GOOD EVENING. JACK FROST WAS BUSY LAST NIGHT. MOST OF US WAKING UP TO AN ICY START. SOME SOUTH ISLAND PLACES PLUMMETED TO MINUS-5 OR MINUS-6. THEN PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AROUND. JUST SOME CLOUD AND A SHOWER OR TWO CATCHING EASTERN DISTRICTS. THERE IS SOME RAIN OR SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. I'LL HAVE THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK FOR YOU SHORTLY. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HE'S DUNNE. I'VE SCREWED UP HERE. UNITED FUTURE'S LEADER QUITS AS REVENUE MINISTER. SO DID HE LEAK A REPORT ON SPYING? SOMBRE SCENES AT A TOP BOYS' SCHOOL AFTER THE DEATH OF A TEEN WHO DREAMED OF BEING AN ALL BLACK. THE SCHOOL TAKING A STAND AGAINST A VIOLENT 11 YEAR OLD. NOW IT HAS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. AND A POORLY PRINCE. ANOTHER SETBACK FOR PHILIP SOON AFTER RECEIVING NZ'S TOP HONOUR. PETER DUNNE'S GONE AS REVENUE MINISTER TONIGHT, BUT ONE OF HIS RIVALS IS REFUSING TO LET GO OF THE SPYING LEAK SCANDAL. WINSTON PETERS SAYS HE'S CONTACTED POLICE, CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACTIONS OF THE UNITED FUTURE LEADER. WITH THE LATEST, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. IT'S BEEN A CRAZY, DRAMATIC DAY. ONE WHICH LOOKS TO HAVE ENDED THE MINISTERIAL CAREER OF PETER DUNNE AND CAUSED HUGE EMBARRASSMENT AND DAMAGE TO THE KEY GOVERNMENT. ONE OF OUR LONGEST-SERVING MPS TODAY FELL ON HIS SWORD. I'VE ACTED EXTRAORDINARILY UNWISELY, EVEN STUPIDLY, AND I'M NOW RESIGNED TO PAYING THE PRICE FOR THAT. MR DUNNE OFFERED UP HIS HEAD AFTER A INQUIRY INTO THE LEAK OF THE REVIEW OF THE GCSB RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT. HE SAT DOWN AND I SAID, 'I'VE JUST RECEIVED THE REPORT. I'VE READ IT. 'I'M QUITE SHOCKED.' I MEAN, I WAS VERY SHOCKED. I SAID TO HIM, 'LOOK, PETER, I NEED YOU TO COMPLY WITH THE THING. 'I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE AS A MINISTER. 'YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD MINISTER.' THE LEAK INQUIRY BY RETIRED CIVIL SERVANT DAVID HENRY ALL BUT NAMED MR DUNNE AS HAVING LEAKED THE REPORT. THIS IS BECAUSE MR DUNNE WOULD NOT HAND OVER ALL THE EMAILS EXCHANGED BETWEEN HIMSELF AND FAIRFAX REPORTER ANDREA VANCE ` 86 IN TOTAL OVER TWO WEEKS. MR DUNNE WAS ONLY PREPARED TO HAND OVER AN EDITED VERSION OF 44 EMAILS, MANY OF WHICH DID REFER TO THE GCSB. CITIZENS, BE THEY CONSTITUENTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR JOURNALISTS, OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR ELECTORATE REPRESENTATIVES IN CONFIDENCE IF THEY WISH. MR KEY ADAMANT PETER DUNNE SHOULD RELEASE THE EMAILS. I WANT TO BELIEVE HIM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS UNFORTUNATELY, THE INQUIRY DOESN'T RULE HIM OUT. PETER DUNNE MAINTAINS HE DID NOT LEAK THE GCSB REVIEW, BUT SAYS HE DID CANVAS THE IDEA OF LEAKING IT WITH THE FAIRFAX REPORTER. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THAT RUMOUR AT ALL. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH ANDREA VANCE HAS BEEN AS PROFESSIONAL AS IS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OTHER IN THE GALLERY. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE CONTACTING THE POLICE AND SAY MR DUNNE SHOULD STEP DOWN FROM PARLIAMENT. MR DUNNE SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT AS WELL. THAT'S HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS OVER HIS CONTINUING ROLE AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. IT APPEARS HE HAS MISLEAD NZERS. I THINK THE POLICE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN IT. THIS WAS THE RELEASE OF A HIGHLY SENSITIVE REPORT. MR DUNNE'S AT LOSS TO EXPLAIN WHY HE ACTED THE WAY HE DID, AND NOW HE'S NO LONGER A MINISTER. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY MEDIA CONFERENCE. MR DUNNE CLEARLY BEWILDERED ABOUT HOW HE ENDED IN THIS SITUATION, DISPLAYING SUCH A LACK OF JUDGEMENT. ONE ALMOST FELT AS IF HE WAS SIMPLY SAYING HE'D HAD SOME SORT CRAZY BRAIN FADE. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EARLY RELEASE OF THE REPORT. THIS DOCUMENT WAS IN A LOCKED BRIEFCASE IN MY HOME, WHICH WAS COVERED BY A MONITORED ALARM. UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN SUFFICIENTLY TO MYSELF EITHER, AND TH-THAT IS A POINT OF WORRY. (SIGHS) I'M NOT EVEN SURE THERE WAS A RATIONALE, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. YOU PORE OVER THINGS. YOU THINK BACK OVER EVENTS. YOU WISH YOU COULD FIND THE OBVIOUS ANSWER AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, AND I CAN'T. I-I-I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE KEY GOVERNMENT. I` AS I SAID, I CANNOT RATIONALLY EXPLAIN WHY THINGS HAPPENED THE WAY THEY DID. THE NASTIEST PERIOD OF TIME THAT I'VE KNOWN IN POLITICS. AS I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN VERY VERY STRESSFUL, AND I-I'M FRONTING UP NOW. UM, I'VE TOLD YOU THE STORY. I'VE TOLD YOU AS BEST I CAN. OK, CORIN. SO IF PETER DUNNE DIDN'T RELEASE THE REPORT, WHAT'S HE DONE TO RESIGN OVER? BY NOT RELEASING THE EMAILS AND BEING TOTALLY UNFRONT, HE'S LOST TRUST. HE'S STILL ON BOARD FOR THE CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT, SO THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJORITY IS NOT AFFECTED. BUT DON'T EXPECT THE OPPOSITION TO LET GO. NATIONAL COULD HAVE A THIN MAJORITY IF DUNNE WAS TO LEAVE PARLIAENT. THIS COULD MEAN THE NATS RELYING ON MAORI PARTY FOR LOTS OF LEGISLATION. THIS IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT. PETER DUNNE SAYS HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE KEY GOVERNMENT WITH HIS ACTIONS, BUT GIVEN THE GCSB SAGA, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH HE HAS. PETER DUNNE'S SPENT NEARLY HALF HIS LIFE AS AN MP. WE LOOK AT HIS POLITICAL CAREER LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR. ALL SPORT AT AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL'S BEEN CANCELLED TOMORROW IN THE WAKE OF A 15-YEAR-OLD STUDENT'S DEATH. STEPHEN DUDLEY COLLAPSED AFTER BEING PUNCHED AT THE END OF A KELSTON BOY'S HIGH RUGBY TRAINING SESSION. PAUL HOBBS WITH THE LATEST. THIS IS STEPHEN DUDLEY (15), RUGBY MAD AND A YOUNGSTER WITH AN ALL BLACK DREAM. BUT NOW HE'S DEAD, FOLLOWING A BRAWL ON THIS RUGBY PITCH AFTER A SCHOOL TEAM TRAINING SESSION YESTERDAY EVENING. HE WAS A LOVELY BOY AND WHEREVER I'VE BEEN, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HIM. POLICE SAY A FIGHT ERUPTED BETWEEN DUDLEY AND ANOTHER TEAMMATE (15). DUDLEY WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD. THEN AN OLDER BOY JOINED IN, DELIVERING FURTHER BLOWS TO STEPHEN DUDLEY'S BODY. HE COLLAPSED ON THE GROUND AND HIS TEAMMATES THEN PERFORMED CPR ON HIM. HE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER IN HOSPITAL. I FOUND HIM ALWAYS VERY RESPECTFUL, AND HARD WORKER. DIDN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS, HE'D GIVE IT A GO. THERE WAS A SUBDUED ATMOSPHERE AT KELSTON BOYS' THIS MORNING AS STUDENTS ARRIVED AT SCHOOL. FLORAL TRIBUTES AT THE GATE. I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY WHAT'S HAPPENED. EMERGING FROM WAITAKERE COURT TWO OTHER KELSTON BOYS, CHARGED, FOR NOW, WITH ASSAULTING STEPHEN DUDLEY. BOTH THE 15-YEAR-OLD AND A 17-YEAR-OLD HAVE NAME SUPPRESSION. THIS FROM A MAN WHOSE CONNECTION TO THE BOYS WE CAN'T REVEAL FOR LEGAL REASONS. SORRY. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. I VISITED THE DUDLEY FAMILY HOME. THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE REELING AT WHAT'S OCCURRED, AND THEY'VE ASKED FOR PRIVACY WHILE THEY COME TO TERMS WITH STEPHEN'S DEATH. MANY PAYING THEIR RESPECTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. IN A STATEMENT THE SCHOOL SAYS... AND ON THE FIELD WHERE STEPHEN DUDLEY'S DREAMS WERE EXTINGUISHED, THERE WERE PRAYERS. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. SO IS VIOLENCE IN AND AROUND SPORT BECOMING ACCEPTED BEHAVIOUR? AN EXPERT'S TOLD ONE NEWS OUR ELITE ATHLETES NEED TO SET A BETTER EXAMPLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS FROM LISA OWEN. IT SEEMS THERE'S A LITANY OF MAINLY MEN AT THE HIGHEST SPORTING LEVEL BEHAVING BADLY ON AND OFF THE FIELD, FROM THIS PUMMELLING IN THE STATE OF ORIGIN, COMPLETE WITH AN UNAPOLOGETIC PUNCHER,... WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PUSHED AROUND. AND THAT IS ALL THERE WAS TO IT. ...TO AN ALL BLACK CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING HIS PARTNER,... I AM NOT MAKING EXCUSES FOR MYSELF. ...AND THIS ` PIDDLING ON THE PITCH. THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, THOSE WHO HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF POWER, NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AS ROLE MODELS. THE SIGHT OF THESE AUCKLAND STUDENTS STRAINING FOR A GLIMPSE OF VISITING ALL BLACKS JUST SHOWS THE PULLING POWER OF TOP SPORTSPEOPLE. DR DAVID MAYEDA BELIEVES, WITH SO MUCH OF NZ'S IDENTITY WRAPPED UP IN WHAT HE CALLS A COLLISION SPORT, PLAYERS NEED TO BE TAUGHT WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE. THE DIFFICULT PART IS FOR ATHLETES WHO ARE WRAPPED UP IN THAT VIOLENT MENTALITY, WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROBLEM-SOLVE OUTSIDE OF SPORTING CONTEXTS. IN 2009, KELSTON BOYS HIGH HIT THE HEADLINES AFTER A FULL-SCALE BRAWL WITH THE RIVAL AUCKLAND GRAMMAR FIRST 15. BUT THIS SCHOOL ALSO HAS A RECORD OF GROOMING TOP SPORTSMEN, INCLUDING SEVENS CAPTAIN DJ FORBES, WHO BELIEVES ANY ROUGH AND TUMBLE SHOULD STAY ON THE PADDOCK. WE GO OUT THERE TO PLAY RUGBY, TO SHOW KIDS THAT IT'S A FORM OF PHYSICAL SPORT. BUT IT'S PURELY THAT. EVERYTHING'S LEFT THERE ON THE FIELD, AND EVERYONE COMES OFF HAPPY AS HARRY. BUT THIS FIGHT SHOWS EMOTIONS DO SPILL OVER, AND IN SOME CASES, FAILURE OR HUMILIATION ON THE FIELD CAN LEAD TO PAYBACK. THAT IS WHY WE SEE SO MANY FIGHTS HAPPENING DURING AND AFTER GAMES, AND OFTEN TIMES, IT DOESN'T ONLY INVOLVE THE PLAYERS. IT ALSO INVOLVES FANS COS THEY FEEL DISRESPECTED IF THEIR IDOLS WERE. AND IF THAT ATTITUDE'S TO CHANGE, EVERYONE NEEDS TO LIFT THEIR GAME ON AND OFF THE FIELD. LISA OWEN, ONE NEWS. A WAIKATO SCHOOL HAS WON ITS FIGHT TO KEEP A VIOLENT 11-YEAR-OLD OUT OF ITS CLASSROOMS. EDUCATION MINISTRY OFFICIALS BACKED DOWN ON A DEMAND THAT PAEROA CENTRAL RE-ENROL THE BOY. SHARON FERGUSSON HAS DETAILS. A WARM WELCOME,... CHILDREN CHANT POWHIRI ...BUT THE MESSAGE TO THE MINISTRY IS CLEAR ` THIS SCHOOL WON'T BACK DOWN. WE FEEL THAT PUTTING A CHILD THAT DOESN'T FIT IN MAINSTREAM INTO OUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO REALLY AFFECT THE CHANCES OF THE REST OF THE CHILDREN HERE TO LEARN. PAEROA CENTRAL SCHOOL WAS ASKED BY THE EDUCATION MINISTRY TO TAKE BACK A VIOLENT 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS EXCLUDED AFTER ASSAULTING A TEACHER AND THREATENING YOUNGER STUDENTS. OUR JOB IS ABOUT EDUCATING YOUNG MEN AND WOMAN IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT ABOUT EXCLUDING STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL. HOWEVER, ON