HOWDY, EVERYBODY. A TROUGH HAS UPPED THE ANTE TODAY, IGNITING OVER 2000 LIGHTNING STRIKES OFF THE WESTERN COASTS, WITH THUNDER IN NORTHLAND, WAIKATO AND SOUTH TARANAKI. AND THE WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. COMING UP, A CHANGE IN TACTICS, WITH A COLD SOUTHERLY, PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND A TOPPING OF SNOW. 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 POLICE ACTION DURING THE RAIDS THAT TERRORISED A COMMUNITY ARE RULED UNLAWFUL, UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE. THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS CONTINUES AMID THE TORNADO DEVASTATION AS HOPE FADES OF FINDING ANYONE ALIVE. HE'S KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND IS DUE TO WALK FREE ` OUTRAGE OVER THE RELEASE OF THE COUNTRY'S DEADLIEST DRINK-DRIVER. AND THE LIFE OF LIBERACE HITS THE BIG SCREEN. OK, FELLOWS, IT'S YOUR TURN NOW. GUESS WHO'S PLAYING THE FLAMBOYANT ENTERTAINER AND HIS YOUNG LOVER. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. UNLAWFUL, UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE. THAT'S HOW AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY HAS LABELLED POLICE ACTION DURING THE SO-CALLED TERROR RAIDS IN THE UREWERAS. NOW QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT A POLICE APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION. WE'LL HAVE REACTION FROM THE BAY OF PLENTY COMMUNITY OF RUATOKI SHORTLY. FIRST, SIMON BRADWELL HAS THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. THE UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES OF OPERATION EIGHT ` IMAGES WE NOW KNOW SHOW POLICE BREAKING THE LAW. THE ROAD BLOCKS ESTABLISHED BY POLICE AT RUATOKI AND TANEATUA WERE UNLAWFUL, UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE. AND OUR TOP OFFICER ADMITS THAT. CAN YOU REMEMBER A REPORT MORE CRITICAL OF POLICE? NO, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL REPORT FROM THE IPCA. WE ACCEPT THE FINDINGS. WE THINK THEY'RE FAIR. IT'S A REAL RELIEF FOR US NOW, SO WE KNOW WHERE WE CAN GO TO, HOW WE CAN MOVE. THE REPORT ` THE LARGEST EVER BY THE POLICE WATCHDOG ` FOUND THE OPERATION WAS JUSTIFIED BASED ON INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. BUT LOCALS SAID ARMED, BLACK-CLAD AOS OFFICERS INTIMIDATED THEM. BUT LOCALS SAID ARMED, BLACK-CLAD AOS OFFICERS INTIMIDATED THEM. AND AT THE ILLEGAL ROADBLOCKS, PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO HOLD A NUMBER AND BE PHOTOGRAPHED, WHICH MANY FOUND DEGRADING. WHILE AT PROPERTIES RAIDED BY OFFICERS, POLICE PERSONAL SEARCHES BROKE THE BILL OF RIGHTS. THE DETENTION OF OCCUPANTS AT FIVE PROPERTIES EXAMINED BY THE AUTHORITY WAS ALSO UNLAWFUL, UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE. BUT DESPITE THAT, NOT ONE OFFICER WILL BE DISCIPLINED OR SACKED. THEY WERE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH. THEY WERE ACTING WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. I'VE SPOKEN TO HOWARD BROAD ` POLICE COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME OF THE RAIDS. HE WOULDN'T APPEAR ON CAMERA BUT SAID THEY WERE NEVER TARGETING TUHOE, BUT A GROUP POLICE BELIEVED WERE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THE REPORT DISMISSED CLAIMS ARMED OFFICERS SEARCHED A BUS FULL OF YOUNG CHILDREN. PETER MARSHALL'S APOLOGISED TO INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE CAUGHT UP IN THE RAIDS AND SAYS ANYONE WANTING COMPENSATION SHOULD CONTACT POLICE. WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE IS ANOTHER MATTER ENTIRELY. PETER MARSHALL SAYS HE'S TALKING WITH TUHOE ABOUT TRAVELLING TO RUATOKI TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE BY HIS OFFICERS. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. SOME RESIDENTS OF RUATOKI SAY AN APOLOGY SHOULD BE GIVEN FACE TO FACE AND THAT FAMILIES AFFECTED SHOULD GET FULL COMPENSATION. RENEE GRAHAM HAS REACTION FROM THE TUHOE STRONGHOLD. FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE UREWERA RAIDS, RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE STILL TRAUMATISED BY THE ACTIONS OF POLICE THAT DAY. THEY WERE REALLY REALLY FRIGHTENED AND TRAUMATISED. AND THE FACT THAT THEIR HOME WAS RAIDED. IT WAS TOUGH ON THE FAMILIES, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. CHILDREN FROM THIS KOHANGA REO WERE DETAINED IN THEIR HOMES DURING OPERATION EIGHT. THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY SAYS SUCH ACTIONS WERE UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE. THEY'VE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE WAY POLICE HANDLE SEARCH WARRANTS WHEN CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE COULD BE INVOLVED. I WOULD SAY A FORMAL APOLOGY, FACE TO FACE, IS BETTER THAN AN APOLOGY OVER THE PHONE OR OVER TV. THEIR HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED ` IT COST MONEY TO FIX THEM UP, SO THEY SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE TRAUMATISED CHILDREN, THE RAIDS RESULTED IN 17 PEOPLE FACING CHARGES UNDER THE ARMS ACT, INCLUDING THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A RIFLE AND SAWN-OFF SHOT GUN. MOST OF THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED AFTER POLICE EVIDENCE WAS RULED INADMISSIBLE IN COURT. FOUR PEOPLE WERE CONVICTED ON FIREARMS CHARGES, INCLUDING ACTIVIST TAME ITI, WHO SAYS THE REPORT'S FINDINGS ARE A RELIEF. HE IS CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION. WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE REPORT ITSELF, AND WE` THE INDEPENDENT POLICE CONDUCT AUTHORITY'S RECOMMENDED POLICE RE-ENGAGE AND 'BUILD BRIDGES' WITH RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL IWI, TUHOE. SOME RESIDENTS SAY THE HURT SUFFERED ON THE DAY OF THE RAIDS WILL NEVER GO AWAY. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. WILL THE GOVERNMENT APOLOGISE OR OFFER COMPENSATION TO THOSE AFFECTED? WE'LL HAVE POLITICAL REACTION LATER IN THE BULLETIN. THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF THE MONSTER TORNADO THAT SMASHED INTO OKLAHOMA IS NEARING AN END. aRESCUERS BELIEVE NO MORE BODIES WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE RUBBLE. THE DEATH TOLL'S BEEN REVISED DOWN TO AT LEAST 24, INCLUDING NINE CHILDREN AT A SMALL COMMUNITY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME, IS IN MOORE ` THE WORST AFFECTED AREA ` AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. You just have to see the damage here to appreciate how difficult it has been for search and rescue volunteers. They're confident that everybody has been accounted for. Yesterday that was a bowling alley. Today you wouldn't recognise. Authorities have recategorised yesterday's tornado as an EF-5 meaning the winDs were in excess of 300 km an hour. IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA, THE TORNADO HAD PASSED, BUT THE TERROR AND DESPERATION OF THE MOMENT HAD NOT. SOBS: OH MY GOD! SHE'S OUT? SHE'S OUT? OK. AMIDST THE SCREAMING CHAOS AND BEWILDERED KIDS OUTSIDE THE TOWN'S TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS,... (SOBS, CRIES) ...PARENTS SEARCHED FRANTICALLY FOR THEIR CHILDREN. CRIES: HE WAS SO BRAVE. HE WAS SO BRAVE. WHEN THE MASSIVE TORNADO HIT GROUND AND BORE DOWN ON BRIARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TEACHERS USED THEIR OWN BODIES TO SHIELD THEIR STUDENTS. HEY HAD DUST COVERING THEM, AND CHAIRS AND TABLES` AND TEACHER. ...AND TEACHER. ONCE THE ROOF LIFTED OFF OF THE BUILDING, I FELT MYSELF BEING SUCKED, AND I KNEW THAT IF I WAS TAKEN, THEN ALL THE LITTLE BABIES UNDERNEATH ME WOULD BE GONE TOO. AND SO I JUST HELD ON. I HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE UNTIL THE WALL FELL ON TOP OF ME AND KNOCKED ME OUT. I WAS ON THE GROUND. MY EARS JUST WENT BEEP, AND I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING EXCEPT CRACKING AND KIDS SCREAMING. MY MUM JUST COVERED ME, AND THE TORNADO ALMOST GOT HER, BUT SHE JUST GRABBED ON TO SOMETHING AND KEPT ME SAFE. THEY WERE COVERING THEIR HEADS WITH THEIR BACKPACKS. WHAT WERE KIDS SAYING DURING ALL THIS? 'I WANT MY MOM.' BUT AT PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY, THE DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO WAS EVEN WORSE. AT LEAST SEVEN CHILDREN DIED. TODAY EMERGENCY SERVICES CONTINUED PICKING THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S RUINS, USING DOGS AND HEAT-SEEKING TECHNOLOGY AS THEY SEARCHED FOR ANY MORE SURVIVORS. NO SURVIVORS BEEN FOUND RECENTLY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS, NO, SIR. AUTHORITIES HAVE PROMISED TO RECHECK EVERY HOUSE FOR SURVIVORS AS WELL. ONE THING YOU NOTICE WALKING AROUND MOORE IS THAT EVERYTHING IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT. NOTHING HERE STANDS MORE THAN ABOUT 2M TALL. AND THE FORCE IS JUST INCREDIBLE. LOOK, THIS CAR HAS BEEN PICKED UP AND SUSPENDED IN PLACE. SOMEONE'S KITCHEN OVEN HERE HAS BEEN FLUNG UP AND TOSSED ASIDE. AND AS VARIED AS THIS DEBRIS IS, IT'S DANGEROUS. THERE ARE NAILS STICKING OUT EVERYWHERE. LOOK AT THIS - A POWER DRILL. THIS IS THE SORT OF DEBRIS EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN DIGGING UNDER AS THEY TRY AND SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. HOPE, THOUGH, THAT THEY'LL FIND ANYONE ELSE ALIVE, IS DWINDLING BY THE HOUR. AND TONIGHT IN MOORE, OKLAHOMA ` A TOWN ALL BUT OBLITERATED ` THEY'RE TAKING THE SMALLEST COMFORTS IN THINGS THAT SURVIVED THE STORM; THE THINGS THAT STILL STAND STRONG. JACK, THE TWO PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE TORNADO'S PATH ` HOW PREPARED WERE THEY FOR THIS? Most importantly, neither school had designated underground tornado shelters. That's by no means typical for Oklahoma as a whole. There are more than 100 that do have underground shelters. Neither of those schools could afford them. Many of the houses here didn't appear to have basements or underground tornado shelters, even though this is in the middle of tornado alley. Most people here simply can't afford. What about people injured? Authorities say a total of 240 people have been injured. There are still dozens of hospitals. They've suffered all manner of traumatic injuries, from broken bones to lacerations and punCtures. None of those are expected to die of their injuries. Good news. DRAMATIC VIDEO OF THE STORM CLOSING IN WAS FILMED BY A MAN JUST MOMENTS BEFORE IT FLATTENED HIS HOME. HE TOOK ABC'S DAVID MUIR DOWN TO THE BUNKER THAT SAVED HIS FAMILY. HIS IS THE VOICE YOU HEAR AS THAT TORNADO IS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN AND TAKE DIRECT AIM AT HIS HOME, AT HIS FAMILY. IT'S WAY OVER THERE. SIREN BLARES HIS WIFE, KAYLA, AND FOUR CHILDREN ARE WAITING IN THE STORM SHELTER ` THEIR BUNKER ` AND TODAY, WE WENT TO FIND THEM. THERE WAS JASON IN HIS FRONT YARD, NO HOME LEFT, BUT HE HAS HIS FAMILY, AND HE SHOWED US WHY. TAKING US RIGHT DOWN INTO HIS CONCRETE STORM SHELTER, WHERE THEY WERE HUDDLED. BUT YOU COULD SEE THE PRESSURE OF THE TORNADO AGAINST THE METAL HERE. YEAH, THE METAL WAS POPPING IN AND OUT. THAT METAL DOOR BUCKLING UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE TORNADO. YOU HAVE LANTERNS. YEAH, WE HAVE LANTERNS, AND ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IS OUR LIGHT POPPED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE. WOW. THE PRESSURE. HE TOLD ME THE CHILDREN QUIETLY CRIED, THE FAMILY MOUTHING THEIR WORDS TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE ON THEIR EARS, THEY COULDN'T HEAR A THING. IF I CAN REACH OUT HERE, I CAN TOUCH BOTH WALLS WITH MY FINGERS. THIS IS NOT A HUGE SPACE. AND