HELLO, EVERYBODY. THE SUN CAME OUT TO PLAY AGAIN TODAY AFTER THE WEST NABBED A SHOWER AND THE HEARTLAND SOME ICE CRYSTALS, AND EARLY FOG IN AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON HAD AIR TRAVELLERS A LITTLE TWITCHY. BUT NOW IT'S ALL EYES NORTH AS THE RAINCLOUDS GATHER. DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF ONE NEWS WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. IT'S ALL ABOARD A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR RAIL LINK FOR OUR BIGGEST CITY. SO WILL YOU PAY FOR IT? WHO'LL SORT OUT YOUR MAIL NOW? HUNDREDS LOSE THEIR POSTAL JOBS, AND THERE ARE MORE CUTBACKS TO COME. ANGELINA JOLIE OPTED TO HAVE HER BREASTS REMOVED, BUT COULD A COMMON PILL HELP PREVENT CANCER? AND THE NEW TAKE ON A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC... # NOBODY CAN HEAR US, NO PARADE WOULD EVER CHEER US, # BUT MAJOR LUCK NOW PLAYS OUR BUCKET THEME! # ...WHERE YOU'LL SEE CHARLIE GET THE GOLDEN TICKET. THE BIGGEST MOVE IN AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SINCE THE HARBOUR BRIDGE OPENED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO IS GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT. THE GOVERNMENT'S NOW BACKING A CITY RAIL LOOP ESTIMATED TO COST NEARLY $3B. IT'S BEEN LABELLED THE U-TURN OF THE CENTURY, AND WE HAVE THE POLITICAL FALLOUT SHORTLY WITH JESSICA MUTCH. BUT FIRST ` WHAT IT MEANS FOR COMMUTERS. JOANNA HUNKIN JOINS US FROM DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. JOANNA. RUSH HOUR HERE AT BRITOMART AS THE CITY'S WORKERS HEAD HOME. IT CURRENTLY SEES ABOUT 15,000 PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH EACH HOUR DURING PEAK TIME. WHEN RAIL LINK GOES AHEAD, THAT SHOULD DOUBLE TO 30,000, WHICH LEN BROWN AND THE COUNCIL SAY IS KEY TO UNLOCKING AUCKLAND'S POTENTIAL AS THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING. GOING BACK TO THE TIME OF SIR DOVE MEYER ROBINSON, WHEN HE PROMOTED` PROMOTED THIS IDEA OF A CITY RAIL-LINK METRO TUNNEL, UH, ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. UH, SO THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC DAY FOR AUCKLAND. A GREAT DAY. THE CITY-RAIL LINK WILL DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF TRACKS INTO BRITOMART, ALLOWING TWICE AS MANY TRAINS TO RUN IN AND OUT OF THE CITY AND REDUCING SOME JOURNEYS BY MORE THAN HALF. ROADS JUST DON'T PROVIDE IT. UM, BUS JUST CAN'T DO IT. MASS TRANSIT ON RAIL IS A CRITICAL PART OF ANY GROWING INTERNATIONAL CITY, AND AUCKLAND MOST CERTAINLY IS THAT. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SAYS THE MOVE WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY AND INCREASE FREQUENCY, SEEING A TRAIN STOP AT MOST AUCKLAND STATIONS EVERY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES, INCLUDING THREE NEW STATIONS ` THE FIRST NEAR AOTEA SQUARE, ANOTHER ON KARANGAHAPE ROAD, AND A THIRD IN NEWTON, WHERE SYMONDS STREET MEETS NEW NORTH ROAD. BUT AT $2.9B, IT'S A BIG-TICKET ITEM. WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR, AND I THINK ALL AUCKLANDERS HAVE GOT THAT CONCERN. AND IT'S NOT THEIR ONLY CONCERN. MAYBE GETTING RAILS FURTHER OUT TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE CITY MIGHT BE A BETTER IDEA. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T JUST DIG A BIG MASSIVE HOLE THERE AN-AND THINK THE BUSINESSES WILL SURVIVE. YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE PRETTY HARD. I THINK IF IT'S ONLY AROUND, KIND OF, THE INNER-LINK BUS ROUTE, THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW USEFUL IT WOULD BE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW BACKING THE PLAN, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD. ONE CONCESSION TO ORIGINAL PLAN: THE TIME FRAME HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK BY GOVERNMENT. THE WORK WILL COMMENCE IN 2020 INSTEAD OF 2015. LEN BROWN SAYS IT WILL CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS, AND THERE ARE ALREADY CALLS FROM SOME UNIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO START SOONER. JOANNA HUNKIN, THANK YOU. SO DOES THIS SIGNAL A BIG BACKTRACK BY JOHN KEY'S GOVERNMENT? DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH IS ACROSS THE PARTY POINT-SCORING. SHE JOINS US NOW. JESS. THE NEWS WAS MEANT TO COME OUT ON FRIDAY. BECAUSE OF QUESTIONING FROM THE MEDIA, IT WAS REVEALED TODAY. THE GOVERNMENT IS BACKING THE RAIL LINK. TAXPAYERS AND AUCKLAND RATEPAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. IT'S A MAJOR CHANGE IN POSITION FOR THE GOVERNMENT. AUCKLAND'S RAIL LINK IS NOW ON TRACK TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2020, AND THE GOVERNMENT'S BEING ACCUSED OF A MAJOR U-TURN. THEY'VE MOCKED IT, AND THEY'VE TREATED IT WITH CONTEMPT. TO NOW COME AROUND AND SAY THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT IT, THAT IS THE U-TURN OF THE CENTURY. I DON'T THINK SO. I MEAN, IN REALITY, UM, WE'VE NEVER RULED OUT, UM, THE RAIL LOOP. BUT HIS GOVERNMENT'S NOT ALWAYS BEEN KEEN. THE PREVIOUS NUMBERS ON THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, WHETHER IT'LL REALLY GROW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT HAS BEEN HIGHLY DEBATABLE. LABOUR SAYS TRANSPORT MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE AND HIS PREDECESSOR, STEVEN JOYCE, DON'T LIKE THE POLICY BUT ARE HAVING TO SUCK IT UP. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE CBD RAIL LOOP IS PROBABLY A CASE OF, UH, WHEN RATHER THAN IF. ON THE CITY-RAIL LINK? UH, NOT AT ALL. AND DOES HE NOW DISAGREE WITH HIMSELF THAT THE CITY-RAIL LINK IS NOT VIABLE UNTIL 2030, AND IF SO, HOW DID HE CONVINCE HIMSELF THAT HE WAS SO WRONG? MR SPEAKER, THE MEMBER MISREPRESENTS WHAT I HAVE SAID IN THE PAST. IT'LL COST NEARLY $3B, AND THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'LL SPLIT THAT WITH THE GOVERNMENT 50-50. JOHN KEY'S SUGGESTING THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION COULD COME FROM THE FUTURE INVESTMENT FUND. THAT LOOKS AFTER THE MONEY FROM ASSET SALES. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. UM, THE GOVERNMENT HAS A NUMBER OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE. I THINK AUCKLANDERS WANT THE RAIL LOOP, UM, BUT THEY DON'T WANT ASSET SALES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SELL ASSETS IN ORDER TO FUND THE RAIL LOOP. MORE DETAILS OF THE RAIL LINK WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. SO, JESSICA, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? JOHN KEY IS SENDING THE MESSAGE TO STAY TUNED. This rail link announcement is part of a wider transport plan. The Prime Minister will have to take some heat. SHORT-TERM PAIN; LONG-TERM GAIN. DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR, JESSICA MUTCH. SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RAIL LINK? YOU CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK ON ONENEWS.CO.NZ 500 POSTAL JOBS ARE BEING AXED, AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST COST-CUTTING MOVE BY THE STRUGGLING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE. NZ POST IS SHUTTING THREE OF ITS BIG MAIL SORTING CENTRES AS IT GETS CLOSER TO DELIVERING JUST THREE DAYS A WEEK. REBECCA EDWARDS WITH THE DETAILS. ROBYN CONNING'S BEEN WORKING AT THIS WAIKATO MAIL CENTRE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AND NEWS HER JOB'S GOING TO BE CUT HAS LEFT HER REELING. I'M SHOCKED, AND I'M WORRIED. I'M A BIT SCARED. MAIL VOLUMES ARE DWINDLING, AND NZ POST IS AXING HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN A BID TO SAVE $30M. IT AFFECTS A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF WHO HAVE GIVEN VERY LOYAL SERVICE. DIFFICULT DECISIONS DO HAVE TO BE MADE. THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS REFLECT THE REALITY OF OUR OPERATING ENVIRONMENT. THE CHANGES WILL SEE THREE MAJOR MAIL-PROCESSING PLANTS CLOSE IN WELLINGTON, WAIKATO AND DUNEDIN, AS WELL AS 54 SMALLER SATELLITE SITES, COSTING 500 JOBS. WORK WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE THREE REMAINING CENTRES IN AUCKLAND, MANAWATU AND CHRISTCHURCH, WHICH NZ POST SAYS WILL CREATE 380 NEW JOBS. BUT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY ONE NEWS SHOW THE COMPANY'S PREDICTING FEWER THAN 5% OF AFFECTED EMPLOYEES WILL CHOOSE TO RELOCATE. IT IS LIKELY THAT SOMEBODY WILL MOVE FROM DUNEDIN TO AUCKLAND? I THINK YOU CAN FORM YOUR VIEW ON THAT. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED AT POST FOR A LONG TIME. IN SOME CASES, 30, 40 AND, IN CASES, OF 50 YEARS. THE SPOTLIGHT WILL NOW BE ON STAFF DELIVERING THE POST AND THOSE WHO WORK BEHIND POST-SHOP COUNTERS. IF NZ POST GETS THE GREEN LIGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO DROP TO JUST THREE MAIL-DELIVERY DAYS A WEEK, IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE COMPANY'S 2000 POSTIES. WE WOULD FORSEE, UH, FURTHER JOB LOSSES IN THE DELIVERY ELEMENT OF OUR BUSINESS. THAT DECISION'S EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. THE CHANGES ANNOUNCED TODAY ARE DUE TO BE PHASED IN OVER 2014. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. A CHURCH LEADER'S BEEN WITH NELSON MANDELA'S FAMILY AS THE AILING FREEDOM FIGHTER BEGINS A 19TH STRAIGHT DAY IN HOSPITAL. THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT'S STILL CRITICAL, AND NOW LARGE CROWDS ARE GATHERING IN PRETORIA TO PAY TRIBUTE. ONE NEWS CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY IS THERE. GARTH, IS THE MOOD OF THE PEOPLE THERE STILL OPTIMISTIC? Yes.That Wall of tributes seems to grow. They are bringing with them optimism. They say they believe the is hailing that can take place. THERE may be a dose of realism. Elders heard prayers for a peaceful end. There has been discussion about the proposed burial site. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS DUE THERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. HOW'S THIS AFFECTING HIS PLANS? The headline that Mandela won't derail Obama. It is expected that he won't pay any type of call on the former president Mandela. There are two high-profile events at the same time. ONE NEWS CORRESPONDENT GARTH BRAY IN PRETORIA. JULIA GILLARD'S GRIP ON THE LABOR LEADERSHIP COULD BE NEARING AN END, WITH A NEW MOVE INSIDE THE PARTY TO OUST THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER. OUR CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL IS IN CANBERRA. STEVE, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT WHY IS IT MUCH MORE SERIOUS THIS TIME? The difference is with today there is a deadline looming tomorrow, which is the last parliamentary sitting day. What has triggered the excitement today in these corridors of power behind me is rudd-backers have been calling for a leadership ballot. Although the numbers are public, there will be a ballot tomorrow between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. SO, STEVE, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF KEVIN RUDD GETTING RID OF JULIA GILLARD THIS TIME? Julia Gillard supporters Are wearing the brave faces. This petition that was allegedly signed by a third of the Labor caucus is becoming public. In the past, Labor leadership ballots have been held in secret. With the petition circulating, Kevin Rudd might feel that he has the numbers. He might get back in as Australian Prime Minister. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT, STEVE MARSHALL. POLICE BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND THE BODY OF A NORTHLAND WOMAN MISSING FOR MORE THAN A FORTNIGHT. MOTHER BARBARA MOKA (32) WAS LAST SEEN NEAR THE OMANAIA AREA WHERE THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED. A MAN (43) HAS APPEARED IN KAIKOHE DISTRICT COURT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING MS MOKA IN JANUARY. HE HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION. THE 74-YEAR-OLD AT THE CENTRE OF A HOME INVASION SAYS AUCKLAND COUNCIL-OWNED PENSIONER FLATS AREN'T SAFE ENOUGH. SHE SAYS TENANTS LIKE HER ARE 'SITTING DUCKS'. ONE NEWS TOOK A SECURITY EXPERT TO CHECK OUT HER FLAT, AS KATE LYNCH REPORTS. LEGALLY WE CAN'T SHOW YOU HER FACE, BUT WE CAN SHOW WHAT STOOD BETWEEN THIS PAKURANGA PENSIONER AND HER ATTACKER. WE'RE SITTING DUCKS. I SAID TO THE POLICE INTERVIEWING ME, I SAID, 'ON MY BEHALF, CAN YOU PLEASE LOBBY COUNCIL 'TO GET THE SECURITY DOORS FIXED?' SECURITY EXPERT JEFF MATTHEWS AGREES. TO OPEN THE OUTER DOOR, THEY'VE GOT TO OPEN THE SECURITY DOOR. SO THEY WOULD NEED TO PUT THE INTERNAL DOORS ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THAT WOULD MAKE THE, UH, PEOPLE SECURE. HE SAYS THE ENTIRE VILLAGE LACKS BASIC SAFETY MEASURES. IN THIS PARTICULAR COMPLEX, IT'S AN OLD PERSONS' COMPLEX. HOAX CALLERS WILL KNOW THIS, AND THEY WILL TARGET THESE TYPES OF VICTIMS. 1600 PENSIONERS LIVE IN 66 COUNCIL-OWNED VILLAGES ACROSS AUCKLAND. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT'S URGENTLY REVIEWING SECURITY. ANYTHING WE DO FIND, UH, WE'LL BE REPORTING TO COUNCIL, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE THAT WORK COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. ANY LANDLORD HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT'S REASONABLE TO PROTECT THEIR TENANTS, SO THEREFORE BASIC MEASURES LIKE PUTTING CHAINS ON DOORS. THEY'RE BASIC CONTROL MEASURES THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE SAFER. IN THE MEANTIME, OUR SECURITY EXPERT RECOMMENDS PEOPLE CHECK THE IDENTITY OF VISITORS BEFORE OPENING THE DOOR. HE SAYS GENUINE CALLERS WILL BE HAPPY TO WAIT. POTENTIAL INVADERS WILL TRY TO PANIC YOU INTO LETTING THEM IN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS WOMAN. I AM VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED. I KNOW THAT. SHE FEARS IF THE COUNCIL DOESN'T ACT SOON, THE NEXT HOME INVASION COULD BE FATAL. KATE LYNCH, ONE NEWS. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE TO ALLOW SPYING ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE. NEARLY A MONTH AFTER A LANDSLIP, WE TALK TO A RESIDENT DESPERATE TO RETRIEVE HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS. HE'S NOW CARRYING THE BLAME ` THE TV REPORTER WHO'S BECOME THE NEWS AND FACING PLENTY OF RIDICULE. AND THE SCIENTIFIC RACE TO FIND OUT WHY CHAMPION KIWI THOROUGHBRED PHAR LAP WAS SO GOOD ON THE TRACK. TINKLING MUSIC Do you know how good fibre is for business? Fibre is making it possible for NZ companies to benefit from ultrafast broadband, or UFB. Fibre, you could say, allows data to travel faster, meaning an improved experience for offices where lots of users share one internet connection. Video conferencing with other fibre users is crisper and smoother. When it's as good as being in the same room, you can really begin to save time and money on travel. And with increased upload and download speeds, cloud computing becomes more seamless than ever. Fibre is being rolled out over the next seven years to deliver ultrafast broadband to NZ. Find out how and when you can get your business connected to ultrafast broadband over fibre at telecom.co.nz 25 DAYS AFTER A LARGE LANDSLIP IN WELLINGTON, SOME RESIDENTS WHO FLED THEIR HOMES ARE STILL IN LIMBO. ONE SAYS THE UNCERTAINTY IS CAUSING A LOT OF STRESS, AND SHE STILL DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE'LL BE ABLE TO RETRIEVE HER BELONGINGS. RENEE GRAHAM REPORTS. NEARLY ONE MONTH AFTER ALYSHA AKULA FLED HER RENTED FLAT, SHE HASN'T BEEN ALLOWED BACK TO RETRIEVE HER BELONGINGS. FEELING QUITE SICK. UM, I THINK THE, KIND OF... TH-THE REALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IS STARTING TO SINK IN NOW. UM, YEAH, JUST, UM, JUST THE STRESS OF IT ALL. THE STUDENT (25) IS HAVING TO BUY REPLACEMENT CLOTHING, TOILETRIES AND FOOD. ALYSHA AKULA HASN'T MADE AN INSURANCE CLAIM BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER SHE'LL EVER GET HER OLD THINGS BACK. IF THE HOUSE HAD GONE OVER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LESS STRESSFUL, BECAUSE AT LEAST THEN YOU KNOW, 'HEY, I CAN'T GET ANYTHING.' AND YOU KNOW YOUR INSURANCE WILL PAY OUT AS SOON AS YOU'RE ABLE TO DO STUFF. THE WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL AND EQC SAY BUILDING INSPECTORS AND ENGINEERS ARE TRYING TO ASSESS WHETHER IT IS SAFE ENOUGH TO SEND IN A SPECIALIST RECOVERY TEAM TO SALVAGE PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS, AND IT MAY BE TOO DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO DO THAT. THREE OF THE EIGHT HOUSES ORIGINALLY EVACUATED REMAIN VACANT. THREE OF THE EIGHT HOUSES ORIGINALLY EVACUATED REMAIN VACANT. BUT, TWO DOORS DOWN FROM ALYSHA AKULA'S OLD HOUSE, ASOFA MANASE IS MOVING BACK IN WITH HIS MOTHER (76). WELL, IT'S GOOD NEWS. ONCE AGAIN, THE SAD PART OF ME. I LOST MY VERY GOOD NEIGHBOURS THAT WE HAD. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE OK. MR MANASE IS HOPEFUL HIS HOME-BASED BUSINESS WILL PICK UP AGAIN. MEANWHILE, THE COUNCIL SAYS IT CAN OFFER ALYSHA ALYSHA AKULA SOME FINANCIAL HELP WHILE SHE WAITS FOR ANSWERS. RENEE GRAHAM, ONE NEWS. A SPECTACULAR HOUSE FIRE THAT LIT UP A WEST AUCKLAND SUBURB STARTED WHILE A RESIDENT WORKED ON A CAR ENGINE. THE MAN, WHO DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR ON CAMERA, SAYS ENGINE DEGREASER CAUGHT ALIGHT, AND THE BLAZE SPREAD THROUGH THE TWO-STOREY HOUSE. NEIGHBOURS REPORTED HEARING BLASTS AS GAS CANISTERS IN THE HOUSE EXPLODED, FUELING THE INFERNO. THE NEIGHBOUR FROM THE BACK HOUSE CAME RUNNING DOWN, AND SHE'S, LIKE, 'MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE!' SO I QUICKLY RAN INSIDE, AND SHE TOLD ME TO GRAB MY PHONE FOR THE AMBULANCE, AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE WAS ABLAZE. THE FOUR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSE GOT OUT SAFELY. IT PROBABLY WON'T GET MANY LIKES ` ALLOWING GOVERNMENT SPIES TO DO THINGS LIKE ACCESS YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR LISTEN IN TO YOUR SKYPE CALLS. MPS TODAY STARTED HEARINGS ON A BILL TO SET UP NEW RULES FOR HOW TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES WORK WITH GOVERNMENT SPY AGENCIES. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WAS THERE. THE GCSB CAN ALREADY HOOK INTO OUR BROADBAND AND PHONE NETWORKS WHEN THEY'VE GOT A WARRANT. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IT'S TIME TO GIVE THE LAW A REBOOT. WHY DO WE NEED IT? WELL, WE'VE HAD THIS LEGISLATION SINCE 2004. SO IF A WARRANT IS GRANTED TO INTERCEPT COMMUNICATIONS, THERE HAS TO BE A FRAMEWORK BY WHICH THAT WARRANT CAN BE CARRIED OUT. THE NEW BILL OUTLINES HOW THE GOVERNMENT WANTS PROVIDERS LIKE CHORUS TO HELP IT SPY VIA THEIR NETWORKS. IT ALSO REQUIRES THEM TO CONSULT THE GCSB WHEN DESIGNING AND RUNNING NETWORKS TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY FROM CYBERATTACKS. HOWEVER, THE COUNTRY'S TOP TELCOS TODAY TOLD MPS THE CHANGES COULD HURT THE INDUSTRY AND WEREN'T NEEDED. NO, WE DON'T BELIEVE THE POWERS ARE NECESSARY. IF THE GCSB HAS CONCERNS, THEY COME AND TALK TO US, TO PEOPLE WITH APPROPRIATE SECURITY CLEARANCE. OPPOSITION MPS SAYS IT'S FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE NEW SPY LAWS AREN'T JUSTIFIED. AND ALL WE'VE HEARD IS THAT ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE THERE TO DATE, UH, FROM THE NETWORK OPERATORS, THE TELCOS, IS THAT THOSE, UM, UH, ARRANGEMENTS ARE WORKING. DESPITE OPERATING IN NZ, FOREIGN COMPANIES LIKE FACEBOOK AND SKYPE DON'T FACE THE SAME OBLIGATIONS TO HELP OUR SPIES AS LOCAL PLAYERS. THE NEW LAW, THOUGH, GIVES THE GOVERNMENT THE ABILITY TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. THAT'S SOMETHING DATA STORAGE COMPANY MEGA, SET UP BY KIM DOTCOM, SAYS WILL SCARE OFF OVERSEAS COMPANIES. THE COMPETITIVE POSITION ON NZ WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED IF THIS BILL PASSES IN ITS CURRENT FORM. THERE'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH OFFSHORE PROVIDERS. THERE IS THE SAME NOW AS IT WAS IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATION. THAT IS THE SAME NOW AS IT WAS IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATION. WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL ONLY LIKELY TO LAST FIVE WEEKS, THE TELCO INDUSTRY HAS ITS WORK CUT OUT TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT'S MIND. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS CHILLED RELATIONS WITH AMERICA BY REFUSING TO EXTRADITE AMERICAN WHISTLE-BLOWER EDWARD SNOWDEN. ON A VISIT TO FINLAND, PRESIDENT PUTIN CONFIRMED THE FORMER INTELLIGENCE WORKER IS STILL IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT AREA OF MOSCOW AIRPORT. THIS MEAN HE'S TECHNICALLY NOT IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY AND IS FREE TO DEPART FOR ANY OTHER DESTINATION. MR PUTIN ALSO DENIED ALLEGATIONS RUSSIA'S NEGOTIATING WITH SNOWDEN, WHO'S BELIEVED TO BE CARRYING A TREASURE TROVE OF AMERICAN SECRETS. HE'S BEEN ON THE RUN FOR MORE THAN A MONTH AND IS BELIEVED TO BE SEEKING ASYLUM IN ECUADOR. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS LAUNCHED HIS CLIMATE-CHANGE POLICY, AND COAL IS FIRMLY IN HIS SIGHTS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE'S CALLED FOR THE REGULATION OF HARMFUL CARBON DIOXIDE FROM POWER PLANTS, SPECIFICALLY COAL-FIRED ONES. HE ALSO UNVEILED A RANGE OF EXPANSION PLANS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CALLED ON THE WORLD TO AGREE ON A GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL. I DON'T HAVE MUCH PATIENCE FOR ANYONE WHO DENIES THAT THIS CHALLENGE IS REAL. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR A MEETING OF THE FLAT-EARTH SOCIETY. MR OBAMA ALSO ANNOUNCED MEASURES TO SHORE UP US COASTLINES AGAINST FLOODING. AND DEADLY FLOODING CONTINUES IN INDIA, WHERE A MILITARY HELICOPTER HELPING RESCUE EFFORTS HAS CRASHED, KILLING AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE. THE CHOPPER WAS ON A RESCUE MISSION TO HELP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STRANDED BY THE FLOODS. THE BBC'S SANJOY MAJUMDER REPORTS FROM THERE. IT'S A DISASTER THAT HAS DEVASTATED INDIA ON A SCALE THAT NO ONE WAS PREPARED FOR. ENTIRE VILLAGES HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. THIS USED TO BE A HIGHWAY UNTIL LANDSLIDES TOOK AWAY A CHUNK OF IT. TENS OF THOUSANDS LEFT STRANDED, SPENDING DAYS OUT IN THE OPEN. THE INDIAN AIR FORCE HAS FLOWN HUNDREDS OF MISSIONS TO GET THEM OUT IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN AND THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT IS BY HELICOPTER. ON BOARD ARE A TEAM OF SPECIAL FORCES, HOPING TO FIND SURVIVORS ON THE SLOPES. BUT THE WEATHER HASN'T BEEN VERY GOOD, AND WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO TURN BACK AND WAIT FOR IT TO CLEAR BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED. THESE SWIRLING FLOOD WATERS HAVE DESTROYED ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. THIS WOMAN CAN HARDLY BELIEVE SHE'S ALIVE ` ONE OF NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN RESCUED SO FAR, MANY OF THEM CHILDREN. 'WHEN THE FLOODS CAME, WE RAN UP THE MOUNTAINS,' THIS MAN SAYS. 'BUT MY SON WAS LEFT BEHIND.' MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER THE TRAGEDY, THERE ARE MANY STILL MISSING. AND WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, THEIR FAMILIES ARE LOSING HOPE. ABOUT 97,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED SINCE THE FLOODS HIT LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. AND AN INDIAN TV JOURNALIST COVERING THE FLOODS IS IN HOT WATER FOR DOING A NEWS REPORT WHILE PERCHED ON A SURVIVOR'S SHOULDERS. (SPEAKS HINDI) THE REPORTER CLAIMS THE MAN CARRYING HIM, WHO'S SEEN STRAINING WHILE STANDING IN WATER, DID IT AS A SIGN OF RESPECT. THE JOURNALIST ALSO TOOK A SWIPE AT HIS CAMERAMAN FOR THE WAY HE FRAMED THE SHOT, SAYING IT WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE FILMED FROM CHEST UP. NOW FOR A FRESH DEVELOPMENT JUST IN. ON THE JULIA GILLARD STORY. LET'S GO BACK TO AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL IN CANBERRA. They will put their names in the hat. We will see in about 3 � hours time. TO OUR WEATHER NOW, AND A BIT OF FOG IN THE MIX THIS MORNING? HAMILTON AND AUCKLAND WOKE UP BLEARY-EYED, BUT THE FOG QUICKLY BURNT OFF. A STUNNER, THOUGH, AT MT COOK VILLAGE. HAMILTON'S FOG DELAYED THE TAKEOFF TIME HAMILTON'S FOG DELAYED THE TAKEOFF TIME FOR THIS PAIR OF SILVER-EYES FIRST THING, OR WAX-EYES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ IT'S NOT JUST THE ANIMALS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SNOW IN SOUTH CANTERBURY. TEKAPO AIRPORT'S BEEN SNOWED IN AS WELL. THERE'S NO SNOW IN YOUR FORECAST, BUT THERE IS SOME ICE, SUNSHINE AND A BIT OF RAIN. COMING UP ` A MOVE TO TRY TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER. WE LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS FOR NZ WOMEN. # WILLY WONKA! # DO COME IN. WILLY WONKA LIVE ` CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY HITS THE STAGE. BUT WILL FANS EAT IT UP? AND LUCKY COWS ` THEY'RE GETTING SWEET SLEEP ON WATERBEDS. WE REVEAL WHY THIS BOVINE BLISS IS MAKING FARMERS VERY HAPPY. WOMEN IN BRITAIN ARE BEING OFFERED A TREATMENT TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER WHICH DOCTORS HERE ARE ALSO FREE TO CONSIDER. THE MOVE WILL SEE AT-RISK WOMEN OFFERED A COMMONLY-USED DRUG AS A PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT BEFORE ANY CANCER IS ACTUALLY DIAGNOSED. AS HEALTH REPORTER LORELEI MASON EXPLAINS, IT COULD CUT THE RISK OF THE DISEASE OCCURRING BY UP TO 40%. THE DRUG TAMOXIFEN HAS BEEN USED TO TREAT BREAST CANCER FOR DECADES AND IS WIDELY AVAILABLE HERE. BUT HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN THE UK HAVE NOW DECIDED TO OFFER IT TO HIGH-RISK WOMEN AS A FORM OF PREVENTION AS WELL. READING THE NEWS THAT THERE COULD BE A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE THAT WE COULD TAKE IS REALLY INTERESTING TO US. WOMEN NATURALLY HAVE A ONE-IN-EIGHT LIFETIME RISK OF BREAST CANCER, BUT BRITISH WOMEN WITH A STRONG FAMILY HISTORY WILL NOW BE OFFERED TAMOXIFEN FOR FIVE YEARS. IT COULD CUT DOWN THEIR RISK BY UP TO 40%, PROTECTING THEM FOR A FURTHER DECADE AFTER THAT. THE MAIN BENEFIT ` IT WILL NOW GIVE WOMEN A SECOND OPTION FOR PREVENTION ` EITHER TAMOXIFEN OR PREVENTATIVE MASTECTOMY. ACTRESS ANGELINA JOLIE RECENTLY CHOSE THE LATTER TO TREAT HER INHERITED FORM OF THE DISEASE. SOME PATIENTS, THOUGH, LIKE BRITAIN'S HELEN GRIEVES, SAY THEY WILL STILL OPT FOR THAT THEMSELVES. I REALLY WANT TO GIVE MYSELF THE BEST FIGHTING CHANCE I CAN OF NOT DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER, AND STATISTICALLY, THAT IS SURGERY, NOT TAKING TAMOXIFEN. THAT'S BECAUSE THE DRUG, ALTHOUGH PROVEN, CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS. AN INCREASED RISK OF CLOTS IN THE LEG. AN INCREASED RISK OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, WHICH IS CANCER OF THE LINING OF THE WOMB. SO, REALLY, THE UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES NEED TO BE WEIGHED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER. TAMOXIFEN HAS BEEN FUNDED BY PHARMAC AND WIDELY USED TO TREAT BREAST CANCER HERE IN NZ FOR MANY YEARS, AND THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON ITS USE. THAT MEANS DOCTORS HERE COULD DECIDE TO START USING IT TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER TOMORROW. BUT MANY SAY THOSE SIDE EFFECTS NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION SAYS, AS UP TO 50% OF WOMEN WHO TAKE TAMOXIFEN DON'T TOLERATE IT WELL, THE RISKS MAY WELL OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS. LORELEI MASON, ONE NEWS. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 80 YEARS SINCE LEGENDARY KIWI RACEHORSE PHAR LAP DIED IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW SCIENTISTS ARE USING DNA TECHNOLOGY TO FIND OUT WHY HE WAS SUCH A CHAMPION. SIMON BRADWELL EXPLAINS. EVERYBODY'S EYES FOLLOWS PHAR LAP. PHAR LAP'S OUR MOST FAMOUS RACEHORSE, WINNING MORE THAN 30 RACES IN AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING THE MELBOURNE CUP IN 1930. JUST LOOK AT THAT STRIDE. AND IT'S THE MYSTERY OF THAT STRIDE SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING TO SOLVE. TO SEE WHETHER GENETICS WERE A PART IN THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T` WE DON'T KNOW. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC TRAINING, BUT MAYBE GENETICS DID HAVE A ROLE. A PIECE OF TOOTH FROM PHAR LAP'S SKELETON HAS BEEN SENT FROM TE PAPA MUSEUM IN WELLINGTON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY FOR DNA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS. SO THIS IS ONE TIME YOU CAN LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH? (CHUCKLES) I GUESS SO. AND THAT COULD BENEFIT THE RACING INDUSTRY. BEING THE ELITE RACEHORSE FROM THE, UH, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO, UH, COMPARE HIS DNA SEQUENCE TO THAT OF MODERN, UH, ERA RACEHORSES. DINOSAUR ROARS DNA SEQUENCING HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AT LEAST ONE HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER IN RECENT YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS STAGE, THE DNA TECHNOLOGY DOESN'T INCLUDE CLONING, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU WON'T SEE A SECOND PHAR LAP RUNNING AROUND ANY TIME SOON. PHAR LAP'S DEATH AFTER WINNING A BIG AMERICAN RACE HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ONE MYSTERY THE DNA TESTING WON'T SOLVE. SIMON BRADWELL, ONE NEWS. FIRST A BOOK, THEN A FAMOUS FILM, NOW THE ROALD DAHL CLASSIC CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY IS SET TO BE A BLOCKBUSTING MUSICAL. IT'S TAKEN YEARS TO BRING THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION TO THE WEST END STAGE. BUT AS THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ REPORTS, IT'S ALWAYS RISKY PUTTING ON SUCH LAVISH SHOWS. # WILLY WONKA. # THERE'S THE FACTORY, THE CHOCOLATE, THE GOLDEN TICKET, CHARLIE, WILLY WONKA. IN FACT, ALL THE INGREDIENTS YOU WOULD EXPECT AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHILDREN'S BOOKS EVER WRITTEN TAKES TO THE STAGE IN A BRAND NEW, BIG-BUDGET, ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING MUSICAL. MUSIC SOARS # NOBODY CAN HEAR US, NO PARADE WOULD EVER CHEER US, # BUT MAJOR LUCK NOW PLAYS OUR BUCKET THEME! THE EXPECTATION ON ITS DIRECTOR TO DELIVER A BLOCKBUSTER HIT ARE HIGH. # ...FROM THIS GOLDEN DREAM. # I THINK ANY BIG SHOW IS A BIG PRESSURE. I THINK IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT KIND OF PRESSURE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT, YOU KNOW. BUT FOR ME, IT'S JUST A PLEASURE. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO DO SOMETHING ON THIS SCALE AND TO DO A BOOK THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED SINCE I WAS A KID. THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW SEEM TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS. THERE'S SPECTACULAR SETS, A WELL-DRILLED CAST AND SAM MENDES AS AN OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR. BUT THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY OR TALENT THAT CAN OVERCOME THE REALITY OF PUTTING ON A NEW SHOW IN THE WEST END. IT IS A VERY RISKY BUSINESS. THERE'S MANY A MUSICAL THAT SOUNDED GOOD ON PAPER BUT STRUGGLED ON STAGE. THE SPICE GIRLS' MUSICAL, VIVA FOREVER, FAILED TO LIVE UP TO ITS NAME AND CLOSED. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S SEQUEL TO PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LOVE NEVER DIES, PROVED THAT IT CAN AND DID. AND THE LATEST REVIVAL OF THE CHORUS LINE, AFTER A STRING OF RAVE REVIEWS, HAS JUST ANNOUNCED IT'S BRINGING THE CURTAIN DOWN DUE TO DWINDLING AUDIENCES. NOW, HERE'S A MUSICAL THAT'S DONE WELL AND IS ANOTHER ROALD DAHL STORY: MATHILDA. DO COME IN. IT'S NOT CHEAP TO TAKE THE FAMILY TO THE THEATRE, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF GOOD SHOWS TO CHOOSE FROM, WHICH MEANS THIS PRODUCTION IS GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE WEST END'S GOLDEN TICKET. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES. GOOD NEWS FOR AUCKLAND TRAIN COMMUTERS. IN A BIG TURNAROUND, THE GOVERNMENT'S NOW BACKING THE NEARLY $3B RAIL LOOP. BUT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO BEGIN BUILDING IT UNTIL 2020, WHILE THE CITY'S MAYOR IS PUSHING FOR A 2015 START. NZ POST IS EXPECTING MORE JOB LOSSES AFTER ANNOUNCING THE AXING OF 500 STAFF. THE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE IS CLOSING THREE BIG MAIL CENTRES IN WELLINGTON, WAIKATO AND DUNEDIN, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF SMALLER SATELLITE SITES. JENNY-MAY WITH SPORT NOW. BRENDON MCCULLUM'S CAPTAINCY IN THE SPOTLIGHT? AND IT WAS MCCULLUM'S GUTSY DECISION THAT PROVED THE DIFFERENCE. ALSO ON THE WAY ` RUGBY LEAGUE'S STATE OF ORIGIN, GAME TWO, IS FINALLY HERE. QUEENSLANDERS TAKE THE SMACK TALK TO NEW LEVELS. TWO DAYS TO GO. THE NZ SEVENS TEAM TAKES IN THE SIGHTS IN RUSSIA AND KIWI DRIVER MITCH EVANS HAS ONLY ONE BIRTHDAY WISH ON HIS MIND. KIA ORA. WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. HAMISH RUTHERFORD'S PRODUCED A MAN-OF-THE-MATCH INNINGS TO HELP THE BLACK CAPS TO WIN IN THE FIRST T20 INTERNATIONAL AGAINST ENGLAND. AN INSPIRED PIECE OF CAPTAINCY FROM BRENDON MCCULLUM ALSO PROVING VITAL IN THE FINAL STAGES. HERE'S BLAIR