GOOD EVENING. AS TORNADOES CAUSE DESTRUCTION IN MAYHEM IN THE UNITED STATES, AIR TRAVELLERS HERE WERE STARTLED BY WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS OFF AUCKLAND AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMPLEX TROUGH KICKING SOME OF US ABOUT HAS BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE, AND WE HAVE RAIN AND THUNDER WATCHES FOR SEVERAL AREAS COMING UP. BUT 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. MAN: OH, THERE'S A HUGE FLASH RIGHT THERE. IT IS JUST RIPPIN' UP EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. THE MOMENT A MONSTER HIT. THE SHOCKING SCENES LEFT IN ITS WAKE AS THE DEATH TOLL SOARS. AND THE DESPERATE SCRAMBLE TO FIND SURVIVORS. FEARS DOZENS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A SCHOOL'S OBLITERATED. YES, ONE STORY DOMINATES ONE NEWS TONIGHT ` THE TORNADO THAT'S TORN TO PIECES A TOWN THE SIZE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST AFTER 1 IN THE MORNING IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AND THE TWISTER DEATH TOLL'S JUST BEEN UPDATED TO AT LEAST 91. 20 OF THEM ARE CHILDREN, AND IT'S FEARED THERE'LL BE MORE AFTER A PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS FLATTENED. THE SHOCKING SCENES ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY, WHERE TORNADOES FIRST HIT SHAWNEE AND THEN DEVASTATED MOORE. WE BEGIN OUR EXTENSIVE COVERAGE WITH US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME. A MONSTER. WITH WINDS OF UP TO 300KM/H, IT CHURNED A DEVASTATING PATH MORE THAN 2KM WIDE. OH, THERE'S A HUGE FLASH RIGHT THERE. THAT IS JUST RIPPING UP EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. THE OKLAHOMA CITY TORNADO WAS AWESOME IN THE TRUE SENSE. AND AS IT CUT THROUGH THE DENSELY POPULATED TOWN OF MOORE, OKLAHOMA, THE DAMAGE IT CAUSED WAS IMMENSE. AUTHORITIES IN THE AREA HAD WARNED RESIDENTS OF A HIGH TORNADO RISK. NEWS CREWS FOLLOWED THE FUNNEL FROM HELICOPTERS AS IT BEGAN FORMING,... WE GOT A TORNADO. ...WARNING PEOPLE TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CITY OUTSKIRTS AND GATHERED SIZE. EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH WAS TORN TO SPLINTERS; ENTIRE NEIGHBOURHOODS AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES WHIPPED UP AND SPAT OUT. WE WERE PULLING WALLS OFF OF PEOPLE. THERE WERE PEOPLE CRAWLING OUT FROM EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. STREETS UPON STREETS FLATTENED. MANY RESIDENTS COULD ONLY SALVAGE A HANDFUL OF THEIR POSSESIONS. THERE IS SHINGLE AND PIECES OF SHEET ROCK AND WOOD IN OUR YARD AND ALL ACROSS OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. SOME HOMES COMPLETELY GONE. IT'S DEVASTATING. THERE ARE 2 X 4 THAT ARE GOING THROUGH PEOPLES ROOVES LIKE PROJECTILE OBJECTS. AND AS HOUSES CONTINUED TO BURN, AUTHORITIES AND SURVIVORS SCRAMBLED TO SAVE THOSE STILL TRAPPED. SADLY, THEY FOUND A MAN AND A WOMAN AND A SMALL BABY. BUT DOZENS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE WINDS AND DEBRIS. SADLY, THEY FOUND A MAN AND A WOMAN AND A SMALL BABY. BUT DOZENS HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE WINDS AND DEBRIS. OUR HEARTS ARE JUST BROKEN FOR THE PARENTS THAT ARE WONDERING THE STATE OF THEIR CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN HIT TODAY. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN, A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MOORE, WHERE 75 PEOPLE HAD BEEN SHELTERING. IT DIDN'T HAVE A TORNADO SHELTER AND WAS DIRECTLY IN THE STORM'S PATH. MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND MANY ARE STILL MISSING. WE WANT TO DO EVERTHING WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE LOST IN THIS TRAGEDY. TONIGHT, AS EMERGENCY SERVICES WORK UNDER FLOODLIGHTS WITH THE HELP OF DOG TEAMS AND HEAVY MACHINERY, THEY'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR SURVIORS, BUT THEY WARN THE DEATH TOLL WILL LIKELY RISE, AND ANY RESPONSE TO THIS CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE WILL TAKE MONTHS. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, NEW YORK. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS, US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER IN OKLAHOMA. OUR CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME, JOINS US NOW. JACK, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MR OBAMA'S RESPONSE? OBAMA HAS BEEN BRIEFED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. HE SPENT A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO ASSIST. HE ENABLED A FUND FROM THE GOVERNMENT. HE COULD TRAVEL TO THE TOWN HIMSELF. JACK, GIVE US ANOTHER IDEA OF THE SCALE OF THIS TORNADO. HOW DID IT RATE IN TERMS OF STRENGTH? THE JUDGE THE STRENGTH ONCE IT HITS THE GROUND. THE WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WINDS WERE UP TO 320M/H WE WILL BE TRAVELLING TO OKLAHOMA OURSELVES. UPDATING TOMORROW ON BREAKFAST. WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM JACK SHORTLY, BUT FIRST THE FOCUS ON THAT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MOORE. SEVEN OF THE 20 DEAD CHILDREN ARE FROM THERE, IN WHAT'S BEEN A HARROWING HUNT FOR SURVIVORS. MATT McLEAN WITH THAT STORY. RESCUE WORKERS SCOUR THE WRECKAGE WHERE A SCHOOL ONCE STOOD. IT WAS JUST DEBRIS. THERE WAS JUST CARS BEAT UP. MY MOM WAS FLIPPIN' OUT. DESPITE THE IMAGES OF CHILDREN BEING RESCUED, OFFICIALS SOON CONFIRMED THE DEVASTATING REPORTS THAT SEVEN OF THE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS HAD NOT MADE IT OUT ALIVE. AND THEY WERE IN THERE, AND CINDER BLOCKS AND EVERYTHING COLLAPSED ON 'EM. INCREDIBLY, THOUGH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, MOST DID MANAGE TO SURVIVE. WE SPOKE TO A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS IN THE SCHOOL. SHE SAID, 'MY TEACHER GRABBED ME AND THE REST OF US, 'AND WE HUDDLED TOGETHER IN THE SAFE ROOM IN THE SCHOOL. 