SUDDENLY, SILENCE. IT WAS OVER. HE SHOWS US HOW HE OPENED THAT DOOR, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE WALKED OUT. WOMAN: IF IT'S STILL WINDY, I WANT YOU TO STAY. OK. AND TO GIVE YOU A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BEFORE-AND-AFTER IMAGES. ON THE LEFT, THE PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS IT WAS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, NOW, JUST A MANGLED MESS. THIS IS BRIARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE THERE, NOW TOTALLY DESTROYED, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING HOMES. AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE ` ON TOP, ONE NEIGHBOURHOOD THE WAY IT USED TO LOOK. AND BELOW, WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. DOZENS OF HOMES WIPED OUT. IN ANOTHER AREA, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWING THE TORNADO'S DESTRUCTIVE PATH WHILE NEARBY HOMES WERE LEFT UNTOUCHED. AND YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST FROM OKLAHOMA ON OUR WEBSITE ONENEWS.CO.NZ, FOUR SCHOOLS IN EAST CHRISTCHURCH ARE SET TO MERGE INTO ONE SUPERSCHOOL, WHILE ANOTHER'S BEEN GIVEN A REPRIEVE. THE NEW CAMPUS IN ARANUI WILL CATER FOR YEAR ONES RIGHT UP TO YEAR 13S, AND WILL OPEN IN JUST OVER THREE YEARS. BUT AS MIKE THORPE EXPLAINS, THE LOCAL INTERMEDIATE WON'T BE PART OF IT. ALL: HOORAY! CHISNALLWOOD IS GOING TO STAY OPEN. ALL CHEER IT WAS THE NEWS THE CHISNALLWOOD COMMUNITY WAS HOPING FOR. BUT JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER, CHISNALLWOOD INTERMEDIATE'S FUTURE WAS ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE REALISE THAT IF THE INTERMEDIATE IS TAKEN OUT, IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON BUSINESS, ON HOUSE PRICES. SO WHY THE CHANGE OF HEART? CHISNALLWOOD IS AN INTERMEDIATE OF AROUND 700 STUDENTS. TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE STUDENTS DO NOT COME FROM THE ARANUI AREA. COMPELLING STATISTICS. BUT BY HER OWN ADMISSION, NOTHING THAT THE MINISTER DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW. THE ROLL INFORMATION THAT I'M SPEAKING OF IS INFORMATION THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION USES TO FUND SCHOOLS, SO IT'S HIGHLY ACCURATE. BUT FOR ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL, ARANUI PRIMARY, WAINONI PRIMARY AND AVONDALE PRIMARY, THE AXE IS FALLING ` REPLACED BY ONE SUPER SCHOOL IN 2017. A YEAR ONE-TO-13 SCHOOL SHOULD BE BUILT ON THE CURRENT ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL SITE. A 1000-STUDENT COMMUNITY CAMPUS WITH ROOM TO GROW EVEN BIGGER. ALL FOUR SCHOOLS MADE SUBMISSIONS, BUT NONE WERE AS CLEARLY OPPOSED AS CHISNALLWOOD. THE OPPOSITION WARNS THAT WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THE CHRISTCHURCH EXPERIMENT WILL BE ROLLED OUT ELSEWHERE. THE GREEN PARTY IS CONCERNED AS TO WHO'S NEXT. WE RECOGNISE THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE CHANGES MADE IN ARANUI. WE CELEBRATE CHISNALLWOOD'S SURVIVAL, BUT WE ARE WORRIED THAT SUPERSIZING IS GOING TO BE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S NEW STRATEGY. THE CLOSING SCHOOLS HAVE 28 DAYS TO APPEAL THE DECISION. NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHICH SCHOOL WILL FOREGO THAT RIGHT. THREE CHEERS FOR CHISNALLWOOD. ALL: HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! MIKE THORPE, ONE NEWS. STILL AHEAD ` AVOIDING THE PITFALLS OF DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA. HE'S KILLED FOUR PEOPLE ON THE ROADS. NOW THE COUNTRY'S WORST DRINK-DRIVER IS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON. HE'S THE MAN WHO PUT THE SHOW INTO SHOW BUSINESS ` THE FLAMBOYANT LIFE OF LIBERACE PREMIERES IN CANNES, WITH TWO OF HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NAMES TAKING ON GAY ROLES. AND THE HYPE BEGINS FOR XBOX ONE, BUT IS THIS CONSOLE REALLY A GAME CHANGER? TINKLING MUSIC Did you know that it's possible to watch your favourite TV shows from any room in the house? You may have heard of TV On Demand, websites where you can access hundreds of the best local and international shows legally and for free. Several Kiwi TV channels now have an On Demand service. It's the place you go if you've missed a programme and want to catch up, or if someone's hogging the remote. How does it work? Well, with most sites, it's as easy as clicking on the show that you want to watch. It will start to play, and then you're in control to pause for a cuppa or skip back and forward. And best of all, with your laptop and some tablets and smartphones, you can watch from just about anywhere in your house. So why not stay in bed and catch up on your favourite drama, or follow along with a cooking show from the kitchen? You could even try watching TV from your hammock. Have a go. And you can find a list of Kiwi On Demand sites at techinasec.co.nz ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S DEADLIEST DRINK-DRIVERs IS ABOUT TO BE GRANTED HIS FREEDOM IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. GAVIN HAWTHORN, WHO HAS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE IN SEPARATE CRASHES, HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD. THE BOARD'S LAST PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOUND HIM AT HIGH RISK OF RE-OFFENDING. AND, AS GEORGINA BALL REPORTS, HIS VICTIMS ARE SCARED THAT HE'LL GET BACK BEHIND THE WHEEL. THIS IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST KILLERS BEHIND THE WHEEL. GAVIN HAWTHORN'S KILLED FOUR PEOPLE WHILE DRINK-DRIVING IN TWO SEPARATE CRASHES. HE'S BEEN IN JAIL FOR THE PAST DECADE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT TO END. HE'S GOING COME OUT, HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, I MEAN, SOON AS HE GETS OUT OF THE PRISON GATES. LOOK, I WOULDN'T