OCCASION WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE A STUDENT DOES NOT QUITE FIT, WE DO TAKE A STAND. NEIGHBOURING PRINCIPALS SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL'S STAND AT A MEETING WITH THE MINISTRY TODAY. SO IT WAS UP TO THE MINISTRY TO BREAK THE STALEMATE. HE WONT BE ENROLLED AT THIS SCHOOL. HE WILL BE ENROLLED AT ANOTHER SCHOOL, AND WE'LL FIND A PLACE TO DO THAT. BUT HE WILL HAVE HIS LEARNING AT A PLACE WHERE HE CAN GET GOOD SUPPORT. BUT HE WILL HAVE HIS LEARNING AT A PLACE WHERE HE CAN GET GOOD SUPPORT. THAT SUPPORT WILL COME IN PART FROM AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTRE, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HELP HIM INTEGRATE INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL ` HIS 16TH. NO ONE FROM THE SCHOOL WANTED TO SPEAK ON CAMERA AFTER THE MEETING, BUT THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME SHE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND RELIEVED THE ORDEAL IS OVER. THE CHILD'S CARER ALSO SAID SHE WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. THIS ISN'T JUST OUR SCHOOL'S ISSUE. THIS IS A AN ISSUE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IN PAEROA. IT'S ACTUALLY AN ISSUE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS IN NZ. WHILE THERE'LL BE NO VIOLENT SCHOOLMATE FOR THESE KIDS, STUDENTS SOMEWHERE WILL SHARE HIS CLASS. SHARON FERGUSSON, ONE NEWS. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS? HAVE YOUR SAY IN OUR POLL ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ CORONATION STREET STAR WILLIAM ROACHE IS SET TO APPEAR IN COURT IN ENGLAND IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ON MORE SEX CHARGES AGAINST TEENAGE GIRLS. THE ACTOR, WHO PLAYS KEN BARLOW, FACES FIVE COUNTS OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING FOUR GIRLS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 16. THEY COME ON TOP OF TWO RAPE CHARGES AGAINST A 15 YEAR OLD. ALL DATE BACK TO THE 1960s. THE 81-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN STOOD DOWN FROM CORONATION STREET WHILE FACING COURT ACTION. d THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH 8 WILL BE IN HOSPITAL FOR HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK, RECOVERING FROM AN OPERATION. THE BRITISH ROYAL'S SET TO HAVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY TONIGHT. HIS LATEST HEALTH SETBACK WAS REVEALED SOON AFTER HE RECEIVED NZ'S HIGHEST HONOUR. THIS FROM KIM VINNELL IN LONDON. PRINCE PHILIP GAVE NOTHING AWAY DURING AN AFTERNOON GARDEN PARTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. LAUGHTER AND HE APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS WHEN RECEIVING THE OUR COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOUR, THE ORDER OF NZ, JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER. THE PUBLIC WASN'T TO KNOW THE DUKE'S DAY WOULD END HERE, THOUGH ` AT A PRIVATE HOSPITAL. IT WAS VERY STRANGE COS, ACTUALLY, AS MY SON AND I WERE ACTUALLY LEAVING, COMING OUT OF THE PALACE IN OUR CAR, COMING UP TOWARDS, UM, VICTORIA AND THE ROUNDABOUT, HE WAS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE CAR. WE DID THINK IT WAS RATHER STRANGE TO SEE HIM SORT OF JETTING AWAY FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE RIGHT AFTER THE PARTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS THE DUKE WILL UNDERGO A PLANNED, EXPLORATORY OPERATION AND WILL STAY IN HOSPITAL FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS. IT WAS PROMPTED BY WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS ABDOMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH HAD SEEN THE 91-YEAR-OLD IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL OVER THE PAST WEEK. A YOUNG PERSON MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OVER AN OPERATION LIKE THAT WITHIN A FEW DAYS, UH, BUT FOR AN OLDER PERSON, THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ` THE HEART AND THE LUNGS ` UH, AND THE OTHER ORGANS ARE OLDER, AND THEY TAKE MORE TIME TO RECOVER. PRINCE PHILIP WILL UNDERGO THE OPERATION AT THIS CENTRAL LONDON HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY, UK TIME. BUCKINGHAM PALACE ISN'T SAYING ANYTHING OTHER THAN IT WILL ISSUE FURTHER UPDATES WHEN APPROPRIATE. THE DUKE'S HAD A NUMBER OF HEALTH SCARES IN RECENT YEARS. UPBEAT REGAL MUSIC PLAYS LAST YEAR, AFTER THIS DAMP AFTERNOON ON THE THAMES, HE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH A BLADDER INFECTION. MORE SERIOUSLY, AT THE END OF 2011, HE HAD AN OPERATION TO CLEAR A BLOCKED ARTERY. SOARING MUSIC PLAYS AND, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, HE PULLED OUT OF A GALA EVENT DUE TO ILLNESS BUT JOINED THE QUEEN THE NEXT DAY TO MARK 60 YEARS SINCE HER CORONATION. THE NEXT MILESTONE FOR THE ROYAL PAIR ` PRINCE PHILIP'S 92ND BIRTHDAY ON JUNE THE 10TH, WHICH HE'LL LIKELY SPEND IN HOSPITAL. KIM VINNELL, ONE NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` A REAL SONG AND DANCE AS THE AMERICAN MILITARY LANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. A ROUGH LANDING AS A PLANE PARACHUTES INTO SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PILOT. AND FROM A BARE-CHESTED MACHO MAN TO A BARE BED. WHY THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WON'T BE RIDING INTO THE SUNSET WITH HIS WIFE. 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. THE REGION'S BIGGEST MILITARY-LED DISASTER RESPONSE MISSION HAS KICKED OFF IN SAMOA. IT INVOLVES FORCES FROM THE US, NZ AND AUSTRALIA. THE OPERATION COMBINES HUMANITARIAN EFFORT WITH ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL EXPERTISE TO HELP OUT LOCALS. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER HAS BEEN IN SAMOA. THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR REST HOME DEPENDS ON CHARITY, SO TO HAVE MILITARY COME CALLING, GIVING THEIR TIME, AS WELL AS DONATED GOODS, IS OVERWHELMING. WE REALLY ENJOYING, AND NOW HAPPY. WE NEVER FORGET YOU UNTIL WE DIE. BUT THE UNDERLYING REASON BEHIND THIS US NAVY ENTERTAINMENT IS A SERIOUS MISSION. IS PREPARE IN CALM TO REACT IN CRISIS. AND SAMOA HAS HAD MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF CRISES. THE TSUNAMI OF 2009 AND COUNTLESS CYCLONES HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL. THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T SURVIVE THROUGH ANY SORT OF NATURAL DISASTER, THROUGH ANY SORT OF CALAMITY, WITHOUT A TEAM EFFORT, AND WE REALISE THAT, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. MEDICAL TEAMS ARE PROVIDING LOCAL TRAINING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. THEY'VE ARRIVED AS PART OF A 700-STRONG TEAM ON BOARD THE USS PEARL HARBOR, WHICH IS PACKED WITH SUPPLIES. THESE CONTAINERS ARE DESTINED FOR TONGA, AND THEY CONTAIN CRUCIAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES, HYGIENE KITS AND CLOTHING. THE US IS LEADING THE MISSION IN SAMOA AND TONGA. NZ WILL TAKE THE LEAD IN KIRIBATI AND THE SOLOMONS. IT'S A GREAT WAY THAT NZ DEFENCE FORCE REINFORCES ITS STANDING AND ITS COMMITMENT TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN ITS OWN BACKYARD. IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OTHER NATIONS OF THE PACIFIC TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID, ASSISTANCE AND PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER. THE USS PEARL HARBOR LEAVES SAMOA FOR TONGA ON MONDAY, BUT IT WILL LEAVE BEHIND A LOT OF GOODWILL AND SKILLS. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. TURKEY'S PRIME MINISTER HAS NOW RETURNED HOME AND IS CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO PROTESTS. A CROWD OF 10,000 SUPPORTERS GREETED RECEP ERDOGAN AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT WHEN HE RETURNED FROM A TOUR OF NORTH AFRICA. HE SAYS THE DEMONSTRATIONS BORDERED ON BEING ILLEGAL AND THOSE INVOLVED SHOULD GO HOME PEACEFULLY. BUT PROTESTORS STILL GATHERED IN ISTANBUL'S TAKSIM SQUARE FOR A SIXTH DAY. OVER THE PAST WEEK, ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE SPREAD TO 78 CITIES WITHIN TURKEY. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY INTO WHAT CAUSED A PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED BUILDING IN PHILADELPHIA TO COMPLETELY COLLAPSE, KILLING SIX PEOPLE. MEANWHILE, ONE WOMAN'S BEEN FOUND ALIVE IN THE RUBBLE 13 HOURS AFTER THE BUILDING CAME DOWN. THE ABC'S RON CLAYBOURNE REPORTS. LATE THIS AFTERNOON RESCUE TEAMS COMPLETED THEIR SEARCH OF THE RUBBLE. THEY HAD FOUND NO ONE. NOT SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT WHEN, AMAZINGLY, A 61-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS BROUGHT OUT INJURED BUT ALIVE. JOHN ACTUALLY JUST FELT TO SEE IF HE COULD FEEL A PERSON UNDERNEATH THIS PILE OF CLOTHES. SHE MOVED. SHE JUST WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT HOLE. AND HE HELD HER HAND. HE GAVE HER WATER, COS WE HAD ACCESS TO HER, BUT AS SOON AS WE CLEARED AN AREA FOR HER AND SHE COULD GET OUT, SHE TRIED TO WALK OUT ON HER OWN. RESCUE TEAMS USED DOGS, MOTION DETECTORS AND SONAR, EVEN TRACKING CELL PHONE SIGNALS TO THEIR OWNERS TO KNOW WHERE TO DIG. AMONG THE SIX DEAD, ANNE BRIAN, AN ART STUDENT (24) WHO WAS SHOPPING AT THE THRIFT SHOP THAT WAS CRUSHED. HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, THE BIG QUESTION WAS WHY THE COLLAPSE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. THERE WAS NO BLOCKING, NO BRACING, NOTHING HOLDING IT UP. IT WAS JUST, KIND OF, STANDING THERE, BLOWING IN THE BREEZE. AND WE LEARNED TODAY THE DEMOLITION HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE CITY. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED. TONIGHT, WITH NO SURVIVORS LEFT TO BE FOUND, WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE COLLAPSED BUILDING IS BEING TAKEN DOWN BY HAND ` CONSIDERED THE SLOWER BUT SAFER WAY. AND A SEAMSTRESS (20) WHO SURVIVED 17 DAYS TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE OF A COLLAPSED FACTORY IN BANGLADESH HAS LEFT HOSPITAL TO TAKE UP A NEW JOB AT A LUXURY HOTEL. RESHMA BEGUM SURVIVED THANKS TO A SMALL BOTTLE OF WATER AND PACKETS OF BISCUITS. HER JOB IN A FIVE-STAR HOTEL IN DHAKA WILL EARN HER ALMOST SEVEN TIMES HER FORMER WAGE. MORE THAN 1100 PEOPLE DIED WHEN THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSED. NOW, YOU'VE HEARD OF A PARACHUTE FOR A PILOT IN TROUBLE, BUT WHAT ABOUT ONE FOR THE WHOLE PLANE? RESIDENTS IN THE ENGLISH TOWN OF CHELTENHAM WERE SURPRISED TO SEE A PLANE FLOATING DOWN INTO THEIR BACK GARDEN. THERE'S A PLANE COMING OUT OF THE SKY, AND IT'S DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY INTO MY GARDEN. THE PILOT (76) DEPLOYED THE PARACHUTE ON HIS SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE GOT INTO TROUBLE ON A FLIGHT FROM LONDON. HE WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES, AND NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS HURT. RUSSIA IS LOOKING FOR A NEW FIRST LADY AFTER VLADIMIR PUTIN ANNOUNCED HE'S GETTING A DIVORCE. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE, LYUDMILA, ARE CALLING IT A DAY AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. THEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A JOINT INTERVIEW ON STATE TV, MRS PUTIN SAYING THEY BARELY SEE EACH OTHER. IT ENDS YEARS OF SPECULATION ABOUT THE PUTIN'S MARRIAGE. AMERICA'S BATTENING DOWN YET AGAIN AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREA MAKES LANDFALL IN FLORIDA, BRINGING TORNADOES, LIGHTNING AND FLASH FLOODING. WINDS TOPPING 100KM/H HAVE SPAWNED MORE THAN 12 TORNADOES IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS, WITH MORE EXPECTED. FLOODING'S ALSO CAUSING PROBLEMS, WITH SOME AREAS PREDICTED TO GET TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND FLOODWATERS ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC TOO, WHERE THE RACE IS ON TO SAVE GERMANY'S HISTORIC CITY OF DRESDEN. 16 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE THE ELBE RIVER BREACHED ITS BANKS. FURTHER SOUTH, SCORES OF HOMES REMAIN UNDERWATER AS OVER 100,000 VOLUNTEERS AND SOLDIERS DEAL WITH THE DISASTER. BACK TO OUR WEATHER NOW, AND IT WAS AN ICY START FOR MANY OF US THIS MORNING. ESPECIALLY AROUND SOUTH CANTERBURY AND THE MACKENZIE COUNTRY. SAMUEL BOROUGHS SENT US THIS PHOTO FROM RANGIORA. PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP. BUT THAT ICY START GAVE WAY TO SUNNY SKIES IN MANY PLACES. JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS FINDING THEIR WAY OVER EASTERN FRINGES. WE HAVE A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER NELSON AND MT TARANAKI OVERNIGHT ON SATURDAY THROUGH INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME AFTER THE BREAK ` THE UPS AND DOWNS OF PETER DUNNE'S LONG POLITICAL CAREER. FROM STEALTH FIGHTER JETS TO COCA-COLA AND GOOGLE. THE CHINESE CYBERCRIME THAT'S REALLY HACKING OFF BIG US CORPORATIONS. AND THE WORLD WAS HER OYSTER. THE CURTAIN FALLS ON THE GLITTERING HOLLYWOOD CAREER OF A FORMER CHAMPION SWIMMER. A CHRISTCHURCH CITY'S CONTROVERSIAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE FRONTED UP TODAY TO JUSTIFY HIS DUAL ROLE OF CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY THAT INSURES THE COUNCIL. TONY MARRYATT WAS DUE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE COUNCIL HAS YET TO RECEIVE A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INSURANCE PAYOUT. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. THE COUNCIL CEO ARRIVING FOR A BIT OF A GRILLING. BUT THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ` TO DEBATE WHETHER THE MEETING SHOULD BE HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ` TOOK ALMOST LONGER THAN THE MEETING ITSELF. AND WELCOME. WELCOME` MADAM CHAIR, CAN I JUST CLARIFY THAT POINT OF ORDER? YES. BEFORE TONY MARRYATT EVEN GOT TO SIT DOWN, MAYOR BOB PARKER WAS EAGER TO DEFEND HIS CEO'S DUAL ROLE AS HEAD OF COUNCIL AND CHAIRPERSON OF CIVIC ASSURANCE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT-OWNED INSURER. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS PART OF CIVIC ASSURANCE. OTHERS AROUND THE COUNCIL TABLE, THOUGH, NOT AS COMFORTABLE WITH THE ARRANGEMENT. IT'S ALMOST AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION TO BE IN. THE MEETING REMAINED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE ISSUE OF THE COUNCIL'S WAIT FOR $68M FROM CIVIC ASSURANCE NOT ON THE TABLE. THEY'RE NOW IN ARBITRATION TO GET THE MONEY. I WOULD BE PUTTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF RATEPAYERS' MONEY AT RISK. THE FOCUS SHIFTED QUICKLY BACK TO THE TWO HATS THE CEO WEARS. HOW MR MARRYATT CONDUCTS BOTH HIS ROLE AS CHAIRMAN OF CIVIC INSURANCE WHILST ALSO BEING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE? IF WE INVITED HIM UNDER FALSE PRETENCES, THEN I THINK THAT IS... < I-I` NO. I'M SORRY. IT'S MY TURN TO SPEAK. BUT TONY MARRYATT, WHO FACED STRONG CRITICISM LAST YEAR FOR HIS $68,000 PAY RISE, WAS HAPPY TO ADDRESS THE CONFLICT ISSUE. IF, FOR ONE MOMENT, I THOUGHT THE COUNCIL OR THE RATEPAYERS OF THE CITY WERE WORSE OFF, I WOULD NOT REMAIN ON THE CIVIC BOARD. HOWEVER, SOME COUNCILLORS APPEAR UNCONVINCED. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. ANOTHER LARGE CHUNK OF CHRISTCHURCH'S INNER-CITY RED ZONE HAS OPENED UP, WITH A PROMISE THE LAST BARRIERS WILL BE GONE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE CORDON AROUND THE CBD BLOCK NORTH OF GLOUCESTER STREET HAS COME DOWN. OTHER AREAS WILL OPEN UP ON A WEEK-BY-WEEK BASIS. THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS CATHEDRAL SQUARE BY JUNE 28TH. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS CHINA'S NEW LEADER AT THEIR FIRST EVER SUMMIT THIS WEEKEND, CYBER-HACKING WILL BE ON THE AGENDA. THE NUMBER OF CYBER ATTACKS ON AMERICAN COMPANIES ORIGINATING FROM CHINA HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY, AND IT'S COSTING BUSINESSES IN THE US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICUS REPORTS. THEY'RE SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL BUSINESSMEN, IN BEIJING THIS WEEK, LOOKING FOR DEALS. BEHIND THE SMILES, WORRIES THAT COMPANY SECRETS ARE BEING STOLEN BY CHINESE COMPUTER HACKERS. WE GET INTRUSIONS INTO OUR, UH, OUR SYSTEMS DAILY. DESIGNS FOR AMERICA'S LATEST STEALTH FIGHTER HAVE BEEN TAKEN, AND CHINA IS NOW BUILDING ITS OWN STEALTH PLANES. FIRMS LIKE COCA-COLA HAVE BEEN TARGETED, AND GOOGLE'S SECRET CODES TOO. GOOGLE TRACED THAT INTRUSION TO COMPUTERS HERE AT A GIANT TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE IN SHANDONG PROVINCE. MANY OF THE ATTACKS HAVE BEEN TRACED TO CHINA'S OWN ARMY ` A SPECIAL PLA UNIT OPERATING FROM THIS SITE IN SHANGHAI. BOTH SITES AGREE MILITARY ESPIONAGE IS TO BE EXPECTED, BUT AMERICA SAYS THE FOCUS ON US COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGIES MUST STOP. IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU SEE CHINA HAS A GROWING INDUSTRY AROUND CYBER ATTACKS. YOU CAN FIND LESSONS IN HACKING, HACKING SOFTWARE FOR SALE, EVEN CHINESE HACKERS FOR HIRE. THIS ONE WILL STEAL ANY INFORMATION YOU WANT AND TAKE ANY WEBSITE YOU LIKE OFFLINE, AND IT SAYS THE SERVICE IS 100% GUARANTEED. CHINA IS CHURNING OUT CHEAP BUT SKILLED PROGRAMMERS, AND SOME AREN'T LAUNCHING ATTACKS BUT WORKING TO STOP THEM. THIS FIRM HELPS PROTECT COMPANIES IN AMERICA AND EUROPE FROM ONLINE ASSAULTS. AMERICA IS WARNING CYBER THEFT IS NOW HARMING US COMPANIES AND JOBS, DAMAGING AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION, AND IF IT GETS WORSE, THE ISSUE COULD POISON RELATIONS WITH CHINA. AND ACCORDING TO CHINA'S GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER, A TOP OFFICIAL SAYS HE HAS MOUNTAINS OF DATA THAT THE US HACKED CHINESE SYSTEMS. SWIMMING CHAMPION TURNED MOVIE STAR ESTHER WILLIAMS HAS DIED AGED 91. HER SUCCESS IN THE POOL AS A TEENAGER LED TO A CAREER IN 'AQUA MUSICALS' DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR HER. THE ACTRESS BECAME ONE OF CINEMA'S BIGGEST BOX OFFICE STARS IN THE 1940S AND '50S, GAINING A REPUTATION FOR HER SPECTACULAR SWIMSUITS. SHE DIED PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` ALL SPORT AT AN AUCKLAND SCHOOL'S BEEN CANCELLED TOMORROW IN THE WAKE OF A STUDENT'S (15) DEATH. STEPHEN DUDLEY COLLAPSED AFTER BEING PUNCHED AT THE END OF A KELSTON BOYS' RUGBY TRAINING SESSION. A 15- AND 17-YEAR-OLD ARE OUT ON BAIL AFTER APPEARING IN COURT CHARGED WITH ASSAULT IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH. UNITED FUTURE LEADER PETER DUNNE IS STILL DENYING LEAKING A TOP SECRET REPORT ON THE GCSB SPY AGENCY, DESPITE RESIGNING AS A MINISTER OVER THE ISSUE. HE'S ADMITTED ACTING UNWISELY AND STUPIDLY AFTER AN INQUIRY RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT. OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE NOW CALLING FOR A POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEAK. PETER DUNNE'S BEEN AN MP FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN LOOKS AT THE 59-YEAR-OLD'S CAREER. PETER DUNNE AND HIS CARAVAN ROLLED INTO THE OHARIU ELECTORATE IN 1984 AND NEVER LEFT. OHARIU VOTERS ARE IN A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. HE'S WON THE SEAT 10 TIMES ` FOUR AS A LABOUR CANDIDATE ` BUT AS THE PARTY DRIFTED MORE TO THE LEFT WITH THE DEPARTURE OF ROGER DOUGLAS AND RICHARD PREBBLE, PETER DUNNE WAS COMPELLED TO SET UP HIS OWN PARTY, FUTURE NZ, IN 1995. IT DIDN'T HAVE ONE, WIPED OUT AT THE '96 ELECTION, EXCEPT FOR DUNNE, THE POLITICAL SURVIVOR RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT BY HIS SUPPORTERS NORTH OF WELLINGTON, TAKING ON THE MANTLE OF PARLIAMENT'S TATTLETALE. BY A COUNTRY MILE, TREVOR MALLARD IS PARLIAMENT'S WORST-BEHAVED MP. BEFORE THE 2002 ELECTION, ANOTHER PARTY MERGER SAW THE CREATION OF UNITED FUTURE, AT WHICH POINT THE WORM LITERALLY TURNED FOR PETER DUNNE. IT'S GIVEN US A HUGE BOOST. HIS PERFORMANCE IN THIS TELEVISION DEBATE SAW HIS PARTY WIN ALMOST 7% OF THE VOTE AND A WHOPPING EIGHT SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. UNTIED FUTURE PROPPED UP THE LABOUR-LED GOVERNMENT OF 2002. WHILE DUNNE BRIEFLY FLIRTED WITH THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH NATIONAL OVER A CUP OF TEA IN EPSOM, HE STUCK WITH LABOUR, ALONG WITH ALLIANCE AND WINSTON PETERS, WHO MR DUNNE HAD LABELLED A FASCIST. IT IS AN OLD TRICK, PRACTISED WITH CHILLING AND BRUTAL SKILL IN EUROPE IN THE 1930S. UNITED FUTURE'S DECLINE CONTINUED IN 2008. ONLY DUNNE RETURNED HERE TO PARLIAMENT, HITCHING HIS WAGON TO NATIONAL. HE DID THAT AGAIN IN 2011, CASTING THE CRUCIAL VOTE THAT GOT ASSET SALES ACROSS THE LINE. BUT THE BAD OMENS WERE THERE ` HIS PUPPET AT THE ICONIC BACKBENCHER PUB LOST ITS PLACE AFTER A FIRE LAST YEAR. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GREAT PROPHECY IN THAT. I THINK, PROBABLY, I WAS NEARER THE KITCHEN. AND TODAY, IN THE FINAL ACT OF HIS MINISTERIAL CAREER, PETER DUNNE HAS WALKED THE PLANK. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND KIERAN READ LEADS HIS FIRST HOME CAPTAIN'S RUN TODAY. WE'LL HEAR FROM KIERAN READ NEXT. AS THE ALL BLACKS GET DECKED OUT FOR A SPECIAL COMMEMORATION, THE FRENCH REVEAL WHY IT'S SO SPECIAL TO PLAY AT EDEN PARK. PLUS ` SERENA STORMS INTO HER FIRST FRENCH TENNIS OPEN FINAL IN 11 YEARS. AND, PARDON, NOT AGAIN. THE HEAT GET BURNT IN THE OPENING GAME OF THE NBA FINALS. FIRST UP TONIGHT ` TO THE FIRST TEST BETWEEN THE ALL BLACKS AND FRANCE IN AUCKLAND. AND DESPITE SOME BIG NAMES MISSING FROM BOTH TEAMS, THE MATCH IS STILL A SPECIAL OCCASION. IT'S EDEN PARK'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL MATCHES AT THE VENUE. IT'S TIMELY THEN THAT THE COMMEMORATION TEST IS BETWEEN NZ AND THE FRENCH. DIFFERENT COLOURS TODAY, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A HOME TEST TO REMEMBER FOR THE NEW SKIPPER. FIRST HOME TEST AS CAPTAIN? OH, IT'S A MASSIVE HONOUR, AND ESPECIALLY TO BE HERE AT EDEN PARK. IT'S A GROUND THAT HOLDS A LOT OF SIGNIFIGANCE FOR MYSELF. THE SIGNIFICANCE? NO OFFENCE TO CANTERBURY, BUT READ WAS BORN AND BRED HALF AN HOUR DOWN THE MOTORWAY FROM EDEN PARK, NEAR PUKEKOHE. YOU WERE A BLUES FAN AS A KID? OH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONLY WHEN COUNTIES WERE WITH THE BLUES. READ WATCHED HIS FIRST TEST AT THE PARK IN 1998 AS A 12 YEAR OLD ` THE ALL BLACKS BEATING ENGLAND. TODAY THE TEAM WORE SPECIAL 100TH ANNIVERSARY TRAINING GEAR. TIMING COULDN'T BE BETTER. IT'S A REPLAY OF THE 2011 WORLD CUP FINAL. THE MAN OF THE MATCH FROM THAT REMARKABLE SHOWDOWN BACK AGAIN FOR ONE LAST VISIT. PLAYING AT EDEN PARK IS LIKE, UH, UM, THE BEST PLACE OF` OF RUGBY IN THE WORLD. FOR` IT'S PART OF THE LEGEND FOR US. I HOPE TO EXPERIENCE A VICTORY, UH,... (CHUCKLES) TOMORROW. FOR ONCE, I THINK, UM, IT'S... I THINK IT WOULD BE MY LAST GAME THERE. THE FRENCH HAVE WON TWICE IN 10 TESTS IN AUCKLAND. COACH PHILLIPE SAINT ANDRE WAS ON THE WING IN A FAMOUS WIN ` THE ALL BLACKS LAST LOSS AT EDEN PARK WAY BACK IN 1994. AND REMEMBER THIS WIREY FRAME? 1987 CUP FINAL WINGER PATRICE LAGISGUET. I HAVE A SOUVENIR FROM EDEN PARK, COS FRANCK MESNEL HAS BROUGHT THE POSTS, THE OLD POSTS, AND ALL THE PLAYERS OF, UH, THE '87 TEAM, UH, HAVE ONE, UH, PIECE OF THE POSTS. IT'S FAR FROM A CUP FINAL TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THE ALL BLACKS WITH NEWISH FACES ARE STILL SIZZLING HOT FAVOURITES, BUT IT STILL MEANS PLENTY FOR TWO OLD FOES. ALSO AT EDEN PARK TODAY, THE RUGBY SEVENS SIDES HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR THE WORLD CUPS IN RUSSIA LATER THIS MONTH. WHILE NZ HOLDS THE IRB SERIES TITLE, NZ HASN'T WON A SEVENS WORLD CUP SINCE 2001, AND WITH THE OLYMPICS LOOMING, THE PRESSURE IS ON. ABBY SCOTT REPORTS. WE HAVEN'T WON FOR A WHILE, SO NO PRESSURE BOYS. IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE WE LAST WON A SEVENS RUGBY WORLD CUP, BUT THESE ARE THE FACES WHO ARE HOPING TO CHANGE THAT. TICKED A FEW BOXES IN SEVENS, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE WORLD CUP IS ONE THAT I HAVEN'T. AT THE LAST CUP, NZ CAME FIFTH AFTER LOSING TO EVENTUAL WINNERS WALES IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. CAPTAIN DJ FORBES ONE OF THREE CURRENT PLAYERS WHO WERE THERE. IT SHOULD BE MOTIVATION TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, UM, I CAN SORT OF STORE A FEW MORE GOOD MEMORIES IN THE` IN THE MEMORY BANK. WITH SEVENS NOW AN OLYMPIC SPORT, THIS MONTH'S TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA COULD BE THE LAST WORLD CUP EVER. MEDAL OPPORTUNITIES HAVE UPPED THE COMPETITION. I THINK WE'VE GOT CANADA AND USA, AND THEY USED TO BE MINNOW TEAMS, BUT NOW THEY'RE GETTING UP THERE. THE INTEREST FROM ATHLETES CONSIDERING MOVING TO SEVENS ALSO ON THE UP. I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE CONTACT ME, LIKE, FROM HOCKEY, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE BLACKSTICKS. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. (LAUGHS) OH... NOT NAMING NAMES, BUT A FEW GIRLS THAT ARE IN THE FRAME OF, LIKE, HIGH-LEVEL SPORT THAT ARE INTERESTEED IN... IN RUGBY. ACROSS BOTH TEAMS, THERE ARE FORMER 15S, LEAGUE AND NETBALL PLAYERS. THERE'S EVEN A SHEEP SHEARING CHAMPION. ESPECIALLY ME BEING A FORWARD, I HAVE TO HIT A LOT OF RUCKS, MAKE A LOT OF TACKLES. SO THAT'S HELPED A LOT TRYING TO DRAG THE SHEEP OVER THE BOARD AND TRY AND HANDLE THEM. WITH BOTH TEAMS CURRENT SERIES CHAMPIONS, THEY'LL BE HOPING TO HANDLE THE SILVERWARE IN RUSSIA AT THE END OF THE MONTH. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. A BIG LIFT FOR THE LIONS RUGBY TEAM TONIGHT, WITH PROP CIAN HEALY CLEARED OF MISCONDUCT CHARGES. THE 39-TEST IRISHMAN HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF BITING WESTERN FORCE HALFBACK BRETT SHEEHAN ON THE ARM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BUT HEALY'S RETURN REMAINS UNCERTAIN AFTER SUFFERING AN ANKLE INJURY LATER IN THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR OPENER. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ONE-SIDED SEMI-FINALS IN THE HISTORY OF GRAND SLAM TENNIS. SERENA WILLIAMS HAS AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED THE LACK OF DEPTH IN THE WOMEN'S GAME, THRASHING WORLD NUMBER FIVE, ITALIAN SARA ERRANI, IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. SERENA NOW HAS THE CHANCE AGAINST MARIA SHARAPOVA TO WIN HER FIRST FRENCH TITLE IN 11 YEARS. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. YOU COULD ALMOST SEE THE FEAR IN SARA ERRANI'S EYES. WHO COULD BLAME HER? GEE. POWERFUL. I JUST CAN'T RECALL SEEING THIS MANY WINNERS STRUCK IN 10 MINUTES. WORLD NUMBER ONE SERENA WILLIAMS BULLIED LAST YEAR'S FINALIST INTO SUBMISSION WITH POWER AND PRECISION. SHE'S PULLED OUT THE DROP SHOT. d IT ONLY TOOK 21 MINUTES FOR WILL IT WAS ANOTHER 17 MINUTES BEFORE ERRANI TASTED HER FIRST AND ONLY SUCCESS. THE AMERICAN HIT A MASSIVE 40 WINNERS TO ERRANI'S TWO. NOW SHE'S HITTING SHOELACE VOLLEYS FOR WINNERS. WILLIAMS LOOKED WELL ON COURSE FOR HER 16TH MAJOR TITLE, WRAPPING UP THE SEMI 6-0, 6-1 IN JUST THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR. AND I THINK FITTING THAT SHE ENDS WITH AN ACE. MARIA SHARAPOVA HIT 12 ACES OF HER OWN. DOUBLE FAULTS WERE HER PROBLEM. THE RUSSIAN BANISHED THOSE NERVES, WINNING THE NEXT SIX GAMES TO TAKE THE FIRST SET OFF FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE VICTORIA AZARENKA. JUST TOO GOOD. AZARENKA GOT THE BETTER OF THE BASELINE AND SCREAMING BATTLE, TAKING OUT THE SECOND SET 6-2. SHARAPOVA WAS BACK IN FULL VOICE IN THE THIRD. GRUNTING SHARAPOVA BLEW MATCH POINTS WITH HER 10TH AND 11TH DOUBLE FAULTS BACK-TO-BACK, BEFORE SEALING IT WITH AN ACE. AND WHAT A WAY TO FINISH. SO, THE DEFENDING CHAMPION TO FACE THE IMPOSING WILLIAMS IN THE FINAL. THE RUSSIAN TRAILS IN THE HEAD-TO-HEAD BATTLE 13-2. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING, BUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS ARE ALREADY FACING A MAJOR BOWLING CRISIS AFTER LOSING TO INDIA IN CARDIFF. SEAMER MORNE MORKEL WAS FORCED TO LEAVE THE FIELD IN THE 34TH OVER AFTER STRAINING HIS LEG. HE JOINS DALE STEYN AND JACQUES KALLIS ON THE PROTEAS' INJURY LIST. THE INDIAN OPENERS MADE THE MOST OF THE WEAKENED ATTACK, PUTTING ON 127 FOR THE FIRST WICKET. MAN-OF-THE-MATCH SHIKHAR DHAWAN WENT ON TO TOP SCORE WITH 114 OFF 94 BALLS. WELL, HE'S GOING TO GET MORE RUNS. AND THAT IS HIS 100. HE'S TAKING HIS HELMET OFF. AS EASY AS YOU LIKE. A CUT AND A PULL. 'I'M TOO GOOD FOR YOU TODAY, SOUTH AFRICA.' INDIA EVENTUALLY POSTED 331. SOUTH AFRICA MANAGED TO STAY WITH THE RUN RATE, BUT KEPT LOSING CRUCIAL WICKETS ` ALL OUT FOR 305. THE NZ ATHLETICS COMMUNITY IS TONIGHT MOURNING THE DEATH OF LEADING RACE WALKER LESLEY CANTWELL. THE SOUTHLAND MOTHER OF ONE (26) COLLAPSED ON TUESDAY TWO HOURS AFTER WINNING THE BIGGEST TITLE OF HER CAREER ` THE 5000M OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP IN TAHITI. IT'S UNDERSTOOD CANTWELL SUFFERED A BRAIN HAEMORRHAGE. THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN HAS SUFFERED A RARE DEFEAT AT THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE MEET IN ROME. USAIN BOLT IS STILL RECOVERING FROM A HAMSTRING INJURY AND COULDN'T FOOT IT WITH JUSTIN GATLIN, WHO'S BEEN RUNNING HOT THIS SEASON. THE AMERICAN CUTTING OUT THE 100M IN 9.94 SECONDS ` ONE HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND AHEAD 0F BOLT. BOLT HAS TWO MONTHS TO GET UP TO SPEED FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN. AGAINST THE ODDS, SAN ANTONIO'S EMERGED THE EARLY LEADER IN THE NBA FINALS SERIES. THE SPURS, STUNNED THE MUCH-FAVOURED HEAT 92-88 IN MIAMI IN GAME ONE. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WATCHED THE ACTION. THE WHITE STRIPES' 'SEVEN NATION ARMY' PLAYS NBA FINALS IS ALL ABOUT THE SHOW. WHEN YOU PUT THE SPURS' BIG THREE VETERANS UP AGAINST THE TRIO HOPING TO USURP THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL, A SHOWDOWN IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. WADE WITH THE FINISH. DWAYNE WADE'S NEWLY REDISCOVERED PLAY-OFF FORM CONTINUED ` 13 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF. BUT SAN ANTONIO'S GOT A 4-0 FINALS RECORD. STEP UP THE MAN WHO'S BEEN PART OF ALL THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS. DUNCAN'S GONNA SHOOT IT. STEPS BACK AND PUTS IT IN. MIAMI HELD A THREE-POINT ADVANTAGE THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER, THOUGH THE SPURS WERE QUITE LITERALLY WILLING TO STEP ON WHOEVER GOT IN THEIR WAY. HE'S DIVING ON THE FLOOR. YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. (LAUGHS) BUT IT MAY HAVE SPARKED SOMETHING. SAN ANTONIO HEATED UP. PARKER WITH A SPIN MOVE. OH, WHAT A PRETTY PLAY BY TONY PARKER. PARKER LED THE WAY FOR THE SPURS WITH 21 POINTS. AND WHILE RAY ALLEN DROWNED SOME TYPICALLY CLUTCH FREE-THROWS TO KEEP THE HOME SIDE'S HOPES ALIVE, THERE WAS NO OUTSHINING THIS. PARKER WITH TWO TO SHOOT. JUST GETS IT OFF IN TIME, AND HE BANGS IT IN. HE KEPT COMPETING. HE GAINED CONTROL OF IT AGAIN. HE GOT IT UP THERE ON THE RIM. SO, UH, GREAT EFFORT BY TONY, AND AS I SAID, WE WERE FORTUNATE. AS THEY SAY, FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE. THE SPURS OUTSCORED MIAMI 23-16 IN THE FINAL QUARTER. THEY HELD LEBRON JAMES TO LESS THAN 20 POINTS FOR THE GAME. ROUND ONE TO THE SO-CALLED OLD THREE. GAME TWO IS IN MIAMI ON MONDAY. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THANKS, ANDREW. KAREN'S UP NEXT ON ONE NEWS, WITH RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. 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. HELLO AGAIN. GOT SOME RAIN ON THE WAY FOR WEEKEND. NOT EVERYONE WILL GET WET, BUT WE DO WATCH HAVE A WATCH IN PLACE FOR HEAVY RAIN FOR NELSON AND MT TARANAKI OVERNIGHT SATURDAY THROUGH INTO SUNDAY MORNING. JUST A WATCH AT THIS STAGE. MOSTLY FINE DAY TODAY WITH THE HIGH SITTING OVER US. BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF THIS GREYER LOWER CLOUD TRAPPED UNDERNEATH IT. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MIXED IN WITH THAT CLOUD. THIS BRIGHTER STUFF HERE IS FRONTAL CLOUD. GOT QUITE AN ACTIVE COLD FRONT SURGING UP OUT OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. A LITTLE WARM SECTOR COMING IN AHEAD OF IT. SHOWERS FOR THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE SOUTH ISLAND TURNING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. FINE AT FIRST IN THE EAST, BUT A FROSTY START FOR INLAND PARTS. THEN HIGH CLOUD THICKENS UP, WITH RAIN SPREADING THROUGH SOUTHLAND AND SCATTERED FALLS CREEPING INTO OTAGO. NORTH-EASTERLY WINDS STRONG ABOUT THE COASTS. IN THE NORTH ISLAND, THE NORTH-EASTERLY FLOW DRAGS ISOLATED SHOWERS INTO EXPOSED NORTHERN AREAS. MOSTLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE. STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY FOR TARANAKI AND WELLINGTON. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THIS IS ST HELIERS BAY IN AUCKLAND LOOKING STUNNING AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. THANKS TO EMILY BORICH FOR THE PHOTO. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR FRIDAY.