HOWDY, EVERYBODY. THE BLANKET OF SNOW REMAINS ON FROZEN GROUND IN OTAGO, AS FARMERS FIGHT TO GET FEED TO THEIR ANIMALS. FOG'S BEEN MESMERISING EARLY DRIVERS AND FROST FREEZING THE WATER PIPES IN THE MACKENZIE, BUT THE LOW WINTER SUN SHINES ON, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE VISITOR FOR THE FAR NORTH IN YOUR FORECASTS. 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. THE MAN ACCUSED OF A SPATE OF HOME INVASIONS APPEARS IN COURT AS ONE OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS PRAISES POLICE. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH, AND I CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH. IS HE ALL DUNNE? WHERE TO NOW FOR THE UNITED FUTURE LEADER AS HIS PARTY LOSES ITS OFFICIAL STATUS? THE DESPERATE RACE TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF SHEEP AS RECORD SNOWFALLS SEND TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING. AND FROM PARTYING POLITICIAN TO PRISON SENTENCE FOR SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE ` CAN SILVIO BERLUSCONI STAY OUT OF JAIL? KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS HOME INVASION HAS SPOKEN EXCLUSIVELY TO ONE NEWS ON THE DAY HER ALLEGED ATTACKER APPEARED IN COURT. WILLIAM MURPHY'S BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A SPATE OF ATTACKS ACROSS AUCKLAND. WE CAN'T IDENTIFY THE ELDERLY WOMAN WHO'S TALKED TO US, BUT SHE HAS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO SHARE. KATE LYNCH WITH THIS REPORT. LEGALLY, WE CAN'T SHOW YOU THIS WOMAN'S FACE AND THE HORRIFIC BRUISING SHE'S SUFFERED, BUT SHE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THE COLD, HARD REALITY OF A HOME INVASION. I'M TRYING TO CONVEY TO YOU BE VERY CAREFUL IN YOUR HOMES. THIS IS A HOME INVASION ` THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN. THE 74-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR OVER AN HOUR. AT TIMES, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. AND I'M THINKING, 'I CAN'T STAND ANY MORE OF THIS,' AND THEN ANOTHER SIDE OF ME SAYS, 'NO, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT.' AND THIS IS THE MAN POLICE ALLEGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK. WILLIAM MURPHY (36) IS FACING 15 CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, INDECENT ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING. HE WAS ARRESTED NORTH OF AUCKLAND YESTERDAY. POLICE BELIEVE HE'S BEEN ON A WEEK-LONG RAMPAGE TARGETTING ELDERLY WOMAN ACROSS THE CITY. HE'S OUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS SAFE. AND WE'RE REALLY CHUFFED THAT THROUGH THE GOOD POLICE WORK AND THE PUBLIC ASSISTING US, WE'VE MANAGED TO ACHIVE THAT. BUT DESPITE WILLIAM MURPHY'S APPEARANCE IN COURT, POLICE HAVE REITERATED THEY'RE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND. A MAN CLAIMING TO BE A POLICEMAN IN FIVE OTHER ATTACKS MAY STILL BE OUT THERE. SO THIS VICTIM HAS A WARNING FOR THE VULNERABLE. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR TO ANYONE. IF ANYONE WANTS THEM, THEY CAN PHONE THEM. AND JUST CALL 111 IMMEDIATELY. FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST WHATEVER RANK, THEY'VE PUT UP WITH MY NONSENSE ABOUT GETTING MY CAT, THEY'VE BEEN PATIENT, THEY'VE LISTENED. EVERYONE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. THERE'S GROWING FRUSTRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA AS PEOPLE DEMAND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NELSON MANDELA'S HEALTH. IT COMES AS A SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAID SOUTH AFRICANS SHOULDN'T HOLD OUT FALSE HOPES. WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN PRETORIA ` ONE NEWS CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY. GARTH, WHY ARE PEOPLE POURING OVER PRESIDENT ZUMA'S LATEST COMMENTS? It's probably the bleakest assessment we've had so far of Nelson Mandela's health. Jacob Zuma really didn't make any reference to a recovery, Just talked about doctors trying to ensure and Nelson Mandela's well-being. You can see there is still security. We don't know if we'll see so many relatives there today. The Mandela family has called an urgent family meeting at the families home. One can only imagine that's to discuss the developments in the last 24 to 48 hours. AND HOW ARE TENSIONS INCREASING BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT? Both have a job to do. The government here is trying to maintain a pretty strong, almost a stranglehold on the information. That said that the family want everything run through the South African president. A friend of Nelson Mandela was told ahead of the weekend that his condition was now critical. The pressure is on the government to give a little more than just its assessment of him being critical. THANKS, GARTH BRAY IN PRETORIA. THE BIG HITS JUST KEEP COMING FOR MP PETER DUNNE. HIS UNITED FUTURE PARTY TONIGHT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OFFICIAL STATUS, AND HE'S TAKEN A BIG PAY CUT. MR DUNNE'S NOW AN INDEPENDENT MP AFTER REPEATEDLY FAILING TO REREGISTER HIS PARTY. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH HAS BEEN ACROSS DEVELOPMENTS. ANOTHER BLOW FOR PETER DUNNE AFTER WHAT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE FEW WEEKS. HONOURABLE PETER DUNNE WILL BE TREATED AS AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR PARLIAMENTARY PURPOSES. AND WITH THAT, PETER DUNNE'S LOST HIS LEADER'S ENTITLEMENT OF MORE THAN $100,000, AND $14,000 HAS BEEN WIPED OFF HIS SALARY. WHAT THE SPEAKER'S DONE IS CORRECT HIS ERRONEOUS DECISION. HE'S REVIEWED IT, HE'S MADE A DECISION, BUT HE DOESN'T BACKDATE IT TO THE TIME THAT THEY FAILED TO EXIST. THE OPPOSITION SAYS IT'S ONLY FAIR TO BACKDATE IT. LABOUR ESTIMATES THAT COULD BE ABOUT $40,000 TO PAY BACK. BUT THE SPEAKER'S RULING THAT OUT. THE DECISION IS EFFECTIVE TODAY, SO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING CEASES FROM TODAY. UNITED FUTURE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO GET THE 500 SIGNED-UP MEMBERS IT NEEDS TO OFFICIALLY REGISTER. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, THE SPEAKER GAVE PETER DUNNE A FEW WEEKS TO SORT THINGS OUT. TODAY THAT TIME RAN OUT. IT'S THREE WEEKS TOO LONG. I'M PLEASED THAT WE'VE GOT THIS DECISION, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING NOW WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE NOT WASTED THROUGH ANY FIG-LEAF APPROACH TO RE-REGISTRATION. PETER DUNNE AVOIDED THE MEDIA WAITING HERE OUTSIDE THE DEBATING CHAMBER, BUT HE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE ACCEPTED THE SPEAKER'S RULING AND WOULD TALK TO HIM AGAIN ONCE THE PARTY WAS REREGISTERED. LOOK, UNITED FUTURE PARTY HAS BEEN DEAD IN THE WATER FOR A LONG TIME. PETER DUNNE'S SPENT A LONG TIME IN THE HEADLINES. HE'S JUST WAITING FOR HIS LUCK TO CHANGE. JESSICA MUTCH, ONE NEWS. THE CONSTANT THREAT OF AVALANCHES IS ADDING EVEN MORE DANGER TO THE DESPERATE RESCUE MISSIONS TO SAVE TRAPPED LIVESTOCK IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. RECORD SNOW LEVELS HAVE LEFT MANY BIG STATIONS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. DONNA MARIE LEVER JOINED THE EFFORT TO SAVE MORE THAN 2000 STRANDED MERINO SHEEP ON BEN MCLEOD STATION IN MID-CANTERBURY. THESE VOLUNTEERS HAVE ANSWERED A DESPERATE CALL FOR HELP. BY DAY THEY'RE ACCOUNTANTS, LAWYERS, EVEN HUNTERS, BUT UP HERE ON THE UNFORGIVING AND ICY SLOPES, THEIR ONLY JOB IS TO SAVE THIS STOCK. THE ISSUE FOR US IS THE CLOCK IS TICKING. WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THESE SHEEP OUT WHILE THEY HAVE THEIR STRENGTH. 2000 MERINOS ARE IN TROUBLE, AND SOMETIMES A NUDGE IS ALL THEY NEED TO GET GOING. IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN IN THE HIGH COUNTRY, THE STEEP TERRAIN OF BEN MCLEOD STATION SPANNING 18KM, SO SAFETY HAS TO COME FIRST. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. FORTUNATELY, THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE CONDITIONS. WE WERE CONCERNED WITH AVALANCHE, SO WE HAD SOME EXPERTS COME IN AND CHECK IT YESTERDAY BEFORE WE PUT PEOPLE UP TODAY. CASUALTIES CAN'T BE HELPED. WE'VE LOST A FEW STOCK. MY AMBITION IS TO KEEP THAT IS TO AS FEW AS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES HERE 13 DEGREES BELOW FREEZING, AND WHILE THE SNOW WAS WELL FORECAST. THE EWES DIDN'T PLAY BALL. THEY HEADED UP THE SLOPES ON THE NIGHT OF THE SNOW. MERINO IS BIG BUSINESS HERE, AND FARMERS' LIVELIHOODS RELY ON THE RESCUE MISSION. IT'S THE SECOND THIS WEEK. THOSE 3000 EWES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SNOW RAKED TO SAFETY. AND DOWN HERE AT THE HOMESTEAD, WE'VE FOUND 1-WEEK-OLD MAX. THIS WEE PUP WAS BORN DURING THE SNOWSTORM. HE'S DESTINED TO BE A WORKING DOG AND WILL START TRAINING IN JUST SIX WEEKS. DOWN FROM THE TOPS, MACHINES ARE NOW CARVING TRACKS TO A VITAL WATER SUPPLY FOR STOCK. FARMERS WILL NEED TO KEEP THEM WELL FED AND WATERED TOO UNTIL THE SNOW HAS PASSED. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS. SNOW ALSO CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE OTAGO HIGH COUNTRY. THAT MEANS LONG HOURS IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE HELICOPTER PILOTS. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MACHINES OUT, WITH MAINLY FEEDING AND RUNNING THE LIKES OF THESE GUYS AROUND. JUST SNOW-RAKING AND RECOVERING STOCK. THE HILLTOP SNOW WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO DISAPPEAR, BUT AT LOWER LEVELS, IT'S ALREADY MELTING. OH, IF YOU GET A QUICK THAW, THE CREEKS WILL COME UP. BUT BECAUSE THE GROUND IS SO SATURATED, IT CAN'T HOLD ANY MORE WATER. YEAH, WE'RE JUST HANGING ON. (CHUCKLES) THE COMMUNITY HAS ORGANISED FOOD DRIVES TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AT LEAST WELL-FED. THE STORM HANGOVER ALSO LINGERS IN WELLINGTON, WITH AUTHORITIES ADMITTING THE REGION'S LOCATION MAKES FOR CHALLENGING TIMES DURING A NATURAL DISASTER. SO JUST HOW VULNERABLE IS THE CAPITAL? REBECCA EDWARDS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING. THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE FOR HUNDREDS OF HUTT VALLEY AND WAIRARAPA RAIL COMMUTERS OFF THE TRAIN AND ON TO BUSES FOR THE FINAL STAGE OF THEIR JOURNEY INTO TOWN. THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS COASTAL RAIL LINE IS JUST ONE OF THE IMPACTS OF THURSDAY'S STORM. THE TOPOGRAPHY DOESN'T SUPPORT MOVING FURTHER AWAY, AND WE'RE JUST THE UNLUCKY MODE BY THE SEA. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE RISK OF THAT EXPOSURE. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL WERE HALTED, FERRY SAILINGS CANCELLED AND ROAD TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. WITH ONLY TWO MAIN ROUTES IN AND OUT OF WELLINGTON, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ADMITS THE AREA'S EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO MOTHER NATURE. WE ARE TAKING VERY SERIOUS STEPS. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME BEING SPENT BY THE UTILITY PROVIDERS TO ACTUALLY FUTURE-PROOF THEIR NETWORKS. SOME OF THOSE STEPS INCLUDING DEVELOPING TRANSMISSION GULLY TO INCREASE ROAD ACCESS TO THE REGION, MAKING THE POWER GRID STRONGER AND BUILDING EMERGENCY WATER STORAGE PONDS. BUT THAT'S LITTLE COMFORT FOR THIS HUTT VALLEY FAMILY. YOU'RE STILL WITHOUT POWER? YES. THEY, ALONG WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHER HOUSEHOLDS, ARE HEADING INTO THEIR SIXTH NIGHT WITHOUT POWER. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF UNIVERSITY EXAMS, SO IT'S A BIT A DIFFICULT WITHOUT INTERNET, POWER AND HEATING. SO MY PARENTS ARE PARTICULARLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT. WORRY THAT WON'T BE PUT AT EASE YET. THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN TOLD THEY COULD BE WAITING TILL FRIDAY BEFORE THEY'RE RECONNECTED. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS LANDMARK LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE ANZ BANK FOR CHARGING EXCESSIVE PENALTY FEES HAS BEEN FILED IN THE HIGH COURT IN AUCKLAND. THE FAIR PLAY ON FEES GROUP ALLEGES ANZ CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED UP TO $250M IN UNFAIR FEES OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. OTHER BANKS ARE NOW IN ITS SIGHTS. WELL, THE DECISION'S MADE. WE ARE FIGHTING. WE JUST HAVEN'T DECIDED WHICH ONES YET. AND THEY WILL ALL EVENTUALLY BE DEFENDANTS. MORE THAN 34,000 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED TO BE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE BROTHER OF A BRITISH-IRAQI MAN SHOT DEAD ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER. POLICE HAVE SEARCHED 54-YEAR-OLD ZAID AL-HILLEY'S FLAT NEAR LONDON. INVESTIGATORS SAY DOCUMENTS FOUND AT THE HOME SUGGEST THE ATTACK COULD BE LINKED TO A FEUD OVER THEIR FATHER'S ESTATE. AL-HILLEY'S BROTHER, HIS WIFE AND HER MOTHER WERE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR BULLET-RIDDEN CAR IN THE FRENCH ALPS LAST SEPTEMBER. THE COUPLE'S TWO DAUGHTERS SURVIVED. A FRENCH CYCLIST WAS ALSO KILLED. A COURT IN MILAN HAS SENTENCED THE FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, SILVIO BERLUSCONI, TO SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL FOR HAVING SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE PROSTITUTE. TONIGHT MR BERLUSCONI SAID HE WAS ENTIRELY INNOCENT OF THE CHARGES AND INSISTED THE CONVICTION WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. THE SENTENCE WON'T COME INTO FORCE YET AS HE HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. OUR EUROPE EDITOR GAVIN HEWITT REPORTS. FOR THE FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, THIS WAS A HUMILIATION ` TO BE FOUND GUILTY OF PAYING FOR SEX WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD EROTIC DANCER CALLED RUBY. RUBY'S REAL NAME IS KARIMA EL MAHROUG, WHO HAD BEEN INVITED INTO THE SO-CALLED BUNGA BUNGA PARTIES IN BERLUSCONI'S VILLA. RUBY HAS DENIED HAVING SEX WITH THE FORMER ITALIAN LEADER. THE PROSECUTION ALLEGES SHE HAD BEEN PAID OFF WITH 4.5M EUROS. SHE ALSO HAS BEEN GIVING EVIDENCE IN ANOTHER TRIAL IN WHICH THREE OF BERLUSCONI'S AIDES, INCLUDING NICOLE MINETTI, A TV PERFORMER, WERE ACCUSED OF PROCURING WOMEN FOR THE PARTIES. THEY DENY THE CHARGES. ONE OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE BUNGA BUNGA PARTIES WAS MARYSTHELL POLANCO. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE EVENINGS WERE POLITE DINNERS, ALTHOUGH LATER, SHE WAS REPORTED AS ADMITTING HAVING HAD SEX WITH THE FORMER PREMIER. TRANSLATOR: A GIRL WOULD NEVER COME UP WITH THIS BY HERSELF. PEOPLE MAKE UP STORIES. THERE ARE OTHERS BEHIND THIS, TRYING TO HARM HIM. SILVIO BERLUSCONI WAS ALSO TODAY BANNED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE FOR ABUSING HIS POSITION TO HELP RUBY, BUT HE WILL NOW APPEAL. IT'S A VERY VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. A VERY VERY POLITICAL ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT THIS VERDICT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ITALIAN HISTORY. THE VERDICT HAS DIVIDED PUBLIC OPINION. THIS WOMAN SAID, 'SEVEN YEARS IS LITTLE. 'THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM EVEN MORE.' THE POLITICAL CONCERN IS THAT THIS VERDICT WILL DEEPEN DIVISIONS AND SHARPEN TENSION INSIDE THE GOVERNING COALITION THAT BERLUSCONI IS A PART OF AT AN ECONOMICALLY FRAGILE TIME FOR ITALY. ANOTHER REASON BERLUSCONI'S UNLIKELY TO GO TO PRISON IS BECAUSE ITALIAN LAW ALLOWS HOME DETENTION FOR PEOPLE OLDER THAN 70. NEXT ON ONE NEWS, THE DEADLY BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS ` HOW JOHN KEY'S LINKED IT TO NEW SPY LAWS. THE FUSS OVER AN EMPTY PLANE SEAT ` WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE MAN WHO LEAKED A SUPERPOWER'S SECRETS? AND HERE'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW ` SEE HOW THIS BAND GENERATES SO MUCH SOUND. TINKLING MUSIC Have you heard the buzz about fibre and wonder what it means for you? Well, this is fibre-optic cable, and it's going to bring us ultrafast broadband, or, as the techies like to call it, UFB. It means good things for your home broadband, like faster picture uploads and movie and music download speeds, and a smoother experience overall, especially for people who share the same connection. These days it's not uncommon for the whole household to be online at the same time, because the fancier our devices get, the more that they can do. How great is it watching TV On Demand or video-chatting with friends? It'll all be more enjoyable with ultrafast broadband, and we'll be future-proof for technology we haven't even dreamed of yet. Fibre is being rolled out over the next seven years to deliver ultrafast broadband, and some areas already have it. Learn more about the exciting possibilities fibre will bring to NZ at techinasec.co.nz JOHN KEY'S DEFENDING NEW SPY LAWS, SAYING THEY'RE CRITICAL IN ENSURING WE'RE SAFE FROM A TERRORIST ATTACK, LIKE THE BOSTON BOMBINGS. THE GOVERNMENT IS STRUGGLING TO GET THE NUMBERS TO PASS THE CONTROVERSIAL GCSB REFORM BILL AND MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH WINSTON PETERS. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. THE BOSTON BOMBINGS WERE ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL FOR AMERICA THAT TERRORISM CAN STRIKE FROM WITHIN. JOHN KEY SUGGESTING TODAY THAT IF WE DON'T PASS NEW SPY LEGISLATION, NZ IS AT GREATER RISK OF A SIMILAR ATTACK. THE VERY QUESTION THEY MIGHT HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES ` IF ONE DAY THERE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE BOSTON BOMBINGS IN NZ, WOULD THEY BE THE VERY SAME MEMBERS WHO STAND UP AND SAY THEY PREVENTED NZERS BEING KEPT SAFER THAN THEY OTHERWISE COULD BE? NO, THEY WOULDN'T. THEY'D RUN FOR THE HILLS. AND TODAY HE HAD PARTICULAR SCORN FOR DAVID SHEARER. IF DAVID SHEARER WAS SERIOUS ABOUT BECOMING THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF NZ, HE WOULD VOTE FOR THIS LEGISLATION. IT'S NONSENSE. WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IS TO MOVE THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT HE CAN'T GET ENOUGH PARTIES TO SUPPORT HIS BILL. TO PASS THE GCSB BILL, MR KEY NEEDS THE VOTE OF NEWLY INDEPENDENT MP PETER DUNNE. IN RECENT DAYS, MR DUNNE'S SUPPORT HAS APPEARED TO WAVER FOR THE BILL. BUT TODAY HE GOT A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER ON WHICH WAY HE SHOULD VOTE. I'M VERY CONFIDENT HE WILL VOTE FOR IT. WITHOUT PETER DUNNE, MR KEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN TO NZ FIRST FOR SUPPORT. WE WANT A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT A SERIOUS MAJORITY OF PARLIAMENT CAN SUPPORT, AND WE'LL WORK TOWARDS THAT. DEALING WITH MR PETERS WON'T BE EASY FOR MR KEY, WHO FAMOUSLY RULED OUT WORKING WITH HIM BEFORE THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS. HOWEVER, ON THE ISSUE OF SPYING, THERE MAY BE COMMON GROUND. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF MANGLED BODIES AT SOME RAILWAY OR AIRPORT IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR DUTY. LABOUR, HOWEVER, MAINTAINS THERE IS TIME FOR A SHORT SHARP INQUIRY. WE NEED A FULL AND INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FIRST. AND IF THE LEGISLATION COMES OUT OF THAT, WE WOULD BE FAVOURABLE. FOR JOHN KEY, THOUGH, TIME'S CLEARLY UP, AND THE SPY BILL MUST BE PASSED. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. THE WHEREABOUTS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST WANTED MEN REMAINS A MYSTERY TONIGHT. A FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA TO CUBA WAS PACKED WITH JOURNALISTS EXPECTING TO SEE INTELLIGENCE-LEAKER EDWARD SNOWDEN. BUT HIS SEAT WAS EMPTY. HE'S BEEN CHARGED IN AMERICA WITH ESPIONAGE AND THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE WON'T GIVE DETAILS ON WHERE SNOWDEN IS, BUT SAYS THE 30-YEAR-OLD IS SAFE. THE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN'S BELIEVED BE SAFE DESPITE AN ATTACK ON HIS PALACE. AUTHORITIES SAY ALL FIVE TALIBAN MILITANTS WERE KILLED IN THE 90-MINUTE GUNFIGHT IN KABUL. TWO AFGHAN GUARDS ALSO DIED. PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI WAS SET TO ATTEND A NEWS EVENT AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AT 4.30 THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS WON'T SAY WHERE HE IS. TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN TO END 12 YEARS OF WAR HAVE STALLED. FEARS ARE GROWING THAT SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IS SPILLING ACROSS THE BORDER INTO LEBANON. FOR A SECOND DAY, THERE'VE BEEN DEADLY CLASHES BETWEEN SUNNI AND SHIA MUSLIMS IN SIDON. AT LEAST 12 SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. A SUNNI CLERIC'S BEING BLAMED FOR STARTING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE LEBANESE ARMY, WHICH HE SAYS IS A TOOL OF THE SHIA-BACKED HEZBOLLAH. IT'S THE WORST BLOODSHED IN LEBANON SINCE THE START OF THE TWO-YEAR CONFLICT IN SYRIA. NZ TROOPS HAVE JOINED A BIG ATTACK ON AMERICAN MARINES, BUT IT'S ONLY AN EXERCISE DUBBED 'DAWN BLITZ' AT CAMP PENDLETON, IN CALIFORNIA. JAPANESE AND CANADIAN FORCES WERE ALSO THERE, ALONG WITH OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT, JACK TAME. DAWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND INSTEAD OF LONGBOARDS, US ARMOURED AMPHIBIOUS PERSONNEL CARRIERS CRASH THROUGH THE WAVES. IT'S ACTUALLY PUTTING A LARGE FORCE ON THE GROUND IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO DO AN OPERATION. HALF AN HOUR LATER, AS THE HOVERCRAFT ARRIVE AND THE MARINES SEIZE THE BEACH, MORE THAN A HUNDRED NZ TROOPS BOARD US OSPREY HELICOPTERS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT. AND THEY'RE ATTACKING INLAND. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO UP AGAINST ONE OF OUR MARINE RESERVE BATTALIONS, DEEP INLAND HERE IN CAMP PENDLETON, AND THEY'RE GONNA GO FORCE ON FORCE AGAINST THAT BATTALION. IMPROVING NZ'S AMPHIBIOUS LANDING ABILITY WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE 2010 DEFENCE WHITE PAPER AS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR IMPROVEMENT. IT MEANS THAT WE CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH A REASONABLE TASKFORCE ` WHETHER IT'S FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, DISASTER RELIEF ` AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE THAT, REALLY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO ANY OF THE NATIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND BEYOND. WITH SO MANY RESOURCES INVOLVED IN DAWN BLITZ ` CANADA, JAPAN AND THE US ` THE REAL TEST OF TODAY'S OPERATION IS THE ABILITY FOR DIFFERENT FORCES TO COORDINATE AND COOPERATE. THE SHEER SCALE OF THIS ASSAULT IS NOTHING THAT COULD BE ATTEMPTED USING ONLY NZ FORCES. THERE ARE MORE THAN 70 AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES LANDING HERE, WITH MORE THAN 5000 TROOPS INVOLVED ALL UP. AND THEY'LL BE AT IT FOR DAYS TO COME. ONCE THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND FIGHTING, THE KIWIS WON'T GET BEACH TIME UNTIL AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. JACK TAME, ONE NEWS, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA. THE PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA'S NOW APOLOGISING FOR THICK SMOG THAT'S SMOTHERING TWO NEIGHBOURING ASIAN NATIONS. IT'S THE RESULT OF FIRES TO CLEAR LAND, BUT HAS AIR POLLUTION REACHING HAZARDOUS LEVELS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA. PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION IN HOW THE SICKLY SMOKE SPREAD SO FAR. TO THE SKIES BACK HERE NOW, AND IT'S BEEN ANOTHER SETTLED DAY DESPITE THE HILL-COUNTRY SNOW? MORE THAWING WEATHER TOMORROW TOO, THOUGH WITH A LOW-ANGLE WINTER SUN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HEAT. THE USUAL WINTER FARE TODAY. MORE FUN AND GAMES IN QUEENSTOWN TODAY AS WINTERFEST ROLLS ON. THIS IS THE SLACK-LINER CHALLENGE ON THE WATERFRONT. PICTURES FROM MIKE MCLEOD. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ YOU CAN SEE WHY I KEEP PUTTING THESE PICTURES UP. A PAINTED LANDSACPE IN TWIZEL TODAY WITH A HOAR FROST. THIS OCCURS WHEN TINY ICE CRYSTALS FREEZE ON TO SUB-ZERO SURFACES, LIKE TREES. MORE FROST IN YOUR FORECASTS, BUT NOT QUITE AS SEVERE. JUST AHEAD ON ONE NEWS ` A TOP HORSE TRAINER DENIES BEING A DRUG CHEAT. ALSO ` WILL IT BE GAME OVER FOR PROBLEM GAMBLERS? THE NEW TECHNOLOGY BEING TRIALLED. AND WHERE DID AMELIA EARHART GO? HOW A MUSEUM HERE COULD SOLVE THE MISSING PILOT MYSTERY. 1 SHE'S ADMITTED INJECTING HER HORSE WITH SUPPLEMENTS, BUT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP HORSE RACING TRAINERS HAS DENIED SHE IS A DRUGS CHEAT. NICOLA CHILCOTT SAYS SHE HAD NO IDEA PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES SHE BROUGHT TO NZ FROM AUSTRALIA AND OTHERS SHE ATTEMPTED TO BUY ONLINE WERE ILLEGAL. NICOLA CHILCOTT WAS COMPOSED TODAY, BUT SHE TOLD THE COURT THE STAKES FOR HER WERE HIGH AS THE CELEBRATED HARNESS RACER FOUGHT TO WIN BACK HER REPUTATION. HER ACHEIVEMENTS WITH HER WINS AS A TRAINER AND DRIVER ARE VERY GOOD. I THINK SHE HAD OVER 500 WINS. SO SUCCESSFUL, SHE'S WON MORE THAN $3M IN PRIZE MONEY. BUT THE 41-YEAR-OLD ADMITS SHE ATTEMPTED TO SMUGGLE AN ANIMAL-DOPING AGENT FROM AUSTRALIA BEFORE SHE WAS INTERCEPTED AT CUSTOMS. AND SHE SAYS SHE INJECTED PERFORMANCE ENHANCER INTO A CHAMPION HORSE SHE TRAINED. IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE, ISN'T IT, THAT TB500 SHOULD NOT BE USED? NOW IT IS, NOT BACK THEN. > SHE ALSO ADMITS SHE ATTEMPTED TO IMPORT ANOTHER SUBSTANCE, ITPP, AFTER BUYING IT ONLINE, EVEN THOUGH IT NEVER ARRIVED. SHE TOLD THE COURT SHE DID ALL THIS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LAW. THE PRODUCTS CAN BE BROUGHT INTO NZ BUT ONLY BY A VET WHO HAS THE PROPER PERMIT, AND THERE ARE STRICT RULES SURROUNDING WHEN IT CAN BE GIVEN TO HORSES. THE HARNESS-RACING BOARD SAYS IT'S SET TO INVESTIGATE TOO FIGURES PRESENTED IN COURT SHOWED THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS GENERATED BY THE RACING INDUSTRY EACH YEAR. THE COURT HEARD ANYTHING THAT UNDERMINED ITS REPUTATION COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES. THERE WAS WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY SUGGESTING THAT I AM A DRUGS CHEAT. THE CHARGES CARRY A MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS IN PRISON, AND ALTHOUGH NICOLA CHILCOTT ADMITS SHE BROKE THE LAW, SHE HOPES TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE THE LOSS OF HER OWN WINNING REPUTATION IS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, ONE NEWS. POLICE MAY NEED TO EXAMINE DENTAL RECORDS TO IDENTIFY A BODY FOUND ON ROCKS IN NEW PLYMOUTH. THE BODY OF A MALE WAS DISCOVERED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC NEAR AN OCEAN WALKWAY IN THE SUBURB OF KAWAROA. IT WAS REMOVED THIS AFTERNOON, AND POLICE SAY IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. TECHNOLOGY THAT RECOGNISES FACES WILL BE TRIALLED IN THE LATEST BID TO KEEP PROBLEM GAMBLERS OUT OF AUCKLAND'S SKY CITY CASINO. COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS SOON AS THEY ENTER THE CASINO VIA A DATABASE. ANOTHER OPTION IS INSTALLING CAMERAS ON EVERY MACHINE. BUT SOME SAY IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. AND IF THIS IS BEING TOUTED AS THE QUICK FIX FOR PROBLEM GAMBLING AT SKY CITY, IT WON'T DO THAT. WE ARE GENUINELY CONCERNED TO ENSURE THAT FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE ADDICTED ARE AS PROTECTED AS BEST WE CAN. MR BROWN SAYS IF THE TRIAL'S SUCCESSFUL, HE HOPES GAMING FACILITIES ACROSS AUCKLAND WILL ALSO USE THE TECHNOLOGY. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON TO THE IKAROA-RAWHITI BY-ELECTION, AND WITH JUST OVER THREE DAYS UNTIL POLLING DAY, CANDIDATES ARE RACING TO SECURE SUPPORT. THEY'RE CRISS-CROSSING THE MAORI ELECTORATE THAT SPANS THE EAST COAST, SARAH BATLEY REPORTS. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE GREEN PARTY'S MARAMA JACKSON IS TAKING A LOOK AROUND A FACTORY THAT TURNS ORGANIC SEAWEED INTO FERTILISER. THESE ARE THE SORTS OF INDUSTRIES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE, THAT CAN PAY A LIVING WAGE, THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT. OUT ON THE STREET IN GISBORNE, THERE'S CONCERN SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BY-ELECTION, AND ALL THE CANDIDATES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS AROUND VOTER TURNOUT. ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE AT THE BY-ELECTION ON SATURDAY? > NAH, PROBABLY NOT. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY VOTE COUNTS, I SAY. THE BATTLE FOR THE IKAROA-RAWHITI SEAT FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF THE INCUMBENT, PAREKURA HOROMIA, WHO WAS LABOUR'S MAORI AFFAIRS MINISTER WHEN IT INTRODUCED THE CONTROVERSIAL FORESHORE AND SEABED LAW. TODAY THE LABOUR CANDIDATE, MEKA WHAITIRI, ISN'T SHYING AWAY FROM THE PARTY'S PAST. THAT WAS A PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY AS A PARTY THAT DIDN'T DO WELL FOR OUR PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE QUITE OPEN ABOUT SAYING THAT, AS WELL AS THE TUHOE RAIDS. THE MAORI PARTY'S NA RAIHANIA SAYS VOTERS SHOULD CHOOSE HIM BECAUSE HIS PARTY IS PART OF THE NATIONAL-LED GOVERNMENT AND CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. I CAN STICK UP FOR MYSELF, AND I STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET. MANA'S CANDIDATE, TE HAMUA NIKORA, SAYS HE'S ALSO READY FOR THE TOUGHER SIDE OF POLITICS. YEAH, I GREW UP IN GISSY TOWN. IT'S ROUGH AND TUMBLE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, HERE. LAST NIGHT, FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES BATTLED IT OUT DURING A TELEVISED DEBATE. NOW THEY JUST HAVE A FEW DAYS NOT ONLY TO CONVINCE THE ELECTORATE TO VOTE FOR THEM BUT TO TURN OUT AT ALL. SARAH BATLEY, ONE NEWS. NEGATIVES FOUND AT THE AIR FORCE MUSEUM IN CHRISTCHURCH MAY HOLD THE KEY TO A 75-YEAR-OLD AVIATION MYSTERY. AMELIA EARHART DISAPPEARED IN 1937 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD. SOME BELIEVE EARHART LANDED AND LIVED AND DIED A CASTAWAY ON NIKUMARORO ISLAND IN THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI. THE NEGATIVES FOUND ARE SURVEY PHOTOS OF THAT AREA JUST A YEAR AFTER EARHART WENT MISSING, I'VE LOOKED AT THEM QUITE CLOSELY. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING THAT I THINK IS OBVIOUS. UM, THE GROUP FROM AMERICA, THOUGH, ARE THE EXPERTS. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. MEMBERS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF HISTORICAL AVIATION RECOVERY WILL BE COMING TO NZ NEXT MONTH TO EXAMINE THE PHOTOS. OUR LEADING STORIES TONIGHT. THE PENSIONER AT THE CENTRE OF A HOME INVASION IS URGING OTHERS NOT TO OPEN THEIR DOOR TO ANYONE. SHE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TO ONE NEWS AS THE MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HER APPEARED IN A AN AUCKLAND COURT. WILLIAM MURPHY (36) FACES 15 CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, INDECENT ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING. PETER DUNNE IS NOW OFFICIALLY AN INDEPENDENT MP. HIS UNITED FUTURE PARTY'S FAILED TO RE-REGISTER, WHICH ALSO MEANS A PAY CUT FOR MR DUNNE. HE RECENTLY RESIGNED AS REVENUE MINISTER IN THE WAKE OF THE GCSB SPY REPORT LEAK. JENNY MAY SPORT ` SHOCK EXIT ON DAY ONE AT THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS OPEN. SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KING OF CLAY? SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KING OF CLAY? ALL THE DRAMA FOR YOU SHORTLY. PLUS, OUT WITH THE OLD NEW, IN WITH THE NEW ` CRICKET AUSTRALIA REVEALS ITS NEW HEAD COACH. THE MISERY FINALLY COMES TO AN END FOR THE MYSTICS, BUT THEIR PAIN IS THE MAGIC'S GAIN. FIND OUT WHY. AND THE BODYBUILDING BROTHERS SET TO TAKE ON THE WORLD. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. MAN: Now, tell me what you see in this image. WOMAN: Um,... my new shoes? OK. And this? My... tickets to Fiji. Right, OK. This? This? My phone bill. This? My phone bill. Hmm. If your credit card balance is playing on your mind, switch it to an ANZ low-rate MasterCard and enjoy 2.99% per annum for a whole year. Call us today. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN WIMBLEDON HISTORY, BUT RAFAEL NADAL DOESN'T WANT TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIS SHOCK FIRST-ROUND LOSS. THE FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION, WHO WAS PLAYING ON GRASS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, WAS BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS BY A RELATIVELY UNKNOWN BELGIAN WHO PLAYED WELL ABOVE HIS RANKING. THE KING OF CLAY BECOMING THE PAUPER ON GRASS. GAME, SET AND MATCH. AND WHY NOT FINISH IT WITH AN ACE? A QUITE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. NADAL BEATEN IN A SLAM IN THE FIRST ROUND. BEATEN BY A MAN RANKED 135TH IN THE WORLD, WHO ONLY JUST SCRAPED INTO THE DRAW. BUT STEVE DARCIS OUTPLAYED THE WORLD NUMBER FIVE, CLAIMING THE FIRST TIEBREAK. DARCIS GIVING RAFA THE RUNAROUND. WITH THE FIRST SET UNDER HIS BELT, THE BELGIAN WENT ABOUT REMOVING NADAL ONE ROUND EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR. JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE WE'RE SEEING HERE FROM THIS MAN. HIS POWERFUL SERVE NOT HIS ONLY WEAPON. OH, IT'S OUT! THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES. BY THE SECOND TIE-BREAK, THE EXCITEMENT WAS GETTING TOO MUCH FOR NADAL AND PERHAPS HIS TAPED KNEE. HE COVERED AN AWFUL LOT OF GROUND TO PREVENT HITTING A BACKHAND THERE, NADAL. IS THAT A SIGN OF THE KNEE AGAIN? WITH HIS OPPONENT WEAKENING, DARCIS LEAPT AT THE CHANCE TO GIVE NADAL HIS EARLIEST EVER OUSTING FROM A GRAND SLAM. AND HE DIDN'T CHASE DOWN, AND HE'S LIMPING BADLY, NADAL. BUT POST-MATCH, NADAL WOULDN'T BLAME INJURY. CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE DARCIS. HE PLAYED A FANTASTIC MATCH, AND EVERYTHING THAT I WILL SAY TODAY ABOUT MY KNEE IS AN EXCUSE, AND I DON'T LIKE TO PUT ANY EXCUSE WHEN I AM LOSING A MATCH LIKE I LOST TODAY. EVENTUALLY SUCCUMBING 7-6, 7-6, 6-4. I TRIED TO DO WHAT I LIKE TO DO ` COME TO THE NET AS SOON AS I CAN AND NOT TO PLAY TOO FAR FROM THE BASELINE ` AND I THINK IT WORKED PRETTY GOOD TODAY. GOOD ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER. ABBY SCOTT, ONE NEWS. SO FAR, NADAL'S THE ONLY BIG-NAME UPSET. ROGER FEDERER AND ANDY MURRAY ARE BOTH THROUGH TO THE SECOND ROUND AFTER STRAIGHT-SET WINS. IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, SECOND-SEED VICTORIA AZARENKA AND MARIA SHARAPOVA HAVE ALSO ADVANCED. NZ NUMBER ONE MARINA ERAKOVIC TAKES ON JAPAN'S AYUMI MORITA TONIGHT. WE'LL HAVE EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPENING DAY'S PLAY HERE ON ONE FROM 11PM, BEFORE LIVE COVERAGE OF DAY TWO BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT. PLAY IS ALSO BEING STREAMED LIVE ON TVNZ.CO.NZ A TEAM TALK OVER A BEER OR EVEN DIET COKE ` THAT'S ONE OF THE APPROACHES AUSTRALIA'S NEW CRICKET COACH, DARREN LEHMANN, IS LOOKING TO TAKE AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY UNVEILED AS MICKEY ARTHUR'S REPLACEMENT. IT COMES AFTER ARTHUR WAS FIRED IN A SURPRISE MOVE LAST NIGHT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. DUMPED AND DEPARTING, MICKEY ARTHUR TODAY LEAVING THE TEAM HE REFUSES TO BLAME FOR HIS SHOCK AXING. NO, I DON'T FEEL LET DOWN BY THE PLAYERS AT ALL. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD. IT FOLLOWS MONTHS OF POOR AUSTRALIAN PERFORMANCES ON THE FIELD AND OFF IT. THOUGH AFTER LESS THAN TWO YEARS IN THE JOB, ARTHUR WASN'T READY TO WALK. THE DISAPPOINTING THING WAS I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE NEARLY THERE TO CRACKING IT, I REALLY DO, BUT YEAH, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. HE'S AN ABSOLUTE SHATTERED MAN. HE NEVER SAW IT COMING FOR ONE MINUTE. HE WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ASHES AND THE TEST TEAM AND WORKING WITH THE TEST TEAM AGAIN, AND HE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED. CRICKET AUSTRALIA ADAMANT IT'S MADE THE RIGHT DECISION DESPITE THE DUBIOUS TIMING. IT INSISTS ARTHUR'S HANDLING OF DAVID WARNER'S LATE-NIGHT ALTERCATION WITH JOE ROOT DURING THE CHAMPIONS TROPHY WAS ONLY ONE FACTOR. OVER RECENT WEEKS, WHEN WE'VE HAD A REALLY CLOSE LOOK AT THIS, WE'VE DECIDED THAT THINGS WEREN'T IMPROVING. THE MAN TASKED WITH TURNING THINGS AROUND ` AUSTRALIA 'A' ASSISTANT COACH DARREN LEHMANN. THERE WON'T BE ANY ONGOING PROBLEMS. WE'LL GET EVERYTHING RIGHT OFF THE FIELD AND ON THE FIELD. IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GAME, WHETHER IT'S WITH A BEER OR A DIET COKE ` I DON'T MIND. HE'LL ALSO WELCOME ANY FORMER PLAYERS, INCLUDING FORMER LARRIKIN SPINNER SHANE WARNE, INTO THE DRESSING ROOM. AS FOR THE CURRENT ONES... WE KNOW THE BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF BEING AN AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER, WE KNOW WHAT PERFORMANCES ARE EXPECTED OF US AS AN AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER, AND WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN BOTH AREAS. MICHAEL CLARKE CONFIRMING HE'S STOOD DOWN AS A SELECTOR TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE TEAM. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. IT'S BUSINESS TIME IN NETBALL'S TRANS-TASMAN CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TACTIX AND MYSTICS WERE BOTH THRASHED IN THEIR FINAL MATCHES, SIGNALLING THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON. THE TACTIX WERE GIVEN A 20-GOAL HIDING BY THE SYDNEY SWIFTS, WHO SAID FAREWELL TO TWO OF ITS STALWARTS, WHILE THE MYSTICS' PAIN WAS THE MAGIC'S GAIN. IRENE VAN DYK HAPPY TO BE HOME AND NOT PACKING HER BAGS FOR THE DREADED TRIP ACROSS THE TASMAN. THE MAGIC'S 68-40 WIN OVER THE MISSING MYSTICS A BIG ENOUGH MARGIN TO SECURE THIRD PLACE AND A HOME SEMI-FINAL. AND THEY WILL BE HEARING THIS CROWD IN BRISBANE! WE WERE AWARE THAT WE HAD TO SCORE A TRUCKLOAD OF GOALS, BUT WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE HOW MANY GOALS. THE EQUATION ` RESTRICT THE MYSTICS TO 40-OR-LESS, WIN BY A 25-PLUS GOAL MARGIN. THE OUTCOME ` HOST SUNDAY'S SUDDEN-DEATH SEMI-FINAL AGAINST THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS IN HAMILTON. BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKELY EARLY ON. THE MAGIC WERE WOBBLY, MISTAKES CREEPING IN, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE LAST 20 SECONDS OF THE GAME THAT THEY REACHED THEIR MARK. HALPENNY STEPS UP. BIG SHOT. IT'S GOOD! AND SHE SINKS IT! TAURUA ON HER FEET! HONESTLY, TO BE HOME AND HAVE THE HOME CROWD BEHIND YOU IS JUST... YOU KNOW, IT IS PRICELESS. THE 28-GOAL WIN IS THE MAGIC'S BIGGEST OF THE SEASON. IT WAS ALSO THE MYSTIC'S HEAVIEST DEFEAT, PUTTING TO BED A MISERABLE YEAR OF 12 LOSSES AND JUST ONE WIN. AND MAKING MATTERS WORSE ` YES, WORSE ` A POTENTIAL SEASON-ENDING KNEE INJURY TO SILVER FERN BAILEY MES. OH, THIS LOOKS AWKWARD FOR MES. WHILE THE MYSTICS BID FAREWELL TO COACH RUTH AITKEN, WHO ESCAPES TO SINGAPORE, THE MAGIC ARE HOPING FOR A MUCH FONDER GOODBYE TO THEIR MATRIARCH NOELINE TAURUA. NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE FIRST DEFENDING CHAMPIONS TO MAKE THE PLAY-OFFS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST THEM BECOMING THE FIRST BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS. THE MAGIC WEREN'T THE ONLY TEAM TO LEAVE