GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. JACK FROST HAS BEEN OUT AND ABOUT, DOING A ZINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS, WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CHARGE, KEEPING CONDITIONS SETTLED. BUT WILL IT HOLD FOR THE LONG WEEKEND? DETAILS FOR YOU WITHIN THE HOUR. RIGHT NOW, IT 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. DO YOU FIND THIS OFFENSIVE? A CARTOON CONTROVERSY. WHY DAME SUSAN DEVOY SAYS IT ISN'T RACIST. NEW CALLS FOR A FORMER MP TO LOSE HIS KNIGHTHOOD AFTER A JUDGE'S RULING ON THE PUNISHMENT OF LOMBARD DIRECTORS. THE NEW RECRUITS FIT FOR DUTY, BUT WE HAVE FIGURES ON JUST HOW MANY POLICE HAVEN'T PASSED A TEST. AND IS RICHIE ITCHING FOR ACTION? SIGNS THE ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN COULD SOON BE BACK FROM A BIG BREAK. WHILE BEING OFFENDED BY A CARTOON IN THE MARLBOROUGH EXPRESS, NEW RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER DAME SUSAN DEVOY SAYS IT'S NOT RACIST. IN HER FIRST OUTING IN THE JOB, DAME SUSAN SAYS SHE WILL BE SEEKING A MEETING WITH THE EDITORS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH PRESS AND MARLBOROUGH PAPER BUT ISN'T DEMANDING AN APOLOGY. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. THIS IS THE CARTOON THAT'S PUT THE MARLBOROUGH EXPRESS IN THE HEADLINES IT'S SAYING THAT POLYNESIAN PEOPLE SPEND THEIR MONEY ON CIGARETTES, GAMBLING AND... I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW. I FORGOT WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS TO ME, AND THAT IS WRONG. BUT THE PAPER HAS GOT AWAY WITHOUT BEING LABELLED RACIST BECAUSE DAME SUSAN SAYS IT DOESN'T REACH HER COMMISSION'S THRESHOLD. IT'S INCITING RACIAL HATRED OR, UM, DEMONSTRATIONS, BUT` AND PERHAPS IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT THE THRESHOLD IS THAT HIGH. IT MIGHT IMPLY THEN THAT WE'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE THRESHOLD TO BRING IT DOWN, BECAUSE ON THE FACE OF IT, MOST NZERS, MOST FAIR-MINDED NZERS WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT IS RACIST. THAT'S CERTAINLY THE OVERWHELMING SENTIMENT ON THE MARLBOROUGH EXPRESS' FACEBOOK PAGE, WHICH IS LITTERED WITH COMMENTS LIKE... A SIMILAR SKETCH BY THE SAME STAFF CARTOONIST HAS ALSO BEEN PRINTED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH PRESS. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CARTOONS, WE CONSIDER WHETHER IT'S FAIR, UH, AND WHETHER IT, UH, IT CROSSES A LINE INTO HATE SPEECH. NOW, THIS CARTOON CLEARLY DOESN'T DO THAT. THE MAN WHO DREW IT POINTS OUT PAKEHA ARE IN THERE TOO. NO, I DON'T APOLOGISE, BECAUSE TO ME, CARTOONS ARE MEANT TO PROVOKE REACTION, YOU KNOW? UM, I SUPPOSE IF THERE WAS ANY APOLOGY, IT WOULD ONLY GO TO MAYBE THE FEW IN THERE WHO... WHO REALLY REALLY NEED A MEAL. BUT ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE ANIMATED SHOW BRO'TOWN, WHICH OFTEN POKED FUN AT STEREOTYPES... I CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT THE MAORI CULTURE; I LEARN IT IN PRISON. ...SAYS THE NEWSPAPER CARTOONS CROSS THE LINE. THE PROGRAMME ITSELF, FEEDING OUR KIDS AND STUFF, IT'S... IT'S OUR KIDS. AND, YOU KNOW, IF OUR KIDS SEE THAT, AND THOSE ARE THE KIDS EATING, YOU KNOW, EATING THOSE MEALS, EATING THOSE BREAKFASTS AND STUFF, HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES? BOTH NEWSPAPERS SAY IT'S GOOD PEOPLE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT THE POVERTY ISSUE, AND THEY HAVE TRIGGERED THE FIRST REACTION FROM DAME SUSAN, WHO WOULDN'T WADE IN ON WINSTON PETERS' ANTI-CHINESE IMMIGRATION SPEECH LAST FRIDAY. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YES. UH,... I CAN'T RECALL. PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WINSTON MIGHT LIKE THE FACT THAT I WOULD, UM, GIVE HIM MORE MEDIA COVERAGE. SHE'S NOW SEEKING A MEETING WITH THE EDITORS OF THE FAIRFAX PUBLICATIONS TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COMPLAINTS THE COMMISSION'S RECEIVING. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. NOW, DO YOU AGREE WITH DAME SUSAN? TELL US IF YOU THINK THE CARTOON'S RACIST OR NOT ON OUR WEBSITE ONENEWS.CO.NZ A TV HOST CAUGHT UP IN A RACE ROW IS TONIGHT CLINGING TO HIS OTHER JOB AS BOSS OF AN AUSSIE RULES CLUB. EDDIE MCGUIRE'S IN THE GUN AFTER SUGGESTING INDIGENOUS FOOTBALLER ADAM GOODES COULD PROMOTE THE KING KONG MUSICAL. INADVERTENT AS THEY ARE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. UH, THEY HURT PEOPLE, AND I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING. SO THAT CUTS ME TO THE CORE. THE MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT PRESENTER OFFERED TO QUIT AS PRESIDENT OF COLLINGWOOD, BUT THE BOARD SAYS IT'S STILL BACKING HIM. MCGUIRE MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER A GIRL (13) WAS KICKED OUT OF A MATCH BETWEEN COLLINGWOOD AND THE SYDNEY SWANS FOR CALLING GOODES AN APE. ONE NEWS CAN REVEAL A POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF DRUG DEALING IS TONIGHT BACK HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. FATHER-OF-FIVE PETER PAKAU IS OUT OF JAIL ON STRICT BAIL TERMS BUT WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN AUCKLAND NEXT WEEK. KATE LYNCH WITH THE LATEST. DIANE PAKAU AT COURT FOR THE RELEASE OF HER HUSBAND. CONSTABLE PETER PAKAU'S BEEN FREED AFTER 13 DAYS BEHIND BARS. THE FAMILY ARE VERY PLEASED HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO HOME TONIGHT, AND WE'LL TAKE MATTERS FROM THERE. PAKAU'S BEEN IN SEGREGATION AT AUCKLAND'S MT EDEN PRISON SINCE BEING ARRESTED FOR HIS ALLEGED PART IN A DRUG RING RUN BY THE HEAD HUNTERS BIKIE GANG. HE'S STRONG. HE'S COPING. POLICE OPPOSED BAIL AT HIS FIRST APPEARANCE. TODAY THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND. FOLLOWING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CROWN, UH, WE'VE RESOLVED THE ISSUE OF BAIL WITH SUITABLE CONDITIONS. THE JUDGE SAID WHILE CONSTABLE PAKAU'S CHARGES ARE OF A SERIOUS NATURE, IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE CASE IS RESOLVED, AND GIVEN HIS PREVIOUSLY CLEAN RECORD, HE GRANTED HIM BAIL ON STRICT CONDITIONS. ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS PAKAU IS UNDER A 24-HOUR CURFEW AT HIS HOME ADDRESS. HOW ARE THE FAMILY DOING? HOW'S DIANE AND THE KIDS? EVERYONE'S COPING. DIANE PAKAU ALSO FACES ONE CHARGE AND HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN FROM HER JOB AS AN ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELLOR AT THE WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. THEY'RE BOTH DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. POLICE BOSSES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ADMIT DOZENS OF OFFICERS AREN'T FIT FOR THE FRONT LINE. HEADQUARTERS HAD REFUSED TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION AND ONLY DID SO AFTER ONE NEWS APPEALED TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE OMBUDSMAN. SIMON BRADWELL WITH THE STORY. GRADUATING POLICE RECRUITS FIGHTING FIT FOR THE FRONT LINE. BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID FOR 65 OF THEIR NEW COLLEAGUES, AND POLICE MANAGEMENT DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT. 65 OFFICERS ARE TOO UNFIT TO PASS THEIR PCT? > 65 OFFICERS, UH, ARE WORKING ON REHABILITATION PLANS IN ORDER TO PASS THEIR PCT. WHY IS THIS IS SO HARD FOR YOU TO ADMIT? > WELL, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS. THE PCT IS THE PHYSICAL COMPETENCY TEST THAT ALL FRONT-LINE OFFICERS MUST PASS, BUT 65 HAVEN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMPLY UNFIT. WHY ARE THEY SO UNFIT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A CURRENT PASS? > UM, BECAUSE` WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PASSED THE THING. NO, THEY HAVEN'T PASSED BECAUSE THEY'RE UNFIT, SO WHY`? > WELL, THEY HAVEN'T` THEY HAVE` WELL, FOR A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS. WE FIRST ASKED HOW MANY OFFICERS FAILED THEIR PCT THREE MONTHS AGO. POLICE COMMISSIONER PETER MARSHALL SAID OK. WHY SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE IT? BUT POLICE MANAGEMENT SAID WE COULDN'T. THE INFORMATION WAS TOO HARD TO FIND AND WANTED TO CHARGE TVNZ $3000 TO LOOK. WHEN WE ASKED THE OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE, POLICE SUDDENLY COULD FIND THE NUMBERS. EVEN AT A CONSERVATIVELY AVERAGE SALARY OF $60,000, THOSE 65 UNFIT COPS ARE GETTING PAID NEARLY $4M A YEAR BY THE TAXPAYER. INSTEAD, THEY'RE IN BACK OFFICE JOBS UNTIL THEY'RE UP TO SPEED. THEY SHOULD BE IN FRONT-LINE ROLES. > THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM TO DO. > NO, WE'RE PAYING OUR POLICE FORCE TO DELIVER, UM, SERVICES TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BE SAFE AND FEEL SAFE. WE'RE STILL NOT SATISFIED POLICE ARE GIVING US ALL THE ANSWERS. WE'VE ASKED THE OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. THERE ARE NEW CALLS FOR SIR DOUGLAS GRAHAM TO BE STRIPPED OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD AFTER A JUDGE'S RULING ON THE LOMBARD FINANCE CASE. THE COURT OF APPEAL SAYS THE FORMER CABINET MINISTER AND THREE OTHER DIRECTORS SHOULD'VE RECEIVED TOUGHER SENTENCES. DANIEL FAITAUA HAS MORE. WHEN LOMBARD FINANCE COLLAPSED IN 2008, MORE THAN 3500 INVESTORS WERE OWED $111M. FOUR OF ITS DIRECTORS, INCLUDING CABINET MINISTERS SIR DOUGLAS GRAHAM AND BILL JEFFRIES, MICHAEL REEVES AND LAWRENCE BRYANT WERE FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING UNTRUE STATEMENTS IN AN AMENDED COMPANY PROSPECTUS. AND IN MARCH LAST YEAR, THEY WERE ALL SENTENCED TO DO COMMUNITY WORK. I HAVE IN MIND SOME FORMS OF COMMUNITY-BASED SENTENCING AND FINANCIAL PENALTIES. SIR DOUGLAS AND LAWRANCE BRYANT WERE ALSO ORDERED TO PAY REPARATIONS OF $100,000 EACH. NOW THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS FOUND THOSE SENTENCES WERE 'MANIFESTLY INADEQUATE' AND DID NOT REFLECT THE 'GRAVITY OF OFFENDING'. I'M QUITE ANGRY, BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB PROPERLY. THE APPEAL COURT ALSO CONSIDERS SENTENCING DISCOUNTS GIVEN TO TWO OF THE DIRECTORS FOR THINGS LIKE EXPRESSING REMORSE AND GOOD CHARACTER WERE EXCESSIVE THE COURT SAYS A JAIL SENTENCE OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE STARTING POINT. BUT SINCE THE SOLICITOR GENERAL IN HIS APPEAL HADN'T ASKED FOR THAT, IT SAYS THE PROPER SENTENCE IS A COMBINATION OF HOME DETENTION AND COMMUNITY WORK. HE SHOULD LOSE HIS KNIGHTHOOD, AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, DOUG GRAHAM, THREE STRIKES AND HE'S OUT. SIR DOUGLAS GRAHAM WASN'T AT HOME WHEN WE VISITED TODAY AND DIDN'T RETURN OUR CALLS. BUT FORMER COLLEAGUE WINSTON PETERS BELIEVES SIR GRAHAM ISN'T THE ONLY ONE AT FAULT. MANY PEOPLE SITTING IN PARLIAMENT ARE AS MUCH TO BLAME AS HE IS. THE PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEY HAS SAID HE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON SIR DOUGLAS'S KNIGHTHOOD ONCE THE LEGAL PROCESS IS OVER. AND HIS OFFICE SAYS HE HASN'T SEEN THE LATEST JUDGEMENT YET. THE COURT OF APPEAL HAS ASKED FOR REPORTS ON THE SUITABILITY OF THE DIRECTORS HOMES FOR HOME DETENTION AND WILL ISSUE FINAL SENTENCES ONCE THOSE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. THERE'S BEEN MORE FIREWORKS IN PARLIAMENT OVER THE NZ FIRST LEADER'S CLAIM THAT PETER DUNNE LEAKED A TOP-LEVEL GCSB REPORT. WINSTON PETERS IS QUESTIONING WHY THE REVENUE MINISTER HASN'T BEEN FORCED TO HAND OVER HIS PHONE RECORDS. MR PETERS USING THE PROTECTED PRIVILEGES OF THE DEBATING CHAMBER TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT. ALL THE EVIDENCE IS IN THOSE PHONE RECORDS, AND YOUR MINISTER'S GONE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S AWAITING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. SIGNS TONIGHT THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE RUSHING TO THE BANKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES IN DECADES. BUT THERE'S A WARNING THE GOOD TIMES MAY NOT LAST MUCH LONGER. SHARON FERGUSSON EXPLAINS. THE NEW HOME'S NOT QUITE UNPACKED, AND ITS NEW OWNER'S ALREADY CONSIDERING REFINANCING HER MORTGAGE. YOU'RE TRYING TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DODGY, ISN'T IT? SO YOU JUST THINK, 'WILL I PLAY IT SAFE? 