MIND BETTING THAT'S THE FIRST THING HE'D LOOK AT ` IS A CAR YARD. HAWTHORN'S BEHIND BARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER AFTER KILLING GARY FRYER'S SON, LANCE, IN A SMASH IN GREYTOWN IN THE WAIRARAPA. THE ONLY THING WE'VE SEEN IS PICTURES, AND THAT WAS ENOUGH. THEY WERE HORRIFIC. MM. IT WAS HERE ON GREYTOWN'S MAIN ROAD THAT GAVIN HAWTHORN KILLED HIS LAST VICTIM. HE WAS RACING HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT DRINKING IN WELLINGTON WHEN HE SWERVED TO MISS A CAR AND SLAMMED INTO A POWER POLE. HE WAS DOING ALMOST TWICE THE 50K LIMIT. HIS FRIEND AND PASSENGER, LANCE FRYER, DIED AT THE SCENE. AT THE TIME HE HAD NO LICENSE AND WAS BREACHING BAIL CONDITIONS THAT BANNED HIM FROM DRINKING. HAWTHORN, WHO'S NOW FIFTY, APPEARED BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD TODAY. IT'S SET EIGHT RELEASE CONDITIONS, INCLUDING A SIX-MONTH BAN FROM DRIVING, OWNING A CAR, DRINKING AND ENTERING THE WAIRARAPA. HE HAS TO BE LET OUT ON JUNE 4 DESPITE REFUSING TO ATTEND ANY REHABILITATION, BECAUSE HE'LL HAVE SERVED HIS FULL SENTENCE. I'M CONVINCED, WITHIN REASON, THAT WHEN HE COMES OUT, IT WILL BE PART OF HIS AGENDA TO DRIVE AGAIN ` IN 1989 HAWTHORNE KILLED THREE OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS HEAD-ON COLLISION, BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS WAYS. IN FACT, HE SPENT THE NEXT DECADE IN AND OUT OF JAIL ` A STRING OF MORE THAN 30 CONVICTIONS, MORE THAN 20 OF THEM FOR DRINK-DRIVING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET IT THROUGH TO HIM. THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ` IS HOW DO YOU GET THINGS THROUGH TO HIM? GARY FRYER SAYS ALL HE CAN HOPE FOR IS TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF GAVIN HAWTHORN WHEN HE GETS OUT NEXT MONTH. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. FEARS OF AN ALL-OUT SECTARIAN WAR ARE RISING IN IRAQ AS THE BLOODLETTING THERE ESCALATES. PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A CAR BOMB EXPLODED NEAR A SUNNI MOSQUE WEST OF BAGHDAD, NORTH OF THE CAPITAL. TWO CAR BOMBS EXPLODED, KILLING THREE CIVILIANS AND WOUNDING 38. THE LATEST VIOLENCE TARGETING BOTH SUNNI AND SHIITE COMMUNITIES HAS INCREASED FEARS OF A SLIDE BACK TO THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR. BANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE CLASHED WITH POLICE IN CHILE AFTER A PROTEST OVER EDUCATION. MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED OUTSIDE THE CONGRESS BUILDING IN THE CITY OF VALPARAISO. POLICE USED WATER CANNONS TO REPEL THE PROTESTORS. PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN PINERA WAS SPEAKING IN CONGRESS AT THE TIME BUT WASN'T EXPOSED TO THE VIOLENCE. THE STUDENTS ARE DEMANDING GREATER ACCESS TO FREE EDUCATION. IN SAUDI ARABIA, WOMEN CAN'T VOTE OR EVEN DRIVE A CAR, BUT ONE SAUDI WOMAN HAS JUST BECOME THE FIRST FROM HER COUNTRY TO CONQUER EVEREST. CLIMBER RAHA MOBARAK (27) COMPLETED HER EVEREST CLIMB AT THE WEEKEND. SHE SAID SHE BECAME DETERMINED TO CLIMB THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PEAK AFTER SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULDN'T DO IT. I DIDN'T DO IT TO CAUSE ANYTHING, BUT IF I CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S OPINION ` THE WORLD'S OPINION ` ABOUT SAUDI WOMEN, AND IF I CAN CHANGE SAUDI WOMEN'S OPINIONS ABOUT THEMSELVES, I WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY. HER NEXT GOAL IS TO CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS. A MOVIE CONSIDERED 'TOO GAY' TO MAKE IT ON THE SILVER SCREEN HAS WOWED AT CANNES, WITH SOME CRITICS CLAIMING THE LIBERACE BIOPIC IS OSCAR WORTHY. STARS MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND MATT DAMON HIT THE RED CARPET WITH DIRECTOR STEVEN SODERBERGH FOR THE PREMIERE OF 'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA'. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ TALKED TO THE ACTORS. MICHAEL DOUGLAS, BACK FROM CANCER TREATMENT AND ON TOP FORM AS LIBERACE ` THE MAN WHO PUT THE SHOW INTO SHOW BUSINESS ` IN A NEW FILM, 'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA', ABOUT THE LOVE AFFAIR THE LEGENDARY PERFORMER HAD WITH A MUCH YOUNGER SCOTT THORSON, PLAYED BY MATT DAMON. WOW. THE FILM IS QUITE EXPLICIT ABOUT THE NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP. I WANNA BE EVERYTHING TO YOU, SCOTT ` FATHER, BROTHER, LOVER. I ASKED THEM HOW THEY APPROACHED THESE MORE INTIMATE SCENES. IF THIS WAS FROM MY WIFE, WHAT WOULD I`? HOW WOULD I`? YOU KNOW, SO, WE'RE ON THE COUCH, AND IT'S, LIKE, I THROW MY LEGS OVER HIS LEGS, AND WE'RE, KIND OF, SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW. HOW DO YOU SIT AND WATCH A MOVIE LATE AT NIGHT WITH YOUR W` WITH... YOUR SPOUSE? LIBERACE METICULOUSLY MANAGED HIS PUBLIC PERSONA, A THEME THAT RUNS THROUGH THE FILM. FIRST HE DENIES HIS HOMOSEXUALITY, THEN HAVING AIDS. NOWADAYS STARS ARE QUICK TO TELL ALL. WHAT'S CHANGED? IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIGITAL AGE. IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO HIDE AND HAVE A PRIVATE LIFE. UH, 20, 30 YEARS AGO, IT DIDN'T EXIST. THERE WERE MAYBE TWO OR THREE GOSSIP COLUMNISTS. THAT'S ALL THERE WAS. WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. STARE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. 'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA' MIGHT BE OPENING AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL,... PLAYS SHORT TUNE ...BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED BY AND MADE FOR AMERICAN TELEVISION. THE FILM STUDIOS WOULDN'T GO NEAR IT, ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR ` TOO GAY, APPARENTLY. THE FEELING WAS BECAUSE OF, UH` IT WOULD ONLY APPEAL TO A GAY AUDIENCE, WHICH IS PRETTY NARROW THINKING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU SOME SENSE OF WHERE OUR STUDIOS ` OR MANY OF THEM ` ARE AT TODAY. ON THE ONE HAND, THIS IS A SHOWBIZ PERIOD PIECE, BUT ON THE OTHER, IT POINTS MAYBE TO THE FUTURE OF FILMMAKING. AND 'BEHIND THE CANDELABRA' IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN CINEMAS HERE LATER IN THE YEAR. TO OUR WEATHER, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF IT. MORE THUNDER ON THE WAY? HAD SOME ACROSS NORTHLAND, WAIKATO, AND MORE THUNDERY SQUALLS ARE COOKING UP OFF THE WEST COASTS, WITH A WATCH IN PLACE OVERNIGHT. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ COMING UP AFTER ANDREW, THE SOUTHERLY BARES ITS TEETH. STILL AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE LATEST GAMES CONSOLE IS REVEALED, BUT HAS IT GOT THE X FACTOR? AND HOW A GREEN MONKEY IS PROVING A KIWI SUCCESS STORY WHEN IT COMES TO RIDING THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA. # TECHNOLOGY GIANT APPLE IS STRENUOUSLY DENYING IT'S AVOIDED PAYING TAX ON TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ITS PROFITS. APPLE BOSSES APPEARED BEFORE A US SENATE COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE COMPANY AGAINST ACCUSATIONS IT SHIPPED BILLIONS OFFSHORE TO REDUCE ITS TAX BILL. WE PAY ALL THE TAXES WE OWE ` EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR. WE NOT ONLY COMPLY WITH THE LAWS, WE COMPLY WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS. WE DON'T DEPEND ON TAX GIMMICKS. BUT THE SENATE INVESTIGATION SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF THE COMPANY'S PROFITS WERE HELD IN IRISH SUBSIDIARIES. ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES EARNED US$30B IN PROFITS OVER THREE YEARS BUT PAID NO INCOME TAX. GAMERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW XBOX ONE. IT'S MICROSOFT'S FIRST GAMING CONSOLE IN EIGHT YEARS, AND THE COMPANY'S PROMISING TO DELIVER ALL-IN-ONE ENTERTAINMENT. THE THIRD-GENERATION CONSOLE INTERACTS WITH YOUR TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET, AND IT CAN RESPOND TO VOICE AND GESTURE COMMANDS. XBOX, GAME. GO TO TV. GO TO MUSIC. ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS WATCH TV. YES, THAT FAST. DID YOU SEE HOW INSTANT THAT WAS? THE DEVICE WILL DIRECTLY COMPETE WITH NINTENDO'S NEW WII U AND SONY'S FORTHCOMING PLAYSTATION 4. THE NEW XBOX GOES ON SALE LATER THIS YEAR, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PLAY OLDER GAMES, YOU'LL HAVE TO HANG ONTO YOUR 360. SOME KIWI-FRUIT GROWERS ARE ACCUSING ZESPRI OF KEEPING THEM IN THE DARK OVER NOT REVEALING THE FULL EXTENT OF A CHINESE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION THAT SAW A ZESPRI SUBSIDIARY FINED NEARLY $1M FOR SMUGGLING. NZ CUSTOMS HAS TOLD ONE NEWS IT LEARNT OF THE INVESTIGATION IN FEBRUARY 2011, ALERTING BOTH ZESPRI AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. BUT ZESPRI SAYS IT ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION IN MID 2011, WHEN ITS CHINESE IMPORTER WAS ARRESTED. KIWIFRUIT GROWERS WEREN'T TOLD THE FULL EXTENT OF THE INVESTIGATION UNTIL JANUARY THIS YEAR. AND ZESPRI'S LEGAL WOES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE CHALLENGES OF DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA, AS HAS THE RECENT HOLD-UP OF NZ MEAT IMPORTS AT THE CHINESE BORDER. BUT WHILE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO ENTERING THE CHINESE MARKET, THE REWARDS CAN BE GREAT. JOANNA HUNKIN WITH THIS REPORT. THE RISKS ARE WELL DOCUMENTED ` FROM MILK POWDER POISONING TO SMUGGLING CHARGES. WHEN CHINESE BUSINESS DEALS GO SOUR, THE EFFECTS CAN BE DEVASTATING. FOR MANY KIWI BUSINESSES, THEY ARE FIRMLY REFLECTING THE NZ BUSINESS CULTURE, WHICH IS RELATIVELY INSULAR, UNRESPONSIVE TO CHANGE, NOT RECOGNISING THAT THINGS ARE DONE DIFFERENTLY OVERSEAS. WITH 20% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVING IN CHINA, IT'S A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT GET IT RIGHT AND ONE THE GOVERNMENT SEES AS VITAL. IT'S OUR NUMBER-ONE MARKET FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL MARKET. WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE IN CHINA. WE'RE DOING A LOT TO ASSIST BUSINESSES TO GET ESTABLISHED UP IN THE CHINESE MARKET. BUSINESSES LIKE GREEN MONKEY, AN ORGANIC BABY FOOD AND FORMULA PRODUCER. AFTER 18 MONTHS IN THE CHINESE MARKET, IT'S JUST SIGNED A 10-YEAR DEAL WITH A RETAIL CHAIN MADE UP OF MORE THAN 400 STORES. BUT IT HASN'T ALL BEEN SMOOTH SAILING. IN THE EARLY DAYS, IT FELL PREY TO A DODGY DISTRIBUTOR WHO TOOK ITS PRODUCT AND RAN. WHAT WE LEARNT WAS TO SLOW RIGHT DOWN. WE'VE FOUND THERE'S NO FAST WAY INTO CHINA. IT'S ABOUT PLANNING, FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER. CHINA'S SUCH A BIG MARKET, AND WE ONLY NEED A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT MARKET TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SHE SAYS IT'S ESSENTIAL TO KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND WHERE YOUR PRODUCT'S GOING. WE'VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTNER THAT WE'VE GOT IN CHINA. WE'VE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS ALIGNING WITH THEM AND WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES BEFORE WE'VE EVEN ACTUALLY SUPPLIED THEM. AND WHEN YOU GET IT RIGHT, THE REWARDS CAN BE PLENTIFUL. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF THE MONSTER TORNADO THAT SMASHED INTO OKLAHOMA IS NEARING AN END. RESCUERS BELIEVE NO MORE BODIES WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE RUBBLE. THE DEATH TOLL'S BEEN REVISED DOWN TO AT LEAST 24, INCLUDING NINE CHILDREN. FOUR SCHOOLS IN EAST CHRISTCHURCH ARE TO CLOSE, TO BE REPLACED BY ONE SUPERSCHOOL IN 2017 CATERING FOR YEAR ONES UP TO YEAR 13S. ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL, ARANUI PRIMARY, WAINONI PRIMARY AND AVONDALE PRIMARY WILL ALL CLOSE, BUT THE EDUCATION MINISTRY'S GIVEN A REPRIEVE TO CHISNALLWOOD INTERMEDIATE, WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN. OUR TOP POLICEMAN IS APOLOGISING TO THOSE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS CAUGHT UP IN THE SO CALLED TERROR RAIDS IN RUATOKI. THIS AFTER THE POLICE WATCHDOG'S REPORT INTO THE RAIDS CRITICISED POLICE ACTIONS AS 'UNLAWFUL, UNJUSTIFIED AND UNREASONABLE'. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT MAY ALSO OFFER AN APOLOGY TO THE PEOPLE OF RUATOKI FOR THE SO-CALLED TERROR RAIDS. BUT IT MAY DO LITTLE TO DAMPEN DOWN CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION FROM THOSE UNLAWFULLY DETAINED AND SEARCHED BY POLICE. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. IN AUGUST 2007, THEN-LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION JOHN KEY VENTURED INTO RUATOKI. THE POLICE DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION SQUAD DETERMINED THERE WAS NO THREAT TO HIS SAFETY ` A FACT TODAY'S REPORT USES TO QUESTION THE DECISION TO HAVE OVER 300 OFFICERS DESCEND ON THE SETTLEMENT JUST TWO MONTHS LATER. YOU'D HAVE TO SAY IT'S A LITTLE ODD. AND IT'S GOT THE PRIME MINISTER CONTEMPLATING A GOVERNMENT APOLOGY. THE POLICE HAVE APOLOGISED FOR THAT. THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ADVICE ON THE ISSUE BEYOND THAT, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO. LABOUR WAS IN POWER AT THE TIME OF THE RAIDS, AND ITS THEN-POLICE MINISTER IS TAKING THAT STEP. I AM SORRY AT WHAT HAPPENED. I'M SORRY ILLEGAL ACTION WAS UNDERTAKEN, BUT IT WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION THAT WAS MADE. IN MARCH, THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MINISTER TOLD ONE NEWS A GOVERNMENT APOLOGY WAS PROBABLE. AT SOME STAGE, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS HIGHLY LIKELY. AND THAT'S WHAT NATIONAL'S COALITION PARTNER WANTS TO HEAR ONE WOULD THINK THAT ` AGAINST THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE REPORT OUTCOMES ` THAT THERE WOULD BE WOULD BE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG. BUT WHILE AN APOLOGY FROM THE CROWN COULD BE ON THE WAY, COMPENSATION FOR THOSE UNLAWFULLY DETAINED BY POLICE IS A NO GO. THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERATION OF CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING LAID AGAINST THE POLICE FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE. SECONDLY, SOME SERIOUS COMPENSATION NEEDS TO BE CONTEMPLATED. THE POLICE DON'T GO BACK AND OFFER INDIVIDUALS COMPENSATION. BUT A GOVERNMENT APOLOGY MAY WELL PAVE THE WAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF RUATOKI TO MAKE A LEGAL CLAIM FOR FINANCIAL REDRESS. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND ANOTHER LEAGUE PLAYER IS EMBROILED IN ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. MORE ON THESE ALLEGATIONS NEXT. ALSO TONIGHT, SIR GRAHAM HENRY'S REFEREES COMMENTS SPARK A BIG REACTION. THE CRUSADERS FIRE BACK. GOLF'S TIT-FOR-TAT BATTLE ERUPTS AGAIN. PLUS, THE SILVER FERNS COACH AIRS HER CONCERNS OVER THE STATE OF KIWI NETBALL. AND ONE OF THE WORST SPORTS TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY BECOMES ONE OF THE BEST. WE EXPLAIN ALL NEXT. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO RUGBY LEAGUE, AND THE IMAGE OF THE SPORT HAS SUFFERED ANOTHER MAJOR SETBACK. AS THE NRL CELEBRATES ITS 'WOMEN IN LEAGUE' PROMOTION, AUCKLAND-BORN SOUTH-SYDNEY STAR BEN TEO IS FACING ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS THE DETAILS. AS SOUTHS PLAYERS WERE THANKING WOMEN FOR THEIR SUPPORT AT A FUNCTION IN SYDNEY, ACROSS TOWN, A YOUNG WOMAN WAS ALLEGING SHE WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY KIWI AND SOUTHS FORWARD BEN TEO. I WAS LYING IN A HALLWAY, WITH BLOOD... EVERYWHERE. THE WOMAN CLAIMS TEO PUNCHED HER IN FRONT OF TWO OTHER NRL PLAYERS AT A HOUSE IN BRISBANE LAST MONTH. I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD, FOR ALL THEY KNOW. TEO DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. IN A STATEMENT, THE AUCKLANDER REFUTED ANY SUGGESTION HE ACTED IMPROPERLY, ADDING HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION BUT ACTED APPROPRIATELY. TEO SAID HE CALLED POLICE TO HAVE THE WOMAN REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE. SOUTHS ARE STANDING BY THEIR MAN, NOT STANDING HIM DOWN. THERE'S ALWAYS TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. LET'S SEE ALL THE INFORMATION ` ALL THE FACTS, ALL THE INTEGRITY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, AND LET'S FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE STORY IS. POLICE SAY THEY'RE NOT INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. BUT THE NRL'S INTEGRITY UNIT IS. ONCE WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, THEN WE WILL DETERMINE THE COURSE OF ACTION. IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE, THEN CLEARLY WE'LL TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTION. MORE QUESTIONS ARE SURE TO SURFACE IN THE WAKE OF THE WOMAN'S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, WHICH AIRS TONIGHT. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. ON THE FIELD, KIWIS STAR BENJI MARSHALL HAS BEEN NAMED TO START FOR THE WESTS TIGERS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. BACK AFTER BEING BENCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, THE PLAYMAKER HAS A POINT TO PROVE. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET OUT OF A SLUMP, AND THAT'S TO PLAY YOURSELF OUT OF IT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU PLAY WELL, EVERYONE SHUTS UP. THE TIGERS SIT DEAD-LAST ON THE LADDER, AND MARSHALL HAS SUSPENDED TALKS ON HIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT UPGRADE UNTIL THEY SNAP THEIR SEVEN-GAME LOSING STREAK. THE 28-YEAR-OLD THOUGH WAS QUICK TO QUASH RUMOURS HE WANTS OUT OF THE CLUB. I'D NEVER JUST WALK OUT BECAUSE I WAS UPSET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I'D RATHER PROVE MYSELF. IF THEY WANT ME HERE, THAT'S WHAT I WANT, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE JEALOUS THAT THEY DON'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AT` BE AT ONE CLUB. THE TIGERS HOST THE COWBOYS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SUPER RUGBY BOSSES ARE TONIGHT STILL CONSIDERING WHETHER THEY'LL TAKE ACTION AGAINST SIR GRAHAM HENRY OVER HIS SCATHING CRITICISM OF MATCH OFFICIALS. HIS COMMENTS HAVE SPARKED PLENTY OF REACTION, BUT SHOULD THE WORLD CUP-WINNING COACH BE ALLOWED TO HAVE HIS SAY? BLAIR NORTON HAS THE CRUSADERS' THOUGHTS ON THIS SUPER FLARE UP. WHEN A WORLD CUP-WINNING COACH IN AUCKLAND PUBLICLY BLASTS REFEREES, RUGBY PEOPLE LISTEN, EVEN HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH OBVIOUSLY HE'S HAD A GO AT THE REFEREES, BUT HE'S ENTITLED TO DO THAT, I SUPPOSE. HE IS SIR GRAHAM HENRY. THE BLUES ASSISTANT COACH VENTED AT A NUMBER OF REFEREEING DECISIONS IN HIS SIDE'S LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS AND AT THE STANDARD ACROSS THE COMPETITION. WE'RE SITTING IN THE COACHING BOX ` I'M SURE TODDY AND THE CRUSADERS' COACHES ARE DOING THE SAME THING ` SAYING, 'OFFSIDE, REF. OFFSIDE, LINE UMPIRES OR ASSISTANT REFEREES.' THOSE ARE THE THINGS THEY'RE THERE FOR. WELL, I DO AGREE WITH ONE THING ` I THOUGH THE BLUES WERE OFFSIDE ALL NIGHT. DESPITE THE CHEEKY JIBE, BLACKADDER CAN SEE WHERE SIR GRAHAM'S COMING FROM. I THINK, AT TIMES THE REFEREEING HAS BEEN QUESTIONABLE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT LATELY. AND I THINK TOO THAT PLAYERS AND COACHES, THEY ALL MAKE MISTAKES, AND EVERYONE'S ENDEAVOURING TO PUT OUT THE PERFECT PERFORMANCE, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. BLACKADDER WAS QUICK TO DEFEND LOOSEHEAD PROP WYATT CROCKETT, WHO HENRY ACCUSED OF GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER. ALL-DAY, REF. ALL-DAY. ALL-DAY ` SAME GUY. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO I TRUST AND REALLY LISTEN TO. THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE AND HAVE GOT A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIMMAGING. YEAH, TED'S NOT ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE, SO I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS. ALTHOUGH BLACKADDER WOULD EXPECT TO BE SANCTIONED FOR SIMILAR COMMENTS, HE'S KEEN TO LET IT GO. JUST LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT THIS TIME AND WARN HIM NOT TO DO IT AGAIN. I THINK IT WOULD BE ENOUGH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHETHER SANZAR SEES WHAT BLACKADDER MEANS IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. IT'S A CASE OF DEJA VU FOR CHIEFS PROP BEN AFEAKI, WHO, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, COULD SEE INJURY COST HIM THE BLACK JERSEY. THE TIGHT-HEAD PROP'S BEEN RULED OUT OF FRIDAY'S BIG MATCH AGAINST THE CRUSADERS WITH A CALF STRAIN, HAVING ALREADY SPENT SIX WEEKS ON THE SIDELINE, INJURED, THIS SEASON. HE NOW WON'T PLAY BEFORE THE TEST SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED NEXT WEEK. LAST YEAR IT WAS A BROKEN WRIST THAT RUINED HIS ALL BLACK CHANCES. MY CALF'S ALWAYS BEEN TIGHT, AND I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO REHAB, AND CALF THIS AND CALF THAT, SO I GUESS IT'S JUST UNLUCKY, YEAH, COS I WAS ONLY JOGGING, REALLY, SO... (CHUCKLES) BEN TAMEIFUNA WILL REPLACE HIM IN THE FRONT ROW. IT'S UNCERTAIN WHETHER AFEAKI WILL STILL ATTEND THIS WEEKEND'S ALL BLACKS TRAINING CAMP. TIGER WOODS AND SERGIO GARCIA HAVE CONFIRMED WHAT MOST OF THE GOLFING WORLD KNEW ANYWAY ` THEY JUST DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER. TENSION HAS BEEN SIMMERING FOR YEARS BUT BLEW UP LAST WEEK WHEN GARCIA ACCUSED TIGER OF DISTRACTING HIM DURING THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS FROM TIGER YESTERDAY. HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF JUST CONTACTING AND SAYING, > 'HEY, LET'S CHILL. > 'WE DON'T NEED TO BE GOING BACK AND FORTH LIKE THIS ANY MORE'? > NO. LAUGHTER SERGIO RESPONDED TODAY IN ENGLAND. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT YOU CONNECT WITH, AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T. AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S... HE DOESN'T NEED ME IN HIS LIFE. I DON'T NEED HIM IN MINE. THE TWO ARE PLAYING ON SEPARATE SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC THIS WEEKEND. WORLD TENNIS NUMBER TWO ANDY MURRAY HAS APOLOGISED TO ORGANISERS OF THE FRENCH OPEN AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT, WHICH BEGINS SUNDAY. THE SCOT'S BEEN HAMPERED BY A LOWER BACK INJURY, AFTER TWEAKING IT AT THE ITALIAN OPEN LAST WEEK. MURRAY HOPES TO BE BACK ON COURT FOR THE QUEEN'S CLUB CHAMPS NEXT MONTH, THE WARM-UP EVENT FOR WIMBLEDON. AUSTRALIAN TEAMS ARE DOMINATING NETBALL'S TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ONLY A FEW WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS. AUSSIES CURRENTLY MAKE UP THE TOP-THREE TEAMS. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR NATIONAL SIDE? KIMBERLEE DOWNS SAT DOWN WITH SILVER FERNS COACH WAIMARAMA TAUMAUNU. WINNING THE BATTLE ON THE SCOREBOARD AND THE WAR ON THE COURT. THERE'S NO DOUBTING THIS SEASON'S TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP SO FAR BELONGS TO THE AUSTRALIAN FRANCHISES. FIVE YEARS AGO YOU COULD THROW THE BALL AWAY, AND GENERALLY, YOU COULD EXPECT TO GET MOST OF THEM BACK. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW, AND I DO THINK THAT'S A LESSON NZ TEAMS HAVE TO LEARN. WITH FIVE ROUNDS REMAINING, IT'S LIKELY ONLY ONE NZ TEAM WILL MAKE THE TOP FOUR. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE 2008, WHEN THE COMPETITION WAS INTRODUCED. THE AREA WHERE WE REALLY ARE LACKING A LITTLE IS CREATING SHOOTING ATTEMPTS FOR OUR SHOOTERS. THE LACK OF SHOOTING DEPTH IN NZ IS ALSO CONCERNING TAUMAUNU, BUT SHE'S NOT TAKING IT AS A SIGN OF WHAT'S TO COME FOR THE NATIONAL SIDE. I'M IN THE VERY FORTUNATE POSITION OF HAVING A SET OF TRIALS. SO ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS, SHOULD THERE BE SOME ARISING IN THE NEXT SET OF GAMES, WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT IN TERMS OF AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. TAUMAUNU SAYS SHE'S FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES, AND THE CURRENT SILVER FERNS GET THE PASS MARK. WE SET SOME TARGETS FOR THEM, AND THEY'RE LARGELY OFF THE COURT RATHER THAN ON THE COURT, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WORK ETHIC AND THE APPLICATION IN GENERAL THAT IS BEING APPLIED. GOOD NEWS FOR THEM, GIVEN WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON. THE TRIALLISTS WHOM WE PICK THIS YEAR WILL BE, IN MY VIEW, THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES SQUAD. A SQUAD THAT WILL NEED TO INSPIRE MORE CONFIDENCE THAN THE TEAMS IT'S BEING SELECTED FROM. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS HAVE SURVIVED A MASSIVE COMEBACK FROM MEMPHIS, TO BEAT THE GRIZZLIES IN OVERTIME AND GO 2-0 UP IN NBA BASKETBALL'S WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. SAN ANTONIO HAD AN 18-POINT LEAD LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER BEFORE A 15-2 MEMPHIS RUN LEVELLED THE SCORES. BUT OVERTIME WASN'T KIND TO THE GRIZZLIES. BAYLISS ON THE DRIVE; GETS TO THE RIM; BANK SHOT; OFF THE MARK. GASOL'S TIP MISSES. BAYLISS LINES UP A THREE. WAY OFF THE MARK. LOOK AT THAT ALLEY. HE COULD'VE DRIVEN THE BALL TO THE RIM. SPURS POINT GUARD TONY PARKER CONTINUED HIS IMPRESSIVE PLAY-OFF FORM WITH 18 ASSISTS AND 15 POINTS. 93-89, THE FINAL SCORE. THE SERIES HEADS TO MEMPHIS FOR GAME THREE. COULD THIS BE ONE OF THE GREAT TURNAROUNDS IN BASKETBALL BACK HERE? AFTER SUFFERING A RECORD LOSING STREAK, THE OTAGO NUGGETS ARE RIDING HIGH AT THE TOP OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. MAX BANIA REPORTS. THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS KNOW EVERY TRICK IN THE BASKETBALL BOOK. TODAY THE MAN KNOWN AS 'FLIGHT TIME' SHARED SOME WITH THE NUGGETS. LAUGHTER BUT THE DUNEDIN-BASED FRANCHISE ARE PULLING THEIR OWN MAGIC ACT. IT'S JUST ON THE UP AND UPS. EVERYONE'S REAL HAPPY, AND, LIKE, YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE CITY AS WELL. JUST TWO YEARS AND A DAY AFTER ENDING A THREE-YEAR, THIRTY-THREE-GAME LOSING RUN, THEY'RE ON A NEW STREAK ` SEVEN WINS FROM SEVEN IN 2013. AND HOW HAVE YOU GUYS DONE IT? UH, JUST HARD WORK ` COMING IN HERE, BELIEVING IN ONE ANOTHER; LOOKING AT OUR PERSONNEL AND THE TEAM, WE GOT A LOT OF TALENTED GUYS; AND SHARING THE BALL, AND NOT CARING WHO GETS THE CREDIT. AMERICAN SWINGMAN AKEEM WRIGHT IS ALREADY A CANDIDATE FOR MVP. WITH SUPPORT FROM FORMER BREAKER BJ ANTHONY AND VETERAN GUARD MARK DICKEL, WHO FIRST PLAYED FOR THE NUGGETS 20 YEARS AGO, MANY ARE TIPPING THEM TO GO ALL THE WAY. AND WHEN YOU'RE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR GAME AND YOUR JUMP SHOT, EVERYTHING ELSE ` THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO OFF THE COURT ` YOU KNOW, COMING ON TO THE COURT IN THE GAME ` THAT'S THE EASY PART; THAT'S THE FUN PART. AND WHILE THEY'RE SOME WAY OFF MATCHING THE GLOBETROTTERS' CURRENT WINNING STREAK OF SEVEN YEARS, THEY COULD BE SHOOTING FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE AGAINST HAWKE'S BAY ON FRIDAY. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. NOW, WE ALL KNOW THE ENGLISH ARE FANATICAL ABOUT THEIR FOOTBALL, THE SON OF ONE OF CHELSEA'S RESERVE KEEPERS CAN HARDLY WALK, BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO DRIBBLE ` A BALL, THAT IS. AND HE ALSO SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. LOUD CHEERING AND HOW TO ACT WHEN YOU SCORE. THE CHELSEA FANS BROKE INTO A 'SIGN HIM UP' CHANT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THANKS, SPORT. AFTER THE BREAK, JIM WILL UPDATE THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND SOMETHING VERY COLD APPROACHING THE SOUTH. HOW'S THIS FOR A WINDOW SEAT NEXT TIME YOU FLY? WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING COMMERCIAL SPACE PASSENGERS. AND KIWIS. AS OF TODAY, YOU CAN HEAD FOR THE STARS JUST BY POPPING DOWN TO YOUR TRAVEL AGENT. AND, THEY MIGHT BE LITTLE GERM FACTORIES... MY LITTLE SISTER EATS HER BOGEYS. OH, DON'T EAT YOUR BOGEYS. NO, DON'T. BUT THIS FLU SEASON, THEY ARE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES. SEE WHY AT SEVEN SHARP. CAR REVS Good, good, good. (SIGHS) CRUNCHING, SQUEAKING (SIGHS) Well, did you pass? Well, did you pass? Yep. Well, did you pass? Yep. Whoo-hoo! Yee-hah-hah! Don't bail out just yet. Your teen is more likely to crash on their restricted than any other time in their life. Go to safeteendriver.co.nz. Find out how you can stay involved. HELLO AGAIN. THIS TIME TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL ALL BE SHIVERING A BIT. A COLD SURGE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN OCEANS IS ABOUT TO LANCE ITS WAY INTO THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ BUT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, HAVE EXTRA BLANKETS READY. CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR. GRAB YOUR FAVOURITE PUFFER JACKET AND THE DOG. HOW'S THIS FOR 'BUTT OUT'? MUM AND DAD SWAN DUCK FOR COVER IN THE SQUALLS. KAREN'S BACK TOMORROW. FROM ME, GOODNIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY.