HOWDY, EVERYBODY. OUR FIRE HOSE LOAD DEPOSITED 80MM OF RAIN OVER WAIROA, BUT THE BROODING DARK CLOUDS ARE SLIPPING AWAY INTO THE PACIFIC. NOW A COOL, CALM RIDGE IS SLIDING IN, PACKING FROSTS, FOG AND SUNSHINE. ENJOY IT, BECAUSE THE BLACK BROODERS ARE BACK LATE SATURDAY. ALL YOUR WEATHER COMING UP. 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. WILL CHILDREN BE SAFE AT THIS SCHOOL? THE RIFT OVER AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY'S VIOLENT HISTORY. WE'RE GOING TO BOYCOTT THIS PARLIAMENT FOR THE TIME BEING. A WALKOUT BY WINSTON AND CO ` THE RULING ON PETER DUNNE'S UNITED FUTURE THAT'S GOT THEM SO UPSET. THE DENTAL DECAY DEBATE HOTS UP AS MORE REGIONS LOOK AT TAKING FLUORIDE OUT OF YOUR DRINKING WATER. AND YOU SAW HER HEARTBREAK AT MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUNERAL ` WHY HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER'S NOW BEEN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. THERE'S A STANDOFF TONIGHT OVER THE FUTURE OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD DESCRIBED AS 'DEEPLY TROUBLED'. A WAIKATO SCHOOL SAYS THE BOY'S A SEVERE THREAT TO OTHER STUDENTS AND IT DOESN'T WANT HIM. BUT EDUCATION OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FORCE THE PAEROA SCHOOL TO TAKE HIM. SHARON FERGUSSON WITH THE LATEST. THE SAFETY OF KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL CAN'T BE GUARANTEED, SAYS THE PRINCIPAL, IF ONE BOY IS LET BACK IN. I HAVE A NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO SAID THEY WOULD REMOVE THEIR CHILDREN FROM OUR SCHOOL, SO IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR OUR SCHOOL ROLL. LAST YEAR A TEACHER WAS ASSAULTED AND YOUNG CHILDREN WERE THREATENED BY A BOY WHO WAS JUST 10 AT THE TIME. A RELATIVE SAYS HIS FATHER'S IN A GANG AND THE CHILDS SPENT TIME LIVING ON THE STREETS. HE HAS A REALLY BAD BACKGROUND, BUT THE CAREGIVERS THAT HE'S WITH NOW ARE REALLY REALLY GREAT AND AWESOME, AND ARE JUST THERE TO SUPPORT HIM. HE WAS EXCLUDED, AND NOW THE EDUCATION MINISTRY WANTS THE SCHOOL TO TAKE HIM BACK. IT WANTS TO ENROL HIM IN AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTRE INITIALLY, THEN INTEGRATE HIM BACK INTO THE SCHOOL OVER A TERM. HE'LL BE SUPPORTED IN WHAT'S CALLED 'WRAP-AROUND SERVICES', WHICH INCLUDES A TEACHER AIDE. I THINK HE'S VERY UNSAFE, THAT'S WHY HE'S GOT THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICE AROUND HIM ` THAT'S THE MINISTRY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HE'S IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY ALTOGETHER. THIS IS THE BOYS 15TH SCHOOL, AND IT'S A SMALL ONE, SO IF HE WERE TO RETURN HERE, HE'D END UP IN THE SAME CLASS, UNDER THE SAME TEACHER HE ASSAULTED ` SOMETHING THAT TEACHER IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT. WE CAN WORK REALLY CAREFULLY TO MANAGE THOSE DIFFICULTIES. WE DO THAT. THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE SITUATION, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE, AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK REALLY WELL WITH SCHOOLS, AND PUT IN GOOD SUPPORT SO THAT EVERYONE FEELS CONFIDENT. HE DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL. THE NUMBERS ARE TOO BIG, AND HE WANTS TO GO TO ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. THE MINISTRY WILL MEET WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE BOYS CARERS TOMORROW TO TRY AND WORK OUT A SOLUTION. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. A MASS WALK OUT IN PARLIAMENT OVER THE STATUS OF UNITED FUTURE'S ONLY MP. THE SPEAKER'S RULED PETER DUNNE WILL KEEP HIS ENTITLEMENTS DESPITE HIS PARTY BEING DEREGISTERED. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH WITH THE UPROAD. THIS IS PETER DUNNE WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO PARLIAMENT IN 1984. THIS PARLIAMENT IS A FARSE. LABOUR'S TREVOR MALLARD WAS THE FIRST TO WALK,... I WILL NOT APOLOGISE, MR SPEAKER. ...THEN IT WAS WINSTON PETERS... WE'RE GOING TO BOYCOTT THIS PARLIAMENT FOR THE TIME BEING. ...TAKING HIS 6 NZ FIRST MPS WITH HIM IN PROTEST. THIS IS A SHABBY DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN NZ. REAL SHABBY. IT'S ALL OVER THE STATUS OF PETER DUNNE'S PARTY. RIGHT NOW UNITED FUTURE'S NOT REGISTERED, BUT THE SPEAKER SAYS HE CAN STILL CLAIM HIS $100,000 LEADER'S BUDGET. UNITED FUTURE IS ADAMANT IT WILL HAVE 500 PAID UP MEMBERS BY NEXT WEEK. IT'S ONLY $5 A YEAR TO JOIN. THE PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S AN EMBARRASSING ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR. A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EMAIL ADDRESSES HAD CHANGED. UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE HAD DIED AND NOT LET US KNOW, SO STEADILY WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH VOLUNTEERS AT WEEKENDS. BUT IT COULD TAKE TWO MONTHS FOR THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO MAKE CHECKS AND RE-REGISTER THE PARTY. OPPOSITION MPS ARE OUTRAGED THAT THE SPEAKER HASN'T FORCED PETER DUNNE TO GIVE UP THE $100,000 ALLOWANCE IMMEDIATELY, AND LABOUR'S EVEN CALLED FOR THE AUDITOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE. MR CARTER HAS DECIDED TO IGNORE THEM IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE POSITION OF MR DUNNE, WHO SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT, AND THAT, IN MOST COUNTRIES, WOULD BE REGARDED AS CORRUPTION. THE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE 500 MEMBERS. NO, I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL LOOK AT THEM AND SAY THESE ARE CHILDREN PLAYING CHILDREN'S GAMES. THE GAMES CONTINUED MINISTER JONATHAN COLEMAN WAS BOOTED OUT FOR YELLING AT LABOUR MP DAVID CLARK. SOMEONE HAS SWORN AT ME AND LEFT. I'VE CALLED THEM A COWARD BECAUSE I WON'T WITHDRAW AND APOLOGISE. I'VE BEING SENT OUT. ROUNDING OFF A FRACTIOUS QUESTION TIME. JESSICA MUTCH ONE NEWS. IN A RARE MOVE, THE OMBUDSMAN AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER HAVE LAUNCHED A JOINT INVESTIGATION IN THE EQC'S HANDING OF REQUESTS FOR OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM CHRISTCHURCH RESIDENTS FRUSTRATED WITH THE REBUILD. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. EQC AND FLETCHERS DON'T AGREE ABOUT HOW BAD THE DAMAGE IS TO THIS CHRISTCHURCH HOUSE, BUT WHAT THE HOMEOWNER FINDS DISAGREEABLE IS THE FIVE MONTHS IT'S TAKEN EQC TO PROVIDE HIM WITH THEIR VARYING REPAIR PLANS ` HE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THOSE REPORTS UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT WITHIN 20 WORKING DAYS. IT'S FIGHTING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FOR INFORMATION THAT SHOULD JUST BE THERE AT A FINGERTIP. I MEAN, ALL I WANT IS THE CORRECT INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION TO GO FORWARD. THIS SORT OF COMPLAINT, AND 900 OTHERS JUST LIKE IT, ARE PILING UP IN FRONT OF THE OMBUDSMEN, THE GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG OVER OFFICIAL INFORMATION. SO IT AND THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER HAVE LAUNCHED A RARE JOINT INVESTIGATION INTO EQC'S FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THE LAW. IN THE END, EQC FOCUS HAS TO BE ON THE REPAIR WORK, AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THAT REGARD. THE COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED OVER 5000 OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUESTS SINCE 2010, AND IT'S NOW TAKING UP TO SEVEN MONTHS FOR 17 DEDICATED EQC STAFF TO PROCESS THEM, DESPITE THE 20-DAY RULE. LABOUR'S CALLING FOR ACTION FROM THE MINISTER. WHAT STEPS HAS HE TAKEN TO REQUIRE EQC TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW? CHIEF OMBUDSMAN DAME BEVERLY WAKEM HAS TOLD ME SHE'S NOW WORKING TO 'UNGLUE THIS MESS'. SHE AND THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER WILL MEET WITH EQC OFFICIALS SOON AND HOPE TO COMPLETE THEIR INVESTIGATION BY THE END OF JULY. DAME BEVERLY SAYS IT'S LIKELY SHE WILL END UP ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE EQC MORE RESOURCES TO MEET ITS OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT OBLIGATIONS. < WILL YOU BE ABLE TO ACT ON THAT? WELL, I THINK THE RESOURCES REALLY NEED TO GO INTO EQC. THE MINISTER SAYS HE'S ASKING OTHER MINISTRIES TO HELP CLEAR EQC'S INFORMATION REQUEST BACKLOG. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE FORMER POLICEMAN FACING SERIOUS DRUG CHARGES IS ON A 24-HOUR CURFEW AT HIS AUCKLAND HOME UNTIL HIS NEXT COURT DATE. PETER PAKAU ENTERED NO PLEA IN A BRIEF APPEARANCE AT WAITAKERE DISTRICT COURT TODAY. HE'S DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH ON 27 CHARGES RELATING TO THE SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE STATS DON'T LIE ` THAT'S THE VIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WHO SAY EVIDENCE SHOWS FLUORIDE IN OUR DRINKING WATER HELPS PROTECT TEETH. AROUND 50% OF NZERS DRINK FLUORIDATED TAP WATER, AND NOW SOME SAY IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. IT'S BEEN NEARLY 60 YEARS SINCE NZ BEGAN PUTTING FLUORIDE IN THE WATER. MAN: TO LESSEN THE INCIDENCE OF TOOTH DECAY. BUT AS MORE COUNCILS ARE OPTING TO REMOVE IT FROM DRINKING WATER. ORAL HEALTH EXPERTS ARE CONCERNED. IT'S QUITE CLEAR THAT IT REDUCES THE DENTAL DECAY RATES BY AROUND 20-30%, SO ANNUALLY THAT SAVES NZERS FROM AROUND 250,000 TO 260,000 FILLINGS. HAMILTON CITY COUNCIL'S THE LATEST TO MAKE THE MOVE. THE BEST PREVENTION OF TOOTH DECAY WITHOUT DOUBT, AND EVERYONE DID AGREE WITH THIS, IS TO REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF SUGARY DRINKS AND TO CLEAN YOUR TEETH. IN TOTAL, 45 OF THE COUNTRY'S 67 COUNCILS DON'T FLUORIDATE THEIR WATER, INCLUDING CHRISTCHURCH AND NEW PLYMOUTH. ANOTHER TWO, HASTINGS AND WHAKATANE, ARE HOLDING REFERENDA LATER THIS YEAR TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD ALSO STOP FLUORIDATING. HERE IN WELLINGTON CITY, THE WATER LOCALS ARE DRINKING IS FLUORIDATED, BUT JUST 15KM AWAY, HERE IN PETONE, THE WATER'S NOT. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE ENTIRE HUTT VALLEY WHERE IT ISN'T. EVEN CHRONIC LOW-DOSE FLUORIDE, WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF US ARE BEING EXPOSED TO, IS LINKED TO ARTHRITIS, THYROID DYSFUNCTION, LOWERED IQ. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH SUPPORTS WATER FLUORIDATION TO PROTECT TEETH FROM DECAY, AND WHILE IT RECOMMENDS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE LEVELS, THEY'RE NOT ENFORCED. NOW SOME SAY IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL. AND WE NEED TO REMOVE IT FROM INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS FROM COUNCIL TO COUNCIL THAT VARY. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE FLUORIDE ISSUE ` WE'VE A POLL RUNNING ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ. A PERSON DIES FROM HEART DISEASE EVERY HOUR AND A HALF IN NZ. NOW ST JOHN AMBULANCE IS TEAMING UP WITH NORTHERN HEALTH BOARDS TO TRY TO SPEED UP TREATMENT AND SAVE LIVES. HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. SIREN WAILS A SPEEDING AMBULANCE MEANS A RACE TO HOSPITAL TO RAISE THE ODDS OF SURVIVAL,... MIDDLEMORE EMERGENCY. 54-YEAR-OLD FEMALE, CHIEF COMPLAINT BEING CHEST PAIN. ...ESPECIALLY VITAL FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING HEART ATTACKS. THE SOONER, THE BETTER. ETA WILL BE FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. ONE URGENT TEST AMBULANCE STAFF CARRY OUT IS AN ELECTRO CARDIOGRAM OR ECG TO MEASURE THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART. THAT INFORMATION'S USUALLY RELAYED ON ARRIVAL, BUT NOW ST JOHN AMBULANCE, ALONG WITH THE NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND DHB'S, IS ROLLING OUT A NEW INITIATIVE, EMAILING THOSE VITAL RESULTS THROUGH TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHILE STILL ON THE ROAD,... ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S SOME STL ELEVATION IN THE INFERIOR LEADS. YES. ...ALLOWING DOCTORS ` IN THIS CASE, AT MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL ` TO MAKE AN EARLIER CALL ON TREATMENT. IF WE SEE THAT THE PATIENT'S ELEVATED IN THAT AREA ON THE ECG AND THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS, THEN WE KNOW THEY NEED TO GO TO THE LAB AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE LAB BEING THE CATH LAB, FOR A PROCEDURE CALLED A BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY. THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO THE VESSEL IN THE HEART THAT IS BLOCKED OFF AND THEY OPEN UP THAT VESSEL AND ALLOW BLOOD TO FLOW BACK INTO THE HEART. DOCTORS SAY THE NEW INITIATIVE WILL MAXIMISE WHAT'S KNOWN FOR HEART-ATTACK PATIENTS AS 'THE GOLDEN HOUR AND A HALF' ` THE OPTIMAL TIME TO TRY AND GET A PATIENT INTO A CATH LAB FOR TREATMENT, TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS HEART FAILURE, ARRHYTHMIA, EVEN DEATH. POTENTIALLY WE COULD SAVE UP TO 20, 30, EVEN MORE MINUTES IN TIME, AND TIME IS HEART MUSCLE, SO IT'S VITAL. A VITAL STEP FOR HEART HEALTH OTHER DHB'S WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. A WARNING NOW ABOUT AN INSECT THAT'S CRITICAL IN WHAT'S SERVED UP ON YOUR DINNER PLATES. BEES POLLINATE CROPS THAT ARE WORTH MORE THAN $5B A YEAR. MAX BANIA EXPLAINS WHY THEY'RE AT RISK. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT THE HUMBLE BEE, BUT IN BARELY A DECADE, NZ'S ENTIRE WILD POPULATION HAS BEEN STUNG BY THE INVASIVE VARROA MITE, CUTTING NUMBERS IN HALF. WE'RE NOW IN THE SITUATION OF REBUILDING THE POLLINATION WORKFORCE BACK UP TO THE LEVELS THAT WERE PRIOR TO THE YEAR 2000. A CONFERENCE IN QUEENSTOWN IS STRESSING THE VALUE OF BEES, FROM OUR MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR RIGHT TO YOUR DINNER PLATE. WHEN YOU THINK GLOBALLY, ONE MOUTHFUL IN THREE IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO BEE POLLINATION. WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THE BEES. TONIGHT, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN, ALL THE COLOUR ON YOUR PLATE, ALL THE VEGETABLES ARE THERE BECAUSE THE HONEY BEE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH POLLINATION. NZ ALREADY HAS THREE OF THE FIVE PESTS THAT ARE SAID TO TRIGGER COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER. THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST THREE HOURS AWAY IN AUSTRALIA. THE KEY CHALLENGE ` KEEPING THEM OUT TO HELP STAVE OFF FULL-BLOWN COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER, WHICH HAS DECIMATED NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HIVES. IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PROTECT OURSELVES. DON'T BRING HONEY BACK INTO NZ ` HONEY CAN ACTUALLY CARRY THE VIRUSES AND BACTERIA THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND WHILE MANY NZERS HAVE A LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH BEES, WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN KEEPING THEM HEALTHY. OUR JOB, IF WE'RE AN URBAN GARDENER, IS TO PUT SOME LAVENDER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND JUST CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HONEY BEES CAN PROSPER. HOPING A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE WILL SPARK A CHANGE IN FORTUNE FOR OUR PRECIOUS POLLINATORS. MAX BANIA, ONE NEWS. A 14TH PERSON'S BEEN RESCUED FROM THE RUBBLE OF A BUILDING COLLAPSE IN AMERICA IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS, WHILE PHILADELPHIA'S MAYOR SAYS SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. OFFICIALS CONFIRMED ONE OF THE DEAD WAS A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING WAS BEING DEMOLISHED. THE COLLAPSE SENT DEBRIS INTO A NEIGHBOURING SALVATION ARMY SECOND-HAND SHOP. THE BUILDING ONCE HOUSED A SANDWICH STORE AND APARTMENTS. THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON IS IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE. REPORTS IN AMERICA SAY SHE CALLED A SUICIDE HOTLINE WHICH ALERTED EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS FROM ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT. RARELY EVER IS SEEN IN PUBLIC WITHOUT MAKE-UP. JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED OFFERING MAKE-UP AND SKIN CARE TIPS TO HER FANS, PARIS JACKSON (15) WAS BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THIS WAS A SERIOUS SUICIDE ATTEMPT. THIS WAS NOT A CRY FOR HELP. FROM THE GLARE OF THE SPOTLIGHT HE GREW UP IN. THIS WAS A SERIOUS SUICIDE ATTEMPT. THIS WAS NOT A CRY FOR HELP. THE FAMOUS FATHER ALWAYS TRIED TO SHIELD HER FROM THE GLARE OF THE SPOTLIGHT HE GREW UP IN. ONLY AT HIS FUNERAL DID WE FINALLY HER HER SPEAK. DADDY HAS BEEN THE BEST FATHER YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. THAT HEARTBREAK HAS CLEARLY HAUNTED PARIS JACKSON AS SHE BLOSSOMED INTO ADULTHOOD. CURRENTLY SHE AND HER GRANDMOTHER ARE PLAINTIFFS IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST MICHAEL JACKSON'S FORMER CONCERT PROMPOTER. THE CASE POTENTIALLY WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, SHE HAS BEEN TWEETING OUT SONG LYRICS, INCLUDING THIS ` A BEATLES' TUNE THAT SHE, IRONICALLY, OWNS THE RIGHTS TO AS PART OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S ESTATE. TODAY THE FAMILY SAID IN A STATEMENT, SHE IS PHYSICALLY FINE AND GETTING APPROPRIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. QUOTE, 'BEING A SENSITIVE 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS DIFFICULT, 'NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. 'IT IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU LOSE THE PERSON CLOSEST TO YOU.' THE UNITED NATIONS TURNS UP THE HEAT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE GREENS JOIN IN, DELIVERING A STARK MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S NEXT. STREET AFTER STREET OF DEVASTATION, BUT THIS IS WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE IN SYRIA AS GOVERNMENT FORCES TAKE A KEY CITY FROM THE REBELS. THE ECONOMY IS IMPROVING AND CONFIDENCE IS UP, BUT STILL, THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE-NOTS IS GROWING. AND LITTLE TIKES AND THEIR TABLETS ` THEY MAY HELP THEM LEARN, BUT CONCERNS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT WHAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS MAY BE. TINKLING MUSIC Have you noticed Bluetooth on your phone and wondered what it can do for you? The Bluetooth function lets your smartphone share information with other devices that are close by. For instance, this portable speaker is Bluetooth-capable. I can get my smartphone to play music through it without plugging it in at all. I just turn on Bluetooth, and it recognises the speaker. I select it, and they automatically pair up. Now when I play music, it comes out of the speaker. Now when I play music, it comes out of the speaker. SOFT MUSIC PLAYS That's pretty cool. Bluetooth is also brilliant for sharing files. Say you're with a friend, and you want to give them a picture that's on your smartphone. Well, you just pair your phones over Bluetooth, and then you can send the photo to your mate for free. Try Bluetooth out for yourself and get step-by-step instructions at techinasec.co.nz THE UN IS PUTTING THE HEAT ON OUR GOVERNMENT OVER IT'S FAILURE TO COME UP WITH A NEW BINDING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TARGET. A NEW TARGET WAS PROMISED AFTER NZ WITHDREW FROM THE KYOTO AGREEMENT LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S STILL MONTHS AWAY. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN EXPLAINS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS SET TO CAUSE MORE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN FUTURE, AND THE UNITED NATIONS IS WARNING NZ WON'T BE IMMUNE. IF CLIMATE ACTION IS NOT ACCELERATED, YOU KNOW THAT NZ FACES THREATS FROM EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, RISING SEA LEVELS, DROUGHT THAT EFFECTS AGRICULTURE. THE WARNING FROM THE UN'S TOP CLIMATE OFFICIAL COMES IN A VIDEO ADDRESS SHE'S GIVEN FOR A GREEN PARTY CLIMATE SUMMIT IN WELLINGTON TOMORROW. SHE HAS A STARK MESSAGE FOR THE GOVERNMENT. I URGE NZ TO SET A NATIONAL LEGALLY BINDING EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET. AS PART OF THE KYOTO CLIMATE AGREEMENT, NZ COMMITTED TO KEEPING GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION AT 1990 LEVELS BETWEEN 2008 AND 2012. BUT LAST YEAR IT REFUSED TO SIGN UP TO THE NEXT STAGE OF KYOTO, INSTEAD VOWING TO SET ITS OWN TARGET. THAT WORK IS NOW VERY ADVANCED, AND I WILL BE TAKING A PAPER TO CABINET IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BUT GIVEN THE FINANCIAL STRAIN A NEW TARGET COULD PLACE ON HIGH-EMITTING INDUSTRIES LIKE AGRICULTURE, GETTING AGREEMENT AROUND THE CABINET TABLE MIGHT NOT PROVE EASY. IN ANY HEALTHY GOVERNMENT, THERE WILL BE A RANGE OF VIEWS THAT WILL BE DEBATED AROUND THE TABLE AS THERE IN ANY MAJOR POLICY ISSUE. THE GREENS SAY THE DELAY'S AN INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. WE ARE AT LEAST A YEAR BEHIND THE PLAY. WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT FORMALLY OFFERED A TARGET. THE FACT IS, WE ARE LATE AND IT'S TIME WE DID IT. ACCORDING TO THE UN, THOUGH, NZ STILL HAS THE CHANCE TO BE A TRAILBLAZER. IF CLIMATE IS OUR GENERATION'S EVEREST, I WOULD APPLAUD NZ LEADING THE RACE TO THE TOP. THIS IS UP TO YOU. TIM GROSER, HOWEVER, IS ADAMANT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE, BEING A LEADER IS NOT THE BEST WAY FORWARD. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. ENGINEERS SAY IT'S STILL TOO DANGEROUS FOR WELLINGTON RESIDENTS EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOUSES NEXT TO A LARGE LANDSLIP TO GO HOME. FIVE DAYS, AGO A LANDSLIP IN KINGSTON LEFT HOUSES TEETERING ON THE EDGE AND TONNES OF DEBRIS AND MUD PILED JUST METRES AWAY FROM A REST HOME. EQC SAYS IT'S RECEIVED 11 CLAIMS SO FAR RELATED TO THE SLIP, WHICH THE COUNCIL IS MONITORING DAILY FOR MOVEMENT. THE SYRIAN ARMY IS WARNING REBEL FORCES TO SURRENDER OR DIE AFTER RECAPTURING A STRATEGIC TOWN NEAR THE LEBANESE BORDER. WITH THE HELP OF HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS FROM LEBANON, QUSAIR IS NOW BACK IN THE HANDS OF BASHAR AL ASSAD'S ARMY. THE BBC'S LYSE DOUCET REPORTS. QUSAIR IS NOW A GHOST TOWN. WE DRIVE IN UNDER SYRIAN ARMY ESCORT JUST HOURS AFTER IT FELL TO THE GOVERNMENT. EVEN ON THE EDGES OF THIS CITY, NOT A BUILDING ESCAPED THREE WEEKS OF INTENSE FIGHTING. THE BATTLES RAGED FROM SHOP TO SHOP, FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, STREET TO STREET. MOST PEOPLE FLED OR ARE DEAD. IN THE HEART OF QUSAIR, THERE'S LITTLE LIFE IN THE MAIN SQUARE, ASIDE FROM THE MAIN TROOPS. THE ICONIC CLOCK TOWER IS STILL STANDING, BUT ONLY JUST. A NEW FLAG WAS RAISED EARLY THIS MORNING. FOR NEARLY A YEAR, QUSAIR WAS UNDER REBEL CONTROL. GUNSHOTS TODAY GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARE MARKING THEIR VICTORY... GUNSHOTS, HORNS BLARE ...LOUDLY. GUNFIRE THIS IS WHAT VICTORY SOUNDS LIKE IN QUSAIR ` THE GUNS BEING FIRED IN CELEBRATION, THE CARS BLARING THEIR HORNS AS THEY CLOG THE CENTRAL SQUARE. THE SYRIAN ARMY IS DECLARING VICTORY, BUT AT WHAT A PRICE. QUSAIR IS NOW DESTROYED. SIREN WAILS IN THE DISTANCE, WE SPOT THIS COLUMN ON THE MOVE AND NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ` RIBBONS TIED TO UNIFORMS IN THE COLOURS OF LEBANON'S HIZBOLLAH MOVEMENT. THEY SPEAK WITH LEBANESE ACCENTS. OFF CAMERA, THEY CONFIRM THAT. QUSAIR LIES ON VITAL SUPPLY LINES LESS THAN 10 MILES FROM LEBANON'S BORDER. IT WAS TOO IMPORTANT FOR THESE ALLIES TO LOSE. BUT SO MANY CIVILIANS LOST EVERYTHING IN THIS BATTLE. WE SAW VERY FEW ON THE STREETS TODAY. THEIR CITY BECAME A PRIZE IN THIS WAR. HORN BLARES THIS BATTLE MAY NOT BE THE LAST HERE. A TOP GENERAL IN THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY SAYS THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES INSIDE LEBANON FOR HEZBOLLAH'S INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR. IF THE LEBANESE AUTHORITIES DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION TO STOP THEM COMING TO SYRIA, I THINK WE ARE ALLOWED TO FIGHT AGAINST HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS INSIDE LEBANON'S TERRITORY. MEANWHILE, IN PRO-HEZBOLLAH NEIGHBOURHOODS, HUNDREDS TOOK TO THE STREETS TO CELEBRATE THE MILITANT GROUP'S VICTORY IN SYRIA. BRITAIN'S LONG RUNNING NEWS OF THE WORLD HACKING SCANDAL HAS HEADED BACK TO COURT IN LONDON. REBEKAH BROOKS, THE FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NEWS INTERNATIONAL, APPEARED WITH HER HUSBAND AND A DOZEN OTHER FORMER EMPLOYEES. THEY ALL FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES. REBEKAH BROOKS HAS DENIED PHONE HACKING, BRIBERY AND ATTEMPTING TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE. THE TRIAL WILL START IN SEPTEMBER. THE DEATH TOLL FROM SOME OF EUROPE'S WORST FLOODING SINCE THE 1500S IS NOW 16, WHILE FEARS ARE GROWING FOR FOUR OTHERS STILL MISSING. PERSISTENT RAINS SWEEPING ACROSS AUSTRIA HAVE ADDED TO ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CAUSED DOZENS OF LANDSLIDES. HUNDREDS OF EMERGENCY STAFF AND RESIDENTS HAVE MOBILSED TO REINFORCE FLOOD DEFENCES AS THE DANUBE RIVER CONTINUES TO INUNDATE VILLAGES AND TOWNS ALONG THE AUSTRIA-SLOVAKIA BORDER. OUR WEATHER'S LOOKING PRETTY SETTLED RIGHT NOW. ALL THE RAIN GONE? ANTI-CYCLONE ROLLING OVER US, SO FROSTS AND SUNSHINE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ WE EXAMINE WHY THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IS WIDENING AND WHAT'S FUELLING THE SPLIT. THE RISKS SURROUNDING TODDLERS AND TABLETS AND WHAT EFFECTS IT MAY HAVE ON THEM AS THEY GROW UP. PLUS ` HE MIGHT BE OVER 100, BUT HE NEVER BREAKS THE LIMIT. WE MEET THE COUNTRY'S OLDEST DRIVER. 1 WE'RE BUYING MORE CARS AND BUILDING MORE HOUSES ` SIGNS ECONOMISTS SAY THAT OUR ECONOMY IS PICKING UP. BUT IS THE ECONOMIC PICK-UP TAKING EVERYONE ALONG FOR THE RIDE? PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, ALEX OLSEN HAS LEASED ALL HIS COMPANY VEHICLES, BUT WITH THE STRONG DOLLAR, LOW INTEREST RATES AND INCREASING BUSINESS, IT'S NOW THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY. WE THOUGHT, IT'S TIME TO DO IT, AND WE JUST BIT THE BULLET AND ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND GOT THREE OF THEM. HE'S NOT ALONE ` NEW CAR REGISTRATION LAST MONTH WAS THE HIGHEST MAY FIGURE IN 23 YEARS. THESE TWIN CAB UTES WERE THE BIGGEST MOVER AND A GOOD SIGN THE ECONOMY'S ON THE MOVE. WE FELT CONFIDENT BUYING THESE VEHICLES ` IT WAS GOING TO PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN. AND ACCORDING TO STATISTICS NZ, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WORK HAS JUMPED 12% IN THE MARCH QUARTER ` THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN 10 YEARS. THE BIGGEST INCREASE WE'VE SEEN FOR OBVIOUSLY A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S COMING OFF A VERY LOW BASE. THE RISE LARGELY DUE TO THE CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD AND AUCKLAND'S HOUSING SHORTAGE. THE GROWTH ISN'T UNIFORM, AND WE'RE STILL SEEING IT PRETTY TOUGH IN THE REGIONS. BUT ECONOMISTS SAY THESE LATEST FIGURES SIT ALONGSIDE OTHER POSITIVE ECONOMIC INDICATORS. IT WOULD BE NICE TO THINK THAT WE WERE SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND CLEARLY WE ARE NOT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE BIT CAREFUL SAYING IT IS ONLY AUCKLAND AND ONLY CHRISTCHURCH, COS THAT IS ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF NZ'S POPULATION, SO THAT IS A BIG CHUNK OF THE ECONOMY. SO GOOD NEWS FOR MOST, BUT SOME SAY THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS IS WIDENING. HERE IN MANGERE, THE AVERAGE WAGE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN HALF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. FINDING A JOB HERE IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY. THESE UNEMPLOYED YOUNGSTERS ARE GETTING BUDGETING ADVICE. THERE'S REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS I GOTTA MAKE, LIKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AHEAD AND MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EMPATHY, IN MY OPINION, FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING IT TOUGH ` FOR THE POOR. PERHAPS THE REAL TEST FOR AN IMPROVING ECONOMY IS HOW TO TAKE EVERYONE ALONG FOR THE RIDE. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. ONE OF CHRISTCHURCH'S BIGGEST EMPLOYERS, TAIT COMMUNICATIONS, HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S SLASHING 74 JOBS. THE ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER SIGNALLED THE RESTRUCTURE A MONTH AGO, SAYING IT'S PART OF A GLOBAL GROWTH STRATEGY. TAIT DENIES THE JOB CUTS ARE A NEGATIVE SIGN, BUT INSTEAD ARE PART OF A SHAKEUP AS IT CHANGES THE FOCUS OF THE BUSINESS BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS. ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE VOWING TO FIGHT ON DESPITE THE HIGH COURT DISMISSING THEIR APPEAL AGAINST MINING ON THE SENSITIVE DENNISTON PLATEAU. FOREST AND BIRD HAD ARGUED THAT THE CONSENT FOR AN OPEN CAST MINE SHOULD ALSO FACTOR IN FUTURE PLANS BY BATHURST RESOURCES TO MINE ON OTHER SITES. THE TWO PARTIES ARE DUE BACK IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT NEXT WEEK TO HEAR FURTHER APPEALS. THE WINNER OF AMERICA'S BIGGER EVER LOTTERY PRIZE HAS BEEN REVEALED AS AN 84-YEAR-OLD WIDOW. GLORIA MACKENZIE CHOSE THE ONE-OFF PAYMENT OPTION OF ABOUT $300M ` ABOUT HALF THE TOTAL PRIZE. MRS MACKENZIE HAS REFUSED TO SPEAK ON CAMERA, BUT DID RELEASE A STATEMENT THANKING THE PERSON WHO LET HER GO AHEAD OF THEM IN THE LINE TO BUY THE WINNING TICKET. NO WORD YET IF THAT PERSON WILL GET A CUT OF THE WINNINGS. WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES TAKING OVER OUR LIVES IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE BABIES GOT IN ON THE ACT TOO. A NEW SURVEY IN AMERICA SHOWS A THIRD OF PARENTS LET THEIR PRE-SCHOOLERS USE TABLETS AND OTHER DEVICES, BUT NOW SOME ARE ASKING WHAT THE SIDE EFFECTS MAY BE. ABC'S JUJU CHANG REPORTS. JUST 10 DAYS OUT OF THE WOMB, WATCH ALEX BROOKES FIXATE ON A SCREEN. < HE'S COMPLETELY ENTHRALLED. HIS MUM PROPS HIM UP IN FRONT OF THE IPAD FOR WHAT SHE HOPES IS A GOOD REASON. I GUESS I JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA HURT, SO WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY? AND HE SEEMS TO LIKE IT. ELECTRONIC KEYS CHIME YOUTUBE FEATURES PLENTY OF BABIES WHO CAN'T EVEN TALK,... BABY COOS ...BUT ARE GIVING A RECITAL. FOR THE DIAPERED SET, TAPPING AND SWIPING IS SECOND NATURE. RAVASHI SINGH'S NEW MUMMY GROUP SAY THEY ALL FEEL CONFLICTED ABOUT EXPOSING THEIR INFANTS SO EARLY. I FEEL KINDA GUILTY WHEN YOU'RE SITTING THERE WITH IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GET HIM TO EAT DINNER IF I GIVE HIM THE IPAD. GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN MUMMY AND A TOUCHSCREEN, WHICH WOULD THESE BABIES CHOOSE? WE DECIDED TO PUT IT TO THE TEST. DO YOU WANT YOUR MUMMY OF YOUR IPAD? WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE? LEO! LEO! (LAUGHS) TIME AFTER TIME... YOU'RE GONNA GO TO MUMMY OR THE DIGITAL TOY? MUMMY? YOU KIND OF LOST OUT ON THAT ONE. I KNOW. THE SAME SEEMINGLY IRRESISTIBLE PULL. HERE. LOOK. YOU WANT A TOY? LOOK AT ALL THESE TOYS. LOOK AT ALL THESE TOYS THAT YOU HAVE OVER HERE. (CHUCKLES) THE KEY, EXPERTS SAY, IS NOT TO USE THE TABLET AS AN ELECTRONIC BABYSITTER, BUT AS A TEACHING TOOL. WHAT YOU DRAWING, PUMPKIN? > INTERACT WITH YOUR CHILD AS THEY USE THE DEVICES. DEVICE: YO YO! RESEARCH SHOWS TODDLERS CAN LEARN FROM PROGRAMMES, LIKE AGE-APPROPRIATE VIDEO GAMES. AND LITTLE ALEX, THAT 10-DAY-OLD INFANT ` NOW A ONE-YEAR OLD STILL TRANSFIXED BY THE IPAD. IT'S A TOY HE WON'T GROW OUT OF SOON. AND BECAUSE THE IPAD ONLY CAME OUT THREE YEARS AGO, THERE'S NO DATA YET ON THE LONG-TERM EFFECT IT AND SIMILAR DEVICES MIGHT HAVE ON CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WILL MEET WITH A PAEROA SCHOOL TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF A VIOLENT 11-YEAR-OLD THE SCHOOL DOESN'T WANT. THE SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL SAYS IF THE CHILD IS READMITTED SHE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF OTHER STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AFTER A HISTORY OF THREATS AND ATTACKS. PETER DUNNE IS INSISTING HE STILL HAS A PLACE IN PARLIAMENT DESPITE HIS PARTY BEING DE-REGISTERED AND A MASS WALKOUT IN PROTEST. WINSTON PETERS CLAIMS BECAUSE UNITED FUTURE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS, IT DOESN'T EXIST, AND NZ FIRST WILL BOYCOTT PARLIAMENT FOR THE TIME BEING. ST JOHN HAS JOINED WITH THE NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND HEALTH BOARDS TO SPEED UP THE TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE. AMBULANCES WILL CARRY HEART-MONITORING EQUIPMENT THAT CAN SEND INFORMATION BACK TO THE HOSPITAL, ALLOWING DOCTORS TO PLAN TREATMENT BEFORE THE PATIENT ARRIVES. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND COME ON DOWN, DANE COLES. AHEAD OF THE TWO VETS. BIG CHALLENGE. A FULL RUNDOWN ON THE PLAYING SQUAD NEXT. SO WITH INJURIES AND SELECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE, WILL THE NEW WAVE BE READY TO PULL THEIR WEIGHT ON EDEN PARK? PLUS, NEW SOUTH WALES FINALLY COME UP WITH A WINNING COMBINATION ` ALL THE FALLOUT FROM ORIGIN'S BIG DUST-UP NEXT. AND THE RAREST SIGHT OF THE ENGLISH ONE-DAYERS ` WHY MARTIN GUPTILL'S ELUSIVE WICKET COUNTED FOR SO MUCH. FIRST UP TONIGHT, TO THE FIRST ALL BLACKS TEST AGAINST FRANCE, AND THERE'S AT LEAST ONE SURPRISE IN THE PLAYING 23 FOR THE MATCH ON SATURDAY AT A SOLD-OUT EDEN PARK. TO THE BACKLINE ` STEVE HANSEN KEEPS FAITH WITH ISRAEL DAGG AT FULLBACK. OTAGO'S BEN SMITH ` HIS FOURTH TEST START. MANAWATU MATES AARON CRUDEN AND AARON SMITH ARE PAIRED IN THE HALVES. IN THE FORWARDS, DANE COLES IS THE SURPRISE, MAKING HIS FIRST TEST START. THE RESERVES ` A MIX THERE; BEN AFEAKI AND JEREMY THRUSH ARE SET TO EARN THEIR FIRST CAPS. SO, IT'S THE NEW WAVE OF ALL BLACKS WHICH IS THE FOCUS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FRENCH FRONT ROW WILL PROVIDE A STERN TEST. AL OF A SUDDEN, JULIAN SAVEA IS THE PREMIERE OUTSIDE BACK. THERE'S A LOT ON MY MIND. I'M HERE NOW, AND I WANT TO PLAY WELL. THE TWO AARONS WILL HAVE TO PLAY WELL. I WAS THINKING TOO MUCH AT TIMES. DAN CARTER WILL MISS THE FIRST TWO TESTS. IT WAS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THE NEWBIES TO GET USED TO THE FIELD. AND THE FRENCH TEAM FOR SATURDAY HAS JUST FOUR PLAYERS FROM THE SIDE WHO TOOK ON THE ALL BLACKS IN THE 2011 WORLD CUP FINAL. THERE ARE FOUR NEW CAPS IN THE INEXPERIENCED 23-MAN SQUAD. CAPTAIN THIERRY DUSAUTOIR AND WING MAXIME MEDARD ARE THE ONLY TWO STARTERS FROM THE LAST GAME BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THIS WILL BE REVOLUTION` WE NEEDED TO CHANGE NEARLY 70% TO 80% OF THE FRENCH TEAM, SO IT'S A VERY VERY YOUNG FRENCH TEAM. THAT, FOR THEM, IS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE ` TO COME HERE, TAKE ON THE WORLD CHAMPION. MAXIME MERMOZ AND FREDDIE MICHALAK, WHO ARRIVED HERE LATE BECAUSE OF THE FRENCH CLUB FINALS, WILL START ON THE BENCH. DISCIPLINARY ISSUES ARE ALREADY OVERSHADOWING THE LIONS RUGBY TOUR ` AND THEY'VE ONLY PLAYED TWO MATCHES. AFTER LOSING HOOKER DYLAN HARTLEY BEFORE THEY EVEN LEFT, AND FISTICUFFS IN HONG KONG, NOW IRELAND'S WORLD CUP STAR CIAN HEALY HAS BEEN CITED FOR ALLEGEDLY BITING WESTERN FORCE HALFBACK BRETT SHEEHAN ON THE ARM LAST NIGHT IN PERTH. THERE'S BRETT SHEEHAN ` TOP OF THE SCREEN. PUSHING, SHOVING, CLAIMING THERE WAS LITTLE BIT OF A BITE. STILL PUSHING. DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN ACCIDENT OR ON PURPOSE, BUT THAT'S PART OF IT. WE'LL MOVE ON. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S INJURED NOW, SO WE'LL SEE. IRONICALLY, THE LIONS PROP CAME OFF EVEN WORSE, GOING DOWN IN A SCREAMING HEAP WITH SUSPECTED ANKLE LIGAMENT DAMAGE. OTHERWISE IT WAS LIKE A TRAINING RUN FOR THE LIONS, RUNNING IN NINE TRIES IN THE 69-17 ROMP AGAINST THE THIRD STRING FORCE SIDE, WHOSE BEST PLAYERS WERE BEING SAVED TO FACE THE WARATAHS ON SUNDAY. TO RUGBY LEAGUE'S STATE OF ORIGIN, WHERE NEW SOUTH WALES CAPTAIN PAUL GALLEN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO A STRIKING CHARGE AND WILL MISS ONE MATCH FOR HIS CRONULLA CLUB AGAINST THE STORM ON SUNDAY. GALLEN'S DUST UP WITH QUEENSLANDER NATE MILES ADDING ANOTHER CHAPTER TO ORIGIN FOLKLORE, IN FRONT OF A RECORD 80,000 FANS IN SYDNEY. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. THIS SWINGING ARM FROM NEW SOUTH WALES CAPTAIN PAUL GALLEN WAS THE SPARK THAT LED TO THE DEFINING MOMENT OF ORIGIN ONE. OH, THERE'S A PUNCH UP IN CENTRE OF GROUND. GALLEN TAKING THINGS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AGAINST QUEENSLAND HARDMAN NATE MYLES, ONLY ENDING UP ON REPORT, AND IT SEEMS REVENGE WAS ON HIS MIND. HE'S BEEN DOING IT SERIES AFTER SERIES, HEADBUTT, HEATBUTT, TWIST` THAT'S FINE, BUT LET US DEAL WITH IT, OK? YOU CAN SEE WHAT GALLEN'S TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS MILES HIT ON JARRED HAYNE. BUT BLATCHY'S BLUES DIDN'T SEE RED FOR LONG AS NEW SOUTH WALES DEALT OUT MORE RETRIBUTION. DOWN TO HAYNE. HAYNES OVER. THERE'S THE FIRST TRY OF THE GAME. PICKED UP BY JENNINGS. THE TACKLE CAN RESTART. JENNINGS STEPPING. JENNINGS IS CLOSE. JENNINGS IS VERY VERY CLOSE HE MAY HAVE SCORED. 14-0 AT THE BREAK. QUEENSLAND'S CAPTAIN LOOKING TO TURN THE TIDE EARLY IN THE SECOND LOOKS TO GET AWAY. HE'S ON HIS WAY, AND CAMERON SMITH IS OVER THE LINE. WAS THERE A SECOND MOVEMENT? THERE WAS AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 61ST MINUTE WHEN THE MAROONS FINALLY GOT THE BALL TO STAR GREG INGLIS THAT THEY BROKE THE DUCK. OUT TO GREG INGLIS, THE FAMOUS FEND. NOW TO BOYD, AND BOYD SCORES FOR QUEENSLAND. A DESPERATE FINISH FROM QUEENSLAND REPELLED BY EQUALLY DESPERATE DEFENCE. THE BLUE'S FIRST GAME ONE WIN SINCE 2008, THEIR CAPTAIN MAKING NO APOLOGIES FOR HIS FIRST HALF FLARE UP. NATE MILES HAS BEEN THE DOMINANT FORWARD IN ORIGIN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND SOMEONE HAD TO STAND UP TO HIM. REASON TO CELEBRATE FOR NEW SOUTH WALES, WHILE DOUBTS OF A SERIES WIN CIRCLE AROUND A DEFLATED QUEENSLAND. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. A REALITY CHECK FOR THE BLACK CAPS AHEAD OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER LOSING THEIR FINAL ONE-DAYER AGAINST ENGLAND. A DIFFERENT-LOOKING HOME SIDE AVOIDED A SERIES WHITEWASH AT TRENT BRIDGE, IN NOTTINGHAM. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. WITH THE SERIES ALREADY WON, A THIRD BLACK CAPS VICTORY WOULD'VE MADE ENGLAND'S FACES GO AS RED AS THEIR UNIFORMS. ALAS, FOR NZ, IT WASN'T TO BE. A HOME SIDE WITH THREE FRONTLINE BOWLING CHANGES FINALLY FOUND SOME FORM. SMACKED IT STRAIGHT TO DEEP POINT. GAME OVER. IT HAD ALL GONE TO PLAN EARLY FOR THE KIWIS, GETTING ON TOP OF ENGLAND'S BATSMEN BEFORE JOS BUTTLER DISCOVERED THE BOUNDARY AND REVELLED IN THE FIND. THAT'S GONE A LONG WAY. CROWD CHEERS AND THEN HE GOES DOWN THE FINE LEG. THAT GOES STRAIGHT BACK. 6-4-4-4.4 JUST THE ONE BALL IN THE OVER. BUTTLER SMASHED HIS WAY TO AN UNBEATEN 47 OFF JUST 16 BALLS. NZ RESPONDED IN KIND BEFORE LUKE RONCHI'S INDIFFERENT START WITH THE BLACK CAPS CONTINUED AND JAMES TREDWELL FINALLY MANAGED TO SPIN OUT THE MAN ENGLAND HADN'T DISLODGED ALL SERIES. BOWLED HIM! MARTIN GUPTILL