GOOD EVENING. A MOSTLY FINE DAY TO WRAP UP THE WEEKEND. JUST A FEW SHOWERS BRUSHING THE WESTERN COASTLINES. THE HIGH REMAINS IN CHARGE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW. THE WESTERLY FLOW TO THE SOUTH OF US IS JAMMED FULL OF FRONTS. LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR I WILL TELL YOU IF ANY OF THOSE FRONTS WILL FIND THEIR WAY ON TO THE SOUTH ISLAND. 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. A BY-ELECTION VICTORY FOR LABOUR. WHY THIS COULD RESHAPE THE MAORI POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AND LEAD TO A NEW ALLIANCE. A FAMILY'S ANGUISH OVER CLAIMS AN ACCUSED BURGLAR KILLED BY POLICE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK. AN END TO THE DEFENCE FORCES' 857 DAYS IN CHRISTCHURCH AS THE GATES OF THE RED ZONE ARE OPENED TO ALL. AND A DIRTY SECRET REVEALED. THE CONTAMINATION IN THOSE HOSPITAL RUBBER GLOVES. LABOUR'S MEKA WHAITIRI IS NZ'S NEWEST MP AFTER HER RESOUNDING WIN IN THE IKAROA-RAWHITI BY-ELECTION. BUT THE REAL SURPRISE IS THAT THE MAORI PARTY IS NOW CONSIDERING AN ALLIANCE WITH HONE HARAWIRA'S MANA PARTY, ALL IN THE NAME OF SURVIVAL. POLITICAL REPORTER MICHAEL PARKIN HAS MORE. ALL CHEER THE CELEBRATORY WINE WAS CRACKED OPEN AT MEKA WHAITIRI'S HEADQUARTERS JUST AN HOUR INTO THE VOTE COUNTING AS THE LABOUR CANDIDATE RAN AWAY WITH THE RACE TO REPLACE PAREKURA HOROMIA. I KNOW I'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CREATE AND BUILD MY OWN SHOES. (LAUGHS) THE IWI CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MOTHER OF TWO HAS A PROVISIONAL MAJORITY OF 1700 IN A BY-ELECTION WHERE JUST 12,000 PEOPLE, OR 36% OF THE ELECTORATE, CAST A VOTE. AND THAT MARGIN'S ENOUGH FOR DAVID SHEARER TO ARGUE HIS LEADERSHIP IS SOUND. THAT WAS NEVER AN ISSUE. WE WANTED TO DO WELL HERE, AND WE'VE DONE VERY WELL. BUT HAVING GATHERED ENOUGH VOTES BETWEEN THEM TO WIN THE BY-ELECTION, THE MANA AND MAORI PARTIES ARE NOW FACED WITH THE REALITY THAT A MERGER MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE LABOUR PARTY RECLAIMING THE MAORI SEATS. THE MAORI PARTY IS GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR. IT'S NOT A CASE OF SHOWING OFF THAT WE'VE WON, BUT WE HAVE WON. WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BEAT THE MAORI PARTY, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE COME ON BOARD. THE EXPERIENCED MAORI PARTY CANDIDATE, NA RIAHANIA, LOST TO HIS ROOKIE MANA RIVAL, TE HAMOA NIKORA, BY A WHOPPING 500 VOTES. BOTH SAY AN ALLIANCE IS VITAL. IF WE WERE MANA MAORI, WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT, SO IT'S NECESSARY. WE SHOULD SIT DOWN AND TALK TOGETHER AND SEE WHERE OUR COMMONALITIES ARE. HIS PARTY LEADER HINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME AN OLIVE BRANCH MAY BE EXTENDED TO FORMER COLLEAGUE HONE HARAWIRA. WE'VE GOT AN AGM COMING UP SOON, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING ALL THESE ISSUES, AND WORKING OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT THE MAORI PARTY IS STILL IN A COALITION WITH NATIONAL, AND JOHN KEY ISN'T KEEN TO WELCOME THE EJECTED HONE HARAWIRA BACK INTO THE FOLD. WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY HONE HARAWIRA WILL BE COMING WITH THE NATIONAL PARTY. I THINK WE NEED TO BE GROWN-UPS ABOUT THAT. AND DON'T EXPECT THE BY-ELECTION CURVE BALLS TO STOP COMING. THE VOTE TO REPLACE LIANNE DALZIEL WILL BE HELD IN CHRISTCHURCH EAST AT THE END OF THE YEAR. LIKE IKAROA RAWHITI, IT'S BEEN A SAFE LABOUR SEAT, BUT IN 2011, NATIONAL WON THE PARTY VOTE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THEY HAVE 16,000 PARTY VOTES FOR NATIONAL. LABOUR AND THE GREENS COMBINED WON'T MAKE THAT 16,000, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH STRUGGLE. BUT IN IKAROA-WHAITI, 4300 VOTES HAVE GOT LABOUR A NEW MP. NEW ALLEGATIONS HAVE EMERGED OVER THE DEATH OF WAITARA MAN ADAM MOREHU. THE FATHER-OF-TWO WAS SHOT DEAD BY POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED BOTCHED BURGLARY AT THE NEW PLYMOUTH GOLF COURSE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF JUNE 8TH. IT'S NOW CLAIMED HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK. ADAM MOREHU HAS BEEN LAID TO REST AT WAITARA CEMETERY, BUT HIS WHANAU'S HUNT FOR ANSWERS GOES ON. THE MORE INFORMATION YOU GET, THE MORE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED. IT'S NOW CLAIMED POLICE SHOT MR MOREHU TWICE IN THE BACK, RAISING SPECULATION HE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM THEM AT THEM AT THE TIME. ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, POLICE SAID THEY FIRED IN SELF-DEFENCE. THE OFFICER BELIEVED HE HEARD THE OFFENDER RELOADING HIS FIREARM. THE OFFENDER THEN THREATENED TO KILL THE OFFICERS AGAIN AND WAS SHOT BY POLICE. TWO DAYS LATER, POLICE REVEALED THEY ALSO TASERED MR MOREHU BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. NOW AFTER THREE MEETINGS WITH POLICE, THE MOREHU FAMILY ARE STILL BUILDING A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED. EVERY DAY NEW INFORMATION IS BEING RECEIVED, BUT UNTIL THEY GET THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS, THEY DON'T INTEND TO RESPOND. IN THE MEANTIME, FOR THE SAKE OF MR MOREHU'S YOUNG CHILDREN, THEY'VE APPOINTED A LAWYER. THEY HAVE TAKEN ADVICE IN TERMS OF THE ENQUIRIES THAT ARE ONGOING, AND I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE ENQUIRIES. THE POLICE SAY SO FAR THERE'S BEEN NO INFORMATION THAT WOULD MAKE THEM CHANGE THEIR ORIGINAL VERSION OF EVENTS. BUT THEY SAY THEY DON'T YET HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, AND THEY'RE KEEPING MR MOREHU'S FAMILY INFORMED. THE NEW PLYMOUTH MAYOR IS WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. EQUALLY, WE HAVE TO FEEL FOR THE POLICE IN THIS SITUATION AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE TO NOT ONLY BE DOING THINGS PROPERLY, BUT ALSO SEEN TO BE DOING THINGS IN A PROPER AND IMPARTIAL WAY. THE MOREHUS SAY THERE'S STILL ANGER IN THE WHANAU BUT THEY ARE PREPARED TO WAIT FOR ANSWERS. MILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST SIR OWEN GLENN IS TONIGHT REJECTING AN HISTORIC ALLEGATION OF ABUSING A YOUNG WOMAN. BUT THE ACCUSATION IS ANOTHER SETBACK FOR HIS SELF-FUNDED CAMPAIGN TO STOP CHILD ABUSE. AN EARLY MORNING CALL TO POLICE FROM THIS UPMARKET HONOLULU HOTEL SAW SIR OWEN GLENN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 'ABUSE OF A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER' BACK IN LATE 2002. A PLEA OF NO CONTEST MEANT THE WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN ENTERED NO PLEA TO ALLEGED PHYSICAL ABUSE OF A YOUNG WOMAN. THE CHARGE WAS LATER DISMISSED. SIR OWEN NOW REGRETS NOT TAKING THE MATTER TO COURT. IN AN EMAIL TO ONE NEWS FROM HIS MONACO HOME, HE SAYS THAT... HE SAYS HE... IT'S AN ALLEGATION THAT'S CAUGHT MANY BY SURPRISE, EVEN THOSE WHO SANCTIONED HIS KNIGHTHOOD. WE OBVIOUSLY RUN A CHECK OVER ALL THOSE THINGS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE HONOURS SYSTEM, AND THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP. MAYBE THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE IT WAS INTERNATIONAL BUT ALSO PARTLY BECAUSE HE PLEADED NO CONTEST, I GUESS. THE ALLEGATION COMES IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLED TIMES FOR SIR OWEN'S MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INQUIRY INTO CHILD ABUSE. IN RECENT MONTHS, AT LEAST 10 STAFF AND KEY ADVISORS HAVE QUIT, BOUND BY STRICT CONFIDENTIALLY AGREEMENTS THAT STOP THEM FROM TALKING ABOUT THE REASONS WHY. AND PATRON DAME CATHERINE TIZARD IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING HER POSITION DUE TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION OF WHAT THE TRUST IS DOING. BUT TRUST GOVERNORS ARE STANDING BY SIR OWEN, SAYING HE'S SIGNED TWO DECLARATIONS THAT HIS PAST IS VIOLENCE-FREE. HERE IS SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION, HAVE CONFIRMED TO THE CHAIRMAN THAT THE DECLARATION HE SIGNED IS TRUE. CAN WE GET ON WITH WANTING TO SAVE LIVES? BUT THE HEAD OF ONE ANTI-VIOLENCE GROUP IS LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE LATEST CLAIM. SIR OWEN WANTS TO BE A WHITE RIBBON AMBASSADOR AND CHAIR JUDGE PETER BOSHIER TODAY POSTED... I TAKE AN EXTREMELY DIM VIEW OF ANYBODY THAT WOULD STRIKE A WOMAN. I MEAN, THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, AND` BUT HE'S ARGUING HE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND SIR OWEN NOW WANTS THE FOCUS OFF HIS PAST AND ON TO HIS QUEST TO END CHILD ABUSE. THEY'VE SERVED IN THE QUAKE ZONE FOR THE PAST 857 DAYS. NOW OUR DEFENCE FORCE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DISMISSED FROM ITS LONGEST-EVER DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENT. A FAREWELL CEREMONY IN CHRISTCHURCH MARKED THE END OF THEIR DUTY AS THE LAST OF THE CORDONS WERE REMOVED. OPENING UP THE CITY... YOU'RE WELCOME. IN YOU GO. ...AND WELCOMING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE HEART OF CHRISTCHURCH. TODAY THE LAST OF THE CORDONS WERE TAKEN DOWN AFTER YEARS OF LOCK-OUT. IT'S MAKING ME REALLY SAD, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL THAT THEY'VE OPENED IT UP. IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING OUR CITY BACK A LITTLE BIT. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE BACK HOME, ISN'T IT, IN A SENSE, FROM QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SEE, IS THERE. IT'S A BIT SURREAL, REALLY, A BIT SAD. AS LOCALS ENJOYED THEIR RECLAIMED TERRITORY, OTHERS WERE MARCHING OUT. AFTER GUARDING THE CORDON NIGHT AND DAY FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, THE NZ DEFENCE FORCE WERE CELEBRATED FOR THEIR SERVICE... HIP, HIP, HOORAY! ...AND FAREWELLED FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK, FOR THE COURAGE THAT YOU SHOWED, THE SUPPORT YOU GAVE TO PEOPLE. 857 DAYS AGO THE DEFENCE FORCE ROLLED INTO A CHRISTCHURCH IN CHAOS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY FEBRUARY QUAKE. THEIR FIRST MISSION ` LOCKING OUT THE LOOTERS. THAT WIDENED TO HELPING RESIDENTS CLEAN UP, TRANSPORTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY, AND GETTING FOOD TO THOSE IN SHORT SUPPLY. IT'S A ROLE THAT'S HELPED THE MILITARY AND THE COMMUNITY BOND. THIS EARTHQUAKE AND OUR SUPPORT TO THE CHRISTCHURCH COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS NZ'S DEFENCE FORCE AND IS HERE FOR NZ WHEN NZ NEEDS IT. THAT NEED HAS ENDED IN CHRISTCHURCH, A TOUR OF DUTY COMPLETED. DISMISS THE CORDON. LACEY WILSON, ONE NEWS. DESPITE THREE DAYS OF SHORELINE SEARCHING, MARITIME NZ SAYS THERE'S STILL NO TRACE OF A VINTAGE SAILING BOAT MISSING IN THE TASMAN SEA WITH SEVEN PEOPLE ON BOARD. FOUR MEN AND THREE WOMEN FROM THE UK AND AMERICA ARE ON BOARD THE SCHOONER AND HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD FROM IN THREE WEEKS. MARITIME NZ SAYS THE COASTAL SEARCH ENDED THIS AFTERNOON WITHOUT TURNING UP ANY ITEMS OF INTEREST. THE SEARCH AREA WILL BE REVIEWED TONIGHT. POLICE IN PALMERSTON NORTH ARE TAKING THE UNUSUAL STEP OF WAIVING TRAFFIC FINES FOR MOTORISTS. BUT THERE'S A CATCH. DRIVERS MUST AGREE TO TAKE PART IN A DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE. IT'S ALL PART OF A PROGRAMME THAT COULD BE INTRODUCED TO OTHER CITIES. NIGHT SCHOOL FOR TRAFFIC OFFENDERS. JUST LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE TO OUR ROAD SAFETY WORKSHOP. THESE VOLUNTEERS, FROM THE SUBURB OF HIGHBURY, ARE ATTENDING A WORKSHOP WITH A DIFFERENCE. YOU'VE ALL MADE THE FIRST STEP IN BECOMING BETTER AND SAFER DRIVERS. IN EXCHANGE FOR ATTENDING THIS FIVE-HOUR COURSE, TRAFFIC OFFENDERS GET FINES WORTH UP TO A $150 EACH, WIPED. IN THE HIGHBURY AREA, THERE WAS A NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMME. WE SEE PEOPLE TAKING RISKS EVERY DAY. THEY'RE NOT HEEDING THE SAFETY ADVICE ABOUT WEARING SEATBELTS, WEARING SAFETY HELMETS. DANA HEALY IS ATTENDING AS SHE DESPERATELY WANTS TO CLEAR HER FINES. ALL MY TICKETS TO DATE, I PROBABLY HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND BETWEEN $50,000 TO $80,000 IN TICKETS, AND A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DRIVING UNACCOMPANIED. PREGNANT WITH HER FOURTH CHILD, SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT HER CHILDREN TO DRIVE ON A LEARNER'S LICENCE LIKE SHE HAS DONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SORT THIS OUT. I WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY CHILD, NOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY NEXT TO ME OR OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING. AND POLICE SAY THE WORKSHOPS, FUNDED BY THE HORIZONS REGIONAL COUNCIL, ARE WORKING THE FIRST COURSE WAS RUN IN NOVEMBER AND ANOTHER IN MARCH. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE NUMBER OF CAR CRASHES HERE IN HIGHBURY ARE DOWN BY 30%. THEY ALSO SAY THERE'VE BEEN FEWER COMPLAINTS BY DRIVERS ABOUT OTHER MOTORISTS' BEHAVIOUR. THAT'S DOWN BY 10%. WORKSHOPS HAVE ALSO BEGUN IN THE RUAPEHU, NEW PLYMOUTH AND TARARUA DISTRICTS. THERE'S REALLY NO EXCUSES. YEAH. JUST GET OFF AND DO IT, OTHERWISE YOU'LL END UP LIKE ME. THE COURSES MAY ROLL OUT IN AUCKLAND, ROTORUA AND WELLINGTON. EXPECT TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP TOMORROW, WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S INCREASED PETROL TAX COMING INTO EFFECT. THE TAX WILL HIKE UP PRICES BY 3C A LITRE PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AFTER THE GOVERNMENT PUSHED THROUGH LEGISLATION UNDER URGENCY LAST MONTH. NATIONAL SAYS THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFICIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE'VE HAD IN NZ FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT UP. BUT WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE ROADS. AND IN THE END, MANY OF THOSE ROADS ACTUALLY DO LEAD TO SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS FOR MOTORISTS. BUT LABOUR SAYS IT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN KIWI MOTORISTS DON'T NEED. STILL TO COME ON ONE NEWS ` GRUBBY GLOVES. FIND OUT WHAT'S LURKING ON THESE HOSPITAL STAPLES AND WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT. HARDLY THE WELCOME HE EXPECTED. NOT EVERYONE'S A FAN OF OBAMA ON HIS SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. AND THE TWITTER TANTRUM THAT'S PUT THIS STAR IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. TINKLING MUSIC Have you tried video calling from your smartphone? It's another amazing way to keep in touch on the go. You can see your loved ones when you think of them, even if you're out and about. Watching an unmissable sunset? Get on your smartphone and video call a friend to share it with them. You can make a happy birthday that much more personal or take someone on a tour of your new house. You could even eat dinner together outdoors. Any time you feel like seeing a friend, you can. And video calling is brilliant for work. If you want to look someone in the eye, just dial in. To get started, just download a video-calling app to your smartphone and sign up. You can video call using Wi-Fi where available or the mobile data included in your plan. Whether it's a work call, a quick catch-up or one of life's special moments, next time try a video call. Find out more about using a smartphone for video calling at techinasec.co.nz RUBBER GLOVES USED IN HOSPITALS ARE SPREADING BUGS THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FATAL. THAT'S THE WORRYING DISCOVERY FROM RESEARCH INTO HAND HYGIENE IN OUR NATION'S HOSPITALS. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN HOSPITAL, YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THEM ` DISPOSABLE RUBBER GLOVES ROUTINELY USED BY STAFF TO DRESS WOUNDS OR GIVE AN INJECTION. BUT DID YOU KNOW THOSE HANDS COMING TOWARDS YOU MAY BE PASSING ON BUGS WHICH COULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE HARM? WE KNOW THAT NON-STERILE DISPOSABLE GLOVES ARE JUST THAT; THEY'RE NON-STERILE, BUT THE FACT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS HOW UNCLEAN IS UNCLEAN. NEW OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH HAS FOUND PRETTY UNCLEAN INDEED. IN THE FIRST STUDY OF ITS KIND IN A NZ HOSPITAL, OVER 100 GLOVES WERE TESTED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME ON ONE WARD AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL. THE RESULTS WERE SURPRISING. HALF THE GLOVES WERE CONTAMINATED WITH SKIN BACTERIA, SO THIS WAS OUR PROOF THAT AS THE HEALTH-CARE STAFF REACHED INTO THE BOX, THEY WERE CONTAMINATING THE OTHER GLOVES WITH THEIR OWN BACTERIA. BACTERIA INCLUDING, DISTURBINGLY, FAECAL BUGS. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WASH THEIR HANDS AFTER GOING TO THE TOILET. BUGS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTBREAKS SUCH AS NOROVIRUS AS WELL AS STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PATHOGENS WHICH CAUSE WOUND INFECTIONS AND SEPSIS. BOTH ARE POTENTIALLY FATAL. THERE'S A CERTAIN LACK OF COMPLIANCE BY THE STAFF TO CORRECT HANDWASHING PROCEDURE AND HAND HYGIENE ON THE HOSPITAL WARDS. AND A RECENT AUDIT HAS SHOWN IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. THE GOVERNMENT'S HEALTH QUALITY AND SAFETY COMMISSION HAS FOUND THAT ONLY SEVEN OF THE COUNTRY'S 20 HEALTH BOARDS REACHED OR EXCEEDED THE DESIRED LEVEL FOR GOOD HAND HYGIENE, WHICH IS A WORRY BECAUSE POOR HAND HYGIENE COSTS OUR HEALTH SYSTEM AROUND $130M EACH YEAR IN TREATMENT COSTS. SO DHBS ARE NOW ON A CRUSADE. WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD BUY-IN FROM THE HOSPITALS AND INDEED FROM THE STAFF WHO INCREASINGLY ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DOES MATTER AND ARE TRYING TO LIFT THEIR GAME AND DO BETTER. RESEARCHERS SAY ANOTHER SOLUTION LIES WITH BETTER BOX DESIGN. I THINK THE WAY FORWARD MIGHT BE TO DESIGN THE BOXES WITH A SMALLER OPENING SO THEY ARE JUST TAKING THE GLOVES OUT ONE AT A TIME. THAT WOULD BE A HANDY REMEDY. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SPOKEN TO NELSON MANDELA'S WIFE BY PHONE AS SHE HOLDS VIGIL AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S HOSPITAL BEDSIDE. ON HIS FIRST FULL DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA MR OBAMA MET WITH THE 94-YEAR-OLD'S FAMILY, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF HIS DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN, OFFERING THEM SUPPORT. IN A JOINT MEDIA CONFERENCE, SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA SAID HE HOPES MR MANDELA WILL BE OUT OF HOSPITAL SOON. FOR WEEKS NOW, SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH NELSON MANDELA. TODAY WAS A DISTRACTION OF SORTS, WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN TOWN. A HANDFUL OF PROTESTS TO GREET HIM AND SOME ROBUST POLICING. GUNSHOTS BUT MR OBAMA'S AFRICAN HERITAGE STILL GUARANTEES HIM A WARM WELCOME IN THIS CONTINENT, EVEN IF MANY FEEL HE'S RATHER NEGLECTED IT. FIRST STOP, A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA. THESE DAYS, AMERICA IS ANXIOUS TO KEEP UP WITH THE CHINESE, WHO ARE BUSY FUELLING AFRICA'S ECONOMIC SURGE. WE ALSO THEN HAVE SOMEBODY TO TRADE WITH AND SELL IPODS TO. BUT NELSON MANDELA IN HOSPITAL JUST THREE STREETS AWAY IS STILL ON MANY MINDS. OUR THOUGHTS AND THOSE OF AMERICANS AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE WITH NELSON MANDELA AND HIS FAMILY AND ALL OF SOUTH AFRICA. WELL-WISHERS ARE STILL FLOCKING TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE'S NOW SPENT THREE WEEKS. BUT THERE WOULD BE NO REUNION FOR MR OBAMA AND MR MANDELA TODAY. THIS IS THE NEXT STAGE OF THE OBAMA VISIT ` A MEETING OF HAND-PICKED STUDENTS. AFRICA IS NOW THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST CONTINENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE CLEARLY KEEN TO ADDRESS THAT NEW GENERATION DIRECTLY. HIS MAIN THEME ` THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN AFRICAN DEMOCRACY. AND YOUNG PEOPLE, I THINK ESPECIALLY, HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS. ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT SHOULD FUNCTION, AND IT SHOULD FUNCTION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF JUST A FEW. IT'S A MESSAGE THAT RESONATES ON THIS FAST-CHANGING CONTINENT. AND TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL VISIT THE INFAMOUS PRISON CELL ON ROBBEN ISLAND, WHERE NELSON MANDELA SPENT 18 OF HIS 27 YEARS IN PRISON. BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER HAS MADE A FLYING VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN AS HE TRIES TO INJECT NEW MOMENTUM INTO PEACE TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN. DAVID CAMERON MET WITH BRITISH TROOPS AHEAD OF THEIR FULL WITHDRAWAL BY THE END OF 2014. MR CAMERON SAYS AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF CONFLICT, A POLITICAL RESOLUTION WITH THE TALIBAN IS KEY. TO SECURE IT FOR THE FUTURE, WE NEED THE MOST CAPABLE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, WE NEED THE MOST CAPABLE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES, BUT WE ALSO NEED A POLITICAL PROCESS SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE PREPARED TO GIVE UP THE BOMB AND THE BULLET, CAN ACTUALLY BE PART OF THAT POLITICAL PROCESS, PART OF THAT FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARAZI SAID HE WAS COMMITTED TO PEACE TALKS. THAT'S DESPITE AN ATTACK BY TALIBAN MILITANTS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN KABUL EARLIER THIS WEEK. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS IN EGYPT HAVE OCCUPIED CAIRO'S TAHRIR SQUARE LATE INTO THE NIGHT AS THEY PUSH FOR A SECOND REVOLUTION. ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MOHAMMED MORSI'S INAUGURATION, THEY'VE CALLED ON THEIR PRESIDENT, WHOM THEY DESCRIBE AS A DICTATOR, TO RESIGN. PRO-MORSI SUPPORTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN OUT IN FORCE. SCUFFLES BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED DURING DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND 500 INJURED. AND IN TURKEY, SECURITY FORCES ARRESTED SOME PROTESTERS AS THOUSANDS MARCHED TOWARDS ISTANBUL'S TAKSIM SQUARE. ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE RE-IGNITED FOLLOWING A COURT DECISION TO RELEASE A POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF KILLING A YOUNG KURDISH PROTESTER. STILL IN TURKEY, A SECURITY CAMERA HAS CAPTURED THE MOMENT A BUS LOST CONTROL AND PLOWED ACROSS A BUSY ROAD. AFTER FLIPPING ON ITS SIDE, IT NARROWLY MISSED HITTING CARS. WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO SHOW THE FINAL MOMENT OF IMPACT AS TWO DANISH PASSENGERS WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH. ONLOOKERS RUSHED IN AND PULLED 25 PEOPLE FROM THE WRECK. SOME OF THE TOURISTS WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. TEMPERATURES IN AMERICA'S SOUTH-WEST HAVE SOARED TO WELL OVER 45 DEGREES, WITH MANY RESIDENTS STAYING INSIDE THEIR AIR-CONDITIONED HOMES OR HITTING THE BEACH. BUT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THE INMATES OF THIS ARIZONA TENT JAIL, WHERE THE MERCURY ROSE TO 48 DEGREES CELSIUS. WET TOWELS AND ICE BLOCKS WERE THE ONLY RELIEF. YOU DON'T LIKE THE HEAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY? DON'T COME BACK, OK. AUTHORITIES IN LAS VEGAS SAY AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN THE EXTREME HEAT. NOTHING THAT EXTREME BACK HERE AT HOME. BUT IT IS WARMING UP A LITTLE, KAREN? WE WON'T BE HITTING 40 ANY TIME SOON, BUT THE TEMPERATURES ARE CREEPING UP AFTER THE RECENT COLD SNAP. MOST PLACES INTO DOUBLE FIGURES TODAY. MT COOK ON MINUS-5 THIS MORNING. YESTERDAY MORNING THEY WERE MINUS-14. DEFINITELY WARMER OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND TODAY. EVEN GOT TO 16 IN TIMARU. THE NATIONAL HIGH. 15 FOR ASHBURTON AND 14 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. MILFORD SOUND THE ONLY PLACE IN SINGLE FIGURES. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THIS IS BORIS AND ARNA ` SIBERIAN HUSKIES. TOTALLY IN THEIR ELEMENT. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE HAVING FUN IN THE SNOW AT PORTERS PASS. LOOKS LIKE A HAPPY FACE TO ME. I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH A LOOK AHEAD TO THE COMING WEEK. THERE'S SOME HEAVY RAIN AND GALES IN THE FORECAST. COMING UP ` HE'S NO STRANGER TO FIERY OUTBURSTS. FIND OUT WHAT ALEC BALDWIN SAID THIS TIME. AND AFTER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, THIS ONCE-FUTURISTIC SYDNEY ICON MAKES ITS FINAL JOURNEY. Buck Shelford. Buck Shelford. Hi. You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? You're here for the heart and diabetes TV ad? Yeah. Of course. Of course. What do you mean? Well, heart disease and diabetes kill more than 6000 Kiwis every year. I know. I know. So, I'm a woman ` fat and funny ` and you're a... ex-All Black ` not so funny. So? So? So we've got all of the demographics covered. Not all of them. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Not all of them. Oh, hey, guys. Boom. PEOPLE CHATTER AMERICAN ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN HAS APOLOGISED FOR POSTING A THREATENING AND ALLEGEDLY HOMOPHOBIC RANT ON TWITTER. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE STAR'S BEEN IN HOT WATER. NOW SOME ARE ASKING IF THERE'S A CELEBRITY DOUBLE STANDARD AS TELEVISION CHEF, PAULA DEAN, PAID DEARLY AFTER SHE ADMITTED TO USING A RACIAL SLUR. THE ABC'S GIO BENTIZ EXPLAINS. IT'S THE LATEST TWITTER TIRADE FROM ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN ` THIS TIME DIRECTED AT A REPORTER WHO WROTE ABOUT HIS WIFE. THE BRITISH REPORTER HAD ALLEGED THAT BALDWIN'S WIFE HAD BEEN TWEETING FROM THE PEW AT JAMES GANDOLFINI'S FUNERAL THIS WEEK. BALDWIN DENIED THE ACCUSATIONS, UNLEASHING A FLURRY OF DISPARAGING TWEETS TO HIS 1,000,000 FOLLOWERS. THERE HE GOES AGAIN. THERE HE GOES AGAIN. THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS A HISTORY OF THROWING TANTRUMS WHETHER IN PUBLIC OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS LATEST TANTRUM HAPPENED IN THE SAME WEEK THAT CELEBRITY CHEF PAULA DEAN LOST A REPORTED $12.5M WORTH OF CORPORATE SPONSORS FOLLOWING THE REVELATION THAT SHE ONCE USED A RACIAL SLUR. JUST MONTHS AGO, BALDWIN REPORTEDLY ARGUED WITH A NEW YORK POST PHOTOGRAPHER USING A RACIAL EPITHET AND CALLING HIM A CRACKHEAD AND DRUG DEALER. BALDWIN DENIED IT. NOW SOME ON TWITTER ARE COMPARING THE TWO CELEBRITIES. ALEX BALDWIN IS KIND OF A LOVABLE ROGUE. WE'RE KIND OF SENSITISED TO THE FACT THAT ALEX BALDWIN'S HAD ANOTHER OUTBURST. LAST NIGHT, BALDWIN APOLOGISED TO THE GAY COMMUNITY, SAYING... AND ALEX BALDWIN'S WIFE IS DEFENDING HER HUSBAND ON TWITTER, SAYING SOME OF HER BEST FRIENDS ARE GAY, AND SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE MARRIED A HOMOPHOBIC MAN. THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN TO SYDNEY HAVE EITHER SEEN IT OR GRABBED A RIDE ON IT. BUT AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE SYDNEY'S MONORAIL WILL BE DUMPED ON THE SCRAP HEAP TONIGHT, MAKING WAY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AN EVEN BIGGER ICON. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL HAS MORE. LOVED BY TOURISTS BUT IGNORED BY SYDNEYSIDERS. AFTER LOOPING TWO-STORIES HIGH THROUGH THE CBD FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, SYDNEY'S MONORAIL HAS REACHED THE END OF THE LINE. TWO ADULTS, TWO CHILDREN. IT'S ALSO THE LAST STOP FOR 60 WORKERS, INCLUDING EXPAT AUCKLANDER KAREN PAPAROA. THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU GET TO SEE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU TRAVEL THE MONORAIL. DO TELL. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD, ACTUALLY. (LAUGHS) OPENED IN 1988, THE MONORAIL WAS HAILED AS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. BUT IT ALSO PROVOKED FEAR OF A TOURIST WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING. PLAGUED BY TECHNICAL ISSUES, IT TOOK YEARS TO TURN A PROFIT. THE MONORAIL WAS A VISION OF THE FUTURE THAT ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE CAME TO BE. NOW IT'LL BE TORN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH... NOTHING. THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT BOUGHT THE OPERATION FOR $25M LAST YEAR TO MAKE WAY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DARLING HARBOUR. SO NOW 1500 TONS OF STEEL AND 400M3 OF CONCRETE WILL BE TOSSED ON THE SCRAP HEAP. WHEN THE LAST TRAIN GOES, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO CRY. KAREN PAPAROA ONE OF MANY SAYING SO LONG TO A POLARISING PEOPLE MOVER. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THE LABOUR BY-ELECTION VICTORY IN IKAROA-RAWHITI MAY PROMPT A MERGER. THE MAORI PARTY IS CONSIDERING LINKING UP WITH HONE HARAWIRA'S MANA PARTY. ADDED TOGETHER, THE TWO PARTIES HAD ENOUGH VOTES TO BEAT LABOUR AND TAKE THE SEAT. THERE ARE CLAIMS WAITARA MAN ADAM MOREHU, WHO WAS SHOT BY POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED BURGLARY, WAS ACTUALLY SHOT IN THE BACK. THE MOREHU FAMILY HAS NOW APPOINTED A LAWYER AND SAY THEY'RE WAITING FOR ANSWERS FROM THE POLICE. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT AND THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF RUGBY DRAMA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS? SURE WAS. WALLABIES WIN. NONU SENT OFF. THE BIG SUNDAY WRAP UP IS NEXT, AS THE CRUSADERS RINGLEADER STRUTS HIS STUFF INDOORS, THE HULK MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN DURBAN AGAINST THE BLUES. WE HAVE ALL THE ACTION AND EMOTION FROM THE LIONS-WALLABIES STRUGGLE IN MELBOURNE. PLUS, THE WARRIORS AIM FOR FIVE IN A ROW, BUT COULD THEY SECURE THE WIN WITHOUT THIS MAN? AND THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF SPORT. WE HAVE MARINA ERAKOVIC'S BIG MISSED CHANCE AT WIMBLEDON. UPBEAT GUITAR MUSIC That one. HORNS HONK UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES If only more things in life were as quick and easy as the new Cafestyle breakfast at Wild Bean Cafe. With a delicious menu to choose from, it's the perfect start to any day when you're on the go. Breakfast at Wild Bean Cafe now being served. FIRST UP TONIGHT TO TEST MATCH RUGBY, AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. THE PULSATING LIONS-WALLABIES SERIES WILL BE DECIDED IN THE THIRD TEST IN SYDNEY NEXT WEEKEND AFTER ROBBIE DEAN'S SIDE WON THE SECOND MATCH 16-15. THE MOST SATISFIED MAN ` THE WALLABIES CAPTAIN. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT STEVE MARSHALL REPORTS. OH. JAMES HORWILL REDUCED TO TEARS OF JOY. ADMID THE IRB CITING DRAMAS, THIS WAS A WIN THE WALLABIES SKIPPER COULD REALLY SAVOUR. I LOVE EVERY TIME I GET TO PULL ON THIS JERSEY. IT MEANS A HELL OF A LOT TO ME. HORWILL'S BRAVE GAMBLE TO CALL A SCRUM INSTEAD TO TAKING THE THREE POINTS TO REDUCE THE LIONS' LEAD. WITH 10 MINUTES REMAINING ` A KEY MOMENT. HE'S THE BRAVEST MAN ALIVE. THE RESULTING PRESSURE SAW THE LIONS CRACK, LEAVING A PLAYER, WHO WAS BARELY CONSCIOUS THIS TIME LAST WEEK, TO DELIVER HIS OWN KNOCK-OUT BLOW. LEALIFANO! AND ITS COMING AROUND NICELY. AND IT'S OVER. BUT WITH TIME UP, THE LIONS' KICKING ACE, LEIGH HALFPENNY, HAD THIS TO WIN THE SERIES. IT'S SHORT. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. I'VE SEEN HIM KICK THOSE ONES FROM THERE BEFORE, BUT HE JUST DIDN'T QUITE STRIKE THAT ONE WELL ENOUGH. THE MATCH ITSELF WASN'T GREAT. THE ERRORS CAME FROM THE INTENSITY OF THE GAME. IT WAS TWO HEAVYWEIGHTS GOING TOE TO TOE. LIKE STAR WINGS GEORGE NORTH AND ISRAEL FOLAU WHO CANCELLED EACH OTHER OUT. LOOK AT THAT. HALFPENNY WAS THE STANDOUT, BUT IN THE END HE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR MISSING THE ONE THAT MATTERED. HORWILL NOW HAS AN ANXIOUS WAIT AHEAD OF THE SYDNEY DECIDER WITH THE IRB TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT HIS STOMP FROM THE FIRST TEST. I'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN I COME TO IT ` IF I COME TO IT. THE LIONS HAVE THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP CONCERNS WITH SAM WARBURTON IN DOUBT WITH HAMSTRING STRAIN. BACK HERE, AND ALL BLACKS STAR MA'A NONU FACES A SUSPENSION AFTER BEING SENT OFF IN THE HIGHLANDERS' SUPER RUGBY LOSS TO THE CRUSADERS. NONU WAS HANDED A RED CARD FOR A DANGEROUS TACKLE IN A GAME EVENTUALLY DOMINATED BY DANIEL CARTER AND THE CRUSADERS. WHAT IS IT ABOUT MA'A NONU, SUPER RUGBY AND REFEREE STEVE WALSH? MARSHALL. (GROANS) MA'A NONU WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? IT'S A RED CARD REF WALSH HAD NO OPTION, LASTING LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OFF THE BENCH, IT LOOKS LIKE NONU HAS PLAYED HIS LAST SUPER GAME OF THE SEASON. THE TEST STAR HAS ALSO BEEN SLAPPED WITH A POST-MATCH YELLOW FOR A TACKLE ON DAN CARTER. HARD TO FATHOM AFTER HIS IMPRESSIVE FORM AGAINST FRANCE. EARLIER A SCRAPPY FIRST HALF WAS PUNCTUATED BY A PIECE OF MAGIC. TAMATI ELLISON! ELLISON SHOWING SHADES OF SONNY BILL, BUT SO DID DAN CARTER AFTER A FRUSTRATING MONTH WITH HIS HAND INJURY. STEPS AWAY, RUNS IT BACK, POPS IT UP. WHAT A TRY! CARTER IN SUPREME FORM IN HIS FIRST GAME IN THE NEW VENUE, SCORING 25 POINTS. DOWN BY 13 MIDWAY SECOND HALF, THE HIGHLANDERS STARTED TO THREATEN AGAIN. GREAT BALL. IT'S HOSEA GEAR! A BRILLIANT PIECE OF FINISHING FROM GEAR CELEBRATING HIS 100TH SUPER APPEARANCE AND HIS LAST IN DUNEDIN. BUT THAT SCORE AND MA'A NONU'S CARD MADE THE CRUSADERS AND DAN CARTER EVEN MORE DETERMINED. CARTER... UNBELIEVEABLE! THE CRUSADERS' TRY FOR THE BONUS POINT WAS EYE-CATCHING, IN THE VERY LAST PLAY OF THE GAME. VEAINU STEPS OUT FROM POKI. TELUSUA VEAINU HAS SUPPORT. ONE TO BEAT... VEIANU DOES IT ON HIS OWN. THAT'S RIDICULOUS! CLASSIC CRUSADERS, STIFLING AN OPPONENT, THEN ATTACKING, WINNING 40-12, ALTHOUGH THE MATCH WILL BE MARKED MORE FOR NONU SEEING RED. AND CRUSADERS CENTRE ROBBIE FRUEAN IS OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON AS HE UNDERGOES MORE HEART SURGERY. THE 24-YEAR-OLD NEEDS A VALVE REPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF RHEUMATIC FEVER HE SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS 20. IT'S KIND OF, UM, A RELIEF COS IT KIND OF JUST ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ROBBIE FRUEAN PLAYED A CLUB MATCH TWO WEEKS AGO, AND ONE NEWS UNDERSTANDS HE TOOK HIMSELF TO HOSPITAL AFTER THAT GAME. BLUES COACH SIR JOHN KIRWAN HAS CONFIRMED HE MET WITH LEAGUE STAR BENJI MARSHALL'S MANAGEMENT IN SYDNEY LAST WEEK. KIRWAN'S KEEN FOR MARSHALL TO SWITCH CODES, BUT THAT'S UNLIKELY UNTIL AFTER 2015. MEANTIME, THE BLUES' SLIM CHANCES OF MAKING THE SUPER PLAY-OFFS HAVE ALL BUT ENDED. HOLDING A LATE THREE-POINT LEAD AGAINST THE SHARKS IN DURBAN, THEY SUFFERED A HEARTBREAKER. AND HE'S OVER! WHAT A FINISH, THIS, FOR THE SHARKS. EARLIER THE BLUES WERE DOWN, BUT FOUGHT BACK WITH SECOND-HALF TRIES TO FRANK HALAI AND RENE RANGER. IN THE END, THAT VILJOEN TRY NOW MEANS THE BLUES MUST WIN TO THE OVERALL TABLE ` THE CHIEFS, BULLS AND BRUMBIES GUARANTEED PLAY-OFF BERTHS AS THE RESPECTIVE CONFERENCE LEADERS. THE CRUSADERS STILL NEED WINS OVER THE NEXT FORTNIGHT. FOUR TEAMS ARE PRETTY MUCH BATTLING IT OUT FOR THE LAST TWO POST-SEASON POSITIONS. UNDEFEATED IN POOL PLAY, THE NATIONAL SEVENS TEAM WILL TAKE ON DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WALES IN THE WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALS IN MOSCOW TONIGHT. THE NZERS OPENED THE SCORING AGAINST THE USA THROUGH SHERWIN STOWERS THEN SLUMPED TO 19-5 DEFICIT EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT THREE UNANSWERED TRIES, INCLUDING THIS EFFORT FROM DAVID RAIKUNA SETTLED THE NERVES. HERE COMES RAIKUNA FOR NZ, ALSO OFF THE SUBSTITUTE BENCH, AND HE GETS THERE. GORDON TIETJENS' MEN THE VICTORS 26-19. THE MATCH-UP AGAINST WALES BEGINS AT 9.20 TONIGHT. THE WOMEN WILL PLAY ENGLAND IN THEIR QUARTER-FINAL. THE RESURGENT WARRIORS WERE TODAY AIMING FOR THEIR FIFTH NRL LEAGUE WIN IN A ROW, TAKING ON ARCH RIVALS, THE BRISBANE BRONCOS, IN AUCKLAND. JOE PORTER WATCHED THE ACTION. THE BEAST BURST OUT OF THE GATES. WILL IT BE THE REPEAT SET AGAIN OR WILL IT BE THE BIG PLAY? MATEO! BEAUTIFUL. NOW ON TO MANU. VATUVEI WILL SCORE THE FIRST TRY. BUT THE BRONCOS WERE QUICK TO BUCK BACK. WALLACE. RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR PRINCE, WHO'S KICKED. THERE'S AN OPENING! THERE'S AN OPENING! THERE'S A TRY! A BOMB BOTCH-UP SOON HAD BRISBANE IN FRONT. OHHHHH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. TWO BRONCOS OR TWO WARRIORS HAVE HIT THE DECK, AND WALLACE HAS ENDED UP WITH IT. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM. HERE COMES VATUVEI. IT'LL BE A TRY TO TAYLOR. 10-10 HERE AT MT SMART STADIUM. THE HOSTS LEADING 12-10 AT HALF-TIME, BEFORE A KIWI CAUGHT THEM SHORT. BRONCOS UP 16-12. THE SIGNS WEREN'T GOOD WHEN VATUVEI HOBBLED FROM THE FIELD, BUT A BRONCOS' BARRAGE TURNED INTO WARRIORS POINTS. PRINCE. INTERCEPT! INTERCEPT FOR HURRELL. NOW HE'S OFF. KONRAD HURRELL OVER THE 40. THAIDAY IS THE MAN CHASING. THAIDAY'S NOT GONNA GET HIM. KONRAD HURRELL HAS ROBBED THE BANK. BRISBANE'S COREY PARKER WITH ONE LAST CHANCE TO SEND THE MATCH TO GOLDEN POINT. PARKER! HE'S GOT THE DISTANCE! HE'S GOT THE DISTANCE! BUT IT'S WIDE OF THE POSTS. IT IS WIDE, AND THE WARRIORS WIN. FINAL SCORE 18-16. THE WARRIORS' FIFTH WIN ON THE TROT. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH UGLIER THAN THAT, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE WINS ARE THE BEST, AND ARE LUCKY FOR US. KONRAD, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH THE BIG PLAY AT THE END. JOE PORTER ONE NEWS. IN UNDER AN HOUR THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC TAKE ON THE QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS IN HAMILTON IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TRANS-TASMAN NETBALL PLAY-OFFS. ABBY SCOTT IS COURTSIDE FOR THIS MINOR SEMI-FINAL AND JOINS US NOW, ABBY. TWO TEAMS WARMING UP BEGHIND ME. IT SHOULD BE TIGHT THEY HAVE EQUALLY WON IN THE PAST. 25 GOALS TO CLINCH A SEMI-FINAL? HOW DID THAT GO? NOT SO WELL. THEY NEED TO JUST PLAY. HOW ARE THEY FEELING? ON EDGE, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING. LOOK AT HER LUCKY SHOES. THE MAJOR SEMI-FINAL IS PLAYED TONIGHT. THANKS, ABBY SCOTT, LIVE FROM HAMILTON. MARINA ERAKOVIC'S WIMBLEDON DREAM IS OVER, MISSING HER CLOSEST CHANCE YET TO MAKE THE FOURTH ROUND OF A GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENT. AFTER HAVING THE MATCH IN HER GRASP, THE KIWI WAS DEFEATED BY HOME FAVOURITE LAURA ROBSON. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. APPLAUSE TO BE HONEST, SHE DIDN'T DO A LOT THERE, ROBSON. THAT WAS ALL ABOUT ERAKOVIC. THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR MARINA ERAKOVIC. I WAS GETTING MY BUTT KICKED, BASICALLY. SO I JUST THOUGHT, 'STICK WITH IT UNTIL SHE STARTS TO GET NERVOUS,' WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE. THE KIWI CONFIDENT IN THE FIRST SET, WHILE THE HOMETOWN HERO'S UNFORCED ERROR COUNT SILENCED THE CROWD. GAME, MISS ERAKOVIC. ERAKOVIC STORMING THROUGH THE FIRST SET IN 22 MINUTES BEFORE CONTINUING THE ROLE OF VILLAIN IN THE SECOND. OH GOODNESS ME. AND SERVED LIKE A GODDESS. BUT UP 5-4 AND SERVING FOR THE MATCH, SHE SHOWED SHE WAS FAR FROM INFALLIBLE. WELL, THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. THE GAME THAT SHOULD'VE CLINCHED A CAREER BEST GRAND SLAM FINISH INSTEAD GOING HORRIBLY WRONG. THEN A HUGE MOMENTUM SHIFT SEEING ROBSON WIN EIGHT STRAIGHT GAMES. THIS SET IS TURNING INTO A BIG NIGHTMARE FOR ERAKOVIC AS THE FIRST WAS FOR ROBSON. ONLY FOR ERAKOVIC THE NIGHTMARE WOULDN'T END. CHEERS SHE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON THE DOUBLES FOR CONSOLATION. NO SUCH ISSUES FOR THE TOURNAMENT'S BIG GUNS. SERENA WILLIAMS BARELY BREAKING A SWEAT AGAINST KIMIKO DATE-KRUMM, WINNING 6-2, 6-0. WHILE NOVAK DJOKOVIC PRODUCED A MASTERCLASS TO DEFEAT JEREMY CHARDY. FANTASTIC MOVEMENT FROM DJOKOVIC. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE CRUISING THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS TO CONTINUE HIS HUNT FOR A SECOND WIMBLEDON CROWN. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS. THE JUNIOR ALL WHITES HAVE EXITED THE UNDER-20 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP WITH THREE DEFEATS. NZ NEEDED TO BEAT CROATIA TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF PROGRESSING, BUT CROATIA TOOK CONTROL 11 MINUTES IN. OH, GREAT HEADER. IN THE SECOND HALF, ANTE REBIC PUT CROATIA FURTHER UP. AND A LATE PENALTY FROM LOUIS FENTON WASN'T ENOUGH. THE GAME FINISHING 2-1. 6KM FROM THE END A MASSIVE CRASH TOOK OUT DOZENS OF RIDERS. IT FOLLOWED CONFUSION FROM THE ORGANISERS ABOUT WHERE THE STAGE WOULD END AFTER A BUS GOT STUCK ON THE FINISH LINE. ALL FINISHERS WERE GIVEN THE SAME TIME AS STAGE WINNER, GERMAN MARCEL KITTEL. KIWI GREG HENDERSON, WHO AVOIDED THE SPILL, FINISHED SEVENTH. NO WIMBLEDON TONIGHT ON ONE. IT'S THE TRADITIONAL REST DAY. AFTER THE BREAK, KAREN WARNS OF SOME HEAVY RAIN AND GALES ON THE WAY FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. AND SOMEONE TO COUNT ON. HOW THIS MATHS TUTOR IS HELPING SOLVE MORE THAN JUST EQUATIONS. HELLO AGAIN. THE STRONG BELT OF WESTERLY WINDS TO THE SOUTH OF US IS GOING TO PUSH A FRONT UP ON TO THE LOWER SOUTH ISLAND TOMORROW. METSERVICE HAS ISSUED A COUPLE OF WARNINGS.. HEAVY RAIN HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY FOR FIORDLAND AND SOUTH WESTLAND FROM LATER ON TOMORROW AND CONTINUING THROUGH INTO WEDNESDAY. SEVERE GALES ARE FORECAST FOR THESE AREAS FROM TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR EVENING. EASING BY AROUND DAWN ON TUESDAY IN SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO AND MIDDAY TUESDAY IN INLAND PARTS OF CANTERBURY. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ GREAT DAY FOR A MID-WINTER'S DIP IN THE NORTH. JUST FOR THE HARDY. WATER TEMPERATURE IS AROUND 15 DEGREES. THAT'S ALL FROM ME FOR A WEE WHILE. JIM'S BACK ON BOARD TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. TONIGHT'S GOOD SORT IS MAN WITH A UNIQUE ABILITY TO GET TEENAGERS INTERESTED IN MATHS. PETER BUTCHER HAS GOOD REASON TO SHARE HIS LOVE OF NUMBERS. THEY'VE HELPED HIM REBUILD HIS LIFE. HADYN JONES EXPLAINS. JUST DOWN PETER BUTCHER'S DRIVE IS HIS LOUNGE THAT SOMETIMES RESEMBLES A DOCTOR'S WAITING ROOM. WE'LL DO SOME ADDITIONS. PETER IS NOT A DOCTOR, THOUGH. HE'S A MATHS TUTOR. I'M JUST GIVING BACK TO STUDENTS WHAT A VERY GOOD TEACHER GAVE TO ME. AMELIA IS YEAR EIGHT. SHE'S WORKING ON HER EIGHT-TIMES TABLES HARD. EIGHT FIVES? PETER MAKES IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. IT WAS AMELIA'S SISTER WHO GOT PETER INTO THIS. SHE CAME DOWN WITH A MATHS PROBLEM. WE WORKED IT THROUGH, AND SOME TIME LATER, NEXT IS MICHAEL WHO LOVES SPORTS, NOT MATHS. JUST ASK HIS DAD. I THINK SIX NIGHTS A WEEK AT SPORT, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR HOMEWORK, AND I LEARNT EARLY THAT I'M ONE OF THOSE PARENTS THAT GOT A BIT FRUSTRATED QUICKLY. BUT HE'S GONE FROM AN 'ACHIEVED' TO A 'MERIT', THANKS TO PETER. I THINK I'VE JUST RELATED TO HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING. PETER TUTORS FOR FREE. I DON'T DO IT FOR MONEY. BECAUSE MATHS HAS HELPED HIM WITH A DIFFICULT PROBLEM HE HAD TWO YEARS AGO. HIS WIFE, HELEN, IS BEST TO EXPLAIN. SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. HE'D GOT UP, PARKED THE CAR, FELL BACKWARDS, GOT UP, FELL FORWARDS, AND CRACKED HIS HEAD IN THREE PLACES. PETER WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. A NURSE KNELT AT MY FEET AND SAID, 'YOU NEED TO CALL YOUR FAMILY. 'HE IS NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.' PETER HAD TO LEARN LIFE AGAIN: WALKING, TALKING AND COUNTING. AFTER MY ACCIDENT I NEEDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT MY BRAIN IS STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY; I CAN THINK LOGICALLY AND ANALYTICALLY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MINUS X. PETER BUTCHER LOVES MATHS. YEP. IT'S FUN. THERE IS NOW A LIGHT ON BEHIND THOSE EYES. PETER CAN DRIVE AND WORK AGAIN. I'M A FIGHTER AND I AM GETTING MY LIFE BACK. SO, HERE'S A TUTOR WHO CAN GET TEENAGERS INTO MATHS. IT MADE ME ACTUALLY WANT TO DO MATHS. THEIR PARENTS ARE AMAZED. THERE'S A WILLINGNESS TO STUDY, INTEREST IN LEARNING, AND EVEN READS BOOKS. SIX MONTHS AGO HE WASN'T DOING THAT. WHO KNEW MATHS COULD GIVE SO MUCH? IT'S GIVEN HIM MORE CONFIDENCE. IT'S GIVEN HIM SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. PROBABLY PETER BUTCHER. THAT'S WHO. HADYN JONES, ONE NEWS. AND THAT'S ONE NEWS THIS SUNDAY. SUNDAY'S HERE NEXT WITH THE 'GOOSEMOTHERS' ` WOMEN WHO MAKE EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICES, GIVE UP EVERYTHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. FROM US AND ALL THE ONE NEWS TEAM, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013