GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A MAINLY FINE END TO THE WORKING WEEK, WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OVER US. BUT IT WAS A LITTLE COOLER TODAY AS WE HEAD TOWARDS WINTER. NOW WE'RE WATCHING TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS HEADING OUR WAY ` A DEEPENING LOW FROM THE NORTH AND AN ACTIVE FRONT FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH, AND LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND. 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. DRAMATIC PICTURES OF THE SHOOT-OUT FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF A SOLDIER IN LONDON AS MORE DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SUSPECTS. THE APPALLING ABUSE OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PATIENTS AT A MAORI CARE PROVIDER SPARKS A CALL FOR BETTER MONITORING. TEARS OF A CLOWN ` RUGBY'S JOKER CRACKS UP OVER GIVING UP THE BLACK JERSEY. AND A HUGE FIRE FORCES EVACUATIONS ON THE MAIN STREET OF A SOUTH ISLAND TOURIST MECCA KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. POLICE IN THE UK HAVE ARRESTED TWO MORE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE HORRIFIC KILLING OF A YOUNG SOLDIER IN LONDON. LEE RIGBY (25) WAS HACKED TO DEATH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. IT'S NOW EMERGED THE TWO MAIN SUSPECTS WERE ALREADY KNOWN TO INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS. AND AS ALEXI O'BRIEN REPORTS, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY POLICE. PUT IT DOWN! GUNSHOTS CHAOS ON THE STREETS OF LONDON. THIS AMATEUR VIDEO CAPTURED THE MOMENT WHEN POLICE SHOT TWO MEN SEEN HACKING A YOUNG SOLDIER TO DEATH. DRUMMER LEE RIGBY SURVIVED THE FRONT LINE IN AFGHANISTAN ONLY TO BE BRUTALLY MURDERED JUST METRES FROM HIS BARRACKS IN SOUTH LONDON. THIS WAS A SENSELESS MURDER OF A SOLDIER WHO'S SERVED THE ARMY FAITHFULLY. THE FLAGS IN WOOLWICH FLYING AT HALF MAST FOR THE 25-YEAR-OLD FATHER OF TWO KNOWN AS RIGGERS. YOU PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE SAFE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM ` MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO, BORN IN BRITAIN, BUT OF NIGERIAN DESCENT. WHEN HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM 10 YEARS AGO, HE STARTED CALLING HIMSELF MUJAHID, OR FIGHTER. HE'S SEEN HERE AT A MARCH ORGANISED BY A NOW-BANNED RADICAL MUSLIM GROUP. WE HAD SO MANY DEMONSTRATIONS AND TALKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO DO WHAT HE DID YESTERDAY. BOTH SUSPECTS WERE KNOWN TO INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, AND NOW AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS MISSED. POLICE HAVE RAIDED HOUSES IN VARIOUS PARTS OF LONDON, ARRESTING ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER. THIS WAS NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON BRITAIN AND ON THE BRITISH WAY OF LIFE; IT WAS ALSO A BETRAYAL OF ISLAM. ANGER IS STILL SIMMERING IN WOOLWICH, WHERE DAVID CAMERON AND MAYOR BORIS JOHNSON ATTENDED AN INTER-FAITH MEETING APPEALING FOR CALM. IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST FORGOTTEN. IT'S ONE OF OUR SOLDIERS. THERE'S A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE ON THE STREETS ` EVEN IN THE SQUARE WHERE IT'S SAID MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO WAS PREACHING JUST LAST WEEK. IN A WAY, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BECAUSE OF THE WAR THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING ON. EVEN SO, THE HORROR OF WHAT HAPPENED HAS SHOCKED MOST PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. THE PILE OF TRIBUTES HAS BEEN GROWING STEADILY ALL DAY HERE OUTSIDE THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS. SOME HAVE PERSONAL MESSAGES FOR THE FALLEN SOLDIER. THIS ONE SIMPLY SAYS 'YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN'. YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUCHING. JUST TRY AND PULL TOGETHER, DON'T YOU, AND SHOW A BIT OF SOLIDARITY, AND THESE PEOPLE AIN'T GOING TO WIN. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN IF THE TWO ATTACKERS HAD LINKS TO ANY RADICAL GROUPS, BUT AS WE SAW IN THE BOSTON BOMBINGS LAST MONTH, EVEN AMATEURS CAN BE DEADLY. ALEXI O'BRIEN, ONE NEWS. THE COURAGEOUS WOMAN WHO CONFRONTED THE TWO ATTACKERS IS BEING WIDELY PRAISED FOR HER BRAVERY. THE SCOUT LEADER STOOD UP TO THE MEN, TELLING THEM IF THEY WANTED TO START A WAR ON BRITAIN, THEY WOULD LOSE. THE BBC'S LUISA BALDINI REPORTS. IT IS FOR THE COURAGE OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THIS INCIDENT WILL ALSO BE REMEMBERED ` PEOPLE LIKE INGRID LOYAU-KENNETT, A MOTHER OF TWO WHO STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH ONE OF THE KILLERS. HE SAID, 'DON'T TOUCH. I KILLED HIM.' I SAID, 'WHY?' HE SAID, 'HE'S A BRITISH SOLDIER. 'HE KILLED PEOPLE. HE KILLED MUSLIM PEOPLE IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES, 'AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO HERE.' AND I SAID, 'OK. UM, SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?' AND, UM, SO I TRIED TO MAKE HIM TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT HE FELT, AND HE SAID THAT ALL THE BOMB DROPPINGS AND KILLING BLINDLY WOMEN, CHILDREN. AFTER YESTERDAY'S DRAMATIC AND GRAPHIC SCENES, THERE WAS A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE IN WOOLWICH TODAY, BUT THE REALITY OF WHAT HAPPENED IS STILL VIVID. AS POLICE CARRIED OUT HOUSE-TO-HOUSE ENQUIRIES NEAR THE SCENE, LOCAL RESIDENTS SPOKE OF WHAT THEY SAW. WHEN I SEE THE HANDGUN, THAT'S WHAT I DONE ` I ACTUALLY BACKED OFF. AND THEN, AS I SAID, AS I WAS ON THE PHONE TO THE POLICE, THEN I SEE ALL THE SCHOOLKIDS COME PAST, AND THEY WERE ALL QUEUING UP TO CROSS THE ROAD, AND I ACTUALLY SCREAMED AT THEM AND SAID, 'GET THEM IN THE SCHOOL, COS THERE'S SOMEONE UP THE END WITH A HANDGUN. YESTERDAY, THE LOCAL SCHOOL HAD BEEN IN LOCKDOWN. THIS AFTERNOON, THE POLICE PRESENCE WAS A WELCOME SIGHT FOR PARENTS, BUT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN OFFICERS ON THE GROUND FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THE BARBARITY COMMITTED ON THEIR DOORSTEP. THERE'LL BE NO FRIDAY-NIGHT DRINKS AT A POPULAR BAR IN THE TOURIST HOTSPOT OF QUEENSTOWN TONIGHT, WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLING A MAJOR BLAZE. NO ONE'S BEEN INJURED, BUT THE FIRE THREATENED NEARBY BUILDINGS AND FORCED WIDESPREAD EVACUATIONS. JOY REID REPORTS. FLAMES LICKING THE EVENING SKY AS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLE TO BRING THE LARGEST BUILDING FIRE THE TOURIST TOWN'S SEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS UNDER CONTROL. THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS WERE EVACUATED PRETTY QUICKLY, AS WAS THE FAT BADGERS RESTAURANT ITSELF, AND IT APPEARS THAT ALL HAVE MADE IT OUT OF THE BUILDING SAFELY. THE FIRE'S BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE KITCHEN OF THE FAT BADGERS RESTAURANT JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON. IT HAD JUST REOPENED AFTER RENOVATIONS. THE FIRE QUICKLY SPREAD TO THE WORLD BAR UPSTAIRS, THREATENING NEIGHBOURING BUILDINGS AND FORCING WIDESPREAD EVACUATIONS. LOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THAT I IMAGINE IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REBUILD, ALTHOUGH THE EXTENT OF THAT DAMAGE ISTN'T GOING TO BE KNOWN UNTIL THE FIRE'S COMPLETELY OUT. BILLOWING CLOUDS OF SMOKE COULD BE SEEN FROM ACROSS TOWN, WITH CREWS RESPONDING FROM FROM ALL OVER THE DISTRICT ` AS FAR AWAY AS INVERCARGILL. REALLY TRAGIC. IT'S A... YEAH, IT'S REAL SHAME TO SEE IT HAPPENING. LARGE CROWDS OF SPECTATORS LINED SHOTOVER ST, A MAIN THOROGHFARE THROUGH THE TOWN, WITH LOCALS FEARING THE WORST FOR THE ICONIC BUILDING. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALBE TO FIX OVERNIGHT, OR EVEN BEFORE THE SKI SEASON, WHEN IT DOES GET BUSY AGAIN. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO DO IT HARD. IT'S THE FIRE CREWS, THOUGH, WHO WILL HAVE THE HARDEST JOB TONIGHT. IT'S HOPED IT'LL BE UNDER CONTROL LATER THIS EVENING. JOY REID, ONE NEWS. OUTRAGE AND A CALL FOR ACTION HAS GREETED REVELATIONS OF APPALLING ABUSE OF SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AT THE BIGGEST CARE PROVIDER FOR MAORI WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. TE ROOPU TAURIMA O MANUKAU CATERS TO ALMOST 300 CLIENTS ACROSS 54 SEPARATE RESIDENCES. PAUL HOBBS HAS THE DETAILS. HAPPIER TIMES FOR TE ROOPU TAURIMA O MANUKAU, RECEIVING RECOGNITION FOR THE QUALITY OF THEIR CARE FOR MAORI WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES. BUT LESS THAN A DECADE ON, DAMNING REVELATIONS OF ABUSE OF VULNERABLE MAORI IN ITS CARE. WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF GAPS IN POLICY AND PROCESSES THAT WE'VE NEEED TO LOOK AT. THESE ARE VERY DIFFCULT CLIENTS WITH VERY IMPORTANT, SPECIALISED NEEDS, BUT CERTAIN THINGS DO OCCUR. BETWEEN OCTOBER 2010 AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR, A REPORT HAS IDENTIFIED SERIOUS PROBLEMS, INCLUDING... IN TOTAL, 47 INCIDENTS. ONE CLIENT CLAIMS HE WAS KICKED AND CHOKED, HAD HOT WATER THROWN ON HIM, SWORN AT AND MADE TO SIT IN A CORNER AS PUNISHMENT. THE REPORT FOUND LEVELS OF CARE DROPPED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF CEO TUI TENARI THREE YEARS AGO, AND RAPID EXPANSION SAW BUSINESS OUTCOMES TAKE PRIORITY OVER CLIENT CARE. BUT IN RECENT MONTHS, THE MINISTRY SAYS THERE'S BEEN A TURNAROUND. THEIR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN QUITE FAR-REACHING ACROSS THE ORGANISATION. THESE LATEST REVELATIONS FOLLOW AN INVESTIGATION INTO WAIKATO'S PARKLANDS CARE FACILITY, WHERE IN ONE ALLEGED CASE OF ABUSE, A MUTE TEENAGER WAS LEFT IN A PADDOCK TO EAT GRASS. AND JUST LAST YEAR, THE MINISTRY PULLED FUNDING AT A CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY AFTER CLAIMS PATIENTS WERE ABUSED BY STAFF. A DISABILITY SERVICES INDUSTRY GROUP QUESTIONS THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH'S ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR SERVICE PROVIDERS. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THINGS ARE, WHICH IS POSSIBLY SOME OF THE PROBLEM. CLEARLY THE SYSTEM ISN'T IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN ABUSE IS ALLEGED IT'S INVESTIGATED PROPERLY AND IF IT'S TRUE THAT PROVIDER IS SORTED OUT. FORMER CONSUMER BOSS DAVID RUSSELL HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO LEAD AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF RESIDENTIAL DISABILITY PROVIDERS. ...MAKE SURE THAT I CAN GIVE ASSURANCE TO THE RESDIENTS AND TO THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO ASSURE THEY ARE GETTING THE QUALILTY CARE THAT YOU AND I WOULD WANT THEM TO GET. THE SPOTLIGHT NOW ON A SECTOR WHERE THOSE MOST VULNERABLE ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. TAXPAYERS ARE FORKING OUT $7500 A WEEK IN RENT FOR THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER IN LONDON. FORMER MP LOCKWOOD SMITH GOT THE JOB IN FEBRUARY AND HAS MOVED INTO A INNER-CITY RENTAL BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS RESIDENCE IS BEING SOLD. LABOUR MP PHIL GOFF SAYS, GIVEN THE RECENT JOB LOSSES AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, IT'S A BAD LOOK FOR THE HIGH COMMISSIONER TO BE LIVING IN SUCH LUXURY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S RUBBISHING CLAIMS THAT THE SALE OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER SHARES JUST LINED THE POCKETS OF WEALTHY NATIONAL SUPPORTERS. THE GREENS SAY TALK OF THE BULK OF THE SHARES GOING TO 'MUM AND DAD' INVESTORS IS JUST A CON. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. KIWIS CAN PERSONALLY OWN A PART OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER. THE FLOAT OF MIGHTY RIVER POWER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WAY TO GET SO-CALLED 'MUM AND DAD INVESTORS' INTO THE SHAREMARKET, ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT. DING! BUT THE GREENS SAY NEW FIGURES SHOW IT'S JUST NATIONAL'S WEALTHY MATES THAT HAVE SNAPPED UP THE LION'S SHARE. JOHN KEY BASICALLY OPERATED A CON. HE TOLD PEOPLE MUM AND DAD INVESTORS WOULD BE BUYING THIS COMPANY. 113,000 RETAIL INVESTORS SPENT $912M BUYING JUST UNDER 27% OF THE STATE-OWNED ENERGY COMPANY. 113,000 WENT TO MUM AND DAD INVESTORS. BUT THE GREENS SAY TREASURY NUMBERS SHOW HALF OF THOSE SHARES WENT TO JUST 13,000 PEOPLE, WHO BOUGHT AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $35,000 WORTH OF SHARES EACH, AND THAT JUST 10% ` OR $90M WORTH OF THE RETAIL SHARES ` WENT TO JUST 400 WEALTHY PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS. THE FACT THAT 400 BUYERS GOT 10% OF ALL THE RETAIL SHARES, SPENDING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $228,000, DOES SHOW YOU THE MASSIVE CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH AND INEQUALITY THAT WE HAVE IN NZ NOW. INDEX FUNDS, KIWISAVER AND MANAGED FUNDS ` MUM AND DAD INVESTORS PARTICIPATED MORE IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS THAN THE FIGURES WOULD LEAD US TO BELIEVE. THE PRIME MINISTER HASN'T TAKEN A LOOK AT GREENS' NUMBERS, BUT SAYS MIGHTY RIVER POWER NOW HAS THE BROADEST RANGE OF SHAREHOLDERS OF ANY COMPANY ON THE NZ STOCK EXCHANGE. IT WOULD HAVE HAD A FEW MORE RETAIL INVESTORS IF THE GREENS HADN'T HAVE PLAYED POLITICS AND TRIED TO SABOTAGE THE FLOAT. SO IF THERE ARE LESS RETAIL INVESTORS, THEN THE GREENS SHOULD PICK UP A MIRROR, LOOK AT IT AND THEY WILL GET THE ANSWER. AND JOHN KEY'S BANKING ON MORE MUM AND DAD INVESTORS DIVING INTO THE SHAREMARKET WHEN MERIDIAN'S FLOATED IN OCTOBER. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. AND THE AUDITOR GENERAL'S REFUSED TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION INTO TROUBLED COAL COMPANY SOLID ENERGY ` FOR NOW, AT LEAST. LABOUR PUSHED FOR THE INQUIRY AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THE STATE-OWNED COMPANY WAS NEARLY $400M IN DEBT. THE GOVERNMENT'S SHAKE-UP OF THE LEGAL AID SYSTEM HAS BEEN LABELLED UNLAWFUL BY THE COURT OF APPEAL. AFTER BUDGET BLOWOUTS, LAWYERS WERE GIVEN A SET PRICE FOR ANY LEGAL AID WORK, BUT THE RULING TODAY SAYS THAT PROCESS IS ILLEGAL. THE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS HASN'T SEEN THE JUDGMENT YET AND IS WAITING FOR ADVICE FROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE HAMPERING CLEAN-UP EFFORTS IN THE OKLAHOMA COMMUNITY SMASHED BY A DEADLY TORNADO. A 9-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL'S BEEN FAREWELLED IN THE FIRST FUNERAL TO BE HELD FOR THE 24 VICTIMS. SHE WAS A STUDENT AT PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY, WHERE SIX OTHERS DIED. ABC'S BYRON PITTS MET A TEACHER RETURNING TO THE DESTROYED SCHOOL. HI. IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU. KINDERGARTEN TEACHER JENNIFER SIMONDS ARRIVED BACK AT PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY LATE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MONDAY'S TORNADO. HERE, WHERE SEVEN CHILDREN DIED, HER SIX STUDENTS LIVED, SHIELDED BENEATH HER BODY WHEN AN SUV CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING OF HER CLASSROOM. I JUST LAY ON MY BABIES, AND I TRIED TO SAVE THEM, AND IT CRUSHED MY ARM, BUT I'M OK WITH THAT. THE VERY SAME NIGHTMARE SHE ENDURED AND THE BRAVERY SHE DISPLAYED WAS CAUGHT ON THE TAPE AT NEIGHBOURING BRIARWOOD SCHOOL, WHERE OTHER TEACHERS BATTLED DARKNESS, FEAR, FALLING DEBRIS AND PROTECTED CHILDREN. SCREAMING, CLAMOURING TODAY, MANY PARENTS EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE AT AN ASSEMBLY FOR ALL THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. SHE SHIELDED WITH HER OWN BODY TO PROTECT MY DAUGHTER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S` I'M NEVER GONNA HAVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ANY WORDS TO, YOU KNOW, TO REPAY HER FOR WHAT SHE DID. THE FIRST OF 24 FUNERALS. ANTONIA CANDELARIA (9) WAS LAID TO REST DURING A VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM. PARENTS LIKE ED KELLY WRESTLE WITH SURVIVOR'S GUILT. I FEEL FORTUNATE. I MEAN, IT HURTS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PARENTS? THEY DIDN'T GET TO BRING THEIR KIDS HOME. AS FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER JENNIFER SIMONDS, JUST HER SECOND YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM, HER RIGHT ARM CRUSHED BY THE TORNADO... I DON'T THINK I'M A HERO. I THINK IT'S WHAT ANYBODY WOULD DO. A STORM COULD STEAL HER SCHOOL, JENNIFER TOLD US, NOT HER SPIRIT. SHE'LL BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM NEXT FALL. AUTHORITIES ESTIMATE 33,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS DISASTER. FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE THROUGH THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED ONLINE. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY RECORDED MORE THAN 700 PERSONAL STORIES FROM LOCALS HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR TALES. LACEY WILSON EXPLAINS. RELIVING THEIR EXPERIENCES. OH GOSH, THAT'S RIGHT. I TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO. RECORDED MEMORIES OF THE EARTHQUAKES THAT RATTLED CHRISTCHURCH. HAD TO TRY AND MAKE MY WAY HOME AROUND THE LIQUEFACTION. SO WHEN I GOT HOME, EVERYBODY FROM THE STREET WAS OUT ON THE STREET AND JUST SITTING IN A STATE OF SHOCK. THE MEMORIES WERE COLLECTED IN CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY'S QUAKE BOX, WITH LOCALS ENCOURAGED TO STEP INSIDE AND TELL IT LIKE IT WAS IN THE NAME OF RESEARCH. THE MOVEMENT WAS SO VIOLENT, AND I JUST KEPT GETTING FLUNG TO THE FLOOR, AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS ON A SHIP. MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE STEPPED INSIDE THIS QUAKE BOX TO RECORD THEIR PERSONAL STORIES LAST YEAR. BUT THERE ARE HOPES OF RESURRECTING IT AND GETTING IT OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN. THIS TIME TO RECORD PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES OF HOW THEY'VE FARED IN THE RECOVERY AND REBUILD. OF THOSE ORIGINAL 700, THE FIRST 65 PERSONAL ACCOUNTS HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED ONLINE. ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT A COMMUNITY COPING WITH A MAJOR DISASTER AND THE PROCESS OF RENEWAL AND RECOVERY COULD GO THERE AND FIND IT OUT. THERE WAS NO SCREAMING, NO SHOUTING, NO CLIMBING OVER EACH OTHER OR MOANING AND KICKING OF LEGS AND HEELS IN THE STREET. IT'S HOPED THE RECORDINGS WILL BE USED TO HELP OTHERS LIVING THROUGH TRAUMA. IT ACTUALLY FELT GREAT. IT FELT, IN SOME WAYS, A RELIEF IN TELLING THE STORIES, COS IN SOME WAYS THE STORY IS SO HUGE. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY HOPE TO HAVE UP TO 150 OF THE RECORDINGS ONLINE BY THE END OF JUNE. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` A NEW TWIST TO THE CHINA MEAT FIASCO ` WHY A GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S NOW IN THE GUN. ONE MAN'S HUGE FEAT ` HEAR HOW THIS AMPUTEE SCALED AN ENORMOUS HEIGHT. A CONTROVERSIAL CALL ON LETTING GAY YOUTH INTO THE BOY SCOUTS. BUT WHO'S STILL LEFT OUT? AND ALL THAT'S MISSING IS LUKE SKYWALKER ` THE LIFE-SIZE MODEL OF A STAR WARS BATTLESHIP. A GOVERNMENT MINISTER'S BEING URGED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUNGLE THAT'S STOPPED NZ MEAT GETTING INTO CHINA. CRITICS SAY NATHAN GUY'S BEEN UNFAIR IN LAYING THE BLAME ON OFFICIALS AT THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES MINISTRY. RENEE GRAHAM HAS MORE. THE MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES YESTERDAY PUTTING THE KNIFE INTO ADVISERS. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. I'M DISAPPOINTED MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED. NOW HIS OWN PERFORMANCE IS BEING CUT DOWN. IT'S UNUSUAL, AND IT'S WRONG. IT'S BAD FORM FOR A MINISTER TO TAKE IT OUT ON HIS OWN DEPARTMENT. HE'S UNDERMINING FURTHER THE REPUTATION OF THAT DEPARTMENT. HE KNOWS THAT NONE OF THEM CAN SPEAK BACK PUBLICLY AND DEFEND THEMSELVES. MINISTER NATHAN GUY SAYS OFFICIALS WERE TOO SLOW TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE MEAT BLOCKADE, WHICH WAS CAUSED WHEN THE MINISTRY STARTED USING UNAUTHORISED EXPORT DOCUMENTS. HE ALSO SAYS THE ISSUE WAS MORE SERIOUS THAN HE'D BEEN INFORMED. I THINK THAT IS THE REALITY OF WHERE IT SITS, IN SO MUCH THAT THE ISSUE WASN'T RAISED AS A REALLY HIGH-PRIORITY ISSUE EARLY ON. THIS IS A GUY THAT'S SAT ON HIS HANDS, DID NOTHING, THEN BLAMES HIS OFFICIALS FOR WHAT DIDN'T GO ON. THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM. THE MINISTER'S ORDERED AN INTERNAL REVIEW AND WON'T RULE OUT JOB LOSSES. HE SHOULD REFLECT ON THE PRESSURE THAT DEPARTMENT'S UNDER, THE RESTRUCTURING THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY UNDER AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS FROM THEM POLICY WISE ` TO DO MORE WITH LESS. THE MINISTER IS RESPONSIBLE, AND SAME AS ANY MINISTER IS. BUT HE'S SERVICED BY HIS OFFICIALS, AND THE OFFICIALS HAVE TO TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, JUST AS THE MINISTER HAS TO TAKE HIS. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT'S POSSIBLE THE MINISTRY WILL REIMBURSE MEAT EXPORTERS FOR THE STORAGE FEES INCURRED WHEN THEY WERE FORCED TO KEEP THEIR SHIPMENTS IN CHINESE PORTS THESE PAST THREE WEEKS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. AIR NZ'S DONE AN ABOUT TURN AFTER ONE NEWS REVEALED IT WAS TRANSPORTING SHARK FINS TO ASIA. IT SAYS IT'LL NO LONGER TAKE THE FINS. NZ'S AMONG THE TOP 20 EXPORTERS OF WHAT'S CONSIDERED A DELICACY IN ASIA. IT'S WORTH $4M A YEAR. CONSERVATIONAL GROUPS HAVE PRAISED THE AIRLINE'S ACTIONS. 12 YEARS AFTER THE SO-CALLED WAR ON TERROR BEGAN, BARACK OBAMA'S TAKING A CONTROVERSIAL STAND AIMED AT ENDING IT. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WANTS TO CLOSE THE INFAMOUS GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION CAMP, BUT ALSO BE MORE OPEN ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S USE OF DRONES. ABC'S JONATHAN KARL REPORTS. IT'S A SECRET WAR. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OPERATED OUT OF NONDESCRIPT ROOMS TRACKING SUSPECTED TERRORISTS; FIRING ON TARGETS HALF A WORLD AWAY. NOT A VIDEO GAME; THIS IS DEADLY. BY MOST ESTIMATES, KILLING MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE SINCE BARACK OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT. UNDER CRITICISM THAT THIS IS A SECRET WAR WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY, THE PRESIDENT NOW WANTS TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND IS CALLING FOR NEW LIMITS, EVEN SAYING THE WAR ON TERROR MUST EVENTUALLY END. THIS WAR, LIKE ALL WARS, MUST END. THAT'S WHAT HISTORY ADVISES. THAT'S WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY DEMANDS. IN THE MEANTIME, STRICT RULES ON THE USE OF DRONES. NOW ONLY TO BE USED ON... AND... AND THEY ARE... AS FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL TARGETING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS-TURNED-TERRORISTS,... I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE CONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TARGET AND KILL US CITIZEN ` WITH A DRONE OR WITH A SHOTGUN ` WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN MADE THE CASE FOR CLOSING THE PRISON AT GUANTANAMO BAY. AT ONE POINT, AN ANTI-WAR PROTESTER TRIED TO SHOUT HIM DOWN. WHY WAS HE KILLED? LET ME FINISH, MA'AM. THIS IS PART OF FREE SPEECH ` YOU BEING ABLE TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO YOU LISTENING AND ME BEING ABLE TO SPEAK. SHE INTERRUPTED HIM THREE SEPARATE TIMES. ...DRONES OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE CIA! I'M WILLING TO CUT THE YOUNG LADY WHO INTERRUPTED ME SOME SLACK, BECAUSE IT'S WORTH BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT. MORE THAN 100 INMATES AT GUANTANAMO BAY ARE ON A HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST AGAINST THEIR INDEFINITE DETENTION. ONE OF THE MAIN TRANSPORT LINKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAS BEEN CUT OFF. A SECTION OF THE FOUR-LANE INTERSTATE 5 BRIDGE NORTH OF SEATTLE HAS COLLAPSED, SENDING SEVERAL CARS INTO THE SKAGIT RIVER. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DEATHS, BUT AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THE ROOFS OF THEIR VEHICLES. THE BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1955. THERE'S BEEN A FIFTH STRAIGHT NIGHT OF RIOTING IN THE SWEDISH CAPITAL THERE'S BEEN A FIFTH STRAIGHT NIGHT OF RIOTING IN THE SWEDISH CAPITAL AS AN IMMIGRATION DISPUTE HEATS UP. EIGHT PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN THE LATEST CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN STOCKHOLM SUBURBS FULL OF IMMIGRANTS. AUTHORITIES SAY REINFORCEMENTS COULD BE CALLED IN AS THEY PREPARE FOR MORE TROUBLE. IT'S BELIEVED THE RIOTS WERE TRIGGERED BY POLICE SHOOTING DEAD A 69-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS WIELDING A MACHETE. G 8 NOW FOR A FEAT OF HUGE PROPORTIO A MAN WITH NO ARMS WHO'S CONQUERED THE WORLD'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN. THIS IS HOW SUDARSHAN GAUTAM HANDLES DAILY TASKS MOST OF US TACKLE WITH EASE. IT TOOK NEARLY 10 YEARS OF PLANNING BEFORE HE BECAME THE FIRST TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WITHOUT THE HELP OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS. HE SAYS EVEN MOST OF HIS SUPPORT CREW DIDN'T BELIEVE HE'D GET TO THE TOP. THE NATIVE OF NEPAL, WHO NOW LIVES IN CANADA, HAD BOTH ARMS AMPUTATED 18 YEARS AGO AFTER AN ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND THERE'S SOME RAIN ON THE WAY FOR OUR WEEKEND, KAREN? SOME HEAVY FALLS LATER ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, STARTING IN NORTHLAND AND SPREADING DOWN INTO TAUPO. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT INCOMING HEAVY RAIN AFTER SPORT. A BAN ON GAY SCOUT MEMBERS IS LIFTED, BUT NOT EVERYONE'S SALUTING THE CHANGE. AND WHY THIS MOTORMOUTH HERO'S NOW IN HAMBURGER HEAVEN. 1 A NZ COMPANY HAS COMPLETED A WORLD FIRST BY USING THEIR GPS GUIDANCE TECHNOLOGY ON GRAPE HARVESTERS. AS DANIEL FAITAUA REPORTS, THE SYSTEM HAS ALREADY PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS ACROSS A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES. EVEN THE AUSSIES ARE TRIALLING IT. BRINGING IN THE GRAPES WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR VERY BEST ` A PROCESS MADE SIMPLE FOR VILLA MARIA WINERIES. THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS CERTAINLY HELPED WITH THAT. IT MEANS THAT OUR WHOLE PROCESS CAN BE STREAMLINED, AND IT CAN REALLY JUST HELP GET MORE OF THE FRUIT IN AT A PERFECT TIME. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS VITICULTURISTS TO USE GPS GUIDANCE TO ELIMINATE RISK AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON, VINEYARD WORKERS CREATE A JOB AND WIRELESSLY SEND IT THROUGH TO THESE MACHINES. THEY CAN GET A CLEAR VIEW... VISIBILITY OF THE MAP ` WHERE THEY'RE GOING; ALL THE DETAILS ` JOB DETAILS, ROW NUMBERS, ETC. AND THEN, WHEN THEY'VE FINISHED, THE INFORMATION COMES BACK. SO THE WINERIES CAN SIT THERE AND SEE HOW MUCH IS BEING PICKED. AT A STARTING COST OF $3500, THE TRACKING SYSTEM, DESIGNED BY DUNEDIN-BASED FIRM TRACMAP, HAS ALREADY BEEN USED WIDELY IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. IT'S EVEN BEEN TESTED BY AUSTRALIAN FIREFIGHTERS FOLLOWING THE FIRES IN VICTORIA. TRACMAP IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION THAT IS DECIDED FROM A CENTRAL LOCATION ` SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE, 'HERE'S THE FIRE BOUNDARY; HERE'S SOME FORESTRY ROADS 'THAT ARE UNMARKED BUT WE KNOW EXIST, 'HERE'S A GOOD WATER PICK-UP POINT 'AND HERE'S A PATH TO TAKE TO THAT WATER PICK-UP POINT.' WE SEE GREAT POTENTIAL IN POTENTIALLY USING THIS EQUIPMENT ALL YEAR ROUND, RATHER THAN JUST AT HARVEST. POTENTIAL HE SAYS HAS ALREADY HELPED REAP THE REWARDS. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. CONSTRUCTION'S BEGUN ON ONE OF NZ'S BIGGEST ROADING PROJECTS. PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY SIGNALLED THE START OF THE $220M UPGRADE OF AUCKLAND'S NORTH-WESTERN MOTORWAY WITH SOME CEREMONIAL SPADEWORK. THE CAUSEWAY'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY LATE 2016. GAY YOUTH CAN NOW BE BOY SCOUTS IN AMERICA AFTER A VOTE TO END A 103-YEAR-OLD BAN. BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR LEADERS OF THE ORGANISATION, AS ABC'S DAVID CURLEY REPORTS. VOTING IN TEXAS WITH SUPPORTERS AND CRITICS OUTSIDE, THE BOY SCOUTS NATIONAL COUNCIL'S HISTORIC MOVE MATCHES THE COUNTRY'S EVOLVING VIEW ON GAY RIGHTS. TRUMPET PLAYS REVEILLE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, MILLIONS OF BOYS HAVE LEARNED OUTDOOR AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS AS PART OF SCOUTING. BUT GAY MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BANNED. PASCAL TESSIER OF MARYLAND, A SCOUT FOR NEARLY A DECADE, ANNOUNCED HE WAS GAY AND WAS TOLD HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EARN THE HIGHEST RANK ` UNTIL TONIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY GREAT. UM, THEY'RE FINALLY TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH ALLOWING GAY YOUTH INTO BOY SCOUTS. SOME PARENTS OF SCOUTS ARE DISMAYED. WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO TEACH HET` UH, HOMOSEXUALITY TO YOUNG BOYS, AS YOUNG AS 6, AND AS OLD AS 17. THE SCOUTS DENY THAT WILL BE THE CASE. BUT THIS REPEAL COULD MEAN THE LOSS OF SOME SPONSORSHIPS. AND BY ONE ESTIMATE, UP TO ONE IN 10 SCOUTS COULD LEAVE THE PROGRAMME. AND WHILE THE BAN IS LIFTED TONIGHT ON SCOUTS, GAY LEADERS ARE STILL BANNED. THE BATTLE IS NOT OVER. THE LEADERS OF NZ'S 15,000 SCOUTS SAY IT'S NOT AN ISSUE HERE. BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER DISCRIMINATED AGAINST YOUTH OR ADULTS ON ANY GROUNDS. THERE'S BEEN A ROYAL TOUR WITH A DIFFERENCE ON THE ROADS OF A BRITISH TOWN FAMOUS FOR ITS UNIVERSITY. IT'S A RARE SIGHTING: THE QUEEN CATCHING PUBLIC TRANSPORT. SHE TOOK THE TRIP TO CHECK OUT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY'S NEW $400M SCIENCE BUILDING. AND RATHER THAN SITTING TOGETHER, THE QUEEN AND DUKE OF EDINBURGH OPTED FOR WINDOW SEATS. A BUS IS THE SORT OF THING YOUR CHILD CAN TRY TO CONSTRUCT WHEN PLAYING WITH LEGO. BUT HOW'S THIS FOR TAKING LEGO STRUCTURES TO ANOTHER DIMENSION? IT'S A FULL SIZE X-WING STAR FIGHTER FROM THE 'STAR WARS' MOVIE FRANCHISE WHICH HAS BEEN UNVEILED IN NEW YORK. THE WORLD'S LARGEST LEGO MODEL TOOK 32 EXPERTS A YEAR TO BUILD, USING MORE THAN 5 MILLION PIECES. AND, YES, IT'D BE BIG ENOUGH FOR LUKE SKYWALKER TO FIT INSIDE. UPDATING TONIGHT'S LEADING STORIES ` NEW FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF THE SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HACKING TO DEATH A 25-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER IN LONDON. TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STREET SLAYING. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY'VE GOT A LONG NIGHT AHEAD TO PUT OUT A BLAZE AT A POPULAR QUEENSTOWN EATERY. PEOPLE IN BUILDINGS NEIGHBOURING THE FAT BADGERS RESTAURANT HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES. JENNY-MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT. TEARS FROM ALI WILLIAMS. NOT THE REACTION WE'D EXPECT VERY EMOTIONAL AS HE ANNOUNCED HIS ALL BLACK RETIREMENT ALSO, SIR TED GETS INTO A BIT OF STRIFE. NOT THAT I THINK HE'S WORRIED. PLUS THE MAORI ALL BLACKS LOOK FOR A NEW COACH. TWO WEEKS TO THE DAY SINCE THE FATAL CAPSIZE OF ARTEMIS, TEAM NZ HITS THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE'S USUALLY QUICK TO BITE, BUT OUR FAVOURITE AUSSIE, FORMER DIAMONDS COACH NORMA PLUMMER, AGREES WITH US FOR ONCE. AND WE HEAD TO UPPER HUTT, WHERE BOXING RUNS IN THE FAMILY. SO WHAT'S ON THE CARDS FOR YOUNG RYAN SCAIFE? KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. EMOTIONAL SCENES TODAY AS VETERAN LOCK ALI WILLIAMS ANNOUNCED HIS ALL BLACK RETIREMENT. THE PLAYER KNOWN AS 'COMICAL ALI' WAS UNUSUALLY SUBDUED AS HE CONCEDED HIS BATTERED BODY COULDN'T TAKE THE TEST RIGORS ANY MORE. STEPHEN STUART REPORTS. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW FIRST THAT I'M RETIRING FROM INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. ALI WILLIAMS SIGNING OFF ON YOUTUBE BEFORE A FAR LESS COMPOSED PUBLIC FAREWELL. JUST THREE DAYS AFTER ATTENDING THE FIRST ALL BLACK CAMP OF THE YEAR, THE 32-YEAR-OLD DECIDED HIS 77-TEST CAREER WAS OVER. I JUST BELIEVE IN MY GUT THAT,... YOU KNOW, THE TIME'S RIGHT NOW. ALTHOUGH A RAFT OF INJURIES HAD SEEN HIM SLIP DOWN THE ALL BLACK PECKING ORDER, HE WASN'T PUSHED. TO MAKE A DECISION TO WALK AWAY FROM IT WHEN HE'S HAD A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA THAT HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN PICKED IS A COURAGEOUS ONE. WILLIAMS OVERCAME HUGE SETBACKS TO PLAY IN THE LAST THREE WORLD CUPS. AS WELL AS THOSE CAREER-THREATENING ACHILLIES INJURIES, TOSS IN FOOT, HAMSTRING, BACK, SHOULDER, NECK, JAW AND, MOST RECENTLY, A SERIOUS KNEE PROBLEM. I'VE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF INJURIES, BUT THAT'S RUGBY. HE MISSED TWO FULL INTERNATIONAL SEASONS ` OTHERWISE, HE WOULD SURELY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST ALL BLACK LOCK TO CRACK THREE FIGURES. HE'S A GOOD THINKER OF THE GAME. HE'LL THINK ABOUT THE TEAM AND CHALLENGE THE PROCESSED WE DO. I CAN'T TALK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF HIM. HE'S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING LEADER FOR US THIS YEAR. DESPITE HIS BAD KNEE, WILLIAMS HOPES TO CONTINUE PLAYING SUPER RUGBY NEXT YEAR, WHICH ENSURES THERE'LL NEVER BE A DULL MOMENT. SPIDERMAN OUT. BIT OF JOKER AND A FUNNY MAN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REAL ALI. DEEP DOWN HE CARES A LOT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE MOMENT. HE'LL MISS THE HAKA. I JUST MADE MY WAY UP TO THE FRONT, AND THE CAMERAMAN WAS ALWAYS THERE. AND HE ALWAYS DELIVERED. STEPHEN STUART, ONE NEWS. HE MAY BE SIR GRAHAM HENRY, BUT IT HASN'T STOPPED SANZAR WRAPPING MR HENRY OVER THE KNUCKLES FOR CRITICISING THE REFS, BRINGING A MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM. SIR GRAHAM HAS WRITTEN TO SANZAR AS REQUESTED ABOUT HIS COMMENTS, WITH A DECISION TO BE MADE SUNDAY ON WHAT ACTION, IF ANY, WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THE BLUES' ASSISTANT COACH. I JUST THOUGHT THE FRANK HALAI TRY ON THE WEEKEND WAS LUDICROUS. LIKE, I COULD SEE IT, AND I'M BLIND. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME. I DON'T KNOW, HE'S PROBABLY A BLIND TMO, IS HE? LET'S BE HONEST, TED PROBABLY WON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER THE OUTCOME. AND AFTER THREE YEARS, JAMIE JOSEPH HAS STEPPED DOWN AS THE MAORI ALL BLACKS COACH, CHOOSING INSTEAD TO FOCUS ON HIS STRUGGLING HIGHLANDERS. THIS ON THE SAME DAY THE NZRU ANNOUNCED A NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN NOVEMBER FOR THE MAORI SIDE, PLAYING TESTS AGAINST CANADA AND THE US. THE SEARCH FOR JOSEPH'S REPLACEMENT BEGINS NEXT MONTH. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE UP-TO-DATE SUPER RUGBY MATCH COVERAGE OF THE NZ CONFERENCE CLASH BETWEEN THE CHIEFS AND CRUSADERS ON TONIGHT FROM 10.35PM AS WELL AS THE OPENING SESSION OF THE 2ND CRICKET TEST BETWEEN NZ AND ENGLAND. AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THAT MATCH, VETERAN SPIN BOWLER DANIEL VETTORI WON'T BE TAKING TO THE PITCH AT HEADINGLEY. THE FORMER CAPTAIN TRAINED YESTERDAY, BUT HIS FITNESS WAS IN QUESTION FOLLOWING SIX WEEKS ON THE SIDELINE AT THE IPL ` NOT TO MENTION THE FACT IT'S BEEN NEARLY A YEAR SINCE HIS LAST TEST OUTING. A DECISION'S BEEN MADE THAT HE'S JUST NOT UP TO IT. HE DIDN'T SCRUB UP THAT WELL TODAY, AND JUST THE CONFIDENCE TO GO INTO A FIVE-DAY GAME WITH THE WORKLOAD HE'S HAD JUST WAS, UH` WAS JUST A BRIDGE TOO FAR, UNFORTUNATELY, SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTING. NZ WILL GO INTO THE MATCH WITH FOUR SEAMERS, INCLUDING DOUG BRACEWELL. KANE WILLIAMSON WILL BE THE SPIN OPTION FOR THE INJURED BRUCE MARTIN. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST FOR DAY ONE. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS AMERICA'S CUP YEAR, THREE AC72S HAVE BEEN OUT TRAINING ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY ` INCLUDING A FIRST SAIL FOR TEAM NZ, SIX WEEKS AFTER LEAVING AUCKLAND. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. THE FIRST CROSS OF THE TWO CHALLENGERS ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY. TEAM NZ TRADING TACKS WITH LUNA ROSSA. THE KIWIS IN PARTICULAR ARE ADOPTING A SOFTLY-SOFTLY APPROACH FOR THEIR FIRST DAY, MINDFUL OF THE ALTERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE GIANT CAT. ORACLE'S OUT THERE. PRADA WAS OUT THERE. WE DIDN'T STAY OUT TOO LONG. WE KNOW THE BREEZE IS GOING TO KICK, AND WE'RE JUST NOT USED TO THIS PLACE ` PARTICULARLY JUST LIFTING THE BOAT OUT IN A BREEZE. YOU KNOW, A BOAT THAT'S GOT A LOT OF CHANGES, AND WE WANT TO COME BACK IN AND GIVE IT A THOROUGH CHECK TONIGHT, AND THEN WE WILL LOOK FOR A SOLID DAY TOMORROW. THAT SAID, AFTER STARTING OFF IN VERY LIGHT AIRS, BARKER AND CO DID RAMP IT UP AS THE WIND KICKED IN, FLYING ON THE FOILS IN 15 KNOTS OF BREEZE. THE SHORE CREW WAS HAPPY WITH THE WORKOUT. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. NO ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY CAME BACK IN, BIT OF STRETCH IN THE WING SYSTEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH NEED TUNING UP, BUT, NO, GREAT DAY ON THE WATER. IT'S NICE TO BE HERE. THE BOSS, TOO, PLEASED WITH THE PERFORMANCE. THE GUYS KNOW THEIR JOBS, THE SYSTEMS WORK. WE'VE MADE SOME PRETTY REASONABLE MODIFICATIONS SINCE LEAVING AUCKLAND, BUT NOTHING THAT CHANGES THE INHERENT, SORT OF, SYSTEMS, AS SUCH. SO WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO POP STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. THE AMERICA'S CUP ORGANISERS RELIEVED TO SEE SOME POSITIVE ACTION ON THE WATER TWO WEEKS TO THE DAY SINCE THE FATAL CAPSIZE OF ARTEMIS. SAFETY'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS LEARN FROM THESE SORTS OF INCIDENTS, AND WE LEARN EVERY DAY WE GO OUT. THE FUNERAL FOR BRITISH SAILOR ANDREW SIMPSON IS A WEEK TODAY IN ENGLAND. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. GOLD MEDALLIST JOSEPH SULLIVAN IS PREPARING TO RACE FOR NZ AT THE NEXT WORLD CUP DESPITE BEING DROPPED FROM THE NATIONAL TEAM IN MARCH. HE HAD A GOOD EXCUSE FOR MISSING TRAINING TODAY; INSTEAD, HE WAS RECOGNISED AT WELLINGTON'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR SERVICES TO ROWING. ROWING NZ SAYS THE GOLD MEDALLIST HAS IMPROVED ENOUGH TO RACE THE SINGLE SCULL IN BOTH EUROPEAN WORLD CUP REGATTAS. THAT FULL-TIME FOCUS IS BACK ON ROWING NOW. SO JUST GETTING THE K'S UNDER THE BELT AND DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND NOT, YEAH, I GUESS, OVERDOING IT, BUT JUST DOING IT PROPERLY. SULLIVAN WILL ALSO ACT AS RESERVE FOR THE QUAD AND DOUBLE. HE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TRIAL FOR A FULL-TIME SPOT IN ONE OF THOSE BOATS IN JULY. THE NRL HAS INTRODUCED A NEW DRUG-TESTING REGIME, WHICH INCLUDES A BIOLOGICAL PASSPORT. THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH BEGINS TODAY, INCLUDES TESTING FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS, HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE AND PEPTIDES. BUT OF MORE IMMEDIATE CONCERN, KATIE LEWIS, THE WOMAN WHO CLAIMS SHE WAS VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED BY KIWI-BORN LEAGUE STAR BEN TE'O, SAYS SHE WILL NOW LAY A COMPLAINT WITH POLICE AFTER INITIALLY DECIDING NOT TO. LEWIS ALLEGES TE'O PUNCHED HER AT A HOUSE IN BRISBANE LAST MONTH, LEAVING HER IN A POOL OF BLOOD. TE'O HAS REFUTED ANY WRONGDOING. I DON'T WANT TO RUIN HIS CAREER. I JUST... I FEEL AS THOUGH HE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS, BECAUSE IF HE WAS TO DO IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, THINKING THAT IT'S OK, THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY AS ME. THE NRL'S INTEGRITY UNIT IS CONDUCTING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION, AND TE'O IS SET TO PLAY FOR SOUTHS IN MONDAY'S MATCHUP AGAINST CRONULLA. ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST OUTSPOKEN COACHES IS REFUSING TO BITE OVER AN AUSSIE BEING HIRED BY THE SILVER FERNS. FORMER DIAMONDS COACH NORMA PLUMMER ON BOARD WITH ONE-TIME AUSTRALIAN CAPTAIN VICKI WILSON'S APPOINTMENT AS NZ ASSISTANT COACH. AT FIRST, WE ALL WENT, 'WOW. THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT,' BUT LOOKING AT IT CONSTRUCTIVELY, WAI'S PICKED HERSELF UP A VERY SMART COOKIE. PLUMMER SAYS IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE SWITCHED SIDES. I SAID TO HER, 'BUT I STILL THINK YOU LOOK QUITE STUNNING IN GOLD,' AND SHE SAID, 'BUT MUCH THINNER IN BLACK.' BUT PLUMMER DOESN'T SEE A KIWI BEING SELECTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN COACHING SET-UP ANY TIME SOON. d SERGIO GARCIA'S SPENT 8 THE WEEK BACKTRACKING OVER COMMENTS MADE ABOUT TIGER WOODS, BUT NOW HIS GOLF IS FOLLOWING SUIT ` QUITE LITERALLY. HE'S AT THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN WENTWORTH. HIS SECOND SHOT ON THE PAR-FOUR 8TH NOT QUITE GOING TO PLAN, KIND OF LIKE THAT 'FRIED CHICKEN' COMMENT. OH GOODNESS. IT'S GONE BEHIND HIM. IT CLIPPED THE TREE AND GONE STRAIGHT BACKWARDS. ABOUT 35M BACKWARDS. HE DOUBLE-BOGEYED THE HOLE, FINISHING THE DAY WITH AN EVEN-ROUND 72 TO BE TIED FOR 46TH. SOUTH AFRICA'S JAMES KINGSTON IS THE OVERNIGHT LEADER AT SIX-UNDER. FINALLY IN SPORT, WHEN IT COMES TO HOME-GROWN BOXING TALENT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT COME OUT OF THE SCAIFE HOUSEHOLD IN UPPER HUTT. THE LATEST GENERATION IS COMING OF AGE AND HAS SOME BIG CAREER MILESTONES COMING UP. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. RYAN SCAIFE (15). RAW, YOUNG BOXING TALENT. IT'S JUST ONE HUMAN VERSUS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT. PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO PREPPING FOR THE GOLDEN GLOVES. A WIN THERE, WHICH HE'S CONFIDENT OF, WOULD BRING THE WELTERWEIGHT'S DREAM OF BOXING ON THE WORLD STAGE WITHIN REACH. I WANNA GET TO THE SEMI-FINALS AT JUNIOR WORLDS AND THEN AFTER THAT SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE YOUTH OLYMPICS AND COMMONWEALTHS AND THEN TO OLYMPICS AND COMMONWEALTH SENIOR. HE'S GOT AN OLD SCHOOL LOOK AND OLD SCHOOL IDOLS. THE UNDEFEATED HEAVYWEIGHT ROCKY MARCIANO IS A ROLE MODEL, BUT HIS GRANDDAD, THE LATE ALLAN SCAIFE, ONE OF NZ'S RENOWNED TRAINERS, AND HIS DAD, GRANT, RANK ABOVE ALL OTHERS. GRANT IS RYAN'S COACH, AND WHILE HE ADMITS THERE'S PROBABLY A BIT OF FATHERLY BIAS, HE SEES REAL POTENTIAL. I'VE TRAINED A LOT OF BOYS IN MY TIME. I SEE A KID COME IN THE GYM AND ONLY GOTTA TRAIN A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I KNOW WHETHER` IF HE'S GOT SOMETHING OR NOT, AND RYAN DEFINITELY HAS. HE ALSO THINKS AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IS ACHIEVABLE. WHICH WOULD REALLY DO A LOT FOR BOXING IN NZ. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE WON A MEDAL, LET ALONE GOT ANYONE TO THE OLYMPICS. TRAINING 5 DAYS A WEEK ALONG WITH PLAYING FOOTBALL PUTTING HIM IN THE CONDITION TO FIGHT TO HIS PLAN. SO I ALWAYS GO OUT QUITE HARD, SEE WHAT HE'S ABOUT AND THE HOPEFULLY SORT HIM OUT IN THE NEXT TWO ROUNDS. NEXT WEEKEND'S GOLDEN GLOVES IN TAUPO THE NEXT STEP FOR THE LATEST HERETAUNGA HOPEFUL. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THAT'S FRIDAY SPORT. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` KAREN SAYS THE WEEKEND STARTS OUT DRY, BUT WILL IT STAY THAT WAY? AND THE FACE BEHIND A HEROIC ACT ` WHY HE'LL NEVER GO HUNGRY IN HIS HOME STATE. MAINLY FINE TODAY, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME RAIN MOVING IN THIS WEEKEND. JIM HICKEY'S IN QUEENSTOWN AT THE MOMENT. HE TOOK THIS GREAT SHOT OF THE EARNSLAW THIS AFTERNOON ` BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN COLOURS ` BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A WATCH FOR A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN FOR THESE NORTH ISLAND PLACES, FROM NORTHLAND SPREADING DOWN INTO TAUPO, FROM LATER ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING HAD A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER US TODAY, SO FAIRLY SETTLED-LOOKING OVER BOTH ISLANDS. JUST SOME CLOUD AROUND THE EDGES. BUT TWO AREAS TO WATCH ` DEVELOPING LOW UP HERE NEAR THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. JET STREAM RACING THROUGH JUST ABOVE IT, AND THOSE STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE HELPING TO WIND THAT LOW UP. FRONTAL ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH TASMAN. BOTH THOSE SYSTEMS ARE HEADING OUR WAY. THE FRONTS MOVE ONTO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW, AND THE LOW SPREADS RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS ON TO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. SO COLDER AIR COMING UP WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL START TO MIX WITH ALL THE MOISTURE COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH SO SOME HEAVY RAIN AND THEN A CHANGE TO A COOLER AIR MASS MOVING OVER THE COUNTRY AT THE START OF THE NEW WEEK. FINE START TO THE WEEKEND ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE. HIGH CLOUD INCREASING IN THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SOME RAIN SPREADING OVER INTO INLAND PARTS OF OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND LATER IN THE DAY. NORTH TO NORTH-WEST WINDS. CLOUD INCREASES OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. RAIN DEVELOPS OVER NORTHLAND IN THE MORNING AND GRADUALLY SPREADS SOUTH TO COVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE ISLAND BY NIGHTFALL. JUST A FEW SPLASHES FURTHER SOUTH. NORTH TO NORTH-WEST WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ PICTURE POSTCARD DAY IN TEKAPO. NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY. DUSTING OF SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP. JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, GEORGE. THAT'S ALL FROM ME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. BEFORE WE GO, A QUICK BITE WITH THE MAN WHO'S DINING OUT ON A HEROIC ACT. REMEMBER THIS? I HEARD SCREAMING. I'M EATING MY MCDONALD'S. I COME OUTSIDE AND I SEE THIS GIRL GOING NUTS TRYING TO GET OUT OF A HOUSE. YES, THE CHARLES RAMSEY WHO HELPED RESCUE THREE WOMEN KEPT CAPTIVE FOR A DECADE IN THE AMERICAN CITY OF CLEVELAND. HE PUT DOWN THE BURGER TO SAVE THEM. NOW HE'LL GET FREE FOOD FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 14 OHIO RESTAURANTS SAY HE CAN EAT THERE AT NO CHARGE. ONE EVEN HAS A 'RAMSEY' BURGER ON ITS MENU. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.