GOOD EVENING. THE CLOUD HAS BEEN THICKENING UP OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THE RAIN HAS ARRIVED IN THE NORTH, AND IT'S HEADING SOUTH. WE'VE ALSO GOT HEAVY RAIN PUSHING ON TO SOUTHERN DISTRICTS. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR HEAVY RAIN, SEVERE GALES AND HIGH WATER LEVELS. I'LL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOU SHORTLY. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. I LOVE LEE. I ALWAYS WILL, AND I'M PROUD TO BE HIS WIFE. THE HARROWING WORDS OF A WIDOW AS THOSE CLOSEST TO A SLAIN SOLDIER REVEAL THEIR PAIN. A SCARY SIGHT. THE PICTURE TAKEN BY A PASSENGER. HEAR HOW HE AND OTHERS REACTED TO AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE MESS THAT'S BEEN MADE OF A POPULAR NIGHTSPOT. IS QUEENSTOWN EQUIPPED TO BATTLE SUCH A BIG BLAZE? AND WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR A SPOT OF STAR-GAZING? THE PRICE FOR A SEAT ALONGSIDE LEONARDO IN SPACE. WE BEGIN WITH A FAMILY WHO SAY THEIR HEARTS HAVE BEEN RIPPED APART. THEY'RE THREE OF THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO LEE RIGBY, THE 25-YEAR-OLD HACKED TO DEATH IN A LONDON STREET. AT A NEWS CONFERENCE, HIS STEPFATHER READ A POEM DEDICATED TO THE MAN THEY SAY WAS A BORN SOLDIER. YOU FOUGHT BRAVELY AND WITH HONOUR DIED. YOU LEAVE YOUR FAMILY SO FULL OF PRIDE. SLEEP WELL, YOUNG SOLDIER. YOUR JOB IS DONE. HIS WIDOW ALSO SPOKE OF HOW MUCH SHE AND THEIR SON JACK HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING RE-UNITED WITH HIM IN MANCHESTER THIS WEEKEND. WITH MORE, THIS FROM ALEXI O'BRIEN. THE RIGBY FAMILY'S GRIEF IS PALPABLE. I LOVED LEE, AND I ALWAYS WILL. AND I'M PROUD TO BE HIS WIFE. YOU WERE DUE TO COME UP THIS WEEKEND SO WE COULD CONTINUE OUR FUTURE TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. HE WAS A DEVOTED FATHER TO OUR LITTLE JACK. AND WE WILL BOTH MISS HIM TERRIBLY. I JUST CAN'T TELL YA HOW MUCH HE'LL BE MISSED. WITH REMARKABLE STRENGTH, DRUMMER LEE RIGBY'S WIFE, MUM AND STEPDAD SPEAK OF THEIR LOSS. REST IN PEACE, LEE. WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH, AND YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR HERO. LEE'S MUM CRADLED THE BEAR THE YOUNG SOLDIER HAD BOUGHT FOR HIS SON (2). WHEN HE'S IN THE UK. YOU THINK THEY'RE SAFE. WHEN HE'S IN AFGHAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COME TO TERMS WITH IT, BUT HERE YOU DON'T EXPECT.. YOU DON'T EXPECT SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON YOUR DOORSTEP. ALREADY THERE'S BEEN A SPIKE OF REPORTED ATTACKS AGAINST MUSLIM TARGETS. A SMOKE GRENADE WAS THROWN INTO THIS MOSQUE IN ESSEX. FRIDAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY OF PRAYERS FOR MUSLIMS, AND THE WOOLWICH ATTACK WAS ON THE MINDS OF MANY. THESE ARE THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM. ISLAM IS PEACE. AND JUST UP THE ROAD WHERE LEE RIGBY KILLED, FLOWERS AND CARDS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE, AS THE COMMUNITY COMES TO TERMS WITH WHAT HAPPENED HERE. PEOPLE SHOULD COME OUT AND LAY AS MUCH FLOWERS AS THEY CAN THROUGH PROTEST, NOT MARCH IN THE STREETS AND TAKE IT OUT ON POLICE. SHOW IT THROUGH FLOWERS. ADVICE SOME RIGHT-WING GROUPS AREN'T PLANNING TO TAKE WITH TWO MARCHES PLANNED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TWO SUSPECTS ARE YET TO BE CHARGED OVER THE KILLING OF LEE RIGBY, BUT NEW VIDEO'S EMERGED OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN POLICE ARRIVED. THE MOBILE-PHONE FOOTAGE SHOWS BOTH MEN RUSHING AT ARMED OFFICERS BEFORE BEING SHOT IN THE LEGS. ONE OF THEM DROPS A KNIFE. HE'S GUNNED DOWN LESS THAN A METRE FROM POLICE AND THEIR CAR. GUNS FIRE THE SUSPECTS, MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO (28) AND MICHAEL ADEBOWALE (22), ARE STILL UNDER ARMED GUARD IN HOSPITAL. POLICE INVESTIGATING IF THERE'S A WIDER PLOT HAVE RELEASED TWO WOMEN WITHOUT CHARGE. A MAN (29) REMAINS IN CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER. THE FEAR OF A TERROR ATTACK SAW FIGHTER JETS SENT INTO THE AIRWAYS ABOVE BRITAIN TO CUT SHORT A FLIGHT FROM PAKISTAN. THIS MAN'S ONE OF TWO CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING AN AIRCRAFT AFTER THE PLANE BOUND FOR MANCHESTER WAS DIVERTED TO STANSTED AIRPORT. POLICE SAY THEY'RE TREATING IT AS A CRIMINAL RATHER THAN TERROR-RELATED INVESTIGATION. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF A HEATED ARGUMENT AND ATTEMPTS TO GET INTO THE COCKPIT. 300 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. 80 PEOPLE ON ANOTHER ABOVE LONDON GOT THE FRIGHT OF THEIR LIVES ` A VIEW OF ONE ENGINE IN FLAMES AND THE OTHER FALLING APART. ABC'S NICK SCHIFRIN SPOKE WITH A PASSENGER WHO CAPTURED THE SHOCKING PICTURES. RIGHT AFTER TAKE-OFF, A HARROWING SIGHT. FLIGHT 762'S ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. IT HAD SUFFERED A MAJOR TECHNICAL FAULT OR WAS STRUCK BY BIRDS. INSIDE THE CABIN, JON CHAPLIN LOOKED OUT HIS WINDOW. THE LEFT ENGINE FLAP HAD BLOWN OFF. LOUD BOOM, AND THEN THERE WAS ORANGE COLOURS FILLING THE CABIN. SO THAT WAS QUITE SCARY. THE RIGHT ENGINE, CONSUMED BY FLAME, WAS NO USELESS. DID YOUR HEART SKIP A FEW BEATS? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S, UM... YOU GET A BIT PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT IT AND WONDER IF THIS IS YOUR` THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. THE PILOT FLEW LOW, BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT. WHEN HE LANDED SAFELY... ALL APPLAUD BUT THEN JON HAD TO EVACUATE. HE SLID OUT AN EMERGENCY EXIT. HIS HANDS TREMBLED SO MUCH, HE COULD BARELY HOLD HIS CAMERA STEADY. THERE WERE PEOPLE THROWING UP AS WE GOT OFF THE PLANE ON THE GRASS, THERE WAS CRYING AND HYSTERICS. HE CAN'T FORGET THE MOMENT WHEN HE TRIED TO CALL HIS WIFE. I WAS THINKING BACK TO THE PHONE CALLS IN 9/11, ACTUALLY, AND HOW MOVING SOME OF THE THOSE MESSAGES WERE. AND I WONDERED IF I WOULD BE THE ONE LEAVING A MESSAGE. JON TOLD ME HE'LL TOAST THE PILOT, BECAUSE IT COULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. THE COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE IN AMERICA COULD ALSO HAVE TAKEN A DISASTROUS TURN. WE HEAR NOW FROM TWO MEN WHO WERE DRIVING ON THE I-5 HIGHWAY, NORTH OF SEATTLE, WHEN THEIR CARS SUDDENLY PLUNGED INTO A RIVER. ABC'S NEAL KARLINSKY REPORTS FROM MOUNT VERNON. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW A CHUNK OF A BRIDGE 70,000 VEHICLES CROSS EVERY DAY COULD SUDDENLY COLLAPSE, SENDING TWO CARS PLUMMETING INTO THE ICY WATERS OF WASHINGTON'S SKAGIT RIVER. I JUST WATCHED THIS EXPLOSION IN FRONT OF MY EYES, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S NO ROAD TO DRIVE ON ANY MORE. BRYCE KENNING, SEEN HERE SITTING ON TOP OF HIS SINKING CAR LAST NIGHT, SPENT TODAY DRYING OUT HIS WET CLOTHES HE WAS HEADED NORTHBOUND, GOING 60MPH, WHEN HE SAYS THE BRIDGE VANISHED IN A PLUME OF DUST. I LAUNCHED OFF THAT THING. LAUNCHED? OH YEAH. AND, UM, STRAIGHT NOSEDIVED INTO THE WATER. AFTER SURVIVING THE IMPACT, HE WAS AFRAID HE WOULD DROWN. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTS FILLING WITH WATER. AND THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE I KINDA THOUGHT, 'I MIGHT BE A GONER.' YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE IT FOR ME. DAN SLIGH AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN HEADED SOUTHBOUND AT THE SAME TIME. HE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER ON IMPACT. I COULDN'T SEE MY WIFE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS OK. SHE WASN'T RESPONDING. I POPPED MY SHOULDER BACK IN SO I COULD UNBUCKLE EVERYTHING AND GET OVER TO HER. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST BRIDGE TO FAIL WITH TERRIFYING RESULTS. THE 2008 COLLAPSE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS I-35 BRIDGE KILLED 13 PEOPLE, AND IN 2009, CRACKS AND CORROSION ON A BOSTON BRIDGE INVESTIGATORS HERE SAY A SEMI TRUCK CARRYING AN OVERSIZED LOAD GASHED THROUGH A STEEL BEAM AND LIKELY TRIGGERED THIS COLLAPSE. BUT THE BRIDGE IS OLD TOO. BUILT IN 1955 WITH A PILE OF MEDIOCRE INFRASTRUCTURE RANKINGS AND RECENT REPAIRS. NEARLY 70,000 BRIDGES IN AMERICA HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AS HAVING STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING NEW YORK'S BROOKLYN BRIDGE. A WOMAN'S BEEN AIRLIFTED TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER REPORTEDLY BEING DRAGGED BEHIND A VEHICLE. POLICE HAVE CLOSED STATE HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN TOKOROA AND PUTARURU WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE WHAT THEY SAY IS A SERIOUS ASSAULT. DIVERSIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE MAIN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF A FATAL SHED FIRE ON THE WEST COAST. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON DIED IN THE BLAZE AT KANIERE, SOUTH OF HOKITIKA. THE PERSON'S YET TO BE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFIED. AND QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT WHETHER QUEENSTOWN IS WELL ENOUGH EQUIPPED TO HANDLE BIG FIRES. THE CONCERN FOLLOWS THE BLAZE AT A POPULAR NIGHTSPOT, JUST AS THE TOURIST TOWN'S GETTING SET FOR THE SKI SEASON. MAX BANIA HAS MORE. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, QUEENSTOWN'S WORLD BAR IS USUALLY GEARING UP FOR A BUSY WINTER SEASON. INSTEAD, THERE'LL BE A LONG CLEAN-UP AT THE NIGHTCLUB. HUGE AMOUNT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. DOWNSTAIRS, FAT BADGERS RESTAURANT ALSO FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. THEY'VE DROPPED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON IT. I THINK PROBABLY IN THE REALM OF 300 GRAND ` JUST A FULL FIT-OUT, ALL NEW EQUIPMENT. IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE IT GO. FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION BATTLED YESTERDAY'S BLAZE. VOLUNTEER CREWS PRAISED FOR THEIR RAPID RESPONSE. BUT IT'S CLAIMED THEY'RE POORLY EQUIPPED TO FIGHT FIRES IN THE MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS THAT LINE QUEENSTOWN'S CBD. THEIR LONG-LADDER TRUCK, WITH A POWERFUL PUMP AND 15M LADDER WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR WITH A TRUCK JUST HALF THE SIZE. TODAY, ONE NEWS WAS TOLD THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS MUCH DAMAGE HAD A LONG-LADDER TRUCK STILL BEEN THERE. < COULD THAT HAVE HELPED? WE'LL HAVE NO COMMENT ON THAT AT THE MOMENT. QUEENSTOWN'S PERMANENT POPULATION OF 13,000 MORE THAN DOUBLES DURING THE SKI SEASON. BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY THE BLAZE ARE NOW RACING TO READY. IT'S NOT IDEAL TIMING. I SUPPOSE IT NEVER IS. WE'RE POSITIVE QUEENSTOWN'S GOING INTO A GOOD WINTER. WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME SNOW ON THE HILLS, AND I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME REGARDLESS. THE DAY BEFORE THE FIRE, FAT BADGERS SAID THEIR BRAND NEW PIZZA OVEN HAD THROWN A BIT OF A TANTRUM AND WAS OUT OF USE. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THAT CAUSED THE FIRE WHICH SPREAD UPSTAIRS TO THE WORLD BAR. WE'RE VERY PLEASED IT WASN'T HALF PAST TWO ON A SUNDAY MORNING WHEN IT WAS PACKED. WE'RE VERY LUCKY IT WAS IN THE AFTERNOON. THE BAR WAS DUE TO HOST WINTER FESTIVAL PARTIES NEXT MONTH. THOSE PLANS MAY'VE GONE UP IN SMOKE. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. PROTESTS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE AROUND NZ AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD. THEY'RE PART OF A MASS MOVEMENT WITH DEMONSTRATIONS IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES. THIS FROM GEORGINA BALL. ALL CHANT: WE DON'T WANT YOUR GMO. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS IN WELLINGTON SENT A STRONG MESSAGE TO MANUFACTURERS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD. GMOs ARE NOT NEEDED IN NZ. CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS ALSO TOOK TO THE STREETS. AND A DOWNPOUR WASN'T ENOUGH TO DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF THE AUCKLAND PROTESTERS. THE PROTESTS ARE PART OF A GLOBAL MOVEMENT IN MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES TODAY, MARCHING AGAINST THE AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY MONSANTO. ALL CHANT: WE DON'T WANT YOU, MONSANTO. THE NZ PROTESTERS ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT AND FOOD REGULATORS TO REMOVE ALL GE FOODS OUT OF THE FOOD CHAIN, AND PUT A FREEZE ON ANY NEW GE APPLICATIONS WHILE THEY CONDUCT A SAFETY REVIEW. CAMPAIGNERS AT THE PROTEST ARE SIGNING A PETITION CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING IN STRICTER, GREATER CONTROLS AROUND GE FOODS. CAMPAIGNERS AT THE PROTEST ARE SIGNING A PETITION CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING IN STRICTER, GREATER CONTROLS AROUND GE FOODS. I WANT MY KIDS TO BE EATING SAFE, CLEAN, HEALTHY FOOD. I WANT TO, WHEN I BUY A PRODUCT, KNOW WHAT'S IN THE INGREDIENTS ON THE LABEL, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE STILL DON'T HAVE IN NZ. PROTESTERS SAY THEY'RE CAMPAIGNING WITH THE NEXT GENERATION IN MIND. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS TO ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CALL ` THE GRAND DESIGNS FOR THE EXPANSION OF OUR BIGGEST CITY IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S COPPING PLENTY OF FLAK OVER WHAT'S KNOWN AS ITS UNITARY PLAN. IN THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES, NICOLE BREMNER HAS REACTION TO THE COUNCIL'S PREFERRED OPTION OF 'GOING UP'. BOWLS ASIDE, MUCH OF THE TALK AT OREWA'S GREEN THESE DAYS ACROSS THE ROAD, HIGHRISES WILL GET RUBBER STAMPED OUR TOWN CENTRE NEEDS DEVELOPMENT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO RETIREMENT WHAT WILL WE DO? AUCKLANDERS NEED TO GET USED TO LIVING EVEN CLOSER TOGETHER WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MUCH MORE INTERESTING THE COUNCIL SAYS NEW RULES WILL ENSURE QUALITY PARKS FOR MYSELF TO GUARANTEE HIGH QUALITY IS IOMPOSIIBLE THEIR BIG WORRIES ` PROTECTION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND HEIGHT. I'M CONCERNED THE DIRECTION IT'S TAKEN OPPOSITION HAS FORCED THEM TO RE=THINK IT'S LEGACY IN 30 YEARS TIME WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL CITY RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT SURE WE LIVE HERE. IT'S OUR COMMUNITY WE KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR US COMING UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS ` FIRE AND ANGER ON THE STREETS OF STOCKHOLM. WHAT'S BEHIND THIS FIFTH NIGHT OF VIOLENCE? WE REVISIT THE COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE SANDY AS THEY PREPARE FOR A HUGE WEEKEND. AND A TRIP TO THE STARS WITH A STAR. WE'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO GO TO SPACE WITH LEO. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS URGED GRADUATES AT THE US NAVAL ACADEMY TO RID THE MILITARY OF SEXUAL ABUSE AFTER A STRING OF ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. THE PRESIDENT MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE'S DETERMINED TO SORT OUT THE ISSUE, CALLING IT SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL. THOSE WHO COMMIT SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE NOT ONLY COMMITTING A CRIME, THEY THREATEN THE TRUST AND DISCIPLINE THAT MAKES OUR MILITARY STRONG. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE DETERMINED TO STOP THESE CRIMES. EARLIER, HE REASSURED ASSAULT VICTIMS THAT, 'THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HAS YOUR BACK.' SPECIALLY TRAINED RIOT POLICE SQUADS ARE BEING SENT TO THE SWEDISH CAPITAL AFTER A FIFTH NIGHT OF RIOTING IN AN IMMIGRANT-DOMINATED SUBURB OF STOCKHOLM. THE PROTESTERS ARE ANGRY AT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AND A PERCEIVED EXCLUSION FROM SWEDISH SOCIETY. THE BBC'S STEPHEN EVANS REPORTS. SIREN WAILS POLICE AND YOUNG MEN FIGHT A RUNNING BATTLE ON THE STREETS OF STOCKHOLM. AS NEARLY A WEEK OF RIOTS HAS GONE ON, TROUBLE'S SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. GIRL: OH MY GOD! CHILD SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY CARS HAVE BEEN TORCHED. LOCAL PEOPLE WATCH AS THEIR SCHOOL WAS BURNT. WINDOWS OF A LIBRARY WAS SMASHED. IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY, DAVID AND MUSTAFA SHOWED ME ROUND THEIR TROUBLED NEIGHBOURHOOD. WE HAVE A MUCH MORE ROUGH SOCIETY HERE IN SWEDEN, WITH VERY MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT, LACK OF GOOD EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE A DECENT LIFE. SWEDEN ONCE HAD A REPUTATION AS AN EASY COUNTRY OF EQUALITY AND TOLERANCE. BUT THE RIOTS HAVE SPARKED DEBATE. A PARTY OF THE FAR RIGHT HAS CALLED FOR A CURFEW. THE MINISTER IN CHARGE WARNED AGAINST GETTING TOUGH ON IMMIGRANTS. SWEDEN HAS WELCOMED ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM WAR ZONES. BUT THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR HAS WIDENED FASTER HERE THAN ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY. THESE MOTHERS SAY THEIR SONS FEEL MARGINALISED. THEY FEEL LEFT OUT. THEY FEEL LEFT OUTSIDE. THEY FEEL THAT THEIR WORDS CANNOT BE HEARD. POLICE ARE ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT, WITH EXTRA OFFICERS CALLED IN. SWEDEN USED TO SEEM LIKE A MODEL OF HARMONY. RIOTS HAVE SHATTERED THAT IMAGE. THE RIOTS WERE SPARKED BY THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF A MAN (69) REPORTED TO BE A PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANT WHO THREATENED OFFICERS WITH A MACHETE. CRICKET STAR-TURNED-POLITICIAN IMRAN KHAN IS WARNING PROTESTS BY HIS SUPPORTERS MAY NOT STAY PEACEFUL FOR LONG. ADDRESSING THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS MASSED ON THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL, HE WARNED IF HIS PARTY'S DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE ARE NOT MET, THE PROTESTS WILL TURN UGLY. IMRAN KHAN CLAIMS HIS RECENT ELECTION LOSS WAS DUE TO VOTE-RIGGING, AND HAS DEMANDED A RECOUNT. A TORNADO HAS RIPPED THROUGH A CENTRAL RUSSIAN TOWN, DESTROYING CARS AND DAMAGING HOMES. THE FUNNEL TOUCHED DOWN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, TEARING UP POWER POLES AND KNOCKING OUT POWER. NO MAJOR DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. WHILE THE US STILL COMES TO TERMS WITH THE DEADLY TORNADOS THAT TORE THROUGH OKLAHOMA THIS WEEK, ANOTHER COMMUNITY IS GETTING READY FOR MEMORIAL DAY. THE JERSEY SHORE WAS DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE SANDY, BUT IT'S NOW READY FOR THE TOURISTS, JUST IN TIME FOR THE START OF SUMMER. US CORRESPONDENT JACK TAME REPORTS. SEVEN MONTHS SINCE SANDY IN THE TOWN OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS, IT'S THE CALM BEFORE A STORM OF A DIFFERENT KIND. WE EXPECT TO SEE BETWEEN 50,000 TO 60,000 PEOPLE DOWN HERE THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW THAT SEASIDE HEIGHTS IS OPEN AND READY FOR BUSINESS. BUSINESS IN SEASIDE HEIGHTS IS TOURISM. THIS AREA WAS ONE OF THE WORST HIT BY SANDY. LAST TIME WE VISITED, THE TOWN ROLLER-COASTER WAS IN THE OCEAN. EVERY HOUSE WAS EVACUATED. THERE WAS NO GAS OR WATER, AND THE ICONIC JERSEY SHORE BOARDWALK WAS RIPPED TO SPLINTERS AND SHARDS. BUT MONTHS OF HARD WORK HAS RESTORED PARTS OF THE JERSEY SHORE. THE ROLLER-COASTER HAS GONE, AND THE BOARDWALK HAS BEEN REBUILT. LAST WEEK, THE TOWN EVEN HOSTED PRINCE HARRY. AND 85% OF SEASIDE HEIGHTS' BUSINESSES WILL OPEN FOR THE LONG WEEKEND. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE WAITING WHOLE WINTER FOR THIS DAY TO OPEN. BUT DRIVING THE JERSEY SHORELINE IT'S CLEAR NOT EVERYONE IS DOING SO WELL. SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE STORM, THERE ARE PEOPLE REALLY STRUGGLING JUST TO GET THEIR LIVES BACK IN ORDER. HUNDREDS OF HOUSES LAY EMPTY IN RUIN, WAITING TO BE BULLDOZED OR FOR THEIR OWNERS TO SETTLE THEIR INSURANCE CLAIMS. IN NEW JERSEY ALONE, HURRICANE SANDY'S DAMAGE DISPLACED 160,000 FAMILIES. OF THAT, THE GOVERNOR ESTIMATES ABOUT A QUARTER, SOME 40,000 FAMILIES ARE STILL IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION. AND THOUGH THE BEACH MIGHT BE READY FOR HOLIDAYING MASSES, THE MAYOR SAYS IT COULD BE YEARS BEFORE EVERYONE CATCHES UP WITH THAT BOARDWALK. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND YOU'VE GOT SOME WARNINGS FOR US TONIGHT, KAREN? I HAVE. RAIN HAS BEEN SPREADING DOWN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY. A HEAVY RAIN WARNING IS IN PLACE FOR THESE AREAS. THERE'S A WATCH IN PLACE FOR A BURST OF HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. ALSO EXPECTING SOME HEAVY THUNDERY FALLS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. RISK OF SEVERE GALES IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, SPREADING INTO HAWKE'S BAY AND WAIRARAPA IN THE EVENING. EXPECTING THE LOW TO CROSS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, SO A COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE, STRONG TO GALE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES COULD CAUSE ABNORMALLY HIGH SEAWATER AROUND HIGH TIDE TIME IN THESE AREAS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. UP NEXT, MEET THE MAN WHO PAID MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO SIT NEXT TO LEONARDO DICAPRIO. A CASH INJECTION SAVES A RUINED LYTTELTON LANDMARK. AND THE KIWI NOW CAMPING OUT IN KAIPARA. A HOMECOMING THAT HAS TAKEN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. LYTTELTON'S HISTORIC TIMEBALL STATION HAS BEEN GIVEN A REPRIEVE TODAY AFTER SUFFERING SERIOUS DAMAGE IN THE 2011 CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE. THE STATION HAS BEEN A FEATURE OF THE HARBOUR SINCE 1876, AND $1 MILLION HAS NOW BEEN DONATED TO FIX IT. FLYING OVER LYTTELTON HARBOUR IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2011 QUAKE, IT WAS HARD TO MISS THE RUINED TIMEBALL STATION, REDUCED, SO DRAMATICALLY, TO A PILE OF RUBBLE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BUILDING TO CHRISTCHURCH, AND, PARTICULARLY, TO LYTTELTON, WHERE SO MUCH DAMAGE WAS SUFFERED. BUILT IN THE 1900s, IT WAS A WAY OF SIGNALLING THE TIME TO SHIPS INTO THE HARBOUR. IT'S MORE THAN JUST A TIME-BALL STATION, IT'S A LANDMARK AND ICON WHICH REPRESENTS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO TODAY ON THE SITE WHERE THE STATION ONCE PROUDLY STOOD, A COMMITMENT WAS MADE TO REBUILD. ESPECIALLY TO THE PEOPLE IN LYTTELTON, THIS IS LIKE PART OF THE SKYLINE. SO FOR THEM, IT'S A REALLY GREAT SIGN TO SEE SOMETHING RISING AGAIN, AS WE ALWAYS SAID WOULD HAPPEN. THE LANDMARK INCORPORATED CHARITY HAS PLEDGED $1 MILLION TO BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD START TOWARDS THE INTENTION OF REBUILDING. IT'S EXPECTED THE REBUILD WILL COST $3 MILLION. WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A PRETTY FAITHFUL REPLICA, BUT IT WILL BE BUILT TO THE NEW BUILDING CODE. THE PROJECT'S DUE TO BEGIN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR. AS NIGHT FALLS, FIVE BROWN KIWI ARE EXPLORING A NEW HOME. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS, THE NATIVE BIRDS ARE BACK IN KAIPARA, NORTH OF AUCKLAND. JOANNA HUNKIN WAS AT THE HOMECOMING. STEALING A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE A LONG-HELD DREAM. THE KIWI'S BEEN REINTRODUCED TO MATAIA IN SOUTHERN KAIPARA. IT'S TAKEN SEVEN YEARS TO MAKE THIS A SAFE HAVEN FROM PREDATORS. WE KILLED 600 POSSUMS IN THE FIRST LOT. FIVE YEARS LATER, WE'VE NOW GOT BEAUTIFUL POHUTUKAWA FLOWERING. IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. GILL AND KEVIN ADSHEAD HAVE GIVEN UP 400HA OF FARMLAND TO CREATE THE MATAIA RESTORATION PROJECT, AND HOPE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THEIR LEAD. IF WE ALL DO OUR BIT, THEN EVERYBODY COULD HAVE KIWI IN THEIR BACKYARD. IF WE DO PEST CONTROL PROPERLY, THE KIWI WILL BE ABLE TO WANDER OUT FROM MAATAIA TO WARKWORTH AND EVERYWHERE IN THE REGION. TODAY, FIVE KIWI WERE RELEASED INTO THE BUSH, BROUGHT OVER FROM DOC'S KIWI CRECHE ON MOTUORA ISLAND. THEY'D HOPED A FEW MORE WOULD MAKE THE JOURNEY, BUT SOME PROVED ELUSIVE. THE MOON WAS AGAINST US LAST NIGHT. WE HAD A BIG FULL MOON, SO THAT MEANS THE BIRDS ARE MORE RELUCTANT TO COME OUT WHERE WE CAN CATCH THEM. 11 OF US WALKING I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES AROUND THE ISLAND. WE WERE OUT FROM 8 O'CLOCK TO 5 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THE LOCAL COMMUNITY'S BEEN ESSENTIAL TO THIS PROJECT, BOTH RAISING FUNDS FOR THE GPS TRACKERS ATTACHED TO THE KIWIS LEGS, AND ALSO IN CHOOSING THEIR NAMES. OUR SCHOOL'S NAME WAS IWIK, WHICH IS KIWI SPELT BACK TO FRONT. JOINING IWIK, THERE'S TWISTY, TAHI, TARANAKI AND DISCOVERY. AND SOON MORE KIWI WILL BE DISCOVERING THE AREA WITH A TOTAL OF 40 BIRDS SET TO LIVE ON THE MATAIA RESERVE. ACTOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO HAS PLAYED A FAKE PILOT IN 'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN' AND A REAL ONE IN 'THE AVIATOR'. NOW HE'S HEADING TO SPACE AS A PASSENGER ON A DARING MAIDEN FLIGHT. SITTING NEXT TO HIM WILL BE THE WINNER OF A GLITZY CHARITY AUCTION. AT A CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER, EVERY BIT AS FABULOUS AS ONE OF THE GREAT GATSBY'S PARTIES,... YOU WERE THERE ALL ALONE. ...A PITCH THAT SOUNDED A BIT LIKE A SCI-FI SEQUEL TO 'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN'. WELL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO SPACE WITH LEONARDO DICAPRIO? PEOPLE CHEER A TICKET FOR THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF VIRGIN GALACTIC, SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO LEONARDO DICAPRIO. HIS FIRST ROLE IN A SPACESUIT ` NOT AS AN ACTOR BUT A PASSENGER. TO GO WITH LEONARDO DICAPRIO FOR THREE DAYS' TRAINING AND INTO OUTER SPACE. THE FLIGHT IS SET TO TAKE OFF FROM THE NEW MEXICO DESERT THIS FALL, DETACHED FROM THE MOTHER SHIP AND LAUNCHED ALL THE WAY INTO SUB-ORBITAL SPACE ` A COMMERCIAL SUCCESSOR TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE,... AND LIFT-OFF. ...NASA USED TO SAY THAT SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS HAD A ONE IN 100 CHANCE OF DYING. ONE IN A HUNDRED. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THIS NEW VESSEL FOR SPACE TOURISTS COMPARE? 1.2M GOING TWICE... WE'RE SELLING. $1.5M. THE LUCKY WINNER, A RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE, WILL SOON BE GETTING A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE STARS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. AT LEAST EIGHT NZERS HAVE BOOKED THEIR PLACE ON A VIRGIN GALACTIC FLIGHT FOR A COOL $234,000. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THERE ARE CLAIMS QUEENSTOWN FIREFIGHTERS ARE POORLY EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH MULTISTOREY BUILDING FIRES AFTER THE TOWN'S LADDER TRUCK WAS REPLACED WITH ONE HALF THE SIZE. ONE NEWS WAS TOLD DAMAGE FROM YESTERDAY'S FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED HAD A LONG-LADDER TRUCK STILL BEEN THERE. AND THE FAMILY OF MURDERED BRITISH SOLIDER LEE RIGBY HAS SAID HIS DEATH HAS RIPPED THEIR HEARTS APART. IN A POEM READ BY DRUMMER RIGBY'S STEPFATHER, HIS SISTERS SAID HE WILL ALWAYS BE THEIR HERO. CHIEFS TOO GOOD FOR THE CRUSADERS? ALL OF THE ACTION FROM LAST NIGHT'S ENCOUNTER AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS, A WINS A WIN, EVEN IF THE REF HELPED YOU OUT. THE TIGERS BREAK THEIR SEVEN-MATCH DROUGHT. AND THE HEAT-MELT AT HOME. KING JAMES AND CO ARE OUTPLAYED IN GAME TWO OF THE NBA PLAY-OFFS. HE BEAT LEBRON JAMES WITH THAT QUICK STEP. AND COFFEE AND A FRISBEE. SOUND LIKE YOU? FIND OUT HOW THIS 19-YEAR-OLD IS MIXING THE TWO TO CREATE THE PERFECT BLEND. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. THE CHIEFS HAVE PRODUCED A VINTAGE CRUSADERS-LIKE DEFENSIVE EFFORT TO BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME AND STRETCH THEIR LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE SUPER 15 TO SIX POINTS. JUST WHEN IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE SEVEN-TIME CHAMPIONS WERE RUNNING IN TO FORM, THEY RAN INTO THE CURRENT CHAMPIONS' BRICK WALL. IT'S BECOME THE BIGGEST LOCAL MATCH-UP, AND WAS IT THE CHANGING, OR RATHER, CHARGING OF THE GUARD? DAN CARTER RESP0NDED BY RUNNING OVER CRUDEN, AND THAT LED TO THE IMPRESSIVE MATT TODD ALSO CRACKING THE CHIEFS DEFENCE. BUT WHEN THEY SWOOPED AGAIN, CAPTAIN CRAIG CLARKE DISPLAYED HIS ATHLETICISM. HOWEVER, WITH THE CRUSADERS BEGINNING TO THREATEN, THE HOSTS WERE ANXIOUS AT HALF-TIME. THERE'S A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUAL TACKLES THAT HAVE FALLEN OFF, WHICH HAVE PUT US UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE BETTER. BUT BIG BEN'S BELL-RINGER DIDN'T HELP. AND WHEN TAMEIFUNA RESTED ON THE BALL, TOM TAYLOR NUDGED THE VISITORS FOUR POINTS CLEAR. KIERAN READ LOOKED TO WRAP IT UP FOR THE CRUSADERS, ONLY TO BE WRAPPED UP BY BUNDEE AKI. TURNING DOWN SHOTS AT GOAL, THE CRUSADERS CAMPED IN THE ENEMY 22 FOR 13 MINUTES, MAKING IT A HARD WATCH FOR THE 22,000 CROWD. BUT THE HOME SIDE JUST WOULDN'T BUCKLE. THE MOMENTUM FINALLY CHANGED. BUT CHARLIE NGATAI'S TRY WAS RULED OUT THROUGH OBSTRUCTION. HOWEVER ANOTHER GREAT SCRUM AGAINST THE DEPLETED CRUSADERS PACK WAS FINISHED OFF BY THE BACKS. AKI TOO SORE TO CELEBRATE. WITH CRUDEN FULL OF RUNNING, A LATE PENALTY GAVE THE CHIEFS A 28-19 WIN ` THEIR THIRD IN THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES AGAINST THE CRUSADERS, WHO WERE EVEN DENIED A BONUS POINT. IT WAS A SIMILAR SCENARIO IN MELBOURNE, WHERE THE RESURGENT REBELS ABSORBED ALL THE PRESSURE, AND THEN WELLINGTON FULLBACK JASON WOODWARD RIPPED THE WALLABY-LADEN WARATAHS APART. ...BY WOODWARD. HE'S BEEN IN THE TOUCHDOWN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS FOR ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, GOOD OR BAD HALF THE TIME. HIS BREAKOUT LEADING TO THE MATCH-WINNING TRY, 24-22 ` THE FIRST TIME THE REBELS HAVE BEATEN THE SYDNEYSIDERS. AND I'M PRETTY SURE TIGERS FANS ARE STILL CELEBRATING AS THE SYDNEY-BASED NRL SIDE SNAPPED A SEVEN-GAME LOSING STREAK. WESTS WITH A CONTROVERSIAL 22-20 WIN OVER THE COWBOYS AT A WET LEICHHARDT OVAL, WHICH MEANS THE WARRIORS ARE NOW ROCK BOTTOM. ON THE FIFTH TACKLE. BACK IT COMES. OH, HE TOOK A LONG TIME TO SET FOR THE KICK THERE. IT WAS ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR THE TIGERS ` SLOPPY PLAY RESULTING IN A TRY TO THE OPPOSITION. THE PICKED UP, AND THEY SCORE A TRY. BENJI MARSHALLS' KICK CHARGED DOWN, BUT HE WOULD REDEEM HIMSELF FIVE MINUTES LATER, ALBEIT UNDER DUBIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. NAH. HE'S KNOCKED ON. YEAH. NOT ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO REF. IT WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS THAT WENT AGAINST THE COWBOYS, BUT THE TIGERS CAME UP WITH THE TRY OF THE NIGHT. KOROIBETE TAKES IT NOW! KOROIBETE STILL GOING. TRY! IT WAS TIT-FOR-TAT AFTER THE BREAK. THE COWBOYS WITH THE MOMENTUM UNTIL THE 78TH MINUTE, WHEN THE TIGERS CAME UP WITH THIS. BENJI CHANGE HANDS AWAY TO REDDY. REDDY ON THE OUTSIDE! TRY! DID HE GET IT DOWN ON THE WINGER? I THINK HE SCORED! I THINK HE SCORED ON THE CORNER! CUE WILD CELEBRATIONS. GREAT NEWS FOR THE TIGERS, BUT NOT FOR WARRIORS FANS. 22 POINTS TO 20. AND ACROSS TOWN, THE BULLDOGS REBOUNDED FROM LAST WEEKEND'S THRASHING AT THE HANDS OF THE KNIGHTS, WITH A 24-14 WIN OVER BRISBANE. BACK TO REYNOLDS, AND THEN SAM KASIANO! FROM ONLY 2M OUT! WHILE BOTH TEAMS WERE INVOLVED IN A SCUFFLE, BRONCOS POSTED THE LAST POINTS, STICKING TO THE MANTRA 'PLAY ON UNLESS YOU HEAR THE WHISTLE'. MITCH EVANS HAS ENDED A LEAN RUN WITH A THIRD PLACE FINISH AT THE MONACO GP2 RACE. BUT THE RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER. THE YOUNGEST DRIVER IN THE FIELD MADE THE MOST OF POLE POSITION, BUT HIS TEAMMATE JOHNNY CHECOTTO CAUSED MAYHEM ON THE FIRST CORNER. AND CHECOTTO HAS RUINED THAT. AND OVER THE TOP OF HIM GOES FABIO LEIMER. THAT'S GOING TO BE A RED FLAG. IT MUST BE RED-FLAGGED. SADLY FOR EVANS IT WAS. THE GP2 ROOKIE LED FROM THE RESTART