'IF I PLAY IT SAFE, MAYBE I SHOULD FIX AT LEAST A PORTION OF IT.' THE LOWEST SHORT-TERM INTEREST RATES IN DECADES ARE ON OFFER, AND CUSTOMERS ARE LAPPING THEM UP. WHEN I CALLED THE BANK, IT WAS HARD TO GET THROUGH, AND I'M STILL WAITING ON THEM TO GET BACK TO ME, SO THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN INUNDATED. BUT FOR THE BANKS, THE GOOD TIMES MAY NOT ROLL FOR LONG. IN HIS SPEECH TODAY, THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR REFERS TO HOUSE PRICE INFLATION AS 'AN INCREASING RISK IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM'. HE SAYS THE CENTRAL BANK IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCALE OF HOUSE LENDING AND ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER OF HIGH LOANS WITH SMALL DEPOSITS. THE RESERVE BANK'S MOTIVATION IS DEFINITELY TO SHORE UP NZ'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM JUST IN CASE THERE'S SOME KIND OF DISASTER IN THE FUTURE. GRAEME WHEELER HAS LIVED THROUGH THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE US, WHERE HOUSE PRICES FELL 30%, AND THAT CAUSED ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS IN THE BANKING SYSTEM. SO IT'S GOT A RANGE OF OPTIONS AT THE READY TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, INCLUDING RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF LOANS TO THOSE WITH SMALL DEPOSITS. IS THE GOVERNMENT REALLY GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT, GIVEN THAT IT'S LIKELY TO SHUT FIRST HOME BUYERS OUT OF THE MARKET? FOR THOSE CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS... I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOU CAN HAGGLE WITH BANKS. YOU CAN TALK TO TWO, THREE, EVEN FOUR BANKS. YOU CAN SEE WHICH ONE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BEST OFFER. BECAUSE WHILE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GREAT TIME TO BE BUYING, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE BORROWING. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. A 15-TON ROCK THAT'S NOW A VALUABLE SYMBOL OF THE CHRISTCHURCH QUAKES IS TONIGHT HEADING FOR ITS NEW HOME. THE BOULDER WHICH SMASHED INTO A HOME WILL NOW SIT ON TOP OF A SKI FIELD. MAX BANIA WITH THE MASSIVE MISSION TO GET IT THERE. IT'S CHRISTCHURCH'S MOST FAMOUS ROCK ` HALF AS HEAVY AS A 737 JET. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE BIT OF ROCK TO COME OUT OF THESE DEMOLITION ZONES IN CHRISTCHURCH. WHEN THE GIANT BOULDER CRASHED INTO THE HEATHCOTE VALLEY ON FEBRUARY 22ND, PHIL JOHNSON'S HOUSE WAS IN THE WAY. WE WERE JUST COMPLETELY SHOCKED. WE CAME UP HERE, AND THE BOULDER HAD BLOWN ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CREATED A HUGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. WITH HIS HOME A WRITE-OFF, HE AUCTIONED 'ROCKY' ON TRADEME, WHERE IT BECAME AN INTERNET HIT. 3000 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS LATER, THE TOP BID OF $50,000 WAS DONATED TO THE RED CROSS EARTHQUAKE APPEAL. THE ROCK'S ONLY ABOUT 1.8M TALL, BUT IT WEIGHS ABOUT 15 TONS, AND YOU GET A SENSE OF THE SPEED WITH WHICH IT CAME DOWN THE HILL AND THE FORCE WITH WHICH IT HIT BY THIS DIVOT IN WHAT USED TO BE THE GARAGE. IT TOOK SECONDS TO CRASH INTO THE HOUSE BUT FOUR HOURS TO REMOVE THE ROCK. THE HOUSE WAS ALL BUT DEMOLISHED TO ALLOW ACCESS. THEN A 50-TON CRANE WAS BROUGHT IN TO PULL ROCKY OUT. FINALLY, WITH IT SAFELY ABOARD THE TRUCK, THE LONG JOURNEY TO ITS NEW HOME ON MT HUTT SKI FIELD COULD BEGIN. ISN'T THERE SOME SAYING ABOUT PUSHING BOULDERS UPHILL? (CHUCKLES) YEAH, WELL, IT'S GONNA GO AND LOOK DOWN OVER THE CANTERBURY PLAINS, BUT GREAT SPOT TO GO, AND FANTASTIC TO GET IT UP THERE. BUT FIRST, ROCKY'S ROLLING INTO THE METHVEN PUB TONIGHT FOR A MEET AND GREET WITH THE LOCALS. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. ROYALTY'S TOPPED OFF CELEBRATIONS OF OUR VERY OWN MOUNTAIN MAN. THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILIP HELPING MARK 60 YEARS SINCE SIR EDMUND HILLARY AND SHERPA TENZING CONQUERED EVEREST. THEY WEREN'T THE ONLY SPECIAL GUESTS, AS ALEXI O'BRIEN REPORTS FROM LONDON. THE QUEEN'S USED TO BEING THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION, BUT THIS EVENT WAS ALL ABOUT EVEREST. HILLARY AND TENZING WERE WELCOMED AND CONGRATULATED BY THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION. 60 YEARS AFTER THAT EXPEDITION IN NEPAL, THE EXCITEMENT'S BEEN RELIVED HALF A WORLD AWAY IN LONDON. THE THING I SAID TO THE` THE DUKE IS, ACTUALLY, THAT I.. I-I REALLY WISH HE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SUCH A SPECIAL OCCASION. AND H-HE SAID, LOOKING UP, 'HE'S PROBABLY FLOATING AROUND UP THERE SOMEWHERE.' THE HILLARY FAMILY STILL LIVES AND BREATHES EVEREST. PETER'S JUST GOT BACK FROM THERE, AND LAST YEAR, HE TOOK HIS SONS TO THE MOUNTAIN. 29TH OF MAY IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR US AT HOME, AND, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME TO REFLECT BACK ON WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE. TENZING AND I HAVE BEEN CLIMBING TOGETHER A GREAT DEAL, AND I THINK WE'VE BECOME A FAIRLY, UH, HAPPY PAIR. THEIR SONS ALSO MAKE A HAPPY PAIR. TOGETHER THEY ATTENDED THE LAUNCH OF A BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR FATHERS' HISTORIC CLIMB. WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO. WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT OUR FATHERS HAVE DONE AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO LIVE THAT LEGACY. SUCH CELEBRATIONS ARE YET ANOTHER ENTRY INTO THE HILLARY HISTORY BOOKS, BUT IT'S A HISTORY THAT'S HAD SOME EDITING. YOU CAN BARELY SEE IT, BUT THAT'S, UM, EVEREST. PETER JACKSON WAS THE FIRST REPORTER TO INTERVIEW THE CLIMBERS AFTER THEIR ASCENT, AND WHEN HE SPOKE TO SIR ED... HE SAID THAT, UH, UH, HE WAS... HE WAS, UM, BLOODY LUCKY AT GETTING TO THE TOP. BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE... THEY MAY NOT WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE PRESS, SO I SAID I WOULD CHANGE IT TO 'DAMN'. TURNS OUT SIR ED'S MUM WASN'T SO PLEASED WITH THE LANGUAGE, BUT LIKE THE REST OF US, WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD HE KNOCKED THE BASTARD OFF. ALEXI O'BRIEN, ONE NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE DANGERS OF SURGERY. WHY YOUR CHANCES OF DYING ARE HIGHER AT THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK. RECOVERING WELL AFTER BEING FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET. THIS CHINESE BABY'S MOTHER OWNS UP AND TELLS POLICE WHAT HAPPENED. AND AN HISTORIC WALK DOWN THE AISLE, AND THE GROOM MAY NOW KISS THE GROOM. IT'S OUI OUI AT THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE IN FRANCE. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know you can get creative with your digital photos right from your smartphone? There are loads of free smartphone apps that make it fun and easy to transform your digital snaps into works of art. They let you add effects and adjust pictures before or even after you take them. You can make photos more dramatic, more colourful and vibrant. Or retro if you want to go for a vintage look. Here's an app I've downloaded. I can use it to take a new photo or open up any photo on this phone. But you can't beat a self-portrait. But you can't beat a self-portrait. CLICK! But you can't beat a self-portrait. CLICK! Now I can choose a style, give it a border, add a blur and adjust the contrast. Brilliant. When I'm done, I can even send it to friends straight from my smartphone. Have fun getting creative with your pictures by trying out some photography apps on your smartphone. I'll show you how to find and use a photo app at techinasec.co.nz A NEW STUDY SHOWS YOUR CHANCES OF DYING AFTER SURGERY ARE HIGHER IF YOU GO UNDER THE KNIFE AT THE END OF THE WORKING WEEK. THE BRITISH RESEARCH IS RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT WEEKEND STAFFING LEVELS IN HOSPITALS WORLDWIDE. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS. EACH TIME YOU'RE WHEELED OUT OF THEATRE, THERE'S A LESS THAN 1% CHANCE YOU MIGHT NOT SURVIVE. BUT THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL HAS NOW FOUND THE CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND YOU HAVE ELECTIVE SURGERY, THE RISKIER. IT'S A CONTRACT, REALLY. IF YOU COME TO US FOR YOUR SURGERY, AND WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU, AND I THINK PART AND PARCEL OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THE SURVEILLANCE IN THE POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD IS ABSOLUTELY TOP CLASS. THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL STUDY LOOKED AT MORE THAN FOUR MILLION ELECTIVE OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD. FOR SURGERY CARRIED OUT ON A MONDAY, THERE WERE 5.5 POST-OPERATIVE DEATHS PER 1000 PROCEDURES. BY THURSDAY, THAT FIGURE HAD RISEN TO SEVEN DEATHS. BY FRIDAY, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS WAS 8.2 PER 1000 ` A 44% JUMP. THAT'S RAISED CONCERNS OVER BRITISH HOSPITAL STAFFING LEVELS AT WEEKENDS. WE KNOW THAT SERVICES AT THE WEEKEND ARE NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THEY ARE IN MANY HOSPITALS DURING THE WEEK. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE UNAWARE OF ANY SIMILAR RESEARCH BEING CARRIED OUT HERE, BUT NZ HOSPITALS, LIKE OTHERS, DO HAVE FEWER STAFF AT WEEKENDS. EXPERTS SAY ONE SIMPLE SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR DHBS TO HIRE MORE STAFF FOR SEVEN-DAY COVER OR PAY MORE OVERTIME, BUT THAT, OF COURSE, WOULD COST ` A LOT. BUT DOCTORS HERE SAY ANY LOCAL CONCERN IS UNWARRANTED. I THINK IT'S WELL RECOGNISED THAT THE NHS HAS A WHOLE LOT OF UNIQUE PROBLEMS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY EXIST HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. MANY OF THE NHS DEATHS FOLLOWED PROCEDURES SUCH AS LUNG OR BOWEL SURGERY, SUGGESTING IT MAY BE JUST AS MUCH ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF CASES AS THE TIMING. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. A FORMER ALL BLACKS PHYSIO MISSING FOR EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN DECLARED DEAD BY THE CORONER. KAYE STEWART WAS LAST SEEN WALKING IN THE RIMUTAKA FOREST PARK NEAR WELLINGTON. HER FAMILY BELIEVES SHE WAS MURDERED. UH, SOMEBODY KILLED MY WIFE, UM, AND SOME DAY, UH, CLOSURE MIGHT COME FOR US WHEN HER REMAINS ARE FOUND. A DETECTIVE SERGEANT TOLD THE INQUEST VAST AREAS OF THE FOREST WERE SEARCHED IN 2005 BUT FAILED TO FIND ANY TRACE OF MRS STEWART, WHO WAS 62. POLICE SAY THE FILE WILL REMAIN OPEN. A WOMAN (22) WHO SECRETLY GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY THAT SURVIVED BEING FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET IN CHINA SAYS SHE DIDN'T COME FORWARD BECAUSE SHE CAN'T SUPPORT THE CHILD. THE MOTHER CLAIMS THE INFANT SLIPPED INTO THE SEWER LINE AFTER SHE UNEXPECTEDLY GAVE BIRTH ON THE TOILET. IT'S BELIEVED SHE RAISED THE INITIAL ALARM BUT DIDN'T ADMIT THE BABY WAS HERS UNTIL LATER. FIREFIGHTERS WORKED FOR TWO HOURS TO FREE THE INFANT, WHO'S DOING WELL IN HOSPITAL. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE WOMAN WILL FACE CHARGES. ADOPTING A BABY IS NOW ON THE WISH LIST OF TWO MEN WHO'VE MADE HISTORY IN FRANCE BY BECOMING THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO TIE THE KNOT. THE WEDDING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS LEGALISED. THE ISSUE'S SPARKED VIOLENT PROTESTS, AND THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AMID TIGHT SECURITY. BBC'S CHRISTIAN FRASER WAS AMONG THE GUESTS. GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS A DAY FOR PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES, AND YET A SERVICE FAMILIAR TO MANY. THE NUPTIALS WERE TRADITIONAL, HEARTFELT VOWS WERE EXCHANGED, AND THEN THE KISS. CHEERING, APPLAUSE ALL OF IT WAS GREETED WITH THE CHEERS AND TEARS OF FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS. GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST VINCENT AUTIN (40) AND CIVIL SERVANT BRUNO BOILEAU (29) ARE FRANCE'S FIRST GAY COUPLE TO MARRY ` FIVE YEARS SINCE THEY MET; 'IT WASN'T JUST OUR BIG DAY,' THEY SAID. 'IT WAS A DAY FOR GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES EVERYWHERE.' OUR COUNTRY MADE A STEP TO EQUALITY, SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR... FOR ALL CITIZEN IN FRENCH. IN FRANCE, SORRY. BUT NOT EVERYONE IN FRANCE APPROVES OF THESE VOWS THEY'VE TAKEN. THIS PAST WEEKEND, TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED AGAINST THIS BILL IN PARIS, THE DEMONSTRATIONS INFILTRATED BY AN INCREASINGLY VIOLENT EXTREME RIGHT. FRANCOIS HOLLAND MADE AN ELECTION PROMISE ` TO GIVE SAME-SEX COUPLES EQUAL RIGHTS IN MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION. IT PASSED WITH A HUGE MAJORITY. BUT IN TRYING TO SATISFY THE LEFT-WING IN HIS PARTY, HE'S ACCUSED OF STIRRING SOCIAL TENSIONS WHILE IGNORING THE SEVERE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY. SO JUBILATION IN SOME QUARTERS; CONSTERNATION IN OTHERS. THE HAPPY COUPLE WILL CELEBRATE TONIGHT, BUT NOT IN PUBLIC, AND IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, THEY MAY WELL NEED PROTECTION FOR SOME WEEKS TO COME. AND THEY MAY NEED THAT PROTECTION, WITH THEIR PROFILES MUCH HIGHER NOW AFTER THE CEREMONY WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON FRENCH TV. A TOWN IN ITALY'S IN CLEAN-UP MODE AFTER A TORNADO CAPTURED ON CAMERA LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. THE DRAMATIC MOBILE-PHONE VIDEO SHOWS DEBRIS BEING SUCKED INTO THE AIR. THE POWERFUL WINDS OVERTURNED VEHICLES AND DESTROYED MANY BUILDINGS, BUT THERE'VE BEEN NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. AND TORNADOES AND EXTREME WEATHER ARE STILL THREATENING A LARGE PART OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND. VIOLENT STORMS ARE RIPPING THROUGH TEXAS AND AS FAR NORTH AS NEBRASKA. ALMOST 30 TWISTERS WERE REPORTED IN KANSAS YESTERDAY, DAMAGING POWER LINES AND STRIPPING HOMES APART. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND DULL AND GREY FOR ONE SIDE, BLUE SKY FOR THE OTHER? YES, SIMON, CLOUDY IN THE WEST BUT SUNNY IN THE EAST, WITH HIGH PRESSURE BRINGING SETTLED WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. HOWEVER, THE WARMEST PLACE WAS IN THE NORTH DESPITE THE CLOUD THERE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR FORECAST FOR THE LONG WEEKEND RIGHT AFTER SPORT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` LOOKING SLY FOR THE KING OF POP ART. ANDY WARHOL GETS HIS 15 MINUTES OF FAME IN OUR ARTS CAPITAL. AND RUBBISH ART. THE RECYCLED DISPLAY THAT COST KIWI TAXPAYERS MORE THAN $500,000 IS REVEALED IN VENICE. 1 SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE NOW GRAPPLING WITH HOW THEY'LL MAKE THE CLOSURES AND MERGERS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY WORK. PART OF THE PLAN WILL SEE MORE THAN 400 INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS MOVING TO HIGH SCHOOLS. AS LISA DAVIES REPORTS, SOME ARE CONDEMNING THE TIGHT TIME FRAMES, OTHERS EMBRACING IT. THE LETTER THAT SPELT THE END FOR BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE. AND, TO MY HORROR, WHEN I TURNED OVER THE SECOND PAGE, I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A LETTER TO LINWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. IT WAS THE FINAL INSULT. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE MISTAKE. BECAUSE YOU'RE A SCHOOLTEACHER. CHUCKLES: PROBABLY. BUT TODAY, INSULTS ASIDE, SHE'S LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, FOCUSING HER CONCERNS ON HORNBY HIGH SCHOOL AND WHETHER IT WILL BE READY TO TAKE ON HER STUDENTS NEXT YEAR. UH, SIX MONTHS? NOT A HOPE. NOT A HOPE OF DOING IT PROPERLY. BUT THE HORNBY PRINCIPAL IS FAR FROM WORRIED. NO, I DON'T FEEL WE'VE BEEN DUMPED INTO IT. IN FACT, HE EMBRACES THE PLAN. IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S JUST BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE HAT. IT'S GOT A LOT OF, UH, SENSIBLE EDUCATIONAL THOUGHT BEHIND IT. COME NEXT YEAR, THERE WON'T BE SCHOOLBAGS LINED UP OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS AT BRANSTON INTERMEDIATE, BUT WHERE THE STUDENTS GO NEXT IS YET TO BE DECIDED BY PARENTS HERE DESPITE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. THE MAIN REASON THEY MAY SHUN HORNBY HIGH, A SOCIAL ONE. THE CHILDREN GET DRAWN INTO SOCIAL THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THEIR YEARS. SHE SAYS TO TRANSITION SUCCESSFULLY WOULD TAKE OVER TWO YEARS, BUT RICHARD EDMUNDSON DISAGREES. I WOULD NOT ARGUE AGAINST SOMETHING I THINK IS BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE IDEA STILL SINKING IN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS A LITTLE BIT UNSURE BECAUSE IF ALL THE KIDS COME IN, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF TENSION BETWEEN, SORT OF, THE OLDER KIDS AND THE YOUNGER KIDS. BUT I THINK, ALL AND ALL, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THIS PRINCIPAL WILL BE WATCHING THE TRANSITION CLOSELY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. ACT PARTY LEADER JOHN BANKS TODAY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF KNOWINGLY RECEIVING POLITICAL DONATIONS FROM KIM DOTCOM. THE CHARGE RELATES TO MR BANKS' FAILED AUCKLAND MAYORALTY BID IN 2010, WHERE HE FILED DOTCOM'S ELECTION DONATIONS AS ANNONYMOUS. THE PRIVATE PROSECUTION ARGUES MR BANKS KNEW THE $50,000 DONATION WERE FROM DOTCOM AND HIS COMPANY. IF FOUND GUILTY OF THE CHARGE, IT'S EXPECTED MR BANKS WOULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE PARLIAMENT. LABOUR'S ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT OF DOING A BACKROOM DEAL WITH SHELL OIL AFTER IT CHANGED THE LAW TO GIVE HARSHER PENALTIES TO DEEP-SEA PROTESTERS. LABOUR HAS DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE OIL COMPANY MET WITH THE GOVERNMENT LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE WORK BEGAN ON CHANGING THE LAW. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT TAKING A DIRECTION FROM A BIG CORPORATE INTEREST AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF NZERS. WE'VE HAD SKY CITY. WE'VE HAD WARNER BROTHERS. NOW WE'VE GOT SHELL. THE ENERGY MINISTER SIMON BRIDGES SAYS THE INDUSTRY WANTED TOUGHER RULES BUT MAINTAINS HE WASN'T LOBBIED BY OIL COMPANIES. DRIZZLE'S FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, HELPING MELT MUCH OF THE SNOW DUMPED IN THE REGION. BUT SOME OF THE HIGH COUNTRY FARMLAND IS STILL BLANKETED IN THICK SNOW. PARTS OF THE REGION, NEAR TAIHAPE AND WAIOURU, HAVE BARELY RECOVERED FROM THE DROUGHT, AND SNOW IS THE LAST THING THEY NEED. SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. SNOW IS STICKING AROUND ON THESE HIGH COUNTRY HILLS SOUTH OF WAIOURU. THE UNEXPECTED DUMPING CLOSED SCHOOLS AND ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THIS AREA WAS ONE OF THE WORST HIT. IT IS VERY CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING WHEN WE WOKE UP TO THIS, UH, REALLY HARD FROST, AND OF COURSE, YOU GET A FROST ON TOP OF THE SNOW, AND IT JUST SETS LIKE CONCRETE. THE SNOW'S MELTED ON THIS SUNNY FACE, BUT UNDERNEATH, THE GRASS IS STILL BROWN. IT HASN'T RECOVERED FROM THE DROUGHT. THE WINDOW HAS CLOSED, PERHAPS, FOR MOST OF THEM TO GROW EXTRA COVER GOING INTO THE WINTER. SO IT'S GONNA MAKE IT PRETTY TOUGH, UM, UNTIL THE SPRING ARRIVES. FURTHER NORTH IN OHAKUNE, FARMER KEN SU HAS SUPPLEMENTARY FEED ON HAND FOR STOCK. OH YEAH. NOW WE'RE PRETTY DRY. WE'RE ONE OF THE DRIEST WE'VE PROBABLY BEEN, YOU KNOW? WARREN PLIMMER SAYS HE'S ALSO RESORTED TO FEEDING OUT SUPPLEMENTS. WE'RE FEEDING MAIZE TO THE SHEEP AND, UH, WE'RE FEEDING SILAGE, UH, TO THE CATTLE. AND, UH, YES, IT MAKES` IT'S AN ADDED EXPENSE, AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK INVOLVED. AS FOR THE ROADS ACROSS THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, POLICE SAY THERE HAVEN'T BEEN TOO MANY PROBLEMS BUT WANT DRIVERS TO REMAIN CAUTIOUS. WITH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND JUST AROUND THE CORNER, ROADS ARE LIKELY TO GET BUSY. AND IF SNOW STICKS AROUND, FARMERS COULD BE TOO. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. THE ARTIST WHO COINED THE TERM ABOUT EVERYBODY HAVING THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME IS SET TO GET PLENTY OF ATTENTION IN THE CAPITAL. AN EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY ANDY WARHOL, THE KING OF POP ART, IS OPENING THIS WEEKEND. REBECCA EDWARDS GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW. THE COLOUR AND THE FACES. IT'S POP ART AT ITS ZENITH. MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN WARHOL'S WORK IN REPRODUCTION. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE IT IN THE FLESH. MORE THAN 150 PIECES OF ANDY WARHOL'S WORK HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THIS EXCLUSIVE TE PAPA EXHIBITION FOCUSING ON THE ARTIST'S OBSESSION WITH PEOPLE, FRIENDS, CELEBRITIES AND HIMSELF. THE WORK SPANS FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER AS A COMMERCIAL ARTIST IN THE 1950S THROUGH TO HIS FINAL PIECES MADE BEFORE HE DIED IN 1987. WHAT I'D LIKE IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF WARHOL'S WORK, TO FIND OUT A BIT ABOUT HIS OBSESSION WITH PEOPLE AND HOW THAT PLAYED OUT ACROSS, YOU KNOW, DRAWINGS, SCREEN TESTS, PAINTINGS, UM, AND... AND MAGAZINES, MTV EPISODES. SO REALLY GET A SENSE OF JUST HOW PROLIFIC HE WAS AND HOW HE WAS REALLY LEADING THE WAY IN TERMS OF ENGAGING WITH NEW MEDIA. THE EXHIBITION'S THE RESULT OF A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIRECTORS HERE AT TE PAPA AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT THE WARHOL MUSEUM IN PITTSBURGH. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A WARHOL EXHIBITION HAS BEEN HERE IN OVER A DECADE. OFTENTIMES, CURATORS WILL SAY THAT WARHOL'S GREATEST WORK OF ART WAS HIMSELF. HE REALLY CULTIVATED THIS, UH, THIS CULT OF PERSONALITY AROUND HIMSELF. AND ANYONE WHO COMES ALONG CAN HAVE THEIR OWN ANDY WARHOL EXPERIENCE. THIS SET-UP ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE YOUR VERY OWN SCREEN TEST JUST LIKE WARHOL DID IN THE 1960'S. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM SATURDAY. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE WIFE OF A POLICEMAN ACCUSED OF DRUG DEALING WAS IN COURT TODAY AS HE WAS FREED ON BAIL. FATHER-OF-FIVE PETER PAKAU'S BEEN RELEASED UNDER STRICT TERMS BUT WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN AUCKLAND NEXT WEEK. HE'S BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED DRUG RING RUN BY THE HEAD HUNTERS GANG. NEW RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONER DAME SUSAN DEVOY IS HOPING TO MEET NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHO PUBLISHED CARTOONS SOME ARE LABELLING RACIST. WHILE DAME SUSAN'S CALLING THE CARTOONS APPALLING AND INSENSITIVE, SHE SAYS THEY'RE NOT RACIST AND WON'T BE DEMANDING AN APOLOGY. ONE MAN'S RUBBISH IS ANOTHER MAN'S ART. YOU COULD SAY THAT ABOUT NZ'S ENTRY IN THE ART WORLD'S EQUIVALENT TO THE OLYMPICS, WHICH IS MADE UP OF RECYCLED MATERIAL. AND THE COSTLY INSTALLATION AT THE VENICE BIENNALE IS MAKING A STRONG IMPRESSION. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY IS IN VENICE. YOU CAN'T MISS SOME OF THE ART ON DISPLAY AT THE VENICE BIENNALE, BUT THIS IS THE OPENING MANY HAVE BEEN EAGERLY ANTICIPATING. PERCHED BESIDE A CANAL, INSIDE AN ORPHANAGE WHERE VIVALDI ONCE TAUGHT, BILL CULBERT IS EXPERIENCING A CAREER HIGH. OH, IT'S PRETTY BIG. PROBABLY AS BIG AS YOU'RE LIKELY TO GET. IT'S A BIT OF A... BIT OF A POWERHOUSE. THE INSTALLATION OF RECYCLED EVERYDAY ITEMS DIDN'T COME CHEAP ` $650,000 IN PUBLIC MONEY FROM CREATIVE NZ. 108 OF BILL CULBERT'S SUPPORTERS CHIPPED IN TO INCREASE THAT FIGURE TO $1M. NEARLY ALL SPENT KEEPING THIS PLACE OPEN FOR SIX MONTHS. SO HERE WE ARE ` VENICE. IT REEKS OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TOO FLASH ABOUT BILL CULBERT'S MATERIALS, LIKE THESE LIGHTPROOF MILK BOTTLES. HE SPOTTED THEM IN THE STAFFROOM AT CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY, PUT ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE FLUORESCENT TUBES THROUGH THE MIDDLE, AND THEY'RE PART OF ART HISTORY NOW. BILL CULBERT CLAIMS CLOSE TIES WITH CHRISTCHURCH. THIS PIECE, HUT, REFERS TO THE BASIC NEED FOR SHELTER MANY OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS HAVE FELT KEENLY THESE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT, FOR DECADES, HIS HOME HAS BEEN IN PROVENCE AND LONDON. BILL, YOU'VE EXCELLED YOURSELF. WOW, IT'S FANTASTIC. IT REALLY IS AMAZING. THAT'S FROM ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MEN IN CONTEMPORARY ART. HIS PRAISE WILL DRAW HUGE ATTENTION. HIS EYE IS A VERY SPECIAL EYE. IT'S AN EYE THAT CAN SEE IN A FRESH WAY. ITS MIND CAN USE THE DISCARDED IN A WORLD THAT ONLY VALUES THE NEW. NOW FRESH EYES WILL LOOK TO THIS ARTIST AND HIS WORK AND PERHAPS TO NZ. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, VENICE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE FRENCH ARRIVE? WE HEAR FROM THEIR COACH NEXT. A FAMILIAR FACE TOO. PLUS ` LOOKS WHO'S BACK IN TOWN. THE WORLD CUP-WINNING CAPTAIN MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO A RUGBY RETURN. HIS OLD ARCH-RIVAL RETURNS TO A CITY WITH MIXED FRENCH FORTUNES. FROM SELF-PROCLAIMED PYSCHO TO CALM AND, YES, SERENE. WHY THIS WILLIAMS KEEPS ON WINNING. ALL THE ACTION FROM ROLAND GARROS NEXT. AND HOW'S THIS FOR GERMAN EFFICIENCY? WHY THE FOOTBALL WORLD'S RAVING ABOUT THIS GOAL. If you think all home-loan rates are the same, check out ANZ's best-ever home-loan offer, with all the bells and whistles. 4.95% per annum one year fixed, plus $1000 cash on us. Conditions apply. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO INTERNATIONAL RUGBY, AND OUR OLD MATES THE FRENCH HAVE ARRIVED IN THE COUNTRY TO TAKE ON THE ALL BLACKS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THIERRY DUSAUTOIR AND HIS MEN HAVE BEEN BACK TO THESE SHORES SINCE THE WORLD CUP FINAL. AND IT'S A SPECIAL RETURN FOR THEIR COACH. THE FRENCH TEAM IS ABOUT TO PLAY A THREE-TEST SERIES HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY RELAXED. YOU KNOW, IT'S SUNNY, AND WE ARRIVED WELL. SO A FANTASTIC CHALLENGE FOR THE PLAYERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. SAINT-ANDRE HAS ONLY BEEN BACK TO EDEN PARK ONCE SINCE HE PLAYED ON THE WING... PHILIPPE SAINT ANDRE. ...AND STARTED THAT FAMOUS TRY FROM THE END OF THE WORLD NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. WHAT A SUPERB MOVEMENT! WHAT A TRY! ONE OF THE TIME GREAT TRIES! IT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. I DON'T THINK THE ALL BLACKS LOST SINCE 94. SO WE KNOW IT WILL BE VERY TOUGH. EVEN TOUGHER, THE FRENCH ARE STILL MISSING EIGHT PLAYERS, MOST OF THEM BACKS, IN ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND'S CLUB FINAL IN PARIS. THEY ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. IT'S A LONG SEASON FOR THE GUYS. IF THEY CAN CARRY ON, SO I THINK IT WILL BE A BIG TEST PHYSICALLY, BUT MENTALLY ALSO. FIVE PLAYERS IN THE PACK ARE RETURNING FROM THE WORLD CUP FINAL BUT ADD YOUNG TALENT, AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE ON THEIR TOES. THEY'RE CERTAINLY A FAR BETTER SCRUM SIDE NOW THAN WHAT THEY WERE AT THE WORLD CUP. AND, UM, UH, THEY'VE CERTAINLY CHANGED A FEW THINGS. MIKE CRON'S JOB IN THE NEXT WEEK WILL BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. TIGHTHEAD PROP OWEN FRANKS IS OUT OF THE CRUSADERS FOR A SECOND WEEK IN A ROW. IN REALITY, YOU CAN ONLY TRAIN THEM TWICE LEADING INTO THE FIRST TEST. YOU KNOW, TUESDAY, THURSDAY. AND YOU'VE GOTTA BE... YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH YOU GIVE THEM AS WELL. JUST OVER THREE HOURS AFTER THEY TOUCHED DOWN, THE FRENCH TRAINED AT ONEWA DOMAIN ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. DEPLETED BUT THEY MEAN BUSINESS IN THAT FRENCH SORT OF WAY. THE NZRU IS NEGOTIATING TO PLAY A TEST IN JAPAN AT THE START OF NOVEMBER'S END OF YEAR TOUR. IF IT GOES AHEAD, IT'LL BE THE FIRST OFFICIAL ALL BLACKS INTERNATIONAL IN JAPAN BUT COULD INVOLVE YOUNGER PLAYERS. SO RICHIE MCCAW AN UNLIKELY STARTER THERE, BUT HE HAS BEEN AT CRUSADERS TRAINING TODAY. DOES THIS MEAN HE'S ANY CLOSER TO PLAYING SUPER RUGBY IN JULY? HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. OFFICIALLY STILL ON HIS SABBATICAL, RICHIE MCCAW WAS OFF-LIMITS TO MEDIA TODAY, IF NOT THE YOUNGSTERS. THE 116-TEST VETERAN SET TO RETURN TO RUGBY IN A MONTH'S TIME. THERE'LL BE A RE INTRODUCTION BACK FOR RICHIE IN JULY LIKE, AROUND CLUB RUGBY OR SUPER RUGBY. IT'S REALLY AROUND HIS CHOICE. THERE'S NO, SORT OF, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HIM RETURNING TO THE CRUSADERS AT ALL. MCCAW'S KEPT HIMSELF BUSY DURING HIS SIX-MONTH BREAK, TURNING UP ON AMERICAN TV, IN A CANTERBURY RIVER OR TWO AND EVEN PUTTING HIS BODY ON THE LINE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTERS. NOW HE'S BACK TRAINING, THOUGH BLACKADDER BELIEVES HE'S STILL GOT PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. THERE'S NO WAY HE'D BE READY TO PLAY RUGBY AT THE MOMENT OR EVEN IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. SO WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, AND WHEN HE'S READY, HE'LL TELL US. SOMEONE WHO IS READY ` DOMINIC BIRD, THE ROOKIE SUPER 15 LOCK WHO'LL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE NAMED IN SUNDAY'S FIRST ALL BLACK SQUAD. HE HASN'T BEEN OVERWHELMED BY IT, AND, UM, HE'S TAKEN TO EVERYTHING WITH 110%. SO IF HE GETS THAT SHOT, HE'LL GIVE IT HIS ALL AND WILL DO HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY PROUD. THE 22-YEAR-OLD PUTTING HIS QUICK RISE DOWN TO A UNIQUE CRUSADERS ENVIRONMENT. IT'S JUST THAT COMPETITION AT TRAINING AND, UM, FEEDING OFF EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME THAT MAKES ALL OF US LIFT, I GUESS. BIRD HOPING TO LIFT HIS CRUSADERS TEAMMATES AGAINST THE WARATAHS TOMORROW NIGHT. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. A BOOST FOR THE BLUES WITH THEIR TALISMANIC NUMBER SEVEN LUKE BRAID CLEARED TO PLAY AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS ON SATURDAY. HE WAS IN DOUBT AFTER SUFFERING A GROIN INJURY AT TRAINING THIS WEEK. HOWEVER, WINGER GEORGE MOALA IS OUT BUT NOT FOR BREAKING TEAM PROTOCOL FOR A SECOND TIME THIS SEASON. YEAH, NO, HE DID, BUT IT WASN'T A SELECTION BREACH OF PROTOCOL, SO HE MISSED HIS REHAB AND A PROMO ON SUNDAY, SO HE'S BEEN SANCTIONED IN OTHER AREAS, LIKE THE WALLET. THE BIGGEST OF THE FIVE CHANGES TO THE STARTING SIDE IS THE RETURN OF BLINDSIDE FLANKER STEVEN LUATUA. BUT ANOTHER OF THE ALL BLACKS TRAINING GROUP, KEVEN MEALAMU, PLAYS OFF THE BENCH, BECAUSE OF HIS TIME AWAY IN CAMP. THEY SAY SPORTING SUCCESS IS ALL IN THE MIND. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN SERENA WILLIAMS MAY BE PROOF. THE WORLD TENNIS NUMBER ONE IS IN COMMANDING FORM AT THE FRENCH OPEN, SAYING HER 'PSYCHO SIDE' IS 'UNDER WRAPS'. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. SERENA WILLIAMS MIGHT HAVE BURIED HER PSYCHO SIDE, BUT HER PSYCHO SERVE IS VERY VISIBLE. WILLIAMS JUST A DIFFERENT LEAGUE OUT THERE. CONSECUTIVE CANNONS HELPING THE TOP SEED ANNIHILATE FRENCH WILDCARD CAROLINE GARCIA (19) 6-1, 6-2 IN BARELY AN HOUR. JUST TOO GOOD, ISN'T IT? WINNERS, ACES, UNRETURNABLES TO ALL PARTS OF THE COURT. CAROLINE GARCIA HAS NOT PLAYED POORLY, JUST BEEN OUTCLASSED. MORE WORRYING FOR WILLIAMS' FUTURE OPPONENTS IS ANOTHER CHARACTER TRAIT THE 31-YEAR-OLD CALLS 'SUMMER' ` AN IMAGINARY ASSISTANT WHO APPARENTLY LIVES INSIDE HER AND IS ORGANISED AND EFFECTIVE. A 26-MATCH WINNING STREAK THE EVIDENCE. I THINK THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST SHE'S EVER LOOKED, SERENA WILLIAMS. THE AMERICAN'S DEMOLITION JOB ENDING LOCAL HOPES OF A HAT-TRICK OF FRENCH WINS FOLLOWING SUCCESS IN THE MEN'S DRAW. GAEL MONFILS, IN BLUE, THRILLING THE CROWD WITH HIS DEFT SKILLS IN A SECOND TIE-BREAK AGAINST LATVIA'S ERNESTS GULBIS EN ROUTE TO A THREE SETS TO ONE VICTORY. CROWD CHEERS EPIC SET FINISHED ON AN EPIC POINT. FELLOW COUNTRYMAN JO-WILFRIED TSONGA MORE POWER THAN POISE IN TAKING OUT FINLAND'S JARKKO NIEMENEN IN STRAIGHT SETS WITH THE 20TH SHOT OF MATCH POINT. CROWD CHEERS AND A WELL-PLAYED MATCH POINT. EVEN MORE EMPHATIC, ROGER FEDERER'S CRUSHING OF INDIA'S SOMDEV DEVVARMAN. THE THIRD SEED ENJOYING HIS 56TH WIN AT ROLAND GARROS. TWO OFF THE RECORD SET BY GUILLERMO VILAS IN 1977. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. ALL WHITES FOOTBALLER JEREMY BROCKIE IS SETTLING INTO HIS NEW ROLE WITH TORONTO FC EVEN IF HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO HELP THE TEAM TO A WIN YET. BROCKIE PLAYED HIS SECOND GAME FOR THE CLUB OVER THE WEEKEND. HIS TEAM DEFEATED 2-0 BY NEW ENGLAND. TORONTO HAS NOW HAD FIVE CONSECUTIVE LOSSES AND NINE GAMES WITHOUT VICTORY, BUT BROCKIE HAS FAITH IN KIWI COACH RYAN NELSEN. HE'S DEFINITELY THE MAN FOR THE JOB. HE'S PLAYED FOR NZ FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. WE'RE USUALLY UNDER THE PUMP IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SO HE'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS KEEPS A GOOD CHANGING ROOM TOGETHER, A POSITIVE AND CONFIDENT MOOD THROUGH THE BOYS. TORONTO IS CURRENTLY COMING SECOND TO LAST IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE. LAST YEAR THEY FINISHED LAST. ONE TEAM NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS SCORING IS GERMANY, TAKING JUST NINE SECONDS TO FIND THE BACK OF THE NET AGAINST ECUADOR. LUKAS PODOLSKI MAKES IT GERMANY 1, EQUADOR NIL. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE START FOR GERMANY. ONLY MARGINALLY SLOWER THAN THE FASTEST GOAL EVER SCORED IN A FIFA-SANCTIONED MATCH, WHICH TOOK JUST 8.3 SECONDS. GERMANY WON 4-2. DESPITE BEING ACCUSED OF COPYING GERMANY WITH THEIR NEW STRIP, ENGLAND WEREN'T PLAYING LIKE THEM AS THEY TOOK ON IRELAND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS. THE GAME ENDED IN A ONE ALL DRAW FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN A ROW. THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS DEPART ON SATURDAY FOR CRUCIAL TOURNAMENTS IN EUROPE. AMONG THEM A PAIR FACING SEVERAL CHALLENGES. KIMBERLEE DOWNS EXPLAINS. I CAN'T DO THOSE TRICKS. (CHUCKLES) TAKING ON THE WORLD'S BEST IS NO EASY FEAT. SO FOR THIS BLACK STICKS COUPLE, ANY COMPETITION IS STRICTLY WITH THE OPPOSITION. PROBABLY A GOOD THING. YEAH. (CHUCKLES) THEY OUGHT TO KNOW. SAMANTHA CHARLTON AND MARCUS CHILD ARE NEARING THE TWO-YEAR MARK IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY'RE OFF TO A MAJOR TOURNAMENT TOGETHER ` WELL, KIND OF. WE'LL PROBABLY ACTUALLY SEE EACH OTHER EVEN LESS OVER THERE THAN WE WOULD HERE, TO BE HONEST. (CHUCKLES) 'OVER THERE' IS THE WORLD LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS IN HOLLAND. WHILE CHARLTON'S BEEN TO SEVERAL BIG TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING THE LONDON OLYMPICS, THIS IS CHILD'S FIRST. IF YOU THOUGHT SHE'D HAVE PLENTY OF ADVICE, THINK AGAIN. HE'S PROBABLY BETTER AT HOCKEY THAN I AM, TO BE HONEST, SO I THINK HE'LL BE FINE. EVEN SO, THE MEN GO TO ROTTERDAM WITH MORE TO PROVE AFTER A SERIES DRUBBING BY KOREA. ^ THEY WERE VERY TIGHT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOAL IN IT FOR MOST OF THE TIME. WE DID IMPROVE A LOT, SO THINGS ARE LOOKING ALL RIGHT. HERE'S HOPING. FOR BOTH SIDES, A TOP-THREE FINISH MEANS WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION. IT JUST TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF THE REST OF THE YEAR FOR US. IF WE DON'T QUALIFY AT THE WORLD LEAGUE TOURNAMENT, THEN WE HAVE TO WIN OCEANIA CUP AGAINST AUSTRALIA, AND THEY'RE NEVER AN EASY TEAM FOR US. HOCKEY WON'T BE THE ONLY FOCUS, THOUGH. THE PLANE RIDE OVER THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STUDYING AND NOT A LOT OF SLEEPING FOR ME, UNFORTUNATELY. THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR SITS RIGHT IN THE PAIR'S UNIVERSITY EXAM WINDOW. CHARLTON'S SCIENCE DEGREE AND CHILD'S CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ARE JUST TWO MORE CHALLENGES FOR A YOUNG COUPLE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. VERY BUSY COUPLE. GOOD LUCK TO THEM AFTER THE BREAK ` RENEE'S GOT A HINT OF WHAT THE WEATHER WILL BE LIKE If you think all home-loan rates are the same, check out ANZ's best-ever home-loan offer, with all the bells and whistles. 4.95% per annum one year fixed, plus $1000 cash on us. Conditions apply. HI, EVERYONE. FRESH AND FROSTY IN MANY PLACES THIS MORNING. MOLESWORTH THE COLDEST ` DROPPING TO MINUS 6 DEGREES. MINUS-5 ON THE DESERT ROAD. MINUS-4 IN PUKAKI AND TAUPO. MINUS-3 IN ROTORUA AND QUEENSTOWN. MOSTLY CLEAR OVER NZ, THANKS TO A LOVELY BIG HIGH. FRONTAL CLOUD LIES ALONG THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA. HIGH CLOUD CAN BE SEEN UP TOWARDS THE TROPICS, ASSOCIATED WITH A SUB-TROPICAL JETSTREAM. A TROUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE NORTH-WEST OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY GETS NUDGED NORTH-EASTWARDS TONIGHT BY THE RIDGE. THAT HIGH MIGRATES NORTHWARDS TOMORROW, CONTINUING THE SETTLED SPELL ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. MEANWHILE, THE SOUTH ISLAND GETS A VISIT FROM A COUPLE OF RAIN MAKERS DRIFTING IN FROM THE TASMAN SEA. RAIN IN THE WEST WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY AND THUNDERY FALLS. CLOUDY IN THE SOUTH WITH SOME RAIN FOR OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND. FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD ELSEWHERE, AND EARLY FROSTS AFFECTING NORTHERN DISTRICTS. WESTERLY WINDS. CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE WEST, AND THE ODD SHOWER NORTH OF ABOUT WANGANUI. MAINLY FINE FOR REMAINING PARTS, AND EARLY FROSTS IN SHELTERED SPOTS. AFTER LUNCH, ANY REMAINING SHOWERS CLEARING NORTH-WESTERN PARTS, AND FINE SPELLS INCREASING. WEST TO NORTH-WEST WINDS. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IS YOUR WEATHER. KAREN'S BACK TOMORROW. HAVE A GOOD ONE. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY. FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT.