GOOD EVENING. SOME HEAVY RAIN FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, WITH MORE TO COME TOMORROW. NICER OVER THE NORTH ISLAND UNDER THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN IS HEADING AND WHERE THE WIND GUSTS COULD REACH A DAMAGING 120KM/H. 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. OUT OF CONTROL ` FIRES ARE BURNING AT SPRING HILL CORRECTIONS FACILITY. ARMED POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE. PERCHED ON THE EDGE OF DISASTER. WELLINGTON RESIDENTS ROUSED FROM THEIR BEDS AS THE LAND SLIPS AWAY BENEATH THEM. ROBERT MULDOON BACK IN THE POLITICAL LIMELIGHT. CAN THIS FORMER PRIME MINISTER HURT THE PRESENT ONE? AND MORE DEADLY TORNADOS SLAM INTO STORM-RAVAGED OKLAHOMA. AS WE GO TO AIR, A PRISON RIOT CONTINUES AT THE SPRING HILL CORRECTIONS FACILITY IN NORTH WAIKATO. THE MAIN BLOCK IS ON FIRE, AND PRISONERS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT. 27 PRISONERS ARE CAUSING DAMAGE IN TWO DIFFERENT CELL BLOCKS. SMOKE IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AT THE SCENE. JOINING US FROM OUTSIDE THE PRISON NOW IS MATT MCLEAN, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND THERE ALL AFTERNOON. MATT, WHAT IS THE LATEST? This is as close as I can take you to the prison. That's because the riot is still developing. We had a chopper in the air to bring you the latest pictures. 27 prisoners began rioting around midday today. They lit fires within the cell block courtyards. Black smoke has been billowing ever since. We understand that the fire and riots a related the game tensions within the prison. Officials say their main concern is the fire that continues to blaze and making sure the prisoners are accounted for. WHAT DO CORRECTIONS HAVE TO SAY? They won't tell us what the plan is to get the riots under control. They did say that at no stage has the public or correction staff been under threat. Yesterday afternoon I was at Spring Hill prison watching their men's choir perform. Quite a contrast between today and yesterday. THANKS, MATT MCLEAN, LIVE FROM OUTSIDE SPRING HILL CORRECTIONS FACILITY. AROUND A HUNDRED RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES IN SEVERAL WELLINGTON STREETS AFTER A MASSIVE LANDSLIP THIS MORNING. IT IS BELIEVED BLOCKED PIPES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DISASTER. THE SLIP HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURB OF KINGSTON SOON AFTER 4 THIS MORNING. RENEE GRAHAM JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM A STREET BELOW THE SLIP. Here at the bottom of the slip you can see tons of mud, Bush and debris. It all came down from the street perched about 30 m above me where houses have been evacuated. QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND FOR THESE RESIDENTS IS A WASHOUT. TWO HOUSES HANG OFF THE EDGE OF A LANDSLIP, OTHERS UNDERMINED. IT WAS JUST LIKE MUDDY WATER, AND THEN YOU COULD HEAR TREES FALLING. AND AS SOON AS I SAW THIS HAPPENING, I SAID TO THE BOYS, 'GET DRESSED. WE'RE OUT OF HERE.' THE SLIP IS ABOUT 150M LONG AND 40M WIDE. HOUSES ARE TEETERING ON THE EDGE. WHOLE BACKYARDS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. BALCONY PILLARS ARE SUSPENDED MID-AIR AND CONCRETE PATHS AND PIPES SNAPPED IN HALF HANG FROM THE CLIFF. IT SORT OF SUNK DOWN LIKE A HOLE OF A VOLCANO. THE LANDSLIP CAME DOWN FROM PRISCILLA CRESCENT, FORCING RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES AT 4.30 THIS MORNING. OTHERS ON BRETON GROVE HAD TO LEAVE, AS DID RESIDENTS BELOW THE SLIP, IN A MORTON STREET REST HOME. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE SLIP, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH SEWERAGE OR WASTE WATER PIPES. AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PIPE BLOCKED, AND SURCHARGED AND CREATED SOME LEAKAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. THE COUNCIL WAS PROMISING A FULL INVESTIGATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING BACK AT THOSE RECORDS AS FAR AS THEY EXIST ` FROM THE 1970S ` SEE WHETHER IT WAS FILL; WHAT THE ISSUES ARE ABOUT SLOPE STABILITY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OVER THE YEARS, A LOT OF GROUND SEEPAGE HAS BUILT UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GULLY HERE. RESIDENTS SAY THEY CALLED THE COUNCIL LAST NIGHT ABOUT A LEAKING WATER PIPE. BUT THE COUNCIL SAYS THE LEAK WAS TOO SMALL TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THE SLIP. IT DOES SAY NOISES COMING FROM THIS RESIDENT'S TOILET COULD BE LINKED TO IT. I WOKE UP ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, AND I HEARD A BUBBLING SOUND IN MY TOILET. THE WATER'S JUST BUBBLING LIKE... (IMITATES BUBBLES). IF WE ARE LIABLE, WE FACE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. IF WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN ANY WAY TO THIS SITUATION, THE COUNCIL WILL ADDRESS THESE RESPONSIBILITIES. ASOFA MASASE AND HIS FAMILY ARE TONIGHT SLEEPING IN A HOTEL. IT'S POSSIBLE THEY'LL NEVER TO RETURN TO LIVE IN THEIR PRISCILLA STREET HOME. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. What steps are being taken to stabilise the earth? There is rain forecast for Monday, and the council says that's a concern. They've worked quickly to divert sewerage flows away to ease the pressure on the slide. THANKS, RENEE GRAHAM, LIVE FROM KINGSTON. AND IT'S GOING TO BE DAYS BEFORE SOME RESIDENTS FIND OUT WHEN THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES OR WHETHER THE HOMES WILL BE CONDEMNED. SARAH BRADLEY REPORTS. LOVELY HAVING YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE HUNTLEIGH REST HOME STAFF FAREWELLED THEIR UNEXPECTED GUESTS, WHO'D BEEN RUSHED OUT OF THE KILMARNOCK IN THE EARLY HOURS. WHEN THEY TOLD US THE HOUSE WAS TIPPING OVER ON THE BANK ABOVE THE KILMARNOCK, ON THE BANK ABOVE THE KILMARNOCK, WE JUST WONDERED IF WE'D HAVE TIME TO GET OUT. THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO RETURN HOME THIS AFTERNOON, BUT OTHERS WERE NOT SO LUCKY. THERE ARE TWO ARE WELL AND TRULY UNDERMINED BY THE SLIP, SO WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE. I'M STANDING ON THE DECK OF ONE OF THE SIX HOUSES WHOSE OCCUPANTS ARE ALLOWED TO COME BACK FOR 10 MINUTES TO GET THEIR BELONGINGS. IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE THE COUNCIL UP TO A WEEK TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THE HOUSES ARE SAFE TO BE LIVED IN AGAIN. BUT THE TWO MOST BADLY DAMAGED HOUSES LOOK THE MOST LIKELY TO BE CONDEMNED. POLICE ASSISTED DISPLACED RESIDENTS TO COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS. I AM GOING TO MY SON'S PLACE, YEAH. THE EVACUATION WENT SMOOTHLY, BUT PEOPLE WERE STILL SHAKEN. WE HAVE A NEIGHBOUR JUST NEXT TO US, AND THEY THOUGHT ONE OF OUR PINE TREE WAS FALLING ON TOP OF OUR HOUSES, SO HE RUNS DOWN AND SAYS, 'WAKE UP. HAVE A LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING.' THEY SAY LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE, BUT TWO BROTHERS EVACUATED TODAY HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN 2006, WHEN A MASSIVE SLIP LEFT SOME HUTT VALLEY HOMES TEETERING. OUR OLD HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY ON THAT STREET, SO... (LAUGHS) TWICE? MAYBE IT'S YOU GUYS. MAYBE. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS PLEASANT NEIGHBOURHOOD WILL STILL BE CALLED HOME BY THESE DISPLACED RESIDENTS. SARAH BRADLEY, ONE NEWS. GREEN PARTY CO-LEADER RUSSELL NORMAN'S COME OUT FIRING AT THE PARTY'S CONFERENCE IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. IN A PERSONAL ATTACK, HE LIKENED JOHN KEY TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER ROBERT MULDOON, CALLING HIM AN UNDEMOCRATIC BULLY. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. JOHN KEY AND ROB MULDOON ` TWO NATIONAL PRIME MINISTERS. BUT ACCORDING TO GREENS CO-LEADER RUSSELL NORMAN, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY SIMILARITY. HE MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MULDOON, BUT HE SURE AS HELL IS ACTING LIKE HIM. THIS PERSONAL ATTACK, WHICH INCLUDED CALLING JOHN KEY A BULLY, WAS A CHANGE IN STYLE FOR THE GREENS IN A SPEECH THAT TALKED OF CRONYISM, CITING THE CONTROVERSIAL SKY CITY CONVENTION CENTRE DEAL, THE DECISION TO ALLOW BATHURST MINING ACCESS TO MINE THE DENNISTON PLATEAU, AND A LOSS OF DEMOCRACY IN CHRISTCHURCH AS EXAMPLES. ROBERT MULDOON WOULD RECOGNISE THIS GOVERNMENT. IT IS ONE AFTER HIS OWN HEART, EXCEPT IT HAS BETTER SPIN DOCTORS AND A SMILIER DISPOSITION. CROWD APPLAUDS APPLAUSE FOR THE GREENS HEAD AS HE WENT ON THE ATTACK WITH THIS REPEATED MANTRA. I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTING IN THE BEEHIVE. LAST WEEK'S DISMAL POLITICAL POLL RESULT WAS PERHAPS MOTIVATION FOR HIS TIRADE. THE GREENS' POPULARITY SLUMPED TO SINGLE DIGITS FROM 13% TO JUST 9% ` POSSIBLY MOTIVATION FOR A CHANGE IN TACTIC JUST 18 MONTHS FROM AN ELECTION. HOWEVER, DESPITE TODAY'S SCATHING ATTACK, SHOULD NATIONAL GAIN A THIRD TERM, NORMAN WOULDN'T RULE OUT A COALITION. HE'S BECOME A VERY DIVISIVE FIGURE IN NZ POLITICS, SO IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THAT WILL WORK OUT WELL, BUT WE'VE GOT AN OPEN MIND ABOUT IT. ABOUT WORKING WITH A PARTY HE TODAY CLAIMED WAS RULED BY A MULDOON-LIKE BULLY. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. A NEW SERIES OF TORNADOS HAVE SWEPT THROUGH OKLAHOMA, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURING DOZENS MORE. AMONG THE DEAD ARE A MOTHER AND BABY, KILLED AS THEIR CAR FLIPPED WHEN A TWISTER SWEPT OVER A GRIDLOCKED MOTORWAY. THE ABC'S TAHMAN BRADLEY REPORTS. STORM CLOUDS BLACKEN THE SKY OVER OKLAHOMA CITY, WHERE AT LEAST THREE TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED. WE'VE GOT TO BACK OUT OF IT. TWIN TWISTERS WERE SEEN TEARING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA LANDSCAPE. A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SPAWNED SEVERAL TORNADOES, AND IT PUMMELLED SUBURBS WEST AND EAST OF OKLAHOMA. THE STORM HAS BROUGHT HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL. THAT IS JUST A PARKING LOT. A MOTHER AND HER BABY WERE KILLED IN THEIR CAR. THESE CARS WERE SWAMPED BY FLOODWATERS, AND THIS TRACTOR TRAILER WAS OVERTURNED. OVERNIGHT, THERE WERE 16 TORNADO REPORTS IN THREE STATES, THIS ONE NEAR BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA. MAN: THERE IT IS! RIGHT THERE! BESIDE US! GET UNDERGROUND! WOMAN: OH MY GOSH. THAT'S JUST SO CRAZY. OUR DOG WAS DISORIENTED, AND HE WAS GOING IN CIRCLES, AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET HIM IN THE ROOM WITH US. AND FINALLY AFTER THE TORNADO WENT OVER, THEN I WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN THE MOST ACTIVE OF THE SEASON ` MORE THAN A THOUSAND SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS JUST IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. THE STORMS ARE BRINGING TORRENTIAL RAINS TO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST THIS WEEK. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN AFFECTED AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY OVER-SATURATED. OFFICIALS SAY UP TO 80,000 PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY ARE WITHOUT POWER. THE SECOND MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A SOLDIER IN LONDON HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL INTO POLICE CUSTODY. IT COMES AS DRUMMER LEE RIGBY'S FAMILY CALLED FOR CALM AMID REPORTS OF A RISE IN ANTI-MUSLIM INCIDENTS SINCE THE ATTACK. ALEXI O'BRIEN HAS MORE. NINE DAYS AGO, THESE STREETS WERE STAINED WITH BLOOD. NOW A CARPET OF FLOWERS STRETCHES ALONG THE ROAD, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL MAKING THE PILGRIMAGE TO WOOLWICH TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO MURDERED SOLDIER LEE RIGBY. TODAY THE QUEEN JOINED THEM. FANFARE PLAYS IT WAS A VISIT ORGANISED MONTHS AGO TO VIEW THE HORSE YARDS AT THE BARRACKS, BUT SHE CHANGED HER PLANS TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO KNEW LEE RIGBY. TODAY ONE OF THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF HIS MURDER, MICHAEL ADEBOLAJO, HAS BEEN MOVED FROM HOSPITAL AND INTO POLICE CUSTODY FOR QUESTIONING. TWO OTHER MEN WERE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ILLEGALLY SUPPLYING FIREARMS. ACROSS TOWN, AN INCREASE INTO LEE RIGBY'S DEATH BEGAN, BUT WITH CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS STILL UNDERWAY, IT WAS ADJOURNED AFTER JUST 15 MINUTES. DURING THE BRIEF HEARING, THE COURT HEARD MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY. LEE RIGBY WAS RETURNING TO THE BARRACKS WHEN A CAR SWERVED ACROSS THE ROAD, HITTING HIM. TWO MEN GOT OUT AND STARTED ATTACKING HIM WITH A KNIFE AND A MEAT CLEAVER. LEE RIGBY LATER HAD TO BE IDENTIFIED BY A FORENSIC DENTAL EXPERT. CHANTING THE SOLDIER'S MURDER HAS IGNITED RIGHT-WING ANGER AGAINST MUSLIMS, WITH MORE PROTESTS PLANNED THIS WEEKEND, AND HIS FAMILY IS PLEADING FOR CALM, SAYING, IN A STATEMENT,... WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T ALLOW EXTREMIST GROUPS ` FROM WHICHEVER FRINGE ` TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITIES. WE'VE GOT TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. A MESSAGE THEY HOPE WILL EASE THE TENSION ON THESE SOUTH LONDON STREETS. ALEXI O'BRIEN, ONE NEWS, LONDON. OUR LATEST POLL SHOWS PEOPLE ARE FEELING PRETTY HO-HUM ABOUT THE BUDGET BUT THINK THE ECONOMY IS SET TO PICK UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR. � OF THE PEOPLE WE SURVEYED SAY THE BUDGET MADE NO REAL DIFFERENCE TO THEIR POCKETS. HERE'S DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH. THE FINANCE MINISTER'S SERVED UP HIS BUDGET FOR 2013. NOW HE'S OUT SELLING IT. IN OUR LATEST POLL, WE ASKED, 'DOES THE BUDGET LEAVE YOU BETTER OFF, ABOUT THE SAME OR WORSE OFF?' 70% SAY THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME; ONLY 6% SAY THEY'RE BETTER OFF. THE REST WERE UNSURE. WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AFTER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. 68% ANSWERED, 'ABOUT THE SAME'; 22% FELT WORSE OFF; ONLY 3% FELT BETTER OFF; 7% WERE UNSURE. THE FINANCE MINISTER HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR DELIVERING A PREDICTABLE BUDGET, BUT HE DOESN'T SEE THAT AS A BAD THING. WE'RE MORE ABOUT GETTING THE JOB DONE THAN ABOUT, UM, MAKING IT EXCITING. LABOUR SAYS NZERS ARE SICK OF WAITING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER. IT'S ALWAYS, UH, CAKE TOMORROW; LEAN RATIONS FOR TODAY. WE ALSO WANTED PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE. WE ASKED... 55% THINK THE ECONOMY WILL BE BETTER; 26% THINK THE ECONOMY WILL BE WORSE; AND 19% SAY IT WILL STAY THE SAME. 26% THINK THE ECONOMY WILL BE WORSE; AND 19% SAY IT WILL STAY THE SAME. IT SHOWS PEOPLE ARE FEELING MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THE ECONOMY. IN FACT, IT'S THE MOST UPBEAT RESULT SINCE THE MIDDLE OF 2010. IT INDICATED THAT WE'RE ON TRACK, AND PEOPLE HAVE` ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. LABOUR SAYS THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT EVENTUALLY RECESSIONS RUN OUT AND THE ECONOMY WILL IMPROVE. BILL ENGLISH JUST HOPES IT WILL IMPROVE IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. COMING UP IN THE NEWS HOUR ` ANOTHER CHARITY LOOKS AT SHUTTING UP SHOP, AND THIS TIME KIWI TEENAGERS WILL LOSE OUT. AT HOME WITH THE MUGABES ` THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT SHOWS HIS SOFTER SIDE AS THE CAMERAS ROLL. AND THEY WERE THE PIPPA MIDDLETONS OF THEIR DAY ` WE MEET THE ARISTOCRATIC BEAUTIES WHO ALMOST STOLE THE SHOW AT THE QUEEN'S CORONATION. A NON-PROFIT GROUP THAT TEACHES TEENAGERS LIFE SKILLS IS LOOKING AT SHUTTING UP SHOP AFTER 22 YEARS BECAUSE OF TROUBLE FINDING FUNDING. THE SQUEEZE COMES AS KEY SOURCES OF GRANT FUNDING FOR SMALL CAUSES DWINDLE. WILL HINE REPORTS. A WEEK IN 2009 CHANGED BEN SMITH'S LIFE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A REALLY ROUGH TIME WITH IT, AND I WAS ONE OF THEM, AND IT JUST WAS A GAME-CHANGER. ALL SING: # COUNT ON YOU LIKE FOUR, THREE, TWO. YOU'LL BE THERE. # THE 19-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS TO DISCOVER THE DISCOVERY FOUNDATION, WE TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL COHORTS WHERE THIS PUT THIS FACADE UP TO SAY, 'I'VE GOT TO ACT IN A PARTICULAR WAY,' AND THEY DROP THAT AWAY AND THEY LEARN TO COMMUNICATE, AND AT THE END OF IT THEY RECONNECT WITH THEIR FAMILIES. ALL APPLAUD THE NON-RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION IS ALL ABOUT HELPING WITH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. IT RUNS OUT OF THIS HUMBLE OFFICE, AND ITS BOARD MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS. BUT NOW THE GROUP'S IN A FINANCIAL TANGLE, FINDING IT HARDER THAN EVER TO GET GRANTS. IT'S 22 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN SERVING FAMILIES OF NZ, AND TO FINALLY BE IN THIS POSITION IN WHICH WE HAVE TO LOOK TO OUR FUTURE IS QUITE DISTURBING. IT'S QUITE DISTRESSING, ACTUALLY. DISCOVERY'S ONE OF 26,000 REGISTERED CHARITIES ` A NUMBER THAT'S GROWN ALMOST A TENTH SINCE 2009. BUT SOME OF THE FUNDING THE SMALL CAUSES RELY ON IS FALLING, GENERAL FUNDING IS DRYING UP. PROCEEDS FROM POKIES HAVE FALLEN BY $80M. THAT'S A QUARTER SINCE 2007, WHILE LOTTERY GRANTS HAVE DROPPED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AFTER ALMOST A DECADE OF INCREASES. IN A GOOD YEAR, THE TWO SOURCES CONTRIBUTE ABOUT $450M TO WORTHY CAUSES. NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING EITHER, DISCOVERY'S NOW RESORTING TO THE WEB TO BOOST PERSONAL DONATIONS THOSE IT'S HELPED BEFORE ARE WATCHING ON... FRIENDS I'VE MADE ON THAT COURSE ARE SOME OF THE ONES I'LL HAVE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE. ...AND HOPEFUL THE FOUNDATION CAN STAY AFLOAT, AMID STIFF COMPETITION FOR THE CHARITY DOLLAR. WILL HINE, ONE NEWS. AN AUCKLAND MAN SAYS THE SPCA IS WRONG TO THREATEN HIM WITH LEGAL ACTION OVER A CAT SKIN HE SOLD ON THE AUCTION SITE TRADE ME. GAVIN WILKINSON SHOT THE FERAL CAT HUMANELY BECAUSE IT WAS KILLING BIRDS HE RAISES ON HIS RURAL PROPERTY. BUT THE SPCA SAYS HE MAY FACE CHARGES. I FIND THERE'S A LOT OF IGNORANCE IN PEOPLE, UM, WITH CATS. I MEAN, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY REALISE WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE THEY DO. I MEAN, I HAVE HAD FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE WITH FERAL CATS, AND, YEAH, THEY` I DON'T THINK SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THESE ANIMALS DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CAT SKIN SOLD ON TRADE ME FOR $70. THE US AND GERMANY HAVE CALLED ON RUSSIA NOT TO SUPPLY SYRIA'S MILITARY WITH AN ADVANCED MISSILE SYSTEM, SAYING IT COULD PROLONG THE CONFLICT THERE AND PUT ISRAEL'S SECURITY AT RISK. IT COMES AS SHELLING CONTINUES IN THE KEY SYRIAN TOWN OF QUSAIR, WHERE GOVERNMENT FORCES, BACKED BY HEZBOLLAH MILITANTS, HAVE LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE. ACTIVISTS REPORT UP TO 800 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING. TURKEY IS BRACING FOR A SECOND DAY OF PROTESTS AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND DEMONSTRATORS LEFT DOZENS INJURED IN ISTANBUL. THE PROTEST BEGAN AS A SIT-IN RALLY OVER GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REDEVELOP A PARK INTO A SHOPPING MALL, BUT ESCALATED AND BECAME VIOLENT AFTER POLICE USED TEARGAS AND WATER CANNON. MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, AND NOW ANTI-GOVERNMENT RALLIES HAVE SPREAD TO OTHER TURKISH CITIES. PRIME MINISTER RECEP ERDOGAN HAS STRESSED HE'S DETERMINED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, RAISING CONCERNS HIS GOVERNMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN. FOUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED IN A HOTEL BLAZE IN THE US CITY OF HOUSTON. THE FIRE STARTED IN A SPORTS BAR AND QUICKLY ENGULFED A NEIGHBOURING HOTEL. AS THE FLAMES CONSUMED THE BUILDING, THE ROOF COLLAPSED. AT LEAST SIX FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED AND OTHERS WERE OVERCOME WITH DEHYDRATION AFTER SPENDING HOURS FIGHTING THE BLAZE. THREE PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO THE LIVING ROOM OF AN APARTMENT IN VIRGINIA. OFFICIALS SAY THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE CESSNA RAN OUT OF FUEL. TWO PEOPLE IN THE PLANE AND ONE PERSON INSIDE THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. IT'S A SIDE OF ROBERT MUGABE THAT FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN. THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT, WITH A REPUTATION AS A TOUGH AND UNCOMPROMISING LEADER, HAS ALLOWED A DOCUMENTARY CREW UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO HIS HOME AND HIS PRIVATE LIFE. THIS FROM THE BBC'S ANDREW HARDING. AT THE HOME WITH THE MUGABES. ZIMBABWE'S FIRST FAMILY HAS INVITED THE CAMERAS IN. A UNIQUE GLIMPSE OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S SOFTER SIDE AS HE DINES WITH HIS WIFE GRACE AND THEIR CHILDREN. HAVE VALUED... A TRANSFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO MY LIFE AND THE KIDS THAT YOU GAVE ME. THE HAPPINESS THAT THEY BROUGHT IS THE HAPPINESS YOU BROUGHT. IT'S NOT THE RUTHLESS LEADER WE'VE COME TO KNOW. ROBERT MUGABE HAS RULED ZIMBABWE SINCE 1980, WHEN IT GAINED FULL INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN. AFTER A PROMISING START, THE VIOLENT SEIZURE OF WHITE-OWNED FARMS TRIGGERED AN ECONOMIC MELTDOWN ` SOMETHING MR MUGABE STILL BLAMES ON FOREIGN SANCTIONS AND ON TONY BLAIR'S GOVERNMENT. I MEAN, WHO CAN EVER BELIEVE WHAT MR BLAIR SAYS? HERE, WE CALL HIM BLIAR. BUT MR MUGABE'S INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION NEVER RECOVERED, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE UNLEASHED MORE VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO HOLD ON TO POWER. TODAY, YOU CAN SEE HIS BUSYNESS AND MAYBE EVEN HIS ENVY OF OTHER AFRICAN LIBERATION HEROES LIKE NELSON MANDELA. HE'S BEEN TOO SAINTLY. HE'S BEEN TOO GOOD. TOO MUCH OF A SAINT. TODAY ZIMBABWE IS TRYING TO SHAKE OFF YEARS OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CHAOS. ELECTIONS AND PERHAPS FRESH START ARE IMMINENT. BUT AT THE AGE OF 89, PRESIDENT MUGABE STILL TALKS OF FIGHTING ON. MY PEOPLE STILL NEED ME. WE FIGHT TO THE FINISH. ZIMBABWE'S HIGHEST COURT HAS RULED THAT PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. ON THE EVE OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUEEN'S CORONATION, THERE'S BEEN A SPECIAL REUNION. SIX OF THE QUEEN'S MAIDS OF HONOUR, WHO WERE SELECTED TO CARRY THE QUEEN'S TRAIN AT THE CORONATION CEREMONY, HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER TO REMINISCE. PEOPLE OFTEN SAY TO ME, 'I SUPPOSE YOUR WEDDING DAY WAS THE MOST MARVELLOUS DAY OF YOUR LIFE', AND I SAY, 'WELL, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T. IT WAS THE CORONATION.' THE WOMEN CHOSEN BY THE QUEEN WERE AGED BETWEEN 17 AND 23, WERE UNMARRIED, AND WERE ALL FROM ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES. WEATHER TIME NOW. SOME MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY, KAREN? WE'VE GOT A MOIST NORTH-WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH RAIN SPILLING ON TO WESTERN AREAS. EXPECTING HEAVY RAIN FOR WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND, WITH SIGNIFICANT SPILLOVER INTO THE OTAGO AND CANTERBURY HEADWATERS; THAT RAIN CONTINUING INTO MONDAY IN WESTLAND AND ABOUT THE MAIN DIVIDE, SO SOME BIG TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WIND WARNING IN PLACE FOR EXPOSED INLAND PARTS OF OTAGO AND CANTERBURY TOMORROW. GUSTS UP TO 120 KM/H. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL HAVE YOUR SUNDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` WE'LL CROSS LIVE BACK TO OUR REPORTER AT SPRING HILL PRISON AS RIOTING CONTINUES. PLUS,... (YODELS) 40 YEARS AND STILL YODELLING STRONG. OUR MOST FAMOUS COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATE A SPECIAL MILESTONE. 40 YEARS AND STILL YODELLING STRONG. OUR MOST FAMOUS COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATE A SPECIAL MILESTONE. OUR MOST FAMOUS COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS ARE CELEBRATING A SPECIAL MILESTONE THIS WEEKEND. IT'S 40 YEARS SINCE THE 'GOLD GUITARS' WERE FIRST HELD IN GORE. MAX BANIA WITH A LOOK AT WHAT MAKES THEM SO POPULAR. # AND I'LL FLOAT ON DOWN THE RIVER. # IT'S A SOUND SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SOUTH. # I'M FACIN' THE WORLD WITH YOU. # BUT PAST GOLD GUITAR WINNERS SAY, DEEP DOWN, ALL KIWIS ARE COUNTRY MUSIC FANS, EVEN IF WE WON'T ADMIT IT. IT SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE. IT'S SONGS ABOUT PEOPLE. IT'S REAL. IT'S ABOUT LIFE. WE'RE KIWIS, YOU KNOW? WE WORK HARD, AND WE LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER, AND WE HAVE GREAT FAMILY MORALS AND VALUES AND STUFF, SO I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF COUNTRY IN EVERYBODY. SINGING 5000 COUNTRY MUSIC LOVERS ARE IN GORE FOR THE AWARDS, STILL GOING AS STRONG AS THEIR FIRST YEAR IN 1974. BACK THEN, I THINK THE PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE JUST A TWO-YEAR WONDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE'D BE GONE. 'THE ORGANISERS, IN FACT, CLAIM GORE IS THE CAPITAL OF COUNTRY MUSIC. 'IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THIS HALL IS GORE'S EQUIVALENT 'TO NASHVILLE'S HIGH TEMPLE OF COUNTRY MUSIC, THE GRAND OLE OPRY. 'THE OVERALL WINNER, A YODELLING MILKMAN FROM DUNEDIN, 'COMBINED THE BEST OF OLD AND NEW.' (YODELS) AND WHILE YODELLING REMAINS A TIMELESS ART,... (YODELS) ...YOUNGSTERS LIKE CURRENT CHAMP KYLIE PRICE (19) ARE FORGING A NEW SOUND,... # AIN'T NO GETTIN' OVER ME. # ...USING SUCCESS HERE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO STARDOM. A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE MORE NOTICE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE PROVED YOURSELF AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN NZ. STYLES ARE DIFFERENT NOW, BUT THAT'S IT ` EVERYTHING GROWS, AND WE'VE GOTTA GROW WITH IT. TOMORROW NIGHT'S GRAND AWARDS WILL SEE A 40TH MUSICIAN CROWNED COUNTRY MUSIC KING OR QUEEN. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS ARE MAKING A STRONG SHOWING AT THE 55TH VENICE BIENNALE, WITH ONE YOUNG ARTIST SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL SHOW AT THE HEART OF THE EVENT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY REPORTS. IN VENICE, THESE WALLS ARE ALIVE WITH SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM 158 ARTISTS. IT'S THE CENTREPIECE OF THE BIENNALE. NZER SIMON DENNY'S CONTRIBUTION USES CAST-OFF TV TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND OLD SETS, CRUSHED FLATTER LIKE THE SCREENS REPLACING THEM. IT CAN BE WORRYING, SOMETIMES, TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THINGS MOVE. IT CAN MAKE US FEEL OBSOLETE IN OURSELVES, MAYBE. BUT IT'S ALSO EXCITING BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO PICK UP. IT'S ALSO WASTEFUL. IN THE SHADOWS OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS, WITH BUDGETS SQUEEZED, SOME MIGHT ARGUE THAT A SHOW ON THE SCALE OF THE VENICE BIENNALE MIGHT BE A BIT WASTEFUL TOO. ITS DIRECTOR SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE ART WORLD COULD USE A LITTLE AUSTERITY, BUT THAT ART ITSELF OUGHT TO BE RECESSION-PROOF. YOU CAN MAKE AN ARTWORK WITH NOTHING. UH, YOU CAN MAKE AN ARTWORK WITH TIME. THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. (CHUCKLES) AND DEVOTION AND OBSESSION. AN AUDIENCE HELPS. OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED HERE. FOR NZ ARTISTS WITH SHOESTRING BUDGETS, THESE FRINGE EVENTS ARE A CHANCE TO GET WIDE EXPOSURE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST, YOU KNOW, THAT DOORWAY, THERE, EVERY DAY, AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PASSING IN THE GONDOLA THERE, AND THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T BE COMING IN TO THE EXHIBITION, BUT THEY'RE GETTING TO SEE THE WORK. UPSTAIRS, A ROOM-SIZED LIGHT BOX, MADE IN CHRISTCHURCH, IS MIXING EUROPEAN ABSTRACT ART WITH MAORI MOTIFS. YOU'RE UP WITH A WHOLE LOT OF ARTISTS THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME AND THAT ARE MAKING BIG MOVES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, SO TO BE HERE AMONGST THEM ALL IS JUST` FOR ME, IS A REAL PRIVILEGE. AND THE FIRST STEPS ON A JOURNEY TO MAKING THEIR NAME AT THE TOP OF THAT GAME. GARTH BRAY, ONE NEWS, VENICE. WE RETURN NOW TO OUR TOP STORY ` THE ONGOING RIOT AT SPRING HILL PRISON IN NORTH WAIKATO. FIRES ARE BURNING IN TWO CELL BLOCKS AND 27 PRISONERS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. MATT MCLEAN JOINS US AGAIN. THAT FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN WE'VE SEEN FIRE CREWS AND AMBULANCES RUSH PAST TWO TRANSPORT VEHICLES HAVE COME IN CONCERN OVER PRISONERS WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP BUT ARE NOT INVOLVED THANKS, MATT MCLEAN. AND HERE'S JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT. MORE ON GUPTILL'S SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCE AFTER THE BREAK. PLUS ` BIRD'S WOUNDED WING. YES, MORE INJURY WORRIES FOR THE ALL BLACKS AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S TEAM NAMING. RAFA SLAMS FRENCH TENNIS OPEN ORGANISERS, LABELLING THE SCHEDULING A JOKE. AND IT'S TAKEN 12 LONG YEARS, BUT THESE GUYS DIDN'T GIVE UP ON THE DREAM. A STUNNING RETURN TO FORM FROM MARTIN GUPTILL HAS LED THE BLACKCAPS CLAIM VICTORY IN THEIR OPENING ONE-DAYER AGAINST ENGLAND AT LORD'S. THE OPENER PUT HIS POOR TEST FORM BEHIND HIM, AFTER THE HOME SIDE SET NZ 228 TO WIN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. NZ'S NEVER LOST AN ODI AT LORD'S. IN THE WEE HOURS OF THIS MORNING, IT WAS LEFT TO A MAN DESPERATE FOR REDEMPTION TO KEEP THAT RECORD INTACT. THERE IT IS. MARTIN GUPTILL'S WINNING RUNS ALSO GAVE THE OPENER HIS THIRD ODI CENTURY, HIS FIRST SINCE 2011, AND BROUGHT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN ON THE ENGLAND TOUR SO FAR ` VICTORIOUS BLACKCAPS' SMILES. THAT MEANS QUITE A LOT. A LOT IN THE CONFIDENCE BOOK. CONFIDENCE LEFT SHAKEN BY RECENT TEST FORM. THIS, THOUGH, WAS A WHOLE NEW BATSMAN. GUPTILL WAS PERHAPS TAUNTED BY THE RED RAG OF ENGLAND'S BOWLERS; HIS FOUR SIXES THE ONLY MAXIMUMS OF THE GAME. NOW THERE IS A MAN IN THE DEEP, BUT HE'S NOWHERE NEAR IT, AND HE'D HAVE TO PICK IT OUT OF THE CROWD. GUPTILL'S ONLY THE SECOND NZER TO SCORE A ONE-DAY HUNDRED AGAINST ENGLAND IN ENGLAND, NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AFTER MARK GREATBATCH. A HUNDRED FOR YOUR COUNTRY'S ALWAYS SPECIAL, NO MATTER WHERE IT IS, AND IT'S EVEN BETTER GETTING IT AT LORD'S. I WAS JUST QUITE HAPPY TO BE THERE AT THE END TO SEE IT THROUGH. TODAY'S MATCH-WINNING TON EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE, GIVEN THE BLACKCAPS' HORROR START TO THE CHASE. EDGED, AND HAS IT BEEN CAUGHT? I THINK IT HAS! AUSSIE-CUM-KIWI LUKE RONCHI MARKED HIS NZ DEBUT WITH A DUCK. KANE WILLIAMSON FOLLOWED SUIT; THE KIWIS REELING AT 1/2. THIS TIME THOUGH, GUPTILL AND ROSS TAYLOR WERE ABLE TO AVOID ANOTHER LORD'S CAPITULATION. THAT'S HIS FAVOURITE SHOT. HE LOVES IT THERE. 50, THEN, FOR ROSS TAYLOR. THE PAIR PUT ON A 120-RUN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE THIRD WICKET; ENGLAND'S TWO SUPPOSED SPECIALIST ONE-DAY BOWLERS GOING FOR 100 RUNS. GUPTILL UNAFFECTED BY TAYLOR'S EVENTUAL DISMISSAL, THOUGH HE WAS AWARDED SOME LUCK ON 95. THIS WILL CLEAR HIM, I THINK. IT DOES. CREDIT ALSO OWED IN NO SMALL PART TO THE BLACKCAPS' BOWLING EFFORT. TIM SOUTHEE CONTINUED HIS REMARKABLE RUN AT CRICKET'S HEADQUARTERS; RONCHI'S PERFORMANCE WITH THE GLOVES FAR OUTWEIGHING THAT WITH THE BAT. EDGED AND GONE. ANOTHER GOOD, SHARP CATCH. NONE OF ENGLAND'S BATSMEN MANAGED TO MAKE IT PAST THE 30S. IN FACT, NEXT TO THIS MAN, THEY BARELY RATE A MENTION. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. IN A REPEAT OF THEIR LAST ODI WIN AGAINST ENGLAND THREE MONTHS AGO, GUPTILL HIT THE WINNING RUNS. DAN VETTORI WAS RULED OUT WHEN HE SUFFERED A REOCCURRENCE OF HIS ACHILLES TENDON INJURY. IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR THE ALL BLACK SELECTORS DREAD ` SUPER RUGBY MATCHES JUST BEFORE THEY CONFIRM THEIR FIRST TEST SQUAD OF THE YEAR. HAVING LOST TWO ALL BLACK LOCKS IN THE PAST NINE DAYS, AN HEIR-APPARENT WAS RULED OUT TODAY. HERE'S MARK HATHAWAY. A SCRUM DOMINIC BIRD WILL REMEMBER FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS; SPAT OUT THE SIDE; HIS SEASON NOW OVER; A RUPTURED CHEST TENDON ENDING BIRD'S FLIGHT UP THE LOCKING RANKS. THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS LIKELY TO BE THE ALL BLACKS' THIRD LOCK IN TOMORROW'S ALL BLACKS SQUAD NAMING. AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE FOR STEVE HANSEN. ANY TIME YOU SEE KIERAN READ GO DOWN, IT'S A CONCERN. THE NUMBER EIGHT WAS FORCED OUT OF THE GAME AFTER WHAT THE CRUSADERS SAY WAS A KNOCK TO THE HEAD. READ GOT THE ALL CLEAR TODAY, BUT THE FRENCH MUST BE HOPING THERE'S MORE TO THE INJURY THAN IS BEING LET ON. THE CRUSADERS ARE LUCKY TO STILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS HUNT, HAVING BEEN OPENED UP BY THE WARATAHS. HERE'S HOOPER IN THE GAP ONCE AGAIN! BOTH SIDES' SURVIVAL AT STAKE, THE VISITORS HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM, AS THE CRUSADERS' HIGH STANDARDS SLIPPED. ONLY 5M AWAY. STILL GOING, BETHAM! AND HE'S MADE IT. HERE'S DENNIS IN THE CLEAR. HE GETS IT AWAY. AND A TRY COMING UP, AND IT'S SCORED. DOWN BY 12, THINGS STARTED GOING THE CRUSADERS' WAY ` A LITTLE TOO MUCH SO FOR WARATAHS COACH MICHAEL CHEIKA, WHO'S COMPLAINED TO REFS BOSS LYNDON BRAY OVER GLEN JACKSON'S OFFICIATING. A PUSHOVER TRY TO MATT TODD AND TWO DANIEL CARTER PENALTIES PUT THE CRUSADERS IN FRONT, THEIR SEASON HANGING ON BERRICK BARNES. HIS MISS LET THE CRUSADERS OUT OF JAIL, 23-22. AND DISCIPLINE COST THE HURRICANES BIG TIME IN CANBERRA; SIX PENALTIES TO CHRISTIAN LEALIIFANO DASHING THE 'CANES' PLAYOFF HOPES. TJ PERENARA'S HOPES OF AN ALL BLACKS JERSEY WEREN'T DENTED, THOUGH. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERENARA! BUT THE HURRICANES' LAST DIG AT THE LINE STUMBLED, SUMMING UP THEIR SEASON. WE CAN'T GO BLAMING THE REF ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUR OWN MISTAKES, A LOT OF THE TIME. THE 30-23 LOSS LEAVES THEM PLAYING FOR PRIDE FROM HERE ON IN. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. FRENCH RUGBY CAPTAIN THIERRY DUSAUTOIR ISN'T LOSING ANY SLEEP OVER NZ'S GROWING INJURY LIST, BUT RECKONS THE ALL BLACKS ARE NOT THE SAME TEAM WITHOUT RICHIE MCCAW. WITH MCCAW ON SABBATICAL, THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THE CHANCE TO SEE THE TWO CAPTAINS RESUME THEIR 2011 WORLD CUP FINAL RIVALRY. IT'S TRUE THAT THE ALL BLACKS WITHOUT RICHIE MCCAW IS NOT REALLY THE SAME TEAM. BUT, YOU KNOW, PLAYING AGAINST THE ABS IS NEVER EASY. I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED FOR THE ALL BLACKS, REALLY. LES BLEUS ALSO WON'T BE AT FULL STRENGTH FOR NEXT SATURDAY'S CLASH AT EDEN PARK, WITH SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE FRENCH TOP 14 FINAL IN PARIS TONIGHT. THE 31-MAN ALL BLACK SQUAD WILL BE NAMED TOMORROW AND WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON THE ONE NEWS.CO.NZ WEBSITE FROM 2.25PM. TO THE FRENCH TENNIS OPEN, WHERE RAFAEL NADAL HAS CRITICISED TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS, LABELLING THE SCHEDULING A JOKE. THE WORLD NUMBER THREE, IN THE NEAR COURT, HAS BEEN FORCED TO PLAY TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS DUE TO HIS SECOND-ROUND MATCH BEING RAIN DELAYED. NADAL DROPPED THE FIRST SET TO SLOVAKIAN MARTIN KLIZAN BEFORE WRAPPING UP THE MATCH 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. CROWD EXCLAIMS OH BOY. SO THE SPANIARD WILL FACE FABIO FOGNINI IN THE THIRD ROUND TONIGHT. IF RAFA IS TO WIN A RECORD EIGHTH FRENCH OPEN TITLE, HE'LL NEED SIX VICTORIES IN 10 DAYS ` A TOUGH ASK, EVEN FOR THE KING OF CLAY. A BLOW FOR THE WARRIORS AS THEY HEAD TO BRISBANE TODAY, WITH CAPTAIN SIMON MANNERING RULED OUT OF MONDAY'S MATCH AGAINST THE BRONCOS WITH ANOTHER CALF INJURY. MEANWHILE, THE BULLDOGS SNARED A TENSE 16-14 WIN OVER THE DRAGONS IN SYDNEY DESPITE MISSING THEIR STAR PLAYMAKER. HERE'S JOE PORTER. JOSH REYNOLDS PULLED INTO THE BLUES SQUAD JUST HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH, HIS REPLACEMENT, JOEL ROMELO, BARKING THE BULLDGOGS INTO LIFE. ROMELO PUTS A KICK INTO THE IN GOAL. NOT A BAD ONE. RAKED BACK, AND IT'S A TRY TO LAFAI. A DOUBLE TO LAFAI. 12-0 DOWN, JAMIE SOWARD SAUNTERED OVER FOR THE DRAGONS TO HALVE THE DOGS LEAD AT THE BREAK, CANTERBURY'S KIWI WINGER RESTORING THEIR ADVANTAGE SOON AFTER. BROWN'S GOT SOWARD ON 'EM. GOT THE BALL AWAY. THAT'S A TRY FOR PERRETT. THE BULLDOGS UP BY 8 AND DANCING BEFORE SOME SOWARD SLEIGHT OF HAND MADE IT INTERESTING. THAT'S A LOVELY PASS FROM JAMIE, AND MATT PRIOR GOES IN TO SCORE. BEN BARBA THOUGHT HE'D WRAPPED IT UP FOR THE BULLDOGS, BUT THE TRY WAS DISALLOWED DUE TO THIS ` FRANK PRITCHARD SHOULDER. THE DRAGONS WITH ONE LAST CHANCE TO FORCE EXTRA TIME. HERE'S THE KICK TO LEVEL IT UP. JAIME SOWARD. IT'S WIDE OF THE UPRIGHTS. FINAL SCORE 16-14, THE BULLDOGS WINNING WITHOUT REYNOLDS, WHO HAD SOME TENSE TIMES OF HIS OWN WHEN MEETING NEW NEW SOUTH WALES TEAMMATE ANTHONY WATMOUGH. THE TWO HAVE COME TO BLOWS BEFORE, BUT NOW MUST FIGHT TOGETHER. I ACTUALLY SPILLED A BIT OF COKE ON HIM. AND I WAS, LIKE, 'OH GREAT. THAT'S A GOOD START.' YEAH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD LITTLE BATTLES AND THAT, BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW HE'S A TOUGH LITTLE BUGGER. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M TOUGH OR ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WON'T TAKE A BACKWARD STEP AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL HIM GRUB FOR A REASON. QUEENSLAND HAS ENJOYED SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS OF ORIGIN DOMINANCE, SO THE BLUES WILL NEED MORE THAN JUST MONGREL TO END THAT MONOPOLY. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. A SYNDICATE OF OLD SCHOOL PALS FROM TAURANGA IS COMPETING IN THIS YEAR'S AUCKLAND TO FIJI RACE ON THEIR OWN 10M YACHT, REALISING A 12-YEAR DREAM AND PROVING YOU CAN GO BOATING ON A BUDGET. MARTIN TASKER EXPLAINS. ON THE START LINE FOR THE RACE TO FIJI, THE GREEN-HULLED 10M SQUEALER IS DWARFED BY THE GIANT TEAM VODAFONE TRI-MARAN. BUT SIZE CAN'T SPOIL THE MAGIC MOMENT. WHAT WE'VE PROVEN IS A GROUP OF FRIENDS CAN GET TOGETHER AND SAIL AND HAVE A GOAL, AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR GOAL FOR 12 YEARS, AND WE ARE FINALLY HERE. DURING THOSE YEARS, AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF A $1000 APIECE AND $80 A MONTH HAS EVOLVED INTO THE SYNDICATE'S THIRD BOAT, THE OCEAN-GOING SQUEALER. BEING SPLIT SEVEN WAYS, IT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE. THE SEVEN SAILORS INCLUDE AN ACCOUNTANT, A DRAIN-LAYER, A BANK MANAGER AND A DOUGHNUT MAKER. DECISION-MAKING EQUALLY INCLUSIVE. THE IDEA FOR US WAS TO ROTATE AROUND ALL OUR JOBS POSITIONS THEN JUST ONE DAY, WE DECIDE WE WERE DOING QUITE WELL AND ACTUALLY BEING QUITE COMPETITIVE, AND EVERYONE JUST SLOTTED INTO A SPOT, AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE WE'VE STAYED FOR 12 YEARS. YOU WOULD THINK A PSYCHIATRIST WOULD BE BEATING A PATH TO YOU DOOR TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR SECRET IS. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE? LIKE I SAY, I THINK THE KEY TO IT IS WE ARE A GOOD BUNCH OF FRIENDS, AND WE ALL LOVE THE SAME THING, WHICH IS GOING OUT SAILING A BOAT AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN ON IT AS WELL. THERE MUST BE UPSETS AT SOME STAGE. HOW DO YOU RESOLVE THEM? NORMALLY, OVER A BEER. IT'S NOT TOO BAD. IT WON'T BE THIS CAN. NOW THIS IS ANOTHER TRADITION ON SQUEALER. IF YOU STUFF UP YOU HAVE TO DRINK THIS CAN OF WARM BEER, AND OF COURSE, HEADING UP TO FIJI IT'S GOING TO GET WARMER AND MORE UNPLEASANT EVERY DAY. SEVEN DAYS, THEIR PREDICTED ARRIVAL TIME. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. AND SURELY A RACING RECORD TODAY WITH THE OLDEST ACTIVE JOCKEY IN NZ RIDING FIVE WINNERS IN A ROW AT ELLERSLIE. NOEL HARRIS (58) HAD FIVE MOUNTS TODAY, AND WHEN HIS FOURTH, POSTMAN'S DAUGHTER, DULY DELIVERED, THE PRESSURE WENT ON 'OUR ESSENCE' IN THE LAST RACE. SNAKES ALIVE, HE'S GOT FIVE FOR THE DAY, NOEL HARRIS. BRILLIANT. THE MATAMATA RIDER NICKNAMED 'HANDBRAKE HARRY' SAYS THERE'S STILL NO SET DATE FOR RETIRING. KIWI TENNIS NUMBER ONE MARINA ERAKOVIC IS ON COURT TONIGHT AT THE FRENCH OPEN AGAINST AMERICAN SLOANE STEPHENS. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN HAS MORE WARNINGS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS OR SO MILFORD SOUND HAS HAD MORE THAN 150MM. 47MM FOR HOKITIKA. 97MM FOR FRANZ JOSEF. MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY FOR WESTLAND AND FIORDLAND, WITH SIGNIFICANT SPILLOVER INTO THE OTAGO AND CANTERBURY HEADWATERS. THAT RAIN CONTINUES INTO MONDAY IN WESTLAND AND ABOUT THE MAIN DIVIDE, SO SOME BIG TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WIND WARNING IN PLACE FOR EXPOSED INLAND PARTS OF OTAGO AND CANTERBURY TOMORROW. GUSTS UP 120KM/H. MOSTLY FINE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY UNDER A RIDGE OF PRESSURE. BRIGHT CLOUD TO THE NORTH WHERE A LOW IS DEVELOPING. A MIX OF FRONTAL CLOUD AND WAVE CLOUD SMOTHERING THE SOUTH ISLAND. SOME HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN WESTERN DISTRICTS TODAY. MORE FRONTS ARE LINING UP IN THE TASMAN. THE RIDGE HANGS IN THERE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, KEEPING THE WEATHER MAINLY FINE. IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. STILL GOT THE MOIST NORTH-WESTERLY FLOW. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE ISOBARS ARE CRUNCHED TOGETHER. THAT'S MEANS STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS IN EXPOSED PLACES. THE FRONTS MOVING THROUGH, DRAGGING RAIN WITH THEM. COOLER SOUTHERLY CHANGE IN BEHIND THEM. RAIN IN THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH SOME HEAVY FALLS. PLENTY OF SPILLOVER INTO THE OTAGO AND CANTERBURY HEADWATERS. RAIN ALSO SPREADING OVER SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICTS, REACHING ASHBURTON IN THE EVENING, THEN EASING BACK TO SHOWERS IN THE SOUTH. BLUSTERY NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS. SEVERE GALE GUSTS FOR INLAND PARTS OF OTAGO AND CANTERBURY. NORTH ISLAND, MOSTLY FINE ` JUST A FEW CLOUDY AREAS IN THE NORTH AND WEST AND ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS POSSIBLE FROM TARANAKI TO WELLINGTON. LOTS OF SUNSHINE INTO THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS IN THE NORTH. STRONG NORTH TO NORTH-WESTERLY WINDS IN THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SATURDAY. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CONOR WHITTEN AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.