GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING DAY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND, WITH THE FORECAST HEAVY SNOW FALLING, CLOSING ALPINE PASSES AND OTHER ROADS ` OVER 500CM IN SOME PLACES. THERE'S ALSO BEEN HEAVY RAIN AND GALES. THE BITTERLY COLD ANTARCTIC BLAST IS SET TO SPREAD OVER THE NORTH ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED LOTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. I'LL HAVE FULL DETAILS 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. TESTING TIMES ON THE ROADS AS THE BIG WINTER STORM HITS. AND THERE ARE WARNINGS OF WORSE TO COME. FARMERS STRUGGLE TO FEED STOCK. ROADS AND SCHOOLS CLOSED, AND THE POWER'S OUT IN ISOLATED COMMUNITIES. WE'RE ACROSS AFFECTED AREAS. BUILDING A DIVIDED COUNTRY. HONE HARAWIRA'S HOUSING POLICY JUST FOR MAORI. IS IT RACISM? IT'S YOUR FAVOURITE UNCLE! THERE SHE IS. IT'S... THAT LITTLE GIRL. BUT I FORGET HER NAME. AND HE PLAYED TV'S MOST COMPLEX AND WELL-KNOWN MOB BOSS. THE SOPRANO'S JAMES GANDOLFINI DIES IN ITALY. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE MASSIVE WINTER STORM RIGHT NOW SWEEPING UP THE COUNTRY IS EXPECTED TO GET WORSE. HUNDREDS OF HOMES ARE TONIGHT WITHOUT POWER AND ALL ALPINE PASSES AND THE MAJOR INLAND ROADS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND ARE CLOSED. HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ARE BATTERING LARGE AREAS, ALSO CLOSING SCHOOLS AND DISRUPTING FLIGHTS. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE REGION. WE BEGIN IN NORTH CANTERBURY. LISA DAVIES IS IN HAMNER SPRINGS. THE SNOW IS THICK AND FAST. THAT'S WHY THE ALPINE PASSES ARE STAYING CLOSED TONIGHT. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, IF POSSIBLE. WE SAW HOW TOUGH THINGS WERE TODAY. THE SNOW, ARRIVING STEALTHILY IN THE NIGHT, TRUCK BEEPS CREATING SOME CHALLENGES IN NORTH CANTERBURY COME DAYLIGHT. TRUCKS BACKED UP AT LEWIS PASS. THIS ONE FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY WHY ALL THE ALPINE PASSES WERE CLOSED TODAY. THOSE TRUCKIES LEFT WAITING TOOK IT IN THEIR STRIDE. OH, YOU'VE GOTTA BE RELAXED ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, DON'T YOU? EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS DUE TO COME, BUT PROBABLY DIDN'T REALISE IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS BIG A SCENARIO. IN ROTHERHAM, WHERE GUMBOOTS WERE A MUST, THE GENERAL STORE HAS WEATHERED MANY SUCH STORMS, UNFAZED BY HAVING TO ADD A FEW EXTRAS TO THE RURAL MAIL RUN TO HELP OUT THOSE HUNKERING DOWN AT HOME. WE'VE GOT A RURAL MAIL RUN, SO WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT MILK AND BREAD AND MATCHES AND CANDLES AND ALL SORTS OUT TO THAT. SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE REGION WERE FORCED TO CLOSE, LEAVING THE CHILDREN PLENTY OF TIME TO PERFECT THEIR SNOW ANGELS AND OTHER SNOW-RELATED SKILLS. COLD. YUMMY AS WELL. IN HANMER, THE SNOW WAS COMING DOWN THICK AND FAST. WE HAD A BIT OF A MARE LAST YEAR. SO THIS YEAR THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO KEEP ROADS OPEN AND POWER ON. THE FORECAST IS TO BE GETTING STRONGER AND HEAVIER OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, SO WE JUST HAVE TO SIT TIGHT AND SEE. SOME CHOOSING TO SIT TIGHT HERE IN THE HOT POOLS. IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR, ISN'T IT? STEAMING THEIR BODIES AS THEIR HAIR FROZE. IT'S COLD EVERYWHERE ELSE, SO THIS IS WARMEST SPOT HERE. EVEN SOME OF THE TRUCK DRIVERS WERE CONSIDERING A DIP. OH, THERE'S HOT POOLS OVER THERE. YEAH. AWESOME. UNLESS YOU WANNA COME WITH ME AS WELL. BOTH LAUGH ON A DAY WHEN THE COLD AND THE CLOSED SIGNS AND THE COMPLICATIONS OF SNOW WERE RIFE,... IT'S PRETTY FUN AT THIS SECOND. ...NORTH CANTABRIANS WERE MAKING THE BEST OF IT. AND, LISA, A FEW ISSUES WITH THE POWER SUPPLY IN THAT AREA TOO? IT'S 2 DEGREES HERE. IT'S FREEZING. 300 HOMES HAVE NO POWER. 100 IN THIS AREA ARE WITHOUT POWER. DON'T TOUCH POWERLINES THAT ARE DOWN. THEY ARE DETERMINED TO GET BACK ON THE GRID. AND FARMERS ARE CUTTING INTO MORE VITAL WINTER FEED SUPPLIES IN MID AND SOUTH CANTERBURY, WHERE THE REGION'S BEEN POUNDED WITH FIERCE WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SNOW. RURAL COMMUNITIES SAY IF IT GETS WORSE, STOCK WILL SUFFER BADLY. HERE'S DONNA-MARIE LEVER. FARMERS ARE FORCED TO FACE NEAR ARTIC CONDITIONS TO GET FOOD TO THEIR HUNGRY STOCK. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR COWS BACK ON THE KALE CAUSE IT WILL BE BURIED IN SNOW. IT MAY BE A FAMILIAR SCENE HERE IN THE SOUTH, BUT THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME IS IT COULD GO ON FOR DAYS. NORMALLY A SNOW EVENT MIGHT LAST SIX OR EIGHT HOURS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO LAST. AND THAT MEANS BIG PROBLEMS. IF IT BUILDS UP AND GETS TO TOO MUCH, IT WILL JUST SQUASH THE KALE AND ALL THAT, AND WE WONT BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COWS FED. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FEED ALL THE SILAGE. FARMHOUSES IN MAYFIELD, MT SOMERS AND STAVERLY FACED POWER OUTAGES FOR HOURS. RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT TOO BAD. WE'VE GOT THE COAL RANGE GOING. SOUP IS ON THERE. NO POWER. WE LOST POWER. 900 HOMES IN AND AROUND THE SOUTH CANTERBURY TOWN OF FAIRLIE SUFFERED A SIMILAR FATE. NO POWER. THE SITUATION IS WE'VE GOT 33 LINES OUT, AND WE'VE GOT SOME GUYS PATROLLING THE LINE UP AND DOWN TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE FAULT. RURAL ROADS MADE FOR DICEY DRIVING. EVEN LOCALS STRUGGLED. THEY'RE PRETTY SLIPPERY, AND IT'S PRETTY HARD GOING TO GET THROUGH IT. YOU WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT CHAINS OR A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE, I WOULDN'T THINK. AS WELL AS THE SNOW, THE AREA HERE HAS ALSO BEEN HIT BY VERY ICY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WHICH IS CAUSING CONCERNS FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. THERE'S JUST NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO. THE GROUND IS AT MOISTURE-HOLDING CAPACITY. IT'S GOT TO GO TO THE RIVERS, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SNOW ON TOP OF THAT, AND ITS STARTING TO THAW VERY QUICKLY. FARMERS ARE BRACING FOR AN EARLY START AGAIN TOMORROW AND WILL BE HOPING CONDITIONS IMPROVE FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR STOCK. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS MUCH OF INLAND OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND IS ALSO BLANKETED IN SNOW, AND FLOODING REMAINS AN ISSUE IN RAIN-DRENCHED COASTAL AREAS. JUST DAYS AFTER HEAVY RAIN REWROTE THE RECORD BOOKS IN OTAGO, PARTS OF THE REGION ARE DEALING WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST SNOW DUMPS IN DECADES. WE HAD ABOUT 300MM IN THE MAIN ROAD OF LAWRENCE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FALLS WE'VE HAD SINCE PROBABLY 1970, 1971. WELL, I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS THICK BEFORE. SNOW FELL SO HEAVILY IT DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES, CUTTING ELECTRICITY TO MUCH OF LAWRENCE AND HAMPERING THE RESPONSE EFFORT. JUST GENERAL PEOPLE GETTING STUCK. LAST NIGHT WE HAD CATTLE ACROSS THE ROAD HIT BY A CAR IN WAITAHUNA, SO... CARRY ON. I'D BETTER GO, GUYS. HIGHER PARTS OF THE MANIOTOTO WERE COVERED WITH DEEP SNOW AS WELL, PROMPTING FARMERS TO GIVE STOCK A HELPING HAND. WE'RE JUST GOING ROUND MAKING PADS, CHUCKING A BIT OF FOOD OUT FOR THEM JUST TO KEEP THEM TICKING ALONG, REALLY. WHILE FURTHER NORTH IN SOUTH CANTERBURY, THE SNOW HAS CLOSED ROADS AND BLOCKED SUPPLIES FROM GETTING IN. WE GOT STUCK HERE LAST NIGHT COMING DOWN FROM CHRISTCHURCH. WE'VE GOT, UH, GROCERIES ON FOR THE SUPERMARKETS IN CENTRAL OTAGO, AND, YEAH, WE COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER LAST NIGHT, SO HOLED UP HERE IN FAIRLIE. DOESN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER TODAY, DOES IT? LOCALS SEEMED RELAXED ABOUT A SNOW DAY THEY HAD PLENTY OF WARNING ABOUT, BUT AUTHORITIES HAVE A MESSAGE FOR TRAVELLERS. IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE, MOVE. IF YOU DON'T, STAY AT HOME, STOKE THE FIRE UP. JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IT WASN'T SNOWING TODAY, IT WAS RAINING. RIVERS STILL SWOLLEN FROM THE RECORD DELUGE EARLIER THIS WEEK ROSE AGAIN, CAUSING SURFACE FLOODING ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 NEAR MILTON. FARMERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO MOVE THEIR STOCK TO HIGHER GROUND, ALTHOUGH MOST HIGHER GROUND AROUND HERE IS UNDER SNOW. AND MAX HAS MADE IT THROUGH TO QUEENSTOWN, WHERE HE JOINS US NOW LIVE. WHAT WAS YOUR DRIVE LIKE TODAY WITH THESE ICY CONDITIONS? MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL. IT TOOK MOST OF THE DAY. FLOODING NEAR THE COAST. SNOW INLAND. IN QUEENSTOWN WE'RE GETTING SNOW FLURRIES. A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES HAVE NO POWER. FOUR FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLING INTO QUEENSTOWN TODAY. THANKS. MAX BANIA, IN QUEENSTOWN. IT'S NOT JUST THE SNOW CAUSING PROBLEMS ` IN DUNEDIN, HEAVY RAIN'S STILL WREAKING HAVOC IN PARTS OF THE CITY. FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES HAVE FORCED THE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOMES AND ALSO CLOSED DOZENS OF ROADS. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED IN TO RESCUE A WOMAN WHEN A SLIP COVERED HER DRIVEWAY, TRAPPING HER IN HER HOME. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE'S STILL A RISK OF FURTHER SLIPS IN THE AREA. UP NORTH, STORM WARNINGS HAVE FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF THE INTERISLAND FERRY BETWEEN PICTON AND WELLINGTON, AS WELL AS MANY FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL. SNOW'S BEGUN FALLING ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE THROUGH THE DESERT ROAD, CONTRACTORS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE MAJOR NORTH ISLAND ROUTE. A SIGNIFICANT DUMPING'S FORECAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU OVERNIGHT. NOW, TO TELL US WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM'S AT AND WHERE IT'S HEADING. LET'S GO TO ONE NEWS WEATHER EXPERT KAREN OLSEN. AS YOU'VE SEEN, THE POLAR BLAST DELIVERED LOTS OF SNOW AS FORECAST. GOT THE LOW SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF US NOW. BANDS OF FRONTAL CLOUD AND ICY SHOWERS ROTATING AROUND IT. SNOW IS FALLING TO LOW LEVELS IN THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND OUT OF THIS MASS OF WHITE CLOUD. BIG RIVER OF FRIGID AIR AND SPECKLED SHOWER CLOUD SURGING UP OUT OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, SO PLENTY MORE TO COME. WE'RE EXPECTING THE LOW CENTRE TO SHIFT NORTH-EASTWARDS OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW. THAT'S GOING TO DRAG THESE SHOWER BANDS OVER THE NORTH ISLAND. THESE TIGHTLY PACKED ISOBARS WILL ALSO SHUFFLE NORTHWARDS, CARRYING THE ICY SOUTHERLY FLOW ONTO THE NORTH ISLAND. I'LL BE BACK A LITTLE LATER WITH ALL THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. AND FOR ALL THE LATEST ON THE SNOWSTORM AND UPDATES ON ROAD CLOSURES, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE ` ONE NEWS.CO.NZ. WHICH ALSO HAS PLENTY OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. IN OTHER NEWS, A ROTORUA MAN'S PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING AND DRAGGING HIS GIRLFRIEND BEHIND A CAR FOR ALMOST 2KM. SONNY TE ARAMOANA WAITI (26) TODAY ADMITTED ABDUCTING ANA ERIEPA (37) IN THE BOOT OF HIS CAR LAST MONTH. MS ERIEPA SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE WHILE THE CAR WAS TRAVELLING BETWEEN TOKOROA AND PUTARURU. WAITI HAD BEEN SMOKING CANNABIS AND METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ATTACK AND BELIEVED MS ERIEPA HAD BEEN CHEATING ON HIM. HE CLAIMS HE DID IT 'TO SHOW HE LOVED HER'. WAITI WILL BE SENTENCED IN AUGUST. MANA PARTY LEADER HONE HARAWERA HAS CALLED FOR 10,000 HOUSES A YEAR TO BE BUILT FOR MAORI, BY MAORI AND TO BE ONSOLD ONLY TO MAORI. THE MANA PARTY LEADER SAYS THE COST OF THE PLAN HASN'T BEEN WORKED OUT, BUT BELIEVES HE CAN GET A LABOUR-LED GOVERNMENT TO BUY INTO IT. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. HONE HARAWIRA'S NEVER BEEN A MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POLITICIAN, AND THE HOUSING POLICY HE'S UNVEILED TODAY IS ANYTHING BUT. HE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD 10,000 HOUSES A YEAR AND SELL THEM EXCLUSIVELY TO... MAORI FIRST-HOME BUYERS, REALLY. OUR AIM IS TO JUST GIVE MAORI THE BELIEF THAT THEY CAN GET INTO A HOUSE. MANA ADMITS IT HASN'T WORKED OUT HOW MUCH THE PLAN WILL COST,... NO, NOT SO MUCH THE COSTINGS ON THE DETAIL OF THE PROGRAMME. ...BUT BELIEVES TRULY AFFORDABLE ENTRY LEVEL HOMES CAN BE BUILT. FOR LESS THAN 200,000. AND MAORI BUYERS WILL REQUIRE NO DEPOSIT AND PAY A LOW GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATE. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE NEEDING HOUSES, NOT ABOUT 10,000 MAORIS OR WHATEVER FIGURE THEY'VE GOT. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. HONE HARAWIRA SAYS HE'D ALSO CREATE A LAW TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY COULD ONLY BE SOLD ON TO OTHER MAORI FIRST-HOME BUYERS. THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO HOUSING IS NOT TO TAKE AN ETHNIC-BASED APPROACH WITH MAORI, PACIFIC OR ANY OTHER PARTICULAR GROUP, BUT TO FOCUS ON HOME OWNERSHIP FOR ALL NZERS. LABOUR HAS THE SAME LOFTY GOAL OF BUILDING 10,000 HOUSES A YEAR FOR FIRST-HOME BUYERS, AND MANA WOULD NEED ITS SUPPORT TO GET THIS PLAN ACROSS THE LINE AS PART OF A POTENTIAL COALITION GOVERNMENT. BUT DAVID SHEARER'S NOT INTERESTED IN A RACE-BASED POLICY. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT. I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE` OUR APPROACH IS VERY MUCH WE BUILD 10,000 HOMES A YEAR. THEY'RE FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S A COSTED POLICY. IT'S VERY DOABLE. BUT HONE HARAWIRA POINTS OUT HIS IDEAS CAN GAIN TRACTION, INCLUDING SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING A SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, AND HIS 'FOOD IN SCHOOLS' BILL PROVING SO POPULAR IT FORCED JOHN KEY'S GOVERNMENT INTO ACTION. AND HE BELIEVES HIS POLICY IS A STEP TOWARDS INCREASING MAORI HOME OWNERSHIP. MICHAEL PARKIN, ONE NEWS ACTOR JAMES GANDOLFINI, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS MOB BOSS TONY SOPRANO, HAS DIED WHILE ON HOLIDAY IN ITALY. THE 51-YEAR-OLD APPARENTLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. ABC'S TERRY MORAN HAS MORE. SOMETIMES AN ACTOR FINDS A ROLE THAT JUST CONNECTS ` THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME. JAMES GANDOLFINI, WHO DIED SUDDENLY TODAY AT 51, WAS TONY SOPRANO. FOR 86 EPISODES OVER SIX SEASONS ON HBO, GANDOLFINI SEARED AMERICA'S EYEBALLS WITH HIS ALL-OUT PORTRAYAL OF A NEW JERSEY MOB BOSS PLAGUED BY SELF-DOUBT AND PETTY PROBLEMS, YET CAPABLE OF STAGGERING AND RUTHLESS VIOLENCE. WITH NEWS OF HIS PASSING, APPARENTLY OF A HEART ATTACK WHILE HE WAS IN ITALY, THE WORLD HAS NOT ONLY LOST AN IMMENSELY TALENTED ACTOR BUT ALSO A CULTURAL ICON. SO BY THE TIME THE WORLD MET TONY SOPRANO IN 1999, GANDOLFINI HAD BECOME A SEASONED MASTER AT BRINGING TO LIFE THE GREY AREAS BETWEEN CRIME AND CIVILITY; EVIL AND HUMANITY. BUT THE MOB ROLE'S BACK IN. HE PLAYED ALONGSIDE BRAD PITT IN LAST YEAR'S 'KILLING THEM SOFTLY', TELLING ABC'S CYNTHIA MCFADDEN HE HAD TO BE TALKED INTO PLAYING YET ANOTHER TOUGH GUY. I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANOTHER` ANOTHER MOB GUY FOR A LONG TIME. AND... WHY? > WHY? I'D DONE IT FOR 10 YEARS. IN A STATEMENT TONIGHT, HBO SAID HE WAS A SPECIAL MAN, A GREAT TALENT, BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, A GENTLE AND LOVING PERSON. NOW HE IS GONE, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, INCLUDING AN 8-MONTH-OLD GIRL. BUT LIKE ALL ICONIC ROLES, TONY SOPRANO LIVES ON. AND SO DOES THE GIFTED MAN WHO BROUGHT HIM TO LIFE AND DIED TOO YOUNG. JAMES GANDOLFINI WON THREE EMMY AWARDS AND A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF TONY SOPRANO. AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` THE SEARCH FOR A MOTHER-OF-FOUR MISSING FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. MASS STREET PROTESTS IN BRAZIL GO VIRAL, RAISING FEARS OVER THE COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO HOST THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. AND A ROYAL BABY SURPRISE IS IN STORE FOR KATE AND WILLS AS THE COUNTDOWN TO DELIVERY GETS UNDERWAY. TINKLING MUSIC Did you know that it's possible to watch your favourite TV shows from any room in the house? You may have heard of TV On Demand, websites where you can access hundreds of the best local and international shows legally and for free. Several Kiwi TV channels now have an On Demand service. It's the place you go if you've missed a programme and want to catch up, or if someone's hogging the remote. How does it work? Well, with most sites, it's as easy as clicking on the show that you want to watch. It will start to play, and then you're in control to pause for a cuppa or skip back and forward. And best of all, with your laptop and some tablets and smartphones, you can watch from just about anywhere in your house. So why not stay in bed and catch up on your favourite drama, or follow along with a cooking show from the kitchen? You could even try watching TV from your hammock. Have a go. And you can find a list of Kiwi On Demand sites at techinasec.co.nz POLICE IN NORTHLAND HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS OVER THE WHEREABOUTS OF A WOMAN MISSING FOR ALMOST A FORTNIGHT. BARBARA MOKA WAS LAST SEEN 11 DAYS AGO IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY MORNING AFTER ATTENDING A TANGI IN THE FAR NORTH SETTLEMENT OF OMANAIA. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. POLICE HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS TO FIND MOTHER-OF-FOUR BARBARA MOKA, SEARCHING ROADSIDES AND FARMLAND AROUND THE REMOTE TOWNSHIP OF OMANAIA. WE ARE KEEPING A VERY OPEN MIND WITH THIS INQUIRY, AND WE ARE EXPLORING EVERY AVENUE. OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO LOCATE BARBARA. THE 32-YEAR-OLD HAD BEEN ATTENDING A TANGI HERE AT TE PIITI MARAE ON SATURDAY JUNE 8TH WITH HER PARTNER, ONE NEW UNDERSTANDS TO BE FAR NORTH MAN MATIU KOREWHA. MS MOKA'S FATHER SAW HER WITH HER DOG EARLIER IN THE DAY HE LOOKED AT HER KURI. HER KURI LOOKED ALL RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE KURI IS ALL RIGHT, BARBARA IS ALL RIGHT. POLICE SAY BARBARA MOKA AND HER PARTNER LEFT THE TANGI IN HIS CAR AROUND 1AM, TRAVELLING JUST A FEW HUNDRED METRES BEFORE CRASHING IT. THIS IS WHERE THE CAR CRASHED, BUT THIS IS ALSO WHERE POLICE ADMIT THE FACTS GET A LITTLE HAZY. POLICE BELIEVE THE COUPLE RETURNED DOWN THIS ROAD ON FOOT TO THE MARAE. POLICE WANT ANYONE WHO STAYED LATE AT THE MARAE TO COME FORWARD SO THEY CAN BETTER PIECE TOGETHER BARBARA MOKA'S MOVEMENTS. POLICE ARE POURING OVER THE CRASHED CAR. THEY SAY CONCERNS OVER BARBARA MOKA'S WHEREABOUTS HAVE ONLY BEEN RAISED BY FAMILY MEMBERS IN RECENT DAYS. OUR MAIN CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR BARBARA IS THAT THERE'S BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON HER BANK ACCOUNT, HER PHONE OR HER FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING SHE WAS REPORTEDLY A REGULAR USER OF. IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYTHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW, LET THE WHANAU KNOW, LET THE POLICE KNOW. DON'T BE AFRAID. POLICE AREN'T RULING OUT FOUL PLAY. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS THE SISTER OF CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER MARK LUNDY HAS TOLD ONE NEWS SHE'S HOPEFUL HIS APPEAL WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. LUNDY'S FATE NOW LIES IN THE HANDS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN LONDON, WHICH HAS RESERVED ITS DECISION. ALEXI O'BRIEN REPORTS. ALMOST 13 YEARS AGO, LIFE CHANGED FOR CARYL JONES. HER BROTHER MARK LUNDY WAS CHARGED THEN CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE AND SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, BUT SHE BELIEVES HE DIDN'T DO IT. BECAUSE HE'S MY BROTHER, AND I LOVE HIM. SHE AND HER HUSBAND FLYING ALL WAY TO LONDON'S PRIVY COUNCIL FOR THE THREE-DAY APPEAL HEARING. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH LONGER AND IT WILL BE OVER, BUT THEN IT DEPENDS ON THE DECISION OF WHAT THE LORDS COME UP WITH. THE CROWN'S CAMERON MANDER IS HOPING THEY'LL DECIDE TO BACK HIS CASE ` THAT THE EVIDENCE PUT FORWARD BY LUNDY'S LAWYERS ISN'T NEW. THE NEW EVIDENCE IS NOT FRESH. PLAINLY, IT WAS DISCOVERABLE AT THE TIME OF TRIAL. AND THAT CRITICISM OF THE DEFENCE COUNSEL'S DECISION NOT TO CALL SOME EXPERT WITNESSES AT THE ORIGINAL TRIAL WASN'T FOUNDED. IN MY SUBMISSION, IT WAS A SKILFUL PIECE OF JUDGEMENT BY A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL COUNCIL. HE HIGHLIGHTED EVIDENCE THE CROWN SAYS POINTS TO LUNDY'S GUILT ` THAT THE SCENE WAS 'STAGED' TO LOOK LIKE A BURGLARY. BUT LUNDY'S LAWYER DOESN'T BUY IT. ONE DEVELOPS A FEELING THAT SOMETHING MAY WELL HAVE GONE WRONG IN THIS CASE, AND WHEN YOU THINK SOMEONE'S SITTING IN PRISON YEAR AFTER YEAR AND MIGHT EVEN DIE IN PRISON, IT'S A PRETTY CHILLING THOUGHT. THE CASE COULD BE THROWN OUT ` SENT TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE DISPUTED EVIDENCE TO BE HEARD OR A FULL RETRIAL COULD BE ORDERED. THE JUSTICES HERE AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL SAID THEY WOULD TAKE TIME TO MAKE THEIR DECISION, AND IT COULD BE WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE IT'S RELEASED. IN THE MEAN TIME, THE JONES' WAIT NERVOUSLY, WITH A VISIT TO MARK LUNDY IN RANGIPO PRISON PLANNED FOR SUNDAY. ALEXI O'BRIEN, ONE NEWS, LONDON. JUST A DAY AFTER PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND THE TALIBAN WERE ANNOUNCED, THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL SHUN THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS. THIS AS THE US PRESIDENT MADE AN HISTORIC SPEECH AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE. HE SAYS EUROPE AND AMERICA STILL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER HELPING PEOPLE IN THE ARAB WORLD, BURMA AND AFGHANISTAN. THESE ARE THE CITIZENS WHO LONG TO JOIN THE FREE WORLD. THEY ARE WHO YOU WERE. THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT. FOR THEY TOO, IN THEIR OWN WAY, ARE CITIZENS OF BERLIN. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS ALMOST EXACTLY HALF A CENTURY AFTER JOHN F KENNEDY'S FAMOUS BERLIN ADDRESS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR. BRAZIL'S TWO BIGGEST CITIES HAVE AGREED TO REVOKE AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES THAT SPARKED MASS ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS. BUT THE PROTESTS HAVE ALREADY IGNITED FEARS OVER THE COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO HOST NEXT YEAR'S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. BBC'S ALISTAIR LEITHEAD REPORTS FROM BRAZIL. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BRAZIL SHOWING THE WORLD HOW WELL THINGS WERE GOING AHEAD OF NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP. NOBODY EXPECTED THIS. IMAGES OF THE WAY POLICE RESPONDED TO DEMONSTRATORS, INCLUDING A VIDEO WHICH ACTIVISTS SAY SHOWS A JOURNALIST BEING BEATEN UP, WENT VIRAL, PROMPTING A SURGE OF SUPPORT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. WHILE MOST WERE PEACEFUL, SOME ATTACKED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. IN THE CAPITAL, BRASILIA, PROTESTERS REACHED THE ROOF OF THE CONGRESS BUILDING. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MASS STREET DEMONSTRATIONS OF THIS SCALE IN BRAZIL FOR 20 YEARS. THE PROTESTS STARTED OVER PLANS TO INCREASE THE BUS FARE BY JUST A FEW PENCE. BUT THE SPAT WENT ON FOR WEEKS BUT THEN SUDDENLY ESCALATED. THE HEAVY-HANDED RESPONSE OF POLICE THEN GALVANISED PEOPLE ANGRY AT CORRUPTION AND THE WAY THEIR HIGH TAXES WERE BEING SPENT ON STADIUMS RATHER THAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. GUNSHOT, PEOPLE YELL FOR MANY PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFFERENT GRIEVANCES, IT BECAME A SUDDEN OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE PREVIOUSLY UNSPOKEN DISCONTENT. WHISTLE BLOWS PARALLELS HAVE BEEN DRAWN HERE TO THE WAY THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT STARTED IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA. WHEN PEOPLE JUST WENT OUT TO THE STREET TO` AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT AND START TO SOCIALISE, TO OCCUPY THE PUBLIC SPACE, TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AND TO` ALSO TO PARTICIPATE AND TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES, AND SOMETIMES FOR THE FIRST TIME. FEDERAL POLICE SPECIAL FORCES ARE NOW BEING DEPLOYED IN FIVE CITIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PROTESTS FROM ESCALATING. AND THE CROWDS ARE SWELLING AGAIN TONIGHT. AND SEPP BLATTER, THE PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL'S WORLD GOVERNING BODY FIFA, HAS URGED PROTESTERS, 'NOT TO USE FOOTBALL TO MAKE THEIR DEMANDS HEARD.' WEATHER TIME NOW, AND IT'S ICY COLD AND SNOWY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY, KAREN. WEATHERSCAPE SNOW ARRIVED, AS FORECAST. WE ALSO HAD HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG COLD SOUTHERLY WINDS. A WIND CHILL ALONG THE EASTERN COASTLINE MADE IT FEEL AROUND MINUS 5 DEGREES. THAT SOUTHERLY ALSO PUSHING UP BIG SWELLS ` 9M ABOUT BANKS PENINSULA AND 4M ABOUT THE SOUTH COAST OF WELLINGTON. HEAVY SNOW ON THE WAY FOR MARLBOROUGH AND CANTERBURY. TOTALS OF UP TO 180CM ON HIGHER PARTS OF MARLBOROUGH ` THAT'S NEARLY 2M. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I'LL BE BACK LATER IN THE BULLETIN WITH WARNINGS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND GALES AND ANOTHER LOOK AT THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. STILL TO COME, A WARNING ABOUT A DRUG KNOWN AS HILLBILLY HEROIN. HARKING BACK TO THE PAST, AND THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW PRINCE ` NOW THE BABY PLANS OF THE NEXT GENERATION ARE UNVEILED. AND SHE'S SNOW-VERWHELMED ` THE LITTLE PUPPY GRAPPLING WITH THE BIG DUMP IN TEKAPO. 1 IT'S A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE PAIN RELIEF DRUG KNOWN IN THE US AS HILLBILLY HEROIN, WHERE IT'S USE IS OUT OF CONTROL. BUT THANKS TO A CONCERTED EFFORT BY HEALTH AUTHORITIES HERE, PRESCRIPTIONS FOR OXYCODONE HAVE LEVELLED OFF. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. THE ALTERNATIVE TO MORPHINE'S NOT ONLY HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. IN THE UNITED STATES, OXYCODONE'S KNOWN AS HILLBILLY HEROIN ` ONE OF A NUMBER OF SYNTHETIC OPIATES CONTRIBUTING TO PRESCRIPTION PILL ADDICTION ON A HUGE SCALE. WOMAN: IN THE UNITED STATES, MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW USING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION THAN HEROIN, COCAINE AND ECSTASY COMBINED. WHEN OXYCODONE WAS INTRODUCED HERE IN 2007, IT OVERTOOK MORPHINE AS THE PREFERRED DRUG FOR CHRONIC PAIN WITHIN FOUR YEARS, AT A COST OF $6M. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY DOCTORS ARE VERY GULLIBLE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE VERY SKILLED IN THEIR MARKETING AND PRESENTING OF INFORMATION. THERE WAS CONCERN THAT TOO MANY HOSPITAL PATIENTS WERE STAYING ON OXYCODONE FOR TOO LONG, RISKING ADDICTION TO THE POWERFUL DRUG. THERE WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DID. PHARMAC SAYS THAT WAS HEADED OFF BY AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO DHBs AND DOCTORS. OXYCODONE PRESCRIPTIONS LEVELLED OFF LATE LAST YEAR AND HAVE DECLINED IN RECENT MONTHS. THIS INFORMATION DESIGNED TO CURB OXYCODONE USE OUTSIDE HOSPITALS SAYS GPs SHOULD TELL PATIENT JUST HOW STRONG THE DRUG IS ` THAT MILLIGRAM FOR MILLIGRAM, IT'S TWICE AS POTENT AS MORPHINE. ADDICTION EXPERTS HERE SAY ABOUT 10% OF THEIR REHAB CLIENTS ARE ADDICTED TO SYNTHETIC OPIATES LIKE OXYCODONE AND THAT THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN PROBABLY STOPPED MORE ADDICTION. NICOLE BREMNER, ONE NEWS BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAS RELEASED DETAILS ABOUT THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED BIRTH OF THE ROYAL BABY NEXT MONTH. IT'S REVEALED WHERE IT WILL TAKE PLACE AND INSISTS THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE STILL DON'T KNOW THE SEX OF THEIR BABY. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. CROWD CHEERS BUCKINGHAM PALACE LAST SATURDAY. A ROYAL MOTHER-TO-BE ON HER WAY TO THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE. IT WAS KATE'S LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE BEFORE GIVING BIRTH. IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SHE WILL BE BROUGHT HERE TO THE PRIVATE LINDO WING OF ST MARY'S HOSPITAL NEAR PADDINGTON STATION IN LONDON, WHERE SHE'LL GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY WHO WILL BE THIRD IN LINE TO THE THRONE. MAN: AND THIS EVENING HE CARRIED HIS SON OUT INTO THE WORLD. IT'S THE SAME UNIT AT THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE PRINCE WILLIAM WAS BORN 31 YEARS AGO THIS FRIDAY. HE MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER ON THE PAVEMENT OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL. < MAN: NUMBER ONE. (LAUGHS) < NUMBER TWO. FAST-FORWARD TO 2013, AND CONTRARY TO ALL THE CRYSTAL-BALL GAZING IN THE PRESS IN RECENT MONTHS, WILLIAM AND KATE ARE SAID NOT TO KNOW THE SEX OF THE BABY. THEY WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE. THE FIRST PUBLIC SIGN THAT THE BABY HAS BEEN BORN WILL BE WHEN A ROYAL OFFICIAL APPEARS HERE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE LINDO WING WITH AN ENVELOPE. THE ENVELOPE WILL CONTAIN THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH, THE ALL-IMPORTANT DETAIL ` WHETHER IT'S A BOY OR A GIRL. THE ENVELOPE WILL BE HANDED TO A ROYAL MESSENGER BOUND FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE. AT THE PALACE, THE STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH WILL BE PUT ON PUBLIC DISPLAY IN THE FORECOURT. ONLY AT THAT POINT WILL WE KNOW WHETHER A FUTURE KING OR A FUTURE QUEEN HAS BEEN BORN. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ARE SWEEPING UP THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. WITH ALL THE INLAND ALPINE ROADS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND CLOSED, MOTORISTS IN MANY AREAS IN THE SOUTH ARE BEING WARNED TO STAY AT HOME. AUTHORITIES WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT TO TRY AND RESTORE POWER TO HUNDREDS OF HOMES. CHRISTCHURCH MAY HAVE AVOIDED THE SNOWFALL SO FAR, BUT THE PROSPECT OF SLEETY SHOWERS AND BITTER TEMPERATURES SAW COMMUNITY WORKERS OUT IN FORCE TODAY CHECKING ON THE MOST VULNERABLE. LORELEI MASON JOINED THE RED CROSS DELIVERING MEALS ON WHEELS IN THE CITY. WHILE CITY RESIDENTS BATTLED THE BITING WINDS, CHRISTINE HEYWOOD WAS OUT DRIVING, DOING WHAT SHE LOVES. OH, HELLO. HI, MR MILLOW. HOW ARE YOU? OH, NOT TOO BAD. HANDING OVER SOME OF THE 800 MEALS ON WHEELS RED CROSS DELIVERS DAILY. I POP IT IN THERE, YOU SEE. RON MILLOW (86) HAS THE OVEN HEATED, READY AND WAITING. THIS IS PRETTY GOOD, REALLY, COS IT GIVES ME A VARIETY OF VEGETABLES, YOU KNOW. GIVING CHRISTINE A CHANCE TO SEE HOW HE'S GETTING ON. WE ALWAYS GO IN AND SAY HELLO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WARM AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH FOOD AND ARE PREPARED IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. RON'S GOT THAT ALL SORTED. OH, WELL, I'VE GOT THE HEATER THERE, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE GOT A HEATER THERE, YOU SEE ` A WARM HEATER THERE. THAT STAYS ON. HE'S ALSO GOT HIS RED CROSS WINTER WARMER PACK. OH, THIS IS BETTER THAN THAT THING I'VE GOT ON NOW. I'LL TRY THE BEANIE. HOW DOES THAT LOOK? FURTHER DOWN THE STREET IS MAVIS MATTER. SHE TOO IS GLAD OF THE HOT MEAL. OOH. THAT'S QUITE NICE. LOVELY. RED CROSS SAYS IT'S READY TOMORROW IF THE WEATHER GETS WORSE. THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVES GO OUT AND DELIVERS, SO THE MEALS WILL BE DELIVERED. TO ENSURE NO-ONE GOES HUNGRY. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. THE ALL BLACKS SELECTORS MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES, BUT NOT THE ONE THEY WERE PICKING? CONRAD SMITH RETAINING JERSEY THE HEAD COACH IS WITH US NEXT. THE FUTURE IS GIVEN A CHANCE ON THE BENCH, BUT WILL THE NEW PLYMOUTH TEST BE THE LAST FOR THIS BLOCKBUSTING BACK? THE WALLABIES' NEW BOY PREPARES TO SET THE LIONS SERIES ALIGHT. AND THE SPORTS WORLD IS STILL TALKING ABOUT GAME SIX IN THE NBA FINALS. WHAT WAS THE OFFICIAL MOVE WHICH MOTIVATED LEBRON AND HIS ANGRY STARS? FIRST UP TONIGHT TO THE ALL BLACKS, AND AS PROMISED, IT'S TIME TO GIVE SOME OF THE SQUAD'S NEW FACES A RUN IN THE THIRD TEST AGAINST FRANCE IN NEW PLYMOUTH, ALTHOUGH THE STARTING TEAM HAS AN EXPERIENCED LOOK TO IT. FIVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE. THE FRANCE-BOUND RENE RANGER MAKES JUST HIS SECOND TEST START. OLD HANDS DAN CARTER AND PIRI WEEPU ARE BACK. CONRAD SMITH REMAINS AT CENTRE. VICTOR VITO AND HOOKER ANDREW HORE COME IN TO THE PACK. IT'S ON THE BENCH WHERE THREE PLAYERS HAVE A CHANCE TO EARN THEIR FIRST CAPS ` BLUES STEVEN LUATUA AND CHARLES PIUTAU AND CRUSADERS FLANKER MATT TODD. BUT THE LACK OF CHANGE OR EXPERIMENTATION AT CENTRE HAS A FEW SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS. BEN SMITH GOES BY THE NICKNAME 'BENDER', BUT THE ALL BLACKS COACHES HAVE DECIDED AGAINST TRYING TO MELD THE FULLBACK-CUM-WINGER INTO A CENTRE. WHAT WE REALLY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOVING WHAT HE'S DOING ON THE WING, AND GIVING HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CEMENT THAT. ONE POSITION FAR FROM SET IN STONE IS AT BLINDSIDE. VICTOR VITO GETS A NINTH START IN FOUR YEARS TO TRY AND FINALLY NAIL DOWN THE JERSEY. BUT FRESH