'AND THEN IT PASSED, AND THEN WE CAME OUT AND WE SAW ALL OF THIS.' BUT SHE GOES, 'WE ALL GOT OUT ALIVE.' REPORTS AT THIS STAGE INDICATE THOSE CHILDREN THAT WERE KILLED DIED AFTER THEIR TORNADO BUNKER FLOODED. I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENED TODAY, FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD ON THE RADIO, WHERE THE CHILDREN WENT ENDED UP GETTING VERY QUICKLY FLOODED, BECAUSE THE WATER SUPPLY MUST'VE BEEN BROKEN BY THE TORNADO. OKLAHOMA'S GOVERNOR TOLD MEDIA HER HEART WAS BROKEN FOR THOSE FAMILIES AFFECTED. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, AND WE ARE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO TRY AND GET THROUGH THE DEBRIS AND TO TRY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE LOVED ONES ARE. WITH TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF MOORE NOW FLATTENED, RESCUE WORKERS WILL CONTINUE SEARCHING THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR THOSE STILL MISSING. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. NOW FOR ANOTHER VIEW OF JUST HOW WIDESPREAD THESE TORNADOES ARE. 55 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TWISTERS, STRETCHING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS ALL THE WAY TO DETROIT. AND IT REMAINS AN ENORMOUS THREAT. WITHIN THAT DANGER ZONE, 50 TORNADOES STRUCK THESE SIX STATES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD. IT'S NOW THE DEADLIEST TORNADO TO STRIKE OKLAHOMA ALONE, WITH ALARMING SIMILARITIES TO THE LAST BIG ONE 14 YEARS AGO. THEN, 36 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ONE OF THE COSTLIEST DISASTERS TO HIT AMERICA. IN THE TOWN OF MOORE, MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMES WERE DESTROYED. THE MAY 1999 TWISTERS ALSO FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATH, WITH 74 TORNADOES PUMMELLING OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS, THE DAMAGE BILL TOPPING A BILLION US DOLLARS. TEAMS OF STORM CHASERS HAVE RUSHED INTO THOSE STATES, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST THRILLSEEKERS. THEY SAY THEY DO IT TO HELP WARN PEOPLE AND SAVE LIVES. ABC'S GINGER ZEE HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD WITH THEM. FROM THE FIERCE HAIL TO THE FIERCE WINDS, STORM CHASERS ARE ON THE FRONT-LINES OF THIS DEADLY SWAMP OF TORNADOES THAT ARE CUTTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE STORM CHASERS HAVE REAL PURPOSE. AS SOON AS WE SEE A TORNADO, WE CALL 911. MANY TIMES, THEY'RE THE FIRST TIME OFFICIALS LEARN IT'S NOT JUST ROTATION ON THE RADAR, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A TORNADO TOUCHING THE GROUND. WE MET UP IN NORMAN, OKALAHOMA TODAY WITH STORM CHASER REID TIMMER. HIS TEAM CAUGHT THIS VIDEO OF A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN NEAR EDMINGTON, OKALAHOMA YESTERDAY. EVEN GETTING A RARE GLIMPSE INSIDE THE WHIPPING TWISTER. WE'RE INSIDE IT! WE'RE IN IT RIGHT NOW! STOP! STOP! STOP! TODAY HIS TEAM IS BACK AT IT AGAIN. SO THIS, WHAT WE'RE UNDER HERE, IS THIS STORM ` ONE OF MANY IN A LINE. WE'RE WATCHING FOR IT TO START TO LOWER AND ALSO START TO ROTATE. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP. CRISSCROSSING THESE SMALL TOWNS IN A FLEET OF ARMOURED TRUCKS CALLED, THE DOMINATORS. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HEADING OUT TODAY IS NOT ONLY FOR RESEARCH, BUT TO STREAM VIDEO AND KEEP PEOPLE WARNED OF THE PATH OF THE STORMS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO BEST. IN AN AREA THAT NEEDS WARNING, THESE CHASERS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO SAVE LIVES. WE'VE EXTRA PICTURES AND VIDEO OF THE DEVASTATION IN OKLAHOMA ON,... WHERE YOU'LL ALSO GET REGULAR UPDATES FROM OUR US CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME. IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENED IN AMERICA, BUT THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF WATERSPOUTS AROUND OUR BIGGEST CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH WHAT IT MEANS, HERE'S OUR WEATHER EXPERT, JIM. IT IS SMALL CHANGE BY COMPARISON. THE TASMAN TROUGH HAS CROSSED THE CITY. GENERATED WATER SPOUTS AND FUNNELS ACROSS THE HARBOUR. HERE'S AUCKLAND. WATCH THE PURPLE BIT. IT'S TRACKING EASTWARDS. BY COMPARISON TO OKLAMHOMA, THESE LASTED JUST A FEW MINUTES. IN OTHER NEWS, CLAIMS FROM LABOUR TONIGHT THAT JOHN KEY'S PREPARING NZERS TO DITCH FINANCIALLY STRICKEN SOLID ENERGY. A DECISION ON THE STATE-OWNED COMPANY'S FUTURE IS DUE IN ABOUT A MONTH. BUT AN EMAIL TRAIL REVEALED THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS JUST HOW TENSE THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN SOLID ENERGY AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE STATE OWNED ENERGY COMPANY IS STRUGGLING ` THERE HAVE BEEN JOB LOSSES AND IT'S NEARLY $400M IN DEBT. SO WHAT WILL THE GOVERNMENT DO? WE HOPE WE CAN FIND A WAY THROUGH IT, BUT ITS NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES. LABOUR SAYS THAT'S CODE FOR DITCHING IT. WHAT HE'S DOING IS GETTING THE PUBLIC READY FOR THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO HOPE FOR SOLID ENERGY, DESPITE THE FACT HE PUT A BOARD IN THERE, DESPITE THE FACT THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP. THIS AFTERNOON A WHOLE RAFT OF EMAILS BETWEEN SOLID ENERGY, TREASURY AND MINISTERIAL OFFICES HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC. IT SHOWS A TENSE RELATIONSHIP, PARTICULARLY OVER APPOINTING AN ADVISOR TO MONITOR SOLID ENERGY. IN AN EMAIL, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY AT TREASURY SAYS HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE FORMER CHAIR OF SOLID ENERGY HAS NOT ENDED WHERE HE WOULD HAVE WISHED. HE REPORTS THAT SOLID ENERGY DOES NOT THINK IT NEEDS AN INDEPENDENT ADVISOR. HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT 'WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MANAGEMENT MAKING THESE CALLS, GIVEN IT IS THE SAME MANAGEMENT THAT HAS GOT US INTO THE CURRENT SITUATION.' THE EMAILS ALSO REVEAL DETAILS ABOUT SOLID ENERGY'S PUSH TO DIG UP LIGNITE AND TURN IT INTO FERTILIZER AND LIQUID FUELS. THE ADVICE FROM TREASURY IS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T PROGRESS DOWN NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY. ESSENTIALLY THE BOARD AND MANAGEMENT HAD THEIR PROJECTS AND WHEN THE ECONOMIC OVERSIGHT SAID THEY THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, THE BOARD JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE FUTURE OF SOLID ENERGY IN ABOUT A MONTH. IT HAS RECEIVED AN INDEPENDENT REPORT AND IS WORKING THROUGH IT AT THE MOMENT. BUT THE OPTION OF PARTIALLY SELLING OFF SOLID ENERGY IS STILL ON THE TABLE. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS.. THERE ARE SIGNS TONIGHT THAT VALUABLE NZ MEAT STUCK AT THE CHINESE BORDER WILL BE ALLOWED IN WITHIN DAYS. EXPORTS HAVE BEEN SITTING AT CHINESE PORTS FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS AMID FEARS THE IMPASSE COULD COST OUR SHEEP AND BEEF INDUSTRY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE PRIME MINISTER HASN'T INTERVENED, LEAVING IT TO OFFICIALS. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESSING ISSUE. THE... MPI IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY, AND THE AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN BACK HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, AND THEY NOW FEEL THEY HAVE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. THE DELAY'S BEEN BLAMED ON PROBLEMS WITH THE PAPERWORK SINCE THE AGRICULTURE MINISTRY BECAME PART OF THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES MINISTRY. AND KIWIFRUIT COMPANY ZESPRI IS DENYING ANY CORRUPTION WITHIN ITS RANKS FOLLOWING REPORTS LINKING IT TO CUSTOMS FRAUD IN CHINA. ONE NEWS HAS SEEN A LETTER SENT TO KIWIFRUIT GROWERS INSISTING THE COMPANY'S INNOCENT. A CHINESE COURT FOUND A ZESPRI SUBSIDIARY GUILTY OF SMUGGLING IN DECEMBER, FINING THE COMPANY NEARLY $1M. AN APPEAL HEARING IS PENDING. THE TRAIN CAUGHT UP IN A DERAILMENT IN OUR COMMUTER CAPITAL IS PART OF A FLEET THAT'S OVERDUE AN OVERHAUL, SAYS ONE EXPERT. THE FORMER KIWIRAIL ENGINEER SAYS THERE'VE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT MAINTENANCE ON THE TRAINS, BOUGHT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO FROM A FORMER COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT. HE SPOKE WITH SARAH BATLEY. MORE THAN 300 COMMUTERS WERE ON THIS TRAIN WHEN IT DERAILED, AND AN ENGINEER WHO'S PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR KIWIRAIL SAYS THE TRAIN AND OTHERS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MAJOR MAINTENANCE OVERHAUL. WHEN THEY GOT PAINTED BLUE AND THE NEW INTERIORS WERE INSTALLED, THAT WAS REGARDED AS THE OVERHAUL THEY NEEDED. BUT, IN FACT, VERY LITTLE WORK WAS DONE TO THE RUNNING GEAR AND THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRAIN IS PART OF THE 26-STRONG GANZ-MAVAG FLEET, WHICH HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE ON THE NETWORK SINCE THE EARLY 1980S. THE UNITS WERE BUILT IN COMMUNIST HUNGARY IN A DEAL AGREED WITH THE MULDOON GOVERNMENT. TWO YEARS AGO GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL TOOK OWNERSHIP OF THE METRO SERVICE, AND LAST YEAR IT DECIDED TO PHASE THE HUNGARIAN TRAINS OUT ` REPLACING THEM, RATHER THAN UPGRADING THEM. EACH ONE OF THOSE TRAINS HAS A MAJOR INSPECTION EVERY 15,000KM, WHICH, WITH THE CURRENT SERVICES THEY'RE RUNNING, IS ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS. AND THAT ONE THAT DID HAVE THE ISSUE YESTERDAY WAS LAST CHECKED IN MARCH. EARLY REPORTS SUGGEST THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A PART FALLING OFF ONE OF THE FRONT CARRIAGES. IT GOT WEDGED ON THE TRACKS AND CAME UP THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARDS OF ANOTHER CARRIAGE. KIWIRAIL IS CONFIDENT YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT WAS A ONE-OFF. ALL THE GANZ-MAVAG TRAINS HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE BACK ON THE TRACKS. NONE OF THE FLEET CAME BACK WITH ANY CONCERNS. THEY'RE ALREADY SUBJECT TO QUITE A LOT OF CHECKS ` HUNDREDS OF HOURS ON EVERY UNIT EVERY YEAR. THREE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING CONDUCTED INTO THE DERAILMENT. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE KIWI RESCUERS WHO HELPED SAVE LIVES DURING THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES SET THEIR SIGHTS OVERSEAS. THE KEY PLAYER AND FOUNDING MEMBER WHO RODE OUT THE STORMY CAREER OF THE DOORS SUCCUMBS TO CANCER. AND PRINCE HARRY MAKES HIS GARDENING DEBUT AT THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS FLOWER SHOW, ALONG WITH SOME CONTROVERSIAL AND COLOURFUL CHARACTERS. TINKLING MUSIC Have you ever noticed how your smartphone will often underline things in texts and emails, like this? Well, it's a link, and it's really useful. If I tap it, I can either use or store the information. Here, I'll show you. A friend has texted me this number, and my smartphone has automatically recognised it as a phone number and linked it. Because it's linked, when I tap it, I get a range of options, like calling Smithy directly or saving him to my contacts, or I can send him a text message. So gone are the days when I would have had to write it down or been chanting it out loud to remember it while I dialled. Now, all smartphones work differently, but the principle is the same. You'll need to experiment to find out what yours will do, so try it out next time you see one on your smartphone, and you can find out more at techinasec.co.nz Yeah, Smithy, mate. How are you? It's Matt. Matt` Matt Gibb. No, Matt. Matt Gibb. LABOUR SAYS THE GOVERNMENT OWES AN APOLOGY FOR THE WAY MORE THAN 300 ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WERE LAID OFF DURING A CONTROVERSIAL COST-CUTTING PROJECT. THE DEFENCE FORCE GAVE THEM LETTERS CRITICAL OF THEIR COMMITMENT AND POTENTIAL. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. FOLLOWING GOVERNMENT ORDERS TO FIND UP $400M WORTH OF ANNUAL SAVINGS, THE DEFENCE FORCE CHOSE TO KICK 315 SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRFORCE PERSONNEL OUT OF UNIFORM. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE CAN SHOW YOU JUST HOW DEFENCE CHIEFS BROKE THE NEWS IN JUNE 2011. OBTAINED BY LABOUR, THESE FORM LETTERS, TO UNIFORMED PERSONNEL STATE BLUNTLY... WHEN CONSIDERED AGAINST THE ARMY BUSINESS RULES FOR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, YOU WERE ASSESSED AS HAVING LOW COMMITMENT THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT HAD GIVEN LOYAL SERVICE AND COMMITTED SERVICE TO THE DEFENCE FORCE SOMETIMES FOR 20, 30 YEARS. THEY WERE BEING SACKED NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING A BAD JOB, BUT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WANTED CHEAPER CIVILIAN WORKERS. CIVILIANISATION IS A, AND WAS A, LEGITIMATE THING TO DO, BECAUSE NOT ALL PARTS OF THE MILITARY NEED TO BE RUN BY PEOPLE IN UNIFORM. THE LETTERS ALSO INFORMED SO CALLED 'IMPACTED PERSONNEL' THAT THEIR PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE POTENTIAL HAD BEEN MEASURED AND AGAINST... ...OR... SO THE GOVERNMENT REALLY ADDED INSULT TO INJURY AND THEY'VE NEVER APOLOGISED FOR THAT. NO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO APOLOGISE FOR. THE AUDITOR GENERAL CRITICISED THE DEFENCE FORCE, SAYING IT INTRODUCED THE PROJECT TOO QUICKLY AND WITHOUT ENOUGH THOUGHT. CIVILANISATION HAS ALREADY BEEN SCRAPPED, AS MORE PEOPLE QUIT THAN ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER THE DEFENCE FORCE WILL MAKE $190M WORTH OF ANNUAL SAVINGS BY JULY THIS YEAR AS A RESULT. BUT LABOUR SAYS THERE'S NO CAMOUFLAGING HOW HARSH THIS PROCESS WAS. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. ABOUT 200 RED ZONE PROPERTIES WILL BE ASSESSED OVER THE NEXT WEEK AFTER A LAST-MINUTE DEMOLITION OF AN UNSTABLE HOME ON A CHRISTCHURCH CLIFFTOP. HELICOPTERS WERE CALLED TO COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION OF A BALMORAL LANE PROPERTY ABOVE REDCLIFFS. WATER FROM A MONSOON BUCKET WAS USED TO CLEAR AWAY DEBRIS THAT FELL DOWN THE CLIFF. THE AUTHORITIES SAY ASSESSING OTHER HOMES IS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WE KNOW AREN'T GOING TO BE ANYTHING LIKE THIS RISK. IT'S ONLY THOSE HOUSES WHICH ARE AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF THAT WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. CHECKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN A WEEK OR SO. THE HIGHLY VISIBLE RESCUERS WHO SCRAMBLED TO SAVE LIVES DURING THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES ARE AIMING TO HELP OUT IN MAJOR DISASTERS OVERSEAS. BUT FIRST, THE NZ URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM MUST GAIN INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. 24 HOURS INTO AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE, THE FIRST SURVIVOR IN A SIMULATED EARTHQUAKE DISASTER ZONE IS RESCUED. IT'S PART OF A THREE-WEEK USAR TRAINING COURSE FOR 25 FIREFIGHTERS AND SEVEN PARAMEDICS. IT IS GRUELLING ` SOME VERY PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL STUFF THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO. WHEN THE STUDENTS GRADUATE, THERE'LL BE 220 USAR TEAM MEMBERS TRAINED TO RESCUE PEOPLE IN URBAN DISASTER ZONES. IT'S PART OF A PUSH TO BOOST USAR'S CAPABILITIES SO IT CAN GAIN UNITED NATIONS CERTIFICATION. COUNTRIES LIKE THE USA AND AUSTRALIA ARE CONSIDERING MAKING IT COMPULSORY. THE FRONT-LINE GUYS, YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE. THE FRONT LINE IS READY. IT'S SOME OF OUR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT WE'RE UPGRADING RIGHT NOW. IN TWO YEARS' TIME A TEAM OF UNITED NATIONS ASSESSORS WILL FLY OUT HERE TO ASSESS THE NZ USAR TEAMS. THE TEAMS WILL COMPLETE A SERIES OF PASS OR FAIL TESTS OVER 36 HOURS WHICH THE BOSSES DESCRIBE AS 'GRUELLING'. IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, THERE'S TWO TEAMS WITH THE CLASSIFICATION AND 28 TEAMS WITHOUT IT. SO IT'S YOUR CHOICE. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GET THE CLASSIFICATION OR CHOOSE NOT TO. IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO GET THE CLASSIFICATION, SO WE CAN THEN BE INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSED. USAR MANAGEMENT WAS CRITICISED AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES FOR BEING DISORGANISED AND SLOWING DOWN THE INITIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE. CLEARLY THERE'S SOME LEARNINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE FROM THAT, AND THE CLASSIFICATION IS ONE STEP THAT WILL REALLY ASSURE US THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. JOINING THE TEAM TODAY, USAR'S FIRST CADAVER DOG ` HELPING THE TEAM TO MEET INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A SERIES OF CAR BOMB ATTACKS IN IRAQ, IN WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE WORST DAY OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE SINCE THE PULL OUT OF US TROOPS IN 2011. SIRENS WAIL NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBINGS, BUT ALL THE ATTACKS APPEARED TO TARGET SHIA CIVILIANS. TENSIONS BETWEEN MINORITY SUNNI MUSLIMS AND SHIITES WHO LEAD THE COUNTRY ARE SO HIGH THERE ARE NOW FEARS OF A RETURN TO ALL-OUT CIVIL CONFLICT. RAY MANZAREK, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF '60s GROUP, THE DOORS, HAS DIED OF CANCER. THE BAND, LED BY THE CHARISMATIC JIM MORRISON, BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ACTS OF ITS TIME. THE DOORS PLAY 'TOUCH ME' # COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, NOW, TOUCH ME, BABE. # THEIR POPULARITY CONTINUED WELL INTO THE DECADES THEIR POPULARITY CONTINUED WELL INTO THE DECADES FOLLOWING MORRISON'S DEATH IN 1971. MANZAREK'S KEYBOARD DEFINED MANY OF THE DOORS' BIGGEST HITS, INCLUDING THE OPENING RIFF OF THIS CLASSIC... THE DOORS PLAY 'LIGHT MY FIRE' # YOU KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE UNTRUE. # THE 74-YEAR-OLD DIED WHILE SEEKING TREATMENT IN GERMANY. PRINCE HARRY'S ADDED A ROYAL TOUCH TO THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GARDENING EXTRAVAGANZA AS IT CELEBRATES ONE HUNDRED YEARS. HE PROUDLY SHOWED HIS GRANDMOTHER AROUND HIS AFRICAN-THEMED EXHIBIT AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW, CREATED IN THE MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER, PRINCESS DIANA. THE EVENT HAS A LONG CONNECTION WITH THE ROYALS. THE ROYAL HIGHNESSES, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK, AND AMONG THE EARLY ROYAL VISITORS. HARRY'S FATHER, PRINCE CHARLES, DESIGNED A GARDEN FOR THE SHOW 11 YEARS AGO. THE OTHER BIG TALK AT THE EVENT: THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THOSE SMALL, BRIGHTLY COLOURED AND USUALLY BEARDED ORNAMENTS PREVIOUSLY DEEMED TOO TACKY FOR SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS SHOW. AS ALEXI O'BRIEN REPORTS, THE LIFTING OF A BAN ON GARDEN GNOMES HAS A NZ CONNECTION. IT'S A DULL SPRING DAY, BUT EVEN SO, THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW IS LOOKING BLOOMING LOVELY. PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR GARDEN GNOMES TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT. WE'VE WAITED A HUNDRED YEARS FOR THIS. NO, WE'RE NOT LEADING YOU DOWN THE GARDEN PATH. BEFORE NOW, THEY WEREN'T WELCOME. PEOPLE HAVE CALLED THEM TACKY. > RUBBISH. ABSOLUTELY. HOW RUDE! BUT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SAYS IT'S NOT ANTI-GNOME; JUST PRO-GARDEN. PEOPLE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO USE BRIGHTLY COLOURED OBJECTS, SUCH AS GNOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THE PLANTS ARE ALWAYS THE STAR OF THE EXHIBIT AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT QUALITY HIGH. THE FLOWER SHOW IS MARKING ITS CENTENARY, AND, TO CELEBRATE, RELAXING ITS RULES. AND WHEN THE BAN ON GNOMES WAS LIFTED, THEY DIDN'T JUST LET THE LITTLE GUYS IN; GOT THESE ONES ON SENTRY DUTY. THE ORGANISERS ROPED IN CELEBRITIES LIKE HELEN MIRREN AND JOANNA LUMLEY, ASKING THEM TO PAINT A GNOME FOR CHARITY. THEY'LL BE AUCTIONED OFF, RAISING MONEY TO HELP ENTICE A NEW GENERATION INTO GARDENING. WELL, IT STARTED OFF, ACTUALLY, QUITE AMBITIOUS, WITH STARS AND SPOTS AND STRIPES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND BEAUTIFULLY DONE. BUT THEN I THOUGHT, BECAUSE THE COLOURS SEEMED` THE PAINT THEY GAVE ME WAS QUITE... I THOUGHT I'D FIX HIM WITH HAIRSPRAY. UNFORTUNATELY THIS CAUSED ALL HIS COLOURS TO RUN TOGETHER, SO HE JUST LOOKS LIKE A BIT OF A BLUR. AND THERE'S A KIWI CONNECTION. THE GNOMES WERE DONATED BY AUCKLAND COMPANY SEEDLING NZ. THE CHARITY ITSELF, OF COURSE, IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DO ` SUPPORTING KIDS AND REALLY GETTING THEM OUT IN THE GARDEN. AND, OF COURSE, THE GNOMES TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. EVEN AT 100, CHELSEA'S STYLISH, WITH NOT ONLY THE HIPPEST HORTICULTURE, BUT BRITISH CULTURE TOO. AND, FOR JUST THIS YEAR, THERE ARE THESE GUYS. THEY'D BETTER WATCH OUT ` IN 2014, THE GNOME HUNTER WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEM. ALEXI O'BRIEN, ONE NEWS, LONDON. JIM, THE LATEST ON THE THUNDERSTORMS? NOW WELL EAST OVER THE GULF AND THE TIP OF COROMANDEL. BUT THE GENERATING TURBINE IS STILL JUST OFF FAREWELL SPIT, SO THE PULSES OF SHOWERS AND SHOTS OF THUNDER KEEP COMING. ONE BAND APPROACHES THE NORTH-EAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ WITH A TASMAN SEA STILL LOOKING FAIRLY ANGRY AFTER SPORT WITH ANDREW. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` SIR GRAHAM HENRY COMES OUT SWINGING AFTER THE BLUES' LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS. HE QUESTIONS WHETHER THE VIDEO REF WAS BLIND. AND FROM PETS IN TEACUPS TO CATS IN TIES ` TUMBLR'S SNAPPED UP BY YAHOO, BUT WILL IT MAKE THE INTERNET GIANT HIP AND COOL? . THE WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD TODAY DEFENDED A SMOKING BAN AT ITS PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES. FORMER PATIENTS ARE CHALLENGING THE POLICY, SAYING IT DETERS AT-RISK PATIENTS FROM SEEKING TREATMENT. WILL HINE WAS AT THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. WAITEMATA PATIENTS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LIGHT UP SINCE 2009. THE HEALTH BOARD TODAY JUSTIFIED THAT POLICY. IT'S AN ORGANISATION THAT'S SET UP SPECIFICALLY TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS FROM THINGS LIKE CIGARETTE-SMOKING. BUT OTHERS ARGUE MENTAL HEALTH IS ALSO IMPORTANT AND THAT NICOTINE CAN HELP REDUCE ANXIETY. THE COURT'S HEARD EVIDENCE THAT FORCING PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS TO QUIT ADDS AN EXTRA BURDEN AT AN ALREADY STRESSFUL TIME. THE PLAINTIFFS WANT THE LAW RELAXED IN