EVACUATED. AND I KNOW THAT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT YOU CAN'T LEAVE AN ELECTRIFIED TRAIN. ITS VERY DANGEROUS. SO WE NEEDED TO SHUT DOWN THAT NETWORK, TEST THAT IT WAS SHUT DOWN, AND THEN WORK OUT AN EVACUATION PROCEDURE. KIWIRAIL AND THE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. EARLIER TODAY, BUS SERVICES WERE REPLACING SOME SERVICES. NOW SOME TRAINS ARE BACK ON TRACK. KIWIRAIL HOPES SERVICES WILL RETURN TO NORMAL TOMORROW. SO, DANIEL, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DERAILMENT? The latest investigation is that Kiwi rail is inspecting its fleet. This 26 in total, and they say that should be completed by tonight. The driver has been stood down. That is standard procedure. DANIEL FAITAUA, THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THE TRAIN DISRUPTIONS ON ONE NEWS TONIGHT AT HALF PAST 10. YOU CAN ALSO KEEP UP TO SPEED WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWS.CO.NZ WE CAN NOW GIVE YOU DETAILS OF THE POLICE CASE AGAINST THE MEN ACCUSED OF BURNING A 21-YEAR-OLD ALIVE. SHALVIN PRASAD DIED BY A ROAD IN SOUTH AUCKLAND SOON AFTER WITHDRAWING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM A BANK. WILL HINE HAS MORE. WE CAN NOW REVEAL THE FACES OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF MURDERING SHALVIN PRASAD ` SHIVNEEL KUMAR (19) ON THE LEFT AND BRYNE PERMAL (20) ON THE RIGHT. IMAGES OF THEIR PRISON-ISSUED CLOTHING HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED AT A LAWYER'S REQUEST. THE POLICE CASE BEGINS ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY THE 30TH, THE DAY BEFORE MR PRASAD DIED, WHEN HE DROVE TO THE BANK. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY KUMAR IN HIS DISTINCTIVE GREEN HOLDEN, SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. SHALVIN PRASAD WITHDREW $30,000 AND AT ONE POINT SENT HIS ALLEGED KILLER A TEXT MESSAGE FROM INSIDE THE BANK SAYING 'SHE GETTING MONEY NW'. LATER IN THE EVENING, THE PAIR MET UP AGAIN OUTSIDE THIS BUSINESS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. IT'S ALSO WHERE MR PERMAL WORKED. HE WAS CAUGHT ON CCTV FOOTAGE LEAVING THE AREA AT 9 O'CLOCK THAT NIGHT. 20 MINUTES LATER, MR PRASAD DROVE UP. HE PARKED HIS BLUE RAV4 JUST OVER HERE. THE POLICE SAY HE LEFT THE AREA WITH MR KUMAR IN HIS GREEN HOLDEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO MR PRASAD IN THE NEXT HOUR IS UNCLEAR, BUT POLICE CLAIM THAT AT HALF PAST 10, THE TWO ALLEGED KILLERS DROVE INTO THIS PETROL STATION IN PAPAKURA. THE POLICE SAY THE MEN TOOK TWO PLASTIC FUEL CONTAINERS LIKE THIS, THEY FILLED THEM WITH FUEL, PUT THEM IN THE CAR AND DROVE OFF. POLICE BELIEVE THE TWO MEN THEN DROVE 18KM TO KINGSEAT, WHERE THEY POURED THE PETROL OVER MR PRASAD AND SET HIM ALIGHT. HIS BODY WAS FOUND IN FLAMES BY A PASSER-BY NEXT MORNING. DETECTIVES SAY KUMAR BANKED OR SPENT ALMOST $18,000 IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING, WHILE HIS CO-ACCUSED IS SAID TO HAVE BANKED MORE THAN $4000. THE TWO MEN REMAIN IN CUSTODY. THEIR CASE MOVES TO THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND NEXT MONTH. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. SIMMERING FAMILY TENSIONS ARE BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND A DOUBLE KILLING IN NORTHLAND. EDWIN HARVEY MAHENO (38) IS CHARGED WITH FATALLY SHOOTING HIS UNCLE IVAN MAHENO AND MOTHER-OF-TWO CARMEN MAHENO. POLICE AND FORENSIC SPECIALISTS SPENT THE DAY EXAMINING THE SCENE AT PAMAPURIA, NEAR KAITAIA. POLICE LOCATED ONE PERSON IN THE HALLWAY. THEY LOCATED A FEMALE VICTIM BY SOME BUSH. SHE WAS STILL ALIVE AT THE TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, OVERNIGHT SHE PASSED AWAY. POST-MORTEMS ON THE COUPLE WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. A SMOKING BAN'S BEING CHALLENGED BY FORMER PATIENTS WHO SAY THE HABIT HELPS THEIR MENTAL STABILITY. THEY'RE TAKING THE CASE AGAINST WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD TO TRY TO OVERTURN WHAT THEY'RE LABELLING A 'DRACONIAN' POLICY. JOY REID WITH THE DETAILS. THAT'S... WOULD BE THE MOST RECENT ONE. JENN'S SON TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AFTER A LIFELONG BATTLE WITH A PERSONALITY DISORDER. HE WAS A HEAVY SMOKER, AND JENN SAYS HE SMOKED TO KEEP CALM. BUT WHEN THE SMOKING BAN IN HIS LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH UNIT CAME INTO PLACE, SHE BELIEVED IT STOPPED HIM SEEKING HELP. HE CONSTANTLY KEPT TELLING ME THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THERE; THAT HE COULDN'T GO IN THERE; THAT HE NEEDED TO HAVE A SMOKE. HIS TRAGIC STORY WAS MENTIONED AS PART OF A CIVIL CASE IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND TODAY, WHERE TWO FORMER PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS ARE TAKING THEIR DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD TO COURT, CHALLENGING ITS SMOKING BAN. WHAT THE CASE IS ABOUT IS ABOUT THE RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY. IT'S NOT DISPUTED THAT SMOKING IS A HEALTH RISK. BUT SOME DOCTORS SAY NICOTINE CAN REDUCE ANXIETY IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS. PSYCHIATRIC CLINICIAN DR JAMES ADAMS' AFFIDAVIT TO THE COURT SAYS IN HIS EXPERIENCE, WHEN PATIENTS CAN'T SMOKE, AGAINST THEIR WILL, THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN NURSING PRODUCTIVITY. THEY CAN BECOME BELLIGERENT AND VERBALLY AGGRESSIVE. THIS WOMAN, WHO HAS NAME SUPPRESSION, IS ONE OF FORMER PATIENTS BEHIND THIS CASE. IT'S COMPLETELY DEMORALISING. YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO SMOKE TAKEN OFF YOU AS WELL, WHEN IT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED, COS YOU'RE ADDICTED TO NICOTINE. AND YOU USE IT AS A WAY OF MODERATING YOUR MOODS. BUT WAITEMATA DHB SAYS ITS NO-SMOKING POLICY IS LAWFUL AND IT PROVIDES NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. THE DHB'S CLEAR POSITION IS THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE AND PROPER TO HAVE A POLICY THAT DOES PREVENT PEOPLE FROM SMOKING WHEN THEY'RE ON DHB SITES AND DHB BUILDINGS. FOR JENN, THE ISSUE IS SIMPLE ` LET PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS SMOKE. BECAUSE, IN REALITY, IT MAY SAVE MORE LIVES. AND, LIKE DHBS AROUND THE COUNTRY, SHE'S WATCHING CLOSELY FOR THE JUDGE'S DECISION. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. A CONTROLLED HOUSE DEMOLITION ON A CHRISTCHURCH CLIFFTOP HAS PROMPTED AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE A SMALL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND IMPOSE CORDONS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE HOUSE ON BALMORAL LANE ABOVE REDCLIFFS WAS RED-ZONED SOME TIME AGO, BUT AT THE WEEKEND AUTHORITIES NOTICED IT HAD BECOME UNSTABLE AND NEEDED TO BE DEMOLISHED. THERE'S A SMALL POSSIBILITY SOME MATERIAL MIGHT COME DOWN THAT FACE. BUT IT'S ONLY VERY SLIGHT, AND WE'RE JUST TAKING SOME PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. THE DEMOLITION CREWS PLAN TO WORK INTO THE NIGHT UNTIL THE SITE IS CONSIDERED SAFE. THE ENGINEER WHO OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CTV BUILDING WILL NOT FACE CHARGES IN AUSTRALIA OVER ALLEGATIONS HE FALSIFIED HIS QUALIFICATIONS. WHILE THE INVESTIGATION INTO GERALD SHIRTCLIFF REMAINS OPEN HERE, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE SAY THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY ANY CHARGES. LACEY WILSON REPORTS. GERALD SHIRTCLIFF HAS ALREADY FACED TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ROLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CTV BUILDING MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, BUT HE'S ALSO BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS WORK IN AUSTRALIA. ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA ASKED FEDERAL POLICE TO INVESTIGATE AFTER IT WAS ALLEGED HE STOLE ANOTHER'S IDENTITY TO GAIN A MASTERS DEGREE. TODAY THE FEDERAL POLICE SAID NO COMMONWEALTH OFFENCES WERE IDENTIFIED. MY REACTION WAS A BIT OF SURPRISE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL OFFENDING ` ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SUFFICIENT TO CHARGE SOMEBODY WITH. THE AUSTRALIANS SAY THEY'LL NOW HELP AS REQUIRED WITH THE INVESTIGATION HERE. FOR THEIR PART, NZ POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN. THEY HAVE BEEN LIAISING WITH THE AUSTRALIANS, BUT HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THEIR FINDINGS. I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED HERE AT THE CTV SITE. WHILE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA, THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS. THAT'S AN INQUIRY PROCESS POLICE ARE CONTINUING INTO THE CTV COLLAPSE. FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY, SYMPATHY, BUT NO DEADLINE. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY HOW THOSE FAMILIES WOULD FEEL AND THE ENORMOUS PAIN THEY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND THE NEED TO FEEL THAT SOMEONE STANDS UP AND TAKES RESPONSIBILITY. BUT, LOOK, UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES LEGALLY THESE THINGS GET VERY MESSY, AND THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE. IN SPITE OF OUR REPEATED QUESTIONS, POLICE TOO WERE UNABLE TO GIVE A TIMEFRAME ` REPEATING SIMPLY THAT THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT AS TORNADOES CUT A DEADLY PATH THROUGH THE MIDWESTERN STATES. AT LEAST ONE PERSON'S BEEN KILLED AS THE TWISTERS FLATTENED BUILDINGS, DESTROYED HOMES AND CUT POWER TO THOUSANDS. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME, HAS MORE. FROM AFAR THEY LOOMED MASSIVE AND OMINOUS. JUST HAD A HUGE... JUST EXPLODED JUST NOW. IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US. NO, IT'S NOT. I CAN SEE IT. YES, I CAN. UP CLOSE, THE TORNADO'S IMMENSE POWER WAS TERRIFYING. I WENT TO THE BACK DOOR, AND I COULD HEAR IT. AND THEN THE ELECTRICITY WENT OUT, AND IT WAS HITTING. AND THEN IT WAS LIKE... THERE WERE LINES FLYING. SO WE JUST HUNKERED DOWN AND... HOPED FOR THE BEST. A SERIES OF DEVASTATING TORNADOES WHIPPED THROUGH OKLAHOMA CITY, CARVING UP BUILDINGS AND SPITTING OUT DEBRIS. THIS CARAVAN PARK WAS DESTROYED IN SECONDS AS EMERGENCY SERVICES RUSHED TO HELP THOSE INJURED AND TRAPPED. IN NEARBY KANSAS, RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO SEEK SHELTER AS NUMEROUS TWISTERS HAMMERED DOWN. THE WORST OF THE DAMAGE WAS IN OKLAHOMA, WICHITA AND KANSAS CITY. BUT FORECASTERS ARE WARNING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS TORNADOES COULD AFFECT RESIDENTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN DALLAS, TEXAS AND MINNEAPOLIS AND CHICAGO IN THE NORTH. THE EXTREME SPINNING FRONT HAS BROUGHT HUGE RAINFALLS AS WELL AS GALE-FORCE WIND... THESE ARE THE CRAZIEST WINDS I'VE EVER SEEN. IT WAS JUST... WOW. EVERYTHING WAS STILL, IT WAS QUIET, IT WAS ALL OVER WITH, AND IT JUST HAPPENED THAT QUICK. YOU KNOW, TREES BLOWN OVER, FENCES GONE. ...WHILE HAIL THE SIZE OF GRAPEFRUIT RAINED DOWN. TONIGHT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ALONG TORNADO ALLEY REMAIN ON HIGH ALERT. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. COMING UP ON ONE NEWS ` THE SALVATION ARMY SHINES A LIGHT ON POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION IN OUR POOREST PACIFIC COMMUNITIES. CHINA BREAKS RECORDS AND CONCRETE IN THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST BRIDGE DEMOLITION. AND A CONTROVERSIAL SHOCK CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED IN AMERICA, AIMED AT BOYS AND TEEN PREGNANCY. TINKLING MUSIC Have you noticed Bluetooth on your phone and wondered what it can do for you? The Bluetooth function lets your smartphone share information with other devices that are close by. For instance, this portable speaker is Bluetooth-capable. I can get my smartphone to play music through it without plugging it in at all. I just turn on Bluetooth, and it recognises the speaker. I select it, and they automatically pair up. Now when I play music, it comes out of the speaker. Now when I play music, it comes out of the speaker. SOFT MUSIC PLAYS That's pretty cool. Bluetooth is also brilliant for sharing files. Say you're with a friend, and you want to give them a picture that's on your smartphone. Well, you just pair your phones over Bluetooth, and then you can send the photo to your mate for free. Try Bluetooth out for yourself and get step-by-step instructions at techinasec.co.nz A REPORT ON THE STATE OF PACIFIC PEOPLE HAS FOUND SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AND DISTURBING LEVELS OF CHILD POVERTY. THE SALVATION ARMY IS URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO SHAPE POLICY AROUND THE REPORT'S FINDINGS IN A BID TO STOP FURTHER DEPRIVATION. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS THE DETAILS. LOW-INCOME FAMILIES ARE DOING IT TOUGH, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. IT'S REALLY HARD. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE FOOD BANK AND THAT TO GET US FOOD. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT OVER 40% OF PACIFIC CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. HARDLY SURPRISING, GIVEN MANY PARENTS ARE OUT OF WORK. THE NEW REPORT SHOWS SHOCKING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR PACIFIC PEOPLE ` TWO TO THREE TIMES WORSE THAN FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION. PACIFIC INCOMES HAVE GROWN $2 IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. FOR NON-PACIFIC INCOME, THE AVERAGE WEEKLY INCOME HAS GROWN $54. I CAN'T SUPPORT MY FAMILY. I CAN'T EVEN SUPPORT THEM. THE DAILY STRUGGLE IS EVIDENT AT FOOD BANKS. IN 2007 THE SALVATION ARMY GAVE OUT OVER 1000 FOOD PARCELS TO PACIFIC FAMILIES. NOW THAT NUMBER HAS SKYROCKETED TO OVER 6000. THE SALVATION ARMY IS SUPPORTING FREE BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES FOR LOW-DECILE SCHOOLS AND HAS MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT. BUT IT'S NOT HOLDING ITS BREATH. WE ARE PROBABLY MORE USED TO THEM NOT LISTENING TO US. WE HAVE TO RAISE THE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS ` THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET HIGHER SKILLED EMPLOYMENT AND EARN HIGHER INCOMES. BUT FOR MANY PACIFIC ISLANDERS, GETTING ANY SORT OF INCOME IS THE CHALLENGE. WE'VE GOT THE WORST UNEMPLOYMENT RECORD FOR PACIFIC PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD ` UH, AT 43.5% FOR AGES 19-24. THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS ` MORE PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE GOING TO UNIVERSITY. DESPITE SOME ADVERSITY, THERE IS REAL RESILIENCE, AND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES ARE PUSHING THROUGH. THE FUTURES OF THEIR CHILDREN DEPEND ON IT. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. IN PAKISTAN, IMRAN KHAN'S BLAMING ONE OF HIS POLITICAL RIVALS FOR THE MURDER OF HIS PARTY'S VICE-PRESIDENT. ZAHRA HUSSAIN WAS SHOT OUTSIDE HER HOME ON THE WEEKEND IN WHAT SOME CLAIM WAS AN ARMED ROBBERY GONE WRONG. BUT IMRAN KHAN SAYS THE LEADER OF RIVAL PARTY MQM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DEATH ` SOMETHING THE PARTY DENIES. HE IS BEHIND THIS MURDER. HE IS THE MASTERMIND, AND HE HAS COMMITTED THIS MURDER. THE POLITICAL BLAME GAME COMES AS PAKISTANIS RETURN TO THE POLLS IN A PARTIAL RE-RUN OF THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION. AT LEAST ONE PROTESTER IS DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED AFTER HARD-LINE ISLAMISTS CLASHED WITH TUNISIAN POLICE. THE VIOLENCE BROKE OUT AFTER THE GOVERNMENT BANNED AN ISLAMIC GROUP FROM HOLDING ITS ANNUAL MEETING, SAYING IT POSED A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE PROTESTERS HURLED STONES AT POLICE, WHO RESPONDED BY FIRING TEAR GAS. SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD REMAINS DEFIANT, VOWING NOT TO STEP DOWN AS LEADER AND DISMISSING A PROPOSED PEACE CONFERENCE. IN A RARE INTERVIEW, HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE WEST SHOULD FOCUS ON STOPPING GUNS FALLING INTO THE HANDS OF OPPOSITION FIGHTERS. THE BBC'S ALEEM MAQBOOL REPORTS FROM BAGHDAD. ASSAD'S FORCES ARE ON THE OFFENSIVE. THIS FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW THE BOMBARDMENT OF THE TOWN OF QUSAYR. ONCE A REBEL STRONGHOLD, IT'S NOW CLOSE TO FALLING TO THE SYRIAN ARMY. (SPEAKS ARABIC) THE PRESIDENT, FILMED GIVING AN INTERVIEW TO AN ARGENTINEAN NEWSPAPER, SAYS HE'LL KEEP FIGHTING AND HAS NO INTENTION OF STEPPING DOWN. 'THE COUNTRY'S SUFFERING FROM A CRISIS RIGHT NOW,' HE SAYS. 'THE CAPTAIN DOESN'T FLEE HIS SHIP DURING A STORM.' BASHAR AL-ASSAD SAID THE WEST WAS HELPING FUEL THE CRISIS, AND HE POURED SCORN ON FOREIGN JIHADI FIGHTERS AIDING THE INSURGENCY. BUT HERE IN NEIGHBOURING IRAQ, IT'S OBVIOUS FOREIGN COMBATANTS ARE HELPING ASSAD'S FORCES TOO. THESE BANNERS IN BAGHDAD TALK OF SHIA MARTYRS WHO'VE DIED IN SYRIA FIGHTING AGAINST THE REBELS. THIS MAN HELPS RECRUIT AND PREPARE SHIITE IRAQIS TO FIGHT WHAT'S SEEN AS A HOLY BATTLE IN SYRIA. THERE'S NO WAY OF VERIFYING IT, BUT HE SAYS THEY'VE GONE IN THEIR THOUSANDS. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: A CIVIL WAR IS ONE SECT AGAINST ANOTHER, BUT THIS IS MORE THAN THAT. WHEN SOMEBODY ATTACKS YOUR BELIEFS, YOU MUST DEFEND THEM, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. BUT THE TENSION DOESN'T STAY ACROSS THE BORDER IN SYRIA. TO SOME EXTENT, AT LEAST, IT IS CONTRIBUTING TO IRAQ'S WORST PERIOD OF SHIA-SUNNI VIOLENCE IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS. WELL OVER 150 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ATTACKS THIS WEEK ALONE. THE AMERICAN SPY WHO RUSSIA CLAIMS TRIED TO RECRUIT ONE OF ITS INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS FOR THE CIA HAS LEFT MOSCOW. RUSSIAN TELEVISION SHOWED RYAN FOGLE (29) GOING THROUGH PASSPORT CONTROL AND SECURITY. THE US EMBASSY HAS REFUSED TO COMMENT ON DETAILS OF THE CASE SINCE FOGLE WAS DETAINED BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES LAST WEEK WEARING A BLOND WIG, CARRYING CASH AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT. CHINA'S BLOWN UP A 3.5KM-LONG VIADUCT, SETTING A NATIONAL RECORD FOR THE LONGEST REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE EVER DEMOLISHED. EXTRA CARE HAD TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE OF HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINES AND SEVERAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS NEARBY. THE VIADUCT ALSO RAN ABOVE SEVERAL UNDERGROUND PIPELINES, INCLUDING THE MAIN GAS LINE SUPPLYING WESTERN CHINA. TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLOODING ARE CONTINUING TO INUNDATE LARGE PARTS OF CHINA'S SOUTH-EAST. RECORD-BREAKING RAIN STORMS HAVE NOW BATTERED FIVE CITIES, DESTROYING ALMOST 3000 HOMES. IN ONE SMALL TOWN MORE THAN 160 HAVE COLLAPSED. THE STORMS HAVE SO FAR KILLED 36 PEOPLE IN THE REGION AND LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS HOMELESS. WEATHER TIME NOW. SURPRISE, SURPRISE ` MORE RAIN'S COMING? AFTER TODAY'S NORTHERN SUNSHINE, THE OLD RAIN MACHINE IN THE TASSIE'S REACTIVATED, AND THE RAIN'S BACK TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ NICE DAY IN WANAKA. AFTERNOON HEATING ON THE FACES OF THE REMARKABLES HAD CLOUD PERCOLATING UP INTO COOLER AIR. COMING UP, ANOTHER DOSE OF WESTERN RAIN AND THUNDER. SEE YOU AFTER ANDREW. UP NEXT ` NEW CHARGES FOR AIRLINES ARE ON THE WAY. WHAT WILL THAT MEAN FOR TICKET PRICES? A CONTROVERSIAL AD CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES IN AMERICA, DESIGNED TO SHOCK BOYS INTO THINKING. AND SUSPICION'S RIFE IN ONE SMALL FLORIDA TOWN ABOUT WHO'S WON MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. 1 THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF HONEY ARE WELL KNOWN. NOW THERE ARE CLAIMS IT'S LEADING TO A LUCRATIVE BLACK-MARKET TRADE. IT'S BELIEVED THE HIGH VALUE OF THE MANUKA VARIETY IS BEHIND ONE MAN'S ALLEGED SUPERMARKET STEALING SPREE. HELEN CASTLES HAS THE STORY. THE FIRST ANTIBIOTIC THAT HELPS WITH CUTS, IT HELPS WITH SCRAPES, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S HONEY. ITS PERCEIVED HEALTH BENEFITS HAVE MADE MANUKA HONEY THE WONDER HONEY, AND IT'S IN BIG DEMAND OVERSEAS. WOMAN SPEAKS CHINESE BUT WITH HIGH GLOBAL DEMAND AND A DROP IN THE BEE POPULATION, THE COST OF HONEY'S REACHED AN HISTORIC HIGH, FORCING SOME SALES UNDERGROUND. I HAVE A... COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT MANUKA HONEY, AND I JUST STEAL FROM THE SHOPS AND SELL TO THEM FOR LESS PRICE. THIS MAN'S ACCUSED OF STEALING $1100 WORTH OF HONEY FROM THREE AUCKLAND SUPERMARKETS. HE SAYS HE STEALS TO ORDER AND MOST OF HIS CLIENTS ARE ASIAN. AND WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THAT? I... YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY KNOW, BUT I WOULD SAY SOME OF IT STAYS OVERSEAS; SOME OF IT STAYS IN NZ. THIS SINGLE CRATE IS WHAT $1100 WORTH OF TABLE-GRADE MANUKA LOOKS LIKE. THIS 500G POT SELLS FOR $14, BUT THIS HIGH-GRADE MANUKA SELLS FOR AROUND $70, AND OVERSEAS CAN COMMAND MORE THAN TWICE THAT PRICE. HONEY EXPORTS ARE WORTH MORE THAN $120M A YEAR, AND HONEY PRODUCERS SAY 80% OF THEIR STOCK GOES TO CHINA. HONEY IS A VERY POPULAR ITEM UP THERE, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY TAKING A LOT OF OUR EXCESS. WHAT WE HAD AS EXCESS HONEY IN THE PAST IS GOING TO CHINA, AND THAT'S PUSHING THE PRICES UP. WELL, IT'S A REALLY GOOD PRODUCT, I THINK. I USE IT MYSELF AS WELL. INDUSTRY GROUPS ARE PUSHING FOR REGULATORY STANDARDS TO TIGHTEN UP THE TRADE AND MAKE SURE HONEY PRODUCTS ARE WHAT THEY'RE CLAIMED TO BE. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS CASH-STRAPPED SOLID ENERGY IS A BROKEN COMPANY. JOHN KEY WAS RESPONDING TO AN INDEPENDENT REPORT INTO THE TROUBLED STATE-OWNED COAL MINER. HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS MORE TIME TO DECIDE ITS NEXT MOVE. THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. NONE OF THEM ARE TERRIBLY PALATABLE, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO RESOLVE WHAT IS A QUITE BROKEN COMPANY. SOLID ENERGY IS NEARLY $400M IN DEBT, AND EARLIER THIS MONTH IT ANNOUNCED MORE THAN A HUNDRED JOBS WOULD GO. A WARNING TONIGHT THAT YOU COULD SOON BE PAYING MORE FOR FLIGHTS. AIRLINES SAY THEY'RE BEING CHARGED MORE FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL SERVICES, AND THAT HAS TO BE PASSED ON. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. HEADING FOR THE SKIES FROM WELLINGTON AIRPORT. NOW SOME IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY SAY AIRFARES ARE ABOUT TO HEAD IN THE SAME DIRECTION. CONSUMERS ` THE TRAVELLERS ` WILL BE PAYING HIGHER AIRFARES THAN IS JUSTIFIED. THAT'S BECAUSE THESE COSTS ARE HIGHER THAN JUSTIFIED. JOHN BECKETT REPRESENTS A LOBBY GROUP INCLUDING AIR NZ AND OTHER MAJOR AIRLINES. THE COSTS HE'S REFERRING TO ARE THOSE BEING CHARGED BY AIRWAYS NZ. WE LARGELY ARE BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT IT'S OUR SERVICE THAT ENABLES AIRCRAFT TO FLY SAFELY WITHIN NZ AND ACROSS THE PACIFIC. IN FACT, STATE-OWNED AIRWAYS NZ RUNS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT OUR FIVE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS AND 17 RESIDENTIAL AIRPORTS. AIRWAYS NZ DOESN'T JUST CONTROL TRAFFIC AT AIRPORTS LIKE THESE, BUT ALSO A MILLION FLIGHTS IN 30 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETRES OF AIRSPACE ` 7% OF THE WORLD'S TOTAL. TO KEEP THE SKIES SAFE, AIRWAYS CHARGES THE AIRLINES A FEE, WHICH IS NOW INCREASING BY 15% BY 2016. AIRWAYS SAYS THAT'S TO REPLACE AND UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY, BUT CRITICS SAY IT'S PROFITEERING. WE GO ALONG WITH THEM MAKING A REASONABLE PROFIT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING MORE LIKE 5.7%, 6% PER ANNUM AFTER TAX. INSTEAD, THEY'VE APPLIED A RETURN OF 7.8% AFTER TAX. BUT AIRWAYS SAYS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY SHOULD ACTUALLY SAVE AIRLINES MONEY. WE ESTIMATE THAT THE VALUE OF THE FUEL COST SAVINGS ALONE IS $70M OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND AIRWAYS SAYS THE RISE IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR SAFETY. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. AUTHORITIES STILL CAN'T SAY WHY NZ SHEEP AND BEEF PRODUCTS ARE STILL SITTING AT CHINESE PORTS ` SOME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THE INDUSTRY'S WARNING IF THE TRADE STANDSTILL ISN'T RESOLVED SOON, THE FINANCIAL FALLOUT COULD BE HUGE. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MANY TONS' WORTH OF NZ SHEEP AND BEEF PRODUCTS ARE SITTING IN CHINESE PORTS, BLOCKED FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY. BUT THE INDUSTRY SAYS IT COULD COST THEM TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES THIS AFTERNOON ADMITTED IT DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY TRADE HAS COME TO A STANDSTILL. WE'RE NOT BEING TOLD AT THIS STAGE WHAT THE SPECIFIC ISSUE IS. IT'S BEEN THE WEEKEND IN CHINA JUST PASSED. WHAT THE MINISTRY DOES KNOW IS IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE PAPERWORK FOR SOME MEAT PRODUCTS. THE STANDSTILL COMES AFTER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES. IT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT. AND THE CHINESE SIDE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND THEY'VE NOW APPARENTLY GOT THAT INFORMATION. INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE WORRIED, BECAUSE CHINA IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST EXPORT MARKETS FOR MEAT, WITH $128M WORTH SOLD IN MARCH ALONE. WE'VE GOT A HECK OF A LOT OF PRODUCT AND REVENUE AT STAKE, SO, YEAH, THEY'RE DEEPLY ANXIOUS. BUT A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHINESE EMBASSY SAYS THE STANDSTILL IS A MISCOMMUNICATION AND A TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT CAN BE RESOLVED QUICKLY. I DON'T THINK IT IS A BIG ISSUE. YOU HAVE SOME CHANGES TO YOUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, YOU SHOULD LET US KNOW. BUT CERTAINLY, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVEN'T GOT THE FULL INFORMATION. I GENUINELY DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING MORE SINISTER ABOUT THIS. IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER WHERE THE PARTIES HAVE BOTH HAD SOME CHANGES IN THEIR PROCEDURES. THEY'VE BEEN TALKING PAST EACH OTHER. NEITHER SIDE COULD SAY JUST WHEN MEAT PRODUCTS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO CHINA. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. TVNZ PRESENTER SHANE TAURIMA HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S SEEKING THE LABOUR PARTY CANDIDACY FOR THE IKAROA-RAWHITI BY-ELECTION TO REPLACE PAREKURA HOROMIA. MR TAURIMA, WHO WAS BORN IN NAPIER, WILL SQUARE OFF AGAINST NGATI KAHUNGUNU IWI CHIEF EXECUTIVE MEKA WHAITIRI, BOARD MEMBER HAYDEN HAPE AND HASTINGS COUNCILLOR HENARE O'KEEFE FOR THE LABOUR CANDIDACY, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. NA RAIHANIA WILL STAND FOR THE MAORI PARTY IN THE JUNE 29 BY-ELECTION, WITH THE MANA PARTY EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE ITS CANDIDATE ON THURSDAY. SHANE TAURIMA WILL NOT PRESENT TV ONE'S POLITICAL PROGRAMME Q&A AGAIN AND IS ON LEAVE WHILE HE CONTESTS THE CANDIDACY. BILLBOARDS SHOWING HEAVILY PREGNANT BOYS ARE BEING USED IN A CONTROVERSIAL NEW AD CAMPAIGN AIMED AT REDUCING TEENAGE PREGNANCIES IN AMERICA. THE MESSAGE TARGETS YOUNG MEN, REMINDING THEM PREGNANCY'S NOT JUST A GIRL'S RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S BEEN ROLLED OUT IN SEVERAL AMERICAN CITIES, INCLUDING CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, WITH IMAGES ACROSS BUSES, TRAINS AND BILLBOARDS IN PRIME TEEN LOCATIONS. A SMALL FLORIDA TOWN IS ABUZZ TONIGHT AS ITS RESIDENTS TRY TO WORK OUT WHO IS ABOUT TO BECOME MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS RICHER. THE RUMOUR MILL IN ZEPHYRHILLS IS RED HOT AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED A SINGLE TICKET WON THE $700M PRIZE. ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI WENT TO SEE IF HE COULD SNIFF OUT THE WINNER. MAN: IT'S A RECORD-BREAKING JACKPOT... THEY SAY IT'S THE BIGGEST THING EVER TO HAPPEN IN ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, KNOWN FOR ITS LARGE NEIGHBOURHOODS OF GROOVY SENIORS AND A PRETTY POPULAR BRAND OF BOTTLED WATER. IT'S THE MOST VALUABLE WINNING TICKET EVER, WORTH MORE THAN HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, AND SOMEONE HERE IS WALKING AROUND TOWN WITH IT BURNING IN THEIR POCKET. COULD BE A FRIEND. MM-HM. COULD BE FAMILY. I HOPE SO. ALL LAUGH IT WILL BE KNOWN WHO WINS, COS IT'S A SMALL TOWN, AND EVERYBODY TALKS. OUTSIDE THE GROCERY STORE THAT SOLD THE WINNING TICKET, THEY TELL US THEY'VE BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH CALLS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM REALLY FRIENDLY RELATIVES CHECKING TO SEE IF THEY'VE WON. THE JACKPOT IS WORTH $590.5M, BUT THAT'S ONLY IF THE WINNER TAKES ANNUAL PAYMENTS. TAKE IT ALL AT ONCE, AND IT'S NEARLY $371M. THE LOTTERY WITHHOLDS 25% IN FEDERAL TAXES, BUT IN FLORIDA, THERE'S NO STATE TAX ` GREAT NEWS FOR THE WINNER, WHO'S LEFT WITH SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF $278M AND CHANGE. THE RUMOUR MILL IS ON FIRE. IS IT ONE OF THE TOWN'S SENIORS? OR IS IT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WORKS AT A STORE? FLORIDA LAW SAYS THE WINNER MUST COME FORWARD TO CLAIM THE MONEY. JUST IN CASE YOU WERE THINKING OF TRYING TO EARN THAT MUCH MONEY, IT WOULD TAKE THE AVERAGE PERSON 28,000 YEARS TO DO. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` WELLINGTON TRAIN SERVICES ARE ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A COMMUTER TRAIN DERAILMENT THIS MORNING FORCED THE CLOSURE OF TWO MAIN LINES. KIWIRAIL IS STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND HOPES ALL SERVICES WILL BE RESTORED IN TIME FOR TOMORROW'S MORNING RUSH. SUPPRESSION ORDERS AROUND THE CASE AGAINST TWO MEN CHARGED WITH BURNING A MAN ALIVE HAVE BEEN RELAXED. POLICE BELIEVE SHIVNEEL KUMAR (19) AND BRYNE PERMAL (20) POURED PETROL OVER SHALVIN PRASAD AND SET HIM ALIGHT. IT'S ALSO ALLEGED THE TWO BANKED MORE THAN $20,000 OF MR PRASAD'S MONEY. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED AFTER A SWARM OF MASSIVE TORNADOES TORE ACROSS AMERICA'S MIDWEST. TORNADO WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL STATES AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO CHURN ACROSS THE REGION. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS TAKE A BIG STEP BACKWARDS. AGONISING TO WATCH SNIFF OF A CHANCE ` GONE ALL THAT HARD WORK DOWN THE GURGLER WE RUN THROUGH THE BLACKCAPS SHOCKER NEXT, AS QUICK AS THE ENGLISH BOWLERS. ALSO TONIGHT ` THE WARRIORS CEO FRONTS, SO WHERE TO FROM HERE AS THE CLUB LURCHES INTO CRISIS MODE AGAIN? PLUS ` THE ALL BLACKS TRAIN IN THE MOUNT, AS THIS MAN STARTS THE BIGGEST MONTH OF HIS CAREER. WHAT TYPE OF FOOTBALL DOES THE NEW PHOENIX COACH PLAN TO PLAY? AND A 17-YEAR-OLD KIWI CATCHES GLOBAL ATTENTION FOUR YEARS AFTER CATCHING OURS. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO CRICKET, AND FROM THE SNIFF OF VICTORY TO AN EMBARRASSING COLLAPSE. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE CAPITULATED AT LORD'S IN LONDON, ALL OUT FOR JUST 68 IN THEIR SECOND INNINGS, SUFFERING A FIRST TEST LOSS TO ENGLAND. THE RESULT COMES LESS THAN THREE MONTHS SINCE THEY WERE HUMILIATED IN SOUTH AFRICA. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS THE GORY DETAILS. A DAY THAT PROMISED A CONTEST ENDED IN UTTER CHAOS. OH, HE'S RUN OUT AT THE OTHER END! CALAMITY! IT RATHER SUMS UP THIS INNINGS FOR NZ. WELL, IT DOES. NZ WERE SKILLED FOR 68 ` THEIR NINTH-LOWEST TEST SCORE. I THINK WE'VE PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LAST TIME WE'VE FELT THIS SORT OF PAIN AND THIS TIME AROUND. AND I THINK WE'VE TAKEN SOME SIGNIFICANT STEPS FORWARD IN THE LAST LITTLE WHILE. BUT TODAY WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A STEP BACKWARDS. HOPES HAD BEEN SO HIGH. THE BLACKCAPS WERE CHASING 239 TO WIN. THIS WAS A MATCH BALANCED ON A KNIFE'S EDGE. HOW QUICKLY THE BLADE TURNS. EDGED, AND GONE! EARLY BREAKTHROUGH. BOWLED HIM! STUART BROAD WAS AT HIS MOST DESTRUCTIVE. HE'D HAVE A CAREER BEST 7/44 BY THE TEST'S END AFTER SNARING HIS FIVE-FOR WITHIN SIX OVERS. SPEAKING OF SIX, THAT'S HOW MANY OF NZ'S TOP BATSMEN FELL WITHOUT REACHING DOUBLE FIGURES. IT'S ALSO THE NUMBER OF WICKETS THEY LOST FOR JUST 29 RUNS BEFORE LUNCH. I FELT AS IF WE WERE DICTATING TERMS AS WELL, BUT, I GUESS, WITHIN AN HOUR THE GAME TURNED ON ITS HEAD. MCCULLUM ADMITS THE TEAM PANICKED. AN HOUR OF MADNESS MADE A HISTORIC VICTORY SUDDENLY SEEM LIKE A LAUGHABLE FANTASY. CONCERNS NOW OVER BJ WATLING AND BRUCE MARTIN. BOTH ARE UNDER AN INJURY CLOUD AHEAD OF THE SECOND TEST ON FRIDAY. SPARE A THOUGHT TOO FOR TIM SOUTHEE, WHO KEPT THE KIWIS IN THE MATCH TO START WITH. OUTSIDE EDGE, AND GONE! TERRIFIC STUFF! THE SEAMER NABBED A 10-WICKET HAUL. HE AND DION NASH ARE NOW THE ONLY NZERS TO ACCOMPLISH THE FEAT AT LORD'S. HIS ACHIEVEMENT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE CAPITULATION OF HIS TEAMMATES. ALL THEY CAN DO NOW IS SCHOOL UP FOR ROUND TWO. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. HERE'S THE SCOREBOARD ` TWO BOWLERS, SOUTHEE AND BROAD, DOMINATING THE MATCH. SOUTHEE IS JUST THE FIFTH KIWI TO MAKE THE LORD'S HONOURS BOARD FOR TAKING FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS, THE OTHERS BEING SIR RICHARD HADLEE, DION NASH, DANIEL VETTORI AND CHRIS CAIRNS. THE OTHER EMBARRASSING COLLAPSE OVER THE WEEKEND IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH RUGBY LEAGUE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN. THE WARRIORS' RECORD LOSS HAS SEEN URGENT MEETINGS HELD BETWEEN THE PLAYERS AND MANAGEMENT AND MORE HEAT GOING ON COACH MATT ELLIOTT. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. BUSINESS AS USUAL ` DAMAGE LIMITATION OR A BRAVE FACE TODAY FROM A WARRIORS BOSS STILL REELING FROM SATURDAY'S CRUSHING. WELL, NOT MANY OF US SLEPT VERY WELL ON SATURDAY NIGHT. I MEAN, I WAS NUMB, TO BE HONEST. THE INEVITABLE TORRENT OF TORRID HEADLINES WOULDN'T HAVE HELPED. SCURRAH ACCEPTING OF THE CRITICISM. I THINK IT'S WELL-FOUNDED. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS A HUMILIATING LOSS. IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING FOR THE CLUB AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE CLUB. NOT ACCEPTABLE ` THE SMILING WARRIORS FACES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 62-6 DRUBBING. YEAH, IT WASN'T A GOOD LOOK. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CHOSE A BAD TIME TO SAY HELLO TO SOME FORMER TEAMMATES AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FORMER KIWI PLAYERS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TEAM GOT BACK, AND WE STRENGTHENED OUR RESOLVE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS ARE HURTING MASSIVELY, AND THEY WANT TO TURN IT AROUND. SCURRAH DRAWS THE LINE AT THE CALLS FOR COACH MATT ELLIOT TO GO. IT WOULD BE VERY UNFAIR TO MAKE THAT SORT OF CALL AFTER 10 WEEKS OF A SEASON IN HIS FIRST YEAR, WHEN HE CAME IN RELATIVELY LATE AS WELL. SCURRAH ADAMANT THE ONLY WAY IS UP. THE TALENT IS THERE, AND THEY ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN. THEIR CONFIDENCE IS LOW, AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET THEIR CONFIDENCE UP IS GO OUT AND WIN. A VERY BIG ASK AGAINST HIGH-FLYING, HIGH-SCORING NEWCASTLE AT MT SMART ON SUNDAY. THE KNIGHTS FRESH FROM MAULING THE BULLDOGS 44-8. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. NEWCASTLE LED 12-0 IN THE FIRST QUARTER WILLIE MASON KEPT THE BULLDOGS BACKPEDALLING THE KNIGHTS SCORED 32 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF NOW FOURTH ON THE TABLE IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. THE RETURN OF ALL BLACKS NUMBER EIGHT, KIERAN READ, WAS ONE OF THE STANDOUT HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEKEND. AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OUT INJURED, READ LED THE CRUSADERS TO AN EMPHATIC WIN OVER THE BLUES. NOW HE'S IN CAMP WITH THE ALL BLACKS TRAINING GROUP, EMBARKING ON THE BIGGEST MONTH OF HIS CAREER. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. DAN CARTER ENJOYING THE SAND BETWEEN HIS TOES, BUT IT'S KIERAN READ'S RECOVERY FROM A TOE INJURY THAT HAS HIM ODDS ON TO CAPTAIN THE ALL BLACKS NEXT MONTH AGAINST FRANCE, SO IS HE FEELING THE PRESSURE? NOT REALLY. I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT, I GUESS, MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE IN THIS CAMP AND ENSURING THAT WE WELCOME IN A LOT OF THE NEW FACES AND GET A FEEL OF HOW WE WANT TO PLAY OR, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANT TO DO THINGS IN THAT JUNE SERIES. THE ALL BLACKS BARELY SEEING THE MT MAUNGANUI SUN, THEIR BRIEF TRAINING SESSION BETWEEN STUDYING ALSO HELD INSIDE. IT'S THAT STUDY, THOUGH, THAT READ BELIEVES IS KEY TO KEEPING THE ALL BLACKS AHEAD OF THE CHASING PACK. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA BE INNOVATIVE AND CONTINUALLY CHANGE YOUR GAME, SO THERE'S A FEW LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'LL, I GUESS, TWEAK FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE CAMP WRAPS UP TOMORROW, READ AND THE IN-FORM CRUSADERS FACING ANOTHER ALL BLACK TRIAL OF SORTS WHEN THEY PLAY THE TABLE-TOPPING CHIEFS IN HAMILTON ON FRIDAY NIGHT. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST LISA CARRINGTON HAS MADE IT TWO FROM TWO WITH VICTORY IN HER FAVOURED K1 200 EVENT AT THE LATEST WORLD CUP REGATTA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THE SPRINT WAS A CLOSE RACE, BUT CARRINGTON MANAGED TO PULL AHEAD BY HALF A BOAT LENGTH OVER THE RUSSIAN PADDLER. IT FOLLOWS HER WIN IN THE K1 500, AN EVENT SHE'S ONLY RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO HER INTERNATIONAL REPERTOIRE. TODAY I HAD A REALLY GOOD RACE. IT WAS A NICE TAILWIND, SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 10 SECONDS SHORTER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY, SO THAT HELPED. THE THIRD AND FINAL WORLD CUP EVENT IS IN POLAND NEXT WEEK. NOW TO ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY. PALMERSTON MOTOCROSS RIDER COURTNEY DUNCAN (17) HAS BLITZED THE FIELD AT HER FIRST EVER PROFESSIONAL EVENT IN THE STATES. DUNCAN WON BOTH WOMEN'S RACES AT THE HANGTOWN CLASSIC IN CALIFORNIA DESPITE BEING THE ONLY 125CC IN THE 250 CLASS. THE KIWI HAS BEEN TURNING HEADS LOCALLY SINCE SHE WAS A FRESH-FACED 13-YEAR-OLD, NOW PROVING HER CLASS BY BEATING THE LIKES OF SIX-TIME CHAMP JESSICA PATTERSON. I WAS DEFINITELY DOWN ON EXPERIENCE AND AGE, BUT I KNEW THAT I HAD THE SPEED AND, LIKE, IF I GOT TWO GOOD STARTS AND JUST RODE SMOOTH AND CONSISTENT, I KNEW THAT I COULD DO IT. THE CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES TO PENNSYLVANIA IN THREE WEEKS. KIWI DRIVER FABIAN COULTHARD HAS SECURED HIS THIRD VICTORY OF THE SEASON AT THE V8 SUPERCARS IN TEXAS, BUT HE'S BEEN PENALISED FOR BREACHING RACE RULES. COULTHARD LED A HOLDEN CLEAN SWEEP IN THE THIRD RACE OF THE WEEKEND, THE ONLY AMERICAN RACE NOT WON BY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER JAMIE WHINCUP. FABIAN COULTHARD: YEEHAH! AUSTIN, BABY! WHOO! MAN: WITH A YEEHAH, FABIAN COULTHARD STANDS ABOVE THEM NOW. BUT AN INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THE TOP THREE BROKE AWAY TOO EARLY FROM BEHIND A SAFETY CAR, EACH DOCKED 30 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. DESPITE INTERNATIONAL INTEREST, THE PHOENIX FOOTBALL CLUB HAS APPOINTED AN A-LEAGUE VETERAN AS ITS NEW COACH. FORMER MELBOURNE VICTORY BOSS ERNIE MERRICK HAS SIGNED A TWO-YEAR DEAL, TAKING OVER FROM RICKI HERBERT. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. NEW COUNTRY AND NEW COLOURS FOR ERNIE MERRICK. THIS IS GOING TO MAKE ME REALLY POPULAR WITH 30,000 VICTORY FANS. THE 60-YEAR-OLD IS CONFIDENT HE CAN PERFORM A MERRICKLE WITH THE PHOENIX, LIKE HE DID WITH THE MELBOURNE VICTORY ` TAKING THEM TO TWO A-LEAGUE TITLES. JUST LOOK AT MY RECORD. SO, IN SIX YEARS COACHING VICTORY, WE SCORED FAR MORE GOALS THAN ANY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE BY MILES; FIRST TEAM TO SCORE 100 GOALS; WE HAD THE TOP TWO GOAL-SCORERS. THE PHOENIX STRUGGLED LAST SEASON TO FULFIL DEMANDS FROM THEIR NEW OWNERS FOR MORE ENTERTAINING FOOTBALL. MERRICK SAYS HE WON'T DISAPPOINT. THEY PLAY POSSESSION IN THE BACK THIRD IN ITALY, AND NOBODY GOES TO WATCH THE GAMES ANY MORE. SO IT'S ABOUT POSSESSION IN KEY AREAS; IT'S ABOUT FAST, HIGH-INTENSITY FOOTBALL; AND IT'S GETTING TO WHERE YOU CAUSE TROUBLE. 15 OF THE SQUAD ARE SIGNED, LEAVING ROOM FOR FIVE OR SIX NEW SIGNATURES. THREE OF THEM NEED TO BE PRETTY WELL KEY PLAYERS; COUPLE OF MIDDLE, MIDDLE-MIDFIELD-TYPE PLAYERS ` TRANSITION NEEDS TO IMPROVE OUT OF SIGHT. ALEX SMITH, A MIDFIELDER FROM LAST SEASON, TWEETED LAST NIGHT HE'S LEAVING THE CLUB ` MAKING MERRICK'S JOB EASIER. DIRECTIVES FROM THE NEW OWNERS TO RECRUIT WITHIN A SUSTAINABLE BUDGET A LANGUAGE MERRICK UNDERSTANDS. IN THE END, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED SOMEONE THAT COULD SPEAK ENGLISH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE GOT ERNIE. LAUGHTER MERRICK HAS SIGNED ON FOR TWO YEARS, WITH THE OPTION OF A THIRD. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. ARSENAL HAS CLINCHED FOURTH SPOT AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFICATION ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL SEASON, BEATING NEWCASTLE 1-0. THE WINNING GOAL CAME IN THE SECOND HALF THROUGH ONE OF ARSENAL'S DEFENDERS. AND TURNED IN BY KOSCIELNY! THE TWO CENTRE-BACKS COMBINING, AND ARSENAL HAVE THE LEAD AT ST JAMES' PARK. ARSENAL'S VICTORY SHUT TOTTENHAM OUT OF THE RACE FOR FOURTH. THIS STUNNER FROM GARETH BALE WAS THE LONE GOAL IN THE WIN OVER SUNDERLAND. NOT ALL IS LOST FOR SPURS ` THEY'LL PLAY IN THE EUROPA LEAGUE NEXT SEASON. RAFAEL NADAL IS THE SIZZLING HOT FAVOURITE TO WIN HIS EIGHTH FRENCH OPEN TENNIS TITLE. NADAL'S THRASHED ROGER FEDERER IN THE FINAL OF THE ROME OPEN, THE TRADITIONAL LEAD-IN EVENT. IT TOOK THE SPANIARD JUST OVER AN HOUR TO SCORE HIS BIGGEST WIN OVER FEDERER ` 6-1, 6-3. CHEERING, APPLAUSE UMPIRE: GIOCO, NADAL. CHEERING, APPLAUSE UMPIRE: GIOCO, NADAL. NADAL HAS WON 20 OF THE 30 MATCHES HE'S PLAYED AGAINST FEDERER. SERENA WILLIAMS IS THE WOMEN'S FAVOURITE FOR ROLAND GARROS, STARTING NEXT MONDAY. SHE CRUISED AGAINST VICTORIA AZARENKA IN STRAIGHT SETS IN THEIR FINAL. LAST TIME SERENA WON IN PARIS WAS 11 YEARS AGO SHE MIGHT RETIRE IF SHE WINS THIS TIME GLOSSING OVER SPURS, AREN'T YOU? HOWDY. HOPE YOU GOT THE WASHING DONE, BECAUSE THE BLACK CLOUDS ARE BACK IN BIZ TOMORROW. THIS IS THE NEW LIFTING BRIDGE OVER WHANGAREI'S HATEA RIVER. THIS COULD WELL BECOME A WARNING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RIDE YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE, HERE'S A GREAT WAY TO GET YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE ALL THE WAY TO THE HEAPHY TRACK ` SLING 'EM UNDER THE WING OF A CESSNA. ON MY BIKE NOW