COMPETITION LOOMS IN THE HULKING SHADOW OF STEVEN LUATUA. OBVIOUSLY PREFER SIX, BUT PUT ME ON THE FIELD AT 10 OR PROP, AND I'LL PLAY IT FOR THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, DO MY PART FOR THE TEAM. WHILE BLINDSIDES OF THE PAST HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS ENFORCERS, STEVE HANSEN SAYS IT'S UP TO ALL OF THE FORWARDS TO STAMP THEIR MARK ON THE GAME. THERE'S OCCASIONS WHERE YOU CAN INTIMIDATE LEGALLY, AND THAT'S AT THE BREAKDOWN, AND THAT'S IN THE TACKLE AND WHEN YOU CARRY, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. YOU NEED EIGHT. RENE RANGER IS ONE PLAYER WHO'S BECOME A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION AGAINST THE FRENCH. HIS ELEVATION TO START ON THE WING COULD WELL BE HIS LAST, WITH CONFIRMATION HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF HIS MONTPELLIER DEAL. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD BECAUSE THIS ALL BLACKS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN AWESOME. IT'S BEEN... IT'S BEEN QUITE RELAXED AT THE SAME TIME TOO. WHILE YOU CAN SENSE A TINGE OF REGRET IN RANGER'S DECISION TO GO, SPARE A THOUGHT FOR MATT TODD, THE MAN SO LONG TIPPED AS RICHIE MCCAW'S NATURAL SUCCESSOR. HE'S FINALLY REWARDED FOR HIS PATIENCE. THIS IS PROBABLY MY FIRST YEAR THAT MY FORM, I FEEL, HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ENOUGH TO REALLY WARRANT SELECTION AND THAT. BUT IT WON'T HAVE ESCAPED HIM AND THE OTHER LOOSE FORWARD NEWBIES THAT MCCAW'S RETURN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. THE ALL BLACKS ARE SURE TO TAKE MORE THAN A PASSING INTEREST IN THIS WEEKEND'S FIRST WALLABIES-LIONS TEST IN BRISBANE. ONE OF THE KEY REASONS? THE DEBUT OF LEAGUE CONVERT ISRAEL FOLAU. THE WELSH DOMINATE THE LIONS SIDE, WITH EIGHT OF THE STARTING 15. FORMER CRUSADER SEAN MAITLAND MAKES THE BENCH. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS FROM BRISBANE. WARREN GATLAND MIGHT BE CARRYING THE HOPES OF FOUR NATIONS, BUT HE SURE LOOKED RELAXED TODAY, ENTERTAINING THE TROOPS WITH A JOKE FROM HIS WAIKATO PLAYING DAYS. LAUGHTER HIS MOOD BUOYED BY STAR WELSH WINGER GEORGE NORTH OVERCOMING A HAMSTRING STRAIN TO COMPLETE THE LIONS' SELECTION PUZZLE. ONCE WE KNEW HE WAS CLEARED FIT, YOU KNOW, THAT CONVINCED US OF THE FINAL TEST MAKE-UP. NORTH, A GIANT IN HIS OWN RIGHT, IS RELISHING LINING UP AGAINST CODE HOPPER ISRAEL FOLAU. THE REMARKABLE TALENT'S INTERNATIONAL RISE COMPLETE DESPITE PLAYING MOST OF HIS SUPER RUGBY AT FULLBACK. FOLAU WAS BORN IN 1989, THE SAME YEAR AS THE 'BATTLE OF BALLYMORE', WHEN THE LIONS' IDEA OF QUICK HANDS SOURED THE SERIES. THEY'RE ALL JOINING IN NOW. IT'S PUNCHES GALORE! TODAY THE WALLABIES RETURNED TO THE SCENE, PREPARING AT THE OLD TEST GROUND FOLLOWING A SECRET BUILD-UP ON THE SUNSHINE COAST. BOTH COACHES HAVE MET MATCH REFEREE CHRIS POLLARD, WITH GATLAND PRESSING HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TACKLER ROLLING AWAY FROM THE TACKLED PLAYER, ALLOWING THE HALFBACK TO GET CLEAN BALL. WE THINK WE'VE GOT THE FIRE POWER TO BE ABLE TO PLAY SOME GOOD RUGBY. GATLAND'S CHARGES WILL NEED THAT AND MORE IF THEY'RE TO WIN A FIRST SERIES SINCE SOUTH AFRICA 16 YEARS AGO. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, BRISBANE. ENGLAND LAST PLAYED SOUTH AFRICA IN A MAJOR ONE DAY CRICKET SEMI-FINAL 22 YEARS AGO, WINNING BY 19 RUNS. CURRENT SOUTH AFRICAN CAPTAIN AB DE VILLIERS WAS NINE YEARS OLD AND CRIED HIMSELF TO SLEEP. HE MIGHT HAVE DONE THE SAME LAST NIGHT IN LONDON. MARTIN TASKER EXPLAINS. FIRST OVER. FIRST WICKET. CROWD CHEERS SOUTH AFRICA ONE FOR ONE AND SOON FOUR FOR TWO. DANGER MAN HASHIM AMLA ON HIS WAY. AND YES! I THINK IT'S BEEN TAKEN. ENGLAND MAKING THE MOST OF WINNING THE TOSS. JIMMY ANDERSON WITH THE INITIAL DAMAGE. BEAUTIFUL BOWLING FROM ANDERSON. SPINNER JAMES TREDWELL RIPPING OUT THE MIDDLE ORDER WITH THREE FOR 19. BOWLED HIM. CHOPPED IT ON. YEAH! OH, GOT HIM. KEEPER JOSS BUTTLER TAKING SIX CATCHES. THIS THE BEST TO HAVE SOUTH AFRICA AT 80 FOR 8. YEAH! SOUTH AFRICA IN ABSOLUTE TATTERS. DAVID MILLER WITH A REARGUARD ACTION. WELL, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? MILLER SHARING A NINTH WICKET PARTNERSHIP OF 95 IN 16 OVERS WITH RORY KLEINVELDT. SOUNDED MEATY. TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. JONATHAN TROTT WITH 82 NOT OUT, ANCHORING ENGLAND'S REPLY. FINDS THE GAP. ANOTHER 50 FOR JONATHAN TROTT. THE HOME SIDE HOME BY SEVEN WICKETS TO FACE INDIA OR SRI LANKA IN THE FINAL. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE MEN'S BLACK STICKS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO HOCKEY WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION AFTER EDGING OUT SPAIN TO MOVE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THEIR WORLD LEAGUE TOURNAMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH CAME FROM STRIKER HUGO INGLIS IN THE 14TH MINUTE. IT'S GONE IN FRONT OF THE DEFENCE. AND DEFLECTS IT PAST QUICO CORTES. THERE IS A FULL STRETCH. GREAT FINISH. THE WOMEN'S BLACK STICKS SIDE CERTAINLY THOUGHT SO. NZ WILL PLAY COACH COLIN BATCH'S FORMER TEAM, BELGIUM, IN SATURDAY'S SEMI-FINAL. REMEMBER 1978? SOME OF US DO ` BIG HAIR, TIGHT PANTS. IT'S THE LAST TIME AN NBA BASKETBALL TEAM WON AWAY FROM HOME IN GAME SEVEN OF A CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS SERIES TO WIN THE TITLE. SAN ANTONIO WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME 35 YEARS OF HISTORY IF THEY'RE TO WIN THEIR FIFTH NBA CROWN IN MIAMI TOMORROW. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS. SO WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THIS ` A CLIFFHANGER. WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING IS NBA HISTORY. TO THE CORNER. LONG JUMPER OFF THE BACK OF THE RIM. THE LONG REBOUND. SHOVES IT TO... THE BULLETS ARE GONNA WASHINGTON DEFEATING THE SUPERSONICS IN SEATTLE IN THE 1978 FINALS. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME A TEAM'S LIFTED THE COVETED LARRY O'BRIEN TROPHY AFTER WINNING GAME SEVEN ON THE ROAD. IT'S A 35-YEAR LEGACY THE SPURS WILL HAVE TO REPLICATE TOMORROW AFTER FALTERING AT THE FINAL HURDLE YESTERDAY. AFTER A BLOW LIKE THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO GET BACK UP, BUT AFTER 12 HOURS, NOW WE FEEL BETTER. THE SPURS DO HAVE ENVIABLE RECORDS OF THEIR OWN, INCLUDING HAVING NEVER LOST ANY OF THEIR FOUR FINALS SERIES. THEY WERE SO CLOSE TO ANOTHER TRIUMPH LAST NIGHT, NBA OFFICIALS STARTED PREPARING FOR THE CEREMONY. THEY START BRINGING OUT THAT DAMN YELLOW TAPE. I GOT PISSED OFF. IT'S SO GUT-WRENCHING WHEN YOU SEE THEM START LINING THE COURT WITH THE YELLOW ROPES. SO YOU SAW THAT? YEAH, I SAW IT, AND IT REALLY MADE ME MAD. MIAMI ALSO MADDENED BY FANS WHO LEFT EARLY. PERHAPS FAIRLY, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED BACK IN TO WITNESS THE OVERTIME HEROICS. FOR ALL THOSE GUYS WHO LEFT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T COME TO GAME 7. WE ONLY WANT THE GUYS WHO ARE GONNA IN THE BUILDING FOR THE WHOLE GAME. COME TOMORROW, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. WE FIGHT. YEAH, WE FIGHT. TO THE LAST SECOND. TO THE LAST SECOND. TO THE LAST MAN. TO THE LAST MAN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE FINALS, BUT BREAKERS TOM ABERCROMBIE AND CEDRIC JACKSON HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES BACK TOGETHER AS THEY CHASE THEIR OWN NBA DREAMS. THE PAIR ARE IN A MINI CAMP WITH THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS AT THE MOMENT. GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE JUST SEVEN PLAYERS IN THE CONTRACT, WE'RE HOPING THAT SOME OF THE PLAYERS HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WILL BE INVITED TO VEGAS WITH US, POSSIBLY MAYBE EVEN ASSIGNING A PLAYER OUT OF THIS CAMP. KIWI DRAFT PROSPECT STEVEN ADAMS IS CONTINUING HIS WHIRLWIND WORKOUT SCHEDULE AHEAD OF THE NBA DRAFT NEXT WEEK. HE'S CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO BE PICKED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10TH AND 20TH. THE FOUR AMERICA'S CUP SKIPPERS HAVE YET TO COMPETE ON THE WATER IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT THEY HAVE MANAGED A LITTLE FRIENDLY SHOWDOWN ON LAND. AT THE HOME OF BASEBALL'S SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. THE SAILORS LED THEIR TEAMS ONTO THE FIELD OF THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, THEN SHARING THE HONOUR OF THE FIRST PITCH AGAINST THE SAN DIEGO PADRES. LUNA ROSSA'S MAX SIRENA ON TARGET TO THE MITT OF STAR PITCHER SERGIO ROMO. (CHUCKLES) DID YA CATCH YOURS, ROMO? I GOT MINE. DEAN BARKER ACCURATE TOO, ENHANCING THE VALUE OF THE BALL WITH AN AUTOGRAPH FROM SERGIO ROMO. THANKS, ANDRWE. AFTER THE BREAK ` KAREN WARNS OF MORE HEAVY SNOW, GALES AND HEAVY RAIN. AND IT'S SNOW JOKE. WE CATCH UP WITH SOME CANINE CAPERS DOWN ON THE FARM IN TEKAPO. INQUISITIVE MUSIC INQUISITIVE MUSIC CONTINUES 1 INQUISITIVE MUSIC QUICKENS WOMAN: On the same stretch of road, on the same day, at the same time, we share our drive with the same people. UPLIFTING MUSIC People we know and people we don't. If we stopped thinking cars and started thinking people, would it change the way we drive? UPLIFTING MUSIC STOPS INQUISITIVE MUSIC At OPSM, we use precision technology to look deep in the eye, helping us better detect eye disease such as glaucoma ` just one of the ways we look deeper. Talk to OPSM about an eye-health check-up today. LOTS OF NASTY WEATHER FOR YOU TOMORROW. THANK GOODNESS IT'S THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR. HEAVY SNOW ` NASEBY HAS HAD 50CM OF SNOW TODAY. THAT'S HALF A METRE. 68 CM AT LAKE HERON. THE SOUTHERN SKIFIELDS ARE VERY HAPPY. MORE HEAVY SNOW ON THE WAY FOR MARLBOROUGH AND CANTERBURY. ALSO A WARNING OF HEAVY RAIN FOR MARLBOROUGH. THAT RAIN TURNING TO SNOW ABOVE 200M. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SNOW AND RAIN ` WE'VE ALSO GOT LOTS OF WIND. SEVERE GALES IN SOME EXPOSED PLACES ` DAMAGING GUSTS UP TO 130KM HOUR POSSIBLE. ALSO A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IN PLACE FOR SNOW, WIND AND RAIN FOR THESE AREAS... JIM'S POLAR RODENT HAS WELL AND TRULY SUNK ITS TEETH INTO THE SOUTH ISLAND. BUT AT LEAST WE KNEW IT WAS COMING. GOT THE LOW SITTING OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BANDS OF FRONTAL CLOUD AND ICY SHOWERS ROTATING AROUND IT. THIS CLOUD BANK HERE PRODUCING THE SNOW TO LOW LEVELS IN THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. ALL OF THIS SPOTTY SHOWER CLOUD BRING DRAGGED UP FROM THE ICE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ KEEP SAFE AND WARM. HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE AN IMPROVING FORECAST FOR YOU TOMORROW. AND LITERALLY EMERGING FROM THE SNOWSTORM ` A STORY OF PUPPY LOVE AND TRUE CANINE COMPANIONSHIP. TAKE A LOOK THIS. THAT'S LITTLE LEXI ` A SPRITELY SPANIEL STRUGGLING TO GET HOME IN THE DEEP SNOW AT BALMORAL STATION IN TEKAPO. THE ADVENTUROUS 2-YEAR-OLD'S BEEN RUNNING OFF LATELY, SAYS OWNER AMANDA SIMPSON. BUT ALWAYS THERE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER IS POLLY, A GOOD MATE AND ST BERNARD ` A BREED WELL-KNOWN FOR SNOW RESCUES. A METRE OF SNOW'S FALLEN IN THE AREA, AND WE'RE TOLD THIS TIGHT PAIR, WHO LIKE PRETENDING TO BE REAL FARM DOGS, WERE JUST PRACTISING SO THEY CAN HELP GET SHEEP OUT OF THE SNOW TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS FOR THURSDAY.