DISMISSED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A ONE DAYER SINCE GETTING OUT AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN JANUARY. IN THAT TIME, THE MAN OF THE SERIES ACCUMULATED 357 UNBEATEN ODI RUNS. FROM THERE, IT WAS LARGELY DOWNHILL. WILLIAMSON. OOH, THAT'S CLOSE, AND HE'S GOT HIM. FOUR BLACKCAPS WICKETS FALLING FOR 26 RUNS. ROSS TAYLOR WAS THE ONLY CONSTANT, HIS 71 AT LEAST GIVING ENGLAND SOME CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THAT'S JUST ABOUT STAYED IN THE GROUND. THE KIWIS STILL TAKING HEART IN A SERIES WIN, DESPITE NOT GETTING THE LAST SAY AHEAD OF THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY. THEY OPEN THAT CAMPAIGN AGAINST SRI LANKA ON SUNDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. SO NZ IS 34 RUNS SHY, ALL OUT FOR 253 IN THE 47TH OVER. MARTIN GUPTILL WAS UNABLE TO REPEAT THE HEROICS OF HIS PREVIOUS TWO INNINGS, BUT HIS 38 TODAY STILL SAW HIM FINISH WITH A SERIES AVERAGE OF 330. THE BREAKERS HAVE MADE THREE ADDITIONS TO THEIR ROSTER AS THEY START PLANNING THEIR TILT AT A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE NBL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. AMONG THE NEW SIGNINGS, TALL BLACK JEREMIAH TRUEMAN, WHO PLAYED WITH THE BREAKERS IN 2009 BUT SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH ARCHRIVALS THE PERTH WILDCATS. IT'S GONNA BE WEIRD FROM JUMPING BETWEEN THE TWO TOP TEAMS, BUT I'VE LET THEM KNOW, AND WE'LL JUST BE MATES OFF THE COURT, AND WHEN IT COMES TO GAME TIME, IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT STORY, I'M SURE. FORMER SYDNEY KINGS FORWARD DARNELL LAZARE COMES IN ON A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. AND RUEBEN TE RANGI IS PROMOTED FROM THE BREAKERS DEVELOPMENT SQUAD. THE CLUB IS HOLDING ONE LAST SPOT OPEN FOR MVP CEDRIC JACKSON, IF HE MISSES OUT ON AN NBA DEAL AND DECIDED TO RETURN. THE DREAM FINAL AT THE FRENCH OPEN HAS COME ONE ROUND EARLY. RECORD-CHASING SUPERSTARS NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND RAFAEL NADAL HAVE BOOKED A SEMI-FINAL AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE SEMIS AT ROLAND GARROS, BOTH HAVE SCORED STRAIGHT SETS WINS TO GET THERE. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. OMINOUSLY IMPROVING BY THE DAY, RAFAEL NADAL WITH THE EASIER RIDE INTO THE SEMIS, COURTESY OF A HAPLESS STANISLAS WAWRINKA. NOW 10-0 DOWN IN THEIR HEAD TO HEAD SERIES AND YET TO WIN A SET, THE SWISS BUCKLED EARLY UNDER NADAL'S RELENTLESS PRESSURE. OH THAT'S FRUSTRATION, AND HE WILL GET A WARNING FOR THAT. JUST ABSOLUTE FRUSTRATION. NADAL'S FIRST SET WINNER RUBBED IT IN. THE GO-TO SERVE WHEN IT'S NEEDED, RIGHT DOWN THE T. THE SPANIARD'S PACE AROUND THE COURT MADE THE IMPROBABLE POSSIBLE, DELIVERING MORE HUMILIATION. NOW HE'S PROBABLY THINKING, 'OK, THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS.' NADAL CHASED HIS SEVENTH FRENCH TITLE COMFORTABLY, CRUISING TO A 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 WIN. A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY THERE. NOVAK DJOKOVIC LOST ONE SERVE. NOVAK DJOKOVIC, LOOKING FOR HIS FIRST ROLAND GARROS CROWN, HAD TO WORK A LOT HARDER TO BEAT TOMMY HAAS ` THE GERMAN HERE HAVING THE LAST SAY ON THE TOP SEED'S SHOT OF THE DAY. DELICIOUS FROM NOVAK DJOKOVIC. AND HAAS'S HOUDINI ESCAPES COULDN'T LAST. I THINK HE'S EXHAUSTED HIS SUPPLY OF TRICKS. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE WITH A DEADLY DENOUEMENT. CROWD CHEERS 6-3, 7-6, 7-5. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. GEE, WHIZZ. THANKS, ANDREW. AFTER THE BREAK, GET THE RUGS OUT. JIM'S TALKING MINUS-5 FOR PARTS OF THE HINTERLAND. AND WHY THIS KIWI DRIVER'S MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. HI, AGAIN. HUNKER DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTH. WANAKA IS EXPECTING MINUS-2! FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. AT A 105, BOB EDWARDS MIGHT JUST BE ONE OF NZ'S OLDEST CITIZENS. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MAKES THIS STORY SPECIAL, BECAUSE WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HIS AGE MAKES BOB THIS COUNTRY'S OLDEST DRIVER. MATT MCLEAN EXPLAINS. I DON'T THINK HE'LL MIND ME SAYING, BUT BOB EDWARDS IS NOT AS MOBILE AS HE ONCE WAS. AT 105, HE NEEDS A CANE TO WALK AROUND THESE DAYS AND A LIFT GETS HIM DOWN OFF HIS FRONT PORCH. BUT ON THE OPEN ROAD BEHIND THE WHEEL, BOB IS AS STEADY AS EVER. HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING NZ'S OLDEST DRIVER? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T FEEL THAT WAY. IN FACT, I DON'T THINK I'M OLD! IT WAS 1925 WHEN HE WAS ISSUED HIS FIRST DRIVER'S LICENCE. THIS IS IT HERE. BOB WAS 17. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO NZ,... THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS, MOSTLY HORSES AND CARTS. AND IN 88 YEARS OF DRIVING, BOB HAS CRASHED JUST ONCE AND RECEIVED A SINGLE SPEEDING TICKET ` BUT THAT $120 FINE, HE SAYS, IS AS INFURIATING NOW AS THE DAY HE GOT IT. BUT HIS STORY'S STRUCK A CHORD, AND BOB EDWARDS IS NOW MAKING HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. THESE DAYS IT'S REALLY JUST THE 15KM TRIP TO THE LOCAL SHOP THAT GETS BOB IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. AND HE HAS TO GET A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EVERY TWO YEARS TO CLEAR HIM AS FIT FOR THE ROAD. OLDER DRIVERS, ON A PER-KM-DRIVEN BASIS, ARE INVOLVED IN FAR FEWER CRASHES THAN YOUNGER DRIVERS. AFTER 88 YEARS, BOB HAS NO PLANS TO TAKE HIS FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. MATT MCLEAN, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS THURSDAY.