SECURE UNITS RUN BY THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. BUT JONATHAN COATES SAYS PATIENTS AND STAFF NEED PROTECTION. SMOKING IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 5000 DEATHS IN NZ EVERY YEAR. AND IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER THAT. 400` AROUND 400 DEADS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE. HE SAYS NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY'S AVAILABLE FOR PATIENTS, AND HE QUESTIONS WHETHER SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IS THE REAL PROBLEM FOR ONE OF THE PEOPLE TAKING THE COURT ACTION. YOU GET INTO A DIFFICULT SCENARIO WHERE YOU SAY, 'OK, IS HER WITHDRAWAL HERE RELATED TO HER NOT SMOKING TOBACCO 'OR IS IT RELATED TO NOT SMOKING SYNTHETIC CANNABIS?' MR COATES TOLD THE COURT THAT A SIMILAR LEGAL CHALLENGE IN BRITAIN HAD FAILED. BUT THOSE WHO HAVE BROUGHT THE CASE POINT OUT THAT CLOSER TO HOME IN PARTS OF AUSTRALIA, THE SMOKING BAN HAS BEEN RELAXED IN PSYCHIATRIC FACILITIES DUE TO OPPOSITION. NOW IT'S JUSTICE ASHER'S JOB TO DECIDE WHETHER TO FOLLOW SUIT. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENTS SPYING AGENCY HAS BEEN CLEARED BY ITS OWN WATCHDOG THE GOVERNMENT'S SPYING AGENCY HAS BEEN CLEARED BY ITS OWN WATCHDOG OF ILLEGALLY SPYING ON 88 NZERS. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE, PAUL NEAZOR, FOUND THE GCSB 'ARGUABLY' HADN'T BROKEN THE LAW AFTER QUESTIONS WERE RAISED IN A TOP-LEVEL INQUIRY. HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY FURTHER CASE TO ANSWER. BUT THERE ARGUABLY IS, BECAUSE OF THE POINT HE'S MAKING ` THAT THE LAW IS UNCLEAR. AND, ON THE BACK OF THAT, THE LAW NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED. THE GOVERNMENT'S TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A LAW CHANGE TO ALLOW THE GCSB TO ASSIST OTHER AGENCIES TO MONITOR NZERS. THE UNIONS SAY NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES ISSUED TO COMPANY DIRECTORS DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOW INQUIRIES INTO THE PIKE RIVER TRAGEDY, IN WHICH 29 MINERS DIED. THE GOVERNMENT-ENDORSED GUIDELINES ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST COMPANY DIRECTORS IDENTIFY RISKS IN THE WORK PLACE. BUT THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS BELIEVES IT SHOULD BE TAKEN FURTHER. WHAT WILL REALLY PUT RESPONSIBILITY ON DIRECTORS IS A CHANGE IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW TO CREATE A LEGAL DUTY ` A MUCH STRONGER LEGAL DUTY ` THAT DIRECTORS WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OR FIND THEMSELVES IN BREACH OF THE LAW. SO THE GUIDELINES ARE GOOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE WHOLE STORY. THE CTU SAYS NEGLIGENT EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE TRIED FOR MANSLAUGHTER. THE GUIDELINES AREN'T COMPULSORY. INTERNET GIANT YAHOO IS AIMING TO GET HIP WITH THE YOUNG SOCIAL NETWORKING GENERATION. IT'S BOUGHT THE POPULAR BLOGGING SITE TUBMLR FOR MORE THAN $1.3B. IT'S A DEAL AIMED AT INJECTING NEW LIFE INTO YAHOO, WHICH, TRYING TO BE COOL, PROMISED NOT TO 'SCREW UP' TUMBLR. THE BBC'S RORY CELLAN-JONES REPORTS. FROM ANIMALS IN TEA-MAKING EQUIPMENT TO KIM JONG-UN LOOKING AT THINGS TO WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD, TUMBLR IS A SITE FULL OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL THINGS, WITH A YOUNG AUDIENCE WHO SPEND PLENTY OF TIME CREATING OR VIEWING NEW MATERIAL. YAHOO WAS ALSO ONCE A FASHIONABLE NAME ON THE WEB, BUT IT'S STRUGGLED TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGING TRENDS. NOW IT HOPES BUYING TUMBLR WILL CHANGE THAT. YAHOO'S BOSS, MARISSA MAYER, USED HER OWN TUMBLR PAGE TO UNVEIL THE $1.1B DEAL. AND, IN THE JOKEY SPIRIT OF THE SITE, SOUGHT TO REASSURE USERS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO PANIC ABOUT. 'WE PROMISE NOT TO SCREW IT UP,' SHE SAID. ON HIS BLOG, TUMBLR'S FOUNDER, DAVID KARP, PROMISED THE SITE WOULDN'T TURN PURPLE ` YAHOO'S COLOUR ` OR LEAVE ITS NEW YORK BASE. FOR MARISSA MAYER, RECRUITED FROM GOOGLE TO SHAKE THINGS UP AT YAHOO, THE HOPE IS THAT THE TUMBLR DEAL WILL SEND OUT A SIGNAL. IT'S CUTTING EDGE, IT'S HIP, IT'S NEW, IT'S TRENDY, UH, IT'S TECHNOLOGICALLY SOPHISTICATED AND INTERESTING. THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY TAKEOVER HAS A MIXED RECORD. GOOGLE'S PURCHASE OF YOUTUBE NOW APPEARS TO BE PAYING OFF. BUT NEWSCORP NEVER MANAGED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF MYSPACE, AND AOL LOST A FORTUNE AFTER PAYING A TOP PRICE FOR THE BEBO SOCIAL NETWORK. SOME USERS ARE ALREADY COMPLAINING, AND YAHOO WILL NEED TO BE CAREFUL AS IT INTRODUCES ADVERTS INTO TUMBLR. BUT THE NEW OWNERS ARE CONFIDENT THAT CATS IN TIES AND THE LIKE WILL KEEP THE AUDIENCE HAPPY. YAHOO SAYS THE PURCHASE OF TUMBLR WILL BOOST ITS REVENUE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO MOUNT AFTER A MASSIVE AND POWERFUL TORNADO CUT A DESTRUCTIVE PATH ACROSS THE US STATE OF OKLAHOMA. AT LEAST 91 PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND THERE ARE FEARS MANY OTHERS ARE TRAPPED BENEATH THE RUBBLE. ABOUT 120 RESIDENTS ARE BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER IN THE WORST-AFFECTED AREA. AT LEAST 20 OF THOSE KILLED ARE CHILDREN, INCLUDING SEVEN AT A PRIMARY SCHOOL THE TWISTER FLATTENED. RESCUE WORKERS ARE SCOURING THE WRECKAGE AS THEY SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. LOCAL REPORTS SAY THE BUNKER THEY WERE IN MAY HAVE FLOODED. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND SIR GRAHAM HENRY IS WELL AND TRULY BACK. CAN'T KEEP HIM DOWN HE'S TAKEN THE LONG HANDLE TO REFEREES SIR GRAHAM LAUNCHES INTO THE MATCH OFFICIALS NEXT ` FROM THE TMO TO REFEREES TO THE CRUSADERS FRONT ROW. THEY ALL GET IT. WHAT'S THE REACTION FROM RUGBY'S OFFICIALDOM? PLUS, WILL DAN VETTORI MAKE HIS TEST CRICKET COMEBACK IN LEEDS? A KIWI'S PART OF THE TAKEOVER AT THE MELBOURNE STORM LEAGUE CLUB. AND ONE OF NETBALL'S SUPPOSED POWERHOUSES NOSEDIVES AGAIN. A NEW COACH IS CONFIRMED FOR NEXT SEASON. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO SUPER RUGBY, AND HE'S BACK. SIR GRAHAM HENRY HAS LAUNCHED A SCATHING ATTACK AGAINST THE STANDARD OF OFFICIATING IN THE COMPETITION. THE FORMER TEST COACH, NOW WITH THE BLUES, IS SEETHING AFTER THE LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. SUPER RUGBY OFFICIALS ARE NOW CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS OVER SIR GRAHAM'S COMMENTS. WHO SAID YOU LOSE SOME OF YOUR SPARK IN YOUR 60S? I JUST THOUGHT THE FRANK HALAI TRY AT THE WEEKEND WAS LUDICROUS. LIKE, I COULD SEE IT. AND I'M BLIND. THE BLUES ASSISTANT COACH HAS COME OUT SWINGING ` FIRST, THAT DISALLOWED TRY TO FRANK HALAI IN THE LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS. YEP, THAT'S VERY CLOSE. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME. I DON'T KNOW. HE'S PROBABLY A BLIND TMO, IS HE? LOCK CULUM RETALLICK'S YELLOW CARD HAS ALSO COPPED A SPRAY. THEY THREW THE BALL AT HIM. (CHUCKLES) HE DID A GOOD JOB ` HE GOT IN THE ROAD. AND HE GOT YELLOW-CARDED FOR DELIBERATELY KNOCKING THE BALL DOWN. IT'S BULLSHIT. SANZAR DISAGREES. REFS BOSS LYNDON BRAY SAYS BOTH THE TMO DECISION AND RETALLICK'S CARD WERE 100% CORRECT. SIR GRAHAM'S ALSO RAISED CONCERN OVER HOW MAULS ARE REFEREED AND THE WAY SCRUMS ARE CONTROLLED. OH, FOR SURE. I THINK WYATT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER. IT'S A FRUSTRATION, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT GUYS HERE WHO PUT HOURS AND HOURS OF PRACTICE IN TO DOING THAT RIGHT, THE COACHES DO THE SAME THING, AND THEY GET TO THE GAME ON SATURDAY AND THEY THINK THEY'RE BEING SAWN OFF BY THE WRONG DECISION. HIS OTHER PET HATE FOR THE FORMER TEST COACH: THE OFFSIDE LINE. PLAYERS ENCROACHING AHEAD OF THE HINDMOST FOOT AT RUCK TIME. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THEY'RE THERE FOR ` NOT SOME CONTROVERSIAL KNOCK-DOWN OF THE BALL IN THE 5M CHANNEL YELLOW CARD. JUST DO THE BASICS RIGHT. SIR GRAHAM IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THE CRUSADERS DID DESERVE TO WIN. THEY ALSO PROBABLY COPPED ROUGH CALLS. BUT HE WANTS THE REFEREES TO BE BETTER EDUCATED. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO LYNDON BRAY AT ALL ABOUT THESE CONCERNS? I'M NOT PART OF THAT NOW. I'M JUST` HAS JOHN SPOKEN TO LYNDON? I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL. CLEARLY (!) ALL RIGHT, AND I'VE ENJOYED TALKING TO YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD STOP THAT NOW. NO, GRAHAM. KEEP IT COMING. WE'VE MISSED YOU. THE ALL BLACKS ARE SET TO INTRODUCE THEIR MOST EXPANSIVE GAME PLAN YET AGAINST FRANCE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH FIRST FIVE DAN CARTER TO BE GIVEN MORE FREEDOM THAN EVER BEFORE. CARTER, WHO'S HIT TOP FORM AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, SIGNALLED THE ALL BLACKS WILL UP THE ANTE ON ATTACK. AS A FIRST FIVE, YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF BEING ABLE TO ATTACK WHEREVER YOU WANT ON THE FIELD, NOT SPECIFIC AREAS, WHICH, I GUESS, WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO CALL WHAT YOU WANT. THE ALL BLACKS WRAPPED UP THEIR FIRST THREE-DAY CAMP IN MT MAUNGANUI TODAY. WHILE CARTER'S A CERTAINTY, COACH STEVE HANSEN SAYS THE ONGOING SUPER RUGBY LOCAL DERBIES WILL DETERMINE SEVERAL OF THE OTHER SELECTIONS. THE ALL-CONQUERING NZ WOMEN'S SEVENS TEAM'S ARRIVED BACK IN AUCKLAND, INAUGURAL WORLD SERIES TROPHY FIRMLY IN HAND. THE TEAM WON THE TITLE ALONG WITH THE TOURNAMENT IN AMSTERDAM OVER THE WEEKEND. NO TIME TO CELEBRATE ` THEY'RE BACK IN CAMP NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF THE WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA. IT'S JUST ANOTHER STEPPING STONE FOR US, YOU KNOW. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT EXCITED GOING TO MOSCOW. MOSCOW HAVEN'T PLAYED A SEVENS TOURNAMENT BEFORE. THAT'LL INCORPORATE WITH THE GUYS, WHICH WILL BE GOOD. SO THERE'LL BE SOME GOOD CROWDS AND GOOD EXPOSURE. THE WORLD CUP GETS UNDERWAY AT THE END OF JUNE. THE COMPANY THAT MANAGES SOME OF RUGBY'S BIGGEST NAMES IS PART OF THE GROUP WHICH HAS PURCHASED THE MELBOURNE STORM RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB. KIWI BUSINESSMAN BART CAMPBELL HEADS THE TAKEOVER. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. AFTER MONTHS OF ARM WRESTLING, A HANDSHAKE SEALED THE DEAL. NEWS LIMITED OFFICIALLY OFFLOADED THE MELBOURNE STORM TO INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM HOLDING MS AUSTRALIA FOR AN UNDISCLOSED FEE. NZ BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER BARRISTER BART CAMPBELL SPEARHEADS THE CONSORTIUM. CAMPBELL'S BUSINESS INTERESTS STRETCH ACROSS THE SPORTING LANDSCAPE. HIS TALENT MANAGEMENT GROUP LOOKS AFTER ALL BLACKS STARS RICHIE MCCAW AND DAN CARTER. THE SALE COMES NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE STORM WAS KING HIT BY THE SALARY CAP SCANDAL THAT STRIPPED THE CLUB OF ITS TROPHIES AND SAW IT SUBSTANTIALLY FINED. OVER, SAY, A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS CLUB TO BE SELF-FUNDING AND VIABLE FINANCIALLY WITHOUT SEEING ANY DETERIORATION IN ITS PLAYING PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD. A PERFORMANCE WHICH CONTINUES TO STUTTER. LAST NIGHT'S 10-10 DRAW WITH MANLY LEFT THE STORM WITHOUT A WIN IN ITS LAST THREE OUTINGS. WITH EIGHT NZERS IN THE FIRST-GRADE SQUAD, THE NEW CEO SIGNALLED THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO CHANGE THE ROSTER. WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY ABLE PEOPLE IN THE PLAYING DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE GOT A PRETTY TRACK RECORD AT MAKING SOUND DECISIONS IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND I'LL THINK I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM. THE MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE NEW OWNER WILL BE RE-SIGNING CLUB CAPTAIN CAMERON SMITH, WHO IS OFF CONTRACT AT THE END OF NEXT SEASON. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. HE HASN'T PLAYED TEST CRICKET FOR 10 MONTHS AND SPENT THE ENTIRE IPL COMPETITION ON THE BENCH. BUT DANIEL VETTORI'S ANSWERING THE BLACK CAPS' SOS, FLYING TO ENGLAND EARLY WITH A CHANCE OF MAKING THE TEAM FOR THE SECOND TEST AT HEADINGLEY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE SAW DANIEL VETTORI PLAYING IN A TEST ` JULY 2012 AGAINST THE WEST INDIES, WHERE HE INJURED HIS ACHILLES AND HAD MATCH FIGURES OF 1/127. NOW NZ'S MOST PROLIFIC SPINNER IS BACK IN THE BLACK CAPS TEST MIX. DANIEL'S COME OVER FOR THE ONE DAY SIDE. HE'S ACTUALLY COME OVER 24 HOURS EARLIER FOR US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A LOOK AT HIM. VETTORI COMES INTO THE SQUAD FOR BRUCE MARTIN, WHO SUFFERED A TOUR-ENDING CALF INJURY IN THE FIRST TEST HUMILIATION AT LORD'S. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS OVER OUR SECOND HIGHEST WICKET TAKER'S FITNESS. THIS YEAR THE FORMER CAPTAIN'S ONLY HAD LIMITED GAME TIME IN THE DOMESTIC ONE DAY COMPETITION, AND HASN'T PLAYED IN THE IPL. HE'S DONE PLENTY OF BOWLING THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IN THE IPL, ALBEIT IN THE NETS, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER WE THINK HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH FIVE DAYS OF TEST MATCH. SO NO GUARANTEES, THOUGH WITH A DRIER THAN NORMAL PITCH EXPECTED AT HEADINGLEY, HESSON'S INDICATED IF VETTORI IS FIT, HE'S NEAR CERTAIN TO PLAY. EXPERIENCE THAT COULD BE VITAL AS THEY SEEK REDEMPTION FOR YESTERDAY'S DEBACLE. IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED TO GROW FROM. WE'VE STRUNG TOGETHER A LOT OF GOOD DAYS OF CRICKET. WE CAN'T JUST DWELL ON THAT SHOCKING HOUR. MEANTIME WICKETKEEPER BJ WATLING'S RECOVERING WELL FROM HIS KNEE INJURY AND IS STILL A CHANCE TO TAKE THE GLOVES ON FRIDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST SARAH WALKER AND HER BMX TEAMMATES WILL BE TAKING NEW KIWI-BUILT BIKES INTO THE WORLD CHAMPS IN AUCKLAND IN JULY. THE TOP RIDERS TODAY SHOWED OFF THEIR NEW AVANTI FRAMES, WHICH ARE A DEVELOPMENT OF WALKER'S MEDAL-WINNING MODEL. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. IT'S ANOTHER LEVEL UP FROM MY OLYMPIC FRAME. IT'S PROBABLY THE LIGHTEST BIKE I'VE EVER RIDDEN. SO THAT'S EXCITING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S STIFF ENOUGH THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BREAK ON ME IF I DO SOMETHING WRONG. A SPECIALLY MADE HUB IS DESIGNED TO GIVE EXTRA POWER OUT OF THE GATE AND A SUBSEQUENT SPEED ADVANTAGE DOWN THE FIRST STRAIGHT. COMING BACK TO A TEAM WHICH HAS SLUMPED FROM TOP THREE TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS ANY COACH'S WORST NIGHTMARE, BUT IT'S THE REALITY FOR RETURNING MYSTICS NETBALL COACH DEBBIE FULLER. SHE'S CONFIRMED A RETURN TO THE HEAD COACHING ROLE NEXT YEAR. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. IT'S A PASSAGE OF PLAY THAT WRAPS UP THE MYSTICS' SEASON ` TENTATIVE, STILTED, PAINFUL TO WATCH, THEIR SHOOTERS AS HARD TO FIND AS WINDS HAVE BEEN THIS SEASON. THEIR SHOOTERS AS HARD TO FIND AS WINS HAVE BEEN THIS SEASON. I DO A LOT OT SOUL-SEARCHING AND A LOT OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. AND WE'RE ALL WORKING REALLY HARD. EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND IT STARTS WITH ME. BUT NOT FOR MUCH LONGER. RUTH AITKIN IS OFF TO SINGAPORE TO COACH AT SEASON'S END. LAST NIGHT IT LOOKED LIKE HER REPLACEMENT IS ALREADY CALLING THE SHOTS. FORMER COACH DEBBIE FULLER CONFIRMING TODAY SHE'S RETURNING AFTER A ONE-YEAR SABBATICAL. HER WORK WELL AND TRULY CUT OUT FOR HER. I'M NOT SAYING I'VE GOT ALL THE ANSWERS. I'M SAYING THAT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS ROLL MY SLEEVES UP AND WORK REALLY HARD. THAT'S BECAUSE THE TEAM SHE'S COMING BACK TO IS BOTTOM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP. LAST NIGHT GIVING THE PULSE THEIR BIGGEST EVER WIN. TEAMS THAT ARE WINNING AT THE MOMENT ARE THE TEAMS THAT CAN SCORE. TEAMS THAT ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL ARE BEING ACCURATE ON ATTACK. WE HAVE JUST GOTTA BE MORE PRECISE. THIS PASSAGE OF PLAY DISPLAYING THE PULSE'S NEW-FOUND PRECISION. DETERMINED TO UNDO APRIL'S EXTRA-TIME LOSS TO THE NORTHERN SIDE. THAT GAME THE MYSTICS ONLY WIN OF THE SEASON. BEING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT SOMETIMES ATHLETES, WHEN THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, COMING BACK FROM THAT, AND LEARNING FROM THAT, IS MASSIVE. THE MYSTICS PROBABLY HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO AVOID THAT UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING IF THEY CAN WIN SUNDAY'S BOTTOM-OF-THE-TABLE CLASH AGAINST THE SWIFTS. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. FEW CONCERNS WITH THE TALENT COMING THROUGH THANKS, ANDREW HI AGAIN. THE LOWER NORTH AND SOUTHLAND WERE PRETTY GOOD TODAY, BUT THAT TASMAN LOW'S THROWING STONES AS LINES OF SHOWERS THUNDER AND DOWNPOURS ARE BEING FLUNG OVER THE WESTERN NORTH AND UPPER SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THUNDER OVER AUCKLAND JINGOES! LOOK AT THAT WONDERFUL I'VE HAD ENOUGH BACK TOMORROW AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS TUESDAY.