UNTIL PITTING TO CHANGE TYRES, AND TWO OF THE 16 DRIVERS INVOLVED IN THE PILE-UP WENT ON AND FINISHED AHEAD HIM. STILL, HIS SECOND THIRD-PLACE FINISH HAS LIFTED HIM TO 10TH OVERALL IN THE SERIES. THE WEATHER PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER FOR DAY TWO OF THE SECOND CRICKET TEST BETWEEN NZ AND ENGLAND IN LEEDS. ALSO A WASHOUT FOR THE KIWIS IN THE IPL, EXCEPT FOR THE COACHES. JOHN WRIGHT'S MUMBAI INDIANS ARE THROUGH TO MONDAY'S SHOWPIECE AGAINST STEPHEN FLEMING'S CHENNAI SUPER KINGS AFTER THE FINAL ELIMINATOR OVERNIGHT. IT ALL CAME DOWN TO AUSTRALIAN ALL-ROUNDER SHANE WATSON'S LAST OVER FOR THE RAJASTHAN ROYALS. THE MUMBAI BOWLERS GOT THE JOB DONE WITH THE BAT, BLASTING THE WINNING RUNS WITH ONE BALL TO SPARE, NOT EVEN NEEDING THE LITTLE MASTER. UP AND COMING SHOT-PUTTER TOMAS WALSH HOPES SOME MENTORING FROM OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPION VALERIE ADAMS WILL SEE HIM QUALIFY FOR AUGUST'S WORLD CHAMPS IN MOSCOW. THE TIMARU THROWER'S (21) CHANCES HAVE INCREASED WITH SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH GAINS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. IN ORDER TO BE TRULY WORLD CLASS AT THIS, YOU HAVE TO BE A BIT OF A BEAST IN HERE. THAT WAS BETTER. THAT WAS MUCH BETTER. WE'RE TALKING BETWEEN 220KG TO 240KG BENCH, AND I'M DOING 180KG, SO I'M QUITE A WAY OFF FROM THOSE BOYS. BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING I CAN'T COMPETE WITH THEM. UNLIKE OUR OTHER UP AND COMING SHOT-PUTTER JACKO GILL, UP TILL NOW, TOMAS WALSH (21) HASN'T BEEN A GYM JUNKIE. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE GAINS HE'S MADE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS IN PARTICULAR. HE'S PUT ON 10KG OF BODY WEIGHT SINCE FEBRUARY, SO THAT EXTRA SIZE HAS CERTAINLY HELPED WITH HIS STRENGTH. NOW WEIGHING IN AT 118KG, IT'S HOPED THAT EXTRA STRENGTH AND POWER WILL HELP HIM CRACK 20.10M WHEN HE HEADS AWAY NEXT MONTH FOR SIX WEEKS IN EUROPE. I'D BE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IF WE DIDN'T COME BACK FROM OVERSEAS WITH THE B STANDARD. WHETHER WE GET THE A STANDARD OR NOT, I THINK TOM'S PERSONAL BEST, IT'S RIGHT THERE OR THEREABOUTS. AFTER DINNER CONVERSATION IN MARCH, WALSH HAS TEED UP SOME TRAINING WITH VALERIE ADAMS AND HER COACH JEAN-PIERRE EGGER. YOU SEE AN ATHLETE WORKING AT THE TOP OF HER GAME AND THINK, 'THIS IS WHAT SHE'S DOING. NOW I HAVE TO DO THAT.' WALSH PLANS TO PIT HIMSELF AGAINST THE WORLD'S BEST IN TWO DIAMOND LEAGUE MEETINGS, BUT KNOWS HE'S STILL PROBABLY A DECADE AWAY FROM HIS PEAK. AT THE MOMENT, I'M GOING ABOUT A METRE A YEAR, AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. MY STRENGTH LEVELS ARE GOING UP. I'M GETTING FASTER; I'M PUTTING A BIT MORE MASS ON, WHICH ALWAYS HELPS WITH SHOTPUT. WALSH IS WELL ON TARGET TO BEING THE 22M THROWER OF HIS DREAMS. ANOTHER GRIPPING NBA ENCOUNTER HAS SEEN THE INDIANA PACERS UPSET THE HEAT IN MIAMI TO TIE UP THEIR EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS SERIES. THE VISITORS ROARED TO A 10-POINT LEAD BEFORE LEBRON JAMES PULLED OFF THIS ASSIST TO KEEP MIAMI IN TOUCH. JAMES AND INDIANA'S PAUL GEORGE TRADED BLOWS AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. HE BEAT LEBRON JAMES WITH THAT QUICK STEP. A SENSATIONAL MOVE. FINAL SECONDS OF THE THIRD. HERE'S JAMES WITH A LONG` HE SCORES! LEBRON COMES RIGHT BACK! SOME HEALTHY RESPECT SHOWN THERE BEFORE JAMES TURNED UP THE HEAT IN THE FINAL QUARTER. BUT WITH MIAMI TWO POINTS DOWN AND EIGHT SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, HE PROVED HE CAN BE HUMAN AFTER ALL. AND HIS PASS PICKED OFF. ANOTHER TURNOVER FOR LEBRON JAMES. THAT IS HIS FIFTH TURNOVER. THE PACERS WINNING 97-93. IT'S ONLY MIAMI'S FOURTH LOSS IN THEIR LAST 50 GAMES. WHEN YOU THINK OF A TEENAGE BARISTA, THE PHRASE 'ELITE SPORTSPERSON' DOESN'T EXACTLY SPRING TO MIND. BUT FOR ONE AUCKLANDER, THAT'S EXACTLY THE CASE. AND NOT ONLY DOES SHE MAKE A GOOD COFFEE, SHE'S ALSO HELPING ONE NZ SPORT TEAM GO WHERE IT'S NEVER GONE BEFORE. HIYA. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? BRIGITTE LEGG IS 19, A BARISTA BY TRADE. BUT THE PHRASE 'STICK TO YOUR DAY JOB' CERTAINLY DOESN'T APPLY HERE. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY ` I DO CARDIO. TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAYISH IS STRENGTH TRAINING, THURSDAY NIGHTS WE HAVE SPRINT TRAINING. ALL OF THAT SO SHE CAN DO THIS. I KINDA GOT A BIT BORED OF HOCKEY, WASN'T TOO INTO THE WHOLE RUGBY SCENE, WAS TOO SLOW FOR SOCCER, AND FRISBEE JUST SEEMED LIKE FUN. THAT FUN EVENTUALLY PROPELLED LEGG INTO THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL UNDER-23 ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM. IN JULY, THEY'LL BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE SIDE FROM NZ TO GO TO THE AGE-GROUP WORLD CHAMPS. ULTIMATE'S SUCH A YOUNG SPORT, SO TO TO LOOK BACK WHEN I'M 30 AND BE, LIKE, 'YEAH, I WAS PART OF THE FIRST TEAM THAT WENT.' IT'S SUCH AN HONOUR. THE SPORT'S CONCEPT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. TEAMS OF SEVEN PASS THE DISC, AND ARE AWARDED A POINT WHEN SOMEONE CATCHES IT IN THE END ZONE. THE BIGGEST SURPRISE, PERHAPS, THERE'S NO REFEREE. IT'S ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT MAKES ULTIMATE FRISBEE DIFFERENT ` IT RELIES ON SPORTSMANSHIP AND ON AGREED SET OF RULES. THE CANADA TOURNAMENT'S COSTING THE TEAM AROUND $6500 EACH. WITH WORK AND STUDY COMMITMENTS, THEY CAN ONLY HAVE FOUR TRAINING CAMPS BEFORE THEY LEAVE. LEGG USING WHAT SHE CAN TO HELP HER OWN GAME. I USE THE SAME HAND FOR THROWING AND FOR ALL MY COFFEE STUFF, SO MAYBE I'LL HAVE A STRONGER WRIST. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT A GOOD CAFFEINE KICK COULD DO WHEN JULY ROLLS AROUND. THANKS, JENNY-MAY. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN WARNS OF HEAVY RAIN, GALES AND HIGH TIDES. AND WE'RE IN BLUFF FOR SOME WEIRD AND WONDERFUL BOUNTY FROM THE SEA. AND THE UNIVERSITY BOSS FRONTING HIS OWN ADD CAMPAIGN. JOIN ME TOMORROW MORNING AT 9, HERE ON ONE. HELLO AGAIN. THIS WAS THE SKY OVER NAPIER THIS MORNING. DEFINITELY A RED-SKY WARNING. PHOTO TAKEN BY ANNA HEATH (13). WE DO HAVE SOME ROUGH WEATHER ON THE WAY TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WARNING IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND UNTIL 3AM AND THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT AND IN THE MORNING. WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT OVER UPPER NORTH ISLAND. ALSO EXPECTING SOME HEAVY THUNDERY FALLS OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. RISK OF SEVERE GALES IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, SPREADING INTO HAWKE'S BAY AND WAIRARAPA IN THE EVENING. HIGH WATER EXPECTING THE LOW TO CROSS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT, SO A COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE, STRONG TO GALE WINDS AND HIGH TIDES COULD CAUSE ABNORMALLY HIGH SEA WATER AROUND HIGH TIDE TIME IN THESE AREAS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE RAIN RADAR. SEE THE RAIN BAND MOVING DOWN OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. SOME HEAVY FALLS IN THERE AND FRONTAL RAIN MOVING TOWARDS THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND. SO LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. LOTS OF THICK CLOUD SWEEPING DOWN FROM THE TROPICS AND OVER THE NORTH ISLAND, HOOKING BACK AROUND THIS LOW TO THE NORTH-EAST. THE FRONT'S CLOSING IN ON THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT. LUMPY ACTIVE FRONTAL CLOUD ALSO APPROACHING THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALL GO TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERN FRONT MAKING LANDFALL, DRAGGING COLD AIR IN WITH IT. THAT FRONT SHOULD REACH THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW EVENING. IN THE NORTH, THE LOW AND FRONTS SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. THAT SYSTEM IS MOVING FAST. SHOULD LIE CLEAR OF US BY LUNCHTIME. RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH HEAVY THUNDERY FALLS IN WESTLAND. SCATTERED FALLS IN THE SOUTH-EAST. HEAVY, SQUALLY THUNDERY DOWNPOURS, WITH HAIL ABOUT STEWART ISLAND AND FOVEAUX ST. STRONG GUSTY WEST TO NORTH-WEST WINDS REACHING GALE IN EXPOSED PLACES TENDING MORE SOUTH-WESTERLY AND GETTING COLDER IN THE AFTERNOON, SNOW LOWERING TO 200M IN THE SOUTH AND 600M IN WESTLAND AT NIGHT NORTH ISLAND FINE OR BECOMING FINE IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. EARLY RAIN CLEARS FROM CENTRAL AREAS. CLOUDY PERIODS AND A FEW SHOWERS IN THE WEST. STRONG BLUSTERY WEST OR SOUTH-WEST WIND RISING TO GALE ABOUT NORTHERN WAIRARAPA AND SOUTHERN HAWKE'S BAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ SO A ROUGH NIGHT FOR SOME AREAS WITH HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND BIG TIDES. TAKE CARE. 4500 PEOPLE TURNED OUT AT THE SALTY SEASIDE TOWN OF BLUFF TODAY FOR A GOOD HELPING OF OYSTERS AND SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. THE BLUFF OYSTER AND FOOD FESTIVAL WELCOMED VISITORS FROM ALL OVER NZ. MEGAN MARTIN JOINED THEM. BAGPIPES PLAY WITH ALL THE POMP AND CEREMONY BEFITTING A GUEST OF HONOUR, THE BLUFF OYSTER AND FOOD FESTIVAL IS OFFICIALLY OPENED. IT GIVES US SO MUCH PLEASURE TO SET BEFORE THE WORLD, SUCH A TRULY DELECTABLE TREASURE. THEN THERE'S THE BEELINE FOR THOSE DELECTABLE TREASURES! BEAUTIFUL AND FAT, LOVELY! YEAH. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TRYING THE BLUFF OYSTERS, AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. 30,000 OF FOVEAUX'S FINEST HAVE BEEN DREDGED FOR THE DAY, EVERYTHING FROM RAW, OF COURSE, TO BATTERED AND DEEP-FRIED, AND THERE'S EVEN IN AN OYSTER PIE! AND AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF SELF-IMPOSED QUOTAS, THERE'S NO CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE OYSTER OR THIS EVENT. WE'VE JUST HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE IN QUOTA AGAIN, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. MAYBE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE BACK TO THE 15 MILLION. OYSTERS AREN'T THE ONLY SEA DELICACY ON OFFER. THERE'S MARINATED MUSSELS, KINA IN A CUP, BLUE COD COCKTAILS, AND STUFFED MUTTONBIRD. FROM THE FINEST FOOD TO FANCY FASHION, THE HUMBLE OYSTER SACK HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD. BUT THE GLORY EVENT FOR THE DAY WAS THE OYSTER OPENING COMPETITION. ROOKIE JIMMY RYAN BROKE THE RECORD WITH UNDERSTATED ENTHUSIASM. OH, I DUNNO. YEAH. GOOD AS! JUST LIKE THE BLUFF OYSTER FESTIVAL ` GOOD AS! MEGAN MARTIN, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME AND ANNE LANGFORD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013