GOOD EVENING. HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY DUE TO A SOGGY ONSHORE EASTERLY FLOW. 40MM FOR HASTINGS, AND 25MM FOR GISBORNE. MUCH MORE UP IN THE RANGES. MORE FROST, FOG AND LOW CLOUD AROUND THIS MORNING, SOME OF THE FOG LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON IN INLAND PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR I'LL TELL YOU IF WE'LL GET MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW, IT'S SIX O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A SHOCKING IMAGE ` A ONE NEWS EXCLUSIVE ON A NAKED WOMAN FOUND LOCKED UP IN A SHED FOR YEARS. A CASUALTY OF THE NOVOPAY MESS ` AN OFFICIAL QUITS IN THE WAKE OF THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BOTCH-UP. ALL CHANT HAKA THE FAREWELL FOR THE STUDENT WHO DIED AFTER A RUGBY TRAINING FIGHT ` AN ALL BLACK'S AMONG THE MOURNERS. AND THE CARD-CARRYING QUEEN ` A VISIT FOR HER BIRTHDAY BOY. SO HOW'S PHILIP FARING? A 49-YEAR-OLD DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA HAS BEEN FOUND LOCKED IN A SHED IN APPALLING CONDITIONS. THE DISCOVERY BRINGING BACK MEMORIES OF 'CHICKEN BOY', THE MAN KEPT IN A PEN AND TIED TO A BED FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES. THE LATEST CASE IS ALSO IN FIJI, AND AFTER ONE NEWS ENQUIRIES AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE TAKING ACTION TO HELP THE WOMAN. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. JUST A WARNING: YOU MAY FIND SOME PICTURES DISTURBING. WE FOUND HER IN THIS VILLAGE ` A MENTALLY ILL WOMAN CALLED NUR. WE'D ASKED FIJI'S DISABLED FEDERATION TO COME WITH US TO ASSESS HER SITUATION. WHAT WE FOUND WAS SHOCKING. SHE'S IN A PATHETIC SITUATION. HER PLACE IS NOT CLEAN; IT'S SMELLY. AND... I'M SURE SHE IS TOTALLY DISABLED NUR WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN 1987. THIS IS HER NOW, AGED 49 ` LOCKED IN THIS SHED; NAKED. WHERE SHE CROUCHES IS WHERE SHE SLEEPS, EATS AND GOES TO THE TOILET. AND SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. FOR FIJI, FOR EXAMPLE, NUR'S FAMILY, WHO WE WON'T IDENTIFY, WERE HAPPY FOR US TO FILM HER TO ILLUSTRATE HER PLIGHT. THEY GET $90 A MONTH FOR HER CARE, BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE HER, AS SHE'S BEEN VIOLENT AT TIMES. SOME BELIEVE SHE'S POSSESSED. PROBABLY A DEMON THAT IS IN HER THAT HAS ACTUALLY RUINED HER AND IS RULING HER; IT'S COMMANDING HER. FIJI'S MENTAL-HEALTH OFFICIALS ESTIMATE 15% OF THE ADULT POPULATION HAS A MENTAL ILLNESS, WITH ONLY 8% REPORTED. JUST RECENTLY ANOTHER PATIENT LIKE NUR WAS RESCUED IN THE SUVA AREA. BUT THINGS ARE BETTER HERE THAN IN MANY PARTS OF THE PACIFIC, WHERE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THOSE SUFFERING MENTAL ILLNESS TO BE HIDDEN AWAY OR ABUSED. TERRIBLE WOULD BE ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE IT. WE DON'T YET HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICES TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES. NEXT YEAR PACIFIC HEALTH MINISTERS ARE MEETING, AS THEY DO EVERY TWO YEARS, AND MENTAL HEALTH IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE AGENDA. THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE SORTS OF THINGS IS THERE IS A LOT OF TALK AND DISCUSSION, BUT NOT A LOT OF ACTION. BUT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN FOR NUR. THE DISABLED FEDERATION IS GETTING A WHEELCHAIR SO SHE CAN BE TAKEN OUTSIDE, AND IT HOPES TO SET UP A TRUST FUND SO IT CAN HIRE A CARER. AND THE FIJI GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO STEPPED IN AFTER WE TOLD THEM ABOUT NUR'S CASE. SHE HAS BEEN REFERRED FOR URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND A SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER HAS VISITED HER AND WILL PROVIDE HELP. THERE'S NOW SOME HOPE FOR THE WOMAN WHO UP UNTIL NOW HAS HAD NONE. BARBARA DREAVER, ONE NEWS. AND WE CAN UPDATE YOU ON HOW LIFE'S CHANGED FOR "CHICKEN BOY", WHO'S NOW 42 YEARS OLD. HIS REAL NAME'S SUJIT KUMAR, AND HIS MISTREATMENT CAME TO THE WORLD'S ATTENTION IN 2004. HE'D BEEN KEPT IN A CHICKEN PEN FOR EIGHT YEARS AND TIED TO A BED FOR MORE THAN 20. BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTIST ELIZABETH CLAYTON SAYS SUJIT IS VERY HAPPY AT THE ORPHANAGE SHE ESTABLISHED. HE'S STILL NOT TALKING, BUT SHE SAYS HIS NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION IS REMARKABLE. AS BARBARA MENTIONED, THE CASES OF NUR AND SUJIT KUMAR AREN'T JUST ISOLATED TO FIJI. THEY'RE PART OF A WIDER PACIFIC PROBLEM. SHE'LL EXPLORE THAT MORE ON 'BREAKFAST', FROM 6 IN THE MORNING. A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER IS FACING SEVEN CHARGES OF INDECENT ASSAULT. CONSTABLE ADAM DUNNETT LOST A BID TO GET NAME SUPPRESSION WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE HASTINGS DISTRICT COURT. HE'S CHARGED WITH INDECENTLY ASSAULTING FIVE WOMEN BETWEEN MAY 2011 AND DECEMBER 2012. DUNNETT ENTERED NO PLEA AND WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. HE'S BEEN A POLICEMAN FOR 10 YEARS. A VETERAN PUBLIC SERVANT HAS BECOME THE LATEST CASUALTY OF THE NOVOPAY FIASCO. THE EDUCATION DEPUTY SECRETARY'S QUIT, WITH STEVEN JOYCE CONFIRMING SHE WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE FACING AN EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. THE NOVOPAY BOTCH-UP'S COST TAXPAYERS $23M, AND TODAY THE DEPUTY EDUCATION SECRETARY QUIT HER JOB. ANNE JACKSON, WHO WAS ONE OF TWO OFFICIALS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MISLEADING MINISTERS ABOUT THE PAY SCHEME'S READINESS, OPTED TO QUIT RATHER THAN FACE THE FIRING SQUAD. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO CHARACTERISE IT AS ALL SITTING ON HER SHOULDERS, BECAUSE THE REPORT MAKES IT VERY VERY CLEAR THAT A NUMBER OF ENTITIES AND PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED. A PUBLIC SERVANT OF 25 YEARS, ANNE JACKSON CLAIMS SHE WASN'T PRESSURED TO GO, SAYING IN A STATEMENT: SHE'S THE SECOND TOP OFFICIAL TO FALL ON HER SWORD AT THE BELEAGUERED EDUCATION MINISTRY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SECRETARY LESLEY LONGSTONE TOOK A $400,000 GOLDEN HANDSHAKE AS SHE CUT HER FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT FOUR YEARS SHORT. NOVOPAY'S ONGOING ISSUES SAW CRAIG FOSS LOSE HIS MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAY SYSTEM, BUT THE PPTA SAYS THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY. HOW BAD DOES A PROBLEM HAVE TO GET BEFORE SOMEBODY IN CABINET TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM? MINISTERS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE KEY DECISION TO GO LIVE, WERE ` AS WE KNOW NOW ` NOT PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION THAT WAS CORRECT. SO NO ONE IN CABINET IS PUTTING THEIR HAND UP, AND ALL EYES NOW TURN TO THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE OTHER EDUCATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL AT THE CENTRE OF THE NOVOPAY SAGA. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS. THE HIGH-PROFILE RESIGNATION HAS OVERSHADOWED AN UPDATE ON HOW YOUR CHILDREN ARE FARING WITH READING, WRITING AND MATHS. A NEW REPORT CARD ON NATIONAL STANDARDS HAS FOUND SMALL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT PROBLEMS AS STUDENTS GET OLDER. DANIEL FAITAUA WITH THE DETAILS. 3PM ` ANOTHER SCHOOL DAY OVER FOR THESE KIDS, WHO ACCORDING TO NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE GETTING A LITTLE SMARTER. THE CONFUSION IS AROUND THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY SUPPLYING THE CORRECT INFORMATION THAT GETS ASSESSED. IT'S JUST THE SECOND YEAR DATA FROM THE CONTROVERSIAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN RELEASED. OVERALL, IT SHOWS 77% OF STUDENTS IN 2012 MET THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR READING, UP 1.2% ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 73% MET THE STANDARD FOR MATHS, UP 1.4%, AND 70% OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS MET THE STANDARD FOR WRITING, UP 2% ON 2011. SO SEEING THIS CONSISTENCY, I THINK, IS VERY REASSURING. BUT AS CHILDREN PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEARS, ACHIEVEMENT IS DROPPING, THE 2012 DATA SHOWING THAT ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE THREE SUBJECTS 76% OF YEAR ONE STUDENTS MEET THE STANDARDS BUT THAT DROPS BY MORE THAN 10% FOR YEAR 7 STUDENTS. BOYS, ALONG WITH MAORI AND PACIFIC STUDENTS, REMAIN THE LOWEST ACHIEVERS, BUT MANY SCHOOLS ARE ALSO FAILING TO MAKE THE GRADE, AS THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES IN THE REPORTING FROM ABOUT 400 OF THE COUNTRY'S 2300 SCHOOLS. THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME MISCOUNTING THAT DOESN'T QUITE TALLY, AND SO THE MINISTRY IS WORKING WITH THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS. THAT'S DELAYING THE RELEASE OF A BREAKDOWN OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RESULTS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. TO BE HONEST, THEY'RE MEANINGLESS AND SOMEWHAT MISLEADING. THE PRIME MINISTER LAST YEAR SAID IT WAS ROPEY DATA ` I'D SAY THIS YEAR IT'S DOPEY. LABOUR SAYS IT WOULD SCRAP NATIONAL STANDARDS. ALL OF THIS DATA IS INCONSISTENT. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO BASIS FOR MAKING THE COMPARISON BETWEEN SCHOOLS, OR EVEN, ACTUALLY, PROVIDING RELIABLE INFORMATION TO PARENTS ABOUT HOW THEIR KIDS ARE DOING. BUT NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE GOING DOWN WELL WITH HEKIA PARATA. DANIEL FAITAUA, ONE NEWS. PRESSURE IS GROWING ON WINSTON PETERS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE ON THE PETER DUNNE SAGA. THE UNITED FUTURE LEADER IS ON LEAVE FROM PARLIAMENT, BUT THE SPY LEAK SCANDAL WON'T GO AWAY. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. PETER DUNNE IS DONE AS A MINISTER FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE LEAKED GCSB REPORT. WINSTON PETERS CLAIMS HE HAS EVIDENCE SHOWING MR DUNNE WAS 'LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE'. SO, WHERE IS IT? THE ANSWER IS NOT TODAY. JOHN KEY SAYS, 'SHOW ME THE EMAILS.' IS IT TIME FOR WINSTON PETERS TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP NOW? > I'D BE FASCINATED IF HE WANTS TO DELIVER THE EMAILS, BUT THE PROBABILITY OF HIM HAVING THEM IS NEXT TO ZERO, I'D SAY. HAVE YOU GOT THE EMAILS? > WELL, YOU KNOW THE NATURE OF THINGS. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THE COMPLETE PICTURE, WHICH I ADMIT I HAVEN'T GOT... BUT I'VE GOT ENOUGH TO SAY WHAT I'VE SAID AND KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HOME. OTHERWISE THIS CAR'S GOING A LONG WAY ON NO PETROL. LABOUR SAYS IT'S THE PRIME MINISTER, NOT MR PETERS, WHO HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. DOES HE KNOW WHO LEAKED THE KITTERIDGE REPORT? AND WHO WAS IT? FOR CERTAIN, NO, I DON'T KNOW. GIVEN MR DUNNE'S CONTINUED DENIALS, HOW CAN HE LEAVE THE MATTER THERE? THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY OF CLEARING THIS UP. APPARENTLY MR PETERS HAS THE EMAILS ` MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE THEM TO MR SHEARER? THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH THE NZ FIRST LEADER. THE LAST TIME THAT CHALLENGE CAME, HE WAS TOLD BY ME THAT HIS MINISTER WAS GONE. HE LAUGHED THEN, BUT HE'S NOT LAUGHING NOW. ALL: OOH! LABOUR WAS GRANTED A SNAP DEBATE ON THE PETER DUNNE ISSUE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAD EXTRA TIME TO THRASH IT OUT HERE IN THE DEBATING CHAMBER. IS THIS JUST ABOUT A POLITICAL SCALP FOR YOU? > NO, IT'S NOT. IN FACT, I... I ACTUALLY RESPECT PETER DUNNE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO PARLIAMENT. BUT THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME,... I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO SQUEEZE, LIKE PULLING TEETH, THE TRUTH OUT OF THE PRIME MINISTER. ...AND, IN POLITICS, IT USUALLY DOES. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. HUNDREDS OF RIOT POLICE HAVE MOVED IN IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF TO TRY TO QUELL ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN TURKEY. THESE ARE THE SCENES AT TAKSIM SQUARE IN ISTANBUL WHERE DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN CAMPED FOR ALMOST A FORTNIGHT. TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS HAVE BEEN FIRED AT ACTIVISTS WHO'VE HURLED FIREWORKS, STONES, AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. THEY'VE BEEN PROTESTING AT PLANS TO TURN A NEARBY PARK INTO A MOSQUE AND SHOPPING MALL. THOUSANDS ARE ALSO DEMANDING TURKEY'S CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN STEPS DOWN. THE QUEEN'S LOOKING RELIEVED AFTER SEEING HER HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL FOR HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY. BEFORE THE 35-MINUTE VISIT BUCKINGHAM PALACE REVEALED PRINCE PHIlLIP WAS "COMFORTABLE" AND IN "GOOD SPIRITS" AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL HAS MORE. THE QUEEN TONIGHT, ARRIVING AT THE LONDON CLINIC WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BIRTHDAY CARD, TO VISIT HER HUSBAND ON HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY. AMONG THE MEDICAL STAFF GREETING HER, PROFESSOR JOHN CUNNINGHAM, THE CONSULTANT IN CHARGE OF THE DUKE'S TREATMENT. SHORTLY BEFORE THE QUEEN ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL, BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAD ISSUED A BRIEF STATEMENT: THE QUEEN SPENT RATHER MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR AT THE HOSPITAL. THE QUEEN SPENT RATHER MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR AT THE HOSPITAL. SHE LEFT MINUS THE CARD, BUT WITH EVERY SIGN THAT THE VISIT HAD BEEN A REASSURING ONE. A FEW HOURS EARLIER, PRINCE EDWARD HAD BEEN THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBER TO VISIT THE DUKE. HE SPENT 20 MINUTES AT THE HOSPITAL. ASKED HOW HIS FATHER WAS, HE SAID HE WAS WELL. BELL RINGS BUT THE PALACE IS NOW SAYING THE DUKE WILL NEED A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF CONVALESCENCE IS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPACT THAT THE SURGERY IS LIKELY TO HAVE HAD ON SOMEONE OF HIS AGE. HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY TODAY WAS MARKED PUBLICLY BY GUN SALUTES IN LONDON AND EDINBURGH, AND PRIVATELY BY THE RENEWED REALISATION THAT HIS HITHERTO BUSY PROGRAMME WILL HAVE TO CHANGE. NELSON MANDELA'S FORMER WIFE WINNIE HAS BEEN AMONG CLOSE FAMILY VISITING THE 94-YEAR-OLD IN A SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITAL. SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OF THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, ZINDZIWA. THE PAIR SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR WITH THE AILING FREEDOM FIGHTER. DOCTORS SAY MR MANDELA'S SERIOUS BUT STABLE AFTER TREATMENT FOR A LUNG INFECTION. THE FAMILY OF STEPHEN DUDLEY HAS DELIVERED A STRONG ANTI-VIOLENCE MESSAGE AT THE 15-YEAR-OLD'S FAREWELL. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE WERE AT THE FUNERAL FOR THE AUCKLAND STUDENT, WHO DIED AFTER A FIGHT AT RUGBY TRAINING. PAUL HOBBS WAS THERE. ALL CHANT HAKA A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO A FALLEN SCHOOLMATE. HAKA CONTINUES STEPHEN DUDLEY (15), DESCRIBED BY HIS FAMILY AS A LOVER OF LIFE WITH SO MUCH MORE LIVING TO DO. OH, IT'S ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING FOR THEM, AND I THINK IT'S BROUGHT THE BEST OUT OF THE FAMILY TO... TO SEE THAT THEY DON'T STAND ON THIS GROUND ALONE. IT SEEMED ALL OF KELSTON, INCLUDING A FORMER ALL BLACK, CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE RUGBY- AND BASKETBALL-MAD TEENAGER. STEPHEN DUDLEY DIED LAST THURSDAY FOLLOWING A FIGHT AFTER RUGBY TRAINING. POLICE SAY HE WAS PUNCHED BY A 15-YEAR-OLD AND THEN A 17-YEAR-OLD. BOTH ARE CHARGED, FOR NOW, WITH ASSAULT. CAMERAS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO FILM INSIDE TODAY'S SERVICE, BUT BEFORE MORE THAN 1000 MOURNERS, STEPHEN DUDLEY'S FATHER SPOKE BRAVELY ABOUT HIS DEAD SON. BRENT DUDLEY DESCRIBED STEPHEN AS THE BEST SON A FATHER COULD HAVE; A GENTLE SOUL WITH A GOOD HEART. HIS SISTERS SAID HE WAS A CHEEKY LITTLE FELLA WHO WAS FEARLESS. AS THE CASKET CAME OUT, FELLOW STUDENTS FORMED A GUARD OF HONOUR. EVEN IN THEIR DARKEST HOURS, THE TEENAGER'S PARENTS ARE CALLING FOR COMPASSION. THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR ANGER. THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR RETRIBUTION. THIS IS A TIME TO HONOUR STEPHEN. POLICE SAY HOPES OF OBTAINING VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE ATTACK ON STEPHEN FROM WITNESSES' CELL PHONES HAVE PROVED FRUITLESS. BUT THEY BOY'S FAMILY SAY TAKING A STRONG STANCE ON VIOLENCE WILL MEAN HE HASN'T DIED IN VAIN. THE FAMILY'S VIEW IS VIOLENCE IS NOT OK IN ANY FORM. AND THERE'S NO STRONGER CONFIRMATION OF THAT THAN WHEN YOU SEE THE BOOTS OF A BOY WITH AN ALL BLACK DREAM SITTING ON HIS COFFIN. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` CORONATION STREET ACTOR WILLIAM ROACHE FACES MORE SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AS A DATE IS SET FOR HIS TRIAL. THE OFTEN VIOLENT THEFT OF SMARTPHONES ` APPLE UNVEILS A NEW WEAPON FOR ITS IPHONES. AND UNVEILING NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN STARR SNAPS ` THE BEATLE WHO GOT BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know you can get creative with your digital photos right from your smartphone? There are loads of free smartphone apps that make it fun and easy to transform your digital snaps into works of art. They let you add effects and adjust pictures before or even after you take them. You can make photos more dramatic, more colourful and vibrant. Or retro if you want to go for a vintage look. Here's an app I've downloaded. I can use it to take a new photo or open up any photo on this phone. But you can't beat a self-portrait. But you can't beat a self-portrait. CLICK! But you can't beat a self-portrait. CLICK! Now I can choose a style, give it a border, add a blur and adjust the contrast. Brilliant. When I'm done, I can even send it to friends straight from my smartphone. Have fun getting creative with your pictures by trying out some photography apps on your smartphone. I'll show you how to find and use a photo app at techinasec.co.nz A FORMER CATHOLIC BROTHER IS TO BE EXTRADITED TO AUSTRALIA TO FACE OVER 200 HISTORIC SEX CHARGES FOLLOWING A HEARING IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT. BERNARD MCGRATH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE SEXUALLY ABUSED 35 COMPLAINANTS BETWEEN 1977 AND 1986 AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN AUSTRALIA. AND TODAY JUDGE JANE FARISH GRANTED THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S APPLICATION TO HAVE HIM RETURNED THERE TO FACE TRIAL. THE JUDGE ALSO SUPPRESSED A NUMBER OF DETAILS SURROUNDING THE CASE, INCLUDING ANY IMAGES OF THE ACCUSED. MCGRATH HAS 15 DAYS TO LODGE AN APPEAL. CORONATION STREET ACTOR WILLIAM ROACHE HAS HAD A TRIAL DATE SET FOR THE ALLEGED RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT OF SEVERAL UNDERAGE GIRLS. THE SOAP STAR APPEARED IN COURT AS ANOTHER FORMER CORONATION STREET STAR HAD HIS INDECENT ASSAULT CHARGES DISMISSED. KIM VINNELL REPORTS. WALKING INTO THE PRESTON CROWN COURT, WILLIAM ROACHE IS MET WITH WHAT MUST NOW BE A FAMILIAR MEDIA THRONG. INSIDE, HE SPOKE ONLY TO CONFIRM HIS NAME AND HEAR THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, WHICH ARE FIVE COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST FOUR GIRLS AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 16; AND TWO COUNTS OF RAPING A GIRL (15). ALL THE INCIDENTS ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED IN THE 1960S, WHEN ROACHE WAS IN HIS 30S. BROADCASTER ITV HAS SAID THAT WILLIAM ROACHE WILL NOT APPEAR BACK ON CORONATION STREET UNTIL ALL HIS LEGAL PROCEEDINGS HAVE FINISHED. THAT MEANS HE'LL PROBABLY BE OFF AIR FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS, WITH HIS TRIAL PROVISIONALLY SET TO START ON JANUARY 13. WHEN ROACHE GAVE TV ONE'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME THIS CONTROVERSIAL INTERVIEW IN FEBRUARY, PROSECUTORS WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH LANCASHIRE POLICE ON THE FIRST CASE. PAEDOPHILIA IS ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS. PAEDOPHILES SHOULD BE SOUGHT OUT, ROOTED OUT AND DEALT WITH. BUT THERE'S A FRINGE HERE. THERE'S A FRINGE OF PEOPLE WHO... PARTICULARLY POP SINGERS, WHO HAVE THESE GROUPIES, THESE GIRLS. REPORTERS: MR ROACHE? ANY COMMENT? AND IT WAS HIS WIDELY PUBLICISED ARREST IN MAY THAT LED TO THE SECOND SET OF ALLEGATIONS. SHORTLY AFTER ROACHE LEFT COURT TODAY, HIS FORMER CO-STAR ANDREW LANCEL WAS CLEARED BY A JURY OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING A BOY (15), WHILE MICHAEL LE VELL, WHO PLAYED KEVIN WEBSTER, IS DUE TO GO ON TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER, FACING SEVERAL CHARGES OF RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD. WILLIAM ROACHE IS EXPECTED TO FORMALLY ENTER HIS PLEAS AT HIS NEXT HEARING IN SEPTEMBER. HE'S SO FAR VEHEMENTLY DENIED THE CHARGES. KIM VINNELL, ONE NEWS, LONDON. THE MURDER CASE THAT REIGNITED THE RACE DEBATE IN THE US HAS GONE TO TRIAL IN FLORIDA. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH VOLUNTEER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN SHOT UNARMED 17-YEAR-OLD TRAYVON MARTIN DURING A CONFRONTATION IN A GATED COMMUNITY LAST YEAR. ZIMMERMAN, CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, SAYS HE ACTED IN SELF-DEFENCE, BUT MANY CLAIM THE ATTACK WAS RACIALLY MOTIVATED. TRAYVON MARTIN'S FAMILY SAY THEY JUST WANT A FAIR TRIAL. WE ASK THAT THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO STAY PEACEFUL AS WE PLACE OUR FAITH IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND WE ASK THAT THE COMMUNITY DO THE SAME. THE CASE SPARKED WIDESPREAD PROTESTS ACROSS THE US. THE AMERICAN WHISTLEBLOWER WHOSE LEAKING OF US INTELLIGENCE IGNITED GLOBAL CONCERNS ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENTS SPY ON ITS CITIZENS HAS DISAPPEARED. FORMER CIA EMPLOYEE EDWARD SNOWDEN'S CHECKED OUT OF THE HONG KONG HOTEL ROOM HE'S BEEN HOLED UP IN FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE 29-YEAR-OLD'S NOW FACING EXTRADITION TO FACE CHARGES BACK IN THE US. HE'D BEEN EXPECTING HIS GOVERNMENT TO TRACK HIM DOWN. I COULD BE, YOU KNOW, RENDERED BY THE CIA, I COULD HAVE PEOPLE COME AFTER ME ` OR ANY OF THEIR THIRD-PARTY PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER NATIONS. OR, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD PAY OFF THE TRIADS OR ANY OF THEIR AGENTS OR ASSETS. WE'VE GOT A CIA STATION JUST UP THE ROAD. IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST SECURITY LEAKS IN US HISTORY, SNOWDEN REVEALED WIDESPREAD GATHERING OF PHONE RECORDS AND DATA FROM INTERNET COMPANIES SUCH AS GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK. AND A SECURITY BOOST IS PART OF SWEEPING CHANGES UNVEILED BY TECH GIANT APPLE, WHICH WILL ALSO SEE A NEW LOOK FOR IPHONES AND IPADS. THE WEAPON TO BATTLE GROWING SMARTPHONE THEFTS WILL MAKE AN IPHONE UNUSABLE WHEN A THIEF TRIES TO TAMPER WITH IT. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ EXPLAINS. TONIGHT APPLE MIGHT BE TAKING A PAGE FROM 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE'. THIS TAPE WILL SELF-DESTRUCT IN FIVE SECONDS. DEVICES SET TO SELF-DESTRUCT? PERHAPS NOT PHYSICALLY. BUT AT THE COMPANY'S BIG UNVEILING THIS AFTERNOON, A SOLUTION THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR: A SO-CALLED KILL SWITCH THAT COULD TURN A STOLEN IPHONE INTO A USELESS BOX. IT COULD BE THE STRONGEST WEAPON YET TO COMBAT THE RECENT WAVE OF IPHONE THEFTS. IPHONE THEFTS HAVE BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM, THERE'S EVEN A TERM FOR IT: APPLE-PICKING. AND HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, A WHOPPING 40% INCREASE IN CELL PHONE THEFTS JUST LAST YEAR. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DRAMATIC SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEW YORK SUBWAY IN MARCH. POLICE SAY THIS MAN TURNED TO VIOLENCE JUST TO STEAL A CELL PHONE. AND THIS WOMAN, KNOCKED OVER AND PUNCHED FOR HER PHONE, SPEAKING WITH OUR LINSEY DAVIS. THE GUY JUST SNATCHED THE PHONE OUT OF MY HAND AND KEPT RUNNING. APPLE'S NEW SOFTWARE WORKS WITH THE PHONES' CURRENT SOFTWARE CALLED 'FIND MY IPHONE', WHICH HELPS YOU TRACK A LOST PHONE. NOW, WITH ACTIVATION LOCK, IF A THIEF TRIES TO TURN OFF 'FIND MY IPHONE', OR IF THEY EVEN WIPE THE DEVICE ENTIRELY, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACTIVATE IT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CALLING ON TECH COMPANIES TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SMARTPHONE THEFT ` THE IDEA THAT, SURE, YOU CAN TRACK YOUR PHONE, BUT WHEN SOMEONE STEALS THAT PHONE, THE ROBBER OR THE THIEF CAN WIPE IT CLEAN AND START USING IT. HERE, APPLE'S COME UP WITH A FEATURE THAT WON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. NOW ALL EYES ARE ON OTHER PHONE MAKERS TO SEE IF THEY'LL FOLLOW APPLE'S LEAD. APPLE ALSO UNVEILED A LIVE STREAMING MUSIC SERVICE CALLED iTUNES RADIO TO TAKE ON OTHER PLAYERS LIKE SPOTIFY AND PANDORA. WEATHER TIME NOW, AND ANOTHER FOGGY START FOR MANY PLACES, KAREN? LIGHT WINDS, CLEAR NIGHTS, LOTS OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR ` PERFECT FOR FOG FORMATION. THIS IS OTAGO HARBOUR THIS MORNING. BEAUTIFUL. ALSO A FROSTY START IN SHELTERED PARTS. MT COOK WAS ON MINUS-5 THIS MORNING. MORE HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND TODAY IN GISBORNE AND HAWKE'S BAY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I LOVE THE SOUND OF A MOREPORK AT NIGHT, BUT I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN ONE IN THE FLESH. BUT FRAN HEALD HAS. SHE SNAPPED THIS HANDSOME FELLOW IN MILFORD IN AUCKLAND. I'LL BE BACK WITH YOUR WEDNESDAY FORECAST AFTER SPORT. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` THE STARR ARCHIVES. RINGO DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR HIS CHARITY BY RELEASING NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS OF HIS TIME WITH THE BEATLES. THEY'RE PHOTOGENIC, CUTE AND CUDDLY, AND EXTRA FRIENDLY. WE CHECK OUT THE MODERNDAY NOAH'S ARK SAVING SOME ENDANGERED SPECIES. THE PRINCIPAL OF A NORTHLAND SCHOOL WHERE TEACHER JAMES PARKER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED 20 BOYS WON'T BE GETTING HIS JOB BACK. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY RULED STEPHEN HOVELL COULD HAVE PREVENTED SOME OFFENDING AND WAS JUSTIFIABLY SACKED. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. JAMES PARKER HAS TEARFULLY ADMITTED SEXUALLY ABUSING 20 OF HIS YOUNG STUDENTS. AND IT HAPPENED UNDER THIS MAN'S WATCH AT PAMAPURIA SCHOOL IN NORTHLAND. STEPHEN HOVELL WAS SACKED AS A RESULT AND WON'T GET HIS JOB BACK. IT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED THREE YEARS AGO. LARRY FORBES IS NOW IN CHARGE AT THE SCHOOL, AND THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AUTHORITY HAS BACKED HIS DECISION. IT'S RULED HOVELL'S FAILURE TO MONITOR JAMES PARKER LED TO FURTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN. THE AUTHORITY SAYS THE FORMER PRINCIPAL'S MOST DAMNING FAILURES WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. IN 2009, JAMES PARKER WAS STOOD DOWN FROM THE SCHOOL WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATED ALLEGATIONS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THREE OF HIS STUDENTS. BUT WHEN THOSE COMPLAINTS WERE WITHDRAWN PARKER WAS REINSTATED AND TWO OF THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED BACK IN HIS CLASS AND FORCED TO APOLOGISE. THERE WERE ALARM BELLS RUNG, AND I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN LISTENED TO AND FOLLOWED UP, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. POLICE FOLLOWED UP WITH A LETTER TO HOVELL, URGING HIM TO STOP PARKER TAKING CHILDREN HOME. BUT THAT BEHAVIOUR CONTINUED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE LEVEL OF ABUSE INCREASED BETWEEN 2009 AND THE DATE OF JAMES PARKER'S ARREST. SO IT ACTUALLY ESCALATED. SOME SAY STEPHEN HOVELL'S BECOME A SCAPEGOAT. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS THAT MANY THAT SAW THAT AS WRONG, AND IF THERE WAS, WHY DIDN'T THEY ALL SPEAK UP ABOUT IT? HOVELL SAYS HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION, ALTHOUGH TODAY'S RULING APPEARS TO HAVE LEFT THAT IN TATTERS. HELEN CASTLES, ONE NEWS. CHILD YOUTH AND FAMILY HAS TAKEN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST A WOMAN WHO IS BLACKMAILING THE AGENCY FOLLOWING A PRIVACY BREACH. THE WOMAN WAS MISTAKENLY GIVEN ANOTHER FAMILY'S PRIVATE DOCUMENT, AND IS NOW REFUSING TO RETURN OR DESTROY THE INFORMATION UNLESS CYFS RETURNS ONE OF HER CHILDREN TO HER CARE. A MISTAKE'S BEEN MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THAT. THEY'VE FRONTED UP TO IT AND THEY'VE APOLOGISED FOR IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMEONE CAN'T TRY AND BLACKMAIL THE DEPARTMENT. THE AGENCY'S SERVED THE WOMAN WITH A COURT ORDER PROHIBITING THE INFORMATION BEING PUBLISHED. A TWO-YEAR CORONER'S INQUEST INTO 12 CYCLING DEATHS ACROSS NZ HAS CONCLUDED IN CHRISTCHURCH, WITH EXPERTS WARNING THERE'S NO QUICK FIX. IT'S THOUGHT THAT THE CORONER'S RECOMMENDATIONS COULD INCLUDE HIGH-VISIBILITY CLOTHING BECOMING MANDATORY ` A SUGGESTION THAT HAS ATTRACTED CRITICISM FROM A ROAD-ENGINEERING LECTURER. THE EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT IT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF MOTORISTS SEEING THEM OR NOT. SO OFTEN THEY'RE JUST NOT LOOKING, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE WEARING. DR KOOREY STUDIED 84 CYCLING DEATHS OVER A SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD BEFORE MAKING HIS SUBMISSION. SOME OF THE RAREST PIECES OF MAORI HISTORY WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW, MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE EXHIBITION IS MADE UP OF MEMENTOES FROM A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF SIR GEORGE GREY, AN EARLY GOVERNOR OF NZ. IT INCLUDES BOTH THE FIRST KNOWN MAORI DRAWING AND THE EARLIEST RECORDED HANDWRITTEN TE REO. I HOPE THAT IT FEEDS THE MINDS, THE SOULS AND THE HEART, WHATEVER NATIONALITY YOU ARE. BUT ESPECIALLY FOR MAORI. IF THEY DON'T CRY IN HERE, I HAVEN'T DONE MY JOB PROPERLY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THE EXHIBITION IS ON AT THE AUCKLAND CITY LIBRARY UNTIL SEPTEMBER. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS FROM RINGO STARR'S PERSONAL ARCHIVES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE FORMER BEATLE'S COLLECTION SPANS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD, GROWING UP IN LIVERPOOL, TO HIS LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH THE BAND. THE BBC'S DAVID SILLITO REPORTS. 1964, AND BEATLEMANIA. THE FAB FOUR HAD JUST RETURNED FROM AMERICA. MAN: WHAT DID YOU MOST LIKE ABOUT THE TRIP, RINGO? OH, I JUST LOVED ALL OF IT, YOU KNOW? ESPECIALLY MIAMI. THE SUN, YOU KNOW? OTHERS LAUGH I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TILL I WENT OVER THERE. NOW ALMOST 50 YEARS ON, A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT RINGO SAW; HIS PERSONAL BEATLE'S-EYE VIEW OF THE '60S. RINGO, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. THIS IS MY LIFE. WELL, THIS IS SOME OF MY LIFE. THIS IS THE E-BOOK. # ALL I'VE GOT IS A PHOTOGRAPH. # THIS IS THE LIFE OF RINGO TOLD THROUGH HIS PICTURES ` PICTURES HE THOUGHT HAD GONE FOREVER. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL LOST. < YOU WERE SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE STUFF? I WAS SURPRISED. I WAS SURPRISED I HAD NEGATIVES. (LAUGHS) WELL, IT'S EMOTIONAL, YOU KNOW? PICTURES BRING BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. THE BEATLE YEARS SHOW LIFE IN THE STUDIO, WHAT RINGO SAW LOOKING OUT. AND THIS, PERHAPS, WILL BE HIS LAST WORD ON THOSE TIMES. THEY KEEP ASKING ME TO WRITE THE BOOK, AND I'VE SAID FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS I WILL NOT WRITE THE BOOK, BECAUSE THEY ONLY WANT THOSE YEARS. SO IT TAKES US FROM THE DINGLE IN LIVERPOOL TO BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FACES IN POP. AND WHATEVER HE DOES, RINGO WILL ALWAYS BE A BEATLE. HOWEVER... I HAVE WALKED ON THE STREETS OF LONDON AND SOMEONE'S SAID, 'HEY, JOHN!' BECAUSE, REALLY, THEY KNOW IT'S ONE OF THEM; THEY'RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE. 50 YEARS ON, HE FEELS HE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THOSE TIMES, HELPED BY THIS WINDOW ON THE '60S HE THOUGHT HE'D LONG SINCE LOST. MONEY FROM THE E-BOOK WILL GO TOWARDS HIS CHARITY, THE LOTUS FOUNDATION, WHICH HELPS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF CAUSES INCLUDING FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE, WOMEN'S ISSUES AND ADDICTION RECOVERY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES ` FIJIAN AUTHORITIES ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP AFTER ONE NEWS REVEALED THE SHOCKING PLIGHT OF A DISABLED WOMAN. THE 49-YEAR-OLD SCHIZOPHRENIC HAD BEEN LOCKED UP IN A SHED BY HER FAMILY, WHO SAY SHE'S SOMETIMES VIOLENT.. AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. THE NOVOPAY FIASCO FALLOUT CONTINUES WITH THE DEPUTY EDUCATION SECRETARY, ANNE JACKSON, QUITTING. SHE WAS FACING AN EMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATION FOR MISLEADING MINISTERS ABOUT THE PAY SCHEME'S READINESS. JENNY MAY'S HERE WITH SPORT. ALL BLACK AARON CRUDEN WANTS IMPROVEMENTS. NOT HAPPY WITH HIS PERFORMANCE LAST SATURDAY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE BOOT. AND HE HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TEST BALL. MORE ON THAT AFTER THE BREAK. AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S FRANCE-BLUES MATCH. THEY MAY BE DOWN AND OUT, BUT THE MYSTICS IMPRESS AGAINST AN OUT-OF-SORTS MAGIC. THE NEWLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SOFTBALL COACH, BUT MARK SORENSEN CAN'T QUIT HIS DAY JOB JUST YET. AND NEW DRUG CONCERNS OVER THE WHITE BUFFALO AHEAD OF HIS BOUT AGAINST JOSEPH PARKER. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. ALL BLACKS FIRST FIVE AARON CRUDEN IS EAGER TO IMPROVE ON HIS ORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST RUGBY TEST AGAINST FRANCE. THE CHIEFS PLAYMAKER INSISTS HAVING DAN CARTER WAITING IN THE WINGS IS A HELP, NOT A HINDRANCE. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. WHEN AARON CRUDEN WAS STRUGGLING WITH HIS GOAL-KICKING ON SATURDAY NIGHT, IT WAS A VOICE OF EXPERIENCE THAT HELPED CALM HIM. ...DAN CARTER, WATCHING THE APPRENTICE KICK. WHEN I ENDED UP GETTING MY FIRST KICK OVER, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WOBBLY, AND HE SAID, 'MATE, WE'LL TAKE THAT ALL DAY.' SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST A BIT OF FRIENDLY REMINDERS AND JUST A BIT OF POSITIVITY, REALLY, WHICH WAS NICE. CRUDEN'S ADAMANT PLAYING IN CARTER'S SHADOW IS NOT ADDING EXTRA PRESSURE. I DON'T FEEL IT TOO MUCH. I SUPPOSE THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC PROBABLY SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DAN CARTER. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DAN CARTER. I'M AARON CRUDEN, AND I'M JUST GOING OUT AND TRYING TO PLAY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND DO THE JERSEY PROUD. SYMPTOMATIC OF THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE, THE ALL BLACKS PIVOT WAS A MIXED BAG ` GOOD WITH BALL IN HAND, BUT NOT FROM THE BOOT. MAINLY JUST THE KICKING; ALL-ROUND KICKING ` GOAL-KICKING, TACTICAL KICKING. IT JUST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. SO THAT REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP IF I GET THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEKEND. SOME REFINEMENT NEEDED WITH THE UNFAMILIAR ADIDAS BALL ` A SOFTER AND SPRINGIER VERSION OF THE GILBERT BALL USED IN SUPER RUGBY. WHEN I, SORT OF, TRY TO DO TOO MUCH, I FEEL I GO THE OTHER WAY AND POTENTIALLY CAN GET WORSE. SO IT'S JUST TRUSTING MY TECHNIQUE, GETTING BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING WELL LAST YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL WORK FOR ME. CERTAINLY HE HAS THE BACKING OF HIS FELLOW BACKS. WHEN IT'S NOT WORKING OUT AT THE SOURCE, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT FLOWS ON AND IT CAN BE PRETTY HARD TO PLAY OFF. BUT I'VE GOT FULL CONFIDENCE WE'LL GET THINGS RIGHT. WARM PUMPKIN SOUP HELPED GET THINGS RIGHT IN COLD, WET CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. CRUDEN'S HOPING TO HEAT THINGS UP WITH HIS PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THE FRENCH DON'T MAKE THEIR WAY TO CHRISTCHURCH UNTIL THURSDAY, WHICH GIVES THE BLUES THE CHANCE TO TAKE ON LES BLEUS AT NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM TONIGHT. MOST OF THE TEST STARS ARE WATCHING ON TONIGHT. SO TOO IS STEPHEN STUART, WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING THE BUILD-UP. THANKS, JENNY-MAY WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS MATHIEW BASTAREAUD ISN'T PLAYING TONIGHT ` INJURED HE'S ONE PLAYER WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING TO GET INTO THE TEST TEAM JOINING ME IS LUKE BRAID ` RESTED TONIGHT TOUGH CALL? I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE PLAYING BUT MY BODY'S A BIT SORE AFTER SUPER RUGBY SO IT WAS BEST TO HAVE A REST SEVEN FRONT-LINERS MISSING TONIGHT ` NOT RELEASED BY ALL BLACKS WHAT'S THE MINDSET? WINNING OUR SET PIECE AGANIST AN INTERNATIONAL SIDE ONCE WE GET A FLOW ON AND START PLAYING, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME YOU ONLY JUST BEAT THE STORMERS HERE IT'S A BIT OF A SOUTH AFRICAN STRONGHOLD AT NORTH HARBOUR GOOD LUCK THEY'RE EXPECTING A CROWD OF AROUND 12,000 KICK-OFF AT 7.05 THE MAGIC HAVE SURVIVED A SCARE FROM THE BOTTOM-OF-THE-TABLE MYSTICS IN THEIR TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL CLASH. THE 60-50 WIN GAVE THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY SIDE A TENUOUS GRASP ON FOURTH SPOT, HEADING INTO THE FINAL TWO ROUNDS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. A MAGIC TEAM DESPERATE TO HANG ON TO THEIR END-OF-SEASON MOMENTUM AGAINST A SIDE WHOSE SEASON CAN'T END SOON ENOUGH. THE MATCH WAS NEVER EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE, LET ALONE THIS. THE MYSTICS, THEY'RE IN FRONT! AND THAT IS A VERY CONCERNED NOELINE TAURUA. THE COACH'S CONCERN WAS VALID. THE DEFENDING CHAMPS WERE DOING THEMSELVES NO FAVOURS. WHEN THOSE CHEAP ERRORS COME IN, LIKE FOOTWORK AND REPLAY BALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO WONDER WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. BUT WE SNAPPED OUT OF IT. NOT BEFORE BAILEY MES OUTSHONE THE MAGIC'S SUPERSTAR DEFENSIVE COMBO. THE MYSTICS FOUND A FLAIR THAT DEFIED THEIR EASY-BEATS TAG. AND AGAIN IT GOES IN. WELL, WE KNOW BAILEY MES CAN LEAP. LOOK AT THIS. UP SHE GOES! MES ENDED WITH 30 GOALS AND SEVEN REBOUNDS. BUT IT WOULD COME TO NOTHING IN THE FINAL QUARTER. KAYLA CULLEN, WHO HAD BEEN IN IMPOSING FORM AT GOAL DEFENCE, WAS FORCED OFF WITH A TIGHT CALF, LEAVING A DEFENSIVE LINE-UP FEATURING TWO TEENAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAYERS. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN THAT FROM MAGIC? THEY JUST ABSORB THAT PRESSURE AND THEN GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE 10-GOAL LOSS PERHAPS AN UNFAIR REFLECTION ON THE MYSTICS, WHO FOUND SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT REGARDLESS. THE MAGIC WILL NEED TO REDISCOVER SOME CONSISTENCY AHEAD OF THEIR CRUNCH MATCH AGAINST THE THIRD-PLACED VIXENS NEXT WEEK. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. NZ SOFTBALL LEGEND MARK SORENSON HAS BEEN APPOINTED COACH OF THE BLACK SOX, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HE CAN QUIT HIS DAY JOB. SORENSON, WHO WILL CONTINUE WORKING AS MANAGER OF A LABOUR RECRUITMENT AGENCY, WANTS TO BUILD THE WORLD CHAMPION SIDE'S PUBLIC PROFILE WITH MORE REGULAR INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. I'M PRETTY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT. STILL GOT TO SIT DOWN THE GUYS HERE IN THE OFFICE AND RUN THROUGH BUDGETS AND STUFF, BUT UNLESS WE HAVE A DREAM, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO, DO WE? SORENSON FIRST PLAYED FOR THE BLACK SOX IN 1984 AND CAPTAINED THE SIDE TO THREE WORLD CHAMPS WINS. HE TAKES OVER AFTER EDDIE KOHLHASE'S NINE-YEAR TERM IN CHARGE. THE TWO-TIME CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING JUNIOR WARRIORS COACH JOHN ACKLAND WILL QUIT THE CLUB AT THE END OF THE SEASON. ACKLAND'S STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH WARRIORS COACH MATT ELLIOTT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN HIS DECISION. ANOTHER MAN UNDER STRAIN IS ORIGIN STAR JAMES TAMOU. THE COWBOYS PROP, WHO QUIT THE KIWIS TO PLAY FOR THE BLUES, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRINK DRIVING FOLLOWING SATURDAY'S LOSS TO THE BULLDOGS IN TOWNSVILLE. HE'S A YOUNG MAN THAT HAS MADE THAT MISTAKE AND GOT CAUGHT FOR IT. SO I'M SURE HE'LL BE REMORSEFUL ABOUT THAT, AND WE CERTAINLY CAN'T CONDONE IT. IT'S A MISTAKE BY HIM AS A YOUNG MAN. THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUR TIMES OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT AND WILL NOT CONTEST THE CHARGE. THE CLUB WILL DECIDE TOMORROW WHETHER TAMOU WILL BE STOOD DOWN FROM PLAYING. THE BREAKERS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING OUT ONE OF THE BASKETBALL CLUB'S FAVOURITE FORMER PLAYERS AS THEY LOOK AT CONTINGENCY PLANS SHOULD TOM ABERCROMBIE'S NBA DREAM COME TRUE. ABERCROMBIE'S IN AMERICA, WORKING OUT FOR SEVERAL TEAMS. BREAKERS COACH DEAN VICKERMAN ADMITTED HE'S TALKED TO A CLUB VETERAN. IT'S NOT GONNA BE, PROBABLY, A KID THAT GREW UP ON THE SHORE, UNLESS IT'S KIRK PENNEY, AND... SO, YEAH, WE'LL WORK THAT ONE OUT AS IT GOES. < IS KIRK PENNEY AN OPTION? MAYBE. YOU KNOW, HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR THIS MORNING TO SAY HELLO. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE YEAR IN TURKEY, AND WE EXPECT HIM TO BE BACK IN EUROPE. ABERCROMBIE'S 10-POINT NBL PLAYER RATING GIVES THE BREAKERS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A BIG SIGNING. PAKISTAN'S ON THE VERGE OF BEING KNOCKED OUT OF CRICKET'S CHAMPIONS TROPHY AFTER LOSING TO AN UNDER-STRENGTH SOUTH AFRICA SIDE IN BIRMINGHAM. HASHIM AMLA WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE PROTEAS' BATTING EFFORT AFTER BEING DROPPED ON 7. THE OPENER HIT 81 RUNS TO POST SOUTH AFRICA'S ONLY STANDOUT SCORE ON THE WAY TO 234. PAKISTAN'S BRITTLE BATTING ORDER THEN CRUMBLED DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S KEY STRIKERS DALE STEYN AND MORNE MORKEL. UP IN THE AIR... IT'S GONNA BE TAKEN. OH, BOWLED HIM! DUMINY HAS GOT THE WICKET. SHOAIB MALIK. GOT HIM! THAT'S HIM GONE. RYAN MCLAREN CLAIMED AN IMPRESSIVE 4 WICKETS FOR JUST 19 AS PAKISTAN WERE SKITTLED FOR 167 TO LOSE BY 67 RUNS. THE SIDE MUST NOW BEAT INDIA TO HAVE A CHANCE AT MAKING THE SEMI FINALS. KIWI HEAVYWEIGHT JOSEPH PARKER'S TRAINER KEVIN BARRY HAS MAJOR CONCERNS THAT OPPONENT FRANCOIS BOTHA IS MASKING STEROID USE. BARRY ONLY FOUND OUT AT TODAY'S DRUG TESTING THAT BOTHA WAS GIVEN THE ALL CLEAR BY PARKER'S PROMOTERS TO TAKE CORTISONE, A KNOWN MASKING AGENT, AHEAD OF THURSDAY'S FIGHT. THERE'S DEFINITELY A RED FLAG BEEN WAVED TODAY WHEN HE ADMITTED TAKING CORTISONE FOR THIS FIGHT. YOU KNOW, I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT HE HAD BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE CORTISONE, BECAUSE CORTISONE FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST PREFERRED MASKING AGENTS FOR ANABOLIC STEROIDS. BOTHA TESTED POSITIVE FOR STEROID USE IN 1995 BUT SAYS HE DID SO UNKNOWINGLY AND HASN'T USED ANY BANNED SUBSTANCES SINCE. THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S DRUG TEST WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL A WEEK AFTER THURSDAY'S FIGHT. WILL THEY MATTER THEN? EXACTLY HELPS THE HYPE AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN SAYS IT'LL BE ANOTHER FROSTY OR FOGGY START TO THE DAY IN MANY PLACES, BUT IT'S A BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR THESE ENDANGERED CUBS AT AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY WHERE THE BREEDING PROGRAMME IS SPOT-ON. HELLO AGAIN. ANOTHER SOGGY DAY FOR GISBORNE AND HAWKES BAY, BUT THE HEAVY RAIN EASES BACK AND GRADUALLY CLEARS TOMORROW. ANOTHER SHOT OF FOG ON THE OTAGO HARBOUR THIS MORNING BY JO LITTLE. THE FOG SET TO ROLL BACK IN TONIGHT. STILL GOT A GOOD MOISTURE FETCH FEEDING DOWN ON TO THE EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, PRODUCING THE HEAVY FALLS THERE TODAY. COLD FRONT IS SLIDING PAST TO THE SOUTH OF US ON ITS EASTWARD TREK, BUT IT STILL SPILLED QUITE A BIT OF HIGH CLOUD ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. GOT A WEE WARM FRONT PUSHING ON TO FIORDLAND. THAT'LL SWEEP ACROSS TOMORROW, DRAGGING THE LOW WITH IT, BUT ITS SISTER FRONT'S LYING JUST OFFSHORE. NOT A LOT OF WIND OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW ` NOT ENOUGH TO FLUSH OUT ANY FOG FROM INLAND VALLEYS. THIS LOW PULLS AWAY TO THE EAST, LEAVING THIS WEAK FRONT HANGING BACK. SO ONLY PATCHY RAIN FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, INSTEAD OF THE HEAVY STUFF THEY'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. RAIN FOR FIORDLAND WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHLAND AND WESTLAND AND A FEW SPLASHES FOR OTAGO IN THE AFTERNOON. MOSTLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE, APART FROM SOME POCKETS OF LOW CLOUD OR FOG SOUTHERLIES IN THE NORTH, NORTHERLIES IN THE SOUTH. PATCHY RAIN OR SHOWERS FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, MAINLY FINE EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT SOME MORNING FOG FROM AROUND TAUPO TO AUCKLAND. CHANCE OF SOME EARLY DRIZZLE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND A FEW AFTN SHOWERS CATCHING WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHLAND. WINDS FROM THE SOUTHERLY QUARTER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S YOUR WEATHER UP TO DATE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. FINALLY, WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A MODERN DAY NOAH'S ARK. IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, RESEARCHERS AT AN ANIMAL PARK IN AMERICA ARE STUDYING SOME OF THE PLANET'S RAREST SPECIES IN A BID TO HELP THEM BREED. ABC'S RON CLAIBORNE HAS THE STORY. NOBODY WANTS THIS TO DISAPPEAR. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 3-MONTH-OLD CLOUDED LEOPARD CUB ` DAZZLING LIQUID-BLUE EYES WHICH WILL DARKEN SOON. THAT'S ONE OF THE SECRETS OF THESE MYSTERIOUS CATS FROM THAILAND THAT ARE BEING UNLOCKED BY SMITHSONIAN RESEARCHERS AT THIS LITTLE-KNOWN ANIMAL CONSERVATION FACILITY. THESE CLOUDED LEOPARD CUBS ARE JUST 100 DAYS OLD, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND THEY'RE VERY SOFT AND VERY FRIENDLY. DON'T EAT MY HAIR, THOUGH. THEY SEEM TO THINK I'M ANOTHER LEOPARD. THEY'RE GROOMING ME? MAN: YES. (LAUGHS) THE POPULATION OF CLOUDED LEOPARDS HAS BEEN DECIMATED BY HUNTERS AND POACHERS. BUT HERE, SCIENTISTS ARE STUDYING THESE ANIMALS TO TRY TO SAVE THEM. ONE THING THEY'VE LEARNED: THE HIGHER THE TREES THEY'VE GOT TO CLIMB, THE LOWER THE CATS' STRESS LEVELS. AND THAT'S HELPED THEM TO BREED. SO FAR THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY RAISED 80 OF THESE MAGNIFICENT CATS. MANY OF THESE EXOTIC ANIMALS WILL EVENTUALLY BE RETURNED TO NATURE, LIKE THESE MONTH-OLD BABY BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS. ONCE ALL BUT WIPED OUT, THE INSTITUTE HAS BRED AND RAISED THOUSANDS OF THEM. THESE GUYS COULD END UP IN ARIZONA, THEY COULD END UP IN KANSAS... BUT THEY'LL BE IN THE WILD? THEY'LL BE IN THE WILD. OVER 3000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, THERE ARE AFRICAN CHEETAHS, CHINESE RED PANDAS, MICRONESIAN KINGFISHERS AND WHITE-NAPED CRANES. WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THESE ANIMALS, THE ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS LOSS OF HABITAT. IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR TUESDAY.