IT TO THE LAST MINUTE, WITH TWO GOALS IN THE DYING SECONDS GIVING THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS A 3-2 WIN OVER THE BOSTON BRUINS AND THEIR FIFTH NHL ICE HOCKEY TITLE. CHICAGO TRAILING 2-1 WITH JUST 76 SECONDS REMAINING IN REGULAR TIME. BLOCKED AWAY. HELPED AT THE BACK. SCRAMBLE. THEY SCORE! IT'S LIKE A YARD SALE. HE LOSES BOTH GLOVES AND A STICK! THE BLACKHAWKS ARE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! THE BLACKHAWKS, WHO SET A LEAGUE RECORD BY GOING UNBEATEN IN THE FIRST 24 GAMES OF THE SEASON, LIFTING THE STANLEY CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010. TO THE NRL, AND THE GOLD COAST TITANS HAVE EXPLOITED A MELBOURNE STORM SIDE MISSING THEIR ORIGIN STARS TO SNEAK HOME 18-12. THE TITANS SEALING VICTORY IN THE FINAL MINUTES THROUGH LUKE O'DWYER. IT WAS A BAD NIGHT FOR THE STORM, ENGLISH STAR GARETH WIDDUP DISLOCATING HIS RIGHT HIP EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF. OH, HE'S IN ALL SORTS OF PAIN. WIDDUP'S LIKELY GONE FOR THE SEASON, WHICH GIVES MATT MCGAHAN, THE 20-YEAR-OLD SON OF FORMER KIWIS CAPTAIN HUGH, THE CHANCE OF A FIRST-GRADE DEBUT. AFTER A WEEK OFF, THE DUCO BOXING CIRCUS WAS TODAY BACK IN FULL SWING, DAVID TUA FRONTING THE MEDIA AFTER ANNOUNCING HIS AUGUST FIGHT WITH 2M RUSSIAN ALEXANDER USTINOV IN HAMILTON. THE 40-YEAR-OLD TUA, SPORTING A SLIMMED-DOWN PHYSIQUE AND SOME NIFTY NEW SHOES, DISMISSED SUGGESTIONS THE FIGHT WAS JUST A MONEY-MAKING SCHEME, DESPITE HIS MUCH-PUBLICISED FINANCIAL ISSUES. I LOVE THE CHALLENGE, I LOVE THE TEST, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS THAT WHEN WE TURN PROFESSIONAL, YOU GET PAID FOR WHAT YOU DO. BUT IT'S NOT THE SOLE MOTIVATION. ABSOLUTELY NOT. TUA'S LUNGING LEAP LIKELY TO BE THE ONLY WAY THE 5'9" KIWI WILL REACH THE 6'8" USTINOV. TUA HOPES VICTORY WILL PUT HIM IN LINE TO FIGHT EITHER OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION KLITSCHKO BROTHERS. AND IN A FEW MINUTES' TIME DAVID TUA WILL BE JOINING THE SEVEN SHARP TEAM LIVE IN THE STUDIO. AND SPEAKING OF THE KLTICHKOS, CHRISTCHURCH-BASED SIBLINGS STEVE AND KAGAN ORTON ARE HOPING TO DOMINATE THE WORLD OF BODYBUILDING IN MUCH THE SAME WAY. ALREADY, THE PAIR HAVE THEIR OWN WORLD TITLES TO THEIR NAMES, AND THEY DON'T PLAN ON STOPPING THERE. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. THREE, TWO, UP. IT'S ONE WAY OF SUPPORTING YOUR SIBLING. EASY FOR YOU, BRO. EASY. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER A LOT WHEN WE'RE BOTH LEADING INTO COMPETITIONS. WE HAVEN'T JUMPED IN THE SAME COMPETITION AS OF YET. BUT THAT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. THE TIMARU-RAISED ORTON BROTHERS ARE PUMPED UP FOR INTERNATIONAL BODYBUILDING STARDOM. KAGAN WON THE NABBA JUNIOR WORLD TITLE LAST YEAR IN DUBLIN, AND I'VE JUST COME HOME WITH THE OVERALL NABBA WORLD TITLE LAST WEEK. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO WORLD CHAMPIONS IN THE FAMILY. THE FORMER CHRISTCHURCH BOYS' HIGH RUGBY WING'S VICTORY IN ITALY MAKES HIM ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP AMATEUR BODYBUILDERS, AND THE 23-YEAR-OLD SAYS THERE'S NO ILLEGAL ADDITIVES. PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO KEEP IT CLEAN MYSELF, JUST LIKE MY FOOD, YOU KNOW, AND KEEP IT ALL NATURAL AS BEST AS I CAN. AFTER WINNING LAST YEAR'S MR WORLD JUNIOR TITLE, KAGAN WILL BE ONE OF THE FAVOURITES FOR THE JUNIOR MR UNIVERSE IN SEPTEMBER. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG JOURNEY, BUT I'VE GOT MY EYES SET ON THAT FIRST PLACE. THE ORTONS LOOKING FOR PRO CAREERS IN THE SPORT DOWN THE TRACK. THESE GUYS ARE IN THEIR MID- TO LATE-30S, PEAKING AT THAT AGE, SO I GUESS, YEAH, WE ARE YOUNG AND WE'VE GOT MANY YEARS AHEAD OF US. THEIR HARD-EARNED MUSCLE IS FAR FROM JUST FOR SHOW. RIGHTO, FELLAS. WHAT DO YOU BENCH? > 215 FOR THREE. 220 FOR FOUR. WHAT ABOUT YOUR BACK SQUAT? > BACK SQUAT'S 260 FOR SEVEN REPS. 300 FOR FOUR. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT'S LIKE LOADING ME AND ME AND ALSO ME ON THIS 20KG BAR. THE BROTHERS SET TO CAST A BROAD SHADOW OVER THE SPORT FOR YEARS TO COME. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. FINALLY IN SPORT, LET'S GO TO FLORIDA NOW, WHERE LEBRON JAMES AND THE REST OF THE MIAMI HEAT BASKETBALLERS WERE CELEBRATING THEIR NBA FINALS VICTORY. OPEN-TOP BUS, 2M-PLUS ATHLETES ` WATCH OUT, BUT IF YOU THOUGHT THE FIRST OVERHEAD BRIDGE WAS CLOSE... HEY, LOOK OUT, BRON! (LAUGHS) OH MAN. MY GOODNESS. MAYBE A CHANGE OF ROUTE NEEDED IF MIAMI THREEPEAT NEXT SEASON. THANKS, SPORT. JIM'S HERE NEXT ON ONE NEWS WITH HIS EYE ON ANOTHER UNWELCOME VISITOR FROM THE TASMAN. AND HOW'S THIS FOR A BIT OF HEADBANGING? ROBOT BAND PLAY HEAVY MUSIC HANG WITH US TO HEAR MORE. HI AGAIN. MORE CHILLY, CRISP NIGHTS COMING UP, THEN LOVELY SUNRISES. THIS WAS THIS MORNING'S ONE IN WELLY. THANKS TO DIANNE BURNEY. A QUICK LOOK BACK AT JUNE. THIS IS WHY WATER'S STILL LYING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ MEANTIME, THE HAY'S SLOWLY GETTING THROUGH TO OUR HIGH COUNTRY MERINO. WHILE THE HUSKIES AT LAKE LYNDON ARE HAVING A BALL. FOR NOW, RUG UP, HAVELOCK NORTH. NOW, FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T STAND MODERN MUSIC, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT BRINGS NEW MEANING TO 'HEAVY METAL'. ROBOT BAND PLAY HEAVY MUSIC THE ROBOTIC BAND'S CALLED THE Z MACHINES. THE JAPANESE THREE-PIECE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF TOKYO UNIVERSITY, AND IT'S A HARD ACT THAT HUMANS COULDN'T POSSIBLY FOLLOW. THE GUITARIST HAS 78 FINGERS AND USES 12 PICKS. THE DRUMMER HAS SIX ARMS AND CAN SMASH 22 DRUMS IN ALL.