NORTON. THANKFULLY, CRICKET GAMES AREN'T DECIDED IN THE FIRST OVER. INSIDE EDGE GONE. BRENDON MCCULLUM AND HAMISH RUTHERFORD GETTING THINGS BACK ON TRACK IN A BIG WAY. OH, EVEN BIGGER. OH, HE LOVES THIS. RUTHERFORD'S MAN OF THE MATCH ` 62 FROM 35 BALLS, INCLUDING FOUR SIXES. NO-NOT REALLY A PLAN, BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS I SAID, SHORT BOUNDARY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SPIN FOR ME. MCCULLUM KEPT UP THE MOMENTUM AFTER RUTHERFORD DEPARTED. IT'S RAINING SIXES AND FOURS. MAGNIFICENT FROM MCCULLUM. WHEN THE CAPTAIN FINALLY FELL FOR 68, FORMER SKIPPER ROSS TAYLOR SAW THE BLACKCAPS THROUGH TO AN IMPRESSIVE 201/4. THE HOME TEAM STARTING THE CHASE POSITIVELY. ALEX HALES AND MICHAEL LUMB TAKING 25 FROM MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN'S SECOND OVER. FOUR MORE. NEARLY GOES ALL THE WAY. ENGLAND LOOKING A CHANCE, BRINGING UP 50 IN LESS THAN FOUR OVERS. THE BLACKCAPS HARDLY HELPING THEMSELVES. OH, MISSED STUMPING. LUKE WRIGHT CHARGING AND THE DANGEROUS EION MORGAN POISED TO LAUNCH, MCCULLUM REACTED, TAKING THE UNORTHODOX MOVE OF BRINGING BACK A SLIP. OH, THERE HE IS. BRILLIANT CAPTAINCY, OR IS HE JUST A GAMBLER? RAVI BOPARA AND JOS BUTLER KEEPING ENGLAND IN THE HUNT WITH SOME AUDACIOUS STROKE PLAY. RIDICULOUS. HE'S UNBELIEVABLE. NEEDING 16 FROM THE FINAL OVER, BEN STOKES, SON OF FORMER KIWIS RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER GERARD, STARTED WITH A BANG. YOUNGSTER COREY ANDERSON COMING BACK IN STYLE, RESTRICTING ENGLAND TO 10 FOR A FIVE-RUN WIN. BLAIR NORTON, ONE NEWS. THIS WAS MORE EXHIBITION THAN ANYTHING ` 397 RUNS SCORED. ENGLAND SO CLOSE TO PULLING OFF THEIR HIGHEST SUCCESSFUL CHASE IN A T20 INTERNATIONAL. NEW SOUTH WALES HOPE TO END SEVEN YEARS OF STATE OF ORIGIN MISERY WITH THE CHANCE OF WINNING THE SERIES IN GAME TWO TONIGHT IN QUEENSLAND. THE BUILD-UP HAS CENTRED ON THE TWO PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE ORIGIN ONE PUNCH-UP, WITH THE PAIR VILIFIED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. JOE PORTER HAS MORE. AN UNWANTED OMEN AHEAD OF ORIGIN TWO FOR THE BLUES. THEIR BUS BEACHED LEAVING THEIR FINAL TRAINING, AND IT COULDN'T BE BUDGED. YEAH, I THINK THEY SABOTAGED US, BUT, UM, WE'LL GET OURS BACK. WHILE THIS SABOTAGE APPEARED CLANDESTINE, THE QUEENSLAND FANS' DISLIKE FOR NEW SOUTH WALES IS FAR LESS SUBTLE. QUEENSLANDER! SUFFERING ABUSE. SO.. (CHUCKLES) TH-THEY'RE EXPECTING ABUSE. SO I'M SURE THEY'LL GET ABUSED, AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL DO SOME ABUSING BACK. BLUES CAPTAIN PAUL GALLEN IS COPPING MORE ABUSE THAN MOST AFTER TAKING TO NATE MYLES IN ORIGIN ONE. NOW BRANDED ON BOTTLED WATER CONTAINING CHEAP-SHOT PUNCH. I WOULDN'T MIND GETTING SOME ROYALTIES FROM IT. I KNOW THAT. NEVER MIND CHEAP-SHOT PUNCH. IT'S THE 'ONE PUNCH AND YOU'RE OFF' RULE THAT COULD CURB THE BIFF. GALLEN'S TEAMMATE GREG BIRD JOKING THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 30 YEARS. SUDDENLY A QUEENSLANDER GETS SMASHED AND THEY CHANGE THE RULES. (LAUGHS) OH BIRDY. YEAH, HE PUT HIS FOOT IN IT, CAN'T HE? MYLES IS CLEARLY ENEMY NUMBER ONE IN BLUES COUNTRY, ACCUSED OF DIRTY TACTICS, INCLUDING LEADING WITH HIS HEAD. THAT INFAMOUS MELLON NOW IMMORTALISED AS A MASK FOR BLUES SUPPORTERS TO WEAR. THE MAROONS COACH SLAMMING THE 'DREAD THE HEAD' PROMOTION AS DISRESPECTFUL. WE'RE HONEST. YOU KNOW, SAY YOU CAN TRUST US, YOU KNOW? SO ALL THOSE` ALL THOSE NICE QUALITIES, YOU KNOW, GO INTO MAKING UP A QUEENSLANDER AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE WINNING THE FAIREST WAY. QUEENSLAND ARE FAVOURITES TO LEVEL THE SERIES FOR GOOD REASON. NEW SOUTH WALES HAVE TAKEN A GAME-ONE LEAD TO BRISBANE SEVEN TIMES BUT ONLY WON ONCE. JOE PORTER, ONE NEWS. TO TENNIS, AND THE IMPECCABLY ATTIRED ROGER FEDERER, OF ALL PEOPLE, HAS BEEN PULLED UP BY WIMBLEDON OFFICIALS, ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM WEARING HIS ORANGE-SOLED SHOES IN HIS SECOND-ROUND MATCH TONIGHT. SO WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE, HMM? TOP-SEED SERENA WILLIAMS MADE LIGHT WORK OF WORLD NUMBER 92 MANDY MINELLA. THE MATCH OVER IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. NOVAK DJOKOVIC ALSO PROGRESSED WITH A STRAIGHT-SETS WIN OVER GERMAN FLORIAN MAYER, WHO HE MET IN LAST YEAR'S QUARTER-FINAL. WHAT WAS A TEST FOR SOME OF THE TIME TURNED INTO A BIT OF A STROLL IN THE THIRD SET. DAVID FERRER'S WIN WAS A SLIGHTLY MORE SLIPPERY AFFAIR. THE SPANIARD EVENTUALLY BEATING CLAY SPECIALIST MARTIN ALUND IN FOUR SETS. ALSO KIWI TENNIS PLAYER MARINA ERAKOVIC FINALLY GOT ONE OVER HER NEMESIS, JAPAN'S AYUMI MORITA, TO PROGRESS TO A SECOND-ROUND MATCH-UP WITH CHINA'S PENG SHUAI. WE HAVE DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS OF WIMBLEDON HERE ON ONE AT 11PM, FOLLOWED BY ALL THE LIVE ACTION FOR DAY THREE FROM MIDNIGHT. TVNZ.CO.NZ IS ALSO LIVE-STREAMING. 12 DAYS OUT FROM ITS SCHEDULED FIRST RACE, AND THE AMERICA'S CUP COULD BE HEADING TO THE SUPREME COURT INSTEAD OF THE START LINE. TEAM NZ AND LUNA ROSSA ARE FIGHTING A PROPOSED RULE CHANGE WHICH COULD WELL BENEFIT HOLDERS ORACLE, ALL UNDER THE GUISE OF IMPROVING SAFETY. MARTIN TASKER EXPLAINS. SINCE THE FATAL CAPSIZE OF ARTEMIS SIX WEEKS AGO, A RAFT OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS HAS BEEN DRAWN UP, MOST OF WHICH ALL THE TEAMS HAVE AGREED TO. THE STICKING POINT IS OVER WINGS OR ELEVATORS ON THE RUDDERS OF THE AC72S, WHICH HELP CONTROL THE CATS WHEN THEY ARE FLYING ON THEIR FOILS AND WHICH, UNDER THE ORIGINAL DESIGN RULES, CAN'T BE ADJUSTED DURING RACING. IF YOU LOOK AT THESE THINGS LIKE A PLANE, WHAT TEAM NZ AND LUNA ROSSA HAVE BEEN DOING IS THEIR PLANE BASICALLY FLIES AND IS TRIMMED USING ONLY THE ELEVATORS ON THE MAIN WING. ORACLE'S BOAT COMES OUT USING WHAT IS THE MAIN WING, PLUS THE ONES THEY'VE GOT ON THE TAIL. TEAM NZ AND LUNA ROSSA WERE DESIGNED TO COPE WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS WITH BIGGER BOWS AND THEN REFINED TO FOIL SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY. IF THEY'D BEEN ALLOWED ADJUSTABLE ELEVATORS, THEY COULD HAVE BUILT A SLIMMER, MORE AERODYNAMIC BOAT LIKE ORACLE'S. IF THEY HAD KNOWN ABOUT THAT BACK LAST YEAR, THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT. THE ARGUMENT IS THAT ORACLE IS NOW TRYING TO GET RETROSPECTIVE SANCTION FOR THE BIGGER ADJUSTABLE ELEVATORS, AND THEY'RE USING THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET THE RULE CHANGE THROUGH. TEAM NZ IS TRYING TO KEEP EYES ON THE BALL. THE BOWSPRIT CONTROVERSY ON NZL20 IN SAN DIEGO DERAILED THE NZ CHALLENGE IN 1992. TEAM NZ HAS HAD SOME HISTORY IN GETTING BOGGED DOWN IN SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS. SO A FEW OF US JUST WORKING ON THE ISSUES AROUND RULES, TRYING NOT TO GET TOO DISTRACTED WITH IT. LUNA ROSSA SAYS IT'S PREPARED TO GO TO COURT IF THE RULES CHANGE. MARTIN TASKER, ONE NEWS. THE COUNTRY'S TOP SPORTS MEDICS MET TODAY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE HOT ISSUES IN THEIR FIELD IN RESPONSE TO PLAYER COLLAPSE FROM CARDIAC ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED BY LAST YEAR'S INCIDENT INVOLVING SOUTHLAND RUGBY PLAYER HOANI MACDONALD. ALSO UP FOR DISCUSSION WAS MENTAL HEALTH, WITH MEDICS URGED TO BE VIGILANT FOR SIGNS OF PLAYERS BUCKLING UNDER STRESS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNDER PRESSURE AND STRESS, UM, SOMETIMES THEY CAN START, UH, TO DEVELOP WORRYING SIGNS AROUND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. THEY CAN START TO GET A BIT ANXIOUS, A BIT DEPRESSED, A BIT WITHDRAWN. IAN MURPHY SAYS THERE IS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS DEPRESSION IS LINKED TO CONCUSSION. NZ MOTORSPORT SENSATION MITCH EVANS IS HOPING HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT INVOLVES A WIN AT THE BRITISH GP2 GRAND PRIX AT SILVERSTONE THIS WEEKEND. HIS RESULTS ON THE TRACK MAKING SOME OF THE OLD HANDS IN THE GAME TAKE NOTICE. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. ENJOYING THE PEACEFUL SURROUNDS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WITH HIS MENTOR, FORMULA ONE STAR MARK WEBBER. JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR KIWI SPEEDSTER MITCH EVANS, WHO'S ONLY JUST TURNED 19. YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE SPORT'S CHANGED A LOT IN FORMULA ONE. THEY WOULD NEVER EVER GIVE THE KEYS TO A GUY AT THAT AGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS COMING THROUGH. EVANS HASN'T MADE IT YET. THE YOUNGEST DRIVER IN GP2 WITH A DOUBLE BIRTHDAY WISH FOR SILVERSTONE THIS WEEKEND. OBVIOUSLY, A WIN AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX WOULD BE AMAZING. IT'D BE A REALLY NICE PRESENT, AND IT'S MY MUM'S BIRTHDAY ON FRIDAY AS WELL, SO IT'D BE A NICE PRESENT FOR BOTH OF US. BUT IT'S EVANS WHO'S GETTING THE GREATER GIFT ` BEING ABLE TO TUNE INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE RED BULL FORMULA ONE TEAM. HE CAN PUT THE HEADSETS ON. HE CAN LISTEN TO MYSELF. HE CAN LISTEN TO SEBASTIAN. HE CAN LISTEN TO AVA NEWEY. HE CAN LISTEN TO HOW PEOPLE ARE TICKING, AND THAT'S JUST INVALUABLE INFORMATION FOR HIM AS A YOUNGSTER ` TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EXPOSURE INTO A WORLD-CHAMPION FORMULA ONE TEAM. ALTHOUGH HIS SPEED THROUGH THE RANKS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE, EVANS IS IN NO RUSH TO REACH HIS PINNACLE - FORMULA ONE. I MEAN, IF YOU GO IN THERE UNPREPARED, YOU KNOW, OR HAVE A BAD YEAR OR TWO, YOU'LL BE OUT THERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. IN THE MEANTIME, HE'S DOING NO HARM FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ONE OF THE SPORT'S GREATS. MARK HATHAWAY, ONE NEWS. AFTER THE BREAK ` A WEATHER UPDATE AS THE RAIN APPROACHES THE FAR NORTH. BUT THE WET STUFF WON'T BOTHER THESE COMFORTABLE COWS UNLESS THE WATERBEDS THEY'RE SLEEPING ON BURST. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN A MOMENT. HI AGAIN. MORE FROSTS AND FOGS GARNISHING THE DAWN AGAIN TOMORROW. AND A WEE RAIN FACTORY SLIDES ACROSS THE FAR NORTH, BUT FINE AGAIN IN STRATFORD. THIS FROM NICK FURMAGE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THE GROOMERS ARE UP THERE AT CORONET RIGHT NOW, KEEPING TOMORROW'S SKIERS HAPPY OVER WINTER FEST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ I LEAVE YOU WITH WANAKA'S TREBLE CONE TODAY. ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST VIEWS. JUST LIKE ALL GOOD '80S TRENDS, WATERBEDS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK. BUT THIS TIME AROUND, IT'S COWS MAKING THE MOST OF THEIR COMFORT. YES, COWS. IT'S TRUE BOVINE BUOYANCY AT THIS FARM IN US, WHERE THE LUCKY COWS SPEND EACH NIGHT SLEEPING ON GIANT WATERBEDS. ACCORDING TO THEIR FARMER, KALVIN IMHOFF, A WELL-RESTED COW MEANS MUCH BETTER MILK PRODUCTION. THEY LOVE THE WATERBED, AND I AM STICKING WITH THE WATERBED. HE ALSO SAYS THE BEDS MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR FARMERS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOWER MAINTENANCE THAN TRADITIONAL SAND BEDS